[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kovalenko, Igor"]
[Black "Laurusas, Tomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,135,22,20,22,17,29,19,6,34,32,34,0,24,35,33,36,25,16,9,0,0,0,0,0,4,-11,56,38,70,3,190,0,0,0,0,-13,-13,-12,-14,-29,-2,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-46,0,-15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 dxc6 7. O-O e5 8. a4 Nf6 9. Nd2 {B42: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 Bd3} Bc5 {LiveBook: 8 Games} 10. Qf3 O-O 11. Nc4 Re8 12. a5 Qe7 13. Bg5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. h3 Nd7 14. Rd1 Nf8 15. Bf1 {1-0 (44) Teterev,V (2504)-Velicka,P (2438) Aghios Kirykos 2016}) 13... h6 14. Bd2 Bg4 15. Qg3 Rad8 16. Rae1 ({Much weaker is} 16. h3 Be2 $1 $15 {[%mdl 512]}) 16... Kh8 17. Kh1 Bc8 18. f4 {[%cal Rf4e5]} Nh5 19. Qf3 Nxf4 {[#]} 20. Nxe5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxd3 (20... Qxe5 21. Bxf4) 21. Nxd3 Be6 (21... Bd4 $11) 22. Qh5 Bd4 23. e5 (23. Bxh6 $1 $14 gxh6 24. Qxh6+ Kg8 25. Rf3) 23... Kh7 $2 {[#]} (23... f5 $1 $11) 24. Re4 $2 (24. Bxh6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} gxh6 25. Rf6) 24... f5 25. exf6 $1 Bxf6 26. Bc3 Bxc3 27. bxc3 Rf8 28. Rxf8 Rxf8 {[%cal Rf8f1]} 29. h3 {Hoping for Qe5.} Rf1+ 30. Kh2 {aiming for Qe5.} Qd6+ 31. Qe5 Qxe5+ 32. Rxe5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Bd5 33. Re1 Rf5 34. Kg1 {The position is equal.} Rg5 35. g4 {Ne5 is the strong threat.} h5 36. Re5 Rxe5 (36... Kg6 {feels hotter.} 37. Nf4+ Kf6 38. Rxg5 Kxg5 39. Nxh5 g6) 37. Nxe5 hxg4 38. hxg4 {KB-KN} Kh6 39. Kf2 Kg5 40. Kg3 c5 41. c4 Be6 42. Nd3 Bxc4 43. Nxc5 Bd5 44. Nd7 Be6 45. Ne5 Kf6 46. Kf4 g5+ 47. Ke4 Ke7 48. Kd4 Kf6 49. c3 Bb3 50. Nd3 Bd1 51. Nf2 Bf3 52. Ke3 Bc6 53. Ne4+ Kg6 54. Kd4 Bd7 55. Nf2 Kf6 56. Kd5 Bc6+ 57. Kd6 Bf3 58. c4 Be2 59. Kd5 Bf3+ 60. Kd4 Be2 61. Ne4+ Ke7 62. Nc5 Bxg4 {And now ...Bf3 would win.} 63. Nxb7 Bc8 64. Nc5 g4 65. Ke3 Kd6 66. Ne4+ Ke5 67. Nf2 Bf5 {[#]} 68. Nxg4+ $1 {[%mdl 33280] Precision: White = 75%, Black = 69%. . Loss on Time!?} 0-1

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Neiksans, Arturs"]
[Black "Sarakauskas, Gediminas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,117,25,59,14,20,0,0,0,47,18,20,12,17,5,20,17,16,17,21,21,21,21,21,20,59,56,60,62,62,52,64,55,59,58,62,58,63,63,62,27,54,34,57,0,0,0,31,0,84,84,67,75,210,204,212,211,180,172,176,208,249,240,285,226,269,254,283,0,260,231,257,212,260,260,293,246,270,254,296,285,273,272,237,216,218,192,414,299,292,169,727,1393,1374,1368,1235,1224,1101,1058]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. d4 Bb7 4. c4 e6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2 d6 9. Qc2 Nxc3 {E18: Queen's Indian: Old Main Line (4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Be7 6 0-0 0-0 7 Nc3)} 10. Bxc3 f5 11. d5 e5 {LiveBook: 4 Games. White has an edge.