[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Black "Kwon, Sehyun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2117"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,117,40,14,37,26,33,35,27,12,15,18,22,0,0,-25,-28,-33,-17,-19,0,0,20,18,20,16,9,14,10,11,18,0,0,0,-4,0,0,-7,-7,-24,-7,-17,-3,-30,-7,-24,0,0,0,0,31,27,7,8,24,27,125,137,194,181,195,181,181,201,194,191,191,189,183,187,234,184,184,184,180,177,440,458,458,440,584,547,750,696,1161,1051,1841,1741,1554,1435,7699,8522,5886,5093,29977,29978,29978,29979,29979,29980]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Qa4+ Nc6 9. e3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Be2 {LiveBook: 15 Games} Be6 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4)} (11... Qg6 12. O-O Bh3 13. Ne1 Rad8 14. Qb5 Bc8 15. c4 a6 16. Qb1 Qxb1 17. Rxb1 dxc4 18. Bxc4 Na5 19. Bb3 Nxb3 20. axb3 {½-½ (59) Dzagnidze,N (2556)-Socko,M (2431) Warsaw 2013}) 12. O-O a6 13. Rfb1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Ne1 Ne7 14. Nd3 Rfd8 15. Qb3 b6 16. Nf4 Nf5 17. g3 b5 18. Bf3 c6 {½-½ (26) Friedrichs,K (2221)-Kilian,R (2231) NRW 2004}) 13... Rfb8 {White is slightly better.} 14. Rb2 b5 15. Qd1 Na5 16. Nd2 Nc4 17. Rbb1 Bf5 {And now ...Nxd2 would win.} 18. Rc1 Nxd2 (18... c6 {is more complex.} 19. Nb3 Nb2 20. Qd2 Na4 21. Bd3 a5) 19. Qxd2 Bd7 20. Bf3 Bc6 21. Qb2 a5 22. Qa3 Rd8 23. Rab1 a4 24. Qc5 Qd6 25. Be2 Qxc5 26. dxc5 Rab8 27. Rd1 Be8 28. Rd4 c6 29. g4 f6 30. Bd3 Bf7 31. Kf1 Re8 32. Ke2 Kf8 33. h4 g5 34. Rh1 Ke7 35. a3 Rh8 36. e4 Rbd8 37. Kd2 Be6 (37... Rhe8 $11) 38. Re1 $1 $16 Kf7 (38... Kd7 $16) 39. h5 $1 $18 Rd7 40. exd5 Bxd5 41. Bg6+ Kg7 42. Bf5 Rc7 {[#]} 43. Be6 $1 Rd8 44. Re3 Kf8 45. Red3 Ke7 46. Bxd5 cxd5 47. Rxd5 Rxd5 $2 (47... Rdc8 {was worth a try.} 48. c6 Rxc6 49. Rxb5 R8c7) 48. Rxd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} Ke6 49. Rf5 Rd7+ 50. Ke3 Rc7 51. Ke4 Rd7 52. c6 Rc7 53. Rc5 Kd6 54. Kd4 Rxc6 55. Rxc6+ Kxc6 {[#]} 56. c4 $1 {[%cal Rc4b5]} Kb6 57. cxb5 {White mates.} Kxb5 58. Kd5 Kb6 59. Ke6 {Precision: White = 75%, Black = 46%.} 1-0

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nabaty, Tamir"]
[Black "De Abreu, Roberto N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2110"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,73,39,45,33,27,26,39,24,25,23,36,20,24,22,38,41,45,41,64,69,81,49,42,37,37,35,30,14,20,16,35,0,25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,72,59,106,0,85,75,77,71,444,444,1531,1352,29982,1319,29989,29990]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 Nxd5 5. Nxd5 exd5 6. Qxd5 Nc6 7. e4 d6 8. Ng5 Qe7 {LiveBook: 9 Partien. A43: Alt-Benoni} (8... Qc7 9. Bc4 Ne5 10. Bb5+ Nc6 11. O-O h6 12. Nf3 Be6 13. Qd3 Be7 14. Bf4 g5 15. Bg3 h5 16. h4 gxh4 17. Nxh4 {0-1 (43) Landa,K (2625)-Ponkratov,P (2604) Minsk 2015}) 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. Bc4 {[%cal Rg5f7]} Nd8 $1 {Weiß hat minimalen Vorteil.} 11. O-O h6 {Und weiter mit ...Lc6 wäre nett.} 12. Nf3 Bc6 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 12... Nc6 13. Bf4 Be6 14. Qd3 Bxc4 15. Qxc4 Qe6 16. Qd3 {½-½ (34) Kosic,D (2480)-Smith,A (2480) Budapest 2015}) 13. Qd1 Ne6 14. Re1 Qd7 15. b3 Be7 16. Bb2 O-O-O 17. Bd5 Rhg8 18. g3 h5 19. Nd2 h4 20. Qg4 hxg3 21. hxg3 Bf6 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Rab1 Rh8 24. b4 Rh6 {Droht stark ...Lxb2.} 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Nf3 {[%cal Bd2f3,Bf3h4,Bh4f5][%mdl 32]} Rdh8 {( -> ...Th1+)} 27. Nh4 Rh5 28. bxc5 Rg5 29. Qe2 {Droht Da6+ und aus.} Nxc5 (29... Rxh4 $1 $11 {bleibt in der Remisbreite.} 30. Qa6+ Kd8) 30. Nf5 $16 {Dc4 ist eine echte Drohung.} Rgh5 {[#] zielt auf ...d5 ab.} 31. Qg4 (31. Qc4 $1 $16) 31... Ne6 (31... d5 $11 32. Ne7+ Kc7 33. Qxd7+ Kxd7 34. exd5 cxd5) 32. Red1 d5 33. exd5 cxd5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (33... Rh1+ $16 {ist eine bessere Chance.} 34. Kg2 R8h2+ 35. Kf3 Rxd1 36. Rxd1 cxd5) 34. Qb4 $1 $18 {[%csl Gb1][%cal Rb4b8]} Rh1+ (34... Qc7 $142) 35. Kg2 {[%csl Gb1][%cal Rb4b8,Bg1g2,Bg2f3,Bf3g4][%mdl 32]} R8h2+ 36. Kf3 {[%csl Gb1][%cal Rb4b8]} Ng5+ 37. Kg4 {Precision: Weiß = 79%, Schwarz = 43%.} 1-0

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Black "Russell, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2103"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,109,56,49,59,53,68,68,69,68,91,74,148,138,182,160,197,194,203,193,217,225,185,79,92,92,91,84,89,78,114,86,75,77,74,60,89,50,98,108,176,90,111,115,133,134,226,177,181,112,108,111,360,105,106,112,113,108,118,97,104,58,95,73,64,61,97,99,86,62,60,57,149,151,146,158,224,204,348,337,639,176,501,483,480,236,420,414,373,410,431,430,655,402,832,861,29980,29981]} 1. c4 e6 2. g3 f5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Nh3 {A10: English Opening: Unusual Replies for Black} d6 7. d4 Qe8 8. O-O {LiveBook: 6 Games. White is slightly better.} a5 (8... Ng4 9. Qd2 Bf6 10. f3 Nh6 11. Nc3 c6 12. Ba3 {1-0 (34) Grandelius,N (2655)-Nielsen,R (2353) Vaxjo 2017}) 9. Nc3 Nc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... c6 10. Na4 Ra6 11. c5 d5 12. f3 Nfd7 13. Qc2 g5 14. e4 Qg6 15. exf5 exf5 {1-0 (27) Bosboom,M (2410)-Van Hul,C (2260) Antwerp 1996}) 10. d5 exd5 11. cxd5 Ne5 12. Rc1 Nh5 (12... Bd7 $142) 13. e3 $1 $16 Bd8 14. Nf4 Nxf4 15. exf4 {Threatens to win with Re1.} (15. gxf4 Ng6 $11) 15... Nd7 16. Re1 Qf7 17. Nb5 Nc5 18. Nd4 (18. Rxc5 $1 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.} dxc5 19. Bf1) 18... Bf6 19. Ba3 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 b6 21. Bb2 Bb7 22. Bh3 Bxd5 {[#]} 23. Bxf5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} c6 (23... Qxf5 24. Qxg7#) 24. Re3 Ra7 25. Bb1 Qh5 26. Rce1 Raf7 (26... Qh3 $16 27. f3 Raf7) 27. f5 (27. g4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rg4h5]} Qxg4+ 28. Rg3) 27... Nd7 {Strongly threatening ...Ne5.} 28. Qf4 Nf6 {aiming for ...Ng4.} 29. f3 g5 (29... b5 $16 {is a better defense.} 30. Bd3 b4) 30. fxg6 hxg6 {Black wants to play ...Ne4.} 31. g4 (31. Qxd6 $18 {Black must now prevent g4.} Ng4 32. R3e2 (32. fxg4 $2 Qxh2+ 33. Kxh2 Rh7+ 34. Kg1 Rh1#) (32. Qxg6+ Qxg6 33. Bxg6 Nxe3 $16) 32... Rxf3 33. Bxg6 (33. Qxg6+ Qxg6 34. Bxg6 Nf2 $11)) 31... Qh4 {And now ...Ne4 would win.} 32. Bxg6 Rg7 $2 (32... Ne4 $16 33. Bxf7+ Rxf7 34. Qxf7+ Kxf7 35. fxe4 Be6) 33. Bxf6 $2 (33. Bf5 $18 {and the rest is easy.}) 33... Rxg6 34. Bxh4 {Re8 would kill now.} Rxf4 35. Rf1 a4 36. Bg3 Rb4 {[%cal Ra4b3]} 37. Re8+ Kg7 38. Be1 Rf4 39. Re3 Kf7 40. Bg3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} Rb4 41. Rfe1 axb3 42. Re7+ Kf8 (42... Kg8 $14 43. Rd7 Re6 44. Rxe6 Bxe6 45. Rd8+ Kf7 46. axb3 d5) 43. axb3 $1 Rxb3 44. Rd7 Re6 {[#]} (44... Rg7 $16 45. Bxd6+ Kg8 46. Rd8+ Kh7) 45. Ra1 $1 $18 {[%cal Ra1a8] White threatens Ra8+ and mate.} (45. Bxd6+ $6 Ke8 $16) 45... c5 {[#]} (45... Ke8 $142 46. Rh7 (46. Rxd6 Rxd6 47. Bxd6 Kd7 $15) 46... c5) 46. Raa7 $1 ({Weaker is} 46. Rxd6 Rxd6 47. Bxd6+ Kf7 $14) ({And not} 46. Bxd6+ Ke8 $11) 46... Bc6 $2 (46... Rb1+ 47. Kg2 Rb2+ 48. Kh3 Rh6+ 49. Bh4 Bc6) 47. Rd8+ $2 (47. Bxd6+ Ke8 48. Rh7 (48. Re7+ Rxe7 49. Rxe7+ Kd8 $14)) 47... Be8 $2 (47... Re8 {is tougher.} 48. Bxd6+ Kg8 49. Rxe8+ Bxe8) 48. Bxd6+ Kg8 49. Kf2 (49. Be7 $142 Kf7 50. Bxc5+ Kg8 51. Be7) 49... c4 $2 (49... Rb2+ 50. Kg3 Rd2) 50. Be7 Kf7 51. Bg5+ Kg8 52. h4 Rb5 (52... Rd3 $142 53. Rc8 b5) 53. Rc7 Rb2+ (53... Rc5 $142) 54. Kg3 {Be7 is the strong threat.} b5 55. Be7 {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 25%.} 1-0

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Hebbes, Tim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2097"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,61,20,22,15,19,16,14,22,15,7,33,18,29,0,0,0,47,24,51,25,18,27,30,29,24,14,45,16,38,32,54,50,43,29,65,62,152,107,357,365,344,349,333,335,665,664,633,631,29987,29986,29986,29987]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. exd5 (5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. O-O g5 9. dxc5 g4 10. Nd4 Ndxe5 11. N2b3 Nxd3 12. Qxd3 e5 13. Re1 Bg7 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Nd4 Qf6 {½-½ (43) Sokolov,I (2625)-Bauer,C (2630) Maastricht 2017}) 5... exd5 6. Bd3 {C03: French Tarrasch: Unusual Black 3rd moves} Nc6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 7. c3 Bd6 8. O-O {The position is equal.} O-O 9. Re1 Bg4 {[%cal Bc8g4,Bg4h5,Bh5g6,Bg6h7][%mdl 32]} 10. Nf1 {[%cal Bd2f1,Bf1e3,Be3f5,Bf5g3][%mdl 32]} Re8 11. Rxe8+ Qxe8 12. Ne3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Bg5 Ne4 {0-1 (26) Krupa,K (2095)-Bartel,M (2170) Krynica 1998}) 12... Bh5 13. Nf5 Bf8 14. Bf4 Qd7 15. Ng3 Bg6 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Ne8 18. Be2 {[%cal Bd3e2,Be2g4,Bg4f5][%mdl 32]} c6 19. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} (19. Bg4 $5 {[%cal Rg4d7]} Qe7 20. Qb3 $11) 19... h6 20. h5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Bh7 21. Bg4 Qd8 22. Bf5 Qh4 {[#] ...Bxf5 is the strong threat.} 23. Qf3 Nc7 ({Black should play} 23... Qe7 $14) 24. Bxh6 Bc5 $2 (24... Bxf5 $16 {keeps fighting.} 25. Nxf5 Qe4) 25. Bxh7+ $18 Kxh7 {[#]} 26. Bxg7 $1 {[%mdl 512] aiming for Bf6.} Ne6 (26... Kxg7 27. Nf5+) 27. Qxf7 {White wants to mate with Bf6+.} ({Don't play} 27. Bf6 Qf4 $18) 27... Qxg3 $2 (27... Nxg7 28. Qxg7+ Kxg7 29. Nf5+ Kh7 30. Nxh4 Kh6) 28. Bf8+ {[%cal Bg7f8,Bf8c5,Bc5d4][%mdl 32]} Ng7 29. Bxc5 Qxe5 30. Qg6+ Kh8 31. Bd4 {Precision: White = 77%, Black = 45%.} 1-0

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cornette, Matthieu"]
[Black "Manole, Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2081"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,48,27,29,29,29,17,22,36,48,50,9,28,-14,20,-45,18,21,20,27,48,0,27,0,33,13,40,35,30,36,37,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. g3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 {D11: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 sidelines and 3...Nf6 4 e3 Bg4} (6. Qb3 Qc8 7. Bg2 h6 8. O-O Be7 9. Nd2 O-O 10. e4 dxe4 11. Ndxe4 Rd8 12. Be3 Ng4 {0-1 (27) Jakovenko,D (2710)-Mamedyarov,S (2791) Sochi 2017}) 6... Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. Qb3 Qb6 9. c5 {LiveBook: 9 Games} Qxb3 10. axb3 Na6 11. Ra4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Bf4 Kd7 12. e3 Nc7 {0-1 (63) Jirka,J (2418)-Horak,J (2256) Nachod 2011}) 11... Nc7 12. Bf4 Kd7 13. e3 Be7 14. Be2 a6 15. g4 (15. Ra1 $11) 15... Nb5 ({Black should try} 15... Ne4 $15) 16. f3 $11 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Bd8 18. Be5 Bc7 19. g5 Ne8 20. Rb4 Ra7 21. Kf2 f6 22. Bxc7 Nxc7 23. gxf6 gxf6 24. Kg3 Ne8 {Precision: White = 43%, Black = 27%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Moussard, Jules"]
[Black "Seymour, Timothy P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2072"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,67,4,10,4,16,12,22,0,15,16,22,16,50,0,12,4,6,0,54,34,33,16,13,-16,44,44,45,45,45,45,62,31,54,65,115,128,120,102,131,118,177,171,211,203,257,235,374,377,517,491,583,581,1229,1204,1364,1302]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 d6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. h3 {A46: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 e6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} b6 7. Nbd2 Bb7 {LiveBook: 10 Games} 8. a4 {The position is equal.} a6 9. c3 Be7 10. Bd3 O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... c5 11. Bg3 O-O 12. O-O d5 13. Qb1 c4 14. Bc2 b5 {0-1 (42) Sergeev,V (2430)-Navara,D (2616) Czechia 2004}) 11. Bg3 Re8 12. O-O Bf8 13. Qb3 d5 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Ne4 (15... Nd7 $11) 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. a5 b5 18. c4 Bc6 ({Black should play} 18... f6 $11 19. Bg3 c5) 19. Rfc1 $14 b4 20. Qc2 f5 21. Rd1 Bd6 22. Nb3 {[%cal Bd2b3,Bb3d4,Bd4e6][%mdl 32]} Qe7 23. Bxd6 cxd6 24. d5 exd5 25. cxd5 Bb5 26. Nd4 Bd3 {[#]} (26... Rac8 $16 27. Qb3 Bc4 28. Qxb4 Qd7) 27. Qb3 $1 $18 Qf7 28. Ne6 ({Not} 28. Qxb4 Qxd5 29. Rac1 Rab8 $14) 28... Rab8 29. Rac1 {[%cal Ba1c1,Bc1c7,Bc7g7][%mdl 32]} g5 (29... Rbc8 {keeps fighting.} 30. Qxb4 Qe7) 30. Rc7 Qf6 31. Rdc1 {[%cal Bd1c1,Bc1c7,Bc7f7][%mdl 32] White is clearly winning.} f4 32. Rg7+ Kh8 {[#] Hoping for ...fxe3.} 33. Rcc7 Qf5 34. Rcf7 {Precision: White = 76%, Black = 15%.} 1-0

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Le Roux, Jean-Pierre"]
[Black "Compton, Alistair"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2071"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,57,0,22,14,8,0,17,10,17,17,20,21,54,45,49,20,28,27,38,38,39,33,216,206,232,238,258,259,255,254,247,245,257,262,284,277,325,304,384,374,378,373,395,391,1566,1146,5497,5481,2369,2205]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 Bd6 4. e3 Nc6 5. Bd3 (5. Bxd6 Qxd6 6. Nbd2 Nf6 7. c4 O-O {½-½ (7) Tratar,M (2502)-Drazic,S (2511) Sibenik 2012}) 5... Nf6 6. O-O {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} O-O 7. Nbd2 Bxf4 8. exf4 {The position is equal.} Qd6 9. g3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Ne5 Nxd4 10. c3 Nc6 11. Ndf3 Nxe5 12. fxe5 Qd8 13. exf6 Qxf6 14. Re1 {1-0 (23) Pramateftaki,L-Wijesuriya,G (2089) Kemer 2009}) 9... Nb4 10. Be2 c5 11. dxc5 Qxc5 12. c4 dxc4 13. Nxc4 Nbd5 14. Rc1 Bd7 15. Nfe5 Rfd8 $2 {[#]} ({Better is} 15... Bb5 $14) 16. Nxf7 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Rf8 (16... Kxf7 17. Ne5+) 17. Nfe5 Rfd8 18. Nxd7 Nxd7 19. Bg4 Nf8 20. Qe2 Re8 21. Ne5 Qb6 22. Rfd1 Nb4 23. Qc4 g6 24. Nd7 Nxd7 25. Rxd7 {[#] Qc3 would kill now.} Nd5 26. Re1 Rad8 $2 (26... Kf8 27. Rxh7 Nf6) 27. Bxe6+ {White is clearly winning.} Rxe6 28. Rxe6 {Threatening mate with Qxd5.} Rxd7 29. Rxb6 {Precision: White = 70%, Black = 23%.} 1-0

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vishnu Prasanna  V"]
[Black "Jyothilal, Narayanan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2063"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,63,91,50,82,91,79,71,84,0,108,107,168,102,220,210,230,227,214,166,462,461,464,463,447,433,724,718,731,741,746,746,760,757,777,744,807,804,1047,1051,1574,1417]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. O-O Nf6 6. c4 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. a3 O-O 10. b4 Be7 {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3} 11. Nc3 Bg4 (11... Be6 12. Bb2 Qd7 13. Rc1 Rfd8 14. Nb5 a5 15. bxa5 Rxa5 16. a4 Bh3 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Rda8 {1-0 (46) Wagner,D (2575)-Zvjaginsev,V (2660) Berlin 2015}) 12. Bb2 a6 13. h3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Bxf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Be6 14. e3 Ne4 15. Ne2 Bf6 16. Nfd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Rc8 18. Rc1 Rxc1 19. Qxc1 {1-0 (45) Merry,A (2414)-Shaw,R (2209) Blackpool 2017}) 14. exf3 {[%cal Be2f3,Bf3f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32]} Qd7 15. Qb3 Nd4 16. Qd1 (16. Qa2 $16) 16... Ne6 (16... Nc6 $1 $11) 17. f4 $16 {[%cal Rc3d5]} Rfd8 (17... d4 $16) 18. Re1 (18. Na4 $18) 18... d4 (18... Rac8 $16) 19. Na4 $18 Rab8 {[#]} 20. f5 $1 {[%cal Rf5e6]} Nc7 21. Bxd4 Bxb4 $2 (21... Qxd4 22. Qxd4 Rxd4) 22. Bxf6 $1 {White is clearly winning.} ({Inferior is} 22. axb4 Qxd4 23. Qxd4 Rxd4 $11) 22... Bxe1 23. Bxd8 {[%cal Bf6d8,Bd8b6,Bb6f2][%mdl 32]} Bxf2+ 24. Kxf2 Qxf5+ (24... Qxd8 $142 25. Qxd8+ Rxd8 26. Bxb7 a5) 25. Kg1 Ne6 26. Bb6 Qe5 27. Bf2 b5 28. Nb6 {[#] Nd7 is the strong threat.} Rd8 29. Qe1 Qb2 30. Nd5 g6 31. Rd1 Qxa3 32. Qe5 {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 40%.} 1-0

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Black "Barton, R Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2052"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,78,62,133,64,75,60,58,57,113,127,124,108,108,92,183,171,212,211,213,217,214,211,191,196,218,214,178,176,189,189,189,195,174,181,277,262,337,331,343,356,301,310,495,500,474,413,525,514,531,533,526,522,517,504,670,645,816,671,1668,833,817,812,1393,1214,1500,1462,4990,1908,29999]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 a6 3. Nf3 b5 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. c3 {[%cal Bc2c3,Bc3d4,Bd4d5][%mdl 32]} Nc6 {LiveBook: 4 Games. B00: Queen's Fianchetto Defence, Nimzowitsch Defence} (6... d5 $14 7. exd5 Bxd5) (6... d5 7. exd5 Bxd5 8. Bg5 Nf6 9. a4 c4 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. exf6 gxh4 {½-½ (40) Lenderman,A (2587)-Gelashvili,T (2563) Saint Louis 2017}) 7. Re1 (7. d5 $16) 7... cxd4 $14 8. cxd4 Nb4 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 8... Qb6 9. Bf1 Nf6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Nc3 Rc8 13. Rc1 h5 14. a3 {1-0 (26) Krutti,V (2397)-Antal,S (2272) Hungary 2001}) 9. Bf1 {And now d5 would win.} Nf6 (9... d5 $14) 10. a3 {[%cal Ba2a3,Ba3a4][%mdl 32]} Nc6 11. d5 Ne7 12. a4 b4 (12... Ng6 $16 {is a better defense.}) 13. Nbd2 $18 Nc8 14. Nc4 Bc5 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bh4 g5 17. Bg3 O-O {[%cal Re6d5]} 18. Nd4 d6 19. Rc1 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 {Na5! is the strong threat.} e5 21. Nxe5 dxe5 22. Bxe5 Ng4 (22... Ne8 $142 23. Qxb4 Qd7) 23. Bg3 Qb6 24. Qd1 Nf6 25. Bc7 Qa7 26. Be5 Nd7 (26... Qb6 $142 27. Rc7 Nd6) 27. Bd4 Qb8 28. Qg4 Qd6 29. e5 Qxd5 30. Bc4 Qxg2+ 31. Qxg2 Bxg2 32. Kxg2 Ncb6 33. Bb3 a5 34. Rc6 Rab8 35. Rxh6 (35. e6 $142 Rfc8 36. exf7+ Kf8 37. Rxh6) 35... Kg7 36. Rd6 Kh7 37. Re3 Rfe8 38. Bxf7 {[#] White threatens Rg6 and mate.} Re7 39. e6 (39. Rh3+ $142 Kg7 40. e6+ Nf6 41. Rf3 Rxf7 42. exf7 Kxf7 43. Rfxf6+ Ke8 44. Bxb6) 39... Nf8 40. Rh3# {Precision: White = 73%, Black = 43%.} 1-0

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Stany, G A"]
[Black "Johansson, Toni"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2049"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,69,0,6,0,27,24,43,4,27,20,26,8,8,10,20,0,0,-13,-16,-19,-10,-27,-28,-65,0,-11,30,20,49,37,58,67,45,40,101,114,112,87,83,89,92,0,68,47,259,277,274,263,901,646,5090,1849,29989,29990,29993,29994]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. a4 a6 (4... Ngf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. a5 g6 8. O-O Bg7 9. e5 dxe5 10. Nxe5 O-O 11. d3 Be6 12. Re1 Nd5 13. Bd2 {½-½ (42) Carlsen,M (2837)-Ding,L (2774) Saint Louis 2017}) 5. Bc4 e6 6. O-O {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7} Ngf6 7. Re1 Be7 8. Nc3 O-O {LiveBook: 3 Games} 9. a5 b5 10. axb6 $1 Nxb6 11. Ba2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Bf1 Qc7 12. d4 {1-0 (29) Zwaig,A (2425)-Bedros,J Lugano 1968}) 11... d5 12. d3 Bb7 13. Bg5 dxe4 14. dxe4 Qc7 15. Qe2 c4 16. e5 Nfd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Nd4 Qc5 (19... Rfb8 $15) 20. c3 $11 Bb7 21. Bb1 Rfd8 22. h4 Qe7 23. Qg4 Nd7 24. Re3 Nf8 (24... Rab8 $14) 25. h5 $16 Rab8 26. Rg3 $40 {[%csl Gg3][%cal Rg4g7][%mdl 128] White attacks with force.} g6 27. hxg6 fxg6 28. Ne2 (28. Be4 $16) 28... Qg7 (28... Rd1+ $11 29. Kh2 Rd2) 29. Nf4 $14 Bc8 $2 {[#]} ({Black should play} 29... Qf7 $14) 30. Qg5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rg5d8]} Rd1+ 31. Kh2 Rxb2 $2 (31... Rd5 32. Nxd5 exd5) 32. Bxg6 hxg6 33. Rxd1 {[%cal Ba1d1,Bd1d8,Bd8f8][%mdl 32]} Rxf2 34. Rd8 Bb7 {[#]} 35. Rxf8+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 63%, Black = 30%.} 1-0

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vakhidov, Jakhongir"]
[Black "Hagesather, Arne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2046"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,82,17,14,82,77,87,88,106,122,125,95,141,149,162,158,181,152,168,0,169,160,204,164,185,177,168,181,179,168,152,78,83,76,75,93,90,70,96,102,95,51,137,137,209,136,206,190,215,185,235,175,221,134,1068,147,1063,1002,2283,2202,29982,7449,29998,29999,29999]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nc3 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. a3 Be7 {E52: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4...0-0 5 Nf3 d5 6 Bd3 b6} (9... Bd6 10. b4 Nbd7 11. Qb3 a6 12. a4 Qe7 13. Rb1 c6 14. a5 Rfb8 15. axb6 Bc8 16. Qc2 Nxb6 17. e4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 h6 {1-0 (30) Mamedyarov,S (2772)-Adams,M (2747) Moscow 2017}) 10. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Nbd7 11. Qb3 {LiveBook: 11 Games} Rb8 {[#]} (11... c6 $11) 12. b5 $1 $16 Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Bd6 13. a4 Qe7 14. Ba3 Rfc8 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Qb1 g6 {1-0 (55) Knaak,R (2510)-Mititelu,G (2390) Bucharest 1975}) 13. a4 Nf8 14. Ne5 Ne6 15. f4 Bf8 16. Bd2 Rc8 17. Be1 Qd6 18. Bh4 Be7 19. Be1 $2 (19. Qc2 $18) 19... Nd8 $2 (19... Bf8 $1 $11) 20. a5 $18 Bf8 21. Bd2 Nd7 22. Bf5 Ne6 23. axb6 axb6 24. Ra7 Ba8 25. Nc6 (25. Na2 $142) 25... Nf6 $16 26. Rc1 $40 {[%mdl 128] White attacks with force.} g6 27. Bh3 Bxc6 28. bxc6 Ne4 29. Nxe4 dxe4 30. Qa2 {Threatens to win with d5.} Rcd8 ({Better is} 30... Nxf4 $14 31. exf4 Qxd4+ 32. Kh1 e3) 31. Be1 f5 (31... Bh6 $16) 32. g3 Kg7 (32... Qd5 $16 33. Qxd5 Rxd5) 33. Bf1 $18 {[%cal Bh3f1,Bf1c4,Bc4b3][%mdl 32]} Kh6 34. Bc4 Rc8 35. Bb3 Bg7 36. Qg2 {[%cal Rg2h3]} g5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (36... Bf6 $16) 37. Qh3+ Kg6 {Black wants to play ...Nxd4.} 38. g4 fxg4 {[#]} 39. f5+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kf6 (39... Kxf5 40. Qxh7+) 40. Qh5 Kxf5 41. Qf7+ Bf6 42. Qxh7# {Precision: White = 74%, Black = 30%.} 1-0

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rysbayeva, Aigerim"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2118"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,102,23,30,5,0,-16,-25,-22,-16,-20,-4,-15,-3,-6,-5,0,2,0,0,0,0,-3,-5,-35,-9,-25,-2,-5,-10,-63,-57,-62,-51,-53,-34,-52,-53,-68,-41,-56,-25,-57,-63,-89,-53,-54,-57,-76,-34,-147,-140,-131,-139,-152,-95,-220,-210,-322,-243,-291,-281,-236,-8,-16,0,-208,-208,-704,-20,-719,-719,-700,-701,-576,-701,-683,-691,-673,-656,-653,-650,-646,-641,-622,-597,-522,-364]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 a6 6. Nd6+ Bxd6 7. Qxd6 Qe7 8. Qxe7+ Ngxe7 9. Nc3 {B32: Sicilian: Löwenthal and Kalashnikov Variations} d5 {LiveBook: 12 Games} 10. Bd3 (10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Nb4 12. Bd3 Nxd3+ 13. cxd3 Bf5 14. O-O O-O-O 15. Re1 Rxd5 16. f4 f6 17. fxe5 fxe5 18. Bd2 Bxd3 19. Bc3 {½-½ (59) Khegay,D (2484)-Rakhmanov,A (2670) Sochi 2017}) 10... Nb4 11. a3 {The position is equal.} Nxd3+ 12. cxd3 Be6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... b5 13. Bd2 d4 14. Ne2 Be6 15. Rc1 {½-½ (28) Korinek,O (2262)-Korenova,M (2238) Czechia 2009}) 13. Bd2 d4 14. Na4 Rc8 15. b4 Rc6 16. Rc1 Bd7 {...Rxc1+ is the strong threat.} 17. Nc5 b6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 18. Nxd7 Rxc1+ 19. Bxc1 Kxd7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 20. Kd2 h5 21. Bb2 h4 22. f4 f6 23. f5 (23. fxe5 $11 fxe5 24. Rf1) 23... g6 $15 24. fxg6 Nxg6 25. Rf1 Ke7 26. a4 Rg8 27. g3 hxg3 28. hxg3 Rh8 29. Rf2 Ke6 30. Kc2 Ne7 31. b5 axb5 32. axb5 Rg8 33. Rf3 (33. Ba3 $15) 33... Nc8 34. Kb3 Nd6 35. Kb4 Ra8 (35... f5 $142 36. exf5+ Nxf5) 36. Bc1 (36. Ba3 $17 {was worth a try.}) 36... Ra1 $19 37. Bh6 (37. Bb2 $142 Rb1 38. Kb3) 37... Rh1 38. Bf8 Rb1+ 39. Ka4 {Black should prevent Bxd6.} Ra1+ $2 (39... Nxb5 $19 {Hoping for ...Kf7.} 40. g4 Nc3+ 41. Ka3 Rg1) 40. Kb4 Rb1+ $2 (40... Ne8 $11) 41. Ka4 {next Bxd6 is good for White.} Nxb5 42. Bg7 $2 (42. g4) 42... Nc3+ 43. Ka3 {[#]} Kf7 $1 {Black is clearly winning.} 44. Bxf6 {[#]} b5 $1 {[%csl Gb1][%cal Rb5b4]} 45. Bd8+ Ke6 {[%csl Gb1][%cal Rb5b4]} 46. Rf6+ Kd7 {[%csl Gb1][%cal Rb5b4]} 47. Ba5 Ra1+ 48. Kb4 Ra4+ 49. Kc5 Rxa5 50. g4 Ra1 51. g5 Rc1 {Precision: White = 41%, Black = 66%.} 0-1

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bates, Caspar J"]
[Black "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2112"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,86,0,0,0,0,-8,40,37,54,52,71,28,63,45,76,69,72,69,106,14,12,6,115,113,132,0,0,0,44,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,80,80,80,81,80,69,80,64,81,-121,-11,-12,-27,-156,-139,-994,-667,-667,-667,-667,-666,-1163,-1160,-1032,-788,-784,-775,-925,-931,-12833,-12833,-12837,-12838,-29989,-29990]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. e3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7 {E12: Queen's Indian: Unusual White 4th moves, 4 a3, 4 Nc3 Bb7 5 a3 and 4 Nc3 Bb7} 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O c5 {LiveBook: 6 Games. The position is equal.} 9. d5 exd5 10. cxd5 d6 11. e4 a6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Ba6 12. h3 b5 13. Re1 Qb6 14. a4 b4 15. Nb5 Nbd7 16. Bf4 Ne8 17. Nd2 Qb8 18. Nc4 Nb6 19. Bxd6 Nxd6 20. Nbxd6 Bxc4 21. Nxc4 Nxc4 22. Bxc4 Bxb2 {½-½ (29) Eingorn,V (2589)-Loginov,V (2480) Oberwart 2001}) 12. a4 Nbd7 13. Nd2 Ne8 14. f4 f5 15. exf5 $1 gxf5 16. Nf3 Nc7 17. Qb3 (17. Ne2 $16) 17... Kh8 18. Bd2 Nf6 (18... b5 $11 {remains equal.} 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxa8 (20. Nxb5 Rxa1 21. Rxa1 Bxd5 $11) (20. Bxb5 Rb8 $14) 20... Bxa8 21. Bxb5 Nxb5 22. Qxb5 (22. Nxb5 Qb6 $17) 22... Nb6) 19. Bxf5 $16 b5 20. axb5 (20. Ng5 $1 $16) 20... axb5 $11 {[%cal Rf6d5]} 21. Ng5 ({Of course not} 21. Nxb5 Rxa1 22. Rxa1 Bxd5 $17) 21... c4 22. Qc2 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 {[%cal Rf5h7]} h6 24. Ne6 $1 {[%cal Re6d8]} Nxe6 25. Bxe6 Qb6+ 26. Kh1 Qf2 (26... b4 $11 27. Ne4 Nxd5) 27. Qc1 $1 $16 {aiming for Be3.} b4 28. Be3 Qh4 29. Ra7 bxc3 30. Rxb7 {And now Bd4 would win.} Ne4 {Threatens to win with ...Ng3+.} 31. Rxg7 $2 (31. Kg1 $1 $16 {is necessary to keep the advantage.}) 31... Kxg7 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black attacks.} 32. Kg1 $1 Qf6 33. Qd1 {[#]} (33. bxc3 $1 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.} Nxc3 34. Qa3) 33... Kh7 $1 ({Avoid the trap} 33... cxb2 $2 34. Bd4 $18) 34. Qc2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (34. b4 $17) 34... cxb2 $19 35. Qxe4+ {[#]} Qg6 $1 {[%cal Rg6e4]} 36. f5 Qf6 37. Bd4 {[#]} b1=Q+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 38. Qxb1 Qxd4+ {KQR-KQB} 39. Kf1 Kh8 40. g3 c3 41. Qc1 Kg7 42. Ke2 Rb8 {( -> ...Rb2+)} 43. Kf3 Rb2 {Precision: White = 45%, Black = 64%.} 0-1

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Coote, Trevor D"]
[Black "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2104"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,62,-12,-102,-91,-110,-107,-147,-150,-177,-155,-242,-237,-226,-202,-206,-139,-125,-135,-227,-214,-208,-218,-249,-221,-220,-184,-189,-130,-137,-143,-295,-273,-522,-525,-519,-519,-503,-497,-496,-500,-624,-166,-1842,-1594,-29989,-29990,-29990,-29991]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 {[%cal Bc2c4,Bc4b5][%mdl 32]} c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. e3 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. e4 axb5 9. Bxb5 (9. e5 $11 Ng4 10. Bxb5) 9... Nxe4 $1 $17 {A57: Wolga/Benkö-Gambit} 10. Qd3 (10. Qb3 Qa5 11. Bd2 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 Ba6 13. Bc4 d6 14. O-O Nd7 15. Bxa6 Qxa6 16. Rfe1 Rfb8 17. Qc2 {0-1 (70) Demuth,A (2521)-Izzat,K (2454) Brisbane 2017}) 10... Nd6 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 10... Qa5 11. Bd2 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. a3 Nb4 15. Qe4 f5 16. Qb1 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Nxd5 {0-1 (55) Mercader Rubio,L (1919)-Walter Travella,G (2049) Barcelona 2014}) 11. Bf4 Nxb5 {Schwarz steht deutlich besser.} 12. Qxb5 d6 13. Qd3 (13. O-O $17) 13... Ba6 14. Qd2 Re8 15. Bh6 e5 {[%cal Be7e5,Be5e4][%mdl 32]} 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. O-O-O (17. Ng1 $17 {war einen Versuch wert.}) 17... e4 $1 $19 {[%cal Re4f3]} 18. Ne1 Nd7 19. Qf4 Ne5 20. h4 h6 21. g4 {[#]} Bc4 (21... Bc8 $1 $19 {[%cal Rc8g4]} 22. g5 h5 23. Qf6+ Qxf6 24. gxf6+ Kxf6 25. Nxe4+ Ke7) 22. g5 $17 Bxa2 23. gxh6+ $2 (23. Nxe4 $17 {kämpft weiter.} h5 24. Rh3 (24. Qf6+ $2 Qxf6 25. gxf6+ Kf8 $19)) 23... Kh8 $19 24. Nxe4 $2 (24. Rh3 {war angesagt.} Bb3 25. Nc2) 24... Bb3 {Weiss muss nun ...Ta1+ beachten.} 25. Nc2 {[#]} Ra4 $1 {[%cal Ra4c4]} 26. Qe3 Bxc2 27. Kxc2 Rb4 {...Txb2+! ist eine echte Drohung.} 28. Rb1 Rd4 $2 (28... Rc4+ 29. Nc3 Qf6) 29. Ng5 $2 (29. Rbe1) 29... Qd7 30. b3 Qf5+ 31. Kb2 Nd3+ {Precision: Weiß = 29%, Schwarz = 84%.} 0-1

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mitra, Roman C"]
[Black "Sethuraman, Sp"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2100"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 1,1,13]} 1. Nf3 {Predecessor:} Nf6 $146 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O c5 5. d3 g6 6. e4 Bg7 7. a4 O-O 8. Re1 Nc6 9. Nbd2 d6 10. Nc4 a6 11. e5 Nxe5 12. Nfxe5 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 dxe5 14. Nxe5 e6 {1-0 (22) Carlsen,M (2832)-So,W (2815) chess.com INT 2017} *

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Guo, Emma"]
[Black "Maze, Sebastien"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2081"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,62,22,39,10,7,-6,13,-6,0,-22,-20,-20,-8,-77,-80,-89,-49,-116,-106,-120,-105,-104,-70,-307,-130,-100,-91,-97,0,0,-22,-22,20,-103,-93,-90,-96,-450,-416,-711,-713,-704,-704,-673,-672,-1881,-1785,-2346,-2319]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Nf3 e5 8. d5 a5 {LiveBook: 15 Partien} 9. Qd2 {E93: Königsindisch (Klassisches System)} (9. Nd2 h6 10. Be3 Nc5 11. O-O Ne8 12. a3 f5 13. f3 f4 14. Bf2 Nd7 15. b4 g5 16. c5 h5 {1-0 (57) Kraai,J (2506)-Sevillano,E (2464) Edmonton 2015}) 9... Nc5 10. h4 Bg4 ({Bitte nicht} 10... Nfxe4 $6 11. Bxd8 Nxd2 12. Bxc7 $16) 11. Nh2 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} Bxe2 12. Qxe2 h6 13. Bd2 c6 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 13... Nh5 14. g3 f5 15. O-O-O a4 16. Rdg1 c6 {½-½ (33) Korte,I-Puustinen,T Finland 1976}) 14. h5 (14. Ng4 $11 {bleibt in der Remisbreite.}) 14... cxd5 $1 $17 15. cxd5 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32] zielt auf ...b4 ab.} 16. Ng4 ({Günstiger ist} 16. hxg6 $15 b4 17. Nd1) 16... Nxg4 17. Qxg4 f5 18. Qh3 b4 19. hxg6 $2 (19. Nd1 $15) 19... f4 ({Nur nicht} 19... fxe4 $2 20. Nxe4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qc8 21. Nxc5 $16 (21. Nxd6 $2 Qa6 $19)) (19... bxc3 $19 {und Schwarz behält klar die Oberhand.} 20. Bxh6 Qf6 21. Bxg7 Qxg7 22. bxc3 fxe4) 20. Ne2 Nxe4 21. Bxf4 {[#]} exf4 (21... Qf6 $1 $17 22. Bxh6 Qxf2+ 23. Kd1 Qf5 24. Qxf5 Rxf5) 22. Qe6+ $11 Kh8 23. Qxe4 Qf6 {Und ...Tfe8 würde nun gewinnen.} 24. O-O (24. Nd4 $1 $11) 24... Rae8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Läuft bei Schwarz.} 25. Qf3 Qxb2 26. Rae1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (26. Nxf4 $17 Qd2 27. g3) 26... Qxa2 27. Nxf4 (27. Qd3 $142 Re5 28. Nc1 Qxd5 29. Rd1 Qxd3 30. Rxd3) 27... Rxe1 $19 {Schwarz steht klar auf Gewinn.} 28. Rxe1 Qd2 29. Re4 a4 {[%cal Ba5a4,Ba4a3,Ba3a2][%mdl 32]} 30. Qg3 a3 31. Ne6 a2 {Precision: Weiß = 21%, Schwarz = 48%.} 0-1

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Coleman, David J"]
[Black "Hawkins, Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2076"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,54,4,0,-4,8,13,30,19,17,-129,-129,-134,-139,-133,-129,-143,-122,-129,-117,-195,-187,-172,-166,-406,-414,-418,-411,-583,-571,-718,-706]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bc5 8. Be3 O-O 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bxc5 Nxc5 11. Bxc6 Rb8 {C56: Two Knights: 4 d4 exd4 5 0-0 Nxe4} 12. Qxd5 (12. O-O Rxb2 13. Qxd5 Qxd5 14. Bxd5 Rxc2 15. Na3 Re2 16. Rac1 Nd3 17. Rxc7 Be6 18. Bb3 a5 19. Ra7 Bxb3 20. axb3 Rxe5 {1-0 (31) Nakamura,H (2798)-Onischuk,A (2665) Saint Louis 2015}) 12... Qe7 13. O-O Rxb2 {LiveBook: 13 Games. The position is equal.} 14. Na3 Rd8 15. Qf3 $1 Ne6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Ba6 16. Rfd1 Ne6 17. Rxd8+ Nxd8 18. Bd5 Qxe5 19. Bxf7+ Nxf7 {½-½ (28) Ozkan,H (1796)-Turan,A (1996) Konya 2017}) 16. Qc3 Rb6 17. Rfe1 {[#]} (17. Rfd1 $11) 17... Rxc6 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 18. Qxc6 {Nb5 is the strong threat.} Qxa3 19. Rad1 {[#] Strongly threatening Rxd8+.} Rf8 $1 20. Qc4 Ba6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has strong initiative.} 21. Qc6 Qa5 ({Don't go for} 21... Qxa2 $2 22. Ra1 $18) 22. Rb1 (22. a4 $17 {keeps fighting.}) 22... Nd4 $19 23. Qd7 Ne2+ ({Worse is} 23... Nxc2 {[#]} 24. e6 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]}) 24. Rxe2 $2 (24. Kh1) 24... Bxe2 25. e6 {aiming for exf7+.} Qxa2 26. Re1 (26. exf7+ {is a better defense.} Qxf7 27. Qxf7+ Rxf7 28. f3) 26... fxe6 27. f4 Qc4 0-1

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fink-Nunn, Petra"]
[Black "Donchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2071"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,64,42,40,43,28,62,61,92,0,0,0,11,-17,-19,-14,-14,-6,-14,-110,-98,-166,-159,-202,-203,-292,-300,-300,-287,-288,-290,-364,-356,-295,-286,-927,-864,-864,-920,-885,-887,-2642,-2393]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 h5 9. Nd5 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} Bxd5 10. exd5 Nbd7 (10... g6 11. Qd2 Nbd7 12. Be2 Qc7 13. c4 a5 14. Rc1 a4 15. Na1 Qa5 16. Nc2 Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2 {½-½ (60) Topalov,V (2749)-Nakamura,H (2780) Saint Louis 2017}) 11. Qd2 Qc7 12. O-O-O g6 13. Kb1 {LiveBook: 6 Games} Bg7 14. Be2 b5 15. Qa5 Qb7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Qxa5 16. Nxa5 O-O 17. c4 bxc4 18. Bxc4 Rfe8 19. Rhe1 e4 20. Bf4 Bf8 21. b4 Ne5 22. fxe4 Nxc4 23. Nxc4 Rxe4 {0-1 (23) Kulasekara,K (1905)-Kavinda,A (2014) Colombo 2013}) 16. c4 (16. Qa3 $16) 16... bxc4 $11 17. Bxc4 O-O 18. Rc1 Rfb8 19. Rhd1 Nb6 20. Bxb6 Qxb6 21. Bf1 (21. Qxb6 $11 Rxb6 22. Na5) 21... Qg1 $17 22. Qd2 (22. h3 $17 {is a better defense.}) 22... Qxh2 $19 23. Rc6 e4 24. Rxa6 (24. Rc2 $142) 24... Rxa6 25. Bxa6 exf3 26. gxf3 Qg3 27. Qe3 h4 {[%cal Bh5h4,Bh4h3][%mdl 32]} 28. Rg1 Nxd5 29. Qa7 $2 {[#]} (29. Rxg3 Nxe3 30. Rh3) 29... Qh2 $1 {[%csl Gg7][%cal Rh2b2][%mdl 512] Black is clearly winning.} 30. Qxb8+ Kh7 {[%csl Gg7][%cal Rh2b2]} 31. Nc1 Qxg1 32. Qxd6 h3 {Precision: White = 30%, Black = 90%.} 0-1

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kalaiyalahan, Akshaya"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2067"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,80,-42,-14,-54,-39,-37,-39,-58,-8,-18,-31,-30,-39,-30,-54,-47,-74,-150,-56,-45,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-16,-48,-61,-103,-42,-159,-38,-39,-39,-42,-24,-152,-151,-273,-271,-247,-212,-325,-298,-292,-297,-287,-254,-802,-806,-950,-917,-960,-950,-926,-921]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Bg2 a6 7. Qxc4 b5 8. Qc2 Bb7 9. O-O c5 10. a4 b4 11. Bg5 {E03: Open Catalan: 5 Qa4+ Nbd7 6 Qxc4} (11. Be3 Rc8 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Bxc5 Nxc5 14. Nbd2 O-O 15. Rfd1 Bd5 16. Qb1 Qc7 17. Nd4 Rfd8 18. Bxd5 Rxd5 {0-1 (34) Kanep,M (2508)-Savchenko,B (2583) Dresden 2007}) 11... Rc8 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 12. Qd1 (12. Bxf6 $5 Nxf6 13. Nbd2 $15) 12... cxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... c4 13. Nbd2 c3 14. bxc3 bxc3 15. Nb3 Be7 16. Ne1 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qb6 18. Qc2 e5 {½-½ (37) Tarrago Antoni,M (2258)-Vilela de Acuna,J (2329) Barbera del Valles 2010}) 13. Nxd4 {Black is slightly better.} Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Qb6 15. Nf3 Qb7 16. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2c4,Bc4d6][%mdl 32]} Be7 17. Re1 h6 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Rb1 (19. Rc1 $142) 19... Nc5 (19... O-O $17 20. Nb3 Rfd8) 20. Nc4 $1 $15 {[%cal Rc4d6]} Be7 21. Nd6+ $1 Bxd6 $1 22. Qxd6 Ne4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 23. Qd4 O-O 24. Rbc1 Rfd8 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Kg1 Rc2 27. h4 Nc5 (27... a5 $17 28. b3 Kh7) 28. Kf1 ({Better is} 28. Rd1 $15 Qe4 29. Qxe4 Nxe4 30. Rd4 Rxe2 31. Rxb4) 28... Qe4 (28... Kh7 $17 29. Rd1 f5) 29. Qxe4 $1 Nxe4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 30. Rb1 $1 {[#]} e5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 31. Ke1 (31. Ne1 $1 $11 Rd2 32. Rc1) (31. Nxe5 Nd2+) 31... f6 $17 32. Kd1 (32. h5 $17) 32... b3 $19 33. Ke1 h5 34. a5 (34. Rd1 {only move.}) 34... Kf7 35. Nh2 {If White can now play Nf1 this consolidates a bit.} Nd2 36. Rd1 {[#]} Nc4 $1 37. f3 $2 (37. Nf1) 37... Rxb2 {Black is clearly winning.} 38. Nf1 Ra2 39. Rb1 b2 {White must now prevent ...Ra1.} 40. Nd2 Na3 {Precision: White = 28%, Black = 45%.} 0-1

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Marentini, Marcel"]
[Black "Handke, Florian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2055"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,70,47,14,8,14,20,21,0,22,21,18,68,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,20,0,0,-438,-438,-438,-438,-438,-437,-647,-646,-629,-616,-593,-593,-593,-593,-744,-645,-645,-645,-645,-556,-645,-645]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 a6 {A16: English Opening: 1...Nf6 with ...d5} (6... Bg7 7. e4 a6 8. e5 Be6 9. exf6 Bxc4 10. fxg7 Rg8 11. Bxc4 Nc6 12. O-O g5 13. Bd5 g4 14. Bxc6+ bxc6 15. Ne5 Rxg7 {½-½ (22) Bruzon Batista,L (2682)-So,W (2731) Havana 2014}) 7. d4 b5 8. Qb3 Bg7 9. e4 O-O 10. e5 Be6 11. exf6 {LiveBook: 6 Games} Bxb3 12. fxg7 Kxg7 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Bd5.} 13. axb3 Nc6 {Hoping for ...Nb4.} 14. Be3 Nb4 {aiming for ...Nc2+.} 15. Rc1 c5 16. Be2 (16. dxc5 $14 e5 17. Be2 (17. Nxe5 Rc8 $11)) 16... cxd4 $11 17. Bxd4+ Kg8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... f6 18. O-O {0-1 (52) Garkauskas,O (2089)-Della Morte,G (2309) Registro 2013}) 18. O-O Qd6 19. Be3 Rac8 20. Rfd1 Qe6 21. Nd4 Qe5 22. Nf3 Qe6 23. Nd4 Qf6 24. Bf3 Rfd8 25. Nd5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (25. g3 $11) 25... Nxd5 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Bxd5 Rd8 28. Nc6 {[#]} (28. Bf3 $142 e5 29. Nc2) 28... Qxc6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 29. Bxf7+ (29. Bxc6 Rxd1#) 29... Kxf7 {[%cal Rd8d1]} 30. Rxd8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRB} Qc2 {( -> ...Qb1+)} 31. h4 Qxb2 32. Ra8 Qb1+ 33. Kh2 Qe4 34. Rxa6 Qxh4+ 35. Kg1 Qb4 {Precision: White = 50%, Black = 78%.} 0-1

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Peters, Stephen G"]
[Black "Nihal Sarin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2050"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,56,8,8,4,21,0,0,-49,105,98,104,8,12,17,18,0,0,-34,-4,-28,-17,-77,-85,-73,-96,-195,-170,-220,-222,-450,-440,-574,-549,-712,-354,-693,-639,-1389,-679]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 {[%cal Bc2c4,Bc4b5,Bb5b6][%mdl 32]} c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. e4 {A57: Wolga/Benkö-Gambit} Rb8 {[%cal Ba8b8,Bb8b6,Bb6b4][%mdl 32]} (7... g6 8. Nf3 Bg7 9. Be2 Nxb6 10. O-O O-O 11. a4 Bg4 12. a5 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nc4 14. Qa4 Ne5 15. Be2 Ne8 16. Bg5 Nc7 17. f4 Nd7 18. e5 f6 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 {½-½ (20) Radjabov,T (2773)-Ivanchuk,V (2766) Wijk aan Zee 2012}) 8. Nf3 g6 9. a4 Rxb6 10. Nd2 Bg7 {LiveBook: 3 Partien} 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Rb4 13. h3 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 13. a5 Ne5 14. h3 g5 {0-1 (24) Bocharov,D (2584)-Zvjaginsev,V (2641) St Petersburg 2009}) 13... g5 $2 (13... e6 $15 {bleibt weiter vorne.}) 14. Nc4 $16 Nb6 {[#]} 15. Nxb6 (15. Na5 $1 $16) 15... Qxb6 $11 16. a5 Qb7 17. Qc2 h6 18. Ra2 Bd7 19. Re1 e6 $36 {[%cal Re6d5][%mdl 2048] Schwarz hat gut koordiniertes Spiel.} 20. Rd1 (20. b3 $11 {hält das Gleichgewicht.}) 20... exd5 $17 21. exd5 Re8 22. Bf3 (22. Bd2 $17) 22... Qc8 $19 {Und ...Lf5 würde nun gewinnen.} 23. Bd2 {[#]} Bxh3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 24. Ne2 $2 (24. Re1 Rxe1+ 25. Bxe1) (24. gxh3 Qxh3) 24... g4 25. Bxb4 gxf3 26. gxf3 cxb4 (26... Rxe2 $142 27. Qxe2 Qf5) 27. Qd3 $2 {[#]} (27. Qxc8 Bxc8 28. b3) 27... Nxd5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 28. Qxd5 Be6 {Precision: Weiß = 11%, Schwarz = 59%.} (28... Rxe2 $142 29. Qxd6 Qc2) 0-1

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nettleton, Charlie B"]
[Black "Fernandez, Daniel Howard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2047"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "174"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,174,-18,-21,-23,-40,-29,-36,-21,-29,-16,-14,-10,-14,-16,-14,-8,-55,-53,-59,-49,-69,-36,-38,-50,-92,-79,-83,-89,-107,-105,-123,-121,-131,-123,-134,-149,-208,-95,-217,-199,-197,-212,-180,-184,-215,-204,-212,-211,-210,-202,-383,-372,-339,-267,-376,-374,-389,-268,-292,-275,-238,-199,-204,-170,-342,-297,-241,-167,-171,-141,-691,-721,-708,-695,-738,-212,-196,-159,-211,-131,-131,-128,-128,-98,-354,-346,-331,-131,-131,-131,-133,-131,-384,-381,-576,-576,-575,-573,-644,-655,-638,-616,-2294,-2202,-29976,-29977,-29982,-29983,-29983,-29984,-29985,-289,-289,-197,-228,-156,-600,-716,-840,-796,-949,-773,-824,-818,-796,-291,-811,-756,-2995,0,-308,-308,-3005,-2997,-963,-308,-655,-14,-27,0,0,0,0,-8,-29983,-29984,-29984,-29985,-29985,-29986,-29986,-29987,-29987,-29988,-29988,-29988,-29988,-29989,-29989,-29990,-29990,-29991,-29992,-29988]} 1. e4 c5 2. a3 g6 3. Nc3 (3. h4 h5 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. Qf3 e6 6. d3 Nc6 {1-0 (6) Delgado Ramirez,N (2609)-Perez Ponsa,F (2577) Antofagasta 2016}) 3... Bg7 4. b4 b6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. bxc5 {B20: Sizilianisch} bxc5 7. Rb1 {LiveBook: 3 Partien} e6 8. Na4 $146 {Schwarz hat minimalen Vorteil.} ({Vorgänger:} 8. Bb5 Nge7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 d5 11. exd5 exd5 {0-1 (32) Liardet,F (2340)-Papa,S (2456) Geneve 2005}) 8... d6 9. Bb2 Bxb2 10. Rxb2 e5 11. Nc3 Nf6 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. O-O O-O 14. Ng5 Rb8 15. Rb1 h6 16. Nh3 Bxh3 17. Bxc6 Rxb1 18. Qxb1 Qc8 $1 $36 {[%cal Rc8g4][%mdl 2048] ( -> ...Dg4). Schwarz ist am Drücker.} 19. gxh3 ({Jedoch nicht} 19. Nd5 $2 Nxd5 20. gxh3 Nf4 $19) 19... Qxc6 20. d3 c4 {Droht ...cxd3 und aus.} 21. Qb5 Qc8 22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. Qxd5 Qxh3 24. Qxd6 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KDT-KDT} (24. dxc4 $17 Qg4+ 25. Kh1) 24... Qg4+ $19 25. Kh1 Qe2 $1 {[%cal Re2f1]} 26. Kg1 Qxc2 {zielt auf ...c3 ab.} 27. dxc4 Qxe4 28. c5 Rc8 29. Rc1 Qg4+ 30. Kf1 Qh3+ 31. Ke2 $2 (31. Kg1) 31... Qxa3 32. Rc2 Qa4 33. Rc3 (33. Qd3 $142) 33... Qb5+ 34. Ke3 Rc6 35. Qd8+ Kg7 36. Qd5 a5 37. Qxe5+ Kh7 {...Te6 ist eine echte Drohung.} 38. Qd5 $2 (38. Kf3) 38... Re6+ 39. Kf3 Qb2 40. Qd4 {[#]} a4 $1 {[%mdl 512] Und weiter mit ...a3 wäre nett.} 41. Rc4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (41. Rd3 $17 Qe2+ 42. Kg2) (41. Qxa4 Rf6+) 41... Qb7+ 42. Kg3 a3 43. Ra4 Ra6 $2 (43... a2 44. f3 Re2) 44. Rxa6 Qxa6 {KD-KD} 45. Qd5 Qa7 {Weiss muss nun ...a2 beachten.} 46. Qa2 Kg8 ({Viel schwächer ist} 46... Qxc5 47. Qxf7+ Kh8 48. Qf6+ Kg8 49. Qxg6+ Kf8 50. Qxh6+ Ke7 51. Qg7+ Ke6 52. Qg6+ Kd7 53. Qf7+ Kd6 54. Qg6+ Kd7 55. Qf7+ Kc6 56. Qb3 $15) 47. c6 Kf8 48. f4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (48. Kg2 $17) 48... Qg1+ $1 49. Kf3 Qh1+ $2 (49... Qf1+ $19 50. Ke4 Qc1) 50. Kg3 $17 Qe1+ 51. Kg2 Qe4+ 52. Kg3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (52. Kg1 $17 {ist der einzige Weg für Weiss..}) 52... Qd3+ $1 $19 53. Kg2 (53. Kf2 $142 Ke8 54. c7) 53... Ke7 54. c7 Kd7 55. Qxf7+ Kc8 56. Qf8+ Kxc7 57. Qxh6 Qc2+ 58. Kg3 Qc3+ 59. Kg4 a2 60. Qh7+ Kb6 61. Qxg6+ Ka5 $2 (61... Qc6 {setzt Matt} 62. Kg5 a1=Q 63. f5 Kb7 64. Qf7+ Ka6 65. Qe6 Kb5 66. Qxc6+ Kxc6 67. Kg6 Kd6 68. h3 Qg1+ 69. Kf6 Qg8 70. h4 Qg4 71. h5 Qxh5 72. Kg7 Qxf5 73. Kh8 Ke7 74. Kg7 Qh5 75. Kg8 Kf6 76. Kf8 Qh8#) 62. Qf5+ Kb4 63. Qe4+ Ka3 {[%mdl 1024] Schwarz hat starke Kompensation.} 64. Qa8+ $2 (64. Qe7+ $17 Kb3 65. Qb7+ Kc2 66. Qg2+ Kb1 67. Qf1+ Kb2 68. Qe2+ Qc2 69. Qe5+ Kb3 70. Kg5) 64... Kb2 65. Qb7+ Qb3 66. Qg2+ Qc2 67. Qb7+ Kc1 68. Qa6 Qg2+ $2 (68... Qd1+ 69. Kg3 Qb3+ 70. Kh4 Kd2) 69. Kf5 $2 (69. Kh5) 69... Qd5+ 70. Kg4 Qg2+ $2 (70... Qd7+ 71. Kf3 Qh3+ 72. Ke4 Qb3) 71. Kf5 Qxh2 72. Qf1+ $2 (72. Kg5) 72... Kd2 73. Qa1 Qh7+ $2 (73... Qh5+ 74. Ke4 Qe2+ 75. Kf5 Qd3+ 76. Kg5 Qb1 77. Qd4+ Ke2 78. Qc4+ Ke1 79. Qc3+ Ke2 80. Qc4+ Ke3 81. Qc3+ Kf2 82. Qc5+ Kg2 83. Qd5+ Kf2 84. Qd4+ Kf3 85. Qc3+ Kg2 86. Qd2+ Kf1) 74. Kg5 $2 (74. Kg4 Qc2 75. Kg5) 74... Qb1 $2 ({Günstiger ist} 74... Qg8+ $19 75. Kh6 Qb3 76. Qd4+ Ke2 77. Qe5+ Kf2) 75. Qd4+ $11 Ke2 (75... Qd3 $5 {[%cal Rd3d4]} 76. Qf2+ Qe2 77. Qd4+ Kc2 78. Qa4+ Kd3 79. Qa3+ Ke4 80. Qa8+ Ke3 81. Qa3+ Kf2 82. Qa7+ Kg2 83. Qa8+ Kg1 $19) 76. Qc4+ Kf3 77. Qc3+ Kg2 78. f5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (78. Qd2+ $11 Kf1 79. Qc3) 78... a1=Q {Schwarz setzt Matt.} 79. Qd2+ Kf1 80. Qf4+ Ke2 81. Qh2+ Kd3 82. Qg3+ Ke4 83. Qg2+ Kd4 84. Qf2+ Kc4 85. Qe2+ Qd3 86. Qe6+ Qd5 87. Qe2+ Kb3 {Precision: Weiß = 43%, Schwarz = 60%.} 0-1

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Radovanovic, Jovica"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,71,3,12,54,54,54,55,47,51,89,89,92,99,95,83,100,119,99,98,158,141,297,296,296,293,286,270,277,270,293,256,240,247,262,272,294,283,283,283,283,282,276,273,273,275,282,283,352,285,494,481,861,843,5385,5002,29996,29997]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 b5 8. Bg5 Nbd7 {B91: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 g3} 9. Nd5 {LiveBook: 18 Games} h6 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 {White is slightly better.} 11. Nxf6+ $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Nec3 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Be7 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 O-O 15. Bc4 Bh3 16. Qf3 {1-0 (40) Ivanov,A (2545)-Garmendez Gonzalez,F (2325) Linares 1992}) 11... Qxf6 12. Nc3 Qd8 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 {[%cal Ba1a4,Ba4c4,Bc4c7,Bc7d7][%mdl 32]} Be7 15. Bb5+ Bd7 16. Bxd7+ Qxd7 17. Qd3 Qb7 (17... O-O $142) 18. Qd5 Qc8 $2 {[#]} (18... Ra7 $16) 19. Rc4 $18 Qd8 20. Qc6+ Kf8 21. Nd5 g6 22. O-O Kg7 23. Qb7 Bg5 24. Rc7 Rf8 25. b4 Bd2 26. c3 Rc8 27. Rd7 Qe8 28. Rxd6 Bxc3 29. Nc7 ({Don't take} 29. Qxa6 $6 Bd4 $18) ({Don't do} 29. Rxa6 Rb8 $16) 29... Rxc7 30. Qxc7 Bxb4 31. Rxa6 Qb5 32. Rb6 Qa5 $2 {[#]} (32... Qc5 33. Rc6 Qd4) 33. Rc1 Bd2 (33... Ra8 $142 34. Rb7 Rf8 35. Qxa5 Bxa5) 34. Rcc6 Kh7 35. Rf6 Be3 36. Rxf7+ {Precision: White = 96%, Black = 25%.} 1-0

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Black "Jackson, James P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2314"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,82,17,17,-28,37,1,0,-11,-8,-16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-89,-78,-95,-74,-76,-60,-91,-84,-341,-344,-342,-340,-350,-341,-411,-223,-231,-201,-198,-195,-187,-181,-162,-145,-213,-206,-215,-215,-215,-215,-213,-177,-177,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 c5 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d4 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. a3 Ne4 {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3} 10. b4 Be7 11. Bb2 Bf6 12. Nd4 (12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qxd5 Be6 14. Qxe4 Qxa1 15. b5 Nd8 16. Qb4 Qf6 17. Nd4 {½-½ (52) Kramnik,V (2760)-Sadler,M (2653) London 2014}) 12... Qb6 {[%cal Rc6d4] LiveBook: 3 Games} 13. Nxc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. e3 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Qxd4 16. exd4 Be6 17. Rc1 {½-½ (33) Stefanova,A (2488)-Batsiashvili,N (2417) Plovdiv 2014}) 13... Qxc6 (13... Bxb2 $11 14. Ra2 Bf6 15. Qxd5 Nxf2 16. Rxf2 Be6) 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Qxd5 Qxa1 16. Qb5+ Bd7 17. Qxb7 O-O {Strongly threatening ...Nf6.} 18. Qxd7 Nf6 19. Qa4 Rac8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 20. Nd2 (20. Bb7 $11 {remains equal.} Rce8 21. Bf3) 20... Qb2 $17 21. Nf3 Rc3 (21... Qxe2 22. Nd4 $11) 22. Qxa7 Rxa3 23. Qc5 Qxe2 24. b5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (24. Nd4 $17 Qb2 25. Nc6) 24... Rxf3 $19 25. Bxf3 Qxf3 26. b6 h5 27. Rb1 {[#]} Qe4 (27... h4 $142 $1 28. Qe3 (28. gxh4 Qg4+) 28... Qb7) 28. Rb4 Qb7 29. Qc7 Qb8 30. Rc4 {intending b7.} Nd5 31. Qc6 {[#]} Ne7 $1 {[%cal Re7c6]} ({Inferior is} 31... Nxb6 32. Rb4 $11) 32. Qe4 {[#]} (32. Qd7 $17) 32... Nc8 $1 {[%cal Rc8d6] And now ...Nd6 would win.} ({Worse is} 32... Qxb6 33. Qxe7 Rb8 34. h3 $11) 33. Rb4 Nd6 ({Weaker is} 33... Nxb6 34. Qb1 $11) 34. Qd5 g6 35. g4 hxg4 36. Rxg4 Kg7 $2 (36... Kh7 $19 37. Rb4 Re8) 37. Qd4+ $11 {The position is equal.} f6 {[#] ...Nf7 is the strong threat.} 38. Rxg6+ $3 {[%mdl 512]} Kxg6 39. Qg4+ Kh7 {( -> ...Rg8)} 40. Qh5+ Kg7 41. Qg4+ Kh7 {Precision: White = 46%, Black = 65%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Black "Vignesh, B."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2287"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,76,29,23,168,169,171,163,163,166,158,166,160,157,161,158,166,144,144,156,166,146,137,130,156,147,221,221,225,222,228,228,228,217,226,215,224,223,233,228,241,129,244,248,255,258,244,200,435,433,446,444,428]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 b6 7. Bb2 Bb7 8. e3 c5 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. d4 Rad8 {A14: Reti-Eröffnung} (12... Qf5 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxb7 Rad8 15. Qe2 Qd3 16. Rae1 Qxe2 17. Rxe2 Nd3 18. Ba1 cxd4 19. Bxd4 Bf6 20. Bxf6 gxf6 {1-0 (99) So,W (2788)-Dominguez Perez,L (2739) Saint Louis 2017}) 13. Ne5 Qd6 14. dxc5 {LiveBook: 40 Partien} Qxd1 {[#]} (14... Qxc5 $11 {und Schwarz muss sich keine Sorgen machen.} 15. Nd7 Qf5) 15. Raxd1 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 15. Rfxd1 Nxe5 16. Bxb7 Nd3 17. cxb6 axb6 18. Bd4 Nc5 19. Bf3 f6 20. Kf1 {1-0 (44) Gonzalez Garcia,J (2518)-Ramesa,M (2214) Barcelona 2012}) 15... Nxe5 16. Bxb7 Nd3 {[#]} 17. cxb6 $1 axb6 18. Bd4 Nc5 19. Bf3 Rc8 20. Rc1 f6 21. b4 Nd3 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. a3 Ne5 24. Be4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Läuft bei Weiss.} Nc4 25. Rc1 Nd6 (25... b5 $16 {war nötig.} 26. Kg2 Kf7) 26. Rxc8+ $18 Nxc8 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KLL-KLS} 27. f4 Kf7 28. Bd3 ({Schlechter ist} 28. Bxh7 g6 $11) 28... Bd8 29. Kf2 ({Und nicht} 29. Bxh7 g6 $11) 29... g6 30. e4 Ne7 31. Bb5 Bc7 32. a4 Nc8 33. e5 ({Lieber} 33. Bc4 $18) 33... Ne7 (33... fxe5 $16 {ist eine bessere Verteidigung.} 34. fxe5 Na7) 34. exf6 Nd5 35. Be5 Bd8 36. Bd6 Bxf6 $2 {[#]} (36... Nxf6 37. Kf3 Nd5) 37. a5 Bd4+ 38. Kf3 bxa5 {Precision: Weiß = 75%, Schwarz = 43%.} 1-0

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Maze, Sebastien"]
[Black "Ojas, Kulkarni"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2278"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,73,18,39,43,43,37,39,31,68,58,62,38,81,29,57,45,96,-44,97,102,83,89,101,60,40,53,215,0,5,0,0,0,85,61,152,141,141,45,37,46,37,39,36,0,138,147,253,253,253,246,246,239,387,374,29995,29996]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c4 O-O {C84: Closed Ruy Lopez: Unusual White 6th moves} 8. h3 Bd7 9. Nc3 Re8 10. Be3 Bf8 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 11. Rc1 Ne7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... h6 12. Nd5 Nb8 13. b4 Nxd5 14. cxd5 c6 15. Bb3 {1-0 (29) Yu,Y (2688)-Handler,L (2369) Reykjavik 2013}) 12. b4 Ng6 13. Nd5 Rc8 14. Nxf6+ gxf6 15. Nd2 b5 16. cxb5 (16. Bb3 $16) 16... axb5 17. Bb3 f5 ({Black should try} 17... Be6 $14) 18. f4 (18. exf5 $1 $16 Bxf5 19. Ne4) 18... Bh6 {[#]} (18... exf4 $15 {keeps the upper hand.} 19. exf5 Rxe3 20. fxg6 hxg6 21. Rxf4 d5 22. Bxd5 Be6 23. Bxe6 Rxe6) 19. exf5 $1 $16 Nxf4 {[#]} 20. Kh2 $1 Qh4 21. Qg4+ Qxg4 22. hxg4 Kg7 $2 (22... Bg7 $14) 23. d4 $2 ({White has to play} 23. Ne4 $18) 23... Ne2 $1 $11 {[%csl LRc1,LRd4,LRe3]} 24. g5 Bxg5 $1 25. Bxg5 {And now dxe5 would win.} f6 (25... Nxc1 $11 26. Rxc1 exd4) 26. Rce1 exd4 (26... Nxd4 $14 27. Be3 Nxb3 28. axb3 d5) 27. Bh4 $16 c5 28. Be6 (28. Bd5 $16 {Ne4 is the strong threat.} Bc6 29. Be6) 28... Bxe6 $14 29. Rxe2 Bd5 $1 30. Rxe8 Rxe8 31. Re1 Rxe1 (31... Re5 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 32. Bxe1 $16 Bxa2 (32... Kh6 $16) 33. Ne4 $18 cxb4 34. Bxb4 d5 35. Nc5 Bb1 (35... Kf7 $142 36. g4 Bb1) 36. Ne6+ Kh6 $2 (36... Kf7 $18 37. Nxd4 Bd3) 37. g4 {Precision: White = 40%, Black = 26%.} 1-0

