[Event "British KO-ch 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.01"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Black "Rowson, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,51,33,8,49,55,63,58,52,58,70,70,140,138,149,144,197,179,193,195,282,291,529,462,447,421,906,919,899,859,1004,989,1178,1093,1434,2495,3278,3483]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. Bd2 {D11: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 sidelines and 3...Nf6 4 e3 Bg4} (8. Bd3 Bb4 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd1 Re8 11. Bd2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Qe7 13. a3 Bd6 14. Qc2 Rad8 15. Rfd1 h5 16. b4 h4 {0-1 (35) So,W (2815)-Carlsen,M (2832) chess.com INT 2017}) 8... Bd6 9. O-O-O {LiveBook: 16 Games} Rc8 10. Kb1 {White is slightly better.} O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... dxc4 11. Bxc4 b5 12. Bd3 Qe7 13. g4 Nb6 14. e4 e5 15. g5 Nfd7 {½-½ (41) Rassokhina,E (2076)-Baraeva,I (2201) Ivanovo 2011}) 11. g4 $1 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} dxc4 12. Bxc4 {[%cal Bf1c4,Bc4b3,Bb3c2][%mdl 32]} c5 {Threatens to win with ...cxd4.} 13. Bb3 c4 (13... cxd4 $14 14. exd4 Nb6) 14. Bc2 $1 $16 Nb6 15. e4 $1 {[%cal Be3e4,Be4e5,Be5e6][%mdl 32] Hoping for e5.} Be7 {[#]} (15... Ne8 $16 16. e5 Bb4) 16. g5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rg5f6]} Ne8 17. Qg3 g6 {[#]} (17... Qc7 $142 18. Qh4 g6) 18. h4 $1 Qxd4 $2 (18... Ng7 19. Be3 Bd6) 19. h5 {White is clearly winning.} Qg7 20. e5 Nd5 (20... Rc5 $142 21. Ne4 Nd5 22. Nxc5 Bxc5) 21. Nxd5 exd5 22. Bc3 Rd8 23. Bd4 b6 {[#]} 24. e6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} f6 (24... fxe6 25. Bxg7) 25. hxg6 (25. h6 $142 Qh8 26. Bxg6) 25... hxg6 26. Rh6 {Precision: White = 91%, Black = 23%.} 1-0

[Event "British KO-ch 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.01"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Merry, Alan B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2422"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,85,-14,-13,7,9,9,0,10,-9,-7,-7,0,-75,-83,-75,-86,-81,-74,-53,-81,-137,-143,-145,-137,-148,-141,-174,-163,-174,-168,-163,-158,-184,-159,-156,-139,-163,-173,-254,-158,-372,-378,-345,-366,-388,148,135,161,151,287,291,397,392,399,389,385,368,720,720,971,899,29984,29985,29984,10138,2845,2749]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. c3 b6 7. Bd3 c5 8. b4 Nbd7 9. O-O Bb7 10. Qb1 c4 {D03: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 Bg5, including Torre Attack with early ...d5} (10... Qc8 11. a4 e5 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Bb5 e4 14. Ne1 cxd4 15. cxd4 Be7 16. Nc2 Nf6 17. Qb2 Bd6 18. Rfc1 {0-1 (53) Speelman,J (2524)-Gopal,G (2597) Caleta 2011}) 11. Bc2 {LiveBook: 5 Games} b5 12. a4 a6 {The position is equal.} 13. Re1 Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Qc7 14. Bf4 Qc6 15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Nd5 17. Qc1 {1-0 (37) Perunovic,M (2430)-Huber,M (2176) Legnica 2013}) 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nb6 16. Bxf6 (16. a5 $11 {keeps the balance.} Bxe4 17. Bxe4 Nxe4 18. Rxe4 (18. Qxe4 Nd5 $11)) 16... exf6 $17 17. a5 Nd5 18. Nc5 Bc6 19. Be4 Rxe4 20. Qxe4 (20. Nxe4 $142 f5 21. Nc5 Nxc3 22. Qb2) 20... Nxb4 $1 21. Qb1 Nd5 {[%mdl 1024] Black has strong compensation.} 22. Qc1 h5 23. Kh1 Kh7 24. Ng1 Bh6 25. Qc2 Nf4 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Rc6g2] [#]} 26. f3 Ra7 27. Qf2 Nd5 28. Ra3 f5 29. h4 (29. Nh3 $142) 29... Re7 $19 30. Re2 $2 (30. Rxe7 $17 Qxe7 31. Nh3) 30... Bc1 31. Ra1 Be3 32. Qe1 {[#]} Bf4 $2 (32... b4 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 33. Nh3 (33. cxb4 c3) 33... Bb5) 33. Rxe7 $16 Nxe7 34. Nh3 Bh6 (34... Bd6 $16) 35. Nxa6 $18 f4 36. Nb4 Ba8 37. a6 Nf5 38. a7 Nxh4 $2 (38... Ne3 39. d5 Qc7 40. Ng5+ Kg8) 39. Qe5 Nxf3 40. Qb8 Qh4 41. Qxa8 Ng5 42. Qc8 (42. Qd8 $142 f3 43. a8=Q fxg2+ 44. Qxg2 Qxh3+ 45. Qxh3 Nxh3 46. Ra8 Bg7 47. Qg8+ Kh6 48. Qxf7) 42... f3 43. a8=Q {Precision: White = 45%, Black = 51%.} 1-0

[Event "British KO-ch 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.01"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Howell, David W L"]
[Black "Hawkins, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,79,-7,-22,-22,-22,-36,-32,-21,-21,39,37,29,38,28,31,39,29,62,43,87,81,85,83,70,75,93,85,107,104,116,113,132,143,296,287,320,283,311,302,291,150,154,81,103,109,436,420,425,409,386,367,426,373,648,644,5812,4284,5339,5152,2268,2270,29973,1028,29973,29970,6244,6110]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bg4 6. c3 Qf6 7. d3 Nge7 8. Be3 {LiveBook: 4 Games. C72: Ruy Lopez: Deferred Steinitz: 5 0-0} (8. Nbd2 {feels hotter.} h5 9. b4 g5 10. Bb3 Ng6 11. a4) 8... Bxf3 $1 (8... Ng6 9. Nbd2 Nf4 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 Be7 13. Qc2 Bd7 14. Rfe1 O-O 15. Rac1 g5 {0-1 (72) Sebag,M (2483)-Bailet,P (2519) Montpellier 2015}) 9. Qxf3 Qxf3 10. gxf3 {Black is slightly better.} O-O-O 11. f4 g6 (11... exf4 $11 12. Bxf4 d5) 12. fxe5 $14 dxe5 13. Bc2 h5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Bg7 14. Nd2 f5 15. f3 {½-½ (27) Weatherspoon,K (1949)-Pupols,V (2152) Vancouver 2012}) 14. Nd2 g5 15. b4 ({Don't blunder} 15. Bxg5 $2 Rg8 $19) 15... Bh6 16. a4 Nd4 17. cxd4 exd4 18. Nc4 {[#] Black must now prevent Bd2.} dxe3 19. fxe3 Nc6 20. Rab1 {Strongly threatening b5.} ({Of course not} 20. Rxf7 $6 Nxb4 21. d4 g4 $11) 20... Bf8 21. d4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} Nxb4 22. Bb3 f6 23. Rxf6 g4 $2 {[#]} (23... Rh7 $16 {was worth a try.} 24. Ne5 c5) 24. Na5 $1 $18 Be7 25. Rf7 Rhe8 26. Be6+ Kb8 27. Rxe7 (27. Bf5 $18) 27... Rxe7 $16 28. Bf5 (28. Rxb4 $142 Rxe6 29. Nxb7) 28... c5 29. dxc5 Re5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (29... Rg7 $16 {is more resistant.}) 30. Rxb4 $18 Rxc5 31. Nxb7 Rc1+ 32. Kf2 Rd2+ 33. Kg3 Rg1+ $2 (33... Kc7 34. e5 Rf1) 34. Kf4 Rxh2 35. Na5+ Kc7 36. Rb7+ Kd6 37. e5+ {[%cal Be4e5,Be5e6][%mdl 32]} Kd5 38. Rd7+ Kc5 39. e6 Rf1+ 40. Ke4 {Precision: White = 78%, Black = 29%.} 1-0

[Event "British KO-ch 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.01"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,88,28,22,22,22,23,21,27,28,49,41,47,34,75,48,41,0,0,0,-16,-4,8,0,0,0,0,-28,-19,-61,-59,-51,-9,-18,-11,-10,-10,-10,-7,-16,0,0,0,-1,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-3,-3,-3,-3,-3,-3,-3,-3,-3,-3,-3,-3,-8]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d4 Nxe4 5. d5 Ne7 6. Nxe5 Ng6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. Bd3 {C44: Ponziani Opening and Scotch Gambit} Nc5 (8... Nf6 9. O-O Bc5 10. Re1+ Kf8 11. b4 Bb6 12. d6 cxd6 13. Qf3 d5 14. h3 d6 15. Nd2 Be6 {1-0 (139) Nakamura,H (2779)-Anand,V (2779) Saint Louis 2016}) 9. O-O {LiveBook: 4 Games} Be7 10. Re1 $146 {[#] Threatens to win with Bg5.} ({Predecessor:} 10. Bc2 d6 11. Qf3 O-O 12. Be3 Bg5 13. Bd4 a5 14. Rd1 b6 15. Nd2 Re8 {½-½ (40) Wang,C (2483)-Tu,H (2428) Ho Chi Minh City 2013}) 10... O-O 11. Bf1 d6 12. a4 c6 13. b4 Nd7 14. a5 c5 15. Bf4 g5 16. Qe2 (16. Be3 $14) 16... gxf4 $11 17. Qxe7 Qxe7 18. Rxe7 Rd8 19. Nd2 cxb4 20. cxb4 Nf6 21. Bc4 Bd7 22. h3 Rac8 23. Ra3 g5 24. Rd3 {The position is equal.} Kf8 25. Re1 Re8 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Nf3 Ne4 28. Rd4 f6 29. Kf1 Kg7 30. Bd3 Nc3 31. Rc4 Rc8 32. Rxc8 Bxc8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} 33. Bc4 Bf5 34. Nd4 Be4 35. f3 Bxd5 36. Nf5+ Kf7 37. Bxd5+ Nxd5 38. Nxd6+ {KN-KN} Ke6 39. Nxb7 Nxb4 {next ...Kd7 is good for Black.