[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kovalenko, Igor"]
[Black "Meskovs, Nikita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,81,0,0,1,0,5,17,16,19,13,2,0,-14,0,0,0,-6,12,0,24,23,17,25,28,32,17,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,-10,19,19,12,0,87,83,89,83,256,253,225,257,372,371,366,350,590,590,583,582]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. O-O Bd6 8. b3 {E14: Queen's Indian: Classical Variation (4 e3)} O-O 9. Ba3 Bxa3 (9... c5 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Rc1 Re8 12. Bf5 Bf8 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Bb2 g6 15. Bh3 {0-1 (55) Dominguez Perez,L (2739)-So,W (2788) Saint Louis 2017}) 10. Nxa3 {[%cal Bb1a3,Ba3b5,Bb5c3,Bc3a4][%mdl 32]} Qe7 11. Nb5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} c5 (11... c6 $5 12. Nc3 $8 Nbd7 $11) 12. Rc1 Nc6 13. Re1 Rac8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Rfe8 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Nc3 {1-0 (25) Ernst,S (2566)-Sanders,I (2282) Vlissingen 2014}) 14. Bf5 Rcd8 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Nc3 g6 17. Bb1 Nb8 18. Qc2 Na6 19. Qb2 Rd6 20. Bd3 Re6 21. Na4 {Bxa6 is the strong threat.} Rc8 22. a3 Nd7 23. Qd2 Nb6 24. Bxa6 Bxa6 25. Nxb6 Rxb6 26. Rc3 Bb7 27. Rec1 a5 28. h3 Qd6 29. Nd4 Ba6 30. f4 Rbb8 31. Nf3 Bb7 32. Ne5 Qe7 33. Kh2 Qd6 (33... Rc7 $11) 34. Nd3 $16 {[%cal Rd3c5]} c4 35. Ne5 {[%cal Re5c4]} Qe6 $2 {[#]} (35... Qd8 $16 {was called for.}) 36. bxc4 $18 dxc4 37. Rxc4 Rxc4 (37... Rd8 $142 38. Rd4 (38. Qxa5 f6 $16) 38... Rxd4 39. Qxd4 (39. exd4 f6 $16) 39... Rc8 40. Rxc8+ Qxc8) 38. Rxc4 ({Less strong is} 38. Nxc4 Rc8 $14) 38... f6 39. Qd7 Re8 $2 (39... Qxd7 40. Nxd7 Rc8 41. Rxc8+ Bxc8) 40. Rc7 {[%csl Gc7][%cal Rd7g7] [#]} Qxd7 41. Nxd7 {Precision: White = 57%, Black = 57%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kulaots, Kaido"]
[Black "Ladva, Ottomar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 28,89,12,1,11,0,26,18,21,0,50,52,63,50,47,47,44,60,62,31,74,81,151,105,106,115,110,110,91,114,128,113,128,79,84,80,80,80,255,123,104,72,71,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O d6 8. Be3 Be7 9. f4 O-O 10. Qe1 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. a3 Bb7 13. Qg3 Bc6 14. Kh1 Qc7 15. Rae1 Rac8 {B85: Sicilian Scheveningen: 6 Be2 a6, lines with early Be3} 16. e5 dxe5 17. Bxe5 Qb7 18. f5 {[#]} a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18... exf5 19. Rxf5 Ne8 20. Bf3 Bxf3 21. Rxf3 f6 22. Bf4 b4 23. axb4 Bxb4 {½-½ (64) Zhigalko,S (2656)-Bukavshin,I (2657) Baku 2015}) 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. Bd3 Rf7 $1 21. Qh3 b4 22. axb4 axb4 23. Ne2 {[#] Strongly threatening Nd4.} Be4 24. Nd4 Qd5 (24... Bxd3 $142 25. cxd3 Qd7) 25. Bxe4 $40 {[%mdl 128] White has strong attack.} (25. Bxf6 $6 Bxd3 26. cxd3 Rxf6 $11) 25... Nxe4 26. Rxf7 ({Stronger than} 26. Qxe6 Qxe6 27. Nxe6 Rxc2 $15) 26... Qxe5 {[#]} 27. Rxg7+ $1 (27. Qxe6 $2 Qxe6 28. Rxg7+ Kxg7 $19) 27... Kxg7 28. Qg4+ Kh8 {( -> ...Nf2+)} 29. Rxe4 (29. Qxe4 $6 Qxe4 30. Rxe4 e5 $11) 29... Qf6 {[%cal Rf6f1]} 30. Qe2 Bc5 31. Nxe6 Qxb2 {Threatens to win with ...b3.} 32. g3 ({Reject} 32. Nxc5 Qc1+ 33. Qe1 Qxe1+ 34. Rxe1 Rxc5 $11) 32... Bb6 $2 (32... Bd6 $16 {was worth a try.} 33. Nd4 Be5) 33. Rc4 (33. Qf1 $18 b3 34. Rf4) 33... Re8 $16 34. Rc6 ({Not} 34. Qe1 $2 Qf6 $19) 34... b3 35. Qb5 (35. Kg2 $16 bxc2 36. Rxc2) 35... Qc1+ $11 {The position is equal.} 36. Kg2 Qd2+ 37. Kh3 $1 Qh6+ 38. Kg2 Qd2+ 39. Kh3 $1 {Intending Qe5+ and mate.} Qh6+ 40. Kg2 Rxe6 41. Qxb6 {White wants to mate with Qd8+.