[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kulaots, Kaido"]
[Black "Krivonosov, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,111,13,15,23,18,16,10,0,0,0,0,10,24,14,32,14,23,10,17,0,35,45,52,52,52,48,62,47,66,65,66,43,54,66,75,79,134,129,115,127,130,114,116,114,158,130,130,129,179,183,171,171,174,175,193,169,196,175,189,196,175,175,172,172,199,193,196,199,260,169,169,125,125,131,156,156,156,143,192,192,266,258,285,285,381,369,368,382,487,468,450,432,675,639,597,584,760,712,726,718,685,674]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qf3 dxc6 {LiveBook: 159 Games} 7. Nc3 {C45: Scotch Game} Be6 8. Be3 Bb4 9. Bd2 {The position is equal.} O-O-O 10. O-O-O (10. a3 {feels hotter.} Qxf3 11. gxf3 Be7 12. Be3 Kb8 13. Bd3) 10... Qxf3 (10... Qg6 11. Qg3 f5 12. Bd3 Nf6 13. f3 Qxg3 14. hxg3 fxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Bxd2+ 17. Rxd2 {0-1 (73) Yu,Y (2738)-Nakamura,H (2785) Caleta 2017}) 11. gxf3 Ne7 12. Bd3 Rhe8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... c5 13. a3 Ba5 14. Rhg1 c4 {0-1 (43) Narva,M (2238)-Pham,L (2338) Baku 2016}) 13. Rhg1 (13. a3 $5 {[%cal Ra3b4]} Bd6 14. Be3 $11) 13... g6 14. Be3 Kb8 15. a3 Bd6 (15... Bxc3 $5 16. bxc3 f6 $11) 16. f4 {Black must now prevent e5.} f6 17. h4 Bf7 18. h5 Nc8 19. Rh1 Bf8 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Rh7 Bg8 22. Rh8 Ne7 23. Rg1 Bg7 (23... Bf7 $142) 24. Rh3 f5 25. e5 b6 26. Nb1 {[%cal Bc3b1,Bb1d2,Bd2f3,Bf3g5][%mdl 32]} Bd5 27. Rh7 Rg8 28. Nd2 c5 29. Bc4 c6 30. Be2 Bf8 31. c4 Be6 32. Nf3 Rg7 33. Rh8 Rg8 34. Rhh1 Rg7 35. Kc2 Bg8 36. Ng5 Nc8 37. Rh6 Be7 38. Nf3 Bf7 39. Bd2 Rdg8 (39... Rgg8 {was worth a try.} 40. Bc3 a6) 40. Bc3 {Threatens to win with e6!} Be6 41. Nh4 Bxh4 42. Rxh4 a5 43. Rh6 Kc7 44. f3 Kd7 45. Be1 g5 (45... a4 {was necessary.} 46. Bh4 Kc7) 46. Bf2 $18 Rg6 47. fxg5 f4 48. Bd3 Rxg5 49. Rd1 Rg2 50. Bf1+ {White is clearly winning.} Kc7 51. Bxg2 ({And not} 51. Rxe6 Rxf2+ 52. Kc1 Rxf3 $15) 51... Rxg2 (51... Bf5+ $142 52. Kc3 Rxg2) 52. Rxe6 Rxf2+ 53. Rd2 Rxf3 54. Rf6 Re3 55. Rf7+ Kb8 56. Rd8 {Precision: White = 83%, Black = 59%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ladva, Ottomar"]
[Black "Krupenski, Juri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,63,54,57,36,41,37,35,52,62,83,87,59,42,74,18,24,5,20,13,11,2,2,2,9,0,4,0,7,0,0,-1,0,0,10,0,0,0,0,0,16,8,16,16,84,88,135,106,137,137,135,126,166,158]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. dxc5 d4 7. Na4 $1 Bxc5 {D32: Tarrasch Defence: Sidelines and lines without g3} 8. Nxc5 {[#] Nb3 is the strong threat.} Qa5+ 9. Qd2 (9. Bd2 Qxc5 10. e3 dxe3 11. Bxe3 Qb4+ 12. Qd2 Qxd2+ 13. Bxd2 Nge7 14. O-O-O Be6 15. b3 {½-½ (24) Anand,V (2792)-Sadler,M (2653) London 2014}) 9... Qxc5 {White is slightly better.} 10. a3 Be6 {[#]} 11. b4 $1 {[%cal Rb4c5]} Qb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Qc3 12. Qxc3 dxc3 13. Be3 Rd8 14. Rc1 Bb3 15. b5 {1-0 (28) Kononen,K (2229)-Satonen,A (2100) Finland 2014}) 12. Bb2 {[%cal Rf3d4]} Rd8 13. b5 (13. Qg5 $16 Nge7 14. Qxg7) 13... Qxb5 $11 14. e3 Bc4 15. Bxc4 Qxc4 16. Nxd4 Ne5 17. Rd1 Nf6 18. Qe2 O-O 19. O-O Rfe8 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Threatens to win with ...Rxd4! Black has counterplay} 20. Rfe1 Ne4 21. Ba1 Qxe2 22. Rxe2 Rc8 23. Rc2 Nd6 24. a4 f6 25. Ra2 Ne4 26. Rb1 Re7 27. f3 Nc3 (27... Nd6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 28. Rc2 $16 Rec7 29. Bxc3 Rxc3 30. Rxc3 Rxc3 31. Rxb7 Rxe3 32. Rxa7 {Precision: White = 66%, Black = 49%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,127,-1,-12,4,-8,-13,-10,-10,-13,5,0,19,18,15,20,38,38,47,52,52,18,20,0,0,-6,18,-17,-14,-8,-14,-11,-14,-14,10,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-12,-17,-23,0,0,0,-47,-40,-45,-34,-37,-24,-122,-58,-62,-69,-59,-54,-123,-120,-346,-344,-355,-64,-83,-46,-66,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Ne5 Nxe5 6. Bxe5 {LiveBook: 17 Games. A01: Nimzowitsch-Larsen Opening} Be7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. c4 b6 9. f4 Bb7 10. O-O d6 11. Bb2 d5 {½-½ (61) Fries Nielsen,J (2433)-Frisk,E (2262) Aarhus 2015}) 8... d5 9. d3 Bd6 10. d4 Re8 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. c4 dxc4 13. bxc4 c5 14. Nc3 Bd7 15. dxc5 Qxc5 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. cxd5 Rac8 18. Qd2 (18. Rc1 {feels hotter.} Qb6 19. Qd2 h6 20. Rfe1 Qd6 21. Qd4) 18... Qc2 19. Rfd1 Qxd2 20. Rxd2 Rc5 21. g4 g5 22. Kg2 Re5 23. d6 b5 24. Kg3 Kg7 25. Rad1 a5 26. Bf1 Kg6 27. Bg2 {Black should prevent Rd4.} h5 28. h3 f5 29. gxf5+ Kxf5 30. Bf1 Ke6 31. Be2 Rcd5 32. Bxh5 Kxd6 33. Bg4 (33. Bf7 $11 {keeps the balance.} Rxd2 34. Rxd2+ Ke7 35. Bd5) 33... Be8 (33... Bxg4 $17 34. Kxg4 b4) 34. a3 $15 Rxd2 35. Rxd2+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rd5 36. Rc2 {[#]} ({Better is} 36. Rb2 $15) 36... Rd3 $1 $17 37. Rc8 $2 (37. Ra2 $17) 37... Bc6 $19 38. Rd8+ {[#]} Kc5 $2 (38... Kc7 $1 $19 {[%cal Rc7d8]} 39. Rc8+ Kb7) 39. Rg8 $15 Rd5 (39... Rxa3 40. Rxg5+ Kb6 41. h4 $17) 40. f4 gxf4+ (40... exf3 $1 $15 41. Bxf3 Rf5 42. Bxc6 Kxc6) 41. Kxf4 $11 {The position is equal.} b4 42. axb4+ axb4 43. Bf5 Rd1 44. Rc8 Kb5 45. Rb8+ Ka4 46. Rb6 Bd5 (46... Bb5 {looks sharper.} 47. Be6 Rb1 48. h4 b3 49. Bxb3+ Rxb3 50. h5 Rb2) 47. Bxe4 Bxe4 48. Kxe4 {KR-KR} b3 49. Rb8 Ka3 {And now ...b2 would win.} 50. Ra8+ Kb4 {Threatens to win with ...b2.} 51. Rb8+ Kc3 {Hoping for ...b2.} 52. Rc8+ Kd2 {White must now prevent ...b2.} (52... Kb4 $5 {[%cal Rb3b2]} 53. Rb8+ Kc3 54. Rc8+ Kd2 $17) 53. Rb8 Kc2 54. Rc8+ Kb1 55. Rb8 b2 56. h4 Kc2 57. Kf5 b1=Q (57... Rd8 $5 {[%cal Rd8b8]} 58. Rxb2+ Kxb2 $11) 58. Rxb1 Rxb1 {KR-KPP} 59. h5 Kd3 60. h6 Rb8 61. h7 Kxe3 62. Kf6 Kf4 63. Kg7 Kg5 {( -> ...Rb7+)} 64. h8=Q {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 53%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Volodin, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Klabis, Rokas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "2348"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,122,-13,-15,21,27,21,20,18,22,22,17,28,0,0,-3,0,-11,-10,-7,13,33,19,12,18,23,35,42,67,27,59,22,51,46,119,119,113,105,96,18,27,16,44,19,28,22,39,28,39,39,90,83,85,81,81,81,81,0,81,81,81,81,81,81,81,81,81,81,81,81,89,56,56,56,57,56,56,54,54,38,38,38,38,31,31,31,39,31,39,31,31,38,38,37,38,37,38,38,38,38,38,38,38]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 Ne4 8. Qc2 Qb4+ 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 11. bxc3 d6 12. Rb1 {LiveBook: 3 Games. E11: Bogo-Indian} (12. Nd2 Na5 13. e3 Ke7 14. Ke2 Rb8 15. Kd3 b6 16. Nb3 Ba6 17. Nxa5 bxa5 18. Rhb1 d5 19. Rxb8 Rxb8 {0-1 (42) Alonso Arburu,J (2364)-Tratar,M (2499) San Sebastian 2012}) 12... O-O 13. Nd2 {[%cal Bf3d2,Bd2b3,Bb3a5,Ba5c6][%mdl 32]} e5 14. e3 {The position is equal.} Re8 15. O-O Nd8 16. Rb2 Rb8 17. Nb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Rfb1 b6 18. a4 Nb7 19. Bc6 Rd8 {½-½ (33) Zulj,L (2234)-Vernacki,D (2145) Osijek 2010}) 17... b6 18. Rd1 Ba6 19. Na5 e4 20. Bf1 Ne6 21. Nc6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Ra8 22. Nb4 Bb7 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. cxd5 Nf8 25. h4 h6 26. c4 Nh7 27. a4 a5 {[#]} (27... f5 $14) 28. c5 $1 $16 bxc5 29. dxc5 Reb8 30. Bb5 ({White should play} 30. Rdb1 $16 Rxb2 31. Rxb2) 30... Nf6 $11 31. Rc2 Ra7 32. cxd6 cxd6 33. Rd4 Kf8 34. Rc6 Ke7 35. Rdc4 Nxd5 ({Black should try} 35... Rba8 $14) 36. Rxe4+ $16 Kf8 37. Rxd6 Nc3 38. Rb6 {[%cal Rb6b8] [#]} Raa8 39. Rxb8+ Rxb8 40. Re5 Nxb5 41. axb5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} ({Wrong is} 41. Rxb5 $2 Rxb5 42. axb5 Ke7 $19) 41... a4 42. Re4 Rxb5 {White must now prevent ...Ra5.} 43. Rxa4 h5 44. Ra7 g6 45. Kg2 Kg7 46. f4 Kf6 {White is slightly better.} 47. Kf3 Rc5 48. Ra3 Rb5 49. e4 {[%cal Be3e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} Rb6 50. e5+ Kf5 51. Ra7 Ke6 52. Ra8 Rb3+ 53. Kg2 Rb6 54. Ra7 Rc6 55. Kh3 Rb6 56. Ra3 Kf5 57. Rd3 Ra6 58. Rd8 Ke6 59. Re8+ Kd7 60. Rb8 Ke6 61. Rb3 Kf5 {Precision: White = 57%, Black = 61%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Miezis, Normunds"]
[Black "Brazdzionis, Andrius"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,69,0,-3,-22,2,-22,-20,-26,0,-14,0,0,0,-14,14,0,13,4,14,9,20,31,40,27,63,66,60,68,108,104,108,25,35,23,72,27,34,29,52,39,87,52,51,41,37,40,103,26,31,26,22,10,28,0,187,147,194,143,426,427,557,549]} 1. c4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 Ne7 6. cxd5 {C01: French: Exchange Variation} (6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 O-O 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Qd6 10. Nge2 Nf5 {½-½ (10) Miezis,N (2509)-Krivonosov,O (2452) Parnu 2016}) 6... O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... Nxd5 7. Bd2 Nc6 8. a3 Ba5 9. Bb5 Nde7 10. Nge2 O-O 11. Bxc6 Nxc6 12. b4 Bb6 13. d5 Ne7 14. Nf4 c6 15. dxc6 Nxc6 {½-½ (77) Gjuran,D (2172)-Furlan,M (2325) Rogla 2002}) 7. Be2 Nxd5 8. Bd2 {The position is equal.} Nc6 9. Nf3 Be6 10. O-O h6 11. a3 Be7 12. Bb5 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bd5 14. Re1 Bf6 15. Bf4 a6 16. Bd3 Qd7 17. Bc2 Ne7 18. Be5 {[#] aiming for Bxf6.} Ng6 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Be4 ({White should play} 20. Nd2 $16) 20... Kg7 21. Nd2 {[%cal Bf3d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3][%mdl 32] next Qh5 is good for White.} (21. c4 $5 Bxe4 22. Rxe4 $11) 21... Rad8 22. Qf3 b6 23. Nf1 {[#] And now Ng3 would win.} Bxe4 24. Qxe4 {Ng3 is the strong threat.} Qd5 25. Ng3 (25. Qc2 {seems wilder.} Rfe8 26. Ne3 Qg5 27. Nf5+ Kh8 28. g3) 25... Qxe4 26. Rxe4 Rd5 27. c4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} f5 (27... Ra5 $1 $14) 28. Ree1 (28. Nh5+ $16 Kh7 29. Nf6+ (29. cxd5 fxe4 30. Rc1 Ne7 $16) 29... Kg7 30. Ne8+ (30. cxd5 fxe4 31. Nh5+ Kh7 $14) 30... Rxe8 31. Rxe8 Rxd4 32. Ra8) 28... Ra5 $11 29. d5 Kf6 30. Rad1 Rd8 31. f4 {[%cal Rg3h5]} Kg7 $2 (31... Nh4 $11) 32. Nxf5+ $18 Kh7 33. Nd4 (33. Ng3 $18) 33... Nxf4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (33... Rd7 $16) 34. Rf1 Ng6 35. Nc6 {Precision: White = 33%, Black = 31%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Stremavicius, Titas"]
[Black "Garanin, Aleksei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2220"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,89,35,45,26,28,2,27,14,60,54,125,104,110,106,107,27,45,20,48,0,0,3,24,0,0,0,0,-12,-12,-59,-59,-82,0,0,0,-13,0,-149,-158,-160,0,-54,-60,-56,0,0,0,0,0,0,16,16,17,46,41,12,122,114,268,205,196,182,242,230,641,106,96,85,382,383,389,381,645,358,369,355,1736,1698]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 c6 7. Qd2 Nbd7 8. h4 {E81: King's Indian: Sämisch: 6th move deviations (including 6 Be3 c6)} a6 9. Rd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Nge2 b5 10. h5 e5 11. d5 Nb6 12. Ng3 cxd5 13. cxd5 Na4 14. Nd1 Bd7 15. Be2 a5 {½-½ (33) L'Ami,E (2594)-Atalik,S (2586) Wijk aan Zee 2007}) 9... Qc7 (9... b5 $5) 10. Bh6 {White has an edge.} b5 (10... e5 $5 {[%cal Re5d4]}) 11. h5 Nb6 (11... Bxh6 $14 12. Qxh6 b4) 12. Bxg7 $16 (12. cxb5 $6 Bxh6 13. Qxh6 axb5 $11) 12... Kxg7 13. hxg6 $1 (13. cxb5 $6 axb5 14. hxg6 fxg6 $11) 13... fxg6 14. b3 (14. cxb5 $6 axb5 15. a3 Kg8 $11) (14. Qh6+ $16 Kf7 15. g4 (15. cxb5 axb5 16. Bd3 Rg8 $14)) 14... e5 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. c5 Nbd7 $1 17. b4 {With the idea a3.} Rf7 18. Bd3 Nf8 19. Nge2 Be6 20. Qh6+ Kg8 21. Qg5 a5 22. a3 $1 axb4 (22... Bb3 $1 $17 {Hoping for ...axb4.} 23. Rd2 Ne6) 23. axb4 $11 Rd8 24. O-O (24. Rd2 {looks sharper.} Ne8 25. Nd1 Rfd7 26. Nf2 Ng7 27. Qe3) 24... Bb3 25. Rb1 (25. Rd2 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.}) 25... Rxd3 $17 26. Rxb3 {[%cal Bb1b3,Bb3a3,Ba3a8][%mdl 32] [#]} Ne6 $2 (26... Nxe4 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 27. Nxe4 (27. fxe4 $2 Rxf1+ 28. Kxf1 Qf7+ 29. Kg1 Qxb3 $19) 27... Rxb3) 27. Qc1 ({Better is} 27. Qh6 $1 $11) 27... Qd8 $1 $15 28. Ra3 Rfd7 ({Black should try} 28... Kg7 $15 29. Ra6 Qc8) 29. Qa1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Kg7 30. Ra8 Qe7 31. Rd1 Rxd1+ 32. Nxd1 Nd4 33. Nxd4 Rxd4 34. Nf2 Qe6 (34... Rxb4 $11 35. Ra7 Nd7) 35. Qa7+ Kh6 $2 (35... Rd7 $16 {keeps fighting.} 36. Qb8 g5) 36. Rf8 Nd7 ({Don't capture} 36... Rxb4 $2 {[#]} 37. Rxf6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Ra4 38. Qc7 $18) 37. Rd8 Kg5 (37... Kh5 $142 38. Qc7 Qe7) 38. Qa1 $18 h5 $2 (38... Kh5 39. Rh8 Kh6 40. Ng4+ Kg7) 39. f4+ $2 (39. Nh3+ $18 {and White stays clearly on top.} Kf6 40. Qa8) 39... Kf6 $16 40. Rc8 {Black must now prevent Qa5.} Kg7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (40... Kf7 $16) 41. Rc7 $18 Kh6 42. fxe5 Rxb4 $2 (42... Rc4 43. Qf1 g5) 43. Qc1+ g5 44. Nh3 Qg4 $2 {[#]} (44... Qxe5 45. Rxd7 Rxe4 46. Rd6+ Kg7 47. Qxg5+ Qxg5 48. Nxg5 Re5 49. Ne6+ (49. Rxc6 Rxg5 50. Rc7+ Kf6 $11) 49... Kf7) 45. Nxg5 $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 42%, Black = 35%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Malisauskas, Vidmantas"]
[Black "Neiksans, Arturs"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 28,112,-17,-28,-4,-24,-12,-40,-40,-37,-16,-44,-52,-66,-16,-12,-15,-25,-20,-39,-9,-20,-20,-19,-23,-64,-70,-143,-144,-160,-152,-156,-164,-184,-193,-213,-191,-179,-188,-192,-184,-187,-156,-160,-155,-160,-160,-164,-164,-172,-156,-187,-187,-199,-198,-200,-189,-195,-188,-193,-172,-160,-166,-154,-127,-191,-180,-276,-275,-221,-195,-216,-222,-208,-209,-456,-456,-452,-445,-448,-445,-436,-436,-415,-394,-384,-356]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Ne5 {E15: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 sidelines, 4 g3 Ba6 and 4 g3 Bb7 early deviations} (11. a3 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. Rc1 Na6 15. Nd3 Rc8 16. Bg5 Ne4 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Nxe4 dxe4 {½-½ (28) Cheparinov,I (2688)-Navara,D (2739) Minsk 2017}) 11... Bb7 12. Rc1 Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7f8,Bf8e6][%mdl 32]} 13. Bf4 Nf8 14. Qd3 Ne6 15. Rfd1 {LiveBook: 3 Games} a6 16. Be3 Bd6 17. f4 $146 Qe7 18. Bf2 Rad8 19. e4 dxe4 20. Nxe4 Bxe4 (20... Bxe5 $5 21. fxe5 Nxe4 22. Bxe4 c5 $15) 21. Bxe4 {Hoping for Nc6.} Bxe5 22. fxe5 Nxe4 23. Qxe4 Qd7 24. Qb7 Qd5 25. Qxd5 Rxd5 26. Kg2 Red8 27. Rc6 {[#]} (27. Re1 $15) 27... Rxe5 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 28. Rd2 (28. dxe5 Rxd1) 28... h5 29. h3 Red5 30. g4 R8d7 31. Kg3 a5 32. Be3 Kf8 ({Don't do} 32... Nxd4 33. Bxd4 hxg4 34. hxg4 $17) 33. Kf3 Ke8 34. Ke4 Ng5+ 35. Bxg5 Rxg5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 36. Kf4 Rgd5 37. Ke4 Kd8 38. a3 Kc8 39. b4 Kb7 40. Rc4 axb4 41. axb4 Rg5 42. Kf4 f6 43. Kf3 Re7 44. d5 Rd7 45. Rcd4 Ka6 46. Kg3 {[#]} (46. h4 $17 Rxg4 47. Rxg4 hxg4+ 48. Kxg4) 46... Kb5 $1 $19 47. Kh4 (47. R2d3 {was worth a try.}) 47... hxg4 48. hxg4 Re5 49. Kg3 Re3+ 50. Kf4 Rb3 51. d6 $2 (51. Rd1 {is a better defense.}) 51... Rxb4 52. Rxb4+ Kxb4 53. dxc7 Rxc7 54. Rb2+ Ka5 55. Ra2+ Kb5 56. Rb2+ Ka6 {Precision: White = 31%, Black = 74%.} 0-1

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Seeman, Tarvo"]
[Black "Kveinys, Aloyzas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,92,23,31,3,0,0,1,-8,-5,-30,0,0,6,2,1,-1,21,6,27,20,27,25,30,0,0,-2,0,-22,-45,-18,0,0,0,-89,75,25,82,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-320,-318,-371,-379,-347,-252,-237,-236,-265,-215,-295,-225,-220,-209,-249,-266,-325,-275,-403,-396,-395,-389,-410,-295,-1795,-1743,-1135,-1083,-29998,-29999]} 1. g3 c5 2. Bg2 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. d3 Nc6 5. f4 e6 6. Nf3 Nge7 7. c3 O-O 8. Be3 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Na3 d6 11. Qd2 {B20: Sicilian: Unusual White 2nd moves} (11. Nc2 Qd7 12. Qd2 f5 13. b3 Rae8 14. Rad1 Nd8 15. exf5 exf5 16. c4 Qc8 17. d4 Be4 18. Ng5 Bxg2 19. Qxg2 {1-0 (92) Grigoryan,A (2571)-Melkumyan,H (2625) Yerevan 2014}) 11... f5 12. Rae1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Rfe1 Qd7 13. Rad1 h6 14. Bf2 Rae8 15. Nc4 Kh7 16. a4 Rd8 17. Qc2 Rfe8 18. Qb3 Ba6 19. exf5 exf5 {0-1 (40) De Boer,S (2285)-Dambacher,M (2135) Leiden 1998}) 12... Qd7 13. exf5 {The position is equal.} Nxf5 14. Bf2 Rae8 15. Nc4 b5 16. Ne3 Nce7 17. Nxf5 gxf5 18. Re2 Bd5 19. Rfe1 Ng6 20. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Bf6 21. h5 Ne7 22. Nh2 Bxa2 23. g4 fxg4 24. Nxg4 Bg7 25. h6 Bh8 $1 26. Bh4 {[#]} (26. f5 $11 {remains equal.} Rxf5 27. Be4) 26... Nf5 $2 (26... Ng6 $1 $17 {[%cal Rg6h4] and life is bright.} 27. Bg3 e5) 27. Bg5 $16 Bd5 {[#]} (27... Ng3 $11) 28. Ne3 ({White should play} 28. Be4 $1 $16) 28... Bxg2 $1 $11 29. Rxg2 {Black must now prevent Bf6+.} Kf7 30. Qd1 Rg8 $1 31. Qh5+ Rg6 32. Rge2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (32. Nxf5 $11 {and White stays safe.} exf5 33. Rxe8 Qxe8 34. Qf3) 32... Ng3 $19 33. Qg4 Nxe2+ 34. Rxe2 Kg8 35. Ng2 Kf8 36. Nh4 Rg8 37. Rg2 Qf7 38. Qf3 d5 {[%cal Bd6d5,Bd5d4][%mdl 32]} 39. Qf2 d4 40. Nf3 e5 41. fxe5 (41. cxd4 {was necessary.} exd4 42. b4) 41... Bxe5 42. cxd4 cxd4 43. Qd2 {Hoping for Qb4+.} Rg6 ({Not} 43... Qxf3 44. Rf2 $16) 44. Qb4+ $2 (44. Nh4 Rc6 45. Nf3) 44... Bd6 45. Qxd4 Qxf3 {[%cal Re8e1]} 46. Rf2 Re1+ {Precision: White = 34%, Black = 53%.} 0-1

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shishkov, Andrei"]
[Black "Kantans, Toms"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,144,21,35,6,12,12,0,0,1,13,7,0,8,0,0,-8,-2,-9,-9,-16,-9,-14,-6,-5,0,-14,-2,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,17,10,11,13,53,41,54,55,62,61,64,58,72,55,55,55,100,85,191,186,184,179,227,237,218,93,91,91,93,0,4,0,51,9,9,10,20,0,0,-235,-239,-374,-356,-525,-525,-525,-525,-525,-525,-518,-518,-511,-506,-518,-501,-493,-469,-436,-387,-390,-378,-12843,-512,-608,-508,-631,-456,-610,-491,-835,-835,-833,-833,-826,-826,-735,-707,-552,-271,-795,-695,-12840,-12840,-12838,-12835,-12838,-12835,-29993,-29994]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bg5 h6 8. Be3 e6 9. Qd2 exd5 10. cxd5 a6 {LiveBook: 99 Games. A65: Modern Benoni: 6 e4} (10... Nh7 11. Bd3 Nd7 12. Nh3 Ne5 13. Nf2 f5 14. Be2 g5 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. h4 b5 17. hxg5 hxg5 18. Nxb5 Rb8 {0-1 (33) Najer,E (2682)-Mamedyarov,S (2772) Sochi 2017}) 11. Bxh6 Nxe4 $1 12. Nxe4 {[#] Hoping for h4.} Qh4+ {The position is equal.} 13. g3 Qxh6 14. Qxh6 Bxh6 15. Nxd6 Nd7 16. Bh3 Nb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... f5 17. f4 Nb6 18. Nxc8 Re8+ 19. Kf2 {½-½ (19) Mohota,N (2325)-Gomes,M (2306) Bhubaneswar 2011}) 17. Nxc8 Nxc8 18. f4 Re8+ 19. Ne2 Nb6 20. Rd1 Rad8 21. d6 Bg7 22. d7 Re7 23. b3 Bd4 24. Kd2 Nxd7 25. Nxd4 Nf6 {[#] ...Ne4+ is the strong threat.} 26. Bg2 Ng4 27. Rhe1 Rc7 28. Re2 cxd4 (28... Rcd7 $5 {[%cal Rd7d4]} 29. Rde1 Rxd4+ 30. Kc2 Ne3+ 31. Rxe3 Rd2+ 32. Kc3 Rxg2 $11) 29. Rc1 Rxc1 30. Kxc1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} b6 31. Be4 Ne3 32. Kd2 Kf8 33. Kd3 Nd1 34. Rd2 Nc3 35. Bb7 f5 36. b4 b5 37. Bxa6 Rd7 (37... Ra8 $16) 38. Rc2 $18 Ke7 39. Bc8 Ra7 40. Kxd4 Nxa2 41. Rc5 (41. Rc6 $18) 41... Nxb4 42. Rxb5 Nc6+ 43. Kc5 (43. Kd5 $16 Nd8 44. Rb6) 43... Nd8 $11 {aiming for ...Rc7+.} 44. Kd4 Ra4+ (44... Nc6+ $11 45. Kd5 Nd8) 45. Kc3 {With the idea Rb6.} Ra8 46. Bb7 Ra2 47. Re5+ (47. Bd5 $5 {[%cal Rd5a2]} Ra6 48. Bc4 $16) 47... Kd6 48. Bf3 $2 (48. Bd5 $11 {and White is okay.} Rxh2 49. Bg8) 48... Ra3+ $19 49. Kc4 (49. Kd2 {only move.} Rxf3 50. Re3 Rf2+ 51. Re2) 49... Rxf3 {KRN-KR} 50. Re8 (50. Rd5+ {keeps fighting.} Ke7 51. Rd2) 50... Nc6 51. Re2 Ra3 52. Rd2+ Ke6 53. Re2+ Kf6 54. Kd5 Ne7+ 55. Kd6 {Threatening Re6+.} Rd3+ 56. Kc5 Kf7 57. Kc4 Ra3 58. Kd4 Ra4+ 59. Ke3 $2 (59. Ke5) 59... Nd5+ (59... Re4+ $142 60. Kd3 Ra4) 60. Kf3 Ra3+ 61. Kg2 Ne3+ 62. Kf3 Nc4+ 63. Kg2 (63. Kf2 $142 Nd6 64. Rb2) 63... Rd3 64. Kh3 Rd2 65. Re1 Nd6 66. Ra1 Kg7 67. Ra6 Kh6 (67... Ne4 $142 {And now ...g5 would win.} 68. g4 Nf2+ 69. Kh4 Nxg4 70. Ra7+ Kh6) 68. Ra8 $2 (68. g4) 68... Ne4 {Strongly threatening ...g5.} 69. Rh8+ Kg7 70. Ra8 Nf6 71. Ra7+ Kh6 72. Ra8 Ng4 {Precision: White = 42%, Black = 65%.} 0-1

