[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kulaots, Kaido"]
[Black "Stremavicius, Titas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,71,35,30,33,45,94,81,84,83,96,82,89,97,95,112,101,99,187,177,157,163,154,147,181,157,169,180,190,187,182,179,156,153,155,148,163,155,154,166,154,133,162,165,254,252,250,252,252,241,234,246,946,929,29987,29988]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 c6 5. Qd2 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Bd3 b5 8. O-O O-O 9. h3 {[%cal Bh2h3,Bh3h4,Bh4h5,Bh5h6][%mdl 32]} Bb7 {B08: Pirc Defence: Classical System} (9... e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. a4 b4 12. Ne2 a5 13. Ng3 Qe7 14. c3 Nc5 15. Bxc5 Qxc5 16. cxb4 axb4 17. Rac1 Qd6 18. b3 Rd8 {1-0 (29) Dominguez Perez,L (2739)-So,W (2788) Saint Louis 2017}) 10. e5 {LiveBook: 13 Games} dxe5 11. dxe5 Nd5 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 11... b4 12. Ne2 Nd5 13. Bh6 Nc5 14. Ng3 Nxd3 15. cxd3 Nc7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qxb4 {1-0 (36) De Vreugt,D (2498)-Nijboer,F (2540) Rotterdam 2000}) 12. Nxd5 cxd5 {[#]} 13. Bd4 $1 ({But not} 13. Bxb5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 $11) 13... a6 14. h4 Qc7 {[%cal Rd7e5]} 15. Qe3 f6 {[%cal Rf6e5]} 16. exf6 exf6 17. Rae1 Rf7 {[#]} (17... Qc6 $16 18. h5 gxh5) 18. h5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Nf8 (18... gxh5 19. Qe6) 19. Nh4 {[%cal Rh5g6]} f5 {aiming for ...f4.} 20. Bxg7 Rxg7 21. h6 Rd7 22. Qg5 Qd8 23. Qg3 Kh8 24. Nf3 d4 25. Nxd4 Qf6 {...f4 is the strong threat.} 26. Nf3 Bxf3 27. Qxf3 Rad8 28. b3 Ne6 29. Qe3 Rd6 30. a4 Nd4 {[#]} (30... bxa4 $142 31. bxa4 Rc6) 31. Qe8+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qf8 (31... Rxe8 32. Rxe8+) 32. Qxf8+ Rxf8 33. axb5 axb5 34. Re7 Nxb3 $2 (34... g5 35. Ra1 b4) 35. cxb3 Rxd3 36. Ra1 {Precision: White = 93%, Black = 35%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Meshkovs, Nikita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C40"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,82,61,91,92,94,79,70,64,94,52,62,55,57,23,16,27,29,47,49,38,73,69,91,84,88,94,81,74,74,29,80,0,0,0,63,0,0,6,14,0,22,0,0,-162,-170,-158,-162,-155,-161,-167,-170,-173,-179,-162,-166,-176,-166,-179,-176,-177,-182,-274,-266,-258,-264,-260,-241,-262,-248,-345,-324,-389,-365,-559,-554]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Qe7 3. Nc3 c6 4. d4 d6 5. a4 a5 {LiveBook: 6 Games} (5... Nf6 6. Be2 h6 7. h3 Qc7 8. Be3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Re8 11. Bc4 Nbd7 12. Ba2 Nf8 13. Qd2 Be6 14. d5 Bd7 15. Rad1 c5 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. d6 Bxd6 18. Qxd6 Qxd6 19. Rxd6 Be6 20. Bxc5 Bxa2 21. Nxa2 {0-1 (72) Sanal,V (2551)-Fedoseev,V (2718) Riadh 2017}) 6. Bc4 {C41: Philidor Defence} Bg4 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. h3 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 8. Qd3 Nd7 9. Ng5 Bh5 10. O-O h6 11. Nh3 g5 12. f3 Ngf6 13. Nf2 {0-1 (53) Cupal,M (2022)-Stanek,S (2011) Czechia 2012}) 8... Bh5 9. Bg5 Nf6 10. Qe2 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 Nbd7 13. O-O-O Bg7 14. h4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} g4 15. Nh2 O-O 16. f3 gxf3 17. gxf3 Bg6 18. Ng4 Nh5 19. Qh2 Rfd8 (19... Rad8 $11 {remains equal.}) 20. Rxd7 (20. Kb1 $16) 20... Rxd7 $11 21. Bxe5 Qc5 (21... Rad8 $11) 22. Bxg7 ({White should try} 22. Bb3 $1 $14) 22... Kxg7 23. Bd3 Qd6 $1 24. e5 Qd4 25. Be4 Rad8 $1 26. e6 $2 {[#]} (26. Kb1 $11) 26... Bxe4 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 27. fxe4 (27. Nxe4 Qd1+) 27... fxe6 28. Kb1 Kh7 29. Ne5 Rg7 30. Rd1 Qb6 31. Nd3 Qc7 32. e5 Qf7 33. Qe2 Ng3 34. Qe3 Qh5 35. Qb6 (35. Re1 $142) 35... Qxh4 36. Qxa5 Rd4 37. Qb6 Ne4 38. Nxe4 (38. Qxd4 $2 {[#] is the wrong capture.} Nd2+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 39. Rxd2 Qxd4 $19) 38... Qxe4 ({Much less strong is} 38... Rxe4 39. a5 $19) 39. a5 Qd5 40. Re1 Ra4 {...Qa2+ is the strong threat.} 41. b4 (41. b3 $142 Qxa5 42. Qxa5 Rxa5 43. Rf1) 41... Ra3 {Precision: White = 48%, Black = 85%.} 0-1