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hawkins, Jonathan"]
[Black "Lyell, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2264"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 28,105,31,5,82,82,82,82,89,7,7,7,7,10,7,9,9,9,9,10,11,5,74,70,76,17,16,16,16,16,16,14,14,16,15,15,16,17,39,27,57,57,57,57,54,57,100,101,98,98,146,149,326,326,326,326,600,507,500,475,710,701,629,639,543,458,458,409,862,825,29970,29972,29972,29973,29973,29974,29972,29973,29970,29970]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 {[%cal Bg1e2,Be2c3,Bc3a4,Ba4b6][%mdl 32]} cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nf3 Qc7 12. Nc3 a6 13. Bd2 {C06: French Tarrasch: 3...Nf6 4 e5 Nfd7 5 Bd3 main lines} O-O 14. Rc1 Bd7 15. Re1 {LiveBook: 12 Games. White is slightly better.} Qb6 (15... Ng4 $11 {remains equal.} 16. g3 h6) (15... Rae8 16. Na4 Bc8 17. Ne5 Qb8 18. Bf4 Nxd4 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Qxd4 Ne4 {1-0 (33) Shankland,S (2652)-Michiels,B (2563) Wijk aan Zee 2015}) 16. Na4 $16 Qa7 17. Be3 b6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Be8 18. Ne5 Rd8 19. Nc5 Bxc5 20. Nxc6 Bxc6 21. Rxc5 {0-1 (49) Munshi,A (1901)-Moore,G (2155) Llandudno 2017}) 18. Ne5 ({White should play} 18. h3 $16) 18... Nxe5 $11 19. dxe5 Bxe5 20. Nxb6 d4 21. Nxd7 ({And not} 21. Nxa8 dxe3 22. fxe3 (22. Rxe3 $2 Bf4 $19) 22... Qxa8 $17) 21... dxe3 22. Nxf6+ Rxf6 23. fxe3 Qb8 24. h3 Bxb2 (24... Bg3 $11) 25. Rb1 $1 $16 {Black must now prevent Qe2.} Qe5 {[#]} 26. Qc2 (26. Bxh7+ $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} Kxh7 27. Qc2+ Rg6 28. Rxb2) 26... Bc3 $11 27. Bxh7+ Kh8 28. Qe4 Qxe4 29. Bxe4 Bxe1 30. Bxa8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Bf2+ 31. Kf1 {And now Ke2 would win.} Bxe3+ 32. Ke2 Bd4 33. Be4 {Rb8+ would kill now.} g5 34. Kd3 e5 35. Rb7 Kg8 36. a4 a5 37. Rb5 Rd6 38. Rxa5 Bc5+ 39. Kc4 Rd4+ $2 (39... Bd4 $16 {keeps fighting.} 40. Rb5 Kf8) 40. Kxc5 $18 Rxe4 {KR-KR} 41. Kd5 Re2 $2 (41... Re1 42. Ra8+ Kg7) 42. g4 Kf7 43. Rb5 e4 (43... Kf6 $142 44. Rb6+ Ke7) 44. a5 e3 45. Kd4 Re1 46. Kd3 e2 47. Re5 Rh1 (47... Ra1 $142) 48. Rxe2 Rxh3+ 49. Kc4 {White mates.} Ra3 50. Kb5 Rb3+ 51. Ka4 Rb1 52. Re4 Kf6 53. a6 {Precision: White = 79%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Donchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Soham, Das"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2263"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,41,54,54,47,53,45,34,57,48,62,58,154,153,135,151,170,137,177,156,314,323,365,375,372,369,446,455,563,561,670,700]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 d5 6. a3 {E32: Nimzo-Indian: Classical (4 Qc2): 4...0-0} (6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bf4 Nbd7 8. e3 Re8 9. Bd3 c5 10. a3 Bxc3+ 11. Qxc3 c4 12. Bc2 Ne4 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Nd2 b5 {½-½ (63) Nakamura,H (2792)-Aronian,L (2799) Saint Louis 2017}) 6... Be7 7. Bf4 {LiveBook: 12 Games} Nh5 8. Bd2 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 8. Be5 Nf6 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Bg3 a6 11. Rd1 dxc4 12. Bxc4 {1-0 (32) Allerberger,P (2520)-Cabrera Trujillo,C (1912) Remote email 2013}) 8... Nf6 9. e4 c5 10. dxc5 {aiming for cxd5.} Bxc5 11. cxd5 Ng4 {[#]} (11... exd5 $14 12. Nxd5 Nxd5) 12. Bg5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rg5d8]} Qa5 13. Bh4 {Hoping for Rd1.} exd5 14. exd5 Na6 15. Be2 Nb4 $2 {[#]} (15... Bb4 $16 {keeps fighting.} 16. O-O Bxc3) 16. Qd1 $18 Qb6 {[%cal Rc5f2]} 17. O-O ({Less strong is} 17. axb4 Bxf2+ 18. Bxf2 Nxf2 $18) 17... Na6 18. Na4 Qd6 19. Bg3 {White is clearly winning.} Qe7 20. Bxa6 bxa6 21. d6 {Precision: White = 94%, Black = 42%.} 1-0

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Black "Ronka, Erik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,17,25,31,30,34,11,40,26,41,22]} 1. d4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 c5 4. c3 Qa5 5. d5 d6 {LiveBook: 10 Games} 6. Nh3 {A40: Unusual replies to 1 d4} Nf6 7. Nf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. O-O b5 8. a4 a6 9. Nf4 Nbd7 10. Na3 Rb8 11. axb5 axb5 12. Nd3 Qc7 {½-½ (22) Abramovic,B (2490)-Kovacevic,B (2452) Zagreb 2008}) 7... Na6 8. O-O b5 9. e4 {[%mdl 32768] Loss on Time!?} 1-0

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Handke, Florian"]
[Black "Lercel, Michal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2244"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,59,35,24,24,14,129,131,117,67,67,67,72,69,81,82,86,79,89,77,93,86,159,143,161,156,154,134,139,137,134,44,206,203,186,170,347,353,348,342]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 Bc5 6. O-O b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. Bg5 {[%cal Bc1g5,Bg5h4,Bh4g3][%mdl 32] C78: Ruy Lopez: Archangelsk and Möller Defences} h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Bg4 (11... Ba7 12. Nbd2 Na5 13. Bc2 Nh5 14. Kh1 Nc6 15. Bb3 Na5 16. Bc2 Nc6 17. Bb3 Na5 18. Bc2 Nc6 {½-½ (18) Svidler,P (2741)-Ding,L (2759) Shenzhen 2017}) 12. Nbd2 {LiveBook: 7 Games} Nh5 13. Bd5 Ne7 $146 (13... Nxg3 $11 {remains equal.} 14. hxg3 Qd7) ({Predecessor:} 13... Qd7 14. b4 Bb6 15. d4 Rae8 16. Bxc6 Qxc6 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. Qxg4 Nxg3 19. Qxg3 exd4 20. cxd4 Bxd4 {0-1 (60) Dejanovic,M (2105)-Ciganovic,N (2272) Bosnjaci 2011}) 14. Bxa8 $16 Qxa8 15. h3 Nxg3 16. hxg4 {[#] Strongly threatening Re1.} Nxf1 17. Nxf1 ({Reject} 17. Qxf1 Qc8 $11) 17... Bb6 18. Ng3 Qc8 19. Nd2 {[%cal Bf3d2,Bd2f1,Bf1e3][%mdl 32]} Qe6 20. Qf3 c6 21. a4 f6 (21... b4 $142) 22. axb5 axb5 23. Ra6 Rb8 24. Ndf1 Kf7 25. Ne3 Qc8 26. Nh5 (26. Ra3 $16) 26... Ng8 $2 ({Black should try} 26... Qxa6 $14 27. Qxf6+ Ke8) 27. Ra1 $18 Bxe3 28. fxe3 {And now Ra7+ would win.} ({Don't do} 28. Qxe3 $6 Ra8 $16) 28... Ra8 $2 {[#]} (28... Qd7 {might work better.} 29. Kf2 b4) 29. Rxa8 $1 Qxa8 30. Qf5 {Precision: White = 73%, Black = 25%.} 1-0

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nihal Sarin"]
[Black "Yuan, Yuanling"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2243"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,55,44,22,21,16,31,22,20,23,58,41,52,49,61,23,83,85,87,18,10,0,6,20,71,10,35,-39,-42,-55,-58,-48,56,46,50,44,98,95,76,99,69,65,75,51,190,208,204,203]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Qd2 c6 6. O-O-O {LiveBook: 5 Games. B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems} (6. Nf3 b5 7. a3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. O-O-O b4 10. axb4 a5 11. b5 cxb5 12. e5 b4 13. exf6 bxc3 14. Qxc3 Bxf6 {1-0 (46) Rodshtein,M (2699)-Mchedlishvili,M (2604) Heraklio 2017}) 6... b5 7. f3 Qa5 8. Kb1 {White is slightly better.} b4 9. Nce2 $1 {[%cal Bc3e2,Be2c1,Bc1b3][%mdl 32]} Be6 10. Nc1 h5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Nbd7 11. Nge2 Rb8 12. Bh6 Bxh6 13. Qxh6 Bc4 {1-0 (28) Colovic,D (2356)-Kler,B (2211) Senta 2007}) 11. h4 Nbd7 12. Nh3 Nb6 (12... Bxh3 $1 $11 13. Rxh3 Qb6) 13. Nb3 $16 Qa4 14. Ng5 (14. e5 $16 dxe5 15. dxe5) 14... Bc4 $1 $11 15. e5 dxe5 $1 16. Bxe5 {Strongly threatening Bxc4.} O-O (16... Qb5 $11) 17. Bd3 (17. g4 $16) 17... Qb5 18. Rhe1 ({White should try} 18. g4 $14) 18... a5 $15 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 19. Nc5 a4 20. g4 b3 ({Better is} 20... Bxd3 $15 21. Qxd3 hxg4) 21. cxb3 axb3 22. a3 Rfd8 {[#]} (22... Bxd3+ $14 23. Qxd3 Nbd5) 23. gxh5 $1 $16 Nxh5 24. Bxg7 Nxg7 25. Qf4 {aiming for Nxf7!} (25. Rxe7 $2 Rxd4 26. Nce4 (26. Nge4 $2 Nf5 $19) 26... Nf5 $19) (25. Bxc4 Qxc4 26. Qc1 (26. Rxe7 $2 Rxd4 27. Qc1 Qxc5 $19) 26... Nf5 $15) 25... Nh5 26. Qe4 (26. Qe5 $5 {[%cal Rg5f7]} Nd7 27. Qxe7 Nxc5 28. Bxc4 Qxc4 29. Qxc5 Rxd4 30. Qxc4 (30. Qxd4 $2 {is a self mate.} Qc2+ 31. Ka1 Rxa3+ 32. bxa3 Qa2#) 30... Rxc4 31. Re3 $14) 26... Nd5 {[#]} (26... Nf6 $14 27. Qe5 (27. Qxe7 Re8 $17) 27... Nbd7) 27. Nxf7 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Bxd3+ (27... Kxf7 28. Qxg6+) 28. Nxd3 {Precision: White = 37%, Black = 31%.} ({And not} 28. Rxd3 Kxf7 29. Rxb3 Qa5 $11) 1-0

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fernandez, Daniel Howard"]
[Black "Bremner, Adam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2231"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,61,4,17,-8,-4,-36,-20,-39,-30,-29,-32,-32,-32,-36,-35,-27,0,0,20,20,21,25,36,12,12,12,14,12,17,15,15,6,6,0,9,4,25,7,20,1,48,46,619,620,616,612,599,583,563,547,539,535]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Nxc3 Bg7 6. Bc4 Nc6 {LiveBook: 14 Games} 7. h3 {B21: Sicilian: 2 f4 and Morra Gambit} (7. e5 $5) (7. e5 Nxe5 8. Nxe5 Bxe5 9. Bxf7+ Kxf7 10. Qd5+ Kg7 11. Qxe5+ Nf6 12. O-O d6 13. Qe2 Bd7 14. Bg5 Bc6 15. Rfe1 {1-0 (73) Daus,P (2406)-Simon,R (2443) ICCF email 2012}) 7... d6 8. Ng5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. O-O Nf6 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Rd1 Nd7 11. Be3 Nb6 12. Bb5 a6 13. Bd3 Be6 14. Ng5 Ne5 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Rac1 Rc8 17. Bc2 Nbc4 18. Bb3 {0-1 (31) Gaut vel Hartman,S (2173)-Da Silva,F (2286) Liape email 2002}) 8... Ne5 9. Bb3 {The position is equal.} h6 10. Nf3 ({Not} 10. Nxf7 $2 Nxf7 11. Be3 e6 $19) 10... Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 Nf6 12. O-O O-O 13. Be3 Be6 14. e5 Nd7 15. exd6 Bxb3 16. axb3 exd6 17. Qxb7 Rb8 18. Qd5 Nf6 19. Qc4 d5 20. Qa4 a5 21. Bc5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Re8 22. Rfd1 Qc7 23. Bd4 Qb7 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. Nxd5 Bxb2 26. Rab1 Qxb3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (26... Bg7 $14) 27. Nf6+ $1 $18 {[%mdl 512] White is clearly winning.} Kf8 (27... Bxf6 28. Rxb3) 28. Qxb3 Rxb3 29. Nxe8 a4 30. Nd6 Rb4 {Now ...a3 and Black clings on.} 31. Nc4 {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 50%.} 1-0

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bellaiche, Anthony"]
[Black "Stigar, Petter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D25"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2214"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,57,21,37,15,14,0,17,10,44,44,60,44,52,25,25,20,12,12,21,16,34,24,37,19,58,27,22,20,24,41,52,48,44,32,27,41,221,214,1079,1114]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Bxc4 {D25: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 4 e3: sidelines and 4...Bg4} e6 7. O-O Be7 8. Qe2 (8. Nbd2 O-O 9. b3 Bb7 10. Bb2 Nbd7 11. Qe2 c5 {1-0 (36) Riazantsev,A (2671)-Piorun,K (2657) Tallinn 2016}) 8... O-O 9. Rd1 Bb7 10. Nbd2 c5 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 11. Nb3 Nbd7 12. a5 Qc7 13. Bd2 $146 cxd4 14. Nfxd4 Rac8 15. Rac1 {[#] Black must now prevent Nxe6!} Qb8 16. Ba6 Nc5 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. Nb3 Be7 20. a6 Qb8 21. Qf3 Bd6 22. g3 (22. Qb7 {keeps more tension.} Rcd8 23. Qxb8 Rxb8 24. Na5 Rb6 25. Rc6) 22... Qb6 23. Qe2 Ne4 24. Be1 Rfd8 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Qd3 f5 $1 27. Nd4 {[%cal Bb3d4,Bd4f5,Bf5e7][%mdl 32]} Be5 $2 {[#]} (27... Bf8 $14) 28. Nxf5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Nc5 $2 (28... exf5 29. Qd5+ Kh8) 29. Ne7+ {Precision: White = 83%, Black = 57%.} 1-0

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fenil, Shah"]
[Black "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2324"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,98,10,6,2,4,16,18,0,28,0,4,-2,5,9,0,0,2,-21,-8,-30,-32,-28,-27,-25,-20,-32,-29,-17,-28,-82,-19,-25,-21,-22,-18,-21,-11,-12,-22,-22,-22,-25,-25,-25,-25,-11,-11,-11,-10,-19,-7,-13,-4,-4,-4,-6,0,-9,-10,-52,-52,-52,-52,-70,-68,-114,-107,-141,-141,-166,-161,-246,-242,-244,-244,-270,-278,-564,-534,-536,-331,-5018,-5002,-4698,-4690]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 O-O 6. Ngf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Ne5 Nc6 {LiveBook: 4 Games. E16: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Bb4+} (8... Nbd7 9. Qa4 Bd6 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Qxd7 Nxd7 12. cxd5 Bxd5 13. e4 Bb7 14. Rd1 Be7 15. Nc4 Nf6 16. f3 c5 {½-½ (46) Lenderman,A (2565)-Anand,V (2794) Douglas 2017}) 9. Qa4 a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Bd6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Ndf3 Qe8 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Qc2 Bb7 14. Ne5 Qe6 15. Nc4 Be7 16. Ne3 {½-½ (59) Tari,A (2487)-Grandelius,N (2602) Caleta 2015}) 10. Nxc6 Qe8 {The position is equal.} 11. a3 Bd6 12. Qc2 {aiming for Ne5.} Bxc6 13. Re1 Rc8 14. b3 dxc4 15. Bxc6 Qxc6 16. Qxc4 Qb7 17. e4 {Hoping for e5.} Be7 18. e5 Nd7 {[%cal Bf6d7,Bd7f8,Bf8g6][%mdl 32]} 19. Ne4 Rfd8 20. Bg5 Bxg5 21. Nxg5 Nf8 22. Rac1 (22. Ne4 $11) 22... Rd7 ({Better is} 22... c5 $1 $17 23. dxc5 Rxc5) 23. Qc3 Qd5 24. Nf3 Ng6 25. Qc6 Ne7 26. Qxd5 Rxd5 27. Rc3 h6 28. Rec1 c6 29. h4 Rcd8 30. Kg2 Rb5 31. R1c2 Kf8 32. Rd3 c5 33. Rcd2 cxd4 34. Rxd4 Rxd4 35. Rxd4 $11 {[%cal Rd4d8][%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Ke8 36. Rd3 Rc5 37. Kf1 Nc6 38. Re3 b5 39. Ke1 Rc1+ 40. Ke2 Rc2+ 41. Ke1 Ra2 $1 42. Rc3 Kd7 43. Rc5 (43. b4 {was called for.}) 43... Rxa3 $19 44. Rxb5 {[#]} a4 $1 {[%cal Ba5a4,Ba4b3,Bb3b2][%mdl 32]} 45. Rb7+ {[#]} Kc8 $1 {[%cal Rc8b7]} 46. Rxf7 $2 (46. Rb5) 46... axb3 47. Nd2 b2 48. Rxg7 $2 (48. Rf8+ Kb7 49. Rf7+ Ka6 50. Nb1) 48... Ra1+ 49. Ke2 Nd4+ {Precision: White = 41%, Black = 72%.} 0-1

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Paterek, Michal"]
[Black "Nabaty, Tamir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "199"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,199,13,20,2,22,17,37,27,38,37,60,16,20,17,59,8,29,13,76,7,7,7,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,-29,0,-54,-54,-54,-54,-54,-54,-54,-54,-49,-49,-56,-33,-31,-41,-32,-3,-5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,-5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. a3 Be7 8. Nf4 Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6a5,Ba5c4][%mdl 32] E42: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4...c5 5 Ne2} (8... dxc4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. Be3 Nc6 11. O-O Bd6 12. Nh5 Nd5 13. Bxd5 exd5 14. h3 Ne7 15. Bf4 Ng6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Re1 Be6 18. Qd2 Rfe8 19. Rac1 {½-½ (36) Nisipeanu,L (2668)-Lenic,L (2624) Bled 2016}) 9. Be3 O-O 10. cxd5 exd5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 11. Be2 Be6 12. O-O Rc8 13. Qd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Rc1 Bd6 14. Qd2 Na5 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Rce1 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 {½-½ (45) Pres,G (2310)-Safaev,A (2215) Moscow 1996}) 13... Na5 14. Rae1 Nc4 15. Bc1 Qb6 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Qh3 (17. Na4 $14 Qc6 18. Qh3) 17... Nxb2 $11 18. Bxb2 Qxb2 {[#]} 19. Qxe6+ ({Better is} 19. Nb5 $1 $16 Kh8 20. Bd3) 19... Kh8 20. Qxe7 Qxc3 21. Qxb7 Ne4 22. Bg4 ({Reject} 22. Qxd5 Nd2 $17) 22... Rcd8 23. Re3 Qxd4 {[#] Hoping for ...Rxf2!} 24. Rd1 Qa4 (24... Qc5 $5 {[%cal Re4f2]} 25. Qb4 Qc2 $17) 25. Qb3 ({White should try} 25. Be2 $11) 25... Qxb3 $15 26. Rxb3 Nxf2 27. Rd4 Nxg4 28. Rxg4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Rd7 29. Rd4 Kg8 30. Rb5 Rf5 31. Ra5 h5 32. Rda4 Re7 {[%cal Re7e1]} 33. g4 {The position is equal.} Re1+ 34. Kg2 Re2+ 35. Kg3 Re3+ 36. Kg2 hxg4 37. Rxg4 Re2+ 38. Kg3 Re3+ 39. Kg2 Re7 40. Rga4 Re2+ 41. Kg3 Re1 42. h4 Rg1+ 43. Kh2 Rg6 44. Rxa7 Rf2+ 45. Kh3 Rf1 {[%cal Rf1h1]} 46. Kh2 Rfg1 47. Rd4 R1g2+ 48. Kh1 R2g4 (48... R2g3 {feels hotter.} 49. Kh2 Rg2+) 49. Rxg4 Rxg4 $11 {KR-KR} 50. Rd7 Rxh4+ 51. Kg2 Rd4 52. a4 Kh7 53. a5 Kh6 54. Kf3 g5 55. Ke3 Re4+ 56. Kf3 Rf4+ 57. Kg3 Rd4 58. a6 Kh5 59. a7 Rd3+ 60. Kg2 Ra3 61. Rxd5 Kh4 62. Rd7 Ra2+ 63. Kg1 g4 64. Rb7 Kh3 65. Rc7 Ra1+ 66. Kf2 {[%cal Rc7h7]} g3+ 67. Kf3 {[%cal Rc7h7]} Ra3+ 68. Ke2 Ra2+ 69. Kf3 {[%cal Rc7h7]} Ra3+ 70. Ke2 Kh2 (70... g2 {is interesting.} 71. Rh7+ Kg3 72. Rg7+ Kh2 73. Rh7+ Kg1) 71. Rh7+ Kg1 72. Rb7 g2 73. Rg7 Ra6 74. Rb7 Ra5 (74... Kh1 $5 75. Rh7+ $8 Kg1 $11) 75. Re7 Ra2+ 76. Ke1 Ra4 (76... Kh2 $5 77. Rh7+ $8 Kg3 78. Rg7+ Kh3 79. Rh7+ Kg4 80. Rg7+ Kf3 81. Rf7+ Ke4 82. Re7+ Kf5 $11) 77. Ke2 Ra3 78. Ke1 Ra2 (78... Ra1+ {keeps more tension.} 79. Ke2 Ra3) 79. Rh7 Ra1+ 80. Ke2 Ra3 81. Re7 Ra5 82. Ke1 Kh2 83. Rh7+ Kg3 84. Rg7+ Kh2 {( -> ...Rxa7!)} (84... Kf3 $5 85. Rf7+ $8 Ke3 86. Re7+ Kf3 87. Rf7+ Ke3 88. Re7+ Kf3 89. Rf7+ $11) 85. Rh7+ Kg1 (85... Kg3 $5 86. Rg7+ $8 Kf3 87. Rf7+ Ke3 88. Re7+ Kf3 89. Rf7+ Ke3 90. Re7+ Kf3 91. Rf7+ $11) 86. Re7 Ra2 87. Rh7 Ra3 88. Ke2 Ra1 89. Re7 Ra2+ (89... Kh1 $5 90. Rh7+ $8 Kg1 $11) 90. Ke1 Kh2 {[%cal Rg2g1]} 91. Rh7+ Kg3 {[%cal Rg2g1]} 92. Rg7+ Kf3 93. Rf7+ Ke3 {[%cal Ra2a1]} (93... Kg4 $5 94. Rg7+ $8 Kf3 95. Rf7+ Ke3 96. Re7+ Kf3 97. Rf7+ $11) 94. Re7+ Kd3 {[%cal Rg2g1]} 95. Rg7 Rxa7 (95... Re2+ {with more complications.} 96. Kd1 Ra2 97. Ke1) 96. Rg3+ Ke4 {Strongly threatening ...Ra2.} 97. Rxg2 Ra1+ 98. Kf2 Ra2+ 99. Kg3 Rxg2+ 100. Kxg2 {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 73%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Derakhshani, Borna"]
[Black "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2298"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,81,16,0,7,1,-4,-24,-23,-23,-18,-23,-29,-25,-19,-18,-2,-1,41,-33,-46,-38,-33,-89,-72,-89,-95,-91,-93,-85,-67,-66,-62,-64,-57,-93,-69,-85,-88,-79,-86,-105,-87,-119,-106,-110,-105,-129,-89,-82,-68,-90,-90,-95,-58,-53,-40,-54,-45,-52,-48,-55,-61,-102,-106,-96,5,4,4,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 g6 4. c3 Qb6 5. Qb3 Bg7 6. Nd2 {A45: Trompowsky Attack} O-O 7. Ngf3 d6 8. Bd3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Nc6 9. Bg3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. O-O Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 Rfe8 12. dxc5 Qxb3 13. axb3 e5 14. Bg5 {0-1 (39) Roos,D (2420)-Apicella,M (2560) France 1996}) 9... Be6 10. Qb5 cxd4 11. exd4 Qc7 12. O-O a6 13. Qa4 b5 14. Qd1 Na5 {[%cal Bc6a5,Ba5c4,Bc4b2][%mdl 32]} 15. Re1 Rab8 16. Ng5 (16. Rxe6 $14 fxe6 17. Ng5) 16... Bd5 $15 17. Qe2 Rfe8 18. f4 (18. Nf1 $15) 18... Nc4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is really pushing.} 19. b3 Nb2 20. Rac1 Nxd3 21. Qxd3 Qd7 22. c4 bxc4 23. bxc4 Ba8 24. Nb3 h6 25. Nf3 Qg4 26. c5 Rbc8 27. cxd6 exd6 28. Rxc8 Qxc8 29. Rxe8+ Nxe8 30. f5 gxf5 31. d5 Qb7 32. Qe2 Nf6 33. Nh4 Qxd5 34. Qxa6 Ne4 {...Bd4+ is the strong threat.} 35. Qc8+ Bf8 {[#] ( -> ...Qd1+)} 36. Qxf5 Qd1+ 37. Qf1 Qc2 38. Nf5 Qxa2 39. Nbd4 Qd2 (39... Nxg3 $17 40. Nxg3 Qd2) 40. Bf4 $11 Qb2 41. Bxh6 {Precision: White = 36%, Black = 57%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Risting, Eivind Olav"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2279"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,140,25,25,27,25,25,12,18,25,18,6,6,0,37,25,43,24,41,45,49,34,43,-10,-10,-12,7,-12,-18,-16,0,0,0,-16,-2,-36,-10,-16,-16,-18,0,0,0,-11,0,0,34,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,-15,-2,-12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-12,-12,-12,0,-12,-12,-12,-12,-79,-12,-12,0,-81,-25,-365,-75,-108,-85,-293,-288,-289,-289,-326,-285,-371,-364,-433,-282,-291,-289,-280,-277,-269,-107,-107,-107,-108,-108,-29976,-29979,-29979,-29980,-29980,-29974]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qd7 8. Nd2 e6 9. Ngf3 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. O-O Rb8 {B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack} (12... O-O 13. Rae1 Qc7 14. Qc2 Rac8 15. Qe2 a6 16. g3 b5 17. a3 Rfe8 18. Kg2 Rb8 19. h4 h6 20. Rh1 Nd7 21. Bb1 {0-1 (51) Kovalev,V (2636)-Riazantsev,A (2666) Sochi 2017}) 13. a4 O-O 14. Rfe1 {LiveBook: 7 Games} Nd7 {White has an edge.} 15. Qc2 g6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... h6 16. Qe2 Rfc8 17. Rad1 a6 18. Ne5 Ncxe5 19. dxe5 Qc5 20. Qg4 b5 21. axb5 axb5 {½-½ (67) Renner,C (2448)-Schaller,S (2308) Germany 1999}) 16. Qe2 a6 17. g3 Rfe8 18. Kg2 Kg7 19. Rad1 Qc7 20. h4 h5 21. Qe3 b5 22. axb5 axb5 23. Ng5 Nf6 24. Nf3 (24. b4 $14) 24... b4 $11 25. Rc1 bxc3 26. bxc3 Rb3 27. Qd2 Ra8 28. Rb1 Rba3 29. Rb2 Na5 30. Rc2 Rc8 {[%cal Ra3c3]} 31. Ne5 Nc6 32. Nf3 Qa5 33. Rb1 Ne7 {[%cal Rc8c3]} 34. Rbc1 Rb8 35. Ne5 Rbb3 36. Rb2 Qc7 {[%cal Rb3c3]} ({Don't blunder} 36... Rxc3 $2 37. Rb7 $18) 37. Rxb3 Rxb3 38. Qc2 Rb6 39. Qa4 Nc6 40. Nf3 Ng4 41. Rb1 Rxb1 42. Bxb1 Qb6 43. Bd3 Qb2 44. Qc2 Qa1 45. Ng5 Ne7 46. Nf3 Nc8 47. c4 dxc4 48. Bxc4 Ne7 49. Ba2 Nf5 50. Qd2 Kg8 51. Bb3 Qb1 52. Bc4 Qb7 53. Qd3 (53. Be2 $11 {remains equal.}) 53... Qb2 (53... Qc7 $17 54. Bb3 Nge3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 55. Kh2 Qb7) 54. Qe2 $1 {[%cal Re2b2]} Qb7 ({Black should try} 54... Qb6 $11) 55. Qd3 $17 Kg7 (55... Qc7 $17 56. Bb3 Nge3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 57. Kh2 Qb7) 56. Kg1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (56. Qd2 $11) 56... Qc7 $2 (56... Nfe3 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512] has better winning chances.} 57. d5 (57. fxe3 Qxf3) 57... Qb2 58. Qd4+ Qxd4 59. Nxd4 Nxc4 60. dxe6 f5) 57. d5 Qc5 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black goes for the king.} 58. Qc3+ $2 {[#]} (58. Qc2 $17 {might work better.}) 58... e5 $1 $19 59. Qc2 {[#]} Nxg3 $1 60. Bb3 Qa7 {aiming for ...Ne4!} 61. Qb2 f6 62. d6 Nf5 63. Be6 {Threatens to win with d7.} Nxd6 64. Bxg4 hxg4 65. Nxe5 g3 $2 ({Not} 65... fxe5 66. Qxe5+ Kh6 67. Qf4+ Kg7 68. Qe5+ Kh6 69. Qf4+ Kg7 70. Qxd6 $11) (65... Qa4 $19 {is more deadly. White must now prevent ...Qd1+.} 66. f3 Qa7+ 67. Kg2 gxf3+ 68. Nxf3 Nf5) 66. Ng4 $17 Ne4 {Strongly threatening ...gxf2+.} 67. Kg2 gxf2 68. Nxf2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (68. Qc1 $17 Qb8 69. Qe3 f1=Q+ 70. Kxf1 Ng3+ 71. Kg2) 68... Qxf2+ {Black mates.} 69. Qxf2 Nxf2 70. Kxf2 Kh6 {Precision: White = 38%, Black = 39%.} 0-1

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Perez, Flavio"]
[Black "Cornette, Matthieu"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2276"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,64,-31,-23,-28,-35,-40,-21,-18,-17,-31,-23,-27,-12,-26,-18,-16,8,-8,0,18,32,0,0,-40,-45,-39,-54,-62,-48,-85,-88,-89,-86,-88,-76,-88,-63,-222,-218,-310,-304,-637,-639,-1041,-1026,-1014,-1011]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c5 4. d3 Nc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. Nbd2 e6 7. e4 Be7 {A08: King's Indian Attack} 8. h3 Bh5 9. Re1 Qc7 (9... dxe4 10. dxe4 O-O 11. e5 Nd7 12. g4 Bg6 13. Nc4 Nb4 {1-0 (49) Caruana,F (2808)-Carlsen,M (2832) Paris 2017}) 10. c3 O-O {LiveBook: 3 Games} 11. Qc2 Rad8 12. Nf1 c4 13. dxc4 Nxe4 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Bf4 $146 Qc8 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Bg6 18. Qe2 Rfe8 {[%cal Bf8e8,Be8e7,Be7d7,Bd7d5][%mdl 32] Threatens to win with ...Bc5.} 19. Bd4 Bf5 20. Ne3 (20. h4 {is interesting.} Bc5 21. Qd1 Be6 22. Ne3 f5 23. Bf3) 20... Bxh3 21. Nxd5 Bxg2 ({Inferior is} 21... Rxd5 22. Bxe4 Rg5 23. Bxa7 $16) 22. Nxe7+ Rxe7 23. Kxg2 {[#] Hoping for f3.} Ng5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 24. Qh5 (24. Qxe7 $2 {leads to mate.} Qh3+ 25. Kg1 Nf3#) 24... Qc6+ $1 $40 {[%mdl 128] White is in trouble.} 25. f3 Ne6 $1 26. Re4 Red7 {[%cal Re6d4]} 27. Rae1 h6 {[%cal Re6d4]} 28. Be3 $2 {[#]} (28. Qg4 $15) 28... Rd5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rd5h5]} 29. Qh3 {[#]} (29. Qh1 {might work better.}) 29... f5 $1 {[%cal Rf5e4]} 30. Rb4 $2 {[#]} (30. Rd4 Nxd4 31. Bxd4) 30... Rd2+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Black is clearly winning.} 31. Bf2 (31. Bxd2 Rxd2+) 31... Ng5 32. Qxf5 Rf8 {Precision: White = 33%, Black = 49%.} 0-1

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Merriman, John"]
[Black "Moussard, Jules"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2263"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,76,9,18,23,18,23,14,53,46,46,52,54,39,49,42,47,17,47,25,34,26,25,36,27,0,0,0,8,0,8,-26,-11,-20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-18,-19,-122,-123,-886,-787]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nf4 c6 9. Bd3 Na6 {E46: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4 e3 0-0 5 Ne2 without early Bd3} 10. O-O Nc7 11. f3 (11. Qc2 Bd6 12. f3 Re8 13. Nce2 Qe7 14. Ng3 c5 15. Qf2 b6 16. Bd2 g6 17. dxc5 bxc5 {0-1 (28) Nakamura,H (2787)-Carlsen,M (2853) chess.com INT 2016}) 11... a5 12. Bd2 {LiveBook: 7 Games} c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 {[#]} 14. Nce2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Kh1 Ne6 15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Bd4 17. Qc2 h6 {1-0 (42) So,W (2706)-Van Wely,L (2693) Hoogeveen 2013}) 14... g5 15. Nh3 Bxh3 16. gxh3 Re8 {[%cal Bf8e8,Be8e7,Be7c7][%mdl 32]} 17. Nd4 Bxd4 18. exd4 Ne6 19. Kh1 Nh5 20. h4 Nhf4 21. Bb5 Re7 22. hxg5 Qb6 23. Bxf4 Nxf4 24. a4 Ne6 25. Re1 Rc7 26. Qb3 Qxd4 27. Rad1 Qh4 28. Qxd5 Rc2 $1 {[%csl Gc2][%cal Rh4h2] [#]} 29. Re2 Rxe2 30. Bxe2 Rd8 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black mounts an attack.} 31. Qe4 Rxd1+ 32. Bxd1 Qf2 {[%cal Rf2f1]} 33. Qe2 Qd4 34. Bb3 Nxg5 35. Kg2 Qd7 36. Kg1 Kf8 37. Bd1 (37. Qd1 $11 Qd4+ 38. Kh1) 37... Nh3+ $17 38. Kh1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (38. Kf1 $17) 38... Qxd1+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 46%, Black = 65%.} 0-1

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Marzano, Carlo"]
[Black "Le Roux, Jean-Pierre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2261"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,130,0,7,0,0,-12,28,29,18,18,32,31,38,29,35,32,31,31,22,22,22,0,0,0,1,0,0,-5,17,0,25,0,8,6,21,0,29,-60,-55,-53,-53,-56,-52,-57,-55,-60,-56,-68,-54,-63,-63,-60,-64,-70,-38,-62,-81,-89,-29,-29,0,0,0,0,26,0,-6,-21,-22,-10,0,-10,-14,-33,-18,-14,-17,-45,-44,-45,-33,-36,-40,-45,-15,-67,-68,-67,-53,-60,-30,-23,-28,-38,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. Qb3 e6 6. Qa3 Nc6 {LiveBook: 73 Partien. D80: Grünfeldindisch (4.Lg5)} 7. Bd2 Ne7 8. Rc1 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Rfd1 Nf5 12. Ne5 dxc4 13. Nxc4 Nd7 14. f4 {½-½ (55) Stukalov,A (2243)-Huzman,A (2577) St Petersburg 2016}) 8... c6 9. Nf3 O-O 10. Bd3 a5 11. b3 Nf5 12. O-O Nd6 13. Rfd1 Nfe4 14. Be1 Nxc3 15. Bxc3 Re8 16. Be2 b6 17. Be1 Bb7 18. Rc2 Qe7 19. Bc3 Rac8 20. Rdc1 Red8 21. Bb2 Bf8 22. Ba1 f6 23. h3 Qe8 24. Qa4 (24. c5 $11 Ne4 25. Bd3) 24... Ra8 $15 {[#] Droht stark ...b5.} 25. c5 b5 $1 {[%cal Rb5a4]} 26. Qa3 Nf7 27. Qb2 Bg7 28. a3 Ra7 29. Qc3 Bc8 30. Qd2 Qe7 31. Bc3 Qc7 $1 32. Qe1 Re8 33. Bd3 e5 34. dxe5 Nxe5 (34... fxe5 $17 {zielt auf ...e4 ab.} 35. Be2 Nd8) 35. Be2 $11 Nf7 36. Nd4 Ra8 37. Bd3 Ng5 38. Qf1 Bd7 39. Ra1 $1 a4 40. b4 f5 41. Ne2 Bxc3 42. Rxc3 Re7 43. Rc2 Ne6 44. Qc1 Rf8 45. Nd4 f4 46. Nxe6 Rxe6 47. exf4 Rxf4 48. Re2 (48. Raa2 $11) 48... Rxe2 $15 49. Bxe2 Qe5 50. Bf1 Bf5 51. Ra2 Re4 {[#] ...Te1 ist eine echte Drohung.} 52. Rd2 Re1 53. Rd1 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} Rxd1 54. Qxd1 Kf7 55. Qf3 Ke7 56. Qe3 Qxe3 57. fxe3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KL-KL} Ke6 58. Kf2 Ke5 59. Ke2 g5 60. g3 h5 61. h4 Bg4+ 62. Kd3 Bf5+ 63. Kd2 g4 64. Kc3 Be4 (64... Ke4 $5 65. Bd3+ $8 Ke5 $11) 65. Be2 Bf5 {Precision: Weiß = 62%, Schwarz = 54%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Globus, Or"]
[Black "Vishnu Prasanna  V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2253"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,53,64,71,60,51,56,69,52,61,55,73,66,128,52,125,111,113,27,143,145,137,129,455,458,464,456,440,381,453,443,609,607,546,579,592,574]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. Qa4+ {A61: Modern Benoni: Nf3 without early e4} Bd7 8. Qb3 b5 9. Nxb5 Bxb5 10. Qxb5+ Nbd7 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 11. e4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. g3 Bg7 12. Bg2 O-O 13. O-O Nb6 14. Nd2 Nfxd5 {1-0 (44) Ivanisevic,I (2630)-Milanovic,D (2517) Kragujevac 2011}) 11... Bg7 12. Bd3 $1 O-O 13. O-O Re8 14. Re1 Rb8 15. Qa6 Nh5 (15... Qb6 $14) 16. Bg5 ({Wrong is} 16. Qxd6 $2 Rb6 $19) (16. Rb1 $16) 16... Bf6 (16... Qc8 $1 $14) 17. Bxf6 $16 ({Not} 17. Qxd6 Bxg5 18. Qa6 (18. Nxg5 $2 Rb6 $19) 18... Bf4 $17) 17... Qxf6 18. Qxa7 (18. b3 $16) 18... Re7 {[#]} (18... Ne5 $1 $11 19. Nxe5 Qxe5) 19. e5 $1 {[%cal Re5f6]} dxe5 {[#]} 20. Qc7 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] d6 is the strong threat. Black is under strong pressure.} Rxb2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (20... Nf4 $16) 21. d6 $18 Re6 22. Qxd7 Rxd6 23. Qe8+ Kg7 24. Bc4 {White is clearly winning.} Rb4 25. Nxe5 Rd2 26. Qxf7+ Qxf7 27. Bxf7 {Precision: White = 66%, Black = 27%.} 1-0

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Richardson, John R"]
[Black "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2243"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,130,-26,-32,-27,-33,-31,0,-18,-12,-33,-24,-8,-27,-56,-45,-42,-40,-52,-44,-60,-51,-56,-58,-82,-79,-78,-64,-128,-125,-131,-140,-122,-113,-95,-50,-68,153,-22,0,0,0,-7,-8,-45,-43,-37,-39,-39,-46,-45,-47,-37,-41,-88,-110,-76,0,0,0,0,0,0,14,-54,-39,-105,-105,-159,-159,-159,-159,-159,-159,-156,-159,-145,-137,-134,-25,-26,-26,-27,-29,-93,-55,-87,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-12837,-2036,-12841,-12843,-12843,-12843,-12844,-12844,-12845,-12845,-12847,-12847,-12848,-12848,-12850,-12850,-12850,-12850,-12851,-29983,-29984,-29985,-29985,-29986,-29988,-29989,-29989,-29990]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. g3 Nc6 6. b5 {A15: English Opening: 1...Nf6} Na5 7. d3 c6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... a6 8. bxa6 Rxa6 9. Bg2 d6 10. O-O e5 11. Qc2 Nd7 12. Nc3 Nc5 13. Nd2 {0-1 (53) Jessel,S (2334)-Bogner,S (2599) Douglas 2017}) 8. Bg2 {The position is equal.} d5 9. cxd5 cxb5 10. e4 e6 11. d6 e5 $1 ({Avoid the trap} 11... Qxd6 $2 12. e5 $18) 12. Bxe5 Nc6 13. Bb2 Qxd6 14. e5 Qb4+ 15. Bc3 Qe7 16. O-O Nd5 {[%cal Bf6d5,Bd5b4,Bb4d3][%mdl 32]} 17. Bb2 Bf5 (17... Nxe5 $2 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. d4 $16) 18. Nh4 (18. d4 $15) 18... Be6 $17 ({But not} 18... Bxe5 $6 19. Nxf5 gxf5 20. Re1 $11) 19. d4 Rfd8 20. Nd2 Ndb4 21. Nhf3 Nd3 22. Qb1 Bf5 $2 {[#]} (22... Nxb2 $15 {keeps the upper hand.} 23. Qxb2 f6) 23. Nh4 $2 (23. g4 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]}) 23... Nxb2 24. Nxf5 gxf5 25. Qxb2 Nxd4 26. f4 Rac8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 27. Nb3 $1 {[%cal Rb3d4]} Rc2 28. Qb1 {Strongly threatening Nxd4.} Qc7 29. Rd1 $1 Ne2+ 30. Kh1 Rc8 {And now ...Qc3 would win.} 31. Rd2 Rxd2 32. Nxd2 Qc1+ ({Better is} 32... Qd7 $1 $17 {...Rc1+ is the strong threat.} 33. Qe1 Rc2) 33. Qxc1 $11 Rxc1+ 34. Rxc1 Nxc1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} 35. Bd5 a5 36. Kg2 (36. Nb3 $1 $11 Nxb3 37. Bxb3) 36... a4 $1 $15 37. Nb1 (37. Kf2 $15) 37... b4 $1 $17 38. Kf2 (38. a3 $142) 38... Bf8 39. Ke1 {[#]} Nxa2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 40. Bxa2 {Threatens to win with Bd5.} b3 41. Bxb3 axb3 {KB-KN} 42. Kd1 Bb4 43. Kc1 {[#] intending Kb2.} Bc5 (43... f6 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512] Black wants to play ...fxe5.} 44. exf6 Bc5) 44. Nc3 $1 $11 Bg1 45. h3 Bf2 46. Ne2 (46. Nd5 $11) 46... h5 47. Kb2 {[#]} f6 (47... Kf8 $1 $17) 48. Kxb3 Kf7 49. Kc4 Ke6 50. exf6 Kxf6 51. Kd5 $1 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4,Bb4b3][%mdl 32]} 52. g4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (52. Nd4 $11) 52... fxg4 (52... hxg4 $142 53. hxg4 fxg4) 53. hxg4 hxg4 54. Ke4 b4 55. Nc1 Bc5 56. Nb3 Bd6 57. Nd4 g3 {[%cal Bg4g3,Bg3g2][%mdl 32]} 58. Ne2 b3 59. Kd3 g2 60. Kc3 Kf5 61. Kxb3 Bxf4 62. Kc2 {Black mates.} Ke4 63. Kd1 Be3 64. Ke1 Kf3 65. Kd1 Kf2 {Precision: White = 47%, Black = 67%.} 0-1

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Britton, Richard L"]
[Black "Stany, G A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2239"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,111,20,69,16,18,0,52,15,21,-8,0,0,0,-14,0,-19,13,0,139,0,97,79,85,84,85,97,93,75,94,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-13,-16,-11,0,-16,-16,-18,0,-10,0,0,0,0,0,-16,-16,-183,0,-52,-11,-28,0,-42,0,-15,-36,-49,0,0,0,-87,-85,-426,-423,-461,-368,-403,0,0,781,66,66,66,69,74,667,635,1108,1106]} 1. e4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. d3 c5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 e5 6. O-O Nge7 7. c3 O-O 8. a3 a5 9. a4 d6 10. Na3 h6 11. Nd2 Be6 {A04: Unusual lines after 1 Nf3 and King's Indian Attack} (11... f5 12. Ndc4 Be6 13. Nb5 Nc8 14. exf5 gxf5 15. f4 e4 16. Ne3 d5 17. dxe4 dxe4 18. Qxd8 Nxd8 19. Nc7 {1-0 (53) Wang,Y (2720)-Dominguez Perez,L (2726) Beijing 2014}) 12. Ndc4 d5 13. exd5 Bxd5 {LiveBook: 7 Games. The position is equal.} 14. Bxd5 (14. Bh3 $14) 14... Nxd5 $11 15. Nb5 Qf6 $146 (15... Qd7 $11) ({Predecessor:} 15... b6 16. Qf3 Rb8 17. Ncd6 Nde7 18. Qe4 Qd7 19. f4 {1-0 (37) Janev,E (2461)-Kozhuharov,S (2391) Sliven 2009}) 16. Qe2 Rad8 17. Bd2 Rd7 18. Rad1 Rfd8 19. Bc1 Qf5 20. Rfe1 Nf6 21. Kg2 Ne8 (21... Rxd3 $2 22. Nbd6 $18) (21... g5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 22. f3 (22. Nb6 $1 $16) 22... Rxd3 (22... g5 $1 $11) 23. g4 $1 $16 {[%cal Rg4f5]} Qd7 24. Nb6 Rxd1 25. Nxd7 R1xd7 26. Be3 b6 27. Qc4 (27. Bc1 $16) 27... Nf6 $11 28. Na3 {[#]} e4 $1 {[%mdl 512] Strongly threatening ...Ne5.} 29. f4 (29. fxe4 Ne5) 29... Nxg4 30. Qxe4 Ne7 31. Nc4 Nf5 {And now ...Re7 would win.} 32. Bf2 Nxf2 (32... Nd6 {feels hotter.} 33. Nxd6 Nxf2 34. Kxf2 Rxd6 35. Re2 Bf6) 33. Kxf2 Nd6 34. Nxd6 Rxd6 35. Re2 h5 36. Qb7 Bh6 37. f5 Rf6 38. Ke1 Bg5 39. Re5 Bf4 40. Re4 $2 (40. Qe7 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} Rdd6 41. Rd5) 40... g5 $2 ({But not} 40... Bxh2 41. fxg6 Rxg6 42. Re7 $17) (40... Rxf5 $19 41. Qxb6 Rb8 42. Qxb8+ Bxb8 43. Re8+ Kg7 44. Rxb8 Rf4) 41. Re2 (41. Rxf4 $11 gxf4 42. Qe7) 41... Kg7 42. Qe4 $1 h4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 43. h3 Rd7 (43... c4 $5) 44. b3 Rfd6 {Hoping for ...Rd1+.} 45. Kf2 Rf6 46. Kf3 Rd1 47. Kf2 (47. Kg2 $11 {remains equal.}) 47... Rfd6 $17 48. Kg2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (48. Qe8 $17 {is a better chance.}) 48... R1d3 $1 $19 ({Weaker is} 48... R6d3 49. f6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxf6 50. Qh7 $11) 49. Qe7 Rg3+ 50. Kf2 {[#] intending Re6.} Rxh3 $2 (50... Rf6 $1 $19 {[%cal Rf6f5]} 51. Qd7 Rxc3) 51. Re6 $1 $11 {Intending Qf6+ and mate.} Bg3+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (51... Rd2+ $11 52. Kg1 Rg3+ 53. Kf1 Kg8 54. Qe8+ Kg7) 52. Kf3 $2 ({White should try} 52. Ke2 $18 {Qf6+ would kill now.} Rh2+ 53. Kf3 Rf2+ 54. Kg4 Rf4+ 55. Kh5 Rxe6 56. fxe6) 52... Rxe6 $1 $14 53. Qxg5+ {[#]} Rg6 $1 {[%cal Rg6g5]} 54. fxg6 Be5+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (54... fxg6 55. Qe7+ Kh6 56. Kg4 $18) (54... Bd6+ $16 55. Ke4 Rg3 56. Qxh4 Rxg6) 55. Ke4 $18 Bf6 56. Qd5 {Precision: White = 28%, Black = 32%.} 1-0

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Blasco Coll, Andreu"]
[Black "Vakhidov, Jakhongir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2236"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,48,16,0,0,8,8,0,22,-33,-45,-147,-15,-11,0,-97,-98,-117,-95,-116,-105,-1195,-1090,-1256,-1236,-1225,-1180,-2545,-2428,-29993,-29992,-29992,-29993,-29993,-29994]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 a6 7. Nge2 Nbd7 {E81: Königsindisch (Sämisch-Angriff)} (7... Nc6 8. Qd2 Rb8 9. Rc1 Bd7 10. h4 h5 11. Nd1 e5 12. d5 Ne7 13. Nf2 Nh7 14. c5 f5 15. Qb4 fxe4 16. fxe4 Rf6 17. cxd6 cxd6 {1-0 (37) Kovalenko,I (2667)-Smirin,I (2676) Poikovsky 2016}) 8. Qd2 b5 9. cxb5 {LiveBook: 3 Partien} axb5 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} 10. Nxb5 c6 11. Nbc3 e5 12. g3 $146 (12. d5 $11) ({Vorgänger:} 12. d5 Nb6 13. dxc6 Nc4 14. Qc1 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 {½-½ (28) Rosen,L (2327)-Sandstroem,L (2232) ICCF email 2011}) 12... d5 $15 13. exd5 {[#]} (13. Bg2 $15) 13... Nxd5 ({Günstiger ist} 13... Nb6 $1 $17 14. dxc6 Nc4) 14. Nxd5 $11 cxd5 15. Bg2 (15. Nc3 $11) 15... Ba6 $17 {Weiss muss nun ...Te8 beachten.} 16. Kf2 exd4 17. Bxd4 Ne5 {...Sd3+ ist eine echte Drohung.} 18. Nf4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (18. Bf1 $17) 18... Nd3+ $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 19. Nxd3 Bxd4+ 20. Kf1 Re8 21. Re1 Qa5 22. b4 Bxd3+ {Schwarz setzt Matt.} 23. Qxd3 Rxe1+ 24. Kxe1 Qxb4+ {Precision: Weiß = 18%, Schwarz = 76%.} 0-1

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Black "Bartholomew, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,71,7,17,30,18,12,9,27,0,0,0,0,-18,-34,-20,9,8,20,20,49,45,45,43,53,6,15,0,0,0,0,-25,-26,-23,-21,-6,-8,-17,-13,-25,-23,-37,0,0,0,0,0,-95,0,0,0,-85,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. Bd3 c5 {D12: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 e3 Bf5} 9. Qb3 Qd7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. dxc5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6e5,Be5c4][%mdl 32]} 12. Bd2 {[%cal Bc1d2,Bd2c3,Bc3d4][%mdl 32]} Bxc5 13. Ne2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Rc1 Rd8 14. Na4 Bd6 15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. Rxc5 {0-1 (34) Wojtaszek,R (2745)-Topalov,V (2741) Shamkir 2017}) 13... Rd8 14. O-O-O O-O 15. Kb1 Ne5 16. Bc2 Nc4 17. Bc3 Qc6 18. Nd4 Bxd4 19. Bxd4 Ne4 20. Bxe4 $1 dxe4 21. Qc3 f6 22. Ka1 Rc8 23. Qb3 Kh7 24. h4 Rfd8 25. Qc2 (25. g4 {keeps more tension.} Nd2 26. Qa3 Nf3 27. Bc3 a6 28. g5) 25... Ne5 26. Qxc6 Nxc6 27. Bc3 Kh6 28. a4 Kh5 29. Ka2 a6 30. Kb3 b5 31. axb5 axb5 32. Rxd8 Rxd8 33. Kc2 (33. Ra1 $1 $11) 33... Rc8 (33... b4 $17 34. Bd2 {[#]} b3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 35. Kd1 Ne5) 34. Kb3 $11 Rd8 (34... Re8 $11) 35. Kc2 $17 Rc8 ({Better is} 35... b4 $17 36. Bd2 Ne5 37. Bxb4 Nd3) 36. Kb3 {Precision: White = 43%, Black = 68%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Black "Britton, Richard L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2239"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,59,17,45,29,53,38,76,68,79,31,35,17,33,-17,100,97,213,223,222,226,213,210,214,219,222,213,538,531,525,539,543,533,524,509,524,508,579,567,1060,1051,29989,29990,29990,29991]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4 Re8 9. Re1 {E68: Königsindisch (Hauptvariante des g3-Systems mit e2-e4)} (9. h3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. Re1 Bd7 12. Bf4 h6 13. g4 Nh7 14. Be3 Ne6 15. Qd2 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Qf6 18. Qxf6 Nxf6 19. c5 dxc5 20. e5 Nh7 {½-½ (45) Goloshchapov,A (2585)-Naiditsch,A (2684) Germany 2017}) 9... a6 {LiveBook: 4 Partien} 10. d5 Rf8 11. Rb1 $146 {Weiß steht etwas besser.} ({Vorgänger:} 11. h3 Ne8 12. Bg5 f6 13. Be3 Qe7 14. Qd2 Kh8 15. Nh2 c5 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. b4 {1-0 (36) Pezerovic,E (2398)-Wolf,A (2124) Bayern 2007}) 11... Ne8 12. b4 Qe7 13. Qd3 f5 14. exf5 gxf5 15. Nh4 Qf6 (15... e4 $11 16. Qc2 Ne5) 16. Qc2 $16 e4 {[#]} (16... Kh8 $16 {war angesagt.}) 17. Nxe4 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} fxe4 18. Bxe4 Ne5 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20. f4 Bh3 21. Bb2 Qxh4 $2 (21... Qh6 {ist zäher.}) 22. gxh4 Nf3+ 23. Kf2 {[%cal Bg1f2,Bf2g3,Bg3h3][%mdl 32]} Nxe1 24. Rxe1 Bxb2 25. Kg3 Bg7 26. Kxh3 Rxf4 27. Re7 Rf6 28. Bg6 Rf8 29. Bf7 Nf6 30. Qg6 {Precision: Weiß = 60%, Schwarz = 18%.} 1-0

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Hebden, Mark L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,73,32,21,0,0,34,62,43,33,44,56,-28,-25,-21,37,-68,0,-23,0,-8,33,-259,-253,-206,-213,-386,-370,-440,-431,-293,248,251,238,109,240,245,266,254,231,182,311,300,310,308,361,336,393,385,375,350,471,466,419,422]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 d5 9. c4 e5 {A49: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6 3 g3: Anti-King's Indian systems} (9... dxc4 10. bxc4 Qb6 11. Qb3 Nfd7 12. e3 Nc5 13. Qa3 Nc6 14. Nb3 Bxb2 15. Qxb2 Na5 16. N1d2 Be6 17. Qc3 Naxb3 18. axb3 a5 {½-½ (45) Fressinet,L (2657)-Libiszewski,F (2531) Paris 2017}) 10. Nc2 d4 11. e3 d3 {LiveBook: 5 Games. White is slightly better.} 12. Ne1 e4 13. Nd2 Re8 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Rb1 Qf5 $146 {[#]} ({Predecessor:} 15... Bf5 16. g4 Nc6 17. gxf5 gxf5 {1-0 (56) Bendig,F (2330)-Neven,K (2382) IECG email 2006}) 16. f3 (16. g4 $1 $14 {[%mdl 512]} Qxg4 17. Nxe4 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 16... exf3 $11 17. Bxf3 Rxe3 (17... Qc5 $11) 18. Ng2 (18. Bd5 $1 $14 Qh3 19. Rxf7) 18... Rxf3 (18... Re7 $1 $15 19. Bd5 Qd7) 19. Nxf3 Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6d4,Bd4e2][%mdl 32]} 20. Kh1 b6 21. Nd4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (21. Qd2 $14) 21... Nxd4 $19 22. Rxf5 Bxf5 23. Qf1 $2 (23. g4 Be4 24. Qd2) 23... Re8 $1 24. Re1 Ne2 $1 25. Qf2 Bd4 $4 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (25... Be4 $19 {and life is good for Black. Strongly threatening ...Bd4.} 26. Rf1 f5) 26. Qxd4 $3 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Nxd4 27. Rxe8+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KBN} Kg7 {[#]} 28. Ne3 $1 Kf6 29. Kg2 Bd7 30. Re4 Nf5 (30... Nc2 $142 31. Nd5+ Kg7) 31. Nd5+ Kg7 {...d2 is the strong threat.} 32. Kf2 b5 33. cxb5 d2 34. Nc3 Bxb5 35. g4 Bd3 36. Ra4 Nd6 37. Ke3 {Precision: White = 43%, Black = 49%.} 1-0

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Cornette, Matthieu"]
[Black "Wells, Peter K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2441"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,101,54,18,32,-34,14,12,51,43,69,43,59,54,56,14,82,77,87,61,56,49,66,75,64,35,44,38,37,4,10,19,17,18,40,-12,0,-7,32,22,28,20,61,46,41,0,0,0,0,0,24,-17,0,0,66,65,67,52,117,88,164,15,224,219,237,237,229,185,202,192,149,120,197,168,187,175,465,196,468,418,582,560,572,562,1239,1192,1202,1180,5669,5033,2041,2005]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 dxc4 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. O-O c6 (5... a6 6. a4 Nc6 7. Qc2 Na5 8. Na3 Qd5 9. Rd1 Bd7 10. d4 Qf5 11. Bd2 Qxc2 12. Nxc2 Nb3 13. Ra2 Bc6 14. Ne5 Bd5 {½-½ (68) So,W (2810)-Ding,L (2777) Tbilisi 2017}) 6. a4 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} a5 7. Qc2 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Na6 8. Ne5 $146 ({White should play} 8. Na3 $14) ({Predecessor:} 8. Qxc4 Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. d4 Nb4 11. Rd1 b6 12. Ne5 Ba6 13. Qb3 {½-½ (36) Gagare,S (2268)-Laxman,R (2434) New Delhi 2012}) 8... Nb4 9. Qxc4 g6 10. d4 Bg7 11. Bd2 Nfd5 12. e4 Nb6 13. Qc5 (13. Qb3 {keeps more tension.} O-O 14. Be3 c5 15. dxc5 Bxe5 16. cxb6 Bd4 17. Bxd4 Qxd4 18. Rd1) 13... Bf8 (13... Qe7 $11) 14. Qc1 $16 Bg7 15. Nf3 (15. Be3 {is interesting.} f6 16. Nf3 O-O 17. Rd1 f5 18. Nc3) 15... O-O 16. Rd1 Qe7 17. Be3 Nd7 18. Na3 b6 19. Nc4 Ba6 20. Bf4 {aiming for Bd6.} Bxc4 21. Qxc4 e5 22. Bg5 Bf6 23. Bh6 (23. Bxf6 $14 Qxf6 24. Rd2) 23... Rfd8 $11 24. d5 Qc5 25. Qe2 cxd5 26. exd5 Rac8 27. Nd2 Qc2 28. Qf3 Bg7 29. Bxg7 $1 Kxg7 30. Ne4 $1 {[%cal Re4d6] With the idea Nd6.} f5 31. Ng5 {[#] Qe3 is the strong threat.} Nf8 {Hoping for ...e4.} 32. Qe3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Qxb2 ({Black should try} 32... Qc7 $11 33. d6 Qc5) 33. Qxb6 $14 {And now Qb7+ would win.} ({Reject} 33. Rab1 Qc3 $15) 33... Nd3 34. Qe3 $1 {[%cal Re3d3]} e4 (34... Nb4 $14) 35. Rab1 $16 Qf6 (35... Qc3 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 36. Bxe4 (36. Rb6 $18 Qc3 37. Bxe4) 36... Nc5 $2 {[#]} (36... Nb2 $1 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 37. Rdc1 fxe4) 37. Bg2 $18 h6 38. Nf3 Nxa4 39. Rb7+ Rd7 40. Rxd7+ Nxd7 41. Qa7 Nac5 (41... Nab6 $16 {was called for.}) 42. Qxa5 f4 43. Nd4 Ne5 $2 (43... Re8 44. Qc7 fxg3 45. hxg3 (45. fxg3 Qe5 $16) 45... Qe5) 44. Nc6 (44. Rc1 $142) 44... Ncd3 $2 (44... Ned7 45. Re1 Rf8) 45. Qa7+ Kh8 46. Be4 {White is clearly winning.} Nb2 47. Rb1 Nec4 48. Ne7 Re8 49. d6 Qxd6 50. Nxg6+ Kg8 51. Nxf4 {Precision: White = 50%, Black = 35%.} 1-0

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Moussard, Jules"]
[Black "Sundararajan, Kidambi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,122,16,10,12,15,31,24,45,50,39,45,44,0,11,0,3,0,0,0,0,0,13,2,0,6,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-4,0,0,0,0,4,-38,-25,-31,-4,-36,-50,-60,-28,-35,0,0,0,-29,0,-35,8,8,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,0,5,5,5,7,11,11,11,11,11,8,5,6,6,5,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,14,14,14,14,16,14,14,14,14,8,14,14,14,14,21,13,13,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O Nf6 5. d4 O-O 6. c3 c6 7. a4 {LiveBook: 7 Games. D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} (7. Nbd2 Bf5 8. Nh4 Bg4 9. Qe1 Nbd7 10. h3 Be6 11. f4 c5 12. g4 Nb6 13. f5 Bd7 14. Ndf3 cxd4 15. cxd4 Ne4 16. Ne5 {½-½ (36) Artemiev,V (2696)-Mamedyarov,S (2791) Sochi 2017}) 7... Ne4 8. Nbd2 Nxd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... c5 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Ne5 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qd5 12. f3 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Qxe5 14. f4 {0-1 (52) Blom,V (2228)-Braun,C (2369) Belgium 2017}) 9. Nxd2 {White is slightly better.} Nd7 10. e4 e5 11. exd5 cxd5 12. a5 exd4 13. cxd4 Nb8 14. Nb3 Nc6 15. Be3 Bf5 16. Qd2 Rc8 17. Bg5 Qd6 18. Bf4 Qd8 19. Rfe1 b6 20. Bg5 Bf6 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. axb6 axb6 23. h4 Rfd8 24. Ra6 Nb8 25. Ra8 Be4 26. f3 Bf5 {[%cal Be4f5,Bf5d7,Bd7b5][%mdl 32]} ({Avoid the trap} 26... Bxf3 $2 27. Qf2 $18) 27. Qf4 Kg7 28. Re3 Nc6 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. Rc3 Bd7 (30... Re8 {with more complications.} 31. Bf1 Re1 32. h5 Rb1 33. h6+ Kf8) 31. Qxf6+ Kxf6 32. Kf2 Ne7 33. Nc1 Rxc3 34. bxc3 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN. The position is equal.} Bb5 35. Nb3 h6 36. Nd2 g5 37. hxg5+ hxg5 38. Bh3 Bd3 39. Ke3 Bf5 40. g4 Be6 41. f4 gxf4+ 42. Kxf4 Ng6+ 43. Kg3 Ne7 44. Nf3 Nc8 45. Bf1 Nd6 46. Bd3 Bd7 47. Kf4 Bb5 48. Bc2 Bc4 49. Ne5 Nb5 50. Nd7+ Ke7 51. Nxb6 Nxc3 52. g5 Ne2+ 53. Ke5 {Bd1 is the strong threat.} Ng1 54. Nc8+ Kf8 $1 55. Kf6 {[#] And now Nd6 would win.} Nf3 56. Nd6 Nxd4 57. Bh7 Nf3 58. Nxf7 {aiming for g6.} Nxg5 59. Nxg5 d4 60. Ke5 d3 61. Bxd3 Bxd3 {Precision: White = 70%, Black = 58%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Black "Sai Agni Jeevitesh, J."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2384"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,65,74,35,61,57,49,14,20,10,10,0,0,0,1,-17,-10,-8,-23,-22,-19,-21,-28,-38,-38,-50,-37,-37,-26,-123,-136,-128,-124,-147,-120,-129,-123,-121,-116,-82,-90,-107,0,0,42,53,85,-18,-48,-131]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. f4 e5 5. Nf3 exd4 6. Qxd4 c6 7. Be3 d5 8. exd5 Bc5 {B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems} 9. Qd3 O-O 10. O-O-O {LiveBook: 4 Games} cxd5 {White is slightly better.} 11. Bd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Bxc5 Nxc5 12. Qd4 Qa5 13. Kb1 Nce4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Ne5 Bg4 16. b4 {0-1 (35) Ramiro Ovejero,J (2362)-Strikovic,A (2509) Zaragoza 2012}) 11... Qa5 12. g3 Bxd4 13. Nxd4 Nc5 14. Qb5 Qc7 15. Bg2 a6 16. Qe2 Bg4 17. Bf3 $1 {[%cal Rf3g4]} Rfe8 18. Qg2 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Nce4 20. Rd3 Rac8 21. Rhd1 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 22. Re3 $1 Red8 23. Kb1 {[#]} (23. a3 $1 $11) 23... b4 $1 $36 {[%cal Rb4c3][%mdl 2048] Black is in control.} 24. Nce2 Nd6 25. g4 Nfe4 26. Ng3 Nb5 27. Re2 {[#]} Nec3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 28. bxc3 Nxc3+ 29. Kc1 Nxd1 (29... Nxa2+ $17 30. Kb2 Nc3) 30. Kxd1 $11 Qa5 31. Qe3 {And now Ngf5 would win.} g6 {[#]} 32. f5 ({White should play} 32. Nh5 $1 $16 {Qe5 would kill now.} Qxa2 33. Nf6+ Kh8 34. Ke1 Qa1+ 35. Kf2) 32... Qxa2 {Hoping for ...Qa1+.} 33. f6 {Precision: White = 51%, Black = 63%.} (33. Ke1 $1 $15) 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vakhidov, Jakhongir"]
[Black "Gourlay, Iain"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,53,51,47,91,99,100,90,100,96,118,127,127,120,116,113,127,113,176,167,162,157,189,196,264,208,222,225,508,466,464,436,1654,1504,1448,1384,5308,5002]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Nge2 {[%cal Bg1e2,Be2g3,Bg3e4][%mdl 32]} h6 9. Bh4 {D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation} Ne4 (9... Nh5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Qd2 Nb6 12. f3 Bd7 13. O-O O-O 14. g4 Nf6 15. Ng3 Ne8 16. Rae1 {1-0 (43) Mamedyarov,S (2766)-Adams,M (2751) Sharjah 2017}) 10. Bxe7 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Qxe7 11. Bxe4 $1 {White is better.} dxe4 {[#]} 12. Ng3 $1 Nf6 13. Qc2 Kf8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... O-O 14. Ngxe4 {½-½ (26) Borodkin,Y-Piven,V (1851) Krasnodar 2010}) 14. O-O ({But not} 14. Ncxe4 $6 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Bf5 $11) ({Much worse is} 14. Ngxe4 $6 Bf5 $14) 14... h5 15. Ngxe4 Bf5 {[%cal Rf6e4]} 16. f3 Re8 {[%cal Rf5e4]} 17. Qf2 Rh6 (17... Nxe4 $16 {keeps fighting.} 18. fxe4 Bg6) 18. Nxf6 $18 Rxf6 19. e4 Bh7 20. d5 {[%cal Bd4d5,Bd5c6,Bc6c7][%mdl 32]} Qb4 (20... b6 $142 21. Rfd1 Bg6) 21. Rad1 Qa5 22. dxc6 Bxe4 $2 (22... Rxc6 23. Rd5 Qb6 24. Rxh5 Qxf2+ 25. Kxf2 Bg6) 23. b4 {White is clearly winning.} Qxb4 24. Nxe4 Rxe4 (24... Rxc6 $142 25. Rb1 Qa5 26. Rxb7 Rc7) 25. c7 {[#] Threatening mate with Rd8+.} Re8 26. Rd8 {Intending Rxe8+ and mate.} Rc6 27. Re1 {Precision: White = 97%, Black = 25%.} 1-0

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fodor, Tamas Jr"]
[Black "Beinoras, Mindaugas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,59,9,24,4,56,43,45,30,29,12,83,69,97,74,71,50,47,44,155,148,159,149,176,89,125,130,260,248,258,253,322,325,329,312,320,312,372,366,369,363,345,372,418,415,424,412,413,392,468,468,452,443]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Ne7 {LiveBook: 90 Games} 6. e3 {A22: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3 Nf6} (6. Nf3 Nbc6 7. b4 a6 8. Bb2 Nf5 9. O-O Nfd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Nd5 Be6 12. Nf4 Bd7 13. Nd3 Bd6 14. Rc1 O-O 15. a3 Re8 16. Re1 {½-½ (32) Erdos,V (2624)-Istratescu,A (2636) Achaea 2012}) 6... c5 $146 (6... g6 $11) ({Predecessor:} 6... Nbc6 7. Nge2 g6 8. a3 Bg7 9. d3 O-O 10. O-O Bf5 11. Ne4 Qc8 12. Re1 h6 13. Qc2 g5 {½-½ (40) Leon Sandoval,J (1703)-Elansary,E (1949) Baku 2016}) 7. Nge2 $14 g6 8. Qb3 {White is slightly better.} Nbc6 9. Ne4 {[%cal Re4f6] [#]} Nf5 (9... Bg7 $11) 10. O-O $16 Be7 11. Qc3 O-O 12. Nxc5 Qb6 13. Nd3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Bd7 (13... f6 $14) 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Qxe5 Bc6 {[#]} 16. e4 ({White should play} 16. Bxc6 $1 $18 Qxc6 17. Nc3) 16... Bd6 17. Qc3 Bb5 (17... Rfe8 $16 {might work better.}) 18. d3 $18 {[%cal Bd2d3,Bd3d4,Bd4d5,Bd5d6][%mdl 32]} ({Not} 18. exf5 Bxe2 19. Re1 Rae8 $14) 18... Rac8 19. Qb3 Ne7 20. Nc3 Ba6 21. Qxb6 axb6 22. Rd1 Bb4 23. d4 Bxc3 24. bxc3 Rxc3 25. d5 f6 26. Bb2 Rc2 27. Ba3 Kf7 28. Bh3 f5 29. exf5 gxf5 30. d6 {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 28%.} 1-0

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gormally, Daniel W"]
[Black "Globus, Or"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2477"]
[BlackElo "2253"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,39,54,58,31,35,32,30,18,45,5,36,19,16,6,0,11,11,7,8,0,39,-11]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. Rb1 Nc6 9. d5 Ne5 {D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3} 10. Bb5+ Bd7 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. O-O O-O 14. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. c4 Bd4 15. Bb2 e5 16. Bxd4 cxd4 17. f4 Qc7 18. fxe5 Qxe5 19. Rxb7 Qxe4 20. Re1 Qh4 {0-1 (50) Mikrut,D (2363)-Pacher,M (2431) Slovakia 2014}) 14... b6 15. c4 e6 16. Qd3 f5 17. exf5 Rxf5 18. g4 Rff8 19. Qe4 Bc7 20. Rbd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zhou, Yang-Fan"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2459"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,19,10,35,30]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 a6 5. h3 Nc6 6. Qe3 {B53: Sizilianisch (Ungarische Variante)} g6 7. c4 Bg7 8. Be2 Nf6 9. O-O O-O {LiveBook: 126 Partien} 10. Nc3 {Vorgänger:} Be6 $146 11. Bd2 Nd7 12. Rfd1 Nde5 13. b3 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 {½-½ (61) Ponomariov,R (2709)-Kasimdzhanov,R (2691) Tashkent 2016} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Williams, Simon K"]
[Black "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,87,-19,-18,31,-23,37,0,38,13,40,-8,-8,-15,-11,-29,-32,-40,-11,-28,-26,-29,-29,-33,-34,-20,-11,-89,-43,-53,-58,-62,-51,-91,-88,-95,-83,-119,-34,-103,-77,-113,-104,-108,-97,-91,-64,-75,0,0,0,-66,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. Be3 c5 7. e5 {E73: King's Indian: Averbakh Variation without 6...c5} (7. dxc5 Qa5 8. Bd2 dxc5 9. e5 Ne8 10. f4 f6 11. Nd5 Qd8 12. Be3 Na6 13. Nf3 Bg4 14. Qb3 e6 15. Nc3 fxe5 16. fxe5 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Bxe5 18. Qxb7 {½-½ (33) Iturrizaga Bonelli,E (2671)-Jones,G (2671) Dubai 2017}) 7... Ne8 8. dxc5 Bxe5 9. Nf3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Nc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Qa5 11. Bh6 Ng7 12. cxd6 Rd8 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Qd4+ f6 {1-0 (47) Lima,D (2522)-Della Morte,G (2421) Buenos Aires 2015}) 11. Nd4 (11. O-O $14) 11... Bd7 (11... Nxd4 $11 12. Qxd4 (12. cxd4 dxc5 13. dxc5 Qc7 $11) 12... Ng7) 12. Nb3 dxc5 13. Nxc5 Nf6 14. O-O (14. Nxb7 {feels hotter.} Qc7 15. Nc5 Rfd8 16. O-O Na5 17. Qe1) 14... Qc7 15. Nxd7 (15. Qd2 {looks sharper.} Rad8 16. Bf4 Qc8 17. Qe3 b6 18. Nb3) 15... Nxd7 16. f4 e6 17. Qe1 Na5 18. Rd1 Rad8 19. Qh4 ({Don't blunder} 19. Bxa7 $2 b6 $19) 19... Nxc4 20. Bd4 Nd6 21. Bd3 ({Much worse is} 21. Qh6 Nf5 $17) 21... f6 22. Rf3 (22. Rfe1 $11) 22... Rf7 (22... Nf5 {with more complications.} 23. Qe1 Kf7 24. Bc2 Nxd4 25. Rxd4 Nc5) 23. Re1 Nf5 $1 {[%cal Rf5h4]} 24. Bxf5 exf5 25. Rfe3 Rdf8 26. Re6 Qc4 27. h3 Ne5 (27... Qxa2 $17 28. R1e2 Qd5) 28. Rd6 {[#]} (28. Rxf6 $1 $15 Rxf6 29. Rxe5) 28... Nc6 $1 $17 29. Qf2 Nxd4 30. cxd4 Qb4 31. Ree6 Rc7 32. Kh2 Qb1 (32... Kg7 $17) 33. Qe3 $11 Rcf7 34. a3 (34. Re8 $11) 34... Qf1 ({Black should try} 34... Qc2 $15) 35. d5 {The position is equal.} Kg7 36. Qd4 h5 37. a4 h4 38. a5 Kh6 (38... Qc1 {is interesting.} 39. a6 Qa3 40. Rxf6 Rxf6 41. Rxf6 Rxf6 42. axb7 Qd6) 39. Rxf6 Rxf6 40. Rxf6 Rxf6 41. Qxf6 {[%cal Rf6h8] [#]} Qxf4+ 42. Kh1 Qf1+ 43. Kh2 Qf4+ 44. Kh1 {Precision: White = 48%, Black = 57%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Das, Sayantan"]
[Black "Maze, Sebastien"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C76"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,27,19,-6,25,-6,27,-7,14,-48]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. d4 Bd7 6. c3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1 Nf6 9. Bg5 {C79: Ruy Lopez: Steinitz-type lines with 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6 5 0-0 d6} (9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. dxe5 Nxe4 11. exd6 O-O 12. dxc7 Qxc7 13. Be3 Rfe8 14. Nbd2 Nxd2 15. Nxd2 Rad8 16. Qc2 Qd7 {1-0 (38) Vachier Lagrave,M (2788)-Caruana,F (2795) chess.com INT 2016}) 9... h6 10. Bh4 O-O 11. Nbd2 {LiveBook: 6 Games} Re8 12. a3 Qc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Bg4 13. d5 b5 14. Bc2 Ne7 15. b4 g5 {1-0 (34) Pigeat,A (1716)-Mignot,E (1430) Aix les Bains 2009}) 13. Bb3 Nh5 {[%cal Re5d4]} 14. Nf1 (14. dxe5 $11 Bxe5 15. Nc4 (15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Nc4 Be6 $11)) 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Cherniaev, Alexander"]
[Black "Hawkins, Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,60,7,22,-32,-15,-41,-38,-52,-49,-89,-81,-102,-103,-83,-60,-78,-91,-78,-67,-127,-129,-112,-127,-163,-157,-207,-178,-227,-202,-272,-224,-215,-202,-165,-27,-12,156,175,180,-615,-604,-709,-711,-709,-668,-879,-878,-864,-835,-1010,-998,-1057,-1036]} 1. e4 c6 {[%cal Bc7c6,Bc6c5][%mdl 32]} 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Ne2 Nc6 5. c3 Nh6 {LiveBook: 6 Games} (5... Bg4 6. h3 Bxe2 7. Bxe2 e6 8. O-O Qb6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. b4 Be7 11. Be3 Qc7 12. f4 Nh6 13. Na3 {½-½ (44) Vachier Lagrave,M (2796)-Anand,V (2786) Stavanger 2017}) (5... Bg4 6. h3 Bxe2 7. Bxe2 cxd4 8. cxd4 Qb6 9. Be3 Qxb2 10. Nd2 Rb8 11. Rb1 Qc3 12. Rb3 Qa5 13. Qb1 {½-½ (53) Cherniaev,A (2441)-Hawkins,J (2563) London 2015}) 6. a3 $146 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} (6. Bxh6 $11 gxh6 7. Nf4) ({Predecessor:} 6. Bxh6 gxh6 7. a3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bf5 9. Nbc3 e6 10. Ng3 Bg6 11. Bb5 Rc8 12. O-O a6 13. Bxc6+ Rxc6 {½-½ (82) Girya,O (2443)-Schepetkova,M (2252) Khanty-Mansiysk 2013}) 6... cxd4 7. cxd4 Nf5 8. Nbc3 {Black is slightly better.} e6 9. g3 Qb6 {[%cal Rf5d4]} 10. Be3 Qxb2 {Threatens to win with ...Nfxd4!} 11. Bg2 Qb6 ({Not} 11... Bxa3 $2 12. Rb1 $18) (11... Be7 {is more complex.} 12. O-O Qb6 13. Rb1 Qc7 14. Bc1 O-O) 12. O-O Be7 13. Rb1 Qd8 14. Bh3 (14. Bc1 $15) 14... Nxe3 $17 ({Inferior is} 14... Bxa3 15. Bxf5 exf5 16. Nf4 $11) 15. fxe3 Bxa3 16. e4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Be7 18. Rb3 O-O 19. Rbf3 b6 20. Nf6+ gxf6 21. exf6 {[#]} Nxd4 $1 22. Nxd4 $11 (22. Qxd4 Bc5) 22... Bc5 $2 {[#]} (22... Qxd4+ $11 23. Qxd4 Bc5 24. Qxc5 bxc5) 23. Rf4 $1 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black is in trouble.} e5 24. Bxc8 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (24. Qh5 $18 Kh8 25. Rh4 Qxd4+ 26. Rxd4 Bxd4+ 27. Kh1 Bxh3 28. Qxh3) 24... Bxd4+ $19 {Black is clearly winning.} (24... Qxc8 $2 25. Qh5 $19) 25. Kg2 {White threatens Qg4+ and mate.} Qd5+ 26. Kh3 Rfxc8 27. Qh5 {Qh6! would kill now.} Qe6+ 28. Rg4+ Kf8 29. Rf5 Ke8 30. Rg7 e4 {Precision: White = 21%, Black = 67%.} 0-1

