[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kulaots, Kaido"]
[Black "Beinoras, Mindaugas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,87,50,59,45,51,23,36,14,23,20,39,31,33,36,49,39,49,49,49,49,56,49,56,49,49,49,49,49,49,49,50,49,49,49,49,49,58,45,44,47,49,49,49,49,49,49,47,38,47,39,33,29,48,0,297,269,272,270,252,266,268,270,270,268,272,262,235,244,463,443,764,764,29989,29990]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. Re1 g6 {C72: Ruy Lopez: Deferred Steinitz: 5 0-0} 7. d4 Bg7 8. d5 Nce7 {LiveBook: 3 Games. White is slightly better.} 9. Bxd7+ (9. Bb3 {looks sharper.} Nf6 10. c4 c6 11. h3 cxd5 12. cxd5 O-O 13. a4) 9... Qxd7 10. Be3 h6 11. Nfd2 f5 {[#] Strongly threatening ...f4.} 12. f3 $1 Nf6 13. c4 O-O 14. Nc3 fxe4 15. Ndxe4 Nf5 16. Bf2 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Nd4 18. Rc1 Rfe8 19. Qd2 Kh7 20. b3 Qf7 21. Qb4 b6 22. Qd2 Red8 23. Rc3 a5 24. a4 Rac8 25. Rd3 Rf8 26. Qd1 Nf5 27. Rf1 Bf6 28. Be1 Qe7 29. Bd2 Ra8 30. Re1 Bh4 31. g3 {[%cal Bg2g3,Bg3g4,Bg4g5,Bg5h6][%mdl 32]} Bf6 $1 32. f4 Bg7 33. g4 Nh4 $1 34. Rh3 {[#] aiming for g5.} Qd8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (34... exf4 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 35. Nc5 Be5) 35. g5 Nf5 36. gxh6 Bf6 37. fxe5 dxe5 38. Qg4 Be7 39. Kh1 Nd6 40. Rg3 Qe8 41. Reg1 Rg8 $2 (41... Rd8 42. R3g2 Rg8) 42. Rf3 Qc8 (42... Rd8 $142 43. Rgf1 Rd7 44. Nxd6 Bxd6) 43. Nxd6 $18 Bxd6 44. Rf7+ {Precision: White = 71%, Black = 65%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Seeman, Tarvo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,69,19,29,31,39,18,37,7,57,61,53,62,64,55,52,64,62,40,62,57,54,9,199,65,100,60,69,55,59,20,69,86,75,47,57,57,52,53,61,61,179,179,154,160,166,166,257,263,260,245,304,246,822,442,891,883]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 d5 4. e5 Nc6 5. d4 Bg4 6. Bb5 {B27: Sicilian: 2 Nf3, unusual Black 2nd moves} Qb6 7. Bxc6+ Qxc6 8. O-O e6 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 9. dxc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Be3 Ne7 10. Nbd2 Nf5 11. h3 Nxe3 12. fxe3 {½-½ (45) Lintchevski,D (2555)-Khalifman,A (2621) St Petersburg 2014}) 9... Bxc5 10. Nbd2 Ne7 11. Nb3 h5 12. h3 Bxf3 $1 13. Qxf3 Nf5 14. Nxc5 Qxc5 15. Bg5 h4 16. Rad1 Rh5 17. Bf6 Rc8 18. Kh2 Rh7 $2 {[#]} (18... Qa5 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 19. Rd3 ({White has to play} 19. c4 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) 19... b5 20. Rfd1 Rh5 21. R1d2 Kf8 22. Qg4 Kg8 23. b3 a6 24. a4 Ng7 25. axb5 axb5 26. Ra2 Ne8 27. Bg5 Qc7 (27... Ng7 $14) 28. f4 $18 ({And not} 28. Bxh4 Qxe5+ 29. Bg3 Nf6 $11) 28... b4 29. cxb4 Ng7 30. Bxh4 Nf5 (30... Qb7 {is a better defense.} 31. Be1 Rh8) 31. Bf2 Qc1 32. Rad2 Qb1 33. Qe2 d4 $2 (33... Rc1 34. Rd1 Rh8) 34. Rd1 Rc1 (34... Qc2 $142 35. R1d2 Qc6) 35. g4 {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 31%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kantans, Toms"]
