[Event "Brugse Meesters 2017"]
[Site "Brugge"]
[Date "2017.08.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dgebuadze, Alexandre"]
[Black "Labieze, Steven"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,89,70,83,79,138,128,132,113,115,75,79,54,112,91,83,87,72,81,139,79,105,69,162,160,172,34,127,112,152,127,338,270,370,246,237,244,328,318,309,304,407,312,303,310,540,544,507,500,868,592,854,585,904,498,491,346,362,368,490,483,524,502,515,499,659,647,743,670,799,782,1035,928,914,865,904,783,885,850,6215,1606,29976,29976]} 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 d6 3. Nf3 Be7 4. d4 Bg4 (4... exd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. a4 Nxe4 9. Nxe4 d5 10. Bd3 dxe4 11. Bxe4 Bf6 12. Nf5 Bxf5 13. Bxf5 g6 14. Bg4 Bg7 15. a5 h5 16. Qxd8 Rxd8 {½-½ (43) Preotu,R (2452)-Sambuev,B (2532) Guelph 2015}) 5. dxe5 Nd7 6. exd6 {C41: Philidor Defence} cxd6 (6... Bxd6 $142 7. Be3 Ngf6) 7. Nc3 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 7. Bf4 Nb6 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Nc3 Nf6 10. O-O O-O 11. Bd3 Bg4 12. a4 {1-0 (40) Sabuk,J-Bartkowski,L Polanica Zdroj 2006}) 7... Ngf6 8. Be2 {White is clearly better.} O-O 9. Nd4 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 Qb6 (10... d5 $14) 11. Nf5 Rfe8 12. O-O Bf8 13. Qf3 Ne5 (13... g6 $142) 14. Qh3 ({Better is} 14. Qe3) 14... Neg4 15. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Re6 (15... d5 $14) 16. a5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} Qc5 {[#]} 17. Ne3 (17. Ra4 $1 $18) 17... Ne5 ({Black should play} 17... Nxe3 $1 $14 18. Bxe3 Qc6) 18. Ra4 $16 Rd8 19. Ned5 Nc4 $2 (19... Nxd5 $16 20. exd5 Ree8) 20. b3 b5 21. axb6 Nxb6 {[%cal Rf6d5]} 22. Be3 ({Not} 22. Rxa7 Nbxd5 23. exd5 Nxd5 $11) 22... Qc6 23. Bxb6 ({Less strong is} 23. Rxa7 Nfxd5 24. exd5 Nxd5 $16) 23... axb6 24. Rc4 {[%cal Ba4c4,Bc4c7,Bc7a7][%mdl 32]} Qb7 25. Nxf6+ Rxf6 26. Nd5 Re6 $2 {[#]} (26... Rh6 {was worth a try.}) 27. Rc7 $18 Qa8 28. Qf5 Rg6 (28... Rde8 $142 29. Qxf7+ Kh8) 29. Qxf7+ Kh8 30. g3 Re8 31. Ra7 Qc6 32. Qd7 Qxd7 33. Rxd7 Kg8 34. f3 b5 35. Ra1 Rc8 36. c3 h6 37. Rb7 h5 38. Kg2 Kh7 39. Rxb5 Rc5 40. Rxc5 dxc5 41. Ra8 Bd6 42. f4 Re6 43. Kf3 Kh6 44. Ra6 h4 45. e5 {Precision: White = 51%, Black = 14%.} 1-0

[Event "Brugse Meesters 2017"]
[Site "Brugge"]
[Date "2017.08.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Van Foreest, Lucas"]
[Black "Vanhee, Lars"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "1790"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,91,18,12,33,27,34,30,39,25,25,35,75,82,166,47,46,43,34,35,36,35,39,39,107,35,46,35,35,35,35,43,34,8,26,12,61,62,77,37,50,46,35,54,75,12,131,131,175,169,190,184,185,185,284,269,258,183,264,224,334,295,325,295,531,309,341,331,808,335,633,627,1423,1412]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Ng3 c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. b4 {E46: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4 e3 0-0 5 Ne2 without early Bd3} Be7 11. Bd3 {LiveBook: 14 Games} Be6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... a5 12. b5 Re8 13. O-O Nbd7 14. Bb2 Nc5 15. Nce2 Be6 16. Nf4 Bf8 17. Bc2 {1-0 (42) Gupta,A (2613)-Lalith,B (2553) Al Ain 2015}) 12. Bb2 {White is slightly better.} a5 13. b5 Nbd7 14. Na4 Re8 15. O-O Ng4 16. Nf5 Nge5 {[#]} (16... Nde5 $16) 17. Nxe7+ ({White has to play} 17. Nxg7 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Kxg7 18. f4) 17... Qxe7 $14 18. Bxe5 Nxe5 {[#]} 19. Bxh7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxh7 20. Qh5+ Kg8 21. Qxe5 Qh4 (21... Rac8 $14) 22. Nb6 (22. Nc5 $16) 22... Rad8 $1 23. Qd4 Qxd4 24. exd4 Rd6 25. Na4 Bd7 26. Rab1 Re4 27. Rfd1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black should prevent Nc5. White has good play.} b6 28. Nc3 Re8 29. Rbc1 Rc8 30. f3 Kf8 31. Kf2 f6 32. Ke3 ({White should play} 32. Rd3 $16) 32... Kf7 (32... Be8 $11 {remains equal.}) 33. a4 $16 Rh8 34. h3 Re8+ 35. Kd2 Bf5 36. Re1 Bd7 (36... Rc8 $142) 37. Rxe8 $18 Kxe8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 38. Nd1 Kd8 (38... g5 {was worth a try.} 39. g4 Be6) 39. Ne3 g6 (39... f5 $142 40. f4 Bc8) 40. g4 Be8 41. h4 {[%cal Bh3h4,Bh4h5,Bh5h6][%mdl 32]} Kd7 $2 (41... Bf7 {was called for.} 42. Kd3 Bg8) 42. Ng2 Kd8 43. Nf4 Kd7 $2 (43... g5) 44. Rh1 (44. h5 $142 {White wants to mate with h6.} gxh5 45. gxh5 Bxh5 46. Nxh5) 44... Ke7 $2 (44... g5 45. hxg5 fxg5) 45. h5 f5 46. h6 {Precision: White = 51%, Black = 24%.} 1-0

[Event "Brugse Meesters 2017"]
[Site "Brugge"]
[Date "2017.08.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Geirnaert, Steven"]
[Black "Deblauwe, Pauwel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B26"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "1782"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,35,25,24,22,22,33,41,231,217,362,390,389,360,360,326,360,262,257,276,410,379,1207,1164]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 e6 6. Be3 d6 7. Qd2 a6 8. Nge2 {LiveBook: 8 Games} Nge7 {B26: Closed Sicilian: 3 g3, lines with early Be3} (8... Nd4 9. O-O Ne7 10. Rae1 O-O 11. Nd1 Nxe2+ 12. Rxe2 Nc6 13. c3 e5 14. Bh6 f5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. f4 fxe4 17. dxe4 Bg4 {0-1 (49) Sysoev,V (2306)-Meribanov,V (2390) Moscow 2015}) 9. Bh6 O-O 10. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32] aiming for h5.} f5 $2 {[#]} (10... Bxh6 $14 11. Qxh6 Kh8) 11. h5 Qe8 (11... Rf7 $142 12. hxg6 hxg6 13. Bxg7 Rxg7) 12. Bxg7 $18 Kxg7 13. hxg6 Qxg6 14. Nf4 Qf7 15. Nh5+ $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. O-O-O Rh8 16. Nh5+ {1-0 (32) Narheim,M (1519)-Alisaari,V (1286) Helsingor 2017}) 15... Kh8 16. O-O-O b5 (16... e5 {might work better.} 17. Qh6 Ng8 18. Qxd6 f4) 17. exf5 Qxf5 $2 {[#]} (17... d5 18. fxe6 Bxe6) 18. Be4 1-0

[Event "Brugse Meesters 2017"]
[Site "Brugge"]
[Date "2017.08.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Varga, Zoltan"]
[Black "Kutchoukov, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "1772"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,43,39,7,12,1,26,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-27,0,0,0,-31,325,327,314,321,399,392,585,627,1316,1294]} 1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Bb5+ Nbd7 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 a6 {B10: Caro-Kann: 2 d3 and 2 c4} (7... Bg7 8. d6 exd6 9. Qe2+ Qe7 10. Bf4 Qxe2+ 11. Ngxe2 O-O 12. Bxd6 Re8 13. O-O a6 14. Ba4 b5 15. Bb3 Bb7 16. a4 Ne4 17. Bf4 b4 18. Nd5 Nd2 19. Bxd2 Rxe2 20. Bxb4 Rxb2 {1-0 (51) Bortnyk,O (2533)-Kulaots,K (2563) Wroclaw 2014}) 8. Be2 (8. Ba4 {looks sharper.} Bg7 9. Bb3 b5 10. Nf3 O-O 11. O-O) 8... Bg7 9. Nf3 O-O {The position is equal.} 10. O-O Nb6 11. Ne5 Nfxd5 12. Bf3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Qc7 15. Rb1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Qd4 Rd8 {1-0 (70) Khlopov,S (2129)-Koehler,J (2132) LSS email 2012}) 15... Bf5 (15... Rd8 $5 {[%cal Rd8d1]} 16. Qb3 Nc4 $11) 16. Rb4 {Hoping for Qd4.} a5 17. Rb5 {Black must now prevent Qd4.} Bd7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (17... Rfd8 $15 {stays ahead.} 18. Qb3 Be6) 18. Rxb6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Qxb6 19. Qxd7 e6 20. Be3 Qb2 (20... Qd8 $142 21. Qb5 Qc7) 21. Qe7 {White wants to mate with Qf6.} Rfe8 22. Qf6 {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 43%.} 1-0

[Event "Brugse Meesters 2017"]
[Site "Brugge"]
[Date "2017.08.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lai, Hing Ting"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Machteld"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2388"]
[BlackElo "1768"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,45,32,57,58,52,53,57,40,110,107,137,117,126,121,134,134,191,191,198,200,207,208,208,202,231,167,271,254,339,340,362,349,429,400,533,516,584,584]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 d6 5. Nf3 Be6 {LiveBook: 14 Games} 6. b3 {A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3} (6. d3 h6 7. Rb1 Qd7 8. b4 Be7 9. b5 Nd8 10. O-O Bh3 11. e4 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Nh7 13. Nd5 Ne6 14. Bb2 {0-1 (38) Milanovic,D (2480)-Lajthajm,B (2401) Belgrade 2016}) 6... d5 7. Ng5 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. O-O Be7 9. Nxd5 Bxd5 10. Bb2 Bf6 11. Qb1 Qd7 12. d3 h5 {1-0 (28) Mrkonjic,N (2367)-Bebiak,J (2105) Kaskady 2002}) 7... Bc5 8. O-O {White is slightly better.} O-O (8... Qd7 $14) 9. cxd5 $16 Bxd5 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. Qc2 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Rc2h7] [#]} Qxg5 12. Qxc5 Nde7 (12... Nb6 $16 {was necessary.}) 13. d4 $1 $18 {[%cal Bd2d4,Bd4e5][%mdl 32]} Qf6 14. dxe5 Qe6 15. Bb2 Rad8 16. Rfd1 a6 17. e4 b6 (17... Rd7 $142 18. Rxd7 Qxd7) 18. Qc3 Nc8 19. f4 N8a7 20. Rd5 Nb5 21. Qd2 Qe7 22. a4 Nba7 23. Ba3 {Precision: White = 89%, Black = 24%.} 1-0

[Event "Brugse Meesters 2017"]
[Site "Brugge"]
[Date "2017.08.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Downey, Keith"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "1802"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,50,56,51,75,2,71,44,72,0,0,0,0,5,26,23,46,-162,-150,-139,-145,-131,-135,-148,-164,-162,-146,-209,-205,-238,-231,-238,-223,-238,-235,-235,-234,-281,-272]} 1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Nc3 Bg4 5. e3 Nd7 6. Be2 e5 7. h3 {A41: 1 d4 d6: Tartakower System and Modern Defence} Bxf3 8. Bxf3 {LiveBook: 5 Games} ({Reject} 8. gxf3 exd4 9. exd4 Ne7 $15) 8... Rb8 9. g3 $146 (9. d5 $16) ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 9. g4 Ne7 10. d5 Bh6 11. h4 f5 12. g5 Bg7 13. e4 h6 14. Rg1 hxg5 15. hxg5 {½-½ (34) Raznikov,D (2326)-Warakomski,T (2495) Olomouc 2010}) 9... h5 (9... exd4 $11 10. exd4 Ne7) 10. b3 Nh6 {[%cal Bg8h6,Bh6f5,Bf5d4][%mdl 32]} 11. Bg2 (11. dxe5 $16 O-O 12. Bb2) 11... exd4 $1 $11 12. exd4 Nf5 13. Ne2 c5 14. Bb2 cxd4 15. Bxd4 $2 (15. O-O $14 {stays ahead.}) 15... Nxd4 $19 16. Nxd4 {[#]} Qa5+ $1 17. Kf1 {[#]} Qc5 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping White busy.} 18. Nb5 Bxa1 19. Qxa1 O-O 20. Qd1 (20. Bd5 $17 {was necessary.}) 20... Nf6 21. Nc3 {[#]} b5 $1 22. Nd5 (22. Nxb5 d5) 22... Nxd5 23. Bxd5 bxc4 24. Bxc4 Rfd8 25. Bd5 Rb5 {Precision: White = 29%, Black = 69%.} 0-1

[Event "Brugse Meesters 2017"]
[Site "Brugge"]
[Date "2017.08.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mabire, Manuel"]
[Black "Motwani, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1793"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,84,-54,-40,-99,-75,-149,-141,-144,-60,-60,-62,-62,-62,-57,-58,-59,-49,-64,-59,-141,-68,-141,-139,-136,-136,-142,-141,-133,-130,-130,-127,-129,-116,-132,-119,-302,-318,-581,-536,-569,-556,-1024,-1034,-1412,-1351,-5277,-2303,-2286,-1647,-12837,-12836,-12839,-12839,-12843,-12843,-12844,-12845,-12845,-12845,-29986,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Qb6 8. O-O Nxd4 9. Nxd4 Qxd4 10. Nc3 Qxe5 11. Re1 Qb8 12. Nxd5 Bd6 13. Qg4 Kf8 $1 ({Reject} 13... Bxh2+ $6 14. Kh1 $14) 14. Nf4 {C02: French: Advance Variation} ({Better is} 14. Qh3 $15) (14. Bd2 h5 15. Qh3 Bc6 16. Ne3 Nf6 17. Bc3 Rh6 18. Nc4 Bc7 19. Be5 Ng4 20. Bxc7 Qxc7 21. f3 b5 22. fxg4 bxc4 23. Bxc4 hxg4 24. Qa3+ {½-½ (24) Martinez,I (2338)-Gonzalez Garcia,J (2449) Leon 2004}) 14... Nf6 15. Qf3 (15. Qh4 $142) 15... Bc6 $17 16. Qe3 {Black is clearly better.} Bxf4 (16... Qc7 $17 {aiming for ...Rd8.} 17. Bd2 e5) 17. Qxf4 $15 Qxf4 18. Bxf4 Ke7 19. Rac1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19. Rad1 Rhd8 20. Be5 h6 21. Bc2 Bd5 {0-1 (45) Kamenik,R-Mares,J (2290) Brno 1996}) 19... Rhd8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 20. Bb1 Rac8 21. Be3 b6 22. Red1 ({White should play} 22. f3 $15) 22... Rxd1+ $17 23. Rxd1 Be4 24. Bxe4 Nxe4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 25. f3 Nf6 26. Kf2 Rc2+ 27. Rd2 Rxd2+ 28. Bxd2 {KB-KN} Nd5 29. g4 Kd6 30. f4 $2 {[#]} (30. Ke2 $17 {might work better.}) 30... Kc5 $19 31. Be3+ $2 (31. f5 exf5 32. gxf5) 31... Nxe3 32. Kxe3 {KP-KP} Kd5 33. Kd3 f6 34. h4 e5 35. fxe5 Kxe5 36. Ke3 g6 {[%cal Bg7g6,Bg6f5][%mdl 32]} 37. b4 f5 38. gxf5 gxf5 39. a3 b5 40. h5 h6 41. Ke2 Ke4 {[#] ( -> ...f4)} 42. Kf2 Ke5 $2 {[%mdl 32768] Precision: White = 19%, Black = 71%. . Sensor Board Error (Ke4/e5)?} (42... f4 {mates} 43. Kg2 f3+ 44. Kg3 Ke3 45. Kg4 f2 46. Kf5 f1=Q+ 47. Kg6 Qg1+ 48. Kf7 Qc1 49. Kg8 Qxa3 50. Kf7 Qxb4 51. Ke6 Qg4+ 52. Kf7 b4 53. Ke8 b3 54. Kf7 b2 55. Ke7 b1=Q 56. Kd6 Qbb4+ 57. Kc6 Qe6+ 58. Kc7 Qbb6#) 0-1

[Event "Brugse Meesters 2017"]
[Site "Brugge"]
[Date "2017.08.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Van Malder, Klaus"]
[Black "Czebe, Attila"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1788"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,68,45,45,29,43,21,37,12,44,33,34,34,39,27,88,79,87,62,70,54,32,35,48,51,51,0,-8,-116,-134,-124,-146,-168,-170,-172,-168,-175,-176,-178,-165,-291,-284,-456,-437,-439,-435,-411,-423,-723,-774,-712,-758,-778,-769,-748,-712,-734,-728,-700,-614,-632,-625]} 1. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4d5][%mdl 32]} g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Be3 d5 5. exd5 Nb4 6. Bc4 {Hoping for a3. B06: Modern Defence} Nf6 7. Qd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. Nf3 Nbxd5 8. Nxd5 Nxd5 9. Bg5 Qd6 10. O-O Be6 11. Bb3 O-O 12. Qd2 c6 13. Rfe1 f6 {0-1 (52) Neelotpal,D (2512)-Popchev,M (2432) Marianske Lazne 2006}) 7... O-O 8. Nf3 {White is slightly better.} Re8 (8... Bf5 $5 {[%cal Rb4c2]} 9. Rc1 Nfxd5 $11) 9. O-O Nbxd5 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. Bh6 Bh8 (11... Bg4 $11) 12. Rfe1 c6 13. Bb3 {[%cal Bc4b3,Bb3c2,Bc2d3][%mdl 32]} a5 14. c3 a4 15. Bc2 Nb6 16. Bd3 Ra5 17. Ne5 (17. h3 $14) 17... Bxe5 $11 18. dxe5 {[#]} (18. Rxe5 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.} Rxe5 19. dxe5) 18... Rd5 $1 $17 {[%cal Rd5d3]} 19. Rad1 Bg4 20. f3 Bf5 21. Bxf5 {aiming for Qc1.} ({Don't go for} 21. Re3 $2 {[#]} Nc4 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]}) 21... Rxd2 22. Rxd2 Qc7 23. Bd3 Rd8 24. Bf4 {[#]} (24. Kf1 $142) 24... a3 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 25. Red1 $2 (25. bxa3 Nd5 26. Bg3) 25... Na4 26. bxa3 Nxc3 27. Re1 Qa5 28. Bc4 (28. Kf2 $142) 28... Rxd2 29. Bxd2 Qc5+ 30. Kh1 Qxc4 31. Rc1 Qxa2 32. Bxc3 Qxa3 33. Bd2 Kf8 34. h4 Ke8 {Precision: White = 27%, Black = 67%.} 0-1

[Event "Brugse Meesters 2017"]
[Site "Brugge"]
[Date "2017.08.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "De Vroe, Philip"]
[Black "Beerdsen, Thomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C58"]
[WhiteElo "1773"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,40,52,57,65,32,23,-9,21,5,23,-12,-16,-33,-24,-50,-18,-67,-47,-22,-17,-14,-8,-7,-20]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Qe2 Be7 8. Bxd7+ {C58: Two Knights: 4 Ng5 d5 5 exd5 Na5 sidelines} (8. Nc3 Bxb5 9. Qxb5+ c6 10. dxc6 Nxc6 11. Nf3 O-O 12. d3 Nd4 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Ne2 Rc8 15. Qb3 Qa5+ 16. Bd2 {½-½ (24) Short,N (2683)-Postny,E (2606) Kishinev 2017}) 8... Qxd7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. O-O {LiveBook: 14 Games. White is slightly better.} ({Reject} 10. Qxe5 Bd6 $15) 10... c6 11. Qxe5 $146 {Threatens to win with d6.} ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 11. Nf3 cxd5 12. Nxe5 Qf5 13. d4 Rac8 14. Qd3 Qxd3 15. Nxd3 Bd6 {½-½ (72) Yakovich,Y (2565)-Yandemirov,V (2503) Sochi 2005}) 11... cxd5 12. d4 Nc6 {[%cal Ba5c6,Bc6b4,Bb4c2][%mdl 32]} 13. Qf4 Bd6 14. Qh4 Qf5 15. Be3 Nb4 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 16. Nb5 Be7 17. c3 Nc2 18. Rac1 a6 {The position is equal.} 19. Nc7 Rac8 20. Bf4 {And now Qh3 would win.} h6 {[%mdl 32768] Loss on Time!?} 0-1

[Event "Brugse Meesters 2017"]
[Site "Brugge"]
[Date "2017.08.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aardenburg, Piet"]
[Black "Gourlay, Iain"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1768"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,48,-22,-16,-42,-25,-74,-23,-54,-20,-31,-29,-73,-83,-81,-91,-135,-136,-131,-116,-111,-129,-126,-120,-115,-117,-117,-130,-160,-171]} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 e6 6. cxd4 d6 7. Nc3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Qc7 9. Bd2 Nd7 10. exd6 Bxd6 11. Bd3 b6 {LiveBook: 163 Games. B22: Sicilian: 2 c3} 12. Be4 (12. O-O Bb7 13. Re1 O-O 14. h3 Rac8 15. a4 Bf4 16. Be3 Nf6 17. Rc1 Rfd8 18. Qe2 Nd5 19. c4 Nb4 20. Bb1 Bxe3 21. fxe3 Bxf3 22. Qxf3 {0-1 (61) Dgebuadze,A (2515)-Nisipeanu,L (2677) Metz 2013}) 12... Bb7 13. Qe2 Rc8 (13... Bxe4 $17 14. Qxe4 Rc8) 14. O-O O-O 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. Rfd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Ng5 Qd5 17. a4 Nf6 18. Rfe1 Rc4 19. f3 {0-1 (47) Hrzica,R (2148)-Nikolov,S (2407) Portoroz 2004}) 16... Qd5 17. Rac1 Rc4 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Bxe5 20. Bf4 Qe4 ({Inferior is} 20... Bxf4 21. Rxd5 exd5 22. Rd1 $14) 21. Qxe4 Rxe4 22. Bxe5 Rxe5 23. Rd7 Ra5 24. Rc2 Rc8 {Precision: White = 44%, Black = 62%.} 0-1

[Event "Brugse Meesters 2017"]
[Site "Brugge"]
[Date "2017.08.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Dijkhuis, Oele"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2033"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,45,29,17,24,12,30,10,5,1,0,5,10,6,72,77,127,108,223,219,218,218,277,272,275,255,369,357,736,728,1287,1263,1416,1175,3401,3514]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. e3 g6 3. b4 (3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. d4 c5 6. d5 b5 7. Be2 Qa5+ 8. c3 Bb7 9. a4 Nxd5 10. axb5 Qb6 11. O-O a6 12. bxa6 Nxa6 13. Qc2 Nab4 {½-½ (84) Nakamura,H (2785)-Grischuk,A (2761) Paris 2017}) 3... d5 4. Bb2 Bg7 5. d4 O-O 6. Nbd2 {A05: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 Nf6} c6 7. a4 {LiveBook: 5 Games} Nbd7 8. Be2 $146 {White has an edge.} ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 8. c4 e6 9. Be2 Ne4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Nd2 f5 12. O-O e5 13. d5 {1-0 (34) Bortnyk,O (2552)-Kovalev,V (2546) Minsk 2015}) 8... a5 9. bxa5 Qxa5 10. O-O Qc7 11. c4 e6 12. Qc2 h5 (12... b6 $11 {remains equal.}) 13. Rfc1 $16 dxc4 14. Nxc4 Re8 (14... b6 $16 {is a better defense.}) 15. a5 $18 Nd5 16. e4 {[%cal Be3e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} Nb4 17. Qd2 Na6 18. e5 Bf8 (18... Qd8 $142 19. Nd6 Rf8) 19. Ba3 Bxa3 $2 {[#]} (19... Qd8 20. Bxf8 Nxf8) 20. Rxa3 {White is clearly winning.} Qd8 21. Qh6 Nf8 22. Nd6 Re7 23. Ne4 {Precision: White = 82%, Black = 23%.} 1-0

[Event "Brugse Meesters 2017"]
[Site "Brugge"]
[Date "2017.08.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Motwani, Paul"]
[Black "Altea, Alessandro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2025"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,55,40,60,50,36,-7,105,102,206,208,245,239,347,347,332,187,193,190,177,184,610,596,558,567,1611,1595,1478,1462,29993,29994,29998,29999]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 h6 9. Be3 Ng4 {E92: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5: 7 dxe5, 7 Be3 and Petrosian System without 7...Nbd7} 10. Bd2 f5 11. h3 Nf6 12. exf5 gxf5 13. Qc1 f4 {LiveBook: 29 Games} 14. g3 e4 15. Nd4 (15. Nh4 {seems wilder.} e3 16. fxe3 fxg3 17. Ng6 g2 18. Rg1) (15. Nh4 e3 16. fxe3 fxg3 17. Ng6 {1-0 (41) Kramnik,V (2769)-Nakamura,H (2775) London 2014}) 15... fxg3 $146 (15... Ne8 $11) ({Predecessor:} 15... f3 16. Bd1 Kh7 17. Bc2 {1-0 (40) Sunilduth Lyna,N (2536)-Hakobyan,H (2136) St Petersburg 2016}) 16. fxg3 $16 Nxd5 (16... Nh7 $16) 17. Nxd5 $18 Bxd4 18. Bxh6 Bg7 (18... Nc6 {might work better.} 19. Bxf8 Qxf8 20. Qg5+ (20. Nxc7 Qg7 $18) 20... Qg7 21. Qxg7+ Bxg7 22. Nxc7 Bxb2) 19. Bg5 ({Weaker is} 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qe3 Nc6 $16) 19... Qe8 {intending ...Na6.} 20. Qe3 (20. Nxc7 $142 Qe5 21. Nxa8 Qxg3+ 22. Kd1) 20... Qe5 21. Ne7+ Kh7 {[#]} 22. Rd1 $1 $40 {[%cal Rd1d5][%mdl 128] White goes for the king.} c6 $2 (22... Nc6 23. Rd5 Rf3 24. Bxf3 Qxg3+ 25. Qf2 Qxf2+ 26. Kxf2 exf3) 23. Nxc8 Rxc8 24. Bf4 Qxb2 25. Qxe4+ Kh8 26. Bd3 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Re4h7] [#]} Bc3+ 27. Kf1 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Re4h7]} Kg7 28. Qg6+ {Precision: White = 74%, Black = 19%.} 1-0

[Event "Brugse Meesters 2017"]
[Site "Brugge"]
[Date "2017.08.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Czebe, Attila"]
[Black "Barzeele, Raf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "1996"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,113,0,-11,-14,-4,0,-18,-29,-4,0,-6,-16,-25,-28,-14,-20,0,0,0,0,0,3,19,11,53,57,77,74,83,80,83,84,84,79,79,79,83,81,79,71,76,87,106,106,194,174,169,145,146,148,228,80,81,74,75,65,66,58,66,55,60,14,14,14,20,20,20,18,20,20,29,15,14,14,20,15,68,63,72,68,78,27,33,3,3,8,189,189,194,194,205,96,104,111,388,396,29974,29976,29974,29977,29977,29977]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 O-O 7. e5 Nd5 {LiveBook: 140 Games. B31: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5 g6} 8. Na3 (8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d6 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4 12. exd6 exd6 13. h3 Bf5 14. Bg5 Qc7 15. Qd2 a6 16. Bf1 Rac8 17. Bh6 Na5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qf4 Rce8 {1-0 (29) Novikov,S (2513)-Matlakov,M (2694) Tallinn 2016}) 8... Nc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... a6 9. Bc4 Nb6 10. Bf1 d6 11. exd6 Qxd6 12. Nc4 Nxc4 13. Bxc4 b5 {0-1 (30) Vetharaniam,P (2045)-Bennett,H (2348) ICCF email 2009}) 9. Bf1 d5 {The position is equal.} 10. exd6 exd6 11. d4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 Be6 14. Bf4 Qd7 15. Nc4 Bxc4 16. Bxc4 d5 17. Bb3 Ne6 18. Be5 Bh6 19. Qf3 Rfd8 20. Bf6 Ng5 21. Bxg5 Bxg5 22. Re5 Bh6 23. Rxd5 Qc7 24. Rc5 $40 {[%mdl 128] White is out for blood.} Qe7 25. Re5 Qc7 26. Rae1 {Re7 is the strong threat.} Rd7 27. g3 Bf8 28. h4 Bb4 (28... Qc6 $16 29. Qe3 Rad8) 29. R1e4 $1 $18 Bd6 30. Rg5 {Hoping for Qf6.} Kg7 31. Kg2 Re7 (31... h6 $16 {was worth a try.}) 32. Rxe7 (32. Reg4 $1 $18 {and the rest is easy.}) 32... Qxe7 $16 33. Rb5 Rb8 34. h5 b6 35. a4 a6 36. Rd5 b5 37. Qe3 Qxe3 38. fxe3 bxa4 39. Bxa4 Rxb2+ $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 40. Kf3 Rb6 41. g4 {[%cal Bg3g4,Bg4h5][%mdl 32]} Kf6 42. Bc2 Ke6 43. Ra5 Bb4 44. Re5+ Kd6 ({Black should play} 44... Kf6 $11) 45. Re8 $14 gxh5 46. gxh5 h6 47. e4 ({White should try} 47. Ke4 $16) 47... Bc3 $11 48. e5+ Kd5 49. Rd8+ Kc4 $2 (49... Ke6 $1 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 50. Ke4 $18 f6 {[#]} 51. Bd3+ $1 Kb4 {[#]} 52. Kf5 (52. Rd6 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd6b6] is more deadly.} f5+ 53. Kxf5 Rxd6 54. exd6) 52... fxe5 $16 53. dxe5 {[%cal Bd4e5,Be5e6,Be6e7][%mdl 32]} Be1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (53... Rb7 $16) 54. e6 $18 Bh4 $2 (54... Rb7 $18 55. Rd4+ (55. Bxa6 Rg7 $16) 55... Kc3) 55. Rd4+ {White mates.} Kc3 56. Rxh4 Kxd3 57. e7 {Precision: White = 62%, Black = 47%.} 1-0