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sakalauskas, Vaidas"]
[Black "Meskovs, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2344"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "166"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,166,63,39,42,49,48,37,53,24,43,42,55,41,54,46,50,42,75,81,78,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,13,17,34,33,56,31,29,15,14,18,25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,61,0,18,-19,-19,-19,-19,-41,-19,-19,-9,-21,0,0,0,0,0,-46,-46,-46,-50,-74,-77,-76,-56,-61,-61,-144,-132,-127,-116,-116,-113,-114,-113,-168,-162,-145,-79,-79,-79,-76,-79,-107,-107,-107,-111,-121,-112,-118,-123,-111,-122,-148,-81,-318,-317,-336,-338,-336,-329,-314,-308,-289,-253,-1078,-501,-501,-491,-501,-501,-488,-483,-426,-320,-328,-320,-272,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Bd3 a6 10. a4 Re8 11. O-O Nh5 12. Re1 Nd7 13. Bg5 Bf6 {A70: Modern Benoni: 6 e4 g6 7 Nf3} 14. Bh6 (14. Be3 Ne5 15. Be2 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Ng7 17. a5 b5 18. axb6 Qxb6 19. Ra2 Bd7 20. Qc2 Be5 21. Nb1 {½-½ (52) Parligras,M (2596)-Pantsulaia,L (2612) Konya 2016}) 14... Ne5 15. Be2 Nxf3+ {White is slightly better.} 16. Bxf3 Ng7 17. Qd2 b6 18. Be2 Bd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18... Ra7) 19. Bd3 Bd7 20. Bg5 f6 21. Bh6 f5 {[#]} 22. Bxg7 (22. Bg5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rg5d8]} Qc8 23. Bc4) 22... Bxg7 23. exf5 gxf5 24. Rxe8+ Qxe8 25. Re1 Qf8 26. b3 Be5 27. f4 Bd4+ 28. Kh2 Qg7 29. Ne2 $1 Bf6 30. Qc2 b5 31. axb5 axb5 32. Rf1 Re8 33. Ng3 (33. Rf3 $5 {[%cal Rf3g3]} Qf7 34. Ng3 $11) 33... Re3 34. Nxf5 Bxf5 35. Bxf5 Qg3+ 36. Kh1 Bd4 {Threatens to win with ...Re1.} 37. Qd1 {aiming for b4!} Kg7 ({Avoid the trap} 37... Rxb3 $2 38. Qh5 $18) (37... b4 $11) 38. Bc2 (38. b4 $1 $14) 38... h6 (38... Qh4 $5 {[%cal Re3h3]} 39. Bf5 b4 $11) 39. Qg4+ (39. b4 $5) 39... Qxg4 40. hxg4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rc3 41. Bd1 $1 c4 42. bxc4 bxc4 43. Kh2 Re3 44. Bf3 c3 45. Rc1 Rd3 46. Rc2 Be3 47. Kg3 Bd2 48. g5 hxg5 49. fxg5 Kg6 50. Kf2 {And now Be4+ would win.} Kxg5 51. Ke2 ({White should try} 51. Ra2 $15) 51... Re3+ $17 52. Kf2 Re1 53. Ra2 Kf5 54. Be2 Ke4 55. Bf3+ (55. Ra4+ $17 Kxd5 56. Bd3) 55... Kd3 56. Bh5 Re3 (56... Kc4 $142 57. Bg6 Kxd5) 57. Bg6+ Kd4 58. Ra4+ Kxd5 59. Bc2 Re1 60. Bd3 Ke5 61. g4 Re3 62. Bc2 Rh3 63. Re4+ Kd5 64. Ke2 Kc5 (64... Bh6 $142 65. Ra4 Bg7 66. Ra5+ Kc4 67. Ra4+ Kc5 68. Ra5+ Kc4 69. Ra4+ Kb5) 65. Re8 $2 (65. Bb3 $17) 65... d5 $19 66. Bf5 Kd4 67. Kd1 Be3 68. Rc8 Rh2 69. Rc7 Rd2+ 70. Ke1 $2 (70. Kc1) 70... Bf2+ (70... Bf4 $142 71. Rc8 Be5) 71. Kf1 Bg3 72. Rc8 Rf2+ 73. Kg1 Rf4 74. Kg2 Bh4 75. Rc6 Be7 76. Kg3 Rxf5 $2 ({Better is} 76... Bg5 $19 {Hoping for ...Rf1.} 77. Bc2 Rf1) 77. gxf5 {KR-KB. The position is equal.} Bc5 78. f6 $1 c2 {[#]} 79. Rxc5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxc5 80. f7 c1=Q {( -> ...Qf1)} 81. f8=Q+ Kd4 82. Qf6+ Kd3 {Strongly threatening ...Qe3+.} 83. Qf5+ Kd4 {Precision: White = 52%, Black = 62%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jankovskis, Guntis"]
[Black "Kanep, Meelis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,98,-14,-14,-53,-23,-36,64,58,45,61,86,70,92,106,108,65,202,193,203,214,301,298,593,590,582,578,487,0,0,-16,-14,-17,-15,-35,-28,-33,-26,-29,-32,-33,-8,-28,-27,-53,-53,-53,-53,-53,-53,-53,-53,-53,-53,-53,-53,-53,-53,-53,-53,-120,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qa4+ Nc6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 Be6 11. Rc1 a6 12. O-O Bd6 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4)} 13. Qb3 Ne7 {[#] LiveBook: 8 Games} 14. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. a3 Rfe8 15. Na4 b6 16. Nc3 Reb8 17. Rcd1 c5 18. Qc2 c4 19. e4 Qg6 20. Nh4 {0-1 (45) Dreev,A (2651)-So,W (2808) chess.com INT 2017}) 14... g5 {Black is slightly better.} 15. g3 h5 (15... Rab8 $15) 16. e4 $1 $14 {[%cal Re4e5]} dxe4 $1 17. Nxe4 Qg6 18. Qe3 Bf4 19. Ne5 Qg7 20. Qa3 $1 {[%cal Ra3e7]} Nf5 ({Better is} 20... Bxe5 $14 21. dxe5 (21. Qxe7 Bxd4 22. Qxg5 c6 $14) 21... Nd5) 21. gxf4 $18 Nxd4 22. Qd3 Nxe2+ ({Don't play} 22... gxf4+ $6 23. Kh1) (22... Rad8 $142) 23. Qxe2 gxf4+ $2 (23... f6 24. Nd3 Rad8) 24. Kh1 $1 Qxe5 25. Rg1+ Kh8 {Hoping for ...Rg8.} 26. Rg5 $2 ({Only move:} 26. Rc5 $1 $18 Bd5 27. Rxd5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxd5 28. Rg5 Qxg5 29. Nxg5) 26... Bg4 $1 $11 {Threatens to win with ...Qxg5.} 27. Qxg4 {[%cal Rg4h5]} (27. f3 $5 {[%cal Rg5e5]} f5 28. fxg4 Qxe4+ 29. Qxe4 fxe4 30. Rxc7 $11) 27... Qxe4+ 28. Qg2 Qxg2+ 29. Kxg2 Rg8 30. Rxg8+ Rxg8+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} 31. Kf3 c6 32. Rd1 b5 33. axb5 cxb5 34. Rd7 Kg7 35. Ra7 Rc8 36. Rxa6 Rc2 37. b3 Rb2 38. Rb6 Rxb3+ 39. Kxf4 f6 $1 40. Rb8 Kg6 41. Rg8+ Kf7 42. Rb8 {[#]} (42. Rh8 $1 $15) 42... Kg7 ({Black should try} 42... Ke6 $1 $17 43. Ke4 Rb4+ 44. Kf3 Ke5 45. Re8+ Kf5) 43. f3 {The position is equal.} Kf7 44. h4 Kg7 45. Ke4 Kg6 46. Rg8+ Kh6 47. Rh8+ Kg6 {aiming for ...Rb4+.} 48. Rg8+ $1 Kh7 49. Rb8 Kg6 {Precision: White = 70%, Black = 48%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vaicekauskas, Gytis"]
[Black "Berzinsh, Roland"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2207"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,56,-31,-28,-63,-54,-66,-37,-64,-25,-52,-16,-83,-37,-74,-85,-87,-85,-122,-67,-239,-236,-316,-327,-304,-280,-374,-362,-359,-361,-578,-570,-550,-528,-624,-604,-684,-641,-705,-678,-842,-827,-996,-965,-899,-711,-1052,-1039,-1116,-1065]} 1. Nc3 d5 {[%cal Bd7d5,Bd5d4][%mdl 32]} 2. e4 d4 3. Nce2 e5 4. Nf3 f6 5. Ng3 Be6 6. b3 {A00: Irregular Openings} (6. d3 Bb4+ 7. Nd2 Ne7 8. a3 Bd6 9. Nc4 c5 10. Qh5+ Bf7 11. Qg4 g6 12. f4 Bxc4 13. dxc4 exf4 14. Bxf4 Bxf4 15. Qxf4 {0-1 (36) Mosadeghpour,M (2474)-Tahbaz,A (2427) Teheran 2016}) 6... Nc6 7. Bc4 Qd7 8. O-O {Black is slightly better.} Nh6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... O-O-O 9. a4 h5 10. Bxe6 Qxe6 11. h4 g5 12. d3 Nge7 13. hxg5 h4 14. gxf6 hxg3 15. fxe7 gxf2+ 16. Kxf2 Bxe7 {½-½ (46) Luppi,D (2345)-Detela,W (2325) ICCF email 2007}) 9. a3 Nf7 10. Bb2 (10. Bxe6 $11 {remains equal.} Qxe6 11. b4) 10... g6 11. Qe2 O-O-O 12. d3 h5 13. Nh4 Rg8 (13... Bxc4 $17 14. Nxg6 h4) 14. c3 $2 {[#]} ({Better is} 14. Bxe6 $15 Qxe6 15. b4) 14... Bxc4 $19 15. dxc4 d3 16. Qd1 Be7 17. Nf3 f5 18. Re1 f4 19. Nh1 $2 (19. Nf1 g5 20. N3d2) 19... g5 {[%cal Bg6g5,Bg5g4][%mdl 32] Black is clearly winning.} 20. Nd2 g4 21. Ra2 h4 22. Bc1 Qe6 23. b4 Ng5 24. Kf1 {[#]} f3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 25. Re3 (25. gxf3 gxf3) 25... fxg2+ 26. Kxg2 Nh3 27. Nf1 Qxc4 28. Rb2 Qxc3 {Precision: White = 19%, Black = 77%.} 0-1

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Neiksans, Arturs"]
[Black "Miezis, Normunds"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,157,27,74,86,86,73,78,73,78,69,119,106,120,95,87,76,93,78,94,87,131,113,129,96,92,83,98,100,108,82,79,55,109,99,144,107,131,104,124,109,101,106,102,94,86,103,110,75,76,54,93,25,117,136,147,77,77,79,104,82,102,93,104,108,119,133,135,141,140,118,116,112,112,105,129,133,146,131,151,120,150,114,106,100,103,104,141,102,218,159,150,166,535,561,614,535,705,747,722,687,706,680,691,602,1618,1644,1549,1369,1197,1276,2516,1286,1230,1250,1395,1668,1389,1240,1227,1254,1147,999,812,644,2112,1624,1930,1829,1419,960,29974,29973,29973,29974,29973,29972,29977,29977,29982,29983,29983,29984,29984,29985,29985,29986,29986,29985,29985,29985]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Qh4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} (5... Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Qd3 O-O 8. Be2 Qc7 9. O-O Nc6 10. Nxc6 dxc6 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Be3 b5 13. Rac1 b4 14. Nb1 c5 {0-1 (61) Anand,V (2779)-Ivanchuk,V (2747) Doha 2016}) 6. Nc3 {B41: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 c4} Bb4 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Nc2 $146 {White is better.} ({Predecessor:} 8. Nf3 Qd8 9. O-O Nge7 10. e5 Ng6 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Re1 b6 13. h4 {1-0 (28) Hautot,S (2405)-Weimann,M (2163) Belgium 2011}) 8... Bc5 {[%csl Gc5][%cal Rh4f2]} 9. Be3 b6 10. Qd2 Nge7 11. Na4 Bxe3 12. Qxe3 b5 13. cxb5 axb5 14. Bxb5 O-O 15. O-O $1 f5 16. f4 fxe4 17. Qxe4 Rb8 18. Nc3 Bb7 {Black wants to play ...Na7.} 19. Qe3 (19. a4 {keeps more tension.} Na7 20. Qd3 Nxb5 21. axb5 Nd5 22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Ne3) 19... Nf5 20. Qf2 Qe7 (20... Qh6 $14) 21. Rad1 Rbd8 22. Rd2 Nh4 23. Qe3 Ba8 24. Rff2 Nf5 25. Qe1 Qc5 26. Bd3 Nce7 27. Be4 Qa7 28. Bxa8 Rxa8 29. Qd1 Rad8 30. a3 (30. a4 $16) 30... Nh4 (30... Ng6 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 31. g3 $16 Nhf5 32. Nd4 (32. b4 $142) 32... Nxd4 33. Rxd4 Nf5 34. Rdd2 d5 35. Nb5 Qb6 36. Nd4 Rc8 37. Nxf5 Rxf5 38. Kg2 Rff8 39. Qe1 g6 40. Rfe2 Rc6 41. Qf2 Qb3 42. h4 Rfc8 43. Qd4 Qb7 44. Qf6 Qf7 45. Qxf7+ Kxf7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 46. Rd3 Rc1 {[#]} 47. Rb3 $1 h5 48. Rb6 R8c2 (48... d4 $16 {was necessary.}) 49. Rxc2 $18 ({Stronger than} 49. Rbxe6 d4 $11) 49... Rxc2+ {KR-KR} 50. Kf3 Kf6 $2 {[#]} (50... Rc4 {is tougher.} 51. Rb3 Rd4) 51. a4 $1 {[%cal Ba3a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6,Ba6a7][%mdl 32]} Rc4 52. a5 Ra4 53. a6 Kf5 54. Ke3 e5 55. fxe5 Kxe5 56. Rxg6 Rb4 {If Black can now play ...Rb3+ this consolidates a bit.} 57. Rg5+ Kd6 58. a7 Ra4 59. Rg7 Kc5 60. Rh7 Kc4 61. Rc7+ Kb5 62. Kd3 Kb6 63. Rh7 Kc5 64. Kc3 Kc6 65. b4 Ra1 66. Rh6+ Kb5 67. Rxh5 Ra3+ 68. Kd4 Rxa7 69. Rxd5+ Kxb4 70. Rg5 {White mates.} Rd7+ 71. Ke5 Kc4 72. h5 {[%cal Bh4h5,Bh5h6,Bh6h7][%mdl 32]} Kd3 73. h6 Ke3 74. Rg7 Rd1 75. h7 Rh1 76. g4 {[%cal Bg3g4,Bg4g5,Bg5g6][%mdl 32]} Kf3 77. g5 Kg4 78. g6 Kg5 79. Rg8 {Precision: White = 68%, Black = 38%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kveinys, Aloyzas"]
[Black "Stremavicius, Titas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,77,27,23,43,28,18,16,77,54,66,66,53,29,50,36,32,36,27,28,84,70,83,90,79,65,93,67,170,134,111,66,100,77,172,168,152,75,171,40,41,45,100,100,131,126,297,145,481,484,478,454,491,471,29972,29972,29982,29983,29991,29992]} 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 f6 10. Nc3 Nf7 11. h3 {LiveBook: 44 Games. B31: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5 g6} Re8 (11... d6 12. Be3 Bd7 13. Rc1 Rb8 14. b3 Qa5 15. Nd2 Qa6 16. Nc4 f5 17. e5 Be6 18. exd6 exd6 19. d5 cxd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Qxd5 Qxa2 22. Nxd6 Qxb3 {1-0 (33) Kulaots,K (2566)-Moiseenko,A (2663) Gjakova 2016}) 12. b3 d6 13. Bb2 {The position is equal.} g5 $146 (13... Ba6 $11) ({Predecessor:} 13... Bd7 14. Qd3 Qa5 15. Rad1 Rad8 16. Nd2 f5 17. Nc4 fxe4 18. Nxe4 Qa6 19. Qd2 Be6 20. Na5 {1-0 (48) Xu,Y (2502)-Zimina,O (2312) Shanghai 2001}) 14. Nh2 f5 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Qf3 Qc8 17. Ne4 c5 18. Rad1 Bg6 19. Ng3 Qa6 (19... a5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 20. Rxe7 $16 Qxa2 21. Re2 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has strong initiative.} c4 22. bxc4 (22. Rde1 $5 {[%cal Re2e8]} Rf8 23. bxc4 $11) 22... Qxc4 23. Ng4 Kf8 (23... Nh6 $14) 24. Rc1 Qb5 25. Ba3 {Hoping for Ne5.} Kg8 26. Rce1 Rf8 (26... Rad8 $16) 27. Nf6+ $1 $18 Kh8 28. Re6 ({Better is} 28. Ngh5) 28... Rad8 (28... g4 $16 {might work better.} 29. Qxg4 (29. Nxg4 Ng5 $11) 29... Qa5) 29. d5 (29. Ngh5 $1 $18) 29... Ne5 $14 30. R1xe5 $1 dxe5 (30... Rxf6 $1 $14 31. Rxf6 dxe5) 31. Bxf8 $16 Rxf8 {[#]} 32. Qa3 $1 h6 $2 ({Don't go for} 32... Rxf6 $2 33. Rxf6 Qxd5 34. Ra6 $18) (32... Qd3 $16 33. Qe7 (33. Qxd3 Bxd3 34. Nd7 Rd8 $16) 33... Qd4) 33. Qd6 (33. Qe7 $18 {has better winning chances.}) 33... Bf5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (33... Qb8 $16 {is a better chance.}) 34. Nd7 Bxe6 35. dxe6 {[%cal Bd5e6,Be6e7][%mdl 32]} Re8 {[#]} 36. e7 $1 {Strongly threatening Nf6.} a5 (36... Qb7 $18 37. Kh2 (37. Nxe5 Qb5 $16) 37... a5) 37. Nf6 {White mates.} Qb1+ 38. Kh2 Qg6 39. Nxe8 {Precision: White = 36%, Black = 27%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kantans, Toms"]
[Black "Kulaots, Kaido"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 30,86,-10,-7,0,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-15,0,-81,0,-38,-20,-31,-34,-25,-23,-85,-93,-137,-110,-180,-100,-116,-110,-142,-127,-98,-39,-38,0,0,0,0,0,-143,-116,-384,-391,-1194,-1148,-1532,-1510,-1462,-1448,-2039,-1565,-2047,-1985,-1918,-1573,-5738,-6206]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. e5 h6 11. Bh4 dxe5 {B97: Sicilian Najdorf: Poisoned Pawn} 12. fxe5 Nfd7 13. Ne4 Qxa2 14. Rd1 Qd5 15. Qe3 Qxe5 16. Be2 {LiveBook: 259 Games} Bc5 $1 17. Bg3 $1 {[%cal Rg3e5]} Qd5 {White must now prevent ...0-0.} 18. c4 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 {[#]} Qa5+ $146 20. Rd2 $1 O-O $1 {With the idea ...f5.} 21. Bd6 $1 f5 22. Nc3 (22. Bxf8 $11 Nxf8 23. Nd6) 22... Nf6 ({Black should try} 22... Rf6 $17) 23. Ra2 (23. Bxf8 {feels hotter.} Kxf8 24. O-O Nc6 25. g4 Qe5 26. Qxe5 Nxe5 27. gxf5 exf5 28. Nd5) 23... Qd8 24. Bxf8 Qxf8 25. O-O Nc6 26. Na4 (26. Bf3 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 26... e5 $17 27. g3 Be6 28. Rb2 (28. Nc5 $17 Bc8 29. Rb2) 28... Re8 (28... Nd4 $1 $19 29. Qxe5 Nxe2+ 30. Qxe2 Re8) 29. Nc5 Bc8 {Hoping for ...f4!} 30. Nxb7 Nd4 31. Bf3 Qe7 (31... Kh7 $17 32. Ra1 Bxb7 33. Bxb7 Qc5) 32. Bg2 $15 g5 {[%cal Bg7g5,Bg5f4][%mdl 32]} (32... Ng4 $5 {[%cal Rg4e3]} 33. Qd2 Kh7 $15) 33. Kh1 f4 34. gxf4 gxf4 35. Qe1 {[#]} (35. Qd2 $1 $11) 35... Kh8 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] ...f3! is the strong threat. Black is really pushing.} 36. Qh4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (36. Na5 $17 {was called for.}) 36... Nf5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rf5h4]} 37. Qh3 $2 {[#]} (37. Qe1 Ne3 38. Qh4 Nxf1 39. Nd6) 37... Ng3+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Black is clearly winning.} 38. hxg3 Bxh3 39. Bxh3 Ne4 40. Re1 Nxg3+ 41. Kh2 e4 42. Rb6 Qe5 43. Nd6 Qd4 {Precision: White = 41%, Black = 68%.} 0-1

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Meskovs, Nikita"]
[Black "Jankovskis, Guntis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,95,0,0,20,32,39,0,0,-20,-22,-43,-19,-22,-26,-20,-20,-41,-41,-35,-12,-66,-22,-20,0,-27,-29,-26,17,12,14,25,33,45,45,6,6,-9,12,0,12,21,45,39,195,79,137,59,67,52,156,50,54,68,90,77,84,15,14,25,377,333,360,354,392,383,364,374,368,362,370,345,386,347,29991,29992,29998,29999]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Nge7 7. e4 O-O 8. c3 a5 9. a4 h6 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nc4 Ra6 {A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems} 12. Re1 {[%cal Rf3e5]} Re8 13. Nfd2 (13. Be3 $5) 13... Be6 {The position is equal.} 14. Na3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Nf3 f6 15. Bf1 Bf7 16. d4 exd4 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. Qxd4 f5 {½-½ (53) Michna,M (2396)-Zatonskih,A (2508) Germany 2012}) 14... Ra8 15. Ndc4 Rb8 16. Nb5 Qd7 17. b3 Rbd8 18. Ba3 f5 {[%cal Bf7f5,Bf5f4,Bf4f3][%mdl 32]} 19. Qc2 Bf7 20. Re2 (20. Rac1 $11) 20... g5 (20... Nxc3 $5 21. Nxc3 (21. Qxc3 e4 $15) 21... Nd4 $11) 21. Rae1 g4 22. Rd1 f4 {[#] White must now prevent ...f3.} 23. Be4 f3 24. Ree1 Nf6 25. Ne3 Nxe4 26. dxe4 Qc8 27. Nd5 (27. h3 $5) 27... Rd7 28. Rd2 (28. h3 $5) 28... Bg6 29. Qd3 {Threatens to win with Nf6+!} Rf7 30. Qc4 {Nbxc7 is the strong threat.} Kh8 31. Red1 h5 $2 (31... Bh5 $14) 32. Bc5 (32. Ndxc7 $18 {is more deadly.} Rxc7 33. Nxc7 Qxc7 34. Rd7) 32... Bh6 ({Black should play} 32... Kh7) 33. Be3 (33. Ndxc7 $16 Bxd2 34. Nxe8 Qxe8 35. Rxd2) 33... Bxe3 $1 $14 34. Nxe3 Ree7 {[#]} (34... Qe6 $14) 35. Nd5 (35. Na7 $1 $16 {[%cal Ra7c8]} Qe6 36. Nxc6 bxc6 37. Qxe6 Rxe6 38. Nc4) 35... Rd7 36. Qd3 Qf8 37. Qe3 Qg7 38. b4 (38. Qg5 $16) 38... axb4 $1 $11 39. cxb4 Nd4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (39... h4 $1 $11) 40. Nxd4 $18 exd4 41. Rxd4 c6 42. Nf4 Rxd4 43. Rxd4 {Strongly threatening Ne6.} Re7 44. e5 Bf7 45. Rd8+ Kh7 46. Qe4+ Kh6 $2 (46... Bg6 $18 47. Nxg6 Qxg6 48. Rh8+ Kg7 49. Rg8+ Kxg8 50. Qxg6+ Rg7 51. Qe8+ Kh7 52. Qxh5+ Kg8) 47. Rd6+ Kg5 48. h4+ {Precision: White = 27%, Black = 32%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kanep, Meelis"]
[Black "Sakalauskas, Vaidas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D29"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2344"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,59,0,0,0,-27,0,-20,66,64,57,64,107,89,139,131,149,123,121,123,133,142,127,145,193,124,141,129,352,345,357,350,535,528,506,501,589,576,512,304,764,761]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e6 4. Bxc4 c5 5. Nf3 a6 6. O-O Nf6 7. Qe2 b5 8. Bb3 Bb7 9. a4 b4 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Be7 {D29: Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical main line: 7 Qe2 with early ...Nbd7} 12. e4 {[%cal Be3e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} (12. a5 O-O 13. Bc4 cxd4 14. exd4 {½-½ (32) Abdel Razik,K (2450)-Karjakin,S (2756) Antalya 2013}) 12... cxd4 13. e5 {[#]} Ng4 (13... d3 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]} 14. Qxd3 Nd5) 14. Nc4 $14 Bxf3 $1 15. gxf3 Nc5 16. Bc2 Nh6 {[#]} 17. Be3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nf5 (17... dxe3 18. Rxd8+) 18. Bxf5 $1 exf5 19. Rxd4 Qb8 $146 20. Rd6 Ne6 21. Rb6 Qc7 22. Rc1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} ({Better is} 22. Nd6+ $18 Bxd6 23. exd6) 22... O-O $16 23. Nd6 Bxd6 $2 (23... Qd8 $16) 24. Rxc7 $18 Bxc7 25. Rxa6 Bxe5 {[#]} (25... f4 {was called for.} 26. Ba7 Bd8) 26. Rxe6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} fxe6 27. Bc5 Bf6 28. Bxf8 Kxf8 29. Qxe6 Re8 $2 (29... Rxa4 30. Qxf5 Ra1+ 31. Kg2 Rd1 32. Qxh7 Rd2) 30. Qxf5 {Precision: White = 77%, Black = 16%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Berzinsh, Roland"]
[Black "Ladva, Ottomar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,57,0,2,-11,-17,-10,7,1,31,0,0,0,0,0,30,18,26,22,34,19,28,28,26,29,36,32,29,16,17,9,14,-12,-12,-14,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. Nb5 Na6 6. h3 {A45: Trompowsky Attack} O-O 7. Nf3 c6 8. Nc3 Qa5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Nb8 9. Bd3 c5 10. O-O b6 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. Bh2 Nc6 13. Bb5 Rc8 {1-0 (34) Aronian,L (2784)-Grischuk,A (2752) chess.com INT 2016}) 9. Nd2 Nd7 10. Nf3 Re8 11. Be2 e5 (11... Qb6 {is interesting.} 12. Rb1 e5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Rxe5 16. O-O Nc7) 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Rxe5 15. Qd4 Re4 16. Qd2 Re7 17. a3 Bf5 18. O-O (18. g4 $5 {[%cal Rg4f5]} Bd7 19. O-O-O $11) 18... Nb8 {[%cal Ba6b8,Bb8d7,Bd7c5,Bc5a4][%mdl 32] The position is equal.} 19. Bd3 Bxd3 (19... Be6 {looks sharper.} 20. b4 Qc7 21. Ne2 Nd7 22. Nd4 a5) 20. Qxd3 Nd7 21. e4 Nc5 22. Qd2 {[#] Black must now prevent b4.} Na4 $1 {[%cal Ra4c3]} 23. b4 Qa6 24. Nxa4 Qxa4 25. exd5 cxd5 26. Qxd5 Qxc2 27. Rae1 (27. Rac1 $5 {[%cal Rc1c2]} Qa4 28. Qf3 $11) 27... Qc7 28. Rxe7 (28. Rc1 $5 {[%cal Rc1c7]} Qd8 29. Qf3 $11) 28... Qxe7 29. Rd1 {Precision: White = 65%, Black = 64%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Krivonosov, Oleg"]
[Black "Shishkov, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,52,8,10,-15,10,10,19,15,16,14,14,6,4,13,19,12,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-2,-4,-4,-2,-3,-2,-7,-6,-4,-20,-25]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Bg2 a6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Ne5 O-O {E02: Open Catalan: 5 Qa4+} 9. Nxc4 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 {LiveBook: 4 Games. The position is equal.} 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. Nxe3 Rb8 {[%cal Ba8b8,Bb8b6,Bb6c6][%mdl 32]} 13. O-O b5 14. Qf4 Bb7 15. Rfd1 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 {[#]} Rb6 $146 17. Rac1 Qa8+ 18. Qf3 (18. Kg1 {keeps more tension.} Rd8 19. a4 bxa4 20. Nxa4 Rc6 21. Nc4) 18... Rc6 19. Kg1 Rfc8 {[#] aiming for ...b4.} 20. a3 h6 21. Na2 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 23. Nxc1 Qxf3 24. exf3 Kf8 25. Nd3 Ke7 26. Kf1 Kd6 {Precision: White = 31%, Black = 81%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Krupenski, Juri"]
[Black "Vaicekauskas, Gytis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2207"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,75,18,10,32,0,11,0,5,-20,-14,-14,0,-10,-10,-27,-13,-68,-37,-44,-55,-68,-62,-83,-75,-80,-64,-95,-77,-63,-55,-194,12,10,8,8,11,-18,-25,-25,-25,-25,-13,-17,-18,-28,-15,-20,-14,-31,-29,-16,-10,31,-26,-25,0,-22,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. e3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Be2 d6 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 cxd4 {A48: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} 8. exd4 d5 9. c4 Nc6 10. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Nbd2 Bf5 11. Ne5 Nd7 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. g4 Be6 14. f4 f5 15. Nf3 Nf6 16. Ne5 {0-1 (46) Kiik,K (2455)-Moiseenko,V (2465) Finland 2013}) 10... b6 11. Re1 Bb7 12. Nbd2 Rc8 13. a3 e6 14. Qb1 (14. Rc1 $11) 14... Nh5 15. c5 bxc5 16. dxc5 e5 $1 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Bxh5 d4 19. f4 gxh5 20. fxe5 Rxc5 21. Qf5 ({White should try} 21. Nc4 $15) 21... Re8 $2 ({But not} 21... d3 22. Rac1 $17) (21... f6 $19 {[%cal Rf6e5]} 22. Nc4 Qd5) 22. Nc4 $1 $11 {[%cal Rc4d6]} ({Much worse is} 22. Rf1 Qd5 $17) 22... Qd5 $132 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Rd5g2][%mdl 2048] [#] Black is not keeping still} 23. Qf2 {Hoping for Rad1.} Re6 {And now ...Rg6 would win.} 24. Nd6 (24. Bxd4 {with more complications.} Rg6 25. Ra2 Rb5 26. Rd2 Rxb3 27. Ne3) 24... Qxg2+ $1 25. Qxg2 Bxg2 26. Bxd4 Rd5 27. Kxg2 {[#] Black must now prevent Nf5.} Rxd4 28. Rad1 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Rxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 30. Nc4 Re2+ 31. Kf3 Rc2 32. Rd8+ Bf8 33. Ke4 Kg7 34. Rd7 {The position is equal.} Rc3 35. Ne5 Rxb3 36. Rxf7+ Kg8 37. Rxa7 Rxa3 38. Rxa3 {Precision: White = 39%, Black = 48%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Volodin, Aleksandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,50,29,27,34,29,21,50,50,42,48,54,45,43,35,10,-54,-46,-140,-137,-180,-190,-170,-195,-184,-180,-163,-181,-249,-206,-312,-296,-375,-378,-379,-383,-492,-495]} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Bc4 Nb6 5. Bb3 c4 6. Bc2 Nc6 7. Nf3 d6 8. exd6 e5 {LiveBook: 70 Games. B22: Sicilian: 2 c3} (8... Qxd6 9. O-O Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Re1 e6 12. b3 Be7 13. Qe2 cxb3 14. axb3 O-O 15. d4 Rfd8 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Ng5+ Bxg5 18. Qxh5+ {½-½ (44) Nakamura,H (2787)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2785) Gibraltar 2016}) 9. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Bxd6 10. a5 Nd5 {[%cal Bb6d5,Bd5e7,Be7d5][%mdl 32] The position is equal.} 11. d3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. O-O Nf4 12. Na3 Bxa3 13. Rxa3 O-O 14. b3 Nxa5 15. b4 Nc6 16. b5 {0-1 (34) Sveshnikov,V (2398)-Neiksans,A (2599) Riga 2017}) 11... cxd3 12. Qxd3 Nde7 13. Nbd2 Bc7 14. Qe2 O-O {[%cal Be8g8,Bg8h8,Bh8h7][%mdl 32]} 15. Ng5 (15. O-O $11) 15... h6 $1 $36 {[%cal Rh6g5][%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 16. Qh5 {[#]} (16. Qe4 $2 Bf5 $19) ({White should try} 16. Nge4 $15) 16... Nd5 $1 $17 {[%cal Rd5f4] And now ...Nf4 would win.} ({Much less strong is} 16... Bf5 17. Bxf5 Nxf5 18. Nge4 $15) 17. Bh7+ (17. Nh3 $17) 17... Kh8 $19 18. Nxf7+ Rxf7 19. Qxf7 {Black must now prevent Bf5.} Kxh7 20. Ne4 Qd7 21. Qf3 (21. Qxd7 $142 Bxd7 22. Nc5) 21... Qf5 ({Resist} 21... Bxa5 22. O-O) 22. Qe2 (22. b4 $142) 22... Nxa5 ({Don't play} 22... Bxa5 23. O-O $19) 23. Ng3 Qg6 24. O-O Nb3 25. Ra4 Bd7 {Precision: White = 34%, Black = 94%.} 0-1

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Klabis, Rokas"]
[Black "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2348"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,76,32,47,4,19,-3,-7,-8,-6,-3,-14,-14,-7,-73,-65,-93,-97,-105,-104,-110,-105,-116,-119,-121,-115,-115,-108,-125,-128,-170,-159,-150,-146,-140,-153,-135,-138,-175,-175,-178,-200,-175,-133,-177,-172,-206,-204,-200,-203,-194,-203,-206,-165,-243,-233,-625,-612,-610,-606,-616,-600,-710,-699,-691,-684,-657,-643,-623,-610]} 1. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. h3 {B03: Alekhine's Defence: Four Pawns Attack} (6. Nc3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Rc1 O-O 9. b3 Bf5 10. d5 e5 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. Nge2 d5 13. c5 Nc6 14. Nd4 Bxd4 15. Bxd4 Re8 16. cxb6 Qh4 17. Ne2 axb6 {1-0 (38) Xiong,J (2618)-Kamsky,G (2678) Saint Louis 2016}) 6... e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 {With the idea ...Qxd1+.} 8. Qxd8+ {The position is equal.} Kxd8 9. Be3 Be6 10. Nf3 f6 11. Bxb6+ $146 (11. b3 $11 {keeps the balance.}) ({Predecessor:} 11. b3 Bb4+ 12. Nbd2 Nc6 13. Bd3 Ke7 {½-½ (35) Bolt,G (2109)-McKeown,P (2093) Sunningdale 2008}) 11... axb6 $17 12. Be2 Bb4+ 13. Nbd2 Ke7 14. O-O Rd8 15. Nb3 Nc6 16. a3 Bc5 17. Rfc1 e4 18. Ne1 f5 19. Rc3 Nd4 20. Nxd4 Bxd4 21. Rb3 Bc5 22. Rc3 Kf6 23. Rd1 Rxd1 24. Bxd1 Bd4 25. Rc2 Ke5 26. Be2 Rc8 27. h4 {[#]} b5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 28. cxb5 Rxc2 29. Nxc2 Bxb2 $19 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} 30. a4 b6 {[%cal Bb7b6,Bb6a5][%mdl 32]} 31. Ne3 {[#]} (31. Nb4 {might work better.}) 31... Kd4 $1 32. a5 $2 (32. g3) 32... bxa5 {Black is clearly winning.} 33. b6 Kc5 34. b7 Be5 35. f3 f4 36. Nc2 Bd5 37. fxe4 Bxe4 38. Ne1 Bxb7 {Precision: White = 42%, Black = 83%.} 0-1