} 12. e4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. c5 Bxd5 13. cxd6 cxd6 14. Rad1 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 e4 16. Bg2 Nd7 17. g4 {1-0 (35) Akobian,V (2612)-Peters,J (2360) Orange 2011}) 12... f4 13. gxf4 Rxf4 14. Ne1 g5 15. f3 Rh4 16. Nd3 Nd7 17. Be1 Rh6 18. Nf2 Nf6 19. Bh3 Nh5 20. Ng4 Rg6 21. Ne3 Bc8 22. Bg4 Ng7 23. Kh1 h5 24. Bxc8 Qxc8 25. Qg2 Kh7 26. Bd2 Qd7 27. Rg1 Rf8 28. Raf1 a5 29. b3 Bd8 30. Nd1 Be7 31. Nf2 Qe8 32. Nh3 (32. h3 $14) 32... g4 $1 $11 {[%cal Rg4h3]} 33. fxg4 {[#] Threatens to win with Rxf8.} Rxg4 34. Qe2 Rxg1+ (34... Rxf1 $11 35. Rxf1 Bh4) 35. Rxg1 $16 Qf7 36. Bg5 Qf3+ (36... Kh8 $16) 37. Qxf3 $18 Rxf3 38. Bxe7 {Ng5+ is the strong threat.} Rxh3 {[#]} 39. Rg3 $1 {[%cal Rg3h3]} Rxg3 40. hxg3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} Kg6 41. Kg2 Ne8 42. Bd8 Kf7 43. Kh3 Kg6 44. Kg2 Kf7 45. Kf3 Kg6 46. Ke3 Kf7 47. Kd3 Kg6 48. a4 Kf7 49. Kc2 Kg6 50. b4 Kf7 51. bxa5 bxa5 52. Kd3 Kg6 53. Ke3 Kf7 $2 (53... Kg7 {might work better.} 54. Kf2 Kg6) 54. Kf3 Kg6 55. Kg2 (55. g4 $142) 55... Kh6 $2 (55... Kf7 56. Kf2 Kg7) 56. Kh3 {White is clearly winning.} Kg6 57. Kh4 Kh6 58. Be7 Kg6 59. Bg5 {Precision: White = 66%, Black = 44%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ladva, Ottomar"]
[Black "Tokranovs, Dmitrijs"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2337"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,71,-14,0,-7,-13,-12,-4,-31,-31,-30,-26,-34,-11,-22,-6,-13,10,-13,-13,-18,-18,-28,0,0,0,0,8,-8,0,-4,8,0,10,0,23,23,22,15,21,0,0,0,0,0,0,-11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,84,1,1,8,21,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. c4 e6 5. h3 (5. O-O Nf6 6. d3 Bd6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be3 Nbd7 9. Qb3 Qb8 10. a3 Re8 11. Rfc1 Bh5 12. Qc2 a5 13. b3 h6 14. Qb2 {0-1 (67) Pantsulaia,L (2612)-Carlsen,M (2837) Riadh 2017}) 5... Bxf3 6. Bxf3 {A11: English Opening: 1...c6} dxc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... Nd7 7. Bg2 Bd6 8. b3 Ne7 9. O-O O-O 10. e3 Be5 11. d4 Bd6 12. Nd2 f5 {1-0 (55) Savchenko,B (2644)-Deviatkin,A (2608) St Petersburg 2009}) 7. Qc2 Nd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7e5,Be5f3][%mdl 32]} 8. Qxc4 Ne5 9. Qb3 Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 Nf6 11. Nc3 Be7 12. O-O Nd5 13. d3 O-O 14. Bd2 Qd7 15. Rfc1 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 Rfd8 17. b4 Qd5 18. Qg4 {[%csl Gc3][%cal Rg4g7] [#]} g6 19. h4 Bf8 20. Bf6 Bg7 21. Rc5 Qd6 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. a4 a6 24. Rc4 Qe5 25. Rb1 h5 26. Qf3 Rd4 27. Rc2 Rad8 28. b5 axb5 29. axb5 cxb5 30. Qxb7 Rb8 31. Qe7 Ra4 32. Rc7 Qf6 {[#]} (32... Rf8 $1 $11) 33. Qd6 (33. Qc5 $1 $16) 33... Rd8 $11 {The position is equal.} 34. Qb6 Ra2 35. Kf1 Rd5 36. Ra7 {Precision: White = 43%, Black = 53%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Miezis, Normunds"]