[Event "Brugse Meesters 2017"]
[Site "Brugge"]
[Date "2017.08.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Beerdsen, Thomas"]
[Black "Kolp, Theo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "1993"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,85,43,35,90,83,126,79,79,81,81,66,66,39,39,39,33,29,39,32,47,47,40,32,32,35,23,31,173,178,135,49,130,20,46,46,46,46,46,46,52,46,52,29,33,33,29,29,34,34,105,133,133,133,194,195,395,395,395,395,395,389,386,333,378,370]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 Nc6 4. Bb2 a6 5. c4 d6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nf6 8. Nc3 Be7 9. g3 O-O 10. Bg2 Qc7 11. O-O Bd7 12. Rc1 Rac8 {A33: Symmetrical English: 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 e6 5 Nc3 Nc6} (12... Nxd4 $14 13. Qxd4 Rfc8) 13. Nd5 $16 Qd8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... exd5 14. cxd5 Qa5 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. Bc3 Qb6 17. Qd2 Rfe8 18. Rfe1 c5 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. exf5 {1-0 (58) Gritsak,O (2539)-Maciaga,M (2235) Warsaw 2010}) 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 {White is better.} 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Ba3 Rfd8 17. e5 Ne8 {[%cal Bf6e8,Be8d6,Bd6f7,Bf7e5][%mdl 32]} 18. exd6 Nxd6 19. Bxc6 Rxc6 20. Rc3 Qc7 {[%cal Rd6c4] White must now prevent ...Nxc4.} 21. Rd3 {aiming for c5.} f6 22. Qd2 Nf7 $1 23. Rd1 Rxd3 24. Qxd3 Ne5 (24... Qc8 $14) 25. Qd8+ $1 $18 Qxd8 26. Rxd8+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Kf7 27. Rb8 (27. f4 $16 Nf3+ 28. Kg2 Ne1+ 29. Kf2) 27... Rc7 28. Bd6 Rd7 29. Bxe5 fxe5 $14 {KR-KR} 30. Kf1 e4 31. Ke2 Kf6 32. c5 Rc7 33. b4 a5 34. a3 {[%cal Ba2a3,Ba3b4,Bb4b5,Bb5b6][%mdl 32]} axb4 35. axb4 Rd7 (35... g6 $14) 36. Rc8 $16 Ke5 {[#]} 37. b5 $1 Kd4 {[#]} (37... g5 $16 38. b6 h6) 38. b6 $1 $18 h6 $2 (38... g5 39. Rc7 Rd5 40. Rxb7 Kxc5 41. Rxh7 Kxb6) 39. Rc7 Rd8 40. Rxb7 {Hoping for c6.} Kxc5 41. Rxg7 Kxb6 42. Rg6 Rd6 43. Ke3 {Precision: White = 73%, Black = 49%.} 1-0

[Event "Brugse Meesters 2017"]
[Site "Brugge"]
[Date "2017.08.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gourlay, Iain"]
[Black "Eijk, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2401"]
[BlackElo "1982"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,43,15,30,0,0,0,0,0,0,-20,0,0,46,45,54,43,52,27,212,200,200,206,284,211,252,205,208,206,503,503,491,492]} 1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 c5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. a3 Nf6 6. Rb1 a5 7. d3 O-O 8. Nf3 {A36: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7} (8. Bd2 b6 9. b4 axb4 10. axb4 cxb4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Nd4 13. Nf3 Nb5 14. Bxb4 Nc3 15. Bxc3 Bxc3+ {0-1 (34) Ramirez,A (2550)-Stukopin,A (2586) Saint Louis 2017}) 8... d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bd2 {The position is equal.} e6 11. O-O Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nde7 12. Na4 b6 13. Bc3 Rb8 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Nc3 e5 16. Nd2 Be6 17. Qa4 Nd4 18. Rfc1 Nd5 19. Bxd5 {½-½ (19) Zivkovic,N (2184)-Djukic,Z (2382) Nis 2011}) 12. Bg5 Qb6 13. Nd2 $36 {[%cal Bf3d2,Bd2c4,Bc4d6,Bd6b5,Bb5a7,Ba7c6][%mdl 2080] White is more active.} h6 14. Nc4 Qa6 15. Bd2 ({But not} 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Nd6 Re6 $15) 15... Nxc3 $2 {[#]} (15... Rd8 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 16. bxc3 $18 (16. Bxc3 e5 $14) 16... b5 17. Nd6 Re7 18. Nxb5 ({Weaker is} 18. Rxb5 Rd7 $16) 18... Rb8 19. Bxc6 Qxc6 {[#]} 20. Na7 $1 {[%cal Ra7c6][%mdl 512]} Qc7 $2 (20... Rxa7 21. Rxb8 Kh7) 21. Rxb8 Qxb8 22. Nc6 {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 27%.} 1-0

[Event "Brugse Meesters 2017"]
[Site "Brugge"]
[Date "2017.08.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mueller, Martin"]
[Black "Dgebuadze, Alexandre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2111"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,95,-11,-15,-67,-28,-19,-25,-27,-27,-29,-26,-23,-9,-14,-34,-43,-50,-28,-18,-11,-8,-12,0,0,0,0,0,-2,0,-62,-11,-18,-14,-222,-225,-393,-386,-381,-374,-427,-414,-413,-382,-516,-329,-360,-355,-366,-381,-351,-368,-397,-382,-436,-325,-422,-419,-422,-423,-415,-417,-389,-399,-474,-413,-475,-491,-543,-545,-543,-503,-597,-561,-518,-485,-623,-622,-620]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd3 Nc6 {C01: French: Exchange Variation} 7. Nge2 dxc4 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O Bf5 10. a3 Bd6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 11. Nf4 $146 (11. Be3 $11) ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 11. f3 h6 12. Be3 Re8 13. Qd2 Na5 14. Ba2 {½-½ (62) Rakhmanov,A (2636)-Khotenashvili,B (2504) Doha 2014}) 11... Bxf4 12. Bxf4 Nxd4 13. Bxc7 Qxc7 14. Qxd4 Rad8 15. Qh4 $1 Qb6 16. b3 Bd3 17. Na4 Qa5 18. Rfc1 b6 19. Nb2 Be4 20. Qf4 h6 21. b4 Qh5 22. Re1 Qg6 $40 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Rg6g2][%mdl 128] [#] Black has some attack.} 23. f3 Ba8 24. Re2 (24. Rad1 $11) 24... Nh5 (24... b5 $15 25. Bb3 (25. Bxb5 Nd5 $17) 25... Nh5) 25. Qe3 $1 $11 Qf6 26. Qe5 $2 (26. Rd1 $11) 26... Nf4 $19 {And now ...Rd2! would win.} 27. Re3 $2 {[#]} (27. Qxf6 {was necessary.} Nxe2+ 28. Bxe2 gxf6 29. Ba6) 27... Qxe5 $1 28. Rxe5 Rd2 $1 {[%csl LRb2,LRg2]} 29. Nd1 Rxg2+ 30. Kf1 Rxh2 31. Nf2 Nh3 32. Ra2 Bxf3 33. Nxh3 Rxh3 34. Re7 a5 35. bxa5 bxa5 36. Rd2 Rh1+ 37. Kf2 Rh2+ 38. Ke3 Rxd2 39. Kxd2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rd8+ 40. Ke3 Bd5 41. Bd3 Bb3 42. Ra7 a4 {Black is clearly winning.} 43. Bb5 g5 44. Bd7 Kg7 45. Bf5 Rd6 46. Bg4 Rf6 47. Bh5 Rf1 48. Kd4 {Precision: White = 31%, Black = 62%.} 0-1

[Event "Brugse Meesters 2017"]
[Site "Brugge"]
[Date "2017.08.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mullink, Jochem"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Lucas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C97"]
[WhiteElo "2002"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 29,92,65,46,41,78,83,88,57,120,116,108,95,120,94,91,99,150,66,78,66,94,90,255,254,244,241,203,192,193,172,185,127,133,122,127,128,118,118,104,-12,0,0,0,-478,-470,-971,-1049,-1049,-960,-922,-914,-904,-820,-1104,-1089,-1604,-1564,-1294,-823,-1356,-1071,-29992,-29993,-29994,-29990]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Be6 13. d5 Bd7 14. b3 {C97: Closed Ruy Lopez: Chigorin Defence: 11 d4 Qc7, sidelines} (14. Nf1 Nc4 15. b3 Nb6 16. a4 c4 17. Ba3 cxb3 18. Bxb3 bxa4 19. Ba2 Be8 20. Nxe5 Qxc3 21. Nc6 Bxc6 {1-0 (36) Motylev,A (2665)-Hansen,S (2571) Jerusalem 2015}) 14... c4 15. b4 Nb7 {LiveBook: 12 Games} 16. a4 {White is slightly better.} a5 17. axb5 Bxb5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... axb4 18. Rxa8 Rxa8 19. cxb4 Bxb5 20. Nb1 Be8 21. Re3 Nd7 {1-0 (47) Iwanow,A (2097)-Plischki,S (2347) Marianske Lazne 2011}) 18. Nb1 Qd7 (18... Bd7 $14) 19. Be3 $16 Rfc8 20. Nfd2 Bd8 21. Na3 axb4 22. cxb4 c3 {[#]} (22... g6 $142) 23. Nb3 (23. Nf1 $1 $16) 23... g6 24. Qf3 Ne8 25. Nxb5 Rxa1 $2 (25... Qxb5 $16 26. Reb1 Rxa1 27. Nxa1 (27. Rxa1 Qxb4 28. Qg4 f5 $14) 27... Bb6) 26. Rxa1 $18 ({Weaker is} 26. Nxa1 Qxb5 27. Rb1 Bb6 $14) 26... Qxb5 {[#]} 27. Nc1 $1 {Threatens to win with Ba4.} Ng7 28. Bd3 Qd7 29. Ra7 f5 {If Black can now play ...f4 this consolidates a bit.} 30. Ba6 (30. g3 $18) 30... Rb8 $16 31. g3 fxe4 32. Qxe4 {Ne2 is the strong threat.} Nf5 33. Kg2 Qf7 34. Bxb7 ({White should play} 34. h4 $16) 34... Nxe3+ 35. fxe3 Bb6 36. Ra3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (36. Ra8 $1 $11 {and White is okay.} Qxb7 37. Rxb8+ Qxb8 38. Ne2) 36... Rf8 $19 37. Nd3 (37. Ra2 $142 Qf1+ 38. Kh2 Qxc1 39. Ba6) 37... Qf1+ ({Stronger than} 37... Qxb7 38. Rxc3 Qa8 39. Rc2 $11) 38. Kh2 Qe2+ 39. Qg2 Qxd3 40. Ra2 Qxe3 {( -> ...Rf2)} 41. Bc6 Qd3 42. Re2 Qd1 {Hoping for ...Bg1+!} 43. h4 h5 44. Bd7 Kg7 45. g4 {[#]} Bg1+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 46. Kh1 (46. Qxg1 Qxe2+) 46... Bf2+ {Precision: White = 51%, Black = 53%.} 0-1

[Event "Brugse Meesters 2017"]
[Site "Brugge"]
[Date "2017.08.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mameli, Gianluca"]
[Black "Geirnaert, Steven"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1995"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,38,39,52,11,31,-1,0,-3,0,0,3,0,4,-54,-43,-102,-112,-249,-272,-246,-252,-616,-641,-591,-606,-664,-271,-952,-933,-1092,-1129]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bd3 g6 4. Ne2 c5 5. c3 Nc6 {LiveBook: 32 Games} 6. a3 {B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems} (6. O-O Bg7 7. d5 Nb8 8. f4 O-O 9. c4 b5 10. cxb5 a6 11. Nbc3 c4 12. Bxc4 axb5 13. Bxb5 Qb6+ 14. Qd4 Qxd4+ 15. Nxd4 Nxe4 {½-½ (46) Gorbatov,A (2363)-Salem,A (2528) Golden Sands 2012}) 6... Bg7 7. b4 O-O 8. Bb2 $146 {[#]The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 8. Nd2 cxd4 9. cxd4 Ng4 10. Nb3 Bd7 11. h3 Nf6 12. Be3 e6 13. O-O Ne7 {½-½ (57) Wiemer,J (2011)-Bernhoeft,E (1825) Berlin 2010}) 8... c4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 9. Bc2 (9. Bxc4 Nxe4) 9... d5 10. e5 Nh5 11. O-O ({White should play} 11. h3 $11) 11... f6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 12. f4 ({White should try} 12. b5 $15 Qb6 13. bxc6 Qxb2 14. Nd2) 12... Bg4 $17 {And now ...Bh6 would win.} 13. Bc1 (13. Nd2 $17) 13... fxe5 $19 14. fxe5 Qb6 {Hoping for ...Bxe2.} 15. Kh1 $2 (15. Be3) 15... Rxf1+ 16. Qxf1 Rf8 17. Qe1 {[#]} Nxe5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 18. Be3 $2 {[#]} (18. Ng1 Nd3 19. Bxd3 cxd3 20. Be3) (18. dxe5 Qf2) 18... Nf3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 19. Qd1 (19. gxf3 Bxf3+) 19... Qe6 {Precision: White =  9%, Black = 84%.} 0-1

[Event "Brugse Meesters 2017"]
[Site "Brugge"]
[Date "2017.08.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Van de Wynkele, Rudy"]
[Black "Varga, Zoltan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "1991"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,44,-14,-14,-14,-14,-16,-10,-14,-12,-26,-18,-26,-18,-23,-28,-36,-4,-11,0,-102,-86,-90,-83,-164,-145,-182,-183,-191,-179,-278,-282,-291,-279,-300,-296,-344,-320]} 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Be2 dxe5 5. dxe5 Nc6 6. Nf3 {B03: Alekhine's Defence: Four Pawns Attack} Bf5 (6... Bg4 7. c3 e6 8. O-O Nb6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. Bb5 O-O 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Qe2 Qd5 13. b3 Bg5 14. c4 Qa5 {½-½ (41) Jones,G (2524)-Baburin,A (2545) Sunningdale 2007}) 7. c3 a6 8. O-O {The position is equal.} e6 9. Re1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. a4 Bc5 {0-1 (9) Pease,R-Bacon,J USA 1994}) 9... Be7 10. h3 O-O 11. Bf1 Bg6 12. a4 Nb6 {[%cal Bd5b6,Bb6c8,Bc8a7,Ba7c6,Bc6a5][%mdl 32]} 13. Nbd2 Qd5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 14. c4 (14. b4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 14... Qd7 15. a5 Nc8 16. b3 (16. Qa4 $17 {keeps fighting.}) 16... Nb4 17. Nb1 Rd8 18. Qxd7 Rxd7 19. Na3 (19. Re2 $142) 19... Na7 $19 {Black has a decisive advantage.} 20. Bd2 Rad8 21. Bc3 Nac6 22. Rec1 Nxa5 {Precision: White = 52%, Black = 89%.} 0-1

[Event "Brugse Meesters 2017"]
[Site "Brugge"]
[Date "2017.08.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Marinc, Damir"]
[Black "Lai, Hing Ting"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1982"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,96,6,34,-24,23,-17,17,7,25,13,32,16,52,40,43,54,60,35,37,21,26,0,25,0,6,1,55,24,33,41,35,28,39,6,23,24,47,41,44,53,78,77,66,0,67,31,33,22,32,14,118,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-27,-22,-14,0,0,108,77,133,127,212,183,521,512,496,318,314,300,293,0,0,-29996,-29997,-29997,-29998,-29998,-29997]} 1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Bd6 5. Ne2 Nc6 6. c3 Qf6 {LiveBook: 20 Games} 7. Be3 {C01: French: Exchange Variation} (7. Ng3 $14) (7. Na3 Bxa3 8. bxa3 Bf5 9. O-O Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nge7 11. Rb1 b6 12. Bf4 Rc8 13. Qg3 Nf5 14. Qf3 Nce7 {0-1 (25) Kavcic,Z (2315)-Naumann,A (2545) Austria 2015}) 7... h6 8. Qd2 Nge7 9. Bf4 {The position is equal.} g5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Bf5 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. Na3 a6 12. Nc2 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Qg6 14. Qxg6 Nxg6 {½-½ (32) Shmirina,E (2176)-Horvath,M (2087) Steinbrunn 2005}) 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. Na3 Be6 12. h4 Rg8 13. hxg5 hxg5 14. Nb5 Qd7 15. O-O-O O-O-O 16. Rh5 f6 17. Rh7 a6 18. Na3 Qd6 ({Black should play} 18... Bf5 $11 19. Rh6 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Rdf8) 19. Nc2 Ng6 20. g3 Nce7 21. Re1 Kb8 22. Kb1 Rde8 23. Nc1 Nf8 24. Rh6 Nd7 25. Nb3 Nf5 26. Rh7 Ng7 27. Rh6 ({White should try} 27. Qd1 $14) 27... Qf8 (27... Nf5 $11 28. Rhh1 Rh8) 28. Rhh1 Qf7 29. Ne3 f5 30. Nc2 Nh5 {[#]} (30... f4 $11 {remains equal.}) 31. Qe2 ({White has to play} 31. Bxa6 $1 $16 {Hoping for Na5.} f4 32. Bd3) 31... Ndf6 $1 $11 32. Bxa6 Bd7 33. Qd3 {Strongly threatening Bxb7!} bxa6 34. Qxa6 {Intending Na5 and mate.} Re6 35. Qa5 {And now Rxe6 would win.} Ne4 36. Rxe4 fxe4 37. Nc5 Rb6 {[#] aiming for ...Bb5.} 38. Rxh5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bb5 (38... Bc8 $11 {keeps the balance.} 39. Rh1 Qxf2) (38... Qxh5 39. Nxd7+) 39. Rh2 $16 Bd3 {[#]} (39... Qf3 $142 40. Ne3 Qe2) 40. Kc1 $1 Rd8 (40... Bxc2 $16 41. Kxc2 Qf5) 41. Nb4 Qf6 $2 (41... g4 42. Na4 (42. Ncxd3 exd3 43. Nxd3 Qg6 $16) 42... Rf6) 42. Rh7 $18 {Nba6+! would kill now.} Qd6 43. Nbxd3 exd3 44. Rf7 g4 {( -> ...Qh6+)} 45. a3 $2 ({Much less strong is} 45. Nxd3 $6 Qh6+ 46. Rf4 Qh7 $18) (45. Kd1 $18) 45... Qh6+ $40 {[%mdl 128] White needs to defend precisely.} 46. Kd1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (46. Kb1 $11 Qc6 47. Rg7 (47. Nd7+ Qxd7 48. Rxd7 Rxd7 $11)) 46... Qh1+ {Black mates.} 47. Kd2 Rxb2+ 48. Ke3 Re8+ {Precision: White = 39%, Black = 39%.} 0-1

[Event "Brugse Meesters 2017"]
[Site "Brugge"]
[Date "2017.08.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dgebuadze, Alexandre"]
[Black "Hill, Alistair"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B26"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2192"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,55,-29,-22,-27,1,8,4,-3,27,27,18,-35,-38,-37,70,71,150,141,147,108,102,104,121,130,114,118,89,90,360,352,2325,909,29989,1251,29990,29991,29992,29991]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. d3 d6 7. h3 O-O 8. Be3 Rb8 9. Qd2 {B26: Closed Sicilian: 3 g3, lines with early Be3} b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 10. Bh6 (10. O-O b4 11. Nd1 Nd7 12. Bh6 Bxh6 13. Qxh6 Nd4 14. Qd2 a5 15. Ne3 Nb6 16. f4 f5 17. exf5 Nxe2+ 18. Qxe2 gxf5 19. a3 {1-0 (52) Rublevsky,S (2678)-Areshchenko,A (2687) Olginka 2011}) 10... b4 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 11. Nd5 {The position is equal.} e6 {Hoping for ...Bxh6.} 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Ne3 e5 14. O-O Nd4 15. f4 (15. Kh2 $11) 15... Nh5 {Strongly threatening ...Nxe2+.} 16. Kh2 f6 $146 (16... Nxe2 $15 17. Qxe2 exf4 18. gxf4 f5) ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 16... Nxe2 17. Qxe2 exf4 18. gxf4 {0-1 (43) Westerinen,H (2430)-Rytshagov,M (2420) Kuopio 1992}) 17. f5 $14 Kf7 ({Black should try} 17... Kh8) 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. fxg6+ hxg6 20. Nd5 Be6 21. g4 Bxd5 22. exd5 Ng7 23. Be4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Qh6 is the strong threat. White is really pushing.} Qe8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (23... Rh8 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 24. Rae1 $1 $18 ({Not} 24. Qh6 f5 $16) 24... Qa4 $2 (24... Kg8 25. Qh6 Qe5+ 26. Kg2 Qg5 27. Qxg6 Qxg6 28. Bxg6 f5) 25. b3 (25. Qh6 $142 Rh8 26. Qxg6+ Kg8 27. Bf5 Qxc2+ 28. Kg3 Qh2+ 29. Kxh2 Kf8 {[#]} 30. Re7 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 25... Qxa2 26. Ra1 (26. Qh6 $142 Qxc2+ 27. Kg1 f5 28. gxf5 Rg8 29. fxg6+ Ke8 30. Bf5+ Qe2 31. Rxe2+ Ne6 32. Rxe6+ Kd8 33. Qg5+ Kc8 34. Re7+ Kd8 35. Rh7+ Ke8 36. Qe7#) 26... Qb2 27. Rxa7+ Kg8 28. Bxg6 {Precision: White = 53%, Black = 19%.} 1-0

[Event "Brugse Meesters 2017"]
[Site "Brugge"]
[Date "2017.08.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van Foreest, Lucas"]
[Black "Tozer, Philip A A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2141"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,61,41,33,58,8,135,102,93,103,84,51,58,39,98,97,91,90,271,253,335,158,150,155,143,160,189,188,433,421,466,454,602,580,581,582,29966,29967]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. O-O Qc7 12. Nc3 a6 13. h3 O-O 14. Re1 {LiveBook: 8 Games} h6 {C06: French Tarrasch: 3...Nf6 4 e5 Nfd7 5 Bd3 main lines} (14... Bd7 15. Bd2 Rae8 16. Rc1 Qb8 17. a3 Kh8 18. Bg5 Bf4 19. Bxf4 Qxf4 20. g3 Qh6 21. Bf1 Re7 22. Bg2 {1-0 (55) Abasov,N (2575)-Mammadova,G (2359) Nakhchivan 2017}) 15. Bd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Bc2 g5 16. Kh1 Qf7 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Nh5 19. Bd2 Nf4 20. Bxf4 Qxf4 21. Qh5 Nxe5 22. Qxh6 {1-0 (37) Hojjatova,A (2104)-Chung,M (1972) Batumi 2014}) 15... e5 (15... g5 $11) 16. dxe5 $16 Nxe5 {White is better.} 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Rc1 {[#] Strongly threatening Nxd5!} Qd6 19. Qb3 Bd7 (19... Bd4 $14) 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 {Black must now prevent Bb4.} Bh2+ $2 {[#]} (21... Qf6 $16 22. Be3 (22. Qxd5+ Be6 $14) (22. Bxd5+ Kh8 $16) 22... Kh8) 22. Kh1 $18 Be6 23. Bb4 (23. Bf3 $18) 23... dxe4 $16 24. Bxd6 Bxb3 25. Bxf8 ({But not} 25. Kxh2 Rf6 $16) 25... Bxa2 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 $2 (26... Bf4) 27. Kxh2 {KRR-KRB} Bd5 28. Rc7+ Kg6 29. Rd1 Bc6 30. Rd6+ Kg5 31. Rf7 {Precision: White = 73%, Black = 18%.} 1-0

[Event "Brugse Meesters 2017"]
[Site "Brugge"]
[Date "2017.08.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Geirnaert, Steven"]
[Black "Bianchi, Guillaume"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2110"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,71,-14,-4,-40,-30,-34,-19,-32,0,-10,19,-24,33,14,19,0,6,-4,0,-43,-43,-41,-49,-49,-45,-40,0,0,0,0,395,393,353,355,574,564,550,554,529,516,811,620,939,805,732,844,29996,29997,29997,29998,29998,29999]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. Bg2 b5 9. O-O {B91: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 g3} (9. Nd5 Nbd7 10. Nec3 Nb6 11. Nxe7 Qxe7 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Qf3 Be6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Qxf6 gxf6 16. O-O-O b4 {½-½ (30) Karjakin,S (2781)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2796) Stavanger 2017}) 9... Bb7 10. h3 h5 11. Be3 Nbd7 {LiveBook: 7 Games} 12. f4 Rc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... b4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Bf6 15. fxe5 Nxe5 {½-½ (34) Bosnjak,P (2311)-Pavic,F (2209) Vinkovci 2016}) 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 h4 15. g4 exf4 16. Nxf4 Ne5 ({Black should play} 16... O-O $11) 17. Bd4 O-O 18. c3 Bg5 19. a4 b4 20. Qb3 a5 21. Ne6 fxe6 22. dxe6 {[%cal Bd5e6,Be6e7][%mdl 32] [#] e7+ is the strong threat.} Qe7 23. Bxb7 $1 Rxf1+ 24. Rxf1 Qxb7 25. Bxe5 dxe5 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (25... Qe4 $11 26. Bxd6 Kh7) 26. e7+ $1 $18 Kh7 27. Rf8 Be3+ $2 (27... Qxe7 28. Rxc8 Be3+ 29. Kf1 Qd6 30. Qg8+ Kg6) 28. Kf1 Qxe7 29. Qg8+ Kg6 30. Rxc8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQB} Qf6+ (30... Qd6 $142 31. Qe8+ Kg5) 31. Ke2 Qf2+ 32. Kd3 Qd2+ 33. Ke4 {[#] White threatens Rc6+ and mate.} Bg5 34. Qe6+ {White mates.} Kh7 35. Qf5+ g6 36. Qf7+ {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 54%.} 1-0

[Event "Brugse Meesters 2017"]
[Site "Brugge"]
[Date "2017.08.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Varga, Zoltan"]
[Black "Gray, Mark S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C58"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2103"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,119,22,64,54,56,-101,-90,-135,-101,-85,-87,-330,-305,-338,-347,-324,-348,-493,-486,-514,-519,-484,-480,-499,-469,-433,-448,-545,-537,-544,-539,-901,-446,-622,-607,-630,-617,-608,-599,-594,-605,-605,-256,-315,-110,-110,-104,-103,94,90,275,267,222,225,322,295,359,361,454,333,472,470,757,715,686,674,734,661,1092,1035,12836,12835,12838,12839,12839,12839,12840,1605,12841,12841,12842,12843,12846,12846,12849,12845,12845,12841,12842,12841,12841,12839,12847,12844,12847,12847,12848,12848,12849,12848,12849,12847,12850,12850]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 Nd5 {[%cal Bf6d5,Bd5f4,Bf4e6,Be6d4][%mdl 32] C58: Two Knights: 4 Ng5 d5 5 exd5 Na5 sidelines} 9. h4 (9. Nf3 Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Re8 12. Nc3 f5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Bb5 Bd7 15. Bxd7 Qxd7 16. d3 {½-½ (46) Zhigalko,S (2671)-Amin,B (2662) Doha 2016}) 9... f5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 10. O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Nc3 Nf4 11. Bf1 Bc5 12. a3 h6 13. Nh3 Nxh3 14. Qh5+ Kf8 15. Rxh3 Qd4 16. Qe2 {1-0 (36) Ten Hertog,H (2453)-Colijn,S (2330) Groningen 2016}) 10... Bd6 {White is slightly better.} 11. Re1 $2 (11. Be2 $1 $14) 11... O-O $1 $17 {[%mdl 1024] Black has strong compensation.} 12. c4 Nf4 13. Bf1 {Threatens to win with d4.} h6 14. Nf3 $2 (14. d4 $17 hxg5 15. hxg5) 14... e4 $19 15. d4 exf3 16. Qxf3 Ne6 ({But not} 16... Qxh4 17. Bxf4 Qxf4 18. Qxf4 $19) 17. d5 (17. Rd1 $142 Qxh4 18. g3) 17... Nd4 (17... Qxh4 $2 18. g3 $19) 18. Qd3 Qxh4 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Rh4h2]} 19. g3 Qg4 {Strongly threatening ...Nf3+.} 20. Bg2 f4 21. Bxf4 Bxf4 ({Less strong is} 21... Rxf4 22. gxf4 Qxf4 23. Nc3 $19) 22. Qxd4 Bxg3 23. Re4 Bf4 24. dxc6 {and the idea Qd5+ leaves White hopeful.} Rf5 (24... Qh4 $142 {...Qh2+ is the strong threat.} 25. c7 Qh2+ 26. Kf1 Bg3) 25. Re8+ Kf7 26. Qd8 Kg6 27. Qd3 {[#]} Nxc4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 28. Nc3 (28. Qxc4 Bh2+) 28... Nd2 {Hoping for ...Qh5.} 29. Nd5 {[#]} Bg5 (29... Nf3+ $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 30. Kf1 (30. Qxf3 $2 Bh2+ 31. Kxh2 Rxf3 $19) 30... Ba6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 31. Qxa6 Rxe8 32. c7+ Kg5) 30. f4 {[#]} Ba6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 31. Re6+ $17 {[#]} (31. Qxa6 Nf3+) 31... Kf7 $1 32. Qxd2 {[#]} Bxf4 $2 (32... Rd8 $1 $17 {[%cal Rd8d5] keeps the pressure on.} 33. fxg5 Rfxd5) 33. Nxf4 $16 Qxf4 $2 (33... Rxf4 $16 {might work better.} 34. Rae1 Kg8) 34. Qxf4 $18 Rxf4 35. Rae1 Rc8 (35... Rg4 $142 36. Kh2 Rd8) 36. Re7+ Kg8 37. Rxa7 Bb5 38. Bd5+ Kh8 (38... Kf8 $142 39. Be6 Rxc6 40. Ra8+ Ke7) 39. c7 {White is clearly winning.} Bd7 (39... Rd4 $142 40. Ra8 Rxa8 41. Bxa8 Rc4) 40. Re7 Bh3 41. Kh2 Bf5 42. Rf7 Rf2+ 43. Kg3 Rc2 44. Rxf5 R2xc7 45. Rxc7 Rxc7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KR} 46. Rf8+ Kh7 47. Be4+ g6 48. Rf6 Re7 49. Kf4 h5 50. Bxg6+ Kg7 51. Kg5 Re5+ 52. Bf5 Re2 53. Rg6+ Kf7 54. Rb6 Re5 55. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} h4 56. Rb7+ Kf8 57. Kf6 Re8 58. a5 {Intending a6 and mate.} Ra8 59. b4 {White threatens Be6 and mate.} Ra6+ 60. Be6 {Precision: White = 59%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "Brugse Meesters 2017"]
[Site "Brugge"]
[Date "2017.08.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lai, Hing Ting"]
[Black "Maddens, Martijn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2388"]
[BlackElo "2087"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,69,83,95,80,96,75,91,63,72,52,70,62,109,117,125,125,147,143,134,141,143,144,143,141,138,135,137,138,125,133,259,175,237,262,261,254,249,253,476,479,479,442,570,564,537,548,542,542,590,577,612,600,985,988,965,1028,1379,1418,1536,1521,1386,1477]} 1. Nf3 f5 2. d3 Nf6 3. e4 d5 (3... d6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. exf5 Bxf5 6. d4 Nb4 7. Bb5+ c6 8. Ba4 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Ne2 O-O 11. Ng3 Bd7 {1-0 (37) Ding,L (2777)-Zhang,Z (2634) China 2016}) 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. d4 e6 6. Bc4 $146 {A04: Unusual lines after 1 Nf3 and King's Indian Attack} ({Predecessor:} 6. Ne5 Nf6 7. Bc4 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 c6 10. Bg5 Nd5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 {1-0 (27) Tologontegin,S (2419)-Esenov,A (2302) Moscow 2017}) 6... Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Qe2 {White is better.} Nc6 9. Bb5 Qd6 10. c4 {[%cal Bc2c4,Bc4c5][%mdl 32]} Nf6 11. Rd1 Ne4 12. c5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} Qd5 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Na5 15. Ba3 a6 16. Bd3 {[%cal Bb5d3,Bd3b1,Bb1a2][%mdl 32]} b5 17. Bb4 Nc6 18. a4 Nxb4 19. cxb4 c6 (19... Bd7 $16) 20. Bb1 Bf6 (20... bxa4 {is a better defense.} 21. Rxa4 Qd7) 21. axb5 $18 cxb5 22. Ba2 Qe4 23. Qd2 Bb7 $2 (23... Qb7 24. Bb3 Re8) 24. Re1 {White is clearly winning.} Qg4 25. h3 Qg6 {[#] White must now prevent ...Bxf3.} 26. c6 Bc8 27. Bxe6+ Bxe6 28. Rxe6 Qf7 29. Rae1 h6 30. Qd3 g6 31. d5 {[%cal Bd4d5,Bd5d6][%mdl 32]} a5 32. bxa5 Rxa5 33. d6 Ra1 34. Rxa1 {[#] Rxf6! is the strong threat.} Qxe6 35. Re1 {Precision: White = 79%, Black = 45%.} 1-0

