[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.14"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Vrban, Mladen"]
[Black "Kanizaj, Benjamin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2297"]
[BlackElo "2050"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 23,57,-52,-59,-58,0,0,0,0,994,1056,1044,1045,1029,646,614,611,579,592,594,587,639,666,836,844,1357,1300,1350,1204,5435,2031,1606,983,952,933,1155,944]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bc4 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Bb3 a6 9. f4 {[%cal Bf2f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32]} b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 10. f5 b4 11. Na4 e5 12. Ne2 Bb7 (12... Nxe4 $2 13. Qd5 Bd7 14. Qxe4 $18) 13. Ng3 {B87: Sicilian Scheveningen/Najdorf: 6 Bc4, with early ...b5.} Nxe4 ({Black should play} 13... Nbd7 $15 14. Re1 Qb8) 14. Nxe4 $11 Bxe4 15. Qg4 {The position is equal.} Bc6 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (15... d5 $11) 16. Bh6 $1 $18 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rg4g7,Bc1h6,Bh6g7,Bg7f6,Bf6e7][%mdl 32] White is clearly winning.} Bf6 {[#]} 17. Bxg7 $1 {[%cal Rg7f6][%mdl 512]} h5 {[#]} 18. Qg6 $1 {[%csl Gg6][%cal Rg7f6]} d5 19. Qxf6 Qxf6 20. Bxf6 Nd7 {[#]} 21. Be7 $146 {[%csl LRb4,LRf8]} ({Predecessor:} 21. Bh4) 21... Rfb8 22. f6 Ra7 23. Rf5 Bxa4 24. Bxa4 Nb6 25. Bb3 {Strongly threatening Raf1.} a5 26. Rg5+ Kh7 27. Rxh5+ Kg6 28. Rxe5 Rd7 29. c3 {Black did not feel at home in the position after the opening.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.70/Black=0.32} 1-0

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.14"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Grgantov, Marin"]
[Black "Bouget, Alexandre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2048"]
[BlackElo "2282"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 9,80,7,7,12,10,8,29,0,6,-7,0,-16,-14,-24,-19,-41,-35,-31,-10,-10,-10,-10,-10,-10,-10,-13,-9,-6,-7,-13,-13,-22,-7,-28,0,0,0,-18,-14,-16,-15,-51,-25,-101,-101,-101,-50,-101,-101,-101,-101,-101,-101,-101,-101,-101,-101,-101,-101,-101,-86,-101,-101,-102,0,-102,-44,-44,-44,-44,-20,-27,-27]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 d6 6. a4 {C55: Two Knights: 4 d3, 4 d4 exd4 5 e5 and Max Lange Attack.} O-O 7. O-O Kh8 {[#]} 8. Nd5 $146 {White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 8. a5 Ng8 9. a6 Rb8 10. axb7 Bxb7 11. Be3 f5 12. exf5 Rxf5 13. Nd5 Nb4 14. Nxb4 Bxf3 {0-1 (35) Xu,Y (2507)-Sevian,S (2693) Chess.com INT 2022}) 8... Nxd5 9. Bxd5 f5 10. h3 fxe4 11. dxe4 Qe8 12. Kh2 Qh5 {[%cal Oc8h3] [#] Hoping for ...Bxh3!} 13. Ra3 {[%cal Of3g5]} Bg4 {[%cal Oc6d4] aiming for ...Nd4!} 14. Kg1 Bxf3 15. Rxf3 Rxf3 16. Qxf3 Qxf3 17. gxf3 Nd4 {[%csl LRc2,LRf3]} 18. Bxb7 Rb8 19. Bd5 Nxc2 20. Kg2 g5 21. b3 {[%cal Oh3h4]} c5 22. Bd2 Nd4 23. Re1 Rf8 24. Re3 Kg7 25. Bc3 Kf6 26. Bxd4 (26. Re1 $11) 26... exd4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} ({Weaker is} 26... cxd4 27. Re2 $15) 27. Rd3 {[%cal Ob3b4]} Rb8 ({Black should play} 27... Ke5 $17) 28. Kg3 (28. f4 $15) 28... Ke5 $17 29. Kg4 Rf8 30. Kg3 h5 31. Rd1 Bd8 32. Rd3 Rf4 33. Rd1 Ba5 34. Bc6 Bc3 35. Bb7 Rf8 36. Bd5 Rf4 ({Black should try} 36... Bb4 $17) 37. Bc6 (37. Bb7 $1 $11) 37... h4+ (37... Ke6 $17) 38. Kg2 $15 Rf8 39. Bd5 Rb8 40. Kf1 Ba5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.16 (very precise) /Black=0.12 (very precise)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.14"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Novosel, Lovro"]
[Black "Takac, Zvonko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2212"]
[BlackElo "2040"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 18,123,53,51,33,26,30,20,25,9,12,4,13,14,22,14,13,0,0,0,6,11,16,0,15,-49,-60,-22,-4,-70,0,-31,-7,0,75,58,56,56,47,11,15,12,30,23,39,28,43,18,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12850,12850,12850,27999,27999,27999,27999,27999,27999,27999,27999,27999,27999,27999,27999,27999,27999,27999]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. O-O e6 7. c4 Bc5 8. Nb3 Be7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nc3 {[%cal Rc3d5]} Be6 {E01: Catalan: Early deviations.} 11. Nb5 O-O 12. Be3 Qd7 {The position is equal.} 13. Nc5 Bxc5 14. Bxc5 {[#]} Rfd8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Rfe8 15. Re1 a6 16. Nc3 b5 17. b4 a5 18. a4 Nxb4 19. Nxb5 Nc6 20. Rc1 Rec8 {1-0 (43) Chelushkina,I (2312)-Rakic,M (2130) Tivat 2006}) 15. Nd4 (15. Rc1 {with more complications.} Bh3 16. Nd4 Ne4 17. f3) 15... Bh3 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Qa4 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Ne4 19. Rac1 Rab8 20. Ba3 Rb5 21. Rc2 ({Better is} 21. Qc2 $11) 21... d4 $1 $15 {[#] Hoping for ...Rh5.} 22. f3 Ng5 23. Qc4 ({White should try} 23. Kg1 $11) 23... Re5 (23... Rd5 $1 $15) 24. Rd2 Qh3+ 25. Kg1 {[%cal Bg2g1,Bg1f2,Bf2e2][%mdl 32]} Qe6 (25... Ne6 $11) 26. Qxe6 (26. Rxd4 {seems wilder.} Nh3+ 27. Kh1 Rxd4 28. Qxd4 Rxe2 29. Qd8+) 26... Nxe6 27. Rc1 c5 28. Kf2 (28. f4 $5 {[%cal Rf4e5]} Rh5 29. e4 $14) 28... f6 29. Rc4 Kf7 30. f4 Red5 31. Rdc2 {[%cal Ra3c5]} d3 32. exd3 Rxd3 33. Ke2 Rxa3 $1 34. bxa3 Nd4+ 35. Rxd4 Rxd4 36. Rxc5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} Ra4 37. Rc3 h5 38. Kd3 Ke6 39. Kc2 Kf5 40. Kb3 Rd4 41. Rc7 g5 42. fxg5 fxg5 43. Rxa7 Rd2 44. h4 {Black must now prevent Ra5+.} Rd3+ 45. Kb4 Rxg3 46. hxg5 Rxg5 47. a4 {[%cal Ba3a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6,Ba6a7][%mdl 32] And now Ra5+ would win.} h4 48. a5 h3 {Threatens to win with ...Kg6.} 49. Rh7 Kg4 50. a6 {aiming for a7.} Kg3 51. a7 Rg8 52. Kb5 h2 53. Kb6 {Kb7 is the strong threat.} Kg2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (53... Rf8 $11) 54. Kb7 $1 $18 h1=Q 55. Rxh1 Rg7+ {White mates.} 56. Kb6 Rg6+ 57. Kb5 Rg5+ 58. Kb4 Rg4+ 59. Kb3 Rg3+ 60. Kb2 Rg8 61. Rh7 Kf3 62. Re7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.09 (flawless) /Black=0.08 (flawless)} 1-0

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.14"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Mesko, Andrej"]
[Black "Buchcar, Tomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2033"]
[BlackElo "2208"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 9,100,0,62,8,1,-28,-17,-48,-35,-51,-67,-77,0,0,-10,-8,-14,-2,0,-12,-8,-8,-8,-69,-67,-97,-94,-150,-156,-153,-148,-152,-147,-150,-147,-163,-164,-162,-152,-151,-159,-152,-149,-167,-144,-180,-178,-265,-244,-247,-245,-361,-357,-375,-354,-349,-288,-410,-394,-389,-347,-481,-313,-330,-318,-358,-348,-406,-396,-374,-356,-520,-516,-510,-508,-566,-618,-650,-609,-630,-631,-644,-641,-618,-593,-603,-600,-596,-587,-556,-509,-552,-522]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bf5 (5... b5 $11) 6. Nc3 {D11: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 sidelines and 3...Nf6 4 e3 Bg4.} ({Better is} 6. Nbd2 $14) 6... Nbd7 $11 7. O-O (7. Nh4 $5 {[%cal Rh4f5]} Bg6 8. O-O $11) 7... e6 8. Bg5 {The position is equal.} Be7 9. Re1 h6 10. Bxf6 {[#]} Nxf6 $146 ({Black should try} 10... Bxf6 $17 11. e4 Bg4) ({Predecessor:} 10... Bxf6 11. e4 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Rc1 O-O 14. g4 Bg6 15. Qe2 b5 16. e5 Be7 {1-0 (51) Silva,F (1780)-Santos,M (1613) Florianopolis 2018}) 11. Ne5 O-O 12. Nxc4 Rc8 13. e4 Bh7 14. e5 Nd5 15. Ne4 Nb6 16. Ncd6 (16. Na5 $11) 16... Rc7 $1 $15 17. Qg4 {White is on the road to losing.} Kh8 $1 18. Rad1 ({White should play} 18. Qd1) 18... f5 $17 19. exf6 {[%csl Gf6][%cal Rg4g7]} Bxd6 20. Nxd6 Qxd6 21. Rxe6 {[#]} Qd7 22. fxg7+ Qxg7 23. Qh5 Rf6 24. Rde1 Bg8 25. Re8 {[#]} Rcf7 $1 {[%cal Bc7f7,Bf7f8,Bf8f6][%mdl 32]} 26. f4 Rf8 27. R8e7 R6f7 28. R7e6 (28. Qc5 $142) 28... Qxd4+ $19 29. Kh1 Rf6 ({Don't take} 29... Qxb2 30. Rxh6+ Rh7 31. Be4 $18) 30. Rxf6 (30. R6e2 $142) 30... Rxf6 (30... Qxf6 $2 {loses.} 31. b3 $19) 31. b3 Nd5 32. Qe8 Rf7 33. Bh3 {[#]} (33. Bf3 $142) 33... Re7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 34. Rxe7 Nxe7 35. Bg4 {Prevents Qd1+.} Qd5+ 36. Kg1 Qc5+ 37. Kg2 Kg7 38. Kh3 Bf7 39. Qd7 h5 40. Bf3 (40. Be6 $142) 40... Qf5+ {Black is clearly winning.} 41. Qxf5 Nxf5 42. Kg2 Nd4 43. Bd1 a5 44. Kf2 Nb5 45. Bc2 Nc3 46. a4 Nd5 47. Ke2 Kf6 48. Kd2 Ke7 49. Bd1 Kd6 50. h3 Kc5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.33/Black=0.15 (very precise)} 0-1

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.14"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Krikunov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Begic, Domagoj"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2202"]
[BlackElo "2026"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "178"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 9,178,18,20,13,22,10,14,16,26,20,27,32,35,24,33,6,23,0,0,-37,4,-2,0,0,-10,-83,-93,-91,-98,-83,-83,-114,-101,-112,-113,-123,-67,-67,-37,-31,-33,-88,-85,-135,-71,-75,-85,-84,-46,-44,-47,-47,-49,-46,-37,-51,-45,-50,-42,-52,0,-27,0,0,97,103,104,100,97,75,78,78,75,70,70,70,81,72,91,70,94,94,94,94,94,94,94,94,95,95,155,137,129,95,95,94,95,95,95,95,95,95,95,58,94,87,87,79,94,49,94,87,87,0,49,44,44,44,58,50,65,31,31,0,20,20,37,37,37,37,37,37,37,37,38,38,61,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,31,8,8,8,8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,-32,-32,-149,-32,-232,-252,-29980,-29981]} 1. e4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. g3 e5 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O {B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems.} O-O 7. d4 Qc7 8. a4 {The position is equal.} a5 9. h3 Nbd7 10. Be3 Re8 11. Qd2 {[#]} Nf8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Bf8 12. Nh4 Nb6 13. b3 c5 14. d5 Bd7 15. f4 c4 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. Kh2 Rb8 {1-0 (62) Orlov,V (2430)-Krasnov,V (2208) St Petersburg 2005}) 12. Rad1 Ng6 13. Kh2 Bd7 14. Ng1 Rad8 (14... b5 $5 {[%cal Rb5b4]}) 15. Nge2 b5 16. axb5 cxb5 17. dxe5 (17. Rc1 $11) 17... dxe5 $17 {[%cal Od7h3]} 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Bd6 $1 20. Qc3 Qxc3 21. Nxc3 f5 {Against Ne4} 22. Ra1 Ra8 (22... a4 $1 $17 23. Rfc1 Ra8) 23. Rfc1 $15 {[%cal Oc3b5]} Rec8 24. Bf1 $1 Rcb8 25. Kg2 (25. g4 $15) 25... a4 $17 26. f3 (26. Bd2 $142) 26... Rb7 (26... b4 $142 27. Nb1 f4) 27. Bf2 Rc8 28. Nd1 Ne7 {Black is much more active.} 29. c4 $1 bxc4 30. Rxc4 Rxc4 31. Bxc4 Rb4 32. Ba2 Kf8 33. Be1 Rb5 34. Bc4 {[%csl LRa4,LRb5]} Rc5 (34... Rb8 $15) 35. b3 axb3 36. Bxb3 Nxd5 {[#]} (36... Rb5 $11 {remains equal.} 37. Bc4 Rb8) 37. Bf2 $1 $16 Nf6 38. Bxc5 Bxc5 39. Nc3 Bd4 40. Ra8+ Ke7 41. Nd5+ Nxd5 42. Bxd5 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KB} Be8 43. Rb8 h6 44. Kf1 h5 45. h4 g6 46. Kg2 Be3 47. Rb3 Bd4 48. Ra3 Bc5 49. Ra6 {aiming for Re6+.} Bd6 ({Black should try} 49... Bd4) 50. Ra7+ $16 Kf6 51. Rb7 Bc5 52. Rc7 Bd6 53. Ra7 Bc5 54. Ra6+ Kg7 55. Kh2 Bf7 56. Ba8 Bd4 57. Rd6 Bc5 58. Rc6 Bd4 59. Kh3 Kf8 60. Ra6 Ke7 61. g4 (61. Kg2 $16) 61... Be6 (61... e4 $11 62. fxe4 hxg4+ 63. Kg2 f4) 62. gxh5 $14 gxh5 63. Kg2 Be3 64. Bc6 Bd2 {Prevents Ra5.} 65. Ra7+ Kd6 66. Ra6 Be1 67. Kh3 f4+ 68. Kg2 Bxh4 69. Be8+ Ke7 70. Bxh5 Be1 71. Bg6 Bd5 72. Bf5 Bc3 73. Bd3 Bd4 74. Rh6 Kd7 75. Bb5+ Kc7 76. Rh5 Kd6 77. Bd3 Ke7 78. Rh1 Kd6 79. Re1 Be3 80. Rf1 Kc5 81. Kh3 Kd4 82. Bb1 Bd2 83. Kg4 Ke3 {White must now prevent ...Ke2.} 84. Kf5 Bc3 85. Rc1 Bd4 {A strong pair of Bishops.} 86. Re1+ Kxf3 {...Bb7 is the strong threat.} 87. Bd3 (87. Rf1+ $1 $15 Ke3 88. Re1+ Kd2 89. Rf1) 87... Kg3 ({Black should play} 87... Bb7 $17 {Threatens to win with ...Bc8+.} 88. Ke6 Ba8) 88. Rf1 $2 {[#]} (88. Rc1 $1 $15) 88... f3 $1 $19 89. Rxf3+ $2 ({Wrong is} 89. Be4 $2 Bxe4+ 90. Kxe4 f2 $19) (89. Bb5 $19) 89... Kxf3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.11 (very precise) /Black=0.14 (very precise)} 0-1

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.14"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Faukovic, Matija"]
[Black "Vujec, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2026"]
[BlackElo "2192"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 9,62,48,43,48,52,41,53,47,83,40,112,115,110,85,141,151,163,126,154,118,175,111,278,267,287,273,387,395,391,369,338,288,269,255,258,217,211,137,120,122,404,292,284,0,0,0,0,-175,31,51,35,-1285,-1241,-29987,-1989]} 1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 {[%cal Be2e3,Be3d4,Bd4d5][%mdl 32]} a6 4. c4 f5 {[#]} 5. d4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. g3 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxd5 Qxd5 9. Nf3 e4 10. Nd4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Be6 12. Bc4 {1-0 (71) Palachev,P (2345)-Vetokhin,S (2317) Chess.com INT 2020}) 5... Bb4+ 6. Nd2 {A01: Nimzowitsch-Larsen Opening.} exd4 7. exd4 Qe7+ 8. Be2 {White is slightly better.} Nf6 9. Ngf3 O-O (9... d5 $14) 10. d5 $16 Nd8 11. O-O d6 (11... Ba3 $142 12. Bd4 Bc5) 12. Bd3 c6 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. Qc2 Nh5 (14... d5 $16 {might work better.}) 15. a3 ({White should try} 15. Rae1 $18 Qb7 16. a3 Bxd2 17. Nxd2) 15... Bc5 $2 (15... Bxd2 $16 16. Qxd2 c5) 16. b4 $18 Ba7 17. Rfe1 Qf7 (17... Be6 $142 18. g3 c5) 18. c5 {[%cal Bc4c5,Bc5d6][%mdl 32]} Nf4 {[%cal Bh5f4,Bf4h3,Bh3f2][%mdl 32]} 19. cxd6 {Re7 is the strong threat.} Qg6 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Rg6g2]} 20. Qc4+ Nde6 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Rg6g2]} 21. g3 {aiming for Bf1.} Nh3+ 22. Kg2 Nxf2 23. Nh4 $1 (23. Qxc6 $2 Nxd3 24. Qxa8 Qf7 $19) 23... Qh6 24. Ndf3 (24. Bxf5 $2 Rxf5 25. Ndf3 (25. Nxf5 $2 Qh3+ 26. Kf3 Qxf5+ 27. Ke2 Bd7 $19) 25... Rxf3 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]}) 24... Kh8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (24... g5 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 25. Qxc6 Rb8 26. Qc3 ({Resist} 26. Bxa6 Be3 27. Re2 Bxa6 28. Qxa6 f4 $18) (26. Bxf5 Nf4+ 27. gxf4 Bxf5 $14) (26. Bc4 $18) 26... Nxd3 $11 {The board is on fire.} 27. Qxd3 {And now d7 would win.} Bb7 {[%cal Oe6f4] Hoping for ...Nf4+!} 28. Rac1 $2 {[#]} (28. Qc4 $1 $11 Be3 29. Rad1) 28... Bb6 $2 {This bishop pair is nice.} ({Better is} 28... Nf4+ $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 29. gxf4 Qxh4) 29. Rc4 $1 $14 f4 {Strongly threatening ...fxg3.} 30. g4 {[%mdl 8192]} Qxh4 $19 31. Rxe6 Qxg4+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.85/Black=0.48} (31... Qf2+ $142 32. Kh3 Bxf3 33. Bxg7+ Kg8 34. Qxf3 Qxf3+ 35. Kh4 Bf2+ 36. Kg5 Kxg7 37. Rc7+ Kh8 38. Rxh7+ Kxh7 39. Rh6+ Kg8 40. Rg6+ Kf7 41. Rf6+ Ke8 42. Re6+ Kd7 43. Re7+ Kxd6 44. Rh7 Rg8+ 45. Rg7 Rxg7+ 46. Kh6 Qxg4 47. a4 Rh8#) 0-1

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.14"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Denic, Marin"]
[Black "Vanden Bussche, Steven"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[BlackElo "2026"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 11,46,0,0,0,6,29,26,0,22,11,74,75,70,59,122,127,131,139,147,149,195,188,182,154,234,258,275,193,451,436,512,501,906,904,1111,1097,29993]} 1. e4 c6 {[%cal Bc7c6,Bc6d5][%mdl 32]} 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Bg5 {B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack.} e6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bxf6 {White has an edge.} gxf6 10. Be2 {[#]} Bb4 $146 (10... Qd7 $11) ({Predecessor:} 10... h5 11. O-O Bd6 12. Nb5 Bb8 13. Re1 Kf8 14. Qd2 a6 15. Nc3 Qd6 16. g3 h4 {0-1 (58) Pavignano,M-Vogel,H (2152) Playchess.com INT 2004}) 11. O-O $16 Qd7 12. Nh4 Bxe2 (12... h5 $14) 13. Qxe2+ Ne7 14. Rac1 {White is more active.} Kf8 15. Qf3 f5 (15... Rg8 $16 16. a3 (16. Qxf6 Rc8 $16) 16... Bxc3 17. Rxc3 Rc8) 16. a3 $18 Bd6 17. g3 Bc7 (17... Rd8 $16 18. Nxd5 Bxg3 19. hxg3 Qxd5) 18. Rfe1 {[%cal Oe1e7] [#] And now Rxe7! would win.} Rc8 19. Ne2 Kg7 $2 (19... Rg8 {was worth a try.} 20. Nf4 Rg5) 20. Nf4 {[%cal Oe1e7] Hoping for Rxe7! White is clearly winning.} Bxf4 21. Rxc8 ({Inferior is} 21. gxf4 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Rg8 $11) 21... Rxc8 (21... Nxc8 $142 22. Qxf4 Re8) 22. Rxe7 ({Stronger than} 22. gxf4 Ng6 23. Qg3 Rg8 $11) ({Not} 22. Qxf4 Re8 $18) 22... Rc1+ 23. Kg2 Qa4 {Black got outplayed after the opening.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.09 (flawless) /Black=0.48} 1-0

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.14"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Draganic, Stjepan"]
[Black "Babic, Zvonko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2025"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 10,60,0,-5,-2,-25,-20,-67,-56,-60,-50,-65,-54,-95,-95,-146,-72,-60,7,-38,-39,-72,-64,-64,-74,-125,-130,-142,-141,-143,-149,-427,-381,-481,-478,-477,-472,-656,-593,-901,-877,-1097,-868,-1025,-853,-839,-825,-29987,-1149,-29988,-29989,-29985,-2715]} 1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. c3 Nd7 5. e3 e5 6. Bg3 Nh6 {A41: 1 d4 d6: Tartakower System and Modern Defence.} 7. Bh4 f6 $1 8. Bc4 (8. e4 $11) 8... Nf5 $15 {[#] Black is slightly better.} 9. Be6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Bg3 Qe7 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nbd2 Nxg3 12. hxg3 e4 13. Nd4 Ne5 14. Qb3 f5 15. O-O {0-1 (30) Wieneroiter,G (2147)-Baldauf,M (2423) Vienna 2016}) 9... Nxh4 10. Nxh4 {[%cal Oh4f5]} Qe7 11. Bc4 Nb6 12. Bb3 {[#]} ({Better is} 12. Be2) 12... Bd7 (12... e4 $142 $1 {Threatens to win with ...g5.} 13. g4 f5) 13. Nf3 c5 (13... g5 $15) 14. dxc5 dxc5 15. Nbd2 e4 16. Ng1 O-O-O {[%cal Be8c8,Bc8b8,Bb8a7][%mdl 32]} 17. Qe2 {Against Bb5} (17. a4 $142) 17... Kb8 $17 18. O-O-O a6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has strong initiative.} 19. Nh3 Bb5 20. Qg4 {[%mdl 8192] White does not recover from this.} (20. Nc4 $17 {was called for.}) 20... f5 $19 {Active counter play!} 21. Qg5 {[#]} Bf6 {This bishop pair is nice.} 22. Qg3+ Ka7 {And now ...c4 would win.} 23. Nf4 c4 24. Bc2 {[#]} Bxc3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 25. bxc3 (25. Nb1 Be5) 25... Qa3+ 26. Kb1 Qxc3 {( -> ...Ba4)} 27. Ne2 Qb4+ 28. Kc1 Qa3+ 29. Kb1 c3 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 30. Nxc3 Qxc3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.94/Black=0.13 (very precise)} 0-1

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.14"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Cvitkovic, Filip"]
[Black "Basaric, Srdjan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2164"]
[BlackElo "2024"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 9,84,6,16,11,18,7,11,6,1,14,16,3,33,36,40,41,34,22,34,5,4,-23,-16,-37,-34,-40,-33,-58,-55,-78,-73,-72,-77,-289,-285,-291,-279,-1035,-519,-920,-355,-351,-348,-362,-365,-543,-521,-675,-666,-641,-675,-789,-752,-705,-483,-1264,-888,-2091,-1543,-29991,-29989,-29989,-29990,-29991,-29987,-29990,-6187,-5966,-5900,-5577,-5741,-12841,-12841,-12842,-12842,-12841,-12841]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 {D11: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 sidelines and 3...Nf6 4 e3 Bg4.} dxc4 7. Nxf5 exf5 8. e3 {The position is equal.} Nbd7 9. Bxc4 Nb6 10. Bb3 g6 11. O-O Bg7 12. f3 {[#]} Qd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... O-O 13. e4 fxe4 14. fxe4 Nfd7 15. Be3 Qe7 16. Qf3 Kh8 17. Rae1 c5 18. dxc5 Nxc5 {½-½ (70) Dordzhieva,D (2335)-Vakhlamov,I (2413) Chess.com INT 2021}) 13. a4 a5 14. Bd2 O-O 15. Qe1 Rfe8 16. Qf2 Nbd5 17. Kg2 Re7 18. h3 Rae8 {[%cal Rd5e3]} 19. Rfe1 Nb4 {Black is more active.} 20. Re2 Bh6 21. g4 $2 {This move loses the game for White.} (21. f4 $17 {might work better.}) 21... Nd3 $1 $19 {[%csl LRb2,LRf2]} 22. Qh4 Nf4+ $1 {Pair of Knights!} 23. Kf2 $2 (23. Kh1 Nxe2 24. Qxh6 Nxc3 25. bxc3) 23... Nxe2 24. Qxh6 {[#]} (24. g5 $142 Bxg5 25. Qxg5 Nxc3 26. bxc3) 24... Nxc3 $2 (24... Nxd4 $1 25. exd4 (25. Rd1 Nxb3) 25... Qxd4+ 26. Kf1 fxg4 27. hxg4 Qd3+ 28. Kg1 Qxf3) 25. bxc3 Nd5 ({Wrong is} 25... fxg4 $2 26. hxg4 Qxg4 27. Bc2 $19) 26. Re1 Qd6 {aiming for ...Qh2+.} 27. f4 (27. Kg2 {is a better defense.} fxg4 28. hxg4) 27... Nf6 {[%cal Bd5f6,Bf6e4,Be4g3,Bg3f5,Bf5d4,Bd4e6][%mdl 32]} 28. gxf5 Ne4+ 29. Ke2 Ng3+ 30. Kd3 Nxf5 31. Qg5 Qa3 32. Bd1 (32. Kc2 $142 Nxe3+ 33. Bxe3 Rxe3 34. Rxe3 Rxe3 35. f5) 32... Nxd4 33. Rg1 Ne6 34. Qxa5 Rd7+ 35. Ke2 Qb2 36. c4 Red8 37. f5 Qxd2+ (37... Rxd2+ $142 38. Kf3 Rf2+ 39. Kg3 {[#]} Rxd1 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 40. Rxd1 Rg2+ 41. Kf3 Ng5+ 42. Kf4 Nxh3+ 43. Kf3 Ng5+ 44. Kf4 Rf2+ 45. Kg4 h5+ 46. Kh4 Rh2+ 47. Kxg5 Rg2+ 48. Kh4 Rg4+ 49. Kh3 Qg2#) 38. Qxd2 {Black is clearly winning.} Rxd2+ 39. Kf3 Rxd1 40. Rxd1 Rxd1 41. fxe6 fxe6 {( -> ...Rc1)} 42. Ke2 Ra1 {Weighted Error Value: White=1.13/Black=0.70} 0-1

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.14"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Raljic, Mirko"]
[Black "Brigljevic, Milan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2023"]
[BlackElo "2161"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 11,92,27,39,-29,46,-25,0,0,10,-16,21,-15,-10,-27,-27,-47,-46,-121,-40,-44,-26,-113,-108,-117,-132,-179,-182,-282,-272,-375,-392,-393,-384,-382,-389,-375,-372,-449,-442,-487,-380,-501,-367,-506,-481,-757,-742,-734,-695,-723,-714,-925,-925,-890,-846,-1102,-1095,-993,-724,-1108,-1049,-1451,-1304,-1400,-1479,-2169,-746,-2770,-1643,-2778,-2633,-2235,-1917,-5381,-1230,-29977,-29977,-29977,-29977,-29979,-29979,-29979,-29976]} 1. e4 d6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d4 c6 4. f4 Qa5 5. Bd2 e5 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. f5 {B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems.} (7. fxe5 $14 Ng4 8. Be2 Nxe5 9. Nf3) 7... Nbd7 (7... Qb6 $11) 8. Bd3 ({Better is} 8. Qf3 $14) 8... Qc7 9. Qe2 {The position is equal.} Nc5 10. Nf3 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 11. a3 {[#]} (11. a4 $5 {[%cal Ra4b5]}) 11... Be7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Bb7 12. O-O Be7 13. Kh1 Nfd7 14. b4 Nxd3 15. cxd3 O-O 16. Be3 a5 17. Rab1 Rfe8 {0-1 (42) Stam,B-Hartoch,R (2355) Haarlem 1993}) 12. O-O (12. g4 $5) 12... O-O 13. Rad1 a5 14. Nb1 {[#]} ({White should play} 14. Ra1 $15) 14... Nxd3 (14... Bxf5 $1 $17 {[%cal Rf6e4][%mdl 512]} 15. exf5 e4) 15. cxd3 $15 b4 16. Rc1 (16. Bg5 $11) 16... Ba6 {Black converts the advantage convincingly.} 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Bg5 {[#]} (18. Ne1 $17 {keeps fighting.}) 18... Ng4 $1 $19 19. Bxe7 (19. Be3 $142) 19... Qxe7 20. h3 Qa7+ 21. Kh1 Nf2+ 22. Kh2 Nxd1 23. Rxd1 f6 24. g4 h6 25. h4 Qf7 26. Qc2 Rac8 27. d4 exd4 28. Rxd4 (28. axb4 $142 axb4 29. g5) 28... Rxd4 29. Nxd4 Qc7+ 30. Kg2 Qf4 {Hoping for ...Qf1+.} 31. Nd2 {Inhibits Qf1+.} Qxg4+ 32. Kf2 Qxh4+ 33. Ke3 Qe1+ 34. Kf4 Qf2+ 35. N4f3 c5 {[%cal Bc6c5,Bc5b4][%mdl 32]} 36. axb4 cxb4 37. Qb3+ Kh7 38. Qe6 Qa7 {Threatens to win with ...Rd8.} 39. Nh4 Qc7+ 40. Ke3 Bc4 41. Nxc4 Qxc4 {KQR-KQN} 42. Qd7 Qc6 43. Qf7 Re8 {Black mates.} 44. Qg6+ Kg8 45. Qg2 Qc1+ 46. Kf3 Qe1 {Weighted Error Value: White=1.24/Black=0.41} 0-1

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.14"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Roska, Branislav"]
[Black "Franc, Borna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2153"]
[BlackElo "2020"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 11,117,10,15,0,0,-41,-38,-48,0,-29,-49,-34,-40,-35,-31,-51,-44,-54,-45,-54,-20,-40,-29,-27,-30,-26,-24,-31,-19,-33,-37,-48,-40,-41,-52,-49,0,-49,0,0,0,0,25,30,25,25,12,16,71,71,222,234,215,211,608,602,385,29,51,46,62,9,12,7,8,8,8,11,14,0,0,0,6,6,36,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,29990,29991,29991,8,6,0,29991,29992,29992,29993,29993,29994]} 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. h3 h6 7. b4 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} Bb6 8. Qb3 {Threatens to win with a4.} O-O 9. a4 {Black must now prevent a5. Black is slightly better.} a6 (9... a5 $1 $15 {feels stronger.}) 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. fxe3 Ne7 12. O-O c6 13. Qc2 d5 {[#]} 14. Ba2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. exd5 cxd5 15. Bb3 Nf5 16. Re1 e4 17. dxe4 dxe4 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. exd4 Bf5 20. Nd2 {1-0 (54) Granovskaya,E (1763)-Malicka,M (2047) Riga 2018}) 14... Ng6 15. Nbd2 Qe7 16. Rae1 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. dxe4 Be6 19. Bxe6 Qxe6 20. c4 a5 21. Rb1 axb4 22. Rxb4 Qe7 23. Rfb1 Qc5 (23... Ra7 $15) 24. Qf2 (24. Kf2 $11) 24... Rad8 (24... b6 $15 {is superior.}) 25. Rxb7 $11 Qxc4 26. a5 Qa6 27. h4 Qxa5 28. h5 Nh8 29. Nh4 Qd2 (29... Rd2 $11 30. Qe1 (30. Qg3 Qd8 $14) 30... Qd8) 30. Qf3 $16 Rd7 $2 {[#]} (30... Qd6 $16) 31. Nf5 $1 $18 {Hoping for Qg4.} Rxb7 32. Rxb7 {And now Ne7+ would win.} Qe1+ $2 {[#]} (32... Kh7 33. Qg4 Rg8) 33. Kh2 $1 Kh7 34. Ng3 $2 (34. Qg4 $18 {[%csl Gf5][%cal Rg4g7]} Rg8 35. Ne7) 34... Qa5 35. Re7 {Qf5+ is the strong threat.} Qd8 36. Nf5 {White is more active.} ({Of course not} 36. Rxe5 f6 37. Qf5+ Kg8 $11) ({White should try} 36. Qf5+ $14 Kg8 37. Qxe5) 36... Rg8 $11 37. Rxe5 Qg5 (37... g6 {looks sharper.} 38. hxg6+ Nxg6 39. Qh5 Qg5) 38. Re7 g6 39. hxg6+ Rxg6 40. Rc7 Re6 41. g4 Qd8 42. Qf4 Qg5 43. e5 Qd8 $1 44. Re7 {White wants to mate with Rxe6.} Qd2+ 45. Kh3 {Rxe6 would kill now.} Qd5 46. Rxe6 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black needs to defend precisely.} Qh1+ 47. Kg3 {[%cal Re6h6]} Qg1+ 48. Kf3 Qf1+ 49. Ke4 Qb1+ 50. Kd4 Qb4+ 51. Kd3 Qb3+ 52. Ke2 Qc2+ 53. Ke1 Qc1+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (53... Qc3+ $11 54. Kf2 Qd2+ 55. Kg3 Qe1+ 56. Kg2 Qe2+ 57. Kh3 Qf3+ 58. Qxf3 fxe6) 54. Kf2 Qd2+ 55. Kf1 $2 (55. Kg3 {mates} Qe1+ 56. Kg2 Qe2+ 57. Kh3 Qf3+ 58. Qxf3 fxe6 59. Ne7 Kg7 60. Qf6+ Kh7 61. Qxe6 h5 62. Qg8+ Kh6 63. g5#) 55... Qd1+ 56. Kf2 Qd2+ 57. Kg1 {White mates.} Qd1+ 58. Kh2 Qe2+ 59. Kh3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.31/Black=0.35} 1-0

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.14"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Korov, Zvonko"]
[Black "Starcevic, Ante Leon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2015"]
[BlackElo "2152"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 13,102,11,23,-10,-15,-10,-15,-12,-15,-18,0,-34,-37,-40,-39,-45,-44,-45,-47,-59,0,-22,-19,-54,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,31,31,40,40,74,97,86,71,147,28,48,48,48,41,34,26,22,0,10,11,18,0,4,0,0,0,4,13,20,-8,-7,-63,-5,-8,0,-206,-208,-206,-202,-195,-202,-208,-111,-154,0,-1188,-1160,-29991,-29989,-29992,-29990,-29990,-932]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O Bg7 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. d4 O-O 8. Bg5 {D79: Fianchetto Grünfeld: Symmetrical Variation (6 0-0 c6 7 cxd5 cxd5).} Ne4 9. Bf4 Nc6 10. Nc3 {The position is equal.} Nxc3 11. bxc3 e6 {[#]} 12. Qc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Qd2 Na5 13. Bh6 Nc4 14. Qc1 Bd7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Nd2 Rc8 17. e4 Nxd2 18. Qxd2 dxe4 19. Bxe4 {0-1 (57) Szucs,Z-Bujdoso,B (2008) Nyiregyhaza 2008}) 12... b6 13. Bh6 Ba6 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Re1 Rc8 16. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} Ne7 (16... dxe4 $1 $15 17. Rxe4 Bc4) 17. Ne5 Bb7 18. Qd2 Qd6 (18... dxe4 $15 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Qd5) 19. Ng4 $11 {Intending Qh6+ and mate.} Ng8 {Prevents Qh6+.} 20. e5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Qa3 21. Rac1 {[%cal Oc3c4]} Rc7 22. h4 {[%cal Oh4h5]} Rfc8 23. Re3 $1 h5 24. Nh2 ({Much weaker is} 24. c4 Qe7 25. Nf6 Nxf6 26. exf6+ Qxf6 $17) 24... Nh6 {Inhibits g4.} 25. Bh3 ({Of course not} 25. c4 Qe7 26. Rec3 Rxc4 $17) 25... Qe7 26. Nf3 Rc4 27. Ng5 Ra4 28. Rf3 {And now Rf6 would win.} Nf5 29. Bxf5 exf5 {[#]} ({Better is} 29... gxf5 30. Nh3 Rh8) 30. Nh3 (30. e6 $1 $16 {[%cal Re6f7]} fxe6 31. Re1) 30... Rd8 31. Nf4 Bc8 32. Ng2 Be6 33. Rc2 Rc8 34. Ne3 b5 35. Rb2 a6 36. Nc2 Rac4 {[%cal Of5f4]} 37. Ne1 Qc7 {[%cal Rc4c3]} 38. Rb3 Bd7 39. Nc2 Be6 40. Rd3 f4 41. Nb4 ({White should play} 41. Qxf4 $11 Bf5 42. Rd2 Rxc3 43. Ne3) 41... fxg3 (41... a5 $15 42. Na6 Qb6) 42. Rxg3 a5 43. Na6 (43. Nd3 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 43... Qb6 44. Nc5 R8xc5 45. dxc5 Qxc5 46. Rb1 Rxh4 (46... Kh7 $19 {aiming for ...d4.} 47. Qe3 d4 48. cxd4 Rxd4) 47. Qg5 $17 {[#]} Qc4 (47... Re4 $1 $17 {Threatens to win with ...Kh7.} 48. Qxh5 d4 49. cxd4 Qxd4) 48. Rxb5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} Qe4 $19 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Rh4h1]} 49. f3 Qe1+ {Black mates.} 50. Kg2 Qe2+ 51. Kg1 Rh2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.50/Black=0.16 (very precise)} (51... Qd1+ $142 52. Kf2 Rh1 53. Qf6+ Kh7 54. Qxg6+ fxg6 55. Rb7+ Kh6 56. Rxg6+ Kxg6 57. Rg7+ Kxg7 58. Ke3 Rf1 59. Kf4 Qxf3+ 60. Kg5 Qg4#) 0-1

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.14"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Fajdetic, Hrvoje"]
[Black "Maravic, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2151"]
[BlackElo "2009"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 9,53,0,35,28,25,18,19,10,13,36,74,73,72,79,137,122,205,214,208,204,215,213,206,196,299,290,324,313,404,399,382,361,347,326,586,502,679,674,1068,1081,1057,1047,1039,1015,1025,1006]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. h4 O-O 6. h5 {A45: Trompowsky Attack.} c5 7. hxg6 fxg6 8. Qd2 {The position is equal.} Nc6 9. dxc5 e5 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Nf3 {[#]} a6 $146 (11... Qa5 $142) ({Predecessor:} 11... Qa5 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. e4 Rad8 14. exd5 e4 15. Nxe4 Qxd2+ 16. Nfxd2 Bxd5 17. c3 Rfe8 18. f3 Kg7 19. Bc4 Ne5 20. Bxd5 Rxd5 21. Rxh7+ Kxh7 22. Nxf6+ Kh6 23. Nxe8 {1-0 (23) Deac,B (2579)-Skacel,J (2022) Pardubice 2017}) 12. O-O-O $16 Qa5 (12... e4 $16) 13. Bxf6 $18 Bxf6 14. Nxd5 Qxa2 {[%cal Ra2a1] [#]} 15. Nxf6+ Rxf6 {[%cal Ra2a1]} 16. Qc3 Qa1+ (16... Re8 $142 17. b4 a5) 17. Kd2 Qa4 18. Rh4 Qa5 19. Qxa5 {Active counter play!} Nxa5 20. Ke1 Raf8 21. Rd6 {[#] Hoping for b4.} g5 $2 (21... Bf5 22. Nxe5 Bxc2 23. Rxf6 Rxf6) 22. Nxg5 {White is clearly winning.} Rxf2 23. Bd3 ({Weaker is} 23. Rxe6 Rxf1+ 24. Kd2 R1f2+ 25. Kd3 Rxg2 $16) 23... e4 24. Nxe4 ({Not} 24. Rxe6 exd3 25. cxd3 Rf1+ 26. Kd2 R8f2+ 27. Kc3 Rc1+ 28. Kd4 (28. Kb4 Rxb2+ 29. Ka3 Rb3+ 30. Ka2 Rc2+ 31. Ka1 Rxd3 $11) 28... Nb3+ 29. Ke4 Nxc5+ 30. Ke5 Nxe6 31. Nxe6 Rxb2 $17) 24... Rxg2 25. Rxe6 Rg1+ 26. Kd2 Rg2+ 27. Kc3 {Black got outplayed after the opening.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.07 (flawless) /Black=0.62} 1-0

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.14"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Jakupec, Denis"]
[Black "Havas, Janko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E64"]
[WhiteElo "2004"]
[BlackElo "2143"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 23,49,27,24,20,11,0,28,37,40,22,39,18,66,54,60,17,68,69,73,61,63,67,68,70,59,51,79,81]} 1. d4 c5 2. d5 Nf6 3. Nf3 d6 4. c4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 Na6 8. O-O Nc7 9. a4 b6 10. e4 Nd7 11. Re1 Rb8 12. h3 a6 13. Bf1 {E64: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...c5 7 d5.} Ne5 14. Nd2 {[#]} f6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... f5 15. f4 Nf7 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. g4 Bd7 18. Qe2 e6 19. Nf3 exd5 20. cxd5 b5 21. axb5 axb5 {0-1 (71) Langer,W (2021)-Hirneise,T (2214) Dresden 2006}) 15. f4 {White has an edge.} Nf7 16. Kh2 Bd7 17. Ra2 Rb7 (17... f5 $11 {feels stronger.}) 18. Qc2 Qb8 19. Bd3 b5 (19... Qc8 $11) 20. axb5 (20. cxb5 {feels hotter.} axb5 21. axb5 Nxb5 22. Bxb5 Bxb5 23. Nxb5 Rxb5 24. Nc4) 20... axb5 21. cxb5 Nxb5 22. Nxb5 Bxb5 23. Bxb5 Rxb5 24. Nc4 Qc7 25. Bd2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.10 (very precise) /Black=0.21 (precise)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.14"]
[Round "1.15"]
[White "Frouth, Nenad"]
[Black "Green, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2121"]
[BlackElo "1997"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 15,77,-21,0,-61,-69,-85,-18,-90,0,0,22,0,4,12,226,210,303,319,316,322,326,318,314,304,299,301,337,340,330,249,452,439,401,325,317,310,320,312,479,470,29958,2162,6303,2177,29986,29987,29987,29988,29988,29989,29989,656,29990,29991,29991,29992,29992,29990,29990,29989,29989,29989,29988,29988]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bc4 e6 9. Be3 {B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack.} (9. O-O $11) 9... Bb4 $15 10. Rc1 {[#]} Qf6 $146 (10... Nxe3 11. fxe3 O-O 12. O-O $11) (10... O-O $17) ({Predecessor:} 10... O-O 11. O-O Nce7 12. h3 Bh5 13. g4 Bg6 14. Ne5 Rc8 15. Qb3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Nxe3 17. fxe3 {0-1 (64) Jarvenpaa,J (2274)-Luukkonen,T (2343) Tampere 2017}) 11. Be2 (11. O-O $11 {remains equal.} Bxc3 12. bxc3) 11... Bf5 (11... O-O $17) 12. O-O $11 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Ba3 14. Ra1 $1 Bb2 $2 {[#] This costs Black the game.} (14... O-O $11) 15. Rb1 $1 $18 (15. Bg5 Qg6 16. Be3 Bxa1 $17) 15... Bxb1 (15... Bxc3 {was worth a try.} 16. Rc1 (16. Bg5 Qg6 $11) 16... Bb2) 16. Qxb1 Bxc3 17. Qxb7 O-O {[%cal Rc6d4]} 18. Qxc6 Rac8 19. Qe4 Qg6 20. Qh4 {Hoping for Ne5.} Qc2 21. Ba6 Rb8 22. h3 {Ne5 is the strong threat.} Qxa2 $2 (22... Rb1 23. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 24. Kh2 Ba5) 23. Bd3 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Rh4h7] A strong pair of Bishops.} f5 24. g4 Qd5 25. Qg3 ({Stronger than} 25. Ng5 h6 26. Nxe6 Qxe6 $11) 25... f4 26. Bxf4 {Threatens to win with Ng5.} Rb2 (26... Rbd8 $142 27. Bc2 h6) 27. Ng5 Bxd4 (27... h6 $18 28. Bh7+ Kh8) 28. Bxh7+ Kh8 {[#]} 29. Be4 (29. Qh4 $142 $1 Rxf4 30. Bf5+ Kg8 31. Bxe6+ Qxe6 32. Qh7+ Kf8 33. Nxe6+ Kf7 34. Nxf4 Rxf2 35. Rxf2) 29... Bxf2+ 30. Rxf2 Qd1+ 31. Kh2 Rxf2+ 32. Qxf2 Kg8 33. Bh7+ Kh8 34. Bc2 {White mates.} Rxf4 35. Qh4+ ({Not} 35. Bxd1 Rxf2+ 36. Kg1 Rb2 $11) 35... Kg8 36. Qh7+ Kf8 37. Qh8+ Ke7 38. Qxg7+ Kd6 39. Bxd1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.16 (very precise) /Black=0.82} 1-0

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.14"]
[Round "1.16"]
[White "Ruzic, Pia Marie"]
[Black "Peric, Bernard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "1996"]
[BlackElo "2112"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 9,81,-3,25,25,11,13,51,59,62,60,58,50,63,33,37,17,59,49,62,55,53,50,75,59,83,58,104,101,97,104,102,81,83,82,80,50,64,33,80,82,84,-52,114,132,155,45,84,88,108,106,69,22,25,29,116,115,127,14,204,196,334,335,416,381,435,313,442,434,416,414,700,573,577,565]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Qe7 6. Qb3 {E11: Bogo-Indian.} Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 {[#]} Nc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... O-O 8. Bg2 c6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Rfc1 Ne4 11. Qe3 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 Re8 13. f4 Nf6 {½-½ (55) Vasquez Schroder,R (2520)-Rubinetti,J (2430) Mar del Plata 1996}) 8. Bg2 {White is slightly better.} O-O 9. O-O b6 10. Rac1 Bb7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Rfe1 Rad8 13. Qa4 Qd6 14. a3 a6 15. Rc2 Rfe8 16. e3 Re7 17. b4 Rde8 (17... Nd7 $14 {feels stronger.}) 18. Rec1 $16 {[%cal Rc2c6]} Nd8 19. Ne5 Ne4 20. Ndf3 {[%cal Oc2c7] White is more active.} f6 21. Nd3 {[%cal Oc2c7]} Ne6 22. h4 a5 23. Qb3 {Threatens to win with bxa5.} Ra8 (23... axb4 $14 {was preferrable.} 24. axb4 c6) 24. b5 {[%cal Oc2c6]} Rae8 25. Bh3 {[#]} (25. Qa2 $16) 25... Nd8 $2 (25... Nxg3 $1 $15 {keeps the upper hand.} 26. Nde5 (26. fxg3 Qxg3+ 27. Bg2 Nd8 $15) 26... Ne4) 26. Kg2 Nf7 {[#]} 27. Ra2 (27. Rc6 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} a4 (27... Qd8 28. Nf4) 28. Qxa4 Bxc6 29. Rxc6) 27... Nh6 28. Qd1 Bc8 29. Bxc8 Rxc8 30. Rc6 (30. Nf4 $14) 30... Qd7 $11 31. Qb3 Qf5 (31... a4 $11 {remains equal.} 32. Qb4 Ng4) 32. Nf4 $16 Rd8 {[#]} 33. h5 ({Better is} 33. Nh2 $1 $16) 33... Nf7 $2 {This move loses the game for Black.} (33... Ng4 $11) 34. Nh4 $18 Qd7 (34... Qg5 $142 35. Ne6 Qxh5) 35. Rac2 Neg5 36. Rc1 Ne4 37. Qc2 Rc8 (37... a4 $142 38. f3 (38. Rxc7 Qxc7 39. Qxc7 Rxc7 $18) 38... Ned6) 38. a4 Nd8 39. Rxb6 Nd6 (39... Ne6 $142 40. Nxe6 Rxe6) 40. Ra6 Nc4 41. Qf5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.34/Black=0.51} 1-0

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.14"]
[Round "1.17"]
[White "Gal, Moshe"]
[Black "Prihoda, Leonardo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2111"]
[BlackElo "1995"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 18,136,35,29,27,16,33,33,49,43,41,40,36,32,69,73,72,68,72,73,78,77,76,75,95,61,64,66,67,66,75,60,63,1,63,0,58,46,45,0,0,-44,0,-109,-38,-133,-133,-185,-192,-176,-156,-339,-323,-316,-279,-177,-177,-175,-151,-154,-147,-137,-27,-45,-24,-24,-24,-24,-24,-141,-142,-772,-742,-757,-748,-685,-637,-612,-548,-441,-141,-158,0,-420,-112,-180,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qf3 Bg6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Nf3 Nd7 {D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation.} 11. Nh4 Be7 12. Ne2 O-O-O {White is slightly better.} 13. Ng3 Bb4+ 14. Kd1 {[#]} Rhe8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Ba5 15. Ngf5 Kb8 16. Nh6 Rhf8 17. N4f5 c5 18. h4 a6 19. h5 Bxf5 20. Nxf5 cxd4 21. exd4 {½-½ (46) Quirk,M (1986)-Jarmuz,F (2009) ICCF email 2017}) 15. Nhf5 Bf8 16. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} h6 17. h5 {aiming for Nxh6.} Bh7 18. a3 a6 19. Bd3 Kb8 20. Kd2 c5 21. Rac1 {0x0.002363fbb8b8dp-1022s more active pieces. The black rooks are badly placed.} c4 22. Bc2 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4,Bb4b3][%mdl 32]} 23. Nh4 Bxc2 24. Kxc2 a5 25. Ngf5 (25. Ra1 $14) 25... Kb7 {[#]} (25... b4 $11) 26. Ra1 (26. Ng6 $1 $14) 26... Ra8 (26... b4 $11) 27. Rhc1 b4 28. Nf3 Nb6 29. a4 b3+ 30. Kb1 (30. Kd1 $1 $11) 30... Rac8 ({Better is} 30... Bb4 $1 $17) 31. Rc3 ({White should try} 31. Ng1 $15) 31... Bb4 $17 32. Nh2 (32. Rc1 Rg8 33. g3 Rc7 $17) (32. N3h4 $17 {was called for.}) 32... Rg8 $19 33. g4 Rh8 (33... Bxc3 34. bxc3 Rh8 35. f3 $17) 34. Nf1 $2 (34. Rc1 $17) 34... Rcg8 35. f3 Rg5 ({Stronger than} 35... Bxc3 36. bxc3 Rf8 37. Nd2 $17) 36. N1g3 ({Don't play} 36. Rc1 Rxf5 37. gxf5 Re8 $19) 36... Bxc3 37. bxc3 Kc7 {Inhibits Nd6.} 38. Kb2 Kd7 39. Ka3 {[#]} Rgg8 (39... Nc8 $1 $17 {Hoping for ...Nd6.} 40. e4 Nb6) 40. e4 $11 dxe4 41. Nxe4 {Pair of Knights!} Nd5 42. Kb2 Re8 43. Nfd6 {[#]} (43. Rb1 $11) 43... Rxe4 $1 $17 44. fxe4 {[%mdl 8192]} (44. Nxe4 $17 f5 45. Nd2 (45. gxf5 $2 Rg8 $19)) 44... Kxd6 $19 45. exd5 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} Re8 {( -> ...Re2+)} 46. Rf1 Re2+ 47. Kb1 Kxd5 {White must now prevent ...Rc2.} 48. Rxf6 Re1+ $2 (48... Rc2 $19 {is more deadly.} 49. Rf3 Ke4) 49. Kb2 Re2+ $2 (49... Ke4 $17 {Strongly threatening ...Re2+.} 50. d5 Re2+ 51. Kb1 Kxd5 52. Rxh6 Re3) 50. Kb1 $19 Rg2 $2 (50... Rc2 $19 51. Rf3 Ke4) 51. Rxh6 (51. Rxf7 $17 {was worth a try.} Rc2 52. g5 hxg5 53. Rf3) 51... Rxg4 $2 (51... Rc2 $19 52. Rb6 Ke4) 52. Rf6 $11 {The position is equal.} Rg1+ 53. Kb2 Rg2+ 54. Kb1 Rh2 55. Rxf7 Rh1+ 56. Kb2 Rh2+ 57. Kb1 Rxh5 58. Re7 Rh1+ 59. Kb2 Rh2+ 60. Kb1 Kd6 61. Re5 $1 Rc2 62. Rxa5 Rxc3 {Threatens to win with ...Rd3.} 63. Rc5 Rc2 64. a5 c3 65. a6 Rb2+ 66. Kc1 Rc2+ 67. Kb1 Rb2+ 68. Kc1 Rc2+ {Whites escaped into a draw.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.34/Black=0.36} 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.14"]
[Round "1.18"]
[White "Tomic, Stjepan"]
[Black "Karlusic, Luka"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "1990"]
[BlackElo "2089"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Nxc6 dxc6 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Bd3 e5 10. Bd2 Be6 11. O-O Ke7 12. Rad1 Rhd8 13. Be2 Rd4 14. a3 Rad8 15. axb4 Rxd2 16. Nd5+ Nxd5 17. Rxd2 Nf4 18. Rxd8 Nxe2+ 19. Kh1 Kxd8 20. Ra1 a6 21. c5 Ke7 22. g3 Nd4 23. Rc1 Bg4 0-1

