[Event "Stepan Avagyan Memorial 2020"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2020.07.07"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Petrosyan, Manuel"]
[Black "Martirosyan, Haik M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2020.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,69,26,29,27,16,16,0,3,-15,0,-26,-22,-32,-15,-22,-37,-24,-25,-23,-21,-17,0,-31,-34,-32,-17,-57,-46,-60,-62,-59,-30,-28,0,6,24,25,32,11,31,0,43,12,89,48,46,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,915,274,29993,29994]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 O-O 8. O-O Ne4 {E16: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Bb4+.} 9. Qf4 $5 {[%mdl 4] [#] Exploring less charted territory.} f5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Rc1 c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Nd4 Ne6 14. Qd2 Nd7 15. Nc3 Ndc5 16. Rd1 {1-0 (25) Lekic,D (2374)-Kazaglis,D (1694) Aghios Kirykos 2016}) 10. h4 Nc6 {The position is equal.} 11. Nbd2 Ne7 12. h5 Rf6 13. Rfd1 d6 14. Ng5 Nxg5 15. Qxg5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qd7 17. Nf3 Raf8 18. e3 Kh8 19. Rac1 Rh6 20. Rh1 Ng8 $1 21. c5 bxc5 22. dxc5 e5 23. Qh4 Rhf6 24. Rhd1 {White wants to play Nxe5!} Re8 25. cxd6 cxd6 26. Rc4 Qb7 27. Rb4 Qa8 28. Qc4 Ne7 (28... f4 $1 $11 {remains equal.} 29. gxf4 a5) 29. Qa6 f4 30. Rxd6 Nc6 $1 {[%cal Be7c6,Bc6b4,Bb4c2][%mdl 32]} 31. Rxf6 $1 Nxb4 32. Qd6 $36 {[%mdl 2112] h6 is the strong threat. Double Attack. White is pushing.} Nc2 33. e4 {And now h6! would win.} Nd4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (33... gxf6 $11 34. Qxf6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg8 35. Qg5+ Kh8 36. Qf6+ Kg8 37. Qg5+ Kh8 38. Qf6+) 34. h6 $2 (34. Ng5 {Black must now prevent h6!} Qb8 {[#]} 35. Qd7 $3 {[%mdl 512]} f3+ 36. Kh2 Qc8 37. Qf7 $3 {[%mdl 512]} Ne6 38. Nxe6 Rg8 39. h6 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 34... Nb5 $2 {[#]} (34... Qd8 $18 35. Qxd8 Rxd8) 35. Qd7 $1 {[%mdl 576] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 65%, Black = 69%.} 1-0

[Event "Stepan Avagyan Memorial 2020"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2020.07.07"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Harutyunian, Tigran K."]
[Black "Davtyan, Artur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2020.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,114,27,20,18,22,15,28,18,28,26,30,22,32,16,21,0,23,27,16,25,41,31,76,74,97,113,84,41,31,30,37,6,26,0,0,-88,-94,-122,-72,-207,-206,-213,-50,-57,-54,-36,0,0,0,-2,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,-113,-118,-114,-113,-378,-371,-381,-385,-478,-473,-572,-497,-459,0,-288,-289,-272,-266,-408,-385,-471,-479,-470,-362,-447,-443,-453,-443,-644,-618,-687,-659,-626,-500,-752,-732,-1087,-1055,-1082,-854,-1057,-1057,-1038,-948,-1872,-1803,-2575,-1705,-12845,-12839]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Bxc4 e6 5. O-O a6 6. b3 {A09: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 d5 2 c4.} Be7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. d4 {White has an edge.} b5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. a4 b4 11. Nbd2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} c5 {[#]} 12. Qe2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Nc4 cxd4 13. Bxd4 Nc6 14. Bb2 Nd5 15. Qc2 g6 16. Rad1 Rc8 17. Be2 Qc7 18. Nd4 {1-0 (36) Abdel Maaboud,G-Shedid,A Cairo 2000}) 12... Nbd7 13. Rac1 cxd4 14. Bxd4 Qb8 15. Nc4 Ng4 {And now ...Bxf3 would win.} 16. e4 Nc5 17. Bxc5 Bxc5 18. h3 Nf6 19. Na5 Rc8 20. Rc4 Bb6 21. Nxb7 Rxc4 22. Nd6 {[#]} (22. bxc4 $11 {keeps the balance.} Qxb7 23. e5) 22... Rc6 $1 $17 {[%cal Rc6d6]} ({Of course not} 22... Qxd6 $6 23. e5 $11 (23. Bxc4 Qc6 $11)) 23. Nc4 Nh5 24. Ng5 (24. Qd2 $17) 24... Nf4 $19 25. Qf3 {next e5 is good for White.} f6 $2 (25... Nxd3 $19 26. Qxd3 Qd8 27. Qxd8+ Bxd8) 26. e5 $1 $15 Rxc4 $1 27. exf6 gxf6 {...Rc3 is the strong threat.} 28. Nxe6 $1 {[#]} Nxd3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 29. bxc4 (29. Qxd3 Rc3) 29... Ne5 30. Qxf6 {[%csl Ge6][%cal Rf6g7]} Ra7 31. c5 Ba5 32. Qg5+ Ng6 {Strongly threatening ...Qe5.} 33. c6 (33. f4 $11 {remains equal.}) 33... Qe5 $17 {aiming for ...Qxg5.} 34. Qg4 Re7 35. Ng5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (35. c7 $17 Bxc7 36. Nxc7 Rxc7 37. Qxb4) 35... Qd5 $19 36. h4 Qxc6 37. h5 Ne5 38. Qf5 Qd7 39. Qf6 Nf7 $2 ({Black should play} 39... b3 $19 {Hoping for ...Bc7.} 40. h6 Bd8) 40. h6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (40. Nxf7 $11 Rxf7 41. Qg5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Rg7 42. Qxa5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Rxg2+ 43. Kxg2 Qg4+ 44. Kh1 Qh3+ 45. Kg1 Qg4+ 46. Kh2 Qh4+ 47. Kg2 Qg4+ 48. Kh1 Qh3+ 49. Kg1 Qg4+ 50. Kh2 Qh4+ 51. Kg2 Qg4+) 40... Ne5 41. Qxa6 Bd8 42. Ne4 (42. Qe2 $142 Qxa4 43. Qe4) 42... Re6 43. Qa8 {Black must now prevent Nc5.} Rxh6 44. a5 Qc7 {( -> ...Nf3+!)} 45. Qd5+ Nf7 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rc7h2] Black is clearly winning.} 46. Rd1 Qxa5 47. Qd7 (47. Qxa5 $142 Bxa5 48. Ra1) 47... Qe5 48. Qg4+ Rg6 49. Qf3 Be7 50. Rc1 {[#]} (50. Rd5 $142 Qb2 51. Ng3) 50... b3 $1 {[%cal Bb4b3,Bb3b2][%mdl 32]} 51. Nd2 (51. Qxb3 Qxe4) 51... b2 52. Rb1 Qd4 53. Qe2 Qc3 54. Nf1 Bf6 55. Rd1 Bd4 56. Nd2 Qc2 57. Qe1 Bc3 {Accuracy: White = 38%, Black = 81%.} 0-1

[Event "Stepan Avagyan Memorial 2020"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2020.07.07"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Harutyunian, Tigran K."]
[Black "Davtyan, Artur"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2020.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,28,28,27,13,24,17,26,10,25,16,22,15,20,9,28,0,24,16,161,0,31]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Bxc4 e6 5. O-O a6 6. b3 {A09: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 d5 2 c4.} Be7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. d4 {White has an edge.} b5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. a4 b4 11. Nbd2 c5 {[#]} 12. Qe2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Nc4 cxd4 13. Bxd4 Nc6 14. Bb2 Nd5 15. Qc2 g6 16. Rad1 Rc8 17. Be2 Qc7 18. Nd4 {1-0 (36) Abdel Maaboud,G-Shedid,A Cairo 2000}) 12... Nbd7 13. Rac1 Nb8 (13... Nd5 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 14. Ra1 ({Better is} 14. dxc5 $18 {Threatens to win with Rfd1.} Nc6 15. Rfd1) 14... Nbd7 {Accuracy: White = 72%, Black = 74%.} *

[Event "Stepan Avagyan Memorial 2020"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2020.07.07"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Sargsyan, Shant"]
[Black "Shahinyan, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2020.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,83,25,29,25,32,24,0,34,29,52,42,47,0,12,15,26,-12,0,-36,22,20,18,25,20,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,-32,6,0,6,5,56,0,0,0,0,0,64,43,30,25,22,23,681,681,671,661,624,0,39,48,43,47,64,57,63,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Re1 d5 {A81: Dutch Defence: 2 g3.} 8. Bf4 c6 9. Na4 h6 {[#]} 10. c4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. b3 g5 11. Bc1 Ne4 12. Ne5 Nd7 13. f3 Nd6 14. Bb2 f4 15. gxf4 Rxf4 16. e3 {1-0 (34) Slampa,J (2245)-Stojkovic,A (1968) Prague 2019}) 10... g5 11. Be5 Nbd7 12. Qd3 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 e6 14. b4 Nd7 15. Nf3 dxc4 (15... e5 $15 16. cxd5 e4) 16. Qxc4 $11 Nb6 17. Nxb6 axb6 18. e4 fxe4 19. Rxe4 Qd5 20. Qd3 Rxa2 21. Rxa2 Qxa2 22. h4 e5 {Hoping for ...Bf5.} (22... g4 $5 23. Rxg4 e5 24. Rxg7+ {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender} Kxg7 25. dxe5 Qa1+ 26. Kh2 Qb2 $15) 23. hxg5 hxg5 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Bf5.} 24. Re2 Qa1+ (24... Bf5 $11 25. Rxa2 Bxd3) 25. Re1 (25. Kh2 $14 Rf6 26. Re1) 25... Qa2 26. dxe5 g4 $1 {[%cal Rg4f3]} 27. Nd2 Bf5 (27... b5 $11) 28. Qd4 b5 29. Ne4 Qc4 30. Qd6 Qc2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (30... Qb3 $11) 31. Nf6+ $18 Bxf6 32. exf6 Qc3 33. Qe7 $2 (33. Re5 $18 Qc1+ 34. Bf1) 33... Rxf6 (33... Rf7 $5 {[%cal Rf7e7]} 34. Qe8+ Rf8 35. f7+ Kg7 $11) 34. Re5 Qc1+ 35. Bf1 Rf7 36. Qd8+ Rf8 37. Re8 (37. Qh4 $14) 37... Rxe8 {The position is equal.} 38. Qxe8+ Kg7 39. Qe7+ Kg6 40. Qd6+ Kf7 41. Qc7+ Kf6 42. Qd8+ {Accuracy: White = 72%, Black = 70%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Stepan Avagyan Memorial 2020"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2020.07.07"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Sargsyan, Shant"]
[Black "Shahinyan, David"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2020.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,15,29,21,31,18]} 1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Re1 d5 {A81: Dutch Defence: 2 g3.} 8. Bf4 {[#] A rather calm draw.} {Predecessor:} c6 $146 9. e3 e6 10. Ne2 Nbd7 11. c4 b6 12. Qa4 Bb7 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Qe7 15. Rac1 Rfd8 16. Nf4 Ne4 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nd3 Nd6 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. Rc3 a5 {½-½ (20) Bai,J (2556)-Lu,S (2641) Sanya 2017} *

[Event "Stepan Avagyan Memorial 2020"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2020.07.07"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Sargsyan, Anna M."]
[Black "Barseghyan, Armen Ar."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2020.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,24,22,23,19,26,32,37,6,2,2,9,11,13,5,0,5,92]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Qc7 6. h3 {B31: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5 g6.} e5 7. Be3 Nf6 8. Nc3 {White is slightly better.} Nh5 {The position is equal.} 9. Qd2 Be7 {[#]} 10. Ne2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. O-O Be6 11. a3 f6 12. Rab1 a5 13. Nh2 g5 14. Ne2 Nf4 15. Ng3 Qd7 16. Qd1 {0-1 (49) Siniauski,A (2275)-Barseghyan,A (2387) Lichess.org INT 2020}) 10... f6 11. Qc3 b6 12. Bh6 {With the idea g4.} g5 {Accuracy: White = 87%, Black = 84%.} (12... Bd6 $11) 1-0

[Event "Stepan Avagyan Memorial 2020"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2020.07.07"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Gharibyan, Mamikon"]
[Black "Mikaelyan, Arman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2020.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,81,0,0,37,-11,-11,-10,6,-11,10,8,8,8,22,6,18,5,4,14,74,0,64,61,63,58,62,0,37,29,42,-10,-10,-10,-8,-11,0,-91,-94,-203,-185,-193,-203,-654,-697,-697,-625,-585,-585,-573,-552,-1289,-1318,-1273,-1146,-1077,-951,-6079,-6033,-6083]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Qc2 g6 9. Rc1 Bg7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Qe7 12. Rfd1 dxc4 13. Bxc4 b5 {D43: Semi-Slav: 5 Bg5 h6.} 14. Bb3 Bb7 15. Ne4 Rfd8 {The position is equal.} 16. Qe2 {[#]} e5 $146 (16... Rac8 {keeps more tension.} 17. Nc5 Nxc5 18. Rxc5 Bf8 19. Ne5 a5) ({Predecessor:} 16... Rac8 17. Nc5 Nxc5 18. Rxc5 Bf8 19. Rdc1 Qf6 20. R5c2 c5 21. Qxb5 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Rb8 {0-1 (53) Castellanos Sanchez,C (2281)-Ruiz Sanchez,O (2407) Santa Clara 2010}) 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Nc5 Rxd1+ 20. Qxd1 Bc8 21. Nd3 Bg7 (21... Bd6 $1 $11) 22. Nf4 (22. Rxc6 $16 Bf5 23. Nf4) 22... Bf5 (22... Qf6 $11) 23. Rxc6 $14 {aiming for Nxg6.} Rd8 24. Qc1 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 25. Nd5 (25. h3 $14) 25... Qe5 {And now ...a4 would win.} (25... Qf8 $5 {[%cal Ra5a4]} 26. Nf6+ Kh8 $16) 26. f4 Qe4 {Threatens to win with ...a4.} 27. Nf6+ ({White should play} 27. Rc5 $1 $14) 27... Bxf6 $1 $11 28. Rxf6 Rc8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 29. Qd2 $1 a4 30. Bd1 (30. Bxf7+ $11 Kg7 31. Bd5 Qb1+ 32. Kf2 Kxf6 33. Qd4+ Ke7 34. Qe5+ Kd8 35. Qf6+ Kd7 36. Qg7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kd8 37. Qf6+ Kc7 38. Qc6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kd8 39. Qf6+) 30... Be6 $17 31. f5 (31. h3 $17) 31... Qe5 $19 ({Don't do} 31... Bxf5 32. a3 $15) ({Stronger than} 31... Bxa2 32. fxg6 fxg6 33. h3 $11) 32. Rxe6 fxe6 33. fxg6 $2 {[#]} (33. fxe6 Qxe6 34. Bf3) 33... Qd5 $1 {[%mdl 512] Black is clearly winning.} 34. Qxd5 exd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KB} 35. Kf2 {[#]} Rc1 $1 {[%cal Rc1d1]} 36. Bf3 Rc2+ 37. Kg3 Rxb2 38. Kf4 Kg7 39. Bxd5 b4 40. Ke5 {[#]} Rxa2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 41. Kd4 {Accuracy: White = 40%, Black = 82%.} (41. Bxa2 b3) 0-1