[Event "Brugse Meesters 2017"]
[Site "Brugge"]
[Date "2017.08.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Frayna, Janelle Mae"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2248"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,53,0,0,39,30,37,37,56,53,56,50,49,57,66,68,70,73,77,75,72,27,46,51,50,46,45,38,72,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nd7 3. c4 e6 4. g3 (4. Nc3 Ngf6 5. Bf4 dxc4 6. e3 b5 7. Nxb5 Bb4+ 8. Nc3 Nd5 9. a3 Ba5 10. Nd2 c5 11. Bxc4 Nxf4 12. exf4 cxd4 13. Ne2 O-O {½-½ (33) Piorun,K (2681)-Ivanisevic,I (2650) Belgrade 2016}) 4... Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3} Ngf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... dxc4 7. O-O Nb6 8. a4 a5 9. Qc2 Nf6 10. Rd1 Nfd5 11. Ne5 Nb4 12. Bxb4 Bxb4 {1-0 (51) Lugovoy,D (2033)-Kriukov,A Nizhnij Novgorod 2008}) 7. O-O {LiveBook: 36 Games} Nb6 8. c5 {White is slightly better.} Nbd7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Qc2 c6 11. b4 b6 12. e4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Qxe4 Bb7 15. Qc2 Nf6 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Rfd1 Qc7 19. Rac1 Rfd8 {[#]} 20. Qe2 ({Better is} 20. Ne5 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]}) 20... a5 $11 {The position is equal.} 21. a3 axb4 22. axb4 Ba6 23. Qe1 Bb5 24. Ne5 bxc5 25. Rxc5 {[%cal Rg2c6]} Bxe5 $1 26. dxe5 Rxd1 27. Qxd1 {Precision: White = 73%, Black = 60%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Brugse Meesters 2017"]
[Site "Brugge"]
[Date "2017.08.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Provoost, Simon"]
[Black "Motwani, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,117,3,2,16,-9,-8,-13,0,-11,-3,-17,12,12,17,10,8,-20,-16,-36,-20,-20,0,0,0,0,4,12,4,-31,-35,-26,-29,-63,-30,-91,-68,-107,-94,-78,-10,-286,-235,-251,-233,-241,-240,-231,-172,-182,-170,-243,-254,-375,-371,-379,-386,-373,-360,-262,-94,-103,-125,-101,-135,-133,-29,-108,-33,-74,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,-29990]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. d4 e4 4. Nc3 Bb4 (4... d5 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8. Qb3 Bd6 9. Nh3 h6 10. Bf4 Nb6 11. Be5 {1-0 (44) Adams,M (2751)-Sethuraman,S (2637) Caleta 2017}) 5. Bg2 d5 6. Qb3 {LiveBook: 5 Games. A20: English Opening: 1...e5} a5 7. a3 Bxc3+ $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 7... dxc4 8. Qc2 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 Nf6 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Bxe4 {0-1 (30) Borner,U-Van Damme,L ICCF corr 1995}) 8. Qxc3 Nf6 9. Bg5 O-O 10. f3 dxc4 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. fxe4 c5 13. e3 Nc6 {[%cal Rc5d4]} 14. e5 Qh6 15. Ne2 cxd4 16. exd4 Bg4 17. Nf4 Rad8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 18. h3 Bh5 19. Nxh5 (19. Bxc6 $5 Qxc6 20. O-O $14) 19... Qxh5 20. Rd1 $1 {[#]} Nxe5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 21. O-O {next g4 is good for White.} (21. dxe5 Qxd1+) 21... Nd3 22. b3 (22. a4 $11) 22... b5 $1 $17 23. Qxa5 Qg6 ({But not} 23... Rxd4 $6 24. bxc4 Qg6 25. Qc3 $11) 24. Qxb5 Qxg3 (24... Rxd4 $17 25. bxc4 Qxg3) 25. d5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (25. Rf3 $11 {and White is okay.} Qg6 26. Rdf1 Rxd4 27. Rxf7 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 25... Nf4 26. Rxf4 Qxf4 27. Qxc4 Qe3+ 28. Kh1 Rc8 29. Qd3 Qg5 30. a4 (30. d6 $142) 30... Rc1 $19 31. d6 (31. Rxc1 {might work better.} Qxc1+ 32. Kh2) 31... Rd8 32. b4 Rxd1+ 33. Qxd1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQB} Qf4 34. d7 Qxb4 $2 (34... Qc7 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top.} 35. b5 Rxd7) 35. Bc6 $17 Qc3 36. Qd6 Qxh3+ 37. Kg1 Qg4+ (37... Qe3+ $17 38. Kf1 Qc1+ 39. Ke2 Qc2+ 40. Ke3 Qb3+ 41. Kd4 Qb6+ 42. Kd5 h5) 38. Kf2 $11 {[#]} Qf5+ (38... Qg5 $1 $17 {aiming for ...h5.} 39. Ke2 h5) 39. Ke3 $15 {[#]} Qe6+ (39... Qa5 $1 $17 40. Kd4 h5) 40. Qxe6 $11 {The position is equal.} fxe6 {KR-KB} 41. a5 Kf7 {Strongly threatening ...Ke7.} 42. a6 Ke7 {Hoping for ...Kd6.} 43. a7 Kd6 44. a8=Q Rxa8 45. Bxa8 Kxd7 {KB-K3P} 46. Be4 g6 47. Kf4 Kd6 (47... e5+ $5 48. Kg5 (48. Kxe5 h6 $11) 48... Ke7 $11) 48. Bc2 e5+ 49. Ke4 Ke6 50. Bb3+ Kf6 51. Bd5 h5 52. Bb7 g5 {[%cal Bg6g5,Bg5g4][%mdl 32]} 53. Bc8 g4 54. Bd7 Kg5 55. Kxe5 h4 56. Ke4 h3 (56... g3 $5 {[%cal Rg3g2]} 57. Bh3 Kh6 $11) 57. Ke3 Kh4 {[#]} (57... h2 $5 58. Bc6 $8 Kh6 $11) 58. Bxg4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxg4 (58... h2 $5 59. Bf3 $8 Kh3 $11) 59. Ke4 $4 {[%mdl 40960] Precision: White = 54%, Black = 47%. . An unexpected result.} (59. Kf2 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Brugse Meesters 2017"]
[Site "Brugge"]
[Date "2017.08.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Decrop, Benjamin"]
[Black "Czebe, Attila"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2173"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,96,8,19,4,11,-5,12,8,12,-1,25,0,1,-2,-4,-16,-8,-20,0,-8,-20,-133,-107,-138,-129,-135,-135,-163,-163,-163,-166,-231,-187,-188,-193,-173,-149,-147,-144,-156,-156,-157,-156,-159,-158,-197,-169,-158,-98,-120,-109,-113,-79,-79,-79,-81,-80,-92,-79,-92,-85,-120,-123,-116,-73,-123,-104,-103,-77,-94,-86,-96,-95,-135,-127,-128,-62,-53,-59,-79,-76,-71,-54,-491,-486,-1475,-1568,-29976,-29974]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. e3 Bb7 4. a4 $146 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} ({Predecessor:} 4. Bd3 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 d6 8. e4 Nbd7 9. h3 e5 10. Be3 exd4 11. Bxd4 Re8 12. Re1 Nc5 13. Bc2 a5 14. Qd2 Nfxe4 15. Bxe4 Bxe4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Nxe4 Rxe4 18. Rxe4 Nxe4 {0-1 (51) Halkias,S (2585)-Bortnyk,O (2581) Tallinn 2016}) 4... g6 5. a5 Bg7 6. a6 {A47: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 b6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} Bc8 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O {The position is equal.} c6 9. Qe2 Nd5 10. Bd2 Nc7 11. b4 b5 12. c4 Nbxa6 13. cxb5 Nxb5 14. Bxb5 cxb5 15. Ra5 {[#]} (15. Qxb5 $11 {remains equal.} Rb8 16. Qa4) 15... Nc7 $1 $17 {[%cal Ba6c7,Bc7a8,Ba8b6][%mdl 32]} 16. Nc3 Bb7 17. Rfa1 a6 18. Ne1 Rc8 19. Nd3 d6 20. Nc1 (20. f3 $142) 20... Na8 21. Nb3 Nb6 22. R5a2 Rc7 23. Na5 Bc8 24. Qf3 Be6 25. Ra3 Qd7 26. h3 Rfc8 27. Rd1 h5 28. Ne2 Bd5 (28... f5 $142 29. e4 fxe4 30. Qxe4 Bf5) 29. e4 Ba8 30. Qe3 Bb7 31. d5 Nc4 32. Nxc4 Rxc4 33. f3 e6 34. dxe6 Qxe6 35. Kh1 d5 {[%cal Bd6d5,Bd5d4][%mdl 32]} 36. Nf4 d4 37. Qb3 Qe8 38. Nd3 Bf8 39. Raa1 Bd6 40. Rac1 Qe7 41. e5 Bxe5 42. Re1 Rxc1 (42... Qe6 $17 {Hoping for ...Rxc1.} 43. Ra1 f6) 43. Bxc1 $15 {[#]} Rxc1 $1 44. Nxc1 Qg5 {Threatens to win with ...Qf4.} 45. Nd3 Bd6 $40 {[%mdl 128] White must now prevent ...Qg3. White needs to defend precisely.} 46. Qb2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (46. Re8+ $15 Kg7 47. Qb2) 46... Qg3 $1 $19 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Rg3h2]} 47. f4 (47. Kg1 $142 Bxf3 48. Qf2 Qh2+ 49. Kf1 Qh1+ 50. Qg1 Bxg2+ 51. Ke2 Qxh3 52. Qxd4) 47... Qxd3 48. Kg1 Bxf4 {Precision: White = 35%, Black = 56%.} 0-1

[Event "Brugse Meesters 2017"]
[Site "Brugge"]
[Date "2017.08.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kokje, Joris"]
[Black "Beerdsen, Thomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2166"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,52,-2,5,-77,13,28,11,4,0,0,18,0,0,8,15,-24,79,-14,-13,-29,-29,-67,-31,-55,-44,-158,-152,-136,-164,-540,-545,-545,-520,-522,-497,-525,-500,-475,-486,-456,-427]} 1. e3 e5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nge2 c6 5. a3 Ba5 6. d4 {A22: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3 Nf6} (6. b4 Bc7 7. d4 O-O 8. d5 d6 9. Ng3 a5 10. Rb1 axb4 11. axb4 Nbd7 12. Bd3 {½-½ (61) Carlsen,M (2851)-Anand,V (2775) Leuven 2017}) 6... exd4 7. Qxd4 O-O {LiveBook: 4 Games} 8. e4 $146 (8. b4 $11 Bc7 9. Bb2) ({Predecessor:} 8. b4 Bb6 9. c5 Bc7 10. Bb2 d5 11. cxd6 Qxd6 12. Qxd6 Bxd6 {½-½ (21) Grachev,B (2672)-Balogh,C (2668) Sibenik 2012}) 8... c5 ({Black should try} 8... d5 $1 $17 {...Nxe4 is the strong threat.} 9. Bg5 (9. cxd5 cxd5 10. exd5 Qxd5 $15) (9. exd5 cxd5 10. cxd5 Bb6 $17) 9... dxc4) 9. Qd3 $11 Nc6 10. Bf4 a6 11. O-O-O b5 12. Nd5 bxc4 13. Qxc4 Nxd5 $1 14. exd5 Ne7 (14... Na7 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 15. d6 ({But not} 15. Qxc5 $6 Bb7 $11) (15. Bd6 $16) 15... Ng6 16. Bg3 Bb7 17. Nc3 Qf6 18. f3 Rab8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 19. Bd3 {[#]} (19. Rd2 $1 $15) 19... Bd5 $1 $17 {[%cal Rd5c4][%mdl 512]} 20. Qxd5 (20. Nxd5 Qxb2#) 20... Bxc3 21. bxc3 $2 (21. b3 {was the crucial defense.}) 21... Qxc3+ $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 22. Bc2 {aiming for Qd3.} Qe3+ 23. Rd2 {[#] Black must now prevent Qd3.} Qxa3+ 24. Kd1 {And now Re1 would win.} Qa1+ 25. Ke2 Qxh1 26. Kf2 {Strongly threatening Rd1.} Rb2 {Precision: White = 26%, Black = 57%.} 0-1

[Event "Brugse Meesters 2017"]
[Site "Brugge"]
[Date "2017.08.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Guelsen, Taylan"]
[Black "Gourlay, Iain"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C79"]
[WhiteElo "2156"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,85,3,-2,27,26,28,24,31,37,31,26,26,18,22,26,47,39,45,31,37,25,54,22,66,0,101,107,98,96,99,94,102,96,130,80,81,83,78,51,73,39,77,50,54,46,104,91,94,87,93,87,87,87,161,76,91,14,87,27,54,45,68,50,1932,1741,1616,1261,29986,29965,6179,6123,29988,29988]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O b5 {C79: Ruy Lopez: Steinitz-type lines with 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6 5 0-0 d6} 7. Bb3 Na5 8. Nc3 {LiveBook: 11 Games} (8. Bd2 $5 {[%cal Rd2a5]} Nxb3 9. axb3 $11) (8. Re1 Nxb3 9. axb3 c5 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Nc3 Bb7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 {½-½ (65) Vachier Lagrave,M (2789)-Carlsen,M (2855) Paris 2016}) 8... g6 {The position is equal.} 9. Bg5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Ng5 Nxb3 10. axb3 Bb7 11. f4 exf4 12. Bxf4 Bg7 13. Qd2 O-O {1-0 (33) Andrada Andrada,L-Candela Perez,J Spain 1991}) 9... Bg7 10. Nd5 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. Qd2 Nxb3 14. axb3 g5 15. Qc3 {[#] aiming for Qc6+.} O-O 16. Qc6 Rb8 17. Qxc7 Bg4 18. Rxa6 Rfd8 19. c3 (19. Qa7 $14) 19... Rbc8 (19... Bxf3 $11 {remains equal.} 20. gxf3 Qxf3) 20. Qb6 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Qxf3 22. Qe3 ({Reject} 22. Qxb5 $6 Qg4+ 23. Kh1 Qf3+ 24. Kg1 Qg4+ 25. Kh1 Qf3+ 26. Kg1 $11) 22... Qg4+ 23. Kh1 Ra8 24. Raa1 Qe6 25. c4 Rab8 26. Ra3 Rb7 27. Rg1 Rdb8 28. Rg3 (28. h4 $5) 28... bxc4 29. dxc4 Kg7 ({Better is} 29... f5 $14 30. Qe2 Rf7) 30. Qd3 Rb6 31. Kg2 R8b7 32. h3 Qg6 33. Qd5 Qf6 (33... Qe6 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 34. Rf3 (34. h4 $1 $18) 34... Qe7 35. Rf5 ({White should try} 35. Qd1 $16) 35... Rc7 (35... Rxb3 $11 36. c5 R3b5) 36. b4 (36. Qd1 $16) 36... Rxb4 37. Raf3 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Rxb2 {[#]} 38. c5 $1 {[%cal Bc4c5,Bc5d6][%mdl 544]} Qe8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (38... Qe6 $14) (38... Rxc5 39. Rxf7+) 39. cxd6 $18 Rd7 40. Rxe5 Qb8 41. Re7 Rxe7 42. dxe7 f6 43. Qd8 {Precision: White = 42%, Black = 29%.} 1-0

[Event "Brugse Meesters 2017"]
[Site "Brugge"]
[Date "2017.08.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Luminet, Denis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2176"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,57,22,24,27,34,47,83,26,22,24,45,37,70,59,68,50,70,62,109,93,223,231,284,260,512,506,500,516,611,616,603,590,987,977,1020,1014,1007,1000,897,903,29989,29990,29990,29991]} 1. Nf3 e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. O-O Nbd7 5. d3 b6 6. Nbd2 Bb7 7. Re1 Be7 {A05: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 Nf6} (7... Bc5 8. h3 O-O 9. e4 dxe4 10. dxe4 e5 11. Nh4 g6 12. Nb3 Be7 13. Bh6 Re8 14. Qe2 Bf8 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bd2 a5 17. Rad1 Qe7 18. a3 Qe6 {0-1 (49) Ponomariov,R (2764)-Bruzon Batista,L (2673) Khanty-Mansiysk 2011}) 8. e4 dxe4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 9. dxe4 {[%cal Bd3e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} Nc5 {[%cal Rf6e4] White has an edge.} 10. e5 Nd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Nfd7 11. b4 Na4 12. c4 b5 13. cxb5 Nab6 14. a3 O-O 15. Qc2 {1-0 (60) Gierse,H (1941)-Schmidt,P (1645) Essen 2005}) 11. Nb3 (11. a3 $16) 11... Nxb3 12. axb3 O-O 13. Nd2 {aiming for c4.} Qc8 14. c3 {[%cal Bc2c3,Bc3c4][%mdl 32]} c5 15. Ne4 Rd8 16. Qh5 g6 17. Qh6 Bf8 {[#]} (17... f5 $16) 18. Qh4 $1 $18 {c4 is the strong threat.} Rd7 19. c4 $40 {[%mdl 128] White has strong attack.} Be7 $2 (19... f5 {was called for.} 20. cxd5 fxe4) 20. Bg5 Bxg5 21. Nxg5 f6 22. Ne4 (22. cxd5 fxg5 23. Qxg5 Bxd5 $11) 22... f5 23. Nd6 ({Less strong is} 23. cxd5 fxe4 24. d6 (24. Bxe4 Bxd5 25. b4 cxb4 $11) (24. dxe6 Rd4 $18) (24. Qxe4 Bxd5 25. Qg4 Qc6 $15) 24... a5 $18) 23... Rxd6 24. exd6 Nb4 25. Bxb7 Qxb7 26. Rxe6 {[#] And now Re7 would win.} Nc6 27. Rae1 Nd4 28. Re8+ Rxe8 29. Rxe8+ {Precision: White = 81%, Black = 12%.} 1-0

[Event "Brugse Meesters 2017"]
[Site "Brugge"]
[Date "2017.08.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Motwani, Paul"]
[Black "Cocquyt, Tijs"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A54"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2089"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,55,59,55,-79,-48,-62,14,23,40,0,120,127,132,126,127,133,130,87,97,77,148,133,154,156,406,408,401,403,403,162,396,406,376,381,306,259,260,252,277,256,320,313,428,426,1047,727,1995,1960]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. d4 Nbd7 4. Nc3 e5 5. Qc2 (5. e4 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Be3 Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bd2 Nh6 11. Qc2 Nf7 12. Rad1 c6 13. Be3 Re8 14. b4 exd4 15. Nxd4 Qc7 16. h3 a5 17. a3 axb4 18. axb4 Nf8 19. Rd2 {½-½ (44) Can,E (2586)-Markus,R (2672) Kocaeli 2017}) 5... Be7 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 6. g4 $146 {A54: Old Indian Defence with Nf3, but without e4} (6. e4 $14) ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 c6 8. O-O a5 9. Rd1 Qc7 10. b3 Re8 11. Bb2 Bf8 12. e3 g6 13. c5 d5 14. dxe5 Ng4 15. h3 Ngxe5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 {½-½ (40) Langheinrich,F (2364)-Jugelt,T (2431) Apolda 2017}) 6... exd4 $17 7. Nxd4 Ne5 (7... Nxg4 $15 8. Nf5 Bh4) 8. g5 $11 {The position is equal.} Nh5 $1 9. f4 Nc6 {[#]} (9... Ng6 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 10. Nxc6 $1 $16 bxc6 11. Bg2 Bd7 12. Bf3 g6 13. Bxh5 gxh5 14. Be3 Qc8 ({Black should try} 14... f6) 15. Bd4 O-O 16. O-O-O f5 $2 (16... Rb8 $16 17. b3 a6) 17. gxf6 $1 $18 Bxf6 18. Rhg1+ Kh8 19. Bxf6+ Rxf6 20. Ne4 Rg6 21. Qc3+ Kg8 22. Nf6+ $40 {[%mdl 128] White goes for the king.} Kf7 23. Nxh7 Qh8 {[#] aiming for ...Rxg1.} 24. Ng5+ Ke7 {Black hopes to continue with ...Qxc3+.} 25. Rd4 {Black must now prevent Re4+.} Bf5 26. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4f5][%mdl 32] White is clearly winning.} c5 (26... Bg4 $142 27. Qe3 Re8) 27. exf5 Rxg5 28. Re4+ {Precision: White = 70%, Black = 45%.} 1-0

[Event "Brugse Meesters 2017"]
[Site "Brugge"]
[Date "2017.08.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Czebe, Attila"]
[Black "Pel, Bonno"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,88,5,32,25,20,29,26,31,35,34,115,18,37,0,-15,-6,27,13,29,17,44,-17,0,0,-14,-10,-16,-67,-67,-59,-47,-68,-64,-90,-39,-66,-61,-115,-114,-95,0,-86,-89,-76,0,0,0,0,113,116,119,119,115,0,14,0,0,0,0,-57,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,152,144,29991,29992,29992,29993,29997,29998,29999]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Qe2 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. c3 {B06: Modern Defence} e5 7. Bb5 Nd7 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 8. d5 {White is slightly better.} Ne7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Ncb8 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Be7 11. g3 Bg5 {½-½ (29) Tal,M (2625)-Matulovic,M (2525) Skopje 1972}) 9. Nxe5 Bxe2 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. Nxd7 Ba6 ({Black should play} 11... Bd3 $1 $14 12. Nxf8 Bxe4) 12. Nf6+ (12. Nxf8 $16 Rxf8 13. Bh6) 12... Kd8 $14 13. f3 (13. g4 $14) 13... Bg7 $11 14. Ng4 f5 15. Bh6 Bxh6 16. Nxh6 Re8 17. Kd2 ({White should try} 17. Kf2 $14) 17... fxe4 18. fxe4 c6 19. Na3 cxd5 20. Rhe1 (20. Rae1 $11) 20... Rf8 $1 $15 {[%cal Rf8f2]} 21. Rad1 Rf2+ 22. Kc1 Rxg2 23. Nc2 Be2 (23... Kd7 $17 24. e5 Rf8 25. e6+ Kc7) 24. Rd4 Rxh2 25. Nf7+ (25. exd5 $15 Kd7 26. Re4 Rxh6 27. R1xe2 Nxd5 28. c4) 25... Kd7 $1 $17 26. e5 Bf3 (26... Rf8 $17 27. Nxd6 Kc7) 27. exd6 (27. Rb4 $1 $11 Be4 28. Nd4) 27... Nc6 28. Nb4 Be4 (28... Re2 $1 $17 {[%cal Re2e1]} 29. Rxe2 Bxe2) 29. Nxc6 $11 bxc6 ({Don't go for} 29... Kxc6 $2 30. d7 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) 30. Rb4 {Strongly threatening Rb7+.} c5 (30... Ke6 $11 {keeps the balance.} 31. Rb7 Rf2 32. Re7+ Kf6) 31. Rb7+ $16 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Kc6 32. Rc7+ Kb6 {[#]} 33. Ne5 (33. Re7 $1 $16) 33... Rd8 34. Rc6+ Kb7 35. b4 cxb4 {aiming for ...Rc2+.} 36. cxb4 (36. Rc7+ $11 Kb6 37. Rc6+ Kb5 38. c4+ Ka5 39. d7 Rc2+ 40. Kd1 Rxa2 41. Rc8 Rxd7 42. Nxd7 Ra1+ 43. Ke2 Rxe1+ 44. Kxe1) 36... Rh5 (36... Rxa2 $15 37. Rc7+ Kb6 38. Rc6+ Kb5) 37. Rc7+ $11 Kb6 $1 38. Nd7+ Kb5 39. Re3 Rh1+ 40. Kb2 {Rec3 is the strong threat.} Rb1+ $2 (40... Bf5 $11 41. Rc5+ Kxb4 42. Rb3+ Ka4 43. Ra3+ Kb4 44. Rb3+ Ka4 45. Ra3+ Kb4 46. Rb3+) 41. Ka3 $16 {Rec3 would kill now.} Rxb4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (41... Rc1 $16) 42. Rc5+ {White mates.} Ka6 43. Kxb4 Rxd7 44. Rb5 {[%cal Re3a3]} Rxd6 45. Ra3# {Precision: White = 44%, Black = 31%.} 1-0

[Event "Brugse Meesters 2017"]
[Site "Brugge"]
[Date "2017.08.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Beerdsen, Thomas"]
[Black "Guelsen, Taylan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2156"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,53,29,16,77,53,73,66,89,89,85,96,172,142,464,465,463,473,560,547,540,528,639,647,695,702,989,1058,1159,1072,1346,1336,6538,6544,29994,29995,29995,29996]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. a4 O-O 7. O-O a5 8. Ba2 c6 9. h3 {C41: Philidor Defence} (9. Bg5 Qc7 10. Bh4 Re8 11. Qe2 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. Qf3 Be6 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Bg3 Kh8 16. Qe2 e5 {1-0 (57) Mamedov,R (2650)-Ivanchuk,V (2710) Huaian 2016}) 9... exd4 10. Nxd4 {LiveBook: 27 Games} Nb6 (10... Nc5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 11. Qf3 $16 {White is better.} Nfd7 $146 {[#]} ({Predecessor:} 11... d5 12. exd5 Nfxd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Rd1 Bf6 15. Nb5 Be6 16. c3 Rc8 {1-0 (113) Melia,S (2454)-Foisor,C (2383) Plovdiv 2014}) 12. Nf5 $1 {aiming for Qg3.} Ne5 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. Qe3 Ned7 (14... Nbd7 $16 {was worth a try.}) 15. Qg3 $40 {[%mdl 128] White goes for the king.} Ne5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (15... Nf6 $16 16. Rd1 Be6) 16. Bg5 Qe8 17. f4 {[%cal Bf2f4,Bf4f5,Bf5g6][%mdl 32]} Ng6 18. f5 Qe5 19. Qe3 h6 20. Qxb6 hxg5 21. fxg6 Bxh3 22. Rxf7 d5 23. exd5 {[%cal Be4d5,Bd5c6][%mdl 32]} Rxf7 24. gxf7+ Kxf7 25. dxc6+ Ke7 26. Qxb7+ Kd6 27. Rd1+ {Precision: White = 97%, Black =  6%.} 1-0

