[Event "CRO-ch Men 2018"]
[Site "Pozega"]
[Date "2018.04.17"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Jovanovic, Zoran"]
[Black "Kuljasevic, Davorin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,35,59,47,53,56,68,15,80,27,28,6,16,6,17,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. d4 {C72: Ruy Lopez: Deferred Steinitz: 5 0-0} Bxf3 9. Qxf3 exd4 10. c3 Qf6 11. Qd3 g5 {[%cal Bg7g5,Bg5g4][%mdl 32]} 12. cxd4 {LiveBook: 4 Games} g4 13. Nc3 Ne7 14. Re1 ({White should play} 14. Ne2 $14) 14... Qg6 $146 (14... gxh3 $11 15. e5 (15. Qxh3 Qxd4 16. Be3 Qg7 $11) 15... Qf5) ({Predecessor:} 14... Kd8 15. e5 Qf5 16. Qxf5 Nxf5 17. hxg4 hxg4 {½-½ (57) Efimenko,Z (2636)-Arnaudov,P (2441) Antalya 2017}) 15. Ne2 (15. h4 $16) 15... gxh3 $11 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Rg6g2] [#]} 16. Nf4 Qg4 $1 {Threatening ...hxg2.} 17. Qxh3 Qxh3 18. Nxh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch Men 2018"]
[Site "Pozega"]
[Date "2018.04.17"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Palac, Mladen"]
[Black "Brkic, Ante"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,50,21,18,20,20,19,20,22,24,20,17,12,20,20,20,16,14,14,16,11,12,11,12,11,13,9,11,2,11,7,14]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. e4 Nc6 8. Bb5 {D41: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 cxd5} dxe4 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Ng5 Be6 11. O-O Bb4 {LiveBook: 32 Games} 12. Ngxe4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Ke7 14. Be3 Rhd8 15. Bxc6 (15. Nc5 Nd4 16. Nxe6 {½-½ (16) Bluebaum,M (2646)-So,W (2810) Tbilisi 2017}) 15... bxc6 {The position is equal.} 16. a3 Bd6 17. Nxd6 Kxd6 18. Rfd1+ Kc7 19. Rxd8 Kxd8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] [#] Endgame KRB-KRB} 20. Bd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 20. f3 a5 21. Kf2 {½-½ (21) Saric,A (2563)-Brkic,A (2602) Opatija 2015}) 20... f6 21. Re1 Ke7 22. Bc5+ Kf7 23. f3 a5 24. Rd1 Bd5 25. Kf2 Rb8 {Precision: White = 77%, Black = 76%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch Men 2018"]
[Site "Pozega"]
[Date "2018.04.17"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Fercec, Nenad"]
[Black "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,42,52,17,55,38,61,0,83,59,46,43,99,76,195,182,193,156,164,150,255,76,137,0,240,0,119,0,231]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6e5,Be5g4][%mdl 32]} 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qf3 {B48: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 Be3 a6 without Be2} Ne5 (7... Nf6 8. O-O-O Ne5 9. Qg3 b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. Bxb5 Rc8 12. Ba4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Bf4 Qc4 15. Bxe5 Qxa4 {1-0 (38) Vachier Lagrave,M (2789)-Anand,V (2776) Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden 2018}) 8. Qg3 h5 9. f4 {LiveBook: 9 Games. White is slightly better.} Ng4 10. Bg1 b5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... g5 11. fxg5 Bd6 12. Qd3 Bf4 13. Nf3 Ne7 14. g3 Ne5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 {½-½ (28) Pitl,G (2387)-Maurer,J (2254) Austria 2015}) 11. h3 (11. O-O-O $14) 11... b4 (11... N4f6 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 12. Nd5 exd5 13. hxg4 Nf6 (13... dxe4 $14 14. Rxh5 (14. gxh5 Ne7 $11) 14... Rxh5 15. gxh5 Ne7) 14. e5 $36 {[%cal Be4e5,Be5e6][%mdl 2080] White has strong initiative.} Nxg4 (14... Ne4 $16 {was worth a try.} 15. Qb3 h4) 15. Be2 $18 d6 {[%cal Rd6e5]} 16. e6 $1 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Nf6 {[#]} 17. f5 $1 Qe7 {[#]} (17... Ne4 $16 18. Qb3 Nc5) 18. Nc6 $2 (18. Qe3 $1 $18 {is the precise move to win.}) 18... Qb7 ({Black should play} 18... Qc7) 19. Nd4 (19. exf7+ $16 Qxf7 20. Qd3) 19... Qe7 $1 {[%cal Rf7e6]} 20. Nc6 (20. Qe3 $18 {has better winning chances.}) 20... Qb7 $1 $16 {[%cal Rb7c6]} 21. Nd4 (21. exf7+ $16 Qxf7 22. Qd3) 21... Qe7 $1 {Precision: White = 32%, Black = 42%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch Men 2018"]
[Site "Pozega"]
[Date "2018.04.17"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,86,0,32,0,13,6,22,33,33,29,15,0,-4,-45,5,0,0,0,7,-53,-59,-96,0,-60,-66,-106,-113,-205,-193,-209,-94,-94,-112,-112,-113,-104,-93,-97,-103,-87,-104,-113,-138,-229,-231,-381,-359,-404,-409,-397,-393,-583,-575,-543,-563,-535,-537,-722,-719,-687,-687,-637,-602,-29978,-29978]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. g3 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. Bf3 {E97: King's Indian: Classical Main Line (6...e5 7 0-0 Nc6): 8 Be3 and 8 d5 Ne7, not 9 Ne1} Kh8 {LiveBook: 10 Games} (12... fxe4 13. Ncxe4 h6 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6 Qc8 16. Be3 Ne8 17. Bg2 Qxe6 18. Qb3 Kh7 19. b5 Nf5 {½-½ (50) Gelfand,B (2744)-Nakamura,H (2799) Khanty-Mansiysk 2015}) 13. b5 a6 14. a4 {The position is equal.} h6 $146 (14... fxe4 {is interesting.} 15. Ngxe4 Nf5 16. Bg2 Nd4 17. Nxf6 Qxf6 18. Ne4 Qe7) ({Predecessor:} 14... axb5 15. cxb5 h6 16. Ne6 Bxe6 17. dxe6 d5 18. Ba3 {½-½ (18) Dankhazi,A (2151)-Magyar,A (2262) Hungary 2016}) 15. Ne6 Bxe6 $1 16. dxe6 fxe4 17. Bxe4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Qc8 19. Qg4 axb5 20. cxb5 Rf5 21. Rd1 ({White should play} 21. Qh4 $11 Ng8 22. g4) 21... Qxe6 $15 22. b6 h5 (22... d5 $1 $17 {[%cal Rd5e4]} 23. bxc7 Rc8) 23. Qh4 (23. Qh3 $1 $11) 23... d5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 24. bxc7 dxe4 25. Rd8+ (25. Ba3 $17 Nc8 26. Qxe4) 25... Rf8 $19 26. Ba3 Bf6 ({Wrong is} 26... Rxa4 $2 27. Qxe7 Qxe7 28. Bxe7 $18) ({Worse is} 26... Rfxd8 27. cxd8=R+ Rxd8 28. Qxe7 $11) (26... e3 $1 $19 {[%cal Re3f2] has better winning chances.} 27. fxe3 Bf6 28. Rxf8+ Rxf8) 27. Rxf8+ Rxf8 28. Qxe4 Rc8 29. Qxb7 {[#]} Qc6 $1 {[%cal Rc6b7]} 30. Qxc6 Nxc6 31. Bd6 {[#]} Nd4 $1 32. Rd1 Kg7 33. f4 (33. a5 $17 {was necessary.}) 33... e4 34. Kf2 (34. a5 {was the only chance.}) 34... Nf5 35. a5 Kf7 36. a6 Bd4+ ({Not} 36... Ke6 37. Bc5 $11) 37. Ke2 (37. Ke1 {was forced.}) 37... Ke6 38. Be5 Bxe5 39. fxe5 Rxc7 40. Ra1 {a7 is the strong threat.} Nd4+ 41. Kf1 Rf7+ 42. Kg2 {Threatens to win with a7.} Ra7 43. Kf2 {[#]} e3+ $1 {Precision: White = 30%, Black = 65%.} 0-1

[Event "CRO-ch Men 2018"]
[Site "Pozega"]
[Date "2018.04.17"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Saric, Ante"]
[Black "Kovacevic, Blazimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,41,0,-2,0,-24,-18,-10,36,16,40,-12,-8,-8,-7,-17,-16,-21,-10,-13,-8,-37,-35,-51,-43,-50]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. b3 d4 5. Bg2 c5 (5... Nc6 6. O-O e5 7. d3 Bc5 8. b4 Nxb4 9. Nxe5 O-O 10. a3 Na6 11. Nd2 Re8 12. Nef3 Bd6 {½-½ (37) Kasparov,G (2812)-So,W (2773) Saint Louis 2016}) 6. e3 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} Nc6 7. exd4 cxd4 8. O-O Bd6 9. Ba3 O-O 10. d3 {LiveBook: 11 Games} e5 11. b4 Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... a6 12. Qb3 h6 13. Nbd2 Be6 14. Rfe1 Re8 {0-1 (35) Ginsburg,M (2341)-Gurevich,D (2454) Las Vegas 2017}) 12. b5 Na5 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Nh4 (14. Bxd6 $14 Qxd6 15. Qd2) 14... Bg4 $11 15. Qd2 {[#] aiming for Bxd6.} Bc7 16. Bb4 a6 {White must now prevent ...axb5.} 17. Na3 axb5 18. Nxb5 Nc6 19. a3 Bb8 ({Much weaker is} 19... Nxb4 $6 20. axb4 Rxa1 21. Rxa1 $14) 20. h3 Be6 21. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch Men 2018"]
[Site "Pozega"]
[Date "2018.04.17"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Stevic, Hrvoje"]
[Black "Martinovic, Sasa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 35,55,25,28,28,27,25,20,18,19,16,17,0,0,0,0,0,7,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 {[%cal Bd4b5,Bb5a3,Ba3c2,Bc2b4,Bb4d5][%mdl 32]} d6 7. Bf4 e5 8. Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Nd5 Be7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. c3 Bg5 13. Nc2 Ne7 14. a4 $146 {B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations} (14. h4 Bh6 15. a4 bxa4 16. Ncb4 O-O 17. Qxa4 a5 18. Bb5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Be6 20. Bc6 Rb8 21. b4 axb4 22. cxb4 {½-½ (31) Kovalev,V (2639)-Zhigalko,S (2620) Minsk 2018}) 14... bxa4 15. Ncb4 O-O 16. Qxa4 a5 17. Bb5 {[%cal Bf1b5,Bb5c6,Bc6d5][%mdl 32]} Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Be6 {LiveBook: 11 Games} 19. Bc6 Rb8 20. b4 axb4 21. cxb4 {The position is equal.} Bxd5 22. Bxd5 Qb6 23. O-O Qxb4 24. Qxb4 Rxb4 25. Ra6 Be7 26. Ra7 Bd8 27. Rd7 Bb6 28. Rxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch Men 2018"]
[Site "Pozega"]
[Date "2018.04.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Saric, Ivan"]
[Black "Saric, Ante"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,67,0,0,0,0,1,0,-31,0,10,10,10,8,0,4,0,100,95,112,91,104,95,396,332,465,69,679,671,29987,29988,29988,29987,29987,29988,29988,29989,29989,29990,29990,29991,29991,12818,29992,29993,29993,29994]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 Nh6 7. c3 O-O 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 {B31: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5 g6} f6 11. e6 (11. Nbd2 fxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Qb6 14. Nf3 Nf5 15. h3 c5 16. g4 Ng7 17. Bg5 Qe6 {0-1 (35) Van Foreest,J (2609)-Dubov,D (2677) Germany 2018}) 11... Nf5 12. Nc3 Qd6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 13. Qe2 Qb4 14. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Qd1 Nd6 15. Qa4 Qb6 {1-0 (71) Gritsayeva,O (2373)-Shuvalova,P (2385) St Petersburg 2017}) 14... Qb3 15. h4 a5 16. Bf4 Ba6 17. Qd2 h5 18. Rac1 Rfc8 19. Ne2 a4 (19... Bxe2 $1 $11 20. Rxe2 a4) 20. Rc3 $1 $16 {[%cal Rc3b3]} Qb6 21. Ng3 Nxg3 22. Bxg3 Bc4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (22... Kh7 $16) 23. Qc2 Kh7 {[#]} (23... f5 {was called for.} 24. Qd2 Kh7) 24. Bf4 $2 (24. Re5 $1 $18 {[%cal Re5h5] aiming for Rxh5+.} fxe5 25. Ng5+ Kh6 26. Nf7+ Kh7 27. Ng5+ Kh6 28. Nf7+ Kh7 29. Ng5+) 24... c5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (24... Bh6 $14 25. Bxh6 Kxh6) 25. Re5 $1 $18 {[%cal Re5h5] Black must now prevent Rxh5+.} fxe5 26. Ng5+ Kg8 27. Bxe5 Rf8 28. Qxg6 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Rg6g7]} Rf6 29. Bxf6 exf6 30. Qf7+ Kh8 31. Qxh5+ Kg8 32. Qf7+ Kh8 33. e7 fxg5 34. hxg5 {Precision: White = 72%, Black = 44%.} 1-0

[Event "CRO-ch Men 2018"]
[Site "Pozega"]
[Date "2018.04.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,100,35,47,47,39,40,52,40,52,41,53,0,15,9,11,11,4,10,106,34,32,12,28,0,0,-8,23,2,10,3,8,9,68,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-69,-62,-74,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-12841,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Qb6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Nb3 a6 {B60: Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer: Unusual Black 6th moves and 6...Bd7 without 7 Qd2} (9... Bd7 10. a4 a6 11. a5 Qc7 12. Na4 Rd8 13. Nb6 Ne7 14. Bd3 Bc6 15. Nd4 d5 16. Nxc6 Nxc6 17. exd5 {½-½ (46) Sedlak,N (2552)-Kozul,Z (2604) Zagreb 2017}) 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Be2 h5 {LiveBook: 3 Games. White is slightly better.} 12. f4 b5 13. a3 Rb8 14. Kb1 b4 15. axb4 Nxb4 16. Nb5 $146 (16. Qd4 $14) ({Predecessor:} 16. f5 Qb6 {1-0 (46) Koller,J (2257)-Lisanti,A (2295) Marburg 2006}) 16... Qxc2+ 17. Qxc2 Nxc2 18. Nxd6+ Bxd6 19. Rxd6 Nb4 (19... Rxb3 $11 {remains equal.} 20. Kxc2 Rb8) 20. Na5 (20. Rhd1 $16 O-O 21. g3 (21. Bxh5 Nd5 $16)) 20... Bb7 $14 21. Bf3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Ba8 22. Rc1 O-O 23. Rc7 Rfd8 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Nb7 Bxb7 $1 26. Rxb7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} a5 (26... Rd4 $11) 27. Rb5 (27. Bxh5 $14 Rd2 28. Bxf7+ Kf8 29. b3) 27... Rd2 28. Rxh5 Nd3 29. Rb5 Nxf4 30. Rxa5 Nxg2 31. Rc5 ({White should play} 31. Kc1 $11 Rf2 32. Ra3) 31... Ne1 $15 32. Rc3 Rxh2 ({Black should try} 32... Nd3 $17 33. b3 Kg7) 33. Bd1 $11 Rd2 34. Kc1 Rd4 {White must now prevent ...Nd3+.} (34... Rd6 {is interesting.} 35. Be2 f5 36. exf5 exf5 37. b4 Kf8) 35. Be2 Kf8 36. Rc4 (36. Bf1 $5 {[%cal Rc3e3]} f5 37. exf5 $11) 36... Rxc4+ (36... Rd8 {seems wilder.} 37. b4 Ng2 38. Rc7 Nf4 39. Bf1 e5) 37. Bxc4 {KB-KN} Ke7 38. Kd2 Nf3+ 39. Kc3 Kd6 {[#] ...Ke5 is the strong threat.} 40. b4 Kc6 41. Be2 Ng5 (41... Ne5 {with more complications.} 42. Bd1 Kb5 43. Be2+ Kb6 44. Bd1 Kc7) 42. Kd4 e5+ 43. Ke3 Ne6 44. Bc4 Nd4 45. Kd3 f5 {[%cal Bf6f5,Bf5f4,Bf4f3,Bf3f2][%mdl 32]} 46. Bxf7 f4 47. Kc4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (47. Be8+ $11 Kb6 48. Bd7) 47... Nc2 $2 ({Better is} 47... f3 $19 {( -> ...f2)} 48. Kc3 f2 49. Bd5+ Kd6) 48. b5+ {The position is equal.} Kb6 {White should prevent ...Ne3+.} 49. Kd5 f3 50. Kxe5 f2 {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 47%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch Men 2018"]
[Site "Pozega"]
[Date "2018.04.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Brkic, Ante"]
[Black "Fercec, Nenad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,51,27,45,96,66,47,51,111,92,91,91,89,89,159,159,232,156,154,88,310,100,109,102,176,166,180,168,260,275,259,169,268,265,968,36]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. a3 g6 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} (6... e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Bxf6 Bxc4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Nd2 Be6 13. Nf1 Nd7 14. Ne3 Nf6 15. O-O Rac8 16. Qd3 Rc6 17. Rfd1 Rfc8 18. f3 g6 19. Kh1 Kg7 20. Qd2 {½-½ (20) Anand,V (2782)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2729) Riadh 2017}) 7. f3 Bg7 8. Be3 Nc6 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O {LiveBook: 4 Games} Nxd4 ({Black should play} 10... Rb8 $14) 11. Bxd4 $16 b5 12. h4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. g4 Ne8 13. Bxg7 Nxg7 14. h4 Bb7 15. h5 Ne8 16. hxg6 fxg6 17. Qh6 Rf7 18. f4 {0-1 (59) Saravanja,M (1500)-Jambresic,F Rabac 2011}) 12... h5 ({Black should try} 12... Be6 $14) 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Qc7 (15... Rb8 $142) 16. g4 Qc5 (16... Qa7 $16) 17. Qf4 Kg7 {[#]} 18. Bd3 (18. gxh5 $142 $1 {Black must now prevent Bd3.} Bf5 19. c3) 18... e5 $2 {[#]} (18... Rh8 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 19. dxe6 $2 (19. Qg5 $1 $18) 19... Bxe6 20. Rhe1 Rac8 {[#]} (20... Rfe8 $16) 21. Rxe6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} fxe6 22. Qe4 $1 {[%csl LRe6,LRg6]} Kf6 (22... Rf6 $142) 23. Re1 ({And not} 23. Qxg6+ Ke7 $11) 23... e5 24. Qxg6+ Ke7 25. Bf5 ({Less strong is} 25. Qxh5 Rxf3 26. Qg5+ Rf6 $16) ({Weaker is} 25. gxh5 Qf2 $16) 25... Rc7 $2 (25... Rxf5 26. Qxf5 Qc4 27. gxh5 Qxh4 28. Qh7+ Ke6) 26. Qe6+ {Precision: White = 81%, Black = 23%.} 1-0

[Event "CRO-ch Men 2018"]
[Site "Pozega"]
[Date "2018.04.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kuljasevic, Davorin"]
[Black "Martinovic, Sasa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 32,70,21,22,36,24,15,0,0,0,6,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Bb5+ Nbd7 11. Bxf6 Qxc3+ 12. Kf1 gxf6 13. h4 Qb4 {D39: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence with 5 Bg5 dxc4} 14. Rh3 a6 15. Be2 Qd6 16. Rb1 Ne5 (16... Nc5 17. Rc3 Nxe4 18. Rd3 O-O 19. Qc1 Qe5 20. Bf3 f5 21. Qh6 {0-1 (68) Karjakin,S (2763)-Aronian,L (2794) Berlin 2018}) 17. Rc3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} O-O 18. h5 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Rd8 19. Rg3+ {The position is equal.} Kf8 20. Qe1 $146 {With the idea Rd1.} ({Predecessor:} 20. Qc2 Bd7 21. Qd2 Bb5 {½-½ (31) Sojka,V (2302)-Datler,W (2391) ICCF email 2012}) 20... Bd7 ({Not} 20... Qxd4 $2 21. Rd1 $18) 21. Rd1 {[#] Strongly threatening Nxe6+!} Qb6 22. Rb3 Qc5 $1 23. Rc3 Qb6 24. Rb3 Qc5 $1 25. Rxb7 Ba4 26. Nb3 Qc6 27. Qb4+ Kg8 28. Rxd8+ Rxd8 29. Rb8 Rxb8 30. Qxb8+ Kg7 $1 31. h6+ Kxh6 32. Qf8+ Kg6 33. Qg8+ Kh6 34. Qf8+ Kg6 35. Qg8+ Kh6 {Precision: White = 82%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch Men 2018"]
[Site "Pozega"]
[Date "2018.04.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jovanovic, Zoran"]
[Black "Palac, Mladen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,103,4,36,29,33,29,33,30,47,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,24,20,22,16,17,16,16,18,21,26,68,56,54,45,86,85,80,86,99,91,97,91,90,97,89,100,91,91,93,115,152,150,154,112,227,212,220,207,226,217,266,210,255,252,409,396,437,346,437,437,437,437,402,410,346,375,373,372,366,344,375,358,316,159,29980,29981,29980,29979,29979,29980,29988,29989]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. Nc3 Rc8 {LiveBook: 50 Games. B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7} (7... e5 8. Qd3 Rc8 9. O-O Qc7 10. a4 Be7 11. Rd1 h6 12. Nd2 Nf6 13. Nf1 O-O 14. Ne3 Be6 15. a5 Rfd8 {½-½ (58) Demchenko,A (2660)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2789) Riadh 2017}) 8. e5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 Nf6 {White has an edge.} 10. Bf4 $146 {[#] And now 0-0-0 would win.} ({Predecessor:} 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Nd5 Qe6+ 14. Kf1 Qd6 15. Rd1 e5 {1-0 (15) Trbojevic,M (2349)-Bozinovic,B (2176) Podturen 2018}) 10... Bb5 11. Qxd8+ Rxd8 12. a4 Bc6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Ke2 e6 15. Rhd1 Nd5 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. c4 Bd6 18. Bxd6 Rxd6 19. cxd5 exd5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 20. b4 Kd7 21. Rd4 Ke6 22. Rc1 Rb8 23. Rc5 Rdb6 24. Rcxd5 Rxb4 25. Rd6+ Ke7 26. Rxb4 Rxb4 27. Rxa6 $16 {KR-KR} Rb2+ 28. Ke3 Rb3+ 29. Kf4 Rb2 30. Kg3 Rb3+ 31. f3 Ra3 32. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Ra2 33. h5 h6 (33... g6 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 34. Kh3 $18 Ra3 35. Kg4 Ra2 36. g3 Ra3 37. Kf4 Rb3 38. g4 Rb4+ $2 (38... Rc3 39. Ke4 Kd7) 39. Ke5 Rb3 40. Ra7+ Ke8 41. f4 Re3+ 42. Kf5 Re6 43. a5 Kf8 44. Rb7 Ra6 45. Rb5 g6+ 46. Ke4 f5+ 47. gxf5 gxh5 {[#]} 48. f6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kf7 $2 (48... h4 $16 49. Kf5 h3) (48... Rxf6 49. Rf5) 49. Rb7+ {White mates.} Ke8 50. Kf5 h4 51. Kg6 h3 52. Kg7 {Precision: White = 84%, Black = 55%.} 1-0

[Event "CRO-ch Men 2018"]
[Site "Pozega"]
[Date "2018.04.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kovacevic, Blazimir"]
[Black "Stevic, Hrvoje"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,70,0,11,-33,-44,-29,-16,-33,-33,-33,-35,-33,-20,-60,-60,-61,-60,-53,-60,-67,-43,-56,-59,-52,-49,-41,-52,-47,-47,-32,-40,-51,-9,-22,-24,-20,-25,-41,-10,-8,-10,-8,0,0,0,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 Bf5 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 h6 7. Qb3 {D11: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 sidelines and 3...Nf6 4 e3 Bg4} (7. O-O Nbd7 8. Nd2 Be7 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. e4 dxe4 11. Ndxe4 O-O 12. Bf4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Bxe4 Qxd4 15. Rad1 Qxe4 16. Rxd7 Bc5 17. Qc3 Rad8 18. Rfd1 Qe2 19. Qd2 Bxf2+ 20. Kg2 Qxd2 21. R1xd2 {0-1 (38) Vocaturo,D (2620)-Najer,E (2683) Batumi 2018}) 7... Qb6 8. c5 Qxb3 9. axb3 Na6 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 10. Bf4 Nd7 11. h4 f6 12. h5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. O-O Bc2 13. Rfe1 g5 14. Bd2 Kf7 {½-½ (69) Scherer,M (2277)-Reinhart,E (2329) France 2009}) 12... e5 13. dxe5 fxe5 14. Nxe5 Naxc5 15. Nxd7 Bxd7 16. O-O-O Nxb3+ 17. Kc2 Nc5 18. e4 O-O-O 19. exd5 Bf5+ 20. Kd2 Nd3 $1 {[%cal Rd3f2]} 21. Bh3 Bxh3 22. Kxd3 Bg2 23. Rhe1 Bf3 24. Ra1 Bc5 25. Be3 Bxe3 26. Rxe3 Bxd5 27. Rxa7 {[#] Re7 is the strong threat.} Bf7+ 28. Kc2 $132 {[%mdl 2048] The position is equal. White is fighting back} Kb8 29. Ra5 Rd7 30. Rae5 Rhd8 {aiming for ...Rd2+.} 31. Ne4 Rd5 32. Re7 R8d7 33. Rxd7 Rxd7 34. g4 Bd5 35. Nc3 Rf7 {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 62%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch Men 2018"]
[Site "Pozega"]
[Date "2018.04.19"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Palac, Mladen"]
[Black "Kuljasevic, Davorin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 31,33,18,30,17]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {[%cal Bf1b5,Bb5a4,Ba4b3][%mdl 32]} a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. Ng5 Rf8 11. Nf3 Re8 12. d4 Bb7 13. Ng5 Rf8 14. Nf3 Re8 15. Nbd2 Bf8 16. a3 g6 {LiveBook: 142 Games} 17. Ba2 {[#] C92: Closed Ruy Lopez: 9...Be6, Karpov and Flohr-Zaitsev Variations} {Predecessor:} Bg7 $146 18. b4 exd4 19. cxd4 a5 20. Qb3 Qd7 21. Bb2 axb4 22. axb4 Ra4 23. Bc3 Nh5 24. Bb1 Rxa1 25. Bxa1 Nf4 26. Bc3 {1-0 (77) Inarkiev,E (2723)-Oparin,G (2625) Moscow 2017} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch Men 2018"]
[Site "Pozega"]
[Date "2018.04.19"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Fercec, Nenad"]
[Black "Jovanovic, Zoran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,36,8,0,19,-9,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,7,1,8,19,16,18,20,13,0,0]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d6 5. h3 Nf6 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Re1 {B08: Pirc Defence: Classical System} (8. e5 Ne8 9. Bf4 dxe5 10. dxe5 Nc5 11. Qd2 Bf5 12. Bxf5 Qxd2 13. Bxd2 gxf5 14. Bg5 f6 15. exf6 Nxf6 {½-½ (46) Gabuzyan,H (2578)-Petrosian,T (2643) Golden Sands 2015}) 8... e5 9. Bf1 {LiveBook: 4 Games. The position is equal.} Qc7 10. Be3 b5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. a3 Bb7 13. Nd2 a6 14. g4 Rfd8 15. Qe2 Nf8 16. f3 {½-½ (44) Most,Z (2055)-Karlik,V (2312) Rychnov 2012}) 12... a6 13. a4 {[%cal Ra4b5]} Bb7 14. f3 Nh5 15. Nb3 Rfd8 16. Qe2 Nf4 17. Qf2 Ne6 18. Ne2 Bf8 {Precision: White = 65%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch Men 2018"]
[Site "Pozega"]
[Date "2018.04.19"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Brkic, Ante"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,79,0,28,0,0,-10,-17,-18,-17,-28,-18,-31,-6,-2,-14,-17,0,0,0,11,12,14,5,5,5,5,12,5,5,6,8,8,24,22,21,22,22,16,18,2,8,10,9,2,8,8,28,23,312,301,29981,29982,29970,10920,29989,29990,29990,29991,29993,29994,29994,29995,29996,29997,29997,29998]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 6. Bg2 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} a4 7. Na3 O-O 8. O-O b6 {LiveBook: 7 Games} (8... c6 9. d3 Qb6 10. e3 Nbd7 11. d4 Qa5 12. Nd2 Re8 13. Nc2 b6 14. Rb1 {½-½ (22) Apicella,M (2541)-Gharamian,T (2671) Cappelle-la-Grande 2012}) 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. d3 Nbd7 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. Qd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Qc2 Ra5 13. Qd2 c5 {0-1 (41) Maric,A (2355)-Conquest,S (2515) Palma de Mallorca 1989}) 12... c5 13. Rab1 Bc6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. b4 cxb4 16. Qxb4 Be7 17. Qb2 Bxa3 18. Qxa3 dxc4 19. Bxc6 Qxc6 20. Rfc1 b5 21. dxc4 bxc4 22. Rb4 Rfc8 23. Qc3 {[%cal Rb4c4]} Qd6 24. Rxc4 Rxc4 25. Qxc4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} g6 26. Qe4 Ra5 27. e3 Qd2 28. Rc8+ Kg7 29. Qc2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Rd5 30. Qc3+ Kh6 31. Rc7 Qxa2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (31... Qxc3 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 32. Rxc3 Kg5) 32. Rxf7 $18 {[#] White threatens Qg7+ and mate.} Rf5 $2 (32... Qb1+ $18 33. Kg2 Qe4+ 34. f3 Qe5) 33. Qg7+ Kg5 34. f3 {[%cal Bf2f3,Bf3f4][%mdl 32] h4+ would kill now.} Rxf7 35. h4+ {White mates.} Kh5 36. Qxf7 {[%cal Rf7h7]} Qa1+ 37. Kg2 {[%cal Rf7h7]} Kh6 38. g4 ({Not} 38. Qf8+ Qg7 $16) 38... g5 39. f4 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Rh4g5]} Qb2+ 40. Kh3 {Precision: White = 67%, Black = 38%.} 1-0

[Event "CRO-ch Men 2018"]
[Site "Pozega"]
[Date "2018.04.19"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Saric, Ante"]
[Black "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,98,32,35,15,37,33,46,41,46,22,29,8,10,14,9,7,20,25,32,28,53,45,56,52,52,55,59,51,59,58,50,52,62,49,64,29,41,5,9,0,0,0,0,-9,-6,-15,0,-16,-2,-14,0,-9,0,0,-1,-9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-3,0,0,12,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. b3 (3. d4 Bb7 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2 e6 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. Bc3 c5 11. Rc1 Nc6 12. e3 Qc7 13. Qd2 Qb7 14. Ne1 cxd4 15. exd4 Ne7 {½-½ (43) Lenic,L (2662)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2789) chess.com INT 2018}) 3... Bb7 4. Bb2 Bxf3 5. gxf3 e6 6. f4 {A15: English Opening: 1...Nf6} g6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... d5 7. Rg1 c6 8. e3 Nbd7 9. Nc3 Qc7 10. Rc1 d4 {1-0 (32) Royset,J (2249)-Hoejgaard,S Norway 1999}) 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. Nc3 {White is slightly better.} Bg7 9. Rc1 O-O 10. e3 Rb8 11. Ne2 Ne7 12. Ng3 c5 13. d4 cxd4 14. Bxd4 {And now Be5 would win.} Nc6 15. Bc3 Qe7 16. O-O Rfd8 17. Qe2 Ne8 18. Rfd1 f5 19. Bxg7 Qxg7 20. c5 Rdc8 21. Qd2 Nf6 22. Qd6 {Bxc6 is the strong threat.} Qf8 23. cxb6 Rxb6 {The position is equal.} 24. Rc4 (24. Qd2 {keeps more tension.} Nb4 25. Ne2 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Ra6 27. a4) 24... Qxd6 25. Rxd6 Kf8 26. Ne2 Ke7 27. Rd2 Kd8 28. Ra4 a6 29. Bf3 Rc7 30. Kg2 Kc8 31. Rc4 d5 32. Rc3 Ne8 33. h4 Nb4 34. a3 Nc6 35. Rdc2 Kd7 36. b4 a5 37. bxa5 Nxa5 38. Nd4 Rxc3 39. Rxc3 Nd6 40. Rc5 Ra6 41. h5 gxh5 42. Rc1 Nac4 43. Rh1 Ne8 44. Rxh5 Nf6 45. Rg5 Nxa3 46. Rg7+ Ke8 47. Be2 Rb6 48. Bd3 h5 49. Ra7 Nc4 {Precision: White = 65%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch Men 2018"]
[Site "Pozega"]
[Date "2018.04.19"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Stevic, Hrvoje"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 29,48,0,3,0,0,7,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. Bg5 {[%cal Bc1g5,Bg5h4,Bh4g3][%mdl 32]} h6 10. Bh4 Bxc3 11. bxc3 g5 12. Bg3 Nxe4 {C47: Scotch Four Knights and Four Knights with 4 g3} 13. Qh5 d6 14. f4 Bf5 15. Bxe4 Bxe4 {LiveBook: 3 Games. The position is equal.} 16. fxg5 Qxg5 17. Qxf7+ Kh8 18. Qxc7 Bxg2 $1 19. Kxg2 Re2+ 20. Rf2 Rxf2+ 21. Kxf2 Rf8+ 22. Kg2 Qd5+ 23. Kg1 {[#]} Qc5+ $146 24. Kg2 Qd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch Men 2018"]
[Site "Pozega"]
[Date "2018.04.19"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Martinovic, Sasa"]
[Black "Kovacevic, Blazimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,37,-3,0,-22,-9,-18,-25,-36,-34,-40,-37,-30,-26,-44,-53,-56,-40,-41,-35,-38,-33,-33,-27,-21,0,-27,0,0]} 1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Bd3 dxe4 4. Bxe4 Nf6 5. Bf3 Bd6 6. Ne2 {C01: French: Exchange Variation} O-O {LiveBook: 9 Games} 7. Na3 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 7. Nbc3 c6 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. Qd2 Qa5 10. O-O-O Nd5 11. Nxd5 Qxd2+ 12. Rxd2 cxd5 13. Bf4 Bb4 {0-1 (70) Onischuk,V (2612)-Nikolic,P (2603) Berlin 2015}) 7... Bxa3 8. bxa3 e5 9. Bg5 Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7e5,Be5g4][%mdl 32]} 10. O-O h6 11. Bxf6 $1 Qxf6 12. Rb1 c6 13. Re1 exd4 14. Qxd4 Ne5 15. Be4 Rd8 16. Qc3 Ng4 17. Bf3 Ne5 18. Be4 Ng4 19. Bf3 {Precision: White = 74%, Black = 83%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch Men 2018"]
[Site "Pozega"]
[Date "2018.04.20"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Kuljasevic, Davorin"]
[Black "Kovacevic, Blazimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,111,6,29,33,33,26,38,37,29,21,23,0,7,0,31,23,78,31,36,41,70,56,107,55,64,52,58,41,59,53,54,60,83,30,60,34,51,21,56,45,45,54,57,0,74,85,92,38,175,172,178,169,178,188,266,249,291,297,272,281,339,352,297,0,166,150,218,227,213,223,175,138,136,145,149,110,347,341,283,337,320,262,247,197,436,350,275,62,62,62,63,8,8,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Qc2 dxc4 6. e4 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Bxc4 {White is slightly better.} Qc7 9. Qe2 Ne5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... O-O 10. O-O Ne5 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Bxe5 Bxe5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 {½-½ (49) Bluebaum,M (2626)-Tomashevsky,E (2731) Baku 2016}) 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bf4 Bd6 {Threatens to win with ...Nxf3+.} 12. O-O-O Nd3+ (12... a6 $11 13. Bxd7+ Nfxd7) 13. Rxd3 (13. Bxd3 {looks sharper.} Bxf4+ 14. Kb1 Bh6 15. h4 O-O 16. e5) 13... Bxf4+ 14. Kb1 {And now e5 would win.} O-O 15. g3 Bh6 16. Rhd1 (16. Bxd7 $16 {Black must now prevent Ba4.} Nxd7 17. Nb5) 16... Bc6 $1 $14 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Nd2 Bxd2 19. R1xd2 Rad8 20. f3 h6 21. Qe3 ({White should play} 21. Na4 $16) 21... Rxd3 22. Rxd3 Rb8 23. Qc5 Qb7 {[%csl Gb8][%cal Rb7b2]} 24. b3 Qa6 25. Kc2 Rc8 26. g4 (26. h4 $14) 26... Nh7 (26... Nd5 $11 {remains equal.}) 27. h4 $16 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Nf8 28. h5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Nh7 ({Better is} 28... Re8 $14) 29. e5 $1 $18 Nf8 30. a4 Rb8 31. Ne4 Nh7 (31... Rc8 {is a better defense.} 32. f4 Ra8) 32. f4 Nf8 33. g5 hxg5 34. fxg5 Qb7 35. Nd6 Qe7 36. Ne4 (36. Qg1 $142) 36... Qb7 $1 37. Rc3 Nd7 (37... Qb4 $16 {keeps fighting.} 38. Qxb4 (38. Qxc6 Qa3 $11) 38... Rxb4) 38. Qxc6 Qb4 39. g6 Nxe5 40. Qc8+ Rxc8 41. Rxc8+ Qf8 42. gxf7+ Nxf7 $2 (42... Kxf7 $16 {was called for.} 43. Ng5+ (43. Rxf8+ Kxf8 44. b4 Ke8 $16) 43... Kg8 44. Rxf8+ Kxf8) 43. Rxf8+ Kxf8 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KN-KN} 44. Kc3 Ke7 45. Kd4 Kd7 46. Kc5 $1 Ne5 $2 {[#]} (46... Nd8 47. b4 Nc6) 47. Kb5 $1 $18 Kc7 {[#]} 48. b4 $2 ({White has to play} 48. Nc5 $1 $18) 48... Nd3 $1 $14 49. Nc5 Nf4 50. Ka6 (50. a5 $1 $14 Nxh5 51. Nxe6+ Kb7 52. a6+ Ka8 53. Kc6) 50... Kb8 $11 {The position is equal.} 51. b5 Nxh5 52. a5 Nf6 53. b6 axb6 54. axb6 g5 55. Kb5 Nd5 56. Nxe6 {Precision: White = 53%, Black = 51%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch Men 2018"]
[Site "Pozega"]
[Date "2018.04.20"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Saric, Ivan"]
[Black "Martinovic, Sasa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 29,97,36,42,43,26,42,45,37,39,20,20,20,25,37,29,0,0,0,0,0,12,14,14,14,14,16,23,0,0,0,67,67,67,61,76,70,144,155,111,96,291,297,788,788,730,647,1641,1575,2304,1968,1413,953,920,904,1068,755,1604,1924,1704,1624,1893,1137,1252,860,5860,583,5531,2284,1570,1576]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 Qc7 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 dxc3 {C18: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4: Main line: 7 h4 and 7 Qg4} 12. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5,Bh5h6,Bh6h7][%mdl 32]} (12. Nxc3 Nd4 13. Bb2 Bd7 14. O-O-O Qb6 15. Qd3 Ndf5 16. Rd2 Rc8 17. g3 Ne3 18. Ne4 Rxc2+ 19. Rxc2 dxe4 20. Qxe4 Nxc2 21. Qxc2 {½-½ (31) Giri,A (2752)-Carlsen,M (2834) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 12... Bd7 13. h5 O-O-O 14. Qd3 d4 15. h6 Rg6 {LiveBook: 7 Games} 16. h7 Rh8 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Bc6 19. Rh2 {[#]} Rg7 $146 20. Qxa7 {Strongly threatening Bd3.} Rgxh7 21. Rxh7 Rxh7 22. Qa8+ Qb8 23. Qxb8+ Kxb8 24. Be3 Rh1 {...Bxg2 is the strong threat.} 25. Kf2 Nd5 26. Rd1 Ba4 27. Be2 Rh2 $1 28. Rxd5 exd5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KB} 29. Bd3 d4 ({Black should try} 29... Rh1 $11) 30. Bxd4 $14 Bc6 31. Bf1 Be4 32. Bxc3 Bxc2 (32... Kc8 $14) 33. Bc4 $16 Rh7 34. g4 Rh3 $2 (34... Kc7 $16 {was necessary.}) 35. Bb4 $18 Bd1 $2 (35... Rh7 36. Kg3 Kc7) 36. Bxf7 {White is clearly winning.} Bxg4 {[#]} 37. e6 $1 Rf3+ 38. Kg2 Re3 39. e7 Bd7 40. Kf2 Re4 41. Bd6+ Ka7 42. Be5 Kb6 43. e8=Q Bxe8 44. Bxe8 Kc5 45. Kf3 Re1 46. a4 b6 47. Kg4 (47. Bb5 $142 Rc1 48. Bc7) 47... Rg1+ 48. Kf5 Rg8 49. Bd7 {Precision: White = 75%, Black = 33%.} 1-0

[Event "CRO-ch Men 2018"]
[Site "Pozega"]
[Date "2018.04.20"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Black "Stevic, Hrvoje"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,58,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-120,-77,-125,-120,-116,-107,-503,-487,-500,-495,-487,-434,-476,-485,-501,-404,-414,-412,-396,-391,-512,-489]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6d5,Bd5b6][%mdl 32]} 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Bg4 8. Be3 {D20: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 e3 and 3 e4} Qd7 9. Nbc3 O-O-O 10. O-O Nxe5 11. Bb5 Nc6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 12. f3 Bf5 13. Rc1 a6 14. Bxc6 $1 Qxc6 15. Bf4 Rd7 {[#]} 16. Ne4 $146 Bxe4 17. Rxc6 Bxc6 18. Qd3 Bb5 19. Qd2 {[#]} (19. Qe4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 19... e5 $1 $17 {[%cal Re5f4,Be7e5,Be5d4,Bd4d3,Bd3d2][%mdl 32]} 20. Bg3 exd4 {And now ...Bc5 would win.} 21. Rc1 d3 22. Nf4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (22. Nd4 $17 {is tougher.}) 22... Nc4 $19 23. Qc3 d2 24. Rd1 {White wants to play b3.} Bd6 {[%cal Bf8d6,Bd6e5,Be5d4][%mdl 32]} 25. a4 Be5 26. Qb4 {[#]} Bxa4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 27. b3 {[#]} (27. Qxa4 Nxb2) 27... Bxb3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 28. Qxb3 Nb2 29. Nd5 Bd4+ {Precision: White = 50%, Black = 91%.} 0-1

[Event "CRO-ch Men 2018"]
[Site "Pozega"]
[Date "2018.04.20"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Brkic, Ante"]
[Black "Saric, Ante"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 38,39,20,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 d6 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 a5 13. b3 Nd7 14. Be3 Nc5 15. Rab1 Qb6 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. Rc2 Qb4 18. Qc1 Qb6 {[#]} 19. Qd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19. Kh1 h5 20. a3 Qd8 21. Qd2 Kh7 22. Bf1 Qf8 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 Na4 25. Ne2 {1-0 (55) Navara,D (2734)-Mamedov,R (2650) Huaian 2016}) 19... Qb4 {B38: Sicilian: Maroczy Bind with 5...Bg7 and 7...0-0} 20. Qc1 {LiveBook: 74 Games} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch Men 2018"]
[Site "Pozega"]
[Date "2018.04.20"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Jovanovic, Zoran"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,91,0,0,37,24,59,41,46,38,37,44,59,50,68,66,64,62,66,52,91,87,107,100,147,134,133,134,145,101,101,63,55,37,69,59,89,37,37,37,37,37,37,37,37,37,37,37,37,37,37,37,37,37,37,37,37,37,37,37,37,37,37,37,37,37,37,37,37,37,37,37,151,37,151,37]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 (3... Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 d5 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 b5 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nf1 Bb7 11. h4 Qc7 12. Bf4 Rfc8 13. Ne3 Qd8 14. Ng4 Bf8 15. Bg5 Qe8 16. c3 h6 17. Bf4 a5 18. Qd2 b4 19. c4 Ne7 20. h5 {1-0 (59) Kuzubov,Y (2699)-Grischuk,A (2772) Riadh 2017}) 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. Qe2 Nf6 6. d3 {B40: Sicilian: 2...e6, Unusual lines} d6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nc6 9. Rd1 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Rd1 Nd4 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Nb1 Nd7 13. Nd2 Nc5 14. f4 e5 15. Nf3 Qc7 16. f5 Bc6 17. Bd2 a5 {1-0 (72) Djurhuus,R (2456)-Gronn,A (2310) Hamar 2007}) 9... e5 10. Nc3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} h5 11. Nd5 Nd7 12. a3 Nf8 13. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Ne6 14. Be3 g5 15. h3 Bc8 16. b5 Na5 17. Rab1 Nb7 18. a4 Bd7 19. Rb2 f6 20. Nh2 Nd4 21. Bxd4 $1 cxd4 {[#]} 22. Bf3 $1 h4 23. Bg4 Kf7 24. Bxd7 (24. Ra2 {NOTEXT} Kg7 25. Kg2 Be8 26. Nf3 hxg3 27. fxg3 Bf7 28. Rh1) 24... Qxd7 25. g4 Rhc8 26. Ra1 Bd8 {[#]} 27. Nb4 (27. f4 $1 $16) 27... Nc5 $14 28. Nf3 a5 29. Nd5 Rab8 30. Nd2 Ne6 31. Qf3 Ng7 32. Nb3 Rb7 33. Rf1 Be7 34. Nc1 Rbb8 35. Qd1 Ne6 36. Ne2 Rh8 37. Qb3 Nc5 38. Qa3 Ne6 39. Qa2 Kg7 40. Nc1 Bd8 41. Nb3 Rc8 42. Qb1 Rf8 43. Qd1 Kg6 44. Rc2 Rc5 ({Better is} 44... Kh7 $14) 45. Qf3 (45. Nxc5 $16 dxc5 46. f3) 45... Ng7 ({Black should play} 45... Rc8 $1 $14) 46. Rfc1 {Precision: White = 73%, Black = 43%.} ({White should try} 46. Nxc5 $16 dxc5 47. Rcc1) 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch Men 2018"]
[Site "Pozega"]
[Date "2018.04.20"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Palac, Mladen"]
[Black "Fercec, Nenad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 36,81,30,25,41,36,76,64,85,79,117,108,125,125,125,135,140,104,236,83,104,101,157,158,158,168,156,152,330,329,467,106,117,0,0,0,283,279,277,-11,-13,-37,-42,-54,-87,-193,-163,-206]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Bc2 Bb7 12. Nbd2 Re8 13. a4 Bf8 14. Bd3 c6 15. Qc2 g6 16. b3 {[%cal Bb2b3,Bb3b4][%mdl 32]} Bg7 {C95: Closed Ruy Lopez: Breyer Variation with 10 d4} 17. Bb2 Nh5 (17... Qc7 18. b4 Nh5 19. Bf1 Nf4 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 Bxe5 22. c4 Bxb2 23. Qxb2 bxa4 24. c5 {1-0 (50) Smirin,I (2676)-Efimenko,Z (2655) Warsaw 2016}) 18. Bf1 Nf4 19. b4 {LiveBook: 5 Games} Nb6 20. axb5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 20. a5 Na4 21. dxe5 Nxb2 22. Qxb2 dxe5 23. Nb3 Ne6 24. c4 {0-1 (45) Van der Nat,N (2348)-Kunte,A (2483) New Delhi 2015}) 20... axb5 21. Rxa8 Bxa8 22. dxe5 dxe5 23. c4 bxc4 24. Nxc4 (24. Bxc4 $6 Nxc4 25. Qxc4 Nd3 $11) 24... Nxc4 25. Bxc4 Qe7 26. Qb3 h6 {[#]} (26... Rb8 $16) 27. h4 $2 (27. Nxe5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rc4f7][%mdl 512] has better winning chances.} Bxe5 28. Bxe5 Qxe5 29. Bxf7+ Kh7 30. Bxe8 Qxe8 31. Ra1) 27... Rb8 28. Bc3 Bb7 (28... Kh7 $142) 29. g3 $16 Nh3+ 30. Kg2 Bc8 31. Rh1 Qa7 $2 (31... g5 $16 32. Rxh3 g4) 32. Qb2 Qd7 (32... Kh7 $142 33. Rxh3 Bxh3+ 34. Kxh3 f6) 33. Qe2 $2 (33. Nxe5 $18 {and the rest is easy.} Nf4+ 34. Kg1 (34. gxf4 Bxe5 35. f5 Bxc3 $16) 34... Bxe5 35. Bxe5 Qd1+ 36. Bf1 Nh3+ 37. Kh2) 33... Qg4 {aiming for ...Nf4+.} 34. Qe3 (34. Bxe5 Bxe5 35. Nxe5 Nf4+ 36. Kf1 Nxe2 $17) (34. Kf1 $1 $16) 34... Nf4+ $1 $11 35. Kg1 {Strongly threatening b5.} Be6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (35... Nd5 $1 $11 {and Black is okay.} 36. exd5 (36. Bxd5 cxd5 37. Bxe5 Bxe5 $11) 36... Qxc4) 36. Bf1 $1 $18 ({Worse is} 36. Bxe5 Rxb4 37. Bxe6 Nxe6 $11) ({Don't take} 36. Nxe5 $6 Bxe5 37. Bxe5 Rxb4 $16) 36... f6 {[%cal Bf7f6,Bf6f5][%mdl 32] [#]} 37. Rh2 $2 (37. Nh2 $1 $18 {[%cal Rh2g4]} Nh3+ 38. Bxh3 Qd1+ 39. Nf1 Bxh3 40. Rxh3) 37... Rd8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Hoping for ...Rd1. Black has good play.} 38. Kh1 Rd1 {( -> ...Qxf3+!)} 39. Ne1 $1 f5 $1 {[%cal Rf5e4] Threatens to win with ...fxe4.} 40. gxf4 (40. b5 $17 fxe4 41. b6) 40... exf4 $19 41. Qc5 {Precision: White = 44%, Black = 32%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch Men 2018"]
[Site "Pozega"]
[Date "2018.04.21"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Fercec, Nenad"]
[Black "Kuljasevic, Davorin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,76,-14,-36,0,-11,-15,-14,-7,-8,0,0,5,-27,-15,-24,-10,-30,-10,-32,-39,-50,-17,-28,-4,-6,-4,-10,0,-10,-4,-6,-10,-10,-10,-11,104,94,127,119,111,106,281,199,167,0,0,-137,-142,-140,-144,-127,-118,-117,-119]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {[%cal Bf1b5,Bb5a4,Ba4b3,Bb3a2][%mdl 32]} a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. Nc3 d6 8. a4 b4 {C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines} 9. Nd5 Na5 10. Nxf6+ Bxf6 11. Ba2 O-O 12. O-O Rb8 13. Be3 {[#] LiveBook: 3 Games} Be6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... b3 14. Bxb3 Nxb3 15. cxb3 Bg4 16. Ra3 Be7 17. Qc2 Bxf3 18. gxf3 {½-½ (44) Ponomariov,R (2731)-Karjakin,S (2756) Beijing 2013}) 14. Nd2 Bxa2 15. Rxa2 d5 16. Ba7 Rb7 17. Bc5 Re8 18. c3 bxc3 19. bxc3 Qd7 20. Qc2 Reb8 21. g3 Nc6 22. Nf3 Qe6 23. Kg2 dxe4 24. dxe4 Na5 25. Rd1 h6 26. Rd5 Nc4 27. Qe2 c6 28. Rd1 a5 29. Rc2 Nb2 (29... Rb2 $11) 30. Rd6 $16 Qb3 31. Rxf6 $1 gxf6 32. Nh4 $1 {[%cal Rh4f5] Intending Nf5 and mate.} Kh7 $2 (32... Qc4 $16 {was worth a try.} 33. Rxb2 (33. Qg4+ Kh7 $11) 33... Qxc5 34. Qg4+ Kh7 35. Qf5+ (35. Rxb7 Rxb7 36. Qf5+ Kg7 $11) 35... Kg7) 33. Nf5 {White wants to mate with Qh5!} Rg8 (33... Qxa4 $2 34. Qe3 $18) 34. Qh5 $2 (34. Rd2 $18 Rg6 35. Bf8) 34... Rg6 $11 35. Re2 {[#]} (35. Rd2 $1 $11 {remains equal.} Nc4 36. Nxh6 Rxh6 37. Qf5+ Rg6 38. Rd8) 35... Nd3 $1 $17 {[%cal Rd3f4]} ({Reject} 35... Qxa4 $6 36. Bf8 $11) ({Not} 35... Qxc3 36. Be3 $18) 36. Be3 {[%cal Re3h6] [#]} Nf4+ $1 ({Avoid the trap} 36... Qxa4 $2 37. Bxh6 Kg8 38. Nh4 $18) 37. Bxf4 exf4 38. Qf3 Qd1 {Precision: White = 36%, Black = 58%.} 0-1

[Event "CRO-ch Men 2018"]
[Site "Pozega"]
[Date "2018.04.21"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Palac, Mladen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,20,-30,-12,-41,9]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. d4 Bf5 7. O-O e6 8. Nc3 Be7 9. Bg5 O-O 10. e3 {D13: Slav Defence: Exchange variation without ...Bf5} Ne4 $146 (10... h6 $5 {[%cal Rh6g5]} 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 $15) ({Predecessor:} 10... Rc8 11. Qe2 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Rfc1 Be7 14. Qb5 Qd7 15. Na4 Ne5 16. Qxd7 Nxd7 17. Bf1 a6 {0-1 (54) Ballmann,M (2360)-King,D (2535) Winterthur 1996}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch Men 2018"]
[Site "Pozega"]
[Date "2018.04.21"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Saric, Ante"]
[Black "Jovanovic, Zoran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,83,42,38,53,68,67,52,48,23,55,50,48,56,54,39,64,41,50,40,54,45,50,47,40,37,56,54,28,16,56,32,47,48,52,53,53,45,50,32,50,39,58,49,66,66,71,67,64,65,71,50,60,0,77,80,80,75,90,12,108,65,61,64,62,64,64,56,49,0,57,65,58,0]} 1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c5 5. O-O cxd4 6. Nxd4 {A41: 1 d4 d6: Tartakower System and Modern Defence} Qb6 7. Be3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Qa5 8. c4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. Qd2 Qxd2 9. Nxd2 a6 10. c4 Nf6 11. h3 e5 12. N4b3 Nc6 {½-½ (42) Agdestein,S (2628)-Caruana,F (2791) Stavanger 2014}) 8... Nf6 9. Qb3 Nbd7 10. Qb5 Qc7 11. Nc3 a6 {[%cal Ba7a6,Ba6a5][%mdl 32]} 12. Qb4 O-O 13. Rac1 Nc5 14. Nb3 {[%cal Rb3c5]} (14. Qa3 {feels hotter.} Ng4 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. b4 Nd7 17. Qa5) 14... a5 15. Qa3 {Hoping for Nb5.} Nxb3 $1 16. Qxb3 Bd7 17. Nb5 Qb8 18. Bb6 {Threatens to win with Nc7.} Rc8 19. Qe3 Ra6 20. h3 Bc6 21. b3 Nd7 22. Bd4 Re8 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Rfd1 Nf6 25. Rd4 Qc8 26. Nc3 Qe6 27. Qd2 Raa8 28. e4 Qc8 29. Re1 Nd7 30. h4 h5 31. Qe3 Nf6 32. Qd2 (32. Rdd1 $14) 32... Qc7 (32... Nd7 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 33. Nd5 $16 Bxd5 34. exd5 Qc5 35. Qb2 ({Better is} 35. a4 $16) 35... Kg8 (35... b5 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 36. Bf1 Qb4 37. Re3 Ng4 38. a3 Qc5 39. Re1 Ne5 40. Re3 Ng4 $1 {[%cal Rg4e3]} 41. Re2 Ne5 42. Re3 {Precision: White = 52%, Black = 50%.} (42. Kg2 $14) 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch Men 2018"]
[Site "Pozega"]
[Date "2018.04.21"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Stevic, Hrvoje"]
[Black "Brkic, Ante"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,53,23,25,14,3,6,7,13,0,10,16,6,0,4,0,0,0,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {[%cal Bf1b5,Bb5a4,Ba4c2,Bc2e4,Be4c6][%mdl 32]} a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 d5 {C78: Ruy Lopez: Archangelsk and Möller Defences} 8. d4 (8. a4 dxe4 9. axb5 exf3 10. Qxf3 e4 11. Bxe4 Ne5 12. Qe2 O-O 13. d4 Bg4 14. Qc2 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 {½-½ (51) Pichot,A (2552)-Yu,Y (2760) chess.com INT 2018}) 8... dxe4 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 Ng4 12. Bxe4 {LiveBook: 30 Games} Nxf2 13. Bc6+ {The position is equal.} Ke7 14. Rd5 Bb6 15. Bxa8 {[#] Threatens to win with Rd4.} Nd3+ $146 16. Kf1 Nxc1 17. Na3 Be6 18. Rxc1 {And now Bc6 would win.} Rxa8 19. Rd3 Bf5 20. Rdd1 Be3 21. Ra1 h5 22. g3 f6 23. Re1 Bd3+ 24. Kg2 Be4+ 25. Kh3 Bf5+ 26. Kg2 Be4+ 27. Kf1 {Precision: White = 62%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch Men 2018"]
[Site "Pozega"]
[Date "2018.04.21"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Martinovic, Sasa"]
[Black "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,56,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Bb5+ Nc6 9. d5 {D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3} Qa5 10. Rb1 a6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. dxc6 Bxc3+ 13. Bd2 {LiveBook: 3 Games. The position is equal.} Be6 14. Rc1 Bxd2+ 15. Qxd2 Qb4 {[#]} 16. Qxb4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. O-O Qxd2 17. Nxd2 {½-½ (33) Sasikiran,K (2680)-Grischuk,A (2752) Eilat 2012}) 16... cxb4 17. c7 Kd7 18. Ne5+ Kc8 19. Nc6 Kxc7 20. Nxb4+ Kd6 21. Ke2 Rhc8 22. Rhd1+ Ke5 23. Nc6+ Kf6 24. a3 Rc7 {[#] White must now prevent ...Rac8.} 25. Rc3 Rac8 26. Rdc1 g5 27. Kd3 Rd7+ 28. Ke2 Rdc7 {Precision: White = 97%, Black = 92%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch Men 2018"]
[Site "Pozega"]
[Date "2018.04.21"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Kovacevic, Blazimir"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,109,10,14,10,22,17,56,53,53,57,42,41,54,45,46,32,155,120,147,112,163,164,233,220,229,178,237,175,326,322,333,300,447,460,448,442,451,456,444,446,522,322,361,352,337,91,74,30,77,23,25,15,16,42,65,62,67,54,74,72,92,75,350,141,132,18,145,142,130,145,600,562,544,537,530,523,460,453,1123,1048,1084,900,1088,854,928,847,6565,6813,6750,5473,12825,12822,12832,12832,12833,12833,12833,12832,12833,12827,12129,9202]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c6 3. e3 (3. Bf4 g6 4. Nbd2 Bg7 5. c3 O-O 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O Re8 9. h3 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 {1-0 (40) Caruana,F (2811)-Gabuzyan,H (2571) chess.com INT 2018}) 3... g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. b4 a5 6. b5 {A46: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 e6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... cxb5 7. cxb5 d6 8. Be2 Nbd7 9. O-O a4 10. Ba3 Nb6 11. Nbd2 Bf5 12. Rc1 {0-1 (62) Drolet,S (2122)-Hebert,J (2428) Sherbrooke 2008}) 7. Be2 d5 8. Bb2 {White is slightly better.} dxc4 9. Na3 c3 10. Bxc3 Nd5 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Nc4 Bf5 (12... cxd4 $14 13. Bxd4 (13. Nxd4 Nd7 $14) 13... Nc3) 13. Rc1 a4 14. O-O Bd7 (14... a3 $16 15. Nxa3 (15. Bxa3 Nd7 $16) 15... Nd7) 15. Nce5 $1 $18 a3 (15... c4 {was necessary.} 16. Bxc4 Nb6 17. Nxd7 N8xd7) 16. Ba1 (16. Rxc5 Nxe3 17. fxe3 axb2 $14) 16... cxd4 17. Bxd4 {Threatens to win with Nxf7!} e6 (17... Nf6 {was called for.} 18. Bc4 Be8) 18. Bc4 Re8 $2 (18... Be8 19. Bc5 Nd7) 19. Qb3 Nb6 20. Rfd1 Nxc4 (20... Na4 {keeps fighting.} 21. Qxa3 f6) 21. Nxc4 ({Less strong is} 21. Rxc4 f6 $18) 21... Bxd4 22. Rxd4 Qc7 23. Rdd1 Rc8 24. Qb1 Qd8 25. Nce5 f6 26. Rxc8 Qxc8 {[#]} 27. Nxd7 $2 (27. Nxg6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512] has better winning chances. Black must now prevent Ne7+.} Qe8 (27... hxg6 28. Qxg6+) 28. Nf4) 27... Nxd7 $16 28. Qb4 Nf8 29. h3 ({White should try} 29. Nd4 $16) 29... Qc2 $11 30. Rd2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Qc1+ 31. Kh2 {Hoping for Qe7.} Qc7+ 32. g3 $1 e5 33. Kg2 Qf7 34. Rc2 Ne6 35. b6 Nd8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (35... Qf8 $16 {was worth a try.} 36. Qc4 Qf7) 36. Nd2 (36. Rc7 $1 $18 {[%cal Rc7f7] is the precise move to win.} Qe6 37. Qh4) 36... Nc6 $16 {[#]} 37. Qc4 (37. Qd6 $1 $16) 37... Rd8 (37... Qxc4 $11 {remains equal.} 38. Nxc4 Kf8) 38. Ne4 Qxc4 39. Rxc4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Ra8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (39... Kg7 $16) 40. Nxf6+ {White is clearly winning.} Kf7 {[#]} 41. Rxc6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512] KRN-KR} Rd8 (41... bxc6 42. Nd7) 42. Rc7+ Kxf6 43. Rxb7 {KR-KR} Rd2 (43... h5 $142 44. Kf3 Ke6) 44. Rxh7 Rxa2 45. Ra7 Rb2 46. Rxa3 Rxb6 47. h4 Rc6 48. g4 {[%cal Bg3g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} Rb6 49. Kg3 Rc6 50. Ra7 Rc1 51. g5+ Kf5 52. Rf7+ Ke4 53. Rf6 Rg1+ 54. Kh2 Rd1 55. Kg2 {Precision: White = 58%, Black = 19%.} 1-0

[Event "CRO-ch Men 2018"]
[Site "Pozega"]
[Date "2018.04.22"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Kuljasevic, Davorin"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,114,31,27,20,19,29,7,7,8,4,4,8,2,5,0,7,-6,-6,-4,0,-6,-6,-6,-9,-8,-6,-37,-37,-37,-37,-37,-35,-55,-16,-29,-29,-29,-29,-29,-29,-35,-4,-35,-35,-35,-2,-2,-2,-3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-23,-23,-75,-23,-72,-71,-72,-70,-73,-67,-74,-71,-71,-18,-13,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. h3 {LiveBook: 8 Games. White is slightly better.} (8. Bd3 Bd6 9. Bf4 Qe7 10. O-O O-O 11. h3 Rfe8 12. Qc2 {½-½ (12) Aronian,L (2805)-Carlsen,M (2837) Riadh 2017}) 8... h6 9. Bf4 Bf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Bb4 10. Bd3 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 O-O {½-½ (27) Volkov,S (2637)-Ponomariov,R (2692) Linares 2017}) 10. Bd3 (10. Qb3 {seems wilder.} Nb6 11. a4 a5 12. Ne5 c6 13. Bd3) 10... Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Ne5 c6 14. Rad1 Re8 15. f3 {[%cal Bf2f3,Bf3e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. e4 dxe4 $1 19. fxe4 {[#] Black must now prevent e5.} c5 20. e5 (20. Qc4 {is interesting.} cxd4 21. Qxd4 Qf8 22. e5 Rad8 23. Qb6) 20... Qxd4+ 21. Qxd4 cxd4 22. exf6 dxc3 23. bxc3 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} g5 24. Rd7 b5 25. h4 gxh4 26. Rf4 Re6 27. Rc7 Rae8 28. c4 bxc4 29. Rcxc4 h3 30. gxh3 Kh7 31. Rc7 Re1+ 32. Kg2 R8e2+ 33. Kg3 Re3+ 34. Kh4 Kg6 35. Rc8 Re8 36. Rc2 (36. Rxe8 $11 Rxe8 37. Rg4+ Kxf6 38. Ra4) 36... R1e2 (36... Rg1 $17) 37. Rc1 {[#] Hoping for Rg1+.} Rg2 38. Rc5 Rg5 39. Rc6 a5 40. Ra6 Rh5+ 41. Kg4 Re1 (41... Rd5 $17) 42. h4 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} Rhe5 {With the idea ...R1e2.} 43. Ra8 {Black should prevent Rg8+.} h5+ 44. Kg3 R1e3+ 45. Kg2 Re2+ 46. Kf1 Re1+ 47. Kg2 R5e2+ 48. Kg3 Re3+ 49. Kf2 R3e2+ 50. Kg3 Rg1+ 51. Kh3 {Rg8+ is the strong threat.} Rh1+ 52. Kg3 Rg1+ 53. Kh3 {Threatens to win with Rg8+.} Rd1 {( -> ...Rd3+)} 54. Rf3 Rh1+ 55. Kg3 Rg1+ 56. Kh3 Rh1+ 57. Kg3 Rg1+ {Precision: White = 53%, Black = 61%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch Men 2018"]
[Site "Pozega"]
[Date "2018.04.22"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Black "Kovacevic, Blazimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,133,30,28,35,25,27,2,21,32,27,9,47,0,4,0,38,55,25,24,41,14,31,30,22,1,20,6,14,0,9,-14,-25,-14,-14,-22,-25,-16,-6,-14,18,0,22,19,45,45,45,45,47,39,67,67,74,67,68,63,69,68,79,54,83,78,89,68,70,64,68,40,48,58,59,51,141,140,284,60,52,52,57,40,52,48,66,56,49,42,47,7,143,132,140,131,169,134,177,183,274,240,330,330,379,392,395,398,363,356,331,346,884,982,1169,1169,1142,1107,771,195,598,182,29976,29977]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 c5 6. exd5 exd5 7. dxc5 {C10: French with 3 Nc3: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3...dxe4} O-O 8. Bg5 (8. O-O Nbd7 9. Bf5 Nxc5 10. Bxc8 Rxc8 11. Be3 Nce4 12. Bd4 {½-½ (33) Jakovenko,D (2710)-Demidov,M (2521) Sochi 2017}) 8... Nbd7 9. O-O {LiveBook: 8 Games. White has an edge.} h6 10. Bh4 Nxc5 11. Nd4 Be6 12. Re1 Qb6 13. Rb1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Nf5 Bd8 14. Rb1 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 {0-1 (51) Cubas,J (2463)-Dias,P (2394) Figueira da Foz 2010}) 13... Rad8 14. Nce2 Rfe8 15. c3 Nfe4 16. Bxe7 Rxe7 17. Ng3 Ree8 18. Re3 {[%cal Rd3e4]} Bd7 19. Bc2 Nf6 20. Nf1 Bg4 21. f3 Bd7 22. Kh1 (22. Re1 {looks sharper.} g6 23. Ne3 Re5 24. Qd2 Ne6 25. b4) 22... Ne6 23. Rd3 Nxd4 24. Rxd4 Re5 25. Ng3 Rde8 26. Qd2 Qe6 27. Rg1 Re1 28. Qf2 Qe3 (28... a6 {with more complications.} 29. Bf5 Qe5 30. Bxd7 Nxd7 31. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 32. Qg1 Nf6) 29. Qxe3 R8xe3 30. Rd1 Rxd1 31. Rxd1 g6 32. Kg1 Re7 33. Bb3 Bc6 34. Kf2 Kf8 35. Nf1 Rd7 36. Ne3 Ke7 37. h4 Ke6 38. g4 Ng8 39. h5 gxh5 40. gxh5 Nf6 41. Bc2 Ke5 42. Re1 Nxh5 43. Rh1 Nf4 (43... Ng7 $1 $14) 44. Rxh6 $16 {[%cal Re3g4]} Ne6 {[#]} (44... f5 $16 45. Nxf5 Rf7) 45. Ng4+ $2 ({Only move:} 45. f4+ $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Kd6 (45... Kxf4 46. Rh5) 46. f5) 45... Kd6 $1 $14 46. f4 {And now f5 would win.} Kc7 47. Ne5 Re7 48. Ke3 Be8 49. b4 Nf8 50. Bd3 a6 51. Bc2 Re6 {[#]} (51... f6 $1 $11 52. Rxf6 Nd7) 52. Rh8 $1 $16 {[%cal Rh8f8]} Nd7 {Threatens to win with ...f6.} 53. Kd4 Nb6 54. Rh7 Rf6 55. f5 Nd7 (55... Kd8 $142 56. Ng4 Rd6) 56. Ng4 Rc6 {aiming for ...Rc4+.} 57. Bb3 ({Stronger than} 57. Kxd5 Rxc3 58. Rh2 a5 $11) 57... Nf6 58. Nxf6 Rxf6 $18 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 59. Ke5 Rc6 60. Bxd5 Rxc3 61. Bxf7 Bxf7 $2 (61... Re3+ 62. Kf6 Bc6 63. Bb3+ Kd6) 62. Rxf7+ {KR-KR} Kc6 63. f6 Re3+ 64. Kf5 Rf3+ 65. Kg4 $2 (65. Kg5 {Re7 is the strong threat.} Rf2 66. Re7) 65... Ra3 $2 (65... Rf2 {is a better chance.} 66. a4 b6) 66. Rf8 $2 (66. Re7 {White wants to mate with f7.} Rxa2 67. f7) 66... Kd6 $2 (66... Kd7 $18) 67. Re8 {Precision: White = 54%, Black = 26%.} 1-0

[Event "CRO-ch Men 2018"]
[Site "Pozega"]
[Date "2018.04.22"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Brkic, Ante"]
[Black "Martinovic, Sasa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,83,14,45,0,14,0,0,3,10,0,0,0,7,0,8,6,8,7,8,6,10,0,0,0,11,11,9,16,14,18,18,10,10,10,8,4,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. b3 Bd6 6. Bb2 O-O 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. Qc2 a6 9. d4 b6 {D45: Semi-Slav: 5 e3} (9... b5 10. O-O Bb7 11. Rad1 Rc8 12. Rfe1 Re8 13. Bd3 h6 14. Qb1 Bb8 15. Ne2 Qa5 16. Ng3 dxc4 17. bxc4 c5 18. dxc5 Bxf3 19. gxf3 bxc4 20. Bxc4 Rxc5 {0-1 (61) Mamedyarov,S (2747)-Movsesian,S (2653) Huaian 2016}) 10. O-O Bb7 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Qe7 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 14. Ne5 (14. Rfe1 {NOTEXT} Nf6 15. Qh4 h6 16. Bd3 Nd7 17. Qh3) 14... f5 {The position is equal.} 15. Qf3 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 15. Qe3) 15... Nxe5 16. dxe5 Bb4 17. Qe3 Rad8 18. Rad1 Bc5 19. Qc1 Qh4 20. Bf3 Rxd1 21. Qxd1 Rd8 22. Qe2 Rd7 23. g3 Qd8 24. Rd1 Rxd1+ 25. Qxd1 Qxd1+ 26. Bxd1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBB} b5 27. Be2 g5 28. Bc1 g4 29. Be3 Ba3 30. Bb6 Bb2 31. Bc7 Bd4 32. Bd6 Kf7 33. c5 Kg6 34. Kg2 Bc8 35. f3 h5 36. fxg4 hxg4 37. h3 gxh3+ 38. Kxh3 Kg5 39. Be7+ Kg6 40. Bd6 Kg5 41. Be7+ Kg6 42. Bd6 {Precision: White = 71%, Black = 71%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch Men 2018"]
[Site "Pozega"]
[Date "2018.04.22"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Jovanovic, Zoran"]
[Black "Stevic, Hrvoje"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 33,34,34,40]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. O-O-O Ngf6 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qe2 O-O-O {B19: Classical Caro-Kann: 4...Bf5 main line} 17. Kb1 Bd6 {[#] LiveBook: 50 Games} {Predecessor:} 18. c4 $146 c5 19. Bc3 cxd4 20. Nxd4 a6 21. Nb3 {½-½ (21) Kazhgaleyev,M (2563)-Gagunashvili,M (2573) Kocaeli 2014} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch Men 2018"]
[Site "Pozega"]
[Date "2018.04.22"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Palac, Mladen"]
[Black "Saric, Ante"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,89,17,15,16,16,21,-10,23,23,23,23,42,49,62,64,61,58,57,58,66,64,67,64,69,70,71,70,95,94,93,82,124,125,125,119,121,120,114,121,247,241,244,254,248,249,280,278,326,325,439,179,585,578,557,557,531,523,588,606,498,525,844,858,1286,1250,1348,1241]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. O-O Bd6 8. Qh5 Qf6 {C43: Petroff Defence: 3 d4} 9. Nc3 Qxd4 10. Be3 Qe5 11. Qxe5+ Bxe5 12. Nxd5 Nf6 13. Rae1 {LiveBook: 13 Games. aiming for Bh6.} Nxd5 14. Bd4 (14. Bd2 f6 15. f4 Nxf4 16. Bxf4 O-O 17. Bxe5 fxe5 18. Bc4+ Kh8 19. Rxe5 Rxf1+ 20. Kxf1 Re8 21. Rxe8+ {½-½ (21) Palac,M (2559)-Saric,A (2505) Zagreb 2008}) 14... O-O-O {[#]} 15. Rxe5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Bxe5 f6 16. Bg3 {½-½ (31) Vachier Lagrave,M (2757)-Fridman,D (2635) Douglas 2014}) 15... Nb4 16. Rg5 Nxd3 17. cxd3 Bc6 18. Bxg7 ({Reject} 18. Bxa7 b6 $15) 18... Rhe8 19. Bc3 Rg8 20. Rxg8 Rxg8 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 21. f3 {[%cal Bf2f3,Bf3f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32]} Kd7 22. Kf2 Re8 23. g4 Bd5 24. a3 Re6 25. h4 Bb3 26. f4 Rd6 27. Ke3 Bc2 28. Rc1 Ba4 29. f5 Bb5 30. d4 b6 31. Kf4 c5 (31... a5 $16 {was worth a try.} 32. h5 Be2) 32. dxc5 $18 bxc5 33. Be5 Rd5 34. Re1 Ba4 35. Bf6 Kc6 36. Re8 Rd1 37. Ra8 (37. Rc8+ $142 Kd5 38. Rd8+ Kc6 39. Rh8) 37... Kb6 $2 {[#]} (37... Rf1+ {is tougher.} 38. Kg5 Bd1 39. Rxa7 h6+ 40. Kxh6 Bxg4 41. Rxf7 Rxf5) 38. Rh8 {White is clearly winning.} Rf1+ 39. Kg5 Rg1 40. Rxh7 Bd1 41. Rxf7 Rxg4+ 42. Kh6 Bb3 43. Rf8 Kc6 44. Bg5 Rg2 45. Kg6 {Precision: White = 84%, Black = 35%.} 1-0

[Event "CRO-ch Men 2018"]
[Site "Pozega"]
[Date "2018.04.22"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Fercec, Nenad"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,92,18,13,20,38,12,-20,-35,-29,-44,-37,0,0,0,0,0,0,17,3,4,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,-9,-12,-1,-21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-1,-3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. Qe2 d6 8. g4 {B43: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 Nc3} (8. f4 Nbd7 9. Bd2 g6 10. Bc4 b5 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Nxe6 Qb7 13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Nh5 15. Nd5 Nc5 16. Nec7+ Kf7 17. g4 Ne6 18. Rf1+ Kg8 19. Qf3 Nhf4 20. Bxf4 Nxc7 21. Bh6 {1-0 (21) Mamedov,R (2678)-Kveinys,A (2535) Antalya 2017}) 8... Nc6 9. Nb3 Be7 10. g5 Nd7 11. Be3 b5 12. f4 $146 {LiveBook: 3 Games} ({Predecessor:} 12. a4 b4 13. Nb1 Nce5 14. N1d2 Nc5 15. Nxc5 dxc5 {0-1 (38) Jurkovic,A (2318)-Farago,I (2475) Bizovac 2008}) 12... Nc5 13. Nxc5 dxc5 14. e5 Bb7 {Threatens to win with ...Nd4.} 15. Be4 O-O-O 16. O-O b4 (16... Kb8 $15) 17. Na4 $11 {The position is equal.} Nd4 18. Qg2 Nf5 19. Bxb7+ Qxb7 20. Qxb7+ Kxb7 21. Bxc5 Rd2 22. Rad1 Rhd8 23. Rxd2 Rxd2 24. Bxe7 Nxe7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 25. Rf2 Rd1+ 26. Rf1 Rd4 27. Nc5+ Kb6 28. Nd3 $1 Nd5 29. Rf3 a5 30. b3 g6 31. Kf1 Re4 32. Rh3 Ne3+ $1 33. Kf2 Nxc2 34. Rxh7 Nd4 35. Nc1 $1 Rxf4+ 36. Ke3 Rg4 37. Rxf7 Nf5+ 38. Kd3 Rd4+ 39. Ke2 $1 Rh4 40. Rf6 Kc5 41. Nd3+ Kd5 42. h3 Re4+ 43. Kd2 Rd4 {[#] aiming for ...Ke4.} 44. Ke2 ({Avoid the trap} 44. Rxg6 $2 Ke4 $19) 44... Re4+ 45. Kd2 Rd4 {Strongly threatening ...Ke4.} 46. Ke2 ({Not} 46. Rxg6 $2 Ke4 $19) 46... Re4+ {Precision: White = 81%, Black = 89%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch Men 2018"]
[Site "Pozega"]
[Date "2018.04.23"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Kuljasevic, Davorin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,72,0,0,-8,0,14,0,0,-29,-32,-40,-30,-36,-18,-40,-29,-29,-22,-25,-27,-58,-29,-32,-21,-53,-16,-50,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,121,132,126,127,153,145,130,139,513,514,608,583,29976,29977,29976,29943,29977,29978,29978,29979,29973,1035,29974,29975,6008]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 Bg4 4. d3 (4. Qb3 Nf6 5. g3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 c6 7. Bg2 e5 8. Qb3 Nbd7 9. O-O a5 10. b5 Nc5 11. Qd1 Rc8 {1-0 (49) Svidler,P (2765)-Zhigalko,S (2641) Riadh 2017}) 4... Bxf3 5. exf3 e5 6. a3 {A09: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 d5 2 c4} a5 7. b5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Bd6 8. g3 {The position is equal.} Nd7 9. Nd2 Ngf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6d7,Bd7c5,Bc5b3][%mdl 32]} 10. Bg2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. a4 Bb4 11. Bg2 Nc5 {0-1 (64) Yakubboev,N (2274)-Korneev,O (2600) Tashkent 2015}) 10... Nc5 11. Qc2 O-O 12. O-O Nfd7 13. Bb2 Qf6 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. fxe4 a4 16. Bc1 Nc5 17. f4 Qd8 18. Ra2 c6 19. Bh3 cxb5 20. fxe5 Bxe5 21. cxb5 Nb3 22. Bf4 Bxf4 23. Rxf4 Qe7 24. b6 Qc5 (24... Nc5 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 25. Qxc5 $16 Nxc5 {[#]} 26. Rf5 $1 $36 {[%cal Rf5c5][%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} Nxd3 {[#]} 27. Bf1 $1 {[%cal Rf1d3]} Nc1 28. Rc2 Rac8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (28... g6 $16 {is tougher.} 29. Rd5 Nb3) 29. Rc7 $18 d3 {[#]} 30. Rfxf7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rfd8 (30... Rxf7 31. Rxc8+) 31. Rxg7+ Kf8 32. Rxh7 {[%cal Rh7h8]} Kg8 33. Rcg7+ Kf8 34. Rxb7 {[%cal Rh7h8]} Kg8 35. Rbg7+ Kf8 36. Rc7 {[%cal Rh7h8]} Kg8 {Precision: White = 68%, Black = 51%.} 1-0

[Event "CRO-ch Men 2018"]
[Site "Pozega"]
[Date "2018.04.23"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Saric, Ante"]
[Black "Fercec, Nenad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,99,25,44,64,46,77,47,56,44,87,81,83,76,112,116,126,120,120,127,138,133,188,134,147,133,131,135,139,123,131,128,128,118,121,127,106,99,119,68,88,59,100,85,74,41,200,188,220,27,176,44,37,45,68,37,79,75,119,119,175,4,3,14,66,66,66,66,66,71,77,58,63,57,57,58,79,12,10,7,7,0,8,0,10,0]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. d4 Bg7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Bf4 {A50: Queen's Fianchetto Defence (1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 b6)} d6 9. Qc2 {LiveBook: 5 Games} Nc6 (9... Nbd7 10. Rad1 Qe7 11. e4 e5 12. Bc1 Rfe8 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Rac8 15. dxe5 dxe5 {½-½ (68) Wang,Y (2690)-Mamedyarov,S (2804) chess.com INT 2018}) 10. Rad1 {White is slightly better.} h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Qe7 11. Rfe1 h6 12. e4 Nh5 13. Be3 Rae8 14. h3 {1-0 (41) Sebenik,M (2512)-Shengelia,D (2573) Zillertal 2015}) 11. h3 Qe7 12. Rfe1 Rab8 13. e4 Nd7 14. Be3 Na5 15. b3 a6 16. Qd2 Kh7 17. Nh2 Rbd8 18. f4 f5 (18... Rfe8 $16 {is a better defense.} 19. Nf3 Kh8) 19. Bf2 ({Better is} 19. exf5 $18 gxf5 20. Bxb7 Nxb7 21. Nf3) 19... Qf7 $16 20. exf5 gxf5 21. d5 e5 22. Ne2 Bc8 23. Nf3 Nb7 24. Nh4 Kg8 25. b4 Nf6 26. Qc2 Nh5 27. fxe5 (27. Rf1 $16) 27... dxe5 $14 28. c5 (28. Rf1 {looks sharper.} Nd6 29. c5 bxc5 30. bxc5 Ne4 31. Bxe4 fxe4 32. g4) 28... e4 29. cxb6 cxb6 30. Bxb6 Rxd5 $2 (30... Rd6 $1 $14 31. Bd4 Bxd4+ 32. Rxd4 Bd7) 31. Rxd5 $18 Qxd5 32. Be3 $2 (32. Ng6 $18 {Strongly threatening Ne7+.} Qd6 33. Nxf8 Qxb6+ 34. Kh2) 32... Be6 {[#]} (32... Rd8 $1 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 33. Ng6 (33. g4 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) 33... Rf7 $14 34. a3 Qc4 35. Rc1 Qxc2 36. Rxc2 Nd6 37. Rc6 Nc4 (37... Rd7 $16) 38. Rxe6 $2 ({And not} 38. Rxa6 Nxe3 39. Rxe6 Rd7 $11) (38. Bf2 $18 Rf6 39. Ne7+ Kf7 40. Rc7) 38... Nxe3 $11 39. g4 Rf6 (39... fxg4 $11 40. hxg4 Nf6) 40. Rxf6 $14 Nxf6 41. Ne7+ Kh7 42. Nxf5 Nc2 43. a4 Nxb4 44. Neg3 Nd3 45. Nxe4 Nb2 46. Nc3 (46. Nxg7 $16 Nxe4 47. Ne6 (47. Bxe4+ Kxg7 48. Bc2 Kf6 $16)) 46... Bh8 $11 {The position is equal.} 47. Ne7 Bg7 48. Nf5 Bh8 $1 49. Ne7 Bg7 50. Nf5 {Precision: White = 50%, Black = 42%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch Men 2018"]
[Site "Pozega"]
[Date "2018.04.23"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Stevic, Hrvoje"]
[Black "Palac, Mladen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "18"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,18,8,8,-1,0,-29,0,-175,-37,-30,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. d3 b6 (2... Nc6 3. f4 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 5. Nf3 d5 6. Nc3 d4 7. Nb1 Bh6 8. O-O Qc7 9. Ng5 Bg7 10. a4 h6 11. Nf3 {½-½ (47) McShane,L (2640)-Rapport,R (2707) Riadh 2017}) 3. f4 Bb7 4. Nf3 g6 5. Be2 Bg7 6. O-O {B20: Sicilian: Unusual White 2nd moves} Nh6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... Nc6 7. c3 d5 8. Qe1 Qd7 9. a4 Nh6 10. h3 {½-½ (48) Forsaa,E (1830)-Gislason,G (2314) Reykjavik 2014}) 7. Kh1 O-O 8. Be3 $2 {[#]} (8. f5 $11) 8... Ng4 (8... Bxb2 $19 9. Nbd2 Ng4) 9. Bc1 $1 $15 Nh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch Men 2018"]
[Site "Pozega"]
[Date "2018.04.23"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Martinovic, Sasa"]
[Black "Jovanovic, Zoran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,80,0,15,9,9,13,10,20,15,12,22,12,32,-6,-1,-77,-87,-135,-129,-128,-120,-131,-103,-191,-188,-181,-162,-152,-129,-116,-122,-127,-4,-130,-114,-133,-133,-129,-120,-123,-102,-107,-126,-153,-141,-234,-233,-448,-448,-455,-447,-418,-360,-330,-172,-195,-205,-320,-217,-3631,-2323,-4670,-4626,-29981,-29980,-29980,-29981,-29980,-29981,-29981,-29980]} 1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. Nf3 e4 4. Ng5 f5 5. Nc3 c6 6. Nh3 Be7 {LiveBook: 195 Games} 7. Bf4 {A21: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3} (7. b4 Nf6 8. Bg5 Be6 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. Nf4 Bf7 12. h4 c5 13. bxc5 dxc5 14. d5 Ne5 {1-0 (43) Volkov,S (2627)-Movsziszian,K (2485) Sitges 2017}) 7... Nf6 8. e3 O-O 9. Bg3 {The position is equal.} Na6 10. Be2 Nc7 11. O-O h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Kh8 12. d5 c5 13. f3 Qe8 14. fxe4 fxe4 {1-0 (28) Vidalina,F (2327)-Suhorukow,A (2270) IECG email 2005}) 12. d5 g5 13. f3 (13. dxc6 $11 bxc6 14. f3) 13... exf3 14. Bxf3 g4 15. dxc6 gxf3 16. Qxf3 bxc6 17. Qxc6 (17. b3 $17) 17... Rb8 $1 $19 18. c5 {[%cal Rc5d6]} Bb7 19. Qa4 Ne4 20. Nxe4 Bxe4 21. Nf2 Qe8 (21... Rxb2 22. Nxe4 dxc5 23. Qc6 $16 (23. Qxa7 fxe4 24. Be5 Rc2 $14)) (21... Ba8 $1 $17 {...Qe8 is the strong threat.} 22. Rad1 Nd5) 22. Qd1 (22. Qa3 $1 $11 Bg5 23. cxd6) 22... Bg5 $1 $17 23. cxd6 Nd5 (23... Bxe3 $6 24. dxc7 Rxb2 25. Kh1 $11) 24. d7 Qxd7 {And now ...Bxg2! would win.} 25. Bxb8 Rxb8 26. Nxe4 fxe4 27. Kh1 {[#]} Qe6 $1 {[%mdl 1024] Black has strong compensation.} ({Weaker is} 27... Bxe3 28. Qh5 $11) ({Resist} 27... Rxb2 28. Rb1 $17) 28. Qa4 (28. Qe2 $17) 28... Nxe3 $19 ({Much less strong is} 28... Bxe3 29. Qa3 $17) 29. Qxa7 $2 (29. Rfe1 {keeps fighting.} Ng4 30. Rab1) 29... Rc8 30. Rf2 Ng4 {Hoping for ...Be3.} 31. Re2 Qe5 {[%csl Gg4][%cal Re5h2]} 32. Qg1 {[#]} e3 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black goes for the king.} (32... Rc2 $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 33. Rxc2 Be3 34. Rc8+ Kg7) 33. h3 Nf6 34. Qh2 (34. Rae1 {only move.}) 34... Qe4 35. Rf1 $2 (35. h4 Ng4 36. Qg3) 35... Nh5 36. Kg1 Nf4 37. Ree1 Rc2 {Black mates.} 38. Rf3 Rxg2+ 39. Qxg2 Nxg2 40. Kxg2 e2 {Precision: White = 38%, Black = 73%.} 0-1

[Event "CRO-ch Men 2018"]
[Site "Pozega"]
[Date "2018.04.23"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Kovacevic, Blazimir"]
[Black "Brkic, Ante"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,55,17,27,0,122,108,134,128,116,54,66,72,77,68,69,71,57,50,94,93,94,39,93,92,235,251,743,734,1045,1242]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 cxd4 5. O-O e6 6. Nxd4 e5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. c4 d4 9. e3 Be7 10. exd4 exd4 11. Bf4 Be6 {E01: Catalan: Early deviations} 12. Re1 O-O 13. Ne5 Qb6 14. Nd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2b3,Bb3d4][%mdl 32]} Rac8 {LiveBook: 12 Games} ({Much weaker is} 14... Qxb2 15. Rb1 $16) 15. a3 {[#]} Qxb2 $146 (15... Nxe5 $11 {keeps the balance.} 16. Rxe5 Qa6) ({Predecessor:} 15... d3 16. b4 Nxe5 17. c5 Qa6 18. Bxe5 Ng4 19. Bc3 Bf6 20. Qc1 Rfd8 {½-½ (35) Dubov,D (2660)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2751) Sochi 2017}) 16. Bxc6 $1 $16 bxc6 {[#]} 17. Nb3 $1 {Hoping for Re2.} Rb8 ({Wrong is} 17... Bxa3 $2 18. Re2 $18) 18. Rb1 (18. Nxc6 $16 Rxb3 19. Nxe7+ Kh8 20. Be5) 18... Qxa3 $14 19. Nxc6 Rb7 20. Nbxd4 Rxb1 $1 21. Nxe7+ Qxe7 22. Qxb1 Qc5 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Qb5 (24. Qa2 $16) 24... Rc8 ({Black should play} 24... Qxb5 $14 25. cxb5 Nd5) 25. Rxe6 $16 Qd4 {[#]} (25... Qxc4 $16 {was worth a try.} 26. Qxc4 Rxc4) 26. Re7 $1 $18 Rd8 $2 (26... Rf8 27. Qa6 h6 28. Qxa7 Qxa7 29. Rxa7 Rc8) 27. Qg5 {[%csl Ge7][%cal Rg5g7]} g6 28. Qh6 {Precision: White = 60%, Black = 31%.} 1-0

[Event "CRO-ch Men 2018"]
[Site "Pozega"]
[Date "2018.04.23"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Saric, Ivan"]
[Black "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,91,5,8,4,15,-1,0,-15,-14,-21,0,-12,0,0,0,0,20,14,18,10,17,-18,0,5,52,49,48,11,20,23,17,20,18,20,28,29,36,40,68,41,63,53,62,52,52,46,49,26,34,20,45,17,29,16,20,17,17,16,13,13,35,40,51,47,64,80,453,442,1088,1106,1067,1058,1527,1513,1538,1526,2521,2527]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. c3 a6 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} 8. Bxc6 bxc6 {LiveBook: 59 Games} 9. Qc2 (9. d4 exd4 10. cxd4 Bb6 11. Qc2 c5 12. d5 Re8 13. b3 Bg4 14. Bb2 Bh5 15. Rae1 {1-0 (57) Anand,V (2782)-Grischuk,A (2772) Riadh 2017}) 9... Bb6 {The position is equal.} 10. a4 $146 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} ({Predecessor:} 10. d4 exd4 11. cxd4 Bg4 12. e5 dxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. b3 Re8 15. Bb2 {½-½ (25) Razumikhin,A (2320)-Batrakov,A (2519) ICCF email 2015}) 10... Re8 11. a5 Ba7 12. Re1 Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. Qa4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} c5 15. Qc6 Qc8 16. Nh4 Rb8 17. Nc4 Re6 18. Nf5 Kh8 {[#] White must now prevent ...d5.} 19. Qa4 Qd7 20. Qxd7 Nxd7 21. g4 Bg6 22. Nh4 f6 23. Nxg6+ hxg6 24. f4 Rb5 25. f5 gxf5 26. gxf5 Re7 27. Be3 Bb8 28. Reb1 c6 29. b4 cxb4 30. cxb4 Bc7 31. Na3 Rb7 32. h4 {[%cal Bh3h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Kg8 33. h5 Kf7 34. Kg2 Re8 35. Rc1 Nb8 $1 36. Rab1 Rh8 37. Rh1 Ke8 38. Kf3 d5 39. exd5 cxd5 40. b5 Kd7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({But not} 40... Bxa5 $2 41. bxa6 Rxb1 42. a7 $18) (40... axb5 $16 {is tougher.} 41. Nxb5 Kd7) 41. Rhg1 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Rh7 (41... Kc8 $142 42. Rxg7 Rxh5 43. bxa6 Nxa6) 42. bxa6 Rxb1 {[#]} 43. a7 $1 Nc6 44. a8=Q Rb8 45. Qa6 Rb2 46. Rc1 {Precision: White = 76%, Black = 38%.} 1-0

[Event "CRO-ch Men 2018"]
[Site "Pozega"]
[Date "2018.04.24"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Kuljasevic, Davorin"]
[Black "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,84,21,21,16,13,13,25,0,33,0,0,-9,0,-52,-47,-62,-51,-46,-43,-90,-18,-37,0,-64,-81,-218,-218,-240,-198,-207,-202,-569,-574,-577,-562,-643,-592,-534,-496,-496,-506,-506,-505,-504,-505,-497,-485,-490,-472,-490,-508,-465,-508,-492,-491,-465,-466,-450,-454]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Bb7 11. Bc1 Nbd7 12. Bb2 Re8 13. Rc1 a6 14. e3 {E17: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Be7} Bd6 {LiveBook: 9 Games} 15. Nd2 (15. Qc2 Qe7 16. Ne2 c6 {½-½ (67) Lenderman,A (2600)-Yilmaz,M (2619) Reykjavik 2018}) 15... Ne4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Qe7 16. Nc4 Bb4 17. Nb1 Ne4 18. a3 Bd6 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. a4 c6 21. Ba3 Qh6 {0-1 (52) Tonoli,W (2285)-Docx,S (2270) Belgium 1996}) 16. Ncxe4 {The position is equal.} dxe4 17. Nc4 Bd5 18. Qc2 Nf6 19. Rfd1 ({Don't play} 19. Nxd6 cxd6 20. Qc7 Rc8 $14) 19... b5 20. Na5 (20. Nxd6 $11 cxd6 21. Qe2) 20... Qd7 $15 21. Qd2 Rac8 22. Rc2 h5 {[%cal Bh7h5,Bh5h4][%mdl 32]} 23. Bc3 c6 ({Black should try} 23... h4 $1 $17) 24. Bb4 $11 Bb8 25. Qe2 (25. h4 $11) 25... h4 $1 $15 26. Qf1 {[#]} (26. Rdc1 $17 {only move.}) 26... Nh7 $1 $19 27. Bh3 {[#]} f5 $1 28. gxh4 g5 29. hxg5 $2 (29. Rdc1 {is tougher.}) 29... Nxg5 {Black is clearly winning.} 30. Qg2 Kh8 31. Kf1 Rg8 32. Ke2 Qh7 33. Be7 Qh5+ ({Weaker is} 33... Qxh3 34. Qxh3+ Nxh3 35. Nb7 $19) (33... Qxe7 34. Bxf5 Rcf8 35. Qg4 $19) 34. Bg4 fxg4 35. Kd2 Nf3+ 36. Kc1 Qh3 37. Qh1 Bxh2 38. Kb2 Bb8 39. Rdc1 Qxh1 40. Rxh1+ Kg7 41. Rhc1 Kf7 42. Bb4 Rg6 {Precision: White = 35%, Black = 80%.} 0-1

[Event "CRO-ch Men 2018"]
[Site "Pozega"]
[Date "2018.04.24"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Brkic, Ante"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,23,6,8]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. h3 {C47: Scotch Four Knights and Four Knights with 4 g3} c6 11. Qf3 Rb8 12. Bf4 {LiveBook: 57 Games} {Predecessor:} Bd6 $146 13. b3 Rb4 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Qg3 Qxg3 16. fxg3 Be6 17. a3 Rbb8 {½-½ (31) Piorun,K (2637)-Tomashevsky,E (2744) Doha 2015} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch Men 2018"]
[Site "Pozega"]
[Date "2018.04.24"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Jovanovic, Zoran"]
[Black "Kovacevic, Blazimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,59,32,0,33,13,34,16,316,310,660,656,639,645,739,358,343,346,343,285,278,279,279,278,274,243,272,271,271,272,306,304,327,336,344,344,312,252,402,379,414,420,487,479,468,470,464,456]} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. d3 c6 6. Bd2 Qc7 7. Qe2 e6 {B01: Scandinavian Defence} (7... Bf5 8. h3 h5 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. O-O Nb6 11. Bb3 Nbd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. Bxd5 cxd5 15. c4 dxc4 16. dxc4 {½-½ (48) Efimenko,Z (2651)-Kryvoruchko,Y (2659) Kiev 2013}) 8. Nf3 {LiveBook: 5 Games} Bd6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 {The position is equal.} 10. dxe4 e5 $146 {[%mdl 8192]} (10... Nd7 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) ({Predecessor:} 10... Nd7 11. O-O-O b5 12. Bd3 a6 13. Bc3 Ne5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Bxe5 Qxe5 {1-0 (37) Ros Alonso,J (1897)-Garcia Alvarez,P (1512) Padron 2016}) 11. Ng5 $18 O-O $2 (11... Rf8 12. Nxh7 Rg8) 12. Qh5 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Rh5h7] [#]} h6 13. h4 Be6 14. Nxe6 (14. Bxe6 $142 fxe6 15. Nxe6) 14... fxe6 15. Bxe6+ Kh8 16. Bf5 Qf7 17. Qxf7 Rxf7 18. Rd1 Bc7 19. Ke2 Na6 20. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} Raf8 21. Rh2 Rf6 22. Bc3 Nc5 23. g5 Rd6 24. Rxd6 Bxd6 25. b3 Re8 (25... g6 {might work better.}) 26. gxh6 gxh6 27. f4 Ne6 28. Bxe6 {White is clearly winning.} Rxe6 29. Rg2 Kh7 30. h5 {Precision: White = 66%, Black = 26%.} 1-0

[Event "CRO-ch Men 2018"]
[Site "Pozega"]
[Date "2018.04.24"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Palac, Mladen"]
[Black "Martinovic, Sasa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,56,8,0,7,4,16,15,20,23,18,19,30,21,27,25,29,15,26,15,25,14,33,14,66,66,79,88,70,92,58,0,180,-43,-40,-52,190,0,0,-26,193]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Nge2 {[%cal Bg1e2,Be2g3,Bg3f5][%mdl 32] D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation} Nbd7 10. f3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 11. O-O {The position is equal.} Bb7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nb6 12. Bf2 a5 13. Ng3 b4 14. Nce2 c5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Rc1 {1-0 (51) Harikrishna,P (2750)-Adams,M (2747) Moscow 2017}) 12. Bf2 a6 13. Ng3 c5 14. Nf5 c4 15. Bc2 b4 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Ne2 Rfe8 18. Ng3 g6 19. Re1 h5 $1 20. Qd2 a5 (20... Qf8 $11) 21. e4 $1 $14 h4 {[#]} 22. Nf5 $1 {[%cal Rf5e7]} gxf5 23. Qg5+ Kh8 {[%cal Rf5e4]} 24. Bxh4 ({Better is} 24. exf5 $14 Qf8 25. Qxh4+ Kg8 26. Qg3+ Kh7 27. Qc7) 24... fxe4 $2 (24... dxe4 $11 {and Black is okay.} 25. Qh6+ Kg8 26. Qg5+ Kh8 27. Qh6+ Kg8 28. Qg5+ Kh8) 25. Qh6+ $2 (25. fxe4 $18 Qe6 26. Rf1 dxe4 27. Ba4) 25... Kg8 $15 {aiming for ...Qf8.} 26. Qg5+ Kh8 $2 {[#]} (26... Kh7 $15 {keeps the upper hand.} 27. fxe4 dxe4 28. Qf5+ Kh8) 27. Qh6+ $2 ({White has to play} 27. fxe4 $1 $18 Ra6 28. e5) 27... Kg8 $11 {White must now prevent ...Qf8.} 28. Qg5+ Kh8 $2 {Precision: White = 50%, Black = 39%.} (28... Kh7 $11 29. fxe4 dxe4 30. Qf5+ Kh8) 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch Men 2018"]
[Site "Pozega"]
[Date "2018.04.24"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Fercec, Nenad"]
[Black "Stevic, Hrvoje"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "202"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,202,10,20,-16,-11,-3,-5,-5,7,5,6,8,10,4,6,8,15,0,0,-6,-4,0,0,0,0,-7,0,-37,-33,-60,-30,-35,-33,-43,-43,-43,-29,-43,-31,-39,-29,-43,-35,-38,-14,-53,-53,-145,-148,-139,-139,-158,-158,-164,-154,-162,-150,-158,-133,-133,-128,-128,-111,-129,-111,-111,-111,-108,0,-101,-101,-101,-101,-94,-87,-91,-73,-193,-186,-141,-110,-111,-21,-21,-21,-21,-21,-21,-52,-52,-21,-21,-21,-21,-21,-21,-21,-21,-21,-21,-21,-21,-21,-21,-21,-21,-21,-21,-21,-21,0,-21,-21,-21,-21,-21,-21,-21,-21,-119,-118,-253,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-21,0,-21,-21,-21,0,0,0,0,0,-52,-52,-52,-52,-52,-52,-52,-21,-21,-21,-21,-21,-52,-52,-52,-52,-52,-52,-52,-21,-21,-21,-52,0,-21,0,-52,-21,-21,-21,-21,-21,-21,-21,-21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. Nc3 d6 8. a3 O-O 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bg5 Qd7 {LiveBook: 4 Games. C84: Closed Ruy Lopez: Unusual White 6th moves} 11. Nd5 Nxd5 $1 12. Bxd5 Bxg5 13. Nxg5 {[#]} h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Nd8 14. Bxb7 Nxb7 15. f4 f6 16. Nf3 exf4 17. Nd4 d5 18. Rxf4 dxe4 19. dxe4 {0-1 (28) Deshpande,A (2252)-Kravtsiv,M (2589) Mumbai 2015}) 14. Nf3 Rab8 15. c3 Ne7 16. Bxb7 Rxb7 17. d4 Qe6 18. b4 a5 19. bxa5 Ra8 20. a4 Rxa5 21. axb5 Raxb5 22. g3 Ng6 23. dxe5 Nxe5 24. Re1 ({Of course not} 24. Nd4 Qh3 $17) 24... Qh3 25. Nxe5 Rxe5 26. Qf3 Rh5 27. Qg2 Qxg2+ 28. Kxg2 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Rb3 29. Re3 Rc5 30. Rc1 Rb2 31. Kf1 Rc4 32. h3 f6 33. f3 (33. Ra1 $15) 33... Rh2 $1 $17 {[%cal Rh2h1]} 34. Kg1 Rxh3 35. f4 Rh5 36. f5 Rg5 37. Rf1 Kf7 38. Kg2 g6 39. fxg6+ Rxg6 40. Kf3 Ke6 41. Rh1 Rc5 42. g4 Kf7 43. Rh4 Ke6 (43... Kg7 $17 44. Ke2 Rcg5) 44. Ke2 (44. Rh1 $11) 44... Rcg5 45. Kf3 {[#]} h5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 46. gxh5 Rh6 47. Ke2 Rgxh5 48. Rxh5 (48. Rg4 $17) 48... Rxh5 {KR-KR} 49. Kd3 Ke5 50. Rf3 c5 ({Black should play} 50... c6 $17 51. c4 Rg5) 51. c4 $1 $11 Rh1 52. Rf5+ Ke6 53. Rf3 Rc1 54. Rf5 Ra1 55. Kc3 Ra3+ 56. Kd2 Rg3 57. Rf2 Rg5 {White must now prevent ...Ke5.} 58. Ke3 Rg1 59. Kd2 Ra1 {Strongly threatening ...Ra2+.} 60. Rf5 Ra3 61. Rh5 Rf3 62. Rd5 $1 Rf2+ 63. Ke3 Rc2 64. Kd3 Rc1 {...Rd1+ is the strong threat.} (64... Rb2 {is interesting.} 65. Kc3 Rf2 66. Rh5 Rf1 67. Kd2 f5) 65. Rf5 Rd1+ 66. Kc3 $1 Rd4 67. Rf4 Kf7 68. Rg4 Rd1 69. Kc2 {[#]} (69. Rf4 $11) 69... Rf1 $1 $17 70. Rh4 {[#]} (70. Kd2 $17) 70... Kg6 $2 (70... Ke6 $1 $19 {And now ...Ke5 would win.} 71. Rh5 Re1) 71. Rg4+ $11 Kh5 72. Rg8 Re1 73. Kd3 Kh6 74. Rg4 Rd1+ 75. Kc3 Rf1 76. Rg3 Ra1 77. Rg4 Rf1 78. Rg3 Rc1+ 79. Kd3 Rd1+ 80. Kc3 (80. Ke3 $11) 80... Rd4 $15 81. Rf3 Kg5 82. Rf5+ Kg6 83. Rf4 Kg7 84. Rg4+ Kf7 85. Rh4 Ke7 86. Rf4 Ke6 87. Kb3 Rd3+ 88. Kc2 Ra3 89. Rf5 Rg3 90. Kd2 Rb3 91. Kc2 Ra3 (91... Re3 {keeps more tension.} 92. Rf4 Ke5 93. Rf5+ Kd4 94. Rxf6 Rxe4 95. Rxd6+ Kxc4 96. Rd2 Kb4) 92. Kd2 Rg3 93. Kc2 (93. Rf2 $11) 93... Rg5 (93... Re3 {feels hotter.} 94. Rf4 Ke5 95. Rf5+ Kxe4 96. Rxf6 Kd4) 94. Rf3 {The position is equal.} Re5 95. Kd3 Ke7 96. Rh3 Kd7 97. Rh7+ Re7 98. Rh6 Rf7 99. Rh5 Kc6 100. Rf5 Kb6 101. Rd5 Kc7 {Precision: White = 58%, Black = 66%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch Men 2018"]
[Site "Pozega"]
[Date "2018.04.24"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Saric, Ante"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,92,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,-3,3,4,14,9,30,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,0,0,0,0,0,-2,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. b3 c5 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} 7. dxc5 dxc4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 8. Qxd8 (8. Bxc4 Bxc5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Bb2 Qe7 11. a3 Rd8 12. Qc2 Bd7 13. Ng5 h6 14. Nge4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 {1-0 (43) Mamedyarov,S (2799)-Cheparinov,I (2710) Riadh 2017}) 8... Rxd8 9. Bxc4 Bxc5 10. Bb2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. O-O a6 11. Bb2 b5 12. Be2 Bb7 13. Rfc1 Bf8 14. Kf1 {½-½ (29) Kacheishvili,G (2607)-Hess,R (2595) ICC INT 2012}) 10... a6 11. Be2 b5 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. Bf3 Bxf3 14. Nxf3 Nbd7 15. Ke2 Kf8 16. Rhd1 Ke8 17. g4 h6 18. h3 Rdc8 19. Rac1 Rc6 20. h4 {[#] Hoping for g5.} Nxg4 {The position is equal.} 21. Ne4 {b4 is the strong threat.} Rac8 $1 22. Bxg7 Be7 23. Rxc6 Rxc6 24. Nd4 Rc8 25. Rg1 f5 26. f3 ({Much weaker is} 26. Nxe6 Rc2+ 27. Nd2 Bb4 $17) 26... fxe4 27. Rxg4 exf3+ 28. Kxf3 Kf7 {Threatening ...h5.} 29. Rg2 Rg8 30. Nc6 Bxh4 31. Bxh6 Rxg2 32. Kxg2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} Kg6 33. Bf4 Kf5 34. Kf3 e5 35. e4+ Ke6 36. Bd2 Be7 37. Ba5 Bd6 38. Nd8+ Ke7 39. Kg4 Kf6 40. Be1 Nc5 41. Kf3 Nd3 42. Bd2 Ke7 43. Nb7 Ba3 44. Ke3 Nb4 45. Nc5 Nc2+ 46. Kd3 Bxc5 {Precision: White = 77%, Black = 80%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch Men 2018"]
[Site "Pozega"]
[Date "2018.04.25"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Saric, Ante"]
[Black "Kuljasevic, Davorin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,24,0,8]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. d3 O-O 9. a3 Re8 10. b4 Bf8 11. Bb2 a5 12. b5 Nd4 {Predecessor:} 13. Nd2 $146 c6 14. bxc6 Nxc6 15. Na4 Nxa4 16. Qxa4 Bd7 17. Rfc1 Rb8 18. Qb3 Be6 19. Qb5 Bd7 20. Qb3 Be6 21. Qb5 Bd7 22. Qb3 {½-½ (22) Vitiugov,N (2722)-Svidler,P (2765) St Petersburg 2017} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch Men 2018"]
[Site "Pozega"]
[Date "2018.04.25"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Stevic, Hrvoje"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,21,24,0]} 1. Nf3 $146 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 c6 6. d4 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. Ne5 e6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch Men 2018"]
[Site "Pozega"]
[Date "2018.04.25"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Martinovic, Sasa"]
[Black "Fercec, Nenad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,53,29,23,44,41,56,45,98,95,95,94,118,110,135,75,257,133,281,283,279,258,256,251,293,295,428,421,410,403,381,387,538,527,514,497,946,937]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 b6 5. e4 c5 6. d5 {E32: Nimzo-Indian: Classical (4 Qc2): 4...0-0} Qe7 7. Nge2 {[%cal Bg1e2,Be2g3,Bg3f5,Bf5d6][%mdl 32]} exd5 8. exd5 O-O 9. Bd2 d6 10. f3 {LiveBook: 6 Games} a6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Ba6 11. O-O-O Bxc4 12. Ng3 Bxf1 13. Rhxf1 Nbd7 {1-0 (48) Dreev,A (2652)-Moussard,J (2567) Bastia 2017}) 11. O-O-O b5 12. Ng3 Nbd7 (12... bxc4 $14 13. Bxc4 Qd8) 13. Nf5 $16 Qd8 14. Nxd6 Ne5 15. Nxc8 bxc4 16. Bg5 (16. Qf5 $142 Nd3+ 17. Bxd3 cxd3 18. Qxd3) 16... h6 $2 (16... Rxc8 $16 17. Ne4 c3) 17. Bf4 (17. d6 $18 Rxc8 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Nd5) 17... Ng6 (17... Nd3+ $16 {keeps fighting.} 18. Bxd3 cxd3 19. Qxd3 Qxc8) 18. Bg3 $18 {[#] And now Nd6 would win.} ({Don't do} 18. Bd6 $6 Re8 $18) 18... Rxc8 19. Bxc4 Nh5 20. d6 {Threatens to win with Qxg6.} ({Much less strong is} 20. Bxa6 $6 Ra8 $16) 20... Nxg3 21. hxg3 {aiming for Qxg6.} Ne5 (21... Qg5+ $142 22. Kb1 Bxc3) 22. Ne4 Rb8 23. Rh5 Nxc4 24. Qxc4 Re8 25. a3 {White is clearly winning.} Ba5 26. d7 Re6 (26... Rf8 $142 27. Rxc5 Bb6) 27. Rxc5 {Precision: White = 66%, Black = 13%.} 1-0

[Event "CRO-ch Men 2018"]
[Site "Pozega"]
[Date "2018.04.25"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Kovacevic, Blazimir"]
[Black "Palac, Mladen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,86,2,10,8,4,4,8,0,8,14,9,6,14,0,21,26,29,30,28,6,110,122,172,162,216,79,83,74,70,79,101,13,186,178,152,159,120,142,117,128,119,121,282,43,256,233,319,329,370,389,339,116,300,179,175,-6666,-159,-6479,-6479,-5265,-5218,-5273,107,107,107,100,121,96,211,204,227,238,252,252,252,252,252,252,252]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Nbd2 Nbd7 5. dxc5 (5. Be2 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. c4 O-O 8. b3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 e5 10. Nb5 a6 11. Nd6 Nc5 12. Nxc8 Rxc8 {0-1 (62) Harika,D (2505)-Melkumyan,H (2678) Doha 2014}) 5... Nxc5 6. b4 {D04: Colle System} Ncd7 7. c4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. Bb2 e6 8. a3 Be7 9. c4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 O-O 11. e4 Nb6 {1-0 (55) Kekki,P (2285)-Turtiainen,T Helsinki 1999}) 7... e6 8. c5 {The position is equal.} a5 9. Qa4 Qc7 10. Bb2 {next Be5 is good for White.} Qb8 11. bxa5 Be7 12. Nb3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} O-O 13. Rc1 Ne4 {[%cal Rd7c5]} 14. Bd3 f5 ({Don't take} 14... Ndxc5 15. Nxc5 Nxc5 16. Qc2 $17) (14... b6 $1 $11) 15. Qb5 $1 $16 f4 16. O-O $1 Ng5 (16... fxe3 {keeps fighting.} 17. fxe3 h6 18. Bxe4 dxe4) 17. Be2 (17. Nxg5 $18 Bxg5 18. c6 bxc6 19. Qxc6) 17... Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 fxe3 19. fxe3 Ne5 {[#]} 20. Qe2 ({Better is} 20. c6 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512] aiming for cxb7.} Nc4 (20... bxc6 21. Qxb8) 21. Bxd5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxb2 22. Rxf8+ Bxf8 23. cxb7 Bxb7 24. Bxb7) 20... b6 $2 (20... Bd7 $11) 21. cxb6 $18 Ba6 22. Bxe5 Qxe5 23. Qd2 Bxf1 24. Rxf1 Bg5 25. Re1 Rac8 $2 (25... Bh4 $16) 26. Qd4 $2 (26. Nd4 $1 $18) 26... Qb8 $2 {[#]} ({Black should try} 26... Qd6 $14) 27. Bxd5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} exd5 28. Qxd5+ Kh8 {Strongly threatening ...Bh4.} 29. Qxg5 Rc2 30. Rd1 $2 (30. Nd4 $18 Rb2 31. Ne6) 30... Rxa2 $2 (30... Qe8 $16 {is a better defense.}) 31. Qd5 (31. Qe7 $142) 31... Qe8 32. Nd4 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (32. e4 $18) 32... Qxe3+ $19 33. Kh1 Rd2 {[%cal Rd2d1]} 34. Rb1 Rxd4 35. Qb5 Qd3 $2 (35... Rd2 $19 {( -> ...Qf2)} 36. Qb4 Qf2 37. Qxf8+ Qxf8) 36. Qxd3 $16 Rxd3 {[#]} 37. h3 $1 h6 {White must now prevent ...Rb8.} 38. b7 Rb8 (38... Kh7 $16) 39. a6 $18 Ra3 {[#]} 40. Rc1 $1 {[%cal Rc1c8]} Rxa6 41. Rc8+ {White has a decisive advantage.} Kh7 42. Rxb8 Rb6 43. Kh2 Rb3 {[%mdl 32768] Precision: White = 47%, Black = 39%. . An unexpected result.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch Men 2018"]
[Site "Pozega"]
[Date "2018.04.25"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Saric, Ivan"]
[Black "Jovanovic, Zoran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,115,13,0,-2,-25,-37,-25,0,0,3,0,0,0,0,-7,22,16,12,-29,-2,-2,-2,0,0,0,-6,-97,-106,-99,-103,-97,-107,-109,-91,-97,-94,-96,-91,-89,-72,-71,-79,-70,-32,-96,-95,-81,-78,-93,-83,-160,-160,-172,-176,-190,-189,-245,-138,-189,-187,-175,0,-196,0,-170,-182,-176,-165,-162,-102,-109,-110,-101,-109,-116,-64,-75,-85,-72,-72,-91,-66,-58,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Nf6 {B15: Caro-Kann: 3 Nc3: 3...g6 and 3...dxe4 4 Nxe4 Nf6 5 Nxf6+ exf6} 7. Nxf6+ exf6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O {LiveBook: 3 Games} Bg4 10. Kb1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Be2 Nd7 11. d5 cxd5 12. Qxd5 Rc8 13. Bb5 Ne5 14. Qxd8 Rfxd8 15. Rxd8+ Rxd8 {1-0 (36) Kokarev,D (2546)-Sergienko,S (2480) Voronezh 2007}) 10... Nd7 11. h3 Be6 12. c4 a5 13. g4 Nb6 14. Qc2 a4 15. a3 Qd7 16. Bd3 Nc8 17. g5 b5 18. gxf6 Bxf6 19. Ne5 Qxd4 20. Be4 Qc5 21. Nxc6 (21. cxb5 $1 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.} Qxc2+ 22. Kxc2) 21... Qxc4 $17 22. Qxc4 bxc4 23. h4 Ra6 24. Nb4 Rb6 25. Be3 Rb5 26. Bc6 Ra5 27. Nd5 Bxd5 28. Rxd5 Rxd5 29. Bxd5 Nd6 30. Bc5 (30. Bg5 $15 Kg7 31. Bc6) 30... Rd8 31. Bb4 h5 32. Rh3 Kg7 33. Ka2 (33. Bc6 $142) 33... Rc8 34. f4 Nf5 35. Bb7 Rc7 36. Ba6 (36. Be4 $142) 36... Nd4 ({Don't take} 36... Bxh4 37. Bb5) (36... Nxh4 $19 37. Kb1 Nf5) 37. Bc3 (37. Rh2 $17) 37... Rc6 $19 38. Bb7 Rc7 39. Ba6 $1 Rc6 40. Bb7 $1 {[#] aiming for Bxd4.} Rc5 41. Be4 Ne2 42. Bb4 Rc7 ({Stronger than} 42... Nxf4 43. Rf3 $11) (42... Rb5 $19 43. f5 gxf5) 43. f5 $17 c3 44. bxc3 Bxc3 45. Re3 Nc1+ 46. Kb1 Bxb4 47. axb4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#] KRB-KRN} Nb3 $1 {[%cal Rb3d2]} 48. Bd5 Nd2+ 49. Ka2 Rc2+ (49... gxf5 $15 50. Ka3 Nc4+ 51. Bxc4 Rxc4) 50. Ka3 $11 {The position is equal.} Nb1+ 51. Kxa4 {Hoping for Kb3.} Nc3+ ({Of course not} 51... gxf5 52. b5 $14) 52. Rxc3 $1 Rxc3 53. fxg6 fxg6 {Strongly threatening ...Rh3. KR-KB} 54. b5 Rc5 55. Bb3 Rc8 56. b6 Kf6 57. Kb5 Rb8 58. Kc6 {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 71%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch Men 2018"]
[Site "Pozega"]
[Date "2018.04.25"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Black "Brkic, Ante"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,80,-15,0,-29,6,-10,-12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-14,-13,-17,-17,-14,-18,-20,-7,-7,0,-10,-10,-8,-12,-13,-13,-29,-24,-39,-19,-102,-102,-108,-96,-212,-210,-193,-180,-207,-204,-194,-176,-298,-242,-829,-305,-919,-918,-867,-918,-1092,-1082,-1251,-1204]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qb3 c6 9. Nc3 Nb6 {E11: Bogo-Indian} 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Ne5 Bf5 {LiveBook: 5 Games. The position is equal.} (11... Nfd7 12. Nd3 Nc4 13. Bf4 Bd6 14. Rfd1 Bxf4 15. Nxf4 Nd6 16. f3 Qb6 17. e4 dxe4 18. fxe4 {0-1 (36) Ftacnik,L (2546)-Meier,G (2655) Heraklio 2017}) 12. Rad1 Nfd7 13. Bf4 Nxe5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Qc8 14. Rfe1 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. e4 Nc5 17. Qa3 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 {1-0 (35) Khasin,A-Filipenko,A (2375) Soviet Union 1986}) 14. dxe5 Qc8 15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Qe6 17. Nd6 Qxb3 18. axb3 Bxd6 19. Rxd6 Be6 20. Rd3 Rfd8 21. Rfd1 Rxd3 22. Rxd3 Nd7 23. b4 a5 24. Ra3 a4 25. Rd3 h6 26. h4 Kf8 27. h5 Ke8 28. Bf3 Nb6 29. Be3 (29. Bd2 $11 {remains equal.}) 29... Nc4 $1 $36 {[%cal Rc4e5][%mdl 2048] White is under strong pressure.} 30. Bd4 Rd8 31. Rd1 {[#]} (31. Be4 $17 {keeps fighting.}) 31... Rxd4 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 32. Rxd4 Nxb2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame ...a3 is the strong threat. KRB-KBN} 33. Be4 a3 {[%mdl 1024] Black has strong compensation.} 34. Bb1 b5 ({And not} 34... a2 35. Bxa2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxa2 36. Rd2 $18) 35. Rd2 (35. g4 $142) 35... Na4 36. Rc2 $2 {[#]} (36. Rd3 a2 37. Bxa2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxa2 38. Rd2) 36... Bf5 $2 (36... c5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 37. bxc5 b4) 37. Rc1 $2 (37. Ra2 Bxb1 38. Rxa3) 37... Bxb1 {Black is clearly winning.} 38. Rxb1 c5 39. bxc5 a2 40. Ra1 Nc3 {Precision: White = 29%, Black = 76%.} 0-1

[Event "CRO-ch Men 2018"]
[Site "Pozega"]
[Date "2018.04.26"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Kuljasevic, Davorin"]
[Black "Brkic, Ante"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,111,3,1,7,0,10,7,14,0,1,-2,2,12,17,3,7,8,16,17,8,7,14,5,11,10,22,22,22,15,23,23,23,21,21,21,21,28,34,24,44,36,33,31,78,77,120,114,112,103,129,120,186,168,155,206,256,266,276,261,273,284,285,227,559,548,795,781,2727,687,687,687,687,669,750,708,4149,4149,4149,4149,4149,4149,4149,4149,4149,4137,4145,4137,29987,29988,29988,8,29989,29990,29990,29987,29989,4145]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 {E35: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...d5 5 cxd5 exd5} (6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8. e3 cxd4 9. exd4 Nc6 10. Bb5 O-O 11. Nge2 Qb6 12. Bxc6 Qxc6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. O-O Bxc3 15. Qxc3 Bg4 {½-½ (30) Nepomniachtchi,I (2729)-Karjakin,S (2760) London 2017}) 6... c5 7. dxc5 Nc6 8. e3 O-O 9. Nf3 {LiveBook: 6 Games} d4 10. O-O-O {[%cal Re3d4]} Bxc5 11. exd4 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. a3 Bg4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Rd8) 14. Kb1 Rac8 15. d5 Ne7 {[%cal Re7d5]} 16. Qb3 Rfd8 17. Bd3 Nexd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Be4 {[%cal Rd1d5]} Be6 {aiming for ...Nc3+!} 20. Rd4 Nf6 21. Rxd6 Bxb3 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Bxb7 Ng4 24. Rc1 h6 25. Rc8 Rxc8 26. Bxc8 Nxf2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} 27. Bb7 Kf8 28. Nd4 Bc4 29. Bf3 g5 30. Kc2 g4 31. Bb7 Ke7 32. Kc3 Ba2 33. Kd2 Bb1 (33... Kd6 $16) 34. Nc6+ $1 $18 Kd6 35. Nxa7 Kc5 36. Nc8 f5 37. g3 {[%cal Bg2g3,Bg3f4][%mdl 32]} h5 38. b4+ Kd4 39. Nd6 f4 $2 (39... Ke5 {is a better chance.}) 40. gxf4 h4 41. a4 Nd3 42. a5 (42. Nf5+ $142 Kc4 43. Ba6+ Kxb4 44. Bxd3) 42... Nxb4 43. a6 Nxa6 44. Bxa6 Kd5 {[#]} 45. Nb5 $1 Ke4 {[#]} 46. Nc3+ $1 Kxf4 47. Nxb1 Kf3 48. Be2+ Kg2 49. Bxg4 {White wants to mate with Ke2.} Kxh2 50. Ke2 {Intending Kf2 and mate.} Kg2 51. Bf3+ Kg1 52. Nd2 h3 53. Nf1 h2 54. Ng3 {White mates.} h1=Q 55. Nxh1 Kh2 56. Kf2 {Precision: White = 88%, Black = 39%.} (56. Ke3 $142 Kh3 57. Kf4 Kh4 58. Ng3 Kh3 59. Nf1 Kh4 60. Ne3 Kh3 61. Bg4+ Kh2 62. Kf3) 1-0

[Event "CRO-ch Men 2018"]
[Site "Pozega"]
[Date "2018.04.26"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Jovanovic, Zoran"]
[Black "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,36,24,88,39,46,18,35,17,39,18,11,0,13,10,10,7,11,15,19,9,11,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nge2 Nc6 4. g3 a6 5. Bg2 b5 6. d4 {B23: Closed Sicilian: Lines without g3} cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bb7 8. O-O Bc5 {LiveBook: 10 Games} (8... Nxd4 $11 9. Qxd4 Rc8) (8... Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Ne7 10. Re1 Nc6 11. Qd1 d6 12. a4 b4 13. Nd5 exd5 14. exd5+ Ne5 15. f4 {½-½ (36) Safarli,E (2657)-Svidler,P (2727) Berlin 2015}) 9. Be3 {[#] aiming for Nxc6.} (9. Nb3 {feels hotter.} Ba7 10. e5 f5 11. Qh5+ g6 12. Qe2) 9... Qb6 $1 {[%cal Rc5d4]} 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Re1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Bxc5 Qxc5 12. Qg4 Kf8 13. a3 h5 {0-1 (38) Praneeth,S (2201)-Deepan Chakkravarthy,J (2523) Kolkata 2012}) 11... Ne7 12. Qd2 O-O {The position is equal.} 13. Rad1 Rac8 14. a3 Rfd8 15. Qd6 Bxd6 16. Bxb6 Bc7 17. Bxc7 Rxc7 18. Nd5 Bxd5 {Precision: White = 11%, Black = 58%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch Men 2018"]
[Site "Pozega"]
[Date "2018.04.26"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Palac, Mladen"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E71"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,102,57,31,43,22,18,0,0,0,18,31,22,11,40,-6,9,30,44,25,24,35,22,45,59,47,46,32,60,81,98,99,104,25,85,0,0,-82,-63,-61,183,96,141,166,220,199,204,143,436,358,295,509,483,484,495,425,469,0,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 Nbd7 6. Be3 {E71: King's Indian: 4 e4 d6 5 h3} e5 7. d5 Nc5 8. Qc2 a5 9. Nge2 {LiveBook: 3 Games} c6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... O-O 10. g4 c6 11. Ng3 cxd5 12. exd5 e4 13. Be2 Re8 {1-0 (42) Sadorra,J (2574)-Ahmad,A (2305) Ashkhabad 2017}) 10. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} cxd5 11. cxd5 Bd7 12. Ng3 Rc8 13. g5 Nh5 14. Nxh5 gxh5 15. Bb5 (15. Nb5 $5 {[%cal Rb5d6]} Qe7 16. Rc1 $14) 15... Bxb5 16. Nxb5 a4 17. Nc3 O-O 18. Nxa4 Ne6 19. Nc3 Nf4 20. h4 b5 {Threatens to win with ...b4.} 21. a3 Qd7 22. Kd2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is on the roll.} Rc4 23. Qb3 $1 Rfc8 24. Rac1 (24. f3 $16) 24... Qg4 (24... b4 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} 25. axb4 Qg4) 25. Rhg1 (25. Qxb5 $16 Qf3 26. Rhg1 Rd4+ 27. Bxd4 exd4 28. Ne2) 25... Qxh4 $11 {White must now prevent ...Rd4+!} 26. Nxb5 (26. Qxb5 $11 Nh3 27. Rg2) 26... Rxc1 $17 27. Rxc1 Rb8 $2 (27... Rxc1 $15 {stays ahead.} 28. Kxc1 Bf8) 28. a4 (28. Ba7 $18) 28... Qg4 29. Qc4 Bf8 (29... h4 $142) 30. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5,Bb5b6,Bb6b7][%mdl 32]} h4 31. a5 Ra8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (31... h3 $16) 32. Na7 $18 h3 {[#]} 33. b5 $1 {[%cal Rb5b6]} h2 34. b6 Nh3 {...Ng1 is the strong threat.} 35. b7 Rb8 {[#]} 36. Qc8 $2 (36. a6 $1 $18 Ng1 37. Nc6) 36... Qxe4 $11 {The position is equal.} 37. Qxb8 Qb4+ 38. Kc2 $1 {[%cal Bd2c2,Bc2b2,Bb2a3,Ba3b3][%mdl 32] And now Nc6 would win.} Ng1 39. Nc6 {[%cal Ba7c6,Bc6e7,Be7f5][%mdl 32]} Qa4+ 40. Kb2 {White threatens Qxf8+! and mate.} Qb5+ 41. Ka3 h1=Q {aiming for ...Qf3.} 42. Ne7+ Kg7 43. Nf5+ Kg6 {[#]} 44. Ne7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kh5 {( -> ...Qe4)} (44... Bxe7 45. Qg8+) 45. Qxf8 Qxa5+ 46. Kb3 Qb5+ 47. Ka3 Qa6+ 48. Kb3 (48. Kb4 $2 {gets mated.} Qe4+ 49. Kc3 Qed3+ 50. Kb4 Qab5#) 48... Qxb7+ 49. Ka3 Qa6+ 50. Kb3 {Threatening mate with Qh6+.} Qb5+ 51. Ka3 Qa5+ {Precision: White = 65%, Black = 47%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch Men 2018"]
[Site "Pozega"]
[Date "2018.04.26"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Fercec, Nenad"]
[Black "Kovacevic, Blazimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,131,5,27,11,27,7,11,16,6,20,24,31,87,86,85,86,81,74,71,72,64,43,54,49,44,45,36,40,66,54,54,57,93,55,61,64,64,61,75,41,70,0,74,68,72,68,82,66,66,66,78,58,68,68,72,58,81,56,89,53,54,0,92,69,80,21,50,0,0,-17,-12,-26,0,0,2,0,29,28,77,77,77,19,20,27,43,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 (4... e6 5. c3 Ne7 6. Bd3 Nec6 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 b6 9. a3 a5 10. a4 Ba6 11. Na3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 {0-1 (71) Shankland,S (2671)-Li,C (2732) Liaocheng 2018}) 5. c4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} dxc4 7. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 8. Kxd1 bxc6 9. Bxc4 Bf5 10. Nc3 e6 {LiveBook: 8 Games} 11. Ke2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Be3 Ne7 {1-0 (43) Haslinger,S (2511)-Lalic,S (2344) Liverpool 2008}) 11... Ne7 12. Be3 Nd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Bb3 Be7 15. Rac1 Kd7 (15... Bd7 $14) 16. Ba4 Rhc8 17. Rhd1 Be6 18. Rc2 Rc7 19. Rdc1 {[%cal Rc2c6]} Rac8 20. a3 Bf5 21. Rc3 f6 22. Bf4 fxe5 23. Bxe5 Bf6 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Kd2 Be4 26. f3 Bg6 27. Rc5 Kd6 28. b4 Be8 29. Bb3 Bf7 30. Ba4 Be8 $1 31. Kd3 Bd7 32. Kd4 a6 33. Bb3 Be6 34. Ra5 Ra7 35. Bc2 Rg8 36. g3 Bc8 37. Rc5 Rc7 38. Bb3 {[%cal Rb3d5] [#] Threatens to win with Bxd5!} Rgg7 39. Re1 Rg8 40. Rec1 {[%cal Rb3d5] Black must now prevent Bxd5!} Rgg7 $1 41. Ba4 {[%cal Rc5c6]} Bb7 42. Re1 (42. Ke3 $16) 42... Rge7 43. Rcc1 h6 44. f4 a5 45. Bc2 axb4 46. axb4 Ba6 47. Ra1 Bb5 48. Bf5 Rxe1 49. Rxe1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] [#] Endgame Hoping for Re6+. KRB-KRB} Re7 50. Ra1 ({White should play} 50. Rxe7 $16 Kxe7 51. Kc5) 50... Rb7 51. Ra8 {And now Rf8 would win.} Bf1 52. Rd8+ Ke7 {The position is equal.} 53. Rh8 {Strongly threatening Rh7+.} Rxb4+ 54. Kc5 Rc4+ 55. Kb6 d4 56. Rh7+ Ke8 57. Be6 {Bf7+ is the strong threat.} Ra4 58. Bd7+ Kf8 59. Bxc6 Ra6+ 60. Kc5 d3 61. Rh8+ Kg7 62. Rd8 f5 63. Rd7+ Kf6 64. Rd6+ Kg7 65. Rd7+ Kf6 66. Rd6+ {Precision: White = 42%, Black = 64%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch Men 2018"]
[Site "Pozega"]
[Date "2018.04.26"]
[Round "10.5"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Martinovic, Sasa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,156,30,19,21,32,31,44,0,17,-27,-24,-17,-11,-21,-12,-16,-14,-127,-120,-140,-115,-108,-7,-44,-27,-49,-39,-110,-113,-83,0,-95,-102,-97,-89,-104,-89,-102,-95,-102,-99,-95,-75,-53,-53,-68,-59,-86,-93,-104,-100,-111,-85,-95,-56,-93,-86,-78,-72,-88,-88,-86,-86,-172,-164,-167,-151,-175,-159,-206,-149,-161,-143,-168,-151,-160,-168,-181,-204,-259,-195,-197,-205,-179,-193,-267,-264,-253,-250,-249,0,-181,0,-263,-257,-227,-221,-295,-302,-367,-375,-416,-409,-393,-379,-581,-594,-619,-588,-773,-754,-747,-746,-772,-739,-797,-733,-833,-584,-408,0,-887,-910,-995,-869,-930,-856,-881,-897,-805,-667,-2228,-2020,-1667,0,-1900,-1672,-29979,-29971,-29982,-29983]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. O-O {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3} (6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 b6 8. O-O Bb7 9. Qc2 h6 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Rad1 Qe7 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 {1-0 (22) Kuzubov,Y (2695)-Noroozi,O (2351) Amol 2018}) 6... O-O 7. Nbd2 c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. a3 a5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 10. Qc2 {Black should prevent cxd5.} dxc4 11. Nxc4 Nbd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... b6 12. Bd2 Bb7 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 {½-½ (30) Balta,M (2242)-Tudor,V (1792) ICCF email 2011}) 12. e4 b5 13. Ncd2 Bb7 14. Bxb5 Rc8 15. Qd3 Qc7 16. Qe2 Rfd8 17. Ba6 (17. a4 $1 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.}) 17... Bxa6 18. Qxa6 Ng4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Threatens to win with ...Bxf2+. White is under strong pressure.} 19. Qe2 a4 (19... Bxf2+ $1 $17 20. Rxf2 Nxf2 21. Qxf2 Nc5) 20. h3 (20. b4 $5 {[%cal Rb4c5]} axb3 21. Nxb3 $11) 20... Nxf2 21. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 22. Kxf2 (22. Qxf2 $15 Ne5 23. Ne1) 22... Nc5 $1 $17 {[%cal Rc5d3,Bd7c5,Bc5e4,Be4g3][%mdl 32]} 23. Ne1 Rd4 (23... f5 $17) 24. Ndf3 (24. Nf1 $11) 24... Nxe4+ 25. Kg1 Ng3 $1 {[%cal Rg3e2]} ({Much weaker is} 25... Rc4 $6 26. Be3 $11) 26. Qf2 Rd1 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Ne4.} 27. Bf4 $1 {[%mdl 512] [#]} Rxe1+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} (27... Qxf4 28. Rxd1) 28. Rxe1 Qxf4 29. Ne5 Qxf2+ 30. Kxf2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Nf5 31. Re4 Rc2+ 32. Re2 Rc5 33. Nd3 Rd5 34. Nb4 Rd1 35. Na2 Rd4 36. Nc3 {[#]} Nd6 $1 37. Ke1 Kf8 38. Re5 Nc4 39. Rb5 Ne3 40. Ra5 (40. g4 $17 {is a better defense.}) 40... Nxg2+ $19 41. Ke2 Nf4+ 42. Ke3 Rc4 43. Ne4 {intending Ra8+.} Nd5+ ({Don't take} 43... Nxh3 44. Ra8+ Ke7 45. Ra7+ Kd8 46. Nd6 $17) 44. Kd3 Rc6 45. Rxa4 f5 46. Ra8+ Ke7 47. Ng5 h6 48. Nf3 Rd6 49. Kc2 Nb6 50. Rg8 Kf7 51. Rh8 (51. Rb8 $142) 51... Nd7 52. Rd8 Ke7 53. Rg8 Kf7 54. Rd8 Ke7 (54... Kf6 $142 55. a4 e5) 55. Rg8 $1 Kf6 56. Nd2 e5 {[%cal Be6e5,Be5e4][%mdl 32]} 57. a4 e4 58. a5 Ne5 {...e3 is the strong threat.} 59. Rf8+ Kg5 {Hoping for ...e3.} 60. Re8 Kf4 61. Nb1 (61. Nb3 {was necessary.}) 61... Nc6 62. Nc3 Nxa5 63. b4 Nc6 64. Kb3 e3 65. b5 Nd8 66. Kc4 Kf3 67. b6 Rc6+ 68. Kd3 Rd6+ (68... f4 $142 69. Rxd8 Rxb6) 69. Kc4 f4 70. Nb5 Rd7 71. Nc3 g5 72. Re5 Rd6 73. Rb5 e2 74. Rb1 Rc6+ 75. Kd3 {[#]} Rd6+ $2 ({Better is} 75... Rxb6 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 76. Re1 (76. Rxb6 e1=Q) 76... Rd6+ 77. Kc2 Nc6) 76. Kc2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (76. Kc4 $11 Rxb6 77. Ra1) 76... Rxb6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 77. Re1 (77. Rxb6 e1=Q) 77... Rc6 78. Kd2 {[#]} Rxc3 $1 {Precision: White = 50%, Black = 76%.} 0-1