[Event "Stepan Avagyan Memorial 2020"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2020.07.08"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Martirosyan, Haik M."]
[Black "Mikaelyan, Arman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2020.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,136,29,7,17,20,28,27,27,0,8,-3,23,29,35,32,27,12,18,18,24,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-5,0,-14,-13,-11,0,0,0,0,10,4,17,11,40,32,42,34,28,2,15,0,0,0,30,15,52,45,48,45,43,56,46,30,89,48,58,54,68,67,97,39,61,11,11,7,7,7,7,6,6,12,12,0,8,8,70,70,69,69,70,17,17,17,112,0,0,0,0,0,17,0,0,0,0,-39,-54,-43,0,-686,0,-49,0,-678,-636,-541,0,-557,-87,-95,0,-523,0,-80,0,-425,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Be2 Qd8 {D43: Semi-Slav: 5 Bg5 h6.} 9. O-O Be7 10. Qc2 O-O {White has an edge.} 11. Rfd1 b6 {[#]} 12. e4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Rac1 Bb7 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Qa4 a6 15. b4 a5 16. b5 Bd6 17. Qb3 Qe7 18. Na4 {½-½ (42) Welz,T (2235)-Doehler,T Germany 1997}) 12... Bb7 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. exd5 exd5 15. Qb3 Nf6 16. Ne5 Rc8 17. Nb5 a6 18. Nc3 b5 19. Bf3 Rc7 20. a3 Qd6 21. Re1 Rd8 22. Re3 Bf8 23. Rae1 Qb6 24. Rd1 Ne4 25. g3 Nxc3 26. Rxc3 Rxc3 27. Qxc3 Rc8 28. Qe3 Rc7 29. h4 a5 30. Bh5 g6 31. Bg4 h5 32. Bh3 Qf6 33. Re1 Re7 34. Qd2 b4 35. axb4 axb4 36. Rc1 Qd6 37. Bc8 Ba8 (37... Bg7 $11) 38. Ra1 Qb8 39. Bh3 {Hoping for Qf4.} Ra7 40. Rc1 Rc7 41. Re1 (41. Nd7 $16 Rxc1+ 42. Qxc1) 41... Qd8 $14 42. Qf4 Bb7 43. Re3 Bd6 44. Rf3 {[%cal Re5f7]} Bc8 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black is not keeping still} 45. Bxc8 Qxc8 46. Qf6 {[%cal Re5f7]} Bxe5 47. Qxe5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Rc1+ 48. Kg2 Qd7 (48... Qe6 $1 $11) 49. Qb8+ $14 Kg7 50. Qxb4 Qe6 51. Qd2 (51. Qb7 $14) 51... Rb1 $11 52. Re3 Qa6 (52... Qb6 $1 $11) 53. Re2 (53. Re1 $16 Rxe1 54. Qxe1) 53... Qc4 54. Kh2 Qb3 55. Kg2 Qd1 {[%csl Gb1][%cal Rd1h1]} 56. Kf3 Qh1+ 57. Kf4 Qh3 58. Qd3 Rc1 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 59. Ke3 Qh1 {And now ...Rc6 would win.} 60. Kf4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (60. Rc2 $11) 60... Qh3 $2 (60... Rc6 $19 {Strongly threatening ...Rf6+.} 61. Re8 Rf6+ 62. Ke5 Qe1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 63. Kxd5 Qxe8) 61. Ke3 $15 Qh1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (61... Rc8 $15) 62. Kf4 $19 Rc6 63. Ke3 Rc1 $2 ({Better is} 63... Qc1+ $19 64. Kf3 Qf1) 64. Qb3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (64. Kf4 $11) 64... Rd1 $2 (64... Rc4 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top.} 65. Qd3 Rc6) 65. Qc2 $17 {[#]} Rc1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (65... Kh7 $1 $17) 66. Qb3 $1 $19 Rd1 $2 (66... Rc4 $19 {is more deadly. ( -> ...Qe4+)} 67. Qd3 Rc6) 67. Qc2 $17 {[#]} Rc1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (67... Kh7 $1 $17) 68. Qb3 $1 $19 Rd1 $2 {Accuracy: White = 83%, Black = 69%.} (68... Rc4 $19 69. Qd3 Rc6) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Stepan Avagyan Memorial 2020"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2020.07.08"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Barseghyan, Armen Ar."]
[Black "Gharibyan, Mamikon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2020.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,83,15,12,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,8,8,5,29,30,37,33,70,69,66,43,39,22,34,25,23,28,96,21,34,24,18,38,25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Nc6 6. c4 {A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems.} dxc4 7. dxc4 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 e4 9. Ng5 f5 10. Nc3 Bxc3 $1 11. bxc3 Nf6 12. f3 {[%cal Rf3e4]} h6 13. Nh3 {[#]} exf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... g5 14. Nf2 Bd7 15. a4 Na5 16. fxe4 fxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 O-O-O 19. Rd5 Nxc4 {½-½ (27) Goffin,P (2344)-Holroyd,K (2340) ICCF email 2012}) 14. exf3 Kf7 15. Nf4 Be6 16. Nxe6 Kxe6 17. Rb1 b6 18. Rb2 Kf7 19. Re2 Rad8 20. Rde1 Rd7 (20... Rde8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 21. h4 (21. Bf1 $16) 21... h5 22. Bg5 {[#] aiming for Bxf6.} Re8 23. Rxe8 Nxe8 24. g4 Ng7 {The position is equal.} 25. f4 Ne7 26. c5 bxc5 27. gxh5 Nxh5 28. Re5 Nf6 29. Bxf6 Kxf6 30. Rxc5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} c6 31. Ra5 Ke6 32. Kf2 Rd2+ 33. Kg3 Rd3+ 34. Kf2 Rxc3 35. Rxa7 Nd5 36. Bxd5+ $1 Kxd5 {KR-KR} 37. Rg7 Ke4 38. Rxg6 Kxf4 39. h5 Rc2+ 40. Kg1 {[#] h6 is the strong threat.} Rxa2 41. h6 {Hoping for h7.} Ra8 42. Rxc6 {Accuracy: White = 91%, Black = 91%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Stepan Avagyan Memorial 2020"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2020.07.08"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Shahinyan, David"]
[Black "Sargsyan, Anna M."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2020.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,88,18,25,19,30,26,29,27,31,29,26,19,30,18,37,0,22,1,65,-79,-81,-86,-85,-83,-77,-75,-89,-102,-89,-92,-88,-113,-72,-79,-91,-78,-91,-171,-8,-13,-32,-3,-10,-9,0,0,0,0,0,-18,7,2,7,15,50,12,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Be2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nge7 6. d4 {C44: Ponziani Opening and Scotch Gambit.} exd4 7. cxd4 d5 8. e5 {White has an edge.} O-O 9. Nc3 f6 10. exf6 Bxf6 11. Bh6 Re8 {[#]} 12. Bf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Bg5 Bxg5 13. Nxg5 Nf5 14. Nf3 Be6 15. Qd2 Qf6 16. Rad1 Nd6 17. Qg5 Qg7 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Qxe5 {1-0 (54) Philippe,G (2319)-Mirimanian,H (2243) Montigny le Bretonneux 2016}) 12... Bg4 13. Re1 Rf8 (13... Nf5 $11) 14. Nb5 {[#]} (14. Ne5 $14 {stays ahead.} Bxe2 15. Nxe2) 14... a6 $1 $36 {[%cal Ra6b5][%mdl 2048] Black is in control.} 15. Nc3 {[%cal Bb5c3,Bc3a4,Ba4c5][%mdl 32]} Bxf3 $1 16. Bxf3 Nxd4 17. Bg4 c6 18. Na4 {intending Nc5.} Nef5 19. Nc5 Rf7 20. Rc1 Bg5 21. Bxf5 Bxf4 22. Qxd4 Rxf5 ({Much weaker is} 22... Bxc1 $6 23. Be6 $11) 23. Rc3 (23. Rc2 $17 {keeps fighting.}) 23... Qh4 $2 ({Better is} 23... Qd6 $19 24. Rh3 Be5) 24. Kf1 $11 Bg5 ({Wrong is} 24... Qxh2 $2 25. Rh3 $18) (24... Raf8 {with more complications.} 25. Nd7 Rd8 26. Nc5 Qf6 27. Qxf6 Rxf6 28. Nxb7 Rb8) 25. Qxh4 Bxh4 26. g3 Bf6 27. Rc2 $1 d4 28. Nxb7 d3 $1 {[%cal Rd3c2]} 29. Rd2 Rd5 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Rb8.} 30. Re6 Bxb2 {White must now prevent ...Ba3.} 31. Rxc6 Be5 32. f4 Rb8 {The position is equal.} 33. Nc5 Rb1+ 34. Kg2 Rb2 35. Ne4 Rxd2+ 36. Nxd2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Ra5 37. Kf3 Rxa2 38. Ke3 Bd4+ 39. Kxd3 Bg1 40. Rc8+ Kf7 41. Rc7+ Kg8 42. Rc8+ Kf7 43. Rc7+ Kg8 44. Rc8+ Kf7 {Accuracy: White = 81%, Black = 83%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Stepan Avagyan Memorial 2020"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2020.07.08"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Davtyan, Artur"]
[Black "Sargsyan, Shant"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2020.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,106,22,18,11,0,-2,0,13,-33,0,-20,-12,-84,-72,-64,-64,-83,-76,-86,-59,-66,-62,-84,-85,-158,-12,-19,0,0,8,-81,-58,-120,-113,-221,-222,-227,-228,-229,-229,-243,-200,-309,-308,-331,-332,-338,-337,-367,-339,-422,-410,-423,-411,-408,-393,-546,-539,-823,-489,-471,-466,-500,-485,-487,-483,-467,-292,-292,-292,-292,-285,-262,-221,-1284,-1139,-12826,-12829,-12834,-12835,-12839,-12839,-12839,-12839,-12840,-12840,-12841,-12841,-12841,-12841,-12841,-12835]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Qb3 Qd6 9. a3 Bxc3+ {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4).} 10. bxc3 O-O 11. e3 c5 {[#] The position is equal.} 12. c4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. Qb4 Qc7 14. Bd3 Be6 15. O-O Nd7 16. Nd4 Ne5 17. Be2 Rac8 18. Rab1 {0-1 (33) Vokac,M (2380)-Swayams,M (2432) Marianske Lazne 2019}) 12... Be6 13. dxc5 Qxc5 {[%cal Rd5c4]} 14. Qxb7 (14. Nd4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 14... dxc4 $17 {Strongly threatening ...Nc6.} 15. Nd4 (15. Qxa8 $2 Bd5 $19) 15... Bd5 16. Qb5 {[#]} Nd7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 17. Be2 (17. Qxd7 $2 Qa5+ 18. Kd1 Rab8 $19) 17... Qxb5 18. Nxb5 Rab8 19. Nd6 c3 20. e4 (20. Nb5 $142) 20... Ba8 (20... Bb3 $17 {Threatens to win with ...Rb6.} 21. Rc1 c2) 21. Rc1 $11 Rfd8 {White must now prevent ...Ne5.} 22. f3 $1 Bc6 23. O-O ({Much weaker is} 23. Nf5 Ne5 $15) (23. Kf2 $11 {remains equal.}) 23... Rb2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 24. Rfe1 {Black converts the advantage convincingly.} ({Reject} 24. Rxc3 Nb8 $17) (24. Nf5 $15 Ne5 25. Rfd1) 24... Ne5 $17 25. Nf5 (25. f4 $17 Rxd6 26. fxe5) 25... c2 $19 26. Ne3 {[#]} Ba4 $1 27. Nd5 Bb3 28. f4 Nc6 ({Less strong is} 28... Bxd5 29. exd5 Ng6 30. Bd3 $17) 29. Nc3 (29. Kf2 {might work better.}) 29... Nd4 30. Ba6 Rd6 31. Bf1 Rc6 32. Nd5 {Black should prevent Ne7+.} Kf8 33. Nb4 Rc3 34. Kf2 {If only White now had time for Nd3....} Bc4 35. Bxc4 Rxc4 36. Ke3 {With the idea Kd3.} Rb3+ 37. Kd2 {[%cal Rb4c2]} Rxa3 38. Nxc2 Ra2 39. Kd3 Raxc2 40. Rxc2 Nxc2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KR} 41. Rc1 Rd4+ 42. Kc3 Rxe4 43. Rxc2 Rxf4 {KR-KR} 44. Ra2 {[#]} a5 $1 {[%mdl 64] Deflection} 45. Rxa5 $2 (45. g3 Rf5 46. Kb3) 45... Rf2 {Black is clearly winning.} 46. g3 Rxh2 47. Kd4 Re2 48. g4 g6 49. Kd3 Re6 50. Rb5 Kg7 51. Kd4 g5 52. Kd3 Kg6 53. Rb8 Rf6 {Accuracy: White = 50%, Black = 81%.} 0-1

[Event "Stepan Avagyan Memorial 2020"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2020.07.08"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Petrosyan, Manuel"]
[Black "Harutyunian, Tigran K."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2020.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,38,20,26,24,20,35,17,33,22,22,6,9,10,22,7,15,0,0,0,0,0,10,0,14,-15,0,-1,-2]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Be2 dxc4 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.} 8. Bxc4 Ba6 9. Qe2 Qc8 10. O-O c5 {The position is equal.} 11. Rac1 Bxc4 12. Qxc4 Nbd7 {[#]} 13. Rfd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. d5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Qxd5 Nf6 16. Qb3 Qb7 17. Rfd1 Rad8 18. Ne5 Nd7 19. Nc4 Nf6 20. Ne5 Nd7 21. Nc4 Nf6 22. Ne5 {½-½ (22) Holm,K (2420)-Lokander,M (2348) Stavanger 2016}) 13... cxd4 14. Qxd4 Qa6 15. Bd6 Bxd6 16. Qxd6 Rac8 17. Nd4 Qb7 18. Ncb5 Nc5 {White should prevent ...Nfe4.} 19. Nb3 Nxb3 {A rather calm draw. Accuracy: White = 85%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Stepan Avagyan Memorial 2020"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2020.07.09"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Harutyunian, Tigran K."]
[Black "Martirosyan, Haik M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2020.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,72,34,36,25,49,45,43,47,20,35,19,71,72,81,81,58,64,100,67,87,70,64,71,225,157,152,148,387,26,36,30,34,0,0,-98,-79,-452,-444,-435,-430,-415,-427,-515,-232,-539,-461,-972,-931,-29979,-29978,-29987,-29988,-29989,-29990,-29990,-918]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. d4 d6 6. d5 Ne5 7. Nxe5 Bxe5 8. Bd3 e6 9. O-O Ne7 10. e4 exd5 {A35: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3 Nc6 3 Nf3.} 11. cxd5 {[#]} a6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... O-O 12. Bh6 Re8 13. f4 Bd4+ 14. Kh1 f5 15. e5 dxe5 16. Bc4 Kh8 17. Bg5 Kg7 18. fxe5 Bxe5 {1-0 (42) Papp,G (2544)-Parkanyi,A (2275) Hungary 2015}) 12. Kh1 f5 {White is slightly better.} 13. exf5 Nxf5 14. f4 Bg7 (14... Bxc3 $11 {remains equal.} 15. bxc3 O-O) 15. g4 Nd4 {[#] Threatening ...0-0.} 16. Qe1+ $1 Kd7 17. f5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Kc7 18. Bf4 gxf5 19. Rc1 {Black must now prevent b4!} Re8 20. Qg3 $1 {And now b4! would win.} fxg4 $2 (20... Be5 $16) 21. Na4 Be5 {[#]} 22. b4 $1 {[%cal Rb4c5]} Bd7 $2 (22... Kb8 $16) 23. Nxc5 $2 ({White must play} 23. bxc5 $18 Kb8 24. cxd6 Bxf4 25. Qxf4) 23... Kb8 $11 24. Bxe5 ({Don't blunder} 24. Bxh7 $2 Ne2 $19) 24... dxe5 25. Rf7 Bc8 26. Rxh7 (26. Qf2 $1 $11) 26... b6 $17 27. Be4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (27. Bg6 $17 {is tougher.} bxc5 28. Bxe8 Qxd5+ 29. Qg2) 27... Ne2 $19 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} ({Inferior is} 27... bxc5 28. bxc5 Ra7 29. Rb1+ Nb5 30. Rh5 $14) 28. Qe3 Nxc1 29. Qxc1 {intending Ne6.} Ra7 (29... bxc5 30. Qxc5 Bd7 31. d6 $11) 30. Rh6 Rh8 (30... bxc5 $142 31. bxc5 Qa5) 31. Rxh8 $2 (31. Ne6 Bxe6 32. Rxe6) 31... Qxh8 32. d6 (32. Ne6 $142 g3 33. Qg1) 32... g3 {[%csl Gg3][%cal Rh8h2]} 33. Qd2 bxc5 {Black mates.} 34. bxc5 Rf7 35. Qb2+ Bb7 36. c6 Rf1+ {Accuracy: White = 37%, Black = 62%.} 0-1

[Event "Stepan Avagyan Memorial 2020"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2020.07.09"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Sargsyan, Shant"]
[Black "Petrosyan, Manuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2020.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,62,24,26,20,16,25,18,16,22,14,18,18,12,21,18,19,14,17,28,11,0,0,0,0,0,6,6,17,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 Bb4 6. Qa4 c5 7. a3 Bxd2+ $1 {E15: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 sidelines, 4 g3 Ba6 and 4 g3 Bb7 early deviations.} 8. Bxd2 ({But not} 8. Kxd2 Bb7 $15) 8... cxd4 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. O-O Bc6 11. Qb3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nc6 13. Rac1 Rc8 14. b4 O-O 15. Qd3 e5 {[#]} 16. f4 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 16. b5 Ne7 17. e3 dxe3 18. Bxe3 d6 19. Rfd1 Qc7 20. Bd2 Rfd8 21. Bb4 d5 22. cxd5 Qxc1 23. Bxe7 {1-0 (57) Aguiar Garcia,J (2431)-Hernaez Fernandez,C (2340) ICCF email 2015}) 16... Qe7 17. fxe5 Ng4 18. Bd5 Ne3 19. Bxe3 dxe3 20. Qxe3 Nxe5 21. c5 bxc5 22. Rxc5 Rxc5 23. bxc5 g6 24. Rf4 Kg7 25. Re4 f6 26. Ra4 Rc8 27. Rxa7 Qxc5 28. Qxc5 Rxc5 29. Be6 Rc1+ 30. Kf2 Rd1 31. h3 Kf8 {A rather calm draw. Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Stepan Avagyan Memorial 2020"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2020.07.09"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Sargsyan, Anna M."]
[Black "Davtyan, Artur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2020.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,154,24,3,12,16,15,0,18,-16,-27,-62,-67,-51,-76,-90,-27,-61,-65,-56,-50,-189,-187,-189,-193,-193,-193,-185,-182,-158,-122,-122,-122,-122,-129,-129,-128,-204,-92,-90,-91,-94,-91,-119,-87,-87,-87,-87,-87,-87,-87,-87,-87,-87,-87,-87,-87,-87,-41,-41,-41,-87,-87,-87,-87,-87,-87,-107,-87,-87,-87,-87,-87,-107,-87,-107,-87,-107,-107,-107,0,-107,-87,-107,-107,-107,-87,-107,-87,-87,-87,-87,-87,-87,-87,-87,-26,-26,-26,-87,-87,-87,-87,-87,-87,-806,-815,-1222,-827,-1175,0,-1153,-1153,-1145,-1145,-1145,-164,-164,-129,-804,-520,-1138,0,-585,-467,-430,-370,-1145,-194,-1138,-1131,-1124,-1124,-1108,-116,-1079,-187,-1068,-158,-912,-752,-518,-7]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 c6 8. h3 b6 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4.} 9. b4 a5 10. a3 $1 h6 {The position is equal. seems to push 10...Ba6 aside.} 11. b5 {[#]} Bb7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... bxc5 12. bxc6 Nb6 13. Nb5 Nc4 14. Bc7 Qe8 15. Bxc4 Qxc6 16. Ne5 Qb7 17. Be2 Ne8 {1-0 (36) Krishna Teja,N (2282)-Nyamdorj,D (2015) Bhubaneswar 2016}) 12. bxc6 Bxc6 13. cxb6 Qxb6 {Threatens to win with ...Qb2.} 14. Rb1 Qd8 (14... Qa7 $1 $17 15. Bb5 Ne4 16. Nxe4 Bxb5 17. Rxb5 dxe4) 15. Bb5 Qc8 16. Qb3 {[#]} a4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 17. Qa2 (17. Qb2 $1 $15) (17. Bxa4 Bxa4) 17... Ne4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has strong initiative.} 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Bxc6 Qxc6 20. Nd2 Rfc8 21. O-O Qc2 22. Qxc2 Rxc2 23. Nxe4 Bxa3 24. Rb7 Nf6 $1 {[%cal Rf6e4]} 25. Ra1 (25. Nxf6+ $17 {was called for.} gxf6 26. Rfb1) 25... Bb2 (25... Nxe4 $19 {has better winning chances.} 26. Rxa3 Rxf2) 26. Nxf6+ $17 gxf6 27. Ra2 a3 28. e4 Re2 29. Kf1 Rxe4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 30. Rbxb2 axb2 31. Rxa8+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KR} Kh7 $1 32. Rb8 {Strongly threatening Be3.} Rxf4 33. Rxb2 Rxd4 {KR-KR} 34. g3 f5 35. Kg2 f4 36. Rb7 Kg6 37. gxf4 Rxf4 38. Kg3 Rd4 39. Rb8 Kg7 40. Kg2 Rd3 41. Re8 Rc3 42. Kh2 h5 43. Kg2 Rd3 44. Kh2 Kf6 45. Kg2 Rd4 46. Kg3 Rd3+ 47. Kg2 $1 Rd5 48. Kg3 Rg5+ 49. Kf3 Ra5 50. Kg3 Kf5 51. Rh8 Ke4 52. h4 Rf5 53. Ra8 Rf3+ 54. Kg2 {Hoping for Ra4+.} Rd3 (54... Rf4 $17 55. f3+ Kf5) 55. Ra7 $1 $11 f6 56. Rf7 (56. Rh7 $11) 56... Kf5 $1 $17 57. Rh7 {[#]} Kg6 $1 {[%cal Rg6h7]} 58. Re7 e5 59. Re8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (59. f3 $17) 59... Kf5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rf5g4]} 60. Rf8 Rd4 61. Kg3 Rd3+ 62. Kg2 $1 e4 63. Rf7 Rd8 64. Rg7 Kf4 $2 (64... Rd2 65. Rg8 Kf4) 65. Rg6 Rd6 66. Rg3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (66. Kf1 $17) 66... Rd2 67. Kf1 (67. Rg6 $142 Kf5 68. Rg3) 67... Rd6 68. Kg2 $1 Kf5 69. Rg8 Rd2 70. Kf1 $2 (70. Rg7 Ra2 71. Rg8) 70... Rd4 $2 (70... Rd3 71. Kg2 Rc3) 71. Rf8 $2 (71. Kg2) 71... Rd3 72. Kg2 Rf3 73. Rg8 Rc3 $2 (73... Rf4 $19 {White must now prevent ...Rg4+.} 74. Kg3 Rf3+ 75. Kg2 Rb3) 74. Rg7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (74. Re8 $17) 74... Rc2 $2 (74... Rb3 75. Re7 Ra3) 75. Kg3 $2 (75. Rg8) 75... Rc4 $2 (75... Ra2 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top.} 76. Rf7 Ra3+ 77. Kg2 Ra8) 76. Rh7 $2 (76. Kh3 $17) 76... Rc3+ 77. Kg2 Ke5 $2 {[%mdl 32768] Accuracy: White = 56%, Black = 68%. . Sensor Board Error (Ke4/e5)?} (77... Kg4 $19 78. Re7 f5) 0-1