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Brazdzionis, Andrius"]
[Black "Malisauskas, Vidmantas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,59,11,14,22,23,58,13,22,0,0,0,0,-50,-64,-57,-71,-108,-139,-162,-172,-170,-171,-166,-99,-97,-68,-77,-81,-80,-58,-54,-64,-70,-56,-51,-66,-54,0,-8,-15,-14,-10,-11,0,-8]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h4 dxc4 (5... c6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. e3 e6 9. Qc2 Nd7 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Kb1 Bg7 12. g4 Qe7 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Bd3 Nb6 15. Rhg1 Bd7 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Qxe5 18. f4 Qxe3 19. Bxg6 Qxf4 20. g5 fxg6 21. Qxg6+ Kh8 22. Qxh6+ Kg8 23. Qg6+ Kh8 24. Qh6+ Kg8 25. Qg6+ {½-½ (25) Tomashevsky,E (2696)-Svidler,P (2755) Moscow 2017}) 6. e4 {D90: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 sidelines} c5 7. d5 b5 8. h5 Nxh5 9. Nxb5 {LiveBook: 12 Games} Qa5+ 10. Nc3 $1 Nd7 11. Bd2 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Rb8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Ba6 12. g4 Nhf6 {1-0 (46) Prusikin,M (2524)-Jansa,V (2438) Bayerisch Eisenstein 2014}) 12. Qc2 Ba6 $1 13. Rc1 O-O 14. g4 (14. Na4 $5 {[%cal Rd2a5]} Qc7 15. Bxc4 Bxc4 16. Qxc4 $11) 14... Nhf6 15. Bh3 {Strongly threatening g5.} Qc7 16. Qa4 Bc8 17. Qc6 Qd6 18. g5 Nh5 19. Nb5 {[%cal Bc3b5,Bb5a7,Ba7c6][%mdl 32] [#]} Qxc6 (19... Rxb5 $1 $19 20. Qxb5 f5 21. exf5 (21. Qxc4 Ba6 $17) 21... Ne5 22. Nxe5 Qxe5+ 23. Be3 Qe4) 20. dxc6 $17 Ne5 21. Nxe5 Bxe5 22. Nxa7 {[#]} Ba6 $1 {Hoping for ...Ra8.} 23. c7 $1 {[%cal Rc7b8]} Bxc7 {Threatens to win with ...Rb6.} 24. Nc6 Rbe8 25. Bd7 Nf4 $1 {[%cal Rf4d3] ...Nd3+ is the strong threat.} 26. Rc3 Bb7 ({Better is} 26... Bb5 $15) 27. Rxc4 {The position is equal.} (27. Bxf4 $5 Bxf4 28. Bxe8 (28. Rxc4 Bxc6 29. Bxc6 Rb8 $17) 28... Rxe8 29. Na5 Bxe4 30. Rh4 $11) 27... Bxc6 28. Bxc6 Rb8 29. b3 Rfd8 30. Bxf4 {Precision: White = 53%, Black = 71%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Garanin, Aleksei"]
[Black "Seeman, Tarvo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2220"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,153,14,19,29,13,25,0,-7,-25,0,0,0,-4,0,-7,0,26,32,28,30,24,39,46,128,129,140,121,131,-7,-14,-12,-14,-28,0,0,0,0,0,-2,0,-15,-2,-10,-8,-53,-52,-54,-53,-48,-40,-32,-24,-24,-24,-24,-24,-24,-24,-24,-24,-24,-24,-24,-24,-45,-24,-24,-24,-24,-24,-60,-24,-57,-24,-42,-43,-54,-54,-54,-54,-54,-24,-24,-24,-47,-47,-57,-54,-54,-53,-47,-44,-51,-43,-97,-97,-113,-113,-113,-113,-113,-113,-113,-113,-142,-93,-100,-93,-93,-93,-129,-159,-159,-160,-167,-81,-81,-54,-54,-54,-54,-54,-54,-54,-54,-54,-54,-54,-54,-54,-54,-54,-54,-15,-54,-15,-54]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O c6 7. Nc3 Qb6 8. h3 Qa6 9. b3 b5 10. Nd2 {Threatens to win with cxb5.} Bb7 {E62: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...c6 and Panno Variation (6...Nc6) without ...a6} 11. Bb2 Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7b6,Bb6d5,Bd5c3][%mdl 32]} 12. a4 {[%cal Ra4b5]} (12. e4 bxc4 13. Nxc4 d5 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Bxe4 c5 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 {½-½ (43) Drygalov,S (2409)-Pridorozhni,A (2579) St Petersburg 2016}) 12... bxc4 13. Nxc4 Nb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... d5 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. f4 Qb6+ 17. Kh2 a5 18. Ba3 {0-1 (45) Bieliauskas,M (2147)-Vedrickas,T (2367) Lithuania 2016}) 14. Ne3 Rab8 15. Nc2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Nbd5 16. e4 Nxc3 17. Bxc3 c5 18. d5 Qb6 19. Rb1 a5 20. Qd2 Ba6 ({Better is} 20... Ra8 $14) 21. Rfe1 $16 Nd7 {[%cal Bf6d7,Bd7e5,Be5c4][%mdl 32]} 22. Bxa5 Qa7 23. b4 (23. Bc3 $16) 23... Ne5 $11 24. b5 Nc4 25. Qd3 (25. Qe2 $5 {[%cal Re2c4]} Nxa5 26. bxa6 $11) 25... Bxb5 (25... Nxa5 {is more complex.} 26. bxa6 c4 27. Qe2 Qxa6 28. Na3 Nb3) 26. axb5 Nxa5 27. Ne3 Qb6 28. Re2 Rfc8 29. Rc2 Bd4 30. Bf1 c4 31. Nxc4 Nxc4 32. Rxc4 Bxf2+ 33. Kg2 $1 {With the idea Rc6.} Rxc4 34. Qxc4 Ra8 {aiming for ...Ra3.} 35. Rb2 Bc5 36. Ra2 Ra5 37. Qb3 Qa7 38. Bc4 Bb6 39. Qc2 Qa8 40. Bb3 h5 41. Qe2 Qb8 (41... Rxa2 {keeps more tension.} 42. Qxa2 Qf8 43. h4 Qh6 44. Qe2 Qc1) 42. Rxa5 Bxa5 43. Qc4 Bb6 44. Qc6 Qd8 45. Bd1 Bd4 46. Qc4 Ba7 47. Qf1 Qb6 48. Bf3 Qd4 49. h4 Kg7 50. Kh3 Qc3 51. Qe2 Bd4 52. Kg2 Be5 53. Qf2 Qb4 54. Qe2 Qb3 55. Kh3 f6 56. Qg2 (56. Kg2 $15) 56... Qxb5 $17 57. g4 hxg4+ 58. Bxg4 Qd3+ 59. Bf3 Kh6 60. Qe2 Qc3 61. Kg2 Bf4 62. Qa2 Qe1 {[#] ...Qg3+ is the strong threat.} 63. Qf2 Qc1 64. Qe2 Be5 65. Qf1 Qf4 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Rf4h2]} 66. Qf2 f5 (66... Kg7 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top. Hoping for ...Kg8.} 67. Kf1 {[#]} Bd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 68. Qxd4 Qxf3+ 69. Ke1 Qh3) 67. exf5 gxf5 68. h5 Qg5+ 69. Kf1 Qc1+ 70. Kg2 Qf4 71. Be2 Qh2+ 72. Kf1 Qh1+ (72... Qxf2+ {feels hotter.} 73. Kxf2 Kg5 74. Kg2 Bd4 75. Kg3 Be3) 73. Qg1 Qxg1+ 74. Kxg1 Kg5 75. Kg2 Kf4 76. Bf3 Ke3 77. Bd1 {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 56%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kulaots, Kaido"]
[Black "Neiksans, Arturs"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,68,29,37,31,35,24,30,25,21,49,33,16,10,28,8,8,12,7,-10,-30,-40,-29,-92,-101,-100,-89,-99,-43,-49,-41,-64,-67,-70,-67,-63,-26,-12,-21,-21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Nd7 {C92: Closed Ruy Lopez: 9...Be6, Karpov and Flohr-Zaitsev Variations} 11. a4 Na5 12. Bc2 c5 {White has an edge.} 13. d5 {[#]} h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... b4 14. b3 bxc3 15. Nxc3 Rb8 16. Bd2 Bc8 17. Nb1 g6 18. Bh6 Re8 19. Na3 Rb4 20. Bd2 {½-½ (48) Shankland,S (2666)-Xiong,J (2674) Saint Louis 2017}) 14. b3 {[%cal Bb2b3,Bb3b4][%mdl 32]} (14. b4 $5 {[%cal Rb4a5]} Nc4 15. bxc5 Nxc5 16. Na3 $11) 14... c4 15. b4 Nb3 $1 {[%cal Rb3a1]} 16. Bxb3 cxb3 17. Qxb3 f5 18. Nbd2 fxe4 19. Nxe4 Nb6 $1 $36 {[%csl LRa4,LRd5][%mdl 2048] Black is more active.} 20. a5 (20. Rd1 $11) 20... Nxd5 $17 21. Bd2 Qe8 22. Rad1 Qc6 ({Black should try} 22... Rc8 $17 23. Be3 Qf7) 23. Nh2 $15 Kh8 24. Ng4 Bh4 {Threatens to win with ...h5.} 25. Re2 $1 h5 26. Nh2 {[%cal Bg4h2,Bh2f3,Bf3g5,Bg5f7][%mdl 32] [#]} Bxf2+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 27. Rxf2 Rxf2 {The position is equal.} 28. Nxf2 {Nf3 is the strong threat.} Nf4 {[%csl Gb7,Gf4][%cal Rc6g2]} (28... Nxc3 $5 29. Nf3 Nxd1 30. Qxd1 Qd5 $17) 29. Nf3 {aiming for Bxf4.} Nxg2 30. Ng5 Nf4 {[%csl Gb7,Gf4][%cal Rc6g2] [#]} 31. Nf7+ Kh7 {[%csl Gb7,Gf4][%cal Rc6g2]} 32. Ng5+ Kh8 $1 {[%csl Gb7,Gf4][%cal Rc6g2]} 33. Nf7+ Kh7 {[%csl Gb7,Gf4][%cal Rc6g2]} 34. Ng5+ Kh8 $1 {Precision: White = 66%, Black = 68%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ladva, Ottomar"]
[Black "Kveinys, Aloyzas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,95,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,-11,0,0,0,0,-4,-3,-6,0,-13,0,0,0,-28,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-20,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. e3 Nc6 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 {LiveBook: 17 Games} 10. Qc2 {D42: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch: 5 cxd5 Nxd5 6 e3 Nc6 7 Bd3} Qh5 (10... Nb4 11. Bxh7+ Kh8 12. Qb1 g6 13. Bxg6 fxg6 14. Ne5 Bd6 15. Nxg6+ Kg7 16. Nxf8 Kxf8 17. dxc5 Qxc5 {1-0 (52) Grachev,B (2658)-Kveinys,A (2520) Minsk 2017}) 11. Be4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. exd4 Bd7 13. Bd2 Rac8 14. Qb3 b6 15. Bc3 Na5 16. Qc2 Nc4 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 {½-½ (25) Stein,L-Tukmakov,V Reykjavik 1972}) 12... Nxd4 13. exd4 Bd6 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Rh5h2] [#]} 14. h3 Rb8 15. a4 Bd7 16. Bf3 Qg6 (16... Qh4 {keeps more tension.} 17. Be3 Rfc8 18. Qd2 Qd8 19. a5 a6) 17. Qxg6 (17. Be4 $5 {[%cal Re4g6]} f5 18. Bf3 $11) 17... hxg6 18. Be3 Rfc8 19. d5 b6 20. Rfd1 {The position is equal.} e5 21. a5 Kf8 22. axb6 axb6 23. Ra7 Ke8 24. Rda1 Bc5 25. Re1 {[#] aiming for Bxc5.} Bb4 26. Rd1 Bd6 27. Rda1 Bc5 28. Bd1 Kd8 29. Ba4 Rc7 30. Rxc7 (30. Bb3 {is interesting.} f6 31. h4 Rcb7 32. g3 Ke7 33. Kg2) 30... Kxc7 31. Bxd7 Kxd7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 32. Ra7+ Ke8 33. Rc7 Bd6 34. Rc6 Bc5 35. Rc7 Bd6 36. Ra7 Bc5 37. Bg5 b5 38. Rc7 Bd6 39. Ra7 Bc5 40. Ra6 Kd7 (40... Bd4 $5 {[%cal Rd4b2]}) 41. Kf1 Rb7 42. Be3 Rc7 43. Ke2 Bxe3 44. Kxe3 Rc5 45. Ra7+ Rc7 46. Ra6 Rc5 47. Ra7+ Rc7 48. Ra6 {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 89%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Black "Meskovs, Nikita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,79,7,-20,0,0,13,0,0,0,15,0,16,13,43,46,33,19,27,21,68,48,332,304,303,336,320,215,206,216,216,214,229,230,224,259,257,263,262,262,239,229,304,293,297,296,288,284,288,294,333,285,351,333,374,374,374,374,374,374,366,366,366,366,366,358,358,351,341,341]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 d5 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bb5 {LiveBook: 3 Games. D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} (7. Bg3 O-O 8. Bb5 Bxg3 9. hxg3 Qb6 10. a4 a6 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Qc2 Rb8 13. Rb1 cxd4 14. cxd4 a5 15. Ne5 h6 {1-0 (40) So,W (2812)-Karjakin,S (2781) Stavanger 2017}) 7... Bxf4 8. exf4 Qb6 9. Bxc6+ $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 9. Qa4 O-O 10. O-O cxd4 11. cxd4 Bd7 12. Nb3 Rfc8 13. Rfc1 Ne4 14. Bxc6 Bxc6 {0-1 (41) Dos Santos,H (2250)-El Debs,F (2477) Campinas 2011}) 9... bxc6 10. O-O O-O 11. Nb3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Ba6 13. Re1 Bc4 14. Nc5 Qxb2 15. Ne5 a5 16. g4 {aiming for g5.} Ba6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Black should try} 16... g6 $14) 17. Rb1 $1 $18 {[%cal Rb1b2]} Qxa2 18. Qc1 $1 Rfb8 19. Ra1 Qb2 20. Qxb2 Rxb2 21. Rxa5 {Strongly threatening Rea1.} Ne4 22. Nxe4 (22. Nxa6 $6 Nxf2 23. Ra3 g6 $16) 22... dxe4 23. Rea1 f6 {[#]} 24. Nc4 $1 {[%cal Rc4b2]} (24. Rxa6 Rxa6 25. Rxa6 fxe5 $14) (24. Nxc6 Rb6 $16) 24... Rb4 {[#]} 25. Nd2 $1 Rxd4 26. Nf1 g5 27. fxg5 ({Less strong is} 27. Rxa6 Rxa6 28. Rxa6 gxf4 $14) 27... Rd5 28. Rxa6 Rxa6 29. Rxa6 Rxg5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KR} 30. h3 ({Much less strong is} 30. Rxc6 $6 Rxg4+ 31. Kh1 Kf7 $18) 30... h5 31. Ng3 ({Don't do} 31. Rxc6 hxg4 32. Rxe6 gxh3+ 33. Ng3 f5 $18) 31... hxg4 32. Nxe4 Rf5 33. Rxc6 gxh3 34. Rxe6 Kf7 35. Ra6 Rf4 36. Ng3 Kg6 37. Ra8 Kg5 38. Rg8+ Kh4 39. Rh8+ Kg4 40. Nf1 {Precision: White = 78%, Black = 43%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Volodin, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Kanep, Meelis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,14,21,36]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 {Predecessor:} 8. Nc3 $146 Qa5 9. Nb3 Qh5 10. h3 d6 11. g4 Bxg4 12. hxg4 Nxg4 13. Bf4 Be5 14. Qd2 g5 15. Bxe5 Ncxe5 16. Rfc1 Nxc4 17. Qd4 Nce3 18. fxe3 Qh4 19. Nd5 Qf2+ 20. Kh1 Qh4+ 21. Kg1 Qf2+ 22. Kh1 {½-½ (22) Banusz,T (2613)-Bacrot,E (2692) Monzon 2016} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Miezis, Normunds"]
[Black "Berzinsh, Roland"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,121,-3,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,-9,0,0,0,-3,6,0,10,9,14,14,2,-11,4,4,6,-18,-7,0,0,-19,0,0,14,14,13,7,40,35,49,16,34,41,69,43,78,67,67,72,97,70,67,6,13,6,33,18,30,4,5,0,6,5,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,16,15,20,22,22,3,13,8,13,7,12,0,13,13,13,13,13,14,14,18,14,0,0,0,2,0,12,4,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,0]} 1. c4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Bc4 Nb6 {LiveBook: 15 Games. C01: French: Exchange Variation} 9. Be2 (9. Bb3 Bg4 10. d5 N8d7 11. h3 Bf5 12. O-O Nc5 13. Bc2 Bxc2 14. Qxc2 Nxd5 15. Rd1 Nb4 16. Qe2 {1-0 (88) Miezis,N (2547)-Navara,D (2724) Porto Carras 2011}) 9... Be6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Nc6 10. O-O Bg4 11. Be3 Nb4 12. h3 Bh5 13. g4 Bg6 14. Ne5 Bc2 15. Qd2 f6 16. Nf3 Bg6 17. Nh4 Bf7 18. Nf5 {1-0 (47) Menna Barreto,F (2270)-Matsuura,E (2472) Porto Alegre 2013}) 10. O-O c6 11. Re1 N8d7 12. Bd3 Re8 13. Bf4 Nd5 14. Bg3 Nf8 15. a3 Bg4 16. h3 Be6 17. Qc2 Bd6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Ne4 (19. Ng5 $5 {[%cal Rd3h7]} Nf6 20. Rad1 $11) 19... Qf4 20. Neg5 {[%cal Rd3h7]} h6 21. Re4 Qf6 22. Nxe6 Nxe6 23. Bc4 Re7 24. Rae1 Rae8 (24... Rd8 {is interesting.} 25. Qd2 Red7 26. Bb3 Rd6 27. Bc4 Qe7) 25. Bxd5 cxd5 26. R4e3 g6 27. Qb3 Rd8 {[%cal Be8d8,Bd8d6,Bd6c6,Bc6c7,Bc7d7][%mdl 32]} 28. Qa4 a6 29. Qa5 Rd6 30. Qb4 Rc6 {[#]} 31. Ne5 $1 {[%cal Re5c6]} Rcc7 $1 32. Qd6 Qf4 33. Nxf7 Rxf7 34. Qxe6 ({White should try} 34. Rxe6 $14 Qxf2+ 35. Kh2) 34... Qxf2+ $11 35. Kh1 Qf6 36. Qxd5 {Re6 is the strong threat.} Rcd7 37. Qb3 {Black must now prevent Rf3.} Qxd4 {The position is equal.} 38. Re6 (38. Re4 $5 {[%cal Re4d4]} Qd3 39. Qxd3 Rxd3 40. Re6 $11) 38... Kh7 39. Qc2 Qd3 40. Qxd3 Rxd3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 41. Rb6 h5 42. Ree6 Rg3 43. Kh2 Rg5 {Threatening ...Rf2.} 44. Re3 Rd5 45. Reb3 Rdd7 46. a4 Rg7 47. R3b4 Rgf7 48. a5 Kg7 49. Re4 Kh7 (49... Rf6 $5 {[%cal Rf6b6]}) 50. Ree6 Rg7 51. b4 Rd5 52. Re8 Rf7 53. Rb8 Rdd7 54. b5 axb5 55. Rxb5 Kg7 56. h4 Rc7 57. Kh3 Rc3+ 58. g3 Rcc7 59. Rb6 Kh7 60. Rb2 Kg7 61. Rb6 {Precision: White = 59%, Black = 51%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Stremavicius, Titas"]
[Black "Kantans, Toms"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,58,39,28,52,51,47,37,49,-27,57,-31,-23,-45,-20,-62,-64,-187,-194,-194,-190,-200,-189,-188,-185,-183,-130,-139,-132,-318,-316,-401,-389,-355,-350,-498,-327,-666,-685,-612,-526,-1336,-1262]} 1. d4 {[%cal Bd2d4,Bd4d5][%mdl 32]} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bg5 e6 8. Qd2 exd5 9. cxd5 a6 10. a4 Qe8 {A65: Modern Benoni: 6 e4} (10... Nbd7 11. Nh3 Qa5 12. Nd1 Qxd2+ 13. Bxd2 Ne5 14. Nhf2 Bd7 15. a5 Bb5 16. Ne3 Nh5 17. Rc1 f5 18. exf5 gxf5 {0-1 (76) Fier,A (2569)-Liang,A (2488) Saint Louis 2017}) 11. Be2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Nge2 Nbd7 12. Nd1 Ne5 13. Nec3 Rb8 14. a5 Bd7 15. Be2 Bb5 16. O-O Nc4 17. Qc1 Ne5 18. Qd2 {1-0 (25) Van de Griendt,J (2342)-Schoehuys,E (2151) Hilversum 2016}) 11... b6 12. g4 (12. Qf4 $5 {[%cal Rg5f6]} Qe7 13. Bd1 $14) 12... Nbd7 {White is slightly better.} 13. h4 (13. Bh6 $14) 13... Ne5 (13... h5 $11) 14. h5 ({White should try} 14. Nh3 $14) 14... Nexg4 $15 15. h6 ({Don't play} 15. fxg4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Qxe4 $17) 15... Bh8 16. Qf4 Nh5 17. Rxh5 (17. Qxd6 $15 Be5 18. Qc6) 17... Be5 $19 18. Qd2 {[#] Black must now prevent Rh3.} gxh5 {[%cal Bg6h5,Bh5g4][%mdl 32]} 19. fxg4 hxg4 20. Bd3 f5 {Threatens to win with ...f4.} 21. Nge2 Ra7 ({Better is} 21... Qf7 $19 {Hoping for ...fxe4.} 22. exf5 Bxf5) 22. O-O-O $17 {[#]} b5 $1 $36 {[%cal Bb6b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 2592] Black is really pushing.} 23. exf5 $2 (23. axb5 $17 {is a better defense.} axb5 24. Bxb5) 23... b4 $19 ({Inferior is} 23... bxa4 24. Rf1 $11) ({Less strong is} 23... Bxf5 24. Rg1 $17) 24. Ne4 Bxf5 25. N2g3 Bg6 26. b3 (26. Qc2 {keeps fighting.}) 26... Rf3 27. Bh4 $2 (27. Qe2) 27... Raf7 {aiming for ...Bf4.Black is clearly winning.} 28. Qe2 Bf4+ 29. Kc2 c4 {Precision: White = 28%, Black = 63%.} 0-1

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Malisauskas, Vidmantas"]
[Black "Klabis, Rokas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2348"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,58,35,33,5,2,8,14,-29,111,83,82,28,21,36,45,33,69,64,123,120,144,139,146,133,140,100,100,49,67,54,60,32,101,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d5 7. e5 Nfd7 8. b4 {E11: Bogo-Indian} (8. Bd3 c5 9. Qc2 h6 10. O-O Nc6 11. Nb3 cxd4 12. Re1 dxc4 13. Qxc4 Nb6 14. Qc2 f5 15. exf6 Rxf6 {½-½ (67) Vachier Lagrave,M (2758)-Tomashevsky,E (2758) Baku 2015}) 8... a5 9. b5 c5 10. Bb2 f6 (10... cxd4 $11 {remains equal.} 11. cxd5 (11. Bxd4 b6 $11) 11... exd5) 11. Bd3 $16 cxd4 12. Bxd4 (12. exf6 $16 Nxf6 13. O-O (13. Bxd4 Nbd7 $14) (13. Nxd4 e5 $15)) 12... fxe5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Bc5 13. Bxc5 Nxc5 14. Qc2 Nxd3+ 15. Qxd3 fxe5 16. Nxe5 {0-1 (60) Tsatsalashvili,K (2266)-Cori Tello,D (2368) Porto Carras 2010}) 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 {[#] And now Qh5 would win.} Bf6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 (15... Rxf6 $14 16. O-O g6) 16. O-O Nd7 17. cxd5 {[%cal Bc4d5,Bd5d6][%mdl 32]} Ne5 18. Ne4 Qf4 19. d6 b6 20. Ra2 (20. Re1 $16) 20... Bb7 $14 21. Re1 Rad8 22. Bb1 Nf7 (22... Bxe4 $14 23. Bxe4 Rxd6) 23. Rd2 ({White should play} 23. g3 $16 Qh6 24. Rd2) 23... Nxd6 $1 $11 {[%cal Bf7d6,Bd6e4,Be4d2,Bd2f3][%mdl 32] The position is equal.} 24. g3 Nxe4 25. gxf4 Nxd2 26. Qc2 Nf3+ 27. Kf1 Nd2+ $1 28. Kg1 Nf3+ 29. Kf1 Nd2+ $1 {Precision: White = 45%, Black = 47%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shishkov, Andrei"]
[Black "Garanin, Aleksei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E84"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2220"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,96,20,27,11,19,17,25,26,98,14,42,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-34,-29,-29,-28,-41,-3,-100,-98,-114,-112,-100,-39,-39,-15,-15,-23,-62,-20,-28,-11,-18,-11,-8,-8,-7,0,-15,-7,-8,-8,-19,-18,-20,-31,-107,-102,-183,-183,-183,-183,-227,-227,-322,-308,-519,-504,-532,-521,-798,-788,-733,-740,-711,-706]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Be3 d6 6. f3 Nc6 7. Nge2 a6 8. Qd2 Rb8 9. Rc1 Bd7 10. b3 b5 {E84: King's Indian: Sämisch Panno: 7 Nge2 a6 8 Qd2 Rb8} (10... e6 11. Ng3 e5 12. d5 Nd4 13. Nce2 Nxe2 14. Bxe2 h5 15. Bg5 Qe8 16. O-O Nh7 17. Be3 h4 18. Nh1 {½-½ (40) Matlakov,M (2665)-Demchenko,A (2639) Ekaterinburg 2013}) 11. cxb5 axb5 12. d5 Ne5 13. Nd4 Qe8 $1 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 14. a3 e6 15. Be2 exd5 16. exd5 Nh5 (16... b4 $11 {keeps the balance.} 17. axb4 Rxb4) 17. g4 $146 (17. O-O $1 $16) ({Predecessor:} 17. Ne4 Rb7 18. O-O {0-1 (71) Lorparizangeneh,S (2454)-Firouzja,A (2372) Doha 2015}) 17... Nf6 $11 {[%cal Rd7g4]} 18. h3 b4 19. axb4 Rxb4 20. O-O c5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 21. dxc6 $1 Nxc6 22. Ncb5 {And now Nxc6 would win.} Nxd4 23. Nxd4 Nd5 24. Bf2 Be5 {aiming for ...Bf4.} 25. Nc2 (25. Rce1 $11) 25... Nf4 $1 $17 {[%cal Rf4e2]} 26. Qxb4 {Hoping for Bc4.} (26. Nxb4 $2 {loses.} Nxe2+ 27. Kg2 (27. Qxe2 $2 Bh2+ 28. Kxh2 Qxe2 $19) 27... Bf4 $19) 26... Nxe2+ 27. Kg2 Nxc1 ({Better is} 27... Nf4+ $17 28. Kh1 Qa8) 28. Rxc1 $15 Qa8 {Threatens to win with ...Rc8.} 29. Nd4 Rb8 30. Qc4 Rc8 31. Qf1 Qa2 32. Qe2 Qxe2 33. Rxc8+ Bxc8 34. Nxe2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} Kf8 (34... Ba6 $5 {[%cal Ra6e2]} 35. Nd4 Kf8 $15) 35. f4 Bb7+ 36. Kg3 Bb2 37. b4 Ke7 38. Bd4 Ba3 39. Bc3 {[#]} (39. b5 $15) 39... Ke6 $1 $17 40. Kf2 {[#]} (40. b5 $17 {was called for.}) 40... Kd5 $1 $19 41. Ke3 Kc4 42. Be1 Bb2 ({Don't take} 42... Bxb4 43. Bxb4 Kxb4 44. Kd4 $17) 43. b5 (43. Bh4 {might work better.}) 43... d5 {[%cal Bd6d5,Bd5d4][%mdl 32]} ({Don't do} 43... Kxb5 44. Kd3 $19) 44. b6 $2 (44. Kd2) 44... d4+ {Black is clearly winning.} 45. Kd2 d3 46. Nc1 Bc3+ 47. Ke3 Bxe1 48. Nxd3 Bc3 {Precision: White = 33%, Black = 51%.} 0-1

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sakalauskas, Vaidas"]
[Black "Krivonosov, Oleg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2344"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 4. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:51]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 5. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 6. e3 {[%emt 0:08:05]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:14]} 7. Nf3 {[%emt 0:03:14]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jankovskis, Guntis"]
[Black "Krupenski, Juri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,68,-14,-9,-33,0,-17,-3,-12,6,12,31,10,30,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-11,-5,-17,-6,-10,-11,-21,0,-25,8,0,0,-6,0,0,0,0,15,31,22,0,52,37,45,58,82,87,74,0,141,142,139,137,163,147,145,91,100,0,162]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. a4 e6 (3... Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. d3 Rb8 7. f4 d6 8. h3 b5 9. axb5 axb5 10. Nf3 b4 11. Nd5 e6 {0-1 (42) Larino Nieto,D (2491)-Salgado Lopez,I (2614) Linares 2013}) 4. g3 d5 5. d3 d4 6. Nce2 {B23: Closed Sicilian: Lines without g3} e5 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. f4 g6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Bd6 9. Nf3 Nge7 10. O-O f6 11. c3 {1-0 (24) Ianovsky,A (2248)-Aveskulov,V (2413) Kharkov 2004}) 9. Nf3 Bg7 10. O-O Nge7 {[%cal Bg8e7,Be7c6,Bc6e5][%mdl 32]} 11. Bd2 O-O 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. fxe5 Nc6 14. b3 Nxe5 15. h3 b6 16. Nf4 Bb7 17. Qe2 Qd6 18. g4 b5 19. g5 Rfe8 (19... bxa4 {is more complex.} 20. Rxa4 Rae8 21. Raa1 f6 22. gxf6 Bxf6 23. Rab1 Qc7) 20. axb5 axb5 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. exd5 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 f5 24. gxf6 Bxf6 25. Rf1 Re7 (25... Qd8 $11) 26. Bf4 Qd7 27. Qf2 {[#] And now Bxe5 would win.} Bg7 28. Qg3 Re8 29. Re1 ({White should play} 29. h4 $16) 29... Qd6 (29... Nf7 $1 $11) 30. Kh1 $16 Re7 31. Re4 b4 32. Re1 Bf6 33. Rf1 (33. h4 $142) 33... Bg7 34. Re1 (34. Ra1 $16 {Threatens to win with Ra8+.} Re8 35. Re1) 34... Bf6 $1 {Precision: White = 57%, Black = 34%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vaicekauskas, Gytis"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2207"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,82,41,45,45,38,54,57,47,26,25,-2,18,7,10,-16,-2,-64,-75,-72,-50,-296,-281,-282,-297,-303,-135,-149,-126,-128,-122,-122,-122,-113,-117,-126,-116,-125,-100,-133,-106,-150,-127,-156,-167,-224,-225,-210,-218,-209,-212,-328,-339,-337,-338,-353,-320,-333,-320,-402,-402,-556,-550,-560,-412,-551,-536]} 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 6. c3 Nd7 7. Nf3 g6 8. Bc4 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 {LiveBook: 14 Games} Re8 {B01: Scandinavian Defence} 11. Nbd2 (11. Bg5 Nf8 12. Nbd2 Be6 13. Bh4 Qb6 14. Bb3 Rad8 15. Ne4 Nf4 16. Nc5 Bxb3 17. axb3 N8e6 18. Nxe6 Nxe6 {0-1 (37) Bologan,V (2681)-Mamedyarov,S (2764) Beijing 2012}) 11... b6 12. Ne4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Bb3 Bb7 13. Ne4 Qc7 14. Bxd5 cxd5 15. Ng3 Nf6 16. Ne5 {0-1 (29) Prokhorov,A (2238)-Ivanov,O (2491) Alushta 2010}) 12... Bb7 {White is slightly better.} 13. a4 Qc7 14. Bd2 Rad8 15. Qb3 h6 16. Ng3 e6 17. Re2 (17. Ne4 $11) 17... c5 $15 18. Bd3 cxd4 19. Nxd4 $2 {[#]} (19. cxd4 $15 Nf4 20. Bxf4 Qxf4 21. Be4) 19... Nc5 $19 20. Qc2 Nxd3 21. Qxd3 a6 (21... e5 $19 {has better winning chances.} 22. c4 Nf6) 22. Rae1 $17 Nf4 23. Bxf4 Qxf4 24. Qe3 Qxe3 25. fxe3 e5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is on the roll.} 26. Nf3 Bc6 27. Ra1 f5 28. Kf2 Bf8 29. a5 b5 {[%cal Bb6b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 30. Ke1 b4 31. Rd1 (31. c4 {was worth a try.}) 31... Rxd1+ $19 32. Kxd1 bxc3 33. bxc3 Bc5 34. e4 (34. Nf1 $142) 34... f4 35. Nf1 Bb5 36. N1d2 Bxe2+ 37. Kxe2 Kf7 38. Kd3 Kf6 39. Kc4 Be3 40. Nf1 Rc8+ 41. Kb3 Rb8+ {Precision: White = 31%, Black = 58%.} 0-1

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Neiksans, Arturs"]
[Black "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,49,53,47,50,71,60,79,91,97,106,162,125,127,115,202,193,210,190,1154,250,1145,1120,1135,682,677,675,1637,1633]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8. Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 e5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O b6 12. Qd2 Bb7 {LiveBook: 10 Games. B39: Sicilian: Maroczy Bind with 5...Bg7 and 7...Ng4} 13. Rad1 f5 (13... Rc8 14. b3 Ne6 15. Nb5 Ra8 16. Nd6 Bc6 17. b4 Qe7 18. c5 bxc5 19. bxc5 Rfb8 20. Bc4 {½-½ (45) Buhmann,R (2582)-Stanec,N (2536) Vienna 2011}) 14. exf5 gxf5 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 14... Qh4 15. Bxd4 gxf5 16. Be3 f4 17. Be4 Bxe4 18. Nxe4 fxe3 19. Qxe3 Rf7 20. Nd6 {1-0 (28) Gonzalez,B-Mattiaccio,H Argentina 1980}) 15. f4 d6 16. Nd5 Qd7 (16... Kh8 $16 {was worth a try.}) 17. fxe5 $18 dxe5 18. Bxd4 $1 exd4 {[#]} (18... Bxd5 $16 19. Bc5 (19. cxd5 exd4 20. Qe2 Kh8 $16) 19... Be6 20. Bxf8 Qd4+ 21. Qf2 Qxf2+ 22. Kxf2 Rxf8) 19. Bxf5 $1 Qd6 {[#]} (19... Rxf5 $2 20. Rxf5 Kh8 21. Rdf1 $18) 20. Qd3 $1 b5 $2 (20... Bxd5 21. Bxh7+ (21. cxd5 h6 $18) 21... Kh8) 21. Bxh7+ Kh8 22. Bg6 {White wants to mate with Qh3+.White is clearly winning.} Qe6 23. Rfe1 {[%cal Bf1e1,Be1e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} Qg4 {Strongly threatening ...bxc4.} 24. Re4 Qg5 {[#]} 25. Re5 $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 100%, Black = 40%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kveinys, Aloyzas"]
[Black "Kulaots, Kaido"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,22,4,29]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 g6 8. b3 Bg7 9. Bb2 Nf6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. O-O Nxd4 {LiveBook: 3 Games. B52: Sicilian: Moscow Variation with 3...Bd7} (11... Rac8 12. Re1 Rfd8 13. Nd5 Ne8 14. Qd2 e6 15. Ne3 Nf6 16. Qc2 d5 17. e5 Nh5 18. Rad1 Qe7 19. g3 Rb8 20. Bc3 Qa3 21. Rd3 a5 22. Red1 Qc5 23. Qd2 Rdc8 {½-½ (23) Yu,Y (2725)-Lu,S (2607) Shenzhen 2016}) {Predecessor:} 12. Qxd4 $146 Ng4 13. Qd2 Rac8 14. h3 Nf6 15. Rfe1 a6 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. Re2 Rfe8 18. Rde1 Nd7 19. Kh1 {½-½ (75) Rooze,J (2301)-Schoene,M (2278) Germany 2015} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kantans, Toms"]
[Black "Ladva, Ottomar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,63,19,16,114,111,129,115,122,125,127,125,126,129,116,99,91,94,151,132,185,186,183,180,243,254,385,389,369,368,370,351,820,575,1863,1844,29975,29976,29984,29977,29977,29974]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3 Bf5 9. Re1 Nxc3 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} 10. bxc3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 O-O 12. Rb1 (12. Re2 Qd7 13. Bf4 a6 14. Rae1 Rae8 15. h3 Bd8 16. Bg3 Rxe2 17. Rxe2 {½-½ (42) Radjabov,T (2710)-Wei,Y (2707) Doha 2016}) 12... b6 13. c4 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Bf6 (13... Qd6 $11) 14. Ba3 $146 Re8 15. Rxe8+ Qxe8 16. cxd5 {Re1 is the strong threat.} Na5 17. Bb4 Qa4 18. a3 Rd8 19. Bxa5 Qxa5 20. c4 Qa6 (20... Re8 $142) 21. Ne5 Bxe5 (21... g6 $16 22. Nc6 Re8) 22. dxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Qa5 23. g3 c6 {[#]} (23... Qc5 {was called for.} 24. Rb5 Qe7) 24. Rd1 $1 $18 b5 (24... g6 $142 25. f4 b5) 25. d6 {[%cal Bd5d6,Bd6d7][%mdl 32]} bxc4 26. Qxc4 Qxe5 27. Qxc6 Qe6 $2 (27... Qa5 28. d7 g6) 28. Qc7 Qd7 29. Rb1 {White wants to mate with Qxd7.} Qe8 {[#]} 30. d7 $1 {White mates.} Qe7 31. Kf1 Qf8 32. Re1 {Precision: White = 98%, Black = 29%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kanep, Meelis"]
[Black "Meskovs, Nikita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,92,30,30,56,56,62,51,53,56,61,56,54,52,42,37,43,50,46,30,36,36,31,27,20,0,0,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-35,-43,-39,-29,-57,-51,-56,-57,-53,-58,-60,-49,-73,-69,-103,-87,-118,-127,-131,-130,-179,-171,-163,-163,-166,-166,-229,-156,-228,-180,-191,-154,-197,-143,-189,-185,-871,-838,-1135,-1063,-1021,-1015]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. d4 b5 5. a4 b4 6. c4 {A46: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 e6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} bxc3 7. Nxc3 Nbd7 8. O-O {LiveBook: 21 Games. White has an edge.} Rb8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Be7 9. Bf4 a6 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. e4 c6 13. exd5 cxd5 14. h4 O-O {½-½ (41) Wang,Y (2716)-Timofeev,A (2690) Ningbo 2010}) 9. Bf4 a6 10. Qc2 {[#] Strongly threatening Nb5!} Bd6 11. Bxd6 cxd6 12. a5 O-O 13. e3 Ne8 14. Rfb1 Ndf6 15. Bf1 Nc7 16. b4 Bd7 17. Rb2 Rb7 18. Bd3 Qb8 19. Rab1 Rc8 20. Qe2 Nb5 21. Nxb5 Bxb5 22. Bxb5 Rxb5 23. Rc2 g6 (23... Ne4 $5 {[%cal Re4c3]} 24. Rbc1 Rxc2 25. Qxc2 g6 $11) 24. Rxc8+ Qxc8 25. Ne1 Ne4 26. Nd3 (26. Rb2 {seems wilder.} Qc4 27. Nd3 Nc3 28. Qd2 Ne4 29. Qe2) 26... Rb7 27. Rc1 Nc3 28. Qb2 Rc7 29. Kg2 Rc4 30. Qa1 Nb5 31. Qb2 Qc6 32. Kg1 f6 33. f4 Kf7 {[%cal Bg8f7,Bf7e7,Be7d7,Bd7d8][%mdl 32]} 34. Kf2 Nc3 {aiming for ...Nd1+!} 35. Ke1 Ke7 36. Kd2 {[%cal Rc1c3]} Ne4+ 37. Kd1 Qa4+ 38. Ke1 Kd7 39. Ke2 (39. Ra1 $142 Qb5 40. Ra3) 39... Qb5 40. Ke1 (40. Rc2 $17) 40... g5 41. Ke2 Kd8 42. Ke1 h6 ({Better is} 42... gxf4 $19 43. gxf4 Rxc1+ 44. Nxc1 Qc4) 43. Rc2 Qa4 44. Kd1 $2 (44. Rc1) 44... Rc3 $19 {[%cal Bc4c3,Bc3b3,Bb3b1][%mdl 32] Black is clearly winning.} 45. Ne1 Rb3 46. Qc1 {[#]} Rb1 $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 53%, Black = 81%.} 0-1

