[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kulaots, Kaido"]
[Black "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,53,27,35,33,35,37,39,33,49,43,45,29,19,27,30,0,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-17,-21,-45,-31,-52,-41,-42,-18,-23,-22,-41,-35,-32,0,0,8,2,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Bg6 7. Nbd2 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} Nh6 8. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Be7 9. a5 {White is slightly better.} O-O 10. Nb3 f6 11. c4 Nf7 {[%cal Rf6e5]} 12. cxd5 cxd5 {[%cal Rf6e5]} 13. Nh4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Bf4 Rc8 {1-0 (39) Shankland,S (2676)-Ivanchuk,V (2738) Matanzas 2017}) 13... Be4 14. f3 fxe5 15. fxe4 Bxh4 16. exd5 exd5 17. dxe5 Ndxe5 18. Nd4 Qd7 19. Bb5 Qe7 20. Qb3 Qc5 21. Be3 {[#] aiming for Nf5.} Nc4 (21... Ng4 $5 {[%cal Rh4g5]} 22. Nf5 Nxe3 23. Qxe3 Qxe3+ 24. Nxe3 Nd6 $17) 22. Bxc4 dxc4 23. Qxb7 Rae8 $1 {[%cal Re8e3]} 24. b4 cxb3 25. Qxb3 {[#] Strongly threatening Nf5.The position is equal.} Bf6 {White must now prevent ...Rxe3.} 26. Ra4 {And now Ne6 would win.} Rb8 27. Qd3 {Precision: White = 59%, Black = 70%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ladva, Ottomar"]
[Black "Klabis, Rokas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2348"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,81,0,0,0,9,0,7,-15,-14,-30,34,33,35,0,14,7,44,41,41,44,36,48,177,89,99,104,104,78,87,77,132,24,102,6,120,117,141,144,202,174,178,187,213,189,190,183,228,229,309,311,306,280,373,372,883,883,1388,1402,5891,5508,29995,29996,29997,20]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. c4 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Na3 Bxa3 10. bxa3 Ba6 11. Qd2 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7} Rb8 12. Qa5 Qc8 13. a4 {The position is equal.} Rd8 14. Ba3 {[#]} Nd5 $146 (14... Rxd4 $11 15. Bc5 Rd8) ({Predecessor:} 14... Rxd4 15. Rfb1 Rb6 16. Bc5 Rd7 17. Rd1 h6 18. Rxd7 Nxd7 19. Bxb6 cxb6 {1-0 (38) So,W (2771)-Nakamura,H (2791) Saint Louis 2016}) 15. e4 Nb6 16. Bc5 c3 17. Rfc1 Bd3 18. Qxc3 Qa6 19. a5 Na4 20. Qa3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Nb2 (20... Qxa5 $14 21. Qxd3 Nxc5) 21. Rc3 (21. d5 $1 $18) 21... Nc4 $16 22. Qc1 $1 Nd6 23. Qe3 Bb5 24. Bb4 Nc4 (24... h6 $142) 25. Qg5 (25. Qc1 $1 $16) 25... h6 {[#]} (25... Rxd4 $11 26. Rcc1 Ne5) 26. Qe7 ({White must play} 26. Qc1 $1 $16) 26... Nd6 (26... Re8 $11 {keeps the balance.} 27. Qh4 (27. Qxc7 Rbc8 $14) 27... Nb2) 27. Qxc7 Ne8 28. Qe5 Be2 (28... Rb7 $16 {keeps fighting.} 29. Rac1 Nf6) 29. Be7 Rdc8 30. a4 Rb7 31. Ba3 Nf6 32. Rac1 Rd8 {[#]} 33. h3 $1 ({Don't do} 33. Rxc6 $6 Qd3 $16) 33... Rbd7 34. Rxc6 Qd3 35. Bb2 Qb3 {[#]} 36. d5 $1 exd5 $2 (36... Rb7 37. Ba1 (37. dxe6 Qxb2 38. exf7+ Kf8 $18) 37... Rbd7 38. dxe6 fxe6 39. Rxe6 Rd1+ 40. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 41. Kh2 Rxa1 42. Rxf6 gxf6 43. Qxa1 Qf7) 37. exd5 $18 Bd3 38. Rxf6 Rxd5 39. Bxd5 Rxd5 40. Rc8+ Kh7 {[#]} 41. Rh8+ $1 {[%mdl 32768] Precision: White = 46%, Black = 21%. . Loss on Time!?} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kveinys, Aloyzas"]
