[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kovalenko, Igor"]
[Black "Starostits, Ilmars"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,157,-17,-8,-16,-31,-32,-22,-31,-24,-40,-30,-25,-8,-19,0,-18,-14,-34,-15,-45,-11,-19,-14,-16,-8,-38,-54,-106,-113,-129,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-93,-4,-126,-53,-54,-35,-56,-22,-118,-120,-114,-103,-93,-99,-114,-15,-136,-136,-119,-133,-120,-134,-132,-123,-168,-122,-236,-243,-239,-239,-253,-231,-249,-248,-213,-206,-202,-209,-181,-169,-229,-212,-226,-204,-251,-228,-228,-218,-245,-184,-274,-270,-308,-262,-318,-254,-244,-195,-255,-263,-262,-225,-256,-243,-268,-250,-283,-283,-266,-263,-413,-318,-293,-263,-272,-98,-102,-70,-70,-70,-68,-68,-94,-70,-70,-70,-70,-74,-139,-136,-155,-57,-94,-8,-70,-70,-118,-109,-126,-16,-16,-16,-16,-22,-29,8,8]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 Qb6 4. c3 (4. Nc3 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bf5 6. c3 Nd7 7. Bd3 Bg6 8. Ne2 Ngf6 9. Qb3 O-O-O 10. Bg5 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Bxe4 12. fxe4 {½-½ (30) Ivanchuk,V (2738)-Navara,D (2737) Prague 2017}) 4... e5 5. exd5 cxd5 6. Bd3 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} (6. dxe5 Bc5 $17) 6... Nc6 7. Ne2 Nf6 8. O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. Qb3 Qc7 9. O-O Bd6 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Bb5+ {0-1 (45) Smagin,S (2551)-Popov,V (2565) Olginka 2011}) 8... Bd6 9. Na3 exd4 10. cxd4 a6 11. Kh1 O-O 12. Nc2 h6 13. Qe1 Ne7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 14. g4 Bd7 15. Bf4 Rfe8 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. a4 Rac8 18. Qg3 ({White should try} 18. Qf2 $15) 18... Qxg3 $1 $17 19. hxg3 g5 (19... h5 $1 $17 20. Nc3 hxg4 21. fxg4 Nxg4) 20. Nc3 $11 h5 21. Rae1 hxg4 22. Re5 Ng6 23. Rxg5 Kg7 24. fxg4 ({But not} 24. Nxd5 Nxd5 25. Rxd5 Bxa4 $17) 24... Rh8+ 25. Kg1 {Black must now prevent Bf5.} Rh3 26. Ne2 (26. Ne3 $11) 26... Re8 (26... Rch8 $1 $17 27. Ne3 Rh1+ 28. Kf2 R8h2+ 29. Ke1 Kh6) 27. Rf4 (27. Bxg6 $1 $11 fxg6 28. Rxg6+ Kxg6 29. Nf4+ Kh6 30. Nxh3 Nxg4 31. a5) 27... Bxa4 (27... Reh8 $1 $17 28. Ne3 Rh1+ 29. Kf2 R8h2+ 30. Kf3 Nh7 31. Rxf7+ Kxf7 32. Rxg6 Bxa4) 28. Bxg6 $15 fxg6 29. Re5 Ne4 30. b3 (30. Rxe8 $11 Bxe8 31. Rf3) 30... Bb5 31. Rxe8 Bxe8 32. Kg2 Rh8 33. Nb4 Bc6 (33... Bf7 $1 $17 {Black wants to play ...Rc8.} 34. Rf1 Rc8) 34. Nc1 (34. Rf3 $11) 34... Rc8 $17 35. Ncd3 a5 $1 {[%cal Ra5b4]} 36. Nxc6 Rxc6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 37. Ne5 Rc2+ 38. Kg1 Rc7 ({Don't take} 38... Nxg3 39. Rf7+ Kh6 40. Rxb7 $15) 39. Rf3 (39. g5 $17 {is a better defense.}) 39... b5 $1 $19 40. g5 Nxg5 41. Rf1 Rc3 42. Ra1 Rxg3+ 43. Kf1 Ne6 44. Rxa5 Nxd4 45. Kf2 Rg5 46. Ra7+ (46. Nd3 $142) 46... Kf6 47. Nd7+ Kf5 48. b4 Nc6 49. Rb7 Nxb4 50. Rxb5 Rg4 51. Rb6 (51. Ke3 $142) 51... Nd3+ 52. Kf1 Nf4 53. Kf2 Rh4 54. Rf6+ Kg5 55. Rf8 (55. Rd6 {keeps fighting.}) 55... Rh2+ 56. Kg3 Rh3+ 57. Kf2 Ne6 58. Rf7 Rh4 $1 59. Re7 Re4 60. Nb6 d4 61. Rd7 (61. Kf3 $142 Re3+ 62. Kf2) 61... Nf4 62. Kf3 Re3+ 63. Kf2 Rb3 $2 (63... Nd3+ $19 64. Kg2 Re4) 64. Nc4 $17 d3 65. Kf3 Rb8 66. Nd2 Rf8 {aiming for ...Kf5.