[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

[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

[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

[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

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kovalenko, Igor"]
[Black "Kanep, Meelis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,79,-10,-4,-40,-36,-66,-63,-59,-10,-22,-9,-14,-11,-10,-12,-14,-11,-20,-22,-39,-37,-51,-37,-55,-53,-47,-61,-51,-69,-115,-105,-118,-119,-127,-38,-43,-43,-47,-38,-61,-71,-68,-41,-148,-149,-158,-158,-153,-150,-136,-136,-136,-136,-194,-208,-201,-204,-510,-227,-221,0,-480,0,-214]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e5 4. Bxc4 Nc6 (4... exd4 5. exd4 Nf6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3 Nbd7 9. Re1 Nb6 10. Bb3 c6 11. Bg5 Nbd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Ne5 Nd5 15. Qf3 Be6 16. Nd3 Nc7 17. Nc5 Bxb3 18. Qxb3 b6 19. Ne4 {0-1 (57) Artemiev,V (2691)-Ivanchuk,V (2726) Huaian 2017}) 5. d5 Na5 6. Qa4+ {D20: Angenommenes Damengambit} c6 7. dxc6 Nxc6 8. Nf3 Bd6 9. Nc3 Nf6 {LiveBook: 6 Partien} 10. Ng5 O-O 11. O-O Bf5 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 11... Qe7 12. Nge4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 {½-½ (24) Cardon,H (2375)-Kroeze,F (2418) Netherlands 2010}) 12. Bb5 Qb6 13. e4 Bg6 14. Bxc6 $1 Qxc6 15. Qxc6 bxc6 16. Re1 Bb4 17. f3 Nd7 {[%cal Bf6d7,Bd7b6,Bb6c4,Bc4e3][%mdl 32]} 18. Bd2 f6 19. Nh3 $1 Nb6 20. Nb1 a5 21. Rc1 Bf7 22. Nf2 Rfd8 23. Be1 Nc4 24. b3 Ne3 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Und ...Lxe1 würde nun gewinnen. Schwarz ist am Drücker.} 25. Nc3 {[#]} Ba3 ({Besser ist} 25... a4 $1 $17 {[%cal Ra4b3][%mdl 512]} 26. a3 (26. bxa4 Ba3) 26... axb3 27. axb4 b2 28. Rxa8 bxc1=Q 29. Rxd8+ Be8 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 26. Na4 $1 $15 {Droht stark Tc3.} Bxc1 27. Rxc1 Rd6 28. Nc5 {[#]} a4 $1 29. Nxa4 {[#]} (29. bxa4 Rd4) 29... Nc4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 30. Rxc4 (30. Bb4 $15 Rd4 31. Bc3) (30. bxc4 Rxa4) 30... Bxc4 $17 31. Nb6 Rxa2 32. Nxc4 Rd8 33. Kf1 c5 34. h4 h5 35. g4 (35. Bc3 $17) 35... hxg4 $19 36. fxg4 Kf7 37. Kg2 $2 (37. Bc3) 37... Rb8 (37... Rd3 $142 38. Kf1 Rxb3) 38. Nd2 {[#]} Rd8 $2 (38... Rh8 $1 39. Nd3 Rd8 40. Nxc5 Rdxd2+ 41. Bxd2 Rxd2+ 42. Kf3 Rc2) 39. Nc4 Rb8 (39... Rd3 $142 40. g5 Rxb3 41. gxf6 gxf6) 40. Nd2 {Precision: Weiß = 48%, Schwarz = 66%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Neiksans, Arturs"]
[Black "Starostits, Ilmars"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[Annotator "TA RC"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,50,30,21,30,29,35,30,30,31,54,46,56,49,104,108,106,108,102,98,106,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Nc3 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5 {D11: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 sidelines and 3...Nf6 4 e3 Bg4} Nfd7 (8... Nbd7 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. g5 Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. h4 Bb4+ 13. Bd2 Qa5 14. a3 Bxd2+ 15. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 {½-½ (35) Ding,L (2777)-Saric,I (2669) Riadh 2017}) 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Bd2 Be7 11. Qb3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Qc7 12. Rc1 {[%cal Rc4d5]} dxc4 13. Qxc4 Nb6 14. Qb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Qe2 N8d7 15. Bg2 Rd8 {1-0 (32) Supatashvili,K (2465)-Fominyh,A (2545) Ekaterinburg 1997}) 14... N8d7 15. Bg2 Rd8 16. a4 a5 (16... Qb8 $14) 17. Nb5 $16 Qb8 18. Bxa5 cxb5 19. Qxb5 Rc8 {[#]} 20. Rxc8+ (20. Kd2 $1 $16 Bd8 21. Bxb6 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Bxb6 23. a5) 20... Qxc8 $11 {The position is equal.} 21. Bxb6 {And now Kd2 would win.} Qc1+ $1 22. Ke2 Qc2+ 23. Ke1 $1 {Black must now prevent Ba5.} ({Much worse is} 23. Kf3 f5 $17) 23... Qc1+ 24. Ke2 Qc2+ 25. Ke1 $1 {[#] Hoping for Ba5.} (25. Kf3 $2 Bh4 $17) 25... Qc1+ {Precision: White = 96%, Black = 70%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Meskovs, Nikita"]
[Black "Kantans, Toms"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,21,22,18,29]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O c6 6. d4 d5 7. b3 a5 8. Nc3 Ne4 9. Bb2 Bf5 10. e3 Nxc3 {LiveBook: 39 Games. D78: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0 c6} 11. Bxc3 {Predecessor:} Be4 $146 12. Rc1 Nd7 13. Bh3 Nf6 14. a4 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Ne4 16. Bg2 Nxc3 17. Rxc3 e6 18. Rd1 Qb6 19. Qe2 Rfd8 20. Qc2 Rd7 {½-½ (31) Piorun,K (2651)-Tari,A (2593) Stockholm 2018} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Miezis, Normunds"]
[Black "Kulaots, Kaido"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,95,4,-9,14,0,0,0,0,6,30,39,84,-38,-29,-51,-43,-60,-68,-96,-52,-56,-88,-81,-77,-131,-131,-118,-144,-218,-222,-208,-175,-238,0,0,0,0,-7,-173,-143,-123,-22,-129,-131,-101,-103,-139,-104,-138,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1994,1529,29952,5233,29952,29953,12833,6009,4627,4610,29968,29969,29969,29970,29973,29969]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 {[%cal Be7e5,Be5e4][%mdl 32]} 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ng5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Re8 9. d3 exd3 10. exd3 {[%cal Be2d3,Bd3d4][%mdl 32]} d6 11. Rb1 {LiveBook: 16 Partien} Bg4 {A29: Englische Eröffnung (Vierspringer-Variante)} 12. f3 Bc8 $1 13. Ne4 Nxe4 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} 14. fxe4 Ne5 15. d4 Nxc4 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 15... Bg4 16. Qb3 Nd7 17. Be3 Be6 18. Rf4 f6 19. Rd1 {0-1 (34) Hebert,J (2400)-Tseitlin,M (2495) Paris 1995}) 16. Qh5 (16. Qb3 $1 $16 {[%cal Rb3c4]} d5 17. exd5) 16... Qe7 $15 17. Rf4 {Droht Th4 und aus.} f6 18. Bf1 Nb6 $1 19. Bd3 Qf7 20. Qd1 Be6 21. a4 a5 22. Rb2 (22. Rf2 $142) 22... Bc4 $17 23. Bb1 Qd7 24. Rbf2 (24. Bc2 $17 {war nötig.}) 24... Qxa4 $19 25. Bc2 Qd7 26. Rh4 Rf8 $2 (26... a4 $19 27. e5 g6 28. Rxf6 Re6) 27. e5 $1 $11 f5 {Weiss muss nun ...g6 beachten.} 28. g4 $1 {[%cal Rc2f5]} Qe7 29. Rh3 $2 (29. Rxh7 $1 $11 Kxh7 30. gxf5) 29... dxe5 $19 30. gxf5 {Droht stark Txh7!} Rf6 ({Günstiger ist} 30... Nd5 $1 $17 {Und weiter mit ...e4 wäre nett.} 31. Rxh7 Nf6) 31. Bg5 {[#]} (31. Qe1 $11) 31... exd4 $1 $17 32. Bxf6 (32. cxd4 a4) 32... Qxf6 33. cxd4 Re8 34. Bb3 {[#]} Bxb3 ({Besser ist} 34... a4 $1 $17 {[%cal Ra4b3][%mdl 512]} 35. Bc2 (35. Bxa4 Nxa4) 35... Bd5) 35. Qxb3+ $11 Kh8 36. Qf3 h6 37. Qxb7 Qxd4 38. f6 $1 Nd5 {( -> ...Te1+)} 39. fxg7+ Qxg7+ 40. Kf1 Nf4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (40... Qa1+ $11 41. Kg2 Qd4 42. Rxh6+ Kg7) 41. Rxf4 $18 Qa1+ 42. Kg2 Re2+ 43. Rf2 Rxf2+ 44. Kxf2 {Droht Matt per Dc8+.} Qa2+ 45. Kf3 {zielt auf Db8+ ab.} Qa3+ 46. Kg4 {Weiß setzt Matt.} Qa4+ 47. Kg3 Qa3+ {[#]} 48. Qf3 $1 {Precision: Weiß = 55%, Schwarz = 57%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Stremavicius, Titas"]
[Black "Vorobjov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E28"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2233"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,95,8,8,7,11,18,8,40,36,71,76,64,-35,43,33,68,55,69,0,0,-33,0,0,0,0,0,-17,-29,-29,18,-294,-287,-265,73,0,0,-18,102,0,184,223,249,236,319,299,413,415,718,648,439,153,180,177,674,669,608,618,563,0,464,460,1449,1396,1701,905,1325,1275,1252,1252,1153,1084,1031,1038,1953,1441,2502,1231,1233,1132,1044,929]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 {[%cal Be7e6,Be6e5,Be5e4][%mdl 32]} 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 d6 7. Bd3 e5 8. Ne2 c5 9. O-O {LiveBook: 6 Games. E28: Nimzo-Indian: Sämisch: 5...0-0 6 e3} (9. e4 Re8 10. f3 Nbd7 11. O-O Nf8 12. Be3 b6 13. Qd2 Ng6 14. Kh1 Nh5 15. Bg5 Nf6 16. Be3 h6 {1-0 (29) Kaidanov,G (2638)-Liang,C (2529) Qingdao 2002}) 9... Re8 10. Ng3 e4 11. Bb1 {The position is equal.} Qc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nc6 12. Ra2 Qe7 13. Rd2 Na5 14. Ba2 b6 {0-1 (46) Castellet Menchon,C (1804)-Suba,M (2322) Sueca 2017}) 12. f3 cxd4 13. cxd4 {[%cal Rg3e4]} exf3 14. Qd3 (14. Rxf3 Bg4 $17) ({White should try} 14. Qxf3 $14 Bg4 15. Qf4) 14... Bg4 (14... b5 $1 $15) 15. gxf3 Bh3 16. Rd1 Nbd7 17. Nh5 (17. Ba2 $14) 17... Rac8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is more active.} 18. Bb2 g6 {[%cal Bg7g6,Bg6g5][%mdl 32]} (18... Qb6 $5 {[%cal Rb6b2]} 19. Nxf6+ Nxf6 $15) 19. Nf4 $1 {[%cal Rf4h3]} Bf5 20. e4 g5 $1 21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. cxd5 Qb6 23. Bc1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (23. exf5 $11 {and White is okay.} Qxb2 24. f6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxf6 25. Qf5 Qxa1 26. Qxg5+ Kf8 27. Qxf6) 23... Ne5 $1 $19 {[%cal Re5d3]} 24. Qe3 Bg6 $2 ({Better is} 24... g4 $1 $19 25. fxg4 (25. dxe5 $2 Rxc1 26. Qxb6 Rxd1+ 27. Kf2 axb6 $19) 25... Bxg4) 25. Kg2 ({Avoid the trap} 25. dxe5 $2 Rxc1 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 26. Qxb6 Rxd1+ 27. Kf2 axb6 $19) (25. Ba2 $16) 25... Nd7 $11 26. Qxg5 Rc3 (26... Kh8 $11 27. Kf2 Rg8) 27. Bd2 (27. Bd3 $16) 27... Rb3 $2 (27... Qxd4 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 28. Bxc3 Qxd1) 28. Bc2 $18 Rb2 {[#]} 29. Ba4 $1 {[%cal Ra4d7]} f6 30. Qe3 Re7 31. Kh1 f5 (31... Rg7 $142 32. Rg1 Qd8) 32. Bxd7 f4 33. Qc3 $2 (33. Qxf4 $18 {is more deadly.} Rxd7 34. Qg4) 33... Rxd7 $16 34. Qc8+ Rd8 $2 (34... Qd8 35. Qc3 Qb6) 35. Qe6+ $18 Kg7 36. Qe7+ Kg8 37. Qe6+ Kg7 $1 38. Bxf4 {Intending Qe7+ and mate.White is clearly winning.} Rf8 (38... Qc7 $142 39. Rab1 Rxb1 40. Rxb1 b5 41. Rxb5 Rf8) 39. Bxd6 Rxf3 40. Rf1 Qxd6 41. Qxd6 Rxf1+ 42. Rxf1 {[%csl Gf1][%cal Rd6f8]} Bxe4+ 43. Rf3 $1 (43. Kg1 $2 {leads to mate.} Rg2+ 44. Kh1 Rg6+ 45. Rf3 Bxf3#) 43... Bxf3+ 44. Kg1 Rb6 45. Qc7+ Kg8 46. d6 {[%cal Bd5d6,Bd6d7][%mdl 32] White wants to mate with d7.} Bg4 47. Qd8+ Kf7 48. d7 {Precision: White = 47%, Black = 25%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Laurusas, Tomas"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,17,27,15]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2 Bf6 9. Rc1 {LiveBook: 481 Games} {Predecessor:} Nxd2 $146 10. Qxd2 d6 11. d5 e5 12. e4 Nd7 13. h4 a5 14. Bh3 Nc5 15. Kg2 Bc8 16. Rh1 Bxh3+ 17. Rxh3 Qd7 18. Nh2 h5 19. f3 g6 {1-0 (48) So,W (2808)-Rapport,R (2702) Wijk aan Zee 2017} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sarakauskas, Gediminas"]
[Black "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2424"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,67,62,68,52,60,62,58,53,47,52,62,34,45,38,47,16,20,11,19,14,15,16,15,13,17,17,31,0,0,0,29,0,1,0,11,0,0,0,6,6,8,-19,-11,-2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 g6 (5... c6 6. h3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 g6 8. O-O Bg7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Qe2 e6 11. Bg5 b6 12. Rad1 Bb7 13. Ne5 c5 14. dxc5 Qxe5 15. Qxe5 Nxe5 16. Rxe5 {1-0 (90) Guseinov,G (2645)-Carlsen,M (2832) chess.com INT 2017}) 6. Nb5 {B01: Scandinavian Defence} Qd8 7. Bf4 Na6 {LiveBook: 24 Games} 8. Bc4 {White is slightly better.} Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 c6 11. Nc3 Nc7 12. Qd2 Ncd5 13. Be5 {[#]} Be6 $146 14. Bb3 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 {Threatening Bxe6.} Bd5 16. Bxd5 cxd5 17. Qb3 Qd7 18. a4 a6 19. a5 Qb5 20. Qxb5 axb5 21. Ra3 Rfc8 22. c3 Ne4 {The position is equal.} 23. Rfa1 f6 24. Bg3 Rc4 25. Rb3 Ra4 $1 {[%cal Ra4a1]} 26. Rxa4 bxa4 27. Rxb7 {[#] Rb8+ is the strong threat.} (27. Rb5 {seems wilder.} a3 28. bxa3 Nxc3 29. Rc5 Ne2+ 30. Kf1) 27... Rxa5 28. Rxe7 Rb5 29. Ra7 Rxb2 {White must now prevent ...Ra2.} 30. Rxa4 Nxc3 31. Ra8+ Kf7 32. Ra7+ Kg8 33. Ra8+ Kf7 34. Ra7+ {Precision: White = 70%, Black = 86%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Beinoras, Mindaugas"]
[Black "Ladva, Ottomar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "213"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,213,33,43,33,31,0,31,0,52,75,73,67,64,44,35,29,56,43,76,52,45,35,67,62,79,70,79,82,75,16,24,20,22,21,35,28,37,34,29,33,25,29,29,25,166,160,285,281,273,198,204,201,385,383,371,364,467,430,433,415,452,466,451,391,389,389,374,364,353,378,385,385,507,507,491,389,389,389,375,375,375,375,360,327,327,323,291,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,29977,29979,29979,76,29980,29981,29984,29985,29985,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,29972,29976,29970,8,29978,29979,29986,8,8,0,8,0,8,0,29972,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,23,0,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 {[%cal Bc1g5,Bg5h4,Bh4g3,Bg3e5][%mdl 32] D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} (6. Qb3 Be7 7. Bf4 O-O 8. e3 c6 9. Bxb8 Rxb8 10. Bxa6 Bd6 11. Be2 Re8 12. O-O h5 13. Qc2 g6 {0-1 (38) Gelfand,B (2695)-Andreikin,D (2712) Moscow 2018}) 6... Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 {LiveBook: 48 Games} 11. Be5 Ng7 12. Bg3 Nh5 $1 13. Be5 Nxe5 (13... Ng7 $11) 14. Nxe5 $14 Nf6 $146 15. O-O c5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Nf3 Qd6 18. Rc1 Kf8 19. Qa4 Kg7 20. Ne2 b5 21. Qd1 Rac8 22. a4 b4 23. Ng3 Ba7 24. Nf5+ (24. Bc2 $16) 24... Bxf5 $1 $11 25. Bxf5 Rxc1 26. Qxc1 b3 27. Rd1 Rb8 28. Qc3 Rb4 29. a5 Qc5 30. Qxc5 (30. Qe5 Bb8 $17) 30... Bxc5 31. Bd3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Be7 (31... Ra4 $11) 32. Ra1 $1 $18 ({Resist} 32. Bxa6 $6 Ra4 $14) 32... Ne4 (32... Ne8 $16 {might work better.}) 33. Bxa6 Nc5 34. Be2 Bf6 {[#]} 35. Nd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxd4 $2 (35... Ne6) 36. exd4 Rxd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 37. a6 Nd7 {Now ...Rd2 and Black clings on.} 38. Bd1 Nb6 39. a7 Rd2 40. Bxb3 d4 41. g4 Rxb2 {[#]} 42. Bd5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} d3 (42... Nxd5 43. a8=Q) 43. a8=Q Nxa8 44. Bxa8 {KRB-KR} h5 45. h3 hxg4 46. hxg4 d2 {intending ...Ra2.} 47. Bf3 Rc2 {Hoping for ...Rc1+.} 48. Rd1 Kf6 49. Kf1 Ke5 50. Ke2 Kf4 51. Bd5 Kxg4 52. Bxf7 Kf4 53. Kd3 $2 ({Stronger than} 53. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 54. Kxd2 g4 $11) (53. Bd5 $18) 53... Rc7 $11 54. Bd5 {Black must now prevent Bg2.} g4 55. Rxd2 {Ke2 is the strong threat.} g3 56. fxg3+ Kxg3 57. Ke3 Rc3+ 58. Ke4 Rf3 59. Ke5 Re3+ 60. Kf5 Kh4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (60... Re8 $11) 61. Kf4 $1 Rg3 62. Rh2+ $1 ({Weaker is} 62. Be6 Rg4+ 63. Kf5 Rg1 $14) 62... Rh3 63. Rg2 Kh5 64. Be4 Rh4+ 65. Kf5 $2 (65. Ke5 $1 Rh1 66. Bf3+ Kh6 67. Kf6 Rh3 68. Bg4 Rh1 69. Re2 Rf1+ 70. Bf5) 65... Kh6 $1 66. Kf6 {White wants to mate with Rg6+.} Rf4+ $1 67. Bf5 {White threatens Rh2+ and mate.} Kh5 $1 68. Rg3 Ra4 69. Rh3+ Rh4 70. Rg3 {Threatening mate with Rg8.} Ra4 71. Rg8 {[%cal Rg8h8]} Kh4 $1 72. Ke5 Rb4 73. Rg7 Kh5 74. Rg1 Ra4 75. Rg3 Kh4 76. Rg7 Kh5 77. Be4 (77. Bc2 {keeps more tension.} Rb4 78. Bd1+ Kh6 79. Rg8 Rb5+ 80. Ke4) 77... Kh6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (77... Kh4 $11) 78. Rg6+ Kh5 79. Rg3 $2 (79. Kf5 $1 Rb4 80. Rc6 Rb5+ 81. Kf4 Kh4 82. Rc1 Rb3 83. Rc7 Rb5 84. Rc1) 79... Kh4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (79... Ra1 $11) 80. Rg1 $1 Kh5 {[#]} 81. Bf5 $2 (81. Kf4 $1 Kh6 82. Rg6+ Kh5 83. Rc6 Rd4 84. Rc5+ Kh6 85. Rc7 Rxe4+ 86. Kxe4) 81... Kh4 82. Rg7 Kh5 83. Be4 (83. Bb1 {is more complex.} Ra5+ 84. Ke4 Kh6 85. Rg3 Ra4+ 86. Ke3) 83... Kh6 84. Rg6+ Kh5 {[#]} 85. Rg3 $2 (85. Kf5 $1 {mates} Ra7 86. Kf4 Ra5 87. Rd6 Kh4 88. Rd1 Ra3 89. Bc2 Rg3 90. Rh1+ Rh3 91. Rg1) 85... Kh4 86. Rg7 Kh5 87. Kf4 {[%cal Rg7h7]} Ra6 88. Rb7 Rf6+ 89. Bf5 Ra6 90. Rb3 {[%cal Rb3h3]} (90. Ke5 {is interesting.} Kh4 91. Rb3 Ra8 92. Be6 Rf8 93. Rh3+) 90... Kh6 91. Rh3+ Kg7 {The position is equal.} 92. Kg5 Kf8 93. Rh7 Ke8 94. Be4 Re6 95. Bf5 (95. Rh4 {with more complications.} Rb6 96. Kh5 Ke7 97. Kg4 Rb4 98. Kh5) 95... Rb6 96. Ra7 Kd8 97. Kf4 Rb5 98. Ke4 Rc5 99. Rd7+ Ke8 100. Be6 Ra5 101. Rb7 Kd8 102. Bd5 Kc8 103. Rh7 {Strongly threatening Ke5.} Rc5 104. Ke5 {Intending Kd6 and mate.} Rc7 105. Rh8+ Kd7 106. Rg8 Ke7 107. Rg6 {Precision: White = 57%, Black = 60%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Narva, Mai"]
[Black "Chukavin, Kirill"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2322"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