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.14"]
[Round "1.19"]
[White "Lasic, Luka"]
[Black "Dzaja, Martin Zorislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2077"]
[BlackElo "1974"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Rc8 12. Rac1 c5 13. dxc5 Rxc5 14. Qb1 Qa8 15. Rxc5 Nxc5 16. Rc1 Nce4 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Qa1 h6 19. Bd2 Rd8 20. Ba5 Rd5 21. a3 Bc5 22. h3 Nh5 23. e3 Nxg3 24. fxg3 Bxe3+ 25. Kh2 Bxc1 26. Qxc1 Rf5 27. Nh4 Rf2 28. Kg1 Rxg2+ 29. Nxg2 Bxg2 30. Kh2 Qf3 31. Qd2 Bf1 32. Bb6 Bc4 33. Qf2 Qd1 34. Qg1 Qc2+ 35. Qf2 Qe4 36. Qe3 Qf5 37. Qf2 Qh5 38. Bd4 e5 39. g4 Qg5 40. Be3 Qg6 41. Ba7 h5 42. Qg2 hxg4 43. hxg4 Be6 44. g5 Qh5+ 45. Kg1 Qd1+ 46. Kh2 Bd5 47. Qh3 Qd2+ 48. Kg1 Qxg5+ 49. Kf2 Qf4+ 50. Ke2 Be6 51. Qc3 Qc4+ 52. Ke3 Qxc3+ 53. bxc3 Bd5 54. Bb8 f6 55. a4 bxa4 56. Bd6 Kf7 57. Kd3 Ke6 58. Bf8 g5 59. c4 Bc6 60. Ke3 g4 0-1

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.14"]
[Round "1.20"]
[White "Colev, Ivor"]
[Black "Janiszewski, Maciej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "1950"]
[BlackElo "2075"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. f3 Qb6 9. O-O Qxb2 10. Ncb5 Qb4 11. Bb3 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 d6 13. Rb1 Qc3 14. Qd3 Qxd3 15. cxd3 Bd7 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. Bc4 Rab8 18. Nb5 a6 19. Na7 Rf8 20. Rb6 Ba4 21. Rcb1 d5 22. exd5 Rbd8 23. d6 exd6 24. Rxb7 d5 25. Bxa6 d4 26. Bg5 Rd5 27. Bxf6 Bxf6 28. Bc4 Ra5 29. Nb5 Be5 30. g3 g5 31. Re7 Bb8 32. Rb7 Kg7 33. Nc7 Bxc7 34. Rxc7 Kg6 35. Rbb7 Rf5 36. Rb6+ Kg7 37. Rd6 Rxf3 38. Rxd4 Bd1 39. Rdd7 h5 40. Re7 g4 41. Re1 Ba4 42. Rf1 Rxf1+ 43. Kxf1 Kg6 44. Ra7 Bd1 45. Bd5 f5 46. Ke1 Bf3 47. Bxf3 gxf3 48. Kf2 f4 49. Kxf3 fxg3+ 50. Kxg3 Rd8 51. Ra3 Rd4 52. Rb3 Kg5 53. Kf3 Kh4 54. Ke3 Rg4 55. Rb2 Kh3 56. d4 Rg1 57. Rd2 Kg4 58. d5 1-0

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.14"]
[Round "1.21"]
[White "Vukic, Aleksandar"]
[Black "Baric, Marko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2073"]
[BlackElo "1948"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. Nf4 c6 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Bd3 Re8 11. O-O b6 12. Bd2 Bb7 13. Rfc1 Rc8 14. Qb3 a6 15. a4 Ne4 16. Nxe4 Rxc1+ 17. Rxc1 dxe4 18. Bc4 Nf6 19. Bb4 Bd6 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21. Rc3 g5 22. Ne2 Bd5 23. Qc2 Bxc4 24. Rxc4 b5 25. axb5 axb5 26. Rc5 h6 27. Rxb5 Ra8 28. g3 Ra1+ 29. Kg2 Qa6 30. Qc4 Kg7 31. Nc3 Qa8 32. Rc5 Rc1 33. Qa4 Qb7 34. b4 Kg6 35. Qa3 Re1 36. b5 h5 37. Qa5 h4 38. b6 Qb8 39. Rxg5+ Kh7 40. Qe5 Qxe5 41. Rxe5 Rc1 42. Rc5 Nd7 43. b7 hxg3 44. hxg3 Kg6 45. Rc7 Nb8 46. Rc8 Nd7 47. Nxe4 Rb1 48. Rc7 Nb8 49. Nc5 Rb2 50. Kf3 Kf6 51. Rc8 1-0

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.14"]
[Round "1.22"]
[White "Pal, Rohan"]
[Black "Horvat, Damjan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B55"]
[WhiteElo "1935"]
[BlackElo "2072"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 d5 7. Bg5 Be6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. exd5 Qxd5 10. Qxd5 Bxd5 11. Nc3 Bb4 12. O-O-O Bxb3 13. axb3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Ke7 15. Bc4 Nc6 16. Rd5 Rad8 17. Rhd1 Rxd5 18. Rxd5 h5 19. Rb5 b6 20. Rd5 h4 21. Rd2 Rd8 22. Bb5 Rd6 23. Re2 f5 24. Bxc6 Rxc6 25. Rxe5+ Kf6 26. Re3 f4 27. Re4 Kf5 28. Re7 Kf6 29. Rxa7 h3 30. gxh3 Rxc3 31. Ra6 Rxf3 32. Rxb6+ Ke5 33. Rb7 f5 34. Re7+ Kd4 35. Kd2 Rxh3 36. c3+ Kd5 37. Re2 f3 38. Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.14"]
[Round "1.23"]
[White "Jonsson, Gauti Pall"]
[Black "Starcevic, Danijel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2071"]
[BlackElo "1935"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. c4 c6 7. O-O Na6 8. d3 Be6 9. Nbd2 Qb6 10. Rc1 Bh6 11. c5 Qc7 12. h4 Nd7 13. d4 Bf5 14. h5 Nf6 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. Ne5 Qa5 17. Bc3 Qd8 18. e3 Nc7 19. g4 Bc8 20. f4 Nd7 21. Nd3 Nb5 22. Bb2 Bg7 23. Bf3 a5 24. a4 Nc7 25. Kg2 Re8 26. Rh1 Nf8 27. Rh3 Na6 28. Qh1 b6 29. Qh2 f6 30. cxb6 Qxb6 31. Ba3 Nb4 32. Bxb4 axb4 33. Nc5 Ra5 34. Rh1 Rxc5 35. dxc5 Qxc5 36. Qg1 e5 37. Qc1 Qxe3 38. Bxd5+ cxd5 39. Rxe3 d4 40. Ree1 Bb7+ 41. Kh2 Rc8 42. Nc4 Ne6 43. fxe5 fxe5 44. Rhf1 Rc7 45. Qd2 e4 46. Qxb4 e3 47. Qd6 Bc8 48. Nb6 Rc2+ 49. Kg3 e2 50. Nxc8 exf1=N+ 51. Rxf1 Rc3+ 52. Rf3 Ng5 53. Qd5+ Kh7 54. Rxc3 1-0

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.14"]
[Round "1.24"]
[White "Jakovic, Roko"]
[Black "Okrosa, Marijan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "1921"]
[BlackElo "2059"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bb4 6. e4 b5 7. Qc2 Bb7 8. Be2 a6 9. O-O Nf6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. e5 Nd5 12. Ne4 O-O 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nd6 Nb6 15. h4 h6 16. Nd2 f5 17. b3 cxb3 18. Nxb3 Nxa4 19. Rxa4 bxa4 20. Nc5 Bc8 21. Bc4 Kh8 22. Rb1 Qxh4 23. Bxe6 Qxd4 24. Nxc8 Qxe5 25. Ne7 Rf6 26. Qd3 Qc7 27. Rb7 Qa5 28. Qd6 Nd7 29. Rxd7 a3 30. Rb7 Rd8 31. Rb8 Rff8 32. Ng6+ 1-0

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.15"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Frouth, Nenad"]
[Black "Vrban, Mladen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2121"]
[BlackElo "2297"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 9,58,30,59,-25,0,-29,-31,-27,130,29,48,-7,0,-26,0,0,7,-26,-29,-39,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-139,-129,-154,-151,-234,-158,-175,-41,-54,-21,-187,-203,-262,-246,-242,-250,-271,-262,-719,-693,-2091,-1948,-1683,-1615]} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Nf3 a6 6. a4 {B01: Scandinavian Defence.} (6. O-O $14) 6... Nc6 {[#]} 7. Qe2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. h3 Bf5 8. O-O e6 9. d3 Be7 10. Re1 O-O-O 11. Ng5 Bg6 12. Nge4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 {0-1 (90) Shubin,K (2429)-Ponkratov,P (2631) Chess.com INT 2020}) 7... Bg4 8. Ne4 {Black is slightly better.} Qf4 {[#]} (8... Nxe4 $11 9. Qxe4 f5) 9. Neg5 (9. d3 $6 Qf5 $11) (9. Bxf7+ $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} Kxf7 10. Qc4+ Nd5 11. Qxd5+ e6 12. Qd7+ Kg8 13. d3) 9... e6 $11 10. d3 (10. d4 $1 $14 Qd6 11. c3) 10... Qd6 $1 11. Ne4 (11. h3 $5 {[%cal Rh3g4]} Bh5 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 $11) 11... Qd8 {Hoping for ...Nd4.} 12. c3 {Against Nd4} Ne5 13. Nxf6+ (13. Ned2 $5 {[%cal Re2e5]} Nxc4 14. Nxc4 $11) 13... gxf6 14. Qe4 Bf5 (14... Bxf3 $5 15. gxf3 c6 $11) 15. Qxb7 {Strongly threatening Nxe5.} Rb8 $1 {[%cal Ba8b8,Bb8b6,Bb6d6,Bd6d7][%mdl 32]} 16. Qxa6 Rb6 $1 ({Don't take} 16... Nxd3+ 17. Bxd3 Qxd3 18. Qc6+ Kd8 19. Bf4 Qe4+ 20. Qxe4 Bxe4 21. a5 $16) 17. Qa5 ({Avoid the trap} 17. Bb5+ $2 c6 18. Qa7 cxb5 19. Nxe5 fxe5 $19) 17... Nxd3+ 18. Bxd3 (18. Ke2 $1 $11) 18... Bxd3 $17 {[%cal Bf5d3,Bd3e4,Be4f3,Bf3g4][%mdl 32]} 19. Qh5 {[#]} Rg8 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is really pushing. Black is more active.} 20. a5 (20. Nd4 $17 {was called for.}) 20... Rd6 {aiming for ...Qa8.} 21. Be3 Rxg2 (21... Qb8 $19 22. b4 Rd5) 22. Nd4 $1 $15 {[%cal Oa5a6]} Qa8 (22... c5 $5 23. Qxc5 Rg4 $11) 23. Qf3 $2 {[#] Loses the game.} (23. O-O-O $11 Qa6 24. Rxd3 Qxd3 25. Qf3) 23... Be4 $1 $19 24. Qe2 ({Wrong is} 24. Qxf6 $2 Rg6 25. Qe5 Bxh1 $19) 24... c5 25. Nb5 {Black must now prevent Nc7+.} Rd7 {Against Nc7+. ...Bf3 is the strong threat.} 26. a6 Bf3 27. Qc4 (27. Qc2 Rg4 28. h3) 27... Rg4 {Black is clearly winning.} 28. Qxg4 Bxg4 {[%cal Ra8h1] A strong pair of Bishops.} 29. Rg1 Qf3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.69/Black=0.28 (precise)} 0-1

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.15"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Karlusic, Luka"]
[Black "Novosel, Lovro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2089"]
[BlackElo "2212"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 10,71,4,4,8,0,0,0,38,27,22,29,36,22,50,4,14,-25,50,42,34,59,80,0,0,0,0,0,0,-18,-21,-162,-157,-240,84,88,72,34,116,92,161,175,661,644,489,247,385,158,141,147,141,124,506,381,29958,29960,29993,29994,29994,29995,29995,29996,29996,29997]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. a3 Bxc3+ {E32: Nimzo-Indian: Classical (4 Qc2): 4...0-0.} 7. bxc3 e5 8. Bd3 Re8 {The position is equal. 8...c5 is a critical line.} 9. Ne2 {[%cal Bg1e2,Be2g3,Bg3f5][%mdl 32]} Nc6 10. O-O h6 11. f4 Qe7 {[#]} 12. d5 $146 (12. fxe5 $14 {feels stronger.} dxe5 13. d5) ({Predecessor:} 12. fxe5 dxe5 13. d5 Na5 14. Ng3 Qc5+ 15. Kh1 Nh7 16. Qe2 Nb3 17. Be3 Qd6 18. Rab1 Nc5 19. Qf2 {1-0 (19) Holt,C (2553)-Solon,N (2306) Chess.com INT 2022}) 12... Nb8 $11 13. Ng3 Na6 (13... Nbd7 $11) 14. fxe5 $14 Qxe5 15. Bf4 Qe7 16. h3 {White is more active.} (16. e5 $1 $16 {[%cal Re5f6]} dxe5 17. Rae1) 16... Nc5 $11 17. Rae1 Nfd7 {Against e5} 18. Nf5 Qf8 19. Re3 {aiming for Rg3.} Ne5 20. Rg3 (20. Bxe5 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} Rxe5 21. Nd4) 20... Bxf5 $19 (20... Ncxd3 21. Nxg7 Qxg7 22. Rxg7+ Kxg7 23. Be3 $15) 21. exf5 (21. Bxe5 $17 Rxe5 22. exf5) 21... Kh8 $2 ({Stronger than} 21... Nexd3 22. Bxh6 f6 23. Rd1) (21... Ncxd3 $19 22. Bxh6 f6 23. Rxg7+ Qxg7 24. Bxg7 Kxg7) 22. f6 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} g6 23. Qd2 Kh7 (23... Nexd3 $2 24. Bxh6 Qg8 25. Bg7+ (25. Rxd3 Qh7 $18) 25... Qxg7 26. fxg7+ $18) (23... Nb3 $1 $14 24. Qd1 Nxd3 25. Rxd3 Nc5) 24. Bc2 {A strong pair of Bishops.} Nxc4 (24... Ned7 $16) 25. Qd4 Ne5 (25... Nxa3 26. Bf5 b5) 26. h4 $18 {And now h5 would win.} h5 27. Rg5 (27. Qd1 $142 {White wants to mate with Qxh5+.} Kh8 28. Bxg6 $1 fxg6 29. Rxg6 $1) 27... Kh8 (27... Kg8 $142 28. Bxe5 Rxe5) 28. Bxe5 (28. Qd2 $18 {and the rest is easy.}) 28... Rxe5 $16 29. Rxe5 dxe5 30. Qxe5 {Hoping for Re1.} Rd8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (30... Re8 $16 31. Qxc7 Ne4) 31. Re1 Rd6 $2 {[#]} (31... Kg8 $18 32. Qg5 Re8) 32. Qg5 $1 {White mates.} Kh7 33. Qxh5+ Kg8 {[#]} 34. Bxg6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} fxg6 35. Qxg6+ Kh8 36. Re5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.39/Black=1.00} 1-0

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.15"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Buchcar, Tomas"]
[Black "Vukic, Aleksandar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2208"]
[BlackElo "2073"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 17,63,-12,0,-14,-8,-29,92,101,88,96,97,100,95,94,125,124,145,105,123,99,101,62,156,160,202,167,312,308,300,129,235,247,237,245,250,243,551,550,595,576,720,710,910,902,1114,1020,1154,1140]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. e3 d5 4. b3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Bb2 Nbd7 8. d3 Qe7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Re1 {A12: English Opening: 1...c6 with b3 by White.} e5 11. e4 {[#]} d4 $146 {[#]} (11... Bxf3 $11 {remains equal.} 12. Bxf3 d4) ({Predecessor:} 11... Bxf3 12. Bxf3 d4 13. a3 a5 14. g3 Nc5 15. Qc2 Ne6 16. Bg2 Nd7 17. Nf3 f6 {1-0 (40) Bassel,C (2079)-Berube,A (2143) Montreal 2017}) 12. Nxd4 $1 $16 {White is better.} Bxe2 13. Nxe2 Rad8 14. Qc2 Bb4 15. Red1 Nh5 16. a3 Bxd2 17. Rxd2 {[%cal Bd1d2,Bd2d4,Bd4d5,Bd5f5,Bf5h5][%mdl 32]} Qg5 18. Re1 Nc5 19. Bc1 Rd6 ({Black should play} 19... Nf4 $14 20. Nxf4 Qxf4) 20. d4 $1 Rg6 {[%csl Gg6][%cal Rg5g2]} 21. Ng3 exd4 (21... Nxg3 $142 22. hxg3 exd4) 22. Rxd4 $18 Qe5 23. Bb2 (23. Nf5 $18 {has better winning chances.}) 23... Nf4 (23... Qg5 $16) 24. b4 Nce6 {[#]} 25. Rd5 {[%mdl 512]} Qc7 {[#]} 26. Rf5 h5 $2 (26... Qe7 27. Rd1 Rd8) 27. Be5 {White is clearly winning.} Qe7 28. Bxf4 Nd4 {[#]} 29. Qc3 Rd8 (29... Nxf5 30. exf5) 30. Rxh5 {Black must now prevent Nf5.} Rg4 31. Be5 Rxg3 32. hxg3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.17 (very precise) /Black=0.52} ({And not} 32. Qxg3 {[#]} Ne2+ $1 33. Kh1 Nxg3+ 34. hxg3 f6 $17) 1-0

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.15"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Vujec, Ivan"]
[Black "Jonsson, Gauti Pall"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2192"]
[BlackElo "2071"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 9,119,7,15,0,0,0,0,0,27,24,40,18,59,46,39,40,37,31,19,25,54,33,32,0,0,0,38,29,75,59,78,21,24,21,24,24,33,0,35,37,35,0,7,0,13,14,15,14,8,8,10,10,12,0,23,12,56,22,21,12,17,17,18,17,17,17,59,54,48,0,0,0,0,0,7,0,0,0,8,6,8,6,8,8,44,24,27,27,68,68,69,69,81,81,86,81,81,30,32,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8]} 1. e4 c5 2. b3 Nc6 3. Bb2 e5 4. Bc4 d6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. d3 {B20: Sicilian: Unusual White 2nd moves.} Nf6 7. Nge2 O-O 8. O-O Kh8 9. f4 {[#]} exf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Ng4 10. Qd2 exf4 11. Nxf4 Bf6 12. h3 Bd4+ 13. Kh1 Qh4 14. Rf3 Nce5 15. Raf1 Nxf3 16. Rxf3 {0-1 (52) Tenold,A (1795)-Carlsson,L (2234) Gothenburg 2019}) 10. Nxf4 ({Reject} 10. Rxf4 Ng4 $11) 10... Ne5 (10... Ng4 {is more complex.} 11. Ncd5 Bg5 12. Qe1 Nge5) 11. Ncd5 (11. a4 {looks sharper.} Nh5 12. Nxh5 Bg4 13. Qd2) 11... Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Bf6 13. Kh1 Ng4 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Qe1 {Against Qh4} g5 16. Ne2 Qe5 {[%csl Gg4][%cal Re5h2] [#]} 17. Qc3 Kg7 18. Qxe5+ dxe5 (18... Nxe5 $11 19. Ng3 Rb8) 19. Rf3 $16 {White is more active.} Nf6 20. Bc4 (20. Nc3 $16) 20... Bg4 $11 21. Rf2 Bxe2 22. Rxe2 a6 23. Rf1 Ne8 (23... b5 $5 {[%cal Rb5c4]} 24. Bd5 Nxd5 25. exd5 f6 $11) 24. Ref2 {[%cal Rf2f7]} f6 25. a3 Nc7 26. b4 b5 27. Bb3 cxb4 28. axb4 a5 29. bxa5 Rxa5 30. g3 Ra6 31. h4 h6 32. Kg2 Rfa8 33. d4 exd4 34. e5 {[%cal Re5f6]} Ne8 35. Rf5 Rd8 36. hxg5 hxg5 37. exf6+ Nxf6 38. Rxg5+ Kh6 39. Rgf5 (39. Rxb5 $14 {feels stronger.} d3 40. Rh1+ Kg6 41. Rb7) 39... Ng4 $1 {[#] ...Ne3+ is the strong threat.} 40. Rh1+ Kg6 41. Rxb5 Rf8 {Threatens to win with ...Ne3+.} 42. Rhh5 Ne3+ 43. Kh3 Ra1 {[%cal Ra1h1]} 44. Rbg5+ Kf6 {[%cal Ra1h1]} 45. g4 Rh1+ 46. Kg3 Rg1+ 47. Kf3 Nxg4 48. Rf5+ ({Don't play} 48. Rxg4 Ke7+ 49. Ke4 (49. Rf4 Rf1+ 50. Ke4 R8xf4+ 51. Ke5 Kd7 $17) 49... Rxg4+ 50. Ke5 Rg7 $15) 48... Kg6 49. Rxf8 {And now Rhh8 would win.} Kxh5 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 50. Ke4 Re1+ (50... Ne3 $2 51. Rh8+ Kg4 52. Rg8+ Kh4 53. Rxg1 $18) 51. Kxd4 Ne3 52. c3 Kg5 53. Rf3 ({Better is} 53. Bd5 $16) 53... Nf5+ $11 54. Kc5 Re3 $1 {The position is equal.} 55. Rxe3 Nxe3 56. Kd4 Kf4 57. Bd5 Nf5+ 58. Kc5 Ke5 59. Bg2 Ne3 60. Bf3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.11 (very precise) /Black=0.09 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.15"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Begic, Domagoj"]
[Black "Denic, Marin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2026"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 9,83,-32,1,-23,-21,-33,-35,-26,-17,-37,-28,-47,-30,-40,-35,-43,-8,-26,-20,-20,-20,-23,-19,-31,-16,-20,-29,-35,-39,-24,0,0,0,-50,-6,-55,0,0,0,-34,0,0,0,0,6,4,5,5,15,28,19,16,23,18,18,18,71,11,10,13,52,8,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d3 c5 3. c3 Nc6 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. h3 {[#]} h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 5... e6 6. e3 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. d4 O-O 9. Bd3 c4 10. Bc2 b5 11. Nbd2 b4 {1-0 (62) Simard,M-Ivanovs,A (1784) Tartu 2022}) 6. Qc2 {A06: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 d5.} Bf5 7. Nbd2 e6 8. e4 {Black is slightly better.} Bh7 9. Be2 Be7 10. a3 Rc8 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfe1 Qb6 13. Rad1 c4 14. Be3 Bc5 15. Bxc5 Qxc5 16. Bf1 b5 17. Qc1 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. dxe4 e5 20. Nh4 Rfd8 21. Re3 (21. Nf5 $11) 21... Ne7 22. Rd2 (22. Qc2 $11 {is superior.}) 22... g5 ({Black should try} 22... a5 $15) 23. Nf3 $11 Ng6 24. Qd1 Qc7 25. g3 Rxd2 26. Qxd2 Rd8 27. Qc2 a6 {[%cal Ba7a6,Ba6b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 28. a4 Nd7 29. axb5 axb5 30. b3 Nb6 31. bxc4 Nxc4 32. Rd3 Nd6 (32... Rd6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 33. Rd5 ({White should play} 33. Qd1 $16) 33... b4 $1 34. c4 {[%cal Bc3c4,Bc4c5][%mdl 32]} Rc8 (34... Rb8 $5 {[%cal Rb4b3]}) 35. Qb1 Rb8 {The position is equal.} 36. c5 Nb5 37. Qxb4 Nd4 38. Qa3 Rb3 $1 39. Qa8+ Rb8 40. Qa3 {[#] Threatens to win with Bc4.} Rb3 $1 41. Qa8+ Rb8 42. Qa3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.13 (very precise) /Black=0.13 (very precise)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.15"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Babic, Zvonko"]
[Black "Ruzic, Pia Marie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "1996"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 27,105,23,22,10,18,8,41,25,39,0,0,0,0,-63,-78,-71,0,0,-3,-75,-12,-23,-31,-28,-31,-44,0,-43,-48,-56,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-56,-49,-47,735,720,694,717,672,287,275,201,229,210,270,-325,238,272,250,217,217,195,195,144,292,188,425,415,737,710,29968,6358,6358,6358,6358,6358,6358,6358,5704,5348,6358,6358,1418,828]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d6 5. O-O e5 6. d3 h6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Rb1 a5 9. a3 {[%cal Ba2a3,Ba3b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Nc6 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 Be6 12. b5 Ne7 13. Bb2 Qd7 14. Ra1 Bh3 15. Qb3 {A26: English Opening vs King's Indian with ...Nc6 and d3.} Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Nh5 17. h3 {White is slightly better.} Kh7 {[#]} 18. Na4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18. Ra3 Rxa3 19. Qxa3 f5 20. Ra1 g5 21. Qa7 b6 22. Qb7 Nf6 23. Ra7 g4 24. hxg4 fxg4 {1-0 (42) Wrba,K (2430)-Rakay,K (2325) ICCF corr 1995}) 18... g5 19. c5 Ng6 {[%cal Og6f4] ( -> ...Ngf4+!)} 20. Rh1 ({White should try} 20. e3 $11) 20... d5 $15 21. Nc3 d4 (21... Rxa1 $17 22. Bxa1 c6) 22. Ne4 Rxa1 23. Bxa1 (23. Rxa1 $11 {remains equal.} g4 24. hxg4 Nhf4+ 25. gxf4 Qxg4+ 26. Kf1 (26. Ng3 exf4 27. Nh2 Nh4+ 28. Kh1 Qh3 $15)) 23... Qe7 (23... f5 $17 24. Ned2 Nf6) 24. Bb2 $11 f5 25. Ned2 Rd8 {Strongly threatening ...e4.} (25... Qxc5 $2 26. Ba3 Qc3 27. Bxf8 Qxb3 28. Nxb3 $18) 26. Qc4 Ra8 (26... c6 $5 {[%cal Rc6b5]}) 27. Bc1 c6 28. Nb3 Bf8 (28... Qd7 $15 29. bxc6 Qxc6) 29. h4 {[%cal Rh4g5]} cxb5 30. Qxb5 {[%cal Rh4g5]} g4 31. Ng5+ Kg7 (31... hxg5 32. hxg5 Kg8 33. c6 (33. Rxh5 Ra2 $11)) 32. Ne6+ Qxe6 $15 33. Qxb7+ Qf7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (33... Be7 $15 34. Qxa8 Qxb3) 34. Bxh6+ $1 $18 (34. Qxa8 Qxb3 35. c6 Qd5+ 36. Kh2 Bd6 $14) 34... Kg8 35. Qxa8 Qxb3 36. Qc6 (36. Ra1 $142) 36... Ne7 37. Qa6 {[%cal Oh1b1] Threatens to win with Rb1!} Qd5+ {[#]} 38. Kh2 $1 {And now Ra1 would win.} Qc6 39. Qa7 {[%mdl 8192] The board is on fire.} Bxh6 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (39... Qxh6 $19 {avoids the disaster.} 40. Ra1 Qd2 41. Qa2+ Qxa2 42. Rxa2 Kf7) 40. Qxe7 Bf8 41. Qg5+ Ng7 42. Rc1 Kf7 43. Qd8 (43. h5 $18 {Black must now prevent h6.} Be7 44. Qg6+ Qxg6 45. hxg6+ Kxg6 46. c6) 43... Bxc5 (43... Ne6 $16 {was necessary.} 44. Qb6 Qc7) 44. Qb8 Qd5 (44... Qd6 {might work better.} 45. Qb7+ Kg6) 45. h5 Nxh5 (45... Ne6 $142 46. h6 Qd6 47. Qxd6 Bxd6) 46. Qb5 Nxg3 47. Kxg3 {KQR-KQB} f4+ {White is clearly winning.} 48. Kh2 g3+ 49. fxg3 Qa2 50. Qc4+ ({Inferior is} 50. Rxc5 Qxe2+ 51. Kh3 Qh5+ 52. Kg2 Qe2+ 53. Kh3 Qh5+ 54. Kg2 Qe2+ 55. Kh3 $11) 50... Qxc4 51. Rxc4 fxg3+ 52. Kxg3 Bd6 53. Kf3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.58/Black=0.69} 1-0

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.15"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Brigljevic, Milan"]
[Black "Colev, Ivor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2161"]
[BlackElo "1950"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c4 d6 6. Nc3 e5 7. e4 fxe4 8. Ng5 O-O 9. Ngxe4 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 Nc6 11. d3 Bf5 12. Be3 Kh8 13. Qd2 Qd7 14. b4 Bh3 15. b5 Ne7 16. Bh6 Bxg2 17. Bxg7+ Kxg7 18. Kxg2 d5 19. Nc5 Qf5 20. Qe2 b6 21. g4 Qc8 22. Qxe5+ Kf7 23. Na6 Qxg4+ 24. Qg3 Qh5 25. h3 Nf5 26. Qg4 Rac8 27. cxd5 Nh4+ 28. Kg3 Nf5+ 29. Kh2 Qxg4 30. hxg4 Ne7 31. Rac1 Nxd5 32. Kg3 Rfe8 33. Rc4 Re2 34. Rfc1 Re7 35. Rd4 Nf6 36. Rc6 Ne8 37. Nb4 Re6 38. Rf4+ Ke7 39. Nd5+ Kd7 40. Rf7+ Kd8 41. Rxe6 1-0

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.15"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Basaric, Srdjan"]
[Black "Roska, Branislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2024"]
[BlackElo "2153"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 9,39,21,57,60,53,52,46,37,89,71,82,70,135,130,136,97,93,90,92,86,107,92,92,83,117,79,78,75,83,66,97,91]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nge2 a6 4. g3 {[%cal Bg2g3,Bg3g4][%mdl 32]} Nc6 5. Bg2 e5 6. O-O {B23: Closed Sicilian: Lines without g3.} d6 7. d3 {[#]} h5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Nf6 8. f4 exf4 9. Nxf4 Be6 10. Nfd5 Be7 11. Nxe7 Qxe7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 {1-0 (39) Skocik,J (1921)-Vagovic,M (1610) Slovakia 2015}) 8. h3 {White is slightly better.} h4 {[#]} (8... Nf6 $14) 9. g4 $1 $16 g5 {Prevents f4.} 10. Nd5 {[%cal Oc1g5,Bc3d5,Bd5e3,Be3f5][%mdl 32] aiming for Bxg5!} Be6 (10... Bh6 $14) 11. c3 f6 12. Ne3 {White is more active.} Nge7 13. d4 {[#] Black must now prevent d5.} Bf7 14. Re1 Ng6 15. Nf5 Qc7 16. Be3 Be7 17. Ng7+ Kf8 18. Nf5 Kg8 19. Qd2 Kh7 20. Red1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.10 (very precise) /Black=0.16 (very precise)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.15"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Starcevic, Ante Leon"]
[Black "Jakovic, Roko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2152"]
[BlackElo "1921"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 17,81,56,81,70,73,68,80,66,103,94,125,112,143,141,163,126,124,77,144,134,191,203,225,222,234,239,217,209,366,366,418,416,414,397,410,391,420,414,424,260,259,218,399,374,750,743,739,698,696,651,837,817,822,788,1200,956,1651,1132,7810,6213,29963,29964,29980,29981,6211,6133]} 1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bc4 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Bg4 10. h3 {B10: Caro-Kann: 2 d3 and 2 c4.} Bxf3 11. Qxf3 ({Reject} 11. gxf3 Qc8 12. Bb3 Qxh3 $15) 11... Nbd7 12. Re1 {Inhibits Ne5. White is better.} Nb6 13. d3 {White is more active.} Rc8 14. Bb3 Qd7 15. Be3 Rfd8 {[%cal Rb6d5]} 16. Bxb6 axb6 17. Qe3 (17. Re2 $142) 17... b5 ({Better is} 17... Ne8) 18. Qxe7 $16 Qxe7 (18... Ne8 $16 {was worth a try.} 19. Qxd7 Rxd7 20. Nxb5 Bxb2) 19. Rxe7 $18 b4 {[#]} 20. Ne4 Nxd5 21. Rxb7 {[#]} h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 21... Bxb2 22. Rb1 Be5 23. Re1 Nc7 24. Ng5 Bf4 25. Nxf7 Rxd3 26. Ne5+ {1-0 (26) Peters,A (2315)-Mertens,M Leipzig 1996}) 22. Rb1 Nc7 $2 (22... Kf8 23. Nd2 Ne7) 23. Rc1 ({Don't take} 23. Rxb4 Rb8 $18) 23... Ne6 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Bxe6 fxe6 26. Rxb4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rc1+ 27. Kh2 Rd1 28. Rb3 {Threatens to win with a4.} Ra1 29. a3 {Hoping for Rb4.} Rb1 $2 (29... Be5+ 30. g3 Ra2) 30. Nd2 Rxb2 (30... Be5+ 31. g3 Rxb2) 31. Rxb2 Bxb2 {KB-KN} 32. Nc4 Bd4 33. Kg3 Kf7 34. f4 Kf6 35. Kf3 g5 36. fxg5+ hxg5 37. a4 {[%cal Ba3a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} e5 38. Ke4 {White wants to mate with a5.} Ke6 39. a5 Kf6 40. a6 Ke6 {[#]} 41. Nxe5 $1 {[%mdl 512] Weighted Error Value: White=0.22 (precise) /Black=0.42} 1-0

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.15"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Dzaja, Martin Zorislav"]
[Black "Fajdetic, Hrvoje"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A96"]
[WhiteElo "1974"]
[BlackElo "2151"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 13,75,42,53,72,66,50,70,14,24,37,61,54,70,54,53,58,68,24,100,115,112,106,114,114,164,156,270,260,235,62,192,-23,-30,-60,-60,-115,-114,-115,-58,-98,-89,-104,-119,-118,-23,-23,0,-108,-113,-117,-102,-110,-40,-54,-52,-121,-119,-117,-74,-83,-35,-46,27,28]} 1. Nf3 e6 2. c4 f5 3. d4 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Nxe4 {A96: Classical Dutch: Fluid Systems: Early deviations.} fxe4 9. Nd2 d5 10. Qb3 (10. f3 $14) 10... Kh8 11. f3 {[#]} exf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Bf6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. fxe4 Bxd4+ 14. e3 Rxf1+ 15. Kxf1 Bb6 16. exd5 Na6 17. Nc4 Nc5 {1-0 (28) Cesal,J (2136)-Bevan,P (1901) Prague 2020}) 12. Nxf3 Nc6 13. Bd2 {[%cal Bc1d2,Bd2c3,Bc3b4][%mdl 32] Prevents Na5.} Bf6 14. Bc3 Ne7 15. Bb4 c6 (15... a5 $11 {remains equal.} 16. Bxe7 Qxe7) 16. Rad1 b6 17. e4 {White is more active.} dxe4 18. Ne5 Bb7 (18... Bxe5 $16 {is a better defense.} 19. Rxf8+ (19. dxe5 Rxf1+ 20. Kxf1 Qe8 $16) 19... Qxf8) 19. Bxe4 $18 {Black must now prevent Qf3.} Qc7 (19... Bxe5 $16 20. Rxf8+ (20. dxe5 Rxf1+ 21. Kxf1 Qe8 $16) 20... Qxf8) 20. Qf3 g6 21. Qg2 $2 ({White must play} 21. Qxf6+ $18 Rxf6 22. Rxf6) 21... Rae8 {[#]} (21... Rad8 $1 $14) 22. Qh3 $2 (22. Rxf6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Rxf6 23. Bc3) 22... Bxe5 $11 23. Rxf8+ Rxf8 24. dxe5 ({Better is} 24. Bxe7 $15 Qxe7 25. dxe5) 24... c5 $17 25. Bxb7 {[%cal Ob7g2]} Qxb7 (25... cxb4 $17 26. Qh6 Kg8) 26. Bc3 Qf3 27. Rf1 Qe3+ 28. Kh1 Qe4+ (28... Nf5 $1 $17 {...Qe4+ is the strong threat.} 29. Qg2 Qd3) 29. Kg1 $11 Qe3+ (29... Rf5 $11) 30. Kh1 $17 Nf5 $1 31. Qg2 {Against Qe4} Qd3 {[%cal Of5g3] Strongly threatening ...Nxg3+!} 32. Kg1 {[#]} Rd8 ({Weaker is} 32... Qxc4 33. g4 $15) ({Black should try} 32... h5 $1 $17 33. Qf3 Qxc4) 33. Qf3 $15 h5 ({Don't play} 33... Qxc4 34. g4 $14) 34. b3 (34. Qxd3 $15 Rxd3 35. Rf2) 34... Qxf3 35. Rxf3 Kg7 36. Kf2 {[#]} g5 (36... Rd1 $1 $17) 37. Ke2 Rd7 {[#]} (37... Kg6 $15) 38. Rxf5 $1 {[%mdl 32768] Weighted Error Value: White=0.37/Black=0.33. Loss on time!?} 1-0

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.15"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Bouget, Alexandre"]
[Black "Jakupec, Denis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2282"]
[BlackElo "2004"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 16,41,34,22,27,24,36,22,23,44,27,0,65,56,62,66,72,73,73,50,96,96,97,102,125,86,535,513]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 h6 9. Be3 Ng4 {E92: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5: 7 dxe5, 7 Be3 and Petrosian System without 7...Nbd7.} 10. Bd2 f5 11. h3 Nf6 {The position is equal.} 12. exf5 gxf5 13. Qc1 Kh7 ({Black should try} 13... f4 $11) 14. g4 $14 Na6 $1 15. g5 $36 {[%cal Rg5h6][%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} hxg5 16. Nxg5+ Kh8 {[#]} 17. h4 $146 {White is more active.} ({Predecessor:} 17. Qc2 c6 18. O-O-O Nb4 19. Qb3 Qc7 20. Kb1 Bd7 21. Rhg1 Rae8 22. Bc1 Na6 23. Qc2 {0-1 (66) Jepson,C (2417)-Burwick,M (2236) Sweden 2017}) 17... Nc5 (17... Qe7 $14) 18. Qc2 $16 Qe7 19. O-O-O Bd7 20. Be3 Ng4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (20... a4 $16 {is a better chance.}) 21. Bxg4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.07 (flawless) /Black=0.70} 1-0

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.15"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Havas, Janko"]
[Black "Pal, Rohan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2143"]
[BlackElo "1935"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 15,85,-15,-10,-39,-50,-41,-51,-54,-52,-52,-27,-54,-65,-67,-62,-66,-34,-54,-20,-56,-18,-20,8,0,7,12,14,-10,19,25,44,58,106,108,102,70,93,102,110,104,91,94,129,21,93,93,125,27,27,27,27,27,45,20,1677,16,16,0,24,24,236,215,355,337,12839,12839,12840,12840,12841,12841,12840,6177]} 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Nd2 Bd6 5. Bg3 c5 6. c3 Qc7 7. Ngf3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. e4 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4.} cxd4 10. cxd4 {[#] And now e5 would win.} dxe4 11. Bxe4 {Black is slightly better.} Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Bb4+ 13. Ned2 {[#] Pair of Knights!} Qc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Qa5 14. O-O Nf6 15. Nc4 Qd5 16. Ne3 Qa5 17. Nc4 Qd8 18. Qb3 Be7 19. Rac1 b6 {0-1 (36) Menezes,C (2400)-Bacrot,E (2718) Karlsruhe 2018}) 14. a3 Bxd2+ 15. Qxd2 Nf6 (15... b6 $5 {[%cal Rc8a6]} 16. Rc1 Qb5 $15) 16. Rc1 Qd5 17. Be5 Qe4+ 18. Qe3 Qg6 19. Nh4 Qh5 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Nf3 b6 22. Qf4 Bb7 23. Qxf6 Bxf3 (23... Qg6 $14 24. Qf4 (24. Qxg6+ fxg6 25. Ke2 Rf4 $11) 24... f6) 24. gxf3 $16 (24. Qxf3 Qxf3 25. gxf3 Kg7 $14) 24... Qg6 {Inhibits Rg1.} 25. Qf4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Rac8 26. Kd2 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Rd8 28. Rc7 Rd5 29. Ke2 ({White should try} 29. Rxa7 $16 {Hoping for Ra6.} e5 30. Qg3 (30. Ra8+ Kg7 $16)) 29... e5 (29... Kg7 $11) 30. Qg3 Rb5 31. Qxg6+ ({Of course not} 31. Rxa7 $6 Rxb2+ 32. Kf1 Qxg3 33. hxg3 exd4 $11) (31. b4 $16) 31... hxg6 {KR-KR} 32. b4 ({Reject} 32. Rxa7 Rxb2+ 33. Ke1 exd4 $11) 32... a5 33. Rc4 Kg7 34. Kd3 (34. a4 $5 {[%cal Ra4b5]} Rd5 35. dxe5 $14) 34... Kf6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (34... exd4 $11 35. Rxd4 (35. Kxd4 Rh5 $14) 35... axb4 36. Rxb4 Rf5) 35. dxe5+ $2 (35. Rc6+ $18 Ke7 36. Kc4) 35... Kxe5 $11 36. a4 Rd5+ 37. Ke3 b5 $2 (37... Kd6 $11) 38. Re4+ $18 Kd6 (38... Kf6 {was worth a try.}) 39. bxa5 {aiming for Rd4.} b4 $2 {[#]} (39... Kc6 40. a6 b4 41. Rxb4 Ra5) 40. Rd4 $1 {White is clearly winning.} Kc5 41. Rxd5+ Kxd5 42. Kd3 Kc5 43. Kc2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.48/Black=0.39} 1-0

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.15"]
[Round "2.13"]
[White "Gal, Andrej"]
[Black "Gal, Moshe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "1878"]
[BlackElo "2111"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 16,74,9,-22,-20,-138,-107,-228,-226,-358,-325,-354,-344,-396,-357,-362,-312,-626,-711,-697,-680,-658,-609,-591,-439,-526,-584,-560,-559,-590,-590,-589,-574,-579,-561,-1231,-906,-1766,-1631,-1481,-1230,-2518,-1244,-1241,-1230,-943,-677,-749,-727,-795,-823,-1245,-785,-4810,-1447,-29991,-29986,-29992,-29992,-29994,-29995]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 {[%cal Bc2c4,Bc4b5,Bb5b6][%mdl 32]} c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 e6 6. Nc3 Nxd5 7. Nxd5 exd5 8. Qxd5 Nc6 9. Bg5 Qxb6 {A57: Benko/Volga Gambit.} 10. O-O-O (10. Qe4+ $11 Be7 11. Bxe7 Nxe7 12. Qxa8) 10... Rb8 $17 {[%csl Gb8][%cal Rb6b2]} 11. Rd2 (11. b3 $17 {keeps fighting.}) 11... d6 $1 $19 {[%cal Bd7d6,Bd6d5][%mdl 32] [#] Threatens to win with ...Be6. Black is clearly better.} 12. g3 $146 (12. Nf3 {was worth a try.}) ({Predecessor:} 12. b3 Be6 13. Qe4 d5 14. Rxd5 c4 15. Qxc4 Ba3+ 16. Kb1 O-O 17. e4 Bxd5 18. exd5 Nb4 19. Bd3 Rbc8 20. Qe4 Nxd3 21. Qxd3 Qf6 {0-1 (21) Cvorovic,D (2425)-Horvath,C (2500) Mravinci 1995}) 12... Be6 13. Qe4 h6 14. Be3 d5 15. Qa4 Bd6 16. Bf4 $2 (16. Bh3 O-O 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Nf3) 16... Bxf4 17. gxf4 O-O 18. e3 c4 {[%cal Oc4c3] Strongly threatening ...c3!} 19. Ne2 Rfc8 20. Qa3 c3 21. Nxc3 d4 22. exd4 Nxd4 23. Bd3 Nb5 24. Bxb5 axb5 {[%cal Ba6b5,Bb5b4,Bb4c3][%mdl 32]} 25. Rd6 Qb7 {Hoping for ...b4.} 26. Rg1 b4 {[%mdl 64] Pin, Deflection, Double Attack} 27. Qa5 bxc3 28. b3 {[#]} Qe4 (28... Bxb3 $142 $1 29. Qe5 f6 30. Rxf6 Bxa2) 29. Qe5 Qxe5 30. fxe5 Rc5 {aiming for ...Ra8.} 31. f4 Rb4 32. Rf1 Bf5 33. Rd8+ Kh7 {( -> ...Ra5)} 34. Rf8 {[#]} Rc7 (34... Rxb3 $142 $3 {[%mdl 512]} 35. axb3 Ra5) 35. h4 Rd4 {Black mates.} 36. a4 Rd2 37. Rf3 Ra2 {Black took control after the opening.  Weighted Error Value: White=1.44/Black=0.59} 0-1

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.15"]
[Round "2.14"]
[White "Horvat, Damjan"]
[Black "Grgantov, Marin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2072"]
[BlackElo "2048"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. e3 Qb6 6. Qb3 c4 7. Qc2 Bf5 8. Qc1 e6 9. Be2 Be7 10. Bd1 O-O 11. Bc2 Ne4 12. Nbd2 Qd8 13. O-O g5 14. Bg3 h5 15. h3 Nxg3 16. fxg3 Bxc2 17. Qxc2 g4 18. hxg4 hxg4 19. Nh2 f5 20. Nxg4 Bd6 21. Nh6+ Kg7 22. Nxf5+ exf5 23. Rxf5 Qe7 24. Nf1 Qe6 25. g4 Ne7 26. Rg5+ Kf6 27. Rh5 Qxg4 28. Rh6+ Ng6 29. Nh2 Bxh2+ 30. Rxh2 Kg7 31. b3 b5 32. bxc4 bxc4 33. Rb1 Rf7 34. Rh3 Raf8 35. Re1 Re7 36. Kh2 Ref7 37. Re2 Rh8 38. Rf2 Rxh3+ 39. gxh3 Qe6 40. Rg2 Rf1 41. Rg3 Qf5 42. Qxf5 Rxf5 43. Kg2 Kf6 44. Rg4 Rg5 45. Kf3 Rxg4 46. Kxg4 Ne7 47. Kf4 Ng6+ 48. Kg4 a5 49. h4 Ne7 50. Kf4 Nf5 51. e4 Nxh4 52. exd5 Nf5 53. d6 Nxd6 54. d5 Ke7 55. Ke5 Nb5 56. a3 Kd7 57. d6 Kc6 58. d7 Kxd7 59. Kd5 Nxa3 60. Kc5 Kc7 0-1