[Event "Stepan Avagyan Memorial 2020"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2020.07.09"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Gharibyan, Mamikon"]
[Black "Shahinyan, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A67"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2020.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,131,48,31,42,25,62,54,40,49,35,34,72,66,58,71,71,79,63,-81,-81,-59,-52,-64,-72,-139,-31,-31,-23,-23,-35,-60,-64,-57,-64,-75,-60,-60,-62,-56,-64,-87,-30,-88,-83,-84,6,5,4,4,104,0,164,160,244,216,222,206,172,152,154,154,138,138,101,81,83,74,94,74,346,336,494,494,818,829,771,744,1744,1636,1192,882,29968,29969,29966,11396,29971,29950,5093,4955,29971,29973,29979,29979,29979,29978,29978,0,29976,29971,29976,29971,29970,2377,29979,29979,29979,29980,29988,29977,29981,29976,29984,29975,29984,47]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. f4 Bg7 8. Bb5+ Nfd7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Nf3 Qa5 {A67: Modern Benoni: Taimanov Variation.} 11. Bd2 Re8 12. O-O c4 {White is slightly better.} 13. Bc2 $1 Na6 {[#]} 14. Kh1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. f5 Nf6 15. fxg6 Qb6+ 16. Kh1 hxg6 17. Rb1 Bg4 18. h3 Bd7 19. a3 Nh7 20. Qe2 {1-0 (53) Huguet Reina,C (1742)-Yatsenko,L ICCF email 2016}) 14... Nac5 15. a4 Nd3 16. Bxd3 cxd3 17. Nb5 Qb6 18. Bb4 (18. Qe1 $1 $14 Nf6 19. Ba5) 18... Rxe4 $17 19. Bxd6 a6 20. Bc7 Qc5 21. Rc1 ({White should play} 21. Nd6 Re3 22. Qc1) 21... Qxd5 (21... Rc4 $1 $17 22. Nd6 Rc2) 22. Nc3 $15 Bxc3 $1 23. Rxc3 Nc5 {Strongly threatening ...Rb4.} 24. Bb6 Rc4 $1 $36 {[%cal Rc4c3][%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 25. Rxc4 Qxc4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 26. Ne5 Qb4 27. Bxc5 $1 Qxc5 28. Qxd3 Be6 29. h3 Rc8 (29... Qb4 $17) 30. Qg3 (30. Kh2 $11) 30... Qc2 31. Kh2 Qxb2 (31... Rd8 $17) 32. f5 $1 $11 {[%cal Rf5e6]} Bd5 33. Ng4 {fxg6 is the strong threat.} Kg7 (33... Kh8 $1 $11) 34. Rf2 (34. Ne3 $1 $16 {[%cal Re3d5]} Be4 35. Rf4) 34... Qc3 $2 {[#]} (34... Qd4 $1 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 35. f6+ $1 $18 Kg8 {[#]} (35... Kh8 $16) 36. Nh6+ $1 Kh8 37. Qxc3 Rxc3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 38. Rd2 Rc5 {[#]} 39. Nxf7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kg8 (39... Bxf7 40. Rd8+) 40. Nd6 Bf7 41. Nxb7 {Threatening mate with Rd8+.} Rd5 42. Rc2 {Threatens to win with Rc8+.} Be8 43. Rc7 Bxa4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (43... Rd7 $16 44. Rxd7 Bxd7) 44. Nc5 $1 {[%mdl 512] f7+ would kill now.} Rxc5 (44... Be8 {is a better defense.} 45. Rg7+ (45. Nxa6 Rd6 $14) 45... Kh8) 45. Rxc5 {KR-KB} Kf7 (45... h6 $142 46. Rc7 Kf8) 46. Rc7+ Kxf6 47. Rxh7 Ke5 48. Kg3 Bb5 49. Ra7 Kd4 50. Kf4 Kc5 51. g4 (51. h4 $142 Bd3 52. Ke3 Bc4 53. g4 a5 54. h5 gxh5 55. gxh5 Be6 56. h6) 51... Kb4 52. Kg5 Bd3 53. Rd7 Bc2 54. Rb7+ Ka4 55. Rb2 Bd3 56. Rd2 Bb1 57. Rb2 Bd3 $1 58. Kf4 a5 59. Ke3 Ka3 60. Rb6 (60. Rb8 $142 Bc4 61. h4 Bf7 62. Rf8 Bb3 63. h5 gxh5 64. gxh5 Bd1 65. h6) 60... Bc2 61. Kd2 {White mates.} Be4 62. h4 a4 63. Re6 Bb1 64. Kc1 Ka2 {[#]} 65. Ra6 $1 a3 66. Rxa3+ {Accuracy: White = 85%, Black = 50%.} 1-0

[Event "Stepan Avagyan Memorial 2020"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2020.07.09"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Mikaelyan, Arman"]
[Black "Barseghyan, Armen Ar."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2020.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,117,2,10,25,14,-8,17,13,20,31,34,14,19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,7,16,14,17,-11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-20,-15,-14,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,-4,-6,-6,-6,0,0,20,15,8,12,152,150,283,290,260,276,700,688,708,672,545,363,682,684,536,498,536,699,5314,2447,12830,12835,12835,12835,12835,11504,12836,12837,12837,1769,12841,12842,12844,12844,12845,12845,12845,12844]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. dxc5 Qa5 9. e4 Ne7 10. Be3 {E25: Nimzo-Indian: Sämisch: 5...c5 6 f3 d5 7 cxd5.} O-O 11. a4 Nd7 12. Qb3 {The position is equal.} Qc7 13. a5 Rb8 14. Bb5 Nxc5 15. Qc4 b6 {[#]} 16. axb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Ne2 e5 17. Bxc5 bxc5 18. Qa4 a6 19. Bc4 Bd7 20. Qa2 Bb5 21. O-O Bxc4 22. Qxc4 {0-1 (45) Volkov,S (2645)-Sammalvuo,T (2416) Stockholm 2017}) 16... axb6 17. Ne2 e5 18. O-O Be6 19. Qb4 Nc6 20. Qa3 Nb3 21. Rab1 Nca5 22. Qb4 Nc4 23. Bxc4 $1 Qxc4 24. Rb2 Rfd8 25. Qxc4 Bxc4 26. Kf2 {Threatening Rfb1.} Nc5 27. Bxc5 bxc5 28. Rfb1 (28. Rxb8 {with more complications.} Rxb8 29. Ra1 Kf8 30. Ra4 Be6 31. Nc1) 28... Rxb2 29. Rxb2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} g6 30. Ke1 Kg7 31. Nc1 Ra8 32. Kd2 h5 33. h4 Rd8+ 34. Ke1 Ra8 35. Rb6 Ra1 36. Kd2 Bf1 37. g3 Ra3 38. Nd3 Ra2+ 39. Rb2 Rxb2+ 40. Nxb2 {KB-KN} Bb5 {[#] Black is on the road to losing.} (40... Ba6 $1 $11) 41. c4 $1 $16 {[%cal Rc4b5]} Bd7 (41... Be8 $16 {might work better.} 42. Nd3 f6 43. Nxc5 Kf7) 42. Nd3 $18 Be6 43. Kc3 ({Stronger than} 43. Nxc5 Bxc4 44. f4 exf4 $11) ({Less strong is} 43. Nxe5 Kf6 $16) 43... Bh3 $2 (43... Kf6 44. f4 (44. Nxc5 Bh3 $16) 44... exf4 45. gxf4 Bg4 46. Nxc5 Bf3) 44. Nxe5 Bg2 45. Nd7 Bxf3 46. Kd3 Bg2 $2 {[#]} (46... Bg4 47. Nxc5 Kf8) 47. Nxc5 {White is clearly winning.} Kf6 48. Kd4 Ke7 49. Nd3 Bf1 50. Nf4 Kd6 51. e5+ Kd7 52. Kd5 Ke7 53. c5 {[%cal Bc4c5,Bc5c6,Bc6c7][%mdl 32]} Bb5 54. c6 Ba4 55. Kc5 Bd1 56. Nd5+ Ke6 57. c7 Kd7 58. Kb6 Be2 59. Kb7 {Accuracy: White = 94%, Black = 62%.} 1-0

[Event "Stepan Avagyan Memorial 2020"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2020.07.10"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Martirosyan, Haik M."]
[Black "Barseghyan, Armen Ar."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2020.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,73,12,0,8,0,7,0,2,0,76,76,76,76,75,68,71,58,83,84,89,94,90,80,85,77,104,83,93,70,197,141,136,136,136,135,131,120,125,125,129,126,204,216,219,232,225,205,248,212,325,231,319,307,297,300,439,432,462,455,572,563,2161,1933]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Qf5 7. Qb3 Nc6 {7...Nc6 is better than 7...c5. E34: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...d5.} 8. Bd2 O-O 9. a3 $5 {[%mdl 4] Leaves trodden paths.} Ba5 {The position is equal.} 10. h3 Ne4 (10... h5 $11) 11. Nxe4 $16 Qxe4 12. Bxa5 Nxa5 13. Qc3 {[#]} b6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Nc6 14. e3 Bd7 15. Bd3 Qd5 16. O-O Rfd8 17. Rfd1 Rac8 18. Bc4 Qd6 19. d5 exd5 20. Rxd5 {1-0 (56) Finegold,B (2533)-Saidy,A (2338) Las Vegas 2004}) 14. b4 ({Much weaker is} 14. Qxc7 Bb7 $15) 14... Nc6 15. e3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is on the roll.} Bb7 16. Bd3 Qd5 17. O-O Rac8 18. Qc2 Qh5 19. Be4 Nd8 {[%cal Bc6d8,Bd8b7,Bb7d6,Bd6e4][%mdl 32]} 20. Rfc1 c5 (20... Bxe4 $14 21. Qxe4 f6) 21. dxc5 ({Resist} 21. bxc5 $6 bxc5 22. Bxb7 (22. dxc5 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 Rxc5 $16) 22... Nxb7 $16) (21. Bxb7 $18 Nxb7 22. Qa4) 21... bxc5 22. Bxb7 Nxb7 23. Qa4 $1 Nd6 24. Qa5 Qf5 25. Rxc5 Qf6 {[#]} 26. Rcc1 $1 Rxc1+ (26... Ne4 $16) 27. Rxc1 $18 Qb2 {[#]} 28. Rd1 $1 {[%cal Rd1d6]} Ne4 29. Rf1 h6 30. Qxa7 Rd8 (30... Nc3 $142 31. Qa5 Ne2+ 32. Kh2 Nc3) 31. Qc7 Rd5 32. Qc8+ Kh7 33. Qc1 Qe2 (33... Qa2 {is a better defense.} 34. Qb1 Qxb1 35. Rxb1 Nc3) 34. Nd4 {White is clearly winning.} Qh5 35. Qc2 f5 36. Nxe6 {Qc7! is the strong threat.} Rd2 {[#]} 37. Qc7 $1 {Accuracy: White = 92%, Black = 40%.} 1-0

[Event "Stepan Avagyan Memorial 2020"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2020.07.10"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Shahinyan, David"]
[Black "Mikaelyan, Arman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2020.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,75,-10,-20,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,24,22,22,31,90,89,137,-38,-41,-117,-108,-186,0,0,0,-54,-9,-15,-8,-9,2,14,326,308,300,314,687,-126,689,672,1448,1383,1830,1766,1239,465,1215,741,696,683,964,900,29981,29982,29980,29976,29996,29997]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O Nc6 6. c3 e5 7. d3 Nge7 8. Be3 O-O 9. Na3 b6 10. Qd2 {A04: Unusual lines after 1 Nf3 and King's Indian Attack.} Re8 11. Rfe1 {[#]} d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Bb7 12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Rad1 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Qe7 17. d5 Rad8 {0-1 (26) Mendes,P (1867)-Silva,L (2317) Mirandela 2017}) 12. exd5 {The position is equal.} Nxd5 13. Bh6 f6 14. d4 e4 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. dxc5 exf3 (16... bxc5 $14 17. Nh4 f5) 17. Bxf3 $16 {Black must now prevent Rxe8.} Be6 18. Rxe6 $2 (18. Nc4 $1 $16 {[%cal Rc4d6] Threatens to win with Nd6.} Ne5 19. Nxe5 fxe5 20. Rad1) 18... Rxe6 $15 19. Qxd5 (19. Bxd5 $15 Ne7 20. c4 bxc5 21. Nc2) 19... Qe7 $1 $17 {Strongly threatening ...Rd8.} 20. cxb6 (20. Qb3 $17) 20... axb6 $2 (20... Rd8 $1 $19 {[%cal Rd8d5]} 21. Qb5 Ne5) 21. Qb3 $11 Rd8 22. Nc4 (22. Bxc6 $11 Rxc6 23. Nc2) 22... Rd3 23. Bxc6 $1 Rxc6 24. Nxb6 h5 25. Nd5 Qc5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (25... Qd7 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 26. Rd1 Rxd1+ 27. Qxd1 Rc5) 26. Qb7+ $18 Kh6 27. Ne7 $1 {[%cal Re7c6]} Rd2 $2 (27... Rc7 28. Qe4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Rxg3+ 29. hxg3 Rxe7) 28. Ng8+ $1 Kg5 {[%mdl 1024] [#] Black has strong compensation.} 29. Rf1 $1 Qb6 30. Qg7 Re2 31. h4+ Kf5 32. Ne7+ (32. Qd7+ $142 Ke5 {[#]} 33. Ne7 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 32... Ke6 (32... Rxe7 $142 33. Qxe7 Re6) 33. Nxc6 Qxc6 34. Rd1 Kf5 35. Qf7 Rxb2 36. Rd5+ {White mates.} Ke4 37. Rd4+ Kf3 38. Qxg6 {Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 40%.} 1-0

