[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Neiksans, Arturs"]
[Black "Miezis, Normunds"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,157,27,74,86,86,73,78,73,78,69,119,106,120,95,87,76,93,78,94,87,131,113,129,96,92,83,98,100,108,82,79,55,109,99,144,107,131,104,124,109,101,106,102,94,86,103,110,75,76,54,93,25,117,136,147,77,77,79,104,82,102,93,104,108,119,133,135,141,140,118,116,112,112,105,129,133,146,131,151,120,150,114,106,100,103,104,141,102,218,159,150,166,535,561,614,535,705,747,722,687,706,680,691,602,1618,1644,1549,1369,1197,1276,2516,1286,1230,1250,1395,1668,1389,1240,1227,1254,1147,999,812,644,2112,1624,1930,1829,1419,960,29974,29973,29973,29974,29973,29972,29977,29977,29982,29983,29983,29984,29984,29985,29985,29986,29986,29985,29985,29985]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Qh4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} (5... Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Qd3 O-O 8. Be2 Qc7 9. O-O Nc6 10. Nxc6 dxc6 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Be3 b5 13. Rac1 b4 14. Nb1 c5 {0-1 (61) Anand,V (2779)-Ivanchuk,V (2747) Doha 2016}) 6. Nc3 {B41: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 c4} Bb4 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Nc2 $146 {White is better.} ({Predecessor:} 8. Nf3 Qd8 9. O-O Nge7 10. e5 Ng6 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Re1 b6 13. h4 {1-0 (28) Hautot,S (2405)-Weimann,M (2163) Belgium 2011}) 8... Bc5 {[%csl Gc5][%cal Rh4f2]} 9. Be3 b6 10. Qd2 Nge7 11. Na4 Bxe3 12. Qxe3 b5 13. cxb5 axb5 14. Bxb5 O-O 15. O-O $1 f5 16. f4 fxe4 17. Qxe4 Rb8 18. Nc3 Bb7 {Black wants to play ...Na7.} 19. Qe3 (19. a4 {keeps more tension.} Na7 20. Qd3 Nxb5 21. axb5 Nd5 22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Ne3) 19... Nf5 20. Qf2 Qe7 (20... Qh6 $14) 21. Rad1 Rbd8 22. Rd2 Nh4 23. Qe3 Ba8 24. Rff2 Nf5 25. Qe1 Qc5 26. Bd3 Nce7 27. Be4 Qa7 28. Bxa8 Rxa8 29. Qd1 Rad8 30. a3 (30. a4 $16) 30... Nh4 (30... Ng6 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 31. g3 $16 Nhf5 32. Nd4 (32. b4 $142) 32... Nxd4 33. Rxd4 Nf5 34. Rdd2 d5 35. Nb5 Qb6 36. Nd4 Rc8 37. Nxf5 Rxf5 38. Kg2 Rff8 39. Qe1 g6 40. Rfe2 Rc6 41. Qf2 Qb3 42. h4 Rfc8 43. Qd4 Qb7 44. Qf6 Qf7 45. Qxf7+ Kxf7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 46. Rd3 Rc1 {[#]} 47. Rb3 $1 h5 48. Rb6 R8c2 (48... d4 $16 {was necessary.}) 49. Rxc2 $18 ({Stronger than} 49. Rbxe6 d4 $11) 49... Rxc2+ {KR-KR} 50. Kf3 Kf6 $2 {[#]} (50... Rc4 {is tougher.} 51. Rb3 Rd4) 51. a4 $1 {[%cal Ba3a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6,Ba6a7][%mdl 32]} Rc4 52. a5 Ra4 53. a6 Kf5 54. Ke3 e5 55. fxe5 Kxe5 56. Rxg6 Rb4 {If Black can now play ...Rb3+ this consolidates a bit.} 57. Rg5+ Kd6 58. a7 Ra4 59. Rg7 Kc5 60. Rh7 Kc4 61. Rc7+ Kb5 62. Kd3 Kb6 63. Rh7 Kc5 64. Kc3 Kc6 65. b4 Ra1 66. Rh6+ Kb5 67. Rxh5 Ra3+ 68. Kd4 Rxa7 69. Rxd5+ Kxb4 70. Rg5 {White mates.} Rd7+ 71. Ke5 Kc4 72. h5 {[%cal Bh4h5,Bh5h6,Bh6h7][%mdl 32]} Kd3 73. h6 Ke3 74. Rg7 Rd1 75. h7 Rh1 76. g4 {[%cal Bg3g4,Bg4g5,Bg5g6][%mdl 32]} Kf3 77. g5 Kg4 78. g6 Kg5 79. Rg8 {Precision: White = 68%, Black = 38%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kveinys, Aloyzas"]