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Berzinsh, Roland"]
[Black "Volodin, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,39,3,10,-1,-1,0,34,0,0,5,16,40,29,16,8,7,10,11,10,-5,7,13,12,7,30,23,39,33,97,95,88,91]} 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 Bd6 (5... Bb4 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 O-O 8. Bg5 c5 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. Ne2 Rac8 {1-0 (40) Berkes,F (2654)-Harutyunian,T (2523) Minsk 2017}) 6. Bg3 {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines} O-O 7. Nf3 a6 8. a3 {White is slightly better.} dxc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Bxg3 9. hxg3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 b5 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 {1-0 (28) Dieball,A (774)-Ewudzie,B (906) Kiel 2008}) 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. O-O Bxg3 12. hxg3 c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Nd4 Bg6 15. b4 Nce4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Rc1 Qg5 18. Nc6 Rad8 (18... Qf6 $14) 19. Nxd8 $16 Rxd8 20. Qe1 {Precision: White = 62%, Black = 37%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Krivonosov, Oleg"]
[Black "Jankovskis, Guntis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,72,18,22,39,50,37,13,20,15,21,20,17,-20,20,21,28,25,30,6,27,26,25,20,25,0,0,0,16,19,38,23,45,22,30,0,-6,-9,-10,-10,-10,-21,-8,-6,0,-3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 g6 6. d4 {LiveBook: 38 Games. A30: Symmetrical English: Double Fianchetto and Hedgehog} (6. O-O Bg7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bxg2 9. Kxg2 Qc8 10. b3 Qb7+ 11. Kg1 O-O 12. Bb2 Rd8 13. Nf3 Na6 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. Bxg7 Ne3 16. Qd2 Kxg7 17. Qxe3 d5 18. Rac1 Nc5 19. h4 h5 20. b4 {½-½ (48) Radjabov,T (2724)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2762) Dubai 2014}) 6... Ne4 7. Nxe4 Bxe4 8. Be3 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 8. d5 d6 9. O-O Qc8 10. Qa4+ Nd7 11. Qb3 Bg7 12. Bd2 O-O 13. Ne1 Bxg2 14. Nxg2 {½-½ (14) Minko,V (2379)-Fernandez,D (2453) Novi Sad 2016}) 8... Bg7 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. O-O d6 12. Bh6 O-O 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Qe3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 {[#] Hoping for Qc3+.} Rc8 16. Qc3+ Kg8 17. Bxc6 Rxc6 18. e4 Qc7 19. f4 Rb8 20. Rf2 a5 21. Re1 a4 22. Rd2 Rcb6 {The position is equal.} 23. e5 dxe5 24. Rxe5 Rd6 25. Rxd6 exd6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 26. Re2 Qd7 27. Qd3 Re8 28. Re5 Qd8 29. Rxe8+ Qxe8 {KQ-KQ} 30. Kf2 Qe6 31. b3 axb3 32. Qxb3 Qe4 33. a4 Qd4+ 34. Kf3 Qd2 35. h4 h5 36. Qb5 Qd3+ {Precision: White = 59%, Black = 67%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Krupenski, Juri"]
[Black "Malisauskas, Vidmantas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,47,37,35,40,39,41,22,37,39,32,-2,49,39,54,35,41,33,21,24,98,86,87,56,65,69,67,16,13,16,24,0,65,60,119,127,115,130]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. d4 Nd7 7. Bd3 {LiveBook: 15 Games. B11: Caro-Kann: Two Knights Variation} Qb6 (7... dxe4 8. Nxe4 Ngf6 9. c3 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Nf6 11. Qe2 Bd6 12. O-O O-O 13. Re1 Re8 14. Qf3 Qa5 15. Bc4 Qf5 16. Qxf5 exf5 17. Rxe8+ Rxe8 18. Bd2 Ne4 19. Re1 {½-½ (66) Dominguez Perez,L (2723)-Mamedyarov,S (2766) Loo 2013}) 8. exd5 cxd5 9. Ne2 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 9. O-O Ngf6 10. Re1 Be7 11. g4 h6 12. a4 a6 13. Ne2 Rc8 14. a5 Qc7 {½-½ (39) Vega Gutierrez,S (2411)-Hernandez Estevez,Y (2224) Monzon 2016}) 9... Ngf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. b3 e5 (11... O-O $11) 12. Bf5 $14 Qc6 13. c4 (13. Qg3 {is more complex.} g6 14. Bxd7+ Nxd7 15. Bh6 O-O-O 16. Rac1) 13... dxc4 14. Qxc6 bxc6 15. bxc4 exd4 (15... O-O $11) 16. Nxd4 $16 Ne5 17. Bf4 Nxc4 18. Rfe1+ Kf8 19. Rac1 (19. Bg5 $14) 19... Bxf4 $11 20. Rxc4 g6 21. Rxc6 Kg7 ({Black should try} 21... Rd8 $11 22. Nb5 (22. Rxf6 Kg7 $11) 22... Kg7) 22. Re7 $14 Rhe8 (22... Kf8 $14 23. Rb7 Rb8 24. Rc8+ (24. Rxa7 gxf5 25. g3 Be5 $11) 24... Rxc8 25. Bxc8 Bd6) 23. Ne6+ $1 $16 Kg8 24. Rxe8+ {Precision: White = 52%, Black = 31%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Seeman, Tarvo"]
[Black "Sakalauskas, Vaidas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2344"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,72,1,45,42,31,29,50,33,48,37,49,23,19,16,16,20,30,27,32,22,27,20,39,0,37,9,24,9,7,-26,-26,-26,-26,-26,-25,-25,-31,-29,-8,-16,0,-19,-16,-26,-20,-44,-20,-27,-16,-39,-31,-42,-29,-31,-18,-36,-40,-40,-4,-42,-24,-39,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. b3 Nc6 3. Bb2 d6 4. e3 Nf6 5. c4 (5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 e6 7. c4 d5 8. a3 Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Nbd2 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Re1 Rc8 13. Rc1 dxc4 14. bxc4 Re8 15. Nf1 Bf8 16. Ne3 Na5 17. Bb1 Be4 18. Ba2 Qd6 19. Ng4 Qf4 {½-½ (58) Stefanova,A (2507)-Arakhamia Grant,K (2364) Mamaia 2016}) 5... e6 6. Be2 {A04: Unusual lines after 1 Nf3 and King's Indian Attack} Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3 {White is slightly better.} b6 9. d4 cxd4 10. exd4 d5 11. cxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Re1 Bb7 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Bd3 dxc4 14. bxc4 Na5 15. Ne5 Nd7 16. Qe2 Nxe5 17. dxe5 a6 18. Red1 Qc7 19. c5 b5 20. c6 Qxc6 21. Ne4 Nc4 22. Qg4 Rcd8 23. Nd6 h5 24. Qh3 Bxd6 25. exd6 Rxd6 26. Bh7+ Kxh7 {½-½ (26) Koetz,A (2176)-Bank (2197) GER email 2009}) 11... Nxd5 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Rc1 Bb7 14. Bd3 (14. Bb5 $5 {[%cal Rb5c6]} Rc8 15. a3 $14) 14... Rc8 15. Re1 Re8 16. h4 Bf6 (16... Bb4 $5 {[%cal Rb4e1]} 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 $11) 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. Ng5 g6 19. Qf3 (19. Qd2 {feels hotter.} Bg7 20. g3 Qd7 21. Bf1 Re8 22. Bb5) 19... Bxd4 20. Rxc6 $1 Bxb2 21. Rxc8 Bxc8 22. Qxd5 h6 23. Nf3 Be6 24. Qe4 Bd7 25. Qf4 Bc6 26. h5 {Threatens to win with hxg6.} g5 27. Qf5 {[#] Strongly threatening Qh7+.} Qe6 (27... Kf8 {looks sharper.} 28. Qg4 Kg7 29. Nd2 Bd7 30. Qd1 Qe6) 28. Qxe6 fxe6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} 29. Nh2 Kg7 30. Kf1 Be5 31. g3 Bd4 32. Ke2 Be8 33. g4 Bc6 34. Nf1 Kf6 35. Nd2 Ke5 {And now ...Bc3 would win.} 36. Nf3+ Bxf3+ {Precision: White = 48%, Black = 52%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Seeman, Tarvo"]
[Black "Brazdzionis, Andrius"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "173"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,173,61,70,81,72,66,89,83,133,142,135,144,164,124,169,181,185,188,196,177,527,457,344,118,213,77,67,70,62,21,21,4,18,11,20,20,18,-206,-214,-213,-213,-213,-205,-213,-213,-213,-213,-352,-310,-310,-296,-296,-18,-20,-24,-31,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-213,-213,-213,-213,-213,-213,-213,-213,-213,-213,-213,-213,-213,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-213,-213,-213,-213,-213,-213,-213,-213,-213,-213,-213,-213,-213,-213,-213,-213,-213,-213,-213,-213,-213,-213,-213,-213,-213,-213,-213,-213,-213,-213,-213,-206,-414,-414,-404,-374,-374,-356,-338,-330,-338,-323,-323,-323,-323,-323,-277,0,0,0,-12846,-12847,-12850,-29964,-12851,-29965,-12851,-29968,-12851,-29968,-12851,-29957,-12851,-29969,-12851,-12851,-12851,-12851,-12851]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Qd2 c6 6. f4 b5 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Nf3 Nb6 9. O-O O-O 10. Rae1 {B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems} b4 11. Ne2 a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... c5 12. c3 bxc3 13. bxc3 cxd4 14. cxd4 Bb7 15. Ng3 Qd7 16. f5 Rac8 17. Bh6 e5 {0-1 (32) Vovk,Y (2441)-Kryvoruchko,Y (2536) Lvov 2004}) 12. Ng3 {White is better.} Ba6 13. f5 c5 14. Bxa6 $1 Rxa6 15. Qe2 Qc8 16. e5 $1 {[%cal Re5f6]} Nfd5 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. f6 {[#]} d5 $2 (18... Bxf6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 19. exf6 Ned5) 19. fxg7 (19. fxe7 Re8 $11) 19... Kxg7 20. Kh1 $2 (20. Ng5 $18 {is the precise move to win.}) 20... h6 (20... Na8 $16 {might work better.}) 21. dxc5 (21. e6 $1 $18) 21... Nd7 $16 {[%cal Bb6d7,Bd7c5,Bc5e6,Be6g7][%mdl 32]} 22. Nd4 Nxc5 23. Rf6 Ne6 $1 24. Ref1 {Threatening Qf3.} (24. c3 $5) 24... Ng8 $1 {[%cal Rg8f6]} 25. Ngf5+ gxf5 26. Nxf5+ Kh7 $1 {[#]} ({Of course not} 26... Kh8 27. Nxh6 Nxf6 28. Rxf6 $16) 27. Qh5 $2 ({Reject} 27. Nd6 Rxd6 28. Rxf7+ Rxf7 $15) (27. Qe3 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512] and White is okay.} Ng5 28. Qd3 Rxf6 29. Ne7+ Kh8 30. Nxc8 Rxf1+ 31. Qxf1 Rxc8 32. h4) 27... Ng7 $1 $19 {[%cal Rg7h5]} ({Weaker is} 27... Nxf6 28. Qxh6+ Kg8 29. Ne7#) 28. Rxf7 Rxf7 29. Qxf7 {[%csl Gf5][%cal Rf7g7]} Rg6 30. Nxg7 Rxg7 31. Qxd5 Qxc2 {White must now prevent ...Ne7.} 32. h3 (32. Rg1 {was worth a try.}) 32... Qxb2 33. e6 Qc2 34. Rf7 {intending Rxg7+.} Qg6 $2 (34... Ne7 $19 35. Qf3 Qc1+ 36. Kh2 Qc7+ 37. Kh1 Qc1+ 38. Kh2 Qc7+ 39. Kh1 Qe5 40. Qd3+ Ng6 41. Rxg7+ Qxg7) 35. Rxg7+ $1 $11 Kxg7 36. Qxa5 Qxe6 37. Qxb4 Qxa2 38. Qg4+ Kf8 39. Qc8+ Kf7 40. Qb7+ $2 (40. Qc7+ $1 $11 {and White stays safe.} Ne7 41. Qf4+ Ke8 42. Qxh6) 40... Ne7 $19 41. Qf3+ Kg7 $1 42. Qc3+ Kh7 $1 43. Qd3+ Ng6 $1 44. Qd7+ Kg8 45. Qc8+ Kg7 46. Qc3+ Kf7 $1 47. Qc7+ Kg8 48. Qc8+ Nf8 49. Qg4+ Kf7 {Hoping for ...Qa1+.} 50. Qf4+ Kg7 {...Qd5 is the strong threat.} 51. Qe5+ Kh7 {Strongly threatening ...Qa7.} 52. Qf5+ Ng6 $2 (52... Kg7 $11 53. Qe5+ Kg6 54. Qe4+ Kg7 55. Qe5+) 53. Qd7+ {[#]} Kh8 $1 54. Qd4+ Kg8 55. Qd8+ Nf8 56. Kh2 Qf2 57. Qb8 Kg7 58. Qe5+ Qf6 59. Qc7+ Kg6 60. Qg3+ Kf7 61. Qc7+ Kg8 62. Qb8 Qc6 63. Qe5 Qe6 64. Qb8 Qf6 65. Qg3+ Kh7 66. Qd3+ Ng6 67. Qd7+ Qe7 68. Qd3 Qe5+ 69. g3 $2 (69. Kh1 {was necessary.}) 69... h5 70. Kg2 Qb2+ 71. Kg1 Qb6+ 72. Kg2 Qc6+ 73. Kg1 Qc5+ 74. Kg2 Kh6 75. Qd2+ Qg5 76. Qf2 Nh4+ $2 (76... Qe7 $19 {Threatens to win with ...Qe5.} 77. Qc2 Ne5) 77. Kh2 $11 Nf5 {[#] And now ...Ne7 would win.} 78. Qe1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (78. g4 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]}) 78... Qe3 $19 79. Qxe3+ Nxe3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KN-KPP} 80. Kg1 Kg5 (80... Kg6 $19 81. Kf2 Nd5) 81. Kf2 Nc4 82. Kf3 Ne5+ (82... Nd6 $19 83. Ke3 Nf5+ 84. Kf3 Ng7) 83. Ke4 Ng6 (83... Nf7 $19 84. Ke3 Kf6) 84. Kf3 Kf6 85. Ke4 Ke6 86. Kd4 Ne7 87. Ke4 {Precision: White = 53%, Black = 61%.} 0-1

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Brazdzionis, Andrius"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 4. f4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 5. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:07]} 6. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 7. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 8. e5 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Ng4 {[%emt 0:03:15]} 9. Bg1 {[%emt 0:13:30]} c5 {[%emt 0:08:00]} 10. dxc5 {[%emt 0:02:53]} dxe5 {[%emt 0:01:48]} 11. h3 {[%emt 0:15:31]} e4 {[%emt 0:04:24]} 12. hxg4 {[%emt 0:00:49]} exf3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 13. O-O-O {[%emt 0:06:05]} Qxd2+ {[%emt 0:16:02]} 14. Rxd2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} fxg2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 15. Bxg2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bxg2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 16. Rxg2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 17. f5 {[%emt 0:15:21]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:12:28]} 18. Rgh2 {[%emt 0:07:54]} bxc5 {[%emt 0:14:59]} 19. Bxc5 {[%emt 0:02:01]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 20. fxg6 {[%emt 0:05:24]} fxg6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 21. Re2 {[%emt 0:00:28]} e5 {[%emt 0:09:31]} 22. Ne4 {[%emt 0:01:35]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:03:56]} 23. c3 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:04:36]} 24. b4 {[%emt 0:03:45]} Nb8 {[%emt 0:04:12]} 25. Kb2 {[%emt 0:01:42]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:07:39]} 26. Rd1 {[%emt 0:01:51]} Rdc8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 27. Be3 {[%emt 0:08:18]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:04:06]} 28. Nxf6+ {[%emt 0:01:58]} Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 29. Rd6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 30. Ra6 {[%emt 0:05:12]} Rxc3 {[%emt 0:01:47]} 31. Rxa7+ {[%emt 0:01:31]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 32. Ra6 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:01:29]} 33. Rxg6 {[%emt 0:01:29]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 34. Rd6 {[%emt 0:00:25]} e4 {[%emt 0:01:28]} 35. Bd4 {[%emt 0:05:22]} Rd3 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 36. Rxe4 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Rxd4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 37. Rexd4 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Rc4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 38. Kb3 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Rxd4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 39. Rxd4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 40. Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bf2 {[%emt 0:01:14]} 41. a4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 42. a5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kg5 {[%emt 0:01:08]} 43. b5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Kxg4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 44. b6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 45. Kb5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kg3 {[%emt 0:04:22]} 46. a6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Bxb6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 47. Kxb6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} h4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 48. a7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Klabis, Rokas"]
[Black "Stremavicius, Titas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2348"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,76,27,28,20,42,23,23,31,29,25,60,44,161,164,161,175,208,215,232,238,279,274,277,287,259,188,206,211,213,185,189,154,153,156,197,204,216,218,225,214,348,339,426,415,433,427,496,501,539,627,1633,1633,1341,1077,1527,1308,2195,2019,997,498,12831,1516,12835,2494,29999]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f3 c6 5. Be3 b5 6. Qd2 Nbd7 7. h4 Nb6 {LiveBook: 19 Games. B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems} 8. Nh3 (8. b3 Qc7 9. a4 b4 10. Nd1 a5 11. Nb2 Bg7 12. Bh6 Bxh6 13. Qxh6 c5 14. d5 Bd7 15. Nc4 Nxc4 16. Bxc4 {0-1 (43) Stefanova,A (2505)-Onischuk,V (2613) Almaty 2016}) 8... Qc7 9. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Bh6 Nc4 10. Bxc4 bxc4 11. Bxf8 Rxf8 12. Qe2 Ba6 13. e5 dxe5 14. Qxe5 O-O-O 15. Qxc7+ Kxc7 {½-½ (72) Sofieva,A (2345)-Abbasov,F (2298) Baku 2000}) 9... Nc4 {White has an edge.} 10. Bxc4 $1 bxc4 11. Nf4 Rb8 12. e5 Ng8 (12... dxe5 $14 13. dxe5 Qxe5) 13. exd6 $18 Qxd6 14. d5 $36 {[%cal Bd4d5,Bd5c6][%mdl 2080] White is really pushing.} Nf6 15. dxc6 ({Don't play} 15. Bxa7 $6 Rb7 $16) 15... Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Bh6 17. g4 Bxg4 18. fxg4 Nxg4 19. Nfd5 Nxe3 20. Nxe3 Rc8 21. h5 Rxc6 22. hxg6 hxg6 23. Ke2 Re6 24. Ncd5 Kf8 25. Kf3 Re5 26. Rae1 Kg7 (26... f5 $142 27. Nc7 c3) 27. Nxe7 Rxe7 {[#]} 28. Nf5+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} gxf5 29. Rxe7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} Rb8 30. Rxa7 Rxb2 31. Rg1+ Kf8 32. Ra8+ Ke7 33. Re1+ Kd7 34. Ra7+ Kd8 35. Rh1 Rb6 36. Rxf7 (36. a5 $142 Rc6 37. a6) 36... Ra6 (36... Re6 $142 37. Rxf5 Re3+ 38. Kf2 Re6 39. Rd5+ Kc7 40. Rc5+ Kb7) 37. Rh7 (37. Rb1 $142 Ke8 38. Rh7) 37... Bf8 38. Rb1 {[%cal Rb1b8] [#]} Rxa4 39. Rb8# {Precision: White = 80%, Black = 25%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Garanin, Aleksei"]
[Black "Miezis, Normunds"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2220"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,50,12,12,47,41,48,33,54,37,33,33,57,6,24,-27,-41,-66,-59,-55,-38,-201,-199,-227,-241,-216,-241,-311,-305,-339,-331,-572,-605,-605,-582,-734,-731,-723,-712,-710,-703]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Qc2 Ne4 {E11: Bogo-Indian} 8. O-O Nc6 9. Rd1 Bd7 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 9... f5 10. Bc3 Bd7 11. Nbd2 Be8 12. Bxb4 axb4 13. Nb3 Qf6 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Nc5 Nxc5 16. dxc5 {½-½ (56) Oms Pallisse,J (2511)-Giorgadze,G (2607) Olite 2006}) 10. Nc3 Nxd2 11. Rxd2 Be8 12. Rc1 (12. cxd5 $14 exd5 13. Ne5) 12... a4 13. Qd1 (13. cxd5 $142 exd5 14. Ne5) 13... dxc4 $11 14. a3 Bxc3 15. Rxc3 Na5 16. Qb1 $2 {[#]} (16. Ne5 $15) 16... b5 $19 17. Rd1 Ra6 {[%cal Ba8a6,Ba6d6,Bd6d5][%mdl 32]} 18. e4 Rd6 19. e5 Rd5 20. h4 {With the idea Ng5.} h6 21. Ng5 $2 {[#]} (21. Re1) 21... hxg5 {Black is clearly winning.} 22. Bxd5 Qxd5 23. hxg5 Nb3 24. f3 Nxd4 25. Kg2 Qxe5 {Precision: White = 12%, Black = 61%.} 0-1

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vaicekauskas, Gytis"]
[Black "Shishkov, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2207"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,70,-2,4,-9,0,-19,-13,-42,-25,-45,-35,-34,-37,-91,-65,-64,-69,-119,-127,-182,-112,-123,-128,-121,-118,-125,-109,-118,-114,-107,-113,-104,-66,-170,-135,-133,-131,-118,-106,-97,-107,-177,-177,-468,-470,-459,-336,-368,-354,-358,-349,-356,-340,-641,-636,-955,-949,-918,-895,-867,-916,-1911,-1824]} 1. e4 c5 2. Na3 (2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bd7 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3 O-O 9. Qd2 a5 10. a4 Na6 11. Bb5 Be6 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Nb4 {½-½ (37) Anand,V (2786)-Carlsen,M (2832) Stavanger 2017}) 2... b6 3. d3 Bb7 4. Nf3 g6 5. c3 Bg7 6. Bf4 {B31: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5 g6} d6 7. Qd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. Be2 Nd7 8. h3 Ngf6 9. Rb1 O-O {0-1 (29) Larsen,B (1804)-Andersen,M (2385) Borup 2010}) 7... e5 8. Be3 {The position is equal.} (8. Bg5 $5 {[%cal Rg5d8]} f6 9. Be3 $15) 8... Nf6 9. h3 Nc6 10. Bh6 O-O 11. c4 (11. h4 $15) 11... a6 12. Be2 Nh5 13. g3 f5 14. Nh4 {[#]} (14. exf5 $17 {keeps fighting.} Nb4 15. O-O) 14... Nd4 ({Better is} 14... Nf4 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 15. Bxg7 (15. gxf4 Bxh6) 15... Kxg7) 15. Bxh5 $17 gxh5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qe3 Qf6 {Strongly threatening ...fxe4.} 18. O-O-O Qh6 {And now ...fxe4 would win.} 19. Rd2 fxe4 (19... Rf6 {looks sharper.} 20. Qxh6+ Kxh6 21. Re1 fxe4 22. dxe4 Bc8) 20. dxe4 Rf6 21. g4 (21. Re1 $15) 21... hxg4 22. hxg4 {[#] Threatens to win with g5.} Qxe3 23. fxe3 Bxe4 24. g5 Rf7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is on the roll.} 25. Re1 (25. Rg1 $17 {was necessary.}) 25... Nc6 $19 {aiming for ...Nb4.} ({And not} 25... Nf3 26. Nxf3 Rxf3 27. Rxd6 $11) 26. Rxd6 $2 (26. Red1) 26... Nb4 27. Kd2 Nxa2 28. g6 Rf2+ 29. Re2 Rxe2+ 30. Kxe2 hxg6 {[%cal Bh7g6,Bg6g5][%mdl 32]} 31. Rxb6 $2 (31. Rd7+ Kh6 32. Nf3) 31... g5 {Black is clearly winning.} 32. Nf3 Nc1+ 33. Kd2 Bxf3 34. Kxc1 g4 35. Nc2 Rd8 {Precision: White = 27%, Black = 57%.} 0-1

