[Event "UKR-ch Men Final 2018"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2018.12.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Black "Kravtsiv, Martyn"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,155,11,10,20,21,7,17,18,2,16,10,16,16,31,12,18,6,16,0,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,9,9,12,8,16,9,12,15,10,5,13,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,15,17,0,15,10,8,8,8,9,29,33,33,0,68,68,237,227,367,369,350,351,315,279,279,291,445,239,258,183,250,257,257,227,208,102,29988,103,103,102,123,0,76,76,100,71,59,46,54,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Qc2 Bb4 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 O-O 8. Bg5 {E36: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...d5 5 a3} h6 9. Bh4 {LiveBook: 4 Games} c5 10. e3 b6 (10... cxd4 11. Qxd4 Re8 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Be2 Nf6 15. Qxd8 Rxd8 {½-½ (31) Giri,A (2793)-Anand,V (2762) Moscow 2016}) 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. dxc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. g4 g5 14. Nxg5 hxg5 15. Bxg5 {1-0 (53) Mukkattu,P (1676)-Carpinter,B (1860) Auckland 2017}) 13... bxc5 14. O-O Qb6 15. Rfd1 Rfe8 16. Bf5 Ne4 17. Qc2 Ndf6 18. Rac1 g6 19. Bxe4 Nxe4 20. Nd2 Rac8 21. Nxe4 Rxe4 22. Bg3 Qc6 23. f3 Re6 24. Bf2 Qb5 25. a4 Qb4 26. Be1 Qb6 27. Qd2 Kh7 28. Bf2 Qb3 29. Rc3 Qxa4 30. Ra3 Qb5 31. Rxa7 Rb6 32. Ra2 Ra8 (32... Qc4 {looks sharper.} 33. Rda1 Qb3 34. Qc1 g5 35. Qb1+ Kg7) 33. Rxa8 Bxa8 34. Qc1 Bb7 35. Rd2 Ra6 36. h4 h5 37. Rc2 c4 38. Be1 Qa4 39. Kh2 Qa1 (39... Qe8 $1 $11) 40. Qd2 $14 Ra2 $2 (40... Re6 $14) 41. Qb4 $18 Ra4 (41... Ra8 $142 42. Qxb7 Qxe1 43. Qxf7+ (43. Qxa8 Qxh4+ 44. Kg1 Qe1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 45. Kh2 Qh4+ 46. Kg1 Qe1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 47. Kh2 Qh4+ $11) 43... Kh6 44. Qf4+ Kh7) 42. Qxb7 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qxe1 43. Qxf7+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Kh6 44. Qf8+ Kh7 45. Qe7+ Kh6 (45... Kg8 $142 46. Qf6 Ra6 47. Qd8+ (47. Qxa6 Qxh4+ 48. Kg1 Qe1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 49. Kh2 Qh4+ 50. Kg1 Qe1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 51. Kh2 Qh4+ $11) 47... Kh7 48. Qe7+ Kg8) 46. e4 (46. g4 $142 hxg4 47. Qg5+ Kh7 48. h5 (48. Qxg4 Ra1 $16) 48... gxf3 49. Qxg6+ Kh8 50. Qf6+ Kh7 51. Qf7+ (51. Qxf3 Qh4+ 52. Qh3 Qxh3+ 53. Kxh3 Kh6 $11) 51... Kh8 52. Qxf3 Qh4+ 53. Qh3 Qxh3+ 54. Kxh3) 46... dxe4 47. fxe4 Ra1 (47... Qf1 {might work better.} 48. Qd8 Ra7) 48. Qf8+ $1 (48. Qg5+ $6 Kh7 $16) 48... Kh7 {[%cal Re1h4] [#]} 49. Qf7+ $1 Kh8 {[%cal Re1h4]} 50. Rf2 (50. Qf6+ $18 {is the precise move to win.} Kh7 51. Rxc4 Qg1+ 52. Kg3 Qe3+ 53. Qf3 Qe1+ 54. Qf2) 50... Qh1+ 51. Kg3 {White threatens Qf8+ and mate.} Qe1 52. Qf4 {aiming for Qh6+.} (52. Qxc4 $6 Qe3+ 53. Rf3 Qe1+ 54. Kh3 Qh1+ 55. Kg3 Qe1+ 56. Kh3 Qh1+ 57. Kg3 Qe1+ $11) 52... Kh7 {[#]} 53. e5 (53. Qc7+ $1 $16 Kh6 54. Qf4+ (54. Qxc4 Qe3+ 55. Rf3 Qe1+ 56. Kh3 Qh1+ 57. Kg3 Qe1+ 58. Kh3 Qh1+ 59. Kg3 Qe1+ $11) 54... Kg7 55. Qf8+ Kh7 56. Qf7+ Kh8 57. Qf8+ (57. Qxc4 Qe3+ 58. Rf3 Qe1+ 59. Kh3 Qh1+ 60. Kg3 Qe1+ 61. Kh3 Qh1+ 62. Kg3 Qe1+ $11) 57... Kh7 58. Qf7+ Kh8) 53... Ra7 (53... Rc1 $1 $11) 54. Qf6 $16 ({Reject} 54. Qxc4 Qe3+ 55. Rf3 Qxe5+ 56. Kh3 Qxb2 $11) 54... c3 {( -> ...cxb2)} 55. bxc3 Qxc3+ 56. Kh2 Qc7 57. Qd6 (57. Qf4 $14) 57... Qc4 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} 58. g3 Rf7 59. Rxf7+ (59. Rd2 {seems wilder.} Qe4 60. Qd4 Qe1 61. Qb2 Rf3 62. Rd7+) 59... Qxf7 {KQ-KQ} 60. Kg2 {Strongly threatening e6.} Kg7 61. Qd4 Qe6 62. Kf2 Kf7 63. Qa7+ Ke8 64. Qb8+ Ke7 65. Ke3 Qd5 66. Qh8 Qc5+ 67. Kf4 Qc1+ 68. Ke4 Qc4+ 69. Ke3 {Qg7+ is the strong threat.} Qc3+ 70. Kf4 Qc1+ 71. Kf3 {Hoping for Qg7+.} Qc3+ 72. Kg2 Qc2+ 73. Kf1 Qc1+ 74. Kg2 {Black must now prevent Qg7+.} Qc6+ 75. Kg1 Qc1+ 76. Kf2 {And now Qg7+ would win.} Qc2+ 77. Kf3 Qc3+ 78. Kg2 {Accuracy: White = 56%, Black = 68%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch Men Final 2018"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2018.12.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,25,47,60,68,37,100,16,29,28,115,54,58,45]} 1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 e5 5. dxe5 dxe5 6. Qxd8+ Kxd8 7. Nc3 c6 {A41: 1 d4 d6: Tartakower System and Modern Defence} (7... f6 8. e4 Be6 9. Be3 Nd7 10. O-O-O Bh6 11. Rhe1 c6 12. Nd2 Bxe3 13. Rxe3 Nh6 14. f3 Kc7 15. Bf1 Rhd8 16. Bc4 Nf8 {½-½ (16) Ikonnikov,V (2527)-Reinderman,D (2584) Dieren 2015}) 8. O-O {LiveBook: 3 Games} Kc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... f6 9. b3 Be6 10. Ba3 Nd7 11. Rad1 Nh6 12. Ne4 Kc7 13. c4 Nf7 14. Rd2 Bf8 15. Bxf8 Rhxf8 {½-½ (66) Eliseev,E (2295)-Czebe,A (2476) Budapest 2017}) 9. Rd1 Bg4 (9... f6 $14) 10. Be3 ({Better is} 10. Ng5 $16 Nh6 11. b4) 10... Bxf3 11. exf3 {aiming for Ne4.} Nf6 (11... Ne7 $11 {remains equal.}) 12. f4 (12. Bf1 $16) 12... Nbd7 $14 13. fxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch Men Final 2018"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2018.12.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kovchan, Alexander"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,73,0,0,0,0,24,0,0,-17,-20,-27,0,-8,0,-23,24,16,31,0,26,-22,0,-2,0,0,26,-54,-51,-37,0,0,0,0,7,0,53,49,69,5,5,0,34,0,14,12,22,6,10,14,6,0,26,25,30,9,11,22,47,53,292,332,29993,29994]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. d4 b5 5. a4 (5. O-O Be7 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Ne5 Bb7 8. Nb3 a5 9. a4 b4 10. c4 bxc3 {½-½ (10) Hera,I (2620)-Piorun,K (2633) Brest 2018}) 5... b4 6. c4 {A46: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 e6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} bxc3 7. Nxc3 {LiveBook: 22 Games} Bb4 8. O-O {The position is equal.} O-O 9. Bf4 a5 10. Rc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. Ne5 Na6 12. Nb5 c5 13. Bg5 Rc8 14. Na7 Rc7 15. Nb5 Rc8 16. Na7 Rc7 17. Nb5 Rc8 {½-½ (17) Hausrath,D (2484)-Fiebig,T (2402) Germany 2013}) 10... c6 11. Ne5 Ba6 12. Na2 Bd6 13. Re1 Qc7 14. Nc3 Qb7 15. e3 Rd8 16. Rc2 h6 17. h4 Bf8 18. g4 Nbd7 19. Nxf7 (19. g5 $11 hxg5 20. hxg5 Nxe5 21. Bxe5) 19... Kxf7 $15 20. g5 Kg8 21. Bh3 Re8 {Hoping for ...Nh7.} 22. gxf6 Nxf6 23. Kh2 c5 (23... Bc4 $11) 24. Rg1 $1 $14 Kh8 25. Be5 (25. dxc5 $14 Rac8 26. Nb5) 25... Nd7 $11 26. Bg3 Rac8 27. Rd2 Nf6 28. Be5 Nd7 29. Bf4 cxd4 30. exd4 Rc6 31. Qh5 Nf6 32. Qg6 Bd6 33. Be5 $1 Rf8 34. f4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Qe7 35. Rdg2 {[%cal Rg6g7]} Rf7 $2 {[#]} (35... Rc7 $14) 36. Nxd5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} exd5 $2 {[#]} (36... Bxe5 $18 37. Nxe7 Bxf4+ 38. Kh1 Rxe7) 37. Qxh6+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 48%, Black = 42%.} 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch Men Final 2018"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2018.12.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bogdanovich, Stanislav"]
[Black "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,81,18,18,18,18,16,16,16,16,22,13,13,14,14,14,13,13,12,13,14,14,15,16,15,7,7,6,7,11,15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. g3 cxd4 7. Nxd5 Qxd5 8. Qxd4 Qb5 {D41: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 cxd5} 9. e4 (9. a3 Nc6 10. Qc3 a5 11. e4 Qc5 12. Bd2 Qxc3 13. Bxc3 f6 14. e5 Bc5 15. Bc4 Ke7 16. O-O {1-0 (45) Ivanchuk,V (2729)-Wei,Y (2739) Medias 2017}) 9... Qb4+ 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. Qxb4 Bxb4 12. Bb5 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 {LiveBook: 4 Games. The position is equal.} Bd7 $1 14. Ke3 Ke7 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. Bxc6 Rxc6 17. Ne5 $146 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] [#] Endgame Strongly threatening Rc7. KRB-KRN} f6 19. Nd3 {Rc7 is the strong threat.} Rc8 20. Rxc8 Bxc8 {KB-KN} 21. e5 b6 22. Kd4 Bb7 23. Nb4 Bf3 24. a3 Kd7 25. Nc2 Bd1 26. Ne3 Be2 27. Ke4 f5+ 28. Kd4 g5 29. Nc2 Bd1 30. Nb4 Bb3 31. Nd3 Kc6 32. Nc1 Bd1 33. Na2 Bb3 34. Nc1 Bd1 35. Na2 Bb3 36. Nc3 h6 37. h3 a6 38. Nb1 a5 39. Nd2 Bd5 40. Nb1 Bb3 41. Nd2 {Precision: White = 81%, Black = 90%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch Men Final 2018"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2018.12.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Golubka, Petro"]
[Black "Bernadskiy, Vitaliy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 29,102,7,10,0,0,-22,-21,-25,-17,-18,0,0,0,0,-12,0,0,-39,-14,-6,-17,-45,-51,-45,-45,-47,-35,-49,-46,-68,-5,-8,0,0,0,-14,0,0,0,0,0,-2,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-204,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Bf6 11. Be4 Nce7 12. Qd3 g6 13. Bh6 Bg7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Ne5 {D42: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch: 5 cxd5 Nxd5 6 e3 Nc6 7 Bd3} (15. Rac1 Bd7 16. Bxd5 exd5 17. Qe3 Re8 18. Ne5 f6 19. Nd3 Nf5 20. Qf4 Rc8 21. Rxe8 Qxe8 22. Nxd5 Rxc1+ 23. Qxc1 {½-½ (32) Howell,D (2670)-Rasmussen,A (2526) Auckland 2015}) 15... b6 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 16. h4 Bb7 17. Rad1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. h5 f6 18. Nf3 Qd6 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 {½-½ (30) Groenegress,W-Buecker,P (2285) Bad Oeynhausen 1984}) 17... Rc8 18. g3 Nf5 19. h5 Qg5 (19... Nxc3 {feels hotter.} 20. bxc3 Bxe4 21. Rxe4 f6 22. Ng4 Qd5) 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Bxd5 exd5 22. hxg6 hxg6 23. Nf3 Qg4 24. Nh2 $132 {[%mdl 2048] White puts up resistance} Qh3 25. g4 Qxd3 26. Rxd3 Nd6 27. Rd2 Rfe8 28. Rxe8 Rxe8 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 29. b3 Kh6 (29... Ne4 $15 30. Re2 Rc8) 30. Nf1 $1 $11 Ne4 31. Rc2 Ng5 32. Ne3 Re4 33. Rc7 Rxd4 34. Rxa7 Rd2 35. Kf1 f6 36. Rd7 Ne4 37. g5+ fxg5 38. Ng4+ Kh5 39. f3 {[%cal Rd7h7] [#] The position is equal.} Kh4 $1 {Strongly threatening ...Nc3.} 40. fxe4 {Black must now prevent Ne5.} Kxg4 41. exd5 Rxa2 {KR-KR} 42. Rd6 Rd2 43. Rxb6 Rxd5 44. Rxg6 Kf3 {[%cal Rd5d1] [#]} 45. Re6 g4 46. Re1 g3 {( -> ...Rh5)} 47. Rc1 $1 Rd2 48. Kg1 Rg2+ 49. Kf1 {Threatening mate with Rc3+.} Rb2 50. Rc3+ Kg4 {Threatens to win with ...Kh3.} 51. Rc8 Rxb3 {Accuracy: White = 67%, Black = 54%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch Men Final 2018"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2018.12.