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ladva, Ottomar"]
[Black "Neiksans, Arturs"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,90,42,58,0,0,0,0,-7,0,-7,0,-7,0,-17,0,-64,-22,-63,-28,-44,-38,-53,0,0,0,0,0,-20,-23,-12,-23,-18,-14,-39,0,-54,-43,-47,-54,-91,-87,-239,-224,-210,-216,-242,-262,-257,-248,-407,-409,-422,-422,-408,-366,-366,-364,-408,-427,-587,-581,-577,-565,-2076,-2000,-29982,-29981,-29980,-29981,-29981,-29981,-29984,-29984]} 1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d6 4. d4 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 c6 8. b3 Ne4 {A88: Dutch Defence: Leningrad System: 5 Nf3 0-0 6 0-0 d6 7 Nc3 c6} (8... Na6 9. Bb2 Qc7 10. d5 e5 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. Nd4 Bd7 13. Qc2 f4 14. Rad1 fxg3 15. hxg3 Rae8 16. Nf3 Nc5 17. b4 Bf5 18. Qd2 Nce4 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 {½-½ (40) Romanov,E (2626)-Fedoseev,V (2718) St Petersburg 2017}) 9. Bb2 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Nd7 {LiveBook: 3 Games. White is slightly better.} 11. Rc1 (11. Ng5 $14 Nf6 12. d5) 11... e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nf6 12. e3 Ne4 13. Ba1 Qc7 14. Qc2 Bd7 15. Rfd1 Rae8 16. Nd2 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 {1-0 (42) Hargens,T (2285)-Krause,U (2340) Germany 1992}) 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. b4 e4 14. Nd4 Qe7 15. c5 Nf6 16. Qb3+ Kh8 17. f4 (17. e3 $11) 17... Bd7 18. e3 Be8 19. Bb2 Bf7 20. Qa3 {[#]} Bd5 (20... a5 $1 $15 {[%mdl 512]} 21. bxa5 Rg8) 21. Rfd1 a6 22. Nb3 Qf7 23. Na5 Bxa2 24. Nxb7 Qxb7 25. Qxa2 Nd5 26. Bxg7+ Kxg7 27. Qa1+ (27. Qb2+ $11 Kg8 28. Bf1) 27... Kh6 $15 28. g4 $1 {[%cal Rg4g5]} fxg4 (28... Nxe3 $2 29. g5+ Kh5 30. Qc3 $18) 29. Qd4 Rad8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Strongly threatening ...Nxf4. Black is really pushing.} (29... Qxb4 $6 30. Bxe4 Qxd4 31. Rxd4 $11) 30. Qxe4 $2 ({But not} 30. Bxe4 $2 Nxf4 31. exf4 Rxd4 $19) (30. Qe5 $17) 30... Rde8 ({Weaker is} 30... Nxb4 31. Rxd8 Rxd8 32. f5 $14) ({Inferior is} 30... Qxb4 31. Qe5 $15) 31. Qd4 {[%cal Rg2d5]} Nxe3 32. Rd3 Nxg2 33. Kxg2 {[#]} Rd8 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 34. Qxd8 $2 (34. Qe3 Rxd3 35. Qxd3) 34... Rxd8 $19 35. Rxd8 Qxb4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRR} 36. Rf1 Qxc5 37. h3 Qf5 38. Kg3 gxh3 39. Rh1 Kg7 40. Rxh3 h5 41. Rd4 c5 42. Ra4 Qg4+ {Black mates.} 43. Kh2 Qe2+ 44. Kg3 Qd3+ 45. Kh4 Qd7 {Precision: White = 41%, Black = 68%.} 0-1