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.15"]
[Round "2.15"]
[White "Prihoda, Leonardo"]
[Black "Vucenovic, Damian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D61"]
[WhiteElo "1995"]
[BlackElo "2053"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. Bd3 Re8 9. O-O Nf8 10. Ne5 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nd5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Ne4 Ng6 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Nd2 b6 16. Bxd5 cxd5 17. Nf3 g5 18. h3 a5 19. Rfc1 Ba6 20. Qc7 Qxc7 21. Rxc7 f6 22. Rac1 Rac8 23. Nd2 Rxc7 24. Rxc7 Rc8 25. Rxc8+ Bxc8 26. f3 Kf7 27. Kf2 Ba6 28. Kg3 Bd3 29. h4 gxh4+ 30. Kxh4 Kg6 31. g4 e5 32. f4 e4 33. f5+ Kh6 34. Nb3 Bc4 35. Nc1 b5 36. b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.15"]
[Round "2.16"]
[White "Vanden Bussche, Steven"]
[Black "Krikunov, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2026"]
[BlackElo "2202"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 9,86,-6,0,0,0,0,20,0,8,-4,23,16,16,18,10,0,8,10,27,18,25,19,34,16,41,11,64,16,16,18,30,25,24,30,59,52,44,21,19,31,33,20,27,23,25,27,25,25,38,15,8,12,12,10,8,8,12,8,12,4,6,4,4,0,20,14,22,16,39,39,39,39,55,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 Bf5 4. c3 e6 5. Qb3 Qc8 6. Nd2 {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines.} Be7 7. Ngf3 O-O 8. Be2 Nbd7 9. O-O c5 10. c4 {[#]} Qc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... cxd4 11. exd4 Qd8 12. c5 Ne4 13. Rfd1 b6 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. c6 Nf6 16. c7 Qc8 {1-0 (26) Dahl,M (1942)-Gronn,E (1665) Oslo 2018}) 11. cxd5 exd5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Qd1 {aiming for Nd4.} Ne6 14. Be5 Rac8 15. Nb3 {[#] Black must now prevent Nfd4.} Bc2 16. Qe1 Qa4 17. Bd1 Nd7 (17... Bg6 $11) 18. Bc3 (18. Bxc2 $1 $14 {deserves consideration.} Rxc2 19. Bc3) 18... Bxd1 $11 19. Qxd1 Bf6 20. Qxd5 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Qc6 22. Qxc6 Rxc6 23. Na5 Rc7 24. Nd4 b6 25. Nab3 Rxc3 26. Nb5 {[%csl LRa7,LRc3]} Rc2 27. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 28. Rxc1 Ndc5 29. Nxa7 Ra8 30. Nb5 {[%cal Ba7b5,Bb5c3,Bc3e4][%mdl 32]} Rxa2 31. Nxc5 bxc5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 32. Nc3 Ra5 33. Kf1 Kf8 34. Ke2 Ke7 35. Rd1 Nc7 36. Rd2 Ra3 37. Ne4 Ne6 38. f4 g6 39. g4 f5 40. gxf5 gxf5 41. Nd6 (41. Ng3 $1 $14) 41... Nd4+ {The position is equal.} 42. exd4 Kxd6 43. dxc5+ Kxc5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.08 (flawless) /Black=0.10 (very precise)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.15"]
[Round "2.17"]
[White "Franc, Borna"]
[Black "Cvitkovic, Filip"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2020"]
[BlackElo "2164"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 13,103,-50,-24,-17,0,0,0,0,0,-23,-15,-10,-17,-34,-36,-25,90,-2,0,-2,-2,-31,-32,-28,-8,-45,-22,-18,-12,-47,-11,-34,0,0,0,-62,-61,-107,0,-121,-83,-85,-89,-87,0,0,145,138,254,237,248,234,253,227,224,125,125,126,115,121,120,106,108,81,82,54,54,63,49,37,37,19,19,19,19,19,37,19,37,19,19,19,19,19,19,19,19,19,19,19,19,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Bc4 e6 6. Nf3 a6 7. O-O Bc5 8. e5 {B21: Sicilian: 2 f4 and Morra Gambit.} d5 {Prevents Ne4.} 9. exd6 $1 Bxd6 10. Ne4 Be7 11. Qe2 Nf6 {[#]} 12. Rd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Bf4 Nd4 13. Qd3 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 O-O 16. Rfd1 Qb6 17. Be5 Qc6 18. Qg4 {1-0 (24) Siva,M (2349)-Nurmanova,A (2240) Chess.com INT 2022}) 12... Qc7 13. Bg5 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Ne5 {[#]} 15. Bxe7 {White is much more active. The black rooks are badly placed.} (15. Nxe5 $6 Bxg5 16. Bd3 Bf6 17. Qa4+ Bd7 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 $11) (15. Qxe5 Qxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxg5 $15) (15. Rac1 $1 $16 Nc6 16. Bf4) 15... Nxf3+ $11 16. Qxf3 Qxe7 17. Bb3 O-O 18. Rac1 a5 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 19. Qg3 a4 20. Bc2 g6 (20... e5 {keeps more tension.} 21. Rd5 a3 22. bxa3 Be6) 21. h4 Qf6 22. h5 Qxb2 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Be4 ({White should play} 24. Bxg6 $11 Qg7 25. Bxf7+ Rxf7 26. Rd8+ Rf8 27. Qd6) 24... Qf6 $1 $15 (24... Qxa2 25. Bxg6 fxg6 26. Qxg6+ Kh8 27. Qh5+ Kg8 28. Qg5+ Kh8 29. Qh4+ Kg8 30. Qg3+ Kh8 31. Rc7) 25. Rc7 {[#]} (25. Rd3 $15) 25... Kg7 (25... e5 $1 $17 {Strongly threatening ...Rb8.} 26. a3 Be6) 26. Rdc1 (26. Bxg6 $1 $11 Qxg6 27. Qe5+ Qf6 28. Qg3+ Qg6 29. Qe5+ Qf6 30. Qg3+ Qg6) 26... e5 27. Bxg6 Qxg6 28. Qxe5+ Qf6 (28... Kg8 $17 {And now ...Bh3 would win.} 29. R7c3 Bg4) 29. Qg3+ $11 Kh8 (29... Qg6 $11 {remains equal.} 30. Qe5+ Kg8) 30. R7c5 $16 {White threatens Rh5+ and mate.} Bf5 (30... Qh6 $16 {is a better defense.}) 31. Qf4 $18 Ra6 {Hoping for ...Bg6.} 32. Rxf5 Qg7 33. Rh5+ ({Don't take} 33. Rg5 $6 Rg6 34. Rh5+ Kg8 $16) 33... Kg8 34. Rg5 ({White should try} 34. Rcc5 $18) 34... Rg6 $16 35. Rxg6 fxg6 36. Qxa4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Qf6 37. Qb3+ Rf7 38. Rc8+ Kg7 39. Qc3 ({Reject} 39. Qh3 $6 Qxf2+ 40. Kh1 Qf1+ 41. Kh2 Qf4+ 42. Qg3 (42. Kh1 Qf1+ 43. Kh2 Qf4+ 44. Qg3 Qd4 $11) 42... Qd4 $11) 39... Qxc3 40. Rxc3 $14 {KR-KR} Rd7 41. g3 Rd2 42. Rc7+ Kf6 43. Rxb7 Rxa2 44. Kg2 Ra3 45. Rb5 Rc3 46. g4 g5 {The position is equal.} 47. Rf5+ Kg6 48. Ra5 Rc6 49. Kg3 Rc3+ 50. f3 Rc2 51. Ra6+ Kg7 52. Ra5 {Blacks defense is rewarded with a draw.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.20 (precise) /Black=0.26 (precise)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.15"]
[Round "2.18"]
[White "Peric, Bernard"]
[Black "Draganic, Stjepan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A59"]
[WhiteElo "2112"]
[BlackElo "2025"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 22,119,53,31,62,11,11,0,0,0,6,-9,-4,-25,0,-61,-69,-72,-68,-74,-74,-156,-88,-189,-170,-187,-180,-177,-179,-210,-169,-164,-74,-86,-38,-102,-69,-363,-341,-338,-350,-364,-364,-370,-354,-386,-293,-468,-345,-573,-333,-432,-456,-456,-446,-449,-416,-414,-304,-317,-326,-394,-376,-382,-376,-352,-300,-380,-344,-383,-372,-357,-343,-394,-313,-353,-360,-388,-406,-392,-196,-733,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 d6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. e4 Bxf1 8. Kxf1 Nbd7 9. g3 g6 10. Kg2 Bg7 11. f4 O-O 12. Nf3 Qb6 {A59: Benko/Volga Gambit: White castles by hand.} 13. Qe2 (13. Re1 $14) 13... Ne8 14. e5 Nc7 {[#]} 15. Rd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. h4 e6 16. dxe6 Nxe6 17. Nd5 Qb7 18. Ne7+ Kh8 19. h5 g5 20. h6 Bxe5 21. fxe5 {0-1 (29) Perkampus,L (2086)-Graf,L (1984) Playchess.com INT 2020}) 15... Rfb8 16. b3 Qa6 17. Qxa6 Rxa6 18. Re1 ({Better is} 18. Be3 $11) 18... Rxb3 $15 19. axb3 Rxa1 20. exd6 exd6 21. Ne4 (21. Re7 $142 Rxc1 22. Ne4) 21... Nb5 ({Not} 21... Nxd5 22. Nxd6 Bc3 23. Bd2 $11) (21... Ra6 $142 22. Nfd2 f5) 22. Bd2 (22. g4 $17) 22... Ra2 $19 23. Kh3 h6 {White must now prevent ...f5.} 24. g4 Nb6 $1 25. Rd1 Rb2 26. Ba5 Nd7 (26... Rxb3 $19 {has better winning chances.} 27. Ned2 Rb2 $1 28. Bxb6 Nc3) 27. Rd3 Nf6 (27... Re2 $17 28. Ng3 Ra2) 28. Ned2 (28. Nxf6+ $15 Bxf6 29. Nd2) 28... h5 29. gxh5 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Only move:} 29. g5 $15 Ng4 30. Kg3) 29... Nxh5 30. Re3 Nxf4+ 31. Kg4 Nxd5 32. Re8+ Bf8 {Threatens to win with ...Nf6+.} 33. Rb8 Nbc3 34. Bd8 (34. Bxc3 $142 Nxc3 35. h4) 34... Kg7 35. Bg5 $2 (35. Rb7) 35... f5+ 36. Kh4 Be7 37. Rb7 Kf8 {Strongly threatening ...Ne4.} 38. Rb8+ {[#]} Kf7 $1 {aiming for ...Ne4.} 39. Rb7 Ke6 40. Bxe7 Nxe7 41. Ng5+ Kd5 42. Nc4 Rxh2+ 43. Kg3 Rh5 44. Nh3 Ne4+ 45. Kg2 Rh7 46. Nf4+ Kd4 47. Ne2+ Kd3 48. Nf4+ Kc3 49. Ne3 {[%cal Ob7e7]} Kd4 50. Nc4 d5 (50... g5 $142 51. Ng6 {[#]} Nxg6 $1 52. Rxh7 f4) 51. Na5 $2 (51. Ne2+ Kd3 52. Nf4+ Kc3 53. Nxd5+ Nxd5 54. Rxh7) 51... g5 $2 ({Black should play} 51... Rh4 $19 52. Nh3 Nc8) 52. Rxe7 $1 $11 {[%mdl 64] And now Nc6+ would win. Remove Defender, Decoy. The position is equal.} Rxe7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KNN} 53. Nc6+ {Pair of Knights!} Kc3 {[%cal Og5f4]} 54. Nxd5+ Kxb3 55. Ncxe7 Nd6 56. Kf3 c4 57. Kg3 c3 58. Nxc3 f4+ 59. Kg4 Kxc3 60. Nd5+ {Whites escaped into a draw.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.54/Black=0.40} 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.15"]
[Round "2.19"]
[White "Maravic, Ivan"]
[Black "Lasic, Luka"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2009"]
[BlackElo "2077"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. e3 e6 6. Nc3 Bb7 7. e4 axb5 8. Bxb5 Qa5 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Bd2 Qb6 11. dxe6 fxe6 12. Nf3 O-O 13. O-O Nc6 14. e5 Nd5 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. b3 Rxf3 17. Bxc6 Rff8 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. f4 d6 20. Bc3 Rae8 21. exd6 Bxd6 22. Be5 Rf6 23. Qh5 g6 24. Qh6 Bxe5 25. fxe5 Rfe6 26. Rae1 Qe7 27. Qc1 Kg7 28. Re2 Qc7 29. Qf4 d4 30. Re4 Qa7 31. a4 Qb8 32. Qf7+ Kh8 33. Rh4 h5 34. Rf5 Rxe5 35. Qf6+ Kh7 36. Qf7+ Kh6 37. Rhxh5+ gxh5 38. Qxh5+ Kg7 39. Rf7+ 1-0

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.15"]
[Round "2.20"]
[White "Janiszewski, Maciej"]
[Black "Raljic, Mirko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2075"]
[BlackElo "2023"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Qe2 d6 7. Be3 Nf6 8. Nc3 Qe7 9. O-O-O Be6 10. h3 O-O-O 11. f4 Bxb3 12. axb3 Nxe4 13. Bxb6 Nxc3 14. Qxe7 Nxe7 15. Re1 axb6 16. Rxe7 Nd5 17. Rxf7 Rd7 18. Rxd7 Kxd7 19. g3 Re8 20. Kd2 c6 21. Bd3 h6 22. Bf5+ Kc7 23. Bg6 Re7 24. f5 Nf6 25. Rg1 b5 26. g4 Ne4+ 27. Kc1 d5 28. h4 Kd6 29. g5 hxg5 30. hxg5 Ke5 31. Re1 Kd6 32. Rg1 Ke5 33. Re1 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.15"]
[Round "2.21"]
[White "Okrosa, Marijan"]
[Black "Korov, Zvonko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2059"]
[BlackElo "2015"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 Ne4 7. Nfd2 f5 8. f3 Nxd2 9. Bxd2 O-O 10. e4 fxe4 11. fxe4 Nc6 12. Bc3 Nb4 13. Bxb4 Bxb4 14. a3 Be7 15. e5 Rxf1+ 16. Kxf1 Qf8+ 17. Kg1 Qf4 18. Bf1 Rf8 19. Nc3 Qf2+ 20. Kh1 Qxb2 21. Ne2 Be4 22. Ng3 Bg6 23. a4 a5 24. Be2 Bb4 25. h4 Bc3 26. Rc1 Bxd4 27. h5 Be3 28. hxg6 Qxc1 29. gxh7+ Kxh7 30. Qxc1 Bxc1 31. c5 Bf4 32. Ne4 bxc5 33. Nxc5 Rf7 34. Nb3 Bxe5 35. Nxa5 c6 36. Nc4 Bb8 37. a5 d5 38. Nb6 e5 39. a6 e4 0-1

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.15"]
[Round "2.22"]
[White "Kanizaj, Benjamin"]
[Black "Green, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2050"]
[BlackElo "1997"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. O-O Ne7 7. c4 Nbc6 8. Nc3 dxc4 9. dxc5 Nd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Qa4 Bd3 12. Bxd3 cxd3 13. b4 Be7 14. Bd2 O-O 15. Rfe1 a5 16. b5 Nb4 17. Bxb4 axb4 18. Qxb4 Bxc5 19. Qd2 Ra3 20. Reb1 b6 21. h3 h6 22. Rb2 Rfa8 23. Kh2 Bd4 24. Nxd4 Qxd4 25. Re1 Rd8 26. Rb4 Qc5 27. Rg4 Kf8 28. Qf4 d2 29. Rxg7 Qc7 30. Rd1 Kxg7 31. Qg4+ Kh7 32. Qb4 Rad3 33. Qe4+ f5 34. Qh4 Qxe5+ 35. f4 Qg7 36. Qf2 Rg8 37. Qe2 Qd4 38. Qxe6 Qxf4+ 39. Kh1 Rxh3+ 0-1

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.15"]
[Round "2.23"]
[White "Takac, Zvonko"]
[Black "Tomic, Stjepan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2040"]
[BlackElo "1990"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bb4 6. e3 b5 7. Ne5 Nf6 8. axb5 cxb5 9. Qf3 Qd5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. O-O Bxc3 12. bxc3 Qxf3 13. gxf3 Nbd7 14. Nxd7 Kxd7 15. e4 Rhc8 16. Be3 a6 17. Rfd1 Ke8 18. Bf1 Kf8 19. Bf4 Kg8 20. Bh3 Re8 21. Bd6 Bc8 22. Re1 h6 23. f4 Bd7 24. Bg2 Bc6 25. Be5 Nd7 26. Bd6 Nb6 27. Bc7 Na4 28. Re3 Rac8 29. Ba5 Bd7 30. Ra2 f6 31. Bf3 Kf7 32. Rd2 g6 33. h4 h5 34. Kf1 Kg8 35. d5 exd5 36. Rxd5 Bh3+ 37. Ke1 Nc5 38. Be2 Be6 39. Rd6 Kg7 40. Bb4 a5 41. Bxc5 Rxc5 42. f5 Bc8 43. fxg6 b4 44. Rd4 Be6 45. Kd2 b3 46. f4 a4 47. f5 a3 48. Kc1 a2 49. Kb2 Ra8 50. Rd1 Rca5 51. Ra1 Rd8 52. Bd3 cxd3 53. fxe6 d2 54. e7 d1=Q 55. Rxd1 Rxd1 56. Kxb3 0-1

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.15"]
[Round "2.24"]
[White "Baric, Marko"]
[Black "Mesko, Andrej"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1948"]
[BlackElo "2033"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. c3 e6 7. Be3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Nxe5 9. Bb5+ Nc6 10. Bd4 a6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. O-O Nf6 13. Nd2 Be7 14. b4 Qc7 15. Rfe1 O-O 16. a3 Rfd8 17. Qe2 Qf4 18. Be5 Qg4 19. Nb3 Qxe2 20. Rxe2 Nd7 21. Bd4 Rac8 22. Na5 e5 23. Be3 Bf6 24. Rd1 Nf8 25. Bc1 Ne6 26. Bb2 Nf4 27. Ree1 e4 28. Nb7 Rf8 29. Re3 Nd3 30. Ba1 Bg5 31. Re2 f5 32. Nd6 Rcd8 33. Rc2 Rd7 34. c4 Bf4 35. cxd5 cxd5 36. b5 Bxd6 37. cxd6 Rxd6 38. Rc7 Rf7 39. Rc8+ Rf8 40. Rc7 Rf7 41. Rc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.15"]
[Round "2.25"]
[White "Starcevic, Danijel"]
[Black "Faukovic, Matija"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "1935"]
[BlackElo "2026"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 f5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e3 d5 6. cxd5 Nb4 7. d3 Nfxd5 8. Nxd5 Nxd5 9. Nf3 Bd6 10. O-O Be6 11. e4 fxe4 12. Ng5 Qd7 13. Bxe4 O-O-O 14. Nxe6 Qxe6 15. Qf3 Ne7 16. Bxb7+ Kd7 17. Bg5 Bc5 18. Rac1 Bd4 19. Bxe7 Kxe7 20. Rxc7+ Rd7 21. Bc8 Rxc7 22. Bxe6 Kxe6 23. Kg2 g6 24. Qg4+ Kf7 25. f4 Kg7 26. fxe5 Bxe5 27. Qe6 Bxb2 28. d4 Bxd4 29. Qd6 Rc2+ 30. Kh3 Bb2 31. Qe7+ Kh6 32. Rf7 Rc4 33. Qe3+ Kh5 34. Qe2+ 1-0

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.16"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Vrban, Mladen"]
[Black "Brigljevic, Milan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "2297"]
[BlackElo "2161"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 9,84,-4,0,0,26,12,2,-4,9,11,7,9,6,7,4,-64,-48,-137,-122,-114,-120,-139,-70,-84,-102,-91,-93,-85,-76,-117,-72,-100,12,-150,-87,-75,-8,-124,-108,-123,0,0,0,-131,-131,-171,-158,-147,0,0,0,0,0,0,20,0,0,0,13,21,8,3,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7]} 1. e4 d6 2. f4 e5 3. d3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 {C30: King's Gambit Declined.} h6 7. O-O Nge7 8. Be3 {[#]} O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Nd4 9. Qd2 Be6 10. Rae1 c5 11. Nd1 Qd7 12. c3 Nxe2+ 13. Rxe2 exf4 14. Bxf4 g5 {0-1 (43) Pinski,J (2346)-Jaracz,P (2439) Krakow 1999}) 9. Qd2 exf4 10. Bxf4 g5 {[%cal Bg6g5,Bg5g4][%mdl 32]} 11. Be3 f5 12. exf5 (12. h3 $11) 12... Nxf5 $15 (12... Bxf5 13. d4 $11) 13. Bf2 (13. h3 $15) 13... g4 $17 14. Ne1 h5 15. d4 d5 {Inhibits Bc4.} (15... Nfxd4 16. Bc4+ Ne6 17. Qe2 $15) (15... Ncxd4 $17 16. Bc4+ Be6 17. Bxe6+ Nxe6) 16. Bd3 Bh6 17. Qe2 {[%cal Oc3d5]} Re8 $1 ({Don't play} 17... Ncxd4 $6 18. Bxd4 (18. Qe5 Bg7 $11) 18... Nxd4 19. Rxf8+ Qxf8 20. Qe5 $11) 18. Qd1 Ne3 19. Bxe3 Bxe3+ 20. Kh1 Qg5 {[#] Prevents Bg6.} ({Of course not} 20... Bxd4 $6 21. Bg6 Rf8 22. Nd3 $11) (20... Nxd4 $17 21. g3 Qg5) 21. Bb5 $2 ({White should play} 21. Nf3 $1 $11 gxf3 (21... Qg7 22. Nh4) 22. Qxf3) 21... Bd7 (21... h4 $142 22. Nd3 a6 23. Bxc6 bxc6) 22. Nd3 {[#]} Bxd4 (22... Rad8 $1 $17 23. Bxc6 Bxc6) 23. Ne2 (23. Nb4 $11 {keeps the balance.} Bxc3 24. bxc3) 23... Be3 24. Ndf4 Be6 {This bishop pair is nice.} (24... Re5 $17 {...Rf8 is the strong threat.} 25. c4 d4) 25. c4 $11 d4 $1 (25... dxc4 $2 26. Nxe6 Rxe6 27. Bxc4 $18) 26. Bxc6 (26. Nd5 $11) 26... bxc6 $17 27. Nxe6 Rxe6 28. Qd3 (28. Nxd4 $2 Rd6 29. Rf5 Qh6 $19) 28... Rf8 {Against Rf5} (28... h4 $17 {White must now prevent ...c5.} 29. c5 (29. Nxd4 $2 Rd6 $19) 29... Qe5) 29. Rxf8+ {The position is equal.} Kxf8 30. Nxd4 Bxd4 31. Qxd4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Qe5 32. Rf1+ Ke7 33. Qxa7 Rf6 34. Rd1 Rf4 35. Qa3+ c5 36. Qd3 Rd4 {Inhibits Qd8+.} 37. Qh7+ Kd8 {[%cal Rd4d1]} 38. Rf1 {Threatens to win with Rf8+.} Rf4 {[%cal Rf4f1] Against Rf8+} 39. Rb1 Re4 {( -> ...Re1+)} 40. Rd1+ Rd4 {[%cal Rd4d1]} 41. Rg1 Kc8 42. Qh6 Kb7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.30/Black=0.21 (precise)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.16"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Starcevic, Ante Leon"]
[Black "Buchcar, Tomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2152"]
[BlackElo "2208"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 9,79,0,22,21,31,24,25,0,12,3,34,23,39,33,39,17,27,2,18,15,3,0,37,45,34,42,101,89,180,159,158,161,158,173,237,233,279,268,265,264,260,250,262,240,279,284,260,244,269,277,275,198,361,355,349,347,382,381,393,384,500,421,493,395,447,0,441,452,481,452,495,392]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qb3 g6 6. Nc3 {D11: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 sidelines and 3...Nf6 4 e3 Bg4.} Bg7 7. a4 O-O 8. Bd3 {White has an edge.} dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. d5 $1 {Against Nc6} Nbd7 11. O-O Ne8 {[#]} 12. a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Rd1 Nd6 13. Be2 Ne5 14. Nd2 Qa5 15. Qc2 Bd7 16. Nb3 Qc7 17. a5 c4 18. Nd4 Rfc8 19. h3 {½-½ (84) Stern,R (2504)-Giemsa,S (2312) Berlin 2013}) 12... Nd6 13. Re1 b5 14. axb6 $1 Qxb6 15. e4 Rb8 16. Qxb6 Rxb6 17. Bf1 Nb5 {White leaves nothing to chance now.} (17... Rb4 $14) 18. Na4 $16 Rf6 (18... Rb7 $16) 19. Bg5 Rxf3 20. gxf3 Nd4 21. Kg2 {Threatens to win with Rac1.} ({Much less strong is} 21. Bxe7 Re8 22. Bd6 (22. Bxc5 Nxf3+ 23. Kg2 Nxe1+ 24. Rxe1 f5 $16) 22... Nxf3+ 23. Kg2 Nxe1+ 24. Rxe1 f5 $16) 21... Nc2 (21... f6 {might work better.}) 22. Bxe7 $18 Nxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Re8 24. Bxc5 Nxc5 25. Nxc5 Bxb2 26. Bxa6 Ba3 {[#]} 27. Bb5 $1 Rd8 28. Nb3 Bb2 29. f4 Bb7 30. Na5 Ba8 {[#]} (30... Bxd5 {was called for.} 31. exd5 Rxd5 32. Re8+ Kg7) 31. Nc6 Bxc6 32. Bxc6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} ({Don't take} 32. dxc6 Rc8 33. Rd1 Bc3 $18) 32... Bd4 33. e5 Kf8 34. Re4 Bc3 35. Rc4 Bd2 36. Rd4 Bc1 37. Rc4 Bd2 38. d6 {White is clearly winning.} Rc8 39. Kf3 h6 40. Ke4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.26 (precise) /Black=0.29 (precise)} 1-0

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.16"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Karlusic, Luka"]
[Black "Babic, Zvonko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2089"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 18,122,41,0,51,54,56,55,58,42,60,64,57,52,60,22,25,11,8,0,0,0,16,0,14,-4,0,0,0,-12,-18,-53,-42,-60,-60,-59,-60,-62,-48,-66,-38,-35,-16,-16,-16,-18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,0,0,0,0,0,-7,0,0,0,-25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. Nc3 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd2 g6 6. b3 Bg7 7. Bb2 Nf6 8. g3 O-O 9. Bg2 Re8 {9...Be6 is the hot move.} 10. Nh3 {[#]} Rb8 $146 {A21: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3.} (10... Bxh3 $11 11. Bxh3 d5 12. Nxd5 Ne4) ({Predecessor:} 10... d5 11. cxd5 Bxh3 12. Bxh3 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxb2 14. Rd1 Nd4 15. Qxb2 Qxd5 16. O-O Rad8 17. Bg2 Qe5 18. Kh1 Qxe2 {1-0 (58) Mamedyarov,S (2736)-Onischuk,V (2612) Berlin 2015}) 11. O-O Bxh3 12. Bxh3 Ne4 {White is slightly better.} 13. Nxe4 Rxe4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Bg2 Re8 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Qd4+ Kg8 $1 18. Rfe1 c5 19. Qc3 Qd7 20. Rad1 Qh3 21. Qf3 (21. e4 {feels hotter.} Re7 22. Re3 Rbe8 23. Rde1) 21... Re7 22. Rd5 Rbe8 23. e3 a5 24. Red1 Re4 25. Qf6 h5 26. Rg5 {[%cal Og5g6]} Qe6 27. Qxe6 R8xe6 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 28. Rgd5 h4 29. Kg2 hxg3 30. hxg3 Re8 31. Kf3 f5 32. Rg1 a4 33. g4 Rxg4 34. Rxg4 fxg4+ 35. Kxg4 $11 {KR-KR} Kg7 36. Kf3 axb3 37. axb3 Rb8 38. Rd3 Kf6 39. e4 Ra8 40. Ke3 Ra1 41. f3 Ra2 42. Kf4 Rg2 43. Rd5 g5+ 44. Ke3 Ke6 45. Rd3 c6 46. Rd2 {Prevents Rb2.} Rg1 47. Rb2 {Prevents Rb1.} Re1+ 48. Kf2 {The position is equal.} Rc1 49. Kg3 Ke5 50. Rd2 Rg1+ 51. Kf2 Rc1 52. Rd3 {Inhibits Rc3.} Rc2+ 53. Kg3 Rb2 54. Kg4 Rg2+ 55. Kh3 $1 Rg1 56. Kh2 Rb1 57. Kg3 Rc1 58. Kf2 Rh1 59. Kg2 Rh4 60. Kg3 Rf4 61. Rd1 Rf6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.05 (flawless) /Black=0.05 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.16"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Denic, Marin"]
[Black "Dzaja, Martin Zorislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[BlackElo "1974"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 12,133,0,0,0,-14,11,-7,0,-15,0,-27,-23,-21,-28,-50,-29,-29,-6,-18,-20,-11,-9,-34,-39,-81,-73,-91,-76,-85,-94,-313,-309,-319,-296,-322,-322,-395,-397,-631,-660,-652,-625,-761,-733,-715,-636,-813,-810,-795,-785,-722,-620,-520,-412,-405,-384,-704,-379,-352,-8,-92,-40,-47,-44,-27,0,0,556,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-54,0,0,0,0,59,52,206,123,123,123,120,120,120,45,52,101,552,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,294,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,29992,29993,29995,29996,29996,1077]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. Bd2 Bd6 7. Bd3 dxc4 {D45: Semi-Slav: 5 e3.} 8. Bxc4 b5 9. Bb3 Bb7 {The position is equal.} 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 {[#]} b4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... h6 12. e4 e5 13. h3 a5 14. a3 exd4 15. e5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 dxc3 17. Bxc3 c5 {1-0 (28) Baez,J (1198)-Guimaraes,J (1118) LSS email 2010}) 12. Na4 Ne4 13. Qc2 Nxd2 14. Nxd2 Qc7 (14... c5 $5) 15. h3 c5 {[%cal Bc6c5,Bc5c4][%mdl 32]} 16. Rac1 {[%cal Rd4c5]} Rac8 17. Qb1 Qc6 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Rc6g2]} 18. e4 Bf4 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black attacks with force. This bishop pair is nice.} 19. Rc2 Bxd2 20. Rxd2 c4 21. Rc1 $2 (21. Bc2 $17 {keeps fighting.}) 21... Qb5 $19 (21... Qxe4 22. Qxe4 Bxe4 23. Bxc4 $11) 22. Bd1 Qg5 {Prevents Nc5.} 23. Re2 f5 {[%cal Bf7f5,Bf5e4,Be4e3,Be3f2][%mdl 32]} 24. Bc2 b3 {[%cal Bb4b3,Bb3a2][%mdl 32]} 25. Bd1 (25. f3 $142) 25... Bxe4 26. Rxe4 fxe4 27. Bg4 bxa2 28. Qa1 Qf6 29. Rf1 e3 30. Nc3 exf2+ 31. Kh1 Nb6 32. Qxa2 Rc7 33. Qa3 Nd5 {aiming for ...Ne3.} 34. Qd6 $2 (34. Nd1 Rcf7 35. Rxf2 Qxd4 36. Qd6 Rxf2 37. Nxf2 Qxf2 38. Bxe6+ Kh8 39. Bxd5) 34... Re7 {White must now prevent ...Nxc3.} 35. Ne4 Qf7 (35... Qxd4 36. Bxe6+ Rxe6 37. Qxe6+ Kh8 38. Rxf2 $11) ({Black should try} 35... Qh6 $19 {And now ...Ree8 would win.} 36. Rxf2 Rxf2 37. Nxf2 Qc1+ 38. Kh2 Qf4+ 39. Qxf4 Nxf4) 36. Ng5 (36. Rxf2 $11 {remains equal.} Nf6 37. Ng5) 36... Qf4 (36... Qg6 $17 37. Bxe6+ Kh8 38. Qxd5 h6 39. Nf7+ Rfxf7 40. Bxf7 Qxf7 41. Qxf7 Rxf7) 37. Bxe6+ $15 Kh8 38. Qxd5 h6 (38... Qf6 $5 {[%cal Rh7h6]}) 39. Nf3 {The board is on fire.} Qe3 {[%mdl 8192]} (39... Rfe8 $11 40. Bd7 Re1 41. Qxc4 R8e2 42. Qc8+ Kh7) 40. Bg4 $2 (40. Ne5 $18 {White wants to mate with Ng6+.} Ree8 41. Ng6+ Kh7 42. Nxf8+ Rxf8 43. Bf5+ Kh8 44. Qxc4 $1) 40... Qe2 $11 {[%csl LRb2,LRf1]} 41. Nh2 Qxb2 {Hoping for ...c3.} 42. Qxc4 Re1 43. Bf5 Qb7 44. Qc5 (44. Bc2 $11) 44... Qf7 (44... Qe7 $1 $15 45. Qxe7 Rxe7) 45. Bd3 {[%cal Bf5d3,Bd3f1,Bf1c4][%mdl 32]} Rd8 46. Nf3 Rxf1+ (46... Qb3 $1 $11 47. Nxe1 (47. Rxe1 $2 Qxd3 48. Rc1 f1=Q+ 49. Rxf1 Qxf1+ 50. Kh2 Qa6 $19) 47... fxe1=R 48. Rxe1 Qxd3) 47. Bxf1 $14 Qd7 $2 (47... Qb3 $14) 48. g3 (48. Qc2 $18) 48... Qd5 $16 49. Qxd5 ({Reject} 49. Kg2 $6 Qxc5 50. dxc5 Rc8 $11) 49... Rxd5 50. Kg2 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4,Ba4a3][%mdl 32] [#]} 51. Kxf2 (51. Bc4 $1 $16 {[%cal Rc4d5]} Rd8 52. d5 (52. Kxf2 a4 $16)) 51... a4 $1 $14 52. Bc4 Ra5 {[%mdl 8192]} (52... Rd8 $16 {is tougher.}) 53. Ne5 $2 ({Only move:} 53. d5 $18 g5 54. d6) 53... a3 $11 54. Ba2 Rb5 55. Nd3 {Inhibits Rb2+.} g5 56. Ke3 Kg7 57. d5 {[%cal Bd4d5,Bd5d6,Bd6d7][%mdl 32]} Kf6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (57... Kf8 $11) 58. Kd4 $2 ({White has to play} 58. d6 $1 $18) 58... Ke7 59. Ke5 Rb6 60. Kf5 Rf6+ 61. Ke5 Rf3 {[%csl LRd3,LRg3]} 62. d6+ Kd8 63. Nb4 {Strongly threatening Be6.} Re3+ 64. Kd4 Rxg3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (64... Re2 $11) 65. Be6 {White mates.} Rg1 66. Nc6+ Ke8 67. d7+ {What a fight!  Weighted Error Value: White=0.60/Black=0.67} 1-0

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.16"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Gal, Moshe"]
[Black "Bouget, Alexandre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2111"]
[BlackElo "2282"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 9,78,2,0,-3,3,-4,-5,-9,0,12,33,32,47,27,11,2,25,10,25,29,24,20,23,33,35,0,0,0,0,0,42,38,45,44,56,63,63,53,56,56,60,63,49,58,64,66,71,12,12,12,54,-93,-93,-169,-153,-155,-160,-152,-157,-494,-500,-564,-570,-556,-576,-645,-647,-699,-708,-1354,-1294]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Nb5 Na6 6. e3 {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines.} O-O {6...0-0 is better than 6...c6.} 7. Be2 c6 8. Nc3 {The position is equal.} Qb6 9. Rb1 {[#]} Be6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. exd4 Bf5 12. a3 Rac8 13. h3 Rfd8 14. Ne5 Ne4 15. f3 Nec5 16. dxc5 Qxc5+ {0-1 (24) Skoberne,J (2562)-Sonis,F (2536) Terme Catez 2021}) 10. O-O Ne4 11. Ng5 Nxg5 12. Bxg5 f6 13. Bh4 {[%cal Ob2b4]} Bf7 14. Na4 Qa5 15. c3 {[%cal Bc2c3,Bc3b4][%mdl 32]} b5 {[#]} 16. b4 $1 Nxb4 (16... Qc7 17. Nb2) 17. cxb4 (17. Rxb4 $5 {[%cal Ra4c5]} bxa4 18. Qc2 $11) 17... Qxa4 18. Qxa4 bxa4 19. Rfc1 Rfc8 20. Ba6 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Rc7 21. a3 Rb8 22. Rc5 e5 23. Bg3 Rb6 24. Be2 Re7 25. dxe5 fxe5 26. Rbc1 Be8 27. Bh4 Rf7 28. Bg4 (28. Ra5 $16) 28... Bd7 $11 29. Bd1 e4 {...Bb2 is the strong threat.} 30. R1c2 {[#] Against Bb2} ({Don't play} 30. Bxa4 Bb2 31. Rb1 Bxa3 $17) (30. Ra5 $1 $14) 30... Bf8 $1 $17 {Black is more active.} 31. Ra5 {[#]} (31. Be2 $17 {might work better.}) 31... c5 $1 $19 32. Raxc5 Bxc5 33. Rxc5 Rc6 34. Rxd5 $2 {Loses the game.} (34. Rxc6 $17 Bxc6 35. Kf1) 34... Rc1 {Black is clearly winning.} 35. Kf1 Bg4 36. Ke1 Rfc7 37. Bf6 Kf7 38. Bb2 Rb1 {aiming for ...Bxd1.} 39. Rd2 Bxd1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.39/Black=0.05 (flawless)} 0-1

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.16"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Grgantov, Marin"]
[Black "Vujec, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2048"]
[BlackElo "2192"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 9,120,0,30,22,50,8,10,10,4,0,12,6,0,0,12,14,95,-60,23,-42,-39,-68,40,39,50,-23,-13,-28,22,14,58,52,27,27,67,41,37,44,39,11,46,0,8,-22,62,64,112,38,54,0,83,-51,-61,-45,0,-7,67,-75,-85,-198,-198,-189,-199,-199,-195,-175,-165,-222,-229,-270,-184,-337,-323,-503,-503,-507,-497,-1194,-574,-566,-566,-559,-549,-542,-503,-519,-513,-746,-755,-1099,-1044,-1147,-1164,-948,-699,-1229,-1218,-1293,-1293,-1265,-1196,-29944,-1160,-1156,-1139,-1091,-1093,-970,-956,-1315,-1275,-5026,-4914]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. a3 Nc6 6. Nf3 $1 {aiming for b4. B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation.} Qc7 7. Bb5 {Black should prevent b4.} Bxc5 8. b4 {The position is equal.} Bb6 9. Bb2 Nge7 10. O-O a5 {[#]} 11. bxa5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Nbd2 Bd7 12. c4 axb4 13. axb4 Rxa1 14. Qxa1 Nxb4 15. Qa8+ Qc8 16. Qa4 Nd3 17. Ba3 Bxb5 18. Qxb5+ {0-1 (38) Zdrazil,T (2142)-Lee,Z (1747) Olomouc 2019}) 11... Rxa5 12. a4 Ng6 (12... O-O $11 {keeps the balance.}) 13. h4 $2 (13. c4 $16) 13... Bd7 (13... O-O $15) 14. Bc3 (14. Na3 $11) 14... Ra8 $15 {[%cal Rc6e5]} 15. Re1 Ba5 (15... h6 $1 $15) 16. h5 $14 {Strongly threatening Bxa5.} Nge7 17. Qd2 (17. h6 $14) 17... h6 $11 18. Qf4 f5 ({Black should try} 18... Bb6) 19. Bxa5 Qxa5 20. Nbd2 O-O 21. Nb3 Qa7 22. Red1 Be8 23. Qh4 Bf7 24. Nbd4 Qb8 25. Qf4 (25. c4 $14 {is superior.}) 25... Qe8 26. Rdb1 Nc8 (26... Bxh5 $11 27. Bxc6 (27. Nxe6 Ng6 $15) 27... Nxc6) 27. c4 $14 {Hoping for cxd5.} Bxh5 {[#]} (27... N8e7 $14) 28. cxd5 (28. Nxe6 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} Bxf3 29. Qxf3 (29. Nxf8 Be4 $14) 29... Qxe6 30. cxd5 Nxe5 31. dxe6 Nxf3+ 32. gxf3) 28... exd5 29. Rc1 (29. e6 $14) 29... N8a7 (29... N8e7 $1 $11) 30. Nxf5 ({White should play} 30. Bxc6 $16 bxc6 31. e6 (31. Nxf5 Bxf3 32. Qxf3 Qxe5 $17)) 30... Bxf3 $15 31. Qxf3 Qxe5 32. Bd3 Nb4 {[#]} (32... Kh8 $11) 33. Re1 (33. Nxh6+ $1 $14 {stays ahead.} gxh6 34. Qg4+ Qg7 35. Qxb4) 33... Qf6 $17 {...Nac6 is the strong threat. Black keeps a firm grip on the game.} 34. Ne7+ {[#]} (34. Bb1 $17 Rae8 35. Qd1 Qxa1 36. Nxh6+ gxh6 37. Rxe8 Rxe8 38. Bh7+ Kxh7 39. Qxa1) 34... Qxe7 $3 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 35. Rxe7 {[%cal Of3g4] White wants to mate with Qg4!} Rxf3 36. gxf3 Nxd3 37. Rxb7 Nc6 38. Rb6 {[#]} (38. Kh2 {was worth a try.}) 38... Na5 $1 39. Rb5 d4 {Threatens to win with ...Nf4.} 40. Kg2 $2 (40. Rd1 Nf4 41. Rf5) 40... Nf4+ 41. Kg3 (41. Kh2 $142) 41... Ne2+ 42. Kg2 Nc3 43. Kf1 (43. Rb6 $142 d3 44. Rd6) 43... d3 (43... Nxb5 $142 44. axb5 d3) 44. Rc5 Nb3 {[%csl LRa1,LRa4,LRc5]} 45. Rxc3 Nxa1 46. Rxd3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KR} Nc2 47. Rc3 Nd4 48. Ra3 Ra5 49. Kg2 Ne6 50. Kg3 Nc5 51. Rc3 Nxa4 52. Ra3 Rg5+ 53. Kf4 Nc5 54. Ra8+ Kh7 55. Re8 Nd7 (55... Nd3+ $142 56. Ke3 Re5+ 57. Rxe5 Nxe5 58. Ke4 {[#]} Kg6 $1 59. f4 Ng4 60. f5+ Kg5 61. f6 Nxf6+ 62. Kf3 h5 63. Ke3 h4 64. Ke2 Kf4 65. Kf1 Kf3 66. Kg1 g5 67. Kf1 h3 68. Ke1 h2 69. Kd2 h1=Q 70. Kc3 Qc1+ 71. Kb3 Nd5 72. Ka2 Qc2+ 73. Ka1 Qxf2 74. Kb1 Nb4 75. Kc1 Qc2#) 56. Rd8 {Black is clearly winning.} Nf6 57. Rc8 Kg6 58. Rc6 h5 {[%cal Bh6h5,Bh5h4][%mdl 32]} 59. Ke3 h4 60. f4 Rg1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.66/Black=0.40} 0-1

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.16"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Roska, Branislav"]
[Black "Begic, Domagoj"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2153"]
[BlackElo "2026"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 15,136,0,8,-35,0,0,0,-35,-25,-34,-30,-46,-35,-63,-52,-67,-70,-65,-13,-14,-5,0,-8,-27,0,0,38,38,33,31,69,62,79,78,83,57,62,40,36,39,39,28,34,34,42,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,14,10,182,193,68,159,88,76,154,154,155,158,154,148,152,155,155,0,0,-6295,-6295,-29963,-6527,-29964,-29966,-29958,-29957,-29969,-29971,-29971,-29972,-29972,-29973,-29973,-29973,-29980,-29981,-29980,-29981,-29981,-29982,-29982,-29983,-29989,-29990,-29991,-29992,-29992,-29990,-29992,-29993,-29994,-29995,-29995,-29993]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Bg5 Be6 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. O-O-O Kc8 9. a3 {B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems.} h6 10. Bh4 a6 {[#]} 11. Bxf6 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 11. Be2 b5 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Nh4 c6 14. h3 h5 15. Nf5 a5 16. Kb1 Nc5 17. Bd3 {0-1 (28) Schwarhofer,C (2379)-Juhasz,K (2410) Austria 2019}) 11... gxf6 12. Nh4 Bc5 13. Rd2 c6 (13... b5 {is interesting.} 14. g3 c6 15. Nf5 Kc7) 14. Nd1 Kc7 15. Bd3 b5 {Black is more active.} 16. Ne3 Rhd8 (16... Nb6 $15) 17. Nhf5 $11 Bxe3 (17... Nb6 {looks sharper.} 18. Be2 Rxd2 19. Kxd2 Na4) 18. Nxe3 Nc5 19. Rhd1 Rd7 20. f3 a5 21. Be2 Rad8 22. Rxd7+ Rxd7 23. Rxd7+ Nxd7 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} 24. Kd2 Kd6 25. Ke1 Kc5 26. b3 Nb6 27. Kd2 Nc8 28. Bd1 Nd6 29. g4 b4 30. a4 Kd4 31. Nf1 c5 $1 32. Ng3 {[%cal Rg3e2]} c4 33. Nh5 cxb3 34. cxb3 Nb7 35. Ng3 Kc5 36. Kc2 Kd6 37. Nf1 Kc5 38. Kd3 Kd6 {Strongly threatening ...Nc5+.} 39. Nd2 Kc5 40. Ke3 Nd8 41. Be2 Nc6 42. Bc4 {With the idea Bxe6.} Nd4 (42... Bc8 $1 $11) 43. Bxe6 $18 fxe6 {KN-KN} 44. Kd3 {Prevents Nc2.} Nc6 45. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Nd4 ({Black should play} 45... Kb6) 46. h5 $16 Nc6 47. Nc4 Nd4 48. Nxa5 {Black must now prevent Nb7+.} Nxf3 49. Nb7+ $1 Kb6 50. Nd8 ({Only move:} 50. Nd6 $1 $16 {[%cal Rd6f7] Nf7 is the strong threat.} Nh2 51. Ne8 Nxg4 52. Ng7) 50... Ng5 $11 {Hoping for ...Kc7.} 51. Kc4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Black keeps a firm grip on the game.} (51. a5+ $11 Kxa5 52. Nc6+ Kb5 53. Ne7) 51... Kc7 $19 52. Nxe6+ Nxe6 53. Kxb4 {KN-KP} Ng5 {Black mates.} 54. Kc4 Nxe4 55. b4 Nd6+ 56. Kd5 e4 57. Kd4 Kc6 $1 58. a5 Kb5 59. Ke3 {[#]} Kc4 $1 60. a6 {[#]} Kd5 $1 61. a7 Nc4+ 62. Kf4 Nb6 63. Kf5 e3 64. Kxf6 e2 65. g5 hxg5 66. Kxg5 e1=Q 67. h6 Qe5+ 68. Kg6 Qh8 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.39/Black=0.11 (very precise)} 0-1

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.16"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Jonsson, Gauti Pall"]
[Black "Havas, Janko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2071"]
[BlackElo "2143"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 12,67,15,8,35,23,39,42,33,15,60,53,52,50,49,50,38,36,70,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,0,0,14,16,15,14,29,20,31,21,22,22,11,10,32,0,18,0,0,-59,-59,-59,-60,-61,-13,-61,-61,-61,-61,-60]} 1. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Bd3 Nc6 {6...Be7 is the fancy move.} 7. Ne2 Bg4 {B03: Alekhine's Defence: Four Pawns Attack.} 8. Be3 Nb4 9. O-O Be7 {White is slightly better.} 10. Nbc3 Nxd3 11. Qxd3 {[#]} Qd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... O-O 12. Ng3 d5 13. b3 c6 14. a4 dxc4 15. bxc4 Be6 16. d5 cxd5 17. Bxb6 Qxb6 18. cxd5 {1-0 (32) Skibbe,D (2083)-Markgraf,C (2040) Braunfels 2010}) 12. Ng3 {[#] Prevents Bf5. aiming for f3.} d5 $1 13. c5 {And now h3 would win.} Nc4 $1 {[%cal Bb6c4,Bc4a5,Ba5c6,Bc6e7][%mdl 32]} 14. Bc1 O-O 15. b3 (15. f4 $1 $14) 15... Na5 $11 16. Bd2 Nc6 17. h3 Be6 18. Nce2 Bh4 19. Bc3 Ne7 20. Nf4 Bxg3 21. Qxg3 Bf5 22. Rfe1 {[%cal Oe1e7]} Ng6 23. Nxg6 hxg6 24. Re3 Rfe8 25. Rae1 Re4 26. Rxe4 Bxe4 27. Qh4 Re8 28. Re3 Bb1 29. a3 ({White should play} 29. Rxe8+ $11 Qxe8 30. Qf4) 29... Rxe3 $15 30. fxe3 Bc2 31. b4 Be4 (31... f6 $1 $15) 32. Kh2 (32. Be1 $11) 32... f6 33. Qf2 Qa4 34. Bb2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.13 (very precise) /Black=0.08 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.16"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Novosel, Lovro"]
[Black "Basaric, Srdjan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E09"]
[WhiteElo "2212"]
[BlackElo "2024"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 17,75,8,34,9,29,26,27,-37,23,11,18,29,22,23,35,20,49,37,41,27,67,66,66,55,64,61,56,57,52,43,63,47,50,31,49,27,43,15,37,13,14,16,66,27,66,69,91,65,343,335,386,382,370,360,718,412,648,612,29990,6531]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 e6 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. O-O b6 9. e4 Ba6 {9...dxc4 is setting a new trend.} 10. Re1 {E09: Closed Catalan: Main Line: 7 Qc2 c6 8 Nbd2.} Rc8 (10... dxc4 {keeps more tension.} 11. Nxc4 c5 12. d5 exd5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Ng5 Bxg5 15. Bxd5 Rb8) 11. e5 Ne8 12. Qa4 (12. cxd5 $11 cxd5 13. Qa4) 12... Nc7 (12... Bxc4 $15 13. Nxc4 b5 14. Qxa7 bxc4) 13. cxd5 $11 ({Not} 13. Qxc6 $2 {[#]} Nb5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 14. cxb5 Rxc6 15. bxc6 Nb8 $19) 13... cxd5 14. Nf1 Bb5 15. Qd1 a5 16. h4 {[#]} h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Na6 17. a4 Bxf1 18. Bxf1 Nb4 19. Re2 Nb8 20. Bf4 Qd7 21. Rd2 Rc7 22. Bb5 Qc8 {1-0 (40) Przedmojski,R (2374)-Bobula,M (2379) Warsaw 2011}) 17. Ne3 Bb4 18. Bd2 Qe7 19. a3 Bxd2 20. Qxd2 Rfd8 21. Rac1 Ne8 22. Bf1 Bxf1 23. Rxf1 Nb8 24. Qd3 Qb7 25. Qb3 Rc7 26. Rc3 Rdc8 27. Rfc1 Qa6 28. a4 (28. g4 {feels hotter.} Nc6 29. Kg2 Qe2 30. Ng1) 28... Nc6 29. Nc2 {[%cal Be3c2,Bc2a3,Ba3b5,Bb5d6][%mdl 32]} h5 (29... Ne7 $11) 30. Kg2 g6 31. Na3 Nb4 32. Nb5 Rc6 {[%mdl 8192] A mistake that costs the game.} ({Black should try} 32... Rxc3 $1 $14 33. Rxc3 Qb7) 33. Nd6 $18 Rxc3 34. bxc3 ({Less strong is} 34. Rxc3 Rd8 35. Qd1 Qa7 $16) 34... Nxd6 35. exd6 {[#] aiming for d7.} Qb7 (35... Nc6 36. c4 dxc4 37. Qxc4 Qb7) 36. Rb1 Nd3 (36... Nc6 $142 37. Qxb6 Qxb6 38. Rxb6 Nd8) 37. Qb5 Rc4 38. Qe8+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.23 (precise) /Black=0.70} 1-0

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.16"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Green, Michael"]
[Black "Fajdetic, Hrvoje"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1997"]
[BlackElo "2151"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 9,17,-45,11,11,9,18,19,0,14,-9]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 Nd7 5. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5,Bg5g6][%mdl 32] [#]} h5 $146 (5... dxc4 $15 6. e4 b5) ({Predecessor:} 5... Be7 6. Bf4 Ngf6 7. g5 Ne4 8. Rg1 Bb4 9. Qd3 Qa5 10. Bd2 Nxd2 11. Nxd2 Nf8 12. Nb3 Qa6 {0-1 (49) Pedersen,B-Svendsen,J Hammerfest 1993}) 6. g5 $11 {[%cal Og5g6] The position is equal. D31: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav without ...Nf6 (+ Marshall Gambit and Noteboom) and Exchange Variation lines without ...Nf6.} dxc4 7. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} b5 8. g6 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} f6 9. e5 {An uneventful encounter.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.05 (flawless) /Black=0.17 (very precise)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.16"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Ruzic, Pia Marie"]
[Black "Frouth, Nenad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "1996"]
[BlackElo "2121"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 11,90,27,33,31,26,22,29,27,46,35,43,29,71,55,51,54,82,88,64,44,73,67,66,72,78,72,51,0,39,15,41,41,45,47,62,41,42,44,46,43,75,19,33,-9,0,-9,-17,-9,0,0,0,0,0,0,37,45,63,0,0,0,45,29,30,30,40,29,22,-139,-146,-132,-132,-112,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. d3 {has lost popularity (7.0-0). A16: English Opening: 1...Nf6 with ...d5.} O-O {has lost popularity (7...Nc6).} 8. h4 h5 9. Bg5 {White has an edge.} Nc6 10. Qd2 {[#]} Kh7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Bf5 11. Bh6 e5 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Ng5 Qd7 14. Nce4 Qe7 15. Nc3 Nd8 16. Qe3 c6 {½-½ (32) Tomic,B (2430)-Cabarkapa,N (2341) Sarajevo 2013}) 11. Rc1 Be6 12. O-O f6 13. Be3 Nd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. b4 Qd7 16. b5 Nd8 {[%cal Bc6d8,Bd8f7,Bf7h6,Bh6g4][%mdl 32]} 17. Rc5 {[%cal Oc5d5]} c6 18. bxc6 Bxc6 19. Ra5 (19. Rfc1 $14) 19... a6 (19... b6 $5 {[%cal Rb6a5]} 20. Ra3 e5 $11) 20. Rc1 Nf7 21. Qb4 Rac8 22. Rac5 Nh6 23. R5c2 {White is much more active.} Ng4 24. Bb6 Bh6 25. e3 Rfe8 26. Qd4 (26. Ne1 $16) 26... Qf5 27. e4 Qe6 28. Rb1 Bb5 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 (29... Qxc8 {is interesting.} 30. Qd5 e5 31. Nh2 Bg7) 30. a4 Bc6 31. Qb4 Qd7 {[%csl LRa4,LRd3]} 32. a5 Bb5 33. d4 Rc4 34. Qb3 (34. Qb2 $14) 34... Qc8 $11 {[%cal Og4f2]} 35. Bc5 e5 36. Bf1 Rxc5 37. dxc5 Qxc5 38. Qa2 (38. Bxb5 Qxf2+ 39. Kh1 Ne3 40. Qf7+ Bg7 41. Ng5+ Kh6 $15) 38... Nxf2 $1 39. Kg2 $2 ({Wrong is} 39. Qxf2 $2 Be3 40. Rb2 Bc6 $19) ({Better is} 39. Qf7+ $11 Kh8 40. Qxf6+ Bg7 41. Qd8+ (41. Qxg6 Nxe4+ 42. Kh2 Bc6 $11) 41... Kh7 42. Qd5 (42. Ng5+ Kh6 $11)) 39... Nxe4 $17 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Bc6.} 40. Bxb5 axb5 41. Rd1 Bg7 ({Black should play} 41... Qc7 $17 {And now ...Nc3 would win.} 42. Qb3 Nd6 43. Rxd6 Qxd6 44. Qf7+ Bg7 45. Qxb7 e4) 42. Rd7 $11 {The position is equal.} Nd6 {aiming for ...Nc4.} 43. Qe6 {[%csl LRd6,LRf6] Really sharp!} Ne4 {[#] ( -> ...Qf2+)} 44. Qa2 {Against Qf2+} Nd6 {White must now prevent ...Nc4.} 45. Qe6 {[%csl LRd6,LRf6]} Ne4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.18 (very precise) /Black=0.13 (very precise)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.16"]
[Round "3.12"]
[White "Vukic, Aleksandar"]
[Black "Prihoda, Leonardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D28"]
[WhiteElo "2073"]
[BlackElo "1995"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O Be7 7. Qe2 a6 8. Nc3 b5 9. Bb3 Nbd7 10. e4 b4 11. Na4 Bb7 12. Nxc5 Bxc5 13. dxc5 Nxe4 14. Rd1 Qe7 15. Ba4 Nexc5 16. Ne5 Bd5 17. Bg5 Qxg5 18. Rxd5 Nxa4 19. Rxd7 O-O 20. Nxf7 Rxf7 21. Rxf7 Rc8 22. Rf4 e5 23. Rxb4 Nc5 24. Rc4 e4 25. b4 Qf6 26. Rac1 1-0