[Black "Stremavicius, Titas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,125,22,23,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,-13,19,18,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-10,-17,-11,-15,-15,-11,-8,0,-4,0,0,0,0,0,-3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-9,-9,-37,-37,-37,-37,-37,-12,-37]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. e5 Ng4 {LiveBook: 687 Games} 8. dxc5 {B09: Pirc Defence: Austrian Attack} (8. Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. d5 dxe5 10. h3 e4 11. Nxe4 Nf6 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. O-O O-O 14. c4 e6 15. Be3 exd5 16. cxd5 Rd8 17. Qc2 Na6 18. Rad1 Nb4 19. Qxc5 Nxd5 20. Bd4 Rac8 21. Qa3 Qf5 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. Qxa7 Nxf4 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 {½-½ (51) Mamedov,R (2704)-Carlsen,M (2843) Shamkir 2018}) 8... Bxb5 9. Nxb5 {[%cal Rc5d6]} Qa5+ 10. Nc3 dxe5 11. h3 $1 {[%cal Rh3g4]} e4 12. hxg4 (12. Bd2 {seems wilder.} exf3 13. Qxf3 Nc6 14. hxg4 O-O-O 15. O-O-O) 12... exf3 13. Qxf3 $146 Nc6 14. Bd2 {[#] Threatens to win with Nd5.} Qxc5 15. O-O-O O-O-O 16. Kb1 h5 17. Ne4 Qc4 {White should prevent ...hxg4.} 18. gxh5 Rxh5 19. Rxh5 gxh5 20. c3 Qd5 21. Ng5 Bh6 22. Qxd5 Rxd5 23. Kc2 Bxg5 $1 24. fxg5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rf5 25. Be3 Ne5 26. Kb3 b6 27. Rh1 Ng4 28. Bc1 Rf2 29. Rxh5 Rxg2 30. Rh8+ Kb7 31. Rf8 Rf2 32. Re8 Re2 33. c4 Kc6 34. Kc3 a5 35. b3 Kd7 36. Rb8 Kc7 37. Rf8 Rf2 38. Ba3 Kd7 39. Ra8 Rf3+ 40. Kd4 e5+ 41. Kd5 Rd3+ 42. Ke4 Rd4+ 43. Kf3 Rf4+ 44. Kg3 {[#] Hoping for Ra7+.} Nf2 45. Ra7+ Kc6 46. Be7 Ne4+ 47. Kh3 Nf2+ 48. Kg2 Ne4 49. Bd8 Nxg5 50. Rc7+ Kd6 51. Rb7 Rg4+ 52. Kf1 Ne6 53. Bxb6 Kc6 54. Rb8 a4 55. Bf2 axb3 56. axb3 Rf4 57. Ke1 Nd4 58. Rc8+ Kd7 59. Rb8 Kc7 60. Re8 Re4+ 61. Kd1 Nxb3 {White must now prevent ...f5.} 62. Re7+ Kc6 {Threatening ...f5.} 63. Kc2 {Precision: White = 78%, Black = 88%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Black "Vicas, Marijus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,101,15,14,11,41,19,44,56,60,55,82,71,81,75,93,94,95,102,85,93,102,57,55,60,60,58,60,54,95,98,105,105,94,88,149,154,136,150,158,139,172,167,175,119,118,66,110,91,96,90,94,4,8,8,12,13,11,10,264,288,280,283,279,272,613,610,597,597,782,778,812,797,816,791,1053,1010,4882,4633,1689,1164,1831,1867,12840,12836,12838,12839,12839,12839,12843,12843]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd2 Nf6 6. g3 Be7 7. Bg2 {A21: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3} O-O {LiveBook: 5 Games} 8. b3 Re8 9. Bb2 {White is slightly better.} Bf5 10. Nh3 Bf8 11. O-O h6 12. Nf4 a6 13. Rac1 Qd7 14. Rfd1 Rad8 15. f3 Ne5 16. e4 Bh7 17. Ncd5 Nxd5 18. cxd5 c5 19. dxc6 (19. Qe2 {is more complex.} b5 20. Nh3 Qc7 21. Nf2 f5 22. f4) 19... bxc6 20. Qa5 f5 21. Bxe5 Rxe5 22. Qxa6 fxe4 23. fxe4 Bxe4 ({Black should play} 23... c5) 24. Bxe4 $16 Rxe4 25. Qxc6 Qa7+ 26. Kh1 Rde8 27. Qd5+ Kh7 28. Qf5+ (28. Rc8 $18) 28... Kg8 29. Ng6 (29. a4 $16) 29... Qa8 {[%csl Ge8][%cal Re4e1] [#]} 30. Qd5+ Qxd5 31. Rxd5 Re2 32. a4 (32. Rf1 $16) 32... Kh7 $11 33. Nf4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Rb2 34. Rb5 g5 35. Rb7+ Re7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (35... Kg8 $1 $11 36. Nd5 Rf2) 36. Rxe7+ $18 Bxe7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 37. Nd5 Bf8 38. a5 {[%cal Ba4a5,Ba5a6,Ba6a7][%mdl 32]} Rxb3 $2 (38... Bg7 39. a6 Ra2) 39. a6 {White is clearly winning.