[Black "Kalvaitis, Sigitas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2194"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,55,-2,0,33,31,70,56,70,79,116,116,105,120,123,96,100,93,175,170,169,144,168,104,448,438,454,64,60,36,25,8,78,89,139,79,258,266,955,963]} 1. c4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. cxd5 {C01: French: Exchange Variation} Nxd5 8. Nge2 O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. a3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Nxc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Re8 11. Bc2 Bf8 12. Qd3 g6 13. Ng3 Bg7 14. Nce2 Nce7 {0-1 (53) Safarli,E (2660)-Nguyen,N (2625) Khanty-Mansiysk 2013}) 11. bxc3 Bg4 12. Qc2 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Bd6 14. Rb1 Rb8 15. Qf3 Qe7 16. Rb5 g6 17. Bg5 f6 (17... Qd7 $16) 18. Bh6 $1 $18 Rfe8 19. h4 Nd8 20. h5 (20. Bc4+ $1 $18 Kh8 21. Rb2) 20... c6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (20... Nf7 $16 {is a better chance.}) 21. Bc4+ Nf7 22. Rb2 $2 ({White must play} 22. hxg6 $18 hxg6 23. Rf5 $3 {[%mdl 512]}) 22... f5 $1 $14 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Qh3 {Strongly threatening Re2.} Qf6 (24... b5 $11 {keeps the balance.} 25. Ba2 Qf6) 25. f4 $40 {[%mdl 128] Hoping for Bg5. Black is in trouble.} Qh8 {[#]} 26. Rf3 ({White should play} 26. g4 $1 {[%cal Rg4f5]} fxg4 27. Qxg4 Qxh6 28. Bxf7+ Kxf7 29. Rh2) 26... Bf8 $2 {[#]} (26... b5 $16 27. Rg3 Qf6) 27. Rg3 $1 $18 {[%csl LRf5,LRg6] Threatens to win with Qxf5.} Qxh6 $2 (27... Qf6 28. Bxf8 Kxf8) 28. Qxf5 $1 {Precision: White = 67%, Black = 10%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Stremavicius, Titas"]
[Black "Berzina, Ilze"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2176"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,67,14,14,14,14,18,9,20,-1,8,8,39,10,11,12,83,70,71,77,79,72,87,81,88,89,82,72,75,58,83,83,90,90,123,116,210,179,557,559,573,567,527,497,429,383,426,380]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4 Bc5 5. Nxe5 Nxe5 6. d4 Bb4 7. dxe5 Nxe4 8. Qd4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Be7 10. Qg4 Kf8 {A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation} (10... g6 11. Bh6 d6 12. Qg3 Bf8 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Bh6 Bf8 15. Bf4 dxe5 16. Bxe5 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Qxd6 cxd6 {0-1 (61) Andreikin,D (2683)-Caruana,F (2709) Moscow 2010}) 11. Be3 d6 12. Qe4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} dxe5 {The position is equal.} 13. Rd1 Qe8 14. Qxe5 Bd6 15. Qh5 b6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Be5 16. Be2 Bxc3+ 17. Kf1 Be6 18. Qf3 {½-½ (27) McNab,C (2500)-Gormally,D (2415) Newcastle on Tyne 1998}) 16. Be2 Bb7 17. Bf3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 f6 (18... Rb8 $11) 19. O-O $16 {Rfe1 is the strong threat.} Kf7 20. c5 bxc5 21. Bxc5 {Hoping for Rfe1.