[Black "Neiksans, Arturs"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,16,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2 c6 {Predecessor:} 9. Rd1 $146 b6 10. b3 a5 11. Bc3 Ne4 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe4 f5 14. Bxd5 exd5 15. dxe5 f4 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Bd4 Ba6 18. Qc6 Bxe2 {½-½ (28) Ding,L (2773)-Giri,A (2785) Moscow 2017} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Volodin, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Kantans, Toms"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,144,7,31,0,29,41,42,0,0,-10,11,0,18,12,16,18,12,23,31,-16,-14,-60,-70,-84,-75,-82,-73,-66,-81,-74,-64,-77,-73,-54,-47,-60,-60,-107,-102,-109,-109,-105,-119,-102,-47,-47,0,0,84,100,193,178,203,185,174,172,170,161,151,83,76,67,95,8,7,5,5,5,7,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,-1,0,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,-7,-8,0,-6,-7,-8,-8,-8,-5,-7,-7,-9,-9,-10,-5,-11,-6,-8,-3,-2,-5,-3,-5,-5,0,-6,-6,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. O-O dxc4 7. Na3 c3 8. bxc3 c5 9. Qb3 Nc6 10. Rd1 Na5 11. Qb2 {D77: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0: Replies other than 6...c6} Bd7 12. Ne5 Ba4 13. Re1 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 13. Rd3 Nd7 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. dxc5 Qc7 16. Qb4 Bc6 17. Nb5 Bxb5 18. Qxb5 Rac8 {1-0 (26) Georgiev,K (2632)-Drenchev,P (2487) Kozloduy 2014}) 13... Rc8 14. e4 Ne8 15. Bf4 b6 (15... b5 $5) 16. Rac1 Nd6 17. Qe2 e6 18. h4 Qe7 19. Nb1 f6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 20. Nf3 e5 21. dxe5 fxe5 22. Bg5 Qe6 23. Na3 h6 24. Be3 Rcd8 25. Nh2 Nac4 26. Nxc4 Nxc4 27. Nf1 Rd6 28. h5 gxh5 29. Qxh5 Nb2 $1 30. Rb1 Nd3 31. Re2 Be8 (31... Qc4 $1 $17 32. Bh3 Qxc3) 32. Qh4 $15 b5 33. Rd2 Bc6 (33... c4 $11) 34. Rbd1 $1 $16 Qc4 {[#]} (34... c4 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 35. Nh2 $1 $18 Qxc3 36. Ng4 c4 37. Nxh6+ Bxh6 38. Bxh6 Rff6 {[#]} 39. Bg5 ({White should play} 39. Be3 $1) 39... Rf7 $16 40. Be3 Qa5 $1 41. Bf1 (41. Bc5 $16 Rh7 42. Rxd3 (42. Bxd6 Rxh4 43. gxh4 Qc3 $17) 42... Rxd3 43. Qg4+ Rg7 44. Qc8+ Kh7 45. Rxd3 cxd3 46. Qxc6) 41... Qd8 $11 {aiming for ...Qxh4.The position is equal.} 42. Qxd8+ Rxd8 43. Bxd3 cxd3 44. Rxd3 Rxd3 45. Rxd3 Bxe4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 46. Rd8+ Kg7 47. g4 Bf3 48. Kh2 Bxg4 49. Ra8 Be6 50. a3 Kg6 {And now ...Rh7+ would win.} 51. Rxa7 Rf8 52. Kg3 Kf5 53. Bc5 Rc8 54. Bb4 Bd5 55. Rh7 Rg8+ 56. Kh3 Kf4 57. Rh6 Rg1 {[%cal Rg1h1]} 58. Bd2+ Ke4 59. Kh2 Ra1 60. Bb4 Kf3 (60... Kf5 $5 {[%cal Ra1h1]} 61. Rb6 Rh1+ 62. Kg3 Rg1+ 63. Kh2 Rd1 $11) 61. Bc5 Kf4 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Ra1h1]} (61... Rc1 $5 {[%cal Rc1c5]} 62. Be3 Rc3 $15) 62. Rf6+ Kg5 63. Be7 {Threatens to win with Rd6+.