} 67. Rd6 Kf5 68. Nc4 $1 Rh8 69. Ne3+ Kg5 70. Ra6 (70. Nc4 $142) 70... Rf8 71. Nc4 Rf5 (71... Kh5 $17 {...g5 is the strong threat.} 72. Ke4 g5) 72. Nd2 Rd5 ({Better is} 72... Ne6+ $17 73. Ke3 Nc5) 73. Ke4 ({White should play} 73. Ne4+ $11 Kf5 74. Rf6+ Ke5 75. Rxf4) 73... Rd8 $15 {And now ...Kg4 would win.} 74. Ra1 Re8+ 75. Kf3 {[#]} Kf5 (75... Ne2 $1 $17 {[%cal Re2d4]} 76. Ne4+ Kh6 77. Rh1+ Kg7 78. Rh7+ Kxh7 79. Nf6+ Kh6 80. Nxe8 {[#]} Nf4 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 76. Nc4 $11 {Strongly threatening Nd6+.} Rf8 {next ...g5 is good for Black.} 77. Ra5+ Ke6 78. Ke4 Rf5 79. Rxf5 {Precision: White = 42%, Black = 54%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Neiksans, Arturs"]
[Black "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "214"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,214,11,11,18,9,0,1,20,5,8,19,36,6,39,40,37,39,58,54,66,53,97,54,72,61,52,42,70,78,84,84,113,131,116,104,102,101,83,90,91,56,79,82,72,75,93,66,70,57,58,42,41,26,28,15,15,14,25,14,19,14,14,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,8,11,8,8,8,13,13,21,11,13,8,13,13,14,8,14,13,25,8,8,8,8,8,41,41,41,41,41,0,8,8,8,8,41,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 c5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. O-O Na6 7. c4 O-O 8. Nc3 dxc4 {D77: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0: Replies other than 6...c6} 9. c6 (9. Qa4 Nd5 10. Qxc4 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Qa5 12. Be3 Qxc3 13. Qxc3 Bxc3 14. Rac1 Bf6 15. Nd4 Rb8 16. Nb5 Bd7 17. Nxa7 Nb4 {1-0 (29) Koop,T (2429)-Sevo,I (2333) St Veit 2016}) 9... Nb4 10. Ne5 Nxc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qa4 Be6 13. Bxc6 {LiveBook: 12 Games} Bd7 14. Bf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Bxd7 Qxd7 15. Qxd7 Nxd7 16. Be3 {½-½ (14) Madebrink,L-Johansson,L Hallsberg 1975}) 14... Bxc6 15. Qxc6 Qc8 (15... Qb6 {looks sharper.} 16. Qxc4 Qxb2 17. Rab1 Qc2 18. Rbc1 Qf5) 16. Qxc8 Rfxc8 17. Rac1 Rc6 18. Rc2 e6 19. Rd1 h5 20. h3 a6 21. e4 Nh7 22. h4 f6 23. Na4 g5 24. Be3 gxh4 25. gxh4 f5 26. exf5 exf5 27. Rd5 Rg6+ 28. Kf1 Rg4 29. Rxf5 Rxh4 30. Nb6 Rf8 31. Rxf8+ Nxf8 32. Rxc4 Rh1+ 33. Kg2 Ra1 34. Ra4 {Hoping for b4.} Bxb2 35. Nc4 Bc1 $1 36. Rxa6 Bxe3 37. Nxe3 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Kf7 38. a4 Ne6 39. a5 h4 40. Ra8 Ra2 41. Ng4 {And now Kh3 would win.} Ke7 42. Kh3 Nc7 43. Rc8 Kd7 44. Rh8 {next Rh5 is good for White.} Rxa5 45. Rh7+ Kd6 46. Kxh4 Ne6 47. Ne3 Ra4+ 48. Kg3 Ra8 49. Rh6 Rg8+ 50. Ng4 Ke7 51. Kh4 Rf8 52. Rh7+ Rf7 53. Rh5 Nd4 54. Re5+ Kf8 55. Rd5 Ne6 56. Ra5 Kg7 57. Kg3 Rb7 58. Ra6 Nd4 59. Ne5 Re7 60. f4 (60. Kf4 {keeps more tension.} Re6 61. Ra7+ Kf8 62. Ra4 Rf6+ 63. Ke3) 60... Ne2+ 61. Kg4 Nxf4 62. Kxf4 $11 {KRN-KR} Rb7 63. Kf5 Rb1 64. Ra7+ Kf8 65. Rc7 (65. Ke6 {feels hotter.} Rb6+ 66. Kd7 Rf6 67. Ra8+ Kg7 68. Ra2) 65... Rf1+ 66. Ke6 Re1 67. Rc3 Kg7 68. Rg3+ Kf8 $1 {The position is equal.} 69. Rg2 Re4 70. Rb2 Re1 71. Rb3 Re2 72. Kf6 {[%cal Rb3b8] [#]} Rf2+ 73. Nf3 {[%cal Rb3b8]} Ke8 74. Rd3 Rf1 75. Ke6 Kf8 76. Nh4 Re1+ 77. Kf6 {[#] Intending Rd8+ and mate.