{[%evp 9,56,12,16,14,26,16,22,-8,14,25,25,32767,32767,21,77,24,71,57,118,30,96,32767,89,32767,32767,229,271,323,298,311,484,497,434,189,198,191,196,108,179,210,32767,207,239,255,245,220,222,167,294]} 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 3. c3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 4. e5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} d4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 5. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 6. O-O {[%emt 0:00:21]} Nge7 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 7. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:01:15]} 8. g3 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:07:44]} 9. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:50] LiveBook: 6 Games} b6 {[%emt 0:22:36]} 10. Na3 {[%emt 0:02:27]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:03:14]} 11. h4 {[%emt 0:04:17]} Be7 {[%emt 0:05:41]} (11... Qd7 $11) 12. Be4 {[%emt 0:11:08]} O-O-O {[%emt 0:12:40]} 13. d3 {[%emt 0:06:02]} h6 {[%emt 0:09:33]} (13... a6 $14) 14. Bd2 {[%emt 0:04:27]} ({Better is} 14. Nb5 $16 Qd7 15. cxd4) 14... Kb8 {[%emt 0:01:44]} 15. Rac1 {[%emt 0:02:23]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:02:49]} ({Don't blunder} 15... Ngxe5 $2 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Bxb7 $18) 16. Nc2 {[%emt 0:03:40]} Nf8 {[%emt 0:04:24]} 17. cxd4 {[%emt 0:05:52]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:02:07]} 18. b4 {[%emt 0:01:45]} a6 {[%emt 0:02:46]} 19. a4 {[%emt 0:02:40]} b5 {[%emt 0:02:22]} (19... Na7 $142 20. Ncxd4 g5 21. hxg5 hxg5 22. Bxg5 Bxg5) 20. axb5 {[%emt 0:02:35]} axb5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 21. Na3 {[%emt 0:04:13]} (21. Ra1 $142) 21... Na7 {[%emt 0:01:56]} ({Don't go for} 21... Nxb4 $2 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. Rb1 $18) 22. Bxb7 {[%emt 0:02:21]} Qxb7 {[%emt 0:01:10] [#]} 23. Qe4 {[%emt 0:02:15]} (23. Nc2 $1 $18) 23... Rd5 {[%emt 0:05:15]} (23... Qd5 $16 24. Kg2 Ng6 25. Qxd5 Rxd5) 24. Nc2 {[%emt 0:05:27]} ({Don't do} 24. Nxd4 $6 Nd7 $16) 24... Nd7 {[%emt 0:02:27]} 25. Ncxd4 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:04:23]} 26. Rc2 {[%emt 0:07:38]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:03:36]} 27. Rec1 {[%emt 0:01:55]} R5d7 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 28. Qg4 {[%emt 0:06:02]} Bf8 $18 {[%emt 0:01:52]} (28... g5 $16 29. hxg5 hxg5) 29. h5 {[%emt 0:02:32]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:01:06]} 30. Rxc8+ {[%emt 0:02:09]} Nbxc8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 31. Be3 {[%emt 0:01:09]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 32. Nb3 {[%emt 0:07:00]} Rxd3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 33. Na5 {[%emt 0:01:17]} Qd5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 34. Qf4 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Rd1+ {[%emt 0:01:08]} 35. Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Qxd1+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} 36. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 37. Nd4 {[%emt 0:02:00]} Bxb4 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 38. Nac6+ {[%emt 0:00:43]} Nxc6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 39. Nxc6+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kc8 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 40. Nxb4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Qxh5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 41. Bd4 {[%emt 0:01:07]} Qf5 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 42. Qc1+ {[%emt 0:00:54]} Kd8 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 43. Qc6 {[%emt 0:00:25]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 44. Qb7 {[%emt 0:01:36]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 45. Qc8+ {[%emt 0:00:53]} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kalvaitis, Sigitas"]
[Black "Seeman, Tarvo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2194"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,60,-10,-6,-20,0,-23,-21,-13,-14,-25,-2,-18,-22,-43,-33,-36,-34,-142,-77,-63,-81,-136,-108,-109,-108,-117,-154,-148,-132,-169,-162,-154,-158,-219,-221,-702,-710,-695,-694,-864,-831]} 1. e4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nge2 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. d3 Rb8 8. a4 a6 9. Be3 d6 10. h3 b5 11. axb5 axb5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 12. Qd2 {B25: Closed Sicilian: 3 g3, lines without early Be3} e6 (12... b4 13. Nd1 e5 14. Bh6 Nd4 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Kh2 Bb7 17. Ne3 d5 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Ng4 Nxe2 20. Qxe2 {1-0 (34) McShane,L (2640)-Chigaev,M (2555) Katowice 2017}) 13. f4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Bh6 Qb6 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. f4 b4 16. Na4 Qc7 17. Qe3 Rb5 18. g4 Ne8 {1-0 (50) Jacobsen,F (2042)-Forsaa,E (1846) Ascot 2014}) 13... b4 14. Nd1 {The position is equal.} Bb7 15. Nf2 Ra8 16. g4 Qb6 17. Ng3 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 Nd7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 19. e5 ({Better is} 19. c3 $15) 19... f5 (19... dxe5 $142 20. f5 exf5 21. gxf5 Nd4 22. Bxd4 Bxg2) 20. exf6 $17 Nxf6 21. f5 (21. Qe1 $142) 21... exf5 22. gxf5 Ne5 {[#] Hoping for ...Bxg2.} 23. Nfe4 Nxe4 24. Nxe4 Rxf5 {White must now prevent ...Nf3+.} 25. Rf1 {[#]} Rxf1+ $1 26. Kxf1 b3 27. cxb3 (27. c3 $17) 27... Qxb3 $19 28. Nxd6 $2 (28. Nf2) 28... Bxg2+ {Black is clearly winning.} 29. Kxg2 Qd5+ 30. Ne4 Nxd3 {Precision: White = 23%, Black = 68%.} 0-1

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vicas, Marijus"]
[Black "Berzina, Ilze"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[BlackElo "2176"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. a3 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} Nxe5 6. Bb5+ (6. b4 Nf6 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. Nf3 g6 9. Nc3 d4 10. Nb5 e5 11. Qe2 Bg4 12. O-O-O Bh6+ {1-0 (48) Nepomniachtchi,I (2751)-Navara,D (2737) Saint Louis 2017}) 6... Nc6 7. b4 Nf6 8. Bb2 Bg4 9. Nf3 e6 10. O-O Be7 11. c4 O-O 12. Qb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Nbd2 Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Qxd8 Rfxd8 15. Bxc6 bxc6 {0-1 (57) Mamontova,A (2058)-Belenkaya,D (2294) St Petersburg 2018}) 12... Qc7 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Ne5 Bf5 16. Nd2 a5 17. Ndc4 axb4 18. axb4 Rab8 19. Ra4 {[#]} Bxc5 $1 20. Qg3 Rxb4 21. Ra6 $2 (21. Rxb4 $17 {was necessary.} Bxb4 {[#]} 22. Nxc6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxg3 23. hxg3) 21... f6 22. Rxc6 Qe7 23. Nd3 Rb3 ({Don't take} 23... Rxc4 24. Nxc5 Rxc5 25. Rxc5 $19) 24. Nxc5 Rxg3 25. hxg3 Nb4 26. Nxe6 Nxc6 27. Nxf8 Qxf8 28. Ba3 Qd8 29. Nd6 Bd7 30. Rd1 h5 31. Ne4 Qa5 $19 32. Bc1 Bf5 33. Nd6 Bc2 34. Rd2 Ne5 35. f3 Bd3 36. Kh2 Qc5 0-1

