[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kovalenko, Igor"]
[Black "Stremavicius, Titas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,51,15,18,19,26,15,11,17,72,73,72,68,154,155,159,165,195,204,242,237,234,226,195,177,803,333,414,400,401,411,389,373]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6d5,Bd5c7,Bc7e6][%mdl 32]} 6. e5 Nd5 7. Nc3 Nc7 8. Bxc6 dxc6 9. Ne4 Ne6 10. d3 h6 {B31: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5 g6} (10... b6 11. Bd2 h6 12. a4 a5 13. h3 O-O 14. b3 Ra7 15. Qe2 f5 16. exf6 exf6 17. Rad1 f5 18. Ng3 {0-1 (36) Rozentalis,E (2523)-Kovalenko,I (2626) Tallinn 2018}) 11. Be3 b6 {LiveBook: 11 Games} 12. a4 a5 {The position is equal.} 13. Qd2 g5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Ra7 14. Rad1 Rd7 15. Qc1 Qc7 16. c3 Bxe5 17. Bxh6 Rd5 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. Nxc5 {½-½ (57) Gonzales,R (2290)-Hernandez Onna,R (2435) Cuba 1995}) 14. h3 f5 (14... Nf8 $11) 15. exf6 $1 $16 exf6 16. d4 {[%cal Rd4c5]} f5 ({Black should try} 16... O-O $1 $14) 17. Bxg5 $1 hxg5 18. Nexg5 Rh6 {[#]} 19. Nxe6 $1 Rxe6 20. Rxe6+ Bxe6 21. Re1 Qd6 {Hoping for ...Kd7.} 22. Qg5 Bf8 $2 ({Don't go for} 22... Kf8 $2 23. Qg6 $18) (22... Qe7) 23. Ne5 (23. Qf6 $142 Kd7 {[#]} 24. Rxe6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxe6 25. Ne5+ Kd6 26. Nc4+ Kd7 27. Nxb6+ Kd6 28. dxc5+ Kxc5 29. Qxe6 Kxb6 30. h4) 23... Be7 24. Qh5+ {White is winning.} Kd8 25. dxc5 Qxc5 26. Qh8+ {Precision: White = 86%, Black = 32%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Neiksans, Arturs"]
[Black "Malisauskas, Vidmantas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2422"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,61,77,70,65,153,132,129,131,144,131,140,138,189,169,155,111,99,106,133,133,133,133,143,129,130,121,399,397,389,383,370,368,688,671,1013,922,1656,1658,1610,1655,4799,881,29988,543,29983,29983,29984,29985,29988,29989]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. Nxf6+ gxf6 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 8. O-O {C10: French with 3 Nc3: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3...dxe4} Bg7 {[#]} (8... Qd6 $14) (8... Qd5 9. c4 Qh5 10. d5 exd5 11. Re1+ Kd8 12. Ng5 Qxd1 13. Nxf7+ Kc8 14. Rxd1 Rg8 15. cxd5 Be8 {1-0 (25) Akopian,V (2656)-Karatorossian,D (2405) Linares 2001}) 9. c4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Bf4 f5 10. Re1 Bxd4 11. Nxd4 Qxd4 12. Bxc7 Rg8 13. Bg3 Qf6 14. f3 Nd7 15. Qd2 Nc5 {0-1 (57) McIntosh,I-Tosi,F ICCF corr 1995}) 9... Bxf3 10. Qxf3 {White is better.} ({But not} 10. gxf3 $6 f5 $11) 10... Nc6 11. d5 Ne5 12. Qg3 Kf8 (12... O-O $16) 13. Bf4 exd5 14. Bxe5 fxe5 15. cxd5 Qd6 16. Be4 h5 17. Rac1 Bf6 18. Qc3 Bd8 {[#]} 19. f4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qb6+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (19... Bf6 $16 {was worth a try.} 20. Qxc7 Qxc7 21. Rxc7 exf4 22. Rxf4 Kg7) (19... exf4 20. Qxh8+) 20. Kh1 $18 Qd4 21. Qf3 exf4 22. Qxf4 {[%csl Gf1][%cal Rf4f7]} f6 $2 (22... Qg7 23. d6 Bg5) 23. Rcd1 Qxb2 24. d6 cxd6 25. Rxd6 Be7 26. Re6 {White wants to mate with Rxe7!} Rc8 27. Bd5 (27. Re1 $142 Qc3 28. Bxb7) 27... h4 28. Qg4 (28. Rfe1 $142 Qa3 29. Rxf6+ Ke8 30. Bf7+ Kd8 31. Rd1+ Bd6 32. Rdxd6+ Ke7 33. Qe4+ Kf8 34. Be6+ Kg7 35. Qg6#) 28... h3 {[#]} 29. Rexf6+ $1 {[%mdl 512] White mates.} Bxf6 (29... Qxf6 30. Rxf6+) 30. Qxc8+ Kg7 31. Qd7+ {Precision: White = 80%, Black = 31%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Bernotas, Arturs"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,80,58,88,89,100,89,109,87,140,152,162,138,143,185,189,101,166,84,93,91,107,84,201,192,172,158,214,224,209,192,300,300,312,299,320,282,355,339,347,319,316,267,266,241,255,220,261,275,283,249,257,210,359,371,634,651,519,254,231,196,208,219,235,214,407,389,412,401,377,-119,355,375,29999]} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 (4... Bxf3 5. Qxf3 Qxd5 6. Be2 Qxf3 7. Bxf3 c6 8. d4 Nbd7 9. O-O O-O-O 10. Re1 e6 11. c3 c5 {1-0 (37) Wei,Y (2740)-Adhiban,B (2671) Hoogeveen 2017}) 5. c4 c6 6. g4 $146 {B01: Skandinavische Verteidigung} ({Vorgänger:} 6. Qb3 cxd5 7. d4 Bxf3 8. gxf3 Nc6 9. Be3 Qd7 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nc3 e6 {0-1 (26) Hartvig,O (2172)-Hartung Nielsen,J (2197) Koge 2016}) 6... Bg6 7. g5 Nfd7 8. Nc3 {Weiß steht besser.} e5 (8... cxd5 $142 9. cxd5 Na6) 9. dxe6 $16 fxe6 10. d4 {[%cal Bd2d4,Bd4d5,Bd5d6][%mdl 32]} e5 11. Nh4 ({Viel schwächer ist} 11. Nxe5 $6 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Qxd1+ 13. Nxd1 Na6 $16) 11... Bf7 12. Be3 (12. dxe5 $1 $18 {Droht De2 und aus.} Bb4 13. f4) 12... Be7 (12... Bb4 $16) 13. Nf5 (13. Qg4 $18) 13... O-O 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. d5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Läuft bei Weiss.} Nb6 (15... Na6 $16) 16. d6 $18 Qe6 17. b3 $1 Rd8 (17... Na6 $16 18. h4 Rad8) 18. Qg4 Qe8 19. Be2 N8d7 (19... Rxd6 $142 20. c5 Nd5) 20. O-O-O a5 21. a4 Nc8 22. Rd2 b6 23. Rhd1 Be6 24. Qe4 Na7 25. Bg4 Bxg4 26. hxg4 Qg6 27. Rh1 Qxe4 28. Nxe4 c5 29. Nc3 Nc6 30. Nd5 Nd4 (30... Ra7 {ist eine bessere Verteidigung.} 31. Kb1 Re8) 31. Bxd4 exd4 $2 (31... cxd4 32. f4 exf4 33. Ne7+ (33. Nxf4 Nc5 $16) 33... Kf7 34. Rxd4 Nc5) 32. Ne7+ Kf7 {Schwarz hofft, mit ...Sf8 fortzusetzen.} 33. Rxh7 (33. Re2 $142) 33... Nf8 34. g6+ Nxg6 35. Nf5 Kf6 36. Nxg7 ({Schwächer ist} 36. Rxg7 Nh4 $14) 36... Rxd6 $2 (36... Rh8 {kämpft weiter.} 37. Nh5+ Ke6) 37. Re2 $1 Nf4 {[#]} 38. Nh5+ $1 Kg6 {[#]} 39. Rg7+ $1 Kh6 40. Ree7 Nxh5 $2 (40... Rg6 $18 41. Rxg6+ Nxg6) 41. g5# {Precision: Weiß = 74%, Schwarz = 49%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Black "Pultinevicius, Paulius"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,136,-1,-7,-9,-4,-54,-47,-33,-39,-73,-70,-69,-52,-62,-64,-130,0,0,0,0,0,1,43,42,58,58,63,63,65,70,67,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,31,32,28,35,37,10,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,26,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-39,-9,-18,-20,-20,-20,-19,-12,-13,-13,-56,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-37,0,-208,-129,-149,-162,-195,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nd5 Be7 6. Bc4 O-O 7. O-O {C47: Scotch Four Knights and Four Knights with 4 g3} Nxe4 (7... d6 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Nxd5 10. Bxd5 Bf6 11. Qd3 Qe7 12. c3 c6 13. Bb3 Be6 14. Bc2 g6 15. Bh6 Rfe8 16. f4 Rad8 17. Rae1 Bc8 18. Qf3 Bg7 19. Bg5 Bf6 20. Bh6 Bg7 21. Bg5 Bf6 22. Bh6 {½-½ (22) Chuprov,D (2520)-Frolyanov,D (2599) Taganrog 2011}) 8. Nxd4 (8. Re1 $5 {[%cal Re1e4]} Nf6 9. Nxe7+ (9. Nxd4 Nxd5 10. Bxd5 Nxd4 $15) 9... Nxe7 10. Qxd4 $11 (10. Nxd4 d5 $15)) 8... Nf6 9. Nxe7+ {Black is slightly better.} Nxe7 10. Bg5 Ng6 11. Qf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Re1 d5 12. Bd3 h6 13. Be3 c5 14. Nf3 b6 {0-1 (45) Simmelink,J (2213)-Ralls,R (2223) IECG email 2006}) 11... Ne5 12. Qc3 h6 13. Bh4 {[#]} (13. Bf4 $15 Ne4 14. Qb3 Nxc4 15. Qxc4) 13... Ng6 (13... g5 $1 $17 14. Nf5 Nxc4 15. Nxh6+ Kh7 16. Bxg5 Ne4) 14. Bxf6 $11 Qxf6 15. Nb5 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Qxc3 16. bxc3 d5 (16... a6 {is more complex.} 17. Nxc7 Ra7 18. Nd5 b5 19. Bb3 Bb7) 17. Nxc7 dxc4 18. Nxa8 Bd7 19. Nc7 Bc6 20. Rab1 a6 21. Rb6 ({White should play} 21. Rfd1 $1 $14) 21... Rc8 22. Rxc6 bxc6 23. Nxa6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Ra8 24. Nb4 c5 25. Nd5 Rxa2 26. Rc1 Kf8 27. f4 Ne7 28. Nb6 Ra3 29. Rd1 {[%cal Rd1d8] [#]} Kg8 (29... g6 {with more complications.} 30. Rd8+ Kg7 31. Rd7 Nf5 32. Nxc4 Ra1+) 30. Rd8+ Kh7 31. Rd7 Nf5 32. Rxf7 Ne3 33. f5 Kg8 (33... Rxc3 {is interesting.} 34. Nd7 Kg8 35. Rf8+ Kh7 36. Rf7) 34. Re7 Rxc3 35. Na4 Ra3 {Threatens to win with ...Ng4.} 36. Nxc5 Nxf5 37. Re8+ Kh7 38. Ne4 Ra1+ 39. Kf2 Ra2 40. g4 Rxc2+ 41. Kf3 Nd4+ 42. Ke3 Nb5 43. h4 (43. Re5 {seems wilder.} Nc3 44. Nxc3 Rxc3+ 45. Kd4 Rh3 46. Rh5) 43... Nc3 (43... c3 $15 44. Re5 Rb2) 44. Nxc3 Rxc3+ {KR-KR} 45. Kf4 Rc1 46. Rc8 c3 47. Kg3 c2 $2 (47... Kg6 $15 48. Kf4 c2 49. Rc6+ Kh7) 48. Kg2 $19 Kg6 49. Rc6+ Kf7 50. g5 h5 $2 (50... Ke7 $19 51. g6 Kd7) 51. Kh2 {The position is equal.} Ke7 {Hoping for ...Kd7.} 52. Kg2 Kd7 53. Rc3 Ke6 54. Rc6+ Kd5 55. Rc8 Ke4 56. Re8+ Kf4 57. Rc8 g6 58. Rc7 Kg4 59. Rc4+ Kf5 60. Rc8 Kf4 {White must now prevent ...Ke3.} 61. Rc7 Kf5 {And now ...Ke4 would win.} 62. Rc8 Ke4 {...Kd3 is the strong threat.} 63. Re8+ Kd3 64. Rd8+ Ke3 65. Re8+ $1 Kf4 {( -> ...Rd1)} 66. Rc8 Ke5 {aiming for ...Kd4.} 67. Rc7 Kf5 {Strongly threatening ...Kf4.} 68. Rc8 Ke5 {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 69%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Miezis, Normunds"]
[Black "Chukavin, Kirill"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2256"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,66,-21,-21,-28,-25,-26,-29,-14,-18,-20,-26,-29,-50,-38,-67,-44,-66,-75,-77,-54,-116,-70,-69,-96,-82,-58,-75,-92,-128,-116,-115,8,-108,-25,-50,13,-147,-108,-204,-186,-259,-250,-241,-120,-230,-194,-380,-384,-676,-670,-900,-846]} 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 {LiveBook: 3 Games} (9. O-O Nb6 10. Bb3 c6 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Re1 h6 13. Bh4 Nbd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Nf4 {1-0 (68) Rakhmanov,A (2653)-Riazantsev,A (2650) Riadh 2017}) (9. O-O Nb6 10. Bb3 c6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Be7 13. Re1 Nbd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Rc1 {1-0 (38) Miezis,N (2492)-Chukavin,K (2146) Viljandi 2016}) 9... Bd6 10. Bg5 Nb6 {Black has an edge.} 11. Bd3 Re8 12. Qc2 h6 13. Bh4 c6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Be6 14. Nb5 Bd5 15. Nxd6 Qxd6 16. f3 {½-½ (75) Miezis,N (2452)-Sveshnikov,V (2383) Liepaja 2017}) 14. O-O-O a5 $36 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 2080] Black has some pressure.} 15. h3 Be7 16. g4 a4 17. Rhg1 Be6 $1 {[%cal Re6b3] White must now prevent ...Bb3.} 18. g5 (18. Rde1 $15) 18... hxg5 19. Rxg5 Nfd5 $1 ({Much worse is} 19... Bxh3 $6 20. Rdg1 $16) 20. Rdg1 Bxg5+ 21. Bxg5 f6 22. Bh6 Re7 23. Ne4 Kf8 (23... Bxh3 $2 24. Kb1 $19) (23... Nd7 $17 {And now ...Qc7 would win.} 24. Nf4 Nxf4 25. Bxf4 Qb6) 24. Bd2 {[#]} (24. Qd2 $11) 24... Nc8 (24... Bxh3 $6 25. Rh1 $11) (24... Qc7 $1 $17 {Strongly threatening ...Qh2.} 25. N2g3 Nd7) 25. Nc5 Bf7 ({But not} 25... Bxh3 $2 26. Rh1 $18) ({Better is} 25... Nd6 $15 26. Nc3 Qe8 27. Nxd5 Bxd5) 26. Bg6 $2 (26. Bc4 $11 b6 27. Qh7 bxc5 28. Rxg7) 26... Qe8 ({Stronger than} 26... Rxe2 27. Bxf7 Qe7 28. Bxd5 $16) 27. Bxf7 (27. Bd3 $17 {was called for.}) 27... Qxf7 $19 28. Nf4 (28. Ng3 $142 Nd6 29. Nxa4) 28... Nxf4 29. Bxf4 g5 (29... Qd5 $19 {is more deadly. ...Kg8 is the strong threat.} 30. Bd2 Kg8) 30. Bh2 {[#]} (30. Bd2 $17) 30... Qh7 $1 31. Ne6+ $2 (31. Qd1 {keeps fighting.}) 31... Kg8 32. Qc4 $2 (32. Qxh7+ Kxh7 33. Nc5) 32... Qf7 33. Re1 Nb6 {Precision: White = 24%, Black = 52%.} 0-1

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kanep, Meelis"]
[Black "Garanin, Aleksei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E84"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2171"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,59,41,49,38,71,72,110,0,0,-2,16,0,16,-24,-46,-26,58,70,0,-82,39,51,147,163,201,77,186,210,276,247,435,433,549,556,801,386,595,589,620,611,589,597,552,510]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. f3 d6 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Nge2 a6 8. Qd2 Rb8 9. Rc1 Bd7 10. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32] E84: King's Indian: Sämisch Panno: 7 Nge2 a6 8 Qd2 Rb8} e6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... h5 11. Nd1 e5 12. d5 Ne7 13. Nf2 Nh7 14. c5 f5 15. Qb4 fxe4 16. fxe4 Rf6 17. cxd6 cxd6 {1-0 (37) Kovalenko,I (2667)-Smirin,I (2676) Poikovsky 2016}) 11. h5 b5 12. Bh6 (12. Ng3 $16) 12... Bxh6 $11 13. Qxh6 Qe7 ({Don't blunder} 13... Nxh5 $2 14. g4 $16) 14. cxb5 axb5 {[%cal Ba6b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 15. g4 b4 16. Nd1 e5 ({Black should try} 16... Ra8 $1 $11) 17. d5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Nd4 18. Qe3 (18. Nxd4 $11 {keeps the balance.} exd4 19. Rxc7 (19. hxg6 fxg6 20. Rxc7 Ne8 $11)) 18... Bxg4 (18... b3 $17 {Hoping for ...Nc2+.} 19. Nxd4 exd4 20. Qxd4 bxa2) 19. fxg4 Nxg4 (19... b3 $1 $14) 20. Qg3 $16 Qg5 21. Nxd4 (21. Rxc7 $18 {is more deadly. Strongly threatening hxg6.} Nf6 22. Qg2 (22. Qxg5 Nf3+ 23. Kf2 Nxg5 $16)) 21... exd4 (21... Qxc1 $16 22. Nc6 Nf6) 22. Rxc7 $18 Rfe8 23. Bg2 f5 $2 {[#]} (23... Rbc8 {was called for.}) 24. hxg6 h6 25. O-O fxe4 {Now ...e3 and Black clings on.} 26. Nf2 (26. Rff7 $142 {White threatens Rg7+ and mate.} Ne5 27. Rg7+ Kh8 28. Qxg5 hxg5 29. Bxe4) 26... Nf6 (26... Nxf2 {was necessary.} 27. Qxf2 Qxg6 28. Qxd4 Re5) 27. Qxg5 {White is clearly winning.} hxg5 28. Rf7 e3 29. Rxf6 exf2+ 30. R1xf2 {Precision: White = 48%, Black = 15%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Seeman, Tarvo"]
[Black "Kulaots, Kaido"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,93,14,-13,12,0,32,8,25,26,41,23,29,28,45,14,2,-1,0,0,25,27,27,27,23,10,10,10,10,10,12,12,12,10,45,13,59,14,11,0,11,0,29,-22,0,0,45,40,43,39,84,106,87,67,90,77,220,209,210,191,258,169,168,189,404,196,543,512,478,476,517,498,801,782,768,657,1209,1206,1140,1086,29994,1795]} 1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 e5 4. O-O d6 5. c4 f5 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. b4 O-O 8. Bb2 {LiveBook: 4 Games. A10: English Opening: Unusual Replies for Black} Na6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... e4 9. Nd4 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. d3 Rb8 12. a3 c5 13. b5 Bb7 14. a4 Qe7 15. e3 Qf7 {½-½ (41) Meier,G (2632)-Bartel,M (2641) Dubai 2014}) 9. a3 Qe8 (9... e4 $5 {[%cal Re4f3]} 10. Nd4 Ng4 $11) 10. d3 {White is slightly better.} (10. e4 $5) 10... h6 11. e3 g5 12. Rc1 c6 13. b5 Nc7 14. bxc6 bxc6 15. a4 Rb8 16. Rb1 Bd7 17. Nd2 Ne6 18. Ba3 Qe7 19. Qc2 g4 20. Rxb8 Rxb8 21. Rb1 Qf8 22. a5 f4 23. Nde4 Nxe4 $1 24. Nxe4 c5 25. Bc1 f3 26. Bf1 Bc6 27. Bd2 Qd8 (27... Bxe4 {keeps more tension.} 28. dxe4 Nc7 29. h4 h5 30. Bd3 Kf7) 28. Rb2 (28. Rxb8 $142 Qxb8 29. Nc3) 28... Rxb2 29. Qxb2 Bf8 30. a6 Be7 31. Nc3 Qc8 32. Nd5 Bd8 33. h3 h5 ({But not} 33... Qxa6 $2 34. Qb8 $18) 34. Qb1 Qxa6 {[#]} (34... Ng5 $16) 35. d4 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512] Black must now prevent Qg6+.} Nf8 (35... cxd4 36. Qg6+) 36. dxc5 {Hoping for Qb8.} dxc5 (36... Qb7 {keeps fighting.} 37. Qxb7 Bxb7) 37. Qf5 Bd7 38. Qxe5 {And now Bc3 would win.} Qg6 $2 (38... Qe6 39. Qb8 (39. Qxh5 Be8 $16) 39... Bf6 40. hxg4 h4 41. Qxa7 Be5) 39. Bc3 (39. Qb8 $142 Qe8 40. Bc3 (40. Qxa7 h4 $18)) 39... Ne6 $2 (39... gxh3 40. Ne7+ Bxe7 41. Qxe7 Be6) 40. h4 Kf7 41. Qd6 Be8 42. Qa6 Qc2 (42... Kf8 $142 43. Bd3 Qxd3 44. Qxe6 Qg6) 43. Qxa7+ Kf8 44. Qa6 Bf7 45. Qd6+ Kg8 46. Qe5 {[%csl Gc3][%cal Re5h8] [#]} Kh7 47. Nf4 {Precision: White = 50%, Black = 26%.} (47. Qh8+ $142 Kg6 48. Nf4+ Nxf4 49. Qg7+ Kf5 50. Qxf7+ Bf6 51. Qxf6+ Ke4 52. Qxf4#) 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vedrickas, Tautvydas"]
[Black "Kantans, Toms"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,71,36,30,22,5,9,18,15,25,23,26,36,46,18,35,-8,45,41,59,49,51,40,56,31,29,7,43,36,50,43,52,-7,-10,-13,-6,-36,-27,-19,-13,-35,0,-26,0,0,0,-118,-2,0,414,402,333,54,45,51,53,50,820,802,29988,29989,29996,180]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bg5 {D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3} (7. Nf3 c5 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Be2 Qa5 10. Bd2 O-O 11. O-O Qa4 12. Bg5 cxd4 13. cxd4 h6 14. Be3 Rc8 15. Qd2 Rc2 16. Bd1 Rxd2 17. Bxa4 Rb2 18. Bxd7 Nxd7 19. Rfb1 Rb6 20. a4 Rc8 21. a5 Rxb1+ 22. Rxb1 {½-½ (22) Moiseenko,A (2674)-Svidler,P (2760) Germany 2018}) 7... c5 8. Rc1 O-O {[%cal Rc5d4]} 9. d5 {The position is equal.} Nd7 10. Nf3 Nf6 11. Qc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Bd3 Bg4 12. O-O c4 13. Bb1 h6 14. Be3 e5 {½-½ (58) Stull,N (2164)-Filipovic,S (2263) Luxemburg 2016}) 11... Bd7 12. Be2 Qa5 13. Qb1 b5 (13... h6 $11 14. Bd2 Qc7) 14. O-O $14 c4 15. Ne5 Rfd8 16. f4 Be8 17. Bh4 e6 18. Bf3 Rac8 19. Kh1 exd5 20. exd5 Rd6 21. Bxf6 ({White should play} 21. Rfd1 $14) 21... Bxf6 $11 22. Rfe1 Qa3 23. Re3 a5 24. Rce1 Kg7 25. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} h6 26. Qc2 Rdd8 27. Qf2 Qc5 28. Qg2 (28. h4 $11 {remains equal.}) 28... g5 (28... Bh4 $17 29. R1e2 b4) 29. h4 gxf4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (29... b4 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 30. g5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rg5f6]} hxg5 {[#]} (30... fxe3 31. gxf6+ Kxf6 32. Ng4+ Ke7 33. Nxe3 $18) 31. hxg5 $2 (31. Ng4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rg4f6][%mdl 512]} Bxc3 32. Rxc3) 31... Bxe5 $1 $14 (31... fxe3 $2 {loses.} 32. gxf6+ Kxf6 33. Ng4+ Ke7 34. Nxe3 $18) 32. Rxe5 {Hoping for Qh2.} Bc6 $1 {( -> ...Rh8+)} 33. Qd2 $1 {[%cal Rd2f4]} Rc7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (33... Rh8+ $14 34. Kg2 Bd7 35. Qxf4 Qd6) 34. Qxf4 $18 {Strongly threatening Qf6+.} Rxd5 35. Qf6+ Kh7 36. Qh6+ {Precision: White = 39%, Black = 44%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Samolins, Vitalijs"]
[Black "Meshkovs, Nikita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2406"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,100,-14,-10,-14,-10,-17,-12,-11,-1,-14,36,32,32,28,44,0,0,0,0,0,0,-16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-11,0,-12,0,0,11,0,0,0,27,0,0,0,0,0,51,10,10,12,13,-15,-15,-81,-85,-247,-239,-236,-238,-244,-235,-231,-120,-117,0,-229,-223,-339,-371,-348,-335,-396,-391,-620,-606,-617,-627,-1219,-1175]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Nd2 Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7e5,Be5f3][%mdl 32]} 4. e3 (4. Ngf3 e6 5. e3 Be7 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 b6 8. O-O Bb7 9. Qb1 O-O 10. a4 a5 11. Re1 g6 12. Bb5 Ba6 13. Qd3 Bxb5 14. Qxb5 Ne8 15. Bh6 Nd6 16. Qe2 Re8 17. e4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 cxd4 20. Nxd4 {1-0 (51) Artemiev,V (2691)-Naiditsch,A (2705) Riadh 2017}) 4... h6 5. Bh4 e5 6. dxe5 {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines} Nxe5 7. Ngf3 Nxf3+ 8. Nxf3 {The position is equal.} c6 $146 (8... g5 $5 9. Bg3 $8 Bg7 $11) ({Predecessor:} 8... g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. Qd4 f6 11. O-O-O c6 {½-½ (33) Dragasevic,S (2279)-Podlesnik,B (2384) Cetinje 2009}) 9. Be2 Qb6 (9... g5 $5 10. Bg3 $8 Ne4 $11) 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Qd4 Rg8 12. Qxb6 (12. g3 {is more complex.} Qxd4 13. Nxd4 Bh3 14. c3 a5 15. Bd3) 12... axb6 13. g3 b5 14. Kd2 b4 15. c4 bxc3+ 16. Kxc3 f5 17. Rhd1 Bg7+ 18. Kc2 Ke7 19. a3 Be6 20. Nd4 c5 21. Nb5 Rgd8 22. Rac1 Ra5 23. Kb1 b6 24. Rd2 Rd7 25. Rcd1 Kd8 26. Kc2 Ke7 27. f4 Bf6 28. Kb1 Kd8 29. Kc2 Kc8 30. Kb1 Kb7 31. Kc2 Rd8 32. Nc3 {[%cal Rc3d5]} d4 33. exd4 cxd4 34. Nb5 {[#]} Ba2 ({Better is} 34... d3+ $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]} 35. Bxd3 (35. Rxd3 Rxb5) 35... Rxd3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 36. Rxd3 Rxb5) 35. b4 d3+ 36. Rxd3 Rc8+ 37. Kd2 (37. Rc3 $5 Rxc3+ 38. Nxc3 Rxa3 39. Nxa2 Rxa2+ 40. Kd3 $14) 37... Rxb5 38. Rd7+ (38. Ke3 $11 {keeps the balance.} Be6 39. R1d2) 38... Kc6 $1 $17 {...Rxb4 is the strong threat.} 39. Bxb5+ $2 (39. Rd3 $17 Rd5 40. Bf3) 39... Kxb5 $19 40. Rc1 Ra8 ({Don't take} 40... Rxc1 41. Kxc1 Be6 42. Rd6 $17) 41. Rd6 Be6 42. Rcc6 {[#]} Bd4 ({Worse is} 42... Rxa3 43. Rxb6+ Kc4 44. Rbc6+ Kb5 45. Rb6+ Kc4 46. Rbc6+ Kb5 47. Rb6+ $11) (42... Bd8 $1 $19 43. Rc2 Be7) 43. Rc1 $17 Bf6 (43... Bg7 $17 44. Rc7 Bf6) 44. Rcc6 $19 {[#]} Bd8 $1 ({Not} 44... Rxa3 45. Rxb6+ Kc4 46. Rbc6+ Kb5 47. Rb6+ Kc4 48. Rbc6+ Kb5 49. Rb6+ $11) 45. Rc3 (45. Rc2 {is a better defense.}) 45... Be7 46. Rdd3 Bf6 47. Rc7 Bb2 48. g4 (48. Ke3 $142) 48... fxg4 {Black is clearly winning.} 49. f5 Bc4 50. Rd6 Be5 {Precision: White = 57%, Black = 59%.} 0-1

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Samolins, Vitalijs"]
[Black "Meskovs, Nikita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2406"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,100,0,3,-18,-14,-18,-8,-14,4,-7,33,27,31,26,33,0,0,0,0,0,0,-28,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,7,16,0,0,-16,0,0,20,0,0,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,48,18,10,10,18,-20,-15,-81,-79,-226,-233,-235,-229,-229,-233,-221,-129,-113,0,-228,-220,-345,-354,-336,-327,-421,-417,-594,-594,-600,-627,-970,-951]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Nd2 Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7e5,Be5f3][%mdl 32]} 4. e3 (4. Ngf3 e6 5. e3 Be7 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 b6 8. O-O Bb7 9. Qb1 O-O 10. a4 a5 11. Re1 g6 12. Bb5 Ba6 13. Qd3 Bxb5 14. Qxb5 Ne8 15. Bh6 Nd6 16. Qe2 Re8 17. e4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 cxd4 20. Nxd4 {1-0 (51) Artemiev,V (2691)-Naiditsch,A (2705) Riadh 2017}) 4... h6 5. Bh4 e5 6. dxe5 {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines} Nxe5 7. Ngf3 Nxf3+ 8. Nxf3 {The position is equal.} c6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. Qd4 f6 11. O-O-O c6 {½-½ (33) Dragasevic,S (2279)-Podlesnik,B (2384) Cetinje 2009}) 9. Be2 Qb6 (9... g5 $5 10. Bg3 $8 Ne4 $11) 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Qd4 Rg8 12. Qxb6 (12. g3 {seems wilder.} Bf5 13. Qxb6 axb6 14. Kd2 b5 15. a3) 12... axb6 13. g3 b5 14. Kd2 b4 15. c4 bxc3+ 16. Kxc3 f5 17. Rhd1 Bg7+ 18. Kc2 Ke7 19. a3 Be6 20. Nd4 c5 21. Nb5 Rgd8 22. Rac1 Ra5 23. Kb1 b6 24. Rd2 Rd7 25. Rcd1 Kd8 26. Kc2 Ke7 27. f4 Bf6 28. Kb1 Kd8 29. Kc2 Kc8 30. Kb1 Kb7 31. Kc2 Rd8 32. Nc3 {[%cal Rc3d5]} d4 33. exd4 cxd4 {aiming for ...Rc5.} 34. Nb5 Ba2 {Hoping for ...Rc8+.} (34... d3+ $5 35. Bxd3 Rxd3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 36. Rxd3 Rxb5 $11) 35. b4 d3+ 36. Rxd3 Rc8+ 37. Kd2 (37. Rc3 $5 Rxc3+ 38. Nxc3 Rxa3 39. Nxa2 Rxa2+ 40. Kd3 $11) 37... Rxb5 38. Rd7+ (38. Ke3 $11 {keeps the balance.} Be6 39. R1d2) 38... Kc6 $1 $17 {Strongly threatening ...Rxb4.} 39. Bxb5+ $2 (39. Rd3 $17 Rd5 40. Bf3) 39... Kxb5 $19 40. Rc1 Ra8 ({Less strong is} 40... Rxc1 41. Kxc1 Be6 42. Ra7 $17) 41. Rd6 Be6 42. Rcc6 Bd4 ({Inferior is} 42... Rxa3 43. Rxb6+ Kc4 44. Rbc6+ Kb5 45. Rb6+ Kc4 46. Rbc6+ Kb3 47. b5 $15) ({Better is} 42... Bd8 $1 $19 43. Rc2 Be7) 43. Rc1 $17 Bf6 (43... Bh8 $17 44. Rcc6 Bd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 44. Rcc6 $19 {[#]} Bd8 $1 ({Not} 44... Rxa3 45. Rxb6+ Kc4 46. Rbc6+ Kb5 47. Rb6+ Kc4 48. Rbc6+ Kxb4 49. Rb6+ Kc5 50. Rdc6+ Kd4 51. Rd6+ Kc4 52. Rdc6+ Kd4 53. Rd6+ Kc4 54. Rdc6+ Kd4 $11) 45. Rc3 (45. Rc2 $142) 45... Be7 46. Rdd3 Bf6 47. Rc7 Bb2 48. g4 (48. Ke3 {was necessary.}) 48... fxg4 {Black is clearly winning.} 49. f5 Bc4 50. Rd6 Be5 {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 63%.} 0-1

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Klabis, Rokas"]
[Black "Ladva, Ottomar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,112,27,48,24,29,8,36,21,18,17,14,24,22,24,26,8,29,18,7,-30,-29,-69,-21,-29,-22,-21,-6,-49,-43,-37,-32,-50,-29,-32,-5,-8,-9,-6,-3,-3,-4,-14,-21,-15,-16,-37,-22,-14,-6,0,0,-19,-13,-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,-35,0,0,149,-111,-5,-19,-18,-561,64,61,62,62,329,325,332,85,93,-29991,-29992]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. Qd2 b5 6. f3 Nd7 7. Nh3 {B06: Moderne Verteidigung} c5 8. Be2 Bb7 {LiveBook: 8 Partien} 9. O-O {Weiß steht etwas besser.} cxd4 10. Bxd4 Ngf6 11. a4 b4 12. Na2 a5 13. c3 bxc3 14. Nxc3 O-O {[#]} 15. Nb5 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 15. Rfb1 Nb8 {½-½ (52) Huebner,R (2585)-Ehlvest,J (2655) Manila 1990}) 15... e5 16. Be3 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Nd6 Qb8 19. Nxb7 Qxb7 20. Bb5 N7f6 {[%cal Bd7f6,Bf6d5,Bd5b4][%mdl 32]} 21. Rac1 Nxe3 22. Qxe3 Nd5 23. Qe4 Qb6+ 24. Kh1 Nb4 25. Qe2 Rad8 26. f4 exf4 27. Nxf4 Bh6 28. Rcd1 Rxd1 29. Qxd1 Rd8 30. Qb3 Bxf4 (30... Qc7 $5 {[%cal Rh6f4]} 31. Qf3 Rd2 $15) 31. Rxf4 Qc7 32. Rf1 Kg7 33. Bc4 {Droht stark Dc3+.} f6 34. Qc3 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Weiss is not keeping still} Qd6 35. b3 Re8 36. h3 h5 37. Qc1 Re7 38. Rd1 Qg3 39. Qd2 h4 40. Rf1 Qe5 41. Qd8 {Dg8+ ist eine echte Drohung.} f5 42. Qg8+ Kh6 43. Qf8+ Kg5 44. Qd8 Nc2 45. Rd1 Kh6 46. Qf8+ Kh5 47. Bd5 Nd4 48. Qa8 Kg5 (48... Rd7 $11 49. Bc4 Kg5) 49. Bf3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (49. Qxa5 $16 {ist nötig, um Vorteil zu sichern.} Ne2 50. Qd2+ Qf4 51. Qxf4+ Kxf4 52. Ra1) 49... Qe3 ({Lieber} 49... Re8 $17 50. Qd5 Qxd5 51. Bxd5 Ne2) 50. Rf1 Nxb3 {Schwarz will ...Td7 spielen.} 51. g3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (51. Qd8 $1 $11 {und Weiss ist OK.}) 51... Qe5 $2 (51... Re8 $19 52. Qa6 hxg3) 52. Qf8 $1 $14 {Weiss will mit gxh4+ Matt setzen.} Qg7 53. Qb8 {Und weiter mit Df4+ wäre nett.} Qc3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} ({Besser ist} 53... Qe5 $1 $14 54. gxh4+ (54. Qxb3 Qxg3 55. Rg1 Re1 $16) 54... Kxh4 55. Qxb3 Qg3) 54. Qf4+ $1 $18 ({Schlechter ist} 54. gxh4+ Kh6 $11) 54... Kf6 {[#]} 55. Qxh4+ $2 (55. Qd6+ $1 $18 Re6 56. Qf8+ Kg5 57. gxh4+ Kf4 58. Bg2+ Kg3 59. Qb8+ Qe5 60. Qxb3+ Kxh4 61. Qd1) 55... Ke6 $16 56. Rd1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (56. Qg5 $16 Rg7 57. Qd8) 56... Qxf3+ {Precision: Weiß = 41%, Schwarz = 45%.} 0-1

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Haavamae, Henrik"]
[Black "Starostits, Ilmars"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2209"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,99,80,54,82,63,63,65,65,54,63,56,91,57,81,64,101,101,89,83,104,47,81,30,80,34,96,102,103,96,101,16,61,12,23,-12,0,-14,-18,-19,-9,-9,-9,-14,16,9,16,0,0,0,0,-14,109,50,53,-69,-69,-72,-70,-66,-66,-69,-72,-71,-65,-79,-79,-80,-8,-125,-81,-80,-79,-266,-266,-284,-265,-449,-441,-421,-303,-237,-230,-248,-220,-296,-320,-554,-548,-573,-555,-475]} 1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 e6 4. Nf3 d6 5. O-O Nd7 6. Re1 Ne7 {B00: Queen's Fianchetto Defence, Nimzowitsch Defence} (6... g6 7. Bg5 Ne7 8. Nbd2 Bg7 9. Nf1 h6 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Ng3 e5 12. c3 c5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 {0-1 (50) Radovanovic,J (2320)-Stany,G (2502) Hastings 2018}) 7. c4 g6 8. Nc3 Bg7 {White is slightly better.} 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Nc6 11. Bg5 Qc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... f6 12. Be3 {1-0 (44) Kazimova,N (2274)-Tandogan,B (1911) Konya 2017}) 12. Bc2 Na5 13. b3 Nc6 14. Bh6 e5 {[%cal Rc6d4]} 15. Nd5 (15. d5 $16 Nb4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. h3) 15... Qd8 {[%cal Rc6d4]} 16. Rad1 (16. Bxg7 $16 Kxg7 17. dxe5) 16... a5 17. a3 (17. Bg5 {looks sharper.} f6 18. Be3 Re8 19. Nc3 exd4 20. Nxd4 Nxd4 21. Bxd4 Nc5 22. Nd5) 17... Re8 (17... Nxd4 $14 18. Nxd4 Bxh6 19. Qxh6 exd4) 18. Bxg7 $16 Kxg7 19. dxe5 Ndxe5 20. Nxe5 (20. Qc3 $16) 20... Nxe5 21. Qd4 {aiming for f4.} Bxd5 22. exd5 Qf6 {And now ...Nf3+! would win.} 23. Re4 Nd7 24. Qxf6+ Nxf6 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 26. Kf1 b5 27. cxb5 Re5 28. b4 axb4 29. a4 $1 Nxd5 30. Rd4 Nb6 (30... Nc3 $1 $11 31. Rc4 (31. Rxb4 Re2 $17) 31... Rc5 32. Rxb4 Nxb5) 31. Rxb4 (31. Bb3 $1 $16) 31... Rc5 $1 $14 {[%cal Rc5c2]} 32. Bb3 (32. Bd1 $14) 32... Rc1+ $15 33. Ke2 Rb1 $1 34. Kd3 {[#]} Nxa4 $1 {[%mdl 512] Strongly threatening ...Rb2.} 35. Kc2 $1 {[%cal Rc2b1]} (35. Bxa4 Rxb4) 35... Rb2+ 36. Kc1 d5 37. f4 h5 38. g3 Kf8 ({Black should try} 38... d4 $17) 39. h3 (39. b6 $1 $11 {remains equal.} cxb6 40. Rxb6 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 39... Ke7 40. b6 cxb6 {[#]} 41. Rb5 $2 (41. Rxb6 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} Nxb6 42. Kxb2) 41... Nc3 $19 42. Rxb6 Rg2 43. Rc6 $2 (43. g4) 43... Rxg3 44. Kb2 d4 45. Rc7+ Kd6 46. Rxf7 Ne4 47. f5 g5 ({Less strong is} 47... Rxh3 48. fxg6 Nc5 49. Bc4 $15) 48. Rf8 $2 (48. f6) 48... Ke5 49. Re8+ Kxf5 50. Be6+ {Precision: White = 33%, Black = 44%.} 0-1