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kovchan, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,35,21,21,-3,21,16,12,15,12,-13,-20,-33,-25,-25,-9,-5,-14,-29,-31,-34,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3 Be6 {LiveBook: 930 Games} 9. h4 {B92: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Be2} Nbd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... h5 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 Nbd7 12. c4 g6 13. g3 b6 14. Nd2 a5 15. f4 Qc8 16. O-O Nc5 {1-0 (27) So,W (2776)-Bosiocic,M (2600) Batumi 2018}) 10. g4 h6 11. Rg1 Nh7 12. h5 Rc8 13. Qd2 O-O 14. O-O-O b5 15. Kb1 Nb6 16. f4 exf4 17. Bxf4 Ng5 18. Bxg5 {Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch Men Final 2018"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2018.12.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kravtsiv, Martyn"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,72,0,0,20,12,27,27,55,29,27,18,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,32,23,35,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-11,-10,-27,0,-74,-74,-137,-130,-263,-263,-248,-240,-747,-736,-704,-652,-726,-710]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. d5 b5 6. e4 {E20: Nimzo-Indian: 4 g3 and 4 f3} d6 (6... O-O 7. e5 Ne8 8. f4 exd5 9. cxd5 d6 10. Nf3 c4 11. a4 Nd7 12. Be2 Qb6 13. axb5 dxe5 14. fxe5 {½-½ (54) Mamedyarov,S (2791)-Harikrishna,P (2733) Antalya 2017}) 7. Nge2 bxc4 8. Nf4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 e5 10. Ne2 $1 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Nh5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Qa5 11. h4 Nbd7 12. h5 h6 13. g3 Nb6 {½-½ (59) Volkov,S (2614)-Bartel,M (2627) Dubai 2015}) 11. h4 Nd7 12. g4 Qf6 13. Kf2 Nf4 14. Nxf4 exf4 15. Qd2 h6 16. Bxc4 Ne5 17. Be2 g5 18. Rb1 Kf8 19. c4 Kg7 20. hxg5 hxg5 21. Rxh8 Kxh8 22. Bb2 Kg7 23. Bxe5 (23. Rh1 {is interesting.} Bd7 24. Bc3 Rb8 25. Qe1 Kg6 26. Qa1) 23... Qxe5 24. Qb2 Qxb2 25. Rxb2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Kf6 26. Ke1 Ke5 27. Kd2 Kd4 28. Rb3 Bd7 29. Ra3 a5 30. Rb3 {[#]} (30. Rd3+ $1 $11 {remains equal.} Kxc4 31. Kc2) 30... Rh8 $1 $17 31. Rb7 (31. Rb6 $142) 31... Ba4 32. Rb1 (32. e5 $17 dxe5 33. Rxf7) 32... Rh2 $19 33. Rc1 f6 34. Ke1 $2 {[#]} (34. Re1) 34... Rh1+ {Black is clearly winning.} 35. Bf1 Rh8 36. Be2 Rb8 {Precision: White = 48%, Black = 79%.} 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch Men Final 2018"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2018.12.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,26,12,38]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. Be2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. a4 Nbd7 11. Nd2 Nc5 12. a5 Be6 13. Bf3 Rac8 {[#] LiveBook: 5 Games. B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} {Predecessor:} 14. Qe2 $146 Rfe8 15. Rfd1 h6 16. Nf1 Bf8 17. h3 Ncd7 18. Qe1 Qb8 19. Bc1 Rc6 20. Ne3 Qd8 21. b3 {0-1 (47) McShane,L (2696)-Papaioannou,I (2639) Warsaw 2013} 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch Men Final 2018"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2018.12.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bernadskiy, Vitaliy"]
[Black "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,145,17,19,31,26,31,17,14,12,12,12,15,12,12,12,12,9,14,10,12,15,7,0,6,0,6,0,0,0,31,2,8,8,10,13,0,0,8,6,66,68,57,0,0,0,0,0,-7,-56,-53,-55,-54,-53,-56,-56,-54,-54,-50,-57,-51,-50,-54,-77,-71,-50,-8,-28,-35,-41,-39,-52,-10,-10,-10,-13,-17,-41,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,-8,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Bf5 8. c4 dxc4 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. Re1 {LiveBook: 8 Games} Nd6 11. Bd5 Na6 {[%cal Bb8a6,Ba6b4,Bb4d3][%mdl 32]} 12. Nc3 Nb4 {Black wants to play ...Nc2.} 13. Bb3 Nd3 14. Re2 Nxc1 15. Qxc1 {[#]} Bg4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... c6 16. Qf4 {1-0 (91) Grischuk,A (2766)-Duda,J (2737) chess.com INT 2018}) 16. Nd5 Bg5 17. Qxc7 Qxc7 18. Nxc7 Rad8 19. Nd5 Nf5 20. Re4 Bxf3 $1 21. gxf3 Rd6 22. Rd1 Rfd8 23. f4 Bf6 24. Rde1 {[#] White wants to mate with Re8+.} g6 25. Nxf6+ Rxf6 26. Re8+ Rxe8 27. Rxe8+ $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Kg7 28. Rd8 Rd6 (28... Nh4 $11) 29. Rxd6 $14 Nxd6 {KB-KN} 30. f3 (30. Kg2 $14) 30... Nf5 $11 31. d5 Kf6 32. Bc2 Nd4 33. Be4 Ne2+ $1 34. Kf2 Nxf4 35. Ke3 Ke5 36. d6 $1 b6 $1 37. d7 Ne6 38. Bd3 Kd6 39. Bb5 Ke7 40. Ke4 a6 41. Bf1 Nc5+ 42. Kf4 f6 43. b4 Ne6+ 44. Ke4 Nc7 ({Reject} 44... Kxd7 $6 45. Bxa6 Kd6 46. a4 $14) (44... b5 {feels hotter.} 45. d8=R Kxd8 46. Kd5 Kd7 47. Bh3 f5) 45. Bh3 $1 f5+ 46. Ke5 Kxd7 47. f4 Ne6 48. Bf1 {The position is equal.} a5 49. bxa5 bxa5 50. Bc4 Nc5 51. Kf6 Ne4+ 52. Kg7 Ke7 53. Bg8 $1 {[%cal Rg8h7]} g5 54. Bxh7 gxf4 55. Bxf5 Ng5 56. Bd3 Nf3 57. h3 $1 Ke6 {Strongly threatening ...Ne1.} 58. Be2 Nh4 {White must now prevent ...f3.} 59. Kh6 f3 60. Bd3 $1 f2 {Hoping for ...Kf6.} 61. Kg5 $132 {[%mdl 2048] White is not keeping still} Nf3+ 62. Kf4 Nd2 63. h4 {[%cal Bh3h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} f1=Q+ 64. Bxf1 Nxf1 {KN-KPP} 65. h5 Nd2 66. h6 Kf6 67. Ke3 Nb1 (67... Nc4+ {with more complications.} 68. Kd4 Nb2 69. Kc3 Na4+ 70. Kc4 Kg6) 68. Kd4 Kg6 69. Kc4 Kxh6 70. Kb5 {[#]} a4 $1 {[%mdl 64] Decoy} 71. Kxa4 Nc3+ 72. Kb3 Nxa2 73. Kxa2 {Accuracy: White = 70%, Black = 61%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch Men Final 2018"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2018.12.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bogdanovich, Stanislav"]
[Black "Golubka, Petro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B95"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,64,-13,0,-31,9,-33,-18,-60,23,0,18,-69,0,0,4,0,0,-37,-20,-22,-20,0,6,-160,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-9,0,-220,-201,-395,-241,-676,-615,-1350,-1428,-2014,-1943,-4810,-4802]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O b5 9. f3 {B95: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Bg5 e6, unusual White 7th moves} (9. Bd3 Bb7 10. Rhe1 b4 11. Nb1 Nbd7 12. Qxb4 Nc5 13. Nb3 Qc7 14. Nxc5 dxc5 15. Qd2 c4 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Bxc4 {½-½ (45) Koneru,H (2600)-Hou,Y (2591) Antakya 2010}) 9... Bb7 10. h4 Nbd7 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 11. g4 {The position is equal.} Rc8 12. Be3 Ne5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nb6 13. h5 b4 14. Nb1 d5 15. g5 Nfd7 16. Rg1 g6 {½-½ (38) Jelen,P (1964)-Goga,F (2009) Liptovsky Mikulas 2006}) 13. g5 Nh5 ({Black should try} 13... Nxf3 $1 $15 14. Qg2 (14. Nxf3 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 $15) 14... Nxe4 15. Qxf3 Rxc3 16. bxc3 Qa5) 14. Rg1 O-O 15. f4 (15. Kb1 $11) 15... Nc4 (15... b4 $1 $15 16. Na4 Qa5) 16. Bxc4 $11 Rxc4 17. f5 Qc8 $1 18. g6 hxg6 {aiming for ...e5.} 19. fxe6 fxe6 {And now ...e5 would win.} 20. Rxg6 b4 21. Na4 $2 {[#]} (21. Qe2 $1 $11 bxc3 22. Qxh5 cxb2+ 23. Kb1) 21... Bxe4 $2 (21... e5 $1 $17 {[%cal Re5d4]} 22. Nf5 {[#]} Rxc2+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 23. Qxc2 Qxc2+ 24. Kxc2 Bxe4+ 25. Kb3 Rxf5) 22. Nb6 Bxg6 23. Nxc8 Rfxc8 24. Rg1 Be4 {Strongly threatening ...e5.} 25. b3 Rc3 {Hoping for ...e5.} 26. Qe2 Bf6 27. Kb1 $2 (27. Bd2 $1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} Bxd4 28. Bxc3 Bxg1 29. Qxe4 Rxc3 30. Qxe6+ Kh7 31. Qe4+ g6 32. Qxb4) 27... d5 $19 28. Qxa6 $2 (28. Rg4) 28... Nf4 {[%cal Rc3c2] ...Rxc2 is the strong threat.} 29. Rc1 $2 (29. Rg4 Bxc2+ 30. Nxc2 Rxc2 31. Qxc8+ (31. Rxf4 {is a self mate.} Rb2+ 32. Ka1 Rd2+ 33. Kb1 Rd1+ 34. Bc1 Rdxc1#) 31... Rxc8 32. Rxf4) 29... e5 {[%cal Be6e5,Be5d4,Bd4d3][%mdl 32] Black is clearly winning.} 30. Bd2 exd4 31. Bxc3 Rxc3 32. Qd6 d3 {Precision: White = 21%, Black = 43%.} 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch Men Final 2018"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2018.12.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,69,14,8,0,0,0,54,52,126,129,264,237,240,240,364,372,354,359,346,377,575,425,402,393,476,456,737,726,674,700,661,643,870,865,816,764,1308,418,387,443,5739,5635,5365,5347,6052,6057,29984,29985,29981,639,797,916,909,908,876,814,803,638]} 1. d4 {[%cal Bd2d4,Bd4d5][%mdl 32]} d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bg4 6. d5 Ne5 7. Bf4 {D07: Queen's Gambit: Chigorin Defence} Nfd7 {LiveBook: 14 Games} 8. Qa4 (8. Bxe5 Nxe5 9. Bxc4 Nxc4 10. Qa4+ c6 11. Qxc4 cxd5 12. Qb5+ Bd7 13. Qxb7 Qb8 14. Qxd5 e6 {0-1 (34) Bluebaum,M (2633)-Naiditsch,A (2663) Drancy 2016}) 8... Nxf3+ 9. gxf3 {The position is equal.} Bxf3 (9... e5 $1 $11 10. dxe6 (10. fxg4 exf4 11. O-O-O a6 $15) 10... Bxe6) 10. Rg1 $14 a6 $146 ({Black should try} 10... Bh5 $14) ({Predecessor:} 10... c6 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. Rg3 Bh5 13. Qxc6 Qb6 14. Qxa8+ Qd8 15. Qxa7 e5 16. Be3 Bb4 17. a3 Be7 18. Rxg7 Bf6 19. Rg1 {1-0 (19) Mueller,H-Haluschka,R DESC email 2005}) 11. Qxc4 $16 g6 (11... Rc8 $16 {was called for.}) 12. Rg3 $18 (12. Bxc7 Nb6 $16) ({Inferior is} 12. Qxc7 Qxc7 13. Bxc7 Bg7 $15) 12... Bh5 13. Bxc7 Qc8 {[#]} (13... Rc8 {was necessary.}) 14. d6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} e6 (14... exd6 15. Nd5) 15. Qd4 Rg8 16. e5 {[%cal Be4e5,Be5f6][%mdl 32]} Bh6 (16... Be7 $142 17. Ne2 Bxe2) 17. Be2 Bxe2 18. Kxe2 ({Less strong is} 18. Nxe2 b5 $18) 18... g5 19. h4 g4 (19... Rg6 $142 20. hxg5 Bg7) 20. Rag1 {[%cal Ba1g1,Bg1g4,Bg4h4][%mdl 32]} f5 21. exf6 Kf7 22. Ne4 b6 23. Rxg4 Rxg4 24. Rxg4 Qb7 25. Ng5+ (25. Qd3 $142 {Intending Ng5+ and mate.} Rh8 26. Rg7+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Decoy} Bxg7 27. fxg7 Kxg7 28. Qg3+ Kf8 29. Qf3+ Kg7 30. Qg4+ Kf8 31. Qxe6) 25... Bxg5 26. hxg5 ({Not} 26. Rxg5 Nxf6 27. Bxb6 Qe4+ 28. Qe3 Qc2+ 29. Kf1 Qb1+ 30. Kg2 Qe4+ 31. Qxe4 Nxe4 $18) 26... Qh1 {[#]} (26... Qc6 $142 27. Qd3 Qb5 28. Qxb5 axb5) 27. g6+ $1 hxg6 28. Rh4 Qc6 29. Rh7+ Kg8 30. Rg7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kf8 31. Kd2 (31. Qh4 $142 Qb5+ 32. Ke1 Qa5+ 33. Kf1 Qb5+ 34. Kg1 Qh5 35. Qxh5 gxh5 36. Rxd7) 31... Qb5 {[#]White is clearly winning.} 32. Rxd7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxd7 {[#]} 33. Qh4 $1 {[%cal Rh4h8] Threatening mate with Qh8+.} Kg8 34. Qe4 Qe8 35. Qd3 {Accuracy: White = 80%, Black = 32%.} 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch Men Final 2018"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2018.12.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Black "Bogdanovich, Stanislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,51,0,27,68,74,110,91,79,73,93,106,102,108,100,108,85,103,91,35,122,134,204,89,197,192,190,190,262,266,323,239,295,299,1096,1060,893,859]} 1. c4 e6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. e5 cxd4 8. Qa4+ Nc6 9. O-O-O {LiveBook: 128 Games} Qa5 {[#] ...Qxa4 is the strong threat. D39: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence with 5 Bg5 dxc4} (9... Bd7 10. Ne4 Be7 11. exf6 gxf6 12. Bh4 O-O 13. Bxc4 Rc8 14. Kb1 e5 15. Rc1 f5 16. Nc5 Be8 17. Nxb7 Qd7 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Na5 e4 20. Bb5 exf3 21. gxf3 {1-0 (21) Ivanchuk,V (2714)-Palac,M (2548) Zagreb 2018}) 10. exf6 Bxc3 11. fxg7 Rg8 {White is better.