} 40. Nc5+ Kd5 41. Ne4 Ke5 42. Kf2 Nc6 43. a6 Nb4 44. Nc3 $1 Nxa6 {Precision: White = 82%, Black = 70%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "British KO-ch 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.01"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "249"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,249,46,37,41,38,36,27,34,41,36,31,21,31,38,33,74,74,74,74,74,74,74,74,74,74,74,72,77,77,73,72,70,58,79,76,86,83,101,96,134,134,162,162,162,154,177,131,139,120,120,120,131,131,131,131,131,131,131,131,131,131,131,131,131,131,131,131,131,131,131,142,149,68,1100,912,12827,12827,12827,12827,12827,12828,12828,12828,12828,12828,12828,12829,12829,12829,12829,12829,12829,12827,12825,12828,12828,12828,12828,12828,12828,12828,12828,12828,12828,12829,12829,12829,12828,12829,12828,12826,12827,0,12827,0,1491,0,12821,0,12822,9121,12824,12828,12829,12829,12829,12827,12828,12827,12828,12828,12829,12828,12829,12828,12829,12828,12829,12828,12829,12829,12829,12828,12829,12829,12829,12830,12830,12828,12829,12829,12829,12829,12829,12827,12829,12827,12827,12828,12829,12825,12829,12829,12829,12818,12827,9368,1763,0,1571,9614,3322,135,1032,135,1975,7748,12826,12826,1632,1323,12831,12831,12831,12829,12831,12827,12832,12833,12832,12833,12834,12833,12835,12836,12836,12837,12837,12837,12837,12838,12838,12839,12839,12839,12840,12840,12841,12841,12841,12842,12842,12843,12843,12843,12845,12845,12845,12844,12845,12845,12845,12846,12846,12847,12847,12847]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 a5 {B36: Sicilian: Maroczy Bind: Gurgenidze System} 11. f3 a4 12. Kf2 Qa5 13. Rac1 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Be6 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. Qxa5 Rxa5 16. cxd5 {[#]} e6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Nd7 17. Rc7 Nc5 18. Rb1 {1-0 (72) Caruana,F (2827)-Antipov,M (2580) Caleta 2017}) 17. dxe6 fxe6 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Ng4+.} 18. Ke1 Nd7 19. Rc2 b5 20. Bd2 Ra7 21. Bxb5 Rb8 22. Bc4 Kf7 23. b4 axb3 24. Bxb3 Nc5 25. Be3 Ra5 26. Bxc5 Rxc5 27. Rxc5 dxc5 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 28. Kf2 Rd8 29. Ke2 Bc3 30. Rd1 Rxd1 31. Kxd1 {KB-KB} c4 32. Bxc4 g5 33. g3 Be5 34. Ke2 Bc7 35. a4 Ke7 36. Kf2 e5 37. Kg2 Kf6 38. Kh3 h5 39. Be2 Kg6 40. Bb5 Kf7 41. Bd7 Ke7 42. Bf5 Kf6 43. Kg2 h4 44. gxh4 gxh4 45. Kf2 Ke7 46. Ke3 Bb6+ 47. Kd3 Kd6 48. h3 (48. Kc4 $16) 48... Ba5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (48... Kc5 $14) 49. Kc4 $18 Bb6 50. Kb5 Be3 51. Bg4 Bg1 52. Bh5 Be3 53. Bg6 Kc7 54. Bh7 Kd6 55. Bg8 Kc7 56. Bf7 Kd6 57. Ba2 Kc7 58. Bb1 Kd6 59. Bc2 Kc7 60. Bd1 Kd6 61. Be2 Kc7 62. Bf1 Kd6 63. Bd3 Kc7 64. Bc4 Kd6 65. Bb3 Kc7 66. Be6 Kd6 67. Bc8 Kc7 68. Bf5 Kd6 69. Bg4 $2 ({White should play} 69. a5 $18 Bf2 70. Bh7) 69... Kc7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (69... Bg1 $11) 70. Bh5 (70. Kb4 $142 Kc6 71. a5) 70... Kd6 71. Bg6 Kc7 $1 72. Be8 Kd6 73. Bf7 Kc7 74. Ba2 Kd6 75. Bb1 Kc7 76. Bd3 Kd6 77. a5 Kc7 78. Be2 Bd2 79. Bd1 Be3 80. Bc2 Bd2 81. Bb1 Be3 82. Ba2 Bd2 83. Bb3 Be3 84. Bc4 Bd2 85. Bd5 Be3 86. Be6 Bd2 87. Bf7 Be3 88. Bg8 Bd2 89. Bh7 Be3 90. Bg6 Bd2 91. Bh5 Be3 92. Bg4 Bd2 93. Be6 Be3 94. Bd5 Kd6 95. Bc6 Kc7 96. Ba8 $2 (96. a6 $18 {And now f4! would win.} Kd6 97. Bb7) 96... Kd6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (96... Kb8 $11 97. Bd5 Kc7) 97. Bb7 (97. a6 $142 Bf2 98. Bd5) 97... Kc7 98. a6 Kd6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (98... Bf4 $16 99. Kc5 Be3+ 100. Kd5 Bf4) 99. Kc4 $2 (99. Bd5 $18 {is the precise move to win.} Bd4 100. Bc4) 99... Ba7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (99... Kc7 $16 100. Kd5 Bf4) 100. Kd3 (100. Kc3 $142 Bc5 101. Bd5) 100... Ke6 101. Bd5+ Kd6 102. Ke2 Bb8 103. Ba2 Ba7 104. Bb1 Bb8 105. Bd3 Ke6 106. f4 exf4 107. Kf3 Ke5 108. Bf1 Ba7 109. Bg2 Be3 110. Kg4 Bf2 111. Bf3 Ke6 112. Kxf4 Bg3+ 113. Kg5 Bf2 114. Be2 Ke5 115. Bd3 Ke6 116. Bc4+ Ke5 117. Bd5 Kd6 118. Kf5 Ba7 119. Bc4 Bf2 120. e5+ {[%cal Be4e5,Be5e6][%mdl 32]} Ke7 121. Ke4 Kd8 122. Kd5 Kc7 123. e6 Be3 124. Ke5 {[#] Threatening mate with e7.} Bg5 125. Kf5 {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 38%.} 1-0

[Event "British KO-ch 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.01"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Hawkins, Jonathan"]
[Black "Howell, David W L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,88,21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,45,41,52,51,51,52,56,61,74,70,79,88,95,93,81,81,81,81,82,68,79,48,69,54,54,54,65,62,65,27,69,8,19,19,21,0,0,0,0,-14,-12,-22,-6,-12,0,-6,-3,-8,-8,-8,0,0,3,3,5,4,10,10,42,0,5,0,46,0,8]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 {[%cal Bc1g5,Bg5h4,Bh4g3][%mdl 32]} c5 7. dxc5 h6 8. Bh4 {E35: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...d5 5 cxd5 exd5} O-O 9. O-O-O {LiveBook: 3 Games} (9. e3 Be6 10. Nf3 Nbd7 11. a3 Bxc3+ 12. Qxc3 g5 13. Bg3 Ne4 14. Qc2 Ndxc5 15. Nd4 Rc8 {1-0 (41) Kasparov,G (2812)-Le,Q (2739) Saint Louis 2017}) 9... Bxc3 10. Qxc3 g5 11. Bg3 {And now f3 would win.} Ne4 12. Qa3 $1 Be6 13. e3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. f3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 Qf6 15. e3 Rc8 {1-0 (73) Mikenas,V-Botvinnik,M Moscow 1940}) 13... Nd7 14. f3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Nxg3 15. hxg3 Qf6 16. Ne2 Rfc8 17. Nd4 Nxc5 18. Kb1 Bf5+ 19. Nxf5 Qxf5+ 20. Bd3 $1 {[%cal Rd3f5,Bf1d3,Bd3c2,Bc2f5][%mdl 32]} Qe6 {[#]} 21. Bc2 $1 Rc6 22. g4 a5 23. Bf5 Qe5 24. f4 gxf4 25. exf4 Qxf4 26. Rxd5 Ne6 27. Qf3 ({Don't play} 27. Rxa5 Rac8 $11) 27... Kg7 28. Rd7 (28. Qxf4 $14 Nxf4 29. Rb5) 28... Qxf3 $11 29. gxf3 Nc5 30. Rd2 Re8 31. Rc1 Re3 32. f4 b6 33. Rc4 Rf6 34. Rd5 Re2 35. a3 Rf2 36. b4 axb4 37. Rxb4 Ne6 38. Rd6 Nxf4 39. Rxf6 Kxf6 40. Rxb6+ {KRB-KRN} Kg5 {[#] White must now prevent ...h5.} 41. Rb5 Kf6 42. Rb6+ Kg5 {Strongly threatening ...h5.} 43. Rb5 Kf6 44. Rb6+ Kg5 {Precision: White = 49%, Black = 56%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "British KO-ch 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.01"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Rowson, Jonathan"]
[Black "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,61,27,60,0,0,-51,-55,-70,-59,-81,-62,-68,-75,-79,-47,-62,-39,-60,-52,-46,-64,-60,-61,-65,-69,-73,-56,-56,-54,-110,-60,-121,-129,-154,-154,-150,-159,-185,-164,-171,-171,-190,-207,-266,-140,-174,-158,-273]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. Nf3 e5 8. Bd3 Na6 {LiveBook: 51 Games. A18: English Opening: Flohr-Mikenas System (1 c4 Nf6 2 Nc3 e6 3 e4)} 9. Qe2 (9. O-O $1 $14) (9. O-O Bg4 10. Be2 Bd6 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 c6 13. Rb1 O-O 14. d4 exd4 15. cxd4 Rab8 16. Rb3 {1-0 (29) Inarkiev,E (2683)-Xu,J (2504) China 2017}) 9... Bd6 $1 $11 10. Be4 (10. O-O $11) 10... O-O $15 {Black is slightly better.} 11. O-O $146 {White wants to play d4.} ({Predecessor:} 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 Re8 13. Bxh7+ Kf8 14. Be3 c5 15. Rd1 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Bf4 17. Bb1 Bxe3 18. fxe3 Nc5 19. Rf1 Qg5 20. Rf4 Bd7 {½-½ (20) Fuchs,H (2328)-Schlosser,P (2511) Baden 2001}) 11... Nc5 12. d4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 exd4 14. cxd4 {Threatening c5.} c6 15. Re1 Bf5 16. Qe3 Be6 17. Qd3 Rfe8 18. Bb2 Qg6 19. Qc3 f6 20. Nd2 Qf7 21. g3 Bh3 22. Ba3 (22. Nf1 $15) 22... Bc7 23. Re3 (23. Rab1 $15) 23... Rxe3 $17 24. fxe3 Qg6 {And now ...Bxg3 would win.} 25. e4 h5 {[%cal Bh7h5,Bh5h4][%mdl 32]} 26. Re1 Re8 27. Kf2 {[#]} h4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 28. Re3 (28. gxh4 Qg4) 28... b6 29. Qd3 {[#]} Kh8 (29... c5 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 30. dxc5 Rd8) 30. d5 {[#]} Be5 $1 31. Ke1 {[%mdl 32768] Precision: White = 30%, Black = 71%. . An unexpected result.} (31. dxc6 $17 Rc8 32. Bd6) 1/2-1/2