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Haavamae, Henrik"]
[Black "Tokranovs, Dmitrijs"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2098"]
[BlackElo "2337"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,84,28,24,50,49,36,-20,0,-34,-43,-26,0,-22,-9,-52,-40,-32,-42,-49,-56,-68,-52,-68,-56,-44,-27,-27,-27,-61,-40,-38,-44,-72,-45,-153,-179,-162,-181,-324,-339,-324,-321,-322,-325,-308,-263,-193,-332,-372,-358,-879,-858,-716,-857,-814,-805,-743,-743,-706,-672]} 1. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Be2 Bg4 8. O-O O-O 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. b3 Bf6 11. Be3 d5 12. c5 Nc8 13. h3 Be6 14. b4 {[%cal Bb3b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32] LiveBook: 5 Games} N8e7 {B05: Alekhine's Defence: 4 Nf3 Bg4} (14... a6 15. Bf4 N8e7 16. b5 axb5 17. Nxb5 Rc8 18. Bd3 Nf5 19. Bc2 Na5 20. Qd3 g6 21. Qc3 Nc4 22. Rfe1 {1-0 (37) Pezzica,G (2503)-Hugentobler,P (2446) ICCF email 2008}) 15. b5 Na5 16. g4 (16. Bf4 $14) 16... h6 {The position is equal.} 17. Nd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Ne5 Nc4 18. Nxc4 dxc4 19. Qa4 Nd5 20. Nxd5 Qxd5 21. Rac1 Qe4 22. Qc2 Qxc2 23. Rxc2 {1-0 (48) Malik,J (2246)-Karhanek,P (2105) Havirov 2013}) 17... b6 18. c6 Nc4 19. Nxc4 $1 dxc4 20. Qa4 Nd5 21. Nxd5 Qxd5 22. Rac1 {[%cal Ra4c4]} a6 23. Bxc4 Qf3 24. Bxe6 $1 fxe6 25. Qb3 axb5 26. Qxe6+ Kh8 27. g5 Bxg5 28. Bxg5 hxg5 29. Rc2 Rf4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 30. d5 (30. Rb2 $15) 30... Rh4 $17 31. Qe3 Qxd5 32. f4 (32. Qb3 $142 Qe4 33. Rc3) 32... Rxf4 $19 ({Weaker is} 32... Rxa2 33. Qe8+ Kh7 34. Rxa2 $11) 33. Re1 Raf8 ({Don't do} 33... Rxa2 34. Qe8+ Kh7 35. Qh5+ Kg8 36. Rxa2 $19) 34. Rg2 Qxc6 35. Rxg5 Qc4 36. Rh5+ Kg8 37. Qb3 c5 38. Rc1 $2 {[#]} (38. Qxc4+ bxc4 39. Rc1) 38... Rf1+ {Black is clearly winning.} 39. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 40. Kg2 Qxb3 41. axb3 Rb1 42. Kf3 Rxb3+ {Precision: White = 33%, Black = 62%.} 0-1

[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

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kulaots, Kaido"]
[Black "Laurusas, Tomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,124,108,37,81,61,81,90,122,130,111,97,89,52,67,54,77,60,89,68,56,39,29,26,48,0,0,0,0,0,26,30,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,2,0,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,2,4,4,4,8,0,21,0,8,8,4,6,8,2,4,2,21,2,12,13,21,21,21,21,28,4,8,-69,-74,-161,-150,-175,-167,-176,-166,-177,-174,-165,-174,-165,-152,-538,-521,-663,-525,-591,-591,-591,-591,-591,-591,-591,-591,-591,-591]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. Be2 Bb4 8. O-O O-O {B41: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 c4} 9. Bg5 (9. Qd3 d6 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. Nb3 b6 12. Rac1 Bc5 13. Bg5 Bb7 14. Qg3 Kh8 15. Rfd1 Ne5 16. Nxc5 bxc5 {0-1 (34) Naiditsch,A (2705)-Artemiev,V (2691) Riadh 2017}) 9... Nc6 {[#]} 10. Qd3 {LiveBook: 11 Games} (10. Bxf6 $1 $16 {aiming for Bg5.} gxf6 11. Qd2) 10... Ne5 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 10... Be7 11. Nxc6 dxc6 12. f4 e5 13. Qg3 Ne8 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. fxe5 {0-1 (44) Danov,L (2334)-Nikolov,M (2560) Primorsko 2017}) 11. Qg3 {And now Bxf6 would win.} Kh8 12. Rad1 d6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Qh4 Qd8 15. f4 Ng6 16. Qh6 Bd7 17. Kh1 Rc8 18. Rd3 {[#] White wants to mate with Rh3.} Rg8 $1 19. Rh3 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Rh6h7]} Rg7 $1 20. f5 Ne5 21. fxe6 (21. Rf4 {is interesting.} Bc5 22. Nc2 Bb6 23. Rfh4 Qg8 24. a4) 21... fxe6 22. Qxf6 ({But not} 22. Rxf6 Nf7 $17) 22... Qxf6 23. Rxf6 Rf7 (23... Nxc4 {with more complications.} 24. Bxc4 Rxc4 25. Rf8+ Rg8 26. Rf7 Rg7) 24. Rxf7 Nxf7 25. Nc2 Ba5 26. Rd3 Be8 27. Rd1 Kg7 28. Nd4 Bd7 29. Nb1 Kf6 30. Nd2 Ne5 31. b3 Ke7 32. h3 Rf8 33. N2f3 Rf4 34. c5 {cxd6+ is the strong threat.} Bb4 35. cxd6+ Bxd6 36. Nxe5 Bxe5 37. Nf3 Bc7 38. Bd3 h6 39. Kg1 Bb6+ 40. Kf1 Bc6 41. Re1 Kd6 42. Re2 h5 43. Ke1 h4 44. Kd2 Ba5+ 45. Kc2 e5 46. a3 b5 47. b4 Bb6 48. Kd2 Bd7 49. Ne1 (49. Re1 $11) 49... Be8 $1 $15 50. Nf3 (50. Kc1 $17) 50... Bh5 $19 51. Kc2 Bxf3 52. gxf3 Rxf3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 53. Rg2 Rxh3 54. Rg6+ Kc7 55. Rg7+ Kd8 56. a4 $2 (56. Rh7 $17 {is tougher.}) 56... bxa4 {[%cal Bb5a4,Ba4a3,Ba3a2][%mdl 32] Black is clearly winning.} 57. Bxa6 a3 {Threatens to win with ...a2.} 58. Bc4 Rh2+ 59. Kb3 a2 60. Rg8+ Ke7 61. Ra8 h3 62. Bf1 Rh1 {Precision: White = 50%, Black = 60%.} 0-1

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Neiksans, Arturs"]
[Black "Kovalenko, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "170"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,170,16,26,7,12,19,27,0,0,-10,-7,-23,0,0,0,-17,0,-15,0,0,0,-7,0,-13,-9,-12,0,-20,16,-14,-12,-21,-20,-61,-52,-52,-60,-105,-95,-94,-108,-124,-99,-146,-87,-157,-118,-110,-114,-108,-79,-76,-84,-83,-85,-92,-95,-99,-109,-535,-512,-475,-30,-423,0,0,0,0,0,-17,-12,-104,-103,-272,-272,-272,-272,-272,-272,-272,-272,-272,-272,-276,-135,-131,-110,-220,-218,-217,-191,-187,-184,-341,-323,-352,-352,-345,-345,-352,-352,-335,-327,-301,-308,-876,-694,-1091,-1056,-853,-816,-650,-617,-1056,-705,-29965,-1329,-5672,-5574,-5907,-2992,-1662,-1450,-5887,-5536,-29936,-12695,-12474,-12639,-11087,-11087,-6674,-6121,-29966,-29969,-29971,-29972,-29972,-29971,-29968,-29972,-29969,-29972,-29972,-29972,-29969,-4922,-29973,-29975,-29966,-29947,-5840,-5642]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. d4 {[%cal Bd2d4,Bd4d5][%mdl 32]} Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. b3 Rb8 9. d5 Na5 {E63: King's Indian: Fianchetto: Panno Variation with 7...a6} 10. Nd4 (10. Bd2 c5 11. dxc6 Nxc6 12. Qc1 Bd7 13. Bh6 b5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. cxb5 axb5 16. Qb2 Kg8 17. b4 Qb6 18. Rfd1 Rfc8 {½-½ (77) Inarkiev,E (2689)-Zhao,J (2604) Riadh 2017}) 10... Bd7 {LiveBook: 20 Games} 11. Qd3 c5 {The position is equal.} 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. Bd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Bb2 c5 14. Nc2 Nc6 15. Ne3 Qc8 16. Rfe1 Bh3 17. Bh1 {1-0 (52) Platzgummer,F (2340)-Wyss,J (2253) Chur 2010}) 13... c5 14. Nc2 Nc6 {White must now prevent ...Ne5.} 15. Ne3 Nd4 (15... Nb4 $5 16. Qb1 $8 Qc8 $11) 16. Rac1 Re8 17. Ned5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Bg4 19. Bg2 Qc8 20. f4 a5 21. e3 Nc6 22. Be1 Bf5 23. Qd2 Rb7 24. Bf2 Bxc3 25. Rxc3 Bh3 26. e4 Bxg2 27. Kxg2 a4 28. e5 dxe5 29. Bxc5 Rd8 30. Qf2 Rbd7 31. Be3 f5 ({Better is} 31... Rd3 32. Rxd3 Rxd3) 32. Rb1 ({White should play} 32. bxa4 Qa8 33. fxe5) 32... exf4 33. Bxf4 e5 34. Bg5 Rd1 35. Rxd1 Rxd1 36. Qe2 Qd7 37. Be3 Nb4 {aiming for ...Ra1.} 38. c5 {Strongly threatening c6!} Nd5 39. Rc2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (39. Qc4 $17) 39... Qc6 40. Kh3 axb3 $2 (40... f4 $1 $19 41. Bc1 Rg1 42. Qxe5 Qd7+ 43. Kh4 axb3 44. axb3 h6) 41. axb3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (41. Rb2 $1 $11 Nxe3 42. Qxe3 bxa2 43. Rxa2) 41... Rb1 $2 (41... f4 $1 $19 42. Bc1 Rg1 43. Qxe5 fxg3) 42. Bh6 $11 g5 $1 (42... Rxb3 $2 43. Qxe5 Rb7 44. Rd2 $18) 43. Bxg5 f4 $1 44. Rd2 Ne3 $1 45. Qh5 {[#]} (45. Rd8+ $2 Kg7 $17) (45. Kh4 $1 $11 {remains equal.} Rxb3 46. Qh5 (46. gxf4 $2 Nf5+ 47. Kg4 Qe6 $19) 46... Nf5+ 47. Kh3 fxg3 48. Rd8+ Kg7 49. Be3) 45... Rd1 $1 $40 {[%cal Rd1d2][%mdl 640] Black attacks with force.} 46. Ra2 $2 (46. Rf2 $17) (46. Rxd1 Qg2+) 46... Rd3 $19 47. Bxf4 Qc8+ ({Weaker is} 47... exf4 48. Qg5+ Kf8 49. Qxf4+ Ke8 50. Qa4 $15) 48. Kh4 Nf5+ ({Inferior is} 48... exf4 49. Qg5+ Kh8 50. Qf6+ Kg8 51. Qg5+ Kh8 52. Qf6+ Kg8 53. Qg5+ $11) 49. Kh3 {Hoping for Qg4+.} exf4 50. Qg4+ Kh8 51. Rf2 Qe6 ({Resist} 51... Qxc5 52. Rxf4 Ne3 53. Qe6 $17) (51... f3 $19 {has better winning chances.} 52. Rxf3 Rd5) 52. Qxf4 $17 Nxg3+ 53. Kh4 {[#]} (53. Kg2 $17 Ne4 54. Qf8+ Qg8+ 55. Qxg8+ Kxg8 56. Rc2) 53... Qe7+ $1 $19 54. Qf6+ Qxf6+ 55. Rxf6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KR} Ne4 56. Rc6 $2 (56. Rb6 {was worth a try.}) 56... Rxb3 57. Rc7 Rc3 58. c6 Rc5 59. Re7 Nf6 60. Rc7 Kg8 61. Kg3 Rc3+ 62. Kh4 $2 (62. Kf2) 62... h6 63. Rc8+ Kg7 64. Rc7+ Kg6 65. Rc8 h5 66. h3 Kh6 67. Rc7 Ne8 (67... Nd5 $142 68. Rc8 Ne7 69. Rh8+ Kg6 70. Rxh5 Rc4+ 71. Kg3 Kxh5 72. Kf3 Nxc6 73. Ke3 Kh4 74. Ke2 Kxh3 75. Kd3 Ne5+ 76. Kd2 Kh2 77. Ke3 Kg3 78. Ke2 Kg2 79. Ke3 Kf1 80. Kd2 Kf2 81. Kd1 Ke3 82. Ke1 Rc1#) 68. Re7 Ng7 {[%cal Rg7f5]} 69. Re5 Rxc6 70. Ra5 Kg6 71. Rg5+ Kf6 {( -> ...Rc4+)} 72. Ra5 Rc4+ 73. Kg3 Nf5+ 74. Kf3 Kg5 75. Rb5 Rf4+ 76. Kg2 Kh4 77. Re5 Nd6 78. Rd5 Nc4 79. Rd3 Ne5 80. Re3 Nf7 81. Ra3 Ng5 82. Rb3 Rc4 (82... Re4 $142 83. Rb1 Nxh3 84. Rb3 Ng5 85. Kh1 Kg4 86. Rb2 h4 87. Rg2+ Kh5 88. Rb2 h3 89. Rb7 Kg4 90. Rg7 Kh4 91. Kg1 Rg4+ 92. Kh1 Ra4 93. Kg1 Ra1+ 94. Kf2 h2 95. Rg8 Nh3+ 96. Ke3 h1=Q 97. Rh8+ Kg5 98. Rg8+ Kf5 99. Rf8+ Kg6 100. Rg8+ Kf7 101. Rg4 Qe1+ 102. Kd3 Nf2+ 103. Kd4 Qb4+ 104. Kd5 Ra5+ 105. Kc6 Nxg4 106. Kc7 Rc5+ 107. Kd8 Qd4#) 83. Ra3 Rc2+ 84. Kh1 Rf2 85. Kg1 Rf3 {Precision: White = 19%, Black = 69%.} 0-1