} Rxc6 42. Qd8+ Kg7 43. Qd7+ Kg8 44. Qe8+ Kg7 45. Qd7+ {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 58%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Narva, Mai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2322"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,67,0,-10,-7,-8,40,21,50,62,122,113,123,116,114,116,133,81,98,94,120,93,197,189,209,215,391,390,366,352,575,575,837,805,1387,1270,29979,29980,29980,29981,29996,29994,29997,29995]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Bg5 e6 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Rhe1 O-O 11. Kb1 Qa5 12. Qd2 Rfd8 13. Nd4 {B53: Sicilian: 2...d6: Lines with Qxd4} Qc7 (13... Rac8 14. f3 b5 15. Nd5 Qxd2 16. Nxe7+ Kf8 17. Rxd2 Kxe7 18. Red1 h6 19. Be3 Be8 20. Nb3 Rc7 {1-0 (55) Zhigalko,S (2641)-Dziuba,M (2584) Katowice 2017}) 14. f3 {LiveBook: 10 Games} Rab8 15. g4 {The position is equal.} Be8 16. Nce2 b5 17. Ng3 a5 $146 ({Better is} 17... h6 $14 18. Be3 Rbc8) ({Predecessor:} 17... b4 18. Rg1 Kh8 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. g5 Bxd4 21. Qxd4 {1-0 (46) Tringov,G (2485)-Lazic,D (2285) Vrnjacka Banja 1982}) 18. Nh5 $16 Nxh5 19. gxh5 Bxg5 20. Qxg5 {aiming for h6.} h6 21. Qh4 (21. Qg3 $142 Qe7 22. Rg1) 21... Rb7 22. Rg1 $40 {[%mdl 128] White wants a kill.} Qe7 23. Qg4 {[%csl Gg1][%cal Rg4g7]} Qf6 (23... Qg5 $16 {might work better.}) 24. f4 $18 Rbb8 {[#]} 25. Qg3 $1 g6 $2 (25... b4 {is a better defense.} 26. h4 e5) 26. hxg6 fxg6 27. Qh3 e5 $2 (27... Rd7 28. Nxe6 (28. Qxe6+ Qxe6 29. Nxe6 Bf7 $18) (28. Qxh6 Rh7 $16) 28... a4) 28. fxe5 dxe5 29. Rdf1 Qg7 {[#]} 30. Nf5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qh7 (30... gxf5 31. Rxg7+) 31. Qh4 {White mates.} Rd7 32. Nxh6+ Kg7 33. Qf6+ Kxh6 34. Rg3 {Precision: White = 90%, Black = 32%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kantans, Toms"]
[Black "Neiksans, Arturs"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,84,0,0,0,0,19,0,0,-10,-2,-10,13,0,-2,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,-41,-36,-37,-40,-36,-16,-19,-20,-42,29,-12,0,-47,-12,-22,0,0,50,31,47,25,49,-76,-80,-52,-71,-92,-109,-118,-119,-135,-135,-121,-120,-423,-427,-499,-506,-483,-502,-538,-504]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. O-O Nf6 9. Re1 Be7 10. e5 Nd7 11. Qg4 Kf8 12. Qh5 {LiveBook: 5 Games. B46: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 a6} Kg8 13. Bd2 c5 14. Na4 {The position is equal.} Bb7 15. c4 d4 16. b3 Qc7 {[#]} 17. Nb2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Bf4 a5 18. Bc2 Qc6 19. f3 g6 {0-1 (60) Duda,J (2591)-Grachev,B (2670) Jerusalem 2015}) 17... g6 18. Qh3 Nxe5 19. Bh6 $1 Re8 20. f4 Nxd3 21. Nxd3 Bd6 22. Bg5 h5 23. Qh4 Rc8 24. Bf6 Rh7 (24... Rh6 {is more complex.} 25. h3 Bf8 26. Rab1 Rh7 27. Re2 a5) 25. Re2 Bf8 26. Rae1 Qc6 (26... a5 $15) 27. Rf2 Qc7 28. h3 Bc6 29. Qg5 Be8 30. Re5 Bd6 31. Rfe2 Bxe5 32. Rxe5 Qa5 33. h4 (33. Rxc5 $14 {keeps the upper hand.} Rxc5 34. Qxc5 Qxc5 35. Nxc5) 33... Qxa2 $17 34. Rxc5 Ra8 $1 {And now ...Qb1+ would win.} 35. Nf2 {[#]} d3 $1 {[%cal Rd3d2]} 36. Qg3 Qb1+ 37. Kh2 d2 38. Qf3 Rb8 {Hoping for ...Qf1.} 39. Qe2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (39. Ra5 $17 {is a better chance.}) 39... Qe1 $1 $19 {[%cal Re1e2] Black is clearly winning.} 40. Re5 {[#]} Qxf2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 41. Qxf2 d1=Q 42. Qa7 Qxb3 {Precision: White = 44%, Black = 55%.} 0-1