[Black "Stremavicius, Titas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,77,27,23,43,28,18,16,77,54,66,66,53,29,50,36,32,36,27,28,84,70,83,90,79,65,93,67,170,134,111,66,100,77,172,168,152,75,171,40,41,45,100,100,131,126,297,145,481,484,478,454,491,471,29972,29972,29982,29983,29991,29992]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 Nh6 7. c3 O-O 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 f6 10. Nc3 Nf7 11. h3 {LiveBook: 44 Games. B31: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5 g6} Re8 (11... d6 12. Be3 Bd7 13. Rc1 Rb8 14. b3 Qa5 15. Nd2 Qa6 16. Nc4 f5 17. e5 Be6 18. exd6 exd6 19. d5 cxd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Qxd5 Qxa2 22. Nxd6 Qxb3 {1-0 (33) Kulaots,K (2566)-Moiseenko,A (2663) Gjakova 2016}) 12. b3 d6 13. Bb2 {The position is equal.} g5 $146 (13... Ba6 $11) ({Predecessor:} 13... Bd7 14. Qd3 Qa5 15. Rad1 Rad8 16. Nd2 f5 17. Nc4 fxe4 18. Nxe4 Qa6 19. Qd2 Be6 20. Na5 {1-0 (48) Xu,Y (2502)-Zimina,O (2312) Shanghai 2001}) 14. Nh2 f5 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Qf3 Qc8 17. Ne4 c5 18. Rad1 Bg6 19. Ng3 Qa6 (19... a5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 20. Rxe7 $16 Qxa2 21. Re2 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has strong initiative.} c4 22. bxc4 (22. Rde1 $5 {[%cal Re2e8]} Rf8 23. bxc4 $11) 22... Qxc4 23. Ng4 Kf8 (23... Nh6 $14) 24. Rc1 Qb5 25. Ba3 {Hoping for Ne5.} Kg8 26. Rce1 Rf8 (26... Rad8 $16) 27. Nf6+ $1 $18 Kh8 28. Re6 ({Better is} 28. Ngh5) 28... Rad8 (28... g4 $16 {might work better.} 29. Qxg4 (29. Nxg4 Ng5 $11) 29... Qa5) 29. d5 (29. Ngh5 $1 $18) 29... Ne5 $14 30. R1xe5 $1 dxe5 (30... Rxf6 $1 $14 31. Rxf6 dxe5) 31. Bxf8 $16 Rxf8 {[#]} 32. Qa3 $1 h6 $2 ({Don't go for} 32... Rxf6 $2 33. Rxf6 Qxd5 34. Ra6 $18) (32... Qd3 $16 33. Qe7 (33. Qxd3 Bxd3 34. Nd7 Rd8 $16) 33... Qd4) 33. Qd6 (33. Qe7 $18 {has better winning chances.}) 33... Bf5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (33... Qb8 $16 {is a better chance.}) 34. Nd7 Bxe6 35. dxe6 {[%cal Bd5e6,Be6e7][%mdl 32]} Re8 {[#]} 36. e7 $1 {Strongly threatening Nf6.} a5 (36... Qb7 $18 37. Kh2 (37. Nxe5 Qb5 $16) 37... a5) 37. Nf6 {White mates.} Qb1+ 38. Kh2 Qg6 39. Nxe8 {Precision: White = 36%, Black = 27%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kantans, Toms"]
[Black "Kulaots, Kaido"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 30,86,-10,-7,0,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-15,0,-81,0,-38,-20,-31,-34,-25,-23,-85,-93,-137,-110,-180,-100,-116,-110,-142,-127,-98,-39,-38,0,0,0,0,0,-143,-116,-384,-391,-1194,-1148,-1532,-1510,-1462,-1448,-2039,-1565,-2047,-1985,-1918,-1573,-5738,-6206]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. e5 h6 11. Bh4 dxe5 {B97: Sicilian Najdorf: Poisoned Pawn} 12. fxe5 Nfd7 13. Ne4 Qxa2 14. Rd1 Qd5 15. Qe3 Qxe5 16. Be2 {LiveBook: 259 Games} Bc5 $1 17. Bg3 $1 {[%cal Rg3e5]} Qd5 {White must now prevent ...0-0.