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Pedoson, Georg Aleksander"]
[Black "Laurusas, Tomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2125"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,60,-2,-6,0,0,30,-31,-36,-37,0,-48,-38,-78,-74,-74,-74,-74,-66,-78,-72,-71,-60,-114,-111,-108,-115,-136,-134,-124,-125,-258,-251,-261,-231,-231,-184,-178,-178,-178,-178,-258,-258,-258,-263]} 1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. b3 d5 4. Bb2 Bg4 5. e3 e6 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O Bd6 8. h3 Bh5 9. d3 {A12: English Opening: 1...c6 with b3 by White} O-O 10. Nbd2 {LiveBook: 24 Games} a5 11. a3 {The position is equal.} Re8 12. Rc1 $146 (12. g4 $11 Bg6 13. g5) ({Predecessor:} 12. Re1 h6 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Qc2 Bg6 15. Bc3 Qe7 16. Qb2 Ne5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 Qxe5 19. Qxe5 Rxe5 {1-0 (57) Topalov,V (2757)-Boudre,J (2341) Bilbao 2004}) 12... Qe7 $15 13. Nb1 h6 14. Qd2 Bg6 15. Rfd1 Nc5 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Qc3 Qxc3 18. Rxc3 dxc4 19. bxc4 Red8 20. Ne1 ({White should play} 20. Rc2 $15) 20... b5 $17 21. cxb5 cxb5 22. d4 b4 23. axb4 axb4 24. Rc4 {[#]} (24. Rcc1 $17 Nb3 25. Rc6) 24... Na4 $1 $19 {[%cal Ra4b2] And now ...Nb2 would win.} 25. Rc6 Be4 26. Ra6 Bxb1 27. Rxa8 Rxa8 28. Rxb1 Nc3 $1 {[%csl LRb1,LRe2]} 29. Rb2 (29. Bf3 $142) 29... Nxe2+ 30. Rxe2 b3 {Precision: White = 44%, Black = 65%.} 0-1

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kulaots, Kaido"]
[Black "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,95,35,46,15,97,77,80,95,130,124,140,119,121,131,106,44,52,31,59,54,46,42,155,147,147,143,142,143,181,139,202,192,356,219,235,225,254,202,350,179,213,226,238,252,229,181,160,97,390,380,464,365,1075,1060,980,726,712,706,688,672,868,669,652,664,667,681,679,678,671,670,661,628,2127,2043,5646,6195,5229,5214,29973,29974]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {[%cal Bf1b5,Bb5a4,Ba4b3][%mdl 32]} a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. a5 {C78: Ruy Lopez: Archangelsk and Möller Defences} Nxa5 {[#]} (10... Ba7 $1 $11) (10... Ba7 11. Be3 exd4 12. cxd4 Bg4 13. Qc1 Qd7 14. Nbd2 O-O 15. e5 dxe5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Bxe3 18. fxe3 Rbd8 19. exf6 Qxd2 20. fxg7 Kxg7 21. Qc5 Rd6 22. Qe5+ Kg6 23. Rf2 f6 24. Qf4 {1-0 (24) Yu,Y (2760)-Shankland,S (2671) Liaocheng 2018}) 11. Rxa5 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} Bxa5 12. dxe5 {White is better.} Ng4 13. Bg5 f6 14. exf6 gxf6 {[#]} 15. Bh4 $1 {Strongly threatening h3.} (15. Qd5 $6 Qe7 $15) 15... c5 16. Qd5 $146 (16. Bd5 $16) ({Predecessor:} 16. h3 h5 17. hxg4 hxg4 {½-½ (30) Yatsenko,A (2483)-Ponkratov,P (2530) Satka 2008}) 16... c4 $14 17. Qh5+ $40 {[%mdl 128] Black needs to defend precisely.} Kf8 18. h3 {[%cal Bh2h3,Bh3g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} Qe8 $1 {[%cal Re8h5]} 19. Qd5 $1 {[%cal Rd5d6]} Bc7 (19... Qe7 $14) 20. hxg4 $16 cxb3 21. Bxf6 Rg8 {[#]} 22. g5 $1 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Qe6 {White should prevent ...Qxd5.} 23. Qd3 Bd7 (23... Bb7 $16) 24. Nbd2 Re8 $2 (24... Rg6 25. Nd4 Qf7) 25. Re1 Rg6 26. Re3 Bb6 27. Nd4 Bxd4 (27... Qg4 $142 28. Rf3 (28. N2xb3 Kg8 $14) 28... d5) 28. cxd4 (28. Qxd4 $142 {Black must now prevent f4.} h6 29. Nf3) 28... Rc8 29. Nxb3 Qc4 30. Qd1 Qc2 31. Qh5 Kg8 32. d5 ({White should play} 32. f4) 32... Qb1+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (32... a5 $16) 33. Kh2 $18 Qf1 34. Qh4 Rc2 $2 (34... Rf8) 35. Rf3 Qc4 36. Qf4 {White wants to mate with Bc3.} Qc8 37. Nd4 Rc4 38. b3 Rb4 39. Qd2 a5 40. Nf5 {Ne7+ is the strong threat.} Rxe4 41. Ne7+ Rxe7 42. Bxe7 Bf5 43. Qf4 Qd7 44. Bf6 Bg4 45. Re3 h6 46. Re7 hxg5 47. Qe3 Rh6+ 48. Kg3 {Precision: White = 74%, Black = 32%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kantans, Toms"]
[Black "Samolins, Vitalijs"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,91,33,30,19,68,87,73,-21,-13,-18,18,6,19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-21,-22,-21,-22,-39,-26,-40,-42,-68,-71,-66,-70,-145,-142,-142,-157,-135,-129,-159,-82,-90,-50,-76,-56,-50,-25,-22,-29,-72,-78,-56,-48,-41,-47,-73,-58,-68,-25,-22,-23,-39,-21,-95,-49,-50,-52,-52,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. Nc3 fxe4 5. Nxe4 Nf6 6. Qe2 d5 {LiveBook: 297 Games} 7. Nc3 {C63: Ruy Lopez: Schliemann/Jaenisch Defence} (7. Nxf6+ gxf6 8. d4 e4 9. Nh4 Be6 10. c3 Qd7 11. Qh5+ Bf7 12. Qf5 Be6 13. Qh5+ Bf7 14. Qf5 Be6 {½-½ (14) Deac,B (2543)-Radjabov,T (2710) Bastia 2016}) 7... Bd6 8. Nxe5 $1 O-O 9. Bxc6 $146 (9. Nxc6 $16 bxc6 10. Bxc6) ({Predecessor:} 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bxc6 Rb8 11. d4 Ng4 12. Nd1 Bxh2 13. g3 Qd6 14. Ba4 Qb4+ 15. Nc3 Rxf2 16. Qe8+ Rf8 17. Qh5 Bxg3+ 18. Ke2 Rf2+ 19. Kd1 Qxd4+ {0-1 (19) Jelinic,G-Zelic,M (2345) Pula 1996}) 9... bxc6 $11 10. O-O $1 ({Don't go for} 10. Nxc6 $2 Qd7 $19) 10... c5 11. f4 Re8 12. d3 Bb7 13. Bd2 Nd7 {[%cal Rd7e5]} 14. Qf3 Nxe5 15. fxe5 Bxe5 16. Rae1 Qd7 17. Nd1 Rf8 18. Qh5 Rxf1+ 19. Rxf1 Re8 20. b3 {[#]} c4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 21. Re1 (21. bxc4 Bd4+) 21... Bd4+ 22. Be3 (22. Nf2 $15 Rf8 23. Be3) 22... cxd3 $17 23. cxd3 Ba6 24. Qh4 Bf6 25. Qg3 {[#]} Bxd3 (25... Be5 $142 $1 {[%cal Re5g3]} 26. Bf4 Bxf4 27. Rxe8+ Qxe8 28. Qxf4 Qe2) 26. Bxa7 {Black must now prevent Rxe8+.} Rxe1+ 27. Qxe1 d4 28. Nf2 Bc2 29. Ng4 Bg5 $40 {[%mdl 128] Threatens to win with ...d3. Black attacks.} 30. Ne5 Qd5 {aiming for ...Be3+.} 31. Nc4 {[%cal Re1e8]} Be4 32. h4 Bf6 33. Qg3 h5 34. Nd2 $1 c6 (34... Qc6 $5 {[%cal Rc6c1]} 35. Qf4 Bxg2 36. Bxd4 Bh3 $17) 35. Bb8 d3 36. Bf4 Bf5 37. Qf3 (37. a4 $11) 37... Qd4+ 38. Be3 Qa1+ 39. Kf2 Bg4 (39... Bg6 $1 $15 40. a4 Bxh4+ 41. g3 Bd8 42. Qxc6 Kh7) 40. Qxc6 $11 {The position is equal.} Bxh4+ 41. g3 Bf6 42. Qe8+ Kh7 43. Qe4+ Kh8 44. Qe8+ Kh7 45. Qe4+ Kh8 46. Qe8+ {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 57%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Meshkovs, Nikita"]
[Black "Kanep, Meelis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,99,29,32,33,32,25,-8,-8,-16,-16,-16,-10,-16,-10,-3,-8,-27,-27,-15,-5,-39,-35,-75,-61,-58,-70,-229,-234,-233,-149,-347,-357,-406,-426,-432,-352,-359,-346,-353,-202,-181,-164,-179,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,127,68,246,257,245,243,251,230,354,344,341,325,297,173,213,32,681,651,643,640,858,826,29983,29984,29984,29985,29985,29986,29986,29987,29987,29988,29987,29988,29983,5235,29989,29990]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. c4 d4 4. b4 a5 (4... cxb4 5. a3 b3 6. d3 Nc6 7. Nbd2 e5 8. Bg2 Nf6 9. Nxb3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bg5 Rb8 12. Ne1 Bd7 13. Nc2 {½-½ (38) Adhiban,B (2655)-Anand,V (2767) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 5. bxc5 Nc6 6. d3 {A09: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 d5 2 c4} e5 7. Ba3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Nf6 8. Nbd2 {White is slightly better.} Qc7 9. Ng5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Bg2 Nb4 10. Nb3 Na6 11. O-O a4 12. Nbxd4 exd4 13. Nxd4 {1-0 (27) Mareco,S (2632)-Slipak,S (2457) Montevideo 2018}) 9... Nb4 10. Nge4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 f5 12. Nd6+ Bxd6 13. cxd6 Qc6 14. Rg1 Qxd6 15. Bg2 O-O 16. Rb1 e4 17. Qd2 Re8 18. Kf1 Bd7 19. dxe4 $2 (19. Bb2 $15) 19... fxe4 $19 20. Rd1 Bc6 21. Bb2 $2 (21. Qxd4 $17 Qxd4 22. Rxd4) 21... d3 (21... e3 22. Qxd4 Qf8 23. Qf4 $15) 22. Qg5 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Rg5g7]} Qf8 23. e3 Nxa2 24. Bh3 Qf7 25. Bf5 Bd7 (25... a4 $142 {Strongly threatening ...a3.} 26. Qf4 g6) 26. g4 {intending Qh4.} Ra6 27. Qf4 Nb4 $2 {[#]} (27... g6 $19 {White must now prevent ...Ba4.} 28. f3 Bxf5 29. gxf5 a4 30. fxg6 Rxg6 31. Rxg6+ hxg6 32. Qxf7+ Kxf7 33. fxe4 Rxe4) 28. Bxh7+ $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]} Kf8 $1 (28... Kxh7 29. Qxf7) 29. Bf5 $1 {[%cal Rf5d7] Threatens to win with Bxd7.} Kg8 $1 30. Rg3 Rh6 31. Kg1 Nc6 (31... Rh4 $11) 32. g5 (32. f3 $1 $16) 32... Rh5 $2 {[#]} (32... Rg6 $1 $14 33. Bxg6 Qxg6) 33. Bh7+ $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Kf8 (33... Rxh7 $2 34. Qxf7+ Kxf7 35. g6+ Ke7 36. gxh7 $18) (33... Kxh7 34. Qxf7) 34. Qd6+ $1 (34. Bg6 $6 Qxf4 35. exf4 Rh4 $16) (34. Ba3+ $6 Nb4 $16) 34... Qe7 35. Qg6 $1 {[%cal Rg6h5]} ({Don't play} 35. Qf4+ $6 Qf7 $16) 35... Rh4 {[#]} (35... Rh3 {was called for.} 36. Rd2 Nb4 37. Rxh3 Bxh3) 36. Rxd3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Be6 {[#]} (36... Rxh7 37. Qxh7 Ne5 38. Qh8+ Kf7 {[#]} 39. g6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kf6 40. Qh4+ Ke6 41. Qh3+ Kf6 42. Rxd7) (36... Ne5 37. Bxe5 Qf7 38. Bxg7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxg7 39. Qxg7+ Kxg7 40. Rxd7+ Kh8 41. g6 Rxh7 42. Rxh7+) (36... exd3 37. Rf3+) 37. Rd6 $3 {[%mdl 512] aiming for Rxe6!} Qf7 (37... Qxd6 38. Qxg7#) 38. Ba3 $40 {[%mdl 128] White wants a kill.} (38. f4 $142) 38... Nb4 39. Rb6 $2 ({White should try} 39. Qxf7+ $18 Bxf7 40. g6 Bxc4 41. Rg5) 39... Rd8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (39... Qd7 $14) 40. Bxb4+ axb4 41. Rxe6 Rd1+ 42. Kg2 Rxh2+ 43. Kxh2 Qxf2+ 44. Kh3 {[%csl Ge6][%cal Rg6e8]} Rh1+ 45. Kg4 {[%csl Ge6][%cal Rg6e8]} Qe2+ 46. Kf4 {[%cal Rg6f5]} Rf1+ 47. Ke5 {[%csl Ge6][%cal Rg6e8]} Qb2+ 48. Kd6 {[%csl Ge6][%cal Rg6e8]} Qd2+ 49. Kc5 (49. Kc7 $142 Rf7+ 50. Qxf7+ Kxf7 51. Rd6 Qc3 52. Bg6+ Ke7 53. Rd7+ Ke6 54. Bf7+ Kf5 55. Rd5+ Qe5+ 56. Rxe5+ Kxe5 57. Bg6 b5 58. Rg4 bxc4 59. Kc6 Ke6 60. Rxe4#) 49... b6+ 50. Rxb6 {Precision: White = 48%, Black = 60%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ladva, Ottomar"]
[Black "Seeman, Tarvo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,97,16,20,17,10,12,6,9,17,16,11,17,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,6,6,6,5,5,5,0,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-20,-15,-17,0,0,0,-14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,35,29955,29958,29968,29969,29969,29967,29961,12229]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Nxd5 Qxd5 7. Be2 {LiveBook: 6 Games} Nc6 {[%cal Rc6d4] B02: Alekhine's Defence: Chase Variation and lines with early Nc3} (7... O-O 8. O-O Nd7 9. Bf4 c5 10. c4 Qe4 11. Be3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Ne5 13. Nb5 Bg4 14. Nc3 Bxe2 15. Nxe4 Bxd1 16. Raxd1 Nxc4 {½-½ (65) Kanarek,M (2512)-Rocha,S (2371) Lisbon 2018}) 8. c3 e5 9. dxe5 Qxd1+ {The position is equal.} 10. Bxd1 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Bh6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. O-O O-O 13. Bf3 c6 {0-1 (61) Karsokaite,I (1660)-Latreche,K (1815) Khanty-Mansiysk 2010}) 12... Be6 13. Bb3 Bxb3 14. axb3 Kd7 15. O-O-O+ Kc6 16. Rhe1 Rhe8 17. Re4 {Hoping for Rde1.} Bd6 18. Rc4+ Kd7 19. Bf4 Re6 20. Rcd4 Rae8 21. Bxd6 (21. b4 {with more complications.} Kc6 22. g4 Bxf4+ 23. Rxf4 R8e7 24. Kc2) 21... Rxd6 22. Rxd6+ cxd6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} 23. Kd2 a5 24. Ra1 Re5 25. Ra4 Rd5+ 26. Kc2 Re5 27. Kd3 Rd5+ 28. Rd4 Rb5 29. Rf4 Ke6 30. Re4+ Kd7 31. Rh4 h5 32. Rf4 $1 Ke6 33. Re4+ Kd7 34. Kc2 Re5 35. Rd4 Re2+ 36. Rd2 Rxd2+ (36... Re4 {feels hotter.} 37. Kd1 Kc6 38. Rd3 Rf4 39. Ke2 Rf5) 37. Kxd2 {KP-KP} Kc6 38. Kd3 Kc5 39. h4 f6 {[%cal Bf7f6,Bf6f5,Bf5f4][%mdl 32]} 40. Ke3 Kd5 41. f3 Ke5 42. g4 $1 {Black must now prevent f4+.} f5 43. gxh5 gxh5 44. c4 {[%cal Bc3c4,Bc4c5][%mdl 32]} f4+ 45. Kd3 d5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (45... b6 $14) 46. c5 {White mates.} Kf6 47. Kd4 Ke6 {[#]} 48. b4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} axb4 49. b3 {Precision: White = 76%, Black = 67%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Starostits, Ilmars"]
[Black "Kovalenko, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,24,9,13,26,15,22,-259,-252,-334,-333,-378,-342,-352,-356]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Bf4 (4. Bh4 Bb7 5. e3 g6 6. Nbd2 Bg7 7. Nxe4 Bxe4 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O O-O 10. c3 d6 11. e4 Nd7 12. Re1 Qe8 13. a4 a6 14. Qb3 e5 {1-0 (28) Korobov,A (2680)-Durarbayli,V (2590) Dubai 2014}) 4... Bb7 5. e3 e6 6. Bd3 {A47: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 b6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} Be7 7. Nbd2 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Nxd2 8. Nxd2 {White has an edge.} d6 9. Qg4 $146 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (9. O-O $11 {and White is okay.}) ({Predecessor:} 9. O-O Nd7 10. h3 O-O 11. c4 e5 {0-1 (35) Henderson,J (2185)-Godes,D (2405) Tel Aviv 1994}) 9... g5 $19 10. d5 h5 ({Don't take} 10... gxf4 11. dxe6 fxe6 12. exf4 $19) ({Less strong is} 10... Bxd5 11. e4 $17) (10... exd5 11. Bg3 $17) 11. Bb5+ Kf8 12. Qe2 exd5 ({Don't do} 12... gxf4 13. dxe6 fxe3 14. Qxe3 $19) 0-1

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Laurusas, Tomas"]
[Black "Neiksans, Arturs"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,72,59,27,34,15,21,14,6,-10,30,0,0,-10,-8,-39,-15,-14,-14,-8,-15,-2,0,-14,0,0,56,0,0,-36,0,-155,-149,-153,-168,-160,-166,-256,-255,-250,-241,-29988,-29989,-29989,-29990,-29990,-29991,-29991,-1025,-29991,-29992,-29996,-29997]} 1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 Nc6 8. Bb2 e5 9. dxe5 Ne4 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Qe8 12. Qc2 {Strongly threatening exd6.} dxe5 {A89: Dutch Defence: Leningrad System: 5 Nf3 0-0 6 0-0 d6 7 Nc3 Nc6} 13. Rad1 Qe7 14. Qb2 a5 {The position is equal.} 15. Rfe1 (15. e3 a4 16. Rd2 g5 17. Rfd1 g4 18. Ne1 e4 19. Bxg7 Qxg7 {0-1 (30) Groffen,H (2172)-Reinderman,D (2617) Delft 2014}) 15... Bd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Re8 16. e4 f4 17. gxf4 Bg4 18. Rd5 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 {0-1 (35) Jouhki,Y-Pyhala,A (2385) Joensuu 1989}) 16. Rd5 {[%cal Rf3e5]} Rae8 $1 17. Red1 Bc8 18. a3 b6 19. R5d2 Bf6 20. Ne1 e4 21. Bxf6 Rxf6 22. Nc2 g5 23. Ne3 {Hoping for Nd5.} Rh6 (23... Qg7 $11) 24. Rd5 (24. Nd5 $14 Qf7 25. f4 exf3 26. exf3) 24... Rf8 $11 25. Nf1 f4 26. b4 $2 ({White should play} 26. Qc3 $11) 26... axb4 27. axb4 e3 28. fxe3 fxg3 ({Worse is} 28... Nxb4 29. Re5 $11) ({Weaker is} 28... fxe3 29. c5 $16) 29. hxg3 (29. Qd2 $142) 29... Nxb4 $19 30. Re5 Qf6 $40 {[%csl Gf8][%cal Rf6f2][%mdl 128] [#] Black wants a kill.} 31. Nh2 $2 (31. Rxg5+ $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} Qxg5 32. Qxb4) 31... Qf2+ 32. Kh1 Qxg3 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rg3h2]} 33. Rxg5+ Qxg5 34. Qxb4 {[#]} Be6 (34... Bb7 $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 35. e4 (35. Bxb7 Rxh2+) 35... Qg3 36. Qxf8+ Kxf8 37. Rf1+ Kg7 38. Kg1 Rxh2 39. Rf2 Bxe4 40. Kf1 Bxg2+ 41. Ke1 Qc3+ 42. Kd1 Rh1+ 43. Rf1 Rxf1#) 35. Rg1 Rf2 36. c5 Qg3 {Precision: White = 31%, Black = 57%.} 0-1

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Stremavicius, Titas"]
[Black "Klabis, Rokas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,110,4,13,1,11,0,0,-78,-90,-79,-83,-81,-25,-58,-8,-8,0,-4,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,16,9,4,0,0,0,0,0,36,0,68,22,35,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-205,-201,-195,-181,-195,-181,-189,-166,-214,-179,-269,-206,-254,-232,-332,-325,-415,-89,-408,-390]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. Ne5 Bd7 7. Nxd7 Qxd7 8. e3 e5 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4)} (8... O-O 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 e5 11. Be2 Rfe8 12. Bb2 dxc4 13. Qxc4 Na5 14. Qb4 b6 15. dxe5 Nc6 16. Qf4 Nxe5 {1-0 (61) Jakovenko,D (2738)-Giri,A (2776) Khanty-Mansiysk 2015}) 9. a3 exd4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 10. axb4 dxc3 {The position is equal.} 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Bb2 $146 (12. f3 $11) ({Predecessor:} 12. c5 Qf5 13. Qd1 a5 14. b5 Ne5 15. f3 Rfe8 16. Be2 {0-1 (46) Toufighi,H (2379)-Jojua,D (2592) Teheran 2016}) 12... dxc4 $1 $17 13. Bxc4 Qg4 $1 {[%csl LRc4,LRg2]} 14. Bf1 Ne5 (14... Ne4 $17 15. Qd1 (15. f3 $2 Qh4+ 16. g3 Nxg3 $19) 15... Qe6) 15. b5 {Black should prevent Qxg4.} Qf5 {White must now prevent ...Rad8.} 16. Be2 Rfd8 {Threatens to win with ...Ne4.} 17. Rd1 Nd3+ 18. Bxd3 $1 Rxd3 19. O-O Rad8 20. c4 Rxd1 $1 21. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 {White wants to mate with Qd8+.} h6 23. h3 {And now Qd8+ would win.} Ne4 24. Qd8+ Kh7 25. f3 Ng5 {Strongly threatening ...Qb1+.} 26. Qd1 Ne6 27. Kh2 Qc5 28. Qd3+ Kg8 29. f4 a6 30. Ba3 Qh5 (30... Qb6 $1 $11) 31. bxa6 bxa6 32. Be7 Qa5 $1 33. Qd5 Qc3 34. Qa8+ Kh7 35. Qe4+ Kg8 36. h4 a5 37. Qa8+ Kh7 38. Qe4+ Kg8 39. f5 Nf8 40. Bd8 a4 41. Bxc7 a3 {Hoping for ...a2.} 42. Be5 Qa5 43. Ba1 f6 44. Kh3 Kh7 45. Qd5 Qe1 46. Qd4 $2 {[#]} (46. Bd4 $11 {and White is okay.}) 46... Nd7 $1 $19 {[%mdl 1536] Black has strong compensation.} 47. Bc3 (47. Qxd7 Qh1+) 47... Qh1+ $1 48. Kg3 Qc1 $1 49. Bd2 Qb2 50. Bc3 Qc2 51. Qd2 (51. c5 $142) 51... Qxf5 52. Qa2 {[#]} Ne5 $1 53. Qxa3 {[#]} (53. c5 $142) 53... Qg4+ $1 ({Weaker is} 53... Nxc4 54. Qe7 $15) 54. Kh2 Qxh4+ 55. Kg1 Ng4 {Precision: White = 59%, Black = 83%.} 0-1

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Malisauskas, Vidmantas"]
[Black "Haavamae, Henrik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2422"]
[BlackElo "2209"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,69,27,28,29,35,22,35,30,31,47,54,74,77,70,70,79,77,88,88,86,87,89,81,121,162,185,192,200,199,261,191,181,122,181,167,162,140,299,305,293,296,290,285,544,466,455,470,462,460,488,511,508,493]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bd6 5. d4 c6 6. O-O O-O 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. Bf4 Qc7 {E01: Catalan: Early deviations} (8... Bxf4 9. gxf4 b6 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. fxe5 Ng4 12. Nd2 Ba6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Nf3 Nh6 15. Bh3 f5 16. Kh1 Kh8 17. Rg1 {½-½ (27) Andreikin,D (2736)-Carlsen,M (2840) Wijk aan Zee 2017}) 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. Nbd2 {LiveBook: 8 Games} b6 {White has an edge.} 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Ba6 14. Ne5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. b3 Nf6 15. Qe3 Nd7 16. Rad1 {½-½ (37) Werthebach,F (2167)-Nuber,B (2177) Chemnitz 2009}) 14... Nxe5 15. dxe5 Qc5 16. b3 {[%cal Bb2b3,Bb3b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Bb7 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Qh4 Qf8 19. Be4 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Rh4h7] [#]} h6 20. b4 g5 21. Qh5 Qg7 {[#]} 22. Qe2 $1 Kh8 23. Bg2 Rac8 (23... Qf8 {might work better.} 24. b5 Rac8) 24. b5 Qf8 25. Qh5 (25. Qf3 $18) 25... Kg7 (25... Ba8 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 26. h4 Qe7 27. hxg5 hxg5 $2 (27... Qxg5 $16 28. Qxg5+ hxg5) 28. Be4 $18 {White threatens Qh7+ and mate.} Rh8 29. Qf3 {[%cal Rb5c6]} Rc7 30. bxc6 Ba8 $2 (30... Ba6 {was worth a try.} 31. Rac1 f6) 31. Rd6 {White is clearly winning.} f5 32. exf6+ Qxf6 33. Re1 Rf8 34. Qxf6+ Rxf6 35. Red1 {Precision: White = 86%, Black = 35%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bernotas, Arturs"]
[Black "Pedoson, Georg Aleksander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2125"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,98,49,30,32,32,43,30,54,54,52,35,36,13,26,14,25,14,43,43,87,89,116,97,97,37,42,20,30,6,11,10,21,0,0,-19,-19,-19,-19,-40,-41,-68,-62,-72,-75,-51,-52,-37,-8,-6,-6,-6,-8,-39,-14,-19,-9,-6,-20,-25,-16,-19,-5,-7,0,0,0,0,29,0,0,0,0,0,0,-27,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. Re1 Nf6 9. c3 {C42: Russische Verteidigung (Petrow)} O-O 10. h3 Bd6 11. Nbd2 {LiveBook: 3 Partien. Weiß steht etwas besser.} (11. Bg5 {feels hotter.} h6 12. Bh4 Bf4 13. Na3 g5 14. Bg3) 11... Re8 12. Nf1 Rxe1 13. Qxe1 {[#]} Be6 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 13... Qe8 14. Bd2 Bd7 15. Qb1 h6 {½-½ (64) Saric,I (2641)-Savic,M (2503) Novi Sad 2016}) 14. Ng3 Qe7 15. Bd2 {[%cal Bc1d2,Bd2f4,Bf4h2][%mdl 32]} Re8 16. Qf1 Bxg3 17. fxg3 Ne4 18. Bf4 h6 19. g4 g5 {[#]} 20. Bh2 $1 f6 21. Re1 Bf7 {[#]} 22. Qe2 ({Besser ist} 22. Nd2 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]}) 22... Qd7 $14 23. Qc2 {[%cal Rd3e4]} Bg6 24. Re3 Kg7 25. Qe2 a6 26. a3 b5 27. Qc2 Na5 28. Re1 Nc4 29. b3 Nxa3 30. Qb2 {[#]} b4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 31. cxb4 Nb5 32. Rc1 Re7 33. Qa1 Nd2 34. Bxg6 Nxf3+ 35. gxf3 Kxg6 36. Kf2 Qe6 {Droht ...De2+ und aus.} 37. Qb1+ $1 Kg7 38. Qd3 Qb6 39. Rd1 Qc6 40. Bg3 Qe8 41. Rc1 c6 42. h4 gxh4 43. Bxh4 Qb8 44. Kg2 (44. Bg3 $5 {[%cal Rg3b8]} Qa7 45. Rd1 $14 (45. Rxc6 Qxd4+ 46. Qxd4 Nxd4 $11)) 44... Re6 45. Bf2 Qe8 46. Rh1 Re2 47. Qf5 Qe3 48. Qd7+ Kg6 (48... Kf8 $5 49. Qd8+ $8 Kg7 50. Qd7+ Kg6 51. Qf5+ Kg7 52. Qd7+ $11) 49. Qf5+ Kg7 {Precision: Weiß = 45%, Schwarz = 61%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Pultinevicius, Paulius"]
[Black "Vedrickas, Tautvydas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2408"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,85,32,32,30,93,92,90,91,90,92,106,102,98,97,113,85,86,79,90,62,81,50,65,75,75,66,63,68,76,75,71,37,66,31,26,22,39,40,61,0,26,25,22,-238,283,274,281,277,265,260,281,251,241,166,162,160,188,154,169,164,197,162,250,233,243,217,249,243,1218,1218,1142,1140]} 1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 e5 5. e4 Nc6 6. Bg5 f6 7. Be3 exd4 {A42: Moderne Verteidigung (mit c2-c4/ohne Sf6)} (7... Nh6 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. h3 Be6 11. O-O-O+ Kc8 12. c5 Nf7 13. Nd2 Nd4 14. Bc4 Rd8 15. Bxe6+ Nxe6 16. Nc4 {1-0 (52) Can,E (2578)-Jones,G (2671) Reykjavik 2017}) 8. Nxd4 Nge7 {LiveBook: 10 Partien} 9. c5 Nxd4 (9... dxc5 $11 10. Nxc6 Nxc6) 10. Qxd4 $16 Be6 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 10... dxc5 11. Qxc5 c6 12. Bc4 Bd7 13. O-O-O b6 14. Qb4 Qc7 15. a4 {1-0 (26) Lazarev,V (2501)-Foisor,C (2371) Castellaneta 1999}) 11. Rd1 {[%cal Rc5d6]} Nc6 12. Qa4 O-O 13. Bc4 Bxc4 14. Qxc4+ Kh8 15. O-O f5 {Schwarz will ...f4 spielen.} 16. cxd6 cxd6 17. Bf4 Ne5 18. Qe2 g5 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. exf5 Rxf5 21. Nd5 Qf8 22. Rd3 Re8 {Und ...Lxh2+! würde nun gewinnen.} 23. Re3 Rc8 24. Nc3 Bd4 25. Re4 Bc5 26. Qd2 Qf7 27. Rg4 ({Lieber} 27. Na4 $14) 27... Re8 {( -> ...Txf2!)} 28. Ne4 h5 29. Nxg5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (29. Qc3+ $1 $11 {und Weiss ist OK.} Qg7 30. Rxg5 Rxg5 31. Nxg5) 29... Qe7 $4 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (29... Qg6 $1 $19 {und Schwarz kann entspannen.} 30. Re4 Rg8) 30. Re4 $1 $18 {[%cal Re4e7]} Qd7 31. Qc3+ Kg8 32. Qc4+ Kh8 33. Rxe8+ Qxe8 34. Ne4 Qe5 {...Tf4 ist eine echte Drohung.} 35. Nxc5 Qxc5 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KDT-KDT} 36. Qa4 Kg7 37. h3 d5 38. Qb3 b6 (38... Qc7 {ist wohl besser.} 39. Rd1 b6) 39. Qg3+ Kf7 40. Re1 d4 41. Qb8 d3 $2 (41... Kg7 42. b4 Qc6) 42. Qe8+ Kg7 43. Re7+ {Precision: Weiß = 59%, Schwarz = 42%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Chukavin, Kirill"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2256"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,126,79,70,70,71,47,80,68,101,69,70,51,58,31,41,0,16,-17,-19,-14,34,0,4,8,11,-120,-72,-76,-9,-89,-83,-85,-95,-118,-114,-105,-103,-224,-231,-242,-83,-94,-98,-119,-122,-105,-110,-127,-50,-61,-43,-75,-73,-75,0,-84,-84,-84,-84,-84,-83,-83,-77,-75,-66,-83,-83,-76,-66,-76,-65,-64,-63,-66,-68,-137,-135,-145,-152,-184,-184,-184,-125,-184,-183,-2903,-2345,-29974,-29975,-29975,-29976,-29976,-29977,-29977,-29978,-29978,-29979,-29979,-29980,-29980,-29981,-29981,-29982,-29982,-29983,-29983,-29984,-29984,-29985,-29985,-29986,-29986,-29987]} 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 {[%cal Bf1c4,Bc4b3,Bb3c2,Bc2d3][%mdl 32]} Nb6 6. Bb3 d5 7. a4 {B04: Aljechin-Verteidigung (Moderne Variante)} a5 8. c3 Bg7 {LiveBook: 3 Partien} 9. O-O {Weiß steht etwas besser.} O-O 10. Bc2 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 10. Re1 Na6 11. Na3 Bd7 12. Ng5 h6 13. Nf3 Rc8 14. Nc2 c5 {½-½ (30) Alvir,A (2357)-Rozentalis,E (2528) Molnlycke 2015}) 10... Na6 11. Na3 c6 12. h3 Nc7 13. Bd3 f6 14. exf6 exf6 15. Nh2 Bd7 16. Ng4 f5 17. Nh2 $1 f4 18. Re1 Ne6 19. Nf3 Ng5 20. Ne5 (20. Nb1 $11) 20... Bxe5 21. Rxe5 {[#]} Qf6 (21... Bxh3 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 22. Bd2 (22. gxh3 Nxh3+) 22... Nd7) 22. f3 (22. Bf1 $1 $11 {bleibt in der Remisbreite.}) 22... Rae8 $17 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Qf1 {[#]} Bxh3 $1 {[%mdl 512] ...Te1! ist eine echte Drohung.} 25. Bd2 (25. gxh3 Re1) 25... Bf5 ({Natürlich nicht} 25... Nxa4 $6 26. gxh3 Nxb2 27. Bc2 $11) 26. Bxf4 (26. Bxf5 $17 {war nötig.} Qxf5 27. b3) 26... Bxd3 ({Weniger gut wäre} 26... Nxa4 27. Be5 $15) 27. Bxg5 Qf5 $2 ({Schwächer ist} 27... Bxf1 28. Bxf6 Bd3 29. b3 $15) (27... Qxg5 $19 28. Qxd3 Nxa4) 28. Qc1 Nxa4 29. Nc4 dxc4 30. Rxa4 b6 31. Be3 Kf7 (31... Be2 $1 $17 {[%cal Re2f3]} 32. Kf2 Bd3) 32. Ra1 Bc2 33. Qd2 Qd3 34. Re1 b5 ({Günstiger ist} 34... Qxd2 $17 35. Bxd2 Rxe1+ 36. Bxe1 Ke6) 35. Bg5 (35. Qf2 $11) 35... Qxd2 36. Bxd2 Rxe1+ 37. Bxe1 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KL-KL} Ke6 38. Kf2 Kd5 39. Bd2 h5 40. Ke3 Bd3 41. Kf2 Bf5 42. Ke3 c5 43. dxc5 Kxc5 44. Be1 b4 45. cxb4+ ({Besser ist} 45. Kd2 $15) 45... axb4 {Droht stark ...c3!} 46. Kd2 {[#]} Kb5 $1 47. Bh4 {[#]} Ka4 $1 48. Kc1 Kb3 49. f4 (49. Bf6 $17) 49... c3 50. bxc3 $2 (50. Bf6) 50... bxc3 $19 {[%cal Bb4c3,Bc3c2][%mdl 32]} 51. g3 Kc4 {Schwarz setzt Matt.} 52. Bg5 Kd3 53. Bf6 c2 54. Bg5 Ke2 55. Bf6 Kf2 56. Bh4 Kf3 57. Kd2 {[#]} g5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 58. fxg5 Bg6 59. Kc1 Ke2 60. g4 hxg4 {[%cal Bh5g4,Bg4g3][%mdl 32]} 61. Bg3 Kf3 62. Bd6 g3 63. Kd2 Kf2 {Precision: Weiß = 32%, Schwarz = 68%.} 0-1