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Black "Stremavicius, Titas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,117,28,27,24,18,0,11,6,20,20,21,21,21,21,21,15,15,13,15,46,34,20,31,10,11,16,18,37,65,44,64,17,43,12,70,25,117,95,97,25,32,25,29,19,126,137,135,132,247,247,418,410,418,425,422,422,410,402,413,410,406,371,406,401,390,390,652,638,620,613,944,869,29967,29968,29966,29970,29969,29971,29970,29972,29972,29973,29972,29973,29971,29972,29972,29973,29977,29978,29982,29983,29983,29984,29985,29986]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6d5,Bd5c7][%mdl 32]} 6. e5 Nd5 7. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3e4,Be4f6][%mdl 32]} Nc7 8. Bxc6 dxc6 9. Ne4 b6 10. Nf6+ Kf8 {B31: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5 g6} 11. Ne4 h6 12. d3 Kg8 {LiveBook: 8 Games. White has an edge.} 13. Ned2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. b3 Kh7 14. Bb2 Bf5 15. Ng3 Be6 16. Qd2 Re8 17. h4 Qd7 18. a4 {1-0 (39) Popovic,D (2628)-Vuckovic,B (2499) Belgrade 2014}) 13... Kh7 14. Nc4 Be6 15. a4 Bxc4 16. dxc4 Qxd1 17. Rxd1 Rhd8 18. Be3 g5 19. g4 Ne6 20. a5 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Rd8 22. Rxd8 Nxd8 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} 23. Kf1 Ne6 24. Ke2 Kg6 25. h4 f6 26. h5+ Kf7 27. Kd3 Nf8 28. b4 (28. exf6 {keeps more tension.} Bxf6 29. b3 Nd7 30. Bd2 Be5 31. Ke2) 28... Nd7 (28... cxb4 $11 29. axb6 axb6) 29. exf6 (29. bxc5 {is interesting.} bxc5 30. exf6 Bxf6 31. a6 Bh8 32. Nd2) 29... exf6 (29... Bxf6 $11 {keeps the balance.} 30. axb6 axb6) 30. axb6 $16 axb6 {[#]} 31. bxc5 (31. b5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rb5c6]} cxb5 32. cxb5) 31... bxc5 $11 32. Ke4 Ke6 33. Nd2 Ne5 {[#]} (33... f5+ $11 34. gxf5+ Kf7) 34. Nb3 $1 $16 Nxg4 35. Nxc5+ Kd6 (35... Kf7 $16) 36. Bd4 $18 Nh2 $2 (36... f5+ {might work better.} 37. Kxf5 Bxd4 38. Ne4+ Kd7 39. Kxg4 Ke6) 37. Kf5 Nf3 38. Ne4+ Ke7 39. Bc5+ Kf7 {Hoping for ...Nh4+.} 40. Nd6+ Kg8 41. Ke6 Bf8 42. Kxf6 Ne1 43. Ke6 Nxc2 44. Kd7 Ne1 $2 (44... Bxd6 45. Kxd6 Kf7 46. Kxc6 Ke8) 45. Kxc6 Nd3 46. Bd4 Nf4 47. c5 {[%cal Bc4c5,Bc5c6,Bc6c7][%mdl 32]} Nxh5 48. Be5 {White mates.} Bg7 49. Kd5 Bf6 50. Bxf6 Nxf6+ {KN-KN} 51. Ke6 Nh5 52. c6 Nf4+ 53. Ke5 Ng6+ 54. Ke4 Ne7 55. c7 h5 56. Ke5 h4 57. Ke6 Kf8 58. Kd7 h3 59. Nf5 $1 {Precision: White = 74%, Black = 45%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kanep, Meelis"]
[Black "Sarakauskas, Gediminas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,37,10,14,35,29,44,51,51,51,43,48,43,43,111,43,57,42,37,40,66,53,57,45]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Qc2 b5 6. e4 {D15: Slav Defence: 4 Nc3 a6 and gambit lines after 4 Nc3 dxc4} dxc4 7. b3 cxb3 (7... b4 8. Na4 cxb3 9. axb3 e6 10. Bd3 Be7 11. O-O h6 12. Bf4 O-O 13. Qd2 {0-1 (34) Matlakov,M (2735)-Fedoseev,V (2718) St Petersburg 2017}) 8. axb3 e6 9. Bd3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. e5 $1 {[%cal Re5f6]} Nd5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Bxh7 {[#]} Rc8 $146 14. Qb1 Nb8 {[#]} ({Better is} 14... Be7 $14) 15. Bd3 ({White should try} 15. Ng5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rg5f7] aiming for Nxf7!} Be7 16. f4) 15... Nc6 {White is slightly better.} 16. Be2 Be7 17. Be3 f5 18. exf6 $1 gxf6 19. Rc1 {Precision: White = 68%, Black = 50%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Starostits, Ilmars"]
[Black "Miezis, Normunds"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 3. g3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 4. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:03]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 6. a4 {[%emt 0:01:16]} b4 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 7. c3 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Na6 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 8. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Laurusas, Tomas"]