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Starostits, Ilmars"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,75,0,8,0,0,-21,-19,-13,-6,-21,1,2,48,-19,53,41,58,51,69,0,45,39,208,203,215,214,270,271,454,448,452,468,466,467,449,463,440,427,668,668,663,657,635,627,612,558,548,546,553,547,553,548,603,577,733,689,655,639,720,712,899,894,862,863,1065,1025,1056,1072]} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. b3 (5. h3 g6 6. Bc4 Bg7 7. d3 O-O 8. O-O a6 9. a4 c5 10. Re1 Nc6 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. dxe4 Nd4 {1-0 (53) Anton Guijarro,D (2627)-Vakhidov,J (2578) Almaty 2016}) 5... Nc6 6. Bb2 {B01: Scandinavian Defence} a6 7. Be2 Bf5 8. O-O $146 {[%cal Be1g1,Bg1f2,Bf2f1][%mdl 32] The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 8. d3 e5 9. Nd2 O-O-O 10. Bf3 Nd4 11. O-O Qc5 12. h3 Bd6 {1-0 (21) Molina Peris,C (1859)-Subirachs Mancebo,G (2021) Barcelona 2007}) 8... O-O-O 9. d3 h6 10. Re1 Ng4 11. Nb1 ({Better is} 11. h3 $14 Nf6 12. Nd2) 11... e5 (11... h5 $11) 12. Nh4 $1 $36 {[%csl LRf5,LRg4][%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Nxf2 $1 13. Kxf2 Be6 14. Nd2 (14. Bf3 $14) 14... Qc5+ 15. Kf1 $1 {Threatens to win with Bg4.} Be7 $2 (15... g5 $1 $14) 16. Nhf3 $18 f5 {[#]} 17. d4 $1 {[%cal Rd4c5]} exd4 {[#]} (17... Nxd4 18. Nxd4) 18. Bxa6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} bxa6 $2 (18... Bg8 {was called for.}) 19. Rxe6 {White is clearly winning.} Bf6 20. Nc4 Rhe8 21. Qe2 Rxe6 22. Qxe6+ Kb7 23. Re1 d3 (23... Qd5 $142 24. Qxd5 Rxd5) 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. cxd3 Rxd3 26. Qxf6 Nb4 27. Qe7 Qxe7 28. Rxe7 Nxa2 29. Rh7 Nc1 30. Nfd2 f4 31. Rxh6 f3 32. gxf3 Ka7 33. b4 Na2 34. Rh7 Kb8 35. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5,Bh5h6][%mdl 32]} Nxb4 36. h5 a5 37. h6 Rd5 38. Rg7 {Precision: White = 49%, Black = 35%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ladva, Ottomar"]
[Black "Seeman, Tarvo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,161,0,0,0,-13,-8,-51,-36,-83,-76,-76,-8,-8,-12,-8,-7,-4,-9,-6,0,-2,-12,-17,-14,0,0,-50,0,-16,-18,-106,-111,-81,-10,-13,-12,-97,-89,-61,-8,-8,-8,-8,-14,-42,-36,-111,-106,-138,-131,-170,-183,-175,-73,-73,-66,-99,-55,-129,-134,-119,-80,-131,-160,-169,-169,-163,-161,-185,-179,-183,-181,-297,-290,-352,-291,-290,-254,-996,-937,-859,-654,-1134,-631,-29961,-29963,-9822,-29944,-29943,-29939,-29953,-29953,-6114,-1622,-8239,-7289,-798,-160,-160,-160,-160,-160,-160,0,0,0,0,0,-29967,-29968,-29968,-29969,-29968,-29970,-29970,-29969,-29969,-29970,-29970,-29970,-29970,-29971,-29969,-29971,-29970,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6e4,Be4d2][%mdl 32]} 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 d6 5. d4 c5 6. c4 Ne4 7. Nbd2 {A49: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6 3 g3: Anti-King's Indian systems} Qa5 8. Qc1 Nxd2 9. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 10. Kxd2 Nc6 11. e3 {LiveBook: 7 Games} O-O (11... Bg4 12. Bg2 O-O-O 13. Kc1 Nb4 14. Rd1 cxd4 15. Bxd4 Bxd4 16. Rxd4 {½-½ (46) Sjugirov,S (2650)-Amin,B (2689) Riadh 2017}) 12. Bg2 Bg4 13. Rhe1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Rae1 e5 14. d5 Ne7 15. Ng5 Rad8 {½-½ (53) Manafov,V (2263)-Shevchenko,K (2545) Batumi 2018}) 13... Rab8 14. Rab1 Bf5 $1 15. e4 Bg4 (15... Bh6+ $1 $17 16. Kc3 Bg4) 16. d5 $11 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Bxb2 18. Rxb2 Nd4 19. Be2 a5 20. a3 e5 21. b4 axb4 22. axb4 b6 23. f4 f6 24. Reb1 Ra8 25. Bd1 (25. bxc5 $11 {remains equal.} bxc5 26. Bd3) 25... exf4 $17 26. gxf4 g5 (26... Rfe8 $17) 27. bxc5 $11 bxc5 28. Bg4 (28. fxg5 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} fxg5 29. e5) 28... gxf4 29. Rf1 Rfb8 ({Black should try} 29... f5 $15 30. exf5 h5 31. Bxh5 Rxf5) 30. Rxb8+ Rxb8 31. Rxf4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Kg7 32. Rf2 Rb4 33. Ke3 (33. Kd3 $15) 33... Rxc4 $17 34. Ra2 {[#]} f5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 35. Kd3 (35. exf5 Nc2+) 35... Rb4 36. exf5 h5 (36... Kf6 $19 37. Ra6 Nb5) 37. Bxh5 Nxf5 38. Kc3 Rf4 39. Ra6 (39. Re2 $15) 39... Kf6 40. Ra8 Ke5 41. Re8+ ({White should play} 41. Rf8) 41... Kxd5 42. Bf7+ Kc6 43. Rc8+ Kd7 44. Ra8 Ke7 45. Bd5 Rh4 46. Ra7+ (46. Bg8 $142) 46... Kf6 $19 47. Bc6 Rxh2 48. Ra8 Ne7 49. Rf8+ $2 (49. Rd8) 49... Kg7 50. Rd8 Nxc6 51. Rxd6 {KRN-KR} Na5 52. Rb6 {and the idea Rb5 leaves White hopeful.} Rh3+ 53. Kc2 Ra3 54. Rb5 c4 55. Rc5 Kf6 56. Kb2 Ra4 57. Kc3 Ke6 58. Rh5 Ra3+ $2 (58... Nb7 $19 59. Kd4 Kd7) 59. Kb4 $17 Ra1 {...Kd6 is the strong threat.} 60. Rg5 Kd6 {White must now prevent ...Kd7.} 61. Rg8 Rb1+ $2 (61... Ke5 $17 62. Rg5+ Kd4 63. Rg4+ Ke3 64. Rg3+ Kd4 65. Rg4+ Ke3) 62. Kxa5 $11 {KR-KR} Kc5 {[%cal Rb1a1]} 63. Rg5+ Kd4 {Strongly threatening ...c3.} 64. Ka4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (64. Rg4+ $11 Kd3 65. Rg3+ Kd2 66. Rg2+ Kc3 67. Rg3+ Kc2 68. Ka4) 64... c3 $1 {[%cal Rc3c2]} 65. Rg4+ Kd3 66. Rg3+ {[#]} Kd2 $1 67. Rg2+ Kd1 68. Rg1+ Kc2 69. Rg2+ {[#]} Kc1 $1 70. Ka3 c2 71. Ka2 Rb2+ 72. Ka1 Rb8 $2 (72... Rb3 {mates} 73. Rg1+ Kd2 74. Rg2+ Kc3 75. Rg3+ Kd4 76. Rg4+ Kc3 77. Rg3+ Kc4 78. Rg4+ Kc3 79. Rg3+) 73. Rg1+ $1 {The position is equal.} Kd2 {( -> ...Rg8!)} 74. Rg2+ Kd3 (74... Kc3 $2 75. Rg3+ Kd4 76. Rg4+ Ke3 77. Rg1 $19) 75. Rg3+ Ke4 76. Rg1 $1 Ke3 77. Ka2 Kd2 78. Rg2+ Kc3 {[%cal Rb8a8]} (78... Kd1 $5 79. Rg1+ $8 Ke2 $11) 79. Rg3+ Kd4 (79... Kd2 $5 80. Rg2+ $8 Kc3 81. Rg3+ Kc4 82. Rg4+ Kd5 83. Rg5+ Kd4 84. Rg4+ Kd5 85. Rg5+ Kc4 86. Rg4+ Kc5 $15) 80. Rg4+ $1 Ke3 (80... Kc3 $5 81. Rg3+ $8 Kc4 82. Rg4+ Kd3 83. Rg3+ Kd4 84. Rg4+ Kd5 85. Rg5+ Kd4 86. Rg4+ $11) 81. Rg3+ {Precision: White = 42%, Black = 61%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Meskovs, Nikita"]
[Black "Kanep, Meelis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,82,18,22,-6,30,-8,0,-6,0,-6,2,0,0,-1,26,-145,37,0,8,-64,-26,-33,-26,-17,-30,-29,0,-16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-16,11,-16,-18,-14,-6,-20,0,0,1,0,29969,29970,29970,29971,29971,29972,6675,6378,5397,5397,5397,-146,-142,-282,-263,-330,-321,-368,-329,-350,-332,-486,-490,-1360,-1344,-1498,-1472,-6170,-5293]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 e5 (4... Nc6 5. Qd2 Nf6 6. b3 e6 7. Bb2 a6 8. O-O-O b5 9. f3 h5 10. Nh3 Be7 11. Ng5 {1-0 (31) Carlsen,M (2843)-Wojtaszek,R (2744) Shamkir 2018}) 5. Qd2 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 5. Qd3 Nc6 6. Nd5 Be6 7. Ne2 Bxd5 8. exd5 Nb8 9. Qb5+ Qd7 10. Nc3 Nf6 11. Qa5 {0-1 (41) Bertholee,R (2344)-Bangiev,A (2400) Germany 2014}) 5... Nf6 6. b3 {B23: Sizilianisch (Geschlossenes System)} Nbd7 7. g3 Nc5 8. Bg2 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} Be7 9. Nge2 Bd7 10. Bb2 Bc6 {[%cal Rc5e4]} 11. f3 Qb6 12. Nd1 $2 ({Lieber} 12. O-O-O $11) 12... O-O $2 (12... d5 $17 {[%cal Rd5e4]} 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Bxe5 Ne6) 13. c4 a5 14. Bc3 ({Günstiger ist} 14. Ba3 $11) 14... Qa6 15. Ne3 {Mit der Idee Sf5.} Rfd8 16. O-O b5 17. Rae1 bxc4 18. bxc4 Bf8 19. Ba1 g6 20. Nc3 Bh6 21. Rf2 Rab8 22. Qe2 Ne6 {[#]} 23. f4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} exf4 24. Ncd5 $1 {[%cal Rd5f6]} Bxd5 $1 ({Bitte nicht} 24... fxe3 $6 25. Nxf6+ Kh8 26. Ng4+ Bg7 27. Bxg7+ Nxg7 28. Rxf7 $16) 25. exd5 {[%cal Be4d5,Bd5e6,Be6f7][%mdl 32]} fxe3 26. dxe6 exf2+ 27. Qxf2 Bg7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Falsch wäre} 27... Bg5 $2 28. exf7+ Kf8 29. Bxf6 $18) (27... fxe6 $11 28. Qxf6 Qa7+ 29. Bd4 Qg7 30. Qxe6+ Qf7 31. Qxf7+ Kxf7) 28. exf7+ Kf8 29. Bxf6 Bxf6 30. Qxf6 Qa7+ 31. Kh1 {Weiss droht Dh8+ und Matt.} Qxf7 32. Qh8+ Qg8 33. Qd4 $2 ({Weiss kommt nicht vorbei an} 33. Rf1+ $18 Ke7 34. Qd4) 33... Qg7 $17 34. Qd5 {[#]} (34. Qd2 $17 {ist eine bessere Verteidigung.} Kg8 35. Qxa5) 34... Qc3 $1 $19 {[%cal Rc3e1]} 35. Qe6 Kg7 36. Rf1 Kh8 37. Qe7 Qe5 ({Bloß nicht} 37... Qxc4 38. h4 $19) 38. Qa7 (38. Qxe5+ $142 dxe5 39. Rc1) 38... Rf8 {Schwarz steht klar auf Gewinn.} 39. Rd1 (39. Rxf8+ $142 Rxf8 40. Qg1) 39... Rb2 40. Rg1 Rxa2 41. Qc7 Ra1 {Precision: Weiß = 24%, Schwarz = 50%.} 0-1