[Event "Brugse Meesters 2017"]
[Site "Brugge"]
[Date "2017.08.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lai, Hing Ting"]
[Black "Dgebuadze, Alexandre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2388"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,40,30,50,13,19,0,10,-22,-27,-16,-26,-62,-70,-74,-66,-73,-55,-71,-22,-10,-16,-22,-20,-14,-16]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Ne7 {[%cal Bg8e7,Be7f5,Bf5d6][%mdl 32]} 6. c4 O-O 7. Qc2 Nbc6 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} 8. Rd1 Nf5 (8... b6 9. e3 Bb7 10. b3 Nb4 11. Qe2 c5 12. Bb2 dxc4 13. bxc4 cxd4 14. exd4 Nf5 15. d5 exd5 16. Bxg7 Nxg7 {½-½ (40) Giri,A (2752)-Kasimdzhanov,R (2700) Rosmalen 2014}) 9. e3 a5 {LiveBook: 6 Games. White has an edge.} 10. a3 Nd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... h5 11. b3 a4 12. bxa4 dxc4 13. Bb2 Na5 14. Nbd2 {½-½ (14) Collas,D (2422)-Mrdja,M (2346) France 2003}) 11. Nfd2 a4 12. Nc3 dxc4 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Nce4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Qd5 16. f4 Rd8 17. Nc5 Bf8 18. e4 {The position is equal.} Qh5 19. Be3 $1 Qf3 20. Qf2 Qxf2+ {Precision: White = 45%, Black = 47%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Brugse Meesters 2017"]
[Site "Brugge"]
[Date "2017.08.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vandenbussche, Thibaut"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Lucas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,150,6,9,0,0,-12,7,-2,25,0,44,-14,37,32,34,22,28,21,52,37,50,28,34,38,47,28,64,40,45,12,91,17,97,74,58,58,89,79,77,81,138,82,91,64,58,50,58,70,71,71,62,59,167,164,172,157,162,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,15,137,148,148,133,128,142,278,124,124,124,124,82,124,87,87,87,87,87,87,87,87,87,87,87,87,87,87,87,93,93,93,67,87,87,87,87,87,87,87,87,87,60,60,59,74,59,87,87,87,82,82,66,82,81,67,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,336]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. O-O (5. d3 h6 6. a3 a6 7. Bc4 Bc5 8. b4 Ba7 9. h3 d6 10. Ne2 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Ng3 O-O 13. c3 Qe8 14. O-O Nh5 15. Nxh5 Qxh5 {½-½ (24) Svidler,P (2741)-Yu,Y (2750) Shenzhen 2017}) 5... O-O 6. d3 {C48: Four Knights: 4 Bb5, replies other than 4...Bb4} Re8 {LiveBook: 14 Games} (6... a6 $5 {[%cal Ra6b5]} 7. Ba4 b5 $11) 7. Be3 a6 8. Ba4 Bf8 (8... b5 $5 {[%cal Rb5a4]} 9. Bb3 Na5 $11) 9. Nd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. a3 d6 10. h3 h6 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 b5 13. dxc6 bxa4 {0-1 (64) Siebarth,R (2252)-Stern,R (2542) Berlin 2014}) 9... h6 10. c3 d6 11. h3 (11. Nxf6+ $14 Qxf6 12. d4) 11... Nd7 ({Black should play} 11... Nxd5 $11 12. exd5 b5) 12. b4 Ncb8 13. c4 c6 14. Nc3 a5 15. a3 Nf6 16. Rb1 axb4 17. axb4 Be6 18. Qe2 Qc8 19. Ra1 Nbd7 20. Rfb1 Qc7 (20... d5 $11) 21. Bb3 (21. d4 $16) 21... Nb6 (21... b5 $11 {remains equal.}) 22. Ra2 Rxa2 23. Qxa2 Nfd7 24. d4 Ra8 25. Qe2 {Threatens to win with d5.} Nf6 (25... Qc8 $142) 26. c5 ({White should try} 26. dxe5 dxe5 27. c5) 26... Nbd7 $16 27. d5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} cxd5 28. exd5 {[%cal Be4d5,Bd5d6][%mdl 32]} Bf5 29. Nb5 Qc8 30. Rc1 dxc5 31. bxc5 Nxc5 (31... Bxc5 $14 32. Bxc5 Nxc5) 32. d6 $18 b6 33. Bxc5 bxc5 {[#]} 34. Qxe5 $2 ({Better is} 34. Rd1 $1 $18) 34... Bd7 $11 35. Nc7 Rb8 $1 {[%cal Rb8b3]} 36. Ba2 Rb6 37. Qxc5 Rc6 $1 {[%cal Rc6c5]} 38. Bxf7+ $1 Kh8 39. Qe3 {[#] Ra1 is the strong threat.} Rxc1+ 40. Qxc1 Bxd6 41. Nh4 $1 g5 42. Qb2 Kg7 (42... Qd8 $11 43. Nd5 Kg7) 43. Nf5+ $1 $16 ({Don't play} 43. Nd5 $6 Qd8 $11) 43... Bxf5 44. Ne8+ $1 Kf8 45. Nxd6 Qc5 (45... Qd8 $16) 46. Qb8+ ({And not} 46. Qxf6 Qc1+ 47. Kh2 Qf4+ 48. Kg1 (48. g3 Qxf2+ 49. Kh1 Qf1+ 50. Kh2 Qf2+ 51. Kh1 Qf1+ 52. Kh2 Qxh3+ 53. Kg1 Qxg3+ 54. Kh1 Qh3+ 55. Kg1 Qg3+ 56. Kh1 Qh3+ 57. Kg1 Qg3+ $11) 48... Qc1+ 49. Kh2 Qf4+ 50. Kg1 (50. g3 Qxf2+ 51. Kh1 Qf3+ 52. Kg1 Qxg3+ 53. Kh1 Qxh3+ 54. Kg1 Qg3+ 55. Kh1 Qh3+ 56. Kg1 Qg3+ 57. Kh1 Qh3+ $11) 50... Qc1+ $11) (46. Be6 $1 $18 {[%cal Rb2f6] and the rest is easy.} Ke7 47. Nxf5+ Kxe6 48. Nxh6) 46... Kg7 47. Nxf5+ Qxf5 48. Qc7 {Threatening mate with Be6+.} Qf4 49. Qxf4 gxf4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} 50. Bb3 Nd7 51. Kf1 Ne5 52. Ke2 Kf6 53. Kd2 Ng6 54. Bc2 {Hoping for Bxg6.} Ne7 55. Ke2 Nc6 56. Be4 Nd4+ 57. Kd3 Ke5 58. Bb7 Nb5 59. Bc6 Nd4 60. Bd7 Nb3 {And now ...Nc5+ would win.} 61. Bb5 Nc5+ 62. Ke2 Ne6 {Strongly threatening ...Nd4+.} 63. Bc4 {Black must now prevent Bxe6.} (63. Be8 {is more complex.} Nc5 64. Bg6 Kf6 65. Bh7 Ne6 66. h4) 63... Nd4+ 64. Kd3 Nf5 65. Ba6 Nd6 66. Ke2 Nf5 67. Bc8 {aiming for Bxf5.} Nd4+ 68. Kd3 Nb5 69. Bg4 Nd4 70. g3 (70. Kc4 $14) 70... fxg3 $11 {The position is equal.} 71. fxg3 Nb5 72. Bd7 Nd6 73. Ke3 h5 74. Kf3 {Black should prevent h4.} Ne4 75. Be8 Nxg3 $2 {[%mdl 40960] Precision: White = 54%, Black = 44%. . An unexpected result.} (75... Nd2+ $11 76. Kg2 h4) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Brugse Meesters 2017"]
[Site "Brugge"]
[Date "2017.08.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Carstensen, Jacob"]
[Black "Geirnaert, Steven"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2353"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,82,11,-9,0,-10,0,-10,-7,-20,18,18,23,22,27,26,90,94,119,114,103,95,344,198,228,143,691,158,158,158,158,166,164,166,166,73,166,166,194,195,285,284,695,707,1912,1963,1478,1672,1888,1814,1672,1743,1568,1233,1535,1504,6215,6203,6070,3556,5397,5331,6568,5065,5065]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Ng3 Re8 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. O-O c6 11. b4 {LiveBook: 53 Games} b6 {E46: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4 e3 0-0 5 Ne2 without early Bd3} 12. e4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Qf3 Bb7 13. Nf5 g6 14. Nh6+ Kg7 15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Qc8 17. Bc4 Rf8 18. Ng5 Nd5 19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. Re1 Bf6 21. Qh3 Bxg5 22. Bxg5 Bc6 23. Re7 Nf6 24. Qf3 Nh5 25. Rxf7+ {1-0 (25) Milov,V (2680)-Gavrikov,V (2565) Switzerland 2004}) 12... dxe4 13. Ngxe4 Nf8 {The position is equal.} 14. Bb2 Qxd4 15. Qc2 Bg4 16. Ne2 Qd8 17. Rad1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Bd7 (17... Nxe4 $11 18. Bxe4 Qc7) 18. Ng5 $16 {Hoping for Nf4.} Qc8 (18... h6 $2 19. Nxf7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxf7 20. Bc4+ Nd5 21. b5 $18) 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Nxh7 (20. Bxh7+ $6 Kg7 $11) 20... Qc7 $2 (20... c5 $16) 21. Ng3 (21. Nxf8 $142 Rxf8 22. Ng3) 21... Rad8 22. Rfe1 {aiming for Rxe7!} Qf4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (22... Bg4 $16) 23. Nxf8 $2 (23. Rxe7 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512] has better winning chances.} Qh6 (23... Rxe7 24. Nh5) 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. Qc1 Qxc1 26. Nxf6+ (26. Rxc1 Nxh7 27. Kf1 Re5 $16) 26... Kh8 27. Rxc1) 23... Kxf8 24. Bf5 $1 {[%cal Rf5d7]} Bxf5 25. Nxf5 ({Resist} 25. Qxf5 $6 Qxf5 26. Nxf5 Rxd1 $14) 25... Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Rd8 27. Rxd8+ Bxd8 {[#]} 28. g3 $1 {[%cal Rg3f4]} Qe5 {[#]} 29. Qd3 $1 {[%cal Rd3d8]} Be7 (29... Qd5 {keeps fighting.} 30. Qxd5 cxd5) 30. Qd7 $18 {Strongly threatening Qc8+.} Qe1+ $2 (30... Qe6 31. Qd3 (31. Qxe7+ Qxe7 32. Nxe7 Kxe7 $16) 31... a5) 31. Kg2 {White is clearly winning.} Qe4+ 32. Kh3 {White threatens Qc8+ and mate.} ({Not} 32. f3 Qe6 $16) 32... Qe6 33. Qxe7+ Qxe7 34. Nxe7 Kxe7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KP-KP} 35. Kg4 Ke6 36. h4 f5+ 37. Kg5 c5 38. bxc5 bxc5 39. Kf4 Kf6 40. Ke3 Ke5 41. f4+ Kd5 {Precision: White = 76%, Black = 15%.} 1-0

[Event "Brugse Meesters 2017"]
[Site "Brugge"]
[Date "2017.08.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ratsma, Rosa"]
[Black "Varga, Zoltan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2253"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,68,29,23,56,39,39,4,14,-48,-46,-38,-40,-56,0,-176,-164,-185,-187,-187,-192,-202,-191,-183,-150,-382,-258,-318,-315,-645,-575,-625,-632,-608,-624,-724,-724,-711,-683,-914,-910,-891,-891,-848,-844,-806,-548,-529,-522,-739,-717,-1167,-1158]} 1. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. d5 e5 7. Nc3 Be7 8. b3 {B03: Alekhine's Defence: Four Pawns Attack} (8. f4 O-O 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. fxe5 N8d7 11. b3 Bh4+ 12. Kd2 dxe5 13. Be2 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Bg5+ 15. Kc2 Bxc1 16. Qxc1 {0-1 (37) Shirov,A (2695)-Dubov,D (2629) Moscow 2013}) 8... O-O 9. Bd3 Na6 10. Nge2 {LiveBook: 4 Games. White has an edge.} Bg4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Nc5 11. Bc2 Bg4 12. O-O f5 13. Be3 Qc7 14. f3 Bh5 15. Rc1 Rae8 16. Qd2 Qd8 {1-0 (31) Poetz,F (2383)-Fahrner,K (2324) Austria 2016}) 11. h3 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 f5 13. g4 (13. Bd2 $11) 13... e4 $15 14. Bb1 $1 Bf6 15. Bb2 Rc8 (15... Nc5 $15) 16. Nd1 $2 (16. gxf5 $11 {and White is okay.} Nxc4 17. bxc4) 16... Nc5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is in control.} 17. gxf5 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 Rxf5 19. Ne3 Rf7 {aiming for ...Qh4.} 20. Rg1 {intending Nf5!} Rcc7 {[%cal Bc8c7,Bc7f7,Bf7f3][%mdl 32]} 21. Rg4 $2 (21. Bc2 $17) 21... a5 22. Qd4 {[#]} Nbd7 $1 23. Nf5 $2 {[#]} (23. Rxe4 Nxe4 24. Bxe4) 23... Ne5 $1 {[%cal Re5f3] Strongly threatening ...Nf3+.Black is clearly winning.} 24. Nh6+ Kf8 {Hoping for ...Nf3+.} 25. Nxf7 Rxf7 26. Rg3 Nf3+ 27. Rxf3 Rxf3 28. Ke2 Qh4 29. Bc2 Qh5 {( -> ...Rd3+)} 30. Kd2 Qg5+ 31. Ke2 Rxh3 32. Rf1 Qg4+ 33. Kd2 Qf4+ 34. Ke2 {[#]} Rd3 $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 32%, Black = 68%.} 0-1

[Event "Brugse Meesters 2017"]
[Site "Brugge"]
[Date "2017.08.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dardha, Daniel"]
[Black "Somerfield, Adrian P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E07"]
[WhiteElo "2218"]
[BlackElo "2081"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 c6 8. Nd2 b6 {E07: Closed Catalan: Main Line (5 Nf3 0-0 6 0-0 Nbd7)} (8... b5 $5) 9. e4 Bb7 (9... dxc4 10. Nxc4 Ba6 11. b3 b5 12. Ne3 b4 13. Ne2 Nb6 14. Bb2 c5 15. d5 Ne8 16. Re1 exd5 17. exd5 {1-0 (49) Wang,H (2717)-Shomoev,A (2561) Ho Chi Minh City 2016}) 10. e5 Ne8 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. f4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} g6 13. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. g4 Ng7 14. Rf2 f5 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Nc4 {1-0 (39) Javakhadze,Z (2415)-Shalamberidze,A (2399) Batumi 2015}) 13... f6 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. Nf3 Nc7 16. Be3 b5 17. Ne2 Nb6 18. b3 a5 19. Nc1 b4 20. Nd3 Ba6 21. Re1 Nd7 22. Nfe5 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Be7 24. Nc5 Rf7 25. Rc1 $14 Bxc5 26. Bxc5 Nb5 27. Qd2 Rc8 28. Bf1 Rc6 29. Bxb5 Bxb5 30. Bd6 Qb6+ 31. Qf2 Qxf2+ 32. Kxf2 g5 33. Rxc6 Bxc6 34. Rc1 Bd7 35. Ke3 gxf4+ 36. gxf4 Kg7 37. Rg1+ Kh8 38. Bc7 a4 39. Bd8 h6 40. Bf6+ Kh7 41. h4 axb3 42. axb3 Bb5 43. h5 Rc7 44. f5 exf5 45. e6 Be8 46. e7 Rd7 47. Rg7+ Kh8 48. Rf7+ 1-0

[Event "Brugse Meesters 2017"]
[Site "Brugge"]
[Date "2017.08.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Marzano, Carlo"]
[Black "Frayna, Janelle Mae"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2158"]
[BlackElo "2248"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

{[%evp 8,87,45,22,33,-7,33,41,0,-13,-5,-11,-6,-2,-1,3,0,1,0,-12,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,-56,-64,32767,32767,-64,32767,-32,32767,32767,-30,-25,-48,-31,-30,-32,32767,-26,32767,-22,-30,-20,32767,-20,-48,-52,-43,-16,32767,32767,-30,-17,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,-31,-25,32767,-13,-14,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,0,-29]} 1. d4 g6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. cxd5 ({But not} 6. Nxd5 $2 Nxg5 7. Nxg5 e6 $19) 6... Nxg5 7. Nxg5 e6 8. Qd2 exd5 9. Qe3+ Kf8 $1 10. Qf4 Bf6 11. h4 h6 12. Nf3 Kg7 13. e3 {LiveBook: 31 Games} c6 14. Bd3 Be6 15. O-O-O Nd7 16. Kb1 {D91: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 5 Bg5} (16. g4 Qb8 17. Rhg1 Be7 18. Qxb8 Raxb8 19. Ne2 Bd6 20. Nf4 Rbe8 21. Rg2 a6 22. Bc2 Nf6 23. Rdg1 Bc8 {½-½ (66) Wojtaszek,R (2744)-Radjabov,T (2734) Beijing 2014}) 16... Qb8 17. Qxb8 Raxb8 18. Rc1 {[#]} Be7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18... Rhc8 19. g3 Be7 20. Rhe1 Nf6 21. Ne5 Bd6 22. f4 h5 23. Rf1 {1-0 (80) Volkov,S (2628)-Vorobiov,E (2524) chessassistantclub.com INT 2004}) 19. g3 Bd6 20. Na4 Rhe8 (20... Bg4 $5 {[%cal Rg4f3]} 21. Nh2 Bh3 $15) 21. Nc5 Bxc5 22. dxc5 Bg4 23. Nd4 Ne5 24. Rc3 Bf3 25. Nxf3 Nxf3 26. Ra3 a6 27. Ra4 Re7 (27... d4 $5 28. exd4 Rbd8 $11) 28. Rd1 Rbe8 29. Be2 Ne5 30. Rad4 Nd7 31. b4 Nf8 32. Bg4 f5 33. Bf3 Kf6 (33... a5 $5 34. a3 Rb8 $17) 34. R4d2 Ne6 35. Kb2 Rd8 36. Kc3 Red7 37. a3 Ke5 38. Re2 h5 39. Bg2 Kf6 40. Red2 Re7 41. Bf3 Ke5 42. Bg2 Kf6 43. Bf3 Ke5 44. Bg2 $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "Brugse Meesters 2017"]
[Site "Brugge"]
[Date "2017.08.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Lai, Hing Ting"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,102,-27,-34,-32,-44,-40,-63,-46,-57,-33,-71,-69,-107,-99,-94,-93,-102,-98,-107,-98,-110,-101,-104,-108,-99,-90,-84,-60,-92,-76,-114,-72,-116,-94,-91,-64,-117,-95,-130,-93,-100,-91,-116,-126,-133,-117,-117,-117,-117,-117,-115,-117,-116,-117,-172,-182,-327,-327,-327,-333,-329,-327,-326,-282,-541,-556,-556,-574,-647,-394,-411,-389,-404,-400,-418,-414,-379,-257,-683,-657,-641,-608,-1358,-1258,-12836,-6348,-12841,-12841]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. e3 e6 (2... d5 3. c4 e6 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. d4 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Nbd2 c5 10. Rc1 Rc8 11. Qe2 cxd4 12. Nxd4 dxc4 13. Nxc4 Rc5 14. Rfd1 Qa8 15. f3 Re8 16. Ba3 Rxc4 17. Rxc4 Bxa3 18. Nb5 {1-0 (62) Nakamura,H (2785)-Karjakin,S (2781) Paris 2017}) 3. b3 Be7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. d3 d5 {[%cal Bd7d5,Bd5d4][%mdl 32]} 6. Nbd2 {A05: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 Nf6} c5 7. g3 Nc6 8. Bg2 Qc7 9. O-O {LiveBook: 3 Games} e5 10. c4 d4 11. Qe2 h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Bd7 12. Rfe1 Rae8 13. a3 a5 14. exd4 exd4 15. Qf1 h6 16. Re2 Bf5 {0-1 (66) Karlsson,L (2472)-Graf,A (2605) Gothenburg 2005}) 12. Rae1 Be6 13. h3 Rad8 14. e4 g6 15. Bc1 Kg7 16. Kh2 Bd6 17. Rg1 Ng8 18. Nf1 Nge7 19. g4 Rh8 20. Ng3 Kf8 (20... Bc8 {with more complications.} 21. a3 Ng8 22. Qb2 Nf6 23. Rgf1 Qe7) 21. Bd2 Rb8 22. Rb1 Bd7 23. Qd1 a5 24. Qc1 Ng8 25. a3 Nd8 {[%cal Bc6d8,Bd8e6,Be6f4][%mdl 32]} 26. Ne1 (26. b4 $15) 26... Ne6 $17 27. Bf3 Nf4 28. Ne2 Ne7 29. Nxf4 exf4 30. b4 axb4 31. axb4 b6 32. Kg2 Kg7 33. Be2 g5 34. Nf3 f6 35. Qa3 (35. Kf1 $17) 35... h5 $19 36. gxh5 (36. Kf1 {was necessary.}) 36... Rxh5 37. Kf1 Bxh3+ 38. Ke1 g4 39. Nh2 f3 {[%cal Bf4f3,Bf3e2][%mdl 32]} 40. Nxg4 $2 {[#]} (40. Nxf3 Kf7 41. e5 Bxe5 42. Nxe5+ Qxe5 43. Kd1) 40... fxe2 41. bxc5 Bxc5 42. Qc1 Bxg4 43. Rxg4+ Kf7 44. Kxe2 Ng6 {[%cal Be7g6,Bg6e5,Be5d3][%mdl 32]} 45. Qg1 Rg8 46. f4 Qc8 {And now ...Nxf4+! would win.} 47. Rf1 $2 {[#]} (47. f5 Ne5 48. Rxg8 Qxg8 49. Qxg8+ Kxg8 50. Bf4) 47... Rh2+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Black is clearly winning.} 48. Ke1 (48. Qxh2 Qxg4+) 48... Rhh8 49. Rf2 Ne5 50. Rxg8 Nxd3+ 51. Ke2 Rxg8 {Precision: White = 37%, Black = 65%.} 0-1

[Event "Brugse Meesters 2017"]
[Site "Brugge"]
[Date "2017.08.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dgebuadze, Alexandre"]
[Black "Vandenbussche, Thibaut"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,67,41,19,9,10,10,24,24,26,25,18,20,36,22,7,0,0,0,0,0,24,0,13,19,38,0,25,0,35,32,83,37,37,40,37,34,77,75,92,39,34,36,35,29,171,101,117,118,109,44,79,45,80,71,60,82,83,81]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Nxd4 Be7 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nf3 {C41: Philidor Defence} (7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. O-O O-O 9. f4 d5 10. e5 Bc5+ 11. Kh1 Ng4 12. Qe1 f5 13. h3 Nh6 14. Na4 Bb6 15. b3 Qe7 16. Be3 Nf7 17. c4 {1-0 (37) Okun,L (2277)-Vezzani,S (2129) Pardubice 2015}) 7... Ne5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... O-O 8. Bf4 Nd7 9. Qd2 Nde5 10. Be2 a6 11. Nd5 Re8 12. O-O-O Bf8 13. h3 Be6 14. g4 Nxf3 15. Bxf3 Ne5 16. Be2 c6 17. Ne3 Qc7 18. Bg3 f6 19. h4 Rad8 20. Rdg1 Qc8 21. g5 Kh8 {½-½ (21) Diener,C (1739)-Wuestehube,H (1934) Vellmar 2012}) 8. Bf4 Nxf3+ (8... Ng6 {is more complex.} 9. Be3 Ng4 10. Bc1 O-O 11. O-O Bf6) 9. Qxf3 {White has an edge.} O-O 10. h3 Nd7 11. O-O-O Ne5 12. Bxe5 dxe5 13. Bc4 Qe8 14. Nd5 Bd8 15. Qg3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} a5 16. Kb1 b5 17. Be2 Ra6 18. Bg4 (18. Qc3 $5 {[%cal Rd5c7]}) 18... Rg6 {Threatens to win with ...h5!} 19. Qf3 Be6 20. Ne3 Rf6 (20... Bxg4 $14 21. hxg4 h6) 21. Qe2 c6 22. Bf5 Bxf5 23. exf5 e4 24. h4 Kh8 25. Rd2 ({White should play} 25. a4 $16) 25... Bb6 26. g4 Qe5 27. Rhd1 Bc7 {[#]} (27... Bxe3 $11 28. fxe3 (28. Qxe3 h5 $14) 28... g6) 28. Rd7 (28. a4 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) 28... Rd6 $16 29. R1xd6 Bxd6 {[#]} 30. Qd2 (30. a4 $1 $16) 30... Bc5 31. a3 (31. a4 $5) 31... h5 32. gxh5 {[%cal Bg4h5,Bh5h6][%mdl 32]} Bxe3 33. fxe3 Qxf5 34. h6 $1 {Precision: White = 50%, Black = 37%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Brugse Meesters 2017"]
[Site "Brugge"]
[Date "2017.08.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van Foreest, Lucas"]
[Black "De Boer, Eelke"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,87,105,103,72,65,0,0,0,0,-4,-14,-16,-9,-83,0,-36,0,0,0,0,7,8,26,0,50,49,124,39,51,18,61,38,62,29,70,25,70,22,56,12,84,79,523,520,486,472,533,533,527,527,464,464,644,775,779,779,743,741,725,718,1157,1070,1104,1036,1653,1597,1902,1717]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Na6 8. g4 {E73: King's Indian: Averbakh Variation without 6...c5} Nc5 (8... c6 9. g5 Ne8 10. h4 f5 11. gxf6 Nxf6 12. h5 Qa5 13. hxg6 Nxe4 14. gxh7+ Kh8 15. Nf3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 cxd5 {1-0 (28) Sokolov,I (2623)-Van Foreest,J (2615) Hoogeveen 2016}) 9. f3 a5 10. h4 Ne8 11. Qd2 f5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 12. gxf5 gxf5 13. Bg5 (13. O-O-O $14) 13... Bf6 $11 14. O-O-O f4 15. Nh3 Kh8 16. Rdg1 Ng7 $146 17. h5 (17. Bxf6 $11 Qxf6 18. Nf2) 17... Bd7 ({Black should play} 17... Nxh5 $17 {aiming for ...Ng3.} 18. Bxf6+ Nxf6) 18. Qe1 Bxg5 (18... Nxh5 $5 {[%cal Rh5g3]} 19. Qh4 Be8 $15) 19. Nxg5 h6 20. Nh3 Kh7 21. Nf2 Qe7 22. Bf1 Be8 23. Bh3 Bf7 (23... Rg8 $14) 24. Qf1 (24. Bf5+ $1 $16 Nxf5 25. exf5) 24... Rg8 $14 25. Qg2 b6 26. Bg4 Raf8 27. Qh3 Be8 28. Rg2 Na4 29. Ncd1 Nc5 30. Rhg1 Qf6 (30... Nd7 $1 $11) 31. Nc3 $16 Na4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (31... Kh8 $16 {is more resistant.}) 32. Nxa4 $1 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Bxa4 33. Bd7 Bxd7 34. Qxd7 Qf7 35. Qxf7 Rxf7 {[#]} 36. Rg6 $1 Rh8 37. Ng4 {Threatening mate with Nf6+.} Nxh5 38. Rxh6+ Kg7 39. Nxe5+ Ng3 40. Nxf7 Rxh6 41. Nxh6 Kxh6 42. Kd2 Kg5 43. Ke1 Kh4 44. Kf2 {Precision: White = 49%, Black = 31%.} 1-0

[Event "Brugse Meesters 2017"]
[Site "Brugge"]
[Date "2017.08.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Geirnaert, Steven"]
[Black "Stone, Andrew M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2153"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,101,47,41,23,40,23,20,12,10,-21,-1,-29,0,-47,-5,-5,-5,-10,-5,-5,-12,-12,-7,-7,0,0,0,0,0,-21,-20,-20,-20,-27,-31,-36,-39,-54,-52,-73,-49,-126,0,0,0,-7,-8,-6,-6,-12,-8,-23,-14,-24,-12,-16,-8,-8,0,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,-8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nge2 c5 8. a3 cxd4 9. axb4 dxc3 {LiveBook: 28 Games} 10. b5 {E48: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 5 Bd3 d5 including 6 Ne2, but excluding 6 a3} (10. Nxc3 Nc6 11. b5 Ne5 12. O-O Bg4 13. Be2 Re8 14. h3 Bxe2 15. Nxe2 Qd7 16. Nd4 Ne4 17. Bd2 Nc4 18. Bc3 a6 19. bxa6 Rxa6 20. Rxa6 Nxc3 21. bxc3 bxa6 {½-½ (53) Tregubov,P (2585)-Ghaem Maghami,E (2574) Doha 2016}) 10... Bg4 11. bxc3 Nbd7 12. O-O (12. f3 $5 {[%cal Rf3g4]} Bh5 13. Nd4 $11) 12... Ne5 13. Ra4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. f3 Bd7 14. Ba3 Re8 15. Bc5 a6 16. bxa6 bxa6 17. Bxa6 Rxa6 18. Rxa6 Qc8 {½-½ (47) Stempin,P (2400)-Sydor,A (2395) Poznan 1984}) 13... Re8 14. Ba3 (14. f3 $5 {[%cal Rf3g4]} Bd7 15. Nd4 $11) 14... Qc7 15. f3 Nxd3 (15... Bd7 $5 {[%cal Ra7a6]}) 16. Qxd3 Bd7 17. Rb4 a6 18. bxa6 bxa6 {next ...Bb5 is good for Black.} 19. Nd4 a5 20. Rb2 Rab8 21. Rfb1 Rxb2 22. Rxb2 Rb8 23. Qa6 {[#] Bd6 is the strong threat.} Rxb2 24. Bxb2 h6 25. c4 dxc4 26. Bc3 a4 27. e4 Qc5 28. Kf1 Kh7 29. Nc2 {[#]} (29. Kf2 $15) 29... Qb5 (29... Qg5 $1 $17 {[%cal Rg5c1]} 30. Ne1 Qc1 31. Qxc4 Kg8) 30. Qxb5 $11 Bxb5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} 31. Na3 Ba6 32. Ke2 Ne8 33. Be5 f6 34. Bb8 g5 35. g3 Ng7 36. Kd2 {The position is equal.} Kg6 37. Kc3 Bb7 38. Nxc4 g4 39. fxg4 Bxe4 40. Kb4 Bc2 41. Nb2 f5 42. gxf5+ Nxf5 43. Nxa4 Bxa4 44. Kxa4 {KB-KN} Ne3 45. h3 h5 {[%cal Bh6h5,Bh5h4][%mdl 32]} 46. Bf4 h4 (46... Nd1 {seems wilder.} 47. Kb5 Nf2 48. h4 Kf5 49. Kc4 Kg4) 47. Bxe3 hxg3 48. Kb3 Kh5 49. Kc3 Kh4 50. Kd3 Kxh3 51. Ke4 {Precision: White = 33%, Black = 48%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Brugse Meesters 2017"]
[Site "Brugge"]
[Date "2017.08.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Varga, Zoltan"]
[Black "Czebe, Attila"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,41,-13,-8,-16,-1,-6,5,-1,32,3,0,7,29,0,0,1,8,13,48,39,52,20,23,-10,1,-31,31,26,19,19,26,0,8,8]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Nc3 (4. Nf3 d6 5. Be2 Nh5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Nfd2 Nf4 9. exf4 gxh4 10. c3 c5 11. dxc5 dxc5 12. Na3 O-O 13. O-O {1-0 (62) Carlsen,M (2832)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2796) Paris 2017}) 4... O-O 5. Qd2 d5 6. h3 $146 {A45: Trompowsky Attack} ({Predecessor:} 6. Nb5 c5 7. Nc7 Ne4 8. Qd1 g5 9. Be5 f6 10. f3 fxe5 11. Nxa8 exd4 {0-1 (18) Maylott,P (1913)-Schmidt,H (2189) ICCF email 2013}) 6... Nbd7 (6... c5 $5) 7. Nf3 a6 8. Ne5 c6 (8... c5 {with more complications.} 9. O-O-O e6 10. g4 b5 11. f3 Bb7) 9. Be2 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Bh6 11. O-O b6 12. Rfe1 Nd7 13. Bf4 Bg7 14. e4 e6 15. Bd6 Re8 16. e5 c5 17. f4 Qh4 (17... cxd4 $15 18. Na4 (18. Qxd4 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 f6 $15) 18... Bb7) 18. Bf3 Bb7 19. Ne2 cxd4 20. Qxd4 Rac8 21. c3 {Precision: White = 50%, Black = 43%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Brugse Meesters 2017"]
[Site "Brugge"]
[Date "2017.08.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gonzales, Jayson"]
[Black "Peeters, Tim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "2052"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,93,25,27,84,11,32,31,25,10,6,11,11,13,20,17,9,2,12,22,25,0,0,6,19,27,26,17,17,22,27,18,18,0,3,10,71,0,0,6,54,58,52,59,60,65,77,65,77,77,136,137,136,135,139,147,151,123,141,158,134,138,151,140,183,204,764,760,741,637,684,498,485,458,465,454,566,540,565,587]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 {A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3} (7... Bc5 8. d3 Nxd5 9. cxd5 Nd4 10. Nxd4 Bxd4 11. e3 Bb6 12. Bd2 Bd7 13. Rc1 a5 14. Bc3 f5 15. Kh1 Qe7 16. Qd2 a4 17. Rce1 Rae8 18. Ba5 Bxa5 19. Qxa5 {½-½ (36) Duda,J (2693)-Wojtaszek,R (2734) Chartres 2017}) 8. cxd5 Ne7 9. d4 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Nxd5 (9... exd4 $11 10. Nxd4 Bc5) 10. a3 $146 (10. Qb3 $16 e4 11. Bg5 (11. Qxd5 exf3 12. Bxf3 c6 $11)) ({Predecessor:} 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nxe5 Be6 12. Nd3 Be7 13. Bd2 c6 14. Qc2 Qb6 15. b4 {0-1 (40) Ruiz Carballido,D-Corujedo Hernandez,R Cuba 1998}) 10... Ba5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nxe5 c6 13. e4 Nf6 14. Qc2 Qe7 15. Nc4 Bc7 16. Bg5 {Black must now prevent e5!} h6 17. Bd2 {[%cal Bg5d2,Bd2b4,Bb4e7][%mdl 32]} Re8 18. Rfe1 Be6 19. Ne3 Rad8 20. Bb4 Qd7 $1 21. Rad1 Qc8 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Be7 Rd7 24. Bc5 (24. Bxf6 $5 gxf6 25. Bf1 $11) 24... Qd8 25. Bxa7 Rd2 (25... Bxg3 $11 26. hxg3 Qa5) 26. Qc1 (26. Rd1 $16 Rd7 27. Rxd7 Qxd7 28. Nf5) 26... Be5 $11 27. Rd1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Rxd1+ (27... Rd7 {feels hotter.} 28. Rxd7 Nxd7 29. Qd2 Qc7 30. f4 b6) 28. Qxd1 Qxd1+ 29. Nxd1 Bb3 30. Nc3 Bc2 31. f3 g5 32. Kf2 g4 {[#]} ({Better is} 32... Ne8) 33. Ke3 $1 $16 gxf3 34. Bxf3 Kg7 35. Bd4 Nd7 36. Bg4 Bxd4+ 37. Kxd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} c5+ 38. Ke3 Ne5 39. Be2 Bb3 40. Nb5 Nc4+ $2 {[#]} (40... Be6 41. Nd6 b6 42. Nf5+ Kg6) 41. Bxc4 $1 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Bxc4 {KB-KN} 42. Nd6 $1 {[%csl LRb7,LRc4]} Ba6 43. a4 Kf6 44. Kf4 b6 45. Nf5 h5 46. Ne3 b5 47. Nd5+ {Precision: White = 74%, Black = 48%.} 1-0