[Event "British KO-ch 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.01"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Merry, Alan B"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2422"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,58,8,35,29,40,37,43,23,28,22,24,22,47,0,35,-8,24,-8,-3,-12,0,0,-4,-20,45,31,57,42,88,83,77,87,101,84,93,-351,-356,-555,-541,-584,-576]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 h6 9. Bh4 Bd7 10. Rb1 Qe7 {LiveBook: 6 Games. C49: Four Knights: 4 Bb5 Bb4} (10... a6 11. Bc4 Na5 12. Nd2 g5 13. Bg3 b5 14. Bb3 c5 15. Re1 Rc8 16. a3 c4 17. dxc4 Nxc4 18. Bxc4 bxc4 {½-½ (63) Ebeling,D (2468)-Neiksans,A (2628) Finland 2017}) 11. Re1 Rad8 12. d4 b6 {White is slightly better.} 13. Qc1 Rfe8 14. h3 Na5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Nb8 15. Bd3 a5 16. Kh2 Bc6 17. g4 Nbd7 18. d5 Bb7 {½-½ (48) Marciano,D (2500)-Guyard,B (2250) France 1994}) 15. Bd3 Bc6 16. Qa3 Kh8 17. Re3 Bb7 18. Bg3 Nh5 19. dxe5 Nxg3 20. exd6 Rxd6 {[%cal Rg3e4]} 21. fxg3 {[#]} c5 (21... Nc4 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]} 22. Qxa7 (22. Bxc4 Rd1+ 23. Rxd1 Qxa3 $11) 22... Nxe3 23. Qxb7 Re6) 22. Rbe1 Re6 23. e5 Qc7 24. Qa4 g6 25. Qf4 Kg7 26. Nh2 c4 {[#] Hoping for ...g5.} 27. Be4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (27. Ng4 $16 {and life is bright.} g5 28. Qf6+ Kf8 29. Qh8+ Ke7 30. Qh7 cxd3 31. Rxd3) 27... Qxe5 $19 28. Qf3 (28. Qf2 $142 Qc5 29. Bxg6) 28... Qc5 (28... Bxe4 $2 29. Rxe4 Qxe4 30. Rxe4 $17) 29. Kh1 f5 {Precision: White = 40%, Black = 42%.} 0-1

[Event "British KO-ch 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.02"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,42,43,50,41,41,37,44,37,37,62,56,72,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nd4 5. Bc4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 Qe7 {C48: Four Knights: 4 Bb5, replies other than 4...Bb4} 7. Nf3 d5 8. Bxd5 Bg4 9. d3 O-O-O 10. Be3 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 {LiveBook: 7 Games} Rxd5 12. exd5 Re8 $1 13. O-O Bxf3 14. gxf3 {[#] Strongly threatening Re1.} Qh4 $146 15. f4 Bd6 $1 {White must now prevent ...Qh3.} 16. Kg2 ({Reject} 16. Bxd4 Bxf4 17. Kg2 Qg5+ 18. Kh3 Qh6+ 19. Kg2 Qg5+ 20. Kh3 Qh6+ 21. Kg2 Qg5+ $11) ({White should try} 16. Kh1 $16) 16... Nxc2 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} 17. Qxc2 Qg4+ $1 18. Kh1 Qf3+ 19. Kg1 {[#] Hoping for Qd1.} Qg4+ 20. Kh1 Qf3+ 21. Kg1 {And now Qd1 would win.} Qg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "British KO-ch 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.02"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Howell, David W L"]
[Black "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,63,0,0,0,0,0,-1,0,0,0,0,17,0,0,-16,0,-7,0,-11,-33,-21,18,5,4,11,29,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,32,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qa4+ Nc6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 a6 11. O-O Be6 12. Rac1 Bd6 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4)} 13. Qc2 {LiveBook: 3 Games} (13. Qb3 Ne7 14. a3 Rfe8 15. Na4 b6 16. Nc3 Reb8 17. Rcd1 c5 18. Qc2 c4 19. e4 Qg6 20. Nh4 {0-1 (45) Dreev,A (2651)-So,W (2808) chess.com INT 2017}) 13... Ne7 14. a3 {[#]} Rfe8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... h5 15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Qh6 17. Nxd6 cxd6 18. Qd2 Qg6 19. Qg5 Nd5 20. Qxg6 fxg6 {1-0 (62) Dreev,A (2664)-Sanikidze,T (2548) Almaty 2016}) 15. Na4 Ng6 16. Nc5 Bc8 17. Rfe1 c6 18. b4 Re7 19. Qd2 h5 20. a4 Bg4 21. b5 axb5 22. axb5 Rae8 23. bxc6 bxc6 24. Nd3 Bb8 25. Nb4 Re6 26. Na6 Bd6 27. Nc5 R6e7 28. Nd3 Bb8 29. Nb4 Re6 {The position is equal.} 30. Na6 Bd6 31. Nc5 R6e7 32. Nd3 {Precision: White = 67%, Black = 60%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "British KO-ch 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.03"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Black "Howell, David W L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,60,7,7,16,12,18,10,14,8,26,29,20,25,31,0,0,0,0,0,3,3,7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-16,-7,-5,6,8,4,4,12,12,10,10,12,12,18,16,18]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. Na4 cxd4 9. exd4 Re8 10. a3 Bf8 11. Bf4 {LiveBook: 3 Games. E43: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4...b6} Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nc6 13. Be5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. d5 exd5 14. cxd5 Ne5 15. Qd1 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Re4 {0-1 (16) Yu,Y (2736)-Carlsen,M (2834) Doha 2015}) 13... Rc8 14. Rfd1 d6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Qxf6 gxf6 17. Bf1 f5 {The position is equal.} 18. Rab1 Bg7 19. d5 $1 {[%cal Rd5c6]} Nd4 20. dxe6 fxe6 21. Nc3 Red8 22. g3 Kf7 23. Kg2 Rd7 24. b3 a6 25. Rd2 b5 26. Ne2 Nxe2 27. Bxe2 bxc4 28. bxc4 Bc3 29. Rd3 Ba5 30. Rdb3 Bd8 {Precision: White = 79%, Black = 70%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "British KO-ch 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.03"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Black "Howell, David W L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,80,30,31,31,45,29,5,8,12,20,-2,-15,-8,-6,-81,-64,-103,-112,-97,-67,-64,-70,-73,-56,-57,-26,-35,-24,-29,-14,-18,-13,-19,-14,-17,-16,-19,-16,-16,-14,-18,-8,-8,-9,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,9,9,10]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Ne4 7. Bd2 Nxd2 8. Qxd2 cxd4 {E20: Nimzo-Indian: 4 g3 and 4 f3} 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. O-O Ne5 11. b3 a6 12. Rfd1 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Rb8 (12... Qa5 13. Rac1 Rb8 14. a3 Qxa3 15. Ra1 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 {½-½ (28) Gelfand,B (2743)-Ponomariov,R (2709) Tashkent 2016}) 13. Nc2 Be7 14. Ne4 b5 15. c5 Qc7 16. Rac1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Qc3) 16... f5 17. Nd6 Qxc5 18. Nb4 (18. Ne1 $11 Qb6 19. Nf3) 18... Qb6 $17 19. Qd4 Qxd4 20. Rxd4 a5 21. Nd3 Bxd6 22. Rxd6 Nf7 23. Rd4 d5 24. f4 b4 25. Rc5 Ra8 26. a3 {The position is equal.} Ba6 {Strongly threatening ...Bxd3.} 27. axb4 Bxd3 28. Rxd3 {[#] Re3 is the strong threat.} axb4 29. Rc6 Nd8 30. Rb6 Rf7 31. Rxb4 Rc7 32. Kf2 {And now Rxd5! would win.} Kf8 33. g4 g6 34. gxf5 gxf5 35. Rh3 Nc6 36. Rb6 Rb8 37. Rxb8+ Nxb8 38. b4 Rb7 39. Rh6 Rxb4 40. Rxe6 {[#] aiming for Rf6+.