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Miezis, Normunds"]
[Black "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,99,0,0,13,0,17,0,3,2,7,0,10,0,28,0,29,27,72,33,42,33,64,41,47,48,81,80,236,100,137,156,167,171,241,239,232,145,140,88,93,93,200,195,188,194,249,212,294,317,302,304,300,264,325,204,246,67,83,89,117,20,20,20,21,16,91,81,108,77,104,33,85,10,1232,954,29981,29982,29982,29982,29983,29984]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ng5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Re8 9. d3 exd3 10. exd3 d6 11. Rb1 {LiveBook: 16 Partien} Bg4 {A29: Englische Eröffnung (Vierspringer-Variante)} (11... h6 12. Ne4 Ne5 13. f3 Rb8 14. Be3 b6 15. Qd2 Nh7 16. g4 f5 17. gxf5 Bxf5 18. Rbe1 Qd7 19. Bd4 {0-1 (36) Danin,A (2519)-Gabrielian,A (2573) Voronezh 2012}) 12. f3 Bc8 $1 13. Ne4 h6 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} 14. f4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Rxe4 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 15... Qf6 16. f5 Ne5 17. Qc2 Rb8 18. Be3 b6 19. Qa4 {1-0 (43) Temirbayev,S (2450)-Fradkin,B (2385) Kurgan 1993}) 16. dxe4 b6 17. c5 Ba6 18. cxb6 Bxf1 19. b7 Rb8 $1 20. Qxf1 Qe7 21. Qd3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Weiss hat gut koordiniertes Spiel.} Nd8 22. Be3 a6 23. Kf2 c6 $2 (23... Qe8 $16 {war angesagt.}) 24. Kf3 (24. Qxa6 $18 {ist viel giftiger. Droht stark Da8.} Kh7 25. Kf3) 24... Rxb7 25. Rxb7 Nxb7 26. Qxa6 d5 (26... Qd7 {ist wohl besser.} 27. a4 Nc5 28. Bxc5 dxc5) 27. e5 $18 ({Nicht} 27. Qxc6 Qxe4+ 28. Kf2 Qc2+ 29. Kg1 Qb1+ 30. Kg2 Qe4+ 31. Kh3 Qxe3 $11) 27... Qd7 28. Qa7 c5 29. Qa8+ (29. Bxc5 $142 Nxc5 30. Qxc5) 29... Kh7 $16 30. Qa6 h5 (30... Kg8 $16) 31. a4 $18 g6 {beabsichtigt ...d4.} 32. Qb5 Qc7 (32... Qg4+ $142 33. Kg2 Nd8) 33. h3 Qc8 34. g4 d4 35. cxd4 cxd4 36. Bxd4 Qc1 37. Kg3 Nd8 38. gxh5 $2 (38. Qd7 $18 Qe1+ 39. Bf2 h4+ 40. Kg2 Qe4+ 41. Kg1 Qb1+ 42. Kh2) 38... Ne6 $14 39. hxg6+ Kh6 40. Bf2 (40. Bb6 $1 $16 {Droht Db4 und aus.} Qxf4+ 41. Kg2 Qe4+ 42. Kf2 Kxg6 43. Qb3) 40... Qxf4+ $11 41. Kg2 {Schwarz muss nun gxf7 beachten.} Qe4+ 42. Kh2 Qf4+ (42... fxg6 $11 43. Qb3 Qxe5+ 44. Qg3 Qd5) 43. Kg1 {zielt auf gxf7 ab.} Qg5+ 44. Kh1 Qc1+ {[#]} 45. Bg1 ({Günstiger ist} 45. Kg2 $1 $16 Qg5+ 46. Kh1 Qc1+ 47. Bg1) 45... fxg6 {[#]} (45... Qa3 $14 46. Qe2 (46. gxf7 Qxh3+ 47. Bh2 Qf3+ 48. Kg1 Qe3+ 49. Kf1 Qh3+ 50. Kg1 Qe3+ 51. Kh1 Qf3+ 52. Kg1 Qe3+ $11) 46... Qxh3+ 47. Qh2 Qxh2+ 48. Kxh2 Kxg6) 46. Qb6 (46. Qd5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rd5e6]} Ng7 47. Qc5) 46... Ng5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (46... Nf4 $11) 47. h4 $18 Nf3 48. Qe3+ {Weiß setzt Matt.} Qxe3 49. Bxe3+ Kh7 50. e6 {Precision: Weiß = 46%, Schwarz = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Stremavicius, Titas"]
[Black "Tokranovs, Dmitrijs"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2337"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,87,75,63,106,80,101,102,117,117,115,115,133,125,143,142,146,125,167,166,162,164,162,153,135,99,107,84,174,169,205,211,195,179,176,172,214,221,349,360,341,240,514,430,1200,272,240,244,515,507,504,511,504,489,459,415,602,432,410,419,684,681,715,726,710,666,1482,1445,1031,1349,1213,1128]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 {[%cal Bc2c4,Bc4b5][%mdl 32]} c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. e3 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. a4 O-O 8. e4 axb5 9. Bxb5 d6 10. Nf3 {[%cal Bg1f3,Bf3d2,Bd2c4,Bc4b6][%mdl 32] LiveBook: 63 Games} Bd7 {A57: Benko/Volga Gambit} (10... Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. O-O Nd7 13. Qe2 Qb6 14. Nd2 Nc7 15. Nc4 Qa6 16. Bd2 Rfb8 17. Ra3 Rb7 18. Nb5 Bxb2 19. Nxb2 Rxb5 20. Bc3 {½-½ (32) Radovanovic,N (2441)-Sertic,R (2365) Bosnjaci 2018}) 11. Be2 Na6 12. O-O Qb8 {White is better.} 13. Nd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Ra3 Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 {1-0 (35) Stanke,J (2305)-Heinrich,M (2070) Germany 2002}) 13... Nb4 14. Nc4 Ra7 15. Ra3 Ne8 16. a5 Nc7 17. Nb6 Be8 18. Bg5 Na8 19. Nc4 f6 20. Bf4 f5 21. Qd2 fxe4 22. Nxe4 Rxf4 (22... Nc7 $16) 23. Qxf4 $18 Nxd5 24. Qg5 Bf7 25. Rf3 Nac7 26. Rd1 {And now Rxf7! would win.} Be6 27. Nb6 Rxa5 (27... Nf6 $142) 28. Nxd5 Nxd5 29. Bc4 Qb7 $2 (29... Qa8 30. Rfd3 (30. Bxd5 $2 Bxd5 31. Qxe7 Bxe4 $19) 30... Ra4 31. Nxc5 Rxc4 32. Nxe6 Nf6) 30. Nxd6 (30. Bxd5 Qxd5 31. Rc1 Qxg5 $17) 30... Qc6 {[#]} (30... Qa8 $142 31. Qe3 (31. Bxd5 Qxd5 32. Qxd5 Bxd5 $16) 31... Nxe3 32. Bxe6+ Kh8 33. Nf7+ Kg8 34. Rd8+ (34. fxe3 Ra1 $11) 34... Qxd8 35. Nxd8+ Kh8 36. Nf7+ Kg8 37. Ng5+ Kh8 38. fxe3 Bf6) 31. Ra3 $2 (31. Qxe7 $3 {[%mdl 512] White wants to mate with Qd8+.} Qd7 (31... Nxe7 32. Bxe6+) 32. Qxd7 Bxd7 33. Bxd5+ Kh8 34. Nf7+ Kg8 35. Ne5+ Kh8 36. Nxd7) 31... Rxa3 32. bxa3 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black is in trouble.} Qa4 $2 (32... Qxd6 33. Bxd5 Kf8) 33. Re1 Bf6 34. Qc1 Qd7 35. Ne4 Bd4 36. Qh6 {White threatens Ng5 and mate.} Nf4 (36... Nc7 $142 37. Qh3 h5) 37. Bxe6+ Nxe6 38. Qh3 c4 {[#]} (38... Qd5 $142 39. Qh4 Qd7) 39. Nf6+ $1 {[%mdl 512] White is clearly winning.} exf6 (39... Bxf6 40. Qxe6+) 40. Qxe6+ ({Stronger than} 40. Rxe6 Be5 $17) 40... Qxe6 41. Rxe6 c3 42. Rc6 Kf7 43. a4 {[%cal Ba3a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Ke7 44. a5 {Precision: White = 76%, Black = 31%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sarakauskas, Gediminas"]
[Black "Kantans, Toms"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2424"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,62,0,-10,-14,-19,9,11,8,11,18,8,10,-37,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-36,-31,-46,-29,-90,-75,-82,-85,-89,-50,-88,-88,-88,-88,-88,-88,-156,-156,-220,-220,-216,-214,-212,-213]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. O-O Rc8 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7} 8. c4 e5 9. Qd3 Qc7 10. b3 b5 11. Na3 {[%cal Bb1a3,Ba3c2,Bc2e3][%mdl 32]} Qb7 12. Nd2 {LiveBook: 8 Games} Nf6 13. Nc2 bxc4 14. bxc4 Be7 15. Ba3 {[#]} Qc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Qc6 16. Ne3 {½-½ (16) Petr,M (2516)-Hracek,Z (2617) Havlickuv Brod 2015}) 16. Ne3 O-O 17. f4 {[#] Strongly threatening fxe5.} exf4 18. Rxf4 Be6 19. Raf1 Nd7 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. Qxd5 {[%cal Rf4f7]} Nb6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 22. Qa5 (22. Qd4 $11 {remains equal.}) 22... Nxc4 23. Nxc4 Qxc4 24. Qd5 Rc6 25. Rc1 Qxd5 26. exd5 Rxc1+ 27. Bxc1 $17 {KRB-KRB} Rc8 28. Be3 (28. Ba3 $142) 28... Bg5 {Black is clearly better.} 29. Re4 {[#]} (29. Rf3 $17 Bxe3+ 30. Rxe3) 29... f5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rf5e4]} 30. Re6 Bxe3+ 31. Rxe3 Rc5 {Precision: White = 59%, Black = 78%.} 0-1

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Beinoras, Mindaugas"]
[Black "Narva, Mai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2322"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. c4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 2. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 4. g3 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 5. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:42]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:26]} 6. O-O {[%emt 0:00:15]} Re8 {[%emt 0:01:37]} 7. d3 {[%emt 0:10:55]} h6 {[%emt 0:03:07]} 8. e4 {[%emt 0:06:28]} a5 {[%emt 0:11:04] A29: Englische Eröffnung (Vierspringer-Variante)} (8... d6 9. h3 a6 10. Be3 Bd7 11. Rc1 Rb8 12. a3 Bc5 13. d4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Ne5 15. Qe2 b5 16. cxb5 axb5 {1-0 (32) Petrosian,T (2649)-Mareco,S (2557) Albena 2013}) 9. h3 {[%emt 0:02:07]} Bf8 $146 {[%emt 0:04:27]} ({Vorgänger:} 9... Bxc3 10. bxc3 d6 11. Rb1 Nd7 12. Nh4 Nc5 13. Be3 a4 {0-1 (45) Doering,T (2197)-Hernandez Leon,A (2304) Tenerife 2015}) 10. Be3 {[%emt 0:03:32]} d6 {[%emt 0:01:22]} 11. d4 {[%emt 0:00:51]} exd4 {[%emt 0:01:48]} 12. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:04:03]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 13. b3 {[%emt 0:02:43]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 14. Qc2 {[%emt 0:01:11]} Ned7 {[%emt 0:01:54]} 15. Rad1 {[%emt 0:01:27]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:02:37]} 16. Nf5 {[%emt 0:09:35]} Nb8 {[%emt 0:04:41]} 17. Bf4 {[%emt 0:04:40]} Bxf5 {[%emt 0:01:15]} 18. exf5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:02:48]} 19. Rd2 {[%emt 0:01:07]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:07:04]} 20. Bxd6 {[%emt 0:23:19]} Bxd6 {[%emt 0:07:21]} 21. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:05:34]} 22. Rxd7 {[%emt 0:03:33]} Qxg3 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 23. Ne4 {[%emt 0:06:07]} Qe5 {[%emt 0:02:21]} 24. Qc3 {[%emt 0:03:01]} Qxf5 {[%emt 0:07:11]} 25. Qf3 {[%emt 0:01:08]} Qxf3 {[%emt 0:02:03]} 26. Bxf3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Re5 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 27. Nxc5 {[%emt 0:02:28]} Rxc5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 28. Rxb7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nf4 {[%emt 0:02:28]} 29. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:05:47]} 30. h4 $16 {[%emt 0:01:18]} Rf5 {[%emt 0:07:18]} 31. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Rf6 {[%emt 0:01:32]} 32. Rd2 {[%emt 0:04:30]} Rg6+ {[%emt 0:05:43]} 33. Kh3 {[%emt 0:00:52]} Rf6 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 34. Bh1 {[%emt 0:01:35]} a4 {[%emt 0:03:06]} 35. b4 {[%emt 0:01:11]} a3 {[%emt 0:02:30]} 36. Rb6 {[%emt 0:01:11]} Nd8 {[%emt 0:01:19]} 37. Be4 {[%emt 0:01:33]} Re6 {[%emt 0:01:43]} 38. Bf3 {[%emt 0:01:25]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 39. Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:53]} Rf6 {[%emt 0:01:08]} 40. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 41. Ra7 {[%emt 0:00:51]} Rf4 {[%emt 0:01:12]} 42. c5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rxh4 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 43. Rxa3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 44. Rd3 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 45. Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Nf4+ {[%emt 0:00:33]} 46. Kg1 {[%emt 0:02:43]} g4 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 47. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 48. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Re2 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 49. Rf1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rh5 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 50. Rb8+ {[%emt 0:00:24]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 51. Re8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rxa2 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 52. Re4 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Ne2+ {[%emt 0:00:25]} 53. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 54. Re7+ {[%emt 0:01:12]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 55. Rf7+ {[%emt 0:00:21]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 56. Be8 {[%emt 0:01:02]} Nf4+ {[%emt 0:01:04]} 57. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Ne2+ {[%emt 0:00:47]} 58. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nf4+ {[%emt 0:00:23]} 59. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Ne2+ {[%emt 0:00:39]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Chukavin, Kirill"]
[Black "Kalvaitis, Sigitas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2194"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:02:37]} 4. e5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 5. a3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Bxc3+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} 6. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 7. Qg4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:04:40]} 8. Qxg7 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Rg8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 9. Qxh7 {[%emt 0:00:20]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 10. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Nbc6 {[%emt 0:01:11]} 11. f4 {[%emt 0:01:01]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:02:48]} 12. Qd3 {[%emt 0:03:06]} dxc3 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 13. Qxc3 {[%emt 0:09:30]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:07:51]} 14. Rb1 {[%emt 0:11:17]} O-O-O {[%emt 0:05:44]} 15. Rg1 {[%emt 0:03:12]} d4 {[%emt 0:08:50]} 16. Qd3 {[%emt 0:04:46]} Be8 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 17. g4 {[%emt 0:32:25]} Nh4 {[%emt 0:10:17]} 18. Rg3 {[%emt 0:04:59]} f6 {[%emt 0:07:12]} 19. exf6 {[%emt 0:04:43]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:03:26]} 20. Qc4 {[%emt 0:01:57]} Bf7 {[%emt 0:06:39]} 21. g5 {[%emt 0:03:12]} Rge8 {[%emt 0:04:58]} 22. Bh3 {[%emt 0:03:21]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:02:44]} 23. g6 {[%emt 0:02:09]} Bxg6 {[%emt 0:02:57]} 24. Rxg6 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Qh7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 25. Bxf5 {[%emt 0:06:12]} exf5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 26. Rg7 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Qh4+ {[%emt 0:00:58]} 27. Kd1 {[%emt 0:00:39]} d3 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 28. cxd3 {[%emt 0:01:25]} Qh3 {[%emt 0:08:01]} 29. Re7 {[%emt 0:02:12]} Qf1+ {[%emt 0:00:42]} 30. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Rxd3+ {[%emt 0:00:48]} 31. Qxd3 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 32. Re8 {[%emt 0:01:45]} Rxe8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 33. f7 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vorobjov, Pavel"]
[Black "Berzina, Ilze"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2233"]
[BlackElo "2176"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 4. a4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 5. e3 {[%emt 0:01:20]} exd4 {[%emt 0:01:33]} 6. exd4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Be6 {[%emt 0:01:25]} 7. Nf3 {[%emt 0:01:40]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:04:33]} 8. Be2 {[%emt 0:01:14]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:02:13]} 9. O-O {[%emt 0:00:26]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:24]} 10. Bg5 {[%emt 0:05:17]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:02:03]} 11. Qc2 {[%emt 0:02:11]} Be7 {[%emt 0:10:40]} 12. Nd2 {[%emt 0:04:14]} h6 {[%emt 0:12:04]} 13. Be3 {[%emt 0:03:58]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:05:40]} 14. a5 {[%emt 0:02:47]} Nbd5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 15. Nxc4 {[%emt 0:01:27]} Nxe3 {[%emt 0:02:58]} 16. fxe3 {[%emt 0:03:08]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:03:33]} 17. Ne4 {[%emt 0:10:23]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:04:15]} 18. Nc5 {[%emt 0:03:06]} Bxc5 {[%emt 0:03:34]} 19. dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 20. a6 {[%emt 0:02:40]} bxa6 {[%emt 0:11:07]} 21. Ra5 {[%emt 0:01:18]} Rab8 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 22. Qe4 {[%emt 0:06:41]} Rb3 {[%emt 0:05:42]} 23. Qe5 {[%emt 0:07:28]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:05:42]} 24. e4 {[%emt 0:07:54]} Ne3 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 25. Nxe3 {[%emt 0:00:49]} Rxe3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 26. Bxa6 {[%emt 0:05:07]} Qh4 {[%emt 0:04:32]} 27. Qf4 {[%emt 0:05:57]} Qxf4 {[%emt 0:01:51]} 28. Rxf4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 29. b4 {[%emt 0:03:57]} Rb3 {[%emt 0:02:28]} 30. Bf1 {[%emt 0:05:41]} Rxb4 {[%emt 0:01:54]} 31. Rxa7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} g5 {[%emt 0:01:28]} 32. Rf2 {[%emt 0:00:52]} Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 33. Rc7 {[%emt 0:03:39]} Rxe4 {[%emt 0:03:13]} 34. Rxc6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Rc1 {[%emt 0:02:07]} 35. h3 {[%emt 0:01:32]} Ree1 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 36. Rd6 {[%emt 0:02:20]} Rxc5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 37. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:33]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 38. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Rcc1 {[%emt 0:01:12]} 39. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:49]} h4+ {[%emt 0:01:18]} 40. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rc3 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 41. Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Rxc2 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 42. Bxc2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 43. Kf2 {[%emt 0:01:54]} Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 44. Be4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 45. Bf3 {[%emt 0:01:32]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 46. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:26]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 47. Re2+ {[%emt 0:00:19]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 48. Re1 {[%emt 0:01:18]} Rxe1 {[%emt 0:01:14]} 49. Kxe1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 50. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 51. Bc6 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 52. Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 53. Bc6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Be4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 54. Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:22]} g4 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 55. hxg4 {[%emt 0:00:49]} fxg4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 56. Be6 {[%emt 0:00:49]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:02:02]} 57. Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} g3+ {[%emt 0:00:21]} 58. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Be4 {[%emt 0:01:08]} 59. Be6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bd3 {[%emt 0:02:14]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Haavamae, Henrik"]
[Black "Vicas, Marijus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2098"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c4 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 d6 10. f4 Nbd7 11. Qf3 b6 12. Rae1 Bb7 13. g4 g6 14. g5 Nh5 15. Qh3 Nc5 16. Bc2 e5 17. Nf5 Nxf4 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. Qh6 Ne6 20. h4 Rfe8 21. Nxe7+ Rxe7 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. exd5 Nd4 24. Be4 Rae8 25. Rxf4 Nf5 0-1