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kulaots, Kaido"]
[Black "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,53,27,35,33,35,37,39,33,49,43,45,29,19,27,30,0,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-17,-21,-45,-31,-52,-41,-42,-18,-23,-22,-41,-35,-32,0,0,8,2,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Bg6 7. Nbd2 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} Nh6 8. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Be7 9. a5 {White is slightly better.} O-O 10. Nb3 f6 11. c4 Nf7 {[%cal Rf6e5]} 12. cxd5 cxd5 {[%cal Rf6e5]} 13. Nh4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Bf4 Rc8 {1-0 (39) Shankland,S (2676)-Ivanchuk,V (2738) Matanzas 2017}) 13... Be4 14. f3 fxe5 15. fxe4 Bxh4 16. exd5 exd5 17. dxe5 Ndxe5 18. Nd4 Qd7 19. Bb5 Qe7 20. Qb3 Qc5 21. Be3 {[#] aiming for Nf5.} Nc4 (21... Ng4 $5 {[%cal Rh4g5]} 22. Nf5 Nxe3 23. Qxe3 Qxe3+ 24. Nxe3 Nd6 $17) 22. Bxc4 dxc4 23. Qxb7 Rae8 $1 {[%cal Re8e3]} 24. b4 cxb3 25. Qxb3 {[#] Strongly threatening Nf5.The position is equal.} Bf6 {White must now prevent ...Rxe3.} 26. Ra4 {And now Ne6 would win.} Rb8 27. Qd3 {Precision: White = 59%, Black = 70%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ladva, Ottomar"]
[Black "Klabis, Rokas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2348"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,81,0,0,0,9,0,7,-15,-14,-30,34,33,35,0,14,7,44,41,41,44,36,48,177,89,99,104,104,78,87,77,132,24,102,6,120,117,141,144,202,174,178,187,213,189,190,183,228,229,309,311,306,280,373,372,883,883,1388,1402,5891,5508,29995,29996,29997,20]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. c4 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Na3 Bxa3 10. bxa3 Ba6 11. Qd2 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7} Rb8 12. Qa5 Qc8 13. a4 {The position is equal.} Rd8 14. Ba3 {[#]} Nd5 $146 (14... Rxd4 $11 15. Bc5 Rd8) ({Predecessor:} 14... Rxd4 15. Rfb1 Rb6 16. Bc5 Rd7 17. Rd1 h6 18. Rxd7 Nxd7 19. Bxb6 cxb6 {1-0 (38) So,W (2771)-Nakamura,H (2791) Saint Louis 2016}) 15. e4 Nb6 16. Bc5 c3 17. Rfc1 Bd3 18. Qxc3 Qa6 19. a5 Na4 20. Qa3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Nb2 (20... Qxa5 $14 21. Qxd3 Nxc5) 21. Rc3 (21. d5 $1 $18) 21... Nc4 $16 22. Qc1 $1 Nd6 23. Qe3 Bb5 24. Bb4 Nc4 (24... h6 $142) 25. Qg5 (25. Qc1 $1 $16) 25... h6 {[#]} (25... Rxd4 $11 26. Rcc1 Ne5) 26. Qe7 ({White must play} 26. Qc1 $1 $16) 26... Nd6 (26... Re8 $11 {keeps the balance.} 27. Qh4 (27. Qxc7 Rbc8 $14) 27... Nb2) 27. Qxc7 Ne8 28. Qe5 Be2 (28... Rb7 $16 {keeps fighting.} 29. Rac1 Nf6) 29. Be7 Rdc8 30. a4 Rb7 31. Ba3 Nf6 32. Rac1 Rd8 {[#]} 33. h3 $1 ({Don't do} 33. Rxc6 $6 Qd3 $16) 33... Rbd7 34. Rxc6 Qd3 35. Bb2 Qb3 {[#]} 36. d5 $1 exd5 $2 (36... Rb7 37. Ba1 (37. dxe6 Qxb2 38. exf7+ Kf8 $18) 37... Rbd7 38. dxe6 fxe6 39. Rxe6 Rd1+ 40. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 41. Kh2 Rxa1 42. Rxf6 gxf6 43. Qxa1 Qf7) 37. exd5 $18 Bd3 38. Rxf6 Rxd5 39. Bxd5 Rxd5 40. Rc8+ Kh7 {[#]} 41. Rh8+ $1 {[%mdl 32768] Precision: White = 46%, Black = 21%. . Loss on Time!?} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kveinys, Aloyzas"]
[Black "Neiksans, Arturs"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,16,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2 c6 {Predecessor:} 9. Rd1 $146 b6 10. b3 a5 11. Bc3 Ne4 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe4 f5 14. Bxd5 exd5 15. dxe5 f4 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Bd4 Ba6 18. Qc6 Bxe2 {½-½ (28) Ding,L (2773)-Giri,A (2785) Moscow 2017} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Volodin, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Kantans, Toms"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,144,7,31,0,29,41,42,0,0,-10,11,0,18,12,16,18,12,23,31,-16,-14,-60,-70,-84,-75,-82,-73,-66,-81,-74,-64,-77,-73,-54,-47,-60,-60,-107,-102,-109,-109,-105,-119,-102,-47,-47,0,0,84,100,193,178,203,185,174,172,170,161,151,83,76,67,95,8,7,5,5,5,7,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,-1,0,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,-7,-8,0,-6,-7,-8,-8,-8,-5,-7,-7,-9,-9,-10,-5,-11,-6,-8,-3,-2,-5,-3,-5,-5,0,-6,-6,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. O-O dxc4 7. Na3 c3 8. bxc3 c5 9. Qb3 Nc6 10. Rd1 Na5 11. Qb2 {D77: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0: Replies other than 6...c6} Bd7 12. Ne5 Ba4 13. Re1 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 13. Rd3 Nd7 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. dxc5 Qc7 16. Qb4 Bc6 17. Nb5 Bxb5 18. Qxb5 Rac8 {1-0 (26) Georgiev,K (2632)-Drenchev,P (2487) Kozloduy 2014}) 13... Rc8 14. e4 Ne8 15. Bf4 b6 (15... b5 $5) 16. Rac1 Nd6 17. Qe2 e6 18. h4 Qe7 19. Nb1 f6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 20. Nf3 e5 21. dxe5 fxe5 22. Bg5 Qe6 23. Na3 h6 24. Be3 Rcd8 25. Nh2 Nac4 26. Nxc4 Nxc4 27. Nf1 Rd6 28. h5 gxh5 29. Qxh5 Nb2 $1 30. Rb1 Nd3 31. Re2 Be8 (31... Qc4 $1 $17 32. Bh3 Qxc3) 32. Qh4 $15 b5 33. Rd2 Bc6 (33... c4 $11) 34. Rbd1 $1 $16 Qc4 {[#]} (34... c4 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 35. Nh2 $1 $18 Qxc3 36. Ng4 c4 37. Nxh6+ Bxh6 38. Bxh6 Rff6 {[#]} 39. Bg5 ({White should play} 39. Be3 $1) 39... Rf7 $16 40. Be3 Qa5 $1 41. Bf1 (41. Bc5 $16 Rh7 42. Rxd3 (42. Bxd6 Rxh4 43. gxh4 Qc3 $17) 42... Rxd3 43. Qg4+ Rg7 44. Qc8+ Kh7 45. Rxd3 cxd3 46. Qxc6) 41... Qd8 $11 {aiming for ...Qxh4.The position is equal.} 42. Qxd8+ Rxd8 43. Bxd3 cxd3 44. Rxd3 Rxd3 45. Rxd3 Bxe4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 46. Rd8+ Kg7 47. g4 Bf3 48. Kh2 Bxg4 49. Ra8 Be6 50. a3 Kg6 {And now ...Rh7+ would win.} 51. Rxa7 Rf8 52. Kg3 Kf5 53. Bc5 Rc8 54. Bb4 Bd5 55. Rh7 Rg8+ 56. Kh3 Kf4 57. Rh6 Rg1 {[%cal Rg1h1]} 58. Bd2+ Ke4 59. Kh2 Ra1 60. Bb4 Kf3 (60... Kf5 $5 {[%cal Ra1h1]} 61. Rb6 Rh1+ 62. Kg3 Rg1+ 63. Kh2 Rd1 $11) 61. Bc5 Kf4 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Ra1h1]} (61... Rc1 $5 {[%cal Rc1c5]} 62. Be3 Rc3 $15) 62. Rf6+ Kg5 63. Be7 {Threatens to win with Rd6+.} Kg4 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Ra1h1]} 64. Rg6+ Kf4 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Ra1h1]} 65. Rf6+ Kg4 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Ra1h1]} 66. Rg6+ Kf3 67. Rf6+ Ke2 68. Rf5 Rh1+ 69. Kg3 Rg1+ 70. Kh4 Rh1+ 71. Kg5 Bc4 72. Rxe5+ Kxf2 {Precision: White = 66%, Black = 52%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Meskovs, Nikita"]
[Black "Berzinsh, Roland"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 28,93,-6,-8,-8,-23,-18,-26,-18,-38,-30,-17,-36,-34,-33,-69,-14,-28,-15,-12,-15,-11,-15,-22,0,-6,0,-15,-27,-66,-46,-65,-33,-26,-26,-26,-33,-30,0,0,0,-68,-69,-69,-72,-132,-123,-198,-192,-150,-106,-332,-146,-141,-19,-31,12,8,550,547,814,831,819,811,802,782,29992,29993]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. d3 d6 8. a3 a5 9. Rb1 Re8 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 Bg7 14. b5 Ne7 15. Qb3 Be6 {A26: English Opening vs King's Indian with ...Nc6 and d3} (15... c6 16. Rfd1 d5 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. d4 e4 19. Ne1 Be6 20. Nc2 Rc8 21. Na4 b6 22. Nb4 Qd6 23. e3 {0-1 (49) Fridman,D (2667)-Shirov,A (2708) Warsaw 2012}) 16. Nd5 c6 17. Nxe7+ Rxe7 {Black has an edge.} 18. Ne1 {[%cal Bf3e1,Be1c2,Bc2b4][%mdl 32]} d5 19. Nc2 {[#]} e4 $146 {[%mdl 512]} ({Predecessor:} 19... Qd6 20. bxc6 bxc6 21. Qb4 Qd8 22. Qc5 Rc7 {½-½ (22) Georgiev,V (2501)-Antonio,R (2507) Bled 2002}) 20. bxc6 (20. dxe4 dxc4) 20... bxc6 21. Nb4 Qd6 (21... Rb7 $15 22. Qc2 exd3 23. Qxd3 dxc4) 22. c5 Qc7 23. dxe4 dxe4 24. Qc2 Bf5 {[%cal Be6f5,Bf5g4,Bg4e2][%mdl 32]} 25. e3 Ra3 {[%cal Ba8a3,Ba3c3,Bc3c2][%mdl 32]} 26. Rfd1 Rc3 27. Qe2 h5 {White must now prevent ...Bg4.} 28. Na6 Qa5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] ...Bg4 is the strong threat. Black is pushing.} 29. Rd6 Bg4 30. Qf1 Rc2 {Hoping for ...Be2.} 31. Nb4 $1 {[%cal Rb4c2]} Be2 32. Nxc6 Bxf1 33. Nxa5 Bd3 34. Nc6 (34. Bf1 $11) 34... Rb7 $1 $15 {[%cal Rb7b1]} 35. Rd1 Rbb2 36. Ne7+ ({White should play} 36. Rd8+ Kh7 37. Rb8) 36... Kh7 $17 37. Nd5 (37. Rb6 $17 {is a better defense.}) 37... Rxf2 $19 38. Bh1 Rfc2 {Threatens to win with ...Be2.} 39. c6 $2 {[#]} (39. Rb6 $17) 39... Be5 (39... Rxh2 40. Nf4 $17) (39... Be2 $1 $19 {[%cal Re2d1] is more deadly.} 40. Re1 Bf3 41. Nf6+ Kh6 42. Nxe4 Bxh1 43. Kxh1 f5) 40. Rd7 $17 Rxc6 ({Better is} 40... Be2 $17 41. Re1 Bf3 42. Bxf3 exf3 43. Rxf7+ Kh6 44. Rxf3 Rg2+ 45. Kh1 Rxh2+ 46. Kg1 Rbg2+ 47. Kf1 h4 48. gxh4 Rd2) 41. Rxf7+ Bg7 42. Nf4 Bc2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (42... Rcb6 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 43. Rdd7 $18 Bb3 {( -> ...Rc1+)} 44. Rxg7+ Kh6 45. Bg2 {Threatening mate with h4.} Rb1+ 46. Bf1 {White threatens h4 and mate.} Bc4 {[#]} 47. h4 $1 {Precision: White = 48%, Black = 38%.} ({Weaker is} 47. Rh7+ Kg5 $11) 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Miezis, Normunds"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,149,-15,-16,-18,-35,-20,-25,-29,-37,-20,-23,-12,-20,-4,-46,0,-27,-17,-50,-17,-21,-19,-32,0,0,0,-18,-24,-32,-25,-117,-101,-100,-101,-179,-103,-96,-92,-88,-97,-95,-91,-108,-82,-130,-117,-144,-85,-102,-106,-104,-102,-109,-110,-124,-106,-102,-96,-100,-103,-106,-83,-88,-81,-82,-82,-103,-35,-89,-85,-93,-43,-74,-74,-79,-79,-79,-75,-70,-75,-75,-75,-77,-67,-97,-14,-52,0,-70,-43,-53,-47,-82,-92,-100,-31,-44,-25,-38,0,-44,-9,-5,-6,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8]} 1. c4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Nge2 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 {C01: French: Exchange Variation} 9. a3 (9. O-O Nb6 10. Bb3 Bf5 11. Ng3 Bg6 12. f4 h6 13. f5 Bh7 14. Bf4 Nbd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bd2 {0-1 (23) Rakhmanov,A (2662)-Matlakov,M (2691) Sochi 2016}) 9... Bd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Be7 10. O-O Nb6 11. Ba2 Nbd5 12. Nf4 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bf5 14. Re1 Bd6 15. Qb3 b6 16. Qb5 {0-1 (48) Berzinsh,R (2389)-Sveshnikov,E (2523) Riga 2014}) 10. Bg5 Nb6 {Black has an edge.} 11. Bd3 Re8 (11... h6 $5 {[%cal Rh6g5]} 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 $11) 12. Qc2 h6 13. Bh4 Be6 14. Nb5 Bd5 (14... g5 $5 {[%cal Rg5h4]} 15. Bg3 Bxg3 16. hxg3 c6 $15) 15. Nxd6 Qxd6 16. f3 Qe6 (16... Qf4 $5 17. Bf2 Qg5 $15) 17. Rc1 Bb3 18. Qc3 Na4 (18... c5 $5 19. Bxf6 gxf6 $15) 19. Qd2 Nd5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 20. Be4 f5 21. Bxd5 $1 Bxd5 22. Bg3 (22. Kf2 $1 $11) 22... Nb6 {White must now prevent ...Nc4.} 23. Be5 Nc4 24. Qc3 {[#]} (24. Nf4 $17 {might work better.} Nxd2 25. Nxe6) 24... Nxe5 ({Better is} 24... c5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rc5d4]} 25. Qd3 Nxb2) 25. dxe5 $17 Qxe5 26. Qxe5 Rxe5 27. Kf2 Rae8 28. Nf4 Bf7 {And now ...g5 would win.} 29. Rc2 g5 30. Nd3 Re3 (30... Rd5 $142 31. Nc1 Kg7) 31. Nc1 c6 32. h4 Kg7 33. hxg5 hxg5 34. Rd2 f4 35. Ne2 R8e7 36. Rc1 R3e5 37. Nc3 Bg6 38. Rcd1 a5 39. Rd6 Bf5 40. R1d2 Rc5 (40... Kf7 $17 41. Ne2 Bg6) 41. Ne2 ({White should try} 41. Rd8 $15) 41... Kf7 42. Nd4 Bg6 43. Ne2 Rce5 44. Rd8 Re8 45. R8d7+ {[#]} R5e7 $1 46. R7d6 Re6 47. Rd7+ R8e7 48. Rd8 Re5 49. R8d6 Rb5 (49... Bf5 $17 50. Nd4 Bg6) 50. Nc3 (50. Nd4 $5 {[%cal Rd4b5]} Rbe5 51. g3 $17) 50... Rc5 51. Ne2 Rc2 52. Rxc2 Bxc2 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 53. g3 fxg3+ 54. Nxg3 Bg6 (54... Ke8 $17 55. Rd2 Bh7) 55. Ne2 Bf5 56. Ng3 Bg6 57. Ne2 a4 58. Nc3 {The position is equal.} Bc2 59. Kg3 Ke8 60. Rd2 Bb3 61. Ne4 Re5 (61... Bd5 $5 {[%cal Rd5e4]} 62. Nf6+ Kf7 63. Nxd5 Rd7 $11) 62. Nd6+ Ke7 63. Nxb7 Bd5 64. Nc5 Bxf3 65. Nxa4 Bh5 66. Nc3 Ke6 67. a4 Be8 68. Rd4 c5 69. Re4 Bc6 70. Rxe5+ Kxe5 71. a5 Bb7 72. Kg4 Kd4 73. Kxg5 Kc4 74. Na4 Kb5 75. Nxc5 {Precision: White = 53%, Black = 58%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Stremavicius, Titas"]
[Black "Seeman, Tarvo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,73,59,32,46,42,31,12,26,-15,42,53,43,46,78,16,89,91,82,86,99,112,111,106,178,166,284,280,286,266,299,286,297,287,295,287,425,420,423,405,445,432,493,490,711,708,674,697,1004,1039,994,816,1535,1285,3050,3243,3075,2501,3949,3204,6279,6266]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be3 O-O 7. Be2 Nfd7 8. h3 Bxf3 $1 {E91: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2, unusual replies including 6...c5 and 6...Bg4} 9. Bxf3 Nc6 (9... a6 10. Be2 c5 11. d5 Qa5 12. Qb3 e6 13. O-O Qc7 14. Rad1 Re8 15. Qc2 exd5 16. Nxd5 {1-0 (47) Sermier,G (2402)-Degraeve,J (2562) France 2010}) 10. d5 Na5 {The position is equal.} 11. Qa4 c5 (11... Bxc3+ $11 12. bxc3 b6) 12. Be2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. O-O b6 13. Be2 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Ne5 15. f4 Qd7 16. Qxd7 Nxd7 {½-½ (34) Martic,Z (2404)-Tomerlin,S (2319) Sibenik 2010}) 12... a6 13. Qc2 Ne5 14. Nd1 (14. b3 $16) 14... b5 (14... e6 $11) 15. cxb5 $16 axb5 16. Bxb5 Qb8 17. a4 c4 18. O-O f5 (18... Rc8 $16 19. Nc3 Nd3) 19. exf5 $18 gxf5 {[#]} (19... Rxf5 $142 20. Rb1 Qb7) 20. f4 $1 {[%cal Rf4e5]} Nd3 21. Rb1 Nc5 22. Bxc5 dxc5 23. Ne3 Bd4 24. Rbe1 Rf6 (24... Qd6 {was called for.} 25. Kh1 Qf6 26. Nxc4 Nxc4) 25. Kh1 Qf8 26. Nxc4 Nxc4 27. Qxc4 {White is clearly winning.} ({Weaker is} 27. Bxc4 Rd6 $18) 27... Kh8 28. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4c5,Bc5c6,Bc6c7][%mdl 32]} Qg7 (28... Rc8 $142 29. Re2 Qd8) 29. bxc5 Rg8 30. Re2 Rg6 {[%cal Rg6g2]} 31. Rxe7 Qxe7 32. Qxd4+ R6g7 33. d6 Qd8 34. c6 h5 35. Bc4 Re8 36. c7 Qa8 37. Qd5 {Precision: White = 83%, Black = 27%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Krupenski, Juri"]
[Black "Kanep, Meelis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,14,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qd2 h6 {LiveBook: 9 Games. B94: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Bg5 Nbd7} {Predecessor:} 8. Bxf6 $146 Nxf6 9. O-O-O e6 10. Bc4 Be7 11. Rhe1 O-O 12. Bb3 Qc7 13. f4 b5 14. Kb1 b4 15. Na4 {½-½ (52) Kanovsky,D (2471)-Dydyshko,V (2585) Czechia 2009} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Malisauskas, Vidmantas"]
[Black "Vaicekauskas, Gytis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2207"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,28,19,8,4,6,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,0,11]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Nf3 b6 {E36: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...d5 5 a3} (7... dxc4 8. Qxc4 b6 9. Bg5 Ba6 10. Qa4 Qd7 11. Qc2 c5 12. dxc5 Rc8 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Rd1 Qe7 15. Qe4 Qxc5 16. e3 Bxf1 17. Kxf1 {½-½ (46) So,W (2770)-Nakamura,H (2787) Bilbao 2016}) 8. Bg5 dxc4 {LiveBook: 13 Games. The position is equal.} 9. e3 h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... b5 10. a4 c6 11. axb5 cxb5 12. b3 cxb3 13. Qxb3 Bd7 14. Bxb5 Qb6 15. Bc4 Qxb3 16. Bxb3 {1-0 (42) Michiels,B (2546)-Laurent,J (2252) Belgium 2014}) 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Bxc4 Bb7 12. Ne5 (12. Be2 $5 {[%cal Rc3c7]}) 12... c5 13. dxc5 Rc8 14. Rc1 $1 Rxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shishkov, Andrei"]
[Black "Jankovskis, Guntis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,143,55,56,62,60,45,53,47,58,20,39,22,27,33,44,44,49,49,50,50,53,45,118,118,118,118,118,107,118,118,119,119,116,116,119,119,119,119,135,129,128,128,143,143,143,135,143,143,143,143,143,143,258,143,143,143,239,135,135,135,135,135,258,258,258,258,252,209,258,216,216,190,195,190,215,210,222,226,217,194,194,190,190,190,199,183,194,190,194,194,259,234,268,268,272,274,332,332,332,332,658,654,644,642,616,455,649,639,860,843,866,804,621,628,883,874,964,941,714,817,1369,1297,29984,29985,29985,29981,29986,29987]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Qc2 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Nge2 Bh5 {D10: Slav Defence: 3 cxd5 (without early Nf3) and 3 Nc3} 8. Nf4 Bg6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 {LiveBook: 37 Games. White is slightly better.} 10. Be2 e6 11. O-O Nbd7 12. h3 Bd6 13. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Rd1 O-O 14. Bb2 Qc7 15. Bf3 e5 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 {½-½ (35) Onischuk,A (2688)-Nguyen,N (2633) Khanty-Mansiysk 2010}) 13... Rc8 14. c5 Bb8 15. f4 Nh5 16. Rf3 f5 17. g4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Nhf6 18. g5 Ne4 19. Nxe4 fxe4 (19... dxe4 $14 20. Rg3 Kf7) 20. Rg3 $16 a5 21. Bd2 Bc7 22. Kg2 {[%cal Bg1g2,Bg2f2,Bf2e2,Be2d1,Bd1c1][%mdl 32]} Kf7 23. Rh1 Rh4 24. Bg4 Qe7 25. Kf2 Rch8 26. Ke2 Qd8 27. Be1 Nf8 28. Rg2 R4h7 29. h4 Kg8 30. Kd1 Qa8 31. Kc1 Qa6 32. Rgh2 Qc8 33. Qg2 Qd7 34. Bg3 Qe7 (34... Qc8 $16 35. Kb1 Qa6) 35. Rh3 (35. a4 $18) 35... Qd7 36. Be1 Qe7 (36... Kf7 $16 {keeps fighting.} 37. h5 gxh5) 37. R1h2 (37. Qe2 $18) 37... Qd7 38. Qe2 Qc8 39. Qf1 Qd7 {[#]} (39... Qa8 $16 40. a4 b4) 40. a4 $1 $18 b4 {[#]} 41. Qa6 $1 Kf7 42. Qa8 Bd8 43. Be2 Bc7 44. Ba6 e5 45. Bc8 ({Don't take} 45. dxe5 $6 Ne6 $16) 45... Qd8 46. fxe5 Ke7 {intending ...Ne6.} 47. Qa6 Nd7 {And now ...Nb8 would win.} 48. Bxd7 ({But not} 48. Qxc6 $6 Qxc8 49. Qxd5 Nxe5 $16) 48... Qxd7 49. Bg3 Rf8 50. Bf4 Rh5 51. Qe2 Rf5 52. Rg3 {[%cal Bh3g3,Bg3g2,Bg2f2][%mdl 32]} Qe6 53. Qa6 Kd7 (53... Qd7 $142 54. Rgg2 Rf8) 54. Qa8 Bd8 55. Rgg2 Rh8 56. Qb8 Rff8 {...Bc7 is the strong threat.} 57. Qd6+ Qxd6 58. exd6 ({Weaker is} 58. cxd6 Bb6 $14) 58... Rh7 $2 (58... Rf7 59. Kb1 Ke6) 59. Rf2 Ke6 60. Kd2 Rf5 61. Ke2 Rh8 (61... Rf8 $142 62. Be5 Rf5) 62. Kf1 Rhf8 63. Kg2 R8f7 64. Kg3 Rf8 65. Kg4 Rh8 66. Bg3 Rhf8 67. Rf4 Rh8 68. Rhf2 Rhf8 69. Rxf5 Rxf5 70. Rxf5 {White mates.} gxf5+ 71. Kh5 Kf7 72. Be5 {Precision: White = 75%, Black = 43%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sakalauskas, Vaidas"]
[Black "Garanin, Aleksei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2344"]
[BlackElo "2220"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,60,-37,-38,-38,-39,-25,-89,-58,-93,-85,-96,-89,-106,-104,-113,-106,-158,-165,-197,-165,-168,-165,-242,-255,-254,-236,-250,-226,-268,-257,-275,-294,-412,-402,-556,-552]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. h4 {E92: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5: 7 dxe5, 7 Be3 and Petrosian System without 7...Nbd7} Nxg3 (11... g4 12. Nd2 Nxg3 13. fxg3 h5 14. Qc2 Na6 15. O-O-O Qf6 16. Rhf1 Qh6 17. Kb1 Bd7 18. a3 a4 {0-1 (60) Aronian,L (2785)-Grischuk,A (2737) Doha 2016}) 12. fxg3 g4 13. Nh2 h5 14. O-O {LiveBook: 3 Games} Na6 15. Bd3 Nc5 16. Bc2 {[#]} (16. Qd2 $11) 16... Qe7 $1 $17 17. Qe1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Rf2 f5 18. exf5 e4 19. Nxg4 e3 20. Nxe3 Qxe3 21. Qxh5 Bxf5 22. Bxf5 Rxf5 23. Qxf5 {0-1 (28) Schlager,T (2335)-Kapfer,T Germany 1997}) 17... Bd7 18. Rd1 Rae8 19. Nb5 Bxb5 20. cxb5 {[#] Strongly threatening Rf5.} f5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 21. Rxf5 (21. Qxa5 $142 Ra8 22. Qc3) (21. exf5 e4) 21... Rxf5 22. exf5 e4 23. Qe3 Qf6 24. Qg5 (24. Bb1 $142) 24... Qxg5 $19 25. hxg5 Bxb2 26. Kf2 Re5 27. Ke3 Rxf5 28. Rb1 Bc3 29. b6 (29. Rd1 {keeps fighting.}) 29... cxb6 30. Rxb6 Be1 {Precision: White = 31%, Black = 97%.} 0-1

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Brazdzionis, Andrius"]
[Black "Krivonosov, Oleg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 28,82,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 Nd7 12. O-O e5 13. dxe5 dxc4 14. Rxc4 Nxe5 15. Re4 {The position is equal.} Nxf3+ {D56: Queen's Gambit Declined: Lasker Defence} 16. Qxf3 Be6 (16... Qc7 17. Bc4 b5 18. Bb3 c5 19. Bd5 Rb8 20. Qh5 Bb7 21. Bxb7 Rxb7 22. Rd1 c4 23. Rg4 {½-½ (38) Vitiugov,N (2726)-Radjabov,T (2710) Doha 2016}) 17. Bc4 Rad8 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Qe2 Rd5 20. Rd1 Qf6 (20... Rfd8 $5 {[%cal Rd5d1]} 21. Red4 Qc5 $11) 21. Red4 Rfd8 22. g3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 22. Qc4 Qf5 23. h3 Rxd4 24. Rxd4 Rxd4 25. Qxd4 {½-½ (30) Bregadze,L (2468)-Baryshpolets,A (2538) Cleveland 2015}) 22... Rxd4 23. Rxd4 Rxd4 24. exd4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} Qf5 25. b3 Kf7 26. Kg2 a5 27. Qe3 g5 28. h3 h5 29. Qc3 Kg6 30. Qe3 Qd5+ 31. Kh2 Qf5 (31... a4 $5) 32. Kg2 b6 33. Kh2 Kf6 34. Kg2 Qd5+ 35. Kh2 a4 36. bxa4 Qxa2 37. h4 gxh4 38. Qf4+ Kg6 39. Qe4+ Kh6 (39... Kf7 $5 {[%cal Ra2f2]} 40. Qf4+ Kg6 $11) 40. Qf4+ Kg6 41. Qe4+ Kh6 {Precision: White = 92%, Black = 68%.} (41... Kf7 $5 {[%cal Ra2f2]} 42. Qf4+ Kg7 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Neiksans, Arturs"]
[Black "Kantans, Toms"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,78,10,1,6,2,6,-15,-15,-15,-12,-27,-29,-30,-30,-32,-33,-35,-35,-81,-20,-180,-187,-170,-182,-179,-183,-192,-199,-199,-202,-202,-206,-186,-172,-218,-218,-219,-223,-211,-218,-297,-282,-511,-512,-506,-502,-493,-487,-472,-431,-791,-791,-1543,-752,-29989,-6403,-29989,-2950,-2504,-1922,-29987,-1780,-5402,-4772,-29982,-29983,-29992,-29993,-29993,-29994]} 1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. a3 d6 6. Rb1 e6 {A36: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7} 7. b4 Nge7 8. Bb2 (8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O b6 10. e3 d5 11. bxc5 bxc5 12. Na4 Qd6 13. d3 Ba6 14. Qc2 Rab8 15. Rxb8 Rxb8 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. e4 {½-½ (33) Ding,L (2773)-Svidler,P (2755) Moscow 2017}) 8... O-O {The position is equal.} 9. bxc5 dxc5 10. Nf3 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. d3 Qd7 13. Qc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Qa4 Rad8 14. Rfd1 Nf5 {½-½ (33) Moreno Ruiz,J (2467)-Semprun Martinez,F (2215) Collado Villalba 2015}) 13... Rad8 14. Rfd1 Nf5 (14... Nd4 $17 15. Nxd4 cxd4) 15. e3 $2 {[#]} (15. Nb5 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 15... Ncd4 $1 $19 {[%cal Rd4c2][%mdl 512]} 16. Nxd4 (16. exd4 Bxf3) 16... cxd4 17. Ne4 dxe3 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Nc5 bxc5 20. Rxb7 Qd4 21. Bf1 e5 22. Re1 Rb8 $1 {[%cal Rb8b7]} 23. Reb1 Rxb7 24. Rxb7 {[#]} Rd8 $1 25. Qe2 e4 {[%cal Re4d3]} 26. dxe4 $2 (26. fxe3 {was the only defense.} Qxe3+ 27. Qxe3 Nxe3 28. Re7) 26... Qxe4 27. Rb2 exf2+ 28. Qxf2 Rd1 29. Re2 Qxc4 30. Kg2 (30. Rd2 $142 Ra1 31. Qe2) 30... Qd5+ 31. Kh3 h5 (31... g5 $142 32. Bg2 {[#]} g4+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 33. Kxg4 Nh6+ 34. Kh4 Rd4+ 35. Be4 Rxe4+ 36. Rxe4 Qxe4+ 37. Kh3 c4) 32. Rc2 Qe6 (32... Ne3 $142 33. Rxc5 Qe6+ 34. Rf5 Nxf5 35. Kg2 Ne3+ 36. Kf3 Rxf1 37. Qxf1 Nxf1 38. Kf2 Nxh2 39. g4 Nxg4+ 40. Kg3 Qe3+ 41. Kh4 Qf2+ 42. Kh3 Qh2#) 33. Bc4 Qd7 (33... Qe4 $142 34. Qf4 Qxc2 35. Qe5+ Kh7 36. Bd5 Rd2 37. g4 Qd3+ 38. Qg3 Nxg3 39. gxh5 Nf1+ 40. Kh4 Rxh2+ 41. Kg5 Qf5#) 34. Kg2 Qb7+ 35. Kh3 Rd4 (35... Qe4 $142 36. Qe2 Ne3 37. Qxe3 Qxe3 38. Rb2 Qe4 39. Bb5 c4 40. Rf2 c3 41. Ba4 Qxa4 42. Rf4 Qd7+ 43. Kg2 Rd2+ 44. Rf2 Qd5+ 45. Kh3 Rxf2 46. g4 Qg2+ 47. Kh4 Qxg4#) 36. Be2 Qe7 37. Bxh5 Ne3 {Black mates.} 38. Re2 Qd7+ 39. g4 gxh5 {Precision: White = 24%, Black = 70%.} 0-1

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Black "Volodin, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,37,8,12,18,18,18,30,25,23,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,16,-7,283,271,275,268,302,293,272,231,282,281,561,592]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 c5 4. g3 a5 5. Qa4+ (5. b5 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O Ra7 8. a4 b6 9. Ra2 e5 10. d3 Be6 11. Ng5 Bc8 12. e4 {1-0 (33) Ivanchuk,V (2726)-Hammer,J (2680) Skopje 2015}) 5... Bd7 6. b5 {A09: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 d5 2 c4} Qc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... f6 7. d3 e5 8. Bg2 Bd6 9. Nbd2 Nh6 10. Nb3 Nf7 11. Nfd2 Ra7 {0-1 (34) Moroni,L (2120)-Berend,F (2373) Lugano 2012}) 7. Bg2 e5 8. O-O {White has an edge.} Bd6 $1 9. d3 Nf6 10. Nbd2 h6 11. e3 O-O 12. exd4 cxd4 13. Nb3 {Strongly threatening c5!} Bf5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (13... Bb4 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 14. c5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rc5d6]} Be7 {[#]} 15. Nxe5 $1 Nbd7 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. c6 (17. Qxd4 a4 $16) (17. Nxd4 Nxc5 18. Qa3 Nxd3 $15) 17... bxc6 18. Bf4 ({Weaker is} 18. Nxd4 Nc5 $14) ({Less strong is} 18. Bxc6 Rac8 $16) (18. bxc6 $6 Nc5 $18) 18... cxb5 $2 {[#]} (18... Nb6) 19. Qxb5 {Precision: White = 68%, Black = 37%.} ({Not} 19. Bxc7 bxa4 20. Nxd4 Bxd3 $11) 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Meskovs, Nikita"]
[Black "Kulaots, Kaido"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,120,4,2,5,10,1,2,0,5,-6,0,-33,-34,-41,-40,-42,-27,-42,-48,-41,-23,-56,-51,-56,-55,-52,-33,-33,-20,-16,-25,-29,-23,-200,0,0,0,-25,0,-33,0,-31,-26,-32,-22,-52,-47,-72,-18,-29,-10,-22,-30,-27,-29,-31,-14,-39,-15,-16,0,-9,0,0,0,0,0,0,85,91,80,81,79,10,13,7,8,7,14,20,27,8,43,8,23,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,8,0,22,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,12,0,0,0,26]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} c5 7. Ne5 Qc8 8. Qd3 Nc6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 9. Nxd7 Nxd7 {[%cal Bf6d7,Bd7b6,Bb6d5,Bd5b4][%mdl 32]} 10. Qb5 Nd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Nde5 11. f4 a6 12. Qa4 Nd7 13. Bxc6 bxc6 {1-0 (72) Grischuk,A (2737)-Wojtaszek,R (2749) Doha 2016}) 11. Qa4 Be7 12. Na3 O-O 13. e3 Nb6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 14. Qd1 Nc6 15. O-O Qd7 16. Qb3 Rfd8 17. Rd1 Nd5 18. Nc4 Rab8 19. a4 Ndb4 20. d3 Qc7 21. Be4 Rd7 22. Bd2 Rbd8 {[%cal Rb4d3]} 23. Bxb4 Nxb4 24. f4 $2 (24. Rac1 $11) 24... Bf6 $2 (24... f5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rf5e4]} 25. Ne5 c4 26. Nxc4 fxe4) 25. Rac1 $11 b6 26. Kf2 (26. d4 $5) 26... g6 27. Ke2 (27. d4 $5) 27... Qb8 28. Rd2 (28. d4 $5) 28... Bg7 29. Rcd1 $1 Qc7 30. Na3 Qd6 31. a5 Qb8 ({Black should try} 31... e5 $17 {Threatening ...exf4.} 32. axb6 exf4 33. exf4 axb6) 32. axb6 axb6 33. Nb5 (33. d4 $5) 33... Qc8 34. Ra1 {White wants to play Ra8.} Nd5 35. Qc4 Qc6 36. Ra3 Ra8 37. Bf3 Rxa3 38. Nxa3 Ra7 (38... Qc7 {keeps more tension.} 39. Qb5 Rd8 40. Nc4 Rb8 41. Rd1 h5) 39. Qb5 Qxb5 40. Nxb5 Ra5 41. Nd6 Ra2 (41... Ne7 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 42. Bxd5 $1 $16 exd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#] KRB-KRN} 43. Nc8 $1 d4 {[#]} 44. Nxb6 (44. e4 $1 $16) 44... dxe3 $11 45. Kxe3 f5 46. Nc4 Bd4+ 47. Ke2 Kf7 48. Rd1 Ke6 49. Rc1 Ra8 50. Kd2 h5 {[%cal Bh7h5,Bh5h4][%mdl 32] The position is equal.} 51. Re1+ Kf6 52. Kc2 h4 53. Nb6 Rh8 54. Nd5+ Kf7 55. Re7+ Kf8 56. Re2 Kf7 57. Re7+ Kf8 58. Re2 Kf7 59. Re7+ Kf8 60. Re2 (60. b4 $5 {[%cal Rb4b5]}) 60... Kf7 {Precision: White = 48%, Black = 57%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Miezis, Normunds"]
[Black "Kveinys, Aloyzas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,16,6,23]} 1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. d3 f5 6. e4 Nf6 7. Nge2 O-O 8. O-O c6 {LiveBook: 109 Games} {Predecessor:} 9. exf5 $146 Bxf5 10. h3 Na6 11. Be3 Kh8 12. Qd2 Qd7 13. Kh2 d5 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. d4 e4 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. b3 {½-½ (29) Nevednichy,V (2554)-Guseinov,G (2613) Tromsoe 2014} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kanep, Meelis"]
[Black "Shishkov, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,63,0,9,-7,11,5,12,18,15,17,20,18,21,20,81,70,96,25,179,179,187,191,178,172,204,161,151,180,179,181,170,171,203,213,248,256,462,479,450,471,590,588,741,704,3283,2445,29982,5730,29989,29990]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 a5 {A17: English Opening: 1...Nf6 with ...Bb4} 7. b3 (7. b4 d6 8. Bb2 e5 9. g3 Bd7 10. Bg2 Qc8 11. O-O Bh3 12. d3 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Qd7 14. b5 {0-1 (50) Melkumyan,H (2653)-Eljanov,P (2741) Germany 2016}) 7... d6 8. Bb2 e5 {LiveBook: 5 Games. The position is equal.} 9. g3 c5 10. Bg2 Nc6 11. O-O h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Bg4 12. Rfe1 Qb6 13. e3 a4 14. bxa4 Rxa4 {1-0 (44) Zhao,Z (2567)-Kortschnoj,V (2584) Dresden 2008}) 12. e3 Bf5 13. Nh4 Bh7 14. f4 {[%cal Rf4e5]} e4 (14... Re8 $11) 15. Rac1 b6 16. g4 ({White should try} 16. d3 $16) 16... Ne8 $2 (16... d5 $11) 17. Nf5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} Bxf5 18. gxf5 d5 19. cxd5 Qxd5 {[#]} 20. d3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxf5 (20... Qxd3 21. Qxd3) 21. dxe4 Qg4 22. Kh1 Rd8 23. Bf3 Qh3 {[#]} 24. Rf2 $1 Kh8 {[#]} 25. Rg1 $1 f6 $2 (25... Rg8 26. Bg4 Qh4) 26. Bg4 Qh4 27. Rfg2 Nd6 28. Qc2 Rfe8 29. Bc3 f5 30. Bxf5 Nxf5 31. exf5 Rxe3 32. Bxg7+ {Precision: White = 85%, Black = 21%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Berzinsh, Roland"]
[Black "Krupenski, Juri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,151,8,49,31,14,9,13,8,17,0,0,0,0,8,11,0,8,3,24,12,30,0,1,-94,-87,-81,-68,-94,31,0,33,33,79,71,73,76,77,92,98,98,103,111,198,0,79,56,48,48,52,50,50,48,321,321,321,321,321,321,321,321,419,262,262,262,321,321,321,321,321,321,321,321,321,321,300,300,453,321,377,0,439,226,220,220,321,321,321,321,321,296,321,321,321,321,321,321,321,321,321,321,321,321,321,321,321,321,321,321,321,321,321,321,321,321,321,321,321,314,314,314,1012,314,866,854,806,648,1476,1451,1450,1442,1263,1237,1022,491,451,0,836,556,1563,1247,5527,5522,5193,4779]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Qb6 4. Na3 (4. Nc3 Qxb2 5. Nge2 Qb6 6. Rb1 Qd8 7. dxc5 g6 8. g3 Na6 9. Qd4 Bg7 10. Bg2 Nh5 11. Be5 f6 {1-0 (32) Grischuk,A (2774)-Adhiban,B (2674) Berlin 2015}) 4... d6 5. Nc4 Qc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 5... Qc7 6. a4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. c3 O-O 9. Be2 Be6 10. Nfd2 Nbd7 11. O-O Rac8 {½-½ (52) Zeynalov,R (2173)-Mirzoev,A (2558) Malatya 2015}) 6. a4 {aiming for Nxd6+! A45: Trompowsky Attack} Nbd7 7. Nf3 g6 8. h3 {The position is equal.} Bg7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. c3 Bb7 12. Bh2 Ne4 13. Qb3 Rac8 14. Rfd1 Qc7 15. a5 Bd5 16. Qa4 (16. Qc2 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 16... cxd4 $17 17. Nxd4 Bxc4 18. Bxc4 bxa5 (18... Qxc4 $17 19. Qxd7 e5) 19. Bb5 Ndc5 (19... a6 $5 20. Bxa6 (20. Bxd7 Nc5 $11) 20... Ndc5 21. Qxa5 Qxa5 22. Rxa5 Ra8 $14) 20. Qxa5 Qb8 21. Ra2 (21. Qxa7 e5 $15) 21... Rc7 22. f3 Nf6 23. b4 Nd5 {Strongly threatening ...Nb7.} 24. bxc5 Rxc5 {White must now prevent ...Bxd4.} 25. Nc6 (25. Qxa7 $6 Bxd4 26. cxd4 Rxb5 $15) 25... Qb7 {[#]} (25... Rxb5 $16 {was worth a try.} 26. Nxb8 Rxa5 27. Rxa5 Nxc3) 26. c4 $2 (26. Nxa7 $2 Nxc3 27. Rc1 Ra8 $19) (26. Qxa7 Qxb5 27. Nxe7+ Nxe7 $11) ({Better is} 26. Qa6 $1 $18 {[%cal Ra6b7]} Qc7 27. c4 (27. Qxa7 Qxa7 28. Rxa7 Nxc3 $16)) 26... Nc3 (26... Nxe3 $11 27. Nxe7+ (27. Qxa7 Qxa7 28. Rxa7 Nxd1 $17) (27. Re1 Nxc4 28. Qxa7 Qxb5 $17) 27... Qxe7 28. Bxd6 Qg5 29. Bxf8 (29. Qxa7 Rxb5 30. h4 Ra5 $11) 29... Bxf8) 27. Qxa7 (27. Qa6 {is more complex.} Qxa6 28. Nxe7+ Kh8 29. Rxa6 Nxd1 30. Bxd6 Rh5 31. Nd5) 27... Qxa7 28. Rxa7 Rxc6 $1 29. Bxc6 Nxd1 30. Rxe7 Nxe3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (30... Bf6 $1 $14 31. Rd7 (31. Bxd6 Bxe7 32. Bxe7 Rc8 $17) 31... Nxe3) 31. Rxe3 $18 Bd4 32. Bf4 Rc8 33. Bd5 Re8 34. Kf2 Kf8 35. Ke2 Bxe3 36. Bxe3 Ke7 37. g4 Rb8 38. Kf2 Rb3 39. Bf4 Rc3 40. Kg3 f6 41. Bh6 Rc2 42. h4 Rc3 (42... Rb2 {keeps fighting.} 43. g5 fxg5 44. hxg5 Rb1) 43. Kf4 Rc2 44. Kg3 Rc3 $1 45. Bg7 (45. Bg8 $142) 45... Rc1 46. g5 f5 (46... fxg5 $142 47. hxg5 Rh1) 47. Bf6+ Kf8 48. Bd4 Rd1 49. Be3 Rd3 50. Kf4 Ra3 51. Bf2 Ra2 52. Bg3 Re2 53. h5 {[%cal Bh4h5,Bh5h6][%mdl 32]} Kg7 54. h6+ Kf8 55. Bh4 Ke7 56. Kg3 Kf8 57. Kh3 Ke7 58. Bg3 Rd2 59. Be1 Rd3 60. Kg3 Kf8 61. Kf2 Rb3 62. Ba5 Ke7 63. Ke2 Rb8 64. Kd3 Rc8 $2 (64... Rb2 65. Bg8 Rb8) 65. Kd4 $2 (65. Bc3 Rb8 66. Bf6+ Kf8 67. c5 dxc5 68. Kc4) 65... Kd7 $2 (65... Rb8 66. f4 Kd7) 66. Bc3 Ke7 67. Kd3 Kd7 68. Bf6 Ke8 69. Be6 Rc5 70. Kc3 Rc7 71. Kb4 (71. f4 $142 Ra7 72. Kd4) 71... Rb7+ 72. Kc3 (72. Ka5 $142) 72... Rc7 73. Bg7 {White is clearly winning.} Ke7 {[#]} 74. Bxf5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} d5 {[#]} (74... gxf5 75. g6) 75. Bxg6 $1 Rxc4+ (75... hxg6 76. h7) 76. Kd3 {Precision: White = 72%, Black = 44%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ladva, Ottomar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A19"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,48,24,33,-29,18,31,24,0,41,-17,0,0,0,0,0,-33,39,33,25,-91,-102,-103,-89,-110,-96,-105,-89,-100,-107,-100,-108,-137,-141,-138,-143,-153,-129,-133,-131,-483,-472]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 c5 4. e5 Ng8 5. Nf3 Nc6 {LiveBook: 261 Games} 6. Be2 {A19: English Opening: Flohr-Mikenas System with 3...c5} (6. d4 $1 $14) (6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nxe5 8. Ndb5 a6 9. Nd6+ Bxd6 10. Qxd6 f6 11. Be3 Ne7 12. Bb6 Nf5 13. Qb4 Qe7 14. Qxe7+ Nxe7 15. O-O-O d5 16. Be2 Kf7 17. b3 dxc4 18. bxc4 Nd7 19. Bc7 b6 20. Bf3 Ra7 21. Rxd7 Bxd7 22. Bxb6 Raa8 23. Bxa8 Rxa8 {½-½ (23) Gajewski,G (2634)-Gharamian,T (2626) Chartres 2017}) 6... a6 7. O-O Qc7 8. Re1 {White has an edge.} Nge7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Nd4 9. Nd5 Nxf3+ 10. Bxf3 Qd8 11. d4 Nf6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Bh5 cxd4 15. Qxd4 Be7 16. Nb6 Rb8 17. c5 Rg8 18. h4 Qc7 {½-½ (18) Hammoudi,A (2175)-Alzaim,T (2186) Damascus 2015}) 9. b4 (9. a3 $14) 9... Nxb4 10. d4 cxd4 11. Ne4 Ng6 $1 12. c5 Nxe5 ({Black should play} 12... Bxc5 $15 13. Bb2 Be7) 13. Nxe5 $14 Qxe5 14. Bf3 (14. Bh5 $1 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.}) 14... Bxc5 $17 15. g3 Be7 {White must now prevent ...d3.} 16. Bf4 Qa5 {[#] Strongly threatening ...e5.} 17. Nd6+ Bxd6 18. Bxd6 Qb6 19. Be5 O-O 20. Rb1 {Threatens to win with a3.} f6 {[%cal Bf7f6,Bf6f5][%mdl 32]} 21. Bxd4 {[#]} Qd6 $1 22. Be4 Nc6 ({Inferior is} 22... Nxa2 23. Qd2 $16) 23. Qh5 f5 24. Bxg7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (24. Bxc6 $17 bxc6 25. Be5) 24... Kxg7 {Precision: White = 37%, Black = 27%.} 0-1

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Klabis, Rokas"]
[Black "Sakalauskas, Vaidas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2348"]
[BlackElo "2344"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 8,11,3,0,12,2]} 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 2. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 3. g3 {[%emt 0:01:21]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 4. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 5. d3 {[%emt 0:00:52] LiveBook: 4727 Games} d6 $11 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 6. Nge2 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Brazdzionis, Andrius"]
[Black "Stremavicius, Titas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,118,23,21,25,27,27,37,21,11,24,48,18,41,32,52,43,66,32,35,6,16,7,0,-27,-25,-30,-23,-17,-8,-26,-25,-31,0,0,18,12,12,0,0,0,14,6,17,0,4,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 f5 3. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3e2,Be2f4][%mdl 32]} Nf6 4. Bg5 d5 (4... Nbd7 5. Qd3 g6 6. h3 Bg7 7. g4 Nb6 8. O-O-O O-O 9. Bxf6 exf6 10. Rg1 d5 11. e3 c6 12. g5 Nc4 13. h4 {1-0 (44) Cordova,E (2655)-Fedoseev,V (2658) Saint Louis 2017}) 5. Bxf6 exf6 6. e3 {A80: Dutch Defence: Unusual White second moves} Be6 7. Bd3 Qd7 8. Ne2 {White is slightly better.} Nc6 9. c3 Ne7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Bd6 10. Qc2 Ne7 11. h4 O-O-O 12. b4 {0-1 (42) Schuh,H (2305)-Hort,V (2510) Germany 1998}) 10. h4 g6 11. Nf4 Bh6 12. Qb3 O-O-O 13. g3 Bf7 14. O-O-O Kb8 15. Kb1 Nc8 {[%cal Be7c8,Bc8d6,Bd6e4][%mdl 32]} 16. Ne1 (16. c4 {with more complications.} dxc4 17. Bxc4 Bxc4 18. Qxc4 Nd6 19. Qe2) 16... Nd6 17. Be2 ({Don't go for} 17. Nxd5 $2 c6 $19) 17... Qc6 18. Ned3 Qb6 19. Qc2 Ne4 20. Ka1 Be8 21. Bf3 {The position is equal.} Bxf4 22. gxf4 Bb5 23. b3 Bxd3 24. Rxd3 Qe6 25. c4 h6 26. cxd5 Rxd5 27. Rdd1 Rc8 28. Rc1 a5 29. Rhg1 g5 30. hxg5 fxg5 31. fxg5 hxg5 32. Rg4 fxg4 33. Bxe4 c6 34. Bxd5 Qxd5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 35. Qc5 (35. Rg1 {keeps more tension.} Rf8 36. Rxg4 Qh1+ 37. Kb2 Qe1 38. Rg2) 35... Rh8 36. Qxd5 (36. Rg1 {is interesting.} Rh1 37. Rxh1 Qxh1+ 38. Kb2 Qe1 39. Qf8+) 36... cxd5 {KR-KR} 37. Rc5 Rh1+ 38. Kb2 Rh2 {[#] aiming for ...g3.} 39. Kc3 ({But not} 39. Rxa5 $2 g3 $19) 39... Rxf2 40. Rxd5 Rxa2 41. Rxg5 Re2 $1 42. Kd3 Rb2 43. Kc3 ({Don't do} 43. Rxa5 $6 Rxb3+ 44. Ke4 b5 $16) 43... Re2 $1 44. Kd3 Rb2 45. Kc4 Re2 46. Rxg4 {[#] Threatens to win with e4.} Rxe3 47. Rg5 b6 48. Rg7 Re4 49. Kd5 Rh4 50. Rf7 Rh3 51. Kc6 Rc3+ 52. Kxb6 {Rf8+ is the strong threat.} Rxb3+ 53. Kxa5 Kc8 54. d5 Rb1 55. Ka6 Rd1 56. Kb6 Rxd5 57. Kc6 Rd1 58. Rf8+ Rd8 59. Rxd8+ Kxd8 {Precision: White = 49%, Black = 74%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jankovskis, Guntis"]
[Black "Malisauskas, Vidmantas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,21,45,50,38,-49]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 {B36: Sicilian: Maroczy Bind: Gurgenidze System} 11. Qd1 $146 (11. O-O $14) ({Predecessor:} 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. f3 Rfc8 13. b3 Rab8 14. Na4 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Bd7 16. Nc3 a6 17. g4 Bc6 18. b4 Be8 19. g5 Nd7 20. f4 Kf8 21. h4 {1-0 (41) Yu,Y (2750)-Zvjaginsev,V (2661) China 2017}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Garanin, Aleksei"]
[Black "Krivonosov, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2220"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,65,20,0,0,-19,19,-28,65,71,68,71,71,60,70,60,61,47,99,90,128,112,99,9,108,106,107,111,106,100,257,251,238,237,287,287,285,266,531,523,531,531,522,516,781,716,714,710,712,666,1049,1041]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Rd1 b6 {E11: Bogo-Indian} 10. Nc3 (10. b3 a5 11. Bc3 Ne4 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe4 f5 14. Bxd5 exd5 15. dxe5 f4 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Bd4 Ba6 18. Qc6 Bxe2 {½-½ (28) Ding,L (2773)-Giri,A (2785) Moscow 2017}) 10... Bb7 11. e4 Rc8 (11... dxc4 $11 12. Rac1 b5) 12. e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Bf4 dxc4 13. a4 a6 14. Bg5 h6 15. e5 hxg5 16. Nxg5 g6 17. exf6 Nxf6 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Qxg6+ {½-½ (61) Peng,Z (2411)-De Groote,J (2107) Netherlands 2013}) 12... Ne8 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Bf1 Nb8 15. Bd3 h6 16. Qa4 a6 (16... Nc6 $14) 17. Rac1 b5 18. Qb3 $1 Nc6 {Strongly threatening ...Na5.} 19. Na4 (19. Ne2 $16) 19... Ba8 (19... f6 $11 {remains equal.} 20. exf6 Rxf6) 20. Nc5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} Nxd4 21. Nxd4 Rxc5 22. Bb1 {Rxc5 is the strong threat.} Rc4 $2 {[#]} (22... Qb6 $16 {was necessary.}) 23. Qd3 $1 $18 {[%csl Gb1][%cal Rd3h7]} g6 {[#]} 24. Nxe6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qb6 (24... fxe6 25. Qxg6+) 25. Nxf8 Bxf8 26. b3 Qc6 $2 (26... Rxc1 27. Rxc1 d4) 27. e6 {[%cal Be5e6,Be6e7][%mdl 32] White is clearly winning.} f5 28. Qe2 d4 {[%csl Ga8][%cal Rc6h1] [#]} 29. f3 $1 Rc3 (29... Rxc1 $142 30. Rxc1 Qb7) 30. Bxc3 dxc3 31. e7 Bg7 32. Rd8 Kh7 33. Rcd1 {Precision: White = 64%, Black = 33%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vaicekauskas, Gytis"]
[Black "Seeman, Tarvo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2207"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,114,10,15,8,7,4,-24,-8,-39,-33,-47,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,-2,-2,-4,-5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-11,-11,-11,-11,-11,0,-11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,-4,-11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6e4,Be4c3,Bc3d1][%mdl 32]} 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. O-O O-O 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 {LiveBook: 7 Games} Nxe4 {A00: Irregular Openings} (8... Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. Qd3 Be6 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Bf5 13. Qe2 b5 14. c3 Qd7 15. Bg5 h6 16. Be3 Rfc8 17. Rfc1 Rc4 18. Qd2 h5 19. Bf1 {0-1 (41) Vallejo Diaz,J (2400)-Vazquez Igarza,R (2588) Madrid 2013}) 9. Nxc6 Nxc3 10. Nxd8 (10. Nxe7+ $5 Qxe7 11. bxc3 $11) 10... Nxd1 {Black has an edge.} 11. Nxb7 (11. Nxf7 {keeps more tension.} Bxb2 12. Bxb2 Nxb2 13. Ne5 d6 14. Nf3) 11... Nxb2 12. Rb1 Bxb7 $146 (12... Na4 {feels hotter.} 13. Ba3 d5 14. Bxe7 Re8 15. Rfe1 Be6) ({Predecessor:} 12... Na4 13. Nc5 Nxc5 14. Bxa8 Ba6 15. Bf3 Bxf1 16. Kxf1 {½-½ (43) Benes,P (2139)-Groh,J (2106) Czechia 2001}) 13. Bxb7 {The position is equal.} Rab8 14. Bxb2 {[#] Strongly threatening Bc1.} Rxb7 15. Bxg7 $1 Rxb1 16. Rxb1 Kxg7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} 17. Rb7 Rd8 18. Rxa7 Kf6 19. Kf1 Rc8 {Black wants to play ...d5.} 20. Rxd7 Rxc2 21. a4 g5 22. h3 h5 23. a5 Ra2 24. Rd5 e6 25. Rb5 Kg6 26. Re5 Ra4 27. Kg2 h4 28. g4 Ra3 (28... f6 $5 {[%cal Rf6e5]} 29. Rb5 Kh6 $11) 29. Kh2 Kf6 (29... f6 $5 {[%cal Rf6e5]} 30. Rb5 Ra4 $11) 30. Rb5 e5 (30... Ra2 $5 {[%cal Ra2f2]}) 31. Kg2 e4 32. Rb4 (32. Rb6+ {is more complex.} Ke5 33. Rb5+ Kf6) 32... e3 33. fxe3 Rxa5 34. Rb2 Ra3 35. Kf3 Ra1 36. Kg2 Re1 37. Kf2 Rd1 38. Kg2 Ke5 39. Rf2 Ke6 40. Ra2 Re1 41. Kf2 Rh1 {[#] ( -> ...Rh2+)} 42. Kg2 Rd1 43. Kf2 Ke5 44. Ra5+ Rd5 45. Ra2 Rc5 46. Rb2 f6 47. Ra2 Ke4 48. Ra4+ Kd5 49. Ra2 Rc4 50. Kf3 Rc5 51. Rd2+ Ke5 52. Ra2 Rb5 53. Kf2 Rb4 54. Kf3 Rb5 55. Kf2 Rb1 56. Ra5+ Ke6 57. Ra6+ Ke5 {Precision: White = 80%, Black = 74%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kulaots, Kaido"]
[Black "Kanep, Meelis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,108,0,0,0,0,0,63,54,63,68,62,61,64,57,65,68,72,16,62,47,56,61,74,64,120,8,68,56,53,64,352,400,408,406,395,383,316,311,294,275,787,776,714,-196,-83,-228,-219,-261,-242,-271,0,-217,0,-253,-196,-223,-210,-353,-333,-294,-331,-296,-232,-277,-243,-263,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O h6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bf4 d5 11. Qe3 Bb4 12. Be2 {B66: Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer: 7...a6 8 0-0-0 h6} O-O 13. e5 Nh7 (13... Nd7 $11) (13... Nd7 14. h4 c5 15. Bxh6 gxh6 16. Qxh6 Nxe5 17. Rh3 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Ra7 19. Rg3+ Ng6 20. h5 Qh4 21. Rg4 Qh2 22. Bd3 {1-0 (22) Karjakin,S (2785)-Ivanchuk,V (2747) Doha 2016}) (13... Nd7 14. Qg3 Bxc3 15. Qxc3 c5 16. Qg3 f6 17. Bxh6 Qe7 18. exf6 Qxf6 {1-0 (33) Kulaots,K (2566)-Kanep,M (2507) Finland 2015}) 14. Ne4 $14 {White is slightly better.} f5 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Be5 $1 $36 {[%cal Re5f6][%mdl 2048] [#] White has the initiative.} Qe7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Bc5 18. Qc3 Qxf2 19. Bd3 Bd7 {½-½ (30) Muzychuk,A (2555)-Kosteniuk,A (2557) Batumi 2016}) 18. f4 Bd6 19. h4 (19. g3 $16) 19... Rb8 20. g4 Bxe5 21. fxe5 Qb4 22. b3 $1 Rf4 (22... a5 $14) 23. Bd3 (23. Rdf1 $16 Qa3+ 24. Kd1) 23... Qa3+ (23... Rxg4 $11 24. Rdf1 Bd7) 24. Kd2 Qa5+ $1 25. c3 $1 {[%cal Bc2c3,Bc3d4][%mdl 32]} Qxa2+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Black should try} 25... Rxg4 $14 26. Qf3 Rd4) 26. Bc2 $1 $18 Re4 27. Qf3 Rxb3 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Rd4+!} 28. Ra1 $1 {[%cal Ra1a2]} Qb2 29. Rhb1 Rd4+ 30. cxd4 Qxb1 $2 (30... Qxd4+ 31. Bd3 Rb4 32. Rxb4 Qxb4+ 33. Kc2 Qc5+ 34. Kd2 Qb4+ 35. Kc2 Qc5+ 36. Kd2 Qb4+) 31. Qxb3 Qxa1 32. Qd3 $4 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (32. Qb6 $18 {was the only winning move.}) 32... Kf8 (32... Kf7 $1 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top.} 33. Qf3+ Ke7) 33. Qf3+ (33. Qc3 $17 {only move.} Qxc3+ 34. Kxc3) 33... Ke7 $19 34. Qf4 Qa5+ 35. Kd1 Qa1+ 36. Kd2 $1 {If only White now had time for g5....} Qa5+ 37. Kd1 c5 38. Bg6 Qa4+ 39. Ke2 (39. Kc1 {was the only defense.}) 39... Qc4+ (39... cxd4 $2 40. Qf7+ Kd8 41. Qf8+ Kc7 42. Bd3 $19) 40. Ke1 Qc3+ 41. Ke2 Qb2+ 42. Ke1 Qb4+ 43. Ke2 Bd7 $2 (43... Qxd4 $19 44. Qxd4 cxd4) 44. Qf7+ $11 {The position is equal.} Kd8 45. Qf8+ Kc7 {And now ...Bb5+ would win.} 46. Qd6+ Kc8 {White must now prevent ...Bb5+.} 47. Qf8+ Kc7 48. Qd6+ Kc8 {Hoping for ...Bb5+.} 49. Qf8+ Kb7 50. Qxg7 Qb2+ 51. Kf3 Qc3+ 52. Ke2 Qb2+ 53. Kf3 Qc3+ 54. Ke2 Qb2+ {Precision: White = 60%, Black = 45%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ladva, Ottomar"]
[Black "Neiksans, Arturs"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,91,27,8,34,29,27,34,29,29,31,29,29,29,36,35,43,33,23,0,0,0,0,-27,40,37,35,0,127,29,67,58,54,64,103,85,116,102,108,107,158,94,86,88,156,62,41,54,76,33,13,0,358,365,358,350,304,370,351,324,731,716,958,916,29977,29978,29978,5601,29988,840,691,689,668,675,653,644,991,945,29988,29989]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. d4 e6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 Na6 8. a3 {LiveBook: 12 Games. E17: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Be7} c5 (8... d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. b4 c6 11. Nc3 Nc7 12. Qb3 Ne6 13. a4 Rb8 14. Ba3 c5 15. Rad1 c4 {1-0 (31) Giri,A (2785)-Romanov,E (2636) Sochi 2017}) 9. d5 exd5 10. Nh4 $1 {[%cal Rc4d5] White has an edge.} Ne4 {aiming for ...f5.} 11. cxd5 Bxh4 12. Bxe4 Bf6 13. Nc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Qc2 g6 14. d6 Bxe4 15. Qxe4 b5 {1-0 (27) Ikonnikov,V (2580)-Gschnitzer,O (2412) Germany 2014}) 13... d6 14. Qc2 g6 15. Bh6 Re8 16. h4 c4 17. h5 {[%cal Rh5g6]} Qd7 18. hxg6 hxg6 (18... fxg6 $11 19. Bg2 Nc5) 19. Kg2 $14 Nc5 20. Bf3 Qf5 (20... b5 $11 {remains equal.}) 21. e4 (21. Qxf5 $1 $16 gxf5 22. Rh1) 21... Qe5 22. Bf4 Qe7 23. Rh1 Nb3 24. Rae1 a6 25. Rh2 b5 26. Reh1 Bg7 (26... Nc5 $142) 27. Rh7 ({Better is} 27. Bh6) 27... Qf6 28. Qd1 Bc8 (28... Rad8 $142) 29. Bg4 (29. Qg1 $16) 29... Nc5 $1 30. Bxc8 Raxc8 31. Qg4 Nd3 $1 32. Be3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} (32. Qh3 $5 {[%cal Re4e5]} Kf8 33. Be3 $11) 32... Nxb2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (32... Rb8 $1 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 33. e5 $18 Qxe5 34. Rxg7+ $1 Qxg7 35. Bd4 f5 36. Qh4 Re5 $2 (36... g5 37. Qh5 Qxd4 38. Qh7+ Kf8 39. Qxf5+ Kg8) 37. Bxe5 dxe5 {[#]} 38. d6 $1 {[%cal Rd6d7] Threatening mate with d7!} g5 39. Qh5 Rd8 40. Nd5 {d7! would kill now.} Nd3 {[#]} 41. Ne7+ (41. d7 $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kf8 (41... Rxd7 42. Qe8+) 42. Qh8+ Qxh8 43. Rxh8+ Kf7 44. Rxd8 Ke6 45. Nb6 f4 46. Re8+ Kf5 47. d8=Q Ne1+ 48. Kf1) 41... Kf8 42. Qh8+ Qxh8 43. Rxh8+ Kf7 44. Rxd8 c3 45. Rc8 {Strongly threatening d7.} c2 46. d7 {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 40%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kveinys, Aloyzas"]
[Black "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,91,56,35,0,25,30,72,53,67,60,73,69,56,66,80,80,68,40,53,53,52,44,71,45,108,106,98,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,20,-33,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,14,4,30,39,80,51,53,20,20,0,57,26,13,10,22,22,27,26,179,181,177,171,455,391,636,586,610,512,29993,29994,29994,29995,29995,29996]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 c6 5. Qd2 b5 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. Nf3 e5 8. h3 {B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems} Bg7 9. dxe5 (9. O-O O-O 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. a4 b4 12. Ne2 a5 13. Ng3 Qe7 14. Bh6 Nc5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Rfd1 h6 17. Qe3 Rd8 18. b3 Ra7 {½-½ (41) Saric,I (2652)-Andriasian,Z (2621) Tallinn 2016}) 9... dxe5 10. a4 {White is better.} b4 11. Ne2 c5 12. Ng3 O-O 13. O-O Qc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Bb7 14. b3 Qc7 15. Bh6 Ne8 16. Rad1 Bxh6 17. Qxh6 Ng7 18. Ng5 Nf6 19. Bc4 Rae8 20. Rd3 Ne6 21. Nh5 gxh5 22. Rg3 Ng7 23. Nxh7 Ng4 24. Nf6+ {1-0 (24) Bublei,P (2328)-Drachev,O (2176) St Petersburg 2013}) 14. Rfd1 Bb7 15. Bb5 Rad8 16. Qd6 Qc8 17. a5 Rfe8 $1 18. Qd3 a6 ({Black should try} 18... h6 $14) 19. Bc4 $16 Nb6 20. Qb3 (20. axb6 $16 Rxd3 21. Rxd3) 20... Nxc4 $11 21. Qxc4 Bf8 22. Rxd8 Qxd8 23. Nd2 h5 24. Ne2 (24. c3 $11) 24... Qa8 {[%cal Rf6e4]} 25. f3 Bc6 {...Bb5 is the strong threat.} 26. Qb3 Bb5 27. c4 Bc6 28. Qc2 Nd7 29. Nc1 Qc8 30. Nd3 Qc7 31. Nb3 Bb7 32. Qf2 {[%cal Rb3c5]} Rc8 33. g4 Qd6 34. Qc2 f5 (34... Qe6 $11) 35. Rd1 Qe6 {[%cal Rh5g4]} 36. gxf5 gxf5 37. Qg2+ Kh7 38. Qg5 fxe4 $2 (38... Qf7 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 39. Qxh5+ $18 Kg8 {[#]} 40. Kh2 $1 {Strongly threatening Rg1+.} Bg7 $2 ({Don't blunder} 40... exd3 $2 41. Rg1+ Bg7 42. Bh6 $18) (40... Qf7 41. Qg4+ Bg7) 41. Ndxc5 Nxc5 $2 (41... Nf6 42. Nxe6 Nxh5) 42. Nxc5 Qxc4 {Hoping for ...Qe2+.} 43. Rg1 {Rxg7+! would kill now.} exf3 {[#]} (43... Qf7 $18 44. Qxf7+ Kxf7 45. Nxb7 Bf8 46. fxe4 b3) 44. Rxg7+ $1 {[%mdl 512] White mates.} Kxg7 {[#]} 45. Bh6+ $1 Kh7 46. Bg5+ {Precision: White = 72%, Black = 40%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kantans, Toms"]
[Black "Meskovs, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 28,104,12,4,47,5,26,14,15,7,46,52,47,33,39,29,24,0,0,0,0,0,21,22,29,-6,-7,-8,-17,-85,-25,-25,-25,-25,-29,-35,-35,-48,-8,-8,-11,-20,0,-25,-14,-17,-5,-8,0,-9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. Be3 exd4 11. cxd4 d5 12. e5 Ne4 13. h3 {C91: Closed Ruy Lopez: 7...d6 8 c3 0-0 9 d4} Bh5 14. Nbd2 Qd7 15. a3 {[#] LiveBook: 5 Games} Rab8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Bxf3 17. gxf3 a5 18. Kh2 a4 19. Bc2 f5 20. Rg1 Rf7 {1-0 (32) Grandelius,N (2573)-Eljanov,P (2719) Doha 2014}) 16. Rc1 {aiming for Nxe4.} (16. g4 $5 {[%cal Rg4h5]} Bg6 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Nd2 $14) 16... Na5 17. g4 (17. Bc2 $5 {[%cal Rd2e4]}) 17... Bg6 18. Nxe4 $1 dxe4 19. e6 fxe6 20. Ne5 Qd6 21. Ba2 Nc4 22. Bxc4 bxc4 23. Rxc4 Rxb2 24. Qc1 Rb7 25. Rc6 Qd5 26. Nxg6 hxg6 27. Rxa6 Bd6 28. a4 (28. Qc6 $11) 28... Rb4 (28... Rb3 $17) 29. Qc6 $1 $11 Qxc6 30. Rxc6 {White wants to play Ra1.} Rxa4 {Hoping for ...Rf3.} 31. Kg2 Ra2 {White must now prevent ...Rf3.} 32. Rec1 Rf7 33. R1c2 Ra5 34. Bd2 Ra8 35. Be1 Ra4 (35... Ra3 {feels hotter.} 36. Re2 Rff3 37. Rxe4 Rxh3 38. Rxe6 Rh2+) 36. R6c4 {The position is equal.} Rxc4 37. Rxc4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rf3 38. Ba5 Rd3 39. Bxc7 Bxc7 40. Rxc7 Rxd4 {KR-KR} 41. Re7 Rd6 42. Ra7 Rd2 43. Re7 Rd6 44. Ra7 Rd5 45. Ra4 Re5 46. Ra3 Kf7 47. h4 g5 48. hxg5 Rxg5 49. Kg3 Kf6 50. Kf4 Re5 51. Ra4 e3 52. fxe3 g5+ {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 49%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Volodin, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Miezis, Normunds"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,145,24,23,18,5,7,0,23,20,37,28,26,28,48,39,49,43,48,50,43,23,32,35,33,31,88,103,91,57,60,49,46,31,56,18,37,40,35,20,31,39,24,16,23,19,22,0,0,-58,-64,-68,-66,-54,0,0,50,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,5,7,0,0,7,50,33,33,33,38,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12851,0,0,0,12851,29964,29966,29964,29962,29966,29965,29966,29967,29968,29970,29971,29971,29972,29972,29973,29973,29974,29975,29975,29976,29977,29978,29979,29978,29979,29982,29983,29983,29984,29985,29986,29986,29986,29987,29988]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Bxd2 b6 {E11: Bogo-Indian} 7. g3 (7. Bg5 Bb7 8. e3 d6 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. O-O c5 11. b4 Qc7 12. Nd2 Rfe8 13. f3 e5 14. Bf5 exd4 15. exd4 cxd4 16. Nb3 Qxc4 17. Nxd4 Qd5 18. Bh4 a5 {1-0 (28) Gelfand,B (2735)-Miton,K (2612) Tallinn 2016}) 7... Bb7 8. Bg2 d5 {The position is equal.} 9. cxd5 exd5 10. O-O Ne4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Nbd7 11. Rc1 Ne4 12. Bf4 c5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. b4 {½-½ (86) Antonova,N (1883)-Karayaylali,P (1597) Gaziantep 2008}) 11. Rc1 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Nd7 13. Qf4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} c6 14. Rfe1 h6 15. h4 Re8 16. Bh3 Re4 17. Qd6 Nf6 (17... Re7 $14) 18. Qxd8+ $16 Rxd8 19. e3 Re7 20. Red1 Ne4 21. Bg2 g5 22. Ne5 Rd6 23. hxg5 hxg5 24. Rc2 f6 {[%cal Bf7f6,Bf6f5,Bf5f4][%mdl 32]} 25. Nd3 Ba6 26. b3 Bxd3 27. Rxd3 f5 28. g4 f4 29. Bxe4 (29. b4 $11) 29... dxe4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 30. Rdc3 {[#]} c5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 31. exf4 (31. dxc5 {is a self mate.} Rd1+ 32. Kg2 f3+ 33. Kg3 Rg1+ 34. Kh2 Rg2+ 35. Kh3 Rh7#) 31... gxf4 ({Black should play} 31... cxd4 $15 32. Rc8+ Kg7 33. fxg5 Rd5) 32. dxc5 Rg6 33. f3 {c6 is the strong threat.} bxc5 34. fxe4 Rxe4 35. Kf2 {aiming for Kf3.} Rb6 36. Kf3 Rd4 37. g5 Kf7 38. Kg4 Kg6 39. Rh2 f3+ 40. Kxf3 Rd5 41. Ke4 Rxg5 42. Rch3 Re6+ 43. Kd3 Re1 44. Rh6+ Kf5 45. R2h5 Rd1+ 46. Kc4 {Threatens to win with Rxg5+.} (46. Kc2 $5 {[%cal Rc2d1]} Rdg1 47. Rxg5+ Rxg5 48. Kc3 $16) 46... Rc1+ $1 47. Kb5 {[#] Hoping for Rxg5+.} Rc3 48. b4 cxb4 49. axb4 (49. Kxb4 {seems wilder.} Rf3 50. Rh4 Rg4+ 51. Rxg4 Kxg4) 49... Rc7 50. Ka6 {And now Rxg5+ would win.} (50. Rh1 {is interesting.} Ke5 51. Ka6 Rg4 52. Re1+ Kd5 53. Rd1+) 50... Rxh5 51. Rxh5+ {KR-KR} Ke6 52. Rh1 Rf7 53. Rd1 {Strongly threatening b5.} Rc7 54. Rd8 $2 ({Better is} 54. b5 $18 {Black must now prevent Rd8.} Ke7 55. Rd4) 54... Rc4 55. Rb8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (55. Kb5 $11 Rc3 56. Re8+ Kd5 57. Re7) 55... Kd6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (55... Rc7 $11) 56. Kxa7 $18 Kc7 {White mates.} 57. Rb7+ Kc8 58. b5 Ra4+ 59. Kb6 Rf4 60. Rh7 Rf5 61. Rh8+ Kd7 62. Ka6 Rf1 63. Kb7 Rd1 64. Rh4 Rd2 65. b6 {[%cal Bb5b6,Bb6b7][%mdl 32]} Ra2 66. Rd4+ Ke7 67. Kb8 Rb2 68. b7 Ra2 69. Kc7 Rc2+ 70. Kb6 Rb2+ 71. Kc6 Ke6 72. Re4+ Kf7 73. Re5 {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 58%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Stremavicius, Titas"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,57,17,17,29,0,7,10,9,0,22,19,14,0,-11,-15,-27,-57,0,0,41,43,104,96,104,82,194,202,217,114,98,114,116,117,123,109,195,184,399,365,550,543]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 b6 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. O-O Rc8 {D45: Semi-Slav: 5 e3} (10... Qe7 11. Rad1 Rac8 12. Qb1 c5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Bf5 Rcd8 15. Rfe1 Rfe8 16. Bh3 Ne4 17. dxc5 Ndxc5 18. Nb5 {1-0 (36) Karjakin,S (2785)-Lu,S (2627) Doha 2016}) 11. Qe2 Qe7 12. e4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Rad1 Rfd8 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qh4 Ba3 17. Ba1 h6 18. Rfe1 {1-0 (26) Mulyar,M (2400)-Kaufman,L (2306) Washington DC 2015}) 12... dxe4 {The position is equal.} 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Re4h7]} f5 15. Qe2 c5 16. Rfe1 Rce8 17. Rad1 cxd4 ({Better is} 17... Bxf3 $1 $15 18. Qxf3 cxd4) 18. Nxd4 $11 {[%cal Re2e6]} Nc5 19. Bc2 Qc7 {[#]} (19... Qg5 $14 20. Nf3 Qe7) 20. Qh5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rd4f5]} g6 21. Qh6 {Black must now prevent Nb5.} Be5 (21... Bf4 $16 22. Nb5 Bxh6 23. Nxc7 Re7) 22. b4 $18 Bg7 {[#]} 23. Nb5 ({White should play} 23. Qc1 $1 $18) 23... Bxh6 $16 24. Nxc7 Rc8 25. Nxe6 Nxe6 26. Rxe6 {aiming for Re7.} Rfd8 (26... Ba6 $16) 27. Re7 $18 Rxd1+ $2 (27... Bd5) 28. Bxd1 Be4 (28... Ba6 $142 29. b5 (29. Rxa7 Bxc4 30. Bf3 Re8 $16) 29... Bf8) 29. Bb3 {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 29%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Krivonosov, Oleg"]
[Black "Vaicekauskas, Gytis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2207"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,114,-1,-1,-1,-1,0,0,0,6,2,6,2,2,0,0,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,0,3,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Bg2 a6 7. Nc3 Rb8 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qd3 Bb7 10. O-O c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Bf4 Rc8 13. Rad1 O-O {The position is equal.} 14. Ne5 {E02: Open Catalan: 5 Qa4+} Bxg2 15. Kxg2 {[%cal Re5d7]} Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Qxd3 17. Rxd3 Rfd8 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Bxf6 gxf6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 20. Rc1 Bd4 21. Rd1 f5 {[#]} 22. a4 $146 bxa4 23. Nxa4 Kf8 24. e3 (24. Kf3 {is interesting.} Ke8 25. Rd3 Ke7 26. b4 e5 27. Kg2) 24... Bf6 25. Rxd8+ Bxd8 {KB-KN} 26. Kf3 Ke7 27. Ke2 Kd6 28. Kd3 Kd5 29. f3 h5 30. b3 Bf6 31. b4 Be5 32. e4+ fxe4+ 33. fxe4+ Kc6 {[#] aiming for ...Kb5.} 34. Kc4 Bd6 35. Nb2 f5 36. exf5 exf5 37. Nd3 Be7 38. Nf4 h4 39. Ng6 Bf6 40. Nxh4 f4 $1 41. Nf3 fxg3 42. hxg3 Kd6 43. Nd4 Ke5 44. Nb3 Bg5 45. Kc3 Kd5 46. Nd2 Bf6+ 47. Kd3 Be7 48. Kc3 Bf6+ 49. Kb3 Be7 50. Ka4 Kd4 51. Nb3+ Kc4 52. Na5+ (52. Nc5 $5) 52... Kd5 53. Nb3 Kc4 54. Nd2+ (54. Nc5 $5) 54... Kd3 55. Nb3 Kc4 56. Na5+ (56. Nc5 $5) 56... Kd5 57. Nb7 Kc6 {Precision: White = 74%, Black = 82%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Krupenski, Juri"]
[Black "Klabis, Rokas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2348"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,70,27,27,49,35,64,52,65,64,72,72,78,75,73,69,75,75,80,34,30,26,28,20,18,0,0,0,0,0,15,-6,-7,-12,0,-47,-48,-56,-60,-54,-30,-31,-25,-39,-39,-28,-32,-39,0,-37,0,-24,-18,-22,-19,-25,-22,-39,-31,-37,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 d5 7. Qc2 Nc6 {E11: Bogo-Indian} 8. O-O Bxd2 (8... Ne4 9. a3 Bxd2 10. Nbxd2 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 dxc4 12. Qc3 Rd8 13. Rfd1 Bd7 14. Qxc4 {1-0 (76) Zubritskiy,A (2442)-Movsesian,S (2673) Tallinn 2016}) 9. Nbxd2 Rd8 {White is slightly better.} 10. Rfd1 Bd7 11. a3 Be8 12. e3 a5 13. Rac1 a4 14. Ne5 Rac8 {[#]} 15. Nxc6 $146 (15. Nd3 {is interesting.} b6 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Qxa4 Ne5 18. Qc2) ({Predecessor:} 15. Nd3 Na5 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Bh3 Bd7 18. Bxd7 Qxd7 {½-½ (50) Bischoff,K (2530)-Wolf,V (2310) Germany 1990}) 15... Bxc6 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Nf3 Bb5 18. Bh3 Ra8 19. Ne5 ({Much worse is} 19. Qxc7 Qxc7 20. Rxc7 Be2 $17) 19... c6 20. Re1 Ne8 21. Rcd1 (21. Bg2 $5 {[%cal Re3e4]}) 21... Nd6 22. f3 f6 23. Ng4 (23. Nd3 {seems wilder.} f5 24. Ne5 Qf6 25. Rd2 g6 26. Bg2) 23... Bc4 {And now ...Bb3 would win.} 24. Rc1 Re8 25. Nf2 Bb3 26. Qc3 Qd8 (26... Qc7 {feels hotter.} 27. Nd3 Bc4 28. Nc5 b6 29. Ne6 Qf7) 27. Bf1 Qa5 (27... Bc4 $5) 28. Qxa5 Rxa5 29. Nd3 Re7 30. Kf2 Ra8 31. Nf4 Rae8 32. Bd3 Bc4 33. Bc2 Bb5 34. Rb1 Nc4 {[%cal Rc4e3]} 35. Ng2 Nd2 {Precision: White = 46%, Black = 53%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Seeman, Tarvo"]
[Black "Malisauskas, Vidmantas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,73,17,58,19,26,29,30,26,26,33,27,14,25,15,54,0,49,46,60,22,18,0,56,54,54,28,54,23,31,15,16,-10,-16,-16,27,23,43,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,-7,-82,-81,-69,-74,-83,-76,-154,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nf3 Nxb5 5. Nxb5 g6 6. c4 {B23: Closed Sicilian: Lines without g3} (6. O-O Bg7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nfxd4 d6 9. c4 Nf6 10. f3 O-O 11. Be3 Bd7 12. Nc3 Bc6 13. Qd2 {1-0 (34) Grischuk,A (2794)-Potapov,P (2471) Sochi 2015}) 6... Bg7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nfxd4 {White has an edge.} d6 9. Be3 Nf6 10. f3 O-O 11. Qd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. O-O Nd7 12. Qd2 Ne5 13. b3 {1-0 (38) Shaw,J (2419)-Perera,W (2081) Tromsoe 2014}) 11... Bd7 12. O-O (12. a4 $14) 12... a6 13. Nc3 Qa5 14. Rfd1 Rfc8 15. Nb3 (15. c5 $5) 15... Qc7 ({Better is} 15... Qh5 $1 $11) 16. Rac1 $14 Be8 17. Kh1 (17. c5 $5) 17... Qb8 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Ba4 20. Re1 Bxb3 $1 21. axb3 Qc7 22. b4 Bf6 23. b3 a5 24. bxa5 Qxa5 25. b4 Qa2 26. Qxa2 Rxa2 27. c5 Kg7 28. h3 Ra4 29. Rb1 (29. cxd6 $11 {remains equal.} Rxc1 30. Rxc1 exd6 31. Bf4) 29... Bc3 $17 30. Rec1 Bxb4 {[%cal Rd6c5]} ({Weaker is} 30... Rxb4 31. cxd6 Rxb1 32. Rxb1 $16) 31. c6 bxc6 32. dxc6 {[#]} (32. Rxc6 $142 Rxc6 33. dxc6) 32... Bc5 $2 (32... d5 $1 $17 {Threatens to win with ...Bd6.} 33. Bd4+ f6) 33. Bxc5 $11 {The position is equal.} dxc5 34. Rxc5 Ra6 35. c7 {Rb8 is the strong threat.} Ra7 36. Rbc1 Kf8 37. Kh2 {Precision: White = 40%, Black = 67%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shishkov, Andrei"]
[Black "Brazdzionis, Andrius"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,157,59,47,104,87,93,90,99,109,104,65,232,227,338,340,357,356,348,324,319,133,275,264,415,364,416,341,378,363,343,212,220,212,212,189,192,188,193,187,182,186,188,187,187,187,191,185,249,255,247,249,337,342,345,326,354,340,349,313,356,354,355,347,348,343,353,353,329,349,343,349,302,304,402,402,436,416,407,491,554,546,694,693,558,439,503,356,570,563,563,563,383,381,1649,1610,1572,533,1016,193,193,193,193,193,193,193,193,192,192,192,193,193,189,188,162,145,779,761,675,675,484,195,596,240,280,0,232,160,169,0,0,-9,-9,-16,-24,-40]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. h3 O-O 9. Bd3 a6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. O-O Nh5 12. Bg5 Bf6 13. Be3 Qc7 {A70: Modern Benoni: 6 e4 g6 7 Nf3} (13... Re8 $14) (13... Re8 14. Qd2 Ne5 15. Be2 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Ng7 {½-½ (16) Kazhgaleyev,M (2594)-Ponomariov,R (2709) chess.com INT 2017}) 14. Nd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Rc1 Rb8 15. Nd2 Ng7 16. Re1 Ne5 17. Bf1 g5 18. Nf3 Qe7 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Qd2 h6 21. g4 {1-0 (68) Van de Griendt,J (2357)-Huizer,M (2195) Netherlands 2008}) 14... Bd4 15. Bxd4 cxd4 {White is better.} 16. Ne2 Ne5 17. Nb3 Bxh3 $2 (17... f5 $14) 18. gxh3 $18 Nf3+ (18... Qd7 $142) 19. Kg2 Nh4+ {[#]} 20. Kh1 $1 Qd7 21. Ng1 Nf4 22. Kh2 (22. Nxd4 $18 {Black must now prevent Qd2.} Nxh3 23. f4) 22... Rae8 (22... Qe7 $16) 23. Nxd4 Re5 (23... f5 $142 24. exf5 Qg7) 24. Ra3 Rg5 {( -> ...Rg2+)} 25. Be2 Rg2+ 26. Kh1 Qe7 27. Rg3 Qxe4 28. Bf3 Nxf3 29. Ndxf3 Rxg3 30. fxg3 Nxd5 {Threatens to win with ...Ne3.} 31. Qd4 Qxd4 32. Nxd4 Rc8 33. Nge2 Kg7 34. Kg1 h5 35. h4 f5 (35... Ne3 $142) 36. Rc1 Rxc1+ 37. Nxc1 Kf6 38. Nd3 Nb6 39. b3 Nd5 40. Kf2 Nc3 41. Kf3 Nd5 42. a5 Nc3 43. Nc2 Ne4 44. b4 Nd2+ 45. Ke3 Ne4 46. Kf4 Nc3 47. Kf3 Ne4 48. Ne3 Nc3 49. Nf4 Ne4 50. Nc4 Kf7 51. Ke3 Kf6 52. Kd4 Nxg3 53. Nxd6 g5 54. Nd5+ Kg6 55. hxg5 h4 $2 (55... Kxg5 56. b5 (56. Nxb7 h4 $18) 56... h4) 56. Ke3 Kxg5 57. Kf3 Ne4 58. Nxb7 h3 $2 {[#]} (58... Nd2+ 59. Kf2 f4) 59. b5 $1 Kh4 (59... axb5 60. a6) 60. Ne3 ({Weaker is} 60. bxa6 Ng5+ 61. Kf2 Ne4+ 62. Kf3 (62. Kg1 $2 Kg3 $19) 62... Ng5+ 63. Kf2 Ne4+ 64. Kf3 $11 (64. Kg1 $2 Kg3 $19)) (60. Ne7 $142 f4 61. bxa6 Ng5+ 62. Kf2) 60... Nd2+ 61. Kf4 $2 (61. Kf2) 61... h2 62. Nxf5+ Kh3 63. Ng3 Nf1 64. Nh1 Kg2 65. bxa6 Kxh1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KN-KN} 66. a7 Kg1 67. a8=Q h1=Q 68. Qg8+ Kf2 69. Qa2+ Ke1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (69... Kg1 $16) 70. Qb1+ Kd2 71. Qb4+ Kd1 {...Qh4+ is the strong threat.} 72. Qb3+ (72. Qd4+ $142 Kc1 73. Qc3+ Kb1 74. Nc5) 72... Ke2 $2 (72... Kd2 {is a better chance.} 73. Qb4+ Kd1 74. Qd4+ Kc1 75. Qc3+ Kb1) 73. Qb5+ (73. Qc4+ $142 Kd2 74. Qd4+ Kc1 75. Qc3+ Kb1 76. Nc5) 73... Kd2 {intending ...Qh4+.} 74. Qb4+ Kd1 $1 {Hoping for ...Qh4+.} 75. Ke5 Qh8+ {[#]} 76. Kd5 $2 (76. Ke6 $1 $18) 76... Ne3+ $11 77. Kc6 {Strongly threatening Qb3+.} Qc8+ 78. Kb5 {aiming for Qd4+.} Qxb7+ 79. Ka4 {Precision: White = 53%, Black = 37%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sakalauskas, Vaidas"]
[Black "Jankovskis, Guntis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2344"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,89,43,32,15,16,16,23,20,18,9,18,18,26,12,12,2,12,12,24,17,21,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,29998,29999]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. e3 c5 7. Bd2 {[%cal Bc1d2,Bd2c3,Bc3d4][%mdl 32]} Bxc3 8. Bxc3 cxd4 9. Bxd4 Nc6 10. Bc3 e5 11. Nf3 Bg4 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O {E34: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...d5} (13. h3 $5 {[%cal Rh3g4]} Bxf3 14. Bxf3 $14) 13... e4 (13... h6 14. h3 Bh5 15. Rfd1 Qe6 16. a3 Rfc8 17. Rac1 Na5 18. Nxe5 Bxe2 19. Qxe2 Rxc3 20. Rxc3 Qxe5 {0-1 (46) Nasshan,D (2302)-Ovsejevitsch,S (2579) Germany 2016}) 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 {White has an edge.} Rfc8 16. Qd1 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Qe6 18. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18. Rac1 b6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Qg4 Re8 21. Rc2 Rad8 22. Rfc1 {½-½ (22) Follert,I-Ticleanu,S ICCF email 2003}) 18... a6 19. Rac1 h6 20. h3 Rc6 21. b4 Rac8 22. Qb2 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 24. Qxc1 Nd5 25. Qb2 f6 26. Qc2 b5 27. Qc5 Qd7 28. Bb2 Qe6 29. Bd4 Ne7 30. Qa7 Nf5 31. Qa8+ Kh7 32. Bc5 h5 33. g3 Nh6 34. Qb7 Nf7 35. h4 Nh6 36. Bf8 {[%csl Gf8][%cal Rb7g7] [#]} Qg4 37. Qd5 Nf5 {White must now prevent ...Nxh4.} 38. Kf1 Qf3 {( -> ...Nxg3+)} 39. Ke1 $1 Kg6 40. Qd7 Qh1+ 41. Ke2 $1 Qb1 42. Qe8+ Kh6 43. Qe6 {aiming for Qxf6+.} Qd3+ 44. Ke1 {Threatens to win with Qxf6+.} Nxe3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (44... Kg6 $11) 45. Qxf6+ $1 {Precision: White = 81%, Black = 75%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Garanin, Aleksei"]
[Black "Berzinsh, Roland"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D25"]
[WhiteElo "2220"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,78,30,26,19,12,18,14,26,22,46,20,18,10,43,15,70,81,69,52,112,118,179,48,51,48,49,51,59,31,34,0,21,0,36,35,29,12,12,12,7,6,7,6,12,0,0,0,22,0,56,60,144,0,0,0,24,24,26,31,31,0,31]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Bxc4 {D25: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 4 e3: sidelines and 4...Bg4} e6 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Bb2 {LiveBook: 4 Games} c5 11. Qe2 Bb7 12. Rfd1 $146 cxd4 13. Bxd4 Qa5 14. Rac1 Rfc8 15. Bb5 a6 16. Bd3 Nd5 ({Better is} 16... Rxc1 $11 17. Rxc1 Rd8) 17. Nc4 $14 Qd8 18. Nfe5 N7f6 (18... Nxe5 $14 19. Nxe5 (19. Bxe5 Bf6 $14) 19... g6) 19. Bb1 $16 Qc7 {[#]} (19... Qe8 $16) 20. e4 (20. Nxf7 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512] aiming for Ng5.} Nc3 (20... Kxf7 21. Ne5+) 21. Bxc3 bxc3 22. Nfd6) 20... Nc3 $1 $14 {[%cal Rc3e2]} 21. Bxc3 bxc3 22. Rxc3 Bb4 23. Rg3 Rd8 24. Ng4 {Strongly threatening Nxf6+.} Nxg4 25. Qxg4 {[%csl Gg3][%cal Rg4g7]} g6 26. Rgd3 a5 27. Qg3 Rxd3 28. Bxd3 Qxg3 29. hxg3 Rd8 30. e5 h5 31. Kf1 (31. Be2 $5 {[%cal Rd1d8]} Rxd1+ 32. Bxd1 $11) 31... Kf8 32. Ne3 Bc3 33. f4 (33. Bxg6 $5 {[%cal Rd1d8]} Rxd1+ 34. Nxd1 $14) 33... Rd4 (33... Ke7 $11) 34. Ke2 $1 Rd7 {[#]} (34... g5 $14) 35. Rc1 ({White should play} 35. Bxg6 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} Rxd1 (35... fxg6 36. Rxd7) 36. Nxd1) 35... Bb4 $11 36. Rc2 Rd8 37. Rc7 Bd5 38. Bc2 Ba8 39. Bd3 Bd5 {Precision: White = 42%, Black = 37%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Neiksans, Arturs"]
[Black "Volodin, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,97,27,22,35,26,27,41,30,44,43,32,31,36,42,54,54,54,54,51,54,64,62,66,62,62,51,56,60,85,75,154,158,151,147,156,156,157,148,152,163,281,107,119,111,258,274,277,279,258,281,490,472,466,466,466,447,435,466,426,389,293,300,287,291,616,585,728,714,707,673,883,883,839,816,743,659,1297,1289,2022,1631,1654,1476]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 a6 6. Nd6+ Bxd6 7. Qxd6 Qe7 8. Qd1 Nf6 9. Nc3 d6 10. Be3 {B32: Sicilian: Löwenthal and Kalashnikov Variations} (10. Bd3 Be6 11. O-O h6 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Ne5 14. Be2 Rc8 15. Qd4 Bc4 16. Bd3 O-O 17. a4 Rfe8 {1-0 (82) Motylev,A (2658)-Li,C (2720) Fufeng 2017}) 10... Be6 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O {White is slightly better.} Qd8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Rfc8 13. Na4 Rd8 14. Nb6 Rab8 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Nd4 17. Bxd4 exd4 {1-0 (52) Malakhov,I (2451)-Zwardon,V (2421) Pardubice 2016}) 13. Qd2 d5 14. exd5 $1 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. Qxd5 Bxd5 17. Rfd1 Be6 18. Bb6 Rac8 19. c4 f5 20. b3 Rfe8 21. Rd2 Kf7 22. Rad1 e4 23. f3 Ne5 (23... exf3 $142 24. Bxf3 Ne5) 24. fxe4 $16 fxe4 25. Rf1+ Kg6 26. Rf4 Rc6 27. Be3 (27. Rxe4 Bf5 $11) 27... h6 28. Rd4 Bf5 (28... Nd7 $142 29. Rdxe4 (29. Rfxe4 Nf6 $16) 29... Nf6) 29. g4 $2 (29. Rd5 $18 {and the rest is easy.}) 29... Bd7 30. Rdxe4 Rce6 {[#]} (30... Kh7 $16 {was called for.}) 31. Rxe5 $1 $18 Rxe5 32. Bd3+ Kg5 33. Re4+ $1 Kh4 $2 {[#]} (33... Kf6 {was necessary.} 34. Bd4 Bc6) 34. Bf2+ $1 Kg5 35. h4+ Kf6 36. Bd4 g5 37. hxg5+ (37. Bxe5+ Rxe5 38. Rd4 Be6 $16) 37... hxg5 38. Kf2 (38. Bxe5+ Rxe5 39. Kf2 Rxe4 $16) 38... Bc6 39. Re3 (39. Rxe5 Rxe5 40. Bf5 (40. Bxe5+ Kxe5 41. Ke3 Bd7 $16) 40... a5 $16) 39... Bd7 40. Be2 (40. Bxe5+ Rxe5 41. Rh3 Re7 $16) 40... R8e7 $2 (40... a5 41. Bf3 (41. Rxe5 Rxe5 42. c5 Bc6 $16) 41... b6) 41. Bf3 {White is clearly winning.} ({Weaker is} 41. Rxe5 Rxe5 42. b4 b6 $16) 41... Bc8 42. c5 ({Not} 42. Rxe5 Rxe5 43. Bd5 Bxg4 $18) 42... Re8 43. Ke2 R8e7 44. Kd3 ({Less strong is} 44. Rxe5 Rxe5+ 45. Bxe5+ Kxe5 $18) 44... Re8 45. Kc4 R8e7 46. Kb4 Re8 47. Ka5 R8e6 48. Rxe5 Rxe5 49. Kb6 {Precision: White = 80%, Black = 43%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Black "Garanin, Aleksei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2220"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,85,21,-23,32,7,27,6,102,102,109,110,106,120,175,113,151,130,131,96,138,142,138,131,133,106,102,102,100,91,89,98,180,187,187,180,195,180,184,156,145,83,85,74,78,74,81,75,85,79,101,90,135,145,140,150,143,126,107,97,128,118,157,122,514,508,510,505,503,495,487,456]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 Nf6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. d3 Nc6 8. Qe1 Nd4 9. Qh4 {LiveBook: 3 Games. B23: Closed Sicilian: Lines without g3} (9. Nxd4 cxd4 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Bxd5 e6 12. Bb3 a5 13. a4 Bd7 14. Bd2 Kh8 15. Rf2 Qb6 16. Re2 Qc7 17. Qh4 f5 18. Rae1 fxe4 19. Rxe4 {1-0 (44) Robson,R (2596)-Le,Q (2714) Moscow 2012}) 9... Bg4 (9... Nxc2 $11 10. Rb1 Bg4) 10. Nxd4 $14 cxd4 11. Nd5 {White has an edge.} Be6 (11... Nxd5 $11 {remains equal.} 12. Bxd5 Be6) 12. f5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rf5e6]} Bxd5 13. exd5 Nd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Rc8 14. Bg5 b5 15. Bb3 Qb6 16. Rae1 Rc7 17. fxg6 hxg6 18. Rf3 a5 19. Rh3 Rfc8 20. Bh6 Bh8 21. a4 bxa4 22. Bxa4 Qxb2 23. Bc1 {1-0 (23) Urquhart,E (2214)-Nguyen,K Montreal 2002}) 14. Bg5 Re8 (14... Bf6 $16 {is a better defense.}) 15. fxg6 (15. Rae1 $1 $18) 15... hxg6 16. Rf3 f6 17. Bh6 $1 Kf7 {...Rh8 is the strong threat.} 18. Bxg7 $1 Kxg7 19. Qxd4 Ne5 20. Rg3 Qa5 21. Bb3 Qc5 22. Qe3 Qxe3+ 23. Rxe3 g5 (23... b5 $16 {keeps fighting.} 24. d4 Nc4 25. Bxc4 bxc4) 24. d4 $18 Ng6 25. c3 Rac8 26. Rae1 b5 27. Bc2 b4 28. Bxg6 (28. g3 $142) 28... Kxg6 $16 29. cxb4 Rc4 30. Rxe7 Rxe7 31. Rxe7 Rxb4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#] KR-KR} 32. b3 $1 a5 {[#]} 33. Ra7 $1 Rb5 34. Kf2 Rxd5 35. Ke3 g4 36. Ra6 Kf5 37. Ra8 Ke6 38. Re8+ Kd7 39. Rg8 f5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (39... Rh5 $16 {is a better chance.}) 40. a4 $18 {White is clearly winning.} f4+ 41. Ke4 Rh5 {and the idea ...f3 leaves Black hopeful.} 42. Rxg4 Rxh2 43. Rg5 {Precision: White = 79%, Black = 41%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kantans, Toms"]
[Black "Kveinys, Aloyzas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,106,15,24,10,10,9,14,14,39,32,34,22,13,6,19,18,19,14,20,23,40,19,43,14,31,13,21,10,37,29,35,-25,-28,-177,-168,-230,-220,-249,-234,-287,-243,-403,-397,-387,-394,-382,-323,-389,-392,-407,-401,-382,-390,-438,-432,-518,-495,-497,-478,-477,-493,-539,-550,-582,-563,-616,-605,-564,-572,-763,-651,-1002,-1008,-1633,-1606,-1903,-1627,-29991,-3276,-29998,-29999]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Nxd4 8. Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. Qxd4 Nf6 10. Nc3 Be7 {C72: Ruy Lopez: Deferred Steinitz: 5 0-0} 11. Bg5 {[%cal Bc1g5,Bg5h4,Bh4g3,Bg3h2][%mdl 32]} h6 12. Bh4 Qg4 13. Bg3 O-O 14. Rad1 Rfe8 {[#] LiveBook: 3 Games} 15. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Rfe1 Rad8 16. a4 Qc8 17. h3 c6 18. Bh4 {½-½ (42) Wang,H (2678)-Demchenko,A (2632) Subic Bay 2016}) 15... Qe6 16. Rfe1 Nh5 17. Nd5 Rac8 18. Bh2 {And now e5 would win.} Nf6 19. Qa4 Bf8 {...Nxd5 is the strong threat.} 20. Re3 Nd7 21. c4 c6 22. Nf4 Qf6 23. Qc2 Ne5 24. b3 g6 25. a4 Nd7 26. Bg3 a5 27. Nd3 Re6 28. c5 d5 {[%cal Bd6d5,Bd5e4][%mdl 32]} 29. Nf4 ({White should try} 29. Rf3 $14 Qg5 30. exd5 cxd5 31. Nf4) 29... Ree8 $11 30. Ree1 {[#]} (30. Re2 $11) 30... g5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rg5f4]} ({Don't play} 30... Nxc5 31. exd5 Rxe1+ 32. Rxe1 $15) 31. Nd3 (31. e5 $142 Nxe5 32. Nh5 Nf3+ 33. Kf1 Rxe1+ 34. Rxe1) 31... dxe4 ({But not} 31... Rxe4 32. f3 $17) 32. Nb2 Nxc5 33. Re3 Na6 {[%cal Bc5a6,Ba6b4,Bb4d3][%mdl 32]} 34. Rde1 $2 (34. Nc4 {keeps fighting.}) 34... Nb4 35. Qc1 Bg7 36. R3e2 Re6 37. Qb1 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 38. Nd1 Nd3 39. Rf1 Qg6 40. Rc2 Ree8 41. Nc3 b4 42. Ne2 f5 43. f4 c5 44. Rc4 Rcd8 45. Qc2 Kh7 46. fxg5 hxg5 47. Bc7 Rd7 48. Bxa5 f4 {[%cal Bf5f4,Bf4f3][%mdl 32]} 49. h4 Rf7 50. hxg5 f3 51. Ng3 f2+ 52. Kh2 Rf4 (52... Be5 $142 53. Qe2 Kg8 54. Qxf2 Nxf2 55. Rxe4 Bxg3+ 56. Kg1 {[#]} Bh2+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 57. Kxh2 Qh5+ 58. Rh4 Qxh4+ 59. Kg1 Qh1#) 53. Nxe4 Qh5+ {Precision: White = 31%, Black = 62%.} 0-1