} Rxf4+ {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 68%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "British KO-ch 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.03"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,126,-23,-16,-11,0,0,4,-9,0,0,43,0,28,10,9,24,10,13,18,-14,-19,-70,-52,-73,-51,-62,-64,-66,-54,-73,56,54,54,-54,56,59,72,68,71,61,80,79,94,72,71,67,130,138,151,96,144,138,129,127,137,129,258,69,151,152,156,48,48,49,59,26,26,26,26,25,31,8,8,8,8,0,8,8,26,26,26,26,26,26,28,28,28,29,87,87,87,67,67,67,87,87,87,87,87,87,87,87,87,87,87,87,87,87,87,87,87]} 1. g3 g6 2. Bg2 Bg7 3. d4 d5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. Bf4 Nbd7 7. Nbd2 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} (7. Qc1 b6 8. c4 Ba6 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. Rd1 e6 11. Nc3 c6 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 {½-½ (43) Bruzon Batista,L (2643)-Nakamura,H (2792) Tbilisi 2017}) 7... b6 8. Ne5 Bb7 9. c3 c5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 10. Qa4 e6 11. Rfd1 a6 12. Rac1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. e4 b5 14. Qa3 cxd4 15. cxd4 {0-1 (41) Goetz,A (2162)-Szeberenyi,A (2401) Balatonlelle 2003}) 12... b5 13. Qa3 Qb6 14. Nb3 {[%cal Rd4c5]} Rfc8 (14... c4 {seems wilder.} 15. Nc5 Rfd8 16. Nxb7 Qxb7 17. Qe7 Rf8) 15. Qa5 {next Qxb6 is good for White.} c4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 16. Qxb6 Nxb6 17. Nc5 Ra7 18. b4 Ba8 19. a4 (19. a3 $11) 19... Nxa4 $15 20. Nxa4 bxa4 21. Ra1 Ne4 $1 {[%cal Re4c3]} 22. Bxe4 $1 dxe4 23. Rxa4 g5 (23... f6 $1 $17 {[%cal Rf6e5]} 24. Ng4 h5) 24. Be3 $14 Bd5 25. f3 (25. f4 $14) 25... exf3 (25... f6 $15 26. fxe4 Bxe4) 26. Nxf3 h6 27. Rda1 Rca8 28. Ra5 Bf8 29. b5 Bd6 30. Rxa6 Rxa6 31. Rxa6 Rxa6 ({Black should play} 31... Bc7 $14) 32. bxa6 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} Kf8 33. h4 (33. a7 $142) 33... f6 34. Kf2 Ke8 35. Bc1 Kd7 36. Nd2 f5 (36... Kc7 $16) 37. Nf3 $2 (37. a7 $18) 37... Kc6 ({Black should try} 37... gxh4 $1 $14 38. gxh4 h5) 38. hxg5 hxg5 39. Bxg5 (39. Nxg5 $16 {g4 is the strong threat.} Kb6 40. e4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} fxe4 41. Nf7 e3+ 42. Bxe3) 39... Kb6 $14 40. Bf4 Ba3 41. Ke1 Kxa6 42. Kd2 Kb5 43. Ne5 Ka4 44. g4 fxg4 45. Nxg4 Kb3 {Hoping for ...Bb2.} 46. Nf2 Bb2 47. Nd1 Be4 48. Bd6 Bc2 $1 {[%cal Rc2d1] Strongly threatening ...Bxd1.} 49. Nxb2 Kxb2 $11 {KB-KB} 50. Bb4 Kb3 51. Ke3 {And now Kf4 would win.} Bd1 $1 52. Kf2 Ka4 (52... Kc2 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 53. e4 $16 Kb5 54. Ke3 Kc6 55. Kf4 Bc2 56. Ke5 {White is better.} Bb1 57. Ba3 Bc2 58. d5+ exd5 59. exd5+ Kd7 60. Kd4 Bd3 61. Kc5 Be2 {[#]} 62. Bc1 $1 Bd3 63. Bf4 Be2 {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 49%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "British KO-ch 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.03"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,116,49,54,35,67,50,39,36,48,29,53,41,62,69,58,58,64,24,40,23,94,101,98,64,70,43,35,30,72,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,-17,0,-21,-18,-20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,18,11,23,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-300,-302,-293,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c3 g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. Re1 Nge7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nbd2 h6 {C76: Spanische Partie (Moderne Steinitz-Verteidigung)} 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 {LiveBook: 3 Partien. Weiß steht etwas besser.} 13. b4 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 13. Bxd7 Qxd7 14. a4 Rad8 15. Qb3 Qc6 16. Qb4 {1-0 (56) Tari,A (2596)-Praggnanandhaa,R (2455) Moscow 2017}) 13... b6 14. Bxd7 Qxd7 15. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} f5 {[#] Weiss muss nun ...f4 beachten.} 16. f3 f4 17. Bf2 Rfd8 18. Qb3+ Kh7 19. Red1 Qe8 20. a5 b5 21. Qa2 Ng8 (21... Nc6 $11 {bleibt in der Remisbreite.}) 22. Nb3 Qf7 23. Qc2 Bf8 24. Bc5 Bd6 25. Rd2 Rd7 {[#]} 26. Rad1 ({Lieber} 26. Rc1 $1 $16) 26... Rad8 $11 27. Bf2 Nf6 28. h3 Kg8 29. Rd3 g5 30. Kf1 {[%cal Bg1f1,Bf1e1,Be1d1,Bd1c1,Bc1b2][%mdl 32]} Qe6 31. Ke1 h5 32. R1d2 Kf7 33. Kd1 g4 34. hxg4 hxg4 35. Kc1 g3 36. Bg1 Ke8 37. Kb2 Qc4 38. Bc5 Kf7 39. Qd1 {[%cal Rc5d6]} Qe6 40. Qg1 (40. Qh1 {is more complex.} Kg8 41. Qc1 Kf7 42. Qd1 Kg7 43. Qg1) 40... Bf8 41. Rxd7+ Rxd7 42. Bxf8 Rxd2+ 43. Nxd2 Kxf8 44. Qc5+ (44. c4 {with more complications.} Qc6 45. Kc3 Ke7 46. Qf1 Nd7 47. Qd3) 44... Qd6 45. c4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (45. Nb3 $11 {und Weiss ist OK.}) 45... Qxc5 $19 46. bxc5 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KS-KS} c6 $2 (46... b4 $19 47. Nb3 (47. Kb3 Ng8 $17) 47... Nd7) 47. Kc3 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} Ke7 48. Kb4 Kd7 49. Kc3 Nh7 {Und ...Sf8 würde nun gewinnen.} 50. Nb3 $1 Ng5 51. Nc1 $1 Ke7 52. Kb4 $1 Ke6 53. Kc3 Kf6 54. Kb4 Ne6 {Droht ...Sd4.} 55. Nd3 Nd4 56. Ne1 $1 Ke6 57. Kc3 Ke7 58. Kb4 $1 Ke6 {Precision: Weiß = 61%, Schwarz = 70%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "British KO-ch 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.03"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Howell, David W L"]
[Black "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,69,25,15,40,29,37,12,6,12,11,9,5,6,36,33,33,4,36,37,37,37,32,25,68,43,51,52,41,26,26,26,24,26,26,26,35,26,29,28,21,0,27,27,33,35,29,0,25,0,33,0,36,0]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Bc5 4. Nf3 c6 5. Nc3 d6 6. e3 {A21: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3} Qe7 (6... Bb4 7. d4 Nd7 8. Qc2 Ngf6 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. Qxc3 O-O 11. Be2 Re8 12. b4 e4 {0-1 (47) Caruana,F (2808)-Anand,V (2786) Stavanger 2017}) 7. d4 exd4 8. Nxd4 Nf6 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O {LiveBook: 26 Games} d5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Bf3 Rd8 13. b3 $146 Nc6 14. Nce2 Ne5 15. Bb2 Bd7 16. Rc1 Rac8 17. h3 Ba3 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 19. Qb1 Bxb2 20. Qxb2 Ne4 21. Nf4 Qc5 22. Be2 a5 23. Nd3 Nxd3 24. Bxd3 Qc3 25. Qe2 g6 26. Rd1 Nf6 27. Qf3 Kg7 28. Qf4 Qc7 29. Qf3 Qd6 30. Qe2 Qc5 31. Qb2 Qc3 32. Qe2 Qc5 33. Qb2 Qc3 34. Qe2 Qc5 35. Qb2 {Precision: White = 53%, Black = 70%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "British KO-ch 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.03"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "175"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,175,3,5,0,0,-2,-4,-3,0,0,0,0,0,-2,0,-7,-6,-10,0,-15,7,12,76,80,109,108,101,103,364,28,23,40,209,202,198,-102,0,0,200,203,213,187,211,199,202,202,504,500,454,178,165,163,170,163,164,141,153,158,204,122,427,433,424,406,777,268,262,267,29998,1098,29996,252,256,249,242,250,295,177,176,66,63,12,43,50,118,118,118,31,49,8,56,26,40,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,12,12,12,12,0,0,0,14,14,25,25,14,14,16,0,993,718,622,0,599,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Nd7 8. Nc3 {C85: Closed Ruy Lopez: Deferred Exchange Variation} O-O {LiveBook: 10 Games} 9. Kh1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Ne2 Bf6 10. h3 Re8 11. Nh2 Nf8 12. Ng4 Bxg4 13. hxg4 Bg5 14. g3 Bxc1 15. Qxc1 h6 16. Nc3 Qg5 17. Qd1 Re6 18. f4 exf4 19. gxf4 Qh4 20. f5 Qg3+ 21. Kh1 Qh3+ 22. Kg1 Qg3+ {½-½ (22) McShane,L (2713)-Melkumyan,H (2649) Germany 2013}) 9... Re8 10. Ng1 Nf8 11. Nge2 Ng6 12. f4 exf4 13. Nxf4 Bd6 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Qf3 Be6 16. Bf4 g5 17. Bg3 Bxg3 18. Qxg3 Qe7 (18... f6 $11) 19. e5 $16 Rad8 20. Ne4 g4 21. Rae1 c5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (21... Rd5 $16 {might work better.