} 12. Qxc4 Rxg7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Bd7 13. bxc3 Rc8 14. Kb1 dxc3 15. Rxd7 Kxd7 16. Bd3 Rxg7 17. h4 b5 18. Qc5 a6 19. Ne5+ {1-0 (19) Bao,K (2237)-Vu,Q (1940) Hanoi 2014}) 13. bxc3 {Hoping for Bd2.} Rxg5 14. Nxg5 Qxg5+ 15. Kb2 Bd7 16. cxd4 Rc8 17. Be2 (17. Qc5 $16 Qg6 18. Qc2) 17... a5 (17... Ne7 $14 18. Qb3 Qxg2) 18. Qc5 $16 Qg6 (18... Qf4 $16) 19. Bd3 (19. Bb5 $18 {is more deadly.}) 19... Qf6 (19... Qxg2 $16 {was necessary.} 20. Ka1 (20. Bxh7 Qxf2+ 21. Ka1 b6 $11) 20... Nb4 21. Qxa5 Nd5) 20. Bb5 $18 ({Resist} 20. Bxh7 b6 $16) 20... Qxf2+ 21. Ka1 b6 (21... Qf6 {was called for.} 22. Rhf1 Qe7) 22. Qd6 Qf5 23. a4 Nb8 24. Rhf1 ({Don't play} 24. Qxb6 $6 Bxb5 25. Qxb5+ (25. axb5 Nd7 $16) 25... Qxb5 $16) 24... Qg5 $2 (24... Qc2) 25. Bxd7+ Nxd7 {[#]} 26. Rxf7 $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 65%, Black = 17%.} 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch Men Final 2018"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2018.12.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Bernadskiy, Vitaliy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,91,34,30,36,26,20,14,35,31,38,0,28,27,23,23,26,10,9,8,38,29,35,34,35,30,36,38,60,60,75,75,71,77,69,75,63,61,70,65,72,57,62,54,96,96,96,92,89,93,112,108,106,101,158,148,211,211,206,206,193,132,256,249,246,243,371,371,403,360,559,504,1272,1263,1282,1220,1188,1181,1069,1094,29981,29981,29983,2030]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 {LiveBook: 36 Games. D31: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav without ...Nf6 (+ Marshall Gambit and Noteboom) and Exchange Variation lines without ...Nf6} Bf5 (6... O-O 7. Bd3 c5 8. Nge2 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nc6 10. O-O Nxd4 11. exd4 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Bg4 13. Qb3 Qd7 14. Rfe1 Rac8 15. Bb5 Qd8 16. Bf1 b6 17. f3 Be6 18. Ba6 {1-0 (82) Wang,Y (2706)-Hou,Y (2617) Xinghua 2013}) 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8. Bb5 {[#] And now Qxb4 would win.The position is equal.} O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Bd7 10. Qa3 Ne7 11. Be2 O-O 12. Nf3 Ne4 13. O-O Ng6 {½-½ (57) Pawlowski,W (2200)-Vecek,M (2298) ICCF email 2016}) 9. Nge2 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 {[%cal Bb2c3,Bc3c4][%mdl 32]} Ne7 {Hoping for ...a6.} 11. Ng3 Bd7 12. Rb1 b6 13. O-O Bxb5 14. Qxb5 Ne8 15. c4 c6 16. Qb3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Ng6 17. Ne2 Nxf4 18. Nxf4 {[%cal Rc4d5]} ({Much worse is} 18. exf4 Nf6 $11) 18... Nf6 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. Rfc1 Qd7 21. Rc2 Rac8 22. Rbc1 g6 23. h3 Kg7 24. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4b5][%mdl 32]} Rfe8 25. Qb5 Rxc2 26. Rxc2 Qxb5 27. axb5 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Re7 28. Rc8 Rd7 29. f3 h5 30. g4 hxg4 31. hxg4 Nh7 ({Black should try} 31... Ng8) 32. Kf2 $16 Nf8 (32... Nf6 $16 33. Nd3 Ng8) 33. Re8 $18 f6 34. Ne6+ Nxe6 35. Rxe6 {KR-KR} g5 36. Rc6 Kf7 37. Ke2 Ke7 (37... Kg6 $142 38. Kd3 Kf7) 38. Kd3 Rb7 39. e4 dxe4+ (39... Rd7 $142 40. e5 fxe5 41. dxe5 Rd8) 40. fxe4 Rd7 (40... Rb8 $142 41. Rc7+ Ke6 42. Rxa7 Kd6) 41. d5 Kf7 42. Ke3 Rb7 43. e5 fxe5 44. Ke4 Re7 45. d6 Re6 46. d7 {Accuracy: White = 87%, Black = 64%.} (46. Kd5 $142 Re8 47. d7 Rh8 48. Rc8 Rh3 49. Ke4 Rc3 50. Rxc3 Ke7 51. Rd3) 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch Men Final 2018"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2018.12.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kovchan, Alexander"]
[Black "Kravtsiv, Martyn"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 29,30,-7,-7]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Bg5 c6 11. Qf3 Rb8 12. Ne2 {C47: Scotch Four Knights and Four Knights with 4 g3} Bg4 13. Bxf6 Bxf3 14. Bxd8 Bxe2 15. Bxe2 Rfxd8 {[#] LiveBook: 16 Games} {Predecessor:} 16. Rfd1 $146 g6 17. g3 Kg7 18. Rab1 Be7 19. b3 Bf6 {½-½ (30) Kravtsiv,M (2654)-Safarli,E (2667) Ankara 2018} 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch Men Final 2018"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2018.12.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Golubka, Petro"]
[Black "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,113,24,15,18,17,17,23,13,22,18,21,27,68,65,85,76,76,83,83,78,95,87,180,122,120,118,302,277,256,148,140,141,103,105,105,105,140,129,131,125,127,131,128,131,139,139,139,132,163,167,168,127,124,117,123,112,260,272,241,97,230,193,264,261,388,322,380,379,345,299,293,256,527,526,517,516,485,490,464,441,365,275,667,667,1379,1225,1767,1767,1760,1437,29976,29976]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Re1 b5 10. Bc2 {C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines} Re8 (10... Bb7 11. Nf1 Nb8 12. d4 Nbd7 13. Ng3 Re8 14. a4 c6 15. Be3 Qc7 16. h3 exd4 17. cxd4 c5 {0-1 (65) McShane,L (2640)-Howell,D (2676) London 2017}) 11. Nf1 h6 12. Ng3 d5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 13. a4 {Threatens to win with axb5.} dxe4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Bb7 14. Bd2 Qd7 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Ne4 Qe7 17. b4 {1-0 (40) Popovic,D (2561)-Boruchovsky,A (2333) Plovdiv 2012}) 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. dxe4 {White wants to play axb5.} Be6 16. b4 Qxd1 17. Rxd1 Rad8 18. Be3 Bc4 19. axb5 axb5 20. Ra6 Rxd1+ 21. Bxd1 Rd8 22. Nd2 Rd6 (22... Nb8 $16 23. Ra7 c6) 23. Bf3 (23. Bg4 $18) 23... Bd3 $16 24. Bc5 Rf6 $2 {[#]} (24... Nb8 $16 25. Rxd6 (25. Bxd6 Nxa6 26. Be7 f6 $15) 25... cxd6 26. Bxd6 Nd7) 25. Ra8+ Kh7 26. g4 ({Better is} 26. Nf1 $18) 26... Rxf3 27. Nxf3 Bxe4 28. Nd2 Bd5 29. Re8 Be6 30. f3 e4 31. Nxe4 Bd7 32. Ra8 f5 33. gxf5 gxf5 34. Nf2 Bxc3 35. Nd3 Kg7 36. Kf2 Kf7 37. Ke3 Bf6 38. Ra6 h5 39. Kd2 Ne7 (39... h4 $16 40. Kc2 Be8) 40. Bxe7 $18 Kxe7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KB} 41. Nc5 (41. Ke3 $18) 41... Be8 (41... Be5 $16) 42. Ke3 Bg5+ (42... Bf7 $142 43. Nd3 Be8) 43. f4 Bf6 (43... Bh4 $142 44. Ne6 Kd7) 44. Nd3 c6 45. Ne5 Kd6 46. Ra8 Bd7 47. Kd4 Bh4 $2 {[#]} (47... Be6 {might work better.} 48. Rf8 Bg7 49. Rd8+ Kc7) 48. Rh8 Bf2+ 49. Kd3 Be6 50. Rxh5 c5 51. bxc5+ Bxc5 52. Rh6 b4 $2 (52... Ba3 53. Nf3 Kd7) 53. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Kd5 {and the idea ...Bd6 leaves Black hopeful.} 54. Rh8 Be7 55. h5 Bf6 56. Rb8 Bxe5 57. Rb5+ {Accuracy: White = 83%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch Men Final 2018"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2018.12.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kravtsiv, Martyn"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,81,12,9,31,2,16,2,26,14,14,-20,152,147,154,155,189,183,177,156,297,301,286,284,366,330,283,254,328,312,356,345,347,353,338,302,327,302,294,297,308,308,312,311,306,310,308,288,296,312,275,283,376,303,377,386,359,326,592,570,770,761,715,702,839,836]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 e6 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} 7. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} b5 8. Bg2 Bb7 9. g5 Nfd7 10. O-O {[%cal Bh1f1,Bf1f3,Bf3h3][%mdl 32] LiveBook: 3 Games} Be7 11. f4 Nc6 12. a3 O-O 13. Rf3 f6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Re8 14. Rg3 {½-½ (38) Kravtsiv,M (2685)-Vykouk,J (2445) Batumi 2018}) 14. Bh3 f5 $2 {[#]} ({Black should play} 14... fxg5 $11 15. Bxe6+ Kh8) 15. exf5 $16 exf5 16. Bg2 Nb6 17. Rh3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} Qe8 18. Be3 Nc4 (18... Bd8 $16 19. Bf2 (19. Qxd6 Nc4 $16) 19... Qg6) 19. Bf2 Kh8 20. Bd5 Bd8 21. Qf3 Bb6 22. Kg2 Bxf2 23. Kxf2 ({Weaker is} 23. Qxf2 Qd7 $16) 23... Rc8 24. Re1 N6e5 {[#] And now ...Bxd5 would win.} 25. Bxb7 ({Less strong is} 25. fxe5 Bxd5 26. Nxd5 (26. Qxd5 dxe5 27. Kg1 Qg6 $16) 26... Nxe5 $18) 25... Nxf3 26. Rxe8 Rcxe8 27. Rxf3 Nxb2 28. Bxa6 Ra8 29. Bxb5 Rxa3 30. Ke2 g6 31. Re3 Rc8 32. Kd2 Nc4+ 33. Bxc4 $1 Rxc4 34. Ne2 Rc7 35. Re8+ Kg7 36. Ned4 Rd7 37. h4 h5 $2 (37... Ra4 {might work better.} 38. h5 gxh5 39. Nxf5+ Kf7) 38. Re6 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Raa7 39. Rf6 Kh7 40. Ne6 Rf7 41. Nbd4 {Accuracy: White = 81%, Black = 28%.} 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch Men Final 2018"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2018.12.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,79,10,40,-8,-9,-12,-6,-16,-14,-16,-19,-21,-22,-24,-6,-33,-26,-30,-31,-35,-31,-37,-37,-39,-44,-38,-44,-24,-20,-93,-89,-138,-104,-98,-100,-164,-147,-175,-95,-56,-76,-76,-35,-32,-22,-29,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,6,5,8,8,8]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Nf6 7. Bd2 {B31: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5 g6} (7. Nc3 Nd7 8. Be3 e5 9. O-O b6 10. Nh2 Nf8 11. f4 exf4 12. Rxf4 Be6 13. Rf2 h6 14. Qd2 g5 15. Raf1 {½-½ (115) Caruana,F (2832)-Carlsen,M (2835) London 2018}) 7... Nd7 {[%cal Bf6d7,Bd7f8,Bf8e6,Be6d4][%mdl 32] LiveBook: 3 Games} 8. Bc3 e5 9. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Nbd2 Qc7 10. Nc4 b5 11. Ba5 Qb8 12. Ncd2 O-O 13. O-O Re8 14. Nb3 Qd6 {1-0 (66) Gonzalez Vidal,Y (2564)-Hernandez Sanchez,J (2377) Havana 2018}) 9... b6 10. Nbd2 f6 11. Ng1 Nf8 12. Ne2 Ne6 13. O-O O-O 14. Nc4 Nd4 15. Bd2 Be6 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. b3 Qd7 18. f4 b5 19. Na5 f5 20. exf5 Rxf5 {next ...Raf8 is good for Black.} 21. Qe2 (21. fxe5 $11 {keeps the balance.} Bd5 22. Rxf5 Qxf5 23. Qf1) 21... Bd5 $17 22. g4 Rf7 23. fxe5 Re8 24. c4 {[#]} (24. Rxf7 $17 {might work better.} Qxf7 25. Qf2) 24... dxc3 $1 $19 ({Weaker is} 24... Rxe5 25. Qd1 $11) 25. Bxc3 Rxf1+ (25... Bh6 $19 26. Rxf7 Qxf7) 26. Rxf1 $17 Qe7 27. d4 a6 28. Qe3 bxa4 29. bxa4 Qa3 30. Ra1 {The position is equal.} Bh6 31. Qd3 ({But not} 31. Rxa3 Bxe3+ 32. Kf1 c5 $17) 31... Qe7 {And now ...Rf8 would win.} 32. Nc4 Rf8 {[#] ...Rf3 is the strong threat.} 33. Rf1 Rxf1+ 34. Qxf1 c5 35. Qd3 Qf7 36. Nd6 Qf4 {aiming for ...c4!} 37. dxc5 Qe3+ 38. Qxe3 Bxe3+ 39. Kf1 Bxc5 40. Ke2 {Accuracy: White = 62%, Black = 71%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch Men Final 2018"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2018.12.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bernadskiy, Vitaliy"]