[Event "Stepan Avagyan Memorial 2020"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2020.07.10"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Davtyan, Artur"]
[Black "Gharibyan, Mamikon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2020.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,84,20,31,11,10,2,4,13,1,8,13,0,0,0,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,25,8,27,30,31,27,29,32,34,25,30,25,37,0,6,0,39,37,42,30,30,30,37,37,37,37,44,30,30,9,39,37,37,31,31,39,39,39,39,39,66,66,66,39,39,14,14,14,14,10,10,10,10,10,10]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qb3 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 6. a3 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4).} a4 7. Qc2 ({Much weaker is} 7. Qxb4 Nc6 $17) 7... Bxc3+ $1 8. Qxc3 Ne4 9. Qc2 c5 10. e3 cxd4 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Nxd4 O-O 13. Bd3 {[#]} Nc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Re8 14. O-O Bd7 15. Bd2 Na6 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Bc3 Nc5 18. Rad1 Qg5 19. Bb4 Nd3 {0-1 (34) Tryggestad,A (2336)-Tari,A (2620) Helsingor 2019}) 14. O-O Nxd4 15. exd4 h6 16. Be3 Bd7 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Qxe4 Bc6 19. Qg4 Qf6 20. Rac1 Ra5 21. Rfe1 Rd8 22. f3 Rb5 23. Re2 Kh7 (23... h5 $5 {[%cal Rh5g4]} 24. Qf4 Qxf4 25. Bxf4 Rxd4 $11) 24. h4 Re8 25. Rce1 Re6 26. Bf2 {[%cal Re2e6]} Rxe2 27. Rxe2 Qg6 28. Qxg6+ Kxg6 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 29. Be1 Rd5 30. Bc3 Rd7 31. Kf2 f6 32. g4 h5 33. Kg3 hxg4 34. fxg4 Kf7 35. Kf4 Re7 36. Rxe7+ Kxe7 {KB-KB} 37. Kf5 Kf7 38. g5 g6+ {The position is equal.} 39. Kf4 fxg5+ 40. Kxg5 Bh1 41. Be1 Bc6 42. Bg3 Bh1 {Accuracy: White = 88%, Black = 90%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Stepan Avagyan Memorial 2020"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2020.07.10"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Petrosyan, Manuel"]
[Black "Sargsyan, Anna M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2020.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,135,27,26,21,24,25,15,15,15,22,22,24,-7,-6,-8,13,0,69,31,54,36,32,39,35,38,31,29,34,34,38,37,40,41,49,51,52,45,94,85,74,74,124,129,122,126,144,117,143,132,135,131,116,112,137,141,140,132,103,57,62,57,57,0,0,0,0,0,57,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12835,12189,12836,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,11,12839,12839,12840,12840,12841,12841,12843,12843,12850,12851,12851,12851,12851,12851,12851,29937,12851,12851,12851,29968,12851,12851,12851,29981,12851,29982,12851,29982]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. O-O Bd6 9. Nc3 O-O {D11: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 sidelines and 3...Nf6 4 e3 Bg4.} 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 {The position is equal.} 12. Qxe4 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Re4h7]} Nf6 13. Qh4 Re8 14. Bg5 {Bxh7+! is the strong threat.} h6 15. Be3 Qe7 16. Rfe1 c5 (16... e5 $11) 17. a3 (17. Bxh6 $5 gxh6 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Qxh6 $11) 17... Rad8 18. Rad1 {[#]} e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18... a5 19. Bc2 cxd4 20. Bxd4 Bc5 21. Bc3 b6 22. Qg3 Kf8 23. Qe5 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 {½-½ (55) Nikolaidis,I (2552)-Hristodoulou,P (2303) Peristeri 2015}) 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. Bxc5 Qxc5 21. b4 Qc6 22. Qg3 Qa4 23. Rd2 e4 24. Bc2 Qa6 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Qc3 Rc8 27. c5 $1 Qc6 28. Qc4 {[%cal Rc2e4]} b6 {[%cal Rb6c5]} 29. Bxe4 Nxe4 30. Rxe4 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Kf8 {[%cal Rb6c5]} 31. cxb6 Qb7 32. Qd4 Qxb6 33. Qxb6 axb6 {KR-KR} 34. a4 Rc1+ 35. Kh2 Ra1 36. b5 h5 37. g4 hxg4 38. hxg4 g5 39. Kg2 ({White should play} 39. Kg3 $14) 39... Kg7 $11 40. Rd4 Kf6 $1 41. Re4 (41. Rd6+ $11 Ke5 42. Rxb6 Rxa4 43. Kg3) 41... Kg7 $14 42. f4 (42. f3 $14) 42... gxf4 $11 43. Kf3 f5 $1 {[%cal Rf5e4]} 44. gxf5 Kf6 45. Rxf4 Ke5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (45... Re1 $11) 46. Kg3 $1 $18 Kf6 {[#]} 47. Kg4 $2 ({Only move:} 47. Kf2 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf2e3]} Ra2+ 48. Ke3) 47... Rg1+ $11 48. Kf3 Re1 $1 49. Kf2 Re8 50. Kg3 Re1 51. Kf3 Kg5 $1 52. Kf2 Re8 $1 53. Kg3 {Strongly threatening f6.} Kf6 54. Kg4 {Black must now prevent Rc4.} Re1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] A mistake that costs the game.} (54... Re5 $11) 55. Rc4 $18 Ke5 56. Rc6 Rg1+ 57. Kf3 Ra1 58. f6 Rxa4 59. Rxb6 Rf4+ 60. Ke3 Rf1 61. Kd3 Kd5 62. Rc6 (62. Ra6 $18 Rf2 63. Rc6) 62... Rf3+ 63. Kc2 Rf1 64. Kb3 (64. f7 $18 Rxf7 65. Kc3) 64... Rf4 65. Kc3 Ke5 66. b6 Kd5 {[#]} 67. Rc8 (67. b7 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Kxc6 68. b8=Q Rxf6 69. Kd4 Rd6+ 70. Ke5) 67... Rf3+ 68. Kd2 {Accuracy: White = 85%, Black = 81%.} 1-0

[Event "Stepan Avagyan Memorial 2020"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2020.07.10"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Harutyunian, Tigran K."]
[Black "Sargsyan, Shant"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2020.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,65,5,13,8,7,0,0,-7,-7,-11,-11,-11,-8,-34,-8,-14,-14,-16,-7,0,4,7,2,7,15,20,26,17,26,0,0,0,0,0,125,14,7,14,14,14,14,11,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 b6 5. Bb2 Bb7 6. Nc3 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6.} Nbd7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. d4 Bd6 9. g3 O-O 10. Bg2 Ba6 11. Ne2 Bb4+ 12. Kf1 {[#]} Ne4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Re8 13. Kg1 Bd6 14. Nf4 Bb7 15. Rc1 a5 16. Nd3 a4 17. Nfe5 axb3 18. axb3 Qe7 {0-1 (49) Bocharov,D (2533)-Wang,H (2730) St Petersburg 2018}) 13. Kg1 Re8 14. Nf4 c6 15. Rc1 Rc8 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Bf8 18. h4 Rc7 19. h5 h6 {[#]} 20. e6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qd6 (20... fxe6 21. Bxe4) 21. Rh4 f6 {[#]} (21... Bc8 $11) 22. Nxd5 ({White should play} 22. Qc2 $1 $16) 22... cxd5 $11 {The position is equal.} 23. Rxc7 Qxc7 24. Qxd5 {[#]} Nxf2 $1 {[%mdl 512] Strongly threatening ...Re7.} 25. e7+ (25. Kxf2 Qc2+) 25... Kh8 26. exf8=Q+ Rxf8 27. Rd4 Qxg3 28. Qf5 {[#]} Nd3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 29. Rxd3 Bxd3 30. Qxd3 Qe1+ 31. Bf1 Qg3+ 32. Bg2 Qe1+ 33. Bf1 {Accuracy: White = 84%, Black = 91%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Stepan Avagyan Memorial 2020"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2020.07.11"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Sargsyan, Shant"]
[Black "Martirosyan, Haik M."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2020.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,47,19,5,12,16,30,20,15,24,13,12,25,0,0,-17,27,20,41,38,24,0,9,0,0,7,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qb3 dxc4 8. Qxc4 Nd7 9. e3 g6 {D43: Semi-Slav: 5 Bg5 h6.} 10. Ne4 Qe7 11. Ne5 Qb4+ 12. Qxb4 Bxb4+ 13. Ke2 Be7 14. f4 {[#]} g5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... b6 15. Kf2 Bb7 16. Rd1 Rd8 17. Be2 O-O 18. Bf3 c5 19. Ng3 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Ba6 {½-½ (37) Aronian,L (2792)-Giri,A (2798) Zuerich 2016}) 15. g3 f6 16. Ng6 Rg8 17. Nxe7 Kxe7 18. Rc1 b6 {The position is equal.} 19. Bg2 Ba6+ 20. Kf2 Rac8 $1 21. Rc3 c5 22. dxc5 Nxc5 23. Nxc5 Rxc5 24. Rxc5 {Accuracy: White = 91%, Black = 93%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Stepan Avagyan Memorial 2020"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2020.07.11"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Sargsyan, Anna M."]
[Black "Harutyunian, Tigran K."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2020.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,46,13,11,9,11,26,0,0,11,12,0,0,0,0,-27,-25,-16,-20,-18,8,0,0,0,0,-290,-336,-314,-288,-301,-309,-512,-229,-212,-216,-29997,-29998]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Bf5 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4).} 8. Qb3 Nc6 9. e3 g5 {The position is equal.} 10. Bg3 O-O {[#]} 11. Ne5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Be2 Ne4 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 Na5 14. Qb4 b6 15. c4 c5 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Qa3 Nxc4 18. Bxc4 dxc4 {½-½ (37) Santiago,Y (2456)-Villanueva,M (2423) Villa Martelli 2016}) 11... Qe7 12. a3 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Ng4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 15. Qxd5 Rad8 {[%cal Ba8d8,Bd8d4,Bd4e4][%mdl 32]} 16. Qf3 Qe6 $1 17. Bxc7 Qb3 18. Qxf5 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (18. Rd1 $11 {and White stays safe.} Qxc3+ 19. Rd2 Qc1+ 20. Rd1 Qc3+ 21. Rd2 Qc1+ 22. Rd1 Qc3+) 18... Qxc3+ $19 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 19. Ke2 Rxd4 $1 20. Kf3 {Black must now prevent Bb5.} Qc6+ 21. Ke2 $2 (21. e4 {was the only defense.} Qxc7 22. Kxg4) 21... Re8 (21... Qxc7 $142 22. h3 {[#]} (22. exd4 $2 {too greedy.} Qc3 $19 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 22... Rf4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 23. exf4 Qc3 24. hxg4 Re8+ 25. Qe5 Rxe5+ 26. fxe5 Qxe5+ 27. Kf3 Qxa1) 22. Rd1 {[#]} Rde4 $1 {[%cal Re4e3][%mdl 1536] ( -> ...Rxe3+!). Black has strong compensation.} 23. Qa5 $2 (23. Kd2 $19 Qxc7 24. Rc1 Rd8+ 25. Bd3) 23... Qc2+ {Accuracy: White = 56%, Black = 76%.} 0-1

[Event "Stepan Avagyan Memorial 2020"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2020.07.11"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Gharibyan, Mamikon"]
[Black "Petrosyan, Manuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2020.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,88,27,20,20,20,22,18,16,21,21,11,11,14,15,16,6,8,2,6,16,0,14,20,27,14,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,-21,0,-15,-17,-38,0,0,0,-7,0,-8,-1,-9,13,14,41,0,0,-6,0,-74,-74,-75,-78,-601,-606,-591,-555,-744,-742,-684,-725,-673,-639,-1518,-1379]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 O-O {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4).} 8. e3 Bf5 9. Be2 {is more profitable than 9.Qb3 at the moment. Played by Alexander Grischuk in May 2020.} Nbd7 {The position is equal.} 10. Qb3 Qe7 11. O-O c6 12. a3 {[%cal Ba2a3,Ba3a4][%mdl 32]} Bxc3 $1 13. bxc3 b5 14. a4 a6 {[#]} 15. Qb4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. axb5 axb5 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 {½-½ (16) Tornow,M (2310)-Salzmann,S (2310) GER email 2017}) 15... Qe6 16. Nd2 g5 17. Bg3 Nb6 {[%cal Bd7b6,Bb6c4,Bc4d2][%mdl 32]} 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rfe1 Nc4 20. Nb3 Ne4 21. Nc5 Nxc5 22. Qxc5 Nd2 {Hoping for ...Nb3.} 23. Ra3 Rfe8 (23... Ne4 $5 24. Qb4 $8 Rxa3 25. Qxa3 Bg6 $11) 24. Qb4 Rxa3 25. Qxa3 Ne4 26. Ra1 h5 27. Be5 h4 {And now ...f6 would win.} 28. Qc1 f6 29. Bc7 Qf7 30. Ra7 Re7 31. Ra8+ Kh7 32. Ba5 g4 33. Bb4 $132 {[%mdl 2048] White has counterplay} Rd7 34. Qe1 {[#] Threatens to win with f3.} Qh5 35. f3 (35. h3 $5) 35... gxf3 36. Bxf3 Qg5 37. Re8 (37. Ra6 $11 {remains equal.}) 37... h3 $17 38. g3 Qg6 39. Re7+ $2 {[%mdl 8192] This move loses the game for White.} (39. Ra8 $17) 39... Rxe7 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 40. Bxe7 Bg4 41. Be2 Bxe2 42. Qxe2 f5 43. Kf1 Qg4 44. Bb4 {[#]} Nxg3+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Promotion. Accuracy: White = 74%, Black = 97%.} 0-1

[Event "Stepan Avagyan Memorial 2020"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2020.07.11"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Mikaelyan, Arman"]
[Black "Davtyan, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2020.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,93,25,25,25,48,38,28,18,24,19,14,19,14,22,44,23,26,26,27,23,30,25,25,22,25,25,25,25,25,25,22,22,22,22,22,22,45,39,40,40,59,62,152,124,327,325,334,250,251,253,254,260,267,226,344,343,314,272,516,528,662,643,645,651,657,650,631,617,612,572,5302,5289,2275,1967,5297,1592]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5 7. Nc3 b5 8. Be2 Bb7 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Nd2 {D27: Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical main line: 7 e4!? and 7 a4.} Nc6 {11...Ke7 is setting a new trend.} 12. Rd1 Ke7 13. a4 {[#] White has an edge.} b4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... bxa4 14. Nxa4 Bb4 15. Nb3 Nd7 16. e4 a5 17. Be3 Rhc8 18. f3 Nce5 19. f4 Ng6 {½-½ (40) Grachev,B (2675)-Stukopin,A (2544) Yerevan 2014}) 14. Nce4 Ba7 15. Nxf6 gxf6 16. Nc4 a5 17. Nd6 Rab8 18. Nxb7 Rxb7 19. b3 Rc7 20. Bb2 Ne5 21. Rac1 Rhc8 22. Rxc7+ Rxc7 23. Bb5 Bb6 24. Rc1 Rxc1+ 25. Bxc1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} f5 26. Kf1 Ng4 27. Ke2 Bc7 28. h3 Nf6 29. Kd3 Be5 30. f3 h5 {[#]} ({Black should play} 30... Nd5 $14) 31. e4 $1 $16 f4 $2 {This move loses the game for Black.} (31... fxe4+ $16 32. fxe4 Kd8) 32. Kc4 $18 Bb8 33. Kc5 Ba7+ 34. Kc6 Be3 35. Bb2 Nd7 36. Bc4 f6 (36... Bf2 {keeps fighting.} 37. Kb5 Bb6) 37. Kb5 Bb6 38. Bc1 e5 $2 {[#]} (38... Bc7 {was worth a try.} 39. Bd2 Nb8) 39. Bd2 {White is clearly winning.} Bd8 40. Be1 Bb6 41. Bh4 Bd8 42. Bf2 Bc7 43. Kc6 Bd8 44. Ba7 Ke8 45. Be6 Nf8 46. Bf5 Ke7 47. Bc5+ {Accuracy: White = 95%, Black = 64%.} (47. Bb6 $142 Bxb6 48. Kxb6) 1-0

[Event "Stepan Avagyan Memorial 2020"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2020.07.11"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Barseghyan, Armen Ar."]
[Black "Shahinyan, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2020.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,88,0,0,-12,-5,-22,-21,-17,-3,-17,-5,-7,-16,-42,-29,-59,-59,-72,-74,-75,-70,-77,-74,-70,0,0,0,-13,14,-22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,47,0,16,0,0,-29,-22,-28,-21,-253,-247,-485,-472,-590,-580,-604,-516,-505,-502,-470,-463,-530,-527,-515,-507,-636,-614,-652,-657,-679,-681,-810,-781,-5397,-5118,-5306,-5306,-29978,-29979,-29978,-29979]} 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 b6 3. c4 Bb7 4. Nc3 f5 5. Bf4 Bb4 6. Qc2 {A40: Unusual replies to 1 d4.} (6. Rc1 {seems wilder.} Nf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3 d6 9. O-O) 6... Nf6 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3 {The position is equal.} O-O 9. h3 d6 {[#]} 10. Bh2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. e3 Ne4 11. Qc2 Nd7 12. Nd2 e5 13. Bh2 exd4 14. Nf3 dxe3 15. fxe3 Qe7 16. O-O-O {0-1 (40) Grosse Honebrink,B (1893)-Tocco,P (2089) Arco 2019}) 10... Ne4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 11. Qc2 f4 12. Nd2 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Qh4 14. g3 Qf6 15. Rg1 {[%cal Rg3f4] [#]} Nc6 $1 16. O-O-O {[%cal Rg3f4]} f3 (16... e5 $15 17. dxe5 dxe5) 17. e3 $1 $11 e5 18. d5 Ne7 {[%cal Bc6e7,Be7g6,Bg6f8,Bf8h7,Bh7g5,Bg5h3][%mdl 32]} 19. e4 h5 20. g4 h4 21. Bd3 Bc8 22. Bc2 Bd7 23. Rge1 Ng6 24. Re3 b5 25. cxb5 Bxb5 26. Rc3 Rf7 27. Bd3 Bxd3 28. Rxd3 Nf8 29. Rc3 $2 {[#] Now White is beyond hope.} (29. Rg1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 29... Nh7 $1 $19 30. g5 $2 (30. Rc4) 30... Nxg5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 31. Qe3 Nxh3 32. Rh1 Qg5 33. Qxg5 Nxg5 34. Rc4 Nh3 35. Bg1 Nf4 36. Kd2 g5 37. Bh2 Ne2 38. Ke3 g4 39. b4 Raf8 40. Rf1 g3 41. fxg3 hxg3 42. Bxg3 Nxg3 43. Rg1 f2 44. Rxg3+ Rg7 {Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 90%.} 0-1