} Ke8 78. Nf5 {White wants to mate with Ng7+.} Rf1 79. Rd2 Rf4 80. Rd3 Rf1 81. Ke6 Re1+ 82. Ne3 Re2 83. Rc3 {[%cal Rc3c8]} Kf8 84. Kf6 {[%cal Rc3c8]} Ke8 85. Rd3 Rf2+ 86. Nf5 Rf1 87. Rd2 Rf4 88. Ke5 Rf1 89. Nd6+ Ke7 90. Ra2 Re1+ 91. Ne4 Kd7 92. Rc2 Re3 93. Rc1 Re2 94. Kd5 Re3 95. Nf6+ Ke7 96. Ng4 Rd3+ 97. Ke5 Rd2 98. Rc7+ Rd7 99. Rc6 Rd1 100. Re6+ Kd8 101. Nf6 Re1+ 102. Ne4 Kc7 103. Rh6 Kb7 104. Rh3 Kc6 105. Rd3 Re2 106. Rc3+ Kd7 107. Kd5 Re1 {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 66%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ladva, Ottomar"]
[Black "Miezis, Normunds"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,90,0,29,36,20,47,63,58,61,70,100,107,158,160,179,168,175,162,181,187,175,179,172,175,181,143,142,125,133,127,136,122,129,131,131,129,129,129,129,127,179,137,201,154,158,137,191,135,202,216,204,181,199,187,208,187,375,375,550,395,395,386,393,385,385,362,29972,29974,29972,29975,29974,29975,29975,29976,29977,29977,29978,29979,29979,29980,29979]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5 {LiveBook: 24 Games. E01: Catalan: Early deviations} (6... Be7 {keeps more tension.} 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2 b6 9. Ne5 Bb7) 7. Bxb4 axb4 8. Qb3 Qa5 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 8... Qe7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. Rfc1 b6 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. e3 Ba6 14. Ne1 {1-0 (63) Sorokin,M (2560)-Giaccio,A (2460) Buenos Aires 1997}) 9. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2c4,Bc4d6][%mdl 32]} O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 11. a3 dxc4 ({Better is} 11... Qa7) 12. Nxc4 $16 Qa4 13. Qxb4 Qxb4 14. axb4 Rxa1 15. Rxa1 Nd5 16. b5 cxb5 17. Nd6 N7b6 18. Nxb5 Rd8 19. Nd2 Bd7 20. Nd6 Bc6 21. N2c4 Kf8 22. Ra7 Nxc4 23. Nxc4 Bb5 24. b3 Ba6 25. e3 Rc8 (25... Ke7 $16 26. Bf3 Rc8) 26. h4 g6 (26... Ke7 $16 27. Kh2 h5) 27. Kh2 h5 28. Be4 Rd8 (28... Ke7 $16 29. Kg2 Bxc4) 29. Na5 (29. Ne5 $18) 29... Rb8 (29... Rd7 $16 30. Bxd5 exd5) 30. Bxd5 $18 exd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 31. b4 Kg7 32. Kg2 Kf6 33. Nb3 Kf5 $2 {[#]} (33... Bb5 {was called for.} 34. Nc5 Bc6) 34. Nc5 f6 (34... Bc4 $142 35. f3 (35. Nxb7 f6 $18) 35... Bb5 36. e4+ dxe4 37. fxe4+ Kf6 38. Nxb7 Be2) 35. Nxa6 bxa6 36. Rxa6 Rxb4 {KR-KR} 37. Rd6 Rb5 38. Kf3 g5 $2 {[#]} (38... Rb2 $18 39. Rxd5+ Ke6) 39. Rxd5+ {White mates.} Rxd5 {KR-KP} 40. e4+ Ke6 41. exd5+ Kxd5 42. Ke3 g4 43. Kd3 f5 44. Ke3 Kc4 45. Kf4 Kxd4 {Precision: White = 86%, Black = 40%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kantans, Toms"]
[Black "Kulaots, Kaido"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,69,13,25,23,14,10,12,24,9,-5,0,-11,-16,-18,-21,-18,-13,-24,18,25,22,32,29,16,47,17,23,35,68,71,85,0,320,324,327,325,322,316,288,274,386,379,378,360,362,356,361,359,378,378,371,371]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 a6 8. a4 b6 {[%cal Bb7b6,Bb6b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32] C41: Philidor Defence} 9. Ba2 (9. h3 Bb7 10. d5 Ne8 11. b4 Bc8 12. a5 b5 13. Bd3 g6 14. Ne2 Ng7 15. c4 bxc4 16. Bxc4 {½-½ (34) Anand,V (2779)-Jobava,B (2702) Doha 2016}) 9... Bb7 10. h3 b5 {LiveBook: 7 Games. The position is equal.