} Rd8 22. Rfe1 Qd7 23. Bxd6 cxd6 24. Qd5+ Kg6 25. Qe4+ Kf7 26. c4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} Rhe8 27. Qxh7 Qg4 28. Qd3 Rxe1+ (28... Qc8 $16 {keeps fighting.} 29. Re3 Rxe3 30. Qxe3 Qxc4) 29. Rxe1 {KQR-KQR} Re8 $2 (29... Rc8 30. Qxd6 Qxc4 31. Re7+ Kg8) 30. Qd5+ $18 Kf8 {[%cal Re8e1] [#]} 31. Qxd6+ Kf7 {[%cal Re8e1]} 32. Qd5+ Kf8 {[%cal Re8e1]} 33. Rxe8+ ({Resist} 33. Qc5+ Kf7 $18) 33... Kxe8 34. f3 {Precision: White = 78%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Seeman, Tarvo"]
[Black "Kulaots, Kaido"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,31,-9,0,0,0,6,14,12,12,8,10,12,14,17,43,23]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4 Nc6 8. Re1 Qc7 9. c3 b6 {LiveBook: 26 Games} 10. exd5 {C00: French: Unusual White 2nd moves} exd5 11. Nf1 h6 12. Bf4 {The position is equal.} Bd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Qd8 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Be6 15. Ne3 Qd7 16. d4 Rad8 17. Qe2 Ng4 18. Bxg7 {1-0 (31) Zvjaginsev,V (2679)-Shachar,E (2374) Caleta 2017}) 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Ne3 Re8 15. d4 Ba6 16. Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Beinoras, Mindaugas"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,43,48,37,95,96,93,60,78,30,56,-13,1,-35,0,8,43,54,73,64,101,24,33,0,111,0,50,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 d6 5. Nc3 g6 6. e4 Bg7 7. h3 {E10: Blumenfeld Gambit} (7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. d5 exd5 10. cxd5 Ne7 11. Bf4 c6 12. Re1 cxd5 13. exd5 Nf5 14. Qb3 Nd7 15. Bb5 Rxe1+ 16. Rxe1 {1-0 (36) Krasenkow,M (2630)-Jones,G (2660) Porticcio 2017}) 7... O-O 8. Bg5 h6 9. Be3 e5 10. d5 {LiveBook: 13 Games} Ne7 (10... Nd4 $1 $14) 11. Qd2 $16 Kh7 12. Bd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. g4 Nfg8 13. Bd3 f5 14. gxf5 gxf5 15. exf5 Nxf5 {½-½ (44) Jocev,M (2161)-Mladenovic,S (2288) Donji Milanovac 2013}) 12... c6 13. Qe2 Nh5 14. g3 (14. O-O $14) 14... cxd5 15. cxd5 Bd7 16. Nd2 a6 17. Nc4 Nc8 18. a4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} b6 19. Nd2 (19. b4 $16) 19... Ne7 $11 20. Nc4 (20. Bxa6 $14 f5 21. exf5 Nxf5 22. Bd3) 20... Nc8 $16 21. Nd2 ({Better is} 21. a5 $16) 21... Ne7 $14 22. Nc4 {Precision: White = 32%, Black = 30%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Narva, Mai"]
[Black "Kantans, Toms"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2322"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 29,82,38,22,0,0,0,0,-114,-83,-94,-83,-120,-114,-114,-108,-129,-139,-142,-144,-143,-138,-145,-146,-140,-129,-178,-159,-195,-190,-593,-589,-561,-575,-567,-343,-531,-338,-595,-321,-877,-872,-1007,-794,-1020,-546,-539,-521,-29985,-29986,-29985,-29986,-29991,-29982,-29990,-29991]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {[%cal Bf1b5,Bb5a4,Ba4b3][%mdl 32]} a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Nd7 11. Nbd2 exd4 {C92: Closed