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Raja, Harshit"]
[Black "Donchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,52,-38,-19,-31,-24,-100,-113,-92,0,-3,-7,-50,-41,-77,-59,-49,-14,-25,62,16,125,108,118,109,111,112,110,115,122,58,62,0,58,18,65]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Ne4 5. Ne2 Qb6 6. d4 {B11: Caro-Kann: Two Knights Variation} e6 7. Ng3 c5 8. Bd3 Nxg3 (8... Nc6 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Bxe4 cxd4 11. O-O Bd7 12. a3 h6 13. Re1 {1-0 (71) Short,N (2675)-Caruana,F (2827) Caleta 2017}) 9. hxg3 cxd4 10. a3 Nc6 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 11. b4 a6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Bd7 12. Bf4 h6 13. g4 {½-½ (57) Solak,D (2632)-Eljanov,P (2723) Kocaeli 2014}) 12. Rxh7 (12. Kf1 $11 {remains equal.}) 12... Rxh7 $17 13. Bxh7 Be7 (13... g6 $17) 14. Bd3 $11 Bd7 15. Rb1 O-O-O 16. Kf1 Rh8 17. Kg1 f6 18. Bf4 Bd8 (18... g5 $11 19. exf6 gxf4 20. fxe7 fxg3) 19. g4 g5 (19... Bc7 $11 20. Qe1 Kb8) 20. Bg3 $16 f5 21. b5 axb5 22. gxf5 ({Reject} 22. Bxb5 $6 f4 $11) 22... exf5 {[#] Hoping for ...Na5.} 23. Rxb5 Qa7 24. e6 (24. Rxd5 $16 {e6! is the strong threat.} f4 25. Bh2) 24... Bxe6 $14 25. Qe2 (25. Qe1 $14 Rh6 26. Bd6) 25... Rh6 {[#]} (25... Bd7 $11) 26. Rxd5 $1 {[%mdl 512] Strongly threatening Rd6.} f4 {Precision: White = 39%, Black = 36%.} (26... Bxd5 27. Bxf5+) 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Arjun, Kalyan"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2419"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 31,95,22,37,35,31,34,36,27,32,22,38,22,64,64,79,-14,88,8,13,18,6,0,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {[%cal Bf1b5,Bb5a4,Ba4b3][%mdl 32]} a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 11. Bxe6 Nxe6 12. cxd4 Ncxd4 13. a4 Bb4 {C80: Open Ruy Lopez: Sidelines and 9 Nbd2} 14. axb5 Nxb5 15. Qa4 Bxd2 16. Bxd2 O-O {LiveBook: 4 Games} 17. Rfd1 c5 18. Qe4 Qe7 19. Be3 {[#]} Rfe8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19... h6 20. h4 Rfe8 21. Re1 {½-½ (37) Jakovenko,D (2742)-Mikhalevski,V (2625) Novi Sad 2009}) 20. h4 h5 21. Re1 Rab8 22. Rxa6 Nbd4 23. Nxd4 (23. Bxd4 $16 cxd4 24. Rd6 (24. Nxd4 Nc5 $17)) 23... Nxd4 (23... cxd4 $11 {keeps the balance.} 24. Bg5 (24. Bxd4 Rb4 $17) 24... Qb7 25. Qxb7 Rxb7) 24. Bg5 ({White should play} 24. Bxd4 $16 cxd4 25. Qxd4) 24... Qb7 $11 {The position is equal.} 25. Qxb7 Rxb7 26. Bc1 Nb3 27. Bf4 Rb4 28. Bg3 Nd4 29. Ra2 Re7 30. Kh2 Reb7 31. Rc1 R7b5 32. f3 Rxb2 33. Rxb2 Rxb2 34. Rxc5 Nxf3+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 35. Kh3 Ng1+ 36. Kh2 Nf3+ 37. Kh3 Nd2 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Rb3.} 38. e6 fxe6 {aiming for ...Rb3.} 39. Rxh5 Rb3 {Threatens to win with ...Ne4.} 40. Kg4 Ne4 41. Be5 Rb5 42. Kf4 Nd6 {[#] White must now prevent ...Nf7.} 43. Rg5 Nf7 44. Rxg7+ Kf8 45. Rxf7+ Kxf7 46. h5 Rb4+ 47. Kf3 Rb5 48. Kf4 {Precision: White = 70%, Black = 77%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Henderson De La Fuente, Lance"]
[Black "Handke, Florian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2419"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 39,55,29,48,27,40,46,62,35,16,26,35,10,10,10,10,14,17,18]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 {[%cal Bd4b5,Bb5a3,Ba3c2,Bc2e3,Be3d5][%mdl 32]} d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5 12. Nc2 O-O 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 a5 15. Bc4 Kh8 16. Nce3 {B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations} Rb8 17. b3 Ne7 (17... g6 18. h4 Bxh4 19. g3 Bg5 20. f4 exf4 21. gxf4 Bh4+ 22. Kf1 f5 23. Ra2 fxe4 24. Rah2 g5 {1-0 (46) Giri,A (2768)-Shirov,A (2691) Hoogeveen 2014}) 18. O-O Nxd5 19. Nxd5 f5 20. exf5 Bxf5 {LiveBook: 26 Games} 21. Qe2 Bd7 22. Ra2 Bc6 23. Rfa1 Bxd5 24. Bxd5 Qb6 {[#] aiming for ...Rxf2!} 25. Rxa5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 25. Kh1 Qc5 26. Rxa5 Qxc3 27. g3 Bd8 28. R5a2 Bb6 29. f3 Bd4 30. Rd1 Qe3 {½-½ (30) Anka,E (2407)-Szamoskozi,G (2280) Hungary 2008}) 25... Rxf2 $1 {The position is equal.} 26. Qxf2 Be3 27. Ra8 Bxf2+ 28. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Houska, Jovanka"]
[Black "Nihal Sarin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,94,0,0,0,10,33,27,0,38,20,40,-18,-22,-48,-41,-57,-47,-45,-56,-79,-66,-66,-37,-115,-118,-110,-118,-95,-94,-165,-150,-301,-299,-292,-294,-295,-299,-332,-332,-315,-321,-337,-326,-316,-322,-332,-327,-329,-318,-317,-314,-325,-317,-344,-340,-337,-335,-337,-330,-323,-334,-365,-347,-356,-358,-354,-335,-408,-382,-476,-479,-475,-471,-447,-418,-425,-418,-697,-683,-29991,-29992,-29992,-29993,-29993,-29994]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. a3 Nf6 5. g3 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 {LiveBook: 27 Games. E12: Queen's Indian: Unusual White 4th moves, 4 a3, 4 Nc3 Bb7 5 a3 and 4 Nc3 Bb7} 7. Qc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O Ne4 9. Bd2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 d6 11. d5 e5 12. e4 f5 13. Ng5 Bh6 14. h4 {0-1 (43) Wang,Y (2736)-Tomashevsky,E (2689) Sochi 2009}) 7... Bxf3 8. exf3 O-O {White is slightly better.} 9. Be3 c6 10. Be2 d5 {[%cal Bd7d5,Bd5d4][%mdl 32]} 11. b3 (11. O-O $14) 11... c5 $11 12. Rd1 cxd4 $1 13. Bxd4 Nc6 14. Be3 d4 {[#] ...Nd7 is the strong threat.} 15. Bc1 Nd7 {[%cal Bf6d7,Bd7c5,Bc5b3,Bb3c1][%mdl 32]} 16. Na4 Nc5 17. Nb2 {[#]} ({White should try} 17. Nxc5 $15 bxc5 18. O-O) 17... d3 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2560] White is under strong pressure.} 18. Nxd3 Nd4 $1 {[%csl LRb3,LRc2]} 19. Qa2 Ncxb3 20. O-O (20. Be3 $17) 20... Qc7 21. Nf4 $2 (21. Be3 $17) 21... Nxc1 $19 22. Rxc1 Bh6 23. Rcd1 Qe5 24. Rfe1 Bxf4 25. gxf4 Qxf4 26. Kg2 Rac8 27. Qd2 Qxd2 28. Rxd2 Nxe2 29. Rexe2 Rxc4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 30. Rd7 Ra4 31. Re3 Rc8 32. Red3 Rc5 33. Rb7 Rg5+ 34. Kf1 Rf5 35. Kg2 Kg7 36. h3 h5 37. Rc3 b5 38. Rd3 a6 39. Rc3 Rc4 40. Re3 Rg5+ 41. Kf1 Rc1+ 42. Ke2 Rc2+ 43. Kf1 Rd5 44. Re4 (44. f4 $142) 44... Rdd2 45. Rf4 Rxf2+ {Black mates.} 46. Ke1 Rh2 {[%cal Rh2h1]} 47. Rfxf7+ Kh6 {Precision: White = 25%, Black = 88%.} 0-1

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Akash Pc, Iyer"]
[Black "Fernandez, Daniel Howard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,120,36,52,38,43,29,27,28,28,20,92,52,53,31,45,38,44,22,27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,38,31,57,-16,-20,-22,-20,-27,0,0,7,14,5,0,0,-6,-7,-14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-16,-8,-30,0,-16,-16,-14,-18,-16,-13,-27,-8,-30,-23,-22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. Nbd2 d5 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O {E11: Bogo-Indian} b6 10. cxd5 (10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Rfc1 Qe7 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Ba6 Rfd8 14. g3 Nf6 15. Rc2 Rab8 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 {1-0 (55) Ascic,P (2298)-Juranic,B (2175) Sibenik 2012}) 10... exd5 11. Qa4 {White has an edge.} Qd6 $1 12. Ne5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. Rac1 Rfc8 14. Qa6 Rc7 15. Bxc6 Bxc6 16. Ne5 Bb7 17. Qa4 a5 18. Rxc7 Qxc7 19. Re1 Rc8 20. Ndf3 Ne4 21. Qb5 f6 22. Nd3 Bc6 {0-1 (22) Wegner,C-Becker,M (2080) Muenster 1995}) 12... Ne7 (12... Nxe5 $11 {keeps the balance.} 13. dxe5 Qxe5) 13. Rac1 a5 14. Qc2 g6 15. Qc7 Rd8 16. Qxd6 Rxd6 17. Rc7 Kf8 $1 18. Rfc1 Ne8 19. R7c2 f6 20. Nc6 Nxc6 21. Rxc6 Bd7 22. R6c2 Ke7 23. e4 (23. Nf3 $14) 23... dxe4 $1 $11 24. Bxe4 Rd8 25. d5 {[#] And now Nc4 would win.} Bf5 26. Bxf5 Rxd5 27. Re1+ Kf8 28. Bxg6 hxg6 29. Nc4 Rc5 30. Rec1 Rdc8 31. Ne3 Nd6 32. Kf1 Kf7 33. Ke2 f5 34. Kd3 Ne4 35. f3 Rxc2 36. Rxc2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Nc5+ 37. Ke2 Re8 {[#] Hoping for ...f4.} 38. Kd2 Rd8+ 39. Ke2 Re8 40. Kd2 b3 41. axb3 Nxb3+ 42. Kd3 Nc5+ 43. Kd2 Rh8 44. h3 Rd8+ 45. Ke2 Ne6 {aiming for ...Nd4+.The position is equal.} 46. Rd2 $1 Nf4+ 47. Kd1 Rxd2+ 48. Kxd2 {KN-KN} Ke6 49. h4 b5 50. g4 Ke5 51. Nd1 Nd5 52. h5 gxh5 53. gxh5 Kf6 54. Kd3 Kg5 55. Kd4 Nf4 56. Kc5 b4 57. Kb5 Nd5 58. Kxa5 Kxh5 {White must now prevent ...Kh4.} 59. Kb5 Kg5 {...Kf4 is the strong threat.} 60. Kc5 Nf6 {Precision: White = 62%, Black = 68%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bates, Richard A"]
[Black "Bellaiche, Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,84,0,-8,-37,-17,-55,-32,-60,-56,-50,-50,-50,-57,-43,-56,-37,-44,-47,-66,-263,-283,-264,-265,-277,-283,-253,-266,-272,-271,-298,-269,-270,-261,-359,-361,-392,-296,-381,-334,-300,-162,-168,-137,-196,-195,-241,-212,-388,-389,-335,-91,-53,187,204,450,345,345,338,329,317,29972,29973,29973,29974,29974,29975,29975,29976,29979,29980,29980,29980,29999]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. g3 Nbd7 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. a4 a5 {LiveBook: 27 Games. E01: Catalan: Early deviations} 8. Bg5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. O-O Be7 9. e4 O-O 10. Bf4 Re8 11. Re1 b6 12. d5 exd5 13. exd5 Bb7 14. d6 Bf8 15. Rxe8 Nxe8 16. Nd4 Bxd6 17. Bxd6 Nxd6 18. Nxc6 Qf8 {1-0 (43) Fridman,D (2626)-Schroeder,J (2552) Germany 2017}) 8... Be7 9. Nd2 Nb6 {Black is slightly better.} 10. e3 e5 $1 11. dxe5 Ng4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nde4 O-O 14. Qd4 Nxe5 {Strongly threatening ...Rd8.} 15. O-O $1 (15. Qxb6 $2 Ra6 $19) 15... Ra6 16. Nc5 $2 ({White should play} 16. Qc5 $15 Qe6 17. Qa3) 16... Rd8 $19 17. Nxa6 Rxd4 18. exd4 Nd3 ({Inferior is} 18... bxa6 19. dxe5 Bg4 20. Bxc6 $11) 19. Nc5 Nxc5 20. dxc5 Qxc5 21. Rad1 {And now Rd8+ would win.} h6 22. Rd8+ Kh7 23. Rfd1 Bf5 24. Re8 Bd3 25. Be4+ Bxe4 26. Nxe4 Qf5 (26... Qb4 $142 27. Nd6 Qxb2 28. Nxf7 Nd5) 27. Rdd8 Nd7 28. Nd6 (28. f4 $17) 28... Qb1+ 29. Kg2 Nf6 30. Re7 $2 (30. Re2 Qd1 31. Re7) 30... Qxb2 {aiming for ...c3.} 31. Nxc4 {[#]} Qa2 $2 (31... Qb4 $1 $19 {[%cal Rb4e7] is more deadly.} 32. Nd6 b5 33. axb5 cxb5) 32. Ne5 $17 Qb2 $2 {[#]} (32... b6 $15) 33. Rf8 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf8f7]} Ng4 $2 (33... Ng8 34. Ree8 f6) 34. Nxg4 Qb4 35. Rfxf7 Qxg4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRR} 36. h3 ({Not} 36. Rxb7 Qe4+ 37. Kh3 Qe6+ 38. Kh4 Kh8 $16) ({And not} 36. Rxg7+ Qxg7 37. Rxg7+ Kxg7 $11) 36... Qxa4 $2 (36... Qd4 $18 37. Rxb7 Qd5+ 38. Kh2 Qg5 39. Rxg7+ Qxg7 40. Rxg7+ Kxg7) 37. Rxg7+ {White mates.} Kh8 38. Rh7+ Kg8 39. Reg7+ Kf8 40. Rxb7 {[%cal Rh7h8]} Qe4+ 41. Kh2 {[%cal Rh7h8]} Kg8 42. Rhe7 {[%cal Rb7b8]} Qd4 {Precision: White = 49%, Black = 42%.} 1-0

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gumularz, Szymon"]
[Black "Hector, Jonny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2376"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,124,26,35,0,25,24,44,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,7,10,24,15,32,35,57,7,53,0,64,61,60,36,47,0,0,0,0,-27,66,-45,-39,-42,-11,-9,-19,-78,-77,-88,-8,-111,-104,-190,-197,-214,14,-18,59,-13,0,0,235,220,201,-87,-90,-90,-97,-92,-100,-110,-105,-93,-95,-90,-72,-72,-77,-84,-83,-83,-83,-133,-111,-123,-70,-69,-68,-69,-69,-72,-72,-151,-163,-471,-429,-444,-434,-12796,-12804,-29983,-29984,-29991,-29992,-29992,-29993,-29993,-29994,-29994,-29993]} 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Nd2 cxd4 (5... e6 6. Ngf3 cxd4 7. exd4 Nh5 8. Be5 f6 9. Bg3 g6 10. Be2 Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. Qb3 Kh8 13. Rad1 b6 14. Rfe1 Bb7 {0-1 (49) Wang,Y (2699)-Le,Q (2739) Ashkhabad 2017}) 6. exd4 {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines} Bf5 7. Ngf3 e6 8. Qb3 Bd6 9. Qxb7 Bxf4 10. Qxc6+ Kf8 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 11. Qa6 g6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Rb8) 12. g3 Bd6 13. Bg2 Rb8 14. Nb3 Qc7 15. O-O h5 16. Nh4 Be4 17. Bxe4 Nxe4 18. Qe2 g5 19. Nf3 h4 {[%cal Rh4g3]} 20. g4 Kg7 21. h3 Bf4 22. Nc1 {[#]} (22. Ne1 $14) 22... Rb6 (22... Nd2 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]} 23. Nd3 (23. Nxd2 Rxb2) 23... Nxf1 24. Rxf1 Rhc8) 23. Nd3 $14 Rhb8 24. Nfe5 f6 25. Nxf4 gxf4 26. Nd3 Ng5 27. Kh1 Nxh3 (27... f3 $11 28. Qe3 Rxb2 29. Nxb2 Rxb2) 28. Nc5 (28. Rae1 $14) 28... Ng5 $15 29. b4 Re8 {[%cal Bb8e8,Be8e5,Be5e2][%mdl 32]} 30. f3 e5 31. dxe5 (31. Rae1 $1 $11) 31... Rxe5 $17 32. Qd3 Qe7 ({Black should try} 32... Re3 $1 $17 {[%cal Re3d3]} 33. Qxd5 Rd6) 33. Qd4 (33. Rad1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 33... Re2 $1 34. Qxf4 (34. a3 $17 {was called for.}) 34... Nh3 $1 $19 {[%cal Rh3f4]} 35. Qd4 {[#] Black should prevent f4.} Rb8 $2 ({Black should play} 35... Qc7 $1 $19 {[%csl Gc7][%cal Re2h2]} 36. f4 Qc8) 36. Nd3 Re8 (36... Qe3 $11) 37. Rae1 (37. g5 $1 $14) 37... Qc7 $40 {[%csl Gc7][%cal Re2h2][%mdl 128] Black mounts an attack.} 38. f4 {aiming for Rxe2.} Qc4 $2 {[#]} (38... Qd7 $11 {and Black is okay.} 39. Rxe2 Rxe2) 39. Rxe2 $1 $18 ({And not} 39. Qxa7+ Kg8 $11) 39... Rxe2 40. g5 $2 ({Worse is} 40. Qxa7+ Kg8 $11) ({Only move:} 40. Rf3 $18) 40... Qxd4 $17 41. cxd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Rd2 42. Nc5 fxg5 43. fxg5 Nxg5 44. Rf4 Rd1+ 45. Kh2 Kg6 46. Nd7 Rd2+ 47. Kh1 Ne4 48. Rxh4 Rxd4 49. Nf8+ Kf5 50. Rh7 Rd1+ (50... a6 $17 51. a3 Rd2) 51. Kg2 $15 Rd2+ 52. Kg1 d4 {[%cal Bd5d4,Bd4d3][%mdl 32]} 53. Rf7+ Kg4 54. Ne6 (54. Nd7 $142) 54... d3 $17 ({But not} 54... Rxa2 $6 55. Rg7+ Kf3 56. Nxd4+ Ke3 57. Nb3 $11) 55. Rg7+ $2 (55. Rd7 {nothing else works.}) 55... Kf3 $19 56. Rf7+ Ke3 57. Rh7 (57. Ng7 $142 Rxa2 58. Nf5+ Kf4 59. Nh4+ Kg4 60. Ng2) 57... Rf2 58. Rxa7 Rf6 {Black mates.} 59. Ra6 Rg6+ 60. Kh2 d2 61. Ra3+ Kf2 62. Nf4 Rh6+ {Precision: White = 34%, Black = 48%.} 0-1

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sowray, Peter J"]
[Black "Elsness, Frode"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2357"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,70,11,0,10,-9,-14,-16,-15,-25,-29,-21,-24,-10,-23,-43,-30,-37,-34,-140,0,0,58,-362,-364,-518,-135,-137,-29,-38,-39,-25,-6,-8,-7,-8,-12,-199,-189,-228,-225,-564,-229,-195,-187,-512,-492,-583,-275,-379,-358,-362,-262]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e3 d5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. d4 b6 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Bb7 8. b3 Nbd7 9. Bb2 a6 10. Qe2 Ne4 11. Rad1 {LiveBook: 12 Games} Qf6 {E14: Queen's Indian: Classical Variation (4 e3)} 12. Bb1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Nd2 Qh6 13. f4 f5 14. Nf3 Qh5 15. Ne5 Qxe2 16. Nxe2 Ndf6 17. Nc3 Nxc3 18. Bxc3 {½-½ (18) Huebner,R (2600)-Keene,R (2510) Bad Lauterberg 1977}) 12... Qh6 13. h3 f5 {The position is equal.} 14. Nxe4 fxe4 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Be7 17. Qg4 Rad8 18. Rc1 {Threatens to win with cxd5.} c5 19. Rfd1 (19. b4 $15) 19... Rf5 ({Better is} 19... Bg5 $17 {aiming for ...d4!} 20. cxd5 exd5) 20. cxd5 $11 Bxd5 (20... Rdf8 $1 $11) 21. f4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (21. Rxd5 $14 {stays ahead.} Rxd5 22. Bxe4) 21... exf3 $19 22. Bxf5 (22. Rxd5 $142 Rxd5 23. Bxf5 Qxe3+ 24. Kh1 exf5 25. Qxf3 Qxf3 26. gxf3) 22... exf5 $2 (22... Qxe3+ $19 23. Kh2 exf5 24. Qxf5 Bg5) 23. Qf4 $17 {Black should prevent Qxh6.} Bg5 ({Don't play} 23... fxg2 $6 24. Qxh6 gxh6 25. e6 $11) ({Black should play} 23... Qg6 $1 $17 {[%csl Gd5,Gf3][%cal Rg6g2]} 24. g4 fxg4 25. Qxg4 Bg5) 24. Rxd5 $1 $11 Rxd5 25. Qxf3 Bxe3+ 26. Kh1 Rd8 27. Rf1 f4 {[%cal Bf5f4,Bf4f3,Bf3g2][%mdl 32]} 28. Qe4 $2 (28. Bc1 $1 $11 {and White is okay.} Bxc1 29. Rxc1) 28... Qe6 $19 29. Bc1 {[#]} Qd5 $1 {[%cal Rd5e4]} 30. Qf5 $2 {[#]} (30. Qxd5+ {is tougher.} Rxd5 31. Bxe3 fxe3 32. Re1) 30... Bxc1 (30... Qd1 $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 31. Qe6+ (31. Rxd1 Rxd1+) 31... Kf8 32. Qf5+ Ke7 33. Bxe3 Qxf1+ 34. Kh2 Rf8 35. Qg5+ Ke6) 31. Rxc1 Rf8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is really pushing.} 32. Qg5 $2 (32. Qc2 {is a better chance.}) 32... f3 33. Rg1 g6 (33... f2 $142 34. Rf1 Qd3) 34. Qg3 fxg2+ 35. Kh2 Rf5 {Precision: White = 11%, Black = 36%.} 0-1

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Quillan, Gary"]
[Black "Abergel, Thal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2344"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,96,56,57,43,50,46,40,30,37,29,59,62,78,0,43,0,0,0,0,-51,0,0,52,43,58,79,90,90,83,82,82,82,82,82,83,64,101,91,142,95,112,82,117,77,63,26,95,95,95,0,0,0,0,0,0,-32,-51,-56,-35,-70,15,-240,-225,-212,-206,-177,-115,-125,-69,-200,-200,-271,-272,-540,-525,-670,-662,-731,-718,-688,-633]} 1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Nd2 e6 4. Ngf3 c5 5. c3 cxd4 6. cxd4 Nf6 7. Bd3 d5 {B00: Queen's Fianchetto Defence, Nimzowitsch Defence} (7... d6 8. O-O Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nf1 Nbd7 11. Ng3 Re8 12. Qe2 Nf8 13. Bd2 a6 14. Rad1 b5 15. h3 {1-0 (37) Korneev,O (2611)-Cicak,S (2530) Salou 2005}) 8. e5 Nfd7 9. O-O Ba6 {LiveBook: 6 Games. White is slightly better.} 10. Ne1 Bxd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Qc8 11. f4 Nc6 12. Ndf3 g6 13. Be3 Bxd3 14. Nxd3 Qa6 15. Rf2 Be7 16. Rc2 Rc8 17. Rac1 Ndb8 18. a3 Kd7 19. Rc3 Na5 20. Qa4+ Nac6 21. Qc2 {½-½ (21) West,G (2414)-Wohl,A (2440) Sydney 1999}) 11. Nxd3 Nc6 12. Nb3 a5 13. Be3 a4 14. Nd2 a3 15. bxa3 ({Better is} 15. b3 $16) 15... Rxa3 16. Nb3 Qa8 17. Qe2 Be7 18. Nf4 (18. Qg4 $11 g6 19. Rfc1) 18... g6 (18... O-O $15) 19. Rfc1 $11 O-O ({Black should play} 19... Qb7 $11) 20. Qg4 $1 $14 {Hoping for Nxe6!} Qa4 {[#]} 21. Nxe6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Ncxe5 (21... fxe6 22. Qxe6+) 22. Qh3 Nc4 23. Nxf8 Nxf8 24. Qf3 Qa8 25. Bh6 Ne6 26. Re1 Qd8 27. Qg4 Bf8 (27... Qd7 $142) 28. Bxf8 Nxf8 29. Re2 Kg7 30. Rae1 {Black must now prevent Re7.} Ne6 31. h3 h5 {[#]} (31... Qf6 $1 $11) 32. Qf3 $1 $16 Qd6 33. Qc3 ({White should try} 33. h4 $16) 33... Nf4 $11 34. Rc2 Qf6 35. Qf3 Qf5 36. Rc3 Rxa2 37. Nc1 Rd2 38. Nb3 Ne2+ (38... Rb2 $15 39. Kh1 b5) 39. Qxe2 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (39. Kh1 $11 Nxc3 40. Nxd2 Nxd2 41. Qxc3 Qxf2 42. Qe3 Qxe3 43. Rxe3) 39... Rxe2 $19 40. Rxe2 Qb1+ 41. Kh2 {[#]} f5 (41... g5 $1 $19 42. Nc1 b5) 42. h4 Qd1 (42... Qf1 $17 43. Ra2 Qe1) 43. Ra2 (43. Re7+ $15 Kf6 44. Ra7) 43... Qg4 44. g3 Qe4 45. Rcc2 $2 (45. Nc1 f4 46. Re2 Qxd4 47. Rf3 fxg3+ 48. fxg3) 45... Qf3 {Black is clearly winning.} 46. Nc1 f4 47. Re2 fxg3+ 48. fxg3 Ne3 {Precision: White = 28%, Black = 54%.} 0-1

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Das, Sayantan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,77,31,27,26,25,34,28,28,29,32,54,79,0,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,15,13,21,22,18,18,18,18,12,13,26,18,18,18,18,20,23,25,56,21,33,22,34,10,8,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,21,0,10,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. f3 Nc6 {B72: Sicilian Dragon: 6 Be3, lines with h3+Bc4 and sidelines} 9. Qd2 O-O (9... Ne5 10. Be2 b5 11. a4 Nc4 12. Bxc4 bxc4 13. O-O O-O 14. b4 cxb3 15. cxb3 Bb7 16. b4 {½-½ (35) Motylev,A (2675)-Giri,A (2772) Tbilisi 2017}) 10. O-O-O d5 {White has an edge.} 11. Nxc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. g4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxd4 13. Qf2 Nc6 14. Bxa6 Nxe4 15. fxe4 Qa5 16. Bc4 Qb4 17. Bb3 Rxa2 18. Kb1 Ra1+ 19. Kxa1 Qa3+ {0-1 (19) Just,H-Kramer,W GER email 2008}) 11... bxc6 12. Bh6 e5 13. Bxg7 (13. exd5 $16 cxd5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. f4) 13... Kxg7 $11 14. exd5 cxd5 15. f4 d4 16. fxe5 dxc3 17. exf6+ Qxf6 18. Qxc3 Qxc3 19. bxc3 Be6 20. Rhf1 Rfc8 21. c4 Rab8 22. Rf4 Rb4 23. a3 Ra4 24. Kb2 Rb8+ 25. Ka2 Rb5 26. Ra1 h5 27. Rd4 Rb6 28. Re1 Ra5 29. Rde4 Kf6 30. g3 Rg5 31. Rd4 Ra5 32. Re3 g5 33. h4 g4 {The position is equal.} 34. Rf4+ Kg7 35. Rd4 Kf6 36. Rf4+ Kg7 37. Bf1 Rc5 38. Rd4 Kf6 39. Bd3 {Precision: White = 52%, Black = 64%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Black "Arjun Kalyan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,80,-26,-34,-44,-5,-8,-10,-14,-11,-24,-17,-11,18,6,8,2,4,0,17,0,8,1,8,8,8,7,9,15,10,14,19,9,16,10,22,23,25,4,13,7,14,6,75,63,72,53,54,50,60,79,83,79,83,75,82,75,48,17,80,69,264,246,257]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. O-O c6 5. d3 Ngf6 6. b3 e5 {A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems} 7. Bb2 Bd6 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. h3 Bh5 10. e4 Re8 {LiveBook: 61 Games} 11. Re1 dxe4 (11... Qc7 12. a4 dxe4 13. dxe4 Bf8 14. Qe2 Nc5 15. Qe3 Nfd7 16. Nc4 f6 {½-½ (52) Mamedov,R (2637)-Rublevsky,S (2695) Khanty-Mansiysk 2013}) 12. dxe4 Qc7 13. Qe2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Qc1 Re7 14. Nh4 Bg6 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. a4 a5 {½-½ (62) Tikhomirov,A (2215)-Lukanov,V (2199) Krasnoyarsk 2013}) 13... Rad8 14. Qf1 Bg6 15. Nh4 Nf8 16. Nc4 Bc5 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. a4 b6 19. Kh2 a6 20. Bc3 Bd4 21. Bxd4 Rxd4 22. c3 Rdd8 23. Ra2 Ne6 24. b4 a5 25. Rb1 axb4 26. Rxb4 Rb8 27. Qb1 {[%cal Rb4b6]} Nd7 28. Rd2 Red8 29. h4 b5 30. Ne3 {[%cal Ra4b5]} Ndc5 (30... Nf6 $11 31. Rxd8+ Rxd8) 31. Rxd8+ $16 Qxd8 32. axb5 Nd3 33. bxc6 Nxb4 34. cxb4 Nd4 {[#]} 35. Qc1 $1 {Hoping for c7.} Rc8 {[#]} 36. b5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxb5 37. Bh3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} Ra8 38. Nd5 {[%mdl 1024] White wants to play Qc5. White has compensation.} Nc7 (38... Ra2 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 39. Qb2 Ne8 $2 {[#]} ({Better is} 39... Qd6 $14) 40. Bd7 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd7e8] And now Bxe8 would win.} ({Don't do} 40. Qxe5 $6 Ra2 $16) 40... Nf6 {Precision: White = 59%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Black "Henderson de La Fuente, Lance"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,59,63,57,116,110,114,95,86,99,83,98,105,85,91,103,213,215,187,187,187,187,187,187,187,185,185,184,225,213,210,207,335,326,337,330,327,331,403,396,602,596]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 f5 8. d5 Bf6 9. Qc2 O-O 10. Nxe4 {E17: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Be7} fxe4 11. Qxe4 {LiveBook: 7 Games} Bxb2 {[#]} ({Black should try} 11... exd5 $14 12. Qc2 (12. cxd5 Re8 $11) 12... Qe7) (11... Re8 12. Qc2 exd5 13. O-O dxc4 14. Ng5 Bxg2 15. Qxh7+ Kf8 16. Qh5 Bxg5 17. Bxg5 Qc8 18. Kxg2 {½-½ (32) Kasimdzhanov,R (2687)-Ismagambetov,A (2523) Tashkent 2009}) 12. Ng5 $1 $16 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Re4h7][%mdl 512] White is better.} Rf5 13. Rb1 {And now h4 would win.} Rxg5 14. Rxb2 Rf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Rg6 15. Qc2 exd5 16. cxd5 Kh8 17. O-O Na6 {1-0 (32) Naumkin,I (2442)-Huemmer,B (2185) Arco 2014}) 15. Qc2 Rf8 16. Be4 h6 17. Bc3 {Black must now prevent Bh7+.} Na6 (17... Qe8 $16 {was necessary.}) 18. Bh7+ $18 Kh8 19. Qg6 $36 {[%csl Gg6][%cal Rc3g7][%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} Rf6 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Qxf6 gxf6 {[#]} 22. Be4 $1 Nc5 23. Bg2 e5 24. Bh3 Kg7 25. O-O a5 {[#]} (25... Kg6 {is a better defense.} 26. f4 Re8) 26. d6 $1 cxd6 27. Rxb6 Bc6 28. Rd1 Ne4 29. Bg2 Rc8 {[#]} (29... f5 $142 30. Bxe4 Bxe4 31. Rdxd6 Bc6) 30. Rxc6 $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 97%, Black = 46%.} 1-0

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Maze, Sebastien"]
[Black "Baenziger, Fabian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,79,24,37,12,24,18,24,24,27,29,35,35,36,24,30,31,27,24,24,23,23,23,24,24,24,25,34,12,27,31,55,52,54,22,64,56,54,24,89,43,88,103,101,93,94,100,106,90,103,109,106,12,14,10,37,-31,-27,-10,0,0,0,0,-10,-101]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Rc8 {B51: Sizilianisch (Rossolimo-Variante)} 9. c4 Nf6 {LiveBook: 11 Partien} 10. f3 e6 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 10... Bd7 11. b3 b5 12. cxb5 axb5 13. a4 bxa4 14. bxa4 g6 15. Be3 Bg7 16. Qd2 {0-1 (27) Simacek,P (2478)-Hess,R (2639) Pardubice 2012}) 11. Qd3 Be7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Be3 {[%cal Bc1e3,Be3f2,Bf2g3][%mdl 32]} Nd7 14. b3 b6 15. Rac1 Bb7 16. Qd2 Qc7 17. Bf2 Qb8 18. Red1 Ba8 19. Kh1 Rfe8 20. Bg3 Ne5 21. Qe1 Bd8 22. a4 Bc7 23. Nc2 Bc6 24. Nb4 {[#] Und weiter mit Lxe5 wäre nett.} Bb7 25. Qf1 Qa8 26. Nc2 Qb8 27. Ne3 h5 (27... Bd8 $11) 28. Rc2 Ng6 29. Rcd2 Rcd8 30. h3 h4 31. Bh2 d5 32. Bxc7 Qxc7 33. exd5 Qe5 34. Rd3 ({Lieber} 34. Qd3 $16) 34... Nf4 $11 35. Ng4 Qg5 (35... Qb8 {keeps more tension.} 36. Rd4 exd5 37. cxd5 f5 38. d6 Ne6) 36. R3d2 (36. Ne4 $14 Qg6 37. Ne5) 36... exd5 $15 37. Nxd5 Nxd5 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} 38. cxd5 Rxd5 39. Rxd5 Bxd5 40. b4 {Precision: Weiß = 50%, Schwarz = 58%.} (40. Qd3 $11 {hält das Gleichgewicht.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hawkins, Jonathan"]
[Black "Fodor, Tamas Jr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E59"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,76,10,20,13,-34,-22,-23,-28,-29,-32,-29,-24,-29,-29,-29,-29,-29,-29,-29,-29,-33,-25,-39,-35,-31,-14,-20,-15,-20,-4,-8,0,-30,-23,-11,-10,-19,-18,-12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Bd3 Rd8 12. Qc2 e5 13. Bb2 Bg4 {E59: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: Main Line: 7...Nc6 8 a3 Bxc3 9 bxc3 dxc4} 14. Ng5 {[%cal Rd3h7]} h6 15. Ne4 Nxe4 {Black has an edge.} 16. Bxe4 Na5 {[#]} 17. Rab1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. d5 Nc4 18. h3 Bd7 19. a4 f5 20. d6 Qxd6 21. Bxb7 {½-½ (40) Pavlovic,M (2531)-Dvirnyy,D (2481) Hoogeveen 2010}) 17... cxd4 18. cxd4 Qxc2 19. Bxc2 Nc4 {...exd4 is the strong threat.} 20. Bc1 exd4 21. exd4 b6 22. f3 Be6 23. Rd1 Rac8 24. Be4 f5 25. Bb7 Rc7 26. Ba6 Na5 27. Bf4 Rcd7 28. Be5 Bc4 29. Bxc4+ $1 Nxc4 {The position is equal.} 30. Rdc1 Nxe5 31. dxe5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Rd2 32. f4 {[%cal Bf3f4,Bf4g5][%mdl 32]} Ra2 {[#] Hoping for ...Rdd2.} 33. Rb3 g5 34. fxg5 Rdd2 35. Rg3 f4 36. Rg4 $1 h5 37. Rxf4 {[#] aiming for Rc8+.} Rxg2+ 38. Kf1 Rxh2 {Precision: White = 80%, Black = 80%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Donchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Munguntuul, Batkhuyag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,75,12,15,7,7,9,22,0,0,-12,-9,-10,-8,-16,-24,-17,15,17,106,106,105,98,106,98,100,104,101,103,99,100,106,106,132,131,120,105,85,93,99,100,91,68,75,80,121,120,120,119,248,261,264,249,247,240,302,241,29987,29988,29988,29989,29995,29996]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 c6 5. Ne5 Bf5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Qa4+ {A11: Reti-Eröffnung} Bd7 (7... Nbd7 8. Nc3 e6 9. g4 Bc2 10. Nxf7 Kxf7 11. Qxc2 Nxg4 12. h3 Nh6 13. d4 Nf5 14. Bxd5 Nxd4 {½-½ (71) Fridman,D (2667)-Shirov,A (2708) Tallinn 2013}) 8. Nxd7 Qxd7 {LiveBook: 8 Partien} 9. Nc3 {Mit der Idee Dxd7+.Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} Qxa4 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 9... e6 10. d4 Nc6 11. O-O Be7 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Rfd1 Rfd8 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 {½-½ (79) Reinderman,D (2581)-L'Ami,E (2596) Wijk aan Zee 2012}) 10. Nxa4 Nc6 11. d3 e6 12. Be3 Bb4+ 13. Nc3 O-O {[#] zielt auf ...d4 ab.} 14. a3 Be7 15. Rb1 d4 16. Bxc6 $1 dxc3 (16... dxe3 $11 17. Bxb7 Rab8) 17. Bf3 $16 cxb2 18. Rxb2 Nd5 19. Rxb7 Rab8 20. Bxd5 ({Viel schwächer wäre} 20. Rxa7 $6 Rb1+ 21. Kd2 Rb2+ 22. Kc1 Bf6 $11) 20... exd5 21. Rxb8 ({Doch nicht} 21. Rxe7 $6 Rb1+ 22. Kd2 Rxh1 $11) 21... Rxb8 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KTL-KTL} 22. O-O a5 23. a4 Rb2 24. Rc1 f6 25. Rc7 Bb4 26. Kf1 Ra2 27. Rd7 Rxa4 28. Rxd5 Ra1+ 29. Kg2 Ra2 30. Kf3 a4 31. Bc5 Bc3 (31... Bxc5 $16 32. Rxc5 Kf8) 32. Rd8+ $18 Kf7 33. Rd7+ Kg8 34. Ra7 Bb2 35. Ke4 {Und weiter mit Kf5 wäre nett.} Bc1 $2 {[#]} (35... Ba1 $18 36. Kf3 Bb2) 36. Kf5 $1 {Weiß setzt Matt.} g6+ 37. Kxf6 {[%cal Ra7a8]} Bb2+ 38. d4 {Precision: Weiß = 71%, Schwarz = 44%.} 1-0

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Black "Akash Pc, Iyer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,102,42,38,38,32,32,32,32,32,34,32,20,25,25,4,37,21,40,18,24,24,20,6,18,14,0,4,31,0,31,31,31,31,31,27,31,31,31,31,46,31,39,28,39,25,50,38,70,41,83,66,141,134,255,242,256,179,191,183,189,184,179,180,189,185,306,269,261,0,217,207,281,272,297,286,429,297,643,-287,-224,-262,-232,-305,-297,-296,-296,-1056,-1038,-29986,-29987]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. b3 Bf5 {A49: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6 3 g3: Anti-King's Indian systems} (6... Nc6 7. Bb2 e5 8. dxe5 Nd7 9. Nc3 Ndxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rb1 c6 12. h3 f5 13. e3 d5 14. Ne2 Be6 15. Qc1 Qc7 16. Bd4 Rad8 17. Qb2 Rf7 18. Nf4 Bc8 {½-½ (45) Sargissian,G (2657)-Naiditsch,A (2702) Heraklio 2017}) 7. Bb2 Qc8 8. Re1 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Nc6 {White is slightly better.} 9. Nbd2 Bh3 10. e4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Bh1 Re8 11. e4 e5 12. d5 Ne7 13. a4 h6 14. Nc4 Nh7 15. Ne3 {0-1 (38) Kovalyov,A (2557)-Arenas Vanegas,D (2369) ICC INT 2009}) 10... Bxg2 11. Kxg2 e5 12. d5 Ne7 13. c4 Nd7 14. b4 h6 15. Rc1 f5 16. exf5 Nxf5 {Black wants to play ...e4!} 17. Ne4 Nf6 18. Qd3 a5 19. b5 b6 20. Nfd2 Nd7 21. Re2 Qe8 22. h4 Qf7 23. Rce1 Rae8 24. Nf3 Kh8 25. Ba3 Kg8 26. Bc1 Kh8 27. Bb2 Kg8 28. Ba3 Kh8 29. Bc1 Kg8 30. g4 Ne7 31. Rh1 {[%cal Be1h1,Bh1h3,Bh3h5][%mdl 32]} Rc8 32. Rh3 Qe8 (32... Nf5 $1 $14) 33. Re1 $16 Rf7 (33... a4 $16 {was necessary.}) 34. h5 $1 $18 gxh5 35. Rxh5 Nf6 36. Nxf6+ Rxf6 37. Nh4 Qf7 38. f3 Re8 39. Qe4 Bf8 (39... Kf8 $142 40. Be3 Kg8) 40. Rh1 Bg7 41. Re1 $2 (41. Nf5 $18 Nxf5 42. gxf5 (42. Rxf5 Rxf5 43. Qxf5 Qxf5 $11)) 41... Rf8 $2 (41... Bf8 $1 $11) 42. Bd2 Re8 43. f4 exf4 {[#]} 44. Kf3 $1 Qf8 (44... Kf8 $142 45. Bc3 Ng8) 45. Nf5 Rf7 $2 {[#]} (45... Nxf5 46. Qxe8 Ne3 47. Qxf8+ Rxf8 48. Bxe3 fxe3+ 49. Rf5 (49. Kxe3 Bf6 $18) 49... Bd4) 46. Bc3 $4 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (46. Nxh6+ $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Bxh6 47. Bc3) 46... Nxf5 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 47. Qxe8 (47. gxf5 Rxe4) 47... Bxc3 48. gxf5 {Hoping for Rg1+.} Bxe1 49. Qxe1 Qg7 50. Rh4 $2 (50. Qe8+ Kh7 51. Qe1) 50... Re7 51. f6 Re3+ {Precision: White = 52%, Black = 46%.} 0-1

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Handke, Florian"]
[Black "Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "191"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,191,0,13,-7,-6,-4,0,0,8,10,10,18,19,0,16,13,22,32,25,18,41,50,61,61,102,93,108,88,83,37,45,49,58,76,187,181,179,179,179,181,179,179,180,155,146,140,147,132,137,131,147,141,143,143,200,159,161,168,154,120,122,61,60,23,30,24,24,24,24,24,24,24,24,24,25,24,34,30,35,8,8,8,30,35,66,62,74,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,26,0,0,0,7,7,7,7,7,7,41,7,22,7,22,7,22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. O-O Nf6 9. Re1 Be7 10. e5 Nd7 11. Qg4 Kf8 12. b3 {B46: Sizilianisch (Paulsen/Taimanow-Variante)} h5 {LiveBook: 3 Partien} 13. Qh3 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 13. Qf3 Kg8 14. Na4 Qc7 15. Bf4 Bb7 16. c4 dxc4 17. Bxc4 c5 18. Qe3 h4 19. h3 g6 {1-0 (52) Nadanian,A (2399)-Grachev,B (2675) Yerevan 2014}) 13... c5 14. Na4 c4 15. Bf1 Bb7 16. Bd2 Qc7 17. bxc4 dxc4 18. Rab1 Bc6 19. Nb2 $36 {[%cal Ba4b2,Bb2d1,Bd1e3,Be3c4][%mdl 2080] Weiss drückt.} Bd5 20. Qc3 {[%cal Rf1c4]} Rc8 21. Nd1 Nc5 22. Qa5 Qxa5 23. Bxa5 g6 24. Ne3 Kg7 25. Red1 Rb8 26. Nxc4 Rxb1 27. Rxb1 Nd7 28. Ne3 Bxa2 (28... Bc6 $16) 29. Rb2 $1 $18 {[%cal Rb2a2]} Bd5 30. Nxd5 ({Lieber nicht} 30. Bxa6 Ra8 $15) 30... exd5 31. Rb7 ({Nicht} 31. Bxa6 Ra8 $17) 31... Nb8 32. Rxe7 Nc6 33. Rd7 Nxa5 34. Rxd5 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KTL-KTS} Nc6 35. Rc5 Nd4 36. Bxa6 Ra8 37. Bf1 Ra1 {[#] ( -> ...Se2+)} 38. f3 $1 Rc1 (38... g5 $16 39. Kf2 Ne6) 39. Rc4 $18 Nf5 {[#]} 40. Rc3 $1 Nd4 {Droht ...Se2+ und aus.} 41. Rd3 Nc6 42. e6 ({Lieber} 42. f4 $16) 42... fxe6 $14 43. Rd2 (43. Rd6 $5 {[%cal Rd6c6]} Rxc2 44. Bb5 $16 (44. Rxe6 Nd4 $16)) 43... Kf6 44. h4 g5 45. hxg5+ Kxg5 46. Kf2 e5 47. Bd3 Nd4 48. Ke3 Re1+ 49. Be2 {Mit der Idee f4+!} Nf5+ 50. Kf2 Rc1 51. g3 h4 52. gxh4+ Nxh4 53. Bd3 Nf5 54. Re2 Kf6 55. Bxf5 (55. Re1 $16 Rxe1 56. Kxe1) 55... Kxf5 $16 {KT-KT} 56. Ke3 Ra1 57. Kd3 Rf1 58. Re3 Kf4 59. Re4+ Kf5 60. Ke2 Rc1 61. Rc4 Ke6 62. Rc8 Kd7 63. Rc3 (63. Kd2 {is more complex.} Rf1 64. Rc5 Kd6 65. Rc3 Ke6 66. Ke3) 63... Kd6 64. Kd3 Kd5 65. Rc8 Rd1+ 66. Kc3 {Schwarz muss nun Td8+ beachten.} Rf1 67. Rd8+ Kc5 68. Rd3 Rf2 69. Re3 Kd5 70. Kd3 Rf1 71. c4+ Kd6 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} 72. Kc3 Rb1 73. Kc2 Rb4 74. Kd3 Ra4 75. Re4 {jetzt c5+! und aus.} Ra3+ 76. Ke2 Rc3 77. Kf2 Ke6 78. Kg3 Kf5 79. Rh4 Kf6 80. Rh6+ Kf5 81. Rh4 Kf6 82. Kf2 Kg5 83. Rg4+ (83. Re4 $5 {[%cal Re4e5]}) 83... Kf5 84. Ke2 Kf6 85. Rh4 Kg5 86. Re4 $1 {[%cal Re4e5]} Kf5 87. Rh4 Kg5 88. Rg4+ (88. Rh8 {is interesting.} Rxc4 89. Rd8 Rc3 90. Re8 Kf5 91. Rf8+) 88... Kf5 89. Re4 Kf6 90. f4 exf4 91. Kd2 Rh3 92. Rxf4+ Ke5 93. Rg4 Kd6 94. Rg5 Kc6 95. Rd5 Rg3 96. Rd3 {Precision: Weiß = 68%, Schwarz = 66%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nihal Sarin"]
[Black "Bates, Richard A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,69,15,17,28,10,33,39,39,48,67,69,95,95,95,94,100,99,150,150,156,161,163,166,206,204,228,214,231,227,235,230,298,293,504,504,504,504,575,568,530,477,478,485,466,469,502,497,7318,7297]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. dxe5 {E11: Bogo-Indian} (8. Nc3 O-O 9. Rc1 Re8 10. Bg5 exd4 11. Nxd4 h6 12. Be3 Rxe3 13. fxe3 Ne5 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. cxd5 Bc5 16. Rc3 Bd7 {0-1 (50) Ftacnik,L (2546)-Papaioannou,I (2652) Heraklio 2017}) 8... Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Qa4+ Qd7 11. Qxd7+ Nxd7 12. Nc3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} c6 13. a3 Bxc3 14. Bxc3 a4 15. f4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Rad1 O-O {1-0 (57) Flear,G (2428)-Bates,R (2347) Hastings 2017}) 15... O-O 16. f5 Re8 17. Rad1 Nb6 18. c5 Nd7 19. Bb4 e4 (19... Nb8 $142) 20. Rf4 $16 Nf6 {[#]} 21. g4 $1 h5 22. h3 Bd7 23. Rd6 Rad8 24. Ba5 Ra8 25. Be1 hxg4 26. hxg4 Re7 27. Bh4 Ra5 $2 (27... Rae8 28. Rxf6 (28. Bxf6 gxf6 29. Rxf6 Re5 $18) 28... gxf6 29. Bxf6 Re5 30. Bxe5 Rxe5 31. Rxe4 Rxc5 32. Rxa4 Kg7) 28. Rxf6 $18 {White is clearly winning.} gxf6 29. Bxf6 Kf8 30. g5 {[#] White wants to mate with Rh4.} Ke8 31. g6 fxg6 32. fxg6 Rxc5 33. g7 {[%cal Rg7g8]} Be6 34. Rxe4 ({Not} 34. Bxe7 Kxe7 35. Rg4 (35. Rxe4 Rg5 $16) 35... Bg8 $16) 34... Kd7 (34... Rxg7 $142 35. Bxg7 Kd7) 35. Bxe7 {Precision: White = 100%, Black = 30%.} 1-0

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fernandez, Daniel Howard"]
[Black "Jackson, James P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2314"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,132,0,0,0,9,8,14,6,15,16,8,10,23,0,8,0,3,0,21,9,18,11,20,18,16,22,24,11,25,19,13,13,19,15,17,0,0,0,0,0,0,-13,-14,-14,-15,-81,-79,-77,-80,-84,-86,-96,-46,-285,-278,-406,-192,-190,-190,-195,-183,-180,-195,-195,-195,-184,-193,-193,-191,-180,-129,-128,-94,-91,-50,-50,-65,-83,-50,-50,-25,-29,-25,-71,-8,-8,-10,-55,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nf5 d5 7. exd5 Bxf5 8. dxc6 bxc6 9. Qf3 Qd7 10. Bc4 Be7 {LiveBook: 3 Games. B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations} (10... Bxc2 11. O-O Be7 12. Qe2 Bg6 13. Qxe5 O-O 14. Rd1 Qb7 15. Qg3 Rfd8 16. Rxd8+ Rxd8 17. Bb3 c5 18. h3 Bd6 19. Bf4 Nh5 20. Qh4 Be7 21. Bg5 Rd4 22. g4 Nf4 23. Nd5 Bxg5 24. Qxg5 Nxh3+ {0-1 (24) Zelcic,R (2547)-Saric,I (2607) Stari Mikanovci 2010}) 11. O-O O-O 12. Rd1 Qc8 13. Qe2 $146 Qc7 14. h3 Bb4 15. Na4 Rfe8 16. a3 Bf8 17. Nc3 Rab8 18. Bb3 Be6 19. Bxe6 Rxe6 20. Rb1 Rd6 21. Rxd6 Bxd6 22. Qc4 Nd5 {[%cal Bf6d5,Bd5b6,Bb6c4][%mdl 32]} 23. Bd2 Nb6 24. Qe4 Bc5 25. a4 Bd4 26. Ne2 Nc4 27. Be1 Nd6 28. Qd3 Rxb2 29. Rd1 c5 {And now ...h6 would win.} 30. Nxd4 cxd4 31. c3 $1 Rb3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Threatening ...h6. Black is more active.} 32. Qa6 (32. f4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 32... Qc5 $17 33. cxd4 exd4 34. Bd2 {Threatens to win with Rc1.} h6 35. Bf4 Nc4 {[#]} 36. Re1 $2 (36. Rxd4 $1 $15 {[%mdl 512]} Qxd4 37. Qc8+ Kh7 38. Qf5+ g6 39. Qxf7+ Qg7 40. Qxc4) 36... Kh7 $19 37. Re8 (37. Rc1 {is a better defense.} Rc3 38. Rd1) 37... Rb6 (37... Rb1+ $142 38. Kh2 Qf5) 38. Qc8 Qxc8 39. Rxc8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#] KRB-KRN} Rb4 $1 {Strongly threatening ...g5.} 40. h4 Rxa4 41. Rd8 Ra1+ 42. Kh2 Rd1 43. Rd7 {[#]} d3 $1 44. Kg3 d2 (44... a5 $19 {White must now prevent ...a4.} 45. Rc7 Nb6) 45. Rd4 $17 Rc1 46. Bxd2 Nxd2 (46... Rc2 {seems wilder.} 47. Bf4 Rc3+ 48. Kh2 a5 49. Rd7 Kg6) 47. Rxd2 {KR-KR} a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 48. Rd5 a4 49. Ra5 Rc4 50. h5 g5 51. hxg6+ fxg6 ({Better is} 51... Kxg6 $17 52. Ra6+ Kg5) 52. Ra7+ $11 Kg8 53. f4 g5 (53... h5 $1 $15) 54. fxg5 {The position is equal.} hxg5 55. Kf3 g4+ 56. Ke3 Kf8 57. Kd3 Rb4 58. g3 Ke8 59. Kc3 Rb3+ 60. Kc2 Ra3 61. Kd2 Kf8 62. Ke2 Kg8 63. Kf2 Rf3+ 64. Kg2 Ra3 65. Kf2 Kf8 66. Ke2 Rxg3 {Precision: White = 72%, Black = 53%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hector, Jonny"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,96,-4,0,-12,-6,-8,-10,-91,-84,-89,-99,-106,-106,-106,-106,-110,-112,-110,-113,-110,-119,-107,-120,-118,-103,-95,-92,-96,-89,-99,-70,-121,-89,-75,-82,-108,-94,-93,-98,-100,-74,-76,-76,-72,-72,-72,-72,-81,-80,-98,-73,-65,-45,-277,0,0,0,-155,-104,-454,-461,-460,-445,-435,-441,-434,-420,-550,-532,-644,-637,-620,-615,-589,-587,-609,-572,-12841,-12842,-12841,-12841]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bc5 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 Bg4 {LiveBook: 20 Games. C47: Scotch Four Knights and Four Knights with 4 g3} (9... Qf6 10. d3 Bb6 11. Be3 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. g4 Bg6 14. Nd2 Rad8 15. Qf3 Qxf3 16. Bxf3 Ba5 17. Rab1 Bxc3 18. Rxb7 {½-½ (70) Adhiban,B (2677)-Nguyen,N (2629) Tbilisi 2017}) 10. Qe2 Qd7 11. Qc4 Bb6 {The position is equal.} 12. Nxe5 $146 (12. d3 $11) ({Predecessor:} 12. d3 Be6 13. Qe4 f6 14. a4 {½-½ (14) Lupulescu,C (2467)-Sofronie,I (2473) Targoviste 2001}) 12... Nxe5 $17 13. Rxe5 Rfe8 14. d4 Rxe5 15. dxe5 Qd1+ 16. Qf1 Qxc2 17. Qe1 Re8 18. Bf4 c6 19. a4 Qb2 20. Rc1 Qa2 21. c4 Qxa4 22. c5 Ba5 23. Bd2 Bc7 24. f4 (24. Ra1 $15 Qc2 25. Rxa7) 24... Bc8 25. Ra1 Qc4 26. Qc1 {[#]} Qxc1+ $1 27. Bxc1 a6 28. Kf2 Be6 29. Rb1 Rb8 30. Be4 g6 31. Kf3 h5 32. Ba3 a5 33. Ke3 a4 34. Bc2 b5 {And now ...Ba5 would win.} 35. Be4 $2 (35. cxb6 $1 $15 Bxb6+ 36. Kf3) 35... Rd8 $2 (35... Bf5 $19 {Threatens to win with ...Ba5.} 36. Bb4 Bxe4 37. Kxe4 f5+ 38. exf6 Re8+ 39. Kd3 Bd8) 36. Bxc6 $11 Bc4 37. Be4 $2 ({Only move:} 37. Bxb5 $11 Rd3+ 38. Ke4 Bxb5 39. Rxb5 Rxa3 40. Rb7) 37... Ba5 $17 38. c6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (38. h3 $17) 38... Bb6+ $19 39. Kf3 Rd2 {[%csl Gb6][%cal Rd2f2] [#]} 40. Rb2 Rxb2 41. Bxb2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBB} b4 42. f5 a3 {Black is clearly winning.} 43. Bc1 gxf5 44. Bxf5 Bd5+ 45. Be4 Be6 46. g4 Bd4 47. c7 {intending Bf5.} a2 48. Bf5 a1=Q {Precision: White = 40%, Black = 73%.} 0-1

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Elsness, Frode"]
[Black "Cornette, Matthieu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2477"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,28,15,-9,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qb3 e6 9. Bc4 {[%cal Rc3d5] LiveBook: 11 Games. The position is equal. A35: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3 Nc6 3 Nf3} (9. Bb5 Bg7 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. O-O O-O 12. Na4 Qd6 13. Re1 Rb8 14. Qd3 c5 15. Nxc5 Nb4 16. Qc3 Bb7 17. a3 Nd5 {1-0 (44) Radjabov,T (2741)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2733) Heraklio 2017}) 9... Bg7 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Bxd5 O-O {[#] Threatens to win with ...Na5.} 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. O-O Bg4 14. Bf4 $146 Bxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Abergel, Thal"]
[Black "Vakhidov, Jakhongir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,46,-14,-8,-108,-108,-104,-105,-104,-79,-97,-98,-93,-85,-271,-258,-315,-313,-310,-304,-541,-587,-586,-586,-582,-558,-544,-547,-693,-672,-878,-745,-702,-698,-679,-679,-29990,-29991,-29991,-29992]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Bc4 a6 (4... e6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. O-O a6 7. Bb3 d6 8. d3 Nxb3 9. axb3 Be7 10. d4 cxd4 11. Qxd4 O-O 12. Rd1 e5 13. Qd3 h6 14. Nd2 b5 {½-½ (58) Inarkiev,E (2730)-Gelfand,B (2734) Magas 2016}) 5. Nf3 b5 {LiveBook: 12 Games} 6. Bxf7+ {B23: Closed Sicilian: Lines without g3} (6. Be2 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 6... Kxf7 $17 7. Nxd4 cxd4 {[%cal Bc5d4,Bd4c3][%mdl 32]} 8. Qh5+ {Black is better.} g6 9. Qd5+ e6 10. Qxa8 dxc3 11. Qa7 $146 {[#]} (11. dxc3 $17 Qc7 12. Be3) ({Predecessor:} 11. dxc3 Qc7 12. Be3 {0-1 (41) Simonian,H (2475)-Solak,D (2586) Golden Sands 2012}) 11... Qg5 $19 12. d3 Qxg2 13. Rf1 Bg7 ({Resist} 13... Qxh2 14. bxc3 Ne7 15. Bd2 $19) 14. Qc7 $2 (14. b3) 14... cxb2 15. Bxb2 Bxb2 16. Rb1 Qg5 17. Qxc8 Ne7 18. Qxd7 Rc8 19. c4 bxc4 20. dxc4 Qa5+ 21. Ke2 Rd8 22. Qb7 Rd2+ 23. Kf3 Qh5+ 0-1

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ladron De Guevara Pinto, Paolo"]
[Black "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C76"]
[WhiteElo "2422"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,76,24,43,39,48,0,0,0,2,-6,-6,-10,3,-27,-28,-46,-50,-49,-32,-29,-30,-17,-17,-17,-4,-31,-28,-38,-16,-18,-20,-45,-28,-29,-31,-35,0,-4,0,-59,0,-15,0,0,46,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 g6 7. Bg5 f6 8. Be3 Nh6 9. h3 Bg7 {LiveBook: 7 Games. C76: Ruy Lopez: Deferred Steinitz: 5 c3 Bd7 6 d4 g6} (9... Nf7 10. dxe5 Ncxe5 11. Bb3 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Bg7 13. Nd2 a5 14. a4 Qe7 15. O-O O-O 16. Rae1 Kh8 17. Qd1 b5 18. Qc2 f5 19. Bd4 f4 20. Bxf7 Rxf7 21. Nf3 c5 22. Bxg7+ Rxg7 23. e5 {½-½ (23) Ter Sahakyan,S (2577)-Short,N (2688) Abu Dhabi 2017}) 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Bc5 (11. c4 {looks sharper.} O-O 12. Nc3 Nf7 13. O-O f5 14. Qd5) 11... Bf8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... b6 12. Qd5 b5 13. Bb3 Rb8 {0-1 (37) Orev,P (2245)-Neverov,A (2425) Gyongyos 1996}) 12. Bxf8 Kxf8 13. O-O Kg7 14. Qe2 Qe7 15. Bc2 Nd8 16. Nbd2 Ne6 17. Qe3 Qc5 (17... a5 {keeps more tension.} 18. Rfd1 Rhd8 19. a4 b6 20. Nc4 Nf7) 18. Qxc5 Nxc5 19. a4 a5 20. Rfd1 {[#] Hoping for Nb3.} Nf7 21. Ne1 Rhd8 22. f3 b6 23. Kf2 Be6 24. Ke3 Rd6 25. b4 Nb7 26. Bd3 Rc6 27. Rdc1 Rd6 ({Better is} 27... f5 $11) 28. Rd1 $15 Rc6 29. Rdc1 Nfd6 ({Black should play} 29... f5 $11) 30. b5 $14 Rc5 31. Be2 Nc4+ {The position is equal.} 32. Nxc4 Bxc4 33. Bxc4 Rxc4 34. Nd3 Rd8 35. Nb2 Rc5 36. Nd3 Rc4 37. Nb2 Rc5 38. Nd3 Rc4 {Precision: White = 71%, Black = 52%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Raja Harshit"]
[Black "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 29,34,49,50,31,65,65,58]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8. Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Ne6 10. Qd2 Qa5 11. Rc1 b6 12. Qd5 Rb8 {B39: Sizilianisch (Maroczy-Aufbau)} 13. Qxa5 bxa5 14. b3 Bd4 15. Bxd4 Nxd4 {LiveBook: 4 Partien. Weiß steht etwas besser.} 16. Rd1 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 16. Bd3 d6 17. c5 dxc5 18. Na4 Bd7 19. Nxc5 Bc6 20. Rc4 {1-0 (49) Jurcik,M (2477)-Mas,H (2416) Prievidza 2009}) 16... Nc6 17. Be2 d6 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sundararajan, Kidambi"]
[Black "Nabaty, Tamir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2419"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,131,18,0,6,6,0,0,7,5,7,-19,-18,-43,-48,-56,-63,-57,-61,-211,-56,-60,-54,-59,-56,-56,-59,-59,-59,-59,-59,-59,-59,-58,-59,-59,-58,-60,-39,-60,-32,-51,-49,-56,-52,-63,-39,-49,-40,-42,-43,-50,-34,-43,-45,-90,-85,-99,-105,-86,-87,-125,-64,-103,-93,-102,-115,-102,-33,-41,-29,-29,-29,-29,-29,-29,-29,-29,-29,-29,-29,-29,0,-8,0,-29,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. c4 O-O 6. Nc3 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} b6 7. Qc2 {LiveBook: 5 Games} Bb7 (7... c6 8. Be2 Bb7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Rac1 Re8 12. Rfd1 Nc5 13. d3 Rc8 {0-1 (59) So,W (2812)-Caruana,F (2808) Paris 2017}) 8. cxd5 exd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Bxd5 10. e4 Bb7 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O {1-0 (58) Martinez Martin,D (2398)-Cao Armillas,J (2189) Madrid 2011}) 9. Nb5 c5 10. Nxd6 Qxd6 11. Be2 d4 12. O-O {[%cal Re3d4]} Ng4 $36 {[%cal Bf6g4,Bg4h2,Bh2f3,Bf3h4][%mdl 2080] Black has the initiative.} 13. g3 {[%cal Rf3d4] [#]} d3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 14. Bxd3 (14. Qxd3 Qxd3) 14... Bxf3 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Be4 $1 {[%cal Re4f3] [#]} Nxh2 $1 {[%mdl 512] And now ...Bxe4 would win.} 17. Qc3 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Rc3g7]} (17. Kxh2 Qh6+) 17... Rg8 $1 ({But not} 17... Qh6 $6 18. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 19. Kg2 $11) 18. Bxf3 ({Don't blunder} 18. Bxa8 $2 Bxa8 19. Qc4 Nf3+ 20. Kg2 Re8 $19) 18... Nxf3+ 19. Kg2 {White threatens Rh1+ and mate.} Qc6 {( -> ...Ne1+)} 20. e4 $1 {[#] Threatening mate with Rh1+.} Nh4+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 21. gxh4 Qxe4+ 22. Qf3 Qxf3+ $1 23. Kxf3 Nc6 24. Rg1 f6 25. Rae1 Rad8 26. Bc3 Rd6 27. Re4 Rgd8 28. Rge1 Kg8 29. Re8+ Kf7 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 31. Re4 Rd3+ 32. Ke2 Rh3 33. b4 cxb4 34. Bxb4 Nxb4 35. Rxb4 $17 {KR-KR} Ra3 36. Rb2 Kg6 (36... g6 $17 37. f3 Ra4) 37. d3 Ra4 38. Ke3 Rxh4 39. d4 Kf5 ({Better is} 39... Rh5 $17 40. Re2 Kf7) 40. a4 $1 $15 Rh3+ 41. f3 g5 {Strongly threatening ...g4.} 42. Rb5+ $1 Ke6 {Threatens to win with ...g4.} 43. Ke4 $1 Rh4+ 44. Ke3 Kd6 45. Rf5 $1 Rf4 46. Rb5 $1 Rh4 47. Rf5 $1 Ke6 48. Rb5 g4 49. fxg4 {The position is equal.} Rxg4 {Hoping for ...Rg3+.} 50. d5+ $1 Ke5 (50... Kd6 $5 51. a5 $8 Kc7 $11) 51. a5 bxa5 52. Rxa5 Rg3+ 53. Kf2 Rg7 54. Ke3 Rf7 55. Kf3 f5 {[%cal Bf6f5,Bf5f4][%mdl 32]} 56. Ke3 f4+ 57. Kf3 Kd6 58. Rb5 Kc7 59. Rb4 Rf5 60. Rxf4 Rxd5 61. Ke3 Kc6 {With the idea ...Kb5.} 62. Rd4 Rc5 63. Ra4 a5 64. Kd4 Kb5 {[#]} 65. Rxa5+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxa5 66. Kxc5 {Precision: White = 76%, Black = 69%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hansen, Torbjorn Ringdal"]
[Black "Moussard, Jules"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,115,25,14,27,21,50,34,61,56,100,87,104,85,165,153,202,200,182,153,220,60,58,58,90,89,114,98,136,104,158,161,159,114,116,131,113,92,136,148,136,0,0,0,37,8,30,0,0,0,0,0,35,-266,39,33,26,35,37,35,35,31,21,-8,-9,-51,-51,-51,-51,-52,-53,-52,-46,-40,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,12,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 {C41: Philidor Defence} Re8 8. O-O c6 9. h3 Bf8 10. Nde2 Nbd7 11. g4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Nc5 {[%cal Rf6e4]} 12. Ng3 $1 Rb8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... g6 13. Be3 Ne6 {0-1 (49) Zhang,Z (2649)-Bu,X (2714) Beijing 2008}) 13. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} a6 14. a5 g6 15. Be3 Qc7 16. Qd2 Bg7 (16... Nfd7 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 17. Rfd1 Re6 18. f4 Ne8 19. g5 Re7 {[#]} (19... Nd7 $16 20. f5 Re5) 20. Bxc5 $2 ({White should play} 20. e5 $1 $18 {[%cal Re5d6][%mdl 512]} Re6 (20... dxe5 21. Bxc5) 21. b4) 20... dxc5 $14 21. e5 h6 22. h4 Bg4 23. Re1 Rd7 24. Qe3 Bf8 (24... Rbd8 $142) 25. Nce4 $16 c4 26. Bf1 Be6 27. Ra4 Rbd8 {[#]} 28. h5 $1 Kh8 29. hxg6 fxg6 30. Nc5 ({White should try} 30. gxh6 $16 Bd5 31. e6 (31. Bxc4 Bxc4 32. Rxc4 Bxh6 $16)) 30... Bxc5 $1 $11 31. Qxc5 hxg5 32. Qf8+ (32. Ne4 $5 {[%cal Rc5f8]}) 32... Bg8 $1 33. e6 Ng7 $1 34. e7 {And now Re2 would win.} Re8 ({But not} 34... Qxf4 $2 35. Qxf4 gxf4 36. exd8=B $18) 35. Re2 {[%cal Be1e2,Be2h2,Bh2h5][%mdl 32] White threatens Rh2+ and mate.} Rdxe7 36. Rh2+ Nh5 37. Qf6+ $1 Rg7 {Hoping for ...b5.} 38. Nxh5 gxh5 39. Rxh5+ Bh7 40. Rxg5 b5 $1 {[%cal Rb5a4]} 41. Ra3 {Rag3 is the strong threat.} (41. axb6 {seems wilder.} Qxb6+ 42. Kh2 Ree7 43. Bg2 Ref7 44. Qc3) 41... Qe7 42. Qxg7+ (42. Qxe7 {keeps more tension.} Rexe7 43. Kf2 Rxg5 44. fxg5 Bxc2 45. Re3) 42... Qxg7 43. Rxg7 Kxg7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 44. Rc3 Re1 45. Kf2 Ra1 46. b4 Rb1 47. Rg3+ {The position is equal.} Kf6 48. c3 Rc1 49. Bh3 Rc2+ 50. Ke1 Bd3 51. Re3 Rxc3 52. Re6+ Kf7 {aiming for ...Bc2.} 53. Rxc6 Rb3 54. Be6+ Ke7 55. f5 {Black must now prevent f6+!} Be4 56. f6+ Kxf6 57. Bxc4+ $1 Bxc6 58. Bxb3 {Precision: White = 75%, Black = 48%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "McDonald, Neil"]
[Black "Le Roux, Jean-Pierre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,117,28,27,28,26,33,37,43,50,46,63,81,63,91,89,97,99,91,90,93,91,93,102,95,109,107,108,106,106,92,94,277,264,236,200,185,197,189,195,187,185,189,173,187,182,239,160,202,80,186,93,199,200,185,167,185,181,185,170,167,125,118,133,127,126,119,118,118,118,112,104,156,160,187,168,186,185,150,183,159,154,154,154,141,156,162,102,150,159,154,15,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 d6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Qd2 {LiveBook: 3 Games. C50: Hungarian Defence and Giuoco Pianissimo} O-O 9. O-O-O Nxd4 (9... Re8 10. f3 Ne5 11. Be2 a6 12. Nb3 b5 13. Bg5 Be6 14. Nd5 c5 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 {½-½ (16) Lupulescu,C (2599)-Marin,M (2616) Eforie Nord 2009}) 10. Bxd4 {White is slightly better.} Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. f3 Nh5 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. e5 {[%cal Re5d6]} dxe5 15. Qe3 Qf6 16. Rd7+ Rf7 17. Rhd1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} Raf8 $146 18. Ne4 Qf4 19. Qxf4 Nxf4 20. Ng5 Rxd7 21. Rxd7+ $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Kg8 22. Nxh7 Rc8 $2 (22... Rf7 $16 23. Rxf7 Kxf7) 23. Nf6+ Kf8 24. Kd2 Nxg2 25. Kd3 Ne1+ 26. Ke4 Nxc2 27. Kxe5 c5 28. Rxb7 Nd4 29. f4 Rc6 (29... Rd8 $142 30. b3 a6) 30. h3 a5 31. b3 (31. Nd7+ $18 Ke8 32. Kf6) 31... Nf3+ 32. Ke4 Nd2+ (32... c4 $16 {was called for.}) 33. Ke3 $18 Nf1+ 34. Ke2 Ng3+ 35. Kf3 Nf5 36. Nd7+ Ke8 37. Ne5 Rd6 38. Rb8+ Ke7 39. Nxg6+ Kf6 40. Ne5 {Threatens to win with Rb7.} Rd1 41. Rf8+ Ke7 42. Ra8 Nd4+ ({Better is} 42... Rf1+ 43. Ke2 Rh1 44. Ra7+ (44. Rxa5 Rxh3 45. Ra7+ Kd8 $16) 44... Kd8) 43. Kg4 $1 $16 Rg1+ 44. Kh5 Ne2 {[#]} 45. Ra7+ $1 ({Don't take} 45. Rxa5 $6 Nxf4+ 46. Kh4 Kd6 $16) 45... Ke8 46. Ng6 a4 47. Rxa4 Kf7 {White must now prevent ...Ng3+.} 48. Ne5+ Kf6 {[#]} 49. Ng4+ $1 Kf5 50. Ne3+ Kf6 51. Rc4 Rg7 52. Ng4+ (52. Rxc5 $16 {And now Ng4+ would win.} Nxf4+ 53. Kh4 Rh7+ 54. Kg3 Ne2+ 55. Kf2) 52... Kf7 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} 53. Ne5+ Kf6 54. Kh6 Ng3 55. Ng4+ Kf7 56. Ne5+ Kf6 57. Ng4+ Kf7 58. Ne5+ Kf6 59. Ng4+ {Precision: White = 67%, Black = 67%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sai Agni Jeevitesh, J."]
[Black "Gormally, Daniel W"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2384"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,72,-13,0,-5,-5,-5,-6,-4,-9,-38,-2,-17,-13,-16,-3,-4,-4,-4,-4,-3,0,-6,0,-4,-10,-2,-6,-18,-6,-16,-7,-9,-10,-18,-13,-22,-21,-21,-31,-117,-25,-31,-31,-31,-27,-19,-21,-26,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 c5 4. c4 cxd4 5. exd4 d5 6. Nc3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Nf6 11. a3 b6 12. Bc4 Bb7 13. Ba2 {D40: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 e3} Rc8 {[#] LiveBook: 33 Games} 14. d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Qd3 h6 15. Be3 Re8 16. Rad1 Bf8 17. Bf4 Ne7 18. Rxe6 Bxf3 19. Rxf6 Bxd1 20. Rxf7 Kh8 21. Qxd1 Ng6 22. Be3 Rc7 23. Qg4 Rxf7 24. Bxf7 {1-0 (23) Cori Tello,J (2657)-Azarov,S (2556) Saint Louis 2017}) 14... Nxd5 15. Nxd5 {The position is equal.} exd5 16. Bxd5 Bf6 17. Rb1 Qd7 {Black wants to play ...Rcd8.} 18. Be4 Qxd1 19. Rxd1 Rfe8 (19... Rfd8 {is more complex.} 20. Rxd8+ Nxd8 21. Bxb7 Nxb7 22. Be3 g6) 20. Bd5 h6 21. Be3 Rcd8 22. b4 Rd7 23. b5 Na5 24. Bxb7 Rxb7 25. Bd4 Bxd4 26. Nxd4 Rc7 27. Rbc1 Rec8 28. Rxc7 Rxc7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 29. Kf1 Rc3 30. Nc6 (30. Re1 {looks sharper.} Kf8 31. a4 g6 32. Re4 Ra3 33. g4) 30... Nxc6 31. bxc6 Rxc6 {KR-KR} 32. Rd8+ $1 Kh7 33. Rd7 a5 34. Rxf7 Rc3 35. Rb7 Rxa3 36. Rxb6 g5 {Precision: White = 54%, Black = 79%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vo, Thi Kim Phung"]
[Black "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A77"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,63,48,52,50,54,66,-8,-7,0,0,0,0,0,24,-42,-39,-14,-59,-41,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,11,10,23,14,73,72,81,71,71,84,95,82,77,0,70,0,89,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. d5 e6 8. O-O Re8 9. Nd2 exd5 10. cxd5 Nbd7 11. h3 {LiveBook: 50 Games} h6 {A77: Modern Benoni: Classical: 9...Re8 10 Nd2: 10...a6 and 10...Nbd7} (11... a6 12. a4 h6 13. f4 Rb8 14. a5 b5 15. axb6 Rxb6 16. Nc4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Rxe4 18. Nxb6 Qxb6 19. Bf3 Rb4 20. Re1 {½-½ (61) Wojtaszek,R (2734)-Donchenko,A (2563) Chartres 2017}) 12. a4 g5 13. Nc4 $146 (13. f4 $14) ({Predecessor:} 13. f4 gxf4 14. Rxf4 Ne5 15. Ra3 Ng6 16. Rf1 b6 17. Bb5 Re7 18. Qf3 a6 19. Be2 {1-0 (53) Magerramov,E (2435)-Kasparov,G Baku 1979}) 13... Nxe4 $11 {The position is equal.} 14. Nxe4 Rxe4 15. Nxd6 Rd4 16. Qc2 Nb6 17. Nb5 (17. Nxc8 $11 Rxc8 18. f4) 17... Rxd5 $15 18. a5 Bf5 19. Qb3 c4 20. Qf3 Rxb5 21. axb6 Qxb6 22. Bxc4 Re5 23. Be3 Qxb2 {[#]} 24. Bxf7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kh7 ({Don't play} 24... Kxf7 $6 25. Rab1 $16) 25. Rad1 {Black must now prevent Bd4.} Qa3 (25... Rf8 $11 26. Bd4 Qe2) 26. Qxb7 $16 Rf8 27. Bc4 a5 28. Qa6 Rf6 29. Qa8 Rf8 30. Qa6 Rf6 $1 {[%cal Rf6a6]} 31. Qa8 {[#] Qg8+ is the strong threat.} Rf8 $1 {[%cal Rf8a8]} 32. Qa6 {Precision: White = 52%, Black = 68%.} (32. Qa7 $16) 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Stauskas, Lukas"]
[Black "Bilguun, Sumiya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2349"]
[BlackElo "2459"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 31,72,0,0,-13,0,-32,0,-1,0,-68,-83,-80,-87,-88,-95,-59,-53,-65,0,0,0,0,0,-57,0,-95,-54,-162,-72,-202,-202,-212,-214,-360,-373,-362,-356,-337,-344,-459,-457,-811,-808]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bb4 6. e3 b5 7. Bd2 a5 8. axb5 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 cxb5 {[%cal Bc6b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 10. b3 Bb7 11. bxc4 b4 12. Bb2 Nf6 13. Bd3 O-O 14. O-O Nbd7 15. Nd2 Re8 {D31: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav without ...Nf6 (+ Marshall Gambit and Noteboom) and Exchange Variation lines without ...Nf6} (15... e5 16. d5 Re8 17. f4 Qe7 18. Bc2 Qd6 19. Kh1 e4 20. Ba4 Rec8 21. Bxd7 Nxd7 22. Qg4 Nf6 23. Nxe4 Nxg4 24. Nxd6 Nxe3 {½-½ (44) Lenderman,A (2626)-Tomashevsky,E (2744) Doha 2015}) 16. f3 e5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 17. Qc2 h6 {The position is equal.} 18. Rfd1 Qe7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18... Qc7 19. Nf1 e4 20. Be2 Nb6 21. Qb3 Qe7 22. d5 Nbd7 23. Bd4 {1-0 (48) Izzat,K (2491)-Solomon,S (2367) Ballarat 2016}) 19. c5 {aiming for c6.} exd4 20. exd4 (20. Bxd4 $11 Ne5 21. Bf1) 20... a4 $15 21. Nc4 a3 22. Bc1 Bc6 $1 {...Nxc5! is the strong threat.} 23. Qf2 Nd5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 24. Nd6 Rf8 ({Better is} 24... Nc3 $15 25. Rf1 Reb8) 25. Re1 Qf6 {Threatening ...Nxc5!} 26. Ne4 Qg6 27. Bc4 (27. Rd1 $11) 27... N7f6 (27... Rfb8 $15) 28. Bd2 (28. Nd6 $1 $11) 28... Rfb8 $17 {Hoping for ...b3.} 29. Nxf6+ (29. Bc1 $1 $15) 29... Nxf6 (29... Qxf6 $19 {has better winning chances.} 30. Bb3 Nc3) 30. Re3 (30. Bf4 $17) 30... Nd5 $19 31. Rb3 {[#]} Qc2 $1 {[%cal Rc2c4]} 32. Rc1 {[#]} (32. Bxd5 $142 Bxd5 33. Rxb4 Rxb4 34. Bxb4) 32... Qxc4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 33. Rxc4 {Strongly threatening Qe1.} a2 34. Rc1 a1=Q 35. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 36. Be1 (36. Qe1 $142 Rxe1+ 37. Bxe1) 36... Re8 {Precision: White = 28%, Black = 68%.} 0-1

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Marzano, Carlo"]
[Black "Zhou, Yang-Fan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E93"]
[WhiteElo "2261"]
[BlackElo "2459"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,126,85,95,25,49,0,0,0,0,0,0,-25,9,-38,-11,-20,-1,-39,-31,-62,-61,-80,-84,-81,-82,-83,-80,-104,-103,-110,-103,-91,-25,-83,-78,-113,-80,-96,-68,-97,-71,-92,-65,-102,-63,-123,-122,-124,-120,-166,-78,-183,-183,-183,-183,-242,-224,-322,-220,-221,-223,-302,-314,-439,-418,-519,-488,-669,-639,-812,-719,-709,-527,-558,-485,-733,-708,-804,-744,-945,-945,-945,-938,-908,-754,-712,-686,-1206,-1189,-29974,-29975,-29975,-29976,-29974,-29975,-29954,-29957,-29981,-29976,-29982,-29983,-29983,-29984,-29983,-29984,-29991,-29992]} 1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. e4 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. Be3 e5 8. d5 Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bd2 {E93: King's Indian: Classical: Petrosian System with 7...Nbd7} Nh6 (10... f5 11. Ng5 Ndf6 12. exf5 gxf5 13. h3 Nh6 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6 f4 16. Qc2 Qe7 17. g4 fxg3 18. fxg3 Qxe6 {½-½ (27) Krasenkow,M (2628)-Smirin,I (2652) Stockholm 2013}) 11. h4 f5 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 12. Ng5 ({White should try} 12. h5 $16) 12... Nc5 $11 {[%cal Bd7c5,Bc5a6,Ba6c7,Bc7e8,Be8g7][%mdl 32]} 13. h5 $146 {Hoping for b4.} ({Predecessor:} 13. b4 Nxe4 14. Ncxe4 fxe4 15. Nxe4 Bf5 16. Bg5 Qd7 17. Bd3 a5 {1-0 (40) Ellers,H (2360)-Kovalev,A (2505) Germany 1995}) 13... f4 14. Nh3 g5 {[%cal Bg6g5,Bg5g4][%mdl 32]} 15. f3 Bf6 16. b4 g4 17. Nf2 Na6 18. a3 {[%cal Rf2g4]} Bh4 19. Bf1 c5 20. b5 Nc7 21. Ke2 Ne8 22. Nd3 Ng7 23. Be1 g3 24. Kd2 Nxh5 25. Kc2 Ng7 26. a4 a6 (26... Bg5 $17) 27. Qb1 (27. a5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 27... Bg5 $17 28. Ne2 Nf7 29. Bc3 Nh8 30. Qb2 Ng6 31. Ndc1 h5 32. Ng1 Be7 33. Nce2 ({White should play} 33. a5 $15) 33... Bd7 34. Nc1 h4 35. Nb3 b6 (35... Nh5 $19 36. Nh3 Kf7) 36. Nc1 (36. a5 $17) 36... Nh5 $19 37. Nb3 Nf6 38. Nc1 (38. a5 $142) 38... Nh7 39. Nh3 (39. Nd3 $142) 39... Ng5 40. Nxg5 Bxg5 41. Ne2 {[#]} h3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 42. gxh3 Nh4 43. Rg1 Nxf3 44. Rh1 Qf6 45. Qc1 Nh4 46. Rg1 Kh8 47. Qd1 axb5 48. axb5 (48. cxb5 $142 Rfc8 49. Kb2) 48... Rxa1 49. Bxa1 Nf3 50. Bg2 Nxg1 51. Nxg1 {[#]} f3 $1 52. Nxf3 (52. Qxf3 Qxf3) 52... Bh6 53. Bc3 {[#]} Bxh3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 54. Nxe5 (54. Bxh3 Qxf3) 54... dxe5 (54... Qf2+ $2 55. Kb3 $19) 55. Qh5 Bxg2 {Black mates.} 56. Bxe5 Bxe4+ 57. Kb3 {[#]} Kh7 $1 58. Bxf6 Rxf6 59. Qg4 Rg6 60. Qxe4 g2 61. Qe7+ {[#]} Bg7 $1 62. Qh4+ Kg8 63. Qd8+ Bf8 {Precision: White = 27%, Black = 70%.} 0-1

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Globus, Or"]
[Black "Williams, Simon K"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E07"]
[WhiteElo "2253"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,51,27,37,18,64,50,68,66,77,74,81,68,84,84,85,59,53,31,52,32,36,38,61,32,54,42,43,36,56,29,29,29,29,29,47,0]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 d5 6. O-O c6 7. b3 Ne4 8. Bb2 Nd7 9. Nbd2 O-O {LiveBook: 16 Games} 10. e3 {E07: Closed Catalan: Main Line (5 Nf3 0-0 6 0-0 Nbd7)} (10. Ne1 b5 11. Nd3 bxc4 12. bxc4 Rb8 13. c5 Ba6 14. Nb3 Bf6 15. Qc2 Qc7 16. f3 Ng5 17. Rab1 e5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 {1-0 (45) Demuth,A (2531)-Hutois,M (2279) Sables d'Olonne 2015}) 10... Nd6 11. Qc2 Nf6 12. Ne5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. a4 Bd7 13. a5 a6 14. Ne1 h5 15. h4 Nde4 16. Nd3 Ng4 17. Nxe4 fxe4 {0-1 (80) Sudomir,J (1730)-Khadzhiev,V (2179) St Petersburg 2017}) 12... Bd7 13. Nd3 Be8 14. Nf3 Nf7 15. a4 a5 16. c5 g5 17. Bc3 Bd7 18. b4 axb4 19. Bxb4 Bc8 20. Rfb1 Nd7 21. Qb2 Bf6 22. Bc3 h5 23. Nfe5 Nfxe5 24. dxe5 Be7 25. Bd4 Rf7 26. Qc3 {Precision: White = 27%, Black = 49%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Black "Hansen, Torbjorn Ringdal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2408"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,73,22,0,39,37,32,31,24,24,28,44,43,30,52,26,53,74,68,68,58,60,69,0,-21,-8,0,0,0,-41,-34,-34,-46,-54,0,0,0,0,74,67,129,138,133,130,131,139,141,141,133,138,148,136,143,163,162,176,293,290]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. b3 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Ba3 Qxd1 {A49: Königsindisch (ohne c2-c4)} 9. Rxd1 Re8 10. c4 {LiveBook: 10 Partien} Nc6 {...e4 ist eine echte Drohung.Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} (10... e4 $5 {[%cal Re4f3]} 11. Nd4 Ng4 $11) (10... e4 11. Nd4 e3 12. f3 Na6 13. Nc3 c6 14. Rac1 h5 15. h4 Bf8 16. Bxf8 Kxf8 {½-½ (47) Vidit,S (2693)-Le,Q (2739) Tbilisi 2017}) 11. Nc3 e4 12. Ne1 {Droht stark Sb5.} e3 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 12... Bf5 13. Nc2 Ng4 14. Nd5 e3 15. Ncxe3 Nxe3 16. fxe3 {½-½ (73) Rambaldi,F (2574)-Patel,A (2448) Saint Louis 2017}) 13. f3 {zielt auf Sb5 ab.} Bf5 14. g4 Be6 $1 15. Bb2 h5 16. h3 Nd7 17. Nc2 f5 {[%cal Rf5g4]} 18. Nxe3 Bd4 {[#]} 19. Rxd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxd4 20. gxf5 ({Lieber} 20. gxh5 $14 gxh5 21. Rd1) 20... Bxf5 $11 21. Nxf5 Nxe2+ 22. Kf2 Nxc3 23. Nd4 c5 24. Bxc3 {Und weiter mit Sb5 wäre nett.} cxd4 25. Bxd4 Ne5 (25... Re7 $15) 26. Rd1 Nc6 27. Bf6 $1 Rf8 (27... Re6 $11 {hält das Gleichgewicht.} 28. Bg5 Rae8) 28. Rd6 $16 Rac8 ({Besser ist} 28... Kf7 $14) 29. f4 {Schwarz muss nun Ld5+ beachten.} Rc7 30. Be4 Kh7 {[#]} 31. Bxg6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxg6 32. Bd8+ $1 Kg7 33. Bxc7 {Und Td5 würde nun gewinnen.} Rxf4+ 34. Kg3 Rf7 35. Bd8 $1 Nxd8 36. Rxd8 a5 (36... Kg6 {ist wohl besser.} 37. Rd6+ Kf5) 37. Rd5 {Precision: Weiß = 80%, Schwarz = 47%.} 1-0

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nabaty, Tamir"]
[Black "McDonald, Neil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,57,22,27,16,37,39,57,0,13,12,12,1,0,0,19,15,22,26,41,18,68,79,86,78,74,88,86,93,179,166,216,233,374,375,355,335,491,472,509,496,679,663]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. O-O c5 {LiveBook: 36 Games} 10. Qe2 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} (10. Ne5 Na6 11. Bb5 Qc8 12. Bg5 Rd8 13. Qa4 Nb8 14. f4 c4 15. Qd1 a6 16. Ba4 b5 17. Bc2 Qc7 18. Rf3 {1-0 (34) Andreikin,D (2720)-Johannessen,L (2503) Skopje 2015}) 10... Nc6 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Ba6 (12. Rfd1 $14) 12... Qb6 13. Bxb7 Qxb7 14. Qb5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. b3 Qb4 {1-0 (51) Kretchetov,A (2339)-Williams,J (2111) Wheeling 2012}) 14... Qxb5 15. Nxb5 a6 16. Nc3 $1 Rfd8 17. Rfd1 h6 18. Rac1 c4 19. Ne5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is on the roll.} Na5 20. h4 Bb4 21. g4 Rac8 22. Na4 Bd6 (22... Be7 $16) 23. Nb6 $18 Rc5 {[#]} 24. Ned7 $1 {[%cal Rd7c5]} Rb5 (24... Rc6 $142) 25. Bxd6 Nxd7 26. Bc7 ({Not} 26. Nxd5 Nf6 $18) 26... Re8 (26... Nxb6 {might work better.} 27. Bxd8 Na4 28. Bxa5 Rxa5) 27. Nxd7 {White is clearly winning.} Nc6 28. Nb6 d4 29. Nxc4 {Precision: White = 70%, Black = 23%.} 1-0

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Nihal Sarin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E07"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[Annotator "TA RC"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,129,-9,47,33,41,35,51,43,56,68,58,67,83,72,83,82,84,74,66,61,64,73,56,30,37,45,49,33,82,79,113,107,108,105,133,122,112,111,170,166,185,111,117,112,124,115,135,137,132,127,142,127,160,142,135,60,167,167,167,167,167,167,167,167,187,187,187,187,187,186,187,186,185,175,185,182,182,182,182,182,182,182,175,175,180,175,180,177,180,179,186,177,270,268,252,254,320,325,322,306,316,307,961,908,927,793,1100,1139,1099,1035]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Nc3 c6 9. Bf4 Nh5 10. Bc1 Nhf6 11. Nd2 {[#]} c5 {LiveBook: 3 Games. E07: Closed Catalan: Main Line (5 Nf3 0-0 6 0-0 Nbd7)} (11... b5 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]}) (11... b6 12. e4 dxc4 13. Nxc4 Ba6 14. b3 b5 15. Ne3 b4 16. Ne2 Nb6 17. Bb2 c5 18. d5 Ne8 19. Re1 exd5 20. exd5 {1-0 (49) Wang,H (2717)-Shomoev,A (2561) Ho Chi Minh City 2016}) 12. cxd5 $14 cxd4 13. dxe6 dxc3 {White is slightly better.} 14. exd7 cxb2 15. Bxb2 Bxd7 16. Nb3 a5 17. Rc1 $146 ({But not} 17. Bxb7 $6 Rb8 $11) ({Predecessor:} 17. Qd4 Rc8 18. Rac1 b6 19. Qd3 {0-1 (42) Hayrapetyan,H (2458)-Musalov,R (2340) Yerevan 2014}) 17... Ra7 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. Rxc5 {Black must now prevent Bxf6.} b6 20. Rc1 Be6 21. Qc2 Rd7 22. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Qc8 24. Qd2 Qc4 25. a3 Qb3 26. Rc1 b5 27. Rc5 {Hoping for Bxf6.} Nd7 {[#]} 28. Qd4 $1 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Rd4g7][%mdl 512]} f6 29. Rc6 Bf7 (29... Rf7 $16) 30. f4 b4 {[#]} 31. axb4 ({Stronger than} 31. Qxd7 Qxb2 32. Rc7 h6 $11) ({Better is} 31. Rc7 $1 $18 bxa3 32. Rb7) 31... Qxb4 $16 32. Kf2 Re8 33. Rc7 Nf8 34. Rb7 Qxd4+ 35. Bxd4 a4 36. Ra7 Bb3 {[#]} 37. f5 $1 Rd8 38. e3 (38. Bc3 $16) 38... Rc8 (38... Nd7 $14) 39. g4 $18 h6 40. h4 Nh7 41. Kg3 Rf8 42. Bc6 Rf7 {intending ...Rxa7.} 43. Ra6 Rf8 44. Kf4 Rd8 45. Ra7 Kh8 46. Bb2 Rc8 47. Bd7 Rd8 48. Ba3 Nf8 49. Bb5 Nh7 50. Be7 Rb8 51. Bc6 Rc8 52. Bd7 Rb8 53. e4 Nf8 54. Bc6 Rc8 55. Bd5 Nh7 56. Ke3 Re8 (56... Bd1 {keeps fighting.} 57. Bb7 Rb8) 57. Kd4 Rc8 58. Bb7 Rg8 59. Kc5 Re8 60. Kd6 Nf8 61. Bd5 Nh7 $2 (61... Rc8 62. Bb7 Re8) 62. Kd7 {White is clearly winning.} Rb8 63. Bd6 Nf8+ 64. Kc7 Re8 65. Bc6 {Precision: White = 89%, Black = 58%.} 1-0

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cornette, Matthieu"]
[Black "Bartholomew, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,71,12,-15,14,17,12,11,21,10,15,22,8,3,3,-31,-18,-20,-18,-19,-20,-23,-4,-14,-4,-7,-2,-1,0,-35,0,-33,-5,-38,-33,-57,-65,-70,-62,-99,-102,-90,-47,-36,-14,-53,-58,-66,-9,-6,0,0,1941,1828,2946,2812,2812,2255,29989,29989,29989,29990,29990,29991]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bg5 (4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Qb3 Bb4 9. Ne5 Qb6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Be2 Ne4 12. f3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Be7 14. c4 Qxb3 15. axb3 Bb4+ 16. Kf2 a5 {1-0 (40) Li,C (2741)-Giri,A (2762) Palma de Mallorca 2017}) 4... Qb6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Qd2 {LiveBook: 3 Games. D10: Slav Defence: 3 cxd5 (without early Nf3) and 3 Nc3} h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... e6 7. e3 Nge7 8. Bf4 Nf5 9. Bd3 Nh4 10. Bg3 Be7 11. f3 O-O {1-0 (50) Bruzon Batista,L (2650)-Erenburg,S (2550) Medellin 2017}) 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 {The position is equal.} Nf6 9. e3 Bf5 10. Be5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Ne4 12. Qxd5 {[#] Bb5+ is the strong threat.} Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bg7 14. Bb5+ Kf8 {And now ...Be6 would win.} 15. Nf3 Be6 16. Qd3 Rd8 17. Nd4 Bxe5 18. O-O Kg7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 19. Kh1 Bc8 20. Rab1 Qc7 21. Qe4 Bf6 (21... Bxh2 22. g3 $16) 22. Rb3 b6 23. Bc6 Rd6 24. Ba4 a6 {aiming for ...e5.} 25. Rbb1 e6 26. f4 Rd5 27. Qd3 Rc5 28. Rbc1 Bb7 ({Better is} 28... Rg8 $15) 29. Bb3 $1 $11 Rd8 30. Bc2 Rh8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (30... Kf8 $11 31. fxg5 Rxg5) 31. Nxe6+ $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} fxe6 32. Qg6+ Kf8 33. Qxf6+ Kg8 34. fxg5 {[%csl Gf1][%cal Rf6f8] White mates.} Bxg2+ 35. Kxg2 {[%csl Gf1][%cal Rf6f8]} Rxg5+ 36. Kh1 {Precision: White = 45%, Black = 49%.} 1-0

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Moussard, Jules"]
[Black "Milliet, Sophie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,81,-6,-18,-10,0,-13,-12,-41,-15,-35,0,-75,-45,-92,-106,-91,-95,-79,-66,-101,-105,-104,-87,-152,-181,-129,-149,-140,-61,-127,-126,-137,49,50,22,94,189,172,333,316,392,395,462,463,770,768,740,745,1260,1251,5370,5370,29982,29983,29982,29983,29983,29984,29984,29985]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. c3 e5 7. d3 Nge7 8. a3 O-O 9. Nbd2 h6 10. b4 a6 {A04: Holländisches System ohne Übergang in andere Systeme} (10... Be6 11. Bb2 Qd7 12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4 Bg4 14. Qb3 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 cxd4 16. Nf3 Nc6 17. b5 Na5 18. Qb4 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 b6 {½-½ (35) Demidov,M (2521)-Andreikin,D (2708) Sochi 2017}) 11. Re1 Be6 12. Bb2 b5 {LiveBook: 5 Partien. Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} 13. Nb3 Qb6 14. Bc1 c4 15. dxc4 bxc4 16. Nbd2 a5 {[%cal Ra5b4]} 17. Bb2 (17. Bf1 $11 {hält das Gleichgewicht.}) 17... f5 $17 18. Qe2 fxe4 (18... axb4 19. axb4 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 $11) 19. Nxe4 d5 $146 {[%mdl 2048] Schwarz bestimmt, wo es lang geht.} (19... axb4 20. Nxd6 bxa3 21. Bxa3 $16) 20. Nc5 Bf5 21. Nd2 {[#]} Bd3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 22. Qe3 (22. Nxd3 cxd3) 22... e4 {Droht ...Sf5 und aus.} 23. Ne6 ({Günstiger ist} 23. Nxd3 Qxe3 24. fxe3 cxd3 25. Rab1) 23... Qxe3 24. Rxe3 {[#]} axb4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 25. Nxg7 (25. axb4 Rxa1+) 25... d4 ({Auf keinen Fall} 25... Kxg7 26. cxb4+ Kf7 27. Rc1 $11) (25... bxa3 $17 26. Bxa3 Ra5) 26. cxb4 ({Lieber} 26. cxd4 $15 c3 27. Bxc3 bxc3 28. Nxe4 Bxe4 29. Bxe4 Kxg7 30. Rxc3 Nxd4 31. Rc7) 26... dxe3 ({Schlechter ist} 26... Kxg7 27. Rxd3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} exd3 28. Nxc4 $16) 27. fxe3 {[#]} Nd8 $2 (27... Nxb4 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512] zielt auf ...Sed5 ab.} 28. axb4 Rxa1+ 29. Bxa1 Ra8) 28. Nxe4 $14 Bxe4 29. Bxe4 Rc8 (29... Ra6 $16) 30. Rc1 $18 Kh7 $2 (30... Rc7 31. a4 Rd7) 31. Nh5 c3 32. Rxc3 Ndc6 33. Rc2 Ng8 (33... Rfd8 $142 34. Nf6+ Kg7 35. Ng4+ Kf7 36. Rf2+ Ke6 37. Rf6+ Kd7) 34. Rxc6 Rxc6 35. Bxc6 Rc8 36. b5 Rd8 37. Bd4 Ne7 38. Nf6+ {Weiß setzt Matt.} Kg7 39. Nd5+ Kf7 40. Nxe7 Kxe7 41. a4 {Precision: Weiß = 44%, Schwarz = 34%.} 1-0

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Le Roux, Jean-Pierre"]
[Black "Sai Agni Jeevitesh, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2384"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,69,3,0,0,22,-16,0,-30,-3,-8,0,0,0,0,12,0,40,41,286,264,285,273,250,257,271,258,270,262,318,310,1022,1037,1029,1028,972,939,854,664,905,681,29985,29986,29986,29987,29989,29990,29990,29984,6275,1313]} 1. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Ngf3 Nc6 7. Nb3 {C05: French Tarrasch: 3...Nf6 4 e5 Nfd7, 5 f4 and 5 Bd3 sidelines} c4 8. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb3d2,Bd2f1,Bf1e3][%mdl 32]} f5 (8... Qa5 9. c3 b5 10. Be2 b4 11. Nb1 Nb6 12. O-O Bd7 13. Kh1 Be7 14. Bd2 Rb8 15. cxb4 Nxb4 {1-0 (37) Mamedov,R (2659)-Wang,H (2729) Dubai 2014}) 9. Be2 Be7 10. Nf1 b5 11. Ne3 Nb6 {LiveBook: 7 Games} 12. O-O O-O 13. Kh1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. g4 fxg4 14. Ne1 Bh4 {1-0 (48) Zhang,P (2596)-Barua,D (2545) Jodhpur 2003}) 13... Bd7 14. Rg1 Be8 15. Bd2 Kh8 16. Qf1 Bh5 {next ...Bxf3 is good for Black.} 17. c3 b4 18. Bd1 a5 19. Ng5 Bxd1 $2 ({Black should try} 19... Bxg5 $14 20. Bxh5 Be7) 20. Nxe6 $18 Qc8 21. Nxf8 Bh5 22. Nxh7 Kxh7 {[#]} 23. g4 $1 fxg4 24. f5 Bg5 25. Nxg4 Bxg4 $2 (25... Bxd2 26. Qh3 Qe8) 26. Rxg4 Bxd2 27. Qh3+ Bh6 28. Rag1 {[#] White threatens Rxg7+ and mate.} Ra7 29. Rg6 bxc3 30. bxc3 Rc7 31. Qh5 Qf8 32. f6 Nc8 33. fxg7 Qxg7 34. Rxg7+ Rxg7 35. Rxg7+ {Precision: White = 68%, Black = 20%.} (35. Qf5+ $142 Kh8 36. Qxc8+ Kh7 37. Rxg7+ Kxg7 38. Qxc6) 1-0

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Black "Krishna Teja, N."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2368"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,91,34,35,31,62,15,55,71,54,51,85,84,87,72,88,65,103,69,85,38,44,39,70,46,46,49,67,62,78,38,67,65,60,59,70,56,43,0,81,63,79,84,83,88,153,158,161,181,144,52,43,50,115,95,664,645,604,598,661,640,672,672,660,647,589,606,572,497,1049,1064,759,731,714,713,1891,1108]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Ned2 Nf6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O Nbd7 9. c3 {[%cal Bc2c3,Bc3c4][%mdl 32]} O-O {LiveBook: 26 Games} 10. b4 {C10: French with 3 Nc3: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3...dxe4} (10. Qe2 b6 11. Nc4 Bb7 12. Rd1 Qc8 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 c5 15. Nce5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nd5 17. Qe4 f5 {½-½ (27) Braeuer,F (2406)-Kunin,V (2595) Fuerth 2016}) 10... a6 11. Qc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Re1 Nd5 12. Qc2 N7f6 13. a3 Nf4 14. Bf1 Ng6 15. h3 b6 16. Ne5 Bb7 17. Ndf3 c5 18. dxc5 bxc5 {1-0 (66) Strathoff,J (2031)-Schulze,H (1939) Germany 2008}) 11... Bb5 12. c4 {White is slightly better.} Bc6 13. Rb1 Bxf3 14. Nxf3 c6 15. a4 Re8 16. Bf4 Nf8 17. h3 Ng6 18. Bh2 Bd6 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Nd7 21. Rfd1 Qe7 22. Qe2 Red8 23. Qe3 a5 24. Bxg6 hxg6 25. bxa5 Nc5 26. Rd6 Rxa5 27. Rbd1 Rc8 (27... Rxd6 $11 28. exd6 Qd7) 28. Bf4 $16 {[%cal Bh2f4,Bf4g5,Bg5h4,Bh4g3][%mdl 32]} b6 $1 29. Bg5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has strong initiative.} f6 30. Bh4 g5 (30... Rxa4 $142 31. exf6 gxf6) 31. exf6 gxf6 32. Bg3 Rxa4 33. R6d4 (33. h4 $16) 33... e5 $14 34. h4 {[%cal Bh3h4,Bh4g5][%mdl 32]} Qf8 ({Black should try} 34... Ra3 $14 35. Qxa3 exd4) 35. Rd6 Raa8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (35... Rxc4 $2 36. hxg5 Ne4 37. Rd7 $18) (35... Ra1 $16) 36. hxg5 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Rd8 {[#]} 37. gxf6 $3 {[%mdl 512] Qg5+ would kill now.} Rxd6 38. Qg5+ Kh7 {[#]} 39. Rxd6 $1 {Intending Qf5+ and mate.} ({Not} 39. Qh5+ Qh6 $18) 39... Qh6 {( -> ...Ra1+)} 40. Qxh6+ Kxh6 41. Bxe5 {KRB-KRN} Kg6 42. Rxc6 Ra4 (42... Nd3 $142 43. Bc3 Ra3) 43. Rc7 Ne6 44. f7 Ra8 45. Re7 Kf5 46. Re8 {Precision: White = 54%, Black = 27%.} 1-0

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fodor, Tamas Jr"]
[Black "Elsness, Frode"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,136,11,10,2,8,9,8,6,7,-4,-1,-35,-42,-36,-23,-22,-16,-28,-25,-31,-23,-29,-22,-27,-16,-20,0,0,0,-47,-22,-43,-29,-78,-67,-79,0,-25,-14,-52,-29,-29,-21,-17,-11,-71,-67,-75,-56,-82,-70,-66,-24,-33,-26,-29,-31,-25,-8,-32,-29,-40,-29,-33,-18,-19,-22,-29,-19,-22,-2,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,28,8,11,11,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. e3 c5 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 cxd4 9. Bxd4 Nc6 10. Bc3 O-O {E34: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...d5} 11. Nf3 Rd8 12. Be2 Qe4 13. Rc1 Qxc2 14. Rxc2 Nd5 {LiveBook: 7 Games} 15. a3 (15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 b6 17. a3 f6 18. Bg3 {1-0 (52) Grachev,B (2645)-Karjakin,S (2765) Antalya 2017}) 15... Nxc3 16. Rxc3 {[#]} e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Bd7 17. O-O Rac8 18. Rd1 Be8 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Kf1 Kf8 21. Ke1 {½-½ (21) Panarin,M (2532)-Lysyj,I (2615) Dagomys 2010}) 17. Bb5 Bd7 18. O-O Nd4 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Nxf3+.} 19. exd4 (19. Bc4 $5 {[%cal Re3d4]} Nxf3+ 20. gxf3 $15) 19... Bxb5 20. Rd1 e4 21. Ne1 Kf8 22. f3 Bc6 23. fxe4 Bxe4 24. Nf3 f6 25. Rc7 Rac8 26. Rdc1 Bc6 (26... Rxc7 {is more complex.} 27. Rxc7 Re8 28. Kf2 Bc6 29. Ng1 Re7) 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 28. Kf2 (28. d5 $5 Bd7 29. Rxc8+ Bxc8 30. Kf2 $11) 28... Re8 29. b3 Re6 30. Nd2 Rd6 31. Nf3 Re6 ({Black should try} 31... Ke7 $17) 32. Nd2 g5 33. Nc4 Re4 34. Rd1 $1 Rf4+ 35. Kg1 $1 Ke7 36. a4 (36. d5 $11 {remains equal.} Bb5 37. Re1+ Kd7 38. Rf1) 36... Bd5 $17 37. Rd3 h5 38. Ne3 Kd6 39. Rc3 Bf7 40. g3 Re4 41. Kf2 Kd7 42. Rd3 Bg6 43. Rd2 (43. Nd5 $5 {[%cal Rd5f6]} Ke6 44. Nc7+ Ke7 45. Nd5+ Kf7 46. b4 $11) 43... Re8 44. Nc4 Bf7 45. d5 b6 46. Rd3 Re4 47. Ne3 Re5 48. Rd4 Re8 49. Rb4 Re5 50. a5 Bxd5 51. axb6 axb6 52. Rxb6 Bc6 53. Rb4 Ra5 54. Rd4+ Ke7 55. Rd2 f5 56. b4 Rb5 57. Rd4 Be4 58. Nd1 Rd5 59. Ke3 Rxd4 60. Kxd4 $11 {KB-KN} Kd6 61. Ne3 Bb1 62. b5 f4 {The position is equal.} 63. gxf4 gxf4 64. Nc4+ Kc7 65. Nd2 Bc2 66. Ke5 Bd3 67. Kxf4 Bxb5 68. Kg5 Be2 {Precision: White = 50%, Black = 41%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gormally, Daniel W"]
[Black "Vo, Thi Kim Phung"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2477"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 30,142,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-43,-27,-26,-26,-27,0,0,0,2,8,0,24,24,157,155,181,164,179,72,70,0,0,-43,-39,-158,0,-7,0,-33,0,-14,-12,-26,0,-103,-100,-97,-116,-154,-143,-187,-140,-224,-214,-216,-23,-89,-4,-12,52,57,61,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-571,305,-560,-571,-571,-564,-547,-547,-516,-519,-12841,-12841,-12841,-12842,-29994,-29995,-29995,-1146,-1113,-1102,-1054,-490,-470,-435,-427,-404,-376,-348,-1044,-1012,-1361,-1168,-1148,-569,-1310,-955]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Ngf3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Qb6 8. O-O cxd4 9. cxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. Nf3 Qb6 12. Qa4 Qb4 13. Qc2 Nc5 14. Bd2 Qa4 15. b3 {C06: French Tarrasch: 3...Nf6 4 e5 Nfd7 5 Bd3 main lines} Qd7 16. Be2 {LiveBook: 9 Games} (16. Rac1 b6 17. Nd4 Ba6 18. Bxa6 Nxa6 19. Qd3 Nc5 20. Qe2 a5 21. Be3 Be7 22. Qg4 g6 {1-0 (75) Mamedov,R (2660)-Wang,H (2734) Shamkir 2014}) 16... Be7 17. Be3 {The position is equal.} Na6 18. a3 Nb8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18... h6 19. b4 O-O 20. Rac1 Nb8 21. Qd2 Qd8 22. Rc3 f5 {1-0 (49) Fernandez,C-Garcia,G Cienfuegos 1975}) 19. Nd4 O-O 20. Bd3 h6 21. Rfc1 Qd8 22. f4 Bd7 23. Qc7 Bc6 24. Qxd8 Bxd8 25. b4 Bd7 26. b5 Bb6 27. Kf2 f6 28. exf6 gxf6 29. f5 e5 (29... Bxd4 $11 {remains equal.} 30. Bxd4 e5) 30. Ne6 $16 e4 31. Nxf8 Kxf8 32. Bxb6 (32. Bb1 $1 $18) 32... axb6 33. Be2 (33. Bb1 $1 $14) 33... Bxf5 $11 34. Ke3 {Threatens to win with Rf1.} Nd7 35. Kd4 (35. Kf4 $15 Be6 36. Rc7) 35... Be6 $2 (35... Ra4+ $1 $17 36. Ke3 Nc5) 36. a4 $1 Ke7 37. Rc7 Ra7 (37... Kd8 $5 {[%cal Rd8c7]} 38. Rc3 Ke7 $11) 38. Bd1 Kd6 39. Rc8 $1 Nc5 $1 40. Rh8 (40. Rf8 $11) 40... Bd7 $1 $17 41. Rxh6 Ne6+ 42. Kc3 Ke5 {[%mdl 1024] Black has strong compensation.} 43. g4 d4+ 44. Kb4 (44. Kb2 $17) 44... Nf4 $1 $19 45. Rh8 Nd5+ $2 ({Black should try} 45... Nd3+ $19 46. Ka3 Nc5 47. Rh5+ Kf4) 46. Kb3 $11 {[#]} d3 (46... Bxb5 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 47. Kb2 (47. axb5 Rxa1) 47... Bd7) 47. h4 $1 {[%cal Rh4h5] [#] Strongly threatening h5.} Ne3 (47... Bxb5 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]} 48. Kb2 (48. axb5 Rxa1) 48... e3) 48. h5 $1 $14 {[%cal Rh5h6]} Be6+ $1 (48... Bxg4 $2 49. Bxg4 Nxg4 50. h6 $18) 49. Kb4 (49. Ka3 $1 $14) 49... Nd5+ $1 $11 ({Wrong is} 49... Bxg4 $2 50. Bb3 $18) 50. Ka3 e3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Hoping for ...e2. Black is pushing.} 51. h6 e2 {[#]} 52. Bxe2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} dxe2 53. Re1 $1 {[%cal Re1e2]} Nc3 54. Rd8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (54. Re8 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} Rxa4+ 55. Kb2) 54... Rxa4+ $19 55. Kb2 Ne4 $1 {And now ...Ra2+ would win.} 56. h7 Ra2+ 57. Kb1 {[#]} Nc3+ $1 58. Kc1 {[#]} Ra1+ $1 59. Kc2 (59. Kd2 $142 Rd1+ 60. Kxc3 Rxd8 61. Rxe2+ Kd6 62. Rd2+ Bd5 63. Rf2) 59... Rxe1 60. h8=Q {[#]} Rc1+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 61. Kxc1 e1=Q+ 62. Kc2 Nd5 (62... Qb1+ $142 63. Kd2 Ne4+ 64. Ke2 Bxg4+ 65. Ke3 Qe1+ 66. Kd3 Qe2#) 63. Qh2+ Kd4 64. Qf4+ Qe4+ (64... Kc5 $142 65. Qc1 Qb4 66. Qg1+ Kxb5) 65. Qxe4+ Kxe4 66. Re8 Ke5 67. Kd3 Nc7 68. Rb8 $2 (68. Re7 Kd6 69. Rg7) 68... Bxg4 {Black is clearly winning.} 69. Rxb7 Nd5 70. Rb8 Bf5+ 71. Ke2 Bd7 {Precision: White = 57%, Black = 56%.} 0-1

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hambleton, Aman"]
[Black "Derakhshani, Borna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2298"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,103,4,24,-17,14,-16,0,0,0,0,9,-31,0,-14,-12,-93,-41,-38,-33,-40,-26,-112,-104,-110,-113,-217,-154,-178,-170,-334,-56,-54,-47,-52,-53,-65,-64,-49,-7,-10,11,0,0,0,27,25,47,41,67,19,178,162,198,131,169,171,156,100,97,100,110,101,93,75,85,72,72,49,51,55,77,74,132,129,140,157,210,210,207,204,365,332,1208,1026,1416,1361,1274,1116]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. e3 Nc6 {A22: Englische Eröffnung} 7. Nge2 Be7 (7... h5 8. h3 h4 9. g4 f5 10. d4 exd4 11. exd4 fxg4 12. Qd3 Qf6 13. Ne4 Bb4+ 14. Bd2 {0-1 (46) Caruana,F (2804)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2789) Paris 2016}) 8. O-O O-O 9. f4 f6 {LiveBook: 11 Partien} 10. b3 a5 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 10... Bg4 11. h3 Bf5 12. d4 exd4 13. exd4 Qd7 14. g4 {½-½ (49) Reizniece,D (2209)-Ptacnikova,L (2189) Reykjavik 2015}) 11. Bb2 Be6 12. fxe5 fxe5 13. Rxf8+ Bxf8 14. Be4 Nd7 15. Na4 Bg4 16. Qe1 (16. Bd5+ $11 Kh8 17. Qf1) 16... Qe8 (16... Nf6 $17 17. Bg2 Nb4) 17. Nec3 $15 Nf6 18. Bg2 Rd8 19. h3 (19. Ne4 $1 $11 {bleibt in der Remisbreite.}) 19... Be6 20. Rd1 Nb4 {zielt auf ...b5 ab.} 21. Qe2 (21. d4 $17) 21... Nd3 {...b5 ist eine echte Drohung.} 22. Ba1 Qg6 $1 23. Qf3 $2 {[#]} (23. Nb2 {war nötig.}) 23... Bd7 $2 ({Günstiger ist} 23... b5 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 24. Nb2 (24. Nxb5 e4) 24... Nxb2 25. Bxb2 Qc2) 24. Nd5 Bc6 25. Nxf6+ $1 gxf6 26. Qg4 $1 Qxg4 27. hxg4 Bxa4 28. bxa4 Nc5 29. Kf1 b6 30. Ke2 Nxa4 {[#]} 31. g5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} fxg5 32. Bxe5 {Droht Lc6 und aus.} Bg7 $1 {[%cal Rg7e5]} 33. Bxc7 Rc8 $2 (33... Rd7 $11 34. Bb8 Rd8) 34. Bd6 $1 $18 Bf6 35. Be4 (35. Rf1 $18 Kg7 36. e4) 35... Rd8 {[#]} 36. Ba3 $1 b5 37. Bc6 (37. Rc1 $142) 37... b4 $16 38. Bxb4 axb4 39. Bxa4 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KTL-KTL} h5 40. Rh1 h4 41. gxh4 gxh4 42. d4 Kg7 43. Kd3 Kg6 44. Kc4 Be7 (44... Bg5 $142) 45. e4 {[%cal Be3e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} Kg5 46. e5 Kf4 (46... Ra8 $16) 47. Rf1+ $18 Ke3 {[#]} 48. d5 $1 {[%cal Bd4d5,Bd5d6][%mdl 32]} h3 $2 (48... Rc8+ 49. Bc6 h3) 49. d6 Bh4 $2 (49... Bxd6 50. exd6 Rxd6) 50. Rh1 {Weiß steht klar auf Gewinn.} Ke4 51. Rxh3 Bg5 52. Rh5 {Precision: Weiß = 38%, Schwarz = 28%.} 1-0

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bilguun, Sumiya"]
[Black "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2459"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,131,17,25,17,27,15,26,10,30,22,25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-17,39,0,0,-68,0,-26,0,-12,-6,-23,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,22,16,-18,-18,-16,-7,-12,-2,-27,-37,-24,0,-15,0,-11,-12,-23,0,-31,0,-26,0,-50,-30,-96,-101,-146,-146,-191,-200,-165,-148,-143,-105,-182,-182,-183,-188,-233,-151,-164,-156,-144,-144,-160,-158,-173,-170,-268,-294,-308,-300,-1041,-1089,-1037,-1016,-828,-327,-906,-880,-12840,-1253,-911,-1219,-1123,-992,-817,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. f3 a6 {B70: Sicilian Dragon: 6 g3 and 6 Be2 (without a later Be3)} 7. Be3 b5 8. Qd2 Bb7 9. O-O-O (9. g4 h6 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. h4 Rc8 12. Bd3 b4 13. Nce2 e5 14. Nb3 d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 {1-0 (33) Caruana,F (2817)-Shabalov,A (2556) Saint Louis 2017}) 9... h5 {LiveBook: 8 Games} 10. a3 Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7e5,Be5c4][%mdl 32]} 11. Kb1 Rc8 12. h3 Bg7 13. Bd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Be2 Qc7 14. Rhe1 h4 15. Bg5 Nb6 16. Bd3 Qc5 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Bg5 {½-½ (18) Elent,M (2443)-Van Tienhoven,R (2389) ICCF email 2011}) 13... Ne5 14. g4 Nfd7 15. f4 Nc4 16. Bxc4 $1 Rxc4 17. gxh5 Rxh5 {White should prevent ...Nf6.} 18. f5 $1 {[%cal Rf5g6] [#]} Ne5 (18... g5 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]}) 19. fxg6 Nxg6 20. Rhg1 (20. Rhf1 $11) 20... Qd7 ({Better is} 20... Qc8 $1 $15) 21. h4 (21. Qf2 {is interesting.} Bxd4 22. Bxd4 Qe6 23. b3 Rc8 24. Rde1) 21... Bxd4 22. Bxd4 Rxh4 23. Qf2 Rxe4 24. Nxe4 Bxe4 25. Bc3 Qf5 26. Qd2 a5 {Strongly threatening ...b4!} 27. Rg5 Qd7 {Threatens to win with ...b4!} 28. b3 Rc8 29. Rc1 a4 30. Kb2 Qc6 31. Rg4 d5 32. Rg3 f6 33. Bb4 Qd7 34. Rc3 Rxc3 35. Bxc3 e5 36. Bb4 Nf4 37. Rg1 Kf7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 38. Qh2 Qh3 39. Qf2 (39. Qxh3 $11 Nxh3 40. Rg3) 39... d4 $17 {[%cal Bd5d4,Bd4d3][%mdl 32] White must now prevent ...axb3.} 40. Rg3 Qc8 41. Qd2 axb3 42. cxb3 Qc6 43. Qd1 d3 44. Bd2 (44. Ba5 $17 {keeps fighting.}) 44... Ne2 $1 $19 {[%cal Re2g3]} 45. Re3 f5 {[%cal Bf6f5,Bf5f4,Bf4f3,Bf3f2][%mdl 32]} 46. Bb4 Ke6 47. Rxe2 dxe2 48. Qxe2 Qd5 49. Qh2 f4 $1 50. Qh6+ Kf7 $1 51. Qf8+ (51. Kc1 $142) 51... Kg6 52. Qe8+ Kg5 {( -> ...Qd4+)} 53. Bc3 $2 (53. a4 bxa4 54. bxa4) 53... f3 54. Qe7+ {[#]} Kh5 $1 55. Qf6 Bg6 $2 (55... Bh7 {...Qe4 is the strong threat.} 56. a4 bxa4 57. bxa4 Qe4) 56. a4 $2 (56. Qh8+ Kg4 57. Qh2) 56... Qe4 {And now ...b4 would win.} 57. Bxe5 Qe2+ (57... b4 $142 58. Qh8+ Kg4 59. Qc8+ Kh4 60. Qh8+ Bh7 61. Bf6+ Kh5 62. Qxh7+ Qxh7 63. Bd4 Qd3 64. Bb6 Qc3+ 65. Ka2 Qc2+ 66. Ka1 Qxb3 67. Bg1 Qc2 68. Bd4 b3 69. Bb2 Qd1+ 70. Bc1 Qxc1#) 58. Ka3 f2 59. Qh8+ Kg4 60. Qc8+ {[#]} Kf3 $2 (60... Kh4 $1 $19 61. Qh8+ Bh5 62. Qd8+ Kh3 63. Qc8+ Kg2 64. Qc6+ Qf3) 61. Qh3+ $11 {The position is equal.} Ke4 62. Qh4+ Kd3 63. Qd4+ $1 Kc2 64. Qb2+ Kd1 65. Qa1+ Kc2 66. Qb2+ {Precision: White = 44%, Black = 58%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zhou, Yang-Fan"]
[Black "Hawkins, Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2459"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 32,100,18,0,29,31,45,45,45,45,39,39,54,50,44,35,48,41,35,43,36,39,43,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-16,-93,-352,-354,-362,-358,-323,-348,-385,-352,-351,-360,-420,-420,-543,-543,-542,-535,-531,-517,-634,-617,-6087,-5941,-5916,-5791,-29976,-29976,-29975,-29975,-29976,-29976,-29973,-29971,-29982,-29982,-29982,-29983,-29984,-29984]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3e4,Be4g5][%mdl 32]} dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8. Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Nf6 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Bd2 b6 13. Ne5 {B17: Caro-Kann-Verteidigung} c5 14. Bb5+ Ke7 15. O-O-O Bb7 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. f4 {LiveBook: 6 Partien} Rhd8 18. a3 Qc7 19. Bd3 Rac8 20. Kb1 Kf8 21. Rhf1 Kg8 {[#]} 22. Bc1 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 22. g4 Bxe5 23. fxe5 Nd7 24. g5 Nc5 25. g6 fxg6 26. Bxg6 {1-0 (36) Timoshenko,G (2590)-Kacheishvili,G (2570) New York 1999}) 22... b5 23. g4 {zielt auf g5 ab.} Nd5 $1 24. g5 hxg5 $1 {[#]} 25. Nxf7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxf7 26. fxg5 Nf4 27. Bxf4 Bxf4 28. Qg4 e5 {Und weiter mit ...g6 wäre nett.} 29. Bf5 $1 {[%cal Rf5e6]} Rxd1+ 30. Rxd1 Re8 {...g6 ist eine echte Drohung.} (30... Bf3 $5 31. Qh3 $8 Qh5 32. Bxc8 Bxd1 $11) 31. Qh3 g6 (31... Bxg5 $2 32. Rd7 $18) 32. Rd7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (32. Bd7 $17 {war erzwungen.} Re7 33. Bxb5) 32... Bg2 $1 $19 {[%cal Rg2h3]} 33. Bxg6 Qxg6 ({Schwächer ist} 33... Bxh3 34. Bxf7+ Kf8 35. Bxe8 $15) 34. Qxg2 {[#]} e4 $1 ({Weniger gut wäre} 34... Qxg5 35. Qc6 $17) ({Lieber nicht} 34... Bxg5 35. h4 $18) 35. h4 a6 36. Rd4 Qh5 37. c4 Be3 38. Rd7 Qf3 39. Qc2 {beabsichtigt cxb5.} Qf1+ 40. Rd1 Qxc4 41. Qh2 Bc5 {Droht stark ...e3.} 42. Qc7 e3 {[%cal Be4e3,Be3e2][%mdl 32]} 43. g6 Re7 44. Qd8+ Kg7 {Schwarz setzt Matt.} 45. h5 e2 46. Re1 Qh4 47. Qd2 Qxh5 48. Ka1 Bf2 49. Qc3+ Kxg6 50. Qc6+ Kf7 {Precision: Weiß = 57%, Schwarz = 84%.} 0-1

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Williams, Simon K"]
[Black "Risting, Eivind Olav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2279"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,82,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,13,16,46,-11,-14,-57,-61,-60,-73,-107,-60,-92,-58,-143,-162,-289,-251,-305,-318,-333,-307,-311,-332,-329,-322,-322,-323,-283,-314,-295,-273,-269,-257,-234,-150,-150,-129,-126,-41,-291,0,-387,-4,-12,-12,-15,0,0,0,0,52,0,25,0,31,0,31,0,10]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 4. a4 b4 5. Bg5 d6 6. Bxf6 {A43: Schmid Benoni} exf6 7. e4 g6 8. Nbd2 Bg7 (8... Bh6 9. Bb5+ Kf8 10. O-O Kg7 11. Re1 Bg4 12. Nf1 a6 {½-½ (29) Apicella,M (2515)-Edouard,R (2640) Chartres 2017}) 9. Bb5+ Nd7 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 10. Nc4 Qc7 11. O-O O-O 12. Nfd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Re1 Bb7 13. Qd2 Ne5 14. Ncxe5 fxe5 {0-1 (40) Karrer,P (1955)-Freuler,R (2045) Winterthur 2007}) 12... Bb7 13. a5 Rab8 14. Ne3 ({Better is} 14. Bxd7 $14 Qxd7 15. a6) 14... Bc8 $11 15. Bd3 (15. Bxd7 $5 Qxd7 16. Nec4 $11) 15... f5 16. exf5 Bxb2 17. Ne4 Bg7 (17... Bxa1 $6 18. Qxa1 b3 19. cxb3 $11) 18. Nc4 Bb7 19. Rb1 (19. Ne3 $1 $15) 19... Bxd5 $17 20. Nexd6 (20. Qg4 $142) 20... Nf6 $19 21. Qe2 Rfd8 22. fxg6 hxg6 ({Not} 22... Rxd6 23. Nxd6 Qxd6 24. gxh7+ Kh8 25. Bc4 $17) 23. Ne4 Nxe4 24. Bxe4 Bxc4 25. Qxc4 Rd4 26. Qe2 Re8 ({Don't play} 26... Qxa5 27. c3 $17) 27. f3 f5 28. Qb5 Re7 29. Bc6 Rh4 30. g3 Bd4+ 31. Kg2 {[#]} Rhh7 ({Black should play} 31... Qxc6 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 32. Qc4+ (32. Qxc6 Re2+) 32... Qe6 33. Qxe6+ Rxe6 34. gxh4 Re2+ 35. Kg3 Rxc2) 32. Rbe1 $2 {[#]} (32. Rfe1 $15) 32... Kh8 $2 (32... Bf2 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 33. Qc4+ (33. Rxf2 Rxe1) 33... Kh8 34. Rxf2 (34. Rxe7 $2 Rxh2+ 35. Kxh2 Qxg3+ 36. Kh1 Qh3#) 34... Rxe1) 33. a6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (33. f4 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 33... Rhg7 $2 (33... Bf2 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512] ( -> ...Rxh2+!)} 34. Rxf2 (34. Rxe7 $2 {leads to mate.} Rxh2+ 35. Kxh2 Qxg3+ 36. Kh1 Qh3#) 34... Rxe1) 34. Bd5 $11 Kh7 35. Bb3 Bc3 36. Rxe7 Qxe7 37. Rf2 Qd7 (37... Qd6 $11) 38. Qc4 (38. Qxc5 $14 Re7 39. Qc4) 38... Qd4 39. Qe6 Qd7 40. Qc4 {[%cal Rc4h4]} Qd4 41. Qe6 Qd7 {Precision: White = 41%, Black = 44%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Houska, Jovanka"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,82,19,26,16,19,6,0,2,13,6,14,8,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-14,0,0,-17,-123,-122,-122,-122,-125,-125,-125,-125,-127,-125,-129,-130,-131,-128,-141,-138,-143,-135,-137,-134,-142,-131,-156,-160,-160,-157,-157,-159,-310,-310,-310,-292,-353,-295,-450,-436]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 e6 4. Nbd2 Nf6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. b3 b6 7. Bb2 Bb7 8. Bd3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe2 c5 11. Rfd1 Ne4 {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3} (11... cxd4 12. exd4 Re8 13. Ne5 dxc4 14. bxc4 Qc7 15. f4 g6 16. Ndf3 Nh5 17. Qe3 Ng7 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. Ne5 {1-0 (50) Macieja,B (2618)-Dziuba,M (2576) Lublin 2010}) 12. cxd5 exd5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 13. dxc5 Nexc5 {The position is equal.} 14. Nf1 $146 {[%cal Bd2f1,Bf1g3,Bg3f5][%mdl 32]} ({Predecessor:} 14. Bb5 a6 15. Bxd7 Qxd7 16. Ne5 Qe6 17. Nd3 Bd6 18. Nf3 a5 19. Qd2 {1-0 (39) Idani,P (2473)-Borosova,Z (2291) Kecskemet 2012}) 14... Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Nc5 16. Qe2 (16. Qc2 {with more complications.} Rc8 17. Rac1 Qd7 18. Ng3 Rfe8 19. Qb1) 16... Rc8 17. Ng3 Ba6 18. Qd2 Nd3 19. Bc3 Re8 20. Nf5 Bf8 21. Ne1 Nc5 22. Qb2 {[%cal Rc3g7]} Qg5 23. Rxd5 {And now h4 would win.} Qg6 {Black wants to play ...Ne4.} 24. Nf3 {[#]} (24. Ng3 $1 $11) 24... Nd3 $1 $36 {[%cal Rd3b2][%mdl 2048] Black is really pushing.} 25. Qd2 Qc6 26. Rxd3 Bxd3 27. Qxd3 {aiming for Bd2.} Qxc3 28. Qd1 Qc2 29. N5d4 Qxd1+ 30. Rxd1 Red8 31. Ne1 g6 32. Rb1 Rc3 33. Kf1 Rdc8 34. Ke2 Bg7 35. Nb5 R3c5 36. a4 a6 37. Nd6 Rc1 38. Nxc8 $2 {[#]} (38. Rxc1 $17 Rxc1 39. Nc4) 38... Rxb1 $19 39. Nxb6 Rxb3 40. a5 Bc3 41. Nc4 (41. Nd3 $142) 41... Rb4 {Precision: White = 32%, Black = 81%.} 0-1

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Baenziger, Fabian"]
[Black "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,81,34,18,17,22,50,40,46,29,44,18,21,18,14,16,51,59,70,42,58,35,38,47,56,29,53,43,32,21,6,0,0,0,0,-18,-7,-90,-94,-101,-90,-100,-52,-59,-29,-77,-75,-70,-70,-72,-52,-47,-7,-91,-94,-135,-67,-81,-56,-81,-81,-81,-81,-115,0,0,4,0,0,0,0,-12]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 e6 7. Be2 {LiveBook: 25 Games} Bb4 {E14: Queen's Indian: Classical Variation (4 e3)} 8. Qb3 Na6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 d5 10. Qa3 dxc4 11. b3 Nc6 12. O-O c3 13. Rd1 Ne7 14. Qa4+ Bc6 15. Qc4 {½-½ (36) Kempinski,R (2545)-Beliavsky,A (2649) Linares 2003}) 9. O-O O-O {White is slightly better.} 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Be7 12. Rad1 Nc7 13. Rfe1 d5 {[#]} 14. c5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rb8 (14... bxc5 15. Qxb7) 15. cxb6 axb6 16. Ne5 Nce8 17. Bd3 Nd6 18. a4 Nfe4 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. f3 Nxc3 21. Qxc3 Rfc8 22. Qb4 Qd8 23. g3 Nc4 24. Ng4 {[#]} (24. f4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 24... b5 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512] ...bxa4 is the strong threat.} 25. axb5 Ba6 26. Bxc4 dxc4 27. Re5 Qd7 {[%cal Ra6b5]} 28. Qc3 Rxb5 29. Rxb5 Qxb5 30. Ne3 Bb7 31. Kg2 Qh5 32. g4 (32. Rf1 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 32... Qg5 {Hoping for ...h5.} 33. Kg3 h5 (33... f5 $17 {White must now prevent ...f4+.} 34. f4 Qg6) 34. h4 $15 Qd8 {And now ...Qc7+ would win.} 35. d5 Qd6+ 36. f4 {Threatens to win with dxe6.} hxg4 {[%cal Rb7d5]} (36... exd5 $6 37. Qxg7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxg7 38. Nf5+ Kf6 39. Nxd6 $11) 37. h5 {[#]} exd5 (37... Bxd5 $1 $17 38. Kxg4 Rb8 39. Qxc4 Bxc4 40. Rxd6 Be2+ 41. Kg3 Rb3) 38. Nf5 {[%csl Gf5][%cal Rc3g7] [#]The position is equal.} d4 $1 {[%cal Rd4c3]} 39. Nxd6 (39. Qxd4 Qxd4) 39... dxc3 40. bxc3 ({Don't play} 40. Nxc8 cxb2 41. Nb6 (41. Ne7+ $2 Kh7 $19) 41... c3 $17) 40... Bf3 41. Rd4 {Precision: White = 44%, Black = 60%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Akash Pc, Iyer"]
[Black "Donchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E59"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,116,18,18,84,31,18,9,31,28,15,0,25,44,34,30,46,32,40,47,33,-35,-16,-40,-20,-90,-83,-77,-93,-75,-64,-68,-40,-146,-39,-72,0,0,0,-31,-33,-34,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-88,-71,-59,-79,-64,0,0,0,-8,0,0,-5,-72,-72,-2245,-1940,-9889,-6418,-3684,-2388,-29956,-29961,-29960,-29961,-29959,-29963,-29966,-29966,-29968,-29969,-29957,-12799,-29976,-29976,-29976,-29977,-29979,-29978,-29981,-29982]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Ba2 Rd8 12. Bb2 {LiveBook: 4 Games. E59: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: Main Line: 7...Nc6 8 a3 Bxc3 9 bxc3 dxc4} (12. Qc2 e5 13. Ng5 Rf8 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. f4 Ng6 16. Bc4 b5 17. Bxb5 c4 18. Qa4 h6 19. Nf3 Be6 20. Bxc4 {1-0 (49) Barbosa,O (2585)-Gomez,J (2512) Ho Chi Minh City 2012}) 12... h6 (12... Na5 $11) 13. Qe2 ({White should play} 13. c4 $16) 13... e5 $14 14. h3 {The position is equal.} Qe7 15. Rfd1 Bf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... e4 16. Nh2 Bf5 17. a4 cxd4 18. exd4 Nd5 19. Bxd5 Rxd5 {0-1 (36) Johansson,V (2179)-Terao,J (2187) Istanbul 2012}) 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. d5 Nb8 {[%cal Bc6b8,Bb8d7,Bd7e5,Be5d3][%mdl 32]} 18. c4 Nbd7 19. Nh4 Bh7 20. Bb1 e4 {next ...g5 is good for Black.} 21. g3 (21. f4 $1 $14) 21... Ne5 $15 22. f4 Nd3 23. Rc2 {[#]} (23. Bxd3 $11 exd3 24. Rxd3) 23... b5 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 24. cxb5 Nxb2 25. Rxb2 c4 (25... Nxd5 $5 {[%cal Rd5c3]} 26. Qe1 g5 $15) 26. Rbd2 Qxa3 {...c3 is the strong threat.} 27. Rd4 {[#]} (27. d6 $15) 27... c3 (27... Ne8 $1 $17 {Threatens to win with ...Nd6.} 28. Bxe4 Bxe4 29. Rxe4 Nd6) 28. Bc2 Qc5 (28... Qd6 $17) 29. d6 $11 Rd7 30. Ba4 (30. Bb3 $5 {[%cal Rd4c4]} Qb6 31. Qa2 $11) 30... Qb6 31. Ng2 h5 32. g4 hxg4 33. hxg4 Rcd8 $36 {[%cal Rd7d6][%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 34. g5 Ne8 35. Qc4 Rxd6 36. Rxd6 Rxd6 37. Rxd6 Nxd6 38. Qxc3 Bf5 39. Kf2 (39. Qe5 $11 {remains equal.}) 39... Nxb5 $17 40. Qe5 Nd6 41. Nh4 g6 (41... Be6 $15 42. f5 Bc4) 42. Nxf5 $11 gxf5 43. Qc3 a5 44. Bb3 Qb4 45. Qxb4 (45. Qc2 $1 $11) 45... axb4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} 46. g6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (46. Ke2 $17) 46... Kg7 $19 47. gxf7 Nxf7 48. Ke2 Kg6 49. Kd2 Nd6 50. Bd5 Kh5 51. Be6 Kg4 52. Ke2 Nb7 53. Bg8 Nc5 54. Kd2 b3 {[%cal Bb4b3,Bb3b2][%mdl 32]} 55. Ke2 b2 {Black mates.} 56. Ba2 Na6 57. Bb1 Nb4 58. Kf2 Nd5 {Precision: White = 37%, Black = 63%.} 0-1

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zujev, Oleg"]
[Black "Maze, Sebastien"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,86,74,66,96,80,88,71,133,56,69,69,57,66,157,114,117,-46,-54,-75,-62,-75,-75,-59,-47,-75,0,-57,-60,-49,-58,-122,-113,-139,-138,-138,-128,-125,-108,-108,-104,-108,-103,-122,-113,-189,-97,-105,-93,-105,-101,-93,-99,-223,-184,-400,-418,-349,-352,-545,-513,-456,-271,-281,-285,-309,-302,-532,-520,-529,-532,-498,-493,-29975,-29977,-29975,-29973]} 1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 c6 5. h3 b5 6. e5 dxe5 7. dxe5 {LiveBook: 20 Games} Nfd7 {B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems} (7... Qxd1+ 8. Rxd1 Nfd7 9. f4 Bg7 10. g3 a6 11. Bg2 f6 12. e6 Nf8 13. Nd5 Nxe6 14. Nb6 Bb7 15. Nxa8 Bxa8 {1-0 (32) Kurnosov,I (2527)-Gagunashvili,M (2582) Groningen 2003}) 8. f4 Bg7 9. Nf3 Qc7 (9... O-O $142) 10. a4 $146 (10. h4 $16) ({Predecessor:} 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Nb6 12. Ng5 b4 13. Nce4 Nd5 14. Bc5 Nd7 15. Qe1 Nxc5 16. Nxc5 {0-1 (40) Avdeenko,T (2186)-Bronnikova,E (2287) Obninsk 2007}) 10... b4 $14 11. Ne4 Nb6 12. c4 Bf5 (12... bxc3 $1 $14 13. Nxc3 Qb7) 13. Nc5 N6d7 14. Nh4 $2 (14. Nb3 $1 $16) 14... Nxc5 $15 15. Nxf5 gxf5 16. Bxc5 Bxe5 $1 17. Bd4 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 {[#]} O-O (18... Rg8 $1 $17) 19. O-O-O ({Better is} 19. Qe3 $11) 19... c5 20. Qe3 Nc6 21. g4 (21. Qxc5 $15 Qxf4+ 22. Kb1) 21... Rad8 $17 22. Rd5 {[#]} e6 $1 {[%cal Re6d5]} 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 (23... Nxd8 $6 24. Bd3 $11) 24. gxf5 Qd6 {[%csl Gd8][%cal Rd6d1]} 25. Bg2 Nd4 ({Of course not} 25... exf5 $6 26. Bxc6 Qxc6 27. Rg1+ Kh8 28. Qe5+ f6 29. Qe7 $11) 26. fxe6 Qxe6 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black is out for blood.} 27. Qxe6 fxe6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 28. Be4 (28. Rf1 $17 {was necessary.}) 28... Rf8 ({Black should try} 28... Ne2+ $19 29. Kc2 Rd4) 29. Rg1+ Kh8 30. Kd2 Rxf4 31. Ke3 Rh4 32. Rg5 (32. Rg3 $17 {keeps fighting.}) 32... Rxh3+ $19 33. Kf4 $2 (33. Kf2) 33... Ne2+ 34. Ke5 Re3 35. Kxe6 (35. Rg2 $142) 35... Rxe4+ {KRN-KR} 36. Kd5 Re8 (36... Re3 $142 {...Nd4 is the strong threat.} 37. Rf5 Rb3 38. Kxc5 Rxb2 39. Rf8+ Kg7) 37. Kxc5 Rg8 38. Rd5 Nf4 39. Rd7 $2 (39. Rd6 {was called for.}) 39... h5 {[%cal Bh7h5,Bh5h4,Bh4h3,Bh3h2][%mdl 32]} 40. Kxb4 h4 41. c5 h3 42. c6 (42. Rd1 $19 Rg2 43. c6) 42... h2 43. Rd1 {[#]} Nd5+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 31%, Black = 76%.} 0-1

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bates, Richard A"]
[Black "Handke, Florian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D74"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 31,92,14,14,25,10,23,21,28,29,22,18,9,9,9,6,5,20,31,33,0,0,0,0,0,20,0,0,0,16,16,21,8,39,0,4,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,-32,-32,-164,-171,-244,-243,-248,-238,-536,-532,-529,-502,-630,-618,-12838,-9550,-11919,-7550,-6444,-6440]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6a5,Ba5c4][%mdl 32]} 8. e4 Nb6 9. d5 Na5 10. Qe1 Nac4 11. Nc3 e6 12. b3 {D74: Fianchetto Grünfeld: Main Line (5 Nf3 0-0 6 cxd5 Nxd5 7 0-0)} Qf6 13. bxc4 Qxc3 14. Qxc3 Bxc3 15. Rb1 exd5 16. cxd5 Re8 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 17. Bd2 Bg7 18. Rfe1 c6 (18... Bd7 19. Bf4 c6 {½-½ (32) Tkachiev,V (2660)-Cornette,M (2579) Drancy 2016}) 19. dxc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19. d6 Be6 {1-0 (33) Fuest,M-Nurbekoglu,M corr 1997}) 19... bxc6 20. Rbc1 Be6 21. Bc3 Bxa2 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Rxc6 Red8 24. Ra1 Be6 25. Ng5 Bd7 26. Rc5 h6 27. Nf3 Be6 28. Ne5 Rd2 (28... a5 {feels hotter.} 29. f4 a4 30. Rb5 Nc4 31. f5 Nxe5 32. fxe6 f6) 29. h4 Rc8 30. Rxc8 Nxc8 31. Nc6 Rd7 32. f4 Rc7 33. e5 Bd7 34. Nb4 (34. Nd4 {keeps more tension.} Rc4 35. Ne2 Rc5 36. Kf2 a5 37. Bf3) 34... Ne7 35. Nd5 Nxd5 36. Bxd5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rc5 37. Rd1 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4,Ba4a3][%mdl 32]} 38. Rd2 {[#]} (38. Be4 $15 Rc7 39. Kf2) 38... Bf5 $1 $19 39. Kf2 (39. e6 $142 fxe6 40. Bf3) 39... a4 40. Ba2 a3 41. e6 $2 (41. Ke3 {was called for.} Rc3+ 42. Kf2) 41... fxe6 {Black is clearly winning.} 42. Bb3 Rc3 43. Bd1 Rd3 44. Rxd3 Bxd3 45. Bb3 Kf6 46. g4 Bb1 {Precision: White = 23%, Black = 79%.} 0-1