[Event "Brugse Meesters 2017"]
[Site "Brugge"]
[Date "2017.08.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Carstensen, Jacob"]
[Black "Beerdsen, Thomas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2353"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,125,0,1,78,63,85,72,72,-4,0,0,9,-13,20,27,20,22,25,20,25,-22,29,4,25,-12,-2,-28,0,-18,0,0,44,39,28,14,27,31,22,12,15,0,0,0,0,-43,-43,-43,-43,-43,-48,-41,-41,-36,-26,-75,-88,-81,-83,-89,-71,-82,-21,-22,-23,-23,-23,-23,-22,-21,-4,-8,0,0,0,-23,0,0,0,-18,-18,-19,-4,-20,-21,-27,-8,-30,0,0,0,-8,-8,-14,-12,-21,-28,-76,-29,-43,-10,-27,-8,-22,0,-8,0,-8,0,0,8,8]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 {[%cal Bc2c4,Bc4c5][%mdl 32]} e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Bd6 7. c5 Be7 8. b4 c6 {E46: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4 e3 0-0 5 Ne2 without early Bd3} (8... b6 9. Bb2 a5 10. Nf4 axb4 11. axb4 Rxa1 12. Qxa1 Nc6 13. Nd3 bxc5 14. bxc5 Ne4 15. Be2 Bd7 16. f3 Nxc3 17. Bxc3 {½-½ (50) So,W (2779)-Topalov,V (2816) Saint Louis 2015}) 9. Ng3 {LiveBook: 12 Games} e5 $146 (9... b6 $11) ({Predecessor:} 9... a5 10. Bd2 e5 11. Be2 Nfd7 12. O-O Bf6 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Qc2 g6 15. f4 Ng4 16. h3 {0-1 (54) Hovhannisyan,M (2515)-Kveinys,A (2491) Charleroi 2015}) 10. dxe5 $16 Ng4 {White is slightly better.} 11. f4 Bh4 12. Qf3 (12. Be2 $16 h5 13. O-O) 12... f6 13. e6 $1 f5 14. Nce2 $1 Qf6 15. Nd4 Qg6 16. Kd2 $1 Bxe6 17. h3 $1 {[%cal Rh3g4]} Nh6 18. Nh5 Nd7 ({Better is} 18... Qf7 $1) 19. Bd3 {Threatening Bb2.} Qf7 20. Bb2 g6 21. Nxe6 (21. g4 $5 fxg4 22. hxg4 Bxg4 23. Qg2 $17) 21... Qxe6 22. g4 $1 {[%cal Rg4g5] next g5 is good for White.} Nf6 (22... a5 $5 {[%cal Ra5b4]}) 23. Kc2 {Hoping for Nxf6+.} fxg4 (23... a5 {with more complications.} 24. Nxf6+ Bxf6 25. Bxf6 Qxf6 26. g5 Qh8) 24. hxg4 Qxg4 25. Qxg4 Nhxg4 26. Rxh4 gxh5 27. Rg1 Kf7 28. Bxf6 Nxf6 29. Be2 Rg8 30. Rg5 Rxg5 31. fxg5 $15 {[%mdl 4096] [#] Endgame Threatens to win with Rf4. KRB-KRN} Ne4 32. Rxh5 Rh8 33. Rh6 Nxg5 34. Bh5+ Ke7 35. Bg6 Rf8 36. Bd3 Rf6 37. Rh4 h6 38. e4 Ke6 (38... Nxe4 $17 {Strongly threatening ...Ng5.} 39. Bxe4 dxe4 40. Rxe4+ Kf8) 39. exd5+ $11 Kxd5 40. Kc3 Ke5 41. a4 Ke6 42. Bc4+ Ke7 43. b5 Kd7 44. Kb4 Kc7 45. Rh1 Rg6 46. Bd3 Rf6 47. Bc4 Nf3 48. Rh5 Kd7 49. Rh1 Ne5 {White must now prevent ...Rf4.} 50. Rh4 Rg6 51. Rd4+ Ke7 52. Re4 Rg5 53. bxc6 bxc6 54. Be2 Kf6 55. Rd4 Rg2 56. Rd6+ Ke7 (56... Kg5 $5 {[%cal Rg2e2]} 57. Bd1 {[#]} a5+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 58. Kc3 Rh2 $17) 57. Bf1 Rf2 58. Ba6 Rf6 59. Rd4 {The position is equal.} h5 60. Be2 Rf5 {And now ...Kf6 would win.} 61. Rh4 Kd8 62. Rxh5 Rxh5 63. Bxh5 {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 44%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Brugse Meesters 2017"]
[Site "Brugge"]
[Date "2017.08.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Pel, Bonno"]
[Black "Mueller, Martin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2111"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,71,-5,-1,0,-7,0,0,0,0,0,-34,-25,-29,-36,-41,-22,-22,-2,-41,-25,-31,-14,-32,-3,-20,0,-13,0,0,22,9,33,32,21,27,42,30,60,59,68,61,229,218,200,197,227,174,285,302,293,300,343,314,349,319,607,604,1741,1592]} 1. g3 e5 2. Bg2 d5 3. d3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 c6 7. e4 dxe4 8. dxe4 {LiveBook: 44 Games} h6 {A00: Irregular Openings} (8... Bc7 9. Qe2 Qe7 10. Nh4 Na6 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. exf5 h6 13. g4 Nc5 14. h4 e4 15. g5 Nd5 16. Nxd5 cxd5 {0-1 (40) Khismatullin,D (2654)-Maletin,P (2577) Khanty-Mansiysk 2015}) 9. h3 a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Qe7 10. Nh4 Be6 11. f4 exf4 12. gxf4 Bc5+ 13. Kh2 Ng4+ 14. Kg3 Nf6 15. Qe2 Na6 16. f5 Bc8 17. e5 Nd7 18. Bf4 Bd4 19. f6 gxf6 20. Nf5 {1-0 (20) Mihalka,Z (2211)-Botragyi,T (2144) Hungary 2010}) 10. Nh4 Be6 {The position is equal.} 11. Qf3 Nbd7 12. Nd1 Re8 13. Nf5 Bf8 14. g4 Nh7 15. Qg3 a4 {[%cal Ba5a4,Ba4a3][%mdl 32]} 16. Kh1 Nc5 (16... a3 $5) 17. Rg1 a3 18. b3 f6 19. f3 Ng5 20. Be3 Nf7 21. Qf2 b6 22. Nc3 Qc7 23. Bf1 Nd7 24. Na4 {[%cal Ra4b6]} b5 25. Nc3 {[%cal Ba4c3,Bc3e2,Be2g3,Bg3h5][%mdl 32]} Bb4 26. Ne2 $1 Ba5 27. Neg3 {Nh5 is the strong threat.} Bb6 $2 {[#]} (27... g6 $14) 28. Nh5 Bxe3 29. Qxe3 g5 30. Rd1 {Black must now prevent Rxd7!} Qd8 (30... Red8 {was worth a try.} 31. Rxd7 Bxd7) 31. c4 $18 {[%cal Bc2c4,Bc4c5][%mdl 32]} b4 32. c5 Ra7 33. Rg2 {[%cal Bg1g2,Bg2d2,Bd2d7][%mdl 32]} Kh7 34. Rgd2 ({Don't take} 34. Nhg7 Bxf5 35. Nxe8 Bxg4 $18) 34... Bxf5 $2 (34... Kg6 35. Nhg7 Bxf5) 35. gxf5 Qe7 {[#]} 36. Rxd7 $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 74%, Black = 22%.} 1-0

[Event "Brugse Meesters 2017"]
[Site "Brugge"]
[Date "2017.08.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dardha, Daniel"]
[Black "Motwani, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2218"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,48,19,23,10,20,7,19,4,17,0,0,-1,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-10,-7,-7,-7,-7,-3,-6,-4]} 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O Bd6 6. c4 c6 7. b3 Qe7 8. a4 b6 9. Ba3 a5 10. Ne5 {A90: Dutch Defence: Miscellaneous and Modern Stonewall (with ...Bd6)} (10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. e3 Nbd7 13. Qc2 Ba6 14. Rfc1 Rac8 15. Qb2 c5 16. Ne5 Ne4 17. Ndf3 cxd4 18. exd4 {½-½ (55) Cheparinov,I (2689)-Agdestein,S (2602) Doha 2016}) 10... Bb7 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Nd2 O-O {LiveBook: 3 Games} 13. Rc1 Na6 {The position is equal.} 14. Nd3 Ne4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Nd7 15. e3 Rac8 16. Qe2 Rfd8 17. Rfd1 Qe7 {1-0 (45) Thorsson,O-Briem,S (2215) Reykjavik 1990}) 15. Nf3 (15. c5 $5 bxc5 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18. Rxc5 $11) 15... dxc4 16. Rxc4 Rfd8 17. Qc1 c5 18. dxc5 Naxc5 19. Nxc5 Nxc5 20. Rd4 Qe7 21. Qe3 Rxd4 22. Nxd4 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Qd7 24. Nf3 Qd5 {Precision: White = 36%, Black = 82%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Brugse Meesters 2017"]
[Site "Brugge"]
[Date "2017.08.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Maddens, Martijn"]
[Black "Gourlay, Iain"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2087"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,59,6,0,52,59,45,50,105,94,110,110,152,59,78,89,114,87,120,80,71,74,205,200,206,195,525,134,123,150,272,240,279,274,281,270,271,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. a4 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Re1 {C55: Two Knights: 4 d3, 4 d4 exd4 5 e5 and Max Lange Attack} Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nb6 11. Nd2 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Bg5 $146 ({Black should play} 11... Nxc4 $11 12. Nxc4 f6) ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 11... Nxc4 12. Nxc4 Re8 13. Bd2 Bf6 14. Bc3 Qd7 15. b4 Nxb4 16. Bxb4 {1-0 (31) Bachmann,A (2610)-Prasanna Raghuram,R (2460) Gibraltar 2016}) 12. Bb3 $14 Nd4 13. Qxb7 Bxd2 (13... c6 $14) 14. Bxd2 $16 Nxb3 15. cxb3 f6 16. Bc3 (16. Rec1 $16 Rf7 17. a5) 16... Rf7 17. Qe4 Rd7 18. Rad1 c5 19. b4 cxb4 20. Qxb4 Rxd3 (20... Nd5 $16 {was called for.} 21. Qg4 g6) 21. Rxd3 $18 Qxd3 22. a5 $1 {[%cal Ra5b6,Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} Nd5 $2 {[#]} (22... Nc4) 23. Qb7 $2 (23. Qb3 $1 $18 {and the rest is easy.}) 23... Rd8 $16 24. Qxa7 h6 {[#]} (24... Nf4 $16) 25. a6 $1 $18 Kh7 26. Qb7 Nxc3 27. bxc3 Rd7 28. Qe4+ $2 ({White should try} 28. Qb1 $18) 28... Qxe4 $11 29. Rxe4 {Strongly threatening Ra4.} Rd1+ $1 30. Kh2 {Precision: White = 51%, Black = 27%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Brugse Meesters 2017"]
[Site "Brugge"]
[Date "2017.08.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Motwani, Paul"]
[Black "Guelsen, Taylan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2156"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,32,57,79,77,109,52,58,52,122,100,121,112,95,106,120,118,108,91,107]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 b6 4. e4 Bb7 5. e5 Ng8 6. d4 {A34: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3, lines with ...d5} cxd4 7. Nxd4 g6 8. Bf4 Bg7 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 9. Qe2 Nh6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Nc6 10. Nf3 Nh6 11. h4 Nf5 12. h5 O-O 13. O-O-O Qc8 {1-0 (32) Mestel,A (2540)-Miles,A (2615) London 1984}) 10. Qe3 (10. Rd1 $16) 10... Ng4 $1 $14 {[%cal Rg4e3]} 11. Qg3 $1 {[%cal Rg3g4]} h5 (11... d6 $1 $14) 12. O-O-O {White is better.} Nc6 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. f3 Nh6 15. Bd3 e6 16. Kb1 h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Brugse Meesters 2017"]
[Site "Brugge"]
[Date "2017.08.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Czebe, Attila"]
[Black "Carstensen, Jacob"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,127,0,0,-20,-15,-23,0,-10,11,-33,-29,-27,-5,-43,0,0,14,7,0,24,20,20,27,34,65,64,59,40,85,9,83,73,75,68,75,68,74,44,63,45,47,45,41,42,46,25,31,17,24,22,23,31,37,24,25,25,25,25,25,25,25,25,25,14,25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. e3 {A05: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 Nf6} (7. c4 d4 8. e3 Nc6 9. exd4 cxd4 10. d3 Nd7 11. Re1 a5 12. Nbd2 Nc5 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Rxe4 Bf5 15. Re1 Qd7 16. Ba3 Rfe8 {1-0 (70) Caruana,F (2804)-Anand,V (2770) Leuven 2016}) 7... Nc6 {LiveBook: 24 Games} 8. Qe2 Bf5 9. d3 Qd7 10. Nbd2 Bh3 11. Rfe1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. c4 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Nh5 13. Bxg7 Nxg7 14. cxd5 Qxd5 {½-½ (48) Slipak,S-Bronstein,L (2425) Buenos Aires 1985}) 11... Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Rad8 13. e4 dxe4 (13... d4 $15) 14. dxe4 $11 Ng4 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Nc4 b5 17. Nb2 Nd4 18. Nxd4 Qxd4 19. c4 bxc4 20. Nxc4 (20. Rad1 $5 {[%cal Rd1d4]} Qf6 21. Nxc4 $14) 20... h5 21. h3 (21. Rad1 $16 Qc3 22. Rc1) 21... Nf6 (21... Ne5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 22. Rad1 (22. Rac1 {with more complications.} h4 23. g4 Nh7 24. f4 Nf6 25. Kf3) 22... Qc3 23. Qf3 Qxf3+ 24. Kxf3 Nd7 25. Rc1 Nb6 26. Ne3 Rd2 27. Re2 Rxe2 $1 28. Kxe2 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Rc8 $1 29. h4 Kf6 30. f4 Ke6 31. Kf3 f5 32. Rc2 Kf6 33. Rc3 (33. a3 {feels hotter.} a5 34. a4 Ke6 35. Rc1 Kf6 36. e5+) 33... a5 34. Nc4 Nxc4 35. Rxc4 $11 {KR-KR} e5 36. Ke3 Ke6 37. Ra4 {Threatening fxe5.} Ra8 38. Kd3 Kd6 39. Kc3 exf4 {The position is equal.} 40. gxf4 fxe4 41. Rxe4 Rb8 42. a3 (42. Ra4 $5 {[%cal Ra4a5]}) 42... Ra8 43. Kd3 Ra7 44. Ra4 Kc6 45. Re4 Kd6 46. Kc2 Ra8 47. Kc3 Ra7 48. Re5 Rf7 49. Re4 Ra7 (49... Kd5 $5 {[%cal Rd5e4]} 50. Re5+ Kd6 $11) 50. a4 Rf7 51. Kd2 Rb7 52. Re3 Rb4 53. Rg3 Rxf4 {And now ...Rg4 would win.} 54. Rxg6+ Kc7 55. Rg5 Rxh4 56. Rxc5+ Kb6 57. Rb5+ Ka6 58. Ke3 Rh1 59. Kf4 Rh3 60. Kg5 Rh1 61. Kf5 Rf1+ 62. Kg5 Rh1 63. Kf4 Rh3 64. Ke4 {Precision: White = 42%, Black = 77%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Brugse Meesters 2017"]
[Site "Brugge"]
[Date "2017.08.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Beerdsen, Thomas"]
[Black "Lai, Hing Ting"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,62,11,19,16,15,5,12,15,45,46,52,24,18,22,29,3,0,0,27,8,45,25,27,22,39,37,37,39,45,0,81,72,68,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Ne2 Re8 9. Qc2 h6 10. O-O Nd7 {B15: Caro-Kann: 3 Nc3: 3...g6 and 3...dxe4 4 Nxe4 Nf6 5 Nxf6+ exf6} (10... Qc7 11. h3 Nd7 12. c4 c5 13. Be3 a6 14. Rac1 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Nc5 16. Bf5 Bh2+ 17. Kh1 Bf4 18. Bxf4 Qxf4 {½-½ (64) Idani,P (2578)-Sokolov,I (2626) Bandar e Anzali 2017}) 11. Bf4 Nf8 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 13. Rfe1 Bd7 14. Ng3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Qd2 Ne6 15. Ng3 Rad8 16. Nf5 Qc7 17. Re3 Ng5 18. Rae1 Rxe3 19. Rxe3 Bxf5 20. Bxf5 {1-0 (47) Mosadeghpour,M (2420)-Yakubboev,N (2342) Bishkek 2015}) 14... Rxe1+ 15. Rxe1 Re8 16. Rxe8 Bxe8 17. b4 (17. Nf5 $5 {[%cal Rf5d6]} Qe6 18. Qc1 $14) 17... Bd7 18. Ne4 Qe7 19. h3 Ne6 20. Qd2 b6 21. Qe3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Ng5 (21... Nc7 {with more complications.} 22. Qf4 Ne8 23. Kf1 Be6 24. a4 Qd8) 22. Nxg5 (22. Ng3 {seems wilder.} Kf8 23. a3 g6 24. Qd2 Kg7 25. f4) 22... Qxe3 23. fxe3 {[#] Threatens to win with Nf3.} hxg5 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} 24. g4 Kf8 25. c4 g6 26. e4 Ke7 {[#]} (26... c5 $1 $11) 27. c5 $1 $16 bxc5 28. dxc5 (28. bxc5 $14 Kd8 29. Kf2) 28... Be6 $11 {The position is equal.} 29. a3 Bb3 30. Kf2 Ke6 31. Ke3 Ke5 {Precision: White = 58%, Black = 60%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Brugse Meesters 2017"]
[Site "Brugge"]
[Date "2017.08.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Varga, Zoltan"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Lucas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,164,-8,-12,9,1,2,4,11,12,21,24,17,0,0,-9,15,15,22,4,14,7,41,30,33,33,18,24,73,72,82,80,67,57,75,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,15,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,0,0,18,18,17,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,-12,-14,0,-8,0,0,0,-25,-25,-25,-25,-25,-25,-25,-25,-26,-26,-140,-111,-115,-117,-131,-103,-111,0,-121,-118,-112,-111,-111,-111,-278,-265,-206,-25,-32,0,0,0,0,0,-265,-265,-265,-265,-265,-265,-451,-416,-3170,-3170,-3170,-3170,-3170,-3170,-3163,-3163,-3163,-3156,-3156,-3156,-3110,-2786,-3236,-3512,-2147,-1635,-4325,-4185,-3542,-1629,-5190,-5081,-29984,-29985]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 d5 7. exd5 cxd5 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. O-O Be7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. b3 {LiveBook: 9 Games. C45: Scotch Game} Bd6 (12... Ng4 13. Bb2 Bf6 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Qf3 Rfe8 {½-½ (15) Stevic,H (2607)-Ponomariov,R (2749) Khanty-Mansiysk 2010}) 13. Bb2 Qf5 14. Nf3 {The position is equal.} Rad8 15. Qd3 Qxd3 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 15... Ne4 16. Rad1 Rfe8 17. g3 c5 18. Kg2 Bf8 19. Nd2 c4 {1-0 (31) Escudero Manzano,A (2129)-Ordonez Torres,M (1913) Salobrena 2012}) 16. cxd3 Nd7 17. Rac1 Rfe8 18. Rc2 Rc8 19. g3 f6 20. Rd1 Kf7 21. Kf1 a6 22. Nd4 c5 23. Nf5 Bf8 $1 24. d4 c4 25. bxc4 $1 Rxc4 26. Rxc4 dxc4 27. Ne3 Nb6 28. d5 (28. Bc3 $16) 28... Bc5 $11 29. Bd4 Bxd4 30. Rxd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Rc8 31. d6 c3 32. d7 Rd8 33. Rb4 Nxd7 34. Rc4 Ne5 35. Rxc3 Rd2 36. Ra3 Rd6 37. f4 Nf3 38. Kg2 Rd3 (38... Nd4 {looks sharper.} 39. g4 Re6 40. f5 Re4 41. Kf2 h5) 39. Rxd3 Ne1+ 40. Kf1 Nxd3 {KN-KN} 41. Nd5 a5 42. f5 Ke8 43. Nb6 Ne5 44. Ke2 Ke7 45. Nd5+ Kd6 46. Nf4 $1 Nc6 47. Nh5 Nd4+ 48. Kd3 Nxf5 49. Kc4 (49. Ke4 $5 {[%cal Re4f5]} Ne7 50. Nxg7 $11) 49... Kc6 50. a4 Nd6+ 51. Kd4 Ne8 52. g4 g6 53. Ng3 Nd6 {White must now prevent ...f5.} 54. Ne2 (54. h4 $1 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.}) 54... Nb7 55. Nc3 Nc5 56. h4 Nb3+ 57. Kd3 Nc5+ 58. Kd4 $1 Ne6+ $1 59. Kc4 f5 60. gxf5 gxf5 {[%cal Bg6f5,Bf5f4][%mdl 32]} 61. Ne2 $2 (61. Nd5 $17) 61... f4 $19 62. Ng1 h5 $2 (62... h6 $19 {aiming for ...Kb6.} 63. h5 Kb6) 63. Nf3 $11 Kd6 64. Kb5 Kd5 (64... Nd8 $5 {[%cal Rd8c6]}) 65. Kxa5 Ke4 (65... Nd4 $5 {[%cal Rd4f3]} 66. Nd2 Kc6 $11) 66. Nh2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (66. Ng1 $1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 66... Nc5 $1 $19 67. Kb5 {[#]} Nxa4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 68. Kxa4 {[#] KN-KPP} Ke3 $1 69. Kb4 $2 {[#]} (69. Kb5 Kf2 70. Kc5) 69... Kf2 $1 70. Ng4+ (70. Kb3 $142) 70... hxg4 {KPP-KP} 71. h5 g3 72. h6 g2 73. h7 g1=Q {( -> ...Qb1+)} 74. h8=Q {KQ-KQ} Qe1+ 75. Kc4 Qe4+ 76. Kc3 Qe3+ 77. Kc2 Qc5+ 78. Kd2 Qd5+ 79. Kc2 f3 80. Qh3 Qe4+ (80... Ke1 $142 81. Qg3+ f2 82. Qe3+ Kf1) 81. Kd2 Qf4+ 82. Kd3 Kg1 {Precision: White = 54%, Black = 66%.} 0-1

[Event "Brugse Meesters 2017"]
[Site "Brugge"]
[Date "2017.08.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vandenbussche, Thibaut"]
[Black "Faure, Stephane"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "2109"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 e6 4. d4 Nd7 5. Bd3 Ngf6 {LiveBook: 18 Games} 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. Nbd2 cxd4 9. cxd4 O-O 10. Qe2 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 $11 dxe5 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Bc4 Bg5 15. Nb3 a5 16. O-O a4 17. Nc1 Qd4 18. Bd5 a3 19. Nd3 Bd7 20. Rfd1 Bb5 21. Qf3 axb2 22. Rab1 Ba4 23. Nxb2 Bxd1 24. Nxd1 Qd2 25. g3 Ra7 26. h4 Be7 27. Ne3 g6 28. Qg4 Kh8 29. h5 Bg5 30. Nc4 Qxa2 31. Rf1 f5 32. Qf3 Kg7 33. Nxe5 Qc2 34. Nxg6 Rf6 35. e5 Rfa6 36. Kg2 Ra3 37. Qd1 Qc7 38. Bb3 Qc6+ 39. Bd5 Qc7 40. f4 Be7 41. Bf3 Ra2+ 42. Kh3 Ra1 43. Qd3 R7a3 44. Qxf5 Rxf1 45. Bg2 Rf2 46. Qg4 Bg5 47. fxg5 b5 48. gxh6+ Kxh6 49. Ne7 Qc2 50. Ng8+ Kh7 51. Be4+ Qxe4 52. Qxe4+ Kxg8 53. Qg6+ Kf8 54. Qd6+ 1-0

[Event "Brugse Meesters 2017"]
[Site "Brugge"]
[Date "2017.08.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kokje, Joris"]
[Black "Dgebuadze, Alexandre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2166"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,36,9,8,7,49,5,13,10,11,-16,-6,-56,-45,-45,-60,-56,-52,-62,-67,-75,-75,-165,-176,-203,-130,-183,-175,-404,-412]} 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 a6 4. Qc2 (4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. Bf4 Qe7 10. O-O c6 11. h3 O-O 12. Re1 Rfd8 13. Rc1 Rac8 14. Ne5 Ne8 15. Nxd7 Bxd7 16. Na4 Qf6 17. Nb6 Rb8 18. Nxd7 {½-½ (18) Shimanov,A (2623)-Rakhmanov,A (2670) Astana 2017}) 4... c5 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 {E10: Blumenfeld Gambit} Qb6 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 6... Nc6 7. Nxc6 dxc6 8. g3 e5 9. Bg2 Be6 10. b3 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Bb2 Qc7 {0-1 (37) De Franca,G-Van Riemsdijk,V (2160) Sao Paulo 2000}) 7. e3 (7. Nb3 {with more complications.} Nc6 8. e4 Qc7 9. Be2 Ne5 10. Bf4) 7... Nc6 8. Nxc6 {The position is equal.} Qxc6 9. b3 b5 10. Ne2 bxc4 11. bxc4 Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 Qxc4 14. Rc1 Qa4 15. Nd4 (15. Nc3 $17 {was necessary.} Qa5 16. Bd3) 15... Ne4 $19 16. Qc2 Qa5+ 17. Kd1 Bb7 18. Bd3 $2 {[#]} (18. Qb2) 18... Rc8 0-1

[Event "Brugse Meesters 2017"]
[Site "Brugge"]
[Date "2017.08.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Marzano, Carlo"]
[Black "Gonzales, Jayson"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2158"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 Nf6 5. Be2 e5 {LiveBook: 35 Games} 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8. f4 Nc6 9. fxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Nh5 11. O-O-O+ $14 Bd7 12. Be3 Kc8 13. Nf3 Re8 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Bd4 Nf4 16. Bf3 c6 17. Rhf1 Kc7 18. Bxe5+ Rxe5 19. g3 Ne6 20. Bg4 Be8 21. Bxe6 Rxe6 22. Rf2 Rd8 23. Rxd8 Kxd8 24. Kd2 Ke7 25. Kd3 Bd7 26. b3 f6 27. Rd2 Re5 28. Rf2 h5 29. h4 Bg4 30. Kd2 Kf7 31. Kd3 Re8 32. Kd2 Kg7 33. Kd3 Re5 34. Kd4 Kf7 35. Kd3 Re8 36. Kd2 Ke6 37. Kd3 Ke5 38. Ke3 Rd8 39. Rf1 b6 40. Rf2 Rd7 41. Rf1 a6 42. Na4 Rd4 43. Nc3 Rd8 44. Na4 f5 45. exf5 Bxf5 46. Nb2 b5 47. Rd1 Re8 48. Rd2 Bb1 49. Kf2 Rf8+ 50. Ke3 Rf1 51. cxb5 cxb5 52. a3 Be4 53. Nd3+ Bxd3 54. Rxd3 a5 55. Rc3 Kd6 56. Rd3+ Ke6 57. Rc3 Rb1 58. Ke4 b4 59. axb4 axb4 60. Rd3 Re1+ 61. Kf4 Rc1 62. Ke4 {Ke5} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Brugse Meesters 2017"]
[Site "Brugge"]
[Date "2017.08.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Stone, Andrew M"]
[Black "Pel, Bonno"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2153"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 d6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Bg4 8. Ne1 Qd7 9. Nc2 e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. f3 Bh3 12. e4 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Ne8 14. b4 c6 15. dxc6 bxc6 $11 16. a4 Qe6 17. Qd3 f5 18. b5 fxe4 19. fxe4 Rxf1 20. Kxf1 Nf6 21. Ne3 Rf8 22. Kg2 h5 23. Ba3 c5 24. a5 Bh6 25. Bc1 h4 26. Bd2 Bxe3 27. Bxe3 Ng4 28. Nd5 h3+ 29. Kg1 Rf3 30. Qe2 Nxd5 31. Qxf3 Ndxe3 32. b6 Qxc4 33. bxa7 Qa6 34. Rf1 Nxf1 35. Qxg4 Kg7 36. Qd7+ Kh6 37. Qxh3+ Kg7 38. Qd7+ Kh6 39. Qd8 Nxg3 40. hxg3 Qxa7 41. Qh8+ Kg5 42. Qh4# 1-0

[Event "Brugse Meesters 2017"]
[Site "Brugge"]
[Date "2017.08.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gray, Mark S"]
[Black "Frayna, Janelle Mae"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2103"]
[BlackElo "2248"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be3 b6 7. e5 Ng4 8. Bg1 Bb7 {LiveBook: 7 Games} 9. e6 f5 $1 ({Reject} 9... fxe6 $6 10. Ng5 $16) 10. d5 (10. h4 $15) 10... c6 (10... Bxc3+ $5 11. bxc3 c6 $17) 11. Bc4 $19 (11. Qd2 $15) 11... Nf6 12. Qd3 cxd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Bxd5 15. Qxd5 Bxb2 16. Qxa8 Bxa1 17. Qxa7 Qc8 18. Bxb6 Bc3+ 19. Kf2 Qxe6 20. Qa3 Rc8 21. Rd1 Nd7 22. Be3 Nf6 23. Rd3 Ne4+ 24. Kf1 Bf6 25. Qb3 Qc4 26. Ke1 Qxb3 27. cxb3 e5 28. fxe5 dxe5 29. Rd5 Nc3 30. Rc5 Rxc5 31. Bxc5 e4 32. Nd4 Nxa2 33. Kd2 Kf7 34. g3 Ke8 35. Ne2 Be7 36. Bxe7 Kxe7 37. Ke3 Kd6 38. h4 Ke5 39. Nd4 Nb4 40. Ne2 Nc2+ 41. Kd2 Nd4 42. Nc1 h6 43. Ke3 g5 44. hxg5 hxg5 45. Kd2 Nc6 46. Ne2 Nb4 47. Ke3 Nd5+ 48. Kd2 f4 49. gxf4+ gxf4 50. Ng1 f3 51. Nh3 Kd4 52. Ng5 Nf4 53. Ke1 Nd3+ 54. Kf1 Ke5 55. Nf7+ Kf4 56. Nd8 e3 57. Ne6+ Ke5 0-1

[Event "Brugse Meesters 2017"]
[Site "Brugge"]
[Date "2017.08.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Altea, Alessandro"]
[Black "Dardha, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2025"]
[BlackElo "2218"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. O-O Rb8 7. a4 a6 8. e3 {LiveBook: 15 Games} Bd7 9. Bd2 Bd6 10. Qc2 b5 11. axb5 axb5 12. b3 cxb3 13. Qxb3 $15 O-O 14. Rc1 e5 15. Ra6 Qe8 16. Nc3 exd4 17. exd4 Bc8 18. Raa1 Bg4 19. Be3 Ne7 20. Nd2 Nf5 21. Nde4 Nxe4 22. Nxe4 Be2 23. Nxd6 cxd6 24. Bf4 Bc4 25. Qc3 Qd8 26. Be4 Ne7 27. Qf3 f5 28. Bd3 Bd5 29. Qe2 Nc6 30. Rxc6 Bxc6 31. Qe6+ Kh8 32. Qxd6 Qxd6 33. Bxd6 Ra8 34. Rc1 Rfc8 35. Re1 Rd8 36. Be5 b4 37. Rb1 Bd5 38. Bxf5 b3 39. f4 Ra2 40. Bh3 Rda8 0-1