} Kg4 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Ra1h1]} 64. Rg6+ Kf4 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Ra1h1]} 65. Rf6+ Kg4 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Ra1h1]} 66. Rg6+ Kf3 67. Rf6+ Ke2 68. Rf5 Rh1+ 69. Kg3 Rg1+ 70. Kh4 Rh1+ 71. Kg5 Bc4 72. Rxe5+ Kxf2 {Precision: White = 66%, Black = 52%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Meskovs, Nikita"]
[Black "Berzinsh, Roland"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 28,93,-6,-8,-8,-23,-18,-26,-18,-38,-30,-17,-36,-34,-33,-69,-14,-28,-15,-12,-15,-11,-15,-22,0,-6,0,-15,-27,-66,-46,-65,-33,-26,-26,-26,-33,-30,0,0,0,-68,-69,-69,-72,-132,-123,-198,-192,-150,-106,-332,-146,-141,-19,-31,12,8,550,547,814,831,819,811,802,782,29992,29993]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. d3 d6 8. a3 a5 9. Rb1 Re8 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 Bg7 14. b5 Ne7 15. Qb3 Be6 {A26: English Opening vs King's Indian with ...Nc6 and d3} (15... c6 16. Rfd1 d5 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. d4 e4 19. Ne1 Be6 20. Nc2 Rc8 21. Na4 b6 22. Nb4 Qd6 23. e3 {0-1 (49) Fridman,D (2667)-Shirov,A (2708) Warsaw 2012}) 16. Nd5 c6 17. Nxe7+ Rxe7 {Black has an edge.} 18. Ne1 {[%cal Bf3e1,Be1c2,Bc2b4][%mdl 32]} d5 19. Nc2 {[#]} e4 $146 {[%mdl 512]} ({Predecessor:} 19... Qd6 20. bxc6 bxc6 21. Qb4 Qd8 22. Qc5 Rc7 {½-½ (22) Georgiev,V (2501)-Antonio,R (2507) Bled 2002}) 20. bxc6 (20. dxe4 dxc4) 20... bxc6 21. Nb4 Qd6 (21... Rb7 $15 22. Qc2 exd3 23. Qxd3 dxc4) 22. c5 Qc7 23. dxe4 dxe4 24. Qc2 Bf5 {[%cal Be6f5,Bf5g4,Bg4e2][%mdl 32]} 25. e3 Ra3 {[%cal Ba8a3,Ba3c3,Bc3c2][%mdl 32]} 26. Rfd1 Rc3 27. Qe2 h5 {White must now prevent ...Bg4.} 28. Na6 Qa5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] ...Bg4 is the strong threat. Black is pushing.} 29. Rd6 Bg4 30. Qf1 Rc2 {Hoping for ...Be2.} 31. Nb4 $1 {[%cal Rb4c2]} Be2 32. Nxc6 Bxf1 33. Nxa5 Bd3 34. Nc6 (34. Bf1 $11) 34... Rb7 $1 $15 {[%cal Rb7b1]} 35. Rd1 Rbb2 36. Ne7+ ({White should play} 36. Rd8+ Kh7 37. Rb8) 36... Kh7 $17 37. Nd5 (37. Rb6 $17 {is a better defense.}) 37... Rxf2 $19 38. Bh1 Rfc2 {Threatens to win with ...Be2.} 39. c6 $2 {[#]} (39. Rb6 $17) 39... Be5 (39... Rxh2 40. Nf4 $17) (39... Be2 $1 $19 {[%cal Re2d1] is more deadly.} 40. Re1 Bf3 41. Nf6+ Kh6 42. Nxe4 Bxh1 43. Kxh1 f5) 40. Rd7 $17 Rxc6 ({Better is} 40... Be2 $17 41. Re1 Bf3 42. Bxf3 exf3 43. Rxf7+ Kh6 44. Rxf3 Rg2+ 45. Kh1 Rxh2+ 46. Kg1 Rbg2+ 47. Kf1 h4 48. gxh4 Rd2) 41. Rxf7+ Bg7 42. Nf4 Bc2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (42... Rcb6 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 43. Rdd7 $18 Bb3 {( -> ...Rc1+)} 44. Rxg7+ Kh6 45. Bg2 {Threatening mate with h4.} Rb1+ 46. Bf1 {White threatens h4 and mate.} Bc4 {[#]} 47. h4 $1 {Precision: White = 48%, Black = 38%.