[Black "Kovchan, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,87,11,16,-19,-21,-21,-21,-21,-19,-19,-19,-19,-20,-16,-21,-23,-20,-20,0,-6,-6,-6,-6,-12,-12,-10,0,-2,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,19,14,26,27,65,65,118,122,112,121,197,197,192,195,500,418,151,553,661,641]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6e5,Be5f3][%mdl 32]} 6. c3 Nf6 7. Qe2 Qg4 {B52: Sicilian: Moscow Variation with 3...Bd7} 8. Re1 Ne5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 9. Na3 $146 (9. Nxe5 {with more complications.} Qxe2 10. Rxe2 dxe5 11. Na3 e6 12. d3) ({Predecessor:} 9. Nxe5 Qxe2 10. Rxe2 dxe5 11. Na3 O-O-O 12. Nc4 Nd7 13. d4 e6 14. Be3 exd4 15. cxd4 {½-½ (40) Nevednichy,V (2566)-Moranda,W (2452) Warsaw 2005}) 9... Nxf3+ {The position is equal.} 10. Qxf3 Qxf3 11. gxf3 e6 12. d4 cxd4 13. Nb5 Kd7 14. Nxd4 Rc8 15. Be3 $1 a6 16. Rac1 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5a4][%mdl 32]} 17. a4 bxa4 18. Ra1 Rc4 19. Nc2 Be7 20. Bc1 Rb8 21. Ne3 Rc6 22. Rxa4 Ke8 23. Nc2 d5 24. Nd4 Rcb6 25. e5 Nd7 {White should prevent ...Nc5.} 26. b4 Rc8 27. Bd2 Rc4 28. Nb3 g5 29. Kg2 Nf8 30. Rea1 Ng6 31. Rxa6 Rxa6 32. Rxa6 Nxe5 33. Ra8+ Kd7 34. b5 Bd8 35. Be3 {Threatens to win with Nc5+.} Nd3 $1 ({Much weaker is} 35... Rxc3 $6 36. Nc5+ Ke7 37. Bxg5+ f6 38. Be3 $16) 36. b6 {Strongly threatening b7.} Bxb6 37. Bxb6 Rxc3 (37... Nf4+ $14 38. Kf1 Rxc3 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 38. Ra7+ $16 Ke8 39. Nd4 Nf4+ (39... Rc1 $16 40. h3 h6) 40. Kg3 $18 Rc1 {[%cal Rc1g1] [#]} 41. h4 $1 Rg1+ $2 (41... h6 42. Nb5 Ne2+ 43. Kh2 Rc6) 42. Kh2 Rg2+ 43. Kh1 Rxf2 44. Ra8+ {Accuracy: White = 82%, Black = 47%.} 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch Men Final 2018"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2018.12.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bogdanovich, Stanislav"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,84,0,0,0,0,30,28,7,33,35,27,36,36,59,55,59,40,79,72,74,70,112,110,98,73,79,79,163,164,164,143,147,152,153,139,141,37,50,51,65,66,100,92,104,35,33,16,19,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,39,40,34,34,37,-156,-172,-163,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Bc5 4. Nf3 c6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g3 {A21: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3} Nf6 7. d4 exd4 8. Nxd4 {LiveBook: 5 Games} O-O 9. Bg2 Re8 $146 {Threatening ...Qb6.} ({Predecessor:} 9... Nbd7 10. O-O Nb6 11. b3 d5 12. cxd5 Nbxd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 {½-½ (29) Draskovic,L (2447)-Krasenkow,M (2644) Batumi 2018}) 10. O-O a5 11. b3 Na6 12. Bb2 Ba7 13. Qd2 Qe7 14. Rad1 Nc5 15. e4 Bg4 ({Not} 15... Nfxe4 $2 16. Nxe4 Bd7 17. Rfe1 $18 (17. Qxa5 Nxe4 18. Qc7 Nc5 $15)) 16. f3 Bd7 17. Kh1 Rad8 18. Rfe1 Bc8 19. g4 h6 20. Nce2 Qc7 (20... Ncxe4 $16 21. fxe4 Bxg4) 21. Ng3 $1 $18 Nh7 22. Bc3 Bb6 23. Ndf5 Bxf5 24. Nxf5 f6 25. Nxd6 ({White should try} 25. f4 $16) 25... Re6 $14 26. e5 fxe5 27. Bxe5 Nf6 28. Bg3 Qd7 29. g5 (29. Qc2 $16) 29... Rxe1+ 30. Qxe1 hxg5 31. Qe5 g4 32. Rd2 gxf3 33. Bxf3 {And now Ne4 would win.} Qh3 {[%cal Rh3f1]} 34. Rg2 Bc7 (34... Rd7 {is interesting.} 35. Be2 Qe6 36. Nf5 Kf8 37. Qxe6 Nxe6 38. Bd6+ Kf7) 35. Qxc5 Bxd6 $1 36. Qxa5 Re8 {Strongly threatening ...Bxg3.} 37. Bxc6 $2 (37. Qg5 $14 {stays ahead.}) 37... bxc6 $17 38. Bxd6 {[#]} Qf3 $2 (38... Re2 $1 $19 {[%csl Ge2][%cal Rh3g2][%mdl 512]} 39. Qg5 (39. Rxe2 Qf1#) 39... Re1+ 40. Rg1 Qf3+ 41. Qg2 Rxg1+ 42. Kxg1 Qd1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 43. Qf1 Qxd6) 39. Be5 $11 {The position is equal.} Qf1+ 40. Rg1 Qf3+ 41. Rg2 Qf1+ 42. Rg1 Qf3+ {Accuracy: White = 61%, Black = 54%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch Men Final 2018"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2018.12.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Golubka, Petro"]
[Black "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,27,6,29,21,23,8,33,37,37,34,36,33,60,23]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. c4 Be7 {[%cal Bf8e7,Be7f6,Bf6e5][%mdl 32]} 6. Nc3 Nxc3 7. dxc3 Nc6 8. Bd3 Bg4 {LiveBook: 16 Games. C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} 9. O-O (9. Be4 Qd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qc2 Kh8 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 c6 14. h3 Bh5 15. d5 Bg6 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Bxg6 fxg6 {1-0 (60) Malakhov,V (2689)-Zhao,Y (2383) China 2018}) 9... O-O 10. Bf4 Bf6 (10... Ne5 $5) 11. h3 {White is slightly better.} Bh5 12. Re1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Be4 Re8 13. Qd5 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Be5 15. Bd2 Rb8 16. Qd3 {1-0 (65) Nicolaisen,S-Schjoerring,E corr 1987}) 12... Be5 13. Be3 Re8 14. Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch Men Final 2018"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2018.12.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Bernadskiy, Vitaliy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,95,31,0,50,21,41,42,66,66,68,68,53,54,66,66,66,65,79,79,168,167,159,132,182,191,188,176,179,189,177,196,185,186,183,190,332,337,336,325,489,268,271,271,266,265,265,257,513,482,712,687,619,519,4794,741,893,630,542,467,1297,1290,4943,1290,29978,29979,29978,29979,29985,29986,29986,29987,29987,29988,29988,29989,29989,29990]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. O-O cxd4 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4)} 11. Ne4 {LiveBook: 73 Games} Qd8 (11... Qe7 12. a3 Ba5 13. Qxd4 Rd8 14. Qc5 Qxc5 15. Nxc5 Nd7 16. Nb3 Bb6 17. a4 Nf6 18. Be2 {½-½ (31) Bu,X (2718)-Wei,Y (2734) Hangzhou 2018}) 12. Nxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. exd4 Nc6 13. d5 exd5 14. Bxd5 Qb6 15. Qb3 Be7 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. a3 Bd7 18. Nfd2 {½-½ (30) Erdos,V (2609)-Zhao,Z (2523) Batumi 2018}) 12... Bd7 {The position is equal.} 13. Qb3 Qb6 14. a3 Be7 15. Qxb6 axb6 16. Bb5 e5 17. Bxd7 $1 {And now Nf5 would win.} exd4 18. Rc7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} dxe3 19. Bb5 $1 ({Reject} 19. Rxb7 $6 exf2+ 20. Rxf2 (20. Kxf2 Nxd7 21. Rxd7 Rfe8 $11) 20... Nxd7 $11) 19... Bd8 (19... Ra5 $16) 20. Rxb7 $18 exf2+ 21. Rxf2 Na6 {[#]} 22. Bc4 $1 Nc5 23. Nxc5 (23. Bxf7+ $6 Kh8 $16) 23... bxc5 24. Rfxf7 ({But not} 24. Bxf7+ Kh8 $16) 24... Rxf7 25. Rxf7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame Ra7+ is the strong threat. KRB-KRB} Kh7 26. Rf8 Rb8 27. a4 {[%cal Ba3a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32] Black must now prevent a5!} Kg6 (27... h5 {was worth a try.} 28. Re8 Bc7 29. Bd3+ Kh6 30. Re6+ Kg5) 28. a5 Bc7 29. Bd3+ Kh5 (29... Kg5 $142 30. Rf5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg4 31. Rxc5 Bd8 32. Rc4+ Kg5) 30. Rf5+ (30. Rf7 $142 Rb7 31. Kf1) 30... g5 31. Rxc5 Bf4 {Strongly threatening ...Be3+.} 32. Rc2 Be5 33. a6 Bxb2 $2 (33... Rxb2 34. Rxb2 Bxb2) 34. Rc4 Ra8 (34... Rd8 $142 35. Bc2 Be5) 35. Ra4 Bc1 36. Kf2 Bf4 (36... Rf8+ $142 37. Ke2 Re8+ 38. Be4 Bf4) 37. Be4 (37. g3 $142 Bc7 38. Kg2) 37... Ra7 38. Bb7 Kg6 39. h3 {[%cal Bh2h3,Bh3g4,Bg4g5,Bg5g6][%mdl 32]} h5 (39... Kf6 $142 40. Kf3 h5) 40. Kf3 Kf5 41. g4+ Kg6 42. Rxf4 {White mates.} gxf4 43. Kxf4 hxg4 44. hxg4 {KR-KB} Kf6 45. g5+ Kg6 {[#]} 46. Kg4 $1 Kg7 47. Kf5 Kf7 48. g6+ {Accuracy: White = 79%, Black = 31%.} 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch Men Final 2018"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2018.12.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kravtsiv, Martyn"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,52,0,-4,-1,-18,-8,-22,0,-18,19,8,15,0,6,17,22,36,29,16,19,13,12,11,8,7,14,10,19,0,18,0,0,0,0,0,-8]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 O-O 6. a3 {E20: Nimzo-Indian: 4 g3 and 4 f3} (6. Nf3 dxc4 7. O-O Nc6 8. Qa4 Nd5 9. Qc2 Be7 10. Rd1 Bd7 11. e4 Ncb4 12. Qd2 Nb6 13. Ne5 Nc6 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Qc2 f5 {1-0 (62) Caruana,F (2822)-So,W (2780) Saint Louis 2018}) 6... Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Qa4 Bd7 {[%cal Bc8d7,Bd7c6,Bc6d5][%mdl 32]} 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. f3 {LiveBook: 10 Games} Qd7 11. Rb1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. e4 Bb5 12. Qa2 c5 13. a4 Ba6 {0-1 (36) Stupak,K (2541)-Volokitin,A (2639) Batumi 2018}) 11... Bd5 12. Qd3 Qc6 13. Nh3 Nbd7 14. O-O e5 15. Qd2 e4 16. Nf4 Nb6 17. Nxd5 Nfxd5 18. fxe4 Nxc3 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack. The position is equal.} 19. Rb2 {aiming for Rc2.} Nxe4 20. Qc2 {Black must now prevent Qxc6.} Rae8 21. Qxc6 bxc6 22. Rc2 Re6 $1 23. Bf4 Rd8 24. Bxe4 Rxe4 25. Bxc7 Rdxd4 26. Bxb6 axb6 {Accuracy: White = 71%, Black = 62%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch Men Final 2018"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2018.12.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Black "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,39,4,18,4,9,0,6,6,4,4,9,8,3,9,12,10,9,9,9,5,8,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Qxc4 Nbd7 {LiveBook: 8 Games. The position is equal.} 11. b4 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7} (11. Nc3 b5 12. Qh4 Bb7 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 15. Nxb5 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Bxg2 17. Rd1 Bh1 18. Qh3 Qb8 19. Kxh1 Qxe5 {½-½ (19) Gledura,B (2621)-Bruzon Batista,L (2653) Saint Louis 2018}) 11... Be7 12. Nc3 b5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... b6 13. Nd4 Ne5 14. Qb3 Ra7 15. Rd1 Rd7 16. Bf4 Rxd4 17. Bxe5 Rxb4 18. Qc2 Qe8 {0-1 (70) Napolov,V-Korsunsky,R Cheliabinsk (Russia) 1975}) 13. Qd4 Bb7 $1 14. axb5 axb5 15. Rxa8 Qxa8 16. Nxb5 e5 17. Qb2 Qa4 18. Nc3 Qxb4 19. Qxb4 Bxb4 20. Bb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch Men Final 2018"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2018.12.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Golubka, Petro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,93,14,17,21,14,17,16,0,1,0,35,37,43,-7,68,41,64,56,58,56,101,83,86,88,87,81,87,89,83,90,128,143,156,146,252,254,238,251,281,247,256,262,234,236,261,249,259,242,389,232,479,485,524,511,637,626,599,562,853,746,716,853,805,829,1046,943,1033,1001]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Bb7 7. e3 O-O 8. Be2 a5 9. b3 d6 10. Bb2 Nbd7 11. O-O Qe7 12. Rfd1 {E14: Queen's Indian: Classical Variation (4 e3)} (12. Qc2 c5 13. Rfd1 Rfd8 14. Qc3 Ne4 15. Qe1 h6 16. Nd2 Nef6 17. Nb1 cxd4 18. exd4 e5 19. Bf1 e4 {1-0 (64) Wojtaszek,R (2742)-Moiseenko,A (2698) Germany 2015}) 12... Ne4 13. Qc2 f5 14. d5 e5 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 15. b4 {[#]} c6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Ng5 16. Bc3 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Qh4 18. Be2 Nf6 19. Be1 axb4 20. axb4 {1-0 (37) Yilmaz,M (2614)-Hjartarson,J (2536) Reykjavik 2017}) 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. Nd2 {[%cal Bf3d2,Bd2b1,Bb1c3,Bc3d5][%mdl 32]} Ng5 {[%cal Be4g5,Bg5e6,Be6d4][%mdl 32]} 18. f3 f4 19. e4 Ne6 20. Qd3 Rfd8 (20... Rf6 $11) 21. Nb1 $1 $14 Nf6 22. Nc3 Nd4 23. Bf1 Rab8 24. Nd5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has strong initiative.} Nxd5 25. Bxd4 Ba4 26. Rd2 Nf6 27. Bf2 axb4 28. axb4 b5 29. Qc3 {[#] aiming for cxb5.} Kh8 30. c5 d5 (30... dxc5 $16 31. Rxd8+ (31. bxc5 Rxd2 32. Qxd2 Qe8 $16) (31. Bxc5 Qe6 $16) 31... Rxd8) 31. exd5 $18 Nxd5 32. Qb2 Nf6 33. Re1 Rxd2 34. Qxd2 Re8 35. c6 Qc7 36. Qc3 Re6 37. Rc1 e4 (37... Nd5 {was called for.} 38. Qd3 Rxc6) 38. Bd4 (38. fxe4 $142 {Strongly threatening Qc5.} Ng8 39. Bd4) 38... exf3 $2 {[#]} (38... Nd5 39. Qc5 Ne7 40. fxe4 (40. Bxb5 Bxb5 41. Qxb5 Rxc6 $18) 40... h6) 39. Qxf3 {White is clearly winning.} h6 40. h3 Ne4 41. Qg4 Bb3 {If Black can now play ...Re7 this consolidates a bit.} 42. Bxb5 Nf6 43. Qf5 f3 44. Qxf3 Bd5 45. Qf2 Bxc6 46. Bxf6 Rxf6 47. Qc5 {Accuracy: White = 92%, Black = 46%.} 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch Men Final 2018"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2018.12.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kovchan, Alexander"]