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kovalenko, Igor"]
[Black "Miezis, Normunds"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,107,1,29,20,28,25,34,26,32,26,30,17,16,0,18,19,44,35,38,9,46,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-28,0,-11,0,0,0,0,0,-12,0,-4,8,-22,0,-7,0,-22,0,-5,0,-4,0,-16,0,-2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,13,14,10,14,48,43,43,58,72,51,57,61,83,87,78,96,147,143,200,139,217,144,264,284,388,386,633,638]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. c4 Bb7 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Bb4 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Qc2 a6 {LiveBook: 10 Games. E52: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4...0-0 5 Nf3 d5 6 Bd3 b6} 10. e4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. a3 Bd6 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Bxe4 14. Qxe4 Nd7 15. Bg5 Qe8 16. Qf5 Qe6 17. Qxe6 fxe6 {½-½ (53) Kovalenko,I (2636)-Neiksans,A (2586) Riga 2017}) 10... dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 {White has an edge.} 12. Bxe4 Bxe4 13. Qxe4 Nd7 14. Bf4 Nf6 15. Qc6 Bd6 16. Be5 h6 17. Rac1 a5 18. a4 Rb8 19. Qb5 Re8 20. Rc6 Re6 21. Qc4 Ne8 22. Qc2 Qe7 23. Rc3 Rd8 24. Rc1 Qd7 25. h3 Qe7 26. Re3 Qd7 27. Rce1 Bb4 28. R1e2 Qd5 29. Nh4 ({Don't go for} 29. Bxc7 $2 Rc8 $19) 29... Qc6 30. Qb3 Qd5 {[#] aiming for ...Qxb3.} 31. Qc2 Qc6 32. Qd1 Qd5 33. Qb1 Bd6 34. Re1 Bb4 35. R1e2 Bd6 36. Nf5 {Threatens to win with Bxd6.} Bxe5 37. dxe5 Qd1+ 38. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 39. Kh2 Kf8 40. Re4 f6 41. f4 fxe5 42. fxe5 c5 43. Ne3 Rd8 {Black wants to play ...Nf6!} 44. Nc4 Kg8 45. R2e3 Nc7 46. Rb3 Rb8 47. Nxa5 Ra8 48. Nb7 Rc6 ({Better is} 48... Nd5) 49. Rd3 $16 Ne8 (49... Ne6 $16 50. Rd6 Rc7) 50. Rd7 c4 (50... Rc7 $16 51. Rxc7 Nxc7) 51. Nd6 c3 (51... Rxd6 $16 52. exd6 (52. Rxd6 Nxd6 53. exd6 Rd8 $16) 52... Nf6) 52. bxc3 $18 Rxc3 53. Rg4 Rc7 $2 {[#]} (53... Kh8 54. Re7 Nxd6) 54. Nxe8 $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 70%, Black = 30%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ladva, Ottomar"]
[Black "Meskovs, Nikita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,102,31,31,23,33,23,25,16,41,34,33,-27,-28,-136,-144,-150,-139,-143,-125,-141,-100,-141,-140,-138,-91,-178,-160,-189,-202,-182,-77,-162,-155,-152,-56,-177,0,0,0,0,0,-7,-11,-19,-20,-42,-33,-61,-44,-147,-143,-249,-186,-196,-133,-116,-58,-203,-205,-554,-520,-493,-332,-376,-336,-332,-131,-123,-137,-125,-126,-371,-348,-1310,-1256,-1185,-1106,-894,-881,-831,-799,-6107,-9698,-6107,-6107]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. d4 Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. h3 Rb8 9. e4 Nd7 10. Be3 e5 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 11. d5 {E63: King's Indian: Fianchetto: Panno Variation with 7...a6} (11. Qd2 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nde5 13. Qe2 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Nf3+ 15. Qxf3 Bxd4 16. Rfd1 Qf6 17. Qxf6 Bxf6 18. Nd5 Bd8 {½-½ (30) Fernandes,A (2413)-Meskovs,N (2476) Baku 2016}) 11... Ne7 12. b4 f5 13. exf5 $146 {White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 13. Ng5 Nf6 14. Rc1 h6 15. Ne6 Bxe6 16. dxe6 Qc8 17. Nd5 Qxe6 18. exf5 gxf5 19. Nxc7 {0-1 (34) Navarro Gonzalez,J (1988)-Mena Trujillo,Y (1774) Las Palmas 2011}) 13... gxf5 14. Ng5 {Strongly threatening Ba7.} Nf6 15. Qd2 (15. Re1 $14) 15... Ng6 $11 16. f4 {[#]} (16. Qd1 $11 {remains equal.}) 16... Nh5 $1 $17 {[%cal Rh5g3]} 17. Ne2 exf4 18. gxf4 Bxa1 19. Rxa1 Qe7 20. Nd4 Re8 21. Nge6 Ng7 22. Re1 (22. b5 $17 {is a better defense.}) 22... Bxe6 $19 ({Resist} 22... Nxe6 23. Nxe6 Bxe6 24. Bf2 $17) 23. Nxe6 Nxe6 24. dxe6 Qh4 (24... c6 $19 {is more deadly.} 25. Bb6 Rbc8) 25. b5 (25. Ba7 $17) 25... axb5 26. cxb5 Ra8 (26... Rxe6 $17 27. Bd5 Qg3+ 28. Kf1 Qxh3+ 29. Qg2 Qxg2+ 30. Kxg2 Rbe8) 27. Rf1 (27. Kh2 $1 $15) 27... Re7 $2 (27... Rxe6 $19 {...c6! is the strong threat.} 28. Qd5 Qf6 29. Qxb7 Ra3) 28. Kh2 $1 $11 Ra3 29. Bxb7 Qf6 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} ({Much weaker is} 29... Rxe6 $6 30. Bd5 $16) 30. Bd5 Qc3 $1 {[%cal Rc3d2]} ({Much worse is} 30... Qh4 $6 31. Qc1 $16) 31. Qxc3 Rxc3 32. Re1 Kf8 33. Bb3 Re8 34. Bd2 (34. Bd4 $15 Rf3 35. Bf6) 34... Rd3 35. Ba5 (35. Re2 $17 {keeps fighting.}) 35... Ke7 36. Rc1 Nxf4 (36... c5 $19 37. bxc6 Nxf4) 37. Rxc7+ $17 Kf6 38. Bc3+ (38. Rxh7 $15 Kg6 39. Rh4) 38... Kg6 $19 39. Rg7+ $2 (39. Ba5 {is a better chance.}) 39... Kh6 40. Bf6 Rxh3+ 41. Kg1 Nh5 42. Rf7 {[#]} Nxf6 $2 (42... Rg8+ $1 $19 43. Kf2 Nf4 44. Bg7+ Rxg7 45. Rxg7 Kxg7) 43. Rxf6+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} Kg5 44. Rf7 Kf4 {( -> ...Rg8+)} 45. e7 $2 (45. Kg2 $17 {was called for.} Rg3+ 46. Kf1) 45... Re3 46. b6 $2 (46. Bc2) 46... R3xe7 {Black is clearly winning.} 47. Rxe7 Rxe7 48. Bd5 Ke5 49. b7 Re8 50. Bc6 Rb8 51. a4 d5 {Precision: White = 25%, Black = 62%.} 0-1