} 18. c4 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 {[#]} Qa5+ $146 20. Rd2 $1 O-O $1 {With the idea ...f5.} 21. Bd6 $1 f5 22. Nc3 (22. Bxf8 $11 Nxf8 23. Nd6) 22... Nf6 ({Black should try} 22... Rf6 $17) 23. Ra2 (23. Bxf8 {feels hotter.} Kxf8 24. O-O Nc6 25. g4 Qe5 26. Qxe5 Nxe5 27. gxf5 exf5 28. Nd5) 23... Qd8 24. Bxf8 Qxf8 25. O-O Nc6 26. Na4 (26. Bf3 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 26... e5 $17 27. g3 Be6 28. Rb2 (28. Nc5 $17 Bc8 29. Rb2) 28... Re8 (28... Nd4 $1 $19 29. Qxe5 Nxe2+ 30. Qxe2 Re8) 29. Nc5 Bc8 {Hoping for ...f4!} 30. Nxb7 Nd4 31. Bf3 Qe7 (31... Kh7 $17 32. Ra1 Bxb7 33. Bxb7 Qc5) 32. Bg2 $15 g5 {[%cal Bg7g5,Bg5f4][%mdl 32]} (32... Ng4 $5 {[%cal Rg4e3]} 33. Qd2 Kh7 $15) 33. Kh1 f4 34. gxf4 gxf4 35. Qe1 {[#]} (35. Qd2 $1 $11) 35... Kh8 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] ...f3! is the strong threat. Black is really pushing.} 36. Qh4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (36. Na5 $17 {was called for.}) 36... Nf5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rf5h4]} 37. Qh3 $2 {[#]} (37. Qe1 Ne3 38. Qh4 Nxf1 39. Nd6) 37... Ng3+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Black is clearly winning.} 38. hxg3 Bxh3 39. Bxh3 Ne4 40. Re1 Nxg3+ 41. Kh2 e4 42. Rb6 Qe5 43. Nd6 Qd4 {Precision: White = 41%, Black = 68%.} 0-1

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Meskovs, Nikita"]
[Black "Jankovskis, Guntis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,95,0,0,20,32,39,0,0,-20,-22,-43,-19,-22,-26,-20,-20,-41,-41,-35,-12,-66,-22,-20,0,-27,-29,-26,17,12,14,25,33,45,45,6,6,-9,12,0,12,21,45,39,195,79,137,59,67,52,156,50,54,68,90,77,84,15,14,25,377,333,360,354,392,383,364,374,368,362,370,345,386,347,29991,29992,29998,29999]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Nge7 7. e4 O-O 8. c3 a5 9. a4 h6 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nc4 Ra6 {A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems} 12. Re1 {[%cal Rf3e5]} Re8 13. Nfd2 (13. Be3 $5) 13... Be6 {The position is equal.} 14. Na3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Nf3 f6 15. Bf1 Bf7 16. d4 exd4 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. Qxd4 f5 {½-½ (53) Michna,M (2396)-Zatonskih,A (2508) Germany 2012}) 14... Ra8 15. Ndc4 Rb8 16. Nb5 Qd7 17. b3 Rbd8 18. Ba3 f5 {[%cal Bf7f5,Bf5f4,Bf4f3][%mdl 32]} 19. Qc2 Bf7 20. Re2 (20. Rac1 $11) 20... g5 (20... Nxc3 $5 21. Nxc3 (21. Qxc3 e4 $15) 21... Nd4 $11) 21. Rae1 g4 22. Rd1 f4 {[#] White must now prevent ...f3.} 23. Be4 f3 24. Ree1 Nf6 25. Ne3 Nxe4 26. dxe4 Qc8 27. Nd5 (27. h3 $5) 27... Rd7 28. Rd2 (28. h3 $5) 28... Bg6 29. Qd3 {Threatens to win with Nf6+!} Rf7 30. Qc4 {Nbxc7 is the strong threat.} Kh8 31. Red1 h5 $2 (31... Bh5 $14) 32. Bc5 (32. Ndxc7 $18 {is more deadly.