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Garanin, Aleksei"]
[Black "Miezis, Normunds"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2171"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,76,37,48,46,54,10,16,20,10,25,25,4,0,-10,-14,-60,-60,-62,-50,-91,-68,-128,-104,-153,-139,-127,-126,-255,-160,-164,-172,-156,-159,-155,-153,-122,-120,-179,-157,-217,-222,-285,-268,-374,-353,-332,-263,-436,-413,-514,-506,-484,-477,-945,-914,-1005,-977,-1843,-1820,-29996,-29997,-29997,-29998]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Qc2 Nc6 8. O-O Ne4 {LiveBook: 13 Games. E11: Bogo-Indian} 9. Rd1 a4 (9... Bd7 10. Nc3 Nxd2 11. Rxd2 Be8 12. Rc1 a4 13. Qd1 dxc4 14. a3 Bxc3 15. Rxc3 {0-1 (25) Garanin,A (2220)-Miezis,N (2452) Liepaja 2017}) 10. Nc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Bf4 g5 11. Be3 f5 12. c5 Bd7 13. Nc3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 {Karpov,A (2735)-Staszym,M Cannes 1998}) 10... Nxd2 {The position is equal.} 11. Qxd2 Na5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Qc2 a3 14. b3 Nc6 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 c6 17. Rd4 Qe7 18. Rh4 ({Better is} 18. Rad1 $15) 18... g6 19. Rc1 Re8 20. Na4 Ba5 21. f4 (21. Qd1 $17) 21... Qb4 22. f5 Qd2 ({Much less strong is} 22... Bxf5 23. Rxb4 Bxc2 24. Rxb7 $17) 23. e6 fxe6 24. fxg6 Qxc2 25. Rxc2 hxg6 26. e4 (26. Bh3 $17) 26... Kg7 $19 27. e5 (27. Nc5 $17 {was worth a try.}) 27... Bc7 28. Re2 b6 {[%cal Bb7b6,Bb6b5][%mdl 32]} 29. Rb4 Ba6 30. Rc2 b5 (30... Bxe5 $2 31. Nxb6 Rab8 32. Rxc6 $19) 31. Rxc6 $2 (31. Nc5 {is the only way for White.}) 31... Ba5 32. Nc5 {[#] Black must now prevent Rg4.} Bb7 (32... Bxb4 $2 33. Nxa6 Rxa6 34. Rxa6 $19) 33. Nxb7 Bxb4 34. Bh3 (34. Nd6 $142 Bxd6 35. exd6) 34... Rac8 35. Ra6 Rc1+ 36. Kf2 Rf8+ 37. Ke3 Re1+ 38. Kd4 Rf3 {Precision: White = 17%, Black = 95%.} 0-1

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kovalenko, Igor"]
[Black "Meshkovs, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,150,20,16,10,10,18,18,21,14,24,23,27,6,36,18,120,128,121,119,133,93,147,148,139,125,117,81,108,67,144,132,141,132,128,72,75,71,158,117,114,116,131,93,94,97,116,116,119,117,104,116,131,128,128,126,118,128,343,322,295,159,166,61,62,72,109,68,69,75,71,81,79,79,67,68,74,63,49,60,81,92,130,79,83,79,80,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,8,0,9,11,18,8,18,18,28,25,30,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 Bc5 4. Nc3 a6 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Nf6 7. e3 O-O 8. h3 {A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3} h6 9. d3 Ba7 10. b3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Re8 11. Bb2 Bf5 12. Kh2 Bh7 13. Rc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. a3) 13... Qd7 14. a3 Rac8 15. b4 Nd8 16. d4 {[%cal Bd3d4,Bd4d5][%mdl 32]} e4 (16... exd4 $11 {remains equal.} 17. Nxd4 c6) 17. Nd2 $16 {[%cal Bf3d2,Bd2b3,Bb3d4][%mdl 32]} c6 18. d5 Qf5 19. Nb3 b5 ({Black should try} 19... Qd7) 20. cxb5 cxb5 21. Nd4 Qd7 22. Qd2 Rc4 23. Nde2 Qf5 ({Black should play} 23... Qb7 $14) 24. Nf4 Nd7 {[%cal Bf6d7,Bd7e5,Be5c4][%mdl 32]} 25. Nce2 Ne5 26. Bd4 (26. g4 $142 Qd7 27. Ng3) 26... Bxd4 27. Nxd4 Qf6 (27... Qd7 $142) 28. Rxc4 Nxc4 29. Qa2 Nb6 30. Nfe2 Qe5 31. Nc3 h5 32. h4 g5 33. hxg5 h4 34. Bh3 hxg3+ 35. fxg3 Qxg5 36. Rf4 Bg6 37. Bf5 Kg7 $2 (37... Re5 $16) 38. Nxe4 $18 Qh6+ {[#]} 39. Rh4 ({White must play} 39. Kg2 $1 $18 Re5 40. Bxg6 (40. Nxd6 Nxd5 41. Qb2 Kg8 $11) 40... Qxg6 41. Nf6) 39... Qxe3 $16 40. Bxg6 (40. Nxd6 $18 Re5 41. Qa1 Qf2+ 42. Kh3) 40... fxg6 $14 41. Nxd6 Rf8 {Hoping for ...Rf2+.} 42. Qa1 {White threatens N4f5+ and mate.} Qf2+ $1 43. Kh3 {N4f5+ would kill now.} Qf1+ 44. Qxf1 Rxf1 45. Ne8+ Kf8 46. Nc7 {Strongly threatening Re4.} Nf7 47. Rf4 Rxf4 48. gxf4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KNN-KNN} Nd6 49. Kg4 Nbc4 50. Kg5 ({Better is} 50. Nc6) 50... Kf7 $16 51. Nxa6 Nxa3 {[#]} 52. Nc7 (52. Nc5 $1 $16) 52... Ne4+ $11 53. Kh6 Nd6 54. Kh7 Ne4 55. Kh6 Nd6 56. Kg5 Ne4+ 57. Kh4 Nd6 58. Kg3 Kf6 59. Kg4 Nac4 60. Kf3 Nb6 61. Ke3 {Threatens to win with Ne2.} Ke7 {The position is equal.} 62. Nde6 (62. Ne2 {with more complications.} Kd7 63. Na6 Nxd5+ 64. Kd4 Nf6 65. Nc5+) 62... Nxd5+ 63. Nxd5+ Kxe6 {KN-KN} 64. Kd4 Kd7 65. Kc5 Nf7 66. Kxb5 {White wants to play Ka6.} g5 67. Nf6+ Kc7 68. fxg5 Nxg5 69. Ka6 {b5 is the strong threat.} Ne6 70. b5 {Black must now prevent b6+.} Kb8 71. Nd5 Nc5+ 72. Kb6 Nd7+ 73. Kc6 Ne5+ 74. Kd6 Nc4+ 75. Kc5 Ne5 {Precision: White = 58%, Black = 58%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Neiksans, Arturs"]
[Black "Ladva, Ottomar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,90,20,24,10,15,11,14,38,38,43,38,47,41,41,41,36,31,56,33,29,33,27,25,30,27,48,37,45,42,55,35,54,20,58,54,47,29,66,56,64,72,93,50,54,45,98,80,80,27,25,29,29,11,16,10,20,20,20,20,20,20,38,37,30,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O {C42: Russische Verteidigung (Petrow)} Be7 7. c3 O-O 8. Bc2 {LiveBook: 21 Partien} d5 (8... Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. d4 c6 11. Re1 Na6 12. Nbd2 Qd7 13. Nf1 Rae8 {½-½ (39) Mamedov,R (2704)-Giri,A (2777) Shamkir 2018}) 9. d4 Bg4 10. Qd3 Bh5 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 10... Ne4 11. Qe3 Bf5 12. c4 c6 13. cxd5 cxd5 {½-½ (55) Timofeev,A (2579)-Skatchkov,V (2338) Sochi 2018}) 11. Ne5 Bg6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Nd2 c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Nf3 Nbd7 16. Bb3 Bb6 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Re8 19. Qd4 Qb6 20. Rfe1 Qxd4 21. Nxd4 Nc5 22. Bc2 Kf8 23. f3 (23. h4 {seems wilder.} Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Re8 25. Rd1 Ng4 26. g3) 23... Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Re8 25. Rd1 (25. Rxe8+ {is more complex.} Nxe8 26. b4 Nd7 27. Bb3 Nb6 28. Kf2) 25... a6 26. Kf2 Ke7 27. h4 Ne6 28. Nxe6 Kxe6 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KTL-KTS} 29. g4 Kd6 (29... Rh8 $14) 30. Bb3 Re5 31. c4 (31. a4 $16) 31... g5 $11 32. hxg5 Rxg5 33. cxd5 Re5 34. Rh1 Nxd5 35. Rh7 g5 36. Rxf7 {[#] Schwarz muss nun Lxd5 beachten.} Nf4 37. Rxb7 {Lc4 ist eine echte Drohung.} Re2+ 38. Kf1 {Und Lc4 würde nun gewinnen.} Rxb2 39. Ra7 Ke5 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} 40. Rxa6 Kd4 41. Ra8 Rb1+ 42. Kf2 {Und weiter mit Ta4+ wäre nett.} Rb2+ 43. Kf1 Rb1+ 44. Kf2 {zielt auf Ta4+ ab.} Rb2+ 45. Kf1 Rb1+ {Precision: Weiß = 55%, Schwarz = 63%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Pultinevicius, Paulius"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,69,0,0,0,0,0,0,51,35,65,59,69,75,81,78,74,76,84,88,135,142,125,134,137,119,111,83,89,94,77,75,126,24,16,15,18,12,25,7,77,82,58,11,14,11,11,13,12,6]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nh3 e6 7. Nf4 Qc7 8. c3 {B18: Classical Caro-Kann: 4...Bf5 sidelines} Bd6 9. Qf3 Nd7 10. h4 Ngf6 11. h5 Bc2 12. h6 {LiveBook: 45 Games} g6 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Nxd3 O-O (14... Qa5 $1 $11) 15. Bg5 {[#]} Be7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Nd5 16. Ne4 f6 {1-0 (33) Fedorchuk,S (2650)-Peralta,F (2603) Roquetas de Mar 2011}) 16. O-O Qd8 17. Rad1 Nd5 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. c4 N5b6 20. b3 Qh4 21. Nc5 Rab8 22. a4 Nf6 23. Rfe1 Rfd8 (23... Ng4 $2 24. a5 $18) 24. Nf1 {Black must now prevent g3.} ({Much weaker is} 24. a5 $6 Nbd7 $11) 24... Nbd7 ({Don't blunder} 24... Rxd4 $2 25. g3 $18) 25. Nxd7 Nxd7 26. Qe3 Nf6 {[#]} ({Black should try} 26... a6) 27. Qe5 (27. d5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rd5e6]} exd5 28. g3) 27... Ne8 $1 $11 28. d5 exd5 29. cxd5 cxd5 30. Ne3 Qxh6 (30... Qf6 $1 $11 31. Qh2 (31. Rxd5 Qxe5 32. Rxe5 Kf8 $11) 31... Qd6) 31. Nxd5 $16 {White wants to mate with Ne7+.} Qg7 {White should prevent ...Qxe5.} 32. Qe3 Nf6 {The position is equal.} 33. Qxa7 {Hoping for Ne7+.} Nxd5 {[#]} 34. Rxd5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qc3 (34... Rxd5 35. Qxb8+) 35. Red1 {Precision: White = 67%, Black = 52%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Black "Bernotas, Arturs"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,72,28,31,-62,-58,-66,-74,-84,-87,-87,-108,-80,-52,-42,-24,-54,-52,-62,-59,-77,0,0,0,-59,-4,-83,-69,-54,-59,-68,-39,-67,-16,-18,-10,-24,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,105,105,93,104,153,152,152,151,566,566,12839]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e5 Ne4 6. Nxe4 {A18: English Opening: Flohr-Mikenas System (1 c4 Nf6 2 Nc3 e6 3 e4)} (6. Nf3 $14) (6. Nf3 Bf5 7. d3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 c5 9. d4 Qa5 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. Be2 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. a4 Rac8 14. Ra2 {½-½ (37) Nakamura,H (2769)-Ding,L (2791) Stavanger 2018}) 6... dxe4 $15 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8. Bb5 {Black is better.} Qd5 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Qxc6 10. Qxc6+ bxc6 11. b3 Ba6 12. Bb2 O-O-O 13. Ne2 Bc5 {½-½ (46) Verat,L (2321)-Guedon,S (2351) Montigny le Bretonneux 1999}) 10. Ne2 Bd7 11. O-O Qxe5 12. d3 exd3 13. Bf4 $1 {[%cal Rf4e5]} Qb5 ({Not} 13... Qxe2 14. Rfe1 $16) 14. Qe4+ {[#]} Be6 (14... Be7 $1 $17 15. Nd4 Qd5 16. Qxd3 O-O) 15. Nd4 $11 Qd5 16. Rfe1 (16. Qxd3 $11 Bc5 17. Rfd1) 16... O-O-O ({Better is} 16... Qxe4 $15 17. Rxe4 O-O-O 18. Nxc6 Rd5) 17. Nxe6 (17. Qxd3 $11 Qxd4 18. Qa6+ Kb8 19. Rad1) 17... Qxe4 ({Much worse is} 17... Qxe6 $6 18. Qa4 $11) 18. Rxe4 fxe6 19. Rxe6 Bd6 20. Be3 Rhe8 (20... Rhf8 $15) 21. Rxe8 Rxe8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 22. Rd1 Rd8 23. f4 Be7 24. Kf2 Rd5 25. Kf3 Ra5 26. a3 Bf6 27. Rd2 Ra4 28. g4 h6 29. h4 Bxh4 30. g5 hxg5 31. fxg5 Kd7 (31... Ra5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 32. Rxd3+ $16 Ke6 {[#]} 33. Rc3 $1 {[%cal Rc3c6][%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Kd5 34. Rc5+ Kd6 35. Rc1 a5 $2 (35... Kd5 $16 {is tougher.} 36. Rd1+ Ke6) 36. b3 $18 Kd5 {Precision: White = 64%, Black = 42%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Miezis, Normunds"]
[Black "Malisauskas, Vidmantas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2422"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,65,40,60,62,52,10,50,5,50,10,26,0,0,10,52,14,22,19,22,0,50,57,100,100,94,72,244,256,263,243,246,135,312,331,582,585,1785,1725,29980,29981,29983,29983,29991,29990]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 c5 6. Nge2 Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6d4,Bd4e2][%mdl 32]} 7. O-O d6 8. d3 Ne8 {[%cal Bf6e8,Be8c7,Bc7e6,Be6d4][%mdl 32]} 9. Be3 Nd4 10. Qd2 Nc7 {A36: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7} 11. Bh6 Nxe2+ 12. Nxe2 e5 {LiveBook: 3 Games. White is slightly better.} 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 {[#]} 14. b4 $146 Ne6 15. f4 {[%cal Bf2f4,Bf4f5,Bf5f6][%mdl 32]} f6 16. bxc5 dxc5 17. Rf2 Nd4 18. Nc3 Be6 19. Raf1 (19. f5 $5 {[%cal Rf5e6]} Bg8 20. h4 $11) 19... Qd6 20. f5 Bg8 21. h4 Rad8 (21... b5 $5) 22. g4 b5 23. cxb5 {aiming for g5.} c4 24. g5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] [#] Black must now prevent fxg6. White has strong initiative.} fxg5 $2 (24... cxd3 $16 {was called for.} 25. fxg6 (25. Qxd3 Rc8 $14) 25... fxg5) 25. f6+ $1 $18 ({Inferior is} 25. Qxg5 Rf6 $14) ({Less strong is} 25. hxg5 Kh8 $14) 25... Kf7 26. Nd5 ({Don't play} 26. Qxg5 $6 cxd3 27. Qe3 Ke8 $16) 26... cxd3 27. Qxd3 (27. hxg5 $18 Ne2+ 28. Kh2) 27... gxh4 $2 (27... g4 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 28. Qc4 Qe6 $2 (28... g5 29. Ne3+ Qe6) 29. Qc1 {Threatens to win with Qh6.} h3 30. Qh6 {Qg7+ would kill now.} Rxd5 31. exd5 {White mates.} Qd6 32. Rc1 Qd8 {[#]} 33. Rc7+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 48%, Black = 24%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kanep, Meelis"]
[Black "Chukavin, Kirill"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2256"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,61,0,12,-1,0,-10,25,28,28,22,29,25,44,34,20,13,17,13,15,0,0,0,0,0,51,51,54,0,7,7,8,1,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qb3 dxc4 8. Qxc4 Nd7 9. Rd1 g6 {D43: Damengambit (Botwinnik-Variante)} 10. g3 Bg7 11. Bh3 O-O 12. O-O Qe7 {LiveBook: 4 Partien} 13. Ne4 {[#]} Kh7 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 13... Rb8 14. a3 Re8 15. b4 a5 16. Nc5 axb4 17. axb4 {½-½ (30) Timman,J (2630)-Sokolov,I (2615) Rotterdam 1997}) 14. b4 e5 {[#] Droht ...Sb6 und aus.} 15. Bxd7 $1 Bxd7 16. dxe5 {zielt auf Sf6+ ab.} Bh3 17. Rfe1 Bxe5 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. f4 Be6 20. fxe5 Bxc4 21. Rd7 a5 22. a3 axb4 23. axb4 Be6 (23... b5 $11) 24. Rxb7 $14 Rab8 25. Rxb8 Rxb8 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KTL-KTS. Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} 26. Rb1 Bf5 27. Nf6+ Kg7 28. Rc1 Rxb4 29. Rxc6 Rb5 30. Ne8+ Kf8 31. Nd6 {Precision: Weiß = 64%, Schwarz = 72%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Seeman, Tarvo"]
[Black "Starostits, Ilmars"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,62,14,21,0,4,-10,-8,-6,0,0,18,-1,0,-37,-41,-29,-47,-41,-35,-31,-31,-75,-75,-75,-79,-76,-94,-84,-68,-110,-110,-126,-9,-9,-9,-9,-9,-11,-11,-9,-11,-11,-11,-11,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nc3 Nb6 8. d3 Nc6 9. Be3 Bg4 {LiveBook: 4 Games. A16: English Opening: 1...Nf6 with ...d5} (9... h6 10. Qc1 Kh7 11. Rd1 Be6 12. Ne4 Qc8 13. Qc2 Rd8 14. a3 a5 15. Bd2 Bd5 16. Bc3 e5 17. b4 Nd4 18. Bxd4 exd4 {0-1 (32) Kveinys,A (2511)-Lagarde,M (2587) Reykjavik 2018}) 10. a4 a5 11. Bxb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. h3 Bd7 12. Bxb6 cxb6 13. Nd2 Qc8 14. Nc4 Ra6 15. Kh2 Rd8 16. Nd5 Be6 17. Nce3 Bxb2 18. Rb1 {1-0 (43) Groeling,J (1944)-Turek,A (2045) Rowy 2007}) 11... cxb6 12. Nd2 Rc8 13. Nc4 h5 14. Re1 h4 15. h3 Be6 16. gxh4 Nb4 17. Ne4 Bxc4 18. dxc4 Rxc4 19. Qxd8 Rxd8 20. b3 Rxe4 21. Bxe4 {[#] Rad1 is the strong threat.} Bxa1 22. Rxa1 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Na6 23. Bxb7 Nc5 24. Bf3 Nxb3 (24... Rd4 $17 25. h5 gxh5) 25. Rb1 $11 {The position is equal.} Nd2 26. Rxb6 Nxf3+ 27. exf3 {KR-KR} Rd4 28. h5 gxh5 29. Rb5 Rxa4 {Threatens to win with ...h4.} 30. Rxh5 Rf4 31. Rxa5 Rxf3 {Precision: White = 34%, Black = 51%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vedrickas, Tautvydas"]
[Black "Kulaots, Kaido"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,80,0,8,0,-31,-31,-64,-83,-150,-145,-178,-169,-179,-162,-145,-95,-274,-274,-274,-272,-282,-273,-310,-260,-252,-249,-288,-283,-287,-202,-273,-233,-275,-282,-325,-337,-335,-323,-340,-368,-384,-350,-341,-282,-391,-382,-373,-360,-425,-426,-407,-405,-463,-429,-446,-425,-475,-467,-537,-525,-647,-617,-684,-667,-855,-833,-1316,-835,-29983,-29984]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. e4 (5. Bd2 Nc6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Qe7 9. e3 a5 10. Be2 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. h3 Rd8 13. O-O e4 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 c5 16. Bc3 a4 17. f4 Bd7 {1-0 (41) Wojtaszek,R (2736)-Nisipeanu,L (2683) Dortmund 2017}) 5... c5 6. a3 {E32: Nimzoindisch (4.Dc2)} Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 {LiveBook: 3 Partien} Nc6 8. d5 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} Na5 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Ne2 $146 {[#]} ({Günstiger ist} 10. Nf3) ({Vorgänger:} 10. Nf3 exd5 11. cxd5 Re8 12. c4 b5 13. cxb5 c4 14. Be2 Nb3 {0-1 (71) Tristan,L (2457)-Santiago,Y (2401) Villa Martelli 2013}) 10... b5 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 11. Ng3 ({Aber nicht} 11. cxb5 $2 c4 $19) 11... bxc4 12. Be2 exd5 {zielt auf ...Sxe4 ab.} 13. Bg5 dxe4 {Weiss muss nun ...h6 beachten.} 14. Rd1 $2 {[#]} (14. Nh5 $17 {war angesagt.}) 14... h6 $1 $19 {[%cal Rh6g5]} 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 ({Lieber nicht} 15... gxf6 16. Qxe4 Nb7 17. O-O $16 (17. Qxc4 f5 $14)) 16. O-O Bb7 {[%cal Bc8b7,Bb7c6,Bc6a4][%mdl 32]} 17. Qa4 Qd8 18. Bxc4 d5 19. Ba2 Bc6 20. Qc2 Qd7 21. Qc1 Qe6 22. Rfe1 c4 23. f3 Ba4 24. Rd2 f5 {[%cal Bf7f5,Bf5e4][%mdl 32]} 25. Rde2 Nb7 26. fxe4 fxe4 27. Qe3 Qb6 28. Rd2 Qxe3+ 29. Rxe3 Bc6 30. Ne2 Nc5 31. Nd4 Ba4 32. g4 {Wenn Weiss jetzt Zeit für Sf5 hätte...} Nd3 33. Nf5 Rf7 34. Nd6 Rf4 35. h3 Raf8 36. Nf5 Kh7 37. Bb1 g6 38. Bxd3 cxd3 39. Ne7 Bb3 40. Rb2 Bc2 {Precision: Weiß = 30%, Schwarz = 79%.} 0-1

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Samolins, Vitalijs"]
[Black "Stremavicius, Titas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2406"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,150,0,0,0,0,-12,0,0,0,0,0,-4,14,9,11,6,8,-6,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,10,6,16,7,0,0,0,0,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,36,31,96,93,133,139,184,184,166,127,181,182,200,21,21,21,21,21,21,21,21,21,25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,15,15,15,15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} c5 7. Ne5 (7. d4 Bc6 8. dxc5 Nbd7 9. Be3 Bd5 10. Qc2 Be4 11. Qc1 Ng4 12. b4 a5 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bd2 axb4 15. Bxb4 Nxc5 16. Bxc5 Rc8 17. Qc4 Bxc5 18. Qxe6+ {½-½ (41) Ding,L (2769)-Aronian,L (2794) Berlin 2018}) 7... Qc8 8. O-O Nc6 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 10. b3 Be7 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 11. Bb2 Rc8 12. d3 O-O 13. Qc1 Rfd8 14. Nc3 $146 b6 15. Rd1 Ne8 16. Qd2 Bf6 17. Rac1 Nd6 18. Ne4 (18. e3 {looks sharper.} Nf5 19. Qc2 Be5 20. Qe2 Nb4 21. Rd2) 18... Bxb2 19. Qxb2 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Qd4 21. Qxd4 Nxd4 22. Kf1 Kf8 23. e3 (23. Bxh7 $2 g6 $19) 23... Nb5 24. Bb7 (24. Bxh7 g6 $17) 24... Rb8 25. Bc6 Na3 26. Ke2 Rd6 27. Bf3 Rbd8 28. g4 a5 29. Be4 R8d7 30. h4 ({Reject} 30. Bxh7 g6 $17) 30... h6 31. f4 a4 32. Rd2 Ra7 {[#]} ({Better is} 32... g6 $14) 33. b4 $1 $16 cxb4 34. Rb2 f5 35. gxf5 exf5 36. Bf3 Rad7 (36... Rdd7 $16) 37. d4 $18 ({Inferior is} 37. Rxb4 Rxd3 38. Bc6 Rd2+ 39. Kf3 Rc7 $11) 37... Re7 38. d5 $2 (38. Rxb4 $18 Rde6 39. Rc8+ (39. Rxa4 Rxe3+ 40. Kf2 Rd3 $14) 39... Re8 40. Rxe8+ Kxe8 41. Rxa4) 38... b3 $11 39. axb3 Nb5 $1 {[%cal Rb5d4]} 40. bxa4 Nd4+ $1 41. Kf2 Nxf3 42. Kxf3 {aiming for Rb5.} Rxd5 43. Rxb6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame Hoping for Rb5. KRR-KRR} Rd3 {The position is equal.} 44. Re1 h5 45. Rb8+ Kf7 46. Rh8 Kg6 47. a5 Ra3 48. a6 Rxa6 49. Rg1+ Kf6 50. Rxh5 {[#] Black must now prevent Rhg5.} Ra3 51. Re1 Rea7 52. Rg5 {Reg1 is the strong threat.} Ra1 $1 {[%cal Ra1e1]} 53. Rgg1 (53. Re2 {keeps more tension.} R7a2 54. Rxa2 Rxa2 55. h5 Rd2 56. Rg1) 53... Rxe1 54. Rxe1 {KR-KR} Ra8 55. Rb1 Rh8 56. Kg3 Re8 57. Rb6+ Kf7 58. h5 Rxe3+ 59. Kh4 Re1 60. Kg5 Rg1+ 61. Kxf5 Rh1 62. Rb7+ Kg8 63. Rb8+ (63. h6 {with more complications.} gxh6) 63... Kh7 64. Ke6 (64. Kg4 {is more complex.} g6 65. hxg6+ Kxg6) 64... Rxh5 65. f5 Rh6+ 66. Ke5 Ra6 67. Re8 Ra5+ 68. Kf4 Ra1 69. Re6 Kg8 70. Kg5 Kf7 71. Rb6 Rg1+ 72. Kf4 $1 Rf1+ 73. Kg5 Rg1+ 74. Kf4 Rf1+ 75. Kg5 Rg1+ {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 73%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Klabis, Rokas"]
[Black "Laurusas, Tomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,82,31,27,17,0,0,-52,-21,-51,-35,-38,-42,-35,39,42,94,0,0,0,0,-139,-141,-142,-130,-135,-135,-140,-128,-123,-132,-126,-123,-142,-136,-177,-181,-196,-192,-181,-183,-225,-185,-558,-567,-522,-495,-922,-910,-888,-853,-994,-956,-29960,-29962,-29962,-29959,-1849,-1629,-29969,-5802,-29988,-29984,-29982,-2015,-2035,-2008]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Re1 {B46: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 a6} (9. Qe2 d5 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. f4 h6 12. Bh4 Be7 13. Bg3 O-O 14. e5 Ne8 15. f5 exf5 16. Bxf5 Qb6+ 17. Kh1 g6 {1-0 (34) Wei,Y (2740)-Ivanchuk,V (2732) Hoogeveen 2017}) 9... Bd6 10. h3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} O-O 11. Bg5 {The position is equal.} Be5 12. Ne2 $146 (12. Qe2 $11) ({Predecessor:} 12. f4 Bxf4 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. e5 f5 15. Qe2 Kh8 16. Ne4 Qxe5 17. Qf3 fxe4 18. Rxe4 Qc5+ 19. Kh1 {0-1 (19) Aranzana Areste,A (2022)-Lymar,I (2316) Balaguer 2005}) 12... Rb8 13. Rb1 Rxb2 14. Rxb2 Bxb2 15. c3 {Hoping for Qb3.} Qa5 {[#]} (15... Ba3 $1 $15) 16. e5 $1 $14 {[%mdl 512]} Qxe5 (16... Nd5 $1 $14) 17. Bxf6 (17. Qd2 $16) 17... gxf6 $11 18. Qb3 Qd5 19. Qc2 {[#]} (19. Qxb2 $11 Qxd3 20. c4) 19... Ba3 $1 $17 {[%cal Bb2a3,Ba3d6,Bd6e5][%mdl 32]} ({But not} 19... Qxa2 $2 20. Rb1 $18) 20. Bxh7+ Kg7 {...f5 is the strong threat.} 21. Ng3 Rh8 22. Bd3 Qa5 23. Re4 Bd6 24. Ra4 Qb6 25. Qe2 Be5 26. Kh2 {[%cal Rd3a6]} a5 27. f4 Bxc3 28. Ne4 Qb2 29. Qf3 d5 30. Ng3 $2 (30. Nxc3 Qxc3 31. Qg3+ Kf8 32. Bf1 Qxg3+ 33. Kxg3) 30... Bd7 $19 31. f5 e5 32. Nh5+ {[#]} (32. Qd1 $142) 32... Rxh5 $1 33. Qxh5 e4 34. Qg4+ Kf8 35. Bxe4 Be5+ 36. Kg1 Qc1+ 37. Kf2 Qd2+ 38. Kf1 c5 {( -> ...Bb5+)} 39. Bf3 Bb5+ 40. Be2 Qd1+ (40... Bc3 $142 41. g3 Bxa4 42. h4 Bc2 43. Qf3 Be4 44. Qxc3 Qxc3 45. Kf2 c4 46. g4 Qd4+ 47. Kf1 c3 48. Bd3 Qxd3+ 49. Ke1 c2 50. h5 c1=Q+ 51. Kf2 Qf3#) 41. Kf2 Qxa4 {Precision: White = 36%, Black = 73%.} 0-1

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Haavamae, Henrik"]
[Black "Garanin, Aleksei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2209"]
[BlackElo "2171"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 2. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 4. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 5. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:02:33]} 6. b3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} g6 {[%emt 0:02:34]} 7. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 8. O-O-O {[%emt 0:01:42]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:19]} 9. f3 {[%emt 0:01:16]} a5 {[%emt 0:18:03]} 10. Bb5 {[%emt 0:04:38]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:01:52]} 11. Kb1 {[%emt 0:07:16]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:11:52]} 12. g4 {[%emt 0:17:11]} Be6 {[%emt 0:14:32]} 13. g5 {[%emt 0:00:58]} Ne8 {[%emt 0:02:22]} 14. a4 {[%emt 0:24:30]} Nc7 {[%emt 0:02:24]} 15. Nge2 {[%emt 0:13:04]} d5 {[%emt 0:12:36]} 16. exd5 {[%emt 0:08:48]} Bxd5 {[%emt 0:02:48]} 17. Nxd5 {[%emt 0:02:07]} Rxd5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 18. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Bxb2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 19. Kxb2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 20. Nc3 {[%emt 0:04:12]} Qd4 {[%emt 0:02:59]} 21. Kb1 {[%emt 0:03:32]} Rxg5 {[%emt 0:03:14]} 22. h4 {[%emt 0:03:45]} Rh5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 23. Ne2 {[%emt 0:01:46]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:04:10]} 24. Ng3 {[%emt 0:00:49]} Rxh4 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 25. Qf2 {[%emt 0:03:27]} Rxh1 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 26. Rxh1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:02:28]} 27. Qh2 {[%emt 0:01:17]} Nf8 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 28. Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Qg7 {[%emt 0:01:17]} 29. Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:01:12]} 30. Qc8 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Qe5 {[%emt 0:01:47]} 31. Bc4 {[%emt 0:01:24]} Qb8 {[%emt 0:05:02]} 32. Qxb8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nxb8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 33. c3 {[%emt 0:00:54]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 34. b4 {[%emt 0:00:22]} axb4 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 35. cxb4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rd4 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 36. Rh4 {[%emt 0:01:03]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 37. Bxf7 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Rxb4+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} 38. Kc2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rxe4 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 39. Rxe4 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Kxf7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 40. Kc3 {[%emt 0:00:51]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 41. Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 42. Kb5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Nec5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 43. Rd4 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 44. Kc6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 45. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:35]} h4 {[%emt 0:01:11]} 0-1

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pedoson, Georg Aleksander"]
[Black "Kantans, Toms"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2125"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,70,29,18,26,17,9,20,8,14,16,13,6,27,0,0,0,0,0,10,-9,0,0,6,-57,-64,-64,12,0,18,-51,-37,-37,-28,-133,-76,-81,-69,-144,-135,-437,-455,-445,-441,-490,-482,-467,-458,-425,-193,-1118,-400,-688,-684,-663,-645,-905,-899,-825,-820,-1688,-1590]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e3 Nh6 6. Nge2 Nf5 7. d3 {A36: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7} b6 8. a3 Bb7 9. b4 {The position is equal.} O-O 10. O-O d6 11. Rb1 e6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Qd7 12. h3 e6 13. Kh2 Rad8 14. e4 Nfd4 15. Be3 {½-½ (44) Karlsson,L (2472)-Cheparinov,I (2621) Warsaw 2005}) 12. Bd2 Qd7 13. Qb3 Rad8 14. Rfd1 Qc8 15. Na4 Rd7 16. Bc3 e5 17. Bh3 (17. Bd2 $11) 17... Nd8 $15 18. e4 Nd4 (18... Ne6 $1 $15) 19. Bxd4 $11 cxd4 20. Bxd7 (20. c5 $1 $11 b5 21. Rdc1 (21. Bxd7 Qxd7 22. Nb2 Qg4 $11) 21... bxa4 22. Qxa4) 20... Qxd7 $15 21. Rf1 Ne6 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 22. Nb2 (22. f3 $11) 22... Bh6 (22... f5 $142 23. f3 Bh6) 23. f3 f5 $1 24. c5 ({White should try} 24. Qa4 $15 Be3+ 25. Kg2) 24... Be3+ 25. Kg2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (25. Kh1 $17 {was the crucial defense.} fxe4 26. dxe4) 25... fxe4 $1 $19 26. fxe4 {Hoping for cxd6.} d5 27. Rxf8+ Kxf8 28. Rf1+ Kg7 29. h4 {[#]} dxe4 (29... Nf4+ $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 30. Nxf4 exf4) 30. Kh2 $2 {[#]} (30. dxe4 Nf4+ 31. Nxf4 Bxe4+ 32. Kh2 exf4 33. Nd3) 30... bxc5 (30... Nf4 $142 $1 {[%mdl 512] ( -> ...Qh3#)} 31. Nxf4 exf4) 31. Nc4 (31. dxe4 $142 Ba6 32. Qd5 Qxd5 33. exd5 Bxe2 34. Re1) 31... exd3 {Black is clearly winning.} 32. Qxd3 Ba6 33. Qe4 Bxc4 34. Qxe5+ Kh6 35. Rf5 Bxe2 {Precision: White = 30%, Black = 52%.} 0-1

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kulaots, Kaido"]
[Black "Neiksans, Arturs"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,82,38,22,34,28,33,33,24,35,44,32,36,5,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,-29,-31,-21,0,0,0,-5,0,0,0,0,-4,-19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {[%cal Bf1b5,Bb5a4,Ba4b3][%mdl 32]} a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. a4 b4 {C96: Closed Ruy Lopez: Chigorin Defence: 11 d4, replies other than 11...Qc7} 13. cxb4 (13. Nbd2 Rb8 14. Nf1 b3 15. Bd3 exd4 16. cxd4 c4 17. Be2 c3 18. Ng3 Nf6 19. Bd3 Nc6 20. d5 {0-1 (37) Quesada Perez,Y (2627)-Caruana,F (2811) chess.com INT 2018}) 13... cxb4 14. Nbd2 exd4 {White is slightly better.} 15. Nxd4 Nc5 16. N2b3 Naxb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Ncxb3 17. Nxb3 Bb7 18. Qd3 g6 19. Bh6 Re8 20. Qd4 {0-1 (64) Byron,A (2188)-Mannion,S (2344) Douglas 2015}) 17. Nxb3 Bb7 18. Nxc5 dxc5 19. Bd3 Bf6 20. Qc2 Re8 21. Rb1 Rc8 22. b3 Bc3 23. Re2 Rc7 {The position is equal.} 24. Bc4 Rd7 25. Bb2 Bxb2 26. Qxb2 Rxe4 27. Rxe4 Bxe4 28. Re1 Rd1 29. Qe2 Rxe1+ 30. Qxe1 Bb7 31. Qe5 a5 32. Qxc5 g6 33. Qe5 Bc6 34. Kh2 Bb7 35. Kg3 Bc6 36. h4 h5 37. f3 Bb7 38. Qc5 Bc8 39. Qe5 Bb7 40. Qc5 Bc8 41. Qe5 Bb7 {Precision: White = 75%, Black = 80%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kantans, Toms"]
[Black "Seeman, Tarvo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,92,75,38,48,20,36,26,39,30,26,26,29,0,0,8,0,-23,-12,-19,-10,-31,-28,-17,-27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,14,66,21,53,-23,-14,-119,-128,-158,-162,-160,-170,-177,-160,-162,-166,-231,-229,-230,-231,-230,-231,-230,-227,-291,-274,-291,-289,-270,-270,-270,-270,-270,-239,-277,-288,-477,-474,-471,-460,-1681,-1660]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. h3 Nf6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. c3 e5 8. Re1 Re8 9. Na3 h6 {B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems} (9... b6 10. Nc2 Bb7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bd2 Qe7 13. b4 Qf8 14. d5 Ne7 15. c4 Nd7 16. a4 f5 17. a5 {0-1 (39) Wei,Y (2734)-Dubov,D (2696) Liaocheng 2018}) 10. Nc2 a6 11. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} b6 {White has an edge.} 12. Ra3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. b4 Nh7 13. Bb2 Ng5 14. b5 Na5 15. Nb4 axb5 16. axb5 Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 exd4 18. cxd4 {½-½ (60) Muzychuk,M (2545)-Stefanova,A (2512) Hancheng 2016}) 12... Bb7 13. d5 Ne7 14. a5 Nexd5 15. exd5 {Black must now prevent Bc4.} e4 16. c4 exd3 17. Rxd3 bxa5 18. Bd2 a4 19. Bc3 Rxe1+ 20. Ncxe1 Ne4 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Re3 Nc5 $1 23. Nd3 Nxd3 24. Qxd3 Qf6 25. Qd2 a5 26. Nd4 Rb8 (26... Rc8 $11) 27. Ra3 Re8 28. Rxa4 ({Better is} 28. f3 $14) 28... Re4 $11 29. Nb3 {[#]} (29. Nb5 $11 {remains equal.}) 29... Bxd5 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 30. Nxa5 (30. cxd5 Rxa4) 30... Qe5 31. f3 {[#]} Re1+ $1 32. Kf2 Rb1 33. Rb4 {[#]} Bxf3 $1 $40 {[%mdl 640] Threatens to win with ...Be2. Black has strong attack.} 34. Qc3 (34. Rb5 {was called for.} c5 35. Qc3) (34. Kxf3 Rf1+) 34... Qxc3 35. bxc3 Be4 36. Rxb1 Bxb1 $19 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} 37. Ke3 Kf6 38. Nc6 Bf5 39. h4 Bc8 40. g3 Bb7 41. Na5 Ba8 42. c5 dxc5 {[%cal Bd6c5,Bc5c4][%mdl 32]} 43. Nb3 c4 44. Nd4 $2 (44. Nd2) 44... Ke5 {Black is clearly winning.} 45. Nb5 c5 46. Nc7 (46. Na3 $142 Bd5 47. Nc2) 46... Bc6 {Precision: White = 37%, Black = 78%.} 0-1