} 11. Bg5 b4 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nd5 {[#]} exd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... a5 14. c3 bxc3 15. bxc3 g6 16. Rb1 {½-½ (36) Petrik,T (2519)-Stocek,J (2543) Czechia 2014}) 14. Nxd4 g6 15. c3 ({Not} 15. Nxb4 $2 c5 $19) 15... bxc3 16. bxc3 Bg7 17. Rb1 Rb8 18. Qc2 Re8 19. Nb4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Strongly threatening Nbc6. White has some pressure.} Qf6 20. Bd5 Nc5 21. Bc6 Rf8 22. Qe2 Qh4 23. a5 Bxc6 24. Ndxc6 Rbe8 25. Qc4 (25. Nxa6 $16 Rxe4 26. Qb5) 25... Rxe4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (25... Kh8 $1 $11) 26. Rxe4 $18 Qxe4 27. Qxe4 Nxe4 28. Nxa6 Nxc3 29. Rb7 Ne2+ (29... Nd5 $142 30. Nxc7 Nxc7) 30. Kf1 {White is winning.} Nd4 31. Nxd4 {[#] Threatens to win with Nc6.} Bxd4 32. Nxc7 Rc8 33. a6 Bb6 34. Nd5 {Hoping for Ne7+.} ({Weaker is} 34. Rxb6 Rxc7 35. Ke2 (35. Rxd6 Kf8 $18) 35... Kg7 $18) 34... Rc1+ 35. Ke2 {Precision: White = 64%, Black = 60%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Meskovs, Nikita"]
[Black "Laurusas, Tomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,57,19,23,0,28,0,0,0,0,0,0,-21,-4,-24,-21,-58,-54,-72,-41,-25,-25,-23,-17,-23,-16,-13,-10,-19,-1,-22,19,26,389,380,407,399,399,386,383,332,396,386,423,400]} 1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Nb6 8. Ne5 a5 {LiveBook: 1160 Games} 9. h3 {D17: Slav Defence: 5 a4 Bf5: Lines with 6 Nh4 and 6 Ne5} (9. e3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Nxd3 g6 12. Qb3 Qb6 13. Qxb6 Nxb6 14. Ke2 Bg7 15. Nc5 Ra7 16. e4 O-O {½-½ (49) Vidit,S (2707)-Bu,X (2725) Liaocheng 2018}) 9... h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... e6 10. g4 Be4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bg2 Bb4+ 13. Kf1 Nf6 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 g5 16. Bg3 h5 {0-1 (44) Kharous,E (2367)-Arngrimsson,D (2386) Budapest 2012}) 10. g4 Bh7 11. Bg2 {The position is equal.} e6 12. O-O Bb4 13. e3 O-O 14. Ne2 Qe7 15. b3 Rad8 16. Bb2 c5 17. Rc1 Ne4 18. Nf4 cxd4 19. Bxd4 Nd5 20. Nxd5 Rxd5 21. Qe2 Rfd8 22. Nc4 Bc5 23. Nb6 Rg5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (23... Rxd4 $11 24. exd4 Ng3 25. fxg3 Bxb6) 24. h4 $18 Bxd4 25. exd4 {[%cal Be3d4,Bd4d5,Bd5e6][%mdl 32]} Nd2 26. hxg5 Nxf1 27. Rxf1 ({Less strong is} 27. Bxf1 Qxg5 28. Rc5 Bf5 $18) ({Don't do} 27. Kxf1 Qd6 $18) (27. Qxf1 Qxg5 28. Qd1 (28. Bxb7 Bd3 $16) 28... h5 $18) 27... Qxg5 {[#]} 28. d5 $1 Bg6 (28... exd5 29. Nxd5) 29. dxe6 {Precision: White = 46%, Black = 36%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Stremavicius, Titas"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,23,0,0,0]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. d4 e5 8. Nf3 exd4 9. Bg5 Qe6+ 10. Be2 Be7 11. cxd4 Bxg5 {LiveBook: 79 Games. A18: English Opening: Flohr-Mikenas System (1 c4 Nf6 2 Nc3 e6 3 e4)} 12. Nxg5 {Predecessor:} Qg6 $146 13. f4 O-O 14. O-O Nc6 15. Rb1 h6 16. Nf3 Qd6 17. d5 Ne7 18. Nd4 c6 19. f5 {0-1 (55) Nepomniachtchi,I (2751)-Harikrishna,P (2750) Moscow 2017} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Beinoras, Mindaugas"]