} Rxc7 33. Nxc7 Qxc7 34. Rd7) 32... Bh6 ({Black should play} 32... Kh7) 33. Be3 (33. Ndxc7 $16 Bxd2 34. Nxe8 Qxe8 35. Rxd2) 33... Bxe3 $1 $14 34. Nxe3 Ree7 {[#]} (34... Qe6 $14) 35. Nd5 (35. Na7 $1 $16 {[%cal Ra7c8]} Qe6 36. Nxc6 bxc6 37. Qxe6 Rxe6 38. Nc4) 35... Rd7 36. Qd3 Qf8 37. Qe3 Qg7 38. b4 (38. Qg5 $16) 38... axb4 $1 $11 39. cxb4 Nd4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (39... h4 $1 $11) 40. Nxd4 $18 exd4 41. Rxd4 c6 42. Nf4 Rxd4 43. Rxd4 {Strongly threatening Ne6.} Re7 44. e5 Bf7 45. Rd8+ Kh7 46. Qe4+ Kh6 $2 (46... Bg6 $18 47. Nxg6 Qxg6 48. Rh8+ Kg7 49. Rg8+ Kxg8 50. Qxg6+ Rg7 51. Qe8+ Kh7 52. Qxh5+ Kg8) 47. Rd6+ Kg5 48. h4+ {Precision: White = 27%, Black = 32%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kanep, Meelis"]
[Black "Sakalauskas, Vaidas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D29"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2344"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,59,0,0,0,-27,0,-20,66,64,57,64,107,89,139,131,149,123,121,123,133,142,127,145,193,124,141,129,352,345,357,350,535,528,506,501,589,576,512,304,764,761]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e6 4. Bxc4 c5 5. Nf3 a6 6. O-O Nf6 7. Qe2 b5 8. Bb3 Bb7 9. a4 b4 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Be7 {D29: Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical main line: 7 Qe2 with early ...Nbd7} 12. e4 {[%cal Be3e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} (12. a5 O-O 13. Bc4 cxd4 14. exd4 {½-½ (32) Abdel Razik,K (2450)-Karjakin,S (2756) Antalya 2013}) 12... cxd4 13. e5 {[#]} Ng4 (13... d3 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]} 14. Qxd3 Nd5) 14. Nc4 $14 Bxf3 $1 15. gxf3 Nc5 16. Bc2 Nh6 {[#]} 17. Be3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nf5 (17... dxe3 18. Rxd8+) 18. Bxf5 $1 exf5 19. Rxd4 Qb8 $146 20. Rd6 Ne6 21. Rb6 Qc7 22. Rc1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} ({Better is} 22. Nd6+ $18 Bxd6 23. exd6) 22... O-O $16 23. Nd6 Bxd6 $2 (23... Qd8 $16) 24. Rxc7 $18 Bxc7 25. Rxa6 Bxe5 {[#]} (25... f4 {was called for.} 26. Ba7 Bd8) 26. Rxe6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} fxe6 27. Bc5 Bf6 28. Bxf8 Kxf8 29. Qxe6 Re8 $2 (29... Rxa4 30. Qxf5 Ra1+ 31. Kg2 Rd1 32. Qxh7 Rd2) 30. Qxf5 {Precision: White = 77%, Black = 16%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Berzinsh, Roland"]
[Black "Ladva, Ottomar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,57,0,2,-11,-17,-10,7,1,31,0,0,0,0,0,30,18,26,22,34,19,28,28,26,29,36,32,29,16,17,9,14,-12,-12,-14,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. Nb5 Na6 6. h3 {A45: Trompowsky Attack} O-O 7. Nf3 c6 8. Nc3 Qa5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Nb8 9. Bd3 c5 10. O-O b6 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. Bh2 Nc6 13. Bb5 Rc8 {1-0 (34) Aronian,L (2784)-Grischuk,A (2752) chess.com INT 2016}) 9. Nd2 Nd7 10. Nf3 Re8 11. Be2 e5 (11... Qb6 {is interesting.} 12. Rb1 e5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Rxe5 16. O-O Nc7) 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Rxe5 15. Qd4 Re4 16. Qd2 Re7 17. a3 Bf5 18. O-O (18. g4 $5 {[%cal Rg4f5]} Bd7 19. O-O-O $11) 18... Nb8 {[%cal Ba6b8,Bb8d7,Bd7c5,Bc5a4][%mdl 32] The position is equal.