[Event "CRO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Vinkovci"]
[Date "2020.06.19"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Black "Rogic, Davor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2020.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,131,0,0,29,25,33,26,33,21,64,53,59,41,52,43,47,-12,-5,-10,-18,-8,-20,-13,-13,-12,24,0,0,0,52,2,44,0,0,-38,-21,-18,-13,-89,-58,-86,-91,-81,-78,-174,-33,-47,-29,-45,-19,-69,0,-11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-21,-20,-28,-17,-20,-27,-22,-22,-25,-26,-17,-18,-14,-17,-26,-14,-44,41,22,318,301,424,377,389,383,588,588,556,556,554,537,474,477,658,604,512,123,611,524,516,516,1476,1386,1249,1093,2261,845,1638,1485,5089,1440,12819,12675,29980,29981,29987,29988,29988,29985]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. c3 d6 7. b4 {Recently 7.Re1 got a lot of attention.} Bb6 8. Bg5 Qe7 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} 9. Nbd2 h6 10. Bh4 Nd8 {White has an edge.} 11. d4 {[#]} c6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... exd4 12. cxd4 Nc6 13. e5 dxe5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Bg3 Qd4 17. Kh1 Bd7 {1-0 (34) Jongerius,M (1658)-Dokter,M (1539) Guernsey 2008}) 12. Re1 Bc7 13. Bg3 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15. Bh2 (15. Qc2 $14) 15... exd4 $11 16. cxd4 d5 17. Bxc7 Qxc7 18. e5 Nh7 19. Be2 a5 20. b5 Ne6 21. bxc6 Qxc6 ({Black should play} 21... bxc6 $11 22. Qa4 Rfc8) 22. Qb3 Rfc8 23. Bb5 Qb6 24. Qa4 (24. Qxd5 $2 Nc7 $19) 24... Rc3 {With the idea ...Rxf3!} 25. Rab1 Qc7 26. Bf1 (26. Bd7 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 26... Bg6 27. Rb2 Nhg5 28. Nxg5 hxg5 29. Qb5 (29. Qd1 $17) 29... Rd8 ({Not} 29... Nxd4 30. Qxd5 Rd8 31. Qxb7 $11) ({Black should try} 29... Rc1 $1 $19 {[%cal Rc1e1]} 30. Rxc1 Qxc1) 30. Qxb7 $15 Nxd4 31. Qxc7 Rxc7 32. Re3 Re8 (32... Rc1 $15 33. Kh2 Ne6) 33. Bd3 $11 Bxd3 34. Rxd3 Ne2+ 35. Kh2 Nf4 ({Of course not} 35... Rxe5 36. Nf3 $16) 36. Rd4 Rxe5 {Hoping for ...Re2.} 37. Rb8+ Kh7 {White must now prevent ...Re2.} 38. Nf3 Ne6 39. Nxe5 Nxd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 40. Rd8 $1 f6 41. Ng4 Rc5 {...Nc6 is the strong threat.} 42. Rd7 Kg6 {Threatening ...Nc2.} 43. Ne3 Nc6 {Strongly threatening ...d4.} 44. g4 $1 Ne5 45. Ra7 Nf7 (45... Nf3+ $15 46. Kg3 Nh4) 46. Nf5 $14 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Rc2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#] Black is on the road to losing.} (46... Rc1 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 47. Kg3 $1 $18 Rc1 {[#]} (47... Rxa2 $142 48. h4 gxh4+ 49. Nxh4+ Kh7) 48. h4 $1 Rg1+ 49. Kh3 Rxg4 (49... gxh4 $142 50. Nxh4+ Kh7) 50. Kxg4 {Threatening mate with h5+.} Ne5+ 51. Kg3 Kxf5 {KR-KN} 52. h5 d4 {intending ...d3.} 53. Kg2 d3 {aiming for ...d2.} 54. Kf1 Kg4 55. Ke1 $2 (55. Rxa5 $18 Kf3 56. Ke1) 55... Kxh5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (55... Nc4 $16) 56. Rxa5 d2+ 57. Ke2 {Threatens to win with Rxe5!} Nd3 (57... Nc4 $142 58. Ra7 f5 59. Rxg7 f4) 58. Kxd2 Nxf2 59. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6,Ba6a7][%mdl 32]} Kg4 60. Ke2 (60. Rb5 $142 Ne4+ 61. Kd3) 60... Ne4 61. Ra8 f5 62. a5 f4 63. a6 Kg3 64. Rf8 {White mates.} ({Stronger than} 64. a7 Nc3+ 65. Kd3 Nb5 $11) 64... g4 65. a7 f3+ 66. Kf1 {Accuracy: White = 74%, Black = 44%.} 1-0

[Event "CRO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Vinkovci"]
[Date "2020.06.19"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Kovacevic, Blazimir"]
[Black "Palac, Mladen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2020.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,50,0,1,16,23,11,16,13,35,52,58,44,41,32,60,0,4,0,0,8,7,4,20,4,4,6,7,6,13,-27,28,0,0,0,0,0,2]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 Bg4 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. O-O Bd6 9. Nh4 $1 {[%mdl 4] is recently more successful than 9.Qc2. A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems.} O-O 10. f3 Be6 11. e4 dxe4 12. fxe4 {[#]} Bb4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Be7 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. Rxf5 Nb6 15. Kh1 c5 16. d5 Nfd7 17. d6 Bf6 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. Qxd5 {0-1 (88) Rozum,I (2566)-Belozerov,A (2493) chess.com INT 2020}) 13. a3 Ba5 14. e5 Ne8 15. Kh1 (15. Be3 $14) 15... f6 $11 16. d5 cxd5 17. Bxd5 Nc7 18. Bxe6+ Nxe6 19. b4 {[#] aiming for Qd5.} Bb6 20. Qb3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Qe8 21. exf6 Nxf6 22. Bg5 Bd4 ({Black should try} 22... Ng4 23. Nd5 (23. Rxf8+ Kxf8 24. Ne4 Qc6 $17) 23... Kh8 24. Rxf8+ Qxf8) 23. Bxf6 Rxf6 {The position is equal.} 24. Rxf6 Bxf6 25. Re1 Bxc3 {Accuracy: White = 76%, Black = 82%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Vinkovci"]
[Date "2020.06.19"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Jovanic, Ognjen"]
[Black "Stevic, Hrvoje"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2020.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,33,6,17,10,6,6,0,12,-4,0,-12,-14,-10]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Be2 b6 10. b3 Bb7 11. Bb2 Nbd7 12. Nbd2 {The position is equal.} O-O {D27: Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical main line: 7 e4!? and 7 a4.} 13. Rac1 Rfc8 {[#]} 14. Kf1 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] A relevant novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 14. Nc4 Bd5 15. Kf1 Kf8 16. Nce5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Ke7 18. Bf3 Bxf3 19. Nxf3 Bd6 20. Ne5 Bxe5 21. Bxe5 {½-½ (35) Mirzoev,A (2510)-Edouard,R (2638) Linares 2018}) 14... Be7 15. Rxc8+ Rxc8 16. Rc1 Rxc1+ 17. Bxc1 {Not much happened in this game.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Vinkovci"]
[Date "2020.06.19"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Plenca, Jadranko"]
[Black "Martinovic, Sasa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2020.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 29,43,45,50,45,47,12,14,22,38,26,35,13,22,0,16,12]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d3 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15. Re4 Nf6 {seems to push 15...Qf5 aside.} 16. Rh4 {C89: Closed Ruy Lopez: Marshall Attack.} Qf5 17. d4 Qg6 {[#]} 18. Nd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18. Bc2 Bf5 19. Bxf5 Qxf5 20. Be3 Rae8 21. Nd2 Nd5 22. Nf1 f6 23. a4 g5 24. Rh5 {1-0 (47) Almasi,Z (2650)-Lukacs,P (2440) Austria 1996}) 18... Bf5 19. Nf3 Nd5 20. Bd2 Rfe8 21. c4 bxc4 22. Bxc4 {Black took control after the opening.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Vinkovci"]
[Date "2020.06.19"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Brkic, Ante"]
[Black "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2020.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,83,37,50,40,45,0,10,16,13,0,49,47,52,45,53,78,98,50,74,51,154,17,11,4,67,65,276,281,278,196,198,176,183,197,516,543,518,326,332,200,266,256,259,243,238,255,482,454,593,553,822,825,912,768,1033,775,4870,4866,1139,966,754,906,1666,1375,29965,29967,4614,536]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. a4 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. h3 h6 {is currently scoring better than 8...b6.} 9. Re1 Re8 10. a5 {C41: Philidor Defence.} Rb8 {[#]} 11. Ba2 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 11. Bb3 b5 12. axb6 axb6 13. d5 Bb7 14. Ra7 Nc5 15. dxc6 Bxc6 16. Bd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 {½-½ (51) Nakhapetiane,P (2469)-Rogozenco,D (2534) Moscow 2011}) 11... b5 12. axb6 {The position is equal.} axb6 13. d5 Bb7 14. dxc6 Bxc6 15. b4 Ra8 16. Qd3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} b5 17. Nh4 {And now Nf5 would win.} d5 18. exd5 Nxd5 (18... e4 $1 $14 19. Qd4 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 Rxa1 21. Bxc6 Bxh4 22. Nxe4 (22. Qxd7 e3 $15) (22. Bxd7 e3 $17) 22... Rb1) 19. Nxd5 (19. Nf5 $1 $16 N7f6 20. Bxd5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} (20. Rxe5 Bf8 $17 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack}) 20... Nxd5 21. Qg3 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 19... Bxh4 $11 20. Be3 Re6 (20... Nf6 $11 21. Nb6 Rb8) 21. c4 $14 Rg6 $2 {Loses the game.} ({Black should play} 21... e4 $14 22. Qd4 bxc4) 22. cxb5 $18 Bb7 23. Bb3 Kh8 24. Rxa8 Qxa8 25. g3 Qb8 $2 (25... Bxg3 {is tougher.} 26. fxg3 Rd6) 26. Qf5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Bxg3 {aiming for ...Bf4+.} 27. fxg3 Nf6 28. Nxf6 Rxg3+ 29. Kf2 {[%csl Gf6][%cal Rf5h7]} (29. Kh2 Rg2+ 30. Kh1 Rf2+ 31. Qe4 Bxe4+ 32. Nxe4 Rb2 $19) 29... Rf3+ 30. Qxf3 $1 Bxf3 31. Kxf3 {Threatens to win with Nd5.} gxf6 $2 {[#]} (31... Qxb5 32. Nd5 (32. Bxf7 Qxb4 33. Rd1 Qe7 $16) 32... Qd3) 32. b6 $1 f5 33. Bd5 Kh7 {intending ...Qd6.} 34. b7 Qd6 35. Rd1 Qxb4 36. Bc6 f4 37. Rd8 Qc3 38. b8=Q {White threatens Be4+ and mate.} Qxc6+ 39. Ke2 {Threatening mate with Rh8+.} Qc4+ 40. Ke1 fxe3 41. Rh8+ Kg6 42. Qg8+ {Accuracy: White = 56%, Black = 50%.} (42. Qb6+ $142 Kf5 43. Qxe3) 1-0

[Event "CRO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Vinkovci"]
[Date "2020.06.19"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Saric, Ante"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2020.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,154,36,28,59,16,14,16,14,14,6,0,-16,-14,-14,-67,-54,-34,-49,-41,-41,-51,-51,-67,-54,-65,-67,-65,-54,-56,-55,-56,-52,-85,-83,-138,-54,-80,-48,-87,-73,-71,-60,-60,-58,-79,-62,-58,-45,-104,-97,-118,-119,-118,-117,-126,-127,-133,-129,-129,-118,-118,-86,-97,-90,-91,-91,-99,-79,-79,-79,-96,-78,-78,-78,-78,-78,-113,-104,-1375,-1266,-1431,-1338,-1487,-1464,-1364,-1300,-1576,-1170,-1133,-1036,-1481,-1465,-1464,-1355,-1324,-829,-1304,-490,-1452,-1653,-1900,-1515,-29959,-29960,-29960,-10839,-29962,-29963,-29960,-11833,-5610,-9006,-5069,-1289,-29963,-29969,-29971,-29968,-29976,-29977,-29977,-29978,-29977,-29978,-29978,-29979,-29979,-29980,-29978,-29978,-29978,-29979,-29979,-29980,-29980,-29981,-29981,-29982]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Qa4 dxc4 6. Qxc4 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O Qb6 9. Nc3 Be6 10. Qa4 Rd8 {D78: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0 c6.} 11. Qa3 {[#]} Nbd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Bf8 12. Na4 Qa6 13. Qb4 Nd5 14. Qa3 Nb6 15. Nc5 Qxa3 16. bxa3 Bc8 17. Rb1 N8d7 18. Nd3 Nf6 19. Nc5 Nfd7 20. Nd3 Nf6 {½-½ (20) Vandezande,A-Dunkelblum,A Ostend 1967}) 12. Ng5 Qxd4 {The position is equal.} 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Rd1 Qc4 15. Bh3 ({Not} 15. Qxe7 $2 Bf8 $19) 15... Kf7 16. Bg5 (16. Be3 $11 Nd5 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Rd3) 16... a5 17. Rac1 {next Nd5 is good for White.} Qb4 18. Qa4 Qxa4 19. Nxa4 Nd5 20. e4 N5b6 21. Nxb6 Nxb6 22. b3 Bb2 23. Rb1 {Hoping for Rxd8.} Ba3 24. Be3 Nd7 25. Kf1 Nc5 26. f3 (26. Rxd8 $142 Rxd8 27. Bg2) 26... e5 (26... Rxd1+ $1 $17 27. Rxd1 a4) 27. Ke2 Rd6 28. Rd2 Rxd2+ 29. Bxd2 Bb4 30. Be3 Ne6 31. f4 exf4 32. gxf4 Rd8 33. f5 ({White should play} 33. Rd1 $15 Rxd1 34. Kxd1) 33... Nd4+ $17 34. Bxd4 Rxd4 35. fxg6+ hxg6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 36. Rd1 Rxe4+ 37. Kf3 Rh4 38. Bc8 b6 39. h3 Bd6 40. Rc1 Rf4+ 41. Ke2 c5 42. Rf1 Rxf1 43. Kxf1 {KB-KB} a4 44. bxa4 Kf6 45. Ke2 c4 46. Ba6 c3 47. Bd3 g5 48. Bh7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] This move loses the game for White.} (48. Bc2 $17) 48... Ba3 $1 $19 49. Kd3 Bb2 50. Ke3 Ke5 51. Bc2 Bc1+ $1 52. Kf3 Kd4 53. Ke2 Bf4 54. Kf3 Bd2 55. Ke2 Kc4 56. Bb3+ {[#]} Kb4 $1 {[%cal Rb4a3]} 57. Kd3 {[#]} e5 $1 58. Bd5 (58. a5 $142 bxa5 59. Bd5) 58... Kxa4 59. Kc2 Ka3 60. Kb1 Kb4 61. Kc2 Kc5 62. Bb3 Kd4 63. Kd1 Ke3 64. Bd5 e4 65. Bc6 Kf3 (65... Kf4 $142 66. Ba4 Kg3) 66. a4 Bf4 {Black mates.} 67. Kc2 Be5 68. Bd5 Kg3 69. Bxe4 Kxh3 70. Kd3 g4 71. Bf5 Kh4 72. Ke3 g3 73. Kf3 Kg5 74. Be4 Kf6 75. Ke3 Ke7 76. Kd3 Kd6 77. Bg2 Kc5 {Accuracy: White = 61%, Black = 93%.} 0-1

[Event "CRO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Vinkovci"]
[Date "2020.06.20"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Rogic, Davor"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2020.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,68,40,38,38,37,41,31,46,40,39,15,42,0,3,8,5,7,24,6,15,0,0,-12,0,-2,0,-28,-29,-26,-25,-24,-3,-8,-15,-53,-45,-62,-52,-50,-39,-158,-142,-148,-128,-450,-206,-471,-453,-1073,-1052,-1541,-1541,-1397,-1359,-1261,-732,-935,-913]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 Nxd4 {B91: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 g3.} 8. Qxd4 e5 9. Qd3 h6 {White is slightly better.} 10. O-O Be7 {[#]} 11. b3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. a4 Be6 12. a5 Qc8 13. b3 O-O 14. Na4 Nd7 15. c4 Bd8 16. Bd2 Bc7 17. Nc3 {0-1 (75) Vazquez,G (2345)-Delgado Ramirez,N (2598) Asuncion 2013}) 11... O-O 12. Bb2 b5 13. Nd1 Be6 14. Ne3 Qb8 15. Rfd1 Rc8 16. Rac1 a5 17. a3 Ra7 18. h3 b4 19. Kh2 a4 20. bxa4 Rxa4 21. Rb1 Qc7 22. axb4 Rxb4 {Threatens to win with ...Rcb8.} 23. Ba1 Ra4 {[%cal Bb4a4,Ba4a2,Ba2f2][%mdl 32]} 24. c3 Nd7 25. Rb4 Ra2 26. Nf5 (26. Bb2 $15) 26... Bxf5 $17 27. exf5 Rxf2 28. Kh1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (28. Qe3 $17 Qc5 29. Qxc5 Nxc5 30. Rb2 Rxf5 31. c4) 28... Nc5 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black is out for blood.} (28... d5 $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 29. Qxd5 Bxb4 30. cxb4 Qc2) 29. Qb1 $2 {[#]} (29. Qe3 {was necessary.} Rc2 30. Bd5) 29... e4 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512] Black is clearly winning.} 30. g4 {[#]} (30. c4 $142 d5 31. Bd4) (30. Bxe4 d5) 30... d5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 31. Rxd5 Qg3 {[%csl Gf2][%cal Rg3g2]} 32. Qg1 Ra8 {( -> ...Rxg2!)} 33. Bb2 Ra2 {Strongly threatening ...Nd3.} 34. f6 gxf6 {White did not feel at home in the position after the opening. Accuracy: White = 49%, Black = 82%.} 0-1