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Black "Kovalenko, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C17"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,94,24,31,58,51,69,52,145,116,191,106,158,156,143,157,141,151,111,98,93,40,44,56,52,6,22,27,28,22,42,22,62,70,66,70,69,10,6,0,0,0,0,-35,0,0,24,24,24,24,24,24,24,24,24,24,24,24,24,24,24,0,0,-17,-17,-17,-17,-17,-17,-17,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Bd2 Ne7 6. Nb5 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 O-O 8. c3 Nd7 {C17: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4 4 e5 c5 sidelines} 9. f4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} f6 10. Nf3 Nc6 {White is slightly better.} 11. Be2 g5 $146 ({Black should try} 11... Rb8 $14) ({Predecessor:} 11... cxd4 12. cxd4 fxe5 13. fxe5 {1-0 (31) Tseshkovsky,V (2576)-Kuehn,P (2386) Biel 2006}) 12. g3 Kh8 (12... cxd4 $16 13. Nbxd4 (13. Nfxd4 Nc5 $11) 13... Nc5) 13. O-O (13. fxg5 $18 fxe5 {[#]} 14. g6 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 13... g4 (13... gxf4 $142 14. gxf4 Qe7) 14. Nh4 $16 f5 15. Qe3 Qb6 16. Rfd1 a6 17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. Qxc5 ({Better is} 18. Nd4 $16) 18... Nxc5 $14 19. Nd6 b5 20. Rd2 Kg7 21. Ng2 Rd8 22. Ne3 h5 23. Bf1 (23. Rad1 {is interesting.} Ne7 24. h3 Rh8 25. Bf1 Na4 26. Rh2) 23... Nb7 24. Nxb7 Bxb7 25. Nc2 Kf7 26. Nd4 (26. a4 $14) 26... Nxd4 $11 27. Rxd4 Bc6 28. Kf2 Rh8 29. Bg2 Rac8 30. h4 Rc7 31. Bf1 a5 32. a3 Ke7 33. Ke3 Rb8 34. Be2 Rcb7 35. Bd3 Rb6 36. Kd2 Kd7 37. Be2 Kc7 38. b4 Ra8 {The position is equal.} 39. Kc2 Rba6 40. Kb2 Kb6 41. Bd1 R6a7 42. Bb3 axb4 43. cxb4 Bd7 44. Rdd1 Rc7 45. Rac1 Rca7 46. Ra1 Rc7 47. Rac1 $1 Rca7 {Precision: White = 66%, Black = 55%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kanep, Meelis"]
[Black "Haavamae, Henrik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2098"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,57,21,18,42,18,35,39,36,18,34,35,39,-18,118,111,273,271,339,246,435,428,450,486,452,245,233,237,256,233,261,178,196,120,250,255,257,272,527,517,517,497,547,547,532,527,581,575]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 c5 4. e3 dxe3 5. fxe3 cxb4 6. d4 e6 7. Bd3 {LiveBook: 7 Games. A09: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 d5 2 c4} f5 (7... Be7 8. O-O Nf6 9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Nbd2 b6 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd7 15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 {½-½ (26) Turner,M (2517)-Hammer,J (2647) England 2011}) 8. e4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. a3 Nf6 9. O-O bxa3 10. Bxa3 Bxa3 11. Rxa3 O-O 12. Nc3 Nc6 13. c5 Ng4 14. Qd2 f4 15. exf4 Nxd4 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Qxd4 Qxd4+ 18. Nxd4 {½-½ (95) Sabirov,R (2043)-Gabler,E (1992) Willingen 2016}) 8... fxe4 9. Bxe4 {White is slightly better.} Nf6 10. Bc2 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Qd3 (12. Bb2 $14) 12... b5 (12... Nc6 $11) 13. cxb5 $16 {And now Ng5 would win.} Bb7 $2 (13... Qb6 $16) 14. Ng5 $1 $18 {[%csl LRe6,LRh7] Hoping for Rxf6!} Qd5 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Rd5g2]} 15. Qh3 $1 {[%cal Rc2h7]} h6 $2 (15... h5) 16. Nxe6 Rf7 17. Bb3 (17. Bg6 Nbd7 $18) 17... Qd7 {[#]} 18. Nc5 (18. Bxh6 $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bd5 (18... gxh6 19. Qxh6) 19. Be3) 18... Qxh3 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Rh3g2]} 19. Bxf7+ (19. gxh3 $6 Bd5 $16) 19... Kxf7 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Rh3g2]} 20. gxh3 Bc8 21. Bd2 Bxh3 {[#]} 22. Rf2 ({Worse is} 22. Bxb4 Bxf1 23. Kxf1 Nd5 $11) (22. Rf3 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf3h3]} Bg4 23. Rg3) 22... Bd7 (22... a6 $16) 23. a4 bxa3 24. Nxa3 ({Don't do} 24. Rxa3 $6 Bxb5 25. Nc3 Bc6 $16) 24... a6 $2 (24... Be8 {was called for.} 25. Rg2 (25. Re1 Nbd7 $18) 25... Nbd7) 25. Nxd7 {White is clearly winning.} Nbxd7 26. Nc4 axb5 27. Rxa8 bxc4 28. Rc8 Ke6 29. Re2+ {Precision: White = 60%, Black = 25%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Starostits, Ilmars"]
