[Event "Croatian Championship 2023"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2023.12.05"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Tica, Sven"]
[Black "Livaic, Leon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2023.12.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 16,72,4,5,16,18,21,3,21,23,13,1,15,17,17,-58,-55,-52,-56,-75,-80,-70,-73,-83,-77,-109,-105,-109,-100,-97,-60,-49,-47,-47,-48,-73,-50,-85,-8,-54,-61,-71,-54,-114,-131,-147,-138,-418,-407,-515,-505,-651,-634,-601,-588,-549,-518,-29995,-29996]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Nxe4 Bxe4 9. Be3 e6 {A50: Queen's Fianchetto Defence (1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 b6).} 10. Qd2 d6 {[%cal Bd7d6,Bd6e5,Be5d4][%mdl 32]} 11. Bh6 Nd7 {The position is equal.} 12. Bxg7 (12. Qf4 {is more complex.} Bb7 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. e4) 12... Kxg7 13. Qc3 Qf6 {[#]} 14. Rad1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Rfd1 a5 15. Rac1 Rad8 16. b3 Rfe8 17. Ne1 Bxg2 18. Nxg2 Kg8 19. Ne3 Qg5 20. Qd2 {0-1 Schoppen,C (1906)-Wilschut,P (2258) Maastricht Limburg op-A 8th 2014 (3)}) 14... Rfd8 15. Ne5 dxe5 $15 (15... Bxg2 16. Nxd7 Rxd7 17. Kxg2 $11) 16. Bxe4 exd4 17. Qa3 Rac8 18. Bb7 Rb8 19. Qxa7 Qe5 20. Bc6 Nf6 (20... Qxe2 $2 21. Bxd7 (21. Rxd4 Ne5 $17) 21... c5 22. Rfe1 $18) 21. Rd2 Qc5 {[%csl LRc4,LRc6] Against b4} 22. Qa4 Rd6 23. Bg2 Qg5 {Prevents b4.} 24. Rfd1 c5 25. b4 Qf5 {Black is more active.} 26. Qb5 Rc8 (26... Rdd8 $17) 27. bxc5 (27. a4 $1 $11) 27... bxc5 28. Qb7 e5 29. e3 (29. Rb2 $15) 29... Qe6 $17 30. exd4 cxd4 {Threatens to win with ...Rb6.} 31. Re2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#] This costs White the game.} (31. Bf1 $17) 31... d3 $19 (31... Rxc4 $2 {perishes.} 32. Qb3 $19) 32. Re3 ({But not} 32. Rxe5 $2 Qxe5 33. Qxc8 Qe2 $19) 32... Rxc4 33. Rexd3 Rxd3 34. Rxd3 Rc1+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Discovered Attack} 35. Bf1 e4 {( -> ...Qh3)} 36. Rd2 (36. Ra3 $19 Qc4 37. Qa6 Rxf1+ 38. Kg2) 36... Qc4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.63/Black=0.09 (flawless)} 0-1

[Event "Croatian Championship 2023"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2023.12.05"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Kovacevic, Blazimir"]
[Black "Rezan, Sasa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2023.12.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. e3 Be7 7. Bxc4 O-O 8. O-O a6 9. Qc2 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Nbd2 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Ne4 Qe7 14. Rac1 b6 15. a3 Bb7 16. b4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Nf6 18. Qd3 Rfd8 19. Qb3 Bd6 20. Nd4 Rdc8 21. Be2 Ne4 22. Rxc8+ Rxc8 23. Qd3 Nc3 24. Qxa6 Qc7 25. g3 Be5 26. Bf3 Bxd4 27. exd4 Rd8 28. Qd3 Nd5 29. Rd1 Nf6 30. Qb3 b5 31. Qb2 Rc8 32. Kg2 g5 33. h3 Qc4 34. Qe2 Nd5 35. Qxc4 bxc4 36. Rc1 Nb6 37. Kf1 Rd8 38. Bc6 Rd6 39. Bb5 Rxd4 40. a4 c3 41. Rxc3 Rxb4 42. Ra3 Kf8 43. Ke2 Ke7 44. Kd1 Kd6 45. Kc2 Kc5 46. Rc3+ Kd4 47. Rb3 Kc5 48. Rxb4 Kxb4 49. Kd3 Nxa4 50. Bxa4 Kxa4 51. Kd4 Kb3 52. Ke5 Kc3 53. Kf6 Kd3 54. Kxf7 e5 55. Kf6 Ke2 56. h4 Kxf2 57. hxg5 hxg5 58. Kxg5 e4 0-1

[Event "Croatian Championship 2023"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2023.12.05"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Palac, Mladen"]
[Black "Bukal, Vladimir Jr."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2337"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2023.12.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. a4 d6 6. a5 g6 7. a6 Bg7 8. axb7 Bxb7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. O-O Kh7 11. Be3 Nb4 12. Bb3 a5 13. Nd2 d5 14. Bc5 Re8 15. Qf3 c6 16. Na4 Bc8 17. Bb6 Qd6 18. c3 Na6 19. Bxa5 Rb8 20. Ba2 Bg4 21. Qg3 Be6 22. Rfe1 Nh5 23. Qf3 Nf4 24. b4 h5 25. h3 f5 26. Qe3 Rf8 27. Nf3 Bh6 28. Qa7+ Rf7 29. Qxa6 fxe4 30. dxe4 Nxg2 31. exd5 Nxe1 32. Rxe1 Bxd5 33. Bxd5 Qxd5 34. Nxe5 Re8 35. Nb6 Qd2 36. Qe2 Qg5+ 37. Kh1 Qf5 38. Kg2 Qg5+ 39. Kh1 Qf5 40. Kg2 Rxe5 41. Qxe5 Qxf2+ 42. Kh1 Qf3+ 43. Kg1 Qf2+ 44. Kh1 Rf3 45. Qe6 Rg3 0-1

[Event "Croatian Championship 2023"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2023.12.05"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Black "Rogic, Davor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2023.12.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 26,27,31,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {[%cal Bf1b5,Bb5a4,Ba4b3][%mdl 32]} a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 {[#]} 11. Ng5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a3 h6 13. Bc2 Nb8 14. b3 Nbd7 15. a4 g6 16. Bb2 Bg7 17. Bd3 Bc6 18. axb5 axb5 19. Qc2 Nb6 20. d5 Bd7 21. c4 bxc4 22. bxc4 c5 23. Rxa8 Qxa8 24. Ra1 {0-1 Carlsen,M (2835)-Firouzja,A (2777) Bullet Chess Losers blitz 2023 (6.10)}) 11... Rf8 12. Nf3 Re8 13. Ng5 Rf8 14. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Croatian Championship 2023"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2023.12.05"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Fercec, Nenad"]
[Black "Novosel, Lovro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2401"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2023.12.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. f3 h5 9. Qd2 Be6 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. Kb1 Rc8 12. Bd3 b5 13. h3 h4 14. f4 Qc7 15. Rhe1 Nb6 16. Bxb6 Qxb6 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. Qb4 exf4 19. Nxf4 Bxb3 20. Qxb3 Qc7 21. a4 O-O 22. axb5 axb5 23. Ng6 Rfd8 24. e5 dxe5 25. Rxe5 Bc5 26. Rde1 Ra8 27. Ne7+ Kf8 28. Qxb5 Qa7 29. Kc1 Bd6 30. Nc6 Qf2 31. b4 Ra1+ 32. Kb2 Rxe1 33. Rxe1 Qxe1 0-1

[Event "Croatian Championship 2023"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2023.12.05"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Martinovic, Sasa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "10"]
[EventDate "2023.12.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nbd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Croatian Championship 2023"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2023.12.06"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Livaic, Leon"]
[Black "Martinovic, Sasa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2023.12.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 15,38,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5,Be5f6,Bf6g7][%mdl 32]} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 {[%cal Bh7h6,Bh6g5,Bg5h4][%mdl 32]} 6. exf6 hxg5 7. fxg7 Rg8 8. h4 gxh4 {The position is equal.} 9. a3 {C12: French: Classical System: McCutcheon Variation.} Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qg5 11. Qd2 ({Much worse is} 11. Bb5+ Bd7 12. Bf1 (12. Bxd7+ Nxd7 13. Nf3 Qxg7 $17) 12... Nc6 $17) 11... Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 Rxg7 13. Rxh4 {[#]} Ke7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Nd7 14. g4 Ke7 15. Nh3 Nb6 16. f4 Bd7 17. Nf2 Rag8 18. Re1 f6 19. Rh5 Kd6 {½-½ Huzita,S (2294)-Davidson,J (2109) WZ-ch sf17 email 2020}) 14. Nf3 b6 15. Ne5 Ba6 16. Rh8 {[#] Threatens to win with Bxa6.} Bb7 17. Rh4 Ba6 18. Rh8 {And now Bxa6 would win.} Bb7 19. Rh4 Ba6 {Not much happened in this game.   Weighted Error Value: White=0.00 (flawless) /Black=0.00 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Croatian Championship 2023"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2023.12.06"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Novosel, Lovro"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2023.12.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 12,130,31,12,35,26,28,30,26,19,20,-8,0,-11,-20,-21,-23,-18,-16,-11,-6,-26,-16,-64,-16,-75,-53,-87,-81,-89,-83,-84,-93,-93,-83,-114,-113,-113,-108,-103,-99,-100,-96,-100,-93,-94,-88,-87,-88,-101,-92,-87,-81,-95,-27,-35,-35,-31,-31,-19,-19,-65,-39,-78,-72,-68,-70,-67,-39,-95,-80,-85,-39,-99,0,-89,-79,-91,-89,-66,-31,-82,-82,-93,-39,-68,-31,-93,-31,-93,-31,-31,-31,-31,-31,-31,-31,-82,-89,-89,-31,-12831,-12830,-12826,-3340,-12840,-12840,-12840,-12839,-12840,-12840,-12842,-12843,-12842,-12842,-12842,-12843,-12843,-12843,-12844,-12844]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 d6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 Bg4 6. Be2 O-O 7. Qd2 Nbd7 {B08: Pirc Defence: Classical System.} 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 {[#]} c5 $146 {White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 9... e5 10. Be3 exd4 11. Bxd4 Ne5 12. Be2 Nc6 13. Be3 Re8 14. f3 d5 15. Bg5 dxe4 16. Qxd8 Nxd8 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nxe4 {½-½ Garcia,W (1599)-Bossi,H (1309) Rocha op 2022 (3)}) 10. dxc5 Nxc5 {[%cal Ob7b5]} 11. e5 dxe5 12. Qxd8 Rfxd8 13. Bxe5 Ne8 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Rd1 Nd6 16. Ke2 Rac8 (16... Nf5 $5 {[%cal Rf5d4]}) 17. g3 (17. Rhe1 $11) 17... e5 (17... b5 $15) 18. Bg2 (18. Rhe1 $11) 18... Ne6 $17 {Hoping for ...Nd4+.} 19. Rhe1 Nd4+ $1 {Excellent horsemanship.} 20. Kf1 f6 {[%cal Bf7f6,Bf6f5][%mdl 32]} (20... Nxc2 21. Rxe5 Nc4 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Re7 $16) 21. Rc1 Nc4 22. Bxb7 Rc7 23. Be4 f5 $1 24. Bd3 Nxb2 25. Nb5 Nxb5 26. Bxb5 e4 27. c3 Rd5 28. a4 Rdc5 {Black is much more active.} 29. Rc2 Nc4 (29... Rxc3 $2 30. Rxb2 Kf6 31. h4 $18) 30. Ra1 Kh6 31. Bxc4 Rxc4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 32. Ra3 Rb7 (32... Kg5 $17) 33. Rd2 Rc6 34. a5 a6 35. Kg2 Rb5 36. h4 (36. f3 $11) 36... Rcc5 37. Rda2 Kh5 38. f3 exf3+ 39. Kxf3 h6 40. Kg2 (40. Rc2 $15) 40... Rc4 41. Rd2 {Repels Rd5} Kg4 (41... g5 $17 42. Kf3 Rcc5) 42. Rda2 $1 $15 Kh5 43. Rd2 {Repels Rd5} g5 $1 44. hxg5 hxg5 45. Kf3 Re4 46. Ra1 (46. Rh2+ $15 Kg6 47. Re2 g4+ 48. Kf2) 46... g4+ $17 47. Kf2 {[#]} Kg5 (47... Rc4 $1 $17 {[%cal Rc4c3]} 48. Ra3 Rc6) 48. Raa2 $15 Rc5 (48... Rc4 $5 {[%cal Rc4c3]} 49. Ra3 (49. Rd6 $2 Rxc3 50. Rb6 Re5 $19) 49... Rb8 $17) 49. Rd3 (49. Rd6 $2 Rxc3 50. Rd8 (50. Rxa6 $2 Rf3+ 51. Kg2 Ree3 $19) 50... Rf3+ 51. Kg2 Ree3 52. Rg8+ Kf6 $19) (49. Rd8 $15) 49... Ree5 (49... Rec4 $17 50. Ra3 (50. Rd6 Rxc3 51. Rd8 Rf3+ 52. Kg2 Rcc3 $19) 50... Rb5) 50. Ra3 ({White should try} 50. Rad2 $1 $15) 50... Rxa5 (50... Rc7 $17 51. Re3 Rd5) 51. Rxa5 Rxa5 $17 {KR-KR} 52. Rd6 $1 Ra2+ 53. Kg1 Ra3 54. Kg2 (54. Kf2 $15) 54... a5 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5a4,Ba4a3][%mdl 32]} 55. c4 {[#]} Re3 (55... Ra4 $1 $17 {[%cal Ra4c4]} 56. Rc6 Rb4) 56. Rd5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] This move loses the game for White.} (56. c5 $15) 56... a4 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 57. Ra5 a3 58. Ra6 Rc3 59. Kf2 Rc2+ ({Weaker is} 59... Rxc4 60. Rxa3 Rc2+ 61. Kf1 $15) 60. Ke3 Rg2 ({Inferior is} 60... Rxc4 61. Rxa3 Rc2 62. Rb3 $17) 61. c5 Rxg3+ 62. Kd4 Rf3 63. c6 g3 {[%cal Bg4g3,Bg3g2][%mdl 32]} 64. Ra8 Kf4 65. c7 g2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.34/Black=0.13 (very precise)} 0-1

[Event "Croatian Championship 2023"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2023.12.06"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Rogic, Davor"]
[Black "Fercec, Nenad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2023.12.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 e6 4. O-O Nf6 5. Re1 Be7 6. d3 O-O 7. Nbd2 d5 8. Bb3 Nc6 9. c3 b5 10. e5 Nd7 11. Nf1 d4 12. Ng3 Nb6 13. cxd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Qxd4 15. Re4 Qd7 16. Qh5 Nd5 17. Bg5 Bxg5 18. Qxg5 Qe7 19. Qh5 g6 20. Qh6 f5 21. exf6 Qxf6 22. Qd2 Bb7 23. Rae1 Rae8 24. f3 Nf4 25. R4e3 Qg5 26. Qa5 h5 27. Re5 Qd8 28. Qc3 Qxd3 29. Rxc5 Bd5 30. Rd1 Qxc3 31. bxc3 h4 32. Ne4 h3 33. gxh3 Nxh3+ 34. Kg2 Nf4+ 35. Kg3 Ne2+ 36. Kg2 Nf4+ 37. Kg3 Ne2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Croatian Championship 2023"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2023.12.06"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Bukal, Vladimir Jr."]
[Black "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2337"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2023.12.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 15,55,2,6,-8,0,0,7,8,28,17,20,27,27,0,33,27,36,41,37,35,41,0,14,-22,20,16,22,26,10,12,100,31,18,7,2,-17,-24,-37,-16,-19,-39,-50]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Nd2 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. Ngf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. cxd5 exd5 (8... Qxd5 $2 9. Ne1 $18) 9. Qb3 {E16: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Bb4+.} Be7 10. Nb1 {[#]} h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Nbd7 11. Nc3 Re8 12. Rd1 Nf8 13. Ne5 Ne6 14. Qa4 Bf8 15. Be3 a6 16. Rac1 Rc8 {½-½ Firouzja,A (2607)-Yu,Y (2764) Wch Blitz St Petersburg 2018 (19)}) 11. Nc3 {The position is equal.} Na6 12. Bf4 Re8 13. Rad1 Bf8 14. Rfe1 Qe7 15. Be5 Rad8 16. Bxf6 (16. Nh4 {keeps more tension.} Ne4 17. Ng6 Qd7 18. Nxf8 Rxf8 19. Bf4) 16... Qxf6 17. Ne5 {[%cal Rc3d5]} Qe6 18. f4 {[%cal Bf2f4,Bf4e5,Be5e6][%mdl 32]} f6 19. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4d5][%mdl 32]} fxe5 20. exd5 Qf7 21. fxe5 {[#] aiming for Rf1.} Kh8 $1 22. Rf1 {[%cal Be1f1,Bf1f7,Bf7b7][%mdl 32]} Qd7 (22... Qg8 $1 $11) 23. a3 ({White should try} 23. Qc2 $16 {Strongly threatening Qg6.} Re7 24. Rf2) 23... c5 $14 {...cxd4 would be deadly.} 24. e6 Qe7 25. Rf7 {[%mdl 64] [#] Deflection} Qg5 {[%cal Oc5d4] Threatens to win with ...cxd4!} 26. Rxb7 (26. dxc5 Nxc5) 26... Qe3+ 27. Kh1 cxd4 {Hoping for ...Nc5.} 28. Qc2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.14 (very precise) /Black=0.11 (very precise)} 0-1

[Event "Croatian Championship 2023"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2023.12.06"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Rezan, Sasa"]
[Black "Palac, Mladen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2406"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "16"]
[EventDate "2023.12.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8. dxc5 Nbd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Croatian Championship 2023"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2023.12.06"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Tica, Sven"]
[Black "Kovacevic, Blazimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2023.12.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 Ne4 7. Nc3 c6 8. Qc2 f5 9. Bf4 Nd7 10. h4 O-O 11. O-O h6 12. Nxe4 fxe4 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bd6 15. f3 Bxe5 16. dxe5 exf3 17. exf3 Qe7 18. Kh2 Bd7 19. f4 Rad8 20. Rad1 Be8 21. cxd5 cxd5 22. Bh3 Bb5 23. Rf2 Rc8 24. Qb3 a6 25. a4 Bc6 26. Qa3 Kf7 27. Qb3 Kg8 28. Rd4 Rc7 29. Qb6 Rcc8 30. Qb4 Rfe8 31. Qd2 Bd7 32. Bg4 Rc5 33. Bd1 Rec8 34. Bb3 Kh8 35. Qd3 Qe8 36. Bc2 Qg8 37. h5 Be8 38. g4 Rc4 39. Rxc4 Rxc4 40. b3 Rc6 41. Bb1 a5 42. Rg2 Bf7 43. Kh3 Rc1 44. Rf2 Rc6 45. Kg2 Be8 46. Kh2 Bf7 47. f5 exf5 48. Qxf5 Be6 49. Qd3 Rc8 50. Qg6 Bd7 51. Rf7 Be8 52. e6 Rc1 53. Qf5 Rxb1 54. Rf8 Re1 1-0

[Event "Croatian Championship 2023"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2023.12.06"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Kovacevic, Blazimir"]
[Black "Livaic, Leon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2023.12.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 9,100,4,26,24,43,27,29,41,38,36,32,41,36,33,36,7,53,0,-4,0,8,0,20,0,14,14,16,0,0,0,13,7,27,0,0,0,0,0,-5,-22,-12,-16,0,-19,-8,-37,-22,-54,-9,-43,-54,-51,-37,-39,-40,-71,0,0,0,-77,-27,-37,-35,-28,-65,-52,-15,-18,-16,-70,-40,-48,-11,-30,-18,-47,-20,-114,-112,-202,-183,-158,-73,-110,-92,-223,-235,-390,-356,-462,-452,-1714,-1502]} 1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6d7,Bd7c5,Bc5e6,Be6d4,Bd4f5][%mdl 32]} 5. e4 h5 6. h3 {A16: English Opening: 1...Nf6 with ...d5.} Nc6 7. d3 {[#]} Nd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Nd4 8. Nge2 c5 9. Nxd4 cxd4 10. Nd5 Nh7 11. Bd2 e6 12. Nf4 h4 13. gxh4 Qxh4 {0-1 Nagy,G (2439)-Maksimovic,B (2502) EU-Cup 38th Durres 2023 (5.1)}) 8. Nge2 {White has an edge.} e5 9. h4 Nc5 10. Bg5 f6 11. Be3 Ne6 12. Nd5 O-O (12... Ncd4 $11 {should be considered.}) 13. Qd2 (13. f4 $14) 13... Ncd4 $11 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. O-O {[%cal Od5f4]} c6 16. Nc3 (16. Nf4 $5 {[%cal Rf4g6]}) 16... f5 17. exf5 Nxf5 18. Bg5 Qb6 19. Kh2 Be6 20. Rae1 Rae8 21. Nd1 Kh7 22. b3 Rf7 23. f3 Ref8 24. Nf2 (24. f4 {is more complex.} Qd4 25. Re4 Qc5 26. Ree1) 24... Kg8 25. Nh3 Bc8 {[%cal Be6c8,Bc8b7,Bb7d5][%mdl 32]} 26. Ng1 Qc7 27. Bh3 b6 28. Bxf5 Rxf5 29. Be3 c5 30. Rf2 Bb7 {[%cal Rb7f3]} 31. Ref1 d5 32. Bh6 Qc6 (32... d4 $17) 33. Bxg7 Kxg7 34. Qe3 (34. Nh3 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 34... Qf6 (34... d4 $17 35. Qd2 Qf6) 35. cxd5 Bxd5 36. Kg2 g5 37. hxg5 Rxg5 (37... Qxg5 {simplifies} 38. Qxg5+ Rxg5 39. Kh2 Rgf5) 38. Kh2 Rf5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 39. Kg2 (39. Nh3 $11) 39... Bb7 {Black is more active.} (39... h4 {seems wilder.} 40. g4 Rf4 41. Kh3 Qg5) 40. Nh3 Rd8 41. Kh2 Qd6 42. f4 (42. g4 {feels hotter.} e4+ 43. Kh1 hxg4 44. dxe4 Rh8 45. fxg4 Bxe4+ 46. Kg1) 42... Qxd3 43. Qxd3 (43. Qe1 $1 $11) 43... Rxd3 $17 44. fxe5 (44. Re1 $17 {was called for.}) 44... Rxf2+ $19 45. Rxf2 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Re3 (45... Rd1 $142 $1 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Rd1h1]} 46. g4 hxg4) 46. Nf4 Rxe5 {[%cal Be3e5,Be5e1,Be1e6][%mdl 32]} 47. Kh3 {[#] Loses the game.} (47. Rd2 $17 Bc8 48. Kg2) 47... Kh6 $1 $19 {Strongly threatening ...Re1.} 48. Rd2 $2 {[#]} (48. Ng2 {was necessary.}) 48... Re1 $1 49. Rd6+ Kg5 {[%cal Re1h1]} 50. Ne6+ {[#]} (50. Rd2 $142) 50... Rxe6 $1 {[%mdl 512] Weighted Error Value: White=0.31/Black=0.15 (very precise)} 0-1

[Event "Croatian Championship 2023"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2023.12.06"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Palac, Mladen"]
[Black "Tica, Sven"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2023.12.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Re8 8. Nge2 c6 9. O-O a5 10. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Croatian Championship 2023"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2023.12.06"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Black "Rezan, Sasa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2023.12.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 12,137,37,14,33,33,16,0,0,0,37,6,34,26,37,37,37,33,33,27,33,2,11,0,11,0,0,-12,14,18,15,0,0,0,45,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,8,9,6,31,36,35,29,35,31,27,2,76,85,80,53,122,124,158,134,185,185,188,198,188,93,531,486,587,570,552,545,674,483,29968,29970,29970,29971,29962,29964,29964,1503,1188,927,841,593,594,537,673,530,534,451,525,522,730,660,600,414,677,667,874,833,1034,612,948,471,523,522,437,360,590,360,350,270,29990,322,382,382,702,393,389,424,29995,29996,29996,29997]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 c6 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7.} 8. a4 b6 9. Qxc4 Ba6 {The position is equal.} 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. Nc3 Rc8 12. Rd1 Nd5 13. e4 Nb4 14. Qb1 {[#]} Bb7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Re8 15. Be3 c5 16. Rd2 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Bc5 18. Qd1 Qf6 19. Nf3 Bxe3 20. Rxd7 Bc5 {0-1 Akdogan,A (2260)-Sabuk,P (2369) Lvov Tradition IM 06 2018 (9)}) 15. h4 a5 16. e5 h6 17. Qe4 Qe8 18. Qg4 Kh8 19. Bf4 Nd5 (19... c5 $5 {[%cal Rb7f3]}) 20. Nxd5 cxd5 21. Rac1 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Ba6 23. Rc7 (23. Qh5 $5) 23... Be2 24. Bf1 Bd8 25. Rc3 Bxf1 26. Kxf1 $40 {[%mdl 128] White has some attack.} f5 27. Qh3 Nb8 {[%cal Bd7b8,Bb8a6,Ba6b4][%mdl 32]} 28. b3 Qh5 {[%cal Og7g5]} 29. Kg2 Na6 30. Qh1 Nb4 $1 31. Bd2 Qg4 32. Rc8 Kg8 (32... f4 $11 33. Bxb4 axb4) 33. Bxb4 $16 axb4 34. Rc6 Qg6 (34... h5 $14) 35. Qb1 Re8 36. Qc1 {White is more active.} Qf7 (36... Rf8 $16 {might work better.}) 37. Ng1 $18 g5 38. hxg5 hxg5 39. Nh3 (39. Rc8 $18 {[%cal Oc8d8] and White stays clearly on top. Strongly threatening Rxd8!} Qd7 40. Nh3) 39... g4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Loses the game.} (39... Qh5 $16) 40. Nf4 Bg5 41. Rxb6 Bxf4 42. gxf4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Kg7 43. Qc6 {[%cal Oa4a5] Black must now prevent a5!} g3 {[#]} (43... Re7 $18 44. Qd6 Re8 45. Qxb4 (45. Rxb4 g3 $11) 45... Qh5) 44. Rb7 $1 (44. Kxg3 Qh5 45. f3 (45. Rxb4 $2 Qg4+ 46. Kh2 Rh8#) 45... Qh1 $11) 44... Re7 45. Rxe7 ({Worse is} 45. Rxb4 Qh5 46. Kxg3 Qg4+ 47. Kh2 Kg6 $11) 45... Qxe7 46. fxg3 {KQ-KQ} Qa7 47. Qc5 (47. Qxe6 $142 Qxd4 48. Qxf5 Qe3 49. e6 Qe1 50. Qf7+ Kh6 51. Qf6+ Kh7 52. e7) 47... Qa6 48. Qc2 (48. Qxb4 Qe2+ 49. Kg1 Qe3+ 50. Kf1 Kg6 $16) 48... Qb6 49. Qd2 Kg6 50. Kf2 Kh5 51. Qe2+ Kg6 52. Ke3 Qc6 53. Qd2 {Wards off Qc1} Qb6 54. Qc2 Qa6 {Inhibits Qc8.} 55. Qd3 {Prevents Qf1} Qc6 (55... Qc8 $142 56. Kd2 Qh8) 56. Kd2 Kh5 57. Qc2 Qa6 58. Ke1 {[#] Qe2+ would kill now.} Kh6 59. Qe2 (59. g4 $142) 59... Qb6 60. Qd1 Qc6 61. Qd2 Qb6 $2 (61... Kh5 62. Kf2 (62. Qxb4 Qc1+ 63. Ke2 Qc2+ 64. Ke3 Kg4 $14) 62... Kh6) 62. Kd1 {[%cal Og3g4] aiming for g4!} Kh5 63. Qh2+ Kg4 $2 (63... Kg6 $18 64. Qd2 Qb8) 64. Qf2 $2 (64. Ke2 {mates} Qd8 65. a5 Qe7 66. a6 Qg5 67. fxg5 Kxg5 68. a7 f4 69. a8=Q fxg3 70. Qxg3+ Kf5 71. Qf8+ Ke4 72. Qh4#) 64... Qc6 65. Qc2 Qb7 $2 (65... Qb6 66. Ke2 Qxd4) 66. Qd3 Qc7 67. Ke2 Kh3 (67... Kh5 $18 68. Qd2 Qc6) 68. Kf2 Kh2 69. Qe2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.22 (precise) /Black=0.50} 1-0

[Event "Croatian Championship 2023"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2023.12.06"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Fercec, Nenad"]
[Black "Bukal, Vladimir Jr."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "2401"]
[BlackElo "2337"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2023.12.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Bc5 5. O-O Nge7 6. c3 Ng6 7. d4 Ba7 8. Bg5 f6 9. Be3 O-O 10. d5 Nce7 11. Bxa7 Rxa7 12. d6 cxd6 13. Qxd6 b5 14. Bb3+ Kh8 15. a4 Rb7 16. axb5 Rxb5 17. Nbd2 Rb6 18. Qa3 f5 19. Nc4 fxe4 20. Nfxe5 Rbf6 21. Ng4 Rf4 22. Nge3 Bb7 23. Nd6 Bc6 24. Qc5 Qb8 25. Bc2 R8f6 26. Rad1 Re6 27. Rd4 Qf8 28. Bb3 Ref6 29. Qc4 Ne5 30. Qe2 N7g6 31. Qd2 Nh4 32. Bd1 Rg6 33. Kh1 Nhf3 34. gxf3 Qf6 35. Ng2 Rxg2 36. Kxg2 Qg5+ 37. Kh1 Ng6 38. Nf7+ 1-0

[Event "Croatian Championship 2023"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2023.12.06"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Rogic, Davor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2023.12.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 13,77,29,31,23,26,0,27,32,39,39,48,42,43,43,66,31,52,50,45,47,48,43,63,62,104,119,122,114,118,114,118,120,135,94,108,114,95,102,98,84,77,0,0,0,0,-58,-49,-114,-110,-104,-27,-185,-151,-216,-69,-85,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 {6...Be4 is the fancy move.} 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. g3 {D12: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 e3 Bf5.} Nbd7 9. Bg2 Be7 10. Qe2 {White has an edge.} O-O 11. O-O Qc7 12. Rd1 Rad8 13. Bd2 Rfe8 {[#]} 14. Be1 $146 (14. Rac1 $5 {[%cal Rc4d5]}) ({Predecessor:} 14. Rac1 Qb8 15. Be1 a6 16. Rc2 b5 17. b3 Bf8 18. f4 bxc4 19. bxc4 c5 20. cxd5 exd5 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Bxd5 cxd4 {1-0 Drygalov,A (2317)-Skatchkov,V (2099) Samara Polugaevsky Memorial 6th 2016 (4)}) 14... Qb8 15. b3 {[%cal Bb2b3,Bb3b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} g5 16. h3 a6 17. a4 Nf8 18. Rab1 Ng6 19. b4 Qc8 {[#]} 20. b5 $1 axb5 21. axb5 Bf8 22. Na4 e5 23. Ba5 Rd6 24. c5 Rde6 25. Nb6 Qd8 26. bxc6 bxc6 27. Qa6 {White is more active.} (27. Ra1 $16 {[%cal Ob6d5] Nxd5! is the strong threat.} Qe7 28. Qf3) 27... exd4 $11 28. exd4 Ne4 $1 {[%cal Oe4f2]} 29. Ra1 (29. Be1 $11) 29... f5 (29... Nxf2 {keeps more tension.} 30. Kxf2 Qf6+ 31. Kg1 Re2) 30. Be1 (30. Qd3 $15) 30... g4 $17 31. hxg4 fxg4 ({Better is} 31... f4 $17 32. Qf1 fxg3 33. fxg3 Rf6) 32. Bd2 $2 {Wards off Qg5} (32. Qf1 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 32... Qf6 33. Be3 (33. Bxe4 $17 Rxe4 34. Nd7) 33... Qf5 (33... Nxg3 $1 $19 34. Nd7 Qf5 35. Nxf8 Nxf8 36. fxg3 Rxe3) 34. Qd3 {[#]} Qh5 (34... Be7 $1 $17 {Hoping for ...Bg5.} 35. Rd2 Bg5 36. Bxg5 Qxg5) 35. Ra8 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active. The position is equal.} R8e7 {[%cal Oe4g3]} ({Much less strong is} 35... Rxa8 36. Nxa8 Ng5 37. Nc7 $16) 36. Nc8 Re8 {[%cal Oe4g3] Strongly threatening ...Nxg3!} 37. Nb6 $1 R8e7 {[%cal Oe4g3] aiming for ...Nxg3!} ({Don't take} 37... Rxa8 38. Nxa8 Re7 39. Ra1 $16 (39. Nb6 Kh7 $14)) 38. Nc8 Re8 {[%cal Oe4g3] And now ...Nxg3! would win.} 39. Nb6 $1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.20 (precise) /Black=0.20 (precise)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Croatian Championship 2023"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2023.12.06"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Martinovic, Sasa"]
[Black "Novosel, Lovro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2023.12.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 21,101,14,14,0,0,0,0,0,12,-22,27,12,15,21,40,-19,36,18,3,0,16,-31,45,0,57,61,79,67,95,87,98,48,68,48,87,64,61,61,75,58,56,54,46,50,63,25,45,35,67,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,106,59,474,244,875,824,933,912,875,851,881,852,855,818,833,828,778,765,742,707,646,533,695,687,693,683]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 c6 8. Nge2 Nbd7 9. Qc2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. f3 g6 12. a4 $5 {[%mdl 4] A promising side line. D36: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation: Main line (5 Bg5 c6 6 Qc2).} Ne6 13. Bh4 a5 14. Rad1 {[#] The position is equal.} Qb6 $146 {[%cal Of6g4]} ({Predecessor:} 14... b6 15. Kh1 Nc7 16. Qc1 Ba6 17. Bxa6 Nxa6 18. e4 dxe4 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. fxe4 Bg7 {1-0 Csiki,E (2384)-Pasti,A (2361) Budapest Vezerkepzo Pentecost GM2 2023 (3)}) 15. Kh1 Nh5 (15... Ng4 $142 16. fxg4 (16. Bxe7 Nxe3 17. Bc5 Nxc5 $17) 16... Bxh4) 16. Bf2 Bd7 17. g4 Nhg7 18. h4 (18. f4 $14) 18... Nc7 (18... Qd8 $11) 19. h5 {[%cal Rh5g6]} Na6 20. Qd2 Nb4 21. Bb1 (21. hxg6 $11 fxg6 22. e4) 21... Qd8 (21... gxh5 $15 22. gxh5 Bg5) 22. Kg2 Ne6 (22... gxh5 $11 23. Rh1 Bg5) 23. Rh1 $14 Bf6 24. Rh2 Nf8 25. hxg6 fxg6 26. Na2 ({White should play} 26. Rdh1 $16) 26... Nxa2 27. Bxa2 Be6 28. Rdh1 Qe7 29. Nf4 Bf7 30. Nd3 (30. Qd1 {keeps more tension.} Bg7 31. Bb1 b6 32. Bd3) 30... b6 31. Rc1 Rac8 32. b4 axb4 33. Qxb4 Qa7 34. Rhh1 Nd7 35. Rc2 (35. Qd6 $14) 35... c5 $11 36. Qb5 c4 37. Nb4 (37. Nf4 $5 Qb7 $8 38. Ne2 $11) 37... Qb7 38. a5 {[%cal Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32] a6 is the strong threat.} Re7 (38... Nf8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 39. Rb1 {White is more active.} (39. a6 $16 Qa8 40. Bb1) 39... Bg5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#] Loses the game.} (39... Bg7 $14) 40. e4 Bf6 $2 (40... dxe4 41. Qxg5 exf3+ 42. Kh3 Nf8 43. axb6 h6) 41. a6 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Qa8 42. Nxd5 Bxd5 43. Qxd5+ Qxd5 44. exd5 {[%cal Be4d5,Bd5d6,Bd6c7][%mdl 32]} Kg7 45. Rxc4 Ra8 46. Rc7 Nb8 47. d6 {[%mdl 64] [#] Pin} Rxc7 48. dxc7 Nxa6 49. Bd5 Re8 50. Rc1 Rc8 51. Bg3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.30/Black=0.47} 1-0

[Event "Croatian Championship 2023"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2023.12.07"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Livaic, Leon"]
[Black "Novosel, Lovro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2023.12.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 9,113,17,19,0,15,7,31,16,17,25,21,25,34,35,32,29,55,39,90,62,89,95,105,104,116,117,107,117,131,68,66,74,78,68,97,83,90,89,93,68,102,104,110,102,110,108,116,116,118,116,124,96,133,103,104,102,68,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-9,-8,-8,-10,-10,-6,-8,-8,-13,-5,-10,-4,-8,-8,-8,-8,-9,-8,-9,-7,-54,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. a4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. O-O {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7.} a6 7. Be2 Be7 8. d4 {White is slightly better.} cxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. a5 h6 12. h3 {[#]} Rd8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Rb8 13. Be3 b5 14. axb6 Rxb6 15. Ra2 Bb7 16. Nd2 Rc6 17. Nb3 e5 18. Qb4 Ba8 19. Rxa6 Rxa6 20. Bxa6 {1-0 Salinas Herrera,P (2528)-Karolczuk,I (2260) Titled Tuesday intern op 23rd Aug Early blitz 2022 (4)}) 13. Be3 e5 (13... Re8 $14) 14. Qc4 $16 Qxc4 15. Bxc4 Re8 16. Nd2 {White has more active pieces. The black rooks are badly placed.} Nf8 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Nd7 19. Bb3 (19. Nc4 $16) 19... Nf6 $1 $14 20. f3 Be6 21. Nc4 Red8 22. Nb6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] [#] aiming for Bxe6. White is in control.} Rab8 23. Rd3 Nd7 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. Bxd5 Nf6 26. Bb3 {A strong pair of Bishops.} Rdc8 27. Ba4 Rc4 28. c3 Rbc8 29. g3 {[%cal Bg2g3,Bg3g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} Bf8 30. h4 g6 31. g4 d5 32. exd5 e4 33. fxe4 (33. Rd4 $1 $14) 33... Rxe4 $11 34. d6 Rd8 $1 ({Don't take} 34... Rxg4+ 35. Kf2 $16) 35. g5 Rxd6 36. Rxd6 Bxd6 37. gxf6 Rxe3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 38. Bb3 Bc5 39. Kh1 Re2 40. Rd1 {[#] Rd8+ would be deadly.} Rxb2 41. Rd8+ Bf8 42. Bd5 Rf2 $1 43. Bxb7 {Black must now prevent c4.} Rxf6 44. Ra8 Rf4 45. Bxa6 Rxh4+ 46. Kg2 Ra4 47. Bb7 (47. Bb5 $11 Ra2+ 48. Kf1) 47... Rc4 ({Better is} 47... Kg7 $15) 48. a6 {The position is equal.} Rxc3 49. a7 {[%cal Oa8f8] Strongly threatening Rxf8+!} Ra3 {...Kg7 is the strong threat.} 50. Rxf8+ Kxf8 51. a8=Q+ Rxa8 52. Bxa8 {KB-K3P} Kg7 53. Kg3 h5 54. Kf4 Kf6 55. Bc6 g5+ 56. Ke4 g4 57. Kf4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.08 (flawless) /Black=0.08 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Croatian Championship 2023"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2023.12.07"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Rogic, Davor"]
[Black "Martinovic, Sasa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2023.12.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 20,38,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,7,0,2,0,17,5,12,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 a6 8. a4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Be2 Qc7 11. f4 {The position is equal.} Nxd4 {B50: Sicilian: 2...d6, Miscellaneous.} 12. Qxd4 e5 13. Qd3 exf4 14. Bxf4 Be6 (14... Rd8 {with more complications.} 15. Qg3 Be6 16. Bh6 g6) 15. Rad1 {[%cal Rf4d6] [#]} (15. Qg3 {is more complex.} Qc5+ 16. Be3 Qe5 17. Bf4) 15... Rfd8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Rad8 16. Kh1 Qc6 17. Bg5 Qc5 18. Bh4 Rfe8 19. Bf2 {½-½ Velcheva,M (2285)-Toth,A (2245) Budapest FS05 IM 1997 (2)}) 16. Kh1 Rac8 17. Qg3 Qc5 18. e5 dxe5 19. Bxe5 {[#] Threatens to win with Ne4.} Rxd1 {An uneventful encounter.   Weighted Error Value: White=0.03 (flawless) /Black=0.02 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Croatian Championship 2023"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2023.12.07"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Bukal, Vladimir Jr."]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D71"]
[WhiteElo "2337"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2023.12.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 9,52,10,4,12,5,9,5,0,12,0,12,-13,0,-22,18,15,24,23,12,8,9,0,0,-43,-18,-81,-78,-83,-36,-88,-81,-134,-134,-188,-178,-192,-186,-277,-274,-275,-250,-338,-328,-398,-377]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. e3 Bg7 6. Ne2 {D71: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 3 g3 d5 sidelines and 5 cxd5 (without Nf3).} O-O 7. O-O a5 8. b3 {The position is equal.} b5 9. Nd2 Ba6 {[#]} 10. Qc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Bb2 Nbd7 11. Rc1 bxc4 12. bxc4 Nb6 13. c5 Nbd7 14. Re1 Qc7 15. Bc3 Rfb8 16. Rb1 Rxb1 17. Qxb1 {0-1 Ju,W (2557)-Lei,T (2444) CHN-chT China 2015 (16.9)}) 10... Nbd7 11. Re1 Rc8 12. c5 e5 13. dxe5 $1 Nxe5 14. Bb2 Re8 15. Rad1 b4 {[#] ...Bd3 is the strong threat.} 16. Nc1 {Dodges Bd3} Qe7 17. h3 (17. e4 $11 {remains equal.}) 17... Ned7 $17 {[%cal Be5d7,Bd7c5,Bc5e4][%mdl 32]} 18. Bd4 Nh5 (18... Bf8 $17 {[%cal Rd7c5]} 19. Nd3 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Nxc5) 19. Nf3 (19. Bf1 $15 Bxf1 20. Kxf1) 19... Bf8 20. Qb2 ({Better is} 20. Nd3) 20... Nxc5 21. g4 (21. Qc2 $17 {was called for.}) 21... Ng7 $19 22. Bf6 Qd6 23. g5 (23. Be5 $142 Qd7 24. Qc2) 23... Ne4 24. Be5 Qe6 {[%cal Oe4g5]} 25. Bf4 Nh5 26. Nd4 Qe7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.30/Black=0.06 (flawless)} 0-1

[Event "Croatian Championship 2023"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2023.12.07"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Rezan, Sasa"]
[Black "Fercec, Nenad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2406"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2023.12.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. Be3 Nd7 9. Qd2 Nf6 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Croatian Championship 2023"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2023.12.07"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Tica, Sven"]
[Black "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2023.12.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 11,109,13,6,10,12,3,0,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,170,167,286,267,326,329,354,278,272,288,700,693,798,790,702,452,461,457,439,447,420,395,419,375,353,243,227,240,240,198,190,200,209,55,34,27,46,34,44,37,34,37,35,39,40,34,21,12,14,18,41,47,47,42,18,21,99,43,149,73,87,72,180,163,287,219,190,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Qc2 {E11: Bogo-Indian.} c6 8. Bf4 Nbd7 9. h4 $1 {[%mdl 4] outshines the older 9.0-0.} b6 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. e4 dxe4 12. Ng5 (12. Ne5 {simplifies} c5 13. O-O-O Qe8 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. dxc5 Qc8 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Qxc5 19. Be3) 12... c5 13. d5 exd5 14. cxd5 {[%cal Bc4d5,Bd5d6][%mdl 32] [#]} Re8 $146 (14... h6 15. d6 Re8 16. dxe7 Qxe7 17. O-O-O (17. Nh3 Ba6 $16) 17... hxg5 18. hxg5 $18) (14... Nxd5 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 15. Nxd5 Bxd5) ({Predecessor:} 14... Nh5 15. Be3 f5 16. Ne6 Qb8 17. g4 fxg4 18. Bxe4 Ndf6 19. Nxf8 Qxf8 20. O-O-O Bd6 {1-0 Carlsen,M (2852)-Sarana,A (2668) Airthings Masters Div 1 W rapid 2023 (1.1)}) 15. d6 $18 Bf8 (15... c4 $142) 16. Qb3 (16. Bxe4 $2 Nxe4 17. Ngxe4 f5 $19) 16... Qc8 {And now ...c4 would win.} 17. Qxf7+ (17. Nxf7 $2 c4 18. Qb4 Nc5 $19) 17... Kh8 18. Bh3 e3 19. f3 {aiming for Qc4.} Qc6 $2 (19... b5 20. O-O-O (20. Nxb5 Bd5 $16) 20... c4) 20. Qc4 {Intending Nf7+ and mate.} h6 21. Nf7+ Kh7 22. Bf5+ g6 {[%cal Oc6f3] [#]} 23. Ng5+ {[%mdl 576] Clearance} Kh8 24. Bxg6 b5 (24... Ne5 $2 25. Bxe5 Rxe5 26. Nf7+ Kg7 27. Qf4) 25. Qd3 (25. Qxb5 Qxb5 26. Nxb5 hxg5 27. hxg5+ Kg7 $18) (25. Nf7+ Kg7 26. Bxh6+ (26. Nxb5 $2 Qxf3 27. Rf1 Qg2 $19) 26... Kg8 27. Nxb5 Qd5 28. Qxd5 Bxd5 $18) 25... c4 26. Nf7+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Kg7 (26... Kg8 27. Bh7+ (27. Nxh6+ $2 Bxh6 28. Qe2 Ne5 $19) 27... Nxh7 28. Qg6+ (28. Nxh6+ $2 Bxh6 29. Qg6+ Bg7 $19) 28... Bg7 29. Bxh6 Qxf3 30. Qxg7#) 27. Qf5 (27. Bxh6+ Kg8 $18) 27... Qc5 (27... Qxf3 $2 28. Rf1 (28. Bxh6+ Kg8 $16) (28. Rh2 b4 $11) 28... Be4 29. Bxh6+ Kg8 30. Rxf3 $18) 28. Bxh6+ (28. Nxb5 Qxf5 29. Bxf5 Kxf7 $19) 28... Kg8 {Threatens to win with ...Qxf5.} 29. Qg5 (29. Nxb5 Qxf5 30. Bxf5 Kxf7 31. Bxd7 Nxd7 32. Bxf8 Rxf8 $17) (29. Bh7+ Kxf7 30. Qg6+ Ke6 31. Bg8+ Kxd6 32. O-O-O+ (32. Bf4+ Kc6 $17) 32... Kc7 33. Bf4+ Re5 $17) 29... Qxg5 30. hxg5 (30. Bxg5 $6 Kg7 31. h5 Bxf3 32. Bxf6+ Nxf6 $16) 30... Bxf3 31. gxf6 $2 (31. O-O $18 Bh5 32. Bxh5 (32. Rxf6 Bxg6 33. Bxf8 Nxf6 $15) 32... Nxh5 33. Rae1 (33. Nxb5 e2 $17 {[%mdl 64] Deflection})) 31... Bxh1 $14 32. Ng5 {Repels Re6. Some like it hot} (32. Nxb5 $2 Be4 33. Bxe4 Rxe4 $19) 32... Nxf6 (32... Bxh6 $2 33. f7+ Kf8 34. fxe8=Q+ Rxe8 35. Nh7+ Kg7 36. Bxe8 $18) 33. Bf7+ Kh8 34. Bxe8 Bxh6 35. Nf7+ {[%cal Bg5f7,Bf7h6,Bh6f5][%mdl 32]} (35. Ke2 {seems wilder.} Bg2 36. Nf7+ Kg7 37. Nxh6 Rxe8 38. Nf5+) 35... Kg7 36. Nxh6 Rxe8 37. Nf5+ Kg6 38. Ne7+ {A dynamic duo of knights.} Kf7 39. Ke2 {Inhibits Bf3+.} Rh8 40. Kxe3 {[%cal Oa1f1]} (40. Nxb5 Ng4 41. Rf1+ (41. Nxa7 Rh2+ {[%mdl 64] Skewer} 42. Kd1 Bf3+ 43. Kc1 Ne5 44. Nf5 Nd3+ 45. Kb1 Rxb2#) 41... Ke8 $19) 40... b4 41. Nb5 Ke6 42. Rd1 {[%cal Oe7g6]} (42. Nxa7 Kxd6 43. Nac8+ Kc5 $17) 42... Rh3 (42... Be4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 43. Kf4 {White is more active.} (43. Nxa7 $6 Rxg3+ 44. Kd4 Rd3+ 45. Rxd3 cxd3 46. Kxd3 Kxd6 $11) ({White should try} 43. Kd4 $16) 43... Rh2 (43... Nh5+ $1 $14 44. Kg4 Rh2) 44. Nc7+ (44. Nxa7 $6 Bb7 $11) (44. Ng6 $142 $1 Nd7 45. g4 (45. Nxa7 Ba8 $11)) 44... Kd7 $16 45. Ng6 $1 {Hoping for Ne5+.} Rf2+ {[#]} (45... c3 $16) 46. Kg5 $1 $18 {Black must now prevent Ne5+.} Be4 (46... Ne4+ {keeps fighting.} 47. Kh6 Nxd6) 47. Ne5+ Kc8 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Rf5+.} 48. Nxc4 $2 (48. Rd4 $1 $18 Bh7 49. g4 (49. Rxc4 Ne4+ 50. Kh6 Nxd6 $16) (49. Nxc4 Ne4+ 50. Kh6 Rh2+ 51. Kg7 Nxd6 $16 {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender}) (49. d7+ Nxd7 50. Rxd7 Rf5+ 51. Kg4 c3 $16) 49... Ne4+ 50. Kh6 Nxd6 51. Na6 (51. Rxd6 Rh2+ 52. Kg7 Kxc7 $16) (51. Kxh7 Kxc7 52. Nxc4 Nf7 $18) (51. Nxc4 Rh2+ 52. Kg7 Nxc4 $11) 51... Nf7+ 52. Nxf7 (52. Kxh7 Nxe5 53. Re4 Nxg4 $14) 52... Rxf7 53. Rxc4+ (53. Nxb4 Bb1 $18) 53... Kb7 54. Nxb4 (54. Rxb4+ Kxa6 55. g5 Bb1 $15)) 48... Rf5+ $11 {The position is equal.} 49. Kh6 Ng4+ 50. Kg7 {Threatening mate with d7+.} Kd7 51. Re1 Rg5+ $1 52. Kf7 $1 Rf5+ 53. Kg7 Rg5+ $1 54. Kf7 $1 Rf5+ 55. Kg7 {An exciting game.   Weighted Error Value: White=0.34/Black=0.38} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Croatian Championship 2023"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2023.12.07"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Kovacevic, Blazimir"]
[Black "Palac, Mladen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2023.12.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Qc2 c6 6. Nc3 Be6 7. Bf4 Nh5 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. e3 Nd7 11. h3 g6 12. g4 Ng7 13. Bd3 O-O-O 14. O-O-O Kb8 15. Kb1 g5 16. Nd2 Rdf8 17. f3 f5 18. e4 fxe4 19. fxe4 h5 20. exd5 cxd5 21. Nb3 hxg4 22. hxg4 Nf6 23. Rxh8 Rxh8 24. Re1 Qc7 25. Qd2 Qg3 26. Ne2 Qxg4 27. Rg1 Ne4 28. Qb4 Qf3 29. Ba6 Bc8 30. Nec1 Qf8 31. Nc5 Nxc5 32. dxc5 Ne6 33. Nd3 Rh4 34. Qb3 Nd4 35. Qxd5 bxa6 36. Qxg5 Qf3 37. Nb4 Qe4+ 38. Ka1 a5 39. Qg3+ Ka8 40. Qc7 Qb7 41. Nd5 Qxc7 42. Nxc7+ Kb7 43. Nd5 Be6 44. Nc3 Kc6 45. Na4 Nc2+ 46. Kb1 Bf5 47. Nc3 Kxc5 48. Kc1 Rh2 49. Rg3 Nd4 50. Re3 Kc4 51. b3+ Kb4 52. Nd5+ Ka3 53. b4+ Kxa2 54. Nc3+ Kb3 55. Nb5+ Kc4 56. Nd6+ Kxb4 0-1

[Event "Croatian Championship 2023"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2023.12.08"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Palac, Mladen"]
[Black "Livaic, Leon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2023.12.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 16,19,44,35,95,89]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Be3 Qe7 9. d5 c5 $1 {9...c5 is better than 9...Ng4. E94: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5 7 0-0: Various Black 7th moves.} (9... a5 $14) 10. Bg5 {[#]} {Predecessor:} Kh8 $146 11. a3 Rg8 12. Ne1 Qf8 13. Qd2 Ne8 14. Be3 f5 15. f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 Ne5 17. Rc1 {½-½ Sychev,K (2537)-Jones,G (2682) Wch Blitz St Petersburg 2018 (18)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Croatian Championship 2023"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2023.12.08"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Black "Kovacevic, Blazimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2023.12.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 17,105,0,0,-7,-24,0,41,45,40,39,66,56,56,66,63,59,68,63,66,71,59,49,70,79,70,55,61,60,75,0,0,0,42,14,233,215,303,305,247,295,310,296,296,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,484,454,389,141,500,337,514,508,481,479,761,738,937,947,925,879,1250,1250,1154,1046,966,889,1360,1336,1216,1172,846,2042,1934,1950,1747,1350,2001,773,1856,1780,12846,12839,5110,4616]} 1. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. Na3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nf5 9. Nc2 Be7 {outshines the older 9...Qb6.} 10. g3 {C02: French: Advance Variation.} Rc8 11. h4 {[#]} Nb4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... a6 12. h5 Qc7 13. Bd3 Qb6 14. Kf1 a5 15. Be2 Qc7 16. Bf4 Qb6 17. Rb1 f6 {½-½ Kovalev,V (2620)-Agmanov,Z (2446) Aktobe Dvorkovich op 2023 (9)}) 12. Nxb4 {White is slightly better.} Bxb4+ 13. Kf1 Qb6 14. g4 Nh6 15. Bxh6 gxh6 16. Rc1 O-O 17. Kg2 Bb5 18. Bxb5 Qxb5 19. Qb3 a6 20. Qe3 Kg7 21. g5 h5 22. Nh2 {[%cal Bf3h2,Bh2f1,Bf1g3,Bg3h5,Bh5f6][%mdl 32]} Be7 23. Rhd1 (23. b3 $16) 23... Qxb2 $11 24. Nf1 Rc4 25. Ng3 {Black must now prevent Rxc4.} Rfc8 $2 (25... b5 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 26. Nxh5+ Kf8 (26... Kh8 {is a better defense.} 27. Qf3 Kg8) 27. Rxc4 $18 Rxc4 {[#]} 28. Nf6 $1 Qc2 {[#]} (28... Qxa2 29. g6 Bxf6 30. exf6 hxg6 31. Qf4 $18) 29. Rd3 Bxf6 (29... Qxa2 $2 30. g6 Bxf6 31. gxh7 $18) 30. gxf6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} (30. exf6 $18 Rc8 31. h5) 30... Ke8 $1 $11 31. Rb3 (31. Qg3 $5 Kd7 $8 32. Qg8 Qxd3 33. Qxf7+ Kc8 34. Qf8+ Kd7 35. Qf7+ Kd8 36. Qf8+ Kd7 37. Qf7+ $11) 31... b5 (31... Qxa2 32. Rxb7 Qa5 33. Qg5 Rc7 34. Qg8+ Kd7 35. Qxf7+ Kc8 36. Rxc7+ Qxc7 37. Qxc7+ Kxc7 38. f7) 32. Ra3 {Qg5 is the strong threat.} Rc6 33. Qe1 {Threatens to win with Qb4.} Qe4+ $2 {[%mdl 8192] Black is now going downhill.} (33... Qb2 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 34. Rg3 Qxd4) 34. Qxe4 $18 dxe4 {KR-KR} 35. Rg3 $2 (35. Kg3 $18) 35... Rc2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (35... Kf8 $16 {is more resistant.}) 36. Rg8+ {[%cal Bg3g8,Bg8a8,Ba8a6,Ba6a7,Ba7e7][%mdl 32]} Kd7 {[%cal Oe4e3] ...e3! would be deadly.} 37. Kg3 {White is clearly winning.} Rc7 38. Ra8 Rc3+ (38... Kc6 $142 39. Kf4 b4 40. Kxe4 Kb7) 39. Kf4 Rf3+ 40. Kxe4 Rxf2 41. Rxa6 Rh2 42. Ra7+ Ke8 43. Re7+ Kf8 44. Rb7 {[%cal Rb7b8]} Rxh4+ 45. Ke3 {[%cal Rb7b8]} Ke8 46. Rxb5 {And now Rb8+ would win.} Rh3+ 47. Ke4 (47. Kf4 $142 Rh4+ 48. Ke3) 47... Rh4+ 48. Kd3 Rh3+ 49. Kc4 Ra3 50. Rb8+ Kd7 51. Rf8 Rxa2 52. Rxf7+ Kc6 53. Re7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.19 (very precise) /Black=0.66} 1-0

[Event "Croatian Championship 2023"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2023.12.08"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Fercec, Nenad"]
[Black "Tica, Sven"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2401"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2023.12.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Be2 Ne7 8. O-O Nc8 9. a4 Be7 10. Ne1 Qc7 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Nxd3 Ncb6 13. a5 Nc4 14. a6 b6 15. Nd2 Nxd2 16. Bxd2 c5 17. c3 c4 18. Nf4 Bg5 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Qh5+ Ke7 21. f4 Rag8 22. fxg5 g6 23. Qd1 h5 24. b3 Rf8 25. Qc2 Rf5 26. Rxf5 exf5 27. bxc4 Qxc4 28. Qb2 Ke6 29. Qa3 Qc6 30. Qb4 Rc8 31. Bc1 Kf7 32. Ba3 Qe6 33. h3 Rc4 34. Qb3 h4 35. Bd6 Qe8 36. Qb2 Ke6 37. Qf2 Qh8 38. Qf3 Qc8 39. Bb4 Nb8 40. Qf2 Qh8 41. Kh2 Nc6 42. Rb1 Qh5 43. Qd2 Qh8 44. Bd6 Nd8 45. Rb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Croatian Championship 2023"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2023.12.08"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Rezan, Sasa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2023.12.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 13,57,17,25,12,21,-30,-38,-34,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,0,26,45,36,33,22,62,163,162,216,197,245,243,335,222,387,384]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 b5 8. a4 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7.} Bb7 9. Bg5 ({White should try} 9. axb5 a6 10. Nc3 (10. Qxc4 $2 axb5 11. Qxb5 Bc6 $19)) 9... a6 $1 $11 {[#]} 10. Nc3 $146 {Black is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 10. e3 Be4 11. Qc1 Nbd7 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 15. Nbd2 Bc6 16. b3 cxb3 17. Qc3 Ne4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Qxc7 b2 20. Nh4 Bxh4 {0-1 Kompaan,R (1785)-Cuyvers,J (1765) Hoogeveen op 25th 2022 (4)}) 10... Nd5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. axb5 Nxc3 13. bxc3 {[%cal Of3g5] [#] Strongly threatening Ng5!} axb5 14. Qb2 Rxa1 15. Rxa1 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 c6 17. Qa3 Qxa3 18. Rxa3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} g6 19. Ra7 Kg7 20. Kf1 Rd8 {[%cal Ob5b4]} 21. Rb7 Kf6 22. Ke1 e5 23. dxe5+ Kxe5 24. Rxf7 {[%cal Bb7f7,Bf7f4,Bf4e4,Be4c4,Bc4c6][%mdl 32]} b4 {[#]} 25. Rf4 $1 $18 ({Resist} 25. Rxh7 bxc3 26. Re7+ Kd6 $16) (25. cxb4 $6 Na6 $14) 25... b3 (25... bxc3 $142 26. Rxc4 Rd4 27. Rxc3 Kd6) 26. Re4+ Kf5 (26... Kf6 $142) 27. Rxc4 Na6 28. Be4+ ({Less strong is} 28. Bxc6 Kf6 29. Ba4 b2 30. Rc6+ Ke7) 28... Kg5 $2 (28... Ke6 29. Rxc6+ Rd6 30. Rxd6+ Kxd6) 29. Rxc6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.12 (very precise) /Black=0.29 (precise)} 1-0

[Event "Croatian Championship 2023"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2023.12.08"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Martinovic, Sasa"]
[Black "Bukal, Vladimir Jr."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2337"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2023.12.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 9,59,50,75,75,91,89,86,87,76,62,115,108,98,87,112,80,201,206,178,180,301,291,298,284,284,204,204,196,204,206,206,191,358,360,343,228,514,508,599,493,678,677,755,754,736,748,1064,1060,1058,1038,1145,1125]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Nd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3][%mdl 32]} e5 {[#]} 5. d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 5. dxe5 Nc6 6. Ngf3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Bb4+ 8. Bd2 Qe7 9. Bd3 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Qxe5 {0-1 Chylewski,P (2290)-Bartel,M (2614) Warsaw Maciei Memorial blitz 2023 (6)}) 5... Bc5 6. Ngf3 {A40: Unusual replies to 1 d4.} Qe7 {[%cal Of7f5]} 7. Bd3 {[%cal Bf1d3,Bd3e4,Be4d5][%mdl 32]} a5 8. Nf1 {White is better.} Bb4+ 9. Ke2 f5 10. Bg5 $16 (10. exf5 e4 11. a3 Bd6 $17) 10... Nf6 11. Ng3 (11. exf5 $2 e4 12. Ng3 exd3+ 13. Kf1 O-O 14. Qxd3 Na6 $19) 11... fxe4 12. Bxe4 {[%cal Od5d6] And now d6! would win.} c6 {[#] Loses the game.} (12... Na6 $16) 13. a3 $1 $18 {Black must now prevent Nf5.} Bc5 {[#]} 14. b4 $1 {Active counter play!} (14. Nf5 $6 Qf7 15. Nxe5 Qh5+ 16. Nf3 O-O 17. Bxf6 Rxf6 $14) 14... cxd5 (14... Bd4 {was necessary.}) 15. Bxf6 (15. Bxd5 Bxd5 16. cxd5 (16. Qxd5 $2 Nxd5 17. Bxe7 Nf4+ {[%mdl 64] Zwischenzug, Double Attack} 18. Kf1 Bxe7 $19) 16... axb4 $16) (15. cxd5 Ba6+ 16. Bd3 e4 17. Bxa6 exf3+ 18. Kf1 Nxa6 $15) 15... Qxf6 16. Bxd5 (16. cxd5 Ba6+ 17. Bd3 axb4 18. axb4 Bxb4 19. Bxa6 Nxa6 $17) 16... e4 17. Nxe4 Qb2+ 18. Qd2 Qxd2+ 19. Nfxd2 {[%cal Bf3d2,Bd2e4,Be4d6][%mdl 32]} ({Don't play} 19. Nexd2 Bxd5 20. cxd5 (20. bxc5 Bxf3+ 21. Nxf3 bxc5 $16) 20... axb4) 19... Bxd5 20. cxd5 ({Much less strong is} 20. bxc5 Bxe4 21. Nxe4 bxc5) 20... Bd4 {Black is weak on the light squares} (20... axb4 21. axb4 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Rxa1 22. Rxa1 Bxb4) 21. Nd6+ Kf8 22. Rac1 g6 $2 (22... Na6 23. bxa5 bxa5) 23. b5 {White is clearly winning.} Ke7 24. N2e4 a4 25. Kd3 Bb2 26. Rc8 {Against Na6} Rxc8 27. Nxc8+ {A dynamic duo of knights.} Kd8 28. Nxb6 Ra5 29. Nd6 Bxa3 30. Nb7+ {An entertaining game by Martinovic.   Weighted Error Value: White=0.25 (precise) /Black=0.60} 1-0

[Event "Croatian Championship 2023"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2023.12.09"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Livaic, Leon"]
[Black "Rogic, Davor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2023.12.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Re1 Qd6 8. b3 Bg4 9. Bb2 Nd7 10. d3 O-O-O 11. Nbd2 f6 12. Nc4 Qe6 13. Ne3 h5 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 g6 16. Bc3 Rhf8 17. a4 c5 18. Rab1 Nb8 19. b4 cxb4 20. Bxb4 Bxb4 21. Rxb4 Nc6 22. Rb2 f5 23. exf5 gxf5 24. Reb1 f4 25. Nc4 e4 26. Qxh5 exd3 27. cxd3 Rxd3 28. Nd2 Rg8 29. Kh1 Rg6 30. Nf3 Rd5 31. Qh4 Rf5 32. Qh8+ Rg8 33. Qh7 b6 34. Rc2 Rc5 35. Rxc5 bxc5 36. Rc1 c4 37. Qc2 Na5 38. Qc3 Qg6 39. Rg1 Qf5 40. Ne5 Nb7 41. Qxc4 Rh8 42. Nf3 Nd6 43. Qxa6+ Kd7 44. Re1 Rh7 45. Ne5+ Ke6 46. Nc4+ Kd7 47. Nxd6 cxd6 48. Qb7+ Kd8 49. Qb8+ Kd7 50. Qe8+ Kc7 51. Rc1+ Kb7 52. Qc6+ Ka7 53. Qxd6 1-0

[Event "Croatian Championship 2023"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2023.12.09"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Bukal, Vladimir Jr."]
[Black "Novosel, Lovro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2337"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2023.12.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Nc3 c6 7. O-O a5 8. b3 b6 9. Qd3 Ba6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. Bb2 Rc8 12. Rfd1 Bb4 13. Nd2 Qe7 14. e4 Rfd8 15. Qe3 dxc4 16. Nxc4 Bxc4 17. bxc4 e5 18. Ne2 exd4 19. Nxd4 Re8 20. Nf5 Qe6 21. Nxg7 Kxg7 22. Qg5+ Kf8 23. Rxd7 Re7 24. Qh6+ Ke8 25. Rxe7+ Bxe7 26. Bh3 1-0

[Event "Croatian Championship 2023"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2023.12.09"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Rezan, Sasa"]
[Black "Martinovic, Sasa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2406"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2023.12.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Bf5 8. e3 Nbd7 9. Be2 c6 10. Qb3 Qb6 11. Nd2 Bd6 12. O-O g5 13. Bg3 Bxg3 14. hxg3 h5 15. f3 Bg6 16. Rac1 Qxb3 17. Nxb3 O-O-O 18. Kf2 Rhe8 19. Rfe1 Kb8 20. Na4 Re7 21. Nac5 Nxc5 22. Nxc5 Ne8 23. Bd3 Bxd3 24. Nxd3 f6 25. Rh1 Ng7 26. Nb4 a5 27. Nc2 Kc7 28. Rce1 Rde8 29. Re2 Kd7 30. Ree1 Ke6 31. Re2 Kf7 32. b3 Kg6 33. Rhe1 Nf5 34. e4 dxe4 35. Rxe4 Kf7 36. Rxe7+ Rxe7 37. Rh1 Kg6 38. Rd1 Kf7 39. Rh1 Re2+ 40. Kxe2 Nxg3+ 41. Ke1 Nxh1 42. Ne3 Ke6 43. Nc4 a4 44. bxa4 Kd5 45. Na5 b6 46. Nb3 Ng3 47. a5 bxa5 48. Nxa5 Nf5 49. a4 Nxd4 50. Nb7 h4 51. a5 Nc2+ 52. Kd2 Nb4 53. Kc3 Na6 54. Nd8 Kd6 55. Kd4 Kd7 56. Nxc6 Kxc6 57. Ke4 Nc7 58. Kf5 Nd5 59. a6 Ne3+ 0-1

[Event "Croatian Championship 2023"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2023.12.09"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Tica, Sven"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2023.12.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 d5 4. e3 c6 5. c4 Bf5 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e6 8. b3 h5 9. Bb2 Bd6 10. Ne5 Ng4 11. Ndf3 Qb8 12. h3 Ngxe5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nd4 Rh7 15. f4 Nd7 16. Nxf5 gxf5 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Bxh5 Bc5 19. Qe2 Qd6 20. g4 Qb6 21. Rfe1 d4 22. Rad1 dxe3 23. Rd3 O-O-O 24. Rc1 fxg4 25. hxg4 Rg8 26. g5 Qc7 27. Rxd7 Kxd7 28. Qb5+ Qc6 29. Qd3+ Qd6 30. Qb5+ Qc6 31. Qd3+ Qd6 32. Qb5+ Qc6 33. Qd3+ Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Croatian Championship 2023"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2023.12.09"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Kovacevic, Blazimir"]
[Black "Fercec, Nenad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2023.12.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Qc2 g6 6. Bg5 Bg7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. e3 h6 9. Bf4 c6 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. h3 Re8 12. O-O Qe7 13. Rab1 a5 14. Nd2 Nf8 15. Na4 N6d7 16. Bh2 Ra7 17. Nc3 Ra8 18. Ne2 Nf6 19. Rbc1 a4 20. Rfe1 a3 21. b3 Ne6 22. Nf3 Nc7 23. Nc3 Na6 24. Qd1 Nb4 25. Bb1 Qd8 26. Ne5 Nd7 27. Nd3 Nxd3 28. Bxd3 Bf8 29. Na4 Bb4 30. Re2 Nf6 31. Rec2 Ne4 32. Bxe4 Rxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Croatian Championship 2023"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2023.12.09"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Palac, Mladen"]
[Black "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D61"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2023.12.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Qc2 c6 9. a3 b6 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. O-O c5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Be4 c4 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. b3 b5 19. a4 a6 20. Rfb1 Rfc8 21. bxc4 bxc4 22. Qf5 Qe6 23. Qxe6 fxe6 24. Rb7 Nf6 25. Rab1 Ne4 26. Ne5 Nc3 27. R1b6 Nxa4 28. Rxe6 Rab8 29. Rxb8 Rxb8 30. h4 Nb6 31. e4 a5 32. exd5 c3 33. Rc6 Nxd5 34. Rc5 a4 35. Rxd5 a3 36. Ra5 c2 37. Nd3 Rb3 38. Nc1 Rb1 0-1

[Event "Croatian Championship 2023"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2023.12.09"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Black "Livaic, Leon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2023.12.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Ne4 Qc7 9. f4 Rb8 10. c4 Bb4+ 11. Ke2 O-O 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Ng5 h6 14. Nf3 f6 15. Bd2 fxe5 16. fxe5 d6 17. a3 Bxd2 18. Qxd2 dxe5 19. Qc3 Qxc3 20. bxc3 Rb2+ 21. Ke3 e4 22. Ne5 Rff2 23. Rc1 Bb7 24. Bb5 Rf5 25. Nc6 Bxc6 26. Bxc6 Rxg2 27. c4 Rf3+ 28. Kd4 Rd2+ 29. Kc5 Rxa3 30. cxd5 exd5 31. Kd6 Kh7 32. Rhg1 e3 33. Rb1 g5 34. Ke5 e2 35. Rb7+ Kh8 36. Re1 Rf3 37. Bd7 Rf7 38. h4 Kg7 39. h5 d4 40. Kd6 d3 41. Rbb1 Rxd7+ 42. Kxd7 Kf6 43. Rec1 Rc2 44. Re1 g4 45. Ra1 d2 46. Rxe2 d1=Q+ 0-1

[Event "Croatian Championship 2023"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2023.12.09"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Fercec, Nenad"]
[Black "Palac, Mladen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2401"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2023.12.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. c3 Bb6 8. Kh1 c6 9. Ba4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Croatian Championship 2023"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2023.12.09"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Kovacevic, Blazimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A95"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2023.12.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. Nc3 c6 8. Bf4 Ne4 9. h4 Nd7 10. Rc1 Nd6 11. Bxd6 Bxd6 12. e3 Qe7 13. Ne2 dxc4 14. Nd2 e5 15. Nxc4 e4 16. Qb3 Kh8 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. Nf4 Nf6 19. Rc3 b6 20. Rfc1 Bd7 21. Bf1 Rfe8 22. h5 Re7 23. Bh3 Ne8 24. Qc2 Rd8 25. Qa4 a5 26. Rxc6 Bxc6 27. Rxc6 Qd7 28. Qb5 Rc8 29. Rxb6 Qxb5 30. Rxb5 Nd6 31. Rxa5 Kg8 32. b3 Rc1+ 33. Kg2 Rec7 34. Bxf5 Nxf5 35. Rxf5 R1c2 36. a4 Rb7 37. Ne6 Rb8 38. Nc5 1-0

[Event "Croatian Championship 2023"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2023.12.09"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Martinovic, Sasa"]
[Black "Tica, Sven"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D61"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2023.12.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 h6 8. Bh4 c6 9. a3 b6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Be2 Bb7 12. O-O Ne8 13. Bg3 Bd6 14. Ne5 Bc7 15. Rac1 Nxe5 16. dxe5 f6 17. f4 fxe5 18. fxe5 Rxf1+ 19. Rxf1 Qg5 20. Bd3 Qxe3+ 21. Kh1 Qc5 22. Bh7+ Kh8 23. Bg6 Nd6 24. exd6 Bxd6 25. b4 Qc4 26. Bd3 1-0

[Event "Croatian Championship 2023"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2023.12.09"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Novosel, Lovro"]
[Black "Rezan, Sasa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2023.12.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 e6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. Bd3 Qe7 9. Ne5 Nd7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. e4 d4 13. Nb3 Bb6 14. O-O dxc3 15. bxc3 Rd8 16. Bb5 a6 17. Ba4 Qe7 18. Qh5 Bd7 19. Rab1 Be8 20. Qg4 Ba7 21. Bxc6 Bxc6 22. Bh4 f6 23. e5 Kh8 24. Na5 Bb5 25. c4 Rd4 26. Qg3 g5 27. Bxg5 fxg5 28. cxb5 Bb6 29. Nb3 Rd5 30. bxa6 Rxa6 31. Nc1 Bd4 32. Nd3 Ra3 33. Rb3 Rxa2 34. Nb4 Bxf2+ 35. Rxf2 Rd1+ 36. Rf1 Qc5+ 37. Qe3 Rxf1+ 38. Kxf1 Qc4+ 39. Rd3 Ra1+ 40. Kf2 Qh4+ 41. Qg3 Qh5 42. Nc2 Ra2 43. Rd2 Qg6 44. Qb3 Ra5 45. Qxb7 1-0

[Event "Croatian Championship 2023"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2023.12.09"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Rogic, Davor"]
[Black "Bukal, Vladimir Jr."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2337"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2023.12.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Be2 g6 12. c4 b4 13. Nc2 a5 14. Qd3 Bg7 15. Nde3 O-O 16. Rd1 a4 17. Qxd6 b3 18. Qxd8 Rxd8 19. Rxd8+ Nxd8 20. axb3 axb3 21. Na3 Bf8 22. Kd2 Bb4+ 23. Kc1 Nc6 24. Bd1 Nd4 25. Nd5 Bc5 26. Kd2 Kg7 27. Nb1 Ra1 28. Nbc3 Ba6 29. Kd3 Ne6 30. Rf1 Bd4 31. Be2 Nc5+ 32. Kd2 Rxf1 33. Bxf1 Bxf2 34. Ne3 h5 35. g3 Bg1 36. h3 Bh2 37. g4 h4 38. Ng2 Bg3 39. Ke3 Bb7 40. Be2 f5 41. Bf3 f4+ 42. Kd2 Ne6 43. Ne1 Bf2 44. Bg2 Be3+ 45. Kd1 Bd4 46. Nd3 Ng5 47. Kd2 f3 48. Bf1 Nxe4+ 49. Nxe4 Bxe4 50. Nc1 Bc2 0-1

[Event "Croatian Championship 2023"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2023.12.10"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Livaic, Leon"]
[Black "Bukal, Vladimir Jr."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2337"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2023.12.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nd4 5. Bd3 Ne7 6. c3 Nxf3+ 7. Qxf3 Nc6 8. Bb5 Be7 9. Rd1 O-O 10. d4 Qb6 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. b3 a5 13. Qg3 f6 14. Ba3 d5 15. Nd2 Ra7 16. Bxc5 Bxc5 17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. c4 d4 19. e5 a4 20. exf6 Qf5 21. b4 c5 22. bxc5 Raf7 23. Nf3 Qxc5 24. Qe5 Qxe5 25. Nxe5 Rxf6 26. Rd2 Rf5 27. Re1 Bb7 28. f3 Rd8 29. c5 Rc8 30. Rxd4 Bd5 31. Nd3 Bxa2 32. Rxa4 Bb3 33. Rb4 Bd5 34. Ra1 h6 35. Kf2 Rf7 36. Ke3 Rd7 37. Ra3 Rcd8 38. Rc3 Rc7 39. Rb6 Ra8 40. Nb4 Rd8 41. c6 Kf8 42. Na6 Rcc8 43. Kf4 Rd6 44. Rb8 Rdd8 45. Rxc8 Rxc8 46. Nb4 1-0

[Event "Croatian Championship 2023"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2023.12.10"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Rezan, Sasa"]
[Black "Rogic, Davor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2406"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2023.12.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Bb4 8. Qc2 dxc4 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. Nxc4 Qc7 11. Be2 c5 12. O-O Bd7 13. a3 cxd4 14. axb4 dxc3 15. Qxc3 O-O 16. Qd4 Bb5 17. Rxa7 e5 18. Qb6 Qxb6 19. Nxb6 Rxa7 20. Bxb5 Ra2 21. Rb1 Rd8 22. Bc4 Ra7 23. Kf1 Kf8 24. Rc1 Nd7 25. Nd5 Rc8 26. b5 Ra4 27. b3 Ra2 28. Rd1 Rca8 29. Nc3 Ra1 30. Nb1 Nb6 31. Ke2 R8a2+ 32. Rd2 Nxc4 33. bxc4 Ra4 34. Nc3 Rxc4 35. Nd5 e4 36. f3 f5 37. Kf2 Rac1 38. Kg3 exf3 39. gxf3 Rg1+ 40. Kf2 Rb1 41. b6 Kf7 42. Nc7 g5 43. Kg3 Rg1+ 44. Kf2 Rgc1 45. Nb5 R4c2 0-1

[Event "Croatian Championship 2023"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2023.12.10"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Tica, Sven"]
[Black "Novosel, Lovro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2023.12.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Nc3 c6 7. O-O a5 8. Re1 b6 9. e4 dxc4 10. a4 Ba6 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Bf4 Re8 13. Rad1 Qc8 14. h4 h6 15. Qc1 Bf8 16. e5 Nd5 17. Re4 Qd8 18. Bd2 Kh8 19. Rg4 c5 20. Nxd5 exd5 21. Bc3 Qe7 22. Re1 Rad8 23. Rf4 Bc8 24. e6 fxe6 25. Bh3 Nf6 26. Ne5 Kg8 27. Nc6 Qc7 28. Nxd8 Qxd8 29. dxc5 bxc5 30. Bxf6 gxf6 31. Qc2 Bg7 32. Qg6 Qe7 33. Bf5 Kf8 34. Qh7 e5 35. Bxc8 Rxc8 36. Rf5 Rb8 37. f4 Rxb2 38. Rexe5 Qb7 39. Qg6 Qf7 40. Qxf7+ Kxf7 41. Rxd5 Bf8 42. Rxc5 Ke6 43. g4 Bxc5+ 44. Rxc5 Rb4 45. g5 Kd6 46. Rc8 fxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Croatian Championship 2023"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2023.12.10"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Kovacevic, Blazimir"]
[Black "Martinovic, Sasa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2023.12.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Qc2 Nc6 6. a3 Bd6 7. Nc3 h6 8. Nb5 Ne7 9. e3 Bf5 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Nxd6+ cxd6 12. Qxd3 Qd7 13. O-O O-O-O 14. Bd2 Kb8 15. Rfc1 g5 16. Ba5 Rc8 17. Nd2 h5 18. Bb4 h4 19. e4 Nh5 20. exd5 Nf4 21. Qf1 Nexd5 22. Ne4 Nxb4 23. axb4 Qe6 24. Re1 Rc2 25. h3 g4 26. Qb5 a6 27. Rxa6 g3 28. Raa1 Nxh3+ 29. Kf1 Rhc8 30. d5 Qf5 31. Qb6 Rxf2+ 32. Nxf2 Qxf2+ 33. Qxf2 Nxf2 34. Rac1 Rg8 35. Rc4 Ng4 36. Kg1 h3 37. gxh3 Ne5 38. Rc3 f5 39. Rf1 Rg5 40. Kg2 Ka7 41. Rxg3 Rh5 42. Rf4 Kb6 43. h4 Ng4 44. Kh3 Kb5 45. Rgf3 Ne5 46. Rxf5 Rh7 47. R3f4 Nd3 48. Rg4 Nxb2 49. h5 Nc4 50. Rh4 Kxb4 51. h6 Kc5 52. Rg5 b5 53. Rg7 Rh8 54. h7 Kxd5 55. Rg8 Rxh7 56. Rxh7 Kd4 57. Rb8 1-0

[Event "Croatian Championship 2023"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2023.12.10"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Palac, Mladen"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "16"]
[EventDate "2023.12.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8. Bf4 Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Croatian Championship 2023"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2023.12.10"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Black "Fercec, Nenad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2023.12.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 e6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 8. bxc4 c5 9. d3 Nc6 10. Qc1 Bd7 11. Bc3 Rc8 12. Qb2 b6 13. Nbd2 Ne8 14. Bxg7 Nxg7 15. Ne4 Ne8 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Qxe5 f6 18. Qb2 Bc6 19. a4 f5 20. Nd2 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 a5 22. Nf3 Nf6 23. Rfd1 Nd7 24. Rab1 Qf6 25. Qxf6 Rxf6 26. d4 cxd4 27. Rxd4 Rc7 28. Rd6 Kf8 29. Nd4 Ke7 30. Nb5 Rxc4 31. Rbd1 Nc5 32. Rxb6 e5 33. Rb8 Rc6 34. Rh8 Nxa4 35. Rxh7+ Kf6 36. Rdd7 e4 37. Nd4 Rb6 38. Rde7 1-0

[Event "Croatian Championship 2023"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Fercec, Nenad"]
[Black "Livaic, Leon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B69"]
[WhiteElo "2401"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2023.12.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Be7 9. f4 Bd7 10. Nf3 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Kb1 b4 13. Ne2 a5 14. Ned4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Qb6 16. h4 Rg8 17. Rh3 Rc8 18. Re3 a4 19. g3 Rc5 20. Be2 Kf8 21. g4 e5 22. fxe5 fxe5 23. Nf5 Bxf5 24. exf5 Bxh4 25. Qxd6+ Qxd6 26. Rxd6 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Croatian Championship 2023"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "16"]
[EventDate "2023.12.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 c6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Croatian Championship 2023"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Martinovic, Sasa"]
[Black "Palac, Mladen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D50"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2023.12.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. e3 c5 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. d5 g6 8. Bxc4 Bg7 9. Qa4+ Nd7 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. Nf3 O-O 12. Qc2 Ne5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. Rd1 b6 15. O-O Bb7 16. Qd2 Rf7 17. f4 Qf6 18. Rf2 Kh8 19. Qd6 Re8 20. e4 g5 21. f5 Bc8 22. e5 Qh6 23. f6 Rd7 24. Qxd7 Bxd7 25. Rxd7 Bf8 26. Bd3 1-0

[Event "Croatian Championship 2023"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Novosel, Lovro"]
[Black "Kovacevic, Blazimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2023.12.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. b3 Bg7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Nc3 d5 9. cxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Croatian Championship 2023"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Rogic, Davor"]
[Black "Tica, Sven"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2023.12.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Ne2 Re8 9. O-O Nd7 10. Ng3 g6 11. Bh6 f5 12. Qd2 Nf8 13. Rfe1 Be6 14. Re2 b5 15. Rae1 Qd7 16. b3 Be7 17. Bb1 Bf6 18. Bg5 Bg7 19. Qc1 h5 20. Rd1 Nh7 21. Bf4 h4 22. Nf1 h3 23. gxh3 Bd5 24. Rde1 Rxe2 25. Rxe2 Re8 26. Rxe8+ Qxe8 27. Qe3 Qd8 28. Qg3 Qe7 29. Bd3 Nf6 30. Bg5 Qe1 31. c4 bxc4 32. bxc4 Be6 33. Qe3 Qc3 34. Be2 Ne4 35. Qxc3 Nxc3 36. Bd3 Bxd4 37. a3 Nd1 38. Ne3 Nb2 39. Be2 f6 40. Bf4 Bc5 41. Bf3 Bxa3 42. Bxc6 Nxc4 43. Nd5 Bb2 44. Bb8 a5 45. Nc7 Bf7 46. Ba7 Be5 47. Na6 Nb2 48. Nc5 Bd4 49. Bb6 Nc4 50. Ba7 Nd6 51. Bd7 a4 0-1

[Event "Croatian Championship 2023"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2023.12.11"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Bukal, Vladimir Jr."]
[Black "Rezan, Sasa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2337"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2023.12.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nc3 dxc4 7. Ne5 Qd6 8. O-O Qa6 9. a4 Bd7 10. e4 Rd8 11. Nxf7 Kxf7 12. e5 Ng8 13. Qf3+ Ke8 14. Qh5+ Kf8 15. Qf3+ Ke8 16. d5 Qa5 17. Qg4 Kf7 18. Qh5+ Kf8 19. Re1 Bb4 20. Bg5 Ne7 21. Qxh7 Re8 22. Bh3 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Qxd5 24. Rad1 Qc6 25. Bf6 1-0

[Event "Croatian Championship 2023"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2023.12.12"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Livaic, Leon"]
[Black "Rezan, Sasa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2023.12.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. c4 b6 7. Bb2 Bb7 8. e3 dxc4 9. bxc4 c5 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. Nc3 Nc6 12. Ne1 a6 13. f4 Na7 14. a4 Bxg2 15. Qxg2 Rab8 16. g4 Rfd8 17. g5 Ne8 18. Ne4 Nc6 19. Nf3 Nd6 20. Ne5 Nxe4 21. Qxe4 Nxe5 22. Bxe5 Qb7 23. Qxb7 Rxb7 24. Bc3 g6 25. Rfb1 Bf8 26. Ra2 Bg7 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28. Kf2 Rdb8 29. Rab2 Kf8 30. Kf3 Ke7 31. Ke4 Kd6 32. h4 Kc6 33. Ke5 h5 34. gxh6 Rh8 35. a5 b5 36. cxb5+ Rxb5 37. Kf6 Rxh6 38. Rxb5 axb5 39. a6 b4 40. Kg7 1-0

[Event "Croatian Championship 2023"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2023.12.12"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Tica, Sven"]
[Black "Bukal, Vladimir Jr."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2337"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2023.12.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Ne2 f5 6. Nbc3 Bb4 7. Bd2 Qh4 8. Qc2 Bxc3 9. Qxc3 fxe4 10. Bc2 Nf6 11. Bf4 O-O 12. Bxc7 e3 13. Qxe3 Nb4 14. Bb1 Bxg2 15. Rg1 Be4 16. Bd6 Bxb1 17. Bxb4 Bg6 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 19. Qf4 Qh5 20. Rg5 Qh6 21. Rg2 Qh3 22. Qg3 Qf5 23. Qg5 Qd3 24. Rc1 Ne4 25. Qe3 Nxf2 26. Qxf2 Rxf2 27. Rxf2 Bh5 28. b3 a5 29. c5 Bxe2 30. Rxe2 Qxd4 31. cxb6 Qxb6 32. Rc8+ Kf7 33. Rf2+ Ke7 34. Rcf8 Qe3+ 35. Kd1 d5 36. R8f3 Qd4+ 37. Ke2 Kd6 38. Rd3 Qb2+ 39. Ke1 Qc1+ 40. Rd1 Qe3+ 41. Re2 Qc3+ 42. Kf2 e5 43. Red2 d4 44. Rd3 Qc8 45. R1d2 Kd5 46. h3 Qf5+ 47. Kg2 Qg5+ 48. Kf2 Qf6+ 49. Ke2 g5 50. Ke1 e4 51. Rxd4+ Qxd4 52. a3 h5 53. b4 axb4 54. axb4 g4 55. hxg4 hxg4 56. b5 Qxd2+ 57. Kxd2 Kc5 0-1

[Event "Croatian Championship 2023"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2023.12.12"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Kovacevic, Blazimir"]
[Black "Rogic, Davor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "2023.12.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 a6 7. Bd3 e6 8. h3 Be7 9. Nf3 O-O 10. O-O Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Croatian Championship 2023"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2023.12.12"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Palac, Mladen"]
[Black "Novosel, Lovro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2023.12.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 g6 4. e4 d6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Nc6 9. Be3 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. f4 a6 12. Qd2 Rc8 13. b3 Qa5 14. Qe3 Rfe8 15. a3 Qc7 16. Rac1 Bd7 17. b4 Qb8 18. h3 h6 19. e5 Nh7 20. exd6 Bxd4 21. Qxd4 Qxd6 22. Qxd6 exd6 23. Rfd1 Be6 24. Ne4 Bf5 25. Nxd6 Rxe2 26. Nxc8 Be4 27. g4 Rg2+ 28. Kf1 Rh2 29. Rd8+ Kg7 30. Re1 Bc6 31. Nd6 Nf6 32. Re7 Rh1+ 33. Kf2 Rh2+ 34. Ke3 Rxh3+ 35. Kd4 1-0

[Event "Croatian Championship 2023"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2023.12.12"]
[Round "10.5"]
[White "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Black "Martinovic, Sasa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2023.12.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. h4 g4 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Be5 Bg7 14. Bxg4 Rg8 15. Bf3 c5 16. dxc5 b4 17. Qc2 bxc3 18. Rd1 Qb5 19. Qxc3 Ke7 20. Bd6+ Ke8 21. Be5 Ke7 22. Bd6+ Ke8 23. Be5 Ke7 24. Bd6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Croatian Championship 2023"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2023.12.12"]
[Round "10.6"]
[White "Fercec, Nenad"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2401"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2023.12.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Qd2 Nbd7 8. f3 h5 9. Bc4 Qc7 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Nxe6 Qc4 12. Nxf8 Nxf8 13. Qxd6 Be6 14. O-O-O Rc8 15. Rd4 Qc7 16. Rhd1 Qxd6 17. Rxd6 N6d7 18. Nd5 h4 19. h3 Bxd5 20. R1xd5 Nf6 21. Rd4 N8d7 22. e5 Rh5 23. exf6 Nxf6 24. Bf2 Rg5 25. Bxh4 Rxg2 26. c3 Kf7 27. Bxf6 gxf6 28. Rd7+ Ke6 29. Rxb7 Rf2 30. Rb6+ Kf5 31. Rd5+ Kg6 32. Rd2 Rxf3 33. Rxa6 Rh8 34. a4 Rhxh3 35. Kc2 Kg5 36. a5 f5 37. Ra8 Re3 38. a6 Kf4 39. Rf2+ Rhf3 40. Rxf3+ 1-0

[Event "Croatian Championship 2023"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2023.12.13"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Livaic, Leon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2023.12.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 d6 8. Nf1 e5 9. Ne3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. Nxg4 Nxg4 12. e3 Nf6 13. a3 a5 14. Rc1 a4 15. Qc2 Rfe8 16. Rfd1 g6 17. c5 e4 18. cxd6 cxd6 19. Nd2 d5 20. Bf1 Qe6 21. Nb1 h5 22. Nc3 Rec8 23. Rd2 h4 24. Qd1 Ne7 25. Rdc2 hxg3 26. hxg3 Nh7 27. Be2 Ng5 28. Bg4 f5 29. Be2 Kf7 30. Nb5 Nc6 31. Rc5 Kg7 32. Nc3 Ne7 33. Rxc8 Rxc8 34. Nxa4 Rh8 35. Nc5 Qg8 36. Kg2 Qh7 37. Qh1 Qg8 38. Qg1 Qh7 39. Qh1 Qg8 40. Qg1 Qh7 41. f4 exf3+ 42. Bxf3 Qh3+ 43. Kf2 Ne4+ 44. Ke1 Nxg3 45. Ne6+ Kf6 46. Nf4 Qh2 47. Qxh2 Rxh2 48. Ne2 Ne4 49. Rc7 Ng5 50. Ng1 Rxb2 51. Bd1 Ne6 52. Rd7 f4 53. exf4 Nxf4 54. Rd6+ Kf7 55. Bg4 Ng2+ 56. Kd1 Rb1+ 57. Ke2 Rxg1 58. Kf2 Ra1 59. Kxg2 Rxa3 60. Be6+ Kg7 61. Bxd5 Nxd5 62. Rxd5 Rb3 63. Rd6 Kh6 64. Rf6 Kg5 65. Rf7 b5 66. Kf2 Rd3 67. Rb7 Rxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Croatian Championship 2023"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2023.12.13"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Martinovic, Sasa"]
[Black "Fercec, Nenad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2023.12.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. f3 Nc6 4. Nc3 e5 5. d5 Ne7 6. g4 h5 7. g5 Nh7 8. h4 Nf5 9. Kf2 g6 10. Ne4 Nd6 11. Nxd6+ Bxd6 12. e4 O-O 13. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Croatian Championship 2023"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2023.12.13"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Novosel, Lovro"]
[Black "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2023.12.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. c4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4 Re8 9. Re1 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. h3 h6 12. Nb3 Ne6 13. Kh2 h5 14. Be3 h4 15. g4 g5 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 c6 18. Qd2 Be6 19. Kh1 Nh7 20. b3 Qa5 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Rad1 Rad8 23. Ne2 Qxd2 24. Rxd2 Kf6 25. Red1 Ke7 26. Nd4 Nf6 27. Nf5+ Bxf5 28. exf5 Kf8 29. Bf3 Re7 30. Rxd6 Rxd6 31. Rxd6 Rd7 32. Rxd7 Nxd7 33. Kg2 Ke7 34. Be4 Kf6 35. f4 gxf4 36. Kf3 Kg5 37. Bd3 a5 38. a3 f6 39. Be2 c5 40. Ke4 Ne5 41. a4 Nc6 42. Bf3 Nd4 43. Bd1 b6 44. Kd3 f3 45. Ke3 f2 46. Kxf2 Kf4 47. Kg2 Nc6 48. Kf2 Ne5 49. Be2 Ke4 50. Bf1 Kd4 51. Bg2 Nf7 52. Ke2 Kc3 53. Ke3 Kxb3 54. Ke4 Kxa4 55. Kd5 Ng5 56. Kd6 Kb3 57. Ke7 Nh7 58. Bc6 a4 59. Bxa4+ Kxa4 60. Kf7 b5 61. cxb5 Kxb5 62. Kg7 Ng5 63. Kxf6 Nxh3 64. g5 Nf4 0-1

[Event "Croatian Championship 2023"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2023.12.13"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Rogic, Davor"]
[Black "Palac, Mladen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "2023.12.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Kh1 Nbd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Croatian Championship 2023"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2023.12.13"]
[Round "11.5"]
[White "Bukal, Vladimir Jr."]
[Black "Kovacevic, Blazimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "2337"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "2023.12.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 O-O 8. a3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. O-O b6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Croatian Championship 2023"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2023.12.13"]
[Round "11.6"]
[White "Rezan, Sasa"]
[Black "Tica, Sven"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2406"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2023.12.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bf4 dxc4 6. e3 Bd6 7. Bxd6 cxd6 8. Bxc4 a6 9. a4 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Qe2 d5 12. Bd3 Qb8 13. a5 b5 14. Na2 O-O 15. Rfc1 Ne4 16. Rc2 Qd6 17. Qe1 Rac8 18. Rac1 Nb8 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Nd2 Rxc2 21. Rxc2 f5 22. Nb3 Bd5 23. Nac1 Nc6 24. Nc5 f4 25. Ne2 f3 26. Ng3 e5 27. Qc3 exd4 28. exd4 fxg2 29. Ncxe4 Qg6 30. f3 Qf7 31. Kxg2 h5 32. h4 Qf4 33. Rf2 Qxh4 34. Qc5 Ne7 35. Qd6 Ba8 36. Qe6+ Kh7 37. Qe5 Kh6 38. Qd6+ Ng6 39. Qxf8 Bxe4 40. fxe4 Qg4 41. Qc5 h4 42. Qh5+ 1-0