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Meshkovs, Nikita"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,85,-27,-21,11,0,6,0,25,20,18,16,67,4,50,14,0,-8,0,-9,35,0,11,14,68,55,85,10,14,-68,-47,-25,0,-103,-98,-90,-99,-335,-352,-337,171,181,180,175,321,316,303,254,228,136,474,-112,849,850,820,16,786,797,1051,626,29976,29971,29976,6540]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 b6 7. g3 Bb7 8. Bg2 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 {A17: English Opening: 1...Nf6 with ...Bb4} 10. O-O Re8 11. Re1 (11. e3 c5 12. b4 Nbd7 13. d3 Rc8 14. Qd2 Rc7 15. Bb2 d4 16. e4 c4 17. dxc4 Bxe4 18. Bxd4 {½-½ (18) Pantsulaia,L (2578)-Gelfand,B (2717) Khanty-Mansiysk 2005}) 11... c5 12. d4 Ne4 13. Qc2 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Nd7 14. Bf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Nd2 Nef6 16. Nc4 Re6 17. Bf4 {½-½ (30) Pushkov,N (2485)-Psakhis,L (2575) Rostov on Don 1993}) 14... Rc8 15. Bh3 Qe7 16. Rad1 h6 17. Nh4 Bc6 (17... cxd4 $11 18. Qa4 Ndc5 19. Qxd4 Ne6) 18. Nf5 (18. dxc5 $14 g5 19. Nf5) 18... Qf6 $11 19. f3 Ng5 20. Bg2 Ne6 {[%cal Rc5d4]} 21. Be3 Qg6 22. Bh3 cxd4 23. Bxd4 Nf4 (23... Ndf8 $11) 24. Bg4 h5 25. gxf4 (25. Qd2 $16) 25... hxg4 26. Kh1 (26. fxg4 $11 Nf6 27. Bxf6 Qxg4+ 28. Ng3) 26... Nc5 {White must now prevent ...Ba4.} 27. Qb1 Ne6 28. Be5 {[#]} (28. Rg1 $11 {keeps the balance.} Nxd4 29. Nxd4 Qxb1 30. Rxb1) 28... d4 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 29. Rg1 {[#]} (29. Bxd4 gxf3) 29... Rcd8 $1 {And now ...Nxf4! would win.} 30. h3 $2 (30. Rg3 $17 {was necessary.}) 30... d3 $19 31. Rxd3 Rxd3 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (31... Qh7 $19 {[%cal Rh7h3] and life is good for Black.} 32. Kg2 Rxd3 33. Qxd3 Nc5) 32. Qxd3 $18 Nc5 33. Qb1 Ne4 (33... Bd7 {is a better defense.} 34. hxg4 (34. fxg4 Qc6+ 35. Kh2 f6 $11) 34... Bxf5 35. Qxf5 Qe6 36. Qxe6 Rxe6) 34. hxg4 (34. Nxg7 Rxe5 35. fxe5 Kxg7 $14) 34... f6 35. Qa2+ (35. fxe4 fxe5 36. fxe5 Rxe5 $11) 35... Kf8 {[%cal Bg8f8,Bf8e8,Be8d7][%mdl 32] [#]} 36. Bc3 ({Weaker is} 36. fxe4 Bxe4+ 37. Kh2 fxe5 $17) ({Better is} 36. Bc7 $1 $18 {Qc4 is the strong threat.} Rc8 37. Nd4 (37. fxe4 Bxe4+ 38. Kh2 Rxc7 $11)) 36... Nf2+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (36... Nd6 $16 37. Rg2 Rxe2 38. Rxe2 Bxf3+ 39. Kh2 Qxg4) 37. Kh2 $2 (37. Kg2 $18 {White threatens Bb4+ and mate.} Ne4 38. Qc4 (38. fxe4 Qxg4+ 39. Kf2 Qxf4+ 40. Ke1 Qc1+ 41. Kf2 Qf4+ 42. Ke1 Qc1+ 43. Kf2 Qf4+ $11)) 37... Rxe2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (37... Qh7+ $17 38. Kg2 Rxe2 39. Bb4+ Ke8) 38. Bb4+ Ke8 39. Qg8+ $40 {[%mdl 128] White has some attack.} Kd7 {( -> ...Nxg4+)} 40. Kg3 {aiming for Qb8.} a5 41. Be7 {Intending Qd8+ and mate.} Nh1+ 42. Rxh1 Rg2+ 43. Kh3 {Precision: White = 38%, Black = 40%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ladva, Ottomar"]
[Black "Kovalenko, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,116,47,65,25,34,15,37,31,45,43,58,64,87,83,100,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-202,-202,-202,-202,-193,-209,-200,-194,-197,-163,-174,-181,-162,-165,-192,-183,-204,-174,-194,-199,-336,-315,-409,-222,-235,-158,-145,-143,-188,-182,-195,-188,-241,-237,-190,-187,-166,-121,-159,-167,-170,-37,-250,-247,-255,-193,-464,-458,-572,-566,-558,-536,-566,-577,-683,-671,-750,-430,-986,-982,-29963,-29963,-29952,-9896,-12822,-5935,-2155,-2047,-29982,-29983,-29982,-29983]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. b3 c6 7. Bb2 Qa5 8. Re1 {A49: Königsindisch (ohne c2-c4)} (8. Nbd2 Qh5 9. e4 Bg4 10. Re1 Nbd7 11. Qe2 e5 12. Qf1 exd4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Nxf3 c5 15. g4 Nxg4 16. hxg4 Qxg4 17. Nh2 Qh4 {½-½ (93) Dreev,A (2653)-Naroditsky,D (2619) chess.com INT 2018}) 8... Qh5 9. e4 Bg4 {LiveBook: 8 Partien} 10. Qd3 {Weiß steht etwas besser.} Na6 {[%cal Bb8a6,Ba6c7,Bc7e6,Be6g5][%mdl 32]} 11. a3 Rad8 12. Nbd2 e5 13. dxe5 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 13. Qf1 Bh6 14. h3 Bc8 15. Rad1 Rfe8 {1-0 (50) Ottati,A-Cantero,R Tel Aviv 1964}) 13... dxe5 14. Qf1 Bh6 15. Bc3 Nc7 16. a4 (16. h3 $16) 16... Ne6 $11 17. h3 Bxd2 18. Nxd2 Bxh3 $1 19. Bxh3 Ng5 $1 {[%cal Rg5h3]} 20. Bg2 {Droht f3 und aus.} Ng4 {[%csl Gg4][%cal Rh5h2]} 21. Qe2 f5 $40 {[%mdl 128] Schwarz hat einigen Angriff.} 22. Qc4+ Rf7 $1 {zielt auf ...Txd2! ab.} 23. exf5 $2 (23. Nf1 $1 $11 {und Weiss muss sich keine Sorgen machen.} fxe4 24. Rad1 Rxd1 25. Rxd1) 23... Rxd2 $1 $19 24. Qxg4 (24. Bxd2 $2 {zu gefräßig.} Nf3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 25. Kf1 Nxd2+ 26. Ke2 Nxc4 $19) 24... Qxg4 25. Bxd2 Qxf5 26. Bxg5 Qxg5 27. Re2 Qe7 28. Rd1 Kg7 29. Rd3 Qa3 30. Bh3 Re7 31. Rde3 a5 32. Kh2 Qc5 33. f4 {[#]} (33. Bg2 $142) 33... e4 $1 34. Bg2 (34. Rxe4 Rxe4) 34... Qh5+ (34... b5 $142 35. Bxe4 bxa4 36. bxa4 Qd4) 35. Kg1 Rd7 36. Rxe4 Rd1+ 37. Kf2 Qc5+ 38. R4e3 b5 39. Bf3 (39. Be4 {war einen Versuch wert.}) 39... bxa4 40. bxa4 Rc1 41. Be4 Ra1 42. Kg2 Rxa4 43. Bf3 {[#]} Rc4 ({Besser ist} 43... Ra3 $1 $19 {[%cal Ra3e3]} 44. Re7+ Kf8 45. Rxh7 Qc3) 44. Re7+ $2 (44. Re5 $15 Qb4 45. Re7+ Kf8 46. Rxh7) 44... Kf8 45. R7e5 Qa3 46. Re8+ $2 {[#]} (46. Be4) 46... Kf7 $1 {Weiss muss nun ...Tc3 beachten.} 47. Ra8 {beabsichtigt Ta7+.} Rc3 48. Rf2 Qa4 49. Ra7+ Kf6 50. Ra6 h5 {[%cal Bh7h5,Bh5h4][%mdl 32]} 51. Rd2 h4 52. Rd6+ (52. gxh4 $142 Qxf4 53. Rf2) 52... Ke7 53. Rdxc6 Qxc2+ 54. Kg1 Qc1+ 55. Kg2 Qd2+ 56. Kh3 Rxf3 57. Ra7+ Kd8 58. Rxg6 Rxg3+ {Precision: Weiß = 40%, Schwarz = 65%.} 0-1

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Starostits, Ilmars"]
[Black "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,84,12,18,19,16,10,19,5,8,6,30,17,20,0,13,-11,62,56,28,16,18,24,29,0,62,68,67,69,62,58,73,63,58,-57,-62,-31,-31,-150,-170,-250,-31,-50,25,16,69,0,0,-8,-8,0,0,-8,-15,-222,-8,-8,0,-106,-95,-592,-592,-592,-529,-621,-609,-29984,-29977,-29967,-29969]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 Bd6 5. b3 (5. Bd3 f5 6. b3 Nf6 7. O-O Qe7 8. Bb2 Nbd7 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Ne2 Qf6 11. Rc1 g5 12. Bb1 Rg8 13. Rc2 Rg6 14. Ne1 Rh6 15. g3 Qg6 16. Nc3 {1-0 (37) Mchedlishvili,M (2600)-Ivanchuk,V (2713) Batumi 2018}) 5... f5 6. Bb2 {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3} Nf6 7. Bd3 b6 8. O-O Qe7 9. Qc2 O-O {LiveBook: 3 Games} 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. Nd2 a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nbd7 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Rac1 Rac8 14. Qb1 Ne4 15. Ndf3 Ndf6 16. Rxc8 Rxc8 {½-½ (27) Catteau,B (2155)-Parant,F (2126) France 2003}) 12. Ndf3 Na6 13. a3 Rac8 14. Qe2 Nb8 15. Rfc1 Ne4 16. Qd1 g5 (16... c5 $11) 17. b4 $14 g4 18. c5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} bxc5 19. dxc5 Bc7 20. Bxe4 dxe4 (20... fxe4 $11 21. Nd2 (21. Nxg4 h5 $11) 21... Bxe5 22. Bxe5 Qg5) 21. Nd2 $1 Rcd8 $1 (21... Qh4 $2 22. Ndc4 $18) 22. Qc2 (22. Nxg4 e5 $11) 22... Rd5 23. Ndc4 (23. Nxg4 fxg4 24. Nxe4 Nd7 $17) 23... Rfd8 24. f4 (24. bxa5 Rxc5 25. Qb3 Ba6 $11) 24... exf3 {...Nd7 is the strong threat.} 25. gxf3 (25. e4 $14 Rxe5 26. Bxe5 Bxe5 27. Nxe5) 25... Nd7 $1 $15 {[%cal Rd7e5]} 26. Nxd7 R8xd7 27. e4 (27. f4 $15) 27... Rd3 $17 28. exf5 (28. Kh1 {was worth a try.}) 28... Qh4 $2 (28... gxf3 29. Kh1 $11) (28... exf5 29. Re1 $11) (28... Qg5 $1 $19 29. fxg4 Ba6) 29. Qg2 (29. fxe6 {gets mated.} Rd2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 30. Nxd2 Qxh2+ 31. Kf1 Bg3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 32. Bd4 Rxd4 33. Qxh7+ Kxh7 34. Ne4 Qh1+ 35. Ke2 Qxf3#) 29... Rxf3 (29... Bf4 $15 30. Re1 exf5) 30. Be5 $1 $11 ({Not} 30. Nxa5 $2 Bxh2+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 31. Qxh2 Rg3+ 32. Kh1 Rh3 $19) 30... exf5 ({Black should play} 30... Rxf5 $11 31. Bxc7 Rxc7) 31. Rf1 (31. Qa2 $14) 31... Rxf1+ 32. Rxf1 Bxe5 33. Nxe5 Rd5 34. Qe2 Qf6 35. Nc4 $2 (35. Re1 $11) 35... axb4 $2 ({Black should try} 35... Ba6 $19 {Strongly threatening ...Rd4.} 36. Qe8+ Qf8 37. Qxf8+ Kxf8) 36. Nd6 bxa3 {White must now prevent ...Qd4+.} 37. Nxb7 (37. Qe8+ $11 {keeps the balance.} Kg7 38. Qe3 Rxd6 39. cxd6) 37... Qd4+ $17 38. Kh1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (38. Kg2 $17 {was the crucial defense.} Re5 39. Qa2+ Kh8 40. Nd6 Rxc5 41. Qe6 Qd5+ 42. Qxd5 Rxd5 43. Nxf5) 38... Qe4+ $19 39. Qxe4 fxe4 {[%cal Bf5e4,Be4e3,Be3e2][%mdl 32]} 40. Ra1 {[#]} e3 $1 {[%cal Re3e2] ( -> ...e2)} 41. Kg2 Rd2+ 42. Kg3 e2 {Precision: White = 20%, Black = 56%.} 0-1

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Laurusas, Tomas"]
[Black "Miezis, Normunds"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,113,22,31,37,32,24,17,25,33,27,22,37,0,0,0,0,-18,14,16,49,47,86,85,79,29,105,96,89,65,158,149,151,150,154,147,143,142,182,167,201,194,299,291,279,261,387,375,383,381,374,281,289,284,341,333,376,348,387,384,381,371,370,371,495,473,525,519,1451,1379,1114,791,1497,1512,1683,2031,2040,2031,1940,1956,1835,1724,2750,2759,2562,2571,2663,2563,29985,29986,29987,29988,29988,29985]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. Bxb4 cxb4 8. O-O O-O 9. Qd3 d6 10. Nbd2 a5 {E16: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Bb4+} 11. e4 e5 12. Ne1 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Nc6 {White is slightly better.} 13. Nc2 Nd7 {[#]} 14. d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Rfd1 Qf6 15. dxe5 Ndxe5 16. Qe2 Nd7 {1-0 (32) Yilmaz,M (2585)-David,A (2585) Porto Rio 2015}) 14... Nc5 15. Qe3 Nb8 16. f4 Nbd7 17. Rf2 Ba6 18. a4 bxa3 19. Nxa3 Re8 20. f5 a4 21. Bf3 Qc7 22. Be2 f6 23. Nc2 Bb7 (23... Qb7 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 24. Ra3 $16 Rec8 25. Rc3 Nb3 (25... Na6 $14) 26. Nxb3 axb3 27. Rxb3 Ra2 28. Rf1 Rca8 29. Rb1 R8a4 30. Kf2 Nc5 31. Ra3 b5 (31... R2xa3 $142 32. Nxa3 Qb8) 32. Rxa2 $18 Rxa2 33. cxb5 Ra4 (33... Ra8 $142 34. Kg2 Ra4) 34. b4 Nd7 35. Na3 Nb6 36. h4 Qd8 37. Rb2 Kf8 38. Nc4 Nxc4 39. Bxc4 Qc7 40. Be2 Ra1 41. b6 Qc8 42. g4 h6 43. g5 fxg5 44. hxg5 hxg5 (44... Rh1 $142 45. Ra2 Kg8) 45. Qxg5 Rh1 46. Kg2 Rh6 47. Rb3 Qc2 48. Qd8+ Kf7 49. Qc7+ Qxc7 50. bxc7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rh4 51. Bd3 Ke7 52. b5 {[%cal Bb4b5,Bb5b6][%mdl 32]} Rg4+ 53. Kf2 Rh4 54. b6 Kd7 55. Bb5+ {White mates.} Kc8 56. Rg3 Rh2+ 57. Rg2 {Precision: White = 88%, Black = 29%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Stremavicius, Titas"]
[Black "Pedoson, Georg Aleksander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2125"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,51,30,10,51,66,66,57,38,40,40,28,20,19,21,0,198,190,300,301,304,304,394,261,391,404,387,206]} 1. d4 Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6e4,Be4c3][%mdl 32]} 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. cxd5 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Qxd5 8. e3 c5 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. O-O O-O 12. Bf4 Bf5 13. Qa4 {D80: Grünfeldindisch (4.Lg5)} Qa5 14. Qb3 {[#] LiveBook: 39 Partien} b6 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 14... Qb4 15. Rfc1 Qxb3 16. axb3 a6 17. Rc5 Rac8 18. Rac1 Nb4 19. Ne5 Rxc5 20. Rxc5 Rc8 21. Bf3 b6 22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 23. Nc4 {½-½ (23) Radjabov,T (2784)-Morozevich,A (2769) Moscow 2012}) 15. Rac1 {Weiß steht etwas besser.} Rac8 16. Bc4 Bd7 17. Ng5 {[%cal Bf3g5,Bg5e4,Be4g3][%mdl 32]} Nd8 18. a3 e5 19. dxe5 Bxe5 20. Ne4 Bg7 $2 {[#]} (20... Be6 $11 {und Schwarz muss sich keine Sorgen machen.}) 21. Bd6 $1 $36 {[%cal Rd6f8][%mdl 2048] Weiss hat starke Initiative.} Rxc4 (21... Ba4 {war einen Versuch wert.} 22. Qa2 Bc6) 22. Qxc4 ({Finger weg von} 22. Rxc4 $6 Re8 $18) 22... Re8 {...Lb5 wäre jetzt gut für Schwarz.} 23. Bb4 Qh5 {Wenn Schwarz jetzt Zeit für ...Lb5 hätte...} 24. Ng3 Qg5 (24... Qb5 $142 25. Qc7 Ne6 26. Qxa7 Bc6) 25. Rfd1 Bb5 26. Qd5 {Precision: Weiß = 58%, Schwarz = 33%.} (26. Qb3 $142 Qg4 27. Qd5) 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Malisauskas, Vidmantas"]
[Black "Klabis, Rokas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2422"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,49,64,63,73,64,68,66,97,68,77,64,55,53,102,92,93,91,100,91,101,91,95,96,729,719,931,417,922,912,29996,29997]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. O-O Be7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 O-O 8. Nc3 a6 9. Bf4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 d6 11. Qd3 {LiveBook: 17 Games} h6 {A33: Symmetrical English: 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 e6 5 Nc3 Nc6} (11... Qc7 12. Rfd1 Rd8 13. Rac1 Nh5 14. Be3 Nf6 15. Na4 Nd7 16. Qb3 Rb8 17. Ba7 Ra8 18. Bd4 Rb8 19. Nb6 {1-0 (45) Schlosser,P (2523)-Hebesberger,T (2299) Austria 2017}) 12. Rfd1 $146 {[%cal Rf4d6]} ({Predecessor:} 12. h3 Rb8 13. Rfd1 e5 14. Be3 Bd7 15. Rac1 Qc8 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. cxd5 Qd8 18. Rc2 Rc8 19. Rdc1 Rxc2 20. Rxc2 Bg5 21. Bxg5 Qxg5 22. h4 Qg4 23. Bf3 Qb4 24. a3 Qb6 {½-½ (24) Pick,S (2130)-Seidl,A (2028) Czechia 2012}) 12... e5 13. Be3 Qc7 {White is slightly better.} 14. Rac1 Bd7 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Bc6 17. Bxh6 gxh6 18. Qg6+ $1 Kh8 19. Qxh6+ Kg8 {[#] White should prevent ...Bxd5.} 20. c5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxd5 ({But not} 20... dxc5 $2 21. Rc4 $18) 21. Rxd5 $40 {[%mdl 128] White is out for blood.} Qc6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} ({Avoid the trap} 21... dxc5 $2 22. Rc4 $18) (21... Qd7 $16) 22. Rc4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rc4g4][%mdl 512] Intending Rg4+ and mate.} f5 23. Qg6+ Kh8 {[%cal Rd6c5]} 24. Rxd6 Qb5 25. Qh5+ {Precision: White = 77%, Black = 35%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bernotas, Arturs"]
[Black "Haavamae, Henrik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2209"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 3. Bb5+ {[%emt 0:00:17]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 4. c4 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 6. O-O {[%emt 0:00:18]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 7. d4 {[%emt 0:00:27]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 8. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 9. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:06:16]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 10. c5 {[%emt 0:01:22]} O-O {[%emt 0:07:59]} 11. h3 {[%emt 0:04:40]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:10:48]} 12. cxd6 {[%emt 0:01:59]} exd6 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 13. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:05:45]} 14. Re1 {[%emt 0:06:34]} c5 {[%emt 0:04:52]} 15. Nc2 {[%emt 0:22:25]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:01:15]} 16. Qf3 {[%emt 0:07:05]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:13:13]} 17. Ne3 {[%emt 0:04:28]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:02:04]} 18. Qe2 {[%emt 0:02:04]} Qb7 {[%emt 0:02:23]} 19. Ned5 {[%emt 0:01:01]} Bxd5 {[%emt 0:17:53]} 20. Nxd5 {[%emt 0:01:33]} Rab8 {[%emt 0:04:00]} 21. Rab1 {[%emt 0:05:05]} Qb5 {[%emt 0:02:07]} 22. Bg5 {[%emt 0:04:32]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:08:19]} 23. Nf6+ {[%emt 0:06:23]} Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 24. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:03:25]} Qxe2 {[%emt 0:01:45]} 25. Rxe2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nd3 {[%emt 0:08:08]} 26. Rd1 {[%emt 0:02:29]} c4 {[%emt 0:01:14]} 27. Rc2 {[%emt 0:02:23]} Rdb7 {[%emt 0:02:47]} 28. Rdd2 {[%emt 0:04:12]} Rb4 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 29. f3 {[%emt 0:04:56]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:02:38]} 30. b3 {[%emt 0:04:45]} cxb3 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 31. axb3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rxb3 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 32. Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} a5 {[%emt 0:01:41]} 33. Rdc2 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Re8 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 34. R2c6 {[%emt 0:02:58]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 35. Rxd6 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Rb1+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} 36. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 37. Re7 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Pultinevicius, Paulius"]
[Black "Kanep, Meelis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "173"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,173,5,4,-41,0,0,2,0,26,22,14,26,56,21,4,0,18,24,15,-20,-12,-10,-21,-33,-36,-33,-35,-31,-45,-43,-44,-65,-57,-78,-56,-81,-81,-84,-77,-77,-72,-81,-51,-72,-57,-68,-54,-68,-61,-54,-54,-64,-65,-106,-100,-98,-94,-99,-106,-106,-100,-98,-89,-85,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-16,0,0,0,0,0,-66,-66,-86,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O e6 {[%cal Be7e6,Be6e5,Be5e4][%mdl 32]} 5. d4 cxd4 6. b3 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} Nbd7 (6... Bc5 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Nxd4 e5 9. Nf3 e4 10. Nd4 Nc6 11. Qd2 Re8 12. Nxc6 bxc6 {½-½ (147) Aronian,L (2799)-Navara,D (2737) Saint Louis 2017}) 7. Nxd4 e5 8. Nf3 e4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Be7 9. Bb2 Qc7 10. e3 b6 11. Nbd2 Ba6 12. Re1 Rc8 13. Rc1 Qb8 {0-1 (42) Chorshanbieva,U (2078)-Hamrakulova,Y (2178) Tashkent 2008}) 9. Nd4 Bc5 10. c4 Qb6 11. Nc2 dxc4 12. bxc4 Qe6 13. Nd2 O-O 14. Nb3 Qxc4 15. Nxc5 Nxc5 ({Of course not} 15... Qxc5 $6 16. Ba3 $16) 16. Ne3 Qe6 17. Ba3 b6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is more active.} 18. Bxc5 bxc5 19. Qc2 Ba6 20. Qxc5 Bxe2 21. Rfc1 Rfc8 22. Qa3 a6 23. Rxc8+ Rxc8 24. Bf1 Bxf1 25. Rxf1 Rd8 26. Qa5 Rb8 27. Rd1 h6 28. Rd8+ Rxd8 29. Qxd8+ Kh7 30. Qa5 Nd7 31. Qb4 Qxa2 32. Qxe4+ g6 33. Qd4 Qe6 34. Ng4 {[#] Hoping for Qxd7!} h5 35. Qxd7 hxg4 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} 36. Qa4 f5 ({Better is} 36... Kg7 $17) 37. Qa5 Qc6 38. Qd8 Qc1+ 39. Kg2 Qc6+ 40. Kg1 Qb7 41. h3 gxh3 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Rb7g2] [#]} 42. Qh4+ Kg7 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Rb7g2]} 43. Qd4+ Kf7 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Rb7g2]} 44. Qc4+ Kf8 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Rb7g2]} 45. Qc5+ $1 Ke8 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Rb7g2]} 46. Qe5+ (46. f3 $1 $11) 46... Kf7 $15 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Rb7g2]} 47. f3 $1 Qb1+ (47... Qxf3 $17 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Rf3g2]} 48. Qc7+ Ke8 49. Qc8+ Ke7 50. Qc7+ Ke6 51. Qc8+ Kd6 52. Qd8+ Kc5 53. Qa5+ Kc4 54. Qa4+ Kd5 55. Qa5+ Kc6 56. Qxa6+ Kd7 57. Qa7+ Kd6 58. Qd4+ Qd5 59. Qf6+ Kd7 60. Qg7+ Kc6 61. Qf6+ Kc5 62. Qc3+ Kb5 63. Qb2+ Kc5 64. Qc3+ Kb5 65. Qb2+ Ka5 66. Qa1+ Kb6 67. Qb2+ Kc5 68. Qc3+) 48. Kh2 $11 {The position is equal.} Qc2+ 49. Kxh3 Qc4 50. Kg2 Qc2+ 51. Kh3 Qc4 52. Kg2 Qa2+ 53. Kh3 Qe6 54. Qc7+ Kg8 55. Qd8+ Kh7 56. Kh4 Kg7 57. Qc7+ Qf7 58. Qc5 Qf6+ 59. Kh3 Kh6 60. Qe3+ g5 61. Qc5 Qe6 62. g4 fxg4+ 63. fxg4 Qf6 64. Kg2 Qb2+ 65. Kg3 Qb3+ 66. Kg2 Qb7+ 67. Kg3 Qb8+ 68. Kh3 Qb3+ 69. Kg2 Qb5 70. Qd6+ Kg7 71. Qe7+ Kg8 72. Qe6+ Kf8 73. Kh3 a5 74. Qf6+ Ke8 75. Qe6+ Kd8 76. Qd6+ Kc8 {And now ...Qb3+ would win.} 77. Qf8+ Kd7 {...Qd3+ is the strong threat.} 78. Qf7+ Kc8 79. Qf8+ Kb7 {Strongly threatening ...Qd3+.} 80. Qe7+ Kc6 {aiming for ...Qf1+.} 81. Qe8+ Kc5 82. Qe5+ Kb4 83. Qb2+ Kc4 84. Qe2+ Kc5 85. Qe5+ Kb6 86. Qb8+ Ka6 87. Qa8+ {Precision: White = 72%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Chukavin, Kirill"]
[Black "Vedrickas, Tautvydas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2256"]
[BlackElo "2408"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:01:32]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 4. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 5. Nxf6+ {[%emt 0:06:31]} gxf6 {[%emt 0:04:03]} 6. Nf3 {[%emt 0:01:05]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 7. Bb5+ {[%emt 0:03:06]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 8. Bd3 {[%emt 0:02:06]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 9. Qe2 {[%emt 0:03:31]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:01:59]} 10. Bd2 {[%emt 0:14:40]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:11:27]} 11. c4 {[%emt 0:03:20]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:10:18]} 12. Bc3 {[%emt 0:16:00]} O-O-O {[%emt 0:03:14]} 13. O-O-O {[%emt 0:01:55]} Kb8 {[%emt 0:09:13]} 14. Rhe1 {[%emt 0:03:13]} Rhg8 {[%emt 0:12:50]} 15. g3 {[%emt 0:02:35]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 16. Ne5 {[%emt 0:09:48]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:16:19]} 17. f4 {[%emt 0:09:22]} Ka8 {[%emt 0:01:45]} 18. Nf3 {[%emt 0:03:29]} Rde8 {[%emt 0:06:12]} 19. Kb1 {[%emt 0:01:49]} h6 {[%emt 0:06:33]} 20. Ka1 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Qc8 {[%emt 0:04:32]} 21. Qc2 {[%emt 0:02:22]} Ng4 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 22. Bf1 {[%emt 0:08:17]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:04:17]} 23. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:35]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 24. d5 {[%emt 0:01:13]} Ng4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 25. dxc6 {[%emt 0:01:44]} Qxc6 {[%emt 0:01:21]} 26. Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:01:43]} 27. Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Qh1 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 28. Re2 {[%emt 0:02:07]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:02:32]} 29. Bh3 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 30. Rxh1 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Bxh1 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 31. Re1 {[%emt 0:01:24]} Ne3 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 32. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Be4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 33. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 34. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Rd3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 35. Bf1 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Rgd8 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 36. Qf2 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Ng4 {[%emt 0:01:14]} 37. Qg1 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 38. Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rxd1+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 39. Kb2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rd2+ {[%emt 0:00:38]} 40. Ka3 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Nxh2 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 41. c5 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Kb7 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 42. cxb6 {[%emt 0:00:34]} axb6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 43. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:53]} Ng4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 44. Qe1 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 45. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 46. Qb2 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Ra8+ {[%emt 0:00:32]} 47. Kb4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 48. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 49. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 50. a4 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Bd3 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 51. c4 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 52. a5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 53. axb6+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} Kxb6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 54. c5+ {[%emt 0:00:46]} Nxc5 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 55. Qe3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Rd5 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 56. Bxd3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Garanin, Aleksei"]
[Black "Samolins, Vitalijs"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A64"]
[WhiteElo "2171"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 3. g3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 4. d5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 5. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 6. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 7. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:19]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:26]} 8. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 9. O-O {[%emt 0:00:12]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 10. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:40]} a6 {[%emt 0:01:26]} 11. a4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 12. h3 {[%emt 0:07:20]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:02:02]} 13. Nc4 {[%emt 0:02:09]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:02:26]} 14. Na3 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:03:08]} 15. f4 {[%emt 0:10:15]} Nxg3 {[%emt 0:18:25]} 16. fxe5 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Bxe5 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 17. Nc4 {[%emt 0:15:29]} Bxc3 {[%emt 0:22:23]} 18. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Bxh3 {[%emt 0:01:06]} 19. Ne3 {[%emt 0:24:05]} Bxg2 {[%emt 0:03:46]} 20. Kxg2 {[%emt 0:09:00]} Nxf1 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 21. Nxf1 {[%emt 0:00:53]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:11:04]} 22. Qd3 {[%emt 0:06:38]} Re5 {[%emt 0:05:28]} 23. Bd2 {[%emt 0:05:33]} h5 {[%emt 0:01:56]} 24. Nh2 {[%emt 0:06:22]} Rbe8 {[%emt 0:03:21]} 25. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Re4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 26. Nf3 {[%emt 0:01:09]} c4 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 0-1