} Ra3 40. Rc7+ Bg7 41. a7 Ra1+ 42. Kg2 Ra2+ 43. Kf3 Ra3+ 44. Ke4 Ra4+ 45. Kf5 {[#] Intending Nf6+ and mate.} Ra5 46. Ke6 Kg6 47. Ne7+ Kh7 48. g4 Re5+ 49. Kxd6 Ra5 50. Nf5 Ra6+ 51. Kc5 {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 40%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Miezis, Normunds"]
[Black "Neiksans, Arturs"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,125,42,39,38,54,48,62,63,48,32,44,35,47,21,34,30,81,87,80,32,22,18,10,7,10,12,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,77,74,75,72,77,77,77,77,77,79,71,77,79,73,71,77,104,53,71,43,43,43,43,43,43,43,43,43,43,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,32,0,7,7,7,7,7,7,8,0,8,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,8,8,8,8,8,8]} 1. c4 b6 2. Nc3 Bb7 3. Nf3 e6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 g6 6. O-O {A17: English Opening: 1...Nf6 with ...Bb4} Bg7 7. Re1 (7. d4 Ne4 8. Bd2 O-O 9. Rc1 c5 10. d5 exd5 11. cxd5 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 d6 13. Nc4 Ba6 14. b3 b5 15. Nd2 {0-1 (29) So,W (2815)-Carlsen,M (2832) chess.com INT 2017}) 7... d5 8. cxd5 exd5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 9. Qa4+ $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. d4 O-O 10. Bf4 a6 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Rad1 Re8 13. Ne5 Nf8 {1-0 (24) Sasikiran,K (2639)-Shabalov,A (2522) Berlin 2015}) 9... Qd7 10. Qxd7+ Nbxd7 11. Nb5 $1 {[%cal Rb5c7]} Kd8 12. d3 a6 13. Nc3 Re8 14. e4 dxe4 15. dxe4 Nc5 (15... h6 $11) 16. Ng5 $16 Kc8 17. Nxf7 Ncxe4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Bf4 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 {Rac1 is the strong threat.} Kb7 21. Rac1 Nd5 $1 22. Bxc7 Rxe1 23. Nd6+ Ka7 24. Rxe1 Bxb2 {[#]} (24... b5 $11) 25. Bxb6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxb6 26. Nc4+ Kc5 27. Nxb2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Nc3 28. a3 Rb8 29. Re3 Nd5 30. Na4+ Kd4 31. Re2 Rb3 32. Rd2+ Ke5 33. Nb2 (33. Nc5 $16 Rxa3 34. Nd7+ Ke6 35. Nf8+ Ke7 36. Nxh7 (36. Rxd5 Kxf8 37. Rd7 h5 $11)) 33... Nb6 34. Nd3+ Kf5 35. Nc5 Rxa3 36. Rd6 Nc4 37. Rxa6 Rxa6 38. Nxa6 $14 {KN-KN} g5 39. h3 h5 40. Nc5 Ne5 41. Kf1 Nf3 42. Nd3 Ke4 43. Ne1 (43. Kg2 {is more complex.} g4 44. Nc5+ Kd5 45. hxg4 hxg4 46. Na4) 43... Nd4 {The position is equal.} 44. Kg2 h4 45. gxh4 gxh4 46. Kf1 Ne6 47. Kg2 Nd4 48. Kh2 Kf4 49. Ng2+ Kf3 50. Kg1 Ne2+ 51. Kf1 Ng3+ $1 52. fxg3 Kxg3 $11 {KN-KP} 53. Ne3 Kxh3 54. Kf2 Kh2 55. Ng4+ Kh3 56. Nf6 (56. Ne5 {is interesting.} Kh2 57. Nf3+ Kh1 58. Nxh4 Kh2 59. Kf3) 56... Kh2 57. Nd7 Kh3 58. Ne5 Kh2 59. Nc4 Kh3 60. Ne3 Kh2 61. Ng2 Kh3 62. Kf3 Kh2 63. Nxh4 {Precision: White = 74%, Black = 72%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kanep, Meelis"]