[Black "Bogdanovich, Stanislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,124,53,51,45,35,22,8,49,34,31,18,35,20,26,16,29,24,35,25,33,0,17,0,17,24,23,33,69,8,9,0,0,0,12,-12,-17,-8,-10,-16,-9,-10,25,29,29,34,34,7,6,0,0,0,95,89,96,0,105,108,112,101,109,130,122,0,0,0,0,-825,-800,-748,-731,-664,-598,-2069,-2061,-2002,-1918,-556,0,-27,-87,-87,-120,-125,-135,-56,-113,-116,-128,-482,-406,-511,-477,-1758,-1747,-29943,-29948,-12849,-12850,-12841,-9323,-1908,-1352,-29961,-29962,-5122,-5106]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. c4 Nc6 4. Bg2 d6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bd7 7. Nc3 g6 8. Nxc6 {A31: Symmetrical English: 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 d4} Bxc6 9. e4 Bg7 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O {LiveBook: 33 Games} Rc8 12. Rc1 (12. Bxa7 b6 $17) 12... a6 13. Re1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. b4 b5 14. c5 dxc5 15. Bxc5 Nd7 16. Bd4 Ne5 {½-½ (29) Ovetchkin,R (2501)-Zvjaginsev,V (2683) St Petersburg 2012}) 13... Qa5 14. Bd2 Rfe8 15. a3 Bd7 16. Nd5 Qd8 $1 17. Qb3 Nxd5 18. exd5 b5 19. cxb5 Bxb5 20. Bc3 Bh6 21. Rcd1 Qd7 22. Re4 {White wants to play a4.} Qc7 23. Rde1 Bd3 24. Rh4 (24. Rb4 $14) 24... Bg5 $11 25. Rg4 Bf6 26. Bxf6 Bf5 27. Rf4 exf6 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. h4 Qc1+ 30. Kh2 Re2 31. Qb8+ Kg7 32. h5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Threatens to win with h6+! White has good play.} h6 $1 33. hxg6 Bxg6 34. Qd8 Qxb2 35. Rb4 Qc2 (35... Qe5 $11 {remains equal.} 36. Rb8 Qh5+ 37. Bh3 Rxf2+ 38. Kg1 Qd1+ 39. Kxf2 Qd4+ 40. Kf1 Bd3+ 41. Kg2 (41. Ke1 $2 {leads to mate.} Qe3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 42. Kd1 Qe2+ 43. Kc1 Qc2#) 41... Be4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 42. Kf1 Qd1+ 43. Kf2 Qd2+ 44. Kf1 Qd3+ 45. Kf2 Qf3+ 46. Ke1 Qe3+ 47. Kf1 (47. Kd1 Bf3+ 48. Kc2 Be4+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 49. Kd1 Bf3+ 50. Kc2 Be4+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 51. Kd1 $11) 47... Qf3+ 48. Ke1 Qe3+ 49. Kf1 (49. Kd1 Bf3+ 50. Kc2 Be4+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 51. Kd1 Bf3+ 52. Kc2 Be4+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 53. Kd1 $11) 49... Qf3+ 50. Ke1) 36. Rb8 $16 {[%csl Gb8][%cal Rd8h8]} Bh7 37. Qh8+ $1 ({Much weaker is} 37. Rc8 $6 Qf5 $11) 37... Kg6 {[#]} 38. Rg8+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxg8 39. Qxg8+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQB} Kf5 40. Qxf7 {[%cal Rf7h5]} Ke5 41. Qa7 (41. Qh5+ $1 $16 Kd4 42. Qh4+ Re4 43. Qxf6+ (43. Bxe4 Qxe4 44. Qxf6+ Kxd5 $16) 43... Kc5 44. Bxe4 Qxe4 45. Qxh6) 41... Rxf2 $11 42. Qe3+ Kf5 {[#]} 43. Qe6+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (43. g4+ $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]} Kg6 (43... Kxg4 44. Qh3+) 44. Qe8+ Kg7 45. Qd7+ Kh8 46. Qe8+ Kh7 47. Qf7+ Kh8 48. Qe8+ Kg7 49. Qe7+ Kh8 50. Qe8+) 43... Kg5 $1 $19 44. Qe3+ Kg4 $1 45. Qe6+ Qf5 46. Qg8+ Qg5 $1 {[%cal Rg5g8]} 47. Qe6+ f5 {[%cal Bf6f5,Bf5f4][%mdl 32]} 48. Qxd6 a5 $2 ({Better is} 48... Re2 $19 {...f4 is the strong threat.} 49. Qxa6 Rxg2+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 50. Kxg2 Qd2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 51. Kh1 Qxd5+ 52. Kg1 Qd4+ 53. Kg2 Qd2+ 54. Kf1 Qd1+ 55. Kf2 Qf3+ 56. Kg1 h5) 49. Qe5 $1 $11 {[%cal Re5d4]} f4 50. Qe6+ Qf5 {( -> ...Qxe6)} 51. Qg8+ {[#]} Kh5 $1 {And now ...Re2 would win.} 52. Qe8+ Qg6 53. Qe5+ Kg4 {Strongly threatening ...Qh5+.} 54. gxf4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (54. Qd4 $17 {nothing else works.} Rxg2+ 55. Kxg2 Qc2+ 56. Kf1 Kxg3 57. Qg1+ Kf3 58. Qh1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg3 59. Qg1+ Kf3 60. Qh1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg4 61. Qxh6) 54... Qf5 55. Qg7+ Kh5 56. Kg1 (56. Qe5 $142 Rxf4 57. Qe2+ Kg6 58. Qe8+ Kg7 59. Qe7+ Qf7 60. Qe5+ Qf6 61. Qc7+ Kg6 62. Qc6) 56... Rxf4 $19 57. Qc3 Qb1+ 58. Kh2 Qb8 59. Kg1 Qb6+ 60. Kh2 Qd4 61. Qc8 Rh4+ 62. Bh3 Qe5+ {Accuracy: White = 48%, Black = 71%.} 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch Men Final 2018"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2018.12.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 4. g3 {[%emt 0:00:58]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 5. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Bb4+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} 6. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:35]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:06:52]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:31]} 8. dxc5 {[%emt 0:03:54]} Bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 9. Qc2 {[%emt 0:02:29]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:04:24]} 10. Qxc4 {[%emt 0:01:35]} b5 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 11. Qxb5 {[%emt 0:22:13]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:01:50]} 12. Qc4 {[%emt 0:29:47]} Rxb2 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 13. Qc1 {[%emt 0:01:07]} Rb6 {[%emt 0:38:59]} 14. Nc3 {[%emt 0:04:58]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:05:39]} 15. Na4 {[%emt 0:08:02]} Rb5 16. Rd1 Qe7 {[%emt 0:10:37]} 17. Nxc5 {[%emt 0:04:57]} Qxc5 18. Qxc5 Nxc5 {[%emt 0:03:50]} 19. Nd4 {[%emt 0:02:11]} Rb2 {[%emt 0:02:26]} 20. Bc1 {[%emt 0:01:02]} Rb6 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 21. Ba3 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 22. Nc6 {[%emt 0:01:02]} Rbxc6 {[%emt 0:03:20]} 23. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} h5 {[%emt 0:02:30]} 24. Bf3 {[%emt 0:01:02]} Nce4 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 25. Rdc1 {[%emt 0:01:33]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 26. Rc2 {[%emt 0:02:43]} Nd2 {[%emt 0:02:52]} 27. Be7 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Nxf3+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} 28. exf3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rd3 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 29. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} gxf6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 30. Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Rxf3 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 31. a4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rd3 {[%emt 0:01:22]} 32. Rxa7 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Rd6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 33. a5 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 34. Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:37]} h4 {[%emt 0:01:16]} 35. Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:24]} hxg3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 36. hxg3 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Rd5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 37. Rb6 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Be2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 38. a6 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Bf3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 39. Rb3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch Men Final 2018"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2018.12.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kravtsiv, Martyn"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,37,14,12,0,0,0,6,-2,0,0,0,0,0,0,18,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. h3 h6 7. Re1 d6 8. c3 {[%cal Bc2c3,Bc3d4][%mdl 32]} a5 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Bb5 Qb8 {LiveBook: 30 Games. The position is equal.} 11. Bxc6 (11. Nf1 Qa7 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Nxe3 Ne7 14. Ba4 Ng6 15. Bc2 {½-½ (27) Dominguez Perez,L (2739)-Nakamura,H (2777) Saint Louis 2018}) 11... bxc6 12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4 Bb6 {[#]} 14. Nf1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. b3 d5 15. e5 {1-0 (38) Stevic,H (2579)-Deac,B (2594) Batumi 2018}) 14... d5 15. e5 Ne4 16. Be3 a4 17. Qc1 Qe8 18. Ng3 Nxg3 19. fxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch Men Final 2018"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2018.12.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bernadskiy, Vitaliy"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,68,17,21,36,37,39,34,33,-31,-29,-78,-91,-97,-65,-78,-75,-115,-106,-167,-150,-176,-177,-189,-143,-129,-123,-123,-122,-122,-124,-118,-115,-123,-128,-200,-155,-453,-454,-470,-441,-461,-459,-593,-557,-29987,-29988]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {[%cal Bf1b5,Bb5a4,Ba4b3,Bb3c4][%mdl 32]} a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. a4 b4 10. a5 Rb8 11. Bc4 Bb7 12. d4 {C90: Closed Ruy Lopez with 7...d6: Early deviations} bxc3 13. Nxc3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} exd4 14. Nxd4 {White is slightly better.} Ne5 {[#]} 15. Bf1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Bb3 c5 16. Nf5 c4 17. Bc2 Bc8 18. Ne3 Rb4 19. Ned5 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 {1-0 (32) Palac,M (2610)-Dervishi,E (2496) Jesolo 1999}) 15... Re8 16. f4 (16. Bg5 $14) 16... Ned7 $15 17. g3 Bf8 18. Bg2 g6 19. Nb3 Ba8 20. Bd2 c5 21. Bc1 (21. Nc1 $17 {might work better.}) 21... Qc7 22. Nd2 {[#]} c4 $1 23. Re2 Nc5 24. Nxc4 Ncxe4 25. Nxe4 Bxe4 ({Don't play} 25... Nxe4 $6 26. Nb6 $11) 26. Bxe4 Rxe4 ({But not} 26... Nxe4 $6 27. Nb6 $11) 27. Rxe4 Nxe4 28. Ne3 Rb5 29. Ra4 (29. Qc2 $17 {was worth a try.