} 19. Bd3 Bxd3 (19... Be6 {looks sharper.} 20. b4 Qc7 21. Ne2 Nd7 22. Nd4 a5) 20. Qxd3 Nd7 21. e4 Nc5 22. Qd2 {[#] Black must now prevent b4.} Na4 $1 {[%cal Ra4c3]} 23. b4 Qa6 24. Nxa4 Qxa4 25. exd5 cxd5 26. Qxd5 Qxc2 27. Rae1 (27. Rac1 $5 {[%cal Rc1c2]} Qa4 28. Qf3 $11) 27... Qc7 28. Rxe7 (28. Rc1 $5 {[%cal Rc1c7]} Qd8 29. Qf3 $11) 28... Qxe7 29. Rd1 {Precision: White = 65%, Black = 64%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Krivonosov, Oleg"]
[Black "Shishkov, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,52,8,10,-15,10,10,19,15,16,14,14,6,4,13,19,12,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-2,-4,-4,-2,-3,-2,-7,-6,-4,-20,-25]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Bg2 a6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Ne5 O-O {E02: Open Catalan: 5 Qa4+} 9. Nxc4 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 {LiveBook: 4 Games. The position is equal.} 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. Nxe3 Rb8 {[%cal Ba8b8,Bb8b6,Bb6c6][%mdl 32]} 13. O-O b5 14. Qf4 Bb7 15. Rfd1 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 {[#]} Rb6 $146 17. Rac1 Qa8+ 18. Qf3 (18. Kg1 {keeps more tension.} Rd8 19. a4 bxa4 20. Nxa4 Rc6 21. Nc4) 18... Rc6 19. Kg1 Rfc8 {[#] aiming for ...b4.} 20. a3 h6 21. Na2 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 23. Nxc1 Qxf3 24. exf3 Kf8 25. Nd3 Ke7 26. Kf1 Kd6 {Precision: White = 31%, Black = 81%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Krupenski, Juri"]
[Black "Vaicekauskas, Gytis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2207"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,75,18,10,32,0,11,0,5,-20,-14,-14,0,-10,-10,-27,-13,-68,-37,-44,-55,-68,-62,-83,-75,-80,-64,-95,-77,-63,-55,-194,12,10,8,8,11,-18,-25,-25,-25,-25,-13,-17,-18,-28,-15,-20,-14,-31,-29,-16,-10,31,-26,-25,0,-22,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. e3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Be2 d6 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 cxd4 {A48: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} 8. exd4 d5 9. c4 Nc6 10. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Nbd2 Bf5 11. Ne5 Nd7 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. g4 Be6 14. f4 f5 15. Nf3 Nf6 16. Ne5 {0-1 (46) Kiik,K (2455)-Moiseenko,V (2465) Finland 2013}) 10... b6 11. Re1 Bb7 12. Nbd2 Rc8 13. a3 e6 14. Qb1 (14. Rc1 $11) 14... Nh5 15. c5 bxc5 16. dxc5 e5 $1 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Bxh5 d4 19. f4 gxh5 20. fxe5 Rxc5 21. Qf5 ({White should try} 21. Nc4 $15) 21... Re8 $2 ({But not} 21... d3 22. Rac1 $17) (21... f6 $19 {[%cal Rf6e5]} 22. Nc4 Qd5) 22. Nc4 $1 $11 {[%cal Rc4d6]} ({Much worse is} 22. Rf1 Qd5 $17) 22... Qd5 $132 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Rd5g2][%mdl 2048] [#] Black is not keeping still} 23. Qf2 {Hoping for Rad1.} Re6 {And now ...Rg6 would win.} 24. Nd6 (24. Bxd4 {with more complications.