}) 22. Qf4 $2 ({White has to play} 22. Nf6+ $1 $18 gxf6 23. exf6) 22... Rd4 $11 23. c3 Rxd3 $2 {[#]} ({Better is} 23... Rd5 $1 $14) 24. Nf6+ $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Kf8 {With the idea ...Red8.} (24... gxf6 25. exf6 Qf8 26. Re5) 25. Nh7+ {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} (25. Nxe8 $6 Qxe8 26. Qe4 Rd2 $16) 25... Kg8 {[#]} 26. Nf6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kf8 $1 {Black wants to play ...Red8.} (26... gxf6 $2 27. exf6 Qf8 28. Re5 $18) 27. Qe4 $1 {[%cal Re4d3]} (27. Nxe8 $6 Qxe8 28. Qe4 Rd2 $16) 27... Qd8 28. Qh7 Rd2 29. Qh8+ Ke7 30. Qxg7 {aiming for Ne4.} (30. Qxe8+ Qxe8 31. Nxe8 Kxe8 $15) 30... Rh8 $2 (30... Rd3 {is tougher.} 31. Nxe8 Qxe8 32. Qf6+ Kd7) 31. Ne4 Rd5 32. Ng5 $2 (32. c4 Rd4 33. Nxc5 (33. Qf6+ Kd7 $16)) 32... Qg8 33. Nxe6 Kxe6 34. Qf6+ Kd7 35. Qf5+ $40 {[%mdl 128] White goes for the king.} Ke7 36. Rd1 c6 37. Qf6+ (37. Rxd5 $1 $18 cxd5 38. Qf2) 37... Ke8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (37... Kd7 $16 {is more resistant.}) 38. Rxd5 cxd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 39. Qd6 {Threatens to win with Qb8+.} Qh7 (39... Qg5 $142 40. Qb8+ (40. Qxc5 g3 $14) 40... Qd8 41. Qxb7 Qd7 42. Qa8+ Qd8 43. Qxa6 g3) 40. Qb8+ $2 (40. e6 {Threatening mate with Qd7+.} fxe6 41. Re1 (41. Qxe6+ Kd8 $18) 41... Qxh2+ 42. Qxh2 Rxh2+ 43. Kxh2) 40... Ke7 {[%csl Gh8][%cal Rh7h2]} 41. Qxb7+ Ke6 $2 (41... Kf8 $18 42. Qc8+ Kg7 43. Qxg4+ Qg6) 42. Qc6+ (42. Rf6+ $142 Kxe5 43. Qe7#) 42... Kxe5 43. Re1+ $2 (43. Qf6+ {mates} Ke4 44. Qf4+ Kd3 45. Rd1+ Ke2 46. Qd2#) 43... Kf5 {[%csl Gh8][%cal Rh7h2]} 44. Qxd5+ Kg6 {[%csl Gh8][%cal Rh7h2]} 45. Qe4+ f5 {[%csl Gh8][%cal Rh7h2]} 46. Qf4 Qd7 47. Qg3 (47. Qe5 $18 Qd8 48. Rf1 (48. Qxc5 Rxh2+ 49. Kxh2 Qh4+ 50. Kg1 Qxe1+ 51. Kh2 Qh4+ 52. Kg1 Qe1+ 53. Kh2 Qh4+ 54. Kg1 Qe1+ $11)) 47... Re8 $14 48. Rf1 (48. Rxe8 $14 Qxe8 49. h3) 48... Re2 49. h3 Rxb2 (49... Qe6 $14) 50. hxg4 $16 fxg4 51. Qe5 ({White should try} 51. Qh4 $1 $16 {Intending Rf6+ and mate.} Rb6 52. Rf4) 51... Rb6 $1 $14 52. Qxc5 Rc6 53. Qe5 Qe6 54. Qxe6+ (54. Qg3 {looks sharper.} Rc5 55. Rb1 Rd5 56. Rb8 Rb5 57. Rxb5 axb5 58. Kh2) 54... Rxe6 {KR-KR} 55. Kh2 Re2 56. Rf4 Rxa2 57. Rxg4+ Kf5 58. Rc4 (58. Kh3 {is interesting.} a5 59. Rd4 a4 60. g4+ Kg5 61. Rc4) 58... a5 59. Kh3 a4 60. g4+ Kg6 61. Rc6+ Kg7 62. Kh4 a3 63. Rc7+ Kg6 64. Rc6+ Kg7 65. Kg5 Rc2 66. Rc7+ Kf8 67. Kf6 {[%cal Rc7c8]} Rf2+ 68. Kg6 a2 69. Ra7 Rc2 70. g5 Rg2 71. c4 {[%cal Bc3c4,Bc4c5][%mdl 32]} Ke8 72. Kf6 {Hoping for g6.} Rf2+ 73. Kg6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (73. Ke6 $11 Re2+ 74. Kf5) 73... Rg2 $18 {[#]} 74. c5 $1 {[%cal Rc5c6]} Kd8 75. Kf6 $2 ({White should play} 75. Kh6 $18 Rh2+ 76. Kg7) 75... Kc8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (75... Rc2 $1 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 76. g6 $2 (76. c6 $1 $18 {g6 is the strong threat.} Kb8 77. Ra6 Rf2+ 78. Kg7) 76... Kb8 $11 {The position is equal.} 77. Ra5 {Strongly threatening c6.} (77. Ra3 $5 {[%cal Rc5c6]}) 77... Kb7 78. g7 Rf2+ 79. Kg6 Rg2+ 80. Kf7 Rf2+ 81. Kg8 Rg2 82. Kf7 {And now Rxa2! would win.} Rf2+ 83. Ke6 Rg2 84. Rxa2 Rxg7 85. Kd5 Rd7+ 86. Kc4 Rd1 87. Rh2 Rc1+ 88. Kb5 {Precision: White = 53%, Black = 48%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "British KO-ch 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.03"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Howell, David W L"]
[Black "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,133,-34,-38,-3,-60,-55,-66,-30,-60,-41,-106,-104,-112,-111,-258,-120,-208,-227,-289,-280,-296,-296,-343,-335,-226,-203,-301,-208,-214,-214,-335,0,6,6,-15,-20,-20,41,-48,-51,-45,34,31,50,48,97,54,108,108,108,45,47,37,37,37,75,46,84,77,78,52,552,59,82,85,111,78,89,89,91,-14,0,-98,-5,-12,62,70,71,69,64,47,47,47,48,47,69,121,1265,1233,1102,1079,1078,1078,1058,1023,1000,975,891,658,652,624,601,268,730,731,786,779,806,744,799,754,1010,969]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O e6 5. b3 Nc6 6. Bb2 Be7 {[%cal Bf8e7,Be7d6,Bd6b8,Bb8c7][%mdl 32]} 7. c4 d4 8. e3 e5 9. exd4 exd4 10. Re1 {A14: English Opening: 1...e6 with b3 by White} (10. d3 O-O 11. Na3 Bf5 12. Nc2 a5 13. Re1 Qd7 14. a3 Bd6 15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 Rxa1 17. Bxa1 b6 18. b5 Ne7 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. Rxe5 {0-1 (48) Cruz,J (2459)-Kraemer,M (2546) Barcelona 2014}) 10... O-O 11. d3 Bd6 12. Na3 {LiveBook: 4 Games. Black is slightly better.} Bf5 13. Nh4 $146 (13. Nb5 $11) ({Predecessor:} 13. Nc2 a5 14. Nh4 Bg4 15. Bf3 Bd7 16. Na3 g5 17. Nb5 Bb8 18. Ng2 g4 19. Bxc6 Bxc6 {½-½ (37) Zhu,Y (2284)-Gholami,A (2400) Porto Carras 2015}) 13... Bg4 $15 14. Qd2 Qd7 15. Nb5 Bb8 16. f4 (16. Ba3 $15) 16... a6 $17 17. Na3 Bc7 18. Qf2 (18. Bxc6 $17 {was necessary.} Qxc6 19. b4) 18... Nb4 (18... Ba5 $19 {is more deadly.} 19. Rec1 Rae8) 19. Qf1 (19. Bf1 $17) 19... Rae8 20. h3 Bf5 21. Nxf5 Qxf5 22. Rad1 Rxe1 23. Rxe1 Qxd3 ({Weaker is} 23... Nxd3 24. g4 $11) 24. Bf3 (24. Qxd3 {might work better.} Nxd3 25. Re2) 24... Re8 25. Rxe8+ Nxe8 26. Qe1 (26. Qxd3 {was called for.} Nxd3 27. Ba1) 26... Kf8 $2 (26... Nf6 $19 27. Qe2 Qxe2 28. Bxe2 Ne4) 27. Be4 $11 Qe3+ 28. Qxe3 dxe3 29. Kf1 Nf6 (29... h5 $11) 30. Bxb7 (30. Bxf6 $1 $14 gxf6 31. Bxb7) 30... Nh5 $15 31. Kg2 Nxa2 (31... e2 $15 32. Bc3 Nxa2) 32. Bf3 Nf6 33. Nc2 Nb4 34. Nxe3 Ke7 (34... Bd8 $14) 35. Nf5+ $1 $16 Kf8 {[#]} 36. Bc3 (36. Bxf6 $1 $16 gxf6 37. Be4) 36... Ne8 $14 37. Kf2 g6 38. Ne3 Nd6 39. Ke2 Bb6 40. g4 a5 41. h4 Ke7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Better is} 41... Bc7 $14) 42. g5 $2 (42. Bxb4 $1 $18 cxb4 43. Nd5+ Kd8 44. Nxb6) 42... Kd7 43. Bg4+ Kc7 44. f5 Ne4 45. Be5+ Kd8 46. h5 (46. fxg6 $16 hxg6 47. Bg7) 46... Bc7 $11 47. Bb2 (47. Bf3 $11 {remains equal.} Bxe5 48. Bxe4) 47... Ng3+ ({Black should try} 47... gxh5 $17 48. Bf3 Ng3+ 49. Kd1 Kd7) 48. Kf3 $1 {And now h6 would win.} Nd3 (48... Nxh5 $11 49. Ke4 Ng3+ 50. Kf3 Nc6) 49. Bf6+ $14 Ke8 50. Nd5 Bd6 51. fxg6 fxg6 52. h6 {Bc3 is the strong threat.} Ne1+ $1 53. Kf2 Nd3+ 54. Ke3 Nf1+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (54... Ne5 $16) 55. Kxd3 $18 Nh2 56. Bh3 Nf3 57. Ke4 Nd2+ {[#]} 58. Ke3 $1 Nxb3 59. Bc3 a4 60. Bg4 a3 61. Bd1 Nd4 62. Ba4+ (62. Nf6+ $142 Kf7 63. Ke4) 62... Kf8 $2 (62... Kf7 63. Nf6 Be5) 63. Nf6 {White is clearly winning.} a2 64. Nxh7+ Kg8 65. Nf6+ Kh8 66. Nd7 Bg3 67. Kd3 {Precision: White = 44%, Black = 23%.} 1-0

[Event "British KO-ch 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.03"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,75,21,13,21,-8,54,48,57,56,90,83,87,75,113,110,111,102,196,199,192,193,337,322,327,318,425,433,448,452,725,712,656,383,384,382,498,493,462,481,497,519,564,545,645,647,703,710,734,704,707,691,783,762,757,735,704,703,986,891,1090,1078,1199,1027,1239,1208]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 b6 4. Nf3 Ne7 5. c3 Qd7 6. Bd3 Ba6 {C02: French: Advance Variation} 7. O-O {LiveBook: 3 Games} (7. Bxa6 Nxa6 8. a4 c5 9. Qe2 Nc7 10. b3 Nc6 11. O-O Be7 12. Na3 O-O 13. Nc2 Rfb8 14. Bg5 {1-0 (30) Lagno,K (2553)-Zatonskih,A (2489) Beijing 2012}) 7... c5 8. Re1 Nec6 ({Black should try} 8... Bxd3 $11 9. Qxd3 Nbc6) 9. Bc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Be3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nb4 11. Bxa6 N8xa6 12. Qe2 Nc7 {1-0 (29) Amini,M (1764)-Cassens,E (1850) Hamburg 2014}) 9... h6 10. a3 g5 11. h3 Be7 12. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3,Bg3h5,Bh5f4][%mdl 32]} cxd4 13. cxd4 h5 14. Nf1 Rg8 (14... g4 $16 {might work better.} 15. hxg4 hxg4) 15. Ng3 $18 g4 16. hxg4 h4 (16... hxg4 $142 17. Nh2 Qc7) 17. Nh5 Rxg4 18. Be3 Qb7 19. Bh7 Nd7 20. Nh2 Rg6 (20... Rxd4 $142 21. Bxd4 O-O-O) 21. Bxg6 fxg6 22. Nf4 Nf8 23. Qg4 O-O-O 24. Nxe6 {White is clearly winning.} Nxe6 25. Qxe6+ Kb8 26. Rac1 {[%cal Ba1c1,Bc1c3,Bc3f3,Bf3f8][%mdl 32]} Na5 27. Qxg6 Nc4 28. Bg5 Nxb2 29. Rc3 Nc4 30. Rf3 Bxg5 31. Qxg5 Rc8 32. e6 {[%cal Be5e6,Be6e7][%mdl 32]} Nd6 33. e7 Bb5 34. Rf8 Be8 35. Qxh4 Ne4 36. Ng4 Ka8 37. Nf6 Qxe7 38. Qh8 {Precision: White = 85%, Black = 19%.} 1-0