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kovalenko, Igor"]
[Black "Laurusas, Tomas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,103,0,23,-3,0,-14,-10,-13,-6,-6,-6,-4,-8,-21,-8,-10,-15,-39,-14,-7,-8,-18,-12,-15,-2,-20,-17,-18,-8,-17,0,0,14,0,5,2,20,14,11,0,16,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,13,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,8,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 a6 5. h3 (5. d4 Bf5 6. Qb3 b5 7. c5 a5 8. Ne5 a4 9. Qd1 g6 10. Be2 Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. g4 Be6 13. f3 Nfd7 14. Nd3 {½-½ (41) Navara,D (2727)-Eljanov,P (2702) Brest 2018}) 5... b5 {LiveBook: 7 Partien} 6. cxd5 $146 {A11: Reti-Eröffnung} ({Vorgänger:} 6. b3 g6 7. Bb2 Bg7 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. a4 b4 10. Ne2 O-O 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. Nf4 Nbd7 {½-½ (34) Baramidze,D (2554)-Antoniewski,R (2604) Austria 2011}) 6... cxd5 7. b3 Nc6 8. Bb2 d4 9. Ne2 {[%cal Re2d4]} dxe3 10. dxe3 Bb7 11. a3 e6 12. Qxd8+ Rxd8 13. Nf4 Bd6 14. Nd3 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} O-O 15. Be2 Ne4 16. b4 a5 {[%cal Ra5b4]} 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 axb4 19. axb4 Ra8 20. O-O Bd5 21. Bf3 f5 22. Rfc1 Bc4 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Be5 Be7 25. Nc5 Nxc5 26. bxc5 {[%cal Bb4c5,Bc5c6][%mdl 32]} (26. Bxa8 $2 {geht unter.} Nd3 $19) 26... Rc8 27. c6 {[#] Schwarz muss nun c7 beachten.} Bf6 28. Bxf6 gxf6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KTL-KTL} 29. Rd1 {Td7 ist eine echte Drohung.} b4 30. Rd4 Bb5 31. Rxb4 Bxc6 32. Bxc6 Rxc6 {KT-KT} 33. Rb7 Rc2 34. Re7 e5 35. Rd7 h5 36. Kf1 Ra2 37. Ke1 Rb2 38. Rd2 Rb4 39. Ke2 Kf7 40. Kf3 f4 41. g3 {[%cal Rg3f4]} fxe3 42. fxe3 Ra4 43. Rg2 Kg6 44. g4 hxg4+ 45. Rxg4+ Rxg4 46. Kxg4 {KBB-KBB} f5+ 47. Kf3 Kg5 48. Kg3 f4+ 49. exf4+ exf4+ 50. Kf3 Kh4 51. Kxf4 Kxh3 52. Ke4 {Precision: Weiß = 57%, Schwarz = 59%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Neiksans, Arturs"]
[Black "Meshkovs, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,110,6,9,0,4,6,28,28,33,20,26,21,18,0,0,5,3,5,12,5,19,11,21,21,24,24,30,15,23,15,32,15,16,8,8,8,63,26,41,9,26,0,0,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,36,8,8,8,29,21,17,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nc3 h6 6. O-O a6 {C50: Hungarian Defence and Giuoco Pianissimo} 7. Nd5 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. b4 (9. Be3 Bxe3 10. fxe3 Na5 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. Bd5 c6 13. Bxf7+ Qxf7 14. b4 {1-0 (56) Fedoseev,V (2733)-Mamedyarov,S (2791) Sochi 2017}) 9... Ba7 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 10. a4 Nxd5 11. Bxd5 Be6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Qf6 12. h3 Ne7 13. Bc4 Qg6 14. Kh1 {½-½ (29) Duhn,M (1857)-Herzog,K (1833) GER email 2013}) 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Ra2 Qe8 14. Qe2 Qh5 15. b5 axb5 16. axb5 Ne7 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. fxe3 Ng6 19. Rfa1 Rxa2 20. Qxa2 Rf6 21. Qf2 b6 22. Ra7 Rf7 23. h3 (23. Ra8+ {feels hotter.} Rf8 24. Ra4 Rf7 25. Qg3 Nf8 26. Ra8) 23... Nf8 24. Qh4 Qxh4 25. Nxh4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} g5 26. Nf3 Ng6 ({Better is} 26... Nh7 $11) 27. Kf2 Kg7 28. Kg3 Nf8 29. h4 gxh4+ 30. Kxh4 Nh7 31. Kg3 Nf6 32. Kf2 Kg6 33. Ke2 Rg7 34. Ra8 Kh7 35. Rf8 Nd7 ({Much worse is} 35... Rxg2+ 36. Kf1 $14) 36. Rc8 $1 Nc5 37. g4 Kg6 38. Nd2 d5 39. Nf3 Kf6 40. exd5 e4 41. dxe4 Nxe4 {The position is equal.} 42. dxe6 Nxc3+ 43. Kd3 Nxb5 44. Rh8 Rxg4 45. Rxh6+ Rg6 46. Rxg6+ Kxg6 {KN-KN} 47. Kc4 Nd6+ 48. Kd5 Kf6 49. Nd4 b5 50. Kc6 Ke7 51. Kc5 {[#]} b4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 52. Kd5 (52. Kxb4 Ne4) 52... Kf6 53. e4 {[#]} Nxe4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 54. Kxe4 {aiming for Kd5.} b3 55. Nxb3 {Threatening mate with Kd5.} Kxe6 {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 74%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Kulaots, Kaido"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,21,6,6,6,1,4,12,12,20,7,16,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O Ngf6 5. Re1 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 {The position is equal.} 7. e5 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7} dxe5 8. Nxe5 Rc8 (8... e6 9. d3 Bd6 10. Bg5 Bxe5 11. Rxe5 Qc7 12. Bf4 Qc6 13. Nc3 O-O 14. d4 cxd4 15. Qxd4 {½-½ (43) Rozentalis,E (2596)-Kulaots,K (2580) Augsburg 2010}) 9. d3 e6 10. Nc3 Bc6 (10... Be7 11. Qf3 Bc6 12. Nxc6 Rxc6 13. Bf4 O-O 14. Be5 Nd7 15. Bf4 Nf6 16. Be5 Nd7 17. Bf4 Nf6 18. Be5 {½-½ (18) Tomashevsky,E (2713)-Vitiugov,N (2722) St Petersburg 2017}) 11. Nxc6 {Predecessor:} Rxc6 $146 12. Qf3 Be7 13. Bg5 O-O 14. Rad1 {½-½ (41) Mikrut,D (2371)-Ftacnik,L (2611) Martin 2003} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Black "Chukavin, Kirill"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2256"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,113,12,5,7,2,22,19,12,14,13,0,5,-11,-5,-7,-5,-61,-67,-63,-56,-60,-55,-61,-50,-51,0,-7,-11,-64,-36,-40,-26,-31,0,-3,0,-3,-3,0,0,0,5,0,26,0,0,0,0,-6,0,0,9,8,34,0,0,-8,0,-15,0,-32,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,-1,-1,-2,0,0,0,0,0,-1,0,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Bd6 7. c5 Be7 8. b4 b6 9. Nf4 a5 {E46: Nimzoindisch (Rubinstein-System)} 10. Rb1 (10. Bb2 axb4 11. axb4 Rxa1 12. Bxa1 Nc6 13. b5 Nxd4 14. exd4 bxc5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Bd3 d4 17. Ne4 {½-½ (44) Navara,D (2735)-Cheparinov,I (2681) Jerusalem 2015}) 10... c6 11. Be2 {LiveBook: 9 Partien} Nbd7 12. O-O Ba6 13. Bxa6 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 13. Bb2 Qc7 14. Qc2 Rfc8 15. Rfc1 Bf8 16. h3 g6 17. Qd2 {1-0 (61) Shen,Y (2415)-Zhai,M (2301) Zhongshan 2013}) 13... Rxa6 14. Nd3 Ne4 15. Bd2 Qa8 16. f3 (16. Nxe4 {is interesting.} dxe4 17. Nb2 axb4 18. Bxb4 bxc5 19. dxc5 Qa7 20. Qd4) 16... Nxc3 (16... Nxd2 {feels hotter.} 17. Qxd2 axb4 18. axb4 Ra3 19. f4 Rb8) 17. Bxc3 axb4 18. Bxb4 ({Besser ist} 18. axb4 $11 Bg5 19. f4) 18... bxc5 $15 19. dxc5 Bf6 20. Qc2 g6 21. e4 Bg7 22. Kh1 Qd8 (22... Ra7 $15) 23. exd5 exd5 24. Rfe1 (24. a4 $11) 24... Ra8 25. a4 Qf6 26. a5 Qd4 27. Bd2 Rfe8 28. Rb4 Rxe1+ 29. Bxe1 Qe3 30. Bf2 Qe8 31. Ra4 Ne5 32. Nxe5 Bxe5 33. a6 Qb8 34. Qe2 Qb1+ (34... Bc3 {is more complex.} 35. Qd1 Qb2 36. Be3 Ra7 37. h3 Kg7) 35. Qe1 Qxe1+ 36. Bxe1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KTL-KTL} Kf8 37. a7 Ke8 38. Ra6 Kd7 39. Ba5 Bc7 40. Bc3 Bd8 41. Be5 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} Bc7 42. f4 f6 43. Bxf6 {zielt auf Le5 ab.} Bxf4 44. g3 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Weiss is not keeping still} Be3 45. Be5 $1 Bxc5 46. Bb8 d4 47. Kg2 d3 48. Kf3 Bd4 49. g4 c5 50. Ra3 ({Natürlich nicht} 50. Bf4 Kc8 $15) 50... c4 51. Ra4 $1 Ke6 52. Ra6+ Ke7 (52... Kd5 $2 53. Rd6+ Kc5 54. Rd8 $18) 53. Ra4 Ke6 {[#] ...Kd5 ist eine echte Drohung.} 54. Ra6+ Ke7 {Und ...c3 würde nun gewinnen.} ({Vergiftet wäre} 54... Kd5 $2 55. Rd6+ Kc5 56. Rd8 $18) 55. Ra4 Ke6 {Und weiter mit ...Kd5 wäre nett.} 56. Ra6+ Ke7 {Weiss muss nun ...c3 beachten.} ({Falsch wäre} 56... Kd5 $2 57. Rd6+ Kc5 58. Rd8 $18) 57. Ra4 {Precision: Weiß = 57%, Schwarz = 37%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Miezis, Normunds"]
[Black "Ladva, Ottomar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "229"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,229,0,2,18,-9,4,-10,-8,-10,33,31,36,43,32,21,58,56,59,59,63,60,60,58,60,58,59,60,64,64,55,55,67,68,68,58,106,100,104,106,110,95,90,97,163,161,149,137,148,156,163,164,165,165,165,155,150,103,110,131,186,186,190,178,154,145,265,255,237,201,391,391,391,391,391,391,406,391,391,384,384,384,384,374,383,383,384,410,403,387,390,384,512,379,385,376,990,343,322,297,284,256,1461,1461,1558,1530,1527,1997,2878,2522,2237,1563,10613,1461,1461,1461,1461,1461,1461,1461,1461,1461,1461,1461,1461,1461,1461,1461,1461,1461,1461,1461,1453,1446,1453,1446,2328,2272,1931,900,1449,926,5199,900,3405,2583,1825,908,1512,1076,1134,900,900,900,900,900,900,0,900,900,900,900,900,900,900,900,900,900,900,900,900,900,900,893,893,579,900,900,893,893,886,886,886,886,886,886,886,877,855,840,900,893,845,845,749,683,557,408,467,408,616,372,29976,29977,29978,29974,29974,29970]} 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. O-O Nb6 10. Bb3 Re8 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Be6 13. d5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Bf5 {[#]} 14. Rc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Ng3 Bh7 15. Nh5 Be7 16. d6 Qxd6 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Qxd6 cxd6 19. Bxf6 gxf6 {1-0 (58) Rakhmanov,A (2654)-Nivala,T (2255) Hamina 2016}) 14... a6 15. Nd4 Bg6 16. Qf3 Bxc3 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qxf6 gxf6 19. Rxc3 Re7 20. Rfc1 $1 Rd8 21. Rxc7 Nxd5 22. Rxe7 $1 Nxe7 23. Rd1 Rd6 24. f3 Nc6 25. Nxc6 Rxc6 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 26. Rd7 b5 27. Kf2 a5 28. Rd5 a4 29. Bd1 Bc2 {White should prevent ...Bxd1.} 30. Be2 b4 31. Rd4 Rb6 32. Rd8+ Kg7 33. Ra8 a3 (33... Rc6 $16 {might work better.}) 34. bxa3 $18 bxa3 35. Rxa3 Rb2 36. Ke3 Bf5 37. Ra7 Be6 38. a4 Rb3+ 39. Kd2 Rb2+ 40. Kd1 Rb1+ 41. Kc2 $1 {[%cal Rc2b1]} Rg1 (41... Rh1 $16) 42. g3 $1 Rg2 43. Kd3 Rxh2 44. a5 {Strongly threatening Rc7.} Rh3 (44... h5 $16 {was worth a try.} 45. a6 h4 46. gxh4 Rxh4) 45. a6 Rxg3 46. Rc7 $1 Bd5 $2 (46... Rg5 47. a7 Ra5) 47. Ke3 Rg1 48. Rc5 Be6 49. Ra5 Bd7 50. a7 Bc6 51. a8=Q Bxa8 52. Rxa8 {KRB-KR} Rc1 53. Ra5 Rc7 54. Bd3 Re7+ 55. Kf4 Rb7 56. Be4 Rc7 57. Rb5 Ra7 58. Kf5 Re7 59. f4 Ra7 $2 (59... Rc7 60. Bf3 Ra7) 60. Bd5 $2 (60. Bb7 h5 61. Bf3) 60... Rd7 61. Ke4 Re7+ 62. Kd4 Kg6 $2 (62... Re2 63. Rb7 Kg6 64. Be4+ (64. Bxf7+ Kf5 $18) 64... Kg7) 63. Be4+ Kg7 64. Rb7 Re8 65. Bd5 Rf8 66. f5 h5 67. Ke4 Kh6 68. Kf4 (68. Rxf7 $142 Rxf7 69. Bxf7) 68... Rd8 69. Be4 Kg7 70. Rb1 Rd4 71. Rh1 Kh6 72. Ke3 Ra4 73. Bf3 h4 {[#]} 74. Be4 $1 Kh5 75. Kf4 Rb4 76. Rg1 Kh6 77. Rg4 Ra4 78. Rxh4+ Kg7 79. Rh1 Kf8 80. Rh8+ Kg7 81. Ra8 Rb4 82. Ra7 Rb5 83. Rc7 (83. Bc2 $142 Rb8 84. Bd3) 83... Ra5 84. Bd3 Ra4+ 85. Ke3 (85. Kf3 $142 Ra3 86. Ke3) 85... Ra3 86. Ke4 Ra4+ 87. Kd5 Ra5+ {[#]} 88. Kd6 $1 Re5 89. Ra7 Kf8 90. Rc7 Kg7 91. Rc5 Re1 92. Bc4 Rd1+ 93. Rd5 Rc1 94. Rd4 Re1 95. Bd3 Re8 96. Kc5 Rc8+ 97. Kb4 Re8 98. Rd5 Re7 99. Kc5 Rc7+ 100. Kd4 Rc1 101. Bc4 Re1 102. Rc5 Re7 103. Ra5 Kh6 104. Bd3 Kg7 105. Be4 Rd7+ 106. Ke3 Rd1 107. Ra7 Re1+ 108. Kf3 Rf1+ 109. Ke2 Rf4 110. Bd3 Rd4 111. Rc7 Rd8 (111... Ra4 $142 112. Bc4 Kh6 113. Bxf7 Kg5) 112. Bc4 Rf8 $2 (112... Kh6 $18 113. Bxf7 Kg5) 113. Kf3 {White mates.} Kg8 114. Bd5 Kg7 115. Ra7 {Precision: White = 85%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kanep, Meelis"]
[Black "Kantans, Toms"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,86,9,0,45,52,49,50,144,143,193,25,34,23,35,24,48,1,8,4,4,-28,-25,-52,-52,-55,-34,-28,-43,-45,0,-100,-35,-112,-114,-96,-106,-108,-104,-118,-114,-118,-114,-625,-254,-265,-131,-126,-133,-125,-143,-260,-249,-281,-183,-350,-258,-264,-264,-263,-253,-366,-365,-337,-343,-345,-362]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. h4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qa5+ 12. Kf1 {LiveBook: 15 Games} Bg4 {D87: Exchange Grünfeld: Classical Line: Variations without ...cxd4} (12... Qa3 13. h5 Na5 14. Bd3 Be6 15. Kg1 Nc4 16. Bc1 Nb2 17. Bxb2 Qxb2 18. h6 Bh8 19. e5 Rad8 20. Rb1 {0-1 (74) Ivanisevic,I (2650)-Piorun,K (2681) Belgrade 2016}) 13. f3 Bd7 14. h5 Rac8 (14... Qa3 $14 15. Kf2 Na5) 15. hxg6 $16 hxg6 {[#]} 16. Kf2 $146 ({Better is} 16. Bd2 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd2a5]} Qd8 17. Qe1) ({Predecessor:} 16. Rc1 Rfd8 17. Bd2 Qb6 18. Qe1 Nxd4 19. Ba5 Qb2 20. Bxd8 Nxe2 21. Bxf7+ Kxf7 22. Rxc8 Bb5 23. Qf2 Qa1+ 24. Qe1 Nf4+ 25. Kf2 Nd3+ {0-1 (25) Slak,M (2225)-Sale,S (2445) Portoroz 1994}) 16... Rfd8 $1 $11 17. Bb3 {aiming for Qg1.} Be8 18. Rc1 e6 19. d5 exd5 $1 20. Bxd5 Nb4 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Bd4 {Strongly threatening Bxf7+!} Nxd5 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. exd5 {Black must now prevent Qd4+.} Qc5+ 25. Kg3 Rd8 26. Qd2 (26. Qa1+ $11 f6 27. Nc3 (27. Nf4 $2 Qd6 $19) 27... Qd6+ 28. Kf2) 26... Rxd5 (26... Qxd5 $17 27. Qh6+ Kf6 28. Qh8+ Ke7) 27. Qh6+ (27. Qb2+ $1 $15 f6 28. Rh4) 27... Kf6 $17 28. Nf4 Rg5+ 29. Kh2 Qe5 30. Qh8+ Ke7 31. Qh4 Kf8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is on the roll.} 32. Kg1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (32. Re1 $17 Rh5 33. Rxe5 Rxh4+ 34. Kg3) 32... Bc6 (32... Qd4+ $142 33. Qf2 Qxf4) 33. Rh3 $19 Rf5 (33... Bd7 $19 {has better winning chances.} 34. Qh8+ Ke7 35. Qxe5+ Rxe5) 34. Qd8+ $17 Be8 35. Nd3 Qf6 36. Qc7 (36. Qxf6 $17 {was necessary.} Rxf6 37. Rh8+ Ke7 38. Rh4) 36... Qd4+ $19 37. Nf2 Rc5 38. Qb8 $2 (38. Qg3) 38... Qa1+ ({Not} 38... Rc1+ 39. Kh2 $17) 39. Kh2 {[#]} Qe5+ $1 40. Qxe5 Rxe5 41. Ng4 (41. a3 $142) 41... Ra5 42. Rh8+ Ke7 43. Ne3 Bc6 {Precision: White = 43%, Black = 55%.} ({Don't take} 43... Rxa2 44. Nd5+ Kd6 45. Nc3 $19) 0-1

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Seeman, Tarvo"]
[Black "Pultinevicius, Paulius"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,86,0,10,-33,-31,-21,-27,-37,-39,-51,-58,-54,-45,-65,-70,-78,-78,-71,-78,-86,-56,-59,-45,-104,-58,-139,-137,-134,-136,-206,-212,-191,0,-87,-98,-129,-77,-76,-125,-110,-43,-53,-56,-50,-68,-61,-59,-37,8,-141,-110,-223,-216,-348,-372,-402,-398,-398,-395,-389,-391,-658,-475,-658,-673,-29997,-29998]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. b3 Nd7 5. Bb2 Ngf6 6. O-O e6 7. d3 Bc5 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. c4 Qe7 10. a3 a5 11. Qc2 {A12: English Opening: 1...c6 with b3 by White} Rfd8 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 12. e4 dxe4 13. dxe4 {Black is slightly better.} e5 14. h3 Bh5 15. Rfe1 Ne8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Bg6 16. Nh4 Nh5 17. Nf1 Bb6 18. Ne3 Nc5 {1-0 (53) Clemens,C (2300)-Boehnisch,M (2378) Dresden 2007}) 16. Nh4 f6 17. Nf5 Qf8 18. Nf3 Nc7 19. g4 Bf7 20. g5 Bh5 21. gxf6 $1 Qxf6 22. Rad1 (22. Qc3 $15) 22... Ne6 23. Rxd7 (23. Qc3 $1 $15) 23... Rxd7 $17 24. Nxe5 Nf4 {Threatens to win with ...Qg5!} 25. Kh1 {[#]} (25. Nxd7 $2 {is the wrong capture.} Qg5 $19) (25. h4 $17) 25... Qg5 $1 $19 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Rg5g2][%mdl 512]} 26. Bf1 Rc7 $2 (26... Rad8 $19 27. Nxd7 Rxd7) 27. h4 (27. Bc1 $1 $11 Re7 28. Nxe7+ Bxe7 29. Nd3 Bf3+ 30. Kh2) 27... Qd8 $1 $17 28. f3 Ng6 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black wants a kill.} ({Black should play} 28... b6 $1 29. Rd1 Qe8) 29. Rd1 Qe8 $1 30. Ng4 {[#] Hoping for Nxg7.} Bxg4 (30... Qf8 $1 $17 31. Qc3 Rf7) 31. fxg4 $15 Rd8 $1 {[%cal Rd8d1]} 32. Rxd8 Qxd8 33. b4 $1 {[%cal Rb4c5]} axb4 34. axb4 Bf8 {Strongly threatening ...c5.} 35. g5 (35. c5 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.} Kh8 36. g5) 35... c5 $17 ({Weaker is} 35... Bxb4 36. c5 $11) 36. bxc5 (36. b5 $17) 36... Bxc5 $19 37. e5 (37. Bc3 {is a better defense.}) 37... Rd7 38. e6 Rd1 39. Qe2 Qd2 40. Qxd2 Rxd2 41. Bc3 $2 (41. e7 Kf7 42. h5 Rxb2 {[#]} 43. e8=Q+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxe8 44. hxg6 hxg6 45. Nh4) 41... Rf2 42. Bh3 Rf3 43. e7 Rxh3+ {Precision: White = 32%, Black = 81%.} 0-1

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vedrickas, Tautvydas"]
[Black "Stremavicius, Titas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,70,0,19,0,0,6,50,10,14,-18,-5,-57,-54,-192,-210,-450,-184,-185,-46,-50,-58,-62,-81,-264,-129,-154,-160,-147,-154,-157,-162,-154,-158,-228,-228,-233,-233,-225,-225,-225,-214,-278,-272,-282,-255,-528,-506,-602,-593,-729,-730,-718,-722,-847,-837]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. b3 b6 8. Qe2 Bb7 9. Bb2 Ne4 {LiveBook: 6 Games. D05: Colle System with ...e6} (9... Nbd7 10. c4 cxd4 11. exd4 Re8 12. Rac1 Rc8 13. Rfd1 Bf8 14. Ne5 dxc4 15. bxc4 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nd7 17. Be4 Qc7 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. Ne4 {1-0 (49) Mamedyarov,S (2804)-Ju,W (2572) chess.com INT 2018}) 10. c4 Nxd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Bf6 11. Rac1 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 dxc4 13. bxc4 cxd4 14. exd4 Bxd4 15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Qd3+ Kg8 17. Qxd4 Qxd4 18. Bxd4 {1-0 (70) El Debs,F (2351)-Fier,A (2489) Sao Paulo 2005}) 11. Nxd2 dxc4 {The position is equal.} (11... cxd4 {feels hotter.} 12. cxd5 dxe3 13. Qxe3 Bxd5 14. Ne4 Nd7) 12. bxc4 (12. Nxc4 {is more complex.} cxd4 13. Bxd4 Nc6 14. Bb2 Qc7 15. Rac1) 12... Nc6 {[%cal Rc5d4]} 13. Rad1 cxd4 14. exd4 (14. Be4 $11) 14... Nxd4 $15 15. Bxh7+ (15. Qe3 $15 Nf5 16. Bxf5 exf5 17. Qg3) 15... Kxh7 $19 16. Qh5+ Kg8 17. Nb3 {[#]} Bf6 ({Black should try} 17... e5 $1 $19 {...Bf6 is the strong threat.} 18. Nxd4 (18. Qxe5 Bf6) 18... exd4 19. Bxd4 Qc8 20. Bxg7 Kxg7) 18. Nxd4 Qc7 19. Rd3 {Threatens to win with Rh3.} Qc5 20. Qh3 $2 (20. Qg4 $17 {is a better defense.} Qxc4 21. Rh3) 20... Be4 ({Less strong is} 20... Qxc4 21. Nc6 $1 $15 {[%mdl 512]}) (20... Rfd8 $1 $19 {[%cal Rf6d4] has better winning chances.} 21. Nxe6 Rxd3 22. Nxc5 Rxh3 23. Nxb7 Rd3 24. Bxf6 gxf6) 21. Nxe6 {[#]} Qf5 $1 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black has strong attack.} (21... Qxc4 22. Bxf6 Qxd3 23. Qg4 $11) 22. Nd4 Qxh3 23. Rxh3 Rfd8 24. Rd1 Rac8 25. Re3 (25. Rd2 $17 {was worth a try.}) 25... Bg6 26. Re2 Rxc4 27. Red2 Bg5 28. Re2 Kh7 29. g4 {[#]} Bc2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 30. Rde1 (30. Nxc2 Rxg4+) 30... Bd3 31. Re5 $2 (31. Re3 Bxe3 32. fxe3) 31... Bf6 {Black is clearly winning.} 32. Rh5+ Kg6 33. f4 Bxd4+ 34. Bxd4 Rcxd4 35. f5+ {[#]} Bxf5 $1 {Precision: White = 26%, Black = 59%.} 0-1

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bernotas, Arturs"]
[Black "Starostits, Ilmars"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,65,15,15,21,18,18,19,21,4,58,49,69,62,106,103,93,91,245,244,309,319,400,388,292,0,175,188,275,275,488,318,307,293,297,289,1216,1212,1129,1060,2847,2485,29986,29987]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nh3 e6 7. c3 Bd6 8. Nf4 Nf6 9. h4 {B18: Caro-Kann (Hauptvariante)} Qc7 10. Qf3 Nbd7 11. h5 Bc2 12. h6 g6 13. Bd3 {LiveBook: 25 Partien} Bxd3 14. Nxd3 Qa5 15. Bf4 Bxf4 16. Qxf4 {[#]} O-O $146 ({Besser ist} 16... O-O-O $11) ({Vorgänger:} 16... g5) 17. O-O $14 Qb5 18. Ne5 Rad8 19. c4 Qb4 20. Rfe1 c5 $2 {[#]} (20... Ne8 $16 {ist wohl besser.}) 21. dxc5 $18 Qxc5 22. Rad1 Qe7 23. Nf5 Qc5 {[#]} 24. Ng3 (24. b4 $142 $1 {[%cal Rb4c5]} Qxb4 25. Qd4) 24... Qe7 $1 25. Nxd7 $40 {[%mdl 128] Weiss riecht Blut.} Nxd7 (25... Rxd7 $142 26. Rxd7 Nxd7) 26. Qc7 b6 $2 (26... f5 27. Qxb7 Kf7 28. Qxa7 Nf6) 27. Re2 {[%cal Be1e2,Be2d2,Bd2d7][%mdl 32]} f5 28. Red2 {[%cal Rd2d7]} ({Weniger gut wäre} 28. Qxa7 Kf7 $16) 28... Rf7 29. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4c5,Bc5c6][%mdl 32]} ({Schwächer ist} 29. Qxa7 e5 $16) 29... e5 $2 (29... Qe8 30. Rd4 (30. Qxa7 Ra8 $14) 30... e5) 30. c5 bxc5 31. bxc5 e4 32. c6 e3 33. Rxd7 {Precision: Weiß = 89%, Schwarz = 24%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Samolins, Vitalijs"]
[Black "Malisauskas, Vidmantas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2406"]
[BlackElo "2422"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,56,35,25,32,20,36,25,25,15,34,27,71,66,54,63,139,66,122,43,139,91,98,107,125,143,127,121,150,57,103,43,82,19,12,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. c4 Ngf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 a6 {B52: Sicilian: Moscow Variation with 3...Bd7} 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 {LiveBook: 22 Games} Qb6 {White has an edge.} (11... Qa5 12. Qe1 Qc5 {1-0 (39) Bartel,M (2609)-Moranda,W (2599) Zgierz 2018}) 12. Kh1 Rad8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Rfe8 13. f4 h5 14. f5 e5 15. Nc2 Rac8 16. Qe2 Qa7 17. Nb4 b5 18. cxb5 axb5 {½-½ (30) Salter,D (2370)-Ottesen,S (2370) ICCF email 2005}) 13. Qd2 Rfe8 14. Rad1 Bf8 15. f3 d5 16. cxd5 exd5 17. exd5 ({But not} 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Nf6 $11) 17... Re5 {[#]} (17... g6 $14) 18. Nc2 (18. g4 $1 $16) 18... Qd6 ({Better is} 18... Ree8 $14) 19. Rfe1 (19. g4 $16) 19... Rde8 ({Much weaker is} 19... Rh5 $6 20. g4 $16) (19... Rxe1+ $14 20. Rxe1 Rc8) 20. Rxe5 Nxe5 21. Ba3 Qb8 22. Bxf8 Kxf8 23. Ne3 Ned7 24. Qd4 (24. d6 $16) 24... b5 25. Nc2 ({White should try} 25. Kg1 $16) 25... Qb6 26. Qxb6 (26. Qb4+ $16 Kg8 27. Rd2) 26... Nxb6 $11 {The position is equal.} 27. h3 Rc8 28. Rd3 Nbxd5 {Precision: White = 41%, Black = 15%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Klabis, Rokas"]
[Black "Garanin, Aleksei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2171"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,99,24,36,28,28,20,22,14,47,20,26,20,21,21,21,18,17,14,36,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,-11,-3,-114,-13,-17,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-5,-4,-4,-10,-4,-5,-10,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,-8,-8,-36,-27,-34,0,-131,-82,-87,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,8,8,9,9,9,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. a4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 g6 (5... a6 6. Be2 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Re1 g6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bg7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 O-O 13. Bc4 {1-0 (36) Jones,G (2651)-Inarkiev,E (2684) Batumi 2018}) 6. O-O {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7} Bg7 7. Re1 O-O {LiveBook: 5 Games} 8. a5 {White is slightly better.} a6 9. Bf1 e5 10. d3 h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Nb8 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nd5 {1-0 (61) Lukin,A-Palatnik,S Uzhgorod (Ukraine) 1972}) 11. Bd2 Nb8 12. Na4 Nc6 13. Nb6 Rb8 14. Nxc8 Rxc8 15. g3 Qd7 16. Bc3 Rfe8 17. Nd2 d5 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Bg2 Rcd8 20. Nc4 f5 21. Ra3 Nxc3 22. Bxc6 Qxc6 23. Rxc3 e4 24. Rb3 Kh7 25. Qc1 Rd4 26. h4 {[#]} (26. Rb6 $11 {keeps the balance.} Qd7 27. b3) 26... exd3 (26... f4 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 27. Qd1 (27. Qxf4 exd3) 27... Rf8) 27. cxd3 $11 Rxe1+ 28. Qxe1 Qf3 29. Nd2 $1 {[%cal Rd2f3]} Qd5 30. Qe2 Ra4 31. Qf3 Ra1+ 32. Kg2 Qe6 33. Qe3 (33. h5 {is interesting.} g5 34. Rb6 Qe1 35. Qxf5+ Kh8 36. Kh3) 33... Qxe3 34. fxe3 {[#] And now Nc4 would win.} Rxa5 {White must now prevent ...b5.} 35. Rxb7 Rb5 36. Rxb5 axb5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} 37. b3 Bc3 38. Nf3 Kg7 39. Kf2 Kf6 40. Ke2 Ke6 41. d4 cxd4 42. exd4 (42. Nxd4+ $11 Bxd4 43. exd4) 42... Kd5 43. Kd3 b4 ({Black should play} 43... Bb4 $17 {Strongly threatening ...Bd6.} 44. Ne5 g5) 44. Ne5 {The position is equal.} g5 45. hxg5 $1 hxg5 46. Nf3 $1 f4 (46... g4 $5 47. Nh4 $8 Bxd4 $11) 47. g4 Bb2 48. Nxg5 {Threatens to win with Nf3.} Bxd4 49. Nf3 Bc3 50. Ng5 {Precision: White = 64%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Pedoson, Georg Aleksander"]
[Black "Haavamae, Henrik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2125"]
[BlackElo "2209"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

{[%evp 10,40,124,147,159,32767,302,32767,331,323,521,557,554,592,630,612,1153,32767,506,504,502,569,959,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,617,603,592,560,777]} 1. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 2. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c6 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:01:04]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 4. d4 {[%emt 0:01:18]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:02:48]} 5. Qb3 {[%emt 0:03:35]} b6 {[%emt 0:03:26]} ({Besser ist} 5... Qb6 $14) 6. cxd5 {[%emt 0:01:34]} cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 7. Bg5 {[%emt 0:01:23]} e6 $2 {[%emt 0:01:49] [#] D13: Slav Defence: Exchange variation without ...Bf5} (7... Nbd7 $16) 8. e4 $1 {[%emt 0:10:04]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:15:32]} 9. Bb5+ {[%emt 0:11:48]} Ke7 $2 {[%emt 0:00:28]} (9... Nbd7) 10. Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} a6 {[%emt 0:10:38]} 11. Bc6 {[%emt 0:01:27]} Ra7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 12. d5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} h6 {[%emt 0:03:42]} 13. Qb4+ {[%emt 0:11:13]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 14. Qxb6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} hxg5 $146 {[%emt 0:03:39]} ({Predecessor:} 14... Qc7 15. d6+ Kxd6 16. Qb4+ Kxe5 17. f4+ exf3 18. Qf4# {1-0 (18) Dzagnidze,N (2479)-Al Housa,K (2019) Dubai 2010}) 15. Qxa7+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} (15... Nfd7 $142 16. Nxd7 Nxd7) 16. Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Qb8 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 17. d6+ {[%emt 0:00:14]} Kd8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 18. Qxa6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bxd6 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 19. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Bc7 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 20. Qa4 {[%emt 0:02:33]} e5 $18 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 21. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kulaots, Kaido"]
[Black "Miezis, Normunds"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,45,53,53,53,60,62,71,58,79,75,73,38,47,8,10,0,17,8,6,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nc6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Nxc6 dxc6 8. Qxd8+ {B28: Sicilian: 2 Nf3 a6 (O'Kelly Variation)} Kxd8 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 9. Bf4 b5 (9... Nd7 10. e5 f6 11. O-O-O Ke7 12. exf6+ gxf6 13. Be2 h5 14. Bc7 b5 15. Ne4 bxc4 16. Bxc4 {1-0 (47) Fedorchuk,S (2640)-Miezis,N (2420) Germany 2018}) 10. O-O-O+ {White is slightly better.} Nd7 11. e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Be2 Bc5 12. Bg3 f6 13. e5 f5 14. Bf3 Bb7 15. cxb5 axb5 16. Nxb5 Rxa2 {1-0 (29) Sliwicka,A (2092)-Krzyzanowska Zadlo,L (1848) Jastrzebia Gora 2016}) 11... Ke8 12. Be2 bxc4 13. Na4 Bb7 14. Bf3 Rb8 {The position is equal.} 15. Rd2 {[#] aiming for Rhd1.} c5 16. Bxb7 Rxb7 17. Re1 Be7 18. Re4 h5 19. Be3 Rb4 20. Nc3 Rb7 21. Na4 Rb4 22. Nc3 Rb7 23. Na4 {Precision: White = 43%, Black = 78%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kantans, Toms"]
[Black "Bernotas, Arturs"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C71"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,87,-54,-51,-61,-18,-60,-46,-64,-63,-64,-14,-19,0,0,0,0,8,12,37,25,17,31,33,29,37,25,25,26,26,27,15,8,8,8,11,14,20,8,3,0,0,0,93,87,92,55,62,40,248,225,196,166,438,465,393,431,803,814,891,867,5189,5849,29976,29977,29977,29978,29978,29979,29984,29985]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. d4 b5 6. Bb3 Nxd4 7. Nxd4 exd4 8. c3 dxc3 9. Nxc3 Nf6 {C71: Ruy Lopez: Deferred Steinitz Variation, sidelines} 10. O-O (10. e5 dxe5 11. Bxf7+ Ke7 12. Qb3 c5 13. Bd5 c4 14. Qd1 Nxd5 15. Nxd5+ Ke6 16. Qg4+ Kxd5 17. Qd1+ {½-½ (54) Sanal,V (2474)-Adhiban,B (2666) Doha 2016}) 10... Be7 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 11. Qf3 Bd7 $146 {Black is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 11... Bb7 12. Qg3 O-O 13. Bh6 Ne8 14. f4 Kh8 15. Bg5 f6 16. Bh4 f5 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. exf5 Rxf5 {½-½ (46) Yates,F-Rubinstein,A Karlsbad 1923}) 12. Nd5 O-O 13. Bf4 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Rb8 15. Rac1 Bf6 16. b4 Rc8 17. Rfd1 c6 18. Bb3 Be5 19. Rxd6 Bxd6 20. Bxd6 Qg5 21. Rd1 Bg4 22. Qg3 Qg6 $1 23. f3 Be6 {White must now prevent ...Qxg3.} 24. Qxg6 hxg6 25. Bxe6 fxe6 26. Bxf8 Kxf8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} 27. Rc1 Ke7 28. Kf2 Kd6 29. f4 a5 30. e5+ Kc7 (30... Kd5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 31. bxa5 $16 Ra8 32. Kf3 Rxa5 33. Rc2 Kb6 $2 (33... g5 $1 $14) 34. Kg4 $1 $18 c5 35. Kg5 c4 $2 (35... Ra4) 36. Kxg6 Kc5 37. Kxg7 b4 {[#]} (37... Kd5 $142 38. f5 exf5) 38. f5 $1 exf5 39. e6 {[%cal Be5e6,Be6e7][%mdl 32]} Kd6 40. Kf6 c3 {[#]} 41. Re2 $1 {White mates.} Ra8 42. e7 Re8 43. Kf7 c2 44. Rd2+ {Precision: White = 77%, Black = 28%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Meskovs, Nikita"]
[Black "Laurusas, Tomas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,118,0,14,25,24,23,30,6,31,44,36,36,30,8,7,19,28,0,0,0,14,-18,16,6,11,15,9,20,14,9,6,13,38,22,64,0,0,0,0,0,0,-51,0,0,0,-59,-53,-170,-29,-38,0,-85,-80,-96,-21,-25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,17,0,0,0,0,0,0,-10,-8,-35,-24,-35,-37,-35,-35,-35,-35,-35,-35,-43,-42,-50,-36,-34,-15,-42,0,-24,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. c4 e6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d3 Be7 8. Qb3 {A11: English Opening: 1...c6} (8. Qc2 O-O 9. Nc3 Na6 10. a3 d4 11. Nb1 c5 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nbd2 Rc8 15. Rfe1 Qd7 {½-½ (68) Duda,J (2717)-Naiditsch,A (2705) Riadh 2017}) 8... Qb6 9. Qc2 O-O 10. Nc3 {White has an edge.} h6 11. e4 Bh7 12. Be3 Qa6 13. Rfe1 dxe4 14. dxe4 Nbd7 15. h3 Rfe8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Nc5) 16. a3 Bf8 {[%cal Rf6e4]} 17. Nd4 Rad8 18. f3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Qa5 19. b4 Qc7 20. Bf2 a5 21. Rab1 axb4 22. axb4 Ra8 23. f4 c5 24. Ndb5 (24. bxc5 $1 $14 Bxc5 25. Qd2) 24... Qc8 $11 25. bxc5 Nxc5 26. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 27. Qf2 (27. Kh2 $11) 27... Qc4 (27... Qxf2+ $15 28. Kxf2 Rad8) 28. Qe2 Rac8 29. Rb2 (29. Qxc4 $11 Rxc4 30. f5) 29... Bb4 $15 30. Rc2 (30. Qxc4 $15 Rxc4 31. Rb3) 30... Qc5+ ({Better is} 30... Qxe2 $19 31. Rexe2 Rc5) 31. Kh1 $1 $11 Qc4 32. Qxc4 (32. Kg1 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 32... Rxc4 $17 33. Re3 Rec8 ({Black should try} 33... Kf8 $17 {[%cal Rf6e4]} 34. Rce2 Bc5) 34. Ra2 $11 g5 35. fxg5 hxg5 {[%cal Rb4c3]} 36. e5 Nh5 {[%cal Rb4c3]} 37. Ne2 Rc2 38. Rxc2 Rxc2 39. Bf3 Ng7 40. Nbd4 Rb2 41. Bxb7 Bc5 42. Rb3 Rd2 43. Bf3 Bg6 44. Rb8+ Kh7 45. Rd8 Nf5 {[%cal Rf5d4]} 46. Ne6 Rxe2 {[%cal Rf5g3] [#]} 47. Nxg5+ Kh6 {[%cal Rf5g3]} 48. Bxe2 {Hoping for Ne4.} Nxg3+ 49. Kg2 Nxe2 50. h4 Be7 51. Rh8+ Kg7 52. Re8 Nf4+ 53. Kg3 Nd5 54. Rb8 Ne3 55. Rb7 Kh6 56. Kf3 {The position is equal.} Nf5 57. Kg4 Ne3+ 58. Kf3 Nf5 59. Kg4 Ne3+ {Precision: White = 50%, Black = 47%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,51,-16,11,2,21,5,11,20,47,49,59,62,93,66,60,85,95,56,79,50,31,33,34,34,41,41,17,18,26,20,13,0,152,72,222,211,212,207,364,370,496,486,404,391]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 d6 4. d3 Be7 5. Qf3 (5. f4 Nc6 6. Nf3 exf4 7. Bxf4 O-O 8. a3 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Ne5 11. Bxe5 dxe5 12. O-O c6 13. Kh1 g6 14. Ne2 Kg7 15. Rad1 Qc7 {½-½ (34) Short,N (2683)-Strikovic,A (2495) Cape Town 2015}) 5... Be6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 5... O-O 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. Qg3 Kh8 8. h4 Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. Be3 d5 11. Bd2 {1-0 (39) Alimbekov,U (1442)-Ley,S (1569) Saarlouis Steinrausch 2005}) 6. Nge2 {C24: Bishop's Opening: 2...Nf6} Nc6 7. Be3 Qd7 {aiming for ...Bg4.} 8. h3 {The position is equal.} O-O-O 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Na5 11. Nc3 Nxc4 12. dxc4 a6 13. a4 h5 14. O-O Rdg8 15. Bg5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxg5 17. b4 $1 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Bd8 18. b5 {bxa6 is the strong threat.} a5 $1 19. Rfd1 Kb8 20. c5 dxc5 $2 {[#]} (20... g5 $1 $11) 21. Nf6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under strong pressure.} ({White should play} 21. Nb6 $1 {[%cal Rb6d7][%mdl 512]} Qe7 (21... cxb6 22. Rxd7) 22. Nd7+ Ka7 23. Qc3) 21... Qe6 {[#]} (21... Qxd1+ $16 22. Rxd1 Bxf6) 22. Nd7+ $1 $18 ({Don't play} 22. Nxg8 $6 Rxg8 23. Rd5 (23. Qxh5 g6 $16) 23... Be7 $16) 22... Ka8 23. Nxc5 {[%csl Gc5][%cal Rf3b7]} Qb6 $2 (23... Qc8 {might work better.} 24. Rd7 (24. Qxf7 Rf8 $16) 24... Bf6) 24. Nd7 Qe6 25. Qc3 ({Weaker is} 25. Nc5 Qc8 $16) 25... b6 26. Nxe5 {Precision: White = 76%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ladva, Ottomar"]
[Black "Samolins, Vitalijs"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,59,57,52,65,64,78,98,100,71,172,167,175,160,173,165,229,222,221,218,254,245,286,276,271,283,274,262,303,248,491,493,477,481,789,772,800,639,631,621,849,841]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. c4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Bf4 a6 {E17: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Be7} (10... Ne4 11. Qb3 Ndf6 12. Red1 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Be3 Re8 16. Bd4 Ba6 17. e3 Be2 18. Re1 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Bxd4 20. exd4 {1-0 (58) Artemiev,V (2704)-Bologan,V (2610) Poikovsky 2018}) 11. Ne5 {LiveBook: 5 Games} Re8 12. Qb3 Nf8 {White is slightly better.} 13. e4 $1 c6 14. Bh3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Be3 Ng6 15. Rad1 Bf8 16. h4 b5 17. exd5 cxd5 18. Bg5 {½-½ (66) Andersen,M (2485)-Kotter,R (2339) Germany 2015}) 14... Bd6 {[#]} (14... a5 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 15. Nxf7 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Kxf7 {[#]} 16. Bxd6 $1 Qxd6 17. e5 ({And not} 17. Qxb6 Qb8 $11) 17... Qc7 (17... Qd8 {might work better.} 18. exf6 Qxf6) 18. exf6 gxf6 19. Na4 b5 20. Nc5 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Bc8 22. Bxc8 Qxc8 23. Qf3 Qc7 24. Re5 a5 $2 (24... Qd6 {was necessary.} 25. Qf5 a5) 25. Rg5 {White threatens Qh5+ and mate.White is clearly winning.} Ng6 {[#]} 26. Rxd5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rd8 (26... cxd5 $142 27. Qxd5+ Ke7 28. Qxa8 f5) 27. Rh5 Nf8 28. Ne4 Qe7 29. Nxf6 Kg7 30. Qg4+ {Precision: White = 88%, Black = 32%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Starostits, Ilmars"]
[Black "Klabis, Rokas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,75,12,-4,3,0,2,-18,-19,-17,-21,-27,1,-13,33,34,39,33,46,49,181,11,110,112,137,50,115,83,97,57,201,196,203,193,347,187,297,77,84,43,50,39,39,37,307,329,331,323,329,320,346,236,505,487,526,495,664,662,959,934,910,754]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 d5 8. Nbd2 c5 9. Ne5 {LiveBook: 91 Games. A47: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 b6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} (9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. c4 cxd4 11. exd4 Re8 12. Rac1 Rc8 13. Rfd1 Bf8 14. Ne5 dxc4 15. bxc4 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nd7 17. Be4 Qc7 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. Ne4 {1-0 (49) Mamedyarov,S (2804)-Ju,W (2572) chess.com INT 2018}) 9... Nfd7 10. f4 f5 11. c4 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 11. Qe2 Nf6 12. Rad1 Nbd7 13. c4 cxd4 14. exd4 Ne4 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Nf3 Bd6 {½-½ (25) Jodorcovsky Werjivker,P (2202)-Villalba,M (2225) Asuncion 2015}) 11... Nxe5 12. fxe5 cxd4 13. exd4 Rf7 14. Qe2 Nd7 15. Rad1 Nf8 16. Nb1 Bg5 17. Nc3 {cxd5 is the strong threat.} Ng6 {[#]} (17... g6 $14) 18. g3 $2 (18. cxd5 $1 $18 Nf4 19. Rxf4 Bxf4 20. dxe6 Qxd4+ 21. Kh1) 18... Ne7 (18... Rc8 $1 $11) 19. Nb5 $16 Nc8 20. Ba3 (20. c5 $16) 20... Be7 ({Black should try} 20... a6 $14 21. Nd6 Nxd6 22. exd6 (22. Bxd6 Be7 $11) 22... Qf6) 21. c5 bxc5 22. dxc5 Qa5 (22... a6 $1 $14 23. Nd6 Qa5) 23. Qe1 $18 Qxe1 24. Rfxe1 (24. Rdxe1 $6 Ba6 $14) 24... f4 $2 (24... a5 25. Nd4 f4) 25. Nd4 (25. Nd6 $142) 25... Nb6 (25... a5 $142 26. Rf1 (26. Nxe6 f3 $18) 26... f3 27. Nxf3 (27. Nxe6 Na7 $16) 27... Ba6) 26. Rf1 $2 (26. Nxe6 $18 {has better winning chances.} fxg3 27. hxg3) 26... Nd7 $16 27. b4 {[%cal Bb3b4,Bb4c5,Bc5c6][%mdl 32] [#] Black must now prevent c6.} (27. c6 {feels hotter.} Bxa3 28. cxb7 Rb8 29. Nxe6 Nxe5 30. Nxf4 Rbxb7 31. Ba6) 27... Nxe5 28. gxf4 Nxd3 29. Rxd3 Bxc5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (29... a6 $14) 30. bxc5 $18 Ba6 31. Rdd1 Bxf1 32. Rxf1 Rc8 33. h4 (33. Nxe6 Rf6 $18) 33... Rf6 $2 (33... Rfc7 {was called for.} 34. Kg2 (34. Nxe6 Rc6 $16) 34... g6) 34. c6 {White is clearly winning.} Rg6+ 35. Kh2 h5 36. Bd6 Kf7 37. Rb1 Rf6 38. Be5 {Precision: White = 35%, Black = 16%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Stremavicius, Titas"]
[Black "Seeman, Tarvo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,69,28,72,33,67,40,92,37,31,14,37,22,26,8,8,18,13,11,14,7,30,20,14,14,20,18,16,14,34,0,0,0,10,4,27,0,0,0,0,0,69,83,163,162,206,206,206,206,29982,29983,29983,29984]} 1. d4 Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6d7,Bd7e5,Be5d3][%mdl 32]} 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nge2 Nfd7 {E70: King's Indian: Miscellaneous lines with 4 e4, including 5 Nge2 and 5 Bd3 0-0 6 Nge2} (6... Nc6 7. O-O Nd7 8. Be3 e5 9. d5 Nd4 10. Bb1 Nxe2+ 11. Qxe2 a5 12. Bc2 Nf6 13. f3 b6 14. a3 Nh5 15. b4 Nf4 16. Qd2 Ba6 17. Bb3 Qe7 18. Kh1 {0-1 (28) Moiseenko,A (2667)-Kokarev,D (2615) Riadh 2017}) 7. O-O c5 8. d5 Ne5 9. f4 Nxd3 10. Qxd3 Na6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 11. Be3 Nc7 12. a4 b6 $146 (12... f5 $14) ({Predecessor:} 12... Na6 13. f5 {½-½ (31) Pavlidou,E (2211)-Georgiev,K (2412) Porto Rio 2015}) 13. Ng3 ({White should try} 13. f5 $16) 13... a6 $14 14. Rab1 b5 15. axb5 axb5 16. cxb5 {[%cal Bc4b5,Bb5b6,Bb6b7][%mdl 32]} Bd7 17. b6 Na6 $1 18. b7 Ra7 19. b4 {aiming for bxc5.} Qb8 $1 20. bxc5 $1 Nxc5 21. Bxc5 dxc5 22. e5 Rxb7 23. Qc4 Rc8 24. Rxb7 Qxb7 25. Rb1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Qa7 26. Nge4 h5 27. d6 {Hoping for Nd5.} Be6 28. Qa4 Qxa4 29. Nxa4 Bf5 (29... exd6 $1 $11 30. Nxd6 Rc6) 30. Nb6 $1 {[%cal Rb6c8]} Rb8 ({Wrong is} 30... Bxe4 $2 31. Nxc8 exd6 32. Rb8 $18) (30... Re8 $16) 31. dxe7 $18 {Strongly threatening Rd1.} Bxe4 {[#]} 32. Nd7 $1 {[%csl LRb8,LRc5][%mdl 512]} Rxb1+ 33. Kf2 Bf5 $2 (33... Bd5 $18 34. e8=Q+ Kh7 35. Nxc5 Rc1) 34. Nf6+ Bxf6 35. e8=Q+ {Precision: White = 50%, Black = 52%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Malisauskas, Vidmantas"]
[Black "Kanep, Meelis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2422"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,87,33,35,35,45,15,12,0,21,0,-3,-10,-7,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,26,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,23,7,8,0,0,0,0,0,13,0,83,96,345,80,110,80,87,80,95,95,95,95,80,43,37,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. d5 Ne5 6. Bf4 Ng6 {D20: Angenommenes Damengambit} 7. Bg3 (7. Be3 Nf6 8. Bxc4 e5 9. Nc3 Bd6 10. Bb5+ Kf8 11. O-O Nf4 12. Re1 g5 13. g3 Nh3+ 14. Kh1 {½-½ (46) Matlakov,M (2701)-Edouard,R (2613) Caleta 2017}) 7... e5 8. Bxc4 Bd6 9. Bb5+ Bd7 {LiveBook: 4 Partien} 10. Qb3 Nf6 11. Bxd7+ $146 ({Vorgänger:} 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Bxd7 Nxd7 13. O-O Nc5 14. Qc2 {1-0 (40) Adianto,U (2589)-Williams,L (2348) Turin 2006}) 11... Qxd7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Qxb7 Rfb8 14. Qa6 Rxb2 15. O-O Rb6 16. Qd3 Nh5 17. Rfb1 Rab8 18. Rxb6 Rxb6 19. Rb1 Nhf4 20. Qd1 h6 21. h3 Rxb1 22. Qxb1 c6 23. Qb3 {Schwarz muss nun Da4 beachten.} cxd5 24. Bxf4 Nxf4 25. Nxd5 Nxd5 26. Qxd5 Qc7 27. g3 Kh7 28. Kg2 Kg8 29. a4 g6 30. a5 Kg7 31. a6 Kf6 32. g4 Qb6 33. h4 {Droht g5+ und aus.} Qc7 (33... Kg7 $1 $11) 34. h5 $16 Qc5 $2 {[#]} (34... Bf8 $16) 35. Qa8 $2 (35. g5+ $1 $18 {[%mdl 512] und der Rest ist Schweigen.} hxg5 36. h6) 35... Kg7 36. hxg6 fxg6 37. g5 hxg5 38. Nxg5 {jetzt Se6+ und aus.} Kf6 39. Nf3 Qc7 40. Kg3 Kg7 41. Qe8 Qf7 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} 42. Qxf7+ Kxf7 43. Kg4 Kf6 44. Ne1 {Precision: Weiß = 40%, Schwarz = 63%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Pultinevicius, Paulius"]
[Black "Kovalenko, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,148,32,35,29,26,26,36,35,36,36,36,36,36,36,21,45,30,39,23,57,31,65,31,30,25,40,47,58,30,49,49,68,71,78,66,85,78,75,25,68,71,116,81,76,79,78,92,141,59,74,58,64,84,137,142,154,147,156,141,148,166,151,0,150,0,155,0,132,0,196,204,217,147,155,0,254,193,233,241,295,298,279,254,241,244,243,257,283,298,272,297,300,294,299,300,281,281,301,303,338,308,275,280,358,331,333,341,316,211,343,304,383,266,255,244,293,277,383,347,477,435,814,783,838,794,717,715,1362,1502,4276,4422,1487]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2 {LiveBook: 10 Games} Qb8 11. Bf4 c6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. h3 a5 {[#]} 14. Rfd1 $146 Rfc8 15. Rac1 h6 16. Ne2 Kh8 17. Ng3 Rg8 18. Qc3 g6 19. Ne5 h5 20. f4 Rg7 21. Qe1 Rag8 22. Rc2 a4 23. a3 Qb8 24. Qb4 h4 25. Nf1 Bf5 26. Qxa4 Bxd3 27. Rxd3 g5 28. Nh2 gxf4 29. exf4 Nf8 30. Qb4 {Qe7 is the strong threat.} Ne4 31. f5 {Hoping for f6!} f6 32. Neg4 Nh7 33. Qe1 ({Better is} 33. Nf3 $1 $16) 33... Ng3 34. Nf1 $36 {[%cal Rf1g3][%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Nxf5 35. Qf2 Rg5 (35... Nd6 $142) 36. Rf3 $1 $16 {[%cal Rf3f5]} Qc8 37. Re2 Qd7 38. Rf4 R8g6 39. Qe1 Rg8 40. Qf2 $2 (40. b4 $16) 40... Qc8 (40... R8g6 $1 $11) 41. Qe1 Qd7 $1 42. Qf2 $2 (42. a4 $16) 42... Rh5 (42... Qc8 $11 {remains equal.}) 43. Qe1 (43. Re1 $16) 43... b6 $2 (43... Rhg5 $1 $11) 44. b4 $18 b5 45. Qf2 Qc8 46. Qe1 $2 (46. Re1 $16) 46... Nd6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (46... Qd7 $1 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 47. Nd2 f5 48. Ne5 Qd8 49. Nxc6 Qg5 50. Ref2 Re8 51. Ne5 {Black must now prevent Nf7+!} Nf6 52. Qc1 Qg7 53. Qc6 Re6 54. Rxf5 Rxf5 55. Rxf5 Nxf5 56. Qxe6 Nxd4 57. Qc8+ $1 Kh7 58. Ndf3 Ne2+ 59. Kf2 Ng3 60. Ke1 Nfe4 61. Qd7 Qxd7 62. Nxd7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KNN-KNN} Nf5 63. Nf8+ Kh6 (63... Kg7 $142) 64. Ne6 Ned6 65. Ned4 Nxd4 66. Nxd4 {KN-KN} Kg5 67. Nf3+ $1 Kf4 68. Nxh4 Kg3 69. Ng6 {White is clearly winning.} Nc4 (69... Kxg2 $142 70. h4 Kf3) 70. Ne7 Nxa3 71. Nxd5 Nc4 {[#]} 72. Ke2 $1 {[%cal Re2d3]} Ne5 {[#]} 73. Ke3 $1 {[%cal Re3e4]} Kxg2 74. Ke4 Nf7 {Precision: White = 54%, Black = 32%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Chukavin, Kirill"]
[Black "Neiksans, Arturs"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2256"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,82,40,24,31,13,30,0,29,0,14,3,29,0,22,39,65,0,63,-95,-100,-96,-85,-84,-74,-227,-210,-252,-187,-251,-287,-293,-286,-274,-264,-212,-246,-438,-437,-420,-388,-359,-374,-545,-529,-480,-397,-405,-383,-679,-542,-535,-502,-769,-629,-1157,-1094,-972,-916,-29992,-29993,-29994,-29995]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 h5 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} 8. g3 Nbd7 9. a4 b6 10. Bg2 Bb7 11. O-O Be7 12. Bg5 {LiveBook: 26 Games} Rc8 13. Qd2 O-O {[#]} 14. Nc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Rfd1 Re8 15. Rac1 Qc7 16. b3 Qb8 17. Qe3 Rc5 18. Qd2 {½-½ (78) Kryvoruchko,Y (2710)-Khismatullin,D (2651) Berlin 2015}) 14... Rc4 {[%cal Rf6e4]} 15. b3 Rc7 16. N1a2 Qc8 17. Rac1 Re8 18. h4 g6 19. Kh1 ({Better is} 19. Bh3 $14) 19... Ba8 (19... Nf8 $11) 20. f4 $2 (20. f3 $14 {keeps the upper hand.}) 20... exf4 $17 21. Rxf4 Ng4 $1 22. Bxe7 Rxe7 23. Qxd6 $2 {[#]} (23. Kg1 $17) 23... Nc5 $1 $19 24. Qd2 ({Reject} 24. Qxb6 Ne3 $17) 24... Qe8 {[%cal Rc5e4]} 25. Nb4 (25. Nd5 {might work better.} Bxd5 26. exd5) 25... Nxe4 26. Nxe4 Bxe4 27. Bxe4 Rxe4 28. Nd5 {[#]} Rxf4 $1 29. gxf4 $2 (29. Nxf4 Qe4+ 30. Qg2) 29... Qd8 {...Rc3! is the strong threat.} 30. Kg1 Rd7 31. c4 Qxh4 {aiming for ...Rxd5!} 32. Rc3 (32. Qg2 $142) 32... Rd6 33. Rf3 Re6 34. Qg2 f5 35. Rf1 $2 (35. b4) 35... Kh7 36. b4 Re4 37. c5 (37. Rc1 $142) 37... bxc5 38. bxc5 Rd4 39. Nc3 Ne3 40. Qf2 Qg4+ 41. Kh1 Qh3+ {Precision: White = 27%, Black = 63%.} 0-1