[Black "Kantans, Toms"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,104,58,52,52,52,45,55,53,45,51,43,44,56,61,62,71,35,58,46,39,30,28,28,30,30,30,35,33,27,36,17,30,36,54,52,60,12,92,79,81,68,75,70,92,81,89,81,81,82,92,85,90,45,54,27,25,14,14,13,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-11,-11,-16,-8,-13,-14,-15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,29986]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nd5 Nxd5 6. exd5 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2 Qe7+ 9. Be2 d3 {C47: Scotch Four Knights and Four Knights with 4 g3} 10. Qxd3 Ne5 11. Nxe5 Qxe5 {White is slightly better.} 12. d6 Qxd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... O-O 13. O-O-O a5 14. Bf3 Ra6 15. dxc7 Qxc7 16. Kb1 d6 17. Rhe1 {0-1 (76) Antoshik,A (2145)-Kufa,P (2215) Ostrava 1995}) 13. Qxd6 cxd6 14. O-O-O Kd8 15. Bc4 f6 16. Rhe1 Re8 17. Rxe8+ Kxe8 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 18. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} b6 19. Bd3 g6 20. h5 Kf7 21. Bc4+ Kf8 22. Rxd6 Ke7 23. Rd3 Bb7 24. Rg3 gxh5 25. Rg7+ Kd6 26. Bb5 Be4 (26... Rd8 $11) 27. Rxd7+ $16 Ke6 28. f3 Bg6 {[#] ...a6 is the strong threat.} 29. Rd4 a6 30. Bc4+ Ke7 31. Kd2 Rc8 32. c3 a5 33. Ke3 Rc5 34. b4 Rc7 35. bxa5 bxa5 36. Kd2 Rb7 {The position is equal.} 37. Bb3 Rb5 38. f4 h4 39. c4 Rh5 40. Ke2 h3 41. gxh3 Rxh3 42. c5 Rc3 43. Rd6 Bf5 44. Rd5 Be6 45. Rh5 Bxb3 46. axb3 Rxb3 47. Rxh7+ $11 {KR-KR} Ke6 48. Ra7 Rb4 49. Rxa5 Rxf4 50. Ke3 Rc4 51. Kd3 Rc1 52. Kd2 Ke5 $2 {[%mdl 40960] Precision: White = 65%, Black = 66%. . An unexpected result.} (52... Rh1 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Seeman, Tarvo"]
[Black "Laurusas, Tomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,69,0,0,-31,-30,-43,-51,-42,-52,-48,-35,-50,-56,-61,-6,-18,-18,-18,-18,-37,-43,-34,-45,-116,-112,-116,-103,-223,-223,-222,-235,-232,-229,-233,-226,-219,-199,-231,-191,-191,-190,-189,-185,-184,-179,-181,-65,-170,-178,-170,-106,-646,-643,-629,-634,-29998]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O g6 5. c4 d4 6. e3 Bg7 7. exd4 cxd4 8. d3 Nf6 {LiveBook: 49 Games} 9. b4 {A09: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 d5 2 c4} Nxb4 10. Qa4+ Nc6 11. Ne5 {Black is slightly better.} O-O 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bxc6 {[#]} Bf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Bh3 14. Re1 Nd7 15. Ba3 Ne5 16. Be4 Re8 {½-½ (45) Xu,Z (2206)-Li,C (2758) Harbin 2016}) 14. Ba3 Ng4 (14... Bxd3 $15 15. Re1 Rc8) 15. Nd2 Rc8 (15... Bxd3 $6 16. Rfe1 $16) 16. Be4 Ne5 {[%cal Bg4e5,Be5d3,Bd3c5,Bc5e4][%mdl 32]} 17. Rad1 Nxd3 18. Bxf5 $1 gxf5 19. f4 (19. Nf3 $15 Ne5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Qxa7) 19... Nc5 $1 $36 {[%cal Rc5a4][%mdl 2048] Black is really pushing.} 20. Qxa7 d3 21. Kg2 (21. Nf3 $17 {was called for.} Rc7 22. Qa5) 21... Rc7 $19 22. Qa5 {[#]} Ne4 $1 23. Bb4 Qd7 24. Qb5 Qxb5 25. cxb5 Rc2 26. Kf3 Rxa2 27. Nc4 Ra4 ({Resist} 27... Rxh2 28. Rxd3 Rc8 29. Na5 $15) 28. Bxe7 Re8 ({Much less strong is} 28... Rxc4 29. Bxf8 Bxf8 30. Rxd3 $17) 29. Ne3 Rxe7 30. Rxd3 Ra2 ({Better is} 30... Re8 $19 {aiming for ...Ra2.} 31. Nxf5 Rb4) 31. Nxf5 ({White has to play} 31. Rd8+ $15 Bf8 32. Nxf5) 31... Re8 {...Nd2+ is the strong threat.} 32. Rfd1 {[#] intending Rd8.} Bf6 ({Weaker is} 32... Rxh2 33. Rd8 $18) (32... Rf2+ $1 $19 33. Ke3 Rb2) 33. Re3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (33. Nd6 $17 Nxd6 34. Rxd6) 33... Rf2+ 34. Kg4 {With the idea Rde1.} Rxh2 {( -> ...h5+)} 35. Rf1 {Precision: White = 31%, Black = 77%.} 0-1