} Qxc2 30. Nxc2) 29... d5 {[%cal Bd6d5,Bd5e4,Be4e3][%mdl 32] Strongly threatening ...Bc5.} 30. Kg2 $2 {[#]} (30. Rd4 $17) 30... Qc6 $19 31. Rd4 Bg7 32. Rxe4 dxe4 33. Qd8+ Bf8 34. Ng4 {and the idea Nf6+ leaves White hopeful.} e3+ {Accuracy: White = 36%, Black = 81%.} 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch Men Final 2018"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2018.12.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bogdanovich, Stanislav"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,80,41,17,20,18,47,40,31,32,48,45,41,45,41,-13,-8,-23,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,17,15,21,17,14,17,37,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,71,54,95,0,0,10,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bg4 9. c3 O-O 10. h3 {C84: Closed Ruy Lopez: Unusual White 6th moves} Bh5 11. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2c4,Bc4e3,Be3f5][%mdl 32]} b4 12. a5 {LiveBook: 3 Games. White is slightly better.} bxc3 13. bxc3 Qc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... d5 14. Qe2 d4 15. Ba4 Nxa5 16. cxd4 exd4 17. g4 Nxg4 18. hxg4 Bxg4 19. Rb1 Qd6 20. Re1 {½-½ (20) Grigoriants,S (2561)-Daulyte,D (2223) Cappelle-la-Grande 2012}) 14. Nc4 Rb8 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Bxf3.} 15. Ba4 Nd8 16. Ne3 {Black must now prevent Nf5.} c5 17. Nf5 Qc7 18. Bb3 (18. Re1 $14) 18... Bxf3 $1 $11 19. gxf3 g6 20. Nxe7+ Qxe7 21. f4 Ne6 22. fxe5 dxe5 23. Bc4 Qd6 24. Bh6 Rfd8 25. Qf3 Nh5 $1 26. Rfb1 Nhf4 27. Kh2 Qc6 28. h4 {[%cal Bh3h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Qd6 29. h5 Qe7 30. Qg4 Qf6 {[#] Strongly threatening ...g5.} 31. Bxe6 ({Don't blunder} 31. Bxa6 $2 g5 $19) 31... Nxe6 32. Be3 $1 Ra8 33. Rd1 Rd6 34. Rab1 Rad8 35. Rb6 Kg7 36. Kg1 R8d7 (36... Kg8 $11 {remains equal.}) 37. Rdb1 g5 38. Rxd6 ({White should play} 38. Qf5 $16 h6 39. c4) 38... Rxd6 {The position is equal.} 39. Rb6 Rxd3 40. Rxa6 Rxc3 {Accuracy: White = 59%, Black = 52%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch Men Final 2018"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2018.12.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Golubka, Petro"]
[Black "Kovchan, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:01:02]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 6. h4 {[%emt 0:04:03]} e5 {[%emt 0:01:28]} 7. Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 8. Bg5 {[%emt 0:04:24]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 9. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 10. g3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Be7 {[%emt 0:05:09]} 11. Nd5 {[%emt 0:12:40]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 12. Bh3 {[%emt 0:03:38]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:02:00]} 13. c3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} O-O {[%emt 0:01:22]} 14. Kf1 {[%emt 0:02:31]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:02:41]} 15. Ne3 {[%emt 0:03:09]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:14:05]} 16. Nxc4 {[%emt 0:02:11]} Rxc4 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 17. Nd2 {[%emt 0:02:53]} Rc6 {[%emt 0:04:20]} 18. Bxe6 {[%emt 0:04:27]} fxe6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 19. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:18:06]} 20. Nf3 {[%emt 0:01:43]} Qb5 {[%emt 0:07:06]} 21. Qxb5 {[%emt 0:03:03]} axb5 {[%emt 0:01:13]} 22. Kg2 {[%emt 0:09:48]} b4 {[%emt 0:01:06]} 23. cxb4 {[%emt 0:01:07]} Rc2 {[%emt 0:04:12]} 24. Rhc1 {[%emt 0:01:41]} Re2 {[%emt 0:02:10]} 25. Rc7 {[%emt 0:04:34]} Bd8 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 26. Rxb7 {[%emt 0:03:15]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 27. Rf1 {[%emt 0:03:33]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:09:10]} 28. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:01:57]} Rxb2 29. a4 {[%emt 0:11:22]} Ra2 {[%emt 0:08:28]} 30. a5 {[%emt 0:06:08]} e3 {[%emt 0:01:45]} 31. Ng4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} e2 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 32. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:07]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 33. Ne5 {[%emt 0:01:49]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 34. f4 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Bxe5 {[%emt 0:03:13]} 35. fxe5 {[%emt 0:01:35]} Rf5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 36. Rb6 {[%emt 0:05:24]} Rxe5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 37. Rc6 {[%emt 0:02:38]} Re4 {[%emt 0:04:12]} 38. a6 {[%emt 0:01:37]} Rxb4 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 39. Rxe6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rba4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 40. R6xe2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rxa6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Rxa2 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Rxa2+ {[%emt 0:00:28]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch Men Final 2018"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2018.12.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Golubka, Petro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,69,15,11,46,56,54,46,58,64,65,68,52,37,44,41,85,52,58,27,85,95,91,87,82,94,93,83,93,89,81,84,75,71,79,68,66,61,75,81,64,44,106,98,95,90,99,102,148,167,268,263,337,341,1083,1093,1298,1178,1161,1136]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Rc1 {LiveBook: 150 Games} dxc4 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} (7... Bb7 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. O-O b5 11. Bd3 Nbd7 12. a4 b4 13. Nb1 c5 14. Nbd2 cxd4 15. Bc7 Qe8 16. exd4 {1-0 (57) Lalith,B (2575)-Melkumyan,H (2650) Abu Dhabi 2016}) 8. Bxc4 Bb7 9. O-O a6 {White is slightly better.} 10. Qe2 Nbd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... b5 11. Bb3 Bd6 12. Bg3 Bxg3 13. hxg3 Nc6 14. Rfd1 Qe7 15. Ng5 e5 16. d5 Na5 17. Bc2 Nc4 18. b3 Nd6 19. Bb1 {½-½ (19) Domotor,J (2092)-Horvath,G (2273) Hungary 2006}) 11. Rfd1 Bd6 12. Bg5 {[%cal Bf4g5,Bg5h4,Bh4g3][%mdl 32]} b5 13. Bd3 Qe7 14. Ne4 h6 15. Bh4 Rac8 (15... g5 $11 16. Nxd6 cxd6) 16. Nxf6+ $16 Nxf6 17. e4 {[#] e5 is the strong threat.} e5 18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. Nxe5 Qxe5 20. Bg3 Qe6 {[%cal Rb7e4]} 21. e5 ({But not} 21. Bxc7 Bxe4 22. Bxe4 Nxe4 $11) 21... Nd5 22. Be4 (22. Qe4 {looks sharper.} g6 23. Qh4 Kg7 24. a4 c6 25. Be4) 22... Rcd8 23. Rd3 Rfe8 24. Qf3 c6 25. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Bc8 26. h5 Bd7 (26... Ne7 $14) 27. Rcd1 {[%cal Re4d5]} Rc8 28. Rd4 Rf8 29. Qa3 Rfe8 30. Bc2 ({Don't play} 30. Qxa6 $6 Ra8 $14) 30... f5 (30... g6 {was called for.} 31. hxg6 fxg6) 31. exf6 $1 $18 Qxf6 32. Qd3 ({Not} 32. Qxa6 Be6 $16) 32... Kf8 $2 (32... g6 33. hxg6 Qg5) 33. Qh7 {White is clearly winning.} Re2 {[#]} 34. Rf4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxf4 35. Rxd7 {Accuracy: White = 92%, Black = 51%.} 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch Men Final 2018"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2018.12.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Bogdanovich, Stanislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B29"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,51,57,18,39,25,51,60,81,71,87,83,107,99,85,78,71,70,64,70,99,77,64,72,55,53,88,0,87,10,56,47,49,55,57,54,52,19,428,172,153,147,354,305]} 1. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nc3 Nxc3 5. dxc3 Nc6 6. Bd3 {LiveBook: 7 Games. B29: Sicilian: 2 Nf3 Nf6 (Nimzowitsch Variation)} (6. Bc4 e6 7. Bf4 Qb6 8. Nd2 Qxb2 9. Ne4 Qb6 10. Qg4 Na5 11. Be2 Qb2 12. O-O Qxc2 13. Qf3 Qa4 14. Rab1 a6 15. Rfd1 {1-0 (27) Amin,B (2693)-Gordievsky,D (2622) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 6... d6 7. exd6 Qxd6 8. Be3 {White is slightly better.} Bg4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... g6 9. Qe2 e5 10. O-O-O Qe7 11. Ng5 Be6 12. Bb5 f5 13. f4 Bg8 14. Rhe1 e4 {1-0 (47) Lee,P-Rabassa,L Sinaia 1965}) 9. h3 Bh5 10. Qe2 e6 11. O-O-O Qc7 12. g4 Bg6 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. Qc4 Qa5 15. Ng5 Be7 16. Nxe6 $40 {[%mdl 128] White has strong attack.} fxe6 17. Qxe6 {[#] aiming for Rd7.} Kf8 18. a3 (18. Rd7 $16 Rd8 19. Rhd1 (19. Rxb7 Rd6 $14) 19... Rxd7 20. Rxd7) 18... Re8 (18... Nd8 $11 19. Qxg6 Qb6 20. Qf5+ Qf6) 19. Rd5 (19. Rd7 $6 Qb6 $14) ({Better is} 19. Qxg6 $16 {Hoping for Rd5.} c4 20. Rd7) 19... Rd8 20. Rhd1 $1 Rxh3 21. Qxg6 Rxd5 22. Rxd5 Qc7 23. Qf5+ {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} ({Don't play} 23. Rf5+ Bf6 $15) (23. Qe6 $5 {[%cal Rd5f5]} Rf3 24. Rh5 $14) 23... Ke8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (23... Bf6 $1 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 24. g5 (24. Bf4 $142 Ne5 25. Bxe5) 24... Rh1+ $18 25. Kd2 {[#] Black must now prevent Qg6+.} Bf8 $2 (25... Nd8 $16) 26. Qe4+ {Accuracy: White = 31%, Black = 25%.} 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch Men Final 2018"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2018.12.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kravtsiv, Martyn"]