} Rg6 25. Ra2 Rb5 26. Rd2 Rxb3 27. Ne3) 24... Qxg2+ $1 25. Qxg2 Bxg2 26. Bxd4 Rd5 27. Kxg2 {[#] Black must now prevent Nf5.} Rxd4 28. Rad1 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Rxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 30. Nc4 Re2+ 31. Kf3 Rc2 32. Rd8+ Bf8 33. Ke4 Kg7 34. Rd7 {The position is equal.} Rc3 35. Ne5 Rxb3 36. Rxf7+ Kg8 37. Rxa7 Rxa3 38. Rxa3 {Precision: White = 39%, Black = 48%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Volodin, Aleksandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,50,29,27,34,29,21,50,50,42,48,54,45,43,35,10,-54,-46,-140,-137,-180,-190,-170,-195,-184,-180,-163,-181,-249,-206,-312,-296,-375,-378,-379,-383,-492,-495]} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Bc4 Nb6 5. Bb3 c4 6. Bc2 Nc6 7. Nf3 d6 8. exd6 e5 {LiveBook: 70 Games. B22: Sicilian: 2 c3} (8... Qxd6 9. O-O Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Re1 e6 12. b3 Be7 13. Qe2 cxb3 14. axb3 O-O 15. d4 Rfd8 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Ng5+ Bxg5 18. Qxh5+ {½-½ (44) Nakamura,H (2787)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2785) Gibraltar 2016}) 9. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Bxd6 10. a5 Nd5 {[%cal Bb6d5,Bd5e7,Be7d5][%mdl 32] The position is equal.} 11. d3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. O-O Nf4 12. Na3 Bxa3 13. Rxa3 O-O 14. b3 Nxa5 15. b4 Nc6 16. b5 {0-1 (34) Sveshnikov,V (2398)-Neiksans,A (2599) Riga 2017}) 11... cxd3 12. Qxd3 Nde7 13. Nbd2 Bc7 14. Qe2 O-O {[%cal Be8g8,Bg8h8,Bh8h7][%mdl 32]} 15. Ng5 (15. O-O $11) 15... h6 $1 $36 {[%cal Rh6g5][%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 16. Qh5 {[#]} (16. Qe4 $2 Bf5 $19) ({White should try} 16. Nge4 $15) 16... Nd5 $1 $17 {[%cal Rd5f4] And now ...Nf4 would win.} ({Much less strong is} 16... Bf5 17. Bxf5 Nxf5 18. Nge4 $15) 17. Bh7+ (17. Nh3 $17) 17... Kh8 $19 18. Nxf7+ Rxf7 19. Qxf7 {Black must now prevent Bf5.} Kxh7 20. Ne4 Qd7 21. Qf3 (21. Qxd7 $142 Bxd7 22. Nc5) 21... Qf5 ({Resist} 21... Bxa5 22. O-O) 22. Qe2 (22. b4 $142) 22... Nxa5 ({Don't play} 22... Bxa5 23. O-O $19) 23. Ng3 Qg6 24. O-O Nb3 25. Ra4 Bd7 {Precision: White = 34%, Black = 94%.} 0-1

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Klabis, Rokas"]
[Black "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2348"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,76,32,47,4,19,-3,-7,-8,-6,-3,-14,-14,-7,-73,-65,-93,-97,-105,-104,-110,-105,-116,-119,-121,-115,-115,-108,-125,-128,-170,-159,-150,-146,-140,-153,-135,-138,-175,-175,-178,-200,-175,-133,-177,-172,-206,-204,-200,-203,-194,-203,-206,-165,-243,-233,-625,-612,-610,-606,-616,-600,-710,-699,-691,-684,-657,-643,-623,-610]} 1. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. h3 {B03: Alekhine's Defence: Four Pawns Attack} (6. Nc3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Rc1 O-O 9. b3 Bf5 10. d5 e5 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. Nge2 d5 13. c5 Nc6 14. Nd4 Bxd4 15. Bxd4 Re8 16. cxb6 Qh4 17. Ne2 axb6 {1-0 (38) Xiong,J (2618)-Kamsky,G (2678) Saint Louis 2016}) 6... e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 {With the idea ...Qxd1+.