Ruy Lopez: 9...Be6, Karpov and Flohr-Zaitsev Variations} 12. cxd4 Re8 13. Nf1 Na5 {[%cal Bc6a5,Ba5c4,Bc4e3][%mdl 32]} 14. Bc2 Bf6 15. Bf4 (15. Ne3 Bxe4 16. Bd2 Bxc2 17. Qxc2 Nc4 18. Nxc4 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 bxc4 20. Qxc4 {½-½ (60) Shankland,S (2671)-Bu,X (2725) Liaocheng 2018}) 15... Nf8 {LiveBook: 20 Games} 16. Qd3 c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Ng6 17. Bd2 Nc4 18. Bc1 c5 19. a4 cxd4 20. Nxd4 {0-1 (90) Babazade,J (2056)-Arnaudov,P (2416) Varna 2010}) 17. Rad1 Nc4 18. Qb3 (18. Bc1 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 18... Ne6 19. Be3 Nxe3 20. fxe3 Qb6 {[%cal Rc5d4]} 21. Qd3 {[#] e5 is the strong threat.} g6 22. Kh1 Rac8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is on the roll.} 23. Bb1 Ng5 24. Nxg5 Bxg5 25. Nd2 Bf6 {[%cal Rc5d4,Bg5f6,Bf6g7,Bg7e5][%mdl 32]} 26. Rf1 Bg7 {[%cal Rc5d4]} 27. Qb3 Re7 ({Worse is} 27... cxd4 28. Qxf7+ Kh8 29. exd4 $11) 28. dxc5 Qxc5 ({But not} 28... dxc5 29. Nc4 $17) 29. Rc1 $2 (29. Rf2 {is more resistant.}) 29... Qxc1 $19 30. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 31. Kh2 Be5+ 32. g3 Re6 33. Kg2 $2 (33. Qd3 {only move.}) 33... Rf6 34. Bc2 $2 (34. Qd3) 34... Bc8 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Bxh3+.} 35. Bd3 h5 36. a4 Bd7 37. axb5 axb5 38. Be2 Bxh3+ {Black mates.} 39. Kxh3 Rf2 {[%cal Rc1h1]} 40. Bf3 Rxd2 41. Qxb5 Rcc2 {Precision: White = 28%, Black = 78%.} 0-1

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vorobjov, Pavel"]
[Black "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2233"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 28,84,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,2,5,8,53,53,52,52,50,58,50,51,58,52,62,58,81,67,91,52,58,40,50,50,58,51,94,75,119,10,8,0,0,0,11,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 Bb4 8. e4 Bxe4 9. fxe4 Nxe4 10. Qf3 Qxd4 11. Qxf7+ Kd8 12. Bg5+ Kc8 {D17: Slav Defence: 5 a4 Bf5: Lines with 6 Nh4 and 6 Ne5} 13. Qxe6+ Nd7 14. Qxd7+ Qxd7 15. Nxd7 {[#] LiveBook: 3 Games. 0-0-0 is the strong threat.} Nxc3 16. bxc3 Bxc3+ 17. Kd1 {Black must now prevent Rc1.} Bxa1 18. Nc5 {[#]} Bf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18... b6 19. Ne6 b5 20. Be2 {1-0 (29) Sosonko,G (2580)-Torre,E (2535) Tilburg 1982}) 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Bxc4 b5 21. axb5 cxb5 22. Bxb5 Rb8 23. Bd3 Rb2 24. Bc2 Ra2 25. Kd2 Rg8 26. g3 Rg4 {[#] Hoping for ...Rc4.} 27. Rc1 Rc4 28. Nb3 h5 29. Kd3 Rc7 30. Nd4 Ra3+ 31. Kd2 a6 32. Bf5+ Kb8 33. Rxc7 ({White should try} 33. Nc6+ $16 Kb7 34. Nd8+ Kb6 35. Rb1+ Ka7 36. Be4) 33... Kxc7 $11 {The position is equal.} 34. Bg6 h4 35. gxh4 Rh3 36. h5 Kd6 37. h6 f5 38. Nxf5+ Ke5 39. Ne3 Rxh2+ 40. Kd3 {White threatens Ng4+ and mate.} Kf6 41. Ng4+ Kxg6 42. Nxh2 {Strongly threatening Ng4.} Kxh6 {Precision: White = 77%, Black = 60%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vicas, Marijus"]