} ({Weaker is} 47. Rh7+ Kg5 $11) 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Miezis, Normunds"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,149,-15,-16,-18,-35,-20,-25,-29,-37,-20,-23,-12,-20,-4,-46,0,-27,-17,-50,-17,-21,-19,-32,0,0,0,-18,-24,-32,-25,-117,-101,-100,-101,-179,-103,-96,-92,-88,-97,-95,-91,-108,-82,-130,-117,-144,-85,-102,-106,-104,-102,-109,-110,-124,-106,-102,-96,-100,-103,-106,-83,-88,-81,-82,-82,-103,-35,-89,-85,-93,-43,-74,-74,-79,-79,-79,-75,-70,-75,-75,-75,-77,-67,-97,-14,-52,0,-70,-43,-53,-47,-82,-92,-100,-31,-44,-25,-38,0,-44,-9,-5,-6,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8]} 1. c4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Nge2 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 {C01: French: Exchange Variation} 9. a3 (9. O-O Nb6 10. Bb3 Bf5 11. Ng3 Bg6 12. f4 h6 13. f5 Bh7 14. Bf4 Nbd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bd2 {0-1 (23) Rakhmanov,A (2662)-Matlakov,M (2691) Sochi 2016}) 9... Bd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Be7 10. O-O Nb6 11. Ba2 Nbd5 12. Nf4 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bf5 14. Re1 Bd6 15. Qb3 b6 16. Qb5 {0-1 (48) Berzinsh,R (2389)-Sveshnikov,E (2523) Riga 2014}) 10. Bg5 Nb6 {Black has an edge.} 11. Bd3 Re8 (11... h6 $5 {[%cal Rh6g5]} 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 $11) 12. Qc2 h6 13. Bh4 Be6 14. Nb5 Bd5 (14... g5 $5 {[%cal Rg5h4]} 15. Bg3 Bxg3 16. hxg3 c6 $15) 15. Nxd6 Qxd6 16. f3 Qe6 (16... Qf4 $5 17. Bf2 Qg5 $15) 17. Rc1 Bb3 18. Qc3 Na4 (18... c5 $5 19. Bxf6 gxf6 $15) 19. Qd2 Nd5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 20. Be4 f5 21. Bxd5 $1 Bxd5 22. Bg3 (22. Kf2 $1 $11) 22... Nb6 {White must now prevent ...Nc4.} 23. Be5 Nc4 24. Qc3 {[#]} (24. Nf4 $17 {might work better.} Nxd2 25. Nxe6) 24... Nxe5 ({Better is} 24... c5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rc5d4]} 25. Qd3 Nxb2) 25. dxe5 $17 Qxe5 26. Qxe5 Rxe5 27. Kf2 Rae8 28. Nf4 Bf7 {And now ...g5 would win.} 29. Rc2 g5 30. Nd3 Re3 (30... Rd5 $142 31. Nc1 Kg7) 31. Nc1 c6 32. h4 Kg7 33. hxg5 hxg5 34. Rd2 f4 35. Ne2 R8e7 36. Rc1 R3e5 37. Nc3 Bg6 38. Rcd1 a5 39. Rd6 Bf5 40. R1d2 Rc5 (40... Kf7 $17 41. Ne2 Bg6) 41. Ne2 ({White should try} 41. Rd8 $15) 41... Kf7 42. Nd4 Bg6 43. Ne2 Rce5 44. Rd8 Re8 45. R8d7+ {[#]} R5e7 $1 46. R7d6 Re6 47. Rd7+ R8e7 48. Rd8 Re5 49. R8d6 Rb5 (49... Bf5 $17 50. Nd4 Bg6) 50. Nc3 (50. Nd4 $5 {[%cal Rd4b5]} Rbe5 51. g3 $17) 50... Rc5 51. Ne2 Rc2 52. Rxc2 Bxc2 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 53. g3 fxg3+ 54. Nxg3 Bg6 (54... Ke8 $17 55. Rd2 Bh7) 55. Ne2 Bf5 56. Ng3 Bg6 57. Ne2 a4 58. Nc3 {The position is equal.} Bc2 59. Kg3 Ke8 60. Rd2 Bb3 61. Ne4 Re5 (61... Bd5 $5 {[%cal Rd5e4]} 62. Nf6+ Kf7 63. Nxd5 Rd7 $11) 62. Nd6+ Ke7 63. Nxb7 Bd5 64. Nc5 Bxf3 65. Nxa4 Bh5 66. Nc3 Ke6 67. a4 Be8 68. Rd4 c5 69. Re4 Bc6 70. Rxe5+ Kxe5 71. a5 Bb7 72. Kg4 Kd4 73. Kxg5 Kc4 74. Na4 Kb5 75. Nxc5 {Precision: White = 53%, Black = 58%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Stremavicius, Titas"]