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.16"]
[Round "3.13"]
[White "Vucenovic, Damian"]
[Black "Tomic, Stjepan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2053"]
[BlackElo "1990"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. c3 Bg4 6. Qb3 Qc7 7. Bg5 e6 8. Nd2 Bd6 9. h3 Bh5 10. Ngf3 Nc6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfe1 Rfe8 13. Rac1 Bg6 14. Bxg6 hxg6 15. c4 Na5 16. Qc3 Nxc4 17. Ne5 Rac8 18. Nexc4 dxc4 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Qf3 b5 21. Ne4 Be7 22. Nxf6+ Bxf6 23. Qxf6 Qd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.16"]
[Round "3.14"]
[White "Korov, Zvonko"]
[Black "Starcevic, Danijel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2015"]
[BlackElo "1935"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. e3 c5 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O d5 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 b5 11. Be2 Bb7 12. Nd2 Nbd7 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. Rxc8 Qxc8 15. Qb1 Qa8 16. Bf3 Rc8 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Rc1 Rxc1+ 19. Qxc1 Ne4 20. Nxe4 Qxe4 21. Nf3 Bxb2 22. Qxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.16"]
[Round "3.15"]
[White "Colev, Ivor"]
[Black "Maravic, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "1950"]
[BlackElo "2009"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. d4 Bb6 9. h3 Bb7 10. Re1 O-O 11. a4 Ne7 12. Qd3 Ng6 13. d5 c6 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. g3 Ne7 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Kg2 Rfd8 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21. Na3 Rb8 22. Nc2 Bc5 23. Ne3 Qg6 24. Nd5 Nxd5 25. Bxd5 Bd7 26. Rd1 b4 27. Bc4 bxc3 28. bxc3 Qh5 29. g4 Qg6 30. Re1 Qf6 31. Rb1 Rxb1 32. Qxb1 h5 33. Qb8+ Kh7 34. Bxf7 Qxf7 35. Ng5+ Kg6 36. Nxf7 Kxf7 37. gxh5 Be8 38. Qd8 Bb5 39. Qg5 Bc4 40. Qg6+ Kf8 41. h6 gxh6 42. Qxh6+ Kg8 43. Qg6+ Kf8 44. h4 Bf7 45. Qf6 Ke8 46. h5 1-0

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.16"]
[Round "3.16"]
[White "Jakovic, Roko"]
[Black "Peric, Bernard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "1921"]
[BlackElo "2112"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 25,97,41,62,-26,-6,-168,-160,-168,-85,-78,-69,-93,-47,-40,-42,-39,-41,-40,-40,-40,-39,-39,-43,-45,-41,-87,-69,-84,-84,-101,-101,-114,-100,-98,-97,-127,-129,-125,-127,-135,-128,-138,-128,-125,-125,-142,-104,-166,-161,-177,-177,-383,-177,-177,0,-394,-177,-363,-365,-373,-243,-297,-286,-275,-161,-252,-237,-495,-474,-446,-416,-29998,-29999,-29999]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. Rb1 c5 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O cxd4 11. cxd4 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Bxd4 13. Rxb7 Nc6 14. Ba3 {D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3.} (14. Qa4 $1 $14 Qc8 15. Rb5) 14... Qc8 {[#]} 15. Qb1 $146 (15. Rb1 $11 Qa6 {[#]} 16. Bxe7 $1 Bxf2+ 17. Rxf2 Nxe7 18. Qf1 Qxf1+ 19. Rfxf1) ({Predecessor:} 15. Rb3 Rd8 16. Qc1 Qa6 17. e5 Rac8 18. Bxc6 Rxc6 19. Qh6 Bxf2+ 20. Kxf2 Rc2+ 21. Kg1 Qxf1+ 22. Kxf1 Rd1# {0-1 (23) Kobo,O (2534)-Paravyan,D (2617) Chess.com INT 2022}) 15... Bb6 $19 16. Rxe7 {Black is clearly better.} Nxe7 (16... Rb8 $19 17. Qd3 Rd8) 17. Bxe7 $17 Re8 18. Bd6 Qc4 ({Black should try} 18... Qa6 $17 {[%cal Ob6f2] White must now prevent ...Bxf2+!} 19. e5 Rac8) 19. e5 $15 Rac8 20. Bb7 Rcd8 21. Qb3 Qxb3 22. axb3 f6 23. Bc6 {[#]} fxe5 $1 {Hoping for ...Re6.} 24. Bxe8 Rxd6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 25. b4 (25. g3 $15) 25... Kf8 26. Bb5 Rd4 27. Rb1 Rd2 {Against Rb2} 28. h3 Bxf2+ 29. Kf1 Bd4 {Black is more active.} 30. Be2 Ke7 31. Rc1 Rb2 32. b5 Kf6 33. Rd1 Kg5 34. g3 Kf5 35. Rd3 h5 36. g4+ (36. h4 $17 {was necessary.}) 36... hxg4 $19 37. hxg4+ Kf4 38. Rd1 $2 (38. Rf3+ {was worth a try.} Kxg4 39. Rb3+ Kf4 40. Rxb2 Bxb2 41. Bd1) 38... Rb3 (38... Bb6 $142 39. Ke1 e4) 39. Rd3 Rb2 ({Not} 39... Rxb5 40. Rxd4+ exd4 41. Bxb5 $11) (39... Rb1+ 40. Kg2 Rg1+ 41. Kh3 Re1) 40. Rd1 $1 g5 (40... Bb6 $142 {And now ...g5 would win.} 41. Ke1 e4) 41. Ke1 $2 (41. Rd3) 41... Bb6 42. Kf1 Rb3 {Strongly threatening ...e4.} 43. Ke1 Ba5+ 44. Kf1 Rg3 (44... e4 $142 {Threatens to win with ...Rb2.} 45. Ra1 Bb6) 45. Rd7 (45. Rd3 {is the only way for White.}) 45... Bb6 {[%csl Gb6][%cal Rg3g1]} 46. Rf7+ $2 (46. Ke1) 46... Ke3 {( -> ...Kd2)} 47. Ke1 e4 48. Bd1 (48. Kf1 $19 Kd2 49. Rd7+ Kc3 50. Ke1) 48... Rg1+ 49. Rf1 Ba5# {Weighted Error Value: White=0.62/Black=0.27 (precise)} 0-1

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.16"]
[Round "3.17"]
[White "Krikunov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Franc, Borna"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2202"]
[BlackElo "2020"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. d3 c5 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. a3 a6 9. Qc2 d4 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. dxe4 e5 12. Ne1 Be6 13. Nd3 f6 14. Bd2 Na5 15. Bxa5 Qxa5 16. b4 Qc7 17. bxc5 Bxc5 18. Rfc1 Rfc8 19. Qa4 Qc6 20. Qxc6 Rxc6 21. f4 Be7 22. fxe5 fxe5 23. Nxe5 Rc5 24. Nd3 Rxc4 25. e5 Rxc1+ 26. Rxc1 Rc8 27. Rb1 Bxa3 28. Bxb7 Rf8 29. Ra1 Be7 30. Rxa6 Bg4 31. Bd5+ Kh8 32. Ra2 Bg5 33. Kg2 g6 34. Bf3 Bf5 35. Nf4 Re8 36. Ra5 Kg7 37. h4 Bxf4 38. gxf4 d3 39. e4 Be6 40. Ra6 Bc4 41. Rd6 Rb8 42. Kf2 Rb2+ 43. Ke3 Rh2 44. h5 gxh5 45. f5 h4 46. f6+ Kg6 47. Rd7 Rh3 48. Rg7+ Kh6 49. Rg2 Rg3 50. Rf2 Kg5 51. Kd2 h3 52. Bh1 Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.16"]
[Round "3.18"]
[White "Cvitkovic, Filip"]
[Black "Baric, Marko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2164"]
[BlackElo "1948"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "183"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 9,183,-20,-20,-10,34,-16,-10,-6,0,0,0,0,39,39,43,45,52,33,35,0,0,-8,46,48,64,74,61,63,102,101,101,101,105,110,110,97,146,152,233,236,205,54,53,22,88,97,89,89,89,92,90,96,91,89,104,89,174,182,181,165,169,172,167,166,199,127,360,356,445,453,435,415,360,358,822,823,740,822,807,357,773,714,643,405,568,492,527,506,502,524,487,406,321,145,163,0,347,345,92,28,28,28,43,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,55,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,8,0,0,1,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. d5 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5c4][%mdl 32]} 6. e4 {E20: Nimzo-Indian: 4 g3 and 4 f3.} d6 $1 {[%mdl 4] is now more promising than 6...bxc4.} 7. Nge2 (7. Bd3 $14) 7... bxc4 $11 {Threatening ...exd5.} 8. Nf4 Bxc3+ (8... e5 $5 9. Nfe2 Nbd7 $11) 9. bxc3 e5 10. Ne2 O-O 11. Ng3 $1 {Against Nh5} Nbd7 {[#]} 12. Bxc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Be3 Nb6 13. Qd2 Ne8 14. Be2 Kh8 15. O-O f5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Nxf5 Rxf5 18. a4 {1-0 (58) Harshavardhan,G (2397)-Morefield,J (2227) Chess.com INT 2020}) 12... Qa5 13. Bd2 Ba6 14. Qe2 Bxc4 15. Qxc4 Qc7 (15... g6 $11) 16. O-O $14 {[%cal Bh1f1,Bf1b1,Bb1b5][%mdl 32]} Rab8 17. Nf5 Rfe8 18. Rfb1 {0x0.001b84b636a2dp-1022s more active pieces.} Nb6 19. Qa6 g6 20. Ne3 Qb7 21. Qxb7 Rxb7 22. Rb5 Rbb8 ({Black should play} 22... Ra8) 23. a4 $16 Rec8 (23... a6 $16 {was called for.} 24. Rbb1 Red8) 24. Rab1 $18 Ne8 25. Nc4 $2 Ra8 $14 26. Nb2 {aiming for a5.} Rab8 (26... Nc7 $11 {keeps the balance.} 27. Rb3 c4) 27. a5 $16 Nd7 28. Nc4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is on the roll.} Rxb5 29. Rxb5 {Threatens to win with Rb7.} Rb8 {Inhibits Rb7.} 30. Rxb8 Nxb8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KNN} 31. f4 f6 32. fxe5 fxe5 (32... dxe5 $16 33. g4 Kf7) 33. Bg5 Kf7 34. Bd8 Nd7 35. Kf2 Ndf6 36. Kf3 h5 {[#]} 37. Na3 (37. Nb6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) 37... Ng8 $2 (37... a6 $16) 38. a6 $18 Ne7 39. Nb5 Nc8 40. g4 Kg7 41. Kg3 Nf6 $2 (41... Kf7 42. g5 Kg8) 42. Bxf6+ Kxf6 {KN-KN} 43. Kh4 $1 hxg4 44. Kxg4 (44. c4 $142 Ke7 45. Kg5 (45. Kxg4 Kf8 $14)) 44... Kf7 $2 (44... c4 45. Kh4 Ke7) 45. Kg5 Kg7 46. Nc7 Kf7 47. Ne6 Nb6 48. Nd8+ Kg7 49. Nc6 Nc8 50. h3 c4 51. Nd8 (51. h4 $18 Kf7 52. Nd8+ Kg7 53. Nc6) 51... Nb6 $16 52. h4 $2 (52. Ne6+ $1 $18 Kf7 53. Nd8+ Kg7 54. Ne6+ Kf7 55. Kh6) 52... Nc8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (52... Na4 $11 53. Nb7 Nxc3 54. Nxd6 Nxd5 55. Nxc4 (55. exd5 $2 c3 $19) 55... Nf6) 53. Ne6+ $1 $18 Kf7 {[#]} 54. Kg4 (54. Nc7 $1 $16) 54... Nb6 55. Kf3 Kf6 {Strongly threatening ...Na4.} 56. Ke3 Nd7 57. Nc7 {Black must now prevent Nb5.} Nc5 58. Nb5 {[%csl LRa7,LRd6]} Ke7 59. Nxa7 {White wants to mate with Nc6+.} Nxa6 (59... Kd7 $11) 60. Nc6+ (60. Nc8+ $14 Kd7 61. Nb6+ Kc7 62. Nxc4) 60... Kd7 $11 {The position is equal.} 61. Na5 Nc5 62. Nxc4 Na4 $1 {Inhibits Nb2.} 63. Kd2 Nc5 64. Ke3 Na4 $1 {Prevents Nb2.} 65. Nd2 Nxc3 66. Kd3 Na4 67. Ke3 Nc3 68. Kf3 Ke7 69. Kg3 Kf7 70. Kg4 Kf6 71. Kf3 Ke7 72. Ke3 Kd7 73. Kd3 Nb5 74. Nf3 Ke7 75. Kc4 Na3+ 76. Kb4 Nc2+ 77. Kb5 Ne3 78. Kc6 Nc2 79. Kc7 Na3 $1 {[#]} 80. Nxe5 $1 Nb5+ $1 (80... dxe5 $2 81. d6+ Kf6 82. d7 Nb5+ 83. Kb6 $18 (83. Kc8 Nd6+ 84. Kc7 Nf7 $19)) 81. Kb6 Nc3 $1 82. Nxg6+ Kf6 83. h5 {[%cal Oe4e5]} Nxe4 84. Kc6 Kg5 85. Nf4 Kf6 (85... Kxf4 $5 86. h6 Nf6 87. Kxd6 Kf5 $11) 86. Kd7 Ke5 87. Ng6+ Kxd5 88. Ke7 {Hoping for h6.} Ng3 89. Nf4+ Ke4 90. h6 Nf5+ 91. Ke6 {h7 is the strong threat.} Nxh6 92. Kxd6 {White really could win this.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.33/Black=0.33} 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.16"]
[Round "3.19"]
[White "Draganic, Stjepan"]
[Black "Janiszewski, Maciej"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2025"]
[BlackElo "2075"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Bxf6 gxf6 5. c3 e5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bb5 e4 8. Nh4 Qb6 9. Qb3 c4 10. Bxc6+ Qxc6 11. Qc2 Be7 12. g3 Bh3 13. Rg1 h5 14. Nd2 f5 15. b3 cxb3 16. axb3 b5 17. c4 dxc4 18. bxc4 a5 19. c5 a4 20. Qc3 Rg8 21. Ng2 Bxg2 22. Rxg2 f4 23. Kf1 f3 24. Rg1 Qe6 25. Ke1 f5 26. Qb4 Qc6 27. Rb1 Kd7 28. Kd1 Rgb8 29. Kc2 Qd5 30. Rgc1 Kc6 31. Kd1 Bd8 32. Qa3 Bc7 33. Rb2 h4 34. Qa2 Qxa2 35. Rxa2 hxg3 36. fxg3 Rh8 37. Nf1 b4 38. Rd2 Rad8 39. Kc2 Kb5 40. Kb2 Rd5 41. Rdc2 Rh6 42. c6 Kb6 43. Nd2 Rb5 44. h4 b3 45. Rc4 a3+ 46. Kxa3 b2 47. Rb1 Rh8 48. Rb4 Bxg3 49. d5 Rxh4 50. R1xb2 Rxb4 51. Rxb4+ Kc5 52. Rc4+ Kxd5 53. c7 Bxc7 54. Rxc7 f4 55. exf4 Rxf4 56. Re7 Kd4 57. Kb2 f2 58. Kc2 Ke3 59. Nf1+ Ke2 60. Ng3+ Kf3 61. Nf1 Rh4 62. Kd2 Kg2 63. Ke2 Rf4 64. Rg7+ Kh3 65. Rg3+ Kh4 66. Rg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.16"]
[Round "3.20"]
[White "Raljic, Mirko"]
[Black "Horvat, Damjan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2023"]
[BlackElo "2072"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Nc3 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. Bf3 O-O 9. d4 Nb6 10. Qb3 Bg4 11. Bxg4 Nxg4 12. Nge2 Nf6 13. d6 Qxd6 14. Bf4 Qd7 15. O-O Nfd5 16. Bd2 Rac8 17. Rac1 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Nc4 19. Bf4 b6 20. h3 Rfe8 21. Rcd1 Qf5 22. Bc1 e5 23. Ng3 Qf6 24. Rfe1 Qc6 25. d5 Qd7 26. Ne4 Kh8 27. a4 f5 28. Ng5 e4 29. d6 Red8 30. h4 h6 31. Nh3 Kh7 32. Qb4 Nxd6 33. Bb2 Rc4 34. Qb3 Qxa4 35. Qxa4 Rxa4 36. Nf4 Be5 37. Ne6 Re8 38. f4 Rxe6 39. fxe5 Nc4 40. Rd7+ Kg8 41. Bc1 Nxe5 42. Rd8+ Kg7 43. Be3 Re7 44. Bd4 Kf7 45. Rh8 Ng4 46. Rd1 e3 47. g3 e2 48. Re1 Ra2 49. Rh7+ Ke6 50. Rxe7+ Kxe7 51. Kg2 Rd2 52. Kf3 Ke6 53. Rxe2+ Rxe2 54. Kxe2 Kd5 55. Kd3 Ne5+ 56. Ke3 g5 57. h5 a5 0-1

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.16"]
[Round "3.22"]
[White "Jakupec, Denis"]
[Black "Vanden Bussche, Steven"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2004"]
[BlackElo "2026"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.16"]
[Round "3.23"]
[White "Pal, Rohan"]
[Black "Okrosa, Marijan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "1935"]
[BlackElo "2059"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 cxd4 7. cxd4 f6 8. f4 fxe5 9. dxe5 Bc5 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. g3 O-O 12. Ned4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qb6 14. Be3 Qxb2 15. Be2 Qc3+ 16. Kf2 Nxe5 17. Rc1 Qb2 18. Rc2 Qb6 19. Rxc5 Qxc5 20. Nxe6 Qc6 21. Nxf8 Nc4 22. Qd3 g6 23. Bf3 Nxe3 24. Kxe3 Qc5+ 25. Qd4 Qa3+ 26. Qd3 Qxd3+ 27. Kxd3 Kxf8 28. Bxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.16"]
[Round "3.24"]
[White "Lasic, Luka"]
[Black "Takac, Zvonko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2077"]
[BlackElo "2040"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "236"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. e3 Nc6 4. exd4 Nxd4 5. Nxd4 Qxd4 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. d3 c6 8. Be3 Qd8 9. d4 g6 10. Be2 Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. h3 b6 13. Bf3 Bb7 14. Qb3 Qc7 15. Rac1 Rad8 16. Rfe1 Ne8 17. Bg5 Nf6 18. Rcd1 h6 19. Bh4 Rfe8 20. Bg3 Qc8 21. Qa3 Nh5 22. Bxh5 gxh5 23. Be5 f6 24. Bg3 c5 25. dxc5 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Qc6 27. f3 bxc5 28. Bf2 f5 29. Bxc5 Bxc3 30. bxc3 Kf7 31. Rd5 e6 32. Rd6 Qc7 33. Qxa7 Ra8 34. Qb6 Qxb6 35. Rxb6 Bc8 36. a3 Ba6 37. Bb4 Bxc4 38. Rc6 Bb5 39. Rc7+ Kf6 40. c4 Be8 41. f4 e5 42. fxe5+ Kxe5 43. Kf2 Kd4 44. h4 Ra6 45. Re7 Ba4 46. c5 Rg6 47. g3 Bc6 48. Rf7 Ke5 49. Re7+ Kd4 50. Re1 f4 51. gxf4 Rg2+ 52. Kf1 Rg4 53. Rd1+ Ke3 54. Bd2+ Kf3 55. Rb1 Rxh4 56. Rb3+ Ke4 57. Re3+ Kd4 58. Re5 Rh1+ 59. Ke2 Rh2+ 60. Kd1 Kd3 61. Re3+ Kd4 62. Re1 h4 63. f5 Kxc5 64. f6 Bd5 65. Re7 Rh1+ 66. Ke2 Bc4+ 67. Ke3 Rf1 68. Rc7+ Kd5 69. f7 h3 70. Bb4 h2 71. Rc5+ Ke6 72. Rh5 Kxf7 73. Rxh2 Rf6 74. Kd4 Bf1 75. Bd2 Kg7 76. a4 Ba6 77. Kc5 Kh7 78. Bc3 Rf5+ 79. Kb6 Bd3 80. Rd2 Rf3 81. a5 Be4 82. Bb4 h5 83. Rd4 Rf6+ 84. Bd6 Bf3 85. a6 Kg6 86. a7 Rf7 87. Bc7 Rf6+ 88. Ka5 Bb7 89. Bd6 Rf2 90. Ra4 Rb2 91. Bb4 h4 92. Ra3 Kg5 93. Kb5 Ba8 94. Kc4 Kg4 95. Bd6 Rg2 96. Rb3 h3 97. Rb8 Be4 98. a8=Q Bxa8 99. Rxa8 Kf3 100. Rh8 Rg4+ 101. Kd3 Kg2 102. Ke3 Rg6 103. Be5 Rg5 104. Bf4 Rg7 105. Ra8 Re7+ 106. Kd4 Kf3 107. Bd6 Re2 108. Kd3 Re3+ 109. Kd2 Re2+ 110. Kd1 Re4 111. Rf8+ Kg2 112. Rg8+ Kf1 113. Bb8 h2 114. Rh8 Rd4+ 115. Kc2 Rd8 116. Rxd8 h1=Q 117. Rd1+ Kg2 118. Rxh1 Kxh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.16"]
[Round "3.25"]
[White "Faukovic, Matija"]
[Black "Kanizaj, Benjamin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2026"]
[BlackElo "2050"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. g3 Bxc3 4. bxc3 d6 5. Bg2 c6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. d3 Nbd7 9. a4 Ne8 10. e4 Nc5 11. Ba3 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Ne6 14. d4 c5 15. d5 Ng5 16. Bg2 f5 17. exf5 Rxf5 18. h4 Nf7 19. Qb1 Rf6 20. Be4 h6 21. Qxb7 g5 22. h5 g4 23. Bc1 Ng7 24. Bg6 Rb8 25. Qxa7 Ra8 26. Qb7 Rb8 27. Qa6 Ra8 28. Qb5 Rb8 29. Qc6 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.16"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Bouget, Alexandre"]
[Black "Starcevic, Ante Leon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2282"]
[BlackElo "2152"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. h4 Qa5 $11 11. O-O b6 12. f4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bg4 14. e5 e6 15. d5 exd5 16. Qxd5 Qxd5 17. Bxd5 Bxe2 18. Bxc6 Bxf1 19. Bxa8 Bc4 20. Bf3 f6 21. Rc1 Bxa2 22. Ra1 Bc4 23. Rxa7 b5 24. e6 Bxe6 25. Rb7 Bc4 26. Bc6 f5 27. Bxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.16"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Babic, Zvonko"]
[Black "Vrban, Mladen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "2297"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 24,25,36,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {[%cal Bf1b5,Bb5a4,Ba4b3][%mdl 32]} a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1 d6 9. h3 {[#]} Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. Bd2 Bg7 16. Qc1 d5 17. Bg5 dxe4 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Nxe4 exd4 20. cxd4 Qc8 21. Nxf6+ Nxf6 22. Qc6 Qd7 23. Rxe8+ Qxe8 24. Qxc7 {½-½ (44) Esipenko,A (2682)-Kamsky,G (2655) Biel 2022}) 10. Ng5 Rf8 11. Nf3 Re8 12. Ng5 {Recently 12.a3 got a lot of attention.} Rf8 13. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.16"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Vujec, Ivan"]
[Black "Karlusic, Luka"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2192"]
[BlackElo "2089"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 10,133,14,14,12,9,36,37,27,20,35,31,38,37,37,46,47,1,43,12,25,18,21,20,27,35,73,84,99,98,114,110,115,109,106,97,99,87,114,72,60,26,28,26,29,30,27,31,73,83,98,88,88,89,89,88,88,88,115,51,107,35,15,0,0,0,0,0,210,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,23,22,22,23,22,33,25,18,185,8,8,8,8,8,715,616,712,631,439,429,1507,1454,1622,1321,1704,1540,1191,1135,779,738,1181,1054,2216,2231,29960,29961,29959,29947,29973,29974,29971,29970,29987,29988,29989,29990,29993,29994,29994,29995]} 1. e4 c5 2. b3 e6 3. Bb2 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Nc6 {B40: Sicilian: 2...e6, Unusual lines.} 7. Qe2+ Be6 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 {White is slightly better.} 9. Ng5 Qd7 {[#]} 10. Nxe6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. O-O Be7 11. Nxe6 Qxe6 12. Re1 Qxe2 13. Rxe2 Kd7 14. Nc3 Rhe8 15. Na4 Bd6 16. Rxe8 Rxe8 17. Bxf6 gxf6 {1-0 (54) Kabanov,N (2513)-Csonka,A (2380) Rogaska Slatina 2011}) 10... fxe6 11. d3 Bd6 12. Nd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f3,Bf3e5][%mdl 32]} O-O 13. O-O (13. Nf3 $14) 13... Rae8 (13... e5 $5) 14. Be5 Bxe5 15. Qxe5 Ng4 16. Qg5 Nh6 (16... e5 {keeps more tension.} 17. Rae1 h6 18. Qg6 Rf4) 17. Nf3 Nf5 18. Rae1 Rf6 19. Ne5 Qd6 20. Qd2 {White is more active.} Nd4 21. f4 Ref8 22. h4 Nf5 {[%cal Bd4f5,Bf5e3,Be3d5,Bd5c3][%mdl 32]} 23. Qf2 d4 24. Re4 Ne3 25. Re1 {And now R1xe3 would win.} Nd5 {[%cal Rd5f4]} 26. Nc4 (26. g3 {is interesting.} Nc3 27. Qf1 Nxe4 28. dxe4 Qc7 29. Rd1) 26... Rxf4 27. Rxf4 Qxf4 28. Qxf4 Rxf4 29. Rxe6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Nc3 30. g3 Rf6 31. Rxf6 gxf6 $16 {KN-KN} 32. a3 Kf7 33. Kf2 Ke6 {[#]} 34. Kf3 ({White should try} 34. g4 $1 $16) 34... Nd5 (34... f5 $1 $14) 35. Na5 (35. g4 $16) 35... Ne3 $14 36. c4 Nc2 $1 37. Nxc6 {Threatens to win with b4.} Nxa3 38. Nxa7 Nb1 $2 {[#]} (38... Nc2 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 39. Ke2 $2 (39. b4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rb4c5]}) 39... Nc3+ $11 40. Kd2 Kd7 41. b4 cxb4 {...Kc7 is the strong threat.} 42. Kc2 Kc7 {Strongly threatening ...Kb7.} 43. Kb3 {Black must now prevent Nb5+.} Kb6 {Inhibits Nb5.} 44. Nc8+ Kc5 45. Ne7 Ne2 46. Nf5 h5 $2 (46... Nc1+ $11 47. Kc2 Ne2) 47. Ng7 $2 (47. g4 $18 Nf4 48. gxh5 Nxh5 49. Kc2) 47... Nxg3 (47... Nc1+ $2 48. Kc2 Ne2 49. Nxh5 $18) 48. Ne6+ {[%mdl 64] Deflection} Kd6 49. Nxd4 f5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Black is on the road to losing.} (49... Ke5 $11 50. Nf3+ Kf4) 50. Nf3 f4 51. d4 Ne4 52. Kxb4 Kc6 (52... Ke6 $142 53. Nh2 Kd6) 53. Kb3 $18 Kd6 54. Kc2 Nf2 55. Ng5 Kc6 56. Kd2 Ng4 57. Kd3 {Hoping for d5+.} Ne3 58. d5+ {[%cal Bd4d5,Bd5d6][%mdl 32]} Kd6 59. Ne4+ Ke5 60. d6 {White mates.} Ke6 61. c5 {[%cal Bc4c5,Bc5c6][%mdl 32]} Nf5 62. Ng5+ Kd7 63. Ke4 {[%csl LRf4,LRf5]} Nxh4 64. Kd5 Ng6 65. c6+ Kc8 66. d7+ Kc7 67. Ne6+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.22 (precise) /Black=0.38} 1-0

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.16"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Brigljevic, Milan"]
[Black "Denic, Marin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2161"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 10,151,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,8,4,22,0,0,-14,-16,-11,-10,-14,-11,-17,-4,-40,-39,-51,-52,-91,-72,-77,-55,-47,-33,-49,-60,-44,0,-12,0,2,37,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,29,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-53,-53,-53,-53,-53,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-11,0,-11,0,-11,0,-11,0,-11,-11,-11,-11,-11,0,-11,-11,-11,0,-11,0,-11,-11,-11,0,-11,0,-11,0,-11,0,-11,0,-11,0,-11,0,-11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bf5 3. Bb2 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Be2 h6 6. O-O Bd6 {A06: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 d5.} 7. d4 O-O 8. c4 c6 9. Bd3 Ne4 10. Nc3 Nd7 11. Qc2 {[%cal Rc3e4]} Ndf6 12. Ne5 Nxc3 13. Bxf5 exf5 14. Bxc3 g6 {[#]} 15. f3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Bb2 Qe7 16. a4 Rfe8 17. Rfe1 Rac8 18. Rac1 Qe6 19. Qd3 h5 20. Rc2 Ng4 21. Nf3 {1-0 (40) Sommer,M (2141)-Vedral,O (2239) Bayern 2009}) 15... Re8 16. Rfe1 Nd7 {[%cal Rd7e5]} 17. f4 Nf6 18. Rad1 Ne4 19. g3 Qe7 20. Nd3 Rac8 21. c5 Bb8 22. b4 h5 23. Nf2 Kg7 {[%cal Bg8g7,Bg7f8,Bf8e7,Be7d7][%mdl 32]} 24. Nxe4 Qxe4 25. Qxe4 Rxe4 26. h4 {[%cal Ob4b5]} Kf8 27. Kf2 Ke7 28. Rb1 Kd7 29. Bd2 Ree8 30. a4 Bc7 31. Rec1 Ra8 32. b5 Reb8 33. Kf3 a6 34. b6 (34. Bc3 $11) 34... Bd8 $15 35. Rh1 Be7 36. Bc3 f6 ({Black should try} 36... Re8 $15) 37. Rh2 {The position is equal.} Rh8 38. Rg1 Rag8 39. Rgh1 Ke6 40. Kf2 Rh7 41. Kf3 Rhg7 42. Be1 Rh7 43. Bf2 Rgh8 44. Rc1 Bd8 45. a5 Rg8 46. Rch1 Rgh8 47. Rc1 Kf7 48. Rd1 g5 49. Re1 Re8 50. Rg1 Rhh8 51. Rhh1 Reg8 52. Re1 Re8 53. Reg1 Kg6 54. Rh2 Rhg8 55. Rgh1 Rh8 56. Rg1 Be7 57. Re1 Bf8 58. Reh1 Bg7 59. Rd1 Bh6 60. Rdh1 Bg7 61. Rd1 Rhg8 62. Rdh1 Rh8 63. Rd1 Reg8 64. Rg1 Bh6 65. Be1 Bf8 66. Bf2 Bh6 67. Be1 gxf4 68. gxf4+ Kf7 69. Rxg8 Rxg8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 70. Rg2 Rg4 $1 71. Bg3 Ke6 72. Rd2 Bf8 73. Rc2 Be7 74. Rd2 Bf8 75. Rc2 Be7 76. Rd2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.07 (flawless) /Black=0.06 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.16"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Begic, Domagoj"]
[Black "Vukic, Aleksandar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2026"]
[BlackElo "2073"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. h3 d6 4. c3 g6 5. e3 Bg7 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nbd2 e5 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Bc4 Bd7 11. Qb3 Bc6 12. Bb5 Qd7 13. Bxc6 Qxc6 14. O-O Nd7 15. Qc4 Qxc4 16. Nxc4 O-O-O 17. e4 f4 18. b4 g5 19. Bb2 h5 20. f3 Bf6 21. Kf2 b5 22. Na5 Nc5 23. Ke2 Na4 24. Rab1 Rd6 25. Ba1 Rg8 26. Rbd1 g4 27. hxg4 hxg4 28. Rxd6 cxd6 29. c4 gxf3+ 30. gxf3 Bd8 31. cxb5 Bb6 32. Nc4 Rg2+ 33. Kd3 Kd7 34. a3 Bg1 35. Bc3 Ke6 36. Ba1 Nb6 37. Bc3 Nd7 38. a4 Rg3 39. a5 d5 40. exd5+ Kxd5 41. Nd2 Nf6 42. Kc2 Rg2 43. Kb3 Be3 44. Nc4 Rf2 45. Rxf2 Bxf2 46. Bxe5 Nh5 47. Bb8 Bd4 48. Bc7 1-0

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.16"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Dzaja, Martin Zorislav"]
[Black "Novosel, Lovro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "1974"]
[BlackElo "2212"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 21,134,22,39,18,31,22,47,51,45,44,45,52,73,55,57,0,0,0,54,35,12,0,0,-139,-132,-131,-33,-29,-39,-82,-118,-447,-141,-285,-112,-237,-180,-159,-111,-120,-109,-111,-112,-102,-135,-136,0,0,0,0,-24,-54,-36,-65,-81,-72,-86,-75,-62,-64,-60,-69,61,54,124,151,116,112,147,160,273,170,169,0,72,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-5285,-346,-5222,-3997,-2486,-547,-499,-484,-5289,-5222,-29959,-6127,-29990,-29991,-29991,-29992,-29992,-29993,-29993,-29992,-29996,-29997,-29997,-29996]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O e6 6. b3 Be7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Nc3 d6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 Qc7 12. e4 {A30: Symmetrical English: Double Fianchetto and Hedgehog.} Qb7 13. Re1 Nbd7 14. f4 {[#] White is slightly better.} Rfd8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Rfc8 15. Qf3 Rab8 16. Rad1 a6 17. g4 Ne8 18. g5 g6 19. h4 Ng7 20. Nc2 Rf8 {0-1 (35) Ostrikov,G (2050)-Shomoev,A (2560) Dombai 2013}) 15. Qf3 Rac8 16. Rad1 Nc5 17. Re3 a6 18. Rde1 (18. Ba3 $14) 18... Bf8 $11 19. g4 {[%cal Bg3g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} Ne8 (19... d5 $11 20. exd5 exd5) 20. g5 $14 g6 {[%cal Ob6b5]} 21. h4 (21. f5 {keeps more tension.} Ng7 22. Rg1 b5 23. cxb5 axb5 24. f6) 21... Ng7 {[%cal Ob6b5] Inhibits f5.} 22. Nde2 (22. f5 $11) 22... b5 $17 23. cxb5 {[#]} axb5 (23... d5 $1 $17 {[%cal Rd5d4] And now ...d4 would win.} 24. bxa6 Qxa6) 24. Ng3 b4 25. Nce2 d5 26. Bf6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (26. exd5 $17 {is more resistant.} Qxd5 27. Nd4) 26... Rd7 $2 (26... dxe4 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top.} 27. Qf1 (27. Nxe4 $2 Nf5 $19) 27... Rd2 28. Bxg7 Bxg7) 27. e5 (27. Bxg7 $17 Bxg7 28. e5) 27... Ra8 $2 (27... Nf5 $19 {is more deadly.} 28. Nxf5 gxf5) 28. Nc1 (28. Bxg7 $17 {was worth a try.} Kxg7 29. Nc1) 28... Nf5 29. Nxf5 exf5 (29... gxf5 $142 30. R3e2 Ne4) 30. R3e2 Ne4 31. h5 Rc8 32. hxg6 fxg6 33. Nd3 Rc3 ({Black should try} 33... Qa6 $17 34. e6 Qxe6) 34. e6 $11 {[%csl LRc3,LRd7]} Rdc7 {The board is on fire.} 35. Bxc3 bxc3 36. Rc2 Qa6 37. Ne5 Qxe6 38. Qd3 Bg7 39. Rd1 Bxe5 40. fxe5 Rd7 {...f4 is the strong threat. 0x0.001ebaa9db10dp-1022s more active pieces.} (40... Qxe5 41. Qxd5+ Qxd5 42. Rxd5 $11) 41. Rxc3 f4 ({Better is} 41... Qxe5 $15 42. Rc8+ Kf7) 42. Qh3 $1 $14 Qa6 {Inhibits Rc8+.} 43. Rc2 $16 ({Don't play} 43. Qxd7 $6 Qe2+ 44. Kh1 Qxd1+ 45. Kh2 Qd2+ 46. Kh1 Qe1+ 47. Kg2 Nxc3 $11) 43... Rc7 44. Rdc1 {Black must now prevent Kh2.} (44. Rxc7 $2 Qxa2+ 45. Kf3 Nxg5+ 46. Kxf4 Nxh3+ $19) 44... Nxg5 45. Qg4 Rxc2+ (45... f3+ $16 46. Kh2 Ne4 47. Qxf3 (47. Rxc7 $2 {is the wrong capture.} Qe2+ 48. Kh3 Nf2+ 49. Kh4 Nxg4 $19) 47... Rxc2+ 48. Rxc2 Qe6) 46. Rxc2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQN} Ne6 47. Qd1 $2 (47. Qf3 $18) 47... Qb7 (47... d4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 48. Kf2 (48. a4 $16) 48... Kg7 $11 49. Rd2 Qa7+ 50. Kf1 Qa6+ 51. Qe2 Qa5 52. Qd3 d4 53. Re2 Qc7 54. Qc2 {Strongly threatening Qxc7+.} Qf7 55. b4 Qb7 {Threatens to win with ...Qh1+.} 56. Qc4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (56. Kg1 $11) 56... Qh1+ $19 57. Kf2 Ng5 {[%cal Rg5h3]} 58. Rc2 Qf3+ (58... Qh2+ $142 59. Kf1 Qh3+ 60. Kg1 Nf3+ 61. Kf2 Qg3+ 62. Ke2 Qg2+ 63. Kd3 Qf1+ 64. Ke4 {[#]} Nd2+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 65. Rxd2 Qxc4 66. Rxd4 Qf7) 59. Ke1 d3 {( -> ...Qe3+)} 60. Rf2 (60. Qc7+ $142 Kh6 61. Rh2+ Nh3 62. Qc5 (62. Kd2 Qe3+ 63. Kd1 Qg1+ 64. Kd2 Qxh2+ $19) 62... Qg3+ 63. Qf2 d2+ 64. Kd1 Qxf2 65. Rxf2 Nxf2+ 66. Kxd2) 60... Qe3+ 61. Kf1 Nh3 (61... Qh3+ $142 62. Kg1 Qg3+ 63. Kf1 Nh3 64. Rg2 Qf3+ 65. Ke1 Qxg2 66. Qxd3 f3 67. Qd7+ Kh6 68. Kd1 f2 69. Qd2+ g5 70. Kc2 f1=Q 71. Qxg2 Qxg2+ 72. Kb3 g4 73. e6 g3 74. e7 Qd5+ 75. Ka3 Qe4 76. Ka4 g2 77. e8=B g1=Q 78. Bb5 Qc2+ 79. Ka5 Qxa2+ 80. Ba4 Qg6 81. b5 Qd2#) 62. Qc7+ Kh6 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Re3f2] Black mates.} 63. Qc5 Nxf2 64. Qxe3 fxe3 65. e6 d2 66. e7 d1=Q+ 67. Kg2 Qg4+ {What a fight!  Weighted Error Value: White=0.63/Black=0.41} 0-1

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.16"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Buchcar, Tomas"]
[Black "Jonsson, Gauti Pall"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2208"]
[BlackElo "2071"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. d3 Nc6 8. Nbd2 Ne8 9. Qc2 a5 10. a3 f5 11. O-O g5 12. Ne1 Bf6 13. g3 Ng7 14. Ng2 Bd7 15. f4 Qe8 16. Bf3 Qg6 17. Bd5+ Kh8 18. fxg5 Bxg5 19. Nf3 Bh6 20. Nfh4 Qe8 21. Rae1 Nd8 22. Bf3 Bc6 23. Bxc6 Nxc6 24. d4 Qh5 25. Rf2 Rf7 26. Ref1 Raf8 27. Bc3 Bxe3 28. Nxe3 exd4 29. Nhxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.16"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Havas, Janko"]
[Black "Colev, Ivor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A83"]
[WhiteElo "2143"]
[BlackElo "1950"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nc6 5. d5 Ne5 6. Qe2 Nf7 7. Bxf6 exf6 8. Nxe4 Qe7 9. d6 Nxd6 10. Nxd6+ cxd6 11. O-O-O Qxe2 12. Bxe2 b6 13. Bf3 Rb8 14. Ne2 Bb7 15. Bxb7 Rxb7 16. Nc3 b5 17. Rd5 a6 18. Ne4 Kf7 19. Rhd1 Ra7 20. f4 Be7 21. Nxd6+ Bxd6 22. Rxd6 Ke7 23. R6d3 Rc8 24. Re1+ Kf7 25. f5 Rc5 26. g4 h5 27. h3 hxg4 28. hxg4 Rc4 29. Rde3 d5 30. Rg1 Re7 31. Rxe7+ Kxe7 32. Kd2 Kd6 33. Re1 Re4 34. Rxe4 dxe4 35. Ke3 Kd5 36. c3 a5 37. b3 a4 38. c4+ bxc4 39. bxc4+ Kxc4 40. Kxe4 a3 41. Ke3 Kc3 42. Ke2 Kd4 43. Kf3 Kd3 44. Kf4 Ke2 45. Kg3 Ke3 46. Kh4 Kf4 47. Kh3 Kf3 48. Kh4 Kg2 49. g5 Kf3 50. gxf6 gxf6 51. Kh3 Kf4 52. Kg2 Kxf5 53. Kf3 Ke5 54. Ke3 f5 55. Kf3 Kd4 56. Kf4 Kc3 57. Kxf5 Kb2 58. Ke4 0-1

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.16"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Green, Michael"]
[Black "Roska, Branislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "1997"]
[BlackElo "2153"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Qe2 Nge7 8. Be3 O-O 9. O-O-O Be6 10. f4 Re8 11. Bxb6 axb6 12. g4 b5 13. Qxb5 Bxg4 14. Rd3 Bd7 15. Qh5 g6 16. Qh6 Kh8 17. f5 Ng8 18. Qf4 g5 19. Qf2 Ne5 20. Rg3 c6 21. Be2 b5 22. h4 g4 23. Bxg4 Nf6 24. Bf3 b4 25. Ne2 c5 26. h5 c4 27. Nd2 Rxa2 28. Nf4 Ra1+ 29. Nb1 c3 30. Ng6+ fxg6 31. hxg6 cxb2+ 32. Kd2 Nxf3+ 33. Qxf3 Nxe4+ 34. Kd3 Bb5+ 35. c4 bxc3+ 36. Kc2 Ba4+ 37. Kd3 Nc5+ 38. Kxc3 Qf6+ 39. Kc4 Re4+ 40. Qxe4 Nxe4 41. Rxh7+ Kg8 42. Rg2 Rxb1 43. g7 Qc3+ 44. Kd5 Bb3+ 45. Kxe4 Qe5+ 46. Kf3 Rf1+ 47. Rf2 Qxf5+ 48. Ke3 Qxf2+ 49. Ke4 Qf4+ 50. Kd3 Rf3+ 51. Ke2 Bc4+ 52. Kd1 b1=Q# 0-1

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.16"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Fajdetic, Hrvoje"]
[Black "Grgantov, Marin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2151"]
[BlackElo "2048"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 9,145,0,6,-7,0,-2,-4,0,8,0,7,2,0,-12,-13,-29,0,-47,-28,-20,-5,0,-2,-47,0,0,54,32,36,51,64,-14,33,3,10,-28,-2,-30,235,-207,-122,-242,-245,-266,-202,-279,-43,-22,136,-22,111,0,0,-102,-107,-107,-98,-184,-111,-229,-219,-289,666,640,596,-8,-10,-150,-127,-472,-456,-417,-89,-363,-296,-535,-531,-29972,-575,-29975,-575,-29968,-29963,-29980,-591,-591,0,-29980,-29981,-29977,-29948,-29978,-5102,-29990,-29982,-29991,-571,-511,-273,-273,-273,-273,-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,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. exd4 a6 6. Bd3 {B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack.} Nc6 7. Nce2 Qb6 {[%csl LRb2,LRd4]} 8. Rb1 {[#]} Bg4 $146 {[%cal Bc8g4,Bg4h5,Bh5g6][%mdl 32]} (8... Nxd4 $2 9. Nxd4 g6 10. c3 $18) ({Predecessor:} 8... e5 9. dxe5 Ne4 10. Bxe4 dxe4 11. Nc3 Bc5 12. Nd5 Qd8 13. Nc3 Qh4 14. Bg3 Qe7 {½-½ (42) Jacobs Jr,C (2228)-Williams,T (2466) ICCF email 2020}) 9. c3 e6 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Ng3 Be7 13. g5 (13. Nf3 $11) 13... Nd7 14. Nf3 {Against e5} f6 15. Bxg6+ hxg6 16. Qe2 Kf7 (16... e5 $1 $15 {is more appropriate.} 17. dxe5 fxe5 18. Bxe5 (18. Nxe5 Ndxe5 19. Bxe5 O-O $17) 18... O-O) 17. Kf1 Rae8 (17... Qb5 $11) 18. Kg2 $1 $14 (18. Re1 e5 19. gxf6 (19. dxe5 fxe5 20. Nxe5+ Ncxe5 $15) 19... gxf6 20. dxe5 fxe5 21. Ng5+ (21. Bxe5 $2 Bf6 $19) (21. Nxe5+ Ncxe5 22. Bxe5 Bf6 $17) 21... Kg7 22. Ne6+ Kh7 $11) 18... Bd8 19. h4 Bc7 20. Be3 (20. Bxc7 $14 Qxc7 21. Rbe1) 20... Qa5 (20... Qb5 $11) 21. Qc2 Ne7 (21... Qxa2 22. Ra1 Qc4 23. b3 $15) 22. b4 Qb6 23. c4 dxc4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (23... Qc6 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 24. c5 e5) 24. b5 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (24. d5 $1 $18 {is the narrow road to win.} Qd6 25. Ne4 Qxd5 26. Rhd1) 24... Nd5 (24... axb5 $19 {Threatens to win with ...Qc6.} 25. a4 Qc6 26. Rxb5 Nd5) 25. bxa6 (25. Qxc4 $17 {is a better defense.} Bxg3 26. bxa6) 25... Qxa6 $19 26. h5 Nf8 {White must now prevent ...gxh5.} 27. Ne4 Nxe3+ $2 (27... gxh5 28. Rhc1 $17) (27... Rxh5 $19 {...Qc6 is the strong threat.} 28. gxf6 gxf6 29. Rxh5 gxh5) 28. fxe3 $15 Qc6 $2 (28... Rxh5 $11 29. Rxh5 (29. Nc5 Qd6 $17) 29... gxh5) 29. h6 $2 (29. gxf6 $16 {White threatens Nfg5+ and mate.} gxf6 30. Rb4 (30. h6 Ra8 $15)) 29... Nh7 {Against Nfg5+} (29... f5 $11 30. Nc3 (30. d5 exd5 31. Nd4 Qa6 $17) 30... Kg8) 30. hxg7 {Chess con chili. 0x0.0013bbaeaf28dp-1022s more active pieces.} ({White should try} 30. Rb4 $16 b5 31. gxf6 (31. hxg7 Kxg7 32. a4 Nxg5 $17) 31... gxf6 32. a4) 30... Kxg7 $11 {[%cal Bf7g7,Bg7f6,Bf6e7][%mdl 32]} 31. gxf6+ (31. Rxh7+ $1 $11 Rxh7 32. gxf6+ Kh8 33. a4) 31... Nxf6 $17 32. Nxf6 Kxf6 33. Qb2 (33. e4 $17 {might work better.} Ke7 34. Rhe1) 33... Rxh1 (33... c3 $19 34. Qxb7 Qxb7 35. Rxb7 Rxh1 36. Kxh1 Rc8) 34. Rxh1 (34. d5+ $17 c3 35. dxc6 cxb2 36. Kxh1 bxc6 37. Rxb2) 34... c3 $19 35. Qf2 Qe4 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (35... g5 $19 36. Kg1 Ke7 37. Rh7+ Kd8) 36. Rh4 $1 $18 Qc6 {[#] Hoping for ...Ke7.} 37. e4 $2 (37. Rh7 $1 $18 {Threatening mate with Qh4+.} Qe4 38. Rxc7) 37... Ke7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 38. Qc2 (38. Rh7+ $11 {remains equal.} Kd8 39. d5 exd5 40. Nd4) 38... Kd8 {[%cal Og6g5]} 39. d5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (39. Ne5 $17 {is tougher.} Qb5 40. Qxc3) 39... exd5 $19 40. exd5 Qd6 (40... Qxd5 41. Rd4 Qxd4 42. Nxd4 $18) (40... Qb5 $19 {is more deadly. ( -> ...Re2+)} 41. Qxc3 Qe2+ 42. Kh1 Bb6) 41. Rg4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (41. Qxc3 $17 Qg3+ 42. Kf1 (42. Kh1 Rf8 $17)) 41... Qe7 ({Don't play} 41... Qxd5 42. Rd4 Qxd4 43. Nxd4 $18) 42. Nd4 ({But not} 42. Qxc3 $2 Qe2+ 43. Kh1 Be5 44. Qa5+ Kc8 $19) (42. d6 Bxd6 43. Rc4) 42... Qe5 43. Qxg6 Qxd5+ (43... Qh2+ $142 44. Kf1 Rf8+ 45. Nf5 c2 46. Rc4 Qh1+ 47. Ke2 Qd1+ 48. Ke3 c1=Q+ 49. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 50. Kd3 Qf1+ 51. Ke3 Qf4+ 52. Kd3 Rxf5 53. Qg8+ Rf8 54. Qg1 Qf5+ 55. Kc3 Qxd5 56. Kb2 Rf3 57. Qe1 Be5+ 58. Kc1 Rc3+ 59. Qxc3 Bxc3 60. Kc2 Qd2+ 61. Kb3 b5 62. a4 Qb2#) 44. Kf1 Qc4+ (44... Qh1+ $142 45. Rg1 Qh3+ 46. Rg2 c2 47. Qxe8+ Kxe8 48. Nxc2 Qh1+ 49. Kf2 Bb6+ 50. Kg3 Qf1 51. Ne3 Bxe3 52. Rb2 Qf4+ 53. Kg2 Qg4+ 54. Kf1 Qg1+ 55. Ke2 Qf2+ 56. Kd3 Qxb2 57. Kxe3 b5 58. Ke4 Qxa2 59. Kf3 b4 60. Ke4 b3 61. Kf4 b2 62. Kg4 b1=Q 63. Kg5 Qd2+ 64. Kh5 Qf5+ 65. Kh4 Qh2#) 45. Kg2 Qxa2+ 46. Kf3 Qd5+ (46... Rf8+ $142 47. Ke3 Qd2+ 48. Ke4 c2 49. Nxc2 Rf4+ 50. Rxf4 Qxc2+ 51. Kd4 Qxg6 52. Rf1 Bb6+ 53. Kc3 Qc6+ 54. Kb4 Qc5+ 55. Kb3 Qb5+ 56. Kc3 Qxf1 57. Kc2 Qc4+ 58. Kd2 Bf2 59. Kd1 Qa2 60. Kc1 Be3+ 61. Kd1 Qd2#) 47. Kf2 Qa2+ (47... Qd7 $19 48. Nf3 Rf8) 48. Kf3 $1 {[%cal Od4c6]} Rf8+ 49. Ke3 Qd2+ 50. Ke4 Re8+ (50... c2 $142 51. Nxc2 Rf4+ 52. Rxf4 Qxc2+ 53. Kf3 Qxg6 54. Rd4+ Ke8 55. Rd2 Qf5+ 56. Ke2 Bb6 57. Kd1 Qb1+ 58. Ke2 Qe4+ 59. Kd1 Qa4+ 60. Ke2 Qe4+ 61. Kd1 Qb1+ 62. Ke2 Qf5 63. Kd1 Qb1+) 51. Kf5 Qd3+ 52. Kg5 Qxg6+ (52... Qe3+ $142 53. Kh5 Rh8+ 54. Qh7 Rxh7+ 55. Kg6 Rh6+ 56. Kg7 Be5+ 57. Kf7 Qf2+ 58. Rf4 Qxf4+ 59. Nf5 Qxf5+ 60. Kg8 Rh8#) 53. Kxg6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rg8+ 54. Kf5 Rxg4 55. Kxg4 {KB-KN} b5 $2 ({Black should play} 55... Be5 $19 56. Nc2 Bg7) 56. Kf3 $11 {The position is equal.} Kd7 57. Ke2 b4 58. Kd3 Be5 59. Nb3 Ke6 60. Kc4 Bd6 {And now ...Ke5 would win.} 61. Nd4+ Ke5 {Strongly threatening ...Ke4.} 62. Ne2 c2 63. Kb3 Kd5 64. Kxc2 Kc4 65. Nc1 Bf4 66. Nb3 Be3 67. Na1 Bg5 (67... Bd4 $5 68. Nb3 Bh8 $11) 68. Nb3 Bh6 69. Na1 Be3 (69... Bg7 $5 70. Nb3 Kd5 $11) 70. Nb3 Kb5 71. Na1 Ka4 72. Nb3 Ka3 73. Na1 {And White is the lucky defender.  Weighted Error Value: White=1.19/Black=1.31} 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.16"]
[Round "4.11"]
[White "Basaric, Srdjan"]
[Black "Frouth, Nenad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2024"]
[BlackElo "2121"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "10"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.16"]
[Round "4.12"]
[White "Peric, Bernard"]
[Black "Korov, Zvonko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2112"]
[BlackElo "2015"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. dxc5 dxc5 5. Qc2 Nc6 6. Nf3 Qc7 7. Be3 e6 8. h3 Be7 9. Nbd2 Bd7 10. Be2 h6 11. Rd1 Rd8 12. O-O O-O 13. a3 Bc8 14. b4 b6 15. b5 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. f4 Qc7 18. c4 Bb7 19. e5 Ne8 20. Bf3 Bxf3 21. Nxf3 Qb7 22. f5 exf5 23. Rxd8 Bxd8 24. Qxf5 g6 25. Qd3 Qe7 26. Bxh6 Ng7 27. Rd1 Qe6 28. Qd5 Re8 29. Bxg7 Kxg7 30. Qxe6 fxe6 31. Rd7+ Kf8 32. Rxa7 Be7 33. Kf2 Rd8 34. Ke2 Ke8 35. a4 Rd7 36. Rxd7 Kxd7 37. h4 Bd8 38. Ke3 Ke8 39. Ke4 1-0