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Meskovs, Nikita"]
[Black "Ladva, Ottomar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,131,0,-11,-10,-10,-16,0,0,0,-15,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-15,0,0,-8,-41,-45,-39,-31,-88,-88,-83,-83,-80,-88,-83,-81,-82,-81,-85,-80,-99,-107,-107,-103,-102,-124,-141,-83,-157,-148,-167,-52,-279,-272,-220,-8,-8,-25,-95,-22,-86,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,1339,1359,1336,1315,1277,172,179,321,418,239,236,134,142,147,1203,1134,1085,1020,836,790,5401,5089,2336,2231,29973,29974,29975,29976,29976,29977,29977,29978,29977,29978,29978,29979,29979,29980]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 dxc4 4. Bg2 Nd7 5. Qa4 a6 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qc2 Bb7 8. O-O Ngf6 9. a4 c5 10. Nc3 Qb6 11. d3 Be7 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} 12. e4 (12. Qb3 b4 13. a5 Qd8 14. Nb1 Bd5 15. Qc2 O-O 16. Nbd2 Nb8 17. Rd1 Ra7 18. e4 Ba8 19. Nb3 {0-1 (49) Nakamura,H (2776)-Kramnik,V (2783) Zuerich 2015}) 12... O-O {LiveBook: 4 Games} 13. Bf4 Rac8 {The position is equal.} 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15. axb5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Qe2 Nb8 16. Ne5 Nc6 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. Be3 Qb7 19. axb5 axb5 {½-½ (41) Horton,A (2279)-Ladva,O (2434) Karpacz 2015}) 15... axb5 16. h3 c4 17. Be3 cxd3 18. Qxd3 Bc5 19. Nd4 {[%cal Bf3d4,Bd4b5,Bb5d6][%mdl 32]} Ne5 {[%cal Bd7e5,Be5c4,Bc4e3][%mdl 32]} 20. Qxb5 Qxb5 21. Ndxb5 Bxe3 22. fxe3 Nc4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Rd1 Rb8 25. Nd6 Nxe3 26. Rd3 (26. Ra1 {feels hotter.} Ne8 27. Nxe8 Rxe8 28. Bf1 Kf8 29. Bb5) 26... Nxg2 27. Nxb7 Ne1 28. Rd8+ (28. Rd1 $15) 28... Rxd8 $17 29. Nxd8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KNN-KNN} Nd3 30. b3 Nc5 31. b4 Ncxe4 32. Nxe4 Nxe4 {KN-KN} 33. b5 Nc5 34. Kf2 Kf8 35. Nc6 f6 36. Ke3 e5 37. g4 Ke8 (37... Kf7 $142 38. Kd2 Ke6) 38. Nb4 (38. g5 $142) 38... Kd7 39. h4 g6 (39... Kd6 $19 {Strongly threatening ...Nd7.} 40. Kf3 Nb3) 40. g5 $2 {[#]} ({Better is} 40. b6 $15) 40... f5 $1 $19 41. Nd5 f4+ $2 (41... Ke6 $19 42. Nc7+ Kd6 43. Ne8+ Ke7) 42. Kf3 $11 Ke6 43. Nf6 {[#]} (43. Nc3 $11) 43... h6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 44. Kg4 (44. b6 $11 {keeps the balance.} hxg5 45. hxg5) (44. gxh6 Kxf6) 44... hxg5 ({Black should try} 44... Nd7 $17 45. Ng8 hxg5 46. hxg5 Kd6) 45. Kxg5 Kf7 46. b6 f3 {( -> ...f2)} 47. Ng4 Ne4+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (47... e4 $11) 48. Kh6 $18 f2 {[#]} 49. Nxf2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nd6 (49... Nxf2 50. b7) 50. Kg5 $2 (50. Ng4 e4 51. Kg5) 50... Kg7 51. Nd1 Nf7+ 52. Kg4 Nd8 53. Nc3 {Threatens to win with Ne4.} Nb7 54. Ne4 {Hoping for Kg5.} Kf7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (54... Kh6 $16 55. Kf3 Kh5) 55. Kg5 Kg7 56. Nf6 Nc5 57. Ne8+ Kf7 58. Nd6+ Kg7 59. b7 Nxb7 60. Nxb7 {KN-KPP. White mates.} e4 61. Nc5 e3 62. Ne6+ Kf7 63. Nf4 Kg7 64. Ne2 Kf7 65. Ng3 Kg7 66. Kf4 {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 41%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kanep, Meelis"]
[Black "Miezis, Normunds"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,47,86,100,51,76,63,89,78,89,87,100,99,93,99,85,69,72,72,89,64,70,71,72,72,72,57,64,62]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 d5 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. a3 Bxd2+ 8. Bxd2 {[%cal Bc1d2,Bd2e1,Be1g3][%mdl 32]} Ne4 9. Qc2 a5 10. Bd3 f5 11. O-O Bd7 {LiveBook: 6 Games. E11: Bogo-Indian} 12. Be1 (12. b4 Ne7 13. bxa5 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 Ng6 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Rab1 Ra7 17. Rfc1 c6 18. Rb6 Qe7 19. Qb4 {1-0 (40) Moiseenko,A (2710)-Miezis,N (2596) Al Ain 2012}) 12... a4 13. Rc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Nd2 Na5 14. Nxe4 fxe4 15. Be2 Nb3 16. Rd1 Be8 17. f3 Bg6 18. Qc3 Bh5 19. Bg3 {0-1 (64) Mekhitarian,K (2531)-Ernst,S (2554) Maastricht 2012}) 13... Be8 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Ne5 Qf6 16. f3 Nd6 17. Bg3 Qe6 18. Kh1 Rc8 19. Rfe1 g6 20. Qc3 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Nf7 22. e4 fxe4 23. fxe4 {[%cal Bf3e4,Be4d5][%mdl 32]} Bc6 24. exd5 {Precision: White = 54%, Black = 69%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Stremavicius, Titas"]
[Black "Krupenski, Juri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,77,-31,-33,-50,-29,-35,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,2,28,-5,0,-7,0,0,28,18,26,25,34,19,37,1,1,1,1,1,52,6,12,0,9,0,0,10,19,0,0,0,56,64,43,22,38,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 e6 3. f4 d5 4. Nf3 c5 5. O-O Nc6 6. d3 Be7 7. c3 O-O 8. a4 b6 9. Na3 Bb7 10. Qc2 {A03: Bird's Opening with 1...d5} Rc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... d4 11. e4 dxe3 12. Bxe3 Ng4 13. Bd2 Qd7 14. Nc4 Rad8 15. h3 Nf6 16. Nfe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Qc7 {½-½ (56) Nguyen,P (2368)-Chernyshov,K (2555) Olomouc 2009}) 11. e4 {[#]} Nb4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 12. Qe2 $1 (12. cxb4 cxb4) 12... dxe4 13. dxe4 Qd3 14. Re1 {Strongly threatening e5.} Qxe2 15. Rxe2 Nd3 16. e5 Nd5 17. Ne1 Nxe1 18. Rxe1 {[#] Hoping for c4.} c4 19. h4 h5 20. Bf1 Bxa3 21. Rxa3 a6 22. Kf2 Rfd8 23. Be2 (23. Be3 $5) 23... g6 24. Be3 Rd7 25. Rb1 Nxe3 26. Kxe3 Bd5 27. Rd1 Rcc7 (27... Rb7 $11) 28. Rd4 (28. b3 $5 {[%cal Rb3c4]}) 28... Kf8 29. Ra1 (29. b3 $5) 29... b5 30. Rad1 Ke7 31. axb5 (31. a5 {with more complications.} Rd8 32. Bf3 Bxf3 33. Rxd8 Bxd1 34. Rxd1 Rd7 35. Rd4) 31... axb5 32. f5 gxf5 33. Bxh5 f6 ({Black should try} 33... Rd8 $1 $11) 34. exf6+ $14 Kxf6 35. Bf3 {[%cal Rf3d5]} Bc6 36. Rd6 Rxd6 {The position is equal.} 37. Rxd6 Bxf3 38. Kxf3 b4 39. g4 {Precision: White = 25%, Black = 36%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Berzinsh, Roland"]
[Black "Kulaots, Kaido"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,30,17,22,15,16,16,19,13,2,3,0,31,0,0,0,28]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. c3 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 {A48: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. e4 Nc6 9. Be2 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Nh5 10. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Bh2 b6 11. e5 Bh8 12. Qa4 Bb7 13. Qh4 Ng7 14. Ng5 {½-½ (37) Kamsky,G (2741)-Grischuk,A (2779) Thessaloniki 2013}) 10... b6 11. e5 {aiming for g4.} Bh8 12. Bh6 Bg7 13. Be3 {Black must now prevent g4.} Bh8 $1 14. Bh6 Bg7 15. Be3 {Hoping for g4.} Bh8 $1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Malisauskas, Vidmantas"]
[Black "Krivonosov, Oleg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,14,0,33]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 {LiveBook: 1503 Games} {Predecessor:} 8. Bxe7 $146 Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. g4 Nd7 11. h4 e5 12. cxd5 Nxc3 13. Rxc3 cxd5 14. g5 e4 15. Nd2 hxg5 16. Qh5 g6 17. Qxg5 Qxg5 18. hxg5 {1-0 (48) Matlakov,M (2714)-Howell,D (2684) Minsk 2017} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shishkov, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,136,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,-46,-41,-40,-32,-35,-33,-37,-35,-17,-22,-24,-28,-127,-20,-22,123,120,128,123,130,122,122,116,168,83,91,86,95,83,87,85,85,80,92,94,74,57,63,57,81,51,54,45,52,0,52,52,52,52,59,59,70,50,54,54,60,59,60,0,77,51,70,64,72,59,59,60,64,10,11,12,74,67,114,112,256,3,67,10,12,4,133,8,324,248,8012,6244,11478,9551,12373,10915,9720,5690,5690,367,300,68,70,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. d4 b6 8. Nf3 Bb7 9. Be2 h6 {A18: English Opening: Flohr-Mikenas System (1 c4 Nf6 2 Nc3 e6 3 e4)} 10. O-O Bd6 (10... Nd7 11. a4 a5 12. Be3 Bd6 13. Rb1 Be4 14. Rb2 O-O 15. Nd2 Bc6 16. Bf3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Qxf3 18. Nxf3 {½-½ (31) Demuth,A (2550)-Bluebaum,M (2628) Bad Ragaz 2016}) 11. c5 bxc5 12. Qa4+ {LiveBook: 3 Games} Bc6 13. Bb5 Bxb5 14. Qxb5+ Nd7 $1 15. dxc5 $146 (15. Be3 $5 {[%cal Rd4c5]} Qe7 16. Ne5 $15) ({Predecessor:} 15. Ne5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Qxe5 17. Rd1 {1-0 (59) Alvarez,J (2384)-Hevia Alejano,C (2308) Santa Clara 2008}) 15... Bxc5 16. Rd1 Rd8 17. Bb2 a6 18. Qxa6 O-O 19. Qe2 $1 Nb6 20. c4 Qf4 21. Ne5 (21. Rdc1 $11) 21... Rxd1+ (21... Na4 $17 22. Nd3 Qxc4) 22. Rxd1 $11 Ra8 (22... Na4 $11) 23. Nd3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} Qxc4 24. Rc1 Bxf2+ 25. Kxf2 Qh4+ 26. Kg1 Rxa2 27. Qe5 (27. Rxc7 $18 {is more deadly. Black must now prevent Qf3.} Nd5 28. Rb7 (28. Rc8+ Kh7 $16)) 27... Qg5 28. Qxg5 (28. Qxc7 $6 Qe3+ 29. Kh1 Qxd3 $11) 28... hxg5 29. Rxc7 Nd5 30. Rb7 Ra4 31. h3 g4 32. hxg4 Rxg4 33. Kf2 f6 34. Rd7 (34. Nc5 $5 {[%cal Rc5e6]} Rb4 35. Rxb4 Nxb4 36. Kf3 $16) 34... Rg5 35. Kf3 Rf5+ 36. Ke4 {Strongly threatening g4.} Rg5 37. Kf3 {And now g4 would win.} Rf5+ $1 38. Ke2 Rg5 39. Ne1 Nf4+ 40. Kf3 Ng6 41. Rb7 Rf5+ 42. Ke3 Rg5 43. Rb6 Kf7 44. Rb7+ Kg8 $1 45. Bc1 Ne5 46. Re7 Ng4+ 47. Kf3 Nh2+ 48. Kf2 Rf5+ 49. Kg3 (49. Kg1 $14 Rf1+ 50. Kxh2 Rxe1 51. Rc7) 49... Nf1+ $11 50. Kg4 Re5 (50... Rc5 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 51. Nd3 $16 Rd5 52. Nf4 Rd1 {[#]} (52... Rg5+ $16 53. Kf3 e5) 53. Bb2 $2 (53. Nxe6 Rxc1 54. Kf5 (54. Nxg7 Ne3+ 55. Rxe3 Kxg7 $11) (54. Rxg7+ Kh8 $14) 54... Rc2 $14) ({White must play} 53. Rc7 $1 $18) 53... e5 ({Black should try} 53... Ne3+ $11 54. Kf3 Nc4) 54. Kf5 (54. Ne6 $14 Ne3+ 55. Kf3) 54... Kh7 $11 55. Ne6 Ne3+ $1 56. Ke4 Re1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (56... Nc4 $1 $11) 57. Bc3 f5+ $2 (57... Re2 58. Rxg7+ Kh8) 58. Kf3 $18 e4+ 59. Kf2 Rc1 60. Kxe3 Rxc3+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KR} 61. Kf4 Kg6 62. Nxg7 $2 (62. Ke5 Kh6 63. Nxg7) 62... Rc2 63. g3 $2 ({Weaker is} 63. Nxf5 Rf2+ 64. Kxe4 Rxg2 $14) ({Only move:} 63. Ne8 $18) 63... Kf6 $1 $14 {[#] aiming for ...Rf2+.} 64. Nxf5 (64. Ra7 $14 Rf2+ 65. Ke3 Rf3+ 66. Ke2) 64... Rc5 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} 65. Kxe4 Rc4+ $1 66. Kd5 (66. Kd3 $5 {[%cal Rd3c4]} Ra4 67. Ke2 $11) 66... Ra4 67. Re4 Ra5+ 68. Kd4 {Threatens to win with Nd6.} Kxf5 {Precision: White = 37%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Klabis, Rokas"]
[Black "Vaicekauskas, Gytis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2348"]
[BlackElo "2207"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,106,17,8,22,-15,-10,-17,-17,-48,-6,-30,-30,-30,-37,-26,0,0,0,0,0,-25,7,6,7,0,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,16,18,11,15,22,0,10,0,0,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. h3 h6 8. Na4 Bb6 9. Nxb6 axb6 10. a3 Be6 {C50: Hungarian Defence and Giuoco Pianissimo} 11. Re1 (11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Re1 Qd7 13. d4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 e5 16. Qc4+ Kh8 17. Be3 Ra4 18. b4 Rfa8 19. Bc1 b5 {0-1 (53) Shyam,S (2468)-Efimenko,Z (2648) Dubai 2014}) 11... Bxc4 12. dxc4 Nd7 13. g3 Qf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... f5 14. Qd5+ Rf7 15. exf5 Ne7 16. Qe4 Nc5 17. Qe2 Nxf5 18. Be3 {0-1 (50) Hussein,H (2284)-Lilov,V (2434) Albena 2013}) 14. Kg2 Qe6 15. Nh4 Ne7 16. Qg4 f5 17. exf5 Nxf5 18. Nxf5 Qxf5 19. Be3 (19. Qxf5 {is interesting.} Rxf5 20. b3 g5 21. Be3 Raf8 22. a4) 19... Nc5 (19... Qf7 {is interesting.} 20. b3 c6 21. Qe2 d5 22. cxd5 cxd5 23. Bd2 Rfc8) 20. Qxf5 {The position is equal.} Rxf5 21. b3 Raf8 22. a4 (22. f4 $5) 22... Ne4 {[%cal Re4f2]} 23. f4 Nxg3 24. fxe5 Ne4 25. exd6 Nxd6 26. Rad1 R8f6 27. Rd4 (27. Bd4 $5 {[%cal Rd4f6]} Rg6+ 28. Kh2 $11) 27... h5 28. Bg1 Rg5+ 29. Kh2 Nf5 30. Rd8+ Kh7 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Nh4.} 31. Bf2 Rf7 32. Rg1 Kg6 (32... Rg6 {feels hotter.} 33. Rxg6 Kxg6 34. Rb8 c5 35. Kg2 Kg5) 33. Rxg5+ (33. Rgd1 {looks sharper.} Nd6 34. Bh4 Re5 35. Rg1+ Kh7 36. Bg3) 33... Kxg5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 34. c5 bxc5 35. Bxc5 b6 36. Bf2 Re7 37. Rd2 Kf4 38. Kg2 g5 39. c4 Ne3+ 40. Kg1 g4 41. hxg4 hxg4 42. Bh4 Rh7 43. Rf2+ Ke4 44. Bg3 Rg7 45. Rf4+ Kd3 46. c5 bxc5 47. a5 Rg6 48. Rf7 Ra6 (48... c4 $5 {[%cal Rc4b3]} 49. Rd7+ Ke4 50. bxc4 c5 $11) 49. Rd7+ Kc2 50. Bf2 Nd1 51. Bxc5 {Threatening b4.} Rxa5 52. b4 Rb5 53. Rxc7 Kb3 {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 55%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Brazdzionis, Andrius"]
[Black "Sakalauskas, Vaidas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2344"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,25,34,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Qa5+ $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4 12. Nc2 O-O 13. h4 a5 14. g3 Be6 15. Bh3 a4 16. Nce3 Nd4 17. Kf1 b3 18. axb3 Nxb3 19. Ra2 Nc5 20. Kg2 Rb8 21. Nc3 Qd7 22. Qc2 Ra8 23. Nb5 Rab8 24. Nc3 Ra8 25. Nb5 Rab8 26. Nc3 {½-½ (27) Motylev,A (2665)-Grachev,B (2658) Sochi 2017}) 10. Bd2 Qd8 11. Bg5 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qd8 13. Bg5 {LiveBook: 8500 Games} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Jankovskis, Guntis"]
[Black "Seeman, Tarvo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,62,20,16,15,10,10,10,31,54,45,53,55,62,56,61,48,63,-4,-1,0,0,0,8,-14,-14,-14,-14,0,0,-8,-12,-13,5,5,5,5,5,5,7,0,3,0,0,0,0,0,5,0,7,0,5,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. d4 Qb6 5. Nc3 (5. dxc5 Qxc5 6. a3 d6 7. Be2 Bg4 8. O-O Nc6 9. b4 Qb6 10. Be3 Qd8 11. Ra2 Nf6 12. Nc3 Nd7 {½-½ (59) Grachev,B (2687)-Kulaots,K (2586) Legnica 2013}) 5... cxd4 6. Nd5 {A40: Unusual replies to 1 d4} Qa5+ 7. b4 Qd8 8. Nxd4 e6 9. Ne3 Ne7 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Qd2 d5 12. exd5 exd5 13. c5 $146 (13. Rd1 $14) ({Predecessor:} 13. Rd1 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Nbc6 15. Nxc6 Qxd2+ 16. Rxd2 Nxc6 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 {½-½ (17) Hasangatin,R (2353)-Van der Weide,K (2490) Prague 2005}) 13... Nbc6 $11 {The position is equal.} 14. Nxc6 Nxc6 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Nxd5 Re8+ 17. Be2 Re5 18. Rd1 {[#] f4 is the strong threat.} Bg4 $1 19. Ne3 $132 {[%mdl 2048] White is not keeping still} Qxd2+ 20. Rxd2 Bxe2 21. Kxe2 Nxb4 22. Rb1 Na6 23. Rxb7 {Threatening c6.} Nxc5 24. Rb5 Rae8 25. Rc2 Ne4 26. Rxe5 Rxe5 {KRN-KRN} 27. Rc4 Nd6 28. Ra4 a5 29. Kd3 Rb5 30. Rd4 Nf5 31. Nxf5+ Rxf5 {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 91%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kulaots, Kaido"]
[Black "Ladva, Ottomar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B83"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,78,0,-11,-18,33,-12,-15,-7,-8,-2,-3,-6,-14,-19,0,-22,-2,-2,-10,-8,38,36,36,30,26,27,25,25,32,32,36,26,26,0,39,0,27,0,39,25,150,144,155,156,136,149,214,132,143,135,122,-39,-39,-96,-87,-152,-153]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Nf6 7. Be3 Be7 8. O-O Bd7 9. f4 O-O 10. Nb3 a6 11. a4 Na5 12. Nd2 {B85: Sicilian Scheveningen: 6 Be2 a6, lines with early Be3} (12. e5 Ne8 13. Nxa5 Qxa5 14. Qd2 Qc7 15. Bd4 Bc6 16. Qe3 dxe5 17. fxe5 g6 18. Ne4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Bc5 20. c3 Ng7 21. g4 Rad8 22. Kh1 Bxd4 23. cxd4 {0-1 (40) Anand,V (2788)-Ponomariov,R (2739) Moscow 2009}) 12... Rc8 {LiveBook: 7 Games} 13. Bd3 e5 (13... Nc6 $11) 14. Kh1 $146 {White is slightly better.} (14. Nd5 $5 {[%cal Re3b6]} Nxd5 15. exd5 $16) ({Predecessor:} 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 exf4 16. Bd4 b5 17. b3 Nb7 18. axb5 axb5 19. b4 Bf6 {½-½ (54) Hagara,E (2372)-Vlcek,S (2322) Austria 2007}) 14... Ng4 15. Bg1 exf4 16. Nd5 {[#]} Ne3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 17. Nxe3 fxe3 18. Bxe3 Bg5 19. Bg1 Be6 20. Nf3 Bf6 21. Nd4 Nc6 (21... Bxd4 $5 22. Bxd4 Nc6 $11) 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. c3 Ne5 24. Be2 Qd7 25. Qb3 Rfe8 26. Rad1 {[%cal Ba1d1,Bd1d4,Bd4c4][%mdl 32]} Qc6 27. Qb4 Be7 28. Qb3 {Black must now prevent Bg4!} Bf6 29. Qb4 Be7 30. Qb3 {And now Bg4! would win.} Bf8 31. Rd4 Nd7 (31... g6 $11) 32. Bg4 $16 Nc5 {[#]} 33. Qa2 $1 {aiming for b4.} Kh8 34. a5 Rcd8 (34... Rb8 $16 35. Rc4 Qb5) 35. b4 Nxe4 36. Rc4 ({Resist} 36. Bxe6 Nxc3 37. Qf2 d5 $16) 36... Qd5 {Strongly threatening ...Nd2.} 37. Ra1 $2 ({White must play} 37. Qe2 $16 Nf6 38. Rc7) 37... Qe5 $1 $15 {...d5 is the strong threat.} 38. Bd4 (38. Rc7 $1 $15) 38... Qf4 $17 39. Qe2 ({White should play} 39. Bf3 d5 40. Bxe4) 39... d5 {Precision: White = 46%, Black = 44%.} 0-1