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gumularz, Szymon"]
[Black "Fernandez, Daniel Howard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2376"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,105,12,27,4,0,9,19,19,19,19,20,23,24,18,22,24,20,24,28,19,18,30,29,19,32,16,41,7,8,13,19,6,8,6,3,8,4,3,7,5,10,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,0,0,-23,-23,-23,-23,-23,-23,-73,-73,-81,-53,-54,-54,-54,-54,-54,-54,-54,0,-10,-10,-10,0,0,0,-11,0,-12,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 b6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 c5 4. Nf3 Bb7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nc6 {A34: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3, lines with ...d5} 7. Nc2 Nf6 8. Be2 Be7 9. O-O O-O {LiveBook: 3 Games} 10. Be3 Rc8 11. b3 Nb4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Qc7 12. f4 Rfd8 13. Bf3 Qb8 14. Qe2 {½-½ (44) Arribas Lopez,A (2513)-Zherebukh,Y (2632) Norfolk 2017}) 12. e5 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Nxb4 Bxb4 15. Qd4 Bc6 16. Rad1 f6 17. exf6 Qxf6 18. Qg4 Bc5 19. Bxc5 bxc5 20. Bd3 Qf4 21. Qh5 h6 22. Qe2 Rf6 23. f3 Rcf8 24. Rfe1 Qd4+ 25. Qf2 Qxf2+ 26. Kxf2 d6 $1 27. Be4 Bxe4 28. Rxe4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} e5 29. Ke3 Kf7 30. f4 exf4+ $1 31. Rxf4 Re8+ 32. Kf3 Rxf4+ 33. Kxf4 {KR-KR} Re2 34. Kf3 Rxa2 35. Rxd6 Ra3 36. Rc6 Rxb3+ 37. Kf2 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4,Ba4a3][%mdl 32]} 38. Rxc5 a4 39. Ra5 a3 40. c5 Ke6 41. Ra6+ Kd7 42. g4 Rh3 43. Kg2 Rc3 44. Kf2 Kc7 {And now ...Kb7 would win.} 45. c6 g5 46. Kg2 {The position is equal.} Kd6 47. Kf2 Rc2+ 48. Kg3 $1 Rc3+ 49. Kg2 Rc2+ 50. Kg3 Ra2 51. Kh3 Ra1 (51... Kc7 $5) 52. Kg2 Kc7 53. Kh3 {Precision: White = 72%, Black = 66%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan"]
[Black "Bellaiche, Anthony"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C97"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,156,10,4,10,7,12,4,14,0,33,34,37,35,80,16,19,0,0,0,0,-13,12,0,22,-64,-46,-59,-13,-13,-8,-142,-131,-141,-127,-211,-198,-183,-122,-110,-120,-146,-153,-146,-141,-143,-164,-156,-162,-141,-168,-156,-161,-168,-147,-163,-141,-146,-146,-139,-137,-142,-60,-66,-65,-269,-265,-263,-264,-329,-327,-367,-363,-348,-325,-292,-136,-136,-136,-136,-136,-136,-49,-49,-44,-44,-13,-101,-101,-143,-44,-44,0,-145,0,-95,-44,-44,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,0,0,0,0,0,-6,-13,-14,-13,-14,-14,-27,-14,-27,-27,-27,-27,-27,-27,-27,-27,-27,0,-27,-27,-27,-27,-27,-27]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. Re1 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. d5 Nd7 {C97: Closed Ruy Lopez: Chigorin Defence: 11 d4 Qc7, sidelines} (12... Nc4 13. b3 Nb6 14. a4 Bd7 15. a5 Nc8 16. c4 b4 17. Nbd2 Bd8 18. Nf1 Kh8 19. Ra2 Qb8 20. Be3 Ne7 {1-0 (63) Grischuk,A (2761)-Rapport,R (2694) Geneve 2017}) 13. b3 Nb6 14. Nbd2 {LiveBook: 5 Games} Bd7 {The position is equal.} 15. Nf1 c4 16. b4 Nb7 {[#]} 17. Ng3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. g4 a5 18. Ng3 axb4 19. cxb4 Rfc8 20. Kh2 Na4 {1-0 (40) Mekhitarian,K (2551)-Carvalho,H (2153) Campo Grande 2015}) 17... g6 18. Bh6 Rfe8 19. Nh2 Nd8 20. Ng4 (20. Qf3 $16) 20... f6 $1 $11 21. f4 Bxg4 $1 22. Qxg4 Nf7 23. Nf5 $1 Bf8 24. Bxf8 Rxf8 25. g3 ({White should try} 25. fxe5 $11 Nxe5 26. Qg3) 25... a5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 26. a3 Ra6 {Threatens to win with ...Qa7.} 27. Ne3 Qa7 28. Rac1 (28. Qd1 $11) 28... axb4 $17 29. axb4 Ra3 $1 30. Bd1 (30. Kg2 $17 {was worth a try.}) 30... Ra1 $1 $19 {[%cal Ra1c1]} 31. Rc2 {[#]} exf4 (31... f5 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 32. Qf3 (32. Nxf5 Nxd5+) 32... Re8) 32. gxf4 $17 Re8 $1 {And now ...Nxd5! would win.} 33. Qf3 {[#]} f5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 34. exf5 {[#]} Nxd5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 35. Qxd5 Rxe3 36. Rxe3 Qxe3+ 37. Kg2 Qxf4 38. fxg6 hxg6 39. Rf2 Qg5+ 40. Qxg5 Nxg5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 41. Bc2 Kg7 $1 42. h4 Nf7 $1 43. Be4 Ne5 ({Black should play} 43... Rc1 $1 $17 {[%cal Rc1c3]} 44. Rf3 Re1) 44. Rd2 $1 $15 Re1 45. Bb7 $2 {[#]} (45. Rd4 $1 $15) 45... Nd3 $1 $19 46. Ra2 Rc1 47. Ra3 {[#]} d5 $1 {[%cal Bd6d5,Bd5d4][%mdl 544]} 48. Bc6 {[#]} (48. Bxd5 Nf4+) 48... d4 $1 {[%cal Rd4c3][%mdl 512]} 49. cxd4 c3 {aiming for ...c2.} (49... Nxb4 50. Bxb5 c3 51. Ba4 $19) 50. Bxb5 c2 (50... Nxb4 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top. Hoping for ...c2.} 51. Ba4 c2) 51. Rxd3 $17 {Rc3 is the strong threat.} (51. Ra7+ $2 Kh6) 51... Rg1+ $1 52. Kxg1 {Rc3 would kill now.} c1=Q+ {KQ-KRB} 53. Kg2 Qc8 (53... Qb2+ $17 54. Kf3 Qxb4) 54. d5 $15 Qg4+ {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 55. Rg3 $1 {[%cal Rg3g4]} Qe4+ 56. Kf2 (56. Kh3 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 56... Qd4+ $17 ({But not} 56... Qxd5 57. Bd3 $11) 57. Ke2 Qe5+ ({Much worse is} 57... Qxd5 $6 58. Bd3 $11) (57... Qxh4 $17 58. Kf3 Qh5+ 59. Ke3 Qe5+ 60. Kf2 Qxd5) 58. Kf2 $15 Qd4+ (58... Qf4+ $15 59. Kg2 Qxb4) 59. Ke2 $17 Qe4+ ({Of course not} 59... Qxd5 $6 60. Bd3 $11) 60. Kf2 $1 Qf4+ (60... Qxh4 $17 61. Bd3 g5) 61. Kg2 $15 Qd2+ 62. Kh3 $1 Qxd5 63. Bd3 Qh1+ 64. Kg4 Qb7 65. Kh3 Qxb4 66. Rxg6+ Kf7 67. Rg3 Qb7 68. h5 Qh1+ 69. Kg4 Kf6 70. Bg6 Qd1+ 71. Rf3+ Kg7 72. Kg3 Qe1+ 73. Kg4 Qg1+ 74. Kh3 Qh1+ 75. Kg3 Qe1+ 76. Kg4 Kh6 {Black has an edge.} 77. Rf7 {[%csl Gg6][%cal Rf7h7]} Qe6+ 78. Kf4 {[%csl Gg6][%cal Rf7h7]} Qd6+ {Precision: White = 49%, Black = 57%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Quillan, Gary"]
[Black "Hector, Jonny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C74"]
[WhiteElo "2344"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,104,47,64,66,70,67,52,70,54,53,39,62,95,88,86,92,89,87,102,97,109,101,90,38,68,45,58,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,22,14,8,10,11,14,16,0,0,0,0,-10,0,0,0,-188,-173,-247,-279,-283,-276,-276,-273,-248,-245,-406,-395,-653,-667,-1273,-341,-1385,-1278,-1519,-1247,-1301,-1164,-1077,-823,-749,-592,-1089,-807,-4614,-4614,-5106,-2738]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 f5 6. exf5 Bxf5 7. O-O Bd3 8. Re1 Be7 9. Bc2 Bxc2 10. Qxc2 Nf6 11. d4 O-O 12. d5 {C74: Ruy Lopez: Deferred Steinitz: 5 c3 f5} e4 13. Ng5 Ne5 {[#] LiveBook: 6 Games} 14. Nd2 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 14. Ne6 Qd7 15. Nd2 e3 16. Rxe3 Nxd5 17. Nxf8 Nxe3 18. Qxh7+ Kxf8 19. fxe3 Re8 20. e4 d5 21. Nb3 dxe4 22. Be3 Bf6 23. Rf1 Ng4 24. Bd4 Qc6 25. Bc5+ {1-0 (25) Anand,V (2715)-Jussupow,A (2665) Wijk aan Zee 1994}) 14... Qe8 15. Ndxe4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Re4h7] [#]} Bxg5 $1 17. Bxg5 Qh5 18. Bf4 {[%cal Rf4e5]} Ng4 19. Bg3 Nf6 {[#]} 20. Qc4 $1 Nxd5 21. Qb3 Qf7 22. Qxb7 Rab8 23. Qxa6 Rxb2 24. Qc4 (24. Qd3 $16) 24... Nb6 25. Qxf7+ Kxf7 26. Reb1 ({White should play} 26. a4 $14) 26... Rxb1+ $11 27. Rxb1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Ke6 28. Re1+ Kd7 29. Bh4 Kc6 (29... Rf7 {looks sharper.} 30. f3 c5 31. Re2 Nd5 32. Be1 Kc6) 30. Re7 Rg8 $1 31. f3 Nd5 32. Re4 Ra8 33. Rc4+ Kd7 34. a4 g6 35. Bf2 c5 36. Rh4 h5 37. c4 $2 (37. Be1 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 37... Rxa4 $19 38. cxd5 {KRB-KR} (38. h3 {keeps fighting.} Nb6 39. Rf4) 38... Ra1+ 39. Be1 Rxe1+ {KR-KR} 40. Kf2 Re5 41. Rf4 Rxd5 42. g4 $2 (42. Ke3) 42... Rd2+ 43. Kg3 $2 (43. Ke3 Rxh2 44. Rf6) 43... g5 44. Rf5 h4+ 45. Kh3 c4 {[%cal Bc5c4,Bc4c3,Bc3c2][%mdl 32] Black is clearly winning.} 46. Rxg5 Re2 47. Ra5 c3 48. Ra7+ Kd8 49. Ra8+ Ke7 50. f4 c2 51. Rc8 Kd7 52. Rc3 d5 {Precision: White = 53%, Black = 75%.} 0-1

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Radovanovic, Jovica"]
[Black "Abergel, Thal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,70,11,15,0,0,-21,-19,-20,-16,-19,-16,-29,-11,-14,-16,-42,0,0,0,-20,32,18,55,29,70,27,19,14,60,0,-2,-18,0,-31,-26,-14,-25,-19,-22,-32,-13,-26,0,-13,0,0,0,0,0,-60,-72,-78,-79,-66,-83,-29993,-29994,-29994,-29995]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. f3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 e6 {LiveBook: 17 Partien} 8. Rb1 $146 {A50: Damenindisch (ohne e7-e6)} ({Vorgänger:} 8. Be3 Be7 9. Bb5+ c6 10. Ba4 O-O 11. Ne2 b5 12. Bb3 Nd7 13. O-O a5 14. Nf4 c5 15. a4 bxa4 16. Bxa4 cxd4 17. cxd4 {1-0 (47) Granda Zuniga,J (2675)-Anton Guijarro,D (2609) Linares 2014}) 8... Be7 9. Bc4 O-O 10. Ne2 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} c5 11. O-O Nc6 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Rc1 Rad8 14. Qe1 a6 15. Qf2 b5 16. Bd3 c4 ({Lieber} 16... Rd7 $11) 17. Bb1 e5 18. f4 f6 19. Kh1 Ba3 20. Rcd1 exd4 21. Nxd4 (21. cxd4 $14 Rde8 22. d5) 21... Nxd4 $11 22. Bxd4 {zielt auf Lb6 ab.} Qc6 23. Qg3 Bc5 24. Bxc5 Qxc5 25. e5 {[#] Dh3 ist eine echte Drohung.} Qe7 {Und ...fxe5 würde nun gewinnen.} 26. Qh4 g6 27. h3 Rde8 28. Qg3 Kh8 {[%cal Rf6e5]} 29. Rfe1 fxe5 30. Rxe5 Qf6 31. Rd7 ({Günstiger ist} 31. Kh2 $11) 31... Bc6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Schwarz ist am Drücker.} 32. Ra7 Rxe5 33. fxe5 Qe6 $1 {Und weiter mit ...Tf1+ wäre nett.} 34. Qh4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (34. Kh2 $17) 34... Rf1+ 35. Kh2 Qxe5+ {Precision: Weiß = 40%, Schwarz = 48%.} 0-1

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jahongir Vakhidov"]
[Black "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A63"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,97,28,24,22,10,20,19,22,36,16,41,36,22,25,22,0,0,0,0,-19,0,0,0,0,0,14,60,55,59,56,95,101,149,139,170,143,144,159,329,320,358,312,324,333,333,328,405,369,466,393,403,372,354,338,370,394,342,370,361,336,839,731,832,820,879,898,991,931,2238,2030,1504,1432,12844,12843,12843,12843,12843,12841]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Re1 a6 11. a4 Nbd7 {LiveBook: 49 Games} 12. Qc2 {A63: Modern Benoni: Fianchetto Variation: 9...Nbd7} (12. e4 Ng4 13. Nd2 Nge5 14. Bf1 Nf8 15. a5 g5 16. f4 gxf4 17. gxf4 Ng4 18. Nf3 f5 19. h3 fxe4 20. Nxe4 Nf6 {½-½ (34) Ding,L (2755)-Grischuk,A (2794) Tsaghkadzor 2015}) 12... Rb8 {[%cal Ba8b8,Bb8b6,Bb6b4][%mdl 32]} 13. Bf4 Qc7 14. a5 {The position is equal.} b5 15. axb6 $1 Rxb6 16. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Ra2 Qb8 17. Bd2 Rb4 18. Nd1 Rbe4 19. Nc3 R4e7 {0-1 (40) Koniushkov,I (2280)-Kushch,N (2370) Yalta 1996}) 16... Rb4 17. e4 a5 18. Nd2 Ba6 19. Nb3 Nh5 20. Bc1 a4 21. Nxa4 c4 22. Nd2 Ne5 23. Re3 Qb7 24. Nf1 Bb5 25. Rea3 $1 Nd3 26. Bd2 Bd4 27. Bxb4 Nxb4 {[#]} 28. Qd2 $1 {[%cal Rd2b4]} Nd3 29. Kh2 f5 $2 (29... Bxa4 $16 {might work better.} 30. Rxa4 Qxb2) 30. exf5 $18 gxf5 31. Nc3 Bd7 {[#]} 32. b3 $1 Bc5 (32... cxb3 33. Qxd3) 33. bxc4 Nxf2 34. Ra5 Qc8 35. Ra8 Qxa8 36. Rxa8 Rxa8 37. Nb5 Nf6 {[#]} 38. Nxd6 $1 {[%mdl 512] Black must now prevent Qg5+.} N6g4+ (38... Bxd6 39. Qxf2) 39. hxg4 Nxg4+ {[#]} 40. Kh3 $1 Nf2+ $2 (40... Bxd6 41. Bf3 Ne5) 41. Kh4 {Strongly threatening Qg5+.White is clearly winning.} Bxd6 42. Qxf2 Ra6 43. Bf3 f4 44. gxf4 Bxf4 {[#]} 45. d6 $1 Rxd6 46. Bd5+ Kg7 47. Qxf4 {Threatening mate with Qf7+.} Rh6+ 48. Kg3 {Qf7+ would kill now.} Rg6+ 49. Kh2 {Precision: White = 93%, Black = 48%.} 1-0

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Hambleton, Aman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,143,38,25,46,33,62,54,56,46,59,54,64,50,57,57,55,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,4,12,6,0,0,0,-37,-9,-40,-40,-63,-55,-46,-54,-71,-59,-64,-63,-70,-69,-69,-70,-66,-59,-63,-70,-211,-206,-172,-29,-43,-8,-53,-40,-28,-29,-26,-32,-135,-119,-118,-118,-182,-177,-149,-137,-140,-150,-157,-149,-153,-151,-135,-96,-131,-103,-101,-129,-108,-91,-96,-97,-97,-97,-97,-98,-93,-93,-495,-393,-964,-913,-913,-789,-653,-262,-233,0,-286,0,-190,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. a3 b5 8. Nxc6 Qxc6 9. Be2 Bb7 {B49: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 Be3 a6 7 Be2} 10. O-O {LiveBook: 12 Games} Bd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Rc8 11. f4 Bc5 12. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 13. Kh1 d6 14. Bf3 Nf6 15. Qe1 e5 16. Rd1 O-O 17. f5 {0-1 (40) Li,R (2574)-Ramirez,A (2550) Saint Louis 2017}) 11. Qd4 e5 {White is slightly better.} 12. Qd3 Nf6 {[%cal Rf6e4]} 13. Rad1 Bc5 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Qd6 16. Bxc5 Qxc5 17. c4 (17. b4 $14 Qd6 18. a4) 17... bxc4 $11 18. Qxc4 Qxc4 19. Bxc4 Rc8 20. Bd3 Rc5 21. d6 O-O 22. Rfe1 g6 23. b4 Rd5 24. Bc2 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Bc6 26. Re1 f6 27. Rc1 a5 28. bxa5 Ra8 29. Bb3+ Kf8 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 30. Rc5 Rb8 $1 {[%cal Rb8b3]} 31. Bc2 Kf7 $1 32. f4 Ke6 33. fxe5 fxe5 34. a6 Kxd6 35. Ra5 Rb2 36. a7 Ba8 (36... Rxc2 $2 37. Ra6 $18) 37. Bd3 ({White has to play} 37. Ba4 $1 $15) 37... Rxg2+ $19 38. Kf1 Rb2 (38... Rxh2 $19 39. Bc4 Rh4) 39. Bc4 $11 {aiming for Bd5!} Rd2 40. Rb5 Rc2 $1 {[%cal Rc2c4]} (40... Rxh2 $6 41. Bd5 $1 $14 {[%mdl 512]}) 41. Bg8 Rc7 42. Ra5 $1 h6 {[%cal Bh7h6,Bh6g5,Bg5g4,Bg4g3][%mdl 32]} 43. h4 ({White should play} 43. Bd5 $15 Rc8 44. Bxa8 Rxa8 45. Ra6+ Kc5 46. a4) 43... Rc8 $17 44. Bb3 g5 45. hxg5 (45. Ra6+ $17 {was necessary.} Rc6 46. Ra5) 45... hxg5 $19 46. Kf2 Rf8+ 47. Kg1 g4 48. Rb5 {Rb8 would now be nice for White.} Rc8 49. Rb8 Kc7 50. Rb5 g3 {And now ...Kd6 would win.} 51. Bd5 Bxd5 52. Rxd5 $17 {KR-KR} d6 $1 53. Kg2 Ra8 $1 {[%cal Ra8a7]} 54. Ra5 Kb6 55. Rd5 Kc6 $1 {[%cal Rc6d5]} ({Of course not} 55... Kxa7 $6 56. Rxd6 Kb7 57. Kxg3 $11) 56. Ra5 Kb7 $1 57. Rd5 Rd8 $1 ({Much worse is} 57... Kxa7 $6 58. Rxd6 Kb7 59. Kxg3 $11) 58. Ra5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (58. Rb5+ $17 Kxa7 59. Kxg3) 58... Rg8 $1 $19 59. Rd5 $2 {[#]} (59. Ra4 Ra8 60. Rb4+ Kxa7 61. Rb2) 59... Rg6 $1 60. Ra5 Ka8 61. Ra4 Rg7 (61... d5 $142 62. Ra5 Rd6 63. Kxg3 e4) 62. Ra6 Rg6 ({Worse is} 62... Rxa7 63. Rxd6 Rxa3 64. Rg6 $11) 63. Ra4 $1 Rg7 64. Ra6 $1 Rxa7 $2 (64... d5 $19 65. Ra5 Rd7 66. Kxg3 e4) 65. Rxd6 $11 {The position is equal.} Rxa3 66. Re6 Re3 67. Re7 Kb8 68. Rg7 e4 69. Rxg3 Rxg3+ 70. Kxg3 e3 71. Kf3 e2 72. Kxe2 {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 73%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Black "Akash Pc, Iyer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,105,22,33,0,33,9,16,7,12,-2,39,0,3,1,13,14,27,27,21,8,8,10,13,5,13,0,0,-16,-4,-2,-10,-18,-29,-22,0,0,18,0,20,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,7,53,57,47,56,61,55,57,57,147,163,160,162,366,366,364,366,357,294,357,357,357,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,8,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. d4 {[%cal Bd2d4,Bd4d5][%mdl 32]} Nc6 7. Nc3 Bf5 8. d5 Na5 9. Nd4 Bd7 10. b3 c5 11. dxc6 bxc6 {LiveBook: 102 Partien} 12. Nc2 {E62: Königsindisch (6...Sc6)} (12. Bb2 Rb8 13. Rb1 Qc8 14. Re1 Bh3 15. e4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Rd8 17. Qe2 e5 18. Nc2 d5 19. exd5 cxd5 20. cxd5 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Rxd5 {1-0 (53) Korobov,A (2688)-Mazur,S (2459) Minsk 2017}) 12... Rb8 (12... d5 $5) 13. Bf4 {[#]} Nh5 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 13... c5 14. Qd2 Bc6 15. e4 Nd7 16. Rad1 Ba8 {0-1 (40) Khusenkhojaev,M (2377)-Levin,E (2505) St Petersburg 2013}) 14. Bd2 c5 15. Nd5 Nc6 16. Rb1 Nf6 {[%cal Bh5f6,Bf6e8,Be8g7,Bg7e6,Be6d4][%mdl 32]} 17. e4 Ne8 18. Bc3 Bxc3 19. Nxc3 Ng7 20. f4 Ne6 21. Qd2 Ned4 22. Ne3 f6 23. h4 Qe8 24. g4 h6 25. Qf2 Qf7 26. Qg3 Qg7 27. Rf2 Rbd8 28. Rbf1 e6 29. Kh2 Bc8 30. f5 Ne5 31. fxe6 (31. fxg6 {is interesting.} Nxg6 32. Bh3 Bb7 33. Ng2 Bc6 34. Nf4) 31... Bxe6 32. Ncd5 Bxd5 33. Nxd5 g5 34. Nxf6+ Rxf6 (34... Kh8 {is more complex.} 35. hxg5 Qxg5 36. Bh3 Rf7 37. Nd5 Rxf2+ 38. Rxf2 Rg8) 35. Rxf6 {zielt auf hxg5 ab.} gxh4 36. Qxh4 Nxg4+ 37. Kh3 $1 {Droht stark Tg6!} Nxf6 38. Rxf6 {Und e5 würde nun gewinnen.} Rf8 {[#]} ({Lieber} 38... Ne2 $14) 39. e5 $1 $16 Rxf6 40. exf6 Qd7+ $2 (40... Qg6 {ist eine bessere Verteidigung.}) 41. Kh2 $18 Qf5 42. Qg3+ (42. Qxh6 Qe5+ 43. Kh3 Qf5+ 44. Kh2 Qe5+ 45. Kh1 Qe1+ 46. Kh2 Qe5+ $11) 42... Qg5 43. Bd5+ ({Und nicht} 43. Qxd6 Qh4+ 44. Kg1 Qe1+ 45. Kh2 Qh4+ 46. Bh3 Qf2+ 47. Kh1 Qf3+ 48. Kh2 (48. Bg2 $2 Qd1+ 49. Bf1 Qxf1+ $19) 48... Qf2+ 49. Kh1 Qf3+ 50. Kh2 (50. Bg2 $2 Qd1+ 51. Bf1 Qxf1+ $19) 50... Qf2+ $11) 43... Kh7 44. Qxg5 ({Minderwertig wäre} 44. Qxd6 Qh5+ 45. Kg2 Qe2+ 46. Kh3 Qh5+ 47. Kg2 Qe2+ 48. Kh3 Qh5+ 49. Kg2 $11) 44... hxg5 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel [#] KL-KS} 45. Kg3 $2 ({Weiss braucht} 45. Kh3 $1 $18 {[%cal Rh3g4]} Kg6 46. f7) 45... Kg6 $11 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} 46. f7 Nf5+ 47. Kf3 Kg7 48. Kg4 Nh6+ $1 49. Kxg5 Nxf7+ 50. Kf5 {Schwarz muss nun Ke6 beachten.} Nd8 $1 51. a3 a5 52. a4 Kf8 $1 53. Kf6 {Precision: Weiß = 35%, Schwarz = 43%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Black "Gumularz, Szymon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,98,28,0,0,-20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,14,12,18,16,33,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 e6 8. Ne5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nd7 {B19: Classical Caro-Kann: 4...Bf5 main line} 11. f4 (11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. c3 Ngf6 13. O-O Be7 14. Nc4 Qd5 15. Ne3 Qb5 16. c4 Qa5 17. b4 Qd8 18. d5 {½-½ (55) Sutovsky,E (2683)-Caruana,F (2799) Douglas 2017}) 11... Be7 12. Nh5 {LiveBook: 5 Games} Ngf6 13. Nxg7+ Kf8 14. Nxe6+ fxe6 15. Bd2 Rh7 $1 {[#]} 16. Rh3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. g4 Kg8 17. Rg1 Nxe5 18. fxe5 {0-1 (38) Gharamian,T (2624)-Iturrizaga Bonelli,E (2652) Lisbon 2017}) 16... Rg7 {White must now prevent ...Nxe5.} 17. f5 $1 Nxe5 ({Don't do} 17... Rxg2 18. Ng6+ Ke8 19. O-O-O $17) 18. dxe5 Qxd3 19. Rxd3 Rxg2 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Rg1+.} 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. O-O-O exf5 22. Bxh6+ Kg8 $1 23. h5 Re8 {The position is equal.} 24. Re3 Rxe3 25. Bxe3 Bg5 26. Bxg5 Rxg5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} 27. Rd8+ Kh7 28. Ra8 a6 29. Rb8 Kh6 30. Rxb7 Kxh5 31. Rb6 Rg6 32. Kd2 Re6 33. Rxa6 f4 34. Ra8 f3 35. a4 Kg4 36. b4 f2 37. Rf8 Kg3 38. Kd3 Re8 39. Rf6 Re6 40. Rf8 Re8 41. Rf6 Re6 42. Rxf2 Kxf2 {KR-K3P} 43. Kd4 Re2 44. c3 Ra2 45. a5 Ke2 46. Kc5 Kd3 47. Kxc6 Kxc3 48. b5 Rxa5 49. b6 Ra6 {Precision: White = 86%, Black = 88%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Maze, Sebastien"]
[Black "Bilguun, Sumiya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2459"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,129,33,14,81,78,89,85,90,70,58,62,61,50,55,41,51,51,51,51,51,51,51,51,66,64,80,80,84,84,85,50,50,33,158,108,108,108,137,108,108,108,108,108,108,108,484,85,108,108,108,108,108,108,267,267,250,260,251,224,272,264,450,427,428,343,426,372,696,345,331,310,535,589,552,533,439,432,650,629,1213,1202,1043,915,29954,29953,29955,29961,29959,29939,29964,29965,29965,29965,29965,29963,29963,29944,4606,9735,5600,5360,29964,29966,29974,29975,29967,29968,29975,29976,29976,29977,29965,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. Be2 Bb4 8. O-O Nc6 9. Bg5 {B41: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 c4} Bxc3 10. Bxf6 $1 {LiveBook: 11 Games} Nxd4 (10... Bxb2 $11 {keeps the balance.} 11. Nxe6 (11. Bxg7 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bxa1 $11) 11... dxe6 12. Bxb2 O-O) 11. Bxd4 $16 {White is better.} Bxd4 12. Qxd4 e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... O-O 13. Rfd1 f6 14. c5 Rb8 15. Qd6 Qxd6 16. Rxd6 Kf7 17. a4 Ke7 18. a5 Kd8 19. f4 Kc7 20. Ra3 {1-0 (20) Predojevic,B (2607)-Weiss,C (2409) Austria 2014}) 13. Qd2 b6 14. Rfd1 Bb7 15. f3 Bc6 16. b4 b5 17. c5 O-O 18. Qc3 a5 19. a3 Ra7 20. Rd6 axb4 21. axb4 Rxa1+ 22. Qxa1 Re8 23. Bd1 Qd8 24. Bb3 Qg5 25. Qe1 g6 (25... Ra8 $14) 26. g3 Ra8 27. Kg2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} Qe7 28. h4 Kg7 29. Qc1 h5 30. Kf2 Ra7 31. Ke2 Qe8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (31... Qd8 $16 {is tougher.} 32. Qd2 Qf8) 32. Kd3 $2 (32. Qg5 $18 {and the rest is easy.}) 32... Qe7 33. Kc2 Ra8 34. Kb2 Rf8 35. Qd2 Ra8 $2 {[#]} (35... Rh8 $16 36. Qe1 Bb7) 36. Qg5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rg5e7]} f6 37. Qd2 Rc8 38. Qd3 Rc7 39. g4 Ra7 $2 (39... Rc8 {might work better.} 40. gxh5 gxh5) 40. Qe3 hxg4 41. fxg4 Ra8 42. h5 gxh5 $2 (42... Rf8 43. hxg6 Rd8) 43. gxh5 (43. Qf3 $142 Rh8 44. gxh5) 43... Kh7 44. Qf3 Qg7 $2 (44... Rf8 {was called for.} 45. Bd5 Qg7 46. Bxc6 dxc6 47. Rxc6 Qg1) 45. Rxf6 Qg5 {intending ...Qd2+.} 46. Qf5+ Qxf5 47. Rxf5 ({Less strong is} 47. exf5 e4 $18) 47... Bxe4 (47... Re8 $142 48. Kc3 Bxe4 49. Rf7+ Kh6 50. Rxd7 Rf8) 48. Rxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Bc6 49. Bd5 Ra4 50. Kb3 Ra6 51. Bxc6 dxc6 {KR-KR} 52. Re6 Kg7 53. Rd6 Kh7 54. h6 Kg8 55. Rd7 Ra8 56. Rc7 Ra6 57. Rg7+ Kh8 58. Rb7 Ra8 59. Rc7 Ra6 60. Kc3 {White mates.} Ra3+ 61. Kd4 Rb3 62. Rxc6 Rxb4+ 63. Kd5 Rh4 64. Rb6 Rh5+ 65. Ke4 $2 {[%mdl 32768] Precision: White = 75%, Black = 41%. . Sensor Board Error (Ke4/e5)?} (65. Kc6 {mates} Kg8 66. Kxb5 Kh7 67. Rb7+ Kg6 {[#]} 68. h7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kf6 69. Kb6 Ke5 70. c6) 1-0

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hawkins, Jonathan"]
[Black "Cornette, Matthieu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,73,48,0,0,-34,0,0,9,0,12,14,22,-16,12,-6,-6,-2,0,-11,0,-121,-51,-38,-27,-35,-3,-43,0,0,0,0,0,-13,11,14,13,5,202,200,870,800,12839,12839,12840,12840,12841,12841,12841,12842]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 {[%cal Bc1g5,Bg5h4,Bh4g3,Bg3e5][%mdl 32]} h6 7. Bh4 c5 8. dxc5 g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. e3 {E35: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...d5 5 cxd5 exd5} Qa5 (10... Bf5 11. Bxb8 Nxc3 12. Qxf5 Ne4+ 13. Ke2 Qxb8 14. Qxd5 {1-0 (14) Nakamura,H (2779)-Topalov,V (2760) Saint Louis 2016}) 11. Nge2 {[%cal Bg1e2,Be2d4,Bd4b3][%mdl 32]} Bf5 12. Be5 O-O 13. Nd4 Re8 14. Bxb8 {LiveBook: 17 Games} Nxc3 15. Qxf5 {Threatens to win with Nb3.} Ne4+ 16. Kd1 Raxb8 17. Bd3 $1 Bxc5 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Ra5d2]} 18. Nb3 $1 {[%cal Rb3a5]} Qb6 19. Ke2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19. Rc1 Bf8 20. h4 Bg7 21. hxg5 {½-½ (21) Inarkiev,E (2469)-Yemelin,V (2522) St Petersburg 2001}) 19... Bf8 20. h4 $132 {[%mdl 2048] White is not keeping still} ({Don't go for} 20. Qxd5 $2 Nxf2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 21. Qd4 Nxh1 $19) 20... Bg7 21. hxg5 Re5 22. Qf3 {Threatening gxh6.} hxg5 23. Rh3 {[#]} (23. Kf1 $11) 23... Rbe8 (23... a5 $1 $17 {[%cal Ra5a4] White must now prevent ...a4.} 24. Rc1 Rbe8) 24. Kf1 $15 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32] And now ...a4 would win.} 25. Kg1 R5e6 26. Qf5 (26. Bxe4 $5 Rxe4 27. Qf5 $11) 26... a4 (26... Rf6 $5 {[%cal Rf6f5]} 27. Qh7+ (27. Qxd5 Nxf2 28. Bh7+ Kh8 $17) 27... Kf8 28. Bxe4 dxe4 $11) 27. Nd4 Bxd4 28. exd4 Qxd4 29. Bb5 R8e7 30. Rc1 {[%cal Ba1c1,Bc1c3,Bc3g3][%mdl 32]} Nd6 31. Qxg5+ Qg7 $2 (31... Kf8 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 32. Bxa4 Qxf2+ 33. Kxf2 Ne4+ 34. Kg1 Nxg5) 32. Qxd5 $18 {aiming for Rc8+!} Qxb2 $2 (32... Re1+ 33. Kh2 Qe5+ 34. Qxe5 R1xe5) 33. Rcc3 {White is clearly winning.} Ne4 34. Qd8+ Re8 35. Bxe8 {Threatening mate with Bd7+.} Qxf2+ 36. Kh2 {Bc6+ would kill now.} Qf4+ {[#]} 37. Rcg3+ $1 {Precision: White = 65%, Black = 13%.} 1-0

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Donchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A27"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,65,55,61,49,43,-19,97,75,85,77,103,112,106,108,99,104,138,136,150,152,137,0,145,0,146,148,145,99,96,112,106,78,115,130,134,134,122,0,136,138,133,119,87,8,20,23,19,15,18,39,50,18,74,45]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Nc3 f5 4. Nf3 Nf6 (4... d6 5. d4 e4 6. d5 Ne5 7. Nxe5 dxe5 8. g4 g6 9. gxf5 gxf5 10. Rg1 Nf6 11. Bg5 Be7 12. e3 Rg8 {1-0 (27) Aronian,L (2793)-Ivanchuk,V (2738) Leuven 2017}) 5. d4 e4 6. Nh4 {A27: English Opening: Three Knights Variation} g6 7. Bg5 Bg7 {LiveBook: 18 Games} 8. e3 {White is slightly better.} O-O 9. c5 $146 ({White should try} 9. Ng2 $14) ({Predecessor:} 9. Ng2 d6 10. h4 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nf4 {½-½ (32) Doyle,H (1903)-Gupta,A (1818) Gatwick 2011}) 9... Ne7 (9... b6 $11) 10. Bc4+ Kh8 {[#]} 11. Ng2 $1 d5 12. cxd6 $1 Qxd6 13. Nf4 Bd7 14. h4 h5 15. Qb3 Qb6 16. Qa3 Qd6 17. Qb3 Qb6 $1 18. Qa3 Qd6 $1 19. Qxd6 cxd6 20. Ne6 Rfc8 21. Bb3 b5 22. Bf4 Ne8 23. Ng5 b4 24. Nf7+ Kh7 25. Ng5+ Kh8 26. Nd5 Bf8 27. Nf7+ ({Much less strong is} 27. Nxb4 Rab8 $14) 27... Kh7 28. Nxd6 ({Much worse is} 28. Bxd6 $6 Nxd6 29. Nxd6 Nxd5 $11) ({White should play} 28. Kd2 $16) 28... Nxd5 $11 {[%cal Be7d5,Bd5f4,Bf4d3][%mdl 32]} 29. Nxe8 $1 Nxf4 30. Nf6+ Kg7 31. Nxd7 Nd3+ 32. Kd2 Nxf2 (32... Bd6 $11 {remains equal.}) 33. Rhf1 {Precision: White = 54%, Black = 52%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Black "Sowray, Peter J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2357"]
[Annotator "TA RC"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,67,24,27,0,0,-12,-11,0,-8,-8,-13,-10,-15,-9,-14,-18,-15,-15,-2,-13,0,-11,-11,0,372,367,463,456,632,229,864,215,208,0,846,818,1318,0,0,0,1289,1253,29981,29982,5497,0,1647,812,1262,1214]} 1. d4 d5 {[%cal Bd7d5,Bd5c4][%mdl 32]} 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. e3 Bd7 8. Qe2 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3} Bd6 9. Qxc4 O-O 10. Rd1 (10. Nbd2 Rb8 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. Qe2 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Nc4 Ba4 {½-½ (45) Matlakov,M (2730)-Sebenik,M (2534) Heraklio 2017}) 10... Rb8 {LiveBook: 12 Games} 11. Qe2 e5 12. d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Nc3 Qc8 15. e4 Re8 {½-½ (44) Laxman,R (2374)-Azarov,S (2581) Abu Dhabi 2016}) 12... Nb4 {White must now prevent ...Bb5.} 13. Nc3 e4 14. Ne1 Bg4 15. f3 exf3 16. Bxf3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 {And now a3 would win.} c6 18. e4 $1 {Threatens to win with a3.} cxd5 19. exd5 Re8 20. Bg5 Qb6+ 21. Kh1 Rxe1+ $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (21... Be5 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 22. Rxe1 $18 Nc2 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Qxf6 $2 (24. Re4 Nxa1 25. Qxf6) 24... Nxa1 $2 {[#]} (24... Bc7 25. Ne4 Nxe1) 25. Qg5+ $2 (25. Rxa1 Bc7 $16) (25. Re7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxe7 26. Qxb6) 25... Kh8 26. Qf6+ $2 ({Much less strong is} 26. Rxa1 $6 Qf2 $14) (26. Ne4 Qb4 27. Qf6+ Kg8 28. Re2) 26... Kg8 {[#]} 27. Re7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rf8 (27... Bxe7 28. Qxb6) 28. Qg5+ $2 (28. Re4 $18 {[%cal Re4g4]} Ra8 29. Rg4+ Kf8 30. Qh8+ Ke7 31. Re4+ Kd7 32. Qxa8) 28... Kh8 $11 {aiming for ...Qf2.} 29. Qf6+ $2 $40 {[%mdl 8320] White mounts an attack.} (29. Qh6 $11 Qd8 30. Qf6+ Kg8 31. Qg5+ Kh8 32. Qf6+ Kg8 33. Qg5+ Kh8 34. Qf6+) 29... Kg8 $18 {With the idea ...Bc5.} 30. Re4 {[%cal Re4g4]} Rc8 31. Qg5+ Kh8 32. Qf6+ (32. Rg4 $142 Be5 33. Qxe5+ f6 34. Qe7) 32... Kg8 33. Qh6 (33. Rg4+ $142 Kf8 34. Qh8+ Ke7 35. Qxc8) 33... f5 34. Re7 {Precision: White = 47%, Black = 41%.} 1-0

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Handke, Florian"]
[Black "Das, Sayantan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[Annotator "TA RC"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,83,11,3,22,19,39,24,39,35,55,41,61,60,56,47,75,62,54,58,43,25,29,35,57,0,33,0,18,22,23,-22,0,0,0,-20,25,18,212,153,133,152,196,191,439,306,413,405,439,443,436,414,577,534,942,545,567,541,569,538,522,457,820,810,804,787,755,748]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. O-O g6 6. Re1 {B50: Sizilianisch (Verschiedenes mit 2...d6)} Bg7 7. Bb5 O-O 8. h3 (8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 Bg4 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Nbd2 Nd7 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 c5 14. Be3 Rb8 15. b3 Qa5 16. Re2 Rfc8 17. Rc1 cxd4 18. Nxd4 {½-½ (42) Svidler,P (2745)-Giri,A (2755) Moscow 2016}) 8... a6 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. d4 {LiveBook: 3 Partien} cxd4 11. cxd4 a5 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 11... d5 12. e5 Ne4 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Qa5 15. Bg5 Ra7 16. Qd2 Bf5 17. Bh6 Rb8 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. g4 Be6 20. Rab1 Rab7 21. Rxb7 Rxb7 22. Ng5 {0-1 (36) Rjabzev,K (2290)-Jianu,V (2560) Plancoet 2013}) 12. Nc3 Qb6 13. b3 Ba6 14. Be3 Qb7 15. Qd2 Rfd8 16. Bh6 Bh8 17. Qg5 c5 18. dxc5 Rdc8 19. e5 Rxc5 20. Na4 Rd5 21. Nc3 Rc5 22. Qe3 Nd5 23. Nxd5 Rxd5 24. e6 f5 {Und ...Td3 würde nun gewinnen.} ({Schlechter ist} 24... Bxa1 25. exf7+ Kh8 26. f8=Q+ (26. Rxa1 Rf5 $16) 26... Rxf8 27. Bxf8 $16) 25. Rac1 Rd3 26. Qf4 Bf6 27. Bg5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Und weiter mit Lxf6 wäre nett. Weiss kämpft um Vorteil.} Rf8 $2 (27... Bg7 $11) 28. Qh4 Rxf3 {[#]} 29. Bxf6 $1 Rxf6 30. gxf3 g5 $2 (30... f4 31. Re4 g5) 31. Qd4 Rg6 32. Rc3 g4 33. fxg4 fxg4 34. hxg4 h5 35. Rg3 {Weiß steht klar auf Gewinn.} Qc6 36. Qe4 Qxe4 37. Rxe4 $18 {KTT-KTL} Bb7 38. Ra4 h4 39. Rc3 Rg5 (39... Rxe6 $142 40. Kh2 Re2) 40. Kh2 Re5 41. Rc7 Bf3 42. Rf4 {Precision: Weiß = 68%, Schwarz = 29%.} 1-0

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nihal Sarin"]
[Black "Raja Harshit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,115,7,17,0,18,16,31,15,19,9,43,41,85,85,79,60,80,77,82,77,133,113,112,133,137,131,130,130,137,129,121,104,191,169,155,149,180,102,129,110,207,162,164,133,293,295,304,314,701,694,661,245,235,197,179,128,184,169,201,206,184,165,302,307,389,368,379,346,369,342,335,335,388,269,701,684,647,581,1223,1092,959,959,945,888,1600,1242,29962,29958,29958,9727,29958,3264,29975,29975,29972,11381]} 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. Be2 O-O 10. Qa3 b6 11. Nf3 c5 {[%cal Rc5d4] LiveBook: 15 Games} 12. O-O ({Much weaker is} 12. dxc5 Ba6 $17) 12... Bb7 {[%cal Rc5d4]} 13. d5 e6 14. Be3 $1 exd5 15. Rad1 {[#]} d4 $146 16. cxd4 Bxe4 17. dxc5 Qb7 18. Rfe1 Nd7 19. Ba6 $1 {[%cal Ra6b7]} Qc7 20. Bb5 Bc6 (20... Bf5 $142) 21. Bf4 Qxf4 22. Bxc6 Nxc5 23. Bxa8 Rxa8 24. g3 Qg4 25. Qe3 Qa4 26. Rd2 Bf6 (26... h6 $16) 27. h4 Qb4 {Threatening ...Bc3.} 28. Ree2 Rc8 29. h5 ({White should try} 29. Nd4 $1 $18) 29... gxh5 30. Rd6 Bg7 (30... Qb1+ $16 31. Kg2 Qf5) 31. Rd5 {[%mdl 1024] White wants to mate with Qe8+! White has strong compensation.} Ne6 32. Qe4 Rc4 $2 (32... Qxe4 $16 {might work better.} 33. Rxe4 h6) 33. Qf5 $18 Rc1+ 34. Kg2 {Black must now prevent Ng5.} Qc4 $2 {[#]} (34... Qf8 35. Ng5 (35. Qxh5 Rc5 $18) 35... Nxg5) 35. Rd8+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nf8 {[#]} (35... Nxd8 36. Re8+) 36. Rde8 $2 ({Weaker is} 36. Ng5 Qc6+ 37. Re4 Qg6 $18) (36. Ne5 $3 {[%mdl 512]} Qe6 {[#]} 37. Rxf8+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxf8 38. Qg5+ Bg7 39. Qxc1) 36... Qc5 37. Ne5 Qd5+ 38. f3 (38. Qf3 $18 Qxf3+ 39. Nxf3 (39. Kxf3 Rc7 $16)) 38... Rc5 (38... Rd1 $16) 39. Qd7 $40 {[%mdl 128] White goes for the king.} Bxe5 40. Qxd5 Rxd5 41. R8xe5 Rxe5 (41... Rd3 $142 42. Rg5+ (42. Rxh5 Ne6 $16) 42... Ng6 43. Rxh5 Ra3) 42. Rxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KN} Ne6 43. Rxh5 Kg7 44. f4 Nc5 45. Kf3 Na4 46. Rh2 a5 47. g4 b5 $2 (47... h6 48. Rc2 Nc5) 48. Rh5 Nc3 49. Rc5 Nxa2 50. Rg5+ Kf6 51. Rxb5 a4 52. Rc5 Nb4 53. Rc4 Nd5 54. Ke4 Ne7 55. Rxa4 Kg7 56. Ra6 (56. f5 $142 Kf6 57. Ra7 Ng8 58. Kf4 h6 59. Ra6+ Kg7 60. Ke5 Kh7 61. f6) 56... f6 57. Ra7 Kf7 58. f5 {Precision: White = 82%, Black = 24%.} 1-0

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Fernandez, Daniel Howard"]
[Black "Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,131,0,-6,0,-55,-47,-56,-42,-62,-6,-51,-31,-31,-25,-28,-24,-16,-18,-21,0,-22,-14,-15,24,15,38,22,26,16,16,16,16,16,17,17,17,18,23,19,24,13,30,22,30,29,30,33,54,51,29,32,111,45,119,111,143,142,120,91,152,42,124,119,119,58,66,58,55,67,60,69,79,62,126,52,243,243,243,230,260,214,207,207,207,207,207,201,29940,29948,29947,29950,29952,29940,29940,0,29939,12840,29942,29950,29960,29946,29957,10697,29964,29966,29953,5862,29979,29980,29982,29983,29983,29984,29989,29990,29990,29991,29991,8]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 Nc6 4. Bb2 d6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. O-O Nf6 7. Bxc6 {B50: Sicilian: 2...d6, Miscellaneous} (7. Re1 Be7 8. c4 O-O 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. Nc3 e5 11. d3 g6 12. Nd2 Nh5 13. Nd5 Bg5 14. Nf1 Bxd5 15. cxd5 f5 {1-0 (42) Kulaots,K (2563)-Neiksans,A (2559) Wroclaw 2014}) 7... Bxc6 8. e5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Nd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... dxe5 9. Nxe5 Rc8 10. Na3 Be7 11. Nac4 O-O 12. a4 b6 13. Nxc6 Rxc6 14. f4 g6 {1-0 (22) Beerdsen,T (2404)-Uksini,B (2298) Hamburg 2016}) 9. exd6 (9. Re1 $11) 9... Bxd6 $15 10. Na3 {[%cal Bb1a3,Ba3c4,Bc4e5][%mdl 32]} O-O 11. Nc4 Bc7 (11... f6 $15) 12. Nce5 Be8 13. d4 f6 14. Nd3 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Qd6 {[%csl Gc7][%cal Rd6h2] [#]} 16. g3 Ne7 {aiming for ...e5.} 17. a4 $1 Bb6 18. Nb5 Bxb5 19. axb5 Rfd8 20. Qg4 e5 21. Rfd1 Qd7 22. Nxe5 Qxg4 23. Nxg4 Nf5 24. c4 h5 25. Ne3 Nxe3 26. fxe3 {Hoping for Bd4.} Bxe3+ 27. Kg2 Kf7 28. Kf3 Bc5 29. Bc3 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Re8 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Re3+.} 31. Rd7+ Re7 $1 {[%cal Re7d7]} 32. Rd3 Bg1 ({Black should try} 32... g5 $14) 33. h3 (33. Bb4 $16 Rc7 34. Kg2) 33... Kg6 (33... Ke6 $14) 34. Bd2 Bb6 35. Rd5 Bc7 36. b4 Be5 (36... a6 $142) 37. Rd3 (37. Bf4 $16) 37... b6 ({Black should play} 37... Kf5 $14) 38. c5 Kf5 39. Be3 (39. c6 $16) 39... Ke6 40. Bf4 {And now Bxe5 would win.} bxc5 $1 41. bxc5 {Threatens to win with Bxe5.} Rb7 42. Rb3 $1 Kd5 43. c6 Rb8 $1 44. Ra3 ({Better is} 44. Be3 $16) 44... Rxb5 $2 (44... Bxf4 $14 45. Kxf4 g5+ 46. Kf5 Rxb5) 45. Bxe5 $18 Kxc6 $14 {KRB-KR} 46. Bc3 ({Not} 46. Rxa7 fxe5 47. Rxg7 Kd5 $11) 46... Kb7 47. Bd2 Rd5 48. Be1 Rf5+ 49. Ke2 a6 50. Ra5 Rxa5 $2 (50... Rb5 $18 51. Rxb5+ axb5) 51. Bxa5 $18 {KB-KP} Kc6 52. Ke3 Kd5 53. Bc3 Kc4 54. Ba5 Kd5 $1 55. Kf4 Ke6 56. Ke4 g6 57. Bc3 Ke7 58. Kd5 Kf7 59. Bb4 g5 60. Ke4 (60. h4 $142 f5 61. hxg5 Kg6 62. Bd2 a5 63. Kd6 Kh7 64. Bxa5 Kg6 65. Bd2) 60... Kg6 61. g4 {White mates.} hxg4 62. hxg4 {[%cal Bh3g4,Bg4f5][%mdl 32]} f5+ 63. gxf5+ Kh5 64. Ke5 g4 65. f6 Kg6 66. Ke4 $2 {[%mdl 32768] Precision: White = 63%, Black = 46%. . Sensor Board Error (Ke4/e5)?} (66. Ke6 {mates} Kg5 67. f7 Kf4 68. f8=Q+ Ke3 69. Qc5+ Kf3 70. Qd5+ Kf2 71. Qd2+ Kg3 72. Bd6+ Kf3 73. Bc5 Kg3 74. Qf2+ Kh3 75. Bd6 a5 76. Qh2#) 1-0

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bellaiche, Anthony"]
[Black "Murphy, Conor E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2313"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,78,10,34,-4,0,-1,0,25,22,22,25,25,24,25,83,97,98,48,56,46,62,0,16,22,36,45,426,421,424,424,410,412,377,367,495,493,493,501,500,501,491,492,512,514,511,520,519,508,514,502,484,439,572,555,1282,543,1157]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. f3 Be7 {B48: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 Be3 a6 without Be2} 9. O-O-O b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 10. g4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bb7 12. Kb1 O-O {LiveBook: 32 Games} 13. Qf2 {[#]} b4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Rac8 14. Rg1 Bc6 15. Bd3 b4 16. Ne2 {½-½ (70) Caruana,F (2779)-Svidler,P (2740) Rhodes 2013}) 14. Na4 d5 15. Nb6 Rad8 16. e5 Nd7 17. Nxd7 $1 Rxd7 18. Bd3 a5 (18... Rc8 $11) 19. f4 $16 {[%cal Bf3f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32]} Ra8 {[#]} 20. f5 $1 Ba6 21. f6 Bf8 22. Qh4 (22. Bxa6 $14 Rxa6 23. g5) 22... Bxd3 23. Rxd3 Rc8 24. Rc1 $40 {[%mdl 128] White has some attack.} gxf6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (24... a4 $14) 25. Rh3 $1 $18 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Rh4h7]} h6 26. Be3 fxe5 {With the idea ...Qd8.} 27. Bxh6 {White wants to mate with Qg5+.} f6 28. Qxf6 {Threatens to win with Bxf8.} Rf7 29. Qg6+ {White is clearly winning.} Bg7 30. Bxg7 Rxg7 31. Qxe6+ Rf7 32. b3 d4 33. Rh5 d3 {[%cal Rd3c2]} 34. Qg6+ Rg7 35. Qxd3 Rd8 36. Qe2 Re8 37. Qb5 {[%cal Rb5e8]} Rb8 38. Qd5+ Rf7 39. Rxe5 (39. Rf1 $142 Rc8 40. c4 bxc3 41. Rg5+ Kf8 42. Rxf7+ Qxf7 43. Qd6+ Qe7 44. Rf5+ Ke8 45. Rxe5 Qxe5 46. Qxe5+ Kd7 47. Qf5+ Kd8 48. Qxa5+ Ke7 49. Qe5+ Kd7 50. g5) 39... Qd8 {Precision: White = 67%, Black = 38%.} 1-0

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hector, Jonny"]
[Black "Jackson, James P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2314"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,81,26,29,19,20,56,0,0,0,40,12,0,0,137,133,121,60,55,58,110,88,137,68,59,56,464,443,447,454,604,581,610,601,579,572,618,463,454,417,441,350,351,335,432,349,474,445,1237,1187,1517,1346,5847,5847,5035,4786,1970,2095,5622,5479]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. f4 d6 8. O-O b5 9. Kh1 {B82: Sizilianisch (Scheveninger System)} Bb7 10. Qe1 Nbd7 11. b4 Be7 12. a4 bxa4 13. Nxa4 {LiveBook: 3 Partien} O-O {[#]} 14. Bb2 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 14. c4 Rfc8 15. Nf3 Rab8 16. Bd2 Qd8 {1-0 (36) Vocaturo,D (2599)-Perunovic,M (2616) Novi Sad 2016}) 14... g6 15. Ra3 (15. Nb3 $14) 15... Rfc8 $11 16. f5 e5 17. fxg6 hxg6 18. Nf3 {[%cal Bd4f3,Bf3g5,Bg5e6][%mdl 32]} Nb6 (18... Nh5 $11 {bleibt in der Remisbreite.}) 19. Nxb6 $16 Qxb6 20. c4 (20. Ng5 $16) 20... a5 $14 21. b5 Kg7 (21... Nh5 $14) 22. Ng5 $16 Rh8 {[#]} 23. h3 ({Günstiger ist} 23. Rc3 $1 $16) 23... Raf8 $1 $14 24. Bc1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] zielt auf Le3 ab. Weiss steht aktiver.} ({Und nicht} 24. Qxa5 Qxa5 25. Rxa5 Nh5 $17) 24... Nh5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Besser ist} 24... Nd7 $1 $14) 25. Be3 $18 Qd8 {[#]} 26. Rxf7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kg8 (26... Rxf7 27. Ne6+) 27. Ne6 Qe8 28. Rxf8+ Bxf8 29. Nxf8 Qxf8 30. Rxa5 Nf4 31. Bxf4 Qxf4 32. Kg1 Rh7 33. Ra1 Qg5 {Schwarz hofft, mit ...Txh3 fortzusetzen.} 34. Kh2 Qd8 35. Qg3 {Weiß steht klar auf Gewinn.} g5 {[#]} (35... Rg7 $142 36. Rf1 Kh7) 36. c5 $1 dxc5 37. Bc4+ Kh8 38. Qxe5+ Rg7 39. Rf1 Kh7 40. Rf6 {Weiss droht Df5+ und Matt.} Bc8 41. Be6 {Precision: Weiß = 62%, Schwarz = 28%.} 1-0

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Elsness, Frode"]
[Black "Nabaty, Tamir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2477"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,76,25,36,26,33,27,33,28,41,39,64,39,41,36,61,56,57,55,61,34,125,127,127,125,264,266,226,220,235,227,245,192,195,198,259,160,166,159,210,139,212,169,162,127,125,143,197,177,306,323,359,358,352,94,80,0,0,0,587,567,634,-5,-5,-6,-8,-113,-96,-29995,-29996]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 a6 (3... Bg4 4. Bxc4 e6 5. O-O Nf6 6. b3 Bd6 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Be2 Qe7 9. d3 Nbd7 10. a3 Rac8 11. b4 {1-0 (68) Shimanov,A (2646)-Alekseenko,K (2575) St Petersburg 2017}) 4. Bxc4 e6 5. O-O b5 6. Be2 {A09: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 d5 2 c4} Bb7 7. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. d4 Nf6 8. a4 b4 9. Nbd2 c5 10. dxc5 Nbd7 11. c6 Bxc6 {½-½ (37) Collutiis,D (2511)-Lanzani,M (2291) Bratto 2012}) 7... b4 8. d3 {White is slightly better.} Nf6 9. e4 Be7 10. Bf4 O-O 11. Nbd2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Nbd7 12. a5 Rc8 13. Nc4 Ne8 14. Rc1 f5 (14... Nd6 $14) 15. exf5 $16 exf5 16. Re1 Nef6 (16... Kh8 $16 17. h3 g5) 17. Nd4 $18 Nc5 18. Nxf5 {And now Bf3 would win.} Nd5 19. Nxe7+ Nxe7 20. Be3 (20. Ne3 $6 Rxf4 21. Rxc5 Qd6) 20... Qd5 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Rd5g2]} 21. Bf1 Rcd8 (21... Ne6 {keeps fighting.} 22. Qg4 Rf6) 22. Qg4 Nb3 23. Rcd1 Ng6 (23... Qd7 $16 {might work better.} 24. Qxd7 Rxd7) 24. h4 Nxa5 (24... Qf5 $16 25. Qxf5 Rxf5) 25. h5 Bc8 26. Qg3 Qxh5 27. Qxc7 Nb3 (27... Nxc4 $16 28. Qxc4+ Rf7) 28. d4 $1 {[%cal Bd3d4,Bd4d5][%mdl 32] Rd3 is the strong threat.} Be6 (28... Bf5 $142 29. Nb6 Kh8) 29. Nb6 $1 Nh4 30. d5 Bf5 31. Qc4 $2 (31. Bxa6 $2 Nxg2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 32. Qh2 Bh3 $19) (31. d6 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.}) 31... Na5 $16 {[#]} 32. Qxb4 (32. Be2 $1 $16 Nxc4 33. Bxh5 Nxe3 34. Rxe3) 32... Nf3+ $1 $11 33. gxf3 Rf6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (33... Qg6+ $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 34. Kh2 Qh5+ 35. Kg2 (35. Kg1 Qg6+ 36. Kh2 Qh5+ 37. Kg2 Rf6 $11) 35... Rf6) 34. Bg2 $18 (34. Qxa5 {is a self mate.} Rg6+ 35. Bg2 Qxf3 36. Bg5 Rxg5 37. Kf1 Qxg2+ 38. Ke2 Qe4+ 39. Kd2 Qd3+ 40. Kc1 Qc2#) 34... Bh3 35. Kf1 $2 (35. Bxh3 $18 Qxh3 36. Rd4) 35... Bxg2+ $1 $11 36. Kxg2 {aiming for Rd4.} Qxf3+ 37. Kf1 {[#]} (37. Kg1 $1 $11 Re8 38. Bg5 Qxf2+ 39. Kh1 Rxe1+ 40. Rxe1 Qf3+ 41. Kg1 Qf2+ 42. Kh1 Qf3+ 43. Kg1 Qf2+ 44. Kh1) 37... Re8 $1 $17 {[%mdl 1024] Threatens to win with ...Rh6! Black has strong compensation.} 38. Rd2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (38. Qh4 $17 Rxe3 39. Rxe3 (39. Nd7 $2 Rf4 $19) 39... Qxd1+ 40. Kg2) 38... Rh6 $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 36%, Black = 53%.} 0-1

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Abergel, Thal"]
[Black "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,60,29,12,47,30,42,35,40,7,42,14,15,3,-1,0,0,0,0,-6,8,6,65,63,104,111,91,55,164,66,63,-181,-168,-181,-174,-181,-180,-288,-284,-290,-284,-854,-902,-891,-862,-831,-807,-1030,-977]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Ne7 6. O-O Nbc6 7. Nb3 g6 {B42: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 Bd3} (7... Ng6 8. a4 b6 9. f4 Be7 10. Be3 d6 11. c3 O-O 12. N1d2 Bb7 13. Qf3 e5 14. f5 Nf4 15. Bc2 {1-0 (26) Hansen,E (2603)-Smirin,I (2667) Wijk aan Zee 2017}) 8. f4 {LiveBook: 4 Games} d6 9. c4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Be3 Bg7 10. c3 b5 11. a4 Rb8 12. a5 O-O 13. Qe2 b4 14. c4 f5 15. Bb6 Rxb6 16. axb6 {0-1 (30) Rudenko,N (2337)-Sharafiev,A (2418) St Petersburg 2016}) 9... Bg7 {White has an edge.} 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Qe2 Nb4 12. Be3 b5 13. Rad1 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 bxc4 15. Qxc4 a5 16. Rf2 Ba6 17. Qa4 Qb8 (17... Bxc3 $11 18. bxc3 Bb7) 18. Bd4 $1 $14 f6 19. Qd7 Kf7 20. f5 Bc4 (20... exf5 $1 $14 21. Nd5 (21. exf5 Bc8 $14) 21... Qd8 22. Qxe7+ Qxe7 23. Nxe7 Kxe7) 21. fxg6+ (21. Nd2 $18 Qc8 22. Qxc8 (22. Qxd6 Rd8 $16) 22... Raxc8 23. Nxc4 Rxc4 24. Nb5) 21... hxg6 22. Bxf6 $2 {[#]} (22. Nd2 $14 {keeps the upper hand.} Rd8 23. Qa4) 22... Bxf6 $19 23. e5 dxe5 {And now ...Ra7 would win.} 24. Ne4 Kg7 25. Rxf6 (25. Nbc5 {only move.} Rd8 26. Qa4) 25... Rxf6 26. Qxe7+ Rf7 27. Qg5 $2 (27. Qc5 Qa7 28. Rc1 Bxb3 29. Qxa7 Rfxa7 30. axb3) 27... Bxb3 {Black is clearly winning.} 28. axb3 Qb6+ 29. Kh1 {[#]} Qd4 $1 {[%cal Rd4d1][%mdl 512]} 30. Qg4 (30. Rxd4 Rf1#) 30... Rf4 {Precision: White = 21%, Black = 49%.} 0-1

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bartholomew, John"]
[Black "Soham Das"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2263"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,71,-45,-33,-37,0,1,7,0,-14,-6,0,-52,-47,-62,-62,-75,-56,-129,-118,-120,-33,-33,-37,-45,-32,-40,-43,-91,-78,-132,-132,-383,-367,-338,0,0,39,32,37,35,67,69,175,173,172,180,204,145,128,106,183,112,413,370,730,723,700,679,1522,1520,29980,29981,6375,5514]} 1. d4 f5 2. h3 Nf6 3. g4 d5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bf4 (5. c4 c6 6. Nc3 Bd6 7. Bg5 O-O 8. e3 Qa5 9. Bxf6 Rxf6 10. gxf5 exf5 11. cxd5 Bb4 12. Qb3 cxd5 {1-0 (38) Grischuk,A (2789)-Riazantsev,A (2678) Moscow 2014}) 5... Bd6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 6. Ne5 {A80: Dutch Defence: Unusual White second moves} Ne4 7. Nd2 O-O 8. e3 {The position is equal.} c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Bxe5 9. Bxe5 Nd7 10. Bf4 c6 11. Nxe4 fxe4 {½-½ (37) Buhmann,R (2301)-Bauer,E (2230) Germany 1999}) 9. gxf5 {Nxe4 is the strong threat.} exf5 10. Rg1 (10. dxc5 $11 Nxc5 11. Bg2) 10... Nc6 $15 11. Nxe4 fxe4 12. Qh5 cxd4 (12... Nxd4 $5 13. O-O-O $8 Qc7 $11) 13. O-O-O {[#]} (13. Nxc6 $1 $15 bxc6 14. Qh6) 13... Bf5 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has strong initiative.} 14. exd4 Bg6 (14... Rc8 $17 {aiming for ...Bxe5.} 15. c3 Qf6) 15. Nxg6 $15 Bxf4+ 16. Nxf4 Rxf4 17. Qh6 {[%csl Gg1][%cal Rh6g7] [#]} Rf7 $1 18. Be2 Qf6 19. Qh5 ({White should try} 19. Qxf6 Rxf6 20. c3) 19... Nxd4 $17 20. Bg4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (20. c3 $17 {only move.} Nxe2+ 21. Qxe2) 20... Qxf2 $19 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Rf2c2]} 21. Kb1 Kh8 $2 (21... Qxc2+ $19 22. Ka1 Qc5) 22. Qxd5 $11 Nc6 (22... Nxc2 $2 23. Rgf1 $18) 23. Qxe4 Raf8 24. a3 Rf4 25. Qd5 Nd4 (25... h6 $14) 26. Rg2 $18 {[%cal Bg1g2,Bg2d2,Bd2d5,Bd5h5][%mdl 32]} Qe3 27. Qxb7 Qe5 {next ...Rb8 is good for Black.} 28. Rgd2 (28. Qxa7 $6 h5 $14) 28... h5 29. Bc8 ({Don't play} 29. Qxa7 $6 hxg4 30. Rxd4 g3 $14) 29... R4f7 (29... Rf1 $16) 30. Qa6 ({Worse is} 30. Rxd4 Rxb7 31. Bxb7 Qe2 $11) ({White should play} 30. Qg2 $18) 30... Nf3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (30... Rf6 $16 {is a better chance.} 31. Qd3 (31. Qxa7 Nb5 $16) 31... Rxc8) 31. Rd5 Qe4 $2 (31... Rf6 32. Rxe5 Rxa6) 32. Rxh5+ Kg8 33. Be6 Nd4 34. Bxf7+ Rxf7 35. Qc8+ Rf8 36. Qc4+ {Precision: White = 57%, Black = 38%.} 1-0

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Cawdery, Daniel"]
[Black "Moussard, Jules"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,70,26,20,18,14,10,16,21,31,19,10,-3,-3,-6,9,-17,-12,-42,-42,-45,-42,-51,-39,-46,-40,-40,-46,-77,-79,-67,-38,-54,-24,-34,-33,-40,-16,-45,-32,-35,-35,-34,-37,-33,-33,-39,-48,-40,-23,-131,-131,-140,-139,-137,-135,-159,-142,-153,-154,-496,-458,-476,-316]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. e5 Qe7 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 6. Be2 {C41: Philidor Defence} dxe5 7. Nxe5 Nbd7 8. Nd3 {The position is equal.} Qd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Qe4 9. Qxe4+ Nxe4 10. O-O Bd6 11. Bf3 Nec5 12. Re1+ Kd8 13. Nxc5 Nxc5 {1-0 (75) Jansa,V (2465)-Ermenkov,E (2515) Prague 1985}) 9. Qxd6 Bxd6 10. O-O O-O 11. Nc3 Re8 12. Bg5 h6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is more active.} 13. Bh4 Ne4 $1 {[%cal Re4c3] Threatens to win with ...Nxc3.} 14. Rfe1 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Nb6 16. Bf3 Rxe1+ 17. Rxe1 Kf8 18. Rb1 Rb8 19. Bg3 Bxg3 20. hxg3 Nd7 21. Nb4 c5 22. Nd3 b6 23. Bc6 c4 24. Nb2 Nc5 25. Nxc4 Be6 26. Ne3 Rc8 $1 {[%cal Rc8c6]} 27. Bd5 Bxd5 $1 28. Nxd5 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Na4 29. Rb4 (29. Rb3 $11) 29... Nxc3 $17 30. Ne3 {[#]} b5 $1 31. a3 {[#]} a5 $1 {[%cal Ra5b4,Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 32. Rb2 a4 33. Kf1 Rd8 {...Rd4 is the strong threat.} 34. Ke1 $2 (34. Rb4 $17 {was the crucial defense.}) 34... Rd4 $19 35. f3 g6 {Precision: White = 40%, Black = 75%.} 0-1

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ladron De Guevara Pinto, Paolo"]
[Black "Bukojemski, Adam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2422"]
[BlackElo "2224"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,81,37,37,88,35,54,4,83,78,103,108,233,229,239,241,231,178,181,187,162,131,139,144,155,148,141,136,125,126,160,156,150,-39,53,-47,-52,-227,-194,-177,-135,-122,-122,-300,-192,-181,-156,-177,163,60,58,48,62,33,144,43,477,586,504,543,527,502,750,695,647,485,484,397,726,700]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. a3 a6 8. f4 {LiveBook: 80 Games} e5 {B48: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 Be3 a6 without Be2} (8... d5 $14) (8... d6 9. Qf3 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 b5 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. f5 Be7 14. O-O Qc5+ 15. Kh1 h5 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. a4 {1-0 (32) Grischuk,A (2783)-Cori Tello,J (2641) Tbilisi 2017}) 9. Nde2 (9. fxe5 $16 Nxe5 10. Be2) 9... Bd6 $146 {[%cal Re5f4]} ({Predecessor:} 9... d6 10. f5 b5 11. g4 Nxg4 12. Nd5 Qd8 13. Bb6 Qh4+ 14. Ng3 Rb8 15. Qd2 g6 16. Qc3 {0-1 (24) Reyer,U (2130)-Kalhorn,S Mecklenburg VP 1996}) 10. g3 Ne7 (10... Na5 $11 {remains equal.}) 11. Qd3 $16 Ng4 12. Bg1 exf4 (12... Bc5 $16 {was worth a try.}) 13. gxf4 $18 O-O 14. h3 Nh6 15. e5 Bc5 16. Ne4 b6 17. b4 Bxg1 18. Rxg1 {White wants to mate with Nf6+.} (18. Nxg1 Ng6 $17) 18... Nef5 19. Nd6 Nxd6 20. exd6 (20. Qxd6 Qxd6 21. exd6 Bb7 $11) 20... Qd8 21. Qc3 {[%csl Gg1][%cal Rc3g7]} Qh4+ 22. Kd2 {[%csl Gg1][%cal Rc3g7]} g6 {next ...Bb7 is good for Black.} 23. Qc7 $2 (23. Bg2 $16 Ra7 24. Qd4) 23... Qd8 (23... a5 $15 24. Bg2 (24. Qxb6 $2 axb4 25. Qxb4 Ba6 $19) 24... Ba6 25. Bxa8 (25. Qxb6 Rfb8 $19) 25... Bxe2 26. Kxe2 (26. Qxd7 Qf2 $17) 26... Rxa8 27. Qxd7 Qxf4) 24. Nc3 (24. Qxd8 $1 $14 Rxd8 25. Nd4 (25. Bg2 Rb8 $11)) 24... Qf6 $15 25. Re1 $2 ({White must play} 25. Qxb6 $15 Bb7 26. Re1 Qxf4+ 27. Qe3 Qh2+ 28. Ne2 Qxd6+ 29. Qd4) 25... Qxf4+ $19 26. Kd3 Nf5 {( -> ...Qd4+)} 27. Ne4 Qe5 28. Qxb6 $2 (28. c3 $17 {might work better.}) 28... a5 29. Qc5 Ba6+ 30. c4 {[#]} Qh2 $4 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (30... Bxc4+ $1 $19 {[%mdl 512] and all is fine.} 31. Kc2 (31. Qxc4 Rac8) 31... Nd4+ 32. Kb1 Qxc5 33. Nxc5 Bxf1 34. Rexf1 axb4) 31. b5 (31. Qxf5 $1 $18 Qxg1 32. Qc5 Qxc5 33. Nxc5 axb4 34. axb4) 31... Bb7 $1 $14 {[%cal Rb7e4]} 32. Nf6+ Kh8 {Threatens to win with ...Rac8.} 33. Rg4 (33. Re2 $5 {[%cal Re2h2]} Qf4 34. Qe5 $11) 33... Bf3 ({Black should try} 33... Rfd8 $14) 34. Rg5 (34. Qe5 $16 Qxe5 35. Rxe5) 34... Qf4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (34... Rfc8 $14 35. Qe5 Qxe5 36. Rxe5 Nxd6) 35. Rxf5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} gxf5 (35... Qxf5+ 36. Qxf5) 36. Qd4 Qxd4+ 37. Kxd4 Kg7 38. Nxd7 Rfd8 39. Ne5 Rxd6+ 40. Kc5 Rd1 $2 (40... Re6) 41. Nxf3 {Precision: White = 36%, Black = 29%.} 1-0