[Event "British KO-ch 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.04"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Howell, David W L"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,60,108,86,112,98,105,102,105,103,106,105,97,95,91,42,96,95,114,57,60,53,60,51,50,57,56,49,54,42,45,39,64,62,77,33,65,30,34,29,44,45,69,0,43,0,66,0,43]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. h3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 h5 {A56: Czech Benoni} (7... O-O 8. g4 Ne8 9. Nf3 g6 10. a3 Ng7 11. Bh6 Kh8 12. Qd2 Nf6 13. O-O-O Ng8 14. Kb1 Nxh6 15. Qxh6 Rg8 {1-0 (43) Wang,H (2737)-Aronian,L (2815) Beijing 2012}) 8. h4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} g6 9. g3 Kf8 {White is better.} 10. Nh3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. f3 Kg8 11. Be3 a6 12. Nh3 Nh7 13. Nf2 Ndf8 14. a3 b6 15. b4 {1-0 (63) Dambacher,M (2476)-Tugui,A (2390) Germany 2011}) 10... Kg7 11. f3 a6 12. Be3 Ne8 {[%cal Bf6e8,Be8c7,Bc7a6,Ba6c5][%mdl 32]} 13. a3 Nc7 14. b4 cxb4 ({Better is} 14... b5 $14) 15. axb4 $16 a5 {[#]} 16. bxa5 (16. b5 $1 $16) 16... Na6 $14 17. Nf2 Nac5 18. Ke2 Rxa5 19. Rxa5 Qxa5 20. Qa1 Qd8 21. Nb5 b6 22. Qa8 Rf8 23. Bc2 Nb7 24. Qa1 Ndc5 25. Qc3 Bd7 26. Rb1 Qc8 27. Qb4 Na6 28. Qc3 Nac5 29. Qb4 Na6 30. Qc3 Nac5 {Precision: White = 42%, Black = 68%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "British KO-ch 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.05"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Howell, David W L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,112,19,29,13,15,16,15,0,18,-1,0,0,9,9,14,10,6,6,18,16,11,7,14,13,15,14,18,12,25,23,37,35,36,36,44,41,41,34,35,35,52,53,52,50,60,63,58,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,32,34,34,34,41,46,39,89,89,121,122,176,169,125,89,89,89,89,32,50,5,10,3,39,8,7,0,27,35,27,5,8,0,37,11,87,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-29981,-29982]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6d7,Bd7f8,Bf8e6,Be6c5][%mdl 32]} 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Qe2 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} (6. Nbd2 Be6 7. Qe2 Nd7 8. Nb3 Bb6 9. Ng5 Nf8 10. O-O Bxb3 11. axb3 f6 12. Nf3 Ne6 13. Kh1 Qd7 {0-1 (45) Caruana,F (2802)-Nakamura,H (2786) chess.com INT 2017}) 6... Bg4 {LiveBook: 12 Games} 7. Bg5 Qd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... O-O 8. Bd2 Qd6 9. O-O a5 10. Nc3 Rad8 11. Na4 Bd4 12. Be3 b5 13. c3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 bxa4 {0-1 (26) Hulst,B-Uzcategui Breisse,F ICCF email 2001}) 8. Nbd2 {The position is equal.} Nd7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 Nf8 11. O-O-O Ne6 12. Be3 O-O-O 13. Bxc5 Qxc5 14. Qe3 f6 (14... Qxe3+ {is interesting.} 15. fxe3 f6 16. g4 c5 17. h4 h6) 15. Qxc5 Nxc5 16. Nh4 Ne6 17. Nf5 g6 18. Ne3 Kd7 19. b3 Ke7 20. Kb2 a5 21. a4 b6 22. h4 Rhf8 23. Rde1 Kf7 24. g3 Rde8 25. Rhf1 Kg7 26. Kc3 Rf7 27. f3 Rff8 28. Rf2 Rf7 29. h5 g5 30. Nf5+ Kf8 31. Ref1 Rd7 32. Ne3 Rg7 33. Ng2 Kf7 34. f4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} gxf4 35. gxf4 Reg8 36. Ne3 {Hoping for fxe5.} Nxf4 37. Nf5 Rg5 38. Nh6+ Kg7 (38... Ke8 $16) 39. Nxg8 $18 Kxg8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} 40. Rh1 c5 41. Kc4 c6 42. c3 (42. Rfh2 $16) 42... Kf7 43. d4 cxd4 44. cxd4 Ke6 45. dxe5 Kxe5 46. Rd1 Kxe4 {[%csl Gb6][%cal Rg5c5]} (46... Rxh5 {is more complex.} 47. b4 axb4 48. Rd8 Ne6 49. Re8 Rg5) 47. Re1+ ({Don't go for} 47. Rd4+ $2 Ke3 $19) 47... Kf5 48. h6 Rh5 49. Kd4 Rh4 50. Rff1 Rxh6 {[#]} (50... Rh3 $11) 51. Rh1 (51. Re3 $1 $16 {[%cal Re3f3] Threatens to win with Ref3.} Rh4 52. Rc3) 51... Rxh1 $11 52. Rxh1 h5 53. Ke3 Ke5 54. Kf3 Nd3 55. Rxh5+ Kd4 56. Ke2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (56. Rh8 $11) 56... Nf4+ {Precision: White = 54%, Black = 54%.} 0-1

[Event "British KO-ch 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.07"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Howell, David W L"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,76,30,26,25,24,11,8,14,16,8,19,8,13,21,21,8,12,0,34,15,47,0,0,0,0,0,119,-183,-183,-197,-194,-177,-177,-191,-189,-256,-270,-253,-485,-433,-412,-278,-48,-163,-157,-145,-125,-1186,-1147,-1944,-1802,-1423,-1105,-1097,-1076]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4 c6 9. h3 Qa5 10. Re1 exd4 11. Nxd4 Ne5 12. Bf1 Qb6 {LiveBook: 6 Partien. Und ...Dxd4! würde nun gewinnen. E69: Königsindisch (Hauptvariante des g3-Systems mit e2-e4 und h2-h3)} 13. Be3 c5 14. Nb3 Be6 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Rae8 17. Kg2 Re7 18. Qc2 {Und weiter mit f4 wäre nett.} Rfe8 19. Bd2 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 19. Nd2 Nfd7 20. a4 {0-1 (36) Barsov,A (2444)-Amonatov,F (2602) Tashkent 2016}) 19... Qd8 20. a4 Qc8 21. Nc1 h5 22. Na2 {[#]} h4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 23. gxh4 Nh5 24. Nc3 Bf6 (24... Qd7 $11) 25. f4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (25. Ne4 $1 $16 {[%cal Re4d6] ist nötig, um Vorteil zu sichern.} Qd8 26. Nxf6+ Nxf6 27. Bg5) 25... Ng4 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 26. Ne4 (26. hxg4 Qxg4+) 26... Bxh4 27. Nxd6 Qd7 $1 28. Rxe7 Rxe7 $40 {[%mdl 128] Schwarz greift entschieden an.} 29. Ne4 {[#]} (29. hxg4 {führt zum Matt.} Qxg4+ 30. Kh2 Re2+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 31. Bxe2 Qxe2+ 32. Kh1 Qf3+ 33. Kh2 Qf2+ 34. Kh3 Qg3#) (29. Nf5 $142 gxf5 30. hxg4 fxg4 31. Ra3) 29... Qf5 $1 30. Bd3 {Droht Tf1.} Nxf4+ 31. Bxf4 Qxf4 32. hxg4 {[#] Schwarz muss nun De2 beachten.} Qxg4+ $2 (32... f5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rf5e4]} 33. Nf2 (33. Nxc5 $2 Qxg4+ 34. Kf1 Re3 $19) 33... Bxf2 34. Qxf2 Qxg4+ 35. Qg3 Qxg3+ 36. Kxg3 Re3+ 37. Kf4 Rxd3) 33. Kf1 (33. Kh2 $15) 33... Qf3+ 34. Kg1 f5 35. Qh2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (35. Qe2 $17 Qxe2 36. Bxe2 Rxe4 37. Bd3 Rg4+ 38. Kf1) 35... Qxd3 {Schwarz steht klar auf Gewinn.} 36. Nxc5 Qd4+ 37. Kh1 Qxc5 38. Rg1 Qxg1+ {Precision: Weiß = 30%, Schwarz = 70%.} 0-1