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Haavamae, Henrik"]
[Black "Vedrickas, Tautvydas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2209"]
[BlackElo "2408"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 4. f4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 5. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 6. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:04:43]} 7. e5 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:02:27] B06: Modern Defence} (7... c5 8. Be4 Rb8 9. Be3 b4 10. Ne2 Nh6 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Bxc5 dxc5 13. Bc6+ Bd7 14. Qd5 Rc8 15. Bxd7+ Qxd7 16. Qxd7+ Kxd7 {1-0 (41) Yu,Y (2760)-Adhiban,B (2655) chess.com INT 2018}) 8. Be4 {[%emt 0:01:05]} Qc8 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 9. Qe2 {[%emt 0:10:40]} Nh6 {[%emt 0:04:56]} 10. a4 {[%emt 0:05:42]} b4 {[%emt 0:06:45]} 11. Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} e6 {[%emt 0:04:33]} 12. Nxb4 $146 {[%emt 0:00:31]} ({Predecessor:} 12. exd6 exd5 13. Bxd5+ Kf8 14. Bxb7 Qxb7 15. Qe7+ {1-0 (69) Bregadze,L (2484)-Shoker,S (2466) New York 2015}) 12... c5 {[%emt 0:38:12]} 13. dxc5 {[%emt 0:05:43]} Nxc5 {[%emt 0:02:25]} 14. Bxb7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qxb7 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 15. Nd3 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Nxd3+ {[%emt 0:01:13]} 16. cxd3 {[%emt 0:02:59]} dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 17. fxe5 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Qb4+ {[%emt 0:04:11]} 18. Qd2 {[%emt 0:01:17]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:01:47]} 19. Qxb4 {[%emt 0:15:27]} Rxb4 $14 {[%emt 0:03:11]} 20. Ra2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Rb3 {[%emt 0:05:59]} 21. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:01:31]} 22. Bd2 {[%emt 0:03:59]} O-O {[%emt 0:01:04]} 23. Rc1 {[%emt 0:09:20]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:01:37]} 24. Rc3 {[%emt 0:02:33]} Rb6 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 25. Rc4 {[%emt 0:03:32]} Rb3 {[%emt 0:01:16]} 26. Bc3 {[%emt 0:03:18]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 27. Nd4 {[%emt 0:01:15]} Rbb8 {[%emt 0:04:19]} 28. Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Nxc6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 29. Rxc6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rd5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 30. d4 {[%emt 0:02:47]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 31. Ra6 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Garanin, Aleksei"]
[Black "Pedoson, Georg Aleksander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "2171"]
[BlackElo "2125"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:56]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:31]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 3. dxe5 {[%emt 0:02:12]} Ng4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 4. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 5. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Bb4+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} 6. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:01:01]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 7. a3 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Ngxe5 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 8. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 9. e3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Bxd2+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} 10. Qxd2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 11. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:26]} O-O {[%emt 0:01:35]} 12. O-O {[%emt 0:00:35]} a5 {[%emt 0:01:25]} 13. Rac1 {[%emt 0:03:44]} b6 {[%emt 0:05:34]} 14. Qc3 {[%emt 0:26:07]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:05:12]} 15. Bg3 {[%emt 0:01:10]} a4 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 16. Bf3 {[%emt 0:02:20]} Ra5 $11 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 17. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:01:51]} Be6 {[%emt 0:03:52]} 18. Bd5 {[%emt 0:03:39]} h5 {[%emt 0:05:24]} 19. f4 {[%emt 0:02:31]} h4 {[%emt 0:06:02]} 20. Be1 {[%emt 0:01:16]} Bxd5 {[%emt 0:14:59]} 21. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:39]} h3 {[%emt 0:02:10]} 22. Qd4 {[%emt 0:02:16]} Rc5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 23. Bc3 {[%emt 0:01:08]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 24. gxh3 {[%emt 0:15:29]} Rc4 {[%emt 0:12:49]} 25. Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Nh4 {[%emt 0:08:29]} 26. Kf2 {[%emt 0:02:05]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 27. Rg1 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Rf7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 28. Rg5 {[%emt 0:01:12]} Qe4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 29. Qe2 {[%emt 0:03:45]} Re7 {[%emt 0:05:39]} 30. Rcg1 {[%emt 0:01:44]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 31. Rh5 {[%emt 0:02:29]} Rh7 {[%emt 0:02:13]} 32. Rxh7 {[%emt 0:11:35]} Kxh7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 33. Rg5 {[%emt 0:01:06]} b4 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 34. axb4 {[%emt 0:02:36]} a3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 35. Kg3 {[%emt 0:04:24]} Rxc3 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 0-1

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Neiksans, Arturs"]
[Black "Kovalenko, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,76,34,27,5,29,0,0,-7,-8,-11,13,13,0,12,54,44,98,102,179,176,246,256,259,189,191,183,189,166,181,147,168,163,148,162,126,130,103,125,146,154,145,97,100,95,100,36,42,51,70,91,90,28,78,96,87,93,100,0,0,0,103,0,0,0,109]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 Rb8 {B31: Sizilianisch (Rossolimo-Variante)} 7. c3 Nf6 {LiveBook: 34 Partien} 8. Qa4 Qb6 9. Na3 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 9. e5 Nd5 10. Qh4 h6 11. Na3 g5 12. Qe4 O-O 13. Nc4 Qc7 14. d4 {½-½ (77) David,A (2579)-Salgado Lopez,I (2612) Condino 2014}) 9... O-O 10. d3 Qa6 11. Qc2 Rd8 12. e5 Nd5 13. Nc4 Qb7 14. Bg5 h6 {[#]} (14... Qc7 $14) 15. Bh4 $1 $16 Rf8 (15... Qc7 $16 {war angesagt.}) 16. Nfd2 $18 f5 (16... a5 $142 17. Nb3 Qa7) 17. exf6 $1 Bxf6 18. Bxf6 Rxf6 19. Ne4 Rf5 20. Ned6 exd6 21. Nxd6 Qc7 22. Nxf5 gxf5 23. Re8+ Kg7 24. d4 d6 25. dxc5 {zielt auf Td1 ab.} dxc5 26. Rae1 {[#] Droht stark c4.} Bd7 27. Rxb8 Qxb8 28. c4 Nf6 29. Qc3 (29. Qe2 $16) 29... Kf7 $1 $14 30. b3 {[%mdl 1024] Weiss hat Kompensation.} Ng4 31. g3 Qd6 32. Qh8 (32. f3 $16 Nf6 33. Kg2) 32... Be6 33. Qh7+ Kf8 34. h3 Qd2 35. Qh8+ Kf7 $1 36. Qh7+ Kf8 37. Qh8+ Kf7 $1 38. Qh7+ Kf8 {Precision: Weiß = 57%, Schwarz = 55%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Kantans, Toms"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,100,2,10,-20,-24,-8,16,-18,-16,0,-5,-26,-17,-19,-24,-15,-18,-22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,0,10,0,0,0,-3,-81,-81,-272,-250,-230,-229,-662,0,0,0,-100,-110,-108,-81,-89,-89,-76,-89,-247,-86,-245,-233,-248,-266,-404,-262,-847,-802,-826,-811,-1367,-285,-1761,-473,-466,-458,-479,-479,-466,-466,-462,-465,-663,-458,-4782,-4794,-5926,-5263,-1288,-1890]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 b6 4. Bd3 (4. Bb2 Bb7 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. a3 Nf6 7. O-O d6 8. Re1 Be7 9. Bf1 O-O 10. d3 Nd7 11. Nbd2 Bf6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 {1-0 (29) Kasimdzhanov,R (2683)-Ganguly,S (2650) Riadh 2017}) 4... Bb7 5. O-O Nc6 6. Re1 {B40: Sizilianisch (Klassisches System mit e7-e6)} Be7 7. Bb2 Nf6 8. e5 Nh5 9. Bf1 O-O {LiveBook: 3 Partien} 10. Nc3 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 {1-0 (70) Ziska,H (2546)-Ameir,M (2431) Abu Dhabi 2016}) 10... f6 11. Ne4 Qe8 (11... fxe5 {is more complex.} 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Nf4 14. Qg4 Ng6) 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Bxf6 Rxf6 15. d4 Nb4 16. Ne5 $1 cxd4 17. a3 Nc6 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Qxd4 Qg6 20. Qd3 Qg5 21. Qe3 Qh5 22. Rad1 Raf8 23. Rd2 $1 Rf4 {[%cal Bf6f4,Bf4e4,Be4e1][%mdl 32]} (23... Rf3 $5 24. Qd4 (24. gxf3 Qg6+ 25. Bg2 Bxf3 $19) 24... R3f5 $15) 24. Ree2 R8f5 25. h3 Qg6 {Und weiter mit ...Tf3 wäre nett.} 26. Rd6 (26. Qd3 $11 {hält das Gleichgewicht.}) 26... Bf3 $1 $17 {[%cal Rf3e2]} 27. Red2 $2 (27. Rxd7 $17 Bxe2 28. Rd8+ Rf8 29. Rxf8+ Rxf8 30. Qxe2) 27... Re4 $1 $19 {[%cal Re4e3]} 28. Qd3 Re1 {[%csl Gf3][%cal Rg6g2]} 29. g3 $2 (29. Kh2 Be4 30. Qd4) 29... Be4 $2 (29... Qh5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rh5h3]} 30. h4 (30. Rxd7 $2 Qxh3 31. Rd8+ Kf7 $19) 30... Be4) 30. Qc3 $1 $11 Rf3 31. Qc8+ (31. Qe5 $1 $11 Rf5 32. Qc3) 31... Rf8 $17 32. Qc3 Bc6 {Droht ...Df5 und aus.} 33. Rxd7 Bxd7 34. Rxd7 Rc1 35. h4 $2 {[#]} (35. Rc7 $17) 35... h6 $2 ({Viel schwächer ist} 35... Rxc2 36. Rxg7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kh8 37. Rxg6+ $17) (35... Rxf2 $1 $19 {[%csl Gf2][%cal Rc1f1][%mdl 512]} 36. Rd8+ (36. Kxf2 Rxc2+) 36... Rf8 37. Rxf8+ Kxf8 38. Qc8+ Qe8) 36. Rd2 $2 {[#]} (36. Rc7 $17) 36... Qe4 $1 $40 {[%mdl 128] Schwarz greift entschieden an.} 37. Rd7 {[%csl Gd7][%cal Rc3g7]} e5 {[%cal Be6e5,Be5f4][%mdl 32]} 38. Qc7 (38. Qd2 $142 Rxc2 39. Bc4+ Kh8 40. Qe3 Qxe3 41. fxe3) 38... Kh8 39. Rxg7 $2 (39. Rd8 Rxd8 40. Qxd8+ Kh7 41. Qd2) 39... Qf5 40. f4 exf4 41. g4 Qxc2 $2 (41... Qe4 {( -> ...De3+)} 42. Re7 Qd4+ 43. Kg2 f3+ 44. Kh3 Rxf1 45. Rh7+ Kg8 46. Rg7+ Qxg7 47. Qc4+ Rf7 48. Qxf1 f2 49. g5 hxg5 50. Qd3 f1=Q+ 51. Qxf1 Rxf1 52. Kg4 gxh4+ 53. Kh5 Rg1 54. Kxh4 Qh8#) 42. Qe5 $2 {[#]} (42. Qxc2 Rxc2 43. Rg6) 42... Qc5+ (42... Rxf1+ $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 43. Kxf1 Qc1+ 44. Ke2 f3+ 45. Kd3 Qc5 46. Rf7+ Qxe5 47. Rxf8+ Kg7 48. Rxf3 Qe7) 43. Qxc5 bxc5 44. Rxa7 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KTT-KTL} Rg8 45. Kf2 Rxg4 46. Bc4 Rxh4 47. Kf3 (47. Rc7 $142 Rh3 48. Kg2 Rg3+ 49. Kf2 Rc2+ 50. Kf1) 47... Re1 48. a4 (48. Kf2 $142 Re3 49. Rf7) 48... Re3+ 49. Kg2 Rg3+ 50. Kf2 Rh2+ {Precision: Weiß = 32%, Schwarz = 61%.} 0-1

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ladva, Ottomar"]
[Black "Kulaots, Kaido"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,17,12,9]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Nb5 Na6 6. e3 O-O 7. h3 c6 8. Nc3 Nb8 9. Be2 {LiveBook: 61 Games} {Predecessor:} Bf5 $146 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Qc1 Re8 12. Bh2 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Ng5 Bf5 15. g4 e5 16. Nxf7 Kxf7 17. gxf5 exd4 {1-0 (45) Aronian,L (2793)-Giri,A (2771) Stavanger 2017} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Miezis, Normunds"]
[Black "Stremavicius, Titas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,133,-14,-24,-17,-22,-27,-12,-20,-29,-31,-9,-29,-52,-57,-63,-25,-33,-27,-43,-13,-16,-5,-6,0,-40,-47,-102,-83,-84,-84,-76,-55,-55,-48,-56,-45,-56,-54,-78,-87,-84,-78,-139,-147,-141,-146,-93,-136,-129,-8,-8,-11,-9,-12,-6,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-2,-52,-52,-52,-52,-52,-52,-52,-52,-52,-52,-52,-52,-52,-52,-52,-52,-52,-52,-61,-47,-47,-30,-30,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8]} 1. c4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Nge2 c5 8. a3 {C01: French: Exchange Variation} (8. O-O cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Bg5 Be6 13. Rc1 h6 14. Bh4 Be7 15. Nb5 Ne4 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. f3 Rfd8 18. Nd4 Qb4 19. Bb1 {½-½ (39) Rakhmanov,A (2654)-Tsoi,D (2361) Sochi 2017}) 8... dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 cxd4 11. cxd4 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Be6 12. Bd3 Bf5 13. O-O {[#]} Qd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Nbd7 15. Qf3 b5 16. Ng3 {1-0 (36) Miezis,N (2519)-Luther,T (2545) Khanty-Mansiysk 2010}) 14. Rb1 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Nc6 16. Rb5 Rfe8 17. Rg5 Ne5 18. Qb3 Ng6 19. Ng3 Rad8 20. Rb5 $1 b6 21. Bg5 $1 Qxd4 22. Nf5 (22. Nh5 $5) 22... Qd3 23. h4 (23. Nh6+ $15 gxh6 24. Bxf6) 23... Qxb3 $17 24. Rxb3 Rd5 25. Ne3 Rc5 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. Rd1 h5 28. Rd7 Re7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 29. Rbd3 Rxd7 30. Rxd7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Ra5 31. Rd8+ ({White should play} 31. Rd5) 31... Kg7 32. g3 Rxa3 33. Nf5+ Kh7 34. Rd6 {[#]} Rc3 (34... b5 $1 $17 {aiming for ...Ne5.} 35. Rxf6 Kg8) 35. Rd7 $11 Ne5 36. Rxa7 Rc5 {White must now prevent ...Nf3+.} 37. Nd4 Rd5 38. Ne6 Kh6 39. Nf4 Rd7 40. Ra8 (40. Ra6 {keeps more tension.} Rd1+ 41. Kg2 Rd6 42. Ra4 Ng6 43. Ne2) 40... Ng6 {next ...Nxf4 is good for Black.} 41. Rb8 (41. Ne2 {seems wilder.} Rd2 42. Kf1 Kg7 43. Rb8 Rb2 44. Rb7) 41... Nxf4 42. gxf4 $15 {KR-KR} Rd1+ 43. Kg2 Rb1 44. f5 Kg7 45. Kh2 b5 46. Kg3 Rb4 47. f3 Rb3 48. Kg2 Rb2+ 49. Kg3 Rb4 50. Kg2 Rxh4 {[#] Hoping for ...Rb4.} 51. Rxb5 Ra4 52. Kg3 Ra7 53. f4 {The position is equal.} Ra1 54. Kh4 Rh1+ 55. Kg3 Rg1+ 56. Kf2 Ra1 57. Kg3 Ra3+ 58. Kh4 Ra4 59. Kg3 Rc4 60. Ra5 Rb4 61. Rc5 Rb3+ 62. Kh4 Rf3 63. Kxh5 Rxf4 64. Ra5 Rf1 65. Kg4 Rg1+ 66. Kf4 Rb1 67. Ra2 {Precision: White = 67%, Black = 65%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kanep, Meelis"]
[Black "Bernotas, Arturs"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,98,0,0,0,0,-20,-8,-25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-56,0,-55,-39,-53,-26,-65,-12,-11,-11,-11,-8,-63,-67,-94,-9,-27,-27,-24,-12,-10,-15,-15,-12,-106,-98,-113,0,0,0,-175,0,0,-23,-54,0,-57,-57,-57,-54,-303,-290,-409,-383,-396,-407,-395,-393,-962,-991,-1197,-1171,-1043,-962,-761,-661]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nbd7 6. O-O Rb8 7. Nc3 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3} b5 8. Ne5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Nd7 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. Bxb7 Rxb7 {LiveBook: 9 Games} 12. Rd1 Qc8 13. Qe4 {With the idea Rxd7!} c6 14. Be3 f5 15. exf6 $1 Nxf6 16. Qe5 {[#]} Be7 $146 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 O-O 19. a4 a6 20. axb5 axb5 21. Ra6 Rc7 22. Rb6 {[#]} (22. Rda1 $11) 22... Bf6 (22... e5 $1 $15 {[%mdl 512]}) 23. Bf4 (23. Rd6 $11) 23... e5 $15 24. Be3 $1 Qe6 25. Ra6 Rcc8 (25... Be7 $15) 26. Bc5 $11 Rfd8 27. Rxd8+ Bxd8 28. Ra7 ({White should play} 28. Bd4 $11) 28... Bf6 $15 29. Bb6 Qd5 (29... Re8 $17 30. h4 Qd5) 30. Qf5 Re8 {[#] White must now prevent ...e4.} 31. e4 $1 {[%cal Re4d5]} Qd6 32. Qh5 {Threatening mate with Qf7+.} Rf8 {Strongly threatening ...c5.} 33. Be3 c5 34. Rb7 (34. Kg2 $11 {remains equal.}) 34... Qc6 $17 35. Ra7 Qxe4 (35... b4 $17 {Hoping for ...c3.} 36. Qd1 Qxe4 37. Bxc5 Rb8) 36. Bxc5 $11 Rd8 37. Qf7+ Kh8 {[%cal Rd8d1]} 38. Rd7 $1 {[%cal Rd7d8] Rxd8+ would kill now.} Ra8 {( -> ...Ra1+)} 39. Ra7 h6 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black attacks.} (39... Qb1+ $15 40. Kg2 Qe4+ 41. Kg1 h6) 40. h4 (40. Rxa8+ $11 Qxa8 41. Qd7) 40... Rxa7 $15 41. Qxa7 Qd5 {And now ...e4 would win.} 42. Qb8+ $2 ({White should try} 42. Bb4 $1 $15) 42... Kh7 $19 43. Ba3 (43. Bb4 {was called for.} e4 44. Bc3) 43... e4 44. Qf4 h5 45. Qc1 Bd4 46. Qf4 $2 (46. Qd2 Kg6 47. Kh2) 46... Qe5 {Black is clearly winning.} 47. Qxe5 Bxe5 48. Kf1 Kg6 49. Ke2 Kf5 {Precision: White = 48%, Black = 71%.} 0-1