[Black "Beinoras, Mindaugas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,87,0,14,0,10,4,47,47,47,47,47,50,45,55,46,53,46,41,56,53,63,37,86,81,83,73,192,191,195,151,238,233,215,202,205,205,247,256,232,242,408,406,391,358,531,514,629,607,699,683,665,663,576,572,660,660,651,648,596,572,6183,4639,2377,2289,1865,1741]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. a4 Nc6 8. Nc3 Be7 9. Qe2 cxd4 10. Rd1 O-O 11. exd4 Nb4 12. Ne5 Bd7 {LiveBook: 75 Games} 13. a5 {D27: Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical main line: 7 e4!? and 7 a4} (13. d5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Nbxd5 15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. Rxd5 Bg4 17. Qc4 Qxd5 18. Qxd5 Rad8 19. Qb3 Rd1+ 20. Qxd1 Bxd1 21. Bg5 Bxg5 22. Rxd1 Rc8 23. b3 g6 {½-½ (23) Lenderman,A (2636)-Shabalov,A (2523) Montevideo 2015}) 13... Nfd5 14. Qg4 {Bh6 is the strong threat.} Be8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... f5 15. Qe2 Be8 16. Nd3 Bf7 17. Nf4 Nxf4 18. Bxf4 Nd5 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Na4 Bd6 21. Bxd6 Qxd6 {0-1 (33) Csala,I (2252)-Plecsko,Z (2113) Zalakaros 2004}) 15. Bh6 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rg4g7] White is slightly better.} Bf6 16. Ne4 Kh8 17. Nxf6 Qxf6 18. Bg5 $40 {[%mdl 128] White has some attack.} Qf5 19. Qxf5 exf5 20. Nd3 f6 21. Nxb4 Nxb4 22. Bd2 (22. Be3 {keeps more tension.} Bf7 23. d5 Rac8 24. Bb3 Nc2 25. Rac1) 22... Nc6 23. d5 Ne5 24. Be2 Bd7 (24... g5 $16 {is a better defense.}) 25. f4 $18 Nf7 26. Bb4 Rfc8 (26... Rfe8 $16) 27. Rac1 g5 28. g3 {[%cal Bg2g3,Bg3f4][%mdl 32]} Kg7 29. Bf3 gxf4 30. gxf4 Nh8 31. d6 Rxc1 $2 (31... Rc6 32. Bxc6 bxc6) 32. Rxc1 Rc8 33. Rc3 Rxc3 (33... Bc6 {keeps fighting.} 34. Bxc6 bxc6) 34. bxc3 {[%cal Bb2c3,Bc3c4][%mdl 4128] Endgame KBB-KBN. White is clearly winning.} ({Not} 34. Bxc3 Bc8 $16) 34... Bc8 35. c4 Nf7 {[#] Black hopes to continue with ...Nd8.} 36. d7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxd7 37. Bxb7 Nd8 38. Bxa6 Bc6 39. Bc8 Be4 40. a6 {[%cal Ba5a6,Ba6a7][%mdl 32]} Kf7 41. Kf2 Bd3 42. a7 Be4 {[#]} 43. Bxf5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bb7 (43... Bxf5 44. a8=Q) 44. Bxh7 {Precision: White = 78%, Black = 41%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Seeman, Tarvo"]
[Black "Haavamae, Henrik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2098"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,46,19,13,-24,-15,-7,-5,0,25,19,18,16,7,13,8,15,25,24,29,34,22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3 h6 9. dxc5 {B23: Closed Sicilian: Lines without g3} Bxc5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 10. Nd4 (10. a3 Nc6 11. b4 Bb6 12. Na4 Bg4 13. Bb2 {1-0 (70) Kobalia,M (2651)-Nadanian,A (2428) Khanty-Mansiysk 2013}) 10... Bg4 11. Qd3 Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6e5,Be5d3][%mdl 32]} 12. Nb3 Ne5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nb4 13. Qd2 Bb6 14. a3 Nc6 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Qc8 {0-1 (36) Kolomaznikova,B (1791)-Tomeckova,A (1633) Sec u Chrudimi 2008}) 13. Qb5 Bb6 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Qxd5 Qxd5 16. Bxd5 Rac8 17. c3 Nd3 18. Bxb7 Rce8 19. Ba6 {The position is equal.} Be2 {[%cal Bg4e2,Be2d3,Bd3c2][%mdl 32]} 20. Bxd3 Bxd3 21. Rd1 Bc2 22. Rf1 Bd3 $1 23. Rd1 Bc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tokranovs, Dmitrijs"]
[Black "Vorobjov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2337"]