[Event "Brugse Meesters 2017"]
[Site "Brugge"]
[Date "2017.08.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Hill, Alistair"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2192"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,30,-24,-20,-32,-35,-99,-99,-147,-102,-116,-89,-497,-490]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Nb3 d5 {[%cal Bd7d5,Bd5d4][%mdl 32]} 7. Bg5 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} Be6 8. Nc3 (8. O-O Be7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. c4 dxc4 11. Nc5 e4 12. Nd2 Bxb2 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Rb1 c3 15. Bxe4 Qxd2 16. Qxd2 cxd2 17. Rxb2 {½-½ (31) Svidler,P (2734)-Karjakin,S (2753) Khanty-Mansiysk 2015}) 8... d4 9. Ne4 Be7 10. Bxf6 gxf6 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 11. c3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. O-O Qb6 12. c3 f5 13. Ned2 Rd8 14. Bxc6+ bxc6 15. cxd4 exd4 {0-1 (32) Trumic,E (2338)-Kojic,T (2258) Tuzla 2010}) 11... Bd5 {And now ...f5 would win.} 12. f3 (12. O-O $15) 12... Qb6 $17 13. cxd4 Rd8 ({Reject} 13... exd4 $6 14. Nf2 $11) ({But not} 13... Nxd4 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. O-O $15) 14. O-O Nxd4 15. Kh1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (15. Nxd4 $17 Bxe4 16. Qb3) 15... Nxb3 0-1

[Event "Brugse Meesters 2017"]
[Site "Brugge"]
[Date "2017.08.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Van Foreest, Lucas"]
[Black "Dgebuadze, Alexandre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,109,33,27,48,50,43,29,31,32,53,89,70,57,181,52,77,80,82,58,71,49,48,49,65,37,74,36,36,36,41,36,36,36,36,36,36,36,36,45,54,54,185,186,191,170,176,173,215,177,218,215,235,227,461,495,462,463,468,430,382,328,318,310,291,276,1094,1803,1347,1480,1163,1225,9882,5069,4982,2559,29963,29964,29957,29954,29967,29972,29971,29970,29975,29976,29978,29980]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nf3 Qc7 12. h3 O-O 13. Be3 {[#] LiveBook: 100 Games. C06: French Tarrasch: 3...Nf6 4 e5 Nfd7 5 Bd3 main lines} Qe7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Bd7 14. Re1 Be8 15. Ng5 Bf7 16. Rc1 Kh8 17. a3 Bg8 18. b4 a6 19. g3 h6 20. Nf4 Bxf4 21. Bxf4 {1-0 (38) Navara,D (2729)-Michiels,B (2563) Wijk aan Zee 2015}) 14. Re1 Bd7 15. Nc3 {White is slightly better.} Be8 16. Bg5 {Black must now prevent Nxd5!} Qd7 17. Qe2 Bf7 18. Qd2 {Strongly threatening Bxf6.} (18. Qe3 $5 {[%cal Rg5f6]}) 18... Kh8 (18... Nh5 $14) 19. Bf4 (19. Bxf6 $1 $18 gxf6 20. Qh6) 19... Bxf4 20. Qxf4 Qd8 21. Qh4 h6 22. Rac1 Rc8 23. a3 Nd7 24. Qxd8 (24. Qg3 {feels hotter.} Bh5 25. Nh4 Rf6 26. Bg6 Bxg6 27. Nxg6+ Kg8 28. Ne2) 24... Rfxd8 25. Bb5 a6 26. Bxc6 Rxc6 27. Na2 Rdc8 28. Rxc6 Rxc6 29. Rc1 Rxc1+ 30. Nxc1 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KNN} Nb6 31. Ne5 Be8 32. Ncd3 Nc4 (32... Nd7 $14) 33. Nxc4 $1 $18 dxc4 {KB-KN} 34. Nc5 Bc6 35. Nxe6 b5 {[#]} 36. f3 $1 a5 {...b4 would now be nice for Black.} 37. Kf2 g5 38. Ke3 Kh7 $2 (38... b4) 39. Nc7 b4 40. axb4 axb4 41. d5 Ba4 42. Kd2 Kg6 43. Na6 c3+ 44. bxc3 bxc3+ $2 (44... b3 45. Kc1 Bb5) 45. Kxc3 Bb5 46. Nc5 Bf1 47. g4 Bxh3 48. Kd4 Bf1 49. Ke5 Be2 50. d6 {White mates.} Kf7 {[#]} 51. Ne6 $1 ({Not} 51. Ke4 Bd1 $16) 51... Bb5 52. Nd4 Bd7 53. Nf5 Kg6 54. Nxh6 Bc6 55. Ke6 {Precision: White = 73%, Black = 50%.} 1-0

[Event "Brugse Meesters 2017"]
[Site "Brugge"]
[Date "2017.08.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Geirnaert, Steven"]
[Black "De Boer, Eelke"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,92,35,20,6,35,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,112,61,88,0,0,0,0,0,0,-368,-370,-372,-58,-368,-368,-348,-339,-337,-328,-347,-347,-347,-329,-318,-150,-347,-311,-279,-279,-279,-262,-266,-233,-222,-8,-57,-36,-27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. d5 Ne5 9. Ng3 h5 10. Be2 {E81: King's Indian: Sämisch: 6th move deviations (including 6 Be3 c6)} h4 11. Nf1 e6 12. f4 (12. Nd2 exd5 13. cxd5 h3 14. g3 b5 15. Nxb5 Rb8 16. Qc2 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bf5 {0-1 (32) Dreev,A (2644)-Mamedov,R (2657) Berlin 2015}) 12... Nxc4 13. Bxc4 b5 14. Bxb5 exd5 $1 {LiveBook: 15 Games} 15. e5 Bg4 16. exf6 (16. Qd2 {with more complications.} dxe5 17. h3 d4 18. fxe5 Bh5 19. exf6 Qxf6 20. Qf2) 16... Bxd1 17. fxg7 Kxg7 {Strongly threatening ...Bh5.} 18. Rxd1 d4 $146 19. Rxd4 $1 cxd4 20. Bxd4+ f6 21. Ne3 Rb8 {Threatens to win with ...Qa5.} 22. O-O Qa5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 23. Bc4 h3 (23... Rxb2 $11 {keeps the balance.} 24. Ncd5 Rbb8) 24. Rf2 (24. b3 $16) 24... Rbe8 $14 25. g4 (25. gxh3 $16 Qh5 26. Bf1) 25... Rxe3 $1 $11 26. Bxe3 Re8 27. Nd5 Re4 28. b3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (28. b4 $11 {and White stays safe.} Qa4 29. Bb3) 28... Rxc4 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 29. bxc4 Qe1+ 30. Rf1 Qe2 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Re2g2]} 31. Bf2 Qxg4+ 32. Bg3 {next Kf2 is good for White.} Qe2 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Re2g2]} 33. Bf2 Qxc4 34. Rd1 Qe4 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Re4g2]} (34... Qxa2 35. Ne3 $17) 35. Kf1 Kf7 (35... Qg2+ $19 {is more deadly.} 36. Ke2 Qxh2) 36. a3 $2 (36. Bg3 $17) 36... Qh1+ 37. Ke2 Qxh2 38. Rg1 Ke6 39. Nc7+ Kf5 40. Nd5 {[#] If White can now play Ne7+ this consolidates a bit.} Ke4 $2 ({Black should try} 40... g5 $1 $19 {White must now prevent ...Ke6.} 41. Ke3 Ke6 42. Nc7+ Kf7) 41. Rd1 g5 42. Nxf6+ Kxf4 {And now ...Kf5 would win.} 43. Rd5 $1 {The position is equal.} Qg2 44. Nh5+ Ke4 (44... Kg4 $5 45. Nf6+ $8 Kf4 46. Nh5+ Ke4 47. Nf6+ Kf4 $11) 45. Nf6+ Kf4 {aiming for ...Qf3+.} 46. Nh5+ Ke4 {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 63%.} (46... Kg4 $5 47. Nf6+ $8 Kf4 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Brugse Meesters 2017"]
[Site "Brugge"]
[Date "2017.08.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lai, Hing Ting"]
[Black "Stone, Andrew M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2388"]
[BlackElo "2153"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,141,26,0,12,14,18,17,18,10,23,19,66,-5,63,0,45,36,38,42,29,29,27,27,93,84,79,62,59,58,79,54,82,43,146,146,146,146,146,52,205,218,195,175,215,217,162,0,114,114,114,110,203,114,114,114,107,0,71,47,56,50,73,63,194,165,244,109,109,109,341,347,274,23,32,32,32,32,35,35,272,270,981,967,706,923,878,834,477,466,1887,2017,2060,1979,1993,1779,1798,1389,1574,1510,1727,1583,2639,2264,2327,2098,2018,759,5903,2667,5499,4406,2519,2451,4989,1862,1757,1530,3595,1808,29963,8715,5739,4267]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O e6 5. d4 Nd7 6. Nbd2 Ngf6 7. b3 Be7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. c4 b5 10. c5 {D11: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 sidelines and 3...Nf6 4 e3 Bg4} a5 11. a3 {LiveBook: 6 Games} Bh5 (11... Qb8 12. b4 a4 13. Bc3 Bf5 14. Ne5 Qc7 15. Qc1 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nd7 17. Qb2 f6 {1-0 (42) Ruck,R (2574)-Wang,H (2696) Beijing 2008}) 12. Ne1 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 12. b4 Qb8 13. Nb3 a4 14. Nc1 Ne4 15. Nd3 f6 16. Bh3 Bf7 17. Nf4 f5 18. Nd3 Qe8 {½-½ (27) Wolter,M (2204)-Galyas,M (2375) Budapest 2001}) 12... h6 13. Nd3 Bg6 14. Rc1 Bh7 15. f3 Ne8 16. Kh1 (16. e4 $14) 16... Nc7 (16... Bxd3 $11 17. exd3 a4) 17. Qe1 (17. e4 $14) 17... Re8 (17... Bxd3 $5 18. exd3 a4 $11) 18. e4 Bf6 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Be7 21. f4 f5 (21... Na6 $11) 22. exf6 $16 Bxf6 23. e5 Be7 24. Nf3 Qd7 25. Nd4 Rf8 26. Qe2 a4 (26... b4 $14) 27. b4 Rf7 28. Bf3 Raf8 29. h4 (29. Rcd1 $16) 29... g5 $2 ({Black should play} 29... Bxh4 $1 $14 30. gxh4 Rxf4) 30. Bh5 Be4+ 31. Kh2 Rg7 32. fxg5 hxg5 33. hxg5 $2 (33. g4 $18) 33... Rxg5 (33... Bxg5 $11 {remains equal.} 34. Rxf8+ Kxf8) 34. g4 Rg7 35. Rxf8+ Kxf8 (35... Bxf8 $16 36. Rf1 Be7) 36. Rf1+ (36. Rc3 $1 $18) 36... Kg8 37. Qf2 Bd3 38. Ne2 (38. Rd1 $16 Be4 39. Bc1) 38... Bxe2 (38... d4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 39. Qxe2 Bg5 $1 40. Bd4 Qe7 41. Kg2 Ne8 (41... Na6 $1 $14) 42. Qd3 Bh6 (42... Nc7 {might work better.}) 43. Kh3 (43. Be3 $1 $18 {[%cal Re3h6] and White stays clearly on top.} Bg5 44. Qd2 Bxe3 45. Qxe3) 43... Bg5 44. Rf3 Rh7 $2 (44... Nc7 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 45. Qg6+ $1 $18 Ng7 {And now ...Rh6 would win.} 46. Rf6 $2 (46. Be3 $1 $18 {[%cal Re3g5]} Bxe3 47. Rxe3) 46... Bc1 47. Kg2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Hoping for Rf7. White is more active.} Rh6 48. Qf7+ Qxf7 49. Bxf7+ Kh7 $2 (49... Kf8 $14 50. Bg6+ Kg8) 50. Rf3 Bg5 $2 (50... Rh4 51. Kg3 Rh1) 51. Be3 Bxe3 52. Rxe3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rh4 53. Rh3 Rxh3 54. Kxh3 {KB-KN} d4 (54... Kh6 $142 55. Kh4 d4 56. g5+ Kh7) 55. Kg3 d3 56. Kf3 d2 57. Ke2 Kh6 58. Kxd2 Kg5 {[#]} 59. Kd3 $1 Kxg4 {[#]} 60. Bg6 $1 {[%cal Rg6e4]} Nf5 61. Be8 Ne7 62. Ke4 Kg5 63. Bd7 (63. Bf7 $142 Nd5 64. Bxe6 Nc3+ 65. Kd3) 63... Kg6 64. Bxe6 Kg5 65. Bf7 Nc8 66. Be8 Ne7 67. Bd7 (67. e6 $142 Kf6 68. Bd7) 67... Kg6 68. Kf4 Kf7 69. Kg5 Kg7 70. e6 Kf8 71. Kf6 {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 27%.} 1-0

[Event "Brugse Meesters 2017"]
[Site "Brugge"]
[Date "2017.08.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gonzales, Jayson"]
[Black "Tozer, Philip A A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "2141"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,42,0,-47,67,-46,65,68,72,60,64,50,73,48,63,65,97,53,54,-33,-38,-133,-142,-138,-136,-134,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nh6 6. Be3 Nf5 7. Bd3 {C02: French: Advance Variation} Qb6 (7... cxd4 8. cxd4 Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. O-O Na5 11. b3 Nc6 12. a3 a5 13. Qc2 h6 14. Rfd1 Nxe3 15. fxe3 f5 16. exf6 Bxf6 {½-½ (58) Mossakowski,F (2299)-Ivanov,V (2373) Germany 2016}) 8. Qd2 {LiveBook: 8 Games} (8. Bxf5 $5 Qxb2 9. Nbd2 exf5 10. dxc5 $17) 8... Be7 (8... Nxe3 $15 9. fxe3 c4) 9. O-O (9. dxc5 $14 Qc7 10. Bxf5 exf5 11. Na3) 9... O-O (9... Nxe3 $15 10. fxe3 Bd7) 10. dxc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. g4 Nxe3 11. fxe3 c4 12. Bc2 f6 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. g5 Be7 {0-1 (23) Unciti Juan,J (2110)-Rodrigo Yanguas,M (2184) Madrid 2015}) 10... Bxc5 11. Bxc5 Qxc5 12. Na3 Bd7 13. Nc2 (13. Bxf5 $5 exf5 14. Nc2 $14) 13... Rad8 14. Rfe1 Qe7 15. Rad1 Nh4 16. Ng5 ({White should try} 16. Ncd4 $14) 16... h6 $1 $15 {[%cal Rh6g5]} 17. Nh7 (17. Nh3 $1 $15) 17... Rfe8 $17 18. Nf6+ gxf6 19. Qxh6 {[#] Threatening mate with Qh7+.} f5 ({Black should play} 19... Ng6 $1 $17 20. Bxg6 fxg6 21. Qxg6+ Qg7 22. Qxf6 Qxf6 23. exf6 Kf7) 20. Re3 $1 $11 Ng6 21. Rh3 Ncxe5 {Precision: White = 33%, Black = 19%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Brugse Meesters 2017"]
[Site "Brugge"]
[Date "2017.08.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Carstensen, Jacob"]
[Black "Motwani, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2353"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,45,27,14,26,2,31,33,50,23,84,75,86,35,54,37,29,40,63,29,108,11,51,0,0,-75,-70,-77]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Qd6 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Qe2 {LiveBook: 8 Games. D94: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 5 e3} (11. Bf1 a6 12. b3 Rfe8 13. Bb2 Rad8 14. Qe2 dxc4 15. bxc4 e5 16. d5 cxd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Rxd5 Qc7 {1-0 (60) Dreev,A (2690)-Bu,X (2620) Taiyuan 2004}) 11... Rfe8 12. f4 e6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Rad8 13. c5 Qc7 14. b4 Nf8 15. Bc2 N6d7 16. Bb3 e6 17. e4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 {0-1 (51) Shvedchikov,A (2395)-Petukhov USSR 1984}) 13. c5 {White is slightly better.} Qc7 14. b4 Nf8 (14... a5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 15. g4 N6d7 16. Bb2 (16. Bd2 $16) 16... g5 17. Qf2 $1 gxf4 18. exf4 f5 19. g5 h6 (19... a5 $11 20. a3 b6) 20. h4 (20. Ne2 $16) 20... hxg5 21. hxg5 (21. fxg5 $14 b6 22. h5) 21... Ng6 $11 22. Ne2 (22. Rf1 $11) 22... Kf7 $17 {Threatens to win with ...Rh8.} 23. Kg2 {Precision: White = 12%, Black = 33%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Brugse Meesters 2017"]
[Site "Brugge"]
[Date "2017.08.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Frayna, Janelle Mae"]
[Black "Czebe, Attila"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2248"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,112,41,39,38,43,60,57,31,33,23,37,40,41,27,25,33,50,56,50,51,71,28,68,64,63,64,118,36,44,39,75,72,95,82,73,56,58,34,89,81,97,86,124,116,116,108,143,143,151,125,139,138,125,112,114,99,118,93,121,106,108,0,119,81,119,0,123,132,152,116,110,115,126,117,113,118,107,0,0,-261,-256,-255,-260,-260,-243,-285,-282,-356,-349,-315,-339,-435,-427,-444,-431,-478,-475,-444,-454,-430,-437,-423,-416,-420,-414]} 1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nf3 d6 5. h3 a6 (5... Nf6 6. Bb5 O-O 7. O-O a6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Re1 Nd7 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Rb8 12. b3 c5 13. Nd5 g5 14. Bg3 e6 15. Ne3 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Bb7 {1-0 (46) Hansen,E (2584)-Bauer,C (2630) Rabat 2014}) 6. Be3 {B06: Modern Defence} b5 7. d5 Na5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Ne5 8. Nd4 e6 9. Qd2 b4 10. Nd1 Nf6 11. dxe6 fxe6 12. f3 O-O 13. Be2 {0-1 (21) Cita,M (1962)-Coste,T (2189) Issy les Moulineaux 2010}) 8. Bd4 {White is slightly better.} Nf6 9. b4 c5 $1 {[%cal Rc5d4]} 10. bxc5 {Black must now prevent c6.} dxc5 11. Bxc5 O-O 12. Bd3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Nd7 13. Bd4 Bxd4 14. Nxd4 Qb6 15. Nce2 e6 16. dxe6 fxe6 17. O-O Bb7 (17... Nc5 $14) 18. Nb3 (18. a4 $1 $16) 18... Nxb3 $14 19. axb3 ({Don't play} 19. cxb3 Rad8 $15) 19... Nc5 20. Ng3 $1 e5 21. Qd2 Ne6 22. Ne2 Rad8 23. Qc3 Qd6 (23... Nc5 $14) 24. Rad1 $16 Rf7 25. b4 Rc8 26. Qb3 Qc6 27. Rc1 Nd4 28. Nxd4 exd4 29. Rcd1 Kg7 30. Rd2 Qd6 31. Rfd1 Rc3 32. Qb2 Qe5 33. Qa1 Qf4 34. Re2 Qe5 35. Red2 ({White should try} 35. f3 $16) 35... Qg5 (35... Qf4 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 36. Qc1 Rfc7 37. Qa1 ({White should play} 37. Rf1 $16) 37... Bc8 (37... Rf7 $11) 38. Bf1 Kh6 39. Rxd4 Rxc2 {[#]} 40. Rd5 $1 {[%cal Rd5g5]} Qf4 41. Qd4 Rf7 {[#]} 42. Rd2 $1 {[%cal Rd2c2]} Rc1 43. e5 (43. Rd3 $16 Rc4 44. Qb2) 43... Be6 $1 $11 {[%cal Re6d5]} 44. Qb2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (44. Rd8 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 44... Rxf1+ $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 45. Kxf1 Bxd5 46. Rd4 Be4 {Hoping for ...Rc7.} 47. f3 Qe3 {( -> ...Bxf3!)} ({Worse is} 47... Qxe5 48. Qd2+ Qg5 49. Qxg5+ Kxg5 50. Rxe4 $11) 48. Qd2 Qxd2 49. Rxd2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame intending e6. KRB-KR} Bf5 50. Rd6 Kg5 51. Kf2 Kf4 52. Rd5 {Strongly threatening e6!} Be6 53. g3+ Kf5 54. Rc5 Rd7 55. Ke3 Bd5 56. f4 Bb7 {Precision: White = 52%, Black = 61%.} 0-1

[Event "Brugse Meesters 2017"]
[Site "Brugge"]
[Date "2017.08.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Dardha, Daniel"]
[Black "Beerdsen, Thomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E19"]
[WhiteElo "2218"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,140,20,25,15,17,26,14,0,2,-2,5,-22,-14,-26,-31,-27,-9,-20,0,-18,26,-28,-22,-28,-26,-43,-34,-11,-14,0,0,-31,-31,-31,-31,-33,-31,-35,-41,-41,-41,-44,-31,-31,-32,-31,-35,-135,-135,-135,-135,-128,-141,-141,-139,-149,-138,-176,-174,-299,-320,-314,-281,-292,-218,-285,-238,-274,-267,-245,-184,-168,-159,-293,-295,-258,-129,-129,-129,-129,-129,-136,-129,-181,-181,-184,-181,-192,-181,-210,-181,-181,-181,-181,-156,-170,-163,-177,-129,-156,-129,-29968,-29969,-29970,-422,-29971,-29972,-29974,-29974,-29975,-29976,-29979,-29976,-29976,-29976,-29978,-29979,-29982,-29983,-29982,-29977]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 d6 10. b3 f5 11. Bb2 Bf6 {LiveBook: 79 Games} 12. Qc2 {E19: Queen's Indian: Old Main Line with 7...Ne4 8 Qc2 Nxc3 8 Qxc3} (12. Ne1 $5 {[%cal Rg2b7]} Bxg2 13. Nxg2 $11) (12. Rad1 Qe8 13. Ne1 Bxg2 14. Nxg2 a5 15. Qf3 Nd7 16. e4 fxe4 17. Qxe4 e5 18. Qd5+ Qf7 19. Ne3 a4 20. b4 {1-0 (72) Stefansson,H (2573)-Salgado Lopez,I (2628) Jerusalem 2015}) 12... Be4 13. Qd2 Nd7 14. Rfd1 {The position is equal.} a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Qe7 15. Rac1 Rad8 16. e3 e5 17. Qe2 Rfe8 18. Rd2 Nf8 19. Rcd1 h6 20. Ne1 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 e4 22. b4 c5 23. bxc5 dxc5 24. d5 Bxb2 25. Rxb2 Qe5 26. a3 Rd6 {0-1 (26) Anpilogov,V-Bragin,A Dagomys 2004}) 15. Ne1 Qe8 16. f3 Bb7 17. e4 fxe4 18. fxe4 Qh5 19. Bf3 Qg6 20. Qe2 (20. e5 $5 {[%cal Rf3b7]} Bxf3 21. Nxf3 $11) 20... Be7 21. Bg2 (21. Ng2 $142 $1) 21... h5 $11 22. Nd3 {Nf4 is the strong threat.} h4 23. gxh4 Bxh4 24. Rf1 Bg5 25. Kh1 Nf6 {[%cal Rb7e4]} 26. Nf4 Bxf4 $1 27. Rxf4 Nh5 28. Rg4 Rf2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is more active.} 29. Qxf2 (29. Rxg6 Rxe2 30. e5 d5 $19) 29... Qxg4 30. Qf3 Qh4 {Hoping for ...Bxe4!} 31. d5 $1 Rf8 32. Qh3 Qxh3 33. Bxh3 Nf4 34. Bxe6+ (34. Bg4 $15) 34... Nxe6 $17 35. dxe6 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rf2 $1 36. Bd4 Rd2 {[%mdl 1024] Black has strong compensation.} 37. Bc3 Rc2 $1 38. Bd4 {[#]} c5 $1 {[%cal Rc5d4]} 39. e7 {[#]} Kf7 $1 40. Rf1+ (40. Be3 {keeps fighting.}) 40... Kxe7 $19 41. Bf2 Rxa2 ({Don't take} 41... Bxe4+ 42. Kg1 $19) 42. Kg1 Ke6 {Strongly threatening ...Rb2.} ({Stronger than} 42... Bxe4 43. Re1 $14) 43. Bg3 Bxe4 {( -> ...Rg2+)} 44. Re1 d5 45. Bc7 Kd7 46. Bxb6 Kc6 47. cxd5+ (47. Bd8 $17 {was worth a try.}) 47... Bxd5 ({Less strong is} 47... Kxb6 48. Rxe4 Rd2 49. Rg4 $17) 48. Bd8 Rg2+ (48... Bxb3 $19 {aiming for ...a4.} 49. Re7 a4 50. Rxg7 a3) 49. Kf1 $17 Rxh2 50. Bxa5 Bxb3 51. Re7 g6 52. Rg7 (52. Re3 $17) 52... Bc2 $19 53. Ke1 Bd3 54. Kd1 c4 55. Bc3 Kd5 56. Re7 Rg2 57. Bf6 Kc5 58. Re8 Bf5 59. Re7 Ra2 60. Re8 Kd6 61. Kc1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (61. Ke1 $17) 61... c3 $1 {[%cal Ra2a1]} 62. Kd1 (62. Bxc3 Rc2+) 62... Ra1+ 63. Ke2 c2 {Black mates.} 64. Bg5 c1=Q 65. Bxc1 Rxc1 {KRB-KR} 66. Kf2 Rc4 67. Kg2 Re4 68. Rg8 Ke5 69. Kg3 Re3+ 70. Kf2 Ra3 {Precision: White = 37%, Black = 68%.} 0-1

[Event "Brugse Meesters 2017"]
[Site "Brugge"]
[Date "2017.08.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Guelsen, Taylan"]
[Black "Varga, Zoltan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2156"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,52,25,35,28,31,34,35,7,16,-8,25,-16,-24,-13,-8,-6,-6,-33,-21,-23,-16,-22,0,-18,0,-12,-8,-6,20,-29,0,-29,0,-29,-16,-29,-9,-29,-21,-21,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Nd2 Qb6 6. Qb3 {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines} c4 7. Qc2 Bg4 {LiveBook: 22 Games} (7... Nh5 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Be2 Ng7 11. Bg3 Bf5 12. Qc1 e6 {1-0 (41) Carlsen,M (2832)-So,W (2812) Leuven 2017}) 8. b3 {White is slightly better.} cxb3 $1 9. axb3 e6 10. f3 (10. Bd3 {feels hotter.} Rc8 11. Qb1 Be7 12. Ne2 Bh5 13. O-O) 10... Bh5 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 10... Bf5 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Nh5 {1-0 (47) Bendfeldt,T (2028)-Petri,A (2167) Hanerau 2015}) 11. Bd3 Rc8 12. Qb2 Bg6 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. Ne2 Nh5 15. Kf2 Be7 16. Bg3 g5 17. Rhe1 f5 18. Qb1 (18. b4 {is more complex.} a6 19. Nb3 Kf7 20. Qb1 Rh6 21. Nc5) 18... O-O {Threatens to win with ...f4.} 19. Kg1 Nxg3 20. hxg3 Bf6 21. f4 a6 22. Kf2 Rc7 23. Rh1 g4 24. Qg1 Kf7 25. Rh7 Ne7 26. Qh1 Kg8 {Precision: White = 39%, Black = 42%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Brugse Meesters 2017"]
[Site "Brugge"]
[Date "2017.08.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bleys, Michiel"]
[Black "Vandenbussche, Thibaut"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "1947"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 29,82,-1,-4,-27,0,-20,0,0,12,15,52,47,56,64,97,19,7,17,33,0,0,0,0,0,0,-27,-42,-96,0,0,0,0,0,-166,-172,-149,-153,-483,-483,-482,-468,-816,-823,-823,-814,-12834,-12834,-12835,-12834,-12835,-12832,-12834,-7653,-1655,-891]} 1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 e5 5. Nf3 exd4 6. Nxd4 Nc6 7. Be3 Nge7 {[%cal Bg8e7,Be7f5,Bf5e3][%mdl 32]} 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O f5 10. exf5 Bxd4 11. Bxd4 Nxf5 12. Be3 Nxe3 13. fxe3 Rxf1+ 14. Qxf1 Be6 15. Bf3 {A42: Modern Defence: Averbakh Variation} (15. Qf4 Qe7 16. Rf1 a6 17. Bg4 Bf7 18. Ne4 Kg7 19. b3 Ne5 20. Nf6 h6 21. Qd4 b5 22. Be2 bxc4 23. bxc4 c5 {0-1 (39) Manolache,M (2533)-Vedmediuc,S (2476) Bucharest 2013}) 15... Qg5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 16. Qe2 (16. Nd5 $5 {[%cal Rd5c7]} Ne5 17. Nxc7 Bxc4 18. Bd5+ Bxd5 19. Nxd5 $11) 16... Re8 17. Rf1 {[#] Hoping for Bxc6.The position is equal.} Kg7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Rf8 18. Re1 Ne5 19. Bxb7 Bxc4 20. Qd2 c6 21. Ne4 Nf3+ 22. Kh1 Nxe1 {0-1 (22) Nikolic,S (2275)-Matkovic,T (2355) Kladovo 1991}) 18. b3 Bg8 19. Nb5 Re7 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. Nxa7 Qc5 22. Qb2+ (22. Qf2 $16 Qxe3 23. Nxc6) 22... Re5 $1 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black is not keeping still} 23. Qd4 Be6 24. Qf4 {[%csl Gf1][%cal Rf4f8]} (24. a3 $5) 24... Bf5 25. Qd4 Bd7 26. b4 $1 {[%cal Rb4c5]} Qxb4 {Strongly threatening ...Qb6.} 27. Qf4 {[%csl Gf1][%cal Rf4f8]} (27. Qh4 $5 {[%cal Rh4f6]} Qc5 28. Qf6+ Kh6 29. Qh4+ Kg7 30. Qf6+ Kh6 31. Qh4+ Kg7 $11) 27... Rf5 28. Qd4+ {[#]} ({White should try} 28. Qe4 $15) 28... Kg8 (28... Kf7 $1 $17 {White must now prevent ...Qa3.} 29. Rxf5+ Bxf5) 29. Rxf5 Bxf5 {[%cal Rb4e1]} 30. h3 Qb7 31. g4 $2 (31. Kh2 $1 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 31... Qb1+ $19 32. Kf2 Bd3 {...Qf1+ is the strong threat.} 33. Nc8 $2 (33. Nxc6 $17 {nothing else works.} Qf1+ 34. Kg3) 33... Qf1+ {Black is clearly winning.} 34. Kg3 Qe1+ 35. Kh2 (35. Kg2 $142 Bf1+ 36. Kf3 Qe2+ 37. Ke4) 35... Qf2+ 36. Kh1 Qf3+ 37. Kg1 Qg3+ 38. Kh1 Qxh3+ 39. Kg1 Qg3+ 40. Kh1 Qf3+ 41. Kg1 Be4 {Precision: White = 36%, Black = 64%.} 0-1

[Event "Brugse Meesters 2017"]
[Site "Brugge"]
[Date "2017.08.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Czebe, Attila"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Lucas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,93,0,8,-39,4,-50,0,-7,0,19,13,9,0,-49,-42,-31,-51,-97,-39,-54,92,-115,-125,-122,-103,-212,-204,-206,-184,-222,-221,-216,-215,-241,-218,-211,-93,-85,-88,-81,-97,-102,-68,-68,-71,-236,-206,-208,-200,-236,-224,-230,-211,-208,-214,-227,-179,-220,-179,-197,0,0,-7,-137,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-70,0,-343,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nc6 3. d4 Bg4 4. Bg2 Qd7 5. c4 e6 6. O-O O-O-O 7. Nc3 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} dxc4 {LiveBook: 8 Games} 8. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. Qa4 Kb8 9. Rd1 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nb4 11. Qa5 Nc2 12. Bf4 Bb4 13. Qb5 Qxb5 14. Nxb5 Nxa1 15. Bxc7+ {1-0 (29) Zablotsky,S (2518)-Tuzhik,A (2316) Novokuznetsk 2007}) 8... Kb8 (8... Bxf3 $5 9. Bxf3 Nxd4 $11) 9. b3 (9. Nd2 $11) 9... Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nxd4 (10... Bb4 $5 {[%cal Rb4c3]} 11. Ne4 Nxd4 $15) 11. Bxd4 Qxd4 12. Qc2 $1 {Rad1 is the strong threat.} c6 13. bxc4 Qxc4 14. Rab1 Nf6 15. Rb3 Rd7 (15... Bc5 $1 $17 16. e3 Bb6) 16. Qb2 {Strongly threatening Rb1.} Nd5 (16... Qa6 $15 {stays ahead.}) 17. Rb1 $2 (17. Nxd5 $16 {Threatens to win with Rc1.} exd5 18. Qe5+ Bd6 19. Qxg7) 17... Nb6 $17 {[%cal Bd5b6,Bb6c4,Bc4d2][%mdl 32]} 18. a4 Qa6 $1 19. a5 (19. Nd1 $17) 19... Nc4 $1 $19 {[%cal Rc4b2]} (19... Qxa5 20. Ra1 $17) 20. Qc2 Nd2 (20... Nxa5 21. Ra1 $17) 21. Rd1 Nxf3+ 22. exf3 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 {[%cal Rd1d8] [#]} Kc8 $1 (23... Qxa5 24. Qd7 $15) 24. Qd4 {With the idea Nb5!} Be7 (24... Qxa5 $19 {And now ...Qc5 would win.} 25. Nb5 f6) 25. Qxg7 $17 Rf8 26. Qe5 {aiming for Nb5!} Rd8 27. Kg2 Bd6 28. Qf6 Bc7 $1 29. Rb1 $2 (29. Ra3 $17) 29... Qxa5 $19 ({Worse is} 29... Bxa5 30. Ne4 $16) 30. Ne4 Qf5 31. Qe7 a5 32. Rc1 h6 33. h4 e5 34. g4 Qg6 35. Rb1 b6 36. Rc1 Rd7 $2 (36... f5 $19 37. h5 Qe8 38. Qxe8 Rxe8 39. gxf5 c5) 37. Qe8+ $11 Bd8 38. Qxe5 (38. h5 $11 Qe6 39. Qxe6 fxe6 40. Rxc6+ Kb7 41. Rxe6) 38... Bxh4 (38... Bc7 $17 39. Qe8+ Rd8 40. Qxc6 Qxc6 41. Rxc6 Kb7) 39. Qb5 $1 Kc7 $1 (39... c5 {[#]} 40. Nxc5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rc7 41. Qa6+ Kd8 42. Qa8+ Ke7 43. Re1+ Kd6 44. Ne4+ Ke5 45. Nc3+ Kd4 46. Nb5+ Kc4 47. Nxc7 $18) 40. Qa6 Bd8 $1 {Hoping for ...Kb8.} 41. Qa7+ Kc8 42. Qa8+ Kc7 43. Rh1 ({Better is} 43. Nc3 $11 Qg5 44. Rb1) 43... f5 (43... Rd4 $1 $15 44. Ng3 Rd5) 44. Nc3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (44. Qa7+ $11 Kc8 45. Qa8+ Kc7 46. Qa7+ Kc8 47. Qa8+ Kc7) 44... Qg5 $2 (44... Rd2 $19 45. Rc1 fxg4 46. Nb5+ Kd7 47. Qb7+ Ke8 48. Qxc6+ Qxc6 49. Rxc6 Rb2) 45. Qa7+ {The position is equal.} Kc8 46. Qa8+ Kc7 {White must now prevent ...Rd2.} 47. Qa7+ {Precision: White = 37%, Black = 57%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Brugse Meesters 2017"]
[Site "Brugge"]
[Date "2017.08.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Varga, Zoltan"]
[Black "Carstensen, Jacob"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,115,8,29,29,27,39,47,57,52,46,41,37,93,100,106,104,101,74,106,98,106,108,96,85,91,85,80,76,105,94,110,107,114,113,142,114,137,108,142,140,157,158,154,154,164,143,144,86,126,128,142,88,114,112,116,128,120,102,202,165,196,163,216,210,211,195,222,212,220,220,220,220,220,220,220,220,220,220,213,193,261,261,323,262,461,443,519,519,696,715,721,586,690,685,832,788,1156,1152,1057,1089,1537,1118,1575,1558]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Nd5 {B53: Sicilian: 2...d6: Lines with Qxd4} (6. e5 Nc6 7. Qa4 dxe5 8. Nxe5 Bd7 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 10. Bd2 g6 11. O-O-O Bg7 12. Bg5 Qg4 13. Bxf6 Qxa4 14. Nxa4 Bxf6 {½-½ (49) Kramnik,V (2808)-Nakamura,H (2785) Stavanger 2017}) 6... Nc6 7. Nxf6+ gxf6 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 8. Qd3 {White has an edge.} Qb6 9. Be2 Rg8 10. O-O Bg4 11. Kh1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Ne1 Ne5 12. Qd1 f5 13. Bxg4 fxg4 {0-1 (57) Trepat Herranz,J (2325)-Panelo Munoz,M (2428) Torredembarra 2013}) 11... Qc5 12. Be3 Bxf3 ({Better is} 12... Qh5 $14) 13. Bxf3 $16 Ne5 14. Bxc5 Nxd3 15. Bd4 Nb4 16. Bc3 Nc6 17. g3 Rc8 18. Bg2 Rg5 19. f4 Rc5 20. Rf2 Rc7 21. Rd1 e5 22. Bf1 Nd4 23. Bd3 Ne6 24. Bd2 R5c6 25. b4 Nd4 26. a4 Be7 27. b5 axb5 28. axb5 Rxc2 29. Bxc2 Rxc2 30. b6 (30. Kg2 $142) 30... Nc6 31. Kg2 Rb2 32. Bc3 (32. Be3 $142 Rb4 33. Kf3) 32... Rxb6 33. Rb2 Rxb2+ 34. Bxb2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KBN} Kd7 35. Kf3 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Ke6 (35... Kc7 $16 36. Rd5 Nb4) 36. f5+ $18 Kd7 37. Bc3 Bf8 (37... Nb8 {is a better defense.} 38. Rb1 Kc6) 38. Rb1 Kc7 39. Ke2 Bh6 40. Kd3 b6 41. Be1 Ne7 42. Bf2 Nc8 43. Rb2 Kc6 44. Rc2+ Kd7 45. Bg1 Bf8 46. Be3 Bg7 (46... h5 {was called for.} 47. h3 Be7) 47. g4 Bf8 48. Rg2 Be7 $2 {[#]} (48... Kc6 49. Rc2+ Kb7) 49. Rg3 {White is clearly winning.} d5 50. exd5 Kd6 51. Rh3 Kxd5 52. Rxh7 e4+ 53. Ke2 b5 54. Rxf7 b4 55. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} b3 56. Bc1 Bd6 57. Rb7 Kc4 58. h5 {Precision: White = 88%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "Brugse Meesters 2017"]
[Site "Brugge"]
[Date "2017.08.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vandenbussche, Thibaut"]
[Black "Lai, Hing Ting"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "12"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 3. e5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 4. h4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 5. g4 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 6. h5 {[%emt 0:00:54]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Brugse Meesters 2017"]
[Site "Brugge"]
[Date "2017.08.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Stone, Andrew M"]
[Black "Gonzales, Jayson"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2153"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,134,13,11,-7,35,-32,12,5,3,-31,-23,-41,-7,-21,-10,-12,0,11,18,-4,0,-56,-49,-52,-13,-65,-54,-69,-62,-64,-15,-16,-10,-33,-38,-129,-131,-139,-156,-145,-114,-228,-225,-189,-153,-183,-180,-161,-106,-124,-112,-118,-114,-136,-142,-158,-140,-139,-44,-133,0,-172,-176,-189,-168,-197,-60,-59,-63,-177,-149,-230,-211,-233,-254,-308,-270,-4698,-220,-220,-37,-34,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-8,-15,0,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-29973,-29974,-29973,-29977,-29977,-29978,-29978,-29979,-29979,-29979,-29979,-29980,-29980,-29981,-29981,-29982,-29982,-29982,-29982,-29981]} 1. c4 d6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 e5 5. e3 Nc6 6. d3 Nf6 7. Rb1 O-O 8. b4 a6 {LiveBook: 4 Games. A25: English Opening vs King's Indian with ...Nc6 but without early d3} 9. a4 (9. Nge2 Ne7 10. e4 Be6 11. O-O c6 12. a4 d5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. a5 b5 {1-0 (34) Eljanov,P (2723)-Najer,E (2633) Yerevan 2014}) 9... Ne7 10. Nd5 $146 (10. Nf3 $14) ({Predecessor:} 10. Nge2 d5 11. cxd5 Nexd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. e4 Ne7 14. O-O Nc6 15. b5 axb5 16. axb5 {1-0 (88) Barcza,G-Matanovic,A Pecs 1968}) 10... c6 {Black is slightly better.} 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. e4 d5 13. Qc2 Bg7 14. Ne2 Be6 15. O-O Qd7 16. Be3 b5 {...d4 is the strong threat.} 17. axb5 axb5 {White must now prevent ...d4.} 18. cxb5 (18. exd5 $11 cxd5 19. Bc5) 18... cxb5 $15 19. Bc5 Rfc8 20. Ra1 (20. d4 $11) 20... d4 21. f4 f6 22. Qb2 Ra4 23. Rxa4 bxa4 24. Ra1 Bf8 25. Qa3 (25. Qc1 $15) 25... Qb5 $17 26. Bf1 Ra8 27. Nc1 Nc8 28. Be2 (28. Bxf8 $17 {is a better defense.} Kxf8 29. Ne2) 28... Bxc5 $19 29. bxc5 exf4 30. gxf4 Qb8 $1 31. e5 fxe5 (31... Bd5 $19 32. c6 Qc7) 32. Bf3 $17 Ra6 ({Stronger than} 32... exf4 33. Bxa8 Qxa8 34. Qxa4 $11) 33. Ne2 Ne7 34. Qc1 Qc7 35. Qb2 Qxc5 36. Qb8+ Qc8 (36... Kg7 $17 {And now ...exf4 would win.} 37. Rc1 Qd6 38. Qxd6 Rxd6 39. fxe5 Rd8) 37. Qxe5 (37. Qb5 $1 $15 Bf7 38. Rxa4 Rxa4 39. Qxa4) 37... Nf5 (37... a3 $17 38. Nxd4 Qd7) 38. Nxd4 $2 (38. Rb1 $1 $11 {and White stays safe.} Nd6 39. Rb8 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxb8 40. Qxe6+ Kg7 41. Qe5+ Kh6 42. Qg5+ Kg7 43. Qe5+ Kh6 44. Qg5+ Kg7 45. Qe5+) 38... Nxd4 $19 39. Qxd4 a3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is on the roll.} 40. Bd5 Qd7 ({Black should try} 40... a2 $19 {Strongly threatening ...Kf7.} 41. Kf2 Qd7 42. Bxe6+ Qxe6) 41. Bxe6+ $15 Qxe6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 42. Kf2 (42. Rb1 $1 $15 Qc8 43. Qd5+ Kf8 44. Qd4) 42... a2 $19 43. Qd8+ (43. Qc4 $17 Kf7 44. Qc7+ Kf8 45. Qc4 Qb6+ 46. Kf3) 43... Kg7 44. Qc7+ Kh6 45. Qc4 {Black should prevent Qxe6.} Qb6+ 46. Kg3 $2 (46. Kf3 Qb7+ 47. Kg3) 46... Qb2 $2 (46... Qe3+ 47. Kg2 Qe2+ 48. Kg3 Re6 49. Qxe6 Qxe6) 47. f5 {intending Qh4+.} Ra7 $2 {[#]} ({And not} 47... Qxa1 48. Qh4+ Kg7 49. Qe7+ Kg8 50. Qe8+ Kg7 51. Qe7+ Kg8 52. Qe8+ Kg7 53. Qe7+ $11) ({Black should play} 47... Qb8+ $19 48. Qf4+ Qxf4+ 49. Kxf4 Ra4+ 50. Ke5 Ra5+ 51. Ke6 gxf5) 48. f6 $1 $15 {[%mdl 512]} Qxf6 49. Rxa2 Qg5+ 50. Kf3 Qf5+ 51. Kg3 Qe5+ 52. Kf3 Qf6+ 53. Kg3 Qd6+ 54. Kf3 Rxa2 55. Qxa2 Qxd3+ $11 {KQ-KQ} 56. Kg2 Qe4+ 57. Kg3 Kh5 58. Qf7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (58. Qb3 $11) 58... Qg4+ {Black mates.} 59. Kf2 Qf5+ 60. Qxf5+ gxf5 {KPP-KP} 61. Kg3 Kg5 62. h4+ Kg6 63. Kf4 {[#]} Kf6 $1 64. Kg3 Ke5 65. h5 Ke4 66. Kf2 Kf4 67. h6 Ke5 {Precision: White = 34%, Black = 41%.} 0-1

[Event "Brugse Meesters 2017"]
[Site "Brugge"]
[Date "2017.08.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tozer, Philip A A"]
[Black "Geirnaert, Steven"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2141"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,42,1,2,-20,0,0,0,-10,0,-26,-23,-20,-10,-17,-29,-22,-22,-81,-82,-95,-75,-73,-75,-82,-60,-190,-194,-231,-232,-920,-925,-914,-911]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. d4 e4 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. Bg5 {A20: English Opening: 1...e5} (6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nh3 Bb4 8. O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. f3 exf3 11. Rxf3 h6 12. Qf1 Nbd7 {½-½ (50) Aronian,L (2785)-Anand,V (2779) Doha 2016}) 6... Nbd7 {LiveBook: 17 Games} 7. Nh3 h6 8. Bxf6 {The position is equal.} Nxf6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Qa4+ $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. O-O Bd7 11. f3 exf3 12. Rxf3 Be7 {0-1 (48) Weber,T (2406)-Sadler,M (2653) London 2014}) 10... Bd7 11. Qb3 Qa5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 12. O-O Bb4 13. f3 {[%cal Rf3e4]} O-O 14. Nf4 (14. fxe4 $11 {keeps the balance.} Bxh3 15. Bxh3 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 Qxc3 17. bxc3) 14... Bxc3 $1 $17 15. bxc3 g5 16. fxe4 {[%cal Rf4d5]} gxf4 17. exd5 Nh5 18. gxf4 {[#]} ({White should try} 18. Bf3 $1 $15 Ng7 19. gxf4) 18... Kh8 $1 $19 19. c4 Rg8 {And now ...Rae8 would win.} 20. e4 $2 (20. Kh1 Rab8 21. Bf3) 20... Qd2 {[%csl Gg8][%cal Rd2g2]} 21. Rf2 {[#]} Rxg2+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 26%, Black = 77%.} 0-1

[Event "Brugse Meesters 2017"]
[Site "Brugge"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dgebuadze, Alexandre"]
[Black "Guelsen, Taylan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2156"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,59,46,46,41,47,31,39,11,31,22,18,0,129,129,140,118,145,148,160,130,123,80,87,91,95,89,91,79,98,98,252,237,277,259,342,334,355,358,583,577,584,569,1365,1376,1327,1309]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O c6 7. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Qc7 8. a5 {C41: Philidor Defence} (8. Re1 h6 9. Qd3 exd4 10. Qxd4 Ne5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 {1-0 (11) Fedorchuk,S (2665)-Rapport,R (2704) Palic 2014}) 8... h6 {LiveBook: 7 Games} 9. Qe2 Nf8 10. d5 {White is slightly better.} Ng6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... g5 11. Bb3 Ng6 12. a6 O-O 13. h4 g4 14. axb7 Bxb7 15. Bxh6 gxf3 16. Qxf3 c5 {½-½ (25) Trygstad,K (2200)-Vukovic,I (2295) Balatonbereny 1997}) 11. a6 O-O 12. axb7 Bxb7 13. Rd1 c5 (13... a5 $11) 14. Ba6 $16 Rfb8 15. b3 Bc8 16. Bxc8 Qxc8 17. Be3 Ng4 18. Ra4 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 Rb4 20. Rda1 Nf4 21. Ne2 {[%cal Bc3e2,Be2g3,Bg3f5][%mdl 32]} Rxa4 22. Rxa4 g5 $2 {[#]} (22... Nh5 $16) 23. Ng3 $1 $18 g4 24. Nd2 Bg5 {White must now prevent ...Nh3+!} 25. Qe1 h5 26. Nc4 h4 $2 {[#]} (26... Qd8 27. Nf5 Be7) 27. Nf5 {White is clearly winning.} Kh7 28. Qd1 g3 29. hxg3 hxg3 30. fxg3 {Precision: White = 59%, Black = 41%.} 1-0

[Event "Brugse Meesters 2017"]
[Site "Brugge"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Motwani, Paul"]
[Black "Faure, Stephane"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2109"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,73,52,58,72,37,39,47,86,87,107,112,97,64,108,89,149,138,126,130,225,229,227,232,664,668,675,324,425,395,414,412,430,418,427,431,431,413,490,407,451,396,400,308,295,291,282,275,275,268,716,701,739,698,775,767]} 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 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Be3 Bg4 11. Qa4 {LiveBook: 8 Games. D34: Tarrasch Defence: 6 g3 Nf6 7 Bg2 Be7} Ne5 12. Rad1 Nc4 13. Bc1 {White is slightly better.} Bd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Nb6 14. Qb3 Qd7 15. Bg5 Rfd8 16. a4 Bh3 17. Qb5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 h6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 {½-½ (55) Yakovich,Y (2596)-Ozgibcev,A (2435) Sochi 2004}) 14. Qb3 Na5 15. Qc2 Rc8 16. Qd3 Bg4 17. Nf5 {[%cal Rc3d5]} Qd7 ({Better is} 17... Nc6) 18. Nxe7+ $16 ({Much less strong is} 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 $16) 18... Qxe7 19. Bg5 Qe6 (19... Nc6 $16 {was called for.}) 20. Bxf6 $18 ({Resist} 20. Bxd5 $6 Nxd5 21. Qxd5 Qa6 $14) 20... Qxf6 21. Nxd5 Qxb2 $2 {[#]} (21... Qd8 22. Qe4 Be6) 22. Ne7+ Kh8 23. Rd2 (23. Nxc8 $142 {Hoping for Qd8.} Bxc8 24. Rb1 Qxa2 25. Ra1) 23... Qb4 24. Nxc8 Bxc8 25. Rb1 Qe7 26. Qd6 Qxd6 27. Rxd6 g6 28. Rc1 Be6 29. a4 Bb3 30. Rd4 Re8 31. e3 Re7 32. Bd5 Kg7 33. Rc5 Bxd5 34. Rcxd5 ({Don't do} 34. Rxa5 Bf3 $18) 34... Nb3 $2 {[#]} (34... Nc6 35. Rd1 f5) 35. Rb4 {White is clearly winning.} Nc1 36. Rc4 Nb3 37. Rc3 {Precision: White = 68%, Black = 31%.} 1-0

[Event "Brugse Meesters 2017"]
[Site "Brugge"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Van Foreest, Lucas"]
[Black "Beerdsen, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,53,32,21,61,56,55,57,63,64,95,-8,108,100,84,87,136,74,122,107,102,56,94,85,103,105,126,118,160,170,165,182,164,164,205,191,212,0]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bc5 5. e3 a6 6. Nge2 d6 7. O-O O-O 8. a3 Ba7 9. b4 {A22: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3 Nf6} Be6 (9... Bf5 10. d3 Qd7 11. Re1 Bh3 12. Bh1 Ng4 13. d4 exd4 14. exd4 Rae8 15. c5 dxc5 16. dxc5 Qxd1 17. Rxd1 {½-½ (51) Ponomariov,R (2743)-Kobalia,M (2651) Khanty-Mansiysk 2013}) 10. Nd5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Bxd5 11. cxd5 {White is slightly better.} Ne7 12. Nc3 Nd7 $146 {[%cal Bf6d7,Bd7e5,Be5c4][%mdl 32]} ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 12... c5 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. Bb2 Rb8 15. Rb1 Nd7 16. f4 exf4 17. Rxf4 Ne5 18. Ne4 Nd3 19. Qg4 Nxb2 20. Nf6+ Kh8 21. Qh5 h6 22. Rxb2 Rb5 23. Bd5 Nxd5 {0-1 (23) Spanton,T (1976)-Oyama,A (2191) Hastings 2016}) 13. f4 f5 14. Qb3 (14. fxe5 $16 {Threatens to win with e6.} Nxe5 15. Ne2) 14... Qe8 {[#]} (14... exf4 $11 15. gxf4 Ng6) 15. fxe5 $1 $16 Nxe5 16. Ne2 N7g6 17. Bb2 (17. a4 $142) 17... b5 18. Qc3 Qd7 19. Rae1 Rae8 20. Kh1 Nc4 21. Ba1 Nge5 {[#]} 22. Nf4 $1 Rf6 23. Qc1 {White is clearly better.} Rh6 24. Bd4 Ng4 25. Bxa7 {And now h3 would win.} Nxh2 26. Kg1 Nxf1 27. Bxf1 $2 {[%mdl 32768] Precision: White = 58%, Black = 19%. . Loss on Time!?} (27. Rxf1 $18 c5 28. dxc6 Qxa7 29. Bd5+ Kh8 30. Bxc4 bxc4 31. Qxc4) 1-0

[Event "Brugse Meesters 2017"]
[Site "Brugge"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Geirnaert, Steven"]
[Black "Vandenbussche, Thibaut"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,20,27,22,15]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 a5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e4 d6 6. e5 {A40: Unusual replies to 1 d4} dxe5 7. dxe5 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Qxd1+ 9. Rxd1 Ne4 10. Bd4 {[#] LiveBook: 5 Games. Threatens to win with f3.} b6 {Predecessor:} 11. f4 $146 Bb7 12. Nf3 Nc6 {½-½ (41) L'Ami,A (2392)-Short,N (2664) Bunratty 2015} *

[Event "Brugse Meesters 2017"]
[Site "Brugge"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Geirnaert, Steven"]
[Black "Vandenbussche, Thibaut"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,100,0,4,12,11,15,0,0,-6,0,-6,-6,-7,-4,-4,-7,-55,-43,-37,-43,-35,-44,-93,-105,-110,-112,-119,-117,-119,-119,-139,-129,-135,-122,-128,-137,-135,-133,-135,-123,-136,-125,-187,-177,-247,-247,-246,-246,-240,-239,-246,-239,-206,-196,-277,-287,-717,-717,-717,-717,-710,-710,-710,-609,-710,-710,-687,-671,-710,-699,-710,-710,-629,-570,-633,-497,-1444,-1438,-9102,-10025,-12673,-7856,-11610,-12673]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 a5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e4 d6 6. e5 {A40: Unusual replies to 1 d4} dxe5 7. dxe5 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Qxd1+ 9. Rxd1 Ne4 10. Bd4 {LiveBook: 5 Games} b6 11. Bd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. f4 Bb7 12. Nf3 Nc6 {½-½ (41) L'Ami,A (2392)-Short,N (2664) Bunratty 2015}) 11... Bb7 12. f3 Nc5 13. Bc2 Nc6 14. Bxc5 bxc5 15. Ba4 Ke7 16. Bxc6 $1 Bxc6 17. Kd2 Rad8+ 18. Kc2 Rxd1 19. Kxd1 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rd8+ 20. Kc2 Rd4 21. Ne2 Rxc4+ 22. Nc3 g5 {[%cal Bg7g5,Bg5g4][%mdl 32]} 23. h3 h5 24. Re1 g4 25. b3 Rd4 26. Ne2 Rb4 27. hxg4 hxg4 28. a3 Rb8 29. fxg4 Rg8 30. Kd3 (30. Kd2 $17) 30... Rxg4 $19 31. Rc1 (31. Nc3 {might work better.}) 31... Bb5+ ({Not} 31... Rxg2 32. Rxc5 Kd7 33. Rxa5 $11) 32. Ke3 {[#]} Bxe2 $1 ({Resist} 32... Rxg2 33. Nc3 $17) 33. Kxe2 Rxg2+ {KR-KR} 34. Kf1 Rb2 35. Rxc5 Rxb3 36. a4 (36. Rxa5 {is the only way for White.} Kd7 37. Ke2) 36... Rd3 37. Rxc7+ $2 (37. Rxa5 Rd5 38. Ra8) 37... Kf8 {Black is clearly winning.} 38. Rc4 Kg7 39. Rg4+ Kh6 40. Ke2 Rd5 41. Re4 Kg5 42. Ke3 Kf5 43. Rf4+ Kxe5 {[#] aiming for ...Rd3+.} 44. Rxf7 Rd4 45. Rh7 Rxa4 46. Rh5+ Kd6 47. Rb5 (47. Rh8 $142 Rg4 48. Rd8+ Kc5 49. Rc8+ Kd5 50. Rd8+ Kc4 51. Ra8) 47... Ra1 48. Kd2 a4 {[%cal Ba5a4,Ba4a3][%mdl 32]} 49. Ra5 a3 50. Kc2 e5 {Precision: White = 36%, Black = 96%.} 0-1

[Event "Brugse Meesters 2017"]
[Site "Brugge"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Beerdsen, Thomas"]
[Black "Hill, Alistair"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2192"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 30,58,78,70,109,123,195,204,513,479,449,338,337,314,685,587,1366,1369,1356,1356,1316,1293,5422,5414,1822,5389,5389,1877,2139,2084,29999]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bxb5 axb5 12. Nxb5 Ra4 13. Nbc7+ Kd7 14. O-O Rg8 {B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations} 15. c4 (15. g3 Qh4 16. c4 f4 17. Qb3 Rb4 18. Qa3 Ra4 19. Qxa4 fxg3 {½-½ (19) Li,C (2669)-Yu,Y (2672) Hefei 2011}) 15... Qg5 16. g3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Rxc4 {White is slightly better.} 17. Na8 $1 {[%cal Bc7a8,Ba8b6,Bb6c4][%mdl 32] Hoping for Nab6+.} fxe4 $146 (17... Nd4 $16) ({Predecessor:} 17... Ba6 18. Nab6+ Kd8 19. Nxc4 Bxc4 20. Qa4 Bxd5 21. exd5 {0-1 (28) Moniszka,K-Waschk,A (2205) Koszalin 1996}) 18. Nab6+ $18 Kd8 $2 (18... Ke6 {is a better chance.}) 19. Nxc4 Nd4 20. f4 exf3 {White must now prevent ...Ne2+.} 21. Qa4 Ne2+ $2 {[#]} (21... Bb7 22. Ncb6 Qg4) 22. Kf2 $1 (22. Kh1 {[#] gets mated.} Nxg3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 23. hxg3 Qh5+ 24. Kg1 Rxg3+ 25. Kf2 Qh2+ 26. Ke3 Qe2#) 22... Nxg3 23. Qa5+ ({But not} 23. hxg3 $2 Qxg3+ 24. Ke3 Qg5+ 25. Kd3 e4+ 26. Kc2 (26. Kxe4 Bf5+ 27. Kd4 Bg7+ 28. Ne5 Bxe5+ 29. Kc4 Qh4+ 30. Kb3 Bc2+ 31. Kxc2 Qxa4+ 32. Kc1 Rg2 33. Rf2 Rxf2 34. b3 Qd4 35. Nc3 Qxc3+ 36. Kd1 Qxa1#) 26... Qxd5 $19) 23... Ke8 24. Qb5+ Kd8 25. Qb6+ Kd7 26. Qc7+ Ke6 27. Qxc8+ Kxd5 28. Rad1+ Ke4 29. Qb7+ Kf4 30. Qxf3# {Precision: White = 100%, Black = 17%.} 1-0

[Event "Brugse Meesters 2017"]
[Site "Brugge"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lai, Hing Ting"]
[Black "Czebe, Attila"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2388"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,55,22,58,52,57,14,76,0,28,-7,33,45,46,15,9,0,9,4,0,0,-11,-16,-3,-61,-42,-43,6,13,54,39,64,79,216,218,224,222,380,355,348,363,494,458,665,245,512,504,1857,1743]} 1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. g3 b6 (3... d5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. O-O c6 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 Ne4 8. c4 Bf5 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Be4 11. e3 Nd7 12. Qe2 Nf6 13. Rfc1 Qd6 14. Bb2 a5 15. Ne5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 a4 17. Nd3 {½-½ (102) Carlsen,M (2853)-Nakamura,H (2787) chess.com INT 2016}) 4. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} Bb7 5. Bd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bg2 Ne7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 d6 9. Be3 h6 10. Qd2 Kh7 11. Rad1 Nd7 {1-0 (23) Nguyen,X (1673)-Huynh Thi Hong,S (1896) Hanoi 2012}) 5... Nf6 6. e5 {A40: Unusual replies to 1 d4} Ng4 7. Qe2 O-O (7... c5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 8. Be4 (8. h3 $16 Nh6 9. Bf4) 8... Nc6 (8... d5 $5 {[%cal Rd5e4]} 9. exd6 Bc6 $16) 9. h3 f5 (9... d5 $5 {[%cal Rd5e4]} 10. exd6 exd6 $14) 10. Bxc6 $1 Bxc6 11. c4 ({But not} 11. hxg4 fxg4 12. Qc4+ e6 $17) 11... Bb7 12. d5 Nh6 13. Nc3 c6 14. Bf4 cxd5 15. cxd5 Nf7 16. Qe3 ({White should play} 16. Rd1 $11) 16... b5 $15 {Threatens to win with ...b4.} 17. a3 a5 {Hoping for ...b4.} 18. Rd1 $1 b4 19. Na4 $1 Rc8 20. O-O {And now e6 would win.} bxa3 {[#]} (20... d6 $16 {might work better.}) 21. e6 $1 $18 dxe6 22. dxe6 Qe8 $2 (22... Nd6) 23. exf7+ Rxf7 24. Nb6 Rc2 25. Ng5 {[%cal Bf3g5,Bg5e6,Be6d8][%mdl 32]} Qc6 (25... Rxb2 $142 26. Nxf7 Kxf7) 26. Nd5 $2 (26. Rd8+ Rf8 {[#]} 27. Nd5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxd5 28. Rxd5 Bxd5 29. Qxe7 Rxb2 30. Qxa3) 26... e6 $2 (26... Rc5) 27. Nxe6 Rd7 {[#]} (27... axb2 $142 28. Nd8 Qc5) 28. Nd8 $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 55%, Black = 13%.} 1-0