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.16"]
[Round "4.13"]
[White "Tomic, Stjepan"]
[Black "Gal, Moshe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1990"]
[BlackElo "2111"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 Qb6 6. Qb3 c4 7. Qc2 Bf5 8. Qc1 h6 9. h3 e6 10. Nbd2 Rc8 11. Be2 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. b3 cxb3 14. axb3 Na5 15. Qb2 a6 16. Rfc1 Rfd8 17. Bd1 Ne4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Nd2 Nc4 20. Nxc4 dxc4 21. b4 Bd6 22. Bxd6 Rxd6 23. Bc2 Qc6 24. Bxe4 Qxe4 25. Ra5 Rd5 26. Rxd5 Qxd5 27. Ra1 Rc6 28. Qc2 f5 29. Ra5 b5 30. Ra1 Qd8 31. e4 Qg5 32. e5 Qd8 33. Qe2 Qd5 34. Kh2 Kh7 35. Kg3 g6 36. Qf3 Kg7 37. Qxd5 exd5 38. Kf4 Re6 39. h4 h5 40. Kg5 Rc6 41. f3 Re6 42. Re1 Kh7 43. Rg1 Kg7 44. Rf1 Rc6 45. g4 fxg4 46. fxg4 hxg4 47. Kxg4 Re6 48. Kg5 Rc6 49. Rf2 Re6 50. Re2 Re8 51. e6 Re7 52. Re5 Re8 53. e7 Kf7 54. Rxd5 Rxe7 55. Rd6 Re3 56. Rxa6 Rxc3 57. Rf6+ Ke7 58. Rb6 Rg3+ 59. Kf4 Rh3 60. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.16"]
[Round "4.14"]
[White "Horvat, Damjan"]
[Black "Gal, Andrej"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2072"]
[BlackElo "1878"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Qb3 c4 6. Qc2 Nc6 7. e3 Bf5 8. Qc1 e6 9. Be2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nbd2 h6 12. b3 cxb3 13. axb3 Rfc8 14. Qb2 Qd8 15. h3 a6 16. b4 a5 17. b5 Nb8 18. c4 b6 19. Rfc1 Nbd7 20. Qb3 Bb4 21. Bd3 Bxd3 22. Qxd3 Qe7 23. e4 dxe4 24. Nxe4 Nxe4 25. Qxe4 Bd6 26. Be3 Nf6 27. Qd3 Rd8 28. Qb3 Rac8 29. Ra2 Nd7 30. Rac2 Ba3 31. Ra1 Bb4 32. Rac1 Ba3 33. Ra1 Bb4 34. Rac1 e5 35. Nxe5 Nxe5 36. dxe5 Bc5 37. Bxc5 Rxc5 38. f4 Qe6 39. Qe3 Qf5 40. Rd2 Rxd2 41. Qxd2 Qe4 42. g3 Rxc4 43. Rxc4 Qxc4 44. Qd8+ Kh7 45. Qxb6 a4 46. Qa6 Qc1+ 47. Kf2 Qb2+ 48. Kf3 a3 49. b6 a2 50. b7 a1=Q 51. Qxa1 Qxa1 52. b8=Q Qf1+ 53. Ke3 Qxh3 54. Qb1+ g6 55. Qg1 h5 56. Kf2 Qf5 57. Qd1 Kg7 58. Qd8 Qc2+ 59. Kg1 Qc1+ 60. Kg2 Qc6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.16"]
[Round "4.15"]
[White "Starcevic, Danijel"]
[Black "Vucenovic, Damian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "1935"]
[BlackElo "2053"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 18,151,39,37,62,25,22,20,25,25,21,24,47,40,95,54,101,-320,148,127,780,240,250,185,458,486,493,411,408,385,376,381,372,360,361,345,327,312,578,364,317,232,240,236,240,219,238,222,230,0,235,222,223,211,210,153,150,92,320,147,228,221,260,131,580,572,546,335,327,43,43,43,43,53,52,53,315,306,375,404,402,378,358,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-29979,-29980,-29980,-29981,-29981,-29982,-29982,-29983,-29983,-29984,-29984,-29985,-29985,-29986,-29986,-29987,-29986,-29984,-29987,-29988,-29988,-29989,-29989,-29990,-29990,-29991,-29991,-29992,-29994,-29995,-29995,-29994,-29994,-29995,-29995,-29996,-29999]} 1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 c5 {[%cal Bc7c5,Bc5c4][%mdl 32]} 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d4 Nc6 7. O-O Be6 8. Nc3 c4 9. Bf4 Be7 10. Ne5 {[%cal Oe5c4]} O-O {D34: Tarrasch Defence: 6 g3 Nf6 7 Bg2 Be7.} 11. Nxc6 (11. Nxc4 $5 dxc4 12. d5 $14) 11... bxc6 12. b3 cxb3 {The position is equal.} 13. axb3 {[#]} Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Bb4 14. Na4 Qd7 15. Rc1 Bh3 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. Rxc5 Rfe8 18. Qc2 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Re6 {1-0 (38) Burmakin,V (2504)-Kryukov,D (2241) Voronezh 2017}) 14. Qd3 Nh5 15. Bc1 f5 (15... Rb8 $14) 16. Ba3 g5 (16... f4 $14) 17. Bb4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} Bd6 $2 (17... Bxb4 $19 18. Ra6 Qd7) 18. Bxd6 $16 Re7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (18... Qxd6 $16 19. Ra6 Reb8) 19. Ra6 $2 Qxd6 $18 20. b4 Qxb4 $2 (20... Nf6 21. b5 Rc8) 21. Rxc6 Rd8 22. Rxe6 Rxe6 23. Bxd5 Rxd5 24. Nxd5 Qf8 25. Ra1 {[%cal Bf1a1,Ba1a5,Ba5c5,Bc5c8][%mdl 32]} Qf7 26. Ra5 Ng7 27. Rc5 h6 $2 (27... Re8 28. Ne3 Rf8) 28. Rc8+ Re8 29. Rxe8+ Nxe8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQN-KQN} 30. Ne3 Nd6 31. Qa6 Qd7 32. Qa2+ Qf7 33. Qa6 Qd7 34. Kf1 Kh7 35. d5 Kg8 36. Ke1 Qc7 37. Qc6 {Inhibits Qc1+.} (37. f3 $142) 37... Qd8 $2 {[#]} (37... Qxc6 $16 {keeps fighting.} 38. dxc6 Kf7) 38. Nc2 (38. Nxf5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512] has better winning chances.} Nxf5 39. Qe6+ Kg7 40. Qxf5) 38... Kf7 (38... Qa5+ $16 {is a better defense.} 39. Kf1 Qb6) 39. f3 Qa5+ {[#]} 40. Kd1 (40. Kf1 $1 $18 {Qd7+ is the strong threat.} Ke7 41. Ne3) 40... Nb5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (40... Ke7 $16 41. h4 Qb6) 41. Qe6+ Kg7 42. Qe7+ Kg6 43. Qb4 (43. d6 $18 Nc3+ 44. Kc1) 43... Qxb4 $14 44. Nxb4 {KN-KN} a5 45. Nc6 a4 46. Kc2 {Against Nc3} Kf6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (46... Kf7 $14) 47. e4 $18 fxe4 48. fxe4 h5 49. h3 (49. e5+ Kf5 50. d6 Ke6 $18) 49... Kf7 {[#]} 50. Kd3 $2 ({White must play} 50. e5 $1 $18) 50... a3 $11 {And now ...a2 would win.} 51. Nb4 {aiming for e5.} Kf6 52. Kc4 Nd6+ 53. Kd4 {Threatening mate with e5+.} Nb5+ 54. Kc5 Nc7 55. Kc6 Na6 56. Na2 ({Not} 56. Nxa6 $2 a2 57. d6 a1=Q $19) 56... Ke5 57. Nc3 Kd4 58. d6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} Kxc3 {KN-KP. Black mates.} 59. Kb6 Nb8 60. Kc7 a2 61. Kxb8 a1=Q 62. d7 Qa5 63. Kc8 Qc5+ 64. Kb7 Qd6 {[%csl LRd7,LRg3]} 65. Kc8 Qc6+ 66. Kd8 Qxe4 67. Kc8 Qc6+ 68. Kd8 Kd4 69. Ke7 Qc5+ 70. Ke8 Qe5+ 71. Kf7 Qd6 72. Ke8 Qe6+ 73. Kd8 Kc5 74. Kc7 Qc6+ 75. Kd8 Kd6 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Rc6d7]} 76. g4 Qxd7# {Never resign too early!  Weighted Error Value: White=0.80/Black=0.57} 0-1

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.16"]
[Round "4.16"]
[White "Janiszewski, Maciej"]
[Black "Ruzic, Pia Marie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2075"]
[BlackElo "1996"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5 9. Nd1 Qb6 10. c3 a5 11. Bd3 b4 12. f5 exf5 13. Bxf5 Ndxe5 14. Nh4 Be7 15. O-O Bxh4 16. dxe5 O-O 17. Qxd5 Bxf5 18. Bxc5 Be6 19. Bxb6 Bxd5 0-1

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.16"]
[Round "4.17"]
[White "Maravic, Ivan"]
[Black "Krikunov, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2009"]
[BlackElo "2202"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O Bd6 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Nd2 Bf5 11. c5 Bc7 12. f4 b4 13. Na4 Ne4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. a3 a5 16. Qd2 Nd7 17. Ra2 f5 18. Rfa1 Rb8 19. axb4 axb4 20. Bc1 g5 21. Nb2 gxf4 22. exf4 Nf6 23. Ra4 Qe7 24. Rxb4 Qg7 25. Bf1 Bxf4 26. Qc3 Rxb4 27. Qxb4 Bxh2+ 28. Kxh2 Ng4+ 29. Kh3 Qc7 30. g3 Qf7 31. Bg5 Qh5+ 32. Bh4 Nf2+ 33. Kh2 Qf3 34. Kg1 Ng4 0-1

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.16"]
[Round "4.18"]
[White "Prihoda, Leonardo"]
[Black "Cvitkovic, Filip"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "1995"]
[BlackElo "2164"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 16,106,70,52,58,29,35,33,34,-54,0,-73,-75,-66,-63,-62,-62,-89,-81,-99,-56,-97,-83,-75,-83,-93,-106,-110,-117,-97,-113,-131,-114,-91,-80,-70,-4,-32,10,12,123,135,211,171,164,170,237,234,492,489,506,489,843,783,1201,1201,1162,1145,1150,1114,1108,1089,1526,1167,1267,1339,1225,1154,1052,1052,985,749,1818,1681,1475,1187,29966,12814,29985,29985,29985,29986,29987,29967,29987,29988,29988,29989,29995,29996,29998,29999,29999]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 b6 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. exd4 d6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O Be7 9. Re1 (9. d5 $5) 9... O-O {E14: Queen's Indian: Classical Variation (4 e3).} 10. Qe2 {[%cal Od4d5]} (10. d5 $5 {[%cal Rd5e6]}) 10... Nbd7 11. Bf4 Re8 {[%cal Bf8e8,Be8e7,Be7d7][%mdl 32] [#] White is slightly better.} 12. Nb5 $146 (12. Rad1 $14) ({Predecessor:} 12. Rad1 Bf8 13. Bb1 a6 14. Bg5 Qc7 15. Qd3 Rac8 16. Nd2 g6 17. d5 exd5 18. cxd5 {0-1 (49) Mammadova,N (2209)-Pogosyan,S (2356) Batumi 2018}) 12... Nf8 (12... e5 $1 $15 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Nxe5 Bb4) 13. c5 (13. Rad1 $11) 13... dxc5 $17 14. dxc5 Nd5 15. Bg3 Bxc5 16. Be4 {[%cal Ob5c7]} Re7 {Inhibits Nc7.} 17. Red1 f6 18. a3 Rd7 19. b4 Be7 20. Rdc1 a6 21. Bxd5 {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender} Bxd5 22. Nc7 {[#]} Ra7 $1 {[%cal Ra7c7]} 23. Nxa6 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Bd6 {Inhibits Nb8.} 25. b5 Qe7 (25... f5 $15 26. Qe3 Be7) 26. a4 e5 (26... f5 $5 {[%cal Rf5f4]} 27. Qe3 Qf6 $15) 27. Rc6 {[%cal Bc1c6,Bc6b6,Bb6b8][%mdl 32]} g6 (27... Rab7 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 28. Rxb6 $16 {White is much more active. White leaves nothing to chance now.} Ne6 (28... Kg7 $16 {was worth a try.}) 29. Nb8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} Bxb8 30. Rxb8+ Kg7 (30... Kf7 {is a better defense.} 31. b6 Ra5) 31. b6 $18 Rab7 (31... Ra5) 32. Rxb7 Rxb7 33. a5 Nd4 (33... Qc5 $142 34. a6 Rxb6) 34. Qe4 {[#] aiming for a6.} Nb3 35. a6 Rxb6 36. a7 Nxa1 37. a8=Q Nb3 38. Qc4 {Threatening mate with Qag8+.} Nd4 39. Qcg8+ Kh6 40. Qgf8+ Qxf8 41. Qxf8+ Kg5 42. Kg2 {[%cal Of3f4] Hoping for f4+!} Nf5 43. Qa3 {And now Qc1+ would win.} Rd6 44. Qc1+ Kh5 45. Qc7 h6 46. Qf7 Kg5 47. h4+ {White mates.} Kh5 48. Kh3 Rc6 49. Qb3 Rd6 50. f4 {[%cal Rb3f3]} e4 51. Qc4 {[%cal Rc4e2]} Rd2 52. Qxe4 {[%cal Re4f3]} Nd4 53. f5 gxf5 54. Qe8# {Weighted Error Value: White=0.25 (precise) /Black=0.38} 1-0

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.16"]
[Round "4.19"]
[White "Vanden Bussche, Steven"]
[Black "Pal, Rohan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2026"]
[BlackElo "1935"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 b6 3. e3 Bb7 4. Nf3 g6 5. Be2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. h3 d6 8. Bh2 Nbd7 9. a4 a6 10. c3 Re8 11. Qb3 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Bc4 Qe7 15. Na3 Ne4 16. Rad1 Nc5 17. Qc2 Be4 18. Qe2 Nxa4 19. f4 b5 20. Ba2 exf4 21. Rxf4 Bf5 22. Rdf1 Bh6 23. R4f3 Bxe3+ 24. Kh1 Bb6 25. Qd2 Qh4 26. Bxf7+ Kxf7 27. Qd5+ Kf8 28. Rxf5+ gxf5 29. Rxf5+ Kg7 30. Rf7+ Kh6 31. Qc6+ Kg5 32. Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.16"]
[Round "4.20"]
[White "Baric, Marko"]
[Black "Draganic, Stjepan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "1948"]
[BlackElo "2025"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. b3 g6 6. Bb2 Bg7 7. Qc2 O-O 8. e3 d6 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O a6 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.16"]
[Round "4.21"]
[White "Franc, Borna"]
[Black "Jakovic, Roko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2020"]
[BlackElo "1921"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 Nc6 6. Nf3 d6 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O Be7 9. exd6 Qxd6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Bd3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bf6 13. Bg5 Qe7 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Re1 Rb8 16. Rb1 Rd8 17. Qe2 g6 18. Nd2 b6 19. Be4 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.16"]
[Round "4.22"]
[White "Kanizaj, Benjamin"]
[Black "Jakupec, Denis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2050"]
[BlackElo "2004"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. a3 Nf6 8. Be2 d6 9. O-O Be7 10. Kh1 O-O 11. f4 Bd7 12. Bf3 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bc6 14. Qe1 e5 15. Be3 exf4 16. Bxf4 Nd7 17. Rd1 Ne5 18. Bxe5 dxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.16"]
[Round "4.23"]
[White "Okrosa, Marijan"]
[Black "Lasic, Luka"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2059"]
[BlackElo "2077"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 Bxa6 6. Nc3 d6 7. f4 g6 8. Nf3 Bg7 9. e4 Bxf1 10. Rxf1 O-O 11. Kf2 e6 12. Re1 Qb6 13. h3 c4+ 14. Kg3 Na6 15. Kh2 Nc5 16. Be3 Qxb2 17. Bxc5 dxc5 18. Rc1 Nh5 19. Rc2 Qb4 20. Ne2 Ra3 21. Qc1 exd5 22. exd5 Ra4 23. Ne5 c3 24. Nxc3 Qxf4+ 25. Qxf4 Rxf4 26. Nb5 Re8 27. Rce2 Rf5 28. Nc6 Rxe2 29. Rxe2 Bf8 30. g4 Nf4 31. gxf5 Nxe2 32. f6 Bh6 33. d6 Bg5 34. Ne7+ Kf8 35. d7 1-0

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.16"]
[Round "4.24"]
[White "Takac, Zvonko"]
[Black "Faukovic, Matija"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2040"]
[BlackElo "2026"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. a3 Be7 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. b4 Ncd7 12. Bb2 a5 13. Rd1 axb4 14. axb4 Bxb4 15. O-O Qe7 16. e4 Nb6 17. Bb3 e5 18. Nxe5 Bd6 19. Nf3 Bg4 20. Qd3 Rfd8 21. Nd5 Nbxd5 22. exd5 Qe4 23. Bxf6 Qxd3 24. Rxd3 gxf6 25. Nd4 Bd7 26. Rf3 Be5 27. Nf5 Ra3 28. Ng3 Kf8 29. Ne4 Bg4 30. Re3 Bf4 31. Rc3 Be5 32. Re3 Bd4 33. Rg3 Bf5 34. Nd2 b5 35. Rf3 Bg6 36. g4 Rc8 37. Re1 Re8 38. Rxe8+ Kxe8 39. d6 Kd7 40. Be6+ fxe6 41. Rxa3 Kxd6 42. Kf1 b4 43. Ra6+ Ke5 44. Ke2 Bc3 45. Ke3 Bd4+ 46. Kf3 Bc3 47. Ke2 Bc2 48. Rb6 Kd5 49. f4 Kc5 50. Rxe6 b3 51. Nxb3+ Bxb3 52. Re7 Bc4+ 53. Kf3 Bd5+ 54. Kg3 Kd4 55. Kh4 Be4 56. f5 h6 57. Kh5 Bf3 58. h3 Bg2 59. h4 Bf3 60. Kxh6 Bxg4 61. Kg6 Kd5 62. h5 Bxh5+ 63. Kxh5 Be5 64. Kg6 1-0

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.17"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Starcevic, Ante Leon"]
[Black "Begic, Domagoj"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2152"]
[BlackElo "2026"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 9,31,-8,0,-7,-10,-10,-7,-6,-5,-4,-4,-5,0,-4,-3,-8,0,-8,0,-18,-6,-22,-8,-16]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c3 e6 4. Bf4 Bd6 5. Bg3 Nbd7 {The position is equal.} 6. Nbd2 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4.} Qe7 7. e3 e5 8. dxe5 (8. Bxe5 {feels hotter.} Nxe5 9. dxe5 Bxe5 10. Nxe5 Qxe5 11. Qa4+) 8... Nxe5 9. Nxe5 Bxe5 10. Bxe5 Qxe5 11. Qa4+ c6 12. Qd4 Qe7 {[#]} 13. Bd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O Bf5 15. Rac1 Rfd8 16. Rfd1 Bg6 17. h3 h6 18. a4 Ne4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Qc4 {½-½ (56) Cerveny,M (2386)-Sadhwani,R (2310) Zadar 2017}) 13... Bd7 14. Nf3 O-O 15. Qh4 {[%cal Od3h7]} Rfe8 16. O-O {An uneventful encounter.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.05 (flawless) /Black=0.04 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.17"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Vrban, Mladen"]
[Black "Vujec, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2297"]
[BlackElo "2192"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Be3 Nh6 6. f4 Qc7 7. b4 f6 8. Nc3 a6 9. exf6 gxf6 10. Qh5+ Nf7 11. Nge2 Nc6 12. a3 Ne7 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. Bb5 Nc6 15. Ba4 Nxd4 16. Bxd7+ Qxd7 17. Bxd4 Bg7 18. O-O e5 19. fxe5 fxe5 20. Be3 O-O 21. Rad1 d4 22. Bc1 Qc6 23. Ne2 Rad8 24. Ng3 Qg6 25. Qxg6 hxg6 26. Rde1 Rd7 27. Ne4 Nd8 28. Rxf8+ Kxf8 29. Rf1+ Ke7 30. Rf3 Ke6 31. Rg3 Kd5 32. Nd6 b5 33. Rxg6 Ne6 34. Nc8 Nf8 35. Nb6+ Ke4 36. Rg4+ Kf5 37. Rg5+ Kf6 38. Nxd7+ Nxd7 39. c6 Nb6 40. Rg4 Bf8 41. h4 1-0

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.17"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Colev, Ivor"]
[Black "Bouget, Alexandre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "1950"]
[BlackElo "2282"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. O-O O-O 8. a4 Bb7 9. Nc3 b4 10. Nd5 h6 11. a5 d6 12. Re1 Ba7 13. Be3 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Bxe3 15. Rxe3 Nxa5 16. Rxa5 c6 17. Bxc6 Bxc6 18. Ra1 f5 19. exf5 Rxf5 20. Nd2 Qh4 21. Qe2 Qd4 22. Rb1 a5 23. Ne4 d5 24. c3 Qb6 25. Ng3 Rf7 26. cxb4 axb4 27. Rxe5 Raf8 28. Rf1 Qd4 29. Re7 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.17"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Novosel, Lovro"]
[Black "Brigljevic, Milan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "2212"]
[BlackElo "2161"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c5 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. d5 Na5 9. Nd2 a6 10. Qc2 e5 11. e4 Bd7 12. b3 b5 13. Rb1 Ng4 14. Bb2 f5 15. exf5 gxf5 16. Ne2 Rb8 17. Bc3 b4 18. Bb2 Nb7 19. Rbe1 Qe7 20. Nf4 Nd8 21. Nh3 Qf7 22. f3 Nf6 23. f4 e4 24. a3 bxa3 25. Bxa3 Ng4 26. Bb2 a5 27. Ng5 Qg6 28. Kh1 h6 29. Nh3 a4 30. Bxg7 Qxg7 31. Re2 e3 32. Nf3 Rxb3 33. Nh4 Nb7 34. Bf3 Na5 35. Rc1 Rb4 36. Ng1 Rxc4 37. Qb1 Rb4 38. Qc2 Nb3 39. h3 Nxc1 40. Qxc1 Nf2+ 41. Kh2 Ne4 42. Rg2 Qc3 43. Qf1 Bb5 44. Be2 Nd2 45. Qd1 Rb1 46. Qxb1 Nxb1 47. Bxb5 a3 48. g4 Qb4 49. Bd7 Qxf4+ 50. Kh1 fxg4 51. Bxg4 Qf2 52. Be6+ Kh7 53. Bf5+ Rxf5 0-1

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.17"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Denic, Marin"]
[Black "Babic, Zvonko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 c6 8. a4 a5 9. h3 h6 10. Be3 Re8 11. d5 Nb6 12. Nd2 cxd5 13. exd5 Bf5 14. Ra3 Nbd7 15. Rb3 Qc8 16. Bb5 Rf8 17. Nc4 Bg6 18. Qe2 Qc7 19. Bxd7 Nxd7 20. Nb5 Qb8 21. Rc3 Ra6 22. f4 Re8 23. fxe5 Bh4 24. Bf2 Bxf2+ 25. Qxf2 Nxe5 26. Nxe5 dxe5 27. Nc7 Rf6 28. Qc5 b6 29. Qe3 Re7 30. Nb5 e4 31. Rd1 Qe5 32. d6 Rd7 33. Qxb6 Bf5 34. Qd4 Qf4 35. Qe3 Qh4 36. Rc5 Bxh3 37. Rc8+ Kh7 38. Qxh3 Qf2+ 39. Kh1 Rf4 40. g3 Qf3+ 41. Qg2 Qh5+ 42. Kg1 Qxd1+ 43. Kh2 Rf1 44. g4 Qe1 0-1

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.17"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Karlusic, Luka"]
[Black "Buchcar, Tomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2089"]
[BlackElo "2208"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 Ne8 8. Nge2 Nd7 9. O-O g6 10. Bh6 Ng7 11. f4 exf4 12. gxf4 Nf6 13. h3 Kh8 14. Ng3 Ng8 15. Bxg7+ Kxg7 16. e5 Nh6 17. Kh2 Re8 18. Qf3 Nf5 19. Nxf5+ Bxf5 20. Rae1 Bh4 21. Re2 Qd7 22. Nb5 Be7 23. Rfe1 a6 24. Nxd6 Bxd6 25. exd6 Rxe2 26. Qxe2 Rd8 27. Qe5+ Kg8 28. Qf6 Rf8 29. b3 b5 30. Re7 Qd8 31. h4 Qa5 32. d7 Qd8 33. h5 h6 34. hxg6 Bxg6 35. d6 1-0

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.17"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Roska, Branislav"]
[Black "Ruzic, Pia Marie"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2153"]
[BlackElo "1996"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. Qe2+ Qe7 7. dxc5 Qxe2+ 8. Nxe2 Bxc5 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bh4 Nge7 12. Nbd4 Bd7 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bd3 Nf5 15. Bg3 Nxg3 16. Nxg3 Kf7 17. O-O g6 18. Rfe1 Rab8 19. c3 a5 20. Rad1 Rhe8 21. Rxe8 Rxe8 22. Kf1 h5 23. h3 h4 24. Ne2 f5 25. Nd4 Kf6 26. Nf3 g5 27. Re1 Rb8 28. b3 c5 29. Ne5 Be8 30. Nf3 Bc7 31. Bc2 Bb5+ 32. Kg1 Bc6 33. Bd3 Bf4 34. Rb1 Bd6 35. Bc2 Rb7 36. a3 Rb8 37. Re1 Rg8 38. Rd1 Re8 39. b4 axb4 40. axb4 cxb4 41. cxb4 Bxb4 42. Bxf5 Kxf5 43. Nd4+ Kf4 44. Nxc6 Re1+ 45. Rxe1 Bxe1 46. Kf1 Bc3 47. Ke2 Ke4 48. Nd8 d4 49. f3+ Kf4 50. Ne6+ Kf5 51. Nc5 Bb4 52. Nd3 Bd6 53. Nf2 Bf4 54. Nd3 Be3 55. Nc5 Ke5 56. Kd3 Kd6 57. Ne4+ Kd5 58. g3 hxg3 59. Nxg3 Ke5 60. Ne2 Bf2 61. Kc4 Be3 62. Kd3 Bf2 63. Kc4 Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.17"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Jonsson, Gauti Pall"]
[Black "Peric, Bernard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2071"]
[BlackElo "2112"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Nxe4 6. Qxe4 Nd7 7. Bc4 Nf6 8. Ne5 e6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. d4 Rd8 13. Bf4 Bd6 14. Bg5 Be7 15. Qf3 Bd7 16. Bd3 Be8 17. Qh3 g6 18. Qh4 Nd5 19. Nf3 f6 20. Bd2 Qd7 21. c4 Nc7 22. Bc3 Bf7 23. Qe4 Bf8 24. h4 Ne8 25. h5 Ng7 26. hxg6 Bxg6 27. Qh4 Qf7 28. Bxg6 hxg6 29. Qe4 Rd7 30. g3 Nf5 31. Kg2 Bg7 32. Rh1 Rc8 33. Rae1 c5 34. dxc5 Rxc5 35. Bb4 Rc6 36. b3 e5 37. Qg4 Qe8 38. Qh3 e4 39. Qh7+ Kf7 40. Nh4 Nxh4+ 41. Rxh4 f5 42. Rexe4 fxe4 43. Rf4+ Rf6 44. Rxf6+ Kxf6 45. Bc3+ Ke7 46. Qxg7+ Kd8 47. Qf6+ Kc8 48. Be5 Qf7 49. Qxf7 Rxf7 50. Kf1 e3 51. f4 Rd7 52. Ke2 Rd2+ 53. Kxe3 Rxa2 54. g4 Ra3 55. f5 gxf5 56. gxf5 Rxb3+ 57. Kd2 Kd7 58. Kc2 Rh3 59. f6 Ke6 60. Bd4 a6 0-1

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.17"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "Vucenovic, Damian"]
[Black "Fajdetic, Hrvoje"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2053"]
[BlackElo "2151"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. c4 c6 6. c5 Bc7 7. Bd3 Ne7 8. O-O Bg4 9. Re1 Nd7 10. Nbd2 Nf8 11. Qc2 Ne6 12. Nh4 Ng6 13. Nf5 O-O 14. Nb3 Qf6 15. Be3 Ngf4 16. Ng3 h5 17. Bf5 g6 18. Bxg4 hxg4 19. Qd1 Qh4 20. Nd2 Kg7 21. Ndf1 f5 22. Qd2 Nxg2 23. Bh6+ Qxh6 24. Qxh6+ Kxh6 25. Rxe6 Nh4 26. Nd2 Ba5 27. Nb3 Bd8 28. Kf1 Nf3 29. Ke2 Ng5 30. Rd6 f4 31. Nf1 Re8+ 32. Kd3 Ne4 33. Rd7 Nxf2+ 34. Kc2 Re2+ 35. Nfd2 Bg5 36. Kc3 f3 37. Rf7 a5 38. a4 Rae8 39. Nf1 Ne4+ 40. Kd3 Nf2+ 41. Kc3 Re1 42. Rxe1 Rxe1 43. Ng3 Ne4+ 44. Kc2 Re2+ 45. Kd3 Rxb2 46. Nxe4 dxe4+ 47. Kxe4 Rxb3 48. d5 Rb4+ 49. Ke5 cxd5 50. Kxd5 Rf4 0-1

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.17"]
[Round "5.10"]
[White "Krikunov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Horvat, Damjan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2202"]
[BlackElo "2072"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 e5 6. Qd3 h6 7. O-O Ngf6 8. Re1 a6 9. Bxd7+ Bxd7 10. a4 Be7 11. c4 O-O 12. Nc3 Be6 13. b3 Nd7 14. Ba3 Rc8 15. Nd5 Nc5 16. Bxc5 Rxc5 17. b4 Rc8 18. Red1 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Qb6 20. Rab1 Qc6 21. Rbc1 Rc7 22. c5 Qxd5 23. exd5 a5 24. b5 Rxc5 25. Rxc5 dxc5 26. Nxe5 Bf6 27. Nc4 Bd8 28. Kf1 Re8 29. Re1 Rf8 30. Ke2 Bf6 31. Kd3 Rd8 32. d6 Kf8 33. g3 g5 34. g4 Bd4 35. f3 f6 36. Re7 Be5 37. Rxb7 Bxd6 38. Nxd6 Rxd6+ 39. Kc3 Rd4 40. Ra7 Ke8 41. Rxa5 Kd7 42. Ra7+ Kc8 43. a5 1-0

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.17"]
[Round "5.11"]
[White "Frouth, Nenad"]
[Black "Prihoda, Leonardo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2121"]
[BlackElo "1995"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 Nc6 6. c3 e6 7. Nbd2 h6 8. h3 Bd6 9. Ne5 Qc7 10. Bb5 O-O 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. O-O Nh7 13. Bg3 f6 14. Ng6 Re8 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Qh5 Ba6 17. Rfe1 Bd3 18. Re3 Bxg6 19. Qxg6 Nf8 20. Qh5 Re7 21. Nf3 Rb8 22. b4 a5 23. a3 Ra7 24. Rae1 axb4 25. axb4 Rba8 26. g3 Ra1 27. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 28. Kg2 Qd7 29. Ne1 Qa7 30. Qe8 Qa8 31. Qe7 Ra7 32. Qc5 Kf7 33. Nd3 Re7 34. Rf3 Nd7 35. Qd6 Qb7 36. g4 Ke8 37. Re3 Kf7 38. h4 Nf8 39. Qg3 Qc7 40. Qf3 Ng6 41. Kh3 Nxh4 42. Ne5+ Qxe5 43. dxe5 Nxf3 44. Rxf3 Ra7 45. exf6 gxf6 46. c4 Rb7 47. cxd5 exd5 48. Rb3 c5 49. b5 c4 50. Rb1 Ke6 51. Kg3 d4 52. Kf4 Kd5 53. Rh1 c3 54. Kf3 Rxb5 0-1

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.17"]
[Round "5.12"]
[White "Gal, Moshe"]
[Black "Basaric, Srdjan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2111"]
[BlackElo "2024"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Bf4 Nh5 5. Bd2 e5 6. e4 Nhf6 7. Bc4 Be7 8. a4 O-O 9. O-O c6 10. a5 Rb8 11. Qe2 b5 12. Bb3 a6 13. h3 Bb7 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Bg5 Bc8 16. Rfd1 Qc7 17. Bh4 Nc5 18. Bg3 Nfd7 19. Nd4 Bf6 20. Ba2 g6 21. b4 Na4 22. Nxa4 bxa4 23. c3 c5 24. Nc2 Be7 25. Qc4 Nf6 26. Ne3 Rb5 27. Nd5 Nxd5 28. exd5 Bd6 29. Bb1 Qb7 30. Rxa4 Bd7 31. Bd3 cxb4 32. cxb4 Rc8 33. Qb3 Rbc5 34. Bxa6 Bxa4 35. Qxa4 Qxa6 36. bxc5 Bxc5 37. Bxe5 Qe2 38. Bg3 f5 39. d6 f4 40. d7 Rf8 41. Bh4 1-0

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.17"]
[Round "5.13"]
[White "Vukic, Aleksandar"]
[Black "Tomic, Stjepan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2073"]
[BlackElo "1990"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 e5 6. Ne2 Ne7 7. O-O O-O 8. c3 Nd7 9. Qb3 Nc5 10. Qc2 dxe4 11. dxe4 Nd3 12. Nc4 b5 13. Ne3 Nxc1 14. Raxc1 Qb6 15. c4 Be6 16. c5 Qc7 17. b3 Rad8 18. Rcd1 Kh8 19. f4 Bh6 20. Qc3 f6 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. g4 Bg7 23. f5 Bg8 24. g5 gxf5 25. exf5 Nd5 26. Bxd5 cxd5 27. Ng4 d4 28. Qg3 d3 29. gxf6 Qxc5+ 30. Kg2 Bxf6 31. Nxf6 dxe2 32. Re1 Qc6+ 0-1

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.17"]
[Round "5.14"]
[White "Grgantov, Marin"]
[Black "Dzaja, Martin Zorislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2048"]
[BlackElo "1974"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. Nf3 dxe4 11. Qxe4 Nf6 12. Qh4 c5 13. Bd2 Be7 14. Qg3 Qxg3 15. hxg3 Rb8 16. Bc3 Bb5 17. Be5 Rb6 18. c4 Ba4 19. b3 Bc6 20. Bc3 h6 21. O-O O-O 22. Rfe1 Ng4 23. Ne5 Nxe5 24. Bxe5 Rd8 25. Rad1 Rb7 26. Bc2 Rbd7 27. Rxd7 Rxd7 28. Rd1 Rxd1+ 29. Bxd1 Be4 30. a3 Bd3 31. Bc3 f5 32. f3 Bg5 33. f4 Bf6 34. Bxf6 gxf6 35. g4 fxg4 36. Bxg4 f5 37. Bf3 a5 38. Bd1 Kf7 39. Kf2 a4 40. Ke3 Bf1 41. Kf2 Bd3 42. bxa4 Bxc4 43. a5 Ke7 44. Be2 Bd5 45. a6 Kd6 46. a7 Kc7 47. Bf3 Bxf3 48. Kxf3 Kb7 49. Ke3 Kxa7 50. Kd3 Kb6 51. Kc4 h5 52. a4 h4 53. a5+ Kc6 54. a6 e5 55. fxe5 f4 56. a7 Kb7 57. a8=Q+ Kxa8 58. e6 h3 59. gxh3 f3 60. e7 1-0

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.17"]
[Round "5.15"]
[White "Gal, Andrej"]
[Black "Vanden Bussche, Steven"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "1878"]
[BlackElo "2026"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 a5 6. e3 Bg4 7. Bxc4 e6 8. O-O Bb4 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. Bd2 O-O 11. h3 Bh5 12. Rc1 Qe7 13. Nh4 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nf5 Qd7 17. e4 Qd3 18. Rfe1 Qxe2 19. Rxe2 Nc4 20. Bg5 Nd7 21. Na2 Nce5 22. Nxb4 axb4 23. b3 f6 24. Be3 g5 25. Rd2 Ra5 26. Kf1 Rfa8 27. g3 Nf8 28. Rcd1 Re8 29. Kg2 Ne6 30. Bb6 Ra6 31. a5 Kf8 32. Nd4 Kf7 33. Nxe6 Rxe6 34. f4 gxf4 35. gxf4 Ng6 36. Kf3 Ra8 37. Rd7+ Re7 38. Rxe7+ Kxe7 39. Bc5+ Ke8 40. Bxb4 c5 41. Bc3 b6 42. axb6 Ra3 43. Bxf6 Rxb3+ 44. Kg4 Rxb6 45. e5 Nf8 46. Rd8+ Kf7 47. f5 Rb1 48. Ra8 Rg1+ 49. Kh4 Rf1 50. Ra7+ Ke8 51. Re7+ Kd8 52. Rxh7+ Ke8 53. Re7+ Kd8 54. Ra7+ Ke8 55. e6 Nxe6 56. Re7+ Kf8 57. Rxe6 Rxf5 58. Rc6 Ke8 59. Kg4 Rd5 60. Rc7 Rd6 61. Kf5 Rd3 62. h4 Rf3+ 63. Ke4 1-0

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.17"]
[Round "5.16"]
[White "Jakupec, Denis"]
[Black "Okrosa, Marijan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2004"]
[BlackElo "2059"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Bb2 Re8 9. a3 Ba5 10. O-O Bc7 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. f4 Nc5 14. Bc2 a5 15. Qf3 g6 16. Rad1 b5 17. e4 Qe7 18. exd5 cxd5 19. cxb5 a4 20. b4 Nd7 21. Bd4 Bb6 22. Qe3 Bxd4 23. Qxd4 Bb7 24. Bd3 Rec8 25. Rc1 Qd8 26. Nf3 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Rc8 28. Rc3 Rc7 29. Bf1 Qc8 30. Rxc7 Qxc7 31. Qa7 Qb6+ 32. Qxb6 Nxb6 33. Nd4 Kf8 34. Kf2 Ke7 35. Ke3 Kd7 36. g3 Kc7 37. Nf3 h6 38. Kd4 Nd7 39. Ne1 Nb6 40. g4 Bc8 41. Bd3 Bd7 42. Ng2 Be8 43. Ne3 Nd7 44. Nd1 f6 45. exf6 Nxf6 46. h3 Kd6 47. Nc3 g5 48. fxg5 e5+ 49. Ke3 hxg5 50. Nxa4 e4 51. Bf1 Ke5 52. Nc5 d4+ 53. Kf2 Nd5 54. Bc4 Nb6 55. Bf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.17"]
[Round "5.17"]
[White "Korov, Zvonko"]
[Black "Takac, Zvonko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2015"]
[BlackElo "2040"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. b3 d6 4. Bb2 e5 5. d3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bg4 7. e3 Be7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Qd7 10. a3 Rfe8 11. Qc2 h6 12. Rad1 a6 13. Rfe1 Rab8 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. cxd5 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Na7 17. d4 cxd4 18. exd4 Rbc8 19. Qb1 exd4 20. Bxd4 Nb5 21. Qb2 Nxd4 22. Qxd4 Bf6 23. Rxe8+ Qxe8 24. Qb4 Qe7 25. h3 Qc7 26. Bg4 Re8 27. Re1 Rxe1+ 28. Qxe1 Kf8 29. Qd1 b5 30. a4 Qc5 31. axb5 axb5 32. g3 Bd4 33. Qf3 Qc3 34. Kg2 Qxf3+ 35. Kxf3 Ke7 36. Bc8 Kf6 37. Ba6 b4 38. Ke2 Ke5 39. f4+ Kf6 40. Kf3 g5 41. fxg5+ Kxg5 42. Bc8 1-0

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.17"]
[Round "5.19"]
[White "Jakovic, Roko"]
[Black "Raljic, Mirko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "1921"]
[BlackElo "2023"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. g4 Na6 9. Nge2 h5 10. f3 Nh7 11. Qd2 h4 12. g5 f6 13. gxf6 Bxf6 14. Rg1 Kf7 15. f4 Qe7 16. fxe5 Bxe5 17. O-O-O Rg8 18. Nf4 g5 19. Ne6 Qf6 20. Be2 Ke7 21. Rdf1 Qh8 22. Bh5 Bxe6 23. dxe6 Nf6 24. Bxg5 c6 25. Bf7 Rxg5 26. Qxg5 Nc5 27. Rg4 Nxe6 28. Bxe6 Kxe6 29. Rxh4 Qg8 30. Qf5+ Ke7 31. Rh6 Rf8 32. Rg6 Qh8 33. c5 Nd7 34. Qe6+ Kd8 35. Rxf8+ Nxf8 36. Rg8 Bf4+ 37. Kb1 Qh6 38. Qf7 1-0

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.17"]
[Round "5.20"]
[White "Baric, Marko"]
[Black "Franc, Borna"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "1948"]
[BlackElo "2020"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. c3 Nxb3 12. Nxb3 c5 13. Bg5 Nd7 14. Na5 Qxa5 15. Bxe7 Rfe8 16. axb5 Qxb5 17. Bg5 h6 18. Be3 Nf6 19. Qc2 Bc8 20. h3 Be6 21. Nd2 Reb8 22. Reb1 Qc6 23. Qa4 Qxa4 24. Rxa4 Bd7 25. Ra3 Bb5 26. c4 Bc6 27. f4 Nd7 28. Nf3 f5 29. fxe5 fxe4 30. dxe4 Bxe4 31. Rd1 Bxf3 32. gxf3 Nxe5 33. b3 Nxf3+ 34. Kf2 Rf8 35. Rxd6 Rae8 36. Ke2 Nd4+ 37. Kd2 Rxe3 38. Kxe3 Nf5+ 39. Ke4 Nxd6+ 40. Kd5 Nb7 41. Kc6 Nd8+ 42. Kxc5 Rf6 43. h4 a5 44. Ra1 Ne6+ 45. Kd5 Kf7 46. Rc1 Rf5+ 47. Kd6 Nc5 48. Rb1 g5 49. hxg5 hxg5 50. b4 axb4 51. Rxb4 g4 52. Rb1 g3 53. Rg1 Rg5 54. Rf1+ Kg7 55. Rg1 g2 56. Kc6 Ne4 57. Kb6 Kg6 58. Kc6 Kh5 59. Kb6 Kh4 60. c5 Nxc5 0-1

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.17"]
[Round "5.21"]
[White "Cvitkovic, Filip"]
[Black "Starcevic, Danijel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2164"]
[BlackElo "1935"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 9,61,36,65,35,69,54,47,49,62,26,45,33,33,33,46,38,14,33,53,54,61,50,44,36,29,30,62,85,497,494,729,729,700,712,702,702,700,650,1056,1030,1120,1063,1154,1147,2102,2041,2295,2283,2205,2178,1964,1800,1786,546]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 e5 6. d5 {E71: King's Indian: 4 e4 d6 5 h3.} Nh5 7. Be3 (7. Be2 $5 {[%cal Re2h5]}) 7... O-O 8. g3 {[%cal Bg2g3,Bg3g4][%mdl 32] White is slightly better.} Na6 9. Bd3 {[#] White is more active.} b6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Nc5 10. Be2 Nf6 11. Qc2 a5 12. Nf3 Nfd7 13. g4 f5 14. gxf5 gxf5 15. Bg5 Qe8 16. Rg1 Kh8 {½-½ (73) Kovalenko,I (2646)-Ziska,H (2468) Riga 2013}) 10. Nge2 f5 11. exf5 gxf5 12. g4 f4 13. Bd2 Nc5 14. Bc2 ({Don't go for} 14. Bxh7+ $2 Kxh7 15. Qc2+ Kh8 $19) 14... Nf6 15. b4 Nb7 16. g5 Nh5 17. Ne4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Bd7 18. N2c3 a5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#] Loses the game.} 19. Qxh5 $18 {[%cal Oe4d6] White is clearly winning.} Be8 (19... Bf5 $142 20. b5 Bg6) 20. Nf6+ Rxf6 21. Qxh7+ Kf8 22. gxf6 Qxf6 23. Ne4 Qe7 24. bxa5 Nc5 25. Nxc5 dxc5 26. Be4 b5 27. Rg1 {[%cal Od5d6] [#] Black must now prevent d6!} Ra6 28. d6 Rxd6 29. Bd5 Rxd5 30. cxd5 {Threatens to win with Rc1.} e4 31. Qxg7+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.09 (flawless) /Black=0.61} 1-0

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.17"]
[Round "5.22"]
[White "Maravic, Ivan"]
[Black "Janiszewski, Maciej"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D89"]
[WhiteElo "2009"]
[BlackElo "2075"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "247"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Ne2 c5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bd3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Be6 14. d5 Bxa1 15. Qxa1 f6 16. Qd4 Bf7 17. Bh6 Re8 18. Bb5 e5 19. Qf2 Re7 20. f4 Qd6 21. Ng3 a6 22. fxe5 Rxe5 23. Bd3 b5 24. Bf4 Rf8 25. Bxe5 fxe5 26. Qd2 Nb7 27. Qh6 b4 28. Kh1 a5 29. Qg5 Kh8 30. Rf6 Qe7 31. h4 Nc5 32. Bb5 Nb7 33. h5 Bg8 34. Rxg6 Qxg5 35. Rxg5 Nd6 36. Be2 a4 37. Bd1 Nxe4 38. Nxe4 Rf1+ 39. Kh2 Rxd1 40. Nf6 Bxd5 41. h6 Rd2 42. Rxe5 Rxg2+ 43. Kh3 Rg6 44. Rxd5 Rxh6+ 45. Nh5 Kg8 46. Rb5 b3 47. axb3 axb3 48. Kg4 Ra6 49. Kf5 Ra2 50. Nf6+ Kf8 51. Rxb3 Ra5+ 52. Ke6 Ra6+ 53. Ke5 Ra5+ 54. Nd5 Kf7 55. Rh3 Kg6 56. Rg3+ Kf7 57. Rh3 Kg6 58. Rg3+ Kf7 59. Rg1 h6 60. Ke4 h5 61. Rg5 Ra4+ 62. Kf5 h4 63. Rh5 Ra5 64. Rh7+ Ke8 65. Ke6 Ra6+ 66. Ke5 Ra5 67. Ke6 Ra6+ 68. Ke5 Ra5 69. Rxh4 Kd7 70. Rh6 Ra1 71. Rd6+ Kc8 72. Rc6+ Kd7 73. Rc7+ Kd8 74. Rh7 Ra5 75. Kd6 Ra6+ 76. Kc5 Rg6 77. Rf7 Ke8 78. Rf5 Kd7 79. Rh5 Rc6+ 80. Kd4 Rc1 81. Nf6+ Ke6 82. Ne4 Rd1+ 83. Ke3 Re1+ 84. Kf3 Rf1+ 85. Ke2 Ra1 86. Nc3 Rc1 87. Kd3 Rg1 88. Rh8 Ke5 89. Re8+ Kf5 90. Kd4 Rh1 91. Re5+ Kf6 92. Ne4+ Kf7 93. Rf5+ Ke6 94. Rf6+ Ke7 95. Ra6 Rh5 96. Rb6 Ra5 97. Nc3 Rh5 98. Nd5+ Kd8 99. Rb7 Kc8 100. Rg7 Rh6 101. Kc5 Kd8 102. Ra7 Ke8 103. Nf4 Rf6 104. Nd3 Rf5+ 105. Kd6 Rf6+ 106. Ke5 Rh6 107. Nf4 Rh1 108. Kd6 Rg1 109. Re7+ Kf8 110. Ne6+ Kg8 111. Re8+ Kh7 112. Ke7 Rf1 113. Ra8 Rf2 114. Ra1 Kg6 115. Ra8 Rf7+ 116. Kd6 Rf1 117. Rg8+ Kh7 118. Rg2 Kh6 119. Ke5 Kh7 120. Nf4 Ra1 121. Kf6 Rf1 122. Rg4 Rf2 123. Kf7 Kh6 124. Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.17"]
[Round "5.23"]
[White "Pal, Rohan"]
[Black "Kanizaj, Benjamin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "1935"]
[BlackElo "2050"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Be2 d6 3. f4 e6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. O-O Nf6 6. d3 Be7 7. Kh1 O-O 8. Be3 Ng4 9. Bg1 f5 10. exf5 exf5 11. d4 b6 12. dxc5 dxc5 13. Bc4+ Kh8 14. h3 Nh6 15. Nc3 Bb7 16. Qe2 Nd4 17. Nxd4 cxd4 18. Rad1 Bc5 19. Qh5 Rf6 20. Be2 Rd6 21. Nb5 Rd7 22. Bf3 Be4 23. c3 a6 24. Nxd4 Bxf3 25. Qxf3 Rc8 26. Ne6 Qe7 27. Rde1 Bxg1 28. Nd4 Qf7 29. Kxg1 Qxa2 30. Re2 Ng8 31. Nxf5 Nf6 32. Rfe1 Qc4 33. Qe3 b5 34. Qe6 Qxf4 35. Qxd7 Nxd7 36. Re8+ Nf8 37. Rxc8 Qxf5 38. Ree8 Kg8 39. Rxf8+ Qxf8 40. Rxf8+ Kxf8 41. Kf2 Ke7 42. b4 Kd6 43. Ke3 Ke5 44. Kf3 Kd5 45. Ke3 Kc4 46. Kd2 Kb3 47. Kd3 Ka3 48. Kd4 Ka4 49. Kc5 a5 50. h4 axb4 51. cxb4 h5 52. g3 g6 53. Kd5 Kxb4 54. Ke6 Kc5 55. Kf6 b4 56. Kxg6 b3 57. Kxh5 b2 58. g4 b1=Q 59. Kh6 Qe4 0-1