[BlackElo "2233"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 2. c3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 3. g3 {[%emt 0:01:26] B22: Sicilian: 2 c3} (3. d4 Nf6 4. Bd3 g6 5. dxc5 dxc5 6. e5 Nh5 7. h3 Nc6 8. Nf3 Ng7 9. Qe2 Ne6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Re1 Qc7 12. a4 b6 13. Na3 Bb7 14. Be4 {½-½ (90) Howell,D (2676)-Mamedov,R (2709) Riadh 2017}) 3... Nf6 {[%emt 0:02:52]} 4. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 5. Ne2 {[%emt 0:01:07]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 6. h3 {[%emt 0:00:47]} d5 $146 {[%emt 0:03:25]} ({Predecessor:} 6... Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4 exd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. Nc3 Qb6 11. Nb3 Be6 12. O-O Na5 13. Be3 Qb4 14. Nxa5 Qxa5 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Nd7 {½-½ (16) Ozer,O (2240)-Sredojevic,I (2422) Novi Sad 2016}) 7. exd5 {[%emt 0:01:05]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 8. d4 {[%emt 0:00:44]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 9. cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bb4+ {[%emt 0:00:54]} 10. Bd2 {[%emt 0:03:04]} exd4 {[%emt 0:02:41]} 11. Bxb4 {[%emt 0:03:46]} Ndxb4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 12. a3 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Na6 {[%emt 0:07:58]} 13. O-O {[%emt 0:01:46]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:30]} 14. Nd2 {[%emt 0:01:31]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:04:13]} 15. b4 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Nc7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 16. Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:27]} d3 {[%emt 0:05:16]} 17. Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:29:07]} 18. Nc5 {[%emt 0:03:03]} Rab8 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 19. Ncxd3 {[%emt 0:07:15]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:32]} (19... g5 $15 20. g4 Bxd3 21. Nxd3 Rfd8) 20. bxa5 {[%emt 0:02:04]} Nxa5 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 21. Nb4 $11 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:01:39]} 22. Qxd6 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Rxd6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 23. Rac1 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Na6 {[%emt 0:03:28]} 24. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:02:44]} Rxd1+ {[%emt 0:02:07]} 25. Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nxb4 {[%emt 0:03:50]} 26. axb4 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 27. b5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Nd8 {[%emt 0:01:53]} 28. g4 {[%emt 0:03:24]} Be6 {[%emt 0:04:54]} 29. Nxe6 {[%emt 0:03:58]} Nxe6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 30. Rd7 {[%emt 0:01:20]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:04:49]} 31. Bd5 {[%emt 0:08:42]} Nd8 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 32. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 33. Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 34. Bxb7 {[%emt 0:01:54]} Ra7 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 35. Bc6+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nxc6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 36. Rxc6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rb7 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 37. Rc5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:02:51]} 38. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 39. Rh5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 40. Rxh7 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 41. h4 {[%emt 0:02:52]} Rxb5 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 42. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:01:17]} 43. f3 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:01:26]} 44. h5 {[%emt 0:01:53]} gxh5 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 45. Rxh5 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 46. Ra5 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 47. Ra6+ {[%emt 0:00:55]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 48. f4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Rg1+ {[%emt 0:01:28]} 49. Kh4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 50. Kh5 {[%emt 0:01:08]} Rb5+ {[%emt 0:00:27]} 51. f5 {[%emt 0:01:38]} Rc5 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 52. Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rb5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 53. Ra7 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Rc5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 54. Re7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Ra5 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 55. Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Ra4+ {[%emt 0:01:16]} 56. Re4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Ra1 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 57. g5 {[%emt 0:02:23]} Rf1+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} 58. Kg4 {[%emt 0:01:20]} Rh1 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 59. Rc4 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Rf1 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 60. Rc3 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Rg1+ {[%emt 0:01:09]} 61. Rg3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rh1 {[%emt 0:01:54]} 62. Rh3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Rg1+ {[%emt 0:00:11]} 63. Kh5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 64. gxf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kalvaitis, Sigitas"]
[Black "Vicas, Marijus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2194"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Berzina, Ilze"]
[Black "Chukavin, Kirill"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2176"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 3. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 5. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 6. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:09:24]} 7. Ng3 {[%emt 0:06:33]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:09:42]} 8. Bd3 {[%emt 0:08:53]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:08:43]} 9. Nh5 {[%emt 0:07:54]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:04:58]} 10. Qe2 {[%emt 0:09:14]} Qg5 {[%emt 0:09:36]} 11. Ng3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} h5 {[%emt 0:01:34]} 12. O-O {[%emt 0:02:05] [#]} (12. h4 $17 Qf4 13. a3) 12... Qf4 $19 {[%emt 0:03:10]} 13. f3 {[%emt 0:08:28]} h4 {[%emt 0:21:06]} 14. Nh1 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Nxc4 {[%emt 0:05:07]} 15. b3 {[%emt 0:10:11]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:04:14]} 16. h3 {[%emt 0:08:06]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:02:10]} 17. Bb2 {[%emt 0:03:10]} Qh2+ {[%emt 0:01:42]} 18. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:01:21]} 19. Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Nf4 {[%emt 0:08:04]} 20. Qe3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Nxg2 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 21. Qg5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Nf4+ {[%emt 0:00:16]} 22. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Nxh3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 0-1