[Event "Brugse Meesters 2017"]
[Site "Brugge"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gonzales, Jayson"]
[Black "De Boer, Eelke"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,130,8,12,-8,0,0,13,-6,-13,-25,-16,-31,0,0,30,0,0,0,0,0,-2,-8,46,0,45,31,29,-7,1,-23,-20,-29,-8,-2,0,-193,-165,-221,-206,-216,-222,-213,-208,-220,-215,-204,-200,-202,-204,-204,-193,-193,-175,-186,-183,-195,-31,-45,-8,-128,-93,-170,-169,-231,-231,-302,-325,-316,-313,-445,-423,-504,-490,-435,-283,-268,-251,-277,-270,-347,-335,-350,-341,-340,-345,-320,-336,-365,-320,-382,-370,-390,-372,-339,-308,-523,-516,-470,-469,-696,-687,-684,-677,-908,-904,-865,-809,-1035,-1018,-29986,-29987,-29987,-29987]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bc4 {B23: Closed Sicilian: Lines without g3} (6. Bxd7+ Qxd7 7. O-O Nc6 8. d3 e6 9. f5 Nge7 10. fxe6 fxe6 11. Ng5 Ne5 12. Nb5 Qxb5 13. Nxe6 Kd7 14. Nxg7 h5 15. a4 Qb6 16. a5 Qb5 {1-0 (28) Nisipeanu,L (2654)-So,W (2778) Dortmund 2015}) 6... Nc6 7. O-O Na5 8. Be2 Nf6 9. d3 O-O 10. Qe1 Nc6 {LiveBook: 20 Games} 11. Qh4 Nd4 12. Bd1 e6 13. Kh1 {[#]} Ne8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Bc6) 14. Qf2 f5 15. exf5 Rxf5 16. Ne4 b6 17. c3 (17. Nh4 {is more complex.} Rf8 18. c3 d5 19. Ng5 Bf6 20. Qe1) 17... Nxf3 18. Bxf3 d5 19. Ng5 h6 20. Nh3 Bc6 ({Black should play} 20... Nd6 $11) 21. Qe2 Qd6 22. Bd2 Nc7 23. Bg4 Rff8 24. Ng1 h5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 25. Bh3 d4 26. c4 Bh6 {[%cal Rh6f4]} 27. f5 $2 (27. Nf3 $1 $11 {and White is okay.}) 27... Bxd2 $19 28. Qxd2 (28. fxg6 {keeps fighting.} Be3 29. Qxh5) 28... exf5 29. Qh6 {White wants to play Rxf5!} Qf6 30. Rae1 Qg7 31. Qg5 Rae8 32. Nf3 Bxf3 33. gxf3 Ne6 34. Qg3 g5 35. Qd6 Qf7 {aiming for ...Nf4.} 36. Re5 Ng7 37. f4 gxf4 $2 ({Better is} 37... Rxe5 $19 38. Qxe5 Re8) 38. Rxe8 Rxe8 39. Qxf4 (39. Bg2 $1 $11) 39... Re3 40. Bg2 {[#]} (40. Bxf5 $17 Nxf5 41. Qg5+ Kh7 42. Rxf5) 40... Kh7 $1 ({But not} 40... Rxd3 $2 41. Bd5 $18) 41. Bd5 {[#]} (41. Rg1 $142) 41... Qe7 $1 42. Qf2 Rxd3 43. Rg1 Re3 ({Less strong is} 43... Qf6 44. Qf4 $17) 44. Qg2 (44. a3 $142) 44... Qf6 45. Qd2 f4 {[%cal Bf5f4,Bf4f3][%mdl 32]} 46. Rf1 f3 47. Qf2 Re2 48. Qg3 Qe5 {Strongly threatening ...Qxg3.} 49. Qxe5 Rxe5 50. Bxf3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Kg6 51. Kg2 Nf5 {Threatens to win with ...Ne3+.} 52. Kf2 Ne3 53. Rc1 Kf6 54. b3 Ng4+ 55. Kg2 Kg5 56. h3 Ne3+ 57. Kg3 $2 (57. Kf2 {is the only way for White.}) 57... h4+ 58. Kf2 Kf4 59. a3 (59. Rg1 $142 a6 60. Rg6) 59... Rg5 60. Bc6 Rg3 61. Rh1 d3 62. Ke1 Ke5 63. Kd2 Kd4 64. a4 Rg6 65. Re1 Rf6 {Precision: White = 27%, Black = 64%.} 0-1

[Event "Brugse Meesters 2017"]
[Site "Brugge"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Carstensen, Jacob"]
[Black "Gray, Mark S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E09"]
[WhiteElo "2353"]
[BlackElo "2103"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,145,33,24,20,14,23,20,20,20,20,25,29,40,55,29,36,0,0,0,0,0,148,-108,-91,-134,64,64,-22,-194,-241,-237,-229,-240,-179,-184,-160,-229,-244,-239,-253,-239,-231,-237,-233,-254,-236,-233,-213,-222,-171,-182,0,-18,94,-94,-82,-90,-83,-104,45,45,45,45,45,45,45,45,45,51,52,16,53,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,11,23,68,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,0,7,0,7,7,7,7,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qc2 c6 8. Nbd2 b6 9. e4 Ba6 10. e5 {E09: Closed Catalan: Main Line: 7 Qc2 c6 8 Nbd2} (10. b3 Rc8 11. Bb2 c5 12. exd5 exd5 13. Rfd1 Re8 14. Nf1 dxc4 15. d5 cxb3 16. axb3 Bb5 17. Ne3 a5 18. Bh3 h6 19. Nc4 Bf8 20. Nfe5 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 Rc7 {1-0 (50) Gupta,A (2607)-Ahlander,B (2416) Reykjavik 2017}) 10... Ne8 11. Re1 Rc8 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Qa4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Nb8 14. Nf1 b5 15. Qd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Qb3 Nc6 16. Bd2 Na5 17. Bxa5 Qxa5 {1-0 (56) Goslawski,M (2044)-Kaczmarek,M (2032) Wroclaw 2010}) 15... b4 16. h4 Nc6 17. Bg5 Bxg5 18. hxg5 Qb6 19. Ne3 Nc7 20. Qd2 Na5 $1 21. b3 Nb5 22. Ng4 $1 Nc6 (22... Kh8 $11) 23. Rad1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (23. Nf6+ $1 $16 {is necessary to keep the advantage.} gxf6 24. gxf6) 23... Nc3 $17 24. Rc1 {[#]} Ne2+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 25. Rxe2 $14 Bxe2 26. Rxc6 $2 (26. Nf6+ $1 $11 gxf6 27. gxf6) 26... Qxc6 $19 (26... Rxc6 27. Nf6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kh8 28. Nd7 $17) 27. Qxe2 Qc2 28. Qa6 Qb1+ 29. Kh2 Rc2 30. Qa5 (30. Qxa7 $17 {might work better.} Rxa2 31. Qe7) 30... Qxa2 31. Qxb4 Rfc8 32. g6 hxg6 33. Qe7 R2c3 $1 ({Weaker is} 33... Qxb3 34. Qh4 $11) 34. Qh4 {[#]} Rxf3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 35. Bxf3 Qxb3 36. Kg2 Qc2 37. Ne3 Qb3 $2 (37... Qc6 $1 $19 38. Qe7 a5) 38. Qe7 {Black should prevent Nxd5!} a5 {[#]} (38... Qa4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 39. Qd7 $2 {[#]} (39. Nxd5 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} Qb5 (39... exd5 40. e6) 40. Ne3) 39... Qb8 $1 $17 40. Nxd5 exd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQB} 41. e6 {[#]} fxe6 (41... Qc7 $1 $17 {[%cal Rc7d7]} 42. exf7+ Kf8 43. Qxd5 Rd8) 42. Qxe6+ $14 Kf8 $1 43. Bxd5 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Re6f7]} Qc7 44. Qg8+ Ke7 45. Qxg7+ Kd8 $1 46. Qg8+ ({Don't play} 46. Qxg6 $6 Qe7 $18) 46... Ke7 47. Qxg6 Qd6 48. Qg5+ Qf6 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black is fighting back} 49. Qe3+ Kd6 50. Bf3 {Black must now prevent Qa3+.} Rf8 {Hoping for ...Qxf3+!} 51. Qa3+ Kd7 {Threatens to win with ...Qxf3+!} 52. Bg4+ Ke8 $1 53. Qa4+ ({White should play} 53. Qe3+ $1 $14 Kf7 54. d5) 53... Kf7 $11 {The position is equal.} 54. Qxa5 Qxd4 55. Qf5+ Kg8 56. Qg6+ Qg7 57. Be6+ Kh8 58. Qh5+ Qh7 59. Qd5 Qg6 60. Qd4+ Qg7 61. Qe3 Qf6 {aiming for ...Re8.} 62. Bd5 Rd8 63. Be4 Re8 64. Qf3 (64. Qa7 {feels hotter.} Re7 65. Qa8+ Kg7 66. Bd5 Re2 67. Qa7+) 64... Qxf3+ 65. Kxf3 {KR-KB} Kg7 66. Ke3 Kf6 67. Kf4 Rf8 68. g4 Rg8 69. Bf5 Rg7 70. Kg3 Rg5 71. Be4 Ra5 72. Kh4 Ke5 73. Bf5 {Precision: White = 49%, Black = 68%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Brugse Meesters 2017"]
[Site "Brugge"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Carstensen, Jacob"]
[Black "Gray, Mark S"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "E09"]
[WhiteElo "2353"]
[BlackElo "2103"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,22,14,23]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qc2 c6 8. Nbd2 b6 9. e4 Ba6 10. e5 {E09: Closed Catalan: Main Line: 7 Qc2 c6 8 Nbd2} Ne8 11. Re1 Rc8 {LiveBook: 23 Games} {Predecessor:} 12. b3 $146 c5 13. Bb2 Nc7 14. Rad1 b5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Qb1 Bb4 {1-0 (54) Shirov,A (2739)-Azarov,S (2586) Kemer 2007} *

[Event "Brugse Meesters 2017"]
[Site "Brugge"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Pel, Bonno"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,66,22,-3,15,-1,12,9,20,-13,-13,-13,-24,-16,-8,-27,6,-24,-2,0,0,-49,-16,-30,-41,-31,-31,-41,-26,-39,-35,-25,-14,-50,-32,-62,-33,-62,-43,-35,-34,-106,-108,-186,-194,-181,-197,-260,-254,-345,-336,-334,-295,-476,-476,-939,-913]} 1. Nc3 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nxe4 Bf5 4. Ng3 Bg6 5. Nf3 Nd7 6. Bc4 {A00: Irregular Openings} (6. d4 e6 7. Bc4 Ngf6 8. O-O Bd6 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Ne5 Nb6 11. Bb3 a5 12. a4 c6 13. h4 Qc7 14. Bg5 Nbd5 {½-½ (43) Zlatanovic,B (2402)-Atalik,S (2549) Kraljevo 2014}) 6... e6 7. d3 {LiveBook: 11 Games} Bd6 8. Qe2 {The position is equal.} Ne7 $146 (8... Ngf6 {is more complex.} 9. O-O c6 10. Nh4 Qc7 11. d4 O-O) ({Predecessor:} 8... Ngf6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bd2 Qe7 11. a3 Nb6 12. Bb3 O-O {0-1 (60) Teuschler,A (2072)-Schachinger,M (2314) Graz 2008}) 9. Ne4 O-O 10. Nxd6 cxd6 {[%cal Bc7d6,Bd6d5][%mdl 32]} 11. Nh4 d5 12. Bb3 a5 13. a3 Nc5 {Threatens to win with ...Bxd3!} 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Ba2 $1 Nf5 16. Be3 Qb6 17. O-O Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Rfc8 19. Rab1 Qd6 20. d4 Nd7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 21. Qd3 Qc6 (21... b5 $5) 22. Rbc1 b5 23. Rfe1 Nf6 24. Re3 Rc7 25. Bb1 Qb6 26. Rh3 (26. Qd1 $15) 26... b4 $17 27. Rd1 {[#]} (27. a4 $17) 27... a4 $1 $19 28. axb4 Qxb4 29. Qg3 (29. b3 $142) 29... Rac8 30. Qh4 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Rh4h8]} Kf8 31. Qh8+ {[#]} Ng8 $1 32. c3 $2 (32. Rf3 {might work better.} Qxb2 33. Qh3) 32... Qxb2 33. Bxg6 (33. Qh4 $142 a3 34. Qg3) 33... fxg6 {Precision: White = 32%, Black = 56%.} 0-1

[Event "Brugse Meesters 2017"]
[Site "Brugge"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ratsma, Rosa"]
[Black "Mullink, Jochem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2253"]
[BlackElo "2002"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,91,24,51,30,29,0,3,-19,-18,-9,73,69,94,96,81,86,222,204,150,129,127,111,119,73,70,71,93,92,160,161,156,122,141,131,130,142,161,106,121,89,162,121,151,151,123,67,178,181,170,184,193,187,171,175,206,200,190,182,177,131,205,193,221,112,191,193,273,274,263,173,276,179,218,169,616,579,506,485,29990,29991]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Qf3 Qb6 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} 7. Nb3 e6 {LiveBook: 10 Games} (7... Nbd7 8. h3 Qc7 9. a4 b6 10. e5 Bb7 11. exd6 Qb8 12. Qd3 e5 13. Bg5 Bxd6 14. O-O-O {1-0 (36) Bauer,C (2630)-Bogner,S (2603) Maastricht 2017}) 8. Bg5 Nbd7 {White has an edge.} 9. O-O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Rb1 Be7 10. Be2 O-O 11. Qg3 Rd8 12. Rd1 a5 13. O-O Ne5 14. Be3 Qc7 15. f4 Nc4 16. Nb5 Qc5 17. Bxc5 {1-0 (17) Wassilieff,H-Batres Bianchi,L CiF corr 2001}) 9... Qc7 10. Qe3 h6 11. Bxf6 gxf6 (11... Nxf6 $11 12. Qg3 b5) 12. Kb1 $16 Rg8 13. f4 Nc5 14. f5 b5 (14... Bd7 $16) 15. fxe6 $18 fxe6 16. Be2 Rg5 17. Bf3 Bd7 18. Qf4 {h4 is the strong threat.} O-O-O 19. h4 Re5 20. Nxc5 Qxc5 ({Better is} 20... Rxc5 21. Qxf6 Kb8) 21. Qxf6 $16 {Strongly threatening Ne2.} Bc6 22. Qg6 Kb8 {[#]} 23. Ne2 $1 {aiming for Nf4.} Rc8 {With the idea ...Qxc2+!} 24. Nd4 Bd7 25. Qf7 (25. Bg4 $18) 25... Qc7 26. Rd2 Qd8 (26... b4 $16) 27. Re1 Qxh4 28. Qxd7 Qxe1+ 29. Rd1 Qh4 ({Black should play} 29... Qa5 $1 $14) 30. Nc6+ $18 ({Don't take} 30. Nxe6 $6 Qe7 $14) 30... Rxc6 31. Qxc6 Qe7 32. Qxa6 Qb7 33. Qa5 Be7 34. Qd2 h5 35. g3 Rg5 36. Qh2 Qb6 (36... b4 $16 37. Qh3 Re5) 37. Bxh5 Qe3 38. Qe2 (38. Be2 $18) 38... Qxg3 (38... Qxe2 $16 39. Bxe2 b4) 39. Be8 Qe5 (39... Qg4 $142 40. Bxb5 Kc7) 40. a4 bxa4 41. Bxa4 Qa5 (41... Bf6 $142 42. c3 Rg7) 42. Bb3 Re5 43. Qg2 Kc7 $2 (43... Bd8 44. Qg6 Qa6) 44. Qg7 Kd7 {[#]} 45. Ba4+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kd8 {[#]} (45... Qxa4 $18 46. Qxe5 Qc4) 46. Rxd6+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 66%, Black = 29%.} 1-0

[Event "Brugse Meesters 2017"]
[Site "Brugge"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Frayna, Janelle Mae"]
[Black "Dgebuadze, Alexandre"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2248"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,12,24,29]} 1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O Ne7 6. d4 O-O {LiveBook: 111 Games} {Predecessor:} 7. Qc2 $146 Nbc6 8. Rd1 b6 9. e3 Bb7 10. b3 Nb4 11. Qe2 c5 12. Bb2 dxc4 13. bxc4 cxd4 14. exd4 Nf5 15. d5 exd5 16. Bxg7 Nxg7 {½-½ (40) Giri,A (2752)-Kasimdzhanov,R (2700) Rosmalen 2014} *

[Event "Brugse Meesters 2017"]
[Site "Brugge"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Frayna, Janelle Mae"]
[Black "Dgebuadze, Alexandre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2248"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,66,39,33,34,20,15,20,46,39,103,118,107,113,101,97,102,106,109,104,163,159,180,189,187,168,208,195,206,207,210,165,249,239,465,325,369,382,374,376,436,212,547,537,499,404,403,368,352,317,320]} 1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O Ne7 6. d4 O-O 7. Nc3 Nbc6 8. e3 b6 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} 9. cxd5 exd5 10. b3 {LiveBook: 9 Games} Re8 {White is slightly better.} 11. Ba3 (11. Qd2 Bb7 12. Bb2 Nf5 13. Rfc1 Nce7 14. a4 a5 15. Ba3 c6 16. Rab1 {0-1 (40) Kovalenko,I (2626)-Malakhov,V (2717) Riga 2014}) 11... a5 12. Qd2 h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nf5 13. Rac1 Bb7 14. Rfd1 Nd6 15. Ne1 Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 {1-0 (63) Weyrich,M (2355)-Nogly,C (2255) Germany 1992}) 13. Rfc1 Ba6 (13... Nb4 $14) 14. Nxd5 $16 Nxd5 15. Rxc6 Bb7 16. Rcc1 Nf6 17. Rd1 a4 18. b4 Ra7 (18... Ne4 $16 19. Qd3 Nd6) 19. Rac1 $18 Be4 20. Ne5 {[%cal Bf3e5,Be5c6,Bc6a7,Ba7b5,Bb5c7][%mdl 32]} Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Ne4 22. Qc2 Ng5 {With the idea ...Qd5+.} 23. f3 Qc8 24. g4 f6 (24... Bxe5 $142 25. dxe5 h5) 25. Nc6 (25. Nxg6 Rxe3 26. Rd3 Qe8 $16) 25... Rxe3 $2 (25... Ra8 26. h4 Nf7) 26. Nxa7 Qe8 {Threatens to win with ...Re2+.} 27. Qc4+ Kh7 {[#]} 28. Rf1 $1 Rxa3 29. h4 (29. Nb5 $142 Re3 30. Nxc7) 29... Ne6 $2 (29... Nxf3 30. Rxf3 Qe4) 30. d5 Nf8 31. Nb5 Re3 32. Nxc7 Qe5 33. Rc2 f5 {[%mdl 32768] Precision: White = 77%, Black = 31%. . An unexpected result.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Brugse Meesters 2017"]
[Site "Brugge"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dardha, Daniel"]
[Black "Varga, Zoltan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2218"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,105,47,39,31,19,33,16,77,76,104,56,53,54,74,55,70,21,30,0,0,0,0,0,-4,-50,-35,-47,-25,-26,-21,-10,0,-36,-41,-23,-23,-33,-28,-29,-39,-58,-31,-125,-103,-122,-98,-101,0,-106,-107,-260,-249,-267,-201,-195,-92,-106,-112,-95,0,-6,0,0,0,0,-2,-8,-14,-67,-70,-1032,-1018,-965,-887,-1288,-986,-29989,-29989,-29990,-4710,-29991,-29992,-29992,-29992,-29992,-29990,-29997,-29998,-29999]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. g3 e5 5. Nge2 c6 6. a4 Be7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. h3 Bf8 10. Be3 {LiveBook: 7 Games} h6 $146 {B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems} ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 10... exd4 11. Bxd4 Ne5 12. f4 Ng6 13. Qd2 b6 14. Rad1 Bb7 15. g4 a6 16. g5 Nd7 17. Bf2 b5 18. h4 {1-0 (36) Stupak,K (2535)-Mirzoev,E (2433) Lvov 2016}) 11. Re1 exd4 12. Bxd4 Ne5 (12... b6 $11 {remains equal.}) 13. f4 $16 Ng6 14. Bf2 Bd7 15. Nd4 Qc7 16. Qd2 Rad8 17. Rad1 a6 18. Ra1 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. b4 Qc8 21. Nb3 Bxh3 22. Bb6 Bxg2 23. Bxd8 Rxd8 24. Qxg2 h5 25. Nd1 d5 {[%cal Bd6d5,Bd5d4,Bd4d3][%mdl 32]} 26. e5 Ne4 {Threatens to win with ...h4.} 27. Nf2 $1 {[%cal Rf2e4]} Nxf2 28. Qxf2 Bxb4 29. Rf1 c5 (29... d4 $5) 30. Rad1 (30. Qf3 $15) 30... d4 31. Qe2 Qh3 {White must now prevent ...c4.} 32. Qg2 Qc8 33. Qe2 $1 Qf5 34. c3 $2 (34. Nd2 $17) 34... d3 $1 $19 {[%cal Rd3e2]} 35. Qb2 c4 36. cxb4 cxb3 (36... h4 $19 {is more deadly.} 37. Nc5 (37. Nd4 Qg4 $17) 37... hxg3) 37. Qxb3 $17 h4 38. Rf3 {[%cal Rf3d3] [#]} hxg3 (38... d2 $1 $17 {Hoping for ...hxg3.} 39. Qe3 Qc2) 39. Rfxd3 $11 Rf8 40. Rxg3 Nxf4 41. Qe3 Rc8 {And now ...Qh5 would win.} 42. e6 $132 {[%mdl 2048] White puts up resistance} fxe6 43. Rf1 (43. Re1 $11) 43... Rc4 $1 $15 44. Ra1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (44. Re1 $15) 44... Re4 $1 $19 {[%cal Re4e3]} 45. Ra8+ Kh7 46. Rxg7+ Kxg7 47. Ra7+ Kf6 48. Qc3+ Qe5 (48... Re5 $142 49. Qxe5+ Qxe5 50. Ra2 Qe1+ 51. Kh2 Qc3 52. Kh1 Qe1+ 53. Kh2 Qc3 54. Kh1 Qb3 55. Rd2 Qxb4 56. Re2 Nxe2 57. Kg2 Qf4 58. Kh1 Qf3+ 59. Kh2 Qg4 60. Kh1 Qh3#) 49. Qf3 Re1+ {Black mates.} 50. Kf2 Re2+ 51. Kf1 Rc2 52. Ra5 Rc1+ 53. Kf2 Qe1# {Precision: White = 37%, Black = 64%.} 0-1

[Event "Brugse Meesters 2017"]
[Site "Brugge"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Provoost, Simon"]
[Black "Ratsma, Rosa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "2253"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,91,0,0,0,-6,-15,0,0,-8,-5,0,0,53,71,45,0,0,0,0,0,11,-17,-28,-31,-31,-23,0,-10,-9,-8,6,5,40,25,52,27,30,-25,-20,-19,7,-8,8,8,8,5,29,26,65,7,0,7,14,14,14,13,13,-159,-150,-146,-100,-110,-101,-147,-117,-110,-61,-72,-57,-57,-29,-33,-31,-55]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. c4 dxc4 5. e3 c5 6. Bxc4 {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines} (6. Nc3 cxd4 7. Bxc4 Bg7 8. Qh5 e6 9. O-O-O f5 10. exd4 Qc7 11. Bb5+ Bd7 12. Bxd7+ Nxd7 {0-1 (57) Fier,A (2614)-Gajewski,G (2621) St Petersburg 2016}) 6... cxd4 7. exd4 Bg7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Nge2 Nc6 10. O-O f5 {[%cal Rc6d4] LiveBook: 12 Games} 11. d5 Ne5 12. Bb3 Qd6 13. Nb5 $146 Qb6 14. Nbd4 Ng6 15. Qd3 Nf4 (15... f4 $11) 16. Nxf4 $14 Qxd4 17. Qxd4 Bxd4 18. Rae1 Bc5 19. Nd3 Bd6 20. Rd1 Kg7 21. Rfe1 Kf6 22. f4 Kg7 23. g3 b6 24. Ne5 Bc5+ 25. Kg2 Bb4 26. Re3 Bb7 27. Nc6 Bc5 28. Re5 ({Don't go for} 28. Nxe7 $2 Kf6 $19) (28. Re2 $142) 28... e6 $11 29. Kh3 Kf6 30. Ba4 Rfc8 31. b4 $1 {[%cal Rb4c5,Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Bd6 32. Re2 {Black must now prevent dxe6.} Bf8 33. b5 {Threatens to win with dxe6.} a6 34. Ne5 (34. dxe6 $14 axb5 35. e7 bxa4 36. exf8=Q Rxf8 37. Rb2) 34... Bxd5 35. Nd7+ Kg7 {[#]} 36. Rxd5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} exd5 37. Nxb6 {[#]} axb5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 38. Bb3 $2 (38. Bxb5 $11 Rab8 39. Nxc8 Rxb5 40. a4) 38... Re8 $17 39. Rc2 Ra7 {...d4 is the strong threat.} 40. Nxd5 Re1 41. Rc6 Re6 42. Rc3 Rd7 43. Ne3 $1 Rh6+ (43... Rf6 $5 {[%cal Rd7d2]} 44. Nd5 Rh6+ 45. Kg2 b4 $17) 44. Kg2 Rd2+ 45. Kf3 Rf6 46. Bc2 {Precision: White = 54%, Black = 38%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Brugse Meesters 2017"]
[Site "Brugge"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gray, Mark S"]
[Black "Pel, Bonno"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2103"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,128,0,16,-21,28,17,27,12,56,14,39,26,35,25,31,28,36,0,21,4,53,42,43,26,27,40,43,20,35,25,43,0,10,-14,-21,-14,0,-34,45,0,0,0,63,56,38,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,45,-54,0,0,120,133,539,-8,-10,-10,0,0,0,-37,-37,-37,-37,-37,-37,-37,-37,-37,-37,-37,-37,-37,-37,-37,-37,-37,-37,-37,-37,-271,-37,-37,-37,-37,-37,-37,-37,-37,-37,-37,-37,-37,0,-37,-37,-37,0,-37,0,-37,-37,-37,-37,-37,-37]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. e5 {B06: Modern Defence} (6. Bd3 Bb7 7. Qe2 c5 8. dxc5 dxc5 9. e5 Nh6 10. Be4 Qc8 11. Bxb7 Qxb7 12. Qe4 Nc6 13. Be3 c4 14. Nd4 Rc8 15. Nd5 Nd8 16. O-O-O e6 17. Nc3 Nf5 18. Nxf5 gxf5 19. Rxd8+ {1-0 (19) Yu,Y (2729)-Maghsoodloo,P (2584) Doha 2016}) 6... Nd7 7. Ne4 Bb7 8. Bd3 Nh6 9. O-O O-O 10. c3 c5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 11. dxc5 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 11. Qe2 Qb6 12. Be3 c4 13. Bc2 Ng4 14. Rae1 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 {1-0 (84) Tukhaev,A (2564)-Polivanov,A (2426) Minsk 2015}) 11... Nxc5 12. Nxc5 dxc5 13. Be3 Qd5 14. h3 Rad8 15. Bc2 Qc6 16. Qe2 Nf5 17. Bxf5 gxf5 18. Rad1 Rc8 19. Rd2 (19. Nh4 $5 {[%cal Rh4f5]}) 19... Qe6 20. a3 Bd5 {With the idea ...Bc4.} 21. Qf2 Qc6 22. Rfd1 Bb3 23. Re1 a5 24. Nh4 e6 25. Nf3 (25. Rd6 $5 {[%cal Rd6c6]} Qc7 26. Re2 $11) 25... Bd5 26. b4 axb4 27. axb4 {[%cal Re3c5]} cxb4 (27... Bxf3 $5 28. Rd6 Qa8 29. Qxf3 Qxf3 30. gxf3 cxb4 31. cxb4 Rc4 $11) 28. cxb4 Rfd8 (28... Bxf3 $15 29. gxf3 Kh8) 29. Bb6 Rd7 30. Bc5 Ra8 (30... Bxf3 $11 31. Rxd7 Qxd7 32. Qxf3 Bf8) 31. Nd4 $14 Qb7 32. Rdd1 Ra2 33. Re2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Rxe2 34. Qxe2 Bc4 35. Qe1 f6 36. Ra1 ({White should play} 36. exf6 $14 Bxf6 37. Nf3) 36... Qd5 (36... fxe5 $15 37. fxe5 Qe4 38. Qxe4 fxe4) 37. Nf3 h6 (37... fxe5 $11 {keeps the balance.} 38. fxe5 Kh8) 38. Qg3 $16 {[#] aiming for exf6.} Kh7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (38... fxe5 $16 39. Nxe5 Kh8) 39. Ra7 $2 (39. Nh4 $18 Kh8 40. Qg6 fxe5 41. Qe8+ Kh7 42. Ra8 Qxa8 43. Qxa8) 39... Rxa7 $11 40. Bxa7 Be2 41. exf6 Bxf6 42. Bc5 (42. Ne5 {feels hotter.} Bxe5 43. fxe5 Qe4 44. Bc5 f4 45. Qh4) 42... Qd1+ 43. Kh2 Bxf3 44. Qxf3 Qxf3 45. gxf3 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} Kg6 46. Kg2 Kf7 47. Kf2 Ke8 48. Ke3 Kd7 49. Kd3 Kc6 50. Bf8 h5 51. Bc5 Kd5 52. Bf8 $2 {[#]} ({White should try} 52. Be3 $15) 52... Bd8 $2 (52... Bd4 $1 $19 {[%cal Rd4a7]} 53. Bd6 Bf2) 53. Bc5 Bc7 54. Be3 $1 Bd6 55. Bd2 Be7 56. Be1 Bf8 57. Bd2 Bd6 58. Kc3 $1 Bf8 59. Kd3 $1 Bh6 60. Be3 Bf8 61. Bd2 $1 Be7 62. Be1 Bf6 {Black is slightly better.} 63. Bd2 $1 Bh4 64. Bc3 Bf2 {Precision: White = 43%, Black = 41%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Brugse Meesters 2017"]
[Site "Brugge"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bleys, Michiel"]
[Black "Motwani, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "1947"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,74,39,34,81,64,96,51,95,91,117,71,137,133,147,140,93,62,218,213,229,252,227,208,242,210,227,259,254,177,182,181,186,197,183,183,175,177,222,229,244,226,269,257,256,285,289,266,271,223,226,108,256,30,30,8,341]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd3 c5 8. Nf3 {E32: Nimzo-Indian: Classical (4 Qc2): 4...0-0} cxd4 9. Nxd4 dxc4 (9... Nd7 10. Bf4 Qh4 11. g3 Qh5 12. O-O g5 13. cxd5 gxf4 14. dxe6 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Nxe5 16. Bxe4 Bxe6 {½-½ (36) Nisipeanu,L (2683)-Kramnik,V (2812) Dortmund 2017}) 10. Bxe4 Qxd4 11. Bf4 {LiveBook: 5 Games} h6 12. Rd1 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Qc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Bxc3+ 13. Ke2 Qc5 14. Qxc3 Nc6 15. Qg3 Kh8 16. Bxh6 Qxe5 {0-1 (45) Sarkar,J (2378)-Romanenko,V (2499) Philadelphia 2010}) 13. O-O Nd7 14. Rfe1 Re8 15. Qe2 Qe7 (15... Qf8 $142) 16. Bb1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} Nf8 17. Qh5 Bxc3 18. bxc3 {Strongly threatening Re3.} Ng6 $2 {[#]} (18... Rd8 $1 $14) 19. Bxh6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Qh4 (19... gxh6 20. Bxg6) 20. Bxg6 Qxh5 21. Bxh5 gxh6 22. Re4 {Hoping for Rg4+.} b5 23. Rg4+ Kh8 24. Rf4 Rf8 25. Rxf7 Rxf7 26. Bxf7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame Black must now prevent Rd8+. KRB-KRB} Kg7 27. Bh5 a5 28. a3 Ra7 29. f4 Bd7 30. Bf3 Kf7 31. Kf2 Ke7 32. g4 b4 33. cxb4 ({But not} 33. axb4 $6 axb4 34. cxb4 Ra4 $18) 33... axb4 34. axb4 Ra2+ {[#]} 35. Kg3 (35. Be2 $1 $18 {is more deadly.}) 35... Rb2 (35... Ra3 $16 {was worth a try.}) 36. g5 $2 (36. Rc1 $18) 36... hxg5 $11 37. fxg5 {Threatens to win with g6.} Be8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Precision: White = 75%, Black = 30%.} (37... c3 $1 $11) 1-0