[Event "Stepan Avagyan Memorial 2020"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2020.07.12"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Martirosyan, Haik M."]
[Black "Shahinyan, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "2020.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,160,26,35,36,54,37,52,48,42,33,27,21,63,63,65,23,91,89,82,93,91,91,239,237,249,244,242,242,250,252,242,201,303,261,332,339,327,320,297,231,297,302,302,108,108,108,116,19,19,27,39,31,25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,3,60,3,31,3,3,3,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,29,29,29,29,29,0,0,0,5,5,6,0,0,0,6,6,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 e6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. c4 f5 5. O-O Nf6 6. d4 Be7 7. d5 O-O 8. Nd4 {A84: Dutch Defence: 2 c4 Miscellaneous.} Qc8 9. Nc3 Na6 10. Bf4 {White is slightly better.} Nc5 11. Ncb5 Ne8 12. Rc1 Bf6 13. b4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Ne4 14. f3 {[#]} N4d6 $146 (14... Ng5 $1 $11) ({Predecessor:} 14... Ng5 15. e4 fxe4 16. fxe4 e5 17. Bxg5 Bxg5 18. Nf5 Qd8 19. d6 g6 20. dxc7 Nxc7 21. Nfd6 Rxf1+ 22. Qxf1 Nxb5 23. cxb5 Be3+ 24. Kh1 Bxc1 25. Qxc1 Rc8 26. Nxc8 {½-½ (26) Schlosser,P (2520)-Wach,M (2330) Graz 1993}) 15. Nxd6 $16 cxd6 16. Be3 Nc7 17. Bf2 b5 (17... Qe8 $16) 18. Nxb5 $18 Nxb5 19. cxb5 Qb8 20. f4 a5 21. bxa6 Rxa6 22. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Qa8 (22... e5 {is a better defense.} 23. b5 Ra8) 23. a5 e5 24. fxe5 dxe5 25. e4 Bg5 26. Rb1 fxe4 27. Bxe4 Raf6 {With the idea ...Rxf2.} 28. Qb3 $2 ({Less strong is} 28. Qg4 Rxf2 29. Rxf2 Qa7 $11) (28. Qe2 $18 {is more deadly.}) 28... Rxf2 $16 29. Rxf2 Qa7 {[#]} 30. Rbf1 (30. Rbb2 $1 $16 Be3 {[%mdl 64] Pin} 31. Qa2) 30... Be3 $1 $11 {[%cal Re3f2][%mdl 64] Pin} 31. Qb2 Bxf2+ 32. Rxf2 {Hoping for Kg2.} Qe3 {And now ...Qe1+ would win.} 33. Qe2 Qd4 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 34. Bf3 Qxb4 35. a6 e4 ({But not} 35... Bxa6 $2 36. Qxa6 e4 37. Bg4 $18) 36. Bxe4 Rxf2 37. Kxf2 Qb6+ 38. Kg2 {Black must now prevent Bf3.} Qxa6 39. Qh5 {[%cal Rh5e8]} g6 $1 {[%cal Rg6h5]} 40. Qe5 Kf7 41. Bf3 Qc4 42. g4 Qc5 (42... Qc2+ $11 43. Kg3 Qc8) 43. g5 (43. h4 $1 $14) 43... Qf8 44. h4 Qd8 45. Qd6 Kg8 46. Kf2 Qe8 47. Qb6 Qa8 48. Qd6 Qe8 49. Qc7 Ba8 50. Kg2 Kg7 51. Qc3+ Kg8 52. Qf6 Bb7 {The position is equal.} 53. Qf4 Qa8 54. Qe5 Qd8 55. Bg4 Qa8 56. Bf3 Qd8 57. Qd6 Qe8 58. Kg3 Qe1+ 59. Kh3 Qf1+ 60. Bg2 Qf5+ 61. Kg3 {Threatens to win with Qb8+.} Kf7 62. Bf3 Ba8 63. Kg2 Qc2+ 64. Kh3 Qf5+ 65. Kg3 Bb7 66. Qc5 (66. Kg2 {looks sharper.} Qc2+ 67. Kg1 Qb1+ 68. Kh2 Qf5 69. Bg2) 66... Qe5+ 67. Kg2 d6 68. Qc7+ Qe7 69. Qb8 {Black should prevent Qh8.} Kg7 70. Kf2 Qd7 71. Qa7 Qf7 72. Ke3 Bc8 73. Qa1+ Kg8 74. Be4 Qc7 75. Kf4 Qc5 76. Kf3 Bb7 77. Qf6 {aiming for Qd8+.} Bxd5 78. Qd8+ Kf7 79. Qd7+ Kf8 80. Qd8+ Kf7 {Black defended with fortune. Accuracy: White = 85%, Black = 83%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Stepan Avagyan Memorial 2020"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2020.07.12"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Davtyan, Artur"]
[Black "Barseghyan, Armen Ar."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2020.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,121,27,15,23,0,0,0,4,6,4,-48,30,39,63,22,49,32,37,45,64,54,77,22,33,0,16,69,96,104,84,69,135,114,152,167,247,248,230,189,302,300,413,396,566,567,548,480,504,471,483,495,487,466,488,484,482,482,457,470,421,327,403,359,393,388,392,388,394,383,378,372,363,364,433,433,566,558,614,611,700,705,854,836,807,795,937,920,1013,1019,1124,1110,1295,1205,6045,5961,5181,5047,1035,990,985,914,2163,2030,29975,29976,29984,29985,29985,29986]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Bg7 6. Na3 cxd4 7. Nb5 Na6 {[#]} 8. Be3 $1 {[%cal Re3d4][%mdl 512]} Nf6 {B06: Modern Defence.} (8... dxe3 9. Qxd5) 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. Nxa7 Be6 {The position is equal.} 11. Nb5 Qc6 12. Qh4 {[#]} ({White should play} 12. Be2 $11) 12... Qc8 $146 ({Better is} 12... Ng4 $15) ({Predecessor:} 12... Bd5 13. Nbd4 Qc8 14. Be2 Nc5 15. O-O Bxa2 16. Nb5 Ra4 17. c4 Nce4 18. Rfc1 Rd8 {0-1 (33) Blomqvist,E (2486)-Jones,G (2615) Reykjavik 2015}) 13. Be2 Nc5 14. a4 Nb3 15. Ra3 Na5 16. Nd2 Bg4 {Black wants to play ...Bxe2.} 17. f3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Bf5 18. O-O ({White should try} 18. b4 $16 Nc6 19. O-O) 18... Nd5 $11 19. Bf2 Bf6 20. Qg3 Qe6 21. Ne4 $1 Be5 {[#]} 22. Qh4 $1 {Threatens to win with Ng5!} Bxe4 (22... Nf6 $1 $14) 23. Qxe4 $16 ({Don't do} 23. fxe4 $6 Nf4 $14) 23... f5 {[#]} 24. Qc2 $1 Nf4 (24... Qf6 {was called for.} 25. g3 f4) 25. Re1 $18 Qf6 26. Bf1 Rfd8 (26... g5 $142 27. g3 Ng6) 27. g3 Ne6 28. Qe2 Bd6 (28... Ng5 $142 29. f4 Bxf4) 29. b4 Ng5 30. h4 Nf7 31. Nxd6 Qxd6 32. Qxe7 Nc6 33. Qxd6 Rxd6 34. Ra2 Nfe5 35. Kg2 Nd3 36. Bxd3 Rxd3 37. Re3 Rd7 38. a5 Ne7 39. Re5 Nd5 40. Ra3 Rc8 41. Bc5 Nc7 42. Bd4 Kf7 43. b5 Ne6 44. Be3 Rd3 45. a6 bxa6 46. Rxa6 f4 47. gxf4 Ng7 48. Ra7+ Kg8 49. b6 {[%cal Bb5b6,Bb6b7][%mdl 32]} Nf5 50. Bf2 Rb8 51. Rc7 Rd2 52. b7 Nd6 53. Ree7 Rb2 54. Rg7+ Kf8 55. Rxh7 {[%cal Rh7h8]} Kg8 56. Rcg7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kf8 57. Rxg6 {aiming for Rh8+.} Nf7 58. Kg3 Rb5 59. c4 {White mates.} Ra5 60. Bb6 Rf5 61. Kg4 {Accuracy: White = 86%, Black = 49%.} 1-0

[Event "Stepan Avagyan Memorial 2020"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2020.07.12"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Petrosyan, Manuel"]
[Black "Mikaelyan, Arman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2020.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. b3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Bb2 Bd6 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Qe2 c5 11. Ne5 Qe7 12. Rad1 Rfd8 13. f4 Nf8 14. f5 a6 15. Ndf3 Ne4 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Nd4 Bxd4 18. exd4 exf5 19. Rxf5 Nd6 20. Rf2 f6 21. Ba3 Qe6 22. Ng4 Qxe2 23. Rxe2 Ne4 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. d5 f5 26. Ne3 g6 27. g4 f4 28. Nc2 Bc8 29. Rxe4 Bxg4 30. Rd2 Ne6 31. h4 Bf5 32. Re5 Nc5 33. Nd4 Bg4 34. Nc6 Re8 35. Rd4 Rf8 36. Re7 Bd7 37. Bxc5 bxc5 38. Rde4 Bxc6 39. dxc6 Rf7 40. c7 Kg7 41. Rxf7+ Kxf7 42. Re5 Rc8 43. Rxc5 Ke7 44. Kf2 Kd6 45. b4 a5 46. Rxa5 Rxc7 47. c5+ Ke5 48. Kf3 h6 49. c6+ Kd4 50. b5 g5 51. Ra8 Kc5 52. a4 Rg7 53. Rd8 Kb6 54. hxg5 hxg5 55. Kg4 Rf7 56. Rd3 Ra7 57. Rc3 Ra8 58. c7 Rc8 59. Kxg5 f3 60. Rxf3 Rxc7 61. Rf6+ Kb7 62. Kf5 Rc5+ 63. Ke6 Kc7 64. Rf5 Rc1 65. a5 Rb1 66. Rf7+ Kb8 67. b6 Rd1 68. a6 Re1+ 69. Kd5 Rd1+ 70. Kc4 Rc1+ 71. Kd3 Rd1+ 72. Kc2 Rd8 73. Kc3 Rh8 74. Re7 Rh3+ 75. Kc4 Rh4+ 76. Kd5 Rh5+ 77. Kd6 Rh6+ 78. Re6 Rh8 79. Kd7 1-0

[Event "Stepan Avagyan Memorial 2020"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2020.07.12"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Harutyunian, Tigran K."]
[Black "Gharibyan, Mamikon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2020.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,156,17,12,17,0,0,0,0,0,29,22,30,0,0,0,0,-11,0,-11,0,-1,0,-47,-51,-73,-63,-81,-71,-55,-80,-54,29,-69,-52,-245,-245,-250,-264,-251,-218,-344,-334,-369,-383,-378,-379,-383,-373,-349,-369,-412,-410,-424,-409,-534,-534,-557,-553,-570,-570,-604,-612,-614,-471,-466,0,-295,0,-62,-52,-62,0,-26,0,-43,-48,-50,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-425,-102,-1466,-1358,-1334,-1349,-1997,-2111,-1875,-1718,-3008,-2445,-1849,-755,-1190,-1240,-1143,-1188,-974,-1005,-803,-274,-1250,-958,-753,-299,-317,-301,-245,0,-926,0,0,0,-860,-8,-8,-8,-149,0,0,0,-94,-8,-632,-555,-1221,-1181,-1717,-1648,-29989,-29990,-29990,-29991,-29991,-29989,-29989,-29990,-29990,-29990]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e5 Ne4 6. Nf3 ({Reject} 6. Nxe4 dxe4 7. Qa4+ Nc6 $15) 6... Bf5 {A18: English Opening: Flohr-Mikenas System (1 c4 Nf6 2 Nc3 e6 3 e4).} 7. d3 (7. d4 {with more complications.} Bb4 8. Bd2 Nc6 9. Bb5 O-O 10. O-O) 7... Nxc3 8. bxc3 c5 {The position is equal.} 9. d4 Qa5 10. Bd2 {Black must now prevent c4.} Nc6 11. Be2 (11. c4 $5 {[%cal Rd2a5]} Qd8 12. Qb3 $14) 11... Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. a4 Rac8 {[#]} 14. Qb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Ra2 a6 15. Rb2 c4 16. Ne1 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Bg4 Bxg4 19. Qxg4 h5 20. Qxh5 {½-½ (37) Nakamura,H (2769)-Ding,L (2791) Stavanger 2018}) 14... c4 15. Qb2 Qb6 16. Qa2 Na5 17. Bg5 Bxg5 $1 18. Nxg5 Nb3 19. Rae1 h6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is really pushing.} 20. g4 Qg6 (20... Bd7 $15 21. Nh3 Qa5) 21. f4 (21. gxf5 $11 Qxg5+ 22. Kh1) 21... Bd7 $15 22. Nf3 $2 (22. Nh3 $1 $15) 22... Qxg4+ $19 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 23. Kh1 Qxf4 24. Bd1 Bf5 25. Qg2 (25. Bc2 $142 Bh3 26. Rf2) 25... Be4 26. Bc2 Nd2 27. Bxe4 Nxf1 ({Not} 27... Nxe4 28. Ng1 $19) 28. Bb1 Ne3 29. Qe2 Nf5 30. Ng1 Ne7 31. Qc2 {[%csl Gb1][%cal Rc2h7]} g6 32. Qg2 Rc6 33. Nh3 Qh4 34. Rf1 Rb6 35. Bc2 Rb2 36. Nf4 Qg5 37. Qf2 Rd8 $2 {[#]} (37... Ra2 $19 38. Qe2 Qh4) 38. h4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (38. Ne6 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512] and White has nothing to worry.} fxe6 39. h4) 38... Qg4 $2 {[#]} ({Black should try} 38... Rxc2 $1 $19 39. hxg5 (39. Qxc2 Qg3) 39... Rxf2 40. Rxf2 hxg5) 39. Nd3 (39. Nxg6 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]} Qh3+ (39... Nxg6 40. Qxf7+) 40. Kg1 Qg4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 41. Kh1 Qxg6 42. Rg1 Qxg1+ 43. Kxg1) 39... Qh3+ $1 $15 40. Kg1 Qg4+ (40... Qxf1+ $5 41. Qxf1 cxd3 42. Bxd3 Rb6 $17) 41. Kh1 Qh3+ 42. Kg1 {[#]} Qxf1+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 43. Qxf1 Rxc2 44. Nb4 $1 {[%cal Rb4c2]} Rxc3 45. Qf6 Rc1+ 46. Kh2 Re8 47. e6 fxe6 48. Qxe6+ Kf8 $1 {Threatens to win with ...Ng8.} 49. h5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (49. Qf6+ $11 Kg8 50. Qe6+ Kf8 51. Qf6+ Kg8 52. Qe6+) 49... Rf1 $2 (49... Nf5 $1 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top.} 50. Qf6+ Kg8 51. Qxg6+ Ng7) 50. hxg6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (50. Nxd5 $17 Nxd5 51. Qxd5) 50... Nxg6 $1 $19 51. Qd6+ (51. Qxg6 Re2+) 51... Kg7 52. Nxd5 Re2+ 53. Kg3 Rf7 54. Qc5 h5 55. Qxc4 Re4 (55... h4+ $142 56. Kh3 Ref2) 56. Qc2 Rg4+ 57. Kh2 Nh4 58. Ne3 Nf3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 59. Kh3 {[#]} Rg5 $2 (59... Re4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 60. Qc3 (60. Qxe4 Ng5+) 60... Nxd4) 60. d5 $2 (60. Qc8) 60... Ng1+ 61. Kh2 Kh6 $2 (61... h4 62. Kh1 Nf3 63. Qb2+ Kg6 64. Qc2+ Kh6) 62. Qc8 Nf3+ 63. Kh3 Kg7 $2 (63... Kh7 $19 64. Qe6 Kg7) 64. d6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (64. Qc2 $11) 64... Ng1+ $2 ({Black should play} 64... Rf4 $1 $19 {[%csl Gf3][%cal Rf4h4]} 65. Qc3+ Kh7 66. Qc2+ Kh6) 65. Kh4 $11 Nf3+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (65... Rg6 $11 66. Kxh5 Rh6+ 67. Kg4 Rg6+ 68. Kh5 Ne2) 66. Kh3 $19 {[#]} Ne5 $2 (66... Rf4 $1 $19 {[%csl Gf3][%cal Rf4h4]} 67. Qc3+ Kh7 68. Qd3+ Kg7 69. Qc3+ Kh7 70. Qd3+ Kh6 71. Nf5+ Rgxf5) 67. Kh4 $11 Rg6 {Black wants to play ...Nf3+.} 68. Qc3 (68. Nf5+ $1 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.} Kh7 69. Kh3) 68... Kf6 ({Better is} 68... Re6 $17 {Strongly threatening ...Kh6.} 69. Kg5 Kh7 70. Qc2+ Ng6) 69. Qd4 Rg1 {aiming for ...Rfg7.} 70. Kh3 (70. d7 $11 {keeps the balance.} Rh1+ 71. Kg3 Rg7+ 72. Kf2 Rh2+ 73. Kf1 Rh1+ 74. Kf2 Rh2+ 75. Kf1 Rh1+ 76. Kf2) 70... Rg5 (70... Rfg7 $17 {[%cal Rg1h1]} 71. Kh2 (71. Qf4+ Ke6 $15) 71... R1g5) 71. Kh4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (71. Nc4 $11 Rd7 72. Nxe5 Rxe5 73. Qxa7) 71... Kg6 $19 {( -> ...Nf3+)} 72. Qe4+ Kh6 73. d7 {[#]} Rf4+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Double Attack} 74. Kh3 (74. Qxf4 Ng6+) 74... Rxe4 {Black mates.} 75. Nf5+ Rxf5 76. d8=Q Rf3+ 77. Kg2 Rg4+ 78. Kh2 Ng6 {Accuracy: White = 44%, Black = 66%.} 0-1