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.18"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Begic, Domagoj"]
[Black "Vrban, Mladen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2026"]
[BlackElo "2297"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c3 d6 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Be3 e5 6. d5 Nce7 7. g4 Nf6 8. f3 c6 9. c4 c5 10. Nc3 h5 11. g5 Nh7 12. h4 O-O 13. Qd2 Bd7 14. Nge2 a6 15. O-O-O b5 16. Rdf1 Qa5 17. Kb1 Rfb8 18. Ka1 bxc4 19. Bxc4 Rb4 20. Bd3 Rab8 21. Rb1 Bb5 22. a3 Bxd3 23. Qxd3 Nf8 24. Qd2 R4b7 25. Na2 Qa4 26. Nec3 Qa5 27. Ne2 Qa4 28. Nec3 Qc4 29. b4 cxb4 30. Nxb4 a5 31. Qd3 Qc8 32. Nba2 Nd7 33. Rhc1 Nc5 34. Bxc5 Qxc5 35. Rxb7 Rxb7 36. Rb1 Rxb1+ 37. Nxb1 Nxd5 38. Qxd5 Qxd5 39. exd5 e4+ 40. Nac3 exf3 41. Kb2 f6 42. Nd2 fxg5 43. hxg5 f2 44. Kc2 h4 45. Nce4 Bd4 46. a4 h3 47. Nf1 Kf8 48. Kd3 Be5 49. Nxf2 h2 50. Ke4 Ke8 51. Kf3 Kd7 52. Kg2 Kc7 53. Nxh2 Kb6 54. Ne4 Bf4 55. Nf3 Be3 56. Kf1 1-0

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.18"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Babic, Zvonko"]
[Black "Starcevic, Ante Leon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "2152"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. c4 c6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O b6 8. d3 Bb7 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nbd2 Nc6 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Rc8 13. b4 Qd7 14. Nf3 Ne8 15. Qb3 Bxe5 16. Nxe5 Qe6 17. Nf3 Nd6 18. e3 Rc7 19. Rac1 Rfc8 20. Rxc7 Rxc7 21. b5 Qf6 22. Nd4 e5 23. Nc6 Bxc6 24. bxc6 Rxc6 25. Qxd5 Rc7 26. h4 Kg7 27. Qb3 Rc5 28. Rd1 Rb5 29. Qc3 Ra5 30. Rd2 Qe6 31. h5 Rc5 32. Qa3 Ra5 33. Qc3 Rc5 34. Qa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.18"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Brigljevic, Milan"]
[Black "Vujec, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2161"]
[BlackElo "2192"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 Nc6 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 e5 6. d3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 Qe8 9. Nc3 Qh5 10. Nd5 f4 11. gxf4 Bh3 12. Bxh3 Qxh3 13. Ng5 Qh6 14. e3 Nxd5 15. cxd5 exf4 16. Ne6 Rf5 17. Nxf4 Ne5 18. Kh1 Raf8 19. Rg1 Bg5 20. Ne6 Rxf2 21. Rg2 Rxg2 22. Kxg2 Rf2+ 23. Kxf2 Qxh2+ 24. Kf1 Qh1+ 0-1

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.18"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Bouget, Alexandre"]
[Black "Karlusic, Luka"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2282"]
[BlackElo "2089"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. g4 h6 8. Bd2 a6 9. Rg1 e5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. g5 hxg5 14. Rxg5 Ng4 15. e4 Qf6 16. f4 Bxf4 17. Nxd5 Bg3+ 18. hxg3 Qf2+ 19. Kd1 Qxf1+ 20. Be1 Rh2 21. Qc3 Nf2+ 22. Kc1 Nd3+ 23. Kd1 Qe2# 0-1

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.18"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Peric, Bernard"]
[Black "Colev, Ivor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2112"]
[BlackElo "1950"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7. h4 Nc6 8. Rg1 h5 9. gxh5 Nxh5 10. Bg5 Nf6 11. Qd2 a6 12. O-O-O Bd7 13. Kb1 Qc7 14. Rg3 O-O-O 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Nd5 exd5 17. Nxc6 Bh6 18. f4 Rde8 19. Nb4 Rxe4 20. Nxd5 Qd8 21. Qc3+ Kb8 22. Nxf6 Re7 23. Rxd6 Bxf4 24. Rxd7 Bxg3 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Qxg3+ 1-0

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.18"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Ruzic, Pia Marie"]
[Black "Novosel, Lovro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "1996"]
[BlackElo "2212"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 17,116,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,14,12,18,0,-15,-12,0,-78,0,0,8,-9,0,0,-1,-8,0,0,0,-6,0,-16,0,0,0,-2,-2,-6,-7,-72,-64,-58,-60,-79,-77,-74,-19,-19,-19,-19,-19,-21,-19,-19,0,0,0,-19,-29,-35,-23,-97,-89,-141,-165,-193,-170,-168,-159,-276,-223,-218,-208,-211,-42,-139,-124,-514,0,0,1,19,53,-106,-106,-106,-99,-142,-60,-209,-204,-196,-150,-268,-250,-29975,-29976,-29979,-29980,-29980,-29981,-29995,-29996]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Nbd2 b6 8. Qc2 Bb7 9. e4 Na6 10. cxd5 {E06: Closed Catalan: Early deviations.} cxd5 11. e5 Rc8 12. Qb3 {[#] The position is equal.} Nd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Ne4 13. a3 Nb8 14. h4 Nc6 15. Qe3 Nxd2 16. Bxd2 Na5 17. Bxa5 bxa5 18. Rac1 Qb6 {1-0 (50) Tomasi,E (2030)-Samadashvili,M (2215) Chess.com INT 2020}) 13. Rd1 Nb4 14. Nf1 Ba6 15. Ne3 Nc6 16. Re1 (16. Rd2 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 16... Na5 (16... Bb4 $17 17. Qa4 Bxe1 18. Qxa6 Ba5) 17. Qd1 $11 Nc4 18. Nxc4 Bxc4 19. h4 Nb8 20. Bg5 (20. Ng5 {looks sharper.} Bb5 21. Be3 Nc6 22. Qc2) 20... h6 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 22. Qd2 Nc6 23. b3 Ba6 24. a3 Na5 25. Qb2 Rc7 26. Rac1 Rfc8 27. Nd2 (27. Rxc7 $11 Qxc7 28. b4) 27... Bd3 $17 28. Bf1 Bg6 29. Qa1 Rc2 30. b4 {[#]} Nc4 {Black is more active.} (30... Qc7 $1 $17 {[%cal Rc2c1]} 31. Rcd1 (31. Rxc2 Qxc2 32. bxa5 Qxd2 $17) 31... Nc4 32. Nxc4 dxc4) 31. Rxc2 $11 Bxc2 32. Qc3 Ba4 33. Rc1 Qb7 34. Bxc4 {[%cal Ob4b5]} dxc4 35. Qe3 (35. Nxc4 $2 Qd5 36. f3 b5 $19) 35... Qd5 36. Ne4 Bc6 37. f3 b5 38. h5 (38. g4 $11 {remains equal.}) 38... a5 39. Ra1 (39. bxa5 $142 Ra8 40. Qd2) 39... Ra8 {Threatens to win with ...axb4.} 40. Qc3 Qd8 {...Bxe4 is the strong threat.} 41. Kf2 Ra7 42. Nd6 (42. bxa5 $17 {is a better defense.} Bxe4 43. fxe4) 42... Qg5 43. bxa5 {[%cal Oa3a4]} Qxh5 {[%cal Oa7a5] aiming for ...Rxa5!} 44. Kg2 {[#]} Ra8 $2 (44... Rxa5 $1 $19 {[%cal Ob5b4][%mdl 512] White must now prevent ...b4!} 45. Rb1 Qg6) 45. Rh1 (45. Rf1 $1 $15) 45... Qg5 $17 46. a4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (46. Re1 $17 {is a better chance.}) 46... bxa4 $2 (46... b4 $1 $19 {[%cal Rb4c3]} 47. Qc2 c3) 47. Nxc4 $11 Rf8 48. Nb6 Bb7 49. d5 $2 (49. Nxa4 $14 {stays ahead.} Qf5 50. Nc5) 49... exd5 $17 {[%cal Od5d4]} 50. Qd4 Qf5 {And now ...a3 would win.} 51. Rd1 {[#]} Re8 ({Black should try} 51... f6 $1 $17 {[%cal Rf6e5]} 52. exf6 Rxf6) 52. Rd2 (52. g4 $15 Qxe5 53. Qxe5 Rxe5 54. Ra1) 52... a3 $19 (52... Rxe5 53. Nxa4 Re1 54. Nc3 $17) (52... Qxe5 53. Qxe5 Rxe5 54. Nxa4 $17) 53. Qd3 Qg5 ({Not} 53... Rxe5 54. Qxf5 Rxf5 55. Ra2 $17) ({Stronger than} 53... Qxd3 54. Rxd3 Rxe5 55. Rxa3 $17) (53... Qxe5 $19 54. a6 Bc6 55. Qxa3 Qe1) 54. Re2 (54. Ra2 $17 {keeps fighting.}) 54... Rxe5 55. Rxe5 (55. a6 $19 Rxe2+ 56. Qxe2) 55... Qxe5 {Black mates.} 56. Qxa3 Qe2+ 57. Kh3 d4 58. Qd6 Bxf3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.50/Black=0.36} 0-1

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.18"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Prihoda, Leonardo"]
[Black "Krikunov, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "1995"]
[BlackElo "2202"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 a6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bf4 Ne4 7. Qb3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Nc6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Ng5 e6 11. Nxe4 Nxd4 12. Qa4+ Nc6 13. Rd1 Qa5 14. Qxa5 Nxa5 15. Be2 Be7 16. Nd6+ Bxd6 17. Bxd6 Bd7 18. Bc7 Nc6 19. Bf3 Rc8 20. Bd6 Nd8 21. O-O Bc6 22. Bg4 h5 23. Be2 Bd5 24. Rd2 Rxc3 25. Re1 Nc6 26. h4 Kd7 27. Bf4 Kc8 28. Rb2 Ra3 29. Reb1 b5 30. Bxb5 axb5 31. Rxb5 Rd8 32. Rb7 Ra7 33. R7b6 Kd7 34. Be3 Rc7 35. a4 Ra8 36. Bf4 e5 37. Rd1 Ke6 38. Re1 f6 39. Bg3 Rxa4 40. f4 Ra2 41. Bf2 Rc8 42. fxe5 fxe5 0-1

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.18"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Tomic, Stjepan"]
[Black "Denic, Marin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "1990"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Bg5 d5 6. e3 b6 7. Bd3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Nf3 c5 12. Ne5 Be6 13. O-O c4 14. Be2 Bf5 15. Qb2 Qd6 16. Bf3 Rc8 17. h3 f6 18. Bg4 Bxg4 19. Nxg4 Nd7 20. Qc2 Qe6 21. Rfe1 f5 22. Nh2 Qe4 23. Qb2 a6 24. a4 Rc6 25. Nf1 Rg6 26. Ng3 Qe6 27. Qb1 Rf8 28. Nh5 Qf7 29. Ra2 Rc6 30. Ng3 Qg6 31. Rb2 Qg5 32. Qd1 Nf6 33. Qb1 Nd7 34. Qd1 g6 35. Qb1 Re8 36. Kh2 Ree6 37. Ne2 Qf6 38. Nf4 Red6 39. Qd1 g5 40. Nh5 Qg6 41. Ng3 Rc8 42. Qf3 Rf8 43. Reb1 f4 44. exf4 Rxf4 45. Qe2 Re6 46. Qc2 Qf7 47. Kg1 h5 48. Qd2 h4 49. Nf1 Nf6 50. f3 Qe8 51. Rxb6 Rxb6 52. Rxb6 Qxa4 53. Qe3 Ne4 54. Rb1 Nf6 55. Qe5 Kf7 56. Qxg5 1-0

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.18"]
[Round "6.9"]
[White "Gal, Andrej"]
[Black "Roska, Branislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "1878"]
[BlackElo "2153"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "228"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 19,228,71,73,66,84,68,74,66,75,68,72,70,82,72,100,35,64,43,49,46,45,45,56,10,45,26,36,37,45,52,68,65,65,69,105,95,92,91,102,91,91,91,91,91,102,79,102,66,66,59,59,59,45,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,25,0,0,0,0,0,35,22,17,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,23,0,25,0,66,0,120,0,20,0,66,0,0,0,0,-11,-11,-11,0,0,88,83,83,0,41,0,41,0,41,0,41,0,41,0,41,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,-29,-31,-366,-365,-350,-345,-682,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,-17,-37,-523,-523,-526,-510,-487,-449,-557,-497,-960,-818,-1154,-1225,-764,-605,-1688,-9747,-8795,-8261,-6150,-6387,-2942,-1525,-29958,-29956,-6637,-433,-29977,-29978,-29979,-29976,-29953,-12366,-29979,-29980,-29980,-29981,-29982,-29983,-29985,-29982,-29982,-29983,-29983,-29984,-29984,-29985,-29987,-29986,-29989,-29983,-29981,-29982,-29982,-29983,-29985,-29986,-29985,-29986]} 1. d4 c5 2. d5 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. h3 Na6 7. e4 Nc7 8. Bd3 a6 9. a4 b6 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 {E90: King's Indian: Classical: Early deviations and 6 h3.} Nd7 12. Bf4 Ne5 13. Nxe5 {White is better.} dxe5 14. Be3 a5 $1 15. Qd2 Ne8 {[#]} 16. Bh6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Rf1 Nd6 17. Rae1 Ba6 18. b3 Qc7 19. Kh1 Rad8 20. f4 exf4 21. Bxf4 e5 22. Bg5 {½-½ (28) Jaworski,M (2300)-Kujawski,A (2305) Mikolajki 1991}) 16... Bd7 17. Ne2 (17. Bxg7 $16 Kxg7 18. f4) 17... Qc7 18. Ng3 f6 19. b3 Bxh6 20. Qxh6 Nd6 21. Rf1 (21. Ne2 $14 {is superior.}) 21... Nf7 (21... e6 {looks sharper.} 22. Rfd1 Rae8 23. f3 f5) 22. Qd2 Rad8 23. Rae1 Kg7 24. Ne2 g5 25. Ng3 Nh8 26. Be2 {[%cal Bd3e2,Be2g4,Bg4h5][%mdl 32]} Nf7 27. Qd1 Nd6 28. Bg4 Be8 29. Bh5 Bg6 30. Qg4 Qc8 31. f3 Qd7 32. Kh2 Nf7 33. Qxd7 (33. Rh1 {is interesting.} Nd6 34. Kg1 Qc8 35. Qxc8 Rxc8 36. h4) 33... Rxd7 34. Bxg6 hxg6 35. Ne2 Nd6 36. g4 Rh8 37. Kg3 Rh7 38. Nc3 Kf7 39. Rh1 Rh4 40. Nd1 Kg7 41. Nc3 Rh8 42. Rhf1 Ne8 43. Rd1 Nc7 44. Rf2 Rhd8 {[%cal Oc7e6]} 45. Rh1 Rh8 $1 46. Rd1 Na6 47. Na2 Kf7 48. Re1 Rd6 49. Rh2 Kg7 50. Rhe2 Nc7 51. Nc3 e6 52. Kg2 (52. Nd1 {seems wilder.} Na6 53. Ne3 Nb4 54. Rd1) 52... Rhd8 53. Kg3 exd5 (53... Rh8 $1 $11) 54. exd5 (54. cxd5 $14 R6d7 55. Rh1) 54... R6d7 (54... Rh8 $1 $11) 55. Kg2 (55. Rh1 $16) 55... Na6 56. Na2 Kf8 (56... Rh8 $11) 57. Kg3 ({Better is} 57. h4 $1 $14 gxh4 58. g5) 57... Rh7 $11 58. Rd1 Ke7 59. Rde1 Rdh8 60. Rh1 Kd6 61. Nc3 Rf7 (61... Ke7 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 62. Ne4+ $16 Ke7 63. Rhe1 (63. h4 $16) 63... Nb8 64. Rh1 Nd7 65. Rhe1 Rfh7 66. Rh1 Kf7 67. Nd6+ Kg7 (67... Ke7 $5 {[%cal Re7d6]} 68. Ne4 Kd8 $11) 68. Ne4 Rh4 69. Nd6 Rf8 70. Nb5 f5 71. Nc7 {Hoping for Ne6+.} Kf6 72. Ne6 Rfh8 {[%cal Oe5e4]} 73. Rhh2 e4 74. f4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({White must play} 74. fxe4 $15 f4+ 75. Kg2) 74... gxf4+ $19 75. Nxf4 Ne5 {[%cal Re5g4]} 76. Rhf2 $2 {[#]} (76. Ng2 R4h6 77. h4 Nxg4 78. Rh1) 76... g5 $2 ({Black should try} 76... Nxg4 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 77. Rg2 Ne5) 77. Nh5+ $11 R4xh5 {The board is on fire.} 78. Rxf5+ ({Don't blunder} 78. gxh5 $2 f4+ 79. Kg2 Kf5 $19) 78... Kg6 79. Rxe5 Rxh3+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 80. Kf2 Rf8+ 81. Kg2 Rxb3 82. R5xe4 Rf6 83. Re6 Rb4 {[%csl LRa4,LRc4]} 84. R2e4 Rxa4 85. Rxf6+ Kxf6 {KR-KR} 86. Re6+ $2 {[%mdl 8192] Black keeps a firm grip on the game.} ({White should play} 86. Kf2 $15) 86... Kf7 $19 87. Rxb6 Rxc4 88. Kf3 Rf4+ 89. Kg3 Rd4 90. Rb5 (90. Kf3 $142 a4 91. Rc6) 90... Rxd5 {Strongly threatening ...Ke6.} 91. Rxa5 Ke6 {White must now prevent ...Re5.} 92. Ra8 Ke5 {And now ...Kd4 would win.} 93. Ra4 Rd3+ 94. Kf2 Rd4 95. Ra5 Kd5 96. Kf3 Rf4+ 97. Kg3 Re4 98. Kf3 Re5 (98... Re7 $142 99. Ra8 Re5) 99. Ra4 {[#]} (99. Kf2 $19) 99... c4 {[%cal Bc5c4,Bc4c3,Bc3c2][%mdl 32]} 100. Ra8 Kd4 101. Rd8+ Kc3 {( -> ...Kc2)} 102. Rf8 Kd3 {Black mates.} 103. Rd8+ Kc2 104. Kg2 c3 105. Kh3 Re3+ 106. Kg2 Rd3 107. Rg8 Rd5 108. Kf3 Kd3 109. Rc8 c2 110. Rc7 Kd2 111. Ke4 Rb5 112. Rd7+ Kc3 113. Rd3+ Kb2 114. Rd2 Kb1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.14 (very precise) /Black=0.16 (very precise)} 0-1

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.18"]
[Round "6.10"]
[White "Fajdetic, Hrvoje"]
[Black "Gal, Moshe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2151"]
[BlackElo "2111"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. d5 d6 4. e4 g6 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Be2 b5 7. Bf3 b4 8. Nb1 Bg7 9. a3 O-O 10. axb4 cxb4 11. Ne2 a5 12. Nd4 a4 13. O-O Ne8 14. c3 Qb6 15. Be3 Qb7 16. Qd2 Nc7 17. cxb4 Nba6 18. Nc3 Nxb4 19. Ra3 Rfb8 20. b3 axb3 21. Rxb3 Qa6 22. Rfb1 Qa5 23. Nce2 Bxd4 24. Nxd4 Nca6 25. h3 Qa4 26. Bd1 Qa2 27. R3b2 Qa3 28. Nb3 Nc7 29. Ra1 Qxa1 30. Nxa1 Rxa1 31. Bd4 Ba4 32. Rxb4 Rxd1+ 33. Qxd1 Rxb4 34. Qd2 Na6 35. Qc3 Rb8 36. Qa5 Bb5 37. e5 Kf8 38. Ba7 Rb7 39. exd6 Rxa7 40. Qxb5 1-0

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.18"]
[Round "6.11"]
[White "Buchcar, Tomas"]
[Black "Grgantov, Marin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2208"]
[BlackElo "2048"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. Re1 Bc5 8. c3 d6 9. h3 h6 10. d4 Bb6 11. a4 O-O 12. d5 Ne7 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Rxe3 c6 15. dxc6 Bxc6 16. Nbd2 Ng6 17. axb5 axb5 18. Ne1 Rxa1 19. Qxa1 d5 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. Bxd5 Qxd5 22. Ndf3 f6 23. Qc1 Nf4 24. Kh2 Rd8 25. Qc2 Kf7 26. b3 g6 27. c4 bxc4 28. bxc4 Qd1 29. Qb2 e4 30. Qb6 Qd6 31. g3 Ne6 32. Nh4 Rb8 33. Qa6 Nc5 34. Qa3 Ra8 35. Qb2 Rd8 36. Nhg2 g5 37. Qe2 Qd1 38. Nc2 Qxe2 39. Rxe2 Rd3 40. Nb4 Rd6 41. Ne3 Bd7 42. g4 Rd4 43. Ra2 Be6 44. Nbd5 Bxd5 45. cxd5 Ra4 46. Rc2 Ra5 47. Nf5 Nd7 48. Nxh6+ Kg6 49. Nf5 Kf7 50. d6 Ke6 51. Rc8 Ra7 52. Re8+ Kd5 53. Re7 Rb7 54. Kg2 Nc5 55. Rxb7 Nxb7 56. d7 Ke6 57. Ng3 e3 58. f3 Kxd7 59. Kf1 Nc5 60. Nh5 Ke6 61. Ke2 Ke5 62. Kxe3 Ne6 63. Kf2 Nd4 64. Ng3 Ne6 65. Ne2 Nf8 66. Kg2 f5 67. Kg3 Ne6 68. gxf5 Kxf5 69. Kf2 Kg6 70. Ke3 Kf5 71. Ng3+ Ke5 72. Ne4 Kf5 73. Nd6+ Ke5 74. Nc4+ Kf5 75. Kf2 Kf4 76. Ne3 Nd4 77. Ng2+ Kf5 78. Kg3 Ne2+ 79. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.18"]
[Round "6.12"]
[White "Franc, Borna"]
[Black "Jonsson, Gauti Pall"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2020"]
[BlackElo "2071"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 e6 6. Nf3 d6 7. Bc4 Nc6 8. O-O Be7 9. exd6 Qxd6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Re1 Rd8 12. Bxd5 exd5 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bf4 Be6 15. Bxe5 Qd7 16. Qf3 Rac8 17. Qg3 f6 18. Bf4 Re8 19. Rac1 Bf7 20. Qd3 a6 21. Re3 Bd6 22. Bxd6 Rxe3 23. Qxe3 Qxd6 24. Re1 b5 25. Qh3 Rd8 26. Qg3 Qd7 27. a3 Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.18"]
[Round "6.13"]
[White "Vucenovic, Damian"]
[Black "Green, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2053"]
[BlackElo "1997"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bd3 c5 4. c3 cxd4 5. cxd4 Nc6 6. Nf3 d5 7. e5 Ne4 8. O-O Bg7 9. Re1 Bf5 10. Be3 O-O 11. Nh4 e6 12. Nxf5 exf5 13. Bc2 Rc8 14. Bb3 Na5 15. f3 Ng5 16. Nc3 Ne6 17. Nxd5 Nc4 18. Bxc4 Rxc4 19. b3 Rc8 20. Nb4 Nc7 21. Rc1 a5 22. Nd3 Nd5 23. Rxc8 Qxc8 24. Qd2 b6 25. Nf4 Nxe3 26. Qxe3 Bh6 27. g3 Rd8 28. e6 Bxf4 29. exf7+ Kxf7 30. Qxf4 Qd7 31. Rd1 Qe7 32. Qd2 Rd5 33. Kf2 Qd8 34. h4 Qf6 35. Qc3 Qd6 36. Qe3 Qd8 37. Qf4 Qd7 38. Rc1 Rd6 39. d5 Kg8 40. Qe5 Qd8 41. Kg2 Rxd5 42. Qe6+ Kg7 43. Rc8 Rd2+ 44. Kh3 Qd3 45. Qe5+ Kh6 46. Qf4+ Kg7 47. Qe5+ Kh6 48. Qf4+ Kg7 49. Rc7+ Kg8 50. Rc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.18"]
[Round "6.14"]
[White "Horvat, Damjan"]
[Black "Jakovic, Roko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2072"]
[BlackElo "1921"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c6 3. b3 d5 4. Bb2 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. d4 Bd6 7. Bd3 b6 8. O-O Bb7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Qe2 c5 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Bxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf6 15. Qe2 Qe7 16. Rfd1 Rad8 17. Rd3 Rd7 18. Rad1 Rfd8 19. h3 h6 20. Kf1 Kf8 21. a3 a5 22. dxc5 bxc5 23. Ne5 Bxe5 24. Bxe5 Ke8 25. Bc3 Rxd3 26. Rxd3 Rxd3 27. Qxd3 Qc7 28. Qf3 Ke7 29. Qa8 Qd7 30. Ke2 a4 31. b4 e5 32. bxc5 Qe6 33. Qxa4 Ne4 34. Qb4 Kf6 35. f3 Nxc3+ 36. Qxc3 Ke7 37. Qb4 f6 38. c6+ Kd8 39. Qb8+ Ke7 40. Qb5 Qf5 41. Qb4+ Ke6 42. Qd2 Ke7 43. c5 Ke8 44. c7 Qd7 45. Qd6 Qb5+ 46. Kf2 Qd7 47. a4 Qc8 48. a5 1-0

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.18"]
[Round "6.15"]
[White "Okrosa, Marijan"]
[Black "Cvitkovic, Filip"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2059"]
[BlackElo "2164"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. h3 e6 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. dxe6 fxe6 10. Bg5 Ne5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Qc2 Bd7 13. Rd1 Qe7 14. O-O h6 15. Bxf6 Rxf6 16. Be2 Bc6 17. Rd3 Qf7 18. f3 h5 19. Qd2 Kh7 20. g4 Rf4 21. Rd8 Rxd8 22. Qd3 Rd7 23. Qxd7 Bf6 24. Qd6 Qe7 25. Rd1 Kg7 26. Nb5 a6 27. Na7 Qxd6 28. Rxd6 Be7 29. Rd3 Ba4 30. Nc8 Bf8 31. Nb6 Bc6 32. Nd7 Bxd7 33. Rxd7+ Rf7 34. Rxf7+ Kxf7 35. Kf2 Bh6 36. gxh5 gxh5 37. Kg3 Bf4+ 38. Kf2 Kf6 39. h4 Ke7 40. Bf1 Kd6 41. Kg2 Kc6 42. Kf2 b5 43. b3 b4 44. Bh3 Kd6 45. Bf1 Bd2 46. Bh3 Bc3 47. Bf1 Bd4+ 48. Kg3 Bc3 49. Kf2 Bd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.18"]
[Round "6.16"]
[White "Vanden Bussche, Steven"]
[Black "Frouth, Nenad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2026"]
[BlackElo "2121"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 5. h3 Nbd7 6. Be2 c5 7. c3 O-O 8. O-O a6 9. a4 b6 10. Nbd2 Bb7 11. Bh2 Qc7 12. Qb3 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Ng5 Bb7 15. Bc4 e6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Qxe6+ Kh8 18. Nf7+ Rxf7 19. Qxf7 Qc6 20. f3 d5 21. Qf4 Kg8 22. b4 Rf8 23. Qd6 Re8 24. Rfe1 Qxd6 25. Bxd6 Kf7 26. a5 cxb4 27. cxb4 Re6 28. Bf4 Bc6 29. axb6 Bb5 30. Rec1 Rxb6 31. Rc7 Ke6 32. Bg3 Bf8 33. Be1 Bc4 34. e4 Bd6 35. Ra7 Bb8 36. exd5+ Bxd5 37. R7xa6 Bc4 38. Rxb6+ Nxb6 39. Bf2 Bd6 40. Ra7 h5 41. Rg7 Bd3 42. b5 Nd5 43. Rb7 Bc7 44. h4 Bb6 45. g4 Bxb5 46. gxh5 gxh5 47. Rh7 Be8 48. Rh6+ Kf5 49. Kh2 Nf6 50. Be3 Bg6 51. Rh8 Ne8 52. Rf8+ Ke6 53. d5+ Ke7 54. Rxe8+ Bxe8 55. Bxb6 Kd6 56. Kg3 Kxd5 57. Kf4 Ke6 58. Kg5 Bf7 59. f4 Ke7 60. Bc5+ Ke8 61. f5 Kd7 62. Kf6 Ke8 63. Bb4 Bc4 64. Kg6 Bf7+ 65. Kh6 Kd7 66. Kg7 Ke8 67. Bc5 Bc4 68. Be3 Bb3 69. Bg5 Bc4 70. Kg6 Bf7+ 71. Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.18"]
[Round "6.17"]
[White "Basaric, Srdjan"]
[Black "Vukic, Aleksandar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2024"]
[BlackElo "2073"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "14"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Bd7 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.18"]
[Round "6.18"]
[White "Kanizaj, Benjamin"]
[Black "Korov, Zvonko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2050"]
[BlackElo "2015"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. a3 Nf6 7. Be3 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O Nc6 10. Kh1 Be7 11. f4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 O-O 13. e5 Ne8 14. Be4 g6 15. Qf3 Rb8 16. Ba7 Bxe4 17. Bxb8 Bxf3 18. Bxc7 Bxg2+ 19. Kxg2 Nxc7 20. Rfd1 Rd8 21. Rd3 Kf8 22. Rad1 Ke8 23. Kf3 f5 24. Rc1 Na8 25. b4 Nb6 26. Nb1 Rc8 27. Nd2 g5 28. c4 g4+ 29. Kg3 h5 30. Rdc3 h4+ 31. Kg2 Na4 32. R3c2 Nb6 33. cxb5 Rxc2 34. Rxc2 axb5 35. Nb3 Nd5 36. Rc8+ Kf7 37. Nd4 Nxf4+ 38. Kf1 Nd3 39. Nxb5 Nxe5 40. Nd4 f4 41. b5 h3 42. b6 g3 43. hxg3 fxg3 44. b7 Ng4 45. b8=Q e5 46. Qb3+ 1-0

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.18"]
[Round "6.19"]
[White "Takac, Zvonko"]
[Black "Jakupec, Denis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "2040"]
[BlackElo "2004"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Nd3 f5 11. f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.18"]
[Round "6.20"]
[White "Dzaja, Martin Zorislav"]
[Black "Faukovic, Matija"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "1974"]
[BlackElo "2026"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. e3 Nc6 4. b4 dxe3 5. fxe3 Nxb4 6. Qa4+ Nc6 7. d4 Bd7 8. Qb3 e5 9. d5 Nb4 10. Nc3 f6 11. a3 Na6 12. Qxb7 Nc5 13. Qb1 Rb8 14. Bb2 Nh6 15. Be2 Ng4 16. Nd1 Nb3 17. h3 Nh6 18. Ra2 Nf5 19. O-O Bc5 20. Qd3 Ng3 21. Re1 e4 22. Qc2 Nxe2+ 23. Qxe2 exf3 24. Qxf3 O-O 25. Nf2 Bd6 26. Nd3 Nd2 0-1

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.18"]
[Round "6.21"]
[White "Raljic, Mirko"]
[Black "Baric, Marko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2023"]
[BlackElo "1948"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 e6 6. d3 Nge7 7. O-O d5 8. Bb3 O-O 9. Qe1 Nd4 10. Nxd4 cxd4 11. Ne2 dxe4 12. dxe4 b5 13. Qf2 Bb7 14. e5 Nc6 15. Rd1 Qb6 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Rxd4 Rfd8 18. Be3 Rxd4 19. Bxd4 Qc6 20. c3 a5 21. Bd1 Rc8 22. Bf3 Qa6 23. Rf1 b4 24. Bxb7 Qxb7 25. Qf3 Qb5 26. Rf2 Bf8 27. g3 a4 28. cxb4 Qxb4 29. Qe3 Rd8 30. Rd2 Bc5 31. Bxc5 Qxd2 32. Qxd2 Rxd2 33. Ba3 h5 34. h3 Kg7 35. g4 hxg4 36. hxg4 Rd4 37. Kg2 Rxf4 38. Kg3 Re4 39. Bc5 Kh7 40. b4 axb3 41. axb3 Rxe5 42. b4 g5 43. Kf3 f5 44. gxf5 exf5 45. Bd6 Rd5 46. Bc5 Kg6 47. Ke3 Kf6 48. Bd4+ Ke6 49. Kd3 Rxd4+ 50. Kxd4 Kd6 0-1

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.18"]
[Round "6.22"]
[White "Starcevic, Danijel"]
[Black "Maravic, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A24"]
[WhiteElo "1935"]
[BlackElo "2009"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 e5 7. O-O c6 8. d3 a6 9. a4 a5 10. h3 Na6 11. Be3 Nb4 12. Kh2 Nd7 13. d4 exd4 14. Bxd4 Bxd4 15. Nxd4 Nc5 16. Qf3 Ncd3 17. b3 Qb6 18. Qf6 Qd8 19. Qxd8 Rxd8 20. Rfd1 Nxf2 21. Rd2 Nfd3 22. Rad1 Nc5 23. g4 h6 24. Kg3 Kg7 25. h4 Re8 26. Bf3 Re7 27. h5 Bd7 28. Re1 Rae8 29. Re3 d5 30. cxd5 cxd5 31. e5 Rxe5 32. Rxe5 Rxe5 33. Nxd5 Nxd5 34. Bxd5 Rxd5 35. Nf5+ Rxf5 0-1

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.18"]
[Round "6.23"]
[White "Janiszewski, Maciej"]
[Black "Pal, Rohan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2075"]
[BlackElo "1935"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nf3 Nxb5 5. Nxb5 d6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Nf6 8. Qc4 Be6 9. Nc7+ Kd7 10. Nxe6 fxe6 11. Ng5 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 d5 13. Bxa5 dxc4 14. O-O-O+ Kc6 15. f3 g6 16. Nxe6 Bh6+ 17. Bd2 Bxd2+ 18. Rxd2 Nd7 19. Rhd1 Nb6 20. a4 a5 21. b3 Rac8 22. e5 Rhg8 23. Rd6+ 1-0

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.19"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Karlusic, Luka"]
[Black "Begic, Domagoj"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2089"]
[BlackElo "2026"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Bd6 6. Qc2 Nbd7 7. Bd3 h6 8. O-O O-O 9. Rd1 Qe7 10. b3 b6 11. Bb2 Bb7 12. a4 a5 13. Qe2 Rfe8 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Nf6 17. Bc2 c5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Nd2 Red8 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 Bxe4 22. Qxe4 Qg5 23. h3 Rac8 24. Bd4 Qh5 25. Rd3 Rd6 26. Bxc5 Qxc5 27. Rad1 Rcd8 28. Rxd6 Rxd6 29. Rxd6 Qxd6 30. Qa8+ Kh7 31. Qe4+ f5 32. Qe3 e5 33. Qf3 Qe6 34. Qe3 Qd6 35. Qf3 g6 36. Qb7+ Kg8 37. h4 h5 38. Qc8+ Kf7 39. Qb7+ Kf6 40. Qc8 f4 41. Qh8+ Kf7 42. f3 Ke7 43. Qc8 Qd4+ 44. Kh1 Kd6 45. Qf8+ Kc6 46. Qc8+ Kd6 47. Qf8+ Kc6 48. Qf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.19"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Vujec, Ivan"]
[Black "Babic, Zvonko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2192"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nge2 Nbd7 5. h3 Be7 6. g4 c6 7. Bg2 b5 8. a3 Rb8 9. Ng3 Qc7 10. Nf5 Bf8 11. g5 Ng8 12. Ne2 g6 13. Nfg3 h5 14. h4 exd4 15. Nxd4 Ne5 16. O-O c5 17. Nde2 c4 18. Be3 Rh7 19. Nc3 Ne7 20. a4 a6 21. axb5 axb5 22. Ra7 Qd8 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. exd5 Be7 25. f4 Bg4 26. Qe1 Nd7 27. Bd4 f5 28. gxf6 Nxf6 29. Kh1 Rf7 30. f5 gxf5 31. Nxf5 Bxf5 32. Rxf5 Kf8 33. Qe6 1-0

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.19"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Starcevic, Ante Leon"]
[Black "Peric, Bernard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2152"]
[BlackElo "2112"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. c4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Nf3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Be7 8. d4 O-O 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. Qc2 Nf6 11. Be3 c5 12. dxc5 Qc7 13. Bd4 h6 14. O-O Nd7 15. c6 bxc6 16. Qe2 Bf6 17. Qe4 g6 18. Bc4 Kg7 19. Qe7 Qd8 20. Rfe1 Qxe7 21. Rxe7 c5 22. Bxf6+ Kxf6 23. Rae1 Nb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.19"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Vrban, Mladen"]
[Black "Fajdetic, Hrvoje"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A91"]
[WhiteElo "2297"]
[BlackElo "2151"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 12,132,40,28,45,46,37,23,189,120,128,106,114,118,123,41,50,15,53,0,19,0,0,0,0,0,3,-18,0,8,6,0,0,-24,-9,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,68,68,66,-119,12,4,9,6,7,10,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,-45,-9,-63,-44,-125,-121,-104,-116,-168,-152,-180,-149,-170,-168,-160,0,-143,0,-161,0,-244,-236,-237,-234,-226,-220,-448,-442,-402,-413,-403,-129,-490,-596,-586,-577,-571,-514,-487,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-1030,-946,-1429,-1571,-1557,-1466,-29973,-29974,-29974,-29974,-29982,-29979,-29979,-29980,-29981,-29981,-29980,-29981]} 1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. Nh3 Be7 5. O-O d6 6. c4 {[%cal Bc2c4,Bc4c5][%mdl 32]} O-O 7. Nc3 e5 {now supersedes 7...Qe8. A91: Classical Dutch: Early Deviations.} 8. e3 Qe8 {[#]} 9. c5 $146 {[%cal Og2b7]} ({Predecessor:} 9. f4 e4 10. b4 c6 11. d5 Na6 12. Rb1 Nc7 13. Qb3 Kh8 14. Rd1 Bd7 15. Nf2 cxd5 16. cxd5 {0-1 (43) Hart,R (2210)-Zhang,W (1843) Auckland 2014}) 9... Qh5 $2 (9... Nc6 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 10. Qxh5 (10. Nd5 $18 Qxd1 11. Nxe7+ (11. Rxd1 Nxd5 12. Bxd5+ Kh8 $14) 11... Kf7 12. Rxd1 Kxe7 13. cxd6+ cxd6 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. b3) 10... Nxh5 $16 11. Nd5 {[%csl LRc7,LRe7]} Bd8 12. cxd6 cxd6 13. Bd2 ({White should play} 13. b3 $1 $16) 13... Nc6 $14 14. Nb4 Ne7 15. Nd5 (15. dxe5 $14 dxe5 16. Rfd1) 15... e4 16. Nxe7+ Bxe7 17. Rfc1 d5 18. a3 Rf6 19. f4 Rc6 20. Rxc6 bxc6 21. Rc1 {Prevents c5.} Bd7 22. Ba5 Nf6 23. Bf1 Ne8 24. Ba6 Rb8 25. b4 Kf8 26. Nf2 Bd8 (26... Kf7 $11) 27. Bxd8 Rxd8 28. b5 $2 (28. Rc5 $14 {stays ahead.}) 28... Nc7 (28... cxb5 $17 {Strongly threatening ...Ke7.} 29. Bb7 (29. Rc5 Rb8 $17) 29... Nf6) 29. bxc6 $11 Nxa6 30. cxd7 Rxd7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} (30... Ke7 {seems wilder.} 31. g4 Rxd7 32. gxf5 Rc7) 31. Rc6 Nc7 32. g4 Nb5 33. a4 Nd6 {Against Rc8+} 34. gxf5 Nxf5 35. Ng4 Rb7 {aiming for ...h5.} 36. Rc3 (36. Rc5 $11) 36... Ke7 37. a5 {[#]} (37. Ne5 $15) 37... Kd6 $1 $17 38. Ne5 {[#]} Rc7 {Against Rc6+} 39. Rb3 (39. Ra3 $17 {was necessary.}) 39... Rc1+ $19 40. Kf2 Ra1 41. Nf7+ Ke6 42. Ng5+ Kd6 {Black is more active.} 43. Nf7+ Ke6 44. Ng5+ Kd6 $2 (44... Kd7 $19 45. Nxh7 (45. Rb7+ Kc6 $17) 45... Rxa5) 45. Nxh7 $2 (45. Nf7+ $11 Ke6) 45... Rxa5 46. Ng5 Ra2+ 47. Ke1 a5 48. Nf7+ $2 (48. Rc3) 48... Kc7 49. Rc3+ Kb6 50. Ne5 Rxh2 $2 (50... a4 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top.} 51. h4 Rh2) 51. Kd1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (51. Rb3+ $17 {was the crucial defense.} Ka6 52. Nd7) 51... Kb5 52. Rc5+ Ka4 53. Nc6 Nxe3+ 54. Ke1 Ng2+ $2 ({Better is} 54... Kb3 $19 {White must now prevent ...a4.} 55. Nxa5+ Kb2 56. Rb5+ Kc3 57. Rb3+ Kxd4 58. Nc6+ Kc5 59. Rxe3 Kxc6) 55. Kf2 $11 Nxf4+ 56. Kg3 {[#]} e3 $1 57. Rxa5+ Kb3 58. Ra1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (58. Kxh2 $11 e2 59. Ra1) 58... Rf2 $19 59. Re1 Ne2+ 60. Kg4 Kc3 {( -> ...Kd2)} 61. Ne7 Kd2 {Black mates.} 62. Ra1 Nc3 63. Kg3 Rf7 64. Ng6 e2 65. Ne5 Rf1 66. Nf3+ {[#]} Rxf3+ $1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.55/Black=0.39} 0-1

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.19"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Novosel, Lovro"]
[Black "Tomic, Stjepan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2212"]
[BlackElo "1990"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. O-O Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Re1 Ne4 11. Bf4 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Be4 13. Bf1 c5 14. Nd2 Bc6 15. e4 Rc8 16. Qd3 cxd4 17. cxd4 a6 18. Nf3 Bb5 19. Qb3 Bxf1 20. Kxf1 b5 21. Rad1 Nb6 22. Kg2 Rc4 23. Ne5 Rc8 24. d5 exd5 25. exd5 Bf6 26. d6 Nd7 27. Qf3 Bxe5 28. Bxe5 Re8 29. Bf4 h6 30. Qd5 Qf6 31. Re7 Red8 32. Rde1 Nf8 33. d7 Qc6 34. Rd1 Qxd5+ 1-0

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.19"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Krikunov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Brigljevic, Milan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2202"]
[BlackElo "2161"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 Qa5 5. Bd3 e5 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Bd2 exd4 8. Nxd4 Nc5 9. Nd5 Nxd3+ 10. cxd3 Qd8 11. Ne3 h5 12. Qb3 Qb6 13. Bc3 Nd7 14. Qc2 Nc5 15. Ndf5 Ne6 16. Nc4 Qc7 17. e5 d5 18. Ncd6+ Kd8 19. O-O Rg8 20. Nxc8 Rxc8 21. Qf2 Qb6 22. Nd4 Nxd4 23. Bxd4 c5 24. Be3 d4 25. Bd2 c4 26. Rac1 cxd3 27. Ba5 1-0

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.19"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Roska, Branislav"]
[Black "Bouget, Alexandre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2153"]
[BlackElo "2282"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 12,74,10,-13,19,-20,1,0,6,-16,8,-58,-56,-72,-64,-64,-74,-93,-88,-87,-78,-70,-74,-80,-76,-81,-81,-74,-70,-74,-57,-61,-32,-53,-11,-16,-16,-37,-29,-66,-43,-45,-21,-23,-24,-19,-22,-24,-20,-28,-27,-496,-495,-464,-422,-459,0,-927,-927,-29986,-29987,-29987,-29988,-29991,-1270]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 O-O 7. h3 a6 {C55: Two Knights: 4 d3, 4 d4 exd4 5 e5 and Max Lange Attack.} 8. Nd5 {[#]} Nxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Na5 9. Nxe7+ Qxe7 10. Bb3 Nxb3 11. axb3 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. O-O Nxe3 14. fxe3 f5 15. Ra5 b5 16. Qe1 Bb7 17. Ra1 Rae8 18. Nd2 Qg5 19. e4 f4 20. Nf3 Qe7 21. Kh1 Bc8 {½-½ (21) Ulrich,D (1772)-Martinec,K (1889) Czech Republic 2006}) 9. Bxd5 Be6 {The position is equal.} 10. c4 Qd7 11. Bxc6 (11. Rc1 $11) 11... Qxc6 12. Ng5 Bxg5 13. Bxg5 f5 14. f3 fxe4 15. fxe4 b5 16. b3 bxc4 {Black is more active.} 17. bxc4 Qe8 18. Be3 Qg6 19. Qe2 Rab8 20. Rf1 Qg3+ 21. Rf2 Rb7 22. Rc1 c5 (22... Rb2 23. Qxb2 Qxe3+ 24. Re2 Qg1+ 25. Kd2 $16) 23. Kd2 Rfb8 24. Rc2 Bd7 {Strongly threatening ...Ba4.} 25. Qe1 {[%cal Of2f8]} (25. Qh5 $2 Ba4 26. Qg4 Qxg4 27. hxg4 Bxc2 28. Kxc2 Rb2+ 29. Kc3 Rxf2 30. Bxf2 Rb1 $19) 25... Qg6 {And now ...Ba4 would win.} 26. Ke2 Rb1 (26... Ba4 $5 {[%cal Ra4c2]} 27. Rc1 Bd7 $15) 27. Rc1 R1b2+ 28. Kf1 Rf8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 29. Rb1 Rbxf2+ 30. Bxf2 Qg3 {[%cal Of8f2] Threatens to win with ...Rxf2+!} 31. Rb6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (31. Kg1 $11 {and White stays safe.} Qxd3 32. Rd1 Qxc4 33. Rxd6) 31... Qh2 $1 $19 ({Worse is} 31... Qxd3+ 32. Qe2 Qxe2+ 33. Kxe2 $17) 32. Rxd6 Be8 {...Qh1+ is the strong threat.} 33. Qe3 Bh5 $2 (33... Qh1+ $19 34. Ke2 h6) 34. Ke1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (34. g4 $11 Bg6 35. Ke2 (35. Ke1 Qh1+ 36. Bg1 Qg2 $11)) 34... Qh1+ ({Weaker is} 34... Qxg2 35. Qg3 Qh1+ 36. Bg1 $14) 35. Kd2 Qd1+ {Black mates.} 36. Kc3 Qa1+ 37. Kc2 {[#]} Rxf2+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Weighted Error Value: White=0.79/Black=0.24 (precise)} 0-1

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.19"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Grgantov, Marin"]
[Black "Colev, Ivor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2048"]
[BlackElo "1950"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nc6 7. Be3 g6 8. f3 Bg7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. g4 b5 12. h4 b4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Qa5 17. Kb1 Qc5 18. Qd2 Bb5 19. h5 Rac8 20. Rh2 Bc4 21. Bxc4 Qxc4 22. Qh6 g5 23. Qxg5+ Kh8 24. h6 Rg8 25. Qxe7 Qf4 26. Re2 Qxf3 27. g5 Qf4 28. Qf6+ Qxf6 29. gxf6 Rg6 30. Rde1 Rcg8 31. Re8 a5 32. Rxg8+ Rxg8 33. a3 bxa3 34. b3 Rb8 35. Ka2 Kg8 36. Kxa3 Kf8 37. Rg1 Re8 38. Rg7 Re5 39. Rxh7 Ke8 40. Rg7 Rh5 41. h7 Kd7 42. Rxf7+ Ke8 43. Ra7 1-0

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.19"]
[Round "7.9"]
[White "Buchcar, Tomas"]
[Black "Vucenovic, Damian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2208"]
[BlackElo "2053"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 9,95,0,0,0,7,1,9,10,10,8,12,7,14,8,21,9,19,9,18,12,16,17,57,0,16,21,9,15,26,12,58,60,57,0,45,-58,-65,-68,-68,-64,-64,-95,-75,-101,-57,-63,-27,-29,0,-122,-78,-195,-193,-302,-307,-395,-238,-231,-205,-187,-113,-140,-10,-171,103,143,507,52,53,47,47,51,51,52,70,-8,0,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. e3 Nf6 4. b3 Be7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O {A13: English Opening: 1...e6.} c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. d4 b6 9. Bb2 Bb7 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Bd3 Ne4 13. Qe2 f5 {[#]} 14. Rfd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Ba6 Qc7 15. dxc5 Bxa6 16. Qxa6 bxc5 17. Qe6+ Rf7 18. Qxd5 Nb6 19. Qe6 Nxd2 20. Nxd2 {1-0 (45) Ferreira,A (2290)-Itaas,S (2040) Yerevan 1996}) 14... Bd6 15. g3 Ndf6 16. Ne5 {Against Ng4} (16. dxc5 $1 $14 bxc5 17. Nh4) 16... Qe7 17. f3 Nxd2 18. Qxd2 Qe6 19. Bf1 Nd7 (19... Rfd8 $11) 20. Nxd7 $14 Qxd7 21. Bg2 (21. dxc5 $14 Rxc5 22. f4) 21... Rfe8 22. f4 (22. dxc5 $14 Bxc5 23. Bd4) 22... c4 $15 23. bxc4 dxc4 (23... Rxc4 $6 24. Rxc4 dxc4 25. d5) 24. d5 $1 b5 {[%cal Oa7a5,Bb6b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 25. Bd4 a6 26. Qf2 {[%cal Og3g4]} b4 27. g4 $1 a5 ({Of course not} 27... fxg4 28. e4 $11) 28. gxf5 Qxf5 29. Qf3 (29. Qg3 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.} Bf8 30. Be5) 29... c3 30. Kf2 (30. Bh3 $17 Qg6+ 31. Qg3) 30... Rc7 31. Bb6 (31. Kg1 {was called for.}) 31... Rce7 $19 32. Bh3 Qf6 {[%cal Od6f4] [#] Strongly threatening ...Bxf4!} 33. Bd4 Qh4+ 34. Kg1 a4 (34... Rf7 $19 {[%cal Rd6f4] aiming for ...Bxf4!} 35. Qg3 Qxg3+ 36. hxg3 Bxd5 37. Bxc3 {[#]} Bc5 $1) 35. Rc2 Rf8 (35... Bc8 $17 36. Bxc8 Rxc8) 36. Rf2 $2 (36. a3 $1 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 36... c2 $2 ({Black should try} 36... Qh6 $19 {Threatens to win with ...Rc7.} 37. Rc1 Rc7) 37. Rxc2 $16 Bxf4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (37... Rff7 $16 {is more resistant.} 38. Rf1 g6) 38. Qg4 $2 ({White must play} 38. exf4 $18 Rd8 39. Be5) 38... Qxg4+ 39. Bxg4 Bxe3+ 40. Bxe3 Rxe3 41. Be6+ Kh8 42. Rc7 (42. Rf2 $1 $14 Re8 43. Rdf1) 42... Ba6 $11 {The position is equal.} 43. Ra7 Bb5 44. Rb7 Be2 45. Rc1 Re5 46. Rf7 {[%cal Rf7f8]} ({But not} 46. Rxb4 $2 Rg5+ 47. Bg4 Bxg4 $19) 46... Rd8 47. Rd7 {[%cal Rd7d8]} Rf8 {( -> ...Rg5+)} 48. Rf7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.41/Black=0.54} 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.19"]
[Round "7.10"]
[White "Denic, Marin"]
[Black "Kanizaj, Benjamin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[BlackElo "2050"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 16,79,42,33,78,81,94,76,96,77,80,80,86,72,78,78,79,72,71,65,154,150,143,115,191,180,194,200,281,281,274,268,258,177,619,619,1193,1193,1555,1464,29982,6804,12750,10137,29975,29978,29973,5335,1474,1416,1425,1403,1360,1313,29947,5352,29968,2199,2064,1985,1510,1178,29970,4827,1251,1143]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7. Rg1 Nc6 8. Be3 $1 {8.Be3 scores better than 8.h4.} Be7 9. Qe2 a6 {B81: Sicilian Scheveningen: Keres Attack.} 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. f4 {White is more active.} Nd7 {[#] White is better.} 12. Qf2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Kb1 Rb8 13. Rg3 Nf6 14. a3 Bd7 15. h4 h5 16. g5 Ng4 17. f5 g6 18. f6 {1-0 (25) Sadowski,M (2572)-Chacon,P (2603) ICCF email 2009}) 12... b5 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Bg2 {[%cal Oe4e5] e5! is the strong threat.} Bb7 15. e5 d5 16. Ne2 Bc5 ({Much weaker is} 16... Rc8 17. Nd4 Qc7 18. Kb1 $11) 17. Nd4 Bxd4 ({Better is} 17... Qc7 $14) 18. Bxd4 $16 Rc8 19. f5 Nc5 (19... b4 $16) 20. Kb1 $1 $18 b4 21. Rgf1 $1 {And now fxe6 would win.} Na4 (21... Rc7 $142 22. fxe6 fxe6) 22. Bh3 Rc7 23. fxe6 Qxe6 24. Rd3 {[%cal Og4g5] Black must now prevent g5!} g5 $2 (24... Qe7) 25. Rf3 Re7 26. Rf6 Qd7 27. e6 Qb5 28. Rxf7 (28. exf7+ $142 Kd7 29. Qf5+ Kd8 30. Rd6+ Kc7 31. Bxh8 Nc3+ 32. Ka1 Qxf1+ 33. Qxf1 Rxf7 34. Qxf7+ Kxd6 35. bxc3) 28... Rxe6 29. Bxh8 {Intending Qa7 and mate. A strong pair of Bishops.} Nc3+ 30. Bxc3 (30. bxc3 $2 {is a self mate.} bxc3+ 31. Kc1 Qb2+ 32. Kd1 Qb1#) 30... bxc3 31. Rf8+ (31. b3 $142 Qe2 32. Qg3 (32. Rxb7 Qxf2 33. Rb8+ Kd7 34. a4 Re1+ 35. Ka2 Rxf1 36. Rb7+ Ke6) 32... Qe5 33. Rxb7 Qxg3 34. hxg3 Re2 35. Ra7 a5 36. Rxa5) 31... Kd7 32. Qf7+ Re7 33. Qf5+ Kc7 34. b3 {Threatening mate with Rf7.} Qc5 35. Rf7 {White wants to mate with Qf6.} Rxf7 36. Qxf7+ (36. Qe5+ $142 Kb6 37. Rxf7 Ka7 38. Bf1 a5 39. Qf6 Qb6 40. Qxc3 a4 41. Bg2 Qg1+ 42. Rf1) 36... Kb6 37. Rf6+ Ka7 38. Qf8 Qe3 {[#]} 39. Rf1 $1 a5 (39... Qd4 40. Qxh6) 40. Qf2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.10 (very precise) /Black=1.83} 1-0