[Black "Kanep, Meelis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,64,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,-3,0,0,0,0,6,-9,-9,-10,-10,-19,-19,-19,-19,-12,-14,-16,-22,-24,-9,-9,-10,-9,-6,-20,-6,-6,-12,-6,-6,-14,-7,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 Nf6 4. d3 Nc6 5. Bg2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 O-O {LiveBook: 215 Games. B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6} 8. e5 (8. c3 Bd7 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. e5 Ne4 12. Nbd2 Nxd2 13. Bxd2 Rc8 14. h4 b5 15. Bg5 b4 16. Qd3 h6 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 {½-½ (43) Malakhov,V (2686)-Mchedlishvili,M (2603) Riadh 2017}) 8... dxe5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. Rxe5 Qc7 11. Re1 Bd7 12. Nc3 Bc6 13. Bf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Bxe4 15. Rxe4 Bf6 16. a4 {½-½ (71) Reimche,V (2085)-Baur,V (1893) Markdorf 2004}) 13... Qb6 14. Rb1 Rfd8 15. Qe2 Rac8 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. dxe4 Qa5 18. Be5 c4 19. Bc3 Bb4 20. Bxb4 Qxb4 21. c3 Qa4 22. b3 cxb3 23. axb3 {The position is equal.} Qa3 24. Qe3 h6 25. c4 a5 26. e5 Bxg2 27. Kxg2 Qb4 28. Red1 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 a4 30. bxa4 Qxa4 31. Qf3 Qxc4 32. Qxb7 Qc6+ {Precision: White = 82%, Black = 69%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fedorov, Nikita M"]
[Black "Chukavin, Kirill"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "1669"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,63,0,0,0,18,19,13,11,9,13,14,0,0,0,0,0,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,19,12,66,56,60,33,208,185,678,57,740,702,1300,956,836,655,29991,29992]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 a5 11. Nc3 Na6 12. Rfd1 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7} (12. Rac1 Nb4 13. Ne5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 c6 15. e4 Nd7 16. Nf3 Qb6 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. h4 h6 19. Qe2 Nf6 20. Rd2 {½-½ (88) Meier,G (2630)-Karjakin,S (2783) chess.com INT 2017}) 12... Nb4 {LiveBook: 15 Games} 13. Ne1 Bxg2 14. Nxg2 {The position is equal.} Nfd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... c6 15. e4 Qb6 16. Rd2 Rfd8 17. Rad1 Rac8 18. Ne3 h6 19. Qe2 Ne8 {1-0 (44) Elizarov,D (2370)-Karpov,V (2383) Taganrog 2010}) 15. e4 Nxf4 16. Nxf4 c6 17. h4 Qb6 18. Rd2 Rfd8 19. Rad1 Qa6 20. Qb3 Rac8 21. e5 {[%cal Be4e5,Be5f6][%mdl 32]} Rc7 22. Ne4 Nd5 23. Nh5 g6 24. Nhf6+ Nxf6 (24... Bxf6 $11 25. exf6 Qb6) 25. exf6 $14 Bf8 26. h5 Rd5 $2 (26... gxh5 $14 27. Qe3 Rd5) 27. hxg6 $18 hxg6 $2 {[#]} (27... fxg6 28. Nc3 Rf7) 28. Kg2 $2 ({White has to play} 28. g4 $1 $18 Bb4 29. Rd3) 28... Bb4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (28... Rh5 $14) 29. g4 Kf8 30. Qh3 {[%cal Rh3h8]} Ke8 31. Qh8+ Bf8 32. Rh1 {Precision: White = 66%, Black = 28%.} 1-0