[Event "CRO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Vinkovci"]
[Date "2020.06.20"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Black "Saric, Ante"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2020.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,47,37,30,41,31,40,14,31,23,20,13,20,10,23,5,17,16,31,25,50,-9,18,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-23,-23,-30]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bf5 {6...Bd6 is a critical line. C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves.} 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3 O-O {The position is equal.} 9. Re1 {[%cal Rc3e4]} Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Nd7 12. Bf4 {[#]} Bd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Re8 13. h4 h6 14. c4 dxc4 15. Qxc4 c5 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qd4 18. Qxd4 cxd4 {½-½ (44) Ponomariov,R (2682)-Vidit,S (2664) Hengshui 2019}) 13. Ng5 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Rd3h7] [#]} g6 14. Qh3 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Rh3h7]} h5 15. Qg3 (15. Bxd6 $14 cxd6 16. Qg3) 15... Nf6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Qxd6 cxd6 18. Re7 Rac8 19. Rxb7 Rxc3 20. Rxa7 Rxc2 21. h3 Ne4 22. Nxe4 dxe4 23. Rb7 Rfc8 24. Rbb1 {Accuracy: White = 88%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Vinkovci"]
[Date "2020.06.21"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Martinovic, Sasa"]
[Black "Brkic, Ante"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2020.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]

{[%evp 16,41,18,-2,13,0,0,10,8,8,24,24,13,0,0,13,18,9,14,7,16,9,9,8,8,16,8,12]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. dxc5 f5 9. Nh3 Qa5 {E25: Nimzo-Indian: Sämisch: 5...c5 6 f3 d5 7 cxd5.} 10. Qd2 Qxc5 11. Nf2 O-O 12. e4 Nf6 {[#]} 13. a4 $146 {Hoping for Ba3.} ({Predecessor:} 13. Qd4 Qa5 14. exf5 Nc6 15. Qd2 exf5 16. Bc4+ Kh8 17. O-O Ne5 18. Be2 Be6 19. Qb2 {½-½ (30) Esipenko,A (2625)-Xu,Y (2545) China 2019}) 13... Qc7 14. Bd3 {The position is equal.} Nbd7 15. O-O Nc5 16. exf5 exf5 17. Ba3 Rd8 18. Qa2+ Be6 19. Bc4 Qf7 20. Bxe6 Nxe6 21. Rfe1 {An uneventful encounter. Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Vinkovci"]
[Date "2020.06.22"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Stevic, Hrvoje"]
[Black "Plenca, Jadranko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2020.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]

{[%evp 15,59,27,28,27,11,27,22,-29,21,21,17,11,23,29,30,24,27,30,26,36,27,22,28,30,95,79,194,196,191,191,190,183,177,175,223,218,210,216,210,211,208,216,232,230,241,237]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Re1 Bg4 9. h3 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} Bh5 10. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2e4,Be4g3][%mdl 32]} Nb6 11. Bb3 $1 {[%mdl 4] [#] now scores much better than the old 11.Bb5. Played by Maxime Vachier Lagrave in December 2019.} ({Better is} 11. b4 Be7 12. b5) 11... a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Qxd3 12. Nxe5 Qf5 13. Nef3 Rad8 14. Qe2 Qc8 15. Ne4 Rde8 16. Qf1 Bxf3 17. Nxc5 Rxe1 18. Qxe1 {½-½ (26) Ragger,M (2669)-Vidit,S (2722) Germany 2020}) 12. Ne4 a4 13. Bc2 Be7 14. Ng3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Bg5 16. d4 {Black must now prevent Qf5!} Bxc1 17. Raxc1 exd4 18. Be4 dxc3 19. Rxc3 Qd2 (19... Nd4 $11 {remains equal.} 20. Qg4 Ne6) 20. Rd1 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black is in trouble.} Qxb2 {[#]} (20... Qg5 $16) 21. Qf5 $3 $18 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Rf5h7][%mdl 512] White is clearly better.} g6 {[#]} 22. Qf6 $1 {Intending Nf5! and mate.} Ra5 23. Rxc6 $1 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Qxf6 24. Rxf6 c6 25. Rb1 Nd7 26. Rd6 Nc5 27. Bf3 Re8 28. Rd4 Re7 29. Ne4 Ne6 30. Rdb4 {Accuracy: White = 94%, Black = 70%.} 1-0

[Event "CRO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Vinkovci"]
[Date "2020.06.20"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Palac, Mladen"]
[Black "Jovanic, Ognjen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2020.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,66,13,14,10,8,11,7,7,14,5,12,10,18,16,20,1,14,9,25,8,26,18,24,24,34,24,34,34,27,31,45,32,38,34,44,30,47,44,41,20,55,61,38,43,73,64,93,75,76,68,67,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Be3 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5.} Nxf3+ 7. Qxf3 Bxe3 8. Qxe3 O-O 9. Bc4 c6 10. Bb3 Re8 11. f4 d6 12. Nd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f3,Bf3h4,Bh4f5][%mdl 32]} Be6 13. Kh1 {[#]} h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... exf4 14. Qxf4 d5 15. e5 Nd7 16. Nf3 Nc5 17. Nd4 Qd7 18. Rae1 Nxb3 19. axb3 c5 {0-1 (52) Sutovsky,E (2647)-Jakovenko,D (2735) Poikovsky 2018}) 14. Rae1 b6 15. Nf3 Rc8 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. Nh4 Bxb3 18. axb3 Re6 19. Nf5 c5 20. Rf3 (20. Qg3 {with more complications.} Ne8 21. Rf3 a5 22. Ref1 Rcc6 23. h3) 20... Ne8 21. Ref1 Rcc6 22. Qf2 Rf6 23. h3 Kh7 24. Qg3 g6 25. Ne3 Rxf3 26. Rxf3 f6 27. Qh4 Rd6 28. Ng4 h5 29. Ne3 Ng7 30. g4 (30. Nc4 $14 g5 31. Qe1) 30... g5 $11 {The position is equal.} 31. Qf2 {Hoping for h4.} h4 32. Nd5 {[%cal Rd5f6]} Kg6 33. c4 a5 {Accuracy: White = 96%, Black = 93%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Vinkovci"]
[Date "2020.06.21"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Black "Kovacevic, Blazimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2020.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]

{[%evp 21,113,38,54,49,52,50,52,50,59,25,36,20,31,6,31,31,42,53,45,20,44,55,46,46,63,8,8,5,15,13,37,21,21,25,35,32,31,31,35,21,41,45,43,11,46,42,42,42,43,0,43,0,68,66,106,34,106,16,118,124,204,216,185,41,1751,1025,864,985,933,920,1470,116,894,604,1516,1352,2033,1889,1829,1825,1825,1497,1593,1379,1382,1314,1713,1702,5222,502,375,271,230,8]} 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 d5 11. cxd5 exd5 {[#]} 12. Nh2 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] A relevant novelty. B05: Alekhine's Defence: 4 Nf3 Bg4.} ({Predecessor:} 12. Ne1 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 c6 14. Nd3 Na6 15. Rae1 Nc7 16. Nf4 Qd7 17. Nh5 Rae8 18. Qf3 Kh8 19. Ne2 Nc4 {0-1 (38) Navara,D (2744)-Rapport,R (2731) Prague 2016}) 12... Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Nc6 14. f4 {White is slightly better.} f5 15. exf6 Bxf6 {aiming for ...Re8.} 16. Nf3 Qe7 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. fxe5 Qd7 19. b3 Rae8 20. a4 Rxf1+ 21. Rxf1 Nd8 22. Qh5 {Hoping for a5.} c6 23. a5 (23. Ne2 $14) 23... Na8 $1 $11 24. Ne2 {[%cal Bc3e2,Be2g3,Bg3f5,Bf5d6][%mdl 32]} Nc7 25. Ng3 Nde6 26. Qg4 Rf8 27. Nf5 Kh8 28. Rf2 b6 29. axb6 axb6 30. b4 Qe8 31. Nd6 Qa8 32. Rf5 Kg8 33. Kh2 Rxf5 34. Qxf5 Qf8 35. Qc2 Qa8 (35... Nxd4 $5 36. Bxd4 Qf4+ 37. g3 Qxd4 $11) 36. Nf5 Kf7 (36... Qe8 $11) 37. Qf2 {Black must now prevent Nh6+.} Kg8 38. Ne7+ $1 Kh8 39. Qc2 ({White should play} 39. Qf7 $16) 39... Nd8 (39... Qa3 $11 40. Qf2 Qa8) 40. b5 $16 {[%cal Rb5c6]} Qa3 (40... Nde6 $16 {was worth a try.}) 41. Bg5 $1 $18 ({Resist} 41. Nxc6 $6 Qxe3 42. Nxd8 Qf4+ 43. g3 Qf8 $14) 41... Nde6 42. Qf5 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black needs to defend precisely.} (42. Qxc6 $18 Qa4 43. Qb7 (43. Nxd5 Qxd4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 44. Nxc7 Qxe5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 45. g3 Nxc7 $11) (43. Qxb6 Qxb5 44. Qd6 h6 $18)) 42... h6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (42... cxb5 $14 43. Nxd5 {[%mdl 64] Deflection} Nxd5 44. Qxe6 Qa8) 43. bxc6 Qa8 {[#]} 44. Bxh6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qe8 (44... gxh6 45. Qf6+) 45. Bg5 Qh5 {[#]} 46. h4 $2 (46. Nxd5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512] is the precise move to win. Nf6! is the strong threat.} Nxd5 47. Qxe6 Qxg5 48. Qxd5 Qf4+ 49. Kg1) 46... Qe8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (46... Nxg5 $16 47. Qxg5 Qxg5 48. hxg5 b5) 47. Qg4 Nxg5 48. Qxg5 Ne6 49. Ng6+ Kh7 50. Qh5+ Kg8 51. Qg4 b5 52. h5 b4 53. Qf3 Qd8 54. Qh3 Nxd4 55. h6 (55. Qd7 $142 Nxc6 56. Qxc6) 55... gxh6 56. Qxh6 {Threatening mate with Qh8+.} Nxc6 {[#]} 57. Nf4 $2 {[%mdl 32768] Accuracy: White = 56%, Black = 54%. . Loss on time!?} (57. g3 $1 $18) 1-0

[Event "CRO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Vinkovci"]
[Date "2020.06.21"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Kovacevic, Blazimir"]
[Black "Rogic, Davor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2020.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,86,5,10,3,4,0,-7,-13,-12,-12,-14,-14,-11,-26,-26,-26,-26,-26,-26,-26,-26,-35,-30,-32,-36,-41,0,0,0,-17,0,0,15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,29,0,0,0,0,0,0,-25,0,0,0,0,0,-107,-106,-316,-304,-592,-575,-5122,-3190,-29975,-29976,-29976,-29977]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 Qe7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O {A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation.} d5 9. d4 {[%cal Rf3e5]} Bg4 {[#] And now ...e4 would win.} 10. dxe5 {The position is equal.} Nxe5 {[#]} 11. Nxe5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. b3 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 Ne4 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Bb2 f6 15. f3 Bh5 16. fxe4 Qxe4 17. Qd4 {½-½ (71) Illescas Cordoba,M (2605)-Vaibhav,S (2561) Barcelona 2018}) 11... Bxe2 12. Re1 Ne4 13. Qc2 Qxe5 14. Qxe2 dxc4 15. Qxc4 Rad8 16. f3 Nc5 17. e4 Nd3 18. Re2 Rd7 19. Qb3 Rfd8 {aiming for ...Nc5.} 20. Be3 c5 21. Rd1 Nf4 22. Red2 Ne2+ 23. Kf2 Nd4 $1 {[%cal Rd4b3]} 24. Bxd4 (24. Qc4 {with more complications.} b6 25. b4 Qxh2 26. Bxd4 cxd4 27. Rxd4 Qh4+ 28. Ke2) 24... cxd4 25. g3 h5 26. h4 b6 27. Qd3 Rc8 28. Rc2 Rxc2+ 29. Qxc2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Rc7 30. Qd3 Qe6 31. Qxd4 {Black must now prevent Qd8+.} Rc2+ 32. Rd2 (32. Ke3 {is interesting.} Kh7 33. Qd6 Qc4 34. Qd5 Re2+ 35. Kf4) 32... Rxd2+ 33. Qxd2 Qxa2 {KQ-KQ} 34. Qc3 Qe6 35. e5 a5 36. Ke3 b5 {[%cal Bb6b5,Bb5b4,Bb4a3][%mdl 32]} 37. Kd4 b4 38. Qc5 (38. Qc4 $11 Qh3 39. Qb5) 38... Qb3 $17 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 39. Qc8+ $2 {This costs White the game.} (39. Qxa5 $17 Qxb2+ 40. Kd3) 39... Kh7 $19 40. Qc1 $2 (40. Qf5+ g6 41. Qf6) 40... a4 41. Qf4 a3 42. bxa3 bxa3 43. e6 Qb4+ {Accuracy: White = 62%, Black = 93%.} 0-1

[Event "CRO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Vinkovci"]
[Date "2020.06.22"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Jovanic, Ognjen"]
[Black "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2020.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]

{[%evp 12,57,10,4,7,17,9,4,38,45,46,43,46,51,64,62,79,93,83,55,57,52,54,54,42,48,43,50,62,62,47,44,158,163,147,145,225,234,255,255,312,275,531,516,530,530,522,506]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 O-O 7. Bg5 dxc4 {E36: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...d5 5 a3.} 8. Qxc4 b6 9. Rd1 Bb7 {The position is equal.} 10. f3 Nbd7 11. e4 Qc8 12. Ne2 {[#]} c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... c6 13. Qc2 Ba6 14. Nc3 Bxf1 15. Rxf1 c5 16. d5 exd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Rxd5 Re8 {0-1 (41) Chatterjee,D (2316)-Gomez,J (2507) Mumbai 2012}) 13. Nc3 Qb8 14. Be2 a6 15. O-O b5 {[%cal Bb6b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 16. Qd3 b4 17. Na4 cxd4 18. Qxd4 Bc6 19. Nc5 bxa3 20. Nxd7 Nxd7 21. bxa3 Qa7 (21... Rc8 $14) 22. Qxa7 $16 Rxa7 23. Be3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under strong pressure.} Raa8 (23... Rb7 $16 {might work better.}) 24. Rd6 $18 Nb8 25. Rc1 Rc8 26. Bd1 Kf8 $2 {[#]} (26... Rf8 27. Kf2 (27. Rcxc6 Nxc6 28. Rxc6 Rfc8 $18) 27... a5) 27. Ba4 $1 {[%mdl 576] Pin. White is clearly winning.} Ke7 (27... Bxa4 28. Rxc8+) 28. Bxc6 Kxd6 29. Bxa8 {Accuracy: White = 94%, Black = 65%.} 1-0

[Event "CRO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Vinkovci"]
[Date "2020.06.21"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Plenca, Jadranko"]
[Black "Palac, Mladen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2020.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,38,10,24,24,24,23,24,24,24,24,12,11,26,25,41,51,60,56,60,45,71,52,50,38,57,55,58,45,60,40,90]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. a4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7.} b6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 {White has an edge.} e6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Nd2 Qc7 11. Nc4 e5 12. Qe3 Be7 13. Rd1 O-O 14. b3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] [#] White is more active.} Rab8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Rfd8 15. Ba3 Nc5 16. f3 Rac8 17. Bf1 d5 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Qxe5 Qb7 {1-0 (62) Samaridis,K (2104)-Magalakis,S (1934) Thessaloniki 2020}) 15. Ba3 {[%cal Rc4d6]} Nc5 {[%cal Bd7c5,Bc5e6,Be6d4][%mdl 32] White is slightly better.} 16. Bf3 Rfd8 17. Rd2 Ba8 18. Bb4 Ne6 19. Rad1 {[%cal Rb4d6]} Nd4 {Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Vinkovci"]
[Date "2020.06.21"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Brkic, Ante"]
[Black "Stevic, Hrvoje"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2020.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,53,37,55,34,42,31,41,44,46,23,27,8,11,0,21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Bc4 Ke8 7. Nf3 Bd6 8. Bg5 c6 9. O-O-O {B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems.} Bc7 10. Nh4 h6 11. Bxf6 {White is slightly better.} gxf6 12. Nf5 Nd7 13. a3 Nc5 {The position is equal.} 14. f3 a5 {[#]} 15. Nd6+ $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 Na4 17. Ne2 h5 18. Bb3 h4 19. c3 Nb6 20. Kc2 Bxf5 21. exf5 Ke7 22. g4 Rhd8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. h3 Bd6 25. Rd1 Bc7 26. Rxd8 {½-½ (26) Iordachescu,V (2603)-Damljanovic,B (2625) Zlatibor 2006}) 15... Bxd6 16. Rxd6 Ke7 17. Rhd1 a4 18. R1d2 h5 19. h4 Be6 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Nxa4 Nxa4 22. Rd7+ Kf8 23. Rxb7 Nc5 24. Rc7 Na6 25. Rb7 Nc5 26. Rc7 Na6 27. Rb7 {Black did not feel at home in the position after the opening. Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Vinkovci"]
[Date "2020.06.21"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Saric, Ante"]
[Black "Martinovic, Sasa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2020.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,37,14,29,12,37,30,20,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,34,12,14,15,12,4,2,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 a6 6. Qc2 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Be2 {D45: Semi-Slav: 5 e3.} Be6 9. O-O Nc6 10. Rd1 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Rxd4 Bc5 13. Rd1 {With the idea Nxd5.} Qe7 14. Bf3 {[%cal Rc3d5]} O-O 15. b3 {[%cal Rc3d5]} Rac8 {The position is equal.} 16. Bb2 {[%cal Rc3d5]} Rfd8 17. Qe2 {[#]} b5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Bb4 18. Rac1 Bxc3 19. Rxc3 Rxc3 20. Bxc3 Ne4 21. Qb2 f6 22. Bd4 Rc8 23. Rc1 Qd7 {½-½ (56) Iljiushenok,I (2470)-Lintchevski,D (2563) Moscow 2016}) 18. Rac1 d4 19. exd4 {An uneventful encounter. Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 91%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Vinkovci"]
[Date "2020.06.21"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2020.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,39,18,21,18,9,14,11,5,8,25,25,137,126,142,126,162,156,188,168,176,142,533,525,751,745]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4).} 10. dxc5 Nd7 11. O-O Nxc5 {The position is equal.} 12. Nb5 {[#] Hoping for a3.} Ba5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Rd8 13. Qe2 Ba5 14. a3 Ne4 15. Bd3 Nd6 16. Nxd6 Rxd6 17. Rfd1 Rd8 18. Be4 a6 {½-½ (27) Radjabov,T (2765)-Anand,V (2753) chess.com INT 2020}) 13. Be2 Qe7 {[#]} (13... Bb6 $11 {remains equal.}) 14. Qd6 $1 $36 {[%cal Rd6e7][%mdl 2048] White is in control.} Qxd6 15. Nxd6 Na4 {[#]} 16. Ne5 $1 Bb4 17. Ndxf7 ({Less strong is} 17. Nxc8 Raxc8 18. Bf3 Rxc1 $14) ({Worse is} 17. Rxc8 Rfxc8 18. Nxc8 Rxc8 $11) 17... Nxb2 18. Bh5 {aiming for Rc2.} a5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (18... b5 $16 {is a better chance.}) 19. Rc7 $18 Na4 20. Bg6 {Black got outplayed after the opening. Accuracy: White = 90%, Black = 43%.} 1-0

[Event "CRO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Vinkovci"]
[Date "2020.06.22"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Rogic, Davor"]
[Black "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2020.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,81,8,1,0,0,10,5,13,20,1,15,0,0,-10,20,0,19,0,0,1,19,0,13,-12,0,-27,-28,-30,-16,-37,-40,-51,-5,-17,-6,-34,-18,-23,0,0,0,24,20,22,28,35,40,28,42,43,170,140,966,932,793,633,695,694,691,678,29979,29980,29980,29980,3428,872]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O b5 {9...b5 scores better than 9...Nbd7.} 10. Nd5 {B91: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 g3.} Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Ra7 12. Be3 {The position is equal.} Rb7 13. Qd2 Nd7 {[#]} 14. Rac1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Nc3 Nf6 15. Bg5 Be6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nd5 Bg5 18. Qd3 a5 19. a3 Qc8 20. c3 {½-½ (43) Vitiugov,N (2732)-Yu,Y (2763) Khanty-Mansiysk 2019}) 14... h6 15. c4 b4 16. Bh3 a5 17. Rfd1 Qc7 18. f3 Rd8 19. Qe1 Rb8 20. Qf2 Ba6 21. Bf1 Nc5 22. b3 Bg5 23. Bxg5 hxg5 24. Qe3 Qb6 25. Bh3 a4 {Strongly threatening ...axb3.} 26. Rb1 axb3 27. axb3 g6 28. Nc1 Bb7 29. Kg2 Ra8 30. Rb2 Ra1 31. Qxg5 Kg7 32. Bg4 Rda8 33. h4 Bxe4 {[#]} ({Black should try} 33... Qd8 $14) 34. h5 $1 $18 {aiming for Rbd2.} ({But not} 34. fxe4 $2 Nxe4 35. Qe7 R8a7 $19) 34... Nd3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Black cannot hold the game after this.} (34... f6 $16 35. h6+ Kf7) 35. h6+ Kf8 {[#]} 36. Qf6 $1 {[%mdl 512] Intending h7! and mate.} Qd8 37. Qg7+ Ke7 38. fxe4 Nxb2 39. Rf1 {[%csl Gf1][%cal Rg7f7]} Qg8 40. Qf6+ Ke8 41. Qxd6 {Accuracy: White = 90%, Black = 71%.} (41. c5 $142 R1a7 42. cxd6) 1-0

[Event "CRO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Vinkovci"]
[Date "2020.06.24"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Martinovic, Sasa"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2020.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]

{[%evp 12,90,49,37,35,25,45,44,48,48,50,46,48,37,41,16,0,0,41,0,13,16,0,5,0,-34,-38,-47,-50,-32,0,0,0,0,5,0,0,0,56,23,21,17,52,48,41,49,44,17,10,0,14,6,12,-45,-45,-45,-45,-65,-74,-63,-45,-45,-47,-81,-39,-38,-43,-122,-124,-214,0,-37,0,0,0,-56,0,0,0,-76,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Be3 c6 7. h3 e5 {E73: King's Indian: Averbakh Variation without 6...c5.} 8. d5 a5 9. Nf3 Bd7 {White is slightly better.} 10. O-O Na6 11. Nd2 Nc5 {[#]} 12. Qb1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. b3 Qb8 13. Rb1 Rc8 14. a3 cxd5 15. cxd5 b5 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 Na4 18. Nxa4 bxa4 {0-1 (43) Dzyuban,O (2362)-Saric,I (2660) Almaty 2016}) 12... Qe7 13. b4 axb4 14. Qxb4 Bc8 15. a4 Nfd7 16. Nb3 Na6 17. Qa3 $1 c5 18. Rae1 f5 19. exf5 gxf5 20. Qc1 f4 21. Bd2 Nf6 22. Qb1 Nb4 23. a5 Qd7 24. Nb5 Kh8 (24... Na6 $11) 25. Bxb4 (25. Bf3 $5 {[%cal Re1e5]}) 25... cxb4 26. Nd2 Rxa5 27. Qxb4 Ra6 28. Bf3 Rg8 29. Ne4 Nxe4 30. Rxe4 Bf8 31. Kh2 Qg7 32. Re2 ({Better is} 32. Nc3 $11) 32... Bf5 $15 33. Nc3 Bd3 $36 {[%mdl 2112] aiming for ...e4. Skewer. Black has some pressure.} 34. Rfe1 Bxe2 35. Rxe2 Qc7 36. Rb2 b6 37. Qb5 Ra1 38. Ne4 Rc1 39. Rb4 (39. Qxb6 $15 Rxc4 40. Qxc7 Rxc7 41. Rb6) 39... Be7 $17 40. Ra4 {[#]} (40. Qxb6 $17 Rxc4 41. Qxc7 Rxc7 42. Bg4) 40... Rc8 $2 (40... Bh4 $1 $19 {Threatens to win with ...Qg7.} 41. Qb2 Rxc4 42. Rxc4 Qxc4 43. Qxb6 Qxd5 44. Nxd6 Qe6) 41. Bg4 $15 Rd8 ({Don't go for} 41... Rxc4 $2 42. Bxc8 Rxa4 43. Qe8+ Kg7 44. Bd7 $18) 42. Qc6 Qb8 43. Rb4 ({White should try} 43. Ra6 $11) 43... Qa7 {( -> ...Qa1)} 44. Ra4 $1 {[%cal Ra4a7]} Qb8 45. Rb4 {[#]} Qa7 {Accuracy: White = 66%, Black = 76%.} (45... Bh4 $1 $17 46. Ra4 Re1) 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Vinkovci"]
[Date "2020.06.22"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Stevic, Hrvoje"]
[Black "Saric, Ante"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2020.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,61,21,44,0,15,0,0,0,18,13,10,6,4,3,2,0,19,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Re1 Qc7 12. Bf1 {C07: French Tarrasch: 3...c5, 4 Ngf3 and 4 exd5 Qxd5.} Be7 {The position is equal.} 13. Qf3 O-O 14. Bf4 Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Rad1 {Threatens to win with Nxe6.} Qc7 17. Qg3 Qxg3 18. hxg3 Bd7 19. Nf3 Rfd8 20. Ne5 Be8 {[#]} 21. c4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 21. f3 Kf8 22. Kf2 b5 23. c3 Rac8 24. g4 h6 25. g3 Rd5 26. Rxd5 Nxd5 27. f4 {0-1 (54) Vokhidov,S (2526)-Meier,G (2626) Moscow 2019}) 21... Kf8 22. f3 Ke7 23. g4 h6 24. Kf2 Rac8 25. b3 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 b5 27. Rd4 Rc5 28. Nd3 Rc8 29. Ne5 Rc5 30. Nd3 Rc8 31. Ne5 {Not much happened in this game. Accuracy: White = 93%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Vinkovci"]
[Date "2020.06.22"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Palac, Mladen"]
[Black "Brkic, Ante"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2020.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,23,9,15,14,24,6]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Ne5 O-O 8. Nc3 e6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Bf4 Nc6 11. Rc1 {D79: Fianchetto Grünfeld: Symmetrical Variation (6 0-0 c6 7 cxd5 cxd5).} Nh5 12. Nxc6 {[#] An uneventful encounter.} {Predecessor:} Bxc6 $146 13. Be3 Nf6 14. Bf4 Nh5 15. Be3 Nf6 16. Bf4 Nh5 {½-½ (16) Saric,A (2575)-Saric,I (2641) Sibenik 2015} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Vinkovci"]
[Date "2020.06.24"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Black "Plenca, Jadranko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2020.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]

{[%evp 9,102,16,20,14,10,16,13,9,12,16,13,7,14,13,20,22,22,21,21,33,34,31,36,27,26,26,16,25,46,-25,-22,-32,-36,-21,-35,-12,-10,-20,-20,-68,-85,-61,-69,-71,-33,-40,-35,-37,-37,-29,-30,-40,0,-140,-122,-115,-127,-67,0,-32,-32,-32,-28,-22,-22,-24,-22,-22,-22,-20,-20,-24,-24,-34,-32,-27,-27,-54,-52,-54,-54,-56,-54,-54,-53,-58,-28,-28,-28,-28,-28,-30,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 {C48: Four Knights: 4 Bb5, replies other than 4...Bb4.} a6 7. Ba4 h6 $1 {7...h6 scores better than 7...b5.} 8. a3 Re8 9. Be3 Bf8 10. Bb3 d6 11. h3 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Nd5 Re8 {[#]} 14. c4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Qd2 Rad8 16. Rad1 d5 17. exd5 Rxd5 18. Qc1 Kh7 19. Rfe1 Qd8 20. Nh2 {0-1 (49) Chodorowski,A (1330)-Subelj,J (2120) Rymanow Zdroj 2017}) 14... Nd7 15. b4 Ne7 16. Re1 c6 17. Nc3 f5 18. g3 Nf6 19. Bd2 ({White should play} 19. c5 $14) 19... Qd7 $11 20. d4 exd4 21. Nxd4 fxe4 22. Nxe4 Nxe4 23. Rxe4 Ng6 24. Qe2 Rxe4 $1 25. Qxe4 Ne5 26. Nf5 Qf7 27. Rc1 $1 Re8 {[#] White must now prevent ...d5.} 28. Rc3 b5 29. cxb5 axb5 30. Qc2 Qd5 31. Be3 (31. f4 $11 {keeps the balance.} Nc4 32. Nxh6+ Kh8 33. Qg6 Qd4+ 34. Be3 Qd1+ 35. Kh2 Qe2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 36. Kg1 Rxe3 37. Nf7+ Kg8 38. Nh6+ Kh8 39. Nf7+ Kg8 40. Nh6+ Kh8) 31... Nf3+ $17 32. Kf1 Re5 33. g4 h5 (33... c5 $15 34. Rd3 Qe4 35. bxc5 dxc5) 34. Qb3 Qxb3 35. Rxb3 hxg4 36. hxg4 Nh2+ 37. Ke2 Nxg4 38. Nd4 c5 39. bxc5 dxc5 40. Nxb5 c4 41. Rb1 Nxe3 42. fxe3 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Bc5 43. Kd2 Rxe3 44. a4 g5 45. Rc1 Re4 46. Kc3 g4 47. Rc2 $1 g3 48. Rg2 $1 Bf2 49. a5 $1 Be1+ 50. Kc2 Bxa5 {[#] ...Be1 is the strong threat.} 51. Rxg3+ Kf8 {Accuracy: White = 85%, Black = 87%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Vinkovci"]
[Date "2020.06.22"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Kovacevic, Blazimir"]
[Black "Jovanic, Ognjen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2020.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,35,3,5,20,23,20,13,22,21,20,10,10,4,9,18,25,8,15,15,8,3,12,12,16,0]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 Qe7 7. Be2 {Recently 7.d4 got a lot of attention.} d5 {A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation.} 8. d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 c5 11. Qh4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 O-O 13. O-O Be6 14. Be2 {[#]} Nd5 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] The position is equal. New and interesting.} ({Predecessor:} 14... Rfd8 15. e4 Rd4 16. f3 Bc4 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Qxf6 gxf6 {½-½ (73) Lagarde,M (2600)-Fedorchuk,S (2620) Le Blanc Mesnil 2019}) 15. Qxe7 Nxe7 16. Bd2 Rfd8 17. Rfd1 f6 18. b3 {A rather calm draw. Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Vinkovci"]
[Date "2020.06.24"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Jovanic, Ognjen"]
[Black "Rogic, Davor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2020.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]

{[%evp 13,77,26,30,32,30,23,24,22,41,39,48,30,46,42,30,18,25,26,29,20,25,9,27,0,11,0,0,0,13,10,20,21,16,24,50,12,22,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,-7,-9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. h3 {D10: Slav Defence: 3 cxd5 (without early Nf3) and 3 Nc3.} a6 9. Rc1 O-O 10. Nf3 {White has an edge.} b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Qe2 {[#]} Bd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... b5 13. a4 bxa4 14. Nxa4 Nb4 15. Bc7 Qe8 16. Nb6 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Ra7 18. Ne5 a5 {1-0 (48) Kamsky,G (2732)-Adams,M (2726) Philadelphia 2011}) 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Rfd1 Rfc8 15. a3 h6 16. Rc2 Nd7 17. e4 b5 {[%cal Bb6b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 18. e5 Qe7 19. Nb1 b4 20. Rdc1 Qd8 21. Nbd2 Qb6 22. Qe3 a5 23. a4 Ne7 24. g4 Ba6 {The position is equal.} 25. Ne1 (25. Rxc8+ {keeps more tension.} Rxc8 26. Rxc8+ Nxc8 27. Bb1 Ne7 28. g5) 25... Bxd3 26. Nxd3 Rxc2 27. Rxc2 Rc8 28. Rxc8+ Nxc8 29. Nb3 Qc6 30. Nbc5 Nxc5 31. Nxc5 Nb6 32. b3 Nd7 33. Nxd7 Qxd7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} 34. Qc1 Qa7 35. Qc8+ Kh7 36. Qc2+ Kg8 37. Qc8+ Kh7 38. Qc2+ Kg8 39. Qc8+ {Accuracy: White = 92%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Vinkovci"]
[Date "2020.06.25"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Plenca, Jadranko"]
[Black "Kovacevic, Blazimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "2020.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]

{[%evp 9,161,51,57,50,47,47,57,60,59,32,41,40,45,29,33,22,29,31,23,18,18,0,29,16,20,26,29,10,7,14,24,7,60,43,40,46,46,56,142,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,-67,-54,-50,-29,-62,-20,-27,-29,-31,-19,-75,-17,-93,-74,-74,-71,-71,0,-37,0,-18,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-5,-5,-5,-6,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,-5,-4,-5,0,-6,0,-5,0,0,0,0,0,-6,0,0,0,-7,0,-22,0,0,0,-15,-13,-41,0,0,0,-41,0,0,0,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. g3 {B01: Scandinavian Defence.} Bg4 7. Bg2 e6 8. O-O {White is slightly better.} Be7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 O-O 11. Ne2 Qc7 12. c4 Nbd7 13. Be3 e5 14. Qc2 {[#]} Rfe8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Ne8 15. Rfd1 f5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Bg2 Nd6 18. c5 Ndc4 19. Bf4 Qa5 20. Nd4 Rf7 21. Bf1 Bxc5 22. Bxc4 Bxd4 23. Bxf7+ Kxf7 24. Qb3+ {1-0 (24) Valenzuela Gomez,F (2400)-Pellicer Roncero,N (1866) Santa Eulalia de Roncana 2017}) 15. Rfd1 Rad8 16. Rab1 a5 17. a3 h5 18. Bg5 g6 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 exd4 (20... Nf8 $11) 21. Nxd4 $14 Nh7 22. Bf4 Ne5 23. Bg2 Bg5 {[#]} (23... h4 $14) 24. Bxe5 (24. b5 $1 $16) 24... Qxe5 $11 25. Nf3 Qc7 26. Nxg5 Nxg5 27. b5 Ne6 28. bxc6 bxc6 29. Qa4 (29. Qc3 $11) 29... Nd4 $15 30. Re1 Qd6 31. Qa2 Qc5 32. h4 Ra8 33. Rxe8+ Rxe8 34. Rb2 (34. Ra1 $11 {remains equal.}) 34... Qf5 ({Better is} 34... Kg7 $17) 35. Qa3 (35. Kh2 $1 $11) 35... Ne2+ 36. Kf1 {[#]} Qe6 $1 {[%cal Re6c4]} 37. Qb4 Nd4 ({Black should try} 37... Nc1 $17 {Threatens to win with ...Nd3!} 38. Rb1 Nd3) 38. c5 Qe5 39. Kg1 Kg7 40. Kh2 Qf6 41. Rd2 Nf3+ 42. Bxf3 $1 Qxf3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 43. Qd4+ Kh7 {( -> ...Re1)} 44. Rd3 Qf5 45. Kg2 Re4 46. Qd6 Re6 47. Qd4 {Black must now prevent Rf3.} Qe5 48. Qc4 Rf6 49. Rd2 (49. Re3 {is interesting.} Qf5 50. f3 Qd7 51. Qe2 Rf5 52. Re5) 49... Rf5 50. Rc2 Qd5+ (50... Kg7 {keeps more tension.} 51. Qd3 Qf6 52. Qe4 Rd5 53. Rc4 Qe5) 51. Qxd5 Rxd5 {KR-KR} 52. Kf3 Kg7 53. Ke4 Kf6 54. f3 Ke6 55. Kf4 Rf5+ 56. Ke4 Re5+ 57. Kf4 Rf5+ (57... f6 $5 58. g4 $8 g5+ 59. Kg3 hxg4 60. Kxg4 gxh4 $15) 58. Ke4 Re5+ 59. Kd4 Re1 60. Rg2 Rd1+ 61. Ke4 f6 62. Ra2 Rd5 63. Ra5 g5 64. hxg5 fxg5 65. Ke3 Kf5 66. Kf2 Kf6 67. Ke3 Ke5 68. Ra8 Kf6 69. Ra5 h4 70. gxh4 {The position is equal.} gxh4 71. Ra8 Rh5 {Hoping for ...h3.} 72. Kf4 Rxc5 73. Kg4 Rc4+ 74. f4 Rc1 75. Kxh4 Kf5 76. Rf8+ Ke4 77. Kg5 Rg1+ 78. Kf6 Kxf4 79. Ke6+ Ke4 {And now ...c5 would win.} 80. Kd6 $1 Rc1 81. Rc8 {Accuracy: White = 91%, Black = 84%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Vinkovci"]
[Date "2020.06.24"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Brkic, Ante"]
[Black "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2020.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]

{[%evp 9,100,18,15,22,47,11,44,42,188,212,198,190,198,206,201,180,259,262,239,186,209,97,104,89,85,75,68,75,70,54,63,44,90,86,72,79,82,96,93,54,52,60,92,100,119,122,123,126,156,113,133,67,66,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-28,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,11,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,363]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Bd3 Bxc5 6. Qg4 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation.} Ne7 7. b4 h5 8. Qf4 $1 {[#] White is slightly better.} g5 $146 (8... Bb6 $14) ({Predecessor:} 8... Bb6 9. Nf3 Nbc6 10. Nbd2 a5 11. b5 Nb4 12. Ba3 Nxd3+ 13. cxd3 Bd7 14. Qa4 Nf5 {1-0 (25) Dominguez Perez,L (2760)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2775) Dortmund 2019}) 9. Qf6 $18 Bxb4+ 10. c3 Rg8 11. cxb4 Nd7 12. Bb5 Qb6 (12... Nc6 $142 13. Qxd8+ Kxd8) 13. Nc3 ({Weaker is} 13. Bxg5 Rxg5 14. Qxg5 Qxb5 $14) 13... Nc6 14. Qf3 Ndxe5 15. Qe3 (15. Qxh5 $18 {has better winning chances.} Bd7 16. Nge2 (16. Bxg5 Nxb4 17. Bxd7+ Kxd7 $17)) 15... Qxe3+ 16. Bxe3 Bd7 17. Nge2 Nxb4 {next ...Nc2+ is good for Black.} 18. O-O Nc2 19. Rac1 Nxe3 20. fxe3 {Threatens to win with e4.} Ke7 21. e4 dxe4 22. Bxd7 Nxd7 23. Nxe4 {Strongly threatening Rc7.} f5 24. N4c3 Rgc8 25. Nd4 {aiming for Rfe1.} Rc5 26. Rfe1 Nf8 27. Nb3 Rcc8 28. Nd5+ Kd7 29. Rcd1 {[#] Hoping for Nb6+.} Ke8 30. Nd4 (30. Na5 $16 Rab8 31. Nf6+ Kf7 32. Nd7 (32. Nxh5 b6 $16)) 30... Kf7 $14 31. Nxf5 (31. Nb5 $14 exd5 32. Nd6+ Kf6 33. Nxc8 (33. Rxd5 Rc6 $11) 33... Rxc8 34. Rxd5) 31... exf5 $11 32. Re7+ Kg6 33. Nf4+ Kf6 34. Nd5+ Kg6 35. Rxb7 {And now Ne7+ would win.} Rd8 36. Ne7+ Kf6 37. Ng8+ Kg6 38. Ne7+ Kf6 39. Ng8+ Kg6 40. Rc1 {White threatens Rc6+ and mate.} Rd7 (40... Ne6 $5 {[%cal Rd8g8]} 41. Rc6 Rd1+ 42. Kf2 Re8 $15) 41. Rc6+ {The position is equal.} Kg7 42. Rxd7+ Nxd7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 43. Ne7 Rb8 44. Nxf5+ Kf7 45. Rc7 Rb1+ 46. Kf2 Rb2+ 47. Kf3 Rxa2 48. h4 gxh4 49. Rxd7+ Ke6 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 50. Rh7 Ke5 $2 {[%mdl 40960] Accuracy: White = 74%, Black = 77%. . An unexpected result.} (50... Kxf5 $11 51. Rxh5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kf6) 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Vinkovci"]
[Date "2020.06.25"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Saric, Ante"]
[Black "Palac, Mladen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E02"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2020.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]

{[%evp 23,30,-6,-3,-10,-10,-29,-10,-10,-3]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Bg2 a6 7. Nc3 Rb8 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qd3 Bb7 10. O-O c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Bf4 Rc8 13. Rad1 {E02: Open Catalan: 5 Qa4+.} Bb4 {[#]} 14. Bd2 $146 {White wants to play Nxb5.} ({Predecessor:} 14. Rc1 O-O 15. a3 Bc5 16. b4 Be7 17. Rfd1 Nb6 18. Qxd8 Rfxd8 19. Nd2 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 h6 {½-½ (42) Drosson,F (1976)-Richter,W (2057) GER email 2016}) 14... O-O 15. a4 bxa4 {An uneventful encounter.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Vinkovci"]
[Date "2020.06.24"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Stevic, Hrvoje"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2020.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]

{[%evp 14,63,29,22,22,12,25,14,26,0,0,0,0,-10,-14,-6,0,-17,-14,-10,-11,-9,-12,-14,-10,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,50,50]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Bxc4 Nc6 6. O-O Be6 7. Bxe6 fxe6 8. Qb3 Qd7 {D20: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 e3 and 3 e4.} 9. Qxb7 Rb8 10. Qa6 Nge7 {[#] The position is equal.} (10... Nf6 11. Nbd2 Bd6 12. a3 O-O 13. b4 e5 14. Ne1 Nd8 15. Nd3 Nf7 16. f3 Rb6 17. Qc4 Rc6 18. Qa2 Rc3 19. Ne1 c5 20. Nc4 cxb4 21. axb4 Qe6 22. Nxd6 Qxa2 23. Rxa2 Nxd6 {½-½ (49) Kozul,Z (2631)-Stevic,H (2601) Valpovo 2017}) 11. Bf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. a3 Ng6 12. Nbd2 Bd6 13. Nc4 O-O 14. Ne1 Nce5 15. Nxd6 Rb6 16. Qe2 Rxd6 17. Nd3 {½-½ (80) Piorun,K (2611)-Christiansen,J (2597) Moscow 2019}) 11... Ng6 12. Bg3 Rxb2 13. Rc1 Rb6 14. Qa4 Bd6 15. Bxd6 cxd6 16. Nxd4 {[%cal Rc1c6]} Rb4 17. Qxc6 {[#] Black must now prevent Qc3.} Rxd4 18. Qc2 O-O 19. Nd2 d5 20. f3 Nf4 {[#] ...Ne2+ is the strong threat.} 21. Nb3 Rc4 22. Qd2 {And now Rxc4 would win.} Qc6 23. g3 Ng6 24. exd5 exd5 {Threatens to win with ...Ne5.} 25. f4 Ne7 26. Re1 Rc2 27. Qd3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} d4 {[%csl Gc2][%cal Rc6g2]} 28. Re2 Rxe2 29. Qxe2 Nf5 $1 30. Rc1 Re8 31. Qd3 Qe6 32. Nxd4 {Accuracy: White = 95%, Black = 95%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Vinkovci"]
[Date "2020.06.25"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Black "Martinovic, Sasa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2020.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]

{[%evp 16,49,9,3,19,6,37,40,64,36,52,47,64,61,63,58,39,0,26,20,18,9,10,17,15,20,7,0,0,0,0,0,37,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. dxc5 Qa5 {C11: French: Classical System: 4 e5 and 4 Bg5 dxe4.} 10. O-O-O b6 11. Bb5 Nb4 {White is slightly better.} 12. a3 bxc5 {Threatening ...Na2+.} 13. Kb1 ({Stronger than} 13. axb4 cxb4 14. Na4 Qxb5 $17) 13... Rb8 14. axb4 cxb4 15. Nxd5 $1 exd5 16. Nd4 {Strongly threatening Nc6.} (16. Bxd7 {feels hotter.} Bxd7 17. Qxd5 Qxd5 18. Rxd5 Bc6 19. Ra5) 16... Nxe5 ({Reject} 16... Rxb5 $6 17. Nc6 $16) 17. fxe5 {[#] Threatens to win with Bc6.} Rxb5 18. Nxb5 Qxb5 19. Qxd5 ({Wrong is} 19. Bxa7 $2 b3 $19) 19... Qa6 {And now ...Be6 would win.} 20. b3 Be6 21. Qd4 Bf5 22. Qc4 Qb7 {Hoping for ...Rc8.} 23. Qd5 Qa6 {[#] aiming for ...Bxc2+!} 24. Qc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 24. Rd2 Rc8 25. Rf2 Be6 26. Qe4 Qb5 27. Kb2 Rc3 28. Ra1 a5 29. Qa8+ Rc8 30. Rxa5 Qxe5+ 31. Rxe5 Rxa8 32. Bc5 Bf6 33. Rxf6 gxf6 {1-0 (44) Ronka,E (2289)-Sidali,E (2041) Helsingor 2019}) 24... Qb7 {...Rc8 is the strong threat.} 25. Qd5 {Accuracy: White = 91%, Black = 82%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Vinkovci"]
[Date "2020.06.24"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Rogic, Davor"]
[Black "Martinovic, Sasa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "18"]
[EventDate "2020.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,18,0,22]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 {[#]} 6. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6. Qd3 e6 7. a4 b6 8. Qg3 Bb7 9. f3 Nbd7 10. Be3 Rc8 11. Be2 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Kh1 Re8 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. Nb3 Qb8 16. Bd4 {½-½ (73) Caruana,F (2835)-Ding,L (2791) chess24.com INT 2020}) 6... Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8. Be3 Ng4 9. Bc1 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Vinkovci"]
[Date "2020.06.24"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Stevic, Hrvoje"]
[Black "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2020.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,135,27,34,15,18,0,0,10,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,-3,-23,0,0,0,0,-4,-26,-40,-26,-25,-25,-20,-24,-27,-31,-32,-47,-47,-47,-47,-47,-50,-56,-52,-66,-48,-60,0,0,100,97,215,199,182,0,1,0,152,66,31,44,35,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-14,-14,-16,-16,-17,-17,-17,-19,-20,-12,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,0,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-17,-16,-9,-9,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8]} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Na3 cxd4 7. Bc4 {B06: Modern Defence.} (7. Nb5 $5 {[%cal Rb5c7]} Na6 8. Be2 $14 (8. cxd4 Bd7 $14)) 7... Qe4+ 8. Be3 {Black should prevent Nb5.} Nh6 (8... dxe3 $2 {[#]} 9. Bxf7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxf7 10. Ng5+ Ke8 11. Nxe4 $18) 9. cxd4 O-O 10. O-O {Hoping for Re1.} Bg4 11. Bxh6 Bxh6 12. Re1 Bxf3 13. Rxe4 (13. gxf3 $2 Qh4 $17) 13... Bxd1 14. Rxd1 Bg5 15. Re5 Bf6 16. Rb5 Nc6 17. d5 Nd8 $1 18. d6 exd6 19. Rxd6 {[#]} Kg7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19... Be7 20. Rd7 Bxa3 21. bxa3 Rc8 22. Bf1 Rc2 23. Rbd5 Ne6 24. Rd2 Rxd2 25. Rxd2 Rc8 {0-1 (62) Sammed Jaykumar,S (2139)-Nasanjargal,U (2330) Pune 2014}) 20. Rd7 Rc8 21. g3 a6 22. Rb6 Re8 23. Rbxb7 Nxb7 24. Rxf7+ Kh8 25. Rxf6 Nc5 26. b4 Ne4 27. Rxa6 Rcd8 28. Bb3 Rd2 29. Nc4 Rxf2 30. Nd6 Rf6 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 31. Nf7+ Kg7 32. Ra7 Kf8 33. Bd5 Rf5 ({Black should play} 33... Rb6 $15 34. a3 Nc3) 34. Nh6 $1 $11 {[%csl LRf5,LRh7]} Rf3 (34... Rf6 $11) 35. b5 $16 {b6 is the strong threat.} Re5 (35... Rf6 $16) 36. Bc6 $18 {[#] And now b6 would win.} Re6 37. Bd5 $2 ({Don't take} 37. Rxh7 $6 Ng5 $16) (37. Rc7 $18 {aiming for b6.} Rff6 38. Ng4 (38. Rxh7 $2 Ng5 $19)) 37... Re5 $11 38. Bc6 $2 (38. Rd7 $11 Rc3 39. Ng4 Rc1+ 40. Kg2 Rc2+ 41. Kf3 Nd2+ 42. Kf4 Rf5+ 43. Ke3 Nc4+ 44. Kd3) 38... Re6 $16 39. Rxh7 ({White should try} 39. Rc7 $16 Rff6 40. Ng4 (40. Rxh7 $2 Ng5 $19)) 39... Ng5 $1 $14 {( -> ...Re1+)} 40. Bxf3 Nxh7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KBN} 41. Kf2 Nf6 {The position is equal.} 42. Ng4 {Black must now prevent Nxf6.} Ne4+ 43. Bxe4 Rxe4 $11 {KR-KN} 44. Kf3 Rb4 45. Ne5 Kg7 46. Ke3 Rxb5 47. Nc4 Rb1 48. Kd4 Ra1 49. a3 Kf6 50. h4 Kf5 51. Ne3+ Ke6 52. Nc4 Rg1 53. a4 Rxg3 54. a5 Rg1 55. Kc5 Ra1 56. Kc6 Ra2 57. Kc5 Ra1 58. Kc6 Ke7 59. Kb6 Rb1+ 60. Kc5 Kd8 61. Ne5 Rg1 62. Kd6 Kc8 63. Ke6 Kb7 64. Kf6 Ka6 65. Nxg6 Kxa5 66. h5 Rh1 67. Nf4 $1 Rxh5 68. Nxh5 {Accuracy: White = 93%, Black = 92%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Vinkovci"]
[Date "2020.06.25"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Palac, Mladen"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2020.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]

{[%evp 17,19,18,35,32]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8. Bf4 Ne5 9. Be2 a6 10. a4 {[#] B57: Classical Sicilian: Sozin with 6...Qb6.} {Predecessor:} Bd7 $146 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Nd2 d5 13. exd5 exd5 14. Bd4 Bc6 15. O-O Bd6 16. Qe1 O-O 17. f4 Ned7 {0-1 (43) Palac,M (2593)-Kozul,Z (2602) Zagreb 2012} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Vinkovci"]
[Date "2020.07.09"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Black "Saric, Ante"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2020.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,121,37,45,26,52,58,54,52,48,50,52,48,69,49,166,164,172,179,171,110,100,131,142,80,87,103,497,472,490,474,557,439,1155,641,614,496,555,507,464,348,344,298,302,288,290,277,317,0,7,0,484,467,492,528,522,511,550,549,677,675,656,662,716,700,773,758,851,845,814,741,731,820,823,608,567,520,602,564,730,711,718,704,29961,29962,29964,29965,5583,731,29976,29976,29962,5187,29959,329,322,0,29942,2283,5073,5050,5046,5050,4902,4132,1527,1431]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Bd3 Nf6 8. O-O Nxd4 9. Bxd4 Bc5 10. Be2 {e5 is the strong threat. B48: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 Be3 a6 without Be2.} d6 {10...e5 is not played anymore.} 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Qd2 {White is slightly better.} Bd7 {[#]} 13. Rfd1 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 13. Rad1 h5 14. Qf4 Ke7 15. Qh4 Bc6 16. a3 Rag8 17. b4 Ba7 18. a4 a5 19. b5 {0-1 (58) Cuenca Jimenez,J (2513)-Vazquez Igarza,R (2574) Linares 2017}) 13... Bc6 14. Rab1 a5 15. a3 {[%cal Ba2a3,Ba3b4][%mdl 32]} Ke7 ({Better is} 15... a4 $14) 16. b4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rb4c5]} axb4 17. axb4 Bb6 18. Rb3 (18. b5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rb5c6]} Bd7 19. e5 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 18... Rhd8 $16 19. Qh6 Rg8 20. Bf3 ({Avoid the trap} 20. Qxh7 $2 Rh8 $19) (20. Bh5 $142) 20... Ba4 21. Nxa4 Qxc2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (21... Rxa4 $16 {is more resistant.} 22. Qxh7 Rf8) 22. Nxb6 $18 Qxb3 23. Qd2 d5 24. Qf4 {[%cal Re4d5]} e5 (24... Qc3 $142 25. Nxa8 Rxa8) 25. Qf5 dxe4 26. Qd7+ Kf8 27. Bxe4 ({Not} 27. Nxa8 exf3 28. Nc7 Rxg2+ 29. Kh1 Kg7 $18) 27... Re8 28. Bxh7 ({Weaker is} 28. Qd6+ Kg7 $18) 28... Rh8 29. Qd6+ Kg7 {White must now prevent ...Re6.} 30. Bf5 Rh5 31. Bg4 Rg5 {[#]} 32. h3 $2 (32. Qd7 $1 $18) 32... f5 $11 33. Qd2 Kg6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] White stays focused until the end.} (33... Rg6 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 34. Bxf5 Rxb6) 34. Bf3 $18 {Strongly threatening h4.} Qxf3 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Rf3g2] [#]} 35. Qxg5+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxg5 36. gxf3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KR} Re6 37. Nd5 Rc6 {[#]} 38. f4+ $1 exf4 39. Kg2 Rc4 40. Kf3 b5 41. Rg1+ Kh4 42. Rg8 Rd4 43. Rh8+ Kg5 44. h4+ Kg6 45. h5+ Kg5 46. Rd8 Rd3+ 47. Ke2 Rb3 48. Rg8+ Kh6 49. Rh8+ Kg5 50. h6 f3+ 51. Kd2 Rb2+ 52. Ke3 (52. Kd3 $142 Kg6 53. Nf4+ Kg5 54. h7) 52... Rb3+ 53. Kd4 Kg6 54. Nf4+ Kf6 55. Nh5+ $2 (55. Rg8 {mates} Rxb4+ 56. Ke3 Rb3+ 57. Kd2 Rb2+ 58. Kc3 Rxf2 59. Nh5+ Ke7 60. h7) 55... Kg6 56. Nf4+ $2 (56. Ng3 $18) 56... Kf6 57. Nd3 (57. Rg8 $142 Rxb4+ 58. Ke3 Rb3+ 59. Kd2 Rb2+ 60. Kc3 Rxf2 61. Nh5+ Ke7 62. h7 b4+ 63. Kxb4) 57... Kg6 {White is clearly winning.} 58. h7 Kg7 {[#]} 59. Rf8 $3 {[%mdl 512]} Kxh7 (59... Kxf8 60. h8=Q+) 60. Rxf7+ Kg6 61. Rb7 {Accuracy: White = 72%, Black = 47%.} 1-0

[Event "CRO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Vinkovci"]
[Date "2020.06.24"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Kovacevic, Blazimir"]
[Black "Brkic, Ante"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2020.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,91,-20,-12,-30,-18,-15,-15,-24,-14,-13,-16,-20,-13,-19,-8,-15,-11,-13,-3,-27,0,3,0,0,0,-24,-14,-21,-18,-33,-7,-5,-5,-9,-5,-5,-3,-5,0,-20,-31,-27,-20,-35,-31,-17,-22,-114,-102,-117,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 O-O 6. Nd5 Re8 7. Bd3 g6 8. a3 {[#] Black must now prevent Nxf6+. A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation.} Bf8 $1 9. Nxf6+ Qxf6 10. Be4 d6 11. b4 Bg7 12. Bb2 Qe7 13. d3 Nd8 {next ...d5! is good for Black.} 14. Nd2 c6 15. O-O {[#]} Be6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... f5 16. Bf3 Nf7 17. Rac1 Be6 18. Be2 h5 19. Nb3 Rad8 20. Rfd1 h4 21. d4 Bd7 22. dxe5 dxe5 {0-1 (61) Kortschnoj,V (2595)-Nikolic,P (2610) Amsterdam 1988}) 16. g3 f5 17. Bg2 Nf7 18. f4 d5 19. e4 dxe4 20. dxe4 Rad8 21. c5 Qd7 22. Nc4 exf4 {[#] Hoping for ...Bxc4.} 23. Bxg7 {And now Rad1 would win.} Kxg7 24. Rad1 Qe7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Threatens to win with ...fxg3. Black is more active.} 25. Qc3+ Kg8 ({Don't play} 25... Qf6 $6 26. e5 $16) 26. exf5 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Bxc4 28. Qxc4 Qe3+ ({But not} 28... gxf5 $6 29. Qxf4 Qe3+ 30. Qxe3 $14) 29. Kh1 f3 {...Re4 is the strong threat.} 30. Bh3 (30. Bf1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 30... gxf5 31. Bxf5 Qe2 (31... Kg7 $17 32. Bh3 Re4) 32. Qxe2 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} Rxe2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} (32... fxe2 $5 33. Re1 $8 Re3 $11) 33. Bd3 Ra2 34. Bc4 Rc2 35. Bxf7+ Kxf7 {KR-KR} 36. Kg1 Ke6 37. Rd6+ Ke5 38. Rd7 Rg2+ 39. Kf1 Rxh2 40. Rxb7 a6 41. Rf7 Ke4 42. Rf6 Rh1+ 43. Kf2 Rh2+ 44. Kf1 Rh1+ 45. Kf2 Rh2+ 46. Kf1 {Accuracy: White = 94%, Black = 90%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Vinkovci"]
[Date "2020.06.25"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Jovanic, Ognjen"]
[Black "Plenca, Jadranko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2020.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]

{[%evp 17,69,-7,54,2,29,6,16,-14,-9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,18,28,37,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,-4,0,-25,-25,-28,-4,-16,0,-28,0,0,0,-37,0,-8]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c3 c5 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 Nc6 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. e4 e5 (9... Qc7 $11) 10. b4 {D05: Colle System with ...e6.} ({White should try} 10. exd5 $14 Qxd5 11. Qc2) 10... Bb6 $11 11. Qc2 d4 {[#]} 12. Nc4 $146 {aiming for b5.} (12. b5 $5 {[%cal Rb5c6]} dxc3 13. bxc6 cxd2 14. Bxd2 $11) ({Predecessor:} 12. b5 dxc3 13. bxc6 cxd2 14. Bxd2 Qd6 15. Bc3 Re8 16. Bc4 bxc6 17. Qb3 Be6 18. Nxe5 Nxe4 19. Bxe6 Qxe6 {0-1 (34) Dehesdin,W (2115)-Murey,J (2458) Le Touquet 2005}) 12... dxc3 13. Qxc3 Bg4 {...Bxf3 is the strong threat.} 14. Nxb6 axb6 15. Ne1 Qd6 16. a3 Rfd8 17. Be3 Nd4 18. Bxd4 Qxd4 19. Qxd4 Rxd4 20. f3 Be6 21. Bb5 $1 Ne8 22. Nc2 Rd2 23. Rf2 Rxf2 24. Kxf2 Nd6 25. Bd3 Kf8 26. Ke2 Ke7 27. h4 g6 28. Ne3 f5 29. exf5 gxf5 30. g3 h6 31. Kf2 Rc8 32. Ke1 (32. f4 $5 {[%cal Rf4e5]}) 32... Rg8 33. Kf2 Rc8 34. Ke1 Rg8 35. Kf2 {An uneventful encounter. Accuracy: White = 79%, Black = 90%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Vinkovci"]
[Date "2020.06.25"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Plenca, Jadranko"]
[Black "Rogic, Davor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2020.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:02:08]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:01:42]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 3. Bc4 {[%emt 0:01:18]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:32]} d6 {[%emt 0:03:29]} 5. Na4 {[%emt 0:03:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:01:55]} 6. Nxc5 {[%emt 0:00:44]} dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 7. d3 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:03:31]} 8. a3 {[%emt 0:05:20]} O-O {[%emt 0:07:47]} 9. Be3 {[%emt 0:07:17]} b6 {[%emt 0:05:03]} 10. Nd2 {[%emt 0:03:52]} Be6 {[%emt 0:11:06]} 11. O-O {[%emt 0:02:29]} h6 {[%emt 0:04:40]} 12. h3 {[%emt 0:09:21]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:05:01]} 13. f4 {[%emt 0:06:24]} exf4 {[%emt 0:02:47]} 14. Rxf4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:03:00]} 15. Bxe6 {[%emt 0:05:38]} Qxe6 {[%emt 0:01:53]} 16. b4 {[%emt 0:05:09]} cxb4 {[%emt 0:06:18]} 17. axb4 {[%emt 0:00:53]} Nxb4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 18. Rxa7 {[%emt 0:05:35]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:02:00]} 19. Nc4 {[%emt 0:02:53]} b5 {[%emt 0:06:34]} 20. Na3 {[%emt 0:01:19]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:04:30]} 21. Rxa8 {[%emt 0:07:16]} Rxa8 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 22. Qh5 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:05:59]} 23. Qxb5 {[%emt 0:02:17]} Qc3 {[%emt 0:01:37]} 24. Bc5 {[%emt 0:05:42]} Qxa3 {[%emt 0:04:38]} 25. Bxb4 {[%emt 0:03:08]} Qc1+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 26. Rf1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qxc2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 27. Bc5 {[%emt 0:06:19]} Qc3 {[%emt 0:01:12]} 28. Be7 {[%emt 0:02:11]} Ra2 {[%emt 0:02:41]} 29. Qf5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qxd3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 30. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:06:00]} Qg3 {[%emt 0:07:41]} 31. Qc8+ {[%emt 0:00:25]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 32. Qf5+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 33. Qc8+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Vinkovci"]
[Date "2020.06.25"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Brkic, Ante"]
[Black "Jovanic, Ognjen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2020.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 4. d3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 5. c3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} O-O {[%emt 0:01:24]} 6. O-O {[%emt 0:00:07]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 7. h3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:01:54]} 8. d4 {[%emt 0:01:18]} Bb6 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 9. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:05:32]} 10. Bd3 {[%emt 0:01:04]} Re8 {[%emt 0:02:59]} 11. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} c6 {[%emt 0:11:05]} 12. Nf1 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Bc7 {[%emt 0:14:02]} 13. Ng3 {[%emt 0:01:39]} Be6 {[%emt 0:02:11]} 14. Be3 {[%emt 0:09:06]} d5 {[%emt 0:06:02]} 15. exd5 {[%emt 0:27:39]} Bxd5 {[%emt 0:05:09]} 16. Bxg6 {[%emt 0:04:36]} hxg6 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 17. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:01:50]} Bxe5 {[%emt 0:01:36]} 18. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rxe5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 19. Qd4 {[%emt 0:01:31]} Re8 {[%emt 0:03:23]} 20. c4 {[%emt 0:02:00]} Be6 {[%emt 0:03:03]} 21. Qc3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} b5 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 22. b3 {[%emt 0:02:42]} bxc4 {[%emt 0:01:25]} 23. bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} c5 {[%emt 0:09:25]} 24. Bxc5 {[%emt 0:23:33]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 25. Bxa7 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Rxc4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 26. Qb2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:04:19]} 27. Be3 {[%emt 0:06:52]} Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 28. Qd4 {[%emt 0:04:34]} Rxa2 {[%emt 0:01:22]} 29. Rxa2 {[%emt 0:02:42]} Bxa2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 30. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Qb7 {[%emt 0:06:05]} 31. Qb6 {[%emt 0:03:17]} Qxb6 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Vinkovci"]
[Date "2020.06.25"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Saric, Ante"]
[Black "Kovacevic, Blazimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2020.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:31]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:02:37]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 3. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:32]} g6 {[%emt 0:08:16]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:05:22]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:02:02]} 5. Qd2 {[%emt 0:04:13]} d6 {[%emt 0:04:12]} 6. O-O-O {[%emt 0:01:36]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 7. d5 {[%emt 0:10:38]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:14:50]} 8. e4 {[%emt 0:07:00]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:51]} 9. Nd4 {[%emt 0:03:30]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:08:05]} 10. f3 {[%emt 0:01:17]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 11. dxe6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nxe6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 12. Be3 {[%emt 0:14:04]} a6 {[%emt 0:18:49]} 13. g4 {[%emt 0:07:18]} b5 {[%emt 0:04:39]} 14. h4 {[%emt 0:02:01]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:10:06]} 15. Bxd4 {[%emt 0:01:21]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 16. g5 {[%emt 0:09:01]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 17. Bxg7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kxg7 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 18. Bh3 {[%emt 0:00:22]} f5 {[%emt 0:06:55]} 19. exf5 {[%emt 0:06:53]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:04:55]} 20. f6+ {[%emt 0:00:24]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 21. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Bxd1 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 22. Bxa8 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Qxa8 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 23. Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Re5 {[%emt 0:04:15]} 24. Nd5 {[%emt 0:02:18]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 25. Qd3 {[%emt 0:08:06]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:03:57]} 26. Qc3 {[%emt 0:02:05]} c5 {[%emt 0:02:08]} 27. Nf4 {[%emt 0:03:36]} Qg4 {[%emt 0:02:24]} 28. Nxh5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} gxh5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 29. Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Qf4+ {[%emt 0:00:23]} 30. Kb1 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Re4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 31. Qd5 {[%emt 0:01:57]} Qe5 {[%emt 0:01:43]} 32. Qb7 {[%emt 0:01:47]} Qf5 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 33. Qxa6 {[%emt 0:01:31]} Rd4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 34. Qa8+ {[%emt 0:00:34]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 35. Qb7+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 36. Re1+ {[%emt 0:00:11]} 1-0

[Event "CRO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Vinkovci"]
[Date "2020.06.25"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2020.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,66,26,68,12,16,0,9,25,26,23,31,25,16,14,16,20,150,133,218,186,187,187,178,177,184,166,225,216,231,128,125,90,89,88,87,59,126,93,86,81,127,129,176,160,178,103,117,35,38,29,33,-126,-74,-146,0,-463,-275,-29990,-29991]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. Nxb5 {D24: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 Nc3.} (6. e5 $14 Nd5 7. Nxb5) 6... Nxe4 $11 7. Qa4 c6 8. Nc3 {[#] The position is equal.} Nd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bd6 10. Bxc4 O-O 11. O-O Qc7 12. Qc2 Nd7 13. Bd3 h6 14. Qe2 Nf6 {0-1 (41) Modler,A (2225)-Zverev,L (1914) Graz 2020}) 9. g3 Be7 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O Nd7 12. Ne5 Nb6 (12... Nxe5 $11 {remains equal.} 13. dxe5 Nf5) 13. Nxc6 $16 Qc7 (13... Bd7 $16 14. Nxe7+ (14. Nxd8 Nxa4 15. Bxa8 Rxd8 $16) 14... Qxe7) 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Qa3 Qd7 16. Bxa8 Nxa8 17. d5 {Hoping for dxe6.} Nb6 (17... Bb7 {is a better defense.} 18. Bf4 (18. Qxa7 exd5 19. Bf4 Nf5 $16) 18... Nb5 19. Nxb5 Qxd5) 18. Be3 $18 Nf5 19. Rad1 (19. Bxb6 $18 axb6 20. Rad1) 19... Nxd5 $16 20. Nxd5 exd5 21. Qxa7 Bb7 22. Bd4 h5 (22... Ra8 $14 23. Qb6 Ra6) 23. f3 Ra8 24. Qc5 Ra6 25. Rfe1 Rg6 26. Qa7 Qc8 27. a3 (27. Re5 $18) 27... Nh4 28. Re3 (28. Rf1 $16) 28... Qf5 $14 {Threatens to win with ...Qc2.} 29. Qb8+ ({Not} 29. Qxb7 $2 Qc2 $19) 29... Kh7 $1 {And now ...Qc2 would win.} 30. Re8 $2 ({Don't go for} 30. Qxb7 $2 Qc2 $19) (30. Kh1 $14 Re6 31. Qf4) 30... Nxf3+ $40 {[%mdl 128] Black has strong attack.} 31. Kh1 {[#]} (31. Kg2 $142 Qc2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 32. Kxf3 Qxd1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 33. Kg2 Qc2+ 34. Kg1 Qd1+ 35. Kg2 Qc2+ 36. Kg1 Qb1+ 37. Kg2 Qc2+) 31... Rf6 ({Better is} 31... Re6 $1 $17 {[%cal Re6e8]} 32. Rh8+ Kg6 33. Bxg7 Kxg7) 32. Rh8+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (32. g4 $1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} hxg4 33. Bxf6) 32... Kg6 $19 {( -> ...Qc2!)} 33. Qg8 $2 {[#]} (33. g4 $19 hxg4 34. Bxf6) 33... Ng5 $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 52%, Black = 69%.} 0-1

[Event "CRO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Vinkovci"]
[Date "2020.06.25"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Black "Palac, Mladen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2020.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,106,10,20,18,37,18,21,17,25,10,24,25,32,29,6,10,14,0,8,0,15,0,20,11,25,-8,0,-7,-2,-10,-6,-12,0,-4,0,0,0,-12,0,-50,-34,-33,-31,-100,-91,-102,-100,-105,-80,-69,-56,-60,-63,-91,0,-112,-89,-131,-88,-84,-57,-75,-57,-52,-68,-92,-45,-54,-41,-54,-56,-112,-105,-104,-101,-104,-106,-155,-19,-20,0,-150,-154,-165,-160,-193,-107,-111,-106,-111,-108,-92,-8]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 h5 9. Nd5 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5.} Bxd5 10. exd5 Nbd7 11. Qd2 {The position is equal.} g6 12. O-O-O Nb6 13. Kb1 Nfxd5 14. Bf2 Nf6 $1 15. Bd3 Nbd7 16. Rhe1 Qc7 17. Bf1 {[#]} Be7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Rc8 18. Bh4 Be7 19. f4 O-O 20. f5 Kg7 21. c3 d5 22. Bg5 Rfe8 23. Bd3 Nb6 {½-½ (37) Nefedov,S (2529)-Van Willigen,J (2422) ICCF email 2014}) 18. Bg1 Kf8 19. f4 Re8 20. c4 b6 21. g3 h4 22. Qc3 Kg7 23. Bg2 hxg3 24. hxg3 Ng4 25. Bf3 Ndf6 26. Nd4 Rh3 27. Bxg4 Nxg4 28. Qf3 $1 {[%cal Rf3g4]} Qd7 29. Nc6 (29. Ne2 $15) 29... Bf6 $17 30. Qg2 Rhh8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has strong initiative.} 31. Nb4 Rc8 32. Qe4 Qa4 33. Nd5 Qxc4 ({Wrong is} 33... Rxc4 $2 34. Qe2 $18) 34. Qg2 Bd8 (34... Qc6 $17 35. Qd2 Bd8) 35. Qd2 (35. fxe5 $1 $11 {remains equal.} Nxe5 36. Bxb6) 35... Qc6 36. Qd3 Nf6 37. Nb4 Qc4 38. Nxa6 Qxd3+ 39. Rxd3 Re8 40. a3 exf4 (40... b5 {with more complications.} 41. fxe5 dxe5 42. Rb3 Ba5 43. Rd1 Red8) 41. Rxe8 Nxe8 42. gxf4 Kf6 43. Rb3 (43. Nb4 $15) 43... Kf5 44. Nb4 Nf6 45. Rd3 d5 46. Bh2 Rc5 (46... Ke4 $17 {Strongly threatening ...Be7.} 47. Rd1 b5) 47. Bg1 $11 Rc8 (47... Ra5 $11) 48. Bh2 $1 $17 Ke4 49. Rd1 b5 50. Re1+ Kf5 {[#]} (50... Kf3 $19 {Hoping for ...Ba5.} 51. Nd3 Ne4 52. Ne5+ Kg2) 51. Nxd5 $1 {[%mdl 576] Decoy. Black is better.} Nxd5 52. Re5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg4 53. Rxd5 b4 {Accuracy: White = 77%, Black = 79%.} (53... Be7 $17 54. Rxb5 Rh8) 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Vinkovci"]
[Date "2020.06.25"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Martinovic, Sasa"]
[Black "Stevic, Hrvoje"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2020.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,25,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. Ng5 Bxd1 9. Bxf7+ Kd7 10. Be6+ Ke8 11. Bf7+ Kd7 12. Be6+ Ke8 13. Bf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Vinkovci"]
[Date "2020.06.26"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Rogic, Davor"]
[Black "Stevic, Hrvoje"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2020.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,113,4,-3,0,0,0,0,0,-21,-18,-18,-16,-18,-23,-18,-10,-37,-37,-37,-36,-45,-35,-53,-18,-70,-70,-70,-69,-70,-70,-73,-73,-58,-51,-51,-46,-50,-45,-58,-64,-51,-54,-61,-49,-56,-41,-40,-46,-43,-29,-42,-31,-39,-31,-35,-23,-34,-19,-28,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,17,20,35,0,0,-35,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Re8 {C48: Four Knights: 4 Bb5, replies other than 4...Bb4.} 7. h3 Nd4 8. Nxd4 Bxd4 9. Ne2 Bb6 10. Ng3 c6 11. Ba4 h6 {[#]} 12. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Bb3 d5 13. Qf3 Be6 14. Nf5 Nh7 15. Qh5 a5 16. a4 Qd7 17. Be3 Nf6 18. Qf3 Bxf5 19. Qxf5 Qxf5 20. exf5 {0-1 (36) Onischuk,V (2488)-Svetushkin,D (2593) Moscow 2009}) 12... d5 13. Re1 Bxe3 14. Rxe3 d4 15. Re1 Nd7 16. Bb3 Qg5 17. Qh5 (17. c3 $11) 17... Qxh5 $15 18. Nxh5 g6 19. Ng3 Nc5 20. Nf1 a5 21. a3 a4 22. Ba2 Be6 23. Nd2 b5 24. Kf1 Bxa2 25. Rxa2 Kg7 26. Raa1 Ne6 27. g3 c5 28. Reb1 Ra6 29. h4 Rc8 30. b3 Nc7 31. Ke2 Rca8 32. Rc1 Ne6 33. Rab1 Rb8 34. Rf1 f6 35. f4 exf4 36. gxf4 g5 37. hxg5 hxg5 38. fxg5 fxg5 39. Rf5 axb3 40. Rxb3 Rh8 41. Rxb5 Rh2+ $1 42. Rf2 Rxf2+ 43. Kxf2 Rxa3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 44. Rb2 Kf6 45. Kg3 Ra1 46. Nf3 Rc1 47. Kg4 Rf1 48. Rb7 Rf2 {[#] aiming for ...Rg2+.} 49. e5+ Kg6 {( -> ...Rg2+)} 50. Rb6 $1 {[%csl LRe6,LRg5] The position is equal.} Kf7 51. Nxg5+ Nxg5 52. Kxg5 {[#] And now Rf6+ would win. KR-KR} Ke7 53. Rb5 Rxc2 54. Kf5 c4 55. Rb7+ Kd8 56. dxc4 Rxc4 57. Ke4 {Accuracy: White = 93%, Black = 95%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Vinkovci"]
[Date "2020.06.26"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Palac, Mladen"]
[Black "Martinovic, Sasa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2020.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,42,34,31,29,29,17,45,46,48,29,48,19,21,39,38,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,25,-42,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. d5 Na5 8. Na3 c5 9. Re1 {E60: King's Indian: Unusual lines and Fianchetto Variation without Nc3.} a6 10. e4 e5 {[#]} 11. Bd2 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 11. Rb1 b6 12. Nd2 Bh6 13. b3 Bd7 14. Bb2 b5 15. Rf1 Nh5 16. Qe2 b4 17. Nc2 {1-0 (34) Markos,J (2572)-Mazur,S (2446) Austria 2016}) 11... b6 12. Bc3 Ne8 13. Nd2 Ra7 14. Nc2 f5 15. a3 Raf7 16. b4 Nb7 17. exf5 gxf5 18. a4 Bd7 19. a5 ({White should try} 19. b5 $11) 19... cxb4 20. Nxb4 {Nc6 is the strong threat.} Nxa5 21. Nxa6 e4 {Accuracy: White = 76%, Black = 77%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Vinkovci"]
[Date "2020.06.26"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Black "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2020.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Bb5+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 5. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 6. Bxd7+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qxd7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:01:01]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 8. Qd3 {[%emt 0:01:26]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 9. c4 {[%emt 0:01:25]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 10. b3 {[%emt 0:01:41]} b5 {[%emt 0:03:04]} 11. Nfd2 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:16:01]} 12. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 13. Nd5 {[%emt 0:01:26]} Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 14. cxd5 {[%emt 0:11:06]} Qc3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 15. Qxc3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Rxc3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 16. Ba3 {[%emt 0:00:21]} a5 {[%emt 0:18:27]} 17. Rfc1 {[%emt 0:04:43]} Rd3 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 18. Rc8+ {[%emt 0:06:57]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 19. Rc7+ {[%emt 0:00:36]} Kd8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 20. Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:35]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 21. f3 {[%emt 0:03:51]} Bh6 {[%emt 0:01:39]} 22. Nf1 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:04:04]} 23. Kf2 {[%emt 0:06:53]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 24. Ke1 {[%emt 0:06:46]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:14:32]} 25. Rc6 {[%emt 0:04:48]} b4 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 26. Bc1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bf4 {[%emt 0:04:50]} 27. Ke2 {[%emt 0:05:11]} Rc3 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 28. Rxc3 {[%emt 0:00:23]} bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 29. g3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bxc1 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 30. Rxc1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} a4 {[%emt 0:04:39]} 31. Rxc3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} axb3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 32. Rxb3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:02:12]} 33. a3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Ra7 {[%emt 0:04:28]} 34. Ne3 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 35. Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:05:32]} 36. Rb6 {[%emt 0:01:19]} Ne8 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 37. g4 {[%emt 0:01:04]} h5 {[%emt 0:03:01]} 38. g5 {[%emt 0:02:51]} h4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 39. f4 {[%emt 0:00:43]} exf4 {[%emt 0:01:57]} 40. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Rc6 {[%emt 0:01:44]} Rxc6 {[%emt 0:02:37]} 42. dxc6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kd8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 43. e5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 44. Nd6 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Ng7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 45. Nxf7+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 46. Kxf4 {[%emt 0:04:08]} Ne6+ {[%emt 0:00:18]} 47. Kg4 {[%emt 0:00:49]} d4 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 48. Nh8 {[%emt 0:03:58]} d3 {[%emt 0:05:55]} 49. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Nxg5+ {[%emt 0:00:29]} 50. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} d2 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 51. Kxd2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nf3+ {[%emt 0:00:19]} 52. Ke3 {[%emt 0:01:47]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:03:11]} 53. Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} g5+ {[%emt 0:00:51]} 54. Kxe5 {[%emt 0:04:07]} g4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 55. Kf4 {[%emt 0:01:11]} g3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 56. hxg3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} hxg3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 57. Kxg3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kxc6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 58. Nf7 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Kb5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 59. Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Ka4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Vinkovci"]
[Date "2020.06.26"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Kovacevic, Blazimir"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2020.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:03:10]} 2. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 3. g3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} c5 {[%emt 0:05:14]} 4. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 5. b3 {[%emt 0:00:46]} e6 {[%emt 0:03:01]} 6. Ba3 {[%emt 0:02:04]} d6 {[%emt 0:02:27]} 7. e3 {[%emt 0:00:56]} Nge7 {[%emt 0:01:26]} 8. Nge2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 9. d3 {[%emt 0:02:14]} Be6 {[%emt 0:05:09]} 10. Qd2 {[%emt 0:01:59]} a5 {[%emt 0:18:28]} 11. O-O {[%emt 0:06:56]} O-O {[%emt 0:02:20]} 12. Rad1 {[%emt 0:14:31]} b6 {[%emt 0:05:24]} 13. d4 {[%emt 0:08:56]} exd4 {[%emt 0:10:53]} 14. exd4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 15. f3 {[%emt 0:02:47]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 16. g4 {[%emt 0:05:58]} Bc8 {[%emt 0:01:11]} 17. dxc5 {[%emt 0:04:12]} dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 18. Qxd8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rxd8 {[%emt 0:01:57]} 19. Rxd8+ {[%emt 0:00:13]} Nxd8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 20. Na4 {[%emt 0:16:16]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:01:40]} 21. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Ndc6 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 22. h3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:08:59]} 23. Kf2 {[%emt 0:05:32]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 24. f4 {[%emt 0:02:09]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:15:16]} 25. Bxb4 {[%emt 0:01:27]} cxb4 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 26. Rd6 {[%emt 0:13:03]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 27. cxb5 {[%emt 0:02:41]} Rxb5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 28. Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bxd4+ {[%emt 0:03:00]} 29. Rxd4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 30. Bf3 {[%emt 0:01:04]} hxg4 {[%emt 0:03:06]} 31. hxg4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:01:13]} 32. Rd6 {[%emt 0:01:44]} Nc8 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 33. Ra6 {[%emt 0:01:14]} Kd8 {[%emt 0:01:15]} 34. Ke3 {[%emt 0:02:18]} g5 {[%emt 0:02:39]} 35. f5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:01:48]} 36. Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Bxf5 {[%emt 0:01:18]} 37. gxf5 {[%emt 0:03:20]} Rxf5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 38. Rc6+ {[%emt 0:00:13]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 39. Nc5+ {[%emt 0:00:44]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 40. Rc7+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Be4 {[%emt 0:03:09]} 1-0

[Event "CRO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Vinkovci"]
[Date "2020.06.26"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Jovanic, Ognjen"]
[Black "Saric, Ante"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2020.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,40,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd3 c5 {The position is equal.} 8. Nge2 {E32: Nimzo-Indian: Classical (4 Qc2): 4...0-0.} cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nd7 10. Bf4 Qh4 11. g3 Qh5 12. O-O g5 13. cxd5 Bxc3 14. bxc3 exd5 {[#]} 15. Be2 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] White is more active. An important novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 15. Be3 Nxe5 16. f3 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Nd6 18. g4 Qg6 19. Qxg6+ hxg6 20. Bxg5 f6 21. Bf4 {½-½ (73) Vachier Lagrave,M (2778)-So,W (2770) Lichess.org INT 2020}) 15... Qh3 16. Be3 Nxe5 17. f3 {[#]} Nxg3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 18. hxg3 Qxg3+ 19. Kh1 {Black must now prevent Rf2.} Qh3+ 20. Kg1 {Hoping for Rf2.} Qg3+ {Not much happened in this game. Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Vinkovci"]
[Date "2020.06.26"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Plenca, Jadranko"]
[Black "Brkic, Ante"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2020.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Bb5+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. a4 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Ngf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 6. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} g6 {[%emt 0:05:08]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:02:58]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 8. a5 {[%emt 0:01:26]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:09]} 9. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:24]} b5 {[%emt 0:01:17]} 10. axb6 {[%emt 0:04:59]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 11. d3 {[%emt 0:03:16]} Qxb6 {[%emt 0:07:35]} 12. h3 {[%emt 0:03:20]} c4 {[%emt 0:16:45]} 13. Ra2 {[%emt 0:11:05]} cxd3 {[%emt 0:06:08]} 14. cxd3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:03:09]} 15. Bf1 {[%emt 0:02:52]} e5 {[%emt 0:01:17]} 16. Qa4 {[%emt 0:10:22]} d5 {[%emt 0:20:52]} 17. Qa5 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:05:13]} 18. b3 {[%emt 0:05:24]} Rfc8 {[%emt 0:03:55]} 19. Ba3 {[%emt 0:02:22]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:05:02]} 20. Bb4 {[%emt 0:04:39]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:03:10]} 21. d4 {[%emt 0:07:41]} exd4 {[%emt 0:12:32]} 22. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:01:12]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 23. Qxb6 {[%emt 0:02:15]} Nxb6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 24. e5 {[%emt 0:01:04]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 25. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:53]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 26. Bd6 {[%emt 0:01:34]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 27. Ne2 {[%emt 0:12:21]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 28. Rc1 {[%emt 0:10:23]} Bxe5 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 29. Bxe5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rxe5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 30. Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 31. Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:56]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:02:25]} 32. Rc5 {[%emt 0:01:31]} Re7 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 33. Raa5 {[%emt 0:01:15]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 34. Ra4 {[%emt 0:01:25]} Nd3 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 35. Rc3 {[%emt 0:01:14]} Nf4 {[%emt 0:04:50]} 36. g3 {[%emt 0:04:18]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 37. Rc5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:01:18]} 38. Nc2 {[%emt 0:00:58]} e3 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 39. fxe3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 40. Rd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ree7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Ra5 {[%emt 0:09:53]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:03:24]} 42. e4 {[%emt 0:02:39]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:15:19]} 43. e5 {[%emt 0:02:44]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:04:18]} 44. Rc4 {[%emt 0:03:07]} Nxg3 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 45. Rxc7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rxc7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 46. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:08:03]} 47. e6 {[%emt 0:01:11]} fxe6 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 48. Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nd2 {[%emt 0:01:28]} 49. Bxe6+ {[%emt 0:01:22]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 50. Ra2 {[%emt 0:02:20]} Rc1+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} 51. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Ne4+ {[%emt 0:00:14]} 52. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rc3+ {[%emt 0:00:58]} 53. Kf4 {[%emt 0:01:04]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:01:27]} 54. h4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rd3 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 0-1

[Event "CRO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Vinkovci"]
[Date "2020.06.27"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Brkic, Ante"]
[Black "Rogic, Davor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2020.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,55,11,14,24,15,27,17,24,18,19,25,27,27,37,36,31,32,58,25,88,12,14,-24,25,0,56,68,200,186,212,210,808,812,781,765,904,895,1162,1208,1224,991,1206,1243,2543,2532]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. c3 d6 7. Re1 a6 {7...a5 might become the main line. C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} 8. a4 Ba7 9. h3 h6 {The position is equal.} 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. b4 {[#]} b5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Ne7 13. Nf1 Ng6 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Rxe3 a5 16. Qb3 Qe7 17. d4 axb4 18. Qxb4 exd4 19. cxd4 {1-0 (60) Karjakin,S (2752)-Kovalev,V (2648) chess.com INT 2020}) 13. Nf1 d5 {And now ...dxe4 would win.} 14. Ng3 Qd6 15. Qb3 Kh7 (15... Nd7 $11) 16. Bb2 ({Better is} 16. d4 $16) 16... Nd7 $11 17. d4 Rae8 18. Rad1 exd4 (18... Nb6 $11) 19. cxd4 $14 {aiming for e5.} Qxb4 {Black cannot hold the game after this.} ({Black should try} 19... Kg8 $14) 20. Qc2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} Qc4 {[#]} 21. Qb1 $1 Ncb8 $2 (21... Nb4 22. Rc1 Qd3) 22. Rc1 {[%cal Bd1c1,Bc1c7,Bc7b7][%mdl 32] White is clearly winning.} Qb4 23. exd5+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Kg8 24. dxe6 Nf6 25. Rxc7 Bb6 26. Rb7 Nd5 27. Nf5 Bc7 {[#]} 28. Nxh6+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 77%, Black = 44%.} 1-0

[Event "CRO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Vinkovci"]
[Date "2020.06.27"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Saric, Ante"]
[Black "Plenca, Jadranko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D66"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2020.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,139,43,32,12,16,4,0,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,-20,-10,-17,33,28,45,47,36,31,16,20,23,6,5,6,6,6,6,8,8,8,8,6,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,13,0,13,19,16,9,12,0,0,0,6,6,6,6,6,7,18,18,18,18,18,18,50,50,50,50,52,52,150,169,177,170,671,522,287,12,23,12,12,0,14,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,8,8,833,767,677,620]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8. Rc1 c6 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 b5 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. O-O Rc8 13. Qe2 {D66: Queen's Gambit Declined: Classical: Main Line (7 Rc1 c6 8 Bd3).} b4 14. Ne4 {[#]} c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Nxe4 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Bxe4 Nf6 17. Bb1 c5 18. e4 cxd4 19. e5 Nd7 20. Qd3 g6 {1-0 (29) Fedorovsky,M (2414)-Kiese,M (2258) Munich 2008}) 15. Nxf6+ {The position is equal.} Bxf6 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Ba6 Bxa6 18. Qxa6 Qb6 19. Qc4 {[%cal Rd4c5]} Nd7 20. d5 exd5 21. Qxd5 Qc6 (21... Rfd8 {seems wilder.} 22. Qc4 Qa5 23. a3 bxa3 24. Qa2 c4) 22. Rfd1 {[#] Strongly threatening Qxc6.} Qxd5 23. Rxd5 Rc7 $1 24. Nd2 Rfc8 25. Nc4 Nb6 26. Rd2 (26. Rd3 {is more complex.} Rc6 27. Kf1 Kf8 28. Ke2 Ke7 29. a3) 26... Nxc4 27. Rxc4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Rc6 28. Kf1 Ra6 29. b3 Ra3 30. Ke2 a5 31. Rb2 a4 32. Rc1 Kf8 33. Kd3 Rd8+ 34. Kc4 axb3 35. axb3 Ra5 36. Rcc2 Rd1 37. Rd2 Rc1+ 38. Rdc2 Rd1 39. Rd2 Rc1+ 40. Rbc2 Rb1 41. Rd8+ Ke7 42. Rb8 Ra3 43. Rb7+ Ke6 44. Kxc5 {aiming for Rd2.} Raxb3 45. Rc4 {White wants to play Re4+.} g5 $1 46. Rb6+ Ke7 47. Kd5 {And now Rc7+ would win.} Rc3 48. Rxc3 Rd1+ 49. Kc4 bxc3 50. Kxc3 {KR-KR} f6 51. Rb2 Ke6 52. Rd2 Rh1 53. h3 Ke5 54. Kd3 h5 55. Ke2 g4 56. f4+ Ke6 ({Black should try} 56... Ke4 $14) 57. hxg4 $16 hxg4 58. Kf2 f5 $2 (58... Rb1 59. e4 Rb3) 59. Ra2 Rb1 {[#]} 60. Ra6+ $2 (60. Kg3 $1 $18) 60... Ke7 61. Ra5 Kf6 62. Ra6+ Kf7 63. e4 fxe4 64. Kg3 Rb2 65. Rh6 e3 66. Rh1 Re2 67. Rh4 Re1 68. Rh5 Kf6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (68... Re2 $11) 69. Kxg4 $18 Rg1 70. Rf5+ {Accuracy: White = 92%, Black = 81%.} 1-0

[Event "CRO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Vinkovci"]
[Date "2020.06.27"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Jovanic, Ognjen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2020.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,140,27,29,42,22,23,23,23,23,21,23,24,22,29,16,10,6,14,6,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,19,0,0,0,13,-11,-12,-18,-17,-47,-18,-83,-80,-85,-75,-81,-72,-82,-22,-19,-22,-21,-21,-16,-18,-41,-16,-16,-16,-16,-16,-16,-16,-16,-15,-15,-15,-15,-15,-15,-15,-15,-9,-16,-16,-16,-16,-16,-15,-15,-15,-15,-15,-15,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-9,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Bf5 6. Qb3 Ra7 {D15: Slav Defence: 4 Nc3 a6 and gambit lines after 4 Nc3 dxc4.} 7. Bf4 Nbd7 8. h3 e6 {White has an edge.} 9. e3 h6 10. Be2 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfc1 Re8 13. Qd1 Ne4 {[#]} 14. Nxe4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Bd3 Nxc3 15. Rxc3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 b5 17. cxb6 Qxb6 18. Qc2 c5 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Be5 {1-0 (35) Dao,T (2489)-Bagamasbad,E (2295) Manila 2008}) 14... Bxe4 15. b4 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Bf6 17. Rab1 e5 18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. Bxe5 Nxe5 20. Be2 Qh4 21. Qd4 (21. Qc2 {is interesting.} Nd7 22. Rd1 g6 23. Bg4 Nf8 24. g3) 21... Qxd4 22. exd4 Ng6 23. Re1 Raa8 24. Bg4 Kf8 25. g3 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Ne7 27. h4 a5 28. bxa5 Rxa5 29. Re2 Ra4 (29... f5 $5 {[%cal Rf5g4]} 30. Bh3 Ra4 $15) 30. Bd7 (30. Rd2 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 30... Rxd4 $17 31. Rb2 g5 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. Rxb7 Ra4 ({Black should play} 33... Rc4 $17) 34. Rb6 Rxa2 35. Bxc6 Rc2 36. Bd7 Rxc5 37. Kf1 Rc7 38. Rd6 {The position is equal.} Rc2 39. Ke1 Kg7 40. Kf1 Rc5 41. Ke2 Ng8 42. f4 gxf4 43. gxf4 Nf6 44. Ke3 Rc3+ 45. Kd4 $1 Rc1 46. Ke5 Re1+ 47. Kf5 Ng8 48. Kg4 Re3 49. f5 Nf6+ 50. Kf4 Re4+ 51. Kf3 Re1 52. Bb5 Rh1 53. Be2 Rh3+ 54. Kf4 Rh4+ 55. Kf3 Rd4 56. Ke3 Re4+ 57. Kf3 Rh4 58. Ke3 Rh3+ 59. Kf4 Ra3 60. Bf3 Rd3 61. Rd8 Ra3 62. Rd6 Ra4+ 63. Ke5 Ng4+ 64. Bxg4 Rxg4 65. Kxd5 $11 {KR-KR} Rg1 {[#] And now ...Rd1+ would win.} 66. Ke4 (66. Rb6 {is more complex.} Rd1+ 67. Ke5 Re1+ 68. Kd5 Rd1+) 66... Re1+ 67. Kf4 Rf1+ 68. Ke4 Re1+ 69. Kf4 Rf1+ 70. Ke4 Re1+ {Accuracy: White = 97%, Black = 93%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Vinkovci"]
[Date "2020.06.27"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Black "Kovacevic, Blazimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2020.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,111,62,48,52,44,46,39,32,32,35,20,27,20,20,17,57,48,35,33,36,-58,0,-92,-101,-122,-110,-130,-99,-109,-105,-182,-72,-140,-137,-142,-144,-121,-26,-58,-56,-65,-92,-80,-80,-76,-36,-108,-57,-87,-58,-79,-60,-66,-50,-74,-74,-73,-74,-79,-87,-96,-80,-98,-87,-96,86,16,17,22,22,21,160,174,172,167,163,138,129,141,231,158,162,156,158,108,247,242,234,235,262,254,231,175,175,178,246,160,145,143,309,304,300,294]} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Ne5 Nbd7 {B01: Scandinavian Defence.} 7. Nc4 Qc7 8. Qf3 Nb6 {White is slightly better.} 9. Bf4 Qd8 10. h3 Nxc4 11. Bxc4 Qxd4 12. Bb3 Bf5 13. Rd1 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Qb6 14. g4 Bg6 $1 {[#]} 15. g5 $146 (15. O-O $14) ({Predecessor:} 15. h4 h6 16. O-O e6 17. h5 Bh7 18. Rfe1 Be7 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Rxe6 Kf7 21. Rde1 {0-1 (40) Nevednichy,V (2569)-Saric,S (2435) Hungary 2015}) 15... Nd7 ({Black should try} 15... Bh5 $15 16. Qg3 Nd7) 16. Qg4 (16. Rxd7 $2 Kxd7 17. Be3 Qa5 $19) (16. O-O $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 16... O-O-O $17 17. Be3 Qa5 18. Rd4 e6 19. Ra4 Qe5 20. O-O (20. Rxa7 $17 Bc5 21. Ra8+ Kc7 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Qe2) 20... Nb6 (20... Bc5 $19 21. Bxc5 Qxc5) 21. Bf4 (21. Rxa7 $142 Bd6 22. Qg2) 21... Qf5 $1 {[%cal Rf5g4]} 22. Rxa7 {Threatens to win with Na4.} Qxg4+ $1 23. hxg4 {Strongly threatening Na4.} Bd6 (23... Rd4 $1 $17 {[%cal Rd4f4]} 24. Bg3 Rxg4) 24. Be3 Bc7 25. Ra3 Kb8 26. Na4 Nd5 27. Bxd5 Rxd5 28. Nc5 (28. b4 $15) 28... Bd6 (28... Bxc2 $17 29. f3 Be5) 29. Rc3 Kc7 30. f3 Ra8 31. a3 b6 32. Ne4 Be5 33. Rb3 c5 34. c4 Rd7 35. Kf2 Kc6 36. Ke2 Ra4 37. Rc1 {White wants to play Rxb6+!} f5 $2 {[#]} (37... Bc7 $17 {and life is bright.}) 38. gxf5 (38. Rxb6+ $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} Kxb6 39. Nxc5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 38... Bxf5 $11 39. Rxb6+ $1 {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender} Kxb6 40. Nxc5 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Kc6 (40... Rb7 $1 $11) 41. Nxa4 $16 Rd3 42. Rd1 Rb3 43. Bd4 Bxd4 44. Rxd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} e5 (44... Bc2 $16 45. Rd8 g6 46. Rc8+ Kd6 47. Rd8+ Kc6 48. Rc8+ Kd7) 45. Rd2 h5 46. gxh6 gxh6 47. Nc3 Be6 (47... Kc5 $16 {is a better defense.}) 48. Ke3 $18 Bxc4 49. Ke4 h5 50. Kxe5 h4 51. Kf4 Rb8 52. Ne4 h3 (52... Rh8 $142 53. Ng5 Ba6) 53. Rc2 Kd5 54. Nf6+ Kd4 $2 (54... Ke6 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 55. Rd2+ Bd3 {Black hopes to continue with ...Rf8.} 56. Ng4 {Never resign too early! Accuracy: White = 66%, Black = 57%.} 1-0

[Event "CRO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Vinkovci"]
[Date "2020.06.27"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Martinovic, Sasa"]
[Black "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2020.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,101,0,0,3,8,5,8,8,8,3,6,14,11,9,15,22,15,2,11,12,23,21,27,33,37,29,33,29,33,31,24,24,52,16,18,9,68,75,76,66,155,158,147,141,247,240,241,248,235,244,304,208,192,0,297,285,247,164,164,164,164,164,304,297,281,293,291,289,29964,29965,29964,29966,29967,29967,29967,29968,29971,29972,29972,29973,29972,29973,29974,29975,29975,29976,29975,29976]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. Bxc4 b5 7. Bb3 Bb7 8. O-O c5 9. e4 {D27: Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical main line: 7 e4!? and 7 a4.} cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nc6 11. Nxc6 $1 {[%mdl 4] The position is equal. outshines the older 11.Be3. Played by Vladislav Artemiev in June 2020.} Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Bxc6 13. f3 Bc5+ 14. Kf1 O-O {[#]} 15. Ne2 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] New and interesting.} ({Predecessor:} 15. Bf4 Rfc8 16. Rac1 Bb6 17. Ne2 Be8 18. Bd6 Nd7 19. a3 Nc5 20. Bc2 {½-½ (20) Mekhitarian,K (2554)-Leitao,R (2605) Teresina 2019}) 15... Rfd8 16. Bg5 {Black must now prevent Rxd8+.} Bb6 17. Bh4 h6 18. Bf2 Bxf2 19. Kxf2 Kf8 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Ke3 Bb7 22. a4 bxa4 23. Bxa4 g5 24. h3 Rc8 25. Rc1 (25. Nd4 {with more complications.} Ke7 26. Bc2 Nd7 27. Bd3 Kf6 28. Be2) 25... Rxc1 (25... Ke7 $11) 26. Nxc1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} Ke7 27. Nd3 Nh5 ({Black should play} 27... Bc8 $14) 28. g4 $1 $16 {[%cal Rg4h5]} Ng7 29. Kd4 Kd6 (29... Ne8 $16 30. Nc5 Bc8) 30. Ne5 $18 f6 31. Nf7+ Ke7 32. Nxh6 Kd6 33. Nf7+ Ke7 {[#]} 34. Nh6 (34. Kc5 $142 $1) 34... Kd6 $1 35. Ng8 e5+ 36. Ke3 Ne6 37. Nxf6 Nf4 38. Bb3 Bc6 (38... a5 $142 39. Nh7 Nxh3) 39. Bc4 Bb5 40. Bxb5 axb5 {KN-KN} 41. Nd5 {Nxf4 is the strong threat.} Nxh3 $2 (41... Ng6 $18 42. b4 Kd7) 42. Ke2 {White mates.} Kc5 43. Kf1 Kc4 {[#]} 44. Kg2 $1 {[%cal Rg2h3]} Nf4+ 45. Nxf4 exf4 {KP-KP} 46. Kf2 b4 47. Ke2 b3 48. e5 Kd5 49. Kd3 Kxe5 50. Kc4 Kd6 51. Kxb3 {Accuracy: White = 87%, Black = 70%.} 1-0

[Event "CRO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Vinkovci"]
[Date "2020.06.27"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Stevic, Hrvoje"]
[Black "Palac, Mladen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2020.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,22,0,0,-1,0,0,6]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O {The position is equal.} 10. h3 {C47: Scotch Four Knights and Four Knights with 4 g3.} c6 11. Qf3 Bd6 {[#] Not much happened in this game.} {Predecessor:} 12. Bg5 $146 Rb8 13. b3 Be5 14. Bf4 Bxc3 15. Bxb8 Bxa1 16. Rxa1 Bg4 17. hxg4 Qxb8 18. Re1 Re8 19. Rxe8+ Qxe8 20. Qf4 h6 {½-½ (34) Radjabov,T (2759)-Karjakin,S (2748) Moscow 2019} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Vinkovci"]
[Date "2020.06.28"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Rogic, Davor"]
[Black "Palac, Mladen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2020.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,87,11,46,24,39,35,43,0,15,3,37,-11,0,9,18,0,43,-14,0,0,0,-11,0,-9,-7,-28,-16,-66,-34,-34,-36,-48,0,0,37,20,42,41,37,33,48,45,68,39,68,37,75,75,121,131,114,105,127,96,231,191,280,227,281,267,714,714,714,714,714,714,714,714,714,714,714,710]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8. Bf4 Ne5 9. Be2 a6 10. Bg3 {B57: Classical Sicilian: Sozin with 6...Qb6.} (10. g4 {keeps more tension.} h6 11. Bg3 Qc7 12. f4 Nc4 13. Qd4) 10... Be7 11. f4 Nc6 12. Qd2 {[#] White is slightly better.} O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Qc7 13. O-O-O b5 14. e5 b4 15. exd6 bxc3 16. bxc3 Qb6 17. dxe7 Nxe7 18. Qd4 Qxd4 19. cxd4 {1-0 (32) Gdanski,J (2543)-Blehm,P (2512) Warsaw 2001}) 13. Bf3 Qc7 14. a4 b6 15. Rd1 Nd7 16. O-O Nc5 17. Nc1 ({White should try} 17. f5 $14) 17... Bb7 18. Kh1 Rad8 19. N1e2 Rfe8 20. Qe3 Nb4 21. Rd2 e5 22. f5 h6 {[#] White must now prevent ...Bg5.} 23. h4 Bf6 24. Bf2 Qe7 (24... d5 $5 25. exd5 e4 $15) 25. g3 Bc6 26. b3 b5 {[%cal Rb5a4]} 27. axb5 axb5 28. Rfd1 Rd7 29. Kh2 Ra8 30. Kh3 Kh7 31. Ng1 Rdd8 32. Qe2 Nb7 33. Nxb5 Na2 34. c4 Nb4 35. Nxd6 Na5 {Black cannot hold the game after this.} (35... Rxd6 $16 36. Rxd6 Nxd6) 36. Qe3 {Threatens to win with Qc3.} Rdb8 (36... Nb7 $142) 37. Ne2 Be8 38. Qc3 Qc7 $2 {[#]} (38... Nac6 39. Bc5 Ra5) 39. Nxe8 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Rxe8 40. Qxb4 Reb8 41. Qd6 Qxd6 42. Rxd6 Rxb3 43. Bh5 Nxc4 44. Rd7 {Accuracy: White = 71%, Black = 48%.} 1-0

[Event "CRO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Vinkovci"]
[Date "2020.06.28"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Black "Stevic, Hrvoje"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2020.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,25,0,17,-23,18,2,20,19,16,19,29,23,29,14,86,39,60,54]} 1. d3 g6 2. g3 Nc6 ({Predecessor:} 2... Bg7 3. Bg2 c5 4. e4 Nc6 5. f4 d6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. O-O Rb8 8. h3 b5 9. Nc3 b4 10. Ne2 Nd7 11. Nh4 Qb6 12. Kh2 Ba6 13. f5 c4 14. Nf4 Nf6 15. Nf3 cxd3 16. cxd3 {0-1 (41) Kadric,D (2554)-Bartel,M (2600) Skopje 2018}) 3. e3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. Ne2 Bg7 6. c3 {A00: Irregular Openings.} Nh6 7. O-O f5 8. d4 {The position is equal.} e6 9. c4 O-O 10. Nbc3 Nf7 11. Bd2 d6 (11... Rb8 $11) 12. Rc1 Qd7 13. d5 {Black did not feel at home in the position after the opening. Accuracy: White = 72%, Black = 68%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Vinkovci"]
[Date "2020.06.28"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Kovacevic, Blazimir"]
[Black "Martinovic, Sasa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2020.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. g3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 5. d3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 6. e3 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:01:26]} 7. Nge2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:16]} 8. O-O {[%emt 0:00:13]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 9. Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 10. Nec3 {[%emt 0:01:15]} Ne8 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 11. f4 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Bh3 {[%emt 0:17:11]} 12. Bxh3 {[%emt 0:11:32]} Qxh3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 13. Bd2 {[%emt 0:10:55]} exf4 {[%emt 0:07:15]} 14. gxf4 {[%emt 0:00:46]} f5 {[%emt 0:06:30]} 15. Rf3 {[%emt 0:10:15]} Qh4 {[%emt 0:03:45]} 16. Qb3 {[%emt 0:07:42]} Nd8 {[%emt 0:19:04]} 17. c5 {[%emt 0:03:11]} Rf7 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 18. cxd6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} cxd6 {[%emt 0:01:06]} 19. Be1 {[%emt 0:06:41]} Qh5 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 20. Kg2 {[%emt 0:01:29]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:04:28]} 21. Rh3 {[%emt 0:08:21]} Qg4+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} 22. Rg3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qh5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 23. Rh3 {[%emt 0:03:48]} Qg4+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 24. Bg3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} g5 {[%emt 0:02:18]} 25. Rf1 {[%emt 0:10:46]} h6 {[%emt 0:07:42]} 26. e4 {[%emt 0:01:40]} gxf4 {[%emt 0:07:59]} 27. Nxf4 {[%emt 0:07:43]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:02:28]} 28. Qc4 {[%emt 0:01:20]} fxe4 {[%emt 0:08:08]} 29. Nh5 {[%emt 0:06:42]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:02:56]} 30. Qxf7+ {[%emt 0:05:46]} Kxf7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 31. Rh4 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Qf3+ {[%emt 0:02:33]} 0-1

[Event "CRO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Vinkovci"]
[Date "2020.06.28"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Jovanic, Ognjen"]
[Black "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2020.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,69,17,-5,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-2,18,0,0,0,28,22,31,31,32,35,33,0,7,14,0,0,52,0,1,0,7,-25,-11,-11,-10,-7,-14,-13,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nf3 d6 4. h3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. Nbd2 Be6 {[#] A48: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6: Torre, London and Colle Systems.} 8. c4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. c3 Nc6 9. O-O {½-½ (9) Delchev,A (2601)-Nevednichy,V (2552) Zadar 2004}) 8... cxd4 9. exd4 d5 10. c5 Nc6 11. O-O Ne4 12. Nb3 h6 13. Re1 g5 14. Bh2 Rc8 {[%cal Ba8c8,Bc8c6,Bc6e6][%mdl 32]} 15. Rc1 f6 16. Bb5 Bf7 17. Nfd2 f5 18. Bxc6 Rxc6 19. Be5 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Qc8 ({Black should play} 20... Qc7 $11) 21. Nxe4 (21. Nf3 $14) 21... fxe4 22. Qd4 Qc7 23. Nd2 Re6 24. f3 {The position is equal.} ({Don't go for} 24. Qxd5 $2 Rd8 $19) 24... Qxe5 25. Qxe5 Rxe5 26. fxe4 dxe4 27. Nf3 Re6 28. Nd4 Ra6 29. Rxe4 Rxa2 30. Nf5 Rxb2 31. Rf1 e6 32. Nxh6+ Kg7 33. Nxf7 Rxf7 34. Rxe6 Rxf1+ 35. Kxf1 {Accuracy: White = 92%, Black = 90%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Vinkovci"]
[Date "2020.06.28"]
[Round "10.5"]
[White "Plenca, Jadranko"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2020.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,123,-1,0,14,0,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-10,0,0,0,-21,0,0,41,33,19,26,15,16,45,29,34,36,37,0,0,0,0,0,0,-10,27,29,29,22,26,31,25,25,46,53,44,-22,13,-41,-53,-43,-55,-14,22,63,154,0,0,0,126,0,0,-17,8,0,64,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,2,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,32,39,26,13,14,37,41,0,0,0,41,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 d6 {B22: Sicilian: 2 c3.} 7. exd6 Qxd6 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Qe5+ {[#]} 10. Ne2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Qe2 Qxe2+ 11. Nxe2 Bd7 12. Nf4 Nb6 13. Nd2 e5 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 f6 16. Nb3 {0-1 (54) Krivolapov,K (2398)-Malakhatko,V (2496) Alushta 1999}) 10... Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 Rd8 13. Nd4 Qc7 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Nd2 a5 16. Qc2 a4 17. Nf3 h6 18. a3 Bf6 19. c4 Ne7 20. Bf4 Qa5 21. Ne5 Bd7 22. Bd2 Qc7 23. Bc3 Be8 24. Qe4 Rab8 25. c5 Rd5 26. f4 Qa7 27. Qe3 Rdd8 28. Qf2 Nd5 29. Bd4 Be7 30. Kh1 Rb5 {[%cal Re7c5]} 31. Rac1 f6 32. Nf3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Bf7 33. h4 (33. Bf1 $14) 33... Qd7 34. Qc2 (34. Rc4 $11) 34... Rb3 $15 35. Bf2 Rdb8 36. Rb1 e5 37. fxe5 Qg4 (37... Qb7 $14) 38. Nh2 Qc8 39. Nf3 Qg4 {[#]} 40. Nh2 (40. Nd4 $1 $16) 40... Qc8 $11 41. Kg1 fxe5 42. Nf3 Bf6 (42... e4 $11 43. Qxe4 Rxb2) 43. Nxe5 (43. Nd2 $1 $14) 43... Bxe5 44. Rxe5 Qg4 45. Qd1 Qxd1+ 46. Rxd1 Rxb2 47. Rd4 $1 Ra2 {White must now prevent ...Rbb2.} 48. Rxa4 Rbb2 49. Rf5 {Hoping for Ra8+.} Rb1+ (49... Ne3 $5 50. Ra8+ $8 Kh7 51. Rxf7 Ra1+ 52. Kh2 Rxf2 {[%mdl 64] Decoy} 53. Rxf2 Ng4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 54. Kh3 Nxf2+ 55. Kh2 Ng4+ 56. Kh3 Nf2+ 57. Kh2 Ng4+ 58. Kh3 Nf2+ $11) 50. Kh2 {Threatens to win with Ra8+.} Nf6 51. Ra8+ Kh7 {And now ...Ng4+ would win.} 52. Rxf6 $1 {[%mdl 64] [#] Remove Defender} gxf6 53. Be4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg7 54. Bxb1 Rxf2+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 55. Kg1 Re2 {Strongly threatening ...Re1+.} (55... Rf3 {with more complications.} 56. Be4 Rxg3+ 57. Kf2 Rc3 58. Ra5 Bd5) 56. Bf5 Re5 57. g4 Rxc5 58. Ra7 {Be6 is the strong threat.} Kf8 59. Ra8+ Ke7 60. Ra7+ Kf8 61. Ra8+ Ke7 62. Ra7+ {Accuracy: White = 82%, Black = 81%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Vinkovci"]
[Date "2020.06.28"]
[Round "10.6"]
[White "Brkic, Ante"]
[Black "Saric, Ante"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2020.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,29,0,-4,-7,-5,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Re1 Nc6 7. c3 e6 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Nbd2 {The position is equal.} Nxd2 $1 {B52: Sicilian: Moscow Variation with 3...Bd7.} 12. Bxd2 Bb4 13. Rc1 {[#] Threatens to win with Rxc6!} Bxd2 14. Qxd2 O-O 15. Rc3 {[#] An uneventful encounter.} {Predecessor:} Rfc8 $146 16. Rec1 Ne7 17. b3 h6 18. Ne1 Rxc3 19. Rxc3 Rc8 20. Nc2 Rc7 21. g3 Rxc3 22. Qxc3 {½-½ (32) Wang,C (2505)-Xu,Y (2557) Xinghua 2017} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Vinkovci"]
[Date "2020.07.01"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Saric, Ante"]
[Black "Rogic, Davor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2020.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,101,15,12,0,14,8,16,14,19,8,11,2,24,25,21,18,22,12,16,10,28,30,32,29,41,15,21,19,26,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,-8,-10,0,-8,-6,-4,8,0,43,54,48,56,50,12,89,46,47,61,54,52,127,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,0,-3,0,0,0,0,328,367,362,351,348,351,318,335,322,325,334,306,318,316,629,614,941,905]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. Nc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 {D43: Semi-Slav: 5 Bg5 h6.} Qb6 8. Qc2 Be7 9. e3 {The position is equal.} O-O 10. Bd3 Qc7 11. O-O b6 12. cxd5 cxd5 {[#]} 13. Rac1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Rfc1 Kh8 14. Nb5 Qxc2 15. Rxc2 a6 16. Nc7 Ra7 17. Rac1 Bb7 18. a3 g6 19. Bb4 Ng8 20. Bxe7 Nxe7 21. Nxe6 fxe6 {1-0 (43) Glek,I (2505)-Baklan,V (2570) Berlin 1997}) 13... Qb8 14. Ne2 Bb7 15. Qa4 a6 16. Bb4 Bxb4 17. Qxb4 Rc8 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Nd7 20. Qh4 Qxe5 21. Bxh7+ Kf8 22. Qb4+ Ke8 23. Bd3 a5 24. Qa3 Nc5 25. Bb5+ Ke7 26. Nd4 Qd6 27. b3 g6 28. Qb2 Rh8 {[%csl Gh8][%cal Rd6h2]} 29. f4 Rac8 30. a3 Ne4 31. Bd3 Nf6 (31... Rxc1 $11 32. Rxc1 Rc8) 32. Nb5 Qb8 33. a4 Ng4 34. Qa3+ Kd7 (34... Kf6 $14) 35. Qb2 ({White should try} 35. Rfe1 $16) 35... Rxh2 $11 36. Rxc8 $1 Qxc8 {[#]} (36... Bxc8 $2 {[#] loses.} 37. Qg7 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) (36... Kxc8 $2 {is the wrong capture.} 37. Rc1+ Bc6 38. Qg7 $18) 37. Qg7 $1 $40 {[%mdl 640] White attacks.} Ke7 {Hoping for ...d4.} 38. Bxg6 $1 Qf8 39. Qxf8+ Kxf8 40. Bd3 Rh8 41. Nd6 {Threatens to win with Rc1.} Ba8 42. Rc1 {Rc8+ is the strong threat.} Nxe3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (42... Ke7 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 43. Nc8+ Kf6) 43. Rc8+ $18 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg7 {Black wants to play ...Rxc8.} 44. Ne8+ Kh6 45. Rxa8 Rg8 46. g3 Rxg3+ 47. Kf2 Rh3 48. Nd6 {And now Rh8+ would win.} Ng4+ 49. Ke2 {aiming for Rh8+.} Re3+ $2 (49... Kg7 50. Ra7 Nh6) 50. Kd2 f5 {[#]} 51. Bxf5 $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 86%, Black = 75%.} 1-0

[Event "CRO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Vinkovci"]
[Date "2020.07.01"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Brkic, Ante"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2020.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:02:01]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:57]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 5. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:22]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 6. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Qxf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 7. e3 {[%emt 0:03:23]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:10]} 8. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 9. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 10. dxc5 {[%emt 0:01:49]} Bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 11. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:49]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:03:10]} 12. Ne4 {[%emt 0:14:10]} Bb4+ {[%emt 0:26:23]} 13. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 14. a3 {[%emt 0:01:57]} Ba5 {[%emt 0:01:53]} 15. b4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Bb6 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 16. g4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:34:30]} 17. Rhg1 {[%emt 0:20:49]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:06:24]} 18. g5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} h5 {[%emt 0:03:49]} 19. g6 {[%emt 0:14:56]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:05:00]} 20. Neg5 {[%emt 0:03:49]} f6 {[%emt 0:04:07]} 21. Bxe6+ {[%emt 0:03:10]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 22. Nf7+ {[%emt 0:01:35]} Rxf7 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 23. Qf5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:07:38]} 24. gxf7+ {[%emt 0:02:05]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 25. Nh4 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 1-0

[Event "CRO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Vinkovci"]
[Date "2020.07.01"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Black "Plenca, Jadranko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2020.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:02:06]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 4. c3 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 5. d3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:26]} 6. O-O {[%emt 0:00:11]} Re8 {[%emt 0:01:12]} 7. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:41]} h6 {[%emt 0:01:13]} 8. Bh4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:01:34]} 9. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:03:32]} d6 {[%emt 0:01:16]} 10. Re1 {[%emt 0:02:00]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:01:18]} 11. a4 {[%emt 0:00:26]} g5 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 12. Bg3 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 13. Bc4 {[%emt 0:04:12]} Be6 {[%emt 0:09:49]} 14. h4 {[%emt 0:06:44]} g4 {[%emt 0:05:49]} 15. Nh2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:02:57]} 16. Bxe6 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Qxe6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 17. Nc4 {[%emt 0:01:34]} d5 {[%emt 0:04:32]} 18. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Qxd5 {[%emt 0:04:08]} 19. Nxg4 {[%emt 0:02:08]} Nh7 {[%emt 0:08:34]} 20. Nge3 {[%emt 0:04:41]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:01:37]} 21. Qf3 {[%emt 0:07:22]} Qxd3 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 22. Rad1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qg6 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 23. Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Re6 {[%emt 0:07:00]} 24. Rd7 {[%emt 0:06:16]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:06:40]} 25. h5 {[%emt 0:05:54]} Qg5 {[%emt 0:06:41]} 26. Bh4 {[%emt 0:05:19]} Qxh5 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 27. Qxh5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nxh5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 28. Rxc7 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:01:17]} 29. b4 {[%emt 0:03:43]} e4 {[%emt 0:05:18]} 30. Nxg7 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Nxg7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 31. b5 {[%emt 0:01:26]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:02:09]} 32. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rxe5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 33. Bg3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Ree8 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 34. Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Rbc8 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 35. Rxb7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rxc3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 36. Rxa7 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Rb3 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 37. Bf4 {[%emt 0:02:57]} 1-0

[Event "CRO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Vinkovci"]
[Date "2020.07.01"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Martinovic, Sasa"]
[Black "Jovanic, Ognjen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2020.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 4. e3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 5. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 6. b3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 7. a4 {[%emt 0:00:39]} b4 {[%emt 0:05:50]} 8. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:01:29]} 9. gxf3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:01:53]} 10. Bg2 {[%emt 0:02:39]} a5 {[%emt 0:04:13]} 11. e4 {[%emt 0:04:16]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 12. Be3 {[%emt 0:05:12]} g6 {[%emt 0:04:00]} 13. Rc1 {[%emt 0:08:45]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:04:16]} 14. h4 {[%emt 0:01:24]} h5 {[%emt 0:11:51]} 15. Qd2 {[%emt 0:15:19]} Qb8 {[%emt 0:15:52]} 16. O-O {[%emt 0:11:41]} O-O {[%emt 0:03:24]} 17. Bf4 {[%emt 0:05:58]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:04:02]} 18. Bg5 {[%emt 0:10:23]} Qb8 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 19. Bf4 {[%emt 0:01:44]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 20. Bg5 {[%emt 0:01:16]} Qb8 {[%emt 0:02:18]} 21. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:27]} cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 22. Rc6 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:04:05]} 23. Qc2 {[%emt 0:03:31]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:12:14]} 24. Rc1 {[%emt 0:02:00]} Qa7 {[%emt 0:01:17]} 25. Qd3 {[%emt 0:04:10]} Rxc6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 26. Rxc6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 27. Qb5 {[%emt 0:01:05]} Rxc6 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 28. Qxc6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:02:16]} 29. e5 {[%emt 0:05:52]} Nh7 {[%emt 0:05:55]} 30. Bd8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nb8 {[%emt 0:02:45]} 31. Qb5 {[%emt 0:02:16]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 32. Bxa5 {[%emt 0:01:29]} Na6 {[%emt 0:02:50]} 33. f4 {[%emt 0:05:27]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 34. Bf1 {[%emt 0:01:26]} Nf8 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 35. Qb6 {[%emt 0:07:26]} Qxb6 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 36. Bxb6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 37. Ba5 {[%emt 0:02:04]} Nab8 {[%emt 0:01:54]} 38. Bc7 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Na6 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 39. Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Bd8 {[%emt 0:05:18]} 40. Nc1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ndb8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Bb5 {[%emt 0:09:53]} Bb6 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 42. Nd3 {[%emt 0:01:50]} Ba5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 43. Kf1 {[%emt 0:04:43]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 44. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:49]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 45. Ke3 {[%emt 0:01:47]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 46. Bxa6 {[%emt 0:03:22]} Nxa6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 47. Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 1-0

[Event "CRO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Vinkovci"]
[Date "2020.07.01"]
[Round "11.5"]
[White "Stevic, Hrvoje"]
[Black "Kovacevic, Blazimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2020.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Bc4 {[%emt 0:01:10]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 6. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 7. Qe2 {[%emt 0:02:39]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:50]} 8. h3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} c5 {[%emt 0:05:22]} 9. dxc5 {[%emt 0:13:30]} dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 10. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} c4 {[%emt 0:05:21]} 11. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:08:08]} Nxc4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 12. Qxc4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 13. Nc3 {[%emt 0:10:45]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:07:14]} 14. O-O {[%emt 0:02:55]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:05:03]} 15. Qh4 {[%emt 0:05:29]} Bxc2 {[%emt 0:21:03]} 16. Bh6 {[%emt 0:11:58]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:07:25]} 17. Bxg7 {[%emt 0:16:29]} Kxg7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 18. a3 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:05:44]} 19. Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Bd3 {[%emt 0:06:00]} 20. Rfe1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} e6 {[%emt 0:17:28]} 21. Rad1 {[%emt 0:04:29]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:05:38]} 22. Qg3 {[%emt 0:09:00]} Rxd4 {[%emt 0:03:19]} 23. Qxe5+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 24. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:05:09]} 25. Red1 {[%emt 0:00:09]} R8d6 {[%emt 0:01:43]} 26. Qe3 {[%emt 0:04:46]} f6 {[%emt 0:01:58]} 27. Rxd3 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 1-0

[Event "CRO-ch 2020"]
[Site "Vinkovci"]
[Date "2020.06.29"]
[Round "11.6"]
[White "Palac, Mladen"]
[Black "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2020.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,17,27,16,0,33,10,20,6,42,36]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. a4 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4.} a6 {[#]} 7. c3 $146 (7. c4 $5) ({Predecessor:} 7. c4 c6 8. Nbd2 h6 9. b3 Be6 10. Ba3 Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Ne5 Nd7 13. Bxe4 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Bxe5 15. Qxd8 Rfxd8 {½-½ (41) Lange,K (2164)-Schaack,H (2282) Germany 1999}) 7... Nc6 8. Nbd2 Bg4 9. h3 {Black did not feel at home in the position after the opening.} 1/2-1/2