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.19"]
[Round "7.11"]
[White "Gal, Moshe"]
[Black "Franc, Borna"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2111"]
[BlackElo "2020"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. b3 d5 4. e3 c5 5. Bb2 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5 Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Ne5 11. Nd2 a6 12. Be2 Qe7 13. N2f3 Bd7 14. Rc1 Rac8 15. Rxc8 Rxc8 16. Qa1 Neg4 17. h3 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Qxe3+ 19. Rf2 Ne4 0-1

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.19"]
[Round "7.12"]
[White "Ruzic, Pia Marie"]
[Black "Horvat, Damjan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "1996"]
[BlackElo "2072"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 g6 6. Qc2 Bg7 7. b3 O-O 8. O-O Bg4 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. a4 e6 11. Ba3 Re8 12. Rac1 Rc8 13. h3 Bf5 14. Rfd1 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Bf8 16. Bxf8 Kxf8 17. e4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Qc7 19. Nxf6 Nxf6 20. Qe3 Kg7 21. Ne5 Nd7 22. c5 Nf6 23. Nc4 Nd5 24. Qd2 Re7 25. b4 Qf4 26. Qe1 Rd8 27. Rb1 Nf6 28. Qe3 Qxe3 29. fxe3 Ne4 30. Rdc1 f5 31. b5 axb5 32. axb5 cxb5 33. Rxb5 f4 34. Rcb1 fxe3 35. Rxb7 Rxb7 36. Rxb7+ Kf6 37. Nxe3 Rxd4 38. c6 Rd3 39. Nc4 Rc3 40. Rb4 Ke7 41. c7 Nd6 42. Rb7 Nc8 43. Nb6 Kd6 44. Nxc8+ Kc6 45. Ra7 1-0

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.19"]
[Round "7.13"]
[White "Jonsson, Gauti Pall"]
[Black "Prihoda, Leonardo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2071"]
[BlackElo "1995"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 c6 11. Qf3 Bd6 12. Bf4 Rb8 13. b3 Qc7 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Qg3 Qxg3 16. fxg3 Re8 17. Rfe1 Kf8 18. Na4 Bd7 19. Nc5 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Re8 21. Rf1 Ke7 22. c4 Be6 23. cxd5 cxd5 24. Kf2 Kd6 25. Rc1 Re7 26. b4 Ke5 27. Re1+ Kd4 28. Bf5 Kc3 29. a3 g6 30. Bd3 Re8 31. Bb5 Rb8 32. Re3+ Kb2 33. Na4+ Ka2 34. Nc3+ Kb2 35. Na4+ Ka2 36. Nc3+ Kb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.19"]
[Round "7.14"]
[White "Frouth, Nenad"]
[Black "Gal, Andrej"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2121"]
[BlackElo "1878"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. Nh3 d6 7. O-O Nge7 8. Be3 O-O 9. Qd2 Re8 10. Nf4 Rb8 11. h4 b5 12. h5 b4 13. Nd1 Nd4 14. hxg6 hxg6 15. c3 bxc3 16. bxc3 Ndc6 17. Nh3 Ne5 18. Bh6 Ba6 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. c4 N5c6 21. Ne3 Qa5 22. Qc1 Nd4 23. Re1 Rh8 24. Nf4 Nec6 25. Ne2 Ne5 0-1

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.19"]
[Round "7.15"]
[White "Cvitkovic, Filip"]
[Black "Vanden Bussche, Steven"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2164"]
[BlackElo "2026"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 17,151,-3,-3,-14,-14,-6,-5,-21,-21,-47,-34,-66,-28,-54,-54,-54,-39,-25,-22,-25,3,7,27,12,0,0,-14,-49,-27,-21,-25,-82,-70,-137,-58,-66,-66,-69,-46,-48,-44,-96,-103,-159,-73,-78,-70,-238,-233,-201,-226,-314,-327,-354,-343,-398,-325,-377,-325,-318,-318,-318,-318,-389,-334,-350,-331,-395,-390,-463,-306,-1002,-977,-901,-685,-695,-661,-669,-633,-649,-489,-29978,-29979,-29980,-29981,-29981,-29982,-29982,-29982,-29983,-29980,-29980,-29981,-29981,-29982,-29982,-29983,-29983,-29984,-29985,-29986,-29986,-29987,-29987,-29988,-29989,-29990,-29990,-29990,-29990,-29989,-29989,-29989,-29989,-29989,-29989,-29988,-29988,-29989,-29989,-29990,-29990,-29991,-29994,-29995,-29995,-29995,-29995,-29996,-29997,-29998,-29998,-29998,-29998,-29999,-29999]} 1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bf5 5. O-O e6 6. b3 Nbd7 7. d3 h6 8. Bb2 Bc5 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. h3 {A12: English Opening: 1...c6 with b3 by White.} Bh7 11. a3 a5 12. Qc2 {The position is equal.} Qb6 {[#]} 13. Rae1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Rad1 Rad8 14. Qc1 Be7 15. Qa1 Ne8 16. Bc3 Bf6 17. d4 Qa6 18. Nh2 Nd6 19. e4 dxe4 {0-1 (40) Sehner,N (2365)-Zude,A (2295) Bad Neuenahr 1987}) 13... Rfe8 14. e3 Rac8 15. Re2 e5 16. e4 dxe4 17. dxe4 Nh5 18. Kh2 g5 19. Ne1 f6 20. Bf3 Ng7 21. Bg4 Rcd8 22. Ng2 (22. Nd3 $5 {[%cal Rb3b4]}) 22... Ne6 23. Bxe6+ Rxe6 24. Kh1 (24. Ne3 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 24... Bd4 25. Bc1 ({White should play} 25. Kh2 $15) 25... Rde8 {Black is more active.} (25... Rd6 $17 26. Ne3 Bxe3 27. Rxe3 Nc5) 26. Ne3 $15 Bxe3 27. Rxe3 Nc5 28. Bb2 R6e7 29. Nf3 (29. Bc3 $1 $15) 29... Rd7 30. Ba1 {[#]} (30. Rfe1 $142) 30... Qd8 (30... Red8 $142 $1 {White must now prevent ...Rd3.} 31. Kh2 Rd3 32. Rxd3 Rxd3) 31. Rfe1 Rd3 {Threatens to win with ...Bxe4.} 32. Rxd3 $2 {This move loses the game for White.} (32. Kg2 $1 $15) 32... Qxd3 $19 ({Weaker is} 32... Nxd3 33. Re3 Nc5 34. b4 $15) 33. Qxd3 Nxd3 34. Re3 Nxf2+ {[%cal Bd3f2,Bf2e4,Be4c5][%mdl 32]} 35. Kg2 Nxe4 36. Rd3 Nc5 37. Rd6 Nxb3 38. Bc3 Kf7 39. Rd7+ Re7 40. Rd8 Ke6 {And now ...Be4 would win.} 41. Kf2 b5 42. cxb5 cxb5 43. Ke3 Rd7 44. Rh8 (44. Rxd7 Kxd7 45. h4) 44... Rd3+ 45. Ke2 Be4 46. Nd2 Nxd2 47. Bxd2 Rxg3 48. Rxh6 Bf5 {Strongly threatening ...Kf7.} 49. Bxa5 {[#]} (49. Kf2 $19 Rxa3 50. Bxg5) 49... Rxh3 {Black mates.} 50. Rxh3 Bxh3 {KB-KB} 51. Ke3 f5 52. Bd8 g4 53. Bc7 Bg2 54. Kf2 Bc6 55. Kg3 Bd7 56. Bb8 Kd5 57. Bc7 Ke4 58. Bb8 f4+ 59. Kg2 g3 60. Bc7 Kf5 61. Kf3 e4+ 62. Kg2 Kg4 63. Be5 Bc6 64. Kg1 Bd5 65. Bd6 Bc4 66. Bc7 f3 67. Bb6 f2+ 68. Bxf2 gxf2+ 69. Kxf2 {KB-KP} Kf4 70. a4 bxa4 71. Kg2 a3 72. Kh2 a2 73. Kg2 a1=Q 74. Kh2 Qg7 75. Kh1 Kf3 {[%csl Gf3][%cal Rg7g2]} 76. Kh2 Qg2# {Weighted Error Value: White=0.54/Black=0.26 (precise)} 0-1

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.19"]
[Round "7.16"]
[White "Jakupec, Denis"]
[Black "Janiszewski, Maciej"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2004"]
[BlackElo "2075"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Qb6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. Nf3 g5 7. g3 Bg7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O d6 10. Nd2 Nd7 11. e3 Ne5 12. Qe2 f4 13. exf4 gxf4 14. Nce4 Qh6 15. f3 fxg3 16. hxg3 e6 17. dxe6 Bxe6 18. c3 Rad8 19. f4 Ng4 20. Nf3 b5 21. Nh4 Nf6 22. Rfe1 Bc4 23. Qf3 Nxe4 24. Qxe4 d5 25. Qe7 d4 26. Qxc5 dxc3 27. b3 Bd4+ 0-1

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.19"]
[Round "7.17"]
[White "Vukic, Aleksandar"]
[Black "Maravic, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "2073"]
[BlackElo "2009"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Qf3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Be7 7. d4 c5 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. Qg3 Nc6 11. Nf3 O-O-O 12. Be3 Na5 13. O-O Nc4 14. Bf4 Rhg8 15. Rae1 Qe6 16. dxc5 Bxc5+ 17. Kh1 h6 18. Nd4 Bxd4 19. cxd4 Kb8 20. Qb3 Ka8 21. Rb1 Rd7 22. Qd3 Rc8 23. Rf2 a6 24. Qh7 f5 25. exf6 g5 26. Qxh6 gxf4 27. Qxf4 Rf7 28. g4 Nd6 29. g5 Ne4 30. Rf3 Rxc2 31. Rg1 Rc8 32. Qe5 Qc6 33. Rf5 Rg8 34. Rgf1 Qc2 35. Qxd5 Ng3+ 36. Kg1 Ne2+ 37. Kh1 Ng3+ 38. Kg1 Nxf5 39. Qxf5 Qd2 40. g6 Qh6 41. g7 Rgxg7+ 0-1

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.19"]
[Round "7.18"]
[White "Baric, Marko"]
[Black "Okrosa, Marijan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "1948"]
[BlackElo "2059"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Be3 Ne4 7. Qg4 Kf8 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 c5 10. Bd3 cxd4 11. Bxd4 Nc6 12. Bxe4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 Qa5+ 14. Ke2 dxe4 15. Qxe4 Bd7 16. Qd3 Rc8 17. c4 Rxc4 18. Qxc4 Bb5 19. Rc1 Bxc4+ 20. Rxc4 Qb5 21. Kd3 Qb3+ 22. Rc3 Qd1+ 23. Ke3 Kg8 24. Rd3 Qe1+ 25. Kf3 Kh7 26. Re3 Qd1+ 27. Kg3 Rc8 28. h3 b5 29. Kh2 Rc1 30. g4 a5 31. Kg2 b4 32. axb4 axb4 33. Kg3 b3 34. Ne2 Qxh1 35. Nxc1 b2 0-1

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.19"]
[Round "7.19"]
[White "Jakovic, Roko"]
[Black "Takac, Zvonko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "1921"]
[BlackElo "2040"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 h6 8. Bh4 b6 9. Nge2 Bb7 10. f3 c5 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Qd2 Rc8 13. Rac1 Bd6 14. Rfe1 Re8 15. Bg3 Qe7 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Ng3 a6 18. Nf5 Qf8 19. Ne2 g6 20. Nfg3 Qe7 21. Nf4 cxd4 22. exd4 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 g5 24. Nf5 Qf8 25. Ne2 Rc8 26. h4 Nh7 27. Neg3 Ndf6 28. Re1 Kh8 29. Re7 Rb8 30. Qe3 Bc8 31. Nd6 Be6 32. Ngf5 Rd8 33. Qe5 Kg8 34. Rxe6 Nd7 35. Nxh6+ Qxh6 36. Rxh6 Nxe5 37. Bxh7+ Kg7 38. dxe5 1-0

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.19"]
[Round "7.20"]
[White "Faukovic, Matija"]
[Black "Basaric, Srdjan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2026"]
[BlackElo "2024"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. b3 g6 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c5 5. c4 Nc6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. Nc3 e5 9. d3 a6 10. a3 Rb8 11. Nd2 Be6 12. Nd5 Ne7 13. e4 Nfxd5 14. cxd5 Bd7 15. b4 cxb4 16. axb4 Bb5 17. Qb3 Nc8 18. Nc4 Nb6 19. Bc1 Rc8 20. Na3 Ba4 21. Qb2 Bd7 22. Be3 Na4 23. Qd2 b5 24. Rac1 Qe7 25. Nb1 f5 26. f3 f4 27. Bf2 h5 28. Nc3 Bh6 29. Ne2 fxg3 30. Qxh6 gxf2+ 31. Kxf2 Qf6 32. Kg1 Rxc1 33. Rxc1 Rc8 34. Rxc8+ Bxc8 35. f4 Bg4 36. fxe5 dxe5 37. Bf1 Kf7 38. Qh7+ Qg7 39. Qxg7+ Kxg7 40. Nc1 Bd1 41. Kf2 Kf6 42. Ke3 Bg4 43. d4 Nb2 44. Nb3 Nd1+ 45. Kd3 Nf2+ 46. Ke3 Nd1+ 47. Kd3 Nf2+ 48. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.19"]
[Round "7.21"]
[White "Korov, Zvonko"]
[Black "Dzaja, Martin Zorislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2015"]
[BlackElo "1974"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 c5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb2 a6 5. c4 dxc4 6. bxc4 Nc6 7. Be2 Bf5 8. O-O Nb4 9. Na3 e6 10. d4 Be7 11. Qb3 O-O 12. Rac1 Rc8 13. Rfd1 Qc7 14. Nb1 Rfd8 15. Nc3 Ne4 16. h3 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Bg6 18. Na4 Bh4 19. f4 Nc6 20. Nxc6 Qxc6 21. Bd4 Nf2 22. Rf1 Ne4 23. Rcd1 Ng3 24. Bf3 Qxc4 25. Bb6 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Be4 27. Qxc4 Rxc4 28. Bd8 Bxf3 29. gxf3 f6 30. Nb2 Rc2 31. Rb1 Ne2+ 0-1

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.19"]
[Round "7.22"]
[White "Starcevic, Danijel"]
[Black "Raljic, Mirko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "1935"]
[BlackElo "2023"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nxc6 dxc6 8. O-O e5 9. a3 Bc5 10. Na4 Bd6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bd2 b5 13. Nc3 Bc5 14. b4 Bd4 15. a4 Bg4 16. Qb1 a6 17. Ra3 O-O 18. Qc1 Qd6 19. Kh1 Bh5 20. f3 Bg6 21. Ne2 Bb6 22. c4 bxc4 23. Bxc4 Rfc8 24. Ng3 a5 25. Rd3 Qe7 26. Qb2 Bd4 27. Qa3 axb4 28. Bxb4 Qa7 29. a5 Nd7 30. Ne2 Bc5 31. Rxd7 Bxb4 32. Rxa7 Bxa3 33. Rxa8 Rxa8 34. a6 Kf8 35. Ra1 Bc5 36. Ra5 Bd6 37. Nc3 Bb4 38. Rxe5 Bxc3 39. Rc5 Bd4 40. Rxc6 f6 41. Rc7 Ra7 42. Rc8+ Ke7 43. Rg8 f5 44. exf5 Bxf5 45. Bb5 Bd7 46. Bd3 Kd6 47. Rb8 Bc6 48. Rb4 Bc5 49. Rg4 Re7 50. h3 Kc7 51. Kh2 Bd6+ 52. Kg1 Kb6 53. Rg6 Kc5 54. h4 Be5 55. Kf2 Bf6 56. Rg4 Bb5 57. Re4 Ra7 58. Bxb5 Kxb5 59. h5 Rxa6 60. Kg3 Kc5 61. Kg4 Rd6 62. Kh3 Rd5 63. g4 Rd3 64. Kg2 Kd5 65. Re2 Be5 66. Kf2 Bd4+ 67. Kg3 Bc5 68. Kg2 Bb4 69. Kg3 Rd2 70. Re8 Bd6+ 71. f4 Rd3+ 72. Kf2 Bxf4 73. Rd8+ Ke4 74. Re8+ Be5 75. Ra8 Rd2+ 76. Ke1 Rg2 77. Ra4+ Bd4 78. Ra8 Rxg4 79. Re8+ Kd3 80. Kf1 Rg1# 0-1

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.20"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Begic, Domagoj"]
[Black "Vujec, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2026"]
[BlackElo "2192"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 12,134,19,7,31,33,45,4,70,43,43,46,55,48,54,54,52,56,62,-7,-13,-20,-15,-29,-16,-30,-40,-72,-72,-219,-244,-231,-214,-222,-211,-384,-394,-379,-250,-249,-248,-359,-367,-346,-223,-220,-226,-220,-254,-243,-60,-70,-65,-72,-70,-84,-59,-109,-79,-60,-68,-56,-58,-74,-42,-79,-77,-108,-85,-107,-105,-118,-82,-83,-37,-134,-139,-170,-145,-595,-718,-722,-718,-699,-615,-691,-601,-1372,-991,-916,-903,-1184,-1164,-1110,-1067,-5089,-2285,-10247,-6514,-6490,-5405,-29969,-6518,-5501,-5224,-29976,-29977,-29977,-29978,-29977,-29963,-29981,-29960,-29984,-29984,-29984,-29985,-29985,-29986,-29986,-29986,-29985,-29986,-29988,-29966]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. d3 Nd7 7. Bd2 a6 {7...g6 is setting a new trend. B11: Caro-Kann: Two Knights Variation.} 8. O-O-O Ne7 {[#]} 9. Qg3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. g4 Ng6 10. Qg3 Bb4 11. a3 Be7 12. f4 d4 13. Ne2 e5 14. f5 Ngf8 15. h4 {1-0 (46) Lyell,M (2245)-Jacobsen,M (2328) Budapest 2020}) 9... Ng6 (9... d4 $11) 10. f4 Qc7 11. Qf2 d4 12. Ne2 c5 13. c3 e5 14. g3 Bd6 {[%cal Bf8d6,Bd6e5,Be5d4][%mdl 32]} 15. fxe5 ({White should try} 15. Kb1 $14) 15... dxc3 $11 16. Nxc3 Bxe5 17. Nd5 Qd6 18. Rg1 Ne7 19. Ne3 Bd4 {[%cal Oc5c4]} 20. Nc4 {[#]} (20. Kb1 $17) 20... Qe6 $1 $19 21. Be3 b5 22. Bxd4 cxd4 23. Na3 (23. Qxd4 bxc4 24. dxc4) 23... Qxa2 24. Qxd4 f6 {White must now prevent ...Rc8+.} 25. Kd2 Ne5 {...Nf3+ is the strong threat.} 26. Ke3 {Prevents Nf3.} (26. Be2 {was worth a try.} Rd8 27. Qc3) 26... O-O 27. Be2 Qe6 28. Kf2 Qxh3 29. Qd6 Rae8 {[%cal Of6f5]} 30. Rh1 {[#]} Qd7 ({Black should play} 30... Qc8 $1 $19 {aiming for ...Nf7.} 31. Rh5 Nf7) 31. Qxd7 $15 Nxd7 {Pair of Knights!} 32. d4 Rc8 33. Rc1 g6 34. Bf3 (34. Rxc8 $15 Rxc8 35. Ra1) 34... Rxc1 35. Rxc1 Rc8 $1 {Inhibits Rc7.} 36. Rxc8+ Nxc8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KNN} 37. Ke3 Nd6 38. b3 Kf7 39. Be2 Ke6 40. Nc2 Nb6 41. Bf3 Nb7 42. Kd3 a5 ({Better is} 42... h5 $17) 43. Kc3 {Black converts the advantage convincingly.} (43. e5 $15 Nd8 44. exf6) 43... Nd6 $17 44. Ne3 f5 45. Kd3 {[%mdl 8192]} (45. exf5+ $17 {was the crucial defense.} Nxf5 46. Nxf5 Kxf5 47. Kd2) 45... fxe4+ $19 46. Bxe4 Nxe4 47. Kxe4 {KN-KN} h5 48. Ng2 Nd5 {Strongly threatening ...a4.} 49. Nh4 g5 50. Nf3 Nf6+ 51. Kd3 Kf5 52. Ne5 Nd5 53. Nc6 a4 54. bxa4 bxa4 55. Ne5 a3 {( -> ...a2)} 56. Kc2 Ne3+ (56... h4 $142 57. gxh4 gxh4 58. Nc4 h3 59. Nd2 Kf4 60. Nf1 Ne3+ 61. Kb3 Nxf1 62. Kxa3 h2 63. Kb4 h1=Q 64. Kc5 Ne3 65. Kb6 Nd5+ 66. Kc5 Ke4 67. Kd6 Qh2+ 68. Ke6 Qh7 69. Kd6 Qc7+ 70. Ke6 Qe7#) 57. Kb3 Nf1 58. g4+ hxg4 {[%cal Bh5g4,Bg4g3,Bg3g2][%mdl 32] Black mates.} 59. Kxa3 g3 60. Nf3 g2 61. d5 {[#]} Nd2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 62. d6 (62. Ng1 Ke4) 62... Nc4+ 63. Kb4 Nxd6 64. Kc5 Kf4 65. Ng1 Nf5 66. Kd5 g4 67. Kc4 Ke5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.85/Black=0.38} 0-1

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.20"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Fajdetic, Hrvoje"]
[Black "Novosel, Lovro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "2151"]
[BlackElo "2212"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 9,98,0,4,-14,0,-2,-5,-8,0,0,0,-1,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-3,-10,12,-57,-68,-53,-61,-60,-54,-64,-37,-37,-37,-43,-45,-39,-40,-45,-41,-50,-35,-72,-62,-121,-112,-118,-97,-106,-77,-91,-79,-215,-212,-268,-266,-389,-335,-483,-548,-550,-525,-543,-541,-531,-526,-581,-554,-735,-520,-506,0,-1267,-1001,-29983,-29984,-29987,-29988,-29988,-29989,-29989,-1214,-1081,-953,-1250,-1168,-994,-754,-1897,-1855,-1282,-943,-1257,-1155]} 1. f4 Nf6 2. b3 e6 3. Nf3 Be7 4. Bb2 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. d4 {A02: Bird's Opening.} O-O 7. Bd3 {[#]} c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Bb4+ 8. c3 Be7 9. O-O Bxf3 10. Qxf3 d5 11. Nd2 Nbd7 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 {1-0 (54) Capaliku,A (2037)-Petrovcic,C (1618) Nova Gorica 2015}) 8. O-O {The position is equal.} cxd4 9. exd4 Qc7 10. Ne5 d6 11. Ng4 Nbd7 {[%cal Oe6e5]} 12. Nd2 Rac8 13. Qe2 Nxg4 14. Qxg4 {[%cal Od4d5]} Bf6 15. Ne4 (15. Nc4 $11) 15... Bxe4 $15 16. Bxe4 d5 17. Bd3 Nc5 $1 18. Be2 Ne4 19. Bd3 g6 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. c3 Bg7 22. Qe2 Qb7 23. Rad1 b5 24. g4 {[#]} f5 $1 25. g5 {Black converts the advantage convincingly.} ({White should try} 25. h4 $15) 25... Rfd8 $17 26. Rd2 Rd7 27. h4 Rcd8 28. Rfd1 h5 29. gxh6 (29. Ba3 $17) 29... Bxh6 $19 30. Qe3 Qc7 31. Rf1 (31. Rg2 $142 Bxf4 32. Qe2) 31... e5 $1 {[%cal Re5f4]} 32. Rdf2 (32. Rg2 $142 exf4 33. Qh3) 32... exf4 33. Rxf4 Rg7 34. Kh1 Bxf4 35. Rxf4 Qf7 36. c4 bxc4 37. d5 Rh7 38. bxc4 g5 $2 (38... Rc8 $19 39. Kg1 Rxc4) 39. Rf2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (39. Rg4 $11 fxg4 40. Qxg5+ Rg7 41. Qxd8+ Kh7 42. Bxg7 Qf1+ 43. Kh2 Qf2+ 44. Kh1 Qf1+ 45. Kh2 Qf2+ 46. Kh1 Qf1+) 39... Rxh4+ 40. Kg1 Qh5 41. Rg2 Rh1+ 42. Kf2 Qh4+ 43. Qg3 Qxg3+ ({Weaker is} 43... Rb8 44. Qxh4 Rxh4 45. Rxg5+ Kh7 46. Kg3 $19) (43... e3+ $142 44. Kxe3 f4+ 45. Kd3 fxg3 46. Rd2 g2 47. Kc3 g1=Q 48. Rd3 Qhe1+ 49. Rd2 Rh3+ 50. Kb4 Qb6+ 51. Ka4 Qe8#) 44. Kxg3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB. Black is clearly winning.} Kf7 {[#] aiming for ...f4+.} 45. Kf2 f4 {[%cal Bf5f4,Bf4f3][%mdl 32]} 46. Be5 Rh5 {White must now prevent ...Rc8.} 47. Kg1 Rc8 48. Rc2 f3 {Hoping for ...e3.} 49. Rc3 g4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.65/Black=0.47} 0-1

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.20"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Peric, Bernard"]
[Black "Krikunov, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2112"]
[BlackElo "2202"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 24,45,26,26,27,27,28,10,53,0,14,0,25,-14,-9,-8,9,-6,0,0,87,96,73,68]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qd7 8. Nd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f3,Bf3e5][%mdl 32]} e6 9. Ngf3 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. O-O O-O 13. Rfe1 Qc7 $1 {[%mdl 4] outshines the older 13...Rab8. B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack.} 14. Qc2 Rab8 15. Ne5 {[#]} b5 $146 {The position is equal.} (15... Rfc8 $5 {[%cal Rc6d4]}) ({Predecessor:} 15... g6 16. Qe2 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nd7 18. h4 Rfd8 19. h5 Nc5 20. Bb1 d4 21. cxd4 Rxd4 {0-1 (34) Zhurova,A (1947)-Nechaeva,M (2409) Sochi 2018}) 16. a3 ({White should try} 16. a4 $1 $14) 16... a5 (16... Rfc8 $5 {[%cal Rc6d4]}) 17. Re3 g6 18. Rae1 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Nd7 20. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Rfc8 {[%cal Od5d4]} 21. h5 {[%cal Rh5g6]} Kg7 (21... d4 $11 22. Rh3 Nxe5) 22. Qd2 $16 {White is more active.} Nc5 23. Bc2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.14 (very precise) /Black=0.25 (precise)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.20"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Karlusic, Luka"]
[Black "Starcevic, Ante Leon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2089"]
[BlackElo "2152"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Rc1 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qa5+ 12. Rc3 Bg4 13. f3 e5 14. d5 Nd4 15. Bd2 Bd7 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. Rc1 Qc5 18. Bd3 Qe7 19. O-O Rfc8 20. Qb3 b6 21. f4 Qe8 22. e5 g5 23. Bb1 Bb5 24. Qh3 Bxf1 25. Qxh7+ Kf8 26. Bb4+ Rc5 27. Rxc5 Qe7 28. Rc8+ Rxc8 29. Bxe7+ Kxe7 30. Kxf1 1-0

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.20"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Babic, Zvonko"]
[Black "Grgantov, Marin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "2048"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 12,107,39,30,21,21,30,27,34,22,64,48,60,68,66,53,74,52,65,0,0,-12,0,0,6,-27,-31,-52,-62,-102,-105,-101,-53,-139,-102,-83,-87,-134,-135,-200,-199,-236,-206,-220,-42,-179,-175,-167,-170,-151,-135,-322,-271,-381,-212,-217,-153,-159,-173,-196,-197,-307,-319,-295,-275,-295,-104,-103,-84,-72,-44,-87,0,0,0,0,127,52,327,349,589,577,935,883,917,826,831,839,839,839,846,839,806,802,1217,1168,1238,976]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 c6 {D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation.} 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Nge2 Bd6 {White has an edge.} 10. h3 Be6 11. Qc2 {[#]} a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nbd7 12. O-O Nb6 13. f3 Be7 14. Rad1 Nh5 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. g4 Nf6 17. Nf4 Rad8 18. Rde1 {1-0 (40) Palladino,M (2179)-Bartnik,A (2107) ICCF email 2020}) 12. O-O Na6 13. a3 {Prevents Nb4.} Nc7 {[%cal Ba6c7,Bc7e8,Be8d6,Bd6e4][%mdl 32]} 14. Rae1 Nce8 15. f4 (15. f3 $14) 15... Be7 $11 16. f5 Bd7 17. Bg3 Nd6 18. Na4 Nfe4 19. Bxe4 Nxe4 20. Nc5 Bxc5 21. dxc5 {[%cal Of5f6]} a4 (21... Qg5 $17 22. Bf4 Qxf5) 22. Be5 ({White should try} 22. f6 $15) 22... Qg5 23. Nd4 Rfe8 24. Bf4 (24. Bc7 $142) 24... Qe7 $17 25. Qe2 (25. Bd6 $17 Nxd6 26. f6 gxf6 27. cxd6 Qxd6 28. Rf3) 25... Qxc5 $19 26. f6 Nxf6 27. Bxh6 {[%cal Oe2f3]} Re5 $2 (27... Ne4 $1 $19 28. Qh5 Re7) 28. Qf2 (28. Rxf6 $1 $15 gxf6 29. Qf2) 28... Qe7 $1 {Strongly threatening ...Ne4.} 29. Bf4 Rh5 30. Qf3 Qe4 31. Qe2 $2 (31. Ne2 $17) 31... Re8 {...Qg6 is the strong threat.} 32. Bh2 {[#]} (32. Qf3 {is a better defense.}) 32... Rg5 (32... Bxh3 $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 33. Qc2 Qxc2 34. Nxc2 Rg5) 33. Rf4 Qe7 {Threatens to win with ...Bxh3.} 34. Nf3 Rg6 35. Nh4 Rh6 36. Rxa4 (36. Ref1 {might work better.}) 36... Ne4 37. Nf3 c5 38. Ra7 Bf5 $2 (38... Qf6 $1 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top.} 39. Rxb7 Bxh3 $1 40. gxh3 Qg6+ 41. Kh1 (41. Qg2 $2 Qa6 $19) 41... Rxh3) 39. Qb5 $17 Bc8 40. Ra8 Kf8 41. b4 Re6 (41... Rg6 $17 {[%cal Og6g2] aiming for ...Rxg2+!} 42. g4 Rh6) 42. bxc5 $11 Nxc5 43. Bf4 f6 {[#]} (43... Bd7 $11 44. Qa5 (44. Rxe8+ Bxe8 45. Qb1 Kg8 $11) 44... Nd3) 44. Nd4 {White is much more active.} (44. Rc1 $1 $16 {[%cal Rc1c5]} b6 45. Nd4) 44... Re4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Black should play} 44... Ra6 $14 45. Rxa6 bxa6) 45. Rc1 $18 b6 (45... Bd7 {keeps fighting.} 46. Rxe8+ Kxe8 47. Qxc5 Qxc5 48. Rxc5 g5) 46. Qxb6 {Hoping for Bd6. White is clearly winning.} Nd7 47. Qc7 {Black must now prevent Bd6.} Rxf4 48. Qxf4 Nb6 49. Rc7 Nxa8 50. Rxe7 Kxe7 51. Qb8 Bd7 52. Qb4+ Kf7 53. Qd6 Be6 54. Qc6 {White used his chance.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.31/Black=0.55} 1-0

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.20"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Bouget, Alexandre"]
[Black "Denic, Marin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2282"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 20,71,0,0,0,-14,0,0,-24,-18,-8,-22,0,-20,6,9,21,0,50,17,27,20,84,0,14,0,31,46,34,25,79,90,105,104,87,55,105,85,112,65,107,112,154,132,152,140,184,186,790,763,772,771,877,850]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. b4 c6 9. Ng3 Re8 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. O-O Nb6 {E46: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4 e3 0-0 5 Ne2 without early Bd3.} 12. f3 a5 13. Rb1 axb4 {The position is equal.} 14. axb4 Be6 15. Nce2 Ra4 16. Bd2 {[#]} Qa8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Qd7 17. Nf4 Rea8 18. Bc3 Nc4 19. Re1 Ra3 20. Qc1 Bd6 21. Nxe6 Qxe6 22. Nf5 Bf8 {0-1 (51) Shimanov,A (2476)-Zontakh,A (2579) St Petersburg 2008}) 17. e4 dxe4 18. fxe4 Bc4 ({Black should play} 18... Nc4 $11) 19. Bc2 Ra2 20. Rf2 Qa6 {[#]} ({Don't do} 20... Ng4 21. Rf4 Be6 22. Nc3 $14 (22. Bb3 Bxb3 23. Qxb3 Nf6 $15)) (20... Be6 $11) 21. b5 ({Better is} 21. Nc1 $1 $16 {[%cal Rc1a2]} Ra1 22. e5) 21... cxb5 $11 22. e5 Nfd5 (22... Ng4 $5 {[%cal Rg4f2]} 23. Rf4 Nh6 $15) 23. Nc1 {[%cal Oc2h7] White wants to mate with Bxh7+!} Rxc2 24. Qxc2 b4 {[#]} (24... g6 $11) 25. Qf5 $1 $40 {[%mdl 128] White goes for the king.} Nc3 26. Bxc3 bxc3 27. Ne4 Be6 (27... Na4 $14) 28. Qf3 Nd5 29. Nxc3 (29. Na2 $16) 29... Qc4 30. N1e2 Bg5 31. Nxd5 ({Resist} 31. Rxb7 Be3 $16) 31... Bxd5 {This bishop pair is nice.} 32. Qg3 Qc2 33. Nc3 ({Worse is} 33. Qxg5 Qxb1+ 34. Qc1 Qxc1+ 35. Nxc1 Rc8 $15) 33... Qg6 (33... Bd2) 34. h4 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Be4 35. Re1 Bd2 36. Qxg6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.15 (very precise) /Black=0.31} 1-0

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.20"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Brigljevic, Milan"]
[Black "Ruzic, Pia Marie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2161"]
[BlackElo "1996"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 c5 6. Ngf3 Nc6 7. O-O dxe4 8. dxe4 e5 9. Re1 Nf6 10. c3 Be7 11. Nh4 O-O 12. Nf5 Qc7 13. Nc4 Rfd8 14. Qf3 b5 15. Nce3 Na5 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Nf5 Qe6 18. Bg5 Nc4 19. Bh3 Qb6 20. Nh6+ Kf8 21. Ng4 Nxg4 22. Bxd8 Nxh2 23. Kxh2 Rxd8 24. b3 Nd2 25. Qe3 Bxe4 26. Bg2 Rd3 27. Qe2 Qh6+ 28. Kg1 Nf3+ 29. Kf1 Nd2+ 30. Kg1 Bxg2 31. Kxg2 Qc6+ 32. Kh3 Rd6 33. g4 e4 34. Rad1 Rh6+ 35. Kg2 e3+ 36. f3 Nxf3 37. Rd8+ Ke7 38. Qxe3+ Ne5+ 39. Kg3 Kxd8 40. Qxe5 Qd6 0-1

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.20"]
[Round "8.8"]
[White "Tomic, Stjepan"]
[Black "Roska, Branislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "1990"]
[BlackElo "2153"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 9,107,17,43,33,24,21,25,16,45,41,50,44,40,21,35,41,63,36,101,70,115,73,97,73,237,257,235,255,266,254,258,263,223,233,297,287,290,297,303,300,312,305,342,335,313,331,400,394,400,384,384,393,376,377,393,396,411,375,397,396,862,243,247,232,232,232,232,232,232,232,232,0,170,0,239,0,209,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,772,0,0,0,639,0,1119,-29996]} 1. d4 f5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 b6 5. Be2 Bb7 6. O-O {A80: Dutch Defence: Unusual White second moves.} Be7 7. h3 O-O 8. c4 {White has an edge.} h6 9. Nc3 d6 10. Rc1 {[#]} c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Nbd7 11. b4 Ne4 12. c5 Ndf6 13. Bc4 d5 14. Bd3 bxc5 15. bxc5 Ne8 16. Ne5 Bf6 {1-0 (69) Linhart,W (2190)-Aulinger,R (2150) Bayern 2000}) 11. Qb3 Nc6 12. Rfd1 Na5 13. Qc2 a6 (13... Ne4 $14) 14. b3 Nc6 {[%cal Of6e4]} 15. Bh2 {White is more active.} Ne4 16. a3 Bh4 $2 (16... Nb8 $16 {was called for.}) 17. Nxe4 fxe4 18. Nxh4 (18. Qxe4 Nxd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 19. Qxb7 Nxe2+ 20. Kh1 Nxc1 21. Nxh4 Qxh4 $17) 18... Qxh4 19. Bg3 (19. Bxd6 Qxf2+ 20. Kh2 Qxe3 $1 21. Bxf8 Nxd4 22. Rxd4 cxd4 $17) 19... Qf6 20. dxc5 dxc5 21. Rd7 (21. Qxe4 $6 Nd4 22. Qg4 (22. Qd3 Be4 $15) 22... Nf5 $16) 21... Rf7 22. Rcd1 Nd4 {[#]} 23. Rxf7 $1 Nxe2+ 24. Qxe2 Qxf7 25. Rd6 {Inhibits Bc6.} Rc8 26. Qd2 {Rd7 is the strong threat.} (26. Rxb6 Qd7 27. Qh5 Rc6) 26... Re8 27. Rxb6 Bc8 28. Rd6 Qf6 29. Kh2 h5 30. h4 g5 31. hxg5 Qxg5 32. Bf4 Qg4 33. Kg1 h4 34. Rd8 Kf7 {[#]} (34... Qg6 35. Qd1 e5 36. Qd5+ Kh7 37. Rxe8 Qxe8 38. Bxe5 Bf5) 35. Rxe8 $2 (35. Rxc8 $1 {[%mdl 512] Qd7+ would kill now.} h3 36. Rc7+ Re7 37. Rxe7+ Kxe7 38. Bg3) 35... Kxe8 $18 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQB-KQB} 36. Qb2 {Black must now prevent Qh8+.} Kf7 37. Qh8 e5 38. Bxe5 h3 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Rg4g2]} 39. Qf6+ Ke8 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Rg4g2]} 40. Qh8+ Kf7 $1 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Rg4g2]} 41. Qf6+ (41. Qh7+ $142 Ke8 42. Qh8+ Kf7) 41... Ke8 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Rg4g2] [#]} 42. g3 (42. Bg3 $1 $18) 42... Qd1+ $1 $11 43. Kh2 Qf1 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Rf1g2]} 44. Qg6+ Kd8 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Rf1g2]} 45. Qg5+ (45. Qxe4 Qxf2+ 46. Kh1 h2 47. Bf6+ Qxf6 $17) 45... Ke8 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Rf1g2]} 46. Qg8+ Ke7 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Rf1g2]} 47. Qg7+ Ke8 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Rf1g2]} 48. Qg6+ Kd8 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Rf1g2]} 49. Qd6+ (49. Qxe4 Qxf2+ 50. Kh1 h2 51. Qd5+ Bd7 52. Qg8+ Ke7 53. Qg5+ Ke6 54. Qg8+ Kxe5 55. Qd5+ Kf6 56. Qd6+ Kg5 57. Qf4+ (57. Qe7+ $2 Kh6 $19) 57... Qxf4 58. exf4+ Kg4 $19) 49... Ke8 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Rf1g2]} 50. Qc6+ Ke7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (50... Bd7 $11 51. Qg6+ (51. Qxe4 Qxf2+ 52. Kh1 Qf1+ 53. Kh2 Qf2+ 54. Kh1 Qf1+ 55. Kh2 Qf2+ $11) 51... Kd8 52. Qg8+ (52. Qxe4 Qxf2+ 53. Kh1 h2 $17) 52... Ke7 53. Qh7+ Ke8 54. Qg8+ (54. Qxe4 Qxf2+ 55. Kh1 Qf1+ 56. Kh2 Qf2+ 57. Kh1 Qf1+ 58. Kh2 Qf2+ $11) 54... Ke7 55. Qg7+ Ke8 56. Qh8+ Kf7 57. Qf6+ Ke8 58. Qg6+ Kd8 59. Qg8+ (59. Qxe4 Qxf2+ 60. Kh1 h2 $17) 59... Ke7) 51. Qf6+ $2 (51. Qxc5+ $18 Kf7 52. Qc7+ Ke6 53. Qd6+ Kf7 54. Qf6+ Ke8 55. Qg6+ Ke7 56. Bf6+ Kd6 57. c5+ Kxc5 58. Bd4+ Kd5 59. Qh5+ Kc6 60. Qc5+ Kd7 61. Qf5+ Ke8 62. Qxc8+ Ke7 63. Bc5+ Kf6 64. Qd8+ Kf5 65. Qf8+ Kg6 66. Qe8+ Kg5 67. Be7+ Kg4 68. Qg6+ Kf3 69. Qf6+ Ke2 70. Qxa6+ Kxf2 71. Qxf1+ Kxf1 72. g4) 51... Ke8 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Rf1g2]} 52. Qc6+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (52. Qh8+ $11 Kf7 53. Qg7+ (53. Qh7+ Ke8 $11) 53... Ke8 54. Qg6+) 52... Ke7 $18 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Rf1g2]} 53. Bd6+ $2 (53. Qxc5+ $18 Kf7 54. Qc7+ Ke6 55. Qd6+ Kf7 56. Qc7+ Ke6 57. Qxc8+ Kxe5 58. Qe8+ Kd6 59. Qxe4) 53... Kf7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (53... Kf6 $11 54. Be5+ (54. Qxe4 $2 Qxf2+ 55. Kh1 Qe1+ 56. Kh2 Qd2+ 57. Kg1 Qe1+ 58. Kh2 Qd2+ 59. Kg1 Qxd6 $19) (54. Bxc5+ Be6 $11) 54... Kxe5 55. Qxc5+ Kf6 56. Qf8+ (56. Qd6+ Be6 $11) 56... Kg6 57. Qg8+ Kh6 58. Qf8+ Kh7 59. Qe7+ Kh6 60. Qh4+ (60. Qd6+ Kh7 $11) 60... Kg7 61. Qg5+ (61. Qe7+ Kh6 $11) 61... Kh8 62. Qh5+ Kg7 63. Qg5+ (63. Qe5+ Kg8 $11) 63... Kh8 64. Qh6+ Kg8 65. Qg6+ Kh8 66. Qh6+ Kg8 67. Qg5+ Kh8) 54. Qc7+ $4 {[%mdl 40960] Weighted Error Value: White=0.47/Black=0.16 (very precise) . An unexpected result.} (54. Qd5+ $18 Kg6 55. Qg8+ Kf6 56. Qf8+ Kg6 57. Qg8+ Kf6 58. Qh8+ Ke6 59. Qe5+ Kf7 60. Qh5+ Kf6 61. Qh6+ Kf7 62. Qh7+ Kf6 63. Qe7+ Kg6 64. Qe8+ Kg5 65. Be7+ (65. Bf4+ Kg4 $11) 65... Kg4 66. Qxc8+ Kf3 67. Qf5+ Ke2 68. Qxe4) 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.20"]
[Round "8.9"]
[White "Franc, Borna"]
[Black "Gal, Andrej"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2020"]
[BlackElo "1878"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 e5 6. d3 O-O 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. O-O Ne8 9. f4 f5 10. Be3 Nf6 11. h3 Be6 12. Nd5 Qd7 13. Kh2 Kh8 14. Qb3 Rab8 15. Rac1 Nh5 16. Qa3 a6 17. b4 fxe4 18. dxe4 exf4 19. Nexf4 Nxf4 20. Bxf4 Ne5 21. Rfd1 c6 22. Nb6 Qc7 23. Qe3 Rbd8 24. a3 Qe7 25. Bg5 Bf6 26. Bxf6+ Qxf6 27. c5 dxc5 28. Qxc5 Qg7 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Rf1 h5 31. Qe3 Nf7 32. Na4 Bc8 33. Nc5 Re8 34. a4 Kh7 35. a5 Ne5 36. Qg5 Kg8 37. Rf6 Kh7 38. Rf2 Kg8 39. Rf6 Kh7 40. Rd6 Qf7 41. Rf6 Kg8 42. Rxg6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.20"]
[Round "8.10"]
[White "Vanden Bussche, Steven"]
[Black "Buchcar, Tomas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2026"]
[BlackElo "2208"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 9,112,0,0,-14,32,43,51,58,58,58,58,43,47,11,50,6,14,13,25,25,25,19,20,22,28,3,14,13,18,-24,-3,-4,29,24,35,34,49,34,47,31,31,23,20,26,64,54,147,135,125,89,131,109,123,110,96,90,131,126,135,127,141,0,109,78,174,114,153,0,0,0,62,63,66,62,50,41,37,42,41,37,53,0,0,8,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-18,-16,-38,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nd2 Bf5 6. Qb3 {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines.} Qb6 (6... Qc8 $11 {should be considered.}) 7. dxc5 $14 Qxb3 8. axb3 {[%cal Ba2b3,Bb3b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32] White is slightly better.} e5 9. Bg3 Bxc5 10. b4 Bd6 11. Ngf3 $1 {The main line 11.Ngf3 scores better than 11.b5.} Nd7 12. b5 Ne7 13. Be2 f6 14. O-O {[#]} Nb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... O-O 15. Rfd1 Bc2 16. Rdc1 Bg6 17. Rd1 Bc2 18. Rdc1 Bg6 19. c4 Bf7 20. cxd5 Nxd5 {½-½ (56) Kosic,D (2488)-Skoberne,J (2492) Novi Sad 2009}) 15. Rfd1 {[%cal Oe3e4]} Nec8 16. Nh4 Be6 17. e4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Be7 19. Nf3 Bb3 {With the idea ...f5.} 20. Re1 Kf7 21. Nfd2 Be6 22. f4 exf4 23. Bxf4 Nd5 24. Bg3 f5 25. c4 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Nb4 {White must now prevent ...Nc2.} ({Resist} 25... fxe4 26. cxd5 Bxd5 27. Nxe4 $1 $16) 26. Rf1 {[%cal Od2f3]} Kg6 27. Nc3 Nc2 {[#]} (27... Re8 $14) 28. Rac1 $1 $16 Nd4 29. Bd3 Bg5 30. Rcd1 Ne7 31. Nf3 Nxf3+ 32. Rxf3 ({But not} 32. gxf3 $6 Kf7 $11) 32... Rad8 33. Re1 Bc8 34. Bb8 a6 35. g4 (35. bxa6 $16 {Hoping for a7.} bxa6 36. Bc7) 35... Rhf8 (35... Rd4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 36. Ba7 Kf7 (36... axb5 $16 37. Nxb5 Nc6) 37. Bc5 (37. Bb6 $18) 37... Rfe8 38. Bxe7 $2 {0x0.0019ee9fe79fdp-1022s more active pieces.} (38. gxf5 $16 {Threatens to win with Ne4.} Bf6 39. Kf1 (39. bxa6 bxa6 40. Ne4 Nxf5 $16)) 38... Rxe7 $11 39. Rxe7+ Bxe7 ({Black should play} 39... Kxe7 $11 40. Bxf5 axb5) 40. Bxf5 $14 Bxf5 41. Rxf5+ $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Ke6 42. bxa6 bxa6 43. Ra5 Rd4 {[%csl LRc4,LRg4]} 44. Rxa6+ Kf7 45. Rc6 {And now Nd5 would win.} (45. Nd5 $5 {[%cal Ra6a7]} Rxg4+ 46. Kf1 Rxc4 47. Ra7 $11) 45... Rxg4+ 46. Kf2 {Strongly threatening Nd5.} Bf6 $1 47. Kf3 Rh4 48. Kg3 {[%cal Oc6f6] Rxf6+! is the strong threat.} Rd4 49. Rc5 Rd3+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 50. Kf4 Rh3 51. Nd1 Rxh2 52. b4 Be7 53. Rc7 Ke8 {aiming for ...Bd6+.} 54. Rb7 Rh4+ 55. Kf5 Rxc4 56. Ne3 Rxb4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.14 (very precise) /Black=0.18 (very precise)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.20"]
[Round "8.11"]
[White "Janiszewski, Maciej"]
[Black "Jakovic, Roko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2075"]
[BlackElo "1921"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qc2 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Bf5 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. c5 Qxb3 9. axb3 O-O 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. f4 Nxe5 12. fxe5 Nd7 13. O-O f6 14. Rxf5 gxf5 15. e6 Ne5 16. dxe5 fxe5 17. Bg5 Bf6 18. Bxf6 Rxf6 19. Bh3 f4 20. Nd2 e4 21. b4 a6 22. Nb3 Raf8 23. Nd4 Rh6 24. Bf5 Kg7 25. Rf1 fxg3 26. hxg3 Rhf6 27. g4 Kh6 28. Kg2 Kg5 29. Rh1 Rh6 30. Rxh6 Kxh6 31. Kg3 Kg5 32. Bxh7 Rh8 33. Bf5 Rh1 34. e3 Rg1+ 35. Kf2 Rc1 36. Ke2 Rb1 37. b3 Rb2+ 38. Kd1 Ra2 39. Kc1 Rh2 40. Nc2 Rg2 41. Kb2 Kh4 42. Bg6 Kg3 43. Kc3 Kf2 44. Be8 Rxg4 45. Bd7 Rg3 46. Kd4 Ke2 47. Bc8 Kd2 48. Bxb7 Kxc2 49. Bxa6 Rg6 50. b5 Rxe6 51. b6 Rh6 52. b7 Rh8 53. b4 Re8 54. Ke5 Kb3 55. b5 Kb4 56. bxc6 Kxc5 57. c7 1-0

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.20"]
[Round "8.12"]
[White "Maravic, Ivan"]
[Black "Jonsson, Gauti Pall"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2009"]
[BlackElo "2071"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Na6 7. O-O e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Bg5 Qxd1 10. Raxd1 c6 11. h3 Nc5 12. Bd3 Ne6 13. Be3 Nh5 14. Bc2 b6 15. Rfe1 Bb7 16. g3 Rfd8 17. Nd2 Nd4 18. Bb1 Rd7 19. b4 Rad8 20. a4 Bf8 21. Bxd4 Rxd4 22. Nf3 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 24. Nxd1 f6 25. b5 Ng7 26. Nd2 Ne6 27. Nb3 cxb5 28. axb5 Ng5 29. Nc3 Nxh3+ 30. Kf1 Ng5 31. Nd5 Kf7 32. Ke2 Ne6 33. f3 h5 34. Bd3 Bd6 35. Kf2 Ng7 36. Kg2 Ke6 37. Kf2 f5 38. g4 hxg4 39. fxg4 Bc8 40. gxf5+ gxf5 41. exf5+ Nxf5 42. Ne3 Ne7 43. Be4 Bd7 44. Ke2 Kf7 45. Nd2 Ke8 46. Nd5 Be6 47. Nxe7 Kxe7 48. Kd3 Bb4 49. Nf1 Kd6 50. Ne3 Bh3 51. Bf5 Bxf5+ 52. Nxf5+ Kc5 53. Ng3 Be1 54. Ne4+ Kb4 55. Nd6 Kc5 56. Ne4+ Kb4 57. Nd6 Kc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.20"]
[Round "8.13"]
[White "Okrosa, Marijan"]
[Black "Prihoda, Leonardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "2059"]
[BlackElo "1995"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. e3 b6 9. Bd3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bb7 11. Qc2 f5 12. Bc4 Kh8 13. Qe2 Nd7 14. Bb5 Nf6 15. O-O Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Ne4 17. Rfc1 Qd6 18. a4 g5 19. Bd3 Nf6 20. Qg3 Qxg3 21. hxg3 a5 22. c4 Nd7 23. c5 bxc5 24. Bb5 Rf7 25. Bxd7 Rxd7 26. Rxc5 Ra7 27. Rac1 Kg7 28. Re5 Rd6 29. Rcc5 Rb6 30. g4 fxg4 31. Rxg5+ Kf6 32. Rxa5 Rxa5 33. Rxa5 Rb3 34. Kh2 Rb2 35. Kg3 Ra2 36. Rc5 Rxa4 37. Kxg4 Ra7 38. g3 Rb7 39. Kf4 Ra7 40. g4 h6 41. Rh5 Kg6 42. Rc5 Kf6 43. Rc6 Ke7 44. Ke5 Ra5+ 45. Rc5 Ra7 46. f4 Kd7 47. Kf6 Ra3 48. Re5 Ra8 49. Rxe6 Rg8 50. Kf5 1-0

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.20"]
[Round "8.14"]
[White "Colev, Ivor"]
[Black "Vucenovic, Damian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "1950"]
[BlackElo "2053"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. d4 Bb6 9. h3 O-O 10. Re1 Bb7 11. a4 Re8 12. Bg5 h6 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Bxa8 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. d5 Ne7 17. Na3 Ng6 18. Nxb5 Nf4 19. g3 Nxh3+ 20. Kg2 Nxf2 21. Qe2 Bb7 22. Rf1 Ng4 23. Kh1 Ne3 24. Ra1 Qg6 25. Qh2 Qxe4 26. Bd1 Nxd1 0-1

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.20"]
[Round "8.15"]
[White "Dzaja, Martin Zorislav"]
[Black "Gal, Moshe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "1974"]
[BlackElo "2111"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Nf6 3. d4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Nc6 8. e4 Nb6 9. d5 Na5 10. Nc3 c6 11. Bf4 Nac4 12. Qc2 cxd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Nxb2 15. Be5 Bxe5 16. Nxe5 f6 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. Qxg6+ Kh8 19. Qh6+ Kg8 20. Qg6+ Kh8 21. Qc2 Qd6 22. Qxb2 Kg7 23. Rfe1 Bd7 24. Re3 b6 25. Rae1 Rae8 26. Qe2 Rf7 27. h4 Bc8 28. Bf3 Bf5 29. Qb5 Rc8 30. Bh5 Bg6 31. Bxg6 Kxg6 32. Qd3+ Kg7 33. Re6 Qc5 34. h5 Kf8 35. Qe4 Rd8 36. Rd1 Rc8 37. Rc6 Rxc6 38. dxc6 Rg7 39. Rd8+ Kf7 40. Qf3 Rg5 41. Qb3+ e6 42. Rd7+ Kf8 43. c7 Qc1+ 44. Qd1 Rc5 45. Qxc1 Rxc1+ 46. Kg2 1-0

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.20"]
[Round "8.17"]
[White "Kanizaj, Benjamin"]
[Black "Basaric, Srdjan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2050"]
[BlackElo "2024"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8. Re1 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 Bxe4 10. Rxe4 Nf6 11. Re1 Be7 12. c4 O-O 13. b3 c6 14. Qc2 Qc7 15. Bb2 a5 16. a4 Rfd8 17. Rad1 Rac8 18. Bc3 b5 19. Qd2 b4 20. Bb2 h6 21. Qe2 Re8 22. Ne5 Bd6 23. Rd3 Nd7 24. Rf3 Nxe5 25. dxe5 Bc5 26. Rd1 Red8 27. Rfd3 Be7 28. g3 Rxd3 29. Rxd3 Rd8 30. Qd1 Rxd3 31. Qxd3 Bc5 32. Kg2 Qb6 33. Qd2 Kf8 34. f4 Ke8 35. Kf3 Qd8 36. Qxd8+ Kxd8 37. g4 g6 38. f5 Bf8 39. f6 Kd7 40. Bc1 c5 41. h4 Ke8 42. Be3 Kd7 43. Ke4 Kc6 44. g5 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.20"]
[Round "8.18"]
[White "Raljic, Mirko"]
[Black "Frouth, Nenad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2023"]
[BlackElo "2121"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "9"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.20"]
[Round "8.19"]
[White "Jakupec, Denis"]
[Black "Vukic, Aleksandar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2004"]
[BlackElo "2073"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "14"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.20"]
[Round "8.20"]
[White "Takac, Zvonko"]
[Black "Baric, Marko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E24"]
[WhiteElo "2040"]
[BlackElo "1948"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nc3 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nc6 7. Qc2 d6 8. e3 O-O 9. Bd3 b6 10. O-O Qc7 11. Ng5 h6 12. Nh7 Nxh7 13. Bxh7+ Kh8 14. Bd3 Na5 15. e4 Ba6 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Be3 Qh5 18. Be2 Qg6 19. f4 e5 20. fxe5 dxe5 21. Rf5 Bxc4 22. Rxe5 Bxe2 23. Qxe2 Rae8 24. Qb5 Qc6 25. Qb4 Kg8 26. Rd5 Nc4 27. Bd4 Rxe4 28. Rf5 Ne3 29. Rf3 Nc2 30. Qb2 Nxa1 31. Qxa1 Rfe8 32. Qa2 Re1+ 33. Kf2 Qe6 34. Qxe6 R8xe6 35. Rg3 R1e2+ 36. Kf3 f6 37. Kf4 Kf7 0-1

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.20"]
[Round "8.21"]
[White "Pal, Rohan"]
[Black "Korov, Zvonko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "1935"]
[BlackElo "2015"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nf6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Qc7 7. Qe2 d6 8. c3 Be7 9. h3 Nbd7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Rd1 Rac8 12. b3 Ne8 13. Bb2 Bf6 14. d4 g6 15. c4 Ng7 16. e5 dxe5 17. dxe5 Be7 18. Ne4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Rfd8 20. Bc1 Nf8 21. Bg5 Bxg5 22. Nxg5 Nf5 23. h4 h5 24. Qf4 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rd8 26. Rxd8 Qxd8 27. Qf3 Qc7 28. Qa8 Kg7 29. Kh2 Nh6 30. Bh3 a5 31. f4 Qd7 32. Qf3 Qd4 33. Ne4 Nd7 34. Nd6 Ng4+ 35. Bxg4 hxg4 36. Qxg4 Nxe5 37. Qe2 Nd3 38. Nb5 Qd7 39. Nc3 Qd4 40. Nb5 Qd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.21"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Vujec, Ivan"]
[Black "Novosel, Lovro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2192"]
[BlackElo "2212"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 9,90,29,81,29,57,27,63,2,103,4,80,77,90,77,86,-10,-7,-7,-20,-25,77,77,113,65,75,61,57,40,55,62,47,64,70,64,52,65,70,-16,0,-34,-28,-90,-53,-45,-21,-23,-23,-179,-171,-181,-171,-216,-186,-222,-203,-206,-221,-227,-175,-225,-217,-212,-210,-206,-211,-847,-848,-845,-837,-842,-841,-840,-839,-831,-825,-825,-824,-808,-798,-772,-758,-726,-726]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Qc2 d6 5. e4 g6 (5... b4 $11) 6. Nf3 {A57: Benko/Volga Gambit.} (6. cxb5 $16 Bg7 7. Nc3) 6... Bg7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O (8. cxb5 $14 a6 9. Nc3) 8... Na6 {[#]} (8... b4 $11) 9. a3 $146 (9. cxb5 $16 Nc7 10. Nc3) ({Predecessor:} 9. cxb5 Nb4 10. Qd1 a6 11. b6 a5 12. a3 Na6 13. Nc3 Qxb6 14. e5 Nd7 15. e6 fxe6 {1-0 (35) Roubalik,J (2336)-Hajek,O (1810) Brno 2013}) 9... Rb8 (9... b4 $11) 10. cxb5 $16 Nc7 11. a4 a6 12. b6 ({Better is} 12. bxa6 $16 Nxa6 13. Nc3) 12... Rxb6 $11 13. Nbd2 Rb8 14. Nc4 Na8 (14... e6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 15. Bd2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} Nd7 16. Bc3 (16. Rab1 $16) 16... Qc7 17. Ra3 Bxc3 18. Rxc3 Rb4 19. Nfd2 Nab6 20. b3 Nxc4 21. Nxc4 Nf6 22. f4 a5 23. Bf3 (23. Rg3 $14) 23... Ba6 24. Re1 Bxc4 25. Rxc4 (25. bxc4 $11 Nd7 26. g3) 25... Qb6 26. e5 Nd7 (26... Ne8 $5 {[%cal Rb4b3]}) 27. Bg4 f5 28. Bf3 {This move loses the game for White.} (28. Bd1 $11) 28... Rxb3 $19 29. exd6 exd6 30. h4 Rb2 31. Qc1 Rb8 32. Qe3 {[#] Black must now prevent Qe6+.} Nf8 {Prevents Qe6+.} 33. h5 Rb1 34. Rxb1 (34. Rcc1 {is a better defense.} Rb4 35. Ra1) 34... Qxb1+ 35. Rc1 Qb2 36. Rd1 c4 37. g4 $2 (37. h6) 37... c3 {Black is clearly winning.} 38. Rc1 c2 {[%cal Ob2c1] Threatens to win with ...Qxc1+!} 39. Kg2 Rb3 40. Qe1 Qa3 41. Be2 {[#]} Rg3+ $3 {[%mdl 512]} 42. Qxg3 Qxc1 43. Qc3 {Inhibits Qd2.} Qd1 44. Bxd1 cxd1=Q 45. gxf5 Qg4+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.47/Black=0.23 (precise)} 0-1

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.21"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Krikunov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Karlusic, Luka"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2202"]
[BlackElo "2089"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 9,45,58,42,28,195,181,185,187,243,247,760,769,789,570,542,406,470,460,463,450,458,467,452,464,464,450,455,456,533,528,501,501,828,830,824,795,828,830]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. d4 Bxe4 6. Nc3 {[#] B40: Sicilian: 2...e6, Unusual lines.} Bc6 $146 {[#]} (6... Bxf3 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 7. Qxf3 (7. Bxf3 d5 $11) 7... Nc6) ({Predecessor:} 6... Bb7 7. d5 Qc8 8. O-O Nf6 9. Bg5 Na6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nh4 Nc7 12. Qh5 c4 {1-0 (21) Petrov,N (2590)-Jobava,B (2619) Mersin 2019}) 7. d5 $18 exd5 8. Nxd5 {Strongly threatening 0-0. White is clearly better.} Ne7 (8... Be7 {was called for.}) 9. Ne5 {[%cal Od1h5] Threatens to win with Qh5!} Na6 $2 {[#]} (9... Nxd5 10. Bxd5 Qf6 11. Nxf7 Be7) 10. Qh5 $1 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Rh5f7]} Ng6 11. Nxg6 fxg6 12. Qe2+ Kf7 13. Qxa6 {White is clearly winning.} Bd6 14. O-O Re8 15. Qc4 b5 16. Qg4 Kg8 17. Bf4 Bxf4 18. Qxf4 ({Resist} 18. Nxf4 Qf6 19. Rae1 Qf5 20. Qxf5 gxf5 21. Bxc6 dxc6 $18) 18... Re2 19. Ne3 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Qf6 (20... Qc8 $142 21. Kg1 Qf8) 21. Qxf6 gxf6 22. Rad1 Re8 23. Kf3 {Black did not feel at home in the position after the opening.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.31/Black=0.39} 1-0

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.21"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Peric, Bernard"]
[Black "Bouget, Alexandre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2112"]
[BlackElo "2282"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 14,47,0,0,0,0,13,0,0,0,7,5,10,2,53,46,54,43,58,55,58,30,25,40,31,41,33,17,47,47,81,71,70,51,166,160]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 O-O {now supersedes 8...cxd5. C47: Scotch Four Knights and Four Knights with 4 g3.} ({Don't take} 8... Nxd5 9. O-O $14) 9. O-O Bg4 10. Be2 (10. f3 {with more complications.} Bh5 11. Bg5 Qd6 12. Qe1) 10... Bxe2 {The position is equal.} 11. Nxe2 cxd5 12. Bg5 Bd6 {[%cal Od6h2] [#]} 13. Qd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Nd4 c5 14. Nf5 Be5 15. c3 Qc7 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Qxd5 Rab8 18. Rab1 Rfd8 19. Qf3 {0-1 (35) Von Buelow,G (2361)-Djabri,M (2206) Chess.com INT 2022}) 13... Rb8 (13... Be7 $11) 14. Bxf6 $14 Qxf6 15. Qxf6 gxf6 16. b3 Rfe8 17. Nd4 Bc5 18. Rad1 Re4 19. Nf3 c6 20. Rfe1 {Against Re2} Rbe8 21. Kf1 {Prevents Re2.} Kg7 22. Rxe4 Rxe4 23. Re1 (23. Rd3 $5 {[%cal Rd3c3]}) 23... Rf4 {[#]} (23... Kg6 $14) 24. Re8 $1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.06 (flawless) /Black=0.22 (precise)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.21"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Begic, Domagoj"]
[Black "Babic, Zvonko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2026"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 12,96,35,28,33,6,5,5,11,-16,-12,-17,-8,-32,-29,-35,-30,-39,-29,-37,-15,-69,8,6,13,2,0,6,70,0,20,12,0,14,97,69,112,126,128,59,50,0,0,-29,0,-50,-31,-73,-41,-105,0,0,0,-18,12,-123,15,-135,-160,-236,-237,-256,-250,-242,-239,-243,-230,-273,-264,-251,-268,-237,-202,-341,-331,-500,-495,-1000,-312,-297,0,-964,-935,-1592,-1704,-1330,-718]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Bd6 6. Nf3 Bg4 {[%cal Bc8g4,Bg4h5,Bh5g6][%mdl 32]} 7. h3 Bh5 {C01: French: Exchange Variation.} 8. Be3 Nge7 9. Nbd2 Qd7 {The position is equal.} 10. Qc2 Bg6 11. O-O-O {[#]} a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nf5 12. Rde1 O-O-O 13. Re2 Rde8 14. Rhe1 Re7 15. Kd1 Rhe8 16. Nf1 Nd8 17. Bg5 Rxe2 18. Rxe2 Rxe2 19. Kxe2 {0-1 (40) Ivarsson,T (2185)-Aaberg,A (2365) Tylosand 2016}) 12. g4 a4 13. Nh4 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 b5 15. f4 Na5 16. Nhf3 (16. a3 $11) 16... b4 ({Better is} 16... Nc4 $15) 17. Ne5 $11 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Qc6 19. Kb1 Rb8 (19... bxc3 $11 20. Rc1 (20. Qxc3 Qxc3 21. bxc3 h5 $11) 20... O-O) 20. Rc1 (20. Ba7 $14 Rb7 21. cxb4 (21. Bd4 bxc3 22. Bxc3 Qb5 $14) 21... Rxa7 22. bxa5) 20... bxc3 $1 21. Qxc3 Qxc3 22. Rxc3 Kd7 (22... h5 $11 {remains equal.}) 23. Rhc1 c6 24. Bc5 Ng6 25. Rf1 (25. Ra3 $16) 25... Rb5 $14 26. Kc2 (26. Ba3 $14) 26... h5 $11 27. g5 Rhb8 (27... Nb7 $5 {[%cal Rb7c5]} 28. Ba3 c5 $11) 28. b3 ({White should try} 28. Bd6 $11 Rxb2+ 29. Kc1) 28... axb3+ 29. axb3 {[#]} Nb7 $1 {Prevents Bd6.} 30. Bg1 (30. Ba3 $15) 30... Rb4 (30... Ra8 $17 31. Rd3 Nc5 32. Bxc5 Rxc5+ 33. Kb2 Rb5) 31. Bh2 Ra8 32. Kb2 Rd4 33. Rf2 (33. Nf3 $11 {keeps the balance.} Re4 34. f5 Re2+ 35. Rc2 Rxc2+ 36. Kxc2) 33... Re8 (33... Ne7 $17 {Threatens to win with ...Nd8.} 34. Nb1 Nf5) 34. Re3 ({White should play} 34. Nf3 $11 Re4 35. f5 Nxe5 36. Nxe5+ (36. Bxe5 R8xe5 37. Nxe5+ Rxe5 $11) 36... R8xe5 37. Bxe5 Rxe5 38. h4) 34... Nd6 $17 35. Kc3 {[#]} (35. Rc3 $17 Nb5 36. Re3) 35... Nf5 $1 $19 36. Ree2 Rb8 37. Re1 Nf8 38. Ra1 Rdb4 39. Ra7+ R8b7 40. Rxb7+ Rxb7 41. Rf1 Ra7 {Against Ra1} 42. Nf3 (42. Kb2 {only move.}) 42... Ra2 {White must now prevent ...Ne6.} 43. Nd2 (43. b4 $142) 43... Ne6 {Hoping for ...d4+.} 44. Rf2 (44. Rf3 $142) 44... Ra1 $2 (44... Nc5 {...d4+ is the strong threat.} 45. Rg2 d4+ 46. Kc4 Ne3+ 47. Kxc5 Nxg2) 45. Rf1 Ra2 (45... Rxf1 46. Nxf1 Nfd4) 46. Rf2 $1 Nc5 {Inhibits Ne4. aiming for ...d4+. Pair of Knights! Black is clearly winning.} 47. Bg1 d4+ 48. Kc4 Rc2+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.51/Black=0.39} 0-1

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.21"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Starcevic, Ante Leon"]
[Black "Ruzic, Pia Marie"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2152"]
[BlackElo "1996"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 18,124,19,29,53,56,59,12,3,11,10,0,45,58,53,52,48,24,101,74,79,75,77,84,81,66,79,65,67,64,156,66,69,69,71,72,79,71,72,15,62,21,11,12,17,13,14,2,20,0,0,-3,0,0,2,2,2,4,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 d6 5. Nc3 e5 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 O-O 8. O-O Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7c5,Bc5e6,Be6d4][%mdl 32]} 9. h3 {[%cal Bh2h3,Bh3g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} Nc5 10. e4 Ne6 {E68: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...Nbd7 7 0-0 e5 8 e4.} 11. Be3 a6 {[#]} 12. Qc2 $146 (12. f4 $14 {was preferrable.}) ({Predecessor:} 12. Qd2 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Be6 14. b3 Qd7 15. Kh2 h5 16. Nd5 Nh7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qd4+ {1-0 (32) Lund,T (2101)-Eriksen,M Kristiansund 2017}) 12... Ng4 $1 $11 13. hxg4 ({Much weaker is} 13. Nxe6 Nxe3 14. fxe3 Bxe6 $17) 13... Nxd4 14. Qd2 Nc6 15. g5 Be6 16. b3 f6 17. Nd5 (17. gxf6 {keeps more tension.} Qxf6 18. Nd5 Qf7 19. Rad1) 17... Bxd5 (17... fxg5 $11 {remains equal.} 18. Bxg5 Qd7) 18. Qxd5+ Kh8 19. Rad1 {White is much more active.} fxg5 20. Bxg5 Qc8 21. c5 dxc5 22. Qxc5 Qg4 23. Qe3 Qh5 {[#]} (23... Rae8 $14) 24. Bf4 {This bishop pair is nice.} (24. Rd5 $1 $16) 24... Ne5 $14 25. Bxe5 Qxe5 26. f4 Qe7 {[%cal Og6g5]} ({Not} 26... Qc3 27. Qxc3 Bxc3 28. e5 $16) 27. e5 c6 {[%cal Og6g5]} 28. Rd6 (28. Be4 $16) 28... Rfd8 (28... g5 $11 {is superior.}) 29. Rfd1 {next Qd3 is good for White.} Rxd6 {The position is equal.} 30. Rxd6 {With the idea Qd2.} g5 31. Bh3 gxf4 32. gxf4 Rg8 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Bxe5+.} 33. Kh2 Qh4 {Against Qe1. Hoping for ...Bh6.} 34. f5 Bf8 35. Rd4 Qh5 36. Rd8 {aiming for e6.} Bh6 37. Rxg8+ Kxg8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQB-KQB} 38. Qg3+ Kf8 39. f6 Qe2+ 40. Bg2 Qh5+ 41. Bh3 Qe2+ 42. Bg2 Qh5+ 43. Kg1 Qg5 44. Qxg5 Bxg5 {KB-KB} 45. Kf2 {Against Be3+. Threatens to win with Kf3.} Bf4 $1 46. e6 Be5 47. f7 Bd6 48. Be4 Ke7 49. Bf5 Kf6 50. Bh3 Be7 51. Kf3 Bd6 52. Ke4 Be7 53. Kd4 Bd6 54. Kc3 a5 55. Kd4 Be7 56. Ke4 Bd6 57. Bf5 Be7 58. Bxh7 Kxe6 59. Bg8 Bf8 60. Kd4 Kf6 61. Kc4 Be7 62. a4 Bf8 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.08 (flawless) /Black=0.07 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.21"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Roska, Branislav"]
[Black "Okrosa, Marijan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2153"]
[BlackElo "2059"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 11,62,0,9,-8,13,18,13,16,17,15,22,14,42,19,26,0,17,0,31,39,68,-13,36,10,93,-17,-10,-40,-27,-118,-33,-44,-52,-110,-35,-133,69,67,436,433,405,358,29997,-29988,-29989,-29989,-29986,-29990,-29987,-29991,-29992,-29992,-29992]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Bd6 6. h3 Nge7 7. Qc2 {C01: French: Exchange Variation.} Be6 8. Ne2 Qd7 9. Bf4 {The position is equal.} O-O-O 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. Nd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2b3,Bb3c5][%mdl 32]} g6 {[#]} 12. Nb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. O-O-O Bf5 13. Nb3 b6 14. g4 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Kb7 16. f4 h5 17. Nd2 Qd7 18. Qf3 {0-1 (40) Khadzh Khamed,N (2000)-Iakymov,V (2434) Alushta 2008}) 12... Bf5 13. Nc5 Rde8 (13... b6 $5 {[%cal Rb6c5]} 14. Ba6+ Kb8 $11) 14. O-O h5 (14... b6 $5 {[%cal Rb6c5]} 15. Ba6+ Kb8 $11) 15. b4 h4 16. Rab1 ({Better is} 16. a4 $14) 16... Bxd3 (16... b6 $11 {was preferrable.}) 17. Qxd3 $14 g5 (17... Nd8 $11) 18. Rb3 (18. Qb5 $6 Nd8 $11) (18. f4 $16) 18... Rhg8 $11 19. Ra3 {Threatens to win with Qb5.} Kb8 $1 (19... b6 $2 20. Qa6+ Kd8 21. Nb7+ Kd7 22. Nxd6 $18) 20. f3 (20. Qb5 $11 Nd8 21. Qd7) 20... f5 (20... Nc8 $17 {And now ...Nb6 would win.} 21. Rf2 (21. Qb5 Nb6 $17) (21. Nxb7 $2 Kxb7 22. Nc1 Ka8 $19) 21... Nb6) 21. Qb5 {[%csl Gc5][%cal Rb5b7]} Nd8 (21... b6 $2 22. Qa6 $1 Qxc5 23. dxc5 $18) 22. Nc1 (22. Nd7+ $15 Kc8 23. Ne5 (23. Rxa7 $2 Nec6 $19)) 22... Nc8 (22... g4 $17 {White must now prevent ...gxh3.} 23. hxg4 fxg4 24. fxg4 Nec6) 23. N1d3 ({White should try} 23. Nd7+ $15 Ka8 24. Ne5) 23... g4 $2 ({Black should play} 23... c6 $17 24. Qa4 Re7) 24. Nxb7 $1 $40 {[%mdl 128] White is up to no good.} Nxb7 {[%mdl 8192]} (24... Qc6 $1 $14 25. Qxc6 Nxc6) 25. Nc5 $18 {[%csl Gc5][%cal Rb5b7]} Nb6 {[#]} 26. Rxa7 $1 gxh3 $2 {[#]} (26... Nxc5 $18 27. bxc5 gxf3 28. cxd6 Rxg2+ 29. Kh1 Ree2 30. dxc7+ (30. Rxc7 $2 {is a self mate.} Rh2+ 31. Kg1 Reg2#) 30... Kxa7 31. c8=N+ (31. Rxf3 Rh2+ 32. Kg1 Reg2+ 33. Kf1 Rxa2 $11) 31... Nxc8 32. Qd7+ (32. Qxd5 $2 {gets mated.} Rh2+ 33. Kg1 Reg2#) 32... Kb8 33. Rb1+ Rb2 34. Rxb2+ Rxb2 35. Qxf5 f2 36. Qe5+ Ka7) 27. Rxb7+ $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (27. Ra8+ $1 {[%mdl 512] was the only winning move.} Kxa8 28. Qa6+ Kb8 29. Qxb7#) 27... Kc8 {[%cal Bb8c8,Bc8c7,Bc7c8][%mdl 32] Black mates.} 28. f4 Rxg2+ 29. Kh1 Ree2 30. Rxc7+ Kxc7 31. Na6+ Kc8 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.45/Black=0.74} 0-1

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.21"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Gal, Andrej"]
[Black "Janiszewski, Maciej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "1878"]
[BlackElo "2075"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 e6 6. Nc3 Nxd5 7. Nxd5 exd5 8. Qxd5 Nc6 9. Nf3 Be7 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Nxc6 dxc6 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 {[#]} (12... Bxd8 $14 13. e4 Bxb6) 13. e3 (13. Bf4 $1 $16) 13... Rb8 (13... Be6 $11) 14. Bd2 Rxb6 15. b3 Rb8 16. Bc4 Be6 17. Rc1 Bxc4 18. Rxc4 Rd5 19. Ke2 Rbd8 20. Ba5 R8d6 21. Rhc1 Rd7 22. Be1 f5 23. Ra4 Ra7 24. Rcc4 Kf7 25. Ra5 Rd8 26. Bc3 g6 27. Rca4 Rda8 28. Bb2 Rb7 29. Ba3 Rb6 30. Bxc5 Bxc5 31. Rxc5 Ke6 32. Rd4 a5 33. f4 Ra7 34. Kd3 Kf6 35. Rd6+ Kg7 36. Rdxc6 Rd7+ 37. Kc2 Rb4 38. Rc7 Rxc7 39. Rxc7+ Kh6 40. h3 a4 41. g4 fxg4 42. hxg4 axb3+ 43. axb3 g5 44. Rc4 Rb5 45. b4 gxf4 46. exf4 Rb6 47. Kc3 Kg6 48. Re4 h5 $18 49. gxh5+ Kxh5 50. Kc4 Kg4 51. Kc5 Rb8 52. b5 Kf5 53. Rd4 1-0

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.21"]
[Round "9.8"]
[White "Vucenovic, Damian"]
[Black "Franc, Borna"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2053"]
[BlackElo "2020"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Bg4 4. f3 Bc8 5. Bd3 Qxd5 6. Ne2 e6 7. O-O c6 8. Bf4 Qd8 9. c4 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. Nbc3 O-O 12. Qc2 e5 13. d5 Na6 14. Ng3 Nb4 15. Qd2 cxd5 16. Bf5 Qc5+ 17. Kh1 Qxc4 18. Bxc8 Qxc8 19. a3 Nc6 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Qxd5 Qd8 22. Qb3 Qb6 23. Qc3 Rae8 24. Rad1 Nd4 25. Rfe1 Re6 26. b4 Rfe8 27. Qc4 Qa6 28. Qxa6 bxa6 29. Rc1 f6 30. Kg1 R6e7 31. Ne4 Rd8 32. Kf2 Rb7 33. Nc5 Rb6 34. Na4 Rbd6 35. Nc5 Rc8 36. Ne4 Rdc6 37. Rc5 Rxc5 38. Nxc5 a5 39. Rc1 axb4 40. axb4 Ne6 41. Ra1 Nxc5 42. bxc5 Rxc5 43. Rxa7 Rc2+ 44. Kg3 h5 45. h4 Kh7 46. Re7 Kh6 47. Re6 Kg6 48. Re7 Re2 49. Ra7 f5 (49... Re1 $17) 50. Ra6+ Kh7 51. Re6 Kg8 52. Re7 Kh7 53. Rf7 Kg6 54. Re7 Kf6 55. Ra7 f4+ 56. Kh3 $11 Re3 57. Kh2 Re2 (57... Rb3 $15) 58. Ra8 Kf7 59. Ra7+ Kg6 60. Kh3 Re1 61. Kh2 e4 ({Black should play} 61... Rf1 $15) 62. fxe4 Rxe4 63. Ra5 Re2 64. Kh3 Re3+ 65. Kh2 Rg3 66. Rb5 Kh6 67. Rb6+ g6 68. Ra6 Kg7 $11 69. Rb6 Rg4 70. Kh3 Rg3+ 71. Kh2 g5 72. hxg5 Rxg5 73. Ra6 Rg6 74. Ra5 Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.21"]
[Round "9.9"]
[White "Grgantov, Marin"]
[Black "Tomic, Stjepan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2048"]
[BlackElo "1990"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 13,68,15,25,21,29,0,0,6,11,-31,-25,-43,0,-77,-26,-28,-29,-45,-40,-45,-27,-32,-38,-22,-33,-52,-20,-49,-30,-50,-42,-65,-53,-51,-37,-52,0,-14,-18,-16,0,0,0,-11,-10,0,0,-17,-21,-27,-27,-218,0,0,0,-634,-583]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h6 5. g4 Be4 6. f3 Bh7 7. e6 Qd6 8. exf7+ $1 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation.} Kxf7 9. Bd3 e5 10. Bxh7 {The position is equal.} Rxh7 11. Ne2 Nd7 12. Nbc3 Ngf6 (12... Re8 $5 {[%cal Rg8f6]}) 13. Qd3 (13. h5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 13... Re8 (13... c5 $17 14. Rg1 exd4) 14. Be3 $11 exd4 15. Bxd4 Ne5 16. Bxe5 Qxe5 17. O-O-O Qe3+ 18. Qxe3 Rxe3 {[#]} 19. Rhf1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19. Rdf1 Bb4 20. a3 Ba5 21. Kd2 Re7 22. Nd4 Rh8 23. b4 Bc7 24. Nf5 Re6 25. Re1 {0-1 (63) Jovanovic,Z (2533)-Zelcic,R (2500) Valpovo 2017}) 19... Bb4 20. Kd2 Re7 21. a3 Bc5 {[%cal Bb4c5,Bc5e3,Be3f4,Bf4c7][%mdl 32]} 22. b4 Be3+ 23. Kd3 Rh8 24. Ng3 {Threatens to win with Nf5.} Rhe8 25. Nf5 Re6 26. Rde1 {[%cal Re1e3]} Bf4 27. Rxe6 Rxe6 28. Ne2 Bc7 29. Ned4 Re8 30. c4 dxc4+ 31. Kxc4 Nd5 {[%cal Oe8e3] Hoping for ...Re3!} 32. h5 $2 {[#]} (32. Rf2 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 32... Ne3+ $2 (32... Re3 $1 $19 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Re3c3][%mdl 512]} 33. Nb5 {[#]} Be5 $1 34. Nxe3 Nxe3+ 35. Kc5 Nxf1 36. Nxa7 Bc7) 33. Nxe3 Rxe3 34. Nc2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (34. b5 $11) 34... b5+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.54/Black=0.23 (precise)} 0-1

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.21"]
[Round "9.10"]
[White "Buchcar, Tomas"]
[Black "Faukovic, Matija"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2208"]
[BlackElo "2026"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 9,81,-22,-16,-38,-29,-32,-45,-57,-51,-70,-44,-60,-41,-91,-30,-85,-83,-81,-82,-69,-60,-94,-29,-26,18,6,50,27,43,51,77,79,74,54,52,52,43,47,45,50,47,46,130,56,77,74,86,76,143,106,230,229,224,197,214,206,343,319,341,336,465,476,479,476,455,464,570,564,636,621,1002,951,1895,1723]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 e5 5. d3 Bb4+ 6. Nfd2 {A09: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 d5 2 c4.} a5 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nf3 {Black is slightly better.} O-O 9. Na3 {[#]} Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... h6 10. Nb5 Bf5 11. Rb1 Re8 12. a3 Bf8 13. b3 Qd7 14. Bb2 Rad8 15. Rc1 b6 {½-½ (22) Mogranzini,R (2486)-Brunello,S (2542) Chianciano Terme 2018}) 10. Nc2 Bf8 11. h3 ({White should try} 11. b3 $15) 11... Rb8 (11... h6 $17) 12. e4 (12. b3 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 12... b5 $17 13. cxb5 Rxb5 14. Nd2 Ba6 15. Nc4 Rc5 (15... Nd7 $17) 16. b3 Na7 {[%cal Bc6a7,Ba7b5,Bb5d6,Bd6b7,Bb7c5][%mdl 32]} 17. Qd2 Nb5 {[%cal Oa5a4]} 18. a4 Nd6 19. Ba3 Bxc4 20. bxc4 Rc6 21. Qxa5 {[%cal Oc2d4]} Nb7 22. Qd2 Bxa3 23. Rxa3 Ra6 24. Rb1 {[%cal Bf1b1,Bb1b5,Bb5d5][%mdl 32]} Nc5 25. a5 Qa8 {[#]} ({Better is} 25... Qd6 $14) 26. Bf1 (26. Nxd4 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512] aiming for Nc2.} exd4 27. e5) 26... Nfd7 27. Be2 g6 28. Bg4 Rb8 (28... Ra7 $142) 29. Rb5 Rd6 {Loses the game.} (29... Ra7 $16) 30. Bxd7 Nxd7 31. Qb4 {[%cal Oa5a6] And now a6! would win.} Rf8 32. Rd5 c5 (32... Rb8 {might work better.} 33. Rb5 (33. Rxd6 $2 Rxb4 34. Rxd7 Rb1+ 35. Kg2 f5 $19) 33... Rc8) 33. Qa4 Qa6 34. Qb5 Qxb5 35. cxb5 {White is clearly winning.} Rxd5 36. exd5 $18 {KRN-KRN} Ra8 37. a6 Ra7 38. Ra5 Nb6 39. Na3 {Threatens to win with d6.} e4 40. Nc4 Nxd5 41. dxe4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.13 (very precise) /Black=0.35} 1-0

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.21"]
[Round "9.11"]
[White "Denic, Marin"]
[Black "Maravic, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[BlackElo "2009"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 11,62,13,16,13,19,17,24,18,21,12,16,12,13,14,16,8,16,0,7,6,10,0,0,-9,0,-16,12,13,66,58,56,49,51,51,112,59,62,57,63,64,66,58,75,68,68,0,7,0,28,18,29,32,30]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. a4 $1 {[%mdl 4] 7.a4 is setting a new trend. C55: Two Knights: 4 d3, 4 d4 exd4 5 e5 and Max Lange Attack.} Na5 8. Ba2 c5 9. Bg5 {White has an edge.} Nc6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nd5 Be6 {[#]} 12. c3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Qd2 Rb8 13. c3 h6 14. b4 cxb4 15. cxb4 Bg5 16. Nxg5 Qxg5 17. f4 exf4 18. Rxf4 {0-1 (41) Ciocani,I (1954)-Secheres,A (2360) Arad 2022}) 12... g6 13. Nd2 {[%cal Bf3d2,Bd2f1,Bf1e3,Be3d5][%mdl 32]} Bg7 14. Qc2 Qd7 15. Rfe1 Rad8 16. Nf1 Kh8 17. Nfe3 f6 18. b4 cxb4 19. Nxb4 {[%cal Oa4a5]} Ne7 (19... f5 $11) 20. Bxe6 $14 Qxe6 21. Ned5 Nc6 22. a5 a6 (22... f5 $14) 23. Reb1 (23. Nxc6 $16 bxc6 24. Nb4) 23... Na7 24. Qb2 {Strongly threatening Nc7.} Rf7 {Prevents Nc7.} 25. Nc2 {Pair of Knights!} Nc6 26. Qb6 Rdd7 27. Ra4 f5 28. Rc4 {0x0.002361137d02dp-1022s more active pieces.} ({Better is} 28. Ncb4 $14 Nd8 29. Ra2) 28... Bf6 29. Nxf6 Rxf6 30. Nb4 {Inhibits d5.} Nxb4 31. Rcxb4 Rff7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.10 (very precise) /Black=0.11 (very precise)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.21"]
[Round "9.12"]
[White "Jonsson, Gauti Pall"]
[Black "Vanden Bussche, Steven"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2071"]
[BlackElo "2026"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 15,60,7,10,0,17,-8,0,-10,-11,-23,-15,-40,-21,-38,-32,-31,-29,-32,-50,-54,-49,-57,-50,-55,-49,-33,-16,-98,-94,-79,-48,-219,-68,-58,0,0,0,-35,-53,-102,-94,-245,-235,-246,-244,-718,-720]} 1. Nf3 c6 2. c4 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Be2 Nc6 8. O-O O-O {[#]} 9. Na4 $146 {D94: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 5 e3.} ({Predecessor:} 9. b3 Ne4 10. Bb2 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Qd6 12. Qd2 Bg4 13. b4 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 e6 15. b5 Ne7 16. Bb4 Qd7 {½-½ (29) Moroni,L (2575)-Topalov,V (2730) Cap d'Agde 2021}) 9... Ne4 10. Bd2 Qd6 11. Rc1 {The position is equal.} b6 12. Bb5 Bb7 13. Qe2 Rfc8 14. a3 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 Na5 16. Rxc8+ Rxc8 17. Nc3 Nc4 18. Bxc4 dxc4 19. e4 Qd7 20. Qe3 b5 21. Rd1 {[#]} (21. d5 $11) 21... a5 $1 $17 22. Ne5 Qe8 (22... Qd8 $5 {[%cal Rb5b4]} 23. f4 b4 $17) 23. Nd5 $2 {Against b4} ({White should try} 23. Rc1 $15) 23... Bxd5 $2 ({Better is} 23... e6 $19 24. Nf4 b4 25. axb4 axb4) 24. exd5 $15 Rd8 (24... Bf6 $15) 25. Nc6 $11 Rd7 {[%cal Bd8d7,Bd7d6,Bd6f6][%mdl 32]} 26. Re1 {[%cal Rc6e7]} (26. b3 $5 {[%cal Rb3c4]}) 26... Bf6 27. Qf3 (27. Qe4 $15 {should be considered.}) 27... Rd6 $17 28. Nxa5 $2 (28. b3 $17) 28... Qd7 $19 29. b3 Bxd4 {[#] White must now prevent ...Rf6.} ({But not} 29... Rxd5 $2 30. bxc4 Rf5 31. Qd3 (31. Qa8+ $2 Kg7 $19)) 30. bxc4 $2 ({Avoid the trap} 30. Nc6 $2 Rf6 31. Nxd4 Rxf3 32. gxf3 Qxd5 33. bxc4 Qxd4 $19) (30. Rf1) 30... Rf6 {[%mdl 64] Skewer, Deflection.  Weighted Error Value: White=0.60/Black=0.13 (very precise)} 0-1

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.21"]
[Round "9.13"]
[White "Basaric, Srdjan"]
[Black "Dzaja, Martin Zorislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2024"]
[BlackElo "1974"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. Nf3 h6 5. Bh4 c6 6. e3 g5 7. Bg3 Nh5 8. Bd3 Nxg3 9. hxg3 Bg7 10. Qe2 e5 11. Bf5 e4 12. Nd2 Nf6 13. Bxc8 Qxc8 14. f3 Qe6 15. O-O-O O-O 16. f4 gxf4 17. gxf4 Ng4 18. Rdf1 f5 19. Nd1 Rf6 20. Nf2 Rg6 21. Nxg4 Rxg4 22. Rh2 Qg6 23. Rfh1 b6 24. Nf1 c5 25. c3 c4 26. g3 b5 27. Rh4 Rxh4 28. Rxh4 a5 29. g4 fxg4 30. Rxg4 Qb6 31. Qg2 Qb7 32. Ng3 Qf7 33. f5 Ra7 34. Rg6 b4 35. Nh5 Qf8 36. f6 bxc3 37. fxg7 cxb2+ 38. Kb1 Rxg7 39. Nxg7 1-0

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.21"]
[Round "9.14"]
[White "Baric, Marko"]
[Black "Kanizaj, Benjamin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "1948"]
[BlackElo "2050"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Qe2 Nc6 7. Rd1 e6 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Be7 10. c4 O-O 11. Nc3 a6 {has lost popularity (11...Rac8).} 12. b3 Rfd8 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Bb2 Rac8 {[#]} 15. Rd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. f4 Nd7 16. Rd2 Bf6 17. Rad1 Nc5 18. e5 dxe5 19. fxe5 Rxd2 20. Rxd2 Be7 21. Kh1 {0-1 (32) Dostal,S (1753)-Desmarais,S ICCF email 2015}) 15... Ne8 16. a4 Bf6 17. Rd3 Qb6 18. Qc2 Qc6 19. Rad1 Bxc3 20. Rxc3 Nf6 21. f3 Nd7 22. Kh1 a5 23. Qd2 Nc5 24. Ba3 Qb6 25. Bxc5 Qxc5 26. Rd3 Rc6 27. h3 h6 28. f4 f6 29. f5 Qe5 30. fxe6 Qxe6 31. Qxa5 Re8 32. Qd5 Kf8 33. Kg1 $16 Qe7 34. Qf5 Qf7 35. Rxd6 g6 36. Qf4 Re5 37. Qxh6+ Kg8 38. Rd8+ Re8 39. R1d7 1-0

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.21"]
[Round "9.15"]
[White "Prihoda, Leonardo"]
[Black "Colev, Ivor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A83"]
[WhiteElo "1995"]
[BlackElo "1950"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 10,59,15,0,28,0,0,10,48,39,37,-10,-10,-10,-27,-48,-35,-42,30,37,33,14,45,35,585,574,29987,6399,29991,29988,2041,111,174,177,168,116,189,186,258,261,245,84,753,754,739,711,1093,1093,1037,1019,6299,2519]} 1. d4 {[%cal Bd2d4,Bd4d5][%mdl 32]} f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nc6 5. d5 Ne5 6. Qe2 c6 {A83: Dutch Defence: Staunton Gambit with 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 Bg5.} (6... Nf7 $5 {[%cal Rf7g5]} 7. Bxf6 exf6 $11) 7. Bxf6 (7. f4 $5 {[%cal Rf4e5]} Nf7 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Qxe4 $11) 7... gxf6 8. O-O-O Bh6+ {The position is equal.} 9. Kb1 O-O {[#]} 10. Qh5 $146 (10. Qxe4 $14 {is superior.} cxd5 11. Qh4) ({Predecessor:} 10. Qxe4 Qb6 11. f4 Ng6 12. Bc4 Kh8 13. Nge2 f5 14. Qf3 cxd5 15. Nxd5 Qc5 16. Bb3 {1-0 (31) Rios,C (2445)-Linares Napoles,O (2241) Havana 2018}) 10... Bg7 $11 {next ...f5 is good for Black.} 11. f4 exf3 12. Nxf3 Qe8 13. Qh4 {Strongly threatening Nxe5.} Nxf3 (13... d6 $15) 14. gxf3 f5 ({Not} 14... Qg6 15. dxc6 dxc6 16. Rg1 $1 $16) 15. Rg1 {Threatens to win with Bc4.} Kh8 16. Bc4 {[%cal Og1g7] Rxg7! is the strong threat.} Bxc3 {[%mdl 8192]} (16... b5 $14 17. Bb3 (17. Rxg7 Kxg7 18. dxc6 bxc4 $11) 17... Bb7) 17. bxc3 $18 {Rde1 would kill now.} cxd5 18. Bxd5 (18. Rde1 $142 e5 19. Qh6 $1 Rf7 20. Bxd5 b6 21. Bxf7 Qxf7 22. Qd6 Qg7 23. Rxg7 Kxg7 24. Qe7+ Kh6 25. Rg1 Kh5 26. Qxh7#) 18... e6 19. Rde1 Qf7 {[#]} 20. Qh6 $2 (20. Rg5 $1 $18 {[%cal Oe1g1] and the rest is easy. Intending Reg1! and mate.} d6 (20... f4 21. Be4) 21. Reg1 $1) 20... Qf6 {[#]} (20... exd5 {is a self mate.} 21. Qd6) (20... Rg8 $16) 21. Rg6 $3 $40 {[%mdl 640] White attacks with force.} Qxg6 22. Qxf8+ Qg8 23. Qc5 {Hoping for Rg1.} h6 (23... Qg7 $142 24. f4 Qf6) 24. Rg1 $1 Qf7 {[#]} 25. h4 $2 exd5 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (25... Kh7 $16) 26. Qd6 $1 {White is clearly winning.} Kh7 {[#]} 27. Re1 $1 Qe6 28. Rxe6 dxe6 29. h5 b5 30. Qc6 {[%csl LRa8,LRb5] Weighted Error Value: White=0.43/Black=1.24} 1-0

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.21"]
[Round "9.16"]
[White "Jakovic, Roko"]
[Black "Jakupec, Denis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "1921"]
[BlackElo "2004"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 12,38,38,23,53,32767,-19,32767,-27,-29,-21,-79,0,-47,32767,-170,173,95,100,153,158,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,338,224,223]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 Na6 7. g4 c5 8. d5 e6 9. Qd2 exd5 10. cxd5 Nc7 11. f3 (11. a4 $11 {remains equal.}) 11... Re8 12. Bd3 (12. a4 $11) 12... Nfxd5 13. exd5 $2 (13. Nxd5 $11 {and White stays safe.} Nxd5 14. exd5) 13... Bd4 $4 (13... Bxc3 $19 {avoids the disaster.} 14. bxc3 Nxd5) 14. Be4 ({White should try} 14. Ne4 $18) 14... Bxe3 15. Qxe3 f5 16. gxf5 gxf5 17. O-O-O fxe4 18. fxe4 Bd7 19. Qg3+ $18 (19. Nf3 $142) 19... Kh8 20. Qxd6 Nb5 21. Nxb5 Bxb5 22. Qf4 Qe7 23. Nf3 Qxe4 24. Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.21"]
[Round "9.17"]
[White "Vukic, Aleksandar"]
[Black "Raljic, Mirko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2073"]
[BlackElo "2023"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 13,14,24,14]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. O-O O-O {[#]} {Predecessor:} 8. e4 $146 {D46: Semi-Slav: 5 e3 Nbd7 6 Bd3, Black avoids the Meran.} dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Nf6 11. Bc2 b6 12. Bg5 Bb7 13. Qd3 g6 14. Qc3 Rc8 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. d5 Ne8 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. dxe6 Qxe6 19. c5 Qf6 {1-0 (29) Nakamura,H (2736)-Fedoseev,V (2678) Chess.com INT 2020} 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.21"]
[Round "9.18"]
[White "Frouth, Nenad"]
[Black "Pal, Rohan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2121"]
[BlackElo "1935"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 9,40,0,7,0,0,0,33,47,33,0,0,0,0,-4,0,0,0,-1,6,0,0,-11,12,8,31,31,31,31,29,36,21,20,33]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Nge2 e6 {[%cal Ob7b5]} 6. O-O {B23: Closed Sicilian: Lines without g3.} a6 7. a4 {Prevents b5.} Nxe4 8. Nxe4 {White is slightly better.} d5 9. Bd3 {[%cal Bc4d3,Bd3e4,Be4g2][%mdl 32] Threatens to win with N4g3.} dxe4 10. Bxe4 Bd6 {[%cal Od6h2] [#]} 11. g3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qe2 Qc7 14. Kh1 O-O 15. c3 Be5 16. a5 Bd7 17. c4 {0-1 (44) Hernandez Guerrero,G (2536)-Izoria,Z (2645) Miami 2007}) 11... O-O 12. c3 Nxe2+ 13. Qxe2 Qe7 14. Bg2 e5 15. d3 Re8 16. f4 exf4 17. Qxe7 Rxe7 18. Bxf4 Bxf4 19. Rxf4 Be6 20. d4 cxd4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.05 (flawless) /Black=0.07 (flawless)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Amateur Chess-ch 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2022.08.21"]
[Round "9.19"]
[White "Takac, Zvonko"]
[Black "Starcevic, Danijel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2040"]
[BlackElo "1935"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2022.08.14"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 11,84,29,47,21,35,13,17,27,22,0,0,0,0,-12,-14,-96,-30,-76,-80,-111,-91,-91,-71,-130,-87,-89,-94,-93,-95,-93,-89,-112,-111,-116,-110,-100,-100,-112,-115,-145,-131,-143,-147,-179,-95,-94,-95,-120,-120,-157,-156,-157,-150,-157,-182,-184,-188,-353,-310,-517,-536,-629,-621,-607,-607,-607,-607,-600,-502,-682,-665,-671,-670,-611,-535]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 Na6 {[%cal Oe7e5]} 7. a3 {E91: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2, unusual replies including 6...c5 and 6...Bg4.} e5 8. d5 Nc5 9. Qc2 {The position is equal.} a5 10. Be3 b6 11. h3 Nh5 12. O-O f5 {[#]} 13. Ne1 $146 (13. Rfe1) (13. Rfe1 $11 {remains equal.}) ({Predecessor:} 13. b4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 fxe4 15. Nd2 Nf4 16. Nxe4 Bf5 17. Bg4 Qh4 18. g3 Nxh3+ 19. Kh2 Qxg4 20. f3 Bxe4 21. Qxe4 Qh5 22. g4 Qh4 23. Rh1 Nf4+ 24. Kg1 Qg3+ {0-1 (24) Kienel,N (1837)-Paus,F (2145) Buesum 2017}) 13... Nf6 (13... Nxe4 $17 14. Nxe4 fxe4 15. Bxh5 gxh5 16. Qxe4 Bf5) 14. f3 (14. exf5 $11 Bxf5 15. Nd3) 14... Nh5 $17 15. Kh2 {Inhibits Ng3.} f4 16. Bf2 a4 17. Rg1 (17. Nd3 $142) 17... Bh6 {[%cal Bg7h6,Bh6g5,Bg5h4][%mdl 32]} 18. Bf1 Nb3 19. Rd1 {[%cal Oc3a4]} Bd7 20. Nd3 Bg5 21. Ne2 Bh4 22. Qc3 Qg5 {And now ...Bg3+ would win.} 23. Qe1 Bxf2 {Black is much more active.} 24. Qxf2 Qh6 25. Qe1 g5 26. Nf2 Kh8 ({And not} 26... Ng3 27. Nxg3 fxg3+ 28. Kxg3 $15) 27. Rh1 Rf7 (27... Ng3 $19 28. Rg1 g4 29. fxg4 Rg8) 28. Kg1 Ng3 29. Nxg3 fxg3 30. Ng4 Qh4 31. Be2 {[#]} h5 $1 32. Ne3 Qf4 33. Rd3 Nd4 34. Nf1 $2 (34. Qd2) 34... b5 $19 {[%cal Bb6b5,Bb5c4][%mdl 32]} 35. Nxg3 $2 {[#]} (35. Rxd4 exd4 36. cxb5) 35... Qxg3 $3 {[%mdl 576] Remove Defender. Black is clearly winning.} 36. Qxg3 (36. Qf2 bxc4) 36... Nxe2+ 37. Kf2 Nxg3 38. Kxg3 bxc4 39. Rc3 Bb5 40. h4 Kg7 41. hxg5 Kg6 42. Kf2 Kxg5 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.29 (precise) /Black=0.08 (flawless)} 0-1