[Event "British KO-ch 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.08"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Howell, David W L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,130,17,16,16,22,14,22,6,9,0,0,-7,14,0,20,14,27,29,21,10,0,0,80,87,75,83,77,70,102,94,114,115,115,98,122,117,131,120,122,142,193,129,117,0,148,0,144,132,120,128,159,166,162,176,231,170,171,147,232,231,237,229,289,295,407,397,356,314,414,389,408,392,414,409,352,262,251,250,232,253,244,227,265,252,280,292,286,267,281,266,214,191,185,187,165,12,12,0,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-29981,-29982,-29982,-29983,-29983,-29984,-29995,-29996]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1 O-O 9. Nbd2 b5 10. Bc2 {C77: Spanische Partie (Anderssen-Variante)} Bb7 (10... Re8 11. a4 b4 12. a5 Rb8 13. Ba4 Bd7 14. Nf1 Qc8 15. Ne3 bxc3 16. bxc3 Nd8 17. c4 Bxa4 18. Qxa4 Ne6 19. Nd5 Nc5 20. Qc2 c6 21. Nxf6+ Bxf6 {½-½ (21) Perunovic,M (2607)-Jojua,D (2590) Ruma 2017}) 11. Nf1 Nb8 12. d4 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} Nbd7 13. Ng3 Re8 14. a4 c6 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 14... c5 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Qe2 c4 17. Rd1 Qc7 {0-1 (37) Antal,T (2363)-Gledura,B (2500) Karpacz 2015}) 15. Be3 Qc7 16. h3 exd4 17. cxd4 c5 18. d5 Nb6 19. Qc1 b4 (19... Nfd7 $11 {bleibt in der Remisbreite.}) 20. Bh6 Bh8 21. a5 $1 {[%cal Ra5b6]} Nbd7 22. Ba4 Ne5 {Schwarz will ...Sd3 spielen.} 23. Bxe8 {Droht Sxe5 und aus.} Nxf3+ 24. gxf3 Rxe8 25. Qd2 Nd7 26. f4 Bd4 27. Kh2 Bc8 28. f3 Qd8 (28... Bf6 $16 {ist eine bessere Verteidigung.} 29. Rec1 Qb8) 29. Bg5 $18 Qc7 30. Bh6 Qd8 $1 {Die Idee ist ...Dh4.} 31. Bg5 Qc7 $1 32. Re2 Bg7 33. Rg2 h6 34. Bh4 Kh7 35. Nf5 Bh8 ({Nicht} 35... gxf5 $2 36. Rxg7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kh8 37. Rxf7 $18) (35... Bf6 $142) 36. Ne3 Nf6 37. Ng4 Bxg4 (37... Ng8 $16 38. Ne3 Nf6) 38. hxg4 Nd7 39. Re2 Bd4 40. Kg2 f6 41. Bf2 Bxf2 42. Rxf2 Kg7 43. Kg3 Rh8 44. Rh2 g5 45. Rah1 {Droht stark fxg5.} Nf8 46. Rh5 Ng6 47. Qh2 $1 ({Bloß nicht} 47. fxg5 $6 fxg5 48. e5 Qe7 $16) 47... Nh4 48. Rxh4 gxh4+ 49. Qxh4 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KDT-KDT} c4 50. Qh5 c3 51. bxc3 Qxc3 52. Qf5 $1 {[%cal Rf5d7]} Qc7 {[#]} 53. Rb1 $1 Rb8 54. g5 fxg5 55. fxg5 Qe7 {[#]} 56. gxh6+ $2 (56. Kf2 $1 $18 h5 57. Qe6 Qxe6 58. dxe6) 56... Kh8 $11 57. Rc1 b3 {Und weiter mit ...b2 wäre nett.} 58. Rc8+ Rxc8 59. Qxc8+ {KD-KD} Kh7 {Und ...b2 würde nun gewinnen.} 60. Kf2 b2 61. Qb8 Qe5 62. Qb4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (62. Ke2 $11) 62... Qh2+ {Schwarz setzt Matt.} 63. Ke3 Qg1+ 64. Kf4 b1=Q 65. Qxd6 Qh2+ {Precision: Weiß = 64%, Schwarz = 58%.} 0-1

[Event "British KO-ch 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.09"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Howell, David W L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "173"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,173,16,22,5,8,-3,-7,-16,-11,-15,-10,-20,-12,-23,-6,-8,-6,-14,-6,0,2,-2,0,-17,-26,-24,0,-24,-14,-16,-6,-23,-22,-31,-14,-21,0,-35,-14,-52,-10,-19,-27,-28,-30,-53,-31,-77,-55,-91,-54,-72,-37,-93,-33,-79,-52,-48,-49,-64,-64,-64,-62,-64,-64,-65,-60,-64,-52,-51,-47,-64,-64,-72,-64,-61,-49,-47,-24,-32,0,0,-5,-46,0,0,11,18,29,0,17,6,106,108,194,191,200,191,175,171,182,193,261,260,252,254,238,216,233,221,490,543,531,539,531,530,483,475,482,461,567,567,542,541,555,541,703,678,681,679,608,592,570,528,29959,29956,5708,4411,2910,2208,29969,29970,29966,5273,29978,29976,29975,11958,29978,29978,29978,29979,29980,29975,29977,29978,29978,29979,29980,29980,29985,29986]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Nd7 {[%cal Bf6d7,Bd7f8,Bf8e6,Be6d4][%mdl 32]} 8. Nc3 {C85: Closed Ruy Lopez: Deferred Exchange Variation} O-O 9. Kh1 Re8 10. b3 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 10. Ng1 Nf8 11. Nge2 Ng6 12. f4 exf4 13. Nxf4 Bd6 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Qf3 Be6 {½-½ (88) McShane,L (2640)-Short,N (2678) London 2017}) 10... Nf8 11. Ne2 Bd6 12. Bg5 f6 13. Be3 c5 14. Nh4 Ne6 15. Nf5 Nd4 16. Nxd6 cxd6 17. Ng3 d5 18. f3 b6 19. Qd2 Bb7 20. Rae1 Qd7 21. Qf2 Rad8 22. Rg1 Qf7 23. h3 a5 24. Kh2 Kh8 25. Bc1 {[#]} a4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 26. Bb2 (26. bxa4 Ra8) 26... Ra8 27. Bxd4 cxd4 28. Re2 dxe4 29. fxe4 Bc8 30. Qf3 Be6 31. Nh5 Qg6 32. g4 Qg5 33. Qf2 (33. Ng3 $15) 33... a3 (33... Bd7 $17) 34. Qe1 Rec8 35. Qb4 Rc6 36. Qe7 Qg6 37. Rf2 Qf7 38. Qb4 Qf8 39. Qe1 Qe8 40. Qd1 Qe7 41. Rgg2 Rac8 42. Qc1 b5 43. Qd1 b4 44. Qf3 Bd7 45. h4 Rf8 46. g5 f5 47. exf5 Rxf5 48. Qd5 Rc8 {...Bc6 is the strong threat.} 49. Ng3 Rff8 50. Rxf8+ Rxf8 51. Re2 Re8 52. Ne4 Qe6 (52... Bg4 $11 {keeps the balance.} 53. Rf2 Bh5) 53. Qxe6 $16 Bxe6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} (53... Rxe6 $16 {is a better defense.} 54. Nc5 Re7) 54. Nd6 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd6e8]} Rd8 55. Nc4 Bxc4 56. bxc4 {KR-KR} Re8 {[#]} 57. Kg3 $1 Kg8 {[#]} (57... e4 $142) 58. Kf3 $1 Kf7 {intending ...Ke6.} 59. Ke4 Ke6 {( -> ...Rf8)} 60. Rf2 Rc8 61. Rf5 Rc5 $2 (61... Kd6 {was necessary.} 62. Rxe5 Rf8 63. c5+ (63. Kxd4 Rf2 $16) 63... Kc6 64. Kxd4 Rf4+ 65. Re4 Rf2) 62. Rf8 Rc7 63. Rb8 Kd6 {If only Black now had time for ...Rf7....} 64. Rxb4 Rf7 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Rf7f4]} 65. Rb6+ Kc5 66. Rb5+ Kc6 67. Kxe5 Rf2 68. Ra5 Rxc2 69. Rxa3 Rh2 70. Ra7 Rxh4 71. Rxg7 Kc5 72. Rc7+ Kb4 73. Rb7+ Kc3 74. Rb3+ Kd2 75. c5 Rh5 76. Kxd4 Rxg5 77. Rb2+ Kc1 78. Rh2 h5 79. a4 Rg4+ 80. Kd5 Rxa4 81. Rxh5 {White mates.} Kd2 82. d4 Ra8 83. Rh6 Kc3 84. c6 Ra5+ 85. Kd6 Kc4 86. Kd7 Ra6 87. Rd6 {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 35%.} 1-0

[Event "British KO-ch 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.09"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Howell, David W L"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,100,-11,0,0,0,0,0,0,22,12,31,37,27,-23,-22,-39,-27,-28,-29,-27,6,0,0,-16,-14,-13,-11,-17,-17,-17,-17,-16,-17,-15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,0,-3,0,-51,-63,-56,-60,-74,-61,-70,-62,-70,-8,-8,-3,-3,-3,-3,-3,-3,-3,-3,-3,-3,-3,-8,-3,-3,-3,-3,-3,-3,-3,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. d3 d6 6. c3 Bb6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. h3 {C65: Spanische Partie (Berliner-Verteidigung)} Ne7 9. Re1 Ng6 10. Nf1 c6 11. Ba4 d5 {LiveBook: 4 Partien} 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Ng3 {[#]} Re8 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 13... Be6 14. d4 exd4 15. Nxd4 {0-1 (45) Puranik,A (2509)-Jumabayev,R (2603) Bastia 2017}) 14. Bb3 h6 15. d4 exd4 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. Nxd4 (17. Bxd5 $5 cxd5 18. Nxd4 $11) 17... Qe5 18. Qd3 Qe1+ 19. Qf1 Qxf1+ 20. Kxf1 Ngf4 (20... Bxd4 {seems wilder.} 21. cxd4 Be6 22. Bxd5 Bxd5 23. f3 f6) 21. Nge2 Nxe2 22. Kxe2 Bxd4 23. Bxd5 Bxc3 24. Bxf7+ Kxf7 25. bxc3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KTL-KTL} Be6 26. Be3 Bc4+ 27. Ke1 b6 28. a4 Re8 29. a5 c5 30. axb6 axb6 31. Ra7+ Kf6 32. Rd7 Re6 33. Kd2 (33. h4 $11) 33... Bf1 $15 34. g3 Bxh3 {[#] Droht stark ...Txe3!} 35. Rd8 Bg4 36. Kd3 Ke7 37. Rb8 Bf3 (37... g5 $15) 38. Kc4 $1 $11 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} g5 39. Kb5 Be2+ 40. c4 Kf6 41. Rxb6 Bxc4+ 42. Kxc5 Rxb6 43. Kxb6 {KL-KL} Be2 44. Kc6 Kf5 45. f4 Bf3+ 46. Kd6 gxf4 47. Bxf4 h5 48. Ke7 h4 49. gxh4 Kxf4 50. h5 Bxh5 {Precision: Weiß = 56%, Schwarz = 60%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "British KO-ch 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.09"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Howell, David W L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,72,18,16,6,14,-4,-3,-15,-1,-19,-18,-19,-17,-18,-14,-60,-13,-13,-19,-14,0,0,0,0,0,-1,0,-11,0,8,0,-12,60,-54,0,0,0,0,0,2,29,21,67,0,0,0,0,-86,-79,-148,-144,-165,-137,-120,29996,29997,29997,29998,29998,29999,29999]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Nd7 {[%cal Bf6d7,Bd7f8,Bf8e6,Be6d4][%mdl 32]} 8. Nc3 {C85: Closed Ruy Lopez: Deferred Exchange Variation} O-O 9. Kh1 Re8 10. Qe1 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 10. Ng1 Nf8 11. Nge2 Ng6 12. f4 exf4 13. Nxf4 Bd6 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Qf3 Be6 {½-½ (88) McShane,L (2640)-Short,N (2678) London 2017}) 10... Bd6 11. Bg5 f6 12. Be3 Nf8 13. Nh4 Ne6 14. g3 c5 15. f4 Nd4 16. Qf2 exf4 17. gxf4 f5 $1 18. Rg1 Bf8 19. Rg3 fxe4 20. Nxe4 {Strongly threatening Bxd4.