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Laurusas, Tomas"]
[Black "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,17,16,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Nh4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. e4 Bg6 11. Bd3 Bh5 12. e5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Qe3 Be7 15. Ng5 Bxg5 16. Qxg5 Bg6 17. Qxd8 Rfxd8 18. Be2 Nb8 19. Be3 Nc6 20. Rfc1 Rdc8 21. Rc3 Nb4 22. Raa3 a5 {½-½ (38) Radjabov,T (2748)-Mamedov,R (2704) Shamkir 2018}) 6... Bc8 7. Nf3 Bf5 8. Nh4 Bc8 9. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Seeman, Tarvo"]
[Black "Pedoson, Georg Aleksander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2125"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,59,25,2,47,46,36,51,42,57,145,138,129,117,106,92,144,151,146,116,134,128,141,138,142,140,137,143,198,185,287,292,276,277,262,279,320,312,584,518,516,405,422,421,464,352,712,516,486,475,900,896]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 f5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 Be7 6. Nc3 {LiveBook: 3 Games. A04: Unusual lines after 1 Nf3 and King's Indian Attack} c5 (6... O-O 7. e4 fxe4 8. dxe4 Nxe4 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. Ng5 e5 12. Be3 Bf5 13. Nxe4 Nd7 {0-1 (45) Bok,B (2620)-Dambacher,M (2468) Netherlands 2018}) 7. e4 d4 8. Ne2 {White is slightly better.} Nc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... fxe4 9. dxe4 Nc6 10. e5 Ng4 11. Nf4 Ngxe5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Re1 Qd6 {1-0 (35) Trifunovic,P-Puiggros,G Mar del Plata 1952}) 9. exf5 exf5 (9... e5 $14) 10. c3 dxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Nf4 Bd6 (12... h6 $142) 13. Ng5 $1 $16 Bxf4 14. Bxf4 {Hoping for Qb3+.} Na5 15. Re1 {[%cal Bf1e1,Be1e6,Be6d6][%mdl 32]} h6 16. Ne6 Bxe6 17. Rxe6 Qd7 18. Rd6 Qe7 (18... Qe8 $16 {was necessary.}) 19. Qa4 $18 Nh5 (19... g5 $142) 20. Bd5+ ({Less strong is} 20. Qxa5 Nxf4 21. Qxc5 Ne2+ 22. Kh1 Nxc3 $16) 20... Kh7 {[#]} 21. Re6 $1 {[%cal Re6e7]} Qd8 {[#]} 22. Bd6 $1 Rf6 23. Rae1 Rc8 $2 (23... Rxe6 24. Rxe6 Nf6) 24. Bf3 Rc6 25. Bxc6 ({Weaker is} 25. Bxh5 Rxd6 26. Re8 Qb6 $16) 25... Nxc6 26. Qc4 b6 27. Qd5 Qc8 $2 (27... Qd7 28. Rxf6 Nxf6) 28. Be7 {White is clearly winning.} Nxe7 29. Rxe7 Qa6 (29... Qc6 $142 30. Qxc6 Rxc6 31. Rxa7 Rd6) 30. R1e6 {Precision: White = 87%, Black = 33%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vedrickas, Tautvydas"]
[Black "Garanin, Aleksei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2171"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,62,61,63,68,72,134,120,140,117,151,145,151,136,138,136,133,129,154,101,267,295,299,274,304,283,298,302,266,293,344,256,686,690,682,677,656,668,670,668,534,569,1431,1474,29999]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. f3 d6 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 a6 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. Nge2 b5 10. cxb5 Nb6 {E81: Königsindisch (Sämisch-Angriff)} 11. Ng3 {LiveBook: 4 Partien} Nfd7 12. Bh6 Ne5 $146 (12... Bxh6 $142 13. Qxh6 Nf6) ({Vorgänger:} 12... Bxh6 13. Qxh6 Ne5 14. Qc1 c4 {½-½ (14) Adorjan,A (2565)-Fogarasi,T (2415) Hungary 1994}) 13. Bxg7 $16 Kxg7 14. b3 axb5 15. Bxb5 Ba6 16. Bxa6 Rxa6 17. f4 Ned7 18. O-O Qa8 19. h4 ({Günstiger ist} 19. Rad1) 19... h5 $2 (19... c4 $16) 20. f5 $18 Nf6 21. fxg6 fxg6 22. Qg5 {[#] Und Sf5+ würde nun gewinnen.} Kh7 23. e5 dxe5 24. Qxe5 Qd8 25. Nge4 {[%cal Bg3e4,Be4g5,Bg5f7,Bf7g5][%mdl 32]} Ng4 $2 (25... Nbd7 26. Ng5+ Kh8) 26. Ng5+ Kh6 {[#]} 27. Rf7 $3 {[%mdl 512]} Rxf7 28. Nxf7+ Kh7 29. Ng5+ Kh6 30. Qf4 {Weiss droht Se6+ und Matt.} Nxd5 31. Nxd5 {Droht Matt per Se6+.} Qxd5 32. Qf8# {Precision: Weiß = 76%, Schwarz = 29%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Samolins, Vitalijs"]
[Black "Starostits, Ilmars"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2406"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,69,12,27,39,33,40,41,41,54,43,60,55,50,66,75,153,42,41,36,66,59,110,106,122,103,91,91,103,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,39,14,259,266,268,266,417,413,446,449,434,435,437,445,437,431,1039,1023]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O cxd4 7. exd4 Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Be3 {LiveBook: 11 Games} Nbd7 {D26: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 4 e3 e6 5 Bxc5 c5 sidelines} (9... a6 10. Ne5 Nc6 11. a3 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. f4 b5 14. Bd3 Bb7 15. Be4 Bc5 16. Qf3 Bxe3+ 17. Qxe3 Bxe4 18. Nxe4 {½-½ (46) Aronian,L (2805)-Vallejo Pons,F (2707) Riadh 2017}) 10. Ne5 Nb6 11. Bb3 Nbd5 {White is slightly better.} 12. Qf3 a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Qd6 13. Bg5 Nxc3 14. bxc3 a5 15. Rad1 a4 16. Bc2 Nd5 17. Qh3 {1-0 (42) Charbonneau,P (2410)-Kalod,R (2490) Paget Parish 2001}) 13. Rac1 Nxc3 14. bxc3 a4 15. Bc2 Qd5 ({Black should play} 15... Nd5) 16. c4 ({Better is} 16. Qh3 $16) 16... Qxf3 $14 17. Nxf3 Bd7 18. Rb1 b5 (18... Rfc8 $14) 19. cxb5 $16 Rfb8 {[#]} 20. Bd3 $1 Nd5 21. Ne5 Be8 22. Nc6 (22. Rfc1 $16) 22... Bxc6 $1 $11 23. bxc6 Rc8 $1 24. Rfc1 {And now Bd2 would win.} Nb4 25. Bb5 {c7 is the strong threat.} Nxa2 26. Rc4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} a3 (26... Nb4 $5) 27. Bd2 {Hoping for Ra1.} (27. Bf4 $5 {[%cal Rc6c7]}) 27... h6 $2 (27... Rab8 $1 $11 28. Bf4 (28. c7 Rb7 $14) 28... Nc3 29. Rxc3 a2) 28. Ra1 $18 Bd6 29. Rxa2 Rab8 (29... Rcb8 {was necessary.} 30. c7 Bxc7) 30. Ba4 Rb2 31. Rxb2 {White is clearly winning.} axb2 32. Bc2 Ra8 {( -> ...Ra1+)} 33. Kf1 Ra1+ 34. Ke2 {Strongly threatening c7.} Rc1 {[#]} (34... b1=R $142 35. c7 Bxc7) 35. Bxc1 $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 65%, Black = 43%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Pultinevicius, Paulius"]
[Black "Meshkovs, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,40,33,24,10,23,13,10,5,16,8,40,22,18,21,32,22,24,0,32,0,33,0,32]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Nbd7 5. d4 dxc4 6. Bxc4 a6 7. a4 c5 8. O-O Qc7 9. Qe2 Bd6 {D27: Angenommenes Damengambit (Hauptvariante 7.e4, 7.a4)} 10. Rd1 (10. Bd2 O-O 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Bd3 b6 13. Rac1 a5 14. Ng5 Bb7 15. Nge4 Qe5 16. f4 Qh5 17. Qxh5 Nxh5 {½-½ (49) Abdusattorov,N (2516)-Zvjaginsev,V (2629) Moscow 2018}) 10... O-O {LiveBook: 9 Partien} 11. Ba2 b6 12. d5 exd5 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 12... Ne5 13. h3 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 Bb7 15. e4 exd5 16. exd5 Nd7 17. Ne4 {1-0 (33) Buerger,C (2235)-Brauer,V Germany 1996}) 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 ({Viel schwächer wäre} 14. Rxd5 Bb7 $15) 14... Ra7 15. h3 Nf6 16. Bc4 Ne4 17. Nd2 Nf6 18. Nf3 Ne4 19. Nd2 Nf6 20. Nf3 Ne4 $1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Klabis, Rokas"]
[Black "Haavamae, Henrik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2209"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,61,0,7,2,5,0,18,-19,36,33,27,28,74,58,68,-10,-8,0,-9,-12,0,0,6,0,6,4,19,16,9,9,22,0,0,0,262,268,304,264,423,416,380,379,314,167,818,791,1970,513,29991,29992,29992,29993,29994,510]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 g6 4. exd5 cxd5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 (5... Nc6 6. h3 Bg7 7. Nf3 a6 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Na4 Nh6 10. Bxh6 Bxh6 11. Ne5 f6 12. Nd3 O-O {½-½ (25) Bakutin,A (2334)-Brikov,I (2394) Donskoi 2018}) 6. Qe2 {B15: Caro-Kann: 3 Nc3: 3...g6 and 3...dxe4 4 Nxe4 Nf6 5 Nxf6+ exf6} Nf6 7. Bg5 Bg7 8. Nf3 {The position is equal.} Bc6 $146 (8... O-O $11) ({Predecessor:} 8... O-O 9. Bxf6 exf6 10. O-O Re8 11. Qd2 Bxb5 12. Nxb5 Nc6 {½-½ (54) Adam,G (2019)-Goczo,M (2228) Hunagry 2016}) 9. h4 a6 10. Bd3 b5 11. Ne5 b4 12. Bxf6 ({White should play} 12. Nd1 $14) 12... Bxf6 $11 13. Nd1 {[%cal Bc3d1,Bd1e3,Be3g4,Bg4f6][%mdl 32]} Qb6 14. c3 Nd7 15. h5 Bb5 16. f4 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 e6 18. Ne3 bxc3 19. bxc3 Rb8 20. N3g4 Bxe5 $1 21. fxe5 {Hoping for hxg6.} Qb2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (21... Qb5 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 22. Qxb5 Rxb5) 22. O-O $18 gxh5 23. Rab1 Qxa2 $2 (23... Qxb1 24. Nf6+ Nxf6 25. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 26. Qxb1 Nd7) 24. Rxb8+ Nxb8 25. Nf6+ Kd8 26. Qf3 ({Not} 26. Nxh5 Rf8 $16) (26. Qg3 $142 Qa3 {[#]} 27. Nxd5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} (27. Nxh5 Rf8 $16)) 26... Qc2 $2 {[#]} (26... Kc8) 27. Nxd5 $1 {[%mdl 512] White threatens Qf6+ and mate.} Nd7 (27... exd5 28. Qf6+) 28. Nf6 (28. Nb4 $142) 28... Rf8 (28... Qb3 $18 29. Ra1 Nb8) 29. Qa8+ {White mates.} Ke7 30. Qxa6 Nxf6 31. Qd6+ {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 21%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Chukavin, Kirill"]
[Black "Malisauskas, Vidmantas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2256"]
[BlackElo "2422"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,44,30,31,28,47,40,35,15,35,25,12,27,33,27,30,0,19,-32,-41,-43,-34,-41,-35,-39,-38,-22,-26,-29,12]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Qb6 7. Be3 a6 {B60: Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer: Unusual Black 6th moves and 6...Bd7 without 7 Qd2} 8. Nb3 (8. a3 Nxd4 9. Bxd4 Qc6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nd5 Be6 12. c4 Rg8 13. g3 Bg7 14. Bd3 f5 15. O-O {1-0 (41) Volokitin,A (2674)-Oparin,G (2526) Yerevan 2014}) 8... Qd8 9. Be2 e6 {LiveBook: 4 Games. White has an edge.} 10. f4 b5 11. Bf3 {[#] Hoping for e5.} Bb7 12. O-O Be7 13. Qe1 O-O 14. Qg3 Nd7 {[%cal Bf6d7,Bd7c5,Bc5e6,Be6d4][%mdl 32]} 15. Rad1 Qc7 $146 16. Ne2 Bf6 17. Nbd4 (17. c3 $11) 17... Nxd4 $15 18. Bxd4 e5 19. Be3 Nc5 20. Nc3 Ne6 21. f5 Nd4 22. Rd2 Rfe8 {Precision: White = 57%, Black = 64%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kovalenko, Igor"]
[Black "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,99,1,4,0,15,7,16,14,10,2,19,15,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-41,45,45,33,36,74,72,103,73,179,68,160,181,167,183,212,179,200,149,144,126,145,137,151,133,133,129,141,90,251,153,142,0,235,147,360,360,363,354,472,326,555,550,529,433,428,421,656,658,650,513,523,513,556,547,527,518,565,577,29968,29966,6391,2470]} 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 a5 6. a4 {C24: Bishop's Opening: 2...Nf6} Bb4+ 7. c3 Bd6 8. exd5 cxd5 9. Bg5 {[%cal Bc1g5,Bg5h4,Bh4g3][%mdl 32]} Be6 {LiveBook: 9 Games} 10. O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Na3 Nbd7 11. Nb5 Bb8 12. O-O O-O 13. Re1 h6 {1-0 (24) Lu,S (2640)-Liu,G (2459) Xinghua 2018}) 10... O-O 11. Re1 Nbd7 12. Na3 Re8 13. Nb5 Bb8 $1 14. Bh4 h6 15. Qd2 Ra6 16. Ba2 g5 17. Bg3 $1 {[%cal Rf3e5]} Bf5 18. Rad1 Bg4 19. Qe3 e4 ({Black should try} 19... Bh5 $15) 20. dxe4 $14 Rxe4 21. Qd2 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Rxe1+ 23. Qxe1 Nf8 {[#]} (23... Re6 $16 {is a better defense.} 24. Qf1 Qe7) 24. Nd4 (24. c4 $1 $18) 24... Bxg3 (24... Ng6 $14) 25. hxg3 $16 ({Much less strong is} 25. fxg3 $6 Qb6 $16) 25... Qd7 26. Bb1 Nh5 27. Bf5 Qd8 28. Qe5 Ng7 29. Bc2 Rd6 30. Kg2 Nfe6 31. Nb5 Rd7 32. Bb3 {[%cal Rd1d5]} Nh5 33. Rh1 (33. f4 $142) 33... Re7 $2 (33... Qf6 $16 34. Qxf6 Nxf6) 34. Qd6 Rd7 {[#]} 35. Qe5 (35. Qa3 $1 $16 Nf6 36. Rxh6) 35... Re7 $1 $18 36. Qf5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] aiming for Bc2. White is in control.} Nef4+ $2 (36... Nhg7 $16 37. Qf6 (37. Qxd5 Qxd5 38. Bxd5 Rd7 $16) 37... h5) 37. gxf4 Nxf4+ 38. Kg3 Qb6 {Now ...Ne2+ and Black clings on.} 39. Bc2 {Intending Qh7+ and mate.} Re6 $2 (39... Ne2+ 40. Kg4 Re6 41. Qh7+ Kf8) 40. Nd4 Ne2+ 41. Nxe2 Rxe2 42. Rf1 d4 (42... Qd6+ $142 43. Kg2 Kf8) 43. Bd3 Re6 44. c4 {[%cal Bc3c4,Bc4c5][%mdl 32]} Kf8 45. Kg2 Rf6 46. Qe5 Re6 47. Qd5 Kg7 48. c5 Qxb2 49. Rb1 Qd2 50. Qxd4+ {Precision: White = 60%, Black = 44%.} (50. Rxb7 $142 Qb4 51. Rxb4 axb4 52. c6) 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kulaots, Kaido"]
[Black "Laurusas, Tomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,84,32,82,44,50,25,70,73,78,60,137,157,160,141,122,76,81,75,89,31,16,19,60,43,49,52,43,0,0,0,9,-205,-207,-191,-182,-250,-214,-243,-17,-414,-294,-294,-292,-286,-280,-282,-265,-331,-263,-320,0,-336,-321,-320,-320,-409,-408,-372,-375,-384,-367,-345,-342,-322,-320]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. Qe2 d6 8. f4 Nbd7 {B82: Sicilian Scheveningen: 6 f4} 9. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} Nc5 10. g5 Nfd7 11. Bd2 Be7 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 12. O-O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. h4 Nb6 13. O-O-O Bd7 14. Kb1 O-O-O 15. Rhf1 Kb8 16. f5 {1-0 (47) Ponomariov,R (2717)-Kotsur,P (2559) Tromsoe 2014}) 12... Nxd3+ 13. cxd3 Nc5 14. Kb1 Bd7 15. f5 O-O-O (15... b5 $1 $14) 16. fxe6 $16 fxe6 {[#]} 17. Nf5 $1 {[%cal Rf5e7,Bd4f5,Bf5e3,Be3c4][%mdl 544]} Bf8 (17... exf5 $2 18. Nd5 $18) 18. Ne3 {aiming for d4.} Kb8 19. d4 Na4 20. Nxa4 ({White should play} 20. d5 $16) 20... Bxa4 $14 21. Rc1 Qb6 22. d5 Bb5 23. Nc4 exd5 $1 24. exd5 Qd4 {And now ...Re8 would win.} 25. Rhe1 Qxd5 26. Qf2 $2 (26. a4 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} Bxa4 27. Nb6 Qf5+ 28. Ka1) 26... Bxc4 $19 27. Qb6 Qxd2 (27... Bxa2+ $2 28. Ka1 $18) 28. Qxd8+ Ka7 29. Rcd1 Qb4 $2 ({And not} 29... Qxh2 30. Re8 $11) ({Weaker is} 29... Bd3+ 30. Ka1 $11) (29... Qf4 $1 $19 {Strongly threatening ...Be6!} 30. Ka1 Bf7) 30. Qe8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Not} 30. Re8 $2 Bxa2+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 31. Kxa2 Qa4+ 32. Kb1 Qxd1+ $19) (30. Rc1 $1 $11) 30... g6 31. Qe3+ {[#]} Qc5 $1 32. Qxc5+ dxc5 33. Rd8 {next Ree8 is good for White.} Bb5 34. Rc8 Bg7 35. Rc7 Bf8 36. Rc8 Bd7 37. Rd8 Bf5+ 38. Kc1 Bg7 39. Rxh8 Bxh8 40. Re7 Bd4 41. h4 Bf2 42. Rxh7 Bg4 {Precision: White = 48%, Black = 51%.} 0-1

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Neiksans, Arturs"]
[Black "Pultinevicius, Paulius"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,135,32,34,34,34,38,35,29,47,39,53,47,44,37,56,54,85,81,77,71,77,78,67,83,78,79,86,57,73,0,99,95,102,92,101,101,105,67,67,68,68,66,84,67,79,45,58,48,77,75,81,74,74,77,118,118,118,80,115,85,82,80,100,93,81,89,95,93,95,95,95,95,212,267,400,431,1135,1135,1135,1135,1135,1128,1120,1118,1078,1031,863,572,1092,1090,1048,1046,946,239,777,888,1241,1227,1205,1193,1189,1180,1140,1133,828,681,583,514,1016,1000]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Nbd2 a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. h3 O-O 9. O-O Ne7 10. Re1 Ng6 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} 11. Nf1 c6 (11... Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Ng3 h6 14. d4 Nd7 15. Be3 Qe7 16. a5 Kh7 17. Nd2 Rf7 18. Nc4 {½-½ (57) Caruana,F (2822)-Nakamura,H (2769) Stavanger 2018}) 12. Ng3 Re8 13. Bb3 Be6 14. d4 h6 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 15. Be3 Bxb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Kh8 16. Qc2 Qc7 17. Rad1 b5 18. axb5 axb5 19. d5 cxd5 20. exd5 {0-1 (43) Hojjatova,A (2018)-Ghukasyan,S (2014) Moscow 2014}) 16. Qxb3 Qc7 17. Rad1 b5 18. Qc2 d5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Qxe5 {[%cal Rd5e4]} 21. Bd4 Qg5 22. Bxa7 Rxa7 23. exd5 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 cxd5 25. axb5 axb5 26. Nf5 Ne4 27. Nd4 Rb7 28. Nc6 ({White should play} 28. Qd3 $16) 28... Qd2 (28... Rb6 $1 $11 {remains equal.} 29. Nb4 Rg6) 29. Qxd2 $16 Nxd2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 30. Ne7+ Kh7 31. Nxd5 Nc4 32. Re2 Rd7 33. Ne3 Nxe3 34. fxe3 $14 {KR-KR} Kg6 35. Kf2 Kf5 36. Kf3 Ke5 37. Rc2 Rd6 38. c4 Rf6+ 39. Ke2 bxc4 40. Rxc4 Rb6 41. b4 Ra6 42. Kf3 g6 43. Rc5+ Kd6 44. Rc2 Rb6 45. Rd2+ Ke5 46. Rb2 Rb5 47. Rb1 f5 48. h4 g5 49. g3 {[%cal Bg2g3,Bg3g4][%mdl 32]} Ke6 (49... Kd5 $16) 50. hxg5 $18 hxg5 (50... h5 {might work better.} 51. Kf4 Kf7) 51. e4 Ke5 (51... fxe4+ $142 52. Kxe4 Kd6) 52. exf5 Kxf5 53. g4+ Ke5 54. Ke3 Kd5 55. Kd3 Kc6 56. Ke4 Kd6 57. Rd1+ Ke6 {[#]} 58. Rd4 $1 {[%cal Rd4c4]} Rb8 59. Kd3 Ke5 60. Re4+ $2 (60. Kc3 Ra8 61. b5) 60... Kd5 $2 (60... Kd6 61. Kc3 Rf8) 61. Rc4 {White is clearly winning.} Ke5 62. Kc3 Rb7 63. Kb3 Rb8 64. Ka4 Ra8+ {[#]} 65. Kb5 $1 {[%cal Rb5b6]} Rb8+ 66. Ka5 Ra8+ 67. Kb6 Ra4 (67... Kd5 $142 68. Rc5+ Kd4 69. Rxg5 Rb8+ 70. Ka5 Ra8+ 71. Kb5 Rb8+ 72. Ka4 Kc4 73. Rc5+ Kd4) 68. Kc5 {Precision: White = 78%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Meskovs, Nikita"]
[Black "Kantans, Toms"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,77,0,5,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,9,12,10,52,41,73,19,56,57,54,43,47,50,49,44,42,51,111,111,117,90,156,157,160,160,153,152,199,218,220,64,43,54,39,54,338,327,296,213,358,366,365,333,384,368,558,500,469,239]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O Nh5 {B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems} (6... c5 7. c3 Qc7 8. h3 Nc6 9. d5 Ne5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Re1 Ne8 12. a4 Nd6 13. Nc4 e6 14. Nxd6 Qxd6 15. Bc4 exd5 16. Bxd5 {½-½ (45) Grischuk,A (2767)-Mamedyarov,S (2809) Moscow 2018}) 7. Re1 e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Nc4 Nc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Qe7 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bd2 Rd8 12. a3 Be6 13. Qc1 Qf7 14. b3 {1-0 (41) Mikadze,M (2211)-Khotenashvili,B (2493) Tbilisi 2016}) 10. c3 Nf4 {LiveBook: 7 Games} 11. Bxf4 exf4 12. e5 Re8 13. Be4 Qxd1 14. Raxd1 Be6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Rd4 c5 17. Rxf4 Rad8 18. a3 (18. Ne3 $16) 18... Rd3 19. Ne3 Rb8 20. Re2 Bh6 21. Ra4 Bxe3 22. fxe3 Rd1+ 23. Kf2 Rb7 (23... Bb3 $14 24. Rxa7 Bc4) 24. Kg3 Rb1 25. Ra5 c4 (25... R7xb2 $142 26. Rxb2 Rxb2) 26. Nd4 $16 R1xb2 27. Rxb2 Rxb2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 28. a4 ({Resist} 28. Rxa7 $6 Bd5 $14) 28... Bc8 29. Rxa7 {[#] aiming for Ra8.} Bb7 30. a5 $2 (30. e6 $18 {e7 is the strong threat.} fxe6 31. Nxe6) 30... Rxg2+ $14 31. Kf4 Rf2+ 32. Kg5 h6+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Black should try} 32... Bh1 $1 $14) 33. Kxh6 $18 Rxh2+ 34. Kg5 Rg2+ (34... Bd5 {keeps fighting.} 35. Rxc7 Ra2) 35. Kf6 Rf2+ 36. Ke7 Be4 37. Rxc7 g5 (37... Ra2 {was called for.} 38. Ra7 (38. Rxc4 Rxa5 39. Kf6 Ra6+ 40. e6 fxe6 $18) 38... Kg7) 38. Rxc4 g4 {[#]} 39. e6 {Precision: White = 66%, Black = 49%.} (39. Ne2 $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bf3 (39... Rxe2 40. Rxe4) 40. Ng3) 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Starostits, Ilmars"]
[Black "Garanin, Aleksei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2171"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,158,16,11,8,23,33,34,4,12,12,36,27,48,35,46,42,76,64,72,36,33,14,20,10,40,47,40,40,50,38,86,35,51,0,83,86,90,67,87,74,68,75,102,87,91,35,67,74,76,70,86,80,66,73,73,55,107,71,150,142,127,50,158,10,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12843,12844,12845,12845,12845,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,29985,12851,12851,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. Nge2 {B23: Closed Sicilian: Lines without g3} O-O {LiveBook: 10 Games} (6... Nc6 7. a3 Rb8 8. Rb1 O-O 9. O-O b5 10. b4 a6 11. h3 Nd7 12. Be3 Bb7 13. Qd2 Nd4 14. f4 e6 {½-½ (32) Caruana,F (2799)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2729) London 2017}) 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8. Qd2 {White has an edge.} Rb8 9. Bh6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. a4 a6 10. O-O b5 11. axb5 axb5 12. Bh6 b4 13. Nd1 Ng4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 {1-0 (35) Richter,P-Kronberg,T Pocking 1996}) 9... Bxh6 10. Qxh6 Ne5 11. h3 e6 12. O-O (12. f4 {seems wilder.} Ned7 13. a4 a6 14. g4 Kh8 15. g5) 12... Kh8 13. Qe3 Qe7 14. f4 Nc6 15. Rad1 d5 16. e5 Ne8 17. d4 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. Rxd4 Ng7 20. g4 Qc5 21. Na4 (21. b4 $16 Qb6 22. Nd1) 21... Qc7 22. Nc3 {[%cal Ba4c3,Bc3d5,Bd5f6][%mdl 32]} Qc5 23. b4 Qb6 24. Rf2 Bd7 25. Bxd5 exd5 26. Nxd5 Qc6 27. Nf6 Bf5 28. Rdd2 ({Better is} 28. Qd2 $16) 28... Rbd8 29. gxf5 Nxf5 30. Qc5 Qxc5 31. bxc5 Nd4 {With the idea ...Nf3+!} 32. Ne4 Ne6 33. Kh2 Kg7 (33... Rc8 $14) 34. Kg3 Rxd2 (34... Rc8 $142) 35. Rxd2 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Rc8 36. Rd5 (36. Rd7 $16) 36... b6 {[#]} (36... Rc6 $14) 37. cxb6 (37. Rd7 $1 $16) 37... axb6 $11 38. c3 Rc4 39. Kf3 Nc5 40. Nxc5 bxc5 {KR-KR} 41. Rd3 Ra4 42. Rd2 Rc4 43. Rd3 Ra4 44. Rd7 Kg8 45. Ke3 Rxa2 46. Rc7 Rh2 47. Rxc5 Rxh3+ 48. Ke4 h5 49. Rc8+ Kg7 50. Rc7 {next e6 is good for White.} Rh1 51. c4 h4 52. Kf3 Re1 53. c5 h3 {[#] ( -> ...h2)} 54. Kg3 g5 55. Kxh3 gxf4 56. Kg4 Re4 57. Kf5 Rc4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (57... Re1 $11 58. Kxf4 Rf1+ 59. Kg5 Kf8) 58. e6 $18 f3 59. Rxf7+ Kg8 60. Ke5 $2 ({White should play} 60. Kf6 $18 {Strongly threatening Rg7+.} f2 61. Ke7) 60... Rxc5+ $11 61. Kd6 Rc3 62. Rf4 Rd3+ 63. Kc6 {Black must now prevent e7.} Re3 64. Kd7 {Threatens to win with e7.} Rd3+ 65. Ke8 Kg7 66. e7 Kg6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (66... Re3 $11) 67. Kf8 $18 Kg5 68. e8=Q $2 (68. Re4 $18 f2 69. Re5+ Kg4 70. e8=Q f1=Q+ 71. Ke7) 68... Kxf4 $11 {KQ-KR. The position is equal.} 69. Qe1 {aiming for Kf7.} Rd4 70. Kf7 Re4 71. Qd2+ Kg3 72. Qd3 Rf4+ 73. Ke6 Rg4 74. Kf5 Rf4+ 75. Ke5 {Qe3 is the strong threat.} Rg4 76. Qb3 Kg2 77. Qb7 {And now Kf5 would win.} Kg3 78. Qc7 Kg2 79. Qd7 Kg3 {Precision: White = 52%, Black = 67%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Stremavicius, Titas"]
[Black "Ladva, Ottomar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,43,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,1,10,12,7,0,6,6,26,27]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfc1 Rac8 13. h3 h6 {[#] LiveBook: 20 Games. D14: Slav Defence: Exchange variation with ...Bf5} 14. Qd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Nb5 Qb8 15. Nc3 Rfd8 16. Ne2 Rc7 17. Nd2 Rdc8 18. Rc3 Ne8 19. Rac1 Nd6 20. a3 Na5 21. b3 {½-½ (64) Fang,Y (2510)-Sandipan,C (2593) Danzhou 2016}) 14... Rfd8 15. Ne2 Ne4 {The position is equal.} 16. Rc2 Ne7 17. Rac1 Rxc2 18. Rxc2 Rc8 19. Rxc8+ Nxc8 20. Qc2 Nb6 21. b3 g5 22. Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Malisauskas, Vidmantas"]
[Black "Seeman, Tarvo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2422"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,69,54,52,38,0,85,95,81,60,65,62,76,24,26,13,98,104,139,104,333,327,419,380,381,0,0,0,0,0,397,403,405,399,427,427,1510,1422,1273,1232,1264,939,844,449,629,79]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. h3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} Na6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. Nd2 Nc5 11. Be2 {E90: King's Indian: Classical: Early deviations and 6 h3} a4 (11... c6 12. h4 cxd5 13. cxd5 Rc8 14. f3 a4 15. Rc1 b5 16. Kf2 b4 17. Ncb1 Ne8 18. h5 Bf6 19. Kg2 Bg5 {½-½ (41) Matlakov,M (2707)-Can,E (2589) Khanty-Mansiysk 2017 CBM 179 [Yermolinsky,A]}) 12. h4 {[%cal Bh3h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} c6 13. g5 Ne8 14. h5 {LiveBook: 10 Games} cxd5 15. exd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. cxd5 Nc7 16. Kf1 b5 17. b4 axb3 18. axb3 Rxa1 19. Qxa1 Qa8 {½-½ (32) Martinez Martin,D-Krzyzanowski,A (2320) ICCF email 2012}) 15... a3 (15... Bf5 $11) 16. b4 $16 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4c5][%mdl 32]} e4 17. bxc5 Bxc3 18. Rb1 $1 Bb2 19. Nxe4 (19. Qb3 $16) 19... Bf5 $11 20. Bd3 Bxe4 (20... dxc5 $1 $11 21. Nxc5 Nd6) 21. Bxe4 $16 {Hoping for hxg6.} dxc5 22. Qg4 Nd6 $2 (22... Qc7 $16) 23. hxg6 $1 $18 fxg6 24. Qe6+ $1 Rf7 {[#]} 25. Bxg6 $2 $40 {[%mdl 128] White attacks.} (25. Rxh7 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Kxh7 26. Qxg6+ (26. Bxg6+ Kg7 $15) 26... Kh8 27. Ke2) 25... hxg6 $11 26. Qxg6+ Bg7 $1 {White must now prevent ...Qa5+.} 27. Kf1 ({Avoid the trap} 27. Bxc5 $2 Qe8+ 28. Qe6 Nxc4 $19) 27... Qe8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (27... Qd7 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 28. Qh7+ (28. Bxc5 Qf5 $11) 28... Kf8) 28. Qh7+ $18 Kf8 {...Qxe3 is the strong threat.} 29. Bxc5 Qe5 30. Qg6 {White is clearly winning.} Ra6 (30... Rd8 $142 31. Rb6 Qc3) 31. Re1 {[%cal Bb1e1,Be1e4,Be4h4,Bh4h7][%mdl 32]} Qf4 {[#]} 32. Re4 $1 {[%cal Re4f4]} Qg3 33. Reh4 {White wants to mate with Rh8+!} Qe5 34. Rh7 Ke7 (34... Ke8 $142 35. R1h4 Qb2) 35. R1h6 $2 {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 20%.} (35. R1h3 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.} Kd8 36. Bxd6) 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vedrickas, Tautvydas"]
[Black "Klabis, Rokas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:52]} Bb4+ {[%emt 0:00:24]} 4. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:32]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 5. Qa4+ {[%emt 0:01:03]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 6. a3 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Be7 {[%emt 0:06:54]} 7. e3 {[%emt 0:03:41]} O-O {[%emt 0:05:35] E11: Bogo-Indian} 8. b4 {[%emt 0:02:46]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:08:33]} 9. Qc2 {[%emt 0:05:24]} a5 {[%emt 0:06:17]} 10. b5 {[%emt 0:04:20]} Na7 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 11. Rb1 {[%emt 0:02:27]} dxc4 $1 {[%emt 0:03:13]} 12. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:19]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 13. b6 {[%emt 0:09:53]} Nb5 {[%emt 0:08:22]} 14. Qd3 $146 {[%emt 0:01:26]} ({Predecessor:} 14. a4 Na3 15. Bxa3 Bxa3 {0-1 (26) Dinstuhl,V (2409)-Nikolic,P (2638) Germany 2013}) 14... Nd5 {[%emt 0:01:36]} 15. Ne5 {[%emt 0:04:49]} Be8 {[%emt 0:06:40]} 16. O-O {[%emt 0:04:32]} Nxb6 {[%emt 0:07:03]} 17. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:04:20]} 18. Nxd7 {[%emt 0:07:10]} Bxd7 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 19. Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:52]} g6 $11 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 20. e4 {[%emt 0:08:43]} e5 {[%emt 0:09:21]} 21. dxe5 {[%emt 0:04:43]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 22. a4 {[%emt 0:01:10]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:06:19]} 23. Rxb7 {[%emt 0:03:36]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:10:57]} 24. Nf3 {[%emt 0:05:59]} Bc8 {[%emt 0:03:37]} 25. Rxf7 {[%emt 0:01:14]} Rxf7 {[%emt 0:02:42]} 26. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:02:22]} Qxd4 {[%emt 0:01:08]} 27. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 28. e6 {[%emt 0:03:00]} Re7 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 29. Bb3 {[%emt 0:05:10]} Bxf1 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 30. Kxf1 {[%emt 0:00:54]} c5 {[%emt 0:01:23]} 31. Ne2 {[%emt 0:05:27]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:01:25]} 32. f4 {[%emt 0:01:27]} Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 33. Bxd2 {[%emt 0:03:16]} Rxd2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 34. f5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} gxf5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 35. exf5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rxe2 {[%emt 0:01:39]} 36. Kxe2 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 37. Bd5 {[%emt 0:01:17]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 38. g4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 39. Bc6 {[%emt 0:00:34]} h5 {[%emt 0:01:23]} 40. h3 {[%emt 0:00:31]} hxg4 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 41. hxg4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} c4 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 42. Kd2 {[%emt 0:02:55]} c3+ {[%emt 0:00:50]} 43. Kc2 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 44. Bb5 {[%emt 0:01:55]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 45. Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rc4 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 46. g5+ {[%emt 0:00:11]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 47. f6+ {[%emt 0:00:32]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 48. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bernotas, Arturs"]
[Black "Miezis, Normunds"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,109,32,29,46,47,39,46,60,72,71,64,60,54,60,67,64,61,77,71,66,82,64,80,83,52,102,96,86,19,25,0,43,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,253,221,378,377,370,350,288,364,208,0,26,0,545,552,625,593,881,879,664,431,729,679,6033,9550,29970,29971,29974,29975,29975,29976,29975,29977,29979,29980,29980,29981,29981,29982,29982,29982,29982,29983,29983,29984,29984,29985,29987,29988,29988,29989,29989,29990,29990,29989]} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. dxc5 Qxd1+ {B22: Sicilian: 2 c3} (6... Qxc5 7. h3 Bh5 8. Na3 a6 9. Be3 Qc7 10. Qa4+ Nbd7 11. Bf4 {½-½ (11) Zhigalko,S (2656)-Topalov,V (2813) Baku 2015}) 7. Kxd1 e5 8. b4 {LiveBook: 102 Games} a5 {White has an edge.} 9. h3 Bxf3+ 10. gxf3 axb4 11. Bb5+ $146 ({Reject} 11. cxb4 Nc6 $15) ({Predecessor:} 11. cxb4 Nc6 12. Bd2 O-O-O 13. a3 {½-½ (64) Petschar,K (2266)-Eisenbeiser,K (2000) Feffernitz 2015}) 11... Nc6 12. Bxc6+ $1 bxc6 13. cxb4 Nd5 14. Bd2 $1 Be7 15. a3 O-O 16. Kc2 Bh4 17. Rf1 f5 18. Nc3 Nc7 19. f4 e4 20. Kb3 Rfd8 21. Rad1 ({White should play} 21. Be3 $1 $16) 21... Rd3 $11 {White must now prevent ...Bf6.} 22. Bc1 Rxh3 (22... Rf3 $5 {[%cal Rc7b5]} 23. Be3 Bxf2 24. Rxf2 (24. Bxf2 Nb5 $11) 24... Rxe3 $17) 23. Be3 Bxf2 $1 24. Bxf2 Nb5 25. Be1 $1 {aiming for a4.} Rxa3+ 26. Kb2 Raxc3 27. Bxc3 Rxc3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} 28. Rg1 {Hoping for Rd7.} g6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (28... Rc4 $11) 29. Rd7 $1 $18 Rh3 $2 (29... Ra3 30. Rh1 Ra4) 30. Ra1 {[%cal Ra1a8]} Rh2+ 31. Kb3 {[%cal Ra1a8]} Rh3+ {[#]} 32. Ka4 $1 Rd3 (32... Kf8 $142 33. Ka5 Ke8) 33. Rb7 $2 (33. Rxd3 $18 {Rd7 would kill now.} exd3 34. Ka5) 33... Nd4 {Black wants to play ...e3.} 34. Rh1 Ne6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (34... e3 $1 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 35. Rhxh7 Rd8 36. Rhe7 Nxf4 37. b5 Ra8+ 38. Ra7 {[%cal Ra7a8]} cxb5+ (38... Rxa7+ $142 39. Rxa7 cxb5+ 40. Kxb5 Ne6) 39. Kxb5 {[%cal Ra7a8]} Rxa7 40. Rxa7 {KR-KN} Ne6 41. c6 {White mates.} f4 42. Re7 Nd4+ 43. Kc5 Nxc6 44. Kxc6 g5 45. Rxe4 {KR-KPP} Kf7 46. Kd5 Kf6 47. Re8 Kf5 48. Rf8+ Kg4 49. Ke4 Kg3 50. Rf5 Kg4 51. Ra5 f3 52. Rf5 f2 53. Rxf2 Kg3 54. Ra2 g4 55. Ra3+ {Precision: White = 80%, Black = 49%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Samolins, Vitalijs"]
[Black "Chukavin, Kirill"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2406"]
[BlackElo "2256"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:01:12]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:25]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:54]} d6 {[%emt 0:01:18]} 6. g4 {[%emt 0:01:14]} e5 {[%emt 0:03:21]} 7. Bb5+ {[%emt 0:00:43]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:01:17]} 8. Bxd7+ {[%emt 0:00:14]} Qxd7 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 9. Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 10. gxh5 {[%emt 0:01:31]} Nxh5 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 11. Ng3 {[%emt 0:02:56]} g6 {[%emt 0:12:04]} 12. Nd5 {[%emt 0:04:58]} Be7 {[%emt 0:02:52]} 13. h4 {[%emt 0:02:44]} Na6 $14 {[%emt 0:03:13]} 14. Bg5 {[%emt 0:32:57]} Nxg3 {[%emt 0:25:34]} 15. Bxe7 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:06:45]} 16. c3 {[%emt 0:22:06]} Nc7 {[%emt 0:03:45]} 17. Nf6+ {[%emt 0:01:27]} Nxf6 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 18. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rh5 {[%emt 0:03:07]} 19. Qf3 {[%emt 0:03:35]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:05:02]} 20. O-O-O {[%emt 0:01:53]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 21. Kb1 {[%emt 0:01:06]} Rc6 {[%emt 0:03:01]} 22. Rd2 {[%emt 0:02:54]} Nf8 {[%emt 0:08:02]} 23. Bg5 {[%emt 0:05:21]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 24. Bf6 {[%emt 0:04:34]} Nf8 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 25. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:51]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 26. Bf6 {[%emt 0:01:06]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Haavamae, Henrik"]
[Black "Kanep, Meelis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2209"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,92,-8,-28,-23,-52,-60,-62,-62,-58,-50,-49,-54,-66,-16,-60,-50,-61,-53,-62,-10,-18,0,-11,27,-18,-16,-34,-23,-33,-25,-39,-23,-63,-13,-16,0,-39,0,-32,-52,-65,-51,-123,-98,-307,-239,-234,-246,-246,-246,-280,-206,-258,-251,-250,-236,-327,-295,-412,-403,-568,-550,-894,-889,-797,-811,-1358,-1368,-5102,-5077,-29983,-29983,-29980,-29978,-29981,-29981]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. f4 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nf3 g5 $1 {B66: Sizilianisch (Richter/Rauser-Angriff)} 11. fxg5 hxg5 12. Qxg5 Qxg5 {Schwarz steht etwas besser.} 13. Nxg5 b5 (13... Ne5 14. Nf3 Nxf3+ 15. gxf3 Bh6 16. Bd3 Bd7 17. Ke2 Bg5 18. Rag1 {0-1 (53) Strohhaeker,R (2435)-Jakubiec,A (2503) Germany 2018}) 14. Nf3 Bb7 {[%mdl 1024] Schwarz hat Kompensation.} 15. O-O-O Rc8 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 15... Ke7 16. Kb1 Bg7 17. Bd3 Ne5 18. Ne2 {0-1 (47) Andrenko,I (2253)-Gaponenko,I (2393) Kiev 2013}) 16. Bd3 Bg7 17. Ne2 Ke7 18. Kb1 Na5 ({Günstiger ist} 18... Ne5 $15) 19. Ned4 $11 Nc4 20. Rde1 Rh6 21. h4 (21. c3 {feels hotter.} Ne5 22. Bc2 Ng4 23. h3 Ne5 24. Re2) 21... Ne5 22. Nxe5 Bxe5 23. Nf3 Bg3 24. Ref1 Rg8 25. Rh3 {Weiss will Sg5 spielen.} f6 26. h5 Rg4 27. Rfh1 Kf7 28. a4 bxa4 29. c3 Bf2 30. Rf1 (30. R1h2 $15) 30... Rxg2 $17 31. Nh4 $2 {[#]} (31. Rh2 $17 {war einen Versuch wert.} Rxh2 32. Nxh2) 31... Rg3 32. Rxg3 Bxg3 33. Nf3 Rxh5 34. Rg1 Be5 35. Ka2 Rh3 36. Rf1 {Droht stark Sg5+.} Ke7 37. Ka3 {[#]} f5 $1 38. Nxe5 (38. exf5 Bxf3) 38... dxe5 $19 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KTL-KTL} 39. Bc4 (39. Bb1 $142 f4 40. Kxa4) 39... Bxe4 40. Kxa4 Bd3 41. Bxd3 Rxd3 {KT-KT} 42. Ka5 e4 {[%cal Be5e4,Be4e3,Be3e2][%mdl 32]} 43. Kxa6 e3 44. c4 e2 {Schwarz setzt Matt.} 45. Re1 Rd2 46. b4 f4 {Precision: Weiß = 24%, Schwarz = 68%.} 0-1

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Pedoson, Georg Aleksander"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2125"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,106,27,43,24,28,0,17,-1,0,-8,6,-40,-54,-65,38,45,26,28,93,108,93,-21,-19,-27,-20,-44,-48,-57,-50,-181,-177,-175,-152,-172,-161,-252,-146,-161,-122,-141,-119,-231,-204,-245,-231,-234,-191,-264,-252,-304,-298,-385,-383,-372,-310,-316,-322,-484,-482,-532,-525,-517,-495,-612,-626,-766,-756,-756,-748,-808,-837,-704,-593,-817,-792,-762,-655,-702,-670,-5073,-3198,-1503,-1549,-1540,-681,-29949,-7827,-29970,-29971,-29969,-29969,-29963,-29964,-29956,-29957,-5393,-1695]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 b6 3. d4 Bb7 4. e4 Bb4 5. Bd3 f5 6. f3 Ne7 {LiveBook: 9 Games. A40: Unusual replies to 1 d4} 7. Nge2 fxe4 8. fxe4 {Hoping for 0-0.} O-O {The position is equal.} 9. Bg5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Be3 e5 10. d5 Na6 11. Qd2 Nc5 12. Bc2 Nc8 13. a3 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 {½-½ (41) Onischuk,A (2660)-Nakamura,H (2775) Saint Louis 2012}) 9... Nbc6 10. Qc2 e5 11. O-O-O {next d5 is good for White.} (11. d5 $5 {[%cal Rd5c6]} Nd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. a3 $11) 11... h6 12. Bh4 Nxd4 ({Black should try} 12... exd4 $15 13. Nd5 Bd6) 13. Nxd4 $14 exd4 14. Nd5 Bxd5 (14... Bd6 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 15. exd5 $16 Qe8 {[#]} 16. Rhf1 (16. g4 $1 $16) 16... Qh5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 17. Bg3 Bd6 18. Bxd6 cxd6 19. Kb1 Qxh2 20. Qa4 (20. Rde1 $15 Rxf1 21. Rxf1) 20... Rxf1 $19 (20... Qxg2 21. Qxd7 Rxf1 22. Rxf1 $16) 21. Rxf1 Rf8 {aiming for ...Rxf1+.} (21... Qxg2 22. Qxd7 Qd2 23. Qe6+ Kh8 24. Qe4 $16) 22. Rd1 {[#]} Qh5 $1 (22... Qxg2 23. Qxd7 Qf3 24. Rd2 $15) 23. Re1 (23. Rd2 $142) 23... Ng6 (23... Qh4 $19 24. Re2 Qg3) 24. Qxd7 $17 Ne5 25. Qe6+ Qf7 26. Be4 (26. Rxe5 $17 dxe5 27. Qxe5) 26... d3 ({Weaker is} 26... Nxc4 27. Bg6 $11) 27. Rd1 Qxe6 ({And not} 27... Nxc4 28. Bxd3 Qxe6 29. dxe6 $11) 28. dxe6 $19 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rf4 ({Worse is} 28... Nxc4 29. Bd5 $16) 29. Bd5 (29. Bxd3 $142 Kf8 30. b3) 29... Kf8 30. b3 Rf2 31. a4 a5 32. Kc1 Ke7 33. Rd2 Rf1+ 34. Kb2 (34. Rd1 $142 Rf4 35. Rd2) 34... h5 {[%cal Bh6h5,Bh5h4][%mdl 32]} 35. Kc3 h4 36. Rb2 g5 37. b4 Rc1+ 38. Kd2 {[#]} Rc2+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 39. Rxc2 dxc2 40. bxa5 bxa5 41. Kxc2 {KB-KN} Ng6 42. Kd2 Nf4 43. Ke3 Nxe6 44. Kf3 Kf6 45. g3 hxg3 46. Kxg3 Nc5 47. Bc6 Nd3 48. Bd7 Ne5 49. Bb5 Kf5 50. Ba6 Ke4 51. Bb5 Kd4 52. Ba6 Nxc4 53. Kg4 Nb2 {Precision: White = 20%, Black = 75%.} (53... d5 $142 54. Bb7 Kc3) 0-1