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kantans, Toms"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,78,88,72,75,82,75,83,85,79,79,83,87,54,49,45,45,40,39,29,32,32,26,31,48,39,34,24,16,22,29,39,32,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-7,-8,-12,0,0,0,-17,113,0,0,-26,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O O-O {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} (7... Bg4 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. c3 Nbd7 10. Qc2 Bh5 11. Nh4 Re8 12. Nf5 Bf8 13. Nc4 Nd5 14. Qb3 N7b6 15. a4 {½-½ (42) Solak,D (2635)-Rozentalis,E (2565) Baku 2016}) 8. c4 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nc3 {LiveBook: 5 Games} Nc6 {[#]} 11. g4 $1 {[%cal Rg4h5]} Bg6 12. Bxg6 hxg6 13. Re1 Re8 14. d5 Nb8 15. Qb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Ng5) 15... Nbd7 16. Be3 Qc8 17. Bd4 a6 18. Re3 c5 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Rae1 {[%cal Ba1e1,Be1e3,Be3b3][%mdl 32]} Bf8 21. Rxe8 Nxe8 22. Na4 {[#] Nb6 is the strong threat.} Rb8 23. Nb6 Qd8 $1 24. g5 Nc7 $1 25. Re3 Nb5 26. cxb5 {Black must now prevent Nc4.} Qxb6 27. a4 Ra8 28. Qc4 axb5 29. axb5 Ra5 30. Rb3 Ra1+ 31. Kg2 Qa5 32. Qe2 Ra4 (32... Qd8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 33. Re3 (33. Qe8 $16) 33... Qd8 $11 34. Re4 Rxe4 (34... Ra5 {seems wilder.} 35. b4 Ra8 36. Qc4 Qd7 37. bxc5 dxc5 38. h4 Rd8) 35. Qxe4 {The position is equal.} Qd7 36. Qd3 Be7 37. Kg3 Bd8 38. h4 Ba5 39. Nh2 Qe8 {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 71%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kanep, Meelis"]
[Black "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,50,1,10,0,0,0,48,41,50,45,47,47,39,40,48,5,6,0,0,0,12,0,0,0,6]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qb3 Nxc3 9. Bc4 Nd5 10. Bxd5 e6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. O-O Qd5 {A35: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3 Nc6 3 Nf3} 13. Bf4 (13. Be3 Be7 14. Rfc1 f6 15. Nd2 Kf7 16. Rc2 a5 17. Qc4 Bb7 18. Nb3 Ba6 19. Qxd5 cxd5 20. Nxa5 {½-½ (32) Giri,A (2771)-So,W (2812) Leuven 2017}) 13... Be7 14. Rfc1 f6 {LiveBook: 9 Games} 15. h4 {[#]} Qxb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Bd7 16. Rc3 a5 17. Rac1 Bb4 18. Rc4 O-O 19. Nh2 Bd6 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 {½-½ (71) Rausis,I (2586)-Petr,M (2531) Czechia 2015}) 16. axb3 Kf7 17. Rxc6 Rd8 18. Rc7 Rd7 19. Rac1 Rxc7 20. Rxc7 Ke8 21. Bd2 Bd7 {The position is equal.} 22. Ba5 Bd8 23. Rc5 Be7 24. Rc7 Bd8 25. Rc5 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Starostits, Ilmars"]
[Black "Stremavicius, Titas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,75,9,3,-4,-16,-13,-20,-27,-23,-48,-15,-16,1,-59,-47,-65,-52,-81,-13,-14,-6,-8,-6,-34,19,21,39,31,98,93,105,5,42,0,0,0,-16,-13,-12,-7,60,74,94,44,31,35,71,-6,-2,-53,-16,-32,0,0,0,0,-6,-382,-360,-340,0,0,0,0,29971,29969]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. Nh3 d6 6. O-O {B23: Closed Sicilian: Lines without g3} e6 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 7. d4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. d3 Nd7 8. f4 b4 9. Na4 Ngf6 10. c3 bxc3 11. bxc3 c4 12. Nf2 cxd3 {0-1 (60) Lerch,P (2383)-Grachev,B (2668) Basel 2014}) 7... cxd4 8. Qxd4 {The position is equal.} Nc6 9. Qd2 Nf6 10. b3 Be7 11. Bb2 h5 12. Rad1 (12. a4 $11) 12... h4 13. a4 hxg3 14. hxg3 Qb6 (14... b4 $17 15. Na2 Qb6) 15. Rfe1 $11 Ne5 {Threatens to win with ...Rxh3!} 16. axb5 axb5 {And now ...Rxh3! would win.} 17. Nf4 {[%cal Bh3f4,Bf4d3,Bd3b4][%mdl 32]} g5 (17... Kf8 $15) 18. Nd3 Nfg4 19. Qe2 $1 Ba6 (19... b4 $14 20. Na4 Qa6) 20. Nb4 $16 ({Much weaker is} 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Na2 (21. Qe3 Qxe3 22. Rxe3 O-O $11) 21... Bf6 $11) 20... Rb8 {[#]} 21. Ncd5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} exd5 $11 22. Bd4 Qa5 $1 {[%cal Ra5b4]} 23. Nxd5 {aiming for Ra1.} Qd8 ({Don't blunder} 23... b4 $2 24. Qxa6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxa6 25. Nc7+ Kf8 26. Nxa6 $18) 24. f4 gxf4 25. gxf4 Bh4 (25... Bc8 $11) 26. fxe5 $14 Nxe5 27. Bxe5 dxe5 28. Rf1 Bc8 29. c4 (29. Nf6+ $16 Bxf6 30. Rxd8+ Bxd8 31. Rd1) 29... Kf8 30. Qe3 (30. c5 $11) 30... bxc4 $15 31. bxc4 ({Don't play} 31. Qa7 Rb7 $17) 31... Be6 32. Qc5+ $40 {[%mdl 128] Black needs to defend precisely.} Kg7 {Strongly threatening ...Rb2.} 33. Nc7 Bf2+ 34. Rxf2 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (34. Qxf2 $11 {and White is okay.} Qxc7 35. Qf6+ Kg8 36. Rf2 Bxc4 37. Bf1 Bxf1 {[#]} 38. Rc1 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 34... Qxd1+ $19 35. Bf1 Rh6 $2 (35... Rbg8 $19 36. Nxe6+ Kh7+ 37. Kh1 Rg6 38. Rh2+ Rh6 39. Rxh6+ Kxh6 40. Qxe5 Qxf1+ 41. Kh2 Rg8 42. Qf4+ Qxf4+ 43. Nxf4 Rg4) 36. Qxe5+ $11 Kh7 {( -> ...Rg8+)} 37. Nxe6 {[%csl Ge6][%cal Re5g7]} Rg6+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (37... Rg8+ $11 38. Ng5+ Rxg5+ 39. Qxg5 Qd4 40. Qf5+ Rg6+ 41. Kh1 Kh8) 38. Ng5+ {Precision: White = 38%, Black = 51%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Laurusas, Tomas"]
[Black "Neiksans, Arturs"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,75,0,-4,15,12,25,2,77,57,83,106,117,118,120,60,82,69,70,73,83,94,65,29,108,32,128,126,122,87,189,172,295,296,345,344,338,342,385,379,622,618,670,656,670,668,1684,1501,1683,0,659,634,682,533,533,533,479,510,648,626]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. c4 O-O 7. d5 Ne4 {A50: Queen's Fianchetto Defence (1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 b6)} (7... e6 8. Nc3 Re8 9. Nd4 exd5 10. cxd5 Na6 11. e4 Nc5 12. Re1 Nxd5 13. exd5 Rxe1+ 14. Qxe1 Bxd4 15. Be3 {0-1 (39) Melkumyan,H (2633)-Mamedyarov,S (2799) Riadh 2017}) 8. Qc2 f5 9. Nfd2 Nd6 10. Nc3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} e5 11. e4 Na6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... f4 12. b4 c5 13. bxc5 bxc5 {0-1 (39) Solaesa Navalpotro,L (2251)-Taboas Rodriguez,D (2366) Madrid 2011}) 12. a3 c5 (12... c6 $11) 13. Rb1 Nc7 14. b4 Nce8 15. bxc5 bxc5 16. Qa4 (16. exf5 $16 gxf5 17. a4) 16... Qc7 17. Nb3 f4 18. Nb5 Nxb5 19. Qxb5 Rb8 {And now ...Bxd5! would win.} 20. Qa5 ({Stronger than} 20. Nxc5 Nd6 $17) 20... Bc8 (20... Qxa5 $1 $11 21. Nxa5 Nd6) 21. Bd2 (21. Qxc7 $16 Nxc7 22. Bd2) 21... d6 (21... Qxa5 $14 22. Bxa5 d6) 22. Qxc7 $1 $16 Nxc7 {[#]} 23. Na5 $1 Bd7 (23... Rb6 $16) 24. Nc6 $18 Bxc6 (24... Rxb1 {was worth a try.} 25. Rxb1 f3) 25. dxc6 Rb6 26. Rxb6 axb6 27. Rb1 fxg3 28. hxg3 Bf6 $2 (28... Na8 29. Bh3 Bf6) 29. Rxb6 Ra8 30. Rb7 Bd8 31. Bh3 Ra6 32. Rb8 Ra8 {[#]} 33. Rb7 $2 (33. Rxd8+ $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Rxd8 34. Ba5) 33... Kf8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (33... Ra6 $11 34. Rb8 Rxc6 35. Rxd8+ Kf7) 34. Bh6+ {White is clearly winning.} Ke8 35. Bd7+ Kf7 {[#]} 36. Bg5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxg5 37. Rxc7 Rxa3 38. Bg4+ {Precision: White = 58%, Black = 11%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tokranovs, Dmitrijs"]
[Black "Sarakauskas, Gediminas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2337"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,42,-11,0,-131,-141,-162,-149,-148,-123,-132,-122,-526,-469,-453,-333,-327,-331,-591,-592,-589,-589,-588,-586,-581,-563,-590,-579,-610,-581,-584,-589]} 1. c4 c6 {[%cal Bc7c6,Bc6d5,Bd5e4][%mdl 32]} 2. d4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6b4,Bb4d3][%mdl 32]} 6. Bf4 Ne4 {D13: Damengambit (Slawische Verteidigung, Abtauschvariante)} (6... Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfc1 Rfc8 13. h3 h6 14. Nd2 Nd7 15. Ne2 Ne7 {½-½ (15) Bu,X (2725)-Duda,J (2724) Liaocheng 2018}) 7. Nxe4 dxe4 {LiveBook: 3 Partien} 8. d5 (8. Ne5 $11 {bleibt in der Remisbreite.}) 8... Qa5+ $1 $17 {Schwarz steht deutlich besser.} 9. Qd2 Nb4 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 9... Qxd2+ 10. Nxd2 Nb4 11. Rc1 Nxd5 12. e3 Bf5 13. Bb5+ Kd8 14. Nc4 {0-1 (37) De Koster,F-De Luna Butz,A (1867) Gausdal 2008}) 10. Nd4 e5 $1 {[%cal Re5d4]} 11. dxe6 {[#]} ({Falsch wäre} 11. Bxe5 $2 Nd3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 12. exd3 Bb4 $19) 11... Nd3+ $1 12. Kd1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (12. exd3 $17 {war die entscheidende Verteidigung.} Bb4 13. dxe4 (13. exf7+ Kxf7 14. dxe4 Qc5 $17)) 12... Nxf2+ 13. Kc2 Qxd2+ 14. Bxd2 Nxh1 15. Nb5 $2 (15. e3 fxe6 16. Bb5+ Bd7 17. Rxh1) 15... Bxe6 $19 {Schwarz steht klar auf Gewinn.} 16. Nc7+ Kd7 17. Nxa8 Bd6 18. e3 Nf2 19. Bb5+ Ke7 20. Rf1 Ng4 21. h3 Nf6 {Precision: Weiß = 15%, Schwarz = 91%.} 0-1

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Narva, Mai"]
[Black "Vorobjov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2322"]
[BlackElo "2233"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 4. O-O {[%emt 0:00:41]} Nge7 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 5. Re1 {[%emt 0:02:24]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 6. Bf1 {[%emt 0:00:43]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 7. exd5 {[%emt 0:02:32]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 8. d4 {[%emt 0:01:36]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:01:17]} 9. Be3 {[%emt 0:01:21]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 10. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:01:12]} 11. Bxd4 {[%emt 0:01:10]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 12. c4 {[%emt 0:02:21]} O-O {[%emt 0:03:26]} 13. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 14. Qc2 {[%emt 0:14:07]} Ba4 {[%emt 0:04:57]} 15. Qd3 {[%emt 0:04:11]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 16. Rad1 {[%emt 0:01:33]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:08:19]} 17. Be5 {[%emt 0:03:27]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 18. Qg3 {[%emt 0:01:32]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 19. Bd3 {[%emt 0:19:42]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 20. a3 {[%emt 0:03:36]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:05:50]} 21. Bc2 {[%emt 0:05:18]} Qf8 {[%emt 0:04:59]} 22. b4 {[%emt 0:09:09]} Rxd1 {[%emt 0:03:01]} 23. Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:54]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 24. Re1 {[%emt 0:02:55]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:07:46]} 25. f4 {[%emt 0:03:17]} Bxe5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 26. fxe5 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Rd2 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 27. Re2 {[%emt 0:01:26]} Rxe2 {[%emt 0:03:53]} 28. Nxe2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:03:08]} 29. Nd4 {[%emt 0:06:08]} Qb8 {[%emt 0:01:37]} 30. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:05:31]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 31. Bxh7+ {[%emt 0:02:15]} Kxh7 {[%emt 0:01:43]} 32. Qd3+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 33. Qxd7 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Qxe5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 34. Qe8+ {[%emt 0:01:39]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 35. Qxf7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Qd4+ {[%emt 0:00:22]} 36. Qf2 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Qxc4 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 37. Qe3 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Qd5 {[%emt 0:02:12]} 38. Kf2 {[%emt 0:01:11]} e5 {[%emt 0:01:31]} 39. Qh3+ {[%emt 0:01:34]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 40. Qg4+ {[%emt 0:00:38]} Kh6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 41. Qe2 {[%emt 0:01:13]} a5 {[%emt 0:08:59]} 42. Qe3+ {[%emt 0:00:28]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:02:08]} 43. bxa5 {[%emt 0:00:54]} Qxa5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 44. Qe4+ {[%emt 0:00:27]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 45. Qxc6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Qd2+ {[%emt 0:03:22]} 46. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Qd3+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} 47. Kf2 {[%emt 0:01:18]} Qd2+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} 48. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Qd3+ {[%emt 0:00:02] Ke4} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Chukavin, Kirill"]
[Black "Kulaots, Kaido"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,50,8,5,0,18,0,5,0,14,0,23,0,0,0,2,-31,-34,-31,-22,-27,-16,-122,-128,-169,-28,-267,-250,-538,-536,-502,-521]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g3 g6 7. Nde2 b6 8. Bg2 Ba6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Re1 {B70: Sicilian Dragon: 6 g3 and 6 Be2 (without a later Be3)} O-O (10... Rc8 11. Nd5 Nd7 12. Rb1 O-O 13. Be3 e6 14. Ndf4 Nf6 15. c3 Ne5 16. f3 Bb7 17. Nd3 Ned7 {0-1 (66) Efimenko,Z (2644)-Grandelius,N (2573) Doha 2014}) 11. a4 Rc8 {LiveBook: 7 Games} 12. Nb5 {The position is equal.} Nd7 13. Rb1 Bb7 14. c4 a6 15. Nbc3 Nc5 16. b3 Ne5 $146 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} ({Predecessor:} 16... Nb4 17. Ba3 a5 18. Qd2 Nc6 19. Nb5 Ne5 20. Nec3 Rb8 21. f4 Nc6 22. Kh1 {½-½ (22) Angelini,M (2267)-Jirovsky,M (2478) Imperia 2013}) 17. Rf1 e6 18. f4 Ng4 $1 19. b4 Nd7 20. Qxd6 Rxc4 21. Rd1 (21. Rb3 $11) 21... b5 $17 (21... Bxc3 $6 22. Nxc3 Rxc3 23. Qxd7 $11) 22. axb5 {[#] Hoping for h3.} axb5 ({Better is} 22... Bc6 $1 $19 {Threatens to win with ...Qb6+.} 23. Na4 (23. bxc6 $2 Qb6+ 24. Rd4 Bxd4+ 25. Nxd4 Rxd4 $19) 23... axb5) 23. Bf3 $2 {[#]} (23. Nxb5 $11 {and White is okay.} Bxe4 24. Bxe4 Rxe4 25. Nec3) 23... Rc6 $1 $19 ({Weaker is} 23... Bxc3 24. Nxc3 Rxc3 25. Bxg4 $15) 24. Qd3 $2 {[#]} (24. Qxd7 Qb6+ 25. Kh1 Nf2+ 26. Kg2 Nxd1) (24. Qd2 Qb6+ 25. Nd4) 24... Rxc3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 25. Nxc3 Qb6+ {Precision: White = 35%, Black = 63%.} 0-1

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kalvaitis, Sigitas"]
[Black "Haavamae, Henrik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2194"]
[BlackElo "2098"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. h3 Nf6 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 c5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Re1 c4 11. Bf1 O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vicas, Marijus"]
[Black "Seeman, Tarvo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 30,54,30,3,53,0,0,0,-10,-18,-4,-133,-131,-125,-121,-276,-154,-236,-79,-727,-708,-1229,-1135,-29996,-29997,-29998,-29999]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f3 Be7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O a6 10. g4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. Kb1 Bb7 13. h4 Nd7 {[%cal Bf6d7,Bd7e5,Be5c6][%mdl 32]} 14. g5 b4 15. Ne2 a5 {B80: Sicilian Scheveningen: 6 g3 and 6 Be3, including English Attack} (15... d5 16. e5 Re8 17. Nc1 Qc7 18. Re1 a5 19. h5 Nf8 20. f4 Bc5 21. Nb3 Be7 22. Bd3 a4 23. Nc1 Ba6 24. g6 fxg6 25. hxg6 hxg6 26. Bxa6 Rxa6 27. Rh3 Rc8 28. Re2 Rc6 29. Qd1 {½-½ (29) Tiviakov,S (2591)-Garcia Martinez,S (2335) Paramaribo 2017}) 16. Ng3 {LiveBook: 10 Games} Ne5 17. Qg2 (17. Qf2 $14 Qc7 18. f4) 17... Nc6 $11 {The position is equal.} 18. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18. f4 Nxd4 19. Rxd4 Qb6 20. Qd2 d5 21. e5 a4 22. Rd3 Rfc8 23. h5 {0-1 (47) Sengupta,D (2381)-Le,Q (2297) Teheran 2004}) 18... a4 {[%cal Ba5a4,Ba4b3][%mdl 32]} 19. f4 b3 {White must now prevent ...bxa2+.} 20. cxb3 (20. a3 $1 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.}) 20... axb3 $17 21. a3 d5 22. f5 $2 {[#]} (22. Nh5 $17) 22... Bxa3 (22... Qc7 $1 $19 23. f6 Bd6) 23. bxa3 Rxa3 {aiming for ...Qa5.} 24. Qb2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (24. exd5 Qa5 $19) (24. Bc1 $17 Ra2 25. Bb2) 24... Qa5 $19 25. Bd2 Qa4 26. Nh5 Qxe4+ 27. Kc1 {[#]} Ra1+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 12%, Black = 60%.} 0-1

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Berzina, Ilze"]
[Black "Beinoras, Mindaugas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C62"]
[WhiteElo "2176"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 4. d4 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:01:17]} exd4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 6. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:31]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 7. Nc3 {[%emt 0:02:48]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 8. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:02:03]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:02:58]} 9. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 10. Be3 {[%emt 0:01:46]} Be6 {[%emt 0:02:54]} 11. Bb3 {[%emt 0:05:55]} c5 {[%emt 0:03:15]} 12. Nd5 {[%emt 0:10:04]} O-O {[%emt 0:19:07]} 13. Bg5 {[%emt 0:06:08]} Bxd5 {[%emt 0:01:51]} 14. Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 15. Rb1 {[%emt 0:01:39]} Rxb2 {[%emt 0:04:34]} 16. Rxb2 {[%emt 0:06:04]} Bxb2 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 17. Qb1 {[%emt 0:06:36]} Bd4 {[%emt 0:08:03]} 18. Qb7 {[%emt 0:03:01]} c4 {[%emt 0:04:25]} 19. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:01:18]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:01:19]} 20. Bh6 {[%emt 0:04:11]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 21. Qb3 {[%emt 0:08:15]} Nc8 {[%emt 0:02:31]} 22. Qd3 {[%emt 0:05:18]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:02:51]} 23. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 24. Bb5 {[%emt 0:09:32]} c6 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 25. Ba6 {[%emt 0:03:00]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:03:36]} 26. Be3 {[%emt 0:07:17]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:04:48]} 27. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:03:32]} 28. Qc3 {[%emt 0:02:14]} Qxe4 {[%emt 0:18:42]} 29. Rd4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Qe6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 30. Qxc6 {[%emt 0:00:20]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 31. Qc7 {[%emt 0:02:56]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:03:12]} 32. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:45]} d4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 33. Bxd4 {[%emt 0:01:10]} Qg4 {[%emt 0:01:19]} 34. Rd2 {[%emt 0:08:12]} Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 35. h3 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Qh4 {[%emt 0:01:35]} 36. Qxa7 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Qf4 {[%emt 0:02:05]} 0-1