[Black "Chukavin, Kirill"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,79,-5,-29,-35,-41,13,21,37,-9,0,-16,-24,-43,-8,-4,-9,-18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,38,0,55,47,57,35,35,41,32,28,44,0,0,0,0,7,30,47,59,45,139,70,158,0,83,70,281,281,281,281,267,190,488,489,685,457,804,794]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 (5... Ne4 6. Bh4 Qb6 7. Qc1 Bf5 8. Nbd2 e6 9. Be2 Rc8 10. O-O h6 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Nd2 Bg6 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. b4 Bd6 15. Qb2 O-O {½-½ (66) Sjugirov,S (2665)-Ehlvest,J (2524) Almaty 2016}) 6. Qb3 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} c4 7. Qc2 Bf5 8. Qc1 Ne4 9. Bf4 h6 10. Nbd2 {LiveBook: 8 Games} g5 11. Bg3 $1 Bg7 ({Black should try} 11... Nxg3 $15 12. hxg3 g4) 12. Nxe4 $11 Bxe4 13. Nd2 $146 Bg6 14. Be2 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 (15... h5 $5 {[%cal Rh5h4]} 16. h4 gxh4 17. Rxh4 Nxe5 $11) 16. Bxe5 Bxe5 17. Nf3 Bg7 18. O-O O-O 19. Rd1 Rad8 20. Nd4 Rfe8 21. Rd2 f5 22. Bf3 Re5 (22... g4 $11 23. Be2 Be5) 23. Qd1 Bf8 24. Ne2 {[%cal Rf3d5]} Bf7 {[#] White must now prevent ...g4.} 25. g3 Bc5 26. Kh1 Qf6 27. Qf1 Kg7 28. Rad1 Rd6 29. h3 {[%cal Bh2h3,Bh3g4,Bg4f5][%mdl 32]} Kh8 30. Qg2 Qd8 31. g4 Be6 (31... Qf6 $14) 32. Ng3 (32. gxf5 $16 Bxf5 33. Rxd5 Rexd5 34. Rxd5 Rxd5 35. Bxd5) 32... Qd7 ({Black should play} 32... f4 $14) 33. Ne2 $2 {[#]} (33. Nxf5 $16 Bxf5 34. gxf5) 33... fxg4 (33... Qd8 $1 $11) 34. hxg4 $16 h5 $2 ({Better is} 34... Qf7 $14) 35. Qh2 $18 (35. gxh5 g4 $16) 35... Qg7 36. Ng3 (36. gxh5 $6 Qf6 $16) (36. Qxh5+ $6 Kg8 $18) 36... Bf7 ({But not} 36... h4 $2 37. Nh5 $18) 37. Nf5 ({Less strong is} 37. gxh5 g4 $14) 37... Rxf5 $2 (37... Qf6 38. Qg2 Rd7) 38. gxf5 {White is clearly winning.} Qg8 (38... g4 $142 39. Bxd5 g3) 39. Qe5+ Kh7 (39... Qg7 $142 40. Qxg7+ (40. Rxd5 Bxd5 41. Rxd5 Qxe5 $16) 40... Kxg7 41. Bxd5 b6) 40. Bxd5 {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 22%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Narva, Mai"]
[Black "Kanep, Meelis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2322"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,34,35,33,38,28,41,31,41,22,63,62,67,57,66,68,82]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 g6 10. d3 Bg7 11. Be3 O-O {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7} 12. Nd2 Nd7 {[%cal Bf6d7,Bd7b6,Bb6c4][%mdl 32]} 13. Qd1 b5 14. Nf3 Nb6 15. d4 {White is slightly better.} (15. Qd2 Na4 16. Rac1 Re8 17. b3 Nb6 18. d4 Nd7 19. d5 {0-1 (58) Kovalev,V (2639)-Mamedov,R (2709) Riadh 2017}) 15... cxd4 16. cxd4 d5 17. e5 $1 Nc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Rc8 18. b3 Rc7 19. Qd2 {1-0 (46) Vovk,A (2549)-Roy Chowdhury,S (2419) Livigno 2012}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vorobjov, Pavel"]