[Event "Stepan Avagyan Memorial 2020"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2020.07.12"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Sargsyan, Shant"]
[Black "Sargsyan, Anna M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2020.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,138,12,0,0,0,1,4,2,14,10,12,14,35,0,0,0,10,14,5,8,60,60,60,63,60,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,8,10,4,8,-31,-18,-19,-11,-46,-15,-8,0,-35,-11,-39,-8,-110,0,-24,0,0,0,-27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-204,-113,-109,-110,-133,-46,-31,-32,-136,-31,-253,-251,-237,-222,-225,-222,-244,-222,-233,-220,-332,-254,-422,-468,-683,-529,-734,-675,-898,-898,-29975,-29969,-29989,-29989]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 f5 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Re1 {C83: Open Ruy Lopez: 9 c3 Be7.} Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 $1 15. Nf1 {The position is equal.} Bc5 $1 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Rxe3 {[#]} d4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Re8 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Ng3 Bg6 20. Bxg6 Qxg6 21. a4 Re8 22. Qf1 Rb8 23. axb5 axb5 {1-0 (32) Krabbe,W-Rehmann,M Germany 1995}) 18. cxd4 Bxf3 19. Rxf3 Nxd4 20. Rd3 {And now b4 would win.} c5 {[#]} 21. b4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nd5 (21... Qe8 $1 $11) (21... cxb4 22. Rxd4) 22. Bb3 $1 $14 ({Reject} 22. bxc5 Nf4 $11) 22... Kh8 $1 {...Nf4 is the strong threat.} 23. Bxd5 $1 ({And not} 23. bxc5 Nf4 $17) 23... Qxd5 24. bxc5 (24. Qd2 $1 $14 Rae8 25. Ng3) 24... Rad8 $11 {next ...Ne2+! is good for Black.} 25. Rd2 Qxc5 26. Rc1 Qg5 {aiming for ...Nf3+.} 27. Qg4 Qxg4 28. hxg4 h6 29. f3 a5 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5a4,Ba4a3][%mdl 32]} 30. Kf2 Ne6 31. Rc6 Nf4 32. Kg3 Nd5 33. Rb2 b4 34. Rc5 a4 35. Rc4 a3 36. Rb3 $1 Rd7 37. Rd4 Rfd8 38. Kf2 Kg8 39. Kg1 (39. f4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 39... Kf7 (39... Nc3 $17 40. Rdxb4 Rd3) 40. Ng3 Ke6 41. Re4+ Kd6 42. Rc4 Rc7 43. Nf5+ $1 Kd7 44. Rd4 $1 {[%cal Rd4d5]} Kc6 45. Ne3 Rb7 46. Rbd3 {[%cal Re3d5]} Rb5 47. Nc2 Rdb8 48. Re4 Rc5 49. Nd4+ Kb7 50. Nb3 Rb5 51. Nd4 Rc5 {Strongly threatening ...Nc3.} 52. Ne6 Rb5 {With the idea ...Nc3.} 53. Nxg7 $2 (53. Nd4 $11 {and White stays safe.} Rc5) 53... b3 ({Black should play} 53... Nc3 $1 $19 {[%cal Rc3e4]} 54. Re7+ Ka6) 54. axb3 $17 {Threatens to win with Ra4.} a2 $1 {[%cal Ra2a1]} 55. Re1 {[#]} Ra8 (55... Nb4 $1 $17 {[%cal Rb4d3]} 56. Rd2 Ra8) 56. Ra1 $1 $15 Nb4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 57. Rd2 (57. Rd7+ $15 Kc6 58. Rd2) 57... Rc5 ({Black should try} 57... Rd5 $17 58. Re2 Rd3) 58. Nf5 $2 {[#] Now White is beyond hope.} ({White must play} 58. Ne6 $1 $15 Rcc8 59. Nd4) 58... Nc2 $1 $19 {[%cal Rc2a1]} 59. Rxa2 Rxa2 60. Nxh6 Rb2 61. Nf7 Rxb3 62. g5 Ne3 63. g4 (63. Kf2 $142) 63... Nd5 64. g6 $2 (64. Nd8+ {was called for.} Kc8 65. Ne6 Rc1+ 66. Kf2) 64... Rxf3 65. g7 (65. Nd8+ $142 Kb6 66. Ne6) 65... Rg3+ 66. Kh2 Rxg4 {( -> ...Ne3)} 67. Nd6+ Kc7 68. Ne4 Rc6 {[%cal Rc6h6]} 69. Kh3 Rxg7 {Accuracy: White = 65%, Black = 75%.} 0-1

[Event "Stepan Avagyan Memorial 2020"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2020.07.13"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Sargsyan, Anna M."]
[Black "Martirosyan, Haik M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2020.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,62,17,22,35,16,36,24,30,34,25,20,32,33,30,17,43,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-79,-85,-95,-99,-298,-285,-266,-260,-439,-410,-564,-547,-1100,-1072,-967,-884,-1426,-1383]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. b3 Be7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Rc1 dxc4 {D46: Semi-Slav: 5 e3 Nbd7 6 Bd3, Black avoids the Meran.} 11. bxc4 c5 12. d5 exd5 {White has an edge.} 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 16. Qxd5 Bf6 17. Rc4 {[#]} Kg8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Ne5 18. Qe4+ Ng6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. h4 Rfe8 21. Qc2 Kg8 22. Ng5 Rad8 23. Rg4 Rd5 {½-½ (57) Khurtsilava,I (2120)-Hlgatian,G (2115) Tbilisi 1993}) 18. Qh5 Bxb2 19. Rh4 {[%csl Gh4][%cal Rh5h8]} f6 $1 {Threatens to win with ...Ne5.} 20. Rd1 Qe8 {And now ...Qxh5 would win.} 21. Qh7+ Kf7 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Ne5.} 22. Qf5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Ke7 {White must now prevent ...Ne5.} 23. Rg4 {[#]} (23. Qe4+ $1 $11 {remains equal.} Be5 24. Rh7) 23... Rd8 $1 $17 {Hoping for ...Qf7.} (23... Kd8 $2 24. Qd5 $18) 24. Rxg7+ Rf7 25. Qe4+ $2 {This move loses the game for White.} (25. Rxf7+ $17 Qxf7 26. Qd3) 25... Ne5 $19 26. Rxf7+ Kxf7 27. Ng5+ $2 (27. Rxd8 {is a better defense.} Qxd8 28. Nxe5+ Bxe5 29. g4) 27... Ke7 {[%cal Rd8d1]} ({But not} 27... Kf8 $2 28. Rxd8 Qxd8 29. Ne6+ Ke8 30. Nxd8 $18) 28. Qh7+ {[#]} Qf7 $1 {[%cal Rd8d1][%mdl 512] Black is clearly winning.} 29. Rxd8 (29. Nxf7 Rxd1#) 29... Qxh7 30. Nxh7 Kxd8 31. Nxf6 Nf3+ {Accuracy: White = 38%, Black = 100%.} 0-1

[Event "Stepan Avagyan Memorial 2020"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2020.07.13"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Gharibyan, Mamikon"]
[Black "Sargsyan, Shant"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2020.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,100,25,20,16,17,20,13,12,0,0,8,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,13,13,7,6,4,8,16,14,12,13,18,0,22,16,39,48,42,0,0,0,4,7,12,0,61,0,0,0,0,-107,-104,-106,-101,-107,-114,-118,-90,-242,-251,-241,-91,-69,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,0,-927,-889,-29992,-29993,-29993,-29994,-29994,-29995]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Bf5 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4).} 8. e3 Nbd7 9. Qb3 Ba5 {The position is equal.} 10. Be2 c6 $1 11. O-O ({Reject} 11. Qxb7 Rb8 $17) 11... Qb6 12. Nd2 O-O 13. Bg3 {[#]} Rfe8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Bb4 14. h3 Be7 15. Rac1 Qxb3 16. Nxb3 a5 17. Nd2 Rfc8 18. Bf3 Nf8 19. Na4 N6d7 20. Rfd1 Ne6 21. e4 dxe4 22. Nxe4 Ng5 23. Nxg5 {½-½ (23) Fernandez Medina,E (2282)-Buchaillot,L (2204) ICCF email 2017}) 14. Rfd1 Bb4 15. Na4 Qa5 16. Nc3 c5 {White must now prevent ...cxd4.} 17. a3 Bxc3 $1 18. Qxc3 Qxc3 19. bxc3 c4 20. a4 a5 21. Ra2 Re6 22. Rda1 Raa6 (22... Bd3 $5 {[%cal Rd3e2]} 23. Bf3 Rb6 $11) 23. Kf1 Ne4 24. Nxe4 Bxe4 25. Bg4 f5 26. Be2 g5 27. Rd2 Rac6 28. Raa2 Rb6 (28... Bd3 $11) 29. Rab2 (29. Bc7 $1 $14 Rb1+ 30. Rd1) 29... Rxb2 $11 30. Rxb2 Nb6 31. Ra2 (31. Bc7 $11 {remains equal.} Nxa4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 32. Rxb7) 31... f4 $1 $17 {[%cal Rf4g3]} 32. exf4 Bd3 $1 33. Bxd3 cxd3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 34. Rd2 Nxa4 35. Rxd3 $2 (35. fxg5 $17 hxg5 36. Rxd3) 35... Nb2 $1 $19 {[%cal Rb2d3]} 36. Rd2 Nc4 (36... Rb6 $1 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top. Strongly threatening ...a4.} 37. fxg5 a4) 37. Ra2 $17 a4 ({Black should play} 37... g4 $15) 38. f5 $1 $11 {[%cal Rf5e6]} Ra6 39. Ke2 a3 40. Be5 Rb6 {And now ...Rb2+ would win.} 41. Kd3 Rb1 42. g4 Rc1 43. Bg3 Kf7 44. h4 Re1 45. hxg5 hxg5 46. Bc7 Ke8 47. f4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (47. Be5 $11) 47... Rd1+ $1 $19 48. Kc2 {[#]} Ne3+ $1 {Black mates.} 49. Kb3 Rb1+ 50. Ka4 Nc4 {Accuracy: White = 80%, Black = 90%.} 0-1

[Event "Stepan Avagyan Memorial 2020"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2020.07.13"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Mikaelyan, Arman"]
[Black "Harutyunian, Tigran K."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2020.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,90,13,8,4,0,3,0,14,7,25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-40,-32,-116,-102,-107,-95,-104,-102,-135,-102,-200,-155,-179,-131,-181,-157,-245,-252,-261,-252,-271,-268,-270,-259,-256,-260,-259,-261,-259,-254,-249,-221,-335,-335,-327,-321,-318,-318,-313,-311,-297,-279,-286,-285,-442,-425,-481,-475,-467,-472,-479,-458,-472,-468,-619,-615,-597,-583,-573,-566]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. a3 Be7 {E16: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Bb4+.} 9. b3 c5 10. Bb2 a5 {The position is equal.} 11. Ne5 {[#]} a4 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting novelty.} ({Predecessor:} 11... cxd4 12. Bxd4 Bc5 13. Bb2 Nc6 14. Nd3 Bd4 15. Qc2 Rc8 16. Rfd1 Qe7 17. Rac1 Rfd8 {½-½ (41) Sitorus,Y (2411)-Achilles,E (2442) ICCF email 2018}) 12. Rc1 axb3 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Qxb3 Nc6 15. Nd3 Na5 16. Qd1 d4 17. Nf3 {White is on the road to losing.} (17. Bxb7 $1 $15 Nxb7 18. Nf3) 17... Qd6 $17 18. Nxc5 bxc5 19. e3 {[%cal Re3d4]} e5 20. exd4 exd4 21. Re1 (21. Bc3 $17) 21... Qb6 22. Ba1 Qb3 23. Rb1 Qxa3 24. Qc1 (24. Bb2 $17 Qa2 25. Re2 Qxc4 26. Re5) 24... Qxc1 $19 25. Rexc1 Rfb8 26. Rb2 Be4 ({Not} 26... Nxc4 27. Rxb7 Rxb7 28. Nxd4 $15) 27. Nd2 Bxg2 28. Kxg2 Nd7 29. Rb5 Rxb5 30. cxb5 Rb8 31. Rb1 f5 32. g4 (32. h3 $142) 32... fxg4 33. Ne4 Rb6 34. Nxc5 Nxc5 35. Bxd4 Nab7 36. Be3 Kf7 37. Kg3 h5 38. Kf4 (38. f3 $142) 38... Rf6+ {Black is clearly winning.} 39. Ke5 Nd7+ 40. Kd4 Rd6+ 41. Kc3 Nb6 42. Bd4 Na5 43. Bc5 Na4+ 44. Kb4 Nxc5 45. Kxc5 Nb7+ {Accuracy: White = 57%, Black = 94%.} 0-1

[Event "Stepan Avagyan Memorial 2020"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2020.07.13"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Barseghyan, Armen Ar."]
[Black "Petrosyan, Manuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2020.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,86,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-15,-8,-15,-8,0,0,0,0,-31,-10,-22,-10,-7,0,-3,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,15,25,21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-196,-193,-272,-198,-208,-203,-337,-311,-675,-668,-757,-760,-755,-748,-1925,-1779,-1806,-1523,-1553,-1432]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. a4 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Be3 Nb4 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Ne5 {D27: Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical main line: 7 e4!? and 7 a4.} Bd7 13. Rfe1 Bc6 {[#]} 14. Nxc6 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 14. Bb3 Bd5 15. Nxd5 Nfxd5 16. Bd2 Rc8 17. Rac1 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Bg5 19. Be3 Nxe3 20. fxe3 {1-0 (60) Vanczak,A (2230)-Donka,P (2267) Hungary 2002}) 14... bxc6 15. Red1 a5 16. Bf4 Qb6 17. Be5 Rfd8 18. Rac1 Nd7 19. b3 Bf6 20. g3 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Qc5 22. Re1 Nb6 23. Nb1 (23. Na2 {looks sharper.} Nxa2 24. Qxa2 Qb4 25. Bf1 Rd2 26. Qb1) 23... Qe7 24. Red1 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rd8 26. Nc3 h6 27. Ne4 N4d5 28. Qd2 Qa7 29. Qd4 Qc7 30. f4 Rb8 31. Kh1 Nxc4 32. bxc4 Rb4 33. Qc5 Nb6 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 34. Nd6 $2 (34. Nf6+ $1 $11 gxf6 35. exf6) 34... Nxa4 $19 35. Qd4 (35. Qe3 $142) 35... Qb6 36. Qxb6 Nxb6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 37. Nb7 (37. c5 {was called for.} Nd5 38. Ra1) 37... Nxc4 38. Nd8 $2 (38. Nd6) 38... c5 {[%cal Bc6c5,Bc5d4][%mdl 32] Black is clearly winning.} 39. Rd7 Ne3 {[#] ( -> ...Rb1+)} 40. Kg1 Rd4 41. Rxd4 cxd4 42. Kf2 a4 43. Nc6 Nc2 {Accuracy: White = 62%, Black = 96%.} 0-1

[Event "Stepan Avagyan Memorial 2020"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2020.07.13"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Shahinyan, David"]
[Black "Davtyan, Artur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2020.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,88,0,-4,4,16,16,16,16,15,33,22,6,10,30,-7,37,37,61,80,82,75,74,94,125,143,142,129,211,129,115,76,75,0,0,0,0,0,0,-82,0,-186,-181,-182,-183,-205,-90,-111,-107,-118,-124,-157,-162,-150,-148,-218,-214,-209,-207,-152,-168,-163,0,-140,-30,-483,-486,-670,-453,-1105,-713,-1311,-1304,-2833,-2279,-29984,-29985]} 1. e4 c5 2. Be2 Nc6 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Qe1 Nf6 7. d3 O-O 8. Nc3 Nd4 {B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems.} 9. Bd1 Bg4 10. Nxd4 {Threatens to win with Nf3.} cxd4 {The position is equal.} 11. Ne2 Qb6 12. Kh1 Rac8 {[#]} 13. a4 $146 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} ({Predecessor:} 13. Ng1 Bxd1 14. Qxd1 Rc7 15. a4 a5 16. Ra3 Rfc8 17. Rf2 Rc5 18. b3 Qc7 19. Ra2 {0-1 (52) Barnes,L (1664)-Grant,A (2155) Hawick 2006}) 13... e5 14. a5 Qc7 15. c4 b5 16. cxb5 Qb7 {[#]} 17. b6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} axb6 18. a6 Qc6 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. Bg5 $1 {[%cal Rg5f6]} Bd7 (20... Ra8 $16) 21. Bb3 Be6 22. Rxf6 Bxf6 23. Ba4 (23. Bxf6 $16 {Hoping for Bd1.} Bxb3 24. Bxe5) 23... b5 $11 24. Bxf6 bxa4 25. Qh4 {[#] Qh6 would kill now.} Bg4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 26. Ng1 (26. Rf1 $1 $11 h5 27. Ng3) (26. Qxg4 Qxf6) 26... Qxa6 {[#]} ({Better is} 26... Rfe8 $17 27. a7 Bh5) 27. Bxe5 $2 (27. Rxa4 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512] and White stays safe.} Qd6 (27... Qxa4 28. Qh6) 28. Ra5) 27... f6 $19 28. Bxd4 Qxd3 29. Bxf6 Qxe4 (29... Rc4 $19 {is more deadly. ...Bc8 is the strong threat.} 30. Re1 Rxe4) 30. Re1 $17 Qf5 31. Re7 {[%csl Ge7][%cal Rh4h7]} Rf7 32. Rxf7 Kxf7 33. Bc3 g5 34. Qg3 (34. Qe1 $17) 34... Qf4 $1 $19 {[%cal Rf4g3]} 35. Qd3 {[#]} Bf5 $1 {[%cal Rf5d3]} 36. Qd5+ Be6 37. Qd3 Bf5 38. Qd5+ Kg6 (38... Ke7 $17 {White must now prevent ...Qe4.} 39. h3 {[#]} (39. Bb4+ Kf6 $17) 39... a3 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 39. Be5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (39. h3 $1 $11) 39... Qc4 40. Qb7 Qf7 41. Qb5 (41. Qb6+ $142 Qe6 42. Qe3) 41... Qe6 42. h3 Be4 43. Bc3 {[#]} a3 $1 {[%cal Ba4a3,Ba3b2][%mdl 32]} 44. Qa4 (44. bxa3 Rxc3) 44... axb2 {Never resign too early! Accuracy: White = 48%, Black = 65%.} 0-1

[Event "Stepan Avagyan Memorial 2020"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Martirosyan, Haik M."]
[Black "Davtyan, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2020.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,115,8,2,33,29,31,20,27,21,27,20,21,21,25,22,25,8,22,0,27,9,11,0,27,15,22,27,22,0,8,0,86,43,35,35,28,0,39,41,42,29,31,23,148,41,131,130,121,127,154,132,161,162,153,135,154,147,153,153,152,150,156,156,156,154,200,177,173,187,179,202,225,174,171,53,53,70,52,56,228,235,218,198,370,376,370,366,363,341,359,359,521,521,514,514,514,514,506,506,585,506,499,494,492,492,470,442]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 {C50: Hungarian Defence and Giuoco Pianissimo.} 7. Bg3 d6 8. a3 $5 {[%mdl 4] A promising side line.} O-O {The position is equal.} 9. O-O Be6 {[#] With the idea ...Bxc4.} 10. Bxe6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Nbd2 Qd7 11. c3 Rae8 12. b4 Bd8 13. Re1 Nh5 14. Qb3 Bg5 15. Rad1 Bxd2 16. Rxd2 Bxc4 17. Qxc4 {½-½ (31) David,A (2549)-Erdos,V (2619) Rio Achaea 2018}) 10... fxe6 11. Nbd2 Qe8 12. c3 Nh5 13. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Bf6 14. b5 Ne7 15. a4 Ng6 16. d4 Qf7 17. Nc4 {[%cal Rf3e5]} exd4 18. cxd4 a6 19. Qc2 axb5 20. axb5 d5 (20... Rxa1 $11 21. Rxa1 Ngf4) 21. Ne3 Ngf4 22. exd5 exd5 23. Ng4 Nxg3 24. hxg3 Rxa1 25. Rxa1 Ne6 26. Rd1 Qe8 (26... Ng5 $11) 27. Qe2 ({White has to play} 27. Qf5 $16 Qd7 28. Re1) 27... Ng5 (27... Qd7 $14) 28. Nxf6+ $16 gxf6 29. Qc2 Qf7 30. Rc1 Ne6 31. Qf5 Rd8 32. Re1 Ng7 33. Qf4 h5 34. Nh4 Re8 35. Ra1 Ne6 36. Qd2 Ng5 37. Ra7 b6 38. Qc2 Ne6 39. Nf5 {[#] aiming for Nh6+.} Qd7 40. Ne3 {Strongly threatening Qg6+.} Kg7 41. Qf5 Rd8 42. Qxh5 ({Better is} 42. Ra4 $18) 42... Nxd4 $14 43. Ra4 Rh8 44. Qd1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Ne6 $2 {Loses the game.} ({Black should play} 44... Nxb5 $14 45. Nxd5 c6 46. Qg4+ Qxg4 47. Rxg4+ Kf7 48. Nxb6 Rb8) 45. Rg4+ $18 ({Don't take} 45. Nxd5 $6 Rd8 $16) (45. Qxd5 Qxd5 46. Nxd5 Rh5 $11) 45... Kf7 46. Qd3 {Black must now prevent Qg6+.} ({Weaker is} 46. Qxd5 Qxd5 47. Nxd5 Rh5 $15) (46. Nxd5 $2 Rd8 $17) 46... Ng5 $2 (46... Rh6 {keeps fighting.} 47. Nxd5 Qd6) 47. Rd4 c6 48. bxc6 Qxc6 49. Rxd5 {Threatens to win with Rd7+.} ({Not} 49. Nxd5 Qc1+ 50. Qd1 Qxd1+ 51. Rxd1 Rd8 $16) 49... Qc1+ 50. Nf1 {And now Rd7+ would win.} Re8 (50... Kg7 {was called for.} 51. Rd7+ Nf7) 51. Rd7+ {White is clearly winning.} Re7 52. Qd5+ Kf8 53. Qd6 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Qc5 {Black hopes to continue with ...Qxd6.} 54. Qxf6+ Ke8 55. Rxe7+ Qxe7 56. Qxb6 Kf7 57. Ne3 Ne6 58. Qb1 {Accuracy: White = 83%, Black = 59%.} 1-0

[Event "Stepan Avagyan Memorial 2020"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Petrosyan, Manuel"]
[Black "Shahinyan, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2020.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 29,155,54,58,63,77,55,45,50,53,55,85,50,72,64,64,36,74,45,48,30,74,79,70,70,132,118,127,131,168,102,140,131,141,61,144,157,160,154,154,170,145,146,163,128,128,128,128,128,128,128,148,148,159,158,236,236,236,236,236,236,1687,1741,1756,1745,1730,1687,1479,1477,1687,510,535,373,1875,372,12842,12834,29942,12847,12850,12850,12515,2707,29946,29949,29950,29957,5952,5279,29958,29958,29960,29961,29960,29961,29967,29968,29968,29970,29970,29970,29971,29970,29970,29970,29973,29971,29971,29972,29972,29972,29973,29974,29973,29975,29974,29976,29977,29978,29978,29977,29977,29978,29980,29981,29981,29982,29982,29983]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nc6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 a5 13. Rab1 Nd7 14. Bf2 Nc5 15. b3 Qc7 16. Nd5 {B38: Sicilian: Maroczy Bind with 5...Bg7 and 7...0-0.} Bxd5 17. exd5 Rfc8 18. Rfe1 {White is slightly better.} Bf6 19. Bf1 Qd8 {[#]} 20. f4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 20. Kh1 Qf8 21. Rbc1 Qg7 22. Rc2 Rc7 23. g3 a4 24. b4 Nb3 25. axb3 axb3 26. Rcc1 {0-1 (39) Petrik,T (2529)-Kanovsky,D (2471) Slovakia 2010}) 20... Qf8 21. g3 Qg7 22. Qe3 Rc7 23. Kg2 Bc3 24. Red1 Na6 25. a3 {[%cal Ba2a3,Ba3b4][%mdl 32]} Nc5 26. b4 axb4 (26... Na4 $1 $14) 27. axb4 $16 Na4 28. Rb3 Bf6 29. Rc1 (29. Rd2 $18) 29... Qf8 30. Rc2 Qc8 31. Ra2 (31. c5 $16) 31... Rxc4 ({Black should play} 31... b5 $14) 32. Bxc4 Qxc4 33. b5 Rc8 34. Qd3 Qxd3 35. Rxd3 Rc4 36. b6 Rb4 {[#]} 37. Raa3 $1 Nxb6 38. Bxb6 Rxb6 {[#]} 39. Rdb3 $1 {[%cal Rb3b6]} Rxb3 40. Rxb3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KB} h5 41. Rxb7 e6 (41... g5 $16 42. Rb8+ Kh7) 42. Rd7 $18 exd5 43. Rxd6 Bb2 44. Rxd5 f5 $2 (44... Ba3 45. Kf3 Kg7) 45. Rd7 Ba3 46. Rc7 Bb2 47. Rc4 Kf7 48. Kf3 Kg7 49. h4 Kf7 50. Ke3 Kg7 $2 (50... Ke6 51. Rc2 Bf6) 51. Rc7+ $2 (51. Rc2 Ba3 52. Rc4) 51... Kg8 $2 (51... Kf6 52. Rc4 Ke6 53. Rc6+ Kf7) 52. Kd3 Bf6 53. Kc4 Bb2 54. Kd5 Ba1 55. Ke6 Bd4 56. Rd7 Bc3 57. Rd3 Bb2 58. g4 fxg4 59. f5 {White mates.} gxf5 60. Kxf5 Kf7 61. Kg5 Ke6 62. Kxh5 Kf5 63. Rg3 Bc1 64. Rxg4 Kf6 65. Rc4 Bd2 66. Rc6+ Kg7 67. Rg6+ Kf7 68. Rg2 Bc1 69. Re2 Kg7 70. Rf2 Be3 71. Rg2+ Kf6 72. Kg4 Bc1 73. Kf3 Kf5 74. h5 Bg5 75. Rg4 Bc1 76. Rg6 Bb2 77. Ra6 Bf6 78. h6 {Accuracy: White = 84%, Black = 56%.} 1-0

[Event "Stepan Avagyan Memorial 2020"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Harutyunian, Tigran K."]
[Black "Barseghyan, Armen Ar."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2020.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,133,16,15,0,1,9,22,0,14,0,0,-47,18,-31,31,24,24,27,22,22,40,7,37,29,44,32,90,54,50,12,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,14,0,-60,-59,-64,-52,-50,-19,-19,-19,-19,-19,-19,-19,-22,-18,-19,-26,-19,-12,-12,-10,-26,-26,-26,-24,-22,-22,-27,0,0,0,0,0,0,104,42,71,71,491,497,532,525,525,524,471,501,720,715,696,548,708,702,700,693,693,670,1718,1662,545,1582,804,532,712,691,6528,5539,29974,29975,29983,29984,29984,29985,29985,29986]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 c5 4. dxc5 Qa5 5. a3 Qxc5 6. b4 Qc7 7. Bb2 Bg7 8. e3 O-O 9. c4 d6 10. Be2 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Nd4 {A48: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6: Torre, London and Colle Systems.} Nbd7 13. Nb5 Qb8 14. Qb3 {The position is equal.} a6 15. Nc3 {[#]} Bc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... e6 16. Rad1 Rd8 17. e4 Ne5 18. f4 Neg4 19. Ncb1 b5 20. Bxg4 Nxg4 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 {1-0 (43) Nogueiras Santiago,J (2550)-Hernandez Onna,R (2430) Matanzas 1992}) 16. Nd5 Re8 (16... Nxd5 $1 $15 17. Bxg7 Nxe3 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 18. Bxf8 Nxf1) 17. Nf3 e5 (17... Nxd5 $1 $15 18. cxd5 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Bxb2) 18. Nc3 (18. Rac1 {is interesting.} a5 19. Nc3 Qb7 20. h3 Bf8 21. Kh2) 18... Ne4 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. Rfd1 Bc6 21. Rac1 h6 22. Nd2 {[%cal Bf3d2,Bd2b1,Bb1c3][%mdl 32]} Qb7 23. Bf1 b5 (23... Red8 $14) 24. Nb1 Bf8 25. Nc3 Nf6 26. Rd2 Rac8 27. f3 Qb6 28. Re1 h5 29. Kh1 Bd7 30. cxb5 axb5 31. e4 ({Better is} 31. Qd1 $11) 31... Bh6 $15 32. Rdd1 Be6 33. Qc2 Red8 (33... d5 $5 34. exd5 Nxd5 35. Nxd5 Bxd5 $11) 34. Bc1 Bxc1 $1 35. Rxc1 d5 36. exd5 Nxd5 37. Nxd5 Rxd5 38. Qb2 Rxc1 39. Qxc1 Qf2 {[#] Hoping for ...Rd2.} 40. Re2 Qd4 41. h3 Bf5 42. Re1 Kg7 43. Qe3 h4 (43... Kf6 {looks sharper.} 44. Kg1 Qxe3+ 45. Rxe3 h4 46. Kf2 Kg5) 44. Kg1 f6 45. Kf2 g5 46. Qxd4 exd4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 47. Rc1 d3 {[#]} (47... Kf8 $11) 48. Ke3 ({White should play} 48. Rc5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rc5d5]} Rxc5 49. bxc5) 48... d2 49. Rd1 Rd7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Now Black is done in.} (49... Kf7 $16 {is tougher.}) 50. Bxb5 $18 Rc7 51. Rxd2 Rc3+ 52. Kd4 Rxa3 53. Bc4 Kf8 54. b5 {[%cal Bb4b5,Bb5b6][%mdl 32]} Ke7 55. Kc5 Rc3 56. b6 {Strongly threatening b7.} Be6 57. Rd4 {b7 is the strong threat.} Bc8 58. Re4+ Kd8 59. Kb4 Rc1 60. Bb5 {[%csl Gb5][%cal Re4e8]} Rb1+ 61. Kc5 {[%csl Gb5][%cal Re4e8]} Rc1+ 62. Rc4 Rxc4+ 63. Bxc4 f5 64. Kd6 {White mates.} g4 65. hxg4 fxg4 66. fxg4 Bb7 67. Bd5 {Accuracy: White = 80%, Black = 60%.} 1-0

[Event "Stepan Avagyan Memorial 2020"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Sargsyan, Shant"]
[Black "Mikaelyan, Arman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2020.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,91,34,71,82,85,90,103,94,116,113,118,113,104,93,100,57,57,50,53,54,50,49,48,52,55,52,70,52,47,47,42,19,18,16,6,18,18,4,12,0,6,0,24,31,20,33,40,38,168,151,316,330,249,97,97,89,580,564,878,921,999,917,1954,1763,1196,1041,12835,12835,12836,12835,12835,12835,12832,12827,12834,12835,29984,29985]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bg2 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. O-O Bc5 {is now debated instead of 8...Be7.} 9. Nxc6 {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3.} bxc6 10. Qc2 $1 {[%cal Rc2c5]} Qb6 {[#]} 11. Nc3 $1 {[%cal Rc3a4] Threatens to win with Na4.White is better.} Bd6 12. Be3 {[#]} Qa6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Qc7 13. Rac1 Be6 14. Nb5 cxb5 15. Qxc7 Bxc7 16. Rxc7 O-O 17. Bxa7 Ne8 18. Re7 Nd6 {1-0 (47) Collutiis,D (2455)-Della Sala,B (2086) Bergamo 2016}) 13. Bd4 O-O 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. e4 d4 16. Rfd1 Qc4 {[%mdl 64] Pin} 17. b3 Qc5 {[%mdl 64] Pin} 18. Qd2 Bg4 19. Na4 Qh5 20. Rdc1 $1 c5 {[#]} 21. Nc3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rad8 (21... dxc3 22. Qxd6) 22. Nd5 Kg7 23. f4 Be6 24. Nxf6 {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender, Decoy} Kxf6 25. e5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg7 {And now ...Bc7 would win.} 26. exd6 Rxd6 27. Re1 {aiming for Re5.} f6 $1 28. Rac1 Rc8 29. Bf1 Qf3 30. Be2 Qb7 31. Bd3 Rc7 (31... h5 $14) 32. Qe2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Strongly threatening Qh5. White has strong initiative.} h6 $2 (32... Qd5 $16 {might work better.}) 33. Qh5 $18 {Black must now prevent Qg6+.} f5 34. Rxe6 $2 (34. Re5 $18 {has better winning chances.}) 34... Rxe6 $16 35. Qxf5 Qc6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (35... Qb6 $16 {is more resistant.}) 36. b4 $1 $18 Qe8 37. Qh7+ Kf8 38. Qxc7 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Re1+ 39. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 40. Bf1 Qe3+ 41. Kg2 Qe4+ 42. Kh3 Qe6+ 43. Kh4 Qf6+ 44. Kg4 Qe6+ 45. f5 h5+ {[#]} 46. Kg5 $1 {Accuracy: White = 88%, Black = 58%.} 1-0

[Event "Stepan Avagyan Memorial 2020"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Sargsyan, Anna M."]
[Black "Gharibyan, Mamikon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2020.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,125,20,14,10,16,15,0,16,10,22,5,-1,-39,-6,-8,-6,-34,-6,-36,-26,-27,0,-41,34,44,47,39,54,41,56,0,0,0,102,113,153,166,162,128,107,110,143,111,181,176,176,140,134,135,135,147,177,176,172,183,184,37,45,40,43,43,64,62,46,38,28,35,54,30,62,41,87,94,150,60,142,56,62,52,142,37,259,211,234,222,244,245,241,239,258,243,215,220,232,8,8,0,8,8,1584,1447,1158,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a5 {Recently 6...h6 got a lot of attention. C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3.} 7. Re1 h6 8. d4 Bb6 9. h3 O-O 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. Na3 Re8 12. d5 Ne7 {[#]} 13. Bf1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Bxd7 Nxd7 14. Nc4 f5 15. Nxb6 Nxb6 16. exf5 Nxf5 17. Qd3 Qf6 18. Nd2 Qf7 19. c4 {1-0 (50) Haddouche,M (2462)-Sarwat,W (2314) Monastir 2013}) 13... Ng6 14. Nc4 Bc5 15. a4 Qb8 16. Qd2 Nh5 (16... c6 $15) 17. b4 $14 axb4 18. cxb4 Ba7 19. b5 $1 Bc5 20. Bb2 (20. Qc3 $14) 20... Ng3 $11 21. Bd3 $1 Qc8 (21... Nh5 $1 $11) 22. Ba3 $16 {Bxc5 is the strong threat.} Bxa3 23. Rxa3 (23. Nxa3 $6 Nh5 $11) 23... Nh5 24. Rc1 Qd8 {[#]} 25. b6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} cxb6 26. Qb4 Nhf4 (26... Ngf4 $16 {was called for.}) 27. Bf1 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is on the roll.} (27. Qxd6 $6 Rxa4 28. Bf1 Rxa3 $11) (27. Nxb6 $6 Nxd3 28. Rxd3 Ra6 $14) 27... f5 28. Nxb6 (28. Nxd6 $6 fxe4 29. Nd2 (29. Nxe4 Nxd5 30. Bc4 Bc6 $11) (29. Qxe4 Qe7 $14) 29... Rf8 $16) 28... fxe4 29. Nd2 Nd3 30. Qxd6 Nxc1 31. Qxg6 Bf5 32. Qxf5 Qxb6 33. Nxe4 (33. a5 $1 $18 {[%cal Ra5b6]} Qd4 34. Nxe4) 33... Rf8 $14 34. Qe6+ Qxe6 35. dxe6 {Hoping for Bb5.} Rfc8 $1 36. Bb5 Kf8 $1 {[%cal Rf8e7] next ...Ke7 is good for Black.} 37. Rf3+ Ke7 38. Rf7+ Kxe6 39. Rxg7 Kd5 40. f3 Kd4 41. Rxb7 Rc2 (41... Rd8 $142) 42. Rd7+ $1 $16 Ke3 43. Nf6 (43. Ng3 $1 $16) 43... Ne2+ $14 44. Kh2 {Threatens to win with Ng4+.} h5 ({Better is} 44... Nd4 $1 $14) 45. Rd5 (45. Nxh5 $6 Nd4 $11) (45. Rd3+ $1 $16 Kf4 46. h4 (46. Nxh5+ Kg5 $16)) 45... Nf4 $2 ({Black should play} 45... e4 $14) 46. Rxe5+ $18 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kf2 47. Ne4+ ({But not} 47. Nxh5 $2 Nxg2 48. Re4 Rh8 $19) 47... Ke1 48. Nc3+ $1 Kd2 49. Ne2 $1 {[%cal Re2f4]} Nxe2 50. Rxe2+ Kc3 {[#]} 51. Rxc2+ $1 Kxc2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#] KR-KB} 52. h4 $2 (52. g4 $1 $18) 52... Kd2 $1 $11 53. Bc6 Ra5 54. g4 {Strongly threatening g5.} hxg4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (54... Ke3 $11) 55. fxg4 $18 Rc5 56. Bb5 $2 ({White must play} 56. Bg2 $18 Ke3 57. Kg3) 56... Ke3 $11 {The position is equal.} 57. Kg3 Rc1 58. g5 {And now Kg4 would win.} Rg1+ 59. Kh2 Kf2 60. Bc6 Rg4 {[%cal Rg4h4]} 61. Kh3 Rg3+ 62. Kh2 Rg4 {[%cal Rg4h4]} 63. Kh3 {Accuracy: White = 65%, Black = 67%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Stepan Avagyan Memorial 2020"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Gharibyan, Mamikon"]
[Black "Martirosyan, Haik M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2020.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,107,0,0,0,0,-41,-41,-50,-30,-34,-28,-39,-39,-98,-47,-87,-30,-35,-32,-46,-49,-70,-17,-22,0,0,0,-32,-30,-13,-24,-20,12,41,79,75,70,74,71,33,75,23,62,75,75,75,75,69,68,30,19,37,47,34,85,97,149,58,95,0,129,139,129,145,112,68,86,78,60,68,61,52,51,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-944,-920,-874,-795,-1422,-1392,-12816,-12817,-29986,-29987,-29987,-29988,-29999]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Qa4+ Qd7 8. Qc2 {E12: Queen's Indian: Unusual White 4th moves, 4 a3, 4 Nc3 Bb7 5 a3 and 4 Nc3 Bb7 .} dxc4 9. Rd1 Bxf3 10. gxf3 {Black is slightly better.} Nc6 11. e3 Na5 {[#]} 12. Rg1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Ne4 Be7 14. Bxc4 Nxc4 15. Qxc4 c6 16. Ke2 {½-½ (16) Koziak,V (2483)-Staniszewski,P (2424) Opole 2006}) 12... c6 13. Bh3 (13. Ne4 $15) 13... O-O-O (13... g6 $17) 14. Ke2 Kb7 (14... g6 $17) 15. Bxf6 $11 Bxf6 16. f4 g6 17. Bg2 Be7 (17... Kb8 $15) 18. Ne4 Qc7 19. Nd2 b5 20. b3 cxb3 (20... Bxa3 21. bxc4 Kc8 22. cxb5 $18) 21. Nxb3 Nxb3 22. Qxb3 Qa5 23. Rb1 Rd5 24. Bxd5 exd5 25. a4 $36 {[%cal Ra4b5][%mdl 2048] White is in control.} b4 26. Rbc1 (26. h4 $5) 26... Re8 27. Rc2 (27. h4 $16) 27... Bf8 28. h4 Re6 29. h5 Qd8 30. hxg6 hxg6 31. Rh1 Qf6 32. Kf1 g5 33. fxg5 $1 Qf3 ({Better is} 33... Qxg5 $14 34. a5 Rg6) 34. Rh4 $1 $16 Rg6 (34... a5 $142) 35. Qd3 (35. Rc1 $1 $16) 35... Rxg5 36. Rf4 ({White should play} 36. Rc1 $1 $16) 36... Qh3+ {[#]} (36... Qh1+ $11 {keeps the balance.} 37. Ke2 Rg1 38. Rxf7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Be7) 37. Ke2 $1 f5 {[#]} 38. Rc1 $1 Qh5+ 39. Rf3 f4 $1 40. Qc2 c5 41. dxc5 fxe3 42. Qd3 exf2 43. Qb5+ ({White should try} 43. Kd2 $1 $14 Kc7 44. Rxf2 (44. Rxf8 Rg2 $11)) 43... Kc7 {White must now prevent ...Rg6.} 44. Qa5+ Kc8 45. Qa6+ Kd8 46. Qa5+ Kc8 47. Qa6+ Kd8 48. Qf6+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (48. Qa5+ $11 Kc8) 48... Be7 $19 49. Qf4 Re5+ 50. Kxf2 {[#]} b3 $1 {[%cal Bb4b3,Bb3b2][%mdl 544]} 51. Kg2 (51. Rxb3 Rf5) 51... b2 {( -> ...Qg5+)} 52. Rb1 Qg6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Black mates.} 53. Rg3 Qc2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 54. Kf3 Qe2# {Accuracy: White = 62%, Black = 70%.} 0-1

[Event "Stepan Avagyan Memorial 2020"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Mikaelyan, Arman"]
[Black "Sargsyan, Anna M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2020.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,69,26,12,33,-14,40,46,76,68,47,54,70,30,23,54,26,9,5,0,22,7,-12,-24,-21,-26,29,29,37,39,257,45,391,398,391,400,399,385,370,378,427,410,448,334,489,331,583,576,566,529,710,699,708,700,1699,1675]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c6 7. Rc1 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Qb6 {D93: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 5 Bf4 0-0 6 e3.} 10. b3 {[%cal Rc4d5] [#]} c5 $146 (10... Qa5 $11) ({Predecessor:} 10... Qa5 11. Bd3 Nbd7 12. O-O dxc4 13. bxc4 e5 14. Bh2 exd4 15. exd4 Rad8 16. Rfd1 Rfe8 {½-½ (25) Adler,H (1961)-Wittmann,K (2066) Mittelfranken 2007}) 11. cxd5 $14 cxd4 {White is slightly better.} 12. exd4 Qxd4 13. Bc4 Nbd7 14. Be3 (14. Nb5 {feels hotter.} Qb2 15. O-O a6 16. Nc7 Rab8 17. Qe3) 14... Qh4 15. g3 Qh5 $1 {[%cal Rh5f3]} 16. g4 Qh4 $1 17. Bf4 Rac8 18. O-O $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} h5 {[%cal Rh5g4]} 19. g5 Nh7 20. Ne4 $1 Be5 (20... Nc5 $142 21. Qg3 Qxg3+ 22. Nxg3 h4) 21. Bd2 $1 $11 f5 22. gxf6 $1 Nhxf6 $2 ({Better is} 22... Ndxf6 $14 23. Nxf6+ Kh8) 23. Rce1 $2 (23. Ng5 $18 Bh2+ {[%mdl 64] Decoy} 24. Kxh2 Ng4+ 25. Kg2 Rxf3 26. Nxf3) 23... Kh8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (23... Nxe4 $14 24. Qxe4 Qxe4 25. Rxe4 Bd6) 24. Bg5 $18 Nxe4 {[#]} 25. Qxf8+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxf8 26. Bxh4 Nd2 27. Bxe7 Rf4 28. Bb5 Nf6 29. Kg2 ({Weaker is} 29. Rxe5 Nf3+ 30. Kg2 Nxe5 $18) 29... Nf3 (29... Bd4 {keeps fighting.} 30. Bxf6+ Rxf6) 30. Re3 Nh4+ $2 {[#]} (30... Nxd5 {is a better defense.} 31. Rxf3 Nxe7 32. Rxf4 Bxf4) 31. Kh1 {White is clearly winning.} Bd4 32. d6 Nf5 33. Re6 Kg7 34. Rd1 Kf7 35. Bc4 {Accuracy: White = 70%, Black = 36%.} 1-0

[Event "Stepan Avagyan Memorial 2020"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Barseghyan, Armen Ar."]
[Black "Sargsyan, Shant"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2020.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,80,27,29,40,35,0,0,6,23,22,20,18,29,0,0,7,7,-1,-2,-16,-19,-2,-4,-18,-12,-39,-8,-12,0,-33,-33,-22,-21,-55,-57,-33,0,0,0,-27,-31,-43,-26,-66,-59,-88,-84,-62,-75,-72,-70,-423,-420,-563,-556,-523,-334,-477,-86,-227,-210,-211,-175,-577,-533,-694,-348,-29991,-29992,-29992,-29992,-29997,-29998]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Ne4 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 {A49: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6 3 g3: Anti-King's Indian systems.} d6 7. Nbd2 Nxd2 8. Bxd2 {The position is equal.} Nd7 $5 {[%mdl 4] Exploring less charted territory.} 9. Bc3 e5 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. e3 f5 12. b4 e4 13. Nd2 {[#]} c6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Nf6 14. b5 Bd7 15. Rab1 g5 16. Rfe1 Qf7 17. a4 Rae8 18. a5 Qg6 19. b6 axb6 20. axb6 {0-1 (51) Drygalov,S (2450)-Harutyunian,T (2532) Moscow 2019}) 14. b5 cxb5 15. cxb5 Nf6 16. Bb4 Be6 17. Rfc1 Qd7 18. a4 g5 19. Qb2 Rf7 20. Nc4 Bf8 21. Qa3 {[%cal Rc4d6]} Rd8 22. b6 Bxc4 23. Rxc4 axb6 24. Rcc1 f4 25. Qb3 d5 26. Bxf8 Rdxf8 27. Qxb6 {[#]} h5 $1 28. Rc3 h4 {...f3 is the strong threat.} 29. exf4 gxf4 30. f3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (30. gxf4 $15 Rg7 31. Kh1) 30... fxg3 $19 {Hoping for ...h3.} 31. hxg3 h3 32. Bf1 Rg7 33. f4 (33. Rac1 $142 Qf5 34. Qd6 exf3 35. Qe5 f2+ 36. Kh1 Qe4+ 37. Qxe4 Nxe4 38. Kh2) 33... Qf5 $2 (33... Qg4 $19 {And now ...Nh5 would win.} 34. Qb3 Qxf4 35. Bxh3 Qh6) 34. Qd6 {[#]} (34. Kh1 $17) 34... h2+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 35. Kh1 (35. Kxh2 e3) 35... Ng4 36. Ra2 $2 (36. Bg2) 36... e3 37. Rcc2 Re8 {( -> ...Qe4+)} 38. Bg2 $2 {[#]} (38. Qb4 $19) 38... e2 $1 {[%mdl 512] Black mates.} 39. Qxd5+ (39. Rxe2 Qb1+) 39... Kh8 40. Rxe2 Qb1+ {Accuracy: White = 40%, Black = 79%.} 0-1

[Event "Stepan Avagyan Memorial 2020"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Shahinyan, David"]
[Black "Harutyunian, Tigran K."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2020.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,126,-6,0,0,-4,-3,-15,13,-8,-20,-42,-41,-46,-7,-12,0,13,-3,-92,-44,-50,-50,-79,-92,-109,-110,-89,-89,-58,-56,-103,-87,-104,-96,-164,-177,-269,-171,-196,-69,-79,-62,-68,-67,-62,-61,-99,-104,-76,-93,-85,-88,-88,-34,-16,-24,-86,-8,-8,-8,-8,-7,-17,-8,-193,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-66,-78,-204,-183,-194,-41,-194,-193,-186,-167,-175,-156,-332,-330,-335,-340,-329,-311,-352,-353,-425,-438,-702,-698,-771,-750,-686,-639,-596,-519,-888,-806,-29959,-29959,-29964,-29965,-29965,-29965,-29973,-29979,-29979,-29980,-29980,-29981,-29981,-29982]} 1. e4 c5 2. Be2 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O d6 6. d3 e6 {B21: Sicilian: 2 f4 and Morra Gambit.} 7. c3 Nge7 8. Na3 Rb8 $5 {[%mdl 4] The position is equal. An interesting side line.} 9. Qe1 {[#]} b5 $146 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} ({Predecessor:} 9... O-O 10. Nc2 b5 11. Ne3 b4 12. g4 f5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. g5 bxc3 15. bxc3 d5 {0-1 (41) Doluhanova,E (2312)-Petrosyan,M (1920) Yerevan 2010}) 10. e5 O-O 11. Qf2 Nf5 12. g4 Nfe7 13. exd6 Qxd6 14. Ng5 (14. Be3 $11) 14... b4 15. Nc4 Qc7 16. f5 exf5 17. Bf4 Qd8 18. Bxb8 {aiming for Bd6.} Nxb8 19. gxf5 Bxf5 20. Rac1 bxc3 21. bxc3 {[#]} Nd5 $1 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 22. Ne4 (22. Qg3 $17 Nxc3 23. Rxc3 Qd4+ 24. Ne3 Qxc3 25. Nxf5 gxf5 26. Rxf5) 22... Nxc3 $19 23. Kh1 (23. Nxc3 $142 Bd4 24. Ne3 Qg5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 25. Kh1 Bxe3 26. Rg1 Qxg1+ 27. Kxg1 Bxf2+ 28. Kxf2) 23... Nxa2 ({Weaker is} 23... Nxe4 24. dxe4 Bxe4+ 25. Bf3 $17) 24. Rb1 Nc3 (24... Bh3 $19 25. Rfe1 Bd4) 25. Nxc3 $15 Bxc3 26. Qxc5 Bd4 27. Qd6 Be6 28. Bf3 Qxd6 29. Nxd6 Nd7 30. Nb5 {[#]} Bb6 $1 31. d4 a6 (31... Nf6 $17 32. Rfc1 Nd5) 32. Nd6 $1 Bxd4 {Threatens to win with ...Ne5.} 33. Rfd1 (33. Rbd1 $1 $11 Bc5 34. Bd5) 33... Be3 ({Black should play} 33... Be5 $17 34. Kg2 Nf6) 34. Bd5 $11 {Strongly threatening Bxe6.} Nc5 35. Bxe6 Nxe6 36. Rb7 Rd8 {And now ...Bf4 would win.} 37. Re1 $2 (37. Re7 $11) 37... Rxd6 $2 ({Better is} 37... Bd2 $19 38. Nxf7 Bxe1 39. Nxd8 Nxd8) 38. Rxe3 $19 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} Rd1+ 39. Kg2 Rd2+ 40. Kg3 Nd4 {...Nf5+ is the strong threat.} 41. Ra3 (41. Kh3 $11) 41... h5 $15 42. Rxa6 (42. h3 $17) 42... Nf5+ $19 43. Kf4 Kg7 $2 (43... Rxh2 $19 44. Rf6 Rf2+ 45. Ke5 Re2+ 46. Kf4 Ne7) 44. h3 $2 (44. Raa7 $1 $15 Rf2+ 45. Ke5) 44... Rd3 45. Rb5 Nh6 ({Don't play} 45... Rxh3 46. Rxf5 gxf5 47. Kxf5 $17) 46. Rb1 Rxh3 47. Rg1 $2 (47. Ra5 $17) 47... Rb3 48. Ra5 Rb4+ 49. Kf3 {intending Rxh5.} Ng4 50. Kg3 f6 51. Rc1 g5 52. Rac5 (52. Rc3 $142 h4+ 53. Kh3) 52... Ne5 53. Rc8 h4+ 54. Kh3 Rd4 55. R1c3 Ng6 56. R3c7+ (56. Rc1 $142 g4+ 57. Kg2) 56... Kh6 57. Rg8 g4+ {Black mates.} 58. Kh2 Rd2+ 59. Kg1 g3 60. Rc4 h3 {[%cal Rd2d1]} 61. Rxg6+ Kxg6 {[%cal Rd2d1]} 62. Rg4+ Kf5 {[%cal Rd2d1]} 63. Rxg3 {[#]} Rg2+ $1 {Accuracy: White = 51%, Black = 75%.} 0-1

[Event "Stepan Avagyan Memorial 2020"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Davtyan, Artur"]
[Black "Petrosyan, Manuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2020.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,153,30,9,25,5,1,2,1,4,21,8,7,3,14,7,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,12,4,5,6,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-12850,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-33,0,-12841,-12841,-12848,-12848,-12849,-12849,-12850,-12850,-12850,-27999,-27997,-27997,-27994,-27997,-27998,-27998,-27994]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qb3 c5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. dxc5 Bxc3+ 10. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 11. bxc3 O-O 12. e3 Nd7 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4).} 13. Rd1 Nf6 {is cutting edge theory.} 14. c4 Be6 {The position is equal.} 15. Nd4 Rac8 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Bd3 Rxc5 19. O-O Rfc8 20. Rd2 Kf7 21. f3 b5 22. Rb2 a6 23. Kf2 Ne8 24. a4 {[%cal Ra4b5]} bxa4 25. Ra1 Ra5 26. Rba2 Rcc5 27. Rxa4 Rxa4 28. Rxa4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} a5 29. h4 Nf6 30. Ke2 Ke6 31. Kd2 Kd6 32. Ke2 Kc6 33. g4 Nd7 34. g5 hxg5 35. hxg5 Nb6 36. Ra2 d4 37. Be4+ Kd6 38. Rd2 Rxg5 39. Rxd4+ Kc5 40. f4 Rg1 41. Bc2 Rc1 42. Kd3 Ra1 43. f5 a4 44. Rg4 Ra3+ 45. Ke2 Nc4 {Hoping for ...Ra2.} 46. Rxg7 Rxe3+ 47. Kf2 a3 {aiming for ...a2.} 48. f6 Re6 49. Rg5+ Kb6 50. Bb3 Rxf6+ 51. Ke2 Nd6 52. Rg4 Nb5 53. Rc4 Rh6 {White must now prevent ...Rh3.} 54. Kd3 Rh2 55. Rc2 Rh3+ 56. Kc4 Ka5 57. Ba2 Ka4 58. Kc5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (58. Rc1 $11) 58... Rh5+ $2 (58... Rc3+ $1 $19 59. Rxc3 Nxc3) 59. Kb6 {[%cal Rc2c4]} Rh4 {Strongly threatening ...Kb4.} (59... Nc3 {feels hotter.} 60. Rxc3) 60. Kc5 Ka5 (60... Nd4 {looks sharper.} 61. Rc3 Rh5+ 62. Kxd4) 61. Bf7 Rb4 62. Ba2 Rg4 63. Be6 Rg6 (63... Rg7 {is interesting.} 64. Kc4 Ka4 65. Rh2 Rg3 66. Rc2 Re3) 64. Ba2 Rg5+ 65. Kc4 Rg7 66. Kd3 Rd7+ 67. Kc4 Rd8 68. Bb3 Nd6+ 69. Kd3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (69. Kc3 $11) 69... Kb4 $19 70. Be6 Nb5+ 71. Ke4 Re8 72. Rc4+ Kb3 73. Rc6+ {[#]} Rxe6+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Promotion} 74. Rxe6 {Black mates.} a2 75. Rb6 Kb4 76. Ra6 Na3 77. Kd4 {Accuracy: White = 95%, Black = 97%.} 0-1