[Black "Seeman, Tarvo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,73,59,32,46,42,31,12,26,-15,42,53,43,46,78,16,89,91,82,86,99,112,111,106,178,166,284,280,286,266,299,286,297,287,295,287,425,420,423,405,445,432,493,490,711,708,674,697,1004,1039,994,816,1535,1285,3050,3243,3075,2501,3949,3204,6279,6266]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be3 O-O 7. Be2 Nfd7 8. h3 Bxf3 $1 {E91: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2, unusual replies including 6...c5 and 6...Bg4} 9. Bxf3 Nc6 (9... a6 10. Be2 c5 11. d5 Qa5 12. Qb3 e6 13. O-O Qc7 14. Rad1 Re8 15. Qc2 exd5 16. Nxd5 {1-0 (47) Sermier,G (2402)-Degraeve,J (2562) France 2010}) 10. d5 Na5 {The position is equal.} 11. Qa4 c5 (11... Bxc3+ $11 12. bxc3 b6) 12. Be2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. O-O b6 13. Be2 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Ne5 15. f4 Qd7 16. Qxd7 Nxd7 {½-½ (34) Martic,Z (2404)-Tomerlin,S (2319) Sibenik 2010}) 12... a6 13. Qc2 Ne5 14. Nd1 (14. b3 $16) 14... b5 (14... e6 $11) 15. cxb5 $16 axb5 16. Bxb5 Qb8 17. a4 c4 18. O-O f5 (18... Rc8 $16 19. Nc3 Nd3) 19. exf5 $18 gxf5 {[#]} (19... Rxf5 $142 20. Rb1 Qb7) 20. f4 $1 {[%cal Rf4e5]} Nd3 21. Rb1 Nc5 22. Bxc5 dxc5 23. Ne3 Bd4 24. Rbe1 Rf6 (24... Qd6 {was called for.} 25. Kh1 Qf6 26. Nxc4 Nxc4) 25. Kh1 Qf8 26. Nxc4 Nxc4 27. Qxc4 {White is clearly winning.} ({Weaker is} 27. Bxc4 Rd6 $18) 27... Kh8 28. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4c5,Bc5c6,Bc6c7][%mdl 32]} Qg7 (28... Rc8 $142 29. Re2 Qd8) 29. bxc5 Rg8 30. Re2 Rg6 {[%cal Rg6g2]} 31. Rxe7 Qxe7 32. Qxd4+ R6g7 33. d6 Qd8 34. c6 h5 35. Bc4 Re8 36. c7 Qa8 37. Qd5 {Precision: White = 83%, Black = 27%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Krupenski, Juri"]
[Black "Kanep, Meelis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,14,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qd2 h6 {LiveBook: 9 Games. B94: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Bg5 Nbd7} {Predecessor:} 8. Bxf6 $146 Nxf6 9. O-O-O e6 10. Bc4 Be7 11. Rhe1 O-O 12. Bb3 Qc7 13. f4 b5 14. Kb1 b4 15. Na4 {½-½ (52) Kanovsky,D (2471)-Dydyshko,V (2585) Czechia 2009} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Malisauskas, Vidmantas"]
[Black "Vaicekauskas, Gytis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2207"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,28,19,8,4,6,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,0,11]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Nf3 b6 {E36: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...d5 5 a3} (7... dxc4 8. Qxc4 b6 9. Bg5 Ba6 10. Qa4 Qd7 11. Qc2 c5 12. dxc5 Rc8 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Rd1 Qe7 15. Qe4 Qxc5 16. e3 Bxf1 17. Kxf1 {½-½ (46) So,W (2770)-Nakamura,H (2787) Bilbao 2016}) 8. Bg5 dxc4 {LiveBook: 13 Games. The position is equal.