} 8. Qxd8+ {The position is equal.} Kxd8 9. Be3 Be6 10. Nf3 f6 11. Bxb6+ $146 (11. b3 $11 {keeps the balance.}) ({Predecessor:} 11. b3 Bb4+ 12. Nbd2 Nc6 13. Bd3 Ke7 {½-½ (35) Bolt,G (2109)-McKeown,P (2093) Sunningdale 2008}) 11... axb6 $17 12. Be2 Bb4+ 13. Nbd2 Ke7 14. O-O Rd8 15. Nb3 Nc6 16. a3 Bc5 17. Rfc1 e4 18. Ne1 f5 19. Rc3 Nd4 20. Nxd4 Bxd4 21. Rb3 Bc5 22. Rc3 Kf6 23. Rd1 Rxd1 24. Bxd1 Bd4 25. Rc2 Ke5 26. Be2 Rc8 27. h4 {[#]} b5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 28. cxb5 Rxc2 29. Nxc2 Bxb2 $19 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} 30. a4 b6 {[%cal Bb7b6,Bb6a5][%mdl 32]} 31. Ne3 {[#]} (31. Nb4 {might work better.}) 31... Kd4 $1 32. a5 $2 (32. g3) 32... bxa5 {Black is clearly winning.} 33. b6 Kc5 34. b7 Be5 35. f3 f4 36. Nc2 Bd5 37. fxe4 Bxe4 38. Ne1 Bxb7 {Precision: White = 42%, Black = 83%.} 0-1

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Brazdzionis, Andrius"]
[Black "Malisauskas, Vidmantas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,59,11,14,22,23,58,13,22,0,0,0,0,-50,-64,-57,-71,-108,-139,-162,-172,-170,-171,-166,-99,-97,-68,-77,-81,-80,-58,-54,-64,-70,-56,-51,-66,-54,0,-8,-15,-14,-10,-11,0,-8]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h4 dxc4 (5... c6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. e3 e6 9. Qc2 Nd7 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Kb1 Bg7 12. g4 Qe7 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Bd3 Nb6 15. Rhg1 Bd7 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Qxe5 18. f4 Qxe3 19. Bxg6 Qxf4 20. g5 fxg6 21. Qxg6+ Kh8 22. Qxh6+ Kg8 23. Qg6+ Kh8 24. Qh6+ Kg8 25. Qg6+ {½-½ (25) Tomashevsky,E (2696)-Svidler,P (2755) Moscow 2017}) 6. e4 {D90: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 sidelines} c5 7. d5 b5 8. h5 Nxh5 9. Nxb5 {LiveBook: 12 Games} Qa5+ 10. Nc3 $1 Nd7 11. Bd2 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Rb8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Ba6 12. g4 Nhf6 {1-0 (46) Prusikin,M (2524)-Jansa,V (2438) Bayerisch Eisenstein 2014}) 12. Qc2 Ba6 $1 13. Rc1 O-O 14. g4 (14. Na4 $5 {[%cal Rd2a5]} Qc7 15. Bxc4 Bxc4 16. Qxc4 $11) 14... Nhf6 15. Bh3 {Strongly threatening g5.} Qc7 16. Qa4 Bc8 17. Qc6 Qd6 18. g5 Nh5 19. Nb5 {[%cal Bc3b5,Bb5a7,Ba7c6][%mdl 32] [#]} Qxc6 (19... Rxb5 $1 $19 20. Qxb5 f5 21. exf5 (21. Qxc4 Ba6 $17) 21... Ne5 22. Nxe5 Qxe5+ 23. Be3 Qe4) 20. dxc6 $17 Ne5 21. Nxe5 Bxe5 22. Nxa7 {[#]} Ba6 $1 {Hoping for ...Ra8.} 23. c7 $1 {[%cal Rc7b8]} Bxc7 {Threatens to win with ...Rb6.} 24. Nc6 Rbe8 25. Bd7 Nf4 $1 {[%cal Rf4d3] ...Nd3+ is the strong threat.} 26. Rc3 Bb7 ({Better is} 26... Bb5 $15) 27. Rxc4 {The position is equal.} (27. Bxf4 $5 Bxf4 28. Bxe8 (28. Rxc4 Bxc6 29. Bxc6 Rb8 $17) 28... Rxe8 29. Na5 Bxe4 30. Rh4 $11) 27... Bxc6 28. Bxc6 Rb8 29. b3 Rfd8 30. Bxf4 {Precision: White = 53%, Black = 71%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Garanin, Aleksei"]
[Black "Seeman, Tarvo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2220"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,153,14,19,29,13,25,0,-7,-25,0,0,0,-4,0,-7,0,26,32,28,30,24,39,46,128,129,140,121,131,-7,-14,-12,-14,-28,0,0,0,0,0,-2,0,-15,-2,-10,-8,-53,-52,-54,-53,-48,-40,-32,-24,-24,-24,-24,-24,-24,-24,-24,-24,-24,-24,-24,-24,-45,-24,-24,-24,-24,-24,-60,-24,-57,-24,-42,-43,-54,-54,-54,-54,-54,-24,-24,-24,-47,-47,-57,-54,-54,-53,-47,-44,-51,-43,-97,-97,-113,-113,-113,-113,-113,-113,-113,-113,-142,-93,-100,-93,-93,-93,-129,-159,-159,-160,-167,-81,-81,-54,-54,-54,-54,-54,-54,-54,-54,-54,-54,-54,-54,-54,-54,-54,-54,-15,-54,-15,-54]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O c6 7. Nc3 Qb6 8. h3 Qa6 9. b3 b5 10. Nd2 {Threatens to win with cxb5.} Bb7 {E62: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...c6 and Panno Variation (6...Nc6) without ...a6} 11. Bb2 Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7b6,Bb6d5,Bd5c3][%mdl 32]} 12. a4 {[%cal Ra4b5]} (12. e4 bxc4 13. Nxc4 d5 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Bxe4 c5 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 {½-½ (43) Drygalov,S (2409)-Pridorozhni,A (2579) St Petersburg 2016}) 12... bxc4 13. Nxc4 Nb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... d5 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. f4 Qb6+ 17. Kh2 a5 18. Ba3 {0-1 (45) Bieliauskas,M (2147)-Vedrickas,T (2367) Lithuania 2016}) 14. Ne3 Rab8 15. Nc2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Nbd5 16. e4 Nxc3 17. Bxc3 c5 18. d5 Qb6 19. Rb1 a5 20. Qd2 Ba6 ({Better is} 20... Ra8 $14) 21. Rfe1 $16 Nd7 {[%cal Bf6d7,Bd7e5,Be5c4][%mdl 32]} 22. Bxa5 Qa7 23. b4 (23. Bc3 $16) 23... Ne5 $11 24. b5 Nc4 25. Qd3 (25. Qe2 $5 {[%cal Re2c4]} Nxa5 26. bxa6 $11) 25... Bxb5 (25... Nxa5 {is more complex.} 26. bxa6 c4 27. Qe2 Qxa6 28. Na3 Nb3) 26. axb5 Nxa5 27. Ne3 Qb6 28. Re2 Rfc8 29. Rc2 Bd4 30. Bf1 c4 31. Nxc4 Nxc4 32. Rxc4 Bxf2+ 33. Kg2 $1 {With the idea Rc6.} Rxc4 34. Qxc4 Ra8 {aiming for ...Ra3.} 35. Rb2 Bc5 36. Ra2 Ra5 37. Qb3 Qa7 38. Bc4 Bb6 39. Qc2 Qa8 40. Bb3 h5 41. Qe2 Qb8 (41... Rxa2 {keeps more tension.} 42. Qxa2 Qf8 43. h4 Qh6 44. Qe2 Qc1) 42. Rxa5 Bxa5 43. Qc4 Bb6 44. Qc6 Qd8 45. Bd1 Bd4 46. Qc4 Ba7 47. Qf1 Qb6 48. Bf3 Qd4 49. h4 Kg7 50. Kh3 Qc3 51. Qe2 Bd4 52. Kg2 Be5 53. Qf2 Qb4 54. Qe2 Qb3 55. Kh3 f6 56. Qg2 (56. Kg2 $15) 56... Qxb5 $17 57. g4 hxg4+ 58. Bxg4 Qd3+ 59. Bf3 Kh6 60. Qe2 Qc3 61. Kg2 Bf4 62. Qa2 Qe1 {[#] ...Qg3+ is the strong threat.} 63. Qf2 Qc1 64. Qe2 Be5 65. Qf1 Qf4 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Rf4h2]} 66. Qf2 f5 (66... Kg7 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top. Hoping for ...Kg8.} 67. Kf1 {[#]} Bd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 68. Qxd4 Qxf3+ 69. Ke1 Qh3) 67. exf5 gxf5 68. h5 Qg5+ 69. Kf1 Qc1+ 70. Kg2 Qf4 71. Be2 Qh2+ 72. Kf1 Qh1+ (72... Qxf2+ {feels hotter.} 73. Kxf2 Kg5 74. Kg2 Bd4 75. Kg3 Be3) 73. Qg1 Qxg1+ 74. Kxg1 Kg5 75. Kg2 Kf4 76. Bf3 Ke3 77. Bd1 {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 56%.} 1/2-1/2