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kveinys, Aloyzas"]
[Black "Meskovs, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,24,32,23]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. d4 O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Nxe4 Bxe4 9. Ne1 Bxg2 10. Nxg2 d5 11. Qa4 Qd7 12. Qxd7 Nxd7 {LiveBook: 121 Games} {Predecessor:} 13. cxd5 $146 exd5 14. Bf4 c6 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. Rc2 Bf6 17. Rfc1 Bxd4 18. Rxc6 Rxc6 19. Rxc6 Bxb2 20. Rc7 Nc5 21. Rxa7 Ne6 22. Ne3 {½-½ (42) Mchedlishvili,M (2605)-Esipenko,A (2509) Minsk 2017} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Black "Kantans, Toms"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,80,0,-11,-22,-19,0,0,0,-50,-34,-85,-91,-103,-109,-100,-67,-60,-66,-73,-68,-62,-64,-116,-102,-99,-98,-77,-88,-97,-97,-97,-97,-139,-126,-218,-146,-148,-137,-129,-39,-284,-304,-830,-779,-1414,-1265,-1114,-608,-593,-592,-600,-270,-618,-564,-532,-369,-806,-854,-879,-876,-948,-890,-6383,-3226,-12843,-12843]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Rc1 c5 7. dxc5 dxc4 8. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} Qa5 9. e5 Nh5 {D92: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 5 Bf4} 10. Be3 (10. Bd2 Qxc5 11. Be3 Qa5 12. Qd5 Qxd5 13. Nxd5 Nc6 14. Bxc4 Bg4 15. Bb5 Nxe5 16. Nxe7+ Kh8 17. Be2 Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Bxb2 {½-½ (39) Mamedyarov,S (2743)-Lou,Y (2453) China 2015}) 10... Nc6 11. Bxc4 Bg4 {The position is equal.} 12. e6 fxe6 {Strongly threatening ...Nf4.} 13. Be2 $146 {[#]} (13. O-O $15) ({Predecessor:} 13. Qb3 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Ne5 15. Be2 Nf4 16. Bxf4 Rxf4 17. Qxb7 {1-0 (41) Ftacnik,L (2585)-Mirumian,V (2505) Czechia 1999}) 13... Nf4 $1 $17 {[%cal Rf4g2]} 14. Bxf4 Rxf4 15. Nd2 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Nd4 17. Qe3 Raf8 18. O-O Qxc5 19. Kh1 ({White should play} 19. Rcd1 $15) 19... Qh5 {aiming for ...Bh6.} 20. Nce4 Rh4 21. h3 Qd5 22. Rc4 b5 23. Rc5 Qxa2 24. Rc7 Qd5 25. Rxa7 (25. Rc5 $17 {is a better defense.} Nf5 26. Qe2) 25... Bh6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is in control.} 26. Qd3 Nc6 27. Rd7 Qf5 ({Black should try} 27... Qxd3 $17 28. Rxd3 Ne5) 28. Qe2 $2 {[#]} (28. Qc3 $1 $15 Ne5 29. Rxe7) 28... e5 $1 $19 29. Rc7 $2 (29. Nc5 Nd4 30. Rxd4 exd4 31. Nf3) 29... Nd4 {( -> ...Rxh3+!)} 30. Qe1 Rxh3+ 31. Kg1 {[#]} Rh1+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 32. Kxh1 {And now Kg1 would win.} Qh5+ 33. Kg1 Ne2+ 34. Qxe2 Qxe2 35. Rd7 Bxd2 36. Nxd2 $2 (36. Ng3 Qc4 37. Rxd2) 36... e4 {Black is clearly winning.} 37. b4 Rf6 38. Nb3 Rd6 39. Rxe7 Rd1 40. Rxd1 Qxd1+ {Precision: White = 33%, Black = 70%.} 0-1

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Volodin, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Garanin, Aleksei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "2220"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,79,13,66,61,61,56,50,28,39,22,14,26,53,35,35,35,40,25,42,-16,50,56,50,25,21,0,0,0,0,-2,0,-8,0,-10,0,-12,0,-7,0,-24,-2,-4,0,-19,-10,-38,-12,-29,51,42,72,73,79,68,92,0,270,277,583,370,570,391,281,177,628,603,643,680,670,636,1881,1907]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Nf6 5. d5 Qa5+ (5... e6 $11) (5... Qb6 6. e4 d6 7. Nd2 Nbd7 8. Nc4 Qd8 9. a4 g6 10. Bd3 Bg7 11. Ne2 O-O 12. O-O b6 13. Qd2 Ba6 {1-0 (30) Moiseenko,A (2657)-Atabayev,Y (2473) Doha 2016}) 6. Nc3 {A45: Trompowsky Attack} d6 7. e4 g6 8. Qd2 {White is slightly better.} Bg7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... a6 9. Nge2 b5 10. Nd1 Qb6 11. a4 Bb7 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8 Bxa8 {½-½ (50) Kaunas,K (2273)-Thorfinnsson,B (2389) Reykjavik 2007}) 9. Bb5+ Nbd7 10. Nh3 a6 11. Be2 b5 12. O-O O-O 13. Nf2 (13. a4 $5 {[%cal Ra4b5]}) 13... Qc7 14. Bh6 (14. a4 $14) 14... Nb6 (14... Bxh6 $1 $11 15. Qxh6 e6) 15. Bxg7 $14 Kxg7 16. f4 e6 17. Bf3 exd5 18. Nxd5 Nfxd5 19. exd5 f5 20. Rae1 Kg8 21. Re2 Qg7 22. b3 b4 23. Rfe1 Bd7 24. a4 bxa3 {Hoping for ...Rfe8.} 25. Qa5 Rfb8 26. Qxa3 a5 27. h4 a4 28. h5 Nc8 (28... Qc3 $11) 29. bxa4 {[%cal Bb3a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Qd4 30. a5 Rb5 31. a6 Rb6 $1 32. c3 (32. hxg6 $16 hxg6 33. Bh5) 32... Qc4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (32... Qxf4 $11 33. Nd3 Qh4) 33. Qc1 $18 Kf8 $2 (33... Rbxa6 {is more resistant.} 34. Rb2 Rb6) 34. Nh3 {[%cal Bf2h3,Bh3g5,Bg5h7,Bh7g5][%mdl 32]} Rbxa6 (34... h6 {might work better.} 35. hxg6 Rbxa6) 35. Ng5 Ra1 36. Qe3 {[#] Strongly threatening h6.} Rxe1+ $2 (36... Kg7) 37. Rxe1 {White is clearly winning.} Ra3 38. h6 Rxc3 39. Nxh7+ Kf7 40. Ng5+ {Precision: White = 45%, Black = 43%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Miezis, Normunds"]
[Black "Klabis, Rokas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2348"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,60,0,0,0,0,-18,-24,-29,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,8,-6,-7,-2,0,-60,127,162,133,-29991,-29992,-29992,-29993,-29994,0,-29995,0]} 1. c4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Be2 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nc6 9. O-O h6 10. h3 Bd6 11. Re1 Re8 {D20: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 e3 and 3 e4} (11... Bf5 12. a3 Re8 13. Rxe8+ Qxe8 14. Nb5 Qd7 15. Nxd6 Qxd6 16. Qb3 Be6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Bf4 Qd5 19. Qxb7 Nxd4 20. Qxd5 Nxd5 21. Nxd4 Nxf4 {½-½ (59) Zvjaginsev,V (2673)-Popov,I (2596) Moscow 2016}) 12. Rxe8+ Qxe8 13. Nb5 Bf5 14. Nxd6 cxd6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 15. Bf4 Qd7 16. a3 Be4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Re8 17. Rc1 Be4 18. Nh2 Na5 19. Bf1 Nc6 20. b4 {½-½ (44) Naumkin,I (2443)-Kizov,A (2408) Ischia 2013}) 17. Be3 Nd5 18. Nd2 Nxe3 19. fxe3 d5 20. Bb5 Re8 21. Rc1 Bg6 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black is up to no good.} 22. Rc3 Re6 23. Qc1 Qe7 {Hoping for ...Nxd4!} 24. Nb3 Bf5 25. Qd2 (25. Nc5 $11 Rg6 26. Nd3) 25... Bxh3 $2 (25... Rg6 $15 {keeps the upper hand.}) 26. gxh3 $16 Rg6+ 27. Kh1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (27. Kf1 $16) 27... Qe4+ 28. Kh2 {[#]} Ne5 $1 29. dxe5 Qxe5+ 30. Kh1 {[#]} Qe4+ $2 {Precision: White = 37%, Black = 69%.} (30... Qg3 $1 {mates} 31. Rc8+ Kh7 32. Rh8+ Kxh8 33. Qh2 Qf3+ 34. Qg2 Qxg2#) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kanep, Meelis"]
[Black "Neiksans, Arturs"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,37,3,18,10,11,9,14,12,13,10,10,14,11,14,35,26,31,31]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. d4 O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bf4 Nd7 11. Rc1 c5 12. Nxe4 {E18: Queen's Indian: Old Main Line (4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Be7 6 0-0 0-0 7 Nc3)} dxe4 13. Nd2 f5 14. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5,Bb5a6][%mdl 32] Black should prevent bxc5.The position is equal.} g5 15. dxc5 {[%cal Bd4c5,Bc5c6][%mdl 32] next Bd6 is good for White.} gxf4 16. c6 Ba6 {[#] aiming for ...Nf6.} 17. b5 Nc5 (17... Bxb5 $5 {[%cal Rd7c5]} 18. Qb3+ (18. c7 Qe8 $11) 18... Rf7 19. Qxb5 (19. c7 Qe8 $11) 19... Nc5 $14) 18. bxa6 fxg3 19. hxg3 {[#]} {Predecessor:} Qd6 $146 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Berzinsh, Roland"]
[Black "Stremavicius, Titas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,51,27,39,34,56,43,63,72,57,71,61,47,187,197,208,210,222,215,217,220,228,196,218,208,336,288,349,363,344,367,377,371]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 Nh6 {[%cal Bg8h6,Bh6f7,Bf7d6,Bd6e4][%mdl 32]} 7. c3 O-O 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 {[%cal Be4e5,Be5e6][%mdl 32] B31: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5 g6} f6 11. h3 Nf7 {LiveBook: 9 Games} 12. e6 {White is slightly better.} Nd6 13. Nc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Qc2 Qb6 14. Nc3 Nb5 15. b3 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Qxd4 17. Ba3 Qb6 {1-0 (36) Bologan,V (2654)-Ladva,O (2387) Tromsoe 2014}) 13... f5 14. Bf4 Ne4 15. Ne5 Bxe6 16. f3 {[%cal Bf2f3,Bf3e4,Be4d5][%mdl 32]} g5 ({Black should try} 16... Bxe5 $14 17. Bxe5 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Rf7) 17. fxe4 $18 gxf4 18. Nxc6 Qd7 19. exd5 Bf7 20. Rxe7 Qd6 21. Re5 Kh8 22. Qf3 ({Much less strong is} 22. Rxf5 $6 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 Qxc6) 22... Bxe5 (22... Rac8 $142) 23. dxe5 Qc5+ 24. Qf2 Qxf2+ 25. Kxf2 Rac8 26. Rc1 {Precision: White = 100%, Black = 54%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Krivonosov, Oleg"]
[Black "Seeman, Tarvo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,76,79,100,71,92,72,62,55,50,48,54,52,46,50,64,40,22,-88,-8,0,-15,-16,0,-4,-6,-13,23,37,35,-33,0,-16,0,4,34,-18,-8,-17,-6,0,134,122,269,204,233,225,216,0,0,0,0,-543,-547,-543,-543,-29988,-539,-523,-540,-527,-535,-524,-527,-513,-518,-522,-487,-784,-783]} 1. Nf3 b6 2. g3 Bb7 3. Bg2 e5 4. O-O (4. e4 d6 5. d4 Nd7 6. O-O Ngf6 7. Re1 Be7 8. d5 b5 9. a3 O-O 10. Nc3 a6 11. b3 Rc8 {½-½ (44) Van Wely,L (2674)-Ernst,S (2534) Netherlands 2017}) 4... Qe7 5. c4 e4 6. Ne1 {A04: Unusual lines after 1 Nf3 and King's Indian Attack} h5 7. d3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. Nc3 h4 8. d3 hxg3 9. fxg3 Nf6 10. Rf4 Qc5+ 11. e3 Bd6 12. Bxe4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Rxe4+ {0-1 (30) Berczes,C (2368)-Csom,I (2437) Hungary 2010}) 7... h4 8. dxe4 {White is slightly better.} hxg3 9. hxg3 Nf6 10. Nc3 Qe6 {[%cal Rf6e4]} 11. Nd5 Na6 12. Nf3 Nxe4 13. Ng5 (13. Nd4 $11 {remains equal.} Qe5 14. Nf3) 13... Qh6 (13... Nxg5 $1 $17 14. Bxg5 c6) 14. Nh3 $1 $11 Qh7 15. Qd4 Nec5 16. Qe3+ Ne6 17. Qf3 Rb8 (17... c6 $5 {[%cal Rc6d5]} 18. Ndf4 Nac5 $15) 18. Rd1 Bd6 19. Be3 ({White should play} 19. a3 $14) 19... Nb4 20. Ng5 Qg6 21. Ne4 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Bf8 (21... Be7 $5) 22. Bf4 (22. a3 $14 Nc2 23. Rac1 Nxe3 24. Qxe3) 22... f5 {Strongly threatening ...Nxd5.} 23. Nec3 Nxd5 24. Nxd5 Bc5 (24... Kf7 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 25. Bxc7 $16 Ng5 (25... Rc8 $16) 26. Qf4 Rc8 27. Qe5+ $1 Kf8 {[#]} 28. Nf4 $2 ({Better is} 28. Bd6+ $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Bxd6 29. Nf4 Nh3+ 30. Bxh3 Rxh3 31. Nxg6+ Kg8 32. Qd5+ (32. Ne7+ Kh8 $16) 32... Bxd5 33. Rxd5) 28... Qh7 $11 29. Bd6+ Kg8 {( -> ...Qh1+!)} 30. Bd5+ $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (30. Nd5 $1 $11 Nf7 31. Ne7+ Kf8 32. Ng6+ Kg8 33. Ne7+ Kf8 34. Ng6+ Kg8 35. Ne7+) 30... Nf7 $1 $19 31. Bxf7+ Kxf7 {[%csl Gb7,Gh8][%cal Rh7h1]} 32. Qe7+ Kg8 {[%csl Gb7,Gh8][%cal Rh7h1]} 33. Qh4 {Black is clearly winning.} Qxh4 34. gxh4 Rxh4 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Rh4h1]} 35. Ng2 Rg4 36. Bxc5 {f3 is the strong threat.} Rxg2+ ({Not} 36... bxc5 37. f3 $14) 37. Kf1 Rxc5 38. Rxd7 (38. Rac1 $142 Rh2 39. Ke1) 38... Rh2 {Precision: White = 65%, Black = 57%.} 0-1

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Krupenski, Juri"]
[Black "Brazdzionis, Andrius"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A91"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,87,16,24,18,25,0,0,7,-1,-3,56,56,51,45,63,61,64,59,93,62,67,64,69,64,92,40,55,44,121,127,146,141,191,175,202,192,250,250,254,241,275,243,235,212,191,187,187,171,177,127,130,93,272,281,273,257,248,220,319,306,570,579,533,476,828,361,1027,1063,29995,29996,29997,29991,29992,29993,29993,29994,29994,29995]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nh3 d6 7. Nf4 {A91: Classical Dutch: Early Deviations} c6 (7... e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Qxd8 Bxd8 10. Ne6 Re8 11. Nxd8 Rxd8 12. Bg5 c6 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. gxf4 {1-0 (50) Halkias,S (2561)-Williams,S (2515) Al Ain 2012}) 8. d5 e5 9. dxc6 {The position is equal.} bxc6 {[#]} 10. Nfd5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Be6 (10... Nxd5 $11 11. Nxd5 Be6) (10... cxd5 11. Bxd5+) 11. Nxe7+ $14 Qxe7 12. b3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} e4 13. O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Ba3 c5 14. O-O Nc6 {½-½ (25) Vanheirzeele,D (2142)-Goossens,F (2049) Belgium 2016}) 13... Rd8 14. Ba3 Qd7 15. Na4 Na6 16. Qd2 d5 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Nc5 ({Better is} 18. Rac1 $16) 18... Nxc5 19. Bxc5 Qf7 (19... d4 $14) 20. Bd4 $16 Rf8 21. Rac1 Rad8 22. Rc6 Nh5 23. e3 Nf6 (23... g5 $142 24. Bb2 Rfe8) 24. Qa5 Rd7 {[%cal Bd8d7,Bd7e7,Be7e6,Be6g6][%mdl 32]} 25. Rfc1 g5 26. Qa6 Re8 27. Rc8 Rde7 28. Rxe8+ Nxe8 29. Qa3 f4 30. gxf4 gxf4 31. exf4 Bg4 $2 (31... Ng7 $16 {is a better defense.} 32. Qd6 Nf5 33. Qd8+ Qe8 34. Qxe8+ Rxe8 35. Bxa7 Nh4) 32. Rc3 $18 {[#] Rg3 is the strong threat.} Re6 33. Rg3 ({But not} 33. Qxa7 $6 Qxa7 34. Bxa7 Rg6 $18) 33... Rg6 34. Qxa7 Qxf4 (34... Qxa7 $142 35. Bxa7 Ng7) 35. Qa8 Qc1+ $2 (35... Qf7 36. h3 Be6) 36. Bf1 {[%cal Ra8e8]} Kf8 37. Qxd5 Nd6 (37... Rg5 $142 38. Qxe4 Bh3 39. Bc5+ Qxc5 40. Qf4+ Rf5 41. Qh6+ Ke7 42. Qxh7+ Kd8 43. Qh4+ (43. Qxh3 Qxf2+ 44. Kh1 Qxf1+ 45. Qxf1 Rxf1+ 46. Kg2 Ra1 $11) 43... Nf6 44. Rxh3 Qe5 45. Rd3+ Kc7 46. Qc4+ Qc5 47. Qf7+ Kb6 48. Qe6+ Kc7) 38. Be3 (38. Bc5 $142 Qf4 39. h3) 38... Qb1 $2 (38... Qd1 39. Qxd1 Bxd1) 39. Bc5 {[%cal Be3c5,Bc5d6,Bd6e5][%mdl 32]} Be2 40. Bxd6+ {White mates.} Kg7 41. Be5+ Kf8 42. Qd8+ Kf7 43. Qd7+ Kf8 44. Bd6+ {Precision: White = 70%, Black = 25%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shishkov, Andrei"]
[Black "Malisauskas, Vidmantas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 1,1,24]} 1. d4 {Predecessor:} Nf6 $146 2. Bf4 d5 3. Nc3 a6 4. e3 e6 5. g4 c5 6. g5 Nfd7 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. a3 b5 9. h4 Bb7 10. h5 Nb6 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 {1-0 (26) Carlsen,M (2832)-Caruana,F (2808) Stavanger 2017} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sakalauskas, Vaidas"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2344"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,64,-2,26,-10,83,83,222,201,450,447,414,337,411,281,342,313,313,304,383,368,379,359,360,352,337,273,254,256,228,228,529,529,529,529,549,556,611,435,408,390,520]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 {[%cal Be2e3,Be3e4,Be4e5,Be5e6][%mdl 32]} Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. O-O cxd4 13. Nxd4 g6 {LiveBook: 13 Games. D47: Semi-Slav: Meran System} 14. f4 Be7 {[#]} (14... Bh6 $11) 15. f5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rf5e6][%mdl 512]} exf5 (15... gxf5 $2 {[#]} 16. Nxe6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qc8 17. Ng7+ Kd8 18. Bxf5 $18) (15... O-O $16) 16. e6 $18 N7f6 $2 (16... O-O) 17. Bb5+ Kf8 {[#]} 18. Bh6+ $146 ({Predecessor:} 18. Nxf5 gxf5 19. Bh6+ Kg8 20. Rxf5 fxe6 21. Rg5+ Kf7 22. Rg7+ Kf8 23. Qf3 Qd6 24. Rf1 Bc6 25. Qh5 {1-0 (25) Mamedyarov,S (2766)-Le,Q (2705) Moscow 2013}) 18... Kg8 {[#] next ...fxe6 is good for Black.} 19. Nxf5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} fxe6 (19... gxf5 20. Rxf5) 20. Qe2 {[%cal Re2e6]} Kf7 21. Nd4 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Re2e6]} Nc7 22. Rad1 Qd5 23. Bc4 Qe4 24. Qf2 {Black must now prevent Rde1.} Rhd8 25. Nc5 Qxg2+ 26. Qxg2 Bxg2 27. Ncxe6 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black is in trouble.} (27. Kxg2 Bxc5 28. Be3 Bb6 $15) 27... Bxf1 $2 (27... Bd5) 28. Nxd8+ (28. Rxf1 Nxe6 29. Nxe6 Ke8 $14) 28... Ke8 29. Bf7+ (29. Kxf1 Rxd8 30. Kg2 Ng4 $11) 29... Kd7 30. N4c6+ ({Not} 30. Kxf1 Bxd8 31. Nc2+ Kc6 $16) 30... Ncd5 31. Kxf1 Bxd8 32. Nxd8 ({But not} 32. Bxd5 Nxd5 33. Nxb4 Rb8 $18) ({Stronger than} 32. Rxd5+ Kxc6 33. Re5 Ng4 $11) 32... Ke7 {Precision: White = 47%, Black = 18%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vaicekauskas, Gytis"]
[Black "Jankovskis, Guntis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2207"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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