[Black "Bernadskiy, Vitaliy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,59,47,82,51,44,41,119,79,77,63,77,74,89,86,88,78,82,79,79,85,83,86,80,79,84,99,90,94,85,91,100,42,42,42,42,42,42,42,42,35,35,35,35,35]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O h6 7. a4 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} (7. Nbd2 Nd7 8. Nb3 g5 9. Ne1 Qc7 10. f4 c5 11. Nxc5 Nxc5 12. dxc5 Qxc5+ 13. Kh1 d4 14. Nd3 Qc7 15. fxg5 {0-1 (32) Shirov,A (2636)-Nakamura,H (2763) Douglas 2018}) 7... Nd7 8. a5 a6 9. b4 Bh7 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 10. Nc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. c3 Ng6 11. Bd3 Be7 12. Qc2 O-O 13. Nbd2 Re8 14. Nb3 Ngf8 {1-0 (50) Bartel,M (2649)-Lalith,B (2565) Warsaw 2016}) 10... Ng6 11. Rb1 f6 ({Better is} 11... Be7 $14) 12. Na4 Be7 13. Bd3 O-O {[%cal Rf6e5]} 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. Re1 Re8 16. Nc5 Nxc5 17. bxc5 Qc7 18. h3 Re7 19. Bd2 Rf8 20. Rb3 Nh4 {With the idea ...Bxd3.} 21. Bxh7+ Kxh7 {[#]} 22. Nxh4 $1 Bxh4 23. g3 Ref7 {[#]} 24. f4 (24. Re2 $1 $16 Bd8 25. Bf4) 24... Bf6 $14 {White is slightly better.} 25. Rd3 ({But not} 25. Rxe6 Bxd4+ 26. Be3 Bxe3+ 27. Rexe3 Qxa5 $15) 25... Re7 26. Qg4 Qd7 27. h4 Qe8 28. Kg2 h5 29. Qh3 Qg6 30. Re2 {Accuracy: White = 64%, Black = 82%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch Men Final 2018"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2018.12.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. a3 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. cxd5 {[%emt 0:01:13]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. e3 {[%emt 0:02:16]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:05:40]} 8. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 9. Bd3 {[%emt 0:02:27]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 10. e4 {[%emt 0:02:36]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:05:11]} 11. cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} O-O {[%emt 0:02:53]} 12. e5 {[%emt 0:08:16]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 13. h4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:28:55]} 14. gxf3 {[%emt 0:31:25]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:01:28]} 15. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:56]} f5 {[%emt 0:07:25]} 16. exf6 {[%emt 0:08:00]} Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 17. Bxh7+ {[%emt 0:00:42]} Kxh7 {[%emt 0:04:12]} 18. Qc2+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:05:03]} 19. Qxc6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 20. Rd1 {[%emt 0:01:41]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 21. Qe4 {[%emt 0:07:17]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:04:15]} 22. Ke2 {[%emt 0:01:15]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:04:18]} 23. Rhg1 {[%emt 0:04:05]} Rc4 {[%emt 0:05:05]} 24. f4 {[%emt 0:08:32]} Qf7 {[%emt 0:01:45]} 25. Qg6 {[%emt 0:17:11]} Bxe3 {[%emt 0:04:32]} 26. fxe3 {[%emt 0:00:37]} exf4 {[%emt 0:01:11]} 27. Rd8 {[%emt 0:01:48]} Rc2+ {[%emt 0:05:30]} 28. Ke1 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Rc1+ {[%emt 0:00:58]} 29. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:49]} Rxd1+ {[%emt 0:02:03]} 30. Kxd1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rd8+ {[%emt 0:05:10]} 31. Ke1 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Qxg6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 32. Rxg6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 33. Kf2 {[%emt 0:01:08]} Rxe3 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 34. Rg4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Rxa3 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 35. Rxf4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 36. h5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 37. Rg4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rb3 {[%emt 0:01:15]} 38. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Rb5 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 39. Rg6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} a4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch Men Final 2018"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2018.12.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kovchan, Alexander"]
[Black "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,111,44,31,61,30,32,31,46,24,32,-47,-20,-16,-28,-85,-81,-120,-121,-116,-119,-129,-131,-117,-115,-131,-129,-125,-129,-117,-126,-127,-118,-120,-121,-129,-116,-110,-47,-30,-43,-27,-33,-103,-103,-97,-97,-97,-97,-297,-307,-389,-14,-15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-12,-12,-12,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 Nc6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. e4 Nb6 9. d5 Na5 10. Nc3 c6 11. Bf4 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 cxd5 14. exd5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Rc8 {D76: Fianchetto Grünfeld: Main Line with 7...Nb6} 15. Rac1 Nac4 16. b3 (16. Qe2 Nd6 17. Be5 Bxe5 18. Qxe5 Re8 19. h4 Nd7 20. Qe2 Nf6 21. Rc2 Qa5 22. Rfc1 {½-½ (107) Fressinet,L (2651)-Le Roux,J (2557) Orsay 2018}) 16... Nd6 $1 {[%cal Bc4d6,Bd6f5,Bf5d4,Bd4e2][%mdl 32] White is slightly better.} 17. Ne4 Nf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Nc8 20. Qc4 Nd6 21. Qc7 Bd4 22. Bg5 {1-0 (44) Lesiege,A (2500)-Lopez,C (2400) Cienfuegos 1997}) 18. Nc5 (18. Rxc8 $14 Nxc8 19. Rc1) 18... Nd4 $15 19. Qe4 Qxd5 $1 (19... f5 $6 20. Qe1 $16) 20. Qxd5 (20. Qxe7 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.} Qf5 21. Rfe1 (21. Nxb7 Nd5 $11) (21. Bxb7 $2 Rce8 $19)) 20... Ne2+ $17 21. Kh2 Nxd5 22. Bxd5 Nxc1 23. Rxc1 Bb2 $1 {[%cal Rb2c1]} 24. Rc4 b5 {[%mdl 1024] Black has strong compensation.} 25. Rc2 {Threatens to win with Bb7.} Ba3 $1 26. Be3 Rc7 $1 27. b4 Bxb4 28. Na6 Rxc2 29. Nxb4 Rc7 30. Bc6 a6 $1 31. Nd5 Rfc8 (31... Rxc6 $17 32. Nxe7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg7 33. Nxc6 Rc8) 32. Nxc7 $15 Rxc7 33. Be4 a5 34. Kg2 (34. Bb6 $1 $15 Rd7 35. Bxa5) 34... a4 $1 $17 35. Bf4 Rc8 36. Kf3 {[#]} b4 $1 {[%cal Rb4b3] Strongly threatening ...b3.} 37. Ke3 $2 (37. Be5 $17 {is a better defense.}) 37... b3 $19 38. axb3 axb3 $2 ({Black should play} 38... a3 $19 39. Kd2 {[#]} e5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 40. Bxe5 Re8) 39. Be5 $11 {The position is equal.} Rc1 40. Kd2 Rf1 41. Ke2 Rc1 42. Bb2 Rc8 43. Kd2 g5 44. g4 h6 45. Bd3 Kf8 46. Bc3 f6 47. Be2 Kf7 48. Bd1 Rd8+ 49. Ke2 $1 Rb8 {And now ...b2 would win.} 50. Bb2 e6 51. Kd2 Rd8+ 52. Kc1 Rd3 53. f3 $1 {[#]} h5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 54. Be2 (54. gxh5 Rd8) 54... Rd8 55. Bc3 Rh8 56. Bd1 {Accuracy: White = 69%, Black = 70%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch Men Final 2018"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2018.12.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,102,0,13,13,13,20,25,15,8,40,41,45,48,46,20,16,20,25,25,40,28,31,15,13,12,23,8,48,7,20,8,60,66,64,52,119,119,147,118,116,123,133,132,135,139,137,146,133,87,101,96,125,91,137,127,200,165,170,-8,0,-61,90,85,160,206,156,-566,-568,-530,-128,-538,-512,-1022,-1023,-970,-997,-935,-943,-1261,-1214,-1791,-1275,-1333,-907,-1194,-1159,-1581,-1491,-1465,-1441,-12827,-6804]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. a3 {D31: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav without ...Nf6 (+ Marshall Gambit and Noteboom) and Exchange Variation lines without ...Nf6} (6. b3 Bb4 7. Bd2 O-O 8. f4 dxc4 9. bxc4 Nc5 10. Bc2 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Nce4 12. Ne2 b5 13. Bb4 Re8 {0-1 (49) Riazantsev,A (2671)-Najer,E (2679) Doha 2016}) 6... Bd6 7. c5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Bc7 8. f4 $1 {The position is equal.} b6 9. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4c5][%mdl 32]} a5 {White must now prevent ...axb4.} 10. Bd2 bxc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Ba6 11. Bc2 Bc4 12. Nf3 O-O 13. h3 axb4 14. axb4 Rxa1 15. Qxa1 bxc5 16. bxc5 {1-0 (41) Kosic,D (2516)-Raicevic,M (2359) Herceg Novi 2008}) 11. bxc5 Ba6 12. Bxa6 Rxa6 13. Nge2 O-O 14. O-O Kh8 15. Rb1 Qc8 16. Qc2 Ng8 17. h3 Ne7 18. g4 Ra7 19. Kg2 f6 20. Be1 e5 21. Bg3 exd4 (21... Rb7 $11) 22. Nxd4 $14 Re8 23. Na4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Nf8 (23... Rb7 $14) 24. Nb6 Qa6 25. Rb2 Rb7 26. Rfb1 Reb8 27. f5 Bxg3 28. Kxg3 Re8 29. Kg2 h6 30. h4 Rc7 31. Qe2 Qa7 32. Qf3 Ng8 33. Qg3 Re5 (33... g6 $16 34. Qd6 Rg7) 34. Kf2 Qa6 35. g5 $2 ({Better is} 35. Rb3 $18) 35... Qd3 $11 36. Re1 (36. Rb3 $11 Qe4 37. Kg1) 36... Rce7 $2 (36... Qxa3 $15 {stays ahead.} 37. Rc2 Nh7) 37. Rb3 (37. Nxc6 Rxf5+ 38. Kg1 Re4 $17) 37... Qd2+ {[#]} ({Black should try} 37... Qa6) 38. Re2 $1 $16 {[%cal Re2d2]} Qc1 {[#]} 39. Rc2 $2 {[#]} (39. Nc8 $1 $16 {[%cal Rc8e7] is forced if you want to stay better.} Rc7 40. Nf3) 39... Rxf5+ $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 40. Kg2 (40. Nxf5 Qxc2+) 40... Qf1+ ({Weaker is} 40... Qd1 41. Rcb2 $17) 41. Kh2 Qd1 {Black is clearly winning.} 42. Rf2 (42. Qg2 $142 Rf1 43. Qe2 Rh1+ 44. Kg3 Qg1+ 45. Qg2 Rxe3+ 46. Rxe3 Qxe3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 47. Nf3) 42... Rxf2+ 43. Qxf2 Re4 44. Rb2 hxg5 45. Nf3 Nh6 {Threatens to win with ...Ng4+.} 46. Qe2 Qc1 47. hxg5 fxg5 48. Rc2 Qxa3 49. Nxg5 Rh4+ 50. Nh3 Ne6 51. Kg2 {[#]} Rxh3 $1 {Accuracy: White = 40%, Black = 64%.} 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch Men Final 2018"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2018.12.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Kovchan, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,118,21,33,20,31,0,29,8,16,16,31,18,18,15,34,0,47,0,0,-1,0,-9,-9,-9,-9,-8,22,29,57,71,75,74,72,72,72,64,72,34,49,31,63,42,41,33,34,37,96,33,32,18,29,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,26,16,16,16,16,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 h6 9. Bf4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 {LiveBook: 66 Games} 11. Be5 (11. Qb3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 {½-½ (48) Karjakin,S (2773)-Caruana,F (2822) Saint Louis 2018}) 11... Ng7 12. Bg3 Nh5 $1 13. O-O Nxg3 14. hxg3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. fxg3 Qe7 15. Qc2 Bg7 {0-1 (55) Ahlander,B (2407)-Thorfinnsson,B (2430) Reykjavik 2017}) 14... c6 15. Qc2 Bg7 16. b4 O-O 17. Bf5 Qc8 18. Na4 Bxf5 19. Qxf5 b5 20. Nc5 Nxc5 21. Qxc8 Raxc8 22. bxc5 f5 23. a4 $1 Rce8 24. axb5 axb5 25. Ra6 Re6 26. Rb1 Rfe8 27. Kf1 Bf6 28. Rba1 h5 29. Rb6 {Raa6 is the strong threat.} Kf7 30. Raa6 g4 31. Ne1 {Black must now prevent Nd3.} Bxd4 $1 32. Nd3 Be5 {[#]} (32... Bg7 $14) 33. Rxc6 ({Better is} 33. Nb4 $1 $16) 33... Rxc6 $14 34. Rxc6 d4 35. Nxe5+ Rxe5 36. exd4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} Rd5 $1 37. Rb6 Rxd4 38. Rxb5 Ke6 39. Ke2 Rc4 {The position is equal.} 40. Kd3 Rc1 41. Kd4 Rd1+ 42. Ke3 Rc1 43. Kf4 Rc2 44. Ke3 Rc1 45. Rb6+ Ke5 46. c6 Rc3+ 47. Kd2 Rc5 48. Kd3 Kd5 49. f3 gxf3 50. gxf3 f4 51. gxf4 (51. c7 {looks sharper.} Rxc7 52. Rh6 fxg3 53. Rxh5+ Ke6 54. Rg5) 51... Rxc6 52. Rb5+ (52. Rxc6 {feels hotter.} Kxc6 53. f5 h4 54. f6 Kd6 55. f7) 52... Rc5 $1 {[%cal Rc5b5]} 53. Rxc5+ (53. Rb4 {seems wilder.} Rc8 54. Ke3 Rh8 55. Rb5+ Kd6 56. Kf2) 53... Kxc5 {KPP-KP} 54. Ke3 Kd5 55. Kf2 Ke6 56. Kg2 Kf5 57. Kg3 h4+ 58. Kxh4 {[#] White threatens Kg3 and mate.} Kxf4 59. Kh3 Kxf3 {Accuracy: White = 44%, Black = 69%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch Men Final 2018"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2018.12.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Black "Bernadskiy, Vitaliy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,45,37,14,0,0,5,0,0,1,22,0,16,16,11,-28,-14,-20,-21,-22,-33,-28,-19,-19,-8,-21,-4,-13,-19,-10,28,20,21,14]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Be2 e6 5. Nf3 Nd7 6. O-O h6 7. c3 Ne7 8. Na3 {LiveBook: 62 Games} Be4 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} (8... Qc7 9. b3 g5 10. c4 a6 11. Nc2 dxc4 12. bxc4 O-O-O 13. Bb2 Bg7 14. Qc1 c5 15. d5 exd5 16. cxd5 Nxd5 {½-½ (51) Sevian,S (2624)-Le,Q (2728) Philadelphia 2018}) 9. Re1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Nc2 c5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Be3 Nc6 12. Ncd4 Be7 13. b4 Nd7 14. Nd2 Bg6 15. f4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 {½-½ (31) Hesse,O (2410)-Kurtenkov,A (2427) ICCF email 2016}) 9... c5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Nd4 Nc6 12. Bb5 Qc7 13. b4 Nd7 14. Nc4 Bg6 15. Ne3 Be7 16. f4 {[#] Hoping for f5.} Be4 17. a3 a6 18. Bf1 Nxd4 19. Qxd4 Qb6 20. Qxb6 Nxb6 21. c4 dxc4 22. Nxc4 Nxc4 23. Rxe4 {Accuracy: White = 85%, Black = 74%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch Men Final 2018"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2018.12.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bogdanovich, Stanislav"]