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kulaots, Kaido"]
[Black "Vicas, Marijus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,87,14,0,10,-2,5,-4,72,62,66,69,67,32,32,32,32,34,39,19,32,34,25,19,58,49,75,57,69,45,72,52,68,68,113,50,71,77,112,118,121,102,113,107,114,105,118,112,111,108,100,93,146,154,154,158,151,139,146,145,147,137,156,148,500,482,2088,1953,5073,5073,5073,5065,5065,1212]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d5 (5... O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. Nbd2 a6 8. Bxc6 dxc6 9. Nc4 Bd6 10. Bg5 b5 11. Ne3 Qe7 12. Nh4 Qe6 13. Nhf5 Bf8 {½-½ (53) Caruana,F (2804)-Nakamura,H (2787) Saint Louis 2018}) 6. exd5 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} Qxd5 7. Bc4 Qd6 8. Qe2 O-O 9. Nbd2 {LiveBook: 4 Games} a6 10. Ng5 {Strongly threatening Nde4.} Ba7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Qe7 11. Nde4 Bb6 12. b4 h6 13. h4 {½-½ (33) Cortigiani,M (2187)-Khanas,V (2184) ICCF email 2017}) 11. Nde4 Nxe4 (11... Qe7 $1 $11) 12. Qxe4 $16 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Re4h7]} Qg6 13. Qxg6 hxg6 14. Be3 b5 15. Bd5 Bb7 $1 16. Bxa7 Rxa7 17. O-O-O Na5 18. Bxb7 Nxb7 19. Rhe1 Nd6 20. Ne4 Re8 21. Nc5 a5 22. a4 b4 23. Kc2 bxc3 $1 24. bxc3 f6 25. h4 (25. d4 $16) 25... Nb7 26. Ne4 f5 27. Ng5 Raa8 28. Nf3 e4 29. dxe4 fxe4 {[#]} 30. Ng5 $1 Nc5 31. Rd4 Rf8 32. f3 exf3 33. Nxf3 Rae8 {[#]} ({Black should try} 33... Rad8) 34. Rxe8 $1 Rxe8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 35. Rc4 Ne6 36. Re4 Kf8 37. Re5 Nf4 38. Rxa5 Nxg2 39. Re5 Rxe5 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (39... Kf7 $16 {is more resistant.} 40. Rc5 Ne3+ 41. Kb3 Rb8+ 42. Ka3 Rb7) 40. Nxe5 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Nxh4 (40... Ke8 $142 41. Nxg6 Ne3+ 42. Kd3 Nf5) 41. a5 {[%cal Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} Nf5 42. a6 Ne3+ 43. Kd3 Nd5 44. Nd7+ {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 41%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Neiksans, Arturs"]
[Black "Stremavicius, Titas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A89"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,99,49,43,61,57,69,67,66,56,54,51,95,90,98,106,100,68,84,43,43,47,75,70,97,44,86,83,87,62,203,191,173,141,132,131,177,183,300,308,435,388,399,389,439,390,854,529,1536,502,493,481,479,483,473,454,444,437,574,569,611,611,611,611,611,611,833,760,1385,1284,5042,4391,1548,836,1089,1015,802,780,1122,1098]} 1. c4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. d5 Na5 9. Qd3 e5 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. b3 Nc6 12. Ba3 {LiveBook: 3 Games. A89: Dutch Defence: Leningrad System: 5 Nf3 0-0 6 0-0 d6 7 Nc3 Nc6} (12. Bb2 Qe7 13. Ng5 Bd7 14. Rad1 Kh8 15. Qd2 Rae8 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Bxg7+ Kxg7 18. cxd5 Ne5 19. Nf3 Nxf3+ 20. Bxf3 {0-1 (50) Kovchan,A (2585)-Korobov,A (2692) Rivne 2016}) 12... Kh8 13. Rad1 Bg8 14. e3 {White is slightly better.} Re8 15. Qc2 a5 {[#]} 16. Nd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Ne1 Nb4 17. Qb1 c6 18. Bb2 Qe7 19. a3 Na6 20. Nd3 Nc7 21. Nf4 Na6 22. Na4 Rab8 23. Bd4 Nc5 24. Nc3 a4 25. Bxc5 dxc5 26. Nxa4 {1-0 (26) Koshil,T (2513)-Ivannikov,V USSR 1987}) 16... Nxd4 17. Rxd4 ({Don't play} 17. exd4 d5 $11) 17... Rb8 18. Rfd1 Qe7 19. R4d2 h6 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. cxd5 Rf8 22. Rc1 Rf7 23. Bb2 ({White should play} 23. e4 $16) 23... Rbf8 24. Rd3 g5 25. Rc3 Bxc3 (25... Qf6 $14) 26. Qxc3+ $18 Kh7 27. Qxa5 h5 28. Rc4 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Kh6 29. h4 g4 (29... Bh7 $142 30. hxg5+ Qxg5) 30. Qb4 Qd8 (30... Re8 $142 31. Qxb7 c5) 31. Qd2 Re8 32. Rf4 Kg6 33. e4 Qe7 $2 (33... Kh7 34. Qc3 Re5 35. exf5 Qf6) 34. Bf1 {[#] Threatens to win with Rxf5.White is clearly winning.} Rff8 35. Bd3 (35. exf5+ $142 Kh7 36. f6) 35... Bxd5 {[%cal Rf5e4]} 36. exd5 Qe1+ 37. Qxe1 Rxe1+ 38. Kg2 Rd1 39. Rd4 Kh6 40. Bc3 Re8 41. Bxf5 Rxd4 42. Bxd4 Re1 43. a4 Rd1 44. Bf6 Re1 45. Bd8 Re5 46. Be6 c6 47. Bf6 Re2 48. Bc8 Kg6 49. Bxb7 cxd5 50. Bd4 {Precision: White = 79%, Black = 38%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Kovalenko, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,72,20,16,17,17,31,17,22,16,21,-23,-22,-38,-31,-38,-43,-32,-33,-33,0,-60,-33,-44,-37,-41,-47,-151,-151,-152,-159,-161,-155,-181,-180,-184,-180,-204,-189,-265,-242,-248,-238,-651,-628,-766,-741,-790,-783,-929,-904,-1433,-1402,-2714,-2656]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. e5 Nd5 7. Nc3 Nc7 8. Bxc6 dxc6 9. Ne4 Ne6 10. d3 b6 {B31: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5 g6} 11. Bd2 {LiveBook: 3 Games} (11. Be3 O-O 12. Qd2 Re8 13. a3 Nd4 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. Bf4 c5 16. Ng3 Qd5 17. f3 Be6 18. b3 b5 19. Ne4 c4 20. b4 {½-½ (52) Cuartas,J (2503)-Cori Tello,J (2648) Vallfogona de Balague 2017}) 11... h6 12. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Qc1 Qc7 13. Bc3 Bb7 14. Nf6+ Kf8 15. Ne4 Kg8 16. a4 a5 17. Qe3 Rd8 18. Ng3 {1-0 (29) Horvath,Z (2400)-Roganovic,M (2518) Hungary 2012}) 12... a5 {The position is equal.} 13. h3 O-O 14. b3 Ra7 15. Qe2 f5 16. exf6 exf6 17. Rad1 f5 18. Ng3 $1 Kh7 19. Bc1 Qd6 20. c4 (20. Qd2 $11) 20... g5 21. Bb2 Nd4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 22. Nxd4 cxd4 23. f4 ({White should try} 23. Qh5 $15) 23... Qxf4 $17 ({And not} 23... gxf4 24. Nh5 $11) 24. Nh5 Qd6 25. Nxg7 Kxg7 26. Qe5+ Qxe5 27. Rxe5 c5 28. Rde1 f4 {[%cal Bf5f4,Bf4g3][%mdl 32]} 29. Bc1 (29. Kf2 $142) 29... Bf5 30. h4 Kg6 ({Don't do} 30... gxh4 31. Re7+ Rxe7 32. Rxe7+ Kf6 33. Rb7) ({Don't take} 30... Bxd3 31. hxg5 h5 32. Kf2) 31. g3 $2 {[#]} (31. Rd1) 31... fxg3 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 32. hxg5 h5 {[%cal Bh6h5,Bh5h4][%mdl 32]} 33. Rd5 Rd7 34. Kg2 h4 35. Rh1 Rxd5 36. cxd5 Kh5 {Precision: White = 25%, Black = 80%.} 0-1

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Meskovs, Nikita"]
[Black "Sarakauskas, Gediminas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,56,29,0,50,35,47,53,81,66,63,79,74,75,102,110,168,63,52,56,42,52,42,41,39,45,33,29,71,80,89,8,47,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. Na3 {LiveBook: 9 Partien. E04: Katalanisch} (6. O-O Nc6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nfd2 Na5 10. Na3 Bxa3 11. bxa3 Nd5 12. Ne4 O-O 13. Bd2 b6 14. Rac1 Ba6 15. Bxa5 bxa5 {1-0 (39) Carlsen,M (2837)-Harikrishna,P (2744) Riadh 2017}) 6... c3 7. O-O $146 ({Vorgänger:} 7. bxc3 cxd4 8. O-O Qa5 9. Nc4 Qc7 10. Nfe5 Nd5 11. cxd4 Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bd2 Be7 {1-0 (46) Ovcina,D (2233)-Lekalakalae,M (1857) Johannesburg 2015}) 7... cxb2 8. Bxb2 {Weiß steht etwas besser.} Nc6 9. Rc1 cxd4 10. Nb5 {[%cal Rf3d4]} a6 11. Nbxd4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Be7 {[#]} (12... e5 $16 {ist eine bessere Verteidigung.}) 13. Qb3 (13. Nc6 $1 $18 {[%cal Rc6d8]} bxc6 14. Qxd8+ Kxd8 15. Bxc6) 13... O-O $14 14. Rfd1 ({Doch nicht} 14. Bxb7 Bxb7 15. Qxb7 Rb8 $15) 14... Qa5 15. Bxb7 Bxb7 16. Qxb7 Ba3 $1 17. Bxa3 Qxa3 18. Nc6 {Und Se7+ würde nun gewinnen.} Rfe8 19. Rc4 Qxa2 {[#]} 20. Rcd4 (20. Rdc1 $1 $16) 20... e5 21. Rd6 {Droht stark Dxa8!} Qc4 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} 22. Nxe5 Qxe2 23. Qxf7+ Kh8 24. f4 {[%cal Bf2f4,Bf4e5][%mdl 32]} Rxe5 25. fxe5 Qe3+ 26. Kg2 {Weiss will mit Td8+ Matt setzen.} Qe2+ $1 27. Kg1 {jetzt Td8+ und aus.} Qe3+ 28. Kg2 {Droht Matt per Td8+.} Qe2+ $1 {Precision: Weiß = 63%, Schwarz = 70%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Black "Kantans, Toms"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,97,12,10,18,13,13,18,13,1,0,0,0,0,7,4,10,0,18,0,0,0,36,23,41,36,46,45,41,0,43,42,36,41,41,39,72,51,73,68,60,46,108,112,110,116,135,132,188,131,165,164,167,164,173,158,308,293,347,325,742,742,689,727,979,996,960,831,884,994,934,982,1012,952,947,928,881,835,1091,851,1032,972,2214,1916,5081,2354]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qf3 dxc6 7. Nc3 {C45: Scotch Game} Be6 8. Be3 {LiveBook: 15 Games} Qe7 9. O-O-O $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 9. Bxc5 Qxc5 10. O-O-O Nf6 11. h3 O-O 12. Kb1 b5 13. Bd3 Nd7 14. Qg3 Nb6 {1-0 (34) Savchenko,B (2583)-Mamedyarov,S (2752) Moscow 2007}) 9... Nf6 {aiming for ...Bg4.} 10. h3 Nd7 11. Qg3 O-O-O 12. Qxg7 Bxe3+ 13. fxe3 h5 14. Qg3 Rhg8 15. Qf4 Rg5 16. Be2 Rdg8 17. Bf3 Ra5 18. Nd5 cxd5 19. exd5 Rxa2 20. Kb1 Ra5 21. Rd4 Nf6 {[%cal Rf6d5]} 22. dxe6 fxe6 23. Ra4 Rxa4 $1 24. Qxa4 Kb8 25. Rd1 e5 26. Qb3 $40 {[%csl Gf3][%cal Rb3b7][%mdl 128] White mounts an attack.} b6 ({Not} 26... e4 $2 27. Bxe4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} c5 28. Bf3 $18) 27. Bxh5 a5 (27... Rxg2 $14 28. Bf3 Rg8) 28. g4 $1 $16 Rg7 29. Qd3 Kb7 30. Qf5 a4 (30... Nxh5 $16 31. Qe4+ (31. Qxh5 Rh7 $16) (31. gxh5 Qh4 $14) 31... c6) 31. Rf1 ({Better is} 31. Bg6 $18) 31... Nd5 {[#]} 32. Qe4 $1 {[%cal Re4d5]} c6 33. Qxa4 Nxe3 34. Rf3 b5 {[#]} (34... Qc5 $16) 35. Qa3 $1 $18 {[%cal Ra3e3]} Qxa3 36. bxa3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Nc4 $2 (36... Ng2 37. Rf7+ Rxf7 38. Bxf7 Kc7) 37. Rf7+ {White is clearly winning.} Rxf7 38. Bxf7 {KB-KN} Nd2+ 39. Kc1 Nf3 40. Bg6 Kc7 41. Be4 Ng5 42. Bg2 Kd6 43. Kd2 Ne6 44. h4 {[%cal Bh3h4,Bh4h5,Bh5h6][%mdl 32]} c5 45. g5 b4 46. a4 {[%cal Ba3a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} c4 47. a5 Nc5 48. h5 e4 49. h6 {Precision: White = 85%, Black = 33%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Miezis, Normunds"]
[Black "Laurusas, Tomas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,25,0,0,10,16,11,1,20,0,0,-10]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 e6 6. e4 Nge7 7. Nge2 O-O 8. O-O d6 9. Rb1 {LiveBook: 147 Partien. Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} Qd7 {A36: Englische Eröffnung (Botwinnik-Variante)} (9... b6 10. a3 Bb7 11. b4 Nd4 12. Be3 Qd7 13. Qd2 Nxe2+ 14. Nxe2 cxb4 15. axb4 d5 16. Qