[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.18"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Haldorsen, Benjamin"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,104,34,38,25,17,38,32,31,38,70,55,49,42,75,75,70,72,63,72,76,47,60,43,45,20,34,27,85,26,97,61,72,72,70,64,54,54,66,54,69,8,8,8,8,8,26,41,62,0,0,-88,-78,-91,-72,-70,-74,-58,-52,-164,-8,-8,-8,-272,-248,-245,-144,-135,0,-256,-237,-192,-195,-238,-181,-352,-172,-172,-178,-218,-167,-585,-564,-586,-585,-542,-543,-509,-476,-1662,-1600,-1065,-1042]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Qc2 Re8+ {B15: Caro-Kann: 3 Nc3: 3...g6 and 3...dxe4 4 Nxe4 Nf6 5 Nxf6+ exf6} 9. Ne2 (9. Be3 h6 10. Ne2 Na6 11. O-O Nc7 12. c4 Bg4 13. h3 Bxe2 14. Bxe2 Ne6 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. Bg4 Rad8 17. Rfe1 Bf4 18. Bxf4 Nxf4 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 {½-½ (58) Svidler,P (2756)-Carlsen,M (2839) Porto Carras 2018}) 9... h5 10. O-O h4 {White is slightly better.} 11. h3 Nd7 12. Be3 Nf8 13. Rad1 {[#]} Ne6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Bc7 14. c4 Qd6 15. Bf4 Qd8 16. Bxc7 Qxc7 {½-½ (36) Schreiner,P (2480)-Buhmann,R (2574) Austria 2018}) 14. c4 Ng5 15. Rfe1 Bc7 16. a3 Bd7 17. Nf4 Qc8 18. Bf1 Bf5 19. Qc1 Be4 20. d5 {Black must now prevent d6.} Qb8 (20... Rd8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 21. b4 (21. Be2 $16) 21... a6 (21... cxd5 $11 {remains equal.} 22. Nxd5 Nxh3+ 23. Kh1 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Ng5) 22. c5 {Hoping for d6.} cxd5 23. Nxd5 Nxh3+ 24. Kh1 Qc8 25. Nxc7 Qxc7 26. Rd4 Qe5 {[#]} 27. Rxe4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxe4 $11 28. f3 Qf5 {And now ...Ng5 would win.} 29. gxh3 Qxf3+ 30. Bg2 Qg3 31. Bd2 (31. Re2 $14) 31... Rad8 32. Rxe8+ (32. Kg1 $11) 32... Rxe8 $17 33. Qf1 Rd8 34. Bf4 Qxa3 35. Qe1 Qa4 $1 {Strongly threatening ...Rd1.} 36. Kh2 (36. Bd6 $15) 36... Re8 $2 ({Black should play} 36... a5 $1 $19 {[%cal Ra5b4]} 37. c6 bxc6) 37. Qd2 $11 Qb5 38. Bf3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (38. Be3 $11) 38... Qf1 $19 39. Qg2 Qc4 (39... Qd3 $19 40. Qf2 g5) 40. Qd2 $17 {[#]} Qf1 (40... a5 $1 $17 {[%cal Ra5b4]} 41. c6 (41. bxa5 Qxc5) 41... bxc6 42. bxa5 g5) 41. Qg2 $19 Qd3 $1 42. Qf2 g5 43. Bd2 Kg7 44. Qg2 $2 (44. Kg2 {was worth a try.}) 44... Kh6 (44... Re5 $142 45. Kh1 a5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 46. bxa5 Rxc5) 45. Qf2 {[#]} Kg6 $1 46. Qg2 Re7 47. Bc1 $2 (47. Qf2) 47... Qd4 {Threatens to win with ...Qe5+.Black is clearly winning.} 48. Qb2 Qxb2+ 49. Bxb2 Re3 50. Kg2 Rb3 $1 {[%csl LRb2,LRb4]} 51. Ba3 (51. Bc1 $142 Rxb4 52. Kf2) 51... Rxa3 52. Bxb7 Kf5 {Accuracy: White = 49%, Black = 65%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.18"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Warmerdam, Max"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,81,14,38,31,58,48,47,52,64,64,58,54,66,41,55,42,82,50,60,47,50,18,22,20,27,30,18,6,17,4,20,15,18,4,20,16,18,0,16,-8,22,8,27,12,2,0,0,0,27,8,5,0,4,0,14,4,32,25,32,32,23,29,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,8,-26,-34,-86]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Be2 (5. h3 e6 6. b3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bb2 Nc6 9. d4 Be6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O Qe7 {0-1 (63) Artemiev,V (2709)-Laznicka,V (2675) Skopje 2018}) 5... Bf5 6. O-O {A11: English Opening: 1...c6} h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... e6 7. Nh4 Bg6 8. d4 Nbd7 9. g3 Be7 10. f3 Qc7 11. Bd2 c5 12. cxd5 exd5 {½-½ (35) Bae,T (2366)-Christenson,F (2261) Aarhus 2003}) 7. Qb3 Ra7 8. d3 {White is slightly better.} dxc4 9. Qxc4 e6 10. e4 b5 11. Qb3 {[#] Be3 is the strong threat.} Bh7 12. Be3 Rb7 13. Rac1 Nbd7 14. Na4 Rc7 15. Nc5 Nxc5 16. Bxc5 Bxc5 17. Rxc5 {Hoping for Rfc1.} Nd7 18. Rc3 c5 19. Qc2 O-O 20. Rc1 Qe7 21. Qd2 Rfc8 22. Qe3 Qd6 23. h3 Nb6 24. Nd2 Rc6 25. R3c2 Bg6 26. Nb3 {[%cal Rb3c5]} Nd7 27. Rc3 R6c7 28. a3 Qb6 29. Nd2 Qd6 30. Nb3 Qb6 31. Qg3 Rc6 32. Nd2 Qb7 33. Kh2 Nb6 34. Nb3 {[#] Black must now prevent Na5.} Qe7 35. Na5 R6c7 36. b4 Na4 37. R3c2 e5 38. Bg4 Rd8 39. Nb3 {[%cal Rb3c5]} h5 40. Be2 {[%cal Rb3c5]} Rdc8 $1 41. Nd2 {Accuracy: White = 60%, Black = 59%.} ({White should play} 41. Nxc5 $15 Nxc5 42. bxc5) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.18"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Kozak, Adam"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,104,12,15,0,0,0,25,-15,-8,-22,-18,-39,-33,-34,-32,-28,-31,-29,-23,-33,-22,-33,-18,-41,-4,-8,-15,-19,-25,-7,0,0,0,0,0,-12,5,-6,0,-5,-9,-166,-162,-184,-182,-207,-214,-202,-200,-226,-135,-138,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nc3 d6 6. O-O Bf5 7. d3 {A37: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7 5 Nf3} (7. h3 Qd7 8. Kh2 e5 9. d3 h6 10. a3 Nge7 11. Rb1 a5 12. Nd2 O-O 13. Nde4 Kh7 14. Bd2 Be6 {0-1 (87) Harikrishna,P (2725)-Ragger,M (2687) St Petersburg 2018}) 7... Qd7 8. Rb1 Nf6 9. a3 Bh3 {LiveBook: 7 Games} 10. Bg5 Bxg2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... h5 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nd5 Bxg2 13. Nxf6+ exf6 14. Kxg2 h4 15. Nxh4 g5 16. Nf3 Qh3+ 17. Kh1 Nd4 18. Rg1 Nxf3 19. Rg2 Qxh2+ {0-1 (19) Syversrud,J-Paulshus,A (1110) Oslo 2005}) 11. Kxg2 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Qa4 O-O 14. Rfc1 Rac8 15. b4 b6 16. Qd1 e6 17. e3 {[%cal Be2e3,Be3d4,Bd4d5][%mdl 32]} Bg7 18. Kg1 f5 19. d4 cxd4 20. exd4 Nd8 21. Qd3 Nf7 22. Re1 g5 23. h3 g4 24. hxg4 fxg4 25. d5 $1 {[%cal Rd5e6]} e5 26. Nh4 e4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 27. Rxe4 Ne5 28. Rxe5 Bxe5 29. Ng6 $2 (29. Ne4 $11) 29... Rf3 $19 30. Nxe5 Rxd3 31. Nxd7 Rxc3 {[%mdl 4160] Endgame Double Attack. KRR-KRN} 32. c5 {[#]} Kf7 $1 ({Much less strong is} 32... bxc5 33. bxc5 dxc5 34. Rb7 $17) (32... Rxa3 33. cxd6 Rac3 34. Nf6+ Kg7 35. Nxg4 $15) 33. a4 Rc7 ({Black should play} 33... dxc5 $19 {Hoping for ...Ke7.} 34. bxc5 Ke7) 34. c6 $17 Ra3 ({Black should try} 34... Rc8 $17 35. Re1 Re8 36. Rxe8 Kxe8 37. Nf6+ Kd8 38. Nxg4 h5) 35. a5 $11 {The position is equal.} b5 36. Re1 Rd3 37. Nb6 $1 Rc3 ({Wrong is} 37... axb6 $2 38. axb6 Ra3 39. b7 $18) 38. Kg2 h5 39. Rh1 Kg6 ({Don't go for} 39... axb6 $2 40. axb6 R7xc6 41. dxc6 $18) 40. Re1 Rf7 41. Nc8 Rc2 42. Rf1 a6 43. Nxd6 Rf3 $1 44. Nb7 {Strongly threatening Nc5.} Rd3 45. Nc5 Rxd5 46. c7 $1 {[%cal Rc7c8]} Rdxc5 47. bxc5 Rxc5 {KR-KR} 48. Rd1 Rxc7 49. Rd6+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Kg5 50. Rxa6 {Threatens to win with Rb6.} b4 51. Rb6 Rc5 52. Rxb4 {aiming for Ra4.} Rxa5 {Accuracy: White = 64%, Black = 66%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.18"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Muradli, Mahammad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,47,25,25,27,68,43,95,91,81,90,89,90,99,111,133,143,294,282,694,659,868,861,831,826,806,797,1327,1326,1325,1210,5597,5597,5497,5489,5406,1047,5393,1798]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be3 O-O 6. Qd2 a6 7. Bh6 {B08: Pirc Defence: Classical System} (7. Bd3 Nc6 8. h3 e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. O-O-O b5 11. Bh6 b4 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Ne2 c6 14. dxc6 Nxc6 15. Bc4 Qb6 16. Ng3 Na5 17. Bb3 Nxb3+ 18. axb3 Re8 {0-1 (38) Bok,B (2608)-Smirin,I (2667) Wijk aan Zee 2017}) 7... b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 (8... Nc6 $14) 9. Bxg7 {White is better.} Kxg7 10. e5 dxe5 11. dxe5 Nfd7 12. Qe3 Bxf3 13. gxf3 ({Don't play} 13. Qxf3 $6 c6 $14) 13... f6 $146 (13... e6 $16) ({Predecessor:} 13... c6 14. O-O-O Qb6 {½-½ (68) Thompson,B (2321)-Meincke,A ICCF email 2006}) 14. O-O-O $18 Nxe5 $2 {[#]} (14... e6 15. h4 f5) 15. Bxg6 $1 {[%mdl 512] White is clearly winning.} hxg6 (15... Nxg6 16. Rxd8) 16. Rxd8 Rxd8 17. f4 Nf7 18. Rg1 Rh8 19. Nd5 Nc6 20. Nxc7 Rac8 21. Ne6+ Kh7 22. Qg3 {[%csl Gg1][%cal Rg3g6] [#]} Rhg8 23. Qh4+ Nh6 24. Rg3 {Accuracy: White = 88%, Black = 38%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.18"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Mazur, Stefan"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,99,0,16,0,2,14,10,0,4,0,0,0,0,2,4,4,1,2,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-26,-21,-27,-8,-12,0,-24,-15,-17,-20,-15,0,0,0,0,0,0,14,14,32,32,60,62,68,68,167,38,26,0,8,8,49,33,40,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 Nc6 7. a5 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} (7. Be2 e6 8. O-O Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 e5 13. Be3 exf4 14. Bxf4 Be6 15. Qd3 Nd7 16. Qg3 Ne5 17. Be3 Rfe8 18. Bd4 Bf8 19. Qf2 Rac8 20. Rfd1 g6 21. h3 Bg7 22. Bb6 Qe7 23. Bd4 Rc6 24. a5 {0-1 (49) Movsesian,S (2667)-Navara,D (2732) Czech Republic 2018}) 7... Bd7 8. Nxc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. Nb3 e6 9. Be3 Be7 10. Be2 O-O 11. f4 Rc8 12. Bb6 Qe8 13. Bf3 e5 14. g4 Be6 {1-0 (50) Deepan Chakkravarthy,J (2475)-Gomes,M (2328) New Delhi 2018}) 8... Bxc6 9. Qd3 e6 10. Be2 d5 11. exd5 $1 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Qxd5 Bxd5 14. O-O Rc8 15. c3 Bc5 16. Bf4 Ke7 17. Rfc1 Rhd8 18. b4 Bd6 19. Bxd6+ Rxd6 20. c4 Be4 21. Rd1 Rcd8 22. f3 Bd3 23. Kf2 f5 24. Rac1 Rd4 25. Rc3 {[%cal Rc3d3]} (25. Ke3 {is more complex.} f4+ 26. Kf2 e5 27. Bxd3 Rxd3 28. Re1) 25... Bxe2 26. Rxd4 Rxd4 27. Kxe2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} Rh4 28. h3 g5 29. b5 Kd7 30. Kd3 e5 31. Rb3 Rd4+ 32. Kc3 Kd6 33. bxa6 bxa6 34. Rb8 f4 (34... h5 $14) 35. Kb4 ({Better is} 35. Rd8+ $18 Kc5 36. Rc8+ Kd6 37. Re8) 35... e4 $1 $14 {[%cal Re4e3]} 36. Rd8+ Ke5 37. Re8+ Kf5 {Threatening ...e3.} 38. fxe4+ Rxe4 39. Rxe4 Kxe4 {KP-KP. The position is equal.} 40. Kc5 h5 41. Kb6 {[#] Strongly threatening c5.} g4 $1 42. hxg4 hxg4 $11 {K3P-K3P} 43. c5 {And now c6 would win.} f3 44. gxf3+ gxf3 {KPP-KPP} 45. c6 {[#] Threatens to win with c7.} f2 46. c7 f1=Q 47. c8=Q Qb5+ 48. Ka7 Qxa5 49. Qxa6 Qxa6+ 50. Kxa6 {Accuracy: White = 63%, Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.18"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Filip, Lucian-Ioan"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,84,0,0,18,21,21,16,44,11,20,0,0,4,10,2,0,-6,0,0,0,0,16,24,22,12,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,-7,-10,-7,-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]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Rd1 a5 {E11: Bogo-Indian} (9... b6 10. Bf4 Nh5 11. Bd2 Nhf6 12. Bf4 Nh5 13. Bd2 Bb7 14. Ne5 Rc8 15. Nc3 Nhf6 16. Bf4 Nh5 17. Bd2 a6 18. e4 dxc4 19. Nxc4 b5 20. Ne3 c5 21. d5 c4 22. a4 Qb6 23. axb5 axb5 24. Ne2 {½-½ (54) Cheparinov,I (2709)-Karjakin,S (2753) St Petersburg 2018}) 10. Bf4 h6 11. Ne5 Qb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nh5 12. Bc1 Nhf6 13. Nd3 b6 14. Nd2 Ba6 15. b3 {½-½ (29) Postny,E (2630)-Gajewski,G (2631) Fagernes 2014}) 12. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3a4,Ba4c5][%mdl 32]} Nxe5 13. Na4 Qa7 14. dxe5 {[#] Threatens to win with Be3.} Nd7 $1 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Be3 Qb8 17. f4 b5 18. Nc5 Qa7 {[%cal Re7c5]} 19. Rac1 Ba6 {[#] ...Rac8 is the strong threat.} 20. Bd4 {The position is equal.} Rfc8 21. Nxd7 Qxd7 22. Qd2 b4 23. e3 a4 24. b3 g6 25. Rxc8+ Rxc8 26. Rc1 Rxc1+ 27. Qxc1 Bd3 28. Qd1 axb3 29. axb3 ({Reject} 29. Qxd3 bxa2 30. Bf3 Qc7 $15) 29... Be4 30. Bxe4 dxe4 31. Qc2 Qd5 32. h4 g5 33. hxg5 hxg5 34. Kg2 Kg7 35. Qc7 Bf8 36. Qc2 Qb7 37. Kh3 Be7 38. Kg4 Qa6 39. Qxe4 Qe2+ 40. Qf3 Qd3 {( -> ...Qf5+)} 41. f5 exf5+ 42. Qxf5 Qd1+ {Accuracy: White = 82%, Black = 71%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.18"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Ragger, Markus"]
[Black "Perunovic, Miodrag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,81,19,35,31,52,41,46,46,79,80,100,112,141,132,152,143,203,130,182,195,244,250,227,148,154,153,160,157,144,122,186,196,186,187,178,144,199,178,222,221,220,231,213,217,262,253,252,258,264,212,384,375,460,412,617,606,610,600,598,597,1304,1290,806,1568,1509,1470,1481,1479,1415,1360,5720,5543]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Bd3 d5 6. Qe2 Qe7 7. O-O {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} Nc5 (7... Nd6 8. Re1 Qxe2 9. Rxe2+ Be7 10. Nc3 Be6 11. b4 Bf6 12. Rb1 O-O 13. a4 Nd7 14. Nb5 Nxb5 15. axb5 {½-½ (28) Grischuk,A (2772)-Fedoseev,V (2718) Riadh 2017}) 8. Re1 Qxe2 9. Bxe2 {White threatens Bb5+ and mate.White is slightly better.} Be7 10. d4 Ne6 11. c4 dxc4 12. d5 Nc5 13. Bxc4 {Black must now prevent Bg5.} Bf5 (13... Nbd7 $16 14. Bg5 Nf6) 14. Bf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Bg5 f6 {1-0 (59) Birk,S (2248)-Fochtler,E (2213) Wuerttemberg 2002}) 14... Nba6 (14... Bd3 $16) 15. Nc3 $18 {aiming for Re5.} Bd3 16. Bxa6 Bxa6 17. Bxc7 {And now Bd6 would win.} Kd7 18. Rxe7+ Kxe7 19. b4 Kd7 20. d6 ({Don't play} 20. bxc5 $6 Kxc7 21. h3 Rhf8 $11) 20... Nd3 (20... Ne6 $16 {might work better.}) 21. b5 Bxb5 22. Nxb5 {Strongly threatening Rd1.} Rhe8 23. Kf1 f6 (23... Ne5 $16 24. Nfd4 Nc6) 24. Nc3 Re6 25. Rd1 Nc5 26. Nd4 Re5 {[#]} 27. f4 $1 {[%cal Rf4e5]} Re3 28. Nd5 Rd3 29. Rxd3 Nxd3 30. Nf5 Re8 $2 (30... g6 {was worth a try.}) 31. g4 Re1+ 32. Kg2 Rd1 (32... Nc5 $142 33. Nxg7 Ne4) 33. Nxg7 {White is clearly winning.} Ne1+ 34. Kf2 Rxd5 35. Kxe1 a5 36. Nh5 Ke6 37. f5+ Kf7 38. Nf4 Rd4 39. Ne6 Rd5 {[#]} 40. Nc5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} b6 (40... Rxc5 41. d7) 41. d7 {Accuracy: White = 97%, Black = 42%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.18"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Kourkoulos-Arditis, Stamatis"]
[Black "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D73"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,94,4,17,8,35,27,20,-25,-24,-58,-58,-58,-58,-62,-63,-87,-92,-116,-116,-387,-393,-425,-418,-470,-458,-445,-266,-247,-181,-170,-174,-173,-172,-207,-206,-232,-211,-226,-225,-210,-97,-586,-169,-152,-145,-123,-17,-35,-24,-36,-36,-29,-24,-22,-74,-39,-22,-8,0,-73,-68,-129,-134,-129,-127,-107,-90,-69,0,-105,-77,-257,-234,-350,-327,-29992,-29993]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 dxc4 6. O-O Nbd7 {D73: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 5 Nf3} 7. Na3 Nb6 8. Ne5 Ng4 9. Nxg4 Bxg4 10. Bxb7 O-O {LiveBook: 3 Games} 11. Bxa8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Nc2 Rb8 12. Bg2 {½-½ (108) Fressinet,L (2672)-Svane,R (2555) Doha 2016}) 11... Qxa8 12. f3 Bh3 13. Be3 Rd8 14. Qc2 Bxf1 15. Rxf1 Bxd4 16. Bxd4 Rxd4 17. Nb5 Rd7 18. Rd1 Nd5 19. Qe4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (19. Nc3 $17 {keeps fighting.}) 19... c6 $1 $19 20. Nd4 Nf6 21. Qe5 Qd8 22. Rd2 Rd5 (22... Qb6 $142 {And now ...c5 would win.} 23. Qe3 e5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 24. Qxe5 c5) 23. Qe3 Qd7 {Hoping for ...c5.} 24. f4 Ng4 25. Qc3 e5 26. fxe5 Nxe5 27. Kg2 h5 28. e4 Rd6 29. Nf3 Nd3 (29... Nxf3 $1 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top.} 30. Rxd6 Nh4+ 31. gxh4 Qxd6) 30. Rc2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (30. h3 $17 {was the crucial defense.}) 30... Nf4+ $2 (30... Qg4 31. Qxc4 h4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 32. Nxh4 Qd1) 31. Kf2 Qh3 32. Rd2 ({Wrong is} 32. gxf4 $2 Rd3) 32... Nd3+ (32... Rd3 $17 33. Rxd3 Nxd3+ 34. Ke3 Qf1) 33. Ke3 $1 $11 Qf1 34. b3 g5 {[%cal Bg6g5,Bg5g4][%mdl 32]} 35. Qxc4 {[%cal Rd2d3]} g4 {[%csl Gg4][%cal Rf1f3]} 36. Rxd3 Qxf3+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 37. Kd2 Qf2+ 38. Kc3 Qe1+ 39. Kc2 {[#]} (39. Kb2 $11 {remains equal.} Qe2+ 40. Kc3 Rxd3+ 41. Qxd3 Qxh2 42. Qe3) 39... Rf6 $1 $17 {[%cal Rf6f2]} 40. Rd8+ {[#]} (40. Qd4 $15 Rf2+ 41. Rd2 Rxd2+ 42. Qxd2 Qxe4+ 43. Kc3) 40... Kh7 $1 {( -> ...Rf2+)} 41. Rd2 Rf1 {Threatens to win with ...Qc1+.} 42. Kd3 Rf3+ $40 {[%mdl 128] Black has strong attack.} 43. Kc2 Rf1 {White must now prevent ...Qc1+.} (43... Qa1 $5 {[%cal Ra1a2]} 44. b4 Kg6 $11) 44. Kd3 a5 45. Qc2 $2 (45. Qc5 $17 Rf3+ 46. Kc2 Qxe4+ 47. Kb2) 45... Rf3+ $19 46. Kd4 (46. Kc4 $142 Qf1+ 47. Rd3) 46... Qe3+ 47. Ke5 $2 (47. Kc4 $19) 47... Qh6 {Precision: White = 34%, Black = 65%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.18"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Druska, Juraj"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,78,24,7,7,12,20,9,6,0,0,-11,-15,-14,-2,-21,-16,-82,-38,-45,-62,-45,-27,-47,-45,-39,-20,-66,-75,-62,-62,-208,0,-233,-231,-220,-228,-230,-192,-226,-252,-265,-265,-223,-47,-58,-20,-50,0,0,25,30,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 cxd4 {D41: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 cxd5} (6... Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O Nc6 9. a3 b6 10. Qc2 Nxc3 11. bxc3 g6 12. Bb2 Bb7 13. Qe2 Qc7 14. Rad1 Rfd8 15. h4 Rac8 16. h5 Rd5 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. e4 Rh5 19. g3 Na5 20. Kg2 cxd4 21. cxd4 {1-0 (38) Jakovenko,D (2735)-Salem,A (2660) St Petersburg 2018}) 7. exd4 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Qc7 9. Bd2 Nd7 10. Bd3 Bd6 11. O-O b6 12. c4 Bb7 13. d5 (13. a4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 13... Nc5 14. Bc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Bc2) 14... O-O 15. Bc2 e5 16. Re1 {[%cal Rc3e5]} Rae8 17. Ng5 g6 18. f4 {next Nxh7! is good for White.} e4 19. Qd4 {[%csl Gc3][%cal Rd4h8]} f6 20. Rxe4 {[#]} (20. Kh1 $15) 20... Nb3 $2 (20... Nd7 $1 $19 {And now ...Bc5 would win.} 21. Rxe8 Bc5 22. Rxf8+ Nxf8) 21. axb3 $2 (21. Bxb3 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} Bc5 22. Ne6 Bxd4+ 23. Bxd4) 21... Bc5 $19 22. Ne6 Rxe6 $1 23. Rxe6 Bxd5 24. cxd5 {Bd3 is the strong threat.} Bxd4+ 25. Bxd4 {Hoping for Bd3.} Qxc2 26. d6 {intending d7.} Qf5 $2 (26... Qxb3 $19 27. Ree1 Qb4) 27. Rae1 $15 {Black must now prevent d7.} Qd5 (27... Qd3 $5 {[%cal Rd3d4]} 28. Bb2 Qd2 $17) 28. Ba1 a5 ({Not} 28... Qxb3 29. d7 $16) 29. h3 b5 {[%cal Bb6b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 30. Kh2 Qd2 31. R1e3 {The position is equal.} b4 $1 32. f5 Rf7 33. fxg6 hxg6 34. Rg3 Qd5 35. Rxg6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh7 36. Rgxf6 Rxf6 37. Rxf6 Qxb3 38. d7 Qd5 {[#]} (38... Qd3 $5 39. Rf7+ $8 Kg8 40. Rg7+ Kf8 $11) 39. Rf7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxf7 {Accuracy: White = 45%, Black = 57%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.18"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Tomazini, Zan"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,62,14,16,-2,0,0,8,0,12,-7,0,-20,-7,-37,-31,-45,-37,-42,-47,-66,-60,-61,-70,-69,-61,-57,-64,-99,-54,-251,-262,-231,-264,-270,-267,-560,-517,-525,-554,-550,-516,-790,-484,-651,-646,-631,-621,-1934,-1993,-1938,-1753,-29996,-29997,-29997,-29998]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Bb3 (5. Nc3 d6 6. Na4 Qe7 7. a3 Be6 8. Bxe6 Qxe6 9. b4 Bb6 10. O-O O-O 11. c4 Nd7 12. Bb2 Nd4 13. Nd2 f5 14. Rc1 {1-0 (45) Giri,A (2783)-Shankland,S (2725) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) 5... O-O 6. h3 {C50: Hungarian Defence and Giuoco Pianissimo} a5 7. a4 d6 8. c3 {The position is equal.} Ne7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... h6 9. O-O Ba7 10. Na3 Be6 11. Re1 Qd7 12. Nb5 Bb6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Rxe3 Qf7 16. Rc1 Nh5 17. Rc2 Nf4 18. g3 Qh5 {½-½ (18) Yemelin,V (2574)-Petrisor,A (2388) Arad 2015}) 9. Nbd2 Ng6 10. Nc4 c6 11. Be3 {With the idea Bxc5.} (11. O-O {keeps more tension.} Be6 12. Bd2 Re8 13. Re1 d5 14. exd5 Bxd5 15. Bg5) 11... Bxe3 12. Nxe3 d5 13. Bc2 Re8 14. g3 h6 15. Kf1 Be6 16. Kg2 Qb6 17. Qc1 Rad8 18. Nh2 Nh5 19. Nhg4 $2 (19. Re1 $15) 19... dxe4 $19 20. dxe4 {[#]} Nhf4+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 21. gxf4 exf4 22. Nf5 $2 (22. Rf1 {was worth a try.} fxe3 23. Qxe3 Qxb2 24. Rfc1) 22... Bxf5 23. exf5 Nh4+ 24. Kh2 {[#]} Rd2 $3 {[%cal Rd2f2][%mdl 512] ( -> ...Rxf2+)} 25. Rf1 (25. Rg1 $142 Ree2 26. Kh1) (25. Qxd2 Nf3+) 25... Ree2 26. Bd3 Rxd3 27. Qxf4 Qd8 28. Ra3 Rf3 29. Qd4 Qc7+ 30. Kg1 {[#]} Rg3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 31. Kh1 (31. fxg3 Qxg3+) 31... Rxh3+ {Accuracy: White = 24%, Black = 72%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.18"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Todorovic, Goran M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,60,26,20,51,10,18,10,24,41,27,8,14,23,38,0,0,-8,3,-131,-115,-133,-140,-139,-130,-133,-96,-116,-127,-203,-197,-277,-268,-251,-237,-498,-514,-489,-508,-2366,-877,-29972,-29973,-6802,-7308,-5589,-5365]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. h3 b5 9. Bc2 Bb7 {C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines} 10. Be3 (10. Nbd2 Re8 11. a3 Bf8 12. b4 h6 13. Bb2 Ne7 14. Nb3 Rb8 15. Na5 Ba8 16. Nh4 d5 17. f4 exf4 {0-1 (42) Bartel,M (2609)-Kovalenko,I (2639) Bialystok 2017}) 10... d5 11. Nbd2 d4 {The position is equal.} 12. cxd4 exd4 13. Bg5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Bf4 Bd6 14. Bg5 Be7 15. Rc1 h6 16. Bh4 Nh5 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 {1-0 (42) Klawitter,B (902)-Ogaki,H (844) LSS email 2012}) 13... Nh5 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. a3 Rad8 16. Nh2 Nf4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is more active.} 17. Qg4 {[#]} (17. g3 $1 $11 Nxh3+ 18. Kg2) 17... g5 $1 $17 18. Nhf3 {[#]} f6 $1 19. Rfe1 Kh8 20. Qg3 Ne5 21. Nxe5 fxe5 22. Nf3 (22. Bd1 $17) 22... Rg8 $19 23. a4 (23. Kh1 $142) 23... Bc8 24. Nh2 h5 25. f3 $2 (25. Kh1) 25... h4 26. Qf2 {[#]} Bxh3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 27. g3 (27. Bb3 $142 Bxg2 28. Qc2) (27. gxh3 Nxh3+) 27... g4 (27... hxg3 $142 28. Qxg3 Kg7 29. axb5 axb5) 28. fxg4 hxg3 29. Qxg3 {[#]} Bxg4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 30. Nxg4 {[#]} Rxg4 $1 {[%mdl 576] Clearance. Accuracy: White = 28%, Black = 79%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.18"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Banzea, Alexandru-Bogdan"]
[Black "Rodshtein, Maxim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2427"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,72,13,14,9,18,6,29,0,0,6,5,9,0,0,5,-54,-64,-61,-62,-62,-58,-50,-63,-65,-21,-48,-45,-52,-68,-64,-55,-71,-64,-52,-50,-48,-41,-141,-131,-196,-199,-337,-168,-175,-149,-321,-308,-462,-457,-597,-606,-623,-625,-577,-597,-683,-662,-605,-529,-700,-684,-29991,-29992,-29992,-850]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Ne5 g6 6. Bb5+ {B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack} (6. c3 Bg7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O Nc6 9. Qe2 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. Bf4 Nc5 {1-0 (42) Duda,J (2731)-Moranda,W (2601) Poland 2018}) 6... Nbd7 7. O-O a6 8. Bd3 {White has an edge.} (8. Ba4 {is interesting.} Bg7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Bb3 e6 11. Nd3) 8... Nxe5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Bg7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nd2 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 {1-0 (45) Cawdery,D (2345)-Kulkarni,C (2290) Port Elizabeth 2013}) 9. dxe5 Ng4 10. Qe2 Bg7 11. Bf4 g5 12. Bg3 (12. Bxg5 $11 Bxe5 13. h3 Bxb2 14. Nd2) 12... h5 $1 $15 {[%cal Rh5h4] Hoping for ...h4.} 13. h3 $1 {[%cal Rh3g4]} h4 14. Bh2 $1 Nxh2 15. Kxh2 Qb6 16. c3 f6 17. c4 fxe5 {White must now prevent ...e4.} 18. cxd5 {[#]} e4 $1 $36 {[%cal Re4d3][%mdl 2560] Black is pushing.} 19. Bxe4 Bxb2 20. Nd2 Bxa1 21. Rxa1 Qf6 22. Rb1 b5 23. Rb3 (23. Kh1 $15) 23... Bd7 24. Re3 {[#]} (24. Kg1 $17) 24... Rc8 $1 $19 25. Bf3 (25. Nb3 $142) 25... Kd8 (25... Rc1 $142 {( -> ...Qf4+)} 26. Nf1 b4) 26. Nb3 Rc3 27. Rxc3 $2 (27. Kg1 $17 {keeps fighting.}) 27... Qxc3 28. Qe4 (28. Qd1 $142) 28... Rf8 29. Nd4 {If White can now play Ne6+ this consolidates a bit.} Rf4 30. Ne6+ Bxe6 $1 31. Qxe6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQB} Qf6 32. Qg8+ Kc7 33. Qa8 {If only White now had time for Qa7+....} Qb6 34. Kg1 Rc4 {Threatens to win with ...Rc1+.} 35. Qg8 Rc1+ 36. Kh2 Qf6 {Accuracy: White = 31%, Black = 68%.} (36... Qxf2 $142 37. d6+ exd6 38. Qf7+ Kb6 39. Qb7+ Ka5 40. Qc7+ Rxc7 41. Bh5 Qg3+ 42. Kh1 Rc1+ 43. Bd1 Rxd1#) 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.18"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"]
[Black "Parvanyan, Ashot"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 28,77,0,0,14,41,59,73,60,71,108,103,106,109,120,117,196,188,193,185,177,185,167,181,275,277,293,283,332,331,433,418,549,515,514,408,441,340,318,287,487,433,464,493,475,451,617,379,387,374,1256,1229]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. O-O Qc7 12. Nc3 a6 13. h3 O-O 14. Be3 Bd7 15. Rc1 {[%cal Ba1c1,Bc1c5,Bc5h5,Bh5h6][%mdl 32] [#]} Rad8 $146 {C06: French Tarrasch: 3...Nf6 4 e5 Nfd7 5 Bd3 main lines} ({Predecessor:} 15... Rae8 16. Na4 Qd8 17. Nc5 Bc8 18. Nxa6 e5 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Nc5 Nfg4 21. Ng5 h6 22. hxg4 Nxg4 23. Nxb7 {1-0 (38) Xiong,J (2442)-Bhat,V (2511) ICC INT 2014}) 16. Na4 Qb8 17. Nc5 Bxc5 {White is better.} 18. Rxc5 Ne4 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Ng5 h6 21. Nxe4 b6 (21... Ne7 $16 22. Re1 b6) 22. Rh5 $1 $18 Be8 {[#]} 23. Rxh6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} gxh6 24. Qg4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh7 25. Qxe6 Bg6 (25... Qc7 {might work better.}) 26. Qxc6 Qc8 {[#]} 27. Nf6+ $1 {[%cal Be4f6,Bf6g4,Bg4e5][%mdl 32]} (27. Qxb6 Bxe4 28. Qxh6+ Kg8 $16) 27... Kh8 28. Qxb6 Qf5 29. Ng4 h5 30. Ne5 Bh7 31. Qxa6 Rf6 32. Qb7 Rg8 33. h4 {And now Bg5 would win.} Rg7 $2 (33... Qe4 34. Qxe4 Bxe4) 34. Qd5 Bg8 35. Qc5 ({Less strong is} 35. Qa8 Rf8 $18) 35... Qe4 {[%csl Gg7][%cal Re4g2]} 36. Bg5 Rf4 37. Qc3 Bd5 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Re4g2]} 38. f3 Qe2 $2 (38... Qxd4+ 39. Qxd4 Rxd4) 39. Re1 {Accuracy: White = 80%, Black = 29%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.18"]
[Round "1.15"]
[White "Radovanovic, Nikola"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,74,24,56,53,50,38,68,52,47,42,41,46,45,44,42,40,45,34,27,0,13,8,11,0,14,0,10,3,12,2,6,15,21,0,0,0,0,0,100,0,7,0,0,0,33,-34,0,0,0,5,8,0,12,0,16,0,6,0,0,-3,0,0,0,0,8,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 {A58: Benko/Volga Gambit: Lines with 5 bxa6} Bg7 7. Nf3 (7. e4 O-O 8. e5 Ne8 9. h4 Bxe5 10. Bh6 Bxa6 11. h5 Ng7 12. Nf3 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Bxf1 14. Kxf1 {1-0 (22) So,W (2780)-Duda,J (2737) chess.com INT 2018}) 7... O-O 8. a7 {White is slightly better.} Rxa7 9. e4 e6 10. Be2 exd5 11. exd5 d6 12. O-O Na6 {[%cal Bb8a6,Ba6c7,Bc7d5,Bd5f6][%mdl 32]} 13. Bf4 Nc7 {[#]} 14. Qd2 $146 Re8 15. Rae1 Ne4 16. Nxe4 Rxe4 17. b3 Nxd5 18. Bg5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Nf6 $1 19. Bc4 {Bxf6 is the strong threat.} Bb7 20. Rxe4 Bxe4 21. Rd1 d5 22. a4 Qb6 23. Bb5 $1 d4 {[#]} (23... h6 $11 24. Be3 (24. Bxh6 Bxh6 25. Qxh6 Bc2 $11) 24... Ng4) 24. Bc4 (24. Nxd4 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512] Black must now prevent Nf5!} h6 (24... cxd4 25. Qxd4) 25. Bxf6 Qxf6 26. Ne2) 24... Qb7 25. Bxf6 Bxf6 26. Qf4 Kg7 27. Ne1 (27. Ne5 $14 Qc7 28. Qxe4 Qxe5 29. Qxe5 Bxe5 30. g3) 27... Ra8 28. Qd6 {The position is equal.} Qe7 29. Qxe7 Bxe7 30. Nd3 Bd6 31. Re1 Bb7 32. f3 h5 33. Ne5 Re8 34. Nd3 Ra8 35. Ne5 Re8 36. Nd3 Rd8 37. Ne5 Re8 {Accuracy: White = 48%, Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.18"]
[Round "1.16"]
[White "Berkes, Ferenc"]
[Black "Kacharava, Nikolozi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,119,10,35,32,56,56,56,56,56,54,54,57,64,64,70,68,88,36,103,113,109,116,110,125,113,91,100,89,85,87,113,99,110,103,114,107,110,107,114,104,112,99,127,132,141,132,153,135,141,107,107,91,104,100,138,138,143,138,138,147,189,183,196,146,138,138,219,206,250,280,257,259,1567,1445,1239,982,1870,1745,29960,29961,29962,29964,12848,11654,29972,29973,29973,29968,29968,29965,29980,29980,29980,29981,29981,29982,29982,29983,29973,29974]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 c5 5. c4 Nc6 6. O-O dxc4 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 c3 10. bxc3 O-O {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3} 11. Ne1 (11. Nb3 Be7 12. c4 Bd7 13. Bb2 Rfd8 14. Nfd4 Rab8 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Rxd8+ Rxd8 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Rc1 g5 20. c5 Kf8 {1-0 (36) Giri,A (2780)-Wojtaszek,R (2749) Shenzhen 2018}) 11... Bd7 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 12. Rb1 Rab8 {White is slightly better.} 13. Ne4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Nd3 Be7 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 g5 16. Nb4 Rbd8 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. Bxc6 {½-½ (31) Petkov,V (2490)-Janev,E (2461) Plovdiv 2010}) 13... Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Be8 15. Nd3 Bd6 16. Nb4 Nxb4 17. cxb4 Be5 18. b5 f5 {[#]} 19. Bf3 (19. Bc2 $1 $16) 19... Bg6 (19... b6 $14) 20. b6 $16 axb6 21. Rxb6 Rfd8 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Bg5 (23. Be3 {feels hotter.} Bd4 24. Bxd4 Rxd4 25. Bxb7 Rd2 26. a4) 23... Rd6 24. Rxd6 Bxd6 25. Bxb7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame aiming for a4. KBB-KBB} Be8 26. Ba6 Kf7 27. Bc4 Ba4 28. Kf1 Bb4 29. Bc1 Bc3 30. f3 Ke7 31. e3 e5 32. Ke2 Bb4 33. Bb2 Kd6 34. f4 exf4 35. gxf4 g6 36. Bg8 Ke7 37. Kd3 h6 38. Bg7 h5 39. Bc3 Bc5 40. Bd4 Bd6 41. Kc4 Bc7 42. Bd5 Ba5 43. Bc5+ Kf6 {[#]} (43... Ke8 $16 {was necessary.} 44. Kd4 Bd8) 44. Bb4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rb4a5]} Bb6 45. Bc3+ Ke7 46. Kb4 Bxe3 $2 (46... Bd1 47. Bd4 Bd8) 47. Kxa4 Bxf4 48. h4 Bg3 49. Kb5 Bxh4 50. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} Kd6 51. Bf7 g5 52. Bf6 Bf2 53. Bxg5 {White mates.} h4 54. Bf4+ Kd7 55. a5 h3 56. Bd5 Bg1 57. a6 Bf2 58. Bc4 Bg1 59. Bf1 h2 {[#]} 60. Bxh2 $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 81%, Black = 41%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.18"]
[Round "1.17"]
[White "Arsovic, Zoran"]
[Black "Dreev, Aleksey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2422"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,85,29,20,18,39,39,39,15,58,43,45,42,45,54,55,55,55,49,50,58,60,51,45,57,56,63,56,41,73,68,97,97,89,102,96,45,44,51,52,59,53,53,41,28,47,39,43,26,54,53,51,66,63,62,50,19,53,0,5,0,0,0,8,0,0,0]} 1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qc2 Nc6 9. Bd3 Be7 10. a3 h6 11. O-O O-O 12. Qe2 {B14: Caro-Kann: Panov-Botvinnik Attack with 5...e6 and 5...g6} Re8 (12... Bd7 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Bb1 Re8 15. Qd3 g6 16. Bxh6 Bf6 17. Ba2 Bf5 18. Qd2 {½-½ (18) Naiditsch,A (2701)-David,A (2553) New Delhi 2018}) 13. Bc2 Bf8 14. Rd1 {White is slightly better.} (14. Re1 {is interesting.} Bd7 15. h4 Bd6 16. Ne4 Bf8 17. Qd3) 14... Bd7 15. Qd3 {[%csl Gc2][%cal Rd3h7] [#]} g6 16. h4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Bb3 Nce7 17. Ne5 Bc6 18. Qf3 Nf5 19. Ne4 Re7 20. g4 Nh4 {½-½ (60) Kasperek,R (2254)-Stolarczyk,A (2107) Wysowa 2003}) 16... Nxc3 17. bxc3 e5 18. dxe5 Bg4 19. Qe4 $1 Qc8 {...Nxe5! is the strong threat.} 20. Bf4 Bf5 21. Qe2 Bxc2 22. Qxc2 Qg4 23. Bg3 Rac8 24. Rd5 Ne7 25. Rd4 Qe6 26. Rd6 Qc4 27. e6 fxe6 28. Rd7 (28. Be5 $16) 28... Qxc3 $14 29. Qxc3 Rxc3 30. Rxb7 Nf5 31. Be5 Rc2 32. g4 Nd6 33. Rxa7 {Strongly threatening Rd1.} Ne4 34. Bd4 Nxf2 {[%mdl 64] [#] Decoy} 35. Bxf2 Rxf2 {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender} 36. Kxf2 Bc5+ 37. Ke2 Bxa7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 38. Rc1 Rb8 39. Kd3 (39. Rc2 $14) 39... Bf2 {The position is equal.} 40. Rc6 Rb3+ 41. Rc3 Rb5 42. Rc6 Rb3+ 43. Rc3 {Accuracy: White = 51%, Black = 52%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.18"]
[Round "1.18"]
[White "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Black "Piesik, Piotr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,104,-8,-2,-14,0,-10,-21,-19,32,35,32,32,32,28,39,-25,-24,-18,-12,-35,-4,-17,-11,-53,-37,-101,-6,-18,-15,-22,0,-16,-23,-22,-43,-41,-54,-72,-70,-77,-70,-88,-145,-152,-135,-135,-137,-129,-32,-97,-23,-45,0,-30,-29,-206,-73,-156,-136,-160,-158,-245,-229,-246,-245,-287,-282,-306,-37,-258,-264,-231,-252,-286,-271,-264,-250,-247,-191,-156,-92,-67,-92,-133,-139,-141,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 Bc5 4. Bg2 a6 5. Nge2 d6 6. d3 Nge7 7. O-O {C25: Vienna Game: Alternatives to 2...Nf6} (7. h3 O-O 8. Nd5 Nxd5 9. exd5 Nd4 10. Be3 Nxe2 11. Qxe2 Bxe3 12. fxe3 Qg5 13. Qf3 f5 14. O-O-O Bd7 {0-1 (31) Hou,Y (2652)-Caruana,F (2802) chess.com INT 2017}) 7... O-O 8. Be3 Bxe3 9. fxe3 f5 (9... h5 $11) 10. Qd2 $14 fxe4 11. Rxf8+ Qxf8 12. Rf1 Qe8 13. dxe4 $146 (13. Nxe4 $14 d5 14. Nf2) ({Predecessor:} 13. Bxe4 Bh3 14. Rf2 Qd7 {1-0 (44) Krivec,J (2177)-Ostojic,A Pula 1999}) 13... Be6 $11 14. Nd5 Qd7 15. c4 Rf8 (15... Nc8 {keeps more tension.} 16. Nc1 Nd8 17. c5 c6 18. Nc3 b5) 16. Rxf8+ Kxf8 17. a4 Nd8 18. a5 (18. Qa5 $15) 18... c6 (18... Nc8 $17 19. b3 Kg8) 19. Nb6 Qc7 20. Nc3 Nf7 21. b4 (21. c5 $5) 21... Nc8 22. Nca4 Nxb6 23. axb6 Qd8 24. Qe2 Qd7 25. c5 Bb3 26. Nb2 $1 dxc5 27. bxc5 a5 $1 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32] And now ...a4 would win.} 28. Qe1 a4 29. Qa5 Nd8 (29... g6 $1 $17 30. h3 Kg7) 30. h4 ({Better is} 30. Bf3 $15) 30... h6 (30... g6 $17) 31. Kh2 Ne6 32. Bh3 Ke7 33. Bf1 $2 {[#]} (33. Bg2 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 33... g5 (33... a3 $1 $19 {[%cal Ra3b2][%mdl 512] is more deadly.} 34. Nd3 (34. Qxa3 Qd2+) 34... a2) 34. Be2 (34. Nd3 $142) 34... gxh4 $17 35. gxh4 Qd8 36. Qc3 (36. Kg3 $17) 36... Qf8 37. Nd3 Qf6 38. Kh3 Nd8 39. Kg3 Nf7 $2 ({Black should play} 39... Qg6+ $19 40. Bg4 Nf7 41. Nxe5 Qf6 42. Nxc6+ Qxc6) 40. Bh5 $2 ({Only move:} 40. Nf2 $1 $15) 40... Qf1 $1 $19 {[%cal Rf1g1] ( -> ...Qg1+)} 41. Ne1 Qc4 $1 {[%cal Rc4c3]} 42. Qa5 Qxe4 43. Qa8 Qxe3+ 44. Nf3 Nd8 ({Worse is} 44... Qxc5 45. Bxf7 Qxb6 46. Qe8+ Kd6 47. Qxe5+ Kd7 48. Qf5+ Kc7 49. Qe5+ Kd7 50. Qg7 $11) 45. Qb8 {[%csl Gc5][%cal Rb8d6] [#]} Bf7 (45... Qf4+ $142 $1 46. Kg2 Bf7 47. Bxf7 Qxf7 48. Qd6+ Ke8 49. Qxe5+ Qe6) 46. Qc7+ $17 Ke8 $1 47. Bxf7+ Nxf7 48. Qxb7 {[#]} Nd8 (48... e4 $1 $17 49. Qxc6+ Ke7 50. Qc7+ Kf6) 49. Qc7 $11 {The position is equal.} e4 50. Qe5+ Kf7 51. Qc7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Ke8 52. Qe5+ Kf7 {Accuracy: White = 38%, Black = 49%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.18"]
[Round "1.19"]
[White "Hnydiuk, Aleksander"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D74"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,68,16,20,2,15,2,23,23,24,19,112,112,214,106,122,64,56,49,60,37,53,43,52,2,18,8,54,69,56,62,70,25,37,16,45,-653,-595,-1720,-1665,-2148,-1270,-1810,-1183,-1120,-1047,-2409,-2244,-3393,-2977]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nf3 {[%cal Bg1f3,Bf3e1,Be1c2,Bc2e3][%mdl 32]} O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nc3 Bf5 {D74: Fianchetto Grünfeld: Main Line (5 Nf3 0-0 6 cxd5 Nxd5 7 0-0)} 9. Ne1 Be6 10. Nc2 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Na5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 12. Ba3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. e4 Qd7 13. Bf4 Rac8 14. h4 Bg4 15. Bf3 Bh3 16. Re1 {1-0 (36) Mamedyarov,S (2763)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2703) Moscow 2010}) 12... c6 13. Ne3 Re8 14. Qd3 Rc8 15. Bb4 b5 (15... c5 $11 16. Bxc5 b6) 16. a4 $1 $16 {[%cal Ra4b5]} Bc4 {[#]} (16... Nb3 $16) 17. Bxa5 (17. Qd1 $1 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.} c5 18. Bxa5 (18. Bxc5 Bb3 $14) (18. dxc5 Nc6 $16) 18... Qxa5 19. axb5 Qxb5 20. Rb1) 17... Qxa5 {[#]} 18. Qc2 (18. axb5 $1 $16 Qxa1 19. Nxc4) 18... Qc7 19. Nxc4 bxc4 20. Rfb1 Qd6 21. e3 c5 {[%cal Rc5d4]} 22. Rb7 cxd4 23. cxd4 c3 24. Rxa7 e5 $1 {[%cal Re5d4]} 25. dxe5 Bxe5 26. Be4 Red8 27. Qb3 $40 {[%mdl 128] White attacks.} Qf6 {aiming for ...c2.} 28. Bc2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (28. Rf1 $14) 28... Rd2 {Black is clearly winning.} 29. f4 {[#]} Bd4 $1 {[%mdl 576] Double Attack} 30. Qb7 (30. exd4 Qxd4+) 30... Bxe3+ 31. Kh1 Rf8 32. Ra6 Qd4 33. Bb3 c2 {[%cal Rd4a1]} 34. Rf1 Rd1 {Accuracy: White = 28%, Black = 53%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.18"]
[Round "1.20"]
[White "Edouard, Romain"]
[Black "Megalios, Konstantinos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,109,12,12,12,14,15,6,14,0,8,0,57,54,52,53,55,36,37,26,50,11,8,4,8,5,29,19,32,19,45,0,0,0,50,48,46,46,56,51,60,44,38,27,27,31,36,28,35,23,22,22,26,23,28,23,101,101,101,101,101,101,101,101,128,125,127,34,287,290,265,237,1201,1095,5093,2066,5081,1732,29976,29976,29976,29977,29977,29978,29978,29977,29980,29981,29981,29982,29982,29983]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Bg2 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qb3 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. O-O Rb8 {E20: Nimzo-Indian: 4 g3 and 4 f3} 12. Qc2 Ba6 13. Na4 (13. Rd1 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Qa5 15. Bb2 Bc4 16. Rd4 Qa6 17. e4 Nb6 18. a4 e5 19. Rd2 Qa5 20. Rd6 c5 21. Bh3 Nc8 22. Rd2 Nb6 23. Rd6 Nc8 24. Rd2 Nb6 25. Rd6 {½-½ (25) Vachier Lagrave,M (2789)-Aronian,L (2764) Stavanger 2018}) 13... Bb5 {The position is equal.} 14. a3 Be7 15. Bf3 {[#]} Bxa4 $146 ({Better is} 15... Re8 $11) ({Predecessor:} 15... e5 16. Rd1 Qa5 17. b3 f5 18. Bb2 e4 19. Bg2 Bxa4 20. bxa4 Rxb2 21. Qxb2 {½-½ (55) Cheparinov,I (2679)-Meier,G (2608) Budva 2009}) 16. Qxa4 $14 Qb6 17. e4 Nc7 18. Bf4 Rbd8 19. Be3 c5 $1 20. Rab1 Nb5 21. e5 Nd4 22. Be4 Qc7 23. f4 Rd7 24. Qc4 Rfd8 25. g4 (25. Rfc1 $5 {[%cal Rb2b4]}) 25... Qb8 26. Rfd1 a5 27. b4 axb4 28. axb4 Qa7 29. Ra1 Qb6 30. b5 {Black must now prevent Ra6.} Ra7 31. Ra6 Qxb5 32. Qxb5 Nxb5 33. Rxd8+ Bxd8 34. Rc6 {Strongly threatening Rc8.} Rc7 35. Rb6 Nd4 36. Rb8 {[%cal Rb8d8]} Rd7 37. f5 f6 (37... exf5 $1 $11 {remains equal.} 38. gxf5 Kf8) 38. Bxd4 $16 Rxd4 39. fxe6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Kf8 40. exf6 gxf6 41. Bf5 h6 {[#]} 42. Kg2 $1 Rd5 43. Bg6 ({White should try} 43. Kg3 $16) 43... Ke7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (43... c4 $14) 44. Rb7+ $1 $18 Kd6 {Black wants to play ...Rd2+.} 45. Bf7 {Rd7+ is the strong threat.} Bc7 $2 {[#]} (45... Rd4 46. Kf3 c4 47. Rd7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kc5) 46. Rxc7 $1 {[%mdl 576] And now Rd7+ would win. Deflection} Kxc7 {KR-KB} 47. e7 Re5 48. e8=Q Rxe8 49. Bxe8 {KB-K3P. White mates.} Kd6 50. Bg6 Ke5 51. Kg3 c4 52. h3 c3 53. Kh4 Kf4 54. Bf5 Kf3 55. Kh5 {Accuracy: White = 80%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.18"]
[Round "1.21"]
[White "Tica, Sven"]
[Black "Kovalenko, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2416"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,58,-6,7,-10,22,0,17,-18,-18,-15,-19,-15,-14,-47,-50,-50,-22,-46,-52,-54,-56,-54,0,0,9,-75,-80,-87,-107,-99,-59,-56,-55,-68,-64,-66,-51,-76,-67,-239,-242,-241,-244,-389,-252]} 1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nc6 9. h3 {D94: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 5 e3} Nd7 10. d5 Nb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Na5 11. Be2 a6 12. e4 b5 13. Bf4 Nb6 14. Rc1 Re8 15. Be3 Nb7 16. a3 e5 {0-1 (40) Heberla,B (2538)-Brodowski,P (2417) Czechia 2010}) 11. Be2 {The position is equal.} (11. Bb3 {seems wilder.} c4 12. dxc6 cxb3 13. axb3 bxc6 14. e4) 11... Bxc3 12. dxc6 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Bg7 14. cxb7 Bxb7 15. a4 Bc6 16. a5 Na4 17. Ra2 Rab8 {[%cal Ra4b2]} 18. Rd2 Rb4 ({Black should try} 18... Rfd8 $15) 19. Ne1 $1 $11 Rfb8 {[%cal Ra4b2]} 20. Nc2 (20. Nd3 $11) 20... Rb3 $17 {[%cal Ra4b2]} 21. Bf3 Bxf3 22. Rxa4 Ba8 23. Rc4 R3b5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is more active.} 24. Rd7 Rxa5 25. Bd2 Ra2 26. Rxc5 Raxb2 {White must now prevent ...Be4.} 27. Rxa7 $2 {[#]} (27. f3 $15) 27... Be4 $19 28. Rac7 Rd8 29. Be1 (29. f3 {was worth a try.} Bxc2 30. Rc8 Rxc8 31. Rxc8+ Bf8 32. e4) 29... Rb1 {Accuracy: White = 43%, Black = 73%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.18"]
[Round "1.22"]
[White "Parligras, Mircea-Emilian"]
[Black "Gaehwiler, Gabriel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,61,0,0,0,55,0,0,0,0,-20,-26,0,15,5,11,5,6,14,18,8,66,53,44,62,72,67,53,83,97,104,95,98,83,85,82,79,132,144,147,146,129,138,200,212,209,209,223,228]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nxd5 {A17: English Opening: 1...Nf6 with ...Bb4} exd5 7. b4 cxb4 8. Bb2 Nc6 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 9. Rc1 Be6 $146 (9... f6 $11) ({Predecessor:} 9... a6 10. Nd4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bf5 12. Be2 Qd7 13. Qb3 Be6 {1-0 (29) Sargissian,G (2657)-Bok,B (2611) Heraklio 2017}) 10. Nd4 (10. Bb5 $14) 10... Nxd4 $11 11. Bxd4 f6 12. Bd3 Bd6 13. Qh5+ Bf7 14. Qg4 O-O 15. Qf5 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Rf5h7] [#]} g6 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black has counterplay} 16. Qxf6 Qxf6 17. Bxf6 d4 (17... Rfc8 $11 18. Rxc8+ Rxc8) 18. Bxd4 $14 Bxa2 19. Ra1 $1 {[%cal Ra1a2]} Bf7 20. Rxa7 Rxa7 21. Bxa7 Ra8 22. Bd4 Bc5 {aiming for ...Bxd4.} 23. Be5 ({But not} 23. Bxc5 $6 Ra1+ 24. Ke2 Rxh1 $11) 23... Bd6 24. Bb2 ({Much worse is} 24. Bxd6 Ra1+ 25. Ke2 Rxh1 $11) 24... Ra2 25. Bd4 Bc5 {[#]} (25... b3 $142) 26. Bb1 $1 $16 {[%cal Rb1a2]} ({Don't play} 26. Bxc5 $6 Ra1+ 27. Ke2 Rxh1 $11) 26... Ra5 27. Bb2 b3 28. Ke2 Ba3 (28... Bd5 $16) 29. Bxa3 $18 Rxa3 30. Kd3 Ra1 31. Kc3 {Precision: White = 80%, Black = 50%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.18"]
[Round "1.23"]
[White "Erdogdu, Mert"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2413"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,112,0,0,12,0,12,10,56,26,59,-27,0,-39,0,0,0,0,0,0,59,64,35,0,0,0,231,0,0,-48,-36,-47,-42,-56,0,0,0,0,0,-47,-11,0,0,-3,0,-83,-83,-95,-100,-100,-100,-108,-103,-110,-103,-109,-112,-119,-109,-150,-109,-156,-131,-142,0,-131,0,-149,-103,-104,-107,-126,0,-79,-79,-74,-52,-106,-20,-52,-21,-114,-85,-84,-34,-81,-33,-120,-124,-890,-185,-184,-181,-7723,-7208,-6335,-6333,-6138,-5862]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Bc5 7. O-O O-O 8. d3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Rb8 {A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3} 10. Rb1 (10. a4 Be6 11. Ng5 Bg4 12. Ne4 Be7 13. Ba3 Bxa3 14. Rxa3 b6 15. Re1 Qe7 16. Ra1 Rbd8 17. Qb3 {1-0 (57) Ding,L (2778)-Dubov,D (2696) Liaocheng 2018}) 10... Be6 11. Ng5 Bg4 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 11... Bd7 12. Ne4 Bb6 13. Bd2 h6 14. Be3 Be6 15. a3 Qd7 16. c4 Bxe3 17. fxe3 {½-½ (27) Gerez,A-Turko,A Vung Tau 2008}) 12. Rb5 Be7 13. Rd5 ({Better is} 13. Bxc6 $14 bxc6 14. Rxe5) 13... Qc8 14. d4 f6 15. f3 Bd7 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. f4 fxg5 (17... c6 $11 18. fxe5 cxd5 19. Qxd5+ Kh8 20. Nf7+ Rxf7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 21. Qxf7 Qc5+ 22. Kh1 Qxe5) 18. Rxe5 $14 Bf6 19. Rd5 Be6 $1 20. Ba3 Rd8 $2 (20... gxf4 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 21. Bxf8 (21. Rxf4 Re8 $15) 21... Qxf8) 21. Rxd8+ $2 ({White has to play} 21. fxg5 $18 Bxg5 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Rf8+ Qxf8 24. Bxf8 Be3+ 25. Kh1 Rxf8 26. Bxb7) 21... Qxd8 $11 22. Qc2 Qd7 23. e4 gxf4 24. gxf4 Be7 (24... g6 $15) 25. Rd1 Qe8 26. Bxe7 Qxe7 27. Qd2 Bg4 28. Qd5+ Kh8 29. Rd2 Qh4 30. h3 {[#]} (30. Rf2 $11) 30... Be6 $1 $17 {[%cal Re6d5][%mdl 512]} 31. Qd4 (31. Qxe6 Qe1+) 31... Qxf4 32. Qxa7 Rf8 33. Qd4 Qg5 34. Kh2 h5 35. e5 h4 $1 36. Rd3 c6 37. a3 Kh7 38. Qe4+ Kg8 {White must now prevent ...Rf2.} 39. Qd4 Kh7 40. Qe4+ $1 Kg8 {aiming for ...Rf2.} 41. Qd4 Kh8 42. a4 Kh7 43. Qe4+ Kh8 {...Rf2 is the strong threat.} 44. Qd4 Kg8 45. Kh1 Kh7 46. Qe4+ (46. Qg1 $15) 46... Kh8 (46... Bf5 $17 47. Qe3 Qxe3 48. Rxe3 Re8) 47. Qd4 Ra8 48. Kh2 (48. Rf3 $11 {remains equal.}) 48... Kg8 49. Kh1 Kh7 50. Be4+ g6 51. Bg2 (51. Rf3 $15) 51... Ra5 52. Re3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (52. Qd8 $17 Qxd8 53. Rxd8) 52... b5 $2 (52... Rd5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 53. Qe4 (53. Bxd5 Bxd5+) 53... Rd2) 53. Re1 $19 Rxa4 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black is out for blood.} 54. Qd6 $2 {[#]} (54. Qd3) 54... Ra2 $1 {[%csl Ga2][%cal Rg5g2] Black is clearly winning.} 55. Rg1 {[#]} Rxg2 $1 {[%mdl 576] Remove Defender} 56. Rxg2 Bd5 {Accuracy: White = 39%, Black = 47%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.18"]
[Round "1.24"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Ioannidis, Evgenios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,61,26,25,32,30,15,10,19,8,18,6,61,51,53,63,51,58,51,41,39,38,38,38,83,83,102,93,114,113,116,99,123,102,93,105,123,132,126,119,153,146,139,135,224,241,231,215,282,266,347,356,387,381]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 a6 6. Qb3 Ra7 {D15: Slav Defence: 4 Nc3 a6 and gambit lines after 4 Nc3 dxc4} 7. Nh4 Bc8 8. Bd2 e6 {The position is equal.} 9. Nf3 Bd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Nbd7 10. c5 b6 11. cxb6 Qxb6 12. Qc2 Bd6 13. Rc1 Bb7 14. Bd3 {0-1 (40) Romanov,E (2636)-Malakhov,V (2712) Sochi 2017}) 10. Qc2 b5 (10... b6 $11) 11. e4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} b4 12. e5 {[#] Threatens to win with Ne2.} bxc3 13. Bxc3 O-O 14. Bd3 dxc4 15. Bxc4 Nd5 {Strongly threatening ...Be7.} 16. exd6 Qxd6 17. Ng5 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Rc2h7]} f5 18. O-O Nd7 19. Rfe1 N7b6 20. Bf1 a5 21. Bd2 h6 22. Nf3 Ba6 23. Rac1 Bxf1 24. Kxf1 Rc8 {[#]} 25. Qc5 $1 {[%cal Rc5d6]} Qd7 26. Ne5 Qe7 (26... Qb7 $16 27. Kg1 (27. Nxc6 Qd7 $17) 27... Nd7) 27. Bxa5 $18 Qxc5 28. Rxc5 ({Resist} 28. dxc5 $6 Na4 $16) 28... Na4 29. Rxc6 Rb8 30. b4 ({Not} 30. Rxe6 Rxb2 31. Nc6 Rd7 $18) 30... Kh7 31. Rxe6 {Accuracy: White = 79%, Black = 43%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.18"]
[Round "1.25"]
[White "Nikitenko, Mihail"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 41,118,0,0,0,0,0,37,0,0,0,0,-31,-43,-38,-31,-47,-33,-37,-31,-107,-26,-100,-111,-94,-33,-18,-14,-14,-11,-14,-25,-29,-24,-72,0,0,0,-20,0,0,0,-3,0,0,0,-49,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-114,-122,-122,0,0,0,-75,0,0,0,-68,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Na3 b5 10. Nd5 f5 11. g3 fxe4 12. Bg2 Bg7 13. Bxe4 Be6 14. Qh5 Rc8 15. c3 Ne7 16. Rd1 Rc5 17. Nb4 {B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations} Qb6 18. Qg5 Kf8 19. Qe3 f5 20. Bg2 e4 21. Nac2 a5 {LiveBook: 8 Games} 22. Nd4 Bc4 23. Nbc2 Kf7 24. Nb3 Bxb3 25. axb3 {[#]} b4 $146 {[%cal Rb4c3]} 26. cxb4 axb4 27. O-O Rb8 28. Qe2 d5 29. Kh1 Rbc8 30. Nd4 (30. Ne3 $15) 30... Kg8 (30... Bxd4 $17 31. Rxd4 Qh6) 31. f3 (31. Qe3 $11) 31... Bxd4 32. Rxd4 Rc2 (32... Rc1 $17 33. Rdd1 R1c2) 33. Rd2 $15 Rxd2 34. Qxd2 e3 35. Qd3 d4 36. f4 Qc5 37. Bf3 Kh8 (37... Kg7 $17) 38. Rd1 $11 Rd8 39. Ra1 Rd6 40. Kg2 Kg7 41. h4 Kh6 42. Kh3 Ng8 43. Ra6 Rxa6 44. Qxa6+ Kg7 45. h5 Qe7 46. Kg2 Nf6 47. Kf1 Qc7 48. Kg2 Qd7 49. Qd3 Ng4 50. Kg1 Nf2 51. Qa6 {[#] Black must now prevent h6+.} d3 {Hoping for ...d2.} 52. h6+ Kf7 $1 53. Bh5+ Ke7 $1 {aiming for ...d2.} 54. Qc4 (54. Qb6 $11) 54... Ne4 $17 {[#] And now ...e2 would win.} 55. Qxb4+ Qd6 56. Qb7+ Qd7 57. Qb4+ Qd6 (57... Nd6 $17 {Threatens to win with ...e2.} 58. Qa5 e2) 58. Qb7+ $11 Qd7 (58... Kd8 $11 59. Qa8+ Kc7 60. Qa7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kc8 61. Qxe3 (61. Qxh7 $2 Qc5 $19) 61... d2) 59. Qb4+ $15 Qd6 {Accuracy: White = 64%, Black = 52%.} ({Black should try} 59... Nd6 $15 60. Qc5 e2) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.18"]
[Round "1.26"]
[White "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Black "Fernandes, Antonio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,83,48,34,28,15,41,39,35,35,43,51,54,45,64,43,71,64,81,31,88,16,31,0,69,-19,90,85,100,97,89,86,99,47,69,71,81,82,112,74,82,74,93,29,25,11,22,11,37,20,91,91,183,183,183,183,184,184,393,184,6682,6470]} 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. c4 Bb7 12. Nc3 c6 13. a3 Re8 {C95: Closed Ruy Lopez: Breyer Variation with 10 d4} (13... Rb8 14. Be3 Ba8 15. Qc2 h6 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. Ba2 Rbc8 18. Rc1 Qb8 19. Nh4 Rfe8 20. Nf5 Bf8 21. cxb5 axb5 {0-1 (46) Smirin,I (2609)-Kamsky,G (2666) St Petersburg 2018}) 14. Qc2 Bf8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... exd4 15. Nxd4 Nc5 16. Bf4 bxc4 17. Bxc4 d5 18. exd5 cxd5 19. Bf1 Rc8 {½-½ (37) De Souza,J (2325)-Silva,R (2373) ICCF email 2011}) 15. Bg5 h6 {White is slightly better.} 16. Bh4 g5 {White must now prevent ...exd4.} 17. Bg3 Nh5 18. Bh2 Nf4 19. Rad1 Qe7 20. Ba2 Bg7 21. b4 Nf8 (21... bxc4 $14 22. Bxc4 a5) 22. a4 (22. Bxf4 $16 gxf4 23. d5) 22... a5 $11 23. Bxf4 (23. cxb5 {seems wilder.} axb4 24. d5 bxc3 25. dxc6 Bc8 26. Qxc3 g4 27. hxg4 Bxg4 28. Bb3) 23... gxf4 (23... axb4 $11 24. Bg3 bxc3) 24. dxe5 ({Reject} 24. axb5 $6 axb4 25. bxc6 bxc3 $11) (24. d5 $14) 24... dxe5 (24... axb4 $11 25. exd6 Qd7) 25. cxb5 $16 axb4 26. bxc6 Bxc6 27. Nd5 Bxd5 28. Bxd5 (28. exd5 $16 Qd6 29. Nd2) 28... Rac8 29. Qe2 Rc5 30. Rc1 Rec8 31. Rxc5 Rxc5 32. Rb1 Ng6 33. Kh2 ({White should try} 33. Qa6 $16) 33... Bf8 $1 $11 34. Ne1 Rc3 35. Qg4 Qg5 36. Qd7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Qe7 (36... Qf6 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 37. Qf5 $16 Kg7 {[#]} (37... Nh4 $16 38. Qh5 Qf6) 38. Rxb4 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512] Threatens to win with Rb6.} Rc7 (38... Qxb4 39. Qxf7+) 39. Rb6 {Strongly threatening Nf3.} Nh4 40. Qg4+ Ng6 $2 (40... Qg5 41. Nd3 Qxg4 42. hxg4 Ra7 43. Nxe5 Bc5) 41. Nd3 (41. Nf3 $142 Qc5 42. Rb2) 41... Rc3 $2 {[#]} (41... Qg5 42. Qxg5 hxg5) 42. Bxf7 $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 36%, Black = 28%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.18"]
[Round "1.27"]
[White "Duzhakov, Ilya"]
[Black "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 28,75,29,21,28,18,8,12,16,22,25,25,29,28,23,22,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,113,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 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. c3 Rb8 12. Nc2 Bg5 13. a4 bxa4 14. Ncb4 Nxb4 15. Nxb4 {Nc6 is the strong threat.} Bd7 {B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations} 16. Bxa6 Qa5 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Rxb4.} 17. Qxd6 Rb6 18. Qd3 Be6 {Strongly threatening ...Be7.} (18... Be7 19. Nd5 Rxb2 20. O-O Qc5 21. c4 Rb3 22. Qe2 Bd6 23. Bb5 Bxb5 24. cxb5 Qxb5 {½-½ (34) Dominguez Perez,L (2734)-Grischuk,A (2780) Khanty-Mansiysk 2015}) 19. Bc4 Rxb4 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. cxb4 Qxb4+ 22. Kf1 O-O 23. Qe2 Be7 $146 {aiming for ...Bc5.} 24. Ra3 Bc5 25. Rf3 Bd4 {White must now prevent ...Rxf3.} 26. Qa6 Rxf3 27. gxf3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQB} Kf7 28. Qc6 Kf6 {[#]} (28... Qxb2 $11 {keeps the balance.} 29. Qd7+ Kf8 30. Qd8+ Kf7 31. Qd7+ Kf8 32. Qd8+ Kf7 33. Qd7+) 29. Qd7 (29. Qe8 $1 $16) 29... Qd2 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Rd2f2] The position is equal.} (29... Qxb2 $5 30. Qd8+ $8 Kf7 31. Qd7+ Kf8 32. Qd8+ Kf7 33. Qd7+ Kf6 34. Qd8+ Kf7 $11) 30. Qd8+ Kg6 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Rd2f2]} 31. Qe8+ Kh6 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Rd2f2]} 32. Qxe6+ g6 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Rd2f2]} 33. Qh3+ Kg7 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Rd2f2]} 34. Qd7+ Kf6 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Rd2f2]} (34... Kh6 $5 35. Qh3+ $8 Kg7 36. Qd7+ Kh6 37. Qh3+ $11) 35. Qd6+ Kf7 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Rd2f2]} 36. Qd7+ Kf6 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Rd2f2]} 37. Qd6+ Kf7 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Rd2f2]} 38. Qd7+ {Accuracy: White = 82%, Black = 81%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.18"]
[Round "1.28"]
[White "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Black "Soysal, Serkan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,61,4,2,1,1,13,9,-13,-9,-12,-5,-12,-9,-44,1,0,0,0,3,9,15,14,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-18,-5,-19,0,-287,0,0,0,0,412,365,984,979,956,760,759,735,676,372]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 c5 3. e3 a6 4. Bb2 Nc6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 {A06: Réti Opening:1 Nf3 d5} Bg4 (6... g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. O-O cxd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. c4 Bg4 12. Qc2 Qd7 {0-1 (62) Anton Guijarro,D (2642)-Inarkiev,E (2693) St Petersburg 2018}) 7. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. O-O Qd7 8. d3 Bh3 9. Nbd2 h5 10. Bxh3 Qxh3 11. Ng5 Qd7 12. h4 Ng4 {0-1 (73) Gimbutas,M (2124)-Narmontas,R (2091) Lithuania 2010}) 7... Bh5 8. g4 {The position is equal.} Bg6 9. Nh4 e6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. d3 Bd6 12. Nd2 Be5 13. c3 g5 14. Nf3 Nd7 15. Qd2 Bc7 16. c4 Ba5 17. Bc3 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 {[#]} d4 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2560] Black fights for an advantage.} 19. exd4 {aiming for d5.} Qf6 {[%cal Rc6d4]} 20. Qd2 Nxd4 21. Nxd4 Qxd4 22. Rd1 O-O-O 23. O-O Ne5 24. Qa5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (24. Rfe1 $1 $11) 24... Nxd3 $2 (24... Rxh3 $19 25. Bxh3 Nf3+ 26. Kg2 Nh4+ 27. Kg1 Rh8) 25. Qb6 {[%csl Gg2][%cal Rb6b7]} Rd7 26. Qa7 {Threatens to win with Qa8+.} Rh6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Don't go for} 26... Qd6 $2 {[#]} 27. Rxd3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxd3 28. Qa8+ Kc7 29. Qxh8 $18) (26... Rhd8 $1 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 27. Rd2 Rf6 $2 (27... Qe5 28. Rfd1 (28. Rxd3 Rxd3 29. Qxb7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kd8 $11) 28... Qb8 29. Qxb8+ Kxb8 30. Rxd3 Rxd3 31. Rxd3 Kc7) 28. Rfd1 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Rxf2 29. Qa8+ Kc7 30. Qxb7+ Kd8 31. Qxd7+ {Accuracy: White = 63%, Black = 47%.} ({Inferior is} 31. Rxd3 Rxg2+ 32. Kxg2 Rxb7 $11) 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.18"]
[Round "1.29"]
[White "Gadimbayli, Abdulla"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2404"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,63,49,28,43,39,32,35,45,31,57,31,62,40,47,39,39,29,27,44,43,41,74,66,58,56,60,69,61,9,13,8,15,12,26,0,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O a6 7. Re1 Nc6 8. d5 {B08: Pirc Defence: Classical System} Ne5 (8... Nb8 9. a4 e5 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. Nd4 Nc6 12. Be3 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 c5 14. Be3 Qb6 15. Rb1 Rad8 {0-1 (67) Sasikiran,K (2673)-Andreikin,D (2719) Sitges 2018}) 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Bg5 {LiveBook: 6 Games. White is slightly better.} Qd6 11. Qd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. a3 c6 12. Qd3 h6 13. Bh4 cxd5 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nxd5 Bg5 {½-½ (55) Pavlicek,M (2330)-Kadonas,K (1519) ICCF email 2015}) 11... Bd7 12. Qe3 h5 13. a3 Kh7 14. Nb1 (14. Rad1 {is interesting.} b5 15. h3 Kg8 16. f3 Rfd8 17. Na2) 14... Ng4 15. Bxg4 (15. Qg3 {looks sharper.} f5 16. Nd2 Bf6 17. Nc4 f4 18. Qf3) 15... Bxg4 16. h3 Bc8 17. Qb3 b5 18. c4 bxc4 19. Qxc4 Rb8 20. b4 Bd7 21. Nd2 e6 22. Rac1 Rfc8 23. Qa2 (23. Be3 $14) 23... exd5 $11 24. exd5 {And now Ne4 would win.} Rb5 25. Ne4 Qxd5 26. Qxd5 (26. Qb2 {seems wilder.} Bf5 27. Nf6+ Bxf6 28. Bxf6 e4 29. a4) 26... Rxd5 {The position is equal.} 27. Nf6+ (27. Bf6 {feels hotter.} Bf8 28. Ng5+ Kg8 29. Rxe5 Rb5 30. Ne4) 27... Bxf6 $1 28. Bxf6 c5 29. bxc5 Rcxc5 30. Rxc5 Rxc5 31. Bxe5 g5 32. Bd4 {Precision: White = 64%, Black = 65%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.18"]
[Round "1.30"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Nikolovski, Nikola"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2404"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,79,14,20,14,36,22,68,68,98,94,91,90,112,90,81,85,79,65,71,68,70,71,81,69,64,55,67,50,206,201,195,175,301,297,279,297,323,301,288,198,633,625,555,548,682,681,681,666,681,664,660,648,602,621,29984,29985,29983,29984,29989,29990,29991,29992,29998,29999]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Bd3 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Nf3 c4 (5... Nf6 6. O-O c4 7. Re1+ Be7 8. Be2 O-O 9. b3 cxb3 10. axb3 Nc6 11. c3 Re8 12. Nbd2 Bd6 13. Bd3 Bg4 14. Rxe8+ Qxe8 {0-1 (52) Fontaine,R (2563)-Carlsen,M (2834) chess.com INT 2018}) 6. Be2 {C01: French: Exchange Variation} Nc6 7. b3 cxb3 8. axb3 Nf6 9. O-O Be7 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 10. Ne5 Qb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... O-O 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bf4 Re8 13. Nc3 {½-½ (25) Hollan,P (2292)-Livaic,L (2444) Prague 2016}) 11. Nxc6 Qxc6 12. c4 {[%cal Bc2c4,Bc4c5][%mdl 32]} O-O 13. c5 Bf5 14. b4 Ne4 15. Be3 Qg6 16. Bh5 Qe6 17. Re1 a6 18. Be2 Qg6 19. f3 Bg5 20. Bf1 Bxe3+ 21. Rxe3 Ng5 $1 {[%cal Rg5h3]} 22. Kh1 h5 $2 ({Better is} 22... Bxb1 $14 23. Rxb1 Ne6) 23. Nc3 $18 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3d5,Bd5c7][%mdl 32]} Be6 24. Qe1 Rae8 (24... Nh7 $142 25. Re5 Nf6) 25. h4 Nh7 {[#]} 26. Nxd5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nf6 (26... Bxd5 27. Rxe8) 27. Nc7 Rd8 28. Rd1 Rd7 $2 (28... Bd5 29. Bd3 Qh6 30. Nxd5 Nxd5) 29. Nxe6 fxe6 30. Rxe6 Qf5 31. Bc4 {Black must now prevent Rxf6+.} Kh8 {[#]} 32. d5 $1 Qf4 (32... Nxd5 33. Re5) 33. Bb3 g5 34. Qe5 Qxh4+ 35. Kg1 g4 36. g3 {White mates.} Qh3 37. Rxf6 Rxf6 38. Qxf6+ Kh7 39. Qf5+ Kh8 40. Qf8+ {Precision: White = 85%, Black = 43%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.18"]
[Round "1.31"]
[White "Zarubitski, Viachaslau"]
[Black "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2404"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,145,5,8,2,-22,-10,-22,-36,-29,-35,-30,-31,-32,-29,-50,-41,-48,-52,-39,-30,-49,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-13,-13,-19,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,56,56,56,56,56,56,56,56,56,56,56,56,56,56,56,56,56,56,56,56,56,56,56,56,56,56,56,56,56,56,56,56,56,56,56,56,56,8,8,0,56,56,56,56,56,56,56,56,56,56,56,56,56,8,8,8,8,8,8,8]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3 Be6 9. Nd5 Nbd7 10. Qd3 Bxd5 11. exd5 Rc8 12. c4 O-O 13. O-O Ne8 {B92: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Be2} 14. Bg4 (14. f3 g6 15. Kh1 Ng7 16. Bg1 Bg5 17. Rad1 h5 18. Nd2 f5 19. b4 h4 20. c5 dxc5 21. d6 cxb4 {1-0 (45) Karjakin,S (2782)-Grischuk,A (2766) Paris 2018}) 14... e4 15. Qxe4 Nef6 16. Qd4 Nxg4 17. Qxg4 Ne5 {[%cal Bd7e5,Be5c4,Bc4e3][%mdl 96] [#] Double Attack} 18. Qe2 Nxc4 19. Rac1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19. Bd4 Bf6 20. Rab1 Bxd4 21. Nxd4 Re8 22. Qd3 Qg5 23. b3 Ne5 24. Qh3 Qf4 25. Nf5 Ng4 {½-½ (25) Duarte,L (2338)-Valenzuela Fuentealba,L (2458) Antofagasta 2016}) 19... Nxe3 20. Rxc8 Qxc8 21. Qxe3 Bf6 22. Qb6 Bxb2 23. Na5 Be5 24. Qxb7 Qxb7 25. Nxb7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rc8 26. f4 Bd4+ 27. Kh1 Rc2 28. Nxd6 Rxa2 29. Rb1 {[%cal Rb1b8] [#]} g6 (29... Ra1 {feels hotter.} 30. Rxa1 Bxa1 31. Nb7 Kf8 32. d6 Ke8) 30. g3 Ra1 31. Rxa1 Bxa1 {KB-KN} 32. Nb7 $1 Kf8 {aiming for ...Bd4.} 33. d6 $1 {[%cal Rd6d7]} Ke8 {Hoping for ...Bd4.} 34. Nc5 a5 35. d7+ $1 Ke7 {Strongly threatening ...Bc3.} 36. Nb7 Kxd7 37. Nxa5 Kd6 38. Kg2 Kd5 39. Kf3 h5 40. Nb3 Bc3 41. Nc1 Kc4 42. Ne2 Bd2 43. f5 Kd5 (43... gxf5 $11 44. Nf4 Bxf4 45. Kxf4 Kd3) 44. Nf4+ $14 Ke5 $1 {And now ...Bxf4 would win.} 45. fxg6 fxg6 46. Nxg6+ Kf6 47. Nf4 Kg5 48. h4+ Kh6 49. Ng2 Ba5 50. Ke4 Bc7 51. Nf4 Ba5 52. Kf5 Be1 53. Ne2 Bf2 54. Kf6 Be1 55. Ke5 Kg6 56. Kf4 Bd2+ 57. Kf3 Ba5 58. Nf4+ Kh6 59. Ke2 Bb6 60. Nd5 Ba5 61. Kf3 Kg6 62. Ne7+ Kf6 63. Nd5+ (63. Nc8 {keeps more tension.} Ke5 64. Kg2 Ke6 65. Na7 Bc3 66. Nb5) 63... Kg6 $1 64. Ne3 Be1 65. Ng2 Ba5 66. Ke4 $1 Bb4 67. Ke5 Ba5 68. Ke6 Bb6 69. Nf4+ Kh6 70. Nd3 Bc7 {The position is equal.} 71. Ne5 Kg7 72. Kf5 Bd6 73. g4 {Accuracy: White = 82%, Black = 86%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.18"]
[Round "1.32"]
[White "Lysyj, Igor"]
[Black "Atakisi, Umut"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2403"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,63,25,16,41,15,50,51,45,48,52,52,50,43,59,52,59,52,75,75,68,77,83,82,87,85,85,85,89,81,64,52,81,103,139,72,508,480,769,769,760,760,745,747,901,879,29980,5489]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. b3 b6 7. Bb2 Bb7 8. O-O Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Qe2 h6 {D46: Semi-Slav: 5 e3 Nbd7 6 Bd3, Black avoids the Meran} (10... c5 11. Rad1 Re8 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Ba6 Qc8 14. Bxb7 Qxb7 15. Qd3 Rad8 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Qb1 b5 18. Nd4 b4 19. Nce2 {0-1 (63) Shimanov,A (2610)-Baryshpolets,A (2578) Burlingame 2018}) 11. Rfd1 Qc7 12. Rac1 Rad8 {White is slightly better.} 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Bb1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. a3 Rfe8 15. b4 Qd6 16. Qc2 {1-0 (71) Opitz,P (2094)-Dolgy,Y ICCF email 2011}) 14... Rfe8 15. Ne5 Qb8 16. f4 Bb4 17. Qf3 Bxc3 18. Bxc3 Ne4 19. Be1 c5 20. Bh4 f6 ({Of course not} 20... Nxe5 21. dxe5 Rc8 22. Bxe4 $18) 21. Bxe4 dxe4 22. Qg4 fxe5 23. Bxd8 Rxd8 24. Qe6+ Kh8 {aiming for ...exd4.} 25. dxe5 Nf8 {[#]} 26. Qf7 (26. Rxd8 $142 $1 Qxd8 27. Qf7) 26... Re8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (26... Bc6 $16 {is tougher.}) 27. Rd6 $18 Ba6 (27... Rc8 $142 28. Rcd1 c4) 28. f5 Rxe5 {[#]} 29. f6 $1 {[%csl Gf6][%cal Rf7g7][%mdl 512]} Rg5 30. Qe7 Qc8 31. Rd8 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Rxg2+ 32. Kh1 {Accuracy: White = 76%, Black = 30%.} ({Inferior is} 32. Kxg2 Qg4+ 33. Kf2 Qf3+ 34. Kg1 Qg4+ 35. Kh1 Qf3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 36. Kg1 Qg4+ 37. Kh1 Qf3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 38. Kg1 $11) 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.18"]
[Round "1.33"]
[White "Drnovsek, Gal"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,68,41,31,22,17,8,11,0,8,-26,-22,-35,-27,-45,-26,-37,-32,-29,-37,-75,-63,-58,-65,-75,-62,-84,-74,-72,-72,-81,-80,-70,-70,-76,-81,-83,-70,-93,-92,-103,-106,-118,-97,-133,-128,-317,-304,-279,-274,-295,-295,-389,-222,-296,-294,-286,-270,-264,-278,-276,-267]} 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 (6... exd5 7. exd5 Qe7+ 8. Nge2 O-O 9. Bd2 d6 10. O-O-O Ng4 11. Be1 Nd7 12. Ng3 Ndf6 13. h3 Ne5 {1-0 (35) Zhou,J (2597)-Wei,Y (2743) Shenzhen 2017}) 7. Be2 {next e5 is good for White.} d6 8. Be3 {The position is equal.} O-O 9. h3 exd5 10. exd5 b5 11. Nf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. O-O-O bxc4 12. Bxc4 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 Nbd7 {½-½ (53) Krassowizkij,J (2438)-Banusz,T (2612) Austria 2017}) 11... bxc4 12. Bxc4 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. Qd3 Nc7 15. O-O Bxc3 16. bxc3 Ncxd5 17. c4 Nxe3 18. Rfe1 {[%mdl 64] [#] Pin} Rfe8 19. Rxe3 Qd7 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Rd1 Rd8 22. Qa3 Rb8 23. Qc1 h6 24. Qf4 Rb6 25. Kh2 Qc6 26. Qe3 Qe4 27. Qa3 $2 {[#]} (27. Qc3 $17) 27... Qxc4 $19 28. Qxa7 Rb2 29. Qe7 Rxf2 ({Don't play} 29... Qxa2 30. Rxd6 Rxf2 31. Nd2 $19) ({But not} 29... Rxa2 30. Qxd6 Rxf2 31. Qb8+ Kh7 32. Rd8 $19) 30. Qxd6 Qxa2 (30... Qe2 $142 31. Kh1 Rxg2) 31. Qd8+ Kh7 {Black has a decisive advantage.} 32. Qd3+ g6 33. Rd2 Rxd2 34. Nxd2 Qd5 {Accuracy: White = 35%, Black = 84%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.18"]
[Round "1.34"]
[White "Hovhannisyan, Robert"]
[Black "Semjonovs, Ilja"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "189"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,189,31,34,25,37,32,37,36,37,35,39,26,30,37,50,34,60,55,59,60,62,63,87,88,81,68,66,41,47,16,23,21,16,24,34,30,36,27,29,33,31,6,24,0,0,-45,-12,-39,-12,-9,-13,-18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,0,8,7,7,0,46,54,47,47,82,72,123,131,125,137,152,152,160,183,134,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,7,0,8,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. b4 O-O 6. Be2 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} Bf5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. c4 {White is slightly better.} dxc4 9. Nxc4 c6 10. Bb2 Nb6 11. Na5 Qc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Rb8 12. a3 Nbd5 13. Rc1 {1-0 (48) Carlsen,M (2802)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2703) Moscow 2010}) 12. Rc1 Nbd5 13. a3 Rac8 14. Ne5 Rfd8 15. Bc4 Qb8 16. Qe2 Be6 17. g3 Nd7 {[%cal Rd7e5]} 18. Nxd7 Rxd7 19. Bd3 Nb6 20. Rfd1 h5 21. Ba1 Bg4 22. f3 Be6 23. Qf2 Rcd8 24. Bf1 f5 25. Re1 Bf7 26. Rc2 e5 27. Rd2 exd4 (27... e4 {keeps more tension.} 28. fxe4 fxe4 29. Bh3 Re7 30. g4 Rd5) 28. Bxd4 Qc7 (28... Bxd4 {with more complications.} 29. Rxd4 Rxd4 30. exd4 Rd7 31. Qe3 Qd8) 29. Red1 $1 Bxd4 30. Rxd4 Rxd4 31. Rxd4 Rxd4 32. exd4 Bd5 33. Qe3 Qf7 34. Qf4 Kh7 35. h4 Qe7 36. Kf2 Nc8 37. Qe5 b6 38. Nc4 Bxc4 39. Bxc4 Qg7 40. Ke3 a5 ({Better is} 40... b5 41. Be6 Ne7) 41. bxa5 $16 bxa5 42. Qxa5 f4+ 43. gxf4 {[#] aiming for f5.} Qe7+ 44. Kd3 Qxh4 45. Be6 (45. Qc7+ $16 Ne7 46. Be6) 45... Qxf4 $11 {The position is equal.} 46. Bxc8 Qxf3+ 47. Kc2 Qe4+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 48. Kb2 Qe2+ 49. Kc1 Qc4+ 50. Kb1 Qb3+ 51. Kc1 {Qc5 is the strong threat.} Qc4+ 52. Kd1 {Black must now prevent Qc7+.} Qxd4+ 53. Qd2 Qa4+ 54. Ke2 Qxa3 55. Qd7+ Kh6 56. Qxc6 Qg3 57. Be6 Qe5+ 58. Kd3 Qf6 59. Qe4 Kg7 60. Kc4 Kh6 61. Qe3+ Kg7 62. Kb5 Kh7 63. Bc4 Kg7 64. Qa7+ Kh6 65. Qc7 Qb2+ 66. Kc6 Qf6+ 67. Kb7 Qb2+ 68. Kc6 Qf6+ 69. Kd5 Qf5+ 70. Kd4 Qf6+ 71. Kd3 Qf1+ 72. Kc2 Qf2+ 73. Kb3 Qf3+ 74. Ka4 Qf6 75. Qd7 Qa1+ 76. Kb5 Qf6 77. Be6 Qb2+ 78. Kc5 Qc3+ 79. Kd6 Qd4+ 80. Bd5 Qf6+ 81. Kc7 Qg7 82. Bf7 Qf6 83. Qd2+ Kg7 84. Bd5 Kh7 85. Kd7 Kg7 86. Qa2 Kh7 87. Ke8 Kg7 88. Qa7+ Kh6 {And now ...Qe5+ would win.} 89. Qc7 Qh8+ 90. Ke7 {Strongly threatening Qf4+.} Qd4 91. Qd6 Kg7 92. Qe6 Qa7+ 93. Kd8 {Threatens to win with Qe7+.} Qb8+ 94. Kd7 Qa7+ 95. Kd8 {Accuracy: White = 57%, Black = 64%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.18"]
[Round "1.35"]
[White "Osmak, Iulija"]
[Black "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,28,0,0,0,0,0,-39,-27,-108,27,0,31]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Bf4 O-O 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Nc5 10. Be3 {LiveBook: 160 Games. C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} Ne4 (10... Re8 11. Bc4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Nxe6 13. h4 Qd7 14. Qd3 Qc6 15. Qf5 Qc4 16. Ng5 Bxg5 17. hxg5 Nf8 {½-½ (27) Salgado Lopez,I (2651)-Ipatov,A (2657) Izmir 2016}) 11. Qd4 Nf6 12. h4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Qf4 Re8 13. Bd3 d5 14. Rhe1 c5 15. h3 h6 16. Qh2 Bf8 17. g4 Bd7 {½-½ (39) Dauga,Z (2478)-Roos,J (2415) ICCF email 2011}) 12... c5 13. Qf4 {[#]} (13. Qd2 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 13... Nh5 ({Black should play} 13... d5 $1 $17 14. Qa4 a6) 14. Qh2 Qa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.18"]
[Round "1.36"]
[White "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Black "Berzinsh, Roland"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,69,21,28,28,28,23,19,20,25,20,18,19,18,28,37,43,36,35,38,36,38,30,29,39,32,39,9,46,63,44,47,162,168,174,172,172,177,258,267,250,261,256,255,327,320,277,258,407,352,344,331,639,637]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. e4 Nc6 5. Be2 d5 6. exd5 exd5 7. d4 Be7 8. Be3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. O-O Nxd4 {C01: French: Exchange Variation} 11. Bxd4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Bg4 {The position is equal.} 13. f3 Bf5 14. Bb3 Qd6 15. Bf2 {[#]} Rfd8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Qb4 16. a3 Qa5 17. Qe2 Bc5 18. Qb5 Qxb5 19. Nxb5 Bxf2+ 20. Rxf2 {½-½ (40) Zvjaginsev,V (2658)-Smirnov,P (2628) Loo 2013}) 16. Qxd6 Bxd6 17. Rfe1 a6 18. g4 Bd7 19. Rad1 Bc6 $1 {[%cal Rc6f3]} 20. g5 Nh5 21. Bb6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] [#] aiming for Re2. White has good play.} Rd7 22. Ne4 (22. Re4 $5 {[%cal Re4d4]} Bc7 23. Bxc7 Rxc7 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 $14 (25. Bxd5 g6 $11)) 22... Bb4 23. Rxd7 Bxd7 24. Rd1 Be6 ({Black should try} 24... Bc6 $14) 25. Bxe6 $18 fxe6 26. Rd7 Rc8 27. Bc7 ({Resist} 27. Rxb7 $6 Rc1+ 28. Kg2 Rc2+ 29. Kf1 Rc1+ 30. Kg2 Rc2+ 31. Kf1 Rc1+ 32. Kg2 $14) 27... Rf8 (27... b6 {was necessary.} 28. Kf2 (28. Bxb6 Rc1+ 29. Kg2 Rc2+ 30. Kh3 Rxb2 $11) 28... b5) 28. a3 Be1 29. Bd6 Rf5 30. Rxb7 Nf4 31. Bxf4 Rxf4 32. Kg2 Bh4 (32... a5 {keeps fighting.} 33. Re7 Rf8 34. Rxe6 Rb8) 33. Rb6 a5 34. Rxe6 Rf5 $2 {[#]} (34... g6 35. Re8+ Kg7 36. Re7+ Kg8) 35. Re8+ {Accuracy: White = 86%, Black = 47%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.18"]
[Round "1.37"]
[White "Kamer, Kayra"]
[Black "Piorun, Kacper"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,56,26,39,6,3,12,35,18,20,21,33,2,6,-8,10,17,11,0,32,32,37,45,141,-44,-37,-44,-38,-35,-33,-41,-41,-52,-41,-38,-44,-41,-21,-63,-62,-80,-77,-79,-65,-95,-86,-88,-61,-505,-499]} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Nc3 (4. Be2 Nc6 5. c4 Qf5 6. d4 O-O-O 7. Be3 Nf6 8. Nbd2 e6 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 Bb4+ 11. Kf1 e5 12. g4 Qd7 13. dxe5 {0-1 (36) Tomashevsky,E (2705)-Kovalenko,I (2657) St Petersburg 2018}) 4... Qe6+ 5. Qe2 Nf6 6. b3 {B01: Scandinavian Defence} (6. Qxe6 {keeps more tension.} Bxe6 7. d4 Bf5 8. Be3 e6 9. O-O-O) 6... Qxe2+ 7. Bxe2 c6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... e6 8. Ne5 Bxe2 9. Nxe2 Bd6 10. Nc4 Be7 11. Bb2 Nc6 {1-0 (48) Kingston,I (2023)-Deacon,P (1930) Hinckley Island 2009}) 8. Bb2 {White is slightly better.} h6 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. d4 e6 11. Ne5 Bf5 12. g4 Bh7 13. h4 h5 14. g5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Ng4 {[#]} (15... Nd5 $14) 16. Bxg4 $2 (16. Nb5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rb5c7] White threatens Nc7+ and mate.} Bb4 17. Nd6+ (17. Nc7+ Ke7 $16) 17... Ke7 18. Bxg4 hxg4 19. Rd4 (19. Nxb7 Be4 $14)) 16... hxg4 $15 17. Rd4 Bc5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 18. Rxg4 Bxf2 19. Nd1 Bc5 20. Bd4 Bf5 21. Rf4 Be7 {...Bxg5! is the strong threat.} 22. Rhf1 Bg6 23. Ne3 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 24. Rd1 O-O-O 25. Kb2 Kb7 26. Bc3 Rxd1 27. Nxd1 Rd8 28. Rd4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (28. Nf2 $15) 28... b4 $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 38%, Black = 43%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.18"]
[Round "1.38"]
[White "Gledura, Benjamin"]
[Black "Erenberg, Ariel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2394"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,84,19,22,4,7,5,42,34,61,72,44,39,31,30,52,46,48,40,33,0,87,84,92,90,88,92,90,76,81,80,89,82,120,104,104,83,162,187,149,16,180,189,171,172,181,172,287,234,270,253,250,218,213,216,216,207,195,0,200,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b5 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. Na3 a6 5. c4 e5 (5... b4 6. Nc2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. d4 Be4 9. a3 bxa3 10. b3 O-O 11. Bxa3 d6 12. Ne3 c6 13. Qd2 Nbd7 14. Nd1 Qb6 15. Nc3 Qxb3 16. Ne5 dxe5 17. Bxe7 exd4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Rfe8 20. Bxc6 Ra7 21. Qxd4 {1-0 (21) Nakamura,H (2793)-Oparin,G (2604) Zuerich 2017}) 6. b3 {A05: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 Nf6} e4 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 7. Nd4 d5 8. cxb5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. cxd5 Qxd5 9. Ndc2 Nbd7 10. Ne3 Qh5 11. Bb2 Bd6 12. Nac2 O-O 13. h3 {0-1 (26) Baum,B (2309)-Postny,E (2634) Teplice 2015}) 8... axb5 9. Naxb5 c5 10. Nc2 $1 Bc6 11. Nba3 Bd6 12. O-O O-O 13. d3 Re8 14. Bb2 Nbd7 15. d4 cxd4 (15... Qb6 $11 {remains equal.}) 16. Nxd4 $16 Bxa3 17. Nxc6 Qb6 18. Bxa3 Rxa3 19. Nd4 $1 {[%cal Bc6d4,Bd4c2,Bc2d4][%mdl 32]} Rea8 20. Qd2 Ne5 21. Rfd1 g6 22. Qb2 Nc4 23. Qc3 Nd6 (23... Ne5 $16) 24. Nc2 $18 Nb5 25. Qb4 (25. Qb2 $1 $16) 25... Rxa2 $2 (25... Ng4 $1 $11 26. Nd4 (26. Nxa3 Nxf2 27. Rd4 Qxd4 $11) 26... Qf6 27. Qxb5 Qxf2+ 28. Kh1 Ne3) 26. Rxa2 Rxa2 27. Nd4 Ra5 28. e3 Ng4 (28... Nd7 $142) 29. Rc1 Kg7 {With the idea ...Qf6.} 30. h3 Ne5 {...Nd3 would now be nice for Black.} 31. Rc8 Nxd4 32. Qf8+ $1 (32. Qxb6 Ra1+ 33. Bf1 Ndf3+ 34. Kg2 Ne1+ 35. Kh2 (35. Kh1 N1d3 $11) 35... N5f3+ 36. Kh1 Nd3 $11) 32... Kf6 33. Qh8+ (33. exd4 Ra1+ 34. Kh2 Qxd4 $11) 33... Kf5 {White must now prevent ...Ra1+.} 34. g4+ $2 {[#]} ({White has to play} 34. exd4 $18 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Rh8e5]} Ra1+ 35. Kh2 Qxd4 36. g4+ Kg5 37. Qd8+ Kh6 38. Qf8+ (38. Qh4+ Kg7 $11) 38... Kg5 39. Qd8+ Kh6 40. g5+ (40. Qh4+ Kg7 $11) 40... Kh5 41. Qf6) 34... Ke6 $2 {[#]} (34... Nxg4 $1 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 35. hxg4+ (35. Qxd4 Qxd4 36. hxg4+ Kxg4 $11) 35... Kxg4 36. Qxd4 (36. exd4 Ra1+ 37. Kh2 Qd6+ 38. Qe5 Qxe5+ 39. dxe5 Kf4 $11) 36... Qxd4 37. exd4 Ra1+ 38. Bf1 h5) 35. exd4 $2 $40 {[%mdl 128] White has some attack.} ({Weaker is} 35. Re8+ Kd7 $11) ({White must play} 35. Qe8+ $1 $18 Kf6 36. Qh8+ (36. exd4 Ra1+ 37. Kh2 Qxd4 $16) 36... Ke6 37. Qe8+ (37. Re8+ Kd7 $11) 37... Kf6 38. exd4 (38. Qh8+ Ke7 $16) 38... Ra1+ 39. Kh2 Qxd4 40. Qh8+ Kg5 41. Qd8+ Kh6 42. g5+ (42. Qh4+ Kg7 $11) 42... Kh5 43. Qf6) 35... Ra1+ $11 {The position is equal.} 36. Kh2 {White threatens Qe8+ and mate.} Nd7 $1 {...Qd6+ is the strong threat.} 37. Bxe4 dxe4 {[#]} ({Not} 37... Qd6+ $2 38. Kg2 $18) 38. d5+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Discovered Attack} Kxd5 {[%cal Rb6f2]} 39. Qxa1 {And now Qd1+ would win.} Qxf2+ 40. Kh1 {aiming for Qd1+.} Qf3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 41. Kh2 Qf2+ 42. Kh1 {Hoping for Qd1+.} Qf3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 72%, Black = 55%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.18"]
[Round "1.39"]
[White "Di Benedetto, Edoardo"]
[Black "Rakhmanov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2394"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,66,-22,-23,-30,-43,-47,-42,-49,-47,-37,-33,-56,-53,-55,-61,-66,-33,-52,-52,-50,-51,-43,-45,-52,-43,-52,-49,-44,-67,-60,-36,-69,-36,-36,-12,-10,0,-41,-23,-37,-42,-50,-43,-50,-50,-65,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Nxe4 Bxe4 9. b3 c5 10. Bb2 Nc6 11. e3 d5 12. Ne5 {A50: Queen's Fianchetto Defence (1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 b6)} (12. Qe2 cxd4 13. exd4 e6 14. Rfd1 Rc8 15. Ne5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 dxc4 17. bxc4 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Qc7 19. Rac1 Rfd8 {0-1 (54) Pile,R (2481)-Fressinet,L (2722) Orsay 2018}) 12... Nxe5 13. dxe5 Bxg2 $1 14. Kxg2 dxc4 15. bxc4 Qc7 16. Qd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. f4 Rfd8 17. Qc2 Qc6+ 18. Kf2 Rd7 19. Rad1 Rad8 {½-½ (57) Meier,V (2284)-Filipovic,B (2402) Basel 2017}) 16... Rad8 17. Qe4 Qd7 18. Qc2 Qd2 19. Rac1 f6 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Bxf6 Rxf6 22. Qe4 Kf7 23. Rc2 Qd3 24. Qxd3 Rxd3 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 25. Rb1 Rfd6 26. Kf3 Rd2 27. Rbb2 $1 Rxc2 (27... Rd1 {is interesting.} 28. h4 Ra1 29. Rb3 e5 30. Ra3 Rd7) 28. Rxc2 {KR-KR} Rd1 29. Ke2 Ra1 30. f4 Ke6 {Black is slightly better.} 31. e4 Kd6 32. Kf3 h5 33. h4 a6 {[%mdl 32768] Accuracy: White = 39%, Black = 61%. . Loss on time!?} (33... Ke6 $15) 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.18"]
[Round "1.40"]
[White "Kobalia, Mikhail"]
[Black "Ozen, Deniz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2393"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,161,12,25,27,13,11,12,14,35,38,45,48,44,29,29,33,36,22,67,16,34,36,52,54,64,8,39,25,41,14,38,14,12,12,12,0,0,0,127,116,207,195,239,81,81,71,72,71,83,81,87,87,85,86,127,98,101,105,156,152,154,159,173,163,253,237,291,275,282,280,358,358,400,400,383,399,404,404,393,385,450,468,485,487,521,440,433,427,420,420,412,427,490,490,1771,1771,1756,1756,1749,1742,1727,1727,1742,1727,1727,1720,1698,1672,29969,29970,29970,29971,29971,29972,29973,29974,29976,29975,29976,29976,29976,29977,29977,29977,29979,29980,29981,29982,29982,29983,29983,29984,29984,29985,29985,29986,29986,29987,29990,29988]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. h3 Nb4 11. Be2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 c6 13. Bg5 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} Nbd5 14. Re1 Be6 {...Nxc3 is the strong threat.} 15. Qb3 {The position is equal.} Qb6 (15... h6 {looks sharper.} 16. Bh4 Qb6 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. Bxd5 cxd5 19. Re3 Rac8) 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. Bb3 h6 (18... Rfc8 19. Rac1 h6 20. Bf4 Ne4 21. Rxc8+ Rxc8 22. Rc1 Rxc1+ 23. Bxc1 g5 24. Kf1 Kg7 25. Ke2 f5 26. Ne5 f4 27. Bd2 {½-½ (27) Sevian,S (2620)-Li,C (2744) Tbilisi 2017}) 19. Bf4 Ne4 20. Ne5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 20. Rad1 Rfd8 {½-½ (56) Molo,R (2320)-Cordoba,H (2457) ICCF email 2010}) 20... Bg5 21. Nd3 (21. Bxg5 $14 hxg5 22. Re2) 21... Nd2 22. Bd1 Nc4 23. Bxg5 hxg5 24. g4 ({White should play} 24. f4 $14) 24... Nd6 25. f4 gxf4 26. Nxf4 Nb5 $1 27. Nxe6 fxe6 28. Rxe6 Nxd4 29. Rxb6 Rae8 30. Bb3 Re3 (30... Ne2+ $11 {remains equal.} 31. Kh1 Nf4) 31. Bxd5+ $16 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Kh8 (31... Kh7 $16 32. Bg2 (32. Rxb7 $2 Ne2+ 33. Kg2 Rg3+ 34. Kh1 Rxh3+ 35. Kg2 Nf4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 36. Kg1 Nxd5 $19) 32... Ne2+ 33. Kh2 Nf4) 32. Bg2 $18 ({Weaker is} 32. Bxb7 Ne2+ 33. Kh1 Rxh3+ 34. Kg2 Rg3+ 35. Kh1 Rxg4 $11) 32... Nf3+ 33. Kh1 $2 (33. Kf2 $18 {and the rest is easy.} Rd3 34. Rf1 (34. Rxb7 Ng5+ 35. Kg1 Nxh3+ 36. Bxh3 Rxh3 $18)) 33... Ne1 $16 34. Rb3 ({But not} 34. Rxb7 $6 Re2 $11) 34... Re2 35. Rg3 b6 36. Kg1 Nxg2 37. Rxg2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Re3 38. h4 Rf4 39. Rf1 Rd4 40. Rf5 Ree4 (40... Rd1+ $142 41. Kf2 Rh3) 41. Rg5 Rf4 42. Kh2 Rfe4 43. h5 Kh7 (43... Re3 {was called for.} 44. Rf2 Kh7) 44. Kh3 Re3+ 45. Rg3 Re2 46. Rb3 Rdd2 47. Rgb5 Rh2+ 48. Kg3 Rhg2+ 49. Kh4 Rd4 {[#]} 50. Rg3 $1 {[%cal Rg3g2]} Rh2+ 51. Kg5 Rd6 52. Rgb3 Rg2 {Black hopes to continue with ...Rd4.} 53. R3b4 g6 54. Rxb6 Rd5+ 55. Kf4 gxh5 56. Rb7+ Kg8 57. gxh5 Rxh5 58. Rd4 {[%cal Rd4d8]} Rh4+ (58... Rf2+ $142 59. Kg3 Rf7) 59. Kf3 $18 {[%cal Rd4d8]} Rxd4 60. Kxg2 {KR-KR} Kf8 61. Kf3 Ke8 62. Ke3 Rh4 63. Kd3 Kd8 64. Kc3 Kc8 65. Re7 Rh3+ 66. Kb4 {White mates.} Rh4+ 67. Ka3 Rh3+ 68. b3 {[%cal Bb2b3,Bb3b4,Bb4b5,Bb5b6][%mdl 32]} Rh2 69. b4 Kb8 70. Kb3 Rg2 71. a3 {[%cal Ba2a3,Ba3a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Rg3+ 72. Ka4 Rf3 73. b5 Rf4+ 74. Ka5 Rf3 75. a4 Rf4 76. b6 Rg4 77. Kb5 Rg5+ 78. Ka6 {[%cal Re7e8]} Rg8 79. a5 Rh8 80. Re6 Rg8 81. Kb5 {Accuracy: White = 75%, Black = 32%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.18"]
[Round "1.41"]
[White "Saraci, Nderim"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2391"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,91,37,29,1,7,-11,-2,-6,0,0,7,6,16,6,17,1,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,-4,-11,0,0,0,-3,0,-5,-5,-9,0,-10,0,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Bg2 a6 7. Qxc4 b5 8. Qc6 Rb8 9. Bf4 Nd5 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. O-O {E03: Open Catalan: 5 Qa4+ Nbd7 6 Qxc4} (12. Nc3 Qb4 13. O-O Nxc3 14. bxc3 Qd6 15. Qxd6 cxd6 16. a4 Nb6 17. axb5 axb5 18. Nd2 Bd7 19. Rfb1 Ke7 20. Ra7 Nc8 21. Raa1 Nb6 22. Ra7 Nc8 {½-½ (22) Kveinys,A (2493)-Bluebaum,M (2633) Brest 2018}) 12... Bb7 {The position is equal.} 13. Qc1 c5 14. dxc5 {[#] Threatens to win with c6.} Nxc5 15. Nc3 O-O 16. Nxd5 $1 Bxd5 17. Qe3 Rfc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Rbc8 18. Rfd1 Qb7 19. Rac1 Na4 {½-½ (29) Groetz,H (2315)-Binder,M (2270) Latschach 2010}) 18. Rfc1 Rc7 19. Nd4 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 {White wants to play b4.} Rbc8 21. b3 Qd6 22. Rc3 b4 23. Rc4 Nd7 24. Rxc7 Rxc7 25. Nf3 Nf6 26. Qe5 Qxe5 27. Nxe5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Rc2 28. Nd3 a5 29. a3 g5 30. axb4 axb4 31. Nxb4 Rxe2 32. Ra2 Re5 33. Nc6 Rc5 34. Nd4 Nd5 35. h3 Rc3 36. Nf3 h6 37. Ra8+ Kg7 38. Ne5 Rc7 39. Rb8 f6 40. Nc4 Ra7 41. Kf3 Ra2 42. Ne3 Nc3 43. Rb7+ Kg6 44. Rb6 Kf7 45. Rb7+ Kg6 46. Rb6 {Accuracy: White = 75%, Black = 53%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.18"]
[Round "1.42"]
[White "Paravyan, David"]
[Black "Badelka, Olga"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2384"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,75,31,28,27,26,23,33,29,427,410,345,179,158,121,146,154,150,140,147,139,150,146,148,142,254,252,264,262,236,235,259,265,271,272,283,270,289,302,295,287,368,421,1994,1340,1716,287,805,492,1933,1765,29973,29974,4922,2023]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nxc6 dxc6 11. e5 Rd8 12. Qf3 Nd5 13. h4 {B47: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 f4, 6 g3 and 6 Be2} h6 (13... Nxc3 14. Qxc3 Bd7 15. Be3 c5 16. Rad1 Rac8 17. h5 Bc6 18. Rxd8+ Qxd8 19. Qc4 b5 20. Qf1 Bxg2 21. Qxg2 Qd5 22. Qxd5 exd5 {½-½ (44) Saric,I (2690)-Adhiban,B (2671) Linares 2018}) 14. Qg4 {Strongly threatening Bxh6.} Kf8 15. Qe4 {White is slightly better.} Nxc3 $146 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (15... Kg8 $1 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) ({Predecessor:} 15... Kg8 16. Bf1 {½-½ (16) Todorovic,J (2371)-Draskovic,L (2447) Cetinje 2018}) 16. Qh7 $1 $18 {[%cal Rh7h8]} Ke8 17. bxc3 (17. Qxg7 $142 Nd5 18. Bxh6) 17... Bf8 18. Bf4 c5 19. g4 Bd7 {[#]} 20. g5 $1 {[%cal Rg5h6]} Bc6 21. gxh6 gxh6 22. Qg8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} ({Don't play} 22. Bxh6 $6 Bxh6 23. Qxh6 Bxg2 $14) 22... Bxg2 23. Bxh6 $1 ({Don't do} 23. Qxg2 $6 Qc6 $14) ({Much less strong is} 23. Kxg2 Ke7 $16) 23... Kd7 (23... Bd5 $16) 24. Qxf7+ Kc8 25. Qxe6+ Kb8 {And now ...Bd5 would win.} 26. Kxg2 Bxh6 27. Qxh6 Rg8+ 28. Kf1 Ka7 29. Rad1 Rg4 {Now ...Rag8 and Black clings on.} 30. Qd6 Qa5 31. Rb1 {Hoping for Qd7.} Rg7 32. e6 Qxc3 (32... Rd8 $142 33. Qe5 Re7) 33. Qb6+ Kb8 34. Qb3 $2 (34. Rbd1 {[%cal Rd1d8]} Qh3+ 35. Ke2 Qg4+ 36. Ke3 Qh3+ 37. f3 Qxh4 38. Rd8+ Qxd8 39. Qxd8+ Ka7 40. e7) 34... Qf6 $2 (34... Qxb3 35. Rxb3 Kc7) 35. Qe3 {Threatens to win with e7.} Qxh4 (35... Re7 $142 36. Qxc5 Rxe6) 36. Qe5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kc8 37. Qxg7 Qh1+ 38. Qg1 {Accuracy: White = 72%, Black = 28%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.18"]
[Round "1.43"]
[White "Kaasen, Tor Fredrik"]
[Black "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,64,47,22,23,21,27,12,18,14,12,0,12,18,25,22,41,45,54,64,54,56,59,63,62,58,60,37,75,65,69,28,31,12,12,12,12,12,20,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,7]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. e3 b6 7. a3 {E11: Bogo-Indian} bxa3 (7... Qe7 8. Be2 Bb7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qb3 Na6 11. Ne5 d6 12. Nd3 e5 13. d5 bxa3 14. Qxa3 b5 {0-1 (63) Miton,K (2622)-Moiseenko,A (2715) San Sebastian 2012}) 8. Rxa3 Bb7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be2 Nc6 11. O-O {LiveBook: 6 Games} Nb4 12. Ne5 a5 $146 13. Na4 Qc7 14. Nd3 Bc6 15. Ra1 (15. b3 {looks sharper.} Rfc8 16. Nc3 d5 17. Ne5 Bb7 18. f3) 15... Nxd3 16. Qxd3 d6 17. Nc3 e5 18. Rfd1 Qb7 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. cxd5 Rfd8 {[%cal Rd8d5]} 22. e4 Rac8 23. Rac1 Nd7 24. Rxc8 Qxc8 25. Bg4 Nc5 26. Bxc8 (26. Qh3 {with more complications.} Qb8 27. Qe3 Qd6 28. g3 Rf8 29. Kg2) 26... Nxd3 {The position is equal.} 27. Rxd3 Rxc8 $14 {KR-KR} 28. Kf1 a4 29. Ke2 Kf8 30. Kd2 Rc4 31. f3 Ke7 32. b3 Rb4 {Precision: White = 57%, Black = 51%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.18"]
[Round "1.44"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Plenkovic, Zdenko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,43,-20,4,-18,-28,-50,-50,-58,-43,-38,-12,-39,15,-35,-20,-43,-34,-36,-11,-46,-18,-49,-60,-30,88,89,75,-32,193,203,384,246,257,270,252,253]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. f3 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. e3 {A45: Trompowsky Attack} a6 (6... Bd6 7. Qd2 O-O 8. O-O-O c5 9. Nge2 Nc6 10. g4 a6 11. g5 Ne8 12. h4 b5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 {1-0 (40) Jobava,B (2701)-Tari,A (2596) chess.com INT 2017}) 7. Qd2 c5 8. Nge2 {Black is slightly better.} Nc6 9. g4 Nd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... b5 10. h4 Bb7 11. Bg2 Nd7 12. Bg3 Be7 13. f4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. exd4 {0-1 (54) Chueca Forcen,A (2361)-Gascon del Nogal,J (2498) Badalona 2017}) 10. h4 Nb6 (10... b5 $15) 11. b3 Be7 12. Bg3 Bd7 13. Bg2 Rc8 14. h5 O-O 15. f4 cxd4 16. exd4 Nxd4 (16... h6 $11) 17. Qxd4 $16 {Hoping for Bf2.} ({Much worse is} 17. Nxd4 Bb4 $11) 17... Bf6 18. Qd2 (18. Qd3 $16 {Strongly threatening h6.} Rxc3 19. Nxc3) 18... Qc7 $2 {[#]} (18... Rxc3 $1 $15 {keeps the upper hand.} 19. Nxc3 Qc7) 19. Bf2 $18 Rfe8 $2 (19... Na4 {is a better defense.}) 20. O-O Na8 {[%cal Rf6c3]} 21. Bd4 Bxd4+ 22. Qxd4 {Accuracy: White = 11%, Black = 31%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.18"]
[Round "1.45"]
[White "Arsovic, Goran"]
[Black "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,77,15,22,13,32,10,41,16,16,17,21,10,29,0,15,0,11,0,0,-35,0,0,0,-29,-32,-30,-28,-34,-20,-20,0,0,0,-8,0,-45,-25,-46,-44,-54,-36,-49,-43,-53,-45,-47,-53,-39,-41,-35,-47,-36,-55,-54,0,-198,48,52,58,27,1414,860,2725,1518,2362,2221]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Bxc4 {D39: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence with 5 Bg5 dxc4} O-O (8... c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. e5 Qd8 11. Ne4 O-O 12. Qe2 Be7 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Bd3 Nd7 15. Rc1 Qa5 16. g4 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 {0-1 (38) Aronian,L (2794)-Caruana,F (2784) Berlin 2018}) 9. O-O Rd8 10. Qe2 {White is slightly better.} Qe7 11. Rad1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. e5 Nd7 12. Rac1 Nf8 13. Bd3 Bd7 14. Be4 Rab8 15. Rfd1 Be8 {½-½ (37) Bachmann,W (2420)-Rogos,J (2367) ICCF email 2012}) 11... Nd7 12. e5 Nf8 13. Ne4 Bd7 14. Bb5 Rab8 15. Rc1 Ba5 16. Nc5 Be8 17. Rfd1 Bb6 18. b4 Bxb5 19. Qxb5 Rd5 20. Qe2 c6 21. Rc4 Rbd8 22. Rdc1 Qc7 23. h3 Ng6 24. Qe4 Ne7 25. a3 Bxc5 26. Rxc5 R5d7 27. g4 Rd5 28. Kg2 R8d7 29. h4 Qd8 {[%cal Rd5d4] Hoping for ...Rxd4.} 30. h5 Rxd4 31. Nxd4 Rxd4 32. Qf3 Rd3 33. Qe4 Nd5 (33... Rxa3 $15 34. b5 Rd3) 34. R5c4 $2 {[#]} (34. b5 $11) 34... Rxa3 $2 {[#]} (34... Nb6 $1 $19 35. R1c3 Rd2) 35. b5 $1 $36 {[%cal Rb5c6][%mdl 2560] Black is under pressure.} Ne7 (35... cxb5 36. Rc8) 36. Rd4 {[%cal Rd4d8]} Qb6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (36... Qc7 $11) 37. Rd7 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Nd5 38. bxc6 {c7 would kill now.} bxc6 39. Rb1 {Accuracy: White = 38%, Black = 43%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.18"]
[Round "1.46"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Lewtak, Damian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2379"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,65,12,20,24,10,50,31,49,42,64,59,72,70,67,64,108,95,110,106,139,141,162,147,155,160,149,148,141,159,251,233,62,255,257,274,235,256,351,360,361,348,342,318,384,384,402,367,570,570]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. Bf1 Be7 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Nf5 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} (10... Re8 11. c3 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Nf5 13. Bf4 d6 14. Nd2 Be6 15. Ne4 Be7 16. Qd2 c6 17. Bd3 Qd7 18. Ng5 Bxg5 19. Bxg5 h6 20. Bf4 g5 21. Bxf5 Bxf5 22. Bg3 d5 23. Re1 {½-½ (23) Nepomniachtchi,I (2763)-Radjabov,T (2757) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) 11. d5 g6 12. Nd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2e4,Be4g5,Bg5e6][%mdl 32]} d6 {White is slightly better.} 13. Ne4 Bg7 14. Bg5 f6 15. Bd2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Nh6 16. c4 Bd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Bg4) 17. c5 f5 {[#]} 18. Ng5 $1 Ng4 19. h3 Nxf2 20. Kxf2 Bd4+ 21. Kf3 f4 22. Ne6 Qh4 23. Nxd4 {[#] aiming for Qb3.} Qg3+ (23... dxc5 $16 {might work better.} 24. Qb3 cxd4) 24. Ke4 $18 Rae8+ 25. Ne6 {Black must now prevent Qg4.} dxc5 {( -> ...Rxe6+)} 26. Qf3 Rxe6+ 27. Kd3 $1 Rd6 28. Qxg3 fxg3 29. Kc3 b5 30. Re5 a6 31. Rae1 c6 32. Be3 b4+ (32... Rf5 {was worth a try.}) 33. Kb3 {Accuracy: White = 90%, Black = 33%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.18"]
[Round "1.47"]
[White "Ayats Llobera, Gerard"]
[Black "Indjic, Aleksandar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,66,11,10,7,16,0,22,20,20,18,15,14,21,0,0,0,0,-8,-12,-15,0,-10,-6,-11,0,0,-5,0,101,106,112,100,356,363,351,361,604,611,592,222,210,209,195,27,91,-92,-85,-85,-84,-88,-86,-538,-539,-534,-528,-29993,-29994,-29998,-29999]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bg4 3. Bb2 Nd7 4. e3 e6 (4... Ngf6 5. h3 Bh5 6. g4 Bg6 7. Nh4 e5 8. d3 c6 9. Nd2 Bd6 10. Bg2 O-O 11. Qe2 a5 12. a3 Re8 13. Nxg6 hxg6 {1-0 (49) Grischuk,A (2766)-Caruana,F (2822) Saint Louis 2018}) 5. h3 Bh5 6. c4 {A06: Réti Opening:1 Nf3 d5} c6 7. Nc3 Bg6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Ngf6 8. d4 Bd6 9. g4 Bg6 10. Bg2 Ne4 11. Nd2 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Qe7 13. c5 {1-0 (52) Iturrizaga Bonelli,E (2636)-Dreev,A (2649) Bastia 2018}) 8. Rc1 {The position is equal.} h6 9. d4 Ngf6 10. Bd3 Ne4 11. Bxe4 dxe4 12. Nd2 f5 13. O-O Bd6 14. f3 Qg5 15. f4 Qh4 16. c5 Bc7 17. Nc4 Bh5 18. Qd2 Rg8 {[#]} (18... Nf6 $11 {remains equal.}) 19. d5 $1 $16 Nxc5 20. d6 O-O-O $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (20... Bb6 $16) 21. b4 $18 Nd3 22. dxc7 Rd7 $2 (22... Kxc7 23. b5 c5 24. b6+ axb6 25. Nb5+ Kd7) 23. Na4 g5 {Strongly threatening ...gxf4.} 24. b5 $2 (24. Be5 {Ncb6+! would kill now.} Rxc7 25. Bxc7 Kxc7 26. Nc5 gxf4 27. Nxd3 exd3 28. exf4 (28. Qxd3 Rxg2+ 29. Kxg2 Qg3+ 30. Kh1 Qxh3+ 31. Kg1 Qg3+ 32. Kh1 Qh4+ 33. Kg1 Qg3+ 34. Kh1 Qh4+ 35. Kg1 Qg3+ $11)) 24... gxf4 {...Bf3 is the strong threat.} 25. bxc6 (25. exf4 Bf3 $17) 25... bxc6 {And now ...Bf3 would win.} 26. Rxf4 $2 ({Weaker is} 26. exf4 Bf3 $17) (26. Rc2 $18 Be2 27. Qxe2) 26... Qxh3 (26... Qg3 $1 $11 27. Rc2 Bf3) 27. Nab6+ $2 (27. Rf2 $1 $16 {and life is bright.} Qg3 28. Be5 (28. Nc5 Nxc5 29. Qa5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Nd3 $11 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 28... Nxe5 29. Qb2 Qxf2+ 30. Qxf2 Nxc4 31. Rxc4) 27... axb6 $17 28. Nxb6+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Discovered Attack} Kxc7 {White must now prevent ...Bf3.} 29. Nxd7 Kxd7 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black wants a kill.} 30. Rcf1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (30. Rf2 $17 {was the crucial defense.}) 30... Bf3 $19 31. R4xf3 exf3 32. Qxd3+ Ke8 {[%csl Gf3,Gh3][%cal Rg8g2]} 33. Kf2 Qg3+ {Accuracy: White = 40%, Black = 52%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.18"]
[Round "1.48"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Jackson, James P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,148,5,14,-10,-9,-15,-25,-25,0,0,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,15,2,22,12,30,14,25,23,44,21,21,41,26,26,69,65,51,0,398,410,408,400,384,374,347,280,268,270,265,263,486,210,435,205,301,280,220,66,74,0,0,-65,-71,-230,-225,-203,-202,-210,24,-163,-165,-157,-171,-341,-308,-346,-300,-332,-296,-535,-523,-533,-533,-482,-476,-433,-390,-1074,-1056,-1019,-980,-1417,-270,-812,-295,-295,-295,-295,-288,-287,-287,-363,-363,-345,-341,-332,-305,-254,-203,-189,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-1110,0,0,0,-351,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Na6 10. Nd2 Bd7 11. a3 {E92: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5: 7 dxe5, 7 Be3 and Petrosian System without 7...Nbd7} (11. O-O Qe8 12. b3 Nh7 13. f3 h5 14. a3 Bh6 15. Rb1 Nc5 16. Qc2 f5 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Na4 19. Nd1 g5 20. Bf2 g4 21. fxg4 Bxd2 22. Qxd2 f4 23. gxh5 Ng5 {1-0 (75) Giri,A (2784)-Ding,L (2732) Wijk aan Zee 2015}) 11... Qe8 {LiveBook: 271 Games} 12. Bxf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. b3 Nh7 13. O-O f5 14. f3 g5 15. Bf2 f4 16. Rb1 h5 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 b6 19. Bd3 g4 20. Qe2 Qg6 21. c5 Ng5 22. Kh1 Nb8 23. c6 Bc8 24. Bh4 {1-0 (24) Yilmaz,M (2594)-Ali Marandi,C (2473) Dubai 2016}) 12... Bxf6 13. Bg4 {The position is equal.} Bxg4 14. Qxg4 a4 15. h4 h5 16. Qe2 Nc5 17. O-O-O Kg7 18. Kb1 Rh8 19. Nf3 {[%cal Bd2f3,Bf3e1,Be1c2][%mdl 32]} Qd7 20. Ne1 Nb3 21. Nc2 c6 22. Qd3 Nd4 23. g3 c5 24. Nxd4 cxd4 25. Nb5 Rhc8 26. f4 Rc5 27. Rhf1 Rac8 28. f5 (28. Rc1 $1 $14) 28... gxf5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (28... Rxc4 $11 29. Na7 R8c7) 29. Rxf5 $18 Rxc4 30. Na7 $1 {[%cal Ra7c8]} R8c7 31. Rdf1 Bd8 {[#]} 32. Nc6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} R4xc6 (32... bxc6 33. Rxf7+) 33. dxc6 bxc6 34. Qd1 ({But not} 34. Rxh5 $6 Qg4 $16) 34... f6 $2 (34... Qe6 35. Qxa4 (35. Qxh5 c5 $16) 35... c5) 35. Rxh5 (35. Qxh5 $142 {aiming for Qg4+.} Qe6 36. Qg4+ Kf8 37. Rxf6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxf6 38. Rxf6+ Bxf6 39. Qe6) 35... c5 $2 (35... Qf7 {was necessary.} 36. Ka1 c5) 36. Rhf5 (36. g4 $142) 36... Qb5 (36... Qf7 $142 37. Qxa4 Qe6) 37. Qg4+ $1 Kf8 38. Qf3 $2 (38. R5f2 $18) 38... Rf7 $14 39. Ka1 (39. Qd1 $16) 39... c4 $11 40. Qe2 (40. Rb1 $11) 40... Qb3 $15 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 41. R5f3 $2 (41. R5f2 $17 {keeps fighting.}) 41... d3 $19 42. Qd2 Ke7 $1 43. h5 Qb5 $2 ({Black should play} 43... Bb6 $19 44. Kb1 Bd4) 44. Qb4 $2 (44. h6 $11 {and White is okay.}) 44... Qxb4 45. axb4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} d5 $1 {[%cal Rd5e4]} 46. exd5 $2 (46. Re1 {is a better defense.}) 46... Kd6 47. g4 e4 $1 {[%cal Re4f3]} 48. Rh3 {next g5! is good for White.} Rh7 $1 ({Inferior is} 48... Kxd5 49. g5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) 49. Rf5 $2 (49. h6 Kxd5 50. b5) 49... d2 50. Rf1 Bb6 51. Kb1 Bd4 $1 52. Kc2 e3 53. Kd1 $2 (53. Rf4 Re7 54. Rh1) 53... a3 54. bxa3 c3 55. Rh2 Re7 $2 (55... Ra7 56. Rhh1 Rxa3) 56. Re2 $2 (56. h6 c2+ 57. Kxc2) 56... c2+ $2 (56... Ra7 57. Kc2 Rxa3) 57. Kxc2 {And now Kd3 would win.} Rc7+ 58. Kb1 Kxd5 59. Rd1 Rc3 $1 60. Rdxd2 exd2 61. Rxd2 Rxa3 {KRB-KR} 62. Kc2 Rg3 63. Rh2 Rxg4 64. h6 f5 $2 (64... Rg8 $1 $19 {Black wants to play ...f5.} 65. h7 Rh8) 65. h7 $11 Bh8 66. Rd2+ $1 Ke5 {Hoping for ...Rc4+.} 67. Rd8 Bf6 {Strongly threatening ...Rh4.} 68. Re8+ Kd6 {...Rh4 is the strong threat.} 69. h8=Q Bxh8 70. Rxh8 Rxb4 71. Kd3 Re4 72. Rf8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (72. Rg8 $11) 72... Re5 $2 (72... Ke5 $1 $19 {[%cal Re5f4] White must now prevent ...Kf4.} 73. Re8+ Kf6 74. Rxe4 fxe4+ 75. Kxe4) 73. Kd4 Re4+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (73... Ra5 $11) 74. Kd3 $19 {[#]} Re5 $2 {Accuracy: White = 35%, Black = 50%.} (74... Ke5 $1 $19 {[%cal Re5f4]} 75. Re8+ Kf6 76. Rxe4 fxe4+ 77. Kxe4) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.18"]
[Round "1.49"]
[White "Zlatanovic, Boroljub"]
[Black "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2376"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,74,13,0,14,1,0,0,0,-12,-2,-8,-13,-18,-7,-22,-15,-29,-23,-31,-28,-60,-42,-62,-63,-64,-60,-62,-56,-148,-135,-195,-195,-168,-206,-263,-273,-249,-243,-242,-254,-602,-600,-602,-533,-553,-552,-566,-560,-771,-746,-718,-609,-824,-621,-711,-638,-619,-596,-647,-630,-775,-761,-1620,-1580]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Nd7 {C49: Four Knights: 4 Bb5 Bb4} 8. Ne2 Re8 9. Ng3 Bf8 {The position is equal.} (9... Nf8 10. Be3 Bd6 11. Nd2 Ng6 12. Nf5 Qf6 13. Qf3 Bxf5 14. Qxf5 Qxf5 15. exf5 {½-½ (30) Firouzja,A (2475)-Wei,Y (2714) Abu Dhabi 2016}) 10. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Be3 c5 11. Nd2 g6 12. Nc4 b6 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 Bg7 15. Qf3 {0-1 (76) Hilby,C (2347)-Friedel,J (2510) Las Vegas 2016}) 10... c5 11. b3 Nb8 12. Bb2 Nc6 13. Nh2 Nd4 14. Ne2 a5 15. a4 Ra6 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. f4 exf4 $1 18. Rxf4 Rg6 19. Rf3 c5 20. Qf1 (20. Kh1 $15) 20... Bd6 $17 21. Qf2 (21. Kh1 $17) 21... Qc7 $1 $19 22. Nf1 Re5 $1 23. Rg3 {[#]} Rxg3 $1 24. Nxg3 {[#]} Bxh3 $1 {[%mdl 512] ...Rg5 is the strong threat.} 25. Bc1 ({But not} 25. gxh3 Rg5 $19) 25... Re6 26. Nf5 $2 (26. Nh5 Bg4 27. Qh4) 26... Rg6 {Black is clearly winning.} 27. Nxd6 Rxg2+ ({Less strong is} 27... Qxd6 28. Bf4 $17) 28. Qxg2 Bxg2 29. Bf4 Bh3 30. Kf2 Qe7 31. Rg1 h6 32. e5 Kh7 33. Ne4 Be6 34. Rh1 Bf5 35. Nd6 Bd7 36. Ne4 Bc6 37. Bxh6 gxh6 {Accuracy: White = 26%, Black = 95%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.18"]
[Round "1.50"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Gines Esteo, Pedro Antonio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2372"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,61,31,39,28,30,43,30,12,33,-21,-19,-14,0,-3,0,0,11,-15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,18,0,0,0,11,0,4,1,9,8,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. d3 Nd7 7. Bd2 Ngf6 8. g4 h6 9. h4 {B11: Caro-Kann: Two Knights Variation} Qb6 {White must now prevent ...dxe4.} 10. O-O-O O-O-O 11. Bh3 {White has an edge.} Bb4 (11... dxe4 {seems wilder.} 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Bc5 14. Be3 Nf6) 12. a3 $146 (12. exd5 $14 cxd5 {[#]} 13. d4 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) ({Predecessor:} 12. Qe2 Nc5 13. g5 Bxc3 14. Bxc3 Na4 15. gxf6 d4 16. Bxd4 Qxd4 {1-0 (58) Areshchenko,A (2710)-Feuerstack,A (2421) Germany 2012}) 12... dxe4 $11 {The position is equal.} 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Bxd2+ 15. Rxd2 g5 16. d4 Qb5 17. Bg2 Nb6 {[%cal Bd7b6,Bb6d5,Bd5f4][%mdl 32] [#] Strongly threatening ...Nc4.} 18. Bf1 Qd5 19. f3 Qa2 {[%cal Ra2a1]} 20. c3 Nd5 21. Qb1 Qb3 22. Qd3 Nf4 23. Qe4 Qd5 24. Rdh2 {Hoping for Qxd5.} Rhf8 25. Qxd5 cxd5 26. hxg5 hxg5 27. Rh7 Kd7 28. Kd2 Ke7 29. Bd3 a6 30. a4 Rg8 31. Bc2 {Accuracy: White = 44%, Black = 53%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.19"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Kulaots, Kaido"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,155,20,8,29,27,22,45,31,32,36,10,56,55,60,62,77,70,99,41,29,70,56,50,52,44,26,19,118,118,70,0,67,61,106,74,99,99,93,85,99,72,72,70,73,71,72,72,95,81,73,80,73,73,73,73,81,93,97,79,76,78,140,140,182,191,164,185,180,184,195,202,252,254,253,248,202,192,328,317,370,368,317,214,212,204,194,179,170,177,179,156,167,167,196,189,266,277,296,254,298,257,289,320,256,243,471,454,495,492,541,437,515,534,512,517,501,502,466,464,532,484,656,629,593,576,1069,1658,1897,1070,996,2180,2119,1928,29972,29973,29962,29956,2767,2790]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 c5 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O d6 8. e3 O-O 9. d4 cxd4 10. exd4 d5 {A30: Symmetrical English: Double Fianchetto and Hedgehog} (10... e6 11. Nc3 a6 12. Re1 Nbd7 13. Qd2 Qc7 14. Rac1 Rac8 15. h3 Rfe8 16. Qe3 Qb8 17. Bf1 Qa8 18. Nd2 {0-1 (56) Groetz,H (2339)-Miazhynski,Y (2151) Austria 2018}) 11. Ne5 Nc6 12. Nc3 {[%cal Rc4d5,Bb1c3,Bc3a4,Ba4c5][%mdl 32]} e6 {White is slightly better.} 13. Rc1 Ne7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... a6 14. Re1 Rc8 15. cxd5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nxd5 17. Ne4 Rxc1 18. Qxc1 {1-0 (27) Beffie,B-Hoogenbergh,P Netherlands 1925}) 14. Ba3 a6 15. Na4 Re8 16. c5 bxc5 17. Nxc5 Bc8 18. g4 ({White should play} 18. Re1 $16) 18... Nd7 $1 $14 19. Nxf7 Kxf7 {[#]} 20. Nxe6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxe6 21. Re1+ Ne5 $1 22. dxe5 Kf7 (22... Bb7 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 23. Bxe7 $1 $16 (23. Qf3+ Kg8 $15) 23... Kxe7 24. Bxd5 (24. e6 $1 $14) 24... Be6 (24... Bxg4 $11 25. Rc7+ (25. Qxg4 Qxd5 26. Red1 Qe6 $17) 25... Qxc7 26. Qxg4 Rac8 27. Qh4+ Kf8 28. Qf4+ (28. Qxh7 $2 Bxe5 29. Qg8+ Ke7 $19) 28... Ke7 29. Qg5+ Kf8 30. Qf4+ Ke7 31. Qg5+ Kf8 32. Qf4+) 25. Bxa8 $14 Qxa8 26. Qd6+ Kf7 27. h3 Bf8 28. Qc6 g5 29. Qb6 {And now Rc6 would win.} Rc8 30. Qe3 Be7 $1 31. Rxc8 Qxc8 32. Rc1 Qb7 33. Rc3 Kg7 34. Qd3 a5 35. Qd4 Kf7 36. Kh2 Bb4 37. Qd3 Kg7 38. Qf3 Qxf3 39. Rxf3 Bd2 (39... Bd5 $142 40. Rd3 Be4) 40. Rf6 $16 Bf4+ 41. Kg1 Bf7 42. Ra6 Bd2 43. Kf1 Bg6 44. Ke2 Bc3 45. Ra7+ Kf8 46. Ke3 Bb1 47. a3 Bg6 (47... Ke8 $142 48. f4 gxf4+ 49. Kxf4 Bd2+ 50. Kf3 Bg6) 48. e6 $18 h6 49. Rc7 Bf6 50. Rc5 Bd8 {Threatens to win with ...Bb6.} 51. Rc8 Ke7 52. f4 {Black must now prevent f5.} Bb6+ 53. Kf3 gxf4 54. Kxf4 Bd4 55. Rc6 Bb2 56. a4 $1 Bd4 (56... Ba3 $142 57. Ke5 Bb2+ 58. Kd5 Ba3) 57. Rc4 Bf2 {[#]} 58. Ke5 $1 Bg3+ {[#]} 59. Kd5 $1 Be1 60. Rc7+ Ke8 61. Rc1 Bd2 $2 (61... Bf2 {was worth a try.} 62. Rc4 Bd3) 62. Rc8+ Ke7 63. h4 Bd3 64. Rc7+ Ke8 65. Kd4 Bb1 66. Ke5 {Kf6 would kill now.} Be1 67. Rc1 Bg3+ 68. Kd5 Bh7 69. Rc3 Bf4 70. Rc5 Ke7 71. Rxa5 {aiming for Ra7+.} Bg8 72. Ra6 Bd2 73. a5 {[%cal Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} Kf6 74. g5+ (74. Kd6 $142) 74... hxg5 75. hxg5+ Bxg5 76. Rc6 Kf5 77. a6 Be3 78. b4 {Accuracy: White = 82%, Black = 42%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.19"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Zhigalko, Andrey"]
[Black "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,95,42,25,55,31,48,27,25,31,27,25,47,62,57,54,58,46,36,47,42,48,74,67,79,74,107,115,106,92,84,0,31,0,27,25,98,43,157,147,289,362,375,362,325,284,251,0,323,287,293,278,282,284,266,219,209,216,228,208,228,225,215,211,221,221,291,286,266,214,231,207,316,305,354,368,360,345,568,554,922,922,29982,11358]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c3 g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. Re1 b5 {C76: Ruy Lopez: Deferred Steinitz: 5 c3 Bd7 6 d4 g6} (8... Nf6 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. dxe5 Nxe4 11. exd6 O-O 12. dxc7 Qxc7 13. Be3 Rad8 14. Nd4 Be5 15. h3 Bh2+ 16. Kh1 Bf4 {½-½ (60) Kasimdzhanov,R (2683)-Mamedyarov,S (2799) Riadh 2017}) 9. Bc2 exd4 10. cxd4 Bg4 {White has an edge.} 11. d5 Ne5 12. Nbd2 Bh6 13. h3 Bxd2 14. Bxd2 Bxf3 $1 15. gxf3 {Hoping for f4.} g5 $1 16. a4 {And now axb5 would win.} b4 $1 17. Bxb4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. f4 gxf4 18. Bxf4 {½-½ (18) Polezhaev,I-Guzikov,Y ICCF email 2012}) 17... Qf6 18. Re3 Ne7 19. Bd3 N7g6 20. Rc1 h5 21. Rxc7 g4 {[#]} 22. Bc3 (22. hxg4 hxg4 23. Qc2 (23. fxg4 $2 Qh4 $19) 23... gxf3 $17) ({White should try} 22. Qc1 $1 $16 {aiming for Rc8+.} Kf8 23. fxg4) 22... gxh3 (22... gxf3 $5 {[%cal Rf6g5]} 23. Kh1 O-O $16) 23. Kh1 {Qg1 is the strong threat.} (23. f4 $5 Nxf4 24. Bxe5 Qxe5 25. Rg3 $14) 23... h2 24. f4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Nxf4 (24... Qxf4 $11 {keeps the balance.} 25. Bd4 Qxf2) 25. Bf1 ({White should play} 25. Bxe5 $1 $16 Qxe5 26. Rg3) 25... h4 (25... Qg6 $14 26. Rg3 Qxe4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 27. f3 Qxd5 28. Qxd5 Nxd5 29. Bxe5 dxe5) 26. Bxe5 $1 $16 (26. Kxh2 $2 Rg8 $19) 26... dxe5 (26... Qg6 $16 {might work better.} 27. Bb5+ (27. Kxh2 dxe5 28. Bh3 Kf8 $16) 27... axb5 28. Bxf4 Rg8) 27. Qg4 $18 (27. Kxh2 Qg5 $14) 27... Kf8 {With the idea ...Rg8.} 28. Rec3 Ng6 29. Rf3 Nf4 30. Rfc3 Ng6 $1 31. Qf5 Qxf5 32. exf5 Nf4 33. f6 {White wants to mate with Rc8+.} Kg8 34. Bd3 Nxd3 35. Rxd3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Kh7 36. Rxf7+ Kg6 37. Re7 Kxf6 {[#]} 38. Re6+ $1 Kf5 39. Re3 (39. Kxh2 $6 Rhd8 $16) 39... Rab8 40. R6xe5+ Kf4 41. R5e4+ (41. Kxh2 Rxb2 42. R5e4+ Kg5 $16) 41... Kf5 42. b4 Rbc8 (42... Rb6 $142 43. Re5+ (43. Kxh2 Rhb8 $18) 43... Kg4 44. R3e4+ (44. Kxh2 Rxb4 45. d6 Rf4 $16) 44... Kf3) 43. Rd4 ({Less strong is} 43. Kxh2 Rc2 $16) 43... Rc1+ 44. Kxh2 Rc2 45. Kg2 Kg5 $2 (45... Rc7 46. d6 Rd7) 46. d6 Rf8 47. d7 Rfxf2+ 48. Kg1 {Accuracy: White = 73%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.19"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian"]
[Black "Ragger, Markus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,28,-10,6,-16,0,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ {The position is equal.} 7. Nbd2 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} Nxe4 8. d5 {[#] And now 0-0 would win.} Nxd2 9. Bxd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 Ne7 $1 11. d6 cxd6 12. O-O d5 13. Bxd5 O-O 14. Rad1 Nxd5 {[#]} {Predecessor:} 15. Qxd5 $146 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.19"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Black "Stupak, Kirill"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,61,16,25,24,19,13,37,22,26,15,30,35,28,47,44,45,37,31,29,27,0,72,75,71,82,193,191,179,175,188,185,213,211,222,208,229,204,211,206,239,246,237,220,225,200,723,686,721,710,751,544]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 f6 7. Bd3 fxe5 {C02: French: Advance Variation} 8. dxe5 c4 9. Bc2 g6 {White is slightly better.} 10. O-O Bg7 11. Nbd2 Nge7 (11... Bd7 12. b3 cxb3 13. Bxb3 Nge7 14. c4 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 {1-0 (31) Shirov,A (2643)-Stupak,K (2557) Arica 2018}) 12. Re1 Qc7 13. Qe2 O-O 14. a4 Bd7 15. b3 cxb3 16. Nxb3 Na5 $146 (16... Rxf3 $11 {remains equal.} 17. Qxf3 Nxe5) ({Predecessor:} 16... Rxf3 17. Qxf3 {1-0 (45) Sherwood,R (2102)-Woelfelschneider,P (2196) LSS email 2014}) 17. Ba3 $16 Rfe8 18. Bd6 Qd8 (18... Qxc3 $16 19. Nxa5 Qxa5) 19. Nxa5 $1 $18 Qxa5 20. Rab1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has strong initiative.} Bc6 21. Nd4 $1 {Strongly threatening Bb4.} Nc8 22. Bb4 $1 {[%cal Rb4a5]} Qc7 23. h4 Qf7 24. Qg4 Nb6 25. Nf3 Bxa4 {[#]} 26. Bd3 $1 {Ng5 is the strong threat.} Bh6 27. h5 $1 Qf4 {[#]} 28. Qh3 $1 ({Don't do} 28. Qxf4 $6 Bxf4 29. hxg6 hxg6 $16) 28... Kg7 $2 (28... g5) 29. Bc5 {White is clearly winning.} Qf7 30. hxg6 hxg6 31. Rb4 {Accuracy: White = 98%, Black = 59%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.19"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Gazik, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 35,131,12,20,10,28,26,61,0,22,9,34,0,32,14,51,44,106,0,61,11,49,25,28,25,29,22,26,25,117,93,82,73,73,75,81,81,81,81,162,160,163,158,178,169,146,86,87,81,103,81,81,81,111,90,111,81,81,81,81,81,81,81,81,81,81,55,265,218,355,221,335,190,439,427,422,409,399,389,377,351,358,399,385,375,1254,1254,4578,4578,4578,4578,4578,4578,4578,4578,4578,4578,29984,29985]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Be6 10. g4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Qa5 12. Kb1 Rfc8 13. a3 Rab8 14. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} b5 {B76: Sicilian Dragon: Yugoslav Attack, 9 g4 and 9 0-0-0} 15. Nd5 Qxd2 16. Rxd2 Bxd5 17. exd5 a5 18. h5 Nd7 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 19. g5 Bxd4 (19... Ne5 $5 {[%cal Re5f3]} 20. hxg6 fxg6 $14) (19... Ne5 20. Be2 Nc4 21. Rdd1 b4 22. a4 {½-½ (30) Karjakin,S (2753)-Nakamura,H (2799) Khanty-Mansiysk 2015 CBM 167 [Szabo,Kr]}) 20. Rxd4 Rc5 21. Bh3 (21. hxg6 $14 hxg6 22. Be2) 21... Nf8 22. hxg6 hxg6 23. Re1 Rb7 24. f4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 24. c3 Nh7 {1-0 (45) Uralde,O (2100)-Remus,H (2275) ICCF email 1998}) 24... Nh7 25. Bf1 Nf8 (25... b4 $1 $14) 26. Bh3 Nh7 27. Re3 Rbc7 28. c3 (28. Bf1 {is interesting.} b4 29. c4 Nf8 30. axb4 axb4 31. Rb3) 28... Rc4 29. Ree4 Rxd4 30. Rxd4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} f6 31. Bf1 Rc5 (31... Rb7 $11) 32. Kc2 fxg5 33. fxg5 Nxg5 34. b4 axb4 35. axb4 Rc8 36. Rg4 Nf3 (36... Nh7 $16 {was called for.}) 37. Rxg6+ $18 ({Don't play} 37. Bxb5 $6 Ne5 $14) 37... Kf7 38. Rg4 $1 {[%cal Rg4f4] Black must now prevent Rf4+.} e5 39. dxe6+ Kxe6 40. Bxb5 ({White should play} 40. Re4+ Kf5 41. Bd3) 40... d5 $16 41. Ba6 Rb8 42. Rg3 Ne5 43. Kb3 Nd7 44. Ka4 Nf6 45. Ka5 Ne4 46. Rd3 Ke5 47. Rh3 Kd6 48. Rh6+ Ke5 49. Rh5+ Kd6 50. Rh3 Ke5 $2 {[#]} (50... Kc6 $14) 51. b5 $1 $18 Nc5 (51... Ra8 $142 52. Kb6 Rf8) 52. Rh6 Ne4 (52... Ra8 $142 53. Rh5+ Kd6 54. Rh6+ Ke5) 53. Kb4 (53. b6 $142) 53... Nd6 $2 (53... Nf6 54. Rg6 Ra8 55. Rg5+ Ke6) 54. Rh5+ Ke6 55. Kc5 {Strongly threatening Rh6+.} Ne4+ 56. Kd4 Nf6 57. Rh6 Ke7 58. Kc5 Ne4+ 59. Kc6 Nxc3 $2 (59... Ra8 60. Rh3 (60. Kxd5 Nxc3+ 61. Kc6 Nxb5 $14) 60... Ke6) 60. b6 {[%cal Bb5b6,Bb6b7][%mdl 32]} Ra8 61. Rh7+ Ke6 62. Ra7 Rd8 63. b7 Rd6+ 64. Kc7 Rd7+ {[#]} 65. Kb6 $1 ({Not} 65. Kc8 Ne4 $11) 65... Rd6+ 66. Ka5 {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 30%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.19"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Rodshtein, Maxim"]
[Black "Kelires, Andreas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,117,18,20,20,24,14,14,8,26,26,18,22,32,21,29,7,16,26,14,0,24,34,36,37,37,37,35,27,35,35,58,37,51,50,34,35,49,52,60,52,73,42,39,15,8,0,0,0,26,0,0,0,6,9,34,-56,118,149,131,96,97,104,102,103,102,109,107,104,95,61,62,63,159,159,160,159,163,167,513,506,491,466,458,447,5106,483,5102,369,456,357,455,411,381,381]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O O-O 8. Bf4 Be7 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Qc2 {E16: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Bb4+} (10. Qd3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Qc8 12. e4 d6 13. Rfe1 a4 14. Rad1 Ra5 15. h4 Nd7 16. Nd2 Rd8 17. Nf1 h6 {0-1 (72) Sargissian,G (2689)-Predke,A (2622) St Petersburg 2018}) 10... Nxc3 11. bxc3 Qc8 12. e4 d6 13. Rfe1 Nd7 {[#] LiveBook: 3 Games} 14. Rab1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Rad1 a4 15. h4 Re8 16. Bh3 Bf8 17. d5 e5 {1-0 (58) Epishin,V (2579)-Ikonnikov,V (2525) Nuremberg 2012}) 14... Re8 15. Nd2 {[%cal Bf3d2,Bd2f1,Bf1e3,Be3d5][%mdl 32]} e5 16. Be3 Bc6 17. Bh3 Qd8 18. f3 Bf6 19. Nf1 Nf8 20. Bf2 Bd7 21. Bxd7 Qxd7 22. Rbd1 Qc6 23. Qd3 g6 24. Ne3 Bg7 25. Nd5 Nd7 26. Re2 Rab8 27. Rb1 Rbd8 28. Be3 Rc8 29. Bg5 h6 30. Be3 (30. Ne7+ Rxe7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 31. Bxe7 Re8 $17) 30... Kh7 31. f4 exf4 32. gxf4 Nf6 33. Nxf6+ Bxf6 34. e5 Bg7 35. Rf1 Qd7 {[%cal Rd6e5]} 36. Qe4 Kg8 37. Rg2 dxe5 $1 38. fxe5 Qe6 39. Rgf2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} f5 40. Qh4 ({White should play} 40. Qd5 $14) 40... f4 $2 (40... Qxc4 41. Bxh6 Rxe5 42. Qg5 $11) (40... Kh7 $1 $15 {stays ahead.}) 41. Qxf4 $16 Qxc4 42. Qf7+ Qxf7 43. Rxf7 b5 44. Rd7 Red8 45. Rff7 Rxd7 46. Rxd7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} b4 47. Bd2 c5 48. dxc5 Rxc5 ({Better is} 48... Bf8 $14) 49. cxb4 axb4 50. e6 (50. Bxb4 Rc1+ 51. Kg2 Bxe5 $11) 50... Bf6 51. Bxb4 ({Much less strong is} 51. Bxh6 $6 Re5 $14) 51... Re5 $2 (51... Rc8 {is more resistant.} 52. Rb7 Rc1+ 53. Kf2 Rc2+ 54. Kf3 Rxh2) 52. e7 $18 Kf7 {[#]} 53. Rd8 $1 {[%cal Rd8f8]} Bxe7 54. Rd7 g5 (54... Rg5+ $142 55. Kf2 Rf5+ 56. Ke3 Rh5 57. Rxe7+ Kf6) 55. Kf2 (55. Rxe7+ $142 Kf6 56. Rxe5 Kxe5 57. Kg2) 55... h5 (55... Rf5+ $142 56. Kg3 Kg6) 56. Kf3 $2 (56. Rxe7+ Rxe7 57. Bxe7) 56... g4+ 57. Kf4 Rb5 58. Rxe7+ ({Don't play} 58. Bxe7 Ke6 $18) 58... Kf6 59. Re4 {Accuracy: White = 60%, Black = 40%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.19"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Lobanov, Sergei"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,54,5,21,-24,-30,-41,92,81,99,111,102,96,87,91,100,83,98,100,103,33,29,42,29,22,37,26,58,42,19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 cxd4 8. Bd3 {C18: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4: Main line: 7 h4 and 7 Qg4} (8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 Qc7 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 dxc3 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}) 8... Qa5 ({Reject} 8... dxc3 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 $14) 9. Ne2 Nd7 (9... O-O $15 {keeps the upper hand.}) 10. O-O {White is better.} ({Much weaker is} 10. Qxd4 $6 Qc7 $11) 10... dxc3 11. Qxg7 Rg8 12. Qh6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Qxh7 Nxe5 13. Rd1 Qa4 14. Nxc3 Qg4 15. g3 Nf3+ {0-1 (56) Salazar Moran,A (1476)-Cimicki,D (1689) LSS email 2011}) 12... Nxe5 13. Bxh7 Ng4 {[#]} 14. Qh4 $1 Rh8 15. Bg5 Qc7 {[#]} 16. Qxg4 ({Don't play} 16. Bxe7 Qxh2+ 17. Qxh2 Nxh2 $15) (16. Nf4 $1 $16) 16... Rxh7 $14 {[%csl Gh7][%cal Rc7h2]} 17. h4 e5 18. Qg3 {aiming for Bxe7.} Nf5 19. Qd3 Qc6 {...f6 is the strong threat.} 20. Nxc3 f6 {Hoping for ...d4.} 21. Qxd5 {And now Qg8+ would win.The position is equal.} Rf7 22. Qxc6+ bxc6 23. Be3 Nxh4 {Threatens to win with ...Rg7.} 24. f4 Rg7 25. Rf2 Bh3 {[%cal Rh4g2]} 26. fxe5 fxe5 {[%cal Rh3g2]} 27. Kh2 Bxg2 {Accuracy: White = 59%, Black = 71%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.19"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Thybo, Jesper Sondergaard"]
[Black "Berkes, Ferenc"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,84,39,35,86,92,103,84,69,73,84,75,80,43,36,31,30,26,28,28,34,0,0,0,0,0,0,-18,-18,-35,-23,-43,-37,-48,-23,-20,-25,-26,0,0,0,-108,-11,-109,-101,-146,-143,-153,-149,-146,-116,-116,-107,-234,-237,-222,-226,-239,-231,-520,-513,-500,-495,-537,-530,-519,-516,-489,-464]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. h3 O-O 7. Nf3 e6 8. Bd3 exd5 9. exd5 Re8+ 10. Be3 Rxe3+ {E90: King's Indian: Classical: Early deviations and 6 h3} ({Black should try} 10... a6 $14) 11. fxe3 $16 Qe7 12. O-O Nbd7 {White is better.} 13. Qd2 Nh5 (13... b6 14. Rae1 Ba6 15. b3 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Nd1 Re8 18. Rf3 {½-½ (49) Postny,E (2615)-Morozevich,A (2656) St Petersburg 2018}) 14. Ne2 Bh6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Ne5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Rf3 Bd7 17. Raf1 f5 18. Qc3 {½-½ (46) Guseynov,A (2213)-Benidze,D (2478) Cesme 2015}) 15. Nf4 Ng3 16. Rfe1 Nf6 17. Kh2 Nge4 18. Qc2 Bd7 19. Ne6 Bxe6 20. dxe6 Qxe6 21. Bxe4 Nxe4 22. Qb3 b6 23. Qa4 Bg7 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 24. Re2 h5 25. Rd1 g5 26. Qc6 Re8 27. Qd5 Qd7 28. Kg1 g4 29. hxg4 (29. Ng5 $1 $11 {remains equal.} Re5 30. Qa8+ Re8 31. Qd5) 29... Qxg4 ({Better is} 29... hxg4 $17 30. Nd2 Ng3) 30. Qc6 (30. Rde1 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 30... Re6 $1 $17 31. Qc8+ Kh7 32. Qd7 {[#]} h4 $1 {[%cal Rh4h3] Threatens to win with ...h3.} 33. Rd5 ({Wrong is} 33. Qxa7 $2 Rf6 $19) 33... Kg6 34. Rf2 {[#]} ({Avoid the trap} 34. Qxa7 $2 Rf6 $19) 34... Nf6 $1 {[%cal Rf6d7]} 35. Qc8 (35. Qb7 $17 {is a better defense.} Nxd5 36. Nh2 Qd1+ 37. Rf1) 35... Nxd5 $19 36. cxd5 Re4 37. Qd8 Qg3 ({Much less strong is} 37... Rxe3 38. Qxh4 Qxh4 39. Nxh4+ Kg5 40. Nf3+ Kh5 41. b3) 38. Nd2 $2 (38. Kf1 {was called for.}) 38... Rxe3 {...Re1+ is the strong threat.Black is clearly winning.} 39. Nf1 Re1 {( -> ...h3)} 40. Qg8 Kh6 41. Qxf7 {intending Re2!} Bd4 42. Qf8+ Kh7 {Accuracy: White = 38%, Black = 74%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.19"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Basso, Pier Luigi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,63,14,27,20,32,31,31,23,19,20,24,5,27,0,0,20,8,11,0,0,7,0,15,0,0,0,53,0,0,0,0,-10,0,0,93,39,56,33,218,218,190,220,387,431,391,393,770,745,674,473,468,476,481,466,471,435]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. g4 {D11: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 sidelines and 3...Nf6 4 e3 Bg4} (6. Nc3 e6 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5 Nbd7 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. g5 Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Qb3 Qb6 13. h4 Bb4+ 14. Ke2 c5 15. Bg2 f5 16. gxf6 gxf6 {1-0 (57) Nihal,S (2576)-Vitiugov,N (2719) St Petersburg 2018}) 6... Bg6 7. Ne5 e6 8. Nd2 {White is slightly better.} Nbd7 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Bg2 Bd6 11. O-O Ne4 12. Nxe4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. cxd5 Nxd2 13. Bxd2 exd5 {½-½ (50) Donchenko,A (2573)-Svane,R (2581) Apolda 2017}) 12... dxe4 13. f3 exf3 $1 14. Qxf3 {[%csl Gf1][%cal Rf3f7]} O-O 15. Bd2 Qe7 16. c5 Bc7 17. b4 Rac8 (17... Nf6 $11) 18. b5 (18. e4 $14) 18... e5 $11 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Be1 (20. Qxc6 Ba5 $17) 20... Bb8 21. Rb1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} f5 (21... Nf6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 22. gxf5 ({Better is} 22. Rb7 $16) 22... Rxf5 23. Qg4 Rxf1+ $2 (23... exd4 $14 24. exd4 Rg5) 24. Bxf1 $18 exd4 25. exd4 Rd8 $2 (25... Rf8) 26. Bc4+ Kh7 {[#]} 27. Bf2 $1 {aiming for Re1.} Nf8 $2 {[#]} (27... Rf8 28. Rb7 Bh2+ 29. Kg2 Rf4) 28. Rb7 $1 {[%mdl 512] White is clearly winning.} Nd7 (28... Qxb7 29. Qh4#) 29. Qh4+ Qxh4 30. Bxh4 Nxc5 31. dxc5 ({Worse is} 31. Bxd8 Nxb7 32. Bg5 Bc7 $11) 31... Rd4 32. Bf2 {Accuracy: White = 46%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.19"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Ruck, Robert"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,65,14,7,12,0,0,0,0,6,12,0,35,33,25,31,18,24,39,35,48,51,63,62,60,61,54,56,57,61,78,50,42,34,33,27,25,19,20,23,30,26,37,36,29,26,30,18,20,18,31,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Nc6 5. c3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Re1 O-O 8. Bb3 b6 {B50: Sicilian: 2...d6, Miscellaneous} 9. Nbd2 Ba6 10. Nf1 Ne5 (10... e6 {feels hotter.} 11. Bf4 Nh5 12. Bg5 Qd7 13. g4 Nf6) 11. Bc2 Nxf3+ $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nfd7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 Ne5 15. Qd1 Nc6 16. Ne3 Qd7 {1-0 (41) Adams,M (2665)-Gelfand,B (2700) Linares 1997}) 12. Qxf3 d5 13. e5 Nd7 14. Qg3 ({Reject} 14. Qxd5 e6 $15) 14... e6 15. Bg5 Qc7 16. Bf4 Qc6 17. Nd2 f6 18. Nf3 fxe5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Bxe5 21. Rxe5 Rf6 22. Rae1 Raf8 23. R1e2 Qb5 24. Bb1 Qa4 {With the idea ...Rxf2!} 25. h3 Qd1+ 26. Re1 Qa4 27. f3 Bc8 28. Qf2 Bd7 29. a3 Qf4 30. Bc2 Rf5 31. Rxf5 exf5 32. d4 Re8 33. dxc5 {Accuracy: White = 96%, Black = 72%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.19"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Kovalenko, Igor"]
[Black "Demidov, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,126,89,77,91,60,68,60,87,72,87,50,56,51,50,36,62,32,44,21,54,65,72,53,67,52,71,68,64,57,73,29,36,52,47,-44,-44,-25,-12,-50,-44,-38,0,-60,43,-50,33,-16,-30,-204,-209,-209,-183,-216,-208,-211,-201,-208,-208,-284,-230,-438,-374,-434,-431,-431,-431,-415,-391,-426,-404,-495,-489,-537,-513,-534,-477,-464,-444,-478,-464,-461,-458,-558,-554,-596,-597,-541,-518,-431,-108,-108,-108,-108,-108,-108,-108,-108,-108,-108,-108,-108,-108,-108,-108,-108,-108,-108,0,-108,0]} 1. c4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 c5 5. d5 Nf6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Na6 10. O-O Nc7 {E90: King's Indian: Classical: Early deviations and 6 h3} (10... Nd7 11. Qd1 e6 12. Re1 Re8 13. Be3 Qb6 14. Rb1 Nc7 15. Qc2 a5 16. Bf1 Bd4 17. Bf4 Qa6 18. b3 Re7 19. Qd2 Qb6 20. Na4 Qa6 21. Nc3 Qb6 22. Na4 {½-½ (22) Pelletier,Y (2591)-Radjabov,T (2746) Biel 2007}) 11. Bd2 a6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nd7 12. Qe2 a6 13. a4 e5 14. g3 f5 15. exf5 gxf5 16. f4 e4 17. Bc2 Qf6 18. g4 {0-1 (25) Reilly,T (2350)-Rogers,I (2575) Jakarta 1993}) 12. a4 b6 {White is slightly better.} 13. Qg3 Nh5 14. Qg4 e6 15. dxe6 Nxe6 16. Rab1 Nd4 17. b4 Nc6 18. bxc5 bxc5 19. Nd5 Nf6 20. Qh4 {aiming for Bg5.} Nd7 21. Qg3 Nde5 22. Bg5 f6 23. Bd2 a5 24. f4 Nxd3 25. Qxd3 Nb4 26. Bxb4 ({White should try} 26. Qf3 $14) 26... axb4 $15 27. f5 g5 28. Ra1 Rf7 29. Ra2 Ra5 30. Ne3 (30. e5 $11) 30... Qe8 (30... Qd7 $15) 31. Qd5 (31. Qxd6 $14 Qxe4 32. Qd8+ Bf8 33. Qxa5 Qxe3+ 34. Kh1) 31... h5 (31... Bf8 $15) 32. g4 h4 33. Nd1 $2 (33. Rd1 $11 {and White is okay.}) 33... Rxa4 $19 34. Rff2 {[#]} Bf8 $1 35. Kg2 Kg7 36. Rfd2 Rfa7 37. Rxa4 Qxa4 38. Ne3 Qa1 {Threatens to win with ...Qe1.} 39. Re2 $2 (39. e5 dxe5 40. Qc6) 39... Qc1 {Strongly threatening ...Ra1.} 40. Qd2 Qb1 41. Qc2 Qxc2 42. Rxc2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Ra3 43. Nd5 Kf7 44. Rf2 Be7 45. Rb2 Bd8 46. Rb1 Ba5 47. Kh2 Kg7 48. Rb2 Ra1 49. Kg2 Kf7 50. Kf2 Ra3 51. Ne3 b3 52. Nd1 Ra2 53. Ke3 {[#]} Rxb2 $2 (53... Bc3 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 54. Rxb3 (54. Nxc3 Rxb2) 54... Bd4+ 55. Kd3 Rh2) 54. Nxb2 {KB-KN} Bc3 55. Na4 Be5 {White must now prevent ...b2.} 56. Kd3 Ke7 57. Nc3 Kd7 58. Nb1 Kc6 59. Nd2 b2 60. Kc2 Kb6 61. Nb3 Ka6 62. Kb1 Kb6 63. Kc2 Ka6 {Accuracy: White = 42%, Black = 59%.} (63... Kb7 $17 64. Kb1 Kb6 65. Kc2) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.19"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Van Foreest, Lucas"]
[Black "Parligras, Mircea-Emilian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,61,15,27,20,27,30,24,23,22,19,25,13,19,10,17,17,17,14,22,11,31,18,21,29,33,35,32,21,43,10,41,38,149,153,220,216,205,116,110,97,118,78,136,135,159,125,125,125,374,360,867,834]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Bb4 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 {D31: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav without ...Nf6 (+ Marshall Gambit and Noteboom) and Exchange Variation lines without ...Nf6} Ne7 {LiveBook: 41 Games} (6... Bf5 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3 Ne7 9. Nge2 Nd7 10. O-O O-O 11. a3 Ba5 12. Rfc1 a6 13. Bg5 {½-½ (74) Andreikin,D (2708)-Fedoseev,V (2731) Sochi 2017}) 7. Qc2 Bf5 8. Qb3 {White has an edge.} Qb6 9. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Nge2 Ng6 10. Bg3 Nd7 11. Nc1 Be7 12. Bd3 Qxb3 13. axb3 Bxd3 14. Nxd3 {½-½ (89) Baldauf,M (2498)-Yankelevich,L (2435) Boeblingen 2017}) 9... Ba5 10. Qa2 {Threatens to win with b4.} Qd8 11. Rc1 O-O 12. b4 Bb6 $1 13. Nf3 Nd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7f6,Bf6e4][%mdl 32]} 14. Be2 Nf6 15. h3 Ne4 16. O-O a6 17. Na4 Bc7 18. Bxc7 Qxc7 19. Nc5 Ng6 20. a4 Qc8 21. Rfe1 Bxh3 (21... Re8 $14) 22. gxh3 $16 Qxh3 (22... Nxc5 $16 {was called for.} 23. bxc5 Qxh3) 23. Nxe4 $18 dxe4 24. Nh2 (24. Ng5 $18 Qh4 25. Rc5) 24... Nh4 $16 {[%csl Gh4][%cal Rh3g2]} 25. Bf1 Qf5 26. Kh1 Rad8 (26... Nf3 $142 27. Nxf3 exf3) 27. Rc5 Rd5 28. Bg2 Re8 29. Rg1 Re6 $2 {[#]} (29... g6 $16 {keeps fighting.} 30. Bf1 h5) 30. Bh3 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Qxh3 $2 {[#]} (30... Rxc5 31. Bxf5 Rxf5) 31. Qxd5 $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 80%, Black = 28%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.19"]
[Round "2.13"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Valsecchi, Alessio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,59,18,22,0,87,75,138,77,44,14,181,158,142,149,149,160,164,140,149,164,95,48,85,69,71,81,83,59,130,14,43,8,256,272,277,270,1066,1052,29990,29991,29991,29992]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. d4 c5 8. Nf3 h6 9. Bd3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Bb4+ 11. Kf1 {A18: English Opening: Flohr-Mikenas System (1 c4 Nf6 2 Nc3 e6 3 e4)} (11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2 O-O 13. O-O Nd7 14. Qe3 Rd8 15. Qe4 Nf8 16. Rab1 Qe7 17. c5 Qc7 18. Rb3 Rb8 {½-½ (42) Nepomniachtchi,I (2735)-Aleksandrov,A (2612) Moscow 2012}) 11... Nd7 (11... Bc3 $11 12. Rb1 Nc6) 12. Rb1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Qe2 Qe7 14. a3 Bd6 15. h4 Re8 16. g4 e5 17. c5 Bc7 18. Re1 Ba5 {½-½ (42) Stoer,A (2150)-Wehr,S (2135) Bayern 1998}) 12... Be7 (12... Bd6 $142) 13. c5 (13. h4 $142) 13... e5 14. Bb2 {Qc2 is the strong threat.} Qe6 $2 (14... O-O $1 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 {[#]} 16. d5 $1 {[%cal Rd5e6][%mdl 512]} Qf6 (16... Qxd5 17. Bb5+) 17. Qe2 Bf5 18. Bb5+ ({Resist} 18. Bxe5 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 (19. Bxf6 Bxe2+ 20. Kxe2 Bxf6 $15) 19... Qxe5 $14) 18... Kf8 19. Bxe5 Qg6 20. Re1 a6 21. Bg3 axb5 22. Qxe7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg8 23. h4 Rxa2 (23... Kh7 $1 $14) 24. h5 (24. Kg1 $16) 24... Qg5 $11 25. d6 {aiming for Rh4.} Qd2 $2 {[#]} (25... Qxe7 $11 26. dxe7 Kh7) 26. Kg1 $1 $18 Kh7 {[#]} 27. Kh2 $1 Rc8 $2 (27... f6 28. Qf7 (28. Qxb7 Rc2 $16) 28... Ra4) 28. Qxf7 Rxc5 29. Re8 {[%csl Ge8][%cal Rf7g8]} Qd5 30. Qf8 {Accuracy: White = 62%, Black = 19%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.19"]
[Round "2.14"]
[White "Zoler, Dan"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E64"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,144,75,77,101,31,68,41,66,60,75,82,81,81,85,77,66,67,71,60,70,35,57,39,51,0,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-95,-67,-84,-81,-282,-295,-265,-117,-141,-68,-477,-64,-71,-35,-393,-418,-378,-383,-329,-203,-441,-182,-307,-307,-272,-253,-237,-227,-986,-975,-933,-701,-1011,-1011,-6163,-6077,-5314,-4133,-6069,-2237,-5302,-591,-29954,-29955,-29956,-944,-3301,-1961,-29954,-4133,-29954,-29958,-29992,-29969,-29964,-181,-181,-181,-181,-181,-181,-181,-29966,-29966,-29971,-29970,-29970,-328,-29965,-29970,-29974,-29969,-29973,-29976,-29976,-29977,-29980,-29981,-29981,-29978]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nf3 {[%cal Bg1f3,Bf3d2,Bd2c4][%mdl 32]} c5 7. d5 e6 8. O-O exd5 9. cxd5 Bf5 {A62: Modern Benoni: Fianchetto Variation without early ...Nbd7} (9... Re8 10. Re1 a6 11. a4 b6 12. h3 Nbd7 13. e4 Qc7 14. Bd2 h6 15. Rb1 Rb8 16. Bf1 g5 17. Qc2 Nf8 18. b4 Ng6 19. b5 a5 {0-1 (49) Ni,H (2683)-Maghsoodloo,P (2688) Makati 2018}) 10. Nd2 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Na6 11. h3 $146 (11. Nc4 $16) ({Predecessor:} 11. Nc4 Qd7 12. Bf4 Bh3 13. Qb3 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Nb4 15. Bxd6 Rfc8 16. Be5 Nbxd5 17. Rad1 {½-½ (24) Haba,P (2432)-Plat,V (2531) Pardubice 2017}) 11... Nc7 {White is slightly better.} 12. e4 Bd7 13. Nc4 Nb5 14. Ne2 Ne8 15. Be3 Nbc7 16. Qd2 Bb5 17. Rac1 Rb8 18. b4 b6 19. f4 Na6 20. bxc5 bxc5 21. Rfd1 f5 22. Na5 Nb4 {[#]} ({Of course not} 22... Bxe2 $6 23. Nc6 $16) 23. Nc6 $1 {[%cal Rc6d8][%mdl 512]} Nxc6 24. dxc6 Bxc6 25. Bxc5 Bxe4 26. Bxe4 fxe4 27. Bxa7 Rb2 28. Rc2 Rxc2 29. Qxc2 Qd7 30. Bd4 Qxh3 31. Qxe4 Bxd4+ 32. Rxd4 Nf6 33. Qg2 (33. Qc6 $11 {remains equal.}) 33... Qe6 {White must now prevent ...Re8.} 34. Qf3 Qxa2 35. Qd3 $2 (35. Kf1 $17 {might work better.}) 35... Re8 $19 36. Kf1 d5 (36... Ng4 $1 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top. aiming for ...Qa1+.} 37. Rb4 Qe6) 37. Rb4 $17 Ne4 (37... Kf8 $17 {And now ...Nh5 would win.} 38. Qb5 Qc2) 38. Rb5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (38. Rb6 $15) 38... Qa1+ $2 (38... Qa7 $1 $19 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Ra7f2]} 39. Nd4 Nxg3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 40. Kg2 Nh5) 39. Kg2 $15 Qe1 {( -> ...Qf2+)} 40. Qf3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (40. Qxd5+ $15 Kg7 41. Qd4+ Kh6 42. Rb2) 40... Qd2 $19 41. Kh3 Nf6 42. Ng1 Qc1 43. Rb6 $2 (43. Kh2) 43... Ne4 ({Weaker is} 43... Qxg1 44. Rxf6 Kg7 45. Rd6 $17) (43... Re3 $142 44. Qg2 Ne4 45. Rb8+ Kg7) 44. Qg2 (44. Kg2 $142) 44... Qc5 45. Rb1 d4 $40 {[%cal Rc5h5][%mdl 128] Black is out for blood.} 46. Qa2+ Kf8 {...Nc3 is the strong threat.} 47. Nf3 $2 (47. Qb2) 47... Nc3 48. Qc2 Qc8+ 49. Kh4 Nxb1 50. Qxb1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQN} Qd8+ 51. Kh3 Qd7+ 52. Kh4 d3 (52... Qd5 $142 53. Ne5 d3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 54. Qxd3 Rxe5 55. Qxd5 Rxd5) 53. g4 Rd8 (53... Re3 $142 54. Qb8+ Qe8 55. Qxe8+ Kxe8) 54. Nd2 Qe7+ 55. g5 Qe6 (55... Re8 $142 56. Qxd3 Rd8 57. Qc3 Qe1+ 58. Kg4 Rxd2 59. Qh8+ Ke7 60. Qxh7+ Kd8 61. Qh8+ Kd7 62. Qg7+ Qe7 63. Qxe7+ Kxe7 64. Kf3 Ke6 65. f5+ Kxf5 66. Ke3 Rd5 67. Kf3 Re5 68. Kg3 Re3+ 69. Kg2 Kg4 70. Kf2 Re4 71. Kg2 Rf4 72. Kh1 Kh3 73. Kg1 Kg3 74. Kh1 Rf1#) 56. Qb4+ Kf7 57. Kg3 Qe1+ (57... Qe3+ $142 58. Kg4 Rd4 59. Qb7+ Qe7 60. Qf3 h5+ 61. gxh6 g5 62. Kh5 gxf4 63. h7 Qe5+ 64. Kh4 Kg6 65. Qg4+ Kxh7 66. Nf3 Qf6+ 67. Qg5 Qxg5+ 68. Kxg5 {[#]} d2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 69. Nxd2 Rxd2 70. Kxf4 Re2 71. Kf5 Kg7 72. Kf4 Kf6 73. Kf3 Re8 74. Kg4 Re4+ 75. Kg3 Kg5 76. Kf3 Re8 77. Kg3 Rf8 78. Kh2 Kh4 79. Kg2 Kg4 80. Kh1 Kh3 81. Kg1 Kg3 82. Kh1 Rf1#) 58. Kg4 Re8 59. Qc3 Qe2+ 60. Nf3 Kg8 $2 (60... Qg2+ 61. Kh4 Qxf3 62. Qc4+ Ke7 63. Qc7+ Ke6 64. Qb6+ Kd7 65. Qb5+ Kc7 66. Qc5+ Qc6 67. Qa7+ Kc8 68. Qf2 Qh1+ 69. Kg4 Qd5 70. Qd2 Qe6+ 71. Kh4 Qe1+ 72. Qxe1 Rxe1 73. f5 d2 74. fxg6 d1=Q 75. gxh7 Re4+ 76. Kg3 Qd3+ 77. Kh2 Re2+ 78. Kh1 Qd1#) 61. Kg3 {[#]} d2 $1 62. Qxd2 Qxd2 63. Nxd2 {KR-KN} Kf7 64. Nf3 $2 (64. Nc4 $19) 64... Ke6 65. Kg4 Rd8 66. Nh4 Rd1 $2 (66... Rd4 {mates} 67. Nf3 Rd1 68. Nh4 Rg1+ 69. Kf3 Kd5 70. f5 gxf5 71. Nxf5 Rxg5 72. Kf4 Rg1 73. Ng3 h6 74. Ne2 Rf1+ 75. Kg4 Ke5 76. Ng3 Rd1 77. Ne2 Rf1 78. Ng3 Rf2 79. Nh5 Rc2 80. Kf3 Rc3+ 81. Kg4 Rc4+ 82. Kg3 Kf5 83. Ng7+ Kf6 84. Ne8+ Kg5 85. Nd6 Rc3+ 86. Kg2 Kg4 87. Kf2 Rc2+ 88. Ke3 h5 89. Kd3 h4 90. Kxc2 h3 91. Ne4 h2 92. Kd3 Kf3 93. Kd4 h1=Q 94. Ng5+ Kf4 95. Ne6+ Kf5 96. Nc5 Qh4+ 97. Kd5 Qf4 98. Kc6 Qc4 99. Kd6 Qd4+ 100. Kc6 Qd2 101. Nd7 Qc2+ 102. Kd6 Qd3+ 103. Kc7 Qc4+ 104. Kd6 Qe6+ 105. Kc7 Qd5 106. Nb6 Qc5+ 107. Kb7 Ke6 108. Nc8 Qb5+ 109. Kc7 Qd7+ 110. Kb8 Qc6 111. Na7 Qb6+ 112. Ka8 Kd7 113. Nc8 Qb3 114. Ka7 Kxc8 115. Ka6 Qb4 116. Ka7 Qb7#) 67. Nf3 $2 (67. f5+ $19 gxf5+ 68. Nxf5) 67... Ra1 {Black mates.} 68. Nh4 Ra4 69. Kf3 Kd5 70. Kg4 Ke4 71. Ng2 Ra2 72. Nh4 Rf2 {Precision: White = 27%, Black = 55%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.19"]
[Round "2.15"]
[White "Dragnev, Valentin"]
[Black "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,86,-5,0,0,12,6,17,-52,-50,-40,-21,-61,-59,-53,-52,-50,0,0,0,0,4,0,44,-50,-36,-78,-47,-45,-47,-103,-95,-114,-130,-191,-181,-158,-104,-128,-112,-93,-40,-75,-66,-120,-60,-60,-50,-60,-57,-112,-109,-110,-50,-160,-136,-191,-186,-180,-143,-300,-297,-268,-241,-586,-582,-636,-631,-522,-516,-689,-679,-665,-662,-631,-634]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7b6,Bb6c4,Bc4d2][%mdl 32]} 8. Qb3 {E11: Bogo-Indian} Nb6 9. c5 Nc4 10. Na3 $146 (10. Bf4 $11) ({Predecessor:} 10. Rc1 b6 11. c6 Ne4 12. Be1 a5 13. Nbd2 Ncxd2 14. Nxd2 Nxd2 15. Bxd2 Ba6 {0-1 (53) Najer,E (2668)-Alekseenko,K (2621) Yaroslavl 2018}) 10... Nxd2 $15 11. Nxd2 c6 12. Qc3 b6 13. b4 a5 {Threatens to win with ...axb4.} 14. Nc2 Nd7 15. a3 Ba6 16. Rfe1 bxc5 17. bxc5 e5 18. e3 (18. e4 $14) 18... e4 19. Rab1 Qc7 20. Bf1 Bc8 21. Rb2 (21. f3 $15) 21... h5 $17 22. Nb3 h4 23. Nc1 (23. Reb1 $17 {might work better.}) 23... Nf6 24. Ne2 Nh7 (24... g6 $142 25. Qb3 Qd7) 25. Reb1 Bd8 26. Ne1 Ng5 ({Black should try} 26... hxg3 $17 27. fxg3 Ng5) 27. Qc2 Qe7 28. Nc3 (28. Nf4 $15) 28... Bh3 (28... Bg4 $17) 29. Bxh3 $15 Nxh3+ 30. Kg2 Ng5 31. Qe2 ({Better is} 31. gxh4 $15 Ne6 32. f3) 31... Qe6 $17 32. Rb7 a4 ({Don't do} 32... hxg3 33. fxg3 a4 34. Qh5 $11) (32... Qh3+ $17 33. Kh1 Bf6) 33. Na2 {[#]} (33. gxh4 $15 Qh3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 34. Kh1) 33... Qh3+ $1 ({Resist} 33... hxg3 34. fxg3 Ba5 35. Qh5 $15) 34. Kg1 (34. Kh1 $17) 34... Ba5 $19 {White must now prevent ...Bxe1.} 35. Nb4 Rfb8 36. Nbc2 $2 ({Don't go for} 36. Nxc6 $2 Rxb7 37. Rxb7 Bxe1 $19) (36. Rxb8+ $17 Rxb8 37. Qf1) 36... Rxb7 37. Rxb7 g6 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black goes for the king.} 38. Nb4 $2 {[#]} (38. f4 {is tougher.} exf3 39. Nxf3) 38... Kg7 {Black is clearly winning.} 39. Nbc2 Rh8 40. Nb4 Qf5 41. Qf1 Qg4 42. Ra7 Bxb4 43. axb4 Qd1 {Accuracy: White = 29%, Black = 72%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.19"]
[Round "2.16"]
[White "Mirzoev, Emil"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,93,-9,0,-9,-8,-5,26,31,19,0,0,0,0,0,18,0,0,-29,-31,-38,-33,-32,-35,-31,-25,-13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-31,-37,-35,-46,-35,-33,-58,-24,-24,-22,-17,-22,-64,-58,-64,-50,-64,-29,-47,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-14,-20,-142,0,-47,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Bxf6 gxf6 5. Nc3 e6 (5... Nc6 6. Qh5 e6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Bd3 f5 9. Nge2 Qf6 10. O-O-O Bd7 11. Nf4 O-O-O 12. Kb1 d4 13. exd4 Bxd4 14. Nb5 Bxb2 15. Qxf7 {½-½ (55) Vitiugov,N (2725)-Bacrot,E (2697) Berlin 2015}) 6. Qh5 {D01: Veresov Opening} cxd4 7. exd4 Bb4 8. Bd3 {White has an edge.} Nc6 9. Nge2 Bd7 10. O-O f5 11. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Nd1 Bd6 12. c3 f4 13. Qh6 {0-1 (64) Mandiza,F (2385)-Paragua,M (2495) Philadelphia 2014}) 11... Be7 12. b4 Bf6 13. Rae1 Kf8 14. Nb5 Be8 15. Qh6+ Bg7 16. Qf4 $1 Ne7 17. Nd6 Qb6 18. Nxe8 Rxe8 19. c4 dxc4 20. Bxc4 Rd8 21. Rd1 Qd6 22. Qf3 (22. d5 {is interesting.} Qxf4 23. Nxf4 Bh6 24. Ne2 exd5 25. Rd3) 22... Qc6 23. Qxc6 bxc6 24. Rd3 Bf6 25. Rc1 Rd6 26. Bb3 Kg7 27. Rg3+ Ng6 28. Ba4 Bxd4 29. Nxd4 Rxd4 30. Bxc6 Rhd8 31. Kf1 Kf6 32. Rgc3 Nf4 {[#] ( -> ...Rd1+)} 33. Bf3 Rd2 34. g3 Nd3 35. R1c2 Nxf2 $1 36. Rxd2 Rxd2 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 37. Rc7 $1 Ne4 38. Bxe4 fxe4 39. Rxa7 Rxh2 $11 {KR-KR} 40. a4 Rb2 41. Rb7 Ra2 42. a5 {[#]} (42. Ra7 $1 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.}) 42... Ra4 (42... Kg6 $1 $17 43. Ke1 f5) 43. Rb5 e5 (43... h5 $5) 44. g4 {The position is equal.} Kg5 45. Rxe5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kf4 46. Rf5+ Kxg4 47. Rxf7 {Accuracy: White = 56%, Black = 69%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.19"]
[Round "2.17"]
[White "Demuth, Adrien"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,42,24,24,25,12,18,25,24,14,27,27,27,5,18,8,10,0,11,12,14,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Nc3 c5 7. dxc5 bxc5 8. Bg5 Be7 9. e3 d6 {E12: Queen's Indian: Unusual White 4th moves, 4 a3, 4 Nc3 Bb7 5 a3 and 4 Nc3 Bb7} 10. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfd1 a6 13. Nd2 Qc7 14. Bf3 Rab8 15. Bf4 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 Nh5 17. Rd2 Nxf4 18. exf4 {0-1 (31) Anastasian,A (2552)-Van Wely,L (2674) Dresden 2007}) 10... Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7f8,Bf8g6][%mdl 32]} 11. Be2 a6 {White has an edge.} 12. O-O Qc7 13. Rfd1 O-O 14. Bf4 Rfd8 {The position is equal.} 15. Rd2 Nf8 16. Rad1 Rd7 17. Ne1 Ng6 18. Bg3 Rad8 19. Bf3 Bxf3 20. Nxf3 Qc6 21. e4 h6 {Accuracy: White = 48%, Black = 67%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.19"]
[Round "2.18"]
[White "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Black "Lysyj, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,57,21,18,0,0,0,14,0,11,1,0,10,8,11,15,21,33,32,32,23,27,27,27,20,29,29,60,19,26,13,13,13,14,11,21,13,13,0,37,20,60,62,68,61,63,24,33,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bxc4 {D24: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 Nc3} Nxe4 7. O-O Nxc3 (7... Nf6 8. Qa4+ Nc6 9. Ne5 Rb8 10. Rd1 O-O 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qxa7 Bd7 13. Qa4 c5 {1-0 (71) Carlsen,M (2835)-Duda,J (2738) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) 8. bxc3 Be7 9. Ne5 O-O 10. Qg4 Nc6 11. Re1 f5 12. Qf3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Nxe5 13. Rxe5 {[#]} Kh8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Bd6) 14. Re1 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Bd6 15. Bf4 Qe7 16. Rab1 a6 17. Be5 c6 18. Qf4 Bxe5 19. Qxe5 b5 20. Bxe6 Bxe6 21. Qxe6 Qa3 22. Qxc6 Rac8 23. Qe6 h6 24. Rec1 Rc4 25. Rc2 f4 26. Rb3 Qa5 27. Qe7 Rfc8 28. Qd6 Rd8 29. Qe7 {Accuracy: White = 52%, Black = 65%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.19"]
[Round "2.19"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Baron, Tal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,88,26,26,26,26,26,26,25,28,32,22,29,19,26,22,3,35,41,38,37,29,29,30,14,14,8,42,40,42,38,77,75,98,14,15,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,16,14,14,0,0,-836,-831,-802,-802,-783,-781,-759,-739,-5093,-5093,-5072,-5072,-5072,-37,-5072,-5072]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 Nxd4 8. Nxd4 exd4 9. c3 dxc3 10. Qh5 g6 {C72: Ruy Lopez: Deferred Steinitz: 5 0-0} 11. Qd5 Be6 12. Qc6+ Bd7 13. Qxc3 Nf6 14. e5 dxe5 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 15. Qxe5+ Qe7 16. Qxc7 {Strongly threatening Bg5.} Bg7 17. Bg5 {And now Nc3 would win.} (17. Nc3 b4 18. Bg5 {½-½ (48) Kokarev,D (2616)-Vavulin,M (2575) Moscow 2018}) 17... Rc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... O-O 18. Nc3 Rfc8 19. Qf4 Bc6 20. Qh4 Qe5 21. Rfe1 Qf5 22. Bh6 {½-½ (22) Stepien,Z-Urbanski,M Poland 1990}) 18. Qb7 {Black must now prevent Nc3.} Be6 19. Qxa6 O-O {Threatens to win with ...Ra8.} 20. Qxb5 h6 21. Bh4 {next Nc3 is good for White.} g5 22. Bg3 Ne4 23. Nc3 Bxb3 24. axb3 {aiming for Rae1.} Nxg3 25. fxg3 Rb8 26. Qc4 Rfc8 27. Nd5 Qe5 28. Qd3 Re8 29. Qf3 Kh8 30. Nf6 ({But not} 30. Qxf7 $2 Rf8 $19) ({White should try} 30. Rad1 $16) 30... Qd4+ $11 31. Kh1 Bxf6 32. Qxf6+ Qxf6 33. Rxf6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Kg7 $1 {[%cal Rg7f6]} 34. Rf3 (34. Rff1 {feels hotter.} Rxb3 35. Ra7 Rf8 36. Rf2 Rb4 37. Kg1) 34... Re2 35. h3 Rb7 36. Ra2 g4 37. hxg4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (37. Rf4 $11) 37... Re1+ $1 $19 38. Kh2 Rd7 $1 {[%cal Rd7d1]} 39. g5 h5 $1 {[%cal Bh6h5,Bh5h4,Bh4h3][%mdl 32]} 40. g4 h4 $1 {( -> ...Rdd1)} 41. Rf2 Rdd1 $1 {[%csl Gd1][%cal Re1h1]} 42. g3 Rh1+ 43. Kg2 {[#]} h3+ $1 44. Kf3 {[#] intending Ra6.} Rhf1 $1 {Precision: White = 67%, Black = 86%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.19"]
[Round "2.20"]
[White "Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis"]
[Black "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,99,17,19,15,27,6,7,0,0,2,48,51,54,61,65,33,33,35,52,19,48,56,39,32,43,11,92,72,168,141,179,156,135,150,158,157,139,155,172,168,148,150,193,177,189,114,413,414,404,403,396,386,357,404,668,680,671,662,612,479,474,434,863,848,740,660,624,340,451,443,501,520,504,497,468,460,451,403,490,462,633,667,614,565,29978,29978,29995,29996,29996,29997]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 a6 7. Bxc6 {B31: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5 g6} dxc6 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 {The position is equal.} Bg4 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. h3 Be6 12. Nb3 a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... b6 13. Bf4 Rc8 14. Qd2 a5 15. Rad1 {1-0 (34) Zetocha,C (2300)-Michenka,J (2405) Pardubice 1993}) 13. Bf4 b6 14. Rc1 Rc8 15. a3 Qd7 16. Nbd2 Rfd8 17. Qe2 Qb7 18. Qe3 Qa6 (18... c5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 19. Bh6 $16 Bh8 (19... Ne8 $16 {was worth a try.}) 20. Ng5 $1 $18 Bd7 21. Nxf7 ({Resist} 21. Qb3 $6 Be8 $14) 21... Kxf7 {[#]} 22. e5 $1 {[%cal Re5f6]} Nd5 23. e6+ Kg8 24. Qf3 {[%csl Ge6][%cal Rf3f7]} Bxe6 25. Rxe6 Qb7 26. Qe4 {White threatens Rxg6+! and mate.} Bf6 27. Nf3 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black is in trouble.} Qd7 {[#]} 28. g4 ({White should try} 28. h4 $1 $18) 28... Nc7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (28... c5 $16 {was necessary.}) 29. Rexc6 Ne8 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. Rxc8 Qxc8 32. g5 Nd6 (32... Bh8 $142 33. Qxe7 Ng7) 33. Qd5+ Nf7 34. gxf6 e6 35. Qb5 Nxh6 36. Qxb6 Nf7 (36... Kf7 $142 37. Qxa5 Qc1+ 38. Kg2 Nf5) 37. Qxa5 h5 38. d5 e5 39. Qa7 e4 40. Nh2 Qc1+ 41. Nf1 Qg5+ 42. Ng3 {Black must now prevent Qe7.} Qxf6 43. Qb8+ Kg7 44. Nxe4 Qf5 45. Qb4 Ne5 46. Qe7+ Kh6 47. Nd6 Qb1+ 48. Kg2 {White mates.} Nd3 49. Nf7+ Kg7 50. Ne5+ {Accuracy: White = 70%, Black = 33%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.19"]
[Round "2.21"]
[White "Piorun, Kacper"]
[Black "Neverov, Valeriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,43,18,79,79,72,75,72,62,75,70,61,79,75,70,66,72,292,302,389,391,373,403,398,365,410,427,405,384,394,409,1020,1031,1021,1020,977,954]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 Bb6 (5... exd4 $11 {remains equal.} 6. e5 Nd5) 6. Nxe5 $16 {C64: Ruy Lopez: Classical Defence (3...Bc5) except 4 0-0 Nf6} Nxe5 7. dxe5 Nxe4 8. Qg4 $1 {[%cal Rg4e4] White is better.} Bxf2+ {[#]} 9. Ke2 $1 Qh4 10. Qxg7 Rf8 {Threatens to win with ...Ng3+.} 11. Bh6 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rg7f8]} Bc5 {Hoping for ...Qf2+.} 12. Nd2 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] And now Raf1 would win. White has strong initiative.} a6 $146 (12... Qf2+ $16 {was necessary.} 13. Kd1 Nxd2 14. Bxd2 c6) ({Predecessor:} 12... c6 13. g3 Qh5+ {1-0 (36) Kritz,L (2618)-Golod,V (2585) Biel 2010}) 13. g3 $18 Qh3 14. Nxe4 Qg2+ 15. Kd3 Qf3+ {[#]} 16. Kd2 $1 ({Don't go for} 16. Kc4 $2 Qxe4+ 17. Kb3 axb5 $19) 16... Qxe4 17. Rhe1 Qd5+ 18. Bd3 b5 19. Qxh7 Rb8 (19... Bb7 $142 20. Bxf8 Bxf8) 20. Bxf8 {White is clearly winning.} Bxf8 21. Rf1 Rb6 {[#]} 22. e6 $1 {Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.19"]
[Round "2.22"]
[White "Rakhmanov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Matviishen, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,77,16,0,18,21,48,44,63,62,108,77,74,72,154,151,154,148,160,147,149,147,160,153,152,152,151,150,139,118,125,124,119,118,136,113,110,104,104,104,101,107,113,112,114,113,143,129,135,133,142,129,137,116,339,352,438,422,510,514,493,504,502,498,465,427]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. Qc2 c6 7. Nbd2 b6 8. O-O Ba6 {E06: Closed Catalan: Early deviations} (8... Bb7 9. b3 a5 10. Bb2 Na6 11. Rfd1 Rc8 12. Rac1 h6 13. Qb1 Rc7 14. Ne5 Nd7 15. Ndf3 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bd6 17. e4 {½-½ (45) Yu,Y (2751)-Sargissian,G (2672) Riadh 2017}) 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nd3 Bf6 {White is slightly better.} 11. e3 $1 Qe7 12. b3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. b4 Bb7 13. b5 Rc8 14. a4 a6 15. Ba3 Qd8 16. bxc6 Nxc6 {½-½ (58) Greet,A (2451)-Littlewood,P (2361) Canterbury 2010}) 12... Rc8 13. Bb2 e5 ({Better is} 13... c5) 14. e4 $16 exd4 15. exd5 Bb7 16. Rfe1 Qf8 17. d6 Qxd6 18. Ne4 Qf8 19. Nxf6+ Nxf6 20. Bxd4 Nbd7 21. c5 Ba6 22. Nb4 Bb7 23. Rac1 Rc7 24. Qf5 bxc5 25. Bxc5 Nxc5 26. Qxc5 Qxc5 27. Rxc5 Nd7 28. Ra5 Kf8 29. Rc1 Nb8 30. Rc4 Re7 31. Kf1 Re6 32. h4 a6 33. Rd4 Ke7 $2 (33... Ra7 $16 {might work better.} 34. f4 Bc8) 34. Bh3 $18 c5 35. Rxc5 {White is clearly winning.} Nc6 36. Nxc6+ Rxc6 {[#]} 37. Rd7+ $1 Kf8 {[#]} 38. Rf5 $1 {[%cal Rf5f7]} Rc1+ 39. Ke2 {Accuracy: White = 87%, Black = 35%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.19"]
[Round "2.23"]
[White "Goryachkina, Aleksandra"]
[Black "Kobalia, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,88,20,13,16,35,23,16,24,18,16,64,57,51,63,73,73,85,97,72,52,95,95,91,99,85,78,93,86,93,87,87,38,35,31,30,28,36,34,35,-84,-102,-82,-89,-146,-149,-148,-160,-151,-180,-250,-129,-243,-227,-223,-208,-268,-268,-256,-267,-267,-267,-267,-267,-267,-267,-5073,-5069,-4802,-5061,-4827,-4802,-4594,-4594,-4133,-4133]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 a6 6. b3 Bb4 7. Bd2 Nbd7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O {D45: Semi-Slav: 5 e3} Qe7 10. Bc2 b6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Rd8 11. a3 Bxa3 12. Rxa3 Qxa3 13. c5 b6 14. b4 Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Rb8 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 {1-0 (35) Aronian,L (2793)-Carlsen,M (2832) Stavanger 2017}) 11. Re1 {The position is equal.} dxc4 12. bxc4 Bb7 13. e4 e5 14. Ne2 Bxd2 15. Qxd2 Rfe8 16. Ng3 g6 17. Qg5 {And now Nf5 would win.} Kh8 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Qxe5 20. Qxe5 Rxe5 21. f4 Rc5 22. e5 Nd5 23. Bb3 Nxf4 24. Ne4 Rxe5 25. Nd6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Rb8 27. c5 (27. Re7 $14 {keeps the upper hand.} Ba8 28. Ra7) 27... Nd3 $17 ({Of course not} 27... bxc5 $6 28. Re7 $11) 28. Re7 Nxc5 29. g4 (29. Bxf7 $142 Ba8 30. Ne8) 29... Nxb3 30. axb3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Ba8 31. g5 {[#]} Kg8 $1 32. Rxf7 (32. Rd7 {was necessary.}) 32... Rd8 (32... c5 $19 33. Re7 b5) 33. Rf6 (33. Ra7 $17) 33... Rf8 $19 34. Re6 c5 35. Ne8 Kf7 36. Nc7 Rc8 37. Rf6+ Ke7 38. Nxa8 Rxa8 39. Rxb6 {[#] KR-KR} c4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 40. b4 $2 (40. bxc4 a5 41. Kf2) 40... Rc8 {Black is clearly winning.} 41. Rxa6 c3 42. Ra1 Kd6 ({Not} 42... c2 43. Rc1 $15) 43. Kf2 Kd5 44. b5 c2 {Accuracy: White = 55%, Black = 70%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.19"]
[Round "2.24"]
[White "Enchev, Ivajlo"]
[Black "Paravyan, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,116,0,0,7,12,12,-2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-28,-25,-8,-8,-25,-29,-14,-26,-46,0,-74,-3,-4,37,38,40,39,38,38,697,697,697,685,666,664,652,-195,-184,-216,-211,-209,-168,-191,-110,-115,-102,-120,-92,-116,-116,-116,-118,-124,-116,-123,-109,-112,-112,-106,-103,-146,-156,-147,-150,-158,-145,-139,-100,-141,-138,-133,-149,-137,-129,-147,-147,-147,-152,-176,-175,-278,-278,-270,-262,-250,-259,-337,-337,-337,-330,-330,-330,-1218,-1203,-809,-741]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 e6 6. Bc4 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. d4 cxd4 9. exd4 Nc6 10. Qe2 Bf6 {D41: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 cxd5} (10... Nb6 11. Bd3 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Rd1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15. Be4 e5 16. Bg2 Qf5 17. a4 a5 18. Be3 {1-0 (60) Adams,M (2751)-Salem,A (2656) Sharjah 2017}) 11. Rd1 b6 12. Ne4 Be7 {The position is equal.} 13. a3 Bb7 14. Bd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Neg5 Na5 15. Bd3 g6 16. Bc2 Rc8 17. h4 Qc7 18. Ne1 Nf4 19. Bxf4 Qxf4 {0-1 (47) Kursova,M (2351)-Bronnikova,E (2245) Belgrade 2013}) 14... Rc8 15. Rac1 h6 16. Ng3 Nf6 17. Bc3 Na5 18. Bxa5 bxa5 19. Ne5 Qb6 20. Nh5 Rfd8 21. Nf4 (21. Rc3 $11 Rxd4 22. Rxd4 Qxd4 23. Nxf7 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 21... Rd6 (21... Rxd4 $17 {Hoping for ...Re4.} 22. Rxd4 Qxd4 23. Nxe6 Qe4 24. Qxe4 Nxe4) 22. Rc3 $11 Rxd4 23. Rxd4 Qxd4 {[#]} 24. Nxe6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qe4 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Re4g2] [#]} (24... fxe6 25. Bxe6+) 25. Nf4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxf4 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (25... Rf8 $14) 26. Bxf7+ $18 Kh7 {White must now prevent ...Rxc3.} 27. Qc2+ $1 g6 28. Rxc8 Bxc8 {[#]} 29. Bxg6+ $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (29. Bg8+ $1 $18 {[%mdl 512] is the narrow road to win.} Nxg8 30. Qxg6+ Kh8 31. Nf7+ Qxf7 32. Qxf7) 29... Kg7 $19 30. Nc6 Bd6 31. g3 Qg4 32. Bd3 Bb7 (32... a4 $19 33. Na5 Be6) 33. Nxa5 $17 Bd5 {Threatens to win with ...Qf3.} 34. Be2 Qe6 35. Nc4 Bc5 {...Ba8 is the strong threat.} 36. b4 Bd4 37. Qd3 Qe4 38. Qxe4 Nxe4 39. Ne3 {aiming for Nf5+.} Be6 40. Bd3 Nd6 41. Nc2 Bb2 42. a4 Bc3 43. a5 Kf6 44. Kf1 Nc4 45. f4 Nb2 46. Be4 Bf5 47. Bxf5 Kxf5 48. Ke2 Ke4 49. a6 Nc4 50. b5 {[#]} Ba5 $1 51. Ne1 (51. Na1 {is a better defense.}) 51... Nd6 $19 52. Nd3 {intending Nc5+.} Bb6 ({Don't do} 52... Nxb5 53. Nf2+ Kf5 54. Kf3 $19) 53. Ne5 Nxb5 54. Ng4 Nd4+ 55. Kd2 Nf5 56. Nf6+ Kf3 57. g4 $2 (57. Kd3) 57... Bd4 58. g5 Kxf4 {Accuracy: White = 55%, Black = 69%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.19"]
[Round "2.25"]
[White "Sargsyan, Shant"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,125,21,4,38,41,68,35,51,40,45,45,94,76,68,39,44,52,56,39,47,5,16,27,24,16,58,54,51,61,56,0,0,0,0,-14,0,0,0,-11,0,-18,-12,-21,-21,-26,-19,-20,-13,-13,-14,-15,-18,-23,-23,-27,-14,-14,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,0,-7,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-262,-262,-266,-8,-8,-8,-72,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 e6 8. Ne5 Bh7 9. Bd3 {LiveBook: 471 Games. B19: Classical Caro-Kann: 4...Bf5 main line} Nd7 ({Much weaker is} 9... Qxd4 $6 10. Nxf7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bb4+ 11. c3 $16) (9... Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nd7 11. Bf4 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Qa5+ 13. c3 Nf6 14. b4 Qd8 15. b5 cxb5 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Qxb5+ Qd7 18. a4 {0-1 (54) Jones,G (2691)-Eljanov,P (2680) chess.com INT 2019}) 10. Bxh7 Rxh7 11. Bf4 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 11. Qe2 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Bb4+ 13. c3 Ba5 14. Bf4 Ne7 15. Rd1 Nd5 16. b4 Qc7 17. Bd2 Bb6 18. c4 Bxf2+ 19. Kxf2 Nxb4 20. Qe4 {1-0 (20) Albesa,A (1702)-Zwaneveld,A (1340) LSS email 2010}) 11... Ngf6 12. Qd3 Qa5+ 13. c3 Rd8 14. Nc4 Qd5 15. O-O-O Nb6 16. Nxb6 axb6 17. Be5 {Black must now prevent Bxf6.} Rh8 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. c4 Qa5 $1 20. Kb1 b5 21. cxb5 $1 Qxb5 22. Qxb5 cxb5 23. d5 (23. Nh5 $1 $14) 23... Rg8 $11 24. Rhe1 Bb4 25. Re2 Rg4 26. a3 Be7 27. Rdd2 Rd7 28. h5 b4 29. Kc2 bxa3 30. bxa3 Rc4+ 31. Kb3 Rc5 32. dxe6 fxe6 33. Rxd7 Kxd7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 34. Rd2+ Ke8 35. a4 b6 36. Rc2 f5 37. Ne2 Re5 38. Nf4 Bd6 (38... Kd7 {looks sharper.} 39. Ng6 Re1 40. Nxe7 Kxe7 41. Rc7+ Kf6) 39. Re2 Rxe2 40. Nxe2 {KB-KN} Bc5 41. f3 Ke7 42. Kc4 {Strongly threatening a5!} Be3 43. Kd3 Bf2 44. g4 Kf6 {aiming for ...fxg4.} 45. Nf4 Bh4 46. Ng6 Bg3 47. gxf5 Kxf5 48. Ne7+ Kg5 49. Nc6 Kxh5 {next ...Kg5 is good for Black.} 50. a5 bxa5 51. Nxa5 Kh4 52. Ke2 $1 Kh3 53. Kf1 $1 Bc7 54. Nc6 $1 Bb6 {Threatens to win with ...h5.} 55. Ne5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (55. f4 $11) 55... h5 $19 56. Nd7 {[#]} Ba7 $2 ({Black should try} 56... Be3 $1 $19 57. Ke2 Bf4) 57. Nf8 $11 e5 58. Ng6 (58. Nd7 $11 {remains equal.}) 58... Kg3 (58... Bd4 $17 59. Nxe5 Bxe5) 59. Nxe5 {The position is equal.} h4 60. Nc4 $1 h3 {( -> ...h2)} (60... Bc5 $5) 61. Nd2 Be3 {And now ...h2 would win.} (61... h2 $5 62. Ne4+ $8 Kh4 $11) 62. Ne4+ Kxf3 {[#]} 63. Ng5+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 63%, Black = 50%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.19"]
[Round "2.26"]
[White "Plenca, Jadranko"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,65,-4,29,25,25,22,21,13,15,11,9,0,8,-8,29,0,69,68,78,95,98,90,94,85,113,97,109,104,96,96,108,108,146,46,76,34,85,88,113,88,99,108,79,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,3,3,3,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. h3 (4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. d3 Bg7 7. h3 O-O 8. Be3 Rb8 9. f4 Ne8 10. a4 Nd4 11. O-O Nc7 12. g4 a6 13. Rb1 Bd7 14. Ng3 b5 15. axb5 axb5 16. Nce2 b4 17. f5 {0-1 (41) Fedoseev,V (2724)-Giri,A (2783) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) 4... Nc6 5. g4 g6 (5... d5 {with more complications.} 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. Bg2 Nxc3 8. dxc3 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 h5) 6. Bg2 {B23: Closed Sicilian: Lines without g3} Bg7 7. d3 O-O 8. Be3 Rb8 9. Qd2 b5 10. Bh6 Bxh6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Nd4 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Nxd4 cxd4 {1-0 (47) Royset,J (2270)-Jaeger,F (2020) Tromsoe 1997}) 11. Qxh6 c4 12. d4 e5 (12... b4 $11 13. Nd1 e5) 13. dxe5 $14 dxe5 14. Rd1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} Nd4 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. O-O b4 17. Ne2 d3 18. cxd3 cxd3 19. Nc1 Qa5 20. Qf4 Rb6 21. Rfe1 ({Not} 21. Rxd3 Ba6 $15) (21. Nxd3 $16 Ne8 22. Qe5) 21... Ba6 $1 22. e5 Nd5 ({Black should play} 22... Nd7 $1 $14) 23. Qd4 Nc7 24. Nxd3 Ne6 {[#]} 25. Qe3 $1 Qxa2 {[#]} 26. Nxb4 (26. f4 $1 $16 {[%cal Rf4f5] And now f5 would win.} Bxd3 27. Rxd3) 26... Rxb4 $11 {The position is equal.} 27. Ra1 Qxb2 {Threatens to win with ...Bb7.} 28. Rxa6 Nd4 {Hoping for ...Nc2.} 29. Rd1 Ne2+ 30. Kh2 Rb3 $1 {[%cal Rb3e3]} 31. Rd2 Rxe3 32. Rxb2 Rxe5 33. Rxa7 {Accuracy: White = 59%, Black = 54%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.19"]
[Round "2.27"]
[White "Indjic, Aleksandar"]
[Black "Fakhrutdinov, Timur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,103,6,6,0,0,0,0,0,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,2,32,20,0,28,42,28,53,-34,-33,-122,-122,-125,-116,-122,-125,-126,-92,-92,-98,-101,-27,-120,-118,-131,-112,-121,-92,-139,-124,-202,-132,-125,-114,-183,-190,-191,-194,-184,-199,-231,0,0,0,0,0,0,33,39,108,45,80,75,87,29,45,45,45,45,46,0,8,0,0,0,406,359,1489,1379,29982,29983,29983,29984,29984,29985,29985,29986,29985,29986]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bxc4 {D24: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 Nc3} Nxe4 7. O-O Nxc3 (7... Nf6 8. Qa4+ Nc6 9. Ne5 Rb8 10. d5 exd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qxc6+ Qd7 14. Qxd5 {½-½ (31) Mamedyarov,S (2817)-Caruana,F (2832) Germany 2019}) 8. bxc3 {The position is equal.} Bd6 9. Ng5 h6 10. Ne4 ({Don't play} 10. Nxf7 Kxf7 11. f4 Kf8 $17) 10... O-O 11. Re1 Nd7 12. Qf3 Be7 13. Qg4 $146 {Bxh6 is the strong threat.} ({Predecessor:} 13. Rb1 c5 {1-0 (41) Esipenko,A (2584)-Van Foreest,L (2502) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) 13... Nf6 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Bd3 Bg5 16. Re5 {[%cal Rc1g5][%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} f5 17. Qe2 (17. Bxg5 $14 Qxg5 18. Qxg5 hxg5 19. Bc4) 17... Be7 $1 $15 18. Bf4 (18. Re3 $15) 18... Bd6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is in control.} 19. Rd1 Bxe5 20. Bxe5 Bd7 21. Bc4 c6 22. Rd3 Kh7 23. Rg3 Rf6 (23... Rg8 $17 24. Bd6 (24. Qh5 Be8 $17) 24... Qe8) 24. h4 (24. Bxf6 $11 Qxf6 25. Re3) 24... Rg6 25. Rh3 Rg4 26. h5 Qg5 27. Qf1 Rg8 28. g3 (28. f4 $17 Qe7 29. g3) 28... Re4 {Hoping for ...Qd2.} 29. f4 Qe7 30. Bd3 (30. g4 $17) 30... Re3 $19 31. Kf2 {[#]} Rxe5 $1 32. fxe5 (32. dxe5 Qc5+) 32... Qa3 33. g4 Qb2+ $2 ({Resist} 33... Qxa2+ 34. Qe2 $17) (33... Kh8 $19 34. Qe1 fxg4) 34. Qe2 $1 $11 {[%cal Re2b2]} Qxe2+ 35. Kxe2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} g6 36. Rf3 Rf8 37. hxg6+ Kxg6 {[#]} (37... Kg7 $1 $14) 38. Ke3 ({White should play} 38. Rg3 $1 $16) 38... Kg7 39. gxf5 exf5 40. Bc4 (40. Rg3+ $16 Kh7 41. Kf4) 40... f4+ 41. Rxf4 Rxf4 42. Kxf4 $14 {KB-KB} Kf8 43. a4 a5 $1 44. Bb3 Ke7 45. c4 {Threatens to win with d5.} Bh3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (45... b5 $1 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 46. d5 $18 c5 $2 (46... Kd7 47. Bd1 Bf1) 47. Bd1 Bf1 48. d6+ {White mates.} Kd7 49. Bg4+ Kc6 50. d7 Kc7 51. e6 Kd8 52. Ke5 {Accuracy: White = 50%, Black = 50%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.19"]
[Round "2.28"]
[White "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Black "Studer, Noel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "174"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,174,11,20,18,31,15,16,13,6,9,10,14,20,7,20,14,51,0,25,5,23,28,29,23,23,33,31,31,32,38,75,0,0,0,11,0,0,0,0,-135,-135,-146,-145,-131,-131,-156,-90,-162,0,-144,-147,-141,-137,-154,-143,-197,-212,-200,-207,-177,-177,-292,-300,-275,-280,-258,-172,-176,-176,-187,-187,-187,-187,-187,-187,-187,-187,-401,-187,-187,0,-392,-392,-391,-385,-511,-495,-494,-480,-472,-456,-425,-220,-241,-217,-242,-61,-61,-61,-61,0,0,0,-61,-61,-61,-61,-61,-61,-61,-61,-61,-61,-61,-61,-102,-61,-83,-77,-102,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-14,-14,-14,0,0,0,-8,0,-8,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5 7. b3 b5 8. Be2 Bb7 9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. a4 b4 11. Nbd2 Be7 12. Rc1 {D27: Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical main line: 7 e4!? and 7 a4} (12. Nc4 O-O 13. Nfe5 Rc8 14. Bf3 Bd5 15. Rc1 Rc7 16. Qe2 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Qa8 18. Qxa8 Rxa8 19. Nd3 cxd4 20. Bxd4 {0-1 (70) Postny,E (2612)-Yu,Y (2765) Porto Carras 2018}) 12... Rc8 13. Nc4 O-O 14. Nfe5 cxd4 15. Bxd4 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Nd7 17. Bd4 a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Nc5 18. a5 Bd5 19. Nb6 Bxb3 20. Qd2 Rc7 21. Qb2 Bf6 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. Qd4 Qe7 24. Qxb4 Bd5 25. Rc3 Nb7 26. Qxe7 Rxe7 27. Ra1 Nd6 28. Bxa6 {1-0 (27) Kharitonov,A (2558)-Grinblat,A (2176) Malevizi 2016}) 18. Qd3 Bc5 19. Rfd1 (19. Bb2 $14) 19... Qg5 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Rg5g2]} 20. Bf1 Ba6 21. Bb2 Nb6 {And now ...Bxc4 would win.} 22. Qe4 Bxc4 23. Bxc4 Nxc4 24. Qxc4 h6 25. h4 Qf5 {aiming for ...Bxe3!} 26. Qa6 ({Better is} 26. Qb5 $1 $16) 26... Rcd8 $11 27. Qe2 Bb6 28. h5 Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 Rc8 30. Rc1 (30. Rd2 $11) 30... Rxc1+ $17 31. Bxc1 Qd5 32. Qc2 Qxh5 33. Qc6 Qd1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 34. Kh2 Qh5+ ({Not} 34... Qxb3 35. Qxb6 Qxa4 36. Qd8+ Kh7 37. Qd3+ Kg8 38. Qd8+ Kh7 39. Qd3+ Kh8 40. Qd8+ Kh7 $11) 35. Kg1 Bc5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is really pushing.} 36. Qa8+ Bf8 37. Qd8 Qf5 {White must now prevent ...Qc2.} 38. Qd1 (38. e4 $17 {is a better defense.} Qxe4 39. Be3) 38... Qb1 $19 39. Kf1 g6 40. Ke2 Bg7 41. f3 (41. Bd2 $142 Qb2 42. Kf1) 41... Qa2+ 42. Kf1 Bc3 43. e4 Kg7 44. Be3 e5 45. Kg1 Qb2 46. Kh2 Bd4 47. Bd2 h5 48. Kh3 f6 49. Bc1 $2 (49. Kh2) 49... Qc3 (49... Qa1 $142 50. Kg3 g5) 50. Bd2 Qb2 $2 (50... Qc8+ 51. Kh2 g5) 51. Bc1 $1 {[%cal Rc1b2] [#]} Qa1 $1 52. Kh2 g5 53. Kh3 Qb1 54. Kh2 Kf7 55. Qf1 {intending Qc4+.} Qxb3 56. Qb5 Qe6 (56... Kg7 $142 57. Bd2 Kg6) 57. Qxa5 Qc6 58. Qd8 {[#]} Qxa4 $2 ({Worse is} 58... Qxc1 59. Qd7+ Kf8 60. Qd8+ Kg7 61. Qe7+ Kg8 62. Qd8+ Kh7 63. Qe7+ Kg8 64. Qe8+ Kh7 65. Qf7+ Kh8 66. Qxf6+ Kg8 67. Qd8+ Kf7 68. Qd7+ Kf6 69. Qd6+ Kf7 70. Qd7+ Kg8 71. Qe8+ Kh7 72. Qf7+ Kh8 73. Qf8+ Kh7 74. Qf7+ Kh8 75. Qf8+ Kh7 76. Qf7+ $11) (58... Bb6 $1 $19 {[%cal Rb6d8]} 59. Qd3 Ke7) 59. Qc7+ $15 Kg6 {...Qd1 is the strong threat.} 60. Qc4 $1 Kg7 (60... Qd7 $15 61. Qxb4 Kg7) 61. Qc7+ $1 $11 Kg6 (61... Kh6 $11) 62. Qc4 $1 $15 Qa7 {Threatens to win with ...Bg1+.} (62... Qd7 {seems wilder.} 63. Qxb4 Qc8 64. Qb1 h4 65. Bd2 Ba7) 63. Qxb4 Bg1+ 64. Kh1 Bc5 65. Qc4 Kg7 66. Kh2 Bg1+ 67. Kh1 Bb6 68. Kh2 Qd7 {Hoping for ...Qd1.} 69. Qb4 Bf2 70. Ba3 h4 (70... Qc8 $17 71. Qd6 h4) 71. Qf8+ $11 {The position is equal.} Kh7 {( -> ...Bg3+)} 72. Qe7+ Qxe7 73. Bxe7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} Kg6 74. Kh3 f5 75. exf5+ Kxf5 76. Bb4 $1 Bg3 77. Bd2 $1 Bf4 78. Be1 (78. Bc3 {with more complications.} Be3 79. Be1 Bb6 80. g3 Bd8 81. Bd2) 78... Be3 79. g3 hxg3 80. Kxg3 Bf4+ 81. Kg2 Ke6 82. Kh3 Kd5 83. Kg4 Kd4 84. Ba5 Kd3 85. Bc7 e4 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 86. fxe4 $1 Bxc7 87. Kxg5 Kxe4 {Accuracy: White = 66%, Black = 62%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.19"]
[Round "2.29"]
[White "Zajic, Milan"]
[Black "Martirosyan, Haik M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,97,1,3,-12,-8,-10,-10,-15,24,9,17,29,5,0,43,44,43,7,16,0,0,0,0,-10,-6,-20,-10,-18,0,-4,0,0,0,0,10,-8,-14,-11,-12,-11,-10,-12,-10,-15,0,-6,-6,-29,0,-3,0,0,0,-17,-1,-9,0,-25,-35,-23,0,0,170,164,210,223,227,222,517,688,671,306,638,628,529,462,29970,29971,29968,29969,29971,29975,29969,6291,6175,6175,2137,2006,29987,29988]} 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Bd6 6. Bg3 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} Qc7 (6... Nc6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Bb5 cxd4 9. exd4 Ne7 10. Bd3 Ng6 11. O-O Bxg3 12. fxg3 b5 13. Qe2 Qb6 14. Ng5 b4 15. Ndf3 h6 {½-½ (34) Naroditsky,D (2616)-Mamedyarov,S (2817) chess.com INT 2019}) 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. Bd3 {The position is equal.} e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11. Bb5+ Bd7 12. Bxd7+ Nxd7 13. Bxe5 Qxe5 {[#]} 14. Qa4 $146 Qe6 15. O-O O-O 16. Nf3 Nf6 17. Rad1 h6 18. Rd2 Rfe8 19. Rfd1 Qb6 20. Qc2 Qc6 21. h3 b5 22. Rd3 a5 23. Nh2 h5 24. Nf3 a4 25. R3d2 g6 26. b3 axb3 27. axb3 Ra6 28. Qb2 Qa8 29. Ng5 Re5 30. Nf3 Re8 31. Ng5 c4 32. Qb1 Ra3 33. Rb2 d4 34. bxc4 dxc3 35. Rxb5 Qa4 $2 {[#]} (35... Ra2 $1 $11 36. Rc1 Rd8) 36. Rc1 $1 $18 Qxc4 37. Rb7 Qc6 38. Nxf7 Nd7 $2 {[#]} (38... Nd5 {is a better defense.} 39. Kh1 Ra4) 39. Rxd7 $1 {[%mdl 576] Deflection} Qxd7 40. Qxg6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kf8 41. Ng5 {Nh7+ is the strong threat.} Re7 42. Rb1 {White wants to mate with Rb8+.} Rb3 (42... Qc7 $18 43. Qxh5 Kg8 44. Qg6+ Kh8 45. Qf6+ Kg8) 43. Qf6+ Rf7 44. Qh8+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Ke7 45. Qe5+ Kf8 46. Rxb3 (46. Ra1 $142 Qb7 47. Ne6+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Kg8 48. Qg5+ Kh8 49. Qxh5+ Kg8 50. Qg6+ Kh8 51. Ra5) 46... Qd1+ 47. Kh2 {Intending Rb8+ and mate.} Qxb3 48. Ne6+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Kg8 49. Qg5+ {Accuracy: White = 47%, Black = 52%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.19"]
[Round "2.30"]
[White "Radovanovic, Mihajlo"]
[Black "Vocaturo, Daniele"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,82,16,6,6,14,8,7,2,20,-12,-17,-14,-2,0,-10,-51,-29,-83,-95,-97,-97,-89,-95,-84,-84,-84,-96,-90,-80,-76,-86,-156,-156,-155,-155,-158,-155,-154,-155,-174,-156,-164,-140,-136,-136,-202,-206,-208,-185,-187,-189,-305,-305,-313,-327,-316,-325,-404,-397]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O Be7 9. b3 dxc4 {D45: Semi-Slav: 5 e3} 10. bxc4 c5 11. d5 exd5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 {LiveBook: 16 Games} 14. Rd1 Be6 15. Bb2 {Strongly threatening Bb5.} Bf6 {[#]} 16. Be4 $146 {Hoping for Bxf6.} ({Predecessor:} 16. Bb5 Bxb2 17. Qxb2 {0-1 (36) Yilmaz,M (2613)-Dreev,A (2664) Almaty 2016}) 16... Rc8 17. Ne5 Qc7 $1 18. Nxd7 Bxd7 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. f4 h6 21. Bf5 (21. a4 $11 {remains equal.}) 21... Bxf5 $17 22. Qxf5 Qc6 23. e4 Qe6 24. Qh5 Rd8 25. e5 fxe5 26. fxe5 O-O 27. Rf1 Qg6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is on the roll.} 28. Qh3 ({White should try} 28. Qf3) 28... Rd3 $1 {[%cal Rd3h3]} 29. g3 Qg5 30. Rae1 {[#]} Re3 $1 31. Rxe3 Qxe3+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 32. Kh1 Qe4+ 33. Kg1 Kg7 34. Qh5 Qe3+ 35. Kh1 {[#]} (35. Kg2 $17) 35... Qg5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rg5h5]} 36. Qe2 Re8 37. Qf3 Qg6 ({Worse is} 37... Qxe5 38. Qxf7+ Kh8 39. Rf6 $11) 38. Qd5 (38. Qe2 {was worth a try.}) 38... Qe6 39. Qf3 Rd8 40. Kg1 Rd5 41. Qh5 Rxe5 {Precision: White = 50%, Black = 92%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.19"]
[Round "2.31"]
[White "Diermair, Andreas"]
[Black "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,74,26,31,28,41,35,60,-4,-4,6,0,-7,0,0,-8,-2,4,5,0,0,0,0,5,-25,-30,-15,-12,-10,-16,-22,-12,-6,-11,-25,0,0,0,0,0,-22,-25,-114,-114,-114,-114,-114,-114,-114,-114,-114,-114,-114,-57,-57,-53,-283,-281,-414,-396,-429,-421,-699,-715,-692,-689]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 Na6 7. g4 {E71: King's Indian: 4 e4 d6 5 h3} c6 8. Bg2 (8. Nge2 Nc7 9. Ng3 b5 10. cxb5 cxb5 11. Bg2 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. O-O b4 {½-½ (39) Parligras,M (2623)-Grischuk,A (2769) Douglas 2018}) 8... e5 9. d5 $146 (9. Nge2 $14) ({Predecessor:} 9. Nge2 exd4 10. Bxd4 Qe7 11. O-O Nc5 12. Ng3 Ne6 13. Be3 Nd7 14. Qd2 a5 {1-0 (40) Dai,C (2433)-Nitin,S (2461) Xingtai 2018}) 9... cxd5 $11 10. cxd5 b5 11. Nge2 b4 12. Na4 Bd7 13. a3 Qa5 14. axb4 Qxb4+ 15. Bd2 Qb7 16. O-O Rfc8 17. b3 Rab8 18. Be3 Bb5 19. Qd2 Bxa4 20. Rxa4 Nc5 21. Bxc5 Rxc5 22. Rc1 (22. Rb1 {keeps more tension.} Nd7 23. Nc1 Rbc8 24. Nd3 Rc3 25. Bf1) 22... Nd7 23. b4 Rxc1+ 24. Qxc1 Rc8 25. Qa1 Rc7 26. Ra3 (26. Nc1 $11 {remains equal.}) 26... Qxb4 $17 27. Rxa7 Rxa7 28. Qxa7 Nc5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is really pushing.} 29. Qa8+ Bf8 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Qe1+.} 30. Ng3 Qe1+ 31. Bf1 Nd3 ({Black should try} 31... Kg7 $17 32. Qa2 Be7) 32. Qa2 $1 $15 Nf4 {White must now prevent ...Be7.} 33. Kh2 $2 {[#]} ({Only move:} 33. h4 $1 $15) 33... Be7 $19 34. Bg2 (34. Bc4 $142) 34... Bh4 35. Bf3 Kg7 {Black is clearly winning.} 36. Qc2 (36. Qb2 $142 Bd8 37. Bg2) 36... Bd8 37. Qb2 Ba5 {Accuracy: White = 48%, Black = 68%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.19"]
[Round "2.32"]
[White "Jurcik, Marian"]
[Black "Erdos, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,34,22,35,0,8,3,9,0,0,0,14,9,10,0,0,0,0,-18,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. O-O Nf6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Bd2 {B46: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 a6} (10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Bb7 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. Na4 dxe4 14. Bxe4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 c5 16. Qg4 g6 17. c4 Rfd8 18. Bc3 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Rd8 20. Rxd8+ Qxd8 {1-0 (42) Anand,V (2773)-Grachev,B (2626) St Petersburg 2018}) 10... O-O {The position is equal.} 11. Rae1 Re8 12. e5 Nd7 $1 13. Na4 a5 {[#]} 14. b3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. c4 Ba6 15. b3 dxc4 16. Bxc4 Bxc4 17. Qxc4 Nxe5 {0-1 (39) Chebotarev,O (2505)-Grigoriants,S (2579) Tomsk 2006}) 14... Nb6 15. Nxb6 Qxb6 16. Qg4 Ba6 17. c4 dxc4 {Accuracy: White = 69%, Black = 81%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.19"]
[Round "2.33"]
[White "Romanov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Livaic, Leon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,49,54,28,52,46,47,43,44,37,29,25,68,64,71,69,62,63,69,71,62,72,65,76,75,19,13,12,25,8,38,0,14,0,9,0,0,0]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. d4 Nc6 7. Nc3 Bg4 8. Be3 Qc8 {E62: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...c6 and Panno Variation (6...Nc6) without ...a6} 9. d5 Nb8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Ne5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Qb3 Bh3 12. Bg5 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 b6 14. e4 Re8 15. Qb5 Nh5 16. f3 {1-0 (31) Kurajica,B (2540)-Gavric,M (2396) Neum 2004}) 10. c5 Bh3 {White is slightly better.} 11. Rc1 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 dxc5 13. Bxc5 Re8 14. e4 e6 15. Bd4 {Threatens to win with Nb5.} exd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 {And now Bxg7 would win.} Nd7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qd4+ (19. Re1 $16) 19... Nf6 $1 $11 20. Rc5 Qd8 21. Rfc1 Re7 22. Ne5 Kg8 {The position is equal.} 23. Rd1 Nd7 24. Ng4 {[#] Threatening mate with Nh6+.} h5 25. Nf6+ {Accuracy: White = 70%, Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.19"]
[Round "2.34"]
[White "Gumularz, Szymon"]
[Black "Lupulescu, Constantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2473"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,68,6,10,-38,13,7,6,9,16,3,14,0,0,0,4,0,11,20,30,0,0,-20,-33,-43,-28,-19,-19,-15,-14,-14,0,-125,-52,-67,-58,-68,-74,-76,-71,-68,-35,-37,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Nf6 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Ne2 {E49: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 5 Bd3 d5 6 a3 Bxc3+ 7 bxc3} b6 9. O-O Ba6 {LiveBook: 8 Games} 10. Ng3 (10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Qd3 Qc8 13. f3 Nb8 14. e4 Qa6 15. Qe3 Nc6 {1-0 (52) Radjabov,T (2741)-Movsesian,S (2671) Heraklio 2017 CBM 182 [Radjabov,T]}) 10... Nbd7 (10... Bxc4 $15 11. Bxc4 dxc4) 11. cxd5 $11 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 {Threatens to win with dxe6.} cxd5 13. f3 Qc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... h5 14. Bd2 h4 15. Nh1 Re8 {1-0 (34) Tari,A (2597)-Laxman,R (2403) Dubai 2017}) 14. e4 Rac8 15. e5 Ne8 16. Bd2 f6 17. f4 f5 18. Kh1 Qc4 19. Qf3 b5 20. Rg1 g6 21. Ne2 Nb6 22. Be1 {[%cal Bd2e1,Be1h4,Bh4e7][%mdl 32]} Qb3 23. Bh4 Qc2 24. g4 (24. Be7 $11) 24... Na4 (24... fxg4 $17 25. Rxg4 Rf7) 25. gxf5 Qxf5 26. Be7 Rf7 27. Bb4 Ng7 28. Raf1 Qh5 29. Qd3 a6 30. f5 $1 $36 {[%cal Rf5f6][%mdl 2048] The position is equal. White is pushing.} Rxf5 31. Ng3 $1 {[%cal Rg3h5]} Qh3 32. Nxf5 Qxd3 33. Nh6+ Kh8 34. Nf7+ Kg8 {Precision: White = 70%, Black = 45%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.19"]
[Round "2.35"]
[White "Pavlov, Sergey"]
[Black "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,55,2,14,-10,-10,-9,-14,0,2,14,9,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,25,22,29,20,19,15,20,0,0,0,0,0,67,53,68,62,60,54,59,50,61,49]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 Qe7 7. d4 {[%cal Rf3e5] A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation} Ne4 8. Qd3 exd4 9. Nxd4 {The position is equal.} Nc5 (9... Qb4+ 10. Bd2 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Qe7 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qc3 O-O 14. c5 a5 {1-0 (36) Duda,J (2738)-Svidler,P (2737) St Petersburg 2018}) 10. Qd1 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 O-O 12. b3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Be2 b6 13. Bf3 Bb7 14. Bxb7 Nxb7 {1-0 (62) Stark,L (2368)-Severina,M (2242) Riga 2018}) 12... b6 13. Bb2 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Rd4g7] [#]} Ne6 14. Qc3 Bb7 15. h4 f5 16. O-O-O a5 17. f3 Bc6 18. Bd3 Rae8 19. Bc2 Nc5 20. Rde1 d6 21. h5 {[#] h6 is the strong threat.} h6 22. Rh3 Rf7 23. Rg3 {Black must now prevent Bxf5!} Qe5 (23... Bd7 $11) 24. Qxe5 $14 {White is slightly better.} dxe5 25. Rd1 Bd7 26. f4 exf4 27. exf4 Bc6 28. Bd4 {Accuracy: White = 87%, Black = 85%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.19"]
[Round "2.36"]
[White "Bindrich, Falko"]
[Black "Lodici, Lorenzo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,56,0,7,0,0,0,8,0,11,-3,7,0,0,-10,-12,-16,10,10,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,-3,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 c6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. O-O b6 9. b3 O-O 10. Bc3 Bb7 11. Nbd2 c5 {The position is equal.} 12. Ne5 {E11: Bogo-Indian} (12. e3 Rc8 13. Qb2 Bd6 14. a4 a5 15. Rad1 Re8 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qxf6 gxf6 19. Nd4 Ba6 20. cxd5 Bxf1 21. Kxf1 {½-½ (36) Kamsky,G (2673)-Alekseev,E (2653) Sochi 2015}) 12... cxd4 13. Bxd4 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Qc8 15. Rad1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Rac1 dxc4 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. Nxc4 Rac8 {½-½ (16) Petran,P (2360)-Jurcik,M (2361) Slovakia 2015}) 15... Rd8 (15... b5 {with more complications.} 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Rc1 dxc4 18. bxc4 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 b4) 16. Qb1 dxc4 {[#] ...Bxg2 is the strong threat.} 17. Bxb7 (17. Bxf6 {seems wilder.} Bxf6 18. Nxc4 Qc7 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Rd1) 17... Qxb7 18. Nxc4 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Rd8 20. Bxf6 Rxd1+ 21. Qxd1 {[#] Threatens to win with Bxe7.} Bxf6 22. Qd3 g6 23. a4 Qc6 24. Nd6 Be5 25. Nc4 Bf6 26. Nd2 Kg7 27. h3 Qc3 28. Qxc3 Bxc3 {Accuracy: White = 59%, Black = 67%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.19"]
[Round "2.37"]
[White "Svane, Rasmus"]
[Black "Firat, Burak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,103,8,7,4,22,22,22,25,18,17,6,0,25,25,48,48,59,54,45,45,49,53,68,56,56,70,73,70,54,35,29,41,50,48,58,62,54,41,44,37,50,45,103,91,91,91,97,96,87,81,89,79,108,114,122,111,213,215,220,213,210,209,280,259,428,481,469,481,477,483,451,427,469,451,648,637,659,659,742,546,1154,682,4141,4141,4141,4141,29975,4137,29974,29975]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Qa4 Bd7 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc3 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3} b4 10. Qd3 Rc8 11. dxc5 {The position is equal.} Bxc5 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 {[#]} Ng4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... O-O 14. Nbd2 e5 15. Nb3 e4 16. Nfd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 {½-½ (62) Wang,H (2709)-Harikrishna,P (2744) Huaian 2017}) 14. Qc5 Qa5 15. Rc1 Qxc5 16. Rxc5 Ke7 17. Nbd2 Rhd8 18. Rac1 Nb8 19. Nd4 Rxc5 20. Rxc5 Rc8 21. Rxc8 Bxc8 22. N2b3 Ne5 23. Na5 Kd6 24. f4 Ng4 25. Nc2 Kc5 26. e4 Kb5 27. Nb3 a5 28. e5 a4 (28... Ba6 $14) 29. Bf1+ Kb6 30. Nd2 Nc6 31. Bg2 Bd7 32. h3 Nh6 33. g4 f6 34. exf6 gxf6 35. Kf2 Nf7 {[#]} (35... Ng8 $16) 36. Ne4 $1 $18 f5 37. Nf6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Bc8 38. Nxh7 e5 39. g5 b3 $2 {[#]} (39... Ne7 {might work better.} 40. Nxb4 Ng6) 40. axb3 axb3 41. Ne3 exf4 42. Nd5+ Kc5 43. Nxf4 Nce5 44. g6 Nh6 (44... Nxg6 $142 45. Nxg6 Nd6) 45. Nf6 Ba6 46. Kg3 Kd4 47. Kh4 Ke3 48. Kh5 Kxf4 49. Kxh6 Nxg6 50. Kxg6 Bc8 51. Bd5 (51. h4 $142 Kg3 52. h5 Kxg2 53. h6 f4 54. h7 f3 55. h8=Q f2 56. Nd5) 51... Ke5 52. h4 {Accuracy: White = 81%, Black = 45%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.19"]
[Round "2.38"]
[White "Schreiner, Peter"]
[Black "Deac, Bogdan-Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,56,23,14,18,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,-37,-29,-30,-34,-29,-23,-21,-35,-32,0,0,0,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,62,67,60,74,84]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bd7 6. Ne5 Bc6 7. Nxc6 Nxc6 8. O-O Qd7 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3} 9. e3 Rd8 {LiveBook: 73 Games} 10. Nd2 b5 {The position is equal.} 11. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Nf3 Be7 12. Qe2 a6 13. Bd2 Nd5 14. b3 c3 15. Be1 b4 16. Qxa6 {0-1 (48) Saduakassova,D (2428)-Ju,W (2579) Doha 2016}) 11... e5 12. a4 a6 $1 13. axb5 axb5 14. Nf3 (14. Qf3 $5 {[%cal Rf3c6]} Nd5 15. dxe5 $11) 14... Be7 15. b3 c3 16. Qe2 $1 exd4 {And now ...d3 would win.} 17. Qxb5 O-O {Hoping for ...d3.} 18. exd4 $1 Nxd4 (18... Qd5 $5 {[%cal Rd5b5]} 19. Qa6 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Qxd4 $15) 19. Nxd4 Qxd4 20. Ra4 Qd3 21. Qc6 Bd6 22. Rc4 Be5 23. Bf4 Bxf4 24. Rxf4 Qc2 25. Rf3 Nd5 {[#]} 26. Rxf7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxf7 (26... Rxf7 $11 27. Bxd5 {[#]} Rxd5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 28. Qa8+ Rd8 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 29. Qxd8+ Rf8 30. Qd5+ Kh8) 27. Bxd5+ $14 Rxd5 28. Qxd5+ Kg6 {Precision: White = 80%, Black = 88%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.19"]
[Round "2.39"]
[White "Golubka, Petro"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,119,23,24,24,32,22,27,24,23,20,33,21,27,29,30,28,28,10,18,15,30,26,28,39,108,104,110,57,86,92,97,105,99,81,100,92,162,190,182,133,121,75,62,87,73,66,117,118,127,112,126,127,121,108,95,83,53,52,152,141,221,215,202,208,373,366,421,385,570,573,553,544,527,506,549,503,462,389,428,402,747,712,908,876,4133,2698,6235,997,29961,29956,29968,29968,29983,29984,29984,29985,29985,29986,29986,29987,29987,29988,29988,29989]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Re1 b5 10. Bc2 {C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines} Bb7 11. a3 (11. Nf1 Nb8 12. d4 Nbd7 13. Ng3 Re8 14. a4 c6 15. Be3 Qc7 16. h3 exd4 17. cxd4 c5 {0-1 (65) McShane,L (2640)-Howell,D (2676) London 2017}) 11... a5 12. a4 $146 {White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 12. d4 Re8 13. Bd3 Ba6 14. d5 Nb8 15. b4 c5 16. dxc6 Nxc6 17. a4 Qb6 18. axb5 Bxb5 19. bxa5 Rxa5 {0-1 (63) Illijin,N (2268)-Rodman,F (2215) Bled 2004}) 12... b4 13. Bb3 Kh8 14. Nf1 Nh5 15. Ng3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Qd7 17. Bd5 Rab8 18. Be3 f5 19. exf5 Qxf5 20. Ng5 bxc3 (20... Nd8 $14 21. c4 c5) 21. bxc3 $16 Nd8 22. Be4 (22. Rb1 $16) 22... Qd7 23. Rb1 d5 24. Bf3 h6 25. Bg4 Qd6 26. Nf3 Nc6 (26... h5 $16 27. Bh3 d4 28. cxd4 Bxf3 29. gxf3 Rxb1 30. Qxb1 Nc6) 27. Rb5 $18 {Hoping for Bc5.} Rfe8 28. Bc5 Qd8 29. Qb3 Ba6 30. Rxb8 Nxb8 31. d4 {[%cal Rd4e5]} Nc6 (31... Bc4 $14 32. Qb7 h5) 32. Nxe5 $16 Nxe5 33. dxe5 Rxe5 34. Rxe5 Bxe5 {[#]} 35. Bd4 $1 $36 {[%cal Rd4e5][%mdl 2048] White is on the roll.} Bg7 36. Qb1 Kh7 37. Qe1 c6 ({Better is} 37... h5 $14 38. Bf3 Bc4) 38. Qe6 Bxd4 (38... h5 $16) 39. cxd4 $18 Qc7 {[#]} 40. Qe8 $1 Qg7 $2 (40... Kg7 {was necessary.} 41. Bd7 Qd6) 41. Be6 Bc4 {and the idea ...h5 leaves Black hopeful.} 42. Qxc6 Qxd4 (42... Qe7 {keeps fighting.} 43. Kh2 Kg7 44. Bxd5 Bxd5 45. Qxd5 Qc7) 43. Qc7+ Qg7 44. Qxa5 h5 45. Qd8 Qe5 46. Qe7+ Qg7 47. Qe8 Qc3 48. f4 Qd4+ (48... Qf6 $142 49. Qg8+ Kh6) 49. Kh2 Qg7 50. a5 Kh6 51. Qd8 Qd4 52. Bf7 (52. Qg5+ $142 Kg7 53. Qe7+ Kh6 54. Qd6) 52... Qg7 53. Bxd5 {White mates.} Bxd5 54. Qxd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} Qa7 55. Qg8 Qd4 56. Qf8+ Kh7 57. Qe7+ Kg8 58. a6 {[%cal Ba5a6,Ba6a7][%mdl 32]} h4 59. a7 hxg3+ 60. Kh3 {Accuracy: White = 78%, Black = 27%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.19"]
[Round "2.40"]
[White "Gordievsky, Dmitry"]
[Black "Grinberg, Eyal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E07"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,111,36,0,31,27,26,9,18,-6,43,55,45,48,50,40,42,40,37,40,46,16,24,23,37,32,54,45,44,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,1,1,1,1,0,27,8,8,3,17,12,18,16,17,0,60,16,62,31,74,74,81,67,79,62,163,164,353,353,353,353,353,353,353,353,353,353,353,353,1231,1231,6625,6424,6216,703,6625,6625,6079,5065,5836,5457,5435,5435,29973,29974]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. g3 Nbd7 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Qd3 b6 9. e4 dxe4 {E07: Closed Catalan: Main Line (5 Nf3 0-0 6 0-0 Nbd7)} (9... Ba6 10. b3 dxc4 11. bxc4 e5 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. Ne2 Rad8 14. Qc2 Rfe8 15. Bb2 Bd6 16. Nh4 g6 17. Rac1 Be7 18. h3 {0-1 (37) Berczes,D (2501)-Kovalyov,A (2644) Irving 2018}) 10. Nxe4 Bb7 11. Nc3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Qc8 {The position is equal.} 12. Re1 Rd8 13. Qe2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. b3 Nf8 14. Bb2 Ng6 15. Ng5 e5 16. d5 Bb4 17. Nge4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 cxd5 19. cxd5 {1-0 (92) Tsydypov,Z (2530)-Konaplev,A (2320) St Petersburg 2018}) 13... Re8 14. Bf4 Nf8 15. Ne5 N6d7 16. Rad1 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Bb4 18. Bd2 Bxc3 19. Bxc3 c5 20. Rd2 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Rd8 22. Red1 Rxd2 23. Rxd2 Rb8 24. Qd3 Rb7 25. Qd8 Qc6+ 26. f3 Rd7 27. Rxd7 Qxd7 28. Qxd7 Nxd7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} 29. g4 Kf8 30. Kg3 Ke8 31. f4 Kf8 32. Kf3 Ke8 33. Ke4 Kf8 34. h3 Ke8 35. Be1 Nb8 36. b4 Na6 ({Better is} 36... cxb4 $11 37. Bxb4 Na6) 37. a3 Kd7 38. f5 g6 39. Kf4 Ke7 40. Kg5 gxf5 41. gxf5 exf5 (41... Nb8 $1 $14) 42. Kxf5 $18 cxb4 $2 (42... Ke8 43. Kf6 Nc7) 43. axb4 b5 44. cxb5 Nc7 45. Bf2 Nxb5 46. Bc5+ Ke8 47. Kg5 a6 48. h4 Nc7 $2 (48... Na3 49. h5 Nc4) 49. Kh6 f6 50. exf6 Kf7 51. Be7 $1 Kg8 52. Kg5 $1 {[%cal Rg5f5]} Kf7 53. Kf5 Nd5 {[#]} 54. Ke4 $1 {[%cal Re4d5]} Ke6 {[#]} 55. Kd4 $1 h5 {[#]} 56. f7 $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 64%, Black = 42%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.19"]
[Round "2.41"]
[White "Tutisani, Noe"]
[Black "Moussard, Jules"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,149,36,35,35,25,32,25,31,22,31,35,16,24,24,0,0,0,56,38,91,100,137,139,151,99,96,106,98,101,143,36,36,35,28,35,21,21,19,0,38,36,20,24,18,22,28,28,51,33,41,35,37,18,38,41,46,42,70,18,38,15,60,60,60,45,50,52,34,33,32,0,54,13,8,14,16,8,18,30,35,8,8,8,8,8,8,9,93,99,91,84,83,97,90,102,111,109,191,191,151,104,103,67,67,67,67,15,27,27,31,40,70,67,70,70,70,70,70,69,200,8,8,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. g5 Nd7 13. f5 O-O {B99: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Bg5 e6 7 f4 Be7 8 Qf3 Qc7 9 0-0-0 Nbd7} 14. Rg1 ({Much worse is} 14. f6 gxf6 15. gxf6 Nxf6 $17) (14. h4 b4 15. Nce2 Bb7 16. Kb1 Rac8 17. Bh3 e5 18. f6 exd4 19. fxe7 Rfe8 20. Nxd4 Rxe7 21. Nf5 Rxe4 22. Nxd6 Rd4 23. Qxf7+ Kh8 24. Nxc8 {1-0 (24) Sutovsky,E (2683)-Huschenbeth,N (2596) Douglas 2017}) 14... b4 $1 {[%cal Rb4c3]} 15. Nce2 {Strongly threatening f6.} e5 $1 {[%cal Re5d4] White has an edge.} 16. f6 $1 {[%cal Rf6e7]} exd4 17. fxe7 Re8 18. Nxd4 Ne5 19. Qf2 g6 20. h4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 20. Rg3 Rxe7 21. Qf4 {0-1 (56) Juarez de Vena,A (1947)-Todorov,D (2413) ICCF email 2015}) 20... Bg4 (20... Bb7 $11) 21. Be2 $1 $36 {[%cal Re2g4][%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Bxe2 (21... Bc8 $14) 22. Nxe2 $16 Nc4 23. Nf4 Nb6 24. Qd4 (24. h5 $142) 24... Rac8 {[%csl Gc8][%cal Rc7c2]} 25. Rg2 {Black must now prevent h5.} Rxe7 26. Qxb4 Rce8 {[#]} 27. Qxd6 ({Not} 27. Rxd6 Nc8 $11) (27. Re2 $1 $16) 27... Qxd6 $14 28. Rxd6 Nc4 29. Rd4 Rxe4 30. Re2 Rxd4 31. Rxe8+ $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Kg7 32. Ng2 Rg4 33. Re2 f5 34. gxf6+ Kxf6 35. b3 Ne5 36. Kd1 h5 37. Rf2+ Ke6 38. Ke2 a5 39. Ke3 Kd6 40. Rd2+ Ke6 41. Kf2 (41. a4 $14) 41... a4 42. Rd1 Re4 43. Rd8 Ke7 44. Ra8 axb3 45. axb3 Rd4 46. Ke3 Rg4 47. Kf2 Rd4 $1 48. Ra5 Rd2+ 49. Kg3 Nc6 50. Rc5 Kd6 51. Rc4 Nd4 $1 52. Ne1 Nf5+ 53. Kf3 Rh2 54. Ng2 Rh3+ 55. Kf2 Ke5 {[#]} (55... Rh2 $11) 56. Nf4 $1 $16 {[%cal Rf4h3]} Rh2+ 57. Kg1 Rd2 58. Nxg6+ Kf6 59. Rc6+ Kg7 60. c3 Nd6 (60... Rc2 $16) 61. Nf4 Kf6 62. Kf1 {And now Ke1 would win.} Kf5 63. Ke1 Ne4 64. Nxh5 Rh2 65. Rc4 (65. Kd1 $14) 65... Rh1+ 66. Ke2 Rxh4 67. Ng7+ Ke5 68. Rc7 Rh2+ 69. Kd3 Rh3+ 70. Kc2 {Re7+ is the strong threat.} Rh2+ 71. Kc1 $1 Kf4 (71... Rf2 $14 72. b4 Kd6) 72. Rc4 $2 ({White should try} 72. b4 $18) 72... Ke3 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} 73. Nf5+ Kd3 $1 74. Rd4+ Kxc3 {aiming for ...Rc2+.} 75. Rc4+ {Accuracy: White = 57%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.19"]
[Round "2.42"]
[White "Solak, Dragan"]
[Black "Gavrilescu, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,79,25,41,41,41,37,45,14,13,-13,-13,-13,-13,-41,-18,-27,-26,-31,-1,-8,-5,-17,-11,-18,-25,-25,-16,-22,-18,-23,-15,-33,-42,-54,-30,-22,-22,-29,-37,-31,-22,-26,-36,-25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nd2 cxd4 (5... Qb6 6. Qb3 Nh5 7. Qxb6 axb6 8. Bc7 cxd4 9. exd4 e5 10. Bxe5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Bc5 12. g3 O-O {1-0 (76) Aronian,L (2765)-Caruana,F (2832) London 2018}) 6. exd4 {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines} Bf5 7. Qb3 Qc8 8. Ngf3 e6 9. Nh4 Be4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 {LiveBook: 19 Games} 11. g3 Be7 12. Ng2 Nd5 13. Bb5 $146 (13. Be2 {with more complications.} O-O 14. Rd1 Rd8 15. O-O a6 16. f3) 13... a6 14. Bxc6+ (14. Be2 {seems wilder.} O-O 15. O-O Nxf4 16. Nxf4 Bg5 17. d5) 14... Qxc6 15. O-O O-O 16. Rae1 b5 17. Qc2 f5 18. Qe2 Bf6 19. f3 exf3 20. Rxf3 Rfe8 21. Be5 Bxe5 22. Qxe5 Nf6 23. Rff1 Rad8 24. a3 a5 25. Nf4 Ng4 26. Qc5 Qxc5 27. dxc5 e5 28. Ng2 g6 29. b4 Rd3 30. h3 Nf6 31. g4 f4 {White must now prevent ...Kf7.} 32. g5 {The position is equal.} Nd5 {...Kf7 is the strong threat.} 33. Nxf4 Nxf4 {[#]} 34. Rxf4 $1 {[%mdl 576] Pin} Rxc3 (34... exf4 35. Rxe8+) 35. Rfe4 Rxa3 36. Rxe5 Rxe5 37. Rxe5 axb4 $11 {[#] Strongly threatening ...b3. KR-KR} 38. c6 Rc3 39. Rxb5 Rxc6 40. Rxb4 {Accuracy: White = 88%, Black = 72%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.19"]
[Round "2.43"]
[White "Repka, Christopher"]
[Black "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,33,16,19,14,0,0,0,12,16,2,-44,-55,-51,-43,-50,-52,-179,-185,-183,-183,-413,-408,-549,-551,-1254]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 e6 4. Nbd2 f5 5. Ne5 Nf6 6. e3 Nbd7 {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3} 7. f4 Nxe5 8. fxe5 Ng4 {The position is equal.} 9. Qb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Qe2 a5 10. Nf3 Be7 11. Bd2 b6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. O-O-O O-O 14. Kb1 {1-0 (45) Varga,Z (2441)-Ikeda,J (2427) Budapest 2017}) 9... a5 10. Be2 Qh4+ $1 11. g3 Qh3 $1 {[%cal Rh3g2]} 12. Bf1 $1 {[%cal Rf1h3]} Qh6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 13. Nf3 (13. c5 $15) 13... Bb4+ $19 14. Ke2 {[#]} b6 $1 {aiming for ...Ba6.} 15. Bg2 $2 ({Don't play} 15. e4 Qh5 $17) (15. Qc2 {might work better.} dxc4 16. a3) 15... Ba6 16. h3 dxc4 17. Qxb4 {Accuracy: White = 10%, Black = 93%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.19"]
[Round "2.44"]
[White "Petriashvili, Nikoloz"]
[Black "Antipov, Mikhail Al."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,92,25,39,32,35,27,39,20,51,40,86,71,78,43,42,42,76,37,108,105,108,108,121,91,92,60,58,54,51,37,64,45,78,42,47,15,19,19,22,22,22,22,22,22,22,12,19,8,17,17,22,12,22,15,33,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,11,12,33,33,47,47,47,47,47,47,47,47,50,47,48,47,50,50,50]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. cxd5 {D15: Slav Defence: 4 Nc3 a6 and gambit lines after 4 Nc3 dxc4} cxd5 7. Ne5 Nc6 8. Bd2 h5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Nxe5 9. dxe5 Nd7 10. Nxd5 e6 11. Nf4 Nxe5 12. Bc3 Qxd1+ 13. Rxd1 Ng6 {1-0 (52) Berkes,F (2678)-Balogh,C (2640) Hungary 2014}) 9. Rc1 Qd6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qa4 Bd7 12. Bd3 ({Inferior is} 12. Bxa6 Qb8 $19) 12... e6 13. Qa5 Qb4 ({Black should play} 13... e5 $14) 14. Na4 $16 Qxa5 15. Bxa5 Bd6 16. Nb6 Rb8 17. b4 Bxb4+ 18. Bxb4 Rxb6 19. Bc5 Rb8 20. O-O ({Of course not} 20. Bxa6 $6 Ne4 $11) 20... Kd8 21. Rb1 ({Reject} 21. Bxa6 $6 Ne4 $11) 21... Kc7 22. Bxa6 Ne4 23. Ba7 Rxb1 24. Rxb1 Ra8 25. Rb7+ Kd8 $1 {White must now prevent ...Bc8.} 26. Rb8+ Rxb8 27. Bxb8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} c5 28. dxc5 Nxc5 29. Be2 g6 30. Bd6 Nb7 31. Bb4 Kc7 32. Kf1 Kb6 33. Ke1 Bb5 34. Bd1 Nc5 {[#] And now ...Nd3+ would win.} 35. Bc2 Nd3+ 36. Bxd3 $1 Bxd3 {KB-KB} 37. Kd2 Bc4 38. a3 e5 39. Bd6 {White is slightly better.} d4 40. Bxe5 dxe3+ 41. Kxe3 Bb3 42. Kf4 Kb7 43. Kg5 Ka8 44. Bd4 Kb7 45. Kf6 Ka8 46. f3 Bc4 {Accuracy: White = 71%, Black = 55%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.19"]
[Round "2.45"]
[White "Huschenbeth, Niclas"]
[Black "Costachi, Mihnea"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,99,33,20,27,30,27,22,18,24,26,45,19,22,19,22,14,34,0,0,0,37,17,23,20,17,22,18,17,17,14,20,24,20,18,18,15,27,17,47,36,55,18,27,13,31,24,37,38,34,36,92,31,39,41,35,37,31,7,29,22,29,14,27,0,0,0,8,7,11,15,22,14,4,4,26,0,25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} Bf6 ({Don't go for} 9... Bxa2 $2 10. b3 $18) (9... Qd7 10. a3 a6 11. h4 Bf6 12. Ng5 O-O-O 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. g3 d5 15. Bh3 Kb8 16. Rhe1 Rhe8 {0-1 (35) Vachier Lagrave,M (2780)-Duda,J (2738) chess.com INT 2019}) 10. Kb1 Qd7 11. Bg5 Bxg5 12. Nxg5 O-O 13. h4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Nxe6 Qxe6 14. Bd3 Rae8 15. Rhe1 Qc8 16. Be4 Ne5 {½-½ (35) Ananikian,A (2263)-Istomin,A (2224) ICCF email 2014}) 13... h6 14. Nxe6 Qxe6 15. Re1 Qf6 16. Qe3 Qe5 17. Qd2 Qf6 18. Bb5 Rfe8 19. g3 Qf5 20. Bd3 Qd7 21. Be4 Re7 22. Bxc6 Qxc6 23. Rxe7 Qxh1+ $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 24. Re1 Qf3 25. b3 Kf8 26. Qd4 a6 27. Re4 Qf5 28. Rf4 Qe6 29. Qd3 Kg8 30. Re4 Qd7 31. Qd5 Rb8 32. Kb2 Qb5 (32... Kf8 $14) 33. c4 ({Better is} 33. Qxb5 $16 axb5 34. Rd4) 33... Qxd5 34. cxd5 $14 {KR-KR} Kf8 35. Rc4 Rc8 36. h5 Ke7 37. Kc3 g6 38. Re4+ Kf6 39. hxg6 fxg6 40. Kd3 Kf7 41. Rb4 Rb8 42. a4 a5 43. Rf4+ Ke7 44. Re4+ Kf7 45. Kc4 c6 46. Kd4 Rc8 $1 {The position is equal.} 47. Re2 h5 48. dxc6 bxc6 49. f4 Kf6 50. Ke4 {Accuracy: White = 51%, Black = 58%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.19"]
[Round "2.46"]
[White "Belyakov, Bogdan"]
[Black "Donchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,73,21,14,23,8,19,0,0,0,0,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,0,0,-6,71,67,395,396,1166,1152,1320,1281,1059,1045,1021,1020,29987,29988,29988,29989,29989,29990,29990,29981]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qb3 Nb6 9. d5 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Nd4 11. Bb5+ Nd7 12. Qa4 Nxb5 {B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack} 13. Qxb5 g6 14. O-O Bg7 {The position is equal.} 15. Bg5 {aiming for Rfe1.} O-O 16. Rfe1 {Black must now prevent d6.} Bxc3 17. bxc3 f6 18. Bf4 Rf7 19. Rad1 b6 20. Qe2 {[#]} Rc8 $146 21. c4 Nc5 22. Bc1 Qd7 23. Ba3 Qa4 24. Bxc5 Rxc5 25. Rd4 {[%cal Bd1d4,Bd4e4,Be4e6][%mdl 32]} Rc7 26. Re4 Qb4 27. Qe3 f5 {[#]} (27... Rxc4 $11 {keeps the balance.} 28. Rxe7 Rxe7 29. Qxe7 Qxe7 30. Rxe7 Rd4) 28. Re6 $1 $16 Qxc4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (28... Rxc4 $14 29. d6 Rc8) 29. d6 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd6e7]} Rc8 $2 (29... f4 30. Qe5 Rc5 31. dxe7 Rxe7 32. Qb8+ Rc8 33. Qxc8+ Qxc8 34. Rxe7 Qc6) 30. Rxe7 Kg7 31. Rxf7+ Qxf7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 32. Qd4+ Kg8 33. Re7 Qf8 34. Qd5+ {White mates.} Kh8 35. Qe5+ Kg8 36. Qe6+ Kh8 37. d7 {Accuracy: White = 84%, Black = 46%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.19"]
[Round "2.47"]
[White "Yankelevich, Lev"]
[Black "Petrov, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,61,20,21,29,12,-14,19,16,16,16,23,20,12,13,24,29,22,23,41,36,35,28,37,32,28,22,26,11,8,9,13,0,36,0,31,25,43,34,62,37,35,29,38,35,31,16,25,21]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bd6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Qc2 h6 9. Bh4 {D36: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation: Main line (5 Bg5 c6 6 Qc2)} O-O 10. Bg3 (10. a3 {seems wilder.} Re8 11. Nge2 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Bg3) (10. Nge2 Re8 11. a3 a5 12. Rb1 Qe7 13. h3 Nf8 14. O-O Be6 15. Na4 N8d7 16. Rfc1 g5 17. Bg3 Nh5 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 {1-0 (30) Volkov,S (2547)-Shoboev,D (2237) Kazan 2018}) 10... Qe7 11. Bxd6 {The position is equal.} Qxd6 12. Nf3 Re8 13. O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. h3 Qe7 14. O-O-O a5 15. g4 Ne4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Nd2 Nf6 18. g5 hxg5 19. Rdg1 {0-1 (30) Costa,E (1751)-Arenillas,R (1924) Manaus 2017}) 13... Qe7 14. Nd2 Nf8 {[%cal Bd7f8,Bf8e6,Be6g5,Bg5e4][%mdl 32]} 15. Rab1 Ne6 16. b4 Bd7 17. Nf3 Ng5 18. Ne5 Nge4 19. Na4 Nd6 20. Nc5 Bc8 21. f3 b6 22. Nb3 Bb7 23. Rfe1 Rac8 24. Rbc1 Red8 (24... a5 $5) 25. a3 {[%cal Ba2a3,Ba3a4][%mdl 32]} Nfe8 26. Qf2 Nb5 27. a4 Nbc7 28. Qd2 Ne6 29. Bb1 Nf6 30. Bf5 Rc7 31. Rc2 {Accuracy: White = 65%, Black = 43%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.19"]
[Round "2.48"]
[White "Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel"]
[Black "Del Rio De Angelis, Salvador G."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,93,37,32,33,29,35,25,16,21,27,18,17,23,25,14,104,118,115,113,117,95,199,198,264,260,260,242,255,246,267,268,304,314,306,297,308,266,268,271,260,245,245,245,245,245,245,245,266,229,252,237,257,246,235,166,165,175,163,165,276,252,327,323,328,344,437,425,421,436,436,421,550,524]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3 f5 9. exf6 Rxf6 10. Bg5 Rf7 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qd1 $1 Qa5 {C18: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4: Main line: 7 h4 and 7 Qg4} 13. Bd2 Nd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7f6,Bf6e4][%mdl 32]} (13... e5 14. h4 e4 15. Be2 e3 16. Bxe3 Qxc3+ 17. Bd2 Qxd4 18. Nf3 Qf6 19. Bg5 Qc3+ 20. Bd2 Qf6 21. Bg5 Qc3+ 22. Bd2 Qf6 {½-½ (22) Aronian,L (2765)-Riazantsev,A (2649) St Petersburg 2018}) 14. Nf3 c4 {White has an edge.} 15. Be2 Nc6 16. O-O Nf6 17. Re1 Ne4 18. Bf1 Bd7 {[#]} ({Don't go for} 18... Nxc3 $2 19. Qc1 $18) (18... Rf5 $11 {remains equal.}) 19. Rxe4 $1 $16 {[%mdl 576] Remove Defender} dxe4 20. Ng5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Rf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 20... e3 21. Bxe3 Rf5 22. Ne4 Qc7 23. Be2 Ne7 24. Bg4 Rf7 25. Ng5 Rf6 26. Ne4 {½-½ (26) Markus,R (2192)-Von Saleski,M (2141) Chessfriend.com 2005}) 21. Nxe4 Qd5 (21... Qc7 $16) 22. g4 $18 Qxe4 (22... Re8 $142 23. Bg2 (23. gxf5 Qxe4 24. fxe6 Bxe6 $16) 23... Rff8 24. Nf6+ Rxf6 25. Bxd5 exd5) 23. Bg2 ({Weaker is} 23. gxf5 Na5 $14) 23... Qxg2+ 24. Kxg2 Rf7 25. Qe2 Rc8 26. Bg5 ({Don't do} 26. Qxc4 $6 Ne5 $18) 26... Ne7 27. Bxe7 Bc6+ 28. Kg1 Rxe7 29. Qxc4 Rcc7 30. Re1 Bd5 31. Qd3 Rf7 32. Re3 a6 33. h4 Rf4 34. Rg3 b5 35. f3 Rcf7 {[%cal Rd5f3]} 36. Kf2 Kg7 37. Qe3 Re4 38. Qd2 Ref4 {[%cal Rd5f3]} 39. Qe2 Re4 40. Qd1 Ref4 (40... h6 $142 41. a4 Ref4) 41. Ke3 Kf8 42. Qe2 Ke7 43. Rh3 Kd7 44. Qh2 {White is clearly winning.} Rxf3+ 45. Rxf3 Rxf3+ 46. Kd2 Kc6 47. Qb8 {Accuracy: White = 97%, Black = 44%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.19"]
[Round "2.49"]
[White "Kalezic, Blazo"]
[Black "Can, Emre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,21,17,21,17,27,40,33,77,93,53,59]} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 d6 6. exd6 Qxd6 7. Nxd4 Nc6 {B22: Sicilian: 2 c3} 8. Na3 Qe5+ $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... e6 9. Nc4 Qc7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bd3 Ba6 12. Qe2 Nf4 13. Bxf4 Qxf4 14. Qe4 Qxe4+ 15. Bxe4 {½-½ (57) Mainka,R (2485)-Schneider,I (2368) Germany 2007}) 9. Be2 $1 Nf4 10. Bxf4 $1 Qxf4 11. O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.19"]
[Round "2.50"]
[White "Azarov, Sergei"]
[Black "Arnaudov, G. Petar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,85,18,56,12,17,21,31,-1,-3,12,15,18,55,55,67,50,58,51,44,31,37,58,75,-8,0,-31,150,149,149,153,182,149,170,164,179,175,523,527,591,608,496,505,486,439,439,362,387,350,363,360,337,360,364,237,204,179,186,186,166,172,221,220,252,223,220,222,297,304,510,397,397,397,397,387]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Na4 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} (8. O-O $5 {[%cal Rd4c5]}) 8... Qa5+ 9. c3 {[%cal Rd4c5]} c4 (9... cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Ne7 12. O-O Nc6 13. b4 Qc7 14. Rc1 Be7 15. g4 Be4 {1-0 (28) Giri,A (2777)-Navara,D (2745) Shamkir 2018}) 10. O-O {White is slightly better.} b5 11. Nc5 Bxc5 12. dxc5 Qd8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nge7 13. b4 Qa3 14. Qc1 Qxc1 15. Rfxc1 Kd7 {½-½ (53) Tsydypov,Z (2530)-Popov,I (2590) Baku 2018}) 13. a4 a6 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 {Strongly threatening axb5.} Ne7 16. axb5 axb5 17. Bg5 {Hoping for Qh4.} Qc8 18. c6 (18. Bxe7 $16 Kxe7 19. Qh4+ Kf8 20. g4) 18... Qxc6 19. b3 Ra6 $2 (19... Rxa1 $15 {stays ahead.} 20. Rxa1 Ng6) 20. Rxa6 $40 {[%mdl 128] White goes for the king.} Qxa6 21. Qc5 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Rc5e7]} Nc6 22. bxc4 bxc4 23. Qd6 h6 {[#]} 24. Be3 $1 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} h5 $2 (24... Bd3 25. Bxd3 cxd3) 25. Bc5 $18 h4 26. h3 f6 27. Bh5+ Rxh5 28. Qf8+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Kd7 29. Qf7+ Kc8 30. Qxh5 Nxe5 31. Qh8+ ({Don't take} 31. Qxh4 Kc7 $18) 31... Kc7 32. Qxg7+ Nd7 33. Be3 Qa3 34. Rc1 Qf8 35. Qxf8 Nxf8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KBN} 36. Ra1 Nd7 37. f3 e5 38. Ra6 Bd3 39. Kf2 f5 40. f4 e4 $2 (40... exf4 41. Bxf4+ Kd8 42. Bg5+ Kc7 43. Ra7+ Kc6 44. Bxh4 Nc5) 41. Bd4 Nb8 42. Be5+ Kb7 43. Ra5 {Accuracy: White = 55%, Black = 46%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.20"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,69,27,26,25,39,43,49,47,51,51,54,42,47,51,57,37,37,37,37,22,54,30,44,22,45,41,44,0,0,0,-7,-6,-10,0,148,112,107,101,79,75,70,79,56,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 h6 6. O-O Ne7 7. c3 Nd7 8. a4 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} (8. Nbd2 c5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Nd4 Nd7 11. Nxf5 Nxf5 12. Bd3 Ne7 13. Nf3 Nc6 14. Re1 Qc7 15. Qe2 g5 {0-1 (50) Karjakin,S (2773)-Mamedyarov,S (2801) Saint Louis 2018}) 8... a5 9. Na3 Bg6 10. Nh4 {White is slightly better.} Bh7 11. f4 Nc8 12. Nf3 Bxa3 13. Rxa3 O-O 14. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. b3 Qb6 15. Ra2 Re8 {½-½ (31) Geissler,W (2319)-Grabner,H (2334) ICCF email 2014}) 14... Ne7 15. Qe1 f6 16. b3 Qc7 17. Ra2 Qb6 18. Bd1 Bd3 19. Rff2 fxe5 20. fxe5 Nf5 21. g4 Nxe3 22. Qxe3 Be4 23. g5 Kh7 (23... h5 $1 $11) 24. Bc2 Bxc2 25. Raxc2 {Hoping for Qd3+.} Rf5 {[%cal Bf8f5,Bf5g5,Bg5g7][%mdl 32]} 26. gxh6 gxh6 27. Nh4 Rg5+ 28. Rg2 (28. Kh1 $14 Rag8 29. Rf7+ R8g7 30. Rxg7+ Rxg7 31. Rb2) 28... Rag8 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} 29. Qd3+ Kh8 30. Nf3 R5g7 31. Qe3 Kh7 32. Qd3+ Kh8 33. Qe3 Kh7 34. Qd3+ Kh8 35. Qe3 {Accuracy: White = 66%, Black = 67%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.20"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Azarov, Sergei"]
[Black "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,117,14,7,13,24,23,9,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,-33,-17,-23,43,22,33,26,29,25,16,23,10,11,22,22,32,15,113,111,110,102,112,110,110,118,89,101,89,62,87,83,92,91,88,64,152,143,158,122,114,101,166,181,200,193,268,252,232,229,314,164,227,204,235,228,228,226,200,237,227,222,254,231,226,216,556,556,935,555,1039,528,1485,1459,1169,936,879,859,642,609,1169,1094,29970,29971,29975,29976,29977,29978,29978,29979,29979,29980,29980,29940]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Bc4 Qb6 {B94: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Bg5 Nbd7} 8. Bb3 e6 9. Qd2 Be7 {The position is equal.} 10. O-O-O Nc5 11. Rhe1 {Nf5 is the strong threat.} h6 12. Bh4 O-O 13. Qe3 Qc7 14. g4 Nfxe4 (14... Nxg4 $11 15. Qg3 Bxh4 16. Qxh4 Ne5) 15. Bxe7 $14 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Qxe7 {[#]} 17. Nf5 $146 {[%cal Rf5e7]} Qc7 18. Nxd6 Rd8 19. Qe5 b6 20. f4 Bb7 21. f5 {[%cal Rf5e6]} Bd5 {[#]} (21... Bf3 $1 $11) 22. Nxf7 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} Qxf7 23. fxe6 {[#]} Bxe6 $1 {[%cal Rc5b3][%mdl 512]} 24. Rxd8+ (24. Bxe6 Rxd1+) 24... Rxd8 25. Bxe6 Nxe6 26. Qxe6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Rd5 27. a4 Rc5 28. Kb2 Rc4 29. Qxb6 Rxa4 30. h3 Kh7 (30... Qa2+ $14 31. Kc1 Qd5 32. Qe6+ Qxe6 33. Rxe6 Kf7) 31. Qb3 Qd7 32. Re5 Rf4 33. Qd5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} Qc8 (33... Qc7 $16) 34. Re7 $18 Qb8+ 35. Rb7 Qe8 (35... Qc8 {might work better.} 36. Rb6 Rc4) 36. Qd3+ Kh8 37. Qd6 Rf8 38. Qe7 ({Weaker is} 38. Qxa6 Rg8 $16) (38. c4 $142) 38... Qxe7 39. Rxe7 {KR-KR} Rb8+ 40. Ka3 Rc8 41. Kb3 Rb8+ 42. Ka4 Rc8 43. Re3 Rc5 44. Kb4 Rb5+ 45. Kc4 h5 $2 (45... Rb8 {is a better chance.} 46. Kd5 Rd8+ 47. Kc6 Kg8) 46. Kd4 hxg4 47. hxg4 Rb2 48. Re2 Kh7 49. c4 {[%cal Bc3c4,Bc4c5,Bc5c6,Bc6c7][%mdl 32]} a5 50. Kc3 Rb1 51. Re5 a4 52. Ra5 Rg1 53. c5 Rxg4 54. c6 {White mates.} Rf4 55. c7 Rf8 56. Rxa4 g5 57. Rc4 Rc8 58. Kb4 g4 59. Rxg4 {Accuracy: White = 74%, Black = 42%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.20"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Maze, Sebastien"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,64,20,16,3,6,5,8,0,12,6,22,9,13,17,13,3,12,14,13,7,6,12,36,39,37,31,42,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-47,-59,-73,-77,-214,-175,-191,-183,-180,-134,-173,-168,-188,-230,-310,-216,-1168,-1145]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 {C84: Closed Ruy Lopez: Unusual White 6th moves} Na5 9. Ba2 c5 10. Nc3 {The position is equal.} Be6 11. Bg5 c4 12. d4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Ne2 O-O 13. Ng3 Rb8 14. h3 Nc6 15. Qe2 Qc7 {1-0 (63) Kobalia,M (2599)-Dubov,D (2701) Batumi 2018}) 12... Qc7 13. h3 O-O 14. Qd2 Rfe8 15. Rfe1 Rad8 16. d5 Bd7 17. b4 cxb3 18. cxb3 Rc8 19. Rac1 Qb8 20. Nb1 Rxc1 21. Qxc1 h6 {[#] White must now prevent ...Rc8.} 22. Bd2 Rc8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 23. Qd1 Bd8 24. Bc3 Bb6 25. Qd2 Qc7 26. g4 (26. Kh2 $17 {keeps fighting.}) 26... h5 27. g5 Nh7 28. Kh2 Nf8 29. Nh4 Ng6 30. Ng2 Qd8 31. f3 h4 32. Bb4 $2 {[#]} (32. Rd1) 32... Rc2 $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 35%, Black = 79%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.20"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Buhmann, Rainer"]
[Black "Rodshtein, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,21,30,11,13,5,13,14,34,25,27,-7,6,-1]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. Be2 Nf6 {B11: Caro-Kann: Two Knights Variation} 7. O-O Bc5 8. d3 O-O 9. Qg3 Bd4 10. Qh4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Kh1 Qb6 12. Rab1 Qc5 13. f4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Qxc2 {0-1 (38) Jones,G (2635)-Riazantsev,A (2710) Warsaw 2011}) 10... Nfd7 11. Qxd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.20"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Berkes, Ferenc"]
[Black "Lomasov, Semyon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,119,23,7,0,0,0,0,0,49,37,37,35,41,41,30,24,45,6,12,15,9,5,19,12,18,18,12,13,12,0,19,19,19,19,19,19,19,19,33,33,33,22,14,0,23,12,22,6,6,6,6,6,12,14,20,19,20,20,33,10,10,6,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,4,4,0,12,5,5,0,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,0,12,0,11,10,11,10,11,10,11,11,12,0]} 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 cxd4 5. O-O d5 6. Nxd4 e5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. c4 d4 9. e3 Be7 10. exd4 exd4 11. Bf4 O-O 12. Ne5 Qb6 13. Nxc6 {E01: Catalan: Early deviations} (13. Re1 Be6 14. Nd2 Rac8 15. a3 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}) 13... bxc6 14. Qb3 Be6 15. Rd1 Rac8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Qc5 16. Qb7 Nh5 17. Bc7 Qxc4 18. Nd2 Qb4 19. Qxb4 Bxb4 20. a3 Rac8 21. axb4 Rxc7 {1-0 (39) Plat,V (2524)-Sandalakis,A (2444) Kavala 2018}) 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. Rxd4 Bc5 18. Rd2 Bxc4 19. Nc3 Bb4 20. Rc1 Bxc3 21. Rxc3 Bd5 {Hoping for ...Bxg2.} 22. Rdc2 Ne4 23. Ra3 Ra8 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. b3 f5 26. Be3 b5 27. f3 Nf6 28. Kf2 Kf7 29. Bf1 g6 30. Be2 h5 31. h4 Ne8 32. Rd2 Be6 33. Rc2 Bd7 34. Bd1 Nf6 35. Bd2 Nd5 36. Rb2 Ra3 37. Be2 Be6 38. Rc2 Bd7 39. Bc1 Ra8 40. a3 Ke6 41. Bd1 Kf7 {The position is equal.} 42. Rd2 Be6 43. Rc2 b4 44. axb4 Nxb4 45. Rd2 $1 Ra5 46. Bb2 Rd5 47. Rxd5 Nxd5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} 48. Be5 Bc8 49. Be2 Be6 50. Bd1 Bc8 51. Bd4 Ba6 52. Ke1 Bb5 53. Kd2 Ba6 54. Ke1 Bb5 55. Kf2 Ba6 56. g4 hxg4 57. fxg4 fxg4 58. Bxg4 Bd3 59. Bd1 Ke6 60. Bg4+ {Accuracy: White = 66%, Black = 66%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.20"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Alonso Rosell, Alvar"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,71,6,25,5,9,0,10,0,8,9,15,15,15,13,15,15,15,15,17,12,19,19,23,15,11,0,0,-5,-5,-5,-5,-5,-2,-12,0,4,3,3,0,2,4,3,3,3,3,4,4,4,3,0,15,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 c6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. c4 a5 8. b3 a4 9. Bb2 {[%cal Bc1b2,Bb2c3,Bc3b4][%mdl 32]} Bf5 {LiveBook: 89 Games. D78: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0 c6} (9... Ne4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Ne1 c5 12. Nc2 Nc6 13. e3 f5 14. Bc3 Qc7 15. Na3 cxd4 16. Nb5 Qb8 17. exd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 {0-1 (29) Cordova,E (2609)-Ding,L (2804) Batumi 2018}) 10. a3 axb3 11. Qxb3 Nbd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Ra7 12. Ne5 e6 13. h3 h5 14. a4 Nfd7 15. Nd3 Qb6 16. Qc3 Qa5 17. Qc1 Bxd3 18. exd3 {1-0 (41) Paravyan,D (2634)-Mikhalevski,V (2579) St Petersburg 2018}) 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Bc3 Qb6 14. Qxb6 Nxb6 15. Bb4 Rfe8 16. Rfc1 Ne4 17. e3 Nxd2 18. Nxd2 e6 19. Rc7 Rab8 20. Bf1 e5 {The position is equal.} 21. Bb5 Rec8 22. Rxc8+ Rxc8 23. dxe5 Bxe5 24. Re1 Nc4 25. Nf3 {[#] Threatens to win with Bxc4.} ({Much worse is} 25. e4 Nxd2 26. Bxd2 dxe4 $17) 25... Be4 26. Bxc4 Bxf3 27. Be2 Bxe2 28. Rxe2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rc1+ 29. Kg2 Bc3 30. Bxc3 Rxc3 {KR-KR} 31. Rb2 Rxa3 32. Rxb7 Ra5 33. Re7 Kg7 34. Re5 Kf6 35. Re8 h5 36. h4 {Precision: White = 74%, Black = 69%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.20"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Martinovic, Sasa"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,39,-12,2,0,29,29,41,24,25,33,38,33,33,25,31,40,12,4,13,18,18,7,20,12,14,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. e3 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8. Rc1 {B14: Caro-Kann: Panov-Botvinnik Attack with 5...e6 and 5...g6} h6 9. Bh4 Nc6 10. a3 {White is slightly better.} Be7 11. c5 Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Be2 Rd8 14. O-O e5 15. Nxe5 {The position is equal.} Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nxc3 17. Rxc3 {[#] next Qd4 is good for White.} d4 $146 18. Rc1 Qxe5 19. Bd3 Bf5 20. b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.20"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Arutinian, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,93,19,27,24,35,40,47,19,25,15,31,14,22,22,20,-44,27,25,61,66,43,51,62,51,60,38,87,34,46,35,33,22,59,33,40,16,60,22,17,28,19,27,41,29,44,19,20,11,11,12,11,15,10,2,20,20,20,20,20,20,26,26,26,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,13,0,0,0,12,12,12,3,3,5,5,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. c3 Nd7 7. O-O h6 8. a4 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} (8. Nbd2 c5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Nd4 Nd7 11. Nxf5 Nxf5 12. Bd3 Ne7 13. Nf3 Nc6 14. Re1 Qc7 15. Qe2 g5 {0-1 (50) Karjakin,S (2773)-Mamedyarov,S (2801) Saint Louis 2018}) 8... a5 9. Na3 Bh7 10. Nc2 {White is slightly better.} c5 11. Nfe1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. dxc5 Nc6 12. Bb5 Bxc5 13. Ncd4 Qc7 14. Nb3 Be7 15. Bf4 O-O {½-½ (62) Sevian,S (2556)-Hernandez Carmenates,H (2524) Las Vegas 2015}) 11... Nc6 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Nxd3 cxd4 14. Nxd4 (14. cxd4 $11 Qb6 15. Be3) 14... Nc5 ({Black should play} 14... Ndxe5 $15 15. Nxe5 Nxe5) 15. Nb5 $11 Rc8 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. Be3 Be7 ({Much worse is} 17... Nxe5 $6 18. Bxc5 Rxc5 19. Qd4 $16) 18. f4 O-O 19. Qg4 Qd7 20. Rae1 ({White should try} 20. Rf3 $16) 20... f6 $14 21. exf6 Rxf6 22. Kh1 Bf8 23. Qe2 Re8 24. Rd1 Qf7 25. Qd3 e5 26. fxe5 Rxf1+ 27. Rxf1 Nxe5 28. Qd1 ({Wrong is} 28. Rxf7 $2 Nxd3 29. Rf3 Nxb2 $19) 28... Qd7 29. Bd4 Nc4 30. b3 Nd6 31. Nxd6 Bxd6 32. Qh5 Qe6 33. g3 (33. h3 {is more complex.} Re7 34. Qf3 Re8 35. Qd3 Bc7 36. Bg1) 33... Rf8 34. Rxf8+ Kxf8 35. Qf3+ Kg8 36. Kg2 Bc7 37. Qe3 Qxe3 38. Bxe3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} h5 {The position is equal.} 39. Kf3 Kf7 40. h3 Ke6 41. g4 hxg4+ 42. Kxg4 Be5 43. Bd2 g6 44. Kg5 Kf7 45. b4 Bf6+ 46. Kf4 Ke6 47. Kf3 {Accuracy: White = 50%, Black = 64%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.20"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Black "Halkias, Stelios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,69,24,14,20,27,8,2,0,0,-2,0,0,8,-2,-12,-20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-3,-16,-17,-20,-11,47,47,47,47,53,57,93,100,90,62,109,141,315,306,369,377,379,372,367,377,349,364,408,362,283,352,1771,1593,29987,29988,29988,29989,29988,29989]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Nf3 Bxc5 6. Bd3 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} Ne7 7. a3 Ng6 8. b4 {The position is equal.} (8. O-O O-O 9. Nbd2 Nc6 10. b4 Bb6 11. Bxg6 fxg6 12. Nb3 Bd7 13. Re1 {1-0 (29) Anand,V (2773)-Mamedyarov,S (2817) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) 8... Be7 9. Bb2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. O-O O-O 10. Bb2 a5 11. b5 Nf4 12. c4 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 {0-1 (47) Petrov,N (2593)-Piorun,K (2634) St Petersburg 2018}) 9... a5 10. b5 a4 11. O-O Nd7 12. Re1 Nc5 13. Bf1 O-O 14. Nbd2 b6 15. g3 Bb7 16. Bg2 Qc7 17. h4 f5 18. Nd4 $1 Rfd8 ({Black should play} 18... Qd7 $11) 19. Qe2 $14 Bf8 20. Rad1 Qf7 21. c4 f4 {Black wants to play ...Nxe5.} 22. cxd5 Bxd5 23. Nc4 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Rd5 $2 (24... h5 $16 25. Qf3 Rac8) 25. h5 $18 ({Weaker is} 25. Nxb6 Rxe5 26. Qf3 Rb8 $16) 25... Qb7 {[#] Hoping for ...Rxd4+.} 26. Qf3 (26. hxg6 Rxd4+ 27. f3 Rxd1 $16) 26... Ne7 27. Nd6 Qd7 28. gxf4 (28. Qxf4 Nc8 $18) 28... Rd8 29. Kh2 Nc8 30. Nxe6 Rxd1 31. Nxc5 ({Not} 31. Nxd8 Rd2 $14) 31... Qxd6 $2 {[#]} (31... bxc5 32. Rxd1 (32. Qxd1 Nxd6 33. exd6 Bxd6 $16) 32... Nxd6) 32. exd6 Rxe1 33. Qd5+ {White mates.} Kh8 34. Nb7 Rd7 35. Qf5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 89%, Black = 42%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.20"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Tsydypov, Zhamsaran"]
[Black "Piorun, Kacper"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,50,-13,41,-12,-21,-14,-23,-72,-83,-151,-148,-219,-207,-207,-168,-176,-166,-448,-345,-339,-303,-429,-413,-421,-411,-667,-667,-1103,-1119,-1112,-1103,-1257,-1222,-29988,-2031]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Ba6 9. b3 O-O-O ({Black should try} 9... g6 $11) 10. Qb2 {C45: Scotch Game} ({White should play} 10. Bb2 $14) (10. g3 f6 11. Bg2 fxe5 12. O-O Nf6 13. Bb2 e4 14. Qd2 Kb7 15. Nc3 d5 16. Rfd1 Qe6 17. Na4 Be7 18. cxd5 Rxd5 19. Qe3 Rhd8 20. Re1 Bb5 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 {½-½ (44) Iljiushenok,I (2519)-Kobalia,M (2596) Sochi 2017}) 10... Nb6 $1 $11 11. Be2 Re8 12. f4 {Black has an edge.} f6 {[%cal Rf6e5]} 13. a4 $146 ({Better is} 13. O-O) ({Predecessor:} 13. c5 Bxe2 14. cxb6 Ba6 15. bxa7 Kb7 16. Kd1 fxe5 17. fxe5 Qxe5 18. Qxe5 Rxe5 19. Nc3 Bc5 20. Kc2 Ra8 21. Rd1 d5 22. g3 d4 23. Bf4 Rh5 {0-1 (23) Mathes,W (2015)-Kruchem,P (2113) GER email 2002}) 13... fxe5 $17 14. O-O (14. fxe5 $17 Qxe5 15. Qxe5 Rxe5 16. Kd1) 14... exf4 $19 15. Nc3 {[#]} Nd5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 16. cxd5 (16. Nxd5 cxd5) 16... Bxe2 17. Rf2 $2 (17. Nxe2 {was called for.} Qxe2 18. Qxe2 Rxe2 19. dxc6) 17... Ba6 {( -> ...Qe1+)} 18. Bxf4 Qb4 {White must now prevent ...Bc5.} 19. Kh1 ({Much weaker is} 19. dxc6 Bc5 $19) (19. d6 $142) 19... Bc5 20. Rf3 Rhf8 21. Qc1 (21. Qd2 $142 cxd5 22. Qc1) 21... g5 22. Bxg5 Rxf3 23. gxf3 Bd4 24. Bd2 Qf8 {[%cal Rf8f3] [#]} 25. f4 Qg7 {Accuracy: White = 10%, Black = 91%.} (25... Qf5 $142 26. dxc6 Qh3 27. Qg1 Bxg1 28. Kxg1 Rg8+ 29. Kf2 Qg2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 30. Ke3 Re8+ 31. Kd4 Qxd2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 32. Kc5 Qd6#) 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.20"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Kadric, Denis"]
[Black "Rakhmanov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,64,26,26,24,16,14,26,37,30,38,20,5,31,14,21,14,19,25,18,15,22,8,31,21,55,55,59,57,67,57,56,62,59,64,53,35,33,33,27,30,41,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Be2 Nc6 5. h3 (5. c4 Qf5 6. d4 O-O-O 7. Be3 Nf6 8. Nbd2 e6 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 Bb4+ 11. Kf1 e5 12. g4 Qd7 13. dxe5 {0-1 (36) Tomashevsky,E (2705)-Kovalenko,I (2657) St Petersburg 2018}) 5... Bxf3 6. Bxf3 {B01: Scandinavian Defence} Qe6+ 7. Qe2 Nd4 8. Qxe6 {White has an edge.} Nxf3+ 9. gxf3 fxe6 10. Nc3 Nh6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Nf6 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. fxe4 g6 {1-0 (33) Sadzikowski,D (2480)-Grafl,F (2403) Germany 2015}) 11. Ne4 Nf5 12. c3 e5 13. d3 g6 14. Ke2 Bg7 15. Be3 b6 16. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Kd7 17. h4 Bf6 18. h5 Ke6 19. a5 (19. Rag1 {is more complex.} Kf7 20. Rg4 c5 21. Kd2 Rag8 22. a5) 19... Ng7 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Rxh8 (21. Rhg1 {feels hotter.} Kf7 22. Rg4 Nf5 23. b4 Nd6 24. Kd2) 21... Rxh8 22. axb6 axb6 23. Ra7 Rc8 24. c4 Nf5 25. Nc3 (25. b4 {seems wilder.} Bg7 26. Ng5+ Kf6 27. c5 bxc5 28. Ra6+) 25... Nd4+ {The position is equal.} 26. Bxd4 exd4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 27. Ne4 Be5 28. b4 Rh8 29. Ra1 Bf4 30. b5 Kf7 31. Nd2 g5 32. Ne4 Ke6 {Accuracy: White = 46%, Black = 73%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.20"]
[Round "3.12"]
[White "Kobalia, Mikhail"]
[Black "Sychev, Klementy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,51,11,-9,-6,-6,0,-10,-10,-15,-2,-2,0,0,0,-7,0,0,0,-2,-9,-22,-19,-11,-7,-28,35,0,28,-9]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Be2 Nf6 8. O-O Be7 9. f4 d6 10. Kh1 O-O 11. Qe1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. a3 Nd7 {B85: Sicilian Scheveningen: 6 Be2 a6, lines with early Be3} (13... Bb7 14. Qg3 Rad8 15. Rae1 Qd7 16. Bd3 Nh5 17. Qg4 Nf6 18. Qg3 Nh5 19. Qg4 Nf6 20. Qg3 Nh5 21. Qg4 Nf6 22. Qg3 {½-½ (24) Andreikin,D (2712)-Grischuk,A (2772) Huaian 2017}) 14. Rd1 Bb7 15. Bf3 (15. Rd2 {seems wilder.} Rad8 16. Qf2 Bf6 17. Rfd1 e5 18. fxe5 Bxe5 19. Bxe5 Nxe5 20. Qd4) 15... e5 {The position is equal.} 16. Be3 exf4 17. Bxf4 Ne5 18. Be2 Rfe8 19. Qg3 Rad8 20. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 20. Bh5 Ng6 21. Be3 Bh4 22. Qf3 {0-1 (49) Hagymasi,J (2113)-Gjuran,D (2275) Hungary 2005}) 20... Bf8 21. Qf2 {With the idea Bb6.} Rc8 22. Rd4 Qd7 23. Bf4 Rc7 24. h3 Qc8 (24... Nc4 $11) 25. Bg3 Re6 26. Rfd1 {Accuracy: White = 51%, Black = 69%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.20"]
[Round "3.13"]
[White "Paravyan, David"]
[Black "Zhigalko, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,87,27,56,36,39,39,40,31,34,40,40,18,11,11,43,11,9,8,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-17,10,0,0,0,0,-22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,60,11,11,11,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,11,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 g6 6. a4 {C70: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4, Norwegian and Delayed Schliemann} b4 7. d4 exd4 8. Nxd4 {White is slightly better.} Na5 9. Ba2 Bg7 10. c3 Rb8 11. O-O Ne7 12. cxb4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 {½-½ (41) Kozionov,K (2460)-Grachev,B (2626) Moscow 2019}) 12... Nac6 13. Nc2 Nxb4 14. Nxb4 Rxb4 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 15. Bd2 (15. Nc3 {seems wilder.} O-O 16. Bg5 Qe8 17. Qc1 Bb7 18. f3) 15... Rxb2 16. Bc3 Bxc3 17. Nxc3 O-O 18. Qc1 Rb6 19. a5 Rc6 20. Qe3 d6 21. f4 Be6 22. f5 gxf5 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. exf5 exf5 ({But not} 24... Rxf5 $6 25. Qxe6+ Kh8 26. Rxf5 $18) 25. Ne2 {Strongly threatening Nd4.} Rc5 (25... Qd7 $11) 26. Nf4 {[%mdl 1024] [#] Threatens to win with Ne6. White has compensation.} Re5 $1 {[%cal Re5e3] The position is equal.} 27. Qg3+ Kh8 28. Rae1 {Black must now prevent Rxe5.} Qd7 29. Qc3 Qc6 30. Qa1 Kg8 31. Rxe5 dxe5 32. Qxe5 {And now Ne6 would win.} Ng6 33. Qe6+ (33. Qd4 {feels hotter.} Rf7 34. Qd8+ Rf8 35. Qd4) 33... Qxe6 34. Nxe6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Re8 35. Nxc7 Re5 36. Ra1 Ne7 $1 37. Nxa6 {Hoping for Nc7.} Nc6 38. Rc1 Nxa5 39. Nc5 Nc6 40. Nd3 Re6 41. Nf4 Rd6 42. Rc5 Ne7 43. Kf2 Rc6 44. Rxc6 {Accuracy: White = 61%, Black = 89%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.20"]
[Round "3.14"]
[White "Van Foreest, Lucas"]
[Black "Indjic, Aleksandar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,75,46,34,43,18,24,27,27,0,27,23,27,21,0,9,43,34,39,28,32,11,41,6,14,0,4,0,80,46,153,159,143,158,167,158,156,157,164,1,1,3,1,2,8,8,8,0,29982,29983,29983,29984,29992,29993,29995,29996]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bd3 e6 8. O-O exd5 9. exd5 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nbd7 12. Qd1 Nh5 {E90: King's Indian: Classical: Early deviations and 6 h3} (12... Re8 13. Bf4 Ne5 14. Be2 a6 15. Qc2 Nfd7 16. Rae1 f5 17. Bd2 Qh4 18. Nd1 f4 19. f3 Nf7 20. Nf2 Bd4 {0-1 (31) Alekseev,E (2636)-Bologan,V (2640) Sochi 2016}) 13. Bd2 f5 14. f4 Qh4 $146 {White must now prevent ...Bd4+.White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 14... Bd4+ 15. Kh2 Qf6 16. Qf3 Rae8 17. Rae1 Ng7 18. Bc2 Nb6 19. b3 Nd7 20. g3 {½-½ (40) Danner,G (2408)-Webersberger,J (2380) Austria 2012}) 15. Be1 Qd8 16. Kh2 a6 17. Bd2 Bd4 18. Qf3 Ng7 19. Rab1 Bf6 20. g4 fxg4 21. Qxg4 Bd4 22. Ne2 b5 23. cxb5 axb5 24. Bxb5 Nf6 (24... Nf5 $11) 25. Qg2 $1 $16 Rxa2 ({Black should try} 25... Nf5 $14) 26. Nxd4 cxd4 27. f5 $1 {[%cal Rf5g6]} Qb6 {[#]} 28. Bd3 $1 Qb3 29. Rf3 {aiming for Bh6.} Rxb2 30. fxg6 $2 (30. Rxb2 $18 Qxb2 31. fxg6) 30... Rxb1 $11 31. gxh7+ Nxh7 ({Don't blunder} 31... Kh8 $2 32. Bh6 $18) 32. Bxh7+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Kxh7 33. Rxf8 {Qe4+ would kill now.} Qd3 34. Bh6 $40 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rg2g7][%mdl 128] White attacks.} Nh5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (34... Rb7 $11) 35. Qg8+ $1 {White mates.} Kxh6 36. Qe6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh7 37. Qe7+ Ng7 38. Qh4+ {Accuracy: White = 52%, Black = 52%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.20"]
[Round "3.15"]
[White "Vocaturo, Daniele"]
[Black "Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,141,31,33,33,30,32,29,13,14,18,31,30,41,23,25,40,39,23,47,0,14,22,33,20,15,28,22,28,34,42,56,45,50,48,44,50,29,23,20,20,15,15,16,15,15,14,16,16,16,16,16,17,18,14,15,0,17,18,18,18,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qd7 8. Nd2 e6 9. Ngf3 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. O-O {B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack} O-O 12. Rfe1 Nd7 (12... Ne7 13. Ne5 Bf5 14. Bf1 Rab8 15. a4 Ne4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. a5 f6 18. Nd3 Bxd3 19. Bxd3 {½-½ (45) Anand,V (2768)-Mamedyarov,S (2801) Saint Louis 2018}) 13. Qc2 {White has an edge.} g6 14. Re3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. h3 Bf5 15. Nf1 b5 16. Ng3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 b4 18. Qe3 bxc3 19. bxc3 {1-0 (27) Ljuboschiz,A-Veresov,G Minsk 1970}) 14... Bxf3 15. Nxf3 e5 16. dxe5 Ndxe5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Be2 f5 19. Qd1 f4 20. Re4 f3 21. Bxf3 Nxf3+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Discovered Attack} 22. gxf3 Rf5 23. Rg4 Raf8 24. Rg3 Qb6 25. Qe2 d4 26. cxd4 Qxd4 27. Rd1 Qe5 28. Qxe5 Rxe5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 29. Rd2 {The position is equal.} Kg7 30. Rd7+ Rf7 31. Rxf7+ Kxf7 {KR-KR} 32. Rg4 Re2 33. Rf4+ Kg7 34. Rb4 b6 35. Kg2 Rc2 36. a4 Kf6 37. Rf4+ Kg7 38. b4 a6 39. Rd4 Ra2 40. b5 axb5 41. axb5 {aiming for Rd6.} Rb2 42. Rd5 Kf7 43. Re5 Kf6 44. f4 Rb3 45. h4 h5 46. Rg5 Rb4 47. Kg3 Rb3+ 48. f3 Rb1 49. Rd5 {Black must now prevent Rd6+.} Ke6 50. Re5+ Kf6 $1 51. Rg5 Rg1+ 52. Kf2 Rb1 53. Kg2 Rb2+ 54. Kg3 Rb1 55. f5 gxf5 56. Rxh5 {[#] Hoping for Rh6+.} Kg6 57. Rg5+ Kf6 58. f4 Rb3+ 59. Kg2 Rb2+ 60. Kh3 Rb3+ 61. Kg2 Rb2+ 62. Kf3 Rb3+ 63. Kf2 Rb2+ 64. Kg3 Rb3+ 65. Kh2 Rb2+ 66. Kh3 Rb3+ 67. Rg3 Rxg3+ 68. Kxg3 Kg6 69. Kh3 Kh5 70. Kg3 Kg6 71. Kh3 {Accuracy: White = 62%, Black = 83%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.20"]
[Round "3.16"]
[White "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Black "Zajic, Milan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,65,0,26,6,16,2,31,26,20,17,7,27,16,26,65,64,63,41,103,85,117,106,143,52,328,327,338,336,632,587,880,870,863,870,989,962,29986,29987,29985,29986,29983,1382,1369,1364,1282,1265]} 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. Nc3 Nc6 11. Qe2 Rc8 12. Rad1 {A14: English Opening: 1...e6 with b3 by White} Qc7 13. Ne1 a6 (13... Ne8 14. f4 Nd6 15. Nf3 a6 16. a4 f5 17. d3 Bf6 18. h3 Nb4 19. g4 g6 {1-0 (31) Artemiev,V (2709)-Nakamura,H (2749) Caleta 2019}) 14. f4 {White is slightly better.} Na5 15. g4 Bxg2 16. Nxg2 Qb7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Ne8 17. d3 Qc6 18. a4 Nc7 19. f5 exf5 20. Rxf5 {½-½ (27) Mueller,M (2174)-Leuranguer,Y (2297) Germany 2014}) 17. f5 Nd7 18. Nf4 Qc6 19. Nh5 Rce8 (19... Bd6 $14) 20. d3 $16 b5 21. Ne4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} f6 22. Qg2 (22. fxe6 $16 Qxe6 23. g5) 22... Rf7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} ({Black should play} 22... e5 $14) 23. g5 $18 exf5 24. gxf6 ({Don't do} 24. Rxf5 Bd6 $18) 24... Bf8 $2 (24... fxe4 25. cxb5 axb5) 25. Rxf5 g6 26. cxb5 Qxb5 27. Rg5 {Threatens to win with Rxg6+!} Qa4 28. Rf1 {Black must now prevent Rxg6+!} Qxa2 {[#]} 29. Rxg6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} hxg6 30. Qxg6+ Bg7 31. Ng5 (31. Nxg7 $142 Nf8 32. Qg2 Qxb2 33. Qxb2 Rxe4 34. Qg2 Kh8 35. dxe4 Nc4 36. Nf5) 31... Nf8 32. Qxf7+ Qxf7 33. Nxf7 {Accuracy: White = 60%, Black = 27%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.20"]
[Round "3.17"]
[White "Baron, Tal"]
[Black "Svane, Rasmus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,53,14,8,12,0,8,0,2,2,0,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,7,0,-61,-61,-64,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,18,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bxd6 Qxd6 6. c4 O-O {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} (6... c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. e4 Ne7 9. Na3 O-O 10. Nc4 Qf4 11. dxc5 Qxe4+ 12. Be2 Na6 13. Rc1 Nxc5 14. Qd6 {1-0 (51) Nabaty,T (2690)-Rakhmanov,A (2655) Batumi 2018}) 7. c5 Qe7 8. Nc3 b6 9. b4 a5 10. a3 $1 axb4 11. axb4 Rxa1 12. Qxa1 Nc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... bxc5 13. bxc5 Nc6 {0-1 (27) Plichta,K (2002)-Kaska,W (1759) Poland 2007}) 13. Qa4 Bb7 14. Bb5 Ne4 (14... Ra8 $5 15. Qb3 $8 Ra1+ 16. Nb1 Qf8 $11) 15. Qb3 Rb8 {[%cal Rb6c5]} 16. Bxc6 ({White should try} 16. O-O $11) 16... Bxc6 $15 17. Ne5 Qe8 (17... Be8 $1 $15 18. Nxe4 dxe4) 18. Nxc6 {The position is equal.} Qxc6 19. Nxe4 dxe4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 20. O-O bxc5 21. Rc1 Qb5 22. Rxc5 Qd3 23. Rc3 Qd2 {[%cal Rd2e1] [#]} 24. h3 h5 25. Qc2 Qxc2 $1 26. Rxc2 Rxb4 27. Rxc7 {Accuracy: White = 70%, Black = 86%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.20"]
[Round "3.18"]
[White "Golubka, Petro"]
[Black "Gordievsky, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "187"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,187,31,9,12,7,23,6,6,6,7,0,0,0,0,-22,-6,-27,0,12,11,-56,-65,-64,-62,-64,-70,-61,-60,-66,-64,-95,-88,-76,-79,-109,-102,-130,-137,-160,-72,-75,-56,-54,-19,-43,-20,-71,-29,-29,-43,-43,8,10,41,32,44,47,100,-41,0,0,0,-60,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,17,25,352,61,78,8,8,10,77,12,126,101,90,72,88,68,77,100,269,163,220,156,352,240,228,252,251,251,247,227,250,231,254,249,251,250,337,333,254,195,583,548,509,71,71,71,71,71,71,70,65,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8. exd5 Ne7 9. c4 Nf5 10. Bd3 {White wants to play Qa4.} g6 {B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations} 11. Qa4 Bd7 12. Qb4 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Bxf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. a4 a6 15. Nc3 b6 16. f4 Nd4 17. Be3 Bf5 18. Ne4 {0-1 (39) Ivanovic,Z (2203)-Ljubicic,L (2445) ICCF email 2006}) 14... Bxf5 15. Be3 b6 16. Rad1 g5 17. a4 a5 18. Qa3 Bg6 19. b4 ({White has to play} 19. g3 $1 $11) 19... axb4 $15 20. Qxb4 f5 21. f3 f4 22. Bf2 h5 23. Nc3 Rb8 $1 24. Ra1 g4 25. Kh1 Kh8 26. Rg1 Rg8 27. fxg4 hxg4 28. g3 f3 (28... Qf8 $142 29. gxf4 Qxf4) 29. Rge1 Bf5 30. Nd1 Bf6 31. Ne3 Bd3 {aiming for ...e4.} 32. Qd2 Bh7 33. a5 bxa5 34. Rxa5 Rb7 (34... e4 $15 35. Nd1 Rb3) 35. c5 $11 e4 36. Nc4 dxc5 37. Rxc5 Rb3 (37... e3 $14 38. Bxe3 (38. Qxe3 Re7 $11) 38... Rb3) 38. Rc6 (38. Qf4 $16 Rf8 39. d6) 38... Rd3 (38... Bg7 $5 {[%cal Rb3d3]}) 39. Qf4 Rf8 {White must now prevent ...Bc3.} 40. Bb6 (40. Bc5 $11 f2 41. Qxf2 Qxd5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 42. Ne3 Qxc6 43. Bxf8) 40... f2 (40... Bc3 $15 41. Bxd8 Rxf4 42. gxf4 Bxe1 43. Bf6+ Kg8) 41. Qxf2 Bc3 42. Qc5 (42. Bxd8 Rxf2 43. Rc8 Bg8 $19) 42... Qe8 43. Nd6 Qe7 44. Rc8 Rxc8 (44... Bxe1 $2 {[#]} 45. Nf7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxf7 46. Rxf8+ Kg7 47. Rxf7+ Kxf7 48. Qc7+ Kg8 49. Qb8+ Kg7 50. Qa7+ Kg8 51. Bd4 $18) 45. Qxc8+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Bg8 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black is not holding back} 46. Nf5 Qf6 47. Rf1 Be5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (47... e3 $1 $11 {and Black is okay.} 48. Bxe3 Qe5) 48. Be3 $2 (48. Qe8 $18 Bb2 49. Ne3) 48... Rxd5 $14 49. Qe8 ({Better is} 49. Kg1 $16 Qe6 50. Qa8) 49... Bc3 $11 50. Qxe4 Qg6 (50... Be6 $11 51. Bg5 Qg6) 51. Kg1 ({White should try} 51. Qf4 $16 Qf6 52. Nh6 (52. Qxg4 Bh7 $11) 52... Qxf4 53. Rxf4 (53. gxf4 Be6 $14) (53. Bxf4 Be6 $11) 53... Rd1+ 54. Kg2 Bd5+ 55. Kf2) 51... Rd7 (51... Qe6 $11 {keeps the balance.} 52. Qxe6 (52. Qxg4 Bh7 $11) 52... Bxe6) 52. Qf4 Rf7 53. Bd4+ Bxd4+ 54. Qxd4+ Kh7 55. Qc5 Qg5 $2 (55... Qe6 $16) 56. Rf4 Rb7 (56... Qf6 {might work better.} 57. h3 Qa1+ 58. Kh2 Qa7) 57. h4 Qd8 $2 (57... Rb1+ $16 58. Kf2 Rb2+ 59. Ke3 Rb3+ 60. Kd2 Qg6 61. Qa7+ Bf7) 58. Ne3 Rb1+ 59. Nf1 Qb6 60. Qxb6 Rxb6 61. Rxg4 $18 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rb2 62. Rd4 Kh6 63. Ne3 Bf7 64. g4 Ba2 65. Rd6+ Kh7 66. h5 Bb1 $2 (66... Re2) 67. g5 Be4 68. Kf1 $2 (68. Re6 $18 Bd3 69. Ng4) 68... Rb5 $16 69. g6+ Kh6 70. Ng4+ Kxh5 71. g7 Bh7 72. Rh6+ (72. Nf6+ $14 Kg6 73. g8=Q+ Bxg8 74. Nxg8+ Kf5 75. Ke2) 72... Kxg4 $11 {The position is equal.} 73. Rxh7 {KR-KR} Rf5+ $1 74. Kg2 Rg5 75. Kf2 Rf5+ $1 76. Ke3 Re5+ $1 77. Kd4 Rg5 78. Rh1 Kf3 $1 79. Rf1+ Kg2 $1 {[%cal Rg2f1]} 80. Rf7 {Threatens to win with Ke4.} Kh3 81. Ke4 Kg3 82. Rd7 {Ra7 is the strong threat.} Kg4 83. Rd1 {Intending Rg1+ and mate.} Kh3 $1 84. Rd7 Kg4 85. Ra7 {Hoping for Rb7.} Kg3 $1 86. Rb7 {And now Rf7 would win.} Kg4 87. Rb1 {Threatening mate with Rg1+.} Kh3 $1 88. Rh1+ Kg2 89. Rh7 Kg3 90. Kd4 Kf4 91. Rh4+ Kf3 92. Rh3+ Kf4 93. Rh1 {Rf1+ would kill now.} Rxg7 94. Rf1+ {Accuracy: White = 52%, Black = 49%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.20"]
[Round "3.19"]
[White "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Black "Belyakov, Bogdan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,137,50,50,47,57,60,48,57,59,91,76,43,78,100,95,103,88,125,108,110,41,42,37,64,57,89,42,36,-20,45,0,0,0,0,0,10,0,0,-18,-12,-204,-213,-182,-58,-59,-33,-55,-8,0,93,95,97,84,85,93,93,98,97,87,119,110,119,118,119,119,119,119,112,112,112,112,113,112,124,124,124,124,125,125,137,128,120,124,189,184,259,270,240,239,237,230,331,310,509,499,506,504,495,499,487,475,648,433,696,685,703,638,771,764,927,891,820,808,1203,1212,1204,1153,1103,1006,2181,1997,29980,29981,29985,29986]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. Nf3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 b6 {E90: King's Indian: Classical: Early deviations and 6 h3} (8... Nc6 9. Be2 Bd7 10. O-O Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. Qc2 a5 13. Rad1 Nd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Bg4 Ne5 16. c5 Nxg4 17. hxg4 Qc8 18. cxd6 Qxg4 19. dxe7 Rfe8 {1-0 (43) Cheparinov,I (2711)-Amin,B (2709) Zagreb 2018}) 9. Qd2 Bb7 10. f3 Nbd7 {White is slightly better.} 11. Bh6 a6 12. h4 Bxh6 13. Qxh6 Kh8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... e5 14. Nc2 Nh5 15. O-O-O Qf6 16. Rg1 {½-½ (34) Palliser,R (2418)-Kalavannan,K (2277) Hull 2018}) 14. g4 Rg8 15. O-O-O Rc8 16. Qe3 Ne5 17. h5 (17. b3 $16) 17... g5 $1 $14 18. Nf5 Bc6 19. Kb1 Bd7 20. Nd4 h6 21. Be2 (21. b3 $14) 21... Qf8 (21... Nxc4 $11 22. Bxc4 Rxc4) 22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. cxd5 b5 24. Nb3 Qg7 25. Na5 Qf6 26. Qa7 Qf4 {[%cal Rd7g4]} 27. Nc6 $2 (27. Qd4 $11 {and White is okay.}) 27... Bxc6 $19 ({Not} 27... Nxf3 $2 28. Qxd7 Qxe4+ 29. Bd3 $18) 28. dxc6 Nxc6 (28... Rxc6 $19 {Strongly threatening ...Rgc8.} 29. Qxe7 Rgc8) 29. Qxa6 $15 Ne5 30. Qxb5 Rb8 31. Qd5 $1 Rb6 (31... Nxf3 $11 {remains equal.} 32. Rh3 (32. Bxf3 Qxf3 33. Qd4+ f6 $15) 32... Qf6) 32. Qd2 Qf6 33. Rhf1 Rgb8 34. b3 Qe6 {[#] ( -> ...Rxb3+!)} 35. Qd5 $1 Qf6 36. Rc1 Kg7 37. Rc2 Rb4 38. Qd2 Nd7 39. Qc3 Ne5 40. Rd1 R4b7 41. Qb2 Kh7 42. Rc3 Nd7 43. Rd5 Ra7 44. Rb5 Rba8 45. a4 Ne5 46. Qd2 Kg7 47. Kc2 Kh7 48. Qe3 Kg7 (48... Qg7 $16 {keeps fighting.} 49. Kb1 Qh8) 49. Rd5 $18 Kh7 {[#]} (49... Rb7 $142 50. a5 Rba7) 50. Bb5 $1 Kg7 51. Bc6 Nxc6 52. Rxc6 Qe6 (52... Rb7 $142 53. Rc3 Qe6) 53. Qc3+ f6 $2 (53... Kh7 54. a5 Qd7) 54. a5 Qd7 55. b4 Qb7 56. Kd2 Qd7 57. Ke2 Qd8 58. Qc4 Rd7 (58... Rb8 $142 59. Rb5 Rba8) 59. Rd2 Qb8 60. a6 d5 61. Rxd5 Rxd5 62. exd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Qh2+ 63. Kd3 Qh1 64. Qe4 Kf8 65. Kc2 Qa1 66. Qc4 Qa3 67. d6 Qxf3 68. dxe7+ Kxe7 69. Qe6+ {Accuracy: White = 71%, Black = 43%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.20"]
[Round "3.20"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Janik, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "239"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,239,7,7,9,4,3,7,25,22,32,26,24,25,18,29,18,14,11,0,0,0,0,0,14,15,17,19,20,12,16,25,12,10,15,7,12,8,8,0,11,0,17,8,8,0,0,0,4,4,4,4,4,0,8,8,8,8,8,0,8,0,8,4,6,8,6,6,6,7,14,8,12,14,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,34,10,10,10,10,11,9,13,10,10,10,8,8,8,8,8,8,7,12,11,11,11,11,8,8,9,19,19,34,36,50,50,67,69,70,70,70,68,67,67,70,70,70,70,70,62,66,0,70,0,66,66,66,1,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,13,8,13,16,69,69,70,70,70,70,69,69,69,62,62,62,62,62,70,70,70,69,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,62,62,62,62,62,62,62,62,62,62,62,62,62,62,62,62,62,62,62,62,62,62,70,70,70]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. b3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O b6 7. Nc3 Bb7 8. d4 c5 {E18: Queen's Indian: Old Main Line (4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Be7 6 0-0 0-0 7 Nc3)} (8... Nbd7 9. Bb2 c5 10. Ne1 cxd4 11. Qxd4 Bc5 12. Qf4 Bb4 13. Nd3 Bxc3 14. Bxc3 Qc8 15. Rfc1 dxc4 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Rxc4 Qb8 18. Qxb8 Rfxb8 {½-½ (58) Ding,L (2771)-So,W (2792) Tbilisi 2017}) 9. dxc5 dxc4 10. cxb6 cxb3 {The position is equal.} 11. bxa7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. axb3 axb6 12. Be3 Nbd7 13. Nd4 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Rxa1 15. Qxa1 Qa8+ 16. Kg1 Rc8 17. Na4 Nd5 18. Bd2 Bb4 {½-½ (18) Arnold,B (1650)-Wotzka,A (1598) Leverkusen 2012}) 11... Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Rxa7 13. Be3 Ra3 14. axb3 Rxb3 15. Nd4 Rb4 16. Bxb7 (16. Ncb5 {is more complex.} Bxg2 17. Kxg2 g6 18. Bd2 Rc4 19. Rdc1) 16... Rxb7 17. Rdb1 Rxb1+ 18. Rxb1 Nbd7 19. Nc6 Bc5 20. Bxc5 Nxc5 21. Ra1 Nfe4 22. Nb5 Nb7 23. f3 Ned6 24. Nbd4 Re8 25. Kf2 e5 26. Nb3 f6 27. Ra7 Kf8 28. Nb4 Rc8 29. Na5 Nxa5 30. Rxa5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Rc7 31. Nd5 Rb7 32. g4 Kf7 33. Ne3 Rd7 34. h4 Nb7 35. Rb5 Nd6 36. Ra5 Nb7 37. Rb5 Nd6 38. Rb6 Nc8 39. Rc6 Ne7 40. Ra6 Nd5 41. Nf5 Nf4 42. h5 g6 43. Nd6+ Ke7 44. hxg6 hxg6 45. Ne4 Ne6 46. Ra5 Kf7 47. Ra6 f5 48. Nd6+ Kf6 $1 49. Kg3 fxg4 50. Kxg4 Ke7 51. Ne4 Rd1 52. Ra7+ Kf8 53. Kg3 Nf4 54. Kf2 Rb1 55. Ng3 Rb2 56. Ke3 Rb5 57. Ke4 Ne6 58. Kd3 Rd5+ 59. Ke3 Rb5 60. Ne4 Nf4 61. Nc3 Rc5 62. Kd2 Ne6 63. Ne4 Rb5 64. e3 Rd5+ 65. Kc3 Ng7 66. Nf6 Rd6 67. Nd7+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Kg8 68. Nxe5 Nf5 69. Ng4 Rd1 70. e4 Rf1 71. Nf6+ (71. exf5 Rxf3+ 72. Kd2 gxf5 $18) 71... Kf8 72. Nh7+ (72. exf5 Rxf3+ 73. Kd4 Rxf5 $18) 72... Kg8 73. Nf6+ (73. exf5 Rxf3+ 74. Kd4 Rxf5 $18) 73... Kf8 74. Nh7+ (74. exf5 Rxf3+ 75. Kd4 Rxf5 $18) 74... Kg8 75. Ng5 $1 ({Not} 75. exf5 Rxf3+ 76. Kd4 Rxf5 $18) 75... Nh4 $1 76. Ra8+ ({White should play} 76. Rf7 $1 $14) 76... Kg7 77. f4 Ng2 $1 78. Ra7+ Kg8 79. Kd4 Nxf4 80. Ke5 Nd3+ 81. Ke6 (81. Kd6 {keeps more tension.} Rb1 82. Ra8+ Kg7 83. Ne6+ Kh7 84. Ra3) 81... Nc5+ 82. Kd5 Nxe4 (82... Nd3 $11) 83. Kxe4 {KRN-KR. White is slightly better.} ({Less strong is} 83. Nxe4 Rf4 $18) 83... Re1+ 84. Kd5 Kf8 85. Nh7+ Ke8 86. Nf6+ Kf8 87. Ne4 {[#] aiming for Ng5.} Rf1 88. Ke6 Re1 89. Ke5 g5 90. Kf5 Rf1+ 91. Ke6 ({Weaker is} 91. Kxg5 Rf7 $18) 91... g4 92. Nf6 {[%csl Ge6][%cal Ra7f7]} Re1+ 93. Kf5 {White threatens Kg6 and mate.} Re7 94. Ra8+ Kf7 95. Nxg4 Rb7 96. Ne5+ Ke7 97. Ra6 Rb1 98. Re6+ Kd8 99. Rd6+ Kc7 100. Rc6+ (100. Rd3 {feels hotter.} Rf1+ 101. Ke4 Re1+ 102. Kd5 Rh1 103. Rg3) 100... Kb7 101. Rc2 Re1 102. Ke6 Kb6 103. Rc8 Kb5 104. Rc7 Rh1 105. Nf3 Rh5 106. Kd6 Kb4 107. Ne5 Rh1 108. Rb7+ Kc3 109. Kc5 {And now Ra7 would win.} Rh8 110. Rc7 Rd8 111. Nc4 {Hoping for Ne5.} Rd4 112. Nd6 {Strongly threatening Nb5+.} Rh4 113. Kd5+ Kd3 114. Nf7 {Threatens to win with Ne5+.} Rd4+ 115. Ke6 {Black must now prevent Ra7.} Ra4 116. Kf5 Ra5+ 117. Ne5+ Kd4 118. Rc4+ Ke3 119. Rb4 {Re4+ is the strong threat.} Ra8 120. Rb3+ {Accuracy: White = 76%, Black = 73%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.20"]
[Round "3.21"]
[White "Meshkovs, Nikita"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,61,18,23,53,53,62,42,55,53,57,72,111,76,146,155,142,95,86,44,55,53,65,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-10,-8,-8,100,100,247,252,239,251,239,209,226,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. d4 Bb7 4. g3 e6 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5 7. O-O O-O 8. Bf4 Re8 {[#] E16: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Bb4+} (8... Be7 9. Nc3 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Qc2 Na6 13. e4 Bb7 14. Rad1 h6 15. a3 Rc8 16. Rfe1 Nb8 17. d5 exd5 18. exd5 Bd6 19. Ne5 Nd7 20. Nc6 Nf6 21. Nxd8 {1-0 (21) Andreikin,D (2725)-Paichadze,L (2583) chess.com INT 2019}) 9. c5 $1 {[%mdl 512] Black must now prevent a3.} a4 $1 (9... bxc5 10. a3) 10. a3 Ba5 {White is slightly better.} 11. Qxa4 {Strongly threatening b4.} bxc5 12. dxc5 Nc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... e5 13. Nxe5 Bc3 14. Qb3 Bxg2 15. Nxc3 Bxf1 16. Nxf7 Qe7 17. Nd6+ Qe6 18. Qb7 cxd6 19. Qxa8 Nc6 20. Qa4 Qh3 {0-1 (20) Villuendas Valero,A (2239)-Garza Marco,S (2373) Aragon 2008}) 13. Qd1 Qb8 {[#]} (13... Qe7 $142) 14. Nbd2 $1 $16 Bxd2 15. Nxd2 ({Resist} 15. Qxd2 Na5 $14) 15... Nd5 16. Nc4 Nxf4 17. gxf4 e5 18. Qb3 (18. Qxd7 $14 Rd8 19. Qh3) 18... exf4 $11 19. Rfd1 Re7 20. Rd2 Ba6 21. Qxb8+ Rxb8 22. Rc1 g5 23. b4 Rbe8 (23... Kg7 $11) 24. Rxd7 $1 $16 Rxe2 (24... Bb5 $16 {is a better defense.} 25. Rxe7 Nxe7) 25. Bxc6 $18 Re1+ 26. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 27. Kg2 Bxc4 28. Bd5 $2 ({White should play} 28. h3 $18) 28... Bf1+ $11 {The position is equal.} 29. Kf3 {Kg4 is the strong threat.} Be2+ 30. Kg2 {aiming for f3.} Bf1+ 31. Kf3 {Accuracy: White = 57%, Black = 42%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.20"]
[Round "3.22"]
[White "Ragger, Markus"]
[Black "Moroni, Luca Jr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,79,0,0,16,11,11,14,9,9,22,16,8,14,11,11,18,6,19,0,28,8,89,87,121,128,161,50,53,45,107,103,110,124,97,44,38,23,30,0,20,25,20,18,39,0,0,2,2,0,0,0,0,0,16,16,14,10,10,0,19,0,10,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Be2 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} Ne4 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 {LiveBook: 6 Games} (10. O-O Be6 11. Be3 f6 12. exf6 Qxf6 13. h3 Rae8 14. Rc1 Kh8 {1-0 (30) Aronian,L (2765)-Karjakin,S (2753) St Petersburg 2018}) 10... Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Rc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. O-O f6 13. exf6 Nxc3 14. f7+ Bxf7 15. bxc3 Qf6 16. Qd2 Bh5 17. Rae1 Rae8 18. Bg5 Qd6 19. Bd1 {½-½ (19) Petrov,M (2426)-Enchev,I (2493) Primorsko 2017}) 12... Nxc3 13. bxc3 f6 14. exf6 Qxf6 15. O-O Rae8 16. Qd2 Qd6 17. Rfe1 h6 18. a4 Re4 19. Qc2 {Threatening Ng5.} Bxf3 (19... Re6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 20. Bxf3 $16 Rxf3 21. gxf3 Rh4 {[#]} 22. Kg2 (22. Bg5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rg5h4]} hxg5 23. Re8+ Kf7 24. Rce1 Bxd4 25. cxd4 Nxd4 26. R1e7+ Kf6 27. Qxc7 Nxf3+ 28. Kh1 Qxc7 29. Rxc7) 22... Ne7 $14 23. Rh1 c5 (23... c6 $14) 24. a5 $16 Bxa5 25. dxc5 Qe6 26. Kf1 (26. Ra1 $16 Nc6 27. Qd3) 26... Nf5 27. Qe2 Rc4 28. Bd2 Qf7 29. Rg1 Rxc5 30. Rg4 Rc6 31. Re1 Bxc3 {The position is equal.} 32. Bxc3 Rxc3 33. Qe8+ Qxe8 34. Rxe8+ $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} Kf7 35. Re5 Kf6 36. Rxd5 Rxf3 37. Rb5 Nd6 38. Rd5 Nf5 $1 39. Rb5 Nd6 40. Rd5 {Precision: White = 51%, Black = 51%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.20"]
[Round "3.23"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"]
[Black "Santos Ruiz, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,33,31,18,20,30,10,22,-2,0,-29,-33,-19,0,0,0,-39,-22,-16,-35,-43,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. h3 {C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines} (8. Re1 O-O 9. Nbd2 Nh5 10. Nf1 f5 11. Bb3+ Kh8 12. Ng5 Qf6 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Be3 Nf4 15. Bxf4 exf4 16. Ne4 Bxe4 17. Rxe4 {½-½ (45) Carlsen,M (2835)-Shirov,A (2643) St Petersburg 2018}) 8... O-O 9. Be3 Kh8 10. Nbd2 Nd7 11. Bxc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Nh2 f5 12. exf5 gxf5 13. f4 Ne7 14. fxe5 Nxe5 15. d4 {½-½ (31) Ivanchuk,V (2713)-Santos Ruiz,M (2543) Caleta 2019}) 11... bxc6 12. Qa4 c5 13. d4 f5 {[#] ...f4 is the strong threat.} 14. exf5 (14. Bg5 $5 {[%cal Rg5d8]} Qe8 15. exf5 $11) 14... gxf5 {Threatens to win with ...f4.} 15. Bg5 Qe8 {White must now prevent ...cxd4.} 16. Qc6 Ra7 {aiming for ...e4.} 17. dxe5 $1 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.20"]
[Round "3.24"]
[White "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D25"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,29,25,29,41,35,22,30,26,20,36,57,47,47,56,52,58,62,35,28,14,40,18]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Nbd2 {D25: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 4 e3: sidelines and 4...Bg4} (6. Bxc4 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. Qe2 O-O 9. b3 Bb7 10. Bb2 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 c5 12. Rac1 Rc8 {½-½ (27) Bu,X (2730)-Inarkiev,E (2689) Riadh 2017}) 6... c3 7. bxc3 bxc3 8. Nb1 {White has an edge.} e6 9. Nxc3 Bb4 10. Qb3 a5 11. Ba3 Nd5 12. Bxb4 Nxb4 13. Bb5+ $146 c6 14. Be2 O-O 15. O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.20"]
[Round "3.25"]
[White "Edouard, Romain"]
[Black "Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,49,29,45,27,42,40,41,33,44,52,49,45,52,53,52,41,41,46,44,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Qb6 14. Qe5 {B76: Sicilian Dragon: Yugoslav Attack, 9 g4 and 9 0-0-0} (14. Na4 Qc7 15. Nc5 Rd8 16. Bc4 Bf5 17. Bb3 h5 18. Kb1 Qf4 19. Nb7 Qxd4 20. Rxd4 Rd7 21. Na5 e5 22. Rdd1 {1-0 (47) Caruana,F (2828)-Edouard,R (2643) chess.com INT 2019}) 14... Be6 15. Na4 Qa5 16. b3 {Strongly threatening c4.White is slightly better.} Qb4 17. c4 Nf6 {[%cal Bd5f6,Bf6d7,Bd7b6][%mdl 32]} 18. Bd3 Rfd8 19. Bc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19. Qc5 a5 20. Bc2 Nd7 21. Qxb4 axb4 {½-½ (50) Suto,J (2411)-Barnett,C (2374) ICCF email 2013}) 19... Nd7 20. Qc3 Qa3+ 21. Qb2 Qb4 22. h4 Nb6 {The position is equal.} 23. Qc3 Qa3+ 24. Qb2 Qb4 {White must now prevent ...Nxa4.} 25. Qc3 {Accuracy: White = 89%, Black = 67%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.20"]
[Round "3.26"]
[White "Shevchenko, Kirill"]
[Black "Kovalenko, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,139,16,25,15,24,9,11,11,4,0,0,0,0,-16,-6,-16,-11,-14,14,0,23,32,20,25,43,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,11,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,-3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,13,0,0,0,0,0,5,0,12,5,0,0,10,0,10,4,15,0,0,0,10,0,18,18,18,11,18,18,17,17,34,18,33,18,41,16,17,0,56,0,9,0,42,41,52,0,0,0,8,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Nb6 8. Ne5 a5 9. g3 {D17: Slav Defence: 5 a4 Bf5: Lines with 6 Nh4 and 6 Ne5} (9. e3 Nfd7 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Nxd3 e6 12. O-O Be7 13. Qb3 O-O 14. e4 Ra6 15. Be3 Qb8 16. Rac1 Rd8 {1-0 (37) Giri,A (2782)-Aronian,L (2767) chess.com INT 2018}) 9... e6 10. Bg2 Bb4 11. O-O O-O 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. e3 Qe7 15. Ne4 Rfd8 16. Qb3 Rac8 17. Rac1 $146 Nd5 18. Nc5 {[#] And now e4 would win.} Bh7 19. Rfd1 Kh8 20. Ned3 Bxc5 21. Rxc5 b6 22. Rcc1 Bxd3 23. Qxd3 Nb4 24. Qe4 Kg8 25. h4 Qe8 26. Bf1 h5 27. Be2 g6 28. b3 Qe7 29. Rc4 Rd5 30. Rdc1 Kg7 31. Bf3 Qd8 32. Qb1 Rd6 33. Qe4 Qf6 34. Bg2 Rcd8 35. Qf3 Qe7 36. Qe4 R8d7 37. Bf3 Rc7 38. Bg2 Kh7 39. Bf3 Kg8 40. Bg2 Qf6 41. Qf3 Qd8 42. Qe4 Qe7 43. Bf3 Rc8 44. Bg2 Kf8 45. Bf3 (45. Qe5 {is interesting.} f6 46. Qe4 Kg7 47. g4 hxg4 48. Qxg4 f5 49. Qg3) 45... Kg8 46. Bg2 Rd7 47. Bf3 Rdc7 48. Be2 Qd6 49. Rd1 Kf8 50. Bf3 Ke7 51. Rdc1 Rg8 52. Bg2 Rd8 53. Bf3 Rdc8 54. Bg2 Qd8 55. Bf3 Kd7 56. Qf4 Qe7 57. Be4 Ke8 58. Qf3 {[%cal Re4c6]} Qd6 59. Qf6 Qd7 60. Qh8+ Ke7 61. Qg7 {[#] Black must now prevent Bxg6.} Kd6 62. Qe5+ Ke7 63. Qg7 {Hoping for Bxg6.} Kd8 (63... Kd6 $11) 64. Qf8+ Qe8 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black is fighting back} 65. Qd6+ Rd7 (65... Qd7 $5 {[%cal Rd7d6]} 66. Qe5 Qe7 $14) 66. Qf4 {[%cal Re4c6]} Rdc7 $1 67. Qd6+ (67. Rxb4 $14 axb4 68. Qd6+ Qd7 69. Qf8+ (69. Qxb4 c5 $14) 69... Qe8 70. Qxb4) 67... Qd7 $11 {The position is equal.} 68. Qf8+ Qe8 69. Qd6+ Qd7 70. Qf8+ {Accuracy: White = 50%, Black = 45%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.20"]
[Round "3.27"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Lobanov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,145,0,25,0,0,0,0,0,46,20,16,29,34,16,12,20,21,17,11,20,22,28,105,98,102,106,120,117,233,218,222,227,233,226,212,0,0,0,0,-4,0,0,99,97,97,97,97,97,97,97,97,97,98,98,98,64,64,64,64,64,64,45,45,45,45,45,45,45,91,45,45,45,91,91,91,91,701,536,814,807,807,807,792,407,407,166,778,166,737,407,708,606,2679,785,29941,29947,29946,29947,29952,29954,29956,29953,29959,29957,29965,29963,29966,29967,29966,29968,29967,29966,29969,29970,29970,29963,29963,29966,29965,29966,29964,29966,29965,29966,29964,29964,6726,5804]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O O-O 8. Na4 cxd4 9. a3 Be7 10. exd4 d6 11. Re1 {E43: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4...b6} (11. b4 Nbd7 12. Bf4 a5 13. Qb3 axb4 14. axb4 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Nh5 16. Be3 f5 17. Nc3 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 Bg5 {0-1 (36) Laznicka,V (2679)-Adly,A (2594) Dubai 2014}) 11... Nbd7 12. Be3 Rc8 13. Rc1 {The position is equal.} Rc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Ng4 14. Bf4 d5 15. cxd5 Rxc1 16. Qxc1 Bxd5 17. Be2 Ngf6 18. Nc3 Bb7 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Nd5 {½-½ (20) Raessler,A (2341)-Kogan,B (2330) ICCF email 2016}) 14. b4 Qa8 15. Nc3 a6 16. Bf1 Rfc8 17. Nd2 b5 {[%cal Rb5c4]} 18. c5 Nd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. a4 e5 (20... Nf6 $11) 21. axb5 $16 axb5 22. Bxb5 Qb7 23. Qe2 Rb8 (23... dxc5 $16 {was worth a try.} 24. bxc5 (24. dxc5 Rb8 $16) 24... Rd8) 24. Bxd7 $1 $18 Rxd7 {[#]} 25. b5 $1 {[%mdl 512] Strongly threatening c6.} dxc5 ({But not} 25... Qxb5 $2 26. Rb1 $18) 26. dxc5 {Black must now prevent c6.} Rc7 ({Avoid the trap} 26... Qxb5 $2 27. Rb1 $18) 27. c6 $2 ({Better is} 27. b6 $18 Rc6 28. Nc4) 27... Qxb5 $11 28. Rb1 Bb4 29. Bd4 Qxe2 30. Rxe2 f6 {[#]} (30... exd4 $11 31. Rxb4 Rcc8 32. Rxd4 Bxc6) 31. Bc3 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2560] White has strong initiative.} Bxc3 32. Rxb8+ Kf7 33. Rb7 Rxb7 34. cxb7 Bxb7 35. Ne4 Bxe4 36. Rxe4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KB} Bd4 37. g4 Kg6 38. Kg2 h5 39. f3 hxg4 40. fxg4 f5 41. gxf5+ Kxf5 42. Kf3 g5 43. h3 Bc3 44. Ra4 {Hoping for Ra7.} Bd4 45. Ra5 Bb6 46. Rd5 Bd4 47. Rb5 Bc3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (47... Bg1 $16 48. Ke2 Kf4) 48. Rb8 $18 Bd2 49. Rf8+ Ke6 50. Ke4 Bf4 51. Rd8 Ke7 52. Rd1 (52. Rc8 $142) 52... Ke6 $2 (52... g4) 53. Rd3 $2 (53. Rb1 Kd6 54. Rh1) 53... Bh2 $2 (53... g4 54. hxg4 Kf6) 54. Rd5 Bf4 (54... g4 $142 55. h4 Bf4) 55. Ra5 Kd6 56. Ra6+ Kc5 57. Rg6 Kc4 {[#]} 58. Rc6+ $1 Kb5 59. Kd5 Kb4 60. Rc8 Kb5 61. Rb8+ Ka6 62. Kc5 Ka7 63. Rb5 Ka6 64. Kc6 Ka7 65. Rb6 Bh2 66. Rb7+ Ka8 67. Rb2 Bf4 68. Kc7 {[%cal Rb2a2]} e4+ 69. Kc6 e3 70. Kd5 Bg3 71. Ke4 Bf2 72. Kf3 Ka7 73. Rb5 {Accuracy: White = 63%, Black = 43%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.20"]
[Round "3.28"]
[White "Ruck, Robert"]
[Black "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,73,34,30,31,26,35,20,20,8,20,-4,0,-1,-8,-11,-11,-9,-10,-19,-14,-8,-11,-12,0,-11,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,-17,18,15,14,8,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bf4 dxc4 6. e3 Nd5 7. Bxc4 Nxf4 8. exf4 Nb6 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} 9. Bb3 g6 (9... Bd6 10. g3 Bd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Qd3 Bc6 13. Rad1 Qf6 14. Ne5 Bxe5 15. fxe5 Qf3 16. Qxf3 Bxf3 {½-½ (32) Wojtaszek,R (2727)-Wang,H (2722) Porto Carras 2018}) 10. Qe2 Bg7 {The position is equal.} 11. O-O O-O 12. Ne4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Rad1 a5 13. a3 a4 14. Ba2 Nd5 15. g3 b6 16. Rfe1 {0-1 (60) Basso,P (2529)-Moroni,L (2559) Salerno 2018}) 12... a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 13. Rac1 a4 14. Bc2 Nd5 15. g3 b6 16. Rfd1 a3 17. bxa3 Rxa3 {[#] Hoping for ...Ba6.} 18. Bb3 Bb7 19. Ne5 Qa8 20. Ng5 {Black should prevent Nexf7.} Qe8 21. Ne4 (21. Qg4 {looks sharper.} Qe7 22. h4 Nf6 23. Qe2 Bd5 24. Rd3) 21... Qe7 22. Nc6 Bxc6 23. Rxc6 Ra7 24. Ng5 {[#] Strongly threatening Bxd5.} Qd7 25. Rcc1 Rd8 26. h4 Qd6 27. Ne4 Qe7 28. Ng5 Bf6 29. Ne4 h5 30. Rd2 Bxh4 31. gxh4 {And now f5! would win.} Nxf4 32. Qf3 Qxh4 33. Rcd1 Ra5 34. Qg3 Nh3+ 35. Kf1 Qxe4 36. Qxh3 Rg5 37. Rd3 {[%mdl 32768] Accuracy: White = 61%, Black = 73%. . Loss on time!?} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.20"]
[Round "3.29"]
[White "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Black "Sivuk, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,81,28,14,34,21,28,19,29,22,25,22,39,34,38,35,34,29,28,20,19,12,16,0,18,16,14,0,13,0,16,0,0,0,12,0,0,0,8,0,15,16,25,0,17,14,29,27,34,35,29,27,29,19,22,15,36,18,14,12,24,6,9,6,6,6,8,4,9,0]} 1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 a6 5. d4 Bf5 6. Bd3 {D15: Slav Defence: 4 Nc3 a6 and gambit lines after 4 Nc3 dxc4} Bg6 (6... Bxd3 7. Qxd3 e6 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Bb4+ 11. Kf1 Be7 12. g3 Nd7 13. Kg2 O-O {½-½ (39) Vidit,S (2695)-Andreikin,D (2725) chess.com INT 2019}) 7. O-O e6 8. Qe2 {LiveBook: 15 Games. White has an edge.} Nbd7 (8... Bxd3 {seems wilder.} 9. Qxd3 Bb4 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Bxd2 13. Nxd2 cxd5 14. Rac1 Nc6) 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Bxe4 12. Qxe4 Nf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Be7 13. Bf4 O-O {½-½ (43) Neiksans,A (2572)-Yilmaz,M (2569) Tromsoe 2014}) 13. Qe2 Be7 14. Bf4 O-O 15. Rfd1 {[%cal Bf1d1,Bd1d3,Bd3e3,Be3e5][%mdl 32]} Re8 16. b3 Qa5 17. Rd3 Rad8 18. Re3 Bd6 19. Bxd6 Rxd6 20. Re5 Qc7 21. h3 Red8 22. b4 h6 23. Rb1 Nd7 24. Re4 Nf6 25. Re3 R6d7 26. a4 Rd6 27. Reb3 R6d7 28. Re3 Rd6 29. c5 R6d7 30. b5 axb5 31. axb5 Nd5 32. Reb3 Nf4 33. Qe4 {[#] bxc6 is the strong threat.} Ng6 34. bxc6 Qxc6 35. Qe3 Qd5 36. Rb5 Re7 37. Qb3 Qxb3 {The position is equal.} 38. R5xb3 Rdd7 39. h4 f6 40. g3 h5 41. Re3 {Precision: White = 45%, Black = 66%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.20"]
[Round "3.30"]
[White "Demidov, Mikhail"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,74,20,25,16,11,16,3,14,-6,0,-30,0,-18,-37,-47,-25,-69,-64,-75,-89,-77,-101,-144,-143,-125,-98,-165,-174,-199,-175,-220,-217,-227,-233,-254,-202,-193,-181,-221,-231,-188,-154,-547,-555,-1831,-1764,-1745,-1656,-29982,-29983,-29983,-29984,-29984,-29985,-29987,-29988,-29990,-29991,-29993,-29994,-29994,-29995]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Qc2 Re8 {D36: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation: Main line (5 Bg5 c6 6 Qc2)} 9. Nge2 (9. Nf3 h6 10. Bf4 Be6 11. h3 c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. O-O Nbd7 14. Rac1 a6 15. Rfd1 Rc8 16. Qb1 {½-½ (81) Tomashevsky,E (2722)-Zvjaginsev,V (2675) Novi Sad 2016}) 9... g6 10. h3 Nbd7 {The position is equal.} 11. Bf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. O-O Nh5 12. Bh6 Bf8 13. Bxf8 Nxf8 14. Kh1 Qe7 15. Rab1 Ne6 16. b4 Qh4 17. Ng1 {0-1 (54) Troia,E (2297)-Pino Munoz,F (2298) ICCF email 2013}) 11... Nf8 12. O-O-O a5 13. a4 Ne6 14. Be5 Nd7 15. Bh2 Nb8 16. g4 Na6 17. Bxa6 Rxa6 18. f4 {[#]} b5 $1 19. f5 Ng5 20. h4 (20. axb5 $6 cxb5 21. Nxb5 Bb7 $11) (20. fxg6 $17 hxg6 21. axb5 cxb5 22. Nxb5) 20... Nf3 $19 21. fxg6 fxg6 {White must now prevent ...b4.} ({But not} 21... hxg6 22. h5 $17) 22. h5 {[#]} g5 $1 ({Not} 22... Bxg4 23. hxg6 h5 24. axb5 $15) 23. axb5 cxb5 {...Rc6 is the strong threat.} 24. Nxb5 Nxh2 ({Less strong is} 24... Bxg4 25. Nc7 $15) 25. Rxh2 Bxg4 26. Rg1 Qd7 {aiming for ...Bf5.} 27. Nbc3 a4 {Strongly threatening ...Bf5.} 28. Nf4 $2 (28. Rhg2 $17 {nothing else works.} Bxh5 29. Nf4) 28... a3 29. bxa3 Bxa3+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 30. Kd2 gxf4 31. Rhg2 fxe3+ {Black mates.} 32. Ke1 Bb4 33. Rxg4+ Kh8 34. Rg7 Bxc3+ {[%mdl 64] Overworked Piece} 35. Qxc3 Qf5 36. R7g2 Qb1+ 37. Ke2 Ra2+ {Accuracy: White = 22%, Black = 77%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.20"]
[Round "3.31"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Sanal, Vahap"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,107,21,21,35,23,48,48,64,35,37,28,38,39,55,44,60,64,75,69,73,58,47,45,87,85,121,112,128,128,121,126,122,124,119,123,122,133,136,139,120,126,126,126,126,126,206,204,186,202,214,214,214,214,208,200,214,181,359,359,340,255,356,358,350,329,286,246,239,244,212,0,119,119,132,119,160,119,117,100,112,112,112,108,197,184,398,410,369,369,420,404,464,456,591,373,579,558]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 c6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. Bb2 Ne4 {A06: Réti Opening:1 Nf3 d5} (7... O-O 8. Nbd2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Qe2 c5 11. Rad1 Ne4 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Ba6 Bxa6 14. Qxa6 Re8 15. dxc5 Ndxc5 16. Qe2 Rc8 17. Rc1 Bf8 18. Rfd1 Qe7 {½-½ (45) Radjabov,T (2710)-Ding,L (2773) Moscow 2017}) 8. O-O Qc7 9. Qc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. h3 O-O 10. Bxe4 dxe4 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. Nc3 Rd8 13. Ngxe4 {1-0 (32) Ranaldi,L (2014)-Krogseth,L (1585) Fagernes 2015}) 9... f5 {White is slightly better.} 10. Ba3 O-O 11. Rc1 Rf6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Qb2 Rh6 14. Qa3 Qxa3 15. Nxa3 b6 16. Nc2 Bb7 17. Nce1 Re8 18. b4 Rf6 19. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Kf8 20. a5 dxc4 21. Bxc4 e5 22. axb6 axb6 23. Ra7 Nd6 24. Ng5 {aiming for Ba6.} Rh6 25. Nf7 Nxf7 26. Rxb7 Rd6 27. Bxf7 $1 Kxf7 {[#]} 28. Nf3 $1 $36 {[%cal Rf3e5][%mdl 2048] Black must now prevent Nxe5+. Keeping Black busy.} Kf6 (28... Kf8 $16 29. dxe5 Nxe5) 29. dxe5+ $18 {[%mdl 64] Overworked Piece} Nxe5 30. Nxe5 Rxe5 31. Rxb6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Ree6 32. g3 g6 33. Kg2 Kf7 34. Rc2 h5 $2 (34... g5 35. Rc5 Kg6) 35. h4 Ke7 36. Kf3 Kf6 37. Ra2 Kf7 38. Ra7+ Kf6 39. Rbb7 Rd2 40. Ra6 Rb2 41. Raa7 $2 (41. Rbb6 $18) 41... Rd6 (41... Rd2 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 42. Rf7+ $16 Ke5 43. Rab7 Kd5 44. Rfc7 Ke5 45. Re7+ Kd5 46. Rb6 Kc4 47. Rc7 Kd5 (47... Rdd2 $16 {was worth a try.} 48. Rcxc6+ (48. Rbxc6+ Kb5 $16) 48... Kb3) 48. Rc8 $18 Re6 $2 {[#]} (48... Ra2 49. b5 cxb5 50. Rxb5+ Ke6) 49. Ra8 $1 Rd6 50. Raa6 Rb3 51. Kf4 Re6 52. Ra5+ Kc4 53. Rc5+ Kd3 54. Kf3 {Accuracy: White = 84%, Black = 40%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.20"]
[Round "3.32"]
[White "Zanan, Evgeny"]
[Black "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,58,22,25,28,26,14,-30,0,0,0,-51,-21,-28,-29,-72,-93,-104,-104,-187,-183,-200,-217,-219,-198,-333,-320,-565,-291,-1193,-1153,-29990,-29991,-29991,-29992,-29992,-29993]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 h5 9. Nd5 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} Bxd5 10. exd5 Nbd7 11. Qd2 g6 12. O-O-O Nb6 13. Kb1 {LiveBook: 19 Games} Nfxd5 14. Bf2 {Black must now prevent Qa5.} Nf6 {[#]} 15. Qe1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Bd3 Nbd7 16. Rhe1 Qc7 17. g3 Bh6 {½-½ (17) Saric,I (2654)-Palac,M (2568) Porec 2016}) 15... Be7 16. g3 Qc7 17. Bd3 ({White should play} 17. f4 $11) 17... Rc8 18. f4 Nc4 19. Nd2 b5 $1 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5c4][%mdl 32]} 20. h3 O-O $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under strong pressure.} 21. f5 {[#]} (21. Bxc4 $17 {might work better.} bxc4 22. c3) 21... d5 $1 $19 22. Bxc4 bxc4 23. Nf3 {[#]} Bd6 $1 ({Much less strong is} 23... gxf5 24. Qxe5 Qxe5 25. Nxe5 $17) 24. g4 (24. Be3 {was necessary.}) 24... Rb8 {aiming for ...Ba3.} (24... hxg4 25. hxg4 c3 26. b3 $14) 25. gxh5 $2 (25. Ng5) 25... Ne4 {...Ba3 is the strong threat.} 26. Qe3 $2 (26. hxg6 fxg6 27. Rg1) 26... Bc5 27. Qh6 Rxb2+ {Black mates.} 28. Kxb2 Rb8+ 29. Ka1 Qa5 {Precision: White = 19%, Black = 70%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.20"]
[Round "3.33"]
[White "Lysyj, Igor"]
[Black "Mirzoev, Emil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,75,33,40,22,33,23,35,12,24,27,53,55,99,104,91,48,28,44,41,-25,56,36,51,43,165,168,208,210,214,218,197,166,247,243,244,233,248,229,318,317,329,328,329,256,272,274,340,341,338,311,406,401,643,639,641,532,540,523,517,509]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. Be2 Na6 7. O-O e5 8. Be3 Ng4 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. Re1 {E94: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5 7 0-0: Various Black 7th moves} exd4 11. Nxd4 (11. Nd5 f6 12. Bf4 d3 13. Bxd3 Ne5 14. Bxe5 dxe5 15. c5 Rf7 16. Bxa6 bxa6 17. c6 Be6 {0-1 (52) Bacrot,E (2704)-Fressinet,L (2712) Calvi 2015}) 11... Qe5 12. Nf3 $1 {[%cal Rf3e5] White is slightly better.} Qc5 13. Bh4 Be6 14. Rc1 Bxc4 15. Nd5 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Qa5 17. h3 $146 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} ({Predecessor:} 17. b4 Nxb4 {½-½ (67) Zilka,S (2472)-Saric,I (2500) Olbia 2008}) 17... Ne5 18. Nf6+ (18. Nxe5 $14 Bxe5 19. b4) 18... Kh8 (18... Bxf6 $1 $11 19. Bxf6 Nd7) 19. Nxe5 dxe5 20. a3 Rad8 {[#]} (20... Rac8 $14) 21. Nd5 $1 $18 {b4 is the strong threat.} Rxd5 22. exd5 Qxd5 23. Red1 Qb3 24. Bg5 f5 (24... e4 $142 25. Qxe4 Nc5) 25. Rd7 {[#] aiming for Rxg7!} e4 26. Qe3 Qxe3 27. Bxe3 Bxb2 28. Rb1 Be5 29. Rxb7 Kg8 30. Bxa7 ({Much less strong is} 30. Rxa7 $6 Nb8 $18) 30... Rf7 31. Rd8+ Kg7 32. Rd5 Bc3 33. g3 Kf6 34. Be3 Ke6 (34... Re7 $142 35. h4 h6) 35. Rd8 {White is clearly winning.} Rd7 36. Rxd7 Kxd7 37. Ra7 Nb8 38. Bf4 {Accuracy: White = 74%, Black = 38%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.20"]
[Round "3.34"]
[White "Gledura, Benjamin"]
[Black "Demuth, Adrien"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,55,8,14,0,0,0,0,-16,-14,-16,0,0,0,-54,0,0,0,0,0,0,304,248,284,272,587,594,677,649,1625,1623,1108,753,29988,29989]} 1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d4 O-O 6. b3 d6 7. Bb2 c6 8. c4 Na6 9. Nbd2 e5 10. dxe5 {A87: Dutch Defence: Leningrad System: 5 Nf3} Nd7 11. Ba3 Nxe5 (11... c5 12. e6 Nb6 13. Qc2 Bxe6 14. Rad1 Qe7 15. Bb2 Nb4 16. Qb1 Rad8 17. Bxg7 Qxg7 {1-0 (59) Korobov,A (2695)-Anton Guijarro,D (2679) Poikovsky 2017}) 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 13. Nf3 Bxa1 14. Qxa1 Nc5 15. Rd1 {[#] Threatens to win with Bxc5.} Qe7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Qf6 16. Qc1 Qe7 17. Bb2 Ne4 {1-0 (38) Shirov,A (2500)-Bareev,E (2590) Lvov 1990}) 16. Qd4 Ne4 ({Don't play} 16... Rf6 17. Bb2 $16) 17. Nd2 {[%cal Rd2e4]} Nc5 $1 18. b4 (18. Bb2 $11) 18... Qxe2 ({Black should try} 18... Na4 $1 $15 19. Qd3 Be6) 19. Nf3 $36 {[%cal Bd2f3,Bf3e5,Be5d7][%mdl 2080] White has good play.} Ne6 20. Qa1 $1 f4 {Strongly threatening ...fxg3.} 21. g4 Qxc4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (21... Nc7 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 22. Rxd6 Bxg4) 22. Rxd6 Ng7 {[#]} 23. Bf1 $1 {[%cal Rf1c4]} Qe4 $2 (23... Qf7 {is a better chance.}) 24. Ne5 $18 Re8 {[#]} 25. Bc4+ $1 Kh8 26. Bb2 {Threatening mate with Nf7+.} Be6 27. Bxe6 Nxe6 28. Nd7+ {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 30%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.20"]
[Round "3.35"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,38,12,25,0,23,23,20,-14,-37,-54,-58,-66,-68,-79,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. a4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7} (6. Be2 b6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 Bb7 9. O-O e5 10. Qe3 Be7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. Nc4 {1-0 (39) Giri,A (2783)-Salem,A (2660) St Petersburg 2018}) 6... b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Ng5 $146 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Rc4f7]} ({Predecessor:} 8. Re1 Qc8 9. d3 g6 10. Bg5 Bg7 11. Qd2 O-O 12. Bh6 Bc6 13. Nd5 {0-1 (55) Jones,G (2677)-Xiong,J (2651) chess.com INT 2018}) 8... e6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. Nxe6 Qc8 11. f4 {[#]} g6 ({Much worse is} 11... Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Re1 $11) (11... c4 $1 $17 {Hoping for ...Nc5.} 12. d3 Nc5 13. Nxc5 Qxc5+ 14. d4 Qc7) 12. Qe2 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} Be7 {Strongly threatening ...Nf8.} 13. e5 $1 {[%cal Re5f6]} dxe5 14. fxe5 Nh5 15. Qxh5 $1 {[%mdl 64] [#] Remove Defender} gxh5 16. Ng7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kd8 17. Ne6+ Ke8 18. Ng7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kd8 19. Ne6+ Ke8 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.20"]
[Round "3.36"]
[White "Quparadze, Giga"]
[Black "Onischuk, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,123,39,-2,66,41,35,44,50,26,32,31,30,34,40,36,67,39,63,56,70,26,10,20,15,9,11,17,17,17,17,17,17,18,16,16,23,15,15,17,14,16,22,21,26,23,28,0,21,2,2,0,58,58,112,106,108,74,74,74,106,106,106,95,105,93,117,114,116,121,129,134,120,97,99,96,96,98,96,96,101,91,126,106,106,95,95,102,579,582,576,525,575,575,608,490,490,490,673,673,5385,5348,3564,2141,29991,29976,29992,29993,29993,29994]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5 Rb8 9. a4 Nc7 {B09: Pirc Defence: Austrian Attack} (9... Nb4 $11) (9... Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Rxf3 Nd7 12. Bc4 Nc7 13. Qd3 Nb6 14. Ba2 a6 15. Be3 Nd7 16. Bc4 Nb6 17. Ba2 Nd7 18. a5 b5 19. axb6 Rxb6 {½-½ (34) Yu,Y (2751)-Petrosian,T (2601) Riadh 2017}) 10. Bc4 a6 11. a5 Nb5 {[#] White must now prevent ...Nxc3.White is slightly better.} 12. Bxb5 axb5 13. e5 Ne8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Ng4 14. exd6 exd6 15. Nxb5 Re8 16. Ra3 Bf5 {1-0 (36) Verstraeten,R (2171)-Butkiewicz,L (2402) Leiden 2012}) 14. Nxb5 Ra8 15. Bd2 dxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxd5 17. Be3 Qe4 18. Qd3 Qxd3 19. cxd3 Bf5 $1 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Bxe5.} 20. Rfd1 Nf6 21. Bxc5 Nd5 22. g3 Rfc8 23. b4 g5 $1 24. Nd4 {[%cal Bb5d4,Bd4e2,Be2f4][%mdl 32]} Bg6 25. Ne2 gxf4 26. Nxf4 Nxb4 $1 27. Nexg6 Rxc5 28. Nxe7+ Kf8 29. Rab1 Bd4+ 30. Kh1 Nc2 31. Ned5 Ra7 32. Rdc1 {Hoping for Nb6.} Raxa5 33. Rf1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Ne6+ is the strong threat. White has the initiative.} ({But not} 33. Rxb7 $2 Ne3 $19) 33... Kg8 ({Better is} 33... Rxd5 $11 34. Nxd5 Rxd5) 34. Rxb7 $14 Ra1 (34... Rxd5 $14 35. Nxd5 Rxd5) 35. Rxa1 $16 Bxa1 36. Nh5 h6 37. Nhf4 Bd4 38. Rb8+ Kh7 39. Re8 Ra5 40. Kg2 Ra1 41. Re2 Ne1+ 42. Kh3 Nf3 {next ...Ng1+ is good for Black.} 43. Kg4 Rf1 44. Re7 Kg8 45. h4 Ne5+ 46. Kh5 Nxd3 47. Kxh6 {[%cal Re7e8]} Bg7+ 48. Kg5 Ne5 49. Kh5 Ng6 50. Re8+ Kh7 51. Nh3 {[%cal Rh3g5]} Be5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (51... Bh6 $16) 52. Ne3 $18 Rf6 53. Ng5+ Kg7 54. Kg4 Bd6 55. Nf5+ Rxf5 56. Kxf5 Bxg3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KBN} 57. h5 Ne5 58. Ne4 Nc4 59. Kg5 {Threatening mate with h6+.} Be5 60. h6+ {White mates.} Kh7 61. Kh5 {[%cal Re4g5]} f6 62. Re7+ {Accuracy: White = 70%, Black = 46%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.20"]
[Round "3.37"]
[White "Blagojevic, Dragisa"]
[Black "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,28,30,13,54,45,45,45,54,59,43,50,55,57,58,34,41]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bd6 6. Qc2 {E01: Catalan: Early deviations} O-O 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. O-O {LiveBook: 34 Games. White has an edge.} b6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... c6 9. Bf4 Bxf4 10. gxf4 b6 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. fxe5 Ng4 13. Nd2 Ba6 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Nf3 Nh6 16. Bh3 f5 17. Kh1 Kh8 18. Rg1 {½-½ (27) Andreikin,D (2736)-Carlsen,M (2840) Wijk aan Zee 2017}) 9. cxd5 {White is slightly better.} exd5 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. Nb5 Ne4 12. Nxd6 cxd6 13. Rfc1 Ndf6 14. Bg5 Nxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.20"]
[Round "3.38"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Ivic, Velimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,90,0,5,-6,-7,-2,14,5,11,0,4,-25,-19,-24,-26,-24,-20,-20,-20,-58,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,-7,0,-5,0,-14,-7,-9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-14,-16,-17,-8,-40,-29,-56,0,-38,-18,-51,-45,-50,-38,-42,-52,-56,-45,-79,-81,-116,-100,-110,-21,-62,-66,-120,-42,-42,-27,-25,-21,-22,-21,-30,-8,-8,-10,-16,-11]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. O-O {B23: Closed Sicilian: Lines without g3} Bxb5 7. Nxb5 Nh6 8. d3 Qd7 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Kh1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Bd2 f5 11. Rb1 O-O 12. a3 Rac8 13. Kh1 b6 14. Ne2 Nd4 15. c3 Nxf3 16. Rxf3 e6 17. c4 {0-1 (44) Alonso Moyano,J (2388)-Vazquez Igarza,R (2577) Linares 2018}) 10... f5 11. Be3 O-O 12. Qd2 Ng4 13. Bg1 Bh6 14. Ne2 e5 (14... fxe4 $15 15. dxe4 Qe6) 15. exf5 $11 exf4 16. fxg6 hxg6 17. d4 Ne3 18. Bxe3 fxe3 19. Qd3 Qf5 20. Qb3+ Qf7 21. c3 Qxb3 22. axb3 cxd4 23. Nexd4 Nxd4 24. Nxd4 Rf2 25. Rxf2 exf2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 26. g4 Re8 27. Rf1 $1 Be3 28. Ne2 Kg7 29. Kg2 Bc5 (29... Bb6 $15 30. Nf4 a5) 30. Nc1 a5 31. Nd3 Bb6 32. Rd1 Re2 33. Kf1 Rc2 34. h4 Be3 35. Kg2 b5 36. h5 gxh5 37. gxh5 Kh6 (37... Ba7 $17 38. Rh1 Kh6) 38. Kf3 Bb6 {And now ...Rd2! would win.} 39. Kg4 (39. Rf1 $1 $15) 39... d5 ({Better is} 39... Kg7 $17 40. Rh1 Kh7) 40. Nxf2 $1 $15 Rxf2 41. Rxd5 {KRB-KR} Bc7 42. Rxb5 Rxb2 {aiming for ...Rg2+.} 43. Rc5 Bh2 44. Rxa5 Rxb3 45. Ra6+ Kh7 {Accuracy: White = 40%, Black = 58%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.20"]
[Round "3.39"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Sargsyan, Shant"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,60,-14,0,-16,0,-22,-22,-16,-14,-50,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Ba6 9. b3 g6 10. f4 {C45: Scotch Game} (10. g3 Bg7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Bg2 Rae8 13. O-O Bxe5 14. Qxe5 Qxe5 15. Bxe5 Rxe5 16. cxd5 Bxf1 17. Kxf1 cxd5 18. Nc3 c6 19. Rd1 Rfe8 20. Bf3 Kf8 21. Ne2 {½-½ (41) Aronian,L (2765)-Amin,B (2709) Germany 2019}) 10... d6 {[%cal Bd7d6,Bd6e5][%mdl 32]} 11. Qf2 Nf6 {[%cal Bd5f6,Bf6e4,Be4c5,Bc5d3][%mdl 32]} 12. Be2 dxe5 {Strongly threatening ...Ne4.} 13. O-O Qc5 14. Be3 $1 {[%cal Re3c5] The position is equal.} Ne4 $1 {[%cal Re4f2]} 15. Bxc5 Bxc5 16. Qxc5 Nxc5 17. fxe5 O-O $146 18. Nc3 Rfe8 19. Bf3 Bb7 20. Rae1 Nd3 21. Re3 Nxe5 22. Ne4 $1 Nxf3+ 23. Rfxf3 {Hoping for Nf6+.} Rxe4 24. Rxe4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] [#] Endgame aiming for Re7. KRR-KRB} c5 25. Re5 {And now Rd3 would win.} Bxf3 26. gxf3 Rd8 27. Rxc5 Rd1+ 28. Kf2 Rd2+ $1 29. Kg3 Rxa2 30. Rxc7 a5 {Accuracy: White = 44%, Black = 71%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.20"]
[Round "3.40"]
[White "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Black "Plenca, Jadranko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,77,0,15,9,16,15,14,8,25,7,36,34,34,33,34,33,35,27,49,46,56,57,50,50,74,72,72,59,75,75,94,66,61,52,37,0,66,64,47,49,52,24,25,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,18,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 O-O 7. Rc1 h6 8. Bh4 b6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. O-O Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Qb3 c6 14. Qc2 c5 15. dxc5 {D58: Queen's Gambit Declined: Tartakower Defence} Ndxc5 16. Rfd1 (16. Nd4 Rac8 17. Qe2 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Qf6 19. Nce2 Nc5 {1-0 (52) Esen,B (2565)-Thompson,I (2260) Reykjavik 2013}) 16... Rac8 17. Bf1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Be2 Rfd8 18. Nd4 Qe5 19. Bg4 Ra8 {1-0 (47) Breder,J (1855)-Kimpel,J (1906) Austria 2016}) 17... Rfd8 18. Nb5 a6 19. Nbd4 Qf6 20. Qe2 Ne6 21. Qe1 g5 22. Bd3 Nd6 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. h3 Nc5 25. Bb1 Re8 26. Nh2 {aiming for Ng4.} Bc8 27. Qe2 Nce4 28. Rc1 Bd7 29. Bxe4 Nxe4 30. Ng4 Qd6 $1 31. Nh2 b5 (31... Qf6 $11) 32. Nhf3 f5 {[%cal Bf7f5,Bf5f4][%mdl 32]} 33. Nd2 f4 34. Nxe4 Rxe4 35. Qf3 Qe5 {[%cal Rf4e3] The position is equal.} 36. Qh5 {[#] Threatens to win with Qg6+.} Qd6 37. Qf3 Qe5 {[%cal Rf4e3]} 38. Qh5 {Hoping for Qg6+.} Qd6 39. Qf3 {Precision: White = 59%, Black = 44%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.20"]
[Round "3.41"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Jurcik, Marian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,75,41,40,39,37,32,31,31,23,31,34,35,34,41,45,33,46,41,19,52,65,64,52,71,51,74,57,57,57,57,50,62,62,62,62,62,62,62,35,43,35,39,35,62,33,62,62,62,16,27,0,62,62,930,750]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O Bc5 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. Na4 Ba7 11. c4 Nd7 12. b4 O-O {B47: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 f4, 6 g3 and 6 Be2} (12... a5 13. b5 e5 14. Ba3 Bd4 15. Rc1 c5 16. Nc3 Nb6 17. Ne2 Be6 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. Qd3 O-O 20. f4 {1-0 (59) Demchenko,A (2596)-Bukavshin,I (2613) Khanty-Mansiysk 2014}) 13. c5 a5 14. a3 b6 {White is slightly better.} 15. cxb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Qc2 bxc5 16. bxc5 Ba6 17. Rd1 Bb5 18. Nc3 Nxc5 19. Be3 Rac8 20. a4 {0-1 (27) Miturova,M (2188)-Kantane,A (2299) Balatonszarszo 2017}) 15... Nxb6 16. Nc5 Nd7 17. Be3 Nxc5 18. bxc5 e5 19. Qc2 Be6 20. Rfd1 Rfd8 21. Bf1 h6 22. Kg2 Qe7 23. Rac1 Rd7 24. Rxd7 Qxd7 25. Rd1 Qc8 26. Bc4 Bxc4 27. Qxc4 Bb8 $1 28. Qa4 Ra6 29. Bd2 Bc7 30. Bc3 Qe6 31. Rb1 Ra7 32. h3 f6 33. h4 h5 34. Bd2 Qa2 35. Rd1 Qe6 36. Rb1 Qa2 $1 {[%cal Ra2b1]} 37. Qd1 Qxa3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (37... Qf7 $14) 38. Qc2 $1 {Accuracy: White = 86%, Black = 60%.} ({Not} 38. Qxh5 Qd3 $11) 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.20"]
[Round "3.42"]
[White "Studer, Noel"]
[Black "Pashikian, Arman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,101,-3,-12,21,-21,-17,-33,-2,-3,-2,-51,-40,-26,-37,-87,-44,-47,-45,-67,-72,-90,-89,-98,-74,-109,-118,-123,-119,-117,-125,-137,-114,-113,-114,-113,-111,-95,-97,-92,-60,-161,-156,-158,-75,-71,-9,-21,0,0,0,0,0,-1,118,110,139,94,600,600,597,593,508,390,556,561,528,525,524,391,530,510,489,184,503,542,533,526,503,503,954,942]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2 c6 9. Bf4 b6 10. Rd1 Ba6 11. b3 Rc8 12. a4 {LiveBook: 3 Games. E15: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 sidelines, 4 g3 Ba6 and 4 g3 Bb7 early deviations} (12. Nc3 h6 13. e4 dxc4 14. Nd2 b5 15. bxc4 bxc4 16. Na4 g5 17. Be3 Ng4 18. Nf1 Qc7 19. Bd2 c5 20. d5 Nde5 21. h3 Nf6 {½-½ (72) Bareev,E (2666)-Vidit,S (2711) Batumi 2018}) 12... Bb4 13. Ne5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. a5 c5 14. axb6 Qxb6 15. Qa2 Bb7 16. Qxa7 dxc4 17. bxc4 cxd4 18. Qxb6 {½-½ (18) Bauer,C (2590)-Alekseev,E (2606) Biel 2004}) 13... Nxe5 14. Bxe5 {The position is equal.} Nd7 15. Bf4 Qe7 16. Nc3 dxc4 17. bxc4 Bxc4 18. Ne4 Ba6 19. Rab1 Rfd8 20. h4 h6 21. Bf3 f5 22. Nc3 Nf6 23. Be5 Nd5 24. Na2 Bd6 25. e4 fxe4 26. Bxe4 c5 {And now ...cxd4 would win.} 27. Bxd6 Qxd6 28. dxc5 Qxc5 29. Qb2 Nf6 30. Bg2 Bc4 31. Rxd8+ ({Better is} 31. Nb4 $15) 31... Rxd8 $19 32. Nb4 {[%cal Ba2b4,Bb4d3,Bd3e5,Be5c6][%mdl 32]} Nd5 (32... Ng4 $142 $1 {...Rf8 is the strong threat.} 33. Rc1 Be2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 34. Qxe2 Qxc1+ 35. Bf1 Nf6 36. Qxe6+ Kh8) 33. Rd1 $17 Rf8 ({Black should play} 33... Rc8 $17 34. Nxd5 exd5) 34. Nd3 Qa5 35. Ne5 $1 {[%cal Re5c4]} Nc3 36. Re1 Nxa4 37. Qa1 Bb3 {[#]} (37... Bb5 $11) 38. Re3 $1 $16 {[%cal Re3b3][%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Qb4 39. Nc6 Qc4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (39... Qc5 $16) 40. Ne7+ $18 Kf7 {[#]} 41. Rf3+ $1 Ke8 {Threatens to win with ...Rxf3.} 42. Qxg7 Qc1+ (42... Rxf3 $142 43. Ng6 Qc1+ 44. Kh2 Qc5) 43. Kh2 Rxf3 44. Bxf3 Qb2 45. Bc6+ Kd8 46. Qf7 Kc7 47. Bg2 $2 (47. Bb5 {Threatening mate with Nf5+.} Kd6 48. Qf8) 47... Kd6 $2 (47... Nc5 48. Qf4+ Kd7) 48. Qf8 {White wants to mate with Nc6+.White is clearly winning.} Kd7 49. Ng6 {White threatens Qe7+ and mate.} Bd5 50. Qe7+ Kc6 (50... Kc8 $142 51. Qe8+ Kc7 52. Qxa4 a5 53. Qf4+ Kb7) 51. Qxe6+ {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 38%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.20"]
[Round "3.43"]
[White "Livaic, Leon"]
[Black "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2477"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,89,30,5,5,5,10,7,22,9,4,8,13,12,9,14,14,13,15,15,19,17,23,0,0,-14,-5,-21,-21,-14,2,12,129,-20,-18,-22,-27,-22,-23,-30,-8,-10,-2,-2,0,-3,-3,-2,-2,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-41,-41,-41,-41,-41,-41,-46,-41,-41,-41,-41,-41,-41,-41,-40,0,0,0,-41,0,-41]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. g3 d5 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 Be7 {E11: Bogo-Indian} 9. Rc1 Nbd7 10. Bg5 (10. a3 b6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Nc3 Ba6 13. Qa4 Ne4 14. Nb5 Bxb5 15. Qxb5 Nd6 16. Qd3 a4 {1-0 (49) Gelfand,B (2673)-Saric,I (2695) St Petersburg 2018}) 10... h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nbd2 e5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Nf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Rd1 Be6 {½-½ (60) Starostits,I (2423)-Volodin,A (2468) Riga 2017}) 16... Bf6 17. Rd1 Qb6 18. Rd2 Be6 19. e3 Rfc8 20. Qb3 Qxb3 21. axb3 a4 22. bxa4 Rxa4 (22... Rc4 $11 {remains equal.}) 23. Rad1 ({White must play} 23. Rxa4 $16 Rc1+ 24. Bf1) 23... Rb4 $11 24. Ne1 Rxb2 25. Rxb2 Bxb2 26. Nd3 Bf6 27. Nf4 Bg4 28. f3 Be6 29. Nxd5 Bd8 30. Bf1 Kf8 31. e4 Ba5 32. Rb1 Bxd5 33. exd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rc7 34. d6 Rd7 35. Rd1 Bb4 36. Bb5 Rxd6 37. Rxd6 Bxd6 $15 {KB-KB} 38. Kf2 Ke7 39. Ke3 Bc5+ 40. Ke4 Bg1 41. h3 Bf2 42. g4 Kd6 43. Bc4 f6 44. Bb3 Kc5 45. Kd3 {Accuracy: White = 56%, Black = 66%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.20"]
[Round "3.44"]
[White "Erdos, Viktor"]
[Black "Gumularz, Szymon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2473"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,77,14,11,7,14,0,0,0,0,-1,0,0,8,0,101,84,78,79,93,95,105,104,97,92,99,91,108,105,108,108,108,113,104,109,118,104,118,86,108,68,76,65,104,106,96,74,193,178,177,148,283,281,275,297,268,281,292,284,1588,1588,1467,1445,1359,1166]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Rd1 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7} Bc6 10. Bg5 b5 11. Bxf6 {The position is equal.} Bxf6 12. Nc3 Qe8 13. d5 exd5 14. Nd4 $1 {[#]} b4 $146 (14... Qe5 $11) ({Predecessor:} 14... Qe5 15. e4 dxe4 16. axb5 axb5 17. Nxc6 Nxc6 18. Rxa8 Rxa8 19. Qxe4 Qxe4 20. Bxe4 {½-½ (40) Vitiugov,N (2730)-Andreikin,D (2710) Satka 2018}) 15. Nxd5 $16 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 c6 17. Bg2 c3 18. bxc3 bxc3 19. Qxc3 Ra7 20. Rab1 Qc8 21. Qc5 Rc7 22. Nf5 g6 23. Qd6 Nd7 24. Ne3 {Strongly threatening Bh3.} Be5 25. Qd3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is on the roll.} Bg7 26. Qc2 Ne5 27. h3 Re8 28. Rb3 h5 29. f4 Nd7 30. Nc4 {Hoping for Nd6.} Re7 {[#]} (30... Qa8 $16) 31. e4 $1 $18 Nf6 32. Nd6 Qe6 (32... Qa8 $16 {was worth a try.} 33. Rbd3 Red7) 33. Rb8+ Kh7 34. e5 Nd5 35. Ne4 {Threatens to win with Ng5+.} f6 36. Qf2 Bh6 $2 {[#]} (36... Qf5 37. h4 Kh6) 37. Rxd5 $1 {[%mdl 576] Remove Defender. White is clearly winning.} cxd5 38. Nxf6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack, Discovered Attack} Kg7 39. Bxd5 {Accuracy: White = 84%, Black = 48%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.20"]
[Round "3.45"]
[White "Lodici, Lorenzo"]
[Black "Romanov, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,54,20,23,22,23,31,37,37,43,22,20,20,20,16,20,29,20,6,95,77,93,56,51,51,46,50,43,51,94,89,104,0,0,-86,-80,-220,-217,-241,-238,-339,-334,-813,-797,-29949,-5381,-29989,-29990]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. Bg2 d6 $146 (5... O-O 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Nc3 d6 9. Rc1 Nbd7 10. Bg5 Bxc3 11. Rxc3 h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Nd2 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 e5 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Qc2 Qd7 17. Ne4 Qc6 {½-½ (41) Stupak,K (2564)-Sasikiran,K (2666) Yerevan 2018}) 6. e3 {E00: Catalan Bogo-Indian (3 g3 Bb4+)} O-O 7. Ne2 e5 8. O-O {White is slightly better.} Bxd2 9. Nxd2 Re8 10. Qc2 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nbd7 12. Nb1 Ne5 13. Nc3 c5 (13... h5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 14. Ndb5 $16 Nxc4 15. Qd3 d5 $1 ({But not} 15... Nxb2 $2 16. Qe2 $18) 16. Nxd5 Ne5 $1 {[%cal Re5d3]} 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Qd6 Be6 19. Nc7 ({Inferior is} 19. Bxb7 Rab8 $17) 19... Red8 20. Qxc5 (20. Qb6 $16) 20... Rac8 $1 $11 21. Bxb7 (21. Rad1 $11 Rxd1 22. Rxd1) 21... Nf3+ $17 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 22. Kg2 {[#]} (22. Kh1 $17 Nd2 23. Kg1 (23. Bxc8 Bxc8 24. Kg1 Bb7 $19)) 22... Ng5 $1 $19 23. Qxa5 Bh3+ 24. Kh1 {[#]} (24. Kg1 {was worth a try.} Rb8 25. Nd5) 24... Rb8 $1 {[%cal Rb8b7]} 25. Bd5 $2 (25. Qa7 Qxb2 26. Bc6) 25... Rxb2 26. f4 Bxf1 27. Rxf1 Qf5 {Accuracy: White = 41%, Black = 68%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.20"]
[Round "3.46"]
[White "Lupulescu, Constantin"]
[Black "Pavlov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,66,31,35,35,42,33,33,29,44,37,56,40,58,32,27,43,37,12,43,20,75,46,57,57,72,46,52,15,46,46,58,51,36,0,34,0,0,-22,-10,-47,-38,-36,-36,-38,-7,-62,-53,-36,-27,-93,-70,-191,-112]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Qc7 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 a6 8. Bg5 Be7 9. e4 {E38: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...c5} (9. e3 b6 10. Be2 Bb7 11. O-O d6 12. Rfd1 Nbd7 13. Rac1 O-O 14. Qb1 Rac8 15. h3 Qb8 16. Bf4 h6 17. Bg3 {1-0 (68) Gareyev,T (2619)-Kamsky,G (2638) Greensboro 2016}) 9... d6 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. O-O {White is slightly better.} b6 12. Rac1 Bb7 13. b4 Rc8 14. Qb1 Qb8 15. Nd2 O-O 16. Be3 Rfe8 17. f4 $146 Bf8 (17... d5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 18. Bf3 g6 19. Qd3 Bg7 20. g4 h6 21. h4 h5 22. g5 Ng4 23. Bxg4 $1 hxg4 24. Ne2 d5 25. e5 Red8 {[#] And now ...Nxe5! would win.} 26. Bd4 a5 27. Qg3 axb4 28. axb4 dxc4 {...Nxe5! is the strong threat.} 29. Qxg4 b5 30. h5 (30. Rf2 $1 $11) 30... gxh5 $15 31. Qxh5 Nf8 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Rxd4!} 32. Nf3 (32. Rf2 $1 $11) 32... Be4 $17 33. Kf2 ({White should try} 33. Rf2 $15) 33... Qb7 {Accuracy: White = 28%, Black = 52%.} ({Black should play} 33... Ng6 $19 34. Kg3 Ne7) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.20"]
[Round "3.47"]
[White "Schreiner, Peter"]
[Black "Pantsulaia, Levan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E65"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,100,21,14,24,9,0,9,-3,-15,-10,-14,3,-23,5,5,6,6,1,2,19,0,6,4,25,0,0,0,6,0,0,-23,-4,-12,0,0,0,0,0,-22,-21,-21,-29,-25,-18,-18,-28,-28,-20,-29,0,-6,-6,-6,-6,-6,-7,-8,-8,-37,-37,-37,-37,-40,0,0,0,-109,-109,-1114,-1039,-29954,-2981,-29956,-29955,-12827,-6287,-29970,-29969,-29971,-29971,-29973,-29973,-29981,-29982]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O c5 6. d4 d6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. dxc5 dxc5 9. Be3 Qa5 10. Nd5 Bf5 {E65: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...c5 7 0-0 without d5 by White} (10... Be6 11. Nd2 Ng4 12. Bg5 Bxb2 13. Rb1 Bf6 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Rxb7 Rad8 16. Nb3 Qxa2 17. Rc7 Ne5 18. Rxe7 {½-½ (54) Bogosavljevic,B (2492)-Ivanisevic,I (2649) Mataruska Banja 2008}) 11. Bd2 Qd8 12. Bc3 Be4 {[%cal Rf6d5] The position is equal.} 13. Nh4 {[%cal Bf3h4,Bh4g2,Bg2f4,Bf4d5][%mdl 32] Threatens to win with Nxf6+.} Bxg2 14. Nxg2 Qc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Nh5 15. Qb3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Na5 17. Qb5 e6 18. Ndf4 Nxf4 19. Nxf4 {½-½ (72) Bolbochan,J-Rossetto,H Mar del Plata 1953}) 15. Ngf4 Rd8 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nxf6+ exf6 18. Nd5 Kg7 19. e3 Ne5 20. b3 Qh3 21. Qe2 b5 22. f4 Ng4 23. Rfe1 Rab8 24. Rab1 bxc4 25. bxc4 Re8 26. Rb3 Rxb3 27. axb3 Rb8 28. Qg2 Qxg2+ 29. Kxg2 Rxb3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame Strongly threatening ...Rb2+. KRN-KRN} 30. h3 Rb2+ 31. Kf3 Nh2+ 32. Ke4 f5+ 33. Kd3 a5 (33... Nf3 {seems wilder.} 34. Re2 Rb3+ 35. Nc3 Ng1 36. Rh2 Ra3) 34. Re2 Rxe2 35. Kxe2 {KN-KN} a4 36. Kf2 a3 {Hoping for ...a2.} 37. Nc3 h5 38. Kg2 Ng4 $1 {[%cal Rg4e3]} 39. hxg4 fxg4 $15 {KN-KP} 40. Kf2 f5 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 41. Ke2 Kh6 42. Kd2 (42. Na2 $11) 42... h4 $1 $17 {[%cal Rh4h3] And now ...h3 would win.} 43. Kc2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Avoid the trap} 43. gxh4 $2 Kh5 $19) (43. Ke2 $17) 43... Kh5 $19 ({Don't go for} 43... h3 $2 44. Nd1 $18) 44. Kb3 hxg3 45. Kxa3 Kh4 $1 46. Ka4 {[#]} Kh3 $1 47. Kb5 {[#]} Kg2 $1 {[%cal Rg2f3] Black mates.} 48. e4 Kf3 49. e5 g2 50. e6 g1=Q {Accuracy: White = 27%, Black = 69%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.20"]
[Round "3.48"]
[White "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Black "Tutisani, Noe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,153,22,0,0,0,12,25,20,4,14,0,25,24,35,14,22,27,21,22,37,20,43,34,37,35,38,32,53,61,54,56,56,60,68,68,68,68,68,68,74,69,74,74,82,82,82,82,82,67,82,82,82,75,75,75,89,82,92,89,101,101,193,193,266,193,193,193,193,193,193,0,193,193,185,177,139,118,114,101,162,87,87,72,86,86,86,86,86,86,86,86,86,86,132,86,140,86,160,151,162,151,167,165,200,191,208,194,216,206,178,48,435,435,419,381,433,414,506,506,495,464,905,856,953,953,4997,953,1372,5732,9510,9510,8959,8875,8156,8156,6269,6269,6126,6126,6078,5610,1689,1251]} 1. g3 g6 2. Bg2 Bg7 3. d4 d5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. Qa4 Nfd7 {D78: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0 c6} (7... Nbd7 8. cxd5 Nb6 9. Qd1 cxd5 10. b3 Ne4 11. Bb2 Bf5 12. Nc3 Rc8 13. Rc1 Qd7 14. e3 Bg4 15. Qd3 Bf5 16. Qe2 Bg4 17. Qd3 Bf5 18. Qe2 Bg4 {½-½ (18) Vidit,S (2695)-Shankland,S (2725) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) 8. Qc2 Nb6 9. c5 N6d7 {White has an edge.} 10. Bf4 Na6 11. Nc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Nbd2 e5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Qe7 15. f4 {1-0 (54) Ventura Bolet,M (2069)-Serra Pages,J (2235) Figueres 2015}) 11... h6 12. Rad1 g5 13. Bc1 f5 14. h4 g4 15. Ne1 e5 16. dxe5 Qe7 17. Nd3 Kh7 18. Na4 Nxe5 19. Bf4 Re8 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Bxe5 Qxe5 22. e3 Re7 23. a3 Bd7 24. Nc3 Nc7 {[%cal Ba6c7,Bc7e8,Be8f6,Bf6e4][%mdl 32]} 25. Ne2 Ne8 26. Nf4 Nf6 27. Rd4 Ne4 28. Rb4 Be8 29. Bxe4 fxe4 30. Qb3 Rb8 31. Rc1 Qf6 32. a4 Qg7 33. Rc2 h5 34. Rc3 Kh6 35. Qc2 Qf6 36. Rd4 a5 (36... a6 $16) 37. Rb3 $18 Kh7 (37... Qg7 {was worth a try.} 38. Rb6 Kh7) 38. Rb6 {Strongly threatening Nxd5!} Qf7 39. Qc3 Ra8 40. Rd1 Qg7 41. Rd4 $2 (41. Qe1 $18) 41... Qe5 $2 (41... Qf7 $1 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 42. Kf1 Ra7 43. Ke1 Bf7 44. Kd2 Re8 45. Kc2 Rea8 (45... Be6 $16) 46. Rd2 (46. b4 $1 $18) 46... Qe7 47. Kb1 Ra6 48. Rxa6 Rxa6 49. Rc2 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black is in trouble.} Ra8 50. Qd4 Be8 51. Rc3 Rd8 52. Ne2 Qg7 53. Kc1 Rd7 (53... Qe7 $142) 54. Kd2 (54. Qxg7+ $142 Kxg7 55. Kd2) 54... Rf7 (54... Qe7 $142) 55. Qxg7+ Kxg7 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 56. Ke1 Kf6 57. Nd4 Ke5 58. Nb3 $1 b6 59. cxb6 Rb7 60. Nxa5 Rxb6 {[#]} 61. b4 (61. Rb3 $1 $18 {[%cal Rb3b6]} Ra6 62. Rb8 Rxa5 63. Rxe8+ Kd6 64. b3) 61... Rxb4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (61... Kd6 $14) 62. Nxc6+ $18 Bxc6 63. Rxc6 $14 {KR-KR} Rb1+ 64. Kd2 Rb2+ 65. Rc2 {White is clearly winning.} Rb3 66. Ra2 d4 (66... Kd6 $142 67. a5 Kc7) 67. exd4+ $18 Kxd4 68. a5 Rf3 69. Ke1 (69. Ra4+ $142 Kd5 70. Ke2) 69... e3 70. a6 (70. Ra4+ $142 Kc5 71. a6) 70... exf2+ 71. Kf1 Rf8 72. a7 Ra8 73. Kxf2 Kd3 74. Ke1 Re8+ 75. Kd1 Ra8 {[#]} 76. Ra3+ $1 Kd4 77. Ke2 {Accuracy: White = 78%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.20"]
[Round "3.49"]
[White "Gavrilescu, David"]
[Black "Bindrich, Falko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C97"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,42,26,28,33,37,33,69,58,56,43,70,39,68,44,102,66,99,73,85,62,102]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. d5 Nc4 13. b3 {C97: Closed Ruy Lopez: Chigorin Defence: 11 d4 Qc7, sidelines} Nb6 14. a4 Ne8 (14... Bd7 15. a5 Nc8 16. c4 b4 17. Nbd2 Bd8 18. Nf1 Kh8 19. Ra2 Qb8 20. Be3 Ne7 {1-0 (63) Grischuk,A (2761)-Rapport,R (2694) Geneva 2017}) 15. Qe2 Bd7 {[#]} 16. Nbd2 $146 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3][%mdl 32]} ({Predecessor:} 16. Bd2 Qb7 17. Be3 h6 18. Nbd2 Qc7 19. Nf1 Nf6 20. Ng3 bxa4 21. bxa4 {1-0 (58) Schneider,W (2506)-Vayser,V (2569) ICCF email 2010}) 16... g6 17. Nf1 (17. a5 $5 {[%cal Ra5b6]} Nc8 18. Nf1 $14) 17... Ng7 18. Bh6 (18. a5 $5 {[%cal Ra5b6]} Nc8 19. Ng3 $16) 18... Rab8 (18... bxa4 $14 19. bxa4 a5) 19. g4 Nc8 20. Ng3 bxa4 21. bxa4 Qa5 {Accuracy: White = 28%, Black = 32%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.20"]
[Round "3.50"]
[White "Deac, Bogdan-Daniel"]
[Black "Petriashvili, Nikoloz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,123,25,26,0,7,15,12,-4,3,9,12,8,10,7,12,0,62,55,62,61,53,50,45,54,58,65,85,79,79,64,83,71,81,74,50,35,55,37,38,39,38,43,102,102,111,106,108,107,102,108,164,149,203,179,199,199,196,196,193,193,200,195,202,191,184,154,160,133,179,177,162,170,158,147,147,150,189,142,208,134,155,150,142,65,925,847,5575,5072,5083,5065,1976,599,592,252,237,200,4562,8,29955,29956,29957,29958,29971,29972,29973,29964,29974,29975,29978,29979,29979,29980,29982,29983,29983,29984]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h4 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} (6. Be2 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. g4 d5 9. e5 Nfd7 10. g5 Qb6 11. a3 h6 12. Be3 hxg5 13. f5 Nxe5 14. Nxe6 Qxe3 15. Nxd5 Nf3+ 16. Kf1 Nd2+ 17. Ke1 Nf3+ 18. Kf1 Nd2+ 19. Ke1 Nf3+ {½-½ (19) Mamedyarov,S (2817)-Fedoseev,V (2724) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) 6... e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5 {The position is equal.} Be6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. g3 O-O 11. Qd2 Nc6 12. Nd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. O-O-O Qb6 13. Bh3 Rfd8 {1-0 (42) Fedoseev,V (2684)-Sadzikowski,D (2547) Karlsruhe 2017}) 12... Nd4 (12... a5 $11) 13. Nxf6+ $14 Qxf6 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. O-O-O Bg4 16. Be2 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Rac8 18. f4 Rfe8 19. Rhe1 $1 Qg6 20. Qf3 Rc4 21. Re2 h5 22. Kb1 Qg4 23. Qd3 b5 24. Rde1 Rc7 25. a3 g6 ({Better is} 25... Qg6 $14) 26. f5 $1 $16 Re5 {[%cal Rg6f5]} 27. fxg6 Qxg6 28. Qxd4 Rce7 29. Re3 Qe6 (29... Re8 $16 30. Ka1 Qh6) 30. Rd1 $18 {[%cal Be1d1,Bd1d3,Bd3e3][%mdl 32]} Rd7 (30... Kh7 $16 31. Rf1 (31. Qxd6 f5 $16) 31... Qg6) 31. Rdd3 Kh7 32. Qb6 d5 33. Qxe6 Rxe6 34. exd5 Rxe3 35. Rxe3 Rxd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} 36. Rd3 Re5 37. b3 {[%cal Bb2b3,Bb3c4,Bc4c5,Bc5c6][%mdl 32]} Kg6 38. c4 $1 bxc4 39. bxc4 Re4 40. Rc3 Kf6 41. Kc2 Ke6 42. Kb3 $1 f5 43. Rf3 a5 (43... Re5 $16 {was necessary.} 44. Rd3 Ke7) 44. c5 a4+ 45. Kc3 Rg4 46. Rd3 ({White should play} 46. c6 $1 $16) 46... f4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (46... Ke7 $14) 47. gxf4 Rxh4 48. c6 {Intending c7 and mate.} Rh1 49. Kb4 Rc1 {[#]} 50. Kb5 (50. f5+ $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Ke7 (50... Kxf5 51. Rd5+) 51. Rc3 (51. Kxa4 Rxc6 52. Rh3 Rh6 $11) 51... Rb1+ 52. Kc5) 50... h4 51. Rd8 ({Weaker is} 51. Rh3 Kd6 $18) (51. Kb6 $142 {aiming for c7.} Rb1+ 52. Ka5) 51... Rc3 52. Rh8 ({And not} 52. Kxa4 Rxc6 53. Rh8 Rc4+ 54. Kb3 Rxf4 $11) 52... Rxa3 $2 (52... Kd5 53. Rxh4 Rc5+ 54. Kxa4 Rxc6) 53. Rxh4 $2 (53. c7 $18 Rc3 54. c8=Q+ Rxc8 55. Rxc8) 53... Kd6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (53... Rc3 $11) 54. Rh6+ {White mates.} Kc7 55. Rh7+ Kc8 56. f5 Rf3 57. Ra7 a3 {[#]} 58. f6 $1 {[%cal Rf6f7][%mdl 512]} Kb8 {[#]} (58... Rxf6 59. Kb6) 59. c7+ $1 Kc8 {[#]} 60. f7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rf5+ (60... Rxf7 61. Ra8+) 61. Kc6 {[%cal Ra7a8]} Rf6+ 62. Kd5 {Accuracy: White = 73%, Black = 50%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.21"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,49,18,41,55,42,39,50,42,42,50,40,33,56,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,16,0,-7,-41,-44,-35,-21,-29,-22,-43,-25,-19]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 Na6 7. g4 {E71: King's Indian: 4 e4 d6 5 h3} c6 8. Bg2 (8. Nge2 Nc7 9. Ng3 b5 10. cxb5 cxb5 11. Bg2 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. O-O b4 {½-½ (39) Parligras,M (2623)-Grischuk,A (2769) Douglas 2018}) 8... e5 9. Nge2 {White is slightly better.} Nc7 10. f4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. d5 c5 11. Qd2 b5 12. Nxb5 Nxb5 13. cxb5 a6 14. bxa6 Bxa6 {0-1 (49) Mishkovski,L (2025)-Stoianov,R (2145) Sofia 2004}) 10... exf4 11. Nxf4 Nd7 12. Qd2 b5 13. cxb5 Nxb5 14. Nxb5 cxb5 15. O-O Bb7 16. Rae1 a5 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Nb6 19. b3 b4 20. Rc1 Nc8 21. Kh1 Na7 22. Qd3 Rb8 23. Bf4 Nb5 24. Rc6 Qe7 25. Bg3 {Accuracy: White = 70%, Black = 77%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.21"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Black "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,65,13,35,20,17,17,16,17,19,22,20,13,18,16,61,16,21,23,32,28,24,29,44,45,44,48,60,53,49,40,114,114,90,89,111,115,111,104,127,75,77,81,73,48,39,31,47,26,16,22,21,24,29,16,16,17,10,19]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 {A34: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3, lines with ...d5} Qc7 7. e4 Nc6 8. Be3 e6 9. Nd2 Be7 10. Qg4 {And now Bf4 would win.} O-O 11. Qg3 Qb8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Bd6 12. f4 Rd8 13. Be2 b6 14. O-O Bb7 15. Rad1 Bf8 16. Kh1 Rd7 17. Nf3 {½-½ (17) Gelfand,B (2673)-Svidler,P (2737) St Petersburg 2018}) 12. Bf4 e5 13. Bh6 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rg3g7]} Bf6 14. h4 $40 {[%mdl 128] White is up to no good.} b5 15. Be2 a6 16. Bg5 {Bxf6 is the strong threat.} Qd6 17. O-O-O {Threatens to win with Nc4.} Qe7 18. Nf1 Be6 19. Ne3 Rfd8 ({Don't go for} 19... Bxa2 $2 20. Nf5 $18) (19... Rad8 $14) 20. Nd5 $16 Bxd5 21. exd5 Na5 22. Rhe1 Nb7 {[#]} 23. Bd3 $1 Nd6 {[#]} 24. Bxf6 ({Better is} 24. f4 $1 {[%cal Rf4e5]} Bxg5 25. hxg5) 24... Qxf6 25. Rxe5 a5 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5a4,Ba4a3][%mdl 32]} 26. f4 a4 27. Qg5 a3 $1 28. b3 c4 29. Bc2 cxb3 30. Bxb3 Rac8 31. Rd3 Rc7 32. Ree3 h6 33. Qxf6 {Accuracy: White = 80%, Black = 78%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.21"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Piorun, Kacper"]
[Black "Azarov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,81,25,22,31,22,33,33,31,34,39,21,25,14,25,21,33,18,35,35,35,37,50,39,33,42,43,39,44,4,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-40,0,0,0,-7,0,0,0,0,0,-35,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Qd6 8. Nbd2 Be6 {C85: Closed Ruy Lopez: Deferred Exchange Variation} 9. Ng5 Bg4 10. f3 {[#] Nc4 is the strong threat.} Bh5 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 10... Bc8 11. Nc4 Qd8 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Ng4 14. Qd2 Bc5+ 15. Kh1 f6 16. Nf3 {½-½ (31) Hess,R (2635)-Sokolov,I (2653) Reykjavik 2012}) 11. Nc4 Qd8 12. Be3 Nd7 13. Nh3 O-O 14. d4 exd4 15. Bxd4 a5 16. Nf4 Bg6 $1 17. a4 Re8 18. Qd3 Bf8 19. Rfd1 Qe7 20. Qc3 b6 21. Ne3 Nc5 22. Nd3 Nxd3 23. Rxd3 Qe6 {[#] Threatens to win with ...c5.} 24. Qd2 f5 25. exf5 Bxf5 26. Nxf5 Qxf5 27. Bf2 Bb4 28. c3 Bd6 29. Rd1 Re6 30. Re3 Rae8 31. Rxe6 Rxe6 32. Re1 h6 33. Rxe6 Qxe6 34. g3 Qb3 35. Kg2 Qxa4 36. Bxb6 $1 {The position is equal.} cxb6 37. Qxd6 $15 {KQ-KQ} Qc2+ 38. Kh3 Qf5+ 39. Kg2 Qc2+ 40. Kh3 Qf5+ 41. Kg2 {Accuracy: White = 67%, Black = 70%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.21"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Lucas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,137,11,9,0,0,-6,0,-13,-8,-4,-8,-17,0,-16,-30,-29,-20,-16,-27,-24,0,-27,0,0,0,-15,-12,-29,-24,-44,-47,-53,12,33,39,47,70,66,106,68,79,83,81,70,68,69,72,63,55,0,55,40,40,40,40,40,40,17,25,18,59,0,19,33,127,148,127,132,127,141,158,181,136,97,110,102,189,177,185,59,104,82,130,130,130,130,130,130,130,130,130,130,130,130,134,134,421,409,672,670,905,876,29960,29961,29962,29961,29959,29958,29953,29948,29948,29948,11255,29950,12268,12798,11255,11255,6982,6118,29973,29971]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 b6 5. O-O Bb7 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. b3 Ne4 8. c4 Bd6 9. Bb2 O-O 10. cxd5 {E14: Queen's Indian: Classical Variation (4 e3)} exd5 11. Ne5 Qe7 {[%cal Rd7e5]} 12. Ndf3 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 12. f4 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Nf6 14. Qe2 Ne4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. f5 Qg5 17. Rf4 f6 {1-0 (26) Malakhov,V (2691)-Predojevic,B (2614) Mali Losinj 2017}) 12... Nb8 {[%cal Bd7b8,Bb8a6,Ba6b4][%mdl 32]} 13. Be2 f6 14. Nd3 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4,Ba4a3][%mdl 32]} 15. Re1 a4 16. Rc1 a3 17. Ba1 Na6 18. Bf1 b5 19. Bc3 Nxc3 20. Rxc3 Nb4 21. Qb1 Bc8 22. Nc5 Bg4 23. Nd2 c6 24. Be2 Bxe2 (24... Bc8 $15) 25. Rxe2 $11 Qf7 26. Nf3 Bxc5 27. Rxc5 Rfe8 28. Qd1 Re6 29. Qd2 Na6 30. Rc1 Qe7 31. Ne1 Nb4 32. Rc5 Na6 33. Rc1 Nb4 34. Nd3 Nxd3 35. Qxd3 g6 36. Rec2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Ra6 37. g3 f5 38. Rc5 h5 39. b4 h4 40. R1c3 Ra4 (40... Kg7 $14) 41. Rxc6 $16 Rxc6 42. Rxc6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Kg7 43. Qc2 {aiming for Rc7.} (43. Qxb5 $6 Rxb4 44. Qxd5 h3 $14) 43... Qxb4 {Black wants to play ...Qe1+.} 44. Kg2 (44. gxh4 Qe1+ 45. Kg2 Rc4 $11) 44... Ra7 45. gxh4 {Hoping for h5!} Qe7 46. Qc5 {And now Qb6 would win.} Qe4+ (46... f4 $16) 47. f3 $18 Qe7 48. Qxe7+ (48. Qxd5 Qxe3 49. Re6 Qd2+ 50. Kg3 Kh7 $14) ({Only move:} 48. Qb6 $1 $18 Kh7 49. Rxg6 Qxe3 50. h5 (50. Qxa7+ Kxg6 51. Qa6+ Kh5 $11)) 48... Rxe7 {KR-KR} 49. Kf2 b4 50. Rb6 Rc7 51. Rxb4 Rc2+ {[#]} 52. Kg3 $1 Rxa2 53. Ra4 Ra1 54. Kf4 a2 55. Ra6 Kf7 56. Ke5 Re1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (56... Rf1 $16 {was necessary.} 57. Ra7+ (57. Rxa2 Rxf3 58. Ra7+ Ke8 $16) 57... Kf8 58. Rxa2 Rxf3) 57. Ra7+ Ke8 (57... Kg8 $142) 58. Rxa2 Rxe3+ 59. Kf6 Rxf3 60. Kxg6 Rf4 61. h5 Rg4+ {[#]} 62. Kf6 $1 Rh4 63. Ra8+ Kd7 64. Kg5 Rxh2 65. h6 Kc6 66. Kg6 Rg2+ 67. Kxf5 Rf2+ 68. Kg4 Rh2 69. Ra3 {Accuracy: White = 65%, Black = 52%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.21"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Rodshtein, Maxim"]
[Black "Moussard, Jules"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,145,27,39,29,32,42,38,25,43,21,47,33,44,39,68,70,63,60,58,69,69,64,86,80,86,83,76,78,78,66,82,80,90,83,89,87,88,66,66,67,117,80,87,64,64,64,76,69,127,135,138,71,84,72,78,76,74,82,104,104,220,202,202,224,197,208,130,0,0,0,11,11,119,113,111,93,316,302,236,112,112,112,112,110,289,199,1342,1056,2498,2435,1913,1732,1622,1558,1379,1011,1629,1416,6509,6528,6424,6071,5522,4175,29976,29977,29977,29978,29977,29977,29977,29978,29980,29981,29981,29982,29987,29984,29984,29985,29985,29986,29989,29990]} 1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. a4 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Re1 h6 9. h3 Re8 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Ba2 {C41: Philidor Defence} Nf8 12. Qd3 (12. Qd2 Be6 13. d5 Bd7 14. Rad1 c5 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. d6 Bxd6 17. Qxd6 Qxd6 18. Rxd6 Be6 19. Bxc5 Bxa2 20. Nxa2 {0-1 (72) Sanal,V (2551)-Fedoseev,V (2718) Riadh 2017}) 12... Ng6 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 13. a5 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 13. Rad1 Bf8 14. Qc4 Qe7 15. a5 Be6 16. Qa4 b5 17. Qa3 exd4 18. Bxd4 {0-1 (43) Nezad,H (2413)-Goutali,T (2327) Doha 2011}) 13... Nh5 14. Ne2 Bf8 15. d5 c5 16. Qd2 Qd8 17. Bc4 Bd7 18. Kh2 Nh4 19. Nxh4 Qxh4 20. Nc3 Reb8 21. Bb5 Qd8 22. Qe2 {Strongly threatening Bxd7.} Nf4 23. Qf3 Ng6 24. Bxd7 Qxd7 25. Qg4 Qe8 26. h4 Kh7 27. g3 Be7 28. Reb1 b5 29. axb6 axb6 30. Rxa8 Rxa8 31. b4 Rb8 32. Qe2 Qc8 33. bxc5 bxc5 34. Ra1 Kg8 35. Ra7 {Hoping for h5.} Qd8 ({Black should try} 35... Ra8 $1 $14 36. Nb5 Rxa7 37. Nxa7 Qb7) 36. Qg4 $16 Kh7 37. Qd7 (37. Bd2 $142) 37... Qxd7 38. Rxd7 {h5 is the strong threat.} h5 39. Bg5 f6 40. Bc1 Kg8 41. g4 Kf7 (41... Kf8 $16 {was called for.}) 42. gxh5 $18 Ke8 43. Ra7 Nxh4 44. Kg3 f5 45. Rxe7+ ({Only move:} 45. exf5 $1 $16 {Threatens to win with Rxe7+!} Nxf5+ 46. Kg4) 45... Kxe7 $11 46. Kxh4 f4 47. Kg5 Kf7 (47... Ra8 $1 $11) 48. f3 $16 Rb7 49. Kf5 Rb8 $2 (49... Rb6 $16 {was worth a try.}) 50. Ba3 $1 $18 Rh8 51. Kg4 (51. Kg5 $1 $18) 51... g6 $16 52. hxg6+ Kxg6 53. Nb5 Rd8 $2 (53... Ra8 $16) 54. c4 $18 {[%cal Bc2c4,Bc4c5][%mdl 32]} Kf6 $2 {[#]} (54... Ra8) 55. Nxd6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxd6 56. Bxc5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KB} Rd8 57. Bf2 $1 {[%cal Rf2h4] Intending Bh4+ and mate.} Rg8+ {[#]} 58. Kh3 $1 Ke7 {[#]} 59. c5 $1 Rg6 60. Be1 Rg1 61. Bh4+ Kd7 62. Bf6 Rg3+ 63. Kh4 Rxf3 64. Bxe5 {White mates.} Rd3 65. c6+ Kc8 66. d6 f3 67. Kg3 Kd8 68. Bf6+ Kc8 69. e5 {[%cal Be4e5,Be5e6][%mdl 32]} Kb8 70. d7 Kc7 71. d8=Q+ Rxd8 72. Bxd8+ Kxd8 73. e6 {Precision: White = 72%, Black = 33%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.21"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Gordievsky, Dmitry"]
[Black "Berkes, Ferenc"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,120,58,63,78,38,43,39,33,31,37,34,35,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-1,-3,-2,0,-41,-34,-39,-47,-35,-32,-39,-26,-77,-45,-32,-39,-121,-109,-189,-202,-158,-189,-178,-164,-186,-204,-185,-185,-207,-207,-207,-207,-265,-256,-191,-151,-127,-41,-431,-368,-418,-410,-393,-388,-523,-457,-516,-509,-490,-472,-1279,-1380,-654,-654,-6555,-598,-509,-502,-487,-381,-343,-251,-226,0,-6627,-5039,-5327,-402,-4662,-4634,-4610,-1829,-29986,-29987,-29987,-29988,-29988,0,-29989,-29990,-29990,-29991]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Be3 Qe7 9. Qc2 c6 10. d5 Ne8 {E94: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5 7 0-0: Various Black 7th moves} 11. dxc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bh4 c5 13. Nd2 h5 14. Bg3 Bh6 15. Bd3 Qh7 16. h3 Bf4 17. Nf3 Qh6 18. Nh4 {0-1 (50) Van Foreest,L (2489)-Markus,R (2673) Zalakaros 2017}) 11... bxc6 12. b4 Nc7 {White is slightly better.} 13. Rad1 Ne6 14. Qd2 c5 $1 15. a3 Nd4 16. Nd5 Qd8 $1 17. Nxd4 (17. bxc5 {looks sharper.} dxc5 18. Rfe1 Ba6 19. Qc1 Nb6 20. h4) 17... cxd4 18. Bg5 f6 19. Bh4 g5 20. Bg3 Nb6 21. Bd3 f5 {Strongly threatening ...f4.} 22. exf5 Bxf5 23. Bxf5 Rxf5 24. Qd3 Rf7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 25. f3 Rc8 26. Rc1 (26. Nxb6 $11 axb6 27. a4) 26... Qd7 27. h3 Qe6 28. Rfe1 (28. Nxb6 $15 axb6 29. Rfd1) 28... Qg6 $1 $17 {[%cal Rg6d3]} ({Of course not} 28... Nxd5 $6 29. cxd5 Qd7 30. Qe4 $11) 29. Qb3 (29. Qxg6 $17 {is a better defense.} hxg6 30. Kf1) 29... Nxd5 $19 30. cxd5 Rxc1 $1 31. Rxc1 h5 $1 32. Qb1 Qxb1 33. Rxb1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#] KRB-KRB} g4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 34. hxg4 (34. fxg4 hxg4) 34... hxg4 35. Rb3 Bh6 36. Be1 Be3+ 37. Bf2 Bxf2+ ({Stronger than} 37... gxf3 38. Bxe3 dxe3 39. Rxe3 $11) 38. Kxf2 {KR-KR} e4 (38... Rc7 $1 $17 39. fxg4 Kg7) 39. Ke2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (39. a4 $15) 39... d3+ 40. Ke3 exf3 41. Rb2 Kg7 42. Rf2 Kf6 $1 {[%cal Rf6g5]} 43. gxf3 g3 $1 44. Rg2 Rg7 45. Kxd3 (45. a4 $142 Kf5 46. Rg1) 45... Kf5 46. Ke2 Kf4 47. Kf1 Rc7 (47... Rh7 $142 48. Kg1 Rc7) 48. Rb2 Kxf3 {[%cal Rc7c1]} 49. Rb1 Rc3 50. a4 Ra3 51. a5 {[#]} Kg4 $2 (51... a6 $1 $19 52. Kg1 Kg4) 52. Kg1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (52. Re1 $11) 52... Kh3 53. Kh1 Ra2 (53... Ra4 $142 54. Kg1 Ra2) 54. Kg1 {If only White now had time for Kh1....} a6 {[%cal Ba7a6,Ba6b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 55. Kh1 Rd2 (55... Rh2+ $142 56. Kg1 Rd2) 56. b5 axb5 57. Ra1 b4 58. a6 Rh2+ 59. Kg1 {[#] a7 is the strong threat.} g2 $1 60. Kf2 Rh1 {Accuracy: White = 47%, Black = 72%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.21"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Antipov, Mikhail Al."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,49,34,31,22,29,29,21,29,25,52,45,52,0,0,0,-7,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,0,9,0,0,0,0,-37,0,-27,-18,-26,-25,-21]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 Bf5 6. Qb3 Ra7 {D15: Slav Defence: 4 Nc3 a6 and gambit lines after 4 Nc3 dxc4} 7. Nh4 Bc8 8. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32] LiveBook: 3 Games} (8. Bd2 e6 9. c5 Nbd7 10. Nf3 e5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. Na4 Bxc5 14. Nxc5 Nxc5 {0-1 (84) Radjabov,T (2757)-Fedoseev,V (2724) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) 8... e6 {White is slightly better.} 9. a5 c5 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. Qb6 Bd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nb4) 12. Ne5 Qe7 13. Nxc6 (13. cxd5 $14 cxd4 14. Nxc6 (14. dxc6 Bc5 $11) 14... bxc6 15. Qxc6+ Bd7 16. Qb6) 13... bxc6 $11 14. Qxc6+ Bd7 15. Qb6 Ra8 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Qb3 $1 O-O 18. Be2 Rfb8 19. Qc2 dxc4 20. O-O Bb4 21. e4 Bc6 22. Bg5 h6 23. Bxf6 (23. Bf4 $5 {[%cal Rf4b8]}) 23... Qxf6 24. Bxc4 Qe5 25. Bd3 {Precision: White = 72%, Black = 69%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.21"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Petrov, Nikita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,71,39,71,50,56,48,54,45,63,65,56,58,62,57,76,42,42,42,81,81,110,106,130,119,197,180,221,96,264,195,200,114,137,122,385,385,478,463,956,954,937,940,924,931,823,617,667,500,652,568,566,552,666,644,620,662,622,639,642,591,545,532]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. d4 d6 6. d5 Na5 7. Bd3 {A35: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3 Nc6 3 Nf3} Nf6 8. h3 O-O 9. O-O {White is slightly better.} e5 10. e4 Ne8 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bh4 Bh6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... a6 13. a3 Qc7 14. Nd2 Bh6 15. Rb1 Bd7 16. b3 Rb8 17. a4 f5 18. exf5 gxf5 19. g4 e4 20. Be2 Bg7 21. Qc2 Bd4 22. Kg2 Ng7 23. Bg3 Rbe8 {0-1 (23) Rytshagov,M (2525)-Fedorov,A (2600) Aaland-Stockholm 1997}) 13. Kh1 Ng7 14. g4 Bf4 15. Bg3 g5 16. Bxf4 exf4 17. Rg1 b6 (17... Ne8 $16 18. h4 h6) 18. Qc2 $18 h6 19. Rg2 (19. h4 $1 $18) 19... Nb7 $2 (19... Qd7 $16) 20. h4 Kf7 {[#]} 21. Rag1 (21. e5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} fxe5 (21... dxe5 22. Bh7) 22. Bh7 (22. hxg5 hxg5 23. Kg1 Rh8 $18)) 21... Rh8 $16 {[#]} 22. Rh2 $1 h5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (22... Bd7 $16 23. e5 fxe5) 23. e5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} dxe5 24. hxg5 {White is clearly winning.} Bxg4 (24... hxg4 $142 25. Bg6+ Ke7 26. gxf6+ Kxf6 27. Ne4+ Ke7) 25. Bg6+ Kg8 {[#]} 26. Rxg4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} hxg4 27. Bh7+ Kf8 28. gxf6 Qxf6 29. Ne4 Qe7 {[#]} 30. Nh4 $1 {[%cal Rh4g6]} Rxh7 31. Ng6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack, Discovered Attack} Kf7 32. Nxe7 {Intending Ng5+ and mate.} Rxh2+ 33. Kxh2 Kxe7 34. Qa4 Na5 35. d6+ Ke6 36. Qd1 {Accuracy: White = 76%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.21"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,47,25,22,20,29,26,22,19,25,30,20,12,10,16,34,31,17,20,18,10,21,23,64,35,119,112,110,10,73,47,79,52]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 h5 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. Nd5 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} Bxd5 11. exd5 g6 12. Be2 {The position is equal.} Bg7 13. O-O b6 14. c4 O-O 15. Kh1 {[#]} Nc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Re8 16. Rae1 Rc8 {½-½ (29) Geist,H (2596)-Siikaluoma,A (2544) ICCF email 2014}) 16. Nxc5 bxc5 17. b4 cxb4 18. Qxb4 h4 19. Rab1 Nh5 20. Qd2 f5 ({Black should play} 20... Qd7 $14) 21. Rfe1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} Rf7 22. Bf1 (22. Bb6 $16 Qd7 23. c5) 22... Kh7 (22... Ng3+ $11 23. Kg1 (23. hxg3 hxg3 24. Bg5 Bf6 $11) 23... Nxf1 24. Rxf1 Rc8) 23. Kg1 Rc8 24. Rb4 {Accuracy: White = 42%, Black = 35%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.21"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Can, Emre"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,38,0,18,8,18,10,39,25,32,27,18,22,27,-4,14,6,24,-37,0,-10,-11,0,-9,0,22,38,43,0,0,-34,-34]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bd6 (5... Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Bf4 b6 10. Rd1 Ba6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Ng4 14. Bf3 f5 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Qa4 Bb7 17. Nd2 Qe8 18. Qxe8 Rfxe8 {½-½ (29) Giri,A (2783)-Ding,L (2813) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) 6. Nc3 {E01: Catalan: Early deviations} O-O 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. c5 {White is slightly better.} Be7 9. O-O Ne4 10. b4 f5 11. Qb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Qc2 Bf6 12. e3 c6 {0-1 (44) Meier,G (2644)-Svane,R (2581) Apolda 2017}) 11... Bf6 12. Be3 c6 13. Rad1 (13. Rac1 $11) 13... Kh8 14. Na4 b6 15. Qc2 a5 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. Nxb6 Ra7 19. bxa5 Ba6 {Accuracy: White = 21%, Black = 41%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.21"]
[Round "4.11"]
[White "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Black "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,80,0,35,2,2,1,13,9,16,4,8,8,18,17,17,3,6,0,12,4,-12,-30,-24,-29,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-16,0,0,0,-7,-22,-10,-5,-10,-15,-15,-31,-22,-28,-21,-26,-18,-54,-18,-52,-49,-50,-47,-43,103,111,102,0,0,-105,-114,-113,-112,-98,-93,-116,-118,-146,-143,-697,-691]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b5 3. e3 a6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. b3 {A05: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 Nf6} Bg7 7. Bb2 c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... O-O 8. d4 d6 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. Qe2 c5 {½-½ (86) Caruana,F (2827)-Carlsen,M (2840) chess.com INT 2017}) 8. c4 {The position is equal.} O-O 9. Nc3 bxc4 10. bxc4 Nc6 11. Rb1 Rb8 12. Ba1 e6 13. Na4 d6 14. d4 cxd4 15. exd4 Ne7 16. Re1 Qc7 17. d5 exd5 18. c5 $1 {[%cal Rc5d6] cxd6 is the strong threat.} Nc6 19. Nb6 {Strongly threatening Bxf6.} dxc5 {And now ...d4 would win.} 20. Bxf6 $1 Bxf6 21. Nxd5 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Qd8 22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. Rb6 Bc8 24. Rxb8 Nxb8 {[%cal Bc6b8,Bb8d7,Bd7b6,Bb6a4][%mdl 32]} 25. Ne5 Re8 26. Nd3 Rd8 27. Qe2 Qd6 28. Qe3 $1 c4 29. Nf4 Nd7 30. Qc3 Nb6 31. a4 Nxa4 32. Qxc4 Bd7 {[#]} (32... Nb6 $15 {stays ahead.} 33. Qc3 Bd7) 33. Nd5 $1 $16 {[%mdl 1024] Black must now prevent Qd4. White has strong compensation.} Nb6 34. Qh4 ({White must play} 34. Qxa6 $16 Rb8 35. Re2) 34... Bb5 35. Nf6+ (35. Ne7+ $11 {remains equal.} Kh8 36. Qg5) 35... Kg7 $17 36. Ng4 h5 37. Ne3 Qf6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under strong pressure.} 38. Qb4 Rd4 39. Qc5 Rd2 40. Nc2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (40. f4 $17) 40... Nd7 {Accuracy: White = 43%, Black = 62%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.21"]
[Round "4.12"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Djukic, Nikola"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,107,-23,0,0,4,2,0,0,0,-3,-18,-18,-9,-9,16,16,40,0,0,0,22,38,173,167,170,179,185,186,186,184,172,163,156,157,165,172,164,144,169,166,215,217,223,224,408,383,447,424,431,432,394,339,387,366,383,370,395,406,395,403,354,343,340,340,335,340,330,299,405,257,258,251,257,202,204,190,291,284,330,330,330,276,487,468,1127,1112,818,599,568,556,457,392,763,592,1006,848,2000,1787,3335,2310]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. b3 d6 3. e3 e5 4. Nc3 (4. Bb5+ Nc6 5. O-O a6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. c4 Nf6 8. Nc3 Be7 9. d3 O-O 10. Bb2 h6 11. Nd2 {1-0 (54) Carlsen,M (2837)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2729) Riadh 2017}) 4... Nf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 4... f5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bxd7+ Nxd7 7. d3 Ndf6 8. O-O Qd7 9. Bb2 Ne7 10. Re1 h6 11. a4 {0-1 (33) Vukovic,I (2243)-Cabrilo,G (2499) Dubrovnik 2008}) 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bxd7+ {A04: Unusual lines after 1 Nf3 and King's Indian Attack} Qxd7 7. O-O Be7 8. d4 {The position is equal.} cxd4 9. exd4 e4 10. Nd2 d5 11. f3 Bb4 12. Bb2 $36 {[%cal Rf3e4][%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Qc6 13. Ne2 O-O 14. c3 Bd6 15. fxe4 Bxh2+ ({Black should play} 15... Nxe4 $14 16. Nxe4 dxe4) 16. Kxh2 $18 Ng4+ 17. Kg1 Qh6 {[%csl Gg4][%cal Rh6h2] [#]} 18. Rf3 Qh2+ 19. Kf1 Qh1+ 20. Ng1 Nh2+ 21. Ke2 {[#] Rg3 is the strong threat.} Qxg2+ 22. Rf2 Qg4+ 23. Kd3 Qg3+ 24. Rf3 $1 {[%cal Rf3g3]} Nxf3 25. Qxf3 Qg6 26. Nh3 Nd7 $2 (26... dxe4+ 27. Nxe4 (27. Qxe4 Nd7 $16) 27... f5) 27. Rg1 dxe4+ 28. Nxe4 Qa6+ 29. Kc2 f5 30. Ng3 Qc6 31. Qf4 Rae8 32. c4 Nf6 33. Kb1 Ng4 34. d5 Qg6 35. Ng5 h6 36. Ne6 Rxe6 37. dxe6 Qxe6 38. a4 Qb6 39. Qd4 Qxd4 40. Bxd4 g6 41. Bxa7 h5 42. Nh1 Re8 (42... Kg7 $142 43. Nf2 g5) 43. Nf2 Kg7 44. a5 g5 45. b4 {[%cal Bb3b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Kg6 $2 (45... Ra8 {was worth a try.}) 46. b5 h4 (46... Ne5 $142 47. Re1 Ra8) 47. Nxg4 fxg4 48. Rxg4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KR} h3 49. Rg1 Re4 50. Kb2 g4 $2 (50... Rxc4 51. Kb3 Re4) 51. Bb8 {White is clearly winning.} Re8 52. Bc7 Kg5 53. a6 bxa6 54. b6 {Accuracy: White = 91%, Black = 40%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.21"]
[Round "4.13"]
[White "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,29,33,35,35,35,42,36,28,29,32,36,0,0,0,47,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. O-O Nf6 9. Qf3 {B46: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 a6} Be7 10. Qg3 O-O 11. Bh6 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rg3g7] [#]} Ne8 $1 {aiming for ...Bh4.} 12. Bf4 Nf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Bh4 13. Qf3 Bg5 14. Na4 Qf6 15. Bxg5 Qxg5 16. Nb6 Rb8 17. Nxc8 Rxc8 18. Bxa6 {1-0 (33) Kramnik,V (2800)-Andreikin,D (2712) Moscow 2018}) 13. Bh6 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rg3g7]} Ne8 $1 {And now ...Bh4 would win.} 14. Bf4 Nf6 15. Bh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.21"]
[Round "4.14"]
[White "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Black "Buhmann, Rainer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,29,8,9,8,25,16,12,20,29,24,16,-10,-16,-16,-15,-27,0,-37,4,-30]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. e4 {E11: Bogo-Indian} (6. a3 b6 7. e4 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. e5 Ne4 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. O-O c5 12. Re1 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 {1-0 (35) Lysyj,I (2686)-Morozevich,A (2724) Kazan 2014 CBM 164 [CB]}) 6... d5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 7. e5 Ne4 8. Bd3 {White has an edge.} Nxd2 9. Qxd2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 c5 {[%cal Bc7c5,Bc5d4][%mdl 32]} 11. O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. d5 exd5 12. Qxd5 Qb6 13. O-O-O {0-1 (49) Matijevic,H (2227)-Loncar,R (2368) Mali Losinj 2017}) 11... cxd4 12. Ne4 Nc6 13. Rac1 Bd7 14. Qf4 Kh8 15. Neg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.21"]
[Round "4.15"]
[White "Rozum, Ivan"]
[Black "Lysyj, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,46,20,21,24,27,22,20,20,20,22,23,19,12,12,8,12,11,10,9,9,4,0,15,20,14,22]} 1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. b3 b6 7. Bb2 Bb7 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. d4 Nd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7e5,Be5c6][%mdl 32]} 10. Re1 c5 11. e4 N5f6 12. Nc3 cxd4 {A14: English Opening: 1...e6 with b3 by White} 13. Nxd4 {Black should prevent e5.} Bc5 (13... Ne5 14. Qe2 Bc5 15. Red1 Qe7 16. Na4 Bxd4 17. Bxd4 Nc6 18. Be3 Rfd8 19. Nc3 Qb4 20. Qb2 {1-0 (45) So,W (2822)-Onischuk,A (2667) Saint Louis 2017}) 14. Re2 Ne5 15. Na4 Bxd4 16. Bxd4 Nc6 17. Bb2 {The position is equal.} Qe7 18. Qe1 Rfd8 19. Rd1 Rxd1 20. Qxd1 {[#]} Rd8 $146 21. Rd2 Rxd2 22. Qxd2 e5 23. f3 Ba6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.21"]
[Round "4.16"]
[White "Alonso Rosell, Alvar"]
[Black "Gledura, Benjamin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,74,13,13,10,8,6,14,14,13,19,15,11,9,0,16,-20,-13,-17,0,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-17,-13,-35,-53,-45,-58,-50,-67,-72,0,-63,0,0,0,0,6,-17,-6,-6,-6,-8,-4,-5,-5,-5,-7,-4,20,-129,-126,-280,-276,-307,-307,-307,-307,-5769,-5106]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 h6 7. Bd3 {D12: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 e3 Bf5} Bxd3 8. Qxd3 Nbd7 9. O-O {The position is equal.} Bb4 10. Bd2 (10. a3 Ba5 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 Qe7 13. Rfd1 Bc7 14. Qc2 {0-1 (56) Kuzubov,Y (2699)-Grigoriants,S (2561) Riadh 2017}) 10... a5 11. a3 Be7 12. Rad1 Qb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... O-O 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 {½-½ (40) Benitah,Y (2421)-Dunis,A (2504) France 2007}) 13. Bc1 Qa6 14. b3 O-O 15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 a4 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. b4 Rfd8 19. Rfe1 Nb6 20. b5 cxb5 21. cxb5 Qa5 22. Bd2 Qa7 23. g4 Nd7 (23... Rd5 $1 $17) 24. Be3 (24. Bb4 $11) 24... Nf8 (24... Qa5 $15) 25. d5 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Qa5 26. d6 Rac8 27. Bd2 Bc3 28. Rc1 Bxd2 29. Nxd2 Nd7 {[%cal Bf8d7,Bd7e5,Be5c4][%mdl 32] aiming for ...Ne5!} 30. Ne4 $1 Ne5 31. Qe2 Nc4 32. g5 $1 {[%cal Rg5h6] Black must now prevent gxh6.} hxg5 (32... Qxb5 $2 33. gxh6 g6 34. d7 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) 33. d7 (33. Qh5 $1 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.} Qxb5 34. Rc3 (34. d7 Rxd7 35. Rc3 g6 $15)) 33... Rxd7 $17 34. Nxg5 $2 (34. Qh5 $17 {was worth a try.} Qxb5 {[#]} 35. Re3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} (35. Nxg5 $2 Qf5 $19)) 34... Qxb5 $19 35. Qh5 {Hoping for Qh7+.} Qf5 36. Re4 Rc5 37. Rg4 $2 {[#]} (37. Rexc4 Qxg5+ 38. Qxg5 Rxg5+ 39. Kf1) 37... Ne3 $1 {[%mdl 576] Discovered Attack. Accuracy: White = 43%, Black = 59%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.21"]
[Round "4.17"]
[White "Rakhmanov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Martinovic, Sasa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,30,0,0,0,0,0,-7,0,0,0,-12,-2,-10,-12,-15,-18]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. d4 Nf6 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 h6 7. Qb3 {D11: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 sidelines and 3...Nf6 4 e3 Bg4} Qb6 8. c5 (8. Bf4 dxc4 9. Qxc4 Nd5 10. Na4 Qb4+ 11. Qxb4 Bxb4+ 12. Bd2 {1-0 (52) Fridman,D (2633)-Antipov,M (2589) St Petersburg 2018}) 8... Qxb3 9. axb3 {LiveBook: 8 Games. The position is equal.} Be7 10. b4 O-O 11. Bf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. O-O Ne4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Nd2 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Bf6 {1-0 (34) Jones,I (2286)-Prizant,M (2126) Dublin 2011}) 11... g5 12. Bd2 Nbd7 13. O-O Ne4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Bc3 a6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.21"]
[Round "4.18"]
[White "Lomasov, Semyon"]
[Black "Kobalia, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,59,14,11,41,43,40,41,60,30,73,79,73,68,70,79,77,77,66,67,75,54,63,52,125,117,143,120,174,148,189,188,181,168,168,170,170,170,164,151,161,156,437,458,452,172,454,445]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. O-O c6 5. h3 Bh5 6. d4 {A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems} e6 7. c4 Bd6 8. Qb3 {LiveBook: 7 Games. The position is equal.} Qb8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Qb6 9. Nc3 Qxb3 10. axb3 a6 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Bc7 {½-½ (51) Ganguly,S (2615)-Aronian,L (2765) Kolkata 2018}) 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nh4 {aiming for Nf5.} Ne7 11. Nc3 Bg6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nb6 15. Re1 O-O 16. Bd2 Re8 17. Ng5 Ned5 18. Ba5 {Threatens to win with Bxb6.} Rxe1+ (18... Be7 $14 19. Bxb6 Bxg5 20. Bxd5 cxd5 21. Rxe8+ (21. Qxd5 Be3 $11) 21... Qxe8 22. Qxd5 Bf6) 19. Rxe1 $16 {Black must now prevent Bxb6.} Qd8 20. h4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} Bc7 (20... Be7 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 21. Bxb6 axb6 22. Bxd5 $1 cxd5 23. Qf3 f6 24. Ne6 Qd7 25. Nxc7 Qxc7 26. Qxd5+ Kh7 27. h5 Qc6 $2 {[#]} (27... Kh6 $16) 28. Qf7 $1 $18 gxh5 29. Qxh5+ Kg8 30. Re7 {Precision: White = 98%, Black = 56%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.21"]
[Round "4.19"]
[White "Arutinian, David"]
[Black "Paravyan, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,49,7,0,16,24,17,0,0,3,0,9,14,0,11,0,0,0,0,-7,10,20,35,35,22,0,0,-27,-10,-9,-7,-8,-6,-8,-8,-5]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 Nbd7 5. Bb2 Bd6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. d4 b6 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O dxc4 {E14: Queen's Indian: Classical Variation (4 e3)} (9... a6 10. Rc1 Qe7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Ne2 Ne4 13. Qc2 Rac8 14. Ng3 g6 15. Qe2 h5 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 Qxe5 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Bxa6 Bxa6 21. Qxa6 {½-½ (57) Harikrishna,P (2732)-Navara,D (2727) Prague 2018}) 10. bxc4 e5 {[#] Threatens to win with ...e4.} 11. Ng5 exd4 12. exd4 h6 13. Nf3 Re8 14. Nh4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Bc2 Nf8 15. Nb5 Be4 16. Ba4 Ng4 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 {½-½ (42) Greet,A (2447)-Kapnisis,S (2464) Dundee 2017}) 14... g6 15. g3 Bf8 16. Qc2 Bg7 17. Rad1 Nf8 18. d5 Rc8 19. Rd2 Qd7 20. Rfd1 c6 {[%cal Rc6d5]} 21. Qb3 (21. Bf1 $5 {[%cal Rd5c6]}) 21... cxd5 22. cxd5 {The position is equal.} Bxd5 ({But not} 22... Nxd5 $2 23. Bb5 $18) 23. Nxd5 Qxd5 24. Qxd5 Nxd5 25. Bb5 {Accuracy: White = 32%, Black = 68%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.21"]
[Round "4.20"]
[White "Kadric, Denis"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,69,22,29,30,58,52,28,33,34,0,27,31,22,28,43,29,33,33,39,32,29,14,41,0,8,0,0,0,29,8,41,29,28,0,30,39,38,45,10,20,12,0,17,13,13,17,27,0,0,0,11,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O Bc5 8. Nb3 Ba7 9. Bg5 {B43: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 Nc3} (9. Kh1 Nc6 10. f4 d6 11. Qe2 h5 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 Bd7 14. Rae1 O-O-O 15. Na4 Kb8 16. Nb6 Be8 {0-1 (34) Kadric,D (2543)-Caruana,F (2827) Batumi 2018}) 9... Nc6 10. Kh1 h5 {LiveBook: 3 Games. White should prevent ...Ng4.} ({Of course not} 10... Bb8 $6 11. f4 $16) 11. Bh4 {White has an edge.} Ng4 $146 {[%csl Gg4][%cal Rc7h2] [#]} ({Predecessor:} 11... b5 12. f3 Ne5 13. Qe1 Ng6 14. Bg3 e5 15. a4 b4 16. Nd1 Rb8 {½-½ (37) Krzyzanowski,A (2393)-Troia,E (2304) ICCF email 2016}) 12. Bg3 d6 13. Be2 Nce5 14. Bxe5 dxe5 15. Bxg4 hxg4 16. Qxg4 f6 17. Rad1 Kf7 18. Rd3 {[%cal Bd1d3,Bd3g3,Bg3h3,Bh3h5][%mdl 32]} Bd7 19. Rfd1 Rad8 20. R1d2 Bc6 21. Rg3 g5 22. Rh3 b5 23. a3 Bb6 24. Kg1 Qe7 25. Rh5 a5 26. h4 {[%cal Rh4g5]} gxh4 27. Qxh4 Rxh5 28. Qxh5+ Kg7 29. Qg4+ Kf7 30. Qh5+ Kg7 31. Rxd8 Qxd8 32. Qg4+ Kf7 33. Qh5+ Kg7 34. Qg4+ Kf7 35. Qh5+ {Precision: White = 44%, Black = 70%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.21"]
[Round "4.21"]
[White "Sychev, Klementy"]
[Black "Vocaturo, Daniele"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,28,25,20,24,9,15,-21,-25,-28,-10,-9,-7,-7,-3,-14,-8]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 Bc5 8. Nc3 O-O {C78: Ruy Lopez: Archangelsk and Möller Defences} (8... d6 9. a3 h6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Ba2 Rb8 12. Ne2 Bc8 13. Ng3 Bb6 14. c3 Re8 15. d4 Bg4 16. Qd3 Bxf3 17. gxf3 {1-0 (32) Karjakin,S (2780)-Sokolov,I (2663) Wijk aan Zee 2013}) 9. Nd5 Na5 10. Nxf6+ $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Nxe7+ Qxe7 12. Nh4 Nxb3 13. axb3 Qe6 14. Nf5 d5 15. f4 dxe4 16. fxe5 {0-1 (45) Kobo,O (2480)-Nabaty,T (2649) Tiberias 2016}) 10... Qxf6 11. Bg5 Qd6 12. Nh4 {The position is equal.} Nxb3 13. axb3 Qe6 14. Be3 Bxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.21"]
[Round "4.22"]
[White "Zhigalko, Andrey"]
[Black "Erdos, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 30,100,0,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,11,9,14,8,13,14,142,136,153,156,153,150,150,149,290,284,386,380,395,387,347,214,212,-139,-139,-318,-323,-329,-312,-302,-312,-300,-300,-1246,-1246,-29979,-29980,-29980,-29981,-29980,-29980,-29987,-29985,-29984,-29985,-29984,-29985,-29985,-29986]} 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. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a4 exd4 {C92: Closed Ruy Lopez: 9...Be6, Karpov and Flohr-Zaitsev Variations} (12... Qd7 13. d5 Ne7 14. Nf1 h6 15. N3h2 c6 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. Ng4 Nxg4 18. hxg4 d5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21. exd5 Nxd5 22. Rxe5 {½-½ (60) Inarkiev,E (2693)-Svidler,P (2760) Antalya 2017 CBM 181 [Sadorra,J]}) 13. cxd4 Qd7 14. axb5 axb5 15. Rxa8 Bxa8 16. Ng5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Nd8 17. e5 Nd5 18. Ndf3 h6 19. Ne4 Nb4 $1 20. Qd2 Bd5 $146 21. Qxb4 Bxe4 $1 22. Rxe4 d5 23. Qe1 dxe4 24. Qxe4 c5 25. Bc2 {[%csl Gc2][%cal Re4h7]} g6 26. d5 f5 27. Qd3 c4 28. Qd4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Bg7 29. g4 {White wants to play gxf5.} Nf7 (29... Qb7 $1 $11) 30. e6 $16 Qe7 31. exf7+ Qxf7 32. Qd1 $1 Rd8 33. d6 {aiming for gxf5.} fxg4 (33... Qf6 $16 {was called for.}) 34. hxg4 $18 {[%cal Bh3g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} Qe6 35. Bf4 $1 Bxb2 36. g5 h5 37. Kg2 Ba3 {[%cal Ra3d6] [#]} 38. Bg3 $2 (38. Ne5 $1 $18 Rxd6 39. Qa1 (39. Qf3 Rd5 $16)) 38... Bxd6 $17 39. Nh4 $2 {[#]} (39. Ne5 $17 Bc7 40. Qa1 Bxe5 41. Bxe5) 39... Bc7 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 40. Qf3 (40. Bxc7 Rxd1) 40... Bxg3 41. Nxg6 {[#] And now Bf5 would win.} Bxf2 $1 42. Kxf2 {[#]} (42. Qxf2 Qg4+) 42... Re8 $1 ({Not} 42... Rd2+ 43. Kf1 $15) 43. Qd1 $2 (43. Nf4 Qe1+ 44. Kg2 Qd2+ 45. Qf2) 43... b4 {[%cal Bb5b4,Bb4b3][%mdl 32]} 44. Qd2 b3 {Black mates.} 45. Nf4 Rf8 46. Bd1 Qf5 47. Kf3 Qg4+ 48. Ke4 Re8+ 49. Kd4 Rd8+ 50. Kxc4 Qc8+ {Precision: White = 36%, Black = 76%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.21"]
[Round "4.23"]
[White "Romanov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Baron, Tal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,80,12,11,3,8,0,6,10,7,-6,26,22,27,18,20,16,44,45,46,23,23,22,28,42,39,29,56,48,48,0,0,0,16,3,29,50,45,43,30,0,0,-18,-12,-104,0,-193,-83,-204,-194,-707,-731,-729,-717,-706,-701,-963,-957,-855,-371,-1818,-1458,-1306,-1237,-1791,-1574,-1354,-825,-29991,-29989,-29989,-29990,-29990,-29988]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 Bg4 4. Qb3 Bxf3 (4... Nf6 5. g3 a5 6. b5 a4 7. Qd3 c5 8. Bg2 Nbd7 9. h3 Bh5 10. Qc2 e5 11. Nh4 Ra7 {0-1 (54) Howell,D (2696)-Adams,M (2703) London 2018}) 5. Qxf3 c6 6. g3 {A09: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 d5 2 c4} e5 7. Qb3 a5 8. b5 {The position is equal.} a4 9. Qc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Qb2 Nd7 10. bxc6 bxc6 11. Bg2 Qc7 {½-½ (50) Moroni,L (2415)-Mrdja,M (2366) Ceriano Laghetto 2015}) 9... Bc5 10. Bg2 Ne7 11. O-O O-O 12. d3 Nd7 13. Nd2 f5 14. Rb1 Nf6 15. Nf3 Qd6 16. bxc6 bxc6 17. Rb7 Ng6 18. Bh3 Ne7 19. e3 dxe3 $1 20. Bxe3 Bxe3 21. fxe3 {Black must now prevent c5.} Nd7 22. d4 $1 {aiming for c5.} Rad8 23. dxe5 Nxe5 24. Nd4 {[%cal Rh3f5]} Qa3 25. Qe2 ({Much worse is} 25. Nxf5 Nxf5 26. Bxf5 Qxe3+ 27. Kh1 Kh8 $17) 25... g6 26. c5 {[#]} (26. Nf3 $11 {keeps the balance.} Nxf3+ 27. Qxf3) 26... Nd5 ({Black should play} 26... Rfe8 $1 $17 {...Rb8 is the strong threat.} 27. Bg2 Rb8) 27. Re1 $2 (27. Ne6 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 27... Nc3 (27... Rb8 $19 {is more deadly.} 28. Rxb8 Rxb8) 28. Qf1 (28. Qb2 $17 Qxb2 29. Rxb2) 28... Qxa2 $19 29. Qf4 $2 (29. Bg2) 29... Nd3 30. Qf1 Nxe1 31. Qxe1 Ne4 32. Nxc6 Rd2 {Threatens to win with ...Ng5.} 33. Bf1 Rf7 (33... Ng5 $142 {( -> ...Nf3+)} 34. Ne5 Rxh2) 34. Nb4 $2 (34. Rxf7 Qxf7 35. Nd4) 34... Qb3 35. Rb8+ Rf8 36. Rb7 a3 37. c6 a2 38. c7 {[#]} a1=Q $1 {Black mates.} 39. Bc4+ (39. Qxa1 Qxe3+) 39... Qxc4 {[%cal Ra1e1]} 40. Qxa1 Nc3 {Accuracy: White = 37%, Black = 53%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.21"]
[Round "4.24"]
[White "Pantsulaia, Levan"]
[Black "Quparadze, Giga"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,77,21,11,19,16,26,17,-11,0,-5,52,41,68,71,92,83,80,46,61,65,61,59,75,37,47,58,131,113,154,147,257,270,266,264,239,240,270,264,261,256,281,270,283,280,977,405,397,405,395,395,386,381,378,231,462,472,533,530,554,563,704,685,749,750,681,652]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nc7 6. Qb3 Nc6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. Nf3 {A34: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3, lines with ...d5} (8. d3 Ne6 9. Qa4 g6 10. Nf3 Bg7 11. Qxc6+ Bd7 12. Qd5 O-O 13. Ne5 Qc7 14. Qxd7 Qxe5 15. O-O Nd4 {1-0 (35) Vitiugov,N (2726)-Babula,V (2572) Czechia 2011}) 8... Ne6 9. Qa4 Nd4 10. Ne5 {The position is equal.} Qc7 11. Nc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. f4 f6 12. Nc4 Rb8 13. d3 Rb4 14. Qd1 Bg4 15. h3 Bh5 16. g4 {0-1 (29) Leiros Vila,A (2151)-Santos,L (2369) Porto 2014}) 11... Bd7 ({Black should try} 11... e5 $11) 12. d3 $14 e5 13. f4 Be7 14. Nxe5 O-O 15. Be3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Be6 16. Bxd4 cxd4 17. Qxd4 Rab8 18. Rb1 Bb4 {[#] And now ...Rfd8 would win.} 19. O-O c5 (19... f6 $14) 20. Qe4 $16 Bxc3 21. bxc3 {[%cal Bb2c3,Bc3c4][%mdl 32]} Rxb1 (21... Rbe8 $16 22. Rb2 f6) 22. Rxb1 $18 Qa5 23. c4 Qxa2 24. Rb7 Bh3 25. Kf2 {Black must now prevent Rxf7!} Qa1 {[#]} 26. g4 $1 Qf1+ 27. Kg3 h5 {...hxg4 is the strong threat.} 28. Qf3 ({Don't take} 28. gxh5 $6 Be6 $18) ({Stronger than} 28. Rxa7 hxg4 29. f5 Qe1+ 30. Kf4 Qf2+ 31. Kg5 g3 $11) 28... f6 $2 (28... Qxf3+ 29. exf3 Bf1) 29. Ng6 (29. Qd5+ $142 Kh7 30. Qd7 Qg2+ 31. Kh4 Qxb7 32. Qxb7 fxe5 33. Qe7 Rxf4 34. Qxe5 Rxg4+ 35. Kxh3) 29... Rd8 30. Qxf1 Bxf1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 31. Kf2 Bh3 32. Rxa7 Bxg4 33. Rc7 Ra8 $2 (33... Kh7 {was worth a try.}) 34. f5 {White is clearly winning.} Kh7 35. e4 Ra2+ 36. Kg3 {Threatens to win with Rc8.} Rd2 37. Nf4 Be2 38. Rxc5 h4+ 39. Kxh4 {Accuracy: White = 70%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.21"]
[Round "4.25"]
[White "Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis"]
[Black "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,87,20,15,19,15,24,9,18,14,15,5,3,5,7,7,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-5,-12,-7,-9,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,59,60,60,64,93,93]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Ne8 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} (9... Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. c3 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Nf5 13. Bf4 d6 14. Nd2 Be6 15. Ne4 Be7 16. Qd2 c6 17. Bd3 Qd7 18. Ng5 Bxg5 19. Bxg5 h6 20. Bf4 g5 21. Bxf5 Bxf5 22. Bg3 d5 23. Re1 {½-½ (23) Nepomniachtchi,I (2763)-Radjabov,T (2757) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) 10. d5 Bc5 11. Be3 d6 {The position is equal.} 12. Bxc5 {And now Rxe8 would win.} dxc5 13. Nc3 Qf6 14. Qe2 Nd6 15. Re1 Bd7 {[#]} 16. Qe3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Qd2 Rae8 {½-½ (16) Guseinov,G (2623)-Parligras,M (2596) Konya 2016}) 16... Qxe5 17. Qxe5 Rae8 18. f4 f6 19. Qxe8 Rxe8 20. Rxe8+ Bxe8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} 21. g4 h5 22. h3 hxg4 23. hxg4 Bg6 24. f5 Bh7 25. Kf2 g6 26. fxg6 Bxg6 27. Bd3 Bxd3 28. cxd3 {KN-KN} Kf7 29. Ke3 c4 30. dxc4 Nxc4+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 31. Kf4 Nxb2 32. Nb5 $1 Nd3+ 33. Kf5 Nb4 34. Nxc7 Nxa2 35. Nb5 {[#] aiming for Nd6+.} Nb4 36. Ke4 a5 37. Nd6+ Kg6 38. Nxb7 a4 39. d6 a3 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black is fighting back} 40. d7 Nc6 41. Kd5 a2 (41... Nb4+ $11 42. Kc4 a2) 42. Kxc6 $14 a1=Q 43. d8=Q Qa6+ 44. Kc7 {Accuracy: White = 93%, Black = 75%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.21"]
[Round "4.26"]
[White "Svane, Rasmus"]
[Black "Studer, Noel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,63,0,0,19,18,24,15,25,20,15,16,51,44,69,49,43,49,160,167,266,269,253,276,278,278,278,269,249,0,0,0,272,270,439,442,593,575,593,593,578,580,574,447,1418,1369,1255,1258,29995,389]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O c5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 e5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. c4 d4 9. e3 Bg4 {Strongly threatening ...e4. E01: Catalan: Early deviations} (9... Be7 10. exd4 exd4 11. Bf4 Be6 12. Nbd2 O-O 13. Ne5 Qb6 14. Qb3 Rac8 15. Qxb6 axb6 16. Rac1 Rfd8 17. Rfe1 Nd7 18. Nxd7 Rxd7 19. Bd5 {1-0 (78) Lenderman,A (2630)-Vidit,S (2711) chess.com INT 2018}) 10. Qb3 Qc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Bd6 11. Qxb7 Na5 12. Qb5+ Bd7 13. Qa6 Bc8 14. Qb5+ Bd7 15. Qa6 Bc8 {½-½ (15) Olafsson,H (2555)-Tikkanen,H (2559) Tromsoe 2014}) 11. exd4 Bxf3 $1 {The position is equal.} 12. Qxf3 {aiming for dxe5.} Nxd4 13. Qd3 h6 14. Nc3 Bc5 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 O-O {[#]} ({Better is} 16... a5 $14) 17. Bxh6 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} gxh6 (17... Rad8 {is a better defense.}) 18. Qg6+ $1 $18 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh8 19. Qxh6+ Kg8 20. Qg6+ Kh8 {[#]} 21. Qf6+ $1 Kg8 22. Qg6+ $2 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black needs to defend precisely.} (22. Rae1 $18 Qb6 23. Qg5+ (23. Qxe5 Rfe8 $11) 23... Kh8 24. Rxe5) 22... Kh8 $11 23. Qf6+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (23. Qh5+ $11 Kg7 24. Qg5+ Kh7 25. Qh5+ Kg7 26. Qg5+ Kh7 27. Qh4+ Kg6 28. Qg4+ Kh6 29. Qh4+ Kg6 30. Qg4+ Kh6 31. Qh4+ Kg6) 23... Kg8 $18 24. Rae1 {[%cal Ba1e1,Be1e5,Be5e8][%mdl 32]} Qd6 $2 (24... Rfd8) 25. Qg5+ Kh8 26. Rxe5 f5 {Black hopes to continue with ...Qf6.} 27. Qh4+ Kg7 28. Rfe1 Rf7 29. Qg5+ Kh8 (29... Qg6 $142 30. Qxg6+ Kxg6 31. Bxf7+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Kxf7 32. Rxc5 Nf3+ 33. Kf1 Nxe1 34. Rc7+ (34. Rxf5+ Ke6 $16) 34... Ke6 35. Kxe1 b6) 30. Qh5+ Rh7 31. Re8+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg7 32. Qg5+ $2 {Accuracy: White = 67%, Black = 38%.} (32. Qf7+ {mates} Kh6 {[#]} 33. R8e6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxe6 34. Rxe6+ Nxe6 35. Qf6+ Kh5 36. Bf3#) 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.21"]
[Round "4.27"]
[White "Janik, Igor"]
[Black "Deac, Bogdan-Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,136,33,15,10,15,12,7,0,0,15,20,12,0,0,7,0,-4,6,8,8,9,4,5,14,0,5,3,4,0,5,6,14,8,7,0,24,9,31,20,38,4,10,9,5,-7,-4,-4,7,-10,-1,-12,-10,-19,0,0,0,-8,-3,-10,0,-5,-10,-49,0,-10,-9,-17,0,-27,-25,-32,-25,-26,-12,-57,-59,-64,-64,-60,-66,-66,-65,-62,-40,-83,-78,-80,-80,-80,-85,-79,-77,-77,-77,-77,-77,-114,-74,-106,-63,-120,-120,-127,-167,-191,-188,-214,-211,-304,-226,-489,-462,-533,-526,-520,-501,-660,-261,-242,-207,-262,-249,-758,-745]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bd7 6. Ne5 Bc6 7. Nxc6 Nxc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6b4,Bb4d3][%mdl 32]} 8. O-O Qd7 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3} 9. e3 Rd8 10. Qa4 Nb4 $1 {The position is equal.} 11. Qxd7+ Rxd7 12. Na3 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Nxc4 Nd3 {[#]} 15. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Na5 Bb6 16. Nc4 {½-½ (40) Postny,E (2606)-Greenfeld,A (2550) Fagernes 2017}) 15... O-O 16. b4 Be7 17. Nb2 Nxc1 18. Rfxc1 b5 19. Bc6 Rd2 20. Nd1 Rb8 21. Nc3 a6 22. Ra2 Rd6 23. Bf3 g6 24. Kf1 Rdd8 25. Ne2 e5 26. Nc3 Kf8 27. Ke2 Rd7 28. Rd1 Ra7 29. Rb2 Rc8 30. Ne4 Ne8 31. Nd2 a5 32. Bd5 axb4 33. axb4 f5 34. e4 Nd6 35. Bb3 fxe4 36. Bd5 Nf5 37. Nxe4 Rd8 38. Ba2 Rda8 39. Bb1 Nd4+ 40. Kf1 Ra1 41. f4 Nf5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Strongly threatening ...Ne3+. Black fights for an advantage.} 42. Ke2 exf4 43. gxf4 R8a3 44. Rd3 Rxd3 45. Bxd3 Rh1 $1 46. Kf3 Re1 47. Kg2 Re3 48. Nf2 Nd4 49. Ra2 Ne6 50. Ra8+ Kg7 51. Bxb5 Nxf4+ 52. Kf1 Bxb4 {[%csl Gb4][%cal Re3e1]} 53. Ra7+ Kf8 {[%csl Gb4][%cal Re3e1]} 54. Ra8+ Kf7 $1 {[%csl Gb4][%cal Re3e1]} 55. Ng4 Rc3 56. Ra4 Bd6 {Hoping for ...h5.} 57. Bc4+ ({White should play} 57. Ra7+ $15 Rc7 58. Rxc7+ Bxc7 59. Bc4+ Ke7 60. Kf2) 57... Ke7 $17 {And now ...h5 would win.} 58. Ke1 h5 59. Nf2 {[#]} Rc2 $1 60. Bb3 {[#]} Rb2 $1 {[%cal Rb2b3]} 61. Ra7+ (61. Re4+ $142 Kf6 62. Ba4) 61... Kd8 62. Rb7 $2 (62. Ba4 Ng2+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 63. Kd1) 62... Ng2+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 63. Kf1 Ne3+ 64. Ke1 Bxh2 {White must now prevent ...Bg3.} 65. Ne4 Bf4 $2 (65... Bc7 66. Rb5 h4) 66. Bd5 $19 Rc2 67. Be6 Bc7 68. Rb3 $2 (68. Ra7) 68... Ba5+ {Accuracy: White = 35%, Black = 57%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.21"]
[Round "4.28"]
[White "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Golubka, Petro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,79,29,28,30,34,11,33,33,31,34,36,35,62,40,52,58,74,50,63,69,82,55,77,70,100,90,94,65,100,87,74,78,79,65,101,98,112,102,112,105,118,110,106,62,78,66,80,85,193,193,218,218,563,560,547,524,515,510,435,306,488,455,534,547,1216,1211,1107,1115,1287,1056,1401,1328]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Bd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Qe3 {B53: Sicilian: 2...d6: Lines with Qxd4} Nf6 7. Nc3 g6 8. h3 {White is slightly better.} Bg7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O b6 (10... Nb4 11. Rb1 a6 12. b3 Nh5 {½-½ (83) Alekseev,E (2622)-Tsydypov,Z (2529) Sochi 2017}) 11. Rd1 Rc8 12. Rb1 Nh5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Qc7 13. b3 Qb7 {1-0 (21) Nestorovic,N (2495)-Sukovic,A (2114) Niksic 2016}) 13. b3 f5 14. Bb2 Qe8 15. Nd5 fxe4 16. Ng5 Bxb2 17. Rxb2 Ng7 18. g4 Ne5 ({But not} 18... e6 $2 19. Nc3 $18) 19. Nxe4 Bc6 20. f4 Nd7 21. Bf1 Bxd5 22. cxd5 Nf6 23. Nc3 Qd7 {[#]} 24. Rg2 $1 Kh8 25. Ba6 Rc7 26. b4 e6 27. dxe6 Qxe6 28. Qd4 h5 (28... d5 $16) 29. Re2 $18 Qg8 30. g5 Rxc3 $2 (30... Nf5 31. Qd3 Nh7) 31. Qxc3 Nd5 {[#]} 32. Rxd5 $1 Qxd5 33. Re7 $1 {[%csl Ge7,LRa7,LRg7][%cal Rc3g7]} Qg8 34. Qd4 Re8 (34... d5 {might work better.} 35. Rxa7 Ra8 36. Rxa8 (36. Qxb6 Rxa7 37. Qxa7 Qe6 $16) 36... Qxa8) 35. Rxa7 {White is clearly winning.} Ra8 36. Bc4 Rxa7 37. Bxg8 Kxg8 38. Qxb6 Rxa2 39. Qxd6 Kh7 40. b5 {Accuracy: White = 86%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.21"]
[Round "4.29"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Shevchenko, Kirill"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,53,11,22,6,12,15,13,27,11,19,12,58,50,51,1,22,2,9,9,23,20,12,13,0,0,29,0,-5,-24,-27,-35,-50,-37,0,-14,-8,-51,-72,-77]} 1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Be2 Bg7 6. O-O e6 {B21: Sicilian: 2 f4 and Morra Gambit} 7. c3 Nge7 8. Be3 f5 (8... b6 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. a3 d5 11. Bf2 Qc7 12. e5 f6 13. d4 cxd4 14. cxd4 {1-0 (48) Kovalev,V (2639)-Demchenko,A (2660) Riadh 2017}) 9. Na3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} O-O 10. Qd2 b6 11. Rae1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Nc2 Qd7 12. Rad1 Bb7 13. exf5 gxf5 14. d4 {0-1 (55) Brem,S (2123)-Koepke,C (2387) Munich 2012}) 11... Bb7 12. Bd1 Qd7 13. b4 {[#]} Bxc3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 14. Qxc3 {[%cal Rb4c5]} cxb4 15. Qb3 {Threatens to win with Nc2.} (15. Qc1 {feels hotter.} bxa3 16. Ba4 Rac8 17. Qxa3 d5 18. exf5 Nxf5 19. Bc1) 15... bxa3 16. Qxa3 Na5 17. Bd2 fxe4 18. Ng5 h6 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Nb7 21. Bf3 d5 22. Rxe6 Qxe6 23. Re1 Qc6 $1 {...Nf5 is the strong threat.} 24. Rxe7 {And now Qc3 would win.} Rf7 25. Re5 Rd8 26. d4 {[#]} Na5 $1 {[%cal Ra5c4]} 27. Bxa5 {Precision: White = 40%, Black = 85%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.21"]
[Round "4.30"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Basso, Pier Luigi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,59,46,40,39,-22,-24,-20,46,43,645,643,647,644,1352,1334,922,756,704,732,1092,634,637,628,586,571,590,590,579,583,618,615,658,610,623,600,632,640,639,612,637,634,1027,925,910,843,29986,29987,29993,29994]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 Bc5 7. Bf4 {Black must now prevent Nc7+.} O-O {B45: Sicilian Four Knights} 8. e5 (8. Bc7 $14 Qe7 9. Bd6 Bxd6 10. Qxd6 (10. Nxd6 Ne8 $11)) 8... a6 $11 9. Nd6 Bxd6 $146 (9... Ne8 $1 $11) ({Predecessor:} 9... Ne8 10. Nde4 Bd4 11. Qh5 Qa5 12. O-O-O Bxe5 13. Bxe5 Qxe5 14. Qh4 d5 15. f4 {½-½ (32) Hoolt,S (2337)-Schleining,Z (2368) Germany 2013}) 10. Qxd6 $14 Qb6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (10... Ne8 $14 11. Qd2 f6) 11. exf6 $18 Qxb2 {[#]} 12. Kd2 $1 Qxa1 {[#]} 13. Bh6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Re8 (13... gxh6 14. Qg3+) 14. fxg7 {Threatening mate with Qf8+.} Ne7 15. g4 a5 16. Bg2 Qb2 17. Rb1 {[%mdl 64] Trapped Piece} Ra6 18. Qg3 ({And not} 18. Rxb2 Rxd6+ 19. Kc1 e5 $17) 18... Qxb1 19. Nxb1 e5 20. Be3 Re6 21. Nc3 d5 {If only Black now had time for ...d4....} 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. Bxd5 Rd6 24. c4 Be6 25. Qxe5 Red8 {[%cal Rd6d5]} 26. Ke2 Bxg4+ 27. f3 Be6 28. Bc5 R6d7 29. Bxe6 Re8 {[#]} 30. Bxf7+ $1 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack. Accuracy: White = 74%, Black = 42%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.21"]
[Round "4.31"]
[White "Saric, Ivan"]
[Black "Valsecchi, Alessio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,83,40,42,32,33,31,44,38,64,61,71,49,81,79,96,84,119,91,85,69,69,69,90,80,79,69,98,77,125,104,105,97,89,72,73,62,130,129,135,134,144,0,0,0,161,160,163,142,124,139,226,207,279,254,299,214,281,214,214,214,1132,500,29996,-288]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8. f3 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Qa5 11. Rc1 Be6 12. b3 {B36: Sicilian: Maroczy Bind: Gurgenidze System} (12. Nd5 Qxa2 13. Nxe7+ Kh8 14. Bd4 Rae8 15. Qc3 Nh5 16. Bxg7+ Nxg7 17. b4 Qa4 18. b5 a5 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. cxd5 f5 21. Ra1 Qb4 22. Qxb4 axb4 {1-0 (51) Carlsen,M (2832)-Guseinov,G (2645) chess.com INT 2017}) 12... Rfc8 13. Bd3 Nd7 14. Nd5 {White is slightly better.} Qd8 15. O-O Nc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... a5 16. f4 Nc5 17. Bb1 Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Qb6 19. f5 e6 {1-0 (35) Kushagra,M (2308)-Bhatt,J (1965) New Delhi 2018}) 16. Bc2 a5 17. f4 Bxd5 18. exd5 Qd7 19. a4 f5 20. Rce1 Rf8 21. Bf2 Qc7 22. Re2 Rf7 23. h3 Raf8 24. Rfe1 Bh6 25. Kh1 Re8 26. Bd4 Ref8 27. Qe3 Bg7 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 (28... Rxg7 $14 29. g4 Rf6) 29. g4 $16 fxg4 {[#]} 30. f5 $1 (30. hxg4 Rxf4 31. Rh2 (31. Qxe7+ Qxe7 32. Rxe7+ R8f7 $17) 31... e5 $11) 30... gxf5 31. Qg5+ (31. hxg4 $16 Rg8 32. Rf1 (32. gxf5 Kh8 $14)) 31... Kh8 $11 32. Rxe7 Qc8 $2 (32... Qd8 $1 $11 33. Rxf7 Qxg5 34. Rxf8+ Kg7 35. Rxf5 Qd2 36. Re7+ Kg8 37. Re8+ Kg7 38. Re7+ Kg8 39. Re8+ Kg7 40. Re7+) 33. hxg4 $18 Ne4 34. Bxe4 fxe4 35. R7xe4 $40 {[%mdl 128] White wants a kill.} ({But not} 35. R1xe4 $6 Rf1+ 36. Kg2 R8f2+ 37. Kg3 (37. Kh3 Qf8 $11) 37... Qf8 $11) 35... Qc5 (35... Rf3 $16 36. Re7 Rf1+ 37. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 38. Kg2 (38. Kh2 Qf8 $14) 38... Qf8) 36. Qe3 Qc8 37. Re6 Qd8 {( -> ...Qh4+)} 38. g5 Kg8 39. Kg2 Rf5 40. Re7 b6 $2 {[#]} (40... Rf2+ 41. Kh1 (41. Qxf2 Rxf2+ 42. Kxf2 Qf8+ 43. Kg3 Qf5 $16) 41... R2f7 42. Rxf7 Rxf7) 41. Qe6+ (41. g6 $142 $1 {[%mdl 512] Intending Qe6+ and mate.} Re5 (41... hxg6 42. Qe6+) 42. Rxe5 dxe5 43. gxh7+ Kh8 44. Qxe5+ Qf6 45. Qxf6+ Rxf6 46. Re6) 41... Kh8 {[#]} (41... R5f7 $18 42. Kg3 Qxe7 43. Qxe7 Rxe7 44. Rxe7 Rf1) 42. Rxh7+ $1 {[%mdl 33280] Accuracy: White = 72%, Black = 35%. . Loss on time!?} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.21"]
[Round "4.32"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,76,24,26,25,36,25,23,10,17,8,18,-12,-4,-17,6,12,8,10,28,0,0,0,0,0,29,0,2,14,12,0,27,28,21,0,0,0,27,-10,15,-4,-6,-14,0,-2,0,0,0,-5,0,-20,0,0,0,-26,0,-20,0,0,-9,-21,-21,-14,0,-410,-403,-372,-368]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Qb3 {D12: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 e3 Bf5} Qc7 8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. Bd2 {White has an edge.} Nbd7 10. Rc1 Nb6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. h3 Qd7 13. Bd3 Bd6 14. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32] [#]} O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Nc8) 15. O-O Bc7 16. a5 Nc4 17. Bxc4 {[#] Black must now prevent Be2.} dxc4 18. Qxc4 Qd6 {[%csl Gc7][%cal Rd6h2]} 19. g3 Bxa5 20. Rfd1 Qd7 21. Kg2 Rfe8 22. b4 b5 23. Qb3 $1 Bb6 24. Be1 Rad8 25. Rd3 a5 26. bxa5 Bxa5 27. Rdd1 Bxc3 28. Qxc3 Re6 29. Qb3 Nd5 30. Bd2 Rde8 31. Rc5 Nb6 32. Ra1 Na4 33. Rc2 Nb6 34. Rc5 Rf6 35. g4 Na4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is more active.} 36. Rc2 c5 {...Qb7+ is the strong threat.} 37. dxc5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (37. Rb1 $1 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 37... Qc6+ $19 38. Kg1 {[#]} Rf3 $1 {Accuracy: White = 46%, Black = 56%.} ({Less strong is} 38... Qf3 39. Be1 $15) 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.21"]
[Round "4.33"]
[White "Thybo, Jesper Sondergaard"]
[Black "Ragger, Markus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,65,14,38,10,38,30,24,26,31,21,29,34,31,39,39,29,31,30,25,29,26,26,35,0,0,0,49,0,14,-37,0,-14,0,0,47,0,0,0,0,0,56,51,66,33,72,0,0,0,56,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8. Nf3 Qa5 9. Nd2 {D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3} Nd7 (9... Bd7 10. Rb1 Ba4 11. Qxa4+ Qxa4 12. Bb5+ Qxb5 13. Rxb5 b6 14. dxc5 Nd7 15. Ke2 Bxc3 16. Nb3 O-O {½-½ (28) Navara,D (2741)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2779) Biel 2018}) 10. Qc2 O-O 11. Be2 {White has an edge.} cxd4 12. cxd4 Nb6 13. O-O Be6 14. Nb3 Qa4 15. Qc7 {Black should prevent Nc5.} Bc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Qd7 16. Rac1 Bxb3 17. axb3 {1-0 (54) Stocek,J (2581)-Jansa,V (2435) Germany 2017}) 16. Bxc4 Nxc4 17. Qxe7 b6 18. e5 Qc6 19. Qh4 f6 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Qh3 Qd5 22. Rad1 (22. Rae1 $11) 22... Rad8 23. Nc1 Nd6 24. Nd3 {Nf4 is the strong threat.} Qxa2 25. d5 Nf5 ({Much weaker is} 25... Qxd5 26. Nc5 $16) 26. Nf4 {[#] And now Ne6 would win.} Rf7 27. Qf3 Qa4 (27... Re8 $11) 28. Ne6 $14 Re8 29. Bg5 $1 Be5 {With the idea ...Ng3.} 30. Nd8 ({White should try} 30. Rfe1 $16) 30... Rff8 $11 31. Ne6 ({White should play} 31. d6 $11 Qb5 32. d7 Rxd8 33. Bxd8 Rxd8 34. Rfe1) 31... Rf7 $1 $14 32. Nd8 (32. Qe2 $14 Bh8 33. Rfe1) 32... Rff8 33. Ne6 {Accuracy: White = 41%, Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.21"]
[Round "4.34"]
[White "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Black "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,57,21,0,0,-24,16,14,14,17,13,0,60,59,197,207,185,156,206,104,341,357,363,336,352,360,372,350,350,350,404,418,501,507,493,409,657,562,859,811,1036,959,29989,29990,29993,29994]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. a3 Nbd7 {B97: Sicilian Najdorf: Poisoned Pawn} (8... Nc6 9. Nb3 Qe3+ 10. Qe2 Qxe2+ 11. Bxe2 Be7 12. O-O-O Nd7 13. Rd2 Nc5 14. Nxc5 Bxg5 15. fxg5 dxc5 16. Na4 Nd4 17. Bd1 {1-0 (30) Adhiban,B (2689)-Andriasian,Z (2604) chess.com INT 2019}) 9. Bh4 Be7 10. Bf2 $1 {Hoping for Nxe6!} Qc7 {The position is equal.} 11. g4 Nc5 12. Bg2 h6 $146 (12... d5 $1 $11) ({Predecessor:} 12... d5 13. exd5 Qxf4 14. Qf3 Qe5+ 15. Nde2 exd5 16. h3 {½-½ (29) Polakovic,P (2452)-Nekhaev,A (2512) ICCF email 2016}) 13. Qe2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} g5 (13... e5 $14 14. Nf5 Ne6) 14. e5 $18 dxe5 15. fxe5 Nfd7 {[#]} 16. Bg3 (16. O-O-O $1 $18) 16... Nf8 $2 {[#]} (16... Nb6 $16 {was necessary.}) 17. Nf5 $1 {[%mdl 512] Black must now prevent Nd6+.} exf5 18. Nd5 Qd8 {[#] Strongly threatening ...f4.} 19. O-O-O $1 Be6 {[#]} 20. Nf6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxf6 21. exf6 Nb3+ 22. cxb3 Qc8+ 23. Kb1 f4 24. Bf2 Nd7 (24... Ng6 $142 25. Rc1 Qd8) 25. h4 Rg8 26. hxg5 hxg5 27. Rd6 Kf8 28. Rxe6 fxe6 29. Qxe6 {Accuracy: White = 65%, Black = 23%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.21"]
[Round "4.35"]
[White "Sivuk, Vitaly"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 33,54,14,25,24,26,22,37,18,27,35,36,34,23,38,63,79,31,19,37,33,24,25,29]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O d6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 a6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. b3 Be7 11. e4 Qc8 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Rac1 Re8 {A30: Symmetrical English: Double Fianchetto and Hedgehog} 14. h3 Qc7 15. Qe3 (15. Nh2 Rad8 16. Ng4 Bf8 17. Nxf6+ Nxf6 18. Qe3 Nd7 19. h4 Qb8 20. g4 Ba8 {1-0 (87) Bu,X (2708)-Adams,M (2729) Yerevan 2008}) 15... Rac8 16. Nd4 Qb8 17. Re1 Bf8 {LiveBook: 9 Games} 18. Rcd1 h5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18... Ba8 19. Qd3 Red8 20. Qe2 Re8 {1-0 (65) Dzagnidze,N (2528)-Babiy,O (2359) Riga 2017}) 19. Re2 Ba8 20. Kh1 Nc5 21. f4 {[%cal Bf2f4,Bf4e5][%mdl 32]} g6 22. e5 dxe5 23. fxe5 Nh7 24. Bxa8 Qxa8+ 25. Qf3 Rc7 26. Qxa8 Rxa8 27. Nf3 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.21"]
[Round "4.36"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Blagojevic, Dragisa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,53,41,47,37,43,43,36,37,49,48,57,49,50,57,42,41,82,80,103,116,112,68,136,129,654,642,653,636,643,637,1250,1070,1508,802,755,753,29995,29996,29998,29999]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 d6 7. c3 Bg4 8. d3 Nd7 9. Nbd2 {C87: Closed Ruy Lopez: Steinitz-type lines after 6 Re1 d6} (9. Bc2 O-O 10. Nbd2 Bg5 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Nxf3 Bxc1 13. Rxc1 Qf6 14. d4 Rad8 15. a3 Ne7 16. Nh2 c5 {½-½ (120) Grischuk,A (2766)-Mamedyarov,S (2808) Leuven 2018}) 9... Nc5 10. h3 Bh5 11. Bxc6+ {White is slightly better.} bxc6 12. d4 Nd3 13. Re3 Nxc1 14. Qa4 Qd7 15. Rxc1 f6 16. Rd3 {[#]} exd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... O-O 17. dxe5 fxe5 18. Nxe5 {1-0 (37) Tari,A (2625)-Dragnev,V (2511) Caleta 2019}) 17. cxd4 d5 18. Rxc6 (18. e5 {keeps more tension.} c5 19. Qa5 O-O 20. exf6 Rxf6 21. dxc5 c6 22. Re3) 18... dxe4 (18... O-O $14) 19. Nxe4 $16 Bf7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (19... O-O $16) 20. Nc5 $18 Bxc5 21. dxc5 Qxd3 22. Rxf6+ Kf8 {[#]} 23. Rxf7+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Double Attack} Kg8 (23... Kxf7 24. Ne5+) 24. Qc6 {Threatening mate with Ng5.} Qb1+ 25. Kh2 {Ng5 would kill now.} Kxf7 26. Ng5+ Ke7 27. Qe6+ {Accuracy: White = 60%, Black = 38%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.21"]
[Round "4.37"]
[White "Dreev, Aleksey"]
[Black "Neverov, Valeriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,71,27,25,14,3,-23,9,16,31,15,23,11,60,55,108,83,118,121,152,125,464,458,452,468,445,350,326,354,467,428,418,412,504,500,485,464,464,356,512,505,458,225,238,233,234,207,214,229,351,348,362,326,381,362,393,260,388,383,474,452,508,501,495,492]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. a3 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} b6 7. Qc2 (7. e3 Bb7 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. b4 Nd7 11. Bd3 Nf6 12. O-O Bd6 13. Qc2 Bxf4 14. exf4 {1-0 (27) Korobov,A (2703)-Anand,V (2773) Germany 2019}) 7... c5 8. Rd1 {The position is equal.} Bb7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. g3 c4 11. Bg2 a6 $146 (11... Nc6 $14) ({Predecessor:} 11... Nc6 12. O-O a6 13. Ne5 h6 {1-0 (45) Vaibhav,S (2556)-Omar,N (2377) Abu Dhabi 2016}) 12. Ng5 $16 h6 {[#]} 13. h4 $1 b5 14. Be5 $40 {[%mdl 128] White goes for the king.} g6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (14... Nbd7 $16 {is more resistant.}) 15. h5 $18 (15. Ne6 Qb6 $18) 15... Nxh5 {[#]} 16. Ne6 $1 {[%cal Re6d8][%mdl 576] Double Attack} Qd7 (16... fxe6 17. Qxg6+) 17. Nxf8 Bxf8 {[#]} 18. g4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Ng7 (18... Qxg4 19. Bf3) 19. Rxh6 Qxg4 20. Nxd5 {[%cal Rd5f6]} (20. Bxd5 Bxd5 21. Nxd5 Nd7 $18) 20... Nd7 21. Ne3 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Qg5 22. Bxb7 Ra7 23. Rh1 ({Not} 23. Bxg7 Bxg7 24. Rh3 Rxb7 $18) 23... Rxb7 (23... Nxe5 {was called for.} 24. dxe5 Rxb7) 24. Qe4 Rb6 25. Qg4 (25. f4 $142 Qd8 26. Nd5) 25... Qxg4 26. Nxg4 Nh5 27. Bc7 Rc6 28. Ba5 c3 (28... Bg7 $142 29. Ne3 Ndf6) 29. Bxc3 Bxa3 30. d5 Rc8 31. Ra1 Bf8 32. e3 f5 (32... Rc5 $142 33. Ke2 Bg7 34. Rxa6 Bxc3 35. bxc3 Rxd5) 33. Ne5 Rxc3 34. Nxd7 {White is clearly winning.} ({Less strong is} 34. bxc3 Nxe5 35. Rxa6 Bg7 $18) 34... Rc2 35. Nxf8 Kxf8 36. Rh4 {Accuracy: White = 71%, Black = 44%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.21"]
[Round "4.38"]
[White "Goryachkina, Aleksandra"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,38,22,19,20,22,22,25,25,25,19,28,28,31,32,35,10,12,12,9,18,22,8,12,12,18,6,12,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 a5 4. e4 d5 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Nxd2 {A40: Unusual replies to 1 d4} dxe4 7. Nxe4 Nf6 8. Nc3 {White has an edge.} O-O 9. Be2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Nf3 Qe7 10. Be2 Rd8 11. Qc2 c5 12. dxc5 Qxc5 {½-½ (23) Danielian,E (2490)-Paehtz,E (2454) Wijk aan Zee 2012}) 9... Na6 10. Nf3 c5 11. O-O Qb6 12. Na4 Qc7 {The position is equal.} 13. Nxc5 Nxc5 14. dxc5 Qxc5 15. Qd4 Qxd4 16. Nxd4 a4 17. f4 Bd7 18. Bf3 Rac8 19. Rac1 Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.21"]
[Round "4.39"]
[White "Kovalenko, Igor"]
[Black "Matviishen, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,91,12,11,-10,-5,-18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-29,-23,-20,-20,-20,-11,0,-13,-29,0,-12,0,0,0,0,0,-46,0,-21,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,-26,5,6,12,0,40,27,28,0,81,16,146,149,143,137,137,141,156,152,160,132,343,343,337,316,326,312,356,348,327,329,365,364,438,423,403,406,489,485]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nc7 7. d3 e5 8. Nd2 Bd7 9. Nc4 {A34: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3, lines with ...d5} b5 10. Ne3 Rb8 11. O-O {The position is equal.} Bd6 12. a4 a6 13. axb5 axb5 {[#]} 14. Ne4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. f4 exf4 15. gxf4 O-O 16. Ne4 Be7 {0-1 (40) Timman,J (2578)-Van Wely,L (2617) Wijk aan Zee 2004}) 14... Be7 15. f4 exf4 16. Rxf4 O-O 17. Nf5 $1 Bxf5 18. Rxf5 Nd4 {[%cal Bc6d4,Bd4c2,Bc2b4,Bb4d3][%mdl 32]} 19. Rf1 f5 20. Nc3 b4 21. Na4 b3 {With the idea ...Nc2.} 22. Nc3 Nc2 23. Ra4 Rb4 24. e3 Bg5 {White must now prevent ...Rxa4.} 25. Qf3 $1 Rxa4 ({But not} 25... Qxd3 $6 26. Rd1 $16) 26. Nxa4 Qe7 27. Qb7 Nb4 28. Kh1 Qd6 29. Bd2 {aiming for Nxc5!} Nxd3 30. Qxb3+ Kh8 31. Ba5 {Bxc7 is the strong threat.} Ne6 (31... Na6 $11) 32. Bd5 (32. Nb6 $1 $16) 32... Qa6 {[#]} (32... Ne5 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 33. Qb6 $1 $36 {[%cal Rb6a6][%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} ({Much worse is} 33. Bxe6 $6 Nb4 $11) 33... Qxb6 34. Bxb6 Rf6 35. e4 {Hoping for e5!} f4 36. Bc4 fxg3 37. Bxd3 g2+ $2 (37... Nf4 $16) 38. Kxg2 $18 Nf4+ 39. Rxf4 $1 Bxf4 40. Bxc5 Rg6+ 41. Kh1 Rh6 {[#]} 42. Bg1 $1 Rd6 43. Nc5 g5 44. h3 Kg7 45. Kg2 Kf7 46. Bc4+ {Accuracy: White = 60%, Black = 47%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.21"]
[Round "4.40"]
[White "Enchev, Ivajlo"]
[Black "Parligras, Mircea-Emilian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 29,67,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,0,-24,-13,-17,-13,-46,-44,-54,-47,-57,-36,-44,-42,-50,-41,-41,-44,-33,0,-28,0,-14,-14,-14,-13,-14,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bd6 6. Bg2 c6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. Nbd2 b6 {E01: Catalan: Early deviations} 12. e4 Be7 13. e5 Nd7 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Rfc1 Nb8 {LiveBook: 23 Games} 16. Bf1 Bd7 17. a3 a5 18. Nb1 b5 {[%cal Bb6b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32] [#]} 19. Nc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19. Bd3) 19... b4 20. Na4 Na6 21. Bxa6 {[#] Threatens to win with Bd3.} Bxa4 22. Qxa4 {Black must now prevent Rc6.} Rxa6 23. Rc2 bxa3 24. bxa3 Qe8 25. Qb3 Qb8 26. Qa4 Rc8 27. Rac1 Rxc2 28. Rxc2 Ra8 29. Rc3 Qe8 30. Qc2 a4 31. Ne1 {The position is equal.} Qb5 32. Nd3 Rb8 33. Kg2 Bf8 34. h4 {Precision: White = 60%, Black = 73%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.21"]
[Round "4.41"]
[White "Sadikhov, Ulvi"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,96,2,7,0,0,-28,-21,-40,-29,-37,-34,-37,-31,-39,-16,-55,-22,-39,0,-80,-75,-80,-77,-96,-77,-88,-87,-90,-79,-125,-99,-122,-117,-115,-94,-92,-98,-100,-94,-92,-87,-91,-83,-83,-83,-91,-45,-48,-48,-48,-51,-58,-37,-70,-70,-70,-80,-80,-90,-100,-118,-103,-108,-157,-155,-148,-150,-172,-164,-214,-202,-417,-418,-339,-324,-303,-313,-573,-572,-589,-371,-1234,-1254,-2783,-2359,-2737,-2662,-2464,-1926]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bc5 6. d3 {C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines} (6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Qd6 8. h3 Be6 9. Be3 Nd7 10. Bxc5 Nxc5 11. Qd2 Nd7 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 c5 14. Nxe6 fxe6 {1-0 (76) Carlsen,M (2835)-Anand,V (2773) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) 6... d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8. exd5 {The position is equal.} b5 9. dxc6 {aiming for Bb3.} bxa4 10. c3 a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Qf6 11. Be3 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Qxf3 14. gxf3 Bxe3 15. fxe3 {½-½ (52) Fressinet,L (2654)-Delchev,A (2613) Heraklio 2007}) 11. b4 Bb6 12. Be3 Rb8 13. d4 e4 14. Ng5 (14. Nd2 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 14... O-O $17 15. Qh5 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Rh5h7]} h6 16. Nh3 (16. Nxe4 $2 f5 $19) 16... Ba7 17. Nf4 Rb5 18. Qd1 {[#]} d5 $1 19. h4 Qd6 20. Qa4 Qxc6 21. Qxa3 Qd6 22. Qc1 Bg4 23. a3 c6 24. Ne2 Qf6 25. Bf4 a5 26. Be5 Qe6 27. Qe3 Bxe2 28. Qxe2 Bb8 29. Bxb8 Rbxb8 30. O-O Ra8 {[%cal Bb8a8,Ba8a7,Ba7c7,Bc7c4][%mdl 32]} 31. Rfb1 f5 32. f4 Ra7 33. h5 Rfa8 34. b5 cxb5 35. Rxb5 Rc7 36. Qe3 Rac8 37. Rc1 a4 38. Rb4 Rc4 39. Rb7 Qc6 40. Ra7 $2 (40. Rb4) 40... Qb6 $19 41. Rd7 Qb2 {[%cal Rc4c3]} 42. Qe1 Rxc3 43. Rxc3 $2 (43. Rd8+ {was the only chance.} Rxd8 44. Rxc3) 43... Qxc3 44. Qxc3 Rxc3 45. Rxd5 $2 (45. Rd8+ Kf7 46. Rxd5) 45... Rxa3 {Black is clearly winning.} 46. Rxf5 {KR-KR} Ra1+ 47. Kf2 {[#]} a3 $1 {[%cal Ba4a3,Ba3a2][%mdl 32]} 48. Ra5 a2 {Accuracy: White = 44%, Black = 83%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.21"]
[Round "4.42"]
[White "Sargsyan, Shant"]
[Black "Hovhannisyan, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "178"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,178,25,27,32,28,20,21,21,21,24,25,16,25,15,19,16,22,22,17,0,0,-16,0,0,0,0,18,0,16,6,17,0,-1,-3,12,-12,-14,-14,-11,-20,0,-56,-56,-58,-51,-63,-33,-53,-53,-53,-53,-53,-53,-55,-55,-53,-43,-47,-52,-58,-61,-45,-8,-8,-10,-10,0,-10,-11,-66,-64,-62,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,-12,0,-3,0,-21,-8,-18,0,-35,0,-278,-277,-259,-263,-263,-8,-256,-249,-241,-96,-95,-88,-91,-90,-137,-136,-130,-80,-114,-39,-130,-120,-126,-131,-154,-145,-139,-126,-210,-208,-210,-207,-199,-191,-206,-206,-203,-208,-188,-183,-184,-183,-182,-179,-174,-174,-270,-232,-234,-216,-206,-169,-300,-294,-542,-531,-532,-525,-481,-279,-605,-485,-377,0,-550,-537,-595,-562,-29987,-29988,-29989,-29977,-29987,-29984,-29996,-29997]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bf5 7. Qb3 Na5 8. Qa4+ {D10: Slav Defence: 3 cxd5 (without early Nf3) and 3 Nc3} Bd7 9. Qc2 e6 10. Bd3 {The position is equal.} Nh5 (10... Be7 11. Nf3 Rc8 12. O-O Nc6 13. Qe2 Nh5 14. Be5 O-O 15. h3 f5 {1-0 (38) Korobov,A (2694)-Rodshtein,M (2674) Czech Republic 2018}) 11. Be5 Nc6 12. Qe2 Nxe5 13. dxe5 g6 14. Nf3 Bb4 15. O-O $146 O-O 16. a3 Ba5 17. Nb5 Bxb5 18. Bxb5 a6 19. Ba4 Rc8 20. Rfd1 Qc7 21. b4 Bb6 22. Qe1 Ng7 {[%cal Bh5g7,Bg7f5,Bf5d4][%mdl 32]} 23. Rac1 Qb8 24. e4 dxe4 25. Qxe4 Qa7 26. Rc2 Nf5 27. g4 (27. Rd7 $11) 27... Rxc2 $15 28. Qxc2 Nd4 29. Qe4 {[%cal Rf3d4]} Rd8 30. Ng5 Qb8 $1 31. Kg2 h6 32. Nf3 Nxf3 33. Qxf3 Rxd1 34. Bxd1 Qxe5 35. Qxb7 Bc7 36. Qxa6 Qxh2+ 37. Kf1 Qh3+ 38. Ke1 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black must now prevent Qc8+. White is fighting back} Qc3+ 39. Kf1 Qh3+ 40. Ke1 {Qc8+ is the strong threat.} Qh1+ 41. Ke2 ({Better is} 41. Qf1 $11 Qd5 42. Qh3) 41... Qe4+ 42. Kf1 Be5 (42... Kg7 $1 $15) 43. Qc8+ $11 Kg7 {Strongly threatening ...Qd3+.} 44. Qc2 Qh1+ 45. Ke2 h5 46. gxh5 $1 Qxh5+ 47. Ke1 Qh1+ 48. Ke2 Qh5+ 49. Ke1 Qh3 50. Qb3 Bc3+ 51. Ke2 g5 {[%cal Bg6g5,Bg5g4][%mdl 32]} 52. b5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (52. Qc4 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 52... g4 $19 {( -> ...Qf3+)} 53. b6 Qf3+ 54. Kf1 Qh1+ 55. Ke2 Ba5 $1 {And now ...f5 would win.} ({Less strong is} 55... Qe1+ 56. Kd3 $15) 56. Kd3 {[#]} (56. b7 {leads to mate.} Qe1+ 57. Kd3 Qd2+ 58. Ke4 f5+ 59. Ke5 Bc7+ 60. Kxe6 Qd6+ 61. Kxf5 Qg6#) 56... Bxb6 (56... f5 $1 $19 {[%csl Gf5][%cal Rh1e4]} 57. f3 gxf3) 57. Bxg4 $17 Qf1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 58. Be2 Qxf2 59. Qc3+ f6 {[%cal Bf7f6,Bf6f5][%mdl 32]} 60. Qc4 Qe3+ 61. Kc2 Bd4 ({Reject} 61... Qxa3 $6 62. Qxe6 Qc5+ 63. Bc4 $11) ({Black should play} 61... f5 $17 62. Qc3+ Qxc3+ 63. Kxc3 e5) 62. Qc7+ (62. a4 $15) 62... Kg6 63. Bd3+ f5 64. Qd8 Bf6 65. Qg8+ Kh6 66. Qg2 {[#]} (66. Qf8+ $17 {is a better defense.} Kg6 67. Qg8+ Kh5 68. Qh7+ Kg5 69. Qg8+ Kh4 70. Qh7+ Kg5 71. Qg8+ Kh6 72. Qf8+ Kg6 73. Qe8+ Kh6 74. Qf8+) 66... Qc5+ $1 $19 67. Kd1 Qxa3 68. Qh3+ Kg7 69. Ke2 Qb2+ 70. Kf1 Qc1+ 71. Ke2 Qc5 72. Qg2+ Kf7 73. Qh2 Kg6 74. Qb8 Qd5 {Threatens to win with ...e5.} 75. Qe8+ (75. Qg3+ $142 Kf7 76. Qf4) 75... Kg7 76. Qb5 Qg2+ 77. Kd1 {intending Qd7+.} Qf3+ 78. Kc2 (78. Be2 {was forced.} Qh1+ 79. Kc2 Qe4+ 80. Qd3) 78... e5 {[%cal Be6e5,Be5e4][%mdl 32]} 79. Bc4 $2 (79. Be2 Qf2 80. Qd7+ Kg6 81. Qd2) 79... e4 80. Qd5 {and if Qf7+ works, White does fine.} Kh6 81. Qd2+ Kg6 (81... f4 $142 82. Qh2+ Kg6 83. Qg1+ Kh7 84. Qh2+ Kg7 85. Qg1+ Kh6 86. Qh2+ Kg7 87. Qg1+ Kh6 88. Qh2+) 82. Qd5 $2 (82. Bb5) 82... Kg5 83. Qd2+ Kg6 (83... f4 $142 84. Be2 Qg2) 84. Qd5 $1 Qf2+ 85. Kd1 Kg5 86. Qc6 Qd4+ {Black mates.} 87. Ke2 f4 88. Qb5+ Kh4 89. Kf1 Qd1+ {Accuracy: White = 48%, Black = 65%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.21"]
[Round "4.43"]
[White "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Black "Plenca, Jadranko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,97,20,1,11,19,24,0,26,8,28,30,75,68,60,66,77,81,93,83,93,85,96,69,108,71,56,68,97,90,100,85,93,95,135,96,96,96,94,104,99,91,130,135,229,222,345,345,345,327,289,248,289,169,185,189,402,422,407,407,391,381,365,345,639,639,639,639,632,632,632,627,621,591,816,787,731,662]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nge2 Nc6 10. O-O d4 11. exd4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Bxd4 {D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation} 13. Nb5 Bb6 14. Nd6 Bg4 {The position is equal.} 15. Be2 (15. Qb3 {is interesting.} Ne8 16. Ne4 Nc7 17. Bg3 Be6 18. Bc4) 15... Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Nd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Qd7 17. Rad1 Bc5 18. Qf3 b6 19. Be5 Qe6 20. Rfe1 {½-½ (44) Sarwinski,M (2345)-Goldin,A (2465) Naleczow 1987}) 17. Bg3 Qf6 18. Qe4 Ne7 19. Qxb7 Ng6 20. Nc4 Bd4 21. Rad1 Rad8 22. Rd2 Rfe8 23. Qf3 Qxf3 24. gxf3 Bc5 25. Rfd1 Rc8 26. Kg2 h5 27. b3 h4 28. Nd6 hxg3 29. Nxc8 Rxc8 30. Rd8+ ({Much worse is} 30. Kxg3 $6 Bb6 $11) 30... Rxd8 31. Rxd8+ Nf8 32. fxg3 f6 (32... g6 $16 33. Rb8 a5) 33. Rc8 $18 Bd6 (33... Bb4 {might work better.} 34. f4 g6) 34. Ra8 Bc5 35. b4 Bd4 36. Rb8 f5 37. Rd8 (37. a4 $142) 37... Bb6 38. Rd5 g6 $2 (38... f4 39. gxf4 Ng6) 39. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6,Ba6a7][%mdl 32]} Kf7 40. a5 Be3 41. Rd3 f4 42. b5 Ke7 $2 {[#]} (42... Ne6 43. b6 axb6) 43. b6 $1 {[%mdl 512] White is clearly winning.} axb6 {[#]} 44. a6 $1 {[%cal Ra6a7]} Ne6 45. a7 Nc7 46. gxf4 Bc5 {[#]} 47. Rd5 $3 {[%mdl 512]} Na8 (47... Nxd5 48. a8=Q) 48. h4 Nc7 49. f5 {Accuracy: White = 87%, Black = 42%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.21"]
[Round "4.44"]
[White "Ivic, Velimir"]
[Black "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,57,39,23,33,30,42,30,34,27,53,50,41,45,70,53,65,66,79,65,84,60,65,58,68,31,44,17,52,38,277,277,573,513,866,819,913,931,925,895,1041,1039]} 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 Bd7 9. f3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Be7 {B67: Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer: 7...a6 8 0-0-0 Bd7, lines without 9 f4 Be7} 11. Kb1 (11. h4 b5 12. Kb1 Rb8 13. g4 b4 14. Ne2 h5 15. gxh5 Rxh5 16. Ng3 Rh8 17. e5 dxe5 18. Qxe5 Rc8 19. Bxa6 {1-0 (31) Robson,R (2667)-Demchenko,A (2679) chess.com INT 2019}) 11... Qc7 12. g4 b5 {White has an edge.} 13. h4 Rb8 14. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. h5 h6 15. Be3 b4 16. Ne2 O-O 17. Qd2 Nh7 18. e5 {½-½ (59) Manik,M (2410)-Mohite,R (2236) Mumbai 2018}) 14... O-O 15. h5 b4 16. Ne2 {[%cal Bc3e2,Be2g3,Bg3f5][%mdl 32]} e5 17. Qd2 Be6 18. g5 Nd7 19. Ng3 {And now Nf5 would win.} Nc5 {With the idea ...Na4.} 20. Nf5 {h6 is the strong threat.} Rfd8 21. g6 Na4 22. Nxe7+ Qxe7 23. Ka1 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] aiming for h6. White is pushing.} d5 $2 (23... Qd7 $1 $14) 24. h6 $18 ({And not} 24. exd5 Rxd5 25. Bd3 Ra5 $11) ({Not} 24. Bxa6 d4 $11) 24... hxg6 $2 (24... fxg6 25. Bg5 {[%mdl 64] Skewer} Qc7) 25. hxg7 {Intending Qh2 and mate.White is clearly winning.} f6 (25... dxe4 $142 26. Rh8+ Kxg7 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Qxd8 Qxd8 29. Rxd8 exf3 30. Bxa6 f5) 26. Rh8+ Kxg7 {[#]} 27. Bc5 $1 {[%mdl 512] Qh6+ would kill now.} Rxh8 (27... Nxc5 28. Qh6+) 28. Bxe7 d4 29. f4 {Accuracy: White = 92%, Black = 45%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.21"]
[Round "4.45"]
[White "Zajic, Milan"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,25,2,12,18,18,0,0,0,1,0,16,10,25,17,13,12]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. c3 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 {A48: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} dxc5 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Nbd2 Nc6 10. Bc7 Rf8 11. Bh2 Bf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... b6 12. Bb5 Bb7 13. O-O Rfd8 14. Rfd1 Ne8 {1-0 (25) Kamsky,G (2680)-Arun Prasad,S (2520) Las Vegas 2015}) 12. g4 Bd7 13. Bg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.21"]
[Round "4.46"]
[White "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Black "Fakhrutdinov, Timur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,69,10,7,31,33,30,26,20,18,26,21,19,18,34,20,25,14,144,152,144,147,123,127,172,180,208,222,202,233,236,233,219,218,287,287,250,277,316,312,328,314,293,310,447,451,470,455,632,629,724,688,906,883]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 {D39: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence with 5 Bg5 dxc4} (10... Nbd7 11. Bxf6 Qxc3+ 12. Kf1 gxf6 13. h4 Qb4 14. Rh3 a6 15. Be2 Ne5 16. Rb1 Qd6 17. Rc3 O-O 18. Qd2 Ng6 19. h5 Nf4 20. Qe3 e5 21. Nc2 {½-½ (33) Grischuk,A (2766)-Karjakin,S (2773) Saint Louis 2018}) 11. Bxf6 $1 gxf6 12. Bxd7+ Nxd7 {White has an edge.} 13. O-O a6 14. Rb1 Qc7 {[#]} 15. Qh5 $146 {Nxe6 is the strong threat.} ({Predecessor:} 15. Qg4 Nc5 16. Rb4 Qe5 17. Qg7 O-O-O 18. Rc4 {1-0 (54) Edouard,R (2636)-Olszewski,M (2532) Warsaw 2010}) 15... Nc5 16. Qh6 Qe5 17. Rb4 {[%cal Bb1b4,Bb4c4,Bc4c7,Bc7f7][%mdl 32] And now Nf3 would win.} O-O-O {[#]} (17... Qg5 $1 $11 {remains equal.} 18. Qh3 Rg8) 18. Rc4 $1 $16 Kb8 19. Nf3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} Qc7 20. Qxf6 Nd7 21. Qd4 e5 22. Qd5 ({Don't play} 22. Rxc7 $6 exd4 23. Rc4 dxc3 $16) 22... Nb6 23. Rxc7 {[%csl Gc7][%cal Rd5b7]} Nxd5 24. Rxf7 Nxc3 25. Nxe5 Rd2 26. Nd7+ Ka7 27. e5 Rd8 {[#]} 28. e6 $1 Re8 29. Nf8 ({Not} 29. Rxh7 Rxe6 30. h4 Red6 $16) 29... Rxa2 30. f4 a5 (30... Rb2 $142 31. f5 Nd5) 31. f5 $18 {White is clearly winning.} a4 32. Nd7 Ne4 {intending ...Rg8.} 33. Rxh7 Rg8 34. g3 Rc8 35. e7 {Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 29%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.21"]
[Round "4.47"]
[White "Radovanovic, Mihajlo"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,68,26,19,39,33,33,33,39,37,40,35,35,22,33,31,32,41,39,27,37,14,10,21,55,15,27,28,56,62,97,94,94,110,135,46,172,173,121,101,92,-110,-117,-372,-376,-375,-379,-512,-540,-527,-521,-520,-461,-1011,-987,-925,-616,-641,-566]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 Ne4 6. Nxe4 Bxe4 7. e3 Bb7 {E12: Queen's Indian: Unusual White 4th moves, 4 a3, 4 Nc3 Bb7 5 a3 and 4 Nc3 Bb7} 8. Bd3 c5 9. O-O Be7 {White is slightly better.} 10. Bc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Rb1 O-O 11. d5 d6 12. b4 Nd7 13. Qc2 h6 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. Be4 {½-½ (48) Sundararajan,K (2513)-Duda,J (2663) Doha 2015}) 10... d6 11. d5 exd5 12. cxd5 Nd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7b6,Bb6c4][%mdl 32]} 13. e4 O-O 14. Bf4 Re8 15. Qd2 b5 16. Rad1 Nb6 17. Rfe1 Bf8 18. h4 Nc4 19. Qc1 Qf6 20. b3 Nxa3 21. e5 dxe5 22. Bxe5 Qa6 23. Be4 (23. Bf5 $1 $16) 23... c4 ({Black should play} 23... f6 $14) 24. Qf4 $1 $18 f6 (24... Rxe5 $18 25. Nxe5 Qf6 26. Qxf6 gxf6) 25. Bb2 $16 cxb3 {Threatens to win with ...Nc4.} 26. Ra1 $2 (26. Bf5 $1 $16 {stays on course.}) 26... b4 $1 $17 {And now ...Qd6 would win.} 27. h5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (27. Nd4 $17 Qc4 28. Nc6 Rxe4 29. Qxe4 Qxe4 30. Rxe4) 27... Qd6 $1 $19 {[%cal Rd6f4]} 28. Qg4 Nc2 29. Bxh7+ Kxh7 {Black is clearly winning.} 30. Qg6+ {[#]} Kg8 $1 ({Inferior is} 30... Kh8 31. Rxe8 Rxe8 32. Qxe8 $11) 31. Rxe8 Rxe8 32. Rxa7 (32. Qxe8 $142 Nxa1 33. h6) 32... Re7 33. h6 Bxd5 34. Rxe7 Qxe7 {Accuracy: White = 41%, Black = 64%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.21"]
[Round "4.48"]
[White "Diermair, Andreas"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,101,5,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,9,-14,24,7,12,13,60,52,51,0,8,18,31,-24,-20,-79,-14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-162,0,-110,-61,-52,-65,-61,-70,-53,-36,-30,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-58,-58,-45,-58,-72,-16,-16,-20,-80,-27,-48,-31,-122,-41,-43,-42,-56,-43,-41,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h4 dxc4 6. e4 {D90: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 sidelines} c5 7. d5 b5 8. h5 O-O 9. hxg6 fxg6 10. Rh4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. d6 exd6 11. Nxb5 d5 12. Nc3 Re8 {1-0 (42) Mamedyarov,S (2814)-Navara,D (2745) Shamkir 2018}) 10... Nbd7 11. Nxb5 Ne8 $1 12. Nc3 Nd6 13. Bh6 {Bxg7 is the strong threat.} Bf6 14. Rh1 Rb8 15. Qd2 (15. Bxf8 Rxb2 16. Rc1 (16. Qc1 $2 Qa5 $19) 16... Kxf8 $19) 15... Ne5 16. Ng5 (16. Be2 $14) 16... Re8 $11 17. f4 (17. f3 $11) 17... Ng4 ({Black should play} 17... Nd3+ $1 $17 18. Bxd3 cxd3) 18. e5 Nf5 19. O-O-O Nfxh6 20. exf6 exf6 21. Nge4 Bf5 22. Nxc5 $2 (22. Re1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 22... Qb6 $2 (22... Qd6 $1 $19 {[%cal Rd6c5]} 23. Ne6 Qb6) 23. Ne6 (23. N5a4 $11 Qd6 24. Be2) 23... Ne3 24. Rxh6 Bc2 {[%csl Gb8][%cal Rb6b2]} 25. Qxe3 $1 {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender} Qxe3+ 26. Kxc2 Qb6 {[%csl Gb8][%cal Rb6b2]} ({Don't play} 26... Rxe6 $6 27. dxe6 Qxe6 28. Rd5 $16) 27. Rb1 Rxe6 28. dxe6 Qxe6 29. g4 $1 Kg7 $1 {[%cal Rg7h6]} 30. Rh4 Qe3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 31. Be2 {Strongly threatening Rbh1.} Rd8 {[%csl Gd8][%cal Re3d2]} 32. Rd1 ({Better is} 32. Rbh1 $11 h5 33. Kb1 (33. gxh5 {gets mated.} Qd2+ 34. Kb1 Rb8 35. h6+ Kh8 36. Na4 Rxb2+ {[%mdl 64] Deflection, Promotion} 37. Nxb2 c3 38. Nc4 c2+ 39. Kb2 c1=Q+ 40. Kb3 Qcc2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 41. Ka3 Qxa2#)) 32... Rxd1 $15 33. Kxd1 Qxf4 {Threatens to win with ...h5!} 34. Rh1 {[#]} f5 (34... h5 $1 $17 {[%cal Rh5g4][%mdl 512]} 35. gxh5 g5) 35. gxf5 $11 Qxf5 36. Rf1 (36. Rh4 $11 {remains equal.}) 36... Qe6 (36... Qe5 $17) 37. Kc2 g5 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 38. Rg1 {[#]} (38. b3 $15) 38... Qf5+ (38... Qg6+ $1 $17 39. Kc1 h5 40. Bxc4 g4) 39. Kd1 $15 Kg6 40. Rg4 h5 41. Rxc4 Qd7+ 42. Kc2 {The position is equal.} g4 43. Bd3+ Kh6 44. Ne4 Qe6 45. Rc7 {And now Rh7+! would win.} Qe5 46. Rc6+ Kg7 47. Rc5 Qh2+ 48. Kc3 Kh6 49. Rc6+ Kg7 50. Rc5 Kh6 51. Rc6+ {Accuracy: White = 66%, Black = 56%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.21"]
[Round "4.49"]
[White "Indjic, Aleksandar"]
[Black "Livaic, Leon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,102,0,7,4,9,12,9,6,15,-13,-12,-13,-16,-17,-10,-13,15,16,22,0,23,4,8,10,0,-35,0,0,0,0,0,-51,-40,-43,-42,-48,-33,-50,-43,-83,-74,-109,-58,-72,0,0,0,0,0,-73,-47,-145,-138,-130,-35,-258,-262,-266,-274,-260,-270,-249,-241,-247,-268,-237,-237,-381,-374,-375,-358,-367,0,-340,-337,-336,-257,-249,-210,-256,-255,-356,-370,-411,-108,-71,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 e6 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 d5 4. c3 Bd6 5. Nd2 b6 (5... O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. Bg3 Nc6 8. Ngf3 b6 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. f4 Ne7 11. Qc2 c4 12. Be2 Nf5 13. Bf2 Be7 14. Ng4 Nxg4 15. Bxg4 Nd6 16. f5 exf5 17. Bxf5 Nxf5 18. Qxf5 {½-½ (35) Andreikin,D (2720)-Karjakin,S (2762) Baku 2015}) 6. Ngf3 {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines} Bb7 7. Ne5 O-O 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. Qf3 Bxe5 10. Bxe5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 $1 12. Qh3 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Rh3h7]} g6 (12... h6 {feels hotter.} 13. Nf3 a5 14. Bc2 Qe7 15. O-O a4) 13. f4 Qe7 $146 14. Qg3 f6 15. O-O-O fxe5 16. fxe5 Nc5 17. Nf3 Ne4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Ng5 Rf5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 20. h4 (20. Nh3 $11) 20... Bd5 $15 21. Rd4 c5 22. Rd2 Qg7 23. Rhd1 b5 (23... Rxe5 $6 24. c4 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]}) 24. Rf2 Raf8 (24... Bxa2 25. Nxe4 Rxf2 26. Qxf2 $16) 25. Rxf5 Rxf5 ({Black should try} 25... gxf5 $17 26. Qh2 Rb8) 26. Nh3 Bxa2 (26... b4 $17 {White must now prevent ...bxc3.} 27. cxb4 Bxa2 28. Rd8+ (28. bxc5 Qc7 $15) 28... Rf8) 27. Rd8+ $11 Rf8 28. Rxf8+ Qxf8 29. Nf2 (29. Qg5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 29... Qf5 30. b4 (30. Qf4 $15) 30... cxb4 $17 31. cxb4 {[#]} Bd5 (31... a5 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512] Threatens to win with ...Bc4.} 32. Qf4 (32. bxa5 Qf8) 32... Qxf4 33. exf4 e3) 32. Kc2 $2 (32. Qf4 $15) 32... Qf8 $19 33. Ng4 Qxb4 34. Nf6+ Kf7 {( -> ...Bb3+)} 35. Nxd5 Qc4+ ({Resist} 35... exd5 36. Qf4+ Ke8 37. e6) 36. Nc3 {Qf4+ is the strong threat.} b4 37. Qf4+ Kg8 38. Qf6 (38. Qxe4 $142 Qxc3+ 39. Kb1) 38... Qxc3+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} 39. Kb1 Qd3+ 40. Kb2 Qc3+ 41. Kb1 Qb3+ (41... Qxe3 $2 42. Qxe6+ Kg7 43. Qf6+ Kh6 44. e6 $19) 42. Ka1 {intending Qd8+.} Qa4+ ({Less strong is} 42... Qxe3 43. Qxe6+ Kg7 44. Qf6+ Kh6 45. e6 $17) 43. Kb2 Qe8 44. Kb3 a5 45. g4 Qd7 46. g5 Qd5+ $2 (46... Qd1+ $19 {has better winning chances.} 47. Kb2 Qd2+ 48. Kb3 Qd7) 47. Ka4 $17 {[#]} b3 (47... Qc6+ $1 $17 48. Kxa5 b3 49. Qd8+ Kf7) 48. Qe7 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} Qc4+ 49. Ka3 $1 Qc1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 50. Ka4 Qc4+ 51. Ka3 $1 Qc1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 49%, Black = 47%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.21"]
[Round "4.50"]
[White "Pavlov, Sergey"]
[Black "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,56,38,29,33,33,39,50,45,40,47,33,41,29,57,64,61,45,64,14,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 O-O 6. Nd5 Re8 7. Qf5 d6 8. Nxf6+ Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. a3 Bc5 11. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Bb6 {A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation} 12. Bb2 a5 13. b5 Nd8 {White is slightly better.} 14. a4 Ne6 15. Be2 c6 16. O-O Bd7 17. Rfd1 cxb5 18. axb5 d5 {[#]} 19. d4 $146 (19. d3 {feels hotter.} a4 20. Nd2 d4 21. Ne4 Kg7 22. Nd6) ({Predecessor:} 19. cxd5) 19... dxc4 {The position is equal.} 20. Bxc4 (20. Nd2 {seems wilder.} exd4 21. Ne4 c3 22. Bxc3 Kg7 23. Bb2) 20... exd4 21. Nxd4 Nxd4 22. Bxd4 Bxd4 23. Rxd4 Be6 24. g3 Bxc4 25. Rxc4 Re5 26. Rb1 a4 27. Ra1 a3 28. Rc3 Rxb5 {Accuracy: White = 89%, Black = 92%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.22"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,19,30,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 b5 8. a3 h5 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O Bb7 11. Qe1 Be7 12. a4 b4 13. Na2 a5 14. c3 bxc3 15. Nxc3 O-O {½-½ (31) Saric,I (2692)-Wojtaszek,R (2749) Germany 2019}) 6... Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8. Be3 Ng4 9. Bc1 Nf6 10. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.22"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Erdos, Viktor"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,41,24,22,22,1,22,11,21,8,10,0,0,0,3,7,9,10,10,7,7,7,14,8,7,11]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. O-O {Hoping for Ne4.} cxd4 {The position is equal. D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4)} 11. Ne4 (11. exd4 Rd8 12. Ne4 Qe7 13. a3 Ba5 14. Qc2 Nc6 15. Rfd1 Bb6 16. Qc3 Bd7 17. b4 Rac8 18. Nc5 {½-½ (63) Korobov,A (2698)-Cheparinov,I (2709) St Petersburg 2018}) 11... Qe7 12. Nxd4 Bd7 13. Be2 Nc6 14. a3 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Ba5 $1 16. Qc5 Bd8 17. Qxe7 Bxe7 18. Rc7 {[#]} Rfd8 $146 19. Rxb7 Rab8 20. Rxb8 Rxb8 21. b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.22"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Deac, Bogdan-Daniel"]
[Black "Rodshtein, Maxim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,104,1,16,0,0,0,0,-11,0,-31,-20,-33,-29,-33,-41,-32,-54,-47,-36,-42,-32,-40,-27,-26,-26,-31,-25,-31,0,-61,-39,-55,-68,-62,-51,-47,-46,-45,-35,-76,-61,-71,0,-94,-83,-89,-84,-83,-68,-78,-83,-97,-74,-77,-77,-87,-85,-84,-83,-120,-108,-124,-129,-182,-175,-179,-85,-92,-90,-177,-177,-181,-174,-157,-163,-204,-179,-207,-145,-445,-419,-404,-389,-458,-428,-516,-506]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h4 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} (6. a4 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. Be3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Be6 12. a5 Rc8 13. Ra4 Rc6 14. f4 Qd7 15. Rb4 Rfc8 16. Bd3 Bc4 17. h3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 {1-0 (42) Vitiugov,N (2726)-Duda,J (2731) Prague 2019}) 6... e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5 Be6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. g3 Be7 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 11. Qd2 Nd7 12. O-O-O Nf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nb6 13. f4 Rc8 {1-0 (41) Dastan,B (2552)-Esen,B (2487) Ankara 2018}) 13. f4 b5 14. Bh3 (14. Qg2 {with more complications.} Qc7 15. Kb1 h5 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 O-O 18. Qd2) 14... O-O 15. fxe5 dxe5 16. Qxd8 Raxd8 17. Rxd8 Rxd8 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. a3 Rc8 20. Kd2 {[#]} a5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 21. Kd3 $1 (21. Nxa5 b4) 21... Rd8+ 22. Ke3 a4 23. Nc1 Bc5+ 24. Ke2 (24. Kf3 $1 $11) 24... Bd4 25. N1a2 Nh5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 26. Rh3 Rf8 27. Nd1 Nf6 28. Nac3 Rb8 29. Kd3 Nd7 30. Ke2 Nf6 31. Kd3 Kf7 32. h5 g5 33. hxg6+ Kxg6 34. Rh1 h5 35. Rf1 Nd7 36. Ke2 Nc5 37. Rf3 Bxc3 38. Nxc3 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} b4 39. Nd1 Nxe4 40. Re3 Kf5 41. Rf3+ (41. Kf3 $17 Nd2+ 42. Ke2) 41... Kg4 $1 $19 42. Ne3+ {[#]} Kg5 (42... Kh3 $1 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top. aiming for ...bxa3.} 43. Nf1 bxa3 44. bxa3 Rc8) 43. Nc4 $17 bxa3 44. Rxa3 (44. bxa3 $17 Rc8 45. Nxe5) 44... Rb4 $19 45. Nxe5 Rxb2 46. Kd3 {[#]} Rb4 $1 47. Nf3+ Kf6 48. Nd4 e5 49. c3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (49. Kxe4 $17 {was called for.} Rxd4+ 50. Ke3) 49... Nc5+ 50. Kc2 Rb6 51. Ne2 Kf5 52. c4 Rb3 {Accuracy: White = 50%, Black = 62%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.22"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Berkes, Ferenc"]
[Black "Pantsulaia, Levan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,137,44,45,52,47,75,78,81,83,109,112,159,153,153,131,139,134,174,133,191,194,197,129,222,216,198,61,254,245,272,274,248,0,8,6,75,-7,89,32,199,177,209,154,145,159,154,161,147,156,164,140,158,113,105,0,152,0,121,132,121,6,7,3,24,0,0,0,47,23,16,13,35,9,16,0,0,0,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,20,20,18,31,41,41,44,0,77,85,197,197,1154,1139,1031,659,791,577,5644,5644,5644,5644,5644,5490,29973,29975,29980,29981,29981,29977,29976,29977,29983,29984,29984,29985]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 h6 5. Bh4 d6 6. e4 g5 7. Bg3 Nh5 8. c3 Nd7 9. Nc4 O-O {A48: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} 10. Ne3 e6 11. Nd2 Nxg3 {White is better.} 12. hxg3 f5 13. Bd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. exf5 exf5 14. Bc4+ Kh8 15. Bd3 Qe8 16. Kf1 Nb6 17. Qc2 {0-1 (40) Lorenzini,M (2430)-Flores,D (2621) Villa Constitucion 2018}) 13... Nb6 14. Qe2 d5 15. exf5 exf5 16. O-O-O Qd6 17. f4 Bd7 (17... g4 $16 18. Nb3 Qg6) 18. fxg5 Rae8 19. Rde1 (19. Qf3 $18) 19... f4 (19... hxg5 $16 20. Qh5 Rf6) 20. gxf4 $18 Qxf4 21. Bc2 (21. Nf3 $18) 21... Qxg5 $2 (21... Bb5 $1 $14 22. Qxb5 Rxe3) 22. Qd3 Rf7 23. Nf3 Qf4 {Black wants to play ...Nc4.} 24. Rh4 $2 (24. Qh7+ $18 Kf8 25. Nh4) 24... Qg3 $1 $11 25. Reh1 Kf8 (25... Qf2 $1 $11 26. Ng4 Bxg4 27. Rxg4 (27. Qh7+ Kf8 $11) 27... Nc4) 26. Kb1 (26. Qd2 $16) 26... a6 (26... Qf2 $11 {keeps the balance.} 27. Ng4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qxg2) 27. b3 (27. Qd2 $16) 27... Bb5 $2 {[#]} (27... Qf2 $14 28. Ng4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qxg2) 28. Qd2 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} Bd7 29. a4 c6 30. Rh5 Nc8 31. Nf5 Bxf5 32. Bxf5 (32. Rxf5 $6 Nd6 $14) 32... Ne7 33. Bc2 Ng8 34. Nh4 Ne7 35. Nf3 Ng8 $1 36. Nh4 Ne7 $1 37. Re1 Rf2 38. Qe3 ({White should play} 38. Qc1 $16) 38... Qxe3 $11 39. Rxe3 b5 40. axb5 axb5 41. b4 Rd8 (41... Nc8 {feels hotter.} 42. Rxe8+ Kxe8 43. Nf5 Bf8 44. g4 Nb6) 42. Rf3+ (42. g4 {seems wilder.} Rd7 43. Nf3 Rd6 44. Ne5 Re6 45. Bf5) 42... Rxf3 43. Nxf3 Rd6 44. Kc1 Nc8 45. Kd2 Nb6 46. Bd3 Bf6 47. Rh1 Re6 48. Ra1 Na4 49. Bf5 Re7 50. Rh1 Kg7 51. Re1 Kf7 52. Ne5+ Kg7 53. Re2 c5 54. bxc5 Nxc5 55. Bd3 h5 (55... Bxe5 $11 56. Rxe5 Rxe5 57. dxe5 Nd7) 56. dxc5 $16 Rxe5 {[#]} (56... Bxe5 $16 57. Kc2 (57. Bxb5 Kf6 $14) 57... Kf7) 57. c6 $1 $18 {[%cal Rc6c7] Hoping for c7.} ({Don't take} 57. Bxb5 $6 Bg5+ 58. Kc2 Kf6 $14) 57... Rxe2+ $2 (57... Bg5+ 58. Kc2 Rxe2+ 59. Bxe2 Bf4) 58. Bxe2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} ({Less strong is} 58. Kxe2 Bd8 $14) 58... Bd8 59. Bxh5 Ba5 60. Kd3 Kf6 61. Kd4 Ke7 62. Kc5 Kd8 63. Kxb5 Bxc3 64. Kb6 {White mates.} Bd4+ 65. Kb7 Be5 66. Be2 Bg3 67. Bd3 Bf4 68. g4 d4 {[#]} 69. g5 $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 60%, Black = 33%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.22"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Azarov, Sergei"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,75,0,0,0,0,0,18,8,14,10,33,26,27,19,56,8,10,0,0,0,27,10,36,29,41,39,47,32,46,47,49,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-50,-50,-50,-50,-50,-50,-50,-37,-37,-37,-37,-37,-37,-37,-37]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8. exd5 Nb8 {[%cal Bc6b8,Bb8d7,Bd7c5,Bc5e4][%mdl 32]} 9. a4 Be7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O {B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations} Nd7 12. Bd2 (12. b4 a6 13. Na3 a5 14. bxa5 Rxa5 15. Nc4 Ra8 16. Be3 f5 17. a5 f4 18. Bb6 Qe8 {½-½ (54) Caruana,F (2832)-Carlsen,M (2835) London 2018}) 12... a6 13. Na3 {The position is equal.} a5 14. f4 exf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Nb6 15. c4 Bf6 16. Nb5 Bd7 17. Qc2 exf4 18. Bxf4 Bxb5 19. axb5 {½-½ (53) Anokhin,Y (2384)-Manaenkov,V (2431) ICCF email 2015}) 15. Bxf4 Nc5 16. Nb5 Ne4 17. Ra3 Bd7 18. Kh1 Bxb5 19. Bxb5 f5 20. Raf3 Bf6 21. c3 Qe7 22. g4 Be5 $1 23. Bxe5 dxe5 24. Bd3 {[#] Black must now prevent Bxe4.} Qc5 25. Bxe4 fxe4 26. Rxf8+ Rxf8 27. Rxf8+ Kxf8 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} 28. Kg2 Qe3 29. Qf1+ Ke7 30. Qf2 Qf4 31. Qxf4 (31. Qc5+ {feels hotter.} Kf7 32. Qc7+ Kg6 33. Qd6+ Kg5 34. Qe7+) 31... exf4 $11 {KP-KP. Black is slightly better.} 32. c4 Kd6 33. Kf2 Ke5 34. Ke2 h6 35. Kf2 g6 36. Ke2 h5 37. gxh5 gxh5 38. Kf2 {Accuracy: White = 78%, Black = 53%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.22"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Black "Svane, Rasmus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,81,12,9,29,14,9,12,13,19,27,25,17,21,11,0,0,1,6,14,25,0,15,11,19,14,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-27,-135,-106,-188,-196,-218,-67,-151,-144,-143,-31,-129,-120,-292,-266,-283,49,59,392,417,417,424,418,417,418,419,418,414,374,385,485,466,647,581,785,781,1168,395]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O h6 7. Nbd2 O-O {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} 8. Re1 a5 $146 (8... Be6 9. b4 Bb6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Nc4 Ne7 12. h3 c6 13. a4 Bc7 14. Ne3 Ng6 15. Nf1 {½-½ (63) So,W (2780)-Nakamura,H (2777) chess.com INT 2018}) 9. Nf1 Be6 {The position is equal.} 10. Bb5 Ne7 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 Bb6 13. Ng3 d5 14. e5 Ne4 $1 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Rxe4 c5 17. Be3 Qd5 18. Bd3 $1 Bf5 19. Rh4 cxd4 {[#]} 20. Bxh6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxd3 $1 (20... gxh6 21. Rxh6) 21. Qxd3 Ng6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 22. Bxg7 (22. Rg4 Qe6 $17) 22... Kxg7 23. Rg4 (23. Qf5 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 23... Rh8 24. h4 (24. Re1 $17) 24... Rh5 $19 25. Re1 {[#]} Qe6 $2 (25... Qxa2 $2 26. e6 $18) (25... Re8 $1 $19 26. b3 Re6) 26. Ree4 (26. Rg5 $15 Rxg5 27. Nxg5) 26... Rc8 $17 ({Don't do} 26... Qxa2 27. Ref4 $15) 27. g3 Rf5 (27... Qxa2 $6 28. e6 $11) (27... Rc6 $17 28. a3 Qd5) 28. Kg2 ({White has to play} 28. Re1 $15) 28... Rc1 29. Ng5 $2 (29. Re2 $17) 29... Qc6 (29... Qxa2 30. e6 $17) 30. e6 {[#]} Ne5 $2 (30... Qc2 $1 $19 31. Qxc2 Rxc2) 31. Nf3+ $14 Nxg4 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (31... Kf8 $14 32. Rxe5 {[%mdl 64] Deflection} Rxe5 33. exf7 Rh5) 32. Rxg4+ $18 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Kf6 33. exf7 Bc5 {Strongly threatening ...Qxf3+!} 34. Rg8 Qxf3+ ({Of course not} 34... Ke6 35. Rg6+ Rf6 36. Qb3+ Kd7 37. Rxf6 $18) 35. Qxf3 Rxf3 36. f8=Q+ Bxf8 37. Rxf8+ Ke5 38. Kxf3 {White is clearly winning.} Rc2 39. h5 Rc6 40. g4 Rd6 41. Rf5+ $2 {[%mdl 32768] Accuracy: White = 31%, Black = 50%. . An unexpected result.} (41. Ke2 d3+ 42. Kd2) 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.22"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,27,20,14,15,5,11,8]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 Bxc5 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Be2 b6 11. Bb2 Bb7 12. Nbd2 {The position is equal.} O-O {D27: Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical main line: 7 e4!? and 7 a4} 13. Rac1 (13. Nc4 Rfd8 14. Ne1 Bd5 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. Nd3 Be7 17. Nce5 Bb7 18. Nc4 Bd5 19. Nd2 Bb7 20. Kf1 h6 21. Bf3 {1-0 (51) Carlsen,M (2835)-Mamedyarov,S (2817) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) 13... Rfd8 14. a3 {[#]} {Predecessor:} Rac8 $146 15. b4 Be7 16. Nc4 Nd5 17. Nd4 Rc7 18. g3 Rdc8 19. e4 N5f6 20. f3 Ne8 {½-½ (20) Tunik,G (2440)-Makarov,M (2560) St Petersburg 1996} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.22"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Baron, Tal"]
[Black "Piorun, Kacper"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,46,44,41,30,65,57,56,61,71,35,73,44,59,55,70,32,116,93,107,-31,-52,-85,-68,-55,-94,-88,-59,-278,-283,-358,-353,-347,-337,-385,-361,-405,-384,-521,-388]} 1. d4 f5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. h4 h6 (4... Bg7 5. h5 d6 6. hxg6 hxg6 7. Rxh8+ Bxh8 8. Bc4 Nc6 9. Nc3 e6 10. Nf3 Qe7 11. d5 Nd8 12. Qd2 {0-1 (35) Kryakvin,D (2588)-Najer,E (2670) St Petersburg 2018}) 5. Nc3 d6 6. Qf3 {A80: Dutch Defence: Unusual White second moves} Bg7 7. Qg3 Kf7 8. O-O-O {White is slightly better.} Nc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Nh5 9. Qf3 c6 10. Bd3 Rf8 11. Nge2 Kg8 12. Rhg1 {1-0 (31) Godart,F (2420)-Dionisi,T (2399) Brest 2018}) 9. Be2 e6 10. Bf3 Qe7 11. Nge2 e5 12. Nd5 $1 {[%cal Rd5e7]} Nxd5 (12... Qe6 $1 $14 13. Nxc7 Qxa2 14. Nxa8 (14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Bxe5 Nxe5 $14) 14... exf4 15. Nxf4 Ne7) 13. Bxd5+ $16 Kf8 {[#]} 14. dxe5 ({Of course not} 14. Qxg6 exf4 15. Nxf4 Qe8 $11) (14. e4 $1 $16) 14... dxe5 $15 15. e4 {aiming for Be3.} exf4 16. Nxf4 Ne5 $1 17. Bb3 {Threatening Rd5.} c6 {[#]} 18. Rhe1 $2 ({Better is} 18. Qxg6 $1 $15 {[%mdl 512]} Qf6 (18... Nxg6 19. Nxg6+) 19. Qxf6+ Bxf6 20. Nh5) 18... g5 $19 19. exf5 {Ng6+ is the strong threat.} gxf4 20. Qxf4 h5 {Threatens to win with ...Bh6.} 21. Kb1 a5 22. a4 Qf6 23. Qd4 {Strongly threatening Rxe5!} Bxf5 {Accuracy: White = 36%, Black = 64%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.22"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "Gledura, Benjamin"]
[Black "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,49,12,0,17,5,22,24,28,0,0,0,-6,0,0,-6,-2,-12,-9,-12,0,0,0,0,0,0,19,22,24,38,38,0,0,0,32,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 c6 5. O-O Nf6 6. c3 O-O 7. Nbd2 Bf5 8. a4 {LiveBook: 3 Games. D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} (8. Nh4 Be6 9. f4 Na6 10. f5 Bd7 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Qb6 14. Qb3 Bf6 15. Bh6 Qxb3 16. axb3 {0-1 (62) Artemiev,V (2709)-Duda,J (2738) St Petersburg 2018}) 8... Qc8 9. Re1 a5 10. Nh4 {[%cal Bf3h4,Bh4g2,Bg2f4][%mdl 32]} Bh3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Bg4 11. Qc2 Re8 12. e4 e5 13. exd5 exd4 14. Rxe8+ Qxe8 15. c4 cxd5 16. cxd5 {0-1 (40) Nguyen,T (1800)-Luong,P (2180) Ho Chi Minh City 2018}) 11. e4 Bxg2 12. Nxg2 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Rxe4 e6 15. Nf4 Nd7 16. Nd3 c5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Nxc5 Qxc5 19. Qb3 Rfd8 20. Be3 Qc6 21. Rc4 $1 {[%cal Rc4c6]} Qf3 22. Rf4 Qc6 $1 23. Rc4 Qf3 $1 24. Rf4 Qc6 25. Rc4 {Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 48%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.22"]
[Round "5.10"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Lomasov, Semyon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,69,19,6,8,3,16,0,27,38,53,48,58,62,102,37,69,9,11,25,16,10,135,118,123,117,135,138,139,138,502,465,887,884,841,859,838,822,1044,989,978,925,3131,3166,29959,29944,29982,29983,29980,29981,29981,29985,29985,29985,29985,29986]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Nf3 h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Bb5+ c6 {C10: French with 3 Nc3: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3...dxe4} 10. Bd3 Bd7 (10... Bd6 11. Qe2 Bd7 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Kb1 Kb8 14. Be4 e5 15. dxe5 Bxe5 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. Nxe5 Bxg2 {0-1 (26) Naiditsch,A (2657)-Nisipeanu,L (2668) Bled 2016}) 11. O-O Bd6 {The position is equal.} 12. Qe2 O-O-O 13. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. b4 g5 14. c4 Be8 15. b5 g4 16. Ne5 c5 17. Be4 {½-½ (71) Horvath,A (2494)-Balog,I (2494) Heviz 2010}) 13... h5 14. a5 h4 {[#]} 15. b4 ({White should try} 15. c4 $1 $16) 15... g5 (15... Bxb4 $6 16. Rfb1 $16) 16. b5 (16. c3 $14) 16... g4 $11 17. Ne5 {Black must now prevent f4.} Qf4 $1 {And now ...f6 would win.} 18. b6 {[%cal Bb5b6,Bb6a7][%mdl 32]} f6 (18... a6 $11 19. Ra4 Rh5) 19. bxa7 ({But not} 19. Nxg4 $2 Rdg8 $19) 19... Kc7 20. c3 $40 {[%mdl 128] White is out for blood.} (20. Nxg4 Rhg8 $19) 20... Bxe5 21. dxe5 Qxe5 22. Qxg4 {Qb4 is the strong threat.} Qxc3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (22... h3 $16 {is a better chance.} 23. Rfe1 (23. gxh3 Rdg8 $15) 23... Qxc3) 23. Qf3 Ra8 (23... e5 $142 24. Rfc1 Qd2) 24. Qe3 $18 Kd6 25. Rfd1 {White threatens Bc4+ and mate.} Ke7 26. Qb6 Rhd8 27. a6 bxa6 28. Bxa6 h3 29. Bb7 {[%mdl 64] [#] Trapped Piece} Rg8 30. Bxa8 {White mates.} Rxg2+ 31. Kh1 Rxh2+ 32. Kxh2 Qe5+ 33. Kxh3 Qf5+ 34. Kg3 Qg6+ 35. Kf3 {Accuracy: White = 64%, Black = 31%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.22"]
[Round "5.11"]
[White "Solak, Dragan"]
[Black "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,85,-3,2,8,16,44,36,33,31,44,-5,30,-12,0,-34,-26,-33,-29,-37,-35,-41,-43,-44,-38,-42,-35,-118,-120,-133,-105,-110,-105,-129,-125,-126,-130,-158,-154,-160,-151,-153,-156,-156,-142,-151,-112,-165,-146,-231,-234,-241,-237,-697,-690,-707,-717,-29972,-29976,-29976,-29977,-29977,-29978,-29978,-29979,-29978,-29980,-29978]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Qe6 10. Qe4 g6 {C45: Scotch Game} 11. Bd2 {LiveBook: 33 Games} Bb7 (11... Bg7 12. c5 Nd5 13. Bc4 Qxe5 14. Qxe5+ Bxe5 15. Bxd5 cxd5 16. O-O-O O-O 17. Nxd5 Rb8 18. Bc3 Bxc3 19. Nxc3 {1-0 (49) Yu,Y (2729)-Dominguez Perez,L (2739) Doha 2016}) 12. Bd3 Bg7 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 12... O-O-O 13. O-O c5 14. Qe2 Bg7 15. Rfe1 Rde8 16. Bf4 g5 17. Bg3 h5 18. h3 {0-1 (56) Rusan,P (2161)-Miron,L (2460) Arad 2018}) 13. O-O O-O 14. c5 Nd5 15. f4 Qe7 16. Qc4 a5 17. Ne4 Ba6 18. Qc2 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 f5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 20. exf6 Nxf6 21. Qc4+ Qf7 22. Qxf7+ Rxf7 23. Rae1 ({Better is} 23. Ng5 $15) 23... Nd5 $17 24. Bc3 Rxf4 25. Rxf4 Nxf4 26. Rd1 Nd5 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 28. Nc3 Nf6 29. Kf2 Re8 30. a3 Kf7 31. b4 axb4 32. axb4 Rb8 33. Rd4 (33. Rb1 $17) 33... Ke6 $19 34. g4 (34. Ke3 $17) 34... Ke5 35. Ke3 {If only White now had time for g5....} Ra8 36. g5 $2 {[#]} (36. Rc4) 36... Nd5+ $1 37. Nxd5 {[#] KRN-KR} Ra3+ $1 ({Weaker is} 37... cxd5 38. Rh4 $17) 38. Rd3 Rxd3+ {Black mates.} 39. Kxd3 Kxd5 40. Ke3 Ke5 41. Kf3 d5 42. cxd6 cxd6 43. Ke3 {Precision: White = 31%, Black = 76%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.22"]
[Round "5.12"]
[White "Antipov, Mikhail Al."]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,109,25,21,21,19,25,31,29,35,22,49,46,52,49,47,30,43,0,8,0,0,-20,-12,-14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-58,-52,-67,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-11,-18,-13,-26,-17,-8,-8,-8,-12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-7,-13,-9,-14,-9,-13,-15,-16,-9,-16,-16,-16,-16,-16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Nbd2 {D11: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 sidelines and 3...Nf6 4 e3 Bg4} e6 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5 Nbd7 9. Nxg6 hxg6 {LiveBook: 43 Games} 10. g5 Ng8 {[%cal Bf6g8,Bg8e7,Be7f5][%mdl 32]} 11. h4 Ne7 12. Nf3 Nf5 13. Bd3 Bb4+ {[#]} 14. Ke2 $146 Ba5 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Qb3 Nd6 17. Ne5 a6 18. f4 Rc8 19. Bd2 Bxd2 20. Kxd2 Qa5+ 21. Ke2 Nxe5 22. fxe5 Nc4 23. Bxc4 Rxc4 24. Rac1 b5 25. Rxc4 dxc4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 26. Qc2 (26. Qc3 $1 $11 Qxc3 27. bxc3) 26... Qxa2 $15 27. Kf3 Qb3 (27... O-O $1 $15) 28. Qxb3 $11 cxb3 {KR-KR} 29. Ra1 Rxh4 30. Kg3 Rh5 31. Rxa6 Rxg5+ 32. Kf2 Rf5+ {The position is equal.} 33. Kg2 $1 Kd7 34. Rb6 f6 35. Rxb5 fxe5 36. dxe5 Kc6 37. Rxb3 Rxe5 38. Kf3 Rf5+ 39. Kg3 Kd5 40. Rb4 {[#] e4+ is the strong threat.} Ke5 41. Rg4 g5 {[%cal Bg6g5,Bg5g4][%mdl 32]} 42. b4 Kf6 43. Rc4 Rf1 44. Rc5 Rg1+ 45. Kf3 g4+ 46. Kf2 $1 {[%cal Rf2g1]} Rb1 47. Rc4 Kf5 {Hoping for ...e5.} 48. Rf4+ $1 Kg5 49. Kg3 Rg1+ 50. Kf2 Rh1 {aiming for ...Kh4.} 51. Kg2 $1 {[%cal Rg2h1]} Re1 52. Kf2 Rh1 {Threatens to win with ...Kh4.} 53. Kg2 $1 {[%cal Rg2h1]} Rh3 54. Re4 Kf5 55. Rf4+ {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 71%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.22"]
[Round "5.13"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Huschenbeth, Niclas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,53,2,-24,0,-8,-2,0,0,-4,-2,-2,-5,0,-22,-14,-16,-31,0,-22,-32,-31,0,0,0,0,0,0,-25,0,854,811,1299,1211,1188,1159]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. b4 Bb6 8. a4 a5 9. b5 Ne7 10. O-O Ng6 11. Ba2 d5 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} (11... c6 12. Nc4 Bc7 13. Re1 Re8 14. Bg5 Be6 15. Ne3 d5 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. g3 Qd7 18. Nd2 f5 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Nxf5 Qxf5 {½-½ (44) Jobava,B (2665)-Caruana,F (2808) Baku 2016}) 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Ne4 Bf5 {The position is equal.} 14. Ba3 Re8 $1 15. Nfg5 h6 16. Nxf7 Kxf7 17. c4 (17. Qh5 Be6 $15) 17... Bxe4 18. dxe4 {aiming for c5.} Nc3 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack, Discovered Attack} 19. c5+ Nxa2 20. Qb3+ $146 Re6 $1 {White must now prevent ...Nb4!} 21. Rfd1 Qe7 {Strongly threatening ...Nb4.} 22. cxb6 Nb4 23. bxc7 Qxc7 {Black wants to play ...Nf4.} 24. Rac1 Qb6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (24... Qe7 $11) 25. Rd7+ $18 {White is clearly winning.} Kf8 26. Bxb4+ axb4 27. a5 {Accuracy: White = 61%, Black = 63%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.22"]
[Round "5.14"]
[White "Donchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,66,0,0,0,0,2,5,0,21,28,28,0,7,12,15,9,28,-32,-31,-82,-76,-94,-93,-83,-64,-83,-97,-118,-114,-227,-223,-443,-464,-448,-449,-505,-505,-496,-496,-462,-324,-320,-322,-287,-150,-237,-249,-897,-895,-887,-887,-29985,-29986]} 1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e5 6. O-O d6 7. a3 Nge7 8. b4 O-O 9. Rb1 {A37: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7 5 Nf3} f5 10. Ne1 Rb8 11. Nc2 {The position is equal.} f4 12. e3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. d3 Bg4 13. bxc5 dxc5 14. Ne4 b6 15. h3 {1-0 (75) Flores,D (2513)-De Dovitiis,A (2345) Vicente Lopez 2005}) 12... Be6 13. Nd5 Qd7 14. b5 Nd8 15. exf4 exf4 16. d4 (16. Nxf4 $11 Bxc4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 17. Re1) 16... fxg3 $15 {aiming for ...Nxd5.} 17. hxg3 (17. Nxe7+ $15 Qxe7 18. fxg3) 17... Nxd5 $17 18. cxd5 Bg4 $1 {[%cal Rg4d1]} 19. Qd2 Nf7 20. dxc5 dxc5 21. Ne3 {[#]} Bh3 $1 22. Bxh3 (22. d6 $17 {keeps fighting.}) 22... Qxh3 $19 23. Nc4 $2 (23. Rb3) 23... Bd4 24. Rb3 Rbd8 25. d6 Nxd6 26. Nxd6 Rxd6 27. Qe2 Rd5 {Threatens to win with ...Rh5.} 28. Rf3 {[#]} Rxf3 $1 29. Qxf3 Qf5 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black goes for the king.} (29... Rf5 $19 30. Bf4 g5 31. Qb3+ Rf7) 30. Qb3 (30. Kg2 $17) 30... Qe4 31. Bh6 $2 (31. Be3) 31... Kh8 {( -> ...Rh5)} 32. Be3 Rh5 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Rh5h1]} 33. Bxd4+ cxd4 {Accuracy: White = 36%, Black = 68%.} ({Worse is} 33... Qxd4 34. Rd1 $11) 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.22"]
[Round "5.15"]
[White "Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,62,1,8,13,5,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-1,0,-17,12,-54,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,0,22,0,0,0,0,0,-11,-47,-45,-39,-20,-27,-30,-33,-8,-6,-8]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Be3 Nd7 6. Nf3 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} Bxc5 7. Bxc5 Nxc5 8. Qd4 Qb6 9. a4 Ne7 10. a5 Qc7 11. Qc3 Bd7 12. b4 Na6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 13. Qb2 O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Rc8) 14. Bd3 Ng6 15. O-O Nf4 16. Ra3 Rfc8 17. Rc3 Qd8 18. Na3 (18. Bxa6 $11 bxa6 19. Re1) 18... Qe7 ({Black should play} 18... Rxc3 $15 19. Qxc3 Rc8) 19. Bxa6 $11 bxa6 20. Re3 Rab8 21. c3 d4 22. Nxd4 Qg5 $1 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Rg5g2] [#]} 23. g3 Nd5 24. f4 Qd8 $1 25. Rd3 Qxa5 $1 26. bxa5 Rxb2 27. Rb1 (27. c4 {looks sharper.} Nb4 28. Rdd1 Nc6 29. Rf2 Rbb8 30. Nf5) 27... Rxb1+ 28. Nxb1 h5 29. Kf2 Bb5 30. Rd2 Nxc3 31. Nxc3 Rxc3 {Accuracy: White = 72%, Black = 73%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.22"]
[Round "5.16"]
[White "Dreev, Aleksey"]
[Black "Can, Emre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,55,6,13,8,14,12,22,26,28,28,24,17,21,14,12,12,17,8,45,33,19,26,40,23,41,44,44,38,40,18,24,20,14,14,22,19,14,8,8,8,8,8,24,8,10,5]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4)} dxc4 8. Bxc4 {[#]} e5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 9. dxe5 Ng4 10. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. O-O Ngxe5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Be2 Bg4 13. f3 Bd7 14. a3 Bd6 {1-0 (28) Shirov,A (2696)-Hou,Y (2609) Tromsoe 2013}) 10... Ngxe5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. axb4 {[#] And now Be2 would win.} Nxc4 13. O-O Be6 14. b5 Nb6 15. e4 Qe7 16. Bf4 Rfd8 17. h3 Bc4 18. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Rd8 20. Rd2 h6 21. Qd1 Rxd2 22. Qxd2 a6 23. bxa6 Bxa6 24. b3 c6 25. Qd4 Nd7 26. b4 c5 27. bxc5 Qxc5 28. Qxd7 {Accuracy: White = 38%, Black = 65%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.22"]
[Round "5.17"]
[White "Huzman, Alexander"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,75,18,31,0,-3,-5,-10,-17,-20,-12,-2,-19,16,0,6,0,0,0,14,15,4,0,0,0,55,47,54,47,48,37,50,9,41,11,22,0,0,-15,-7,-55,0,0,0,0,3,3,23,-10,6,6,11,6,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,13,10,0,0,58,60,68,43]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e3 a6 6. Bd3 {D06: Queen's Gambit: Symmetrical and Baltic Defences} (6. c5 Nc6 7. Qa4 Nd7 8. Be2 g5 9. h3 Bg7 10. g4 Bg6 11. h4 h5 12. gxh5 Bxh5 13. Nxg5 Bxe2 14. Nxe2 {½-½ (20) Vidit,S (2707)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2751) Poikovsky 2018}) 6... dxc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... Bg6 7. O-O Be7 8. Ne5 O-O 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. b3 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. cxd5 exd5 {0-1 (51) Maqseed,N (1941)-Al Khateeb,T (2005) Kuwait 2017}) 7. Bxf5 exf5 8. Ne5 {The position is equal.} Nbd7 {White must now prevent ...Nxe5.} 9. Nxc4 b5 10. Nd2 b4 11. Ne2 Be7 12. b3 O-O 13. Bb2 Nb6 14. Qc2 Qd7 15. O-O a5 16. a4 Nfd5 (16... Rfe8 $11) 17. Nc1 $14 Bd6 18. Nd3 Qe6 19. Rfe1 Rfe8 20. Nf1 Qh6 21. Nc5 Qg5 22. Kh1 Nf6 23. f3 Nbd5 {[%cal Rd5e3]} 24. Qf2 Rab8 (24... Nc3 $15) 25. Rac1 $11 Qh6 26. Nd3 {[%cal Bc5d3,Bd3e5,Be5c4][%mdl 32]} Re6 27. Ne5 Rbe8 28. Nc4 g5 29. Ne5 Nc3 ({But not} 29... Bxe5 $6 30. dxe5 Nh5 31. Rc5 $16) 30. Bxc3 bxc3 31. Qc2 Nd5 32. Qxf5 Bxe5 33. dxe5 Rxe5 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 34. Qd3 $1 Qb6 35. e4 Qxb3 36. Red1 Nf4 (36... c6 $1 $11) 37. Qxc3 $14 Qxa4 38. Qxc7 {Accuracy: White = 48%, Black = 60%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.22"]
[Round "5.18"]
[White "Santos Latasa, Jaime"]
[Black "Kovalenko, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,92,20,16,15,25,25,27,25,35,34,33,25,33,39,30,30,40,21,21,25,24,22,17,18,18,16,16,21,32,22,20,18,45,0,0,0,-4,-22,-4,-82,-80,-72,-71,-75,-76,-86,-73,-166,-154,-145,-117,-105,-12,-158,-169,-283,-293,-267,-156,-280,-214,-168,-73,-72,-55,-62,-52,-37,-35,-383,-384,-374,-383,-435,-418,-434,-442,-456,-458,-4598,-1116,-5065,-4140,-4133,-1948]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 {E32: Nimzo-Indian: Classical (4 Qc2): 4...0-0} c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. e3 {White has an edge.} Nc6 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. Qxc3 e5 11. Bd3 Qa5 12. Ne2 Be6 13. b3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Bxf6) 13... O-O-O 14. Bc2 Qxc3+ 15. Nxc3 g5 16. Bg3 Nh5 17. Be4 Na5 18. Rb1 f6 19. f3 f5 20. Bd5 (20. Bxe5 fxe4 21. Nxe4 (21. Bxh8 exf3 22. g4 Bxg4 $11) 21... Rh7) 20... Rhe8 21. Ke2 f4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 22. Bxe6+ Rxe6 23. Bf2 Rb6 24. g4 (24. Nb5 $11) 24... fxe3 $17 25. Bxe3 Nf4+ 26. Bxf4 exf4 27. h4 Nxb3 28. Ne4 {[#]} (28. hxg5 $17 {was worth a try.} hxg5 29. Ne4) 28... gxh4 $1 $19 29. Kf2 Rd3 30. Rxh4 Rg6 (30... Re6 $17 {aiming for ...Nd4.} 31. g5 hxg5 32. Nxg5 Rg6) 31. Rh3 (31. g5 $1 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.} Nd2 32. Ke2 Nxb1 33. Kxd3 hxg5 34. Rh8+ Kc7 35. a4) 31... b6 $17 32. Re1 (32. a4 $142) 32... Nd4 $19 33. Kg2 Kb7 ({Black should try} 33... Rxa3 $19 {Threatens to win with ...Ra2+.} 34. Reh1 Ra2+ 35. Kf1 Ra1+ 36. Kg2 Ra2+ 37. Kf1 Kd7 38. Rxh6 Rxh6 39. Rxh6 Nxf3 40. Nf6+ Ke6 41. Nd5+ Ke5 42. Rh5+ Kd4 43. Nxf4 Nh2+ 44. Ke1 Ra1+ 45. Kd2 Nf1+ 46. Kc2 Ne3+ 47. Kb3 Rb1+ 48. Ka2 Rf1) 34. a4 (34. Reh1 $17 {was the only chance.}) 34... Nc2 35. Reh1 {[#]} Ne3+ (35... Re6 $1 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top.} 36. Kf2 Nd4) 36. Kf2 $17 Nxc4 {Strongly threatening ...Ne5.} 37. Rxh6 Rxh6 38. Rxh6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Ne5 39. Rf6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (39. Re6 $1 $15 Nxf3 40. g5) 39... Rxf3+ $19 40. Kg2 Rd3 41. Rxf4 c4 42. g5 Rd4 {Black is clearly winning.} 43. Rh4 Ka6 44. Kf2 {[#]} (44. Kg3 $142 Ka5 45. Rf4) 44... c3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 45. Ke3 {[#]} (45. Nxc3 Rxh4) 45... c2 $1 {[%mdl 512] ( -> ...Rd3+)} 46. Kxd4 Nc6+ {Accuracy: White = 47%, Black = 70%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.22"]
[Round "5.19"]
[White "Yuffa, Daniil"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,110,9,15,0,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,-14,0,0,0,-18,-30,-14,-12,-18,-14,-14,-3,-3,-4,-58,-36,-38,-41,-30,-20,-37,-24,-75,-63,-74,-79,-79,-79,-83,-82,-91,-86,-105,-72,-103,-10,-12,-13,-86,-87,-93,-74,-74,-22,-48,-62,-118,-97,-146,-146,-223,-240,-256,-256,-272,-272,-402,-395,-435,-435,-443,-435,-435,-435,-483,-483,-483,-483,-628,-584,-561,-483,-483,-483,-442,0,-7,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qb3 {E11: Bogo-Indian} (8. a4 a5 9. Qc2 Ne4 10. Be3 c6 11. Na3 f5 12. Ne1 Bf6 13. Nd3 Kh8 14. Rae1 Re8 15. Rc1 c5 16. Nxc5 Nexc5 17. dxc5 {1-0 (41) Yu,Y (2764)-Le,Q (2714) Caleta 2019}) 8... a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 9. Bf4 a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... dxc4 10. Qxc4 Nd5 11. Nc3 Nxf4 12. gxf4 c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Ne5 Qb6 15. Rfd1 Qb4 {½-½ (28) Huang,Q (2439)-Girya,O (2465) Qinhuangdao 2018}) 10. Qc2 dxc4 11. Qxc4 Nd5 12. a3 c5 13. Nc3 b5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 14. Qd3 Nxf4 15. gxf4 Ba6 {...b4 is the strong threat.} 16. Qc2 Qc7 17. Ng5 Bxg5 18. fxg5 Bb7 19. d5 (19. Bxb7 $11 Qxb7 20. Rfd1) 19... exd5 $15 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Bxd5 Rad8 22. Rad1 Nb6 23. Bg2 (23. Be4 $11 {remains equal.}) 23... Nc4 $17 24. Rd5 Rxd5 25. Bxd5 Qf4 26. Bxc4 bxc4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 27. Kh1 g6 28. f3 Re8 29. Rg1 Qe5 ({Better is} 29... Re3 $17) 30. Rg4 $11 Qe3 31. Kg2 (31. h4 $11) 31... Qxe2+ $17 32. Qxe2 Rxe2+ {KR-KR} 33. Kg3 Rc2 34. Re4 f6 35. h4 (35. gxf6 $15 Kf7 36. Rf4) 35... Kf7 $1 (35... Rxb2 $6 36. Rxc4 Kf7 37. Rxc5 $11) 36. Kf4 f5 $1 {[%cal Rf5e4]} (36... Rxb2 $6 37. Rxc4 Rh2 38. Kg3 $11) 37. Re5 (37. Re1 $17 {was called for.}) 37... c3 $19 ({And not} 37... Rxb2 38. Rxc5 Rh2 39. Ke5 $11) 38. bxc3 Rxc3 39. h5 Rc4+ $1 ({Stronger than} 39... Rxa3 40. Rxc5 Rb3 41. Rc7+ Kf8 42. Rxh7 $11) ({Weaker is} 39... gxh5 40. Rxf5+ Kg7 41. Rd5 $17) 40. Kg3 (40. Ke3 $142 gxh5 41. Rxf5+ Kg6 42. Rd5) 40... gxh5 41. Rxf5+ Kg6 $1 {[%cal Rg6f5]} 42. Rd5 {[#] Now f4 and White clings on.} h4+ $1 43. Kh3 Kh5 44. Rf5 Rc3 45. Kg2 c4 46. Rc5 Rc2+ 47. Kh3 Rf2 48. g6+ Kxg6 49. Kg4 {[#]} h3 $2 (49... h5+ $1 $19 50. Kxh4 (50. Rxh5 Rg2+) 50... Rxf3 51. Rxc4 Rxa3 52. Rc6+ Kf5 53. Rc5+ Ke4) 50. Rc6+ $11 {The position is equal.} Kf7 {Hoping for ...h2.} 51. Rxc4 h2 52. Rc7+ $1 Kg6 53. Rc6+ Kg7 54. Rc7+ $1 Kf6 55. Rxh7 Rg2+ {Accuracy: White = 39%, Black = 82%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.22"]
[Round "5.20"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,56,16,17,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-73,-68,-133,-133,-657,-656,-645,-644,-741,-739,-723,-720,-696,-687,-674,-664,-657,-585]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 O-O {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4)} 8. e3 Bf5 9. Qb3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 (10. Qxc3 g5 11. Bg3 Ne4 12. Qxc7 Qxc7 13. Bxc7 Nc6 14. Bb5 Rfc8 15. Bxc6 bxc6 {1-0 (85) Grischuk,A (2771)-Sethuraman,S (2637) Astana 2019}) 10... Nbd7 11. Be2 c5 {LiveBook: 22 Games} 12. O-O c4 13. Qxb7 Qb6 14. Qxb6 axb6 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. a4 $146 Ra6 17. Ne5 Rfa8 18. f3 Rxa4 19. Rxa4 Rxa4 20. e4 (20. g4 $11 Be6 21. Kf2) 20... Be6 $17 21. Rb1 ({Better is} 21. Nc6 $15) 21... dxe4 {[%cal Bd5e4,Be4e3][%mdl 32]} 22. Rxb6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (22. fxe4 $17 Nxe4 23. Rc1) 22... Ra1+ $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 23. Bf1 e3 {[#] ( -> ...e2)} 24. Rb2 Bf5 {And now ...Bd3 would win.} 25. Nxc4 Nd5 26. Ne5 f6 {[%cal Bf7f6,Bf6e5][%mdl 32]} 27. g4 fxe5 28. gxf5 Nf4 {Precision: White = 38%, Black = 93%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.22"]
[Round "5.21"]
[White "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Black "Paichadze, Luka"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,123,9,30,20,33,25,20,18,33,19,16,14,35,44,44,51,47,33,42,11,14,11,47,58,78,84,89,71,74,71,71,71,126,135,140,91,129,128,123,118,125,122,131,135,137,132,131,115,124,114,149,155,194,184,185,182,208,220,221,195,168,133,272,166,235,233,240,193,236,236,234,74,72,72,74,81,84,93,83,83,217,212,233,222,207,224,221,196,213,225,655,652,650,644,585,637,629,629,599,595,566,577,565,557,485,431,1987,1186,29961,1389,29980,29981,29981,29982,29981,29978]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Ne7 6. Nf3 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} Nc8 7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O {The position is equal.} O-O 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Bd3 Bg6 11. Bxg6 hxg6 12. Qg4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Nd3 Ncb6 13. Qg4 Rc8 14. c3 {½-½ (54) Balogh,C (2656)-Shyam,S (2481) Dubai 2014}) 12... c5 13. Nf3 Qc7 14. c3 cxd4 15. cxd4 Qc2 16. Bg5 Qf5 17. Qg3 f6 18. Be3 g5 19. h3 Ncb6 20. Na5 Na4 (20... Nc4 $142 21. Nxc4 dxc4) 21. exf6 $16 Nxf6 22. Qxg5 Nxb2 23. Rab1 {aiming for Qxf5.} Ba3 24. Qxf5 exf5 25. Bc1 b6 26. Bxb2 Bxb2 27. Rxb2 bxa5 28. Rb5 a4 29. Ra5 Rfc8 30. Rxa4 a5 {[#]} 31. Nh4 $1 f4 32. Ng6 {Strongly threatening Ne7+.} Rc3 33. Nxf4 g5 34. Ne6 Ne4 35. Kh2 Ra7 (35... Re8 $16) 36. Rb1 g4 {[#]} (36... Kf7 $142) 37. Nf4 $1 $18 ({Less strong is} 37. hxg4 Nxf2 38. Kg1 Nxg4 $14) 37... Rc2 38. Rb8+ Kh7 39. hxg4 Nxf2 40. Ra3 $2 (40. g5 $18 {is more deadly.}) 40... Nxg4+ $16 41. Kg3 Nf6 42. Kf3 Rac7 43. Rb6 Rf7 44. Rb5 Nh5 (44... Rc4 $16 {is a better defense.}) 45. g3 $18 Rc1 46. Rxd5 Rf1+ 47. Ke2 Nxf4+ 48. gxf4 R7xf4 49. Raxa5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} R4f3 $2 (49... R4f2+ 50. Kd3 Rf3+ 51. Kc4 Rc1+ 52. Kb5 Rb1+ 53. Kc4 Rc1+ 54. Kb5 Rf7) 50. Rd7+ Kg6 51. Ra6+ Kg5 52. Rg7+ Kh5 {intending ...R1f2+.} 53. Rg2 Rf8 54. Ra7 {[%cal Ra7h7]} Kh6 55. Ra3 {[%cal Ra3h3]} Rh1 56. d5 Rh5 57. Rd3 Rb8 (57... Rd8 $142 58. d6 Rg5 59. Rh2+ Kg6) 58. d6 Rb2+ 59. Kf3 Rh3+ 60. Rg3 {White mates.} Rhh2 61. d7 Rhf2+ 62. Ke4 {Accuracy: White = 81%, Black = 43%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.22"]
[Round "5.22"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Rozum, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,68,10,14,0,12,1,10,0,0,0,9,8,7,0,0,0,67,0,18,5,9,0,0,0,0,0,15,13,10,16,15,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,1,6,0,0,0,7,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. e3 b6 6. Bd3 d5 7. O-O Bb7 8. a3 Be7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. b4 Nbd7 11. Bb2 {E14: Queen's Indian: Classical Variation (4 e3)} (11. Rb1 Bd6 12. Qc2 Qe7 13. Bb2 a5 14. Rfc1 axb4 15. axb4 c6 16. Bc3 Rfe8 17. Bf1 Ra7 18. b5 c5 {½-½ (55) Prizant,J (2540)-Maletin,P (2598) Dombai 2013}) 11... c5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. bxc5 Nxc5 14. Nb3 $146 {[#] Strongly threatening Bxf6.} ({Predecessor:} 14. Be2 Nfe4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Nd4 Bf6 17. Rc1 Qb6 18. Bc3 Rfd8 {½-½ (18) Iskusnyh,S (2490)-Makhnyov,D (2350) Pavlodar 2014}) 14... Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Qb6 {Threatens to win with ...Ba6.} 16. Rfb1 Ba6 17. Qd1 Bc4 18. Nbd4 g6 ({Black should play} 18... Ne4 $11) 19. Bc3 ({Better is} 19. Ne5 $14) 19... Qc7 {The position is equal.} 20. Bb4 Ne4 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 22. Rb2 Qd6 23. Nd2 Rab8 24. Rxb8 Rxb8 25. Nxe4 dxe4 26. Qa4 (26. Qc2 {looks sharper.} Bd3 27. Qc3 Ba6 28. Rc1 Rc8 29. Qb2) 26... Qa6 27. Qxa6 Bxa6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 28. g4 Kg7 29. Kg2 Rc8 30. Kg3 Bd3 31. h4 h6 32. Kf4 Kf6 33. g5+ hxg5+ 34. hxg5+ Kg7 {Precision: White = 71%, Black = 65%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.22"]
[Round "5.23"]
[White "Maze, Sebastien"]
[Black "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,52,12,0,0,-8,-9,-2,-8,0,-2,-5,-9,4,14,22,20,18,15,19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-11,-10,-27,-25,-27,-16,-15,-14,-41,-41,-41,-35,-35,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 dxe5 5. Nxe5 a6 6. g3 {B50: Sicilian: 2...d6, Miscellaneous} Qd6 7. Nf3 b5 8. Bg2 Bb7 9. O-O e6 10. d3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Re1 Nbd7 11. d3 Be7 12. a4 Qb6 13. b3 O-O {0-1 (44) Nikolenko,O (2505)-Khismatullin,D (2609) Sochi 2016}) 10... Be7 11. a4 Qb6 12. Ne5 {[#] And now axb5 would win.} Bxg2 13. Kxg2 {axb5 is the strong threat.} Nbd7 14. Qf3 Rc8 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. axb5 axb5 {[%cal Ba6b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 17. Re1 Nf6 18. Be3 O-O 19. Ra2 b4 20. Na4 Qb5 21. b3 Nd5 22. Nb2 Bf6 23. Rea1 Qc6 24. Bc1 Nc3 25. Ra6 $1 {[%cal Ra6c6]} Qxf3+ 26. Kxf3 Nb5 {Accuracy: White = 80%, Black = 65%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.22"]
[Round "5.24"]
[White "Lysyj, Igor"]
[Black "Moroni, Luca Jr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,87,17,24,19,18,14,23,31,35,30,23,13,67,22,58,49,62,54,54,26,24,7,64,23,33,27,41,0,0,0,0,0,0,-39,0,0,14,0,38,31,65,60,68,76,72,69,72,84,76,79,70,83,78,76,93,87,171,154,226,211,214,225,208,198,272,276,399,432,586,589,622,641,621,569,590,558,865,852,841,848]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. Bg5 (4. e3 Nf6 5. Nc3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 b5 7. Be2 Bb7 8. O-O Nbd7 9. b3 c5 10. Bb2 Be7 11. Rc1 O-O 12. Qc2 Rc8 13. Qb1 Qb6 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15. h3 h6 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 {0-1 (59) Mamedyarov,S (2817)-Carlsen,M (2835) St Petersburg 2018}) 4... Be7 5. Bxe7 Qxe7 6. Nbd2 {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3} Nf6 7. g3 O-O 8. Bg2 {White has an edge.} b6 9. O-O Bb7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Nbd7 10. Rc1 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. cxd5 exd5 {½-½ (25) Georgakopoulos,N (2301)-Nikolaidis,I (2533) Anogia 2017}) 10. cxd5 Bxd5 (10... exd5 $11 11. Rc1 Rc8) 11. Qc2 h6 12. Rac1 Rc8 13. e4 Bb7 14. e5 {Ng5! is the strong threat.} Nd5 $1 15. Nc4 Nd7 (15... Nc6 $11) 16. Rfd1 Rab8 17. a3 Ba8 18. Nd6 Rd8 19. Ne4 c5 20. dxc5 bxc5 21. Rd2 Rb6 22. Qc4 Rdb8 23. Qe2 Bc6 24. Nd6 Bb5 25. Qe1 Qd8 26. Nh4 Bc6 27. Nc4 Rb3 {[#]} 28. Nf5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} exf5 29. Bxd5 Bxd5 30. Rxd5 Qe8 31. Qd2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} Nf8 32. Rxc5 Ne6 (32... Qe6 $16 {was worth a try.}) 33. Nd6 $18 Qd7 (33... Ng5 $16 {might work better.}) 34. Rc8+ Kh7 {[#]} 35. Rxb8 $1 Rxb8 36. h4 f4 (36... a5 $142 37. Rc2 (37. Qxa5 Rxb2 38. Qc3 Ra2 $16) 37... a4 38. Nxf5 Qb5) 37. gxf4 Qd8 (37... g6 {is a better defense.} 38. h5 Rg8) 38. f5 Qxh4 {White is clearly winning.} 39. Rc4 ({Less strong is} 39. fxe6 Qg4+ 40. Kf1 Qh3+ 41. Ke2 Qh5+ 42. f3 Qxe5+ 43. Kf1 Qxe6 $18) 39... Qg5+ 40. Qxg5 Nxg5 41. f4 Nf3+ 42. Kf2 Nd2 43. Rc2 Nb3 44. Ke3 {Accuracy: White = 66%, Black = 44%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.22"]
[Round "5.25"]
[White "Hovhannisyan, Robert"]
[Black "Arutinian, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,144,22,27,28,18,18,29,25,15,23,16,27,22,22,16,13,8,11,31,0,0,-16,39,39,41,31,31,34,60,52,59,42,51,48,55,57,86,43,37,45,54,45,51,49,56,54,69,38,144,141,128,102,104,114,108,108,99,75,81,72,80,62,98,98,139,98,162,149,152,152,158,156,204,192,246,226,299,296,325,429,584,584,452,69,135,66,293,0,0,0,8,54,352,348,268,0,141,10,124,8,149,88,101,121,160,123,212,228,233,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Be2 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. Nd2 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} (8. O-O Nbc6 9. Bb5 a6 10. Bxc6+ Nxc6 11. Nxf5 exf5 12. c3 Be7 13. Nd2 Nxe5 14. Bd4 f6 15. Qb3 Qd7 16. Rfd1 Nc6 17. Nf1 Na5 18. Qc2 O-O 19. Rd3 f4 20. Rad1 Qf5 {½-½ (20) Karjakin,S (2753)-Dreev,A (2670) St Petersburg 2018}) 8... Nbc6 9. N2f3 Be4 10. O-O {White has an edge.} Bxf3 11. Nxf3 Nf5 12. Bf4 h6 13. c3 g5 14. Bd2 Bg7 15. Bd3 Qc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Nfe7) 16. Bxf5 (16. Qe2 {keeps more tension.} O-O-O 17. Rfe1 g4 18. Nd4 Nfxd4 19. cxd4 h5 20. Be3) 16... exf5 17. Nd4 {Nb5 is the strong threat.} Bxe5 (17... f4 $1 $11) 18. Nxc6 $1 $14 bxc6 {[#]} ({Much weaker is} 18... Bxh2+ $6 19. Kh1 $16) 19. f4 $1 {[%cal Rf4e5][%mdl 512]} gxf4 (19... Bxf4 20. Bxf4) 20. Qh5 O-O-O 21. Qxf5+ Kb7 22. Bxf4 f6 23. a4 Rde8 24. a5 Rh7 25. c4 dxc4 26. Bxe5 fxe5 27. Qe4 Rd7 28. Qxc4 Qd6 29. Kh1 Qd5 30. Qe2 Ree7 (30... e4 $14) 31. a6+ $16 Kc7 32. Rad1 Qb5 33. Qe3 Rd4 34. Qxh6 Red7 35. Rde1 Qxa6 36. Qe3 e4 37. h4 (37. Rf4 {feels hotter.} Qc4 38. h4 Rh7 39. g3 Qd5 40. Kh2) 37... Qd3 38. Rf4 Qxe3 39. Rxe3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Re7 (39... c5 $16) 40. h5 Kd6 41. g4 $1 Kd5 42. Kg2 Rb4 43. Re2 Ke5 (43... Rb8 {was necessary.} 44. Rd2+ Kc5 45. Rf5+ Kc4) 44. Rf5+ $18 Kd4 45. Rd2+ $1 Ke3 46. Rff2 $1 {Kg3 would kill now.} Rb3 47. Kg3 {[%csl Gd2][%cal Rf2e2]} Rd3 48. Rde2+ $2 (48. Rfe2+ $1 $18 {is the precise move to win.} Kd4+ 49. Rxd3+ Kxd3 50. Re1) 48... Kd4+ $16 49. Kh4 (49. Kg2 $1 $16) 49... Rd1 $2 (49... e3 $14 50. Rf6 Kd5) 50. h6 $2 ({Only move:} 50. Rd2+ $1 $18 Rxd2 51. Rxd2+ Ke3 52. Rd1) 50... e3 $11 51. Rh2 Ke4 52. Reg2 Kf3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (52... Kd3 $14) 53. g5 $18 Rd4+ 54. Kh5 $2 (54. Kh3 $1 $18 Rd5 55. Rg3+ Kf4 56. Rg4+ Kf3 57. Kh4) 54... Rd5 (54... Rde4 $1 $11) 55. Rc2 (55. b4 $16) 55... Kg3 (55... Kf4 $1 $11 56. Rc4+ Kg3) 56. Rhg2+ ({Better is} 56. Rhe2 $16) 56... Kf3 (56... Kf4 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 57. b4 ({White must play} 57. Kh4 $1) 57... a5 ({Wrong is} 57... e2 $2 58. Rgxe2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxe2 59. Rxe2 $18) 58. bxa5 Rxa5 59. Rh2 Kg3 {[#]} (59... Kf4 $16 {was worth a try.} 60. Kh4 Rd5) 60. Rcg2+ $1 Kf3 {[#]} 61. Rg1 $2 (61. Kh4 $1 $18) 61... e2 $11 {The position is equal.} 62. Re1 Rae5 63. Kg6 R5e6+ 64. Kh5 Re5 65. Rexe2 Rxe2 66. Rxe2 Rxe2 {KR-KPP} 67. g6 Kf4 {[%cal Re2h2]} 68. g7 Kf5 $1 {[%cal Re2h2]} 69. Kh4 $132 {[%mdl 2048] White is not keeping still} Rh2+ 70. Kg3 Rxh6 {( -> ...Rg6+)} 71. g8=Q Rg6+ 72. Qxg6+ $1 Kxg6 {Accuracy: White = 61%, Black = 38%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.22"]
[Round "5.26"]
[White "Buhmann, Rainer"]
[Black "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,30,4,6,12,14,15,9,14,14,12,12,14,16,18,33,4,8,-10,46,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nd3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. Nc3 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} Nf6 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 7. Nf4 c6 8. d4 Qxe2+ 9. Bxe2 Bf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... d5 10. O-O Bd6 11. Bd3 O-O {½-½ (50) Harikrishna,P (2727)-Yu,Y (2760) China 2018}) 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Nxd3 Nbd7 12. O-O Nb6 13. a4 Kd7 14. Re1 Be7 (14... g6 $11) 15. f3 Nfd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.22"]
[Round "5.27"]
[White "Tsydypov, Zhamsaran"]
[Black "Rakhmanov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,148,28,27,27,19,6,13,-12,8,0,0,0,-4,-4,0,0,0,0,-2,-10,0,-44,-34,-37,-40,-25,-13,-11,-5,-5,-4,-7,-6,-8,-8,-16,-8,-9,-2,-6,-7,-5,0,-43,-19,-32,-35,-48,-50,-41,0,-2,0,0,0,0,0,-5,0,0,0,0,0,-3,-4,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,-2,-12,-4,-4,-5,-35,-35,-35,-35,-35,-35,-35,-35,-55,-55,-55,-55,-55,-55,-128,-55,-138,-107,-387,-55,-55,-55,-55,-55,-55,-55,-55,-55,-55,-55,-55,-55,-55,-55,-55,-55,-55,-55,-55,-55,-55,-55,-278,-88,-130,-130,-708,-676,-635,-614,-592,-564,-488,-479]} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qd2 {B01: Scandinavian Defence} (6. Nge2 Bg4 7. f3 Bf5 8. g4 Be6 9. Nf4 Qd6 10. Qe2 h6 11. Bxf6 exf6 12. Qe3 Nd7 13. O-O-O O-O-O {1-0 (28) Motylev,A (2665)-Usmanov,V (2443) Sochi 2017}) 6... Bf5 7. f3 Nbd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... e6 8. Nge2 h6 9. Be3 Bb4 10. a3 Qa5 11. Rd1 Bd6 12. Ng3 Bh7 13. Nge4 Be7 {1-0 (50) Pace,P (2233)-Giannetta,P (1980) Milan 2006}) 8. O-O-O {The position is equal.} e6 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nge2 h6 11. Bh4 Be7 12. Nf4 Bh7 13. Bg3 Qa5 14. Kb1 Bb4 15. Nd3 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 Qxc3 17. bxc3 Nd5 18. Kb2 N7b6 {Threatening ...Nc4+.} 19. Nc5 Ne3 20. Re1 Nbc4+ 21. Kc1 Nxf1 22. Rhxf1 O-O-O 23. Nd3 Rd5 24. Ne5 Nxe5 25. Rxe5 Rhd8 26. f4 Bg8 27. g5 Bh7 28. gxh6 gxh6 29. Bf2 b6 30. c4 R5d7 31. Rh5 {[#]} c5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 32. Rxh6 (32. dxc5 Rd2) 32... Bf5 33. c3 Bd3 34. Rg1 Bxc4 {[%cal Rc5d4]} 35. a3 Kb7 36. Bh4 Rc8 37. Bf6 cxd4 38. Bxd4 Bd3 {And now ...Rxd4 would win.} 39. Kd2 Bf5 40. Rg7 Kc6 41. Rf6 Rh8 42. Rfxf7 Rxh2+ 43. Ke3 Rxf7 44. Rxf7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} a5 45. Be5 b5 46. Ra7 a4 47. Rc7+ Kd5 48. c4+ bxc4 49. Rd7+ Kc5 50. Rc7+ Kb5 {Hoping for ...Rh3+.} 51. Rb7+ Ka6 52. Rb4 Rh3+ 53. Kd4 c3 {Threatens to win with ...c2.} 54. Kc5 c2 $1 {[%cal Rc2c1]} 55. Rxa4+ Kb7 56. Rb4+ ({White should try} 56. Bb2 $1 $15) 56... Kc8 $17 57. Rc4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (57. Bb2 $17) 57... Rh1 $2 ({Black should play} 57... Rb3 $19 58. Kd6+ Kd8) 58. Kb4+ $15 Kb7 59. Bb2 Bd3 60. Rc3 Be4 61. a4 Rf1 62. Rc4 Bd3 63. Rd4 $1 {[%cal Rd4d7]} Rb1 64. Ka3 $1 Bf5 65. Rc4 Kb6 66. Bd4+ Ka6 67. Bb2 $1 Kb7 68. Ka2 Bd3 69. Rd4 $2 (69. Rc3 $15) 69... Be2 $2 (69... Ba6 $19 {is more deadly.} 70. Re4 c1=Q 71. Bxc1 Rxc1 72. Rxe6 Rc4 73. Re7+ Kb6) 70. Re4 {[#]} Bf3 $1 {[%cal Rf3e4]} 71. Re5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (71. Rb4+ $17 Ka6 72. Ka3) 71... Bd5+ $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 72. Ka3 Rf1 {( -> ...Rf3+)} 73. Re3 {and the idea Rc3 leaves White hopeful.} c1=Q 74. Bxc1 Rxc1 {Accuracy: White = 57%, Black = 65%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.22"]
[Round "5.28"]
[White "Paravyan, David"]
[Black "Kadric, Denis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,45,31,31,43,32,25,45,23,48,33,43,25,21,24,10,32,98,87,145,139,155,156,144,136,151,137,229,233,227,239,501,480,607,606,587,594]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be3 a6 6. Qd2 O-O 7. Bh6 {B08: Pirc Defence: Classical System} (7. Bd3 Nc6 8. h3 e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. O-O-O b5 11. Bh6 b4 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Ne2 c6 14. dxc6 Nxc6 15. Bc4 Qb6 16. Ng3 Na5 17. Bb3 Nxb3+ 18. axb3 Re8 {0-1 (38) Bok,B (2608)-Smirin,I (2667) Wijk aan Zee 2017}) 7... b5 8. Bxg7 Kxg7 9. Bd3 {White is slightly better.} Nc6 10. e5 dxe5 11. dxe5 Ng4 12. O-O-O b4 13. Rhe1 Be6 {[#]} ({Black should try} 13... Rb8 $14) 14. Nb1 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} Qd5 ({Wrong is} 14... Bxa2 $2 15. h3 $18) (14... Qe8 $142) 15. Be4 $146 Qc5 {Threatens to win with ...Rad8.} 16. Bxc6 $1 Qxc6 17. h3 Nh6 18. Qxb4 Bxa2 (18... Rfe8 $16) 19. Nc3 $18 ({Don't play} 19. Qxe7 $6 Nf5 $16) 19... Be6 20. Nd4 Qxg2 $2 {[#]} (20... Qe8 {was necessary.} 21. g4 Ng8) 21. Qxe7 {White is clearly winning.} Kg8 {intending ...Nf5.} 22. Qh4 Qxh3 23. Qf4 {Accuracy: White = 89%, Black = 34%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.22"]
[Round "5.29"]
[White "Martinovic, Sasa"]
[Black "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,38,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,37,16,22,20,19,10,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. e3 cxd4 7. exd4 h6 {E21: Nimzo-Indian: 4 Nf3} 8. Bh4 Qa5 (8... d5 9. Rc1 Nc6 10. a3 Be7 11. c5 Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Be2 Rd8 14. O-O e5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nxc3 17. Rxc3 {½-½ (47) Wojtaszek,R (2733)-Kramnik,V (2792) Dortmund 2018}) 9. Bd3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qxc3+ 11. Kf1 d6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 {The position is equal.} 13. h4 e5 14. Rc1 Qa5 15. Nd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. g4) 15... Nc6 16. Nb3 Qd8 17. Qf3 Kg7 18. Qg3+ Kh8 19. Qe3 Kg7 {Accuracy: White = 86%, Black = 86%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.22"]
[Round "5.30"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Sychev, Klementy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,67,9,3,-37,-25,-48,-35,-45,-28,-55,-43,-81,-8,0,0,-39,-45,-39,-54,-41,-17,-20,15,0,139,152,191,200,171,38,67,0,0,-406,-391,-412,-410,-804,-777,-734,0,-783,-732,-708,0,-473,-473,-473,-473,-705]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qa4+ Nc6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. e3 O-O 10. Rc1 Qg6 11. Kd2 $146 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4)} ({Predecessor:} 11. Qd1 Be6 12. h3 a6 13. Bd3 Qf6 14. O-O Rfd8 15. Na4 Bd6 16. Nc5 Bc8 17. Kh1 Ne7 18. e4 Bxc5 {1-0 (35) Bologan,V (2640)-Fressinet,L (2672) Doha 2016}) 11... a5 12. Rg1 Ne7 13. Bd3 {Black is slightly better.} Qf6 14. Ke2 c6 15. g4 g5 ({Black should try} 15... Bd6 $17) 16. h4 $11 Kg7 ({Of course not} 16... gxh4 $6 17. g5 $16) 17. hxg5 hxg5 18. Bf5 Rh8 19. e4 Ng6 20. e5 $1 {[%cal Re5f6]} Nf4+ 21. Ke3 Qe7 {[#]} (21... Qd8 $11) 22. Ne2 $1 $16 c5 23. Nxf4 cxd4+ {[#]} 24. Kd3 ({Stronger than} 24. Kxd4 gxf4 25. a3 b5 $11) (24. Ke2 $1 $18 gxf4 25. Qb5) 24... gxf4 $14 25. Rh1 (25. Qb5 $14) 25... b6 {[%cal Bb7b6,Bb6b5][%mdl 32] And now ...Ba6+ would win.} 26. Bxc8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (26. Kc2 $1 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 26... Rxh1 $19 (26... Raxc8 $2 27. Rxh8 Rxc1 28. Qe8 $17) ({Inferior is} 26... Rhxc8 27. a3 $15) 27. Rxh1 {Qc6 is the strong threat.} Rxc8 28. a3 (28. Qb5 $142 Qc7 29. Ke2) 28... Qc5 {[%csl Gc8,Gd5][%cal Rc5c4]} 29. axb4 Qc4+ 30. Kd2 b5 31. Qd1 d3 $2 (31... Qxb4+ $19 32. Ke2 Qxb2+ 33. Nd2 Rc2) 32. bxa5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (32. Nh4 $1 $11 {and White is okay.} Qxb4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 33. Kxd3 Qc4+ 34. Kd2 Qd4+ 35. Ke2 Qe4+ 36. Kd2 Qd4+ 37. Ke2 Qe4+ 38. Kd2 Qd4+) 32... Qb4+ 33. Kxd3 Qxb2 {( -> ...Rc3+)} 34. e6 {Accuracy: White = 32%, Black = 48%.} (34. Qd2 $142 Qb3+ 35. Ke2) 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.22"]
[Round "5.31"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,64,3,11,4,13,15,9,0,38,-6,-1,-11,6,13,4,6,20,0,0,-44,-47,-57,-58,-52,-46,-51,-42,-219,-213,-221,-230,-242,-120,-89,-84,-725,-764,-778,-748,-988,-1002,-999,-989,-958,-876,-5302,-5302,-2176,-1385,-29995,-29996]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. a3 {C11: French: Classical System: 4 e5 and 4 Bg5 dxe4} (9. dxc5 Qa5 10. a3 Bxc5 11. Bxc5 Nxc5 12. Bd3 Bd7 13. O-O Nxd3 14. cxd3 Rac8 15. Qf2 Qa6 16. Rad1 b5 17. f5 exf5 18. Nxd5 {1-0 (37) Anand,V (2773)-Christiansen,J (2555) St Petersburg 2018}) 9... Rb8 10. Be2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Rd1 a6 11. Be2 b5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Bxc5 Nxc5 14. b4 Nd7 15. O-O Bb7 16. Bd3 h6 17. Ne2 Rc8 18. Qe3 Qc7 19. Rfe1 Nb6 20. f5 {½-½ (20) Staudner,O (2392)-Lipka,J (2419) Austria 2013}) 10... b6 11. O-O {The position is equal.} f6 {Black wants to play ...fxe5.} 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Kh1 Ng4 14. Bg1 Bd6 15. g3 Nh6 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Qxd5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Nf7 {Threatens to win with ...Bb7.} 19. Qxc6 Bb7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 20. Qa4 g5 $1 21. fxg5 $2 ({White should try} 21. Bd3 $15) 21... Ne5 $1 $19 {[%cal Re5f3]} 22. Qb3+ {[#]} Rf7 $1 23. Qc3 Qf8 (23... Qxg5 $1 $19 {Strongly threatening ...Qg4.} 24. Rad1 Qf6) 24. Kg2 $17 Re8 {And now ...Nxf3 would win.} 25. Rad1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (25. Qb3 $17) 25... Nxf3 $19 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 26. Bxf3 Re2+ $1 27. Kh3 Bxf3 28. Rxf3 {[#]} Qc8+ $1 29. g4 Re4 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Rc8g4]} 30. Rf5 Rxf5 31. Rxd6 Rff4 {[%csl Ge4,Gf4][%cal Rc8g4]} 32. Kg2 Re2+ {Accuracy: White = 37%, Black = 69%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.22"]
[Round "5.32"]
[White "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,45,8,0,0,0,0,9,4,-18,12,-24,13,8,24,7,14,14,20,7,10,10,10,10,10,14,6,21,16,17]} 1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. d4 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 e5 10. Bb3 h6 {D46: Semi-Slav: 5 e3 Nbd7 6 Bd3, Black avoids the Meran} 11. Rd1 {[#] Threatens to win with dxe5.} Qc7 12. h3 Re8 13. dxe5 Nxe5 {[#]} 14. Nh4 $146 (14. Nd4 {seems wilder.} a6 15. f4 Ned7 16. Nf5 Bf8 17. e4) ({Predecessor:} 14. Nd4 a6 15. a3 Bf8 16. Nde2 b5 17. Bd2 Bb7 18. Nf4 {½-½ (44) Sjugirov,S (2635)-Dubov,D (2594) Moscow 2012}) 14... Be6 (14... b5 {keeps more tension.} 15. a3 a5 16. Ba2 Rd8 17. Ne2 Ba6) 15. Bxe6 Rxe6 16. b3 Ree8 {The position is equal.} 17. Bb2 Rad8 18. Nf5 {f4 is the strong threat.} Bf8 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 {[#] Black must now prevent Rxd8.} Ng6 21. Qg4 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 {Hoping for Rd7!} Rd8 23. Rxd8 {Accuracy: White = 78%, Black = 84%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.22"]
[Round "5.33"]
[White "Vocaturo, Daniele"]
[Black "Ivic, Velimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,52,45,15,34,31,30,33,30,12,45,45,54,11,26,18,58,4,20,-15,-14,-14,-14,-14,-17,-12,-13,-48,-19,-41,-16,-18,-8,-16,-13,-43,-43,-104,-89,-208,-202,-197,-199,-602,-600]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg5 Nxc3 {D90: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 sidelines} 7. bxc3 O-O 8. e3 c5 {White is slightly better.} 9. Bd3 Nd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... h6 10. Bh4 Nc6 11. O-O b6 12. Be4 Bb7 13. dxc5 Qc7 14. cxb6 axb6 {0-1 (41) Van Wely,L (2622)-Gupta,A (2581) chess.com INT 2019}) 10. O-O Nf6 11. Rb1 b6 12. e4 Bb7 13. d5 (13. Qe2 $14) 13... h6 (13... c4 $5 {[%cal Rc4d3]} 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Bxc4 Rc8 $11) 14. Be3 (14. Bxf6 $5 Bxf6 15. c4 $11) 14... c4 $1 {[%cal Rc4d3]} 15. Bc2 e6 16. dxe6 Nxe4 17. Qxd8 Rfxd8 18. exf7+ (18. Rb4 {keeps more tension.} Nxc3 19. exf7+ Kxf7 20. Rxc4 Rac8 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Re1) 18... Kxf7 19. Rb4 Nxc3 {[#] Hoping for ...b5.} (19... Rac8 $5 {[%cal Re4c3]} 20. Ra4 a6 21. Bxe4 Bxe4 $11) 20. Rxc4 {Threatens to win with Rc7+.} Rac8 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Bb3+ Bd5 23. Re1 {[#]} (23. g3 $15) 23... Rd8 $1 $17 24. Bd4 (24. Bxd5+ $17 {might work better.} Rxd5 25. a3) 24... Bxd4 $19 25. Nxd4 Bxb3 26. Nc6 $2 (26. Nxb3 Nxa2 27. f3) 26... Rd1 {Accuracy: White = 22%, Black = 58%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.22"]
[Round "5.34"]
[White "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Black "Grinberg, Eyal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,71,40,47,44,42,20,38,34,58,-16,57,58,79,99,144,118,85,16,25,25,26,31,32,39,20,8,12,19,168,87,285,285,291,285,268,279,225,139,522,523,515,504,503,515,515,507,491,477,520,500,510,488]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. c4 Bg4 5. Ne5 Be6 6. cxd5 Bxd5 7. Nf3 c5 8. O-O {A11: English Opening: 1...c6} e6 9. Nc3 Bc6 10. Qc2 Nbd7 (10... Be7 11. Rd1 O-O 12. d4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Nbd7 15. Bg5 {½-½ (15) Svidler,P (2765)-Karjakin,S (2760) Riadh 2017}) 11. e4 e5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 12. d3 Bd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Be7 13. a4 O-O 14. Nd2 Ne8 15. Nc4 Nc7 {1-0 (54) Wagner,D (2564)-Schneider,I (2506) Germany 2018}) 13. Nh4 g6 14. a4 a6 15. f4 (15. Nf3 $14) 15... h6 (15... exf4 $1 $11 16. gxf4 Nh5) 16. Kh1 $14 Qe7 17. Nf3 Bc7 {[#]} 18. b4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} exf4 (18... cxb4 19. Nd5) 19. gxf4 (19. bxc5 $16 {And now d4 would win.} fxg3 20. d4) 19... cxb4 $11 {[#] Hoping for ...Qc5.} 20. Nd5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxd5 21. Qxc7 Bc6 22. Bb2 Nc5 23. Qe5 Qxe5 24. Nxe5 Ke7 {[#]} (24... Nxa4 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 25. Bd4 Bb5) 25. Rfc1 ({White has to play} 25. f5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf5g6]} g5 26. Rfc1) 25... Nb3 $2 (25... Ncd7 $16 {was called for.}) 26. Nxc6+ $18 bxc6 27. Rxc6 Nxa1 28. Bxf6+ Kd7 29. Rc4 {[%mdl 1024] Bh3+ is the strong threat. White has strong compensation.} Nb3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (29... Rhd8 $16) 30. Bh3+ {White is clearly winning.} Kd6 31. Be5+ Ke7 32. Rc7+ Kd8 {Black hopes to continue with ...Rf8.} 33. Rd7+ Ke8 34. Bxh8 Rd8 35. Rb7 Rxd3 36. Bf1 {Accuracy: White = 51%, Black = 31%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.22"]
[Round "5.35"]
[White "Van Foreest, Lucas"]
[Black "Bindrich, Falko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,53,12,9,11,24,-17,-1,-11,0,0,0,0,2,-6,11,8,8,9,10,7,41,40,33,18,62,36,54,49,38,35,50,37,47,45,46,44,35,40,41,43,37,16,18,18,31,25]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 c6 4. c4 Bf5 5. Nh4 Bxb1 6. Rxb1 {D12: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 e3 Bf5} e6 7. Bd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. Nf3 Bb4+ 8. Bd2 Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 Ne4 10. Qb4 Qb6 11. Qxb6 axb6 12. a3 Nd7 {½-½ (49) Popov,V (2580)-Dreev,A (2682) Sochi 2004}) 7... Bb4+ 8. Ke2 {The position is equal.} dxc4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. Qb3 Qe7 11. Nf3 c5 12. a3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Ba5 13. Qb5 Bb6 $1 14. dxc5 Qxc5 (14... Bxc5 {is more complex.} 15. b4 Bd6 16. Bb2 a6 17. Qg5 Nbd7) 15. Qxc5 Bxc5 16. Rd1 Nc6 17. Bd2 Rac8 18. Bd3 Rfd8 19. h3 Bd6 20. g3 h6 21. b4 Nd5 22. Rbc1 Ne5 23. Nxe5 Bxe5 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Rc1 Rxc1 26. Bxc1 f5 27. g4 {Accuracy: White = 51%, Black = 27%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.22"]
[Round "5.36"]
[White "Kourkoulos-Arditis, Stamatis"]
[Black "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,81,12,16,8,7,12,9,5,20,18,15,15,19,-25,0,-3,-2,-15,0,0,9,19,12,15,33,19,45,31,62,53,41,35,43,43,41,39,68,79,80,72,70,79,54,37,64,-81,-84,-102,-52,-49,-45,-73,-45,-82,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 Re8 11. Ne5 {E15: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 sidelines, 4 g3 Ba6 and 4 g3 Bb7 early deviations} Bb7 12. Rc1 Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7f8,Bf8e6][%mdl 32]} 13. Bf4 c6 14. e4 Nf8 15. exd5 cxd5 {[#]} 16. Ne2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Be3 h6 17. Bh3 Ba3 18. Rc2 Ba6 19. Re1 {1-0 (51) Fridman,D (2633)-Bosiocic,M (2599) Skopje 2018}) 16... Rc8 17. Rxc8 Qxc8 18. Qb1 Ne6 19. Be3 Bf8 20. Rc1 Qa8 21. Nf4 Nxf4 22. Bxf4 Ne4 23. b4 b5 24. Qb3 {[#] And now Bxe4 would win.} Nd6 25. Rc5 {[%cal Rg2d5]} f6 26. Nd3 $1 {Strongly threatening Bxd6.} (26. Bxd5+ Bxd5 27. Rxd5 fxe5 $11) (26. Rxd5 $2 Kh8 $19) 26... Nc4 $1 27. Rc7 ({Much worse is} 27. Rxb5 Bc6 $15) 27... g5 28. Qd1 {Threatens to win with Nc5.} Re7 29. Rxe7 Bxe7 30. Qe2 Kf8 31. Qh5 Kg7 32. h4 (32. Bc1 $14) 32... gxf4 $17 33. Nxf4 {Ne6+ is the strong threat.} Qg8 ({Don't go for} 33... Bxb4 $2 34. Ne6+ Kg8 35. Bh3 $18) 34. Qg4+ $1 Kf8 35. Qd7 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Nd6 36. Bf3 {[#]} ({Not} 36. Ne6+ $2 Kf7 $19) 36... Bc8 (36... f5 $1 $17) 37. Qxa7 $11 {The position is equal.} Be6 38. Qb8+ Kg7 39. Qc7 Kf8 40. Qb8+ Kg7 41. Qc7 {Accuracy: White = 53%, Black = 45%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.22"]
[Round "5.37"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,63,30,35,17,24,1,27,23,25,25,14,26,11,19,60,50,50,31,117,134,143,139,119,112,113,128,138,147,135,147,224,253,273,269,273,273,275,252,272,274,270,278,266,246,269,268,251,245,270,272,337,364,355,356,403,367]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. dxc5 e6 6. a3 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} Bxc5 7. Bd3 Nge7 (7... Qc7 {feels hotter.} 8. Bf4 Nf6 9. Qe2 Nd7 10. Nbd2 Nd4) 8. b4 {White has an edge.} Bb6 9. O-O Ng6 10. Bb2 (10. Re1 a5 11. Bxg6 fxg6 12. b5 Ne7 13. a4 {1-0 (41) Vitiugov,N (2720)-Vaibhav,S (2590) Caleta 2019}) 10... O-O 11. Re1 Bd7 12. Nbd2 Bc7 13. g3 $146 f6 ({Black should try} 13... b5 $14) 14. exf6 $16 gxf6 15. c4 Nce5 16. Bf1 dxc4 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 ({But not} 18. Nxc4 $6 Bxb2 19. Nxb2 Qe7 $16) 18... Nxe5 19. Nxc4 Ba4 (19... Nxc4 $16 {was necessary.} 20. Bxc4 Re8 21. Qg4+ Kf8) 20. Qxa4 $18 Nf3+ 21. Kh1 Nxe1 22. Rxe1 Qd5+ 23. Kg1 b5 24. Qa6 bxc4 {[#]} 25. Bg2 $1 {[%cal Rg2d5]} ({Not} 25. Bxc4 Qd4 $16) 25... Qd7 {aiming for ...Rac8.} 26. Bxa8 ({Weaker is} 26. Qxc4 Rac8 $11) 26... Rxa8 27. Qxc4 {KQR-KQR} Re8 28. b5 Kg7 29. Qg4+ Kh8 30. a4 {[%cal Ba3a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} f5 31. Qb4 Rc8 32. a5 {Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 55%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.22"]
[Round "5.38"]
[White "Ragger, Markus"]
[Black "Warmerdam, Max"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,98,25,14,17,0,4,0,0,0,0,1,0,6,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,0,0,36,29,12,15,20,0,0,0,26,14,4,0,17,3,12,0,0,0,0,-28,-28,-28,-28,-42,-29,-51,-14,-14,-15,-27,0,0,0,0,0,-31,-27,-70,-70,-70,-43,-62,-51,-86,-27,-30,-28,-42,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 d6 7. c3 h6 8. h3 a5 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} 9. Re1 Be6 10. Bb5 Qb8 11. Nf1 Qa7 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Nxe3 Ne7 14. a4 Ng6 15. Bc4 Bxc4 16. Nxc4 {[#]} Rfe8 $146 17. Qb3 Qa6 18. g3 Nf8 19. Qb5 b6 20. Qxa6 Rxa6 21. Nfd2 Ne6 22. f3 h5 23. h4 g6 24. Kf1 Nd7 25. Ne3 Kg7 26. Ndc4 Rf8 27. Nd5 f5 28. exf5 Rxf5 29. Ke2 Rf7 30. Nde3 Ra8 31. Rf1 Re8 32. Kd1 Ref8 33. Nd2 Nf6 34. Kc2 d5 35. Rae1 Nc5 36. Ng2 Re8 37. b3 Rfe7 38. Re2 d4 39. c4 Na6 {Strongly threatening ...Nb4+.} (39... Nfd7 {looks sharper.} 40. Ne4 Rf8 41. Ne1 Na6 42. Kb2 Ndc5) 40. Ne4 Nxe4 41. Rxe4 Nb4+ ({Black should play} 41... c6 $17) 42. Kd2 $11 Na2 43. Ree1 Nc3 44. Ne3 {The position is equal.} e4 (44... Kf6 {with more complications.} 45. g4 hxg4 46. Nxg4+ Kf5 47. Nh6+ Kf6) 45. fxe4 Nxe4+ 46. dxe4 dxe3+ 47. Rxe3 Rxe4 48. Rd3 c5 49. Rff3 R8e7 {Accuracy: White = 65%, Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.22"]
[Round "5.39"]
[White "Thybo, Jesper Sondergaard"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,94,37,48,48,46,48,43,37,56,47,52,50,52,29,35,21,33,20,48,10,2,10,0,4,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-11,-13,-17,-35,-16,-14,-12,-18,-69,-74,-105,-89,-129,-121,-245,-241,-234,-243,-235,-200,-679,-679,-676,-674,-674,-674,-662,-645,-614,-528,-837,-831,-2078,-1972,-29972,-29973,-29972,-29972,-29974,-29975,-29980,-29981,-29981,-29982,-29979,-29977]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 a5 4. Nf3 d5 5. Qc2 Nf6 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 dxc4 8. Qxc4 Qd5 9. Qd3 Qe4 10. Qxe4 {E11: Bogo-Indian} Nxe4 11. e3 Bd7 (11... O-O 12. a3 Bd6 13. Nc3 Nxd2 14. Nxd2 e5 15. d5 Ne7 16. Nc4 Bd7 17. Ne4 Ra6 {1-0 (42) Lenderman,A (2693)-Kekelidze,M (2594) Holtsville 2014}) 12. O-O {White is slightly better.} Ke7 13. Rc1 Nxd2 14. Nbxd2 a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Rhc8 15. Ne4 a4 16. Ne1 Bxe1 17. Rxe1 b6 {½-½ (53) Cernousek,L (2455)-Michenka,J (2323) Pardubice 2015}) 15. a3 Bd6 16. Nc4 f6 17. Nfd2 Rhb8 18. Nxd6 cxd6 19. d5 exd5 20. Bxd5 Ra5 21. Bc4 Ne5 22. Be2 Rd5 23. Nf3 Nxf3+ 24. Bxf3 Rc5 25. Rc3 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 26. Rac1 b4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 27. Rxc5 dxc5 28. Rxc5 bxa3 29. bxa3 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rb3 30. Kg2 Rxa3 31. Rc4 Rd3 32. Bc6 (32. Be4 $17 Rd2 33. Rc3) 32... Bxc6+ $1 $19 33. Rxc6 {[#] KR-KR} Rd6 $1 {[%cal Rd6c6]} 34. Rc2 Ra6 {...a3 is the strong threat.} 35. e4 $2 (35. Kf3) 35... a3 36. Ra2 {[#]} Kd6 $1 {[%cal Rd6c5]} 37. f4 Kc5 38. Kf3 Kb4 39. e5 f5 40. Ke3 Kc3 41. g4 g6 42. Kf3 Kb3 {Black mates.} 43. Ra1 a2 44. Kg3 Kb2 45. Rxa2+ Kxa2 46. gxf5 gxf5 47. Kh4 Rg6 {Accuracy: White = 36%, Black = 85%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.22"]
[Round "5.40"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Nasuta, Grzegorz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,83,42,0,0,-1,-7,0,-5,-20,0,0,0,-27,22,-61,28,22,27,23,35,25,48,27,95,95,106,110,197,182,204,202,206,206,206,205,206,205,191,198,192,192,192,192,193,184,187,183,191,185,219,219,223,208,220,220,239,228,292,221,707,458,985,1380,1167,1217,927,1070,2293,2293,1863,1709,29990,29991]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6a5,Ba5b3][%mdl 32]} 7. Qb3 Ndb4 {A34: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3, lines with ...d5} (7... e6 8. O-O Bg7 9. Qb5 Qb6 10. Qc4 O-O 11. d3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Na5 13. Qh4 Bd7 14. Bf4 f6 15. Rab1 {½-½ (42) Almasi,Z (2682)-Piorun,K (2634) Germany 2019}) 8. a3 Na5 $1 {[%cal Ra5b3]} 9. Qd1 Nbc6 {The position is equal.} 10. Ne4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. b4 cxb4 11. axb4 Nxb4 12. Qa4+ Nbc6 13. Ne5 Bg7 14. Nxc6 Nxc6 15. Bxc6+ bxc6 16. Qxc6+ Bd7 17. Qe4 O-O 18. O-O Bf5 {½-½ (18) Panno,O (2550)-Kavalek,L (2545) Biel 1977}) 10... Bg7 11. Nxc5 Qd5 12. Nd3 Nb3 13. Rb1 (13. Nf4 $1 $11 Qc4 14. d3) 13... Qc4 (13... Qb5 $15 14. Nb4 Nxb4 15. axb4 Qxb4) 14. Nf4 $1 $11 Nxc1 15. Rxc1 Qa2 16. O-O O-O 17. Rc2 Bf5 (17... Rd8 $1 $11) 18. d3 $16 Rad8 {Black wants to play ...e5.} 19. Qc1 $1 e5 (19... Rc8 $16 {was necessary.}) 20. b4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} Qb3 21. Nd2 Qa4 22. Bxc6 bxc6 {[#]} 23. Rc5 $1 Qa6 {[#]} 24. Ng2 $1 (24. Rxc6 $6 Qb7 $16) 24... e4 25. Rxc6 Qa4 26. Nxe4 Bxe4 27. dxe4 Bb2 28. Qc4 ({Resist} 28. Qxb2 $6 Qxc6 29. f3 Rc8 $16) 28... Bxa3 29. b5 Qxc4 30. Rxc4 Rd2 31. Nf4 Bd6 32. e3 Rb2 33. Ra1 Bxf4 34. gxf4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Rd8 35. e5 Rdd2 $2 (35... Rd7 36. Rd4 Rc7) 36. e6 {Threatens to win with e7.} Rxf2 (36... Rd8 $142 37. Rxa7 Rxb5 38. Rxf7 Re8) 37. Rxa7 Rg2+ 38. Kf1 Kg7 39. exf7 Rbf2+ 40. Ke1 Re2+ 41. Kd1 Rxe3 42. Rc8 {Accuracy: White = 70%, Black = 30%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.22"]
[Round "5.41"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"]
[Black "Sanal, Vahap"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,77,20,25,29,22,15,8,8,11,15,20,19,0,81,82,60,110,114,76,109,118,173,178,188,182,197,188,210,194,203,187,379,369,394,333,317,324,345,320,313,309,408,364,457,463,585,573,664,685,722,709,718,718,711,709,683,652,772,666,3628,2744]} 1. e4 {Fernandez,D} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. Bg5 {[%cal Bc1g5,Bg5h4,Bh4g3][%mdl 32] C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines} h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 {LiveBook: 6 Games. The position is equal.} Ba7 11. Nbd2 Na5 12. Bc2 Nh5 13. b4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. a4 b4 14. cxb4 Nc6 15. b5 Nb4 {1-0 (53) Anand,V (2767)-Matlakov,M (2718) Wijk aan Zee 2018 CBM 183 [Fernandez,D]}) 13... Nc6 14. Bb3 Nxg3 15. hxg3 Be6 (15... Qf6 $11) 16. Bd5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} Bxd5 17. exd5 Ne7 18. Nxg5 $1 Nxd5 19. Nge4 Ne7 (19... c6 $16) 20. Nf6+ $18 Kf8 21. Qf3 d5 22. a4 Qd6 23. axb5 axb5 24. Ke2 c6 $2 (24... Kg7 {was worth a try.}) 25. Ra6 Nc8 26. Rha1 Ke7 27. Nh5 {[%cal Bf6h5,Bh5g3,Bg3f5,Bf5h4][%mdl 32]} Rg8 28. g4 Rg6 29. Ng3 {[#] And now Nf5+ would win.} Qd7 30. Nb3 Kf8 31. Nc5 {White is clearly winning.} Qc7 32. Nf5 Rb8 33. Nh4 Rd6 34. Qf5 {Strongly threatening Rxa7!} Kg8 {[#]} 35. Rxa7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxa7 (35... Qxa7 36. Rxa7) 36. Na6 Qd8 37. Nxb8 Qxb8 38. Qh5 Kf8 39. g5 {Precision: White = 94%, Black = 48%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.22"]
[Round "5.42"]
[White "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Black "Sivuk, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,87,12,12,14,18,10,15,0,50,31,50,58,62,-4,-10,-288,-308,-352,-141,-349,-349,-336,-340,-430,-359,-344,-301,-307,-224,-172,-223,-230,-228,-222,-223,-225,-224,-186,-142,-137,-95,-93,-85,-119,-113,-110,-76,-108,-68,-68,-68,-68,-68,-121,-120,-161,-134,-125,-39,-57,-45,-55,-67,-233,-110,-477,-477,-470,-470,-381,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. exd5 (5. e5 Nfd7 6. c3 c5 7. Bd3 b6 8. O-O Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Qe2 Nab8 11. c4 dxc4 12. Nxc4 O-O 13. Qe4 Na6 {½-½ (45) Movsesian,S (2629)-Caruana,F (2828) chess.com INT 2019}) 5... exd5 6. Bd3 {C03: French Tarrasch: Unusual Black 3rd moves} Bg4 7. c3 O-O 8. Qb3 c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Nbd7 9. Qxb7 c5 10. h3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Rb8 12. Qxa7 Ra8 13. Qb7 Rb8 {1-0 (38) Baer,W-Gaut Vel Hartman,S CServe email 2000}) 9. Qxb7 Bc8 10. Qxa8 Qb6 11. dxc5 ({Better is} 11. Nc4 $1 $14 dxc4 12. Be4 (12. Bxc4 $2 Bb7 $19)) 11... Bxc5 $11 12. b4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (12. O-O $11 {and White stays safe.} Bb7 13. Qxb7 Qxb7 14. Nb3) 12... Bxf2+ $19 13. Kf1 Be3 (13... Re8 $19 14. Nb3 Ba6) 14. c4 $2 (14. a4 $17 {was called for.} Bb7 {[%mdl 64] Trapped Piece} 15. Nc4 (15. a5 $2 Qc7 $19) 15... dxc4 16. Bxe3 (16. a5 $2 Qd8 $19) 16... Qxe3 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Qxb7) 14... Ba6 15. a4 Nbd7 16. a5 Qc7 (16... Rxa8 $2 {perishes.} 17. axb6 axb6 18. Bb2 $18) 17. Qxf8+ Nxf8 18. b5 dxc4 19. Nxc4 Bxb5 20. Bxe3 Bxc4 21. Bxc4 Qxc4+ 22. Kg1 a6 23. h3 Nd5 24. Rc1 Qe4 25. Bd2 Nf4 {aiming for ...Ne2+.} 26. Bxf4 Qxf4 27. Kf2 Qb4 28. Rc8 g6 ({And not} 28... Qxa5 29. Rd1 $16) 29. Re1 Kg7 $1 30. Rc7 $1 Qxa5 31. Ree7 (31. Rb7 $15) 31... Qf5 $17 32. g4 Qf4 33. Ra7 {[#]} Qf6 (33... h5 $1 $17 34. g5 Qf5) 34. g5 $15 Qf5 35. Re5 $1 {[%cal Re5f5]} Qxh3 36. Rxa6 $2 (36. Ree7 $15) 36... Ne6 (36... Qd7 $19 {is more deadly. Hoping for ...Ne6.} 37. Raa5 Qc7) 37. Ra7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (37. Ra4 $17 Nd8 38. Re7) 37... Nd4 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 38. Re3 {Black must now prevent Rxf7+!} (38. Nxd4 Qh2+) 38... Qf5 {And now ...Nxf3 would win.} 39. Rc7 Nxf3 $2 ({Black should play} 39... Qa5 $19 40. Rd7 Qa2+ 41. Kg1 Qb1+ 42. Kf2 Qb2+ 43. Kg1 Nf5) 40. Rxf3 $11 {The position is equal.} Qd5 41. Rfxf7+ Qxf7+ 42. Rxf7+ Kxf7 43. Kf3 Ke7 {Strongly threatening ...Kd6.} 44. Ke3 $1 {Accuracy: White = 54%, Black = 61%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.22"]
[Round "5.43"]
[White "Edouard, Romain"]
[Black "Enchev, Ivajlo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,96,-4,-10,0,-4,27,29,24,28,21,20,60,70,64,66,74,17,0,0,0,0,5,0,0,0,0,-5,0,0,0,-8,18,-50,-42,-57,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-139,-138,-141,-131,-147,-164,-329,-307,-341,-322,-314,-313,-419,-412,-454,-439,-431,-389,-337,-168,-168,-168,-169,-174,-248,-226,-378,-359,-421,-401,-400,-351,-400,-409,-491,-494,-1179,-1169,-1936,-1931,-29968,-29970,-29970,-29970,-29991,-29992]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 a6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. a4 {LiveBook: 44 Games} h6 {D24: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 Nc3} (6... Nc6 7. e4 Na5 8. Qc2 Be7 9. Rd1 h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. e5 Be7 12. d5 O-O 13. dxe6 Qe8 14. exf7+ Qxf7 {½-½ (49) Mamedyarov,S (2817)-Anand,V (2773) Kolkata 2018}) 7. Bh4 Bb4 8. e3 c5 {White has an edge.} 9. Bxc4 cxd4 10. exd4 b6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... O-O 11. O-O Nc6 12. Rc1 Be7 13. Re1 Bd7 {0-1 (56) Gao,Z (1429)-Xu,Y (2542) Qinhuangdao 2017}) 11. O-O O-O 12. Qe2 Bb7 13. Rad1 (13. Ne5 $16) 13... Bxc3 $1 $11 14. bxc3 Nbd7 15. Ne5 Qc7 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. Bg3 Qc8 18. Rc1 Qc6 $40 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Rc6g2][%mdl 128] Black has some attack.} 19. f4 Rfe8 20. Bb3 b5 21. a5 (21. Qa2 $11) 21... Nf6 $15 22. c4 Qd6 ({Black should play} 22... Qd7 $15) 23. Qb2 $11 Ne4 24. c5 Qd7 25. f5 Bd5 {And now ...Bxb3 would win.} ({But not} 25... exf5 26. d5 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]}) 26. Be5 (26. c6 $11 {keeps the balance.} Bxc6 27. fxe6 fxe6 28. Be5) 26... exf5 $17 27. c6 Qe6 $1 ({Don't do} 27... Bxc6 28. Bxg7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bd5 29. Bxd5 $15) 28. Bxd5 Qxd5 29. h4 $2 (29. Qc2) 29... f6 30. Bh2 Rac8 31. c7 g5 32. Rfd1 f4 33. Qa3 Kg7 34. Qf3 Qd6 35. Qg4 Qe6 (35... Rxc7 36. Bxf4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxc1 37. Bxd6 $16) (35... f5 $142 36. Bxf4 Qf6 37. hxg5 hxg5 38. Bxg5 fxg4 39. Bxf6+ Kxf6 40. Rc6+ Re6) 36. Qxe6 $19 Rxe6 37. d5 Rd6 38. Rc6 (38. Rd4 {keeps fighting.} f5 39. hxg5 hxg5 40. Kf1) 38... Kf7 {...Rxc6 is the strong threat.} 39. Rxd6 $2 (39. Rb6 Rxc7 40. Re1 Rxb6 41. axb6) 39... Nxd6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 40. g3 g4 (40... Rxc7 $2 41. gxf4 gxh4 {[#]} 42. f5 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]}) 41. gxf4 f5 42. Rc1 Nc4 43. Re1 Rxc7 44. Re6 (44. Rd1 $142 Rb7 45. Rc1) 44... b4 {[%cal Bb5b4,Bb4b3,Bb3b2][%mdl 32]} 45. Rxh6 Kg7 46. Rxa6 b3 {Black mates.} 47. Ra8 Rb7 48. a6 {[#]} b2 $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 41%, Black = 74%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.22"]
[Round "5.44"]
[White "Parligras, Mircea-Emilian"]
[Black "Goryachkina, Aleksandra"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,109,15,27,0,0,0,0,0,33,39,27,29,32,22,33,9,22,27,25,8,10,12,28,0,3,-33,-27,-33,0,0,0,0,0,0,36,2,1,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-25,-19,-37,-37,-54,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 {[%cal Be7e6,Be6e5][%mdl 32]} 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 e5 10. h3 Qe7 11. a3 Bc7 12. Ba2 h6 {LiveBook: 19 Games} 13. b4 {D46: Semi-Slav: 5 e3 Nbd7 6 Bd3, Black avoids the Meran} (13. Bd2 a5 14. Nh4 Re8 15. Nf5 Qf8 16. Rae1 Nb6 17. dxe5 Rxe5 18. Nd4 Rc5 19. f4 Nc4 20. Bc1 b5 {0-1 (35) Epishin,V (2640)-Akopian,V (2625) Ljubljana 1995}) 13... Re8 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nd4 Kh8 16. Bb2 Ng6 {Black wants to play ...Qd6.} 17. Rae1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Nce2 Ne4 18. Nf3 Nh4 19. Nxh4 Qxh4 20. Ng3 Bxh3 21. gxh3 Qxh3 {1-0 (46) Kolanek,R (2075)-Broniek,M (1606) LSS email 2011}) 17... a5 18. b5 Nh4 19. f4 c5 20. Nf3 Bf5 21. e4 (21. Qc1 {with more complications.} Nxf3+ 22. Rxf3 Rad8 23. e4 c4 24. Bb1) 21... Nxf3+ 22. Rxf3 Rad8 ({Wrong is} 22... Bxe4 $2 23. Nxe4 Nxe4 24. Bd5 $16) 23. Re2 Bh7 24. f5 Be5 25. Kh1 Bg8 26. Nd5 Nxd5 27. exd5 f6 28. Bxe5 fxe5 29. f6 {[%mdl 64] [#] Decoy} gxf6 30. Qg6 (30. Qc1 {looks sharper.} Qf8 31. Ref2 Rd6 32. Qxc5 Bh7 33. Rc3) 30... Qg7 31. Rxf6 Qxg6 32. Rxg6 Bxd5 33. Bxd5 Rxd5 34. Rxh6+ $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Kg7 35. Rh4 Rd4 (35... Rd3 $15) 36. Rh5 {The position is equal.} Kf6 37. g4 c4 38. Rf5+ Kg6 39. Rfxe5 Rxe5 40. Rxe5 {KR-KR} Rd3 41. Kg2 Rxa3 42. h4 {[%cal Bh3h4,Bh4h5,Bh5h6][%mdl 32]} Rd3 43. h5+ Kh6 44. Re6+ Kg5 45. Rg6+ Kf4 {aiming for ...a4.} 46. h6 Rd8 {Strongly threatening ...c3.} 47. h7 {[#] Black must now prevent Rg8.} Rh8 48. Rg7 c3 49. Rxb7 {Black should prevent Rc7.} c2 50. Rc7 Rxh7 51. Rc4+ Kg5 52. Rxc2 Rb7 53. Rc5+ Kxg4 54. b6 Rxb6 55. Rxa5 {Accuracy: White = 71%, Black = 71%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.22"]
[Round "5.45"]
[White "Quparadze, Giga"]
[Black "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,127,5,18,-14,20,2,-5,0,4,2,1,0,0,0,6,-14,-19,-3,0,0,-15,-29,-11,-32,31,0,9,8,19,16,16,17,30,6,6,8,19,2,75,76,66,51,70,74,81,-21,-8,-16,0,0,0,0,2,3,6,15,29,32,49,33,33,33,33,33,31,29,31,29,24,35,41,0,34,35,29,22,36,11,11,12,7,11,90,69,123,134,128,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 Nc6 7. Bg5 e6 8. f4 Be7 9. Qf3 {B96: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Bg5 e6 7 f4, lines other than 7...Qb6 and 7...Be7} h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. O-O-O {Threatening e5!} Qc7 12. Kb1 (12. g4 g5 13. e5 dxe5 14. Ne4 Be7 15. f5 Bd7 16. f6 Bf8 {1-0 (49) Nesterets,A (2408)-Pavlov,M (2383) Alushta 2010}) 12... Bd7 13. g4 O-O-O 14. h4 Kb8 15. Bg2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. g5 Be7 16. Bg2 Rc8 17. Qd3 g6 18. Nd4 {0-1 (31) Shankar,B-Booth,S (2078) Ballarat 2000}) 15... g6 16. h5 Bg7 17. hxg6 fxg6 18. Qe3 Rhe8 19. Ne2 d5 ({Don't play} 19... Nb4 $6 20. Qd2 $16) ({Better is} 19... g5 $15) 20. Qg3 Ne7 21. g5 h5 22. e5 Nf5 23. Qf2 Bb5 {next ...Bxe2 is good for Black.} 24. Ned4 Nxd4 25. Nxd4 Bf8 26. Qd2 Bc5 (26... Ba4 $11 {remains equal.}) 27. Nxb5 $16 axb5 28. Qd3 Qf7 29. Qxb5 Ba7 30. c4 (30. Rdf1 $16) 30... Qf5+ $11 31. Ka1 {[%cal Rc4d5]} Qc2 32. Bh3 {[%cal Rc4d5]} dxc4 33. Rc1 Qe4 (33... Qd2 {feels hotter.} 34. a3 Be3 35. Rxc4 Qd5 36. Qxd5 exd5 37. Rb4 Bd2) 34. Qxc4 Qxc4 35. Rxc4 Rd2 36. Kb1 Be3 37. Re1 Bf2 38. Rf1 Bg3 39. Rf3 h4 40. a4 Re7 41. Ka2 Rh2 42. Bg4 Rg2 43. Rd3 Be1 44. Bf3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Rd2 45. Rb3 Rf2 46. Rc5 h3 47. Rcb5 Rxf3 $1 48. Rxf3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} Rh7 (48... h2 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} 49. Rh3 Bg3) 49. Rf1 $16 Bg3 (49... Bd2 $14) 50. Rb3 Bxf4 51. Rbf3 ({White should play} 51. Rxf4 $16 h2 52. Rf1) 51... Bxe5 $11 {The position is equal.} 52. Re3 Bc7 $1 53. Rxe6 h2 54. Rh1 Rh4 55. Rxg6 Rxa4+ 56. Kb3 Rg4 {[#] White must now prevent ...Rg1.} 57. Ra1 Rg3+ 58. Ka2 Rg1 {Strongly threatening ...Rxa1+.} 59. Rh6 Rxg5 {...Rg1 is the strong threat.} 60. Rc1 Bf4 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Ra5+.} 61. Rh8+ Ka7 62. Rc2 Rg1 63. Rcxh2 Bxh2 64. Rxh2 {Accuracy: White = 54%, Black = 50%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.22"]
[Round "5.46"]
[White "Kobalia, Mikhail"]
[Black "Zajic, Milan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 32,142,29,6,21,0,0,10,17,21,4,0,0,0,0,0,-13,-21,-9,-14,-27,-15,-20,-16,13,7,42,0,0,0,0,-11,-11,-11,-11,-11,-11,-22,-4,-47,-39,-56,-12,-58,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-16,0,-39,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,23,0,11,0,0,-7,0,0,17,0,42,0,8,0,0,-17,0,-50,-74,-58,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,29,26,31,-239,-238,-5385,-5097,-2289,-2436,-29974,-29972,-29967,-29968,-6692,-6403,-29997,-306]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1 Re8 9. Nbd2 Bf8 10. Nf1 b5 11. Bc2 Nb8 12. d4 Nbd7 13. Ng3 Bb7 14. b3 g6 15. h3 exd4 {C95: Closed Ruy Lopez: Breyer Variation with 10 d4} 16. cxd4 c5 17. d5 {[#] LiveBook: 15 Games} a5 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 17... Bg7 18. Rb1 Rc8 19. Bf4 Ne5 20. Nxe5 dxe5 21. Be3 Re7 22. a4 Ne8 23. axb5 axb5 {½-½ (110) Leko,P (2693)-Jumabayev,R (2611) Doha 2016}) 18. a4 b4 19. Bd3 Ba6 20. Bxa6 Rxa6 21. Bb2 Nb6 22. Qd3 Ra8 23. Nd2 Bg7 24. Qc2 Nfd7 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Ngf1 Qf6 27. Ne3 h5 28. Rad1 Re7 29. Qb1 Ne5 30. Rf1 {[#] Hoping for f4.} Qf4 31. Qa1 h4 32. Nec4 Nbxc4 33. Nxc4 Ra6 34. Rfe1 Kg8 {White should prevent ...Nxc4.} 35. Nd2 Ra8 36. Re3 Rae8 37. Rde1 {[#]} Rb8 (37... c4 $1 $15 {[%mdl 512]} 38. bxc4 Rc7) 38. Qd1 $11 Rbb7 39. Qe2 Rb6 40. Rf1 Kg7 41. g3 hxg3 42. fxg3 Qg5 43. Rf4 Re8 44. Qf1 Kg8 45. h4 Qe7 46. Kg2 Rbb8 47. Re1 Kg7 48. Qe2 Rh8 49. Ref1 Rhf8 50. R1f2 Rbc8 51. Qf1 Rc7 52. Qa1 Kg8 53. Qf1 $1 Kg7 54. Qe2 Rcc8 55. Rf1 Rc7 56. Rc1 Rfc8 57. Rf2 Qd7 58. h5 Rh8 59. Rh1 Rcc8 (59... Qg4 $15 60. Qa6 Rd7) 60. Rf4 Rh6 61. Nf3 Rch8 62. Nxe5 dxe5 63. Rfh4 g5 64. R4h2 c4 65. Qxc4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (65. bxc4 $14 {keeps the upper hand.} Qxa4 66. c5) 65... Qg4 $19 66. Re1 $2 (66. Qd3 Rc8 67. Re1) 66... Rxh5 67. Rxh5 Qxh5 ({Not} 67... Rxh5 68. Qf1 $15) 68. Rg1 Qh2+ 69. Kf1 Rh6 70. Qc5 Qd2 {( -> ...Rf6+)} 71. Rg2 Qd1+ {Precision: White = 42%, Black = 55%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.22"]
[Round "5.47"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Diermair, Andreas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,107,33,25,42,0,14,16,23,29,30,27,35,24,20,24,44,34,41,33,37,27,53,54,96,45,44,30,31,38,40,54,38,51,144,144,133,145,142,133,120,116,104,110,88,72,106,101,86,87,102,79,77,57,140,140,137,137,195,194,384,238,238,238,208,0,452,452,450,456,431,431,796,785,708,304,536,534,535,535,525,514,488,488,1181,1187,1181,1174,1128,1127]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 {[%cal Bd2d3,Bd3d4,Bd4d5][%mdl 32]} d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1 Re8 9. h3 {C84: Closed Ruy Lopez: Unusual White 6th moves} b5 (9... Bf8 10. c4 Bd7 11. Be3 Nb8 12. Nc3 Bxa4 13. Qxa4 Nbd7 14. a3 Nc5 15. Qc2 c6 16. Rad1 Qc7 {1-0 (45) Grandelius,N (2694)-Naiditsch,A (2710) Astana 2019}) 10. Bc2 h6 11. d4 {LiveBook: 3 Games. White is slightly better.} Bb7 12. d5 Nb8 13. b3 Nbd7 14. c4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Nbd2 c6 15. c4 Rc8 16. Nf1 Bf8 17. Ne3 g6 18. Nd2 Bg7 {1-0 (43) Ivanova,D (2101)-Tonel,G (1905) Herceg Novi 2006}) 14... c6 15. Nc3 Qc7 16. Bd2 Rec8 {Black wants to play ...cxd5.} 17. Rc1 bxc4 18. bxc4 a5 19. Nh4 Bf8 20. Nf5 Nb6 21. Bd3 Ba6 22. Qf3 (22. dxc6 $16 {Black must now prevent Nd5.} Bxc4 23. Bxc4 Nxc4 24. Nd5 Nxd5 25. exd5 Nxd2 26. Qxd2) 22... Qd8 $1 $14 23. dxc6 {[#] Threatens to win with Nd5.} Bxc4 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. exd5 Nbxd5 26. Bc4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Nf4 (26... Ne7 $1 $14) 27. Bxf4 $16 exf4 28. Qxf4 d5 29. Bd3 Ra7 30. Nd4 Bd6 31. Qf3 Re7 32. Red1 Be5 33. Bf5 Ra8 34. Nb5 Qb6 35. a4 Rae8 36. Re1 Bc7 ({Don't blunder} 36... Bh2+ $2 37. Kxh2 Rxe1 38. Rxe1 $18) (36... g6 $14) 37. Rxe7 Rxe7 38. g3 Ne4 (38... Qb8 $16 39. Nxc7 Qxc7) 39. Kg2 Bd8 $2 (39... Bb8 {keeps fighting.} 40. Qe3 Qd8) 40. Rc2 Bc7 41. Qd3 Nf6 42. Qf3 $2 ({White should play} 42. Nxc7 $18 Rxc7 43. Qc3) 42... Re1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (42... Ne4 $1 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 43. Qc3 $18 Re7 44. Nxc7 Qxc7 45. Rb2 {[#] aiming for Rb7.} d4 (45... Ne8 $142 46. Rb7 Qd6 47. Rxe7 Qxe7 48. Qxa5 g6) 46. Qc5 {Rb7 is the strong threat.} Re5 47. Qb6 (47. Qc4 $142 Nd5 48. Rb7) 47... Ne8 $2 (47... Qxb6 48. Rxb6 Rxf5) 48. Qxc7 {White is clearly winning.} Nxc7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 49. Rb8+ Re8 50. Rb7 Re7 51. Bd7 d3 (51... Nd5 $142 52. c7 Nxc7) 52. Rxc7 d2 53. Rc8+ Kh7 54. Bg4 {Precision: White = 76%, Black = 38%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.22"]
[Round "5.48"]
[White "Ruck, Robert"]
[Black "Onischuk, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,97,33,9,49,4,10,8,33,1,13,21,2,5,25,23,20,19,43,40,44,29,56,33,59,59,48,0,0,-77,-70,-78,-72,-77,-77,-71,-12,-18,-10,-58,-44,-54,-57,-62,-61,-45,-52,-48,-46,-34,-6,-9,-8,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Bf4 Nbd7 8. Qd2 Qc7 9. e5 {B08: Pirc Defence: Classical System} Nh5 10. Bg5 (10. exd6 exd6 11. Bh6 d5 12. Bxg7 {½-½ (12) Alekseev,E (2653)-Svidler,P (2734) Sochi 2015}) 10... dxe5 11. Bxe7 Re8 12. d5 Nf4 13. d6 {[#] LiveBook: 3 Games} Qa5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Nxe2+ 14. Qxe2 Qb6 15. Ng5 Nc5 16. Rad1 Bd7 {1-0 (40) Malakhov,V (2540)-Badea,B (2525) Porto San Giorgio 1997}) 14. Bc4 Nb6 $1 {[%cal Rb6c4]} 15. Bb3 Nbd5 (15... c5 {with more complications.} 16. Ne4 Qb5 17. Nf6+ Bxf6 18. Bxf6 c4) 16. Nxd5 (16. Rfd1 {seems wilder.} Nxe7 17. Ng5 Be6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. dxe7 Nd5 20. Nce4) 16... Qxd2 17. Nxd2 Nxd5 18. Bh4 h6 19. Rfe1 g5 20. Bg3 Bd7 21. Rad1 b6 22. f3 Rad8 23. h4 g4 24. Nc4 {[%cal Rc4e5]} Nf4 25. Bxf4 exf4 26. Rxe8+ (26. Re7 $11 {remains equal.} Bf6 27. Ne5 Bxe7 28. dxe7 Rxe7 29. Nxc6 Bxc6 30. Rxd8+ Kg7 31. fxg4) 26... Rxe8 $17 27. fxg4 b5 28. Na5 Bxb2 29. c4 Ba3 ({Much worse is} 29... Bxg4 $6 30. d7 $11) (29... Bc3 $17 30. Nb7 bxc4 31. Bxc4 Kf8) 30. cxb5 $11 cxb5 {With the idea ...Bc5+.} 31. Bd5 {Threatening Bc6.} Bxd6 {Strongly threatening ...Bc5+.} ({But not} 31... Bxg4 $6 32. Bf3 $16) 32. Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 33. Rxd6 Bxg4 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 34. Rd4 Re1+ 35. Kh2 Be6 36. Rxf4+ Kg7 37. Nc6 {The position is equal.} a6 38. a4 Bd5 39. Nb4 Be4 (39... Bb3 {is more complex.} 40. Rg4+ Kf7 41. Rf4+ Ke6 42. Nxa6 Ke5) 40. axb5 axb5 41. g4 Bb7 42. Kg3 Re3+ 43. Kf2 Rh3 44. g5 hxg5 45. hxg5 Rb3 46. Ke2 Kg6 47. Nd3 Kxg5 {[#] ...Rxd3! is the strong threat.} 48. Rb4 Rxb4 49. Nxb4 {Accuracy: White = 80%, Black = 49%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.22"]
[Round "5.49"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Jurcik, Marian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,53,10,34,0,37,26,26,2,6,0,22,8,9,14,34,40,31,35,24,19,24,34,32,0,19,16,18,11,16,16,22,18,20,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 b6 7. Nc3 Bb7 8. Bd3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Be7 10. Qe2 {B22: Sicilian: 2 c3} (10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 d6 12. exd6 Qxd6 13. Ne5 Nd7 14. Bf4 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Qc6 16. Be4 Qxe4 17. Rxe4 Bxe4 18. h4 Bd5 19. h5 {0-1 (41) Wells,P (2419)-Jones,G (2650) Bournemouth 2016}) 10... d5 11. Bf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Bd2 Nc6 12. h4 h6 13. h5 Na5 14. Nh2 Nc4 15. Qg4 Kf8 16. f4 Ba6 17. Bxc4 Bxc4 {½-½ (48) Chen,Q (1925)-Jia,H (2424) Zhongshan 2014}) 11... Qc8 12. O-O {White has an edge.} Ba6 13. c4 {And now cxd5 would win.} Bxc4 14. Rfc1 $1 {[%cal Rd3c4]} O-O 15. Bxc4 dxc4 16. Rxc4 Qb7 17. Bg5 Na6 18. Rac1 h6 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Nd2 Nb4 {The position is equal.} 21. Ne4 Nd5 22. g3 b5 23. Rc5 b4 24. Qa6 Rab8 25. Nd6 Qg5 26. Qd3 a5 27. h4 {Accuracy: White = 56%, Black = 53%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.22"]
[Round "5.50"]
[White "Studer, Noel"]
[Black "Indjic, Aleksandar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,57,31,54,39,75,66,67,64,118,113,131,83,77,64,85,79,86,91,84,86,89,77,125,121,127,125,124,121,142,116,123,116,185,185,172,139,186,183,333,315,437,429,418,401]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d5 exd5 5. Nc3 g6 6. cxd5 a6 7. Bf4 c5 8. e4 Bg4 9. Be2 {A70: Modern Benoni: 6 e4 g6 7 Nf3} (9. Qa4+ Nbd7 10. Nd2 b5 11. Qc2 Nh5 12. Be3 Nb6 13. h3 Bd7 14. g4 Nf6 15. Bf4 Qe7 16. Be2 Bg7 {1-0 (40) Yilmaz,M (2630)-Perunovic,M (2593) Valjevo 2018}) 9... Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nbd7 11. O-O {White is slightly better.} Qe7 ({Black should try} 11... Ne5 $14) 12. Qa4 $16 {aiming for Nb5!} Bg7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... O-O-O 13. b4 Bg7 14. b5 Nb6 15. Qa5 Nc4 16. Qa4 Nb6 17. Qa5 Nc4 18. Qa4 {½-½ (18) Phillips,R (2248)-Karttunen,M (2440) Khanty-Mansiysk 2010}) 13. e5 dxe5 14. d6 $1 {[%cal Rd6e7]} Qd8 15. Bxe5 O-O 16. Bg3 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} b5 17. Qf4 Rb8 18. Rfe1 b4 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 Bxb2 21. Rad1 Qf6 22. Bc6 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Rbd8 23. Re7 Nb8 (23... Nb6 $16 24. Qxf6 Bxf6) 24. Ba4 $1 $18 Nc6 25. Rde1 ({Inferior is} 25. Bxc6 Qxe7 26. Qc4 Qg5 $15) 25... Qxf4 26. Bxf4 Nd4 (26... g5 {might work better.}) 27. d7 Nb5 {[#]} 28. Bxb5 $1 axb5 {[#]} 29. Bd6 $1 {Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 42%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.24"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Rodshtein, Maxim"]
[Black "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D71"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,87,24,22,11,22,20,35,27,66,37,65,-6,-4,0,10,22,16,28,84,21,51,56,82,81,99,102,106,115,100,81,123,92,146,147,160,156,161,156,152,122,127,132,128,109,141,112,112,115,192,87,99,90,283,283,281,264,263,186,189,184,210,194,349,349,333,335,383,390,373,381,488,352,1086,1086]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Qa4 (5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Ne5 O-O 8. Nc3 Bf5 9. O-O Ne4 10. Bf4 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qa4 Qd7 14. Rac1 Rac8 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. c4 Be4 17. f3 Bf5 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Qxd7 Bxd7 20. Bc7 Re8 21. e3 Bb5 22. Bf1 a6 {½-½ (22) Leko,P (2679)-Mamedyarov,S (2817) Germany 2019}) 5... Bg7 6. cxd5 {D71: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 3 g3 d5 sidelines and 5 cxd5 (without Nf3)} O-O 7. dxc6 Nxc6 8. Nf3 Nd5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 9. O-O Nb6 10. Qa3 Be6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Qxd4 12. Nc3 Qf6 {½-½ (48) Stupak,K (2542)-Manik,M (2413) New Delhi 2019}) 11. e3 a5 12. Bd2 Bd5 13. b3 ({White should play} 13. Bc3 $1 $14) 13... a4 $11 14. Qb2 axb3 15. axb3 Rxa1 16. Qxa1 Bxb3 (16... e5 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 17. Bc3 (17. Rc1 $16) 17... Bc4 18. Rc1 Nd5 19. Be1 Bd3 20. Qa3 Bf5 21. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2b3,Bb3c5][%mdl 32]} Nf6 22. Nb3 Qb6 23. Nc5 Re8 (23... Rc8 $142) 24. Nd2 $16 {[%cal Bf3d2,Bd2c4,Bc4b6,Bb6a4][%mdl 32]} Bc8 25. Nc4 Qc7 26. Qb2 Nd7 {White must now prevent ...Nxc5.} 27. Nxd7 Bxd7 28. Nb6 Bf5 29. Qb5 Qd8 30. Na4 Bd7 {[#] And now ...Nxd4 would win.} 31. Qb3 $1 e5 (31... Na5 $16 {was called for.} 32. Qb6 Bxa4 33. Qxd8 (33. Bxa5 Qxb6 34. Bxb6 e5 $16) (33. Qxa5 Qxa5 34. Bxa5 e5 $16) 33... Rxd8) 32. d5 (32. Qxb7 $18 {Nb6 is the strong threat.} Nxd4 33. exd4 Bxa4 34. Bd5) 32... Na5 33. Qa2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under strong pressure.} Bb5 $2 (33... Nc4 $16) 34. Rc5 $18 Bxa4 35. Qxa4 b6 36. Bxa5 bxa5 {[#]} 37. d6 $1 {[%cal Rd6d7] Threatens to win with d7.} ({Don't do} 37. Qxa5 $6 Qxa5 38. Rxa5 Bf8 $16) 37... Qb8 38. Rc7 Rd8 $2 (38... Qb1+ {was worth a try.} 39. Bf1 Rf8 40. Qxa5 Qd1) 39. Qa2 Rf8 40. Bd5 Qb6 41. Bxf7+ Kh8 42. Qd5 Rd8 ({But not} 42... Qb1+ 43. Kg2 $18) 43. Be6 h5 $2 (43... Rf8 44. Rb7 Qa6) 44. Qe4 {Accuracy: White = 69%, Black = 25%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.24"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Piorun, Kacper"]
[Black "Berkes, Ferenc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,123,38,24,24,22,31,29,32,21,32,15,18,0,10,0,22,23,22,27,14,12,49,22,43,23,64,60,61,58,64,31,30,39,97,93,98,107,85,56,56,56,56,56,56,56,56,56,56,56,56,56,77,56,101,74,69,75,74,74,67,71,70,80,78,43,45,45,47,48,46,37,81,54,59,38,45,33,41,27,101,35,35,44,45,42,173,42,43,45,78,48,107,93,122,129,143,131,434,413,877,776,1962,1845,1872,1774,4756,3509,29979,29980,29974,6093]} 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 (4... Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. h3 Bh5 8. c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 d5 11. g4 Bg6 12. c5 Nc4 13. Bxc4 dxc4 14. Qa4 b6 15. cxb6 cxb6 16. Qxc4 Qd7 17. d5 Rc8 18. Qe2 exd5 {1-0 (31) Anand,V (2773)-Maghsoodloo,P (2688) St Petersburg 2018}) 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nxe5 {B04: Alekhine's Defence: 4 Nf3} Nbd7 7. Nf3 e6 8. Nc3 {LiveBook: 22 Games. White is slightly better.} b6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Be7 11. Bf4 O-O 12. Qd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Qb3) 12... Nh5 13. Bc1 Nhf6 14. Bf4 Nh5 15. Be3 Nhf6 16. Rad1 c5 17. Ne5 Rc8 18. f4 a6 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. Bxc5 Nxc5 {[%cal Bd7c5,Bc5e4,Be4c3][%mdl 32]} 21. Qe3 Qc7 22. Rd4 (22. b4 $5 {[%cal Rb4c5]} Ncd7 23. Rd4 $14) 22... Rfd8 23. Rfd1 h6 (23... Rxd4 $14 24. Rxd4 Ncd7) 24. b4 $16 Rxd4 25. Qxd4 Nce4 26. Na4 b5 $1 {[%cal Rb5a4]} 27. Nb6 $1 {[%cal Rb6c8]} Nc3 $1 {[%cal Rc3e2]} 28. Qxc3 Qxb6+ 29. c5 Qc7 30. Qd4 Bd5 31. a3 Ra8 32. Bd3 Qb7 33. Rd2 Kf8 34. f5 Qc7 35. fxe6 Bxe6 36. Be2 Re8 37. Bf3 Bf5 38. Re2 Be4 39. Nd7+ ({Of course not} 39. Rxe4 Nxe4 40. Nd7+ Ke7 $15) 39... Nxd7 40. Rxe4 Ne5 41. Bh5 Re6 42. Qd5 Ke7 43. g3 g6 44. Be2 Kf6 45. Bd1 h5 46. Bb3 {aiming for Rf4+.} Nf3+ (46... Re8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 47. Kg2 ({White should try} 47. Kf2 $16 Rxe4 48. Qxe4) 47... Rxe4 $14 48. Qxe4 Ne5 $1 49. Bd5 Qe7 ({Better is} 49... Kg7 $14) 50. Qd4 (50. Qh4+ $18 g5 51. Qxh5) 50... Qc7 51. Kf2 Ke7 52. h3 f6 (52... Kf8 $14) 53. Be4 h4 54. gxh4 Nc4 {intending ...Qf4+.} 55. Bg2 Qe5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (55... Qc8 $16 {is a better chance.} 56. a4 Qf5+ 57. Kg3 Qb1) 56. Qxe5+ $18 fxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} (56... Nxe5 $142 57. Bd5 Kd7) 57. Be4 a5 58. bxa5 Nxa5 59. Bxg6 Nc4 60. c6 {[%cal Bc5c6,Bc6c7][%mdl 32]} Nxa3 61. c7 Kd7 62. h5 {Accuracy: White = 50%, Black = 46%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.24"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Paravyan, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,143,17,12,15,15,0,19,14,29,8,14,12,24,12,33,0,58,58,60,60,62,38,38,12,37,0,0,0,52,0,0,0,0,0,152,126,133,-13,68,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,15,0,37,0,12,0,50,48,37,10,11,14,62,33,165,181,385,385,354,359,529,525,528,517,420,391,306,290,425,0,1768,1560,6595,5455,5455,5447,5447,5447,2829,3333,6198,9743,11432,11462,11495,11502,11502,11502,11499,11290,11114,11216,10627,10304,10279,10018,29949,29961,29961,29959,29958,29961,29964,29968,29969,29970,29970,29972,29968,29973,29973,29974,29974,29975,29975,29976,29976,29975,29977,29977,29977,29976,29976,29977,29977,29978,29978,29978]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 e6 6. Nxd5 {A17: English Opening: 1...Nf6 with ...Bb4} exd5 7. b4 c4 8. Bb2 {The position is equal.} Bxb4 9. Bxg7 Rg8 10. Be5 Nc6 11. Bg3 c3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Bf5 12. Be2 Be7 13. O-O h5 {½-½ (79) Nepomniachtchi,I (2767)-Harikrishna,P (2766) Wijk aan Zee 2017}) 12. a3 cxd2+ (12... Ba5 $1 $11) 13. Nxd2 $14 Bc3 14. Rc1 d4 15. Bd3 h5 16. O-O h4 17. Ne4 hxg3 18. fxg3 {Black must now prevent Bc4.} Be6 ({Black should try} 18... Rh8 $11) 19. Qh5 ({Much weaker is} 19. Nf6+ Ke7 $11) ({Better is} 19. Rb1 $1 $14 Rb8 20. Nf6+ Ke7 21. Nxg8+ Qxg8 22. Qh5) 19... Qa5 $11 20. Qh4 Qe5 21. Nf6+ Kd8 $2 (21... Kf8 $11 22. Kh1 (22. Nxg8 Kxg8 23. Qh7+ Kf8 $15) 22... dxe3 23. Nh7+ Ke8 24. Nf6+ Kf8 25. Nh7+ Ke8 26. Nf6+ Kf8) 22. Nxg8+ $16 Kc7 23. Nf6 (23. Ne7 $1 $16 {[%cal Re7c6] Strongly threatening Nxc6.} Qxe3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 24. Kh1) 23... Bd2 (23... Qxe3+ $11 24. Kh1 Qxd3 25. Qf4+ Kb6) 24. Ne4 (24. Rc2 $14 Qxe3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 25. Rf2 Qxd3 26. Rcxd2 Qxa3 27. h3) 24... Bxe3+ $11 25. Kh1 {White wants to mate with Qe7+.} Bxc1 26. Rxc1 {Qe7+ is the strong threat.} Rh8 27. Qf4 Qxf4 28. gxf4 Bf5 29. Kg1 Bg6 30. h3 a5 31. Rc5 {And now f5 would win.} b6 (31... Bxe4 $5 32. Bxe4 Re8 $11) 32. Rg5 Ne7 33. Kf2 {[#]} (33. Re5 $5 {[%cal Re5e7]} Nc6 34. Rd5 $11) 33... f6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 34. Rb5 (34. Nxf6 Bxd3) 34... Rd8 35. g4 $1 {Hoping for f5.} Nd5 (35... Bxe4 $1 $14 36. Bxe4 d3) 36. f5 $18 Be8 $2 (36... Bf7) 37. Rxd5 {[%mdl 64] Decoy} Rxd5 38. Nxf6 Re5 (38... Rd8 $142 39. g5 Bf7) 39. Nxe8+ Rxe8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KB} 40. g5 Kd6 {[#] next ...Re3 is good for Black.} 41. f6 $1 b5 {[#]} 42. h4 $1 ({Don't go for} 42. Bxb5 $2 Re5 $19) 42... b4 (42... Rb8 {was necessary.} 43. h5 b4) 43. a4 $2 (43. axb4 $18 axb4 44. g6) 43... b3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (43... Rb8 $11) 44. g6 Ke6 45. f7 Rb8 46. h5 Kf6 47. h6 b2 48. Kf3 Rd8 49. Kg4 Rc8 50. h7 Rd8 51. Kh5 Kg7 52. Kg5 Rd5+ 53. Kg4 Rd8 54. Kf5 Rc8 55. Ke6 Rb8 56. Ke5 Rd8 57. Bb1 {White mates.} Rb8 58. Kxd4 Rb4+ 59. Kc5 Rh4 60. Kb5 Rh5+ 61. Kc4 Rh3 62. Be4 Kf8 63. Bf5 Rh2 64. Kc3 Kg7 65. Bc2 Rh4 66. Kxb2 Rh3 67. Bf5 Rh5 68. Bd3 Rh4 69. Kc3 Rf4 70. Be4 Rh4 71. Kd4 Rh5 72. Kc4 {Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 46%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.24"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Rakhmanov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,80,0,0,22,18,21,-42,-45,-48,-29,-58,-59,-82,-72,-72,-84,-110,-83,-92,-72,-78,-48,-46,-60,-56,-57,-55,-27,-59,-19,-47,0,0,0,-57,0,-8,0,-8,-14,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-106,0,-25,-14,-23,0,-9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. dxc5 Nc6 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} (7... Qc7 8. Nb3 e5 9. c3 Rd8 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Nfd2 Nbd7 12. e4 Nxc5 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. exd5 Bxd5 15. Bxd5 Rxd5 16. Nxc5 Qxc5 {0-1 (46) Banusz,T (2609)-Adhiban,B (2671) Linares 2018}) 8. Nb3 e5 9. h3 ({Better is} 9. Bg5 $11) 9... h6 $15 {[%mdl 1024] Black is slightly better. Black has compensation.} 10. c3 Be6 11. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Nfd2 Qd7 12. Kh2 Rad8 13. e3 Rfe8 14. f4 Bf5 15. Nf3 {0-1 (52) Rupam,M (1837)-Panesar,V (2124) Haryana 2018}) 11... a5 12. Ne1 a4 13. Nd2 a3 {Threatens to win with ...d4.} 14. bxa3 Rxa3 15. Qc1 Qa8 (15... Ra8 {is more complex.} 16. Nc2 Qd7 17. Nf3 Kh7 18. Nb4 Ne4) 16. Nd3 Rxa2 17. Rxa2 Qxa2 18. Qb1 Qa8 19. Qb2 Qc8 20. Kh2 e4 21. Nb4 Ne7 22. Bd4 {[#] c4! is the strong threat.} Nf5 23. Nc2 (23. e3 $11) 23... Re8 24. Rb1 Re7 25. Ne3 Nxd4 26. cxd4 h5 27. h4 Bh6 28. Ndf1 g5 29. hxg5 Bxg5 30. Qb6 Rd7 31. Rc1 (31. Kg1 $11) 31... Rc7 (31... h4 $17 32. Ra1 Kg7) 32. Ra1 h4 33. Ra7 Kg7 34. Kg1 {The position is equal.} Rd7 (34... h3 $5 35. Bh1 $8 Qb8 $11) 35. gxh4 Bxh4 36. Ng3 {[#] Hoping for Nef5+.} Kg6 37. Nef1 Kg7 38. Ne3 {Strongly threatening Nef5+.} Bxg3 39. fxg3 Nh5 40. Nf1 Bg4 {Accuracy: White = 48%, Black = 54%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.24"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,37,18,2,19,6,13,13,0,6,35,8,14,0,12,7,31,-7,-5,-60]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1 Re8 9. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3,Bg3e4][%mdl 32]} Bf8 10. Nf1 h6 11. Ng3 b5 {C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines} 12. Bc2 (12. Bb3 Be6 13. Bxe6 Rxe6 14. a4 b4 15. d4 d5 16. dxe5 Nxe4 17. c4 Nxe5 18. cxd5 Nxf2 19. Kxf2 Ng4+ 20. Kf1 Rxe1+ 21. Qxe1 Qxd5 22. Qe4 Qd1+ 23. Qe1 Qd5 24. Qe4 Qd1+ 25. Qe1 {½-½ (25) Vachier Lagrave,M (2780)-Naiditsch,A (2721) Douglas 2018}) 12... d5 13. exd5 Qxd5 14. a4 {[#] And now Bb3 would win.} Bb7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... b4 15. Be3 Bb7 16. a5 Rad8 17. Ne4 Qe6 18. Bb3 Nd5 19. Bd2 {0-1 (67) Shomoev,A (2550)-Alekseev,E (2610) Sochi 2017}) 15. Bd2 b4 16. Ne4 Qd8 17. Qe2 a5 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Be3 ({White should try} 19. Qe3 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.24"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,59,30,26,35,30,40,19,27,20,47,27,18,0,0,0,34,29,30,28,25,28,37,7,9,17,10,13,43,26,45,42,94,107,666,677]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Qb6 14. Na4 Qa5 {Hoping for ...e5! B76: Sicilian Dragon: Yugoslav Attack, 9 g4 and 9 0-0-0} (14... Qc7 15. Nc5 Rd8 16. Bc4 Bf5 17. Bb3 h5 18. Kb1 Qf4 19. Nb7 Qxd4 20. Rxd4 Rd7 21. Na5 e5 22. Rdd1 {1-0 (47) Caruana,F (2828)-Edouard,R (2643) chess.com INT 2019}) 15. b3 Qc7 16. Bc4 Rd8 $1 {[#] The position is equal.} 17. g3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Rhe1 Bf5 18. Qe5 Qxe5 19. Rxe5 Bxc2 20. Rd2 Bf5 21. Nc5 h5 22. Bxd5 cxd5 23. Rxe7 {½-½ (33) Smeets,J (2669)-Negi,P (2596) Germany 2010}) 17... Bf5 18. Qc5 {[%cal Rc4d5]} Qe5 {White must now prevent ...Qa1+.} 19. Qd4 Qc7 20. Qc5 {[%cal Rc4d5]} Nb6 (20... Qe5 {feels hotter.}) 21. Nb2 Rd6 22. Rhe1 Rad8 23. Bf1 Be6 24. Rd3 Rd5 25. Rxd5 Rxd5 26. Qc3 Qd6 27. Nc4 {[%cal Bb2c4,Bc4e5,Be5g4][%mdl 32]} Qc5 28. Kb2 Rf5 {[#]} (28... Rh5 $14) 29. Ne5 $1 $16 Qf2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (29... Qxc3+ $16 30. Kxc3 Kf8) 30. Ng4 $1 {Accuracy: White = 60%, Black = 33%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.24"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Black "Erdos, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,61,22,11,38,28,42,25,29,19,17,28,18,15,17,10,25,10,18,16,6,6,78,43,96,107,147,131,204,214,204,210,202,202,202,207,212,205,369,360,342,364,360,372,387,382,381,360,399,360,425,430]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 d6 5. d3 Nf6 6. O-O Bb6 7. a4 a6 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} 8. Re1 Ne7 9. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3][%mdl 32]} (9. a5 Ba7 10. h3 Ng6 11. d4 O-O 12. Nbd2 h6 13. Bd3 Nh5 14. Nf1 Nhf4 15. Bc2 {1-0 (35) Cheparinov,I (2702)-Zhao,J (2601) China 2018}) 9... O-O {White has an edge.} 10. Nf1 c6 11. Ng3 Ng6 12. Bb3 h6 13. h3 d5 14. exd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Be3 Bc7 15. Bc2 {½-½ (75) Stoyanov,V (2205)-Turner,M (2533) London 2018}) 14... Nxd5 15. d4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Be6 (16... Re8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 17. Bc2 {aiming for Bxg6.} Bxd4 (17... Bc8 $14) 18. Qxd4 $16 {Hoping for Bxg6.} Ndf4 19. Re4 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under strong pressure.} Qxd4 (19... Nxg2 $16 {was worth a try.} 20. Kxg2 Bd5) 20. cxd4 $18 Nxg2 21. Kxg2 Bd5 {[#] ...f5 is the strong threat.} 22. f3 $1 f5 {[#]} 23. Rf4 $1 Rad8 24. Kf2 (24. Bxf5 Nxf4+ 25. Bxf4 g6 $14) ({Much less strong is} 24. Rxf5 $6 Nh4+ 25. Kf2 Nxf5 $16) 24... Be6 $2 (24... Nxf4 25. Bxf4 Be6) 25. Rxf5 Bxf5 26. Nxf5 ({Not} 26. Bxf5 Nh4 $16) 26... Rf6 27. Be3 Rd5 28. Rg1 Kf7 29. Ng3 Nh4 30. Be4 Rd8 31. Nh5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack, Discovered Attack. Accuracy: White = 71%, Black = 52%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.24"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,92,0,-39,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,6,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,369,364,457,452,392,204,38,35,27,14,708,202,195,101,88,85,84,82,85,83,81,76,78,12,17,17,14,6,14,-14,-14,-56,-19,-8,0,-135,-135,-248,-204,-194,-187,-655,-637,-687,-655,-1394,-1233,-2035,-1850,-1918,-1445,-4810,-2722]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. h4 (8. c4 $5 {[%cal Rc4d5]} Ba6 9. Nd2 $11) 8... a5 {C45: Scotch Game} 9. g3 f6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Ba6 10. c4 Nb6 11. b3 a4 12. Bg2 Qe6 13. O-O d5 14. Nd2 Be7 15. Nf3 Qg4 16. Bf4 {1-0 (55) Cheparinov,I (2702)-Xiang,Z (2411) China 2018}) 10. c4 Ba6 {The position is equal.} 11. Nd2 fxe5 12. b3 O-O-O 13. Ne4 Nf6 14. Bh3 h6 15. O-O g5 16. Ba3 Qf7 17. Bxf8 Qxf8 18. b4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Qf6 ({Don't play} 19... Qxb4 $6 20. Qxe5 g4 21. Bxg4 $16) 20. bxa5 {Threatens to win with Rab1.} gxh4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (20... Kb8 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 21. Rab1 $18 hxg3 22. fxg3 Qd6 23. Rf3 (23. Rb2 $142 {White wants to mate with Rfb1.} Qa3 24. Rfb1 (24. Qxe5 Bxc4 25. Rfb1 Bb5 $18)) 23... Qc5+ 24. Kh2 {Threatening mate with Rfb3.} Bxc4 ({Wrong is} 24... Qxc4 $2 25. Rfb3 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) 25. Rc3 Bd5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (25... Qf2+ $11 26. Qg2 Qxg2+ 27. Bxg2 Be6) 26. Rxc5 $2 (26. Qe2 {[%cal Re2a6]} Qa7 27. Rc2) 26... Bxe4 27. Rb4 (27. Rb2 $1 $18 {And now a6 would win.} Bd3 28. a6 Bxa6 29. Ra5) 27... Bd3 $16 {[#]} 28. a6 $1 {[%cal Ra6a7]} Bxa6 {[#]} 29. Ra5 $1 {[%cal Ra5a6]} Bb5 {Strongly threatening ...Kb7.} 30. a4 Kb7 {aiming for ...Kb6.} 31. axb5 c5 {[%cal Bc6c5,Bc5c4,Bc4c3][%mdl 32]} 32. Rba4 ({White should play} 32. Rb2 $16) 32... d5 33. Ra6 c4 34. Rc6 e4 35. Ra1 Rhf8 36. Rd1 Rf2+ {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 37. Kg1 Rf3 38. Rg6 (38. Rxc4 $11 Rxg3+ 39. Kh2) 38... c3 $17 39. Bg2 (39. Bg4 $17 Rd3 40. Kf2) 39... Rd3 $19 40. Rc1 Rd6 41. Rxd6 $2 (41. Rg4) 41... cxd6 {KRB-KR. Black is clearly winning.} 42. Rc2 Kb6 43. Kf2 Kxb5 44. Bf1 Kb4 45. Rc1 Rf3+ 46. Ke1 Ka3 {Accuracy: White = 46%, Black = 70%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.24"]
[Round "6.9"]
[White "Kovalenko, Igor"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "176"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,176,0,0,0,0,5,10,0,0,0,0,-4,0,0,16,16,17,0,0,-21,-23,-78,-27,-50,-44,-97,-79,-95,-77,-79,-70,-79,-81,-82,-85,-79,-83,-158,-166,-150,-134,-173,-177,-168,-150,-161,-162,-162,-161,-164,-165,-213,-213,-261,-208,-201,-157,-237,-235,-246,-246,-258,-251,-262,-168,-180,-145,-232,-235,-274,-265,-308,-279,-324,-326,-308,-243,-230,-230,-308,-308,-314,-317,-372,-376,-479,-462,-449,-300,-449,-291,-409,-379,-662,-648,-751,-697,-1166,-1098,-1370,-679,-1748,-1875,-3173,-2046,-29942,-29942,-29939,-8,-5073,-814,-6064,-29940,-29936,-12848,-29938,-5983,-5622,-1702,-6111,-6104,-5565,-5122,-2409,-3190,-2661,-2559,-1989,-1820,-29943,-29940,-29946,-12851,-2073,-8,-8,0,-1431,0,-8,0,0,0,-29976,-29977,-29979,-29980,-29980,-29981,-29981,-29982,-29985,-29986,-29987,-29984,-29986,-29987,-29988,-29989,-29988,-29947]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qc2 {The position is equal.} Ba5 (12... Bg6 13. Qb3 Ne7 14. O-O c6 15. Bd3 Nd2 16. Nxd2 Bxd3 17. Rfd1 Bg6 {0-1 (58) Aronian,L (2767)-Nakamura,H (2777) chess.com INT 2018}) 13. Be2 {[#]} f6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Bg6 14. Qb3 Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 Na5 16. Qb4 b6 17. O-O Rc8 {½-½ (42) Forcen Esteban,D (2528)-Anton Guijarro,D (2656) Las Palmas 2017}) 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. O-O Qd6 16. Na4 Bb6 17. Rad1 Rae8 18. Nc3 Kh8 19. Qf5 (19. a3 $11 {remains equal.}) 19... Ne7 (19... Bg6 $17 20. Qg5 Ne4 21. Nxe4 Bxe4) 20. Qd3 Ng6 21. Ng5 (21. Na4 $15) 21... c6 $17 22. g4 Nf4 23. Bxf4 Qxf4 $40 {[%mdl 128] White needs to defend precisely.} 24. Qd2 Qxd2 25. Rxd2 Bg6 26. f4 h6 27. f5 (27. Nf3 $142) 27... Bxf5 $1 28. Rxf5 g6 29. Rxf6 Rxf6 30. Nf3 {[#]} Rxe2 $1 {[%mdl 576] Remove Defender} 31. Nxe2 {Black must now prevent Kg2.} Rxf3 $19 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 32. Kg2 Re3 33. Ng1 Kg7 34. Nf3 Re4 35. a4 Ba5 36. Rf2 Be1 37. Rc2 (37. Nxe1 $17 Rxe1 38. a5) 37... Bb4 38. Kf2 Kf6 39. Rc1 Ba5 40. Rf1 h5 41. Kg2 {Nd2+ is the strong threat.} Rf4 42. gxh5 (42. Ne5 $17 Rxf1 43. Kxf1) 42... gxh5 43. Kf2 Re4 44. Kg2 {Strongly threatening Nd2+.} Re2+ 45. Rf2 Rxf2+ 46. Kxf2 {KB-KN} Kf5 47. Ke3 Bd8 48. Ne1 Bg5+ 49. Kf3 Bf6 50. Nc2 a5 51. b3 Be7 52. Ne3+ Ke6 53. Nc2 (53. Ng2 {is the only way for White.} Bg5 54. Ne1) 53... Bf6 54. Kf4 (54. Ke2 $142) 54... b6 {[%cal Bb7b6,Bb6c5][%mdl 32]} 55. Ke3 $2 (55. Kf3 Bg5 56. b4) 55... c5 56. dxc5 bxc5 57. Na3 Ke5 58. Nb5 Bg5+ (58... c4 $142 59. bxc4 dxc4) 59. Ke2 {and the idea Na7 leaves White hopeful.} c4 60. bxc4 dxc4 61. Kd1 Kf4 62. Nd4 Ke4 $2 (62... Kg3 $1 {mates} 63. Ke2 Kxh3 64. Kf3 h4 65. Kf2 Kg4 66. Nc6 c3 67. Nxa5 h3 68. Nb3 c2 69. a5 Bd2 70. a6 Be3+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Promotion} 71. Kxe3 h2 72. Kd2 h1=Q 73. Kxc2 Kf4 74. Kc3 Qc6+ 75. Kb4 Qxa6 76. Nc5 Qc6 77. Nb3 Ke4 78. Nc5+ Kd4 79. Nb3+ Kd5 80. Ka3 Qb5 81. Ka2 Qe2+ 82. Ka3 Kc4 83. Nd4 Kxd4 84. Kb3 Qd2 85. Ka4 Kc4 86. Ka3 Qf2 87. Ka4 Qa7#) 63. Ne6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (63. Nc6 $11) 63... Bf6 (63... Be7 $142 64. Kd2 h4) 64. Ke2 Be7 (64... h4 $19 65. Nf8 c3) 65. Kd2 Bb4+ 66. Kc2 Ke5 (66... h4 $142 67. Nc7 Kf3 68. Nd5 Bf8 69. Kc3 Kg3 70. Ne3 Kxh3 71. Nf5 Bb4+ 72. Kxc4 Kg4 73. Ne3+ Kf3 74. Kd3 h3 75. Nf1 Bd6 76. Nd2+ Kg2 77. Nc4 Bc5 78. Nxa5 h2 79. Nb3 Bf2 80. Kc2 h1=Q 81. a5 Qh7+ 82. Kc1 Be3+ 83. Kb2 Qd3 84. Ka2 Qc3 85. a6 Ba7 86. Ka3 Bc5+ 87. Ka2 Qc2+ 88. Ka1 Qxb3 89. a7 Bd4#) 67. Nd8 Kd5 (67... h4 $142 68. Nc6+ Kd5) 68. Nb7 h4 69. Nd8 Kd6 70. Nf7+ Ke6 71. Nd8+ Kd5 72. Kd1 Ke4 73. Kc2 Kf3 74. Nc6 Be1 (74... Bc5 $142 75. Kc3 Kg3 76. Ne5 Kxh3 77. Nf3 Kg3 78. Nxh4 Bb4+ 79. Kxc4 Kxh4 80. Kd4 Kg3 81. Ke3 Bc5+ 82. Ke4 Kf2 83. Kf4 Ke2 84. Ke5 Kd3 85. Kf4 Kc4 86. Ke5 Kb3 87. Kd5 Ba7 88. Ke4 Kxa4 89. Kd5 Kb4 90. Ke4 a4 91. Kd3 a3 92. Kc2 Bc5 93. Kd3 a2 94. Ke4 a1=Q 95. Kf5 Qf1+ 96. Kg4 Be3 97. Kg3 Qe2 98. Kh3 Qf3+ 99. Kh2 Qg4 100. Kh1 Qh3#) 75. Kd1 Bc3 $2 (75... Bf2 $19 76. Nxa5 c3) 76. Kc2 $11 Be1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (76... Bg7 $11 77. Nxa5 Kg3 78. Nxc4 Kxh3) 77. Kd1 $1 $19 {[%cal Rd1e1]} Bc3 $2 (77... Bf2 $19 78. Nxa5 c3) 78. Kc2 $11 Kg3 79. Kxc3 Kxh3 {Hoping for ...Kg3. KN-K3P} 80. Nd4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} ({Don't go for} 80. Kxc4 $2 Kg3 $19) (80. Ne5 $11 Kg3 81. Nxc4) 80... Kg4 $1 {Black mates.} 81. Kxc4 {KN-KPP} h3 82. Nc6 h2 83. Nxa5 h1=Q 84. Kb5 Qd5+ 85. Kb6 Qa8 86. Kb5 Kf5 87. Nc4 Qd5+ 88. Kb4 Qb7+ {Accuracy: White = 35%, Black = 61%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.24"]
[Round "6.10"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,85,16,11,0,45,35,53,15,8,2,16,10,12,16,37,39,30,35,93,87,83,77,85,72,81,68,99,102,95,29,35,36,34,25,33,16,21,23,27,16,19,39,21,4,4,14,4,4,5,5,5,11,8,12,3,10,35,27,22,0,85,85,70,26,74,80,80,78,372,375,804,767,697,691,666,659]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c6 6. Ne5 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3} Be7 8. e3 b5 9. b3 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 9. Nxc6 Nxc6 10. Bxc6+ Bd7 11. Bxa8 Qxa8 12. f3 e5 13. dxe5 Ng4 14. O-O Nxe5 {½-½ (27) Vidit,S (2711)-Vitiugov,N (2726) Prague 2019}) 9... cxb3 10. axb3 Bb7 11. Ba5 Qc8 12. O-O $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} c5 13. Bxb7 Qxb7 14. dxc5 Nc6 (14... O-O $14) 15. Nxc6 $1 $16 Qxc6 {[#]} 16. b4 $1 h5 17. Nd2 h4 18. Qf3 Nd5 19. e4 Nf6 20. e5 ({White should play} 20. Qe2 $16) 20... Qxf3 $1 $11 21. Nxf3 Nd5 22. Rfd1 Rc8 23. Ra3 hxg3 24. hxg3 Rh5 25. Kg2 a6 26. Rd4 Kd7 27. Rg4 g6 28. Re4 Kc6 29. Nd4+ Kb7 30. Rf3 Rh7 31. Ne2 Bd8 32. Bxd8 Rxd8 33. Rd4 a5 34. bxa5 Kc6 35. Nc3 (35. Ra3 {is interesting.} Kxc5 36. Ra1 b4 37. Rdd1 Kc6 38. Rdc1+) 35... Ra8 (35... Rhh8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 36. Nxd5 $16 exd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 37. Rd1 (37. Rfd3 $5 {[%cal Rd4d5]}) 37... Rh5 {[#]} 38. Rf6+ $1 Kxc5 39. f4 Rf5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (39... g5 $16) 40. Rd6 $18 g5 $2 (40... Rh5 41. R6xd5+ Kc4) 41. Kf3 {White is clearly winning.} gxf4 42. R6xd5+ Kc4 43. Kg4 {[%mdl 64] Trapped Piece. Accuracy: White = 54%, Black = 44%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.24"]
[Round "6.11"]
[White "Sychev, Klementy"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,58,18,16,16,16,32,17,18,18,15,16,22,18,17,6,15,14,37,39,73,79,93,92,77,83,87,81,82,83,90,80,91,50,73,39,36,36,53,37,60,35,35,35,28]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 {[%cal Bd2d3,Bd3d4][%mdl 32]} d6 6. c3 a5 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} (6... a6 7. a4 h6 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 a5 10. Bb5 Na7 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 Bb4 13. Bd2 Nxb5 14. axb5 Bd7 15. Qb3 Bxb5 16. Bxb4 axb4 17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18. Qxb4 {½-½ (30) Grandelius,N (2694)-Karjakin,S (2753) Astana 2019}) 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 Be6 9. Bb5 {LiveBook: 5 Games} Ne7 10. d4 Bb6 11. Bd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Nbd2 Ng6 12. Nf1 exd4 13. Nxd4 c6 14. Ba4 {½-½ (79) Alekseev,E (2622)-Dai,C (2425) St Petersburg 2017}) 11... Ng6 12. Be3 h6 13. Nbd2 c6 14. a4 Re8 15. Qc2 Qc7 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. b3 Kh8 18. Nc4 exd4 19. cxd4 {[%cal Bc3d4,Bd4d5][%mdl 32]} ({Much worse is} 19. Bxd4 $6 Bxd4 20. Nxd4 Nf4 $11) 19... d5 20. Nxb6 {[#] Black must now prevent e5.} dxe4 21. Bxe4 Nxe4 22. d5 $1 {[%cal Rd5e6]} Bf5 23. dxc6 {Strongly threatening Rxd8.} Ne7 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Qb2 {[#] aiming for Qe5.} Nxc6 {White is slightly better.} 26. Bxh6 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rb2g7]} f6 27. Be3 Rd3 28. Nc4 Qd7 29. Nh4 Bh7 {Precision: White = 74%, Black = 64%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.24"]
[Round "6.12"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Azarov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,85,0,0,0,0,0,-2,-7,-10,-14,-14,-16,-2,-27,-19,-25,-21,-25,-13,-27,0,0,0,0,15,7,40,40,40,22,37,22,26,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,10,7,15,18,35,3,39,49,148,143,323,326,499,122,204,203,199,187,172,80,63,86,93,93,134,100,213,213,199,194,339,333,1141,1128]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O c5 5. d3 Nc6 6. Bf4 {A08: King's Indian Attack} (6. Nbd2 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. Re1 b5 9. a4 b4 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nc4 Bb7 12. Bd2 Rc8 13. h4 h6 14. Kh2 Bf6 15. Re2 Nb6 16. Nxb6 Qxb6 17. Rb1 Ne7 {0-1 (42) Miroshnichenko,E (2606)-Sevian,S (2641) Saint Louis 2018}) 6... Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. Nbd2 {The position is equal.} e5 9. e4 d4 10. c3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Nc4 Qc7 11. h3 b5 12. Ncxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 {1-0 (48) Link,K-Hassler,H Unterfranken 1987}) 10... Be6 11. Ng5 O-O 12. Nxe6 Qxe6 13. c4 Ne8 14. f4 Nd6 15. a3 a5 16. Qh5 a4 17. f5 Qh6 18. Qxh6 gxh6 19. f6 Rfd8 20. Bh3 Ne8 21. Rf5 Rd6 $1 22. Raf1 Ra6 {[%cal Ba8a6,Ba6b6,Bb6b2][%mdl 32]} 23. R1f2 Rb6 24. Nf3 Rxf6 25. Nxe5 Rxf5 26. Rxf5 Nd6 27. Rh5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Ne7 28. Nd7 Rxb2 29. e5 Nxc4 30. dxc4 b5 (30... d3 $14) 31. cxb5 $16 {Threatens to win with Bf1.} (31. Nxc5 $6 bxc4 32. Bd7 (32. Rxh6 $2 c3 $17) 32... c3 $11) 31... c4 $2 {[#]} (31... d3 $16) 32. e6 $1 $18 {[%cal Re6f7]} (32. Rxh6 c3 $17) 32... f5 (32... c3 $142 33. exf7+ (33. Rxh6 $2 c2 $19) 33... Kxf7) 33. Ne5 $2 (33. Bxf5 $18 {aiming for b6.} d3 34. Kf1) 33... c3 (33... Rb1+ $16 34. Kg2 Rb2+ 35. Kf3 Rb3+ 36. Kf2 c3 37. Bxf5 Rxb5) 34. Bxf5 ({Don't go for} 34. Rxh6 $2 c2 $19) 34... Rxb5 35. Bd3 Rb2 36. Nf3 (36. Rh4 $18 {has better winning chances.} c2 {[#]} 37. Bxc2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxc2 38. Rxd4) 36... c2 $16 37. Bxc2 $1 Rxc2 38. Nxd4 $14 {KRN-KRN} Ra2 39. Nf5 ({Don't play} 39. Rxh6 $6 Rxa3 40. Rh5 Rd3 $14) 39... Ng6 (39... Kf8 $16 {was necessary.}) 40. e7 $18 ({Resist} 40. Rxh6 Re2) 40... Re2 41. Rxh6 Re5 (41... Nxe7 $142 42. Nxe7+ Rxe7) 42. Rh5 Kh8 $2 {[#]} (42... Re2 43. Kf1 Re6) 43. Nh4 $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 65%, Black = 40%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.24"]
[Round "6.13"]
[White "Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian"]
[Black "Lysyj, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,59,17,16,0,6,0,7,28,27,20,11,7,8,10,16,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,12,0,7,4,39,23,43,19,22,6,34,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. a4 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} (6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. c3 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Nf5 13. Bf4 d6 14. Nd2 Be6 15. Ne4 Be7 16. Qd2 c6 17. Bd3 Qd7 18. Ng5 Bxg5 19. Bxg5 h6 20. Bf4 g5 21. Bxf5 Bxf5 22. Bg3 d5 23. Re1 {½-½ (23) Nepomniachtchi,I (2763)-Radjabov,T (2757) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) 6... Be7 7. Nc3 e4 8. Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Rxe4 O-O 10. d4 d5 11. Re3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Re1 Bg4 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. h3 Bh5 {½-½ (35) Kollars,D (2540)-Rostgaard,T (2416) Esbjerg 2018}) 11... Bd6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Ne5 c5 14. c3 f6 15. Nc6 Qd7 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Nd4 Bb7 18. b4 Bd6 19. Qd3 Rfe8 20. Bd2 Rxe3 21. Bxe3 a6 22. a5 Re8 23. Rb1 Bf8 24. Bf4 c5 {The position is equal.} 25. bxc5 Bxc5 26. h3 Bc8 27. Nb3 Ba7 28. Nd4 Bc5 29. Nb3 Ba7 30. Nd4 {Accuracy: White = 53%, Black = 77%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.24"]
[Round "6.14"]
[White "Ivic, Velimir"]
[Black "Gledura, Benjamin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,80,22,13,13,6,25,6,6,4,7,10,6,10,7,0,0,0,0,0,10,0,26,26,25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,0,0,0,-7,0,0,13,16,2,0,8,20,78,-503,-490,-852,-851,-29989,-29990,-29994,-194]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4 {B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations} 12. Nc2 O-O (12... a5 13. g3 {½-½ (13) Nepomniachtchi,I (2763)-Carlsen,M (2835) St Petersburg 2018}) 13. g3 Bg5 {The position is equal.} 14. Bg2 a5 15. O-O Ne7 16. Nxe7+ Bxe7 17. Qd3 Be6 18. Ne3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18. b3 Qb6 19. Kh1 Bd8 20. f4 f6 {1-0 (38) Zawadzka,J (2378)-Bujnoch,R (2234) Pardubice 2006}) 18... Qb6 19. Nf5 Ra7 (19... Rfe8 {is interesting.} 20. Rfd1 Bf8 21. Ne3 a4 22. Nd5 Qc5) 20. Rad1 Rd8 (20... Bd8 {is more complex.} 21. b3 Rd7 22. h4 Qb8 23. Qd2 Bb6) 21. Nxe7+ Rxe7 22. b3 a4 23. Qe2 Ra7 24. Rd3 axb3 25. axb3 Rda8 26. Qd2 Ra6 27. Rd1 {[%cal Rd3d6]} h6 28. Bf3 {[%cal Rd3d6]} ({But not} 28. Rxd6 $2 Qxd6 29. f4 (29. Qxd6 $2 {loses.} Rxd6 30. Rb1 Rd2 $19) 29... Qc5+ 30. Qf2 Qxf2+ 31. Kxf2 Ra2+ 32. Kg1 Bxc4 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]}) 28... Ra2 29. Qe1 $1 R8a6 30. R1d2 ({Don't play} 30. Rxd6 Qxd6 31. Rxd6 Rxd6 $17) 30... Bh3 31. Rxa2 Rxa2 32. Rd2 Ra3 33. Rd3 Kf8 34. g4 {Black must now prevent Bd1.} h5 35. gxh5 {Black should prevent Bd1.} Ra2 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black has some attack.} 36. Be2 {Strongly threatening h6.} Qa7 (36... Bc8 $11 {remains equal.}) 37. Rxd6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (37. Bd1 $16) 37... Qe7 $19 {( -> ...Qg5+)} 38. Rd3 {[#]} (38. Bf1 $142 Qxd6 39. Bxh3) 38... Rxe2 $1 {[%cal Re2e1][%mdl 512]} 39. Qd1 {[#]} (39. Qxe2 Qg5+) 39... Qf6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 40. Rf3 {[#]} Re1+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 54%, Black = 68%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.24"]
[Round "6.15"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,133,0,20,0,0,2,13,18,16,16,20,15,21,14,29,21,47,31,39,29,20,33,26,20,26,24,29,23,20,13,10,16,18,0,23,23,21,20,23,19,18,24,82,77,75,67,88,99,158,95,99,85,85,67,95,52,52,54,54,54,56,46,53,51,52,60,52,52,54,8,28,8,8,8,28,28,33,28,28,30,30,0,30,0,31,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,8,8,8,9]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 Nf6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Ne2 b6 10. O-O Re8 11. Ra2 Ba6 12. Bxa6 {E49: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 5 Bd3 d5 6 a3 Bxc3+ 7 bxc3} Nxa6 13. Qd3 {[#]} Nc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Qc8 14. f3 Nc7 15. Ng3 Qa6 16. Qf5 Qc4 17. Raf2 Qxc3 18. dxc5 Qxc5 19. Bb2 Qe7 {0-1 (60) Pliester,L (2375)-Golod,V (2540) Groningen 1995}) 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. c4 Qe7 16. cxd5 Rad8 17. Rc2 Rxd5 18. Qc4 Qd7 19. Ng3 Nb5 20. Qa4 Nd6 21. Qxd7 Nxd7 22. Ne2 g5 23. f3 f5 24. h4 h6 $1 ({Don't go for} 24... gxh4 $2 25. Nf4 $18) 25. hxg5 hxg5 26. Nc3 Rd3 27. Na4 c4 28. Nb2 $36 {[%mdl 2112] [#] Double Attack. White has some pressure.} Rd5 29. Nxc4 Rc8 $1 {[%cal Rc8c4]} 30. Rd2 Rxd2 31. Nxd2 Ne5 (31... Rc3 $11 {remains equal.}) 32. Bb2 $16 Nd3 33. Bf6 Rc2 {White must now prevent ...Kf7.} 34. Nb3 Nc4 (34... Kf7 $142 35. Bxg5 Kg6) 35. Bxg5 (35. Nd4 $142 Ra2 36. Bxg5 (36. Nxf5 Kf7 $16)) 35... Kf7 36. Nd4 Ra2 37. Rd1 Ncb2 38. Rb1 Kg6 $1 {[%cal Rg6g5]} 39. Be7 Nc4 40. Rb3 Rd2 41. Ne2 Nxe3 42. Rxd3 $1 {[%mdl 64] [#] Remove Defender, Decoy} Rxd3 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KBN} 43. Nf4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kf7 {...Rd1+ is the strong threat.} 44. Nxd3 Kxe7 {KN-KN} 45. Nb4 {Threatening Nc6+.} Nc4 46. Nc2 f4 47. Kf2 Kf6 48. Ke2 Nb2 49. Kd2 Kg5 $1 50. Kc3 Nd1+ 51. Kd2 Nb2 52. Kc3 Nd1+ 53. Kd4 {With the idea Nb4.} Kh4 $1 {The position is equal.} 54. Ke5 Kg3 55. Nd4 {White wants to play Ne6.} Nc3 56. Nf5+ Kxg2 57. Kxf4 Nb1 58. Ne3+ Kf2 59. Nc4 {aiming for Kg4.} Ke2 $1 60. Ke4 {Strongly threatening f4.} Nc3+ 61. Kd4 Nb5+ 62. Kc5 Nxa3 63. f4 ({Weaker is} 63. Nxa3 Kxf3 64. Nb5 a5 $18) 63... Kd3 $1 64. Nd6 ({Less strong is} 64. Nxa3 Ke4 $18) 64... Nc4 65. f5 Ne3 66. f6 Ng4 $1 67. f7 {Accuracy: White = 63%, Black = 73%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.24"]
[Round "6.16"]
[White "Saric, Ivan"]
[Black "Huzman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,96,27,12,23,20,20,20,31,21,25,17,37,35,66,37,37,25,35,35,35,35,35,35,35,35,35,0,43,8,47,0,0,-98,-18,-77,-66,-91,-99,-127,-135,-143,-135,-145,-137,-157,-49,-49,-49,-49,-49,-49,-49,-49,-20,-72,-76,-70,0,0,0,0,0,0,20,0,0,0,0,-162,-162,-29987,-29988,-29988,-29989,-29989,-29983,-29979,-29973,-29986,-29961,-29995,-29996]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Bf5 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} 8. Ne5 (8. Re1 O-O 9. Nbd2 Nd6 10. Nf1 c6 11. Bf4 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Na6 13. Ne3 Nc7 14. Rad1 Ne6 15. Bxd6 Bxd6 16. g3 Re8 {½-½ (30) Anand,V (2773)-Vidit,S (2695) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) 8... Nd7 9. Nc3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Nxc3 {The position is equal.} 10. bxc3 Bxd3 11. cxd3 O-O 12. Rb1 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Rb8 {[#]} 14. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. d4) 14... b5 15. Bxa7 Ra8 16. Bd4 Qd7 17. Rb2 Ra3 18. Qb1 c6 19. f4 Qf5 20. h3 h5 21. Qd1 h4 22. Qd2 Rfa8 23. Re1 R8a4 24. Kh1 {[#]} (24. Qf2 $11) 24... c5 ({Better is} 24... b4 $1 $17 {White must now prevent ...c5.} 25. Qe3 Rxa2 26. Rxa2 Rxa2) 25. Bg1 (25. Be3 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 25... b4 $17 26. e6 bxc3 27. Rb8+ Kh7 28. Qd1 {Threatens to win with exf7.} c2 29. Qxc2 Rxa2 30. Qd1 Ra1 (30... fxe6 31. Re5 $14) (30... Rxf4 $17 31. Qb1 Rfa4) 31. Rb1 $1 $15 {[%cal Rb1a1]} Rxb1 32. Qxb1 {And now Qb7 would win.} fxe6 {Hoping for ...Rb4.} 33. Re5 $1 {[%cal Re5f5]} Rb4 34. Qc2 $1 Qxf4 35. d4+ {[#]} (35. Rxe6 $11 {remains equal.} Bf8 36. d4+ Kg8 37. dxc5) 35... Kg8 $1 $17 {Strongly threatening ...c4.} 36. Rxe6 Bf8 ({Reject} 36... Qf7 $6 37. Qe2 $14) (36... Qf1 $1 $15 37. dxc5 (37. Rxe7 Rb1 $17) 37... Rc4) 37. dxc5 $11 Rc4 38. Qd3 Rc1 39. Qxd5 {Threatening mate with Rf6+.} Kh8 40. Qh5+ Kg8 41. Qd5 {White wants to mate with Rf6+.} Kh7 42. Re5 $2 (42. Re8 $11 {and White is okay.}) 42... g6 $40 {[%mdl 128] ( -> ...Qf2). Black goes for the king.} 43. c6 $2 (43. Qb7+ $19 Kh6 44. Qf3 Qxe5 45. Qxf8+ Kg5 46. Qd8+ Kh5 47. c6) 43... Qf2 {[%csl Gc1][%cal Rf2g1] Black mates.} 44. Rh5+ gxh5 {[%csl Gc1][%cal Rf2g1]} 45. Qe4+ Kg7 {[%csl Gc1][%cal Rf2g1]} 46. Qe5+ Qf6 47. Qxh5 Bc5 48. Qg4+ Kh6 {Precision: White = 41%, Black = 59%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.24"]
[Round "6.17"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Yuffa, Daniil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,89,23,19,10,24,10,17,6,10,0,2,7,5,-6,0,0,0,-2,-11,-12,22,7,19,3,47,39,39,39,58,70,69,66,63,30,75,76,68,69,73,66,106,103,131,129,110,110,132,123,145,144,137,138,141,139,134,133,136,131,128,122,126,124,127,122,129,123,133,123,232,182,234,209,257,234,370,370,363,335,431,431,674,673]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Bd3 {D10: Slav Defence: 3 cxd5 (without early Nf3) and 3 Nc3} Bg4 7. Ne2 (7. Qb3 {is interesting.} Na5 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qd1 e6 10. Nc3) (7. Qb3 Qd7 8. Nd2 e6 9. Ngf3 Bb4 10. Ne5 Bxd2+ 11. Kxd2 Qe7 12. Qa3 Qxa3 13. bxa3 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 {½-½ (122) Nakamura,H (2777)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2779) chess.com INT 2018}) 7... e6 8. Qb3 {The position is equal.} Qd7 9. Nbc3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Ng3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Rfc1 Rfc8 12. h3 {½-½ (29) Marquez Abreu,C (2405)-De Carlos Arregui,I (2374) ICCF email 2016}) 11... Nh5 12. Nxh5 Bxh5 13. Bb5 Rfc8 14. Na4 b6 15. Rfc1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Qb7 16. Bf1 Bg6 {[#]} 17. Nc5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxc5 $1 (17... bxc5 18. Qxb7) 18. Rxc5 Qd7 19. Rcc1 Qb7 20. h4 h6 21. Be2 a6 22. h5 Bf5 23. Qa3 a5 24. Bd6 Na7 25. Qa4 Rxc1+ 26. Rxc1 {And now Rc7 would win.} Rc8 27. Rc3 Bb1 28. f3 Rc6 29. Rxc6 Qxc6 30. Qxc6 Nxc6 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} 31. Bb5 Nb4 32. Bc7 Nd3 33. b3 Nc1 34. a4 Nxb3 35. Bxb6 g6 36. g4 Kg7 37. Kf2 Bc2 38. Ke2 Kf6 {[#]} (38... f5 $16 39. hxg6 fxg4) 39. Bd8+ $1 $18 Kg7 40. Bc7 Kg8 41. Bd6 gxh5 (41... Kg7 $142 42. hxg6 fxg6) 42. gxh5 Kg7 43. Ba3 f6 44. Bb2 e5 (44... Kf7 $142 45. Bd3 Nxd4+ 46. Bxd4 Bxa4 47. Bg6+ Kg7) 45. Bd3 {Accuracy: White = 78%, Black = 45%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.24"]
[Round "6.18"]
[White "Wagner, Dennis"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,34,41,65,24,47,39,37,29,36,28,25,27,32,4,27,28,20,20,17,12,52,51,45,47,84]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qc2 d6 6. Bd2 Qe7 7. e3 {E33: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...Nc6} a5 8. a3 Bxc3 $1 9. Bxc3 e5 10. d5 Nb8 11. Nd2 O-O 12. b3 c6 (12... b5 $5) 13. dxc6 Nxc6 14. Bd3 Be6 15. O-O d5 16. cxd5 Bxd5 17. Rfd1 Rac8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Rad8) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.24"]
[Round "6.19"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Maze, Sebastien"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,47,6,52,14,22,18,29,29,56,51,65,55,51,18,25,19,22,22,22,6,14,14,20,7,7,0,9,0]} 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. c4 bxc4 (11... b4 {seems wilder.} 12. Nc2 a5 13. g3 Bg5 14. Bg2 O-O) 12. Bxc4 {B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations} (12. Nxc4 $5 {[%cal Rd5b6]} O-O 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Qxd6 $11) 12... O-O 13. O-O Rb8 {[#]} 14. Qd3 $146 {White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 14. b3 Bg5 15. Qd3 Be6 16. Nc2 a5 17. Rad1 Rc8 18. a4 Kh8 19. Na3 Nd4 {1-0 (54) Akopian,V (2700)-Safarli,E (2496) Moscow 2008}) 14... a5 15. Nb5 Be6 16. Rfd1 Nd4 {Black wants to play ...Bxd5.} 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 {The position is equal.} 19. b3 Bxc4 20. bxc4 Rb2 21. Qxd4 Rc8 22. f3 Qxd4+ 23. Rxd4 g6 24. a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.24"]
[Round "6.20"]
[White "Rozum, Ivan"]
[Black "Dreev, Aleksey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,61,0,4,-27,-6,-12,0,-14,19,20,14,14,21,14,4,2,35,30,27,18,18,7,12,8,31,0,16,5,15,19,25,-22,13,-64,-51,-58,-60,-37,-16,-15,-10,-13,0,0,0,-15,0,-45,6,-2,0,-26,0,4]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nc6 4. Nc3 e5 5. d3 d6 6. h4 $146 {B40: Sicilian: 2...e6, Unusual lines} ({Predecessor:} 6. a3 Nge7 7. Be2 g6 8. b4 Bg7 9. bxc5 dxc5 10. Bd2 h6 11. Rb1 Rb8 12. Nd5 {1-0 (40) Smeets,J (2614)-Klein,D (2509) Amstelveen 2015}) 6... Bg4 7. Be2 Nf6 8. Nd5 Nxd5 9. cxd5 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nd4 11. g3 Be7 12. Bg2 h5 13. Be3 Qa5+ 14. Bd2 Qa6 15. Bc3 O-O-O 16. Bxd4 (16. b4 {with more complications.} Kb8 17. bxc5 dxc5 18. a4 Rc8 19. Bh3) 16... exd4 17. Qb3 Kb8 18. f4 Qa5+ 19. Ke2 Rde8 20. Rhe1 Bd8 21. Kf1 ({White should play} 21. Kf2 $11) 21... f6 22. Bh3 g5 $1 {[%cal Rg5h4] Strongly threatening ...gxh4.} 23. Ke2 $1 g4 24. Bg2 Rh7 25. Kf1 Rhe7 26. Re2 a6 27. a4 Ka7 28. Qa3 Bb6 (28... Qb4 $15) 29. Rc1 Bd8 30. Rb1 Bb6 31. Rc2 {Accuracy: White = 59%, Black = 32%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.24"]
[Round "6.21"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Djukic, Nikola"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,100,27,47,16,22,27,22,0,14,0,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-39,-37,-42,-46,-51,-44,-124,-79,-75,-78,-66,-25,-58,-21,-88,-87,-96,-87,-85,-78,-102,-91,-68,-45,-57,-23,-13,-16,-25,-11,-39,-37,-31,-14,-8,-8,-14,-9,-11,-12,-6,-6,-23,-6,-12,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 Bd7 12. Rb1 Qc7 13. Qd2 {D87: Exchange Grünfeld: Classical Line: Variations without ...cxd4} Rad8 14. Rfc1 Bc8 {[#]} 15. Bd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Qe1 Na5 16. Bd3 b6 17. d5 e6 18. c4 Nc6 19. Nc3 Nd4 20. Ne2 Nxe2+ 21. Qxe2 {½-½ (48) Postny,E (2612)-Harikrishna,P (2733) Porto Carras 2018}) 15... e6 16. Bxc6 Qxc6 17. Bh6 Bxh6 18. Qxh6 b6 19. Qe3 Ba6 20. Nf4 Bc4 21. e5 Rd7 22. Rb2 Rfd8 {[%cal Rc5d4]} 23. Rd2 Qa4 24. Rcd1 Qa3 $1 25. Nh3 ({White should play} 25. d5 $15) 25... cxd4 26. Qh6 {Hoping for Ng5.} Qc5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is in control.} 27. Nf2 d3 28. Re1 Rd5 29. f4 (29. Qf4 $11) 29... Qf8 30. Qh4 {[#]} f5 $1 31. exf6 Rh5 32. f7+ Kxf7 33. Qg3 Kg7 34. f5 {Strongly threatening Qc7+.} Qd6 35. Qxd6 Rxd6 36. g4 {aiming for f6+!} Rh4 37. fxe6 Bxe6 38. Kg2 h5 ({And not} 38... Bxg4 39. Kg3 $16) 39. Kg3 g5 {[%cal Re6g4]} 40. Re5 Kh6 {[%cal Re6g4] [#] ...Bxg4 is the strong threat.} (40... Kf6 {is interesting.} 41. Rxg5 Kxg5 42. Ne4+ Kg6 43. Kxh4 Rd5) 41. Rxg5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxg4+ (41... Kxg5 42. Ne4+) 42. Rxg4 hxg4 43. Nxg4+ $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Kg7 44. Kf4 {The position is equal.} Rc6 {White must now prevent ...Rc4+.} 45. Rxd3 Rc4+ 46. Rd4 Rxc3 47. a4 Rc4 48. Rxc4 Bxc4 49. Ke5 Bb3 50. a5 bxa5 {Accuracy: White = 64%, Black = 60%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.24"]
[Round "6.22"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Buhmann, Rainer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C14"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,44,10,6,-74,-41,-100,-78,-150,-156,-167,-176,-172,-179,-165,-172,-252,-237,-737,-742,-760,-756,-850,-829,-827,-825,-842,-841,-839,-833,-824,-824,-810,-810]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Qd2 O-O {LiveBook: 26 Games. C14: French: Classical System: 4 Bg5 Be7 main line} (7... a6 8. Nd1 c5 9. c3 Nc6 10. f4 f5 11. Nf3 O-O {½-½ (11) Kasimdzhanov,R (2672)-Morozevich,A (2731) Mainz 2006}) 8. Nb5 {[#]} (8. f4 $11) 8... a6 $1 $17 {[%cal Ra6b5]} 9. Na3 $146 (9. Nxc7 Ra7 $17) (9. Nc3 $15) ({Predecessor:} 9. Nc3 c5 10. f4 cxd4 11. Qxd4 Nc6 12. Qd2 f6 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. O-O-O d4 15. Nce2 {½-½ (41) Granz,B (1982)-Munk,P (1754) IECG email 2000}) 9... f6 {Black is better.} 10. exf6 (10. Nf3 $142) 10... Nxf6 {[%cal Bd7f6,Bf6e4,Be4f2,Bf2h1][%mdl 32] And now ...Ne4 would win.} ({But not} 10... Rxf6 11. f4 $11) ({Resist} 10... Qxf6 11. Nf3 $17) ({Reject} 10... gxf6 $6 11. Be2 $11) 11. Nf3 Ne4 12. Qe2 {[#]} e5 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2560] White is under strong pressure.} 13. dxe5 Nc6 14. Nc4 (14. O-O-O {was necessary.}) 14... Qb4+ $19 15. Nfd2 $2 (15. c3 Qxc4 16. Qxc4 dxc4 17. Bxc4+ Kh8 18. Bd5) 15... Nxf2 {White must now prevent ...Nd4.Black is clearly winning.} 16. c3 Qe7 17. Ne3 Nxh1 18. Nf3 Nxe5 19. O-O-O Nxf3 20. gxf3 Re8 21. Re1 Qh4 22. Qd2 c6 {Precision: White = 15%, Black = 97%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.24"]
[Round "6.23"]
[White "Meshkovs, Nikita"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,59,8,4,-14,-14,-20,17,17,11,16,12,11,11,11,27,10,49,34,24,16,33,33,33,35,21,16,16,16,16,5,22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,0,0,0,-7,0,-7,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 dxc4 6. a3 {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3} (6. e4 Bxd2+ 7. Nxd2 Qxd4 8. Qc2 Nc6 9. Bxc4 h6 10. Be3 Qd6 11. Bb5 Bd7 12. O-O-O Nb4 13. Bxd7+ Nxd7 {½-½ (56) Mamedyarov,S (2817)-Harikrishna,P (2729) Kolkata 2018}) 6... Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 a6 8. a4 Qd5 9. Bxf6 $1 gxf6 10. g3 Nc6 11. Bg2 Qa5 12. e3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Rc1 b5 13. b3 Rb8 14. axb5 axb5 {1-0 (66) Zlatariu,M (2363)-Uifelean,A (2243) ICCF email 2011}) 12... O-O 13. O-O e5 14. Qc2 exd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. exd4 Qb4 17. a5 {The position is equal.} Bd7 18. Rfc1 Rfe8 19. Bd5 Be6 20. Qxc4 (20. Ra4 {is interesting.} Qd6 21. Bxe6 Rxe6 22. Qxc4 Rae8 23. Qb3) 20... Qxc4 21. Bxc4 c6 22. Bxe6 fxe6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 23. Ra4 Rad8 24. Rb4 Re7 25. Rc5 Rd6 26. Rc3 Rd5 27. Rc5 Rd6 28. Rc3 Rd5 29. Rc5 Rd6 30. Rc3 {Accuracy: White = 77%, Black = 51%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.24"]
[Round "6.24"]
[White "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Black "Martinovic, Sasa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,33,28,25,18,25,12,0,4,0,0,-12,4,7,22,12,3,22]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Be7 7. b3 O-O 8. Bd3 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bb2 h6 {D46: Semi-Slav: 5 e3 Nbd7 6 Bd3, Black avoids the Meran} 11. Rad1 Qc7 12. Rfe1 {The position is equal.} (12. Qe2 Rad8 13. Rfe1 Rfe8 14. Bb1 Bf8 15. Ne5 dxc4 16. Nxd7 Rxd7 17. bxc4 c5 18. d5 exd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. cxd5 {0-1 (29) Gelfand,B (2703)-Ivanchuk,V (2710) Jerusalem 2018}) 12... Rad8 13. Bf1 Rfe8 14. g3 {[#]} Qb8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... c5 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 {½-½ (24) Saravanan,V (2356)-Hoffmann,M (2509) Groningen 2009}) 15. Bg2 Qa8 16. Ne5 dxc4 17. Nxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.24"]
[Round "6.25"]
[White "Lomasov, Semyon"]
[Black "Hovhannisyan, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,64,6,0,6,10,13,6,0,-9,-6,-7,-11,-14,-4,-16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. e3 Nf6 4. b3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bb2 Nc6 7. Bb5 Bd6 8. O-O {The position is equal.} O-O {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bc7 11. Ba3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Qc2 c5 13. Nf3 Bd6 14. Nbd2 Bg4 15. h3 Bh5 16. Nh4 {½-½ (32) Malakhov,V (2691)-Bluebaum,M (2633) Brest 2018}) 11... Nxd4 12. exd4 Bd6 13. Bd3 Bg4 14. f3 Bh5 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Nc3 Rac8 17. Ne2 Bg6 18. Bxg6 hxg6 19. Qd2 Rc7 20. Rac1 Re7 21. Rfe1 Rfe8 22. Ng3 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 b6 24. Kf2 Rxe1 25. Qxe1 Qf4 26. Qc3 Kh7 27. Kg1 g5 28. Ne2 Qf5 29. h3 Nh5 30. a4 Nf4 31. Nxf4 gxf4 32. a5 bxa5 {Accuracy: White = 90%, Black = 95%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.24"]
[Round "6.26"]
[White "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Black "Kulaots, Kaido"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,107,11,11,11,6,6,11,11,6,6,2,6,2,19,23,23,20,20,12,10,16,10,21,15,14,39,45,39,31,33,27,32,16,66,56,72,43,46,62,58,74,58,50,51,51,60,10,33,15,49,42,33,33,39,33,42,24,24,23,31,26,39,36,30,18,34,18,23,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,1,2,6,1,0,0,14,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. c4 c6 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Nc3 Rd8 9. Bd2 {D78: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0 c6} dxc4 10. Qxc4 Be6 11. Qa4 {LiveBook: 6 Games} Bf5 12. Rfe1 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Ba5 Qa6 {[#] Threatens to win with ...b6.} 15. Qa3 Re8 16. Bf1 c5 {[#]} 17. Ng5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. dxc5 Bxb2 {½-½ (17) Ding,L (2813)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2763) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) 17... Nc6 18. Nxe4 {[#] And now Bc3 would win.} Qxa5 19. Qxa5 Nxa5 20. dxc5 Bxb2 21. Rab1 Be5 22. f4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Bg7 23. Rb5 b6 24. e3 Rec8 25. Reb1 h6 26. g4 Kh7 27. h4 Rc7 28. Rd1 Nb7 {[%cal Rb7c5]} 29. Bg2 Rd8 30. Rxd8 Nxd8 31. cxb6 axb6 32. Rxb6 Ra7 33. Nc5 {White wants to play Rb8.} Rxa2 34. h5 Rd2 35. hxg6+ fxg6 36. Be4 Rd6 37. Rb8 {Strongly threatening f5.} Bf6 38. Kg2 Nf7 39. Kf3 Kg7 40. Ke2 Bc3 41. Rb7 Bf6 42. Rc7 Nd8 43. Kf3 g5 44. f5 Nf7 {The position is equal.} 45. Ne6+ Kg8 46. Rc8+ Kh7 47. Kg3 Ne5 48. Bc2 Rc6 49. Rxc6 Nxc6 50. Ba4 Ne5 51. Be8 Kg8 52. Bh5 Nd7 53. Kf3 Bb2 54. Be8 {Precision: White = 64%, Black = 72%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.24"]
[Round "6.27"]
[White "Arutinian, David"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,25,4,25,23,22,11,19,11,27,0,6,8,7,7,8,6,25,8]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. e3 d5 4. b3 c5 5. Bb2 a6 (5... Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Be2 d4 8. exd4 cxd4 9. Bb5 Qe7+ 10. Qe2 Qxe2+ 11. Kxe2 Bd7 12. Re1 O-O-O 13. Kf1 a6 14. Bxc6 Bxc6 15. Nxd4 Be4 16. Nf3 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Bd6 18. Bxf6 {½-½ (18) Dubov,D (2703)-Aronian,L (2765) St Petersburg 2018}) 6. Nc3 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} Nc6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. d4 {The position is equal.} Bg4 9. Be2 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 {dxc5 is the strong threat.} cxd4 11. exd4 Bb4 12. O-O O-O $146 13. Qd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.24"]
[Round "6.28"]
[White "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Black "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,93,27,35,16,26,16,36,23,43,17,13,12,10,0,0,0,13,0,21,12,10,6,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,-63,-61,-70,-25,-60,-20,-28,0,0,0,-25,-29,-71,-69,-88,-81,-42,-53,-44,-44,-41,-33,-60,-48,-45,-40,-83,-23,-95,-8,-14,-8,-8,-8,-12,0,0,0,-3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. e3 b6 7. Bd3 {E11: Bogo-Indian} Bb7 8. O-O O-O 9. Nbd2 {White is slightly better.} h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... d6 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. Ng5 g6 12. Nge4 Nfd7 13. f4 Nc6 14. Rae1 Rae8 15. Nf3 f5 16. Neg5 e5 17. c5 bxc5 18. dxe5 {0-1 (37) Berczes,D (2544)-Romanov,E (2625) Cappelle-la-Grande 2012}) 10. Qa4 a5 11. a3 Na6 12. Rac1 d6 13. Bb1 Rc8 14. Rfd1 Qe7 15. Ne1 Bc6 16. Qb3 Qb7 17. Qd3 b5 18. axb4 Nxb4 19. Qa3 Ra8 20. Nb3 ({White should play} 20. c5 $11) 20... bxc4 $15 21. Rxc4 Bd5 22. Rc3 Rfb8 (22... Qb5 $5 {[%cal Rb5e2]} 23. Nd3 Be4 $15) 23. Nd2 Ne4 24. Bxe4 Bxe4 25. Rdc1 Bg6 26. Nc4 Qa6 {[#] ...Nd5 is the strong threat.} 27. Qa4 Nd5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Strongly threatening ...Rb4. Keeping White busy.} 28. Ra3 {[%cal Ra4a5]} Rc8 29. Raa1 Nb6 30. Nxb6 Qxb6 31. Qa3 Rxc1 32. Rxc1 Rb8 33. b3 Qb4 (33... Be4 $17) 34. Ra1 {[#]} (34. Qxb4 $11 Rxb4 35. Rc3) 34... Qc3 (34... Rc8 $1 $17 {Threatens to win with ...Qxa3.} 35. Qa4 Qxa4 36. bxa4 Rc4) 35. Qxa5 $11 {The position is equal.} Qxa5 36. Rxa5 Rxb3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame White must now prevent ...Rb1. KRB-KRN} 37. Ra1 (37. Ra8+ {feels hotter.} Kh7 38. Ra1 Rb4 39. h3 Be4 40. Nf3) 37... Rb1 38. Rxb1 Bxb1 {KB-KN} 39. f3 d5 40. Kf2 Kf8 41. Ke2 Ke7 42. Kd2 Kd6 43. g3 g5 44. Kc3 Kc6 45. Kb4 Kb6 46. h4 Bg6 47. Ka4 {Accuracy: White = 49%, Black = 53%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.24"]
[Round "6.29"]
[White "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Black "Stupak, Kirill"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,95,20,32,23,21,19,39,39,43,43,41,40,46,41,40,41,56,42,36,24,34,34,25,6,23,-6,32,16,31,23,27,0,29,28,25,14,23,0,16,0,16,8,21,16,19,7,27,6,21,25,18,25,13,19,34,14,15,0,32,32,31,18,27,11,12,0,25,8,21,23,25,20,23,24,23,0,26,0,22,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Bf4 Be7 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Qc2 {E16: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Bb4+} Nxc3 11. bxc3 d6 12. Ng5 {White is slightly better.} Bxg5 13. Bxb7 Ra7 14. Bxg5 Qxg5 15. Bg2 Qe7 16. Rab1 {[#]} Rc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... e5 17. Rfd1 Re8 {0-1 (77) Piket,J (2615)-Larsen,B (2535) Roquebrune 1992}) 17. Rfd1 Nd7 18. Qa4 g6 19. Rb2 Kg7 20. h4 h5 21. Qb5 Kg8 22. Qc6 Nb8 23. Qf3 Nd7 24. Qc6 Nb8 25. Qa4 Nd7 26. Rbd2 Kg7 27. Bf3 Kg8 28. Qc6 Nb8 29. Qb5 Nd7 30. Qa4 Kg7 31. Rb1 Qd8 32. Qc6 Nb8 33. Qb5 Nd7 34. Bc6 Nb8 35. Bg2 Qe7 36. Qa4 Nd7 37. Qb5 Kg8 38. Bc6 Nb8 39. Bf3 Nd7 40. Qa4 Kg7 41. Qb5 Qd8 42. Kg2 Qe7 43. Bc6 Nb8 44. a4 Rd8 45. Bf3 Nd7 46. Bc6 Nb8 47. Bf3 Nd7 48. Bc6 {Accuracy: White = 36%, Black = 45%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.24"]
[Round "6.30"]
[White "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Black "Shevchenko, Kirill"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,59,5,16,23,15,12,27,1,26,8,10,17,17,22,25,4,19,35,26,33,21,19,44,-43,-41,-31,-38,-30,-26,-61,-52,-63,-64,-44,-56,-35,-61,-50,-42,-99,-110,-88,1200,1194,1127,1135,933,894,6287,6270,5597,5497]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qe3 (5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Qd3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. c4 Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. h3 Rc8 11. Be3 Nb4 12. Qe2 a6 13. Bxd7 Nxd7 14. Bd4 Bxd4 15. Nxd4 {0-1 (29) Andreikin,D (2725)-Van Wely,L (2622) chess.com INT 2019}) 5... Nf6 6. Be2 {B53: Sicilian: 2...d6: Lines with Qxd4} g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. h3 {White has an edge.} d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Qb3 {aiming for Rd1.} Nb6 11. Rd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. c4 Be6 12. Rd1 Qc8 {1-0 (65) Mazi,L (2411)-Bauer,T (2022) Aschach 2015}) 11... Qc7 12. Na3 O-O 13. Nb5 Qb8 14. c4 Be6 15. Nbd4 Bd7 {With the idea ...Nxd4.} 16. Be3 ({Better is} 16. a4 $14) 16... Nxd4 $1 $15 17. Rxd4 Bxd4 18. Bxd4 {next c5 is good for White.} Bc6 19. Re1 Qf4 20. Be3 Qc7 21. Bh6 Rfe8 22. c5 Nd5 23. Bc4 Rad8 24. Qa3 ({White should try} 24. Ng5 $15) 24... b5 $17 25. cxb6 Nxb6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (25... axb6 $17 26. Ne5 b5) 26. Bxf7+ $1 $18 {[%mdl 512] White is clearly winning.} Kxf7 {[#]} 27. Ng5+ $1 ({Avoid the trap} 27. Qc3 $2 {[#]} e5 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]}) 27... Kg8 28. Ne6 $1 {[%csl LRc7,LRd8] White wants to mate with Qc3.} Nd5 29. Nxc7 Nxc7 30. Qc3 {Accuracy: White = 61%, Black = 66%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.24"]
[Round "6.31"]
[White "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Lucas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,47,0,6,0,8,14,8,8,3,10,10,16,17,6,10,26,26,31,3,62,21,29,27,24,25,30,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. Qd3 b6 {E06: Closed Catalan: Early deviations} (7... a6 8. Bf4 c5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Qc2 Qa5+ 13. Bd2 Qa4 14. Qxa4 Nxa4 15. b3 {½-½ (58) Giri,A (2780)-Kovalev,V (2664) Douglas 2018}) 8. cxd5 exd5 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bf4 Nh5 11. Bd2 Nhf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... g6 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Ndf6 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Bc3 {1-0 (48) Kaczmarek,A (2049)-Dogiel,L Ketrzyn 2007}) 12. Rac1 Re8 13. Rfd1 c5 14. Bf4 Ne4 15. Ne5 {[%cal Rc3e4]} cxd4 ({Better is} 15... Nxc3 $11 16. bxc3 Rc8) 16. Nxe4 {[#] Threatens to win with Nxd7.} Nxe5 17. Qxd4 Ng6 18. Nc3 {[%cal Rg2d5]} Bf6 19. Qd2 {[%cal Rc3d5]} (19. Qd3 {is interesting.} Bxc3 20. Rxc3 Nxf4 21. gxf4 Rc8 22. e3) 19... Nxf4 {The position is equal.} 20. gxf4 {[%cal Rc3d5]} Bxc3 21. Rxc3 d4 22. Qxd4 Qxd4 23. Rxd4 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 {Accuracy: White = 77%, Black = 49%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.24"]
[Round "6.32"]
[White "Baron, Tal"]
[Black "Lupulescu, Constantin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,60,35,35,49,-37,-36,-28,4,-37,-38,-38,-38,-41,-41,-53,-49,-52,-45,-89,-97,-113,-103,-120,-39,-20,-45,-72,-72,-62,-30,-282,-274,-385,-366,-379,-401,-449,-441]} 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 Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 Qb6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. f5 h5 {B67: Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer: 7...a6 8 0-0-0 Bd7, lines without 9 f4 Be7} (13... b4 14. Ne2 e5 15. Ng3 h5 16. Bc4 h4 17. Nf1 Bxe4 18. Qe2 Bxf5 19. Ne3 Be6 20. Qf3 Rc8 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Qxf6 {1-0 (38) Quesada Perez,Y (2612)-Motylev,A (2661) Saint Louis 2018}) 14. Bd3 ({White should try} 14. Qe1 $14) 14... b4 $1 $15 {Threatens to win with ...Bh6.} 15. Ne2 e5 {Black has an edge.} 16. Ng3 h4 17. Nf1 Bh6 18. Qe2 Ke7 19. Nd2 a5 20. Bc4 $146 a4 21. Nf3 {[#]} b3 $1 22. cxb3 axb3 23. Bxb3 {[#]} Ba4 (23... Bb5 $1 $17 {[%cal Rb5e2]} 24. Rd3 Qa6) 24. Rd3 $1 {[%cal Rd3c3]} Bb5 ({Of course not} 24... Bxb3 $6 25. Rxb3 Qa7 26. a3 $16) 25. Qc2 ({Wrong is} 25. Nxh4 $2 Qa6 $19) 25... Bxd3 26. Qxd3 Ra5 27. Nxh4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (27. Rd1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 27... Rc5 $19 {Strongly threatening ...Rhc8.} 28. Nf3 (28. Ka1 {might work better.} Rhc8 29. Rb1) 28... Rhc8 {( -> ...Rc1+)} 29. Nd2 Qb4 30. Rd1 {[#]} Qxd2 $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 18%, Black = 78%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.24"]
[Round "6.33"]
[White "Pantsulaia, Levan"]
[Black "Studer, Noel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,99,-35,-14,-20,-14,-18,0,-18,-12,-27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-38,-38,-38,-38,-49,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-32,23,35,204,186,191,176,172,0,95,0,11,0,626,621,623,618,589,590,535,427,386,353,359,354,441,439,414,414,399,384,377,357,29973,29974,29968,29967]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. b3 c5 4. e3 d4 5. exd4 cxd4 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O Bd6 9. d3 O-O {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} 10. Na3 (10. Re1 Re8 11. a3 a5 12. Qc2 e5 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Nbd2 Bf8 16. c5 Qe7 17. Rac1 {½-½ (57) Sargissian,G (2691)-Mastrovasilis,D (2594) Batumi 2018}) 10... Re8 11. Nc2 e5 12. Re1 h6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 13. b4 Bg4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Nxb4 14. Nxb4 Bxb4 15. Rxe5 Rxe5 16. Nxe5 Qa5 17. Rb1 {1-0 (42) Mikhalevski,V (2557)-Chandra,A (2490) Saint Louis 2018}) 14. b5 Nb4 15. h3 Nxc2 16. Qxc2 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Qc7 18. Bd2 e4 19. dxe4 Bxg3 20. fxg3 Qxg3+ 21. Bg2 {Black must now prevent e5!} d3 22. Qd1 $1 {Strongly threatening e5!} Nxe4 $1 {Hoping for ...Qf2+.} 23. Qf3 (23. Bb4 {keeps more tension.} Qf2+ 24. Kh2 Qf4+ 25. Kg1 Qf2+) 23... Qxf3 24. Bxf3 Nxd2 25. Bxb7 Nxc4 (25... Rab8 {feels hotter.} 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. c5 Nc4 28. Rd1 Nb2) 26. Bxa8 Rxa8 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} 27. Re4 Rc8 28. Rd1 d2 29. Kf2 Kf8 30. Ke2 Rc5 31. a4 g5 32. Rb1 f5 ({Black should try} 32... Nd6 $15 33. b6 axb6) 33. Rd4 $11 Ke8 $2 {[#]} (33... Ke7 $14) 34. Rb4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rb4c4][%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Re5+ 35. Kf2 Rc5 {[#]} 36. Rb3 $2 (36. a5 $1 $18) 36... Ke7 (36... f4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 37. Rbd3 ({White should play} 37. Rc3 $16) 37... Ke6 38. Rd7 Nb2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (38... g4 $11) 39. R3d6+ Ke5 40. Rxd2 {aiming for Re2+.} Nxa4 41. Re2+ Kf6 42. Rd6+ Kf7 43. Ra2 Rc4 44. Rxh6 Rb4 45. Rc2 {White threatens Rc7+ and mate.} Rxb5 46. Rc7+ Kg8 47. Rg6+ Kf8 48. Rd6 {[%cal Rd6d8]} Ke8 $2 (48... Rb2+ $18 49. Ke1 Rb1+ 50. Kd2 Rb2+ 51. Kc1 Rb8 52. Rf6+ Kg8 53. Rxf5 Nb6 54. Rxg5+ Kf8 55. Rxa7 Nc4) 49. Rh6 {[%cal Rh6h8]} Rb2+ 50. Ke1 {Precision: White = 75%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.24"]
[Round "6.34"]
[White "Bindrich, Falko"]
[Black "Pavlov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,63,16,11,0,0,0,24,30,24,18,38,33,36,30,28,38,40,27,36,42,31,38,37,30,28,27,75,75,75,75,73,75,79,75,89,88,88,89,116,112,115,115,109,89,91,88,609,541,610,532,5398,574,5398,5398,832,827]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bxc4 {D24: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 Nc3} Nxe4 7. O-O Nf6 8. Qa4+ {White has an edge.} Nc6 9. Ne5 Rb8 10. d5 $146 (10. Rd1 O-O 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qxa7 Bd7 13. Qa4 c5 {1-0 (71) Carlsen,M (2835)-Duda,J (2738) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) 10... exd5 {[#]} 11. Nxd5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxd5 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qxc6+ Qd7 14. Qxd5 O-O 15. Qxd7 Bxd7 16. Rd1 Bd6 17. b3 a5 {[#]} 18. Bf4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxf4 19. Rxd7 Bd6 20. Rd1 g6 21. g3 Kg7 {[#]} 22. Rd5 $1 Ra8 23. a4 Kh8 24. h4 f5 25. h5 gxh5 26. Bd3 h4 27. Bxf5 hxg3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (27... h6 $16) 28. Rxh7+ $18 {White is clearly winning.} Kg8 29. Bd3 {[%cal Rd5g5]} Rf3 30. Rg5+ Kf8 {intending ...Re8.} 31. Bc4 {[%csl Gc4][%cal Rg5g8]} Ke8 32. Bd5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 91%, Black = 50%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.24"]
[Round "6.35"]
[White "Svane, Rasmus"]
[Black "Gavrilescu, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,122,18,26,22,22,20,25,25,27,18,19,6,27,18,64,64,75,67,72,86,70,67,72,68,70,61,88,85,86,83,81,61,68,20,30,0,0,0,85,87,97,67,63,24,33,20,24,43,49,5,6,5,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,29,45,36,0,0,0,0,0,132,136,137,61,209,145,208,198,248,245,229,215,316,295,523,498,514,512,494,493,482,440,459,432,1120,1001,29979]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Nb3 O-O 8. Nc3 e6 9. e4 {A49: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6 3 g3: Anti-King's Indian systems} Nxe4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Qxd8 {White has an edge.} Rxd8 12. Bxe4 Nc6 13. c3 e5 {[#]} 14. Bg2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Be3 f5 15. Bg2 Bf8 16. Rfe1 Be6 {1-0 (35) Karjakin,S (2767)-Jakovenko,D (2747) Tashkent 2014}) 14... Be6 15. Nc5 Bd5 16. Nxb7 Bxg2 17. Nxd8 Bxf1 18. Nxc6 Bb5 19. Na5 Bd3 20. Be3 a6 21. Rd1 e4 22. Nc6 a5 23. Bd4 Ra6 24. Nb8 Rd6 25. Bxg7 (25. Be3 {is more complex.} a4 26. Bc5 Rd5 27. Na6 f5 28. Bb4) 25... Kxg7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 26. b3 Rb6 (26... a4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 27. Nd7 $16 Rc6 28. c4 {aiming for Ne5.} f6 $1 29. Rc1 e3 30. fxe3 Bf5 $1 {[%cal Rf5d7]} 31. Rd1 Kf7 $1 32. c5 Ke7 33. Nb6 {Hoping for Rc1.} Rxc5 34. Rd2 Rc1+ 35. Kf2 Rh1 36. Kf3 Rf1+ 37. Kg2 Re1 38. Kf2 Rh1 39. Kf3 Rf1+ 40. Kg2 Re1 41. h4 Be4+ 42. Kf2 Rh1 43. Rd4 Rh2+ 44. Ke1 Bc6 45. a4 Rb2 46. Rc4 Bf3 47. Rc3 Be4 48. Nc4 Rb1+ (48... Rg2 $11 {remains equal.}) 49. Kf2 Ke6 {[#]} 50. Nxa5 (50. Nd2 $1 $16 {[%cal Rd2e4]} Rb2 51. Ke1) 50... Kf5 (50... Rb2+ $14 51. Ke1 Rb1+ 52. Kd2 Rb2+ 53. Kd1 Rg2) 51. Rc4 Bd5 (51... Rb2+ $16 {was worth a try.} 52. Ke1 Rg2) 52. Rf4+ $18 Ke5 {[#]} 53. b4 $1 {[%cal Bb3b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Rb2+ 54. Kf1 Ra2 (54... Ke6 {keeps fighting.} 55. Rd4 f5) 55. b5 Be4 $2 (55... Kd6 {was necessary.} 56. b6 (56. Rxf6+ Kc5 $16) 56... Kc5) 56. Nc4+ {White is clearly winning.} Kd5 {White must now prevent ...Bd3+.} 57. Nb6+ Ke5 58. Nd7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kd6 {Black wants to play ...Bg2+.} 59. Rxe4 Kxd7 60. Rc4 Kd6 (60... Rb2 $142 61. Rc6 f5) 61. b6 Kd5 {Accuracy: White = 74%, Black = 54%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.24"]
[Round "6.36"]
[White "Enchev, Ivajlo"]
[Black "Deac, Bogdan-Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "168"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,168,2,2,9,0,0,0,-4,-8,19,18,16,7,31,23,41,38,41,0,0,0,0,-13,-13,-10,-7,-27,-22,-27,-1,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,16,4,46,24,31,31,31,16,16,14,16,16,22,22,27,0,0,0,57,57,55,9,81,81,81,81,81,81,81,81,81,81,81,81,81,81,81,81,81,72,72,72,72,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,72,70,72,72,72,72,72,70,72,70,72,72,72,70,70,70,72,56,56,56,56,56,56,26,26,26,26,11,26,26,26,26,26,26,26,26,26,26,26,26,26,26,26,26,26,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 O-O 10. e3 Bf5 11. Ne2 c6 {E35: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...d5 5 cxd5 exd5} 12. Ng3 Bg6 13. Be2 Nd7 14. O-O {[#]} Nb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Qd6 15. b4 f5 16. f4 Rae8 17. Rfe1 Re6 18. Bd3 Qe7 19. Nf1 Bh7 20. b5 g5 21. bxc6 {½-½ (21) Erdos,V (2585)-Matlakov,M (2691) Germany 2016}) 15. a4 {[%cal Ba3a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} Qd6 16. a5 Nc8 17. a6 b6 18. Rfc1 Ne7 19. Bd3 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Rac8 {[%cal Ba8c8,Bc8c6,Bc6b6][%mdl 32]} 21. Rc3 c5 22. dxc5 bxc5 23. Nf5 Nxf5 24. Qxf5 Rc6 25. g3 Rb6 26. Rd1 Rxb2 27. Rxd5 Qxa6 28. Rdxc5 g6 29. Qf4 h5 30. Rc1 Ra2 31. Rc6 Qa4 32. Qf6 Rd2 33. R1c4 Qb3 34. Rc7 {[#] Black must now prevent Rxf7!} Qd1+ 35. Kg2 {Rxf7! is the strong threat.} Rd6 36. Qe7 a5 37. Rc8 Rdd8 38. R8c5 $40 {[%mdl 128] White is up to no good.} Rfe8 (38... a4 $11) 39. Qg5 $14 a4 40. Rc6 Kg7 (40... Qb1 $11 {remains equal.}) 41. Rf4 $16 {White threatens Rxf7+! and mate.} Rd6 42. Rc7 Rd7 {[#]} 43. Qf6+ $1 Kg8 44. Qc6 $1 {[%csl LRa4,LRd7][%mdl 64] Double Attack} Red8 45. Rxd7 {[%mdl 64] Overworked Piece} Qxd7 46. Qxd7 Rxd7 47. Rxa4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} Rd2 48. h3 Kg7 49. g4 hxg4 50. hxg4 g5 51. Kf3 Rb2 52. Ra5 Kg6 53. Kg3 Rb3 54. Ra6+ f6 55. Ra2 Rc3 56. Rd2 Ra3 57. Rd5 Rb3 58. Kf3 Rb2 59. Rd1 Ra2 60. Kg3 Ra3 61. Re1 Rb3 62. Re2 Ra3 63. f3 Rb3 64. Kf2 Rb4 65. Ra2 Rb3 66. f4 gxf4 67. exf4 Rc3 68. Ra6 {And now g5 would win.} Kg7 (68... Rc2+ {is interesting.} 69. Kf3 Rc3+ 70. Ke2 Rc4 71. Ke3 Rc3+) 69. Re6 Ra3 70. Re3 Ra1 71. Re7+ Kg6 72. Re6 {Hoping for g5.} Kf7 73. f5 Kg7 74. Kg3 Rg1+ 75. Kf3 Rf1+ 76. Kg2 Ra1 77. Kf3 Rf1+ {The position is equal.} 78. Ke4 Rg1 79. Re7+ Kf8 80. Rd7 Rxg4+ 81. Kd5 Ke8 82. Ra7 Rb4 83. Ra6 Ke7 84. Ra7+ Ke8 {Accuracy: White = 61%, Black = 75%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.24"]
[Round "6.37"]
[White "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Black "Arnaudov, G. Petar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,141,12,8,14,11,18,12,17,17,16,20,16,11,18,16,4,16,5,40,43,31,39,35,13,18,34,32,27,87,85,112,52,91,88,98,45,75,47,99,74,73,78,69,70,119,134,145,130,151,119,120,126,225,225,225,181,205,168,168,127,567,571,575,566,546,460,506,451,1712,106,77,0,516,412,2249,2168,6415,6335,5497,2226,1730,1737,1730,1723,1681,1643,1645,1650,5093,1612,1579,1581,1506,1499,1476,1440,1430,1430,1362,1364,983,1301,1183,1074,29964,29967,29966,29971,29970,29959,29976,2887,29978,29979,29987,29984,29984,29981,29984,29984,29985,29985,29985,29986,29986,29987,29987,29988,29988,29989,29989,29990,29990,29991]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. a3 Bxc5 6. Nf3 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} Ne7 7. Bd3 Ng6 8. O-O {The position is equal.} O-O 9. Re1 a6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Nd7 10. c3 a5 11. Qc2 b6 12. h4 Nxh4 13. Bxh7+ {0-1 (68) Jakovenko,D (2747)-Dragun,K (2568) Batumi 2018}) 10. b4 Be7 11. Nbd2 a5 12. b5 Nd7 13. a4 Nc5 14. Nb3 Nxd3 15. cxd3 Bd7 16. Bd2 f6 17. Bc3 fxe5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 (18... Bd6 $11) 19. Bxe5 $16 Bf6 20. Qd2 (20. Qe2 $16) 20... b6 21. Nd4 Rc8 22. Re2 (22. h3 $16) 22... Qe7 23. h3 Qc5 (23... h6 $14) 24. Qe3 Qc3 25. Ree1 {aiming for Bxf6.} Bxe5 26. Qxe5 Qb2 27. Nf3 Qb4 28. Qe3 Qd6 29. Rac1 Rxc1 30. Rxc1 Rc8 (30... Qf4 $16 {was necessary.}) 31. Rxc8+ $18 Bxc8 32. Qc1 Bd7 {[#]} 33. d4 $1 Qb8 34. Ne5 Qc8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (34... Be8 $16 {is more resistant.} 35. h4 Qd8) 35. Qxc8+ Bxc8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} 36. Kh2 Kf8 37. Kg3 Ke7 38. Kf4 Kd6 (38... Kf6 $142 39. h4 Bb7) 39. Nf7+ $2 (39. Kg5 $18 {and the rest is easy.} Bd7 40. Nxd7 Kxd7 41. f4) 39... Ke7 $16 {[#]} 40. Ne5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (40. Ng5 $1 $16) 40... Kd6 $18 41. h4 Ke7 (41... h6 $142 42. Kg4 Bd7 43. Nxd7 Kxd7) 42. Kg5 Bd7 43. Nxd7 Kxd7 {KP-KP} 44. Kf4 (44. f4 $142 Ke8 45. f5) 44... Kd6 45. h5 g6 46. hxg6 hxg6 47. g4 g5+ 48. Kxg5 e5 49. dxe5+ (49. Kf5 $142 exd4 50. Kf4) 49... Kxe5 50. f4+ Ke4 51. f5 d4 52. f6 d3 53. f7 d2 54. f8=Q {Threatening mate with Qd8.} d1=Q {KQ-KQ} 55. Qf4+ Kd5 56. Kg6 Ke6 57. g5 Qg1 58. Qf5+ Ke7 59. Kg7 Ke8 60. Qe6+ Kd8 61. g6 {White mates.} Kc7 62. Qc6+ Kb8 63. Kg8 Ka7 64. Qd7+ Ka8 65. Qe8+ Ka7 66. g7 Qg5 67. Kf8 Qh6 68. Qe5 Ka8 69. Kf7 Qh7 70. Qg5 Ka7 71. Kf8 {Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 42%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.24"]
[Round "6.38"]
[White "Zajic, Milan"]
[Black "Antipov, Mikhail Al."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,36,0,0,-8,12,-7,4,-33,-30,-16,-18,-31,-29,-33,-16,-29,-32,-47,-36,-36,0,-5,0,0,0,0,0,0,37]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c6 3. Bf4 Qb6 (3... 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}) 4. Qc1 d6 5. h3 c5 6. e3 {A46: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 e6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} cxd4 7. exd4 Nc6 8. c3 e5 9. Be3 $146 {[#] aiming for dxe5.} ({Predecessor:} 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Bc5 {½-½ (20) Stevanovic,V (2305)-Paunovic,T (2420) Belgrade 1989}) 9... Nd5 10. Bc4 Nxe3 11. fxe3 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Kh1 Kh8 14. Bd5 Qc7 15. e4 {The position is equal.} f5 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. exf5 Bxf5 {[#] Threatens to win with ...e4.} 18. Nbd2 $1 Bc5 {Accuracy: White = 67%, Black = 50%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.24"]
[Round "6.39"]
[White "Warmerdam, Max"]
[Black "Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,65,31,31,44,32,43,32,47,0,12,26,32,-10,0,-46,0,-9,0,-37,-14,-130,-121,-116,-116,-114,-127,-133,-126,-120,-122,-120,-122,-135,-131,-119,-127,-142,-131,-122,-128,-175,-177,-180,-185,-620,-615,-1025]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 Be7 {B81: Sicilian Scheveningen: Keres Attack} 8. g5 Nfd7 9. Bg2 Nc6 10. h4 O-O 11. b3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Qb6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Na4 Qc7 14. Be3 Bb7 15. O-O {½-½ (32) Demchenko,A (2649)-Yilmaz,M (2633) Beirut 2017}) 13... Qa5 14. Bd2 Qc7 15. f4 d5 16. e5 a5 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 17. Qg4 Nc5 18. h5 a4 {[#] ...axb3 is the strong threat.} 19. b4 Nd7 20. g6 (20. a3 $11 {remains equal.}) 20... Bxb4 $17 21. h6 {Threatening mate with gxh7+.} fxg6 22. Qxe6+ Rf7 23. Nxd5 Bxd2+ 24. Kxd2 cxd5 25. Bxd5 Nf8 26. Qxf7+ Qxf7 27. Bxf7+ Kxf7 28. hxg7 Kxg7 29. Rab1 h5 30. c4 Bf5 31. Rb7+ {[#]} Kh6 $1 {And now ...Rd8+ would win.} 32. Kc3 $2 (32. Rb5) 32... Be4 $19 33. Kd4 {Precision: White = 30%, Black = 69%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.24"]
[Round "6.40"]
[White "Gaehwiler, Gabriel"]
[Black "Can, Emre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2414"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,72,16,40,0,0,0,6,0,25,24,24,6,20,0,-20,-26,20,-14,0,0,34,-46,-21,-37,-13,-47,54,-71,-81,-101,-115,-108,-103,-99,-104,-170,-177,-172,-164,-210,-201,-217,-208,-221,-225,-294,-252,-293,-287,-384,-386,-364,-371,-363,-356,-378,-366]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Bf4 Bg7 8. e3 {A61: Modern Benoni: Nf3 without early e4} O-O 9. h3 Ne8 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 10. Nd2 {White is slightly better.} Nd7 11. Be2 Ne5 12. O-O Bd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... a6 13. a4 b6 14. Re1 f5 15. Bh2 Rb8 {0-1 (46) Babula,V (2581)-Plischki,S (2386) Teplice 2013}) 13. a4 f5 14. Bh2 Rb8 15. f4 Nf7 16. e4 a6 17. a5 Nc7 {[%cal Be8c7,Bc7b5,Bb5d6][%mdl 32]} 18. Qb3 Kh8 19. e5 (19. exf5 $14 Bd4+ 20. Kh1) 19... dxe5 $15 20. fxe5 Nxe5 21. Nc4 Re8 (21... Nxc4 $15 22. Bxc4 g5) 22. Qb6 {[#]} (22. Nd6 $1 $14 {stays ahead.} Rf8 23. Qb6 (23. Nxb7 $2 Qc8 $19)) 22... Nb5 $1 $17 23. Bxe5 Bxe5 24. Nxe5 {[#] Black must now prevent Nf7+.} Qxb6 $1 25. axb6 Rxe5 26. Bf3 (26. Bxb5 $17 {was necessary.} axb5 27. Ra5) 26... Nd6 $19 27. Rfc1 Rc8 28. Nd1 Kg7 29. b3 g5 {Threatens to win with ...g4.} 30. Nb2 Bb5 31. Re1 Rce8 32. Rxe5 Rxe5 33. Rc1 Re3 {Black is winning.} 34. Nc4 Bxc4 $1 35. bxc4 Rb3 36. Re1 Kf8 {Precision: White = 23%, Black = 52%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.24"]
[Round "6.41"]
[White "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Black "Kourkoulos-Arditis, Stamatis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,55,7,11,5,9,6,13,7,20,11,13,4,15,6,5,11,12,10,10,0,0,0,20,10,37,36,50,54,58,39,45,46,43,32,35,22,18,18,18,15,25,13,98,87,906,893,1436,1421]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. e5 c5 5. c3 cxd4 (5... Nc6 6. Bd3 Bd7 7. Qg4 Kf8 8. Ne2 h5 9. Qf3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qb6 11. Nb3 a5 12. Nf4 Ke8 13. Nxh5 a4 14. Nxg7+ {1-0 (46) Mamedov,R (2703)-Lagarde,M (2616) Skopje 2018}) 6. cxd4 {C03: French Tarrasch: Unusual Black 3rd moves} Qb6 7. Ngf3 Nc6 8. Bd3 {The position is equal.} Nh6 9. O-O Nf5 10. Nb3 a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... h6 11. g4 Nh4 12. Nxh4 Bxh4 13. Be3 Be7 14. a4 {1-0 (43) Perez Manas,B (2321)-Quintin Navarro,A (2363) Linares 2015}) 11. a4 Bd7 {[%cal Rf5d4]} ({But not} 11... Nfxd4 $2 12. Nbxd4 Bd7 13. Be3 $18) ({Not} 11... Ncxd4 $2 12. Nfxd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 $18) 12. Bxf5 exf5 13. Bg5 Bb4 14. Rc1 h6 15. Be3 Be7 16. Nc5 Be6 17. Ne1 O-O 18. Ned3 Bxc5 19. Rxc5 Rfc8 20. Qd2 Qd8 21. Rc3 {[%cal Bc5c3,Bc3b3,Bb3g3][%mdl 32] Black must now prevent Nc5.} Ne7 22. Rb3 b6 23. Nf4 Kh7 24. Nh5 Ng8 25. Bf4 g5 (25... Bd7 $11 {remains equal.}) 26. Rg3 $1 $16 {[%cal Rf4g5] Hoping for Bxg5!} Ra7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (26... f6 $16) 27. Bxg5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} hxg5 {[#]} 28. Nf6+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 80%, Black = 60%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.24"]
[Round "6.42"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Valsecchi, Alessio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "254"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 31,254,0,22,8,14,8,11,5,0,-8,31,10,61,61,61,60,102,107,103,101,99,104,93,94,127,114,121,122,137,137,139,117,145,146,145,121,138,154,162,136,186,114,151,146,166,156,177,170,180,166,170,159,175,43,55,0,93,92,95,90,90,90,112,110,112,112,112,112,112,41,41,41,41,41,41,41,41,41,41,41,60,61,72,61,61,0,72,72,72,72,72,72,72,72,72,72,72,72,72,72,72,72,72,68,76,76,76,68,68,68,68,68,78,42,42,42,42,42,42,0,42,0,42,42,42,42,42,42,42,30,47,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,4,12,13,14,14,15,15,15,15,20,14,20,14,15,15,20,20,20,20,24,20,20,20,24,8,8,8,8,8,10,8,8,8,20,20,21,18,20,18,21,10,21,21,21,8,10,10,24,24,24,24,24,24,27,24,24,24,28,28,43,43,43,43,43,43,43,43,43,43,43,43,43,0,43,28,43,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 {[%cal Bd4b5,Bb5a3,Ba3c2,Bc2e3,Be3f5][%mdl 32]} d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 O-O 12. Nc2 Rb8 13. h4 Be7 14. Bd3 {B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations} (14. Nce3 Be6 15. a4 Qd7 16. Be2 Bd8 17. axb5 axb5 18. h5 Bg5 19. O-O h6 20. Ra6 Bxe3 21. Nxe3 Rfd8 {½-½ (46) Langeveld,R (2687)-Kribben,M (2653) ICCF email 2014}) 14... Be6 15. Nce3 Qd7 16. Nf5 Kh8 {LiveBook: 12 Games} 17. Bc2 Bd8 18. Qd3 Ne7 19. Nfxe7 $146 (19. Ndxe7 {is more complex.} Bxe7 20. Rd1 b4 21. c4 Rfc8 22. b3) ({Predecessor:} 19. Nde3 Nc8 20. Rd1 a5 21. Bb3 b4 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Nxd6 bxc3 24. bxc3 Nxd6 25. Qxd6 Qf7 26. O-O Bxh4 27. g3 Be7 28. Qd7 Rbd8 {½-½ (28) Polakovic,P (2485)-Dolgov,I (2513) ICCF email 2013}) 19... Bxe7 20. O-O-O Bd8 (20... Bxd5 $5 21. Qxd5 Qg4 $11) 21. f4 Qb7 ({Black should play} 21... Qa7 $11) 22. f5 $14 Bxd5 23. Qxd5 b4 24. Qxb7 ({But not} 24. Qxd6 $6 Be7 $11) 24... Rxb7 25. cxb4 Rxb4 26. Rxd6 a5 27. Rh3 h6 28. Rd5 g6 29. fxg6 fxg6 30. Rf3 Re8 31. g3 Rb7 32. Ba4 Rg8 33. Rxe5 Kg7 34. Rd5 Re7 35. e5 Bc7 36. Re3 (36. e6 $1 $18 Rf8 37. Rfd3) 36... Rf8 37. e6 Rf2 38. Bd7 Kf6 39. Rd2 Rf5 40. Kd1 g5 41. hxg5+ hxg5 42. Rh2 ({Better is} 42. Rc3 $18 Be5 43. Ra3) 42... Rd5+ $1 43. Rd2 (43. Ke2 $14) 43... Rxd2+ (43... Rf5 $1 $11) 44. Kxd2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rh7 45. Kd3 g4 46. Ba4 Be5 47. Bb3 Bxb2 48. Re4 Be5 49. Rxg4 Rh3 50. Ke2 (50. Rh4 $16 Rxg3+ 51. Ke4) 50... Rxg3 $14 51. Ra4 Bc7 $1 52. Rc4 Bd6 53. Rh4 Rc3 54. Rh6+ Kg7 55. Rh1 Rc5 56. Kd3 Kf6 57. Rh6+ Kg7 $1 {[%cal Rg7h6]} 58. Rh1 Kf6 59. Rh7 {[#] Threatens to win with Rf7+.} Rc7 60. Rh6+ Kg7 61. Rh1 Kf6 62. Kd4 Bb4 63. Rh6+ Ke7 64. Ke5 Bd6+ 65. Kf5 Bb4 66. Rh7+ Kd6 67. Rh4 Ke7 68. Kg6 Kd6 69. Re4 Bc3 70. Re3 {[#] Strongly threatening e7!} Ke7 71. Rf3 Bb4 72. Rd3 a4 73. Bd5 Rc5 74. Kf5 Rc2 75. Bf3 Rc5+ 76. Bd5 Rc2 77. Re3 Rf2+ 78. Ke5 Bd6+ 79. Kd4 Rf4+ 80. Kc3 Bb4+ 81. Kb2 Rd4 82. Re5 Rd2+ 83. Kc1 Rd4 84. Bf3 Rf4 85. Bd1 Rc4+ 86. Bc2 $1 Rc6 87. Re4 Ba3+ 88. Kd2 Rxe6 89. Rxa4 Bc5 90. Kc3 Re5 91. Ra8 Kd6 92. a4 Bb6 93. Kb4 Kc7 94. Rg8 Bc5+ 95. Kc4 Be7 96. Bd3 Ra5 97. Kb3 Rd5 98. Kc3 Bf6+ 99. Kc2 Rc5+ 100. Kd2 Bc3+ 101. Ke3 Re5+ 102. Be4 Rc5 103. Rg6 Be5 104. Ra6 Rc3+ 105. Ke2 Bd4 106. Bd3 Kb7 107. Rd6 Bb6 108. Rd7+ Kc6 109. Rh7 Bc5 110. a5 Ra3 111. a6 Bd4 112. Rh6+ Kc7 113. Rh4 Bc5 114. Bc4 Re3+ 115. Kd2 Re7 116. Kc3 Kb6 117. Rh6+ Ka7 118. Kb3 Rc7 119. Bb5 Bb6 120. Rg6 Rh7 121. Bc4 Rc7 122. Bb5 Rh7 123. Re6 Rg7 124. Be2 Rg3+ {The position is equal.} 125. Kb4 Re3 126. Bc4 Rxe6 127. Bxe6 Kxa6 {Precision: White = 68%, Black = 57%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.24"]
[Round "6.43"]
[White "Sivuk, Vitaly"]
[Black "Ragger, Markus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,38,31,29,28,28,32,37,45,39,30,25,5,2,3,5,3,8,4,22,8,39,28,43]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 b6 5. Nc3 Bb7 6. f3 e6 7. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} Nc6 8. Be3 Bc5 {A31: Symmetrical English: 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 d4} 9. Qd2 O-O {LiveBook: 12 Games} 10. Rd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. e5 Ne8 12. Bd3 Qh4+ 13. Qf2 Qxf2+ 14. Kxf2 f6 15. Bxc5 bxc5 16. Rhe1 {½-½ (27) Ponkratov,P (2589)-Kamsky,G (2637) St Petersburg 2016}) 10... Qe7 11. Nxc6 dxc6 12. e5 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 Nd7 14. Be2 Rad8 15. O-O Nb8 16. f4 c5 17. Nb5 Nc6 18. Bf3 Ba8 (18... Nd4 $5) 19. Bxc6 Bxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.24"]
[Round "6.44"]
[White "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,82,10,18,5,19,28,18,18,26,14,20,29,23,25,19,9,62,57,61,52,61,61,68,66,53,47,61,27,38,40,60,56,42,62,55,0,0,0,0,-61,-60,-75,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-13,-6,-13,-13,-13,-13,-24,-13,-13,-13,-13,0,-2,-2,-22,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. Nc3 d5 6. e3 O-O 7. a3 {E11: Bogo-Indian} (7. Qc2 b6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. a3 Be7 10. Bd3 Re8 11. O-O Bf8 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nbd7 14. Neg5 Bd6 15. Bc4 Re7 16. Nxf7 Rxf7 17. Bxf7+ Kh8 18. Rfe1 Bb7 19. Ng5 Qf8 20. Be6 Bd5 21. Bxd5 {1-0 (21) Bacrot,E (2695)-Van Wely,L (2695) chess.com INT 2017}) 7... Bxc3 8. Bxc3 b6 9. cxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Be2 Ba6 10. cxd5 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 exd5 12. O-O Re8 13. Rac1 Nbd7 14. Rfd1 {½-½ (14) Mirzoev,A (2468)-Dgebuadze,A (2544) Livigno 2011}) 9... Qxd5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. O-O Ne4 12. Qc2 Nd7 13. Rfd1 Ba6 (13... Rfc8 $11) 14. Bxa6 $14 Rxa6 15. Nd2 f5 16. Rac1 b5 17. f3 Nef6 18. b4 a4 19. Qd3 Rc6 20. e4 fxe4 21. fxe4 Qh5 22. Nf3 Nb6 23. Ne5 (23. Rf1 $14) 23... Ng4 $11 24. Nxg4 Qxg4 25. Rf1 ({Better is} 25. h3 $1 $11 Qg5 26. h4) 25... Rxf1+ $1 $15 26. Rxf1 {[#]} h6 (26... Nc4 $1 $17) 27. Rf3 Qg5 28. Bd2 Qh5 29. h3 Nc4 30. Bf4 e5 31. dxe5 Qe8 32. Qd4 Kh7 33. Rd3 Re6 34. Qc5 c6 35. Bg3 (35. Kh2 {keeps more tension.} Re7 36. Kg1 Rb7 37. Qd4 Rf7 38. Bg3) 35... Nxe5 36. Bxe5 {The position is equal.} Rxe5 $11 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack. KQR-KQR} 37. Qc2 $1 Qg6 38. Rc3 Re6 ({Don't take} 38... Qxe4 39. Qxe4+ Rxe4 40. Kf2 $17) 39. Rc5 Kh8 40. e5 Qxc2 41. Rxc2 Rxe5 {Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 62%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.24"]
[Round "6.45"]
[White "Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis"]
[Black "Parligras, Mircea-Emilian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,33,0,18,14,24,27,27,12,16,10,25,27,14,16,17,20,20,22,40,40,47,27]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 c6 8. Ne2 {E49: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 5 Bd3 d5 6 a3 Bxc3+ 7 bxc3} b6 9. cxd5 (9. O-O Ba6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Qd3 Qc8 13. f3 Nb8 14. e4 Qa6 15. Qe3 Nc6 {1-0 (52) Radjabov,T (2741)-Movsesian,S (2671) Heraklio 2017}) 9... cxd5 10. c4 {White has an edge.} Ba6 11. cxd5 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Qxd5 13. f3 Nc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Rc8 14. Bb2 Nbd7 15. e4 Ne5 {½-½ (27) Peralta,F (2556)-Satyapragyan,S (2392) Barcelona 2015}) 14. e4 Qd6 15. O-O Nd7 16. Rd1 e5 17. Bb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.24"]
[Round "6.46"]
[White "Goryachkina, Aleksandra"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,72,14,0,25,44,41,41,37,43,54,52,64,59,102,0,0,0,0,0,-12,-10,0,-17,-7,-5,0,-10,0,0,0,-157,-144,-134,-163,-162,-121,-295,-293,-304,-284,-256,-323,-507,-507,-504,-496,-619,-619,-875,-850,-634,-625,-660,-650,-945,-878,-1208,-1197,-1387,-1236,-5915,-5056,-2405,-2129]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 c5 {E36: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...d5 5 a3} (6... O-O 7. Bg5 dxc4 8. Qxc4 b6 9. Rd1 Ba6 10. Qa4 h6 11. Bh4 Qe7 12. Nf3 Rd8 13. e3 Bxf1 14. Rxf1 c5 15. dxc5 Rxd1+ 16. Qxd1 {½-½ (23) Vitiugov,N (2709)-Giri,A (2780) Shenzhen 2018}) 7. dxc5 d4 8. Qg3 Nc6 {White is slightly better.} 9. Nf3 e5 10. b4 e4 11. Nd2 Be6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... O-O 12. e3 a5 13. b5 Ne7 14. Be2 {½-½ (36) Ivanisevic,I (2643)-Naiditsch,A (2657) Bled 2016}) 12. e3 (12. Qxg7 $16 Rg8 13. Qh6) 12... Nh5 $1 $11 {[%cal Rh5g3]} 13. Qd6 Qh4 $1 14. g3 ({Not} 14. exd4 $2 e3 $19) 14... Qf6 $1 15. Nxe4 Qf3 $1 {[%csl LRe4,LRh1][%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 16. Ng5 $1 {[%cal Rg5f3]} Qxh1 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Qxe6+ Kf8 {aiming for ...dxe3.} 19. b5 $1 {[%cal Rb5c6]} Re8 20. Qd6+ $2 (20. Qf5+ $11 Nf6 21. bxc6) 20... Ne7 $17 {[%cal Bc6e7,Be7f5,Bf5e3][%mdl 32] And now ...Kf7 would win.} 21. exd4 Kf7 22. Be3 Nf6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under strong pressure.} ({And not} 22... Qxh2 23. g4 $11) 23. O-O-O $2 (23. Qf4 $17) 23... Nf5 $19 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack, Discovered Attack} ({Stronger than} 23... Qxh2 24. Qc7 $15) 24. Qf4 {Bd3 is the strong threat.} Nxe3 25. fxe3 Qxh2 26. Bd3 (26. Rd2 $142 Qg1 27. Rf2) 26... Qa2 {Black is clearly winning.} 27. g4 {intending g5.} h6 28. Rf1 Rhf8 29. g5 hxg5 30. Qxg5 Kg8 31. Rg1 {[%csl Gg1][%cal Rg5g7]} Re7 32. Qg3 Rff7 33. c6 bxc6 34. bxc6 Qxa3+ 35. Kd2 Qb4+ 36. Ke2 Nh5 {Accuracy: White = 50%, Black = 82%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.24"]
[Round "6.47"]
[White "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Black "Plenca, Jadranko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E09"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,57,15,29,25,2,15,4,12,7,11,2,4,0,0,0,35,26,23,0,15,0,70,34,59,54,62,54,71,64,69,38,15,-69,2,17,0,0,0,0,637,630]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qc2 c6 8. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2c4,Bc4e3][%mdl 32]} b6 9. e4 dxc4 10. Nxc4 Bb7 {E09: Closed Catalan: Main Line: 7 Qc2 c6 8 Nbd2} 11. e5 Nd5 12. h4 h6 {The position is equal.} 13. Qe4 b5 14. Ne3 c5 15. Qg4 {Threatens to win with Nxd5.} Kh8 16. dxc5 {[#]} Nxc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Bxc5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Bf4 {½-½ (31) L'Ami,E (2611)-Erdos,V (2624) Heraklio 2017}) 17. Rd1 Qe8 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Be3 a5 (19... Rc8 $11) 20. Qh5 (20. Rxd5 $5 exd5 21. Nd4 $11) 20... Be4 21. Nd4 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Rd8 23. Rac1 Rd5 24. Bxh6 (24. a4 $5) 24... gxh6 25. Qxh6+ Kg8 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Qd7.} 26. Nf5 $1 $40 {[%mdl 640] White mounts an attack.} exf5 27. Rxd5 Qa8 28. Qd2 Rd8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (28... a4 $11) 29. Rcxc5 $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 39%, Black = 55%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.24"]
[Round "6.48"]
[White "Onischuk, Vladimir"]
[Black "Fakhrutdinov, Timur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,139,12,7,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,3,1,5,7,18,0,13,12,10,13,7,11,9,0,0,7,16,14,61,68,85,82,75,87,88,73,114,118,116,102,120,80,84,73,147,142,143,142,97,97,110,40,41,47,41,41,48,42,45,25,48,0,0,0,129,137,121,130,141,141,151,153,178,180,165,152,191,0,0,0,0,0,183,181,199,205,192,180,212,229,192,198,223,205,335,335,335,330,443,437,431,415,403,382,750,623,689,493,477,477,419,415,699,595,1476,1491,882,760,2170,727,2070,1794,29975,29976,29988,29989]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d5 6. Nbd2 dxe4 7. dxe4 O-O 8. O-O Qe7 9. Qe2 {C00: French: Unusual White 2nd moves} (9. b4 Bd6 10. a3 a5 11. Rb1 axb4 12. axb4 Be6 13. Re1 Rfd8 14. Qc2 h6 15. Bf1 Ra2 16. Bb2 Qe8 {½-½ (56) Carlsen,M (2835)-Kramnik,V (2777) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) 9... a5 10. Ba4 Ne8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Bd7 11. Nc4 Nb8 12. Bc2 Bb5 13. Bd3 {½-½ (81) Najer,E (2663)-Ragger,M (2690) Czech Republic 2018}) 11. Nc4 {The position is equal.} f6 12. Be3 Be6 13. Rfd1 Kh8 14. Nfd2 Nd8 15. a3 c6 16. Nb6 Ra6 17. Ndc4 {And now Bxc5 would win.} Bxe3 18. Qxe3 (18. fxe3 Nf7 $17) 18... Nf7 $1 19. Bb3 a4 20. Ba2 Nc7 21. Rd2 Na8 22. Nxa8 Raxa8 23. Nb6 {Strongly threatening Bxe6.} Rad8 24. Bxe6 (24. Nxa4 $2 Bxa2 25. Rxa2 b5 $19) 24... Qxe6 25. Rad1 Qb3 26. Nd7 Rfe8 27. h3 Ng5 28. Kh2 Ne6 29. Qf3 Ng5 ({Black should try} 29... Rc8) 30. Qf5 $16 {h4 is the strong threat.} Qe6 31. Nc5 Rxd2 32. Rxd2 Qc4 33. h4 (33. Nxb7 $16 {Threatens to win with Nd6.} Qxe4 34. Qxe4 Nxe4 35. Re2) 33... Qxc5 $14 34. hxg5 fxg5 35. Qxg5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} h6 36. Qg4 Qf8 37. g3 $40 {[%mdl 128] White is up to no good.} Rd8 38. Rxd8 Qxd8 {KQ-KQ} 39. Kg2 Qe7 (39... b5 $11) 40. Qc8+ $1 $16 Kh7 41. Qa8 Qd7 42. Qxa4 Qd3 43. Qb4 h5 44. Qxb7 Qxe4+ 45. Kh2 $1 Qf3 46. Kg1 Qd1+ $1 47. Kg2 Qd5+ 48. Kh2 Qf3 $1 49. Qb6 h4 {[#] Hoping for ...h3!} 50. Qe3 $1 {[%cal Re3f3]} ({And not} 50. gxh4 Qf4+ 51. Kh3 Qf3+ 52. Kh2 Qf4+ 53. Kg2 Qg4+ 54. Kh2 Qxh4+ 55. Kg1 Qg4+ 56. Kf1 Qd1+ 57. Kg2 Qg4+ 58. Kf1 Qd1+ 59. Kg2 Qg4+ 60. Kf1 $11) 50... hxg3+ 51. Kh3 Qh5+ 52. Kxg3 Qg6+ 53. Kh2 Qc2 {[#]} 54. b4 $1 ({Don't take} 54. Qxe5 $6 Qxf2+ 55. Kh3 Qf1+ 56. Kg3 Qg1+ 57. Kf3 Qf1+ 58. Ke3 Qc1+ 59. Kf3 Qf1+ 60. Ke3 Qc1+ 61. Kf3 Qf1+ $16) 54... Kg6 (54... Kg8 {was called for.} 55. Qxe5 Qxf2+ 56. Kh3 Qf3+ 57. Kh4 Qf7) 55. Kg2 $18 ({Weaker is} 55. Qxe5 Qxf2+ 56. Kh3 Qf1+ 57. Kg4 Qc4+ 58. Kg3 Qd3+ 59. Kf4 Qf1+ 60. Ke4 Qc4+ 61. Ke3 Qa6 $18) 55... e4 56. Qc5 Qd3 57. Qxc6+ Kh7 {intending ...Qf3+.} 58. Qe6 Qf3+ 59. Kg1 g5 $2 (59... Qxc3 60. Qxe4+ Kg8 61. Qd5+ Kf8) 60. Qd7+ Kg6 61. Qd6+ Kf7 62. Qg3 Qd1+ 63. Kg2 Kf6 (63... Kg6 $142 64. Qh3 Qb3) 64. c4 Kf5 65. Qh3+ Ke5 66. Qh8+ Kf4 67. Qf6+ Kg4 68. c5 Qb3 69. c6 Qd5 70. c7 {Accuracy: White = 81%, Black = 49%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.24"]
[Round "6.49"]
[White "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"]
[Black "Quparadze, Giga"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,43,21,31,30,37,36,35,28,33,35,34,32,36,33,56,55,63,43,69,47,88,79,133,133,121,118,116,116,103,93,134,0,0,0,125,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. c3 cxd4 5. cxd4 Qb6 6. Nc3 {A46: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 e6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} d5 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8. Qd2 {White is slightly better.} Nc6 9. e3 Bd7 10. Bd3 Rc8 11. O-O Bb4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Be7 12. Rac1 {1-0 (51) Chernyshov,K (2567)-Kabanov,N (2499) Voronezh 2007}) 12. Rac1 Ne7 13. Rfe1 O-O 14. e4 dxe4 15. Rxe4 {Strongly threatening Qh6.} ({Don't play} 15. Bxe4 $6 Ng6 $11) 15... f5 {[#]} (15... Kg7 $142) 16. Qh6 $1 $16 {Intending Ng5! and mate.} f6 17. Rg4+ $1 Ng6 18. Rxg6+ $1 hxg6 19. Qxg6+ Kh8 20. Qh6+ (20. Re1 $16 {Hoping for Re3.} Rc7 21. Qh6+ Kg8 22. d5) 20... Kg8 $11 21. Qg6+ (21. d5 $11 Rf7 22. dxe6 Qxe6 23. Ne2) 21... Kh8 $16 22. Qh6+ {Accuracy: White = 74%, Black = 69%.} (22. Re1 $16 Rc7 23. Qh6+ Kg8 24. d5) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.24"]
[Round "6.50"]
[White "Radovanovic, Mihajlo"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,94,-18,-27,-29,-35,-51,-46,-50,-60,-26,-35,-16,-66,-60,-84,-86,-99,-99,-129,-97,-172,-166,-176,-176,-187,-187,-193,-168,-199,-84,-96,-90,-96,-96,-95,-87,-75,-82,-82,-81,-79,-73,-95,-95,-95,-86,-123,-123,-115,-119,-107,-87,-93,-74,-117,-94,-177,-187,-173,-170,-175,-179,-211,-215,-170,-194,-472,-464,-546,-570,-909,-904,-957,-947]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 d5 4. O-O e6 5. d3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. Re1 b5 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nf1 Qc7 11. Bf4 Bb7 12. h4 Rfc8 {C00: French: Unusual White 2nd moves} 13. h5 (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}) 13... h6 14. N1h2 Qd8 {Black is slightly better.} 15. Ng4 a5 16. Qd2 Bf8 {[#]} 17. Rad1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Ngh2 a4 18. g4 Ne7 19. g5 hxg5 20. Bxg5 {1-0 (31) Ghasi,A (2505)-Ferrington,N (2128) Telford 2019}) 17... Rc7 18. Qc1 a4 19. c4 Nd4 20. cxb5 Nxb5 21. a3 (21. Bxh6 $17 {might work better.} gxh6 22. Nxh6+ Bxh6 23. Qxh6) 21... Nd4 $19 22. Nxd4 cxd4 23. Qd2 Ba6 24. Qe2 Rb7 25. Rd2 Kh8 (25... Nc5 $19 {has better winning chances. White must now prevent ...Rab8.} 26. Nh2 Rb3) 26. Nh2 $17 Rb3 27. Nf3 Qb6 28. Rc1 Rb8 {And now ...Nc5 would win.} 29. Rcc2 Nc5 30. Ne1 Be7 31. Bf1 Qa7 {aiming for ...Bd8.} 32. Rd1 Bd8 33. Qd2 Kh7 34. Qc1 {[#]} R3b5 $1 35. Nf3 Nb3 36. Qb1 Be7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping White busy.} 37. Kg2 Qb6 38. Qa2 Nc5 {[%cal Rb5b2]} (38... Kh8 {with more complications.} 39. g4 Kg8 40. Kg1 Nc5 41. Bd2 Nd7) 39. Nxd4 (39. Rdd2 $17) 39... Rxb2 $19 40. Rxb2 Qxb2 41. Qxb2 Rxb2 42. Nc6 {[#]} Bf8 $1 43. Nb4 Bb5 44. Bc1 $2 (44. Bd2) 44... Rb1 {Black is clearly winning.} 45. Na2 {White wants to play Nc3.} d4 46. Be2 Nb3 47. Bf3 Ra1 {Accuracy: White = 36%, Black = 71%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.25"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Piorun, Kacper"]
[Black "Rodshtein, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,43,20,18,18,17,16,25,20,20,18,20,19,18,15,18,55,29,83,89,140,126,110,0,0,0,133,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 e6 8. Ne5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nd7 {B19: Classical Caro-Kann: 4...Bf5 main line} 11. Bf4 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Qa5+ {White has an edge.} 13. c3 Nf6 14. O-O Ng4 15. Rad1 {[#]} Qd8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Nxe5 16. dxe5 Rd8 17. Qxd8+ Qxd8 18. Rxd8+ Kxd8 {1-0 (67) Sutovsky,E (2633)-Shankland,S (2722) Batumi 2018}) 16. Ne4 Qxh4 17. Bg3 Qh5 (17... Qd8 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 18. d5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has strong initiative.} Qxd5 (18... exd5 $142 19. Rfe1 O-O-O) 19. Qe2 $1 Qf5 {[#]} 20. Qd3 ({White has to play} 20. Qd2 $1 $16 {[%csl Gd1][%cal Rd2d7]} e5 21. Rfe1) 20... Qd5 $11 21. Qe2 ({White should try} 21. Qf3 $11 Qf5 22. Qd3 Qd5) 21... Qf5 $1 $16 {[#]} 22. Qd3 ({Only move:} 22. Qd2 $1 $16 {[%csl Gd1][%cal Rd2d7]} Be7 23. Qd7+ (23. Nd6+ Bxd6 24. Qxd6 Nf6 $16) 23... Kf8 24. Qxb7) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.25"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Gledura, Benjamin"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,102,22,25,17,26,10,24,30,23,13,37,27,22,31,18,30,18,25,54,39,67,0,-9,-9,-8,-17,-7,-4,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,-6,-3,-1,-8,-8,-45,-17,-13,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-45,-43,-43,-39,-43,-43,-40,-40,-42,-13,-18,0,-4,-8,-4,0,-20,-20,-20,-24,-24,-29,-35,-28,-39,-18,-14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Be2 {D12: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 e3 Bf5} (7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. Rb1 c5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. g3 Nc6 11. Bg2 Qd7 12. O-O Rd8 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. b3 Qf5 15. Bb2 O-O {½-½ (65) Lenderman,A (2626)-Robson,R (2682) Saint Louis 2018}) 7... Nbd7 8. g3 Bd6 9. O-O {White has an edge.} dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nb6 11. Be2 O-O 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. a4 a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... e5 14. a5 Nbd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 {1-0 (46) Hejazipour,M (2297)-Hakimifard,R (2001) Teheran 2014}) 14. e4 e5 15. Be3 Nbd7 16. Qb3 ({White should play} 16. f4 $1 $14) 16... exd4 $11 17. Bxd4 Bc5 18. Rad1 {[#] And now Bxf6 would win.} Bxd4 19. Rxd4 {aiming for e5.} Nc5 20. Rxd8 Nxb3 21. Rxa8 Rxa8 22. Rd1 {next e5 is good for White.} Nc5 23. e5 Nfd7 24. f4 Nb6 25. b3 f6 26. exf6 gxf6 27. Kf2 Kf7 28. h4 f5 29. h5 Rh8 30. hxg6+ Kxg6 31. Bf3 Rh2+ ({Wrong is} 31... Nxb3 $2 32. Rb1 $18) 32. Bg2 $1 Nbd7 33. g4 fxg4 34. Kg3 Rh8 {Hoping for ...Nf6.} 35. Ne4 Kf5 36. Rd4 Rg8 37. b4 axb4 38. Rxb4 Ke6 39. f5+ Ke5 {Black wants to play ...Ra8.} 40. Nxc5 Nxc5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 41. Rc4 Nd7 42. Rxg4 Ra8 43. Rc4 Kf6 44. Be4 {The position is equal.} Rg8+ 45. Kf4 Rh8 46. Kg3 Rg8+ 47. Kf4 Rg1 48. Ke3 Ra1 49. Bc2 Ra3+ 50. Kd2 c5 51. Rc3 Rxc3 {Accuracy: White = 60%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.25"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Black "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,88,17,30,18,31,35,34,31,41,41,31,18,21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,13,6,16,25,-46,-50,-51,-43,-43,-39,-36,-37,-39,-42,-42,-44,-43,-2,-10,-2,-18,-6,-143,-138,-194,-50,-80,-49,-95,-15,-16,-6,-9,-6,-7,-6,-249,-249,-245,-245,-963,-912,-854,-915,-859,-831,-1144,-1144,-1097,-1072,-997,-975,-1334,-960]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 d5 4. c4 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. Na3 c3 7. bxc3 O-O 8. O-O c5 9. Re1 {D77: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0: Replies other than 6...c6} Nc6 10. Bb2 Qb6 (10... Nd5 11. Qc2 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nf6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. c4 Bf5 15. Qc1 Qc7 16. Nc2 Rab8 {1-0 (39) Mamedyarov,S (2809)-Grischuk,A (2767) Berlin 2018}) 11. Nc4 {White is slightly better.} Qb5 12. Qb3 Qa6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Qxb3 13. axb3 Be6 14. Nfd2 cxd4 15. cxd4 Rfd8 16. Bxc6 bxc6 {0-1 (64) Krylov,I (2424)-Grigorjev,I (2314) Lipetsk 2018}) 13. e4 ({Not} 13. dxc5 $2 Be6 $19) 13... Be6 $1 {[%cal Re6c4]} 14. d5 Nxd5 $1 15. exd5 Bxd5 16. Nfd2 $1 Bxg2 $1 17. Kxg2 {And now a4 would win.} b5 $1 {[%cal Rb5c4]} 18. Ne3 Ne5 19. c4 Nxc4 20. Ndxc4 (20. Bxg7 $11 Nxd2 21. Qd1 Qc6+ 22. f3 Qxf3+ 23. Qxf3 Nxf3 24. Kxf3 Kxg7 25. Nf1) 20... bxc4 $15 21. Nxc4 {Hoping for Bxg7.} Rab8 22. Qa3 ({Wrong is} 22. Bxg7 $2 Rxb3 23. Bxf8 Rb4 $19) 22... Qb7+ 23. Kg1 Bxb2 24. Nxb2 Qxb2 25. Qxa7 c4 26. Qxe7 Rfc8 27. a4 c3 {Strongly threatening ...c2.} 28. Qf6 Qb4 {Threatening ...c2.} 29. a5 (29. Qe7 $11) 29... c2 $1 $17 30. Qf4 {[#]} (30. Kg2 $17 {was necessary.}) 30... Rc4 ({Black should play} 30... Qc3 $1 $19 {[%cal Rc3a1]} 31. Qc1 Rc6) 31. Qe3 $1 $15 Qb2 {Threatens to win with ...Qxa1!} 32. Qc1 {[#]} Qc3 ({Better is} 32... Qd4 $1 $17 {aiming for ...Ra4.} 33. Qa3 Rc3) 33. a6 $11 Rbc8 34. Kg2 $1 R4c7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 35. a7 Ra8 36. Qh6 $2 (36. Qf4 $1 $11) 36... Rcxa7 $19 37. Rac1 Qc6+ 38. Kg1 $2 (38. f3) 38... Rd7 {Black is clearly winning.} 39. Qe3 Rad8 40. Qb3 Rd2 41. h4 h5 42. Rf1 Qe4 43. Rfe1 Qd4 44. Qf3 Rd3 {Accuracy: White = 54%, Black = 65%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.25"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,83,0,0,17,22,18,8,12,14,39,31,68,64,63,24,26,30,43,35,42,31,89,88,111,103,104,104,165,166,164,154,158,154,148,165,156,157,157,147,364,294,604,600,29966,29967,29969,29970,29969,1102,29969,29971,29964,29967,5189,6115,29981,29983,29984,29985,29989,29990,29990,29991]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8. exd5 Nb8 9. a4 Be7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O {B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations} Nd7 12. Bd2 {LiveBook: 11 Games} (12. b4 a6 13. Na3 a5 14. bxa5 Rxa5 15. Nc4 Ra8 16. Be3 f5 17. a5 f4 18. Bb6 Qe8 {½-½ (54) Caruana,F (2832)-Carlsen,M (2835) London 2018}) 12... a6 13. Na3 {The position is equal.} a5 {[#]} 14. c3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Nc4 b6 15. f4 Ba6 16. Ne3 Bb7 17. Bc3 g6 18. Bb5 Ba6 19. Bxd7 Qxd7 {1-0 (53) Oparin,G (2602)-Gelfand,B (2697) Moscow 2017}) 14... f5 15. f4 Nc5 16. Be3 {[#] Hoping for Bxc5.} exf4 17. Bxc5 $1 ({But not} 17. Rxf4 $6 Bg5 $15) 17... dxc5 18. Rxf4 Bd6 19. Rf3 Qh4 20. Rh3 Qe7 21. Nc4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} f4 (21... Qc7 $14) 22. Bg4 $16 Bf5 23. Bxf5 Rxf5 24. Rd3 f3 (24... Rf6 $16) 25. Rxf3 $18 Bxh2+ 26. Kxh2 Qh4+ 27. Kg1 Rxf3 28. Qxf3 Qxc4 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 29. Rf1 {Intending Qf7+ and mate.} h6 30. Qf7+ Kh8 $2 (30... Kh7 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 31. Re1 $18 {aiming for Re8+.} (31. Qxb7 Rd8 $16) 31... Qxa4 $2 (31... Kh7 32. Re7 (32. Qxb7 Rd8 $16) 32... Qg4) 32. d6 Rd8 {[#]} 33. b3 $1 Qg4 34. Re8+ Rxe8 35. Qxe8+ {KQ-KQ} Kh7 36. d7 Qd1+ 37. Kh2 Qd6+ 38. g3 Qd2+ 39. Kh3 {White mates.} Qd5 40. d8=Q Qf5+ 41. Kg2 Qc2+ 42. Kf3 {Precision: White = 85%, Black = 30%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.25"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,43,36,42,52,45,52,41,60,52,56,64,68,54,47,53,47,18,83,66,66,6,12,0,17,-18]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. O-O Rc8 {B36: Sicilian: Maroczy Bind: Gurgenidze System} (11... Qa5 12. Rab1 Rfc8 13. b3 Ng4 14. Bd4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Nf6 16. Rfe1 Qb4 17. Bf1 a6 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Rc7 20. Re3 b5 21. Rbe1 Raa7 {½-½ (37) Eljanov,P (2700)-Tahbaz,A (2434) Sharjah 2018}) 12. b3 $1 {[%cal Bb2b3,Bb3b4][%mdl 32]} Qa5 13. Rfc1 a6 {White is slightly better.} 14. Rab1 Rfe8 15. f3 h5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Nd7 16. b4 Qc7 17. Na4 Red8 18. Qe1 f5 19. exf5 Bxf5 {1-0 (61) Ruiz Castillo,J (2368)-Ge,A (2123) Costa Mesa 2017}) 16. b4 Qd8 17. Na4 Nd7 18. c5 Rb8 (18... dxc5 $11 {keeps the balance.} 19. bxc5 Qc7) 19. cxd6 exd6 20. Nc3 (20. b5 $14) 20... Nb6 $11 21. Bd4 Rc8 22. Rd1 {Accuracy: White = 48%, Black = 40%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.25"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Pantsulaia, Levan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,114,18,43,21,37,8,12,7,2,-7,0,-1,0,-2,-13,-6,-12,-23,0,-10,0,-7,0,0,27,0,32,-40,-31,-62,-64,-77,-58,-59,-67,-75,-76,-95,-91,-87,-85,-85,-13,-13,-16,-14,-6,-8,0,-140,-145,-179,-179,-222,-215,-200,-180,-383,-374,-383,-347,-457,-198,-320,-327,-327,-200,-327,-327,-1295,-330,-322,-322,-268,-185,-185,-185,-185,-185,-174,-168,-177,-177,-590,-590,-590,-583,-583,-575,-570,-548,-575,-573,-565,-553,-5405,-3968,-1622,-594,-29974,-29975,-29978,-29979,-29977,-29978]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Bg6 7. Nbd2 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} (7. c3 Nh6 8. a4 a5 9. Na3 Be7 10. Nc2 O-O 11. Nce1 c5 12. Bxh6 gxh6 13. Bb5 cxd4 14. cxd4 Nb8 15. Qd2 {0-1 (52) Yu,Y (2764)-Artemiev,V (2709) Caleta 2019}) 7... Nh6 8. Re1 Be7 9. Nf1 {The position is equal.} Nf5 10. Bd3 c5 11. c3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. dxc5 Ne3 12. Nxe3 Bxc5 13. Nh4 Qxh4 14. Bxg6 hxg6 {½-½ (25) Heinemann,T (2426)-Dautov,R (2616) Erfurt 2004}) 11... cxd4 12. Bxf5 Bxf5 13. Nxd4 Bg6 14. Ng3 Nc5 15. f4 Bh4 16. Rf1 Bxg3 17. hxg3 h5 18. Be3 Ne4 19. Qf3 ({White should play} 19. f5 $1 $14 exf5 20. Nxf5) 19... Qd7 20. c4 dxc4 21. Rad1 Qe7 22. Nb5 {White wants to play Rd4.} O-O 23. Nd6 Nxd6 24. Bc5 {[%mdl 64] Pin} Qc7 25. Bxd6 Qb6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 26. Kh2 Qxb2 (26... Rfd8 $17 27. Rd2 Rac8) 27. Bxf8 $11 Rxf8 28. Rd7 c3 {Hoping for ...c2.} 29. Rxb7 Qxa2 30. Rc7 (30. Qxc3 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.} Qa6 31. Qf3) 30... c2 $17 31. Qc3 Qb1 32. Rf2 {[#]} a5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 33. Rd2 (33. Qxa5 c1=Q) 33... Kh7 $40 {[%mdl 128] White is in trouble.} 34. Rdd7 $2 (34. Qa3 Qb4 35. Qc1) 34... Qf1 $19 35. Rd2 Qd1 36. Rdd7 Qg4 (36... Rd8 $142 37. Rxd8 Qxd8) 37. Qd2 (37. Rd2 $142) 37... h4 38. gxh4 Qxh4+ 39. Kg1 Kg8 40. Qe3 $2 (40. f5 Bxf5 41. Rd4) 40... a4 $2 (40... Rb8 {( -> ...Rb1+)} 41. Rb7 Rxb7 {[%mdl 64] Overworked Piece} 42. Rxb7 Qd8) 41. f5 Bxf5 {Threatens to win with ...Rb8.} 42. Rd4 Qh6 43. Qxh6 gxh6 44. Rxa4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} Rd8 45. Rac4 Rd2 46. Kh2 Re2 47. R4c5 $2 {[#]} (47. Kg3 {is tougher.}) 47... Be4 $1 48. Kg3 Rxg2+ 49. Kf4 Bg6 50. Ke3 h5 51. Rc4 Kg7 52. R7c5 Kh6 53. Kf4 Rg4+ 54. Kf3 Kg5 (54... Rxc4 $142 55. Rxc4 Kg5) 55. Rxg4+ hxg4+ {Black mates.} 56. Kg3 Bd3 57. Rc7 Kf5 {Accuracy: White = 23%, Black = 58%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.25"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel"]
[Black "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,71,41,2,7,0,26,36,66,22,22,17,17,0,20,20,29,39,33,47,104,62,364,358,352,368,483,378,372,356,359,366,484,448,450,431,736,731,737,742,1069,847,1164,1092,5777,4948,29969,29970,6482,6045]} 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 c5 12. Bc2 {C95: Closed Ruy Lopez: Breyer Variation with 10 d4} Re8 13. b3 {[#] LiveBook: 3 Games} exd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Bf8 14. Bb2 Qc7 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. c4 Bb7 17. Qe2 b4 18. Nf1 Nb8 19. Ne3 Nc6 {½-½ (31) Almasi,Z (2700)-Efimenko,Z (2647) Germany 2015}) 14. cxd4 {The position is equal.} Bf8 15. a4 Bb7 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8 Bxa8 18. Bb2 g6 19. e5 dxe5 20. dxe5 Nd5 21. Ne4 Qb6 (21... Bc6 $14) 22. Neg5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black must now prevent e6! White has some pressure.} Qc6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (22... f5 $1 $14) 23. e6 $1 $18 {[%cal Re6f7]} fxe6 {[#]} 24. Nxh7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bg7 (24... Kxh7 25. Ng5+) 25. Bxg6 Re7 26. Bxg7 Rxg7 27. Be4 Qd6 28. Nhg5 Nf8 29. h4 Bb7 {[#]} (29... Qe7 $142 30. Qc1 b4) 30. Ne5 $1 {[%cal Bf3e5,Be5g4,Bg4f6,Bf6d5][%mdl 544]} Qe7 (30... Qxe5 31. Bh7+) 31. Qf3 Nb4 32. Ng4 Bxe4 33. Nf6+ Kh8 34. Rxe4 {Qh5+ would kill now.} Rg6 35. Rf4 Nd3 36. Nd5 {Precision: White = 78%, Black = 24%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.25"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Can, Emre"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,59,35,31,29,4,37,20,27,25,37,15,60,62,62,70,76,62,66,17,24,24,32,12,32,0,-7,-26,7,15,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 {D12: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 e3 Bf5} 8. Bd2 (8. Qb3 Qb6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Bd2 Nbd7 11. g3 Be7 12. Kf2 g5 13. Kg2 Rd8 14. Qxb6 axb6 15. a4 O-O 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Bd3 g4 {1-0 (54) Ding,L (2812)-Mamedov,R (2701) Astana 2019}) 8... Be7 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Qb3 Qc7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. O-O-O Nbd7 13. Kb1 b5 14. Rc1 Qd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Qb7 15. e4 a6 16. exd5 cxd5 {1-0 (27) Mulyar,M (2430)-Checa,N (2054) Philadelphia 2014}) 15. Be1 Rxh2 16. Rxh2 Qxh2 17. Ne2 Rc8 $1 18. Bg3 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Qh6 19. Nf4 g5 20. Nd3 {The position is equal.} Nb6 21. Ne5 Nc4 22. Qc3 {[%cal Rf1c4]} Nd7 23. Nxd7 Kxd7 24. Bxc4 bxc4 25. Qa5 Bd6 26. Bxd6 Qxd6 27. Qxa7+ Rc7 28. Qb8 Rc8 29. Qa7+ Rc7 30. Qb8 {Accuracy: White = 52%, Black = 74%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.25"]
[Round "7.9"]
[White "Berkes, Ferenc"]
[Black "Bindrich, Falko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,94,39,23,33,28,20,16,36,35,42,14,22,8,18,0,0,0,0,0,10,10,10,10,10,5,7,0,12,11,15,0,0,0,8,-16,7,-53,-33,-27,-45,-62,-37,-43,-14,-21,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-15,0,-9,-18,-64,-64,-170,-183,-168,-30,-164,-22,-20,-34,-60,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 c5 6. Bg2 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Nc6 8. Nf3 cxd4 {D41: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 cxd5} 9. cxd4 (9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. cxd4 Bd6 12. O-O Rb8 13. e4 b6 14. Bb2 O-O 15. e5 Bb4 16. Rfc1 Bb7 17. Rc7 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Ra8 19. Rac1 Rfe8 {1-0 (48) Bu,X (2695)-Vitiugov,N (2734) Ningbo 2015}) 9... Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 O-O 12. O-O {LiveBook: 5 Games} Bd7 13. Rfc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Rab1 Rb8 14. Rfc1 h6 15. Qe3 Qa5 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Qxe5 Qxe5 18. dxe5 {½-½ (34) Smirnov,P (2558)-Rakhmanov,A (2585) Samara 2011}) 13... Rc8 14. e3 Qa5 15. Qb2 b6 16. a3 Rfd8 17. h4 h6 18. Kh2 Be8 19. Nd2 Ne7 20. Ne4 (20. Kg1 {keeps more tension.} Nd5 21. Bf1 Ne7 22. Bd3 Rxc1+ 23. Rxc1 Bc6 24. e4) 20... Bc6 21. Qb4 Qxb4 22. axb4 Rd7 23. g4 Kf8 24. Ra3 Bd5 25. Rxc8+ Nxc8 26. Rc3 Ne7 27. b5 Ke8 28. h5 Kd8 29. Kg3 (29. Ra3 $11) 29... f5 $1 $15 {[%cal Rf5e4]} 30. gxf5 exf5 31. Nd2 f4+ $1 32. Kh2 fxe3 33. fxe3 Bxg2 34. Kxg2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Rd5 35. Rb3 $1 Rxh5 36. e4 Ng6 37. Rb1 Nf4+ 38. Kf3 g5 39. Kg4 (39. Ra1 $15) 39... Rh2 $19 40. Nf3 {[#]} Rg2+ $1 41. Kf5 {[#]} Rf2 ({Better is} 41... Ne2 $1 $19 {...Rf2 is the strong threat.} 42. Ne5 Nxd4+ 43. Kf6 Rf2+ 44. Kg6 Ke7) 42. Ne5 $1 $11 Ne2+ 43. Kg6 Rf4 (43... Nc3 $15 44. Rg1 Nxb5 45. Kxh6 Ke7) 44. Nc6+ {The position is equal.} Kc7 45. e5 $1 {Hoping for d5.} Nxd4 46. Nxd4 Rxd4 47. Kf7 Rf4+ {Precision: White = 51%, Black = 49%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.25"]
[Round "7.10"]
[White "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Black "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,73,8,0,5,9,20,20,20,19,0,2,6,10,15,11,39,44,39,28,38,31,25,15,24,14,21,0,0,-8,-12,-25,-15,-31,83,73,150,145,154,136,248,241,243,243,425,422,624,578,797,800,29994,29995,29995,29996,29996,29997]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. c3 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} Bb6 8. Ba4 c6 (8... O-O 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 d6 11. Nd2 g5 12. Bg3 Bg4 13. Qe1 Nh5 14. Bd1 Bxd1 15. Qxd1 Nxg3 16. hxg3 {½-½ (47) Caruana,F (2828)-Robson,R (2667) chess.com INT 2019}) 9. Na3 d6 10. Bc2 O-O 11. Nc4 {LiveBook: 7 Games} Bc7 12. Bg5 {[%cal Bc1g5,Bg5h4,Bh4g3][%mdl 32]} h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... d5 13. Ne3 dxe4 14. dxe4 h6 {½-½ (33) Van Foreest,J (2609)-Leko,P (2679) Germany 2018}) 13. Bh4 d5 14. Ne3 dxe4 15. dxe4 Qxd1 16. Raxd1 g5 17. Bg3 Be6 18. f3 Nh5 {[%cal Bf6h5,Bh5f4,Bf4d3][%mdl 32]} 19. Bf2 Nf4 20. Bb3 Rfd8 21. h4 Nd3 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Ng4 Kg7 24. hxg5 h5 $1 {[%cal Rh5g4]} 25. Nf6 {And now Ne8+ would win.} Kg6 $1 26. g4 hxg4 (26... h4 $15 {stays ahead.}) 27. Nxg4 $16 Kxg5 (27... Rac8 $142) 28. Be3+ Kg6 29. Rd2 c5 {[#]} (29... Rac8 $16 30. a4 (30. Bxa7 b6 $14) 30... Nf4) 30. Rg2 $1 $18 Kf7 31. Nh6+ Ke8 $2 {[#]} (31... Ke7 32. Rg7+ Kd6 33. Nf7+ Kc6) 32. Rg7 $1 Bb6 (32... Bd6 $142 33. Ng8 (33. Rxb7 Rd7 $16) 33... Nf4 34. Rxb7 Rac8 35. Nf6+ (35. Rxa7 Rc7 $16) 35... Kf8) 33. Bg5 Nxb2 34. Ng4 {Intending Nf6+ and mate.} Nd3 35. Nf6+ {White mates.} Kf8 36. Rh7 {[%cal Rg5h6]} c4+ 37. Kh2 {Precision: White = 71%, Black = 49%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.25"]
[Round "7.11"]
[White "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Black "Svane, Rasmus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,99,2,9,8,7,3,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-9,-16,-13,24,22,24,24,31,0,54,52,70,33,37,57,35,66,66,58,68,0,87,100,139,109,105,100,180,179,181,182,174,174,618,613,589,569,872,815,1066,1290,908,1449,1420,1360,1261,1233,842,715,5004,3571,1815,1073,1413,1398,1359,1359,1172,1172,1914,1775,29984,29985,29985,29982,29986,29987,29986,29987]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qc2 {The position is equal.} Ba5 13. O-O {[#]} Nxc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Bxc3 14. bxc3 Na5 15. Nd2 Bg6 16. Qb2 c6 17. Be2 f5 18. Nxe4 fxe4 19. Qb4 b6 20. c4 dxc4 21. Bxc4+ Nxc4 22. Qxc4+ Qd5 23. Qxd5+ cxd5 24. Rfc1 {½-½ (24) Najer,E (2693)-Rodshtein,M (2688) Czech Republic 2017}) 14. bxc3 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Qd7 16. Bxc6 Qxc6 17. f4 Qg6+ (17... f6 {seems wilder.} 18. Kg2 Rae8 19. Rab1 b6 20. Kh2 Qd7) 18. Qxg6 fxg6 19. Rab1 Bb6 20. Kg2 Rae8 (20... Kf7 $11) 21. Rfc1 c6 22. a4 Re7 23. c4 dxc4 24. Rxc4 Rd7 25. Kf3 Kf7 26. Ke4 $1 Rfd8 (26... Ke6 $11) 27. h4 $16 h5 28. f5 gxf5+ 29. Kxf5 Rd5 (29... Re8 $16) 30. Ke4 g6 31. f4 Rg8 32. Rcb4 Rd7 $2 {[#]} (32... Rg7 33. Rg1 Ke8) 33. a5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Bxa5 34. Rxb7 Rgd8 35. f5 gxf5+ 36. Kxf5 Ke8 37. Bg5 Bb6 38. Bxd8 Rxb7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 39. Bf6 Rd7 40. Rg1 {[#] Strongly threatening Rg8+.} Rf7 41. Rg8+ Rf8 42. Rg5 Kd7 43. Rxh5 Bxd4 44. Rh7+ Kc8 45. Ke4 Bc5 46. h5 a5 47. h6 {White mates.} a4 48. Rg7 a3 49. h7 a2 50. e6 {Accuracy: White = 90%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.25"]
[Round "7.12"]
[White "Lysyj, Igor"]
[Black "Huzman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,107,21,18,19,19,17,22,31,32,51,39,48,40,41,31,38,21,25,29,30,29,50,60,71,30,39,42,78,83,93,85,104,104,102,102,91,83,84,71,85,78,77,77,85,61,61,62,59,54,51,54,62,0,2,0,103,93,112,118,96,109,180,126,114,118,163,156,156,143,196,210,193,198,136,24,363,339,325,243,510,510,520,96,106,106,125,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. e3 c5 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8. bxc3 b6 {E34: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...d5} 9. f3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. c4 Qd6 11. Be2 Bb7 12. Rd1 Rc8 13. O-O Qc7 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Nd4 O-O 16. f3 {½-½ (44) Bareev,E (2729)-Topalov,V (2743) Wijk aan Zee 2003}) 9... Nc6 10. e4 Qd8 11. Be3 Nd7 12. Bb5 Bb7 13. Qd2 O-O 14. Ne2 Qc8 15. Kf2 Ba6 16. a4 Na5 17. Qa2 Bxb5 18. axb5 a6 19. bxa6 Rxa6 20. Qa4 Ra8 21. Qb5 Qc7 22. Bf4 e5 23. Bg3 Nc6 24. d5 Na5 25. c4 Nf6 26. Rhb1 Rfb8 27. Nc3 Ne8 {[#]} 28. Qa4 $1 f6 29. Kg1 Qd8 30. Nb5 Nb7 31. Qb3 Rxa1 32. Rxa1 Ned6 33. f4 (33. Be1 $14) 33... Na5 34. Qd3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Nxb5 (34... Ndxc4 $11 {remains equal.} 35. fxe5 Nxe5 36. Bxe5 fxe5) 35. cxb5 $16 c4 36. Qc3 exf4 37. Bxf4 Rc8 (37... Rb7 $16) 38. Rd1 ({White should try} 38. d6 $18) 38... Qd7 39. e5 {Hoping for e6.} fxe5 40. Bxe5 Rc5 41. Qf3 Nb3 (41... Qf7 $16) 42. Bc3 (42. Rf1 $6 Rc8 $16) 42... Rc8 43. d6 Nc5 44. Re1 (44. Qf4 $16) 44... Re8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (44... Qxd6 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 45. Bxg7 (45. Qg4 Qd7 $14) 45... Qd3) 45. Qd5+ $18 Re6 46. Rd1 ({Not} 46. Qxc4 Qxd6 47. Bd4 Kf7 $16) 46... Kh8 $2 (46... h5 {was necessary.} 47. Rd4 (47. Qxc4 Qf7 $18) (47. Qxh5 Rxd6 48. Rxd6 Qxd6 $16) 47... Qe8) 47. Qc6 h6 48. Qxb6 $2 (48. Bb4 $18 Qd8 49. Bxc5 bxc5 50. d7) 48... Nd3 $16 49. Ra1 Rg6 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Rxg2+.} 50. Qd4 (50. Qe3 $1 $16) 50... Qb7 $1 $11 {[%csl Gg6][%cal Rb7g2] The position is equal.} 51. g3 {Strongly threatening d7.} Qf3 $1 {...Nf4 is the strong threat.} 52. d7 Rxg3+ 53. hxg3 Qxg3+ 54. Kf1 {Accuracy: White = 59%, Black = 62%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.25"]
[Round "7.13"]
[White "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Black "Rakhmanov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,37,0,0,-36,3,-4,-2,0,18,0,12,-24,-37,-37,-32,-27,-28,-59,-6,-36,-27,-21,12,14,14,14,7,0]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. g3 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. Bg2 {E00: Catalan Bogo-Indian (3 g3 Bb4+)} Bxc5 {LiveBook: 20 Games} 7. Nh3 (7. Ngf3 b6 8. O-O Bb7 9. b3 Be7 10. Bb2 d6 11. Nd4 Qc8 12. e4 Nc6 13. Qe2 Nd7 14. Rfd1 Re8 15. Rac1 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bc6 {½-½ (87) Matlakov,M (2700)-Karjakin,S (2753) St Petersburg 2018}) 7... d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Nc6 8. O-O b6 9. Nb3 Be7 10. Bf4 Ba6 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Bd6 Bxd6 13. Qxd6 Qe7 {½-½ (28) Iwamoto,T (2279)-Browne,W (2446) Las Vegas 2005}) 8. O-O Nc6 9. Nf4 Bb6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. b3 Bd4 12. Ba3 Bxa1 13. Bxf8 Be5 $1 14. Bc5 Bf5 (14... Bxf4 $15 15. gxf4 Qa5) 15. Nd3 Bxd3 16. exd3 Bd4 {The position is equal.} 17. Bxd4 Nxd4 18. Nf3 Qb6 19. Qd2 {Precision: White = 27%, Black = 47%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.25"]
[Round "7.14"]
[White "Buhmann, Rainer"]
[Black "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,57,7,19,13,12,4,21,18,14,3,0,8,17,0,29,18,40,41,41,41,43,44,42,32,45,29,37,36,32,20,16,0,0,0,0,0,58,60,59,52]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bg4 9. c3 O-O 10. h3 Bh5 11. d3 {C90: Closed Ruy Lopez with 7...d6: Early deviations} Na5 12. Bc2 c5 13. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3][%mdl 32] The position is equal.} b4 14. Nf1 (14. Qe2 Qc7 15. Nf1 bxc3 16. bxc3 c4 17. Bg5 cxd3 18. Bxd3 Nb3 {½-½ (39) Czarnota,P (2540)-Postny,E (2625) Achaea 2016}) 14... Rb8 15. Ng3 Bg6 16. Qe2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Nh4 d5 17. cxb4 cxb4 18. Nxg6 hxg6 {½-½ (46) Saveliev,A (2335)-Smirnov,A (2429) St Petersburg 2016}) 16... b3 17. Bd1 Re8 18. Nh4 d5 19. exd5 Qxd5 20. Nxg6 ({Not} 20. Qxe5 $2 Bd6 $19) 20... hxg6 21. Qf1 Rbd8 22. Bf3 Qd6 23. Bg5 Nd5 24. Ne4 Qc7 25. Bc1 f5 26. Ng5 {[#] And now Ne6 would win.} Bf6 $1 27. h4 Qd7 (27... c4 $11) 28. g3 Nc7 29. Be2 {Accuracy: White = 60%, Black = 68%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.25"]
[Round "7.15"]
[White "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Black "Sychev, Klementy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,79,20,33,25,26,0,0,0,4,0,8,0,11,0,44,-29,0,-10,-8,-13,0,0,2,8,66,64,64,56,83,79,116,82,80,78,80,0,0,5,48,0,0,-34,-36,-370,-319,-316,-256,-241,0,0,0,0,8,10,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,301,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. h3 g6 7. g4 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} (7. Be3 {feels hotter.} Bg7 8. Be2 Nbd7 9. O-O b6 10. Nc6) (7. g3 Bg7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. Nd5 Bb7 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nxf6+ exf6 15. c3 Re8 16. Re1 Re6 17. Re3 Qc7 {½-½ (62) Fedoseev,V (2713)-Van Foreest,J (2617) Hoogeveen 2018}) 7... Nc6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bg2 Qc7 10. b3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. O-O Bg7 11. Be3 Rb8 12. Na4 O-O 13. c4 c5 14. Qc2 Bb7 {0-1 (97) Szajna,W (2290)-Stefanov,P Rzeszow 1984}) 10... Bg7 {White must now prevent ...Nxe4!} 11. Bb2 O-O 12. O-O e5 13. Ne2 (13. Qd2 $14) 13... Be6 14. c4 Rad8 15. Qc2 h5 16. g5 Nh7 17. f4 {With the idea f5.} f6 (17... Bc8 $11) 18. gxf6 $14 Bxf6 19. Kh1 Kh8 20. Rad1 Bg7 21. Rd3 Qe7 22. Qd2 c5 23. Rd1 ({Better is} 23. fxe5 $16 Rxf1+ 24. Bxf1) 23... Qh4 $1 $11 24. fxe5 Ng5 {[%cal Re6h3]} 25. exd6 {Ng1 is the strong threat.} (25. Qe1 $5 {[%cal Re1h4]} Rf2 26. Ng1 $11) 25... Rf2 26. Rg3 Bxb2 27. Rxg5 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (27. Qxb2+ $15 Kh7 28. Qe5 Nxh3 29. Qxe6 (29. Bxh3 $2 Bxh3 30. Qg5 Qxg5 $19) 29... Ng5+ 30. Rh3 Qxh3+ 31. Qxh3 Nxh3 32. Nc3) 27... Bxh3 28. Qxb2+ Kh7 {( -> ...Rxd6)} 29. Qe5 {[#]} Rdf8 $2 ({Black should play} 29... Re8 $1 $19 {[%cal Re8e5]} 30. Qh2 (30. Qxe8 $2 {too greedy.} Bd7+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 31. Kg1 Bxe8 $19) 30... Qxg5 31. Qxh3 Rxe2) 30. Kg1 {Strongly threatening Rg3.} ({Not} 30. Qe7+ $2 R8f7 $19) 30... Bxg2 {[%csl Gg2][%cal Rh4h1]} 31. Ng3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} R8f7 32. d7 Bf3 {[%csl Gf2][%cal Rh4h2] [#]} 33. Qh8+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Decoy} Kxh8 {[%csl Gf2][%cal Rh4h2]} 34. d8=Q+ Kh7 {[%csl Gf2][%cal Rh4h2] [#]} 35. Rxh5+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxh5 (35... Bxh5 36. Qxh4) 36. Nxh5 Bxh5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (36... Bxd1 $11 {and Black is okay.} 37. Qxd1 R2f3) 37. Rd7 $2 (37. Rd2 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd2f2]} Rf1+ 38. Kh2) 37... Rf1+ {The position is equal.} 38. Kg2 {And now Rxf7+ would win.} R1f2+ 39. Kg3 {Threatens to win with Rxf7+.} R2f3+ 40. Kh2 {Accuracy: White = 34%, Black = 67%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.25"]
[Round "7.16"]
[White "Lupulescu, Constantin"]
[Black "Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "171"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,171,12,10,11,6,6,6,0,18,21,11,19,23,13,13,20,20,-16,-8,-5,-14,-10,-17,-27,-29,-18,0,-12,0,-24,8,7,15,-22,-21,-25,-26,-22,-34,-26,-29,-27,-25,-21,-16,-38,-2,-31,-14,-29,-29,-51,-51,-80,-75,-109,-108,-127,-96,-89,-91,-105,-104,-107,-83,-108,-108,-125,-98,-105,-79,-106,-104,-93,-102,-99,-78,-94,-74,-76,-73,-73,-66,-73,-69,-91,-83,-91,-83,-99,-94,-111,-72,-72,-72,-91,-91,-91,-91,-91,-30,-93,-92,-96,-93,-96,-91,-93,-83,-83,-73,-78,-50,-80,-50,-91,0,-87,-76,-76,-45,-45,-24,-45,-21,-24,-16,-20,-11,-15,-15,-16,-16,-16,-16,-20,-20,-20,-16,-16,-16,-20,-20,-23,-15,-16,-16,-17,-12,-12,-10,-10,-9,-9,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 (4... Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. d4 Bb7 9. Bd3 c5 10. O-O Nc6 11. Na4 Ne4 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Ne5 Bd6 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Nc4 Be7 16. Qg4 g6 17. Qxe4 Qc7 18. Nc3 Nb4 {0-1 (50) Duda,J (2738)-Bacrot,E (2684) chess.com INT 2019}) 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O {A17: English Opening: 1...Nf6 with ...Bb4} b5 7. Bb3 Bb7 8. d4 Nbd7 9. e4 b4 10. e5 bxc3 11. exf6 Qxf6 12. bxc3 Bd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Qxf3 14. gxf3 Bd6 15. Ba4 Ke7 {½-½ (73) Sulava,N (2549)-Borgo,G (2418) Arvier 2007}) 13. d5 O-O 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. Ng5 Nc5 $1 {And now ...h6 would win.} (15... h6 16. Nxe6 Rf7 17. Nxc7 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]}) 16. Bc2 h6 ({Wrong is} 16... Qxc3 $2 17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18. Qh5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) 17. Qh5 Qxc3 18. Bh7+ $1 ({Avoid the trap} 18. Qg6 $2 hxg5 19. Bxg5 Rf5 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]}) 18... Kh8 19. Be3 Qe5 {[%mdl 64] Pin} 20. Bg6 Qd5 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Rd5g2]} 21. Qg4 Qxg2+ 22. Qxg2 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 {Hoping for Bxc5.} hxg5 24. Rac1 Nd7 25. Bxg5 Ne5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 26. Be4 Rab8 27. Rb1 Ng4 28. f3 Ne5 29. Rfc1 Kg8 30. Be3 Kf7 31. Ba7 Rb5 32. Rxb5 axb5 {[%cal Ba6b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 33. Bc5 Nc4 34. Bf2 Rh8 35. h4 Ne5 36. Bg3 Kf6 37. Rb1 {[#]} b4 $1 38. Rc1 Nf7 39. Bf2 Ke7 40. Rc2 g5 41. hxg5 Nxg5 42. Bc6 Kf7 43. Bg1 Rh3 44. Kf1 Ke7 ({Weaker is} 44... Nxf3 45. Rf2 $16) 45. Ke2 Rh1 46. Be3 Nf7 47. Be4 Rh5 48. Bg6 Ra5 49. Bd3 Ne5 50. Be4 c5 51. f4 Ng4 52. f5 Nxe3 53. Kxe3 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Ra3+ 54. Ke2 Bf4 (54... Rh3 $17 55. fxe6 Kxe6) 55. Kf1 (55. Bd3 $1 $11) 55... exf5 56. Bxf5 Kd6 57. Bh7 Rh3 58. Bg8 Rh1+ 59. Ke2 Be5 60. Rd2+ Bd4 61. Bc4 Rc1 62. Bb3 Rh1 63. Bc4 $1 Kc6 64. Rd3 Kb6 65. a3 Rc1 66. Bf7 Bc3 67. axb4 Bxb4 68. Rd6+ Kc7 69. Rd1 Rc2+ 70. Kd3 Rf2 71. Bc4 Rf4 {Strongly threatening ...Rd4+.} 72. Rc1 Rd4+ 73. Ke2 Kb6 74. Bd3 Rh4 75. Rc4 Rh2+ 76. Ke3 Ka5 77. Rc2 {The position is equal.} Rh3+ 78. Ke4 Ka4 79. Bc4 Bc3 80. Be6 Rg3 81. Ra2+ Kb5 82. Ra3 c4 83. Ra8 $1 Bf6 84. Rb8+ Kc5 85. Rc8+ Kd6 86. Bxc4 {Accuracy: White = 63%, Black = 49%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.25"]
[Round "7.17"]
[White "Petrov, Nikita"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,43,19,2,13,12,19,28,29,29,21,23,27,27,60,48,48,43,50,44,62,33,37,34,43,43,72,54,62,24,36,34,52,44,46,39]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 Nbd7 {D53: Queen's Gambit Declined: 4 Bg5 Be7: Early deviations} 7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5 dxc4 $146 {White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 8... O-O 9. Rd1 Nxc5 10. Nf3 Bd7 11. Ne5 Rc8 12. Be2 Nfe4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. Qxe4 {0-1 (41) Mamedyarov,S (2808)-Kramnik,V (2792) Paris 2018}) 9. Bxc4 Qa5 10. Nf3 Qxc5 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Nb6 13. Rac1 Bd7 14. Nd4 Rac8 15. Bf3 Nfd5 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Qb3 Qd6 19. Ndb5 Qg6 20. Kh1 {White is slightly better.} ({Don't blunder} 20. Nxd5 $2 Nxd5 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 $19) 20... a6 21. Nd4 Qd6 22. Qd1 {Accuracy: White = 63%, Black = 65%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.25"]
[Round "7.18"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Azarov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,152,10,27,25,21,24,34,23,28,11,27,29,35,0,-7,-14,-27,-24,-22,-15,-13,-19,-14,-19,37,36,58,47,56,10,10,10,10,11,9,16,15,-6,-14,-14,-11,-9,86,84,79,81,85,83,76,79,134,118,90,97,145,17,54,0,0,0,2,-18,-17,-20,-16,-139,57,-131,-131,-131,-131,-132,-126,-125,-125,-208,-169,-162,-157,-181,-162,-205,-187,-188,-166,-166,-166,-168,-164,-219,-219,-211,-210,-195,-203,-174,0,-172,0,-192,-164,-200,-154,-225,-218,-223,-245,-262,-262,-264,-264,-264,-256,-562,-562,-561,-560,-530,-531,-9379,-10544,-9280,-9329,-8876,-9259,-6526,-5409,-5870,-5057,-4702,-4702,-11695,-11559,-10559,-6545,-6079,-1765,-29956,-11604,-4818,-2006]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a5 6. O-O d6 7. a4 O-O 8. Bg5 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} h6 9. Bh4 g5 (9... Ba7 10. Na3 g5 11. Bg3 Nh7 12. Nb5 Bb6 13. d4 Qf6 {0-1 (127) Harikrishna,P (2725)-Hovhannisyan,R (2637) St Petersburg 2018}) 10. Bg3 {White is slightly better.} Kg7 11. Nbd2 Ba7 12. Re1 Nh7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Ng8 13. Nf1 h5 {½-½ (36) Staroske,U (2515)-Buecker,J (2537) GER email 2015}) 13. Nf1 h5 14. h3 h4 15. Bh2 g4 16. hxg4 Bxg4 17. Ne3 Bxe3 $1 18. fxe3 Ne7 (18... Qf6 $11) 19. d4 $14 Ng6 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. Bxe5+ (21. Be2 $5 {[%cal Rf3e5]}) 21... dxe5 22. Qxd8 Raxd8 23. Nxe5 Bh5 24. Nf3 h3 25. Nd4 hxg2 26. Kxg2 Rfe8 27. Rg1 c5 (27... Nf6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 28. Nf5+ $1 $16 Kh8 29. Bd5 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has strong initiative.} Bg6 {White must now prevent ...Bxf5.} 30. Rad1 Nf6 31. Bxb7 {Hoping for Nd6.} Rb8 ({Better is} 31... Rxd1 32. Rxd1 Nxe4) 32. Rh1+ Kg8 33. Bc6 $1 {[%cal Rc6e8]} Re6 {[#]} 34. Bb5 (34. Kf3 $1 $16) 34... Rxe4 35. Nh4 ({White should play} 35. Rd6 $14 Ng4 36. Nh6+ Nxh6 37. Rxh6) 35... Bh5 $1 $11 {[%cal Rh5d1]} 36. Rdf1 Rg4+ 37. Kh3 Ne4 {And now ...Rd8 would win.} 38. Nf5 Kf8 39. Rhg1 (39. Kh2 $1 $11) 39... Ng5+ $17 40. Kh2 {Threatens to win with Rxg4.} Nf3+ $1 41. Rxf3 Rxg1 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 42. Rh3 Rg5 43. Ng3 {[#]} Bf3 $1 {...Rb6 is the strong threat.} 44. Kg1 (44. Rh8+ $17 Rg8 45. Rxg8+ Kxg8 46. Nf1) 44... Ke7 45. Kf2 Bg4 46. Rh4 Rbg8 47. Bc6 R8g6 48. Bb5 Rf6+ 49. Ke1 Bf3 50. Nf1 Rg2 51. Nd2 (51. Rh2 $142) 51... Bg4 $19 52. Bf1 Rg3 53. Be2 Rg1+ 54. Bf1 Rg3 55. Be2 $1 Rg1+ 56. Bf1 Bc8 57. Re4+ Kd8 58. Rh4 (58. Rf4 $17 {might work better.} Rxf4 59. exf4) 58... Ba6 {[%cal Ra6f1]} 59. c4 Bc8 60. Rh5 Be6 61. b3 Ke7 62. Re5 Rf5 63. Re4 $2 (63. Rxf5 Bxf5 64. e4) 63... Rh1 64. Rf4 Rxf4 65. exf4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KBN} Bh3 66. Ke2 Rh2+ 67. Ke3 {[#]} Rxd2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 68. Bxh3 {KR-KB} (68. Kxd2 Bxf1) 68... Rb2 69. Ke4 Rxb3 70. Bc8 Rb8 71. Ba6 Ke6 72. Bb5 f5+ 73. Kf3 Rd8 74. Ke2 Kf6 75. Ke3 Kg6 76. Bc6 Kh5 {Accuracy: White = 55%, Black = 76%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.25"]
[Round "7.19"]
[White "Santos Latasa, Jaime"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D71"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,86,12,0,0,0,0,-7,-8,-12,-2,-10,-10,-15,-12,-10,-11,-6,-8,-22,-22,-64,-60,-59,-61,-124,-125,-116,-113,-124,-115,-168,-163,-239,-241,-262,-262,-286,-286,-286,-286,-342,-342,-342,-315,-379,-357,-1035,-931,-29967,-29968,-29969,-29969,-29969,-29970,-29971,-29972,-29973,-29974,-29974,-29975,-29974,-29976,-29975,-29976,-29976,-29977,-29977,-29978,-29977,-29966]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Ne5 Bf5 9. O-O Ne4 10. Qb3 Nc6 {D79: Fianchetto Grünfeld: Symmetrical Variation (6 0-0 c6 7 cxd5 cxd5)} 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Nxe4 dxe4 {The position is equal.} (12... Bxe4 13. Be3 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 c5 15. Rad1 c4 16. Qa3 Qd7 17. b3 Rfc8 18. Rc1 c3 19. Rfd1 Rc6 20. Rc2 Rac8 {½-½ (49) Ma,Q (2637)-Wei,Y (2727) China 2017}) 13. Rd1 Qb6 14. Qxb6 axb6 15. Be3 Rfd8 16. f3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. h3 h5 17. a3 Rd6 18. Rd2 {½-½ (26) Jaworski,M (2347)-Kukel,I (2316) Czechia 2008}) 16... exf3 17. Bxf3 Rd6 18. a3 Rad8 19. Rdc1 Re6 20. Bf2 Rxd4 21. Rxc6 (21. b4 $15) 21... Rxc6 $17 22. Bxc6 Rd6 23. e4 Bh3 24. Ba4 (24. Bd5 $17) 24... Bxb2 $19 25. Rd1 (25. Rb1 $142 Bxa3 26. Rxb6) 25... Bxa3 26. Rxd6 exd6 ({Not} 26... Bxd6 27. Bxb6 e5 28. Bc6 $17) 27. Bxb6 Bc5+ 28. Bxc5 dxc5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} 29. Kf2 f6 30. Kf3 Kf7 31. g4 Bf1 32. h4 $2 {[#]} (32. Bb3+ Ke7 33. Bd5) 32... g5 33. hxg5 fxg5 {Black mates.} 34. Kf2 Bc4 35. Ke3 Kf6 36. Bd1 Ke5 37. Bf3 h6 38. Bd1 Ba2 39. Bc2 c4 40. Ba4 Bb1 41. Bc6 c3 42. Bb7 c2 43. Kd2 Kf4 {Accuracy: White = 34%, Black = 85%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.25"]
[Round "7.20"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"]
[Black "Rozum, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,31,8,19,16,19,9,7,6,4,0,0,-27,-15,-12,-8,-31,-27,-30,-13,-45,-20,-37,-27,-54]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} Qa5+ (6... e6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Nf3 Nh6 9. Nbd2 Nf5 10. Nf1 Qa5+ 11. c3 Qa6 12. Qd2 Nd7 13. Ng3 Nxg3 14. fxg3 f6 {½-½ (72) Inarkiev,E (2693)-Tomashevsky,E (2705) St Petersburg 2018}) 7. Bd2 Qa6 $1 8. Qxa6 {The position is equal.} Nxa6 9. e6 f6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... fxe6 10. Nf3 Nf6 11. Ne5 Nc7 12. O-O Nd7 13. Ng6 Rg8 14. Bf4 Nb5 15. c3 Kf7 16. Nxf8 Raxf8 17. a4 Nd6 18. Nd2 Ke8 {½-½ (18) Ou Chuan Teck,K-Wee,Z (2078) Singapore 2002}) 10. Bf4 O-O-O 11. Nd2 Nh6 12. Nh3 Nf5 13. Nf3 $1 g6 14. Kf1 Nc7 15. Re1 Nd6 16. Nd2 {Accuracy: White = 48%, Black = 65%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.25"]
[Round "7.21"]
[White "Djukic, Nikola"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,78,6,6,5,2,6,10,16,0,0,-8,-1,-35,-14,-16,-19,-27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-14,-12,-11,-16,-21,-18,-38,-28,-28,-32,-45,-37,-32,-17,-16,-17,-15,-14,-14,-16,-18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 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. c3 Bg5 12. Nc2 Rb8 13. Qd3 O-O 14. Be2 Be6 {B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations} 15. Rd1 a5 16. O-O b4 17. cxb4 (17. c4 g6 18. b3 Rb7 19. h3 Rd7 20. f4 exf4 21. Nxf4 Bf6 22. c5 Kg7 23. Qa6 Nb8 24. Nxe6+ fxe6 25. Qc4 Qe7 26. cxd6 Rxd6 27. Rxd6 Qxd6 28. Rd1 Qb6+ {½-½ (28) Lafarga Santorroman,D (2659)-Hertel,P (2654) ICCF email 2012}) 17... axb4 18. a3 {[%cal Rd5b4]} b3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18... bxa3 19. bxa3 Qa5 20. Rb1 Rfc8 21. Rfd1 g6 22. Rxb8 Rxb8 {½-½ (33) Pesonen,S (2333)-Goncharov,I (2316) ICCF email 2008}) 19. Ncb4 Nd4 20. f4 Bh6 21. Qe3 Rc8 {[%cal Bb8c8,Bc8c5,Bc5a5][%mdl 32]} 22. Rxd4 exd4 23. Qxd4 Kh8 24. Ba6 Rc5 25. Nd3 Ra5 26. Bc4 Qb8 27. N3b4 {Threatens to win with Nc6.} Qc8 28. Bxb3 Qc5 29. Qxc5 dxc5 30. Nd3 $1 g6 31. Bc4 Bg7 32. e5 $1 {The position is equal.} Ra4 33. b3 Rxa3 {next ...Rd8 is good for Black.} 34. Nxc5 Bxd5 35. Bxd5 Ra5 36. Rc1 $1 Rc8 37. b4 Rb5 38. Rc4 Bf8 {[#] White must now prevent ...Rxb4!} 39. Nd3 Rxc4 {Accuracy: White = 75%, Black = 78%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.25"]
[Round "7.22"]
[White "Dreev, Aleksey"]
[Black "Wagner, Dennis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,69,-15,-22,-10,-22,-22,-20,-6,-35,-35,-35,-35,-38,-44,-37,-39,-40,-41,-47,-47,-83,-84,-95,-87,-126,-29,-26,-18,-14,-25,-29,-21,-22,-27,-20,-21,-17,-23,-27,-21,-15,-13,-8,-12,-11,0,0,-4,-6,-6,-8,-7,-8]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. a3 d5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Qa4+ Qd7 8. Qb3 {E12: Queen's Indian: Unusual White 4th moves, 4 a3, 4 Nc3 Bb7 5 a3 and 4 Nc3 Bb7} dxc4 9. Qxc4 O-O 10. Rd1 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Rc8 11. Qb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. e3 Qe8 12. Be2 c5 13. O-O Nbd7 14. h3 a6 15. Qb3 b5 16. dxc5 Nxc5 {½-½ (85) Kukhmazov,A (2399)-Matlakov,M (2686) St Petersburg 2016}) 11... Nd5 12. Ne4 h6 13. Bd2 (13. Ne5 {is interesting.} Qe8 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15. Nc3 Nd5 16. e3) 13... Nf6 14. Nc3 Qe8 15. Bf4 Nbd7 $36 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7b6,Bb6c4,Bc4b2][%mdl 2080] Black is more active.} 16. e3 c5 17. Bc4 cxd4 18. exd4 a6 19. a4 {[#]} b5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 20. axb5 Nb6 21. Be2 Nfd5 (21... a5 $17 {Threatens to win with ...a4.} 22. O-O Nfd5 23. Nxd5 Bxd5) 22. bxa6 $11 Bxa6 23. Bxa6 Rxa6 24. Bd2 Nc4 {[#] ...Rb6 is the strong threat.} 25. Nxd5 exd5 26. O-O Rb6 27. Qd3 Nxb2 28. Qb1 Bf6 29. Rde1 {The position is equal.} Qd7 30. Bf4 Nc4 31. Qd3 Re8 32. h3 Rbe6 33. Qf5 g6 34. Qb1 Kg7 35. Rxe6 {Precision: White = 75%, Black = 69%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.25"]
[Round "7.23"]
[White "Maze, Sebastien"]
[Black "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,31,39,17,47,8,22,8,32,36,48,0,0,0,30,0]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O d6 10. Bf4 h6 {A33: Symmetrical English: 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 e6 5 Nc3 Nc6} (10... a6 11. Rc1 Qc7 12. Nd5 exd5 13. cxd5 Bd7 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Nd4 c5 16. b4 Qa7 17. Bxa8 Qxa8 18. Nf3 Bh3 19. Re1 {1-0 (56) Adhiban,B (2674)-Bacrot,E (2697) Berlin 2015}) 11. Qd2 g5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... e5 12. Be3 Be6 13. Nd5 Qd7 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15. Qe1 Ng4 16. Rac1 Bxd5 17. cxd5 Nxe3 18. fxe3 {½-½ (69) Royal,S (1930)-Ethelontis,A (2187) London 2018}) 12. Be3 $1 Ne5 13. Qd4 Nc6 14. Qd2 Ne5 15. Qd4 Nc6 16. Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.25"]
[Round "7.24"]
[White "Petrosyan, Manuel"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,83,10,16,10,15,9,23,8,20,10,13,4,6,12,17,9,64,64,81,101,163,158,142,147,131,121,112,98,108,70,130,123,112,110,162,61,70,49,63,56,68,59,94,72,77,47,43,39,87,39,93,18,18,0,18,0,18,18,18,18,18,18,18,18,18,18,18,18,18,18,18,18,18,18,18,18]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 a6 5. b3 (5. Nc3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 b5 7. Be2 Bb7 8. O-O Nbd7 9. b3 c5 10. Bb2 Be7 11. Rc1 O-O 12. Qc2 Rc8 13. Qb1 Qb6 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15. h3 h6 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 {0-1 (59) Mamedyarov,S (2817)-Carlsen,M (2835) St Petersburg 2018}) 5... b6 6. Bb2 {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3} Bb7 7. Nbd2 Bd6 8. Bd3 {White has an edge.} O-O 9. O-O Ne4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Nbd7 10. Rc1 Ne4 11. Qc2 f5 12. cxd5 exd5 {½-½ (49) Muha,M (2334)-Tica,S (2439) Zadar 2018}) 10. Qc2 {[%cal Rd2e4]} f5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Ne5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} c5 (12... Qe7 $11) 13. dxc5 $14 Bxe5 14. Bxe5 Nxd2 (14... Nd7 $16 15. Bxe4 fxe4) 15. Qxd2 $18 bxc5 16. Rac1 Qe7 17. Bb2 Nd7 18. Rfd1 Rac8 19. Bc4 Nb6 (19... dxc4 $14 20. Qxd7 Qxd7 21. Rxd7 Rf7 22. Rxf7 Kxf7) 20. Be2 $16 Rfd8 21. Bf3 Rd6 (21... d4 $16 {was called for.}) 22. b4 (22. Ba3 $18 Nd7 23. Qa5) 22... c4 $14 23. Bd4 {Hoping for Bc5.} Nd7 24. Qc3 Re6 25. g3 Ne5 26. Bxe5 (26. Bg2 {keeps more tension.} Nd7 27. a4 Qf7 28. Qc2 Ne5 29. b5) 26... Rxe5 27. Rd4 h6 28. Rcd1 Rd8 29. h4 Bc6 {[#]} (29... Kh7 $14) 30. h5 ({White should try} 30. Rxc4 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} dxc4 31. Rxd8+ Qxd8 32. Bxc6) 30... Kh7 $11 {The position is equal.} 31. Qa3 Qc7 32. Qc3 Qe7 33. R1d2 Qc7 34. a3 Qe7 35. Bd1 Rd6 36. Be2 {Black should prevent Bxc4!} Rde6 37. Rf4 Kh8 38. Bf3 Rf6 39. Rfd4 {[%cal Rf3d5]} Rd6 40. Qc2 Qe8 41. Be2 {Threatens to win with Rxc4!} Rd7 42. Qc3 {Accuracy: White = 57%, Black = 52%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.25"]
[Round "7.25"]
[White "Martinovic, Sasa"]
[Black "Kovalenko, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E83"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,93,48,58,48,52,61,58,55,51,58,62,39,43,22,51,46,58,54,61,47,53,45,55,52,55,51,88,91,119,110,120,127,121,60,64,67,112,94,95,78,109,21,34,0,0,0,44,54,233,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,11,0,101,74,74,70,62,0,26,26,33,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Qd2 a6 8. b3 {E83: King's Indian: Sämisch Panno (6...Nc6): Lines without either Nge2 or Qd2} (8. h4 h5 9. Rc1 Bd7 10. Nge2 b5 11. Nd5 bxc4 12. Rxc4 e6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Bg5 Bxg5 15. hxg5 Rb8 16. Rc1 {1-0 (51) Santos Ruiz,M (2523)-Demchenko,A (2679) Skopje 2018}) 8... e5 9. d5 Nd4 10. Nge2 Nxe2 11. Bxe2 Nh5 12. O-O Nf4 13. Rfc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Bd1 f5 14. c5 Bd7 15. Bc2 Nh5 16. exf5 gxf5 {1-0 (56) Aczel,G (2538)-Vedmediuc,S (2464) Satu Mare 2018}) 13... f5 14. Bf1 fxe4 15. Nxe4 Bf5 16. g3 Nh5 17. c5 Bxe4 18. fxe4 Nf6 $1 19. Rc4 dxc5 20. Bxc5 b5 21. Bxf8 bxc4 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Rc1 ({White should try} 23. Bxc4 $16 Qd6 24. Re1) 23... cxb3 $14 24. axb3 Qe7 25. Rc6 Rf8 26. Qc3 Ne8 27. Re6 (27. Bxa6 $16 {Hoping for Re6.} Rf6 28. Rxf6 Nxf6 29. Bd3) 27... Qf7 $11 {[%csl Gf8][%cal Rf7f1] [#]} 28. Bg2 {Black must now prevent h3.} Qf2+ $1 29. Kh1 Kg8 30. h3 ({Stronger than} 30. Rxe5 Qf6 $17) 30... Ng7 $2 {[#]} (30... Nd6 $14) 31. Rxa6 $2 ({Weaker is} 31. Rxe5 Rf7 $14) (31. Re7 $1 $18) 31... Nh5 32. Kh2 Qe2 {( -> ...Rf2)} 33. Ra1 $1 Rf2 $1 {[%cal Rf2g2]} 34. Rg1 $1 (34. Ra8+ {leads to mate.} Kg7 35. Qxc7+ Kh6 36. Qc1+ Nf4 37. Kh1 Rxg2 38. Ra2 Qf3 39. Qxf4+ exf4 40. Rxg2 fxg3 41. h4 Qf1+ 42. Rg1 Qh3#) 34... Qxe4 $1 35. Qxc7 {Qb8+ is the strong threat.} Qe3 $1 {[%cal Re3g3]} 36. Qd8+ Kg7 37. Qe7+ Rf7 38. Qh4 Qxb3 39. Qg5 Qb2 40. Re1 Rf5 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black is not keeping still} 41. Qe3 {aiming for Re2.} e4 42. Re2 Qb8 (42... Qe5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 43. Bxe4 Re5 44. Qd3 Qd6 45. Re3 ({Better is} 45. Rd2 $14) 45... Nf6 46. Bg2 h5 47. Rxe5 {Accuracy: White = 51%, Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.25"]
[Round "7.26"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Meshkovs, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,89,17,7,4,4,6,19,12,8,29,27,45,4,3,0,0,0,30,6,6,6,4,2,4,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,25,14,28,43,34,17,22,4,8,0,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d5 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd2 Bd7 8. Qc2 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bd6 10. O-O e5 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4)} 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. f4 {[#]} Bxc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Bd6 14. Rae1 a6 15. Bd3 Re8 16. Kh1 Bc6 17. Bc1 Bc5 18. e4 Ng4 19. Bc4 Nxh2 20. g3 Nxf1 21. Rxf1 Qd4 22. Bd3 Rad8 23. Rd1 Bb4 24. Kg2 Bxc3 {0-1 (24) Lalith,B (2587)-Moiseenko,A (2657) Doha 2016}) 14. Bxc3 ({Much worse is} 14. bxc3 a6 $15) 14... Qe7 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. e4 {[%cal Be3e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} Rad8 17. e5 Bf5 18. exf6 Bxc2 19. Rac1 {[#] And now fxg7 would win.} Bf5 20. fxg7 Kxg7 21. Rfd1 Bg4 22. Rd3 (22. Rxd8 {seems wilder.} Rxd8 23. h3 Bc8 24. Bb3 c6 25. Rd1) 22... Rxd3 23. Bxd3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rd8 24. Rc3 Be6 25. a3 Rd4 26. b4 b6 27. Kf2 c5 28. bxc5 bxc5 29. Ke3 Ra4 30. Bc2 Ra5 {The position is equal.} 31. f5 Ba2 32. g4 h6 {[%cal Bh7h6,Bh6h5][%mdl 32]} 33. h4 c4 34. Kd4 Bb3 35. Bxb3 (35. Be4 {feels hotter.} Rxa3 36. g5 f6 37. g6 Ra1 38. Re3) 35... cxb3 36. Rxb3 {KR-KR} h5 37. Ke3 Kf6 38. Kf3 Ra4 39. Rb4 Rxa3+ 40. Kf4 hxg4 41. Kxg4 Ra1 42. Rc4 Rg1+ 43. Kf4 Rf1+ 44. Kg4 Rg1+ 45. Kf4 {Accuracy: White = 53%, Black = 75%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.25"]
[Round "7.27"]
[White "Kulaots, Kaido"]
[Black "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,58,8,2,25,14,14,3,20,22,14,27,30,18,47,26,62,57,64,12,12,18,12,12,25,21,24,-34,-22,-25,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-20,-28,-27,-32,-32,-27,-27,-24,-5,-6,-6,-6,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O e6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} 8. Bg5 (8. Qd3 Nc6 9. Rd1 Be6 10. Bg5 e4 11. Qb5 a6 12. Qxb7 Nb4 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Bxe4 Rb8 15. Qa7 {½-½ (38) Aronian,L (2765)-Nakamura,H (2746) Kolkata 2018}) 8... Nbd7 9. c4 dxc4 10. N3d2 Nb6 11. a4 a5 12. Na3 Bxa3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... c3 13. bxc3 O-O 14. Qb3 Be6 15. c4 {½-½ (28) MacFarland,J (2206)-Kraai,J (2506) Reno 2002}) 13. Rxa3 Qc7 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Rc3 (15. Qc1 $14) 15... Be6 $11 16. b3 O-O 17. Nxc4 Rac8 18. Qc1 Kg7 19. g4 (19. Rd1 $11) 19... h6 20. Be4 Nxc4 21. bxc4 b6 22. Rd1 $1 Rfd8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Bd5 Qd7 25. Bxe6 Qxe6 26. h3 Rd4 27. Qc2 Qd7 {White should prevent ...Rd1+.} 28. Rd3 $1 Rxd3 29. exd3 Qd4 {Accuracy: White = 74%, Black = 68%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.25"]
[Round "7.28"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Moroni, Luca Jr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,109,28,18,19,-2,5,0,23,0,0,0,16,10,33,16,54,56,39,34,40,24,45,43,58,64,91,83,82,84,100,88,86,102,89,75,75,7,12,0,0,-43,0,0,0,0,0,0,22,31,27,14,13,4,27,31,27,11,29,0,70,56,172,162,173,170,153,169,220,210,214,219,241,241,362,349,939,939,843,768,835,839,829,747,1081,996,1475,1446,1702,1665,2429,2206,3000,2674,2725,2262,29983,29984,29983,29982]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. Bb3 h6 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} 8. Be3 (8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Re1 Re8 10. Nf1 Ba7 11. Ng3 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. d4 d5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Bf4 Qxd1 18. Raxd1 {½-½ (40) McShane,L (2664)-Jones,G (2682) London 2018}) 8... O-O 9. Nbd2 Qe7 {The position is equal.} 10. h3 Bxe3 11. fxe3 Be6 12. Bc2 Rad8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Bd7 13. Rf2 Nd8 14. Nf1 c6 15. Ng3 Rb8 16. d4 Re8 17. Qd3 Rc8 18. Raf1 {1-0 (35) Ooft,T-Elnami,S Dresden 2008}) 13. Qe1 g6 14. d4 Bc8 15. Qh4 Kg7 16. Rf2 Rde8 17. Raf1 Nh7 18. Qg3 Bd7 19. b4 Nd8 20. a4 Bc8 21. a5 Bd7 22. Bd3 Nc6 23. Rc1 Nf6 24. Qh4 ({Better is} 24. d5 $16 Na7 25. c4) 24... d5 25. Re1 (25. exd5 $11 Nxd5 26. Qxe7 Rxe7 27. Nxe5 Nxe5 28. dxe5 Nxe3 29. Be4) 25... dxe4 $15 26. Nxe4 Nxe4 27. Qxe7 Rxe7 28. Bxe4 exd4 29. exd4 f5 30. Bd5 Rfe8 31. Rxe7+ Rxe7 32. Rc2 Re3 33. Kf2 f4 34. Nd2 g5 35. Nc4 Re7 (35... Bf5 $11) 36. Bf3 $14 Be8 {[#]} (36... Nd8 $14) 37. d5 $1 $36 {[%cal Rd5c6][%mdl 2048] Black is under strong pressure.} Nd8 38. d6 cxd6 39. Nxd6 {And now Nf5+ would win.} Bg6 {[#]} (39... Kf8 {might work better.} 40. Nf5 (40. Nxe8 Kxe8 41. Rd2 Re6 $14) 40... Rc7) 40. Rd2 $1 Rc7 {[#]} 41. Nb5 $1 {[%mdl 576] Discovered Attack} axb5 42. Rxd8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Bf5 (42... Rxc3 $142 43. Rd7+ (43. Bxb7 Ra3 $16) 43... Kf6) 43. Rd5 Bd7 $2 (43... Kf6 44. Rxb5 Rxc3 45. Bxb7 (45. Rxb7 Ra3 $16) 45... Bd3 46. Rb6+ Ke5) 44. Rc5 Bc6 45. c4 Rd7 46. cxb5 Bxf3 47. gxf3 {KR-KR} Rd2+ 48. Ke1 Rb2 49. Rc7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kf6 50. Rxb7 Ke5 51. a6 {[%cal Ba5a6,Ba6a7][%mdl 32]} Kd4 52. a7 Ra2 53. b6 Kc3 54. Rc7+ Kd3 55. Rd7+ {Accuracy: White = 65%, Black = 35%.} ({Inferior is} 55. b7 Ra1+ 56. Rc1 (56. Kf2 Ra2+ 57. Ke1 Ra1+ 58. Rc1 Rxc1+ $11) 56... Rxc1+ $11) 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.25"]
[Round "7.29"]
[White "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Black "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E53"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "219"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,219,0,0,0,0,1,5,4,8,8,5,5,0,35,3,170,178,178,172,160,166,172,180,170,170,175,177,177,177,177,182,177,170,175,170,170,161,169,162,162,162,162,162,188,187,188,187,206,206,206,202,204,0,206,206,226,226,231,231,231,231,231,230,230,230,230,230,231,230,231,231,231,230,231,231,231,231,231,0,231,0,231,230,230,230,230,230,230,230,230,230,230,230,230,230,230,230,230,230,230,230,230,230,230,230,230,230,230,230,230,230,230,230,230,0,245,245,245,245,245,245,245,245,245,241,241,241,309,309,303,76,76,76,1042,1024,877,875,1260,1273,1266,1260,1259,1197,1281,1281,1273,1274,1153,1281,1281,1281,1281,1281,1273,172,172,172,1263,1273,1273,1266,1131,1266,1259,1259,1252,1245,5057,1259,1244,1241,1226,1218,1219,1219,1212,0,1218,1212,1212,1212,1212,1212,1212,45,45,45,45,45,45,45,45,45,45,0,0,0]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Re1 Nbd7 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Qb3 Be7 {E54: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: Main Line: 7...dxc4 8 Bxc4} 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Nb5 {[%cal Bc3b5,Bb5d6,Bd6f5][%mdl 32]} Rc5 18. f4 Bd5 19. Nd6 {[#]} f6 $146 (19... Bxc4 $11 {and Black is okay.} 20. Rxc4 f6) ({Predecessor:} 19... Qh4 20. Qg3 Qxg3 21. hxg3 Bxc4 {1-0 (68) Korobov,A (2667)-Meskovs,N (2515) Minsk 2018}) 20. Bxd5 $18 Rxd5 21. Nf5 $1 $36 {[%cal Rf5e7][%mdl 2048] Black is under strong pressure.} Qe8 {And now ...Nc5 would win.} 22. Qg3 $1 {[%csl Gf5][%cal Rg3g7]} g6 {[#]} 23. Rc8 $1 {[%cal Rc8e8][%mdl 576] Deflection, Decoy} Qxc8 24. Ne7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kf7 25. Nxc8 Rxc8 26. Qh3 Nf8 27. exf6 Kxf6 28. Qa3 Rd7 29. Re2 Kf7 30. g3 Rc5 31. Qe3 Rd6 32. Rd2 Rxd2 33. Qxd2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRN} Rd5 34. Qc3 h5 35. Kf2 Rd7 36. Kf3 Rd5 37. Qc7+ Rd7 38. Qc3 Rd5 $1 39. h3 Rd7 40. g4 hxg4+ 41. hxg4 Ke8 42. b4 Kf7 43. a4 Rd6 44. Qc4 Ke7 45. Kg3 Rd7 46. Kh4 Kf6 47. Qc3+ Kf7 48. Qc8 Re7 49. Kg5 Rd7 50. Kh6 Re7 51. Kg5 $2 ({White should play} 51. Qd8 $18) 51... Rd7 $2 (51... Nh7+ $11 52. Kh4 Nf6) 52. Kh4 $2 (52. Qc3 $18) 52... Ke7 $2 (52... Re7 $1 $11 53. g5 Kg8) 53. Qb8 Kf7 54. Kg3 Rd3+ 55. Kf2 Rd7 56. Ke3 Ke7 57. Qc8 Kf7 58. Qc6 Ke7 59. Ke4 Kf7 60. Qc4 Kf6 61. Qc3+ Kf7 62. Qh8 Rd1 63. Ke3 Rd7 64. Qh1 Ke7 65. Qc6 Rd6 66. Qc3 {Strongly threatening Qg7+.} Kf7 67. Kf2 Rd7 68. Kg3 Re7 69. Kh4 Rd7 70. Kg5 Nh7+ 71. Kh6 $1 {[%cal Rh6h7]} Nf8 72. Qg7+ Ke8 73. Qg8 Rf7 74. Kg5 Rh7 75. Kf6 Re7 76. g5 Rd7 77. a5 $2 (77. f5 $18 exf5 78. Qc4) 77... bxa5 $16 78. bxa5 {Threatens to win with a6.} Re7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (78... a6 $16 79. Ke5 Rd5+ 80. Ke4 Rxa5) 79. f5 $18 exf5 80. Qd5 {Qa8+ is the strong threat.} Re6+ 81. Kg7 Re7+ 82. Kg8 Ne6 83. Qc6+ Kd8 84. Qa8+ Kd7 85. Qxa7+ Nc7 86. Qd4+ Kc8 {[#]} 87. a6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Re6 (87... Nxa6 88. Qd6) 88. a7 Kb7 89. Kf7 $2 (89. Qd7 Ra6 90. Kg7) 89... Rb6 {[#]} 90. Qa4 $1 Ra6 $2 (90... Na6 91. Qd7+ Ka8) 91. Qd7 f4 {[#]} 92. a8=Q+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Deflection} Rxa8 93. Kxg6 f3 94. Qg4 Kc6 95. Qxf3+ Kd6 96. Kf7 (96. Qf4+ $142 Kd7 97. Qd4+ Kc6 98. Kh7) 96... Nd5 97. Qg3+ Kc6 98. g6 Ra7+ 99. Kf8 Ra8+ 100. Kf7 Ra7+ 101. Ke6 {aiming for Qd6+.} Re7+ 102. Kf5 Re3 103. Qg2 Kd6 104. g7 $2 ({Better is} 104. Qh2+ $18 Kd7 105. Qd2) 104... Re5+ $14 105. Kg4 Ne3+ 106. Kf3 {Intending Qd2+ and mate.} Nxg2 107. g8=Q Ne3 108. Qb8+ Ke6 109. Qxe5+ {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender} Kxe5 110. Kxe3 {Accuracy: White = 74%, Black = 61%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.25"]
[Round "7.30"]
[White "Hovhannisyan, Robert"]
[Black "Santos Ruiz, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,62,29,27,51,52,52,40,52,56,51,54,65,13,17,12,11,12,38,0,1,0,6,-8,0,-21,0,0,0,0,0,0,25,-10,0,0,26,0,62,0,0,0,0,-8,0,-16,-16,-35,-16,-18,-17]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. d4 exd4 8. Nxd4 c5 {C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines} (8... Bd7 9. O-O Be7 10. h3 O-O 11. Qf3 Re8 12. b3 h6 13. Bb2 Nh7 14. Qd3 Bf6 15. f4 c5 16. Nde2 Bb5 17. Nxb5 Bxb2 {½-½ (34) Moussard,J (2605)-Lemos,D (2474) Caleta 2019}) 9. Nc6 Qd7 10. Na5 Be7 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 10... g6 11. Qf3 Ng4 12. h3 Ne5 13. Qf6 Rg8 14. Qh4 f5 15. f4 Nf7 16. Qxh7 {0-1 (29) Sadikhov,U (2491)-Nikitenko,M (2368) Manavgat 2018}) 11. O-O O-O 12. Bf4 Re8 13. e5 (13. h3 $14) 13... dxe5 $11 14. Bxe5 Qf5 15. Re1 Be6 16. Bxc7 Rac8 17. Bg3 Red8 18. Qc1 Nh5 19. Nc4 (19. Re5 $5 {[%cal Re5f5]} Qg6 20. Ne4 $11) 19... Nxg3 20. hxg3 Bg5 21. Ne3 {[#] Black must now prevent f4.} Qg6 $1 22. Re2 Rb8 23. Rb1 h6 24. b3 h5 25. Qa3 Rb4 (25... h4 $11 26. gxh4 (26. Qxc5 hxg3 27. fxg3 Rbc8 $15) (26. Qxa6 hxg3 27. fxg3 Bf6 $17) 26... Bf6) 26. Na4 ({White should play} 26. Qxa6 $14 Rbd4 27. Nf1) 26... Bxe3 27. Rxe3 Qxc2 28. Qc1 Rd2 29. Rc3 Qxc1+ 30. Rbxc1 Rxa2 {[#] And now ...c4! would win.} 31. Nxc5 Rb6 {Accuracy: White = 45%, Black = 45%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.25"]
[Round "7.31"]
[White "Stupak, Kirill"]
[Black "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 29,65,0,0,0,0,-12,-11,-18,-10,-10,-10,-10,-10,-15,-5,-27,-10,-15,-12,-15,-7,-13,-3,-17,-41,-18,-14,-14,-16,-18,-11,-11,-11,-11,-11,-11,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nd7 13. O-O b6 14. Bd3 c5 15. Bb5 Rd8 16. Bc6 {D56: Queen's Gambit Declined: Lasker Defence} Rb8 {[#]} 17. Bxd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Qc2 cxd4 18. exd4 Qd6 19. Rc1 Nf6 20. Qa4 a5 21. Qb5 Bb7 22. Bxb7 Rxb7 {½-½ (41) Azmaiparashvili,Z (2658)-Korneev,O (2649) Nova Gorica 2006}) 17... Bxd7 18. Qe2 cxd4 19. Nxd4 Rbc8 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. h3 e5 22. Nf3 Qc5 {[#] aiming for ...Bb5.} 23. Rd1 Be6 24. b3 b5 25. Qd2 b4 26. Qd6 Qxd6 27. Rxd6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rc1+ {The position is equal.} 28. Kh2 Ra1 29. Rd2 f6 30. Rd6 Bf7 31. Rd8+ Kh7 32. Rd7 Kg8 33. Rd8+ {Accuracy: White = 53%, Black = 48%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.25"]
[Round "7.32"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Lomasov, Semyon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,65,16,43,30,37,6,12,18,53,49,56,-60,18,22,29,15,1,-4,20,16,16,-66,-66,-72,-78,-78,0,-22,-17,-31,0,0,0,0,16,31,330,317,310,324,275,254,414,188,796,773,769,769,933,927,927,919,827,745,1106,1049,29998,29999]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. a4 d6 6. Nc3 {C55: Two Knights: 4 d3, 4 d4 exd4 5 e5 and Max Lange Attack} g5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... g6 7. a5 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. h3 a6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Be6 13. c4 Bxd5 14. cxd5 {0-1 (40) Jobava,B (2707)-Ivanchuk,V (2738) Leuven 2017}) 7. Ne2 g4 8. Nd2 {The position is equal.} d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Ne4 ({Better is} 10. c3 $14) 10... Be7 (10... Be6 $1 $15) 11. O-O $11 f5 12. N4c3 Be6 13. Bb5 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Qd7 15. a5 ({White should play} 15. c4 $11) 15... a6 $15 16. Ba4 O-O-O 17. Bb2 Bc5 (17... f4 $17) 18. Qc1 f4 {...f3 is the strong threat.} 19. Ba3 Ba7 {aiming for ...Qf7.} 20. Qb2 {Threatens to win with c4.} g3 21. hxg3 fxg3 22. Nxg3 $40 {[%mdl 128] And now Rfb1 would win. White has some attack.} Qg7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (22... Rdg8 $14 23. Rfb1 Bxf2+ 24. Kxf2 Qf7+ 25. Kg1 Nxa5) 23. Bxc6 $1 $18 bxc6 24. Rab1 {[%cal Ba1b1,Bb1b7,Bb7c7][%mdl 32]} Kd7 {Strongly threatening ...Qxg3.} 25. Qb7 $1 {[%csl LRa6,LRa7]} Qxg3 $2 (25... Be3) 26. Qxa7 (26. Rb6 $142 Bxb6 27. axb6) 26... Qh4 $2 (26... Qg7) 27. Rb7 Rc8 28. Qc5 Bd5 29. Qd6+ Ke8 30. Qxe5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kf7 31. Re1 Qg4 32. Rxc7+ Kg8 {[#]} 33. Qe8+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Back Rank. Accuracy: White = 38%, Black = 38%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.25"]
[Round "7.33"]
[White "Paravyan, David"]
[Black "Dimitrov, Radoslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,63,86,82,91,86,104,104,104,97,96,95,98,89,108,101,104,95,98,89,134,117,134,106,150,142,233,234,271,200,280,202,306,315,332,344,288,269,256,258,249,239,356,367,355,371,511,484]} 1. e4 Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6d5,Bd5b6][%mdl 32]} 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. Ng5 d5 8. O-O h6 {B04: Alekhine's Defence: 4 Nf3} 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. c3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Bf5 {White is better.} (10... Bg4 11. Nbd2 Qd7 12. h3 Bf5 13. Re1 O-O-O 14. a4 Na5 15. Bc2 Bxc2 16. Qxc2 {1-0 (81) Bartel,M (2609)-Orzech,D (2435) Lublin 2009}) 11. Nh4 e6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Bxb1 12. Rxb1 e6 13. g3 Ne7 14. a4 Nd7 15. Bc2 c5 16. b4 cxd4 17. cxd4 {0-1 (41) Pokojowczyk,J (2450)-Zoltek,T (2300) Zielona Gora 1982}) 12. Nxf5 exf5 13. Nd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f3,Bf3h4][%mdl 32]} Qd7 14. Bc2 Nd8 15. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Ne6 16. f4 h5 17. a5 Nc8 18. Nf3 O-O 19. Be3 Ne7 20. h3 b6 21. Nh4 f6 (21... Bh8 $16 {was called for.} 22. b4 Rfc8) 22. axb6 $18 cxb6 23. Kh1 Qe8 24. Qe2 Qf7 (24... fxe5 $142 25. dxe5 Qd7) 25. g4 hxg4 26. hxg4 {[%cal Bh3g4,Bg4f5][%mdl 32]} fxe5 27. gxf5 (27. fxe5 f4 $16) 27... Qf6 28. Nxg6 (28. fxe6 Qxh4+ 29. Qh2 Qxh2+ 30. Kxh2 exd4 $11) 28... Nxg6 29. Qh2 (29. fxg6 Qh4+ 30. Qh2 Qxh2+ 31. Kxh2 exd4 $14) 29... Qh4 (29... e4 {keeps fighting.} 30. fxg6 (30. fxe6 Qxe6 31. Rg1 Rf6 $16) 30... Qxg6) 30. Qxh4 (30. fxe6 Qxh2+ 31. Kxh2 e4 $18) 30... Nxh4 31. fxe5 ({Not} 31. fxe6 exd4 32. Bd2 (32. cxd4 Nf5 $16) (32. Bxd4 Bxd4 33. cxd4 Kg7 $16) 32... a5 $18) 31... Nc5 {and the idea ...Ne4 leaves Black hopeful.} 32. Rf4 {Precision: White = 82%, Black = 40%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.25"]
[Round "7.34"]
[White "Lobanov, Sergei"]
[Black "Onischuk, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,68,38,40,12,12,7,54,62,167,182,178,173,163,168,184,188,223,108,123,64,60,66,57,56,93,102,103,57,108,97,101,54,56,44,45,-61,-64,-60,-57,-162,-132,-662,-142,-5385,-3244,-6918,-6549,-5406,-5402,-5181,-6116,-6087,-6049,-1956,-1720]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5 Rb8 9. f5 {B09: Pirc Defence: Austrian Attack} (9. Kh1 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Rxf3 Nc7 12. a4 b6 13. Nb5 Rb7 14. Qe2 Nfe8 15. c3 a6 16. Na3 Nf6 17. Nc4 Qd7 {1-0 (34) Anand,V (2775)-Ivanchuk,V (2757) Leuven 2017}) 9... gxf5 10. exf5 Nb4 11. Ng5 {White is slightly better.} h6 (11... b5 $14) 12. Nge4 $18 e6 13. dxe6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Bf4 exd5 14. Nxd6 Qb6 15. Be2 Rd8 16. a3 Rxd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. axb4 cxb4 {0-1 (47) Solovjov,S (2371)-Onischuk,V (2558) St Petersburg 2012}) 13... fxe6 14. Bf4 $1 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 {Threatens to win with f6.} (15. Bxe4 $6 exf5 16. Qxd6 Qxd6 $16) 15... e5 16. Be3 (16. Bxh6 $1 $18 {is the precise move to win.} Bxh6 17. Qh5 Be3+ 18. Kh1 Nxd3 19. cxd3) 16... Bxf5 {[#]} 17. Nf6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxf6 $14 (17... Qxf6 18. Bxf5) 18. Bxf5 Qe7 19. c3 Nc6 20. Qd5+ Kh8 21. Bd3 {Black must now prevent Qe4.} Rbf8 (21... e4 $14 22. Bc2 (22. Bxe4 $2 Re6 $19) (22. Qxe4 Qxe4 23. Bxe4 Re6 $17) 22... Qe5 23. Qxe5 (23. Bxe4 Re6 $15) (23. Qxe4 Qxe4 24. Bxe4 Re6 $17) 23... Nxe5) 22. Rxf6 $16 Rxf6 23. Qe4 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Re4h7]} Bf8 24. Rd1 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Qf7 25. Bc2 {[#]} ({Better is} 25. Bc4 $14 Qh7 26. Qd5) 25... d5 $1 $15 {[%cal Rd5e4][%mdl 512]} 26. Qh4 {aiming for Bg5.} (26. Rxd5 Rf1#) 26... e4 27. h3 ({White should try} 27. Bg5 $15 Rg6 28. Rf1) 27... Ne5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is on the roll.} 28. b4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (28. Kh1 $17) 28... Be7 $2 (28... Nf3+ $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 29. gxf3 Rg6+ 30. Kf1 Qxf3+ 31. Qf2 Qxh3+ 32. Ke1 Be7) 29. Qe1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (29. Bxh6 $17 Rg6 30. Qf4 (30. Bg5+ $2 Kg8 $19) 30... Nf3+ 31. Kh1) 29... Nf3+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Black is clearly winning.} 30. gxf3 Rg6+ 31. Kf1 Qxf3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 32. Bf2 Qxh3+ 33. Ke2 Qf3+ 34. Kf1 Rg3 {Accuracy: White = 22%, Black = 53%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.25"]
[Round "7.35"]
[White "Ruck, Robert"]
[Black "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,114,16,29,16,17,8,4,-3,12,-5,0,-14,-2,-6,0,0,9,19,8,3,13,13,0,-42,-29,-25,-23,-70,-17,-17,-6,-26,7,0,0,0,7,26,18,31,59,38,63,0,19,-38,-5,-16,-4,-136,-137,-222,-226,-222,-216,-263,-280,-291,-291,-288,-291,-275,-283,-261,-249,-298,-306,-306,-305,-305,-301,-331,-330,-328,-320,-367,-351,-358,-344,-357,-341,-423,-403,-441,-410,-434,-435,-411,-392,-461,-461,-460,-384,-862,-775,-29973,-29974,-29973,-29970,-29971,-29968,-29981,-29982,-29987,-29987]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Ngf6 6. Bg5 a6 7. Bxd7+ {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7} Nxd7 8. O-O Qb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... f6 9. Be3 e6 10. Nbd2 Ne5 11. Nxe5 fxe5 12. Qc3 Bd7 13. f4 Rc8 {0-1 (22) Isserman,R (2273)-Hamdouchi,H (2588) Nice 2003}) 9. Qc3 {The position is equal.} Qc6 10. Re1 h6 11. Bh4 e5 12. Nfd2 g5 13. Bg3 Nf6 14. Qd3 Be6 15. c4 Rc8 16. b3 b5 17. cxb5 (17. f3 {keeps more tension.} Nh5 18. Nc3 Be7 19. Nd5 Nxg3 20. hxg3 g4 21. f4) 17... Qxb5 18. Qxb5+ axb5 19. Na3 Rb8 (19... Bd7 $15) 20. Nc2 $11 Be7 21. Nb4 Kd7 22. Red1 Nh5 23. Nf1 {Bxe5 is the strong threat.} Nxg3 24. Nxg3 Rhc8 25. Rd3 Bd8 26. Rad1 Ke8 27. Kf1 (27. Nf5 $1 $14 Bxf5 28. exf5) 27... Ra8 28. Ne2 (28. Nf5 $1 $11 Bxf5 29. exf5) 28... Ba5 29. Nd5 Rc2 30. Nec3 {[#]} (30. a3 $11) 30... Bxc3 $1 $17 31. Nc7+ {[#]} (31. Rxc3 $17 Raxa2 32. Rxc2 Rxc2 33. Nb4) 31... Kd7 $1 $19 {[%cal Rd7c7]} 32. Nxa8 Bd4 $1 33. Rxd4 exd4 34. Rxd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rc6 (34... Rxa2 35. Nb6+ Kc6 36. Nd5 $15) 35. Rb4 Ra6 36. Rxb5 Rxa8 {KRB-KR} 37. a4 Rc8 38. Ke1 Rc2 39. a5 Rc5 40. Rb7+ Kc8 41. Rb6 Rxa5 42. Rxd6 Rb5 ({Weaker is} 42... Bxb3 43. Rxh6 Ra2 44. Rc6+ Kd7 45. Rc3 $19) 43. f3 Rxb3 44. Kf2 Kc7 45. Rd4 h5 46. h3 Rb2+ 47. Kg3 h4+ 48. Kh2 f6 49. Kg1 Bd7 50. Kh2 Kd8 51. Rd5 Ke7 52. Ra5 $2 (52. Kg1) 52... Bb5 53. Ra1 Ke6 {Black mates.} 54. Rc1 Be2 55. Kg1 Ke5 56. Rc5+ Kf4 57. Kh2 Bf1 {Accuracy: White = 39%, Black = 74%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.25"]
[Round "7.36"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Arutinian, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,79,27,58,31,31,29,51,34,47,43,42,41,38,25,46,47,64,40,43,38,40,43,34,41,46,31,29,28,21,11,17,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,16,16,16,16,16,12,12,12,14,6,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Qd5 6. Nxf6+ {B11: Caro-Kann: Two Knights Variation} gxf6 7. g3 Qe6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Na6 8. a3 Bf5 9. d3 Nc5 10. Be3 Na4 11. Bg2 Qd7 12. O-O Bh3 13. Bxh3 Qxh3 14. Rfe1 {½-½ (59) Nabaty,T (2559)-Bartel,M (2665) Plovdiv 2012}) 8. a4 {White is slightly better.} a5 9. d4 (9. d3 {with more complications.} Qxe2+ 10. Bxe2 e5 11. O-O Be6 12. d4) 9... Qxe2+ 10. Bxe2 Bf5 11. c3 e6 12. Nd2 Bd6 13. h4 h5 14. Nc4 Bc7 $1 15. Bf4 Bxf4 16. gxf4 Ke7 17. Ne3 Be4 18. Rg1 Nd7 19. O-O-O {The position is equal.} Rag8 20. Rge1 Nb6 21. f5 Nd5 22. fxe6 fxe6 23. Nxd5+ cxd5 24. Rg1 Bg6 25. Rg3 Be8 26. Rdg1 Kf8 27. b3 Rxg3 28. Rxg3 Rg8 29. Rxg8+ Kxg8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} 30. c4 dxc4 31. Bxc4 Bf7 $1 32. Kd2 Kf8 33. f4 Ke7 34. Kc3 Be8 35. Be2 Kd6 36. Bf3 b6 37. Kc4 Kc7 38. Bd1 Kd6 39. Bf3 Kc7 40. Bd1 {Accuracy: White = 56%, Black = 77%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.25"]
[Round "7.37"]
[White "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,101,24,28,6,0,-2,11,0,2,-11,0,-13,-3,-7,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,48,35,59,47,52,42,70,32,33,8,40,51,113,14,571,619]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qc2 Nc6 9. a3 Qa5 10. Ra2 {[#] Threatens to win with b4. D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} (10. Nd2 Qd8 11. Nb3 Bb6 12. Be2 Qe7 13. Bg5 dxc4 14. Nd2 Ne5 15. O-O Bd7 16. Bf4 Ng6 17. Bg3 Bc6 18. Nxc4 {½-½ (40) Carlsen,M (2835)-Caruana,F (2832) London 2018}) 10... Qd8 11. Be2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. b4 Bd6 12. Bg3 h6 13. Be2 Bxg3 14. hxg3 dxc4 15. Bxc4 Bd7 16. Qe2 Rc8 17. O-O Ng4 {½-½ (44) Avrukh,B (2582)-Rizouk,A (2499) Andorra 2002}) 11... dxc4 12. Bxc4 {The position is equal.} Bd6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Ne5 15. Be2 Ng6 16. Bg3 Bxg3 17. hxg3 Qc7 18. O-O Bd7 19. Raa1 Rac8 20. Qb3 Ne5 21. Rac1 Nxf3+ 22. Bxf3 b6 23. Rfd1 Qe5 24. Qb4 Rc5 25. Rd2 Rfc8 26. Rcd1 Be8 27. Rd8 Qb8 28. R8d6 Rc4 29. Qb3 R4c5 30. Be2 {aiming for Ba6.} Qc7 31. Bf3 Qe7 32. R6d2 Kf8 33. Rd4 R8c7 34. Qc2 Rd7 35. Rxd7 Bxd7 36. Qd3 Be8 37. Qd4 Rc7 38. Qf4 Rc8 39. Be2 Rd8 40. Rxd8 Qxd8 41. e4 {[%cal Be3e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} Bc6 42. e5 Nd5 43. Qd4 Qg5 44. Ne4 Qc1+ 45. Kh2 Kg8 46. Bf3 Qc2 47. Nd6 Ne7 48. Qh4 Kf8 {Hoping for ...Bxf3.} (48... Nf5 $5 {[%cal Rf5h4]} 49. Qd8+ Kh7 50. Bxc6 Qxc6 $11) 49. Qf4 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Rf4f7]} Qg6 (49... Be8 $1 $14) 50. Qc1 (50. Bd1 $16) 50... Kg8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} ({Much worse is} 50... Bxf3 $6 51. gxf3 Kg8 52. Qc7 $16) (50... Qg5 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 51. Qc3 f6) 51. Nc8 $1 {Accuracy: White = 63%, Black = 59%.} ({Not} 51. Bxc6 Nxc6 52. f4 (52. Qxc6 Qh5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 53. Kg1 Qd1+ 54. Kh2 Qh5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 55. Kg1 Qd1+ 56. Kh2 Qh5+ $11 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 52... Ne7 $11) 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.25"]
[Round "7.38"]
[White "Demidov, Mikhail"]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,79,21,14,19,25,43,44,39,-35,-33,-24,-15,-26,-30,-59,-45,-46,-44,-47,-46,-46,-8,-10,-19,-18,-11,-9,-11,-19,-20,-19,0,-40,0,-44,-46,-54,-8,-187,-191,-179,-81,-118,-45,-83,-10,-10,-7,-4,-12,-8,-4,-10,0,-12,-33,-48,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. O-O Bd7 9. Qe2 Bc6 {E54: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: Main Line: 7...dxc4 8 Bxc4} 10. Rd1 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Nbd7 {White is slightly better.} 12. Ne5 $146 (12. Bb3 $14) ({Predecessor:} 12. Bd3 Be4 13. Bxe4 Nxe4 14. Qd3 Ndf6 15. c4 Qc7 16. Bb2 Rfd8 17. h3 {½-½ (80) Tomashevsky,E (2697)-Rozum,I (2532) Loo 2014}) 12... Nxe5 $15 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. f4 Qa5 15. Bd2 b5 16. Bd3 c4 17. Bc2 Nc5 18. Be1 Be4 19. Bxe4 Nxe4 20. a4 $1 Nc5 21. axb5 Qxb5 22. Rab1 Nb3 23. Bh4 Rfe8 24. Qg4 Kh8 25. Qh5 Qb7 26. Rd6 a5 (26... Qe4 $5 {[%cal Re4b1]} 27. Re1 Qg6 $14) 27. f5 $2 (27. Rbd1 $1 $11 {and White is okay.}) 27... Qe4 $1 $19 {[%csl LRb1,LRe3,LRe5,LRf5][%mdl 64] Double Attack} 28. Rf1 Qxe5 (28... exf5 $19 29. Rd7 Rg8 30. Rxf7 Qxe3+ 31. Kh1 Qxe5) 29. Rd7 $17 {[#]} exf5 ({Not} 29... Qxc3 30. f6 $16) (29... f6 $1 $17 {aiming for ...exf5.} 30. Qg4 Qxe3+ 31. Kh1 Rg8 32. fxe6 Nc5) 30. Rxf7 $15 Rf8 ({Much worse is} 30... Qxc3 $6 {[#]} 31. Bf6 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]}) (30... Qxe3+ $17 31. Kh1 Rg8 32. Qxf5 Qd3) 31. Bf6 $1 $11 Qxe3+ 32. Kh1 $132 {[%mdl 2048] White has counterplay} Rxf7 33. Qxf7 {[%csl Gf7][%cal Rf6g7]} Qh6 34. Be5 a4 {[%cal Ba5a4,Ba4a3][%mdl 32]} 35. Rxf5 {Qf8+! would kill now.} Rg8 $1 {Hoping for ...a3.} 36. h3 a3 (36... Qg6 $5 {[%cal Ra4a3]} 37. Rf1 Qxf7 38. Rxf7 Na5 $17) 37. Rh5 {[#]The position is equal.} Qxh5 $1 {[%mdl 512] [#]} 38. Bxg7+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Decoy} (38. Qxh5 a2) 38... Rxg7 39. Qf8+ Rg8 40. Qf6+ {Accuracy: White = 61%, Black = 44%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.25"]
[Round "7.39"]
[White "Flom, Gabriel"]
[Black "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,102,12,24,0,0,6,0,0,-6,0,9,-45,-46,-70,-64,-60,-32,-45,-33,-90,-90,-87,-87,-89,-87,-85,-96,-92,-94,-117,-114,-146,-149,-144,-144,-147,-144,-156,-156,-195,-133,-185,-154,-147,-131,-140,-133,-142,-89,-100,-104,-187,-194,-467,-99,-72,-75,-223,-236,-237,-237,-212,-210,-447,-470,-518,-393,-393,-387,-376,-354,-348,-341,-341,-334,-438,-419,-398,-264,-449,-389,-376,-320,-822,-767,-826,-774,-913,-909,-6079,-6079,-5065,-1761,-6410,-6062]} 1. d4 f5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 d6 (3... e6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. h3 O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. Be2 Nc6 9. Bh2 Bd7 10. a3 Qg6 11. Nh4 Qh6 12. Nf3 Qg6 13. Rg1 Ne4 {1-0 (59) Sjugirov,S (2663)-Amin,B (2710) St Petersburg 2018}) 4. Nc3 e6 5. Be2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 5. h3 g6 6. g4 Bg7 7. Bc4 Qe7 8. gxf5 exf5 9. Qf3 Nc6 10. O-O-O Bd7 11. Bg5 {½-½ (67) Aczel,G (2573)-Nester,I (2353) Alba Iulia 2017}) 5... Nc6 6. Bf3 {A80: Dutch Defence: Unusual White second moves} Be7 7. Nge2 O-O 8. O-O {The position is equal.} e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 ({Better is} 10. Bd5+ $11 Kh8 11. Bb3) 10... dxe5 $15 11. e4 f4 12. Nd5 Bd6 13. Nec3 Be6 14. Qe2 (14. Nxf6+ $15 Rxf6 15. Qe2) 14... Ne8 $1 $17 {[%cal Bf6e8,Be8d6,Bd6b5,Bb5d4][%mdl 32] Threatens to win with ...c6.} 15. Nb5 c6 16. Nxd6 Nxd6 17. Nb4 Bc4 $1 {[%cal Rc4e2]} 18. Nd3 {[#]} Nb5 $1 19. b3 Bxd3 20. cxd3 Nd4 21. Qd1 Qh4 22. Rc1 Rad8 23. Rc5 Qe7 24. b4 Rd6 (24... b6 $19 25. Rc4 g6) 25. Re1 (25. a4 $17) 25... Rh6 26. h3 Rff6 27. Kf1 Rfg6 {Hoping for ...Qe6.} 28. Rc4 Qd6 (28... Rd6 $142 29. Kg1 Rd8) 29. b5 c5 30. Ra4 {[#]} (30. Bg4 $17) 30... Qd7 $1 $19 31. Bg4 $2 (31. Rxd4 Qxd4 32. Qb3+ Kf8 33. Qa3) 31... Qxb5 $2 (31... Qxg4 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top.} 32. Qxg4 Rxg4 33. Rxd4 cxd4 34. hxg4 Rh1+ 35. Ke2 Rxe1+ 36. Kxe1 Kf7) 32. Rxa7 $17 Ra6 $40 {[%mdl 128] White is in trouble.} 33. Rxa6 (33. a4 $17 Qb4 34. Rxa6 Rxa6 35. Bd7) 33... Rxa6 $19 ({Don't play} 33... Qxa6 34. Qd2 $17) 34. Qb1 Qxb1 35. Rxb1 Rxa2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 36. Kg1 $2 (36. Bd1 Ra7 37. Rb6) 36... b5 37. Rc1 Rc2 38. Rxc2 Nxc2 {KB-KN} 39. Kf1 Kf7 40. Ke2 Nd4+ 41. Kd2 Ke7 42. h4 h6 43. Kc3 Kd6 44. g3 $2 (44. Bh5) 44... fxg3 45. fxg3 Kc6 46. Bh5 $2 (46. h5) 46... Kb6 {Black is clearly winning.} 47. Bg4 Ka5 48. Bd1 g6 49. h5 gxh5 50. Bxh5 Ka4 51. g4 Ka3 {Precision: White = 28%, Black = 77%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.25"]
[Round "7.40"]
[White "Erdos, Viktor"]
[Black "Enchev, Ivajlo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,81,21,16,24,15,40,35,42,39,39,16,26,15,48,32,51,39,29,29,22,56,47,24,17,16,23,27,76,76,81,74,159,151,186,186,186,186,209,225,214,214,214,207,734,724,717,715,736,736,735,735,834,826,1003,976,962,899,864,833,29972,29971,6311,6279,29978,1039,818,0,29978,29978]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 c6 5. Nc3 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Be2 g6 {D43: Semi-Slav: 5 Bg5 h6} (8... dxc4 9. O-O Bd6 10. Bxc4 Qe7 11. Rc1 O-O 12. Ne4 Bc7 13. Bb3 Kh8 14. Nc5 Nxc5 15. Rxc5 Rd8 16. Qc2 Bd7 17. Qe4 Bd6 18. Rc3 Rac8 19. Rfc1 Be8 20. h3 Rc7 21. a3 Rdc8 22. Bc2 g6 23. Nd2 c5 24. Bb3 {½-½ (24) Mamedyarov,S (2817)-Dubov,D (2703) St Petersburg 2018}) 9. e4 dxc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... dxe4 10. Nxe4 Bb4+ 11. Kf1 Qf4 12. Qc2 Be7 13. g3 Qc7 14. h4 f5 15. Nc3 e5 16. h5 {0-1 (50) Horvath,D (2417)-Muzychuk,M (2540) Caleta 2019}) 10. e5 Qd8 {White is slightly better.} 11. Bxc4 Bg7 12. O-O O-O 13. Qe2 b6 14. Rfd1 Bb7 15. Bd3 Qb8 16. Be4 c5 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Nd7 20. Nb5 {Black must now prevent Rac1.} Rad8 21. Rac1 Qb8 {[%cal Rd7e5] [#]} 22. Nd6 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} a5 (22... b5 $142) 23. b5 $16 Nxe5 24. Nxe5 Rxd6 25. Nd7 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1 ({Don't take} 26. Rxd1 $6 Qc7 $16) 26... Qf4 {[#] And now ...Rd8 would win.} 27. Nxf8 Bxf8 $18 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQB} 28. Rc8 Qe5 $2 (28... Qf6 29. g3 Kg7) 29. h4 Kg7 30. Qd8 $1 {[%csl LRb6,LRf8]} Qe1+ 31. Kh2 Qb4 32. g3 a4 33. Qxb6 Qb2 34. Kg2 Be7 35. Qb7 Bd6 36. Qc6 {Qe8 is the strong threat.} Be5 37. Qe8 {[%csl Gc8][%cal Re8h8]} Kf6 38. Qd8+ Kf5 39. Qd3+ (39. Rc4 $142 Qe2 40. g4+ Qxg4+ 41. Rxg4 Kxg4 42. Qd3 Bb8 43. Qf3+ Kxh4 44. Qxf7) 39... Kf6 40. Qd8+ (40. h5 $18) 40... Kf5 41. Rc4 {Accuracy: White = 76%, Black = 48%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.25"]
[Round "7.41"]
[White "Deac, Bogdan-Daniel"]
[Black "Ivic, Velimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,93,35,37,32,44,36,33,42,21,3,16,6,2,9,4,0,76,14,27,18,21,12,27,27,35,35,40,29,45,58,56,41,43,37,56,21,25,21,20,19,27,16,17,13,16,13,11,8,20,21,28,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,37,9,12,4,4,4,18,18,132,131,135,129,243,237,449,449,860,854,29968,29971,29969,29973,29973,29974,29980,29981,29981,29981]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. h4 Nxc3 6. dxc3 {A16: English Opening: 1...Nf6 with ...d5} Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 Na6 {[%cal Bb8a6,Ba6c5,Bc5e6][%mdl 32]} 8. h5 {White is slightly better.} Bg7 9. e4 Nc5 $1 10. hxg6 hxg6 11. Rxh8+ Bxh8 12. Ng5 e5 $146 {[#]} (12... f5 $11) ({Predecessor:} 12... Bf6 13. f3 {½-½ (77) Deac,B (2572)-Ivanchuk,V (2752) Caleta 2017}) 13. Be3 ({White should play} 13. Bc4 $1 $16) 13... Ne6 14. a4 Bf6 15. Nf3 a5 16. Kc2 Bd7 17. Bb5 Bg7 18. Nd2 Bf8 19. Nc4 f6 20. Bxd7+ Kxd7 21. Rh1 Ke8 22. g3 b6 23. f4 exf4 24. gxf4 Rd8 25. Rh8 Kf7 26. Rh7+ Kg8 27. Rh3 Kf7 28. b3 Rd7 29. Rh7+ Ke8 30. Rxd7 (30. Rh2 {with more complications.} Kf7 31. Rh3 Be7 32. Rh1 Bf8 33. Rf1) 30... Kxd7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} 31. f5 gxf5 32. exf5 Nd8 33. Nd2 Nc6 34. Kd3 (34. Ne4 $5 {[%cal Re4f6]}) 34... Bd6 35. Bf2 Ne5+ 36. Ke4 Ke7 37. Bd4 Nf7 (37... Nd7 $11) 38. Nc4 $16 Bg3 {[#]} 39. b4 $1 axb4 (39... Bh4 $16 {is a better defense.} 40. bxa5 bxa5) 40. cxb4 $18 Kd7 $2 (40... b5) 41. Bxf6 b5 (41... Bh2 $142 42. a5 bxa5 43. bxa5 Kc8) 42. axb5 Be1 43. Ne5+ {White mates.} Nxe5 44. Bxe5 Bxb4 45. Kd5 Be7 46. f6 Bf8 47. Bd4 {Accuracy: White = 53%, Black = 45%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.25"]
[Round "7.42"]
[White "Moussard, Jules"]
[Black "Zajic, Milan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "206"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,206,-13,-14,-15,-11,-24,-7,-22,-12,-18,-14,-15,-16,-21,-15,-18,0,-17,0,-28,-11,-29,52,52,76,84,96,91,92,80,85,81,88,77,74,83,75,82,105,98,96,105,106,87,96,52,61,0,0,12,0,0,68,25,72,62,44,0,105,113,117,110,85,61,129,36,126,66,127,127,142,33,33,27,240,17,240,240,240,176,267,267,272,240,240,240,240,240,264,264,272,240,240,240,240,240,240,240,240,202,240,240,310,240,240,240,343,343,343,343,343,343,343,343,343,343,343,343,343,343,343,343,343,343,343,343,343,0,343,0,343,343,343,343,343,343,343,0,343,343,343,343,343,258,343,258,258,240,258,258,258,240,258,258,358,358,358,358,358,358,358,358,358,358,358,358,358,344,344,344,344,344,344,344,344,344,344,344,344,344,344,344,344,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 e5 4. d3 Nf6 5. a3 (5. O-O h6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. Re1 dxe4 9. dxe4 a5 10. a4 b6 11. c3 Ba6 12. Bf1 Bxf1 13. Kxf1 Nd7 14. Nc4 {1-0 (42) Nakamura,H (2777)-So,W (2780) chess.com INT 2018}) 5... Bd6 6. O-O {A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems} O-O 7. Bg5 Be6 8. Nc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. Nfd2 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nc3 Ne7 11. Nb5 a6 12. Nxd6 cxd6 {½-½ (32) Janosi,E (1833)-Osipov,A (2129) LSS email 2012}) 8... Be7 9. Re1 d4 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nb1 Re8 12. c3 g5 13. Nfd2 Bg7 14. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Rb8 15. Ne4 h6 (15... f5 $11 16. Nc5 Bd5) 16. Nc5 $1 $14 Bd5 17. Bh3 $1 Ne7 18. c4 $1 {[%cal Rc4d5]} Bc6 19. b5 $1 {[%cal Rb5c6]} Qd6 20. Nb3 $1 Bd7 {[#]} 21. c5 $1 {[%cal Rc5d6]} Qd5 {[#]} 22. e4 $1 {[%cal Re4d5]} dxe3 23. Nc3 exf2+ 24. Kxf2 Bxh3 25. Nxd5 Nxd5 26. Rc1 Rbd8 27. Kg1 e4 $1 28. Qh5 Be6 29. dxe4 Nc3 30. e5 (30. Na5 {is more complex.} Rd3 31. Kf1 b6 32. Nc6 Bc4 33. Kg1) 30... Nxb5 (30... Na2 $11) 31. Re3 (31. a4 {is interesting.} Nd4 32. Nxd4 Rxd4 33. Qf3 Bd5 34. Qf2) 31... Nxa3 {Hoping for ...Nc4.} 32. Qe2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] aiming for Na5. White fights for an advantage.} a6 33. c6 bxc6 (33... b5 $11 {remains equal.}) 34. Nc5 $16 Nb5 35. Nxe6 Rxe6 36. Kh1 Rde8 (36... Nd4 $14 37. Qc4 (37. Qxa6 Rxe5 38. Ree1 Nf3 $16) 37... Nb5) 37. Rc5 (37. Qf3 $16) 37... a5 (37... Bf8 $1 $14 38. Rc1 c5) 38. Qa2 (38. Qc4 $16) 38... Rxe5 (38... Bf8 $14 39. Rc1 Bb4) 39. Rcxe5 Rxe5 40. Rf3 ({White should try} 40. Rxe5 $16 Bxe5 41. Qxa5) 40... Nd6 $14 41. Qa4 Rf5 $2 (41... Rb5 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 42. Re3 $2 ({Resist} 42. Qxc6 $6 Rxf3 43. Qa8+ (43. Qxf3 Bd4 $16) 43... Bf8) (42. Rxf5 $18 Nxf5 43. Qxc6 (43. Qxa5 Nd4 $18)) 42... Re5 $2 (42... Rb5 $11) 43. Rxe5 $18 Bxe5 44. Qxa5 Bg7 (44... Nb5 {was worth a try.} 45. Qa8+ Kg7 46. Qxc6 Nd4) 45. Qxc7 Nc4 46. Qd8+ Bf8 47. Qd4 Nd6 48. Qc5 Nc8 49. Qxc6 Ne7 50. Qe8 Ng6 51. Kg2 Kg7 52. Kf3 Be7 53. Ke4 Bf6 54. Qc8 Kh7 55. Qg4 Bg7 56. Qh5 Kg8 57. Kd5 Kh7 (57... Nf8 $142 58. h4 Ne6) 58. Kd6 Kg8 59. Kd7 Kh7 60. Ke8 Kg8 61. Qf3 Ne5 62. Qa8 Kh7 63. Ke7 Bh8 64. Qg2 Bg7 65. Ke8 Kg8 66. Qe4 Kh8 67. Qe2 Kg8 68. Qh5 Ng6 $1 69. Qf3 Ne5 70. Qd1 Kh8 71. h3 Kg8 72. Qh5 Ng6 73. Qd1 Ne5 74. Qb3 Kh8 75. Ke7 Kg8 76. Kd6 Kh7 77. Kd5 Kg8 78. Ke4 Kh7 79. Qb1 Kg8 80. Qh1 Kh7 81. h4 g4 82. Kd5 Kg8 83. Qe4 Kh8 84. Kd6 Kg8 85. Ke7 Ng6+ 86. Ke8 Ne5 87. Qa8 Kh7 88. h5 Kg8 89. Ke7+ Kh7 90. Qc8 Bh8 91. Kd6 Bg7 92. Qf5+ Kg8 93. Qc2 Kh8 94. Kd5 Kg8 95. Qf5 Kh8 96. Qxe5 $2 (96. Ke4 $18) 96... Bxe5 $11 {The position is equal.} 97. Kxe5 $18 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame K3P-KPP} Kg7 98. Kf5 Kg8 99. Kxg4 Kg7 100. Kf5 Kg8 101. Kf6 Kf8 102. g4 Kg8 $1 103. g5 hxg5 {Accuracy: White = 66%, Black = 58%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.25"]
[Round "7.43"]
[White "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Black "Murzin, Volodar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2337"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,117,24,24,34,29,18,18,14,14,23,16,50,47,48,31,33,35,36,42,39,18,30,16,21,-15,26,40,34,15,48,41,27,23,25,24,29,35,26,23,25,23,36,22,51,44,58,35,53,29,38,47,82,57,79,90,77,63,79,72,64,65,85,71,73,78,159,129,137,81,125,58,73,53,46,27,107,133,188,196,196,160,265,254,254,230,229,229,188,131,185,189,304,310,519,408,5911,4902,29968,29969,29967,29969,29968,29968,29965,29966,10472,7713,29974,29970]} 1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bf4 Bd6 {D10: Slav Defence: 3 cxd5 (without early Nf3) and 3 Nc3} 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. e3 Nge7 {The position is equal.} 9. Bd3 Bd7 10. O-O f5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... O-O 11. Nb5 Qb8 12. Qd2 f6 13. Rac1 Be8 14. Nc3 Bh5 15. Be2 Qd6 16. Rfd1 {½-½ (16) Vallejo Pons,F (2711)-Kobalia,M (2628) Tallinn 2016}) 11. a3 O-O 12. b4 Rac8 13. Rc1 Be8 14. Nb5 Qb8 15. Qb3 h6 16. g3 Bh5 17. Nd2 e5 18. dxe5 Qxe5 19. Rfe1 Kh8 20. Qc3 a6 21. Nd4 Nxd4 $1 22. Qxd4 Qxd4 23. exd4 Nc6 24. Nb3 f4 25. Bf1 Bf3 26. Rc3 Be4 {Strongly threatening ...Nxd4!} 27. Rec1 Rce8 28. f3 Bg6 29. Kf2 fxg3+ 30. hxg3 Be4 31. Re1 Re7 32. Ree3 Ref7 33. Be2 g5 34. Kg2 Bh7 {[#]} 35. Bxa6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxb4 $1 (35... bxa6 36. Rxc6) 36. axb4 {And now Bb5 would win.} bxa6 37. Nc5 h5 (37... Rb8 $142) 38. Ne6 Rg8 39. Rc7 (39. Re5 $142) 39... Bg6 40. Re5 ({White should play} 40. Ra3 $16) 40... g4 $14 41. Rxf7 Bxf7 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 42. Ng5 gxf3+ (42... Bg6 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 43. Kxf3 Be8 {[#]} (43... Bg6 $16 44. Rxd5 Rb8) 44. Kf4 $1 $18 Bc6 45. Ne6 {[%cal Re5h5]} Rb8 (45... Rg4+ $16 46. Kf3 Be8) 46. Rxh5+ Kg8 47. Rg5+ Kh8 48. Rg7 Rxb4 49. Rc7 ({Better is} 49. Ra7 $18) 49... Bb5 (49... Ba4 $16 50. Ke5 Bb3) 50. g4 Rb1 (50... Rc4 $142) 51. Ke5 Rg1 $2 (51... Bd3 {might work better.} 52. Kxd5 Be2) 52. g5 Bc4 (52... Bd3 $142 53. Kxd5 a5) 53. Nf4 {Threatening mate with Kf6.} Rxg5+ 54. Kf6 Rg4 55. Ng6+ Rxg6+ 56. Kxg6 {[%cal Rc7c8]} Bd3+ 57. Kf6 Kg8 58. Rg7+ Kh8 59. Rg3 {Accuracy: White = 73%, Black = 35%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.25"]
[Round "7.44"]
[White "Van Foreest, Lucas"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,101,35,42,41,50,32,36,27,46,27,40,44,48,22,32,22,38,22,44,16,45,13,21,0,0,0,0,0,10,0,0,0,0,8,60,26,31,0,32,15,16,0,0,0,33,0,0,0,26,22,68,48,68,71,78,54,82,27,239,231,185,120,519,513,467,330,479,479,447,402,463,456,499,458,805,798,1046,1034,1614,1521,29989,1218,2315,2212]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. b4 Bb6 7. a4 a6 8. Bg5 d6 9. Nbd2 Qe7 10. O-O Nd8 {[%cal Bc6d8,Bd8e6,Be6f4][%mdl 32]} 11. Bh4 $146 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} ({Predecessor:} 11. d4 h6 12. Bh4 exd4 13. cxd4 g5 14. Bg3 Nh5 15. e5 Nxg3 16. hxg3 dxe5 17. Qb1 Kg7 18. Re1 Nc6 19. Nxe5 Qxb4 20. Nxc6 Qxb1 21. Raxb1 bxc6 {½-½ (55) Czernek,T (1508)-Rybka,M (1622) Szczyrk 2014}) 11... Ne6 12. Bb3 Nf4 13. Nc4 {White is slightly better.} Ba7 14. Ne3 Bxe3 15. fxe3 Ng6 16. Bg3 Be6 17. Bc2 a5 18. b5 c6 19. Rb1 Nd7 20. Nd2 Rfc8 21. d4 Nf6 22. b6 d5 23. Qe2 Rd8 24. h3 dxe4 25. Nxe4 Nxe4 26. Bxe4 Bd5 ({Black should play} 26... Re8 $11) 27. Bd3 (27. Bxg6 $5 hxg6 28. Bxe5 $14) 27... Re8 28. Rbe1 f6 29. Qc2 Bf7 30. Rf2 exd4 31. cxd4 Rad8 32. Rff1 Nf8 33. Qc3 Ne6 34. Qxa5 {And now Qc3 would win.} Ra8 35. Qc3 Ng5 36. e4 {Black must now prevent a5.} Rxa4 37. d5 $1 {Threatens to win with Qc2.} Ra3 38. Qd4 (38. Qc4 $16) 38... Rd8 $2 (38... Qd7 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 39. Bc7 $1 $18 Rd7 {[#] Black wants to play ...Ne6!} 40. d6 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} Qf8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (40... Qe6 $16) 41. e5 Ne6 42. Qe3 Qa8 (42... f5 $142 43. Rxf5 Qa8) 43. exf6 g6 44. Rf3 Qa5 {Hoping for ...Rxd3!} 45. Qe5 Nd4 46. Rg3 ({Weaker is} 46. Qxd4 Qxe1+ 47. Kh2 Qa1 $11) 46... Be6 (46... Qxe5 $142 47. Rxe5 Kf8) 47. Qe4 Qc5 48. Kh2 Ra8 49. Qf4 Bf7 50. Rge3 (50. Qh6 $142 Nf3+ 51. Rxf3 Bd5 52. Re7 Rxe7 53. dxe7 Kf7 54. Qg7+ Ke6 {[#]} 55. f7 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 50... g5 51. Qg4 {Accuracy: White = 57%, Black = 38%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.25"]
[Round "7.45"]
[White "Antipov, Mikhail Al."]
[Black "Repka, Christopher"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,23,0,0,0,0]} 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. c4 {LiveBook: 7 Games} (11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 Qf5 13. Nf3 Rfe8 14. Qd3 Qxd3 15. cxd3 {½-½ (30) Ivanchuk,V (2732)-Hou,Y (2649) Shenzhen 2017}) 11... O-O 12. cxd5 {Predecessor:} Qxd5 $146 13. Qc2 Bc5 14. Nc4 Rfe8 {½-½ (23) Krupenski,J (2504)-Jepson,C (2431) Sweden 2016} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.25"]
[Round "7.46"]
[White "Zlatanovic, Boroljub"]
[Black "Huschenbeth, Niclas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2376"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,60,21,8,24,-50,-47,-24,-44,-41,-32,-40,-37,-37,0,-62,-54,-100,-93,-73,-75,-95,-106,-121,-115,-111,-130,-142,-127,-109,-118,-163,-155,-187,-188,-186,-131,-111,-128,-260,-270,-311,-310,-351,-286,-703,-674,-664,-637]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. a3 Nf6 6. Rb1 O-O 7. b4 cxb4 8. axb4 a6 {A36: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7} 9. Nf3 ({White should try} 9. e4 $11) 9... d5 $15 10. cxd5 Nxd5 {Black has an edge.} 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. Bb2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. d3 Bg4 13. h3 Be6 14. Bd2 Qb5 15. O-O Ba2 16. Ra1 Bd5 17. Rb1 Ba2 18. Ra1 Bd5 19. Rb1 {½-½ (19) Malakhatko,V (2542)-Aharon,O (2341) Baku 2014}) 12... Bxb2 13. Rxb2 Qb5 14. O-O (14. Qb1 $11) 14... a5 $36 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 2080] aiming for ...a4. Black has the initiative.} 15. Qb3 Be6 16. Qe3 a4 {...a3 is the strong threat.} ({Of course not} 16... Nxb4 17. Nd4 $11) 17. Ra1 Bb3 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. Qxd4 Rac8 20. d3 Rc7 21. h4 Rfc8 22. Kh2 h5 23. Bh3 e6 24. Bg2 Rc1 (24... Rd7 $19 25. Qf4 Qb6) 25. Rxc1 Rxc1 26. Qd8+ (26. f4 $17 {is a better defense.}) 26... Kg7 $19 27. Qd4+ e5 28. Qd6 Be6 {[#] Hoping for ...a3.} 29. Bh3 $2 (29. d4 exd4 30. Qxd4+ Kh7 31. Qe3) 29... Qd5 30. Qxd5 Bxd5 {Accuracy: White = 33%, Black = 80%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.25"]
[Round "7.47"]
[White "Mirzoev, Emil"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,116,0,0,-16,0,-15,0,0,0,-14,6,15,0,-22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-7,-9,-4,-23,-12,-11,-2,-2,-2,-2,-6,-21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-11,-11,-11,-11,-11,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-22,-8,-10,-8,-41,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nge2 Re8 8. Bd2 {E48: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 5 Bd3 d5 including 6 Ne2, but excluding 6 a3} (8. O-O Bd6 9. Bd2 Nbd7 10. Rc1 a6 11. Ng3 Nf8 12. Nce2 Ne4 13. Be1 c6 14. a4 Nxg3 15. Nxg3 a5 16. Qb3 g6 {½-½ (50) Yu,Y (2765)-Leko,P (2690) Porto Carras 2018}) 8... c5 9. O-O Nc6 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Nxc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. bxc3 c4 12. Bc2 h5 13. f3 Bd7 14. Qe1 Qc8 15. e4 dxe4 16. fxe4 Nxe4 {1-0 (30) Docx,S (2468)-Rindlisbacher,J (2249) Caleta 2014}) 11... Bg4 12. f3 Bh5 13. Ne2 cxd4 14. exd4 Qb6 15. Bc3 Bg6 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. a4 Re3 18. a5 Qb5 19. Ng3 a6 20. Re1 Rae8 {next ...Rxe1+ is good for Black.} 21. Rxe3 Rxe3 22. Kf2 $132 {[%mdl 2048] White is fighting back} Re6 23. Qf1 {[#]} Ng4+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 24. fxg4 {Qxb5 is the strong threat.} Rf6+ 25. Nf5 $1 gxf5 26. g5 $1 Qxf1+ 27. Rxf1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Re6 28. g4 fxg4 29. Kg3 Re2 (29... g6 {is more complex.} 30. Kxg4 Kf8 31. Rf3 Ke8 32. Rf1 Re4+) 30. Rf2 $1 {[%cal Rf2e2]} Rxf2 (30... Re3+ {looks sharper.} 31. Kxg4 Kf8 32. Rf5 Re4+ 33. Rf4 Re2) 31. Kxf2 {KB-KN} g6 32. Kg3 Kf8 33. Kxg4 Ke7 34. h4 Ke6 35. h5 gxh5+ 36. Kxh5 Kf5 {Strongly threatening ...Nd8.} 37. Kh6 $1 Nd8 38. Kg7 Kxg5 39. Kf8 $1 f5 40. Ke7 Nc6+ 41. Kd6 f4 42. Kxd5 f3 {aiming for ...f2.} 43. Be1 Kf5 44. Kc5 {[#]} Nxa5 $1 {[%mdl 512] Threatens to win with ...b6+!} 45. d5 (45. Bxa5 f2) 45... b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32] Black wants to play ...Nc4.} 46. Kb6 {The position is equal.} Nc4+ 47. Kxa6 b4 48. Kb5 Nxb2 49. d6 Ke6 50. Bg3 b3 51. Kb4 {[#]} Nc4 $1 {[%mdl 512] Hoping for ...b2.} 52. Kxb3 (52. Kxc4 b2) 52... Nxd6 {White must now prevent ...Ne4.} 53. Kc2 Ne4 54. Kd3 Kf5 55. Ke3 Kg4 (55... Nxg3 $2 56. Kxf3 $19) 56. Bb8 Nc5 57. Kf2 Nd3+ 58. Kf1 Nf4 {Accuracy: White = 82%, Black = 56%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.25"]
[Round "7.48"]
[White "Demuth, Adrien"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,63,0,6,8,0,10,0,6,0,33,34,32,0,1,0,0,0,17,-2,-3,-10,-14,-19,-13,-41,0,0,0,5,23,12,39,12,16,0,0,0,56,52,48,50,86,86,70,78,83,43,43,44]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. c4 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. O-O Ngf6 7. d3 Bc5 8. Nc3 c6 9. Qb3 Nb6 {A11: English Opening: 1...c6} (9... Bb6 10. Na4 O-O 11. Nxb6 Qxb6 12. Qc2 Rfe8 13. h3 Bh5 14. g4 Bg6 15. Nh4 Nf8 16. Kh1 Ne6 17. e3 h5 {1-0 (65) Oparin,G (2616)-Shirov,A (2673) Moscow 2016}) 10. e4 O-O 11. Qc2 Rc8 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 11... dxe4 12. dxe4 Re8 13. h3 Bh5 14. Bf4 Nfd7 15. g4 Bg6 16. Bg3 h5 17. Nh4 hxg4 18. Nxg6 {½-½ (49) Dizdar,G (2525)-Bukal,V (2425) Medulin 2002}) 12. h3 Bh5 13. g4 Bg6 14. Ne5 Re8 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. Bg5 Qd7 17. Rad1 Nh7 18. Bc1 dxe4 19. dxe4 Qe7 20. Bf4 Bb4 21. a3 Bxc3 22. Qxc3 Rcd8 23. Qa5 (23. Rxd8 {is more complex.} Rxd8 24. Be3 Ng5 25. Qb4 Qxb4 26. axb4 Ne6 27. Ra1) 23... Nc8 24. Qc7 g5 25. Qxe7 Nxe7 26. Be3 b6 (26... a6 $11) 27. Rxd8 $14 Rxd8 28. Rc1 Rd6 29. e5 Re6 30. Rd1 {[#] And now Rd8+ would win.} Rxe5 31. Rd7 Nf6 32. Rxa7 {Accuracy: White = 36%, Black = 45%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.25"]
[Round "7.49"]
[White "Ragger, Markus"]
[Black "Sanal, Vahap"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,71,24,35,7,35,17,27,19,18,19,19,16,12,15,21,14,30,22,53,71,72,66,113,79,127,122,122,116,144,139,133,114,143,133,179,163,221,240,247,241,292,299,354,346,340,327,764,764,766,755,752,743,793,777,949,924,906,898,29986,29987]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Bb5 Bd7 8. Qd3 {B62: Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer: 6...e6: Unusual White 7th moves} h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Be7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Nb3 d5 12. e5 Ng4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Qd4 Nh6 15. f4 f6 {1-0 (36) Matlakov,M (2700)-Maghsoodloo,P (2688) St Petersburg 2018}) 9. Bh4 Qb6 10. O-O-O {White has an edge.} (10. Bxf6 {seems wilder.} gxf6 11. Nb3 Rg8 12. O-O a6 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. g3) 10... Nxd4 11. Bxd7+ Nxd7 12. Qxd4 Qxd4 13. Rxd4 a6 $1 14. Rhd1 Ne5 15. Bg3 g5 16. Bxe5 dxe5 17. Rc4 b6 18. Rc6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has strong initiative.} Bc5 19. Na4 Bxf2 20. Nxb6 Be3+ 21. Kb1 Bxb6 22. Rxb6 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} O-O 23. c4 Kg7 24. Kc2 g4 (24... a5 $142 25. Rb5 f6) 25. c5 $18 a5 26. Kc3 Rae8 27. Rd7 Kg6 28. c6 f5 29. exf5+ exf5 $2 {[#]} (29... Rxf5 30. c7 Rc8) 30. c7+ Kg5 31. Rbd6 Rc8 32. Kd2 f4 33. Rd8 f3 34. gxf3 gxf3 35. Rxf8 Rxf8 36. Rd8 {Accuracy: White = 81%, Black = 26%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.25"]
[Round "7.50"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,163,15,25,14,0,0,0,7,3,21,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,-1,-19,0,0,0,-31,0,-7,8,0,6,9,24,0,35,30,34,29,37,41,111,112,121,117,131,127,109,111,126,120,160,154,163,150,174,140,198,195,237,145,225,137,279,273,230,163,139,151,127,137,233,215,214,137,163,159,151,125,121,98,133,110,122,118,128,68,68,68,69,66,67,63,66,66,85,14,14,0,66,8,16,8,8,8,70,40,37,18,20,42,45,18,52,51,398,398,352,326,673,673,5102,4491,5081,4567,1910,1549,1036,187,187,187,187,187,6170,187,187,187,187,187,187,187,187,187,187,173,173,173,173,173,173,173,173,173,29980,29981]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O e6 5. c4 d4 6. e3 Nc6 7. exd4 cxd4 8. d3 Bd6 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} 9. Na3 (9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nbd2 Qd8 12. a3 a5 13. Rc1 O-O 14. Re1 Re8 {1-0 (58) Sjugirov,S (2663)-Korobov,A (2698) St Petersburg 2018}) 9... O-O 10. Nc2 e5 {The position is equal.} 11. b4 a6 12. a4 Re8 13. Ba3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Rb1 h6 {0-1 (42) Josefsson,K (2178)-Felkel,S (2399) ICCF email 2013}) 13... Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15. Re1 a5 {[%cal Ra5b4]} 16. bxa5 Nxa5 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Na3 Qc5 19. Qb1 {[#]} e4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 20. dxe4 Bxf3 21. Bxf3 Nd7 22. Qb5 Qxb5 (22... Qd6 {is interesting.} 23. Bg2 Nc5 24. Qb4 Nc6 25. Nb5 Qe7) 23. Nxb5 Ne5 24. Bg2 {Nc7 is the strong threat.} ({Don't blunder} 24. Nxd4 $2 Red8 $19) 24... Red8 $1 25. Red1 d3 ({Black should try} 25... Nec6 $14) 26. Nc7 $1 $16 {[%cal Rc7a8]} Rac8 27. Nd5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is on the roll.} Rxc4 28. f4 Nec6 29. Rxd3 Kf8 30. e5 g5 31. fxg5 Nxe5 32. Re3 Nac6 33. h4 Rd4 (33... Kg7 $16 34. Nf6 Rb4) 34. Nf6 $18 Kg7 35. Nh5+ Kf8 (35... Kg6 $16 {was called for.}) 36. Rf1 Rd1 (36... Rxa4 $16 37. Rb3 Ra7) 37. Bxc6 Nxc6 38. Nf6 Kg7 39. Rxd1 Rxd1+ $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 40. Kg2 Rd2+ (40... h6 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 41. Kh3 $18 h6 42. Ne8+ Kg6 43. gxh6 Rd8 44. g4 Kxh6 45. Nf6 Kg6 46. Nh5 Rd4 47. Re8 Kh7 48. Nf6+ (48. Re4 $1 $16) 48... Kg7 $1 $14 {[%cal Rg7f6]} 49. g5 {[%csl Gf6][%cal Re8g8]} Kg6 50. Re4 Rd1 51. Kg3 Rg1+ 52. Kf2 Rb1 53. Re8 (53. Kf3 $16) 53... Kf5 $11 54. Rg8 Nd4 (54... Ne7 $11 55. Ra8 Nc6) 55. Ke3 (55. Rg7 $14) 55... Ne6 56. Ne8 Rb3+ 57. Kd2 Nf4 (57... Ke5 $11) 58. Rg7 {Hoping for Kc2.} Ke6 59. Rh7 Rd3+ 60. Kc2 Ra3 61. Nc7+ Ke7 62. h5 Nxh5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Better is} 62... Kf8 $14) 63. Nd5+ $1 $18 ({Less strong is} 63. Rxh5 Rxa4 64. Nd5+ Kd6 $18) 63... Ke6 {[#]} 64. Nc3 $1 ({Stronger than} 64. Rxh5 Kxd5 65. g6+ Ke6 $11) 64... Ng3 $2 (64... b5 65. Rh6+ Ke5 66. Rxh5 b4 67. g6+ f5) 65. Kb2 Rxc3 {KRN-KR} 66. Rh6+ Kd7 67. Kxc3 {KR-KN} Ne4+ 68. Kb4 Nxg5 69. Rf6 $2 (69. Kb5 Ne4 70. Kb6) 69... Kc8 70. Ka5 Ne4 71. Rxf7 Nd6 $2 (71... Kb8 72. Kb6 Nd6) 72. Rh7 $2 (72. Rf6 Nc4+ 73. Kb5) 72... Kb8 73. Rd7 Nc8 74. Kb5 {Black must now prevent a5.} Na7+ 75. Kc5 {aiming for Rf7.} Nc8 76. Rh7 Ka7 77. a5 {[%cal Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} Kb8 78. Rg7 {And now Rd7 would win.} Ka7 79. Rc7 Kb8 80. Rh7 {Threatens to win with Rd7.} Ka7 81. Rh8 Kb8 $2 {[#]} (81... Ne7 $18 82. Kb5 Nd5) 82. a6 $1 {Accuracy: White = 52%, Black = 45%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.26"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Black "Piorun, Kacper"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:01:39]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:05:58]} 4. h3 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 5. Qxf3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:01:49]} 6. d4 {[%emt 0:03:28]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 7. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:51]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:04:21]} 8. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 9. O-O {[%emt 0:02:34]} Be7 {[%emt 0:04:56]} 10. Bf4 {[%emt 0:19:46]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:12:19]} 11. c3 {[%emt 0:03:23]} Qd5 {[%emt 0:01:47]} 12. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:29:53]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:09:37]} 13. Qe3 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Nxd3 {[%emt 0:04:39]} 14. Nxf6+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} Bxf6 {[%emt 0:11:07]} 15. Rxd3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Qf5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 16. Bd6 {[%emt 0:03:14]} Bg5 {[%emt 0:03:34]} 17. Qd4 {[%emt 0:06:53]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 18. Qe3 {[%emt 0:01:05]} h5 {[%emt 0:09:41]} 19. Rad1 {[%emt 0:01:46]} Bg5 {[%emt 0:05:50]} 20. Qd4 {[%emt 0:01:45]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 21. Qe3 {[%emt 0:01:58]} Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 22. Qd4 {[%emt 0:06:08]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:01:54]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.26"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Rodshtein, Maxim"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,41,18,7,13,4,6,12,39,39,39,39,36,5,18,20,0,0,6,0,6,7,44,50,54,29,33,23,33,33]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 c6 6. b3 d5 7. Bb2 Nbd7 8. O-O b5 {D78: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0 c6} (8... Ne4 9. e3 Ndf6 10. Ne5 Be6 11. Qe2 a5 12. Na3 a4 13. f3 Nd6 14. c5 Nf5 15. b4 Bc8 16. Rad1 e6 17. e4 {1-0 (98) Gelfand,B (2695)-Korobov,A (2678) Poikovsky 2018}) 9. Nbd2 bxc4 10. bxc4 Ba6 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 10... Rb8 11. Bc3 Ba6 12. Qa4 Qc8 13. Bb4 Re8 14. Qa3 Nb6 {0-1 (67) Ruznic,R (1980)-Harcin,A (1953) Lukavac 2016}) 11. Qa4 Qc8 12. Qa3 dxc4 13. Rac1 c3 $1 {[%cal Rc3b2]} 14. Bxc3 Bxe2 15. Rfe1 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 {And now Bb4 would win.} Nd5 17. Bb4 Qb7 18. Bxe7 Rfe8 $1 19. Nb3 {Strongly threatening Na5.} Bh6 20. Rb1 N7b6 {[%cal Re8e7]} 21. Na5 {Accuracy: White = 71%, Black = 67%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.26"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,57,27,32,22,14,14,14,14,14,53,3,47,48,69,70,81,73,181,71,72,85,101,86,194,169,858,103,765,777,1779,1778,1678,1676,1667,1611,29997,29998]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5 cxd4 8. exd4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Ne5 Bd7 11. Bg5 {B14: Caro-Kann: Panov-Botvinnik Attack with 5...e6 and 5...g6} Rc8 12. Re1 {[%cal Bf1e1,Be1e3,Be3g3][%mdl 32] LiveBook: 8 Games} Re8 (12... a6 13. Ba4 Be6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Na4 h6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Rc1 Re8 18. Nc5 Bf5 {½-½ (32) Vidit,S (2693)-Delgado Ramirez,N (2614) Tbilisi 2017}) 13. Rc1 {The position is equal.} a6 14. Bxc6 Bxc6 15. Qf3 Qd6 16. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Re3 Bd7 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Rce1 h6 19. Bh4 b5 20. h3 b4 21. Bxf6 bxc3 22. Bxe7 c2 23. Bc5 Qb5 24. b3 {1-0 (24) Brynell,S (2462)-Lie,K (2347) Gausdal 2001}) 16... Bd8 (16... h6 $5 {[%cal Rh6g5]} 17. Be3 Bd8 $11) 17. Re3 Rf8 18. Rce1 Qb4 19. Qf5 Ra8 (19... Rc7 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 20. Rd1 (20. Bh6 $1 $18 {[%cal Rh6g7]} gxh6 21. Qf4) 20... Ne8 21. Bf4 Nf6 22. Rg3 Kh8 {[#]} (22... Qe7 $16 {is a better defense.}) 23. Rdd3 $1 $18 Be8 $2 (23... Qe7 24. Rde3 Qe8) 24. a3 $2 $40 {[%mdl 128] White wants a kill.} (24. Rxg7 $18 {and the rest is easy.} Kxg7 25. Rg3+ Kh8 26. Nd3) 24... Qxb2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (24... Qb6 $16) 25. Rxg7 $1 {Hoping for Rdg3.} Kxg7 26. Rg3+ Kh8 27. Nxd5 Nxd5 28. Bh6 {White wants to mate with Bg7+.} Bf6 {[#]} 29. Qxf6+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 55%, Black = 13%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.26"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Gledura, Benjamin"]
[Black "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,27,18,16,24,31,25,27,9,15,10,27,18,18,19,35,22,22,12]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} Ba7 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 {White has an edge.} h6 10. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1e3][%mdl 32]} Re8 11. Nf1 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Nxe3 {[#]} {Predecessor:} d5 $146 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.26"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Pantsulaia, Levan"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,81,21,24,17,12,4,8,4,12,6,9,18,26,0,0,0,-7,-14,22,0,0,-26,-18,-39,8,-25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,-24,0,0,0,-27,-27,-27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-13,-4,-4,0,0,0,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 f6 (3... d6 4. Nc3 f5 5. d4 e4 6. Ng5 Nf6 7. Nh3 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nf4 Nxf4 10. Bxf4 Bd6 11. e3 O-O 12. Qb3+ Kh8 13. O-O-O Bxf4 14. gxf4 Qh4 {½-½ (31) Romanov,E (2608)-Moiseenko,A (2640) Tallinn 2019}) 4. e4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bg2 d4 7. Nbd2 Nc6 8. O-O Bg4 9. Nb3 Qd7 10. Bd2 Bb4 11. Rc1 {0-1 (34) Aouachria,R (1770)-Ksiret,A Tiaret 2013}) 4... c5 5. Bh3 Nc6 6. Nc3 {A20: English Opening: 1...e5} g6 7. d3 Bg7 8. a3 Nge7 9. b4 d6 10. Bxc8 Qxc8 11. bxc5 dxc5 12. Nd5 O-O 13. O-O f5 14. Bb2 Qd7 15. Kg2 Rae8 16. a4 Nb4 17. Bc3 ({Don't play} 17. Bxe5 fxe4 18. dxe4 Nexd5 $17) (17. Nxb4 {is more complex.} cxb4 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. Nxe5 Qe6 20. f4) 17... Nexd5 (17... a5 {seems wilder.} 18. Rb1 Nec6 19. Re1 Rb8 20. Nb6 Qf7) 18. cxd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 e4 {[%mdl 64] [#] Discovered Attack} 20. Bxg7 exf3+ 21. Qxf3 Kxg7 22. Rfe1 b6 23. h4 Qd6 24. a5 b5 25. a6 b4 26. Rec1 Re5 27. Ra5 {The position is equal.} Rxd5 {[#]} 28. d4 $1 {[%cal Rd4c5][%mdl 512]} Rxd4 {And now ...Rd3 would win.} (28... cxd4 29. Rxd5) 29. Raxc5 {Strongly threatening Rc7+.} Rf7 30. h5 Rd3 31. Rc6 Qd5 32. Qxd5 Rxd5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 33. Rc7 Rdd7 34. Rxd7 Rxd7 {KR-KR} 35. Rc4 b3 {White must now prevent ...b2.} 36. Rb4 Rd6 37. Rb7+ Kh6 38. hxg6 hxg6 39. Rxa7 b2 40. Rb7 Rxa6 41. Rxb2 {Accuracy: White = 60%, Black = 65%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.26"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,116,14,21,6,28,21,25,31,38,8,17,11,14,7,12,15,14,15,10,16,7,18,17,0,-9,-11,-4,-30,-24,-15,-19,-5,-20,-12,-10,-44,-43,-65,-62,-85,0,0,0,0,0,-33,-27,-31,-8,-8,-14,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-43,-54,-44,-43,-52,-24,-27,-26,-54,-20,-20,-8,-8,-8,-14,-12,-27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Be2 Nc6 6. Qe3 {B53: Sicilian: 2...d6: Lines with Qxd4} Bg4 7. O-O g6 8. Rd1 {White has an edge.} Qc8 9. c4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Bg7 11. c3 O-O 12. Na3 Rd8 {½-½ (56) Demchenko,A (2679)-Kryakvin,D (2588) St Petersburg 2018}) 9... Bg7 10. Nc3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Ne5 12. Qg3 Nxc4 13. Bg5 O-O 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd5 Ne5 16. Nxf6+ exf6 17. f4 Nc6 18. Rxd6 Qc7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is more active.} 19. Rad1 Qb6+ 20. Qf2 Qxb2 21. Bf3 Qc3 22. R6d3 Qb4 23. h4 Rfd8 24. Rd5 Qb6 ({Better is} 24... h5 $17) 25. Qxb6 $11 axb6 26. Rxd8+ Nxd8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 27. Rd7 Kf8 28. Be2 Ke8 29. Bb5 Ra5 30. Rd5+ Ke7 31. Rd7+ Ke8 32. Rd5+ Nc6 33. Bxc6+ (33. a4 {feels hotter.} Ke7 34. Kf2 Na7 35. Ke3 h5 36. Rd7+) 33... bxc6 {KR-KR} 34. Rd6 $1 Rc5 35. Rxf6 Ke7 36. e5 b5 37. a3 Rc2 38. h5 c5 39. hxg6 hxg6 40. Rc6 c4 41. Kh2 Rb2 42. a4 {The position is equal.} bxa4 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Rb4.} 43. Rxc4 a3 44. Ra4 a2 45. Ra6 Kd7 46. Kh3 Kc7 {[#] White must now prevent ...Kb7.} 47. g4 Kb7 48. Ra4 Kc6 {And now ...Kb5 would win.} 49. Kh4 Kb5 50. Ra8 Kc4 51. f5 gxf5 52. gxf5 Rb4 53. Kg5 Kb3 {Threatens to win with ...Ra4.} 54. e6 fxe6 55. fxe6 Ra4 (55... Re4 $5 {[%cal Re4e6]} 56. Rb8+ Kc2 $11) 56. Rxa4 Kxa4 57. e7 a1=Q {( -> ...Qg7+)} 58. e8=Q+ Kb3 {Accuracy: White = 72%, Black = 67%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.26"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Erdos, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,72,26,32,27,20,22,31,12,40,42,36,41,32,0,0,0,0,8,6,8,54,46,60,48,83,77,178,195,207,205,193,196,377,376,377,383,363,363,468,458,446,451,1460,1457,1360,1391,1391,1329,1510,1502,29985,29986,29987,29988,29988,29989,29997,29998,29998,29999,29999]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. d5 d6 6. e4 exd5 7. cxd5 Bg7 8. Nge2 {A65: Modern Benoni: 6 e4} a6 9. a4 Nbd7 (9... O-O 10. Ng3 Nbd7 11. Be2 Ne8 12. Bf4 Rb8 13. O-O c4 14. Bxc4 Qb6+ 15. Rf2 Bd4 16. Qd2 Ne5 17. Bf1 Bxf2+ 18. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 19. Kxf2 {½-½ (32) Carlsen,M (2835)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2763) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) 10. Ng3 {White is slightly better.} Nh5 11. Nxh5 gxh5 12. Be3 O-O 13. Qd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Be2 Ne5 14. O-O f5 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. h3 h4 17. f4 {0-1 (44) Kieslich,A (2028)-Tennert,S (2148) Oberhof 2013}) 13... f5 14. Be2 fxe4 15. Nxe4 Nf6 {Strongly threatening ...Nxe4.} 16. Ng5 Re8 17. O-O Qe7 18. Ra3 Bd7 19. Re1 b5 (19... h6 $16 20. Ne6 Bxe6 21. dxe6 Qxe6) 20. axb5 $18 axb5 21. Rxa8 Rxa8 {[#]} 22. Bd3 $1 {Bxc5! is the strong threat.} Qe5 $2 {[#]} (22... Re8 {keeps fighting.} 23. Bf2 Qf8) 23. Bxc5 $1 {[%mdl 576] Discovered Attack} Qxd5 {[#]} (23... dxc5 24. Rxe5) 24. Bxh7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kh8 (24... Nxh7 25. Qxd5+) 25. Bd4 Ra4 26. b4 Ra2 27. Qe3 Ra3 {[#]} (27... Ra4 $142 28. Bg6 Rxb4) 28. Qf4 $1 ({Stronger than} 28. Qxa3 Qxd4+ 29. Kh1 Nxh7 $15) 28... Nxh7 29. Bxg7+ Kxg7 30. Re7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg6 31. Nxh7 {[%cal Rh7f8]} Ra1+ 32. Kf2 {[%cal Rh7f8] White mates.} Ra2+ 33. Kg3 {[%cal Rh7f8]} h4+ 34. Qxh4 Qd2 35. Nf8+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kf5 36. Rf7+ Ke5 37. Qe4# {Accuracy: White = 75%, Black = 33%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.26"]
[Round "8.8"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Lupulescu, Constantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,67,24,9,29,26,10,24,24,19,29,0,0,0,0,9,91,103,120,121,124,90,91,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,27,0,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 e6 8. Ne5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nd7 {B19: Classical Caro-Kann: 4...Bf5 main line} 11. Qe2 (11. Bf4 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Qa5+ 13. c3 Nf6 14. b4 Qd8 15. b5 cxb5 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Qxb5+ Qd7 18. a4 {0-1 (54) Jones,G (2691)-Eljanov,P (2680) chess.com INT 2019}) 11... Ngf6 12. Bd2 Qc7 {White has an edge.} 13. O-O-O Bd6 {[%cal Rd7e5]} 14. Rhe1 {Hoping for Nxf7!} O-O $1 15. Nh5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. f4 c5 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. dxc5 Bxf4 18. Nh5 Bxd2+ 19. Qxd2 Nxc5 {0-1 (39) Zila,L (2245)-Medvegy,Z (2540) Hungary 2015}) 15... Nxh5 16. Qxh5 Rad8 {[#]} (16... Nf6 $11 17. Qf3 c5) 17. Ng4 $1 $16 Rfe8 {[#]} 18. Bxh6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bf4+ (18... gxh6 19. Nxh6+) 19. Bxf4 Qxf4+ {[#]} 20. Kb1 ({White should play} 20. Rd2 $1 $16) 20... Nf6 $11 21. Nxf6+ Qxf6 22. Qg4 Qxf2 23. Rf1 Qe3 24. Rd3 Qh6 25. Qf3 Rd7 26. Qf2 Red8 {The position is equal.} 27. a3 (27. a4 {keeps more tension.} f5 28. Rfd1 Qf6 29. g3 Kf7 30. Qe3) 27... Qf6 28. Qe1 Qh6 29. Qf2 Qf6 30. Qxf6 gxf6 31. Rg3+ Kf8 32. Rxf6 Rxd4 33. Rgf3 R8d7 34. Rxe6 {Accuracy: White = 62%, Black = 72%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.26"]
[Round "8.9"]
[White "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Black "Berkes, Ferenc"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,28,23,17,12,19,14,16,15,24,26,27,10,15,0,6,0,0,-10,-4,-14,-8]} 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. Nc3 Nxc3 4. dxc3 d5 5. Be3 (5. Bg5 c6 {½-½ (5) Markovic,M (2446)-Markus,R (2615) Novi Sad 2018}) 5... Bf5 6. Bd3 {B02: Alekhine's Defence: Chase Variation and lines with early Nc3} Bxd3 7. cxd3 e6 8. Qg4 Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6e7,Be7f5][%mdl 32]} 9. Nf3 Ne7 10. h4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. a4 c5 {½-½ (50) Betancourt,L-Caliguire,J (2088) ICCF email 2013}) 10... h5 {The position is equal.} 11. Qb4 b6 12. Bg5 Nf5 13. Qa4+ Qd7 14. Qf4 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.26"]
[Round "8.10"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Deac, Bogdan-Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,91,0,14,5,13,9,10,10,25,27,22,0,0,0,32,0,0,0,0,0,16,21,23,18,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-36,0,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,5,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,21,20,21,18,27,8,14,4,4,2,8,8,11,6,31,30,31,27,31,23,23,0]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4 Bb4 5. d3 d6 6. a3 {A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation} Bc5 7. b4 Bb6 8. Na4 Bd4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 9. Rb1 Bg4 10. Be2 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... a6 12. Bd2 Ba7 13. g3 Nd4 {0-1 (60) Mousavi,S (2432)-Edouard,R (2639) Guilan 2016}) 12. Bd2 Nf8 13. Nc3 Ne6 14. O-O a5 15. Bg4 axb4 16. axb4 O-O 17. Kh1 Ne7 18. Ne2 Bb6 19. Qc1 Ba7 20. f4 Nxf4 21. Nxf4 exf4 22. Bxf4 Bd4 23. Be3 Bxe3 24. Qxe3 Ra3 25. Ra1 Qa8 26. Qc1 Rxa1 27. Qxa1 Qa6 28. b5 Qb6 29. e5 dxe5 30. Qxe5 Ng6 31. Qd5 (31. Qe4 {keeps more tension.} c6 32. bxc6 bxc6 33. g3 Rd8 34. Bf3) 31... c6 32. bxc6 bxc6 33. Qe4 c5 34. Qe3 Rd8 35. Bf3 Nf8 36. Bd5 {Hoping for Qe7.} Ne6 37. Qf2 Qc7 38. Qf5 Re8 39. h3 g6 40. Qf6 Qe7 41. Qf2 Qc7 42. Re1 Ng7 43. Rb1 Nf5 44. Rb7 Qe5 $1 {Threatening ...Ra8.} 45. Bxf7+ Kh8 $1 46. Bxe8 {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.26"]
[Round "8.11"]
[White "Bindrich, Falko"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,77,14,18,22,24,23,24,26,18,15,33,19,28,11,25,21,29,0,42,39,39,28,44,14,55,24,22,37,78,64,72,59,62,73,68,59,68,57,41,49,401,24,56,0,7,4,102,-10,0,0,24,0,-6,-8,27,12,12,12,20,25,87,17,561,552,547,552,526,421]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} Ba7 (7... O-O 8. Re1 h6 9. h3 a5 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. b3 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Ne4 Bb6 14. Ra2 f5 15. Ng3 Qf6 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 {½-½ (40) Ding,L (2813)-Anand,V (2773) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) 8. Re1 h6 9. Nbd2 {White has an edge.} O-O 10. h3 Ne7 11. Bb3 Ng6 12. d4 Re8 13. Bc2 Bd7 14. Nf1 b5 {[#]} 15. Ng3 $146 c5 16. Be3 Qc7 17. Qd2 Kh7 18. Nf5 Bxf5 $1 19. exf5 Nf8 20. dxe5 dxe5 21. Nh2 N8d7 22. Ng4 {[%cal Re3h6] aiming for Bxh6!} e4 23. axb5 axb5 24. Bf4 Qb7 25. Rad1 {[%cal Rf4h6] Bxh6! is the strong threat.} Re7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} ({Black should try} 25... Rad8 $14) 26. Bd6 $2 (26. Bxh6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Nxg4 (26... gxh6 27. Qxh6+) 27. Qg5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 26... Ree8 $11 27. Qf4 c4 $1 28. Rd2 Bb8 (28... Nxg4 $11 {keeps the balance.} 29. hxg4 (29. Qxg4 $2 e3 $19) 29... Nf6) 29. Red1 (29. Bxb8 $16 Qxb8 30. Qxb8 Raxb8 31. Bxe4 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 29... Bxd6 30. Rxd6 Ra6 31. R6d4 Nc5 32. Qe3 Qe7 33. Nxf6+ Rxf6 34. Rd5 Nd3 $1 35. Rxb5 Qd7 {[#]} (35... Rd6 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 36. Ra5 (36. Rb4 $1 $16 {[%cal Rb4c4]} Qxf5 37. Bxd3 cxd3 {[#]} 38. f3 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 36... Rxf5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (36... Qd8 $11 37. Rb5 Qd7) 37. Ba4 $18 {[%mdl 64] Skewer. White is clearly winning.} Qe6 38. Rxf5 Ra8 39. Bd7 {Accuracy: White = 52%, Black = 41%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.26"]
[Round "8.12"]
[White "Huschenbeth, Niclas"]
[Black "Lysyj, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,64,0,0,0,0,-5,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,-44,0,0,0,0,12,24,94,0,0,0,0,0,40,41,34,0,0,0,0,-28,-18,-66,-70,-61,-48,-49,-46,-77,-78,-96,-94,-340,-344,-324,-331,-495,-495,-492,-483,-467,-468,-438,-415]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bxc4 {D24: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 Nc3} Nxe4 7. O-O Nxc3 (7... Nf6 8. Qa4+ Nc6 9. Ne5 Rb8 10. Rd1 O-O 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qxa7 Bd7 13. Qa4 c5 {1-0 (71) Carlsen,M (2835)-Duda,J (2738) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) 8. bxc3 {The position is equal.} Be7 9. Qc2 O-O 10. Re1 Nd7 11. Bd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Bf4 b6 12. d5 e5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 {½-½ (31) Nisipeanu,L (2689)-Shankland,S (2624) Tromsoe 2014}) 11... h6 12. Qe2 Bd6 13. Bc2 Re8 14. Ne5 Nf8 (14... f5 $11) 15. Bf4 (15. Qh5 $16 Qe7 16. Re3 Bxe5 17. dxe5 (17. Rxe5 Bd7 $14) (17. Qxe5 Ng6 $14)) 15... f6 $11 16. Rad1 {[%cal Ba1d1,Bd1d3,Bd3g3][%mdl 32]} Qe7 ({Avoid the trap} 16... fxe5 $2 17. dxe5 Re7 18. exd6 $18) 17. Rd3 {[#] Strongly threatening Bxh6!} Bxe5 18. dxe5 f5 $1 19. Rg3 {[%mdl 1024] And now Bxh6 would win. White has compensation.} Kh8 $1 20. Qh5 {Threatens to win with Bg5.} Nh7 $1 21. Rd3 Bd7 22. Bb3 Bb5 23. Rh3 Rf8 24. Qg6 Rae8 25. Bd1 Bc6 26. Bh5 Rd8 27. Qg3 $2 {[#]} (27. Be2 $17 {was worth a try.}) 27... g5 $1 $19 28. Bc1 g4 29. Qh4 (29. Bxg4 {might work better.} Rg8 {[%mdl 64] Pin} 30. Qh4 Qxh4 31. Rxh4 Rxg4 32. Rxg4 fxg4 33. Bxh6) 29... Ng5 {Black is clearly winning.} 30. Bxg4 {Bxg5 would kill now.} Nxh3+ 31. Qxh3 fxg4 32. Qxh6+ Qh7 {Accuracy: White = 51%, Black = 54%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.26"]
[Round "8.13"]
[White "Rakhmanov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,19,18,23,24,26,17]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 a6 6. b3 Bb4 7. Bd2 Nbd7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O {D45: Semi-Slav: 5 e3} Qe7 10. Qc2 {Predecessor:} e5 $146 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Bxd2 15. Qxd2 Qxd5 16. Qc2 g6 17. Rad1 Qe5 18. h3 Qe7 19. Qc3 Be6 20. Bc4 {½-½ (20) Kuzubov,Y (2647)-Banusz,T (2612) Valjevo 2018} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.26"]
[Round "8.14"]
[White "Azarov, Sergei"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,87,23,29,24,31,29,31,31,29,41,27,22,27,18,5,16,32,24,33,25,31,31,31,31,37,43,33,78,29,28,29,36,16,22,14,16,22,17,19,21,16,28,0,0,0,12,0,8,0,40,29,27,27,34,25,37,27,43,43,52,52,52,52,52,52,56,45]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. O-O Nf6 9. Qf3 {B46: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 a6} Be7 10. Qg3 O-O 11. Bh6 Ne8 12. Bf4 {LiveBook: 14 Games} Nf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Bh4 13. Qf3 Bg5 14. Na4 Qf6 15. Bxg5 Qxg5 16. Nb6 Rb8 17. Nxc8 Rxc8 18. Bxa6 {1-0 (33) Kramnik,V (2800)-Andreikin,D (2712) Moscow 2018}) 13. Bc7 Qe8 14. Rfe1 Bb7 15. Rad1 g6 16. Qf3 Qc8 17. Bf4 Nh5 18. Bh6 Re8 19. Na4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] aiming for Nb6. White has some pressure.} Qc7 20. c4 Rad8 21. c5 e5 22. b4 a5 23. a3 {[%cal Ba2a3,Ba3b4][%mdl 32]} axb4 24. axb4 Nf6 25. Nc3 d4 26. Na4 {[%cal Bc3a4,Ba4b6,Bb6c4][%mdl 32]} Bc8 {White should prevent ...Bg4.} 27. h3 Be6 28. Nb6 Nd7 29. Nc4 Ra8 30. Ra1 Reb8 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Rxa1.} 31. Bd2 Kg7 32. Qe2 h6 33. Reb1 Bg5 34. Nd6 Qd8 35. Be1 Rxa1 36. Rxa1 Ra8 37. Qd1 Be7 38. Nc4 Qb8 39. Ra5 Bd8 40. Ra4 {White is slightly better.} Be7 41. Bf1 h5 42. Qa1 Rxa4 43. Qxa4 Qc7 44. Na5 {Precision: White = 73%, Black = 65%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.26"]
[Round "8.15"]
[White "Huzman, Alexander"]
[Black "Paravyan, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,70,0,-1,0,10,-3,-6,-6,-27,-14,-16,-18,-27,-35,-33,-41,-39,-37,-41,-39,-51,-39,-38,-30,-35,-31,-28,-29,-34,-18,-14,0,-4,0,-40,0,0,0,-4,-7,-7,-6,-7,-4,-8,-3,-2,-10,-2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. dxc5 Qc7 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} 8. Nb3 e5 9. Bg5 (9. c3 Rd8 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Nfd2 Nbd7 12. e4 Nxc5 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. exd5 Bxd5 15. Bxd5 Rxd5 16. Nxc5 Qxc5 {0-1 (46) Banusz,T (2609)-Adhiban,B (2671) Linares 2018}) 9... Be6 10. Qc1 a5 11. a4 Ne4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Re8 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Ng5 Bxg5 14. Qxg5 Nd7 15. f4 {0-1 (72) Hellwig,T (2180)-Bagi,M (2385) Reykjavik 2014}) 12. Bh6 f6 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Nfd2 Nxc5 15. Nxc5 Qxc5 16. c3 Nc6 17. e3 Rab8 18. Qc2 Ne7 19. Qd3 Rfd8 20. Rfe1 Kf7 21. Qe2 Rdc8 22. Bf1 h5 23. h3 Bd7 24. e4 {The position is equal.} d4 25. Qc4+ Be6 26. Qxc5 Rxc5 27. cxd4 exd4 28. Nf3 Nc6 29. Rac1 Rxc1 30. Rxc1 Rd8 31. Nd2 Ke7 32. f4 Nb4 33. h4 d3 34. Rc7+ Rd7 35. Rc3 Rd6 {Accuracy: White = 66%, Black = 57%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.26"]
[Round "8.16"]
[White "Onischuk, Vladimir"]
[Black "Can, Emre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,94,0,10,0,0,0,-16,-6,-17,-45,-20,-10,-16,-32,-20,-20,-16,-44,-56,-65,-75,-77,-75,-87,-86,-110,-100,-119,-39,-93,-16,-42,-14,-47,-32,-27,-6,-18,0,0,0,0,0,-44,-35,-35,0,-66,-61,-178,-180,-179,-177,-178,-187,-220,-229,-558,-545,-526,-546,-542,-552,-742,-443,-504,-429,-462,-391,-508,-492,-664,-651,-721,-702,-718,-712,-885,-834,-773,-764]} 1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 Nf6 3. Nbc3 d6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 O-O 8. h3 Nc6 9. Nb3 {B70: Sicilian Dragon: 6 g3 and 6 Be2 (without a later Be3)} Rb8 10. a4 b6 11. O-O {The position is equal.} Nd7 12. Nb5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Be3 Bb7 13. Nd4 Rc8 14. Nxc6 Rxc6 {½-½ (52) Gukesh,D (2332)-Kokarev,D (2640) Voronezh 2017}) 12... Bb7 13. N3d4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Nc5 15. Re1 Qd7 16. c3 e5 17. Nb5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} a6 $1 {[%cal Ra6b5]} 18. Na3 f5 {[%cal Rf5e4]} 19. exf5 Qxf5 20. Rf1 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Qe4+ (21... Qe6 $17 22. Nc2 d5) 22. Kg1 (22. f3 $15 Qd3 23. Bg5) 22... Qc6 (22... d5 $17 {White should prevent ...Rf3.} 23. b4 Ne6) 23. Nc2 $1 $11 Qd7 (23... Kh8 {with more complications.} 24. Nb4 Qd7 25. Qg4 Qb7 26. Qd1 e4) 24. Qg4 Qxg4 25. hxg4 d5 26. Be3 Nb3 27. Rad1 {[#]} d4 $1 $36 {[%cal Rd4e3][%mdl 2560] Black is pushing.} 28. cxd4 Rbc8 29. Nb4 exd4 30. Bf4 Rc4 31. Nd5 (31. Nxa6 $11 Rxa4 32. Nc7) 31... Rd8 $1 $15 {[%cal Rd8d5]} 32. Ne7+ (32. Nxb6 $15 Rc6 33. Bg5) 32... Kf7 $19 33. Rd3 {Threatens to win with Bg5.} Nc5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} ({Worse is} 33... Kxe7 34. Rxb3 Rc6 35. g5 $11) 34. Rf3 {[#] Black must now prevent Re1.} Ne6 $1 ({Not} 34... Nxa4 $2 35. Re1 $18) 35. Bg5+ Ke8 36. Re1 $2 (36. Bh4 {is tougher.} Rd6 37. Rd3) 36... Nxg5 37. Nd5+ Kd7 38. Rb3 Kd6 39. Nxb6 Rc6 40. a5 Ne6 41. f4 Nc7 42. f5 Re8 {Black is clearly winning.} 43. Rf1 Nd5 44. Nxd5 Kxd5 45. Rb7 Be5 46. Rxh7 gxf5 47. gxf5 Rg8 {Accuracy: White = 29%, Black = 65%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.26"]
[Round "8.17"]
[White "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Black "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 30,82,0,-76,-56,-68,-61,-57,-57,-100,-50,-105,-110,-169,-162,-173,-149,-157,-151,-229,-231,-252,-171,-179,-169,-168,-163,-208,-204,-239,-254,-219,-207,-201,-165,-223,-222,-215,-181,-490,-476,-476,-475,-483,-476,-461,-469,-571,-566,-556,-556,-511,-501,-483,-464]} 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. Rb1 Qd6 15. Rh3 a6 16. Be2 {LiveBook: 4 Games} (16. Bxd7+ $11 Bxd7 17. Rd3) 16... Nc5 $17 17. Rc3 Nxe4 18. Rd3 O-O 19. Qc1 {[#]} Qh2 $146 {[%cal Rh2h1]} ({Predecessor:} 19... Qe5 20. Bf3 f5 21. Qh6 {0-1 (68) Karjakin,S (2763)-Aronian,L (2794) Berlin 2018}) 20. Rh3 (20. Bf3 $15 Qh1+ 21. Ke2 Qxh4 22. g3 Nxg3+ 23. fxg3 Qh2+ 24. Kd1) 20... Qe5 21. Nf3 {[#]} (21. Qe3 $17 {was necessary.} Rd8 22. Nf3 Nd2+ 23. Qxd2 Rxd2 24. Nxe5 fxe5 25. Ke1) 21... Qc5 $1 $19 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Rc5f2]} 22. Qe1 Qc3 23. Rb4 f5 24. Qb1 (24. Qxc3 $17 Nxc3 25. Rd4) 24... Bd7 25. Rxb7 Bc6 26. Rb3 Qc5 $40 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Rc5f2][%mdl 128] White is in trouble.} 27. Qe1 Bd5 28. Re3 Rab8 {And now ...Rb2 would win.} 29. Nd2 Nxd2+ 30. Qxd2 Rb1+ 31. Bd1 Qc1 32. Qxc1 (32. Rhg3+ $142 Kh8 33. Qxc1 Rxc1 34. Re1) 32... Rxc1 33. Re1 f4 {[%cal Bf5f4,Bf4f3][%mdl 32] White must now prevent ...Rd8.} 34. Ra3 $2 (34. Bf3 Bc4+ 35. Be2 Bxe2+ 36. Kxe2 Rc2+ 37. Kf1) 34... Rd8 {Black is clearly winning.} 35. Bb3 {[#]} Bxg2+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Deflection} 36. Kxg2 Rxe1 37. Rxa6 {KRR-KRB} Rd3 38. Ra4 f3+ 39. Kg3 Rg1+ 40. Kf4 Rg2 41. Ke4 Rd2 {Accuracy: White = 48%, Black = 77%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.26"]
[Round "8.18"]
[White "Sychev, Klementy"]
[Black "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,43,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-103,38,28,24,16,19,16,21,18,21,-9,0,-28,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-12]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Bg5 O-O {C45: Scotch Game} 8. Qe2 (8. Qf3 $11 {remains equal.}) 8... h6 $17 9. Bh4 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 10. O-O-O a4 11. Nd2 {[#]} Re8 $146 ({Better is} 11... a3 $1 $17 12. b3 d6) ({Predecessor:} 11... a3 12. e5 axb2+ 13. Kb1 Nd5 14. Nxd5 Qxh4 15. Ne4 d6 16. Ndf6+ gxf6 {1-0 (36) Vallejo Pons,F (2695)-Tkachiev,V (2632) Legnica 2013}) 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Nd5 Qg6 14. a3 Ne7 {Hoping for ...Nxd5.} 15. Nxb6 Qxb6 16. Kb1 Ng6 17. f3 d5 (17... Qc6 {with more complications.} 18. g3 Rb8 19. Qc4 d6 20. Bg2 Bd7) 18. Qb5 {The position is equal.} Qxb5 $1 19. Bxb5 c6 20. Bf1 Be6 21. exd5 Bxd5 22. Nc4 {Accuracy: White = 71%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.26"]
[Round "8.19"]
[White "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Lucas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "175"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,175,23,9,12,24,21,20,25,30,24,22,2,21,0,4,-22,0,0,10,-18,-18,-22,-16,-6,-8,-4,-13,-53,-53,-47,-18,-51,0,0,23,0,13,11,19,9,9,4,5,0,5,0,14,8,53,49,172,37,34,36,55,62,50,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,16,19,77,77,77,0,0,0,87,60,45,6,6,6,23,25,23,0,29,23,21,23,33,29,79,79,85,85,85,50,62,12,12,12,12,12,86,90,122,73,77,29,43,43,34,35,70,41,42,35,60,58,59,61,268,266,252,237,237,211,416,73,73,73,72,68,68,68,71,71,404,404,404,382,382,382,382,368,368,367,382,375,367,360,345,323,331,233,226,226,226,226,637,551,29978,29979]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Bg5 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7} Bc6 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 {The position is equal.} h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Nxc4 Rc8 14. Nfe5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Nd5 16. e4 Nb4 {½-½ (43) Gelfand,B (2729)-Wang,H (2702) Tbilisi 2017}) 13... Qe8 14. Nxc4 Be4 15. Qc1 Qb5 16. Ncd2 Bh7 ({Much weaker is} 16... Qxe2 $6 17. Bf1 $16) 17. Ne5 c5 18. Qc4 Qxb2 19. Ra2 Qxd4 20. Qxd4 cxd4 21. Bxb7 Ra7 22. Bf3 Rc8 23. Ndc4 d3 (23... Bc5 $15) 24. exd3 $11 Rac7 25. Nb6 Rf8 26. Nc6 Bd6 27. Rc2 Re8 28. Rc4 g5 29. Kf1 Kg7 30. Ke2 e5 31. Be4 Bg8 32. Bf5 Nh7 ({Better is} 32... Bh7 $14 33. Bxh7 Kxh7) 33. Rb1 (33. Bd7 $1 $18) 33... f6 $1 $14 34. Rcc1 Nf8 {[%cal Bh7f8,Bf8e6,Be6c5,Bc5b3][%mdl 32]} 35. Be4 Ne6 36. Kf1 Nc5 37. Nb4 Nb3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 38. Rxc7+ Bxc7 39. Kg2 {aiming for N4d5.} Nxa5 40. N6d5 Bxd5 41. Nxd5 Bd8 (41... Rb8 $11 {remains equal.} 42. Ra1 Bd8) 42. Ne3 $16 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Kf8 43. Bg6 Re7 44. Be4 Re8 $1 45. Kf3 h5 46. Bg6 Re7 47. Bxh5 Rb7 48. Rc1 Rc7 49. Ra1 Rc6 50. Ra3 Nb7 51. Bg6 Nd6 52. Be4 Rb6 53. Ra2 Nb5 54. Kg4 Rd6 55. Nc4 Nc3 56. Ra3 Nxe4 57. dxe4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rd4 58. Ne3 a5 (58... Rxe4+ $11 59. Kf5 Rd4) 59. Kf5 $16 Kf7 60. Rb3 Rb4 61. Rc3 {Threatens to win with Rc8.} (61. Rd3 $5 {[%cal Rd3d8]} Rd4 62. Rc3 $16) 61... Rb8 62. Nd5 Ra8 63. Ra3 Rb8 64. f3 Ra8 65. Ra4 Rc8 66. h4 gxh4 67. gxh4 Rc2 $2 (67... Ra8 $14) 68. Ra3 $1 $18 Rb2 {[#]} 69. Rc3 $1 Rb8 70. h5 a4 $2 {[#]} (70... Kg7 71. Rc2 a4) 71. Ra3 $2 (71. h6 $1 $18) 71... Rb3 $16 72. Rxa4 Rxf3+ 73. Kg4 {And now Ra7+ would win.} Rf1 $1 74. Ra8 Rg1+ 75. Kf3 Rh1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (75... f5 $16) 76. Rxd8 $18 Rxh5 {KRN-KR} 77. Ne3 Rh3+ 78. Ke2 Rh4 79. Kd3 Rh3 80. Ra8 Rg3 81. Ke2 Rh3 82. Nf5 Rb3 83. Rd8 Ra3 84. Rd3 Ra4 85. Kf3 Rb4 86. Rd7+ Kf8 $2 (86... Kg6 87. Ne7+ Kg5) 87. Nd6 Kg8 88. Kg4 {Accuracy: White = 57%, Black = 38%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.26"]
[Round "8.20"]
[White "Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian"]
[Black "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E65"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,99,28,42,41,37,22,27,26,24,38,9,15,15,49,57,35,64,91,93,86,92,147,138,167,148,154,164,259,173,190,154,159,159,159,163,164,168,256,250,248,247,260,254,260,254,275,287,297,284,283,206,304,227,238,0,313,304,297,311,309,317,311,311,374,314,310,274,426,424,487,468,532,514,937,962,994,920,2052,2009,1707,1460]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Nc3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6d4,Bd4c2][%mdl 32]} 8. dxc5 dxc5 9. Be3 Be6 10. Qa4 Nd4 11. Rad1 {[%cal Rf3d4]} Bd7 {E65: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...c5 7 0-0 without d5 by White} 12. Qa3 Nc2 $1 {[%cal Rc2a3]} 13. Qxc5 {Black must now prevent Bg5.} b6 $1 {[%cal Rb6c5] White has an edge.} 14. Qg5 {Strongly threatening Ne5.} h6 $1 {[%cal Rh6g5]} 15. Qf4 {aiming for Bc1.} g5 $1 {[%cal Rg5f4]} 16. Qe5 Ng4 (16... Rc8 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Nxe3 19. fxe3 {½-½ (46) Le,Q (2739)-Jumabayev,R (2602) Ashkhabad 2017}) 17. Qd5 {[#] Hoping for Bxg5.} Ncxe3 18. fxe3 Nf6 19. Qd3 {[#]} Bc6 $146 20. Nd5 Bxd5 ({Black should play} 20... Rc8) 21. cxd5 $16 Rc8 22. Nd4 Qc7 23. Nf5 Ne8 (23... Rfe8 $142 24. Qb3 Bf8) 24. Bh3 {Threatens to win with Rc1!} Rd8 25. Qe4 Nd6 26. Qxe7 Qxe7 27. Nxe7+ Kh8 28. b3 Rfe8 (28... h5 $142 29. Nf5 Be5 30. Nxd6 Rxd6) 29. Nc6 $18 Ra8 30. Rd3 a5 31. a4 Bb2 32. Bd7 Rf8 33. Bf5 Kg7 34. Kg2 Rae8 35. g4 Rh8 (35... Ba3 $142 36. e4 Nxe4 37. Bxe4 Rxe4) 36. Bd7 Re4 37. Bf5 Ree8 $1 38. e4 h5 39. e5 Rxe5 40. Nxe5 Bxe5 41. gxh5 Bf4 42. e3 Be5 43. e4 Kh6 (43... Rxh5 {is a better defense.} 44. Rh3 Rxh3 45. Bxh3 Nb7) 44. Rc1 {White is clearly winning.} g4 45. Bxg4 Rg8 46. h3 Nxe4 (46... Kg5 $142 47. Rf3 f6) 47. Rc6+ Kg5 48. d6 f5 49. d7 Rd8 50. Rg6+ {Accuracy: White = 87%, Black = 53%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.26"]
[Round "8.21"]
[White "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Black "Buhmann, Rainer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,101,8,29,17,27,20,21,18,14,18,33,30,34,22,26,27,27,16,14,16,16,12,13,16,20,9,84,72,77,79,95,93,98,106,145,79,64,62,56,26,124,90,112,85,85,84,85,85,133,121,249,255,272,250,275,269,275,271,367,374,328,241,382,295,292,289,257,178,398,391,360,364,343,346,752,383,4133,1554,1507,1191,968,941,1020,1017,2952,1715,29990,29991,29993,211]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. Nc3 dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8. Bxc6 {E06: Closed Catalan: Early deviations} bxc6 9. Nxc6 Qe8 10. Nxe7+ {The position is equal.} Qxe7 11. Qa4 Nd5 (11... c5 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. Be3 Qc7 14. O-O-O Ng4 15. Rd2 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Rb8 17. Rhd1 a5 18. Kb1 h6 19. Ka1 Rb4 {1-0 (49) Caruana,F (2822)-Nakamura,H (2777) Saint Louis 2018}) 12. Qxc4 a5 13. Bd2 Ba6 14. Qc5 Qd7 15. Rc1 {[#]} Rfb8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... a4) 16. b3 Nxc3 17. Rxc3 Rb5 18. Qxc7 Qxd4 19. Be3 Qe4 (19... Qf6 $11) 20. O-O $1 $16 Rbb8 ({Much worse is} 20... Bb7 $6 21. f3 $16) 21. Rfc1 h6 22. f3 Qg6 23. Kf2 a4 24. Qf4 (24. Rc6 $142 Bxe2 25. Kxe2) 24... axb3 25. axb3 Qh5 26. h4 Qd5 (26... e5 $11 {remains equal.} 27. Qe4 Bb7) 27. b4 {[%cal Bb3b4,Bb4c5,Bc5c6,Bc6c7][%mdl 32]} Qb5 28. R1c2 Rc8 29. Rc5 Rxc5 30. bxc5 Bb7 31. Qe5 {Strongly threatening Bd4.} Bd5 {[#]} (31... Qe8 $16 {was called for.} 32. Rc4 f6) 32. c6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Rc8 (32... Bxc6 33. Rc5) 33. c7 $40 {[%mdl 128] White has strong attack.} Qd7 34. Qc3 f6 35. Bb6 Qb5 36. Rb2 Qa4 37. e4 Bc6 (37... Bb7 $142 38. g4 Kh7) 38. Rd2 Kh7 39. Rd8 Bb7 40. Kg2 Ba6 $2 (40... Qb5 {keeps fighting.}) 41. g4 Qb5 42. Bf2 h5 43. gxh5 {Threatens to win with Qa3.} Qxh5 $2 (43... Qb7 44. Rxc8 Qxc8) 44. Qa3 Qb5 $2 (44... Rxc7 45. Qxa6 Rc3) 45. Qe7 (45. Qf8 $142 Rxc7 46. Qg8+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg6 {[#]} 47. Rd5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qf1+ 48. Kg3 Qxf2+ 49. Kxf2 exd5 50. h5+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kh6 51. Qe8) 45... Qf1+ 46. Kg3 Qc1 47. Rd7 {[%csl Gd7][%cal Re7g7]} Qh6 48. Qxe6 Qg6+ 49. Kh2 Bb5 50. Rd8 Rxc7 51. Qg8+ {Accuracy: White = 74%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.26"]
[Round "8.22"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Antipov, Mikhail Al."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,75,19,21,16,20,21,22,27,36,27,26,30,25,34,23,29,30,33,29,25,41,42,50,56,66,45,67,57,69,79,69,49,67,41,43,43,45,41,44,26,40,43,58,11,16,0,0,0,0,0,10,0,0,0,13,0,14,2,25,26,837,827,744,697,1131,1067,4994,4806]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 Bf5 6. Bd3 {D15: Slav Defence: 4 Nc3 a6 and gambit lines after 4 Nc3 dxc4} (6. Qb3 Ra7 7. Nh4 Bc8 8. Bd2 e6 9. c5 Nbd7 10. Nf3 e5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. Na4 Bxc5 14. Nxc5 Nxc5 {0-1 (84) Radjabov,T (2757)-Fedoseev,V (2724) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) 6... Bg6 7. O-O e6 8. Re1 {The position is equal.} Nbd7 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Bxe4 12. Rxe4 Be7 13. Bf4 O-O 14. Qe2 $146 Bf6 15. Rd1 Qa5 16. b3 Rfd8 17. h4 Nf8 18. g4 Be7 19. g5 Bd6 20. Be5 Bxe5 21. Nxe5 Ng6 22. h5 Nxe5 23. Rxe5 Qc7 24. g6 hxg6 25. hxg6 Rd6 26. Rd3 {Black must now prevent c5.} Rf8 27. Rh3 fxg6 28. Rxe6 Rxd4 {aiming for ...Qd7.} 29. Rxg6 Rd6 30. Qh5 {[#] Qh8+ would kill now.} Rxg6+ 31. Qxg6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Qf4 32. Qh7+ Kf7 33. Rd3 Qg5+ 34. Kf1 Rd8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (34... Qf6 $11) 35. Rf3+ $18 {White is clearly winning.} Ke6 {[#]} 36. Rg3 $1 {[%cal Rg3g5]} ({Not} 36. Qe4+ Kd7 $16) 36... Qf5 37. Rg6+ Ke5 38. Qxg7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 72%, Black = 47%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.26"]
[Round "8.23"]
[White "Petrov, Nikita"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,60,30,31,23,56,34,47,25,30,33,55,28,25,22,27,14,31,30,30,17,21,19,28,14,31,36,39,16,41,14,19,23,29,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-17,-16,-21,-21,-15,-21,-14,-12]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Qc7 (5... Bg7 6. h3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Nd7 8. Be3 e5 9. Qd2 h6 10. O-O b6 11. a3 Nf8 12. b4 Ne6 13. bxc5 f5 14. exf5 gxf5 15. Qe1 O-O 16. Rb1 e4 17. dxe4 {0-1 (36) Wang,H (2730)-Carlsen,M (2835) St Petersburg 2018}) 6. a4 {B31: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5 g6} e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... Nf6 7. h3 e5 8. Nc3 h6 9. a5 Be6 10. b3 Rd8 11. Be3 c4 12. bxc4 Bb4 13. Bd2 Bxa5 {1-0 (28) McDonald,N (2403)-Dargan,P (2126) Daventry 2019}) 7. Be3 Nh6 8. Qc1 {White is slightly better.} Ng4 9. Bd2 Bg7 10. h3 Nf6 11. Bh6 O-O 12. Nc3 Re8 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. a5 Be6 15. Qe3 Qd6 16. O-O h6 17. Ne2 Nh5 18. Qd2 Kh7 19. Rfb1 b5 20. axb6 axb6 21. Rxa8 Rxa8 {The position is equal.} 22. b4 Nf6 23. bxc5 Qxc5 24. d4 exd4 25. Qxd4 Qxc2 26. Rb2 $1 {[%cal Rb2c2]} Qa4 $1 ({Not} 26... Ra1+ $2 27. Kh2 $18) 27. Rxb6 Nxe4 28. Qxa4 Rxa4 29. Rxc6 Bc4 30. Ng3 Nxg3 {Accuracy: White = 53%, Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.26"]
[Round "8.24"]
[White "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Yuffa, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,39,23,22,16,28,0,12,-10,-14,-1,-7,-7,-11,-3,-4,-12,0,-6,0,-33,-18,-35,-41,-43,-41,-40,-16,-26,-27,-13]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nf3 {B91: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 g3} (7. Nde2 Be7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O b5 10. Nd5 Nbd7 11. Nec3 Nb6 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. b3 Be6 14. Ba3 Qc7 15. Qd3 Rfc8 16. Bb4 a5 17. Nxb5 Qxc2 18. Qxc2 Rxc2 19. Bxd6 {½-½ (73) Vachier Lagrave,M (2778)-Wojtaszek,R (2749) Shenzhen 2018}) 7... Be7 8. Nh4 O-O 9. Nf5 {The position is equal.} Bxf5 10. exf5 d5 $146 {next ...d4 is good for Black.} ({Predecessor:} 10... Qc8 11. Bg2 h6 12. g4 d5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Qxd5 Bb4+ {1-0 (29) Kovalev,V (2664)-Guramishvili,S (2378) Douglas 2018}) 11. Bg2 {[%cal Rc3d5]} d4 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Nd7 14. O-O Nc5 15. Qf3 Rc8 16. Bd2 Qb6 17. Rab1 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Qc6 19. Qxc6 $1 Rxc6 20. c3 {Accuracy: White = 40%, Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.26"]
[Round "8.25"]
[White "Wagner, Dennis"]
[Black "Ragger, Markus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,162,19,26,10,15,12,9,6,39,0,-4,-25,-25,-49,-46,-56,-56,-56,-68,-59,-54,-105,-103,-102,-69,-89,-35,-37,-29,-39,-29,-58,-52,-51,-54,-61,-56,-59,18,14,35,35,29,24,20,19,14,8,8,10,10,-6,42,27,32,23,114,96,125,125,102,145,199,194,411,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,-1122,-1108,-1105,-1094,-1066,-1047,-1031,-1030,-902,-905,-811,-603,-629,-713,-716,-758,-748,-589,-924,-902,-784,-551,-587,-580,-745,-669,-751,-698,-680,-660,-558,-529,-439,-202,-29964,-29962,-29968,-29966,-29967,-29968,-29968,-29968,-29969,-29971,-29974,-29975,-29975,-29976,-29976,-29975,-29976,-29977,-29979,-29980,-29980,-29981,-29981,-29982,-29982,-29983,-29984,-29985,-29985,-29986,-29986,-29987,-29990,-29991]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. e3 Bg7 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Be2 {A34: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3, lines with ...d5} (9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Qc7 11. Qe2 Rd8 12. Rb1 e6 13. e4 Nc6 14. Bg5 Re8 15. Qe3 Rac8 16. h4 e5 17. d5 Nd8 18. Nd2 f6 19. Bh6 Bxh6 20. Qxh6 a6 21. c4 Nf7 22. Qe3 f5 {½-½ (22) Buhmann,R (2574)-Tari,A (2614) Germany 2018}) 9... Qa5 10. Bd2 O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... e6 11. h4 Bc6 12. h5 O-O 13. Bd3 Nd7 14. e4 Rfd8 15. a4 Qc7 16. hxg6 hxg6 {½-½ (52) Kolomys,V-Ryzhkov,I (2342) ICCF email 2015}) 11. O-O {The position is equal.} Nc6 12. d5 Ne5 13. c4 Qa6 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Rb1 Bf5 16. Rb5 b6 17. f4 Bg7 18. Be1 ({White should play} 18. a4 $15) 18... Qxa2 $17 {aiming for ...Bd7.} 19. Bd3 Bd7 20. Rb1 Rab8 (20... e6 $17 21. e4 exd5 22. exd5 Rae8) 21. e4 $15 {[#]} b5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 22. cxb5 c4 23. Bc2 Rxb5 24. Rxb5 Bxb5 25. Bb4 Re8 {Threatens to win with ...a5.} 26. e5 {[#]} Qa6 (26... c3 $1 $15 {[%mdl 512]} 27. Bb3 (27. Bxc3 Bxf1) 27... Qe2) 27. Qd4 $11 Qb7 28. Be4 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Qc7 29. Ra1 a6 $1 30. h4 Qd7 31. h5 Qg4 32. hxg6 hxg6 33. Rf1 Bh6 (33... c3 $5 {[%cal Rb5f1]} 34. Rf2 Rc8 35. Bxc3 g5 $15) 34. Bc3 {Hoping for e6!} Bg7 ({Much worse is} 34... Bxf4 $6 35. Bxg6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxg6 36. Rxf4 $18) 35. Rf3 Rd8 (35... Bd7 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 36. Qb6 Rc8 37. Qf2 Ba4 38. Rg3 Qd1+ (38... Qh5 $16) 39. Kh2 $1 $18 Bd7 $2 {[#]} (39... Rb8) 40. f5 $2 ({Only move:} 40. e6 $1 $18 {[%cal Re6d7][%mdl 512]} Be8 (40... fxe6 41. Bxg6) 41. exf7+ Bxf7 42. Qe3 Bxc3 43. Qxc3) 40... Qh5+ $1 $11 41. Rh3 Qg5 $1 {[%cal Rd7f5]} 42. e6 Bxc3 43. Rxc3 Be8 44. exf7+ Bxf7 45. fxg6 Bxd5 ({Wrong is} 45... Bxg6 $2 46. Bxg6 Rf8 47. Bh7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kg7 48. Qd4+ Kxh7 49. Rh3+ Kg6 50. Rg3 $18) 46. Bxd5+ Qxd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 47. Qh4 {White wants to mate with Qh7+.} Qe5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 48. Rg3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (48. Kg1 $11 Qg7 49. Rxc4) 48... Qh8 $19 49. Qxh8+ Kxh8 {KR-KR} 50. Rc3 Kg7 51. Kg3 Kxg6 52. Kf4 Kf6 53. Ke4 Ke6 54. Kd4 Kd6 55. Ra3 Rc6 56. Kc3 Kd5 57. Ra1 e5 58. Rd1+ Ke4 59. Re1+ Kf4 60. Rf1+ Kg3 $1 {[%cal Rg3g2]} 61. Re1 {[#]} Rc5 $1 62. Kb4 Rb5+ 63. Kxc4 Kxg2 64. Ra1 {[#]} Kf3 $1 65. Rxa6 $2 (65. Rf1+ $19 Ke2 66. Rh1) 65... Rb2 {Black mates.} 66. Rh6 Rd2 67. Rh3+ Kg4 68. Kc3 Rd8 69. Rh1 e4 70. Rh7 e3 71. Re7 Kf3 72. Rf7+ Kg2 73. Re7 Kf2 74. Rf7+ Ke1 75. Kc2 e2 76. Rf6 Rc8+ 77. Kb2 Rc5 78. Rf8 Kd2 79. Rd8+ Ke3 80. Re8+ Kd3 81. Re7 Rc4 {Accuracy: White = 48%, Black = 67%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.26"]
[Round "8.26"]
[White "Maze, Sebastien"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,122,27,27,16,30,26,34,28,42,0,20,-2,2,-27,-19,-7,0,0,17,-8,-8,-6,0,-22,-6,-1,-2,-26,0,0,20,14,14,15,10,0,6,-15,-15,-29,-22,-34,-22,-30,-12,-13,-13,-25,-24,-20,0,0,0,-26,-14,-29,-24,-30,-6,-7,0,-11,0,0,0,-10,-13,-18,-13,-17,0,-17,-10,-18,-14,-19,-14,-16,-19,-22,-14,-34,-24,-31,0,0,0,-45,2,0,0,-62,-50,-31,-29,-43,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Nxe4 6. Qxe4 Be6 {B11: Caro-Kann: Two Knights Variation} (6... Qa5 7. Bd3 Na6 8. Qe5 Qxe5+ 9. Nxe5 Nb4 10. Be4 f6 11. c3 Nd5 12. Nf3 a5 13. d4 a4 14. Bd2 {½-½ (41) Adams,M (2703)-Howell,D (2696) London 2018}) 7. b3 Nd7 8. Bb2 Nf6 {LiveBook: 5 Games. White has an edge.} 9. Qe2 (9. Qf4 {is interesting.} Nd5 10. Qd4 Bf5 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 e6 13. O-O) 9... Bg4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Bf5 10. Nh4 Bg4 11. f3 Bd7 12. g3 e6 13. Nf5 Qa5 14. Ne3 {½-½ (75) Harika,D (2498)-Khotenashvili,B (2477) Khanty-Mansiysk 2018}) 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 g6 12. d4 Bg7 13. Be2 Qa5+ 14. c3 O-O 15. O-O Rfd8 16. Rfe1 e6 17. Bf1 Nd5 18. a3 Qb6 19. Bc4 Qc7 20. a4 a5 21. Rad1 Rab8 22. Bc1 Qd7 23. Bg5 Re8 24. Bf1 h6 25. Bh4 (25. Bc1 {with more complications.} Rbc8 26. Bd2 h5 27. Bg5 b5 28. Rd2) 25... Ne7 26. Bxe7 (26. Bg3 {is more complex.} Rbd8 27. Qe2 Nd5 28. Qd2 Qe7 29. Bc4) 26... Qxe7 27. Qe4 Qa3 28. Qc2 Rbd8 29. Bd3 Re7 30. h4 h5 31. g3 Qd6 32. Re3 Qd7 33. Qe2 Qc7 34. Kg2 Rd6 35. Be4 Red7 36. Bf3 Qb6 37. Qc4 Bf6 38. Ree1 Kg7 39. Rb1 Qa7 40. Re2 Rc7 41. Re3 Rdd7 42. Ra1 Be7 43. Ra2 Rd8 44. Qe2 Bf6 45. Rd2 Qb8 46. Ra2 Rdd7 47. Rd3 Qd8 48. Be4 Rd6 49. Rf3 Kg8 50. Qc4 Bg7 51. Qc5 Rcd7 52. Qc4 Kh8 53. Qc5 (53. b4 $11) 53... f5 $15 54. Bb1 Rd5 55. Qc4 c5 {[%cal Bc6c5,Bc5d4][%mdl 32]} 56. Re2 {The position is equal.} cxd4 {[#] aiming for ...Rc7.} 57. Rxe6 R7d6 ({Stronger than} 57... dxc3 58. Rxg6 Rc7 59. Qe2 $16) 58. Rxd6 $1 Qxd6 59. Qc8+ Qd8 60. Qxd8+ Rxd8 61. cxd4 Rxd4 {Precision: White = 40%, Black = 44%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.26"]
[Round "8.27"]
[White "Djukic, Nikola"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C14"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,78,15,10,17,16,30,30,43,29,68,64,71,64,88,43,67,72,121,69,77,70,80,70,64,16,28,7,33,30,27,22,38,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-414,-420,-670,-662,-649,-597,-880,-877,-819,-806,-723,-562,-539,-528,-520,-518,-626,-628,-819,-715]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. f4 a6 8. Nf3 c5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Bd3 b5 {C14: French: Classical System: 4 Bg5 Be7 main line} (10... Nc6 11. O-O Bd7 12. Ne2 Rc8 13. Qd2 O-O 14. Ned4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd3 16. cxd3 Qc5 17. Qe3 Qb6 18. Rf2 Rc7 19. Re1 {0-1 (46) Sutovsky,E (2666)-Zhou,W (2603) Khanty-Mansiysk 2009}) 11. a3 Bb7 12. O-O Nbd7 {White has an edge.} 13. Qe1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. b4 Rc8 14. Qe1 Nxd3 15. cxd3 O-O 16. Ne2 f5 17. Ned4 h6 18. Qe3 {1-0 (38) Savic,M (2503)-Rathnakaran,K (2458) Novi Sad 2016}) 13... Nxd3 14. cxd3 O-O 15. Ne2 d4 16. Nexd4 Nc5 17. Qe3 Qd7 18. Rac1 (18. f5 $16) 18... Rac8 $14 19. b4 Na4 20. Nb3 Bd5 21. d4 Bxb3 22. Qxb3 g6 23. Qe3 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rc8 25. Kf2 Rc4 26. g4 Nb6 27. Rxc4 bxc4 28. Ng5 Nd5 29. Qh3 h5 30. Ne4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (30. gxh5 $11 Nxf4 31. Qe3 Nxh5 32. Ke1) 30... Qa4 $19 {[#] ...Qc2+ is the strong threat.} 31. Qf3 (31. Qf1 $142 Qxa3 32. Nf6+ Nxf6 33. exf6 hxg4 34. Qxc4 Qf3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 35. Kg1 Qxf4 36. Qxa6) 31... hxg4 {Black is clearly winning.} 32. Qxg4 Qxa3 33. Nf6+ Nxf6 34. exf6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} Qb2+ 35. Kg3 Qxd4 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Qg1+.} 36. Qe2 Qc3+ 37. Kg4 Qxb4 38. Qd1 Qa5 {( -> ...Qh5+)} 39. Kg3 Qc3+ {Accuracy: White = 52%, Black = 70%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.26"]
[Round "8.28"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Meshkovs, Nikita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 30,91,34,26,36,28,22,29,27,27,11,8,28,30,15,93,216,215,227,228,339,374,557,572,589,510,569,571,697,674,684,685,662,652,612,631,656,649,570,581,571,557,552,547,546,547,494,587,594,492,651,640,612,539,449,352,799,795,712,671,609,602,587,481]} 1. e4 {Morgado,Juan Sebastian} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 d4 12. Nb3 {C83: Open Ruy Lopez: 9 c3 Be7} d3 13. Bb1 Nxb3 14. axb3 Bf5 15. Re1 (15. Be3 O-O 16. Bd4 Qd5 17. Re1 d2 18. Re2 Bxb1 19. Rxb1 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 {1-0 (64) Caruana,F (2827)-Mamedyarov,S (2820) Batumi 2018}) 15... O-O 16. h3 {LiveBook: 10 Games} Qd7 17. b4 Rfd8 18. g4 Bg6 19. Ba2 Qc8 {[#]} 20. Bg5 $146 a5 $1 {[%cal Ra5b4]} 21. bxa5 Bxg5 22. Nxg5 d2 (22... Nxa5 $16 {was necessary.} 23. Nxf7 (23. e6 Nc4 $14) 23... Bxf7) 23. Re2 $18 {Strongly threatening e6.} Rxa5 {[#]} 24. b4 $1 {[%cal Rb4a5]} Ra4 {[#]} (24... Ra7 $142 25. e6 h6) 25. e6 $1 {[%cal Be5e6,Be6f7][%mdl 32]} Qa8 (25... fxe6 {was worth a try.} 26. Nxe6 (26. Rxe6 $2 Rxa2 27. Rxa2 Bf7 $19) (26. Bxe6+ $2 Qxe6 27. Nxe6 Rxa1 $19) 26... Rd3 27. Nf4+ Rxa2 28. Rxa2 Rxc3) 26. exf7+ Kh8 27. Rxd2 Rf8 28. Qe2 h6 29. Qe6 Bxf7 30. Nxf7+ Rxf7 31. Qxf7 {Rd7 would kill now.} Ne5 32. Qe6 Nf3+ 33. Kg2 Nxd2+ 34. Bd5 Qf8 35. Rd1 Nc4 36. Bxc4 bxc4 37. Qxc4 c5 38. Qxc5 Qxc5 39. bxc5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} Rc4 40. Rd5 Kg8 41. f3 Kf7 42. h4 {[%cal Bh3h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Rxc3 $2 (42... g6 43. h5 gxh5 44. Rxh5 Kg7) 43. h5 {White is clearly winning.} Ke7 44. Kg3 Rc4 45. Kf2 Rc3 46. Ke2 {Precision: White = 89%, Black = 45%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.26"]
[Round "8.29"]
[White "Petrosyan, Manuel"]
[Black "Dreev, Aleksey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,31,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bg5 (4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. O-O O-O {½-½ (11) Dreev,A (2670)-Mamedyarov,S (2817) St Petersburg 2018}) 4... Nc6 5. Nc3 f6 {The position is equal.} 6. Bd2 {D10: Slav Defence: 3 cxd5 (without early Nf3) and 3 Nc3} e5 7. e4 Nxd4 8. Nge2 Nxe2 9. Bxe2 Ne7 10. Qb3 Nc6 {Threatening ...Nd4.} 11. Nxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Qxd5 Qxd5 12. Nxd5 {½-½ (44) Farago,I (2362)-Mulyar,M (2374) Budapest 2018}) 11... Nd4 12. Qc4 Bd6 $1 13. Be3 Qa5+ $1 14. Bd2 Qd8 15. Be3 Qa5+ $1 16. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.26"]
[Round "8.30"]
[White "Rozum, Ivan"]
[Black "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A27"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,65,-10,-12,-11,-32,-26,-46,-42,-38,-42,-40,-30,-42,-25,-25,-25,-25,-25,-25,-25,-25,-25,-25,-25,-25,-23,-27,-20,-26,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 e5 {[%cal Be7e5,Be5e4][%mdl 32]} 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 f5 4. d4 e4 5. d5 exf3 6. dxc6 fxg2 7. cxd7+ Qxd7 8. Qxd7+ Bxd7 9. Bxg2 c6 {A27: English Opening: Three Knights Variation} 10. b3 Nf6 11. Bb2 {LiveBook: 3 Games} O-O-O 12. O-O (12. Rd1 Be7 13. O-O Be6 {½-½ (13) Moussard,J (2576)-Andreikin,D (2712) Karlsruhe 2018}) 12... Bd6 13. Rad1 Be5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Bc7 14. Na4 f4 15. Nc5 Bg4 16. Bf3 Bf5 17. b4 {0-1 (62) Karlsson,B (2187)-Farago,S (2325) Budapest 2004}) 14. Rd2 f4 15. Rfd1 Rhe8 16. h4 Bf5 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. Nd5 Bxb2 19. Ne7+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Kc7 20. Rxd8 Kxd8 21. Nxf5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} g6 22. Nd6 Kc7 23. Nf7 a5 24. Kf1 Kd7 25. Bh3+ {The position is equal.} Ke7 26. Ng5 $1 h6 27. Ne6 Be5 28. Nc5 b6 29. Nd3 Kd6 30. Bg2 c5 31. Ke1 g5 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. f3 {Accuracy: White = 90%, Black = 74%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.26"]
[Round "8.31"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Martinovic, Sasa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,76,0,0,6,0,16,22,19,29,21,6,28,20,25,13,24,17,20,0,0,-18,-20,-16,-16,-17,-19,-18,-13,-15,-19,-95,-83,-91,-27,-27,-23,-21,-22,-22,-31,-44,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qb6 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. Bb5 {[#] And now Rb3 would win.} Nxd4 {C11: French: Classical System: 4 e5 and 4 Bg5 dxe4} 12. Bxd4 a6 13. Bxd7+ Bxd7 14. Rb3 Qe7 $1 15. Rxb7 Qd8 16. Bb6 (16. O-O Qc8 17. Rb3 Bc5 18. Rf2 O-O 19. Nd1 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 {½-½ (31) Inarkiev,E (2684)-Kravtsiv,M (2654) Ankara 2018}) 16... Qc8 17. Rc7 Qd8 $1 18. Qd4 {[#]} Ba3 $146 19. O-O Rc8 20. Rxc8 Qxc8 21. f5 {aiming for fxe6.} Qc4 22. Qxc4 dxc4 23. f6 gxf6 24. exf6 Rg8 25. Be3 (25. g3 $11) 25... Bc6 $17 26. g3 Rg6 (26... Bd6 $17 27. Rb1 Bc7) 27. Rf4 $11 e5 28. Rxc4 Rxf6 29. Ne4 Rg6 30. Bc5 Bxc5+ 31. Nxc5 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN. The position is equal.} Bd5 32. Ra4 Rc6 33. Nxa6 Rxc2 34. Ra5 Rg2+ 35. Kf1 {Black must now prevent Nc7+.} Rxa2 36. Nc7+ Kd7 37. Rxd5+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Kxc7 38. Rxe5 Rxh2 {Accuracy: White = 56%, Black = 69%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.26"]
[Round "8.32"]
[White "Santos Ruiz, Miguel"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,54,4,6,24,18,62,66,68,33,21,0,36,-29,-22,-23,-38,-27,0,-34,-29,-137,0,-371,-373,-653,-610,-709,-691,-620,-532,-541,-521,-518,-503,-1252,-1414,-1329,-1132,-5293,-817]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. dxc5 Qa5 {C11: French: Classical System: 4 e5 and 4 Bg5 dxe4} 10. O-O-O b6 11. Bb5 Nb4 {White is slightly better.} 12. a3 (12. Kb1 {is interesting.} bxc5 13. a3 Rb8 14. axb4 cxb4 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Bxd7 Bxd7 17. Qxd5 Qxd5 18. Rxd5 Bf5 19. Bxa7 Rb7 20. Bc5) 12... bxc5 13. Bxd7 ({Reject} 13. axb4 cxb4 14. Na4 Qxb5 $17) 13... Bxd7 14. axb4 ({White should play} 14. f5 $1 $14) 14... cxb4 $11 15. Nb1 Rfc8 16. Nd4 Qa1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Qa2 17. f5 exf5 {½-½ (33) Kryvoruchko,Y (2714)-Sychev,K (2459) Minsk 2017}) 17. Qd3 a5 18. f5 {[#]} (18. Kd2 $11) 18... exf5 (18... a4 $1 $17 {[%cal Ra4a3] aiming for ...a3.} 19. f6 Bf8) 19. e6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Of course not} 19. Nxf5 Bxf5 20. Qxf5 b3 $17) (19. Rhf1 $1 $11) 19... fxe6 $19 20. Nxf5 $2 (20. Bf4 a4 21. Qg3) 20... exf5 {Black is clearly winning.} (20... Bf6 21. Bd4 $15) 21. Qxd5+ Kh8 {Strongly threatening ...Ba4.} 22. Qxd7 Bf6 23. Rd4 b3 24. c3 {[#]} a4 $1 {[%cal Ba5a4,Ba4a3,Ba3a2][%mdl 32]} 25. Qf7 (25. Rxa4 $142 Qxa4 26. Qxa4 Rxa4 27. Bd2) 25... a3 {( -> ...a2)} 26. Qxb3 a2 27. Qc2 Rxc3 {Accuracy: White = 26%, Black = 62%.} (27... Rab8 $142 28. Rc4 Rxc4 29. Bd2 Bxc3 {[%mdl 64] Pin} 30. Kd1 Qxb1+ 31. Qxb1 axb1=Q+ 32. Ke2 Qe4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 33. Kf2 Bd4+ 34. Kf1 Rxb2 35. h4 Rb1+ 36. Be1 Rxe1#) 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.26"]
[Round "8.33"]
[White "Kovalenko, Igor"]
[Black "Kadric, Denis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,101,40,37,18,35,-2,5,-4,38,24,59,42,56,57,59,52,89,86,95,64,66,54,64,43,46,47,64,75,84,76,68,66,87,95,73,66,178,178,178,184,183,63,216,179,206,195,208,196,218,212,195,191,231,208,218,179,185,186,157,129,262,238,254,250,364,312,345,343,339,297,298,293,366,397,457,459,495,441,437,441,516,512,493,471,916,903,985,965,1003,963]} 1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. c3 Nf6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Re1 e5 8. a4 {B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems} Re8 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 {The position is equal.} a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... g5 11. Bg3 Nh5 12. Na3 Nxg3 13. hxg3 exd4 14. cxd4 Nf8 15. Nc2 a6 {1-0 (51) Grachev,B (2658)-Can,E (2589) Minsk 2017}) 11. Nbd2 b6 12. Bb5 Ba6 13. Bc6 Rb8 14. Qc2 Qe7 15. Rad1 Bb7 16. Bxb7 (16. Bb5 {is more complex.} c6 17. Bf1 exd4 18. cxd4 Qf8 19. e5) 16... Rxb7 17. h3 Ra8 18. Nc4 Qe6 19. Qb3 b5 20. axb5 a4 21. Qa2 Rxb5 22. b4 $1 Nh5 23. d5 Qe8 24. Qc2 Nb6 (24... Rbb8 $14) 25. Na3 $18 {[%mdl 64] Trapped Piece} Nc8 26. Nxb5 Qxb5 27. Qd3 (27. Rb1 $18) 27... Qb6 $2 ({Black should play} 27... Qxd3 $14 28. Rxd3 f5) 28. Ra1 g5 {[#]} 29. Nxg5 $1 Nf4 30. Qg3 {Black must now prevent Nxf7!} hxg5 31. Bxg5 (31. Qxg5 $6 Qa6 $16) 31... Qb5 32. Qg4 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black is in trouble.} (32. Bxf4 exf4 33. Qxf4 Bxc3 $11) 32... Nb6 {[#]} 33. g3 $1 {[%cal Rg3f4]} (33. Bxf4 exf4 34. h4 a3 $11) 33... Ng6 34. h4 {And now h5 would win.} Qd7 35. Qxd7 Nxd7 36. c4 Bf8 (36... Nf4 $16) 37. Ra2 Nb6 38. Rc1 a3 (38... Kg7 $142 39. Be3 Ne7) 39. Rc3 Ra4 40. Be3 ({But not} 40. Raxa3 Rxb4 41. Ra7 Na4 $18) 40... Rxb4 41. Bxb6 (41. Raxa3 Nxc4 42. Ra8 Nxe3 $16) 41... Rxb6 42. Raxa3 Rb1+ 43. Kg2 Bh6 44. Ra7 {White is clearly winning.} Re1 45. Kf3 f5 46. exf5 e4+ 47. Kg4 Ne5+ 48. Kh5 e3 (48... Bf8 $142 49. f6 (49. Rxc7 Re2 $18) 49... Re2) 49. fxe3 Bxe3 50. Rxc7 Rf1 51. g4 {Accuracy: White = 67%, Black = 36%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.26"]
[Round "8.34"]
[White "Zajic, Milan"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,54,27,20,0,8,0,0,0,0,-10,-13,-50,-60,-51,-12,-19,-10,-9,-9,-10,-8,-10,-4,-19,-19,-19,-5,-6,26,22,43,43,45]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3,Bg3e4,Be4g5][%mdl 32] C78: Ruy Lopez: Archangelsk and Möller Defences} Ba7 9. h3 Ne7 10. Re1 (10. d4 Ng6 11. Bc2 c5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Nc4 Qc7 14. Bg5 Be6 15. Ne3 {1-0 (42) Bosiocic,M (2599)-Wang,H (2730) St Petersburg 2018}) 10... Ng6 11. Nf1 c6 12. Ng3 d5 {LiveBook: 12 Games} 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. d4 exd4 15. Nxd4 Be6 16. Ne4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Nxe6 fxe6 {0-1 (30) Baskin,R (2166)-Kollars,D (2259) Magdeburg 2014}) 16... Qc7 17. Ng5 Bd7 18. Bb3 Rae8 (18... Nf6 {seems wilder.} 19. Ndf3 c5 20. Be3 Rae8 21. Qd3 Bb5) 19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21. Ngf3 Bb8 22. Be3 h6 23. Qb3 {[#]} Nh4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 24. Re1 (24. Nxh4 Qh2+) 24... Nxf3+ 25. Nxf3 Bb5 26. Qxd5 Bc4 27. Qd4 b5 {Accuracy: White = 57%, Black = 85%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.26"]
[Round "8.35"]
[White "Arutinian, David"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,38,8,20,14,12,-14,0,-17,8,0,16,2,6,9,6,0,5,-10,-11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. e3 d5 4. b3 Bd6 5. Bb2 b6 {The position is equal.} (5... O-O 6. Be2 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b6 8. Nc3 Bb7 9. d4 a6 10. O-O b5 11. Bd3 Nbd7 12. a4 b4 13. Nb1 c5 14. Nbd2 cxd4 15. Nxd4 {½-½ (59) Nakamura,H (2746)-So,W (2765) Kolkata 2018}) 6. Nc3 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} O-O 7. Qc2 c5 8. Ng5 $146 {Strongly threatening Nxd5!} ({Predecessor:} 8. g4 Bb7 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Ne4 Be7 11. a3 Nd7 12. g5 {1-0 (20) Khismatullin,D (2628)-Potkin,V (2574) Sochi 2017}) 8... d4 9. Nce4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Re4h7][%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Qxg5 11. Qxa8 {With the idea g3.} Qe7 12. Qf3 ({But not} 12. exd4 $6 cxd4 13. Be2 (13. Bxd4 Na6 $16) 13... Na6 $14) 12... e5 13. Bd3 f5 $1 {[#] Threatens to win with ...e4.} 14. e4 {[%cal Re4f5]} fxe4 15. Qxe4 Bf5 16. Qd5+ Be6 $1 {[%cal Re6d5]} 17. Qe4 Bf5 $1 {[%cal Rf5e4]} 18. Qd5+ Be6 $1 {[%cal Re6d5]} 19. Qe4 Bf5 $1 {Accuracy: White = 83%, Black = 94%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.26"]
[Round "8.36"]
[White "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Black "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,77,16,39,15,56,16,45,27,45,26,64,60,71,73,85,93,88,90,85,90,131,129,215,164,227,218,488,521,530,542,539,517,540,489,534,528,526,526,491,490,457,395,1463,384,364,323,352,324,326,322,321,320,296,297,411,417,422,424,413,394,376,322,316,298,467,463,425,381]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 c5 7. d5 {E16: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Bb4+} (7. Bxb4 cxb4 8. O-O O-O 9. Qd3 d6 10. Nbd2 Qc7 11. Ne1 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Nc6 13. Nc2 a5 14. Rfd1 e5 15. e4 Rac8 16. Rac1 Rfd8 17. Nf1 Qb7 18. f3 {½-½ (30) Miton,K (2590)-Moiseenko,A (2648) Germany 2019}) 7... Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2 exd5 9. Nh4 $1 {White is slightly better.} Ne4 10. Qc2 Qf6 11. O-O Qe5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... g5 12. cxd5 Nd6 13. Nf3 Bxd5 14. Nc3 Bc6 15. Rad1 {1-0 (38) Farago,I (2510)-Robatsch,K (2410) Austria 1995}) 12. Nd2 O-O 13. cxd5 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 d6 15. f4 Qf6 16. e4 Ba6 (16... g6 $16) 17. Rf2 g6 {[#]} (17... Bc8 $142 18. e5 Qe7) 18. e5 $1 $18 {[%cal Re5f6]} dxe5 $2 (18... Qg7 {is a better defense.} 19. e6 (19. exd6 Nd7 $16) 19... f5) 19. fxe5 Qxe5 20. d6 Nd7 21. Re1 Qd4 22. Qxd4 cxd4 23. Bxa8 Rxa8 24. Re7 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Rd8 25. Rfxf7 {White threatens Rg7+ and mate.} Nf8 26. d7 {Rg7+ is the strong threat.} d3 $2 (26... Bb5 27. Nf3 d3) 27. Nf3 $2 (27. Rg7+ Kh8 {[#]} 28. Rxh7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxh7 29. Re8+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg7 30. Rxd8) 27... Bb5 28. Rg7+ Kh8 29. Re8 Kxg7 30. Rxd8 Nxd7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KBN} 31. Kf2 Kf6 32. Ke3 Nc5 33. Nd4 Bc4 34. b3 {[%cal Bb2b3,Bb3b4][%mdl 32]} Bf7 35. b4 Na4 36. Kxd3 Bxa2 37. Ra8 Bb1+ (37... a5 {was worth a try.} 38. bxa5 Bd5) 38. Kd2 Ke5 39. Ne2 {Accuracy: White = 73%, Black = 29%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.26"]
[Round "8.37"]
[White "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Black "Kulaots, Kaido"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,81,46,59,55,57,50,61,45,61,40,29,26,43,45,40,45,86,87,137,125,138,143,149,150,149,137,194,189,197,182,197,143,159,144,135,128,118,106,262,274,260,256,444,460,462,458,449,462,466,462,468,453,479,467,494,501,689,687,820,793,1790,1765]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 b6 5. Nc3 Bb7 6. f3 d6 7. e4 e6 8. Be2 Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 a6 11. O-O Qc7 12. Rfc1 {B41: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 c4} Rc8 (12... Nbd7 13. b4 Rac8 14. Nb3 Qb8 15. Bf1 Rfe8 16. Qf2 Bd8 17. Na4 Ba8 18. c5 b5 19. Nc3 Bc7 20. g3 dxc5 21. Nxc5 Nxc5 22. bxc5 {1-0 (45) Nepomniachtchi,I (2729)-Ponkratov,P (2613) Riadh 2017}) 13. Bf1 Nbd7 14. Rab1 {White is slightly better.} Qd8 15. b4 Rab8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Ne5 16. Na4 Rab8 17. Nb3 Nfd7 18. Nb2 Ra8 19. a3 h6 {½-½ (131) Reinaldo Castineira,R (2503)-Ardelean,G (2475) Gijon 2018}) 16. Nb3 Ba8 17. a4 Qf8 18. a5 bxa5 19. Nxa5 Bd8 {[#]} 20. Na4 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under strong pressure.} Nb6 21. Nxb6 Bxb6 22. Bxb6 Rxb6 {[#]} 23. e5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} dxe5 (23... Ne8 $16 {might work better.}) 24. c5 $18 Rbb8 25. Bxa6 Rd8 26. Qe1 ({Better is} 26. Qf2 $18) 26... e4 $16 27. c6 {Hoping for b5.} exf3 28. c7 {[%mdl 64] aiming for gxf3. Double Attack} (28. gxf3 $6 Nd5 $14) 28... Qd6 {( -> ...Ng4!)} 29. cxd8=Q+ (29. cxd8=B $2 Ng4 $19) 29... Qxd8 $2 (29... Rxd8 $16 {keeps fighting.} 30. Rd1 (30. Nb7 Bxb7 31. Bxb7 Qb6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 32. Qf2 Qxb7 $14) 30... Bd5 31. Rxd5 (31. Nb7 Qxa6 32. Nxd8 Ng4 $14) 31... Nxd5) 30. Bf1 $18 Ng4 {[#]} 31. Qc3 $1 fxg2 $2 ({Don't play} 31... f2+ 32. Kh1) (31... Nxh2 32. Qc7 Nxf1 33. Qxd8+ Rxd8 34. Rxf1 Be4) 32. Bxg2 {White is clearly winning.} ({Less strong is} 32. Be2 Nxh2 33. b5 (33. Kxh2 Qh4+ 34. Kg1 Qh1+ 35. Kf2 Qh4+ 36. Ke3 Qg5+ 37. Kf2 Qh4+ 38. Qg3 Qd4+ 39. Qe3 Qh4+ 40. Qg3 Qd4+ 41. Qe3 Qh4+ 42. Kg1 Qh1+ 43. Kf2 Qh4+ $11 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 33... Nf1 $18) 32... Bxg2 33. Kxg2 h5 34. Nc6 Qd6 35. Qg3 Qd2+ 36. Kg1 Rb5 {Black hopes to continue with ...h4.} 37. Rd1 Qa2 38. Ra1 Qb2 39. Ra5 Rxa5 40. bxa5 f5 41. Qb8+ {Accuracy: White = 75%, Black = 49%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.26"]
[Round "8.38"]
[White "Gumularz, Szymon"]
[Black "Hovhannisyan, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2473"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "198"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,198,24,22,21,26,19,27,0,0,-17,-27,-18,-15,-18,-16,-22,-34,-47,-27,-60,-28,-39,-35,-42,-8,-18,-14,-39,-8,-17,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,26,18,36,0,46,30,61,5,41,0,64,66,56,54,60,53,56,-72,-72,-70,-66,-60,-60,-60,-59,-56,-63,-213,-218,-218,-218,-218,-218,-213,-209,-481,-481,-481,-481,-481,-479,-481,-481,-479,-479,-479,-479,-479,-478,-478,-478,-478,-478,-481,-481,-481,-481,-481,-481,-476,-476,-476,-476,-476,-476,-476,-476,-476,-476,-481,-481,-495,-495,-481,-481,-481,-481,-481,-481,-488,-488,-476,-476,-12850,-29937,-6908,-29939,-29950,-29944,-12848,-12848,-12834,-12840,-29937,-7143,-5399,-5341,-718,-506,-5341,-5341,-12780,-481,-462,-455,-29975,-29976,-29976,-29977,-29977,-29978,-29978,-29976,-29974,-491,-29978,-29979,-29979,-29980,-29980,-29981,-29981,-29982,-29982,-29981,-29981,-29982,-29982,-29981,-29981,-29978,-29978,-29978,-29986,-29987,-29992,-29992,-29997,-29998]} 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 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3][%mdl 32]} c5 12. Nf1 {C95: Closed Ruy Lopez: Breyer Variation with 10 d4} Re8 13. Ng3 Bf8 14. dxe5 {White has an edge.} (14. Bc2 cxd4 15. cxd4 exd4 16. Bf4 Bb7 17. Nxd4 g6 18. Qd2 Nc5 19. Bg5 Bg7 {½-½ (37) Karjakin,S (2760)-Kovalev,V (2664) Batumi 2018}) 14... dxe5 15. Nh2 c4 16. Bc2 g6 17. Qf3 $1 {[#]} a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Bb7 18. Bg5 h6 19. Be3 Bg7 {½-½ (62) Yilmazyerli,M (2454)-Efimenko,Z (2641) Baku 2014}) 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bd2 Ra6 20. Rad1 Rd6 21. Bc1 Ree6 22. b3 Nc5 23. bxc4 bxc4 24. Ba3 Rxd1 (24... Nd3 $5 {[%cal Rd3e1]} 25. Rf1 Rd7 26. Bxf8 Kxf8 $11) 25. Rxd1 Rd6 26. Rxd6 Bxd6 27. Qe3 Qf8 28. Nf3 {With the idea Nxe5!} Nfd7 29. h4 Kh7 30. h5 Ne6 31. hxg6+ fxg6 32. Bc1 Bc5 33. Qe2 Ba6 34. Ba4 ({White should try} 34. Qd2 $14 Bb5 35. a4) 34... Nb6 $11 35. Bc2 Nd7 $1 36. Qd2 Bb5 37. a4 Bc6 38. Qe2 Nf4 39. Qd2 (39. Bxf4 $1 $14 {keeps the upper hand.} exf4 40. Nf1) 39... Qd6 $1 $17 40. Nxe5 Qxd2 41. Bxd2 Nxe5 42. Bxf4 Nd3 $1 {[%cal Rd3f4]} 43. Bc7 Nxf2 44. Bxa5 ({White should play} 44. Kf1 $15) 44... Nxe4+ $1 $19 45. Kh2 Bd6 46. Bxe4 Bxe4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} 47. Bb6 Bc6 48. a5 $2 (48. Bf2) 48... h5 49. Bd8 Bf4 50. Kh3 {[#]} Kh6 $1 51. a6 Bd7+ 52. Kh2 {[#]} h4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 53. Bxh4 {[#]} g5 $1 {[%cal Rg5h4]} 54. a7 Bc6 55. Kh3 {aiming for Nf5+.} gxh4 56. Kxh4 Kg6 57. Kg4 Be3 58. Nf5 Bc5 59. Kf4 Kf6 60. Ne3 Bxa7 61. Nxc4 Bxg2 62. Nd2 Bb7 63. Nb3 Ke6 64. c4 Kd6 65. Kf5 Be3 66. Na1 Kc5 67. Nc2 Bc1 68. Ne1 Bd2 69. Nd3+ Kd4 70. Ne5 Bc8+ 71. Kf6 {intending Nf3+.} Bc3 72. Nf7 (72. Ng6 $142) 72... Kxc4+ 73. Ke7 Kd5 74. Ng5 Bf5 75. Nf7 Bd3 76. Ng5 Bc4 77. Nf7 Be2 78. Ng5 Be1 79. Kf6 Bg4 80. Kg6 (80. Nf7 $142) 80... Bc3 81. Nf7 Ke6 (81... Bd7 $142 {( -> ...Be8)} 82. Ng5 Ke5 83. Nf7+ Kf4) 82. Ng5+ Ke5 83. Kf7 (83. Nf7+ $19 Kf4 84. Nd6) 83... Be2 84. Kg6 Bd3+ 85. Kf7 Kf5 86. Nh7 Bc4+ 87. Ke8 Bb5+ (87... Be2 $142 88. Nf8 Bb4 89. Nd7 Ke6 90. Nf8+ Ke5 91. Kf7 Bc4+ 92. Kg7 Bb3 93. Ng6+ Kf5 94. Nf8 Bc3+ 95. Kh6 Bd2+ 96. Kg7 Bc3+ 97. Kh6 Bd4 98. Nh7 Bc4 99. Nf8 Be3+ 100. Kg7 Bd4+ 101. Kh6 Bg1 102. Nh7 Bc5 103. Kg7 Bd4+ 104. Kh6 Be3+ 105. Kg7 Bd5 106. Nf8 Bd4+ 107. Kh6 Bc6 108. Nh7 Be8 109. Nf8 Kf6 110. Nh7+ Kf7 111. Kg5 Kg7 {[%mdl 64] Trapped Piece} 112. Kf4 Kxh7 113. Ke4 Bf6 114. Kd5 Bf7+ 115. Kc5 Kg6 116. Kc6 Kf5 117. Kc5 Ke5 118. Kc6 Be6 119. Kc5 Be7+ 120. Kb5 Kd5 121. Kb6 Bf5 122. Kb5 Bd7+ 123. Kb6 Bd8+ 124. Kb7 Kd6 125. Kb8 Kc6 126. Ka7 Be6 127. Ka6 Bc4+ 128. Ka7 Kc7 129. Ka8 Bh4 130. Ka7 Bf2+ 131. Ka8 Bd5#) 88. Kf7 (88. Ke7 $19) 88... Be2 {Black mates.} 89. Nf8 Bh5+ 90. Kg8 Kf6 91. Nh7+ Ke7 {[%csl Ge7][%cal Rh5f7]} 92. Ng5 Bg6 93. Ne4 Bd4 94. Ng5 Bf6 95. Nh3 Bf5 96. Nf4 Bg5 97. Nh5 Bg6 98. Ng7 Bd2 99. Kh8 Kf7 {Accuracy: White = 54%, Black = 80%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.26"]
[Round "8.39"]
[White "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Black "Shevchenko, Kirill"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,101,21,10,33,27,25,20,29,21,22,25,30,27,26,25,31,22,58,20,26,29,45,20,27,23,16,15,21,20,89,89,89,88,83,79,89,82,100,56,122,100,133,113,171,177,191,211,286,285,455,449,457,442,453,448,454,456,430,435,429,430,420,427,416,415,551,554,624,595,574,539,1646,761,1658,1641,1603,1568,1404,1825,1720,1632,1577,1551,5106,4133,29988,29989]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2 Bf6 9. Re1 {LiveBook: 10 Games. E18: Queen's Indian: Old Main Line (4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Be7 6 0-0 0-0 7 Nc3)} (9. Be1 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Be4 11. Rc1 d6 12. Qa4 Qe8 13. Qxe8 Rxe8 14. Rfd1 Nd7 15. Ne1 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 g6 {1-0 (40) Yilmaz,M (2636)-Oparin,G (2613) St Petersburg 2018}) 9... Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Be4 11. Qa4 $146 {White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 11. Bf1 d5 12. Nd2 Bg6 13. Bg2 c6 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Be7 16. h4 h6 17. h5 Bh7 {1-0 (36) Sopur,L (2404)-Butyrowski,M (1776) Trzcianka 2016}) 11... d5 12. Rad1 Qe8 13. Qxe8 Rxe8 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Ne5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 h5 17. e4 dxe4 18. Rxe4 Nd7 19. Rde1 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Nc5 21. Rh4 g6 22. g4 Na4 (22... hxg4 $1 $11 23. e6 (23. Rxg4 Rad8 $11) 23... fxe6) 23. gxh5 $16 Nxc3 24. bxc3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Rad8 25. hxg6 fxg6 26. Rg4 Kg7 27. Re3 Rd5 (27... Rd2 $14) 28. f4 $1 Rd2+ 29. Kg3 $1 {f5 is the strong threat.} Kf7 (29... Rd1 $16 {was worth a try.}) 30. Rh4 $1 $18 Kg7 {[#]} 31. Kg4 $1 Re7 32. a4 Rf7 {[#]} (32... Rd1 {is a better defense.} 33. Reh3 Rg1+ 34. Kf3 Rc1) 33. Reh3 $1 Kf8 34. Rh8+ Ke7 35. R8h7 c6 36. Rxf7+ Kxf7 {KR-KR} 37. Rh7+ Ke6 38. Rg7 Rg2+ 39. Kf3 Rg1 40. h3 Rf1+ 41. Ke3 Rg1 42. Kf2 Rc1 43. Rxg6+ Kf5 44. Rf6+ Ke4 45. e6 Rc2+ 46. Kg3 Rxc3+ 47. Kg4 Kd5 48. f5 Re3 49. Rf8 Re5 50. Rd8+ Ke4 51. Rd1 {Precision: White = 82%, Black = 44%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.26"]
[Round "8.40"]
[White "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"]
[Black "Stupak, Kirill"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,33,21,19,61,66,43,17,17,17,17,7,17,10,34,18,56,25,26,25,37,14]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bd3 c5 8. Be3 Nd5 {C10: French with 3 Nc3: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3...dxe4} (8... Qc7 9. Qe2 a6 10. O-O b6 11. c4 cxd4 12. Bxd4 Bb7 13. Ne5 Bc5 14. Bc3 Rd8 15. Rad1 Bd4 16. Bxd4 Rxd4 {½-½ (53) Wei,Y (2739)-Ivanchuk,V (2729) Medias 2017}) 9. O-O Be7 10. Bd2 cxd4 {The position is equal.} 11. Nxd4 Bf6 12. c3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Bb5+ Bd7 13. Bxd7+ Qxd7 14. c3 Bxd4 15. cxd4 O-O 16. Rc1 Rac8 17. Qe2 Qa4 18. a3 Qxd4 {0-1 (19) Theofel,H (1349)-Lynch,J (1840) IECC email 2003}) 12... O-O 13. Nf3 Re8 14. Re1 e5 15. Qc2 {[#] Black must now prevent c4.} g6 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.26"]
[Round "8.41"]
[White "Repka, Christopher"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "201"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,201,18,24,10,16,9,8,-7,5,-12,-20,-50,-14,-35,-41,-44,-32,-120,-33,-72,29,30,29,36,52,53,50,42,37,28,91,87,164,12,13,3,10,10,11,0,73,73,74,78,70,72,74,77,69,70,71,62,97,85,128,118,113,125,137,131,122,120,123,125,226,145,139,132,130,137,185,188,191,189,224,226,414,227,237,60,46,47,46,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,28,10,10,10,12,8,8,8,133,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,28,8,8,8,8,8,18,0,8,0,135,127,372,372,365,354,339,347,341,340,341,143,318,298,1029,998,966,928,1956,1953,1939,1933,1740,1198,29958,29966,29957,29955,29960,29963,29963,29949,29961,414,29979,29980,29976,29973,29973,29973,29981,29982,29982,29980,29980,29981,29986,29982,29982,29981,29981,29982,29982,29983,29982,29978,29980,0,0,0,29977,29978,29978,29978,29978,29979,29979,29981,29985,29986,29986,29987,29987,29988,29988,29989,29989,29990]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. Nc3 {A50: Queen's Fianchetto Defence (1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 b6)} (6. O-O O-O 7. d5 e6 8. Nc3 Re8 9. Nd4 exd5 10. cxd5 Na6 11. Rb1 Nc5 12. Bf4 Nce4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Nb5 d6 15. Qc2 Bxd5 16. Qxc7 {1-0 (54) So,W (2765)-Mamedyarov,S (2817) Kolkata 2018}) 6... Ne4 7. Nxe4 Bxe4 8. d5 {The position is equal.} O-O 9. O-O c6 10. Bh3 {Black must now prevent Ng5.} cxd5 11. Ng5 Qc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... h6 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Bg2 Nc6 14. Bxe4 Rc8 15. Rb1 Qc7 16. b3 Qe5 {1-0 (41) Xiu,D (2556)-Shulman,Y (2542) Ningbo 2013}) 12. cxd5 Bc2 13. d6 (13. Qe1 $15) 13... exd6 ({Better is} 13... Qc4 $1 $17 14. b3 Bxd1 15. bxc4 exd6 16. Rxd1 Bxa1) 14. Qd5 Ba4 ({Black should play} 14... Qc6 $1 $17 {[%cal Rc6d5]} 15. Qd2 Qc4) 15. Bf4 $11 (15. Qxa8 $2 Bc6 $19) 15... Bc6 16. Qd2 (16. Qxd6 Qxd6 17. Bxd6 Re8 $17) 16... Be5 17. Rac1 Qd8 18. Bg2 Qe7 19. Rfd1 Bxf4 (19... Na6 $11) 20. Qxf4 $16 Qxe2 (20... Bxg2 $16 21. Kxg2 Na6) 21. Qxd6 $2 (21. Rxd6 $18 Qxb2 22. Re1) 21... Na6 $1 $11 22. Bf1 Qh5 23. h4 h6 24. Rxc6 hxg5 (24... dxc6 $11 {remains equal.} 25. Ne4 Qf5 26. Nf6+ Kg7) 25. Rc4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} (25. Qxd7 $2 Nb8 $19) 25... Nc5 26. Rd5 $1 Ne6 27. hxg5 Rac8 ({Not} 27... Nxg5 $2 28. Rh4 $18) 28. Qe5 ({Much worse is} 28. Qxd7 Rcd8 $11) 28... Rxc4 29. Bxc4 Rd8 30. Kg2 Qh8 31. Qe2 Qg7 32. Qd2 Rc8 33. b3 Nc5 34. Qf4 Qf8 35. Rd6 Ne6 36. Qd2 Rc7 (36... b5 $16 37. Bxb5 Nxg5) 37. Rxd7 Rxd7 38. Qxd7 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Nxg5 39. f4 Ne4 40. Qxa7 Nd6 41. Bd5 ({Don't do} 41. Qxb6 Qa8+ 42. Kg1 Nxc4 $16) 41... Nf5 42. Qxb6 Kg7 $2 (42... Qg7 {might work better.} 43. Be4 Qb2+ 44. Qf2 Qc3) 43. Be4 (43. g4 $142 Ne7 44. Bf3) 43... Qa3 $18 44. Bxf5 $2 (44. Qf2 $18) 44... Qxa2+ $14 45. Qf2 Qa8+ 46. Kh2 gxf5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} 47. Qb2+ f6 $1 48. b4 {[%cal Bb3b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32] Hoping for b5.} Qh8+ 49. Kg1 {aiming for b5.} Qb8 50. b5 {Threatening b6.} Qb6+ 51. Kg2 {next Qb1 is good for White.} Qb7+ 52. Kh2 {b6 is the strong threat.} Qb6 53. Qb1 Kg6 (53... Qf2+ $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} 54. Kh3 Kg6) 54. Kh3 (54. Kg2 $16) 54... Qf2 55. Qd1 Qc5 56. Qf1 Qe3 57. Kh2 Qc5 58. Qe2 Qd4 59. Kg2 Qd5+ 60. Kf2 Qd4+ 61. Kf1 Kh6 62. Ke1 Qa1+ (62... Qd5 $11) 63. Kd2 $1 $16 Qa5+ $2 (63... Qb2+ $16 64. Ke3 Qa1) 64. Kc2 $1 $18 {[%cal Rc2b3]} Qa2+ 65. Kd3 Qb3+ 66. Kd4 Qxg3 67. Qe3 Qg2 68. Kc4 Qg8+ $2 (68... Qa2+ $16 {was worth a try.} 69. Qb3 Qa8) 69. Kb4 {Strongly threatening Qh3+.} Qd5 $2 (69... Qf8+ 70. Qc5 Qb8) 70. b6 Kh5 71. Qc1 Kg4 72. Qc4 Qd7 73. Ka5 Qd8 74. Kb5 Qe8+ {[#]} 75. Qc6 $1 Qe2+ 76. Kc5 Qe3+ 77. Kd6 Qxf4+ 78. Ke7 Qb4+ 79. Kf7 (79. Ke8 $142 Qb3 80. b7 Qg8+ 81. Ke7 Qg7+ 82. Kd6 Qf8+ 83. Kd5 Qb8 84. Qc8 Qe5+ 85. Kc6) 79... Qb3+ (79... Kg5 $18 80. b7 Qb3+ 81. Kf8 Qa3+ 82. Ke8 Qe3+ 83. Kd7 Qd3+ 84. Kc7 Qg3+ 85. Qd6 Qb3) 80. Kg7 Qg3 81. b7 Kh5+ 82. Kf8 Kh6 83. Qxf6+ Kh7 84. Qe7+ Kh6 85. Qe6+ Kh7 86. Qxf5+ Kh6 87. Qf6+ Kh7 88. Qf7+ Kh6 89. Qe6+ Kh7 90. Qd7+ Kh6 91. Ke7 $2 (91. Qc6+ {mates} Kh7 92. Qh1+ Kg6 93. Qc6+ Kh7 94. Qh1+ Kg6 95. Qb1+ Kg5 96. Qb5+ Kg6 97. b8=Q Qf3+ 98. Ke7 Qf6+ 99. Kd7 Qf5+ 100. Kc6 Qf3+ 101. Kb6) 91... Qg5+ $11 92. Kd6 {Threatening mate with Qe6+.} Qg3+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (92... Qd2+ $11 93. Kc6 Qc3+ 94. Kb6 Qb4+ 95. Qb5 Qd4+ 96. Qc5 Qd8+ 97. Kc6 Qe8+ 98. Kc7 Qf7+ 99. Kb6 Qf4) 93. Kc6 {White mates.} Qc3+ 94. Kb6 Qb4+ {[#]} 95. Qb5 $1 Qd4+ 96. Qc5 Qb2+ 97. Kc6 Qg2+ 98. Qd5 Qc2+ 99. Kd6 Qh2+ 100. Qe5 Qd2+ 101. Ke7 {[%mdl 32768] Accuracy: White = 61%, Black = 38%. . An unexpected result.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.26"]
[Round "8.42"]
[White "Indjic, Aleksandar"]
[Black "Demidov, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,76,39,50,45,54,45,52,50,48,44,52,38,35,33,60,50,69,44,66,20,33,12,0,0,0,8,20,0,0,0,0,0,41,0,0,-2,23,-2,0,0,-2,-51,-51,-43,-36,-145,-155,-232,-157,-151,-154,-143,-138,-182,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-923,-914,-903,-889,-877,-855,-818,-751]} 1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Bc4 e6 5. O-O a6 (5... Ne7 6. Re1 a6 7. c3 O-O 8. Be3 Nd7 9. Nbd2 h6 10. Nf1 d5 11. exd5 Nb6 12. Bd3 Nbxd5 13. Bd2 Nf5 {½-½ (54) Nihal,S (2572)-Adhiban,B (2668) Douglas 2018}) 6. Bb3 {B06: Modern Defence} Ne7 7. h3 h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Nd7 8. c3 O-O 9. Be3 Nf6 10. Nbd2 b6 11. Qe2 Bb7 12. Bf4 h6 {½-½ (33) Gutzeit,A (2079)-Johnsen,G (2215) Arvier 2006}) 8. a4 {White is slightly better.} b6 9. Bf4 Bb7 10. Nbd2 Nd7 11. c3 g5 12. Bg3 Ng6 13. Re1 h5 14. d5 e5 $1 15. Nf1 g4 16. hxg4 $1 hxg4 17. N3h2 Nf6 18. Nxg4 Nxg4 19. Qxg4 Bc8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 20. Qf3 Nh4 21. Qd3 (21. Bxh4 $5 Qxh4 22. g3 $14) 21... Qf6 22. Bd1 Qh6 {( -> ...Nf3+!)} 23. Nh2 f5 (23... Nxg2 $2 24. Kxg2 Bh3+ 25. Kg1 $18) 24. exf5 Nxf5 25. Re4 (25. f4 $5) 25... Nxg3 26. Qxg3 Bf5 27. Bf3 (27. Rg4 $1 $15 Bxg4 28. Bxg4) 27... Bf6 {And now ...Ke7 would win.} 28. Rc4 (28. Rg4 $17 {was called for.}) 28... O-O-O {White must now prevent ...Kb8.} 29. Bg4 Bxg4 30. Rxg4 Bh4 31. Qd3 {[#]} Bxf2+ $2 (31... Rdf8 $1 $19 32. f3 (32. Qxa6+ Kb8 $19) 32... Bg5) 32. Kxf2 $11 Qxh2 33. Qxa6+ Kb8 34. a5 Rdf8+ 35. Ke2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (35. Ke3 $11 Rh3+ 36. Ke2) 35... Qh5 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 36. axb6 Qxg4+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 37. Kd3 Qf5+ 38. Kc4 Qe4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 42%, Black = 74%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.26"]
[Round "8.43"]
[White "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Black "Zanan, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,115,35,34,22,37,33,25,13,10,14,28,20,53,54,51,54,60,42,47,49,49,47,47,51,48,48,68,68,76,42,69,50,79,39,85,98,96,102,102,116,100,60,100,100,138,136,219,216,320,330,404,387,423,420,382,370,327,263,254,179,185,129,286,178,192,180,184,186,370,227,229,235,254,254,254,254,254,254,493,444,505,401,974,1086,635,437,2815,3749,1719,2539,2379,1947,1641,0,0,0,1509,1448,29978,29979,29979,29980,29978,29964]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Nf3 {E73: King's Indian: Averbakh Variation without 6...c5} exd5 9. cxd5 Bg4 (9... Re8 10. Nd2 c4 11. O-O Na6 12. Bf3 b6 13. Re1 Nc5 14. Bxc5 bxc5 15. e5 Rxe5 16. Rxe5 dxe5 17. Nxc4 {½-½ (23) Howell,D (2687)-Jones,G (2670) Hull 2018}) 10. Nd2 {White has an edge.} Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Re8 12. f3 Na6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nbd7 13. a4 Qb6 14. Nc4 Qa6 15. Nb5 Ne5 16. Nbxd6 Nxc4 17. Nxc4 Nxd5 18. exd5 {½-½ (61) Buhmann,R (2584)-Fedorov,A (2573) Katowice 2017}) 13. Nc4 Nc7 14. a4 Qe7 15. O-O Nd7 16. Bf4 Ne5 17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. f4 Qe7 20. Rae1 f6 21. Qc4 Qg7 22. b4 b6 23. Rf2 Re7 24. bxc5 bxc5 25. Rb2 g5 26. f5 Rd7 27. Nd1 Re8 28. Nf2 Na8 29. a5 Rb7 (29... Nc7 $16 30. Reb1 a6) 30. Reb1 $1 $18 Rxb2 (30... Reb8 {is a better defense.} 31. Qc3 Rxb2 32. Rxb2 Rd8) 31. Rxb2 Qc7 32. Qa6 Rb8 33. Rxb8+ Qxb8 {[#]} 34. h4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} gxh4 35. Qc6 Qd8 {intending ...Nc7.} 36. Qb7 c4 37. Qc6 (37. Qxa7 $18 c3 38. Nd3) 37... Kg7 $2 (37... Nc7 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 38. Kh2 (38. Qxc4 Qxa5 39. Qc1 Qc5 $11) 38... Qe7 39. Kh3 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} ({Stronger than} 39. Qxa8 Qe5+ 40. Kh1 Qa1+ 41. Kh2 Qe5+ 42. Kh1 Qa1+ 43. Kh2 Qe5+ $11) 39... Nc7 40. Qxc4 a6 $2 (40... Kg8 41. Kxh4 Ne8) 41. Qc1 Ne8 42. Kxh4 Qe5 43. Kg4 Qd4 44. Kf3 Qb4 45. Qc6 Qb3+ $2 (45... Kf8 46. Qxa6 Qa3+ 47. Nd3 Nc7) 46. Kf4 Qb2 47. Kg3 (47. Qxe8 Qxf2+ 48. Kg4 Qxg2+ 49. Kf4 Qd2+ 50. Kf3 Qd3+ 51. Kg4 Qd1+ 52. Kh4 Qe1+ 53. Kg4 Qd1+ 54. Kg3 Qd3+ 55. Kh4 Qe2 $11) 47... Qe2 (47... Qb5 $142 48. Qxb5 axb5) 48. Qxe8 Qe3+ 49. Kh2 {Qe7+ would kill now.} Qf4+ {[#]} (49... Qxf2 $142 50. Qe7+ Kh6 51. Qxf6+ Kh5 52. Qf7+ Kh6) 50. Kh3 $1 Qe3+ 51. g3 {White threatens Qe7+ and mate.} Qxf2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} 52. Qe7+ Kg8 53. Qe8+ $2 (53. Qxf6 $18 Qf3 54. Qe6+ (54. Qxd6 Qh5+ 55. Kg2 Qe2+ 56. Kh3 Qh5+ 57. Kg2 Qe2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 58. Kg1 Qe1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 59. Kh2 Qe2+ 60. Kg1 Qe1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 61. Kh2 Qe2+ 62. Kg1 $11) 54... Kg7 55. Qe7+ (55. Qxd6 Qh5+ 56. Kg2 Qe2+ 57. Kg1 Qe1+ 58. Kh2 Qe2+ 59. Kh3 Qh5+ 60. Kg2 Qe2+ 61. Kg1 Qe1+ 62. Kh2 Qe2+ 63. Kh3 Qh5+ $11) 55... Kg8 56. Kh4) 53... Kg7 $11 54. Qe7+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (54. g4 $11 Qf3+ 55. Kh4 Qf2+ 56. Kh3 Qf3+ 57. Kh2) 54... Kg8 $18 55. Qxf6 Qf1+ 56. Kh4 {White mates.} Qh1+ 57. Kg5 Qc1+ {[#]} 58. Kh5 $1 {Accuracy: White = 74%, Black = 33%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.26"]
[Round "8.44"]
[White "Svane, Rasmus"]
[Black "Dragnev, Valentin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,134,58,56,54,56,54,41,21,17,0,39,0,20,-14,-11,-21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-10,-9,-8,-18,-11,-11,-5,-8,0,-2,0,-1,-4,-11,-12,-23,-23,-23,-23,-38,-44,-50,-36,-85,-85,-81,-44,-48,-48,-150,-145,-181,-162,-169,-176,-303,-269,-262,-74,-96,-74,-309,-269,-542,-516,-491,-642,-797,0,-163,0,-783,-710,-972,-939,-935,-945,-905,-856,-631,-581,-1984,-1911,-5107,-4860,-29971,-29972,-29976,-29977,-29977,-29978,-29977,-29978,-29978,-29979,-29981,-29982,-29983,-29984,-29984,-29985]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 e5 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. c4 Be6 9. Qa4 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} Qd7 10. Nc3 Rc8 11. cxd5 (11. Bg5 d4 12. Rad1 Be7 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. c5 O-O 15. e3 Bf5 16. exd4 exd4 {1-0 (46) Duda,J (2738)-Tregubov,P (2592) chess.com INT 2019}) 11... cxd5 12. Qxd7+ Kxd7 13. Rd1 Bc5 {LiveBook: 20 Games} 14. Na4 Be7 15. Bg5 Ng8 16. Bd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Be3 d4 {½-½ (30) Ananikian,A (2224)-Tsygankov,E (2400) ICCF email 2013}) 16... Nf6 17. Bg5 Ng8 $1 18. Bd2 Nf6 19. Be1 Rc2 20. Nc3 {[%cal Rc3d5]} Rxb2 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Bxd5 {Hoping for Bc3.} Bd6 23. Rac1 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Ke6 25. e4 Rb6 26. Bd2 Ra6 27. Ra5 Rxa5 28. Bxa5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rb8 29. Rc6 Kd7 30. Rc2 Rb5 31. Bd2 Bc5 32. Kf1 Bd4 33. Ke2 h5 34. h4 g6 35. Be3 Bxe3 36. Kxe3 {KR-KR} Ra5 37. Kd3 Ra4 38. Re2 Kc6 39. Kc3 Kc5 40. Kb3 Rb4+ 41. Kc3 Rc4+ 42. Kb3 (42. Kd3 $15) 42... a5 $17 43. Re3 Kd4 44. Rf3 Rc7 ({Reject} 44... Kxe4 $6 45. Rxf7 Rb4+ 46. Kc2 $11) 45. Ka4 (45. Re3 $142) 45... Kxe4 $19 46. Rf6 {[#]} Ra7 $2 (46... Rc3 $1 $19 {Threatens to win with ...Rf3.} 47. Kxa5 Rf3) 47. Kb5 $17 a4 48. a3 $2 (48. f4 $17) 48... Kd5 49. f3 $2 (49. Kb4 {was called for.}) 49... Kd4 $19 50. Kb6 Re7 51. Kb5 Ra7 $2 (51... Ke3 {White must now prevent ...Kf2.} 52. Kc5 Kf2) 52. Kb6 $1 {[%cal Rb6a7]} Re7 $2 (52... Rd7 53. Kb5 Ke3 54. Kxa4 Kf2) 53. Kb5 Ke3 54. Kxa4 Kf2 55. g4 Kg3 56. gxh5 gxh5 57. Kb3 Kxh4 58. Kc3 Kg3 59. Kd3 h4 {[%cal Bh5h4,Bh4h3,Bh3h2][%mdl 32]} 60. Ke4 h3 {Black mates.} 61. Rh6 h2 62. Rh8 Ra7 63. Rg8+ {[#]} Kf2 $1 64. Rh8 Ra4+ 65. Kxe5 Kg3 66. f4 Rxf4 67. Rxh2 f6+ {Precision: White = 32%, Black = 76%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.26"]
[Round "8.45"]
[White "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Black "Golubka, Petro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,86,13,19,20,7,20,26,9,17,81,64,64,56,66,52,63,60,37,-4,115,115,125,115,129,125,128,119,307,305,333,331,340,325,309,324,318,306,379,396,345,378,345,303,1004,770,983,950,881,860,1933,1693,29972,29973,29971,29970,5306,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. d4 d6 8. c3 Bg4 9. Be3 O-O 10. h3 Bh5 {C84: Closed Ruy Lopez: Unusual White 6th moves} 11. Nbd2 exd4 (11... d5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nxe4 15. Nf3 c6 16. Nd4 c5 17. Nc6 Qc7 18. Bxd5 {1-0 (31) Short,N (2688)-Sardana,R (2386) Abu Dhabi 2017}) 12. cxd4 Na5 {White has an edge.} 13. Bc2 Nd7 (13... c5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 14. b4 Nc4 15. Nxc4 bxc4 16. g4 Bg6 17. d5 $1 Nf6 $146 18. Qd4 c6 (18... Qd7 $11) 19. dxc6 $16 d5 {[%cal Rf6e4] [#]} 20. Ne5 $1 $36 {[%cal Re5g6][%mdl 2048] White has strong initiative.} Bxe4 21. Bxe4 Nxe4 22. Nd7 Bf6 $2 (22... Rc8 $16) 23. Qxd5 $18 Bxa1 24. Qxe4 (24. Rxa1 Nf6 $16) 24... Re8 25. Qxc4 Be5 26. Nxe5 Rxe5 27. c7 Qe8 28. Rc1 Rc8 29. Qxa6 h5 30. gxh5 Rxe3 $2 {[#]} (30... Rxh5 31. Qc6 Qxc6 32. Rxc6 Kf8) 31. Qxc8 $1 ({Weaker is} 31. fxe3 Qxe3+ 32. Kh2 Qf4+ 33. Kg2 Qe4+ 34. Kg1 Qe3+ 35. Kh2 Qf4+ 36. Kg2 Qe4+ 37. Kg1 Qe3+ $11) 31... Qxc8 32. fxe3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KR} Kh7 33. Rc5 f5 34. b5 f4 35. exf4 g5 36. hxg6+ Kxg6 37. b6 $2 (37. Kf2 $18 Qd7 38. Kg3 (38. c8=Q Qd2+ 39. Kg3 Qe3+ 40. Kh2 Qf2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 41. Kh1 Qe1+ 42. Kg2 Qe2+ 43. Kg1 Qe1+ 44. Kh2 Qf2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 45. Kh1 Qe1+ 46. Kg2 Qe2+ 47. Kg1 Qe1+ 48. Kh2 Qf2+ $11 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack})) 37... Qd7 $1 $11 {[%cal Rd7d4] The position is equal.} 38. f5+ Kf6 39. c8=Q Qd1+ 40. Kf2 Qd2+ 41. Kf3 {Threatening mate with Qe6+.} Qd3+ 42. Kf2 {Qh8+ would kill now.} Qd2+ 43. Kf3 {Intending Qe6+ and mate.} Qd3+ {Accuracy: White = 86%, Black = 46%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.26"]
[Round "8.46"]
[White "Pultinevicius, Paulius"]
[Black "Moussard, Jules"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,84,29,7,33,24,29,23,35,31,34,33,39,30,51,32,41,37,36,35,40,15,27,21,21,27,41,24,125,129,122,108,113,106,118,129,116,113,168,161,168,159,172,172,154,158,170,152,362,360,356,349,366,106,113,59,58,62,62,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nge2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. h3 b6 {B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems} (8... c6 9. Re1 b5 10. a3 Nb6 11. b3 Bb7 12. Bb2 a6 13. Qd2 Re8 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. Qc1 Rad8 16. Qa1 Nfd7 {1-0 (56) Abdusattorov,N (2546)-Bosiocic,M (2599) St Petersburg 2018}) 9. Be3 Bb7 10. d5 Re8 {White has an edge.} 11. Qd2 a5 12. a3 Ba6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... a4 13. b3 axb3 14. cxb3 Nc5 15. Rfb1 Qd7 16. b4 Na4 17. Nxa4 Rxa4 {0-1 (50) Movsziszian,K (2494)-Amate Tortosa,B (2246) Villa de Albox 2002}) 13. Rfb1 Qc8 14. b4 Bc4 15. bxa5 Rxa5 16. a4 Ra8 17. Nb5 Nc5 18. Bxc5 dxc5 19. Nec3 Rd8 20. Qe1 c6 (20... Bxb5 $11 21. axb5 Rxa1 22. Rxa1 Ne8) 21. Na3 $1 $16 {[%csl LRb6,LRc4]} cxd5 22. Nxc4 dxc4 23. Rxb6 Ra6 24. a5 {[%cal Ba4a5,Ba5b6,Bb6b7][%mdl 32]} Rxb6 25. axb6 Qc6 (25... Qb7 $16 {might work better.}) 26. Rb1 $18 Rb8 27. Nd5 Nxd5 28. exd5 Qd6 29. b7 f5 30. Bf1 h5 $2 (30... e4 $16 {was necessary.} 31. Bxc4 Bd4) 31. Qa5 ({But not} 31. Bxc4 e4 $18) 31... e4 32. Rb6 ({Don't do} 32. Bxc4 Bd4 $18) 32... Qxd5 {intending ...Kh7.} 33. Rxg6 $2 (33. Qa7 $18 {and the rest is easy.} Qd8 34. Rxg6) 33... Rxb7 $16 34. Qa6 (34. Rg5 $16) 34... e3 $1 $14 35. fxe3 Rb1 $1 36. Qf6 (36. Qc6 $1 $14 Qxc6 37. Rxc6) 36... Rxf1+ $1 $11 {The position is equal.} 37. Kxf1 {[%csl Gg6][%cal Rf6g7][%mdl 4096] [#] Endgame KQR-KQB} Qd1+ 38. Kf2 {[%csl Gg6][%cal Rf6g7]} Qxc2+ 39. Kf1 {[%csl Gg6][%cal Rf6g7]} Qd1+ 40. Kf2 {[%csl Gg6][%cal Rf6g7]} Qc2+ $1 41. Kf1 {[%csl Gg6][%cal Rf6g7] [#]} Qd1+ 42. Kf2 {[%csl Gg6][%cal Rf6g7]} Qc2+ $1 {Accuracy: White = 71%, Black = 54%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.26"]
[Round "8.47"]
[White "Saric, Ivan"]
[Black "Arnaudov, G. Petar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,65,22,29,32,12,31,21,25,22,20,29,54,45,102,102,100,92,138,131,110,121,187,163,196,179,204,186,181,148,289,292,290,245,246,247,248,247,247,247,247,247,247,245,238,137,251,251,251,251,255,254,411,412,389,378,387,384]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Nxe4 6. Qxe4 Be6 {B11: Caro-Kann: Two Knights Variation} 7. c4 g6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Nd7 8. d4 Nf6 9. Qh4 Bf5 10. Be2 e6 11. O-O Be7 12. Qg3 O-O 13. Rd1 Re8 14. Ne5 {0-1 (57) Moussard,J (2571)-Gharamian,T (2626) Schifflange 2017}) 8. Qe5 Rg8 {The position is equal.} 9. Qe3 Bg7 10. d4 Nd7 11. h3 b5 ({Better is} 11... Bf6 $14) 12. cxb5 $16 cxb5 13. Bd2 Qb6 14. Bd3 Bd5 15. O-O e6 (15... Kf8 $16) 16. a4 $18 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} b4 17. a5 Qb7 18. a6 Qb6 19. Rfe1 Bf8 (19... h6 $16) 20. Rac1 Bd6 21. Ne5 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Qxe3 23. Bb5+ ({Weaker is} 23. Bxe3 Bxe5 24. Bxa7 Bxb2 $11) 23... Kd8 24. Rxe3 ({Less strong is} 24. Bxe3 Bxe5 25. Re2 f6 $14) 24... Be7 25. Rd3 Rc8 26. Bc6 Rc7 27. b3 (27. Bxd5 $18 {White wants to mate with Bb7+.} exd5 28. Rxd5+ Kc8 29. Rb5 Rxc1+ 30. Bxc1) 27... Rxc6 (27... Kc8 $16 {might work better.} 28. Bxd5 exd5) 28. Rxc6 Kd7 29. Rc1 Rb8 30. Be3 Rb5 $2 {[#]} (30... Ra8 31. f3 Bd8) 31. Ra1 {White is winning.} Bc5 32. Bxc5 Rxc5 33. Rd4 {Accuracy: White = 78%, Black = 46%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.26"]
[Round "8.48"]
[White "Goryachkina, Aleksandra"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,81,33,28,33,33,27,32,31,25,22,30,27,40,26,33,17,16,14,42,40,104,103,107,100,177,103,104,114,125,129,118,113,161,164,165,137,140,112,135,143,121,109,221,198,211,197,162,122,131,134,141,128,125,37,134,134,126,134,170,160,196,211,175,149,197,157,167,167,254,260]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. d5 {E81: King's Indian: Sämisch: 6th move deviations (including 6 Be3 c6)} (8. Qd2 Qa5 9. Rc1 e5 10. dxc5 dxc5 11. Nd5 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 b6 13. Bg5 Nd7 14. a3 h6 15. Be3 Rd8 16. b4 Bb7 {1-0 (37) Duda,J (2737)-Grischuk,A (2766) chess.com INT 2018}) 8... Na5 9. b3 a6 10. Rc1 {White is slightly better.} Bd7 11. Ng3 Rb8 12. Bd3 b5 13. O-O bxc4 14. bxc4 Qc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Rb4 15. Qe2 Qc7 {1-0 (43) Hassim,U (2258)-Brzezinski,B (2275) ICCF email 2016}) 15. Bd2 e6 16. Qe1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Rfe8 ({Black should play} 16... Rb4 $14) 17. Nce2 $16 Nb7 18. Bc3 h5 {[#]} (18... a5 $16) 19. Qd2 (19. dxe6 $1 $18 Bxe6 20. Nf4) 19... e5 20. Rb1 {[%cal Bc1b1,Bb1b3,Bb3b6][%mdl 32]} h4 21. Nh1 Nh5 22. Rb3 Kh7 23. Rfb1 Bh6 24. Qb2 {[%cal Rb3b7]} Bc8 25. Rb6 Be3+ 26. Kf1 Qe7 27. Bd2 Qg5 (27... Bxd2 $16 {was worth a try.} 28. Qxd2 Ra8) 28. Bxe3 $18 Qxe3 29. Nf2 h3 30. Qc1 hxg2+ 31. Kxg2 Qxc1 32. Rxc1 Ra8 33. Bc2 (33. Rc3 $16) 33... Na5 (33... Kg8 $14) 34. Rxd6 $16 Nxc4 35. Rc6 Ne3+ 36. Kg1 Bd7 37. Rxc5 Nxc2 38. R5xc2 Kg7 39. Nd3 Bb5 40. Nc5 Rec8 (40... Bxe2 {was called for.} 41. Rxe2 Nf4) 41. Ng3 {Accuracy: White = 79%, Black = 48%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.26"]
[Round "8.49"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Neverov, Valeriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,107,25,26,33,39,32,27,39,48,45,38,64,53,58,0,0,0,16,0,-2,-16,0,0,0,-14,0,-25,24,19,30,-16,-17,-16,-6,-19,17,10,19,0,15,0,25,21,49,0,20,0,59,78,120,109,113,112,118,120,93,102,102,98,116,112,152,140,210,200,195,194,163,176,168,115,312,302,300,304,395,391,369,366,645,623,621,616,743,737,781,774,1178,1134]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Be7 10. h4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 b5 {B67: Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer: 7...a6 8 0-0-0 Bd7, lines without 9 f4 Be7} 12. Kb1 Rb8 13. g4 Qc7 {White has an edge.} (13... b4 14. Ne2 h5 15. gxh5 Rxh5 16. Ng3 Rh8 17. e5 dxe5 18. Qxe5 Rc8 19. Bxa6 {1-0 (31) Robson,R (2667)-Demchenko,A (2679) chess.com INT 2019}) 14. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. h5 h6 15. Be3 b4 16. Ne2 O-O 17. Qd2 Nh7 18. e5 {½-½ (59) Manik,M (2410)-Mohite,R (2236) Mumbai 2018}) 14... b4 15. Ne2 $1 ({Don't go for} 15. Qa7 $2 Qxa7 16. Bxa7 Ra8 $19) 15... O-O 16. Qd2 Bb5 17. Nd4 (17. Bh3 $14) 17... Bxf1 $11 18. Rhxf1 Rfc8 19. g5 Nh5 $1 20. Rg1 Bf8 21. Qd3 g6 22. Rd2 Qb7 23. Nb3 Qb5 24. Rgd1 a5 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 25. Bg1 a4 26. Qxb5 Rxb5 27. Nd4 Rbc5 28. Ne2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} R5c6 29. Nd4 Rc5 30. Be3 Be7 31. Ne2 R5c6 32. Nd4 Rc5 $1 33. Ne2 R5c6 34. c3 Rc4 35. cxb4 Rxb4 36. Rd4 Rxd4 37. Rxd4 ({Much less strong is} 37. Bxd4 f5 $14) 37... a3 38. bxa3 f6 39. a4 fxg5 40. Bxg5 Kf7 41. Rb4 h6 (41... Rc7 $16 42. a5 d5) 42. Bxh6 $18 Bxh4 43. Be3 Be1 44. Rb7+ Kf6 45. Kb2 (45. Rb6 $18) 45... Ng3 $2 (45... e5 $16 {keeps fighting.} 46. Bb6 Kg5) 46. Nxg3 Bxg3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#] KRB-KRB} 47. a5 $1 {[%cal Ba4a5,Ba5a6,Ba6a7][%mdl 32]} Be5+ 48. Ka3 d5 49. a6 d4 $2 (49... dxe4 50. fxe4 g5) 50. Bh6 {White is clearly winning.} Bd6+ 51. Ka4 e5 52. a7 Ke6 53. Kb5 Rc5+ 54. Kb6 {Accuracy: White = 73%, Black = 44%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.26"]
[Round "8.50"]
[White "Ivic, Velimir"]
[Black "Parligras, Mircea-Emilian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 29,42,14,14,9,12,8,31,15,12,0,8,0,6,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 Qc7 7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3 d6 9. f4 Be7 10. Kh1 O-O 11. Qe1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Qg3 Bb7 14. a3 Rad8 15. Rae1 Bc6 16. Bd3 {B85: Sicilian Scheveningen: 6 Be2 a6, lines with early Be3} Qd7 17. Nd1 Nh5 {[#]} 18. Qg4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18. Qh3 Nxf4 19. Rxf4 e5 20. Rg4 exd4 21. e5 g6 {½-½ (78) Kravtsiv,M (2672)-Harikrishna,P (2744) Riadh 2017}) 18... Nf6 {The position is equal.} 19. Qg3 Nh5 20. Qg4 Nf6 21. Qg3 Nh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.27"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Piorun, Kacper"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,122,21,22,16,24,0,2,7,9,0,0,0,0,0,39,39,41,36,41,41,46,45,60,43,58,37,68,35,29,22,30,30,34,34,39,34,34,30,30,30,47,30,74,72,93,67,64,64,59,62,60,57,55,51,68,72,64,44,30,25,73,62,108,23,22,27,107,108,106,103,114,104,104,104,104,104,125,105,205,191,252,253,256,247,228,0,0,0,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Qe2 Rc8 7. c4 {B52: Sicilian: Moscow Variation with 3...Bd7} (7. c3 e6 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Be3 Nb6 12. Ne1 f5 13. f3 Ng5 14. b3 Nf7 {½-½ (30) Mamedov,R (2680)-Ivanchuk,V (2729) Kocaeli 2017}) 7... g6 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bg7 10. Nc3 Qa5 11. Be3 Nb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Ne5 12. Rac1 Neg4 13. Bd2 Qc5 14. h3 Qxd4 15. hxg4 Qxc4 16. Qf3 Qe6 17. g5 {½-½ (36) Salazar,R-Camacho,J (2238) San Andres Islas 2008}) 12. Rac1 O-O 13. b3 $1 Nbd7 14. f3 a6 15. Qd2 Rfe8 16. Rfd1 e6 17. Rc2 h5 18. Bf2 Kh7 19. Nd5 Qxd2 20. Nxf6+ Bxf6 21. Rcxd2 Bg5 22. Re2 h4 23. Nc2 Be7 24. Be1 g5 25. Bb4 Rc6 26. Kf2 Ne5 27. g3 Ng6 28. Nd4 Rc7 29. Red2 d5 30. Bxe7 Nxe7 31. cxd5 exd5 32. gxh4 dxe4 33. hxg5 Nd5 {And now ...e3+ would win.} 34. fxe4 Nc3 35. Re1 Nxe4+ 36. Kg2 Rd7 37. Rd3 (37. Nf3 $1 $16 Nxd2 38. Rxe8) 37... Kg6 $1 $11 38. Ree3 Nc5 (38... Kh5 $11 {remains equal.}) 39. Rxe8 $16 Nxd3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 40. Nf3 f6 41. h4 fxg5 42. hxg5 Kg7 43. a3 {[%cal Ba2a3,Ba3a4][%mdl 32]} a5 44. Kg3 b5 (44... Nc1 $16 {might work better.}) 45. Re3 b4 {[#]} (45... Kg8 $142 46. Re8+ Kg7) 46. a4 $1 $18 Nc5 47. Nh4 Rd1 {[#]} 48. Kf4 $2 (48. Kg4 $1 $18) 48... Rd4+ $11 {The position is equal.} 49. Kg3 {Nf5+ is the strong threat.} Ne4+ 50. Kg2 Rd2+ 51. Kf3 Nxg5+ 52. Kf4 Kf6 53. Nf3 Rf2 54. Kg3 Rb2 55. Ne5 Rd2 56. Nf3 Nxf3 57. Kxf3 Kf5 58. Re8 Rb2 59. Re3 Rh2 60. Kg3 Rh1 61. Kf3 Rh2 {Accuracy: White = 65%, Black = 55%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.27"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,56,7,15,26,25,25,30,-31,-23,0,-11,-37,-11,-20,18,20,39,0,0,2,0,0,15,0,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,-10,0,-16,-16,-21,0,0,0,0,20,14,9,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6e5,Be5c4][%mdl 32]} 7. Be3 {B56: Classical Sicilian: Unusual Lines} e6 (7... g6 8. Nd5 Nxd5 9. exd5 Ne5 10. Bd4 Bh6 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O b5 13. a4 b4 14. c3 Bb7 15. cxb4 Bxd5 {0-1 (29) Anand,V (2776)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2811) Bastia 2016}) 8. g4 b5 9. Bg2 (9. g5 $11 Nd7 10. a3) 9... Ne5 10. g5 Nfd7 11. Qd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Nd2 Nb6 12. f4 Nec4 13. Nxc4 Nxc4 14. Bc1 Be7 {½-½ (30) Naroditsky,D (2646)-Robson,R (2668) Saint Louis 2017}) 11... Nc4 12. Bc1 Bb7 13. a4 $1 Bc6 14. axb5 axb5 {The position is equal.} 15. Rxa8 Qxa8 16. O-O e5 17. Qd3 Be7 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Qxd5 20. exd5 O-O 21. Nd2 Rc8 22. Nxc4 Rxc4 23. c3 b4 24. Bd2 bxc3 25. bxc3 Rc8 26. Bh3 Rd8 27. Bxd7 Rxd7 28. c4 Rc7 {Accuracy: White = 63%, Black = 49%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.27"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Rodshtein, Maxim"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,89,11,24,10,123,111,118,112,112,119,110,105,114,112,115,114,113,72,77,72,91,0,70,70,85,76,73,81,97,74,70,82,78,29,59,0,78,0,76,58,85,84,96,90,94,74,114,118,117,94,93,98,89,84,101,76,75,83,93,85,95,72,101,85,125,116,104,60,98,50,50,50,50,50,50,40]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e3 d6 6. Nge2 h5 7. h4 Bg4 8. d3 Nge7 9. b3 {A25: English Opening vs King's Indian with ...Nc6 but without early d3} g5 $146 (9... e4 $11 {keeps the balance.} 10. d4 f5) ({Predecessor:} 9... O-O 10. Bb2 Rb8 11. O-O a6 12. Qd2 b5 13. Nd5 Na7 14. Nec3 c6 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. d4 exd4 17. exd4 bxc4 18. bxc4 {½-½ (25) Barbero,G (2520)-Chernin,A (2615) Austria 1994}) 10. hxg5 $16 h4 11. Rxh4 {White is better.} ({Of course not} 11. gxh4 $6 Ng6 $11) 11... Rxh4 12. gxh4 Nf5 13. Kd2 Nxh4 {[#]} 14. Qh1 $1 {[%cal Rh1h4]} Nxg2 15. Qxg2 Qd7 16. Ba3 Bh3 17. Qf3 Bg4 18. Qg2 Bh3 $1 {[%cal Rh3g2]} 19. Qg3 O-O-O 20. Rh1 Be6 21. Nd5 Ne7 22. e4 Ng6 23. Qe3 Kb8 24. Nf6 Qe7 25. Nd5 Qd7 $1 26. Nf6 Qe7 27. Qf3 c6 28. Kc2 Qc7 29. Kb1 Qa5 30. Bb2 b5 31. cxb5 Qxb5 32. d4 Bxf6 33. Nc3 Qa5 34. Qxf6 {Threatens to win with d5!} exd4 35. b4 Qc7 36. Qxd4 c5 37. bxc5 dxc5 38. Qe3 Ka8 39. Rd1 Rb8 {[#] White must now prevent ...Ne5.} 40. Nd5 $1 {[%cal Rd5c7]} Qb7 {[%csl Gb8][%cal Rb7b2]} 41. Rd2 c4 42. Qd4 Ne7 $1 {White is slightly better.} 43. Qxc4 {And now Nc7+ would win.} Nxd5 44. exd5 Rd8 45. Qb3 {Accuracy: White = 64%, Black = 62%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.27"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Black "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,78,18,12,12,13,13,19,25,25,29,25,27,29,30,27,26,18,11,2,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-28,-35,-35,-38,-58,-40,-55,-11,-305,-237,-356,-255,-465,-455,-584,-579,-946,-914,-943,-941,-925,-920]} 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. c4 c6 12. Nc3 b4 {C95: Closed Ruy Lopez: Breyer Variation with 10 d4} 13. Na4 (13. Ne2 Nxe4 14. Qc2 f5 15. c5+ d5 16. Be3 Kh8 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Bh4 19. g3 Bg5 20. Bxg5 Qxg5 {1-0 (46) Grandelius,N (2652)-Amin,B (2700) Sharjah 2018}) 13... c5 14. d5 Re8 {The position is equal.} 15. g3 Nf8 16. Kg2 h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Ng6 17. Bc2 h6 18. Rh1 Rf8 19. Nh2 Nh7 20. h4 {0-1 (54) Salomon,J (2494)-Dhulipalla,B (2328) Stockholm 2018}) 17. Bc2 N6h7 18. a3 {axb4 is the strong threat.} a5 $1 19. b3 Bd7 20. Rh1 f5 21. exf5 e4 $1 {White must now prevent ...Bf6.} 22. Nd2 Bf6 23. Ra2 Bxf5 24. Re1 {[%cal Rc2e4]} Ng5 25. h4 {[#]} Nf3 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2560] Hoping for ...Bg4. Black has the initiative.} 26. Rxe4 $1 (26. Nxf3 exf3+) 26... Bxe4 27. Nxe4 Nd4 28. Bb1 Ra7 29. Be3 Nf5 30. Bd2 Rf7 31. axb4 axb4 32. Qg4 Bd4 33. Nb2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (33. h5 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 33... Nxh4+ $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 34. Kh3 (34. Kh1 $142 Nhg6 35. Nd1) (34. gxh4 Rxe4) 34... Nhg6 {Strongly threatening ...Ne5.} 35. f4 $2 (35. Nd1) 35... Rfe7 {Black is clearly winning.} 36. Qf5 {If White can now play Nd1 this consolidates a bit.} Nh8 37. Ra6 Rxe4 38. Bxe4 g6 39. Qg4 Rxe4 {Accuracy: White = 49%, Black = 86%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.27"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Black "Bindrich, Falko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,158,10,12,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,71,75,77,87,87,67,85,78,74,95,87,72,87,135,119,83,87,38,38,38,38,38,38,38,38,38,39,38,52,52,53,54,60,38,52,30,52,52,52,59,59,60,60,52,52,52,59,59,60,60,62,61,61,62,302,283,262,168,266,277,258,239,240,225,194,0,167,154,132,131,139,131,229,179,202,199,337,337,323,291,251,179,412,425,423,412,391,346,386,412,385,348,323,323,385,323,563,560,628,742,641,584,630,568,452,293,293,282,252,252,323,323,29984,29985,29985,29986,29999]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Nf3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. Rfe1 Rc8 {D41: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 cxd5} 15. Bb3 Re8 16. d5 (16. h3 Nf6 17. Qf4 Nh5 18. Qh2 h6 19. d5 exd5 20. e5 g6 21. Nd4 Ng7 22. Nb5 {½-½ (54) Mamedyarov,S (2820)-Ding,L (2804) Batumi 2018}) 16... exd5 {The position is equal.} 17. exd5 Nc5 18. d6 Bxf3 $1 19. Rxe8+ Qxe8 20. gxf3 Qd7 21. Re1 {Strongly threatening Re7.} Re8 $146 (21... Ne6 $11 {remains equal.}) ({Predecessor:} 21... Ne6 22. f4 {½-½ (49) Jaeckel,C (2394)-Kveinys,V (2131) ICCF email 2011}) 22. Rxe8+ $16 Qxe8 23. Qg5 Kf8 (23... Nxb3 $2 24. Qe7 $18 (24. axb3 Kf8 $14)) 24. Qd5 h6 25. h4 Qe1+ 26. Kg2 {[%csl Gb3][%cal Rd5f7]} Qe8 27. Bc4 Ne6 28. Qb7 {Black must now prevent Bxe6.} Qd8 29. Bxe6 ({Much weaker is} 29. Qxa7 $6 Qxd6 30. Bxe6 fxe6 $11) 29... fxe6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} 30. Qc7 Ke8 31. Qxa7 Qxh4 32. Qxg7 Qd8 $1 33. Qh8+ Kd7 34. Qxh6 {Threatens to win with Qh7+.} Qg8+ 35. Kf1 Kxd6 36. Qe3 Kc6 37. Qe4+ Kd6 38. Ke2 Qg5 39. Qd4+ Kc7 40. Qc3+ Kb7 41. Qc4 Qf6 42. Ke3 Qa1 43. Kf4 Qf6+ 44. Kg3 Qg5+ 45. Qg4 Qf6 46. Qe4+ Ka7 47. f4 Qg7+ 48. Kh4 Qf6+ $2 (48... Qh6+ $1 $14 49. Kg4 Qg7+ 50. Kf3 Qc3+ 51. Qe3 Qc4) 49. Kh5 $1 $18 Qf7+ 50. Kg5 $1 Qg7+ (50... Ka6 $142 51. Qe5 Kb7) 51. Qg6 $1 {[%cal Rg6g7]} Qe7+ 52. Qf6 Qd7 53. Qe5 Qf7 54. Qf6 $2 (54. a4 $18) 54... Qg8+ $2 (54... Qd7 $1 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 55. Kh6 $1 Ka6 56. Qe7 $1 Qg4 57. Qa3+ $1 Kb7 (57... Kb5 $16) 58. Qg3 $1 {[%cal Rg3g4]} Qe2 {[#]} 59. a3 $1 Kc6 (59... Qc4 {keeps fighting.} 60. Kg6 Qd5) 60. Kg7 Kd7 61. Kf6 Qb2+ 62. Kf7 Qc2 $2 (62... Qa2 63. Qg2 e5+ 64. Kg7 exf4) 63. Qg5 Qh7+ 64. Kf8 Qh8+ 65. Qg8 Qh4 {[%csl Gd7][%cal Rh4e7] [#]} 66. Qg7+ $1 Kc6 67. Qc3+ Kd7 68. Qd4+ Kc7 69. Kf7 Qh3 $2 (69... Qg4 {was worth a try.} 70. Qe5+ Kb7) 70. a4 Qf5+ 71. Qf6 Qh7+ 72. Qg7 Qf5+ 73. Ke8+ Kc8 74. Qd7+ Kb8 75. Ke7 Qh7+ 76. Kd6 (76. Kxe6 Qe4+ 77. Kf6 Qxf4+ 78. Qf5 Qxa4 $14) 76... Qd3+ 77. Kc6 {[%csl Gc6][%cal Rd7b7]} ({Stronger than} 77. Kxe6 Qe4+ 78. Kf6 Qxf4+ 79. Qf5 Qxa4 $14) 77... Qc2+ $2 (77... Qa6 $18 78. Qc7+ (78. Qxe6 b5+ 79. Kd5 Qxa4 $16) 78... Ka8) 78. Kxb6 {[%csl Gb6][%cal Rd7b7]} Qxf2+ 79. Ka6 {[%cal Rd7d8]} Qc5 {Accuracy: White = 83%, Black = 57%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.27"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Can, Emre"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,27,24,25,28,30,30,45,15,28,24,32,38,37,42,47,45,35,26,45,35]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 a6 4. Bg5 (4. e3 Nf6 5. Nc3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 b5 7. Be2 Bb7 8. O-O Nbd7 9. b3 c5 10. Bb2 Be7 11. Rc1 O-O 12. Qc2 Rc8 13. Qb1 Qb6 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15. h3 h6 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 {0-1 (59) Mamedyarov,S (2817)-Carlsen,M (2835) St Petersburg 2018}) 4... Be7 5. Bxe7 Qxe7 6. Nbd2 {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3} Nf6 7. Rc1 O-O 8. g3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. e3 Rd8 9. Qc2 Nc6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. a3 Bg4 {1-0 (56) Lysyj,I (2630)-Pridorozhni,A (2589) Yaroslavl 2018}) 8... c6 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. O-O e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.27"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Lysyj, Igor"]
[Black "Pantsulaia, Levan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,148,53,46,51,53,48,42,39,29,33,79,66,69,81,66,64,93,100,89,85,104,111,108,110,207,210,202,192,225,100,100,97,101,107,91,94,103,94,93,100,100,93,113,82,52,35,101,118,93,93,175,179,183,175,188,116,185,185,185,185,185,185,204,186,199,199,253,252,254,247,244,235,227,235,234,141,208,192,192,0,219,0,198,191,175,39,62,8,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O exd5 9. exd5 Re8 10. h3 Bf5 11. Re1 {E91: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2, unusual replies including 6...c5 and 6...Bg4} (11. Bd3 Ne4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Bxe4 Rxe4 14. Qc2 Re8 15. Bf4 Qc7 16. Ng5 Nd7 17. Ne4 Ne5 18. Rae1 h6 {½-½ (44) Meier,G (2644)-Smirin,I (2644) Jerusalem 2017}) 11... Na6 12. g4 Bd7 13. Bg5 $146 {[%cal Bc1g5,Bg5h4,Bh4g3,Bg3d6][%mdl 32] White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 13. Bf1 Qb6 14. Nb5 Nb4 15. a3 Rxe1 16. Nxe1 Nbxd5 17. g5 Bxb5 18. cxb5 {1-0 (46) Cakan,C (1956)-Bochev,K (2132) Albena 2017}) 13... h6 14. Bh4 Qb6 15. Qd2 Ne4 16. Nxe4 Rxe4 17. Bd3 Ree8 18. Bg3 Nb4 19. Bf1 a5 20. a3 Na6 21. Qf4 g5 (21... Bf8 $16 {was worth a try.}) 22. Qxd6 $18 Qxd6 23. Bxd6 Bxb2 24. Ra2 (24. Rab1 $18 {is more deadly.} Bxa3 25. Rxb7 Rxe1 26. Nxe1) 24... Rxe1 $16 25. Nxe1 Bc3 26. Nd3 Bd4 27. Be5 b6 28. Bxd4 cxd4 29. Rb2 Rb8 30. Kg2 Kf8 31. Kf3 f5 32. Ne5 Ke7 (32... Nc5 $1 $14) 33. gxf5 {Threatens to win with f6+!} Nc5 34. Rd2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has strong initiative.} Rb7 (34... Kf6 $16 35. Nxd7+ Nxd7) 35. Nxd7 $18 Rxd7 36. Rxd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Kf6 {[#]} 37. h4 (37. Bd3 $1 $18) 37... Ke5 (37... Kxf5 $16 38. hxg5 hxg5) 38. Ke3 Kf6 39. hxg5+ hxg5 40. f3 Re7+ 41. Kf2 Rh7 42. Rd1 Rh2+ (42... Kxf5 $142 43. Kg3 Ke5) 43. Kg3 Rh7 44. Rb1 Nd7 45. Bd3 Rh4 46. Be4 Ke5 47. Rb5 Rf4 (47... Rh1 $16 48. Rb1 Rxb1 49. Bxb1 Kf6) 48. Rb2 Rh4 49. Rb5 Rf4 $1 50. Rb1 Rh4 51. Re1 Kd6 52. f6 (52. a4 $18) 52... Rf4 $1 $14 53. f7 ({White should try} 53. Rb1 $14) 53... Rxf7 $11 {The position is equal.} 54. Bd3 Ne5 55. Be2 Kc5 56. Rb1 Rf6 57. a4 Kd4 58. Re1 Rf4 59. d6 Rf6 60. d7 Nxd7 61. Rd1+ $1 Ke3 {Hoping for ...Nc5.} 62. Rxd7 Kxe2 {KR-KR} 63. Re7+ $1 Kd3 64. Re5 Kxc4 {...Kb3 is the strong threat.} 65. Rxg5 Kb3 66. Rg4 {[#]} b5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 67. axb5 a4 68. Re4 a3 69. Re3+ Kb4 70. f4 Rg6+ 71. Kh4 Rg1 72. b6 a2 73. b7 Rg8 74. Re1 Rb8 {Precision: White = 68%, Black = 60%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.27"]
[Round "9.8"]
[White "Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel"]
[Black "Gledura, Benjamin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,122,0,0,0,8,19,23,18,23,8,12,30,29,25,21,27,26,5,23,26,48,0,54,54,34,43,45,0,68,67,43,55,78,68,85,71,66,75,93,92,73,65,153,164,143,139,156,151,52,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,-21,-22,-24,-24,-24,-24,-35,0,-12,0,0,0,-23,-22,-27,-12,-12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8. exd5 Nb8 9. a4 Be7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O {B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations} Nd7 12. Bd2 f5 13. a5 {White has an edge.} a6 14. Na3 e4 15. Nc4 Ne5 16. Nb6 Rb8 17. f4 exf3 18. Bxf3 {[#]} Bg5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18... g5) 19. c4 Qf6 20. Ra3 (20. c5 $5) 20... Qh6 (20... f4 $11) 21. Bxg5 $14 Qxg5 22. c5 f4 $1 23. cxd6 Qf6 (23... Nxf3+ $11 24. Qxf3 Bg4) 24. Rc3 Qxd6 25. Qd4 Bf5 26. Nc4 Nxc4 27. Rxc4 Bd7 {Black wants to play ...Bb5.} 28. Qc5 Qxc5+ 29. Rxc5 b6 30. Rc7 Bb5 {[#]} (30... Rfd8 $1 $14) 31. Re1 $1 $16 Rbe8 32. Rxe8 Rxe8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#] KRB-KRB} 33. Kf2 $1 bxa5 34. Bg4 {With the idea Be6+.} (34. Bh5 $5 {[%cal Rh5e8]} Rb8 35. Kf3 $14) 34... Kf8 35. Be6 Re7 $1 {[%cal Re7c7]} 36. Rc8+ Re8 37. Rc7 Re7 $1 {[%cal Re7c7]} 38. Rc8+ Re8 39. Rc3 Ke7 40. Rc7+ Kd6 41. Rxg7 Rb8 42. Kf3 Ba4 43. Kxf4 Rxb2 44. Rxh7 Bb5 45. Rh6 a4 {[%cal Ba5a4,Ba4a3][%mdl 32] Threatens to win with ...a3.} 46. Bc8+ Kc5 47. Bxa6 {The position is equal.} a3 48. Bxb5 $11 {KRB-KR} a2 (48... Kxb5 $5 49. Rh8 $8 a2 50. Rb8+ Kc5 $11) 49. Ra6 {And now Bd3 would win.} Kxb5 {KR-KR} 50. Ra3 $1 Rb4+ 51. Ke5 Ra4 52. Rxa2 $1 Rxa2 {KR-K3P} 53. g4 Kc5 54. g5 Re2+ 55. Kf6 $1 Kd6 56. h4 Rf2+ 57. Kg7 Rf5 58. Kg6 Rxd5 59. Kf6 $1 Kd7 60. h5 $1 {[%cal Rh5h6] h6 is the strong threat.} Ke8 61. h6 {Black must now prevent h7.} Rxg5 {Accuracy: White = 80%, Black = 57%.} (61... Rd7 $5 62. g6 $8 Rd6+ 63. Kg7 Rd7+ 64. Kg8 Rd6 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.27"]
[Round "9.9"]
[White "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Black "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,54,20,26,26,32,0,0,0,0,0,0,-10,-3,-24,-24,-38,-34,-35,-33,-41,-33,-41,0,-5,0,12,13,19,35,37,43,3,14,12,6,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 d5 6. Nf3 b6 7. Rc1 a6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. O-O Bd6 11. Ne5 {E52: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4...0-0 5 Nf3 d5 6 Bd3 b6} c5 12. Be1 (12. f4 Nc6 13. Ne2 Ne7 14. Be1 Ne4 15. Ng3 cxd4 16. exd4 b5 17. Kh1 f6 18. Ng4 Qd7 {0-1 (38) Duda,J (2717)-Zhigalko,S (2641) Katowice 2017}) 12... Nc6 13. f4 cxd4 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Ne2 Bd7 16. Nxd4 Re8 17. Qb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Bh4 Rxe3 18. Kh1 Re8 {0-1 (48) Valenzuela Gomez,F (2389)-Epishin,V (2541) Gijon 2018}) 17... Qe7 18. Rf3 Bg4 19. Rg3 Bc5 20. Bd2 Qd7 {White should prevent ...Nh5.} 21. h3 Bxd4 22. exd4 Bf5 23. Qxb6 Bxd3 24. Qxf6 $1 {[%csl Gg3][%cal Rf6g7] [#]} ({Of course not} 24. Rxd3 Reb8 $11) 24... Bg6 25. Qg5 Re2 {Hoping for ...h6.The position is equal.} 26. Bc3 Rae8 27. Rf1 f6 {Accuracy: White = 54%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.27"]
[Round "9.10"]
[White "Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,18,3,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nxe5 Re8 8. Nd3 Bxc3 9. dxc3 Nxe4 {Predecessor:} 10. Qf3 $146 Qf6 11. Qf4 Qxf4 12. Bxf4 Nd6 13. Rfe1 Bf5 14. f3 f6 15. g4 Bg6 16. Kf2 Nc4 17. b3 Na3 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 {½-½ (28) Popov,I (2627)-Kamsky,G (2740) Moscow 2013} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.27"]
[Round "9.11"]
[White "Ragger, Markus"]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,37,20,20,0,0,0,0,0,33,12,26,12,32,21,21,25,42,26,34,37,45,0,0,0,0,-7,0,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. Ne4 {C07: French Tarrasch: 3...c5, 4 Ngf3 and 4 exd5 Qxd5} Be7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O a6 (9... Nd7 10. Qe2 Nc5 11. Rd1 a6 12. Nf5 exf5 13. Nxc5 Bxc5 14. Bxd5 Qb6 {1-0 (52) Kovalev,V (2664)-Gupta,A (2588) Douglas 2018}) 10. c3 Nf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... b5 11. Bd3 e5 12. Nb3 {1-0 (50) Schulz,J (2156)-Wiebe,P (2248) Germany 2011}) 11. Qf3 Nbd7 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Bb3 Qc7 14. Rd1 Nc5 15. Bc2 $1 Bd7 16. Nb3 Nxb3 {The position is equal.} 17. axb3 {Strongly threatening Qd3.} Bc6 18. Qg4 g6 19. Bg5 {Accuracy: White = 47%, Black = 47%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.27"]
[Round "9.12"]
[White "Paravyan, David"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,84,7,6,9,24,-6,-1,-9,15,12,13,3,5,-23,-20,-43,-38,-70,-57,-76,-86,-56,-58,-55,0,-89,-83,-85,-90,-145,-110,-184,-166,-166,-124,-124,-136,-125,-129,-233,-237,-231,-217,-281,-268,-281,-290,-288,-287,-264,-254,-264,-170,-170,-170,-170,-170,-244,-242,-272,-267,-278,-271,-271,-255,-432,-432,-426,-420,-405,-377,-462,-436,-574,-570]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Be2 Ngf6 6. d3 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7} e6 {LiveBook: 5 Games} (6... g6 7. c4 b6 8. Nc3 Bb7 9. Rb1 Bg7 10. b4 Rb8 11. bxc5 bxc5 12. Qa4 O-O 13. Rb3 e6 {½-½ (41) Antipov,M (2576)-Grandelius,N (2649) Gjakova 2016}) 7. a4 b6 8. Ng5 $146 {White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 8. Bf4 Be7 9. Na3 O-O 10. h3 Bb7 11. Bh2 Qc7 12. Nc4 b5 13. Ne3 Rfe8 {0-1 (41) Stushkin,I (2393)-Evtushenko,S (2546) ICCF email 2016}) 8... h6 9. Nh3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Bf3 {And now Re1 would win.} Ra7 12. Bxd5 exd5 13. Re1+ Be7 14. Qg4 Kf8 15. Nc3 Nf6 16. Qd1 Bg4 17. Qd2 Qd7 (17... Bxh3 $15 18. gxh3 Bd6) 18. d4 (18. Nf4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 18... Bxh3 19. gxh3 Qxh3 {White must now prevent ...Bd6.} 20. Qf4 (20. Qd3 $142 Qxd3 21. cxd3) 20... g5 21. Re3 (21. Qg3 $17 Qxg3+ 22. hxg3) 21... Qd7 $1 $19 ({Resist} 21... gxf4 22. Rxh3 cxd4 23. Ne2 $15) 22. Qe5 Rb7 23. Rf3 Qg4+ 24. Rg3 Qxd4 25. Qf5 (25. Qxd4 $17 cxd4 26. Ne2) 25... Rd7 26. Rd3 {[#]} Qh4 $1 27. a5 b5 28. Nxd5 Rxd5 29. Rxd5 Nxd5 30. Qxd5 Qg4+ 31. Kh1 Qd4 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black goes for the king.} 32. Qf5 Qf6 33. Qxf6 Bxf6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 34. Be3 (34. Kg2 $142) 34... Bxb2 35. Rd1 {[#]} Bd4 $1 36. Bxd4 cxd4 37. Rxd4 {KR-KR} Ke7 38. c4 $2 (38. Re4+ {was called for.} Kd6 39. Rd4+ Ke5 40. Rd3) 38... Rd8 39. Re4+ Kd6 40. cxb5 axb5 41. Rd4+ Kc7 42. Re4 Kb7 {Precision: White = 39%, Black = 92%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.27"]
[Round "9.13"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"]
[Black "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,75,30,35,35,20,21,19,19,11,50,43,35,41,44,51,118,129,120,135,129,128,138,129,143,107,202,37,118,113,164,141,402,384,365,369,344,318,466,456,360,274,499,464,759,613,735,389,367,391,359,386,363,376,377,389,603,600]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Be7 6. c3 O-O 7. Nbd2 a6 8. Ba4 b5 9. Bc2 Re8 10. Re1 Bf8 11. h3 Bb7 {C87: Closed Ruy Lopez: Steinitz-type lines after 6 Re1 d6} 12. Nf1 h6 13. Ng3 d5 {The position is equal.} 14. Qe2 (14. Nh2 dxe4 15. dxe4 Qxd1 16. Rxd1 Red8 17. Ng4 Nxg4 18. hxg4 Rxd1+ 19. Bxd1 {½-½ (48) L'Ami,E (2643)-Chigaev,M (2604) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) 14... g6 15. h4 dxe4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... h5 16. Ng5 Bg7 17. Qf3 {0-1 (44) Dutton,I (2183)-Kett,T (2210) Blackpool 2017}) 16. dxe4 Na5 {[#]} 17. h5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} c5 (17... Nxh5 $14 18. Nxh5 gxh5) 18. hxg6 $16 fxg6 19. Nh4 $1 {[%cal Rh4g6]} Kh7 {[#]} 20. f4 $1 {[%cal Bf2f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32]} c4 21. f5 Bc5+ 22. Kh1 g5 (22... Nxe4 $16 {was worth a try.} 23. fxg6+ Kh8 24. g7+ Kg8 25. Qxe4 Bxe4 26. Rxe4 Re6) 23. Nf3 $2 ({Better is} 23. Rd1 $18 Qc7 24. Nh5) 23... Qb6 (23... Qe7 $14) 24. Rf1 {[%cal Be1f1,Bf1f3,Bf3h3][%mdl 32]} Nc6 (24... Rac8 $16) 25. Nh5 Ne7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (25... Nb8 $16) 26. Nxg5+ $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} hxg5 27. Bxg5 Neg8 {[#]} 28. Rf3 $1 {[%cal Rf3h3]} Kh8 (28... Nxh5 $2 29. Rh3 $18) (28... Ng4 $142 29. Rh3 N4h6) 29. Rh3 {Threatening mate with Nxf6+.} Nh7 30. Qg4 Bf8 $2 ({Not} 30... Nxg5 31. Nf6+ Nxh3 32. Qh5+ Kg7 33. Qg6+ Kf8 34. Qxg8+ Ke7 35. Qg7+ Kd8 36. Qd7#) (30... Qc7 {might work better.} 31. Nf6 Re7) 31. Rd1 Bc8 {[#]} (31... Qc6 $142 32. Ng3 Bc8) 32. Nf4 $1 {[%mdl 576] Strongly threatening Qh5. Clearance} exf4 33. Qh5 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Rh5h7][%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qc7 34. Qxe8 Bxf5 35. Qxa8 Bxh3 36. gxh3 f3 {( -> ...Qg3)} 37. e5 Qg7 (37... Qxe5 $142 38. Qxf3 Qxg5 39. Bxh7 Qf6) 38. Bxh7 {Accuracy: White = 70%, Black = 30%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.27"]
[Round "9.14"]
[White "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,76,24,20,20,27,24,37,35,32,5,29,41,41,38,40,0,40,31,31,33,25,0,0,0,0,0,9,-2,12,-8,0,-17,-4,-36,-39,-43,-9,-7,0,-21,-9,-21,-22,-14,-26,-44,-56,-55,-62,-83,-83,-77,-88,-80,-76,-107,-105,-104,-103,-119,-113,-196,-197,-257,-262,-320,-311,-328,-330]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 {White is slightly better.} h6 (8... Bd6 9. O-O c6 10. Qc2 Qc7 11. Rfe1 O-O 12. a3 Bg4 13. Bh4 Bh5 {0-1 (35) Mamedyarov,S (2817)-Maghsoodloo,P (2688) St Petersburg 2018}) 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. Be5 Nhf6 12. Bg3 Nh5 $1 13. Qc2 c6 14. O-O-O Qa5 15. Nd2 Nxg3 16. hxg3 {[#]} O-O-O $146 17. Nb3 Qc7 18. Na4 Kb8 19. Kb1 h5 20. Rc1 Be7 21. Qd2 h4 22. gxh4 Rxh4 23. g3 Rhh8 24. Qc3 Ka7 25. Nac5 Bg4 26. Rxh8 Rxh8 27. Nxb7 Kxb7 ({Not} 27... Qxb7 $2 28. Na5 $18) 28. Na5+ Ka8 {aiming for ...Nb8.} 29. Nxc6 Nb8 {And now ...Qxc6 would win.} 30. Nxe7 Qxe7 31. Qa5 {[#]} Qd6 $1 32. e4 Rc8 33. Rxc8 Bxc8 34. e5 Qe6 35. f3 (35. a3 $17 {was worth a try.}) 35... Bb7 $19 36. Qd2 (36. a3 $142) 36... Qb6 {Black has a decisive advantage.} 37. Bc2 Nc6 38. Qxg5 Qxd4 {Accuracy: White = 37%, Black = 87%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.27"]
[Round "9.15"]
[White "Berkes, Ferenc"]
[Black "Azarov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E24"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,82,-12,-37,3,0,13,14,12,15,24,29,20,12,18,20,65,65,65,65,69,69,93,93,121,95,91,65,77,75,225,58,58,58,94,78,112,77,98,98,138,138,145,145,145,145,343,212,244,247,259,258,239,254,263,260,250,247,320,335,327,314,319,299,651,620,720,737,716,708,1597,1452,29995]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. f3 Nc6 7. e4 O-O {E24: Nimzo-Indian: Sämisch: Unusual Black 5th moves and 5...c5 sidelines} (7... d6 8. Ne2 e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. h4 h5 11. Ng3 Bd7 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. a4 O-O-O 14. a5 Rdf8 15. Bd3 Kb8 {½-½ (36) Yu,Y (2764)-Wojtaszek,R (2749) Shenzhen 2018}) 8. e5 Ne8 9. f4 b6 {The position is equal.} 10. Nf3 Ba6 11. Bd3 {Threatens to win with Bxh7+!} f5 12. d5 Na5 13. d6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Qe2 d6 14. dxe6 dxe5 15. fxe5 {½-½ (83) Harikrishna,P (2563)-Werle,J (2404) Nakhchivan 2003}) 13... g6 14. Qe2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Ng7 15. Be3 Qc8 16. O-O Qc6 17. a4 Rae8 18. h3 Qa8 19. Ra2 Bb7 20. Qe1 Ba6 (20... Nh5 $16) 21. Nd2 $2 (21. Qh4 $18) 21... Bb7 $14 22. Qf2 Bc6 23. Kh2 Qd8 24. Qe1 Rf7 25. Nf3 Rff8 {[#]} 26. Bf2 $1 Nh5 27. Bh4 Qa8 28. Qe3 h6 $2 (28... Ng7 $16 {was called for.} 29. Bg5 Qb7) 29. Raf2 Be4 {Threatening ...Bxd3.} 30. Be2 Rf7 31. Nd2 Ng7 32. g4 Kh7 33. Rg1 Rg8 34. Qg3 Bb7 35. Bf6 Qf8 36. Qh4 Rh8 37. Bf3 fxg4 $2 (37... Ba6 38. Be2 Bb7) 38. Bxb7 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Nxb7 39. Qxg4 Rxf6 {[#]} 40. Ne4 $1 {[%cal Re4f6]} ({Weaker is} 40. exf6 Qxf6 41. Nf3 Rg8 $16) 40... h5 41. Qg5 Qd8 {Accuracy: White = 67%, Black = 30%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.27"]
[Round "9.16"]
[White "Edouard, Romain"]
[Black "Huzman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,113,27,18,27,27,3,17,27,27,25,18,22,20,22,24,20,0,2,0,0,0,0,-4,-14,-6,0,0,0,0,-8,-4,0,-146,-13,-35,0,-19,-19,-286,-268,-260,-260,-256,-260,-355,-347,-285,-50,-81,0,0,0,-707,0,0,0,0,-1,-55,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. h3 O-O 9. Be2 Nc6 10. Be3 cxd4 {D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3} 11. cxd4 f5 12. Bc4+ Kh8 13. O-O fxe4 14. Ng5 {LiveBook: 6 Games} Nxd4 15. Nf7+ {[#]} Rxf7 $1 16. Bxf7 Qd6 17. Qd2 Bd7 {[#]} 18. Rad1 $146 {[%cal Re3d4]} ({Predecessor:} 18. Rab1) 18... e5 19. Rfe1 Bc6 20. Bb3 Qa3 21. Bh6 Rf8 22. Bxg7+ Kxg7 23. Qc3 a5 24. Rc1 a4 25. Bc4 Qe7 26. a3 Qf6 27. Qe3 Nf5 28. Qd2 Rd8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 29. Qe2 (29. Qb2 $11) 29... h5 (29... Qg5 $1 $17 30. Ba6 Rd2) 30. Red1 $11 Rf8 31. Bd5 {And now Bxc6 would win.} (31. Qd2 {looks sharper.} Nh4 32. Bf1 Nf5 33. Bc4) 31... Nd4 32. Rxd4 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (32. Qxe4 $1 $11 {and White stays safe.} Bxd5 33. Qxd5 Ne2+ 34. Kh1 Nxc1 35. Rxc1) 32... exd4 $19 33. Bxc6 bxc6 34. Qxe4 {intending f3.} Qxf2+ $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 35. Kh1 Qf4 36. Qxc6 Kh6 $2 (36... d3 $1 $19 {[%cal Rd3d2]} 37. Qc3+ Kh6) 37. Rd1 $15 {[#]} Qe3 (37... Qe5 $1 $17) 38. Qxa4 $11 d3 {Threatens to win with ...d2.} 39. Qb3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (39. Qb4 $11 Rd8 40. a4) 39... Rd8 $2 ({Black should try} 39... Qe2 $1 $19 40. Qb1 d2) 40. Qc3 Qe2 41. Re1 {[#]} Rc8 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 42. Qa5 ({Better is} 42. Qa1 $11 Qd2 43. Rd1) (42. Qxc8 Qxe1+) 42... Qf2 (42... Qb2 $1 $15 43. h4 Qf6 44. Qd2+ Kh7) 43. Rd1 {The position is equal.} Qe3 {...Rc1 is the strong threat.} 44. Qb4 Rd8 45. a4 {[%cal Ba3a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6,Ba6a7][%mdl 32]} d2 46. a5 Rd7 {White must now prevent ...Kh7.} 47. a6 Qe2 48. Qf4+ Kh7 49. Qa4 Re7 50. a7 Qe1+ 51. Kh2 Qe5+ 52. Kh1 Qg3 {( -> ...Re1+)} 53. Rg1 d1=Q 54. Rxd1 Re1+ 55. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 56. Kh2 Qe5+ 57. Kh1 {Precision: White = 60%, Black = 62%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.27"]
[Round "9.17"]
[White "Lupulescu, Constantin"]
[Black "Kovalenko, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,139,42,42,42,46,41,28,33,0,34,35,41,10,52,10,49,53,98,100,102,97,87,86,102,59,81,72,99,102,121,126,165,141,137,145,150,139,152,137,137,139,163,131,212,126,141,0,202,0,141,143,141,136,195,137,140,145,164,138,141,143,179,178,176,111,119,86,116,101,151,151,165,169,238,142,151,143,142,139,169,131,135,128,128,131,186,150,176,180,179,174,182,183,181,177,165,160,186,193,191,165,213,213,261,243,257,249,322,291,557,550,1064,1068,985,974,29981,29982,29976,29978,29983,29984,29984,29983,29983,29984]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. Nf3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nc6 9. Be2 Qb6 {White should prevent ...Nxe4! B38: Sicilian: Maroczy Bind with 5...Bg7 and 7...0-0} (9... Bd7 10. O-O Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. Qc2 a5 13. Rad1 Nd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Bg4 Ne5 16. c5 Nxg4 17. hxg4 Qc8 18. cxd6 Qxg4 19. dxe7 Rfe8 {1-0 (43) Cheparinov,I (2711)-Amin,B (2709) Zagreb 2018}) 10. Nb3 Qc7 11. O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Rc1 b6 12. O-O Be6 13. f4 h5 14. Nd5 Qd7 15. Bf3 Rac8 16. Nd4 Na5 17. b3 {1-0 (29) Luecke,T (1805)-Kemper,G (1971) Germany 2009}) 11... b6 {White has an edge.} 12. Nd5 Qb7 13. Qc2 Nd7 14. f4 Nc5 15. f5 Be5 16. Bh6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} f6 17. Bxf8 Kxf8 18. Rad1 Kg7 19. Bf3 Bd7 20. Ne3 Qa6 21. Nc1 Rg8 22. Qd2 Qa4 23. b3 Qa3 24. Ne2 Kh8 25. Ng4 Rg7 26. Kh1 Be8 27. Nxe5 Nxe5 28. Nd4 Bd7 29. Rb1 Ncd3 {[#]} (29... a5 $16 {might work better.} 30. Ra1 Ncd3) 30. Be2 (30. fxg6 $1 $18 Rxg6 31. Nf5 Bxf5 32. exf5) 30... Nc5 31. Bf3 (31. Qe3 $16) 31... Ncd3 $1 $18 32. Rbd1 $2 (32. fxg6 $18 {Black must now prevent Nf5.} Rxg6 33. Nf5 Bxf5 34. exf5) 32... a5 (32... Nc5 $1 $11) 33. Qe3 Nc5 34. Rfe1 Rg8 (34... Na6 $16 {was necessary.} 35. Bg4 Nc5) 35. Rd2 ({Better is} 35. fxg6 $18 Rxg6 36. Nf5) 35... Kg7 $16 36. Qc3 Na6 37. Nc2 Qc5 38. Ne3 Qc8 39. Nd5 Qd8 40. Qc2 (40. Bg4 $18) 40... Nb4 41. Qb1 Kh8 42. Bd1 gxf5 43. exf5 Qf8 44. Qe4 ({Don't take} 44. Nxb6 $6 Qh6 $14) 44... b5 (44... Nxd5 $142 45. cxd5 Rg3) 45. a3 (45. Nxb4 $18 axb4 46. cxb5) 45... Nxd5 46. cxd5 Qh6 47. Qe3 Rg5 48. Rf1 Qf8 49. Bc2 a4 50. Be4 Qg7 (50... axb3 $16 51. Qxb3 Qh6) 51. Re2 {[%cal Bd2e2,Be2e3,Be3b3][%mdl 32]} Rg3 52. Qb6 {aiming for Qd8+.} Qf8 53. Re3 Rg8 54. Qd4 axb3 55. Rxb3 Qh6 56. Qe3 Qh4 57. Kg1 Ra8 58. Qf4 Qh5 59. Rg3 Rc8 60. Rc1 Ra8 61. Kh2 Nc4 62. Rcc3 Rc8 $2 {[#]} (62... Ne5 {is a better defense.} 63. Rc7 Rc8) 63. Bd3 $18 Ne5 64. Rxc8+ Bxc8 65. Bxb5 Bd7 66. Bxd7 {White mates.} Nxd7 67. a4 {[%cal Ba3a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Nc5 68. a5 Qe8 69. Qg4 {[%csl Gg3][%cal Rg4g7]} Qf8 70. Qe2 {Accuracy: White = 64%, Black = 46%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.27"]
[Round "9.18"]
[White "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,53,19,6,7,6,23,6,14,11,27,0,0,0,16,9,9,0,6,0,22,0,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 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. c4 b4 {B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations} 12. Nc2 O-O (12... a5 13. g3 {½-½ (13) Nepomniachtchi,I (2763)-Carlsen,M (2835) St Petersburg 2018}) 13. g3 Be6 (13... a5 {feels hotter.} 14. Bg2 Bg5 15. O-O Ne7 16. Nce3 Be6) 14. Bg2 Rb8 15. Nxf6+ (15. Qd3 {seems wilder.} a5 16. O-O Bg5 17. b3 Rc8 18. f4) 15... Qxf6 {The position is equal.} 16. b3 Qe7 17. O-O a5 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32] [#]} 18. Re1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18. f4) 18... Qc7 19. Re3 a4 20. h4 Ra8 21. Kh2 Ra6 22. Bh3 Qa7 23. Rb1 axb3 24. axb3 Ra2 25. Kg2 Qd7 26. Bxe6 fxe6 27. Re2 {Accuracy: White = 38%, Black = 64%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.27"]
[Round "9.19"]
[White "Deac, Bogdan-Daniel"]
[Black "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,50,19,18,12,7,35,6,35,25,37,20,15,12,47,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 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. c3 Rb8 12. Nc2 Bg5 13. a4 bxa4 {B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations} 14. Ncb4 Nxb4 15. cxb4 (15. Nxb4 {seems wilder.} Bd7 16. Bxa6 O-O 17. O-O Qf6 18. Qh5) 15... O-O 16. Rxa4 a5 17. b5 Bd7 18. Nc3 d5 19. Nxd5 Be7 {The position is equal.} 20. Qb3 {[#]} Be6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 20... Bb4+ 21. Nxb4 axb4 {0-1 (51) Dominguez Perez,L (2755)-Grischuk,A (2789) Bilbao 2014}) 21. Nxe7+ Qxe7 22. Bc4 Bxc4 23. Rxc4 Qb7 24. O-O Qxb5 25. Qc3 Qxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.27"]
[Round "9.20"]
[White "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Black "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,46,2,27,-10,12,12,24,10,0,0,6,7,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,16,7,13,0,0,-27,-33,-30,0,0,-10,-9,-7]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Qe2 Nc6 7. Rd1 {B52: Sicilian: Moscow Variation with 3...Bd7} (7. b3 g6 8. Bb2 Bg7 9. c4 Nh5 10. Bxg7 Nxg7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Qe3 e5 13. d3 f5 14. Nd5 f4 15. Qd2 Ne6 16. b4 {½-½ (71) Anand,V (2759)-Grischuk,A (2766) Leuven 2018}) 7... Rc8 8. c3 e6 9. d4 {White has an edge.} cxd4 10. Bg5 Be7 11. cxd4 h6 12. Bh4 O-O 13. Nc3 d5 14. e5 Nh7 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 {[#]} 16. Ne1 $146 Rc4 17. Nc2 a6 18. Ne3 Rc7 19. a4 f6 20. f4 fxe5 21. fxe5 Nf5 22. Nxf5 Rxf5 23. Rf1 Rxf1+ {Accuracy: White = 51%, Black = 60%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.27"]
[Round "9.21"]
[White "Hovhannisyan, Robert"]
[Black "Sychev, Klementy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,80,8,9,11,0,22,0,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,7,-6,-8,-28,0,-3,0,-10,7,-96,-97,-102,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-84,-81,-94,-81,-85,-82,-73,-78,-73,-78,-80,-72,-83,-8,-54,0,-84,0,-39,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 (5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nc6 8. Be2 Qb6 9. Bxg4 Bxg4 10. Qxg4 Qxd4 11. O-O e6 12. Rd1 Qf6 13. Qg3 Qg6 14. Bf4 Qxg3 15. Bxg3 {0-1 (67) Guseinov,G (2664)-Artemiev,V (2709) Skopje 2018}) 5... Nc6 6. Qd3 {LiveBook: 4 Games. B50: Sicilian: 2...d6, Miscellaneous} Nf6 7. Be2 Bg4 $146 (7... Nb4 $5 {[%cal Rb4d3]} 8. Qd1 g6 $14) ({Predecessor:} 7... Nb4 8. Qd1 e6 9. Bf4 Be7 10. Qd2 O-O 11. O-O Qc7 12. Rfd1 {½-½ (31) Talpak,T (2487)-Morozov,D (2425) ICCF email 2015}) 8. O-O {The position is equal.} e6 9. Bf4 Qc7 10. Rad1 Rd8 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Be7 13. Qg3 O-O 14. Bh6 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rg3g7] [#]} (14. Be3 {with more complications.} b5 15. a3 Na5 16. Bc1 Nc4 17. Rfe1) 14... Ne8 15. Be3 b5 16. f4 Nf6 17. Bf3 Na5 18. e5 (18. Kh2 $11) 18... dxe5 $17 19. fxe5 Bc5 (19... Rxd1 $17 20. Rxd1 Nc4) 20. Bxc5 $1 $11 Qxc5+ 21. Kh2 $1 Nd7 22. Rxd7 $1 Rxd7 23. Ne4 Qc7 {[#] And now ...Kh8 would win.} 24. Nf6+ Kh8 25. Nxd7 Qxd7 26. Be4 {Hoping for Qa3.} Qc7 27. b3 Nc6 28. Bxc6 Qxc6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 29. c4 Kg8 30. Rc1 Qc5 31. b4 (31. Qe1 $11) 31... Qxb4 $17 32. c5 Qd2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is in control.} 33. Rc3 Rc8 34. c6 h6 35. Rc5 Qd4 36. Qa3 Qf4+ 37. Kh1 Qf1+ 38. Kh2 Qf4+ 39. Kh1 $1 Qf1+ 40. Kh2 Qf4+ {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 67%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.27"]
[Round "9.22"]
[White "Demidov, Mikhail"]
[Black "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D57"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,58,5,0,8,4,-1,21,12,14,22,16,-6,-7,-18,-4,-16,-3,-18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,-9,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. cxd5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 exd5 11. Qb3 Rd8 12. Be2 c5 {LiveBook: 10 Games. The position is equal. D57: Queen's Gambit Declined: Lasker Defence: Main line (9 cxd5)} 13. a4 $146 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} ({Predecessor:} 13. Ne5 Nd7 14. Nxd7 Bxd7 15. Bf3 Be6 16. O-O Rac8 17. a4 Qc7 18. a5 b6 19. h3 Rd6 20. axb6 axb6 {1-0 (56) Le,Q (2709)-Zherebukh,Y (2606) New York 2016}) 13... Nc6 14. a5 Rb8 15. Qa3 c4 16. Qxe7 Nxe7 17. Nd2 b5 18. axb6 $1 axb6 19. f3 b5 {[%cal Bb6b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 20. Kf2 Be6 21. Rhb1 Nc6 22. e4 b4 23. exd5 Bxd5 24. Nxc4 bxc3 25. Rxb8 Rxb8 26. Rc1 $1 Nxd4 27. Rxc3 Rc8 28. Bd3 Ne6 29. Rc2 Nd4 {Precision: White = 83%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.27"]
[Round "9.23"]
[White "Dragnev, Valentin"]
[Black "Rakhmanov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,65,56,54,56,56,58,44,49,47,47,46,59,53,59,47,52,34,32,33,27,18,33,13,19,17,7,0,52,52,53,53,53,53,62,62,65,59,63,58,75,75,75,62,49,56,63,66,78,55,50,55,59,55,54,44,50,9]} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 {B01: Scandinavian Defence} 7. Qxf3 c6 8. Bf4 (8. Be3 e6 9. O-O-O Bb4 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Qd5 12. Qxd5 cxd5 13. c4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 {1-0 (41) Dominguez Perez,L (2739)-Pichot,A (2552) chess.com INT 2018}) 8... e6 9. O-O-O Bb4 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Qd5 12. Qxd5 cxd5 13. c4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Nd7 $146 {[#] White must now prevent ...Rc8.} 15. Kb1 Ke7 16. Bg5+ f6 {Strongly threatening ...Rac8.} 17. Bc1 Nb6 18. Bb3 a5 (18... Rad8 $11) 19. a3 $14 a4 20. Ba2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Ba5 $1 21. d5 Nxd5 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. Rxd5 Rhd8 24. Rb5 Rd7 25. Bf4 Bd8 26. Rc1 Ra5 27. Rcc5 Rxb5 28. Rxb5 {KRB-KRB} b6 29. Rb4 Ra7 {White is slightly better.} 30. Be3 Ra6 31. Kc2 Bc7 32. Kd3 Kd7 33. Rg4 {Accuracy: White = 80%, Black = 90%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.27"]
[Round "9.24"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Repka, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,101,42,41,34,31,21,33,15,38,34,37,25,83,80,96,108,91,99,102,97,155,152,188,185,215,204,204,205,199,207,452,406,385,361,305,183,172,181,174,157,146,119,122,129,108,104,104,101,129,129,129,122,129,126,129,129,118,125,152,147,210,210,210,205,188,188,270,261,316,313,295,303,341,288,267,263,536,521,1867,1729,29956,29958,29945,12351]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1 Bg4 9. Nbd2 Nd7 10. h3 Bh5 11. Bc2 {C87: Closed Ruy Lopez: Steinitz-type lines after 6 Re1 d6} Nc5 (11... Kh8 12. g4 Bg6 13. Nf1 Nb6 14. Ng3 d5 15. Qe2 f6 16. h4 Bf7 17. h5 dxe4 18. dxe4 Bc4 {1-0 (49) Alekseenko,K (2637)-Naiditsch,A (2734) Caleta 2019}) 12. g4 Bg6 13. d4 {White is slightly better.} exd4 14. cxd4 Nd7 15. a3 h5 $146 (15... Re8 $11 {remains equal.}) ({Predecessor:} 15... Nb6 16. d5 Nb8 17. Nf1 N8d7 18. Ng3 h6 {1-0 (49) Morozov,D (2384)-Richter,W (2201) ICCF email 2014}) 16. Kg2 Nf6 {[#]} 17. d5 $1 $36 {[%cal Rd5c6][%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} Ne5 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. Nc4 hxg4 ({Better is} 19... Bd6) 20. hxg4 $16 Nd7 21. Rh1 Bg5 22. Qf3 Bxc1 23. Raxc1 {Qh3 is the strong threat.} ({Much less strong is} 23. Rhxc1 $6 Qg5 $16) 23... Qg5 24. Qh3 {[%csl Gh1][%cal Rh3h8]} f6 $2 (24... Qh6 25. Qxh6 gxh6 26. Rxh6 Kg7) 25. d6 $18 Nc5 26. dxc7 Ne6 {White must now prevent ...Nf4+.} 27. Qh4 ({Weaker is} 27. Qh8+ Kf7 $16) 27... Qxh4 28. Rxh4 {Strongly threatening Nb6.} Rfc8 29. Nb6 Rxc7 {And now ...Rd8 would win.} 30. Nxa8 Rxc2 {[%mdl 64] [#] Remove Defender, Decoy} 31. Rxc2 Bxe4+ 32. Kg3 Bxc2 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KBN} 33. Nb6 Be4 34. f3 Bc6 35. Nc8 Kf7 36. Nd6+ Ke7 37. Nf5+ Kf7 38. Rh8 Ng5 39. Rc8 Bxf3 (39... Ne6 $16 {keeps fighting.} 40. Rb8 Nf8 41. Nd6+ Ke7 42. Nc8+ Kd7) 40. Rc7+ $18 Kf8 41. Nxg7 ({But not} 41. Rxg7 $6 Bc6 $16) 41... Bc6 42. Kh4 e4 (42... a5 {might work better.} 43. Kh5 e4) 43. Nf5 Nf3+ 44. Kg3 Ne5 45. Nd4 Bd5 46. Kf4 Ke8 47. Kf5 Kd8 $2 (47... Nd7 48. Rc3 Ke7) 48. Rg7 Nd7 49. Ne6+ Bxe6+ 50. Kxe6 Ne5 51. g5 {Accuracy: White = 79%, Black = 44%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.27"]
[Round "9.25"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Maze, Sebastien"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,85,8,-12,-11,-16,0,-14,15,0,0,0,0,0,0,-12,-14,-16,37,38,47,19,33,27,42,35,33,20,29,12,23,0,24,37,34,27,51,47,49,20,19,21,23,0,0,-21,-23,-31,0,0,186,182,177,164,177,181,165,174,368,364,370,369,358,363,317,277,425,427,476,447,552,579,627,626,605,591]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. e3 Nf6 4. c4 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 c5 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} 7. cxd5 {LiveBook: 11 Games} (7. dxc5 dxc4 8. Nbd2 cxb3 9. Nxb3 Nbd7 10. Rc1 b6 11. c6 Nc5 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Bb5 Nd3+ 14. Bxd3 Rxd3 {1-0 (81) Nakamura,H (2777)-So,W (2780) chess.com INT 2018}) 7... cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nxd5 {The position is equal.} 9. Nd2 b6 10. Rc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. O-O Nf6 12. Rc1 Na6 13. a3 Nc5 14. Be2 {1-0 (27) Bachmann,A (2646)-Sumets,A (2566) Chartres 2017}) 10... Bb7 11. Be2 Nd7 12. O-O Rc8 13. Nc4 a6 14. a4 Bb4 (14... Re8 $11) 15. Bf3 $14 Qg5 16. g3 Rfd8 17. h4 Qe7 18. Qe2 Bc5 19. Rfd1 N7f6 20. Ne5 Nb4 21. Rc4 Bd5 22. Bxd5 Rxd5 23. Rdc1 a5 24. Nc2 Nxc2 25. Qxc2 Qd6 26. Nf3 Rd8 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Bxe3!} 27. Bd4 {[%cal Rd4c5]} Nd7 28. Ng5 f5 $1 29. Nh3 {Black should prevent Nf4.} Bxd4 30. exd4 {[#] Hoping for Nf4.} Rxd4 $2 (30... Nf8 $1 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 31. Rxd4 $18 Qxd4 32. Rd1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under strong pressure.} Qc5 33. Qxc5 bxc5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 34. Ng5 h6 $2 (34... g6 35. Kg2 (35. Nxe6 Re8 $16) 35... e5) 35. Nxe6 Re8 36. Nxg7 ({Weaker is} 36. Rxd7 Rxe6 37. Rd5 Rc6 $16) 36... Kxg7 37. Rxd7+ {KR-KR} Kf6 38. Ra7 Ke5 (38... Rb8 {was called for.} 39. Rxa5 Rxb3 40. Rxc5 h5 41. Rc6+ Ke5) 39. Rxa5 {White is clearly winning.} Kd4 40. Rb5 f4 41. gxf4 {[%cal Bg3f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32]} Rg8+ 42. Kh2 Rg4 43. f5 {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 47%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.27"]
[Round "9.26"]
[White "Santos Latasa, Jaime"]
[Black "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E83"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,104,34,27,24,27,34,30,58,56,52,55,55,55,53,53,49,51,47,-14,24,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-10,-1,14,-8,-11,-9,0,0,0,-9,-2,-9,-9,-9,-10,-27,-16,-11,-13,-58,0,-12,0,-5,-8,-5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Nge2 a6 8. Qd2 Na5 {E83: King's Indian: Sämisch Panno (6...Nc6): Lines without either Nge2 or Qd2} 9. Nc1 Nd7 10. Nb3 c5 {White has an edge.} 11. dxc5 Nxb3 12. axb3 Nxc5 13. Ra3 Be6 14. b4 Nd7 15. Be2 {[#]} Rc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... a5 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. cxd5 axb4 18. Qxb4 {½-½ (35) Beliavsky,A (2537)-Sutovsky,E (2659) Batumi 2018}) 16. Nd5 (16. b3 $1 $14) 16... f5 (16... Bxd5 $5 17. exd5 Re8 $11) 17. exf5 Rxf5 18. Bd3 Rf7 19. Be2 Bxd5 20. Qxd5 Bxb2 21. Rb3 Bg7 22. O-O Rc6 23. Rd1 Qc8 24. Qd2 e6 25. f4 Bf8 26. Qe1 Nf6 27. Bd4 d5 28. cxd5 Nxd5 29. g3 Bg7 30. Bxg7 Kxg7 31. Bf3 Qc7 32. Rbd3 Rd7 (32... Re7 $1 $15) 33. Kh1 {The position is equal.} Qd8 34. Bxd5 exd5 35. Qe5+ Qf6 36. Rxd5 Re7 37. Qxf6+ Kxf6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 38. Kg2 Rc4 (38... Re2+ {seems wilder.} 39. Kh3 Rb6 40. R1d4 h5 41. Rd7 Re7) 39. R1d4 Rxd4 40. Rxd4 {KR-KR} Ke6 41. Kf3 Rd7 42. Re4+ Kd6 43. g4 Rf7 44. h4 b6 45. Re8 Ra7 46. f5 gxf5 47. gxf5 a5 48. bxa5 bxa5 49. f6 a4 50. Kg4 a3 {[#] ...a2 is the strong threat.} 51. f7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxf7 52. Ra8 Ke5 {Accuracy: White = 74%, Black = 78%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.27"]
[Round "9.27"]
[White "Yuffa, Daniil"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,61,12,19,12,0,0,0,7,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-12,111,127,104,24,42,41,33,17,21,33,79,0,0,0,202,195,483,489,487,463,622,606]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Bf4 Ne4 11. Nxe4 Rxe4 12. Nd2 {A62: Modern Benoni: Fianchetto Variation without early ...Nbd7} Rxf4 13. gxf4 Bxb2 14. Rb1 {The position is equal.} Bg7 15. e4 Nd7 16. Re1 Bh6 17. e5 Bxf4 18. e6 $1 {[%cal Re6d7]} Ne5 19. Re4 Qf6 {[#]} 20. Ra4 $146 {With the idea Ne4.} (20. e7 {keeps more tension.} Bg4 21. Qa4 Bxd2 22. e8=R+ Rxe8 23. Qxe8+ Kg7 24. Rxb7 c4 25. h3) 20... Bxd2 (20... fxe6 $11 21. dxe6 Bxe6) 21. Qxd2 $16 fxe6 {[#]} 22. dxe6 (22. Rf4 $1 $16 {[%cal Rf4f6]} Qe7 23. dxe6) 22... Bxe6 $11 {next ...Nf3+ is good for Black.} 23. Qxd6 {And now Re4 would win.} Rd8 24. Qxc5 {Black must now prevent Qe3.} Qf5 25. Qc1 Nf3+ 26. Kh1 (26. Bxf3 $1 $16 Qxf3 27. Qf4 Qxf4 28. Rxf4) 26... Nd2 27. Rbb4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Threatens to win with Rd4. White is pushing.} Qxf2 $2 (27... Qe5 $1 $11) 28. Rf4 $18 Qe2 $2 {[#]} (28... Qb6 {was called for.} 29. Qe1 Bf5) 29. Rad4 $1 {[%cal Rd4d8] White is clearly winning.} Rxd4 30. Rxd4 Nc4 31. Re4 {Accuracy: White = 66%, Black = 50%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.27"]
[Round "9.28"]
[White "Buhmann, Rainer"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,122,21,35,23,26,31,37,27,34,25,31,0,0,0,40,39,31,0,0,-27,10,-1,1,-16,-24,-31,-24,-27,-27,-20,-16,-64,-71,-61,-43,-64,-54,-66,-34,-134,-55,-133,-27,-56,-27,-70,-70,-61,-38,-83,-76,-102,-110,-91,0,-80,-76,-83,-78,-244,-144,-243,-138,-226,-230,-156,-241,-223,-229,-221,-239,-218,-237,-216,-214,-216,-135,-137,-137,-129,-136,-301,-301,-310,-300,-270,-255,-284,-292,-276,-268,-295,-267,-254,-237,-591,-596,-769,-726,-993,-993,-978,-967,-1446,-1397,-5081,-4397,-29984,-29985]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3 Qc7 9. Bd2 {D12: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 e3 Bf5} Be7 10. g3 a6 11. Nxg6 {White is slightly better.} hxg6 12. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Rc1 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Nbd7 14. O-O Rc8 15. Be2 O-O 16. Rfd1 c5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 {0-1 (50) Santos Latasa,J (2549)-Mamedov,R (2709) Batumi 2018}) 12... Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7f8,Bf8e6][%mdl 32]} 13. Rc1 Rd8 14. a5 Rh5 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Be2 Nf8 17. Kf2 Ne6 18. Kg2 Rh8 19. Be1 g5 20. Bf2 g6 21. Qa4 Qd7 22. h3 Kf8 23. Na2 Bd6 24. Nb4 Kg7 25. Nd3 Qe7 26. Rc2 c5 27. b3 ({White should play} 27. dxc5 $15 Nxc5 28. Qd4) 27... Rde8 (27... cxd4 $17 28. exd4 Nh5) 28. Qa1 ({White should try} 28. dxc5 $15 Nxc5 29. Qd4) 28... Rc8 ({Better is} 28... cxd4 $17 29. exd4 Nh5) 29. Qc1 Rc7 30. Qd2 cxd4 $1 31. exd4 Nh5 32. Rxc7 Qxc7 33. Rc1 Qd7 {Hoping for ...Nef4+!} 34. Rh1 Qc7 {[%cal Rd6g3]} 35. Rc1 Qb8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is on the roll.} 36. Qe1 Re8 37. Rc2 $2 {[#]} (37. b4 $17) 37... Bxg3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 38. Bxg3 $17 Nxg3 (38... Qxg3+ $19 39. Qxg3 Nxg3 40. Kxg3 Nxd4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack, Discovered Attack}) 39. Qxg3 Qxg3+ 40. Kxg3 {Strongly threatening Bf1.} Nxd4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack, Discovered Attack} 41. Bd1 Nxc2 42. Bxc2 Re2 $1 {[%cal Re2c2]} 43. Bb1 {[#]} f5 $1 {[%cal Rf5f4] aiming for ...f4+.} 44. h4 {[#]} f4+ $1 45. Kh3 gxh4 {...g5 is the strong threat.} 46. Nxf4 Re3 47. Kxh4 Rxf3 48. Kg4 $2 (48. Nd3 $17) 48... Rxb3 $19 49. Ba2 Rb4 50. Bxd5 Kf6 51. Kf3 g5 52. Nd3 Rb5 53. Be4 Ke7 ({Resist} 53... Rxa5 54. Bxb7 Ra3 55. Ke4 $17) 54. Kg4 Kd6 ({Don't do} 54... Rxa5 55. Bxb7 Kf6 56. Bc6 $19) 55. Bf5 $2 (55. Nf2) 55... Rxa5 56. Kxg5 Ra4 57. Bc8 b5 58. Kf5 a5 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 59. Ba6 Rd4 60. Nf2 a4 61. Ne4+ {[#]} Rxe4 $1 {[%mdl 576] Promotion. Accuracy: White = 31%, Black = 58%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.27"]
[Round "9.29"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Petrov, Nikita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,80,29,31,24,35,45,30,26,36,27,30,25,31,14,22,0,54,0,33,25,31,26,38,39,90,105,147,145,129,30,38,41,35,38,38,29,37,34,49,22,15,25,50,18,32,35,30,24,21,-41,-64,-138,-158,-146,-145,-156,-143,-155,-144,-419,-422,-4786,-4810,-2264,-2258,-2258,-2179,-2157,-1871,-1552,-1234,-29994,-29995]} 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. Bd3 {White has an edge.} h6 (8... Bd6 9. O-O c6 10. Qc2 Qc7 11. Rfe1 O-O 12. a3 Bg4 13. Bh4 Bh5 {0-1 (35) Mamedyarov,S (2817)-Maghsoodloo,P (2688) St Petersburg 2018}) 9. Bf4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. Be5 Nhf6 12. Bg3 Nh5 $1 13. Be5 Nhf6 14. Qb3 g4 15. Bxf6 $1 {[%mdl 64] [#] Overworked Piece} Nxf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Qxf6) 16. Ne5 Bd6 (16... Rb8 $14) 17. Qxb7 $16 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Nd7 19. O-O (19. Bxa6 $6 O-O $11) (19. Nxd5 $16 O-O 20. Rd1) 19... O-O $11 20. Rfd1 ({Don't play} 20. Nxd5 Nc5 $15) 20... Nxe5 21. Bf1 {[%cal Rc3d5]} ({Of course not} 21. Bxa6 Qd6 $17) 21... c6 $1 22. Qb4 Qf6 23. Qd4 a5 24. Na4 h5 25. Rac1 Qg7 26. Be2 h4 27. Kh1 Rab8 {White must now prevent ...Rb4.} 28. a3 Rfe8 29. Rc5 (29. Nc5 $11) 29... Bf5 $15 30. Rxa5 ({White should try} 30. Qf4 $15 Qg6 31. h3) 30... h3 $17 31. Nc5 hxg2+ 32. Kxg2 Qh6 33. Kh1 Qh3 $40 {[%mdl 128] Strongly threatening ...g3! Black attacks with force.} 34. Ra7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (34. Bf1 $17 {might work better.} Qh4 35. b4) 34... Rxb2 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 35. Qxb2 (35. Re7 $142 Rxe7 36. Qxb2) 35... Nf3 36. Bxf3 Qxf3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 37. Kg1 Qxd1+ 38. Kg2 {[#]} Qf3+ $1 39. Kf1 g3 {( -> ...Bg4)} 40. hxg3 Bg4 {Accuracy: White = 41%, Black = 64%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.27"]
[Round "9.30"]
[White "Dreev, Aleksey"]
[Black "Arutinian, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,56,13,20,19,17,37,36,38,24,24,29,40,31,39,31,28,23,19,10,20,12,18,4,7,11,22,27,18,12,7,8,13,0,0,0,0,-18,0,0,0,0,12,7,8]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bd2 d5 6. e3 c5 7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Ne4 {E51: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4...0-0 5 Nf3 d5} 9. Rc1 cxd4 (9... Nxc3 10. Rxc3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Bd7 13. O-O Nc6 14. Nb3 Qe7 15. Be2 Rfc8 16. Qd2 Nd8 17. Nc5 Be8 18. Rfc1 Rc7 19. Ne4 Rxc3 20. Qxc3 {½-½ (49) Riazantsev,A (2671)-Inarkiev,E (2709) Doha 2016}) 10. Qxd4 {[%csl Gc3][%cal Rd4g7] [#]} Nxc3 {White is slightly better.} 11. Qxc3 dxc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nc6 12. cxd5 Qxd5 13. Bc4 Qh5 14. b4 a6 15. O-O e5 16. Bd5 {1-0 (30) Kazimova,N (2323)-Mdivani,M (1958) Novi Sad 2016}) 12. Bxc4 Nc6 13. O-O Bd7 14. Rfd1 Qe7 15. b4 a6 16. Nd2 Rfd8 17. Nb3 Be8 18. Bd3 Rac8 19. Qb2 Nb8 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Rd2 {The position is equal.} h6 22. h3 Bc6 23. Nd4 Bd5 24. Ne2 Nd7 25. Qd4 Qf6 26. Qxf6 Nxf6 27. f3 Nd7 28. Rc2 Rxc2 {Accuracy: White = 50%, Black = 53%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.27"]
[Round "9.31"]
[White "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Black "Petrosyan, Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,79,51,12,12,12,5,8,50,50,55,49,53,52,47,41,58,58,79,61,58,54,56,16,17,28,42,45,59,39,41,40,35,45,58,62,87,61,77,70,91,74,95,93,106,106,107,107,100,92,134,135,203,201,601,601,601,551,29979,29980,29996,29997]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Qc7 6. Ne2 Bg4 7. O-O {B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack} e6 (7... Nf6 8. Qe1 Qc8 9. Ng3 h5 10. f3 Bd7 11. Bf4 h4 12. Ne2 Bf5 13. Bxf5 Qxf5 14. h3 e6 {½-½ (26) Kamsky,G (2666)-Vitiugov,N (2709) Germany 2019}) 8. Qe1 Bxe2 9. Qxe2 Bd6 10. g3 h5 11. Nd2 {LiveBook: 4 Games} h4 {[%cal Rh4g3]} 12. Nf3 hxg3 13. hxg3 Nf6 14. Kg2 O-O-O 15. Bg5 Kb8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Rdg8 16. Rh1 Nd7 17. Rxh8 Rxh8 18. Rh1 Rxh1 {½-½ (18) Colombo,R (2100)-Castaldo,F (2431) Alessandria 2018}) 16. Rh1 Rde8 17. Rae1 Nd7 18. Bd2 Qd8 19. Ng5 Qe7 20. Rxh8 Rxh8 21. Rh1 Rxh1 22. Kxh1 Nd8 23. b3 {[%cal Bb2b3,Bb3b4][%mdl 32]} e5 24. dxe5 Nxe5 25. Bc2 f6 26. Nf3 Nxf3 27. Qxf3 Qf7 28. b4 Nc6 29. Bb3 Ne7 30. Qg4 g5 31. Kg2 Qg6 32. Qe6 Kc7 33. c4 {[#] Black must now prevent c5.} dxc4 34. Qxc4+ Kb8 35. Qe6 Qd3 (35... Kc7 $16 36. Bc3 f5) 36. Be3 $18 {aiming for Bc4.} Nf5 $2 (36... b5 37. Qxf6 Qe4+ 38. Qf3 Qxb4) 37. Qe8+ Kc7 38. Bxa7 {[#] Qb8+ is the strong threat.} g4 {intending ...Nh4+.} 39. Qb8+ Kc6 40. Qc8+ {Precision: White = 88%, Black = 46%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.27"]
[Round "9.32"]
[White "Stupak, Kirill"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,136,-51,-54,-49,-56,-39,-35,-36,-28,-5,-7,6,3,12,11,67,75,73,49,56,37,46,47,49,37,45,40,52,4,48,45,66,0,69,68,68,68,68,68,77,64,74,66,80,72,85,88,103,50,62,66,73,75,78,51,115,115,123,106,106,123,118,60,60,59,70,42,51,42,42,42,47,43,158,126,156,127,125,8,8,8,239,239,764,1204,1161,953,4429,4080,1814,1497,6223,4825,29952,29959,29974,29975,29975,29975,29979,29977,29977,29978,29978,29979,29980,29982,29982,29983,29983,29984,29983,29982,29982]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Bg2 a6 7. Qxc4 b5 8. Qc2 Bb7 9. O-O c5 10. Nc3 Rc8 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. a3 O-O 13. Bg5 Qb6 {Threatens to win with ...Ne4! E03: Open Catalan: 5 Qa4+ Nbd7 6 Qxc4} (13... h6 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Ne5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Bd4 17. Rad1 Qb6 18. Nf3 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Qa5 20. a4 Rxc3 21. Qd2 {0-1 (47) Fernandez Borrego,P (2341)-Strikovic,A (2542) Ourense 2014}) 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. e3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Ne5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Bd4 17. Nf3 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Qc5 19. Rfc1 Nd5 20. Qb3 Qc4 21. Qxc4 Rxc4 {0-1 (35) O'Cinneide,M (2280)-Bryson,D (2380) Newcastle on Tyne 1995}) 15... a5 {Black is slightly better.} 16. Rfd1 Rc7 17. Qe2 Ba6 18. Bf1 Ra8 19. Nxb5 Nd5 (19... Rac8 $11) 20. a4 $14 Rac8 21. Nfd4 Be7 22. Bg2 Nb4 23. Rd2 Rc5 24. Rad1 g6 25. h4 Kg7 26. Qf3 h5 27. Qe4 Bf6 28. Qf3 (28. Bh3 $14 Nd5 29. Nxe6+ (29. Bxe6 Re8 $11 {[%mdl 64] Pin}) 29... fxe6 30. Qxe6 Qxe6 31. Bxe6) 28... Rc1 (28... Be7 $1 $11) 29. Nd6 {Ne8+! is the strong threat.} Rxd1+ 30. Qxd1 Rd8 ({Don't blunder} 30... Qxd6 $2 {[#]} 31. Nf5+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} exf5 32. Rxd6 $18) 31. N4b5 Qb8 32. Bf3 Kf8 33. Ne4 Rxd2 34. Qxd2 Be7 35. Qd4 {[%cal Rd4h8]} e5 36. Qd7 (36. Qc4 $16) 36... Bc8 37. Qd2 Be6 38. Qc3 {Hoping for Nc7.} Bd7 39. Qc4 Qc8 ({Black should play} 39... Be6 $14 40. Qc3 Bf5) 40. Ned6 $16 Bxd6 41. Nxd6 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Rc4f7]} Qxc4 42. Nxc4 Bxa4 43. Nxa5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} ({Better is} 43. Nxe5 $16 Bb5 44. Bg2) 43... Bb5 $14 44. Bd1 Ke7 45. Bb3 f5 46. Bc4 Bxc4 47. Nxc4 {KN-KN} e4 48. f3 exf3 (48... Nd3 $14) 49. Kf2 Kf6 50. Kxf3 g5 51. e4 (51. Ke2 $16) 51... gxh4 $11 {Strongly threatening ...fxe4+.} 52. gxh4 {And now Ne3 would win.} Ke6 $2 (52... Nd3 $1 $11) 53. Ne3 $18 fxe4+ $2 (53... Nd3 54. Nxf5 Ke5) 54. Kxe4 Nc6 55. Nd5 Ne5 56. Nf4+ Kd6 57. b3 {[%cal Bb2b3,Bb3b4,Bb4b5,Bb5b6][%mdl 32]} Nd7 58. Kf5 Nc5 59. b4 {White mates.} Na6 60. b5 Nc5 61. Nxh5 Ne6 62. Kf6 Nc5 63. Nf4 Ne4+ 64. Kg6 Ng3 65. b6 Kc6 {[#]} 66. Nd5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Ne4 (66... Kxd5 67. b7) 67. h5 Nc5 68. h6 Kxd5 {Accuracy: White = 63%, Black = 36%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.27"]
[Round "9.33"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Rozum, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,113,32,53,47,77,6,7,11,18,16,18,16,11,15,6,14,13,0,0,8,17,17,17,17,17,17,17,16,16,17,17,8,8,16,26,24,25,31,51,50,51,44,135,116,138,143,208,198,191,206,217,208,190,206,224,118,150,145,224,190,334,349,348,347,360,353,314,398,375,349,469,531,497,444,371,42,48,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. O-O {Threatens to win with dxc5. B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} Qxb2 9. Qe1 ({Better is} 9. Nb5 $16 Rc8 10. dxc5) 9... cxd4 $11 10. Bxd4 Nxd4 ({Wrong is} 10... Qxc2 $2 11. Rc1 $18) ({Avoid the trap} 10... Bxc2 $2 11. Nb5 $18) 11. Nxd4 Bb4 12. Rb1 Bxc3 13. Rxb2 Bxe1 14. Rxe1 b6 $1 15. Rb3 Ne7 {[#]} 16. Rc3 $146 Rc8 17. Rxc8+ Nxc8 18. h4 {White wants to play g4.} h5 19. Bb5+ Kd8 20. Nxf5 exf5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 21. Rd1 Ne7 22. c4 Ng6 23. Rxd5+ Kc8 24. Bd7+ Kb8 $1 25. g3 Ne7 26. Rd3 Kc7 {Hoping for ...Rd8.} 27. e6 Ng6 (27... fxe6 $14 28. Bxe6 Rd8 29. Rxd8 Kxd8) 28. Bb5 $1 $16 ({Weaker is} 28. exf7 Ne5 $17) 28... Rd8 29. Ra3 $1 Rd1+ (29... a6 $16) 30. Kg2 $18 fxe6 31. Rxa7+ Kd8 32. Rxg7 Ne5 33. a4 $1 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} Rd2 {[#]} 34. Kf1 (34. c5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rc5b6][%mdl 512]} bxc5 35. a5) 34... Rc2 35. Rb7 Ng4 (35... Nxc4 $16 36. Ke1 Ne5) 36. Rxb6 Rxf2+ (36... e5 $142 37. Rb8+ Ke7) 37. Ke1 e5 38. a5 Ra2 39. a6 f4 40. gxf4 exf4 {next ...f3 is good for Black.} 41. c5 f3 42. Rb8+ Kc7 43. Rb7+ Kd8 {intending ...f2+.} 44. Rd7+ $2 ({White should play} 44. Kd1 $18) 44... Kc8 $14 45. Rf7 f2+ {The position is equal.} 46. Kd1 {a7 is the strong threat.} Ne3+ 47. Kc1 Rc2+ 48. Kb1 {Intending a7 and mate.} Rxc5 49. Bd3 {Black must now prevent Rf8+.} f1=Q+ (49... f1=R+ {with more complications.} 50. Bxf1 Nxf1 51. Rxf1 Kb8 52. Rf6 Rc4) 50. Bxf1 Nxf1 51. Rxf1 $11 {Strongly threatening Rf8+. KR-KR} Kb8 52. Rf4 Ra5 53. Kc2 Ka7 54. Kd3 Kxa6 55. Ke4 Kb6 56. Rf6+ Kc7 57. Kf4 {Accuracy: White = 59%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.27"]
[Round "9.34"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Halkias, Stelios"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E30"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,72,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,43,24,24,0,0,-11,0,0,-5,-6,-7,-23,0,0,0,-32,-35,-34,-34,-34,-35,-52,-35,-53,-53,-48,-47,-47,0,-7,0,-64,10,10,26,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 c5 6. d5 O-O 7. e3 exd5 8. cxd5 d6 9. Bd3 {E31: Nimzo-Indian: Leningrad Variation: 4...h6 5 Bh4 c5 6 d5 d6} Bxc3+ (9... Nbd7 10. Nge2 Ne5 11. O-O Ng6 12. Bg3 Nh5 13. a3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Qe7 15. h3 Nxg3 16. Nxg3 Ne5 17. Be2 Qh4 18. Qe1 f5 19. f4 {½-½ (55) Babula,V (2572)-Schenk,A (2499) Austria 2011}) 10. bxc3 Nbd7 11. Ne2 Ne5 12. O-O Re8 13. f3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. c4 Ng6 14. Bxg6 fxg6 15. Nc3 Qe7 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Qd3 Bf5 18. e4 Bd7 19. f3 Rac8 {½-½ (19) Peralta,F (2360)-Tempone,M (2445) Buenos Aires 1998}) 13... Bd7 14. e4 b5 15. Kh1 a5 16. a3 Rb8 17. Rb1 Qe7 18. Rb2 Rb7 19. h3 Reb8 20. Nc1 Ng6 21. Bg3 Nh5 22. Bh2 Nhf4 23. Ne2 Qf6 24. Qd2 {[%cal Re2f4]} Nxd3 25. Qxd3 b4 26. axb4 axb4 27. Rfb1 Bb5 28. Qd2 ({White should try} 28. Qe3 $1 $11) 28... Bxe2 (28... Ne5 $1 $15 29. Bxe5 Qxe5 30. cxb4 Bxe2 31. Qxe2 Rxb4 32. Rxb4 Rxb4) 29. Qxe2 $11 Nf4 30. Qc4 Nxh3 {The position is equal.} 31. e5 dxe5 32. Qxc5 {[%cal Rb2b4]} Nf4 33. Bxf4 exf4 34. Rxb4 Rxb4 35. cxb4 Re8 36. Qf2 Qc3 {Accuracy: White = 56%, Black = 72%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.27"]
[Round "9.35"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Nasuta, Grzegorz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,81,8,8,10,9,10,12,10,11,14,10,24,14,88,89,85,82,81,73,90,80,84,91,86,80,114,88,111,88,63,21,48,65,210,98,141,108,402,372,405,402,410,397,445,428,432,432,951,928,1051,1092,1260,1234,1230,1198,1189,1128,1052,0,1041,773,990,284,987,981,1260,1251,1245,1222,1151,1112,865,805]} 1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. d3 d6 6. Rb1 Bd7 {A36: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7} (6... e5 7. a3 a5 8. Nf3 Nge7 9. O-O O-O 10. Ne1 Be6 11. Nc2 d5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Ne3 Nde7 14. Bd2 Rb8 15. Na4 b6 16. b4 cxb4 17. axb4 axb4 18. Bxb4 Nxb4 19. Rxb4 b5 20. Nc5 Qd6 21. Nxe6 Qxb4 22. Nxf8 Bxf8 {½-½ (37) Berkes,F (2678)-Mekhitarian,K (2550) Khanty-Mansiysk 2010}) 7. e3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. Bd2 a6 8. a3 Rb8 9. b4 cxb4 10. axb4 b5 11. cxb5 axb5 12. Nf3 Nf6 13. O-O O-O 14. Qc2 Ng4 15. h3 Nge5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Bh6 Re8 18. Nxb5 Nxb4 19. Rxb4 Rxb5 20. Rfb1 Rxb4 21. Rxb4 Qa5 {½-½ (30) Zwardon,V (2391)-Sikorova,O (2288) Ostrava 2014}) 7... a6 8. Nge2 Rb8 {The position is equal.} 9. b3 h5 10. h3 b5 11. Bb2 b4 (11... Nh6 $11) 12. Ne4 $1 $16 Bxb2 13. Rxb2 h4 14. d4 hxg3 15. fxg3 f5 16. Ng5 e5 17. h4 $1 Qe7 18. O-O Nf6 19. dxc5 dxc5 20. Bd5 {And now Bf7+ would win.} Nd8 21. Rd2 Ng4 (21... Rb6 $14) 22. Qa1 (22. Re1 $1 $18) 22... Rh5 {[#]} ({Don't go for} 22... Nxe3 $2 23. Re1 $18) 23. Re1 $1 {Strongly threatening Nf4!} Be6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (23... Rb6 $16) 24. Nxe6 Nxe6 25. Bxe6 Qxe6 {[#]} 26. Nf4 $1 {[%cal Rf4e6][%mdl 512]} Qc6 (26... exf4 27. exf4) 27. Nxh5 gxh5 28. Rd5 Rd8 (28... Rb7 $142 29. Rxe5+ Nxe5 30. Qxe5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kd8) 29. Rxe5+ $18 Nxe5 30. Qxe5+ {[%mdl 4160] Endgame Double Attack. KQR-KQR} Kd7 31. Rd1+ Kc8 32. Qxf5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kc7 33. Qe5+ Kc8 34. Qf5+ Kc7 35. Qf7+ Kc8 36. Rxd8+ Kxd8 37. Qxh5 {White is clearly winning.} a5 38. Qg5+ Kc8 39. Qf5+ Kb7 40. h5 Qd6 41. Kg2 {Accuracy: White = 85%, Black = 41%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.27"]
[Round "9.36"]
[White "Martinovic, Sasa"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,119,23,19,32,29,27,30,28,32,9,13,15,18,8,8,8,8,10,13,5,20,18,29,17,44,33,43,41,32,4,6,5,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c5 7. dxc5 h6 ({Reject} 7... Bxc5 $6 8. O-O-O $16) 8. Bh4 {E35: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...d5 5 cxd5 exd5} O-O 9. e3 Be6 10. Nf3 {White has an edge.} Nbd7 11. Be2 Rc8 12. O-O Nxc5 13. a3 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 g5 {[#] Hoping for ...Nfe4.} 15. Bg3 Nfe4 16. Qe1 $146 Bf5 17. Qd1 Nxg3 18. hxg3 Be4 19. Nd4 Qf6 20. Rc1 Ne6 21. Qd2 Nxd4 {The position is equal.} 22. exd4 Kg7 23. g4 Rfe8 24. b4 Bg6 25. f3 Qf4 ({Wrong is} 25... Rxe2 $2 26. Qxe2 Qxd4+ 27. Qf2 $18) 26. Qxf4 gxf4 27. Kf2 b6 28. Bb5 Rxc1 $1 29. Rxc1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Re3 30. g3 Rxa3 31. gxf4 Bd3 32. Bxd3 Rxd3 {KR-KR} 33. Ra1 Rxd4 34. Ke3 Rxb4 35. Rxa7 Rb3+ 36. Ke2 Rb2+ 37. Ke3 Rb3+ 38. Ke2 Rb4 39. f5 Kf6 40. Rd7 d4 41. f4 Rb2+ 42. Kf3 Rb3+ 43. Ke4 Rg3 44. Rxd4 Rxg4 45. Rd6+ Kg7 46. Kf3 h5 47. Rxb6 Rg1 48. Rb2 Ra1 49. Rg2+ Kf6 50. Rg5 Rf1+ 51. Ke4 Rh1 52. Kf3 h4 53. Kg2 Rc1 54. Rh5 Rc3 55. Rxh4 Kxf5 56. Rh7 f6 57. Rf7 Rc4 58. Kg3 Rxf4 59. Rxf6+ Kxf6 60. Kxf4 {Accuracy: White = 65%, Black = 70%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.27"]
[Round "9.37"]
[White "Kobalia, Mikhail"]
[Black "Sivuk, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,83,24,40,22,27,21,19,17,25,18,35,14,11,14,32,32,29,7,21,5,12,22,26,0,78,78,78,81,87,69,81,76,81,77,143,129,141,109,112,97,117,115,103,105,216,123,211,211,211,211,211,211,211,190,211,211,253,258,258,258,346,337,317,310,379,378,377,369,362,362,347,343,537,453,516,436]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c4 {C66: Ruy Lopez: Steinitz Defence} g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. h3 {The position is equal.} O-O 9. Be3 Ne7 10. d4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Bxd7 Nxd7 11. d4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Re8 13. Bg5 {½-½ (51) Oleksienko,M (2640)-Salomon,J (2340) Yerevan 2014}) 10... Bxb5 11. cxb5 d5 12. dxe5 Nxe4 13. Rc1 a6 14. bxa6 Nxc3 15. Rxc3 Rxa6 16. Qb3 b6 (16... Qc8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 17. Bg5 $1 $16 h6 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Rfc1 c5 20. Qxd5 Rd8 21. Qc4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} Qa7 {[#]} (21... Ra7 $142) 22. a3 $1 Ra4 23. Qb3 Re4 24. Rd3 Qe7 {[#]} 25. Rxd8+ $1 Qxd8 26. Rd1 Qc7 (26... Qe7 $16) 27. Qb5 (27. Qd5 $18 Ra4 28. e6) 27... Bxe5 (27... Qe7 $16 {was worth a try.}) 28. Qe8+ $18 Kg7 {White must now prevent ...Bh2+!} 29. Kh1 Rd4 30. Nxd4 Bxd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQB} 31. Rd2 Qf4 32. Qe2 h5 33. g3 Qf5 34. Kg2 Qf6 35. h4 Qc6+ 36. Qf3 Qd6 37. a4 Qd7 38. b3 {[%cal Bb2b3,Bb3b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Qe6 39. Re2 Qd7 40. Qe4 Qd6 (40... Bf6 $142 41. Qa8 Qd1) 41. b4 Bc3 42. b5 {Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 50%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.27"]
[Round "9.38"]
[White "Basso, Pier Luigi"]
[Black "Onischuk, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,82,50,44,29,39,31,50,42,46,38,38,37,38,44,38,47,51,29,103,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-61,-39,-47,-35,-120,-82,-89,-78,-202,-193,-204,-201,-199,-206,-219,-123,-206,-208,-195,-162,-295,-297,-601,-601,-822,-814,-806,-798,-564,-417,-417,-410,-403,-398]} 1. d4 g6 2. e4 d6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5 Bg4 9. Bc4 Nc7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 a6 12. a4 b6 13. Qd3 {B09: Pirc Defence: Austrian Attack} Qc8 (13... Nd7 14. Bd2 Qc8 15. Rab1 Rb8 16. b4 cxb4 17. Rxb4 Nc5 18. Qe3 Qd7 19. Rfb1 Bxc3 20. Bxc3 Nxa4 21. Ba1 b5 {½-½ (42) Seyb,A (2416)-Braun,A (2605) Germany 2019}) 14. f5 Nd7 15. Qg3 {White is slightly better.} Ne8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Be5 16. Qh4 Bf6 17. Qe1 Ne8 18. Bh6 Bg7 19. Qh4 Ne5 20. fxg6 hxg6 {1-0 (66) Bastos,P (2452)-Flores Gutierrez,C (2447) ICCF email 2010}) 16. Qh4 Bf6 17. Qe1 Bd4+ 18. Kh1 Nef6 19. Qh4 Qb7 20. Bh6 Be5 (20... Rfc8 $11) 21. Rae1 ({White should play} 21. Bxf8 $16 Rxf8 22. Be2) 21... Rfb8 $11 22. fxg6 hxg6 23. Be2 b5 24. axb5 axb5 25. Rf3 (25. Nxb5 $11 c4 26. Bxc4) 25... c4 26. Rff1 Nc5 {[%cal Bd7c5,Bc5d3,Bd3b2][%mdl 32] aiming for ...b4.} 27. Bf3 (27. Bf4 $1 $15) 27... b4 $17 28. Nd1 b3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has strong initiative.} 29. cxb3 (29. Ne3 $17 {is a better defense.}) 29... Nd3 $1 $19 (29... Qxb3 30. Ne3 $15) ({Don't take} 29... Nxb3 30. Bf4 $17) 30. Re2 {[#] Ne3 would now be nice for White.} Ra1 $1 ({Weaker is} 30... Qxb3 31. Ne3 $15) 31. bxc4 Nxb2 32. Ne3 Rxf1+ 33. Nxf1 {[#]} Nd3 $1 {And now ...Qb1 would win.} ({Don't do} 33... Nxc4 34. Rc2 $17) 34. Rd2 Qb3 35. Be2 (35. Kg1 $142) 35... Nc5 36. Be3 $2 (36. Bf3) 36... Ncxe4 37. Rd1 {[#]} Ng3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 38. Nxg3 Qxe3 39. Bf3 Qf2 40. Nf5 Qxh4 41. Nxh4 Bg3 {Precision: White = 39%, Black = 84%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.27"]
[Round "9.39"]
[White "Van Foreest, Lucas"]
[Black "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,110,16,10,10,10,11,8,15,13,23,0,15,9,26,25,23,-6,-13,-12,-1,-4,0,0,0,6,6,7,12,0,0,0,16,12,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,-24,-25,-25,-20,-32,-29,-33,-29,-48,-45,-47,-35,-51,-38,-38,-9,-46,-45,-54,-24,-18,-32,-126,-119,-134,-61,-193,-181,-295,-319,-320,-313,-420,-409,-417,-412,-406,-389,-472,-360,-378,-373,-360,-339,-422,-383,-632,-682,-695,-676,-652,-593,-750,-831,-792,-760,-765,-722,-5085,-5013,-2205,-2146]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Bxd6 Qxd6 6. c4 O-O {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} (6... c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. e4 Ne7 9. Na3 O-O 10. Nc4 Qf4 11. dxc5 Qxe4+ 12. Be2 Na6 13. Rc1 Nxc5 14. Qd6 {1-0 (51) Nabaty,T (2690)-Rakhmanov,A (2655) Batumi 2018}) 7. Nc3 a6 8. c5 Qe7 {The position is equal.} 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. Nxd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. f4 Nxe5 11. fxe5 Nd7 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qh6 f6 14. Qh4 {0-1 (27) Spik,P (1984)-Baum,J (2169) Tatranska Lomnica 2017}) 10... Nxd7 11. Bd3 c6 12. O-O e5 13. f4 exf4 14. exf4 Qe3+ 15. Rf2 Re8 (15... g6 {keeps more tension.} 16. Bc2 Nf6 17. Qd3 Qxd3 18. Bxd3 Re8) 16. Qe2 Qxe2 17. Rxe2 Rxe2 18. Nxe2 Nf6 19. Ng3 g6 20. h3 Be6 21. Kf2 Ne8 22. Ke3 Ng7 23. Kd2 f6 24. Re1 Kf7 25. Kc3 h5 26. h4 a5 27. Kb3 Bg4 28. Kc3 Rb8 29. Re3 b6 30. cxb6 Rxb6 31. Re1 Rb8 32. b3 f5 33. Rf1 Ne6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 34. a3 c5 35. dxc5 Nxc5 36. Bc2 ({Only move:} 36. Rb1 $1 $15) 36... Ke6 37. Re1+ {[#]} Ne4+ (37... Kd6 $1 $17 38. Ne2 Ne6) 38. Bxe4 (38. Kb2 $15) 38... fxe4 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} ({Weaker is} 38... dxe4 39. Nf1 $15) 39. Re3 (39. Nf1 $142) 39... Rc8+ $19 40. Kd2 Rf8 41. Rc3 Rxf4 42. Ke3 Ke5 {[#] ( -> ...d4+)} 43. Rc5 {With the idea Rxd5+!} Be6 44. b4 axb4 45. axb4 Rg4 46. Ne2 Rxg2 47. b5 {If White can now play b6 this consolidates a bit.} Rh2 48. b6 $2 (48. Nf4 Bf7 49. Ne2) 48... Rh3+ {Black is clearly winning.} 49. Kd2 Rb3 50. Rc6 {Black must now prevent Rxe6+!} Bd7 51. Rxg6 Bf5 52. Kc2 Rb5 ({Not} 52... Bxg6 53. Kxb3 Kd6 54. Nd4 $17) 53. Rg5 Rxb6 54. Kc3 Rg6 55. Rxh5 Rg2 {Accuracy: White = 46%, Black = 74%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.27"]
[Round "9.40"]
[White "Baron, Tal"]
[Black "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,76,26,37,40,51,0,24,0,14,6,29,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,-12,0,-11,15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,17,5,35,10,10,8,11,22,20,18,53,6,8,0,8,0,0,0,19,0,10,0,4]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Nbd7 7. e3 h6 8. Bh4 Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Nge2 Re8 11. f3 Nf8 12. O-O Ne6 13. Rad1 b6 14. Kh1 {D36: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation: Main line (5 Bg5 c6 6 Qc2)} Bb7 15. h3 (15. Bf2 $14) 15... Rc8 $146 (15... Nh5 $5 {[%cal Re7h4]} 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 $11) ({Predecessor:} 15... a6 16. Bf5 Nh5 17. Bf2 {1-0 (38) Peng,Z (2393)-Van Beek,L (2398) Netherlands 2000}) 16. Qb1 {White has an edge.} Nh5 17. Bf2 Bh4 18. Bg1 Ng3+ 19. Nxg3 Bxg3 20. b4 Bb8 21. Ne2 Qe7 22. Rde1 Bd6 23. a3 a5 {[%cal Ra5b4]} 24. bxa5 bxa5 25. a4 Bb4 26. Rc1 c5 27. dxc5 Nxc5 28. Bb5 Bc6 29. Bxc6 Rxc6 30. Rfd1 Rd6 31. Nd4 {[#] And now Nf5 would win.} Qg5 32. Qa2 Red8 33. Nb5 R6d7 {The position is equal.} 34. Nd4 Qg6 35. Bh2 Re8 36. Bg1 Red8 37. Bh2 Re8 38. Bg1 Red8 {Precision: White = 54%, Black = 54%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.27"]
[Round "9.41"]
[White "Martirosyan, Haik M."]
[Black "Goryachkina, Aleksandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,83,12,27,21,10,12,5,13,24,29,16,0,-20,-15,-45,-34,-45,-24,-81,-53,-62,0,-6,0,0,197,177,181,182,278,156,150,167,166,155,162,170,162,156,202,190,266,261,204,182,187,183,205,173,244,232,503,501,504,500,835,384,589,590,485,410,423,382,618,530,755,712]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. h3 Bh5 7. O-O e5 8. e4 dxe4 9. dxe4 Be7 10. Qe1 O-O {A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems} 11. Nc4 Qc7 12. Nh4 Rfe8 {The position is equal.} 13. a4 Bf8 14. Bd2 Nc5 15. Bc3 (15. Ba5 b6 16. Bc3 Nfd7 17. f4 f6 18. fxe5 fxe5 {1-0 (48) Nakamura,H (2793)-Pelletier,Y (2541) Zuerich 2017}) 15... Nfd7 16. f4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Bf3 Bxf3 17. Nxf3 {½-½ (58) Javakhadze,Z (2453)-Sevian,S (2580) Philadelphia 2016}) 16... exf4 17. gxf4 f6 18. b4 (18. e5 $11) 18... Bf7 {And now ...Nxe4 would win.} 19. Nd2 Na6 (19... Ne6 $1 $15 20. e5 c5) 20. Rb1 $11 Qb6+ 21. Kh1 Bxb4 $2 ({Inferior is} 21... Nxb4 22. Bxb4 Bxb4 23. c3 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) (21... c5 $1 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 22. Bxb4 Nxb4 23. Qg3 (23. c3 Nd3 $11) 23... Nf8 {[#]} (23... Qc5 {is a better defense.}) 24. Nf5 (24. c3 Qd8 $16) (24. e5 $1 $18) 24... Ng6 $16 25. Nd6 Re7 {[#]} 26. e5 $1 {[%mdl 512] Strongly threatening N2e4.} Ba2 {[%cal Rf6e5]} (26... fxe5 27. f5) 27. Rb2 fxe5 28. fxe5 Bd5 29. c3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under strong pressure.} Bxg2+ (29... a5 $142 30. cxb4 Qd4 31. Bxd5+ Qxd5+ 32. N2e4 Qxe5) 30. Qxg2 $18 Qe3 31. cxb4 Qxe5 32. N2c4 Qe6 33. Rff2 Qe1+ (33... Qd5 $142 34. Kh2 Qxg2+ 35. Kxg2 b6) 34. Kh2 Rd8 $2 (34... Rf8 35. Rxf8+ Kxf8) 35. b5 Qe6 36. Rbe2 Qd7 (36... Qd5 $142 37. Qxd5+ cxd5 38. Rxe7 Nxe7 39. Nxb7 Rb8) 37. bxc6 (37. Rxe7 $142 Qxe7 38. Rf7) 37... bxc6 (37... Qxc6 $142 38. Rxe7 Qxg2+ 39. Rxg2 Nxe7 40. Nxb7 Rd4) 38. Rxe7 Qxe7 39. Qxc6 {aiming for Qd5+.} Qe6 40. Qc7 Rf8 $2 (40... Qe7 41. Qc6 Qe6) 41. Qxa7 Rxf2+ 42. Qxf2 {Accuracy: White = 63%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.27"]
[Round "9.42"]
[White "Fakhrutdinov, Timur"]
[Black "Pashikian, Arman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,69,-22,-23,-28,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,3,14,16,79,29,60,54,55,68,170,159,154,154,404,403,387,382,1927,1818,1745,1656,5087,5072,3024,1960,6487,6227,29982,29983,29983,29984,29984,29985]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Ba6 9. b3 g6 10. Ba3 {C45: Scotch Game} d6 (10... Nb4 {is more complex.} 11. Bb2 Bg7 12. a3 Nd5 13. Nd2 O-O) 11. exd6 Qxe2+ 12. Bxe2 {The position is equal.} Bg7 {White must now prevent ...Nf4.} 13. cxd5 Bxe2 14. Kxe2 ({Not} 14. dxc6 $2 Bb5 $19) 14... Bxa1 15. Rc1 O-O-O 16. f4 c5 17. Bxc5 Kb7 {[#]} 18. Nd2 $146 cxd6 19. Be3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Bf6 20. Nc4 Ka6 (20... Rhe8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 21. a4 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Rd7 22. b4 $1 Bd8 23. Nd2 Bb6 {[#]} (23... Kb7 $14) 24. Rc6 $1 $18 {And now a5 would win.} Re8 25. Nc4 Rde7 $2 (25... Kb7 $16 {is a better defense.}) 26. Kd2 Rxe3 27. Nxe3 {Nc4 is the strong threat.} Rxe3 $2 {[#]} (27... Kb7) 28. Rxb6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxb6 29. Kxe3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KP-KP} a5 30. Kd4 axb4 31. Kc4 Ka5 32. Kb3 f5 {[#]} 33. h3 $1 {[%cal Bh2h3,Bh3h4][%mdl 32] White mates.} h6 34. h4 h5 35. g3 {Precision: White = 88%, Black = 24%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.27"]
[Round "9.43"]
[White "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Black "Godena, Michele"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2449"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,75,10,11,13,39,19,22,12,16,14,40,15,18,25,21,18,21,22,28,25,29,23,29,17,38,44,51,48,74,12,60,29,16,37,66,-56,-109,-254,77,65,77,16,240,258,309,337,1045,1047,1025,1018,945,697,823,-251,848,782,828,834,890,873,1478,1463,1323,1254,2356,2155]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. h3 d6 6. c3 h6 7. Nbd2 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} Ne7 (7... O-O 8. Bb3 Qe7 9. Nf1 Be6 10. Bc2 d5 11. Qe2 Rad8 12. g4 b5 13. g5 hxg5 14. Nxg5 dxe4 15. dxe4 {½-½ (69) Wei,Y (2734)-Fang,Y (2499) Tianjin 2018}) 8. Nf1 Ng6 9. Ng3 {The position is equal.} O-O 10. O-O Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Bb6 11. Re1 Be6 12. Bb3 Qd7 13. d4 Bxb3 14. Qxb3 Rfe8 {0-1 (42) Lakos,N (2316)-Rapport,R (2440) Hungary 2009}) 11. Re1 Bb6 12. Bb3 Be6 13. a4 {Threatens to win with a5.} a5 14. d4 Bxb3 15. Qxb3 d5 16. exd5 {[%cal Rd4e5]} exd4 {White must now prevent ...Rxe1+.} 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. c4 Nd7 19. Bd2 Nc5 20. Qc2 d3 21. Qc3 $1 f6 22. Re1 Qxa4 23. Bxh6 (23. Nh5 $1 $14 Kh7 24. h4) 23... Qc2 $1 $15 {[%cal Rc2c3]} 24. Qd4 (24. Bd2 $17) 24... gxh6 $2 (24... Nd7 $19 25. Qg4 Bxf2+ 26. Kh2 d2) 25. Qg4 $1 $16 {[%cal Rg4g6]} d2 $1 {[%cal Rd2e1] [#]} 26. Nxd2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} h5 $2 (26... Qxd2 $2 27. Qxg6+ Kf8 28. Re7 $3 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) (26... Kh8 $1 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 27. Nf5 Qxd2 28. Qxg6 Qg5 29. Re8+ Rxe8 30. Qxe8+ Qg8) 27. Nxh5 $40 {[%mdl 128] Strongly threatening Ne4. White is out for blood.} Kf7 {[#]} 28. Re6 $1 {[%cal Re6f6][%mdl 512]} Qxd2 $2 (28... Qxb2 29. Rxf6+ Qxf6 30. Nxf6 Kxf6) (28... Nxe6 29. Qxe6+) 29. Rxf6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Ke7 30. Qxg6 {Threatening mate with Qg7+.} Re8 31. Kh2 Qxb2 32. Qg7+ Kd8 {[#] ...Qe5+ is the strong threat.} 33. Rd6+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Discovered Attack. White is clearly winning.} cxd6 34. Qxb2 Kc7 35. Ng7 Ra8 36. Ne6+ Nxe6 37. dxe6 a4 38. Qg7+ {Accuracy: White = 71%, Black = 51%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.27"]
[Round "9.44"]
[White "Erdos, Viktor"]
[Black "Zajic, Milan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E07"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,59,14,11,7,18,33,-13,-8,-13,-15,-28,-26,-27,-21,-33,-7,-14,-10,-17,12,-14,-6,-9,18,12,0,0,0,-7,0,0,12,12,12,12,12,0,148,13,11,0,383,388]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. Qd3 c6 8. O-O b6 9. e4 Ba6 10. b3 dxe4 {E07: Closed Catalan: Main Line (5 Nf3 0-0 6 0-0 Nbd7)} (10... Rc8 11. Rd1 h6 12. e5 Nh7 13. Qc2 Qc7 14. Ne2 Rfd8 15. Nf4 Ng5 16. Nxg5 Bxg5 17. h4 Be7 18. Bb2 Nf8 19. Rac1 {1-0 (68) Anand,V (2770)-Anton Guijarro,D (2627) Leon 2016}) 11. Nxe4 b5 12. c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Bf4 bxc4 14. bxc4 Nb6 15. Rac1 c5 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Rc8 18. Qa3 Bxc4 19. dxc5 Bxf1 20. Bxf1 {0-1 (37) Orlov,G (2512)-Ivkov,B (2450) Vancouver 2000}) 12... Nxc5 $1 {The position is equal.} 13. Nxc5 Bxc5 {[%mdl 64] [#] Pin} 14. Qc2 Bb6 15. Rd1 Bb7 16. a4 h6 17. Ba3 Re8 18. Bc5 bxa4 19. bxa4 {[%cal Bb3a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Qc7 20. Ne5 Rab8 21. a5 Bxc5 22. Qxc5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Ba8 $1 23. Rab1 Rxb1 24. Rxb1 Nd7 25. Nxd7 Qxd7 26. h4 Qc7 27. Be4 Qc8 (27... g6 $11) 28. Rb2 (28. Qxa7 $16 {Strongly threatening a6.} c5 29. Bxa8 Qxa8 30. Qxc5) 28... Qc7 29. Kh2 Rf8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (29... Rd8 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 30. Bh7+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 42%, Black = 33%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.27"]
[Round "9.45"]
[White "Zwardon, Vojtech"]
[Black "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "18"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,18,9,16,6,0,13,4,13,30,33,34]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. e3 {A20: English Opening: 1...e5} O-O 7. d4 Bb6 8. Nc3 a5 9. dxe5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. b3 Bg4 10. h3 exd4 11. Na4 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 dxe3 13. Nxb6 exf2+ 14. Rxf2 cxb6 {½-½ (44) Dominguez Perez,L (2755)-Zhigalko,S (2677) Bilbao 2014}) 9... Nxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.27"]
[Round "9.46"]
[White "Moussard, Jules"]
[Black "Murzin, Volodar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2337"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,103,11,22,20,24,22,18,25,25,27,31,22,27,20,23,18,18,6,24,18,41,41,43,41,44,42,47,37,41,43,54,0,0,0,0,-10,0,-6,0,0,6,7,6,0,152,169,152,162,177,178,172,157,174,174,155,159,189,189,260,260,240,147,359,365,358,336,322,426,426,426,426,426,426,426,407,389,845,560,476,440,879,797,29977,29978,29978,29979,29994,29992,29992,29989,29989,29990]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. d4 {B11: Caro-Kann: Two Knights Variation} dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 (9... Be7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. c3 a5 12. Bf4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Nf6 14. Qc2 Nd5 15. Bd2 b5 {0-1 (42) Howell,D (2676)-Laznicka,V (2647) Riadh 2017}) 10. Qxe4 {The position is equal.} Nf6 11. Qd3 Be7 12. c3 O-O 13. a4 a5 14. Qf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Qg3) 14... Nd5 15. Bd3 Bf6 16. g3 g6 17. h4 Kg7 18. Kg2 h5 19. Re1 Rh8 20. Re2 Qd7 21. Bd2 b5 22. axb5 (22. Be4 $14) 22... cxb5 $11 23. Re4 a4 24. Qe2 Rab8 25. Bg5 Bxg5 26. hxg5 Rhe8 27. Qf3 Rec8 28. Re5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} a3 $2 (28... Kg8 $11) 29. Rxa3 $16 b4 {[#]} 30. Rb3 $1 bxc3 31. Rxb8 {[%mdl 64] Overworked Piece} Rxb8 32. bxc3 Ne7 33. Rc5 Kg8 34. Qf4 Rd8 35. Be4 Qe8 (35... Nf5 {was called for.} 36. Rc7 Qd6 37. Qxd6 Nxd6) 36. Qe5 $18 Qf8 37. Qf6 Qe8 $2 (37... Nd5 $16 {was necessary.} 38. Qf3 Qd6) 38. c4 Qd7 39. Re5 Nc6 40. Bxc6 Qxc6+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 41. d5 $1 Qa8 {[#]} 42. Kh2 $1 exd5 43. Re7 Rf8 44. c5 {[%cal Bc4c5,Bc5c6][%mdl 32]} d4 $2 (44... h4 45. c6 (45. gxh4 Qa4 $16) 45... Qa6) 45. c6 d3 46. Rd7 h4 (46... Qa4 $142 47. Rxd3 Qb5) 47. gxh4 Qa6 {[#]} 48. h5 $1 {[%mdl 512] White mates.} Qc4 (48... gxh5 49. g6) 49. Rd4 d2 50. Rxc4 d1=Q 51. c7 Qxh5+ 52. Kg2 {Accuracy: White = 75%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.27"]
[Round "9.47"]
[White "Golubka, Petro"]
[Black "Huschenbeth, Niclas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C73"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,148,23,48,25,36,33,35,33,29,24,32,43,43,25,64,74,72,70,71,64,83,35,35,47,43,18,36,27,22,4,0,-6,-17,-20,-22,-15,-13,-17,-12,-19,-12,-20,-6,-15,-5,-17,0,0,0,-12,-12,-10,-12,-63,-57,-109,-98,-116,-77,-93,-90,-77,-72,-93,-83,-85,-88,-98,-79,-110,-102,-122,-120,-118,-115,-119,-69,-84,-58,-60,-61,-58,-55,-75,-81,-88,-86,-104,-65,-74,-48,-69,-70,-85,-46,-54,-46,-55,-8,-52,-8,-18,0,-35,-35,-33,-34,-55,-55,-55,-55,-118,-122,-126,-111,-117,-131,-410,-417,-387,-348,-382,-348,-327,-334,-548,-460,-533,0,-456,-456,-10160,0,-16,0,-6283,-6070]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. d4 f6 7. Nc3 g6 8. h4 {C73: Ruy Lopez: Deferred Steinitz: 5 Bxc6+} (8. Qe2 Bg7 9. Be3 Ne7 10. O-O-O h6 11. Nd2 Be6 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 O-O 14. Nf3 Qd7 15. Rhe1 Rfe8 {½-½ (27) Perunovic,M (2603)-Demchenko,A (2629) Sarajevo 2017}) 8... Bg4 9. Be3 Bg7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Nh6 10. Qd2 Nf7 11. O-O-O Bg7 12. Rdg1 Qb8 13. d5 c5 14. h5 g5 15. Ne1 Qb7 {½-½ (57) Lenchiner,I-Sakharov,Y Kiev 1961}) 10. Qd2 {White is slightly better.} Ne7 11. dxe5 fxe5 12. Nh2 Be6 {[#]} 13. h5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} h6 (13... gxh5 14. Nf3) 14. hxg6 Nxg6 15. Nf3 Qf6 16. O-O-O Nf4 17. Bxf4 Qxf4 18. Qxf4 exf4 19. Nd4 Kd7 20. Nce2 Raf8 21. Rh4 Bf6 22. Rhh1 Bc4 23. b3 Bxe2 24. Nxe2 f3 25. gxf3 Bg5+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 26. f4 $1 {[%cal Rf4g5]} Bxf4+ 27. Kb1 Be5 28. Rdf1 Rf3 29. Ng1 Rf6 (29... Rf4 {is more complex.} 30. f3 Rhf8 31. Rd1 R4f6 32. Rf1 Rg8) 30. Ne2 Rf3 31. Ng1 Rf4 32. f3 Rhf8 33. Rxh6 {[#]} (33. Rd1 $11) 33... Rxe4 $1 $15 {[%mdl 576] Pin} 34. Rd1 ({White should try} 34. Rg6 $15) (34. fxe4 Rxf1#) 34... Re3 $17 35. Rh4 Bc3 36. Rh7+ Kc8 37. Rh2 Rfe8 38. Rh1 Be5 39. Rf1 Rf8 40. Rh4 Bc3 41. Rh1 a5 42. Rd1 {[#]} a4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 43. Rh4 (43. bxa4 Rf4) 43... axb3 44. cxb3 d5 45. Kc2 Bf6 46. Rf4 Re6 47. Rd2 $1 Rfe8 {Threatens to win with ...Bg5.} 48. Nh3 Rh8 49. Ng1 Bg5 {[%mdl 64] Skewer} 50. Ra4 Kd7 51. Rg2 Bf6 52. Ne2 Re3 53. f4 Rhe8 54. Kd2 Rf3 55. Rh2 Rf1 56. Kc2 Re1 57. Nc1 Kd6 58. Rh6 R8e6 59. Rh2 c5 60. Ra6+ c6 61. Nd3 R1e4 62. f5 (62. Rh7 $15) 62... Re2+ 63. Rxe2 Rxe2+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 64. Kd1 Rh2 {Strongly threatening ...Bg5.} 65. a4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (65. Ra8 $17 {was necessary.}) 65... Bg5 $19 66. Ne1 Rd2+ 67. Kc1 Rf2+ 68. Kd1 d4 (68... Rxf5 $2 69. Ra7 $19) 69. f6 $2 (69. Ra8 d3 {[%mdl 64] Decoy} 70. Nxd3 Rd2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 71. Kc1 Rxd3+ 72. Kc2 Rd2+ 73. Kb1) 69... Rd2+ 70. Kc1 Rf2+ 71. Kd1 d3 72. f7 (72. Nxd3 $142 Rd2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 73. Ke1 Rxd3 74. f7) 72... Rd2+ $2 ({Black should play} 72... d2 $19 {And now ...Rf1 would win.} 73. Ra8 Rxf7) 73. Kc1 $11 Rf2+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (73... Ke7 $11 74. Nf3 Rc2+ 75. Kb1 Bf6 76. Rxc6 Kxf7) 74. Kd1 $19 d2 {Accuracy: White = 48%, Black = 70%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.27"]
[Round "9.48"]
[White "Parligras, Mircea-Emilian"]
[Black "Pultinevicius, Paulius"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,74,20,43,32,41,22,35,31,39,7,33,25,33,34,26,20,27,27,31,17,41,43,42,18,19,-76,-58,-115,-95,-269,-256,-407,-399,-400,-398,-1090,-450,-465,-460,-438,-418,-587,-572,-630,-628,-683,-666,-746,-717,-831,-833,-1075,-1065,-1176,-1159,-1326,-1306,-1638,-1541,-1624,-1574,-1512,-1511,-1471,-1420,-1341,-1326]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Nxc3 6. bxc3 {A16: English Opening: 1...Nf6 with ...d5} Bg7 7. h5 c5 8. e3 {White is slightly better.} Nc6 9. Be2 Bf5 10. Qb3 O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... b6 11. Ng5 e6 12. f4 h6 13. Qa4 Rc8 14. Ne4 g5 15. Bb5 Qd5 16. Nf2 Qd6 17. Ne4 Qd5 18. Nf2 Qd6 19. Ne4 {½-½ (19) Aronian,L (2809)-Svidler,P (2749) Saint Louis 2017}) 11. hxg6 Bxg6 12. Ba3 b6 13. d4 Rc8 14. Rd1 cxd4 15. cxd4 ({Much worse is} 15. exd4 Na5 $11) 15... Na5 16. Qb4 Qd5 17. Bd3 (17. Qxe7 Qxa2 18. Bb5 Bc2 $17) (17. O-O $1 $11) 17... Qxa2 18. Bxg6 (18. Rd2 $15 Qd5 19. Qb5 (19. Qxe7 Rfe8 $15) 19... Qxb5 20. Bxb5) 18... hxg6 $17 19. Qxe7 $2 (19. Rd2 $17 Nc6 20. Rxa2 Nxb4 21. Bxb4 Rc1+ 22. Ke2 Rxh1 23. Rxa7) 19... Rfe8 $19 20. Qb4 (20. Qxa7 {was forced.} Qxa3 21. O-O) 20... Bf8 21. Qb5 {[#] Black must now prevent Bxf8.} Qxa3 22. Qg5 $2 (22. O-O) 22... Rc1 (22... Bb4+ $142 23. Ke2 Rc2+ 24. Nd2 Bxd2) 23. O-O Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Qe7 25. Qf4 (25. Qd5 {might work better.}) 25... Nc4 {Black is clearly winning.} 26. d5 b5 27. Nd4 Qd7 28. e4 Bg7 29. Nf3 a5 30. Qh4 a4 31. Ng5 a3 32. f4 a2 33. e5 Qa7+ 34. Kh2 a1=Q 35. Rxa1 Qxa1 36. e6 Nd6 37. Qh7+ Kf8 {Accuracy: White = 23%, Black = 77%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.27"]
[Round "9.49"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Ivic, Velimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,66,17,9,15,12,18,16,14,11,17,24,34,37,0,-129,-159,-220,-212,-211,-198,-197,-203,-213,-196,-195,-54,-45,-41,-78,-35,-52,-51,-130,-122,-133,-128,-137,-126,-139,-143,-165,-172,-263,-248,-263,-239,-241,-237,-1121,-1091,-29986,-29973,-29973,-29974,-5310,-941]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} 8. f4 g6 (8... exf4 9. Bxf4 Nc6 10. Qe2 Be7 11. O-O-O Qc7 12. g4 O-O 13. g5 Nd7 14. Qe3 Rac8 15. Kb1 {1-0 (60) Van Foreest,J (2612)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2763) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) 9. Be2 Nbd7 {The position is equal.} 10. g4 exf4 11. g5 $1 {[%cal Rg5f6]} Nh5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Ng8 12. Bxf4 h6 13. Qd4 hxg5 14. Bd2 Rxh3 15. Rxh3 Bxh3 16. O-O-O Qf6 17. Qg1 Be6 18. Nd4 {½-½ (18) Tiemann,C (2403)-Ibragimov,V (2431) GER email 2017}) 12. Bxh5 {And now Bg4 would win.} Qxg5 {aiming for ...Qg3+.} 13. Bf3 (13. Bg4 $11 Qh4+ 14. Kd2) 13... Qg3+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 14. Kd2 Ne5 15. Rf1 Bxh3 16. Nd4 Bxf1 17. Qxf1 Bg7 18. Nce2 Qh4 ({Black should play} 18... Nxf3+ $19 19. Qxf3 Qxf3 20. Nxf3 O-O) 19. c3 $1 $15 O-O 20. Kc2 b5 21. Bxf4 b4 $1 22. Qg2 (22. Bxe5 $1 $15 Bxe5 23. Qh1) 22... Nxf3 $17 23. Qxf3 bxc3 24. bxc3 Qe7 25. Rg1 {With the idea Nf5.} Rfe8 26. Kd3 Rac8 27. Rg5 (27. Rc1 {was called for.}) 27... Qb7 $19 ({Resist} 27... Qc7 28. Kc2 $19) 28. Rg1 Qb2 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Bxd4.} 29. Bxd6 Qxa2 30. Qf4 $2 (30. Rc1 Qc4+ 31. Kd2) 30... Bxd4 31. cxd4 Qb3+ 32. Kd2 Rc2+ 33. Ke1 Qb1+ {Accuracy: White = 51%, Black = 62%.} (33... Qd3 $142 34. Rg2 Rxe4 35. Qxe4 Qxe4) 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.27"]
[Round "9.50"]
[White "Blagojevic, Dragisa"]
[Black "Indjic, Aleksandar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,131,34,37,20,9,14,0,9,27,27,35,25,22,21,46,41,61,77,62,65,80,70,72,69,75,77,81,80,75,75,78,72,75,72,72,71,78,68,75,72,93,93,93,97,106,112,119,85,112,100,135,74,91,93,102,87,97,50,50,39,75,81,74,75,96,89,97,80,62,73,158,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 b5 6. cxb5 Bxb5 7. Bg2 d5 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Ba3 {E15: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 sidelines, 4 g3 Ba6 and 4 g3 Bb7 early deviations} (9. Nc3 Ba6 10. Ne5 Bd6 11. Bf4 O-O 12. Rc1 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Nh5 14. Na4 Nxf4 15. gxf4 Bb5 16. Nc5 Nxc5 17. Rxc5 {½-½ (43) Aronian,L (2807)-Carlsen,M (2823) Moscow 2011}) 9... Bxa3 10. Nxa3 Ba6 11. Rc1 Qe7 12. Nb1 Rc8 13. Rc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Rc2 Qb4 14. Qe1 Qxe1 15. Rxe1 Ke7 16. Rec1 c6 {½-½ (26) Wells,P (2495)-Dautov,R (2590) Bad Woerishofen 1997}) 13... Bb7 14. Rc2 O-O 15. Qc1 Qb4 16. Qa3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is on the roll.} Qb6 17. Rfc1 Ne4 18. Nc3 Nxc3 19. Rxc3 Rfe8 20. e3 a5 21. Ne1 c6 22. Nd3 Ra8 23. R3c2 h6 24. Qd6 Qd8 25. Bf1 Ra7 26. Be2 Qb8 27. Qa3 ({Don't play} 27. Qxd7 $6 Ba8 $11) 27... e5 28. dxe5 Nxe5 29. Nxe5 Qxe5 30. Rc5 Qf6 31. Bf1 d4 32. exd4 ({Reject} 32. Rxa5 $6 Rxa5 33. Qxa5 c5 $11) 32... Qxd4 33. R5c4 (33. Rxa5 $142 Rxa5 34. Qxa5) 33... Qd2 34. Qc5 Raa8 35. R4c2 Qb4 36. Qxb4 axb4 37. Bg2 Re5 38. Rc4 Rxa2 39. Rxb4 Ba6 40. Ra4 Rxa4 41. bxa4 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} c5 42. Bf1 Re6 ({Better is} 42... Bxf1 43. Kxf1 Kf8) 43. Bb5 $2 (43. a5 $16) 43... Bxb5 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} 44. axb5 {KR-KR} Re5 $1 45. b6 {[%cal Bb5b6,Bb6b7][%mdl 32]} Re6 $1 46. Rb1 Re8 47. Kf1 Kf8 $1 48. b7 Rb8 49. Ke2 Ke7 50. Kd3 {[#] And now Kc4 would win.} Kd6 51. Kc4 Kc6 $1 52. h4 (52. g4 {is more complex.} f6 53. Rb5 Rxb7 54. Rxb7 Kxb7 55. Kxc5 Kc7 56. Kd5) 52... Rxb7 53. Rxb7 Kxb7 54. Kxc5 {K3P-K3P} Kc7 55. h5 Kd7 56. Kd5 Ke7 57. Ke5 Kd7 58. g4 Ke7 59. Kf5 Kf8 60. f4 Ke7 61. g5 hxg5 $1 62. Kxg5 Kf8 63. h6 g6 64. Kf6 {[#] Intending h7 and mate.} Kg8 65. Ke7 Kh7 {...f5 is the strong threat.} 66. Kxf7 {Accuracy: White = 64%, Black = 70%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.28"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,105,27,-3,30,29,37,14,12,20,8,17,8,10,12,14,15,13,27,27,28,29,33,30,17,20,24,18,33,11,60,61,161,168,177,186,170,170,180,164,233,222,355,356,346,341,316,311,300,283,325,323,395,393,6070,5386,29965,29965,29965,29967,5020,1445,1466,1194,2241,2153,29968,29958,29962,29965,29968,29970,29969,29971,29970,29972,29972,29973,29973,29973,29980,29981,29980,29975,29973,29966,29982,29983,29982,29983]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 d5 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Na3 c3 8. bxc3 c5 9. Re1 Nc6 10. e4 cxd4 {D77: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0: Replies other than 6...c6} 11. cxd4 Bg4 12. Bb2 Nd7 {The position is equal.} 13. Rb1 {[%cal Ba1b1,Bb1b2,Bb2c2][%mdl 32]} Nb6 14. d5 Bxb2 15. Rxb2 Ne5 16. Qb3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 {[#]} Na4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 {1-0 (74) Giri,A (2776)-Grandelius,N (2573) Doha 2014}) 18. Rc2 Nxf3+ 19. Qxf3 Rc8 20. Rec1 Rxc2 21. Rxc2 Qd7 22. Nc4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} f6 23. Na5 {Strongly threatening Qb3.} Kg7 24. Qa3 b6 (24... Nb6 $14) 25. Nb3 $18 Nc5 26. Nxc5 bxc5 27. Rxc5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Rb8 28. Rc6 Rb7 (28... Qb7 {was worth a try.} 29. Kg2 Qb4) 29. Kg2 Qg4 (29... Qd8 $142 30. Qc3 Qd7) 30. Re6 Kf7 31. Qa6 Rb6 32. Qxa7 Rxe6 33. dxe6+ Qxe6 {[#] KQ-KQ} 34. Qa8 $1 Kg7 35. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32] a5 is the strong threat.} g5 $2 (35... h5 36. a5 h4) 36. a5 h5 37. h3 g4 38. h4 Qb3 39. Qd5 (39. a6 $142 Qf3+ 40. Kg1) 39... Qf3+ 40. Kg1 Qe2 41. Qc5 e5 42. Qe7+ {White mates.} Kg6 43. Qe8+ Kh6 44. Qa4 Qa6 45. Qb4 Kg6 46. Qb6 Qe2 47. a6 Qe1+ 48. Kh2 Qxe4 49. a7 Qf3 50. Qb2 Kg7 51. Qd2 Kg6 52. Qa2 Qa8 53. Qb1+ {Accuracy: White = 80%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.28"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,103,8,9,15,8,15,9,9,7,9,12,17,8,10,8,12,2,7,8,10,4,8,0,5,0,5,0,22,19,32,38,32,39,82,56,39,39,90,69,88,79,147,109,134,95,83,52,26,57,30,-42,-49,-58,-51,-122,-64,-66,-66,-71,-42,-32,-34,-39,-20,-18,-19,-31,-31,-30,-35,-55,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a5 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} 7. Re1 O-O 8. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1e3,Be3c4][%mdl 32]} Be6 9. Bb5 Qb8 10. Nf1 Qa7 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. Nxe3 Ne7 13. a4 Ng6 14. Bc4 Bxc4 15. Nxc4 {[#]} Rfe8 $146 16. Qc2 Qa6 17. b3 Rad8 18. Rad1 c6 19. d4 exd4 20. Nxd4 d5 21. exd5 Nxd5 22. Nf5 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 b5 (23... Nf6 $14) 24. Ncd6 $16 bxa4 25. bxa4 Qb6 (25... c5 $142) 26. h4 {Threatens to win with h5.} h5 27. Ne8 Qc5 28. Nexg7 Nf6 29. c4 {And now Qb2 would win.} Ne5 30. Rd1 (30. Nxh5 $11 Nxh5 31. Nh6+ (31. Qe2 Nf6 $11) 31... Kg7 32. Qf5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 30... Rxd1+ $15 31. Qxd1 Neg4 32. Qe2 {[#]} (32. Qd2 $15) 32... Qe5 (32... Kh7 $1 $17 33. g3 {[#]} Ne4 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 33. Qxe5 Nxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KNN-KNN} 34. f3 c5 35. Kf2 Nxc4 36. Ke2 Nb2 37. g4 $1 hxg4 38. fxg4 Nxg4 {...Nf6 is the strong threat.} 39. Ne8 Nxa4 40. Ned6 Ne5 41. Nb7 {The position is equal.} Kh7 42. h5 Nc3+ 43. Kd2 Ne4+ 44. Ke3 Nf6 45. Nxa5 Nxh5 {Strongly threatening ...Kg6.} 46. Nb3 Kg6 47. Nd6 c4 48. Nd2 c3 49. N2e4 c2 50. Kd2 f5 51. Nxf5 Kxf5 52. Nc3 {Accuracy: White = 69%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.28"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Black "Rodshtein, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,20,-33,-23,-48,-11,-21,-15,-38,-17]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Nxc6 {A04: Unusual lines after 1 Nf3 and King's Indian Attack} dxc6 7. Qxd8+ (7. Nd2 Be7 8. b3 Be6 9. Bb2 Nd7 10. O-O O-O 11. e3 Qc7 12. Qe2 a5 13. a4 {½-½ (54) Nakamura,H (2787)-Karjakin,S (2763) Moscow 2018}) 7... Kxd8 {LiveBook: 11 Games} 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Nd2 Be6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Bf5 10. O-O-O Nd7 11. Bxe7+ Kxe7 12. e4 Be6 13. h4 {½-½ (29) Kasela,S (2020)-Teemae,L (2108) Estonia 2007}) 10. e4 Nd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.28"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Piorun, Kacper"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E09"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,138,22,33,32,41,40,37,33,35,33,64,48,70,56,68,66,53,62,88,34,36,51,46,16,28,34,21,20,20,17,29,0,0,15,39,0,0,0,114,121,121,131,122,126,122,0,0,-29,0,0,0,0,52,0,0,0,92,0,0,0,0,-7,-13,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-70,-42,-42,-42,-42,-42,-42,-28,-35,-24,-32,0,-42,0,-42,-42,-42,-42,-42,-42,-42,-42,-42,-42,-42,-42,-42,0,-42,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qc2 c6 8. Nbd2 b6 9. e4 Bb7 10. e5 Ne8 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Re1 {E09: Closed Catalan: Main Line: 7 Qc2 c6 8 Nbd2} Qc7 (12... Rc8 13. Qd1 Qc7 14. Nb1 b5 15. Bf1 b4 16. Bd3 h6 17. Bf4 Qb6 18. Nbd2 Ba6 19. Bc2 f5 20. exf6 Rxf6 {1-0 (32) Gelfand,B (2729)-Stupak,K (2573) Tbilisi 2017}) 13. Qd1 {[#]} a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Rc8 14. Nf1 Qc2 15. Qxc2 Rxc2 16. Ne3 Rc6 17. Bd2 {½-½ (17) Matamoros Franco,C (2508)-Epishin,V (2574) Bratto 2008}) 14. Nf1 {White is slightly better.} Rc8 15. Ne3 Ba6 16. h4 h6 17. Bd2 Qd8 18. Bh3 Nb8 19. a3 Qd7 20. g4 (20. Ng4 $16) 20... Nc6 $14 21. Ng2 Bd3 {[#]} 22. Bxh6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bc2 $1 {[%cal Rc2d1]} (22... gxh6 23. Qxd3) 23. Qxc2 Nxd4 $1 24. Qd3 Nxf3+ 25. Qxf3 {Strongly threatening Bd2.} gxh6 26. g5 hxg5 27. hxg5 Qa4 ({But not} 27... Bxg5 $2 28. Qg3 $18) 28. b3 Qd4 29. Rad1 Qc3 (29... Qb2 $1 $11) 30. Rd3 $16 Qb2 {[#]} 31. Nf4 $1 {[%cal Rf4d5] aiming for Nxd5!} Rc1 32. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 33. Kg2 (33. Rd1 $16 Qc6 34. g6) 33... Bxg5 $11 34. Nh5 Bh6 (34... Qe1 $5 {[%cal Re1e5]} 35. Qg4 Kh8 $15) 35. Rd4 Kh8 (35... Qxa3 $2 36. Rh4 $18) 36. Rg4 Qc2 ({Better is} 36... Qxa3 $11 37. Qg3 Qb2) 37. Ng3 (37. Nf6 $14 Nxf6 38. Qxf6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh7 39. Kh2) 37... Qh7 38. Rh4 {And now Qh5 would win.} Rg8 (38... f5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 39. Kh2 (39. Bg4 $16) 39... Rg6 40. Bf1 {Hoping for Bb5.} f5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 41. Bd3 {Threatening Bxf5!} Qe7 42. Rh3 ({White should try} 42. Kh3 $1 $11 Ng7 43. Qf4) 42... Kg8 $15 ({Not} 42... Qxa3 $2 43. Qh5 $18) 43. Qh5 Qg5 44. Qxg5 Bxg5 45. Ne2 Ng7 46. f4 Be7 47. a4 Kf7 48. Rg3 Rh6+ 49. Rh3 Rxh3+ 50. Kxh3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} Bc5 51. Kg3 Be3 52. Kf3 Bd2 53. Nd4 Nh5 54. Ne2 Ke7 55. Bb5 {[#]} d4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 56. Nxd4 Nxf4 57. Nc6+ Kf8 58. Bc4 Ke8 59. Nd4 Kd7 60. Bb5+ Ke7 61. Nc6+ Kf8 62. Bc4 Bc1 63. Nd4 Ke7 {Threatens to win with ...Ng6.} 64. Ne2 Nxe2 65. Bxe2 Bb2 66. Kf4 Bd4 67. Bc4 Bg1 {White must now prevent ...Bh2+.} 68. Kg3 $1 Bd4 69. Kf4 Bg1 {Accuracy: White = 67%, Black = 64%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.28"]
[Round "10.5"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,80,31,23,22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-15,-21,-20,8,1,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-74,-20,-15,-10,-7,-6,-47,-47,-50,-46,-40,-51,-43,-38,-126,-129,-283,-262,-250,-251,-200,-237,-222,-114,-106,-106,-107,-107,-618,-611]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8. e3 O-O {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4)} 9. Rd1 Rd8 10. Bd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Qb3 Qg6 11. h3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Bxc3+ 13. Qxc3 Bd7 14. Bd3 Qh5 15. a3 Qa5 16. b4 {1-0 (61) Esipenko,A (2593)-Leko,P (2669) Moscow 2018}) 10... dxc4 {The position is equal.} 11. Bxc4 Bd7 12. Qc2 Na5 13. Bd3 c5 14. O-O cxd4 15. Ne4 Qe7 $1 16. a3 Rac8 17. Qe2 Bd6 18. b4 Nc6 19. exd4 Be8 20. Rfe1 Qc7 21. Nxd6 Rxd6 22. Qe4 f5 23. Qf4 Bh5 24. Bc4 Kh8 25. d5 Bxf3 26. gxf3 (26. Qxf3 $11 Nxb4 27. dxe6 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 (28. Qxd1 Qxc4 29. axb4 Qxb4 $11) 28... Qxc4 29. axb4) 26... Qd8 (26... Ne7 $17 {[%cal Re6d5]} 27. Rxe6 Rxe6 28. Qxc7 Rxc7 29. dxe6 Rxc4) 27. Rc1 $11 e5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is more active.} 28. Qxf5 Rf6 29. Qg4 Rf4 30. Qh3 $1 Nd4 31. Bd3 $1 Nxf3+ {[%cal Bd4f3,Bf3h2,Bh2g4][%mdl 32]} 32. Kh1 Rb8 33. Re2 {[#]} (33. Re3 $1 $15 Ng5 34. Qg2) 33... Nxh2 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512] Threatens to win with ...Nf3.} 34. Rec2 $2 (34. Re4 $17 Rf3 35. Qxh2 Rxd3 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 36. Rxe5) (34. Kxh2 Rh4) 34... Ng4 $1 $19 {[%cal Rg4f2]} 35. Kg1 Qg5 36. Qg3 {[#]} Rxf2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 37. d6 (37. Rxf2 Qxc1+) 37... Rd8 (37... Rxc2 $1 $19 38. Rxc2 Rd8) 38. Rc8 $17 {[#] And now Rxd8+ would win.} Rff8 $1 {[%csl LRc8,LRd6]} 39. d7 {[#]} h5 $1 {[%cal Rh5h4] White must now prevent ...h4.} 40. Be4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (40. R1c5 $17) 40... h4 {Accuracy: White = 57%, Black = 78%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.28"]
[Round "10.6"]
[White "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,96,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,40,0,0,-4,-5,-5,-10,-32,-28,-192,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-619,-605,-508,-450,-29966,-29963,-29967,-29968,-29968,-29967,-29980,-29981,-29981,-29982,-29982,-29982]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Qd2 a6 10. O-O-O Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Qc7 {C11: French: Classical System: 4 e5 and 4 Bg5 dxe4} 12. Qe3 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 13. Bd3 b4 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 13... Bb7 14. Ne2 O-O-O 15. h4 f6 16. Bxc5 Qxc5 17. Nd4 Rdf8 18. Rde1 fxe5 19. fxe5 {1-0 (40) Svidler,P (2734)-Greger,R (2389) Copenhagen 2010}) 14. Ne2 a5 $1 15. Bb5 O-O 16. Bxd7 Bxd4 17. Nxd4 {And now Ba4 would win.} Bxd7 18. h4 a4 19. Kb1 f6 20. exf6 Rxf6 21. g3 $1 Rc8 22. Rhe1 Be8 23. Qe5 Bg6 {[%cal Rg6c2]} 24. Qxc7 Rxc7 25. Kc1 Be4 26. Re3 $2 {[#]} (26. Rd2 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 26... h6 $2 (26... e5 $1 $19 {[%cal Re5d4][%mdl 512]} 27. fxe5 Rf2) 27. a3 $11 b3 {[%cal Re4c2]} 28. c3 g5 29. hxg5 hxg5 30. fxg5 Rf2 31. Rd2 Rf1+ 32. Rd1 Rxd1+ 33. Kxd1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} e5 34. Nf3 Bxf3+ 35. Rxf3 {KR-KR} Rh7 {aiming for ...Rh1+.} 36. Rf2 Rh3 37. Re2 e4 38. c4 Rh1+ 39. Kd2 Rb1 40. Ke3 $1 dxc4 41. Kd4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (41. Kxe4 $11 Rc1 42. Kf5) 41... Rc1 $1 $19 42. Ke5 Kg7 43. Kf5 {[#]} (43. Kf4 $19 c3 44. bxc3) 43... e3 $1 {[%mdl 512] Black mates.} 44. Kf4 (44. Rxe3 c3) 44... c3 45. bxc3 Rxc3 46. g4 Rc7 47. Kf3 Rf7+ 48. Kg3 Rb7 {Accuracy: White = 59%, Black = 83%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.28"]
[Round "10.7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Lupulescu, Constantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,37,-10,10,6,32,27,49,14,20,24,32,22,64,47,51,50,75,72,74,86,75,35,83,24,24,24]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3e2,Be2f4][%mdl 32]} Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Be7 8. a3 {C11: French: Classical System: 4 e5 and 4 Bg5 dxe4} Rb8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... a5 9. Nf4 a4 10. Bd3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qb6 12. Bc2 g5 13. Ne2 g4 14. Nfg1 Qa5+ 15. Bd2 Qa6 {1-0 (29) Dominguez Perez,L (2739)-Meier,G (2628) chess.com INT 2018}) 9. Nf4 b5 10. Be2 {White is slightly better.} a5 11. h4 Qb6 12. Be3 b4 13. axb4 axb4 14. O-O bxc3 15. bxc3 Qb3 16. Qxb3 Rxb3 17. c4 dxc4 {[#]} 18. Bxc4 (18. d5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rd5c6]} Ncxe5 19. dxe6 fxe6 20. Nxe6) 18... Rb8 $11 19. dxc5 {Accuracy: White = 65%, Black = 34%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.28"]
[Round "10.8"]
[White "Berkes, Ferenc"]
[Black "Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,117,15,63,39,61,56,65,55,55,55,62,66,62,62,62,62,63,67,84,85,83,82,69,78,87,90,81,82,88,83,115,93,95,92,90,95,89,94,95,92,95,82,111,110,122,122,147,146,142,142,184,163,185,169,184,183,167,155,177,173,175,168,184,184,229,184,220,193,219,185,217,226,197,204,285,285,333,340,353,350,339,340,316,316,349,344,328,329,437,379,1100,1100,1018,1014,1115,1056,820,633,1119,924,1046,532,12833,6095,6079,5122]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Ne5 Qd6 8. Na3 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7} Qa6 9. Naxc4 Rd8 10. b3 {White is slightly better.} (10. Qc2 Rxd4 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 13. Rxd1 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qa5 15. Bf4 Nd5 {½-½ (54) Kramnik,V (2800)-Mamedyarov,S (2809) Berlin 2018}) 10... c5 11. a4 $1 Nbd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nfd7 12. Ba3 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Rxd4 14. Qc2 Qa5 15. Nd3 Na6 16. Rac1 Nb4 17. Nxb4 cxb4 18. Bb2 Rd8 19. Rfd1 e5 20. Rxd8+ Bxd8 21. Qe4 {½-½ (21) Altrichter,U (2446)-Pauwels,C (2549) ICCF email 2012}) 12. Bd2 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd5 $1 14. Qc1 Bd7 15. Bg5 Bc6 16. Bxd5 Bxg5 {[#]} 17. Bxc6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxc1 (17... Qxc6 18. Qxg5) 18. Bb5 Bg5 19. Bxa6 bxa6 20. Rfd1 Be7 21. Rac1 Kf8 22. f4 Rab8 {[#]} 23. Rxd8+ $1 Rxd8 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 24. Kf2 Ke8 25. Kf3 Rd5 26. g4 h6 27. Rh1 Kd7 28. h4 Ke8 29. h5 Rd7 30. Rc1 Rb7 31. Rc3 Kd7 32. Ke4 Rb4 33. Rd3+ Ke8 34. Kf3 Rb8 35. e3 Rb4 36. Ke2 Rb8 37. Kd2 Rb7 38. Kc3 Rc7 39. Rd1 Kf8 40. Rd2 Kg8 41. Nd6 Kf8 42. Rd3 Rc6 43. Ne4 Rc7 44. f5 exf5 45. gxf5 Ke8 46. f6 gxf6 47. exf6 Bd8 48. Kc4 Rc6 49. Nd6+ (49. Nxc5 a5 $14) 49... Kf8 50. Nxf7 Kxf7 51. Rxd8 Kxf6 $2 $18 {KR-KR} (51... Rb6 52. Rd7+ (52. Kxc5 Rxb3 53. Rd7+ Kxf6 $18) 52... Kxf6 53. Rxa7 (53. Kxc5 Rxb3 54. Rxa7 Rxe3 $18) 53... Ke5) 52. Kd5 {White is clearly winning.} Rc7 53. e4 Rb7 54. e5+ Ke7 55. Rh8 {Rh7+ would kill now.} Rxb3 56. Rh7+ Ke8 57. Rxh6 a5 58. Rh8+ Ke7 59. Rh7+ {Accuracy: White = 96%, Black = 50%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.28"]
[Round "10.9"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,55,5,0,-10,8,-13,9,-21,-10,-27,-7,-3,-1,-7,-4,-11,-8,-9,-5,-19,0,0,2,5,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-10,5,3,7,-8,0,0,0,-9,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 b6 7. a4 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} Bb7 8. Bf4 (8. a5 c5 9. Bf4 Nbd7 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 e6 12. Nd2 Nd7 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. axb6 axb6 {½-½ (14) Artemiev,V (2709)-Cheparinov,I (2709) Skopje 2018}) 8... c5 9. Na3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Ne5 Ne4 10. Nd2 Nd6 11. a5 Na6 12. h4 Re8 13. h5 f6 14. hxg6 fxe5 15. dxe5 hxg6 16. exd6 {½-½ (103) Triapishko,A (2513)-Bykov,O (2375) Yaroslavl 2018}) 9... Nc6 10. Ne5 Nh5 11. Nxc6 {The position is equal.} Bxc6 12. Be3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Qd7 14. Nb1 Nf6 15. Nc3 Rfd8 16. Qd3 Qb7 17. Rfc1 Rac8 18. Bf4 Nh5 19. Bd2 Nf6 20. Bf4 Nh5 21. Bd2 Nf6 22. h3 Qd7 23. Be3 h6 24. Bf4 Nh5 25. Bd2 Nf6 26. Bf4 Nh5 27. Bd2 Nf6 28. Bf4 {Accuracy: White = 67%, Black = 48%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.28"]
[Round "10.10"]
[White "Can, Emre"]
[Black "Lysyj, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,14,8,15]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qd3 a6 {Predecessor:} 8. Bg5 $146 c5 9. a4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 bxa4 11. e3 Bb7 12. Be2 Nbd7 13. O-O Be7 14. Nxa4 O-O 15. Rfc1 Qa5 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 {½-½ (52) Lupulescu,C (2620)-Gelfand,B (2737) Heraklio 2017} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.28"]
[Round "10.11"]
[White "Pantsulaia, Levan"]
[Black "Gledura, Benjamin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,144,31,26,16,0,8,0,0,0,0,-43,-45,-47,-47,-53,-45,-38,-38,-131,-128,-121,-111,-137,-90,-82,-73,-78,-74,-84,-73,-72,-77,-141,-120,-112,-112,-160,-152,-157,-154,-177,-170,-170,-170,-179,-153,-180,-166,-177,-177,-197,-191,-217,-172,-238,-240,-273,-273,-257,-264,-250,-240,-243,-243,-316,-316,-833,-831,-820,-788,-605,-525,-590,-590,-590,-590,-590,-565,-525,-525,-525,-525,-626,-626,-29969,-29970,-29970,-29971,-29973,-29974,-29974,-29975,-29975,-29976,-29976,-29975,-29978,-29979,-29979,-29980,-29980,-29982,-29982,-29983,-29983,-29984,-29983,-29983,-29983,-29983,-29985,-29986,-29986,-29987,-29987,-29988,-29989,-29990,-29990,-29991]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qa5 9. Nb3 Qh5 10. c5 {A39: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7 5 Nf3 Nf6 6 0-0 0-0 7 d4} d6 (10... a5 11. e3 a4 12. Nd4 Qxc5 13. Nxa4 Qa5 14. b3 e5 15. Bd2 Qa6 16. Nc5 Qa7 17. Nxc6 dxc6 {0-1 (70) Fedoseev,V (2718)-Svidler,P (2765) St Petersburg 2017}) 11. cxd6 Rd8 12. e4 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Rxd6 14. Rxd6 {LiveBook: 7 Games} exd6 15. h3 a5 $146 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} ({Predecessor:} 15... Be6 16. Be3 Ne8 17. Rd1 Nb4 {½-½ (61) Pantsulaia,L (2611)-Beradze,I (2490) Tbilisi 2019}) 16. Na4 Be6 17. Be3 Nd7 18. Rd1 b5 19. Nc3 $1 a4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 20. Nd4 Bxd4 21. Bxd4 b4 22. Nb5 (22. Nd5 $1 $15) 22... Bxa2 $17 23. Be3 Nde5 24. Rxd6 Bc4 25. Nd4 Rd8 26. Rxd8+ (26. Nxc6 $2 Rxd6 27. Nxe5 Rd1+ 28. Kh2 a3 $19) (26. Rxc6 $2 a3 $19) 26... Nxd8 27. Bd2 a3 28. bxa3 bxa3 {[%cal Bb4a3,Ba3a2][%mdl 32]} 29. f4 ({Better is} 29. Bc3 a2 30. f3) 29... a2 30. Bc3 Nd3 31. Nc2 Nb7 32. Na3 Be6 33. f5 Bd7 ({But not} 33... gxf5 34. exf5 Bc8 35. Nb5 $17) 34. Nc2 Nbc5 35. fxg6 hxg6 36. Kh2 Nf2 37. Bd4 Nfxe4 ({Resist} 37... Ncxe4 38. g4 $17) 38. Na1 f5 39. Bf3 Be6 40. Kg2 (40. Bxe4 $142 Nxe4 41. Kg2) 40... g5 $19 41. Be3 Kg7 42. Bd4+ Kg6 43. Nc2 Nb3 44. Be5 Nbd2 45. Be2 Bd5 46. Kh2 $2 {[#]} (46. Bf3) 46... Bc4 47. Bxc4 Nxc4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KNN} 48. Ba1 Ncd2 49. Kg2 f4 50. gxf4 gxf4 51. Nd4 Kh5 52. Bb2 Ng5 53. Kf2 f3 {Threatens to win with ...Nge4+.} 54. Nxf3 Ngxf3 ({Weaker is} 54... Ndxf3 55. Ke3 $17) 55. Ke2 {[#]} Nc4 $1 {Black mates.} 56. Ba1 Nfd2 57. Kd3 Kh4 58. Kc2 Kxh3 59. Kc3 Kg4 60. Kc2 Kf3 61. Bf6 Ke4 62. Bg7 Kd5 63. Bf6 Kc5 64. Be7+ Kb5 65. Bf6 Ka4 66. Bg7 Nb3 67. Bh8 Nb6 68. Be5 Kb4 69. Kd3 Nc5+ 70. Kc2 Nba4 71. Bf6 Kc4 72. Bg7 Nb3 {Precision: White = 32%, Black = 90%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.28"]
[Round "10.12"]
[White "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,46,0,27,0,0,0,22,16,21,19,21,15,29,8,29,-51,-26,-77,-78,-80,-70,-59,-65,-68,0,-40,-43,-52,102]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nc6 9. a3 Ba5 10. Ba2 Qe7 {LiveBook: 4 Games. E56: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: Main Line: 7...Nc6} (10... h6 11. h3 a6 12. Ne2 cxd4 13. Nexd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Qxd4 15. Nxd4 Bb6 16. Nf3 Bd7 17. Bd2 Ne4 18. Bb4 Rfc8 19. Rfc1 a5 20. Be1 Ba4 21. b4 axb4 22. Bxb4 Bd8 23. Nd2 Nxd2 24. Bxd2 Bc2 {0-1 (24) Spraggett,K (2564)-Almasi,Z (2694) Linares 2014}) 11. Qe2 Rd8 {[%cal Rc5d4]} 12. Rd1 b6 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 12... Bd7 13. Bd2 cxd4 14. exd4 Be8 15. Be3 Rac8 16. Rac1 a6 17. b4 Bb6 18. Bb3 {0-1 (62) Lick,P (2200)-Issing,P (2182) Germany 2015}) 13. Bd2 cxd4 14. exd4 {Hoping for b4.} Bxc3 $1 (14... Nxd4 $2 15. Nxd4 Rxd4 16. b4 $18) 15. bxc3 Bb7 16. Bg5 Rac8 17. Ne5 ({White should try} 17. Bh4 $11) 17... h6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 18. Bh4 (18. Nxc6 $11 Bxc6 19. Bh4) 18... g5 $17 19. Bg3 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Rxc3 21. h4 Nd5 ({Not} 21... gxh4 22. Qd2 $16) (21... Nd7 $15 22. Bh2 Nf6 23. hxg5 hxg5) 22. Bxd5 Rxd5 23. Rac1 Rc6 $2 {Precision: White = 43%, Black = 48%.} ({Weaker is} 23... Rxa3 24. Qh5 $16) ({Worse is} 23... Qxa3 24. Rxc3 Qxc3 25. hxg5 $16) (23... Rxc1 $15 {stays ahead.} 24. Rxc1 Rd7) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.28"]
[Round "10.13"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Martirosyan, Haik M."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,49,7,24,19,22,17,10,18,22,22,20,11,18,19,22,19,20,15,29,33,43,20,14,14,14,13,13,13,14,12,12,8,8,9,8,10,10,4]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 c6 8. Ne2 {E49: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 5 Bd3 d5 6 a3 Bxc3+ 7 bxc3} b6 9. O-O Ba6 10. cxd5 {Bxa6 is the strong threat.} Bxd3 (10... cxd5 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Qd3 Qc8 13. f3 Nb8 14. e4 Qa6 15. Qe3 Nc6 {1-0 (52) Radjabov,T (2741)-Movsesian,S (2671) Heraklio 2017}) 11. Qxd3 {next dxe6 is good for White.} cxd5 12. c4 Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6a5,Ba5b3][%mdl 32]} 13. cxd5 Qxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... exd5 14. Bd2 Rc8 15. Rfc1 Qd7 {½-½ (60) Maurer,J (2215)-Kessler,L (2097) Austria 2011}) 14. f3 Na5 15. e4 Qb3 16. Qxb3 Nxb3 17. Ra2 Rac8 {The position is equal.} 18. Be3 Rfd8 19. Rb1 Na5 20. a4 Ne8 21. Bd2 Nc6 22. a5 Nxd4 23. Nxd4 Rxd4 24. axb6 axb6 25. Be3 {Accuracy: White = 79%, Black = 79%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.28"]
[Round "10.14"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,107,27,43,43,44,34,73,71,83,83,83,83,83,83,83,83,80,80,84,78,69,78,85,83,92,81,138,110,139,147,144,157,187,178,170,89,86,91,97,32,84,79,120,0,87,75,98,98,120,114,118,62,64,35,60,55,175,170,191,120,133,75,190,188,169,39,41,29,46,10,35,0,47,0,36,0,40,0,0,0,40,0,0,0,41,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Na6 10. Nd2 Qe8 11. g4 Nh7 {LiveBook: 15 Games. E92: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5: 7 dxe5, 7 Be3 and Petrosian System without 7...Nbd7} 12. a3 Bd7 13. Qc2 Bf6 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 13... a4 14. f3 Nc5 15. Bf2 b6 16. Nb5 Qb8 17. h4 Rd8 18. O-O Rf8 {½-½ (18) Singer,R (2244)-Penker,H (2139) Austria 2015}) 14. Bg3 $1 Bg5 15. h4 Bf4 16. Bxf4 exf4 17. Nb3 Qe5 18. O-O-O a4 19. Nd4 Nc5 20. Kb1 Rfe8 {[%cal Rc5e4]} 21. f3 Nf6 22. Rh2 c6 23. Rg2 g5 (23... Ra6 $142) 24. Qd2 cxd5 25. cxd5 Rec8 26. Rh2 Kf8 27. hxg5 hxg5 28. Bb5 ({White should try} 28. Ka2 $18) 28... Nb3 $16 29. Nxb3 axb3 30. Rh8+ (30. Qd3 $1 $16) 30... Ke7 (30... Kg7 $14 31. Rxc8 Rxc8) 31. Rxc8 Rxc8 32. Be2 (32. Qe2 $1 $16) 32... Rh8 (32... Bxg4 $1 $11 {remains equal.} 33. fxg4 Nxe4 34. Nxe4 Rc2) 33. Re1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under strong pressure.} Rh3 34. Bd1 Kf8 35. Qf2 Kg7 36. a4 (36. Qb6 $16) 36... Bc8 $14 37. a5 Nd7 38. Bxb3 Nc5 ({Black should play} 38... Qf6 $14) 39. Bc2 $18 Bd7 {[#]} 40. Qg2 (40. Rd1 $1 $18) 40... Rh8 $16 {[#]} 41. Rh1 ({Better is} 41. Qd2 $1) 41... Ra8 (41... Rxh1+ $16 {was worth a try.} 42. Qxh1 Qd4) 42. Qh2 {Hoping for Qh6+.} Kf6 43. Qh6+ (43. Qd2 $18) 43... Ke7 $14 44. Rh5 Rg8 $1 45. Qh7 Ra8 46. Qh6 Rg8 $1 47. Qh7 Ra8 48. Rh6 Qd4 49. Ne2 Qe5 $1 50. Nc3 Qd4 51. Ne2 Qe5 $1 52. Nc3 Qd4 53. Ne2 Qe5 $1 54. Nc3 {Precision: White = 52%, Black = 46%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.28"]
[Round "10.15"]
[White "Erdos, Viktor"]
[Black "Ragger, Markus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,47,23,19,2,11,0,0,0,8,0,15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,27,26]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h3 O-O 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. e4 Nxc3 8. bxc3 c5 9. Be2 Nc6 10. Be3 cxd4 {D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3} 11. cxd4 f5 12. Bc4+ Kh8 13. O-O f4 {LiveBook: 7 Games} 14. Bc1 {Threatening Bb2.} Nxd4 15. Ba3 Qa5 16. Bxe7 Re8 {[#]} 17. Nxd4 $146 {[#] Hoping for Bd6.} ({Predecessor:} 17. Bd6 Rxe4 18. Rc1 {0-1 (79) Van Foreest,J (2618)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2780) La Roche sur Yon 2019}) 17... Rxe7 18. Rc1 Rxe4 19. Nb5 Be6 20. Bxe6 {[%cal Bc4e6,Be6c8,Bc8b7][%mdl 32] And now Qd5 would win.} Qxb5 ({Don't go for} 20... Rxe6 $2 21. Nc7 $18) 21. Bc8 Rd4 22. Qg4 Qe8 23. Rfe1 Qf8 24. Bxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.28"]
[Round "10.16"]
[White "Bindrich, Falko"]
[Black "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,80,49,50,45,50,50,38,31,17,29,25,20,23,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-10,8,8,10,0,16,6,21,1,14,30,0,-149,-156,-149,-145,-149,-145,-156,-100,-575,-547,-546,-541,-536,-509,-787,-773,-773,-390,-562,-552,-543,-448,-467,-452,-448,-451,-441,-429,-443,-425,-5522,-5056]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. d4 c6 6. Be2 d5 7. e5 Ne8 {E70: King's Indian: Miscellaneous lines with 4 e4, including 5 Nge2 and 5 Bd3 0-0 6 Nge2} 8. h4 h5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 9. O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Ng5 f6 10. exf6 exf6 11. Nh3 Bxh3 12. Rxh3 f5 13. Bg5 Qd7 14. Kf1 Nc7 15. Re3 {0-1 (50) Vallejo Pons,F (2716)-Jobava,B (2665) Baku 2016}) 9... Nc7 {White is slightly better.} 10. b3 Bg4 11. Be3 dxc4 12. bxc4 c5 13. dxc5 Nc6 14. Qb3 Qc8 15. Rab1 Rb8 16. Rfe1 Re8 17. Nd5 Ne6 18. Qa3 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Bxe5 20. Rbd1 Bg7 21. g3 Kh7 22. Bg2 Ne5 23. Rc1 Ng4 24. Bh3 Nd4 25. Bf4 (25. Bxd4 $11 {keeps the balance.} Bxd4 26. Qf3 Bxf2+ 27. Qxf2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxf2 28. Bxc8) 25... e5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping White busy.} 26. Bg5 {[#] White wants to play f3.} Qf5 $1 {[%cal Rf5f2]} 27. Bxg4 hxg4 ({Much less strong is} 27... Qxg4 28. Kg2 $15) 28. Kg2 Nc2 (28... f6 $142 29. Bd2 Kh8) 29. Qxa7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (29. Rxc2 $17 Qxc2 30. Qb3) 29... Nxe1+ $19 30. Rxe1 Ra8 31. Qxb7 Reb8 32. Qe7 (32. Nf6+ $142 Bxf6 33. Qxf7+ Bg7 34. Qxf5 gxf5 35. Re2) 32... Rxa2 33. Be3 Rba8 {[%cal Bb8a8,Ba8a4,Ba4c4][%mdl 32]} 34. c6 (34. h5 $142 gxh5 35. c6) 34... Ra1 {( -> ...Qf3+). Black is clearly winning.} 35. Qb4 R8a4 36. Qd2 Rxe1 37. Qxe1 Rxc4 38. Kh2 Qe6 39. Qa5 Rxc6 40. Qa8 (40. Qb5 $142) 40... Qxd5 {Accuracy: White = 47%, Black = 77%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.28"]
[Round "10.17"]
[White "Deac, Bogdan-Daniel"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,80,14,12,-8,9,6,10,11,18,19,30,25,16,20,16,8,30,10,37,5,16,0,0,-15,-8,-12,20,-7,23,22,42,39,27,37,30,32,23,37,60,23,122,133,217,250,279,167,155,147,145,152,150,150,145,147,280,-35,-25,-335,-341,-5457,-5182,-29989,-901,-29983,-29984,-29984,-29985,-29985,-29986,-29986,-29987]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 Qe7 7. d4 {[%cal Rf3e5] A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation} (7. Be2 O-O 8. d4 Ne4 9. Qc2 exd4 10. exd4 Qb4+ 11. Bd2 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 d6 14. h3 Bd7 15. Rhe1 Rfe8 {½-½ (30) Vitiugov,N (2709)-Kryvoruchko,Y (2698) Germany 2019}) 7... e4 (7... Ne4 $5 {[%cal Re4c3]} 8. Qd3 exd4 $11) 8. Nd2 d5 9. a3 {The position is equal.} a5 10. Qc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Be6 12. Be2 a4 13. O-O axb3 14. Nxb3 dxc4 15. Bxc4 Bxc4 16. Qxc4 {½-½ (55) Harff,M (2410)-Fischer,D (2164) Neustadt an der Weinstrasse 2018}) 10... dxc4 11. Bxc4 O-O 12. b3 Bf5 13. Bb2 Bg6 14. Nb1 Rfe8 15. Qc1 Na7 16. a4 Nc6 17. Ba3 Nb4 18. Nc3 c5 19. dxc5 Rac8 20. O-O Rxc5 21. Ne2 Ng4 22. Nf4 Ne5 (22... Qh4 $2 23. h3 $18) 23. Rd1 Rec8 {[%cal Re5c4]} 24. Rd4 Qg5 25. Kf1 Ng4 (25... Qf6 $11) 26. h3 $1 $16 {[%cal Rh3g4]} Nh2+ (26... Ne5 $16 {was worth a try.}) 27. Ke2 $18 Nd3 28. Qg1 (28. Qh1 $142 $1 Rxc4 29. bxc4 Nxf4+ 30. exf4 Qxf4 31. Rad1) 28... Rxc4 29. bxc4 Nxf4+ 30. exf4 Qxf4 {Strongly threatening ...Nf3!} 31. Qc1 $1 {[%cal Rc1f4]} Bh5+ 32. Ke1 Qf6 {[#]} (32... Nf3+ $16 33. gxf3 Qxf3) 33. Bb2 $2 ({Not} 33. Rxe4 Rd8 $11) (33. Qe3 $1 $18) 33... Qg6 $1 $40 {[%cal Rg6g2][%mdl 128] Black is up to no good.} 34. Qc3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({But not} 34. Qd2 $2 {[#]} Nf3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 35. Kf1 Nxd2+ $19) (34. g4 $1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 34... Qxg2 $19 {And now ...Nf3+ would win.} 35. Rd5 $2 (35. Kd2 Nf3+ 36. Kc1) 35... Nf3+ 36. Ke2 Ne5+ (36... Nd4+ $142 37. Ke3 Qf3+ 38. Kxd4 Qxf2+ 39. Qe3 Qxb2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 40. Qc3 Qf2+ 41. Qe3 Qf6+ 42. Re5 Qd6+ 43. Kc3 Qb4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 44. Kc2 Rxc4+ 45. Qc3 Qxc3+ 46. Kb1 Qc2#) 37. Ke3 Nxc4+ {Black mates.} 38. Qxc4 Qf3+ 39. Kd4 Qxf2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 40. Kc3 Qe3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 35%, Black = 39%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.28"]
[Round "10.18"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Moussard, Jules"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,45,52,69,79,79,95,108,59,122,133,125,128,469,481,483,479,777,762,764,756,796,783,781,270,743,777,770,767]} 1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 f5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. b3 Qa5 9. Bb2 e5 10. Qd2 Qc7 11. d5 {A88: Dutch Defence: Leningrad System: 5 Nf3 0-0 6 0-0 d6 7 Nc3 c6} e4 12. Ng5 (12. Nd4 Qe7 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. Rad1 Rd8 15. Nc2 d5 16. f3 Rd7 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Nb5 Nc6 {0-1 (37) Gelfand,B (2773)-Giri,A (2734) Beijing 2013}) 12... Qe7 13. Rad1 $146 {White is better.} ({Predecessor:} 13. f3 e3 14. Qd3 Na6 15. f4 Nb4 16. Qd1 h6 17. Nf3 c5 18. a3 Na6 {0-1 (63) Tjomsland,S (2300)-Preotu,R (2447) Reykjavik 2015}) 13... Rd8 (13... c5 $14) 14. f3 $16 {[%cal Rf3e4]} e3 15. Qc1 Nxd5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (15... h6 $16) 16. Nxd5 $18 ({Not} 16. cxd5 Qxg5 17. dxc6 Nxc6 $16) 16... cxd5 17. f4 Rf8 (17... Bf6 $142 18. Bxd5+ Kg7) 18. Bxd5+ Kh8 19. Rf3 Bxb2 20. Qxb2+ Qg7 21. Qxg7+ Kxg7 22. Rxe3 {[#] Hoping for Re7+.} h6 23. Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.28"]
[Round "10.19"]
[White "Huschenbeth, Niclas"]
[Black "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,91,13,25,17,23,12,16,22,24,14,9,16,27,30,40,27,32,29,35,37,25,31,31,37,60,64,91,89,91,83,94,78,91,82,85,81,91,83,87,91,85,85,96,110,102,85,79,77,85,74,82,75,131,96,91,69,74,0,88,88,119,112,119,119,181,183,189,186,250,250,670,70,612,558]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 b4 9. a5 O-O 10. d3 Be6 11. Bxe6 {C88: Closed Ruy Lopez: Anti-Marshall Systems} fxe6 12. Nbd2 Rb8 13. c3 {The position is equal.} Qe8 14. d4 bxc3 15. bxc3 exd4 16. cxd4 Rb5 17. Ba3 Qd7 18. Qc2 {[#]} Rfb8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18... Nxa5) 19. Rec1 Nxa5 20. Qxc7 Qxc7 21. Rxc7 Bf8 22. h3 Nb3 23. Nxb3 $1 Rxb3 24. Ng5 Re8 25. e5 $1 {[%cal Re5f6]} Nd5 26. Ra7 Nb4 27. Bxb4 Rxb4 28. R7xa6 {Black must now prevent Ra8.} h6 29. Nf3 dxe5 30. dxe5 Bc5 31. Rc6 Bb6 32. Ra2 Kf7 33. Nd2 Re7 34. Rac2 Rd7 35. Nc4 Rd1+ 36. Kh2 Bd4 37. Re2 Ke7 38. Rc2 Kf7 39. g3 Re1 40. Rd2 Bxe5 41. Rd7+ Kg8 (41... Kf6 $16) 42. Nxe5 $18 Rxe5 43. Rcc7 Rg5 {[#]} (43... Rf5 {was called for.}) 44. h4 $1 {[%cal Rh4g5]} Rg6 $2 (44... Rf5 45. Rxg7+ Kf8) 45. Rc8+ Kh7 {[#]} 46. Rdd8 $1 {Accuracy: White = 88%, Black = 58%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.28"]
[Round "10.20"]
[White "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Black "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "187"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,187,26,20,23,25,29,23,36,24,24,25,29,11,18,14,32,18,26,-18,15,15,21,17,20,17,20,15,12,12,12,12,12,4,11,0,8,8,43,44,30,0,36,27,33,33,56,29,55,-21,-10,-34,-22,-27,-27,-27,-10,-102,-104,-112,-16,-19,0,0,0,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,10,14,12,24,8,32,34,57,18,164,156,145,152,255,254,248,139,138,158,151,145,222,223,258,252,229,187,220,209,190,0,179,117,108,78,94,78,68,76,78,64,78,57,156,128,269,260,258,251,254,228,252,246,268,268,238,76,78,78,78,78,78,37,73,56,70,74,74,57,75,67,78,78,78,78,78,78,75,75,74,74,74,74,74,73,73,73,73,72,68,20,20,20,20,8,8,8,8,8,8,8]} 1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Bf5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Qb3 Qc7 6. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3b5,Bb5d4][%mdl 32] A11: English Opening: 1...c6} e6 7. Nb5 Qb6 8. Qa4 {LiveBook: 3 Games. White has an edge.} Nd7 9. Qd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Nbd4 Bg6 10. Ne5 Ngf6 11. h4 {1-0 (37) Movsesian,S (2677)-Mukashev,A (2207) Pardubice 2017}) 9... Kd8 10. Qxb6+ Nxb6 11. Ne5 Nh6 12. Nd4 Bg6 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. b3 Be7 15. Nf3 Rc8 16. Rg1 f5 17. h3 Bf6 18. d4 Nf7 19. g4 g5 20. Ba3 g6 21. Rc1 Rxc1+ 22. Bxc1 Nc8 23. Bb2 Ne7 24. Kd1 a6 25. Ne1 Kd7 26. Nd3 b6 27. Bg2 Nc8 28. Ke2 Ncd6 29. Rc1 a5 30. f3 Nd8 31. f4 (31. Kf2 $14) 31... Nc6 32. Rg1 Ne4 33. fxg5 Bxg5 34. gxf5 Ng3+ 35. Kf2 (35. Kd1 $11 {remains equal.} Nxf5 36. e4 Ne3+ 37. Ke2 Nxg2 38. exd5 exd5 39. Rxg2) 35... Nxf5 $17 36. Bc1 Rf8 ({Black should play} 36... Rc8 $1 $17 37. Bf1 Bh4+ 38. Kf3 Be7) 37. Ke2 $11 Ng3+ 38. Kd1 Bh4 39. Bd2 g5 40. Be1 Nf5 41. Bd2 Ng3 42. Be1 Nf5 43. Bd2 b5 44. Rf1 Kd6 45. a3 Ra8 46. Kc2 Rg8 47. Kb2 Rg7 48. Nc5 Rf7 (48... Rc7 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 49. e4 $1 $18 dxe4 50. Nxe4+ Kd7 (50... Ke7 $16 51. d5 (51. Nxg5 Rg7 $18) (51. Bxg5+ Bxg5 52. Nxg5 Rg7 $14) 51... exd5) 51. Nc5+ (51. Nxg5 Bxg5 52. Bxg5 Ncxd4 $16) 51... Kd6 {[#]} 52. Bxc6 (52. Nxe6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Nh6 (52... Kxe6 53. d5+) 53. Nxg5 Rxf1 54. Bxf1 Nxd4 55. Ne4+ Ke5 56. Bd3 (56. Bxh6 Kxe4 57. Bd2 Bd8 $16)) 52... Kxc6 $16 53. Nxe6 Kd5 54. Nxg5 Bxg5 (54... Rf8 $16 {is a better defense.} 55. Nh7 Rf7) 55. Bxg5 $18 Kxd4 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#] KRB-KRN} 56. h4 $1 Ke4 57. Re1+ Kd3 58. Rd1+ Ke4 59. Re1+ $2 ({Better is} 59. h5 $18) 59... Kd5 $2 (59... Kd3 $1 $11) 60. Rh1 (60. h5 $18) 60... Ng3 61. Rd1+ Kc6 62. Rd4 Rf2+ 63. Rd2 Rf3 64. Rc2+ Kd5 65. Rh2 Ne4 (65... Nf1 $14 66. Rg2 Ng3) 66. Bd2 a4 (66... Nxd2 $16 67. Rxd2+ Ke6) 67. bxa4 $18 bxa4 68. h5 Rb3+ {[#]} 69. Ka2 $1 Ke6 70. Bb4 Kf7 71. h6 Kg8 72. Re2 $2 (72. Rh4 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.} Nf6 73. Ba5) 72... Nf6 73. Bd2 Rh3 74. Bg5 Nd5 {And now ...Nc3+ would win.} 75. Rg2 (75. Re5 {keeps more tension.} Rh2+ 76. Kb1 Nc3+ 77. Kc1 Na2+ 78. Kd1) 75... Kf7 76. Bd2 Nf6 77. Bc1 Ke6 78. Kb2 Ne4 79. Bf4 Nf6 80. Rh2 Rb3+ 81. Ka2 {Hoping for h7.} Ne4 {( -> ...Nc3+)} 82. Rh1 {Black must now prevent h7.} Nc3+ 83. Ka1 {Threatens to win with h7.} Rxa3+ 84. Kb2 Rb3+ 85. Kc2 Nd5 86. h7 Rc3+ 87. Kd1 Rc8 88. Rh6+ Kf7 89. Be5 Ne3+ {The position is equal.} 90. Ke1 Ng4 91. Rc6 Rxc6 92. h8=Q Nxe5 93. Qh5+ Ke6 94. Qh3+ {Precision: White = 62%, Black = 49%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.28"]
[Round "10.21"]
[White "Sychev, Klementy"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,43,-2,-17,0,0,10,0,0,0,15,-9,7,-24,-8,-54,-52,-69,-62,-58,-69,-57,-66,-61,-73,-64,-65,-118,-102,-95,-84,-83,-47,-62]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 {[#]} Nbd4 $1 {[%mdl 512] C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} 8. Nxd4 d5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 {The position is equal.} 10. Qf3 Be6 11. Nd2 c5 12. Rd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Qg3 Qd7 13. Rd1 h6 14. b3 Qc6 15. Nf1 {1-0 (29) Guseinov,G (2667)-Bosman,M (2390) Porto Carras 2018}) 12... Be7 13. Nf1 O-O 14. Ne3 {[%cal Re3d5]} d4 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. Qxf5 Qd5 $1 17. Re1 c4 18. Qg4 Rfe8 19. Bf4 (19. Qe4 $15 Qxe4 20. Rxe4) 19... Bf8 20. Rad1 c5 21. c3 Rad8 22. Bg5 {Accuracy: White = 52%, Black = 66%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.28"]
[Round "10.22"]
[White "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Black "Petrov, Nikita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,106,0,0,0,11,-3,0,-2,10,10,10,9,2,10,12,0,6,0,5,-34,-35,-39,-45,-102,-79,-160,-160,-175,-181,-179,-181,-189,-175,-189,-116,-247,-216,-219,-217,-207,-189,-167,-162,-152,-141,-177,-160,-163,-154,-339,-333,-333,-297,-330,-326,-411,-407,-429,0,-312,-278,-606,-336,-311,-207,-296,-314,-310,-315,-379,-369,-459,-464,-388,-377,-350,-336,-381,-384,-676,-667,-684,-675,-656,-648,-860,-859,-852,-838,-800,-808,-847,-836,-750,-722]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. g3 b6 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O {E16: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Bb4+} d5 9. Qc2 (9. cxd5 exd5 10. b4 a5 11. b5 c6 12. bxc6 Nxc6 13. Bb2 b5 14. e3 a4 15. Qb1 Qb6 16. Rc1 Rfc8 17. Ne5 h6 {1-0 (48) So,W (2780)-Vidit,S (2718) chess.com INT 2018}) 9... Nbd7 10. Rd1 {The position is equal.} Rc8 11. b4 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. b5 d4 14. a4 Qc7 15. a5 e5 16. Bb2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. a6 Ba8 17. Ne1 Bxg2 18. Nxg2 {0-1 (27) Zakharov,A (2393)-Petrov,A (2383) Taganrog 2011}) 16... Ne8 17. Ne1 Nd6 18. e4 (18. Ne4 $15) 18... Bg5 19. Bc1 ({White should play} 19. Nef3 Bxd2 20. Nxd2) 19... Bxd2 $17 20. Bxd2 f5 21. exf5 Bxg2 ({Weaker is} 21... Nxf5 22. b6 $11) ({But not} 21... Rxf5 22. f3 $11) 22. Nxg2 Rxf5 ({Much less strong is} 22... Nxf5 23. f3 $17) 23. Re1 Qb7 (23... Rf7 $19 24. Re2 Qb7) 24. Ra3 (24. Nh4 $17 {keeps fighting.} Rf7 25. f3) 24... Rcf8 25. f4 e4 26. a6 Qa8 {And now ...Nb6 would win.} 27. Ba5 Re8 28. Bc7 Rf6 29. Nh4 e3 30. Bxd6 Rxd6 31. Qd3 $2 (31. Qd1 $17 Rde6 32. Nf3) 31... Nf6 $19 {[%cal Bd7f6,Bf6e4,Be4d2][%mdl 32]} 32. Ra2 Ne4 33. Ng2 Rde6 34. Rc2 Nd2 35. Nh4 Ne4 {[#] Hoping for ...Nf2.} 36. Ng2 $1 g5 {White must now prevent ...gxf4.} 37. f5 $2 (37. Rf1) 37... Re5 38. Rf1 Nf6 39. Re2 (39. Rb2 $142) 39... Qe4 40. Ne1 {[#]} Qg4 $1 41. Ng2 Qh5 42. Ne1 Ne4 43. Ng2 Qf7 44. g4 h5 45. b6 axb6 46. Ra1 $2 (46. f6 hxg4 47. Nxe3) 46... Nf2 {Black is clearly winning.} 47. Rxf2 exf2+ 48. Kxf2 hxg4 49. a7 Qxf5+ 50. Qxf5 Rxf5+ 51. Kg3 Ra8 52. Kxg4 Rf7 53. Ra6 Rb7 {Accuracy: White = 34%, Black = 68%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.28"]
[Round "10.23"]
[White "Huzman, Alexander"]
[Black "Hovhannisyan, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,132,31,33,29,37,28,20,17,18,27,25,10,27,18,37,27,43,48,57,37,45,45,37,33,66,31,60,67,63,62,66,37,58,27,75,73,72,61,94,53,65,61,53,31,40,28,50,14,12,11,11,8,8,9,8,8,29,0,0,-9,-8,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Nc3 e6 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5 {D11: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 sidelines and 3...Nf6 4 e3 Bg4} Nbd7 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Bd2 g5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bd3 Bd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Bb4 13. a3 Bxc3 14. Bxc3 a5 15. f3 Qc7 {1-0 (52) Gelfand,B (2753)-Saric,I (2671) Tromsoe 2014}) 13. Qf3 Qe7 14. h4 gxh4 15. g5 Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Qxe4 Qxe4 18. Bxe4 O-O-O 19. g6 Rdf8 20. gxf7 Rxf7 21. Ke2 g5 22. Rag1 Be7 23. Rh3 Kc7 24. Bg6 Rf6 25. Bd3 Nf8 26. Rxg5 {And now Rg7 would win.} (26. d5 {keeps more tension.} cxd5 27. Bc3 Ne6 28. Be5+ Kd7 29. Rd1) 26... Rxf2+ $1 27. Kxf2 Bxg5 28. Bf5 Nd7 29. Kf3 c5 30. Bxd7 (30. dxc5 {is more complex.} Nxc5 31. Bc3 Rf8 32. e4 Rd8 33. Kg4) 30... Kxd7 31. dxc5 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rf8+ 32. Kg4 Be7 33. Be1 Bxc5 34. Bxh4 Ke6 35. b3 Ke5 {The position is equal.} 36. Rf3 Rg8+ 37. Kh3 Ke4 38. Rf4+ Kd3 39. Rf7 b5 40. Rf5 Rc8 41. Bg5 a6 42. Kg4 Bxe3 {...Rg8 is the strong threat.} 43. Bxe3 Kxe3 $11 {KR-KR} 44. Rf6 Ra8 45. Rd6 a5 46. Rd5 b4 47. Kf5 Ra6 48. Ke5 Rh6 49. Rd1 Rh2 50. Kd5 Rc2 51. Kd6 $1 Ke4 52. Kd7 $1 Ke5 53. Rd3 Ke4 54. Rd1 Rc5 55. Kd6 Rc8 56. Kd7 Rc2 57. Kd6 Ke3 58. Rd5 Rxa2 59. Kc6 Ke4 {aiming for ...Ra3.} 60. Rd1 a4 61. bxa4 b3 62. Rb1 b2 {[#]} 63. a5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kd3 {[#]} (63... Rxa5 64. Rxb2) 64. Rxb2 $3 {[%mdl 512]} Rxb2 65. a6 Ra2 66. Kb7 {[#]} Rxa6 $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 81%, Black = 66%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.28"]
[Round "10.24"]
[White "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Black "Yuffa, Daniil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,129,31,18,15,15,20,26,0,8,16,18,17,15,21,17,6,33,29,46,31,37,31,32,32,28,28,28,25,39,35,33,29,75,77,86,14,22,5,24,18,30,8,11,14,25,15,15,21,55,55,55,55,55,55,55,55,55,55,55,55,55,55,55,55,55,55,55,55,55,12,55,0,100,100,100,100,95,95,90,97,97,97,315,315,315,43,315,314,29954,11516,5916,1068,1170,0,29970,29971,29971,29972,29972,29973,29973,29974,29974,29975,29975,29976,29976,29977,29977,29978,29978,29979,29979,29980,29980,29981,29981,29982,29982,29983,29983,29984]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 {D15: Slav Defence: 4 Nc3 a6 and gambit lines after 4 Nc3 dxc4} h6 7. O-O e6 8. Bd3 {White has an edge.} Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Bb4 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Rfd1 Ba5 12. Rab1 b5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nbd7 13. b4 Bc7 {0-1 (32) Bindrich,F (2606)-Dreev,A (2670) St Petersburg 2018}) 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. b4 Bc7 15. Rdc1 Nbd7 16. a4 bxa4 17. Nxa4 e5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Nc5 Ne4 {next ...Bxh2+! is good for Black.} 21. Be1 Re8 22. f3 (22. Nxa6 $16 {Threatens to win with b5.} d4 23. Nc5 Nxc5 24. Rxc5) 22... Nxc5 $1 $11 23. Rxc5 d4 24. e4 Rc8 25. Rbc1 Rxc5 26. Rxc5 Bf4 27. Bf2 Qb8 28. g3 Bd6 29. Rd5 Bxb4 30. Qxa6 Bc3 31. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 32. Rxd4 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Qb1+ 33. Qf1 Qb6 34. Qf2 Rd8 35. Rxd8+ Qxd8 {KQ-KQ} 36. Qe2 Qd4+ 37. Kg2 h5 38. Qb5 {Hoping for Qe8+.} g6 39. Qg5 Kg7 40. e5 (40. Qc1 $14) 40... Qb6 (40... Qd3 $11 {remains equal.}) 41. Kh3 $1 $16 Qa6 42. Kh4 $1 Qc6 43. Qf4 Qd5 44. Qf6+ Kh7 45. Kg5 Qc4 $2 (45... Qd7 $16 {is a better defense.} 46. h3 Qd2+ 47. f4 Qd5) 46. f4 $18 Qa2 47. Qd6 $2 (47. Qe7 $18 Kg7 48. h3) 47... Kg7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (47... Qxh2 $14 48. Kf6 Qxg3) 48. Qe7 Qb3 $2 (48... Qc4 $18 49. Qf6+ Kh7) 49. Qf6+ Kh7 50. Qd6 (50. Qc6 $142 Qb8 51. Kf6) 50... Kg7 51. e6 $2 ({White must play} 51. Qa6 $18 {Strongly threatening Qf6+.} Kg8 52. Kf6) 51... Qxe6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (51... f6+ $11 52. Kh4 Qc2) 52. Qxe6 {White mates.} fxe6 $11 {K3P-K3P} 53. h3 $1 Kf7 54. Kh6 $1 Kf6 {[#]} 55. g4 $1 {[%cal Rg4g5]} h4 {[#]} 56. g5+ $1 Kf5 57. Kg7 Kxf4 58. Kxg6 {KPP-KPP} e5 59. Kh5 e4 60. g6 e3 61. g7 e2 62. g8=Q e1=Q 63. Qg5+ Kf3 64. Qg4+ Ke3 65. Qe6+ {Accuracy: White = 64%, Black = 59%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.28"]
[Round "10.25"]
[White "Rakhmanov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,53,10,33,15,29,22,20,6,26,-13,0,0,14,13,13,10,29,33,39,38,29,6,73,0,0,0,0,0,54,58,50,0,86,93,97,91,97,0,98,94,521,514]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. b3 c5 5. Bb2 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Be2 Bd6 8. Nc3 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} O-O 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 {The position is equal.} Re8 11. Ncb5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. O-O Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Be5 13. Qd2 d4 14. exd4 Qxd4 15. Qxd4 Bxd4 16. Bf3 Be6 17. Rad1 Bxc3 18. Bxc3 Rac8 19. Bd4 b6 20. Rd2 {1-0 (34) Vitiugov,N (2709)-Wojtaszek,R (2749) Shenzhen 2018}) 11... Bb4+ 12. Bc3 $1 Bxc3+ 13. Nxc3 Qa5 14. Qd2 Bg4 15. Bxg4 Nxg4 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Rc1 c5 (17... Rad8 $11 18. h3 Nf6) 18. Nd1 ({Better is} 18. Qxd5 $16 Ne5 19. O-O) 18... Qb6 19. Qxd5 Rad8 20. Qxc5 Qa6 (20... Qb8 $11) 21. Qc4 $1 $14 {[%cal Rc4a6]} Qd6 22. Qc2 Qa6 {[#]} (22... Nxh2 $11 23. Nc3 Qh6) 23. Qe2 $1 $16 {[%cal Re2a6]} Qa3 24. Rc3 Qd6 25. Rc1 Qa3 $1 {[%cal Ra3c1]} 26. Rc2 Qd6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (26... Qb4+ $16 {is more resistant.} 27. Kf1 Ne5) 27. Qxg4 {Accuracy: White = 48%, Black = 43%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.28"]
[Round "10.26"]
[White "Pultinevicius, Paulius"]
[Black "Kobalia, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,98,20,31,25,27,28,26,10,13,19,18,17,7,9,21,0,0,0,0,-7,7,0,0,-1,7,17,9,16,16,25,13,26,24,2,4,0,0,11,6,0,0,0,0,-16,-11,-16,-16,-16,-16,-16,-16,-16,-16,-16,-16,-16,-16,-35,-34,-34,-34,-31,-49,-97,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Qc2 g6 6. cxd5 {D15: Slav Defence: 4 Nc3 a6 and gambit lines after 4 Nc3 dxc4} cxd5 7. Bg5 Nc6 8. Bxf6 {White has an edge.} exf6 9. e3 Be6 10. Be2 Bd6 11. O-O Rc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... O-O 12. Rfc1 Rc8 13. Qd1 {1-0 (37) Ivanchuk,V (2700)-Speelman,J (2610) New York 1995}) 12. Rfc1 f5 13. g3 g5 14. a3 h5 15. Bd3 f4 16. e4 Bg4 17. exd5 Bxf3 18. dxc6 Rxc6 19. Be4 Bxe4 20. Qxe4+ Kf8 21. d5 Rc7 $1 22. Qd4 Rh6 23. Ne4 fxg3 24. hxg3 h4 25. Rxc7 Qxc7 26. Nxd6 Qxd6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 27. Rc1 {[#] Black must now prevent Rc8+.} hxg3 28. Rc8+ Ke7 29. Qe3+ Kf6 {...gxf2+ is the strong threat.} 30. Qc3+ Qe5 31. fxg3 Qxc3 32. bxc3 {KR-KR} Ke5 33. Rc7 b5 34. Rxf7 Kxd5 35. Rf5+ Kc4 36. Rxg5 Kb3 (36... Kxc3 $17 37. Re5 Kb2) 37. Rc5 {The position is equal.} Kxa3 {And now ...Rb6 would win.} 38. Kf2 Kb3 {Hoping for ...Kc2.} 39. g4 Rb6 40. g5 Rb7 41. Ke3 a5 {[#] aiming for ...a4.} 42. c4 bxc4 {Threatens to win with ...a4.} 43. Rxa5 c3 44. Rc5 c2 45. Kd3 Rd7+ 46. Ke4 Rd1 47. Rxc2 Kxc2 48. g6 Rg1 49. Kf5 Ra1 {Accuracy: White = 73%, Black = 71%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.28"]
[Round "10.27"]
[White "Onischuk, Vladimir"]
[Black "Stupak, Kirill"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,106,15,0,0,0,0,1,4,-15,-10,-11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,21,1,23,24,53,10,23,0,16,7,6,0,71,0,0,0,1,-8,-6,-124,-22,-19,-19,-16,-8,-12,-8,-11,-15,-22,-24,-42,-37,-55,-28,-71,-40,-40,-40,-101,-91,-95,-22,-43,-7,-874,-841,-29990,-39,-47,-59,-50,-68,-56,-68,-47,-53,-138,0,-440,-457,-505,-519,-481,0,-338,0,-531,-479,-523,-524,-518,0,0,0,-495,-488,-453,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. a3 (6. Nge2 {feels hotter.} O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. a3 Ba5 9. Bf4) 6... Bxc3+ {C01: French: Exchange Variation} (6... Be7 7. h3 Nbd7 8. Nf3 c5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bf4 a6 11. Re1 Re8 12. Qd2 c4 13. Be2 b5 14. Ne5 {0-1 (35) Smeets,J (2615)-Naiditsch,A (2708) Wijk aan Zee 2013}) 7. bxc3 O-O 8. Ne2 Nbd7 {The position is equal.} 9. Be3 Nb6 10. O-O Nc4 11. Bf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Ng3 Qd6 12. Bc1 Bg4 13. f3 Bd7 14. Qe1 {½-½ (41) Onischuk,V (2593)-Pourramezanali,A (2429) Baku 2014}) 11... Nh5 12. Bc1 Re8 13. Ng3 Nf6 14. h3 Nd6 15. Bf4 Be6 16. Re1 c6 17. f3 Nc4 18. Qb1 b6 19. Qc1 Nd7 20. Nh5 {Bg5 is the strong threat.} g6 (20... Qh4 $11 21. Bxc4 dxc4) 21. Bg5 (21. Be5 $16 Ncxe5 22. Qh6 gxh5 23. Bxh7+ Kh8 24. Rxe5 Nxe5 25. dxe5) 21... f6 $11 22. Bh4 {Strongly threatening Qh6.} Qe7 ({Don't go for} 22... gxh5 $2 23. Qh6 $18) 23. Qh6 Qf7 $1 (23... gxh5 $2 24. Rxe6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qg7 25. Qxg7+ Kxg7 26. Rxc6 $18) 24. Re2 (24. Nf4 $11 {remains equal.}) 24... Nb2 ({Better is} 24... gxh5 $17 25. Rae1 Nd6) 25. Nf4 Nxd3 26. cxd3 Nf8 27. Rae1 Bd7 28. g4 Rxe2 29. Nxe2 Re8 30. Qd2 g5 31. Bg3 Ng6 32. Kf2 Qe7 33. f4 f5 34. fxg5 (34. gxf5 $1 $15 Bxf5 35. fxg5) 34... fxg4 $17 35. h4 Qf7+ (35... Qxa3 $17 36. Kg1 a5) 36. Kg1 $11 Qf3 37. Kh2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (37. h5 $11 Nh8 38. Bf2) 37... Re3 $19 38. h5 {[#]} Ne7 $2 (38... Nf4 $1 {[%mdl 512] mates} 39. Rg1 (39. Nxf4 Qxg3+) 39... Rxe2+ 40. Qxe2 Qxe2+ 41. Kh1 Bf5 42. Bxf4 Qf3+ 43. Rg2 g3 44. Bxg3 Bh3 45. h6 Qxg2#) 39. Qxe3 $1 $15 Qxe3 40. Nf4 Qd2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 41. Re2 Qxc3 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 42. Rxe7 Bf5 ({Stronger than} 42... Qxd4 43. Rxd7 Qb2+ 44. Ng2 $18) 43. h6 $1 Kf8 (43... Qxa3 $2 44. Rg7+ Kf8 45. g6 $19) (43... Qxd4 $17 44. g6 Bxg6 45. Nxg6 Qb2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 46. Kg1 Qc1+ 47. Kf2 Qd2+ 48. Re2 Qxh6 49. Re8+ Kf7 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 50. Re7+ Kf6 51. Bh4+ Kf5 52. Rf7+ Kxg6 53. Rf6+ Kh5 54. Rxh6+ Kxh6) 44. Rxa7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (44. Rb7 $1 $11 {and White is okay.}) 44... Qd2+ $19 45. Kg1 Qe3+ 46. Kh2 Qd2+ 47. Kg1 $1 Qe3+ (47... Qd1+ $142 48. Kh2 Qd2+) 48. Kh2 Bxd3 {Hoping for ...Qd2+.} 49. g6 Qd2+ 50. Kg1 {[#] Threatening mate with g7+.} Qc1+ $2 (50... Qd1+ $1 $19 51. Kh2 Qc2+ 52. Kg1 Qb1+ 53. Kf2 Bxg6 54. Ne6+ Ke8 55. Ng7+ Kd8 56. Ne6+ Kc8 57. Rc7+ Kb8 58. Rxh7+ Ka8 59. Rh8+ Ka7 60. Bb8+ Ka6) 51. Kf2 $11 {g7+ would kill now.} Qd2+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Not} 51... hxg6 $2 52. h7 $18) (51... Qf1+ $11 52. Ke3 Qf3+ 53. Kd2 Bxg6 54. Nxg6+ hxg6) 52. Kg1 $19 {[#]} Qd1+ $1 53. Kh2 {White threatens g7+ and mate.} Qd2+ $2 {Accuracy: White = 50%, Black = 51%.} ({Black should try} 53... Qc2+ $19 54. Kg1 Qb1+ 55. Kf2 Bxg6 56. Ne6+ Ke8 57. Nc7+ Kd7 58. Nxd5+ Ke6 59. Nf4+ Kf5) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.28"]
[Round "10.28"]
[White "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Black "Demidov, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,116,25,37,32,31,32,0,0,-21,0,-16,-27,-12,10,7,12,0,19,19,26,19,27,0,0,-56,-48,-60,-34,-52,-18,-18,0,0,0,0,0,0,9,-49,-47,-61,-60,-60,-60,-57,-57,-95,-95,-99,-99,-100,-93,-116,-116,-116,-116,-201,-116,-116,-116,-116,-116,-116,-116,-116,-116,-116,-116,-145,-116,-145,-145,-145,-145,-145,-145,-145,-145,-145,-145,-145,-145,-145,-145,-145,-145,-145,-145,-145,-145,-145,-145,-145,-145,-145,-145,-145,-145,-137,-115,-115,-115,-115,-115,-115,-115,-115,0]} 1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 c5 5. d5 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 f5 {A40: Unusual replies to 1 d4} 7. Qc2 (7. g3 Nf6 8. Bg2 Qa5 9. Qb3 Nbd7 10. Nd2 Nb6 11. O-O Bd7 12. Re1 Qa4 13. Bf1 Ne4 14. e3 {½-½ (69) Karjakin,S (2762)-Eljanov,P (2717) Baku 2015}) 7... Nf6 8. Bh6 e5 {The position is equal.} 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. Rd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. e3 Nc6 11. Be2 Qe7 12. Rb1 O-O-O 13. O-O Ne4 14. Bd3 {0-1 (40) Hechl,G (2286)-Moza,M (2210) ICCF email 2011}) 10... Nc6 11. Bf4 Ne4 12. Nd2 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Qf6 14. Bg5 Qf7 15. Qxd6 {h4 is the strong threat.} h6 16. Bd2 Bxc4 17. Qxc5 ({White should try} 17. g3 $11) 17... O-O-O $15 18. h4 Rd7 {[#] And now ...Rhd8 would win.} (18... Ba6 $5 {[%cal Rf7a2]} 19. Qa3 f4 $15) 19. Bf4 Rxd1+ 20. Kxd1 Qe6 21. Qe3 Rd8+ 22. Ke1 $1 Qxe3 23. Bxe3 Bxa2 24. Rh3 (24. Bxh6 $11 Bb3 25. e4) 24... Bb3 {[%csl Gb3][%cal Rd8d1] [#]} 25. Bd2 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 26. Rd3 h5 27. Rxd8+ Kxd8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} 28. e3 Ne5 29. c4 a4 ({Don't play} 29... Bxc4 $6 30. Bxa5+ Kd7 31. Bxc4 $11) ({Much worse is} 29... Nxc4 30. Bxc4 Bxc4 31. Bxa5+ Kd7 32. Kd2 $11) 30. Bc3 Nxc4 31. Bxc4 Bxc4 $17 {KB-KB} 32. Kd2 Kd7 33. g3 (33. Bb2 $17 {was worth a try.}) 33... Kc6 (33... a3 $19 34. Kc1 Kc6) 34. Bb4 Kd5 35. Kc3 Be2 36. Bf8 Ke4 37. Kb4 b5 38. Bc5 Kf3 39. Bd6 Bc4 40. Bf4 Kxf2 41. Ka3 Kf3 42. Kb4 Ke4 43. Bg5 Bf7 44. Bf4 Kd3 45. Bg5 Kc2 46. Bf6 Kb1 47. Ka3 Be8 48. Bg5 Kc2 49. Kb4 Bd7 50. Bf6 Kd3 51. Bg5 Bc6 52. Bf4 Bd5 53. Bg5 Kc2 54. Bf6 f4 55. exf4 {Black is better.} Bc4 56. f5 gxf5 57. Be5 Be2 58. Bf6 Bc4 {Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 77%.} (58... Kd2 $17 59. Bg5+ Kc2) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.28"]
[Round "10.29"]
[White "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Black "Dragnev, Valentin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,81,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-11,44,0,2,-3,34,35,66,42,67,67,89,72,84,52,57,70,101,99,85,83,114,36,112,92,203,82,175,143,117,120,131,129,110,74,162,162,149,153,187,179,192,172,193,197,209,214,488,475,636,648,944,682,601,610,1022,965]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 d5 6. Nf3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Rc1 {E51: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4...0-0 5 Nf3 d5} Re8 (8... Bb7 9. Bd3 Be7 10. O-O c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Na4 Nbd7 13. Bc3 Ne4 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Qxd1 17. Rfxd1 {½-½ (30) Wang,Y (2690)-Cheparinov,I (2702) China 2018}) 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. Bd3 {The position is equal.} Bf8 11. O-O c5 12. f4 Nc6 13. Bb5 Qd6 (13... Rc8 $11) 14. Be1 a6 15. Ba4 c4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... b5) 16. Bc2 g6 17. Bh4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Bg7 18. Qf3 Rad8 19. g4 Rf8 20. Bg3 Ne8 21. h4 f5 22. gxf5 gxf5 23. h5 Qe6 24. Rf2 (24. Bh4 $16 {And now Nxc6 would win.} Bf6 25. Qh3 Bxh4 26. Qxh4) 24... Nf6 ({Better is} 24... Kh8 $14) 25. Bh4 Rd6 (25... Kh8 $16) 26. Bxf6 (26. Rg2 $18 {is more deadly.} Kh8 27. Kh1 (27. Rxg7 Kxg7 28. Kh1 Kh8 $15)) 26... Bxf6 (26... Rxf6 $16 27. Rg2 Kf8) 27. Rg2+ Kh8 28. Ne2 Ne7 29. Qh3 {Black must now prevent Ng6+!} Rg8 30. Ng3 {[%cal Rg3f5]} Bxe5 (30... Bc8 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 31. fxe5 $18 Rdd8 32. Qh4 ({Don't do} 32. Bxf5 $6 Nxf5 33. Qxf5 Qe7 $14) ({And not} 32. Nxf5 Bc8 $17) 32... Rdf8 33. Rf1 {[%cal Bc1f1,Bf1f2,Bf2g2][%mdl 32]} Bc8 34. Rff2 h6 35. Ne2 {[%cal Bg3e2,Be2f4,Bf4g6,Bg6e7][%mdl 32]} Qf7 36. Kf1 Be6 $2 {[#]} (36... Rxg2 {might work better.} 37. Rxg2 Rg8 38. Rxg8+ Kxg8) 37. Nf4 {White is clearly winning.} b5 38. Rxg8+ Kxg8 39. Rg2+ Kh7 40. Ng6 Re8 41. Nxe7 {Accuracy: White = 60%, Black = 26%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.28"]
[Round "10.30"]
[White "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Fakhrutdinov, Timur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,73,0,7,11,13,0,18,0,9,9,13,0,0,0,-2,0,15,18,21,0,14,8,49,12,45,39,65,50,85,79,90,89,95,51,165,164,155,79,70,63,68,81,95,88,105,67,152,147,228,203,310,289,314,291,278,216,533,518]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qc2 {The position is equal.} Bg6 13. Qb3 Ne7 14. O-O c6 {Hoping for ...Nxc3.} 15. Bd3 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 {[#]} Ng6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Qd7) 18. Ng5 Qd7 19. f4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black should prevent f5. White is more active.} f5 (19... f6 $5 {[%cal Rf6g5]} 20. Nf3 fxe5 21. fxe5 Nf4 $11) 20. b4 Bd8 21. Nf3 Be7 22. Rfb1 b6 23. a4 Rfc8 24. Kh2 Rc7 25. Ng1 c5 (25... Nf8 $14) 26. bxc5 bxc5 27. Ne2 (27. dxc5 $142 Bxc5 28. Ne2) 27... c4 $16 28. Qc2 $1 Bd8 29. Bc1 Rc6 30. a5 {[%cal Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} Rcc8 31. Nc3 Rab8 {[#]} (31... a6 $14) 32. a6 $1 Bb6 {[#]} (32... Ne7 $16) 33. Rb5 $1 $18 Ne7 (33... Qe8 {was necessary.} 34. Qd2 (34. Rxd5 Ne7 $16) 34... Rd8) 34. Rab1 Qe6 35. Ba3 Nc6 36. Rxd5 Qh6 $2 (36... Nxd4 37. Qd1 Nb3) 37. Ne2 {Accuracy: White = 65%, Black = 28%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.28"]
[Round "10.31"]
[White "Martinovic, Sasa"]
[Black "Dreev, Aleksey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,159,14,23,21,33,24,52,38,35,8,25,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,10,4,22,4,7,0,0,-7,15,0,24,-12,17,0,9,0,0,-31,-22,-47,-15,-34,12,27,83,79,25,34,62,80,68,48,52,50,66,54,65,0,33,0,62,0,0,0,0,0,0,-11,0,-12,-1,-72,0,-31,-42,-65,-70,-62,-76,-77,-77,-77,-73,-61,-53,-62,-76,-69,-48,-48,-67,-67,-62,-41,-59,-202,-202,-179,-188,-254,-173,-429,-177,-410,-357,-933,-888,-1127,-1030,-940,-793,-670,-649,-1538,-1460,-1911,-1837,-29966,-590,-29969,-29970,-29971,-29970,-29972,-29973,-29971,-29972,-29974,-29974,-29974,-29972,-29964,0,-29971,-29966,-29970,-29971,-29962,-29965,-29983,0,-29955,-1588,-5193,-763,-584,-584,-355,-175,-29966,-43,-29998,-29999,-29999]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 Bg4 6. f3 {D10: Slav Defence: 3 cxd5 (without early Nf3) and 3 Nc3} (6. h3 Bh5 7. Qb3 Ra7 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. g4 Bg6 10. g5 Ng8 11. Bg2 e6 12. e4 Ne7 13. Be3 Nbc6 {½-½ (13) Bacrot,E (2714)-Vallejo Pons,F (2705) Porto Carras 2011}) 6... Bc8 $1 7. Bd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 e6 9. Nge2 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bd2 O-O 12. O-O-O Nc6 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 {½-½ (22) Lemos,D (2458)-Alonso,S (2420) Mendoza 2008}) 7... g6 8. c5 {White is slightly better.} Bg7 9. Bd3 e5 10. Nge2 O-O 11. O-O Nbd7 12. b4 Ne8 13. Be1 f5 {Threatening ...e4.} 14. Qb3 Kh8 15. Rd1 e4 16. Bb1 exf3 17. Rxf3 Ndf6 18. Bh4 Nc7 19. Nf4 Qe8 20. Rdf1 Ne4 21. Bxe4 dxe4 22. Rh3 Be6 23. Qd1 a5 24. b5 cxb5 {[#]} 25. Be7 $1 $36 {[%cal Re7f8][%mdl 2560] White is pushing.} Bc4 (25... Qf7 $11 {keeps the balance.}) (25... Qxe7 26. Nxg6+) 26. Bxf8 $16 Bxf8 27. Rf2 Ne6 28. Ncd5 Bxd5 29. Nxd5 Bg7 30. Nf4 Ng5 31. Rg3 Ne6 32. Rh3 Ng5 $1 33. Rg3 (33. Rh4 {keeps more tension.} Bf6 34. Kh1 Ne6 35. Rh3 Ng5 36. Rg3) 33... Ne6 34. Qb3 (34. Nxe6 $14 Qxe6 35. h4) 34... Nxf4 $11 35. Rxf4 a4 36. Qb4 b6 $1 37. cxb6 Bf8 38. Qb2 {Strongly threatening Rxf5.} Bd6 39. Rf1 (39. h4 $11) 39... b4 (39... Rb8 $17) 40. d5+ Qe5 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 41. b7 Rb8 42. Qc2 $1 {[%cal Rc2c8] White wants to play Qc8+.} ({Avoid the trap} 42. Qxe5+ $2 Bxe5 43. Rd1 Rxb7 $19) 42... a3 43. Qc8+ Kg7 $1 44. Rxf5 Qe8 $1 45. Qxe8 Rxe8 46. Rf1 {Threatens to win with Rg4.} Bxg3 47. hxg3 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} Rb8 48. d6 Rxb7 49. Rd1 Rd7 50. Rd4 Kf6 51. Kf2 (51. Kf1 $15) 51... Ke5 $1 $19 52. Ke2 Rxd6 53. Rxb4 Kf5 54. Ra4 $2 (54. g4+ Kxg4 55. Rxe4+ Kg3 56. Re5) 54... Kg4 (54... Re6 $142 55. Rxa3 Kg4) 55. Rxa3 $2 (55. Rxe4+ {is the only way for White.} Kxg3 56. Re5) 55... Kxg3 56. Ra4 $2 (56. Ra7 h5 57. Ra5) 56... Re6 57. Kf1 Rf6+ 58. Ke1 Kxg2 59. Rxe4 h5 60. a4 g5 $1 {[%cal Rg5g4]} 61. a5 g4 62. Ra4 g3 (62... Kh3 $142 63. a6 g3 64. a7 g2 65. a8=Q g1=Q+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 66. Kd2 Rf2+ 67. Kc3 Qc1+ 68. Kd4 Rd2+ 69. Ke5 Qc7+ 70. Ke4 Rd8 71. Qxd8 Qxd8 72. Ra6 Qe8+ 73. Kd4 Qd7+ 74. Kc5 h4 75. Rb6 Qa7 76. e4 Kg4 77. Kb5 Qxb6+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Promotion} 78. Kxb6 h3 79. e5 Kf5 80. e6 Kxe6 81. Kc5 h2 82. Kd4 h1=Q 83. Kd3 Kd5 84. Ke3 Qe4+ 85. Kf2 Qf4+ 86. Kg1 Qd2 87. Kf1 Ke4 88. Kg1 Kf3 89. Kh1 Qg2#) 63. a6 {[#]} Kh3 $1 64. a7 g2 65. a8=Q g1=Q+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. KQR-KQR} 66. Kd2 Rf2+ 67. Kd3 Qd1+ 68. Ke4 Qf3+ 69. Kd3 Qd1+ 70. Ke4 {If only White now had time for Ke5....} Qc2+ 71. Ke5 Qf5+ 72. Kd6 Qf6+ 73. Kd5 Qf5+ 74. Kd6 {Now Qh1+ and White clings on.} Qg6+ (74... Rd2+ $142 75. Rd4 Qf6+ 76. Kd7 Rg2 77. Qxg2+ Kxg2 78. Ra4 h4 79. Rg4+ Kh2 80. Rf4 Qg7+ 81. Ke6 h3 82. Rf1 Kg2 83. Rc1 Qb2 84. Rc5 Qb3+ 85. Kd6 h2 86. Rg5+ Kf2 87. Rh5 Qd1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 88. Rd5 Qc2 89. e4 h1=Q 90. Rf5+ Ke3 91. Re5 Qc8 92. Re6 Qh2+ 93. e5 Qh7 94. Rf6 Qhd7#) 75. Ke5 Qg5+ (75... Qg7+ $142 76. Ke4 Rf8 77. Qxf8 Qxf8) 76. Kd4 Rd2+ 77. Kc4 Qf5 ({Stronger than} 77... Qxe3 78. Ra3 $11) (77... Qg4+ $142 78. Kc3 Qd1 79. Qc8+ Kh2 80. Qc7+ Kg1 81. Qg7+ Rg2) 78. e4 $2 (78. Qh1+ $19 Rh2 79. Qd1) 78... Rc2+ $2 (78... Qf1+ {mates} 79. Kc5 Qg1+ 80. Kc6 Qc1+ 81. Kb5 Qb2+ 82. Kc5 Qe5+ 83. Qd5 Qe7+ 84. Kc4 Rxd5 85. exd5 Qe4+ 86. Kb3 Qxd5+ 87. Kc2 Qc6+ 88. Kb3 {[#]} Qxa4+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 89. Kxa4 h4 90. Kb5 Kg4 91. Kc6 h3 92. Kd5 h2 93. Kc6 h1=Q+ 94. Kc5 Qe4 95. Kb5 Kf5 96. Kb6 Ke6 97. Kc5 Qa4 98. Kb6 Kd6 99. Kb7 Qb4+ 100. Ka7 Kc6 101. Ka8 Qb7#) 79. Kd4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (79. Kb3 $15 Qc5 80. Qa5) 79... Qc5+ 80. Kd3 Qc3# {Accuracy: White = 33%, Black = 55%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.28"]
[Round "10.32"]
[White "Kovalenko, Igor"]
[Black "Tsydypov, Zhamsaran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,57,-12,0,0,6,0,-9,-6,-10,-10,9,-11,-15,-12,-5,-25,-22,-33,-32,-34,-41,-32,0,0,51,0,0,-13,0,0,33,26,156,147,141,84,104,132,160,141,171,177,337,327,739,740,759,751]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. c3 {A48: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} Qe8 (7... Re8 8. Bh2 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Nf3 Nd7 12. Be2 Qe7 13. O-O a5 14. Qa4 {1-0 (69) Zhou,W (2627)-Lou,Y (2453) China 2015}) 8. Bh2 e5 9. Bb5 {The position is equal.} e4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Nd7 10. O-O Qe7 11. Nb3 a6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Na5 c5 14. Nc6 Qe6 15. dxe5 dxe5 {½-½ (58) Kotov,A-Zilber,I Leningrad 1956}) 10. Ng1 $1 Bd7 11. Ne2 a6 {[%cal Ba7a6,Ba6a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 12. Bxc6 Bxc6 13. c4 b5 14. O-O bxc4 15. Nxc4 a5 16. Qd2 Bb5 17. Rfc1 Qb8 ({Better is} 17... Qd7 $11) 18. b3 (18. a4 $1 $14 Bd7 19. Nxa5) 18... a4 $11 19. b4 {[%cal Bb3b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} a3 20. Rab1 Qb7 {[#] Hoping for ...Qa6.} 21. Rb3 Bxc4 (21... Rfc8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 22. Rxc4 $16 Rfc8 23. Qc2 (23. b5 $142) 23... Bf8 {[#]} 24. b5 $1 Nd7 25. Nc3 f5 26. g4 Nf6 $2 (26... Kh8 27. Qc1 Ra7) 27. Rc6 $18 Re8 $2 (27... Bh6 28. gxf5 gxf5) 28. g5 Nd7 29. Nd5 {Accuracy: White = 69%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.28"]
[Round "10.33"]
[White "Halkias, Stelios"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,75,27,22,39,35,35,40,27,44,50,55,81,65,75,52,59,38,113,91,91,60,70,66,75,32,31,23,45,39,60,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,17,0,0,0,96,99,101,70,79,79,618,599,752,730,2491,2368,29986,29986,29989,29990,29991,29992,29992,29993,29998,29999]} 1. Nf3 e6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Nc3 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} Nf6 7. Re1 (7. d4 Ne4 8. Bd2 O-O 9. Rc1 c5 10. d5 exd5 11. cxd5 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 d6 13. Nc4 Ba6 14. b3 b5 15. Nd2 {0-1 (29) So,W (2815)-Carlsen,M (2832) chess.com INT 2017}) 7... d5 8. cxd5 {LiveBook: 7 Games. White has an edge.} Nxd5 9. e4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Nxd5 Bxd5 10. e4 Bb7 11. d4 O-O 12. Bg5 Qd6 13. Qe2 h6 {½-½ (49) Baldauf,M (2402)-Mischustov,M (2353) Germany 2013}) 9... Nxc3 10. bxc3 c5 11. d4 Nc6 {[%cal Rc5d4]} 12. Bg5 Ne7 13. Qa4+ Bc6 14. Qb3 {And now d5! would win.} h6 15. Bf4 O-O (15... g5 $14 16. Be3 Bxe4) 16. Rad1 g5 {[#]} 17. Be5 $1 Ng6 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Qc7 21. Rd6 Rad8 22. Red1 ({Better is} 22. Qd1 $1 $14) 22... Rxd6 $11 23. Rxd6 b5 {[%cal Bb6b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 24. Qd1 b4 25. c4 Be8 26. h4 Qe7 27. Qg4 f5 {[#]} (27... a5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 28. exf6+ $1 $16 Rxf6 29. e5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Rf5 30. hxg5 hxg5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (30... Qxg5 $16 31. Qd1 (31. Qxg5+ hxg5 32. Rxe6 Bf7 $11) 31... Bh5) 31. f4 $18 Kf8 32. Be4 Rf7 33. Qh3 {[%cal Rh3h8]} Kg8 34. Rxe6 {White mates.} Qd7 35. Bd5 gxf4 36. Rg6+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Kf8 37. Qh6+ Ke7 38. Qg5+ {Accuracy: White = 78%, Black = 44%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.28"]
[Round "10.34"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,164,5,30,27,21,20,20,13,20,3,25,0,0,0,25,7,20,0,0,0,0,-1,26,6,25,12,24,0,1,0,0,0,8,-18,0,0,0,-47,-56,-65,-41,-27,-29,-50,-31,-104,-102,-118,-118,-118,-107,-154,-114,-114,-100,-116,-116,-152,-120,-150,-148,-245,-210,-211,-160,-164,-160,-388,-388,-350,-186,-284,-251,-254,-242,-240,-162,-220,-208,-216,-184,-191,-157,-163,-159,-215,-225,-229,-213,-208,-185,-186,-152,-167,-101,-101,-101,-101,-101,-100,-100,-101,-101,-101,-101,-101,-101,-101,-101,-108,-108,-108,-101,-108,-101,-133,-141,-131,-129,-140,-136,-140,0,0,0,-747,0,0,0,0,-8,-1500,-1420,-1237,-137,-1604,-1447,-1468,-1398,-29964,-29962,-29975,0,-1351,-1353,-1176,-875,-5522,-4666,-29980,-29981,-29981,-29982,-29981,-29981,-29979,-29980]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bd6 (5... Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Bf4 b6 10. Rd1 Ba6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Ng4 14. Bf3 f5 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Qa4 Bb7 17. Nd2 Qe8 18. Qxe8 Rfxe8 {½-½ (29) Giri,A (2783)-Ding,L (2813) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) 6. Bg2 {E01: Catalan: Early deviations} c6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. O-O {The position is equal.} O-O 9. Rc1 Ne4 10. Bf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Ne1 f5 11. Nd3 g5 12. cxd5 exd5 {1-0 (34) Mkrtchyan,S (2115)-Mkrtchian,L (2401) Yerevan 2017}) 10... Bxf4 11. gxf4 f5 12. Nbd2 h6 13. cxd5 exd5 14. b4 a6 15. a4 Nd6 16. Ne5 Kh7 17. Ra3 Qe7 18. Rb3 Nf6 19. Rg3 Rg8 20. e3 Be6 21. Rb1 Nfe4 22. Nxe4 fxe4 23. b5 cxb5 24. axb5 axb5 25. Qe2 g5 26. Qh5 Qf6 (26... Rg7 {with more complications.} 27. Bh3 Rag8 28. Ng4 Bxg4 29. Qxg4 Qf8) 27. fxg5 ({White should try} 27. Bh3 $15 Bxh3 28. fxg5 Rxg5 29. Qxh3) 27... Rxg5 $17 28. Rxg5 Qxg5 29. Qxg5 hxg5 30. f3 exf3 31. Bxf3 Ra2 32. Bg2 Kg7 33. Bf3 Kf6 34. Rf1 {Hoping for Bxd5+.} Ke7 35. Nd3 (35. Rb1 $17 {might work better.}) 35... Ne4 36. Rc1 Nd2 37. Bg2 {[#]} Kd6 $1 38. Rc5 $2 (38. Nc5 $17) 38... Ra1+ $19 39. Kf2 Rb1 (39... Ne4+ $142 40. Bxe4 dxe4) 40. Rc2 (40. Rc1 {was the only chance.}) 40... Nc4 41. e4 dxe4 42. Bxe4 b6 43. Ne1 (43. Re2 $142) 43... Rb3 44. Nd3 Bd5 45. Bg6 Ra3 46. Re2 Be6 47. Be4 (47. Re1 $17) 47... Ra4 48. Bh7 Ra8 49. Bg6 Rh8 50. Kg1 Rh4 51. Rg2 Rg4 ({Don't play} 51... Rxd4 52. Rxg5 b4 53. h3 $19) ({Black should play} 51... Kd5 $19 {aiming for ...Rg4.} 52. Ne1 g4) 52. Rxg4 $17 Bxg4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} 53. Nb4 Na5 54. Kf2 Nc6 55. Nxc6 Kxc6 {KB-KB} 56. Be4+ Kd6 57. Ke3 Be6 58. Kd3 b4 59. Bf3 Bd5 60. Bh5 Kd7 61. Bg4+ Kc6 62. Bh5 Kb5 63. Be8+ Bc6 64. Bf7 Ka4 65. d5 {[#]} Bb5+ (65... Bd7 $1 $17 {[%cal Rd7f5]} 66. Kd4 b3) 66. Kd4 $11 b3 67. Bg6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (67. d6 $11) 67... Ka3 $2 (67... Kb4 $19 68. Bf5 b2) 68. Ke5 b2 {And now ...Ka2 would win.} 69. Bb1 Kb4 {White should prevent ...Kc5.} 70. Kd4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (70. d6 $11) 70... Bd7 71. d6 g4 $2 (71... b5 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top.} 72. Bc2 Bh3) 72. Ba2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (72. Bc2 $17) 72... b5 $19 73. Bb1 Kb3 74. Kd3 Bf5+ 75. Kd2 Bd7 (75... Bxb1 $142 76. d7 Be4 77. Ke3 b1=Q 78. d8=Q Bf3 79. Qg8+ Ka3 80. Qg7 Qg1+ 81. Kf4 Qxh2+ 82. Kf5 Qc2+ 83. Kg5 b4 84. Qa1+ Kb3 85. Qf6 Qc3 86. Qf7+ Kb2 87. Qf4 Qc1 88. Kf5 Qxf4+ 89. Kxf4 b3 90. Ke5 Kc2 91. Kf5 b2 92. Kf4 b1=Q 93. Kf5 g3 94. Ke6 g2 95. Ke7 g1=Q 96. Kf7 Qb7+ 97. Kf8 Qc5+ 98. Kg8 Qcc8#) 76. Kd3 $1 b4 77. Kd4 Be8 78. Kd3 Bg6+ 79. Kd2 Bxb1 {Black mates.} 80. d7 Be4 81. d8=Q b1=Q 82. Qg8+ Ka3 {Accuracy: White = 38%, Black = 62%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.28"]
[Round "10.35"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Kadric, Denis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,77,33,37,37,42,22,27,10,17,17,38,43,48,52,49,37,37,28,45,0,54,51,52,52,36,42,41,54,125,147,147,112,147,-266,147,133,101,99,169,183,142,125,152,22,365,356,343,351,343,344,326,310,689,678,629,628,670,620,511,494,487,456]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. a4 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Re1 h6 9. h3 Re8 10. Be3 {C41: Philidor Defence} (10. Ba2 exd4 11. Nxd4 Bf8 12. Be3 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Rxe4 14. Qf3 d5 15. Rad1 Ne5 16. Qg3 Ng6 17. c4 Bd6 {0-1 (38) Saric,I (2695)-Ivanisevic,I (2603) Skopje 2018}) 10... exd4 11. Bxd4 Nf8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Bf8 12. e5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Be6 15. Qxd8 Raxd8 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Bd3 a5 {½-½ (79) Hirneise,T (2465)-Pikula,D (2466) Valjevo 2018}) 12. a5 {White has an edge.} Be6 13. Nd2 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Qg4 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Rg4g7]} Ng6 $1 17. Bd3 Bf8 18. a6 b5 (18... Be6 $11 19. Qg3 (19. axb7 Bxg4 20. Rxe8 Qxe8 $17) (19. Rxe6 Rxe6 20. axb7 Rb8 $11) 19... b6) 19. Bxg6 $14 fxg6 20. Qxg6 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 {Strongly threatening Ne4.} Bf7 22. Qg4 Qa5 (22... c5 $14 23. Be3 Qd6) 23. c3 $16 {And now Ne4 would win.} c5 {[#]} 24. Ne4 $1 {[%cal Re4f6]} cxd4 25. Nf6+ $1 Kh8 26. Qe4 $40 {[%csl Gf6][%cal Re4h7][%mdl 128] White has strong attack.} gxf6 27. Qxa8 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg7 28. Qxa7 {Hoping for Rd1.} dxc3 29. bxc3 Qxc3 {[#]} 30. Qe3 ({Only move:} 30. Rd1 $1 $16 {[%cal Rd1d7]} Bc5 31. Qb8) 30... b4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (30... Qxe3 $1 $11 {and Black is okay.} 31. Rxe3 Bc5) 31. a7 $18 Bd5 {intending ...Bc5.} 32. Rd1 Qxe3 33. fxe3 Be4 34. Rd4 b3 $2 (34... Bc6 35. Rc4 Bd5) 35. Rxe4 {White is clearly winning.} b2 36. Rg4+ Kf7 37. a8=Q {White wants to mate with Qd5+.} b1=Q+ 38. Kh2 {aiming for Qd5+.} Bd6+ 39. g3 {Accuracy: White = 63%, Black = 55%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.28"]
[Round "10.36"]
[White "Demuth, Adrien"]
[Black "Paravyan, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,81,0,11,6,8,11,6,14,20,14,29,8,27,24,34,28,35,-52,0,0,19,31,39,8,152,151,160,168,163,161,157,164,163,147,149,156,137,102,249,250,244,249,285,281,300,305,344,336,345,336,362,333,360,357,358,344,662,643,659,645,641,647,720,706,768,757,718,724,696,660]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 g6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. O-O e6 8. d4 {A15: English Opening: 1...Nf6} Qe7 9. Nc3 d5 10. Ne5 {The position is equal.} c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Rd8 11. Qc2 Na6 12. Rad1 c5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. cxd5 exd5 {0-1 (31) Loiseau,Q (2401)-Iturrizaga Bonelli,E (2640) Rochefort 2015}) 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Nd3 Na6 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Rc1 Rac8 15. Ba3 ({White should play} 15. Nb5 $14) 15... Ne4 (15... Bh6 $1 $15 16. Rb1 d4 17. Bxb7 Qxb7) 16. Na4 $11 Rfd8 17. Qe1 h5 18. Qa5 {[%cal Rd3c5]} Bd4 (18... Bh6 $11 19. Rc2 Qc7 20. Qxc7 Rxc7) 19. e3 $16 Nxf2 20. Nxf2 Bxe3 21. Rce1 $1 d4 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. Bc1 $1 {[%cal Rc1e3]} (23. Bxc5 Rd5 $17) (23. Nxc5 Nxc5 24. Bxc5 Qf3 $11) 23... Re8 24. Bxe3 dxe3 25. Nh3 {And now Nf4 would win.} Re5 (25... Nb4 $16 {is a better defense.}) 26. Qc3 $18 Rce8 27. Nb2 e2 {[#]} 28. Rf2 $1 Re3 29. Qd2 Nb4 30. Nf4 (30. Rexe2 Rxe2 31. Rxe2 Rxe2 $18) 30... h4 31. gxh4 ({But not} 31. Rexe2 Rxe2 32. Rxe2 Rxe2 $18) (31. Rfxe2 Rxe2 32. Rxe2 Rxe2 $18) 31... Qc8 32. Nc4 ({Not} 32. Nxe2 Qg4+ 33. Rg2 Qxh4 $18) ({Don't do} 32. Rexe2 Qg4+ 33. Kf1 Rxe2 $18) 32... Qg4+ {[#]} 33. Rg2 $1 {[%cal Rg2g4]} Qxf4 34. Nxe3 Nc6 $2 (34... Qxe3+ 35. Qxe3 Rxe3 36. Rgxe2 Rd3 37. Re8+ Kg7) 35. Nc4 {White is clearly winning.} Qxh4 {and the idea ...Nd4 leaves Black hopeful.} 36. Rexe2 Rd8 37. Qe1 Qf6 38. Re8+ Rxe8 39. Qxe8+ Kg7 40. Rf2 Qg5+ 41. Kf1 {Accuracy: White = 76%, Black = 36%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.28"]
[Round "10.37"]
[White "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"]
[Black "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 32,132,32,25,34,16,25,16,14,13,27,0,0,0,0,5,16,17,20,13,60,-4,-20,-24,41,48,66,-25,13,18,0,-120,-120,-112,-27,-27,0,-72,64,44,68,50,154,158,168,137,146,135,144,149,156,169,246,166,189,182,192,157,164,181,161,167,164,52,119,126,139,128,138,110,142,149,143,79,160,129,129,101,102,68,54,36,68,68,78,0,8,8,8,8,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 b6 4. c4 Bb7 5. g3 e6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. d4 cxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. Nc3 a6 11. Rfe1 Nbd7 12. e4 Qc7 {A30: Symmetrical English: Double Fianchetto and Hedgehog} 13. Qd2 (13. h3 Rad8 14. Nd2 Rfe8 15. Qe3 Bf8 16. Qe2 Qb8 17. g4 g6 18. Nf1 Bc6 19. Ng3 h6 20. a4 {0-1 (45) Granda Zuniga,J (2664)-Matamoros Franco,C (2545) Linares 2013}) 13... Rfe8 14. Nd4 Bf8 15. h3 Rac8 16. Rad1 Qb8 17. Kh2 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Ba8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Nc5 18. Re2 Rcd8 19. Qe1 Qa8 20. f3 Qb8 21. Qf2 d5 22. exd5 exd5 23. cxd5 Rxe2 {½-½ (23) Alienkin,A (2396)-Orlov,A (2487) Belgium 2017}) 18. Qd3 g6 19. Qf1 Bg7 20. Ba1 Nc5 21. Rd2 h5 22. Kg1 Bb7 23. Nc2 Red8 24. Qe2 h4 25. g4 e5 26. Qe3 {[#]} (26. g5 $14 Nh5 27. Qg4) 26... b5 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]} 27. Nd5 {aiming for Ne7+.} (27. cxb5 axb5) 27... Bxd5 (27... Re8 $11) 28. cxd5 $14 b4 29. Bf3 (29. f4 $14) 29... a5 30. g5 Nh7 31. Bg4 (31. Kh1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 31... Rc7 $17 32. Kh1 Re8 (32... Rf8 $17 {Threatens to win with ...f5.} 33. Rg1 Qd8) 33. Rg1 $1 $11 Qd8 34. Bd1 {[#]} (34. Bf3 $1 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.}) 34... Bf8 (34... f6 $1 $17) 35. Ne1 Qd7 36. Kh2 Be7 (36... a4 $14) 37. f4 $16 Bf8 38. fxe5 dxe5 39. Nf3 Nb7 40. Rg4 (40. Bxe5 $2 Rxe5 41. Nxe5 Bd6 $19) (40. Nxe5 $2 Bd6 $19) 40... Bc5 41. Qe1 Qd6 (41... Bf8 $142 42. Rxh4 (42. Qxh4 Bg7 $16) (42. Bxe5 Rxe5 43. Nxe5 Bd6 $17) 42... Bg7) 42. Bb2 (42. Rxh4 Bd4) (42. Qxh4 Be3 $16) 42... Qb6 43. Re2 ({Don't do} 43. Nxh4 $6 Be3 $16) (43. Bxe5 Rxe5 44. Nxe5 Bd6 $17) 43... Bd6 44. Qxh4 Nc5 45. Bc2 Qa6 46. Rgg2 a4 47. bxa4 (47. Re3 $18) 47... Nxa4 (47... Qc4 $1 $14) 48. Bxa4 Qxa4 49. Qg3 Nf8 50. h4 ({Don't go for} 50. Bxe5 $2 Rxe5 51. Nxe5 Nd7 $19) 50... b3 {[#]} 51. axb3 $1 ({Avoid the trap} 51. Bxe5 $2 Rxe5 52. Nxe5 Qd4 $19) 51... Qxb3 52. Rgf2 (52. Qg4 $142) 52... Qd3 ({Black should try} 52... Nd7) 53. Ne1 Qxg3+ 54. Kxg3 Nd7 55. Rc2 Nc5 56. Rc4 Rb8 57. Re2 $1 Rb3+ 58. Nf3 ({White should play} 58. Kg2 $16) 58... Nd3 {The position is equal.} 59. Rxc7 Bxc7 60. Rc2 Ba5 $1 61. Rc8+ Kg7 62. Ba1 Ra3 63. d6 $1 Rxa1 64. d7 Bb6 {Strongly threatening ...Ra3.} (64... Ra3 $5 65. Ra8 $8 Ne1 66. Rxa5 Rxf3+ 67. Kg4 Rf4+ 68. Kg3 Rf3+ 69. Kg4 Rf4+ 70. Kg3 Rf3+ $11) 65. d8=Q Bxd8 66. Rxd8 Ra3 {Accuracy: White = 49%, Black = 48%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.28"]
[Round "10.38"]
[White "Arutinian, David"]
[Black "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,118,10,0,4,0,0,-20,-12,-9,-13,-30,-28,-22,0,-40,-33,-39,-40,-122,-122,-147,-171,-230,-222,-220,-229,-239,-220,-237,-239,-277,-244,-247,-243,-281,-281,-289,-275,-306,-297,-283,-221,-248,-258,-248,-253,-261,-240,-256,-249,-293,-300,-369,-369,-369,-268,-369,-357,-350,-322,-432,-425,-434,-434,-508,-501,-525,-524,-508,-483,-8126,-7727,-7277,-6664,-8126,-8111,-6737,-5656,-12741,-9837,-5620,-2462,-29967,-29969,-29971,-29972,-29972,-29973,-29970,-2123,-29974,-29975,-29975,-29976,-29979,-29980,-29981,-29982,-29980,-29980]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. d4 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4 Nc6 9. Bb2 b6 10. Nbd2 Bb7 11. Qe2 Re8 {E14: Queen's Indian: Classical Variation (4 e3)} 12. Rad1 Bf8 13. a3 Rc8 {The position is equal.} 14. Rfe1 g6 15. Nf1 {[#]} Na5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Bg7) 16. N1d2 Nc6 17. Nf1 Nh5 18. Qe3 Na5 {[%cal Rd5c4]} 19. N1d2 {[#]} ({Better is} 19. cxd5 $15 exd5 20. Qxe8 Qxe8 21. Rxe8 Rxe8 22. N1d2) 19... Nxb3 $1 $17 {[%mdl 576] Remove Defender} 20. Nxb3 {Hoping for c5.} dxc4 21. Bxc4 (21. Bc2 $142 cxb3 22. Bxb3) 21... Rxc4 $19 22. d5 Bxd5 23. Nbd4 Bg7 24. Ne5 Rc5 25. Ng4 Qh4 26. h3 Nf6 27. Ne5 Qe4 28. Qxe4 Nxe4 29. Nd3 Nc3 30. Rc1 Rc4 ({Weaker is} 30... Bxd4 31. Nxc5 Bxc5 32. Rxc3 $15) 31. Bxc3 Bxd4 32. Bxd4 Rxd4 33. Nb4 a5 34. Nxd5 Rxd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 35. Rc7 Red8 36. Rb7 Rd1 37. Kf1 Rxe1+ 38. Kxe1 {KR-KR} Rd3 39. Rxb6 Rxa3 40. Rb7 Ra2 41. h4 Kg7 42. g3 h6 43. Ra7 g5 44. hxg5 hxg5 45. Kf1 (45. f3 $142 Kf6 46. Rd7) 45... g4 46. Rc7 Kg6 47. Rc4 f5 48. Rc5 Kf6 49. Rb5 a4 {[%cal Ba5a4,Ba4a3,Ba3a2][%mdl 32]} 50. Ra5 a3 51. Kg2 Ra1 52. Kh2 a2 53. Kg2 e5 54. Ra4 Ke7 (54... Ke6 $142 55. Ra5 f4 56. gxf4 exf4 57. Ra6+ Ke5 58. Ra5+ Kd4 59. f3 gxf3+ 60. Kf2 Rh1 61. Ra4+ Ke5 62. Ra5+ Kd4 63. Ra4+ Kc3 64. Ra3+ Kb2 65. Ra6 a1=Q 66. Rxa1 Rxa1 67. Kxf3 Ra4 68. Kg4 Kc3 69. Kh3 Kd4 70. Kg4 Ke4 71. Kg5 Ra6 72. Kg4 Ra5 73. Kh3 Kf3 74. Kh2 Ra1 75. Kh3 Rh1#) 55. Ra5 Kd6 {Black mates.} 56. Ra4 {[#]} f4 $1 57. gxf4 exf4 58. Ra3 f3+ 59. Kh2 {[#]} g3+ $1 {Accuracy: White = 23%, Black = 81%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.28"]
[Round "10.39"]
[White "Repka, Christopher"]
[Black "Vocaturo, Daniele"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,104,0,0,0,0,-43,-33,-66,-75,-116,-106,-113,-104,-144,-80,-83,-75,-131,-132,-215,-78,-79,-79,-98,-97,-161,-135,-160,-160,-157,-143,-160,-160,-153,-153,-152,-153,-153,-153,-362,-362,-329,-329,-329,-329,-203,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-202,-228,-254,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Nc6 8. e3 O-O 9. Nc3 Re8 10. Re1 a5 {D76: Fianchetto Grünfeld: Main Line with 7...Nb6} 11. Qe2 (11. h3 a4 12. Rb1 a3 13. bxa3 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Qxd8 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Rxd8 17. Nb5 Be5 18. Nd4 Bxh3 19. Bxb7 Bxd4 20. exd4 {1-0 (38) Ivanchuk,V (2726)-Muzychuk,M (2540) Caleta 2018}) 11... e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. f4 Bxc3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 15. bxc3 Bf5 16. c4 Bd3 17. Qd2 {And now c5 would win.} Be4 $146 ({But not} 17... Nxc4 $6 18. Qc3 $14) 18. c5 {Qxd8 is the strong threat.} Na4 $1 19. Bxe4 Rxe4 20. Qc2 Qe7 (20... Qd5 $142 $1 21. Ba3 Rc4) 21. Rb1 $17 Nxc5 22. Ba3 {[#]} ({White should play} 22. Bb2) 22... b6 $1 ({Don't go for} 22... Rxe3 $2 23. Qf2 $18) 23. Qc3 (23. Bxc5 $17 {was called for.} bxc5 24. Qc3) 23... Re8 (23... Na4 $19 24. Qb3 c5) 24. Bxc5 bxc5 25. Rb5 a4 {[%cal Re4e3]} 26. Rxc5 (26. Kf2 $17) 26... Rxe3 $19 27. Rxe3 Qxe3+ 28. Qxe3 Rxe3 29. Rxc7 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} Re2 30. a3 Re3 31. Ra7 Rxa3 32. Kg2 h5 33. h4 $2 (33. Kh3 $17) 33... Kg7 $19 34. Ra5 Ra1 35. f5 a3 36. fxg6 fxg6 $2 (36... Kxg6 $19 37. Rg5+ Kh6) 37. Ra6 Kf7 38. Kh2 Ra2+ 39. Kh3 Kg7 {White must now prevent ...Ra1.} 40. Ra7+ Kf6 {Hoping for ...Ra1.} 41. Ra6+ Kf5 {aiming for ...Ra1.} 42. Ra5+ $2 (42. Ra7 $11 {and White is okay.} Ra1 43. Ra4) 42... Ke4 43. Ra6 {[#]} Ke3 $2 (43... Ra1 $1 $19 {Threatens to win with ...Kf3.} 44. Kg2 a2) 44. Rxg6 $11 {The position is equal.} Rc2 45. Ra6 Rc3 46. Ra5 Kf2 47. Rxh5 Rxg3+ 48. Kh2 Rg2+ 49. Kh3 Rg3+ 50. Kh2 Rg4 51. Rf5+ Ke3 52. Ra5 Rxh4+ {Precision: White = 66%, Black = 69%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.28"]
[Round "10.40"]
[White "Ivic, Velimir"]
[Black "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,64,18,18,34,8,13,27,33,26,33,25,48,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-445,-410,-684,-666,-816,-805,-906,-905,-905,-865,-5193,-4456,-1789,-1405,-29983,-29983,-29980,-29981,-29994,-29995]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 e6 8. Ne5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nd7 {B19: Classical Caro-Kann: 4...Bf5 main line} 11. f4 Bb4+ (11... Be7 12. Bd2 Nxe5 13. fxe5 Bxh4 14. O-O-O Bxg3 15. Qxg3 Ne7 16. Qxg7 Rg8 17. Qxh6 Qd5 18. Kb1 {½-½ (27) Predojevic,B (2626)-Saric,I (2692) Germany 2018}) 12. c3 Be7 {White has an edge.} 13. Bd2 Ngf6 14. O-O-O c5 15. d5 Nxe5 16. fxe5 Qxd5 17. Qb5+ Nd7 {[#] Threatens to win with ...0-0-0.} 18. Bxh6 $1 {[#]} a6 $146 19. Qa4 b5 20. Qf4 (20. Rxd5 $2 bxa4 21. Bxg7 Rh7 $19) 20... Qxa2 21. Bxg7 Rg8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 22. Nh5 b4 23. Rhf1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (23. Qe4 $11 O-O-O 24. Nf6 (24. Qc6+ Kb8 $11) 24... bxc3 25. bxc3 Qa3+ 26. Kc2 Qa2+ 27. Kc1 Bxf6 28. Qc6+ Kb8 29. exf6) 23... O-O-O $19 24. Qe4 (24. Rd6 $142 bxc3 25. bxc3) 24... bxc3 25. bxc3 c4 {[%cal Re7a3] [#]} 26. Qc6+ Kb8 {[%cal Re7a3]} 27. Rxd7 Qa3+ 28. Kb1 Qb3+ 29. Kc1 Qxc3+ 30. Kb1 Rxd7 {Black mates.} 31. Qxd7 Qb3+ 32. Kc1 c3 {Accuracy: White = 52%, Black = 88%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.28"]
[Round "10.41"]
[White "Svane, Rasmus"]
[Black "Zhigalko, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,136,18,18,27,35,28,31,40,25,30,32,29,37,32,31,34,25,41,34,42,23,29,28,27,27,29,22,21,23,25,24,31,31,40,18,17,20,16,15,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 O-O 9. Rd1 d6 10. Bg5 {A30: Symmetrical English: Double Fianchetto and Hedgehog} (10. b3 Nbd7 11. Bb2 a6 12. e4 Qb8 13. Qe3 Re8 14. Nd4 Bf8 15. Qd2 Qa7 16. Re1 Rad8 17. Rad1 Qa8 18. Re2 g6 19. Qe1 Bg7 20. h3 Nc5 21. Bc1 Qb8 22. Bb2 Qa8 23. Bc1 Qb8 24. Bb2 {½-½ (24) Tomashevsky,E (2702)-Oparin,G (2609) Satka 2018}) 10... Nc6 11. Qf4 Qb8 12. Rd2 Ne5 13. Rad1 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Ng6 14. Qe3 {[#]} Rd8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Qc7 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. h4 h5 17. b3 Rfd8 {1-0 (35) Benidze,D (2476)-Solodovnichenko,Y (2586) Cubuk 2017}) 15. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Ng4 16. Qd4 Nf6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Qe3 h6 19. h5 Ne7 20. Ne4 Bxe4 $1 21. Qxe4 d5 22. cxd5 Rxd5 23. Nd4 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Qc7 $1 25. Qd3 Rxd4 26. Qxd4 Rc8 27. Be4 Kf8 28. Rd3 f6 29. Rc3 Qd8 {The position is equal.} 30. Rxc8 Qxc8 31. Qd6 {next Bg6 is good for White.} Kf7 32. Bd3 Qc1+ 33. Kh2 Qg5 ({Of course not} 33... Qxb2 $6 34. Qd7 $16) 34. Qd7 Qxh5+ 35. Kg1 {With the idea Bb5.} Qc5 36. Bb5 {[%csl Gb5][%cal Rd7e8] [#]} g5 37. b3 a5 38. a4 Qc8 39. Qd6 Qc1+ 40. Kg2 $1 {[#] Threatens to win with Bc4.} Qc5 41. Qb8 $1 Kg7 42. Bc4 Qc6+ 43. Kg1 Nd5 44. e4 Ne7 45. e5 Nd5 46. exf6+ Nxf6 47. Bb5 Qc5 48. Qb7+ Kf8 49. Bd3 (49. Bc4 {keeps more tension.} Qd6 50. Kg2 Nd7 51. Qf3+ Kg7 52. Qb7) 49... Qd6 (49... Qd4 {with more complications.} 50. Qc8+ Kg7 51. Bc2 Kf7 52. Qc7+ Nd7) 50. Bc4 h5 51. Qf3 Kf7 52. Qe3 g4 53. Kg2 Nd7 54. Bb5 Nf6 55. Bc4 Nd7 56. Qh6 Nf6 57. Qg5 Qc5 58. Qf4 Ke7 59. Qb8 Nd7 60. Qg8 Qf5 61. Bb5 {And now Qg7+ would win.} Ne5 62. Qe8+ Kd6 63. Qd8+ Kc5 64. Qc7+ Kb4 65. Qxb6 {Hoping for Bd3+.} Qe4+ 66. Kf1 Kc3 67. Qxa5+ Kc2 {White must now prevent ...Qh1+.} 68. Qe1 Qh1+ {Precision: White = 93%, Black = 83%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.28"]
[Round "10.42"]
[White "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Black "Zanan, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,91,10,11,0,0,0,0,-4,0,8,16,6,13,12,18,18,19,7,20,21,14,5,11,0,16,-53,12,28,18,17,16,-1,25,42,33,-6,-7,-14,-13,0,9,-33,-40,-20,-15,-27,-22,-18,0,0,1,-25,0,0,0,0,0,11,96,81,79,-4,72,26,24,24,25,21,24,25,25,25,161,157,201,186,229,227,590,587,691,620,620,608]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 (5. Bxd7+ Bxd7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 e5 8. Qd3 h6 9. a4 Nf6 10. a5 Be7 11. c4 b5 12. axb6 Qxb6 13. Nc3 O-O 14. Be3 Qb7 15. h3 Rfc8 16. Nd2 Be6 17. Rfb1 a5 18. b3 Ra6 19. Ra2 Bd7 20. Rba1 {½-½ (20) Wang,H (2730)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2763) St Petersburg 2018}) 5... Ngf6 6. a4 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7} b6 7. c3 Bb7 8. Qe2 {The position is equal.} e6 9. Bc2 Be7 10. d4 O-O 11. Re1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Ng5 h6 12. Nh3 cxd4 13. cxd4 e5 14. Na3 b5 15. d5 bxa4 {0-1 (33) Quere,A (2022)-Croad,N (2232) Wellington 2017}) 11... Qc7 12. Na3 Rfe8 13. h3 Bf8 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 Nh5 16. Rad1 Rac8 17. Bb1 (17. Nh2 $11 g6 18. dxc5) 17... Bc6 (17... cxd4 $15 18. Nxd4 g6) 18. Qxa6 $11 Ra8 19. Qd3 Bxa4 20. Rc1 g6 21. Qd2 e5 22. Bd3 Qb7 23. Nc4 Nf4 24. Bf1 b5 25. Na3 c4 26. Nc2 g5 27. Bg3 Nf6 28. d5 Bxc2 29. Qxc2 Ra2 30. h4 g4 (30... N4h5 {looks sharper.} 31. hxg5 hxg5 32. Qd2 Bh6 33. Bh4 Nh7) 31. Bxf4 $1 exf4 32. Nd4 Re5 33. Qd2 Nh5 (33... g3 $1 $11 {remains equal.} 34. Qxf4 gxf2+ 35. Kxf2 Rxb2+ 36. Kg1 Bg7) 34. Be2 $16 Qd7 35. Nf5 ({Better is} 35. Bd1 $1 $16) 35... Rxf5 (35... Nf6 $1 $11 36. Qxf4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Rxe4 37. Nxh6+ Bxh6 38. Qxh6 Qe7) 36. Bxg4 {[%mdl 64] [#] Pin} Rxd5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 37. Qe2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] [#] Black is under pressure.} (37. Qxd5 Qxg4) 37... f5 $1 38. Bxh5 (38. exf5 Re5) 38... Re5 39. Bg6 fxe4 40. Bxe4 Bg7 {[#]} (40... Qe6 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 41. Rcd1 $1 $18 Qe7 {[#]} 42. Rd5 $1 Kf8 {next ...Rxd5 is good for Black.} 43. Rxe5 Qxe5 $2 (43... Bxe5 {is tougher.} 44. Qg4 Qf7) 44. Qd2 {White is clearly winning.} Qe6 {If Black can now play ...Be5 this consolidates a bit.} 45. Bb1 Rxb2 46. Qxf4+ {Accuracy: White = 59%, Black = 42%.} (46. Rxe6 $2 {loses.} Rxd2 47. Kh2 Kf7 $19) ({Weaker is} 46. Qc1 Re2 $17) 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.28"]
[Round "10.43"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,97,8,5,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,3,8,0,6,7,18,14,22,10,18,0,11,2,10,0,11,4,7,6,4,3,7,6,6,0,4,6,2,0,0,0,0,6,4,3,13,15,15,16,243,240,304,284,281,233,810,803,786,763,993,1001,592,592,981,592,29977,29978,29979,29978,29978,29977,29979,29979,29983,29984]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Rc1 {D56: Queen's Gambit Declined: Lasker Defence} (10. Qc2 c5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Be2 Bg4 14. O-O Ne6 15. Rfd1 Rac8 16. Qd2 Rfd8 17. Nd4 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Rc4 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Rac1 Rdc8 21. Rxc4 Rxc4 {½-½ (41) Vitiugov,N (2734)-Hou,Y (2658) Belokurikha 2018}) 10... Nxc3 11. Rxc3 c5 12. Bb5 {The position is equal.} cxd4 13. Qxd4 Nf6 14. O-O Rd8 15. Qc5 Qxc5 16. Rxc5 Bd7 17. Bxd7 Rxd7 $146 18. Rfc1 Rad8 19. Kf1 Ne8 20. Ke2 f6 21. R1c2 Kf7 22. g4 Nd6 23. Nd2 Ke7 24. h3 g5 25. Ra5 Rc8 26. Rxc8 Nxc8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 27. Rc5 Nd6 28. f4 Kd8 29. Nf3 Ne4 30. Rc4 Nd6 $1 {[%cal Rd6c4]} 31. Ra4 a6 32. e4 gxf4 {aiming for ...e5.} 33. e5 fxe5 34. Nxe5 Rc7 35. Rxf4 Rc2+ 36. Kf3 Rxb2 $2 {[#]} (36... Ke7 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 37. Rd4 $1 $18 Rb6 38. Nc4 Rb4 39. Rxd6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kc7 $2 (39... Ke7) 40. Rxe6 Rxc4 41. Rxh6 {KR-KR} Ra4 42. g5 Kd7 43. Rb6 Rxa2 44. Rxb7+ Ke8 45. Kg4 {White mates.} a5 46. Ra7 a4 47. Kh5 a3 48. g6 Ra1 49. Ra8+ {Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 34%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.28"]
[Round "10.44"]
[White "Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis"]
[Black "Antipov, Mikhail Al."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,52,0,0,8,8,11,5,4,0,0,0,1,4,49,-20,0,-22,-43,-143,-141,-174,-170,-240,-242,-351,-348,-286,-263,-337,-351,-635,-631,-634,-600]} 1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd7 {C07: French Tarrasch: 3...c5, 4 Ngf3 and 4 exd5 Qxd5} 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nb3 Nf6 9. Qe2 a6 10. a4 Bd6 11. Rd1 {LiveBook: 40 Games} Qe7 12. Nbxd4 Nxd4 13. Rxd4 e5 $1 {[%cal Re5d4]} 14. Rxd6 Qxd6 {[#]} 15. b3 $146 e4 16. Ba3 $1 {[%cal Ra3d6]} Qf4 17. Rd1 ({White should play} 17. Qe1 $14 Be6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Rd1) 17... Be6 $1 $11 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Qc4 {[#]} ({Better is} 19. Nd2 $1 $15) 19... Kf7 $1 $17 ({Worse is} 19... Nd5 20. Rd4 $11 (20. Rxd5 exd5 21. Qxd5 exf3 $11)) 20. h4 Rhd8 21. Re1 (21. Ng5+ $142 Kg6 22. Rf1) 21... h6 $19 22. Nd4 (22. Qb4 $142) 22... Rd5 23. Qb4 Re8 {Hoping for ...a5.} 24. Qxb7+ Rd7 25. Qb4 $2 {[#]} (25. Ne2 Qxh4 26. g3 Rxb7 27. gxh4) 25... a5 26. Qc3 Ng4 {Accuracy: White = 25%, Black = 97%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.28"]
[Round "10.45"]
[White "Azarov, Sergei"]
[Black "Baron, Tal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,111,21,20,20,20,0,0,2,17,15,0,4,17,5,0,-5,22,-7,0,0,0,-10,0,-7,-10,-3,-6,0,0,0,-5,-14,0,0,0,-16,0,0,-1,-9,-2,-2,-4,-5,0,-15,0,0,0,0,15,15,15,15,15,15,28,16,48,16,42,42,70,14,14,12,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-50,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Nc6 6. O-O {B06: Modern Defence} Bg4 7. Rd1 {Hoping for e5.} e5 {Threatens to win with ...Nxd4.} 8. c3 $1 O-O 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 exd4 11. cxd4 Nd7 12. Be3 Nb6 13. Bb3 Na5 {[#]} 14. Nd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Nc3 Nxb3 15. axb3 c6 16. d5 {½-½ (41) Vachier Lagrave,M (2779)-Nakamura,H (2777) Saint Louis 2018}) 14... Nxb3 15. Nxb3 Qe7 16. Bf4 a5 17. Qd3 d5 18. e5 Nc4 19. Bc1 f6 20. Nd2 Nxd2 21. Bxd2 fxe5 22. dxe5 Qxe5 {Threatening ...c5.} 23. Bc3 Qf5 24. Qxd5+ Qxd5 25. Rxd5 Bxc3 26. bxc3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} c6 27. Rg5 Rf4 28. Rb1 b5 29. Rc5 Rf6 30. a4 bxa4 31. Ra1 Rb8 32. Rxa5 Rb2 33. Ra8+ Kf7 34. Ra7+ Ke6 35. f3 h5 36. R1xa4 ({White should play} 36. Re1+ $14 Kd6 37. Rxa4) 36... Rc2 37. Re4+ Kd6 38. Rd4+ Kc5 39. Ra5+ Kb6 40. Ra3 Re6 41. Rb4+ Kc7 42. Ra7+ Kd6 43. Rd4+ Kc5 44. Ra5+ Kb6 45. Rg5 Rxc3 46. Rb4+ Kc7 47. Kh2 Kd6 (47... c5 $15 48. Rb5 Rc6) 48. Rd4+ {The position is equal.} Ke7 49. f4 Rb3 50. Rc4 Rb2 51. h4 Rbe2 52. Rgc5 Kd7 53. Rd4+ Ke7 54. Ra4 R2e4 55. Rxe4 Rxe4 56. Rxc6 {Accuracy: White = 43%, Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.28"]
[Round "10.46"]
[White "Shubin, Kirill"]
[Black "Santos Latasa, Jaime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,69,2,2,8,8,8,10,10,4,1,11,14,16,12,16,12,12,0,0,-22,-19,-26,-30,-35,-14,-21,-8,-13,-5,-10,-10,-14,-14,-14,-14,-16,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,-7,-5,0,0,0,0,0,0,51,49,49,39,40,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxc6+ {B53: Sicilian: 2...d6: Lines with Qxd4} bxc6 7. c4 (7. O-O e5 8. Qd3 Be7 9. c4 Qc7 10. Rd1 Nf6 11. Nc3 O-O 12. h3 Rb8 13. b3 Nd7 14. Ba3 Nc5 15. Bxc5 dxc5 16. Qe3 {1-0 (26) Wang,H (2711)-Idani,P (2599) Kuala Lumpur 2018}) 7... e5 8. Qd3 {The position is equal.} Ne7 9. c5 Ng6 10. cxd6 Qxd6 11. Qxd6 Bxd6 12. O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Nbd2 a5 13. Nc4 Bc7 {1-0 (76) Apryshko,G (2377)-Tran,T (2520) St Petersburg 2018}) 12... Bg4 13. Nbd2 f6 14. Rd1 O-O-O 15. h3 Be6 16. Nb3 Bxb3 17. axb3 Bc5 18. Bd2 Kb7 19. Ba5 Bb6 20. Bxb6 Kxb6 21. Nd2 Nf4 22. Nc4+ Kb7 23. Re1 Ne6 24. Ra4 Nc5 25. Ra3 Rd4 26. Rc1 Rhd8 27. Kh2 Rd1 ({Of course not} 27... Rxe4 $6 28. Na5+ Kb6 {[#]} 29. Rxc5 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]}) 28. Rc2 Nxe4 29. Na5+ $1 {[%mdl 64] [#] Discovered Attack} Kb6 30. Nc4+ Ka7 31. Ne3 R1d6 32. Nf5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Re6 ({Black should try} 32... Rd1 $11) 33. Nxg7 $14 {White is slightly better.} Red6 34. Nf5 {aiming for f3.} Re6 35. Ng7 {Accuracy: White = 80%, Black = 66%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.28"]
[Round "10.47"]
[White "Rozum, Ivan"]
[Black "Grinberg, Eyal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,120,28,21,39,32,31,33,48,24,62,38,39,8,68,68,78,52,60,64,71,67,64,38,32,34,41,37,53,41,65,35,46,48,83,83,75,79,83,85,85,65,104,35,34,33,42,38,34,27,56,31,28,48,157,158,170,104,125,105,120,127,131,109,141,139,125,109,112,0,5,-8,-9,-8,0,0,0,0,195,200,200,202,200,195,201,69,68,37,42,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. c4 g6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. d4 Ne4 {D78: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0 c6} 9. e3 {LiveBook: 6 Games} Be6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 e6 12. Nd2 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Nd7 14. Rfd1 Nf6 15. Rac1 a6 16. Qe2 {½-½ (50) Shankland,S (2717)-Cori Tello,J (2659) Montevideo 2018}) 10. Qe2 Nd7 {White is slightly better.} 11. Ne1 Ndf6 12. Nd3 Bf5 13. f3 Nd6 14. Nf2 Bxb1 (14... dxc4 $11 15. bxc4 Be6) 15. Raxb1 $14 Nd7 16. Rfd1 a5 17. e4 e6 18. a4 Qc7 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. e5 Nf5 {[%cal Bd6f5,Bf5e7,Be7c6][%mdl 32]} 21. Bf1 Ne7 22. Qd2 Nc6 23. Ng4 Qb6 24. Kh1 f5 25. exf6 Nxf6 26. Ne5 Rec8 27. Bh3 Re8 28. Re1 Bf8 29. Qf4 (29. Nxc6 $16 {Hoping for Ne5.} Qxc6 30. Bc3) 29... Nxe5 $1 30. Qxe5 Bg7 31. Qe3 ({Much worse is} 31. Bxe6+ Kh8 $15) 31... Bf8 32. Rbc1 (32. Bxe6+ Kh8 $15) 32... Bb4 33. Bc3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Ba3 $1 {[%cal Ra3c1]} 34. Ra1 Bb4 ({Black should try} 34... Bf8 $14) 35. Bxb4 $16 Qxb4 36. Rac1 ({But not} 36. Bxe6+ $6 Kg7 $14) (36. Qe5 $1 $18 {[%cal Re5f6]} Qf8 37. Bxe6+ Kh8 38. Qf4) 36... Re7 37. Rc5 Kf7 38. Rec1 ({Don't play} 38. Bxe6+ $6 Kg7 $11) 38... Rae8 39. Rb5 Qd6 40. Rxa5 e5 {next ...exd4 is good for Black.} 41. dxe5 Rxe5 42. Qg1 (42. Qc5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rc5d6]} Qxc5 43. Raxc5) 42... Re3 $11 43. Rb5 d4 {Strongly threatening ...d3.} 44. Rxb7+ Kg8 45. Rbc7 $1 d3 {White must now prevent ...d2.} 46. Rc8 $1 {Qxe3 is the strong threat.} Rxc8 $2 (46... Qd4 $11 {and Black is okay.} 47. R1c4 Qe5) 47. Rxc8+ $18 Re8 {[#]} 48. Rxe8+ $1 Nxe8 {[#]} 49. Qd1 $1 d2 50. Bf1 (50. Kg2 $18) 50... Qd4 $1 $14 {[%cal Rd4f2]} 51. Be2 Nf6 52. Bc4+ (52. a5 $5 {[%cal Ra5a6]}) 52... Kg7 {The position is equal.} 53. Kg2 g5 54. g4 Nd7 (54... h5 $5 55. h3 $8 Nd7 $11) 55. a5 {And now a6 would win.} Ne5 56. a6 $1 {[%cal Ra6a7]} Ng6 $1 {[%cal Rg6h4] With the idea ...Nh4+.} 57. a7 Nf4+ 58. Kf1 Nh3 $1 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Rd4f2]} 59. Kg2 Nf4+ $1 60. Kf1 Nh3 $1 {Accuracy: White = 50%, Black = 60%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.28"]
[Round "10.48"]
[White "Moroni, Luca Jr"]
[Black "Zwardon, Vojtech"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E56"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,86,19,42,24,55,43,37,12,22,12,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,80,0,0,-27,-28,-28,-15,-35,-35,-38,0,0,0,-2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. e3 d5 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3 Ba5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qa5 {LiveBook: 11 Games} 12. c4 {And now cxd5 would win. E56: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: Main Line: 7...Nc6} (12. Qc2 Qxc5 13. a4 Re8 14. Ng5 g6 15. Ba3 Qb6 16. Rab1 Qc7 17. f4 Rxe3 18. f5 Ng4 19. g3 Nce5 20. fxg6 hxg6 21. Bxg6 fxg6 {0-1 (27) Meza,A (2058)-Ricardi,P (2479) Montevideo 2019}) 12... dxc4 13. Bxc4 Qxc5 14. Ba2 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 14. Qe2 Bg4 15. Bb2 Rad8 16. Rac1 Qf5 17. h3 Bh5 18. Qc2 Qxc2 19. Rxc2 Bg6 {1-0 (40) Muir,A (2350)-Allicock,R (2304) Sunningdale 2007}) 14... Bg4 15. Bb2 Rad8 16. Qe2 Ne4 17. Rfd1 Nc3 (17... Qh5 {is more complex.} 18. h3 Bxh3 19. gxh3 Ng5 20. Nd4 Qxh3 21. f4 Nxd4 22. Bxd4 Nf3+) 18. Bxc3 $1 Qxc3 19. h3 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Bxf3 21. Qxf3 Qxa3 22. Bd5 Qc3 23. Qf5 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4,Ba4a3][%mdl 32]} 24. Qd7 Nb4 (24... a4 $11) 25. Qxb7 (25. Bxb7 $16 Qc5 26. Rd4) 25... a4 $11 26. Rb1 (26. Rd4 {is interesting.} Nxd5 27. Qxd5 Qe1+ 28. Kh2 Qxf2 29. Qe4) 26... Nxd5 27. Qxd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} a3 28. Qa2 Qc5 29. Rb7 g6 30. Kh2 {The position is equal.} Kg7 31. Kg1 h5 32. Qb3 Qa5 {[#] Threatens to win with ...a2.} 33. Qa2 $1 Qa6 34. Rd7 Kg8 35. Rc7 h4 36. Rd7 Kg7 37. Qa1+ Kg8 $1 {[#] Strongly threatening ...a2.} 38. Qa2 Qa5 39. Rb7 Kg7 40. Rd7 Kg8 41. Rb7 Qa4 42. Kh1 Kg7 43. Kg1 Kg8 {Accuracy: White = 71%, Black = 71%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.28"]
[Round "10.49"]
[White "Saric, Ivan"]
[Black "Neverov, Valeriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 30,65,22,12,50,47,44,43,39,42,37,33,46,25,41,40,37,23,43,33,46,35,92,62,69,60,68,66,250,258,247,263,226,220,1249,987,5314,5044]} 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 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3][%mdl 32]} Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. a4 Bg7 16. Bd3 c6 {C95: Closed Ruy Lopez: Breyer Variation with 10 d4} 17. Bg5 Nf8 18. Qd2 Ne6 {White is slightly better.} 19. Bh6 Nd7 {[#]} 20. Red1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 20. axb5 axb5 21. Rxa8 Bxa8 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Ra1 Bb7 24. Bf1 {1-0 (53) Radjabov,T (2738)-Sasikiran,K (2639) Skopje 2015}) 20... Qe7 21. Bf1 Red8 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. b4 Nb6 24. axb5 ({But not} 24. dxe5 dxe5 25. Qe3 Nxa4 $15) 24... cxb5 25. Qe3 {aiming for d5.} Nd7 (25... Qc7 $1 $14) 26. c4 bxc4 27. Bxc4 Nf4 28. Ra5 h5 $2 (28... Qf6 $14) 29. dxe5 $18 dxe5 {[#]} 30. Rxd7 $1 Rxd7 31. Rxe5 Qxb4 $2 (31... Qf6) 32. Qxf4 {Nf5+ would kill now.} Qxc4 {[#]} 33. Nxh5+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 94%, Black = 18%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.28"]
[Round "10.50"]
[White "Matviishen, Viktor"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,93,23,21,16,37,34,45,30,39,38,45,43,56,49,47,38,39,43,53,44,49,45,41,43,43,44,50,24,35,31,35,34,26,30,31,38,89,95,106,85,154,151,159,164,187,178,186,184,188,189,190,123,201,181,204,218,234,234,234,234,230,221,235,235,418,412,494,447,428,408,677,681,670,662,602,520,502,494,398,340]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Nb6 8. Ne5 a5 9. g3 {D17: Slav Defence: 5 a4 Bf5: Lines with 6 Nh4 and 6 Ne5} (9. e3 Nfd7 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Nxd3 e6 12. O-O Be7 13. Qb3 O-O 14. e4 Ra6 15. Be3 Qb8 16. Rac1 Rd8 {1-0 (37) Giri,A (2782)-Aronian,L (2767) chess.com INT 2018}) 9... g6 10. Bg2 Bg7 11. O-O {White is slightly better.} O-O 12. e4 Be6 13. Be3 Nc4 14. Nxc4 $1 Bxc4 15. Re1 Qb6 $146 {[#]} ({Predecessor:} 15... Qd7 16. h3 Rfd8 {1-0 (59) Schandorff,L (2547)-Pert,N (2460) Copenhagen 2002}) 16. b3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxb3 17. Qxb3 Bxb3 18. Rab1 Bc4 19. Rxb7 e6 20. h3 Ba6 21. Rc7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} (21. Rb3 {is more complex.} Bc4 22. Rb6 Rfc8 23. Rc1 Bd3 24. Rd1) 21... Rfc8 22. Rxc8+ Rxc8 23. Rc1 Nd7 24. Bf1 Bxf1 25. Kxf1 e5 (25... Nb6 $14) 26. dxe5 Nxe5 {[#]} 27. Nd5 $1 {[%cal Rd5e7][%mdl 512]} Re8 (27... Bf8 $142) (27... cxd5 28. Rxc8+) 28. Nb6 $16 Bf8 {[#]} 29. Ke2 $1 {And now f4 would win.} f6 30. f4 Nf7 31. Nd7 ({Much less strong is} 31. Rxc6 Rxe4 32. Kd3 (32. Rxf6 Bc5 $14) 32... Re8 $16) 31... Re6 32. Kf3 Ba3 33. Rc4 ({Better is} 33. Rd1 $18) 33... Kg7 (33... Rd6 $16) 34. Nc5 $18 Re7 35. Nb3 Nd6 36. Rxc6 Nxe4 37. Nxa5 Nxg3 {[#]} 38. Bd4 $1 {[%cal Rd4f6]} Nh5 39. Nc4 Bc1 $2 (39... Bb4 40. a5 Bxa5) 40. a5 {[%cal Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} Bxf4 41. a6 Bb8 42. Bc5 Rf7 (42... Re8 $142 43. a7 Bxa7) 43. Rc8 Ba7 44. Nd6 Rd7 {aiming for ...Bxc5.} 45. Nb5 Bxc5 46. Rxc5 {Hoping for Rc7.} Rd3+ 47. Ke4 {Accuracy: White = 90%, Black = 53%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.29"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Rodshtein, Maxim"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,92,17,52,23,25,16,19,19,24,22,17,8,10,39,49,43,47,20,50,0,0,0,-16,-13,-12,-6,56,26,34,34,36,36,36,12,19,17,33,0,0,0,0,0,56,20,22,48,56,56,56,56,56,56,56,52,52,38,52,52,52,52,52,0,52,52,52,0,52,0,52,52,52,52,52,52,94,52,52,52,52,52,52,45,45]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 Qb6 7. Bc4 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} (7. g4 e6 8. a3 Nc6 9. Be3 Nd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Qa5 12. O-O-O b5 13. f4 Rb8 14. Kb1 e5 15. fxe5 dxe5 {1-0 (53) Karjakin,S (2753)-Artemiev,V (2671) Chita 2015}) 7... Nc6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Qe2 {The position is equal.} e6 10. Bb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Qe3 Qc7 11. O-O Be7 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Be3 d5 14. Bb3 Bb7 {0-1 (35) Grabcheva,N-Zahraiev,O Sofia 2012}) 10... Be7 11. Be3 Qc7 12. O-O-O a5 13. g4 Ba6 14. Qg2 Nd7 15. f4 (15. h4 $14) 15... Nc5 $11 16. Bxc5 dxc5 17. e5 O-O 18. Ba4 Rac8 (18... Qb6 $11) 19. Ne4 Rfd8 20. c3 Bc4 21. g5 Bd5 22. c4 Bxe4 $1 23. Qxe4 Qb6 24. a3 Rd4 25. Rxd4 cxd4 26. Rd1 $1 Bc5 (26... Rb8 $11 27. Rd2 (27. Qxd4 Bc5 $11) 27... d3 28. Qxd3 Bc5) 27. Rd2 (27. Qd3 {is more complex.} Rb8 28. Rd2 Be7 29. h4 g6 30. h5) 27... g6 28. h4 Kf8 29. h5 Ke7 30. Qd3 Rc7 31. Rh2 Kd7 32. hxg6 hxg6 33. Kb1 Kc8 34. Ka2 Kb7 35. Rh3 Ka7 36. Rh2 ({White should play} 36. Qc2 $14) 36... Rd7 (36... Kb7 $1 $11) 37. Bd1 Rb7 38. Ba4 Rd7 $1 39. Rh3 ({White should try} 39. Bb3 $14) 39... Rb7 (39... Rc7 $1 $11) 40. Qc2 $14 Rb8 41. Qg2 Rc8 42. Qd2 Qa6 43. Qd3 Rb8 {White is slightly better.} 44. Rh2 Rb7 45. Kb1 Qb6 46. Kc1 Qa6 {Accuracy: White = 53%, Black = 64%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.29"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Gledura, Benjamin"]
[Black "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,60,-15,-25,-27,-28,-28,-24,-35,-54,-50,-75,-48,-45,-50,-59,-47,-91,-93,-84,-106,-168,-162,-165,-163,-163,-166,-300,-295,-365,-385,-382,-380,-379,-362,-29994,388]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O d6 7. a3 Nge7 8. d3 O-O 9. Rb1 a5 10. Ne1 Be6 11. Nc2 d5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Ne3 Nde7 14. Nc4 Rb8 {A37: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7 5 Nf3} (14... h6 15. Be3 b6 16. Qa4 Bd7 17. Qd1 Rb8 18. f4 Nf5 19. Bd2 b5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. fxe5 Bxe5 22. Kh1 {½-½ (58) Radjabov,T (2713)-Grischuk,A (2783) Beijing 2013}) 15. Bg5 f6 16. Be3 b6 {Black has an edge.} 17. Qa4 Nd4 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Nb5 Nd5 20. b4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 20. Nbd6 b5 21. Nxb5 Qd7 22. Ncd6 {½-½ (40) Valsecchi,A (2418)-Spence,D (2218) Caleta 2014}) 20... axb4 {Threatens to win with ...Qd7.} 21. axb4 Nxb4 22. Rxb4 cxb4 23. Ncd6 (23. Qxb4 $17 f5 24. Ra1) 23... Qe7 $19 24. Rc1 {[#] intending Rc7.} Rfd8 $1 {[%cal Rd8d6]} 25. Qxb4 Bf8 {[%cal Rd8d6]} 26. Qxd4 (26. Rc6 $142) 26... Rxd6 27. Qxd6 Qxd6 28. Nxd6 Bxd6 29. Rc6 Rc8 ({Weaker is} 29... Rd8 30. Rxb6 Kf7 31. e3 $19) 30. Rxd6 $2 {[#]} (30. e3 $19) 30... Rc1+ {[%mdl 32768] Accuracy: White = 44%, Black = 100%. . Loss on time!?} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.29"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"]
[Black "Piorun, Kacper"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,33,39,10,13,14,27,14,21,20,30,18,23,19,26,11,8,12,28,17,28,21]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 g6 6. Nf3 Nh6 7. O-O Bf5 8. Re1 Bxd3 $1 {B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack} (8... Bg7 9. h3 O-O 10. Na3 Rc8 11. Nc2 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Nf5 13. Bf4 Qb6 14. Rab1 Rfe8 15. a3 Na5 16. Nb4 {1-0 (42) Ragger,M (2687)-Gouloutis,N (2353) Skopje 2018}) 9. Qxd3 Bg7 10. Bf4 O-O {The position is equal.} 11. Nbd2 Nf5 12. Re2 Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... e6 13. Nf1 Rc8 14. Ng3 Nxg3 15. Bxg3 a6 16. Nd2 Na5 17. Nb3 Qb6 18. Nc5 Qc6 19. Rc1 b5 {½-½ (19) Gorsek,G (2009)-Lesjak,M (2126) Sentjur 2009}) 13. Rae1 e6 14. h3 Rc8 15. g4 Nd6 16. h4 h6 17. Qe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.29"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Berkes, Ferenc"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,30,12,16,14,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Bc4 Bd6 7. Qe2+ Qe7 8. Qxe7+ Kxe7 {The position is equal.} 9. Bd2 $146 {B15: Caro-Kann: 3 Nc3: 3...g6 and 3...dxe4 4 Nxe4 Nf6 5 Nxf6+ exf6} (9. Ne2 {is more complex.} Bf5 10. c3 Re8 11. O-O Nd7 12. Ng3) (9. Ne2 Be6 10. Bd3 a5 11. Bf4 Nd7 12. O-O-O Nb6 13. Rhe1 Rhe8 14. Bxd6+ Kxd6 15. b3 a4 16. c4 Kc7 17. Kb2 axb3 18. axb3 {1-0 (61) Kokarev,D (2595)-Oparin,G (2612) Cheliabinsk 2018}) 9... Be6 (9... Re8 {seems wilder.} 10. O-O-O Be6 11. Re1 Na6 12. a3 Kf8) 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. O-O-O c5 12. Ne2 Nc6 13. Be3 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Rxd4 Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.29"]
[Round "11.5"]
[White "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Black "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,71,7,15,16,18,10,23,-15,-15,-15,-15,-21,17,13,46,0,0,-2,52,49,153,97,106,50,38,5,4,15,12,9,10,4,43,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,15,6,16,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Nge2 Nd7 8. h4 {D31: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav without ...Nf6 (+ Marshall Gambit and Noteboom) and Exchange Variation lines without ...Nf6} g6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Bxh4 9. Qb3 Nb6 10. a4 Bc8 11. a5 Nc4 12. e4 Be7 13. exd5 cxd5 14. Nb5 Nd6 15. Nec3 Nf6 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 Nxb5 18. Bxb5+ {1-0 (33) Ding,L (2813)-Tang,A (2487) chess.com INT 2019}) 9. Ng3 Be6 10. e4 {White has an edge.} dxe4 11. Ngxe4 Ngf6 12. Nd6+ Kf8 (12... Bxd6 $5 13. Bxd6 Nb6 $11) 13. Qd2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} ({But not} 13. Nxb7 Qb6 $15) 13... Nd5 14. Nxb7 Qb6 15. Bh6+ Ke8 (15... Kg8 $11 16. Nc5 Nxc5 17. dxc5 Qxc5) 16. Nc5 Rb8 {[#]} ({Black should try} 16... Nxc5 $14 17. dxc5 Qxc5) 17. N3a4 (17. N5a4 $142 $1 {[%cal Ra4b6]} Qb4 18. O-O-O) 17... Qb4 $16 {[%cal Rd7c5] [#]} 18. Qxb4 ({White should play} 18. b3 $1 $16) 18... Rxb4 $14 19. a3 Nxc5 20. axb4 Nb3 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 21. Rd1 {Hoping for Nc5.} Bxb4+ 22. Ke2 Kd7 23. Nc5+ Nxc5 {The position is equal.} 24. dxc5 Bxc5 25. Kf3 Rb8 26. Bc4 Rxb2 27. Rd2 Rb4 28. Rc1 {And now Bxd5 would win.} Bb6 29. Bf8 Ra4 30. Ra2 (30. g3 {with more complications.} h5 31. Bg7 Ke8 32. Be2 Ne7 33. Kg2) 30... Rxa2 31. Bxa2 h5 32. Bc5 Bg4+ 33. Ke4 Be6 {aiming for ...Nf6+.} 34. Kf3 Bg4+ 35. Ke4 Be6 {Strongly threatening ...Nf6+.} 36. Kf3 {Accuracy: White = 63%, Black = 65%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.29"]
[Round "11.6"]
[White "Rakhmanov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,43,0,24,10,8,12,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,10,16,14]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Qc2 b6 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7} (7... a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 Bd6 11. Qc1 Bd5 12. Nc3 Nc6 13. Rd1 Nb4 14. Bg5 Be7 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. a5 Nc6 17. Ne5 Na7 18. Nd3 Nb5 19. Ra4 c6 20. Qc2 Re8 21. Bc1 Rc8 {½-½ (21) Fedoseev,V (2714)-Aronian,L (2765) Germany 2019}) 8. Qxc4 Bb7 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. Nc3 c5 11. Rfd1 Qc8 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 12. Rac1 h6 {The position is equal.} 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. dxc5 Bxc5 {[#]} 15. Ne5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Qf4 Rd8 16. Ne5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 {½-½ (60) Erdos,V (2577)-Bartel,M (2653) Katowice 2016}) 15... Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qb7+ 17. f3 Rac8 {[#] White must now prevent ...Be3.} 18. Qa4 Be3 19. Rb1 a6 20. Nd7 Nxd7 21. Rxd7 Qc6 22. Qxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.29"]
[Round "11.7"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,19,33,16,31,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bf4 dxc4 6. e3 Nd5 7. Bxc4 Nxf4 8. exf4 Nb6 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} 9. Bd3 {LiveBook: 7 Games} (9. Bb3 Bd6 10. g3 Bd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Qd3 Bc6 13. Rad1 Qf6 14. Ne5 Bxe5 15. fxe5 Qf3 16. Qxf3 Bxf3 {½-½ (32) Wojtaszek,R (2727)-Wang,H (2722) Porto Carras 2018}) 9... g6 10. O-O {Predecessor:} Bg7 $146 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Rad1 Nd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. f5 Re8 15. Qc2 Qd6 16. Rfe1 {0-1 (47) Balokas,D (2269)-Nikolaidis,I (2534) Heraklion 2018} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.29"]
[Round "11.8"]
[White "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,57,0,-8,15,15,2,4,21,0,20,0,27,0,25,25,25,25,25,20,20,34,41,14,383,360,384,366,380,371,363,355,359,275,520,532,699,656,1317,437]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 Qc7 9. Qe2 {C07: French Tarrasch: 3...c5, 4 Ngf3 and 4 exd5 Qxd5} Ne7 10. Nf3 (10. O-O Ng6 11. Nf3 Bd6 12. c4 dxe4 13. Bxe4 O-O 14. Rd1 Rad8 15. h3 c5 16. b3 Bc6 {0-1 (40) Nepomniachtchi,I (2763)-Vitiugov,N (2719) St Petersburg 2018}) 10... Ng6 11. e5 {LiveBook: 19 Games. The position is equal.} f6 {[%cal Rg6e5]} 12. Bxg6+ hxg6 13. O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Qd3 Kf7 14. Qd4 Qb6 15. Qf4 Qb4+ 16. Qxb4 Bxb4+ {0-1 (42) Idani,P (2543)-Lenderman,A (2600) Baku 2016}) 13... Kf7 14. c4 Be7 15. Bf4 Qb6 16. h4 d4 {[#]} 17. b4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} a5 (17... Qxb4 18. Rab1) 18. Rad1 axb4 {...c5 is the strong threat.} 19. Rxd4 Rad8 $1 20. exf6 gxf6 21. Be5 (21. Rfd1 $5 {[%cal Rd4d7]} Bc8 22. Rxd8 Bxd8 23. Qc2 $11) 21... fxe5 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (21... Kg7 $1 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 22. c5 Qxc5) 22. Nxe5+ $18 Kg7 23. Rxd7 Rxd7 24. Qg4 ({Worse is} 24. Nxd7 Qd4 $11) 24... Rh6 {[#] Hoping for ...Rb7.} 25. Nxd7 Qc7 26. Qxe6 Bxh4 $2 (26... Qd6 {is a better defense.} 27. Re1 Qxe6 28. Rxe6 Bxh4) 27. g3 {White is clearly winning.} Qd8 28. Re1 Qg5 29. Kf1 {Precision: White = 46%, Black = 28%.} (29. Qd6 $142 Rh8 30. Qd4+ Kh7 31. Re4) 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.29"]
[Round "11.9"]
[White "Edouard, Romain"]
[Black "Huschenbeth, Niclas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,96,-2,10,8,8,14,6,0,22,0,7,0,32,25,22,27,24,22,31,21,32,29,50,14,39,29,68,18,18,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,34,50,40,39,43,48,43,5,39,57,54,16,19,0,0,-20,-22,-71,-30,-187,-187,-187,-187,-187,-187,-29996,-187,-187,-187,-187,-187,-187,-187,-181,0,-175,0,-206,-207,-966,-966,-29986,-29987,-29987,-911,-29988,-29989]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 c5 5. O-O Nc6 6. c3 Be7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. b4 {D05: Colle System with ...e6} Be7 (9... Bd6 10. Bb2 e5 11. e4 Bg4 12. Re1 Bc7 13. h3 Bh5 14. exd5 Qxd5 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Qxd1 17. Raxd1 f6 18. Rd7 {0-1 (42) Artemiev,V (2695)-Ponkratov,P (2603) Sochi 2017}) 10. Bb2 a6 11. a4 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 11. a3 b5 12. a4 bxa4 13. Rxa4 Qc7 14. Qa1 Nd7 15. Bxa6 Nb6 16. Ra3 Bxa6 17. Rxa6 Rxa6 18. Qxa6 {½-½ (26) Henke,S (1517)-Basson,H (1343) LSS email 2011}) 11... Bd7 12. e4 Qc7 13. Re1 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Bf6 16. Qb1 h6 17. c4 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 Rfd8 19. Rac1 Ne7 20. b5 Be8 21. Qb4 {aiming for b6.} (21. b6 $5 {[%cal Rb6c7]} Qc8 22. Qa3 $14) 21... axb5 22. axb5 Rac8 23. Nd2 b6 24. Nb3 Qd6 25. Qa4 f5 26. Bb7 Rb8 27. c5 bxc5 28. Nxc5 e5 $1 29. Ba6 e4 30. Nb7 Qd4 31. Qa3 Rd7 32. Nc5 Rd6 33. Qg3 {And now Ne6! would win.} Rbb6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 34. Nb7 Rg6 35. Qb8 $2 {[#]} (35. Qb3+ $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} Kh7 36. Nc5) 35... Rxg2+ $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 36. Kxg2 Rg6+ 37. Kh1 Qxf2 {[%csl Gg6][%cal Rf2g2]} 38. Qxe8+ Kh7 {[%csl Gg6][%cal Rf2g2]} 39. Qxg6+ Nxg6 40. Rf1 Qd2 {[%mdl 1024] Black has strong compensation.} 41. Rcd1 Qc2 42. Rc1 Qd2 43. Rcd1 {[#]} Qg5 $2 (43... Qe2 $1 $19 {( -> ...Nh4)} 44. Rde1 Qa2) 44. Rd7 $2 (44. b6 $11 {and White stays safe.} e3 45. Nd6) 44... Ne5 45. Rg1 $2 {[#]} (45. Nc5 Nxd7 46. Nxd7) 45... Ng4 $1 {[%cal Rg4f2]} 46. Rg2 Qc1+ 47. Rg1 Nf2+ 48. Kg2 Qf4 {Accuracy: White = 40%, Black = 71%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.29"]
[Round "11.10"]
[White "Lupulescu, Constantin"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,59,8,5,0,3,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,36,40,39,29,33,31,39,25,49,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Na3 c5 8. Nxc4 Be6 9. b3 Nc6 {[%cal Rc5d4] D77: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0: Replies other than 6...c6} 10. Bb2 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Qxd4 13. Bxd4 {[#]} Rfd8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Nd5 14. Rfd1 Rad8 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Rd3 b5 17. Bxd5 Rxd5 18. Rxd5 Bxd5 {½-½ (28) Malakhov,V (2686)-Matlakov,M (2735) St Petersburg 2017}) 14. Rad1 Nd5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Rd2 {[#] And now Rfd1 would win.} Nb6 17. Nxb6 axb6 18. Rfd1 Rxd2 19. Rxd2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Ra7 20. f4 f5 21. Kf2 b5 22. Bd5 Kf7 23. Ke3 b6 24. Bc6 b4 25. Rd4 Rxa2 {The position is equal.} 26. Rxb4 Ra3 27. Ba4 b5 $1 {[%cal Rb5a4]} 28. Rxb5 Bd7 29. Rb4 Bxa4 30. Rxa4 {Accuracy: White = 75%, Black = 83%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.29"]
[Round "11.11"]
[White "Petrov, Nikita"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,60,12,0,11,-7,0,-13,-16,-12,-11,-10,-10,-10,-13,-19,-10,-10,-8,-16,-8,-4,0,-10,-10,-13,-14,-11,-3,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Be7 8. O-O {B22: Sicilian: 2 c3} O-O 9. Bd2 (9. Qe2 Nc6 10. Rd1 Na5 11. Bxd5 exd5 12. Nc3 Be6 13. Bf4 a6 14. h3 Re8 15. exd6 Bxd6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Qe5 Nc4 18. Qxd6 Nxd6 {½-½ (32) Nisipeanu,L (2672)-Grischuk,A (2785) Heraklio 2017}) 9... dxe5 10. dxe5 {LiveBook: 12 Games. The position is equal.} Nb6 11. Bb3 Bd7 12. Qe2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Nc3 Bc6 13. Bf4 Qxd1 14. Bxd1 N8d7 15. Be2 Nc5 {0-1 (34) Vatkali,D (1991)-Cramling,P (2499) Porto Rio 2014}) 12... Ba4 13. Bxa4 Nxa4 14. Nc3 Nxc3 15. Bxc3 Nc6 16. Rfd1 Qc7 17. Nd4 Rad8 18. Nxc6 Qxc6 19. h3 h6 20. Rxd8 (20. Bd4 {feels hotter.} b6 21. Rac1 Qb7 22. Be3 Qe4 23. Qa6) 20... Rxd8 21. Rd1 Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 b6 23. Qd4 a5 24. a4 Bc5 25. Qd8+ Kh7 26. Qd3+ Kg8 27. Qd8+ Kh7 28. Qd3+ g6 29. b3 Kg7 30. Bd2 Bb4 {Precision: White = 78%, Black = 70%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.29"]
[Round "11.12"]
[White "Lysyj, Igor"]
[Black "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,63,32,38,29,18,0,0,0,32,32,32,37,37,33,38,32,38,35,39,38,70,70,56,24,29,0,57,44,75,55,62,66,85,43,44,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-135,0,-76]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxc6 Qe8 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. Qc2 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7} c5 12. Rd1 cxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Rd8 13. dxc5 Rxd1+ 14. Qxd1 Bb7 15. Nc3 Qxc5 16. Be3 Qc6 17. f3 e5 18. Qa4 Nd5 19. Qxc6 Bxc6 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 {½-½ (30) Erdos,V (2661)-Kravtsiv,M (2609) Germany 2013}) 13. Rxd4 Ba6 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bxf6 $1 Qxf6 16. Rd6 Bb7 17. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3d1,Bd1e3][%mdl 32]} Rfc8 18. Rad1 Qe5 19. R1d4 Bc6 20. Qd2 Be8 21. Nd1 Rab8 22. Ne3 Bb5 (22... Qb5 $1 $11) 23. Qa5 {[#] a4 is the strong threat.} Qh5 24. f3 ({Stronger than} 24. Qxa7 Qxe2 25. a4 Ra8 $17) 24... Qg6 25. Kf2 ({Of course not} 25. Qxa7 Qb1+ 26. Kf2 Qxb2 $15) 25... Qb1 26. a4 ({Don't play} 26. Qxa7 Qxb2 27. a4 Qa3 $11) 26... Be8 27. Rxc4 Rxc4 28. Nxc4 Qh1 29. Qh5 Bxa4 30. Qh4 Bb5 {[#] And now ...Bxc4 would win.} 31. Ne5 (31. Ne3 $11 Qb1 32. Qb4) 31... a6 (31... f6 $17 32. Nc4 Bxc4 33. Qxc4 Qxh2+ 34. Kf1 Qxg3 35. Rxe6 Kh7 36. Qd3+ Qg6 37. Qxg6+ Kxg6) 32. Rd2 {Accuracy: White = 47%, Black = 55%.} (32. b3 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.29"]
[Round "11.13"]
[White "Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian"]
[Black "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,97,-20,0,0,-6,0,-6,-8,20,22,20,0,0,0,0,0,1,-23,-2,0,0,0,18,0,0,0,17,22,69,-22,0,0,10,6,0,0,77,42,40,46,40,47,49,44,37,37,50,47,54,33,76,57,154,161,577,566,571,552,559,554,542,0,426,0,531,531,462,207,190,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. d4 Nf6 7. Bd3 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Qxd4 {B11: Caro-Kann: Two Knights Variation} 9. O-O Be7 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 10. c3 Qa4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Qd8 11. Rd1 Nbd7 12. Bc2 Qc7 13. Bf4 e5 14. Bg3 Nd5 15. Bb3 O-O 16. Bxd5 cxd5 17. Rxd5 {0-1 (34) Ducarmon,Q (2479)-Braun,A (2598) chess.com INT 2019}) 11. b3 Qa5 12. b4 Qc7 13. Bf4 e5 14. Bh2 Nd5 15. Rfe1 Nd7 16. Rad1 O-O 17. Ng3 Rfe8 18. Bc4 N7b6 19. Bb3 $1 Bf8 20. Nh5 Re6 21. a3 Qe7 22. c4 Nc7 23. Qc3 (23. Ng3 $1 $14) 23... g6 24. Ng3 {[%cal Bh5g3,Bg3f1,Bf1e3][%mdl 32]} f5 25. Nf1 {[%cal Re1e5]} Bg7 26. Ne3 e4 (26... f4 $11 {keeps the balance.} 27. Nc2 Bf6) 27. Qc2 {[#] Strongly threatening Bxc7.} Be5 28. c5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Nbd5 29. Nxd5 Nxd5 30. Bxd5 cxd5 31. Rxd5 Bxh2+ 32. Kxh2 Re8 33. Qd2 {aiming for Rd7.} Qc7+ 34. Kg1 R8e7 (34... R6e7 $14) 35. Rd6 $16 b6 $2 (35... Re8 {is tougher.} 36. Rd7 Qc6) 36. Qd5 $18 Kf7 37. g4 Kf6 38. Qd4+ Kf7 39. Qd5 Kf6 $1 40. Qd4+ Kf7 41. gxf5 gxf5 42. Qd5 (42. Kh1 $142) 42... Kf6 {[#]} 43. Kh1 $2 ({White has to play} 43. Rd1 $1 $18) 43... bxc5 $11 {The position is equal.} 44. bxc5 {Hoping for Qd4+.} Rxd6 45. cxd6 Qc3 46. dxe7 Qxh3+ 47. Kg1 {Black must now prevent Qd8.} Qg4+ 48. Kf1 Qh3+ 49. Kg1 {Precision: White = 48%, Black = 41%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.29"]
[Round "11.14"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Can, Emre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,164,39,46,0,24,0,0,0,9,0,4,-24,14,10,26,8,95,95,96,100,111,112,126,116,126,132,125,127,143,136,144,84,84,83,78,82,79,81,78,72,72,72,83,72,73,75,73,72,73,0,85,74,74,49,106,64,175,141,141,134,143,143,139,137,150,142,139,117,166,170,212,225,214,222,204,184,204,179,181,0,97,0,182,167,167,185,179,171,172,167,242,235,238,238,254,223,225,0,0,0,233,225,286,285,302,285,290,285,300,297,286,279,327,298,391,389,447,434,434,420,372,377,360,305,289,261,335,320,160,102,103,110,360,439,811,781,647,607,29974,29975,6029,1512,29984,29985,29985,29986,29986,29984,29984,29984,29985]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 h6 8. Bg2 Be7 {LiveBook: 107 Games. B81: Sicilian Scheveningen: Keres Attack} (8... g5 9. Be3 Nbd7 10. Qe2 Ne5 11. O-O-O Nfd7 12. h4 Rg8 13. hxg5 hxg5 14. Kb1 b5 15. f4 gxf4 16. Bxf4 Bb7 {½-½ (56) Karjakin,S (2773)-Mamedyarov,S (2801) Saint Louis 2018}) 9. b3 Nc6 10. Bb2 Qc7 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 10... Bd7 11. Qd2 Qc7 12. O-O-O O-O-O {½-½ (53) Leino,P (1959)-Riihimaki,P (1966) Finland 2016}) 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qd2 e5 13. Nd1 {[%cal Bc3d1,Bd1e3,Be3d5][%mdl 32]} d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Ne3 Bg5 (15... Be6 $11) 16. O-O-O $1 $16 O-O 17. Kb1 Be6 18. Bxd5 cxd5 19. Nxd5 Qb7 20. Qe2 f6 21. Qe4 Rab8 22. Rd3 Kh8 23. f3 (23. h4 $142 $1 {[%cal Rh4g5]} Bf4 24. Re1) 23... Bg8 {With the idea ...Bh7.} 24. Ne3 Qxe4 25. fxe4 Bxe3 26. Rxe3 Rfd8 27. c4 Be6 28. Kc2 Kh7 29. Bc3 Kg6 30. Rg1 Kf7 31. Ba5 Rd4 32. Bc3 Rdd8 33. Rf3 {Bxe5 is the strong threat.} Ke7 34. Rf2 Bg8 (34... Bc8 $14) 35. Re1 g5 ({Black should try} 35... Be6 $14) 36. Ref1 Rd6 37. Bb2 {Threatens to win with Ba3.} Rc6 38. Ba3+ Kf7 39. Rd1 Rb7 40. Rd8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} Kg7 41. Bd6 Bf7 42. Kc3 h5 43. gxh5 Bxh5 44. c5 Bg6 45. Re2 Bh5 46. Re3 Bf7 47. Re2 $2 (47. Ra8 $18) 47... Be6 (47... Bh5 $1 $11 48. Rf2 a5) 48. Re3 (48. Ra8 $16) 48... Kg6 $2 (48... Bf7 $1 $11) 49. Re8 $18 Kf7 50. Rf8+ Kg7 {And now ...Rd7 would win.} 51. Ra8 $1 Kg6 52. Rf3 Rd7 (52... Kg7 $142 53. Re8 Bf7) 53. Kb4 $1 Rb7+ 54. Ka5 $1 Rb5+ 55. Ka4 Rb7 56. Ka5 Rb5+ $1 57. Ka4 Rb7 58. Rf8 Bf7 59. b4 Kg7 60. a3 Rb5 61. Rf1 Rb7 62. Rb8 Rxb8 63. Bxb8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rc8 64. Bd6 Rh8 65. Rf3 Rh4 66. c6 {[%cal Bc5c6,Bc6c7][%mdl 32]} Rxe4 67. c7 Be6 68. Ka5 Rc4 {[#]} 69. Bc5 $1 e4 70. Rg3 Kg6 71. Kxa6 f5 72. Kb6 (72. Be7 $142) 72... f4 $16 73. Rg1 {Strongly threatening a4.} f3 $2 {[#]} (73... e3 $16) 74. Be3 $1 $18 Rc3 (74... Kf6 $142 75. b5 Bd7 76. Bxg5+ Kf5) 75. Rxg5+ Kf7 76. Bd4 e3 {White must now prevent ...f2.} 77. Rg7+ Ke8 78. Rg6 (78. Bxc3 $142 f2 79. Rg6) 78... Bxh3 79. Bxc3 {White mates.} f2 80. Rf6 Ke7 81. Rf4 Kd6 82. Bd4 Kd5 {Precision: White = 68%, Black = 52%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.29"]
[Round "11.15"]
[White "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,61,4,8,8,7,8,7,11,11,10,8,13,10,0,3,0,5,0,9,6,12,0,13,11,11,11,11,11,0,0,11,12,28,11,11,11,11,11,11,11,11,0,0,0,20,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 Nh5 8. Bd3 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} Nxf4 9. exf4 b6 10. b4 a5 11. a3 c6 12. O-O Ba6 (12... Qc7 13. g3 Ba6 14. Kg2 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Ra7 {1-0 (82) Vachier Lagrave,M (2789)-Karjakin,S (2782) Paris 2018}) 13. Re1 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Bf6 15. g3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Ne5 Bxe5 16. fxe5 {0-1 (65) Delavari,A (2129)-Mirzoev,A (2537) Sareyn 2017}) 15... Ra7 16. Rec1 Qa8 {[#] ...axb4 is the strong threat.} 17. Qd1 Qb7 18. Rab1 axb4 19. axb4 Rfa8 20. Kg2 Ra3 21. h4 bxc5 22. bxc5 Qa6 23. Rb3 Rxb3 {The position is equal.} 24. Qxb3 h5 25. Rb1 Rb8 26. Qc2 Rxb1 27. Nxb1 Nf8 28. Qb3 Qa8 29. Nc3 Ng6 30. Qa2 Qb7 31. Na4 {Accuracy: White = 54%, Black = 79%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.29"]
[Round "11.16"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Erdos, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,129,15,14,19,23,22,18,18,22,4,13,10,-1,7,7,0,29,18,25,0,16,0,50,54,78,66,136,96,137,93,105,86,100,72,76,0,0,0,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,-10,-202,-203,-250,-228,-262,-227,-217,-121,-130,-131,-250,-262,-288,-274,-261,-269,-243,0,-285,-243,-806,-822,-875,-866,-900,-445,-422,-425,-388,-250,-245,-268,-237,0,0,0,-198,-204,-552,-543,-556,-548,-523,-526,-388,-104,-95,8,8,8,8,8,15,8,8,3094,1993,10427,4039,29973,29974,29975,29976,29979,29980,29981,29982,29983,29977,29989,29990]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Be7 4. d4 exd4 5. Qxd4 Nf6 6. Nxe7 {A21: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3} Qxe7 7. Bg5 (7. Qe3 Nc6 8. Qxe7+ Kxe7 9. Bd2 Ne4 10. f3 Nxd2 11. Kxd2 d6 12. e4 {½-½ (20) Heimann,A (2578)-Erdos,V (2619) Balatonszarszo 2017}) 7... Nc6 8. Qc3 {The position is equal.} Ne5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... d6 9. Nf3 Be6 10. e3 O-O-O 11. O-O-O Kb8 12. Be2 {1-0 (30) Degerhammar,R (2475)-Brewer,S (2427) ICCF email 2014}) 9. g3 d6 10. Bg2 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nh3 Bxh3 13. Bxh3 h5 14. Bg2 c6 15. h3 Rh6 16. Rd1 g5 17. h4 {And now hxg5 would win.} gxh4 (17... g4 $1 $14) 18. Rxh4 $16 O-O-O 19. Qd4 Kb8 20. b4 Qe7 21. Re4 Re6 22. Re3 (22. Bh3 $1 $16 {[%cal Rh3e6]} Ng4 23. Rxe6 fxe6 24. Bxg4) 22... Ng4 $11 23. Rxe6 fxe6 24. Bf3 e5 25. Qe4 Nf6 26. Qh4 d5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 27. cxd5 cxd5 28. Kf1 e4 29. Bg2 Qe5 30. f4 $2 (30. Rc1 $11) 30... Qe7 31. Bh3 Rg8 $1 32. e3 a6 33. a4 Ka7 (33... Qd6 $1 $19 34. Kg2 Qb6) 34. Bf5 Rg7 35. Kg2 (35. b5 $17 {was worth a try.}) 35... Qc7 $19 {( -> ...Qc2+)} 36. Rd2 Qc3 37. Re2 Qd3 38. Kf2 Qc3 39. Kg2 $1 Qa1 40. Rf2 $2 (40. Qh1 Qxa4 41. Kf2) 40... Rc7 41. Qh1 Rc1 42. Rf1 Rc2+ (42... Qb2+ $142 43. Kg1 Rc2) 43. Kh3 Qc3 44. Rd1 Qxb4 45. Rb1 Qd2 ({Don't play} 45... Qxa4 46. Qd1) 46. Kh4 Ng4 $2 ({Less strong is} 46... Qxe3 47. Rxb7+ Kxb7 48. Qb1+ Ka7 49. Qxc2 $15) ({Better is} 46... d4 $1 $19 {White must now prevent ...Qa5.} 47. exd4 Qa5) 47. Bxg4 $11 hxg4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 48. Kg5 $2 (48. Qd1 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 48... Rc7 $19 {Strongly threatening ...Rg7+.} 49. Qe1 $2 {[#]} (49. Qd1 {is more resistant.} Qxe3 50. Qg1 Qxg1 51. Rxg1) 49... Qh2 $1 {[%cal Rh2h7]} 50. Qb4 {[#]} Rg7+ $1 51. Kf6 Qh6+ 52. Ke5 Rd7 $2 (52... Rf7 $19 {has better winning chances.} 53. f5 Qf6+ 54. Kxd5 Rd7+ 55. Kc4 Qf7+ 56. Kc3 Qxf5) 53. f5 $17 Qxe3 ({Black should try} 53... d4 $17 54. exd4 e3) 54. Qd4+ $11 Qxd4+ 55. Kxd4 {f6 is the strong threat. KR-KR} Kb8 56. f6 {Threatens to win with Rf1.} Kc7 57. Rf1 {Hoping for f7.} Rf7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (57... Rd8 $11) 58. Kxd5 $18 Kd7 59. Kxe4 b5 60. axb5 {White mates.} axb5 61. Kf5 Ke8 62. Kg6 Ra7 63. Re1+ Kf8 64. Rc1 {[%cal Rc1c8]} Ra8 65. Rh1 {Accuracy: White = 55%, Black = 46%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.29"]
[Round "11.17"]
[White "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Black "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,101,44,43,37,40,42,48,41,45,47,52,58,88,96,112,104,202,197,181,197,193,157,259,264,267,255,263,254,224,217,970,269,230,199,192,195,206,196,205,198,200,201,199,176,183,159,216,217,235,235,228,231,252,252,252,252,252,252,252,252,248,248,245,216,252,252,252,250,390,389,412,412,398,394,585,585,570,570,570,570,537,523,514,423,1349,1341]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. d4 exd4 {C72: Ruy Lopez: Deferred Steinitz: 5 0-0} 7. Bxc6 (7. Nxd4 Nxd4 8. Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. Qxd4 Nf6 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Bf4 O-O 12. Rad1 Qc6 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Qxc2 15. Rc1 Qf5 16. Rxc7 Bf6 17. Qd2 Rfc8 18. Rfc1 Rxc7 19. Rxc7 {0-1 (32) Howell,D (2687)-McShane,L (2669) Hull 2018 CBM 186 [Fernandez,D]}) 7... Bxc6 8. Nxd4 Be7 9. Nxc6 bxc6 {LiveBook: 14 Games} 10. f4 Nf6 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Qf3 Nd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Qd7 13. h3 h6 14. b3 Nh7 15. Bb2 f5 16. Rae1 fxe4 17. Nxe4 d5 18. Ng3 Bf6 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 {½-½ (38) Lavrov,M (2368)-Petrukhin,D (2380) Berdsk 2009}) 13. Be3 Bf6 14. Bf2 Qb8 15. e5 $1 {[%cal Re5f6]} dxe5 16. Rad1 Nb6 (16... Rd8 $16) 17. Ne4 $1 $18 {[%cal Re4f6]} (17. Qxc6 exf4 18. Bd4 Bxd4+ 19. Rxd4 Qe8 $11) 17... Be7 18. fxe5 Kh8 19. Rd3 Nc4 (19... f6 $16 20. Qh5 Qe8 21. Qxe8 Raxe8) 20. Bd4 c5 21. Bc3 (21. Nxc5 Bxc5 22. Bxc5 Nxe5 $11) 21... Qb6 22. Qg4 Qe6 23. Qh5 {Hoping for Nf6!} Rad8 $2 {[#]} (23... Qg6 24. Qxg6 fxg6) 24. Rdf3 $2 (24. Rf6 $3 {[%mdl 512]} gxf6 (24... Bxf6 25. exf6) 25. exf6 (25. Rh3 Qxh3 26. Qxh3 fxe5 $14)) 24... Qd5 25. Qf5 Qe6 26. Qxe6 fxe6 27. Rxf8+ Bxf8 {[#]} 28. Ng5 $1 {[%cal Rg5f7]} Kg8 29. Nxe6 Rc8 30. Rd1 Nb6 31. Ba5 Be7 (31... Kf7 $16 {was called for.}) 32. Nxc7 Rxc7 33. Bxb6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rb7 34. Bd8 Kf8 35. b3 c4 36. Bxe7+ (36. bxc4 $6 Rb2 $16) 36... Kxe7 {KR-KR} 37. Rd5 (37. bxc4 $6 Rb2 $16) 37... Ke6 38. Rd6+ ({But not} 38. bxc4 $6 Rb1+ 39. Kf2 Rb2 $16) 38... Kxe5 39. Rxa6 Rd7 40. h3 ({Resist} 40. bxc4 $6 Rd1+ 41. Kf2 Rd2+ 42. Kf3 Rxc2 $16) 40... Rd2 41. c3 ({Much less strong is} 41. bxc4 $6 Rxc2 42. Ra7 Kf6 $16) 41... Rb2 42. Ra7 g5 (42... cxb3 $142 43. axb3 Rxb3 44. Rxg7 Rxc3 45. Rxh7 Kf4) 43. Rxh7 cxb3 44. axb3 Rxb3 45. Rc7 g4 (45... Rb2 $142 46. Kh2 Rb5) 46. hxg4 {White is clearly winning.} Kf4 47. Kh2 Kxg4 48. Rc4+ Kf5 49. Kg3 Ke5 50. Kf3 Rb8 (50... Kd5 $142) 51. Re4+ {Precision: White = 80%, Black = 55%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.29"]
[Round "11.18"]
[White "Ragger, Markus"]
[Black "Pantsulaia, Levan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,65,26,29,27,43,43,46,47,58,63,100,34,39,39,36,39,51,45,43,46,45,-6,-7,-6,-15,-4,-4,-12,0,0,0,-53,-51,-35,-29,-38,-38,-38,-48,-35,260,241,204,216,210,55,464,443,478,466,623,618,1242,1038,1009,997,922,873]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 {B41: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 c4} Qc7 7. O-O h5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Nc6 8. c4 Bc5 9. Be3 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 e5 11. Bxc5 Qxc5 12. Nc3 d6 13. Qd3 Be6 14. b3 O-O 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. Rac1 {0-1 (55) Paravyan,D (2634)-Gordievsky,D (2614) St Petersburg 2018}) 8. Qe2 {White is slightly better.} Bc5 9. Nb3 Ba7 10. Bf4 (10. e5 $16 Ng4 11. Bf4) 10... e5 $14 11. Bg5 d6 12. Nc3 Be6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Rad1 h4 15. Qd3 (15. Qf3 $14) 15... hxg3 16. hxg3 Nc6 17. Qxd6 Qxd6 18. Rxd6 Ke7 19. Rd2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Rag8 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Rxg3.} 20. Nd5+ (20. Ne2 $11) 20... Bxd5 $1 $15 21. exd5 Rxg3 $1 {Threatens to win with ...Nb8.} 22. dxc6 {Hoping for Rd7+.} Rhg8 $1 23. Rfd1 Rxg2+ 24. Kf1 $1 ({Don't blunder} 24. Kh1 $2 R2g6 $19) 24... Rh2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (24... Rg1+ $15 {keeps the upper hand.} 25. Ke2 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 bxc6) 25. cxb7 $18 Rgg2 {[%cal Rg2f2] [#]} 26. Nc5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} f5 (26... Bxc5 27. b8=Q) 27. Rd7+ $2 ({White should try} 27. Re1 $18 e4 28. Re3) 27... Kf6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (27... Kf8 $14 28. R1d2 e4) 28. R1d6+ {White is clearly winning.} Kg5 29. Rd2 e4 {intending ...Kf6.} 30. Rxf7 Kf4 31. Re2 Rg8 32. Rxe4+ Kg5 33. Re5 {Accuracy: White = 59%, Black = 45%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.29"]
[Round "11.19"]
[White "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,112,7,0,14,14,14,11,23,12,11,12,14,8,8,14,20,20,20,16,16,7,18,0,0,0,43,43,38,36,31,31,48,31,44,16,24,12,40,4,17,4,15,3,3,3,4,4,8,8,9,0,46,56,135,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. a3 Be7 7. Be2 O-O 8. Be3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. O-O {LiveBook: 3 Games} Nxd4 {B45: Sicilian Four Knights} 12. Qxd4 Qxd4 13. Bxd4 Bd7 (13... Rd8 14. Rad1 Bd7 15. Bf3 Bc6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Be3 a6 18. g3 Kf8 19. Kg2 {½-½ (36) Van Foreest,J (2629)-Vidit,S (2715) Riadh 2017}) 14. Bf3 Bc6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. Kf1 f6 18. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18. Ke2 Kf7 19. Rd3 {½-½ (32) Panchenko,A (2475)-Chernov,V (2400) Bucharest 1993}) 18... a6 19. Ke2 e5 20. Rd3 Rxd3 21. cxd3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rb8 22. b4 Kf7 23. Rc1 Rc8 24. d4 exd4 25. Bxd4 Bd6 26. Bc5 Be5 27. Rd1 {Black should prevent Rd7+.} Ke6 28. g3 g5 29. h3 h5 30. Rd2 g4 31. hxg4 hxg4 32. Rc2 Kd5 33. Kd3 Rh8 34. Be3 Bd6 35. Bd4 Rh3 36. Bxf6 Bxg3 ({Black should try} 36... c5 $14) 37. Rc5+ (37. fxg3 $16 Rxg3+ 38. Kd2 Rg2+ 39. Kc3 Rxc2+ 40. Kxc2) 37... Ke6 {The position is equal.} 38. fxg3 Rxg3+ 39. Ke4 Kxf6 40. Rxc6+ {KR-KR} Kg5 41. Rxa6 Rb3 42. Ra8 g3 43. Kd4 Kf4 44. Kc4 Rb1 {Black wants to play ...g2.} 45. Rf8+ Ke4 {[#] aiming for ...g2.} 46. Rg8 Kf3 47. a4 g2 48. Rxg2 Kxg2 {KR-KPP} 49. a5 Kf3 50. a6 Ke4 51. Kc5 Rc1+ 52. Kb6 Kd5 53. a7 Ra1 54. Kb7 Kc4 55. a8=Q Rxa8 56. Kxa8 Kxb4 {Precision: White = 72%, Black = 66%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.29"]
[Round "11.20"]
[White "Dreev, Aleksey"]
[Black "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,89,2,0,-19,-9,-8,0,0,-2,-1,-9,0,-2,-73,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-9,-9,-30,20,31,75,96,85,0,0,0,77,77,113,0,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-22,-16,-31,0,-8,-8,-8,-9,-121,0,-74,125,108,685,679,29991,29992,29992,29993,29993,29994,29998,29999]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. Qc2 dxc4 7. e4 c5 8. Bf4 {E12: Queen's Indian: Unusual White 4th moves, 4 a3, 4 Nc3 Bb7 5 a3 and 4 Nc3 Bb7} a6 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bb3 {The position is equal.} cxd4 11. Rd1 Nc6 $146 {Black wants to play ...Rc8.} ({Predecessor:} 11... Qb6 12. Nxd4 Bc5 13. Nf3 Nbd7 14. O-O Rc8 15. Qe2 Qc6 {1-0 (35) Li,C (2735)-Eljanov,P (2739) Geneva 2017}) 12. O-O $1 Rc8 {Threatens to win with ...Qb6.} 13. e5 (13. Rfe1 $11 {remains equal.}) 13... Nh5 {[#]} (13... Qc7 $1 $17 14. Ne2 Nh5) 14. Be3 $1 $11 {[%cal Rf3d4][%mdl 512]} Qc7 (14... dxe3 15. Rxd8+) 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Nf4 17. f3 Bc5 18. Qf2 O-O 19. Rfe1 Ng6 20. f4 Bxd4 21. Rxd4 Rfd8 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. f5 exf5 24. e6 f4 25. exf7+ Kf8 26. Qe2 (26. Qa7 $1 $16) 26... Qc5+ 27. Kf1 {Threatening mate with Qe8+.} Bc6 (27... Ne7 $11) 28. Nd5 $16 Qd6 29. h4 (29. Nb4 $16 f3 30. gxf3) 29... b4 {...Bb5 is the strong threat.} (29... Bxd5 30. Qe8+ Rxe8 31. fxe8=Q#) 30. a4 f3 (30... Bxd5 31. Qe8+ Rxe8 32. fxe8=Q#) 31. gxf3 {aiming for h5.} Qg3 ({Not} 31... Bxd5 32. Qe8+ Rxe8 33. fxe8=Q#) 32. Qe4 $40 {[%mdl 128] White has some attack.} (32. Nxb4 $2 Bd7 $19) 32... Qh3+ 33. Kf2 Qh2+ 34. Ke3 Bxd5 ({Don't go for} 34... Qxb2 $2 35. Qxb4+ Kxf7 36. Nf4+ Ke8 37. Nxg6 $18) 35. Bxd5 Qxb2 {Hoping for ...Ne7.} 36. Rd1 Qc3+ 37. Ke2 $1 Qe5 38. Ke3 {[#]} (38. Qxe5 $11 {keeps the balance.} Nxe5 39. a5) 38... Qc3+ (38... a5 $1 $17 {White must now prevent ...Qe7.} 39. Qxe5 Nxe5) 39. Kf2 {[#]} (39. Ke2 $1 $11) 39... Ne7 $2 (39... Qc5+ $1 $17 {keeps the pressure on.} 40. Ke2 Qe7 41. Qxe7+ Nxe7) 40. Bc4 {[%cal Rd1d8][%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Qb2+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (40... Rc8 $16 41. Re1 (41. Bxa6 Qc2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 42. Ke1 Qxe4+ 43. fxe4 Rc3 $16) 41... Qf6) 41. Kg3 $18 {[%cal Rd1d8]} Rb8 {intending ...Qf6.} 42. Qf4 {White mates.} Rc8 {[#]} 43. Qc7 $3 {[%mdl 512]} Nf5+ (43... Rxc7 44. Rd8#) 44. Kh3 Rxc7 45. Rd8+ {Accuracy: White = 47%, Black = 42%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.29"]
[Round "11.21"]
[White "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Black "Kovalenko, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,75,16,25,26,54,31,42,32,35,28,46,50,41,24,37,21,87,81,82,70,83,82,81,82,82,79,89,84,71,97,183,188,255,197,345,349,350,329,322,341,317,261,287,144,144,144,134,145,159,130,175,145,133,133,137,80,144,150,355,288,310,295,265,280,664,628]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O h6 7. a4 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} a5 8. Nbd2 Ne7 9. Nb3 {White is slightly better.} Qc7 10. Bd2 g5 11. Rc1 Bg7 12. Qe1 {[%cal Rd2a5]} (12. c4 O-O 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. h4 g4 {½-½ (48) Sethuraman,S (2665)-Shimanov,A (2610) chess.com INT 2019}) 12... b6 13. c4 Qb7 (13... O-O $11 {keeps the balance.}) 14. cxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. h4 g4 {1-0 (40) Suvorov,S (2229)-Mjakonkikh,D (2211) Angarsk 2015}) 14... Nxd5 15. h4 f6 16. exf6 Bxf6 {[#]} 17. Ne5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxe5 (17... Nxe5 18. dxe5) 18. dxe5 c5 19. hxg5 hxg5 20. Bxg5 Nf8 (20... Nxe5 $16 21. Bb5+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Nd7) 21. f4 $1 $18 Ng6 (21... Qh7 $142) 22. Qg3 ({Resist} 22. Bb5+ $6 Kf7 $16) 22... Kf7 (22... Qh7 $142 23. Kf2 Kf7) 23. Nd2 Rag8 24. Nc4 {And now Nd6+ would win.} Kf8 25. Nd6 Qh7 26. Nxf5 (26. Kf2 Ngxf4 27. Rh1 Nxe2 $16) 26... exf5 27. Rcd1 ({White must play} 27. Rc4 $1 $18) 27... Ngxf4 $16 28. Rxf4 Rxg5 29. Qxg5 Qh2+ 30. Kf2 Qxf4+ 31. Qxf4 Nxf4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 32. Rd8+ Kg7 33. Rd7+ (33. Rxh8 $142 Kxh8 34. g3) 33... Kg6 (33... Kh6 $142) 34. Bc4 $1 Rb8 $2 (34... Kg5 $16 {was necessary.}) 35. Bf7+ Kg5 {[#]} 36. e6 $1 {[%cal Re6e7]} Kf6 {[#]} 37. e7 $1 {[%cal Re7e8]} Nd3+ $2 (37... Kxf7 38. Rd8 Kxe7 39. Rxb8 Nd5) 38. Rxd3 {Accuracy: White = 74%, Black = 41%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.29"]
[Round "11.22"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,119,9,8,19,20,0,28,27,46,21,35,25,31,12,29,30,36,30,38,11,48,41,45,41,63,46,47,36,49,37,42,45,52,28,33,36,39,23,26,10,25,8,13,10,18,2,2,0,5,4,15,20,24,31,20,14,17,15,18,8,7,0,0,0,0,0,7,0,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,8,38,38,34,54,38,33,62,13,27,8,14,8,12,0,0,0,0,0,22,0,7,0,37,0,19,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. Na4 cxd4 9. a3 Be7 10. exd4 d6 11. Re1 {E43: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4...b6} Nbd7 12. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. b4 Re8 13. Nc3 Rc8 14. Bf4 a6 15. h3 Bf8 16. Bh2 g6 17. Bf1 Nh5 18. g4 Nhf6 19. Rc1 h6 20. Qd3 {1-0 (79) Matlakov,M (2668)-Yu,Y (2656) St Petersburg 2012}) 12... Ng4 13. Bf4 {White has an edge.} Re8 14. h3 Ngf6 $1 15. Rc1 Rc8 16. b4 Bf8 17. Nc3 a6 18. Bf1 g6 19. Nd2 e5 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. Bg5 {Nde4 is the strong threat.} Be7 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Nde4 Bg5 24. Nxg5 Qxg5 25. Nd5 {[#] Strongly threatening f4.} Nd7 {aiming for ...Rxe1.} 26. f4 Qh4 27. Qg4 Qxg4 28. Rxe8+ $1 Rxe8 29. hxg4 h6 30. Rd1 Kf8 $1 31. Nc3 Ke7 32. Kf2 g5 33. g3 Nf6 34. Be2 Rc8 35. Ke3 b5 36. Kd4 {And now Re1 would win.} bxc4 $1 37. Re1 Kf8 38. Rf1 {Hoping for fxg5.} gxf4 39. gxf4 Re8 40. Kxc4 Nd5 41. Nxd5 Rxe2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 42. Rd1 Rc2+ 43. Kd4 Ra2 44. Rd3 Rf2 45. Ke3 Rh2 46. Kd4 Rf2 47. Kc3 Bc6 48. Ne3 Rxf4 49. Rxd6 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Bb5 $1 50. Rxh6 f6 51. Rh3 Kg7 52. Kb3 Kg6 53. a4 Bd7 54. a5 Be6+ 55. Kc3 Re4 56. Rg3 Rf4 57. Rh3 Re4 58. Rg3 Rf4 59. Rh3 Re4 60. Rg3 {Accuracy: White = 42%, Black = 69%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.29"]
[Round "11.23"]
[White "Antipov, Mikhail Al."]
[Black "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,77,25,25,24,16,6,22,29,41,41,34,38,26,35,28,29,35,33,15,15,16,14,6,15,0,0,0,0,0,0,-36,-24,-62,-51,-121,-131,-183,-190,-417,-169,-229,-222,-277,-278,-277,-270,-242,-227,-228,-191,-190,-190,-189,-181,-226,-226,-226,-226,-736,-726,-729,-718,-29986,-29987,-29999]} 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 Qc7 {C24: Bishop's Opening: 2...Nf6} (7... a5 8. a4 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 O-O 11. O-O dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Nd7 14. Qe3 Re8 15. Rae1 Nf6 16. Re2 e4 {½-½ (16) Rapport,R (2731)-Ding,L (2813) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) 8. O-O {LiveBook: 3 Games} O-O 9. Re1 a5 {And now ...a4 would win.The position is equal.} 10. a4 Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Nbd7 11. d4 exd4 12. exd5 cxd5 13. Nxd4 Nc5 14. Nf1 Bg4 15. Qd2 Qb6 16. Ne3 Rfd8 17. Nxg4 Nxg4 18. Nb5 Nxb3 19. cxb3 Rac8 20. Rad1 Nf6 21. g3 Ne4 22. Qe3 {½-½ (22) Moll,R (2601)-Vesely,P (2581) ICCF email 2016}) 11. d4 exd4 12. exd5 Rxe1+ 13. Qxe1 {Hoping for Ne4.} cxd5 14. Bxd5 Bd7 15. Bb3 {aiming for Qe7.} Nc6 16. Ne4 Qf4 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Qd2 Bg4 19. Ng5 h6 20. Ne4 ({Much worse is} 20. Nxf7 Be6 $17) 20... Qg6 21. Re1 Rd8 22. Qf4 Be6 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black has some attack.} 23. Bxe6 Qxe6 24. Qd2 (24. Rc1 $15) 24... Qa2 $1 $17 25. Qf4 (25. b3 $17) 25... Qxb2 $19 26. Nd6 $2 (26. Qf5) 26... Rf8 (26... Qb4 $142 $1 {[%cal Rb4e1]} 27. Qxf7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh8 28. Re8+ Rxe8 29. Qxe8+ Kh7 30. Qe4+ g6) 27. h4 (27. Qe4 $142) 27... Qxc2 28. Rc1 Qe2 ({Don't do} 28... Qxa4 29. Nxb7 Qb5 30. Nd6 $19) 29. Rc5 d3 30. Rd5 Ne7 31. Rd4 Ng6 32. Qe3 Qxe3 33. fxe3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#] KRN-KRN} Ne5 $1 34. Nxb7 Rb8 35. Nxa5 {[#]} Ng4 $1 {[%cal Rb8b1][%mdl 512]} 36. g3 $2 (36. Rxg4 Rb1+ 37. Kf2) 36... Rb1+ 37. Kg2 Rb2+ 38. Kf3 {[#]} f5 $1 {[%csl Gg4][%cal Rb2f2]} 39. Nc4 Rf2# {Accuracy: White = 42%, Black = 81%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.29"]
[Round "11.24"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Huzman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,89,6,-16,-13,-11,0,-5,-12,-52,-47,-56,-46,-58,-33,-73,-12,-13,-8,-2,0,0,0,-24,0,-43,-43,-41,-14,-13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,60,77,62,64,95,75,94,94,169,161,166,159,159,158,195,197,200,189,202,186,226,225,220,210,224,222,320,283,315,316,309,294,301,299,443,441,428,422,328,204,29997,29998]} 1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. d3 e6 6. Nh3 Nge7 {A36: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7} 7. Nf4 a6 8. Qd2 (8. h4 h6 9. Qd2 b5 10. cxb5 axb5 11. Nxb5 d5 12. e4 Ba6 13. exd5 Bxb5 14. dxc6 Bxc6 {0-1 (36) Short,N (2664)-Kasparov,G (2812) Saint Louis 2015}) 8... b5 {The position is equal.} 9. Ne4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Nxb5 axb5 10. cxb5 Bb7 11. bxc6 Bxc6 12. h4 h5 13. O-O O-O 14. Qc2 {0-1 (56) Cummings,D-Vranesic,Z (2400) London 1977}) 9... d6 10. Rb1 Bb7 11. O-O O-O 12. b3 Qd7 ({Black should play} 12... e5 $17 13. Nh3 Qd7) 13. Bb2 $11 e5 14. Nd5 f5 15. Nec3 {Strongly threatening Nb6.} Nxd5 16. cxd5 Ne7 17. f4 exf4 18. gxf4 b4 19. Na4 Nxd5 20. Bxd5+ Bxd5 21. Nb6 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Qe6 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Nxa8 Bxa8 24. Kf2 Qd5 (24... Qe7 $11) 25. Rg1 Re8 26. Qb2+ Kf7 27. Rg3 Qe6 28. Rbg1 Qf6 (28... a5 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 29. Qxf6+ $18 Kxf6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#] KRR-KRB} 30. Rh3 $1 {[%cal Rh3h7]} Re7 31. Re3 Ra7 32. Re8 a5 33. d4 cxd4 34. Rd1 Be4 35. Rxd4 d5 36. Rc8 Ra6 37. h4 h6 (37... Kg7 {is a better defense.} 38. Rc7+ Kh6) 38. Rd1 g5 39. hxg5+ hxg5 40. fxg5+ Kxg5 41. Ke3 a4 (41... d4+ $142 42. Rxd4 Bb1) 42. Rg1+ Kf6 43. Kf4 axb3 44. Rcg8 {White wants to mate with R8g7.} ({Don't play} 44. axb3 Re6 $18) 44... bxa2 $2 (44... Re6 $18) 45. R8g7 {Accuracy: White = 76%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.29"]
[Round "11.25"]
[White "Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,86,11,17,0,0,-5,0,-52,-58,-102,-72,-97,-70,-70,-70,-74,-74,-74,-91,-74,-65,-84,-104,-100,-86,-105,-81,-95,20,25,230,87,84,0,0,-55,0,0,89,11,37,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,47,44,-394,-394,-5252,-5550,-29959,-5227,-29947,-5493,-29987,-29988,-29988,-29989,-29992,-29993]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} Nd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7c5,Bc5e4,Be4c3][%mdl 32]} 9. O-O-O c6 (9... Nf6 10. Bd3 c5 11. Rhe1 Be6 12. Kb1 Qa5 13. c4 Qxd2 14. Bxd2 h6 15. Nh4 Rfe8 {½-½ (55) Carlsen,M (2835)-Caruana,F (2832) London 2018}) 10. Kb1 d5 11. h4 Re8 {LiveBook: 7 Games} 12. h5 h6 13. Nd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Be2 Nf6 14. Nd4 Ne4 15. Qe1 Bg5 16. f4 Bf6 17. Bf3 Nd6 18. Qf2 Ne4 19. Qe1 Nd6 20. Qf2 Ne4 {½-½ (20) Popov,I (2611)-Ter Sahakyan,S (2547) St Petersburg 2018}) 13... Nc5 14. g4 (14. f3 $11) 14... Ne4 $1 $15 {[%cal Re4d2]} (14... Bxg4 $6 15. f3 $11) 15. Qc1 c5 $1 {[%cal Rc5d4]} 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. gxf5 {Threatening f3.} Qb6 18. Ka1 Bf6 {...d4 is the strong threat.} 19. Rg1 Nxc3 $1 20. Rd3 Rxe3 21. fxe3 Na4 {[%cal Rf6b2]} 22. Rb3 Qa5 {[%mdl 1024] Black has strong compensation.} 23. c4 (23. Rxb7 $2 Nxb2 24. Rxb2 Bc3 $19) 23... Rd8 24. Rg2 (24. Rxb7 $6 d4 $14) 24... d4 (24... dxc4 $17 25. Bxc4 Nb6) 25. e4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Kh7 $2 (25... Bg5 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 26. Qb1 Qc7) 26. Bd3 ({Inferior is} 26. Rxb7 d3 $15) (26. e5 $1 $18 {[%cal Re5f6] is the precise move to win.} Bxe5 27. f6 (27. Rxb7 d3 $17) 27... Bxf6 28. Bd3+ Kg8 29. Rb5 (29. Rxb7 Qa6 $11)) 26... Qc7 $16 {[#]} 27. Qe1 ({White should try} 27. e5 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} Qxe5 28. Rxb7) 27... Re8 $1 $11 28. Qg3 (28. e5 $11 Rxe5 29. Re2 Rxe2 30. Qxe2) 28... Be5 ({Better is} 28... Re5 $15) 29. Qg4 {Strongly threatening f6!} Kh8 {[#]} (29... Bf6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 30. Ra3 (30. f6 $1 $16 Bxf6 31. Ra3) 30... b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 31. Rc2 Qa5 {( -> ...Qe1+)} 32. Kb1 $1 b4 $1 {[%cal Rb4a3]} ({Much weaker is} 32... Qe1+ $6 33. Rc1 $16) 33. f6 $1 {[%csl Gf6][%cal Rg4g7]} Rg8 $1 34. Rb3 gxf6 ({Don't blunder} 34... Bxf6 $2 {[#]} 35. e5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) 35. Qd7 Rg1+ 36. Rc1 Rg2 37. Qxf7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (37. Bf1 $14 {stays ahead.} Rg1 38. Qxf7) 37... Nc3+ $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 38. Rcxc3 $2 (38. Rbxc3 dxc3 39. Qe8+ Rg8 40. Qb5) (38. bxc3 Qxa2#) 38... dxc3 {[%cal Bd4c3,Bc3b2][%mdl 32]} 39. Qf8+ Kh7 40. Qf7+ Rg7 41. Qe6 Rg1+ {Black mates.} 42. Kc2 Qxa2 {[%csl Gg1][%cal Ra2b1]} 43. Bf1 cxb2 {Precision: White = 28%, Black = 67%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.29"]
[Round "11.26"]
[White "Hovhannisyan, Robert"]
[Black "Halkias, Stelios"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "230"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,230,12,1,11,23,16,16,8,1,4,12,47,47,43,30,46,43,45,-67,-68,-66,-48,-42,16,16,31,23,25,26,26,22,48,41,366,368,355,290,261,270,316,302,303,291,267,260,402,183,164,162,428,435,397,0,145,155,133,147,140,0,0,0,52,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,39,41,83,75,82,28,27,6,18,14,54,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,181,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. O-O d6 8. a3 {[%cal Ba2a3,Ba3a4][%mdl 32]} O-O 9. d3 Nb8 {C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines} 10. Bd2 Nbd7 11. a4 b4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Rb8 12. axb5 axb5 13. Ba2 c6 14. Ne2 d5 15. Ng3 Bc5 16. exd5 cxd5 17. d4 exd4 {1-0 (55) Bacrot,E (2715)-Wojtaszek,R (2745) Linares 2017}) 12. Nd5 a5 13. Be3 c6 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Nh4 Nc5 16. Bxc5 $1 dxc5 17. f4 (17. Qf3 $14) 17... Ng4 $15 18. Qe1 c4 19. Bxc4 Qa7+ ({Black should try} 19... exf4 $15 20. Nf3 Ne3) 20. Kh1 $11 Ne3 21. f5 $1 {Black must now prevent Qg3.} Nxf1 22. Qxf1 Qe7 23. Nf3 Bd7 24. g4 g5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (24... Bc8 $14) 25. h4 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} gxh4 26. Qc1 {aiming for Qh6.} Kg7 27. g5 f6 28. Qe3 fxg5 29. Rg1 Kh8 30. Rxg5 c5 (30... Be8 $142 31. d4 Bf7) 31. Nxh4 (31. Qe1 $142) 31... Be8 32. Rg4 {Strongly threatening Qh6.} Bf7 $2 (32... Rd8 33. Qh6 Rd6) 33. Qh6 {[%csl Gg4][%cal Rh6g7]} Rg8 {[#]} 34. Ng6+ $2 ({White has to play} 34. Bxf7 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Qxf7 35. Ng6+ Rxg6 36. Rxg6) 34... Rxg6 (34... Bxg6 $1 $11 {remains equal.} 35. Bxg8 (35. Rxg6 Rxg6 36. fxg6 Qg7 $17) (35. fxg6 Rg7 $15) 35... Bxf5) 35. fxg6 $16 {[%csl Gg6][%cal Rh6h7]} Bxc4 36. dxc4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Rg8 {[#]} 37. Qh5 (37. Qg5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rg5e7]} Rg7 38. Qxe7 Rxe7 39. gxh7) 37... Rg7 38. Kh2 Qd6 (38... Qf6 $11) 39. Kh3 (39. Rg2 $14) 39... Qd4 40. Qf5 $40 {[%mdl 128] Qf8+ would kill now. Black needs to defend precisely.} Qe3+ 41. Rg3 {Intending Qf8+ and mate.} Qh6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 42. Kg2 {Threatening mate with Qf8+.} Qd2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 43. Qf2 (43. Kh3 {looks sharper.} Qh6+) 43... Qxf2+ 44. Kxf2 Rxg6 {KR-KR} 45. Rd3 Rh6 46. Kg3 {And now Rd5 would win.} Rh1 47. Rd5 Rc1 48. Rxe5 ({Better is} 48. b3 $16) 48... Rxc2 49. Rxc5 b3 50. Kf4 ({Don't do} 50. Rxa5 Rxc4 51. Kf4 Rc2 $16) 50... Rxb2 51. Rxa5 (51. Ke3 $1 $14) 51... Rc2 $1 52. c5 b2 53. Rb5 Kg7 54. c6 Kf6 $2 {[#]} (54... Rxc6 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 55. Rxb2 Ra6) 55. c7 $2 (55. a5 $1 $18) 55... Rxc7 {The position is equal.} 56. Rxb2 Ra7 $1 57. e5+ Ke6 58. Rb6+ Ke7 59. Rb4 Ke6 60. Rb6+ Ke7 61. Kf5 Rxa4 62. Rb7+ Kf8 63. Kf6 {[%cal Rb7b8]} ({Much less strong is} 63. Rxh7 $6 Ke8 $16) 63... Rf4+ $1 64. Ke6 Re4 65. Rxh7 Re1 66. Rf7+ Ke8 67. Ra7 {[%cal Ra7a8]} (67. Rf2 {feels hotter.} Rb1 68. Rd2 Rb6+ 69. Rd6 Rb1 70. Rd7) 67... Kf8 68. Ra2 Re3 69. Ra8+ Kg7 70. Kd6 {Hoping for e6.} Kf7 71. Ra7+ Ke8 72. Re7+ Kf8 73. Rb7 Ke8 74. Ke6 {[%cal Rb7b8]} (74. e6 {with more complications.} Rd3+ 75. Ke5 Rd2 76. e7 Rd1 77. Rb8+) 74... Kf8 75. Rb1 Re2 76. Rb8+ Kg7 77. Re8 Ra2 78. Rd8 Re2 79. Rd5 Kf8 80. Rd3 Re1 81. Rf3+ Ke8 82. Rh3 {[%cal Rh3h8]} Kf8 83. Rh2 Re3 84. Rd2 Re1 85. Kd6 Kf7 86. Rf2+ Ke8 87. Rh2 Kf7 88. Rh7+ Ke8 89. Rh6 Re2 90. Re6+ Kd8 91. Rg6 {[%cal Rg6g8]} Ke8 92. Rg7 Re1 93. Ke6 {[%cal Rg7g8]} (93. Rg4 {is interesting.} Re2 94. Kc7 Rxe5 95. Kc6 Re6+ 96. Kb5) 93... Kf8 94. Rg4 Re2 95. Rf4+ Ke8 96. Kf6 Re1 97. Ra4 Re2 98. Ra1 Re3 99. Ra6 Re1 100. Re6+ Kf8 $1 101. Re7 Re2 102. Rf7+ Ke8 {( -> ...Rf2+)} 103. Rc7 Re1 104. Ke6 {[%cal Rc7c8]} (104. Rc6 {keeps more tension.} Rf1+ 105. Kg5 Ke7 106. Kh4 Rh1+ 107. Kg3) 104... Kf8 105. Rc8+ Kg7 106. Re8 Ra1 107. Re7+ Kf8 {...Ra6+ is the strong threat.} 108. Rd7 Re1 109. Rd8+ Kg7 110. Rd5 Kf8 111. Kd7 {Threatens to win with e6.} Kf7 112. Kd6 Re3 113. Rd1 Re2 114. Rf1+ Ke8 115. e6 Rd2+ {Accuracy: White = 65%, Black = 73%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.29"]
[Round "11.27"]
[White "Kobalia, Mikhail"]
[Black "Demuth, Adrien"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,156,27,36,29,29,37,30,32,47,8,30,0,5,0,-4,-4,50,0,0,0,0,-9,0,-33,-18,-14,-19,-37,-43,-36,-53,-236,-210,-214,-229,-226,-200,-212,-50,-58,-69,-110,-124,-122,-122,-122,-111,-139,-90,-108,-84,-83,-64,-64,-64,-64,-64,-64,-64,-64,-64,-64,-64,-64,-64,-64,-64,-64,-39,-64,-40,-40,-40,-64,-64,-64,-63,-63,-63,-63,-63,-63,-63,-63,-63,-63,-35,-63,-35,-63,-35,-63,-40,-40,-40,-40,-40,-40,-35,-35,-35,-35,-35,-35,-24,-24,-24,-24,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 a6 5. Bc4 Bg7 6. d4 {C60: Ruy Lopez: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3...g6} exd4 7. cxd4 b5 $146 (7... d6 8. O-O Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. d5 Ne5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Be3 Ne8 {1-0 (58) Grischuk,A (2766)-Mamedyarov,S (2808) Leuven 2018}) 8. Be2 {White has an edge.} d6 9. d5 Nce7 10. a4 b4 11. Nbd2 Nf6 12. Qc2 Bb7 (12... O-O $11) 13. O-O ({White should play} 13. Nc4 $14) 13... O-O $11 14. Rd1 c6 15. dxc6 Bxc6 16. e5 dxe5 17. Nxe5 Bb7 18. Ndc4 Qc7 19. Bf4 Nfd5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 20. Bf3 $2 {[#]} (20. Bg3 $15 Nf5 21. Bf3) 20... Rac8 $1 $19 ({Stronger than} 20... Nxf4 21. Rd7 $14) 21. Qc1 Nxf4 22. Qxf4 {Rd7 is the strong threat.} Bxf3 23. Rd7 {[#]} Bxe5 $2 (23... Qb8 $1 $19 24. Rxe7 Bd5) 24. Nxe5 $15 Nd5 {[%cal Be7d5,Bd5f4,Bf4d3][%mdl 32]} 25. Rxc7 Nxf4 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Nxf3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Rc2 28. b3 Nd3 29. Nd4 Rb2 ({Inferior is} 29... Rxf2 30. Rd1 $16) 30. h3 Nc5 31. Rc1 Nxb3 32. Nxb3 Rxb3 {KR-KR} 33. Rc6 Rb1+ 34. Kh2 Rf1 35. Rxa6 Rxf2 36. Rb6 Rb2 37. h4 b3 38. Kh3 Kg7 39. a5 Ra2 40. Rxb3 Rxa5 41. Rb2 Ra3+ 42. g3 Re3 43. Kg2 Re4 44. Kf3 Rc4 45. Ra2 h6 46. Ra5 Rc3+ 47. Kf2 Rc6 48. Kg2 Kf6 49. Kf3 Ke6 50. Kf2 f5 51. Rb5 Kf6 52. Ra5 Rb6 53. Kg2 g5 54. hxg5+ hxg5 55. Ra2 Rd6 56. Kf2 Rd3 57. Ra6+ Ke5 58. g4 f4 {White must now prevent ...Rg3.} 59. Rg6 $1 {The position is equal.} Ke4 60. Re6+ Kd4 {aiming for ...Rg3.} 61. Rg6 $1 Rd2+ (61... Rg3 $5 {[%cal Rg3g4]} 62. Rxg5 Ra3 $11) 62. Kf3 $1 Rd3+ 63. Kf2 Ra3 64. Rxg5 Ke4 {And now ...Ra2+ would win.} 65. Rb5 Ra2+ 66. Kf1 f3 67. g5 $1 Ke3 {( -> ...Ra1+)} 68. Rb1 Rh2 {[%cal Rh2h1]} 69. Kg1 $1 {[%cal Rg1h2]} Rh5 70. g6 f2+ 71. Kg2 Rg5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 72. Kh2 Rxg6 (72... Rb5 $5 {[%cal Rb5b1]} 73. Ra1 Rh5+ 74. Kg3 Rg5+ 75. Kh2 Rxg6 $15) 73. Rb3+ Ke4 (73... Ke2 $5 74. Rb2+ $8 Kf3 75. Rb3+ Kf4 76. Rb4+ Kf3 77. Rb3+ Ke4 78. Rb4+ Kf5 79. Rb5+ Kf4 80. Rb4+ Kf5 81. Rb5+ Kf4 82. Rb4+ $11) 74. Rb4+ $1 Kd3 75. Rb3+ Kc2 76. Rf3 Rd6 77. Rxf2+ Rd2 78. Rxd2+ Kxd2 {Accuracy: White = 64%, Black = 55%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.29"]
[Round "11.28"]
[White "Demidov, Mikhail"]
[Black "Onischuk, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,144,38,27,46,-3,55,47,46,41,71,72,84,68,107,32,28,30,81,29,30,31,35,0,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,0,-31,-31,-24,17,39,128,-39,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,108,108,102,29,26,24,33,-6,44,0,141,141,135,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5 Bg4 9. Kh1 Nc7 {B09: Pirc Defence: Austrian Attack} (9... Rb8 10. a4 e6 11. dxe6 fxe6 12. Bc4 Nc7 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Kh8 15. Be3 Qe7 16. Rad1 b6 17. Bc1 Rbd8 18. Kh2 Nh5 19. Qg4 a6 20. g3 Bd4 21. Ne2 Bg7 22. Nc3 Bd4 23. Ne2 Bg7 24. Nc3 {½-½ (24) Lobanov,S (2526)-Tukhaev,A (2527) St Petersburg 2018}) 10. h3 Bxf3 (10... Bd7 $11) 11. Qxf3 $14 a6 {White is slightly better.} 12. a4 Rb8 13. a5 e6 14. dxe6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. f5 Nd7 15. Qg3 Ne5 16. Bg5 f6 17. Bf4 exf5 18. exf5 {1-0 (31) Chen,Q (2345)-Petrova,I (2174) St Petersburg 2017}) 14... Nxe6 15. Bc4 (15. Qf2 $16) 15... Nd4 16. Qf2 Qd7 (16... d5 $11 {keeps the balance.} 17. exd5 Nf5) 17. Be3 (17. f5 $16) 17... Rbe8 18. Bd3 Qc7 19. Rae1 Qxa5 20. f5 Qd8 21. Bg5 h6 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Nd5 {Threatens to win with fxg6.} Kg7 24. Re3 Bg5 25. f6+ Kh7 26. Ree1 {Strongly threatening h4.} Re5 27. c3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} (27. h4 Bxh4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 28. Qxh4 Rh5 $17) 27... Ne6 (27... Nc6 $1 $14) 28. Be2 $2 (28. g4 $1 $16) 28... h5 29. h4 Bd2 30. Rd1 Bh6 31. g4 hxg4 32. Bxg4 Rxd5 (32... Nc7 $11) 33. exd5 $16 Nf4 34. Qg3 ({Better is} 34. Qh2 $1 $16 Qxf6 35. Rde1) 34... Qxf6 $11 35. Rde1 Kg7 36. Rf3 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Rh8 37. Kg1 g5 {[#]} (37... Qd8 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 38. Re4 $1 $16 Qg6 {[#]} 39. Bf5 ({White should play} 39. hxg5 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} Bxg5 (39... Qxg5 40. Rexf4) 40. Rexf4 (40. Rfxf4 Bxf4 41. Qxf4 Rh5 $16) 40... Bxf4 41. Qxf4 (41. Rxf4 Rh5 $16)) 39... gxh4 $11 {The position is equal.} 40. Bxg6 hxg3 41. Bf5 Kf6 42. Bd7 b5 43. b3 Rh7 44. c4 Bg5 45. Rexf4+ Bxf4 46. Rxf4+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KR} Ke5 47. Rf5+ Ke4 48. Rf1 Rg7 49. Kg2 bxc4 50. bxc4 Kd4 51. Rf6 Rg6 52. Rf4+ Kc3 53. Be8 Rg8 54. Bc6 ({Of course not} 54. Bxf7 Rf8 $17) 54... a5 55. Rxf7 Kxc4 56. Rd7 Rg6 57. Ra7 Kb4 58. Rb7+ Kc3 59. Ra7 Kb4 60. Rb7+ Kc3 61. Rb5 a4 62. Ra5 c4 63. Rxa4 Kb3 64. Ra6 c3 {Hoping for ...Rg4.} 65. Bd7 Rg5 66. Rxd6 {And now Rc6 would win.} c2 67. Rb6+ Ka2 68. Rc6 Kb2 69. d6 Rd5 70. Rb6+ Ka3 71. Rc6 Rxd6 72. Rxc2 {Bg4 is the strong threat.} Rxd7 {Accuracy: White = 47%, Black = 58%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.29"]
[Round "11.29"]
[White "Stupak, Kirill"]
[Black "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,134,29,20,39,30,65,39,27,25,63,20,45,43,109,86,122,43,40,33,33,25,48,14,39,43,31,23,25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-11,-13,-11,0,-4,0,0,0,0,5,4,10,0,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,0,0,0,-2,-2,-2,-2,-2,0,-2,0,-2,0,-2,-2,-2,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,-4,0,0,0,-12,0,-12,-12,-14,-11,-26,-26,-34,0,-41,0,-19,0,-19,-19,-19,-19,-19,-19,-22,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 dxc4 8. Bxc4 a6 9. a3 Bd6 10. O-O e5 11. h3 Bd7 {E51: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4...0-0 5 Nf3 d5} 12. Rd1 Qe7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... exd4 13. exd4 h6 14. Be3 Ne7 15. Ne5 b5 16. Ba2 c6 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Bf5 19. Qf3 {1-0 (37) Mamedyarov,S (2768)-Inarkiev,E (2709) Doha 2016}) 13. d5 Na7 {White is slightly better.} 14. e4 Nh5 15. Bd3 Nb5 16. Ne2 g6 ({Better is} 16... c5 $14) 17. Bh6 Ng7 18. Ng3 (18. Bc4 $16) 18... c5 $14 19. dxc6 Bxc6 20. Bc4 Kh8 21. Qb3 Rad8 22. Bd5 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 Rfe8 24. Bxg7+ Kxg7 25. Rad1 Nc7 26. R5d2 Ne6 27. Ne2 Bc5 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Rxd8 Nxd8 30. Nc3 Nc6 31. Nd5 Qd7 32. Qc3 Qd6 33. b4 Ba7 34. Kf1 f6 35. Ke2 Qd7 36. Qc4 (36. g4 {looks sharper.} Bd4 37. Qc1 Ba7 38. a4 h6 39. Qc4) 36... Nd8 37. Qc7 Qxc7 38. Nxc7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KNN} Kf7 39. Nd2 Ne6 40. Nxe6 Kxe6 {KB-KN} 41. Nb3 b5 42. f3 f5 43. g3 Kf6 44. Nc1 Bb6 45. Nd3 Bd4 46. Kf1 Kg5 47. Kg2 h6 48. Kh2 Kf6 49. Kg2 Be3 50. Kf1 Bb6 51. Nc1 Bc7 52. Nb3 Bb6 53. Nc1 Ke6 54. Nd3 a5 55. Kg2 a4 56. Kf1 Be3 57. Ke2 Bd4 58. Kf1 Kf6 59. Kg2 Kg5 60. Kh2 Be3 61. Kg2 {The position is equal.} f4 62. g4 Kh4 63. Kh2 (63. Nxe5 Bc1 $17) 63... Bd2 64. Kg2 $1 ({Don't blunder} 64. Nxe5 $2 Bxb4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 65. Nc6 Bxa3 $19) 64... Kg5 65. Kh2 ({Don't go for} 65. Nxe5 $2 {[#]} Bxb4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 66. Nc6 Bxa3 $19) 65... Kf6 66. Kg2 Ke7 67. Kf2 ({Don't play} 67. Nxe5 Bc1 $17) 67... Bc3 {Accuracy: White = 54%, Black = 53%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.29"]
[Round "11.30"]
[White "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Black "Pultinevicius, Paulius"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,84,16,28,19,21,28,24,11,2,6,20,14,43,37,39,30,25,22,30,19,29,21,23,21,18,19,26,2,6,-24,0,-58,-16,-79,-79,-79,-91,-86,-56,-187,-163,-241,-226,-226,-167,-343,-312,-718,-720,-1289,-1262,-1233,-1259,-1079,-741,-29981,-734,-29982,-12152,-29983,-12152,-12152,-6307,-6295,-6287,-5585,-5565,-12152,-11219,-6295,-6223,-6231,-6219,-5310,-5310,-5310,-1459]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 b6 (5... d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. Qc2 c6 9. b3 Re8 10. Ba3 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nc5 12. Rad1 Qe7 13. b4 Nce4 14. Bb2 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 d5 16. Nb3 Nh5 17. Nd4 Nf6 18. a3 {½-½ (32) Mamedyarov,S (2817)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2763) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) 6. O-O {E60: King's Indian: Unusual lines and Fianchetto Variation without Nc3} Bb7 7. Nc3 e6 8. b3 {White has an edge.} Qe7 9. Bb2 d6 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. e4 a6 12. Rfe1 c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nh5 13. Rad1 Rad8 14. Bc1 c6 15. Bg5 f6 16. Bc1 Bh8 17. d5 cxd5 18. cxd5 {0-1 (33) Marshall,M (1917)-Collier,D (2093) Paington 2008}) 13. d5 exd5 14. exd5 Rae8 {[%cal Ba8e8,Be8e7,Be7e3][%mdl 32]} 15. Rad1 Bc8 16. h3 Qd8 17. Nh2 Re7 18. Rf1 Rfe8 19. f4 Re3 20. Bf3 ({Better is} 20. Rf3 $11) 20... Nf8 (20... b5 $5 21. Rd3 Rxd3 22. Qxd3 Qa5 $17) 21. Qf2 (21. Rd2 $11) 21... Nh5 $17 22. Bxh5 gxh5 23. Qc2 Qh4 {...Bxh3! is the strong threat.} 24. Na4 (24. f5 $15) 24... Bxb2 $1 $19 25. Qxb2 {[#]} (25. Nxb2 $142 Bxh3 26. Rd3) 25... Bxh3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 26. Nf3 ({Don't blunder} 26. gxh3 $2 Re2 $19) 26... Qxf4 27. Nxb6 $2 (27. Rd2) 27... Ng6 ({Not} 27... Re2 28. Rd2 $15) 28. Rde1 $2 {[#]} (28. Nh2 Qg5 29. Nf3) 28... Nh4 $1 {[%cal Rh4f3]} 29. Rxe3 Qxe3+ 30. Rf2 Nxf3+ 31. gxf3 Qg5+ 32. Kh2 h4 (32... Qh4 $142 33. Qd2 Kh8 34. Kg1 Rg8+ 35. Rg2 Rxg2+ 36. Qxg2 Bxg2 37. Kxg2 Qg5+ 38. Kf2 h4 39. Ke2 h3 40. Nd7 h2 41. Nxc5 h1=Q 42. Nd3 Qhg2+ 43. Nf2 Qe5+ 44. Kd3 Qxf2 45. b4 Qee3#) 33. Qd2 Qg3+ 34. Kh1 Re5 (34... Kh8 $142 35. Qb2+ {[#]} f6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 36. Qa1 Qxf2 37. Qxf6+ Kg8 38. Qg5+ Kf7 39. Qh5+ Kf6 40. Qh6+ Ke5 41. Qg5+ Kd4 42. Qg7+ Kd3 43. Qxh7+ Kd2 44. Qh6+ Kd1 45. Qg7 Re1+ 46. Qg1 Rxg1#) 35. Nd7 {Black is clearly winning.} Rg5 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Rg3g1]} 36. Nf6+ Kh8 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Rg3g1]} 37. Ng4 Bxg4 38. fxg4 Qh3+ 39. Kg1 Rxg4+ 40. Rg2 Rxg2+ 41. Qxg2 Qxg2+ 42. Kxg2 Kg7 {Accuracy: White = 36%, Black = 70%.} (42... a5 $142 43. Kh3 Kg7 44. Kxh4 Kf6) 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.29"]
[Round "11.31"]
[White "Martirosyan, Haik M."]
[Black "Sychev, Klementy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,97,5,14,4,4,0,3,11,25,10,17,10,8,-10,-6,-3,29,39,37,3,23,11,31,-14,29,0,0,0,13,-8,0,-7,16,0,0,0,25,19,16,12,6,0,0,0,54,56,68,33,72,-7,81,61,64,4,124,3,2,0,46,32,268,284,263,255,437,698,678,691,700,688,652,606,1231,1220,29939,29939,12849,29942,29940,12850,6409,4922,7106,7219,6085,6195,6287,5118,29984,29985]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 b6 (4... O-O 5. e3 d5 6. c4 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5+ 8. Nbd2 Qxc5 9. Rc1 Nc6 10. a3 a5 11. Be2 Rd8 12. O-O dxc4 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Qxa3 15. Nxc4 {0-1 (57) Nakamura,H (2769)-Mamedyarov,S (2808) Paris 2018}) 5. c4 Bb7 6. e3 {A48: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} e6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O {The position is equal.} d6 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Qc2 f5 11. d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Rfd1 Nd7 12. b4 Qe7 13. Nd2 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 {0-1 (67) Xu,Y (2536)-Bai,J (2594) Tianjin 2018}) 11... Nxc3 12. Bxc3 e5 13. b4 Nd7 14. Nd2 Nf6 15. a4 Rb8 16. f4 Nd7 17. Nf3 Re8 18. Ng5 Nf8 19. Bd3 Bf6 20. Nh3 Bc8 21. Nf2 exf4 22. exf4 Bd7 23. c5 bxc5 24. bxc5 dxc5 25. Bc4 {aiming for d6+.} Kg7 $1 26. Nd3 Bxc3 (26... c6 $1 $11) 27. Qxc3+ $14 Qf6 28. Ne5 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Re7 29. a5 (29. Bb5 $16) 29... Be8 (29... g5 $1 $11 30. Rac1 gxf4) 30. Rfe1 $16 Rb4 31. g3 (31. Rac1 $14) 31... h6 {[#]} (31... Bb5 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} 32. Bxb5 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Rxb5) 32. Bf1 (32. Rac1 $1 $16) 32... Nd7 $11 33. Rac1 {Hoping for Nxd7.} Kg8 (33... Bf7 $5) 34. Bc4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] And now d6+ would win. White is more active.} Kh7 $2 (34... Bf7 $1 $14) 35. Nc6 $18 Rxe1+ 36. Qxe1 Bf7 $2 (36... Rxc4 {was worth a try.} 37. Rxc4 Bf7) 37. Nxb4 cxb4 38. d6 Bxc4 39. dxc7 ({Not} 39. Rxc4 Qxd6 40. Qxb4 (40. Rxb4 Qc5+ 41. Kg2 Qc6+ 42. Kg1 Qc5+ 43. Kf1 Nf6 $16) 40... Qd1+ 41. Kf2 c5 $16) 39... Ba6 40. Qxb4 Bc8 41. Re1 Kg8 42. Re8+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kf7 43. Rxc8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQN} Qa1+ 44. Kg2 {Intending Qc4+ and mate.} Qa2+ 45. Kf1 {White threatens Rf8+! and mate.} Qd5 {[#]} 46. Rf8+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Clearance, Promotion} Nxf8 47. c8=Q {[%csl Gc8][%cal Rb4f8]} Qf3+ {[#]} 48. Ke1 $1 {[%csl Gc8][%cal Rb4f8]} Qe4+ 49. Qxe4 {Accuracy: White = 45%, Black = 27%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.29"]
[Round "11.32"]
[White "Petrosyan, Manuel"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 28,59,31,26,36,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-5,-1,0,-5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Be2 dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Re1 {D43: Semi-Slav: 5 Bg5 h6} O-O 12. e4 e5 13. d5 Nb6 14. Bb3 Rd8 15. Re3 {[#] LiveBook: 4 Games} (15. h3 Bf8 16. Qe2 Bd7 17. Red1 {½-½ (78) Grischuk,A (2771)-Sevian,S (2642) Astana 2019}) 15... cxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Bd7) 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 {The position is equal.} 17. Bxd5 Be6 18. Rd3 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 Qb6 20. b3 Rxd5 21. Qxd5 Rc8 22. Qd3 Qa5 (22... Qb4 {seems wilder.} 23. g3 Rc3 24. Qd2 Qc5 25. Ne1 Qc6) 23. Qe2 Qa6 24. Qxa6 bxa6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 25. Rd1 Rc2 26. h4 Rxa2 27. Rd8+ Kh7 28. Rd7 Kg8 29. Rd8+ Kh7 30. Rd7 {Precision: White = 77%, Black = 88%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.29"]
[Round "11.33"]
[White "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,94,0,0,6,0,0,-19,-23,-29,-25,-44,-37,-37,-37,-60,-60,-68,-66,-74,-32,-29,7,-35,0,-21,-19,-21,0,-34,-15,-74,-38,-46,-62,-77,-85,-99,-97,-95,-52,-125,-152,-127,-119,-218,-216,-212,-229,-236,-224,-230,-235,-226,-206,-231,-183,-190,-230,-218,-225,-217,-118,-114,-58,-373,-62,-57,-63,-266,-146,-193,-193,-193,-193,-312,-312,-312,-311,-822,-812,-5823,-5800]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c6 6. O-O b5 7. b3 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3} (7. a4 Bb7 8. Ne5 a6 9. b3 cxb3 10. Qxb3 Be7 11. Nc3 b4 12. Rd1 a5 13. Bg5 O-O 14. Bxf6 gxf6 {1-0 (37) Mchedlishvili,M (2603)-Eljanov,P (2711) Riadh 2017}) 7... cxb3 8. axb3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Nbd7 9. Bd2 {The position is equal.} a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Bb7 10. Ba5 Qb8 11. b4 Be7 12. Nbd2 O-O 13. e4 Bd8 14. Re1 Bxa5 15. Rxa5 {1-0 (43) Luppi,D (2353)-Tucci,A (2404) ICCF email 2009}) 10. b4 {[%cal Rb4a5]} a4 11. Qc2 Bb7 12. e4 Be7 13. Bc3 O-O 14. Nbd2 Qb6 15. Qb2 Rfd8 16. Ne1 Nf8 17. Nd3 Bc8 {[%cal Bb7c8,Bc8d7,Bd7e8,Be8f7][%mdl 32]} 18. h3 Bd7 19. Kh2 Be8 20. f4 N6d7 {[%cal Bf6d7,Bd7b6,Bb6c4][%mdl 32]} 21. Rfe1 f6 22. Nf3 (22. Nf1 $11) 22... Bf7 23. h4 Qc7 24. Qf2 Nb6 25. Re2 Nc4 26. Bh3 a3 27. Nd2 {[#]} ({White should try} 27. e5 $15) 27... e5 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 28. fxe5 {[#]} (28. dxe5 Rxd3) 28... Nxe5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 29. Nxe5 (29. Nf4 $17 Neg6 30. Nxg6 Nxg6 31. h5) 29... fxe5 $19 30. Nf3 exd4 31. Nxd4 Bf6 32. e5 Bxe5 33. Rae1 Bf6 {Hoping for ...Qb6.} 34. Ne6 Bxe6 35. Bxf6 gxf6 36. Bxe6+ Nxe6 37. Rxe6 {intending Re7.} a2 ({Better is} 37... Qa7 $19 38. Qf4 Qd7) 38. Ra1 $17 Qa7 (38... Rd5 $17 39. Re2 Qd6 40. Raxa2 Rxa2 41. Rxa2 Rd3) 39. Qf4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (39. Qe2 $1 $15) 39... Qg7 $2 (39... Rd4 $19 40. Qe3 Kf7) 40. Re2 $1 $15 Qf7 {Threatens to win with ...Ra6.} 41. Qf3 $2 {[#]} (41. Qf2 $15) 41... Re8 (41... Ra6 $1 $19 42. Rc2 Kh8) 42. Rc2 Ra6 43. Qg2 {[%cal Rc2a2]} Rea8 44. Qf3 (44. Rxc6 $142 Ra3 45. Rc3) 44... Qe6 $19 45. Re2 Ra3 46. Qh5 $2 (46. Qf2 Qb3 47. Rb2) 46... Re3 47. Rd2 {[#]} Rxg3 $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 32%, Black = 48%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.29"]
[Round "11.34"]
[White "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Black "Moroni, Luca Jr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 30,59,16,13,23,16,46,41,41,42,57,38,29,0,52,33,31,0,0,0,28,3,17,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 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. a4 Bf8 14. Bd3 c6 15. b3 g6 16. Bb2 Bg7 {C95: Closed Ruy Lopez: Breyer Variation with 10 d4} 17. Qc2 Qb6 18. b4 Nh5 {White is slightly better.} 19. Bf1 Rac8 20. axb5 cxb5 21. d5 Ng3 (21... Rf8 $11) 22. Bd3 $14 Rf8 23. Nf1 (23. c4 {with more complications.} f5 24. exf5 Nxf5 25. Qb3 Ne7 26. Re2) 23... Nxf1 24. Rxf1 {[#]} Bh6 $146 25. Nh2 Qc7 {The position is equal.} 26. Ng4 Bg7 27. Ne3 Bh6 28. Ng4 Bg7 29. Ne3 Bh6 30. Ng4 {Accuracy: White = 54%, Black = 50%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.29"]
[Round "11.35"]
[White "Zhigalko, Andrey"]
[Black "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,79,14,26,26,26,28,21,21,21,21,20,24,19,19,25,0,0,0,20,21,35,33,23,36,55,42,54,52,60,47,57,50,63,65,65,61,47,54,47,52,60,43,43,25,24,24,40,0,0,0,0,-28,-23,-8,49,42,42,42,42,42,42,42,28,28]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Nd2 Bg7 8. Nc4 O-O 9. Bf4 Ne8 10. e3 {A61: Modern Benoni: Nf3 without early e4} Nd7 11. Nxd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. a4 Ne5 12. Qd2 f5 13. a5 Bd7 14. Be2 Nxc4 15. Bxc4 Qf6 16. Bg3 Nc7 17. O-O b5 18. axb6 axb6 {½-½ (39) Jankovic,A (2559)-Chatalbashev,B (2560) Bad Gleichenberg 2013}) 11... Nxd6 12. Bxd6 {The position is equal.} Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Qf6 14. Bxf8 Qxc3+ 15. Ke2 Qb2+ 16. Ke1 Qc3+ 17. Ke2 Qb2+ 18. Kf3 {aiming for Bd6.} Kxf8 19. Qc1 Qe5 20. Ke2 b6 21. f3 $1 Nf6 {[%cal Bd7f6,Bf6d5,Bd5c3][%mdl 32]} 22. Kf2 Nxd5 23. Bc4 Nc3 24. a4 {Hoping for Ra3.} Bd7 25. Qc2 Bf5 26. Qd2 {[#] And now Rhc1 would win.} Qf6 $1 {White must now prevent ...Rd8.} 27. Rhc1 Ne4+ $1 28. fxe4 Be6+ 29. Kg1 Bxc4 30. Qc3 Qxc3 31. Rxc3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} Be6 32. a5 Rb8 $1 33. axb6 axb6 34. Rb1 {[#] Threatens to win with Rxc5!} c4 35. Rc2 Ke7 (35... b5 $11) 36. Rcb2 $1 $14 Kd6 37. Rxb6+ Rxb6 38. Rxb6+ Ke5 39. Kf2 {Strongly threatening Kf3.} Kxe4 40. Ke2 {Accuracy: White = 84%, Black = 86%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.29"]
[Round "11.36"]
[White "Shevchenko, Kirill"]
[Black "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,45,0,-10,0,0,-16,0,-11,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,0,8,0,4,0]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qc2 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Be7 9. e4 O-O 10. Bd3 c5 11. O-O Qc7 {The position is equal.} 12. Qe2 {E12: Queen's Indian: Unusual White 4th moves, 4 a3, 4 Nc3 Bb7 5 a3 and 4 Nc3 Bb7} Rd8 13. Bb2 (13. Re1 Nd7 14. d5 exd5 15. exd5 Bf6 16. Ng5 Nf8 17. Qh5 h6 18. Ne4 Be5 19. Bxh6 Rxd5 {0-1 (36) Kazhgaleyev,M (2570)-Le,Q (2739) Ashkhabad 2017}) 13... Bf6 14. Rad1 Nd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7f8,Bf8g6][%mdl 32]} 15. Rfe1 Rac8 16. h3 Nf8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... h6 17. a4 Be7 18. Bc1 cxd4 19. cxd4 Bb4 20. Bd2 Bxd2 21. Rxd2 {½-½ (32) Kaupert,V (2302)-Silva,F (2311) ICCF email 2016}) 17. Qe3 Ng6 18. g3 Nf8 19. h4 Nd7 20. Qe2 Nf8 21. Qe3 Nd7 22. Qe2 Nf8 23. Qe3 {Accuracy: White = 31%, Black = 61%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.29"]
[Round "11.37"]
[White "Dragnev, Valentin"]
[Black "Indjic, Aleksandar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,15,18,16]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. Bf4 d6 {A33: Symmetrical English: 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 e6 5 Nc3 Nc6} 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. g3 {LiveBook: 8 Games} {Predecessor:} e5 $146 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Bg2 Rc8 11. Qa4 Qd7 12. Rd1 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Bxf6 gxf6 {1-0 (41) Sargissian,G (2657)-Perunovic,M (2608) Heraklio 2017} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.29"]
[Round "11.38"]
[White "Vocaturo, Daniele"]
[Black "Lomasov, Semyon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,89,50,50,47,41,31,35,39,50,39,50,47,59,26,35,31,35,34,24,22,31,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,55,55,38,28,43,31,49,31,63,42,147,150,137,139,144,152,133,132,464,460,469,497,469,470,472,462,448,451,610,466,582,558,1787,1735,1801,1612,1482,1389,29983,29984,29984,29985]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. e4 e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. Nh4 h6 {LiveBook: 108 Games. E41: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4...c5 5 Bd3, including Hübner Variation} 11. Bd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Qf3 Bg4 12. Qe3 g5 13. f3 Bd7 14. Nf5 Nxf5 15. exf5 Qa5 16. Bd2 O-O-O 17. g4 Rde8 18. O-O {½-½ (28) Khismatullin,D (2651)-Kovalenko,I (2700) Berlin 2015}) 11... g5 12. Qf3 Ng6 {White is slightly better.} 13. Nxg6 fxg6 14. h4 g4 15. Qd1 Kf7 16. Rb1 b6 17. Be3 Kg7 18. Rb2 Bd7 19. a4 Qe8 20. Qa1 Bxa4 21. Ra2 Bd7 22. Rxa7 Rxa7 23. Qxa7 {Ke2 is the strong threat.} Qa8 24. Qxb6 Qa1+ ({Black should try} 24... Rb8 $11 25. Qxd6 Qa1+ 26. Ke2 Qxh1 27. Qxb8 g3) 25. Qb1 $14 Qxc3+ 26. Bd2 Qa3 27. O-O Rf8 28. g3 Nh7 29. Be2 g5 (29... h5 $14) 30. Qb6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} Qa2 31. Bc3 $1 ({Much less strong is} 31. Qxd6 Qxd2 32. Qxd7+ Rf7 $14) 31... Rf6 {[#]} 32. Bb2 $1 {[%cal Bc3b2,Bb2c1,Bc1e3][%mdl 32]} Qa8 {[#]} 33. Ra1 $1 {[%cal Ra1a8]} Qe8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (33... Qf8 $16) 34. Ra7 $18 h5 35. Qc7 Nf8 36. hxg5 Rg6 37. Bc1 Kg8 38. Bd1 Kh8 39. Be3 Kg8 40. Rb7 Qa8 41. Rb8 Qa1 42. Qxd7 {White threatens Qe8 and mate.} Qxd1+ 43. Kh2 {Qe8 would kill now.} h4 44. Qf5 hxg3+ 45. fxg3 {Accuracy: White = 75%, Black = 46%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.29"]
[Round "11.39"]
[White "Baron, Tal"]
[Black "Bindrich, Falko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,20,8,9,25,27,32,28,29,35,33,12,23]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bxd6 Qxd6 6. c4 dxc4 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} (6... c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. e4 Ne7 9. Na3 O-O 10. Nc4 Qf4 11. dxc5 Qxe4+ 12. Be2 Na6 13. Rc1 Nxc5 14. Qd6 {1-0 (51) Nabaty,T (2690)-Rakhmanov,A (2655) Batumi 2018}) 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Nxc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. Bxc4 Nc6 9. O-O e5 {½-½ (9) Morgunova,E (1698)-Zabalkansky,A Ivanovo 2011}) 8... Qe7 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O b6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.29"]
[Round "11.40"]
[White "Van Foreest, Lucas"]
[Black "Svane, Rasmus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,130,-6,0,-14,27,24,18,20,29,34,34,19,25,24,42,0,35,16,22,25,6,0,1,0,0,-6,20,23,24,14,13,16,2,-4,0,0,25,-25,-22,-25,0,0,0,0,37,10,20,11,40,39,93,95,77,20,26,-7,-5,-12,-6,-12,0,0,0,0,13,0,0,0,0,0,-2,-57,-9,-32,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-147,-112,-120,-23,-82,-87,-66,-54,-43,0,0,0,-29979,0,0,0,-29978,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 {C50: Hungarian Defence and Giuoco Pianissimo} 7. Bg3 d6 8. c3 O-O {LiveBook: 7 Games} 9. O-O g6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Na5 10. Bb5 a6 11. Ba4 Nh5 12. d4 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Bf6 14. Qd3 b5 15. Bc2 {0-1 (60) Sipila,V (2417)-Hammer,J (2628) Sastamala 2016}) 10. h3 Nh5 11. Bh2 Bg5 12. d4 {[%cal Rd4e5]} Bf4 13. Na3 Bxh2+ 14. Kxh2 Qf6 15. g3 Re8 16. d5 Nb8 {[%cal Bc6b8,Bb8a6,Ba6c7,Bc7e6][%mdl 32]} 17. Be2 Qe7 18. b4 Nf6 19. Qd3 c6 20. c4 Na6 21. Nc2 Bd7 22. dxc6 Bxc6 23. Nd2 Nc7 24. Rac1 Ne6 25. Bf3 a5 26. a3 (26. b5 $5 {[%cal Rb5c6]}) 26... axb4 27. axb4 Ba4 28. Ne3 Bc6 29. Bg2 Ra2 30. Nb1 Rea8 31. Nc3 R2a3 32. Nc2 R3a7 ({Better is} 32... Rb3 $14) 33. Rfd1 $16 Ne8 34. h4 ({White should play} 34. b5 $16) 34... Ba4 $11 35. Nb5 Bxb5 36. cxb5 Ra2 37. Bh3 Qf6 38. Rd2 Kg7 39. Kg2 Rb2 40. Bxe6 Qxe6 41. Ne3 Rxb4 42. Nd5 Rd4 43. Qe2 (43. Qe3 $11) 43... Rxd2 (43... Rc8 $5 {[%cal Rc8c1]} 44. Rdc2 Rxc2 45. Rxc2 Nf6 46. Nxf6 Qxf6 $11) 44. Qxd2 Rc8 45. b6 Qd7 46. Ra1 Rc4 47. Qd3 Rd4 48. Qc2 {Threatening Ra8.} Qg4 49. f3 Qd7 50. g4 Nf6 51. Nxf6 Kxf6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 52. Qc1 d5 {[%cal Bd6d5,Bd5e4,Be4f3,Bf3f2][%mdl 32]} 53. Qxh6 dxe4 54. Qh8+ $1 Ke6 {Threatens to win with ...exf3+.} 55. Ra8 {aiming for Re8+.} exf3+ 56. Kg3 {[#]} (56. Kf2 $1 $11 Rd2+ 57. Kg3) 56... f2 $1 $17 {( -> ...Rxg4+!)} 57. Re8+ Kd6 (57... Kd5 $17 58. Rd8 {[#]} Ke4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 59. Rxd7 f1=Q 60. Rxd4+ Kxd4 61. Qd8+ Ke3) 58. Qf6+ (58. Qf8+ $1 $11 {remains equal.} Kd5 59. Rd8) 58... Kc5 59. Rxe5+ Kb4 60. Kxf2 Rd2+ (60... Qxg4 $5 {[%cal Rd4d2]} 61. Qe7+ Ka4 62. Qe8+ Ka3 63. Qe7+ Kb3 64. Qxf7+ Kc3 65. Re3+ Kb4 66. Qe7+ Kc4 67. Qe6+ Qxe6 68. Rxe6 Kd5 $11) 61. Kg3 $1 Rd3+ 62. Kh2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (62. Kf4 $11) 62... Rd2+ 63. Kg3 Rd3+ 64. Kh2 Rd2+ $2 (64... Qxg4 {mates} 65. Qe7+ Kb3 66. Qxf7+ Kc3 67. Rc5+ Kb4 68. Rc4+ Qxc4 69. Qe7+ Ka4 70. Qe1 Qf4+ 71. Kg2 Qg4+ 72. Kf1 Rf3+ 73. Qf2 Qg3 74. Qxf3 Qxf3+ 75. Kg1 Qe2 76. Kh1 Qf2 77. h5 g5 78. h6 g4 79. h7 g3 80. h8=Q Qf1#) 65. Kg3 $11 Rd3+ {Accuracy: White = 61%, Black = 40%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.29"]
[Round "11.41"]
[White "Blagojevic, Dragisa"]
[Black "Gordievsky, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,115,23,25,18,13,10,13,5,5,10,16,16,11,9,13,8,0,0,1,9,2,16,22,20,22,9,7,12,14,14,14,0,0,0,0,12,0,13,10,0,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-12,-12,-13,-13,-42,-33,-35,-8,-8,-8,-9,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-42,-42,-42,-42,-42,-34,-42,-24,-31,-8,-24,-24,-24,-24,-24,-24,-24,-24,-24,-24,-24]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. e3 e5 9. d5 {D71: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 3 g3 d5 sidelines and 5 cxd5 (without Nf3)} Ne7 {[%cal Re7d5]} 10. e4 c6 {[%cal Rc6d5]} (10... Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 O-O 13. O-O c6 14. Rd1 cxd5 {½-½ (14) Laznicka,V (2672)-Li,C (2722) Chartres 2017}) 11. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32] The position is equal.} Bg4 {[%cal Rc6d5]} 12. a5 Nbc8 13. O-O cxd5 14. exd5 O-O 15. Qa4 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Nd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Nf5) 17. Ne4 Nef5 18. Bg5 f6 19. Nxd6 Nxd6 20. Be3 f5 21. Qb4 Rf7 22. Rac1 e4 23. Be2 Be5 24. f4 exf3 25. Bxf3 Qf6 26. Rc2 a6 27. Bb6 Re8 28. Kg2 h5 29. Re2 f4 30. gxf4 Bxf4 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Rxe2+.} ({Of course not} 30... Qxf4 $6 31. Qxf4 Rxf4 32. Rfe1 $16) 31. Rxe8+ Nxe8 32. Kh1 Nd6 33. Bg2 Qh4 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Rh4h2]} 34. Bg1 Qg5 35. Qe1 Be5 36. Rxf7 Kxf7 37. Bh3 Qf4 38. b3 Nf5 39. Qe2 Kf6 40. Bg2 Bd4 41. Qc4 Qd2 {Threatens to win with ...Bxg1.} (41... Qe5 {looks sharper.} 42. Bxd4 Nxd4 43. Qf1+ Nf5 44. d6 Qxa5 45. Bxb7 Qb5) 42. Bxd4+ $1 Qxd4 43. Qxd4+ Nxd4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} 44. d6 Nc6 45. b4 Ke6 46. b5 Nxa5 ({Not} 46... axb5 $2 47. Bxc6 Kxd6 48. Bxb5 $18) 47. bxa6 bxa6 48. Bf1 Nb7 {[#] Hoping for ...Nc5.} 49. Bxa6 Nxd6 50. Bd3 Nf5 51. Kg2 Ke5 52. Kf3 g5 53. h3 Kf6 {Black has an edge.} 54. Ba6 Nd4+ 55. Kg3 h4+ 56. Kg4 Nc6 {And now ...Ne5+ would win.} 57. Bc8 Ne5+ 58. Kh5 {Accuracy: White = 80%, Black = 83%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.29"]
[Round "11.42"]
[White "Moussard, Jules"]
[Black "Lobanov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,136,21,0,0,-15,18,14,18,0,31,-71,0,-39,-45,-28,-30,-87,-52,-40,-33,-85,-84,-146,-139,-131,-149,-156,-135,-169,-164,-175,-175,-194,-174,-131,-50,-193,-200,-189,-174,-214,-218,-220,-222,-193,-203,-179,-167,-211,-216,-390,-400,-388,-372,-487,-485,-829,-487,-992,-118,-111,-118,-118,-118,-118,-118,-118,-118,-118,-118,-118,-115,-118,-113,-115,-115,-126,-122,-122,-118,-118,-118,-118,-118,-212,-212,-212,-204,-218,-185,-366,-366,-376,-364,-367,-509,-498,-366,-483,-462,-421,-411,-1300,-827,-29976,-780,-29977,-29978,-29976,-29979,-29979,-29971,-29980,-29981,-29981,-29982,-29982,-29983,-29983,-29984,-29984,-29985,-29985,-29986,-29986,-29987,-29987,-29988]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d4 O-O 6. c3 a5 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} (6... c6 7. Nbd2 Bf5 8. Nh4 Be6 9. f4 Na6 10. f5 Bd7 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Qb6 14. Qb3 Bf6 15. Bh6 Qxb3 16. axb3 {0-1 (62) Artemiev,V (2709)-Duda,J (2738) St Petersburg 2018}) 7. a4 c5 8. Bf4 Ne4 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 8... cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nbd7 10. Nb5 e5 11. Be3 Ng4 12. Ba7 Nb6 13. Bxb6 Qxb6 14. Bxd5 {1-0 (37) Mazzoleni,J-Pilnik,H Villa Gesell 1971}) 9. Qb3 Nc6 10. dxc5 (10. Rd1 $14) 10... Nxc5 (10... e5 $1 $17 {[%cal Re5f4]} 11. Be3 d4 12. cxd4 exd4) 11. Qa3 (11. Qb5 $5 {[%cal Rb5c5]} Ne6 12. Rd1 $11) 11... b6 12. Rd1 Ba6 13. Ne1 (13. Nd4 $11 Nxd4 14. cxd4) 13... Bc4 (13... Bxe2 $6 14. Rxd5 Qe8 15. Nd2 $15) 14. Be3 Rc8 {[#]} 15. Bxc5 (15. Bxd5 $1 $15 {[%mdl 512]} Bxd5 16. c4) 15... bxc5 $17 16. b3 ({White should try} 16. Bf1) 16... Bxe2 17. Rxd5 Qb6 18. Ra2 Ba6 {Threatens to win with ...Nb4!} 19. Rxc5 Nb4 $1 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Rd2 (21. cxb4 $2 Qe6 $19) 21... Qe6 (21... Bxc3 22. Nxc3 Rxc3 23. Qb2 $15) 22. Nf3 Bd3 $40 {[%mdl 128] White needs to defend precisely.} (22... Bxc3 $17 23. Nxc3 Rxc3) 23. h4 (23. cxb4 $2 axb4 24. Rxd3 bxa3 $19) (23. Qb2 $15) 23... Bxb1 $19 ({But not} 23... Bxc3 24. Nxc3 Rxc3 25. Qa1 $17) 24. cxb4 axb4 25. Qxb4 Bc3 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 26. Qf4 Bxd2 ({Not} 26... Qxb3 27. Rd7 $15) 27. Nxd2 Qe1+ 28. Kh2 Bf5 29. Nc4 Be6 30. h5 $2 (30. Nd2) 30... Rc5 $1 {[%cal Rc5h5]} 31. g4 {[#]} Bxg4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 32. hxg6 (32. Qxg4 Qxf2) 32... hxg6 33. a5 (33. Kg3 $142 Be6 34. Nd2) 33... Rf5 34. Qe3 (34. Qd2 $142 Qxd2 35. Nxd2) 34... Qxe3 $2 (34... Rh5+ $19 {is more deadly.} 35. Kg3 Qg1) 35. Nxe3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KBN} Rh5+ ({Of course not} 35... Rxf2 $6 36. Nxg4 Ra2 37. b4 $14) 36. Kg3 Bc8 {Hoping for ...Rg5+.} 37. b4 Rb5 38. Nd5 Kf8 39. Nb6 Ba6 40. Nd7+ {[#]} Kg7 $1 41. Nc5 Rxb4 42. Nxa6 Rb5 43. Nc7 Rxa5 44. f4 Rc5 45. Nd5 e6 46. Ne3 f5 47. Bb7 (47. Bf1 $17) 47... Kf6 48. Kf3 g5 49. fxg5+ Kxg5 50. Ba6 $2 (50. Ke2 {was the only defense.}) 50... Rc3 {aiming for ...f4.} 51. Kf2 {[#]} e5 $1 52. Bb7 e4 53. Ba8 Ra3 54. Bb7 Ra2+ 55. Ke1 Kf4 56. Nd5+ (56. Nc4 $142) 56... Kf3 57. Nf6 Ra1+ 58. Kd2 Ra7 {Black mates.} 59. Bc6 Ra6 60. Nd7 Kf2 61. Ne5 e3+ 62. Kc2 {[#]} Rxc6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 63. Nxc6 {KN-KPP} e2 64. Ne5 e1=Q 65. Nd3+ Ke2 66. Nxe1 Kxe1 67. Kd3 Kf2 68. Kd4 f4 {Accuracy: White = 38%, Black = 74%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.29"]
[Round "11.43"]
[White "Solak, Dragan"]
[Black "Nasuta, Grzegorz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,59,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-38,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. d4 Bb6 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 {C78: Ruy Lopez: Archangelsk and Möller Defences} dxe5 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 12. Bxf7 Rf8 13. Bd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Bb7 15. Be3 (15. Bg5+ Kd7 16. Nd2 h6 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. fxe3 Bxd5 19. e4 Bf7 20. Rf5 Be6 21. Rxe5 Kd6 22. Rh5 c6 23. Nb3 Rae8 24. Rd1+ {½-½ (24) Kononenko,D (2563)-Inarkiev,E (2664) Ohrid 2009}) 15... Bxe3 16. fxe3 Rxf1+ 17. Kxf1 Bxd5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 18. Nd2 $146 Ke7 19. e4 Bc6 20. Ke2 Rf8 21. Ke3 a5 22. g3 h6 23. Rf1 Rxf1 24. Nxf1 {KB-KN} Bd7 25. b4 axb4 26. cxb4 Kd6 27. a3 c5 28. Nd2 cxb4 29. axb4 Be6 30. Nb1 {Accuracy: White = 90%, Black = 77%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.29"]
[Round "11.44"]
[White "Fakhrutdinov, Timur"]
[Black "Azarov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,93,0,-3,0,13,0,14,6,4,20,16,29,1,18,0,0,0,1,0,8,0,6,8,21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,0,-7,0,-4,-4,-4,0,-10,0,-20,-4,-7,0,-9,-9,-14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Qe6 10. Qe4 d5 {C45: Scotch Game} (10... g6 11. Bd2 Bg7 12. c5 Nd5 13. Bc4 Qxe5 14. Qxe5+ Bxe5 15. Bxd5 cxd5 16. O-O-O O-O 17. Nxd5 Rb8 18. Bc3 Bxc3 19. Nxc3 {1-0 (49) Yu,Y (2729)-Dominguez Perez,L (2739) Doha 2016}) 11. exd6 {Threatens to win with Qxe6+.} Qxe4+ 12. Nxe4 cxd6 13. Bd2 Bf5 14. Ng3 Be6 15. b3 a5 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 15... Be7 16. Be2 O-O 17. O-O a5 18. Bf3 {½-½ (30) Burke,J (2524)-Chandra,A (2486) Saint Louis 2018}) 16. Bd3 d5 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. O-O Bb4 19. Rfd1 a4 20. bxa4 Rxa4 21. Ne4 Bxd2 22. Rxd2 Nf4 23. Nc5 Rd4 24. Rad1 Nxd3 25. Nxe6 fxe6 26. Rxd3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Rd5 27. Kf1 Ke7 28. Ke2 Ra8 29. Ra1 Rb8 30. Rd2 Kd6 31. Rc1 Ra8 32. Rdc2 Re5+ 33. Kd2 Rd5+ 34. Kc3 g5 35. Kb2 c5 36. Rc4 h5 37. f3 g4 38. fxg4 hxg4 39. Rxg4 Rd2+ 40. Rc2 Rxa2+ 41. Kxa2 Rxc2+ {KR-KR} 42. Kb3 Rc1 43. Kb2 Rh1 44. h4 e5 45. Kc3 Kd5 46. g3 c4 47. h5 {Accuracy: White = 73%, Black = 46%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.29"]
[Round "11.45"]
[White "Santos Latasa, Jaime"]
[Black "Zoler, Dan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "181"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,181,12,3,32,19,35,22,27,16,27,10,43,39,42,35,37,46,65,58,58,56,58,43,40,0,99,47,75,39,193,184,210,210,207,201,205,193,196,202,252,229,242,214,214,138,193,100,100,52,74,32,47,0,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,14,29,11,21,0,13,8,26,14,70,81,72,80,75,81,68,60,57,0,0,-3,-2,-3,21,21,25,26,32,20,23,20,82,76,83,76,172,42,31,35,47,29,48,48,48,50,61,69,50,40,40,40,40,40,40,40,40,40,40,40,47,8,8,8,8,8,456,422,1333,1286,29965,29966,29967,29968,29967,29968,29968,29969,29966,29968,29965,29965,29967,29976,29972,29977,29977,29978,29978,29975,29978,29979,29979,29980,29980,29981,29981,29982,29982,29983,29983,29984]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. Bd2 {D11: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 sidelines and 3...Nf6 4 e3 Bg4} (8. Bd3 Bb4 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd1 Re8 11. Bd2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Qe7 13. a3 Bd6 14. Qc2 Rad8 15. Rfd1 h5 16. b4 h4 {0-1 (35) So,W (2815)-Carlsen,M (2832) chess.com INT 2017}) 8... Bb4 9. Bd3 O-O 10. a3 Ba5 11. O-O {LiveBook: 36 Games} e5 {aiming for ...Bxc3.} 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Qf5 {[#]} g6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Re8 14. Bb5 g6 15. Qg5 Re6 16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. dxe5 Bxc3 18. Bxc3 Ne4 19. Qf4 Nxc3 {½-½ (19) Bacrot,E (2700)-Harikrishna,P (2664) Wijk aan Zee 2008}) 14. Qg5 Re8 15. dxe5 Rxe5 16. Qf4 Qe7 17. b4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Bb6 18. Rac1 Re8 19. Na4 Ne4 20. Bxe4 Rxe4 21. Qg3 Rc4 22. Nc3 Qe5 (22... Qe6 $11) 23. Qf3 ({White should try} 23. Qxe5 $16 Rxe5 24. Rfd1) 23... d4 $14 24. exd4 (24. Nd5 $5 {[%cal Rc1c4]} Rxc1 25. Rxc1 $14) 24... Rxd4 $2 (24... Qxd4 $14 25. Nd5 Rxc1 26. Bxc1 Qe4) 25. Rce1 $1 $18 {[%cal Re1e5]} Qb8 26. Bh6 $1 {[%cal Bd2h6,Bh6f4,Bf4g3][%mdl 32]} Rh4 {[#]} 27. Bf4 $1 {[%cal Rf4b8][%mdl 512]} Ne5 (27... Qxf4 28. Rxe8+) 28. Qg3 Rh5 29. Ne4 {Nf6+ is the strong threat.} Bd8 30. Nc5 Bc7 31. Qc3 Rf5 32. Bg3 Qc8 (32... Rc8 $16) 33. Ne4 (33. Re3 $18) 33... Bb8 $16 34. Qb3 Qc6 35. Nd2 Rd8 36. Rc1 Qb6 37. Ne4 {Strongly threatening Bh4.} Nd3 38. Rcd1 Bxg3 39. Rxd3 Rxd3 40. Qxd3 Be5 41. Rd1 Kg7 42. g3 h5 43. h4 a6 44. Rd2 a5 45. b5 a4 (45... Qe6 $11) 46. Kg2 $14 Qe6 47. Nc5 $1 {[%cal Rc5e6]} Qe7 48. Nxa4 Bc7 49. Nb2 Ba5 50. Rc2 (50. Re2 $14 Qc5 51. a4) 50... Rxb5 $1 $11 51. Re2 Qc5 52. Nc4 Qd5+ 53. Qxd5 Rxd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 54. Re7 b6 $1 55. Rb7 Kg8 56. Nxb6 Rb5 (56... Bxb6 $11 {keeps the balance.} 57. Rxb6 Ra5) 57. Rb8+ $16 Kg7 58. Nd7 Rd5 {[#]} (58... Rf5 $16 {was called for.}) 59. Rb7 (59. Rg8+ $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Kxg8 60. Nf6+ Kg7 61. Nxd5) 59... Be1 $14 60. Kf1 Bc3 61. Rc7 Bd4 62. a4 Ra5 63. Rc4 Ba7 64. f4 Rd5 65. Ne5 Rd1+ $1 66. Ke2 Ra1 $1 67. Rc7 Ra2+ 68. Kf3 Ra3+ 69. Kg2 Ra2+ 70. Kh3 Bg1 {[%csl Gg1][%cal Ra2h2]} 71. Rxf7+ Kg8 {[%csl Gg1][%cal Ra2h2]} 72. g4 {Black must now prevent Rf6.} Bd4 73. Rf6 hxg4+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (73... Ra3+ $11 {and Black stays safe.} 74. Kg2 Bxe5 75. fxe5 Rxa4) 74. Kxg4 $18 Bxe5 (74... Rxa4 $142 75. Kg5 Ra1 76. Rxg6+ Kh7) 75. fxe5 Rxa4+ $11 {KR-KR} 76. Kg5 {White mates.} Kh7 77. Rf7+ Kg8 {[#]} 78. Rf4 $1 Ra6 79. Rf6 Ra5 80. Rxg6+ Kf7 81. Rf6+ Ke7 82. Kf5 Ra1 83. h5 {[%cal Bh4h5,Bh5h6,Bh6h7][%mdl 32]} Rf1+ 84. Kg6 Rg1+ 85. Kh6 Rg2 86. Kh7 Rg5 87. h6 Rxe5 88. Kg7 Rh5 89. Rg6 Rf5 90. h7 Rf7+ 91. Kh6 {Precision: White = 66%, Black = 50%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.29"]
[Round "11.46"]
[White "Yuffa, Daniil"]
[Black "Sanal, Vahap"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "198"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Bg5 Bc6 10. Rd1 b5 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nc3 Qe7 13. e4 b4 14. Ne2 b3 15. Qb1 Qb4 16. Nc3 a5 17. d5 Bb7 18. e5 Be7 19. Rd4 exd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 c5 22. Qc1 Nc6 23. Bf1 Qb7 24. Qd1 c3 25. Rd7 Qb4 26. bxc3 Qxc3 27. Rc1 Qb4 28. Bb5 b2 29. Rb1 Na7 30. Qe2 Nxb5 31. axb5 c4 32. Rxb2 Qc5 33. b6 Rad8 34. Rc7 Qa3 35. Rxc4 Bb4 36. Kg2 Rb8 37. Nd4 Qa4 38. Rc6 Ba3 39. Rd2 Rfd8 40. Rc4 Qe8 41. Ra2 Bc5 42. Rxc5 Rxd4 43. Qb5 Rb4 44. Qxe8+ Rxe8 45. Raxa5 Rxb6 46. Ra7 Rbb8 47. Rcc7 Rxe5 48. Rxf7 Rg5 49. h4 Rg6 50. Rfd7 h5 51. Rf7 Rb5 52. Kh3 Kh7 53. Rf8 Rgb6 54. Raa8 Kg6 55. g4 Rf6 56. Rxf6+ Kxf6 57. g5+ Kf7 58. Kg3 Rb7 59. Ra6 g6 60. Rd6 Kg7 61. f3 Rb4 62. Rd7+ Kg8 63. Re7 Ra4 64. Re4 Ra5 65. Kf4 Kf7 66. Rb4 Ra7 67. Ke4 Re7+ 68. Kd5 Rd7+ 69. Ke5 Re7+ 70. Kf4 Ra7 71. Rc4 Re7 72. Rd4 Ra7 73. Ke5 Re7+ 74. Kd6 Re6+ 75. Kd5 Re3 76. Rf4+ Kg7 77. Rf6 Ra3 78. Ke5 Ra5+ 79. Kf4 Ra4+ 80. Kg3 Rb4 81. Rf4 Rb7 82. Rd4 Rf7 83. f4 Ra7 84. f5 gxf5 85. Kf4 Ra5 86. Rd7+ Kg6 87. Rd6+ Kg7 88. Rh6 Ra4+ 89. Kxf5 Ra5+ 90. Kf4 Ra4+ 91. Kg3 Ra3+ 92. Kf2 Ra2+ 93. Ke3 Ra3+ 94. Kd2 Ra4 95. Rxh5 Ra6 96. Ke3 Rb6 97. Kd4 Ra6 98. Kc5 Re6 99. Kd5 Ra6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.29"]
[Round "11.47"]
[White "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Black "Goryachkina, Aleksandra"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. c3 Ng6 7. Be3 f6 8. exf6 Qxf6 9. h4 Bd6 10. g3 h6 11. h5 Ne7 12. Ne5 Be4 13. Rh4 Bxb1 14. Ng4 Qf7 15. Qxb1 Nf5 16. Rh2 Nd7 17. Qd3 O-O-O 18. O-O-O Kb8 19. Kb1 Rhe8 20. Bc1 e5 21. dxe5 Nxe5 22. Nxe5 Bxe5 23. Qf3 Qd7 24. Qg4 Bc7 25. Bd3 Rf8 26. f4 Rde8 27. Re2 Rxe2 28. Bxe2 Qe7 29. Bd3 Nd6 30. Rd2 Ne4 31. Re2 a5 32. a4 Bb6 33. Qf3 Re8 34. g4 Qd7 35. f5 Ka7 36. Bxe4 dxe4 37. Rxe4 Qd5 38. Rf4 Qb3 39. Qd3 Re1 40. Re4 Rg1 41. Qc2 Qd5 42. c4 Qd6 43. Ka2 Rf1 44. Be3 Bxe3 45. Rxe3 Qc5 46. Qd3 Rg1 47. Re4 Rg2 48. Qc3 Ka6 49. Qd4 Qxd4 50. Rxd4 Kb6 51. Ka3 Kc5 52. Re4 Rg3+ 53. b3 Rg2 54. Re5+ Kd4 55. Rxa5 Kc3 56. Re5 Rxg4 57. a5 Rg5 58. Re3+ Kd4 59. Re7 Kc3 60. Re3+ Kd4 61. Re7 Kc3 62. Re3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.29"]
[Round "11.48"]
[White "Grinberg, Eyal"]
[Black "Maze, Sebastien"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. Be3 Bb6 7. a4 O-O 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. a5 Bxe3 10. fxe3 Rb8 11. b3 Ng4 12. Qe1 f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. e4 Be6 15. Nc3 c5 16. h3 Nf6 17. Qe3 Nh5 18. Ne2 Nf4 19. Nxf4 Rxf4 20. Kh2 a6 21. Rf2 Qe7 22. Raf1 Rbf8 23. Qd2 h6 24. b4 cxb4 25. Qxb4 Kh7 26. Kg1 Qe8 27. Ne1 Rxf2 28. Rxf2 Qb8 29. Qd2 Rxf2 30. Kxf2 Qb2 31. Nf3 c5 32. g4 Bd7 33. c4 Qa1 34. Kg2 Qb1 35. g5 Ba4 36. gxh6 gxh6 37. Ne1 Qb7 38. Qf2 Qg7+ 39. Kh2 Bd7 40. Ng2 Be6 41. Qb2 Qd7 42. h4 Bh3 43. Ne1 Bf1 44. Kg1 Bh3 45. Qf2 Qg7+ 46. Kh2 Be6 47. Ng2 Qe7 48. Ne3 Qd8 49. Ng2 Kg7 50. Qe1 Qb8 51. Qg3+ Kh7 52. Qf3 Qd8 53. Qf2 Kg7 54. Qd2 Qb8 55. Ne3 Qd8 56. Kg3 Qf6 57. Ng2 Qf1 58. Qe3 Qh1 59. Kf2 Qd1 60. Qg3+ Kh7 61. Qf3 Qxf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.29"]
[Round "11.49"]
[White "Zwardon, Vojtech"]
[Black "Rozum, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 e6 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 d6 9. Rd1 a6 10. b3 Nbd7 11. e4 Qb8 12. Ba3 Nc5 13. e5 dxe5 14. Qxe5 Ncd7 15. Qxb8+ Rxb8 16. Bxe7 Kxe7 17. Nd4 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Rhc8 19. Re1 Kf8 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Rxe4 b5 22. cxb5 axb5 23. a4 bxa4 24. bxa4 Nc5 25. Rh4 Nd3 26. Rd1 Nb2 27. Ra1 Nd3 28. Rd1 Nb2 29. Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2019"]
[Site "Skopia"]
[Date "2019.03.29"]
[Round "11.50"]
[White "Djukic, Nikola"]
[Black "Matviishen, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d6 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 exd4 12. cxd4 Nd7 13. Nf1 Na5 14. Bc2 Bf6 15. Bf4 Nf8 16. Ng3 Ng6 17. Bc1 Bxd4 18. Nh5 c5 19. Nxd4 cxd4 20. Qxd4 Re5 21. Nf4 Nh4 22. Nd3 Rg5 23. Bxg5 Qxg5 24. Kf1 Qxg2+ 25. Ke2 Nc4 26. Rg1 Qf3+ 27. Kf1 Qxh3+ 28. Ke2 Nf5 29. Qc3 Bxe4 30. Ne1 Qh5+ 31. Kf1 Re8 32. Bxe4 Rxe4 33. Rg2 b4 34. Qc1 Qh1+ 35. Rg1 Qh3+ 36. Rg2 Nfe3+ 37. fxe3 Nxe3+ 38. Kg1 Rf4 0-1