[Black "Kravtsiv, Martyn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,59,0,0,0,0,0,-3,7,-12,45,15,39,30,66,75,72,62,73,29,77,63,257,263,249,241,294,144,516,483,936,935,900,883,29985,29986,29985,29985,29994,-34,29995,29996]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O c5 5. c4 d4 6. e3 Nc6 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} 7. d3 Bd6 8. Na3 O-O 9. exd4 cxd4 10. Nc2 e5 {[#]} 11. b4 $1 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 544] LiveBook: 25 Games} Re8 (11... Nxb4 12. Nxb4) 12. Re1 Bg4 13. c5 Bc7 {[#]} 14. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. b5 Na5 {1-0 (31) Gupta,A (2625)-Georgiadis,N (2468) Reykjavik 2015}) 14... Bh5 (14... Bd7 $11) 15. b5 $14 Na5 16. Nb4 e4 17. dxe4 Nxe4 18. Bb2 ({But not} 18. Qxd4 $6 Bxf3 19. Qxd8 Raxd8 $11) 18... Nxc5 19. Rxe8+ Qxe8 20. Nd5 ({Reject} 20. Bxd4 Rd8 $15) 20... Bd8 $2 ({Better is} 20... Bxf3 $1 $14 21. Bxf3 Be5) 21. Qxd4 $18 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Rd4g7]} Ne6 {[#]} 22. Re1 $1 {[%cal Re1e6] Threatens to win with Rxe6!} f6 23. Qe4 $40 {[%mdl 128] White goes for the king.} (23. Qb4 $18 {is more deadly.}) 23... Qxb5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (23... Bf7 $16) 24. Bxf6 Nc5 (24... Qe8 $142 25. Ne7+ Bxe7) 25. Ne7+ Bxe7 26. Qxe7 {[%csl Gf6][%cal Re7g7]} gxf6 {[#]} 27. Ng5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qd7 {[#]} (27... fxg5 28. Bd5+) 28. Bd5+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kh8 (28... Qxd5 29. Qxh7+) 29. Qxf6+ Qg7 {[#]} 30. Re7 $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 83%, Black = 34%.} 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch Men Final 2018"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2018.12.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Golubka, Petro"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,90,33,4,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,12,11,-28,-24,-44,-44,-45,-46,-54,-51,-51,-52,-52,-50,-52,-61,-67,-59,-64,-52,-51,-41,-39,-41,-46,-30,-32,-33,-39,-21,-35,-10,-16,0,0,0,0,-11,-11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-266,-98]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. a4 Nf6 6. h3 Nc6 7. Nf3 e6 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O b6 10. Re1 {LiveBook: 3 Games. B08: Pirc Defence: Classical System} Bb7 11. d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Qd2 Ne7 12. Bd3 c5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. e5 dxe5 15. Nxe5 Rc8 {0-1 (50) Dervishi,E (2552)-Malakhov,V (2686) Riadh 2017}) 11... exd5 12. exd5 {The position is equal.} Ne7 {[%cal Rf6d5,Bc6e7,Be7f5,Bf5e3][%mdl 32]} 13. Bc4 h6 14. Qd3 Re8 15. Rad1 Qd7 16. Qd2 Nf5 17. Bd4 Rxe1+ 18. Rxe1 Re8 19. Be3 Nxe3 20. Rxe3 Rxe3 21. Qxe3 Qe8 22. Qd3 Nd7 23. b3 Nc5 24. Qe2 Kf8 25. Qd2 Ne4 26. Nxe4 Qxe4 27. Kf1 g5 28. Qe2 Bxd5 29. Bxa6 Qf4 {...Qc1+ is the strong threat.} 30. Bd3 Bc3 {[#] And now ...Qc1+ would win.} 31. Qe3 Qf6 32. Be4 Be6 33. g4 d5 34. Bf5 Ke7 35. Ng1 Qe5 36. Bxe6 fxe6 37. Ne2 Qxe3 38. fxe3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} Bd2 39. Kf2 c5 40. Kf3 Kd6 41. e4 d4 42. Ng3 Bf4 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Bxg3.} 43. Ne2 Bd2 44. Ng3 $1 Bf4 {Hoping for ...Bxg3.} 45. e5+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (45. Ne2 $11 {and White stays safe.} Bd2) 45... Kxe5 $2 {Accuracy: White = 69%, Black = 62%.} ({But not} 45... Bxe5 46. Ne4+ Kd5 47. Nd2 $17) (45... Kd5 $19 46. Ne4 Bxe5) 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch Men Final 2018"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2018.12.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,36,36,45,33,35,27,27,27,37,27,31,31,25,27,34,23,104]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 d6 8. O-O Nc6 9. a3 Re8 10. axb4 Nxb4 11. Nc3 {E11: Bogo-Indian} Bd7 {LiveBook: 43 Games} 12. Nd2 (12. Qb3 a5 13. Ne1 Bc6 14. Nd3 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Nxd3 16. exd3 b6 17. Nb5 Qd7 18. Qa3 Qc6+ 19. f3 Red8 20. Rfe1 h6 {½-½ (51) Vidit,S (2715)-Moiseenko,A (2667) Riadh 2017}) 12... Bc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Qb6 13. Qb3 a5 14. e3 Qc7 15. Rfc1 Rac8 16. Na2 Nxa2 17. Qxa2 b6 18. b4 axb4 {½-½ (61) Ikonnikov,V (2553)-Poetz,F (2416) Graz 2011}) 13. Bxc6 {White is slightly better.} Nxc6 14. e3 h6 15. Qb3 Qe7 16. Nde4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 a5 18. Qb5 f5 (18... Qc7 $11 {remains equal.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch Men Final 2018"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2018.12.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,37,27,19,25,26,35,35,25,20,34,26,17,20,31,11,14,20,27,32]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 c5 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3} 7. a3 Bxd2+ 8. Nbxd2 cxd4 9. Nxc4 Nc6 10. O-O O-O 11. Rc1 {LiveBook: 10 Games} d3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Re8 12. b4 a6 13. Nfe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 {½-½ (78) Tomashevsky,E (2740)-Melkumyan,H (2620) Moscow 2012}) 12. e3 b6 13. Ne1 Bb7 14. Nxd3 Rc8 15. Nb4 Nxb4 16. Bxb7 Rc7 17. axb4 {[#] And now Bf3 would win.} Rxb7 18. Ne5 Qd5 19. Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch Men Final 2018"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2018.12.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kravtsiv, Martyn"]
[Black "Golubka, Petro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,155,51,26,35,35,33,17,21,14,71,84,76,58,64,69,54,52,58,56,57,51,65,40,70,48,85,67,86,79,105,76,79,62,108,112,112,114,108,104,104,104,106,95,95,95,95,95,97,94,93,89,144,112,126,122,119,120,116,101,124,117,170,154,172,172,177,170,233,240,213,171,164,143,373,323,414,410,457,455,465,439,397,374,458,458,458,447,456,419,350,341,341,341,443,424,397,433,462,462,433,408,392,355,343,277,617,606,584,584,584,580,576,576,29948,29942,29940,29940,11666,810,12806,7433,5436,1093,29957,29959,5603,9602,29965,29966,29966,29967,29969,29968,29965,29961]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Be7 7. Rc1 O-O 8. Be2 Re8 9. O-O dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nd5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Ne4 b6 $146 {D66: Queen's Gambit Declined: Classical: Main Line (7 Rc1 c6 8 Bd3)} ({Predecessor:} 12... N5f6 13. Ng3 b6 14. e4 Rd8 15. Qc2 Bb7 16. e5 Ne8 17. Bd3 h6 18. Be4 Rac8 19. Qa4 a6 20. Rc3 {½-½ (58) Almeida Quintana,O (2426)-Otero Acosta,D (2416) Havana 2001}) 13. Ne5 Bb7 $1 14. Bb3 Rac8 {The position is equal.} 15. Nc4 {aiming for Ned6.} Rc7 (15... Rb8 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 16. Ncd6 $16 Rb8 17. Nxb7 Rbxb7 18. Qf3 N7f6 19. Ng3 Qd8 20. Rfd1 Ne7 21. h4 Rd7 22. e4 {[%cal Be3e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} Rb8 ({Don't go for} 22... Rxd4 $2 23. Rxd4 Qxd4 24. Rd1 $18) 23. e5 Ne8 24. Qg4 Rc8 25. h5 Nd5 26. Ne4 Qe7 27. Rd3 f5 28. exf6 $1 Nexf6 29. Nxf6+ Qxf6 {[#]} 30. Re3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rd6 {[#]} (30... Nxe3 31. Bxe6+) 31. Rxe6 $1 {[%mdl 576] Remove Defender} Qxe6 (31... Rxe6 32. Bxd5) 32. Qxe6+ Rxe6 33. Bxd5 $1 {[%mdl 4160] Endgame Pin. KRR-KRB} Kf7 34. Kf1 Kf6 {Hoping for ...Rd6.} 35. Bxe6 Kxe6 {KR-KR} 36. Re1+ Kd6 ({Black should try} 36... Kf6) 37. Re4 c5 38. Ke2 cxd4 39. Rxd4+ Ke6 40. Kd2 Rc5 41. g4 Ke7 (41... g6 $16 {was worth a try.}) 42. Ra4 $18 a5 43. f4 g6 44. Re4+ Kf7 (44... Kd7 {keeps fighting.} 45. hxg6 hxg6) 45. hxg6+ hxg6 46. Kd3 Rc1 47. Re5 Rf1 $2 (47... Ra1 $16) 48. Ke4 $1 Re1+ 49. Kf3 $1 Rc1 50. Rb5 Rc6 51. Ke4 Ke6 52. Re5+ Kf6 53. Kd5 Rc5+ 54. Kd4 Rc6 55. g5+ Kf7 56. f5 Rc2 57. fxg6+ Kg7 {[#]} 58. Rb5 $1 {[%cal Rb5b6]} Rc6 59. a3 Rd6+ 60. Rd5 Rc6 61. Rf5 Rc2 62. Rf7+ Kg8 63. b3 a4 $2 (63... Rd2+ 64. Kc4 Rc2+ 65. Kb5 Rc3) 64. bxa4 Rc5 65. Rf6 Ra5 66. Kc4 Rxa4+ 67. Kb3 Ra6 68. Kb4 Kg7 69. Rc6 Kg8 70. Rc7 (70. Rd6 $142 Kg7 71. a4) 70... Kf8 71. Rb7 Kg8 72. g7 (72. a4 $142 Kh8 73. g7+ Kh7 {[#]} 74. g6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kg8 75. Kb3) 72... Kh7 {[#]} 73. g6+ $1 Kg8 (73... Kxg6 74. g8=Q+) 74. a4 {[%cal Ba3a4,Ba4b5][%mdl 32]} b5 75. Rb8+ {White mates.} Kxg7 76. axb5 Rxg6 77. Re8 Kf7 78. Re4 {Accuracy: White = 88%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch Men Final 2018"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2018.12.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kovchan, Alexander"]
[Black "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B58"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,19,0,10]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nf3 h6 8. O-O Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Bf1 {LiveBook: 57 Games} {Predecessor:} Bg4 $146 11. h3 Bh5 12. Be3 Rc8 13. a3 Kh8 14. Rc1 a6 15. g4 Bg6 16. Nh4 Bxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Nf5 Bg5 {1-0 (53) Morozevich,A (2750)-Kozul,Z (2588) Novi Sad 2009} 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch Men Final 2018"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2018.12.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bernadskiy, Vitaliy"]
[Black "Bogdanovich, Stanislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,47,16,13,13,13,1,24,18,12,12,36,33,62,70,88,86,83,39,85,80,447,448]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 O-O 9. O-O cxd5 10. h3 {C47: Scotch Four Knights and Four Knights with 4 g3} c6 11. Qf3 Rb8 (11... Bd6 12. Bf4 Be6 13. Rfe1 Bxf4 14. Qxf4 Qb8 15. Qxb8 Raxb8 16. Na4 Nd7 17. b3 c5 {½-½ (35) Nakamura,H (2777)-So,W (2780) Saint Louis 2018}) 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. b3 Rb4 14. Ne2 Bxf4 {LiveBook: 15 Games} 15. Nxf4 Qd6 16. c4 a5 17. Rfd1 {[%cal Bf1d1,Bd1d2,Bd2d3][%mdl 32]} Be6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... a4) 18. Bc2 Rfb8 19. Rd2 a4 20. Rad1 axb3 21. Bxb3 Kf8 22. cxd5 cxd5 23. Nxd5 Ne4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (23... Rxb3 $16 {is tougher.} 24. axb3 (24. Nxf6 $2 Rxf3 25. Nxh7+ Kg8 $17) 24... Nxd5) 24. Rd3 1-0