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sundararajan, Kidambi"]
[Black "Le Roux, Jean-Pierre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2419"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,146,27,41,16,34,31,25,34,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,-25,-33,-29,-25,-39,-18,-21,-18,-26,-2,-17,-17,-18,-20,-15,-9,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-11,-13,-12,-16,-14,-14,-5,-17,-9,-11,-7,-23,-24,-27,-24,-25,-23,-34,-18,-17,-23,-92,-108,-141,-139,-167,-181,-164,-36,-36,-36,-36,-36,-36,-36,-36,-36,-36,-36,-137,-137,-154,-154,-154,-154,-154,-154,-154,-154,-154,-154,-154,-154,-29963,-29965,-29965,-29963,-29964,-29962,-29967,-29968,-29967,-29968,-29969,-29967,-29965,-29968,-29966,-29967,-29968,-29969,-29972,-29973,-29973,-29974,-29975,-29976,-29976,-29977,-29977,-29978,-29978,-189,-189,-189,-189,-189,-189,-189,-189,-189,-189,-154,-189,-189,-29978,-29979,-29979,-29980,-29980,-29981,-29980,-29981]} 1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Bg4 3. Nf3 Bxf3 4. exf3 Nd7 5. f4 Ngf6 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 6. d4 $146 {A06: Réti Opening:1 Nf3 d5} ({Predecessor:} 6. g3 c6 7. Bg2 e6 8. O-O Bc5 9. d4 Be7 10. c4 Ne4 11. Bxe4 dxe4 12. Qe2 {½-½ (55) Delgado Ramirez,N (2624)-Rodi,L (2304) Belem 2017}) 6... c5 7. dxc5 Qa5+ 8. Qd2 {White has an edge.} Qxc5 9. Bd3 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. c4 dxc4 12. bxc4 O-O 13. Nc3 Nb6 14. Qe2 Rac8 {[%cal Rb6c4]} 15. Rac1 Rfd8 ({Much weaker is} 15... Nxc4 $6 16. Ne4 $16) 16. g3 Qb4 ({Not} 16... Nxc4 $2 17. Na4 $18) 17. Nb5 a6 18. Rb1 axb5 19. Bxf6 $1 Qd6 20. Bxg7 {Hoping for Bb2.} Qxd3 21. Qxd3 Rxd3 22. Rxb5 Nxc4 {...Nd6 is the strong threat.} 23. Bb2 Nd6 24. Rb3 Rxb3 25. axb3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} f6 26. Rc1 Ra8 27. Bd4 Kf7 28. Rc2 Nb5 29. Be3 Ra1+ 30. Kg2 Rb1 31. Rc8 $1 h5 32. Rh8 Nd6 33. Rh7+ (33. Bc5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 33... Ke6 $17 34. h3 Rxb3 35. g4 hxg4 $1 36. hxg4 b6 ({Black should try} 36... b5 $19 {And now ...b4 would win.} 37. Rh6 Kf7 38. Rh7+ Kf8) 37. Rg7 $15 Nc4 38. Kf3 b5 39. Rxg6 b4 40. Rg8 Rc3 {Threatens to win with ...b3.} 41. Rb8 b3 {White must now prevent ...b2.} 42. Ke2 (42. Ke4 $15) 42... b2 $17 43. Bd4 Rc1 44. Kd3 b1=Q+ 45. Rxb1 Rxb1 46. Kxc4 {KR-KB} Rg1 $1 {[%cal Rg1g4]} 47. g5 fxg5 48. fxg5 Rxg5 49. Be3 $2 (49. Kd3 $17) 49... Rd5 $1 {[%cal Rd5f5]} 50. Bd4 Kd6 51. Be3 Rd1 52. Bc5+ Ke6 53. Kc3 Kf6 54. Bb4 Rf1 55. Bc5 {[#]} Rc1+ $1 56. Kd4 e5+ 57. Kd5 Kf5 58. Be3 Rd1+ 59. Kc4 Ke4 60. Kc5 Rd3 61. Bg5 Rf3 62. Bh4 Kf4 63. Kd5 Rd3+ $2 (63... e4 {mates} 64. Kd4 Rd3+ 65. Kc5 Rd2 66. Kc4 Kf3 67. Bg5 Rxf2 68. Kd4 Rf1 69. Bh6 Rd1+ 70. Ke5 e3 71. Bf8 Rh1 72. Bb4 Rb1 73. Bc3 Rc1 74. Bb4 Rc4 75. Be1 Ke2 76. Bg3 Rg4 77. Bf4 {[#]} Rxf4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 78. Kxf4 Kd3 79. Kg3 e2 80. Kf2 Kd2 81. Kg3 e1=Q+ 82. Kg4 Qe5 83. Kh4 Ke1 84. Kg4 Kf2 85. Kh4 Kf3 86. Kh3 Qh8#) 64. Ke6 $19 e4 65. Be7 Rc3 66. Kd5 Kf3 67. Bf6 Rc2 ({Weaker is} 67... Kxf2 68. Bxc3 Kg3 69. Kxe4 $11) 68. Bd4 Ra2 69. Bb6 Ra6 70. Bc7 $2 (70. Bd4 $19) 70... Rh6 {Black mates.} 71. Bb8 Rh7 72. Be5 Rd7+ 73. Ke6 Rd2 {Precision: White = 50%, Black = 78%.} 0-1

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vo, Thi Kim Phung"]
[Black "Fodor, Tamas Jr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,53,2,12,31,32,122,126,142,132,135,120,131,116,387,374,659,665,631,654,654,647,639,630,628,513,644,545,581,559,559,531,555,538,571,566]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg5 {[%cal Bc1g5,Bg5h4,Bh4g3][%mdl 32] E32: Nimzo-Indian: Classical (4 Qc2): 4...0-0} (7. Bf4 Nbd7 8. e3 Re8 9. Bd3 c5 10. a3 Bxc3+ 11. Qxc3 c4 12. Bc2 Ne4 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Nd2 b5 {½-½ (63) Nakamura,H (2792)-Aronian,L (2799) Saint Louis 2017}) 7... h6 8. Bh4 c5 9. dxc5 g5 10. Bg3 Ne4 11. e3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Qa5 {[%cal Re4c3]} 12. Bd3 Bf5 $146 ({Better is} 12... Nd7 $14) ({Predecessor:} 12... Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bxc3+ 14. Ke2 Bxa1 15. Rxa1 {0-1 (32) Paulsen,D (2240)-Kurajica,B (2495) Dortmund 1981}) 13. Nd4 $16 ({Of course not} 13. Bxe4 $6 Bxe4 14. Qd2 Qxc5 $11) 13... Bg6 {[%cal Re4c3]} 14. f3 Nxc3 15. Bxg6 Ne4+ 16. Kd1 Nf6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (16... fxg6 $16 {was necessary.} 17. Bd6 (17. fxe4 Qa6 $14) 17... Rf7) 17. a3 $18 {[%cal Ba2a3,Ba3b4][%mdl 32]} Nbd7 $2 (17... Bxc5 18. Nb3 Qb6 19. Nxc5 Rc8) 18. Nb3 {White is clearly winning.} Qd8 19. axb4 fxg6 20. Qxg6+ Kh8 21. Qxh6+ Nh7 22. Qg6 b6 23. Qd3 Re8 24. Qd4+ Ndf6 25. h4 g4 26. Nd2 Qe7 27. fxg4 {Precision: White = 74%, Black = 25%.} 1-0

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gourlay, Iain"]
[Black "Stany, G A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,103,11,11,9,0,28,24,16,18,19,-37,-30,-46,-20,-48,-40,-74,-62,-102,-85,-112,-110,-137,-130,-145,-139,-360,-279,-516,-606,-583,-578,-578,-566,-552,-379,-361,-308,-277,-257,-285,-279,-270,-235,-228,-195,-194,-191,-486,-388,-595,-252,-616,0,-575,0,-585,823,-6199,162,-625,0,-2670,-1503,-1499,914,-1481,-1488,-1443,-1460,-1447,-1425,-1354,-1360,-5410,-5393,-29974,-29972,-29995,-29996,-29996,-29997,-29997,-29998,-29998,-29999,-29999]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e3 d6 6. Nge2 Bf5 {A25: English Opening vs King's Indian with ...Nc6 but without early d3} (6... Be6 7. d3 Qd7 8. Nd5 Nd8 9. f4 h5 10. e4 c6 11. Ne3 Ne7 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 f5 14. O-O fxe4 15. Bxe4 Bh3 16. Re1 Nf7 {½-½ (58) Goganov,A (2632)-Movsesian,S (2679) Moscow 2017}) 7. d3 Nge7 8. Rb1 Qd7 9. h3 O-O 10. b4 {LiveBook: 4 Games} a6 11. a4 Qc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Rfe8 12. Nd5 Rab8 13. Nec3 Kh8 14. Ne4 Ng8 15. g4 Be6 {1-0 (42) Dissels,H-Spoel,C Netherlands 1991}) 12. b5 axb5 13. axb5 Nd8 14. b6 (14. Qd2 $11) 14... c6 $1 $15 15. Rb3 $1 f6 16. Ba3 Nf7 17. Ne4 Rd8 18. N2c3 Be6 19. h4 f5 20. Ng5 e4 $1 21. Nxf7 Bxf7 22. Bf1 $2 (22. Bb2 $17) 22... d5 23. Qc1 $2 (23. Bxe7 $2 dxc4 24. Nb1 cxb3 $19) (23. d4 {was called for.} dxc4 24. Bxc4) 23... exd3 $19 24. Bxe7 dxc4 {Threatens to win with ...d2+.} 25. Rb2 Rd7 26. Bc5 Qe8 {Strongly threatening ...Qe5.} 27. f4 Ra5 28. Bb4 d2+ 29. Rxd2 Qxe3+ 30. Ne2 Ra1 $1 {[%cal Ra1c1]} 31. Qxa1 Bxa1 32. Rxd7 c3 {...c2 is the strong threat.} 33. Re7 $2 (33. Rxb7 c2 34. Rb8+ Kg7 35. Bd2 c1=Q+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 36. Bxc1 Bc3+ 37. Bd2 Bxd2+ 38. Kd1 Bb3#) (33. Rd8+ Be8 34. Bg2) 33... Be6 34. Re8+ (34. Rxe6 {was the only defense.} Qxe6 35. Bg2) 34... Kg7 (34... Kf7 $142 35. Re7+ Kf6 36. Rxb7 c5) 35. Re7+ $2 (35. Bg2 Bb2 36. Rb8) 35... Kg8 36. Re8+ $1 (36. Rxb7 c2 $19) 36... Kg7 37. Re7+ Kh6 $4 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (37... Kf6 $19 38. Rxb7 c5) 38. g4 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (38. Rxe6 $1 $18 Qxe6 39. Bf8+ Kh5 40. Kf2) 38... fxg4 $4 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (38... c2 $1 $19 {[%csl Ge3][%cal Rc2c1] and life is good for Black.} 39. g5+ Kh5 40. Rxh7+ Kg4 41. Rg1+ Qxg1) 39. Rc7 $4 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (39. Rxe6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Qxe6 40. Bf8+ Kh5 41. Kf2) 39... Bg8 $2 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black mounts an attack.} (39... g3 $1 $19 {[%csl Gc3][%cal Re3d2]} 40. Bf8+ Kh5 41. Rxh7+ Kg4 42. Bh3+ Kf3 43. Bg2+ Kxg2 44. Rg1+ Kh2 45. Rxg3 Qd2+ 46. Kf2 Bh3) 40. Bf8+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (40. h5 $11 Qd2+ 41. Kf2 g3+ 42. Kg2 (42. Kxg3 Qe3+ 43. Kh2 Qf2+ 44. Bg2 Bd5 $17) 42... Bd5+ 43. Kh3 Be6+ 44. Kg2 (44. Kxg3 Qe3+ 45. Kh2 Qf2+ 46. Bg2 Bd5 $15) 44... Bd5+ 45. Kh3 Be6+ 46. Kg2 (46. Kxg3 Qe3+ 47. Kh2 Qf2+ 48. Bg2 Bd5 $17) 46... Bd5+) 40... Kh5 {( -> ...c2)} 41. Re7 Qd2+ 42. Kf2 {Threatening mate with Re5+.} c2 43. Bg2 Bf6 $1 {[%csl LRe7,LRh4]} 44. Rd7 c1=Q $1 45. Rxc1 Bxh4+ 46. Kf1 Qxd7 47. Rc5+ g5 {[%cal Rd7d1] Black mates.} 48. Nc3 Qd3+ 49. Kg1 Qe3+ 50. Kh2 Bg3+ 51. Kh1 Qe1+ 52. Bf1 Qxf1# {Precision: White = 29%, Black = 61%.} 0-1

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Fenil, Shah"]
[Black "Zhou, Yang-Fan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2324"]
[BlackElo "2459"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,66,0,0,13,14,11,8,11,14,29,27,34,18,35,25,33,4,9,0,11,0,36,0,108,82,82,27,19,12,9,9,18,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 d6 6. cxd4 e6 7. a3 Bd7 8. Bd3 Bc6 9. O-O Nd7 10. b4 a6 11. Nbd2 {B22: Sicilian: 2 c3} Nc3 (11... dxe5 12. dxe5 Nc3 13. Qc2 Rc8 14. Qxc3 Bxf3 15. Qd4 Bd5 16. Be4 Qb6 17. Bb2 Qxd4 18. Bxd4 Bxe4 19. Nxe4 {0-1 (51) Mosadeghpour,M (2469)-Bruzon Batista,L (2653) Bandar e Anzali 2017}) 12. Qb3 Rc8 13. Qxc3 Bxf3 14. Qb2 {LiveBook: 9 Games} Bd5 15. Ne4 Bxe4 16. Bxe4 d5 17. Bd3 Be7 18. Qe2 Nb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18... g6) 19. Qg4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} g6 20. Bh6 Rc3 21. Rfd1 Bf8 $1 {[%cal Rf8h6]} 22. Bg5 Be7 23. Bh6 Bf8 24. Bg5 Qc7 (24... Be7 $11 25. Bh6) 25. Rac1 {[#] Threatens to win with Qh3.} (25. Qh3 {is interesting.} Be7 26. Bd2 Rc4 27. Bxc4 dxc4 28. Bh6) 25... Bg7 26. Qe2 ({Better is} 26. h4 $16) 26... O-O $11 27. Bd2 {The position is equal.} Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Qb8 29. b5 axb5 30. Bxb5 Rc8 31. Qd1 Nc4 32. Bb4 Bh6 33. Rc3 Qc7 {Precision: White = 52%, Black = 85%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Paterek, Michal"]
[Black "Williams, Simon K"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D09"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,56,56,40,29,35,24,28,35,-44,-45,-40,-29,-68,-15,-130,-114,-155,-112,-123,-109,-116,-108,-125,-109,-122,-97,-83,0,-113,0,0,0,-443,-437,-440,-471,-1756,-1676,-3082,-935,-1776,-1542]} 1. d4 {[%cal Bd2d4,Bd4e5][%mdl 32]} d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. g3 Nge7 6. Bg2 Ng6 7. O-O Ngxe5 {D09: Albin Counter Gambit: Main line with 5 g3} 8. Nxe5 (8. Nbd2 Nxf3+ 9. Nxf3 Bc5 10. Ne1 O-O 11. Nd3 Be7 12. Bf4 a5 13. Qc1 Bf6 14. Rd1 Qe7 15. e3 {0-1 (30) Belous,V (2584)-Morozevich,A (2731) Moscow 2014}) 8... Nxe5 9. Qb3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Be7 {White is slightly better.} 10. Rd1 O-O {[#]} 11. Nc3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} c6 $146 (11... dxc3 12. Rxd8) ({Predecessor:} 11... Be6 12. Nd5 c6 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. Rxd4 Rfd8 15. Be3 Rxd4 16. Bxd4 Nxc4 {1-0 (84) Zakhartsov,V (2565)-Zablotsky,S (2518) Kemerovo 2007}) 12. e3 (12. Bf4 $14 Ng6 13. e3) 12... Bg4 $1 $15 {[%cal Rg4d1]} 13. Rxd4 Qc8 14. Re4 Bf6 ({Black should try} 14... Nf3+ $15 15. Kh1 (15. Bxf3 Bxf3 16. Rf4 Bg4 $11) 15... Bg5) 15. c5 {[#]} (15. Rd4 $1 $11) 15... Rd8 $1 $17 {[%mdl 1024] Black has strong compensation.} 16. Qa4 Qf5 {aiming for ...Nd3.} 17. Rf4 Qh5 18. h4 Kh8 19. Qe4 Re8 20. Qc2 Rad8 21. Bd2 Nd3 (21... Nf3+ $17 22. Bxf3 Bxf3) 22. Re4 (22. Rxf6 $11 {keeps the balance.} gxf6 23. Ne4) 22... Rf8 ({And not} 22... Nxc5 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Nd5 $14) (22... Be7 $17 23. Rd4 Nxc5) 23. Ra4 $1 $11 Bf3 24. Rxa7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (24. Bxf3 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} Qxf3 25. Rf1) 24... Bxg2 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 25. Kxg2 Qf5 26. e4 (26. Ne4 $142 Qxe4+ 27. Kg1) 26... Qxf2+ 27. Kh3 Nf4+ (27... Be5 $142 28. Ne2 Qxe2) 28. gxf4 Rxd2 {Precision: White = 32%, Black = 65%.} 0-1

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kwon, Sehyun"]
[Black "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2117"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,68,-15,-29,-33,-33,-29,-35,-23,-29,-30,-58,-57,-68,31,31,35,26,39,-70,-65,-56,-58,-28,-46,-46,0,0,0,0,0,-170,0,0,0,0,16,-235,-235,-406,-379,-678,-470,-899,-899,-869,-789,-758,-762]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. Qd3 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7} Rc8 (8... h6 9. Nd2 Be6 10. Nc4 Rc8 11. Ne3 Nf6 12. O-O Be7 13. Rd1 O-O 14. Bd2 Rc5 15. a4 Qc8 {½-½ (31) Anand,V (2783)-Kasparov,G (2812) Saint Louis 2017}) 9. Bg5 Qc7 10. O-O Be6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 Nf6 13. Rfd1 Be7 14. Nd2 Be6 15. Nf1 h5 {0-1 (49) Radovic,J (2330)-Sorokin,A (2486) Mamaia 2017}) 11. Rfd1 h6 12. Bh4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} g5 13. Bg3 Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6g4,Bg4e3][%mdl 32]} 14. a4 Be7 15. Nd2 Rg8 16. Nf1 h5 {Strongly threatening ...h4.} 17. h4 gxh4 (17... Ng4 $15 18. hxg5 Bxg5 19. Qxd6 Qxd6 20. Rxd6 h4) 18. Bxh4 $14 Ng4 19. Bxe7 Kxe7 20. Ne3 (20. Nd5+ $14 Bxd5 21. Qxd5) 20... Nxe3 $15 21. Qxe3 Rg6 22. Rd2 Rcg8 23. f3 $1 Kf8 {Threatening ...Bh3.} 24. Rf1 h4 25. Rff2 Qd8 26. Kf1 $2 {[#]} (26. Kh1 $11) 26... b5 $2 (26... h3 $1 $19 {[%cal Rh3h2]} 27. g4 Qh4) 27. b3 $11 bxa4 28. Nxa4 h3 29. g4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (29. gxh3 $1 $11 {and White is okay.} Bxh3+ 30. Ke2) 29... Qh4 $1 $19 30. Nc3 $2 (30. Nb6) 30... Rf6 31. Qb6 $2 (31. Rxd6 h2 32. Rxh2 Qxh2 33. Nd5 Qh3+ 34. Ke2 Qg2+ 35. Ke1 Qxf3 36. Rd8+ Kg7 37. Rxg8+ Kxg8 38. Nxf6+ Qxf6 39. g5) 31... Kg7 {Black is clearly winning.} 32. g5 (32. Qe3 $142 Rh8 33. g5) 32... Qxg5 33. Ke2 Qg1 {...Rxf3! is the strong threat.} 34. Rd1 h2 {Precision: White = 45%, Black = 67%.} 0-1

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jahongir Vakhidov"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E07"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,49,7,10,0,10,-10,-7,-14,-27,-16,-14,-39,-41,-35,-19,-48,-20,-16,-3,-19,-20,-44,-11,-11,-11,-11,-11,-18,1,8]} 1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. d4 {[%cal Bd2d4,Bd4e5][%mdl 32]} c6 8. b3 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Nd7 10. Bb2 b6 {[%cal Bb7b6,Bb6b5][%mdl 32]} 11. Nd2 Ba6 12. Rc1 {E07: Katalanisch} Rc8 13. Qc2 b5 (13... Re8 14. Rfd1 f6 15. Bh3 Nf8 16. Nf3 f5 17. Nd4 Bc5 18. e3 Qe7 19. Bf1 Qb7 {1-0 (29) Ikonnikov,V (2580)-Vereggen,L (2173) Leiden 2014}) 14. cxd5 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 14. f4 bxc4 15. bxc4 Bc5+ 16. Kh1 Be3 17. Rb1 Bxd2 18. Qxd2 Bxc4 19. f5 exf5 20. Rxf5 {0-1 (41) Dragomirescu,A (2215)-Makropoulou,M (2245) Braila 2010}) 14... cxd5 15. Qb1 Qa5 16. Nf3 b4 17. Rfe1 Qb6 18. Bd4 Qb8 (18... Bc5 {looks sharper.} 19. Qb2 h6 20. e3 Bxd4 21. exd4 Qa5) 19. Qb2 Bb5 20. Qd2 a5 21. Bb2 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} Rc8 23. Nd4 {[#] Und weiter mit Txc8+ wäre nett.} Rxc1+ 24. Qxc1 Nc5 25. Nxb5 {Precision: Weiß = 33%, Schwarz = 42%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Black "Krishna C R G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2421"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,86,18,32,28,31,27,38,36,25,15,19,21,31,33,34,34,43,29,31,27,28,22,25,0,64,76,81,33,108,76,77,73,66,66,66,66,66,49,164,29,27,33,7,15,122,142,150,139,145,130,134,104,143,125,209,203,500,493,450,470,620,635,771,754,728,670,746,725,5106,2088,3076,2261,1470,1225,1098,962,718,717,1156]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Qc2 e6 (5... dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. b3 b4 8. Nd1 c3 9. a3 e6 10. axb4 Bxb4 11. Ba3 c5 12. dxc5 Bxa3 13. Rxa3 {½-½ (23) Gelfand,B (2744)-Tomashevsky,E (2749) Khanty-Mansiysk 2015}) 6. e4 {D15: Slav Defence: 4 Nc3 a6 and gambit lines after 4 Nc3 dxc4} dxe4 7. Nxe4 Nxe4 8. Qxe4 {White is slightly better.} Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Nxd2 Nd7 11. O-O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 {½-½ (54) Sysoenko,A (2253)-Soldatov,R (2271) Evpatoria 2006}) 11... O-O 12. Bd3 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Re4h7]} Nf6 13. Qe5 b5 14. c5 a5 15. Ne4 Nd5 16. g4 b4 (16... f6 $11 17. Qd6 f5 18. Qxd8 Rxd8 19. gxf5 exf5) 17. g5 $14 Ba6 18. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5,Bh5h6][%mdl 32]} Ne7 ({Better is} 18... Bxd3 $14 19. Rxd3 Qe7) 19. h5 Qd5 20. h6 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Re5g7]} Qxe5 21. dxe5 Bxd3 22. Rxd3 Rfd8 23. Rd6 $40 {[%mdl 128] White attacks.} Nf5 (23... Ng6 $14) 24. Rhd1 ({White should play} 24. Rxc6 $18 {Threatens to win with Nd6.} Rd5 25. f4 (25. hxg7 Rxe5 26. Re1 Kxg7 $14)) 24... Nxd6 $11 25. cxd6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#] KRR-KRN} c5 $1 26. Ng3 (26. Nxc5 Rac8) 26... f6 (26... a4 $11) 27. gxf6 $16 gxf6 28. Ne4 Kf7 ({Don't play} 28... fxe5 $6 29. Rg1+ Kh8 30. Rg7 $16) 29. Nxf6 {aiming for Rg1.} Kg6 30. Kc2 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Kf5 {[#]} 31. Re1 $1 c4 {[#]} (31... Rf8 $16 {was necessary.}) 32. Nh5 $1 $18 a4 $2 (32... Rf8) 33. Ng7+ {White is clearly winning.} Kg6 34. Nxe6 b3+ 35. Kc3 Re8 36. Nc7 bxa2 37. Nxa8 Rxa8 {KR-KR} 38. e6 Rb8 39. Kc2 (39. e7 $142 Kf6 40. d7) 39... a3 40. bxa3 c3 41. Ra1 Kf6 42. Rxa2 Kxe6 43. a4 Kd5 {Precision: White = 64%, Black = 46%.} 1-0

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nabaty, Tamir"]
[Black "Vakhidov, Jakhongir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,71,4,10,0,0,-1,0,0,342,47,37,43,28,40,254,250,242,235,391,397,383,383,395,379,397,400,403,398,402,384,382,392,389,399,399,387,398,389,378,389,472,454,581,578,664,607,681,672,885,872,845,845,29979,29980,29980,29981,29966,495,6303,1311,29983,29977,29973,29974]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 Bg7 4. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} O-O 5. e5 (5. Bd3 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Re1 e5 8. c3 a5 9. Nf1 c6 10. Ng3 Qc7 11. Bg5 Re8 12. Qd2 b5 13. Bh6 Nf8 14. h3 Ne6 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Rad1 {1-0 (34) Aronian,L (2793)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2732) Leuven 2017}) 5... Nh5 6. g4 {A48: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} Nf4 7. Ne4 d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Nd5 8. c4 Nb4 9. Qb3 d5 10. Neg5 c5 11. dxc5 N8c6 12. Bd2 a5 13. cxd5 {1-0 (50) Sandipan,C (2595)-Negi,P (2639) Dubai 2012}) 8. Ng3 {The position is equal.} f5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (8... Ne6 $1 $11) 9. Bxf4 $2 (9. gxf5 $18 Bh6 10. Nh4) 9... fxg4 $14 10. Qd2 gxf3 11. h4 {[#]} h5 $2 ({Black should try} 11... c5 $1 $14 {[%mdl 512]}) 12. Bd3 Qe8 13. Bh6 Bg4 $2 (13... Qf7 14. Rg1 Bg4) 14. Qg5 $18 Kh7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Rg1 {[#] Black must now prevent Nxh5+.} Rh8 17. Nf5+ (17. Bxg6 Qxg6 18. Nf5+ Bxf5 $16) 17... Bxf5 18. Bxf5 Rh6 19. e6 Nc6 20. O-O-O Qf8 {If only Black now had time for ...Qf6....} 21. Bxg6 Qf6 22. Bf7+ Qxg5+ 23. Rxg5+ Kh8 24. c3 Rf8 25. Rdg1 Rd8 26. b4 b5 27. Kd2 a5 28. a3 {[%cal Ba2a3,Ba3b4][%mdl 32]} axb4 29. axb4 Rf8 30. Ke3 Kh7 31. Rg7+ Kh8 32. Rg8+ Rxg8 33. Rxg8+ ({Less strong is} 33. Bxg8 Nd8 $16) 33... Kh7 34. Kf4 Rf6+ 35. Kg5 Rh6 36. Rc8 {Precision: White = 84%, Black = 49%.} 1-0

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Black "Handke, Florian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,53,14,7,38,36,77,66,73,58,43,47,57,52,85,63,92,79,77,70,106,52,89,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bc4 e6 6. O-O d6 7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4 Be7 9. exd6 {B22: Sicilian: 2 c3} Bxd6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Re1 Nce7 12. Qd3 h6 13. Bb3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Bd7 14. Bc2 {[%csl Gc2][%cal Rd3h7] [#]} Ng6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Nf6 15. Ne4 Nf5 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 {1-0 (35) Khamrakulov,D (2452)-Solodovnichenko,Y (2615) Tashkent 2012}) 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Ne5 Rc8 17. Bd2 Bxe5 18. dxe5 {And now e6 would win.} Re8 19. Bc3 Qh4 20. Rad1 Be6 21. g3 Qh5 22. f4 (22. Rd2 $16) 22... d4 $1 $14 {[%cal Rd4c3]} 23. Qxd4 ({White should try} 23. Bb4 $16) 23... Nh4 $1 $11 {[%cal Rh4f3] [#] Threatens to win with ...Nf3+.The position is equal.} 24. gxh4 Qg4+ 25. Kh1 Qf3+ 26. Kg1 Qg4+ 27. Kh1 {Precision: White = 66%, Black = 54%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Hawkins, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,129,0,0,-10,10,0,84,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-11,-20,-25,0,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,41,0,54,5,17,0,15,16,16,13,70,70,95,95,95,95,95,95,255,95,573,201,208,208,255,255,247,201,193,113,418,403,491,491,614,614,873,852,743,491,491,491,666,675,608,0,4154,4147,4139,491,1407,1209,4139,4139,4132,4132,3770,2596,29943,1268,671,0,29951,29958,29959,1820,4798,2270,1083,1075,1054,1028,838,806]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bxc4 {D24: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 Nc3} (6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O c5 10. e5 Qd8 11. Qe2 cxd4 12. Rad1 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Bd7 14. cxd4 Bc6 15. Rfe1 Re8 16. Qe3 Nd7 17. d5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Rxd5 {½-½ (35) Radjabov,T (2741)-Salgado Lopez,I (2629) Heraklio 2017}) 6... Nxe4 7. O-O Nxc3 8. bxc3 Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Rd1 Nd7 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 11. Ne5 c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Qe8 12. Rd3 Nxe5 13. dxe5 b5 {1-0 (37) Sunilduth Lyna,N (2481)-Lu,S (2615) Olongapo City 2015}) 12. Bf4 Qa5 (12... Nxe5 $11 13. Bxe5 cxd4) 13. d5 (13. Nxf7 $1 $16 Nb6 14. Nd6 Rxf4 15. Bxe6+ Kh8 16. Nxc8 Rxc8 17. Bxc8 Nxc8 18. Rab1) 13... Qa4 $1 $11 14. Bg3 (14. Bb5 {feels hotter.} Qxf4 15. Nxd7 Bxd7 16. Bxd7 Bf6 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. g3) 14... Nxe5 15. Bxe5 {aiming for Bb5.} exd5 16. Bxd5 {Strongly threatening Bxg7!} Be6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Bd6 Bxd6 19. Qxe6+ Rf7 20. Qxd6 b6 21. Qd5 Re8 22. Re1 Qd7 23. Rxe8+ Qxe8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 24. g3 Qe2 25. Rf1 g6 26. a4 Qf3 27. Qd2 Qe4 {[#]} 28. a5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} b5 (28... bxa5 29. Qd8+) 29. Re1 Qf5 (29... Rd7 $1 $11) 30. Qe3 Kg7 31. Rd1 b4 32. cxb4 cxb4 33. a6 h6 ({Better is} 33... Qf6 $11) 34. Rd6 $1 $14 g5 35. h4 $1 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} b3 {White must now prevent ...b2.} 36. Qd4+ Kh7 37. h5 $1 g4 $2 {[#]} (37... Qb1+ $16 38. Kg2 Qc2) 38. Rd8 $2 (38. Qe3 $1 $18 {[%cal Re3h6] and the rest is easy.} Kg8 39. Rg6+ Kh8 40. Rxh6+ Kg8 41. Rg6+ Kh8 42. Rd6) 38... Rg7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (38... Qf6 $16 {is tougher.}) 39. Rb8 $2 (39. Ra8 b2 40. Qxb2 Qxh5 41. Qd4) 39... Qxh5 $18 40. Rxb3 {Threatens to win with Rb7.} Qg6 41. Qc4 (41. Rb7 Rxb7 42. axb7 Qb1+ 43. Kh2 Qxb7 $11) 41... Qf7 42. Qd3+ Qg6 {[#]} 43. Qe2 ({White should play} 43. Qf1 $1 $18) 43... Rf7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (43... Rc7 $16 {is more resistant.} 44. Rb4 Rc1+ 45. Kg2 Qc6+ 46. Qe4+ Qxe4+ 47. Rxe4 Rc7) 44. Rb4 h5 45. Rb5 Rd7 46. Qe5 Rf7 47. Rb8 {[%csl Gb8][%cal Re5h8]} Rg7 48. Kh2 {Rb7 is the strong threat.} Qxa6 49. Rf8 {Hoping for Qe8.} ({Stronger than} 49. Qxh5+ Qh6 $11) 49... Qc6 50. Rf6 ({Inferior is} 50. Qxh5+ Qh6 $11) 50... Qd7 51. Rf8 $2 (51. Qf4 $18 {And now Rh6+ would win.} Kg8 52. Qb8+ Kh7 53. Qf4) 51... Kg6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (51... Qc6 $11 52. Rf5 (52. Qxh5+ Qh6 $14) 52... h4 53. Rh5+ (53. gxh4 Qc7 $16) 53... Kg8 54. Rxh4 a6) 52. Qe4+ Kg5 53. Re8 (53. Qf4+ $142 Kg6 54. Qe4+ Kg5 55. Rh8) 53... Kf6 (53... Qf5 $142 54. Re5 Qxe5 55. Qxe5+ Kh6 56. Qf6+ Kh7) 54. Rh8 Kf7 55. Qf4+ Ke7 56. Rh6 {Threatening mate with Qf6+.} Ke8 57. Qf6 {White threatens Rh8+ and mate.} Qe7 58. Qc6+ (58. Rh8+ $142 Kd7 59. Qd4+ Kc7 60. Qxa7+ Kc6 61. Qa6+ Kd7 62. Qb5+ Kc7 63. Rh6) 58... Qd7 59. Qf6 (59. Qc5 $18) 59... Qe7 $1 {[%cal Re7f6]} 60. Rh8+ Kd7 61. Qf5+ (61. Qd4+ $142 Kc7 62. Qxa7+ Kd6 63. Qb6+ Kd7 64. Qb5+ Kc7 65. Rh6 Rg8 66. Ra6) 61... Kc7 {White is clearly winning.} 62. Qc8+ (62. Qa5+ $142 Kb7 63. Qb5+ Kc7 64. Qb8+ Kc6 65. Rc8+ Qc7 66. Rxc7+ Rxc7 67. Qe8+ Kb6 68. Qxh5) 62... Kb6 63. Rh6+ Kb5 64. Qc6+ Kb4 65. Re6 {Precision: White = 58%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Cornette, Matthieu"]
[Black "Ladron De Guevara Pinto, Paolo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2422"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,83,8,18,17,0,15,27,20,-16,-26,-26,-16,-18,-22,-26,-24,-16,-8,-29,-22,-65,-28,-22,-8,-22,0,0,0,0,16,11,15,17,8,7,14,0,37,41,43,20,31,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,23,36,29,22,210,133,272,268,422,427,578,575]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. c3 (5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8. Qxd4 Nf6 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Nd2 c5 11. Qe3 O-O-O 12. h3 Bd7 13. O-O-O Bc6 14. f3 b6 15. Rhe1 h5 16. Nc4 Rhe8 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 {1-0 (40) Liang,A (2554)-Cordova,E (2608) Saint Louis 2017}) 5... dxc3 6. Nxc3 {C60: Ruy Lopez: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3...g6} h6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Bd2 Nge7 9. Qc1 {LiveBook: 3 Games} d6 10. Nd5 Kf8 $1 11. Bc3 Nxd5 12. Bxg7+ $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. exd5 Ne7 {1-0 (54) Neelotpal,D (2475)-Shyam,N (2436) Thiruvarur 2015}) 12... Kxg7 13. exd5 Ne7 14. Qc3+ Kh7 15. Rfd1 Bd7 16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. Rac1 {[%cal Ba1c1,Bc1c4,Bc4f4][%mdl 32]} Rac8 18. Qf6 {[%cal Rf6f7] [#]} Rhf8 19. Rc4 Ng8 20. Qd4 b6 21. Qc3 Rfe8 22. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Re7 23. g3 b5 24. Rf4 c5 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black is fighting back} 25. dxc6 Qxc6 26. Qb3 Qc7 27. h5 a6 28. Qd3 {Threatens to win with Rxf7+!} Re6 29. Kg2 {[#] aiming for Rc1!} Kg7 30. hxg6 fxg6 31. Qd4+ Nf6 32. Re1 Qf7 33. Rxe6 Qxe6 34. Qa7+ Qd7 35. Qxa6 Rc2 $1 36. Qb6 Rc5 {Strongly threatening ...Nd5.} 37. Rd4 Nd5 38. Qa6 Rc6 $2 (38... g5 $1 $11 39. Rd3 Qe6) 39. Qa5 Qc7 (39... Rc5 $16 {was worth a try.}) 40. Qxb5 $18 Ne7 (40... Nf6 {was necessary.} 41. a4 Rc1) 41. Re4 Rc5 42. Qe8 {Precision: White = 79%, Black = 46%.} 1-0

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Moussard, Jules"]
[Black "Nihal Sarin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,82,0,6,0,6,6,7,4,5,6,6,0,9,0,8,0,13,21,23,12,25,0,0,0,3,2,10,12,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-118,0,-8,-5,-54,-48,-42,0,-11,-9,-8,-16,-15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. b3 d6 3. c4 e5 (3... g6 4. Bb2 e5 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. d3 Nc6 7. e3 f5 8. g3 Nf6 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O f4 11. Nd5 fxe3 12. fxe3 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Nb4 14. e4 Bd7 15. a3 {0-1 (31) Bacrot,E (2708)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2796) Paris 2017}) 4. Nc3 f5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 {A04: Unusual lines after 1 Nf3 and King's Indian Attack} g6 7. Bb2 Bg7 8. d3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. O-O Nf6 9. e3 e4 10. Ne1 O-O 11. d3 {0-1 (26) Steiner,H-Freyer,K Germany 1986}) 8... Nge7 9. e3 O-O 10. O-O h6 11. Nd2 Be6 12. a3 Bf7 13. Nd5 Rb8 14. Qc2 b5 15. Bc3 Qd7 16. b4 Rfc8 (16... bxc4 {seems wilder.} 17. Nxe7+ Nxe7 18. dxc4 Rfc8 19. Rfb1 d5) 17. bxc5 dxc5 {[%cal Re7d5]} 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. cxb5 Nd4 $1 {[%cal Rd4c2]} 20. exd4 cxd4 21. Bb4 $1 Rxc2 22. Bxe7 Rxd2 23. a4 (23. Bc6 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 23... Bf8 ({Better is} 23... Rxd3 $17 {aiming for ...e4.} 24. Bc5 e4 25. Bxa7 Rb7) 24. Bxf8 Kxf8 25. Rfe1 Rxd3 26. Rxe5 {White wants to play a5.} Rb3 27. Bf1 {The position is equal.} d3 {And now ...d2 would win.} 28. Rd1 Rd8 {White must now prevent ...d2.} 29. Rc5 Ra3 {...d2 is the strong threat.} 30. a5 d2 31. b6 axb6 $1 ({Don't blunder} 31... Bb3 $2 32. Rxd2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Re8 33. bxa7 $18) 32. axb6 {Strongly threatening b7.} Rb3 ({But not} 32... Bb3 $2 {[#]} 33. Rxd2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} (33. b7 Bxd1 34. Rc8 Rb3 $16) 33... Rb8 34. Rd6 $18) 33. Bb5 {Hoping for b7.} Be8 34. Bxe8 Kxe8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 35. Rc6 Kf7 36. h4 h5 37. Rc7+ Kf6 38. b7 Rd6 39. Kf1 Rb2 40. Ke2 Re6+ 41. Kd3 Reb6 {Precision: White = 76%, Black = 65%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Le Roux, Jean-Pierre"]
[Black "Vo, Thi Kim Phung"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,17,20,8]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 Qb6 8. Rb1 Nc6 9. O-O {Vorgänger:} Re8 $146 10. b4 cxd4 11. exd4 Bf5 12. Bxf5 gxf5 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nb3 e6 15. Qd2 Qc7 16. Qh6 Bg7 17. Qh5 f6 {½-½ (35) Salgado Lopez,I (2592)-Illescas Cordoba,M (2604) Tossa de Mar 2010} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vishnu Prasanna  V"]
[Black "Van Delft, Merijn"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2393"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,113,0,0,0,0,-9,-2,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,-16,-26,-22,21,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-12,-6,0,0,16,11,8,0,0,0,0,-13,0,-16,0,0,0,-17,-12,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Bc4 Qb6 {B94: Sizilianisch (Najdorf-Variante mit 6.Lg5)} (7... Qa5 8. Qd2 e6 9. Bb3 Be7 10. O-O-O h6 11. Be3 Nc5 12. Kb1 Bd7 13. f3 Qc7 14. g4 b5 15. a3 Qb7 16. h4 a5 {1-0 (34) Nepomniachtchi,I (2732)-Korobov,A (2711) Khanty-Mansiysk 2017}) 8. Bb3 e6 9. Qd2 Be7 10. O-O-O Nc5 11. f3 Bd7 {LiveBook: 3 Partien} 12. Kb1 Qc7 13. g4 b5 14. a3 Qb7 15. Ba2 a5 $146 16. Nd5 $1 {[%cal Rd5e7]} exd5 17. Bxf6 $1 Bxf6 ({Doch nicht} 17... gxf6 18. Bxd5 Qc8 19. Bxa8 $16) 18. Bxd5 Qa6 {Weiss muss nun ...Tc8 beachten.} 19. Bxa8 Qxa8 20. Nf5 Bxf5 21. exf5 O-O 22. g5 $1 {[%cal Rg5f6] [#]} Bxb2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 23. Kxb2 Qxf3 24. Qxd6 Na4+ (24... Qxf5 25. Rhe1 $16) 25. Kc1 b4 {Droht ...De3+ und aus.Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} ({Ein No Go ist} 25... Qxf5 26. h4 $14) 26. Qd3 Qf4+ 27. Qd2 Qf3 28. Qd3 Qf4+ 29. Rd2 Nc5 30. Qd4 $1 {[%cal Rd4f4]} Qxf5 31. axb4 axb4 32. Re1 ({Viel schwächer wäre} 32. Qxb4 Ne4 $17) 32... Ne6 33. Qxb4 Qxg5 34. h4 Qf6 35. Rd5 h6 36. h5 Ra8 37. Ra5 Rc8 {[#] zielt auf ...Sd4 ab.} 38. Rd1 Qf2 {[%csl Gc8][%cal Rf2c2]} 39. Rd2 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Weiss puts up resistance} Qe3 {Droht stark ...Td8.} 40. Kb2 Nc5 41. Rd5 Ne6 $1 42. Rab5 Qf2 43. Rd2 Qe3 44. Rd3 Qf2 45. Rc3 Qf6 46. Rb8 Qxc3+ 47. Qxc3 Rxb8+ $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KD-KTS} 48. Kc1 Rb5 49. Qf3 Rg5 50. Kb2 g6 51. hxg6 Rxg6 52. Ka3 Rg5 53. Kb4 Kg7 54. c4 h5 55. Qc3+ Kg8 56. Qf6 Rg6 57. Qe5 {Precision: Weiß = 70%, Schwarz = 66%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Black "Maze, Sebastien"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "194"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,194,31,29,48,52,63,50,41,37,69,32,36,27,37,25,40,2,10,-23,-19,-20,-25,-43,-34,-36,-16,-17,-20,-36,-36,-42,-40,-62,-54,-110,-105,-115,-111,-144,-135,-149,-100,-102,-100,-100,-100,-114,-114,-109,-74,-74,-74,-74,-74,-74,-74,-74,-74,-74,-74,-74,-74,-74,-74,-75,-75,-79,-64,-64,-58,-58,0,-64,-58,-79,-58,-64,-58,-58,-36,-79,-36,-36,-36,-36,-36,-36,-36,-36,-36,-36,-36,-36,-36,-36,-36,-36,-36,-36,0,-36,0,0,0,-36,-36,-36,-36,-36,-36,-36,-36,-36,-36,-50,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. h3 Nf6 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nbd2 Re8 {C60: Ruy Lopez: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3...g6} 11. Bc2 {LiveBook: 11 Games} Bh6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Qe7 12. Nf1 Qf8 13. Ng3 Rad8 14. d5 Ne7 15. Nh2 Bh6 16. Qf3 Bxc1 17. Raxc1 Qg7 18. Qe3 Nh5 19. Nxh5 gxh5 20. Kh1 f5 21. exf5 Bxf5 22. Bxf5 Nxf5 {½-½ (41) Caruana,F (2774)-Andreikin,D (2713) Moscow 2013}) 12. Nf1 Bxc1 {White is slightly better.} 13. Qxc1 Kg7 14. Ng3 h6 15. Bb3 Nh7 16. Bd5 Ng5 {Threatening ...Nxf3+.} 17. Re3 Rf8 18. Bxc6 Bxc6 19. dxe5 Nxf3+ 20. Rxf3 dxe5 21. c4 Qd4 22. Re3 Rad8 23. Ne2 Qd2 24. Nc3 Qxc1+ 25. Rxc1 Rd2 26. b4 Rfd8 27. a4 (27. a3 $15) 27... Bd7 $17 28. b5 {[#]} a5 $1 29. Ree1 Be6 30. Nd5 Rd7 31. Red1 Rxd1+ 32. Rxd1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} c6 33. bxc6 bxc6 34. Rb1 cxd5 (34... h5 {is interesting.} 35. Rb8 cxd5 36. cxd5 Bxd5 37. exd5 Rxd5 38. Ra8 h4) 35. cxd5 {[#]} Bxd5 $1 36. exd5 Rxd5 37. Rb5 Rxb5 38. axb5 {KP-KP} a4 39. b6 a3 40. b7 a2 41. b8=Q a1=Q+ {KQ-KQ} 42. Kh2 Qd4 43. Kg1 h5 44. h4 Qd1+ 45. Kh2 Qd4 46. Kg1 Qf4 47. Qd6 Qe4 48. Qc5 Qd4 49. Qe7 e4 50. Kh2 Qd5 51. Kg1 Qf5 52. Qd6 Qf6 53. Qg3 Qa1+ 54. Kh2 Qd4 55. Qf4 Qd5 56. Qg3 Kf6 57. Qf4+ Ke6 58. g3 Qf5 {Hoping for ...Qxf4.} 59. Qe3 Qf3 {aiming for ...Qxe3.} 60. Qd4 Kf5 61. Qd5+ Kf6 62. Qd6+ Kg7 63. Qe5+ Qf6 64. Qc5 Qe6 65. Kg1 Qf5 66. Qd4+ Kh7 67. Qd6 g5 68. hxg5 {The position is equal.} Qxg5 69. Qd7 Qf6 70. Qd5 Qf3 71. Qg5 f6 72. Qd5 Kh6 73. Qa8 Qf5 74. Kg2 Qe6 75. Qb8 Kg6 76. Qb5 {[#]} h4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 77. gxh4 Qg4+ 78. Kf1 Qxh4 79. Qe8+ Kg5 80. Qg8+ Kf4 81. Qb8+ Kg4 82. Ke2 Kh3 {...Kg2 is the strong threat.} 83. Kf1 f5 84. Qg8 {[%csl Gf1][%cal Rg8g2]} Qf4 {And now ...Qc1+ would win.} 85. Qh7+ Kg4 86. Kg2 Qg5 87. Qh3+ Kf4+ 88. Kf1 Ke5 89. Qc3+ Ke6 90. Qc6+ Kf7 91. Qd7+ Kg6 92. Qe8+ Kh7 93. Qe6 Kg7 94. Qe5+ Qf6 95. Qxf6+ Kxf6 {[#]} 96. f3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} exf3 {( -> ...Kg5)} (96... e3 $5 97. f4 $8 Ke6 $11) 97. Kf2 Ke5 {Precision: White = 68%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Stany, G A"]
[Black "Bartholomew, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 31,141,41,56,56,83,54,58,44,102,99,89,63,76,60,145,140,147,37,72,68,75,50,32,48,77,65,71,71,69,68,82,77,62,34,114,65,142,72,74,77,135,136,130,139,129,118,138,141,206,84,84,84,84,84,82,82,79,78,79,77,77,77,77,77,72,69,69,59,185,192,200,199,200,193,185,175,1172,1204,650,561,29972,29973,29976,12349,1600,773,29978,29979,29978,193,281,0,29975,29977,29977,29953,29978,29979,29980,29981,29980,29982,29982,29983,29983,29984,29984,29985,29987,29988,29994,29995]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3 O-O 9. Qd2 a5 10. Bb5 Be6 11. Rd1 Na7 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. Bb5 Na7 {B56: Classical Sicilian: Unusual Lines} 14. Bd3 Nc6 15. a3 a4 16. Nc1 Qa5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 17. O-O Rfc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Rfd8 18. Qf2 Nd7 19. N1e2 Nc5 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5 {1-0 (46) Wojtaszek,R (2749)-Chukavin,K (2096) Tallinn 2016}) 18. Qf2 Nd4 19. Kh1 d5 ({Black should try} 19... Rxc3 $14 20. bxc3 Qxc3) 20. exd5 Bxd5 (20... Nxd5 $2 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. c3 $18) 21. f4 Be6 22. h3 {Strongly threatening fxe5.} Nd7 ({Black should play} 22... Rxc3 $14 23. bxc3 Nc6) 23. fxe5 $16 Nc6 24. Bf5 (24. Bb5 $1 $16 {Black must now prevent Rxd7!} Bxa3 25. Bxc6 (25. bxa3 Qxc3 26. Rxd7 Bxd7 $11) 25... bxc6 26. Rxd7 (26. bxa3 Qxc3 27. Rxd7 Bxd7 $16) 26... Bxb2 27. Ne4 (27. Rxf7 Bxf7 28. Qxf7+ Kh8 $11) 27... Bxd7 28. Qxf7+ Kh8 29. Qxd7) 24... Ndxe5 $14 25. Bb6 Qa6 {aiming for ...Bxf5.} 26. Nd5 Bxd5 27. Rxd5 {And now Nd3 would win.} Qc4 28. Bxc8 Qxd5 29. Bxb7 Rb8 30. Bxc6 Nxc6 31. Nd3 Bf6 32. Qe3 Qb5 (32... h6 $14) 33. Bc5 Qc4 (33... Rd8 $14) 34. Rf2 (34. Qg3 $142 $1 {Threatens to win with Rxf6.} Qe6 35. Re1) 34... h6 35. Qf4 Qb5 (35... Qxf4 $142 36. Rxf4 Ne5) 36. Qe4 $1 $16 Rd8 37. Rf5 $1 Qa6 38. Rd5 Rxd5 39. Qxd5 Qc8 (39... Nd8 $16 {is a better defense.} 40. Bd4 Bg5) 40. Qe4 (40. Qc4 $1 $18 {is more deadly.}) 40... Ne5 41. Nxe5 Qxc5 42. Nd7 Qd6 43. Nxf6+ ({Of course not} 43. Qxa4 $6 Bd8 $11) 43... Qxf6 44. Qxa4 {Hoping for Qb4.} Qxb2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} 45. Qe8+ Kh7 46. Qxf7 Qxc2 47. Qf4 g5 48. Qf7+ Kh8 49. Kh2 Qb2 (49... Qc5 $14) 50. Qe8+ $18 Kg7 51. Qd7+ Kg6 52. Qd6+ Kg7 53. Qc7+ $1 Kg6 $2 {[#]} (53... Kh8) 54. a4 $1 Qa1 55. a5 h5 56. Qd6+ Kf5 57. Qf8+ (57. a6 $142 g4 58. Qc5+ Kg6 59. a7 Qa6 60. Qc7 gxh3 61. Qb8 hxg2 62. a8=Q Qxa8 63. Qxa8) 57... Kg6 58. Qe8+ Kh6 59. Qe6+ Kg7 60. Qd7+ $2 (60. a6 {mates} Kf8 61. Qc8+ Ke7 62. Qb7+ Kf6 63. a7 g4 64. Qc6+ Kf7 65. a8=Q Qe5+ 66. g3 Qe2+ 67. Qg2 Qxg2+ 68. Kxg2) 60... Kg6 61. Qd6+ $2 (61. Qd3+ $18 Kg7 62. Qd7+ Kf6 63. Qd6+ Kf5 64. a6) 61... Kf5 $1 62. a6 {White mates.} Qa5 63. Qd3+ Kf6 64. Qd4+ Kg6 65. a7 Qc7+ 66. Kh1 Qc1+ {[#]} 67. Qg1 $1 Qa3 68. Qb1+ Kf6 69. Qb8 g4 70. a8=Q Qc1+ 71. Kh2 {Precision: White = 67%, Black = 42%.} 1-0

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Fodor, Tamas Jr"]
[Black "McDonald, Neil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,142,69,67,64,66,84,83,78,80,87,81,80,67,58,-41,-39,-30,59,20,54,43,33,30,62,56,47,51,92,70,77,84,131,87,194,159,390,379,389,371,405,385,389,371,377,384,384,374,368,373,378,378,395,366,407,389,388,379,370,234,237,-33,-41,-39,-36,-35,-33,-33,-33,-32,-39,-36,-17,-26,-26,-24,-24,-20,-12,-22,-2,-12,-9,-15,0,0,0,-64,-64,-65,-8,-65,-65,-29977,-94,-29978,-29979,-29985,-29986,-29989,-29990,-29993,-29994,-29994,-29985,-29985,-29986,-29986,-10768,-29979,-522,-522,-515,-501,-501,-479,-451,-410,-407,-403,-403,-395,-388,-366,-352,-333,-70]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O a6 {A31: Englische Eröffnung (Symmetrische Variante)} (8... Nc6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. f3 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 a5 12. b3 Bc6 13. Qd2 Nd7 14. Be3 Nc5 15. Rab1 Qb6 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. Rc2 Qb4 18. Qc1 Qb6 19. Kh1 h5 20. a3 Qd8 21. Qd2 Kh7 22. Bf1 Qf8 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 Na4 25. Ne2 {1-0 (55) Navara,D (2734)-Mamedov,R (2650) Huaian 2016}) 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. Qd2 {LiveBook: 3 Partien} Re8 {Weiß steht etwas besser.} 11. Rfd1 b6 12. Rac1 Bb7 13. f3 e6 14. Nc2 Bf8 15. Qf4 $146 Rc8 16. Qg3 (16. Kh1 $14) 16... h6 $15 17. Be3 Kh7 (17... d5 $1 $11) 18. Kh1 Qe7 19. Bf1 Ne5 20. Na3 Rc6 21. Rc2 Bg7 22. Rcd2 Nh5 23. Qf2 f5 24. Bxb6 Rf8 25. Bd4 Bf6 {[#]} (25... Rc7 $16) 26. c5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512] Schwarz muss nun cxd6 beachten.} Rxc5 $2 (26... Rd8 $16 27. g3 Rcc8) (26... dxc5 27. Bxe5) 27. Bxc5 dxc5 28. Nc4 Bc6 29. Rd6 Nxc4 30. Bxc4 Bd4 31. R1xd4 cxd4 32. Qxd4 ({Schwächer ist} 32. Rxc6 dxc3 33. bxc3 (33. Rxe6 Qc7 $14) 33... Rb8 $18) 32... e5 33. Qc5 Bb5 34. Bxb5 ({Weniger gut wäre} 34. Nxb5 axb5 35. Qc6 Qh4 $16) 34... axb5 35. Nd5 Qg7 36. Qxb5 fxe4 37. fxe4 Rf7 38. Ne3 Nf6 39. Qxe5 $2 ({Günstiger ist} 39. Rc6 $18) 39... Ng4 $1 $15 40. Qxg7+ Kxg7 41. h3 Nxe3 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KTS-KT} 42. Rd3 Nc4 43. b3 Ne5 44. Rd5 Rf1+ 45. Kh2 Kf6 46. a4 Rb1 47. Rb5 $1 h5 48. h4 Rb2 49. Kg3 Nd3 50. a5 Ne1 51. b4 {Und a6 würde nun gewinnen.} Ra2 52. Rb6+ (52. Kf4 $11) 52... Ke5 53. a6 Rxg2+ 54. Kh3 {Droht stark a7.} Ra2 {Droht ...Sd3 und aus.} 55. Rxg6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (55. Kg3 $15) 55... Nd3 $1 56. Kg3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (56. Rc6 $17) 56... Nf4 $1 57. Rc6 Ne2+ 58. Kh3 Kxe4 59. Rc4+ Kf3 {[%cal Re2g1]} 60. Kh2 Nf4+ 61. Kh1 Rxa6 62. Rc3+ Kg4 (62... Kf2 $142 63. Rc2+ Kg3 64. Rc3+ Kxh4 65. Rb3 Ra2 66. Kg1 Ne2+ 67. Kf1 Kg4 68. b5 Nd4 69. Rc3 Nxb5 70. Rd3 h4 71. Kg1 Rb2 72. Kf1 Nc7 73. Rd6 Kg3 74. Rg6+ Kh2 75. Rh6 h3 76. Rd6 Rc2 77. Rd8 Ne6 78. Rb8 Ng5 79. Rg8 Rc5 80. Ke2 Kg2 81. Rh8 Rd5 82. Rf8 Re5+ 83. Kd2 h2 84. Rh8 Nh3 85. Rg8+ Rg5 86. Rxg5+ Nxg5 87. Kc3 h1=Q 88. Kc4 Qd1 89. Kc3 Ne6 90. Kc4 Qd4+ 91. Kb5 Qc5+ 92. Ka4 Qb6 93. Ka3 Nd4 94. Ka2 Qb3+ 95. Ka1 Nc2#) 63. Rb3 Kxh4 (63... Ra2 $142 64. Kg1 Ng6 65. Kf1 Nxh4 66. Rc3 Nf3 67. Rc6 Nh2+ 68. Ke1 h4 69. Rg6+ Kf4 70. Rh6 Kg3 71. Kd1 h3 72. Kc1 Ng4 73. Rh7 h2 74. b5 Ra1+ 75. Kc2 h1=Q 76. Rxh1 Rxh1 77. b6 Rh6 78. Kd3 Kf4 79. Kc4 Rxb6 80. Kc5 Ra6 81. Kb4 Rh6 82. Kc3 Ke4 83. Kb4 Kd3 84. Kb5 Kd4 85. Kb4 Ne3 86. Kb3 Rb6+ 87. Ka3 Kc3 88. Ka2 Rb2+ 89. Ka3 Nc4+ 90. Ka4 Rb4#) 64. b5 $19 Rb6 65. Kh2 Kg4 66. Rb4 Kf3 67. Rb3+ Kf2 68. Rb2+ {[#]} Ke3 $1 69. Rb3+ Ke4 70. Kg3 {Weiss hofft, mit Tb4+ fortzusetzen.} Rg6+ 71. Kh2 Kd5 $2 {[%mdl 32768] Precision: Weiß = 48%, Schwarz = 60%. . Sensor Board Error (Ke4/e5)?} (71... Nd5 $19 72. Kh3 Nf4+ 73. Kh2 Rb6) 1-0

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hector, Jonny"]
[Black "Donchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,143,0,12,14,11,0,-8,-7,-8,-19,0,-23,0,-20,0,-26,-20,-23,15,23,29,0,13,0,58,60,261,274,296,104,146,81,83,86,87,84,97,15,17,10,14,0,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,2,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,22,0,0,0,0,0,7,8,7,6,6,0,6,7,12,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,13,0,0,0,7,7,7,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e5 Ne4 5. d4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 {B11: Caro-Kann: Two Knights Variation} c5 7. c4 (7. Rb1 Nc6 8. dxc5 e6 9. Bd3 Bxc5 10. O-O h6 11. Qe2 O-O 12. c4 Nb4 13. Be3 Nxd3 14. cxd3 Bxe3 15. Qxe3 dxc4 16. dxc4 {½-½ (32) Short,N (2698)-Tari,A (2588) Douglas 2017}) 7... Nc6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 8. Be2 e6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... cxd4 9. Nxd4 e6 10. O-O Be7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. c4 {½-½ (21) Ziska,H (2544)-Rasmussen,A (2540) Vaxjo 2017}) 9. O-O dxc4 10. Bxc4 cxd4 11. Qe2 Bd7 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. Rb1 Be7 14. Bf4 Rc8 15. Bb3 Bc5 16. Ng5 Be7 17. Qh5 g6 18. Qf3 h6 (18... Na5 $11) 19. Ne4 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Nxe5 $2 (19... Qa5 $14) 20. Qg3 $18 f6 21. Re1 $2 (21. Rxd4 $18 {is the precise move to win.} g5 22. Rxd7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxd7 23. Bxe5) 21... Kf7 {[#]} 22. Nxf6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxf6 $16 23. Bxe5 Bxe5 24. Rxe5 Kg7 {[#]} 25. Rbe1 ({White should try} 25. Rd1 $1 $16) 25... Rhf8 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} 26. Qd3 Qc3 27. Qe2 Rf7 28. Bxe6 Bxe6 29. Rxe6 Qxc2 30. Qe5+ Kh7 31. Qxd4 Qxa2 32. Re7 Rg8 33. Rxf7+ Qxf7 34. Qxa7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Rg7 35. Qb6 Qc7 36. Qb4 Rf7 37. g3 Qd8 38. h4 h5 39. Qe4 Qf6 40. Qe3 Qf5 41. Qd4 Qd7 (41... Rd7 {with more complications.} 42. Qc3 Rf7 43. Qb2 Qc8 44. Rd1 Qe8) 42. Qb4 Qf5 43. Qb2 Qc8 44. Re5 Qd8 45. Qc2 {Threatens to win with Rxh5+.} Kh6 $1 46. Rb5 Qd4 47. Rb2 (47. Kg2 {keeps more tension.} Qf6 48. Qb2 Qf3+ 49. Kg1 Qd1+ 50. Kh2) 47... Rd7 (47... Rc7 {with more complications.} 48. Qb1 Rc3 49. Kg2 Qf6 50. Kh2 Rc4) 48. Rb1 Rf7 49. Re1 (49. Qb2 {is interesting.} Qd8 50. Qe5 Kh7 51. Qe6 Kg7 52. Qe2) 49... Qf6 50. Re8 Qa1+ 51. Kg2 Qd4 52. Qe2 Kh7 53. Qa2 (53. Rc8 {looks sharper.} b5 54. Rb8 b4 55. Rb5 Kg7 56. Qe3) 53... Kg7 54. Re2 Qc3 55. Re3 (55. Qb2 {is more complex.} Qf6 56. Rc2 b6 57. Re2 Rc7 58. Qb3) 55... Qd4 (55... Qc6+ {feels hotter.} 56. f3 Qc1 57. Re8 b5 58. Qe2 Qc3) 56. Qe2 Qd5+ 57. Kg1 Qd4 58. Re6 Qa1+ 59. Kh2 Qd4 60. f4 Rd7 61. f5 gxf5 62. Re7+ Rxe7 63. Qxe7+ {KQ-KQ} Kg8 64. Qg5+ Qg7 65. Qxh5 Qf7 66. Qg5+ Kh7 67. Qe3 b5 68. Qc5 Qa2+ 69. Kh3 Qe6 70. Qxb5 f4+ $1 71. Kh2 {Black must now prevent Qh5+.} fxg3+ 72. Kxg3 {Precision: White = 42%, Black = 66%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gormally, Daniel W"]
[Black "Milliet, Sophie"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2477"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,65,18,11,11,16,32,35,20,26,10,0,19,31,48,28,40,41,51,38,44,39,56,31,35,29,42,24,22,27,74,76,79,76,69,-17,-43,-201,-197,-188,-181,-195,-197,-266,0,0,0,-257]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. g3 d5 7. Bg2 b6 8. O-O Bb7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. b4 {E16: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Bb4+} Nbd7 (10... a5 11. b5 c6 12. bxc6 Nxc6 13. Bb2 a4 14. Qb1 b5 15. Ne5 Qb6 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Bc3 Rfc8 {0-1 (40) Riazantsev,A (2651)-Gelfand,B (2719) Palma de Mallorca 2017}) 11. Bb2 {LiveBook: 7 Games} Bd6 12. Ne5 Ne4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Re8 13. Ndf3 c5 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Nh4 Bf8 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. Qxd5 cxb4 19. axb4 {½-½ (70) Kaidanov,G (2555)-Lein,A (2455) Dearborn 1992}) 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Rc1 Bd5 15. Nc4 b5 16. Ne3 c6 17. f3 exf3 18. Bxf3 Nb6 19. Rxc6 Bxc6 20. Bxc6 Na4 21. Ba1 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Rc8 $1 {[%cal Rc8c6]} 22. d5 f6 $1 23. Qd3 a6 24. Qe4 Qc7 25. Nf5 {Black must now prevent Qe6+.} Kh8 26. Nd4 Nb6 27. Rf5 (27. Qf5 $14) 27... Qf7 $11 28. Ne6 $2 {[#]} (28. Bc3 $15) 28... Rxc6 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 29. dxc6 Re8 30. Ng5 {[#]} Qg6 $1 ({Weaker is} 30... fxg5 31. Rxf7 Rxe4 32. Rxg7 $16) 31. Ne6 (31. Qf3 {was necessary.} fxg5 32. Rf7) 31... Qf7 32. Ng5 $1 {[%cal Rg5f7]} Qg6 $1 ({But not} 32... fxg5 $6 33. Rxf7 Rxe4 34. Rxg7 $16) 33. Ne6 {[%mdl 32768] Precision: White = 54%, Black = 58%. . An unexpected result.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hambleton, Aman"]
[Black "Martins, David Pires Tavares"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,55,35,35,37,32,22,43,23,22,18,33,43,46,50,61,60,114,110,139,148,172,170,179,187,178,182,292,295,281,272,243,225,211,222,387,380,370,379,351,352]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nh3 c6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Bf4 O-O 8. Nd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f3,Bf3e5][%mdl 32]} Be7 {A90: Holländische Verteidigung (Klassisches System, Stonewall und Varianten mit Lb4)} 9. Nf3 Ne4 {LiveBook: 7 Partien} 10. Qc1 Nd7 {Weiß steht etwas besser.} 11. Rd1 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 11. Nhg5 Ndf6 12. Ne5 Nh5 13. Nxe4 Nxf4 14. gxf4 fxe4 15. Qe3 Bd6 {½-½ (55) Navara,D (2707)-Shabalov,A (2606) Khanty-Mansiysk 2009}) 11... h6 12. Ne5 Qe8 13. f3 {[%cal Bf2f3,Bf3e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} Nef6 14. Nd3 g5 15. Bd2 Bd6 16. Nhf2 Nh5 ({Günstiger ist} 16... Qf7 $14) 17. e4 $16 dxe4 18. fxe4 f4 {[#]} 19. g4 $1 {[%cal Rg4h5]} f3 20. e5 Bc7 21. Bf1 ({Und nicht} 21. gxh5 fxg2 22. Bxg5 hxg5 $14) 21... c5 (21... Ng7 $142) 22. gxh5 $18 cxd4 23. Re1 Qxh5 24. Bh3 Qg6 25. Kh1 b6 $2 (25... Kh8 26. Bb4 Rf7) 26. Rg1 {[%cal Rd2g5] Lxg5! ist eine echte Drohung.Weiß steht auf Gewinn.} Bd8 {[#]} 27. Nf4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxf4 28. Bxf4 {Precision: Weiß = 79%, Schwarz = 50%.} 1-0

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bilguun, Sumiya"]
[Black "Sai Agni Jeevitesh, J."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2459"]
[BlackElo "2384"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,91,8,17,0,0,0,18,-14,66,31,35,0,32,0,0,-8,-8,-10,0,-12,-12,-25,0,-15,0,0,0,-29,0,0,0,-31,0,0,0,-5,-8,-36,-10,-10,-10,-10,0,-10,-10,-10,-10,-10,38,50,54,41,41,-10,-9,-229,-207,-258,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-1819,317,316,310,0,0,0]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 e5 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 c6 8. a4 b6 9. Bg5 a6 10. Bxf6 {C41: Philidor Defence} (10. Qe2 Qc7 11. d5 c5 12. Nd2 Qd8 13. Be3 Ne8 14. Rab1 Bg5 15. b4 Bxe3 16. Qxe3 g6 17. Bf1 f5 18. exf5 gxf5 {1-0 (36) Grischuk,A (2774)-Bocharov,D (2560) Berlin 2015}) 10... Bxf6 11. d5 c5 {LiveBook: 13 Games} 12. Qe2 g6 13. Bd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Rab1 Bg7 14. b4 f5 15. bxc5 Nxc5 {½-½ (36) Peters,J (2366)-Serpik,I (2176) Beverly Hills 2015}) 13... Bg5 14. Nb1 h5 (14... Bh6 $11) 15. Na3 Bh6 16. Rab1 Qc7 17. Nd2 Nf6 18. h3 Bd7 19. b3 Ra7 20. Nf1 {[%cal Bd2f1,Bf1h2,Bh2f3][%mdl 32]} Rfa8 21. Nh2 Kg7 22. Kh1 Kg8 23. Nf3 Kg7 24. Ng1 Nh7 25. Rbd1 Nf6 26. Rf1 Rb8 27. Bxa6 {[#]} Nxe4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 28. Qxe4 Rxa6 29. Qd3 Ra5 30. Ne2 f5 31. Nc3 Re8 32. Ncb5 (32. Nc4 {keeps more tension.} Ra7 33. Qg3 Kf7 34. Ra1 Bf4 35. Qh4) 32... Bxb5 $1 33. Nxb5 Qe7 34. Na3 Raa8 35. Qb5 Rab8 36. Nc4 e4 37. Rfe1 ({Better is} 37. Nxb6 $14 f4 38. a5) 37... Bf4 $11 38. Nxb6 $2 (38. Re2 $11 {and White is okay.}) 38... Qh4 $19 39. Re2 e3 $2 ({Black should play} 39... Be5 $1 $19 40. Kg1 Qf4) 40. Rf1 $1 $11 exf2 41. Rexf2 (41. Rxe8 {leads to mate.} Qg3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 42. Qd7+ Kh6 43. Qh7+ Kxh7 44. Re7+ Kh6 45. Rh7+ Kxh7 46. Nd7 Qh2#) 41... Re3 {White must now prevent ...Be5.} 42. Qd7+ Kh6 {( -> ...Qxf2!)} 43. Nc4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (43. Rxf4 $11 Rxh3+ 44. gxh3 Qxh3+ 45. Kg1 Qg3+ 46. Kh1 Qh3+ 47. Kg1 Qg3+ 48. Kh1 Qh3+) 43... Rbe8 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (43... Qxf2 $1 $19 {[%cal Rf2f1][%mdl 512]} 44. Nxe3 (44. Rxf2 Re1+) 44... Qxe3) 44. Nxe3 $18 ({Not} 44. Rxf4 Rxh3+ 45. gxh3 Qxh3+ 46. Kg1 Qg3+ 47. Kh1 Qh3+ 48. Kg1 Qg3+ 49. Kh1 Qh3+ $11) 44... Rxe3 {[#]} 45. Rxf4 $2 (45. Qb5 $1 $18) 45... Rxh3+ $1 $11 46. gxh3 {Precision: White = 31%, Black = 43%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Williams, Simon K"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,100,0,18,16,24,31,43,34,48,34,35,33,102,-89,43,49,102,0,95,78,79,72,33,20,29,26,70,80,77,34,125,123,113,0,206,-145,-149,-162,-152,-203,-202,-201,-201,-151,-188,-194,-186,-194,-187,-119,-137,-243,-194,-168,-43,-202,-141,-177,0,-175,-127,-195,-151,-676,-647,-554,-565,-539,-236,-918,-903,-1019,-1051,-1028,-1037,-614,-892,-1209,-1179,-29996,-29997]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 Bg4 7. Qb3 {D10: Slav Defence: 3 cxd5 (without early Nf3) and 3 Nc3} Na5 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qd1 e6 10. Nf3 Rc8 11. Bd3 Bb4 {LiveBook: 8 Games} 12. O-O Nc4 13. Bxc4 dxc4 {[#]} 14. Ne5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Bg5 Be7 {½-½ (22) Dorfman,J (2574)-Matlakov,M (2694) Montpellier 2015}) 14... Bxc3 15. bxc3 Nd5 16. Qg4 Qf6 (16... Nxf4 $14 17. exf4 O-O) 17. Bg3 $2 (17. Nxd7 $16 Kxd7 18. Be5) 17... h5 (17... Nxc3 $17 {Threatens to win with ...h5.} 18. f4 Bc6) 18. Qe2 $14 h4 (18... Qe7 $14) 19. e4 ({White should try} 19. Nxd7 $16 Kxd7 20. Be5) 19... Nb6 (19... Nxc3 $11 {remains equal.} 20. Qb2 hxg3 21. fxg3 Qh6 22. Qxc3 Qxh2+ 23. Kf2 a6) 20. Nxd7 Nxd7 {[%cal Bb6d7,Bd7e5,Be5d3][%mdl 32]} 21. Bd6 e5 22. dxe5 Nxe5 23. Rad1 {Strongly threatening Qb2.} Nd3 24. e5 $1 {[%cal Re5f6]} Qf5 25. f4 Rc6 ({Better is} 25... h3 $1 $14) 26. Rb1 b6 27. Rb5 (27. h3 $16) 27... Kd7 $2 (27... Nxf4 $11 28. Qf3 Rxd6 29. exd6 Qxb5) 28. Qf3 $2 (28. Rd5 $18) 28... Rxd6 $17 29. Qb7+ Ke6 {Hoping for ...Rd7.} 30. Qxa7 (30. exd6 $17 {keeps fighting.} Qxb5 31. Qe7+ Kd5 32. Qxf7+ Kxd6 33. Qg6+ Kc5 34. Qf5+ Kc6 35. Qg6+ Kd5 36. Qf7+ Kd6 37. Qg6+ Kd5 38. Qf7+ Kd6) 30... Nxf4 $19 31. Qe7+ Kxe7 32. exd6+ Ke6 ({Worse is} 32... Kxd6 33. Rxf5 Ne2+ 34. Kf2 $16) 33. Rxf5 Kxf5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KR} 34. g3 g5 $1 {[%cal Bg7g5,Bg5g4][%mdl 32]} 35. gxf4 {KR-KR} g4 36. Rd1 (36. Rb1 $17 {might work better.}) 36... Rd8 37. Rd4 {[#]} Ke6 (37... b5 $1 $19 38. h3 g3) 38. Re4+ $2 (38. h3 $1 $15) 38... Kd5 39. Rd4+ Ke6 40. Re4+ Kxd6 41. Rxc4 (41. f5 $17) 41... Ke6 42. Rb4 $2 (42. f5+ $17 Kxf5 43. h3) 42... Rd1+ 43. Kf2 Rd2+ 44. Kg1 Kf5 (44... h3 $142 45. Rxb6+ Kd5) 45. a4 $2 (45. h3) 45... h3 46. Rxb6 Rg2+ 47. Kh1 Ra2 {( -> ...Ra1+)} 48. Kg1 Rxa4 49. Kf2 Rxf4+ 50. Kg3 {[#]} Kg5 $1 {Precision: White = 25%, Black = 37%.} 0-1