} Nf5 21. Nxf5 $1 Bxf5 22. Qg2 b6 (22... Qe7 $11) 23. Bd2 ({Better is} 23. Rg5 $14 Bxe4 24. dxe4) 23... g6 ({Black should play} 23... Qd4 $15) 24. Rg5 $11 {And now Rxf5 would win.} Bxe4 $1 25. dxe4 Qd4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 26. Re1 {Black must now prevent Bc3.} Qxb2 27. f5 Bh6 {[#]} ({Don't blunder} 27... Qxc2 $2 28. Rxg6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} hxg6 29. Qxg6+ Bg7 30. f6 $18) 28. Rg4 (28. Rxg6+ $1 $14 {[%mdl 512]} hxg6 29. Bxh6) 28... Bxd2 29. Qxd2 Rad8 30. Qg2 (30. Qf2 $11 {keeps the balance.} Qf6 31. Qg3) 30... Qc3 $17 31. Rg1 {[#]} (31. Rf1 $142 Rd2 32. Qg1) 31... Rd2 $1 {[%cal Rd2g2]} 32. Qf1 Rf8 33. Qf4 Qxc2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} ({But not} 33... Rxc2 $2 {[#]} 34. Rxg6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} hxg6 35. Rxg6+ Qg7 36. Rxg7+ Kxg7 37. Qg5+ Kh7 38. Qe7+ Kg8 39. f6 $18) (33... Rf7 $17 34. Rg5 Kf8) 34. Rxg6+ $1 {[%mdl 512] White mates.} hxg6 35. Rxg6+ Kf7 36. Qxc7+ Ke8 37. Re6# {Precision: White = 49%, Black = 50%.} 1-0

[Event "British KO-ch 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.09"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Howell, David W L"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,88,38,39,25,36,23,22,27,30,7,20,19,39,14,38,15,14,14,12,5,17,13,6,-14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 {[#]} 5. Nxe5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxe4 (5... Nxe5 6. d4) 6. Qe2 Nxe5 7. Qxe4 Qe7 8. Re1 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} (8. d4 Nc6 9. Qg4 h5 10. Qg3 Bxd4 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Nd5 Qe4 13. Qg5 Qe5 14. c3 Bb6 15. a4 Re8 16. Qxe5 Rxe5 17. Nxb6 cxb6 {½-½ (42) Gashimov,V (2759)-Topalov,V (2805) Linares 2010}) 8... Ng6 $1 9. d4 Qxe4 10. Rxe4+ Be7 11. g3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Bg5 c6 12. Bxe7 d5 13. Re2 Nxe7 14. Bd3 Bg4 15. f3 Be6 16. Nd2 Kd7 17. Rae1 Rae8 18. c3 Nf5 19. Kf2 Nd6 20. Nf1 Rhf8 21. Ne3 f5 22. a4 {½-½ (22) Lucki,S (2312)-Nogal,J (2338) ICCF email 2011}) 11... c6 12. Bd3 d5 13. Re1 f6 14. Nd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1e3,Be3g2,Bg2f4][%mdl 32]} Kf7 {The position is equal.} 15. Nf1 Bd6 16. Ne3 Ne7 17. h4 h5 18. Ng2 g6 19. Bf4 Bxf4 $1 20. Nxf4 Bf5 21. Rxe7+ Kxe7 22. Bxf5 gxf5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} 23. Ng6+ Kf7 24. Nxh8+ Rxh8 {KR-KR} 25. Re1 f4 26. Kg2 fxg3 27. fxg3 Rg8 28. Kf3 Rg4 29. c3 Rg8 30. Re2 Rg4 31. Re3 a5 32. a4 Kf8 33. Re6 Kf7 34. Re3 Kf8 35. Re1 Kf7 36. Rb1 Ke6 37. b4 axb4 38. Rxb4 Rg7 39. Kf4 Rg4+ 40. Kf3 Rg7 41. a5 Kd6 42. Kf4 Rg4+ 43. Kf3 Rg7 44. Kf4 Rg4+ {Precision: White = 79%, Black = 81%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "British KO-ch 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.09"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Howell, David W L"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,67,57,47,55,51,50,61,46,45,55,49,57,64,41,43,37,87,33,47,50,57,24,24,25,20,22,21,-58,-53,-81,-80,-94,-78,-101,-4,0,0,0,0,-85,-78,-70,-75,-71,-64,-104,-71,-86,0,-300,-57,-94,-4,-6,-12,-6,-8,-8,-10,-55]} 1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 g6 3. d4 c5 4. dxc5 Qa5+ 5. Nc3 Qxc5 6. e4 {A45: Trompowsky Attack} Bg7 7. Nge2 d6 8. h3 {White is slightly better.} Nc6 9. Be3 Qa5 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. g4 Bd7 12. Nd5 Rfe8 13. a3 Rac8 14. Ng3 Ne5 15. b3 Nxd5 16. exd5 Nxg4 17. hxg4 Bxa1 18. Qxa1 Rxc2 {1-0 (54) Zubov,A (2612)-Mgeladze,T (2268) Batumi 2017}) 11... Bd7 12. a4 Qh5 13. g4 (13. Nd5 $1 $16) 13... Qa5 14. Nd5 Rac8 15. c4 (15. c3 {is more complex.} Qd8 16. b3 Ne8 17. Rc1 e6 18. Nb4) 15... Nxd5 16. exd5 Nb4 {[%cal Bc6b4,Bb4a6,Ba6c5][%mdl 32]} 17. Qb3 {And now Bd2 would win.} Na6 $1 18. Qc2 ({Of course not} 18. Qxb7 Rc7 $15) ({White should play} 18. Bd4 $11) 18... Nc5 $15 {[%cal Rd7a4]} 19. b3 Bxa1 20. Rxa1 f5 21. g5 {[#]} Qb6 (21... f4 $1 $17 {[%cal Rf4e3]} 22. Nxf4 Qb4 23. Nxg6 Rf7) 22. Nd4 $1 $11 f4 23. a5 Qd8 24. Bd2 {[#]} (24. Bc1 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 24... f3 $1 $17 {[%cal Rf3g2]} 25. Nxf3 {[#]} Bxh3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 26. Bxh3 Rxf3 27. Bg4 Rxb3 28. Re1 Rb8 ({Black should try} 28... Qc7 $17 {aiming for ...Rf8.} 29. Re3 Rxe3 30. Bxe3 Rf8 31. Bxc5 Qxc5 32. Be6+ {[#]} Rf7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 33. Bxf7+ Kxf7) 29. Be3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (29. Be6+ $11 {and White stays safe.} Nxe6 30. Qxb3) 29... Rxe3 $2 ({Better is} 29... Qxa5 $19 30. Qe2 Rf8) 30. Rxe3 $15 Qxa5 (30... e5 $17 31. dxe6 Qxg5) 31. Rxe7 $11 {The position is equal.} Qa1+ 32. Kg2 $1 Qd4 $1 {[%cal Rd4g4]} 33. Qe2 {White wants to play Re8+.} Rf8 {Hoping for ...Nd3.} 34. Re8 {Precision: White = 52%, Black = 42%.} 0-1

[Event "British KO-ch 2017"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.09"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Howell, David W L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,71,56,57,55,58,34,19,-14,14,12,15,10,72,87,72,-27,-13,-15,-17,-5,-13,-11,-12,-25,-15,-28,0,0,0,0,0,-78,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,120,112,141,77,136,133,435,410,419,395,397,369,336,212,189,118,311,279,311,277,549,501,411,411]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 c5 5. dxc5 Nc6 6. Bb5 {B12: Caro-Kann (Vorstoß-Variante)} Qc7 7. Qxd5 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 7. Ne2 Qxe5 8. Bf4 Qxb2 9. Nbc3 Nf6 10. O-O Qb4 11. Rb1 Qxc5 12. Ba4 e5 13. Bxe5 Ng4 14. Bg3 O-O-O 15. Bxc6 Qxc6 16. Nb5 Bc5 17. Ned4 Qf6 18. Qf3 {1-0 (18) Giri,A (2776)-Oleksienko,M (2620) Doha 2014}) 7... e6 $1 {[%cal Re6d5]} 8. Qf3 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} Qxe5+ 9. Ne2 Be4 $1 {[%cal Re4f3]} 10. Qg3 Qxc5 (10... Qxg3 $11 11. Nxg3 Bxg2) 11. Nbc3 $16 {Le3 ist eine echte Drohung.} Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6e4,Be4g3][%mdl 32]} 12. Bg5 ({Günstiger ist} 12. Be3 $16 Qd6 13. Bf4) 12... Bd6 $11 13. Be3 {[#]} Qxc3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 14. Nxc3 (14. bxc3 Bxg3) 14... Bxg3 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. fxg3 Nxg3 17. Rh3 Nf5 18. Bc5 h5 19. O-O-O a6 20. Bxc6+ bxc6 21. Rb3 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Weiss steht aktiver.} Rh6 22. Rb7 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Kxd8 24. Rxf7 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KTL-KTS} Rf6 (24... Rg6 $11 {hält das Gleichgewicht.}) 25. Ra7 $16 e5 26. Rxa6 (26. a4 $142) 26... Nxh4 (26... e4 $142) 27. Ra7 {zielt auf Le7+ ab.} Rg6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (27... Rf1+ $16 {ist zäher.} 28. Kd2 Nxg2) 28. Be7+ $18 Kc8 29. Bxh4 Rxg2 {KTL-KT} 30. Re7 g5 31. Rxe5 gxh4 {[#]} 32. Rxh5 ({Lieber} 32. b4 $1 $18) 32... Rh2 $2 (32... Rg1+ $16 {ist eine bessere Verteidigung.} 33. Kd2 Rh1) 33. Rh7 Kd8 34. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Ke8 $2 (34... c5 35. b3 c4 36. bxc4 Kc8) 35. a5 Rh1+ 36. Kd2 {Precision: Weiß = 73%, Schwarz = 43%.} 1-0