[Black "Vorobjov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2233"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,51,52,43,86,45,22,0,-13,-20,-11,-82,-83,-87,-90,-85,-83,-58,-47,-43,-35,-55,-23,-39,-38,-44,16,-23,-23,-23,-23,-23,0,-76,-43,-133,-125,-116,-136,-191]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nf6 7. Qe2 Nbd7 {A34: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3, lines with ...d5} (7... Nc6 8. Nxc6 Bxc6 9. g3 g6 10. Bg2 Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. Bg5 Re8 13. Rfd1 Qc7 14. Rac1 Rac8 15. Nd5 {1-0 (85) Cheparinov,I (2695)-Ponkratov,P (2591) Mali Losinj 2017}) 8. g4 {LiveBook: 6 Games} e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... g6 9. Bg2 Bg7 10. Be3 O-O 11. g5 Ne8 12. h4 e5 13. Nc2 f5 14. O-O-O f4 15. Bd2 {1-0 (50) Ovetchkin,R (2519)-Arun,K (2320) Mumbai 2010}) 9. Nb3 h6 {White is slightly better.} 10. g5 hxg5 11. Bxg5 Be7 12. O-O-O (12. h4 $11 {remains equal.}) 12... Nxe4 $17 13. Nxe4 Bxg5+ 14. Kb1 Bxe4+ 15. Qxe4 Be7 16. h4 Nf6 ({But not} 16... Rxh4 $6 17. Rxh4 Bxh4 18. Rxd6 $16) 17. Qf3 Rc8 18. h5 Rh6 19. Be2 Nh7 ({Better is} 19... Qd7 $15) 20. Rhg1 Ng5 21. Qe3 Kf8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 22. Nd2 Ne6 23. Qg3 (23. Bg4 $11) 23... f5 24. f4 {[#]} (24. Qd3 $15) 24... Bf6 $1 25. fxe5 dxe5 26. Qf2 {Precision: White = 42%, Black = 71%.} (26. Nf1 $17 Qe7 27. Qf2) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Starostits, Ilmars"]
[Black "Fedorov, Nikita M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "1669"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,127,-6,4,0,16,13,13,14,20,0,2,4,36,28,29,30,56,13,14,0,0,-10,-8,-10,-6,-6,-8,-15,-6,-6,-6,-6,-9,-11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-81,-83,-82,-89,-179,-30,-26,-37,-41,0,-148,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,312,193,599,599,599,599,599,599,599,592,592,592,591,564,300,0,0,0,0,0,12824,12759,11895,11786,7633,592,6111,716,29975,29976,29966,12236,29972,29969]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. Nge2 d6 7. O-O Nh6 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 8. h3 {B23: Closed Sicilian: Lines without g3} O-O 9. Be3 f5 10. Qd2 {The position is equal.} Nf7 11. f4 Rb8 12. b3 Re8 13. exf5 gxf5 14. Rad1 Qa5 15. Na4 Qxd2 16. Rxd2 Nd8 17. c4 Ne6 18. d4 cxd4 19. Nxd4 Bxd4 20. Bxd4 Nxd4 21. Rxd4 c5 22. Rd3 Kf7 23. Re1 Rg8 24. Rde3 Rb7 25. Kf2 Rg6 26. Nc3 Re6 27. Rxe6 Bxe6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 28. Kf3 h5 29. Kg3 Bd7 30. Kh4 Bc6 31. g3 Rb8 32. Re3 e6 33. Rd3 Rd8 34. Nb5 (34. Re3 $11 {remains equal.}) 34... Bxb5 $1 $17 35. cxb5 {KR-KR} d5 36. Rc3 (36. a4 $17) 36... Rc8 (36... d4 $19 37. Rxc5 d3) 37. g4 $1 $11 hxg4 38. hxg4 d4 39. Rc4 {[#]} (39. Rc1 $11) 39... Ke7 ({Black should try} 39... e5 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 40. fxe5 Ke6) 40. g5 d3 41. Rc1 Rd8 42. Kg3 Kd6 (42... d2 $5 43. Rd1 $8 Rd7 $11) 43. Kf2 e5 $1 44. fxe5+ Kxe5 45. Rxc5+ Kf4 46. Ke1 {Threatens to win with Rc7.} d2+ 47. Kd1 {Rc7 is the strong threat.} Kg4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (47... Ke4 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 48. Rc7 $18 {And now g6 would win.} f4 $2 (48... Kxg5 {is a better chance.} 49. Rxa7 Kg6) 49. Rxa7 f3 {Strongly threatening ...Rf8.} 50. Rf7 $1 Kg3 51. g6 f2 {intending ...Kg2.} 52. g7 Kg2 53. a4 f1=Q+ 54. Rxf1 Kxf1 {KR-KP} 55. b6 $2 ({Better is} 55. g8=R $18 Rxg8 56. Kxd2) 55... Kf2 {( -> ...Ke3)} 56. g8=Q Rxg8 57. Kxd2 $11 {KR-K3P} Kf3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (57... Ra8 $11) 58. Kd3 $1 $18 Kf4 {[#]} 59. Kd4 $1 Kf5 60. Kd5 Rg4 61. Kc5 (61. a5 $142 Rg3 62. a6) 61... Ke6 62. b7 Rg8 63. Kc6 (63. a5 $142 Kd7 64. Kb6 Rg6+ 65. Ka7 Kc6 66. b8=Q Rg7+ 67. Ka8 Rc7 68. Qb6+ Kd7 69. a6) 63... Rg3 64. b4 {Precision: White = 76%, Black = 50%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Laurusas, Tomas"]
[Black "Ladva, Ottomar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,23,32,0,0,0,0,-8,41,26]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 cxd4 6. O-O g6 7. Qxd4 Bg7 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. Qd1 {LiveBook: 4 Games. A30: Symmetrical English: Double Fianchetto and Hedgehog} (9. Qf4 Qb8 10. Rd1 Qxf4 11. Bxf4 Nd8 12. Rac1 Ne6 13. Be3 Ng4 14. Bd2 Rc8 15. b3 d6 16. Nd5 Nf6 17. Bc3 Nxd5 18. Bxg7 Nxg7 19. cxd5 {1-0 (52) So,W (2822)-Ashwin,J (2492) chess.com INT 2017}) 9... Na5 10. b3 d5 {[#] Hoping for ...Ne4.} 11. cxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Bb2 dxc4 12. b4 Nc6 13. Nd2 O-O 14. Nxc4 {0-1 (40) Ostermann,M (1997)-Risdon,A (1903) ICCF email 2012}) 11... O-O {[%cal Rf6d5]} 12. Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sarakauskas, Gediminas"]
[Black "Kalvaitis, Sigitas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2424"]
[BlackElo "2194"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,34,22,41,-11,-12,-33,-26,-12,0,-18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 b6 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7} (7... c6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Rd1 Qb6 12. Ne5 Rfd8 13. Be3 Nd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. Qd3 b4 17. Rxc8 Bxc8 {½-½ (41) So,W (2799)-Mamedyarov,S (2809) Berlin 2018}) 8. Bg5 Nd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 {LiveBook: 18 Games} 10. Na3 {[#]} ({White should try} 10. Nbd2 $14) 10... c3 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]} 11. Nc4 $146 (11. bxc3 Qxa3) ({Predecessor:} 11. e4 cxb2 12. Qxb2 Nb4 13. Rfd1 Bb7 14. Ne5 Rd8 15. Rac1 {0-1 (73) Unuk,L (2346)-Vaibhav,S (2544) Reykjavik 2018}) 11... Ba6 12. b3 Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6b4,Bb4d3][%mdl 32] The position is equal.} 13. e4 Ncb4 14. Qc1 Nd3 15. Qc2 N3b4 $1 {[%cal Rb4c2]} 16. Qc1 Nd3 17. Qc2 N3b4 $1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tokranovs, Dmitrijs"]
[Black "Kovalenko, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2337"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,76,29,21,28,29,2,14,0,0,-10,0,-22,-8,-19,23,-7,-8,-7,-5,0,0,-21,-11,-26,0,-17,-16,-29,0,0,0,0,0,-18,-10,-41,-4,-25,-28,-26,-29,-29,-28,-28,-25,-31,-24,-18,-19,-32,-32,-22,-26,-25,-25,-20,-22,-244,-247,-411,-411,-371,-387,-600,-570,-2241,-2241,-1939,-1874]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. g3 e5 5. Bg2 (5. a4 Nbd7 6. Bg2 Be7 7. Nge2 O-O 8. a5 Qc7 9. O-O Rb8 10. h3 h5 11. Be3 Re8 12. Nc1 b5 {0-1 (41) Marinkovic,I (2549)-Popovic,D (2628) Belgrade 2014}) 5... Be7 {LiveBook: 17 Games} 6. Nf3 {B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems} Qc7 7. h3 b5 8. a3 {The position is equal.} O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 $146 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7f8,Bf8e6][%mdl 32]} ({Predecessor:} 9... a6 10. Nh4 Ne8 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. exf5 exd4 13. Qxd4 {0-1 (39) Schurr,W-Khropov,B (2205) St Petersburg 1992}) 10. Bg5 Re8 11. Nh4 Nf8 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Nf5 Ne6 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Be3 Rd8 16. Qc1 Bb7 17. f4 exf4 18. Bxf4 c5 19. Be5 {Bxf6 is the strong threat.} Nd7 $1 {[%cal Rd7e5]} 20. Nd5 Qf8 21. Bc7 (21. Bc3 {with more complications.} Nb6 22. Qd2 Nc7 23. Rf5 f6 24. Raf1) 21... Re8 {[#] aiming for ...Bxd5.} 22. Bf4 Nd4 23. Qd1 Bxd5 $1 24. exd5 Ne2+ $1 25. Kh2 {With the idea Bc7.} Nxf4 26. Rxf4 Qd6 27. Qf1 Ne5 28. Qxb5 Reb8 29. Qa5 Rxb2 30. Qc3 Rb7 {[%cal Bb2b7,Bb7e7,Be7e3,Be3e2][%mdl 32]} 31. Re1 Re8 32. Ref1 Rbe7 33. Rb1 $2 {[#]} (33. Qa5 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 33... Ng6 $1 $19 {[%cal Rg6f4]} 34. Rg4 $2 (34. Rff1 Re3 35. Qc4 Qxg3+ 36. Kh1) 34... h5 35. Rg5 Re3 36. Qd2 (36. Qc4 $142 Rxg3 37. Rxg3) 36... h4 {Black is clearly winning.} 37. Qf2 {and the idea Rb7 leaves White hopeful.} hxg3+ 38. Rxg3 Re2 {Precision: White = 31%, Black = 71%.} 0-1

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Berzina, Ilze"]
[Black "Narva, Mai"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2176"]
[BlackElo "2322"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,78,10,0,0,-6,0,0,0,-13,-12,-50,-47,-291,-279,-272,-274,-307,-302,-291,-293,-331,-332,-454,-352,-518,-512,-603,-601,-678,-656,-660,-643,-602,-531,-601,-591,-597,-591,-602,-585,-684,-664,-680,-675,-664,-666,-695,-704,-699,-692,-797,-770,-855,-858,-873,-839,-847,-826,-29980,-29981,-29981,-29982]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bxd7+ Bxd7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Rc8 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7} 8. c4 e5 9. Qd3 Qc7 10. Na3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Be7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... h6 11. Be3 Nf6 12. h3 Be7 13. Rac1 O-O 14. Rfd1 Be6 {1-0 (42) Kantans,T (2454)-Grandelius,N (2643) Tallinn 2016}) 11. Rd1 h6 12. Bd2 Bc6 13. Re1 Nf6 14. Nh4 Qd7 15. Qf3 $2 ({White should play} 15. f3 $15) 15... Nxe4 $1 $19 16. Rxe4 {[#] Black must now prevent Nf5.} Bxh4 $1 17. Qe2 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Be7 19. Re1 O-O 20. f4 Qc6 21. Qe2 (21. Qxc6 $142 bxc6 22. Bb4) 21... Rfe8 22. f5 d5 23. cxd5 Qxd5 24. Be3 Qxa2 {Strongly threatening ...Bb4.} 25. Nb1 Qc4 26. Qf3 Bc5 27. Nc3 e4 28. Qg3 f6 29. Kh1 Bxe3 30. Qxe3 b5 31. h3 Re5 32. Rd1 Rxf5 33. Ne2 Re5 34. Rd7 Rc7 35. Rd8+ Kh7 36. Kh2 Rd5 37. Re8 Qd3 38. Qb6 Qxe2 39. Qxc7 Rg5 {Precision: White = 22%, Black = 86%.} 0-1