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Henderson de La Fuente, Lance"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2419"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,53,-5,-4,-7,24,26,31,31,29,22,31,19,35,28,23,0,0,0,0,0,13,7,17,0,51,62,61,59,58,31,60,60,67,29,33,0,58,45,76,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 g6 5. d4 exd4 6. Bg5 {C70: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4, Norwegian and Delayed Schliemann} Be7 7. Bxe7 Ngxe7 8. Nxd4 (8. Bxc6 Nxc6 9. Nxd4 Qf6 10. c3 O-O 11. O-O b6 12. Qf3 Qxf3 13. Nxf3 Re8 {½-½ (44) Xiong,J (2618)-Caruana,F (2795) Saint Louis 2016}) 8... b5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 9. Nxc6 Nxc6 10. Bb3 O-O 11. O-O Na5 12. Nc3 Bb7 13. Qd2 d6 {[#]} 14. Rfe1 $146 Re8 15. Rad1 Nxb3 16. axb3 Qf6 17. b4 Re6 18. f3 Rae8 19. Qf2 {next Qa7 is good for White.} Qe7 (19... d5 $11) 20. Ne2 $14 Qd7 21. Nf4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} R6e7 22. Qh4 Qd8 {[%cal Re7e4]} 23. Qg3 Rd7 24. Qh3 Rde7 25. Qg3 Rd7 $1 26. Qf2 Qg5 27. Qg3 {Precision: White = 46%, Black = 59%.} (27. g3 $16) 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Arkell, Keith C"]
[Black "Fernandez, Daniel Howard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2416"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,55,21,46,0,10,9,41,24,18,17,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,34,23,24,25,71,55,77,77,76,63,68,77,82,0,22,0,37,8,62,0,0,0]} 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. a3 bxa3 7. Rxa3 O-O 8. Nc3 b6 {LiveBook: 3 Partien. E11: Damenindisch (Bogoljubow-Variante)} 9. g3 Bb7 10. Bg2 Ne4 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 10... d6 11. O-O a5 12. Re1 Qc7 13. Nb5 Qe7 14. Qb1 Na6 15. e4 Rab8 16. Rae3 Nd7 17. b3 e5 18. Nc3 f6 19. Bh3 {1-0 (31) Yermolinsky,A (2519)-Kavutskiy,K (2332) Las Vegas 2014}) 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. O-O Nc6 13. Qd2 a5 14. Rd1 {[%cal Bf1d1,Bd1a1,Ba1a5][%mdl 32]} Nb4 15. Ne5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Rc8 17. Rc3 b5 18. cxb5 {Droht Tdc1 und aus.} Rb8 19. Ra1 Rxb5 {[#]} 20. Rc5 $1 {[%cal Rc5b5]} Qb8 {Droht stark ...Txc5.} 21. Rxa5 Rxc5 22. dxc5 Qxe5 23. Qxb4 Qxe2 $16 {KDT-KDT} 24. Qb7 (24. Ra7 $16) 24... h5 25. Ra8 Rxa8 26. Qxa8+ Kh7 27. Qb7 (27. Qf3 $1 $14 Qxf3+ 28. Kxf3) 27... h4 $11 28. gxh4 {Precision: Weiß = 50%, Schwarz = 55%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Munguntuul, Batkhuyag"]
[Black "Bellaiche, Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 36,103,40,25,37,33,66,61,76,8,8,0,0,-30,0,-155,-94,-78,-74,-77,-84,-107,-107,-94,-96,-98,-97,-77,-80,-102,28,28,28,27,24,17,17,18,22,19,53,53,53,53,53,53,53,53,89,89,162,162,172,172,889,889,983,960,960,89,158,158,180,180,29977,481,766,607,29995,29996]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Be2 Nf6 8. O-O d6 9. f4 Be7 10. Kh1 O-O 11. Qe1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 13. a3 Bb7 14. Qg3 Rad8 15. Bd3 {B85: Sicilian Scheveningen: 6 Be2 a6, lines with early Be3} (15. Rae1 Bc6 16. Bd3 Qd7 17. Rf3 e5 18. fxe5 Nh5 19. Qh3 Qxh3 20. Rxh3 Nf4 21. Rf3 Nxd3 22. cxd3 dxe5 23. Bxe5 b4 24. axb4 Bxb4 {0-1 (68) Hou,Y (2666)-Giri,A (2775) Geneve 2017}) 15... Rd7 16. Rae1 Re8 17. a4 b4 18. Na2 Qa5 19. b3 {LiveBook: 5 Games} (19. Nc1 {seems wilder.} Qxa4 20. Nb3 g6 21. Qh3 Rdd8 22. f5) 19... Bd8 20. Qf2 d5 $146 {[%cal Rd5e4]} ({Predecessor:} 20... e5 21. fxe5 dxe5 22. Bc5 Qc7 23. Bxb4 {1-0 (30) Lagno,K (2541)-Havlikova,K (2272) Heraklio 2017}) 21. Bxf6 $1 gxf6 22. f5 ({Better is} 22. exd5 $16 Rxd5 23. Be4 (23. Qg3+ Kh8 $11)) 22... e5 $1 $11 23. Qh4 Kh8 24. exd5 Qxd5 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Rd5g2]} 25. Re4 $2 {[#]} (25. Be4 $11 Qd4 26. Nc1) 25... a5 (25... Rg8 $142 $1 26. Nxb4 Qc5) 26. Nc1 $17 Rg8 27. Ne2 Qc5 {Strongly threatening ...Rxd3.} 28. Rg4 Rxg4 29. Qxg4 Qe3 30. Ng3 Rd4 31. Qh5 Bd5 32. Ne2 e4 (32... Rxd3 $17 33. cxd3 Qxd3) 33. Bb5 $11 Rd2 34. Nf4 Kg7 35. Nxd5 Rxd5 36. Be8 Qa7 $1 37. Bc6 Rd4 38. Qg4+ Kf8 39. Bxe4 Qe7 40. Re1 Qe5 41. Qf3 Bc7 {[%csl Gc7][%cal Re5h2]} 42. g3 h5 {[#]} (42... Rd2 $16 {might work better.}) 43. Re2 $1 $18 Rd1+ 44. Kg2 h4 $2 (44... Qc3 45. Bd3 Rd2 46. Qxh5 Rxe2+ 47. Qxe2 Qc6+ 48. Kh3 Be5) 45. Bc6 Qd4 46. Re8+ Kg7 47. Re4 $2 (47. Kh3 $18 {and White stays clearly on top. Threatening mate with Qh5.} Qd2 48. Qh5) 47... Qg1+ ({Black should play} 47... Qd2+ 48. Kh3 hxg3 49. Qg4+ (49. hxg3 Rg1 $14) 49... Kh7 50. Qh4+ Qh6 51. hxg3 Rg1) 48. Kh3 $16 Rd8 49. Rxh4 $40 {[%mdl 128] aiming for Qg4+. White wants a kill.} ({But not} 49. Qg4+ $6 Kf8 $14) 49... Be5 $2 (49... Rd4 $18) 50. Bd5 (50. Qg4+ $142 Kf8 51. Rh7 Qf1+ 52. Bg2 Qxg2+ 53. Kxg2 Ke7 54. Qc4 Rf8 55. Qe6+ Kd8 56. Qd5+ Ke7 57. Qxa5) 50... Rd7 (50... Qc1 $142 51. Rg4+ Kf8) 51. Bc4 {Qa8 would kill now.} Rd2 {[#]} 52. Rh7+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 62%, Black = 40%.} 1-0

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Akash Pc, Iyer"]
[Black "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,116,0,6,-39,4,-26,-31,-48,-43,-49,-21,-39,-51,-42,-23,-38,-33,-30,-7,-6,14,8,113,93,170,170,166,112,109,89,125,61,58,60,145,60,62,54,148,132,232,239,329,315,296,129,165,159,200,190,192,152,147,152,79,0,163,75,357,290,286,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,24,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 c5 4. d5 e6 5. e4 d6 6. Ne2 {E60: Königsindisch (ohne Sc3)} Bg7 7. Nec3 exd5 8. cxd5 Nh5 9. Be3 f5 $1 {LiveBook: 4 Partien} 10. Bb5+ (10. exf5 {feels hotter.} gxf5 11. Be2 O-O 12. Qd2 a6 13. a4) 10... Bd7 $146 (10... Nd7 {with more complications.} 11. a4 O-O 12. O-O fxe4 13. Nxe4 Bxb2 14. Nbd2 Nb6) ({Vorgänger:} 10... Nd7 11. exf5 gxf5 {½-½ (45) Bogdanovich,S (2581)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2714) Moscow 2015}) 11. Bxd7+ (11. a4 {is interesting.} Bxb5 12. axb5 Nd7 13. O-O O-O 14. Nd2) 11... Nxd7 12. O-O O-O 13. Nd2 Qe7 14. Qe2 a6 15. a4 Bd4 16. Nc4 Ne5 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. Rae1 Qg5 19. Qd2 $1 {[%cal Rd2d4] zielt auf Dxd4 ab.} Nf4 (19... Qd8 $11) 20. g3 $16 Nh3+ (20... Bxe3+ $16 {war angesagt.} 21. Rxe3 (21. Qxe3 Nh3+ 22. Kg2 f4 $14) 21... Rad8) 21. Kg2 $18 Bxe3 22. Qxe3 (22. Rxe3 $18 f4 23. Re2) 22... f4 $16 23. Qd2 Qh5 {Weiss sollte ...fxg3 verhindern.} 24. Ne2 (24. g4 $1 $16 {[%cal Rg4h5]} Qh4 25. Kh1) 24... fxg3 25. hxg3 Rf6 (25... Rf7 $14) 26. Qe3 (26. d6 $1 $16) 26... Raf8 $14 27. Rd1 $1 Qg5 ({Günstiger ist} 27... Ng5 $14 28. Ng1 b6) 28. Qxc5 $16 b6 (28... Nf4+ $16 29. Nxf4 exf4) 29. Qc3 $18 Nf4+ 30. Nxf4 exf4 31. Qe1 (31. g4 $1 $18 {ist der präzise Gewinnweg.}) 31... Rc8 32. Qf2 Rff8 33. d6 ({Jedoch nicht} 33. g4 h5) 33... fxg3 34. Qd2 (34. Qxb6 Rc2+ 35. Kg1 Rh2 $19) 34... Qh4 {[%csl Gg3][%cal Rh4h2]} 35. Rh1 $1 Qf6 36. Rhf1 (36. f4 $1 $16) 36... Rc5 $2 {[#]} (36... Qh4 $1 $11 37. Rh1 Qf6) 37. d7 (37. f4 $1 $18 {ist viel giftiger.}) 37... Qd8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Falsch wäre} 37... Qh4 $2 38. Rh1 $18) (37... Rd8 $16 {ist wohl besser.}) 38. Rh1 Rf7 {[#]} 39. Kxg3 $2 ({Lieber} 39. Rh4 $3 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) 39... Rc7 $1 $132 {[%cal Rc7d7][%mdl 2048] Schwarz is fighting back} 40. Qd5 h5 $1 {[%cal Rc7d7]} 41. Qe6 Rcxd7 42. Rxd7 Qxd7 43. Qxd7 Rxd7 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KT-KT} 44. Rc1 {Droht Tc6 und aus.} Kf7 45. Rc6 Rd4 $1 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} 46. Rxb6 Rxa4 47. Kf4 Ra5 48. b4 g5+ 49. Kg3 Ra3 50. Rh6 g4 51. Rxh5 Rxf3+ 52. Kxg4 Rb3 53. Kf5 {Schwarz muss nun Th7+ beachten.} Rxb4 54. Rh7+ Ke8 55. Ra7 Rb5+ 56. e5 {Droht stark Kf6.} Rb6 57. e6 {Kf6 ist eine echte Drohung.} Rb1 58. Rxa6 Rf1+ {Precision: Weiß = 50%, Schwarz = 45%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zujev, Oleg"]
[Black "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,71,0,5,0,-2,-2,21,14,7,12,0,11,31,-3,-16,-3,-4,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,24,37,113,113,116,117,190,75,355,350,350,22,10,0,329,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 Re8 6. a3 Bf8 7. Ng3 d5 8. Be2 {E46: Nimzoindisch (Rubinstein-System)} b6 9. O-O (9. cxd5 exd5 10. b4 Bb7 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Qb3 c6 13. Bf3 a6 14. Rd1 b5 15. e4 Nb6 {0-1 (51) Gupta,A (2627)-Wei,Y (2725) Liaocheng 2017}) 9... Bb7 {LiveBook: 16 Partien} 10. Qc2 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} Nbd7 11. Rd1 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Bf3 {[%cal Rc3d5]} Nb6 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 14... Ne5 15. Bxd5 Nxd5 {½-½ (39) Mohammad,N (2410)-Harsha,B (2394) Kankarbagh 2017}) 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 (15... Nfxd5 $5 16. e4 $8 Qe7 17. exd5 Rad8 $14) 16. Bxd5 Nbxd5 17. e4 Qa5 {Weiss muss nun ...Sb4! beachten.} 18. exd5 Re1+ 19. Nf1 {zielt auf b4! ab.} Rxd1 $1 20. Qxd1 Rd8 21. Ne3 Nxd5 22. Nxd5 Rxd5 {[%cal Rd5d1]} 23. Qe2 c4 {[%cal Bc5c4,Bc4c3][%mdl 32]} 24. Be3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Weiss drückt.} c3 25. g3 h5 26. h4 Re5 27. Rc1 cxb2 28. Qxb2 Rb5 29. Qd4 a6 (29... Rd5 $14 30. Qc4 (30. Qxa7 Qxa7 31. Bxa7 Bxa3 $11) 30... Qd8) 30. Rc8 $16 Qxa3 31. Qd8 {Und Ld4 würde nun gewinnen.} Re5 {[#]} (31... Qb4 $16) 32. Kg2 (32. Bd4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd4e5] und Weiss behält klar die Oberhand.} Rb5 33. Kg2) 32... Qb4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (32... Rxe3 $16 33. fxe3 Qb2+ 34. Kg1 Qb4) 33. Bd2 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd2b4]} Qa3 34. Bc1 $2 ({Lieber} 34. Bc3 $18 Rb5 35. Qd7 (35. Qd4 Kh7 $18)) 34... Qb4 $11 {( -> ...Db7+)} 35. Bd2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (35. Kh2 $11) 35... Qa3 $1 $18 36. Bc1 $2 {Precision: Weiß = 55%, Schwarz = 48%.} (36. Bc3 $18 Rb5 37. Qd7 (37. Qd4 Kh7 $18)) 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gumularz, Szymon"]
[Black "Elsness, Frode"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2376"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,164,30,0,7,4,20,10,22,0,0,0,0,2,22,14,16,10,10,10,17,0,0,2,6,16,4,17,16,13,7,0,0,0,10,0,16,0,22,22,18,26,33,34,34,0,45,0,0,0,47,45,47,47,47,47,47,51,51,52,150,147,150,150,150,150,150,150,150,150,150,150,150,150,150,150,150,150,150,150,150,150,150,150,150,146,146,146,150,131,150,150,150,77,77,70,77,0,149,143,121,54,150,150,150,150,150,150,150,150,165,150,165,165,165,165,165,165,165,165,165,165,168,125,133,133,145,150,160,137,142,72,88,0,145,72,72,74,84,89,12845,12846,12847,12847,12848]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. a3 Ba5 10. Qe2 a6 11. Bd3 Qe7 {E55: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: Main Line: 7...dxc4 8 Bxc4 Nbd7} 12. Bd2 {LiveBook: 3 Games} e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 {The position is equal.} 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 {[#]} 15. Rad1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. f4 Qe7 16. h3 Bxc3 17. Bxc3 Ne4 18. Qh5 Bd7 19. Qe5 Qxe5 20. Bxe5 {1-0 (66) Korobov,A (2605)-Almasi,Z (2663) Beijing 2008}) 15... Bg4 16. f3 Bc7 17. g3 Bh3 18. Rfe1 b5 19. e4 c4 20. Bc2 Rad8 21. Be3 Bc8 22. Qf2 Qe6 23. Ne2 {[%cal Bc3e2,Be2f4,Bf4d5,Bd5b6][%mdl 32]} Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Bxd8 26. Bd4 Bb7 27. Qe3 Nd7 28. Nf4 Qc6 29. Kg2 f6 30. b3 Ne5 31. Qc3 Bc7 32. Nd5 Bd6 33. Qa5 Qd7 34. Nb6 (34. Bxe5 $5 Bxe5 35. bxc4 $11) 34... Qe7 35. Qc3 {[%cal Rb3c4]} Nc6 36. Nd5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Qf8 37. bxc4 {c5 is the strong threat.} Nxd4 38. Qxd4 Bxa3 39. cxb5 axb5 40. Qd3 {Threatens to win with e5.} Bc6 {[#]} (40... Bxd5 $14 41. Qxd5+ (41. exd5 g6 $16) 41... Kh8 42. Qxb5 Qd8) 41. e5 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} Bxd5 (41... fxe5 42. Qxh7+) 42. Qxd5+ Kh8 43. exf6 gxf6 44. Qxb5 Qe7 45. Be4 Bd6 46. Qf5 Qg7 47. Bd5 Bf8 48. h4 Qe7 49. Kh3 Bh6 50. Be4 Bf8 51. Qc8 Qc5 52. Qd7 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Rd7h7]} Qe7 53. Qd3 Qe6+ 54. Bf5 Qe7 55. Qd5 Qc5 56. Qd7 {[%csl Gf5][%cal Rd7h7]} Qe7 57. Qc8 (57. Qc6 $142) 57... Qc5 58. Qe6 Qe5 59. Qd7 (59. h5 $142) 59... Qe7 $1 60. Qa4 Qe5 61. Qg4 (61. Bd3 $16) 61... Qe7 (61... Qb5 $14 62. Qh5 Bh6) 62. Bc2 Qg7 63. Qf5 Qe7 64. Bb1 Bh6 65. Ba2 Qf8 66. Qe6 Bg7 67. Kg4 Qb4+ 68. Bc4 {[%csl Gc4][%cal Re6g8]} Qf8 69. f4 Qd8 70. Bd5 Qb8 71. Kh5 Qd8 72. g4 {[%cal Bg3g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} Qb8 73. g5 Qd8 74. Kg4 Qf8 75. Be4 Qd8 76. Bc2 (76. f5 $142 $1) 76... Qa8 77. Be4 ({White should play} 77. Qe2) 77... Qd8 {[#]} 78. Kf5 (78. f5 $142 $1) 78... fxg5 79. hxg5 Qg8 80. Qd7 {And now Bd5 would win.} h6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (80... Bf8 $16 81. Kg4 Qg7) 81. Bd5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd5g8]} Qf8+ 82. Kg6 {White wants to mate with Be6.} h5 {Precision: White = 62%, Black = 68%.} 1-0

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Jackson, James P"]
[Black "Abergel, Thal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2314"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,67,0,0,0,0,-14,0,0,111,80,80,77,108,125,323,338,345,359,424,436,432,402,420,391,427,423,388,351,388,329,902,885,903,913,903,910,890,881,1210,1206,1206,1191,1195,1186,1221,1219,1270,1231,1256,1216,1215,1191,1225,1189,1548,1108,29991,5593,29993,29994]} 1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 e6 4. Ne2 c5 5. d5 exd5 6. exd5 {B00: Queen's Fianchetto Defence, Nimzowitsch Defence} Bxd5 7. Nf4 Bb7 8. O-O {The position is equal.} Nf6 {[#]} (8... Be7 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 9. Nh5 $146 ({But not} 9. Re1+ $6 Be7 $11) ({Predecessor:} 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Bc4 O-O 11. Ncd5 Nc6 12. Re1 d6 {1-0 (73) Pert,N (2569)-McShane,L (2687) London 2015}) 9... Nxh5 10. Qxh5 Be7 11. Nc3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] aiming for Re1. White is really pushing.} d5 $2 (11... Nc6 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 12. Re1 $18 Kf8 13. Bf4 c4 {[#]} 14. Bxc4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} dxc4 15. Rad1 Nd7 16. Qf5 Nc5 {White must now prevent ...Qc8.} 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. Rd1 Rxd1+ 19. Nxd1 g6 $2 (19... f6 20. Be3 Kf7 21. Bxc5 Bc8 22. Qd5+ Be6) 20. Qe5 {[%cal Re5h8]} f6 21. Qb8+ Kg7 {[#]} 22. Bh6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxh6 23. Qxh8 b5 24. Qe8 Bd6 25. Qd8 Ne4 26. f3 Bc5+ 27. Kf1 Bb6 28. Qf8+ Kg5 29. fxe4 Bxe4 30. Qd6 f5 31. Nc3 Ba8 32. Nd5 Kh6 33. Nxb6 (33. Qf8+ $142 Kh5 34. Nf6+ Kg5 35. g3 Bg2+ 36. Kxg2 f4 37. Nxh7+ Kh5 38. Qxf4 Bd8 39. g4+ Kh4 40. Qg3#) 33... Be4 34. Nd7 {Precision: White = 91%, Black = 25%.} 1-0

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Le Roux, Jean-Pierre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,63,40,41,50,48,40,34,36,34,27,46,30,34,36,41,42,56,59,125,125,125,124,133,133,133,133,133,129,133,133,166,129,129,129,129,111,126,121,216,218,205,207,212,165,219,216,214,214]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. d4 exd4 {C72: Ruy Lopez: Deferred Steinitz: 5 0-0} 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. Nxd4 Be7 9. Nxc6 bxc6 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 10. Qf3 Qd7 11. Bf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Nd2 Bf6 12. Nc4 Ne7 13. Bf4 Qe6 14. Qd3 O-O 15. Rae1 {½-½ (40) Dominguez Perez,L (2725)-Ivanchuk,V (2769) London 2012}) 11... Bf6 12. Nc3 Ne7 13. Qd3 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 O-O 15. Rad1 Qe6 16. Rfe1 c5 17. Bg3 Ng6 (17... Rfb8 $14) 18. e5 $16 {[%cal Re5d6]} dxe5 19. Bxe5 Nxe5 20. Rxe5 ({Don't play} 20. Qxe5 $6 Qxa2 21. Qc3 (21. Qxc5 Qxb2 22. Rb1 Qf6 $15) 21... Rfd8 $14) 20... Qxa2 21. b3 ({And not} 21. Qxc5 Qxb2 22. Qxc7 Rac8 $15) 21... Qa3 22. Rxc5 a5 23. g3 $40 {[%mdl 128] White is out for blood.} Rad8 24. Ra1 Qb4 25. Qxb4 axb4 26. Rxc7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} g6 27. Raa7 Rd4 (27... Rb8 $16 28. Kf1 Rbc8) 28. Rab7 $18 {White is clearly better.} g5 29. Kf1 h6 30. Rc4 Rd2 (30... Rxc4 {was called for.} 31. bxc4 Rd8) 31. Ke1 Rfd8 32. Rbxb4 {Precision: White = 83%, Black = 53%.} 1-0

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nabaty, Tamir"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,158,12,2,14,22,29,8,11,3,12,12,10,6,0,0,1,0,10,10,11,0,24,16,14,6,0,-6,-7,-8,-8,-71,-74,-86,-87,-85,-81,-84,-102,-86,-40,-41,-41,-39,-30,-34,-35,-27,-30,-32,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,22,2,2,3,10,14,55,57,72,76,119,93,98,41,104,19,67,0,111,91,95,104,156,137,217,235,222,43,39,27,25,-80,-83,-61,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,4,4,8,0,0,0,0,0,8,1,1,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Qc2 h6 7. Bh4 c5 {D53: Queen's Gambit Declined: 4 Bg5 Be7: Early deviations} 8. dxc5 Qa5 (8... Nbd7 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Nf3 Nxc5 13. Be2 Bg4 14. O-O Rac8 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. h3 Ne6 17. Qa4 Bh5 18. Rd2 d4 19. Qxa7 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Qb4 {½-½ (29) Kasparov,G (2812)-Dominguez Perez,L (2739) Saint Louis 2017}) 9. a3 {Black should prevent b4.} Nc6 10. Nf3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Qxc5 12. Bd3 Bd7 13. b4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Rd1 Rfd8 14. b4 Qh5 15. h3 {½-½ (149) Kortschnoj,V (2676)-Chiburdanidze,M (2551) Marbella 1999}) 13... Qh5 14. h3 Ne5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Bg3 Qh5 17. O-O Rfc8 18. Qb3 a5 19. b5 a4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 20. Qb2 Qc5 21. Rfc1 (21. Ne2 $1 $11) 21... Nh5 $1 $17 22. Ne2 Qd5 23. Rxc8+ Rxc8 24. Rd1 Nxg3 25. Nxg3 {Strongly threatening Bh7+!} Qb3 26. Qxb3 axb3 27. Rb1 $1 Rc3 28. Bf1 $1 Bxa3 29. Ne2 Rc2 30. Rxb3 Ra2 31. Rd3 Be8 $1 32. Rd8 Kf8 33. Ra8 Ra1 34. Rb8 Rb1 35. Nc3 Rc1 36. Ne4 Bb4 37. Rxb7 Rb1 38. g4 $1 Be7 39. Rb8 Rb4 40. Bd3 g6 41. Kf1 (41. b6 $16 {Hoping for b7.} f5 42. Nd2) 41... Rb3 (41... f5 $14 42. Nd2 Bd6) 42. Bc2 (42. Ke2 $16) 42... Rb4 43. Bd3 Rb3 $1 {[%cal Rb3d3]} 44. Ke2 $1 f5 45. Nd2 Rb2 {[#]} (45... Rb4 $142) 46. Kd1 $1 $16 Kf7 (46... Rb4 $16 {is a better defense.} 47. Bc4 Bf6) 47. gxf5 gxf5 {[#]} 48. Be2 $2 ({White should play} 48. f4 $1 $18) 48... Bc6 $1 $14 49. Bc4 Bg2 50. Rb6 (50. Bd3 $11) 50... Bb4 $17 51. Bxe6+ Ke7 ({Better is} 51... Kg7 $1 $15 52. Nc4 Rxf2) 52. Nc4 $11 {The position is equal.} Rxf2 {...Be4 is the strong threat.} 53. Ne5 Rd2+ 54. Kc1 Rd6 55. Ng6+ Kf6 (55... Kxe6 $5 56. Nf4+ $8 Ke5 57. Rxd6 Bxd6 58. Nxg2 Bc5 $11) 56. Rxd6 Bxd6 {[#]} 57. Bxf5 $1 {[%mdl 4608] Endgame KBB-KBN} Bf1 (57... Kxf5 58. Nh4+) 58. Be4 Bxb5 59. Nf4 Kg5 60. Ne6+ Kf6 61. Nd4 Bd7 62. Bg2 Kg5 63. Nf3+ Kf6 64. Nd2 Bf5 65. Kd1 Bb4 66. Ke2 Be6 67. Ne4+ Ke5 68. Nf2 {aiming for Nd3+.} Bd6 (68... Bc4+ {is interesting.} 69. Nd3+ Kf5 70. e4+ Kg5 71. Ke3 Bc3) 69. Bc6 Bf5 70. Kf3 Kf6 71. Bb5 Bc7 72. Bc6 Bb8 73. Be8 Kg5 74. Bb5 Kh4 75. Bf1 Bg3 76. Bg2 h5 77. e4 Bxf2 78. Kxf2 Bxe4 79. Bxe4 Kxh3 {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 54%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Black "Jackson, James P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2314"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,66,12,14,6,68,82,73,73,80,82,59,70,79,76,94,6,13,23,31,18,46,47,46,41,35,31,31,30,50,27,43,57,76,41,40,49,142,142,145,145,400,395,29995,29996,29996,29997,29997,29998,29998,29999,29999]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 Nh6 7. c3 O-O 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 {B31: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5 g6} Bg4 (10... f6 $11) (10... f6 11. exf6 exf6 12. Nbd2 Re8 13. Nb3 Nf7 14. Nc5 Bg4 15. Rxe8+ Qxe8 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Qe1+ {0-1 (51) Inarkiev,E (2730)-Gelfand,B (2734) Magas 2016}) 11. Nbd2 $1 $14 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f3,Bf3d4][%mdl 32]} f6 12. h3 {White is better.} Bxf3 13. Nxf3 Nf7 14. Bf4 Qb6 15. Qd2 fxe5 16. dxe5 $146 (16. Bxe5 $16 Nxe5 17. Nxe5) ({Predecessor:} 16. Nxe5 Nd6 17. Bh6 Ne4 18. Rxe4 Bxh6 19. Qxh6 dxe4 20. Nxg6 Qxd4 21. Nxe7+ {1-0 (59) Ramiro Ovejero,J (2368)-Munoz Pantoja,M (2483) La Roda 2013}) 16... e6 $11 17. b4 a5 18. Nd4 Qxb4 19. Qxb4 axb4 20. Nxe6 Rfc8 21. Nxg7 Kxg7 22. e6 Nd8 23. Bd6 Kf6 24. e7 Ne6 25. Re3 Kf7 26. Rae1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Nd4 {[#]} ({Black should try} 26... Ng5 $1 $14) 27. Bc5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rc5d4]} ({Don't play} 27. Bxb4 $6 Ke8 $11) 27... Nf5 {[#]} 28. Rf3 $1 Ke8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (28... Ra3 $16) 29. g4 $18 Nh4 $2 (29... Ng7 $18 30. Bxb4 Ra4 31. Rf8+ Kd7 32. Rxc8 Kxc8 33. e8=Q+ Nxe8 34. Rxe8+ Kb7) 30. Rf8+ {White mates.} Kd7 {[#]} 31. e8=Q+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxe8 32. Rf7+ Kd8 33. Bb6+ Kc8 34. Rxe8# {Precision: White = 72%, Black = 26%.} 1-0

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Black "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,66,50,50,63,53,45,33,56,74,66,73,83,75,112,124,133,138,171,184,230,225,201,174,272,91,95,104,94,118,152,164,160,125,125,99,112,103,159,159,151,162,166,168,200,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. Nf3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 b6 {E90: King's Indian: Classical: Early deviations and 6 h3} (8... Nc6 9. Be2 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Bd7 11. O-O a5 12. Qc2 Bc6 13. Rad1 Nd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Bg4 Nf6 16. e5 Nxg4 17. hxg4 {½-½ (36) Andreikin,D (2737)-Mamedov,R (2688) Tallinn 2016}) 9. Qd2 Bb7 10. f3 Nc6 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 10... Nbd7 11. g4 Rc8 12. Be2 Ne5 13. b3 a6 14. a4 e6 15. Rd1 Qc7 16. O-O {0-1 (37) Bluebaum,M (2632)-Teterev,V (2487) Minsk 2017}) 11. O-O-O Nxd4 12. Bxd4 a6 13. Kb1 Bc6 14. g4 Rb8 15. h4 b5 16. h5 e6 {intending ...b4.} 17. hxg6 fxg6 18. g5 b4 {[#]} (18... Nh5 {was necessary.}) 19. gxf6 $2 (19. Bh3 $1 $18 {[%cal Rh3e6] is the precise move to win.} bxc3 20. Bxe6+ Rf7 21. Qxc3 (21. Bxf6 $2 Bxf6 22. Bxf7+ Kxf7 $19) 21... Nxe4 22. fxe4 Bxe4+ 23. Ka1 Bxh1 24. Rf1 (24. Rxh1 Qe7 $14)) 19... bxc3 $16 20. Qxc3 Rxf6 21. Be2 Rf7 22. Bxg7 Rxg7 23. Rd2 a5 24. Rhd1 Rd7 25. Bf1 Qe7 (25... Rbb7 $142) 26. Qxa5 Qf6 27. Be2 Rdb7 {[%cal Rb7b2]} 28. b3 d5 29. Qc5 $2 ({Better is} 29. exd5 $18 exd5 30. cxd5) 29... Ba4 $1 $11 {[%cal Ra4b3] aiming for ...Bxb3!The position is equal.} 30. Qd4 $1 {[%cal Rd4f6]} (30. cxd5 {[#]} Bxb3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 31. Bb5 Rxb5 32. Qxb5 Rxb5 33. Rc2 Bxc2+ 34. Kxc2 Qxf3 35. Rf1 Qxe4+ 36. Kd2 Rb2+ 37. Kc3 Rc2+ 38. Kb3 Qc4+ 39. Ka3 Rxa2#) 30... Bxb3 $1 31. Qxf6 Bxd1+ 32. Rb2 $1 Rxb2+ 33. Kc1 $1 Bxe2 {Precision: White = 79%, Black = 47%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Maze, Sebastien"]
[Black "Stany, G A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,67,19,0,14,-14,-1,-3,33,25,22,0,0,3,0,1,84,90,68,92,79,76,82,76,75,78,83,37,56,39,105,50,44,44,61,50,93,95,74,48,48,36,330,328,29955,29946,6211,5306,2295,1764,2273,620]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. f4 a6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 d5 9. O-O Nf6 10. Qe2 Be7 {B46: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 a6} 11. Kh1 O-O 12. Bd2 Re8 {The position is equal.} (12... c5 13. b3 Bb7 14. e5 Nd7 15. Rae1 f5 16. exf6 Rxf6 17. Nd1 Bd6 18. Nf2 {1-0 (43) Bacrot,E (2692)-Laznicka,V (2676) Germany 2016}) 13. Rae1 Bf8 14. b3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. e5 Nd7 15. Na4 Nc5 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. Rf3 g6 18. h4 {½-½ (51) Schnegg,A (2133)-Kalaiyalahan,A (2017) Baku 2016}) 14... Bb7 15. e5 Nd7 $1 16. Na4 Nc5 (16... c5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 17. Nxc5 $16 Bxc5 18. Rf3 g6 {[#]} 19. h4 $1 Bf8 20. h5 c5 21. Rh3 Rad8 22. hxg6 (22. Bxa6 Bxa6 23. Qxa6 Ra8 $15) 22... fxg6 23. c4 ({Of course not} 23. Bxa6 Bxa6 24. Qxa6 Ra8 $15) 23... dxc4 (23... d4 $14) 24. bxc4 ({White should try} 24. Bxc4 $16 Rd7 25. Be3) 24... Rd7 25. Qg4 Qc6 26. Ree3 {[%cal Be1e3,Be3h3,Bh3h7][%mdl 32]} Rg7 27. Be1 Rf7 {Threatening ...Rxf4!} 28. Rh2 Rd8 {Threatens to win with ...Rd4.} 29. Reh3 {aiming for Bxg6!} Rxd3 $4 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (29... Rg7 $1 $14) 30. Qxg6+ $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Bg7 $2 ({Stronger than} 30... hxg6 31. Rh8+ Kg7 32. R2h7#) (30... Rg7 $18 31. Qxd3 Qe4) 31. Rxh7 {[%csl Gh2][%cal Rh7h8]} Qxg2+ 32. Rxg2 {[%cal Rh7g7] White is clearly winning.} Rdd7 33. Rh3 Rd4 {[#]} 34. Rh8+ $3 {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 49%.} 1-0

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hawkins, Jonathan"]
[Black "Jahongir Vakhidov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,85,0,6,-6,0,-14,23,30,49,22,7,11,28,22,29,0,0,0,17,0,10,14,11,8,40,26,47,20,48,47,50,36,52,52,57,48,96,104,97,98,113,44,79,65,74,49,130,127,174,180,220,220,218,215,308,268,353,326,334,354,414,411,424,424,425,420,525,518,537,451]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Be6 {D97: Grünfeldindisch (Russisches System, Ragosin-Variante)} (7... Nc6 8. Be2 e5 9. d5 Nd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Qxd4 c6 12. Qc4 b5 13. Qxc6 Bd7 14. Qd6 Re8 15. Bg5 b4 16. Qxb4 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Qxg5 {½-½ (59) Aronian,L (2799)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2804) Tbilisi 2017}) 8. d5 Bc8 9. Bf4 c6 {LiveBook: 8 Partien. Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} 10. Be2 cxd5 11. exd5 Ne8 12. O-O Nd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7c5,Bc5a4][%mdl 32]} 13. Rfd1 Nd6 14. Qb3 a6 15. Rac1 {[%cal Ba1c1,Bc1c3,Bc3c7][%mdl 32]} Qa5 $146 16. a4 Nc5 17. Qa3 Bxc3 $1 18. Rxc3 Qxa4 19. Qxa4 Nxa4 20. Rc7 Re8 21. b3 {[%cal Bb2b3,Bb3c4,Bc4c5][%mdl 32]} Nb6 22. Ne5 Rb8 23. Nc4 Nbxc4 24. bxc4 Bf5 25. c5 Ne4 26. Bf3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] [#] Schwarz muss nun g4 beachten. Weiss kämpft um Vorteil.} Nc3 27. Re1 Rbd8 28. Rxb7 {g4 ist eine echte Drohung.} Nxd5 {[#]} 29. Bh6 (29. Bg3 $1 $16) 29... Bc8 30. Ra7 e5 31. c6 e4 (31... Nc3 $1 $14) 32. Rxe4 $16 Be6 33. h3 {Droht stark Td4.} Rc8 34. Rxa6 Ne7 35. Rb4 Nf5 (35... Bd5 {kämpft weiter.} 36. Bxd5 Nxd5) 36. Bf4 Ne7 37. Rb7 Nf5 {Schwarz hofft, mit ...Sd4 fortzusetzen.} 38. Ra4 Ne7 39. c7 Bd5 40. Bxd5 Nxd5 41. Bd6 f5 42. Ra5 Nf6 43. Re5 {Precision: Weiß = 61%, Schwarz = 27%.} 1-0

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Donchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Hambleton, Aman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,81,3,4,9,7,17,2,16,35,39,71,-27,0,-8,-9,-33,48,45,39,31,58,47,57,37,64,60,46,58,67,46,59,57,77,66,74,74,95,79,83,89,77,77,115,79,68,68,125,117,131,130,135,128,101,109,122,121,180,196,207,164,239,231,269,267,344,343,344,340,332,339,374,375,526,526]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Nd4 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nc2 {A20: English Opening: 1...e5} Nf6 7. Nc3 Qe5 (7... Qh5 8. Ne3 Bc5 9. Qc2 Qe5 10. Bg2 Bxe3 11. fxe3 Bf5 12. b4 O-O 13. Bb2 {1-0 (41) Aronian,L (2801)-Papaioannou,I (2652) Heraklio 2017}) 8. Bg2 {The position is equal.} Bf5 9. O-O Na6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Nbd7 10. Ne3 Bg6 11. b3 h5 12. Nc4 Qe6 13. d3 h4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. dxe4 hxg3 16. hxg3 Bxe4 {½-½ (43) Forintos,G (2490)-Enklaar,B (2425) Nice 1974}) 10. Ne3 (10. d4 $16 exd3 11. exd3) 10... Bg6 $1 $11 11. d4 exd3 $1 12. exd3 {[#] And now Nc4 would win.} Qc7 (12... O-O-O $1 $15) 13. d4 {Nc4 is the strong threat.} Be7 14. d5 {aiming for dxc6.} O-O 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. Qa4 Nc5 17. Qxc6 Qxc6 18. Bxc6 {Strongly threatening Ned5.} Rac8 19. Bg2 {[%cal Bc6g2,Bg2h3,Bh3d7][%mdl 32]} Nd3 20. Ned5 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Bc5 22. Be3 Rfe8 23. Bh3 Rcd8 24. Bxc5 Nxc5 25. Nf4 Rd2 26. Rac1 Bc2 27. b4 Na4 ({Better is} 27... Na6 $14) 28. Bd7 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black is in trouble.} Rb8 29. Rxc2 $1 Rxc2 30. Bxa4 Rxa2 31. Bc6 Rxb4 32. Rd1 {[%cal Rd1d8]} Rb8 {[#]} (32... g5 $16 {is a better defense.} 33. Nh5 Kf8) 33. Rd7 $1 $18 Rf8 34. h4 g6 (34... a5 {keeps fighting.} 35. Kg2 a4) 35. Bd5 Ra1+ 36. Kg2 Ra3 37. Nh3 h6 38. Nf4 {Black must now prevent Nxg6.} Ra6 39. Nd3 Rf6 40. Ne5 a5 (40... Rf5 $142) 41. Ng4 {Precision: White = 88%, Black = 43%.} 1-0

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Black "Hector, Jonny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "174"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,174,25,28,0,13,0,2,7,1,8,23,15,12,15,45,51,43,51,57,45,49,47,62,45,96,85,82,77,87,83,132,131,141,129,130,129,130,129,151,78,140,102,118,85,167,172,188,26,36,29,27,29,15,15,20,23,43,23,23,23,205,0,0,0,23,16,17,0,0,0,0,0,17,16,8,9,85,12,16,16,10,-82,-91,-87,-95,-80,-93,-95,-81,-99,-93,-91,-83,-95,-80,-95,-85,-96,-95,-85,-91,-88,-93,-79,-31,-35,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 e4 5. Nc3 d5 6. Bg5 {A20: English Opening: 1...e5} Nbd7 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Qb3 Bd6 9. Nh3 h6 10. Bf4 Nb6 11. Be5 Ng4 $146 12. Bxg7 Rg8 13. Be5 $1 $36 {[%cal Re5d6][%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Nxe5 14. dxe5 Bxe5 15. Rd1 {[%cal Rc3d5]} Be6 {[#]} 16. Nxe4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qe7 (16... Qc8 $14) (16... dxe4 17. Rxd8+) 17. Nd2 $1 $16 O-O-O 18. Nf3 Bd6 19. Nd4 h5 20. O-O $1 Kb8 21. e3 h4 22. Nf4 hxg3 23. hxg3 Rh8 24. Nb5 ({Worse is} 24. Nxd5 Bxd5 25. Bxd5 Bxg3 $15) (24. Rfe1 $142) 24... Bc5 (24... Bxf4 $142 25. exf4 Bg4) 25. Qc3 Bd7 26. Nc7 ({Much weaker is} 26. Nxd5 $6 Nxd5 27. Rxd5 Bxb5 $11) 26... d4 (26... Bb4 $16 {keeps fighting.} 27. Ncxd5 Bxc3 28. Nxe7 Bxb2) 27. exd4 $18 Bd6 28. Rfe1 $2 ({White must play} 28. Qf3 $1 $18 {[%csl Gg2][%cal Rf3b7]} Bc6 29. Na6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} bxa6 30. Qxc6 Bxf4 31. gxf4) 28... Qg5 $1 $11 29. Qf3 {[%csl Gg2][%cal Rf3b7]} Bc8 30. Nce6 fxe6 31. Nxe6 Qh6 32. Nxd8 Rxd8 33. Rc1 {White wants to mate with Rxc8+!} Qg7 34. Re4 Nd5 $2 {[#]} (34... Rf8 $11 {and Black is okay.} 35. Qe3 Rh8) 35. Rce1 $2 ({White has to play} 35. Rxc8+ $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Rxc8 (35... Kxc8 36. Rg4) 36. Rg4) 35... Nf6 36. Rh4 Ng4 37. Re4 {[%cal Rh4g4]} Nf6 38. Re1 Rf8 39. Bh3 {Black must now prevent Bxc8.} Bxh3 40. Rxh3 Ng4 41. Qd5 Bc7 $1 42. Re2 Rd8 (42... a6 $11) 43. Qf3 (43. Qe4 $16) 43... Qxd4 44. Rh7 Ne5 45. Qe4 {[#]} (45. Qc3 $11 {keeps the balance.} Qxc3 46. bxc3) 45... Qxe4 $1 $17 46. Rxe4 {[#]} Nf3+ $1 47. Kg2 Ng5 $1 {[%csl LRe4,LRh7]} 48. Rxc7 Kxc7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KR} 49. Re5 Nf7 50. Re2 Rd4 51. Re7+ Rd7 52. Re2 Kd8 53. f4 Rd3 54. Kh3 Nd6 55. Kh4 Nf5+ 56. Kg4 Nxg3 (56... Rd5 {with more complications.} 57. Rh2 Nd6 58. Kh4 Ke7 59. g4 Kf6) 57. Re1 $1 Rd2 58. Kxg3 {The position is equal.} Rxb2 $11 {KR-KR} 59. f5 {And now f6 would win.} Kd7 $1 60. a4 Rb4 61. a5 Rb5 62. Kg4 {Strongly threatening f6.} Rxa5 63. f6 Ra2 64. Re7+ Kc6 65. f7 Rf2 66. Kg5 {aiming for Re6+.} Rg2+ 67. Kh5 Rh2+ 68. Kg4 Rf2 69. Kg5 {Hoping for Re6+.} Rg2+ 70. Kh6 Rh2+ 71. Kg7 Rg2+ 72. Kh7 Rh2+ 73. Kg8 Rg2+ 74. Kh8 Rh2+ 75. Kg7 Rg2+ 76. Kf8 Rf2 77. Re6+ Kd5 78. Ke7 (78. Re8 {keeps more tension.} b5 79. Rb8 Kc4 80. Kg7 b4 81. Rc8+) 78... Rxf7+ $1 79. Kxf7 {KR-KPP} b5 80. Ra6 b4 81. Rxa7 {KR-KP} b3 82. Rc7 Kd4 $1 83. Ke6 b2 84. Rb7 Kc3 85. Kd5 Kc2 86. Kc4 b1=Q 87. Rxb1 Kxb1 {Precision: White = 60%, Black = 66%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Handke, Florian"]
[Black "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,112,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-20,0,-71,-74,-66,-66,-70,-70,-70,-60,-80,-77,-104,-75,-99,-56,-50,-23,-151,-131,-150,-44,-50,-50,-57,-34,-87,-91,-185,-182,-156,-179,-180,-181,-215,-224,-229,-206,-227,-230,-239,-244,-344,-355,-353,-356,-346,-342,-363,-363,-363,-363,-363,-363,-349,-347,-401,-392,-362,-330,-412,-395,-525,-576,-836,-710,-1283,-618,-614,-612,-585,-577,-519,-506]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 Qb6 {B19: Classical Caro-Kann: 4...Bf5 main line} 14. Rhe1 O-O 15. Nf5 exf5 {The position is equal.} 16. Rxe7 Qd8 $1 {[%cal Rd8e7]} 17. Re2 Ne4 18. g3 Ndf6 19. Nh4 Qd7 20. Qf3 Qd5 {[#]} 21. Be1 $146 (21. Be3 $11 {remains equal.}) ({Predecessor:} 21. Bc1) 21... Rfe8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is really pushing.} 22. Re3 {[#]} f4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 23. Qxf4 Qxh5 {[%cal Rh5d1]} 24. Qf3 Qd5 25. Nf5 Re6 26. g4 Rae8 27. Qf4 Qd7 {And now ...Nd5 would win.} 28. c4 b5 29. Rh3 (29. f3 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.} Ng5 30. Rxe6 Qxe6 31. d5) 29... Ng5 (29... bxc4 $2 30. Nxh6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kf8 31. Nf5 $18) 30. Rxh6 Re4 ({Don't do} 30... gxh6 31. Nxh6+ Kh7 32. Nf5 $15) ({Better is} 30... Rxe1 $17 31. Qxg5 Rxd1+ 32. Kc2 Rd2+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 33. Kb3 Rd3+ 34. Kc2 Rd2+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 35. Kb3 Rd3+ 36. Kc2 Rd2+ $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 31. Qh2 $15 {[%csl Gh2][%cal Rh6h8]} ({Don't blunder} 31. Qxg5 $2 Rxg4 32. Qxf6 gxf6 $19) 31... Ngh7 32. Rxh7 $1 Nxh7 {[%cal Bf6h7,Bh7g5,Bg5e4][%mdl 32]} 33. Bc3 (33. Bb4 $15 Rxg4 34. Nd6) 33... Rxg4 $17 34. Ne3 {[#]} (34. Nd6 $17 {is a better defense.} Re6 35. Nf5) 34... Rg6 $1 $19 35. cxb5 cxb5 36. d5 Ng5 37. Qh4 Ne4 38. Bd4 Qe7 39. Qf4 Nd6 40. Ka1 Qe4 41. Qh2 (41. Qxe4 {was forced.} Nxe4 42. f3) 41... Qf3 42. Rc1 Nf5 43. Nxf5 Qxf5 44. Be3 Qxd5 45. Rh1 {[%csl Gh1][%cal Rh2h8]} f6 ({Resist} 45... Kf8 46. a3 $19) 46. Qh7+ Kf7 47. Rc1 {Black must now prevent Rc7+.} Re7 48. a3 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5b4][%mdl 32]} 49. Qh4 Qf5 50. Qh8 b4 51. axb4 axb4 {( -> ...Qa5+). Black is clearly winning.} 52. Qb8 Rg4 53. Bc5 {[#]} Re8 (53... Rg1 $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 54. Rxg1 Qxc5) 54. Qb7+ Kg6 55. f3 Rg3 56. Bxb4 Qxf3 {Precision: White = 39%, Black = 70%.} 0-1

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nihal Sarin"]
[Black "Cornette, Matthieu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,68,0,0,0,8,0,37,56,89,84,120,129,119,91,106,33,25,-71,-77,-74,-78,-60,-63,-122,-142,-149,-4,-8,-1,-11,-8,-66,-8,-8,-8,-12,-15,-9,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 {[%cal Bc1g5,Bg5h4,Bh4g3][%mdl 32]} h6 7. Bh4 c5 8. dxc5 g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. e3 {E35: Nimzoindisch (4.Dc2)} Qa5 (10... Bf5 11. Bxb8 Nxc3 12. Qxf5 Ne4+ 13. Ke2 Qxb8 14. Qxd5 {1-0 (14) Nakamura,H (2779)-Topalov,V (2760) Saint Louis 2016}) 11. Rc1 Qxa2 12. Bb5+ Bd7 13. Bxd7+ Nxd7 14. Nge2 Nxc3 {LiveBook: 13 Partien} 15. Nxc3 {[#] Und weiter mit 0-0 wäre nett.} Qc4 16. Rd1 {[#]} Qe4 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 16... Nxc5 17. h4 Rg8 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. Rd4 Qa6 20. f3 Bxc3+ 21. Qxc3 Rc8 22. Rd1 Ke7 23. Rh7 Ne6 24. Qb4+ Ke8 {½-½ (24) Weber,J (2569)-Linna,A (2571) ICCF email 2012}) 17. Qd2 Qc4 18. Qxd5 Bxc3+ 19. bxc3 Qxc3+ 20. Kf1 O-O-O {[#] Droht stark ...Se5.} 21. Qxf7 (21. Bd6 $1 $16) 21... Rhf8 $1 $14 {[%cal Rf8f7]} 22. Qa2 (22. Qe6 $11) 22... Nxc5 $17 23. Ke2 Nb3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] ( -> ...Dc4+). Weiss muss aufpassen.} 24. f3 Rfe8 25. Rhe1 (25. e4 $15) 25... Rxe3+ 26. Kf1 Rxe1+ (26... Rd2 $17 27. Qb1 Qc4+ 28. Kg1 Qd4) 27. Rxe1 $11 a5 {Weiss sollte ...Dc4+ verhindern.} 28. Bf2 b5 29. Kg1 Rd2 ({Besser ist} 29... a4 $15) 30. Qa3 {Droht Df8+ und aus.Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} Qb4 31. Qxb4 axb4 32. Rb1 Nd4 33. Be1 Rc2 34. Rxb4 Rc1 {Precision: Weiß = 39%, Schwarz = 51%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Fernandez, Daniel Howard"]
[Black "Houska, Jovanka"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "191"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,191,-6,23,25,27,42,49,37,28,10,54,35,33,22,45,22,66,63,47,22,60,21,38,14,20,0,9,0,0,0,46,40,38,37,61,28,28,27,58,33,60,62,69,67,69,51,157,144,249,237,244,231,224,150,158,157,157,161,161,161,158,151,152,150,223,29,30,30,31,31,31,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-71,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-16,-5,-2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,0,12,12,12,12,12,12,5,5,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,20,20,41,-8]} 1. e4 c6 2. f4 d5 3. d3 (3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. d4 Nh6 6. Nc3 Bg4 7. Bd3 Nf5 8. Bxf5 Bxf5 9. O-O Be7 10. a4 c5 11. Be3 c4 12. Ne2 h5 13. Ng3 {0-1 (50) Short,N (2688)-Eljanov,P (2755) Malmo 2017}) 3... dxe4 4. dxe4 Qxd1+ 5. Kxd1 e5 6. fxe5 {B10: Caro-Kann: 2 d3 and 2 c4} Bg4+ 7. Be2 Bxe2+ 8. Kxe2 Nd7 9. Nf3 Ne7 10. Bf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. e6 fxe6 {½-½ (29) Tiller,B (2353)-Arkell,K (2479) Sunningdale 2006}) 10... Ng6 11. Bg3 O-O-O 12. Nbd2 Re8 {[%cal Rg6e5]} 13. Rhf1 h5 14. h4 Rg8 15. Rae1 Bc5 16. c3 f6 17. b4 Bb6 18. exf6 gxf6 19. Nd4 Nge5 20. Nf5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Bc7 21. Kd1 {[%cal Be2d1,Bd1c2,Bc2b3][%mdl 32]} c5 22. Re2 cxb4 23. cxb4 Re6 24. Kc2 Rg4 25. Kb3 a5 26. a3 {[%cal Ba2a3,Ba3b4,Bb4b5,Bb5b6][%mdl 32]} axb4 27. axb4 Nb8 ({Black should play} 27... Nc6 $14 28. Re3 Nce5) 28. Bxe5 $1 $16 Bxe5 (28... fxe5 $16 29. Ne3 Nc6) 29. Rc1+ $18 Bc7 30. Nc4 $1 {[%cal Rc4d6] Hoping for Ncd6+.} Na6 31. Ka3 {Strongly threatening b5.} Kb8 32. b5 $1 {[%cal Rb5a6]} Bf4 33. Rd1 $1 {[%cal Rd1d8]} Nc5 34. b6 {[%cal Rd1d8]} Rg8 {[#]} 35. g3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Be5 (35... Bxg3 36. Rg1) 36. Nxe5 fxe5 {[#]} (36... Rxe5 $16 {was worth a try.} 37. Rd5 Rge8) 37. Rd6 $2 (37. Rd5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd5c5]} Na6 38. Rb2) 37... Rxd6 38. Nxd6 Rxg3+ $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 39. Kb4 Nd7 $1 40. Nc4 {Black must now prevent Rd2.} Rg1 41. Rd2 Rb1+ 42. Ka5 Ra1+ 43. Kb5 Rb1+ 44. Nb2 Kc8 45. Rc2+ Kd8 46. Rg2 Ke7 47. Ka5 Ra1+ 48. Kb5 $1 Rb1 49. Ka5 Ra1+ 50. Kb4 {[#]} (50. Kb5 $1 $11) 50... Rb1 ({But not} 50... Nxb6 51. Rg5 $11) (50... Re1 $1 $17 {[%cal Re1e4]} 51. Kb5 Rxe4 52. Rg7+ Ke6) 51. Rg7+ Ke8 52. Kb3 Nxb6 53. Rg5 Nd7 54. Rxh5 b5 55. Rh8+ Ke7 56. h5 Nc5+ 57. Ka3 Rh1 58. h6 Nxe4 59. Nd3 Rh3 60. Kb4 Rxd3 {KRN-KR} 61. h7 $1 Rd4+ 62. Ka5 Nd6 {[#]} 63. Re8+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxe8 64. h8=Q {KQ-KRN} Rd5 65. Qh7+ Kf6 66. Qg8 Rd8 67. Qh8+ (67. Qg4 $5 {[%cal Rg4h4]} Rd4 68. Qf3+ Ke6 69. Qb3+ Kd6 70. Kxb5 $11) 67... Ke6 68. Qh3+ Ke7 69. Qh7+ Ke6 70. Qh3+ Ke7 71. Qf5 Rd5 72. Qh7+ Kf6 73. Kb6 b4 74. Qg8 Rd8 75. Kc5 b3 {Threatens to win with ...Rc8+.} 76. Qxb3 Rc8+ 77. Kd5 Rd8+ 78. Kc5 Rc8+ 79. Kd5 Rd8+ 80. Kc6 Rd4 81. Qf3+ Rf4 82. Qh5 Ng7 83. Qh6+ Kf7 {...Rf6+ is the strong threat.} 84. Kd5 Rf6 85. Qc1 Re6 86. Ke4 Kf6 87. Qf1+ Ke7 88. Qg1 Kf7 89. Qf2+ Ke7 90. Qe3 Kf7 91. Qg5 Kf8 92. Qh4 Kf7 93. Qd8 Kg6 94. Qf8 Kh7 95. Qf7 Kh6 96. Qxe6+ {Precision: White = 70%, Black = 60%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bartholomew, John"]
[Black "Quillan, Gary"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2344"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 28,95,49,24,62,41,42,45,60,43,24,27,33,26,43,6,8,9,29,13,27,0,0,0,-4,-7,0,-23,9,7,14,0,26,17,24,1,27,10,122,131,130,60,75,87,136,80,66,115,495,494,483,-236,476,472,589,547,533,496,890,898,888,887,827,814,790,776,1185,1172,959,737]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bf4 a6 8. a4 Bg7 9. h3 O-O 10. e3 Re8 {A61: Benoni} 11. Nd2 Nbd7 12. Be2 Ne5 13. O-O Nfd7 14. Qc2 f5 15. Bh2 {LiveBook: 10 Partien} Qe7 {[#]} 16. Rab1 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 16. Rae1 Nf6 17. f4 Nf7 18. Bd3 {1-0 (33) Jaracz,P (2531)-Feldtmann,T (2280) Pardubice 2013}) 16... Rf8 17. Rfe1 b6 18. f4 Nf7 19. e4 fxe4 20. Ndxe4 Nf6 21. Bd3 {Droht Sxc5! und aus.} Nxe4 22. Nxe4 Qc7 23. Nd2 {[%cal Be4d2,Bd2f3,Bf3g5][%mdl 32]} Nh6 24. Nf3 Nf5 25. Ng5 Nd4 26. Qd1 Bh6 27. Rc1 Qb7 28. Kh1 Bf5 29. Ne6 Bxe6 30. dxe6 Rf6 31. Qg4 Re8 32. Rcd1 d5 {[#]} (32... Kh8 $11) 33. Re5 $1 $16 Bg7 {[%cal Rf6e6] [#]} ({Nur nicht} 33... Nxe6 $2 34. f5) 34. Rde1 (34. Bg1 $1 $16) 34... c4 35. Bb1 Rff8 {[#]} 36. Bxg6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} hxg6 37. Qxg6 {Droht stark Th5.} Qe7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (37... Qc6 $16) 38. Rh5 $18 {[%csl Gh5][%cal Rg6h7]} Rf6 39. Qh7+ Kf8 40. f5 {Weiß steht klar auf Gewinn.} Nc2 ({Natürlich nicht} 40... Qb4 41. Rd1 $18) 41. Re2 Nd4 42. Re3 Nxe6 (42... Nxf5 $142 43. Rxf5 Rxf5 44. Qxf5+ Kg8) 43. Rxe6 Rxe6 44. fxe6 Qxe6 45. Rf5+ Bf6 46. Bg3 Qc6 47. Bh4 Re6 48. Qg6 {Precision: Weiß = 60%, Schwarz = 40%.} 1-0

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Cawdery, Daniel"]
[Black "Baenziger, Fabian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "173"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,173,14,28,20,25,21,18,44,44,39,12,26,26,27,26,40,26,44,26,31,27,36,33,45,18,90,69,63,75,68,90,129,131,156,161,161,150,168,167,170,171,196,200,197,200,200,200,229,223,239,240,233,228,351,302,416,409,458,456,442,434,454,457,452,448,543,538,574,573,556,485,498,514,493,497,501,481,541,538,536,493,572,602,596,304,384,0,567,601,600,599,593,593,575,491,549,528,472,419,444,438,465,402,532,450,561,560,545,538,541,541,544,539,510,502,627,622,606,599,641,570,559,536,506,485,562,566,557,560,556,488,479,0,548,538,620,559,570,564,620,612,626,627,625,627,608,591,814,822,823,822,993,992,1001,939,931,911,903,890,1106,1079,29987,29988]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Bc4 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. Qf3 {[%csl Gc4][%cal Rf3f7] [#]} Nf6 {B23: Closed Sicilian: Lines without g3} (7... f5 8. Ne2 Qa5 9. c3 dxc3 10. dxc3 Nf6 11. exf5 Qxf5 12. Qxf5 gxf5 13. Bf4 d6 14. Rd1 Bd7 15. O-O {1-0 (69) Wei,Y (2724)-Dubov,D (2661) Ningbo 2015}) 8. e5 dxc3 9. dxc3 O-O {White must now prevent ...Ng4!The position is equal.} 10. exf6 Bxf6 11. O-O Rb8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... d6 12. Re1 Qc7 13. Bd5 Bg7 14. Bg5 e6 15. Be4 {0-1 (48) Semenova,E (2284)-Afanasieva,A (2112) Sochi 2017}) 12. Bh6 Re8 13. Qd5 e6 14. Qd6 Ra8 15. Rfe1 Be7 16. Qd4 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rd4g7]} Bf6 17. Qf4 Bg7 18. Rad1 $40 {[%mdl 128] White has some attack.} Qf6 (18... d5 $11 {remains equal.}) 19. Bb5 (19. Qxf6 {looks sharper.} Bxf6 20. Bf4 Kg7 21. Bb5 a6 22. Bxd7 Rd8 23. Bxc8 Raxc8 24. Be3) 19... Rd8 20. Bg5 Qxf4 21. Bxf4 d5 22. Bc7 Bd7 23. Bxd8 Bxb5 24. Bg5 a5 25. Be3 a4 26. Bd4 h5 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 $18 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} 28. Rd4 Rc8 29. Rb4 Rc5 30. f4 a3 31. b3 Ba6 32. Re3 f6 (32... b5 $142 33. Kf1 Kf6) 33. Rd4 ({Less strong is} 33. Rxe6 Rxc3 34. Ra4 Rxc2 $16) 33... g5 34. fxg5 e5 35. gxf6+ Kxf6 36. Rd2 Ke6 37. Kf2 Rc7 38. Ke1 b5 39. Rg3 Bc8 40. Rf2 {Rg6+ is the strong threat.} e4 41. b4 h4 42. Rg6+ Ke5 43. Rg5+ Ke6 44. Kd2 h3 45. g3 Rc4 46. Rg8 Ke5 47. Re8+ Be6 48. Rb8 Bf5 49. Re8+ (49. Re2 $142) 49... Be6 50. g4 e3+ 51. Kxe3 Rxg4 52. Kd2 Rg6 53. Ref8 Bd7 54. R8f3 Be6 55. Re3+ Kd6 56. Re1 Bd7 57. Rb1 Ke5 58. Rb3 Rg1 59. Rxa3 Bg4 60. Ra8 Rd1+ 61. Ke3 Re1+ 62. Kd3 Rd1+ 63. Rd2 Bf5+ 64. Ke3 Re1+ 65. Re2 Ra1 66. Kf3+ Be4+ 67. Kg3 Rg1+ 68. Kxh3 Kf4 69. Rf2+ Ke3 70. Raf8 Rg6 71. R8f6 Rg7 {intending ...Rh7+.} 72. Rf8 Rg6 $1 73. Kh4 Rh6+ 74. Kg5 Rg6+ {[#]} 75. Kh5 $1 Rc6 76. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5,Bh5h6,Bh6h7][%mdl 32]} Rxc3 77. Kg5 Rc7 78. R8f7 Rc8 {and the idea ...Rg8+ leaves Black hopeful.} 79. h5 Bxc2 80. h6 Be4 81. Rh2 Rg8+ 82. Kf6 Rg6+ 83. Ke7 Rg8 84. h7 Rh8 85. Kf6 d4 86. Rh3+ Ke2 87. Re7 {Precision: White = 77%, Black = 35%.} 1-0

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hansen, Torbjorn Ringdal"]
[Black "Gumularz, Szymon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,64,22,25,14,32,29,68,70,72,82,74,36,90,18,32,0,0,0,20,8,10,-10,-14,-31,-4,-22,34,37,70,64,48,0,0,0,0,0,26,34,77,0,0,0,0,0,0,-28,0,0,-36,-28,264,-2770,-2022,-29992,-29993,-29993,-29994]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e5 Ne4 5. Nb1 (5. Ne2 Qb6 6. d4 e6 7. Ng3 c5 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Bxe4 cxd4 11. O-O Bd7 12. a3 h6 13. Re1 {1-0 (71) Short,N (2675)-Caruana,F (2827) Caleta 2017}) 5... Qb6 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Rb6f2]} 6. d4 {B11: Caro-Kann: Two Knights Variation} Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. Ng1 $1 {White is slightly better.} Bxe2 9. Nxe2 f6 10. exf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Nf4 Nd7 11. exf6 Ndxf6 12. Nxe6 c5 13. Nxf8 Rxf8 {1-0 (40) Comte,F (2159)-Bollengier,T (2157) France 2005}) 10... gxf6 (10... Nxf6 $14 11. Nf4 Kf7) 11. Ng3 ({White should try} 11. Nf4 $16) 11... h5 12. Nc3 (12. Nxe4 {feels hotter.} dxe4 13. O-O Nd7 14. c3 f5 15. Nd2) 12... Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nd7 14. Nxh5 O-O-O 15. Nf4 Bd6 16. Be3 (16. Nxe6 $2 Rde8 $19) 16... Rdg8 17. Nxe6 Rxg2 (17... Rh4 $1 $11) 18. Qf3 $14 Rhg8 (18... Rhxh2 $6 19. Rxh2 Rxh2 20. Kd2 $16) (18... Rgxh2 $6 19. Kd2 $16) 19. Kd2 Qa5 20. Rab1 Nb6 (20... Qxa2 $2 21. Bf4 $18) 21. Rxb6 $1 axb6 {[%cal Ba7b6,Bb6b5,Bb5b4,Bb4c3][%mdl 32]} (21... Qxb6 $6 22. h4 $14) 22. h4 b5 {[#] Hoping for ...b4.} ({Reject} 22... Qxa2 $6 {[#]} 23. Ng5 $1 $14 {[%mdl 512]}) 23. Ng5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} b4 (23... fxg5 24. Qxg2) 24. Qxf6 (24. Qxg2 $16 fxg5 25. Qg4+ Kc7 26. hxg5 Qxa2 27. Rh7+ Kb8 28. Qe6 bxc3+ 29. Kd1 Qb1+ 30. Bc1) 24... bxc3+ $11 25. Ke2 Rf8 $1 $36 {[%cal Rf8f6][%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} ({But not} 25... Qb5+ $2 26. Kf3 $18) 26. Qe6+ Kc7 {( -> ...Qb5+)} 27. Nf7 Ba3 {aiming for ...Rgg8.} 28. Rb1 {White threatens Bf4+ and mate.} Kb8 $1 {Threatens to win with ...Rgg8.} 29. Qxc6 $1 {[%csl Gb1][%cal Rc6b7]} Qc7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (29... Bb4 $1 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 30. Rxb4 (30. Bf4+ $2 Ka7 $19) 30... Qxb4 31. Qxd5 Rg1) 30. Bf4 $4 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (30. Qxd5 $18 Qxf7 31. Qxg2) 30... Rxf2+ $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 31. Kxf2 Qxf4+ 32. Kg2 Qg4+ {Precision: White = 37%, Black = 40%.} 0-1

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "McDonald, Neil"]
[Black "Cherniaev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,157,0,-25,1,-27,-25,-32,-41,-33,-33,-47,-30,-29,-34,-47,-38,-41,-41,-41,-39,-62,-66,-68,-70,-75,-87,-129,-114,-117,-115,-151,-142,-145,-119,-167,-141,-295,0,-174,-195,-173,-164,-177,-177,-164,-167,-187,-178,-301,-313,-312,-299,-539,-179,-173,-61,-53,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-29,-26,-32,-33,-40,0,0,10,13,274,271,267,272,258,272,270,267,260,245,237,237,252,236,267,260,249,249,670,191,245,115,1700,1683,1650,1220,731,452,696,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Be3 d5 5. f3 Qb6 6. exd5 {B15: Caro-Kann: 3 Nc3: 3...g6 and 3...dxe4 4 Nxe4 Nf6 5 Nxf6+ exf6} (6. Qd2 Qxb2 7. Rb1 Qa3 8. exd5 Nf6 9. dxc6 bxc6 10. Bd3 O-O 11. Nge2 Nbd7 12. O-O Ba6 13. Rb3 Qa5 14. Ne4 Qxd2 15. Bxd2 Bxd3 16. cxd3 {½-½ (27) Najer,E (2706)-Rozum,I (2573) Sochi 2017}) 6... Qxb2 7. Nge2 Nf6 8. dxc6 bxc6 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. Qd2 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Ba6 11. Nf4 (11. Rb3 $5 {[%cal Rb3a3]} Qa5 12. Kf2 $14) 11... Bxf1 12. Rxf1 O-O 13. Kf2 Rd8 14. Rb3 $146 Qd6 15. Rd1 Nbd7 16. g3 Qc7 17. Qe2 Nb6 18. Kg2 Nfd5 19. Nfxd5 cxd5 20. Bf4 Qd7 21. h4 Rac8 22. h5 Rc4 23. h6 Bf8 ({And not} 23... Bxd4 24. Rxd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxd4 25. Qe5 $16) 24. g4 Rdc8 25. Rd3 R8c6 26. Kg3 Qc8 {[%cal Rc4c3]} 27. Qe3 $2 {[#]} (27. Qe1 $17) 27... Qd7 $2 (27... e5 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 28. Bxe5 (28. dxe5 d4) 28... f6) 28. Kh3 $2 (28. Qe2 $1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 28... f6 $19 29. Bg3 g5 30. a4 Bxh6 31. a5 Nc8 $1 32. Rb8 Bf8 33. Nb5 (33. Kg2 $142) 33... Rxc2 34. Na3 Rc1 35. Rdb3 $2 {[#]} (35. Rb1 {is a better defense.} Rxb1 36. Nxb1) 35... Rh1+ $2 (35... e5 $1 36. R8b7 (36. dxe5 Qg7) 36... Qe6) 36. Kg2 Rcc1 ({Better is} 36... Ra1 $19 {aiming for ...e5!} 37. R3b7 Qe8) 37. R3b7 {[#]} Qa4 {[#]} ({Black should play} 37... Rcg1+ $1 $15 38. Kf2 (38. Qxg1 Rxg1+) 38... Rf1+ 39. Kg2 Rfg1+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 40. Qxg1 Rxg1+ 41. Kxg1 Qe6) 38. Rxc8 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]} Rxc8 39. Kxh1 Qd1+ $1 40. Kg2 Rc1 {( -> ...Qh1+)} 41. Qe1 Qxe1 42. Bxe1 Rxe1 43. Rxa7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Re2+ 44. Kf1 $1 {[%cal Rf1e2]} Ra2 45. Nb5 e5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (45... Ra1+ $11 46. Ke2 Kf7) 46. Nc3 $1 $18 {[%csl LRa2,LRd5]} Ra1+ 47. Ke2 exd4 48. Nxd5 Bd6 49. Nxf6+ Kf8 50. Nxh7+ Ke8 51. Nf6+ ({Much less strong is} 51. Nxg5 $6 Ra3 $16) 51... Kf8 52. Ne4 Bf4 53. Nc5 $1 Be3 54. a6 {Threatens to win with Rb7.} Bg1 $2 (54... Ra2+ 55. Kd3 Bg1) 55. Kd3 $2 (55. Rc7) 55... Ra3+ 56. Ke4 (56. Kc4 $18 {is the precise move to win.}) 56... Re3+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (56... d3 $16) 57. Kf5 $1 Rxf3+ 58. Kg6 $1 d3 {[#]} 59. Ra8+ $1 Ke7 {[#]} 60. Ne4 $2 (60. Re8+ $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Kxe8 61. a7) 60... Rf1 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} 61. Rb8 Ra1 62. Rb7+ Ke6 {...Be3 is the strong threat.} 63. Nxg5+ Kd5 64. Rd7+ Kc4 65. Nf3 {Strongly threatening Kf5.} Kc3 $1 66. Rc7+ Kb2 67. Rb7+ Kc3 68. Rc7+ Kb2 69. Kh5 Be3 70. Rb7+ Kc3 71. Rc7+ Kb2 72. g5 Rxa6 73. Ne5 {And now Nc4+ would win.} Kb1 74. Nxd3 Ra5 75. Rb7+ Ka1 76. Nb4 {Hoping for Nc2+.} Bxg5 77. Nc2+ Ka2 78. Nb4+ Ka1 79. Nc2+ {Precision: White = 51%, Black = 58%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Van Delft, Merijn"]
[Black "Raja Harshit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "2393"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,37,20,24,8,34,39,34,30,50,51,46,49,50,70,42,0,0,0,0,-19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qe2 {B94: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Bg5 Nbd7} h6 (7... Qc7 8. O-O-O e6 9. f4 b5 10. a3 Be7 11. g4 Rb8 12. Bg2 h6 13. Bh4 Bb7 14. Rhe1 Qc4 15. e5 dxe5 16. fxe5 Qxe2 17. Rxe2 Ng8 18. Bxb7 Rxb7 {½-½ (49) Ding,L (2759)-Zhou,J (2613) China 2017}) 8. Bh4 g6 9. f4 {White is slightly better.} e5 10. fxe5 dxe5 11. O-O-O Qc7 12. Nb3 b5 13. Rxd7 (13. Qf3 $5 {[%cal Rh4f6]} Bg7 14. Kb1 $14 (14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Bb7 $15)) 13... Nxd7 {The position is equal.} 14. Nd5 {[%cal Rd5c7] [#]} Qb8 {[#]} 15. Bf6 $146 Nxf6 16. Nxf6+ Ke7 17. Nd5+ Ke8 18. Nf6+ Ke7 19. Nd5+ {Precision: White = 54%, Black = 56%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vo, Thi Kim Phung"]
[Black "Moussard, Jules"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,85,39,52,48,51,39,52,45,50,55,64,42,70,54,70,66,53,30,41,37,100,100,100,64,82,69,131,75,100,86,75,89,92,83,88,100,124,111,132,102,79,86,67,0,83,40,50,29,63,57,33,27,49,31,35,37,45,7,400,382,387,331,320,292,370,286,585,572,538,477,810,756,966,906,2037,2011,29978,29978]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 h6 (3... g6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. d5 Bg7 6. Nd4 Bd7 7. e4 O-O 8. Be2 e6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Be3 exd5 11. exd5 Re8 12. Qd2 Kh7 13. O-O-O {0-1 (43) Akobian,V (2662)-Caruana,F (2799) Douglas 2017}) 4. Qc2 c6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 4... Bg4 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. g3 c6 7. Bg2 Qb6 8. Be3 Qa5 9. O-O Bf5 10. Qb3 Rb8 11. d5 {½-½ (50) Nickoloff,B (2390)-Day,L (2370) Hamilton 1994}) 5. h3 Qa5+ 6. Bd2 {A53: Old Indian Defence without Nf3} Qf5 7. Qb3 e5 8. g4 {White is slightly better.} Qe6 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. d5 Qe7 11. e4 Nc5 12. Qc2 a5 13. b3 g6 14. Be3 h5 {[#]} (14... Bg7 $14) 15. g5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rg5f6]} Nfd7 16. Nh4 Bg7 17. Rd1 Nf8 (17... O-O $14) 18. Rg1 ({White should try} 18. Bg2) 18... Bd7 19. Qd2 Nh7 20. Bg2 Rd8 21. Bf1 O-O 22. Bxc5 dxc5 23. d6 Qe8 24. Na4 $1 {[%csl LRa5,LRc5]} f6 25. gxf6 Rxf6 26. Qxa5 (26. Nxc5 $14 b6 27. Nxd7 Rxd7 28. c5) 26... Ra8 (26... g5 $1 $11) 27. Qxc5 {Strongly threatening Qe3.} Nf8 28. Qe3 {Black must now prevent Nf3.} Ne6 29. c5 Kh7 $1 30. Nf3 {Threatens to win with Be2.} Bh6 31. Qc3 Rf4 32. Be2 {aiming for Qc2.} Rxe4 {[#] And now ...Nf4 would win.} 33. Qc2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Rexa4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (33... Rxe2+ $1 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 34. Qxe2 Nf4) 34. bxa4 $18 Nf4 35. Ng5+ Kg7 36. h4 Qd8 37. Qb3 {White threatens Qf7+ and mate.} Nd5 $2 (37... Bxg5 38. Rxg5 Qa5+ 39. Rd2 Qxc5 40. Qxb7 Ra7) 38. Rxd5 cxd5 39. Bb5 Qe8 (39... Bxg5 $142 40. Rxg5 Be6 41. Rxe5 Qf6) 40. Qxd5 Bc6 41. d7 Qe7 42. Bxc6 Bxg5 43. Rxg5 {Precision: White = 82%, Black = 28%.} 1-0