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sarakauskas, Gediminas"]
[Black "Narva, Mai"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2424"]
[BlackElo "2322"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "189"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,189,0,20,33,27,43,43,52,24,18,9,16,0,31,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,29,9,14,6,27,0,0,-6,-1,-19,-18,-64,-13,-13,-13,-11,0,0,0,0,0,-6,-6,-6,-7,-21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,0,7,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,25,8,435,266,329,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,12838,500,12847,12848,12848,12849,29937,12850,12850,12851,12851,12850,29937,29938,29936,12851,12850,6744,29948,29946,29958,29962,29970,29967,29971,29971,29974,29976,29980,29981,29982,29983,29982,29983,29984,29982,29978,29982,29986,29987,29987,29988,29988,29989,29989,29990,29991,29992,29992,29993,29993,29994,29994,29993,29994,29994,29994,29995,29995,29996,29996,5118]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 d4 5. O-O c5 6. d3 Nc6 7. e3 {A09: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 d5 2 c4} Bd6 8. exd4 cxd4 9. Na3 (9. a3 a5 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nbd2 Qe7 13. Re1 O-O 14. Nb3 Rd8 15. Rc1 Bc7 16. c5 {0-1 (51) Le,Q (2737)-Moiseenko,A (2667) Riadh 2017}) 9... e5 10. Re1 O-O {[#]} 11. c5 $1 {[%mdl 512] LiveBook: 4 Games} Bc7 (11... Bxc5 12. Nxe5) 12. Nc4 {[%cal Rf3e5]} Re8 13. Bg5 Bg4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 {½-½ (42) Bofill Mas,A (2353)-Oms Pallisse,J (2475) Linares 2013}) 14. Qb3 Rb8 15. Nfd2 Na5 16. Qa4 Bd7 17. Qd1 Nxc4 18. Nxc4 h6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. b4 Bc6 21. Qh5 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Qe6 23. Re2 b6 24. cxb6 axb6 25. Rae1 {[%cal Rc4e5]} f6 26. a4 b5 ({Black should try} 26... Qc6+ $1 $15 27. Qf3 Qxa4 28. Qd5+ Kf8) 27. axb5 $11 Rxb5 28. f4 Kh7 29. fxe5 Bxe5 30. Nxe5 fxe5 31. Kg1 Qg6 32. Qf3 Re6 33. Re4 Rxb4 34. Rxe5 Rxe5 35. Rxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Rb3 36. Re4 Rb1+ 37. Kg2 Rb2+ 38. Kh3 Rb4 (38... Rb5 {feels hotter.} 39. g4 Qc6 40. Kg3 Rb2 41. h4 Qc7+) 39. g4 Qg5 40. Qf5+ Qxf5 41. gxf5 {KR-KR} Kg8 42. Kg4 $1 Kf7 43. Kf4 Kf6 44. h4 Rb5 45. Re6+ Kf7 46. Rd6 Rb4 47. Ke4 Rb1 48. Rxd4 Re1+ 49. Kf4 Kf6 50. Rd6+ Ke7 51. Rg6 Rf1+ 52. Ke5 Re1+ 53. Kd5 {Re6+ is the strong threat.} Kf7 $1 54. Rg4 Kf6 55. d4 Rf1 56. Kc6 Rxf5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (56... Kxf5 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 57. Rxg7 Rc1+ 58. Kd6 Rh1) 57. d5 $18 g5 58. hxg5+ $2 (58. h5 $18) 58... hxg5 $11 59. d6 Rf1 60. Rd4 {Intending d7 and mate.} Rc1+ $1 61. Kb7 {White threatens d7 and mate.} Rb1+ 62. Kc7 {d7 would kill now.} Rc1+ 63. Kd8 Ke5 64. d7 {Black must now prevent Ke8!} Kxd4 $4 {[%mdl 8192] [#] KR-KP} (64... Rh1 $11 65. Rc4 Kf5) 65. Ke8 $1 $18 Rc5 (65... Ke4 $142 66. d8=Q Rg1) 66. d8=Q+ {KQ-KR} Ke4 67. Kf7 Re5 68. Kf6 (68. Qd1 $142 Rc5 69. Qg4+ Kd3 70. Ke6 Ra5 71. Qb4 Ra6+ 72. Kf5 Rh6 73. Qb5+ Kd4 74. Qd7+ Kc4 75. Kxg5) 68... Rf5+ 69. Kg6 Rd5 70. Qc8 Kd4 71. Kf6 Rc5 72. Qb8 Kc4 73. Ke6 Rb5 74. Qa7 {White mates.} Kb3 75. Kd6 g4 76. Qf7+ Ka3 77. Kc6 Rb4 78. Kc5 g3 79. Qg7 Rb2 80. Qxg3+ Ka2 81. Kc4 Rc2+ 82. Kb4 Rb2+ 83. Ka4 Ka1 84. Ka3 Ra2+ 85. Kb3 {[%cal Rg3g1]} Rb2+ 86. Kc3 Ka2 87. Qg8+ Ka1 88. Qa8+ Kb1 89. Qa4 Rb8 90. Qd1+ Ka2 91. Qe2+ Ka1 92. Qf1+ Ka2 93. Qf2+ Kb1 94. Qg1+ Ka2 95. Qa7+ {[%mdl 32768] Precision: White = 50%, Black = 38%. . Loss on Time!?} 0-1

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tokranovs, Dmitrijs"]
[Black "Miezis, Normunds"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2337"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,97,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,-34,-6,-44,-44,-77,-75,-137,-84,-124,-136,-159,-159,-166,-166,-167,-171,-165,-162,-220,-202,-208,-209,-200,-208,-437,-426,-566,-573,-563,-562,-564,-405,-520,-570,-562,-561,-561,-561,-687,-681,-847,-847,-745,-630,-619,-604,-600,-597,-610,-552,-560,-562,-509,-373,-418,-419,-408,-408,-1072,-1065,-29990,-29991,-29994,-578,-29995,-29996,-29998,-29999,-29999]} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 Qd8 9. Nc3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Ne4 {LiveBook: 4 Games. B06: Modern Defence} 11. Nxe4 {And now Be3 would win.} Qxd4 12. Nc3 {[%cal Be4c3,Bc3d5,Bd5e7][%mdl 32]} Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6e5,Be5c4][%mdl 32] The position is equal.} 13. Be3 Qh4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Qe5 14. Re1 Rd8 15. Qa4 Bd7 16. Qa3 Bf8 17. Rad1 Be6 18. Bf1 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 {1-0 (35) Tokranovs,D (2325)-Kashtanov,R (2377) Panevezys 2017}) 14. g3 Qf6 15. Bf3 Ne5 16. Bg2 Nxc4 17. Nd5 Qxb2 18. Nxe7+ Kh8 19. Bc5 Be6 {Hoping for ...Qe5.} 20. Rb1 Qe5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has strong initiative.} ({Much weaker is} 20... Qxa2 $6 21. Rxb7 Rfd8 22. Rxa7 $15) 21. Bb4 a5 22. Re1 {[#]} Qd4 $1 23. Qxd4 Bxd4 24. Re4 (24. Nxg6+ $142 hxg6 25. Bxf8 Rxf8 26. Rxb7) 24... Bf6 $19 ({Don't play} 24... axb4 25. Rxd4 Rxa2 26. Bd5 $17) 25. Bc5 {[#]} Nd2 $1 {[%csl LRa2,LRb1,LRe4][%cal Rd2b1]} 26. Rxe6 fxe6 27. Rxb7 $2 (27. Rd1 {is a better defense.} Bxe7 28. Bxe7 Nf3+ 29. Kh1) 27... Rfb8 28. a4 Rxb7 29. Bxb7 Rb8 30. Bc6 Rb1+ 31. Kg2 Rc1 32. Ba3 Rc2 33. Bb5 Ne4 34. Kf3 Ng5+ 35. Kg2 Bd4 36. Kf1 Rxf2+ 37. Ke1 Ra2 38. Bc1 Ne4 39. Bf4 g5 40. Bc7 Bc3+ 41. Kf1 Rf2+ 42. Kg1 Rf7 43. Bd8 Bd4+ 44. Kg2 (44. Kh1 $142 Nf2+ 45. Kg2) 44... Rf2+ 45. Kh1 Nd2 46. Bc6 Rf1+ 47. Kg2 g4 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Rf1g1] Black mates.} 48. h4 Rg1+ 49. Kh2 Nf1# {Precision: White = 46%, Black = 88%.} 0-1

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Chukavin, Kirill"]
[Black "Vicas, Marijus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 4. Ba4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:02]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 6. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:09]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 7. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:09]} 8. a4 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:05:49]} 9. d3 {[%emt 0:00:17]} d6 {[%emt 0:17:34]} 10. c3 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 11. Ng5 {[%emt 0:02:15]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 12. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 13. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:22] C88: Closed Ruy Lopez: Anti-Marshall Systems} Bf8 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 14. Nf1 {[%emt 0:03:19]} (14. Ba2 Qd7 15. Nf1 h6 16. Nh4 Ne7 17. h3 d5 18. Qf3 Kh7 19. Ng3 c5 20. exd5 Bxd5 21. Bxd5 Qxd5 22. axb5 axb5 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Rxe5 Qxf3 25. Nxf3 {1-0 (59) Topalov,V (2801)-Ivanchuk,V (2729) Monte Carlo 2006}) 14... h6 {[%emt 0:04:59]} 15. Nh4 {[%emt 0:12:02]} d5 {[%emt 0:02:25]} 16. axb5 {[%emt 0:08:17]} axb5 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 17. Rxa8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bxa8 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 18. exd5 $146 {[%emt 0:05:49]} ({Predecessor:} 18. Qf3 b4 19. Nf5 Na5 20. Ba2 b3 21. Bb1 Re6 {1-0 (69) Sjugirov,S (2407)-Zherebukh,Y (2418) Sibenik 2007}) 18... Na5 {[%emt 0:06:13]} 19. Bc2 {[%emt 0:11:21]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:01:42]} 20. Nf5 {[%emt 0:12:13]} Nf4 {[%emt 0:07:37]} 21. Bxf4 {[%emt 0:12:16]} exf4 {[%emt 0:03:57]} 22. Rxe8 {[%emt 0:01:44]} Qxe8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 23. Qg4 {[%emt 0:05:28]} g6 {[%emt 0:10:24]} 24. b4 {[%emt 0:05:17]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:02:28]} 25. d4 {[%emt 0:04:44]} Qe6 {[%emt 0:11:52]} 26. h3 {[%emt 0:08:15]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:05:27]} 27. Be4 {[%emt 0:03:46]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:07:04]} 28. Nh4 {[%emt 0:03:31]} h5 {[%emt 0:04:28]} 29. Qf3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 30. cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 31. Qxe4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qxh4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 32. Nd2 {[%emt 0:01:09]} Bxb4 {[%emt 0:02:43]} 33. Qe8+ {[%emt 0:00:24]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:01:17]} 34. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 35. Qxb5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 36. Qd3 {[%emt 0:01:56]} Qe6 {[%emt 0:01:36]} 37. d5 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 38. Qe4 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Qa1+ {[%emt 0:00:41]} 39. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qb2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 40. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:52]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 41. Qe5+ {[%emt 0:00:27]} Qxe5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 42. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} f6 {[%emt 0:02:43]} 43. Nd3 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 44. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 45. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} g5 {[%emt 0:02:12]} 46. Nb2 {[%emt 0:00:49]} (46. f3 $15) 46... Bc5 {[%emt 0:01:20]} 47. f3 {[%emt 0:00:29]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 48. Nc4 $2 {[%emt 0:00:45]} (48. Kd3 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 48... Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 49. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} g4 {[%emt 0:01:12]} 50. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 51. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kh4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 52. hxg4 {[%emt 0:00:39]} fxg4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 53. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:31]} gxf3 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 54. gxf3 {[%emt 0:00:48]} (54. Nxf3+ $142 Kg4 55. Ke2) 54... Be3 {[%emt 0:01:27]} 55. Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Kh3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 56. d6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} cxd6 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 57. Nxd6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 58. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} (58. Nf5+ $19 Kxf3 59. Nh4+ Kg3 60. Ng2) 58... Bc5 $2 {[%emt 0:00:25]} (58... Kg2 {mates} 59. Nf5 Bf2 60. Nd6 h4 61. Ne4 Bb6 62. Nf6 h3 63. Ng4 Bd4 64. Kd3 Kxf3 65. Nh2+ Kg2 66. Ng4 Kg3 67. Nh6 Bh8 68. Nf5+ Kf3 69. Kc4 h2 70. Nh4+ Ke4 71. Ng2 f3 72. Nh4 f2 73. Kb4 f1=Q 74. Ng2 Qf8+ 75. Kb5 h1=Q 76. Kb6 Qb1+ 77. Kc7 Qe7+ 78. Kc8 Qbb7#) 59. Nf5+ {[%emt 0:01:35]} Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 60. Nh4+ {[%emt 0:00:35]} Kg1 {[%emt 0:01:44]} 61. Ng6 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 62. Ke1 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 63. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 64. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 65. Nxf4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} h4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 66. Nh5+ {[%emt 0:01:04]} Kxf3 {[%emt 0:00:28] [#]} 67. Nf4 $1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:37]} (67... Kxf4 $2 68. Kg2 $19) 68. Nh5+ {[%emt 0:00:34]} Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 69. Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Be3 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 70. Nh3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:13] [#]} 71. Nf4 $1 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Ba7 {[%emt 0:00:26]} (71... Kxf4 $2 72. Kg2 $19) (71... Bxf4 $5 72. Kg1 $8 Kg4 $19) 72. Nh5+ {[%emt 0:00:11]} Kh2 $2 {[%emt 0:00:21]} (72... Kg4 $19 73. Kg2 Bd4 74. Nf6+ Bxf6) 73. Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Bb8 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 74. Nh3 {[%emt 0:00:58]} Ba7 $2 {[%emt 0:00:48]} (74... Kxh3 $19 75. Kg1 Bh2+ 76. Kh1 Kg4) 75. Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 76. Nh5+ {[%emt 0:00:14]} Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:38] [#]} 77. Nf4 $1 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bf2 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 78. Ng2 {[%emt 0:00:52]} h3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 79. Nh4+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 80. Nf5+ $11 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 81. Nh4+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 82. Nf5+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vorobjov, Pavel"]
[Black "Beinoras, Mindaugas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2233"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 3. e3 {[%emt 0:00:33]} e6 {[%emt 0:02:41]} 4. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 5. Nf3 {[%emt 0:02:11]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 6. O-O {[%emt 0:01:33]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 7. a4 {[%emt 0:02:06]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:04:07]} 8. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Be7 {[%emt 0:01:56]} 9. Qe2 {[%emt 0:08:33]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 10. Rd1 {[%emt 0:01:06]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:35]} 11. exd4 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 12. Bg5 {[%emt 0:07:48]} Nfd5 {[%emt 0:07:30]} 13. Nxd5 {[%emt 0:09:02]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 14. Bxe7 {[%emt 0:02:16]} Nxe7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 15. Ne5 {[%emt 0:08:06]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Berzina, Ilze"]
[Black "Kalvaitis, Sigitas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2176"]
[BlackElo "2194"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. Be2 Bb4 8. Qd3 Nc6 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. O-O e5 1/2-1/2