[Black "Seeman, Tarvo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2233"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,114,-37,22,22,25,-26,0,0,0,-56,-44,-64,-64,-91,-63,-57,-54,-49,-53,-65,-37,-44,-52,-52,-52,-52,-50,-69,-75,-79,-85,-81,-79,-82,-64,-72,-65,-68,-75,-62,-45,-87,-30,-30,-2,-16,-11,-21,-26,-23,-16,-239,-248,-190,-195,-204,-13,-14,-21,-34,-38,-43,-43,-43,-43,-43,-43,-43,-43,-43,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,0,-24,-12,-20,-9]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. g4 Na6 9. Bg5 Bd7 {E90: King's Indian: Classical: Early deviations and 6 h3} (9... Qe8 10. Be3 Kh8 11. Be2 Bd7 12. a3 Nc5 13. Nd2 Ng8 14. h4 f5 15. g5 h5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Bxc5 dxc5 {½-½ (72) Gupta,A (2617)-Jones,G (2675) Dubai 2018}) 10. Nd2 Nc5 11. Be2 c6 12. Rg1 {[#]} a4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} (12... b5 $1 $15 {[%mdl 512]}) 13. a3 $11 cxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Qa5 14. Kf1 Rfc8 15. h4 cxd5 16. cxd5 b5 17. Rg3 b4 18. axb4 Qxb4 19. Qb1 {0-1 (40) Sabuk,P (2300)-Wieczorek,O (2402) Legnica 2013}) 14. cxd5 (14. exd5 $142 Qc7 15. Be3) 14... Qa5 {Strongly threatening ...Nfxe4.} 15. Kf1 b5 16. Rg3 (16. Qb1 $11) 16... Rfb8 $15 17. Rf3 Qd8 18. Qc2 h6 {[%cal Bh7h6,Bh6h5,Bh5h4][%mdl 32]} 19. Be3 Rc8 20. Qb1 Rab8 21. Na2 h5 22. Rg3 h4 23. Rg1 Nh7 24. Nb4 Bf6 25. Qe1 Ng5 26. Kg2 Ngxe4 27. Nxe4 Nxe4 28. Bf3 Ng5 29. Bxg5 Bxg5 30. Nc6 Qb6 {[%cal Rd7c6]} 31. Nxb8 Rxb8 32. b3 Qc5 ({Black should play} 32... b4 $17 33. Rb1 Qd4 34. axb4 a3) 33. Qb4 $11 {Black should prevent Qxc5.} axb3 34. Rab1 Ra8 {White must now prevent ...e4.} 35. Rxb3 Ra4 36. Rc3 Qb6 37. Rc6 $2 {[#]} (37. Qb1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 37... Bxc6 $19 38. Qxd6 e4 39. Be2 Ra6 $2 (39... e3 $19 40. dxc6 Rd4) 40. dxc6 $11 Qxc6 41. Qxc6 Rxc6 42. Bxb5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rc2 43. Re1 e3 44. Re2 Rc3 45. a4 exf2 46. Rxf2 Be3 47. Rf3 Rc2+ 48. Kf1 Bb6 49. Ke1 Kg7 50. Kd1 Rc7 51. Kd2 Kh6 52. Kd3 Kg5 53. Bc4 f5 54. gxf5 gxf5 55. Be6 f4 56. Ke4 Be3 57. Rf1 Kf6 {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 56%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kalvaitis, Sigitas"]
[Black "Tokranovs, Dmitrijs"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2194"]
[BlackElo "2337"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,86,66,69,72,0,0,0,0,0,0,-50,-52,-33,-35,-89,-86,-89,-79,-138,-129,-150,-132,-138,-93,-227,-227,-238,-222,-248,-241,-284,-291,-920,-847,-814,-357,-361,-361,-354,-354,-354,-354,-354,-354,-345,-345,-317,-331,-318,-298,-583,-533,-508,-582,-593,-555,-531,-504,-858,-796,-680,-622,-662,-383,-12824,-12769,-5689,-5625,-5485,-5505]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 Nc6 7. a3 d6 8. Bd3 Qa5+ 9. Bd2 {B22: Sicilian: 2 c3} (9. Ke2 Qc7 10. exd6 Bxd6 11. Nc3 Nxc3+ 12. bxc3 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Bb5+ Bd7 15. Bxd7+ Nxd7 16. Re1 O-O {0-1 (69) Kalvaitis,S (2290)-Neiksans,A (2481) Palanga 2010}) 9... Qb6 10. Nc3 {LiveBook: 5 Games} Nxd4 11. Nxd4 (11. Qa4+ $16 Nc6 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. O-O) 11... Qxd4 $11 12. Bb5+ $1 Bd7 13. Bxd7+ Kxd7 14. O-O Nxc3 $1 15. bxc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Bxc3 Qxd1 16. Raxd1 {0-1 (33) Nakamura,A-Buehl,W Concord 1995}) 15... Qxe5 16. c4 ({White should try} 16. Rb1 $1 $15 Qd5 17. Qa4+ Ke7 18. Rfd1) 16... Qe4 $17 17. Rb1 Qc6 18. Qb3 ({Better is} 18. a4) 18... b6 19. Rfd1 Be7 20. Qg3 Rhd8 ({Don't do} 20... Qxc4 21. Bb4 $15) 21. Rb3 (21. Bb4 $17) 21... Qxc4 $19 22. Bb4 Rac8 23. Rc3 Qe2 {[%cal Re2d1] [#]} 24. Rcd3 {[%cal Rd3d6]} Ke8 25. Bxd6 $2 (25. Re1 Qc2 26. Rd2) 25... Rc6 26. h3 {[#]} Rcxd6 (26... Rc3 $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 27. Qg4 (27. Rxc3 Qxd1+) 27... Qxg4 28. hxg4 Rxd3 29. Rxd3 Rxd6) 27. Rxd6 Rxd6 ({Resist} 27... Bxd6 28. Rxd6 Rxd6 29. Qxd6 $19) 28. Rxd6 Bxd6 29. Qxd6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame intending Qb8+. KQ-KQ} Qe1+ 30. Kh2 Qxf2 31. Qb8+ Ke7 32. Qxa7+ Kf6 33. Qc7 Kg6 34. a4 $2 (34. Qe5) 34... h6 35. Qd6 Kh7 36. Qc7 g6 {[%cal Bg7g6,Bg6g5][%mdl 32]} 37. Kh1 g5 38. Qc6 (38. g3 $142 Kg6 39. Qb8) 38... Kg7 39. Qc3+ Qf6 40. Qc6 e5 41. Qd5 $2 (41. Qc2) 41... Qf1+ {Black is clearly winning.} 42. Kh2 Qf4+ 43. Kh1 Qd4 {Precision: White = 15%, Black = 77%.} 0-1

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vicas, Marijus"]
[Black "Sarakauskas, Gediminas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,116,0,25,13,34,0,26,-7,-4,-20,-16,-8,2,-84,30,-1,0,-16,0,-120,-119,-269,-266,-262,-266,-276,-277,-267,-253,-308,-308,-300,-283,-285,-291,-317,-295,-288,-272,-390,-379,-402,-303,-475,-296,-265,-192,-190,-190,-190,-190,-183,-167,-164,-164,-152,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-103,-103,-103,-103,-103,-176,-183,-103,-183,-183,-183,-183,-183,-183,-29962,-183,-29967,-29968,-29968,-29969,-29969,-29970,-29970,-29969,-29971,-29972,-29971,-29972,-29971,-29972,-29983,-29983,-29983,-29982]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. O-O Qc7 8. f4 d6 9. Nc3 Nf6 10. Qf3 Nbd7 {B43: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 Nc3} 11. Be3 (11. a4 O-O 12. Bd2 b6 13. Rae1 Bb7 14. Qh3 Rad8 15. g4 Nc5 16. g5 Nfd7 17. Nd4 d5 18. e5 {0-1 (41) Kovalev,V (2546)-Svidler,P (2727) Berlin 2015}) 11... b6 {LiveBook: 8 Games} 12. Rad1 Bb7 {The position is equal.} 13. Qg3 g6 14. e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Rd2 h5 15. e5 h4 {0-1 (31) Csonka,A (2330)-Sikula,V (2423) Hungary 2002}) 14... Nh5 15. Qf2 dxe5 16. fxe5 O-O 17. Nd2 (17. Be2 $11) 17... Bc5 (17... b5 $17 18. Be2 Nxe5) 18. Nc4 Nxe5 {[%cal Bd7e5,Be5g4,Bg4e3][%mdl 32]} 19. Bxc5 bxc5 20. Nd6 (20. Nxe5 $1 $11 Qxe5 21. Be2) 20... Ng4 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black goes for the king.} 21. Qh4 (21. Qe2 $17 {is the only way for White.} Rad8 22. Qxg4 Rxd6 23. Qe2) 21... Ne3 $19 ({Not} 21... Qxd6 22. Qxg4 Qb6 23. Qc4 $17) 22. Nxb7 Qxb7 {[%csl Ge3][%cal Rb7g2]} (22... Nxd1 23. Nxd1 Qxb7 24. Be4 $17) 23. Be4 Qxb2 24. Bxa8 Nxf1 ({Weaker is} 24... Qxc3 25. Rd3 $14) 25. Na4 Qxc2 26. Rxf1 Rxa8 27. Nb6 Re8 28. Nd7 Qd2 29. Nxc5 Qxa2 30. Qb4 (30. Qf2 $142 Qxf2+ 31. Kxf2) 30... Qd5 31. g4 Rc8 32. Ne4 (32. Nxe6 $142 Qxe6 33. gxh5) 32... f5 33. gxh5 {And now Nf6+ would win.} Qxe4 34. Qxe4 fxe4 35. hxg6 hxg6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} 36. Rf6 Rc6 37. Rxg6+ Kf7 38. Rg5 Kf6 (38... Rc1+ $17 39. Kf2 Ra1) 39. Ra5 $1 $11 e5 {With the idea ...Kf5.} 40. Kf2 Kf5 {Strongly threatening ...Kf4.} 41. Ke3 $1 Rc3+ 42. Ke2 (42. Kd2 $1 $11 {remains equal.} Rc6 43. Ra1) 42... Kf4 $1 $17 {White must now prevent ...Rc2+.} 43. Rxa6 Rc2+ 44. Kd1 Rxh2 (44... Rg2 $17 45. Ra3 Rf2) 45. Ra3 Rf2 (45... Kf5 $19 46. Rc3 Kg4) 46. Ke1 (46. Rh3 $17) 46... Rf3 $19 47. Ra8 {[#]} Rh3 $1 {aiming for ...Kf3.} 48. Kf2 Rh2+ 49. Kg1 $2 (49. Kf1 $19) 49... Rb2 $2 (49... Rc2 {mates} 50. Kf1 Kf3 51. Ke1 Rb2 52. Rf8+ Ke3 53. Kf1 Rb1+ 54. Kg2 Rc1 55. Rf7 Ke2 56. Rd7 e3 57. Rd5 Ra1 58. Rd7 e4 59. Rd5 Rd1 60. Rg5 Kd2 61. Rd5+ Ke1 62. Re5 Rd4 63. Ra5 e2 64. Ra1+ Kd2 65. Kg3 e1=Q+ 66. Rxe1 Kxe1 67. Kf4 Kd2 68. Ke5 Kd3 69. Kf6 e3 70. Kf5 e2 71. Kg5 e1=Q 72. Kf5 Qe7 73. Kg6 Rg4+ 74. Kf5 Rg7 75. Kf4 Qf6#) 50. Kf1 $2 {[#]} (50. Rh8 $19) 50... Kf3 $1 {[%cal Rb2b1] Black mates.} 51. Rf8+ Ke3 52. Ra8 Rb1+ 53. Kg2 Rc1 54. Rb8 Kd3 55. Rb3+ Kd2 56. Rb5 e3 {[%cal Be4e3,Be3e2][%mdl 32]} 57. Rxe5 e2 58. Rd5+ Kc2 {Precision: White = 27%, Black = 56%.} 0-1

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Haavamae, Henrik"]
[Black "Berzina, Ilze"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2098"]
[BlackElo "2176"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,89,47,11,20,27,27,26,24,38,23,-6,-9,-9,-7,-20,0,0,0,-15,-16,-29,31,3,19,13,22,0,0,-10,83,0,49,-6,0,-79,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,20,0,0,0,96,47,78,12,72,0,45,51,84,84,110,121,538,156,1150,1144,1241,905,29990,29991]} 1. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. c3 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Nxe5 8. Bb5+ Nc6 9. O-O e6 10. b4 {LiveBook: 14 Games} Be7 11. Bf4 Bf6 12. Nd2 Nge7 13. Rad1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Bd6 Nf5 {0-1 (38) Klauser,M (2386)-Alekseev,E (2698) Zuerich 2013}) 13... O-O 14. Bd6 a5 15. a3 axb4 16. axb4 Ra3 17. Nb1 Ra2 18. Nd2 Re8 19. Bd3 Ng6 (19... Bxc3 $11 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. Qxc3 Nf5) 20. Qh3 $14 Be7 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 22. Nf3 Qf6 23. Nd4 e5 {[#]} (23... Nxd4 $11 24. cxd4 Rea8) 24. Bb1 (24. Bxg6 $1 $16 fxg6 25. Qd7) 24... Rb2 25. Nb5 (25. Bxg6 $14 fxg6 26. Nb5) 25... e4 $1 $11 {And now ...Nf4 would win.} 26. g3 (26. Rxd5 $11 {remains equal.} Nf4 27. Qf5) 26... Nge5 (26... Qf3 $17 27. Qg2 Qh5) 27. Nc7 Nf3+ 28. Kh1 Rd8 {Hoping for ...Nd2.} 29. Nxd5 Qe5 30. Ne3 Nd2 31. Rxd2 Rbxd2 32. Nc4 $1 $36 {[%csl LRd2,LRe5][%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Qxc3 33. Nxd2 Qxd2 34. Bxe4 g6 35. b5 Nd4 (35... Qb4 $11) 36. Bxb7 {Black must now prevent b6.} Nxb5 {[#]} 37. Qg2 ({Better is} 37. Qh4 $1 $16) 37... Qc2 (37... Qe2 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 38. c6 (38. Qc6 $16 Nd4 39. Qf6) 38... Nc7 39. Qf3 Qc4 {[%cal Rc4f1]} 40. Rd1 Re8 41. Kg2 {aiming for Rd7.} h5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (41... Re5 $16 42. Rd8+ Kg7) 42. Qf4 $2 (42. Rd7 $18) 42... Qb3 $2 (42... Qxf4 $16 43. gxf4 Kf8) 43. Rd7 $18 Nb5 44. c7 Na7 45. Bd5 {Precision: White = 36%, Black = 31%.} 1-0