} 9. e3 h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... b5 10. a4 c6 11. axb5 cxb5 12. b3 cxb3 13. Qxb3 Bd7 14. Bxb5 Qb6 15. Bc4 Qxb3 16. Bxb3 {1-0 (42) Michiels,B (2546)-Laurent,J (2252) Belgium 2014}) 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Bxc4 Bb7 12. Ne5 (12. Be2 $5 {[%cal Rc3c7]}) 12... c5 13. dxc5 Rc8 14. Rc1 $1 Rxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shishkov, Andrei"]
[Black "Jankovskis, Guntis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,143,55,56,62,60,45,53,47,58,20,39,22,27,33,44,44,49,49,50,50,53,45,118,118,118,118,118,107,118,118,119,119,116,116,119,119,119,119,135,129,128,128,143,143,143,135,143,143,143,143,143,143,258,143,143,143,239,135,135,135,135,135,258,258,258,258,252,209,258,216,216,190,195,190,215,210,222,226,217,194,194,190,190,190,199,183,194,190,194,194,259,234,268,268,272,274,332,332,332,332,658,654,644,642,616,455,649,639,860,843,866,804,621,628,883,874,964,941,714,817,1369,1297,29984,29985,29985,29981,29986,29987]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Qc2 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Nge2 Bh5 {D10: Slav Defence: 3 cxd5 (without early Nf3) and 3 Nc3} 8. Nf4 Bg6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 {LiveBook: 37 Games. White is slightly better.} 10. Be2 e6 11. O-O Nbd7 12. h3 Bd6 13. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Rd1 O-O 14. Bb2 Qc7 15. Bf3 e5 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 {½-½ (35) Onischuk,A (2688)-Nguyen,N (2633) Khanty-Mansiysk 2010}) 13... Rc8 14. c5 Bb8 15. f4 Nh5 16. Rf3 f5 17. g4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Nhf6 18. g5 Ne4 19. Nxe4 fxe4 (19... dxe4 $14 20. Rg3 Kf7) 20. Rg3 $16 a5 21. Bd2 Bc7 22. Kg2 {[%cal Bg1g2,Bg2f2,Bf2e2,Be2d1,Bd1c1][%mdl 32]} Kf7 23. Rh1 Rh4 24. Bg4 Qe7 25. Kf2 Rch8 26. Ke2 Qd8 27. Be1 Nf8 28. Rg2 R4h7 29. h4 Kg8 30. Kd1 Qa8 31. Kc1 Qa6 32. Rgh2 Qc8 33. Qg2 Qd7 34. Bg3 Qe7 (34... Qc8 $16 35. Kb1 Qa6) 35. Rh3 (35. a4 $18) 35... Qd7 36. Be1 Qe7 (36... Kf7 $16 {keeps fighting.} 37. h5 gxh5) 37. R1h2 (37. Qe2 $18) 37... Qd7 38. Qe2 Qc8 39. Qf1 Qd7 {[#]} (39... Qa8 $16 40. a4 b4) 40. a4 $1 $18 b4 {[#]} 41. Qa6 $1 Kf7 42. Qa8 Bd8 43. Be2 Bc7 44. Ba6 e5 45. Bc8 ({Don't take} 45. dxe5 $6 Ne6 $16) 45... Qd8 46. fxe5 Ke7 {intending ...Ne6.} 47. Qa6 Nd7 {And now ...Nb8 would win.} 48. Bxd7 ({But not} 48. Qxc6 $6 Qxc8 49. Qxd5 Nxe5 $16) 48... Qxd7 49. Bg3 Rf8 50. Bf4 Rh5 51. Qe2 Rf5 52. Rg3 {[%cal Bh3g3,Bg3g2,Bg2f2][%mdl 32]} Qe6 53. Qa6 Kd7 (53... Qd7 $142 54. Rgg2 Rf8) 54. Qa8 Bd8 55. Rgg2 Rh8 56. Qb8 Rff8 {...Bc7 is the strong threat.} 57. Qd6+ Qxd6 58. exd6 ({Weaker is} 58. cxd6 Bb6 $14) 58... Rh7 $2 (58... Rf7 59. Kb1 Ke6) 59. Rf2 Ke6 60. Kd2 Rf5 61. Ke2 Rh8 (61... Rf8 $142 62. Be5 Rf5) 62. Kf1 Rhf8 63. Kg2 R8f7 64. Kg3 Rf8 65. Kg4 Rh8 66. Bg3 Rhf8 67. Rf4 Rh8 68. Rhf2 Rhf8 69. Rxf5 Rxf5 70. Rxf5 {White mates.} gxf5+ 71. Kh5 Kf7 72. Be5 {Precision: White = 75%, Black = 43%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sakalauskas, Vaidas"]