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kovalenko, Igor"]
[Black "Malisauskas, Vidmantas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2422"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,118,29,28,36,15,22,0,0,-7,0,0,0,-8,-8,-37,-18,-18,-8,-20,0,-2,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-125,-114,-151,-147,-150,-149,-166,-166,-166,-166,-178,-171,-218,-212,-212,-203,-243,-255,-247,-259,-252,-211,-255,-270,-247,-237,-329,-310,-307,-273,-329,-329,-321,-312,-352,-347,-322,-333,-289,-259,-570,-558,-727,-720,-686,-635,-605,-553,-675,-621,-12845,-12846,-12847,-12847,-12851,-29976,-12851,-29979]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Nd7 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Bd3 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Ne7 10. Nf3 Nb8 11. Bg5 {LiveBook: 3 Games. Black must now prevent Nb5.} Qd7 12. Rc1 (12. O-O Nbc6 13. Rfc1 Nf5 14. Na4 b6 15. Nc3 Rc8 {1-0 (48) Alekseev,E (2691)-Iturrizaga Bonelli,E (2609) Khanty-Mansiysk 2010}) 12... Nbc6 13. O-O Nf5 14. Rfd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Nd1 Be7 15. Ne3 Bxg5 {½-½ (15) Kislik,E (2380)-Lizak,P (2418) Budapest 2012}) 14... Be7 15. Bxe7 Ncxe7 16. Qb5 Rc8 17. Kf1 Rc6 18. Qa4 a6 19. Qb3 Qc7 20. Ne2 O-O 21. g3 Rc8 22. Rxc6 Nxc6 23. Rc1 Qd7 24. Qb6 Nce7 25. Rc3 Rxc3 26. bxc3 g6 27. Ne1 Qa4 28. Qb1 b5 29. Nd3 Nc6 30. Ke1 a5 31. Nc5 (31. Qb3 $11) 31... Qc4 $17 32. Qb3 {[#]} Nxe5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 33. Qxc4 (33. dxe5 Qxc5) 33... Nxc4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KNN-KNN} 34. Kd1 Kf8 35. Kc2 Ke7 36. Nd3 Kd6 37. Ng1 f6 {[%cal Bf7f6,Bf6e5][%mdl 32]} 38. Nf4 Ne7 39. Nf3 e5 40. dxe5+ fxe5 41. Ne2 Kc5 42. Ng5 b4 43. Ne6+ Kb5 44. Kb3 Nd2+ 45. Kc2 Ne4 46. cxb4 Nxf2 ({Weaker is} 46... Kxb4 47. f3 $19) 47. bxa5 Kxa5 48. Nf8 Kb4 49. Nd7 Nc6 50. Kd2 d4 51. Nf8 $2 (51. Nxe5 Ne4+ 52. Kd3 Nc5+ 53. Kd2 Nxe5 54. Nxd4) 51... Ne4+ $19 52. Ke1 d3 {Hoping for ...Na5.} 53. Nxg6 dxe2 54. Kxe2 Kc4 55. Ke3 Kd5 56. Nf4+ exf4+ 57. Kxf4 {[#]} Nxg3 $1 58. Kxg3 Ke4 59. a4 Ke3 {Precision: White = 41%, Black = 74%.} (59... Na5 $19 60. Kh2 Kf3) 0-1

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kantans, Toms"]
[Black "Stremavicius, Titas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,157,8,12,0,23,25,25,25,41,0,0,0,0,0,27,29,31,-2,-10,-27,-22,-38,-43,-70,-52,-61,-59,-85,-73,-66,-60,-72,-85,-73,-83,-322,-321,-310,-320,-325,-317,-321,-323,-367,-372,-355,-333,-332,-335,-299,-329,-332,-318,-309,-306,-300,-337,-310,-286,-338,-214,-181,-125,-129,-64,-60,-10,-16,-20,-14,-31,-62,-8,-11,0,-19,-19,-23,0,-21,0,-7,0,-40,-39,-33,-34,-99,-32,-42,-47,-95,-98,-122,-135,-119,-63,-70,-65,-75,-72,-65,-67,-53,-55,-95,-29,-25,-7,-35,-37,-37,-31,-39,-14,-168,-127,-127,-127,-127,-127,-127,-127,-127,-127,-129,-69,-120,-127,-129,-129,-169,-26,-11490,-479,-11631,-11198,-5409,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Nc3 e5 6. d3 Nge7 7. Bc4 {B31: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5 g6} O-O 8. a3 d6 {LiveBook: 10 Games} 9. b4 Nd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... cxb4 10. axb4 Nxb4 11. Ba3 Nec6 12. Rb1 a5 13. Nb5 Na7 14. Nxa7 Rxa7 15. Bxb4 axb4 16. Rxb4 {½-½ (49) Ter Sahakyan,S (2563)-Li,C (2732) chess.com INT 2018}) 10. Bg5 Kh8 11. bxc5 dxc5 12. Nd2 f6 13. Be3 Rb8 14. a4 a6 15. a5 Nec6 16. Na4 Nxa5 17. Bd5 b6 18. c3 Bb7 19. Ba2 Bc6 {Strongly threatening ...Bxa4.} 20. Nb2 Nb5 21. Qc1 f5 22. f3 Qd7 23. Rd1 f4 24. Bf2 g5 25. Bd5 $2 (25. Nb3 $17 {was called for.}) 25... Bxd5 $19 26. exd5 {[#]} Nxc3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 27. Qxc3 e4 $1 28. Qc2 e3 29. Be1 exd2 30. Bxd2 Qxd5 31. Bc3 Nb3 32. Bxg7+ Kxg7 33. Rxa6 Nd4 $1 {[%cal Rd4c2]} 34. Ra7+ Rf7 35. Rxf7+ Qxf7 ({Don't take} 35... Kxf7 36. Qc4 $19) 36. Qc3 Re8 37. Nc4 Qf6 38. Qa1 {[#]} Re6 (38... g4 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 39. Nd2 (39. fxg4 f3) 39... gxf3 40. Nxf3 Nxf3+ 41. gxf3 Re2) 39. Nd2 $17 Qf5 (39... Ne2+ $17 40. Kf1 Qxa1 41. Rxa1 Nd4) 40. Ne4 $15 g4 41. fxg4 Qxg4 {And now ...Qe2 would win.} 42. Rf1 $1 Rg6 {[%csl Gg6][%cal Rg4g2]} 43. Rf2 Kh6 (43... Kh8 $15) 44. Kh1 $11 Nf5 45. Qc1 {Threatens to win with h3.} Ne3 {[%cal Re3g2]} 46. h3 Qh4 47. Qd2 Nd5 48. Rf3 Qe7 49. Qa2 Qe5 50. Qa8 $1 Kg7 51. Qa7+ (51. Rf1 $15) 51... Ne7 (51... Kh8 $1 $17 52. Qa3 Rg8) 52. Qd7 {[#]} c4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 53. Rf1 (53. dxc4 Qxe4) 53... cxd3 54. Qxd3 Nf5 $1 {Hoping for ...Re6.} 55. Rf3 Re6 (55... Ne3 $17 56. Qc3 Qxc3 57. Nxc3 Rc6) 56. Nf2 $1 $15 Nd4 {White must now prevent ...h5.} 57. Ng4 Qe4 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black goes for the king.} 58. Qxe4 Rxe4 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 59. Rd3 Nf5 60. Kg1 Re2 (60... Ng3 $17 61. Rd7+ Kg6 62. Rd6+ Kf7) 61. Rb3 $11 h5 (61... Nh4 {feels hotter.} 62. Nf2 Re1+ 63. Kh2 Re6 64. Rb5 Rg6) 62. Nh2 Ne3 63. Rxb6 Rxg2+ 64. Kh1 Rg3 65. h4 $2 (65. Rb4 $1 $11 {and White is okay.}) 65... f3 {[%cal Bf4f3,Bf3f2][%mdl 32]} 66. Rb2 Ng4 67. Nf1 Rh3+ 68. Kg1 Rxh4 69. Rb6 Rh3 70. Ra6 f2+ 71. Kg2 {[#]} Rb3 $1 {[%cal Rb3b1]} 72. Nd2 Rd3 73. Nf1 h4 (73... Rd1 $19 {aiming for ...Kf7.} 74. Rb6 Kh7) 74. Ra4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (74. Ra7+ $11 Kf6 75. Ra6+ Ke5 76. Ra5+ Ke4 77. Ra4+ Kf5 78. Ra5+ Kg6 79. Ra6+ Kh7 80. Ra7+ Kh6 81. Ra6+ Kh7 82. Ra7+ Kh8 83. Ra8+ Kh7 84. Ra7+) 74... h3+ $19 75. Kh1 Ne3 76. Rf4 {[#]} Nxf1 $2 (76... Rd1 $1 $19 {[%cal Rd1f1]} 77. Rxf2 Nxf1) 77. Rf7+ $11 {The position is equal.} Kg6 78. Rf6+ $1 Kg5 {( -> ...Ng3+)} 79. Rf5+ $1 Kxf5 $4 {[%mdl 8192] Precision: White = 52%, Black = 49%.} (79... Kg4 80. Rf4+ Kh5 81. Rf5+ Kg6 82. Rf6+ Kg5 83. Rf5+ Kh4 84. Rf4+ Kh5 85. Rf5+ Kg6 86. Rxf2 Ng3+ 87. Kg1 Ne4) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Samolins, Vitalijs"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,105,0,0,62,-10,0,-17,-4,-21,-14,-16,-4,-28,0,0,19,-12,-15,-20,4,7,20,0,0,-7,0,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-68,-66,-67,-65,-64,-61,-62,-59,-55,-70,-99,-95,-164,0,-62,-63,-153,-173,-202,0,-17,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,88,0,329,330,329,295,486,487,540,533,681,644,1310,1265,1262,1231,1877,1757,29988,29989,29992,29993,29993,29994]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Nc6 7. d3 Bc5 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Re8 {C47: Scotch Four Knights and Four Knights with 4 g3} (9... Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Rb1 Bb6 12. g4 Bg6 13. Bg5 f6 14. Be3 e4 15. Nh4 exd3 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. cxd3 Qd7 18. d4 {½-½ (84) Mamedov,R (2688)-Jakovenko,D (2704) Doha 2016}) 10. Ng5 {[%cal Bf3g5,Bg5e4,Be4c3,Bc3d5][%mdl 32] [#] LiveBook: 4 Games. Threatens to win with Qh5.} Bf5 (10... f6 $11 11. Ne4 Bb6) 11. Rb1 (11. g4 $14 Bc8 12. Qf3) 11... Bb6 {The position is equal.} 12. c4 h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Rb8 13. Bd5 Bg6 14. h4 h5 15. Kh2 Ne7 16. Bf3 f6 17. Ne4 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 {1-0 (38) Geurink,J (2345)-Okkes,M (2337) Netherlands 2014}) 13. Ne4 Qd7 14. Kh1 Rad8 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. fxe3 {aiming for Nc5.} Bg4 17. Qd2 {Nc5 is the strong threat.} b6 18. Nc3 Bh3 19. Bxh3 Qxh3 20. Qf2 Qe6 21. Nd5 Rd7 22. e4 Nd4 23. a4 Qd6 24. a5 c6 25. Ne3 b5 {[%cal Bb6b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 26. a6 (26. cxb5 $11 cxb5 27. Nd5) 26... b4 $15 27. Rb2 c5 28. Ra2 Rc8 29. Nd5 Rc6 30. Rfa1 Qe6 31. Kg2 Rdd6 32. Rb2 (32. c3 $17 {was worth a try.} bxc3 33. Nxc3) 32... Rd7 $2 (32... Rxa6 $19 33. Rxa6 Rxa6) 33. Ra5 (33. Rba2 $1 $11) 33... Kh7 34. Rba2 (34. Ne3 $15) 34... Qg4 $17 35. Ne3 Qe6 $2 (35... Qh5 $19 {And now ...Rf6 would win.} 36. g4 Qg5) 36. Nf5 g6 37. Nxd4 Rxd4 38. Rb5 Kg7 39. Rb7 Rd7 40. Ra5 (40. Qe3 {with more complications.} Qe7 41. Rb5 Rdc7 42. Raa5 Qf8 43. Qe1) 40... Qe7 41. Rxc5 Rxa6 {[#]} (41... Rf6 $11 42. Qe1 Rxa6 43. Rxd7 Qxd7) 42. Rxe5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxb7 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (42... Qxe5 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 43. Rxd7 Rf6) 43. Rxe7 $18 Rxe7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRR} 44. c5 {[%cal Bc4c5,Bc5c6][%mdl 32]} Ra2 $2 (44... Rd7 45. Qg1 Rd8) 45. Qd4+ $18 Kh7 46. Qc4 Rb2 47. Kh3 a5 {Black hopes to continue with ...a4.} 48. c6 Rc7 49. d4 {[%cal Bd3d4,Bd4d5,Bd5d6,Bd6d7][%mdl 32]} a4 50. d5 a3 51. d6 {White mates.} Rxc6 52. Qxf7+ Kh8 53. d7 {Precision: White = 41%, Black = 41%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Black "Neiksans, Arturs"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,64,0,0,1,0,0,0,-8,6,5,-2,-17,0,-13,-7,-16,-12,-31,-18,-23,-23,-30,-23,-39,-20,-22,-26,-27,-8,-16,0,-15,8,8,17,8,21,17,26,26,25,25,28,26,40,11,35,0,21,6,6,6,2,6,5,0,0]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e3 Bb4 4. Nge2 O-O 5. Ng3 c6 6. a3 {A22: Englische Eröffnung} Be7 7. d4 exd4 8. exd4 d5 9. cxd5 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 9. c5 Re8 10. Be2 b6 11. b4 bxc5 12. bxc5 Bxc5 13. dxc5 d4 {½-½ (33) Papaioannou,I (2577)-Gelfand,B (2703) Plovdiv 2003}) 9... Nxd5 10. Bd3 Be6 11. O-O $1 Nd7 12. Re1 Re8 13. Bd2 Bf6 14. Nxd5 ({Viel schlechter ist} 14. Qh5 g6 $17) 14... Bxd5 15. Qg4 Be6 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. Bxf5 {[#] Droht Te1 und aus.} Nf8 19. Rd1 Qd8 20. Bb4 Be7 21. Bc3 {Schwarz muss nun d5 beachten.} Bf6 22. h4 Qd5 23. Be4 Qe6 24. Qf3 Re8 25. Re1 {[#] Und Lxh7+! würde nun gewinnen.} Qd7 26. g3 Qd8 27. Re3 Nd7 28. h5 g6 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} 29. Bc2 Rxe3 $1 30. fxe3 Nb6 31. Kg2 Nd5 32. Bd2 Bg5 {Precision: Weiß = 48%, Schwarz = 37%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ladva, Ottomar"]
[Black "Meshkovs, Nikita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,106,25,33,-24,-39,-43,-16,-28,4,4,12,0,2,4,21,25,30,26,21,35,58,55,168,65,63,64,50,20,41,35,65,61,147,4,20,19,20,20,23,0,0,0,20,23,36,-17,0,0,0,-40,-15,-25,0,0,0,-16,0,0,18,0,0,-17,0,0,24,0,81,86,75,7,72,-8,-2,0,16,16,16,16,0,-591,-591,-591,-591,-590,-582,-566,-446,-614,-586,-6079,-6075,-29978,-4620]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5 7. O-O O-O 8. Bg5 Be7 {LiveBook: 183 Games} 9. d5 $146 {E16: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Bb4+} ({Better is} 9. Re1 $14) ({Predecessor:} 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Nc3 d6 11. Qc2 Qc8 12. Rad1 Nd7 13. a3 g6 14. e4 Bg7 15. Rfe1 c6 16. h4 Qc7 {0-1 (46) Bosiocic,M (2624)-Salgado Lopez,I (2644) Riadh 2017}) 9... exd5 $11 10. Nh4 h6 11. Bc1 {[%cal Rc4d5] The position is equal.} Ne4 12. cxd5 Bxh4 13. Bxe4 Bf6 14. Nc3 Re8 {[#] And now ...Bxc3 would win.} 15. Bb1 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Qf6 17. Qd3 Na6 18. Be3 c5 ({Black should try} 18... g6 $14) 19. dxc6 (19. Qh7+ $18 Kf8 20. Be4) 19... Qxc6 $14 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Rc6h1]} 20. f3 g6 21. Bxh6 Rac8 22. Be3 Nc5 23. Qd2 Qe6 (23... Ba6 $1 $14) 24. Bxc5 (24. Bd4 $16 {aiming for Qh6.} Qh3 25. Bd3) 24... Rxc5 25. Bd3 Qe5 26. Rfc1 Rec8 27. Rab1 Rxc3 28. Rxc3 Rxc3 29. Kf2 Bd5 30. Qb2 ({White should play} 30. Rxb6 $14 Bxa2 31. Qe3) 30... Qd4+ 31. Kg2 a4 32. Qa1 Qg7 (32... a3 $5 {[%cal Rb6b5]}) 33. a3 Bc6 34. h4 ({Wrong is} 34. Rxb6 $2 {[#]} Bxf3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 35. exf3 Rc2+ 36. Bxc2 Qxa1 $19) 34... Bd5 35. Qb2 Bb3 36. Rc1 Rc5 37. Qd2 Qe5 38. Rh1 Be6 39. g4 Qf6 40. Qh6 Qg7 (40... Bc4 $11 {remains equal.} 41. Bxc4 Rxc4) 41. Qf4 $16 b5 42. Qd6 (42. Kf2 $16) 42... Qe5 (42... Qf8 $11 43. Qd4 Bc4) 43. Qb6 (43. Qxe5 $16 Rxe5 44. Rc1) 43... Bc4 $1 $11 {[%cal Rc4d3] Hoping for ...Bxd3.} 44. Be4 $1 Qc7 45. Qf6 d5 46. h5 Rc6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 47. Qd4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (47. Qh4 $1 $11 {and White is okay.} dxe4 48. hxg6 exf3+ 49. exf3 Bf1+ 50. Kg1 Qa7+ 51. Kxf1 Rc1+ 52. Kg2 (52. Ke2 Rxh1 53. Qxh1 Qe7+ 54. Kf2 Qc5+ 55. Kg2 fxg6 $11) 52... Rxh1 53. Kxh1 (53. Qxh1 fxg6 54. Qb1 Qb6 $11) 53... fxg6 54. Qd8+ Kh7 55. Qd6) 47... dxe4 $19 48. hxg6 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Rh1h8]} exf3+ 49. exf3 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Rh1h8]} f6 50. Rh7 Rd6 51. Qe3 {[%cal Re3e8]} Qd8 52. Re7 Rd2+ 53. Kh3 Re2 {Precision: White = 36%, Black = 40%.} (53... Bf1+ $142 54. Kg3 Qd6+ 55. f4 Rd3 56. Qxd3 Bxd3 57. Re3 Qxa3 58. Kf3 Qd6 59. Re1 Bxg6 60. Kg3 a3 61. Ra1 b4 62. Kh4 b3 63. Rf1 b2 64. Kg3 b1=Q 65. Rxb1 Bxb1 66. Kf3 Qd3+ 67. Kg2 a2 68. f5 a1=Q 69. Kh1 Qb2 70. Kg1 Qd1#) 0-1

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Miezis, Normunds"]
[Black "Kanep, Meelis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,14,-6,5,-1,-1]} 1. c4 e6 2. e4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nd4 5. d3 Ne7 6. Nxd4 {B40: Sicilian: 2...e6, Unusual lines} cxd4 {LiveBook: 22 Games} 7. Nb1 Nc6 {Predecessor:} 8. Be2 $146 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. f4 O-O 11. Nd2 d6 12. Nf3 e5 13. f5 gxf5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Rxf5 {0-1 (28) Berzina,I (2292)-Khalifman,A (2614) Tallinn 2013} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Starostits, Ilmars"]
[Black "Vedrickas, Tautvydas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2408"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,95,33,41,22,38,24,37,11,12,19,41,6,20,-10,-6,13,0,-11,116,117,174,175,169,172,186,181,184,193,400,404,369,376,449,442,413,244,544,551,555,539,544,536,511,519,498,365,345,0,0,-81,-81,-81,-116,-81,-85,-110,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-75,-87,-55,-74,-253,0,0,29974,29966,29977,29978,29978,29979,29983,29984,29984,29985,29990,29991]} 1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 a6 5. a4 b6 6. Bc4 e6 7. h4 {B06: Modern Defence} (7. O-O Ne7 8. Bf4 Nd7 9. Qd2 h6 10. Rfe1 g5 11. Bg3 Ng6 12. h3 Nf6 13. e5 Nh5 14. Bh2 Nhf4 15. exd6 cxd6 {1-0 (36) Gustafsson,J (2630)-Fier,A (2636) Linares 2015}) 7... h6 {LiveBook: 7 Games} 8. Qe2 Nd7 9. Be3 {White is slightly better.} Ne7 10. Rd1 Bb7 11. Bc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Bb3 Qb8 12. h5 g5 13. Nh2 Nf6 {1-0 (31) Coupet,P (2290)-Julve,P (2235) France 1997}) 11... Qb8 12. Rh3 Qa7 13. b4 c5 14. b5 a5 $1 15. Bf4 cxd4 (15... Qb8 $1 $11) 16. Nxd4 $16 Ne5 {[#]} (16... Be5 $16) 17. Bxe6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} O-O (17... fxe6 18. Nxe6) 18. Bb3 Rae8 19. Kf1 Qa8 20. Bc1 Nd7 $2 {[#]} (20... h5 21. Ba3 Rd8) 21. Ne6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} fxe6 22. Bxe6+ Kh7 {White must now prevent ...Nc5.} 23. Bxd7 Rd8 24. Be6 (24. Rxd6 $142 {h5 is the strong threat.} Qb8 25. e5 (25. Rxb6 Rxd7 26. h5 g5 $11)) 24... Nf5 $2 (24... Bc8 {is a better defense.}) 25. exf5 {[%cal Be4f5,Bf5g6][%mdl 32]} Bxg2+ 26. Kg1 Bxh3 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Ra8g2]} 27. fxg6+ Kh8 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Ra8g2]} 28. Bxh3 Rde8 29. Be6 Rf6 30. Qh5 $2 (30. Bd5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd5a8]} Rxe2 31. Bxa8 Rxc2 32. Nd5 Rxg6+ 33. Kf1) 30... Rfxe6 $11 ({Much worse is} 30... Rexe6 $6 31. Bxh6 Rxg6+ 32. Bg5+ Rh6 33. Bxh6 $16) 31. Be3 (31. Bxh6 $11 {keeps the balance.} Re1+ 32. Kh2 Qh1+ 33. Kg3 Qg1+ 34. Kf3 Qh1+ 35. Kg3 Qg1+ 36. Kf3 Qh1+ 37. Kg3) 31... Re5 $1 $36 {[%cal Re5h5][%mdl 2048] Black is on the roll.} 32. Qg4 Rxe3 33. fxe3 {Hoping for Nd5.} Bxc3 34. Rxd6 Bg7 ({Black should try} 34... Rxe3 $17 35. Qf4 Re7) 35. Rxb6 $11 Rxe3 {And now ...Qd8 would win.} 36. Rc6 Re1+ 37. Kg2 Re8 {aiming for ...Qd8.} 38. Qd7 {Threatens to win with b6.} Rd8 39. Qc7 (39. Qe6 $11) 39... Rd2+ $1 $17 40. Kh3 Qe8 $1 41. b6 $2 {[#]} (41. Qc8 $17 Rd8 42. Qe6) 41... Qe3+ $2 (41... Rh2+ $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 42. Qxh2 Qd7+ 43. Kg2 Qxc6+ 44. Kf1 Qxb6) 42. Qg3 $11 {Intending Rc8+ and mate.} Rh2+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (42... Qe8 $11 43. b7 Rd8) 43. Kxh2 {White mates.} Qe2+ 44. Kh3 Qf1+ {[#]} 45. Kg4 $1 Qd1+ 46. Qf3 h5+ 47. Kg3 Qg1+ 48. Kh3 {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 43%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Laurusas, Tomas"]
[Black "Pultinevicius, Paulius"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 32,96,37,29,25,12,49,16,56,29,50,47,49,40,55,8,95,20,24,15,29,10,13,-29,-20,-62,-70,-177,-168,-281,-298,-289,-291,-266,-283,-297,-225,-355,-261,-258,-262,-269,-277,-267,-278,-389,-294,-380,-372,-369,-335,-433,-427,-666,-653,-825,-794,-29990,-5277,-2147,-937,-1919,-937,-851,-816,-804,-782]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c6 6. O-O d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Ne5 e6 9. Nc3 Nfd7 10. Nf3 Nf6 11. Bf4 Nc6 12. Ne5 Nd7 {[%cal Bf6d7,Bd7e5,Be5g4][%mdl 32]} 13. Nxc6 {D79: Fianchetto Grünfeld: Symmetrical Variation (6 0-0 c6 7 cxd5 cxd5)} bxc6 14. Qd2 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. b3 Re8 17. Rac1 {LiveBook: 5 Games} Bf5 (17... Bg4 18. h3 Bf5 19. Rfe1 Qd7 20. Kh2 Rad8 21. Bxe5 Rxe5 {0-1 (44) Mamedyarov,S (2757)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2714) Sochi 2014}) 18. Na4 Rc8 19. Bh6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19. Rfe1 h5 20. Nc5 Bf8 21. Bg5 {½-½ (79) Malenica,M (2167)-Margitic,Z (2170) Sibenik 2007}) 19... Bf6 20. Be3 Ng4 21. Bc5 Bg7 22. e3 Qd7 23. Qa5 Rc7 (23... Qe6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 24. Bd4 (24. Rcd1 $16) 24... Bxd4 $11 25. exd4 Qd6 26. Rfe1 Rce7 27. Rxe7 Qxe7 28. Qd2 Qe2 29. Qf4 (29. Qxe2 $15 Rxe2 30. Bh3) 29... Qxa2 $19 30. Bf1 (30. h3 $142 Nxf2 31. Qxf2) 30... Re4 ({But not} 30... Qxb3 31. Nc5 $17) 31. Qf3 Rxd4 32. h3 Ne5 33. Qe3 Be4 34. Nc3 (34. Nc5 {was worth a try.}) 34... Qd2 35. Nxe4 Qxe3 ({Don't play} 35... Rxe4 36. Qxd2 Nf3+ 37. Kg2 $17) 36. Nf6+ {[#]} Kg7 $1 37. fxe3 {[#]} Rd2 $1 {( -> ...Nf3+)} 38. Ng4 Nf3+ 39. Kh1 {Hoping for Bg2.} h5 40. Bg2 hxg4 41. hxg4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Ne5 42. e4 (42. g5 $142) 42... d4 {[%cal Bd5d4,Bd4d3,Bd3d2][%mdl 32]} 43. g5 d3 44. Rc5 Rd1+ (44... Re2 $142 45. Rc1 d2 46. Rd1 Re1+ 47. Rxe1 dxe1=Q+ 48. Kh2 Qe2 49. b4 Nf3+ 50. Kh3 Ne1 51. Bf3 Qxf3 52. Kh4 Qh5#) 45. Kh2 {Black is clearly winning.} Ng4+ 46. Kh3 Nf2+ (46... d2 $142 47. Bf3 Ne3) 47. Kh2 d2 48. Bf3 Rc1 {Precision: White = 40%, Black = 56%.} 0-1

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Seeman, Tarvo"]
[Black "Haavamae, Henrik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2209"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,106,7,17,0,11,-7,-8,-14,-13,-16,0,0,25,21,45,-121,-102,-124,-96,-117,-59,-53,-62,-75,-58,-91,-90,-94,147,152,185,154,139,135,119,51,62,0,0,0,287,43,95,104,94,99,90,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,155,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-29954,-29950,-29947,-29955,-29956,-29957,-29965,-29967,-29967,-29968,-29969,-29969,-29971,-29972,-29973,-29973,-29971,-29965,-29964,-29959]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 d5 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bb7 10. Nxc6 {B30: Sizilianisch (Rossolimo-Variante)} Bxc6 {LiveBook: 9 Partien} 11. Nd2 Ng6 12. a4 $146 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} ({Vorgänger:} 12. Qe2 Bd6 13. Nf3 Qc7 14. Re1 dxe4 15. Bxe4 O-O 16. h4 Rae8 17. a4 Bd7 18. axb5 axb5 {1-0 (35) Baklan,V (2602)-Getz,N (2333) Reykjavik 2011}) 12... Bd6 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 15. Nf3 O-O 16. e5 Nxe5 17. Ng5 $2 (17. Nxe5 $14 Bxe5 18. Bxh7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxh7 19. Qh5+ Kg8 20. Qxe5) 17... h6 18. Bh7+ Kh8 19. Bb1 g6 {[#]} (19... Qa4 $17 20. Bc2 Qg4 21. Qxg4 Nxg4) 20. Ne4 $1 $15 {[%mdl 512]} Bc7 (20... dxe4 21. Qxd6) 21. Nc5 {[#]} d4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 22. cxd4 Bxg2 {( -> ...Sf3+)} 23. dxe5 {Te1 ist eine echte Drohung.} Bxe5 $2 (23... Rd8 $17 {hält den Druck.} 24. Qe2 Bxf1 25. Qxf1 Bxe5) 24. Re1 $1 $16 {[%cal Re1e5]} ({Bloß nicht} 24. Bxh6 $6 Bxf1 25. Be4 (25. Qxf1 Qf3 $11) 25... Qd8 $14) 24... Bf3 25. Qd2 Bg7 26. b4 {Droht stark Lb2.} Rd8 27. Qe3 ({Besser ist} 27. Qf4 $1 $16 {[%cal Rf4f7]} Kg8 28. Ne4) 27... Rd4 $14 28. Be4 (28. Ne4 $1 $14 Rxb4 29. Bc2 (29. Qxf3 Rxb1 30. Qe3 Kg8 $11)) 28... Bxe4 $11 29. Nxe4 {Und weiter mit Lb2 wäre nett.} f5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (29... Rxb4 $11 {und Schwarz muss sich keine Sorgen machen.} 30. Bd2 Rc4) 30. Ng3 $2 (30. Bb2 $18 Qxe4 31. Bxd4 Qxd4 32. Qxd4 (32. Qxe6 Qg4+ 33. Kf1 Qh3+ 34. Kg1 Qg4+ 35. Kh1 Qf3+ 36. Kg1 Qg4+ $11) 32... Bxd4 33. Rxe6) 30... f4 (30... Qd5 $14) 31. Qxe6 $16 fxg3 32. hxg3 Qf3 33. Be3 (33. Qxg6 $16 {Beabsichtigt Te8+ und Matt.} Rd1 34. Qe8+ Kh7 35. Bf4) 33... Rd1 $11 34. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 35. Kg2 Qd3 36. g4 Kh7 37. Bc5 Qc4 38. Qxc4 bxc4 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KL-KL} 39. Kf3 h5 40. b5 {Und Ke4 würde nun gewinnen.} h4 $2 {[#]} (40... c3 $11) 41. Ke4 $2 ({Lieber} 41. Be3 $1 $16) 41... h3 {zielt auf ...h2 ab.} 42. Bd6 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Schwarz muss nun b6 beachten. Weiss is not keeping still} c3 43. Kd3 {Droht b6 und aus.} Bd4 $1 {[%cal Rd4f2]} 44. f3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (44. b6 $11 Bxb6 45. Kxc3) 44... Bg1 $1 {Schwarz setzt Matt.} 45. Kxc3 h2 46. Bxh2 Bxh2 {KL-K3B} 47. b6 g5 48. Kc4 Kg6 49. Kd5 Kf6 50. b7 Bb8 51. Kd4 Ke6 52. Ke4 Bf4 53. Kd4 Kd7 {Precision: Weiß = 40%, Schwarz = 65%.} 0-1

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Klabis, Rokas"]
[Black "Pedoson, Georg Aleksander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2125"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 4. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 5. Nxf6+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} exf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 6. c3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 7. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Chukavin, Kirill"]
[Black "Bernotas, Arturs"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2256"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:43]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:37]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 6. h3 {[%emt 0:01:27]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 7. g4 {[%emt 0:04:53]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:01:23]} 8. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:45]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 9. O-O {[%emt 0:05:43]} Nfd7 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 10. a4 {[%emt 0:04:59]} b4 {[%emt 0:02:59]} 11. Na2 {[%emt 0:04:11]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:02:26]} 12. Re1 {[%emt 0:09:58]} e5 {[%emt 0:05:39]} 13. Nf5 {[%emt 0:04:44]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:01:29]} 14. c3 {[%emt 0:03:18]} bxc3 {[%emt 0:05:29]} 15. Nxc3 {[%emt 0:02:25]} g6 {[%emt 0:04:37]} 16. Ng3 {[%emt 0:03:48]} Be7 {[%emt 0:07:17]} 17. Nd5 {[%emt 0:03:22]} O-O {[%emt 0:04:12]} 18. Bh6 {[%emt 0:04:16]} Re8 {[%emt 0:01:36]} 19. b4 {[%emt 0:02:17]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:02:25]} 20. Nxe7+ {[%emt 0:00:58]} Qxe7 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 21. Qd2 {[%emt 0:08:41]} Ncd4 {[%emt 0:05:49]} 22. Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Rec8 {[%emt 0:04:36]} 23. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:09:38]} 24. a5 {[%emt 0:07:22]} Rxc1+ {[%emt 0:10:48]} 25. Qxc1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 26. Rc3 {[%emt 0:01:07]} Rxc3 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 27. Qxc3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 28. Qd3 {[%emt 0:06:35]} Qb5 {[%emt 0:16:31]} 29. Qc3 {[%emt 0:02:09]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 30. Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qa4 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 31. Qd2 {[%emt 0:06:38]} Qc2 {[%emt 0:03:51]} 32. h4 {[%emt 0:05:27]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:02:14]} 33. Qxc2 {[%emt 0:01:28]} Nxc2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 34. Bf1 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Nc7 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 35. Bd2 {[%emt 0:01:44]} Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 36. Ne2 {[%emt 0:01:23]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:01:34]} 37. f3 {[%emt 0:01:17]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 38. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 39. g5 {[%emt 0:01:08]} Kc6 {[%emt 0:01:28]} 40. f4 {[%emt 0:01:42]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:01:41]} 41. f5 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Ned4 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 42. Nxd4+ {[%emt 0:00:18]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 43. Bh3 {[%emt 0:00:52]} Bc4 {[%emt 0:01:50]} 44. Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:58]} Nb5 {[%emt 0:01:57]} 45. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Nc7 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 46. Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Nb5 {[%emt 0:01:16]} 47. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} d5 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 48. Bxe5 {[%emt 0:00:43]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 49. fxg6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} hxg6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 50. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Kd5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 51. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 52. Bd7 {[%emt 0:01:01]} Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 53. Bxb5 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Nxb5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 54. Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 55. Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Kxd4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 56. b5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} e3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 57. Kf3 {[%emt 0:01:02]} Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 58. b6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} e2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 59. b7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} e1=Q {[%emt 0:00:06]} 60. b8=Q {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qh1+ {[%emt 0:02:15]} 61. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Qg1+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} 62. Kh3 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Qe3+ {[%emt 0:00:18]} 63. Kg4 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Qe6+ {[%emt 0:01:02]} 64. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qe3+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} 65. Kg4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Qd4+ {[%emt 0:00:26]} 66. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Qe3+ {[%emt 0:01:31]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal II Stage 2018"]
[Site "Palanga"]
[Date "2018.06.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Garanin, Aleksei"]
[Black "Kulaots, Kaido"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B83"]
[WhiteElo "2171"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,75,15,0,14,5,14,8,4,9,45,34,57,0,10,10,47,33,40,42,37,39,46,3,16,18,11,16,30,0,73,40,86,0,-6,-31,183,49,128,116,138,129,136,83,279,59,897,881,2202,1920,29991,29992,29992,29993,29993,29994]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. Be3 O-O 9. Kh1 Bd7 10. Nb3 a6 11. f4 b5 12. a3 Bc8 {B85: Sizilianisch (Scheveninger System)} (12... Qc7 13. Bf3 Rab8 14. g4 Bc8 15. Bg2 Re8 16. g5 Nd7 17. Rf3 Bf8 18. Rh3 g6 19. Qd2 Bg7 20. Rf1 a5 21. Qf2 {1-0 (56) Fedorchuk,S (2669)-Kurmann,O (2421) Zug 2013}) 13. Bf3 Bb7 14. Qe1 Rb8 $146 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} ({Vorgänger:} 14... Rc8 15. Rd1 Qc7 16. Qg3 Rfe8 17. Rd2 Nd7 18. Bg4 Bf8 19. Rdf2 Nf6 20. f5 {0-1 (36) Amru,M (2045)-Chua,Z (2250) Hue 2009}) 15. Qg3 Kh8 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. Qf2 (17. e5 $14 dxe5 18. fxe5) 17... Ba8 18. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} b4 19. axb4 Nxb4 20. g5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Weiss drückt.} Nd7 21. Bg2 Rfe8 22. Qe2 Bf8 23. Rf3 Kg8 24. Rh3 {Droht Dh5 und aus.} g6 25. Qf2 Bg7 (25... f5 $11) 26. Bd4 e5 27. fxe5 (27. Ba7 $1 $16) 27... Nxe5 $11 28. Rf1 {zielt auf Dh4 ab.} Re7 $2 (28... Qe7 $15 {bleibt weiter vorne.}) 29. Nd5 (29. Qh4 $18) 29... Bxd5 (29... Nxd5 $1 $14 30. exd5 Qc4) 30. exd5 $16 Qxc2 31. Qh4 {Und weiter mit Lc3 wäre nett.} Nbd3 {[#]} 32. Na5 (32. Bxe5 $142 $1 Nxe5 33. Nd4 (33. Qxh7+ Kf8 $16)) 32... Rc7 $2 ({Falsch wäre} 32... Kf8 $2 33. Nc6 $18 (33. Qxh7 Rb4 $14)) (32... Rxb2 $16 33. Bxb2 (33. Qxh7+ Kf8 $14) 33... Qxb2) 33. Nc6 $2 (33. Qxh7+ Kf8 $16) ({Besser ist} 33. Be4 $18 Qa4 34. Qxh7+ (34. Bxd3 Qxa5 35. Be4 Kf8 $16) 34... Kf8 35. Rxd3 (35. Nc6 Nf2+ 36. Rxf2 Qd1+ 37. Kg2 Qg4+ 38. Kf1 Qxe4 $11) 35... Qxa5 {[#]} 36. Rdf3 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 33... Re8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (33... Rxb2 $14 34. Qxh7+ (34. Bxb2 Qxb2 35. Qxh7+ Kf8 $14) 34... Kf8 35. Bxb2 Qxb2) 34. Be4 $18 f5 35. Bxd3 Nxd3 36. Qxh7+ {Weiß setzt Matt.} Kf8 {[#]} 37. Rxf5+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} gxf5 38. Qxf5+ {Precision: Weiß = 48%, Schwarz = 16%.} 1-0