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Krishna Teja, N."]
[Black "Henderson de La Fuente, Lance"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2368"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,24,-41,37,26,33,15,14,15,9,16,26,-5,6]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. e4 e5 (7... dxe4 $15 8. Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Qxe4 c5) 8. cxd5 {D45: Semi-Slav: 5 e3} cxd5 9. exd5 (9. Bg5 exd4 10. Nxd5 h6 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. Bb5+ Kf8 13. Bd2 Qb6 14. Be2 Bg4 15. h3 Bh5 {1-0 (48) Makarov,M (2518)-Shomoev,A (2561) Krasnoyarsk 2007}) 9... O-O 10. Be2 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nb6 12. Bg5 Nbxd5 {Predecessor:} 13. Rd1 $146 Qa5 14. Ndb5 Bf4 15. Bxf4 Nxf4 {½-½ (56) Crouch,C (2407)-Buckley,D (2172) Scarborough 2001} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Beinoras, Mindaugas"]
[Black "Vishnu Prasanna  V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2353"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,102,-15,0,0,-1,-7,14,18,17,14,22,0,-2,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,-6,-6,-6,-8,-28,-14,-40,-16,-35,-28,-27,-5,-70,-5,-27,-8,-25,-8,-26,0,-40,-14,-9,0,0,0,-2,0,-16,-13,-12,0,-33,0,0,0,-108,-41,-47,-55,-49,-49,-57,-52,-54,-58,-74,-68,-73,-84,-86,-83,-100,-100,-100,-100,-193,-165,-470,-465,-611,-610,-601,-603,-585,-558,-765,-658,-1662,-1281,-1131,-797]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. c3 d5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 {White must now prevent ...Qb6.} 6. e3 {A45: Trompowsky Attack} Nc6 7. Ne2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. Nf3 Bf5 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Be2 a5 10. a4 Qe7 11. O-O Rad8 12. Re1 Be4 13. Bf1 Ne5 14. Nd4 Bd3 15. N2f3 Bxf1 16. Rxf1 {1-0 (36) Artemiev,V (2692)-Sarana,A (2541) Sochi 2017}) 7... Qd6 8. Nd2 {The position is equal.} Be6 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. Ned4 O-O 11. g3 Ne5 12. Bg2 Rad8 13. O-O Bg4 14. Qc2 Qd7 15. Nd2 h5 16. N2f3 Rfe8 17. Rfe1 g6 18. Nh4 Kg7 19. Bh1 Rc8 20. Bg2 Nc4 21. Nhf3 Re7 22. Qb3 {[#]} (22. h4 $11) 22... Rce8 ({Black should play} 22... h4 $1 $15 {[%mdl 512]}) 23. Qc2 Ne5 24. Nh4 Bc5 25. Nb3 Bb6 {...g5 is the strong threat.} 26. Nd4 Bxd4 27. exd4 Nc4 28. Rxe7 Rxe7 29. Bf1 Qe8 30. b3 Nd6 31. Ng2 Bf3 {[%cal Bg4f3,Bf3e4,Be4f5,Bf5e6][%mdl 32]} 32. Qd3 Be4 33. Qd1 b5 34. h4 {[#]} (34. f3 $11 {keeps the balance.} Bf5 35. Qd2) 34... Rc7 (34... Qc8 $1 $17 35. f3 Qxc3 36. fxe4 Rxe4) 35. Rc1 $15 Qc8 36. f3 Bf5 37. Qd2 {[#]} b4 $1 $36 {[%cal Rc7c3][%mdl 2560] White is under pressure.} 38. c4 $1 (38. cxb4 Rxc1) 38... dxc4 39. Qxb4 cxb3 40. Rxc7 Qxc7 41. axb3 Be6 42. Ne3 Qc1 43. Kf2 Qb2+ 44. Kg1 (44. Be2 $17 {was necessary.} Nf5 45. Nxf5+ Bxf5 46. d5) 44... Qxb3 45. Qd2 $2 {[#]} (45. Qxb3 {nothing else works.} Bxb3 46. Ba6) 45... a5 $1 $19 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4,Ba4a3,Ba3a2][%mdl 544] Black is clearly winning.} 46. Be2 (46. Qxa5 Qxe3+) 46... a4 47. d5 Bd7 {Hoping for ...a3.} 48. Bd1 Qb6 {And now ...Nc4 would win.} 49. Kg2 a3 50. Qc3 a2 51. Nc2 Qb1 {Precision: White = 42%, Black = 58%.} 0-1

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Stauskas, Lukas"]
[Black "Gormally, Daniel W"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2349"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,66,29,33,27,28,10,42,29,39,26,38,32,44,44,44,39,55,49,47,31,37,0,0,0,0,-34,-12,-57,-57,-56,-49,-56,-54,-94,-104,-94,-105,-97,-83,-92,-106,-121,-106,-137,-106,-178,-43,-43,-31]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. a3 Bxc3+ {E32: Nimzo-Indian: Classical (4 Qc2): 4...0-0} 7. bxc3 e5 8. Bd3 c5 9. Ne2 Nc6 10. d5 Ne7 {LiveBook: 11 Games} (10... Na5 11. Ng3 Nd7 12. Rb1 Re8 13. O-O b6 14. Nf5 {1-0 (61) Topalov,V (2752)-Vallejo Pons,F (2697) Leon 2012}) 11. O-O Ng6 12. f3 h6 13. Kh1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Be3 Bd7 14. Qd2 Re8 15. Ng3 Nh7 16. Rab1 Rb8 17. Rb2 b6 18. Rfb1 Kh8 {½-½ (18) Cech,P (2337)-Mandl,R (2393) Germany 2001}) 13... Bd7 14. Rb1 Qc7 15. Bd2 b5 16. Rb2 bxc4 17. Bxc4 Rfb8 18. Rfb1 Rb6 19. Rxb6 axb6 20. Bc1 Ra5 21. Qd3 Nh5 22. g3 f5 23. exf5 e4 $1 $36 {[%cal Re4d3][%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 24. Qxe4 Nf6 $1 {[%cal Rf6e4]} 25. Qc2 Ne5 26. Ba2 Nxf3 27. Nf4 {[#]} c4 $1 28. Be3 b5 29. Rf1 Ne5 30. Bb1 Rxa3 31. Bd4 Qb7 32. Qg2 (32. Qc1 $17 Ra1 33. Qb2 Nxd5 34. Kg1 Nxf4 35. gxf4 Nf3+ 36. Rxf3 Rxb1+ 37. Qxb1 Qxf3 38. Qf1) 32... Ra1 (32... b4 $19 33. cxb4 Qxb4) 33. Kg1 $15 Be8 {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 68%.} 0-1

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Fenil, Shah"]
[Black "Bilguun, Sumiya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2324"]
[BlackElo "2459"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,48,13,4,28,16,29,35,28,20,24,19,29,10,27,18,57,67,51,52,48,42,67,61,52,34,76,18,23,-6,-4,-8,0,0,22,1,0,14,16]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. Be2 b5 (4... d6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nf6 7. Be3 Qc7 8. Qd2 b5 9. f3 Nbd7 10. a3 h5 11. O-O Bb7 12. Rfd1 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Bf4 Bd6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 {½-½ (29) Wei,Y (2740)-Ivanchuk,V (2732) Hoogeveen 2017}) 5. O-O Bb7 6. d4 {B40: Sicilian: 2...e6, Unusual lines} cxd4 7. Qxd4 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Qc7 8. Bg5 {[%cal Bc1g5,Bg5h4,Bh4g3,Bg3c7,Bc7d6][%mdl 32] White has an edge.} Nc6 9. Qe3 Bd6 $146 {[%cal Bf8d6,Bd6f4,Bf4e3][%mdl 32]} ({Predecessor:} 9... Nf6 10. Rfd1 h6 11. Bf4 d6 12. e5 {½-½ (61) Oldrati,P (1993)-Saule,Z (1762) ICCF email 2008}) 10. Rfd1 f6 11. Bh4 Bf4 12. Bg3 Bxe3 13. Bxc7 Rc8 14. Bd6 Bb6 15. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} b4 16. a5 Bxf2+ $1 17. Kxf2 {[#] Black must now prevent Na4.} bxc3 18. b4 Nh6 19. Ra3 (19. b5 $16 Nb8 20. bxa6 Bxe4 21. Nd4) 19... Nf7 $11 20. Rxc3 Nxd6 {The position is equal.} 21. Rxd6 Ke7 22. Rd1 Na7 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Nd4 g6 {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 62%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Globus, Or"]
[Black "Arkell, Keith C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2253"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,103,17,6,52,49,45,56,47,39,54,0,85,75,94,55,57,18,26,25,25,36,20,11,39,31,40,39,41,40,50,50,51,31,37,48,54,27,31,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 b6 5. f3 Bb7 6. e4 Nc6 7. Be3 e6 8. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3b5,Bb5d6][%mdl 32] LiveBook: 41 Games} Nxd4 {A31: Symmetrical English: 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 d4} (8... Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. e5 Ne8 12. Bd3 Qh4+ 13. Qf2 Qxf2+ 14. Kxf2 f6 15. Bxc5 bxc5 16. Rhe1 {½-½ (27) Ponkratov,P (2589)-Kamsky,G (2637) St Petersburg 2016}) 9. Bxd4 Be7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... d6 10. Be2 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Qe1 Nd7 13. Qg3 {1-0 (41) Tregubov,P (2510)-Mudrov,V Novgorod 1995}) 10. Be2 O-O {White is slightly better.} 11. O-O Qc7 12. Qd2 ({Better is} 12. Nb5 $14 Qc6 13. Qd2) 12... Bc5 (12... Bd6 $1 $11) 13. Nb5 $16 Qe5 14. Bxc5 bxc5 15. Nd6 {[#] Black must now prevent f4.} Bc6 16. f4 Nxe4 17. fxe5 Nxd2 18. Rf4 {Threatens to win with Rd1.} Rab8 19. b3 f5 20. exf6 $1 Rxf6 21. Rxf6 gxf6 22. Rd1 Ne4 23. Nxe4 Bxe4 24. Rxd7 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rb7 25. Rd8+ (25. Rd6 {is more complex.} Bb1 26. Bf3 Re7 27. Ra6 Kf7 28. Kf2) 25... Kf7 26. Bd3 Bxd3 {The position is equal.} 27. Rxd3 $11 {KR-KR} a5 28. Rd6 a4 29. Rc6 axb3 30. axb3 Rxb3 31. Rxc5 Rb2 32. Rc8 Rc2 33. c5 e5 34. c6 Kg6 35. Rg8+ Kh5 36. Rg7 Kh6 37. Rc7 Kg6 38. Rc8 Kf5 39. Rh8 Kf4 40. Rxh7 Ke3 {[%cal Rc2c1] [#]} (40... Rxc6 {is interesting.} 41. Rg7 f5 42. h4 Ke4 43. Kf2 f4) 41. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5,Bh5h6,Bh6h7][%mdl 32]} Rxc6 42. h5 f5 43. h6 e4 44. Rf7 $1 Kf4 45. h7 Rh6 46. Rg7 Ke5 47. g4 {Hoping for g5.} fxg4 48. Kf2 Kf4 49. Rf7+ Kg5 50. Ke3 Kg6 51. Rf4 Kh5 52. Rf7 {Precision: White = 83%, Black = 71%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Timothy J Kett"]
[Black "Williams, Simon K"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B72"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,52,33,52,48,57,28,33,34,40,30,23,0,25,35,77,52,62,54,77,0,0,-115,0,-129,-37,-232,-252,-791,-425,-411,-423,-416,-392,-503,-447,-1058,-1057,-1029,-1008,-1683,-1621,-1616,-1552]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 a6 7. f3 {B72: Sicilian Dragon: 6 Be3, lines with h3+Bc4 and sidelines} b5 8. Qd2 Bb7 9. O-O-O {White is slightly better.} (9. g4 h6 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. h4 Rc8 12. Bd3 b4 13. Nce2 e5 14. Nb3 d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 {1-0 (33) Caruana,F (2817)-Shabalov,A (2556) Saint Louis 2017}) 9... Nbd7 10. Kb1 Rc8 11. h4 Nb6 12. Bg5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Bd3 Qc7 13. Bh6 Bxh6 14. Qxh6 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Qxc4 {1-0 (39) Mateus,F (2069)-Bhawoodien,M (1803) Burdur 2010}) 12... Bg7 13. h5 $1 Nxh5 14. Rxh5 gxh5 {[#]} 15. Nf5 (15. Ncxb5 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512] aiming for Nf5.} Rc5 (15... axb5 16. Bxb5+) 16. Na3) 15... Bf8 $1 $11 ({But not} 15... Bxc3 $6 16. bxc3 f6 17. Bxf6 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]}) 16. Be2 (16. Bh6 $11) 16... Qc7 (16... Rg8 $1 $17 {Threatens to win with ...b4.} 17. a3 Rxc3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 18. bxc3 Na4) 17. f4 {[#]} (17. Bxb5+ $11 {remains equal.} axb5 18. Nxb5) 17... Qc5 (17... Rg8 $1 $17 {White must now prevent ...Qc5.} 18. a3 (18. Bxh5 h6 $17) 18... Qc5) 18. Bf3 $2 ({Better is} 18. e5 $15) 18... Nc4 $19 19. Qd3 $2 (19. Qd4 Qxd4 20. Nxd4) 19... Nxb2 20. Kxb2 Qb4+ 21. Kc1 Qxc3 22. Qe2 e6 {Black is clearly winning.} 23. Rxd6 (23. Kb1 $142) 23... Qa3+ 24. Kd1 Bxd6 25. e5 Bxf3 26. gxf3 Bf8 {Precision: White = 29%, Black = 36%.} 0-1

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Black "Hawkins, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,67,0,-2,4,34,31,31,31,27,28,77,69,63,77,77,54,66,47,52,23,128,128,127,122,128,128,128,128,128,128,128,106,131,129,179,91,222,266,257,156,156,156,469,433,502,506,477,471]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Na3 Bxa3 10. bxa3 Ba6 11. Qd2 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7} Rb8 {LiveBook: 29 Games} 12. Rd1 Rb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Qc8 13. Qc2 h6 14. Bd2 Nd5 15. e4 Nb6 16. Bb4 Rd8 17. a4 Nd5 18. exd5 Rxb4 19. dxc6 {½-½ (71) Inarkiev,E (2707)-Hou,Y (2666) Geneve 2017}) 13. a4 {White is slightly better.} Qe7 14. Qc3 Nd5 15. Bxd5 $1 exd5 16. Ba3 Qxe2 {Threatens to win with ...Rfb8.} 17. Bxf8 Kxf8 18. Re1 Qd3 19. Qc1 $1 {[%cal Rc1f4][%mdl 1024] And now Qf4 would win. White has compensation.} Qf3 ({Avoid the trap} 19... Qxd4 $2 20. Qa3+ c5 21. Rad1 $18) 20. Rb1 {Re3 is the strong threat.} h6 (20... Bc8 $1 $11 21. Re3 Qf6) 21. a5 $1 $16 {[%cal Ra5b6]} Rb5 22. a4 $40 {[%mdl 128] White has strong attack.} Rb3 23. Re3 $1 Rxe3 24. Qxe3 Qxe3 25. fxe3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KB} Ke7 26. Kf2 Kd6 27. Ke1 c5 28. Kd2 ({White should play} 28. dxc5+ $1 $18 Kc6 29. Kd2) 28... Bc8 {[#]} (28... cxd4 $16 {was called for.} 29. exd4 Kd7) 29. Rb8 $1 $18 {[%cal Rb8c8]} Bd7 30. a6 cxd4 31. exd4 c5 $2 {[#]} (31... Bxa4 $16 32. Rb7 Bd7) 32. Kc3 $1 {White is clearly winning.} Bc6 33. g4 g6 34. a5 {Precision: White = 81%, Black = 36%.} 1-0

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,17,12,11,15,7]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Nd2 c5 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 cxd4 7. Nf3 d5 {E00: Catalan Bogo-Indian (3 g3 Bb4+)} (7... b6 8. b4 Bb7 9. Qxd4 Nc6 10. Qf4 d6 11. Bb2 e5 12. Qd2 a5 13. b5 Ne7 14. Bg2 Qc7 15. O-O O-O {½-½ (121) Bluebaum,M (2642)-Andreikin,D (2712) Dortmund 2017}) 8. cxd5 {LiveBook: 13 Games} e5 9. Nxe5 {Predecessor:} Qxd5 $146 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. Qg5 O-O 12. Bg2 Qe6 13. O-O Qxe2 14. Qh4 Bg4 15. Bg5 Bxf3 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Qxf6 {0-1 (22) Maheswaran,P (2355)-Laxman,R (2503) Gurgaon 2010} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Cornette, Matthieu"]
[Black "Cawdery, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,47,12,12,46,41,47,41,50,35,49,24,28,13,30,23,53,54,57,40,68,49,91,91,127,140,141,135,149,109,140,126,169,181,201,189]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O a6 7. a3 Rb8 {A37: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7 5 Nf3} 8. b4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Nf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... cxb4 9. axb4 Nxb4 10. d4 Nc6 11. Rb1 Nf6 12. d5 Na5 13. Nd4 Nd7 14. Rb4 O-O 15. Bg5 {½-½ (30) Makoto,R (2403)-Strikovic,A (2495) Cape Town 2015}) 9. bxc5 dxc5 {White is slightly better.} 10. Rb1 O-O 11. d3 Nd7 12. Ne4 b6 13. Bb2 e5 14. Nd6 Qc7 15. Nxc8 Rfxc8 16. Ng5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} h6 17. Ne4 Ne7 18. Qa4 b5 19. Qxa6 Rb6 20. Qa5 Nc6 21. Qd2 {[#] Black must now prevent cxb5.} bxc4 22. dxc4 Rcb8 23. Nc3 Nf6 24. Na4 {Precision: White = 79%, Black = 25%.} 1-0

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Moussard, Jules"]
[Black "Ladron De Guevara Pinto, Paolo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2422"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,114,10,4,17,3,6,0,5,0,6,7,12,0,0,-30,0,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,21,22,32,28,58,18,34,26,52,0,21,19,35,0,58,37,67,46,50,43,79,0,100,43,50,32,58,34,114,81,159,54,330,58,29,47,30,0,0,0,14,-14,-11,-66,-22,0,0,0,0,-120,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. c3 e6 4. Bf4 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 cxd4 7. exd4 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} Nh5 {[%cal Bf6h5,Bh5g7,Bg7f5][%mdl 32]} 8. Bg5 (8. Be5 f6 9. Bg3 g6 10. Be2 Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. Qb3 Kh8 13. Rad1 b6 14. Rfe1 Bb7 {0-1 (49) Wang,Y (2699)-Le,Q (2739) Ashkhabad 2017}) 8... f6 9. Be3 Bd6 10. g3 {LiveBook: 7 Games} g6 11. Bg2 O-O 12. O-O Ng7 13. Re1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Nb3 b6 14. Re1 Bb7 {0-1 (49) Maisuradze,N (2280)-Navrotescu,A (2150) Agen 2017}) 13... Nf5 14. Nf1 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 15. Qe2 Rb8 16. N1d2 Bd7 17. Nb3 b4 18. c4 dxc4 19. Qxc4 Na5 20. Qa6 Nxb3 21. axb3 Rf7 22. Qxa7 Bc6 23. Qa6 Nxe3 24. fxe3 Bb5 25. Qa5 Qf8 26. Nd2 (26. Rac1 $14) 26... Bc7 27. Qa2 Kg7 28. Qb1 h5 (28... e5 $11) 29. Nf3 g5 30. d5 e5 $1 31. Bf1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Bd7 32. Ra6 (32. Nd2 $16) 32... Qh8 (32... Bc8 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 33. Bc4 (33. Qe4 $1 $16) 33... Bb6 $1 $14 34. Qe4 Qh6 $1 35. Kg2 Re7 ({Better is} 35... h4 $14) 36. Nd4 {Hoping for d6.} h4 (36... Qg6 $142 37. Qxg6+ Kxg6) 37. gxh4 (37. d6 $1 $16 {[%cal Rd6e7]} hxg3 38. h4) 37... g4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (37... Qxh4 $14 38. Qxh4 gxh4) 38. Nf5+ $2 (38. d6 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd6e7]} Ree8 39. Qf5) 38... Bxf5 $1 39. Qxf5 Qxh4 40. Qf2 (40. d6 {is interesting.} Reb7 41. Qf2 Qh3+ 42. Kh1 Rd7 43. Rd1) 40... Qxf2+ 41. Kxf2 {White wants to play Kg3.} f5 42. Kg2 Kf6 43. Bb5 (43. Rh1 $11) 43... Kg5 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 44. d6 $1 {[%cal Rd6e7]} Re6 45. d7 {aiming for Rc1.} Rd6 46. h3 {[#]} (46. Kf1 $11 Rd5 47. Ba4) 46... Rd2+ (46... Rd5 $1 $17 {[%cal Rd5b5]} 47. hxg4 Rxb5) 47. Re2 $11 {The position is equal.} gxh3+ 48. Kxh3 Rh8+ 49. Kg2 Rxe2+ 50. Bxe2 Bxe3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 51. Re6 Rd8 $1 52. Rxe5 Kf4 $1 {[%cal Rf4e5]} 53. Rd5 {Bd3 is the strong threat.} Rg8+ 54. Kh1 Rh8+ 55. Kg2 Rg8+ 56. Kh1 Rh8+ 57. Kg2 Rg8+ {Precision: White = 37%, Black = 41%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Donchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Nabaty, Tamir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,82,23,13,13,23,14,25,18,11,4,18,5,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,23,-6,-15,-6,0,-92,-94,-94,-94,-95,-68,-77,-65,-114,-23,-40,0,-114,-127,-87,0,0,0,0,13,8,16,5,18,6,12,3,25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 dxc4 4. Qa4+ c6 5. Qxc4 c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 5... b5 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. Nc3 Rc8 9. O-O a6 10. d4 c5 11. d5 exd5 12. Nh4 {1-0 (24) Aronian,L (2799)-Ivanchuk,V (2728) Tbilisi 2017}) 6. Nf3 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} Nc6 7. b3 Bd7 8. Bb2 {White has an edge.} Rc8 9. O-O Nf6 10. Ne5 Be7 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. Qf4 O-O 13. d3 Rfd8 14. Nc3 Nd4 15. Qd2 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5c4][%mdl 32]} 16. Rac1 c4 17. bxc4 (17. e3 $5 {[%cal Re3d4]} Nf5 18. bxc4 bxc4 19. d4 $11) 17... bxc4 18. Rfd1 Bb4 19. Qe3 (19. e3 $11 {remains equal.} Nb5 20. a4 Bxc3 21. Bxc3 Nxc3 22. Rxc3) 19... Ng4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is in control.} 20. Qd2 Ne5 21. Qe3 {[#]} cxd3 $1 22. exd3 ({Don't blunder} 22. Qxe5 $2 f6 $19) 22... Ng4 23. Qe4 Nf6 (23... f5 $17 24. Qe1 Bc5) 24. Qe3 Ng4 (24... Qe7 $15) 25. Qe4 $1 f5 26. Qe1 Rc5 (26... Bc5 $17 27. Rd2 Qd6) 27. h3 $11 Re5 28. Qf1 Bxc3 29. Bxc3 Ne2+ 30. Kh1 Nxc3 31. Rxc3 Qd4 32. Rc2 Rc5 33. Rdd2 {[#] aiming for Rxc5.} Rxc2 {The position is equal.} 34. Rxc2 Ne5 35. Qe2 Qxd3 36. f4 Nf7 (36... Qd1+ {with more complications.} 37. Kh2 Qxe2 38. Rxe2 Nc4 39. Rxe6 a5) 37. Qxd3 Rxd3 38. Rc8+ Nd8 39. Bf1 Rd1 40. Kg2 Kf8 41. Ra8 a5 {Precision: White = 75%, Black = 62%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Le Roux, Jean-Pierre"]
[Black "Henderson de La Fuente, Lance"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,75,8,23,37,37,42,43,43,44,43,40,35,45,26,28,24,51,54,32,15,75,56,62,93,81,65,79,72,88,81,88,94,94,81,89,98,105,103,92,88,95,10,14,-16,30,24,41,39,32,20,12,10,14,18,13,2,6,4,45,0,3,5,2,1,4,4,10,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O g6 5. d3 d5 6. c4 {A05: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 Nf6} (6. Nbd2 Bg7 7. e4 dxe4 8. dxe4 O-O 9. e5 Nfd7 10. e6 fxe6 11. Ng5 Bxg2 12. Nxe6 Qc8 13. Kxg2 Qb7+ 14. Nf3 Rf5 15. Re1 Rd5 16. Qe2 Ne5 17. Qe4 Qc6 18. Nxc7 {1-0 (18) Bocharov,D (2577)-Shariyazdanov,A (2535) Kazan 2015}) 6... Bg7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. e4 {White is slightly better.} Nf6 9. e5 Nd5 10. e6 {Black must now prevent Ng5.} f6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... f5 11. Qa4+ Bc6 {1-0 (23) Sukhorukov,A (2246)-Trofimov,V (2272) ICCF email 2007}) 11. Qa4+ c6 12. h4 O-O 13. h5 gxh5 14. Qh4 Na6 (14... Qe8 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 15. Qxh5 Qe8 16. Qf5 {Strongly threatening Nh4.} Qg6 17. Nh4 Qxf5 18. Nxf5 Nc5 {[#]} 19. Nc3 $1 {d4 is the strong threat.} Rfe8 20. d4 Nxe6 {[#]} 21. Nxd5 $1 cxd5 22. Re1 Ng5 23. Rxe7 Rxe7 24. Nxe7+ Kf7 25. Nxd5 ({White should play} 25. Nf5 $16 {Hoping for Nd6+.} Bf8 26. Bd2) 25... Rd8 $11 26. Nc3 (26. Nf4 {keeps more tension.} Nf3+ 27. Bxf3 Bxf3 28. Be3 f5 29. Nd3) 26... Bxg2 (26... Nf3+ {with more complications.} 27. Bxf3 Bxf3 28. Be3 f5 29. Kf1 Bxd4 30. Bxd4 Rxd4 31. Re1 h5) 27. Kxg2 Rxd4 28. Be3 Rd7 29. a4 Bf8 30. a5 Bc5 31. Bxc5 bxc5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 32. a6 Ne6 33. Ra5 Ke7 34. b4 cxb4 {The position is equal.} 35. Nd5+ Kd6 36. Nxb4 Nc5 37. Kf3 Re7 38. Rb5 {Precision: White = 67%, Black = 65%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vishnu Prasanna  V"]
[Black "Sundararajan, Kidambi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,87,-9,22,10,17,0,0,0,32,27,33,22,56,17,48,52,44,47,57,21,36,22,44,0,43,51,53,33,44,36,27,29,62,13,16,15,16,15,16,6,22,22,25,17,50,0,33,0,50,43,43,39,36,16,86,99,116,108,113,41,105,95,99,108,104,93,89,91,650,648,1191,643,860,1051,2032,1315,1901,1647,29996,29997]} 1. e4 c5 {[%cal Bc7c5,Bc5b4][%mdl 32]} 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. b4 cxb4 4. d4 (4. a3 bxa3 5. d4 d6 6. Nxa3 Nf6 7. Bd3 g6 8. O-O Bg7 9. c3 O-O 10. Qe2 a6 11. Be3 Rb8 {0-1 (37) Moussard,J (2444)-Matlakov,M (2694) Montpellier 2015}) 4... d6 5. d5 Nb8 6. Qd4 {B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6} e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... Nd7 7. Qxb4 a6 8. Bb2 Ngf6 9. Nbd2 e5 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. Qa4 e5 12. Ng5 Ng4 13. f4 b5 14. Bxb5 Qb6 15. Qb3 Qe3+ 16. Be2 Qxf4 17. Qe6+ {1-0 (17) Carlstedt,J (2421)-Wacker,P (2293) Bad Wiessee 2013}) 7. dxe6 Bxe6 8. Qxb4 {The position is equal.} Qd7 9. Nc3 {And now Rb1 would win.} Nc6 10. Qb2 Nf6 11. Rb1 Be7 12. Qxb7 O-O 13. Qxd7 Bxd7 14. Ba6 d5 15. e5 Bb4 16. Bd2 Bxc3 17. Bxc3 Ne4 18. Ba1 Rab8 19. O-O Nb4 20. Bd3 Nc5 21. Bd4 Nbxd3 22. cxd3 Nxd3 23. Bxa7 Ra8 24. Rb7 Bg4 25. Nd4 Nxe5 26. a4 Bc8 27. Re7 Ba6 28. Rb1 Rfe8 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. h3 Nc4 31. Nb5 {[#] Threatens to win with Nc7.} Bxb5 (31... Re7 $11) 32. axb5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame b6 is the strong threat. KRB-KRN} Re7 33. Bc5 Rb7 34. f4 (34. b6 $16) 34... f6 (34... Nd2 $1 $14 35. Rb2 Ne4) 35. b6 $16 Kf7 36. Ra1 {Hoping for Ra7.} Rb8 37. Ra7+ Kg6 {[#]} 38. g4 $1 {aiming for f5+.} Nxb6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (38... h5 $16) 39. f5+ $18 Kh6 40. Be3+ g5 41. Bd4 Nd7 42. Rxd7 Rb1+ 43. Kg2 Rg1+ 44. Bxg1 {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 30%.} 1-0

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Black "Munguntuul, Batkhuyag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,81,53,72,57,54,56,61,60,66,58,65,72,73,68,62,45,67,64,157,59,79,61,125,125,144,89,149,138,163,170,233,189,252,246,372,359,349,321,531,323,315,319,1017,986,985,981,946,914,879,606,602,600,947,919,1293,1050,29981,29982,29989,29989,29990,29987]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qf3 {B48: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 Be3 a6 without Be2} (7. Bd3 b5 8. O-O Bb7 9. Re1 Nf6 10. Nxc6 Qxc6 11. Bd4 Be7 12. Qf3 d6 13. a3 O-O 14. Qg3 Rad8 15. Rad1 Nh5 16. Qf3 Nf6 {1-0 (44) Carlsen,M (2832)-Grischuk,A (2750) chess.com INT 2017}) 7... Nf6 8. O-O-O Bb4 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bd4 Be7 11. e5 Nd5 {LiveBook: 7 Games} 12. Ne4 {Threatens to win with c4.} c5 13. Nd6+ $1 Bxd6 14. exd6 Qxd6 15. Bxg7 {[#]} Rg8 $146 16. Bh6 {c4 is the strong threat.} Rb8 17. Bc4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Bb7 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. Qc3 Ke7 {[#]} ({Avoid the trap} 19... Rxg2 $2 20. Rxd5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxd5 21. Qh8+ Ke7 22. Qxb8 $18) (19... Rg6 $14 20. Be3 f6) 20. Be3 (20. Rhe1 $1 $16) 20... c4 21. Rhg1 f6 (21... Rb5 $14) 22. g4 $16 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5,Bg5g6][%mdl 32]} Qe5 {[#]} 23. Qa3+ (23. Rd4 $142 $1 {aiming for Bf4.} Qxh2 24. Re1) 23... Kf7 (23... d6 $142) 24. f4 Qe4 25. Qc3 Rg6 (25... d6 $142 26. g5 Qf5) 26. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Rbg8 (26... h5 $142) 27. g5 $18 Qf5 (27... h5 {keeps fighting.} 28. Kb1 Re8) 28. h5 R6g7 29. Rgf1 h6 $2 (29... Ke8 {might work better.} 30. Qb4 d6 31. Qxd6 Rd7 32. Qxa6 Kf7) 30. Rxd5 exd5 31. g6+ Ke8 $2 (31... Rxg6 32. hxg6+ Qxg6) 32. Re1 d6 33. Qb4 Qc8 34. Qxd6 {Bb6+ would kill now.} Re7 35. Qxd5 Rgg7 36. a4 Re6 37. f5 Re5 38. Bd2 Rge7 39. Rxe5 {White mates.} Rxe5 40. Qf7+ Kd8 41. Qxf6+ {Precision: White = 75%, Black = 26%.} 1-0

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Stany, G A"]
[Black "David Pt Martins"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,75,11,20,20,12,18,18,14,12,14,18,14,16,16,21,29,37,31,31,32,45,34,28,19,77,79,89,114,105,89,76,70,102,91,98,96,178,168,193,185,243,231,226,234,228,257,291,316,312,304,303,285,546,541,670,671,1025,1018,1541,1317,1476,1277,1852,1913,1862,1845]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. Qe2 O-O 7. Ngf3 {C03: French Tarrasch: Unusual Black 3rd moves} a5 8. O-O Na6 9. e5 {The position is equal.} Nd7 10. c4 (10. c3 Naxc5 11. Bb5 f6 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Nb3 Nxb3 14. axb3 e5 15. Bxd7 Bxd7 16. Nxe5 {1-0 (45) Zhigalko,S (2652)-Shirov,A (2673) Baku 2016}) 10... Naxc5 11. Bc2 Qc7 12. Rd1 b6 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Nb1 Ba6 15. Qe3 Ne4 16. Nc3 Nxc3 17. bxc3 $146 {[%mdl 128] White mounts an attack.} ({Predecessor:} 17. Qxc3 Qxc3 18. bxc3 Bc4 19. Bd3 Nc5 20. Bxc4 {½-½ (20) Hrvacic,P (1972)-Wisham,C (1844) LSS email 2010}) 17... Rfe8 (17... Bc4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 18. e6 $16 {[#] Bxh7+! is the strong threat.} Bf6 19. exf7+ Kxf7 20. Ng5+ Bxg5 21. Qxg5 Nf6 22. Bf4 Qe7 23. Be3 {[%cal Bf4e3,Be3b6,Bb6d4,Bd4e5][%mdl 32]} Rac8 (23... Qe5 $16) 24. Bxb6 $18 {And now Ba4 would win.} Rxc3 25. Ba4 {Strongly threatening Bd4.} Rf8 (25... Rb8 {keeps fighting.}) 26. Bd4 (26. Bxa5 $6 Ra3 $16) 26... h6 27. Qf5 Bc8 28. Qf4 Qc7 29. Be5 Qc4 {[#] aiming for ...Qxf4.} 30. Qd2 Ne4 31. Qb2 ({Don't take} 31. Qxd5+ $6 Qxd5 32. Rxd5 Rc5 $18) 31... Kg8 $2 (31... Qxa4 32. Bxc3 Kg8) 32. Rd4 {White is clearly winning.} Rxf2 33. Rxc4 Rxc4 34. Qb5 Rd2 35. Qe8+ Kh7 36. Bb3 Bh3 37. gxh3 {Intending Qf7 and mate.} Ng5 38. Bxc4 {Precision: White = 100%, Black = 46%.} 1-0

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hector, Jonny"]
[Black "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,70,28,30,39,16,23,22,16,19,27,0,0,-7,0,0,0,-6,4,-61,0,0,0,-30,-20,-61,-48,-54,-63,-102,-78,-88,-81,-80,-73,-80,-103,-78,-88,-142,-118,-166,-151,-270,-263,-285,-275,-337,-350,-372,-309,-410,-406,-529,-532,-672,-568,-569,-468,-462,-439,-422,-395]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 b5 {B54: Sicilian: 2...d6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4, Unusual Lines} (6... Ne7 7. h4 b5 8. Bg2 Bb7 9. g5 Nbc6 10. a3 g6 11. h5 Bg7 12. Nde2 O-O 13. hxg6 hxg6 14. Qd3 {1-0 (36) Short,N (2681)-Van Wely,L (2689) Malmo 2013}) 7. Bg2 (7. Qe2 Bb7 8. Bd2 Ne7 9. a4 Nbc6 10. Nxc6 Nxc6 11. axb5 axb5 12. Rxa8 Qxa8 13. Qxb5 Be7 14. Qa4 {0-1 (32) Hector,J (2513)-Grandelius,N (2642) Sweden 2017}) 7... Bb7 8. O-O h6 {The position is equal.} 9. Re1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Be3 Nd7 10. f4 Rc8 11. a3 Be7 12. Qe2 g5 13. f5 e5 14. f6 exd4 15. fxe7 Nxe7 16. Bxd4 {0-1 (43) Zakaryan,D (2320)-Korchmar,V (2409) Moscow 2017}) 9... Ne7 10. a4 b4 11. Nce2 Nec6 12. c3 bxc3 13. Qb3 Qc8 14. bxc3 (14. Qxc3 $11 Nd7 15. Nxc6 Qxc6 16. Qxc6 Bxc6 17. Nd4) 14... Be7 ({Better is} 14... Na5 $15 15. Qb4 Nbc6 16. Nxc6 Nxc6) 15. Rb1 $11 Nd8 16. Ba3 Nd7 17. Ng3 O-O 18. c4 Re8 19. h4 Ne5 20. g5 hxg5 21. hxg5 Qxc4 22. Qxc4 Nxc4 23. Bc1 g6 24. f4 (24. Re2 $142) 24... e5 25. Bf1 Rc8 (25... exd4 26. Bxc4 Rc8 27. Bd5 $15) 26. Nb3 (26. Nf3 $17) 26... exf4 $19 27. Bxf4 Ne6 28. Bc1 Ne5 {And now ...Nf3+ would win.} ({Not} 28... Nxg5 29. Bxg5 Bxg5 30. Bxc4 $19) ({But not} 28... Bxg5 29. Bxc4 Rxc4 30. Na5) 29. Be2 Nxg5 30. Bxg5 Bxg5 31. Na5 Ba8 {Black is clearly winning.} 32. Bxa6 Nf3+ 33. Kf1 Nxe1 34. Bxc8 Rxc8 35. Kxe1 Bh4 {Precision: White = 23%, Black = 62%.} 0-1

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gormally, Daniel W"]
[Black "Van Delft, Merijn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2477"]
[BlackElo "2393"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,83,-12,-2,-8,8,-7,0,-14,16,-8,7,9,65,18,88,86,112,101,127,99,104,117,122,118,155,155,156,152,175,169,226,207,240,198,263,95,94,76,84,51,60,59,56,47,52,0,62,60,62,62,64,51,51,30,60,52,58,62,84,69,250,233,267,257,264,256,348,343,342,341,331,332,323,322]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Qe2 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} (6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Re1 Be6 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Nb8 13. a4 Nbd7 14. a5 Ng4 15. Bc1 f5 16. Bf1 Bf6 17. h3 Nh6 {1-0 (30) Karjakin,S (2760)-Ivanchuk,V (2729) Medias 2017}) 6... e5 {LiveBook: 20 Games} 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Bd2 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 8. Be3 Nbd7 9. O-O-O Be7 10. f3 Rc8 11. g4 b5 12. g5 Nh5 13. Kb1 O-O 14. f4 Nxf4 15. Bxf4 exf4 16. Nd4 {0-1 (32) Kontopoulos,D (2023)-Anastasopoulos,S (2203) Athens 2012}) 8... Nbd7 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Rg1 b5 11. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} Nb6 (11... h6 $11) 12. f4 exf4 (12... b4 $11 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 Nfxd5) 13. g5 $16 Nfd7 14. Bxf4 Nc4 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 O-O 17. Nd4 {Strongly threatening Nc6.} Nde5 18. Kb1 $1 Re8 19. Bc1 Bf8 20. h4 g6 (20... Ra7 $142 21. b3 Rb7) 21. h5 $18 Bg7 22. hxg6 hxg6 {[#]} (22... Nxg6 $142 23. Qf2 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Qb6) 23. Rh1 $2 (23. Qh2 $1 $18 {and the rest is easy.}) 23... Nxb2 $16 24. Bxb2 Nc4 25. Qf3 {Threatens to win with Bxc4.} Nxb2 26. Kxb2 Qxg5 27. Rh3 $1 Rac8 28. c3 (28. a3 $14) 28... Rc5 (28... b4 $1 $11 29. Rg3 Rxc3 30. Qxf7+ Kxf7 31. Rxg5 Rce3) 29. Rg3 Qxd5 30. Qxd5 Rxd5 31. Kb3 Rc5 32. Bh3 Ree5 33. Rgd3 a5 34. a3 Bf8 35. Bd7 Kg7 $2 ({Black should play} 35... Bg7 $14) 36. Rf3 a4+ 37. Kc2 {White has a decisive advantage.} Kg8 38. Rdf1 Bg7 {White must now prevent ...Re7.} 39. Rxf7 Re3 {[#]} 40. Rxg7+ $1 ({Less strong is} 40. Nxb5 Bxc3 41. Rf8+ (41. Nxd6 Bb4+ 42. Kd1 Rd5+ 43. Kc2 Bxd6 $11) 41... Kg7 $18) 40... Kxg7 41. Ne6+ Rxe6 42. Bxe6 {Precision: White = 60%, Black = 38%.} 1-0

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hambleton, Aman"]
[Black "Sai Agni Jeevitesh, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2384"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,61,-6,0,-8,0,-10,13,-4,63,74,68,63,75,70,86,74,97,84,89,91,157,130,186,175,178,125,172,146,195,176,187,185,189,143,273,270,327,297,321,316,289,285,440,437,511,505,610,622,856,849]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e4 O-O 6. Nge2 d6 7. O-O a5 8. d3 {A25: English Opening vs King's Indian with ...Nc6 but without early d3} (8. Nd5 Bc5 9. d3 h6 10. h3 {½-½ (10) Stupak,K (2562)-Azarov,S (2594) Minsk 2017}) 8... h6 9. h3 Nh7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Bc5 10. Kh2 Nd4 11. f4 exf4 12. Nxf4 Be6 13. Ncd5 Bxd5 14. cxd5 c6 15. dxc6 bxc6 {1-0 (36) Prudnikova,S (2411)-Baginskaite,C (2324) Moscow 2001}) 10. f4 {The position is equal.} exf4 (10... Bc5+ $11 11. Kh1 Bd7) 11. gxf4 $14 f5 12. Be3 Bxc3 13. Nxc3 Nf6 14. Qe2 Re8 15. Rae1 a4 16. Kh2 Ra5 (16... Qd7 $142) 17. Bf3 $16 Qd7 (17... a3 $16) 18. Qg2 Nb4 19. Rd1 (19. Bd4 $18 Qf7 20. Qd2) 19... a3 20. b3 c6 21. Bb6 Ra8 22. Bd4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] [#] Threatens to win with Bxf6. White is on the roll.} Qf7 23. c5 d5 (23... dxc5 $16 24. Bxc5 Na6) 24. exd5 $18 cxd5 25. Nb5 Re7 26. Nd6 Qf8 27. Bc3 Nc6 (27... Na6 {was necessary.} 28. Bxf6 Qxf6 29. Bxd5+ Kh7) 28. Bxd5+ {White is clearly winning.} Be6 29. Bf3 Rd8 30. d4 Ne4 31. Bxe4 {Precision: White = 86%, Black = 18%.} 1-0

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Williams, Simon K"]
[Black "Krishna Teja, N."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2368"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,36,0,0,0,0,0,18,0,0,0,0,0,6]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 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. exd5 cxd5 13. Nc3 Bf6 {The position is equal.} 14. Bf4 {Bxc7 is the strong threat. E17: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Be7} Nba6 15. Re1 Nc5 (15... Bc8 $5 {[%cal Rc8f5]} 16. Nd6 Be6 $11) 16. Nd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Bd6 Re8 17. Rxe8+ Nxe8 18. Bxc5 bxc5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Rb8 21. Qf3 {1-0 (81) Hilby,C (2401)-Taghizadeh,R (2374) Irving 2017}) 16... Bc6 {[#] Hoping for ...g5.} 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Qd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Raja Harshit"]
[Black "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,112,25,27,47,36,44,42,49,43,53,13,41,-4,0,0,0,0,-6,-28,-17,-21,-10,-15,-23,-23,-25,-36,-22,-43,-29,-29,-25,-44,-48,-49,-37,-65,-47,-60,-60,-60,-60,-60,-60,-55,-57,-70,-71,-161,-161,-161,-154,-137,-146,-157,-157,-154,-154,-154,-147,-154,-157,-157,-154,-157,-151,-158,-157,-157,-157,-151,-157,-158,-138,-157,-138,-175,-122,-188,-188,-188,-154,-187,-188,-188,-180,-374,-370,-353,-345,-600,-472,-949,-933,-821,-820,-451,-446,-29962,-29945]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O e6 7. e5 {B08: Pirc-Ufimzew-Verteidigung} dxe5 8. Nxe5 {LiveBook: 9 Partien} Qe7 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 8... Nfd7 9. Nf3 h6 10. Bf4 g5 11. Bc1 Nc6 12. Bb5 Ne7 13. Ne4 Ng6 14. c3 b6 {½-½ (48) Solomunovic,I (2436)-Dreev,A (2634) Kraljevo 2015}) 9. Bg5 {Weiß steht etwas besser.} h6 10. Be3 Rd8 11. Qc1 Kh7 12. Bf3 Nbd7 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 {[%cal Bf6d7,Bd7b6,Bb6c4][%mdl 32]} 14. a4 Nb6 15. a5 Nc4 16. a6 Rb8 17. Nb5 bxa6 18. Nxa7 Bd7 19. Rxa6 Rxb2 20. Nc6 Bxc6 $1 21. Rxc6 Nxe3 22. fxe3 Rdb8 23. Qd2 e5 {[%cal Be6e5,Be5e4][%mdl 32]} 24. Qd3 Rb1 25. Bd1 Ra1 26. d5 e4 27. d6 cxd6 28. Qxd6 Qa7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Schwarz hat gut koordiniertes Spiel.} 29. Qc5 Qxc5 30. Rxc5 f5 31. Rd5 {[#]} (31. Kf2 $17) 31... h5 $1 $19 32. g3 Bh6 33. Rd7+ Kh8 34. Kf2 Ra3 35. Re1 Rc8 36. Rd6 Kg7 37. Rd7+ Kf6 38. Rd6+ Kf7 39. Rd7+ Ke6 40. Rb7 Rcc3 {[%cal Rh6e3]} 41. Rb6+ Kf7 {[%cal Rh6e3]} 42. Rb7+ Ke8 {[%cal Rh6e3]} 43. Rb3 Kd7 44. h3 Bg5 45. Re2 Ke6 (45... h4 $19 46. g4 fxg4 47. hxg4 Bh6 48. Rxa3 Rxa3) 46. Rb6+ (46. h4 $17 Bh6 47. Rb6+ Ke5 48. Rxg6 Bxe3+ 49. Kg2) 46... Kf7 {[%cal Rg5e3]} 47. Rb7+ Kf8 {[%cal Rg5e3]} 48. Rb3 Be7 49. Rxa3 Bxa3 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KTL-KTL} 50. g4 $2 (50. h4 {war einen Versuch wert.}) 50... Bc5 51. gxf5 gxf5 52. Kg3 $2 (52. Ke1 Bxe3 53. h4) 52... Bxe3 53. Kh4 (53. Kh2 $142) 53... Kf7 54. Rg2 Kf6 55. Bxh5 Bc5 56. Bd1 {[#]} (56. Be8 $19) 56... Be7 {Precision: Weiß = 48%, Schwarz = 81%.} 0-1

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Arkell, Keith C"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2416"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,64,20,25,18,22,21,14,0,0,0,0,-22,-20,-27,-16,-14,-16,-28,-7,-27,-27,-35,-33,-49,-31,-29,-27,-42,-3,-7,-6,-5,-6,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,-6]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 c5 4. Bg5 d5 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. Bd3 {D03: Damenbauernspiele} O-O 8. O-O h6 9. Bh4 b6 {LiveBook: 7 Partien} 10. Qe2 (10. Re1 Bb7 11. a4 Qc7 12. Qb1 a6 13. Bg3 Bxg3 14. hxg3 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 {1-0 (92) Fedoseev,V (2661)-Leko,P (2723) Moscow 2014}) 10... Bb7 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Be7 13. Bxf6 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Be4 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 cxd4 17. Qxd4 Qxd4 18. Nxd4 {0-1 (55) Arkell,K (2450)-Sturua,Z (2556) Marianske Lazne 2016}) 13... Nxf6 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Be4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Qb6 18. Rab1 Rad8 19. Qe2 Rd5 20. Rfd1 Rfd8 {[#] Droht stark ...Txd1+.} 21. Rxd5 Rxd5 22. Rc1 g5 (22... c4 $5) 23. h3 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} Qd6 24. g3 Rd3 25. Qe4 Qd5 (25... Kg7 {with more complications.} 26. Kg2 Rd5 27. Re1 Qa6 28. a3 Qd6) 26. Qxd5 exd5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KTL-KTS} 27. Kg2 h5 28. Rc2 c4 29. g4 hxg4 30. hxg4 Kf8 31. Re2 Rd1 32. Re1 Rxe1 {Precision: Weiß = 75%, Schwarz = 82%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Houska, Jovanka"]
[Black "Handke, Florian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,126,0,0,-3,26,-21,9,-2,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,0,0,0,0,24,29,31,12,7,12,8,12,11,6,6,14,24,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-18,-22,-251,-117,-112,-112,-110,-116,-361,-241,-976,-226,-226,-226,-5135,-219,-254,-243,-238,-137,-218,-91,-172,-125,-218,-218,-214,-218,-297,-205,-295,-291,-271,-207,-213,-157,-314,-280,-218,-209,-193,-117,-576,-199,-254,0,-558,-568,-463,-405,-346,-315,-5021,-5051,-940,-927,-29958,-29959,-29966,-29965,-29967,-29941,-12837,-12816,-29981,-29982,-29982,-29983,-29993,-29973,-29972,-29973,-29992,-29993]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 b6 7. c4 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} Bb7 8. Ne5 e6 {[%cal Be7e6,Be6d5,Bd5d4][%mdl 32]} 9. Nc3 {The position is equal.} Nbd7 10. Bg5 h6 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. cxd5 exd5 {[#]} 14. Rc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. e3 Bg7 {½-½ (52) Sargissian,G (2702)-Mamedov,R (2650) Huaian 2016}) 14... Rfd8 15. e3 Be7 16. Qb3 c5 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Rfd1 {[%cal Rg2d5]} d4 19. Ne4 Qe7 20. Nxc5 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 {aiming for Nd3.} bxc5 22. exd4 Rab8 23. Qf3 cxd4 24. b3 Rb5 25. Rc4 Rf5 26. Qd3 Qb7+ 27. f3 Re8 28. Qxd4 $2 (28. Rf1 $1 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 28... Qxf3+ (28... Re2+ $1 $19 29. Kg1 Rxf3) 29. Kg1 $17 Kh7 30. Rc3 Qe2 31. Rc7 $2 (31. Rcd3 $17) 31... h5 ({Weaker is} 31... Re4 32. Qd2 $15) 32. Rd7 $2 (32. Rcc1 Qxa2 33. Re1 Rxe1+ 34. Rxe1) 32... Qxa2 $2 (32... Qf3 33. Rd8 Rxd8 34. Qxd8 Qe3+ 35. Kh1 Qe2) 33. Qxa7 $19 Qxb3 34. Qd4 $2 (34. R7d3 Re1+ 35. Rxe1 Qxd3 36. Qe3) 34... Qa2 $2 (34... Qf3 {( -> ...Re2)} 35. Rd8 Rxd8 36. Qxd8 Qe3+ 37. Kh1 Qe2) 35. Qd2 Qa6 {Threatens to win with ...Re2.} 36. Qd3 Qf6 (36... Qb6+ $19 37. Qd4 Qc6) 37. Qd4 (37. Rd6 $17 Qb2 38. Qd2) 37... Qg5 (37... Qc6 $19 38. Qd2 Ree5) 38. Qd2 (38. Qa7 $17 {keeps fighting.}) 38... Qg4 39. Rd4 (39. Qa2 $17 {was necessary.}) 39... Qf3 {White must now prevent ...Re2.} 40. Rd3 Qc6 41. Rd7 Re6 42. Rd8 (42. Rc1 $142 Qb6+ 43. Qd4) 42... Re4 43. Rd4 Qc5 {Strongly threatening ...Rd5.} 44. Kg2 Re8 ({Much less strong is} 44... Rxd4 45. Qxd4 Qb5 46. Re1 $17) 45. Qa2 $2 (45. Rf4 $17) 45... Qc6+ 46. Kg1 Qf3 {And now ...Re2 would win.} 47. R4d3 Qg4 (47... Qe4 $1 $19 48. Qd2 Qc4) 48. Rd4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (48. Rd7 $17 {is a better chance.}) 48... Re2 $2 (48... Re1+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 49. Rxe1 Qxd4+ 50. Kg2 h4) 49. R4d2 (49. Rxg4 {only move.} Rxa2 50. Rf4) 49... Re8 $2 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black has some attack.} (49... Rxd2 50. Rxd2 h4) 50. Rd4 $1 {[%cal Rd4g4] [#]} Re1+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 51. Rxe1 Qxd4+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 52. Kg2 h4 $1 {[%cal Bh5h4,Bh4h3][%mdl 32]} 53. Qe2 $2 {[#]} (53. Re7 Kg7 54. Qe2) 53... h3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 54. Kxh3 {[#]} Rf2 $1 {[%cal Rf2e2]} 55. Rd1 Qc5 ({Worse is} 55... Rxe2 56. Rxd4 Kh6 57. Rh4+ Kg7 58. Rf4 $11) 56. Qg4 Qc2 {[%csl Gc2][%cal Rf2h2]} 57. Qh4+ Kg7 58. Qd4+ {[#]} f6 $1 59. Qa7+ Kh6 {Black mates.} 60. Qe3+ g5 61. Qd3 Rxh2+ 62. Kg4 Qc8+ 63. Qd7 Qc4+ {Precision: White = 35%, Black = 49%.} 0-1

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Akash Pc, Iyer"]
[Black "Bartholomew, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,76,36,-5,18,0,0,0,0,-20,-6,-39,-39,-37,-29,-39,-37,-37,-32,-39,-29,-55,-37,-35,-34,-65,-64,-64,-76,-64,-62,-89,-25,-25,-25,-25,-27,-29,-25,-29,-29,-41,-20,-82,-69,-75,-82,-82,-82,-83,-52,-174,-180,-170,-155,-170,-181,-1725,-1672]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. d3 Ngf6 5. Nbd2 c6 6. O-O e5 7. e4 dxe4 8. dxe4 Be7 9. b3 {A07: Barcza-System (Königsfianchetto mit möglichen Übergängen in andere Systeme)} O-O 10. Bb2 Qc7 11. Qe2 {LiveBook: 3 Partien. Weiß steht etwas besser.} (11. h3 $5 {[%cal Rh3g4]} Bxf3 12. Qxf3 $14 (12. Bxf3 b5 $11)) 11... b5 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 11... Rfe8 12. a4 Bf8 13. Nc4 Nc5 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 {½-½ (46) Bareev,E (2663)-Rublevsky,S (2688) Novosibirsk 2012}) 12. Rfe1 Rfe8 13. h3 Bh5 14. Qf1 Bb4 15. c3 Bf8 16. a4 a6 17. axb5 cxb5 18. b4 Nb6 19. Rac1 Rad8 20. Red1 Qb8 21. Qe2 Rd7 22. Ba1 Red8 23. g4 {[#] Schwarz muss nun c4 beachten.} Bg6 24. Nh4 Qc7 25. Bf3 Nc4 (25... Be7 $17) 26. Nxc4 $11 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 28. Qxd1 Qxc4 29. Nxg6 hxg6 30. Qe1 Be7 31. g5 (31. Bb2 $11 {bleibt in der Remisbreite.}) 31... Nh5 {...Sf4 ist eine echte Drohung.} 32. Qe2 $1 {[%cal Re2c4] Schwarz sollte Dxc4 verhindern.} Qb3 {[#] Droht stark ...Sf4.} ({Natürlich nicht} 32... Bxg5 $6 33. Qxc4 bxc4 34. Be2 $14) 33. Qb2 Qe6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Weiss muss aufpassen.} 34. Bg4 Qd6 35. h4 ({Besser ist} 35. c4 $1 $15 bxc4 36. Qxe5) 35... Qd3 $19 36. Qe2 Qb1+ 37. Qd1 Qxe4 {Und ...Sf4 würde nun gewinnen.} 38. Qf3 $2 (38. Qe2 Qb1+ 39. Qf1) 38... Qe1+ {Precision: Weiß = 36%, Schwarz = 73%.} 0-1

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zujev, Oleg"]
[Black "Fernandez, Daniel Howard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "234"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,234,50,49,47,94,33,43,0,57,0,0,0,12,17,37,19,27,19,107,93,284,292,472,281,265,272,298,275,299,289,349,331,314,171,160,166,168,99,104,91,95,42,46,10,7,0,0,0,0,0,-1,-6,0,-5,-1,-39,-34,-36,-46,-59,-18,-24,-19,-25,0,-14,0,-25,-25,-30,-21,-21,-20,-28,-17,-29,-28,-26,-28,-16,-2,-6,-8,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,-37,-37,-37,-37,-38,-37,-37,-37,-39,-40,-51,-51,-51,-51,-51,-51,-57,-57,-57,-57,-57,-54,-54,-54,-57,-57,-57,-51,-51,-51,-53,-51,-51,-50,-55,-51,-55,-51,-56,-50,-50,-50,-64,-53,-64,-39,-72,-50,-57,-39,-50,-50,-50,-47,-48,-48,-58,-8,-8,0,-65,-30,-30,-30,-30,-30,-30,-30,-30,-30,-30,-30,-30,-30,-30,-30,-30,-30,-30,-30,-30,-30,-37,0,-30,-30,-37,-37,-37,-37,-37,-37,-37,-37,-57,0,-37,0,-57,-37,-37,-37,-57,-37,-37,-38,-38,0,-64,0,0,0,0,0,-65,-8,-8,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 Qe7 4. e4 Nf6 5. Bd3 (5. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 6. Qd2 Qxd2+ 7. Nxd2 d6 8. f4 c5 9. dxc5 dxc5 10. e5 Ng4 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. h3 {1-0 (42) Karpov,A (2616)-Bauer,C (2664) Cap d'Agde 2012}) 5... Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 {A40: Unusual replies to 1 d4} O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... d6 7. e5 dxe5 8. dxe5 Nfd7 9. f4 Nc5 10. Nc3 O-O 11. O-O-O Nc6 12. Nf3 {½-½ (32) Shishkin,V (2517)-Dimitrov,R (2486) Mamaia 2015}) 7. Nf3 (7. e5 $16 Ng4 8. h3) 7... d6 $14 8. e5 {White is slightly better.} Nfd7 (8... dxe5 $11 9. dxe5 Nfd7) 9. O-O (9. exd6 $14 cxd6 10. O-O) 9... dxe5 $1 $11 10. dxe5 Rd8 {[#] Hoping for ...Nc5.} 11. Qf4 Nf8 12. Rd1 Ng6 13. Qe3 Qb4 (13... b6 $11) 14. Nc3 $16 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3b5,Bb5c7][%mdl 32]} Nd7 $2 (14... Bd7 $16 {was worth a try.}) 15. Nb5 $18 Qa5 $2 (15... Rb8 16. Bxg6 (16. Nxa7 Qe7 $18) 16... hxg6) 16. a3 (16. Bxg6 $142 hxg6 17. Ng5) 16... Qb6 17. Bxg6 Qxe3 {[#]} 18. Bxf7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxf7 19. fxe3 c6 20. Nc7 Rb8 21. Ng5+ (21. Rd6 $142) 21... Ke7 22. Ncxe6 Rh8 23. Nf4 (23. Rd4 $18 Nxe5 24. Re4 (24. Nxg7 Kf6 $15) 24... Bxe6 25. Rxe5) 23... Nxe5 $16 24. Rd4 Bf5 25. e4 ({White should try} 25. Nf3 $16 Nxf3+ 26. gxf3) 25... Bg4 $14 26. h3 h6 27. hxg4 hxg5 28. Nd3 Nxg4 29. e5 Ne3 30. Re4 $132 {[%mdl 2048] White puts up resistance} Nf5 31. Rg4 Rh5 32. Nc5 b6 33. Na6 Rbh8 34. Kf2 c5 35. b4 Rf8 36. Kg1 Rfh8 37. Kf2 Rf8 38. Kg1 Nd4 {[%cal Rd4e2]} 39. Ra2 Rf4 40. Rxf4 $1 gxf4 41. bxc5 bxc5 42. Nxc5 Rxe5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 43. Nd3 Re4 44. Rb2 g5 45. Rb7+ Kf6 {...Re3 is the strong threat.} 46. Rxa7 Ne2+ 47. Kf2 Ng3 48. Ra6+ Kf5 {aiming for ...Re3.} 49. Ra5+ Kf6 50. Ra6+ Kf7 51. Rd6 Re3 52. Rd4 Ke6 53. Nxf4+ gxf4 54. Rxf4 Rxa3 {KRN-KR} 55. Rf3 Ne4+ 56. Ke2 Ra2+ 57. Ke3 Ke5 58. Rf8 Ra3+ 59. Ke2 Kd4 60. Rd8+ Kxc4 61. Rc8+ Kd5 62. Rd8+ Ke5 63. Re8+ Kf4 64. Rf8+ Kg4 65. Rg8+ Ng5 66. Kf2 Ra1 67. Ke2 Kf4 68. Rf8+ Kg3 69. Rg8 Ra2+ 70. Ke3 Ra5 71. Rg6 Rf5 72. Rg8 Kxg2 73. Rg6 Kg3 74. Rg8 Kg4 75. Rg6 Rf8 76. Ra6 Re8+ 77. Kd3 Kf4 78. Rf6+ Ke5 79. Ra6 Ne4 {And now ...Nc5+ would win.} 80. Ra5+ Kf4 81. Ra4 Rd8+ 82. Rd4 Re8 (82... Rxd4+ $11 83. Kxd4) 83. Ra4 $15 Kf3 {Threatens to win with ...Nc5+.} 84. Kd4 Nd6 85. Kd5 Nf5 86. Rb4 Ne3+ 87. Kd6 Ra8 88. Ke5 Ra5+ 89. Ke6 Nf5 90. Rb3+ Ke4 {White must now prevent ...Nd4+.} 91. Rb4+ Nd4+ 92. Kf6 Ra1 93. Rc4 Rf1+ 94. Kg5 Ra1 95. Kf6 Kd5 96. Rc8 Nc6 97. Re8 Rf1+ 98. Kg5 Ne5 99. Ra8 Nf7+ 100. Kg4 Ne5+ 101. Kg5 Nc6 102. Re8 Nd4 103. Ra8 Ke5 104. Ra5+ Ke4 105. Ra4 Rf5+ 106. Kg6 Rd5 107. Kf6 ({White should play} 107. Ra1 $11) 107... Kf4 (107... Rc5 $1 $15) 108. Rc4 Rd7 109. Ra4 Ke4 110. Rc4 (110. Ra1 $1 $11) 110... Rd6+ (110... Ra7 $1 $15) 111. Ke7 $11 {The position is equal.} Ra6 112. Kf7 Ke5 113. Rc5+ Kd6 114. Rc1 Nf3 115. Kf6 Kd5+ 116. Kf5 Nd4+ 117. Kg5 Rc6 {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 48%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vo, Thi Kim Phung"]
[Black "Maze, Sebastien"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E95"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "230"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,230,30,56,31,51,50,66,34,33,39,27,32,41,14,27,0,0,0,0,0,7,-12,27,28,51,-21,-33,-30,-18,-38,-39,-41,-40,-44,-30,-75,-67,-68,-70,-83,-62,-65,-52,-61,-57,-57,-47,-56,-50,-83,-78,-81,-79,-143,-85,-115,-118,-139,-66,-225,-230,-208,-175,-371,-159,-144,-137,-146,-137,-115,-140,-236,-236,-263,-150,-155,-143,-227,-225,-331,-311,-329,-319,-322,-314,-308,-333,-326,-326,-326,-322,-310,-283,-504,-529,-506,-343,-339,-339,-344,-338,-329,-287,-308,-299,-307,-301,-287,-266,-240,-241,-327,-175,-170,-89,-187,-201,-241,-262,-235,-236,-361,-322,-584,-539,-867,-874,-818,-795,-722,-637,-1500,-1480,-961,-773,-29959,-29961,-29959,-29961,-29971,-29967,-29969,-29970,-29969,-29971,-29969,-29972,-29972,-29971,-29971,-29970,-29979,-29979,-29978,-29980,-29981,-29982,-29982,-29976,-29978,-29979,-29979,-29979,-29981,0,-29979,-29980,-29980,-29981,-29981,-29982,-29982,-29983,-29983,-29980,-29980,-29980,-29980,-29974,-29983,-29984,-29983,-29984,-29984,-29985,-29987,-29988,-29988,-29987,-29987,-29988,-29991,-29991,-29991,-29992,-29991,-29991,-29991,-29992,-29993,-29994,-29994,-29995,-29995,-29995,-29995,-29995,-29995,-29994,-29994,-29995,-29996,-29975,-29997,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Re1 Re8 9. Bf1 a6 {LiveBook: 73 Games} 10. dxe5 {E95: King's Indian: Classical: 7...Nbd7 8 Re1} (10. Rb1 exd4 11. Nxd4 c6 12. Bf4 Ne5 13. h3 Be6 14. b3 c5 15. Nxe6 Rxe6 16. Qd2 Nc6 17. Bd3 Nb4 18. Nd5 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 Nxd5 20. exd5 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 {½-½ (37) Wojtaszek,R (2736)-Jones,G (2664) Bilbao 2014}) 10... dxe5 11. Be3 Bf8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... c6 12. h3 Qe7 13. a3 a5 14. Qc2 Nh5 15. Na4 Nf4 16. c5 Ne6 17. Rad1 Bf8 {1-0 (102) Kiselev,S (2485)-Iordachescu,V (2485) Bucharest 1997}) 12. Qd2 {White is slightly better.} Ng4 {[%cal Bf6g4,Bg4h6,Bh6f7][%mdl 32]} 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bh4 c6 15. h3 Nh6 $1 16. Rad1 Qe7 17. a3 a5 18. Na4 Nf7 19. Qc2 g5 20. Bg3 Nc5 21. Nd2 (21. Nb6 $14 Ra7 22. Nxc8 Rxc8 23. h4) 21... Nxa4 $11 22. Qxa4 Qc7 23. Qc2 a4 24. Be2 Bc5 25. Nf1 $1 Be6 26. Nh2 Kg7 27. Bg4 Qe7 28. Qe2 Nd6 29. Rc1 Red8 30. Bxe6 Qxe6 31. Kh1 Kg6 32. f3 h5 33. Rf1 b6 34. Bf2 Nb7 35. Be1 (35. Rc2 $142) 35... Rd4 (35... Qd7 $142 36. Bc3 Qd3) 36. Bf2 Rd7 37. Be1 Qd6 (37... Rad8 $17 38. Bc3 Bd4) 38. Bc3 $2 ({White should play} 38. g3 $1 $15) 38... Qd3 $1 $19 {[%cal Rd3e2]} 39. Qe1 Qe3 40. Qg3 $2 (40. h4) 40... Qf4 (40... Nd6 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top.} 41. Qe1 Nxc4) 41. Qe1 $17 Rad8 42. Rc2 Qe3 43. Re2 Qd3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is in control.} 44. h4 (44. Rd2 $17 Qxc4 45. Rxd7 Rxd7 46. h4) 44... Qxc4 $19 {Hoping for ...Rd1!} 45. Rc2 {[#]} Qb3 (45... Rd1 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 46. Qxd1 Rxd1 47. Rxd1 gxh4) 46. Rc1 Qe6 47. Qg3 (47. Rc2 $17) 47... Be3 48. Rb1 (48. Rc2 {is a better defense.}) 48... Bf4 49. Qf2 Nc5 50. hxg5 fxg5 51. Qg1 Rd3 52. Rfd1 Rxd1 53. Rxd1 Rxd1 54. Qxd1 Qd7 55. Qxd7 $2 (55. Qe1 b5 56. Nf1) 55... Nxd7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} 56. Nf1 b5 57. Kg1 Nb6 58. Nd2 g4 59. fxg4 hxg4 60. Kf2 Nc8 61. Ke2 Kf6 62. Bb4 Ke6 63. Kd3 Nb6 64. Nf1 Nc4 (64... Nd7 $142 65. g3 Bg5) 65. Kc2 Kf6 ({Better is} 65... g3 $19 66. b3 axb3+ 67. Kxb3 Nb6) 66. Bc5 (66. b3 $17 axb3+ 67. Kxb3) 66... g3 67. b3 axb3+ 68. Kxb3 Na5+ 69. Kb4 {[#]} (69. Kc2 $142) 69... Nb7 $1 70. Bf8 $2 (70. Bg1 {might work better.}) 70... Ke6 71. a4 bxa4 72. Kxa4 Nd6 73. Kb3 Nxe4 74. Kc4 Nd6+ 75. Kc5 Nf5 76. Kxc6 e4 77. Bb4 e3 78. Nxe3 Bxe3 79. Be1 Bf2 80. Ba5 Nd4+ 81. Kb7 Kd5 82. Bc7 Ne6 83. Bb8 Ke4 84. Bxg3 Bxg3 85. Kc6 Ke5 86. Kb5 Kd5 87. Kb4 Nc5 88. Kb5 Ne4 89. Kb4 Bd6+ 90. Kb3 Bg3 91. Kb4 $1 Nd6 {Black mates.} 92. Kc3 Ke4 93. Kd2 Nb5 94. Kc2 Kd4 95. Kb3 Nc3 96. Kb4 Bd6+ 97. Kb3 Bf8 98. g4 Be7 99. Kc2 Kc4 100. Kd2 Bg5+ 101. Ke1 Kd3 102. Kf2 Ke4 103. Kg2 Ke3 104. Kg3 Ne4+ 105. Kg2 Ke2 106. Kg1 Nf6 107. Kg2 Nd5 108. Kg1 Ne3 109. Kh2 Kf2 110. Kh3 Nd5 111. Kh2 Nf4 112. Kh1 Ng6 113. Kh2 Bf4+ 114. Kh1 Kf1 115. g5 Ne5 {[%mdl 32768] Precision: White = 43%, Black = 68%. . Loss on Time!?} 0-1

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gumularz, Szymon"]
[Black "Nihal Sarin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2376"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,91,11,19,12,16,15,2,20,8,41,61,68,37,47,48,41,46,37,17,48,16,13,-16,-24,-24,-15,-26,0,-20,-21,-22,-27,-33,-43,-37,-33,-29,-28,-40,-11,-16,-12,-13,-16,-23,-10,-10,-10,-11,-10,-10,-8,-17,-16,-13,-16,-26,-14,-22,-15,-24,-22,-42,-8,-8,-11,-16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. e3 Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6b4,Bb4d3][%mdl 32] A22: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3 Nf6} 7. Nge2 $1 Be7 (7... h5 8. h3 h4 9. g4 f5 10. d4 exd4 11. exd4 fxg4 12. Qd3 Qf6 13. Ne4 Bb4+ 14. Bd2 {0-1 (46) Caruana,F (2804)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2789) Paris 2016}) 8. O-O O-O 9. f4 Nb4 10. fxe5 Nd3 11. Nf4 Nxe5 12. d4 Ng6 13. Nd3 c6 14. b3 a5 15. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. h4) 15... Be6 16. Ba3 Bxa3 17. Rxa3 Qe7 18. Ra1 Rad8 19. Qc2 Nd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Rae1 Bxg2 22. Qxg2 Rfe8 23. Qd2 Rd5 24. Qc3 h5 25. e4 Rdd8 26. Rf5 Qd6 27. d5 cxd5 28. Rxd5 Qb6+ 29. Nf2 $1 Rxd5 30. exd5 Rd8 31. Qf3 h4 32. Kg2 Qc5 33. Rd1 Ne5 34. Qe4 hxg3 35. hxg3 f6 36. d6 Rxd6 (36... b6 {keeps more tension.} 37. Rd5 Qc8 38. Nh3 Nf7 39. Nf4 Rxd6 40. Rxd6 Nxd6 41. Qd5+ Nf7) 37. Rxd6 {The position is equal.} Qxd6 38. Qxb7 Qc6+ (38... Qd2 {with more complications.} 39. Qc8+ Kf7 40. Qb7+ Kf8 41. Qc8+ Ke7) 39. Qxc6 Nxc6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KN-KN} 40. Kf3 {Threatens to win with Ke4.} Kf7 41. Ke4 {Hoping for Kd5.} Ke6 42. g4 g6 43. Nd3 f5+ 44. gxf5+ gxf5+ 45. Kf4 Kd5 46. Kxf5 {Precision: White = 50%, Black = 58%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sowray, Peter J"]
[Black "Wells, Peter K"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2357"]
[BlackElo "2441"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,46,13,18,26,25,50,17,17,0,0,-7,0,-18,-4,-19,-24,-20,0,0,0,0,-16,-445,-466,-906,-915,-865,-906,-897,-879,-930,-590,-1393,-1387,-29996,-29997]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 (4... Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 Ne4 7. Qc2 Nxc3 8. Bxc3 Nd7 9. Bd3 g6 10. h4 Bf6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. h5 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 Qf6 14. Rc1 Qxc3 15. Rxc3 {½-½ (46) Khismatullin,D (2628)-Fedoseev,V (2733) Sochi 2017}) 5. b3 c5 6. cxd5 {A17: English Opening: 1...Nf6 with ...Bb4} exd5 7. d4 {LiveBook: 9 Games} cxd4 8. Nxd4 {White has an edge.} Bb4 9. Bd2 O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bd3 O-O 12. Ne2 Bd6 13. Qc2 c5 14. Bc3 Re8 {0-1 (35) Giertz,N (2350)-Gaponenko,I (2458) Biel 2007}) 10. Be2 Re8 11. O-O Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bf3 Bd6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 14. Bc1 h5 15. Bb2 Ng4 16. g3 $1 Qg5 {White must now prevent ...h4.} 17. Bg2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (17. h4 $1 $11 {and White stays safe.} Qg6 18. Ne2) 17... h4 $1 $19 18. Re1 (18. Nxd5 $142 cxd5 19. Qxd5) 18... hxg3 19. hxg3 {[#]} Nxf2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 20. Kxf2 Qxg3+ 21. Kf1 Bh3 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Rg3g2]} 22. Re2 Rxe3 23. Rf2 Qh2 {Precision: White = 40%, Black = 75%.} 0-1

[Event "9th LCC FIDE Open 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Jahongir Vakhidov"]
[Black "McDonald, Neil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. c4 {[%emt 0:04:32]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 2. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:46]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 4. h4 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 5. h5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nxh5 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 6. e4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} e6 {[%emt 0:04:47]} 7. exf5 {[%emt 0:17:57]} exf5 {[%emt 0:01:31]} 8. Rxh5 {[%emt 0:00:32]} gxh5 {[%emt 0:01:44]} 9. Qxh5+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 10. Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:47]} h6 {[%emt 0:07:45]} 11. Qxf5+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:01:18]} 12. c5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} d6 {[%emt 0:05:36]} 13. Qe4 {[%emt 0:03:17]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:16:25]} 14. Bc4 {[%emt 0:01:18]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:01:45]} 15. Ne2 {[%emt 0:10:04]} Na5 {[%emt 0:23:34]} 16. Qf4+ {[%emt 0:06:50]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 17. Bb5+ {[%emt 0:01:25]} c6 {[%emt 0:10:41]} 18. Bd3 {[%emt 0:01:00]} cxd5 {[%emt 0:04:52]} 19. Bg6+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 20. Qxd6# {[%emt 0:00:15] Ke8 Bd3} 1-0