[Black "Garanin, Aleksei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2344"]
[BlackElo "2220"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,60,-37,-38,-38,-39,-25,-89,-58,-93,-85,-96,-89,-106,-104,-113,-106,-158,-165,-197,-165,-168,-165,-242,-255,-254,-236,-250,-226,-268,-257,-275,-294,-412,-402,-556,-552]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. h4 {E92: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5: 7 dxe5, 7 Be3 and Petrosian System without 7...Nbd7} Nxg3 (11... g4 12. Nd2 Nxg3 13. fxg3 h5 14. Qc2 Na6 15. O-O-O Qf6 16. Rhf1 Qh6 17. Kb1 Bd7 18. a3 a4 {0-1 (60) Aronian,L (2785)-Grischuk,A (2737) Doha 2016}) 12. fxg3 g4 13. Nh2 h5 14. O-O {LiveBook: 3 Games} Na6 15. Bd3 Nc5 16. Bc2 {[#]} (16. Qd2 $11) 16... Qe7 $1 $17 17. Qe1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Rf2 f5 18. exf5 e4 19. Nxg4 e3 20. Nxe3 Qxe3 21. Qxh5 Bxf5 22. Bxf5 Rxf5 23. Qxf5 {0-1 (28) Schlager,T (2335)-Kapfer,T Germany 1997}) 17... Bd7 18. Rd1 Rae8 19. Nb5 Bxb5 20. cxb5 {[#] Strongly threatening Rf5.} f5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 21. Rxf5 (21. Qxa5 $142 Ra8 22. Qc3) (21. exf5 e4) 21... Rxf5 22. exf5 e4 23. Qe3 Qf6 24. Qg5 (24. Bb1 $142) 24... Qxg5 $19 25. hxg5 Bxb2 26. Kf2 Re5 27. Ke3 Rxf5 28. Rb1 Bc3 29. b6 (29. Rd1 {keeps fighting.}) 29... cxb6 30. Rxb6 Be1 {Precision: White = 31%, Black = 97%.} 0-1

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2017"]
[Site "Liepaja"]
[Date "2017.06.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Brazdzionis, Andrius"]
[Black "Krivonosov, Oleg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 28,82,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 Nd7 12. O-O e5 13. dxe5 dxc4 14. Rxc4 Nxe5 15. Re4 {The position is equal.} Nxf3+ {D56: Queen's Gambit Declined: Lasker Defence} 16. Qxf3 Be6 (16... Qc7 17. Bc4 b5 18. Bb3 c5 19. Bd5 Rb8 20. Qh5 Bb7 21. Bxb7 Rxb7 22. Rd1 c4 23. Rg4 {½-½ (38) Vitiugov,N (2726)-Radjabov,T (2710) Doha 2016}) 17. Bc4 Rad8 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Qe2 Rd5 20. Rd1 Qf6 (20... Rfd8 $5 {[%cal Rd5d1]} 21. Red4 Qc5 $11) 21. Red4 Rfd8 22. g3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 22. Qc4 Qf5 23. h3 Rxd4 24. Rxd4 Rxd4 25. Qxd4 {½-½ (30) Bregadze,L (2468)-Baryshpolets,A (2538) Cleveland 2015}) 22... Rxd4 23. Rxd4 Rxd4 24. exd4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} Qf5 25. b3 Kf7 26. Kg2 a5 27. Qe3 g5 28. h3 h5 29. Qc3 Kg6 30. Qe3 Qd5+ 31. Kh2 Qf5 (31... a4 $5) 32. Kg2 b6 33. Kh2 Kf6 34. Kg2 Qd5+ 35. Kh2 a4 36. bxa4 Qxa2 37. h4 gxh4 38. Qf4+ Kg6 39. Qe4+ Kh6 (39... Kf7 $5 {[%cal Ra2f2]} 40. Qf4+ Kg6 $11) 40. Qf4+ Kg6 41. Qe4+ Kh6 {Precision: White = 92%, Black = 68%.} (41... Kf7 $5 {[%cal Ra2f2]} 42. Qf4+ Kg7 $11) 1/2-1/2