[Event "CRO-ch Men 2018"]
[Site "Pozega"]
[Date "2018.04.26"]
[Round "10.6"]
[White "Saric, Ante"]
[Black "Stevic, Hrvoje"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 29,45,16,18,0,0,0,6,0,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Ndb5 d5 7. Bf4 e5 8. cxd5 exf4 9. dxc6 bxc6 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. O-O-O+ Bd7 {A33: Symmetrical English: 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 e6 5 Nc3 Nc6} 12. Nd6 Bxd6 13. Rxd6 Ng4 14. Nd1 Kc7 15. Rd4 g5 {LiveBook: 4 Games. The position is equal.} 16. g3 fxg3 $1 17. hxg3 h5 18. Bg2 Rae8 {[#]} 19. Bf3 $146 {Rxh5! is the strong threat.} ({Predecessor:} 19. Ra4 Kb6 20. Rb4+ Kc7 21. Ra4 Kb6 22. Rb4+ Kc7 23. Ra4 {½-½ (23) Svidler,P (2740)-Vitiugov,N (2729) Nizhnij Novgorod 2013}) 19... f5 20. Ra4 Kb6 21. Rb4+ Kc7 22. Ra4 Kb6 23. Rb4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch Men 2018"]
[Site "Pozega"]
[Date "2018.04.27"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Stevic, Hrvoje"]
[Black "Kuljasevic, Davorin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,30,0,0,0,0,0,-5,-10,0,-13,-16]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Nd2 d5 7. exd5 {C45: Scotch Game} cxd5 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. O-O Be7 11. Nf3 O-O {LiveBook: 7 Games. The position is equal.} 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Rfe8 14. Re1 Qb5 15. b3 {[#]} Qb6 $146 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch Men 2018"]
[Site "Pozega"]
[Date "2018.04.27"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Martinovic, Sasa"]
[Black "Saric, Ante"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,53,29,24,28,8,16,0,28,18,31,16,11,21,30,0,0,9,32,12,25,30,35,17,15,11,36,0,20,0,0,0,0,-2,-14,-30,0,0,0,-22,0,0,0,-20]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Rb1 Be7 {D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation} 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Bc4 a6 10. a4 Qc7 {Black wants to play ...cxd4.} 11. Be2 cxd4 12. cxd4 b6 13. Bd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. O-O Bb7 14. Qd3 Nd7 15. Be3 {½-½ (30) Le,Q (2737)-Lei,T (2531) Caleta 2018}) 13... Bb7 14. Bd3 Rd8 15. Qb3 Nd7 16. O-O Rac8 17. Rfe1 h6 18. h3 Bf8 19. h4 Qd6 20. Qa2 Qb8 21. Qb2 Qa8 22. Bf4 a5 23. Qe2 Bc6 24. Bc2 {The position is equal.} Bb7 25. Bd3 Bc6 26. Bc2 Bb7 27. Bd3 {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 69%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch Men 2018"]
[Site "Pozega"]
[Date "2018.04.27"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Kovacevic, Blazimir"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "170"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,170,38,13,43,31,32,8,9,9,25,12,22,-14,-14,-11,-14,-6,-10,-6,-2,-25,-20,-21,0,0,8,8,6,0,5,0,0,0,6,14,6,8,12,0,15,14,14,0,0,0,4,0,7,6,6,7,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,-3,-6,-6,-8,-7,-8,-8,-8,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-6,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,0,-15,0,-8,-7,-15,-15,-15,-15,-15,-15,-15,-15,-15,0,-15,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-15,-15,-15,-8,-15,-15,-15,-15]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. b4 O-O 6. c4 Bg4 7. Bb2 c6 8. Be2 {A48: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} Nbd7 (8... Ne4 9. O-O Nxd2 10. Nxd2 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Nd7 12. Rfd1 Re8 13. a4 a6 14. h3 e6 15. b5 axb5 16. axb5 {½-½ (37) Schlosser,P (2510)-Kozul,Z (2617) Karlsruhe 2018}) 9. O-O e6 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Re8 12. Qb3 a5 13. bxa5 Qxa5 14. Bc3 Qa3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... dxc4 15. Nxc4 {½-½ (38) Colas,J (2247)-Larson,M (2160) Saint Louis 2014}) 15. Rfb1 b6 16. e4 (16. Bb2 {is interesting.} Qa5 17. Qd3 Qa4 18. Bd1 Qa7 19. a4) 16... dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Rec8 19. Bb2 Qa4 20. Rd1 Ra7 21. Bc2 {The position is equal.} Qa5 22. a4 Qh5 23. Rab1 Qh4 24. d5 {And now dxe6 would win.} exd5 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. cxd5 c5 27. d6 c4 28. Qe3 Qf6 29. Rb5 Raa8 30. Qe7 Rd8 31. Qxf6+ Kxf6 32. Rd4 Rdc8 33. Rb4 Ke5 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black is not keeping still} 34. Rbxc4 Rxc4 35. Rxc4 Kxd6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 36. Rd4+ Ke7 37. Rb4 Rc8 38. Bd3 Rc1+ 39. Kh2 h5 40. g3 Ra1 41. Ba6 Nc5 42. Rxb6 Rxa4 43. Bf1 Ra2 44. Kg1 Rd2 45. Bc4 Rd4 46. Be2 h4 47. Rc6 Ne6 48. Rc4 Rd2 49. Re4 f5 50. Re3 Kf6 51. Bc4 Nc5 52. gxh4 Rd4 53. Bb5 Rxh4 54. Ra3 Rb4 55. Be8 Rb8 56. Bc6 Ne6 57. Ra4 Ke5 58. Ra5+ Kd6 59. Bg2 Nf4 60. Kh2 Ke6 61. Kg3 Rb4 62. Bf3 Kf6 63. Ra6+ Kg7 64. Rd6 Kh6 65. h4 Rc4 66. Bd1 Nh5+ 67. Bxh5 Kxh5 {KR-KR} 68. f4 Rc1 69. Ra6 Rg1+ 70. Kf3 Rh1 71. Kg3 Rg1+ 72. Kf3 Kxh4 73. Kf2 Rg4 74. Kf3 Kh3 75. Rb6 Kh4 76. Ra6 Kh5 77. Ra8 {[%cal Ra8h8] [#]} Kh6 78. Ra1 Rh4 79. Kg3 Rh5 80. Rb1 Kg7 81. Rb7+ Kf8 82. Rb8+ Ke7 83. Rb7+ Kd8 84. Rb6 Rh6 85. Ra6 Ke8 {Precision: White = 62%, Black = 64%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch Men 2018"]
[Site "Pozega"]
[Date "2018.04.27"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Saric, Ivan"]
[Black "Fercec, Nenad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 30,93,52,14,37,32,58,49,80,87,80,75,82,77,77,77,72,74,79,68,66,68,67,66,78,0,0,0,0,0,25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,11,-6,0,0,0,0,264,250,231,233,592,591,581,579,911,911,6382,2053,12810,6470,6470,10110,6387,6379,6375,6370,6370,5481]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. a4 Rb8 {C95: Closed Ruy Lopez: Breyer Variation with 10 d4} (15... Nb6 16. axb5 axb5 17. Bg5 Bg7 18. Bd3 Rxa1 19. Qxa1 c6 20. Be3 Qc7 21. dxe5 dxe5 22. Qc1 Bc8 23. Qc2 {½-½ (32) Anand,V (2767)-Carlsen,M (2834) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 16. b3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Bg7 17. d5 {[#]} Nc5 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 17... Nb6 18. a5 Nc8 19. c4 c6 20. Be3 b4 21. dxc6 Bxc6 22. Re2 Nd7 23. Bd2 {0-1 (68) Mihok,O (2457)-Vajda,L (2504) Budapest 2011}) 18. Be3 c6 {[%cal Rc6d5]} 19. axb5 cxb5 20. Qd2 Rc8 21. c4 bxc4 22. bxc4 Nfd7 23. Reb1 Qc7 24. Ba4 Nxa4 25. Rxa4 Ra8 26. Rab4 Bc8 27. Bb6 (27. Qa2 $16) 27... Nxb6 $11 28. Rxb6 Bf8 29. Qa2 a5 30. Ne2 a4 31. Nc3 Bd7 32. Rb7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Qc8 33. Qa3 Rd8 34. R1b4 Ra5 35. Nd2 Bh6 36. Rb8 Bxd2 $4 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (36... Qxb8 $11 {and Black is okay.} 37. Rxb8 Rxb8 38. Qxd6 Rb7) 37. Rxc8 $18 Rxc8 38. Rb7 Be8 $2 (38... Bxc3 {is more resistant.} 39. Rxd7 Bd4) 39. Nb5 {White is clearly winning.} Bxb5 40. cxb5 Bc1 41. Qxd6 a3 {[#]} 42. Rb8 (42. Rxf7 $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxf7 43. Qd7+ Kf6 44. d6) 42... Rxb8 43. Qxb8+ Kg7 44. Qxe5+ Kg8 45. Qc3 Rxb5 46. Qc8+ Kg7 47. Qxc1 {Precision: White = 60%, Black = 44%.} 1-0

[Event "CRO-ch Men 2018"]
[Site "Pozega"]
[Date "2018.04.27"]
[Round "11.5"]
[White "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Black "Palac, Mladen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,81,18,-15,0,-30,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-17,0,-7,0,1,12,1,5,4,7,0,0,0,0,0,10,2,-3,-74,-77,-50,-59,-68,-69,-89,-85,-84,-52,-101,-101,-136,-130,-99,-15,-90,-29,-25,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,-308,0,0,346,70,683,676,489,438,2665,2597,5302,5302,5297,5293]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 dxc4 6. Bg2 b5 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3} 7. O-O (7. a4 c6 8. O-O O-O 9. Ne1 Nd5 10. e4 Nb6 11. a5 N6d7 12. e5 Bb7 13. Ne4 Na6 14. Bg5 {½-½ (44) Wang,H (2709)-Ding,L (2777) Huaian 2017}) 7... a5 8. a3 Be7 {The position is equal.} 9. b3 cxb3 10. Qxb3 c6 11. Bb2 O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... a4 12. Qc2 Bb7 13. Ne5 O-O 14. Rfc1 Ra7 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 h6 17. Bxc6 Nxc6 {½-½ (17) Kelires,A (2464)-Predke,A (2540) Kavala 2016}) 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. Rfc1 Nd5 14. Ne4 Nb6 15. Rab1 Na4 16. Ba1 Ra6 17. Nc5 Nxc5 18. dxc5 Qc7 19. Rd1 Bc8 ({Don't play} 19... Bxc5 $6 20. Qc3 $16) 20. Qc3 (20. a4 $11 b4 21. Be4) 20... f6 $17 21. Nd3 e5 22. a4 b4 23. Qc4+ $1 Kh8 24. f4 Nd7 25. fxe5 Nxe5 26. Bxe5 fxe5 27. Rf1 {and if Rxf8+ works, White does fine.} Ra8 ({Better is} 27... Bf6 $17 28. Nf2 Ra8) 28. Rxf8+ $11 Bxf8 29. Rf1 $1 {[%cal Rf1f8] [#]} Qe7 {Threatens to win with ...Ba6.} 30. Bxc6 Ba6 31. Bb5 $40 {[%mdl 128] White mounts an attack.} Bxb5 32. axb5 {Strongly threatening e4.} ({Of course not} 32. Qxb5 e4 $17) 32... e4 33. Rf7 Qe8 $1 34. Rxf8+ Qxf8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQN} 35. Ne5 $1 {[%cal Re5f7] Black must now prevent Nf7+.} g6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (35... b3 $1 $11 36. Nf7+ Kg8 37. Nd6+ Kh8 38. Qxb3 Qf6 39. Nf7+ Kg8 40. Ng5+ Kh8 41. Nf7+ Kg8 42. Nd6+ Kh8 43. Nf7+) 36. Nd7 $2 ({White must play} 36. b6 $1 $18) 36... Qf5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (36... Qg7 $14 37. c6 Re8) 37. Qd4+ $18 {White is clearly winning.} Kg8 38. b6 {[%cal Bb5b6,Bb6b7][%mdl 32]} ({Not} 38. Nf6+ Kf7 $18) 38... b3 (38... e3 $142 39. Nf6+ Kf8) 39. b7 Rd8 40. Nf6+ Kf7 41. Qxd8 {Precision: White = 59%, Black = 38%.} 1-0

[Event "CRO-ch Men 2018"]
[Site "Pozega"]
[Date "2018.04.27"]
[Round "11.6"]
[White "Brkic, Ante"]
[Black "Jovanovic, Zoran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "187"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,187,38,29,0,44,28,21,0,0,0,27,23,0,13,16,9,5,9,27,0,21,2,47,35,46,56,61,43,36,44,53,0,35,53,119,102,83,115,280,283,268,271,262,255,451,456,517,535,551,467,529,0,355,307,340,288,283,250,245,239,291,252,248,234,289,187,184,201,241,240,302,280,311,274,290,290,416,410,391,394,426,453,442,431,392,375,334,327,564,563,520,487,446,458,404,342,598,445,555,552,588,488,625,625,29952,29956,29957,29958,29949,29956,29955,29961,29961,29962,29962,29961,29961,12351,29960,29962,29964,29966,29970,29970,29962,29971,29966,29972,29972,29965,29975,29978,29978,29979,29978,29979,29979,29980,29988,29980,29980,29981,29981,29981,29980,29981,29982,29983,29984,29985,29986,29987,29987,29987,29987,29981,29988,29989,29989,29990,29990,29991,29991,29988,29992,29993,29995,29995,29995,29996,29996,29997,29997,29998]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e5 f6 (4... Bg7 5. f4 h5 6. Nf3 Nh6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. Rb1 Bg4 9. Be2 Nd7 10. O-O Nf8 11. Na4 Qc7 12. Nc5 Nf5 13. Bf2 Bh6 14. Nh4 Bxf4 15. Bxg4 Ne3 {1-0 (52) Duda,J (2693)-Jobava,B (2713) Chartres 2017}) 5. f4 Nh6 6. Nf3 {B15: Caro-Kann: 3 Nc3: 3...g6 and 3...dxe4 4 Nxe4 Nf6 5 Nxf6+ exf6} Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Nf5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 9. Ne2 fxe5 10. dxe5 e6 11. Bd2 Nd7 $146 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7c5,Bc5e4][%mdl 32]} ({Predecessor:} 11... Qb6 12. O-O-O {0-1 (27) Seps,M (2173)-Foisor,C (2402) Gothenburg 2005}) 12. O-O-O Nc5 13. g4 Nh4 14. Qe3 Ne4 15. Be1 {Black must now prevent Qxe4!} Bc5 $1 {[%cal Rc5e3]} 16. Nd4 O-O 17. c3 Qe7 18. Rh2 Rf7 {Strongly threatening ...Raf8.} (18... Bb6 $5 {[%cal Rf8f7]}) 19. Bd3 $1 Raf8 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Bg3 Nf3 22. Rf2 g5 {[%cal Rg5f4]} 23. fxg5 ({White should play} 23. Qxe4 $14 gxf4 24. Rxf3 fxg3 25. Rxg3) 23... Bxd4 24. cxd4 Nxg5 {[#]} (24... Qd8 $14) 25. Rf6 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2560] White has strong initiative.} h6 (25... Rxf6 26. Qxg5+) 26. h4 Nh7 $2 (26... Rxf6 $16 27. exf6 Rxf6) 27. g5 $18 (27. Rxh6 Rf3 $14) 27... hxg5 28. hxg5 Rg7 29. Bf4 (29. Qxe4 Nxg5 30. Qg4 Nh7 $11) 29... c5 $2 (29... Qd7 30. Kb1 (30. Qxe4 Qd5 $16) 30... b5) 30. dxc5 Rc8 31. Kb1 Qe8 32. Rh6 Nf8 33. Rf6 $2 ({Better is} 33. g6 $18) 33... Qh5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (33... Nh7 $1 $11) 34. Rf1 Rd8 35. Qxe4 Rd1+ 36. Bc1 {[%csl Gf1][%cal Rf6f8]} Rxf1 37. Rxf1 Rd7 38. c6 bxc6 39. Qxc6 {Threatens to win with Rxf8+!} Qg6+ 40. Qc2 Qxc2+ 41. Kxc2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rd5 42. Rf3 Rxe5 43. Rc3 a5 44. Rc7 Rd5 45. Bd2 Nh7 (45... Nd7 {was called for.} 46. a4 Ne5) 46. g6 {[%cal Bg5g6,Bg6g7][%mdl 32]} Nf8 47. Bh6 {Hoping for g7.} Rh5 48. Bxf8 $1 Kxf8 {KR-KR} 49. g7+ Kg8 50. Kb3 Rb5+ 51. Ka3 Rb4 $2 (51... a4 52. Rc2 (52. Kxa4 Rxb2 53. a3 Rb8 $16) 52... Ra5) 52. b3 Re4 53. Ra7 e5 54. Rxa5 Kxg7 55. b4 Re1 $2 (55... Kf6 56. Ra6+ Ke7) 56. Ka4 e4 57. Rf5 $1 Kg6 58. Rf8 Ra1 59. a3 {[%cal Ba2a3,Ba3a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Kg5 60. b5 e3 61. Re8 Kf4 62. b6 $1 {[%cal Rb6b7]} Rb1 63. Ka5 Kf3 64. a4 $1 e2 65. Ka6 Rb4 {[#]} 66. Rxe2 $3 {[%mdl 512]} Kxe2 {[#] KR-KPP} 67. a5 $1 {White mates.} Kd3 68. b7 Kc4 69. Ka7 Kb5 70. b8=Q+ Kxa5 {KQ-KR} 71. Qd8+ Kb5 72. Qd5+ Ka4 73. Ka6 {[%cal Rd5a2]} Ka3 74. Ka5 Ra4+ 75. Kb5 Rb4+ 76. Kc5 Rb2 77. Qd3+ Rb3 78. Qa6+ Kb2 79. Kc4 Rc3+ 80. Kd4 Rb3 81. Qa5 Rb8 82. Kc4 Rg8 83. Qe5+ Kc2 84. Qe2+ Kc1 85. Qe6 Rg2 86. Qe3+ Kb2 87. Qe5+ Ka2 88. Kc3 Rb2 89. Qa5+ Kb1 90. Qa4 Rf2 91. Qd1+ Ka2 92. Qd5+ Kb1 93. Qb7+ Ka1 94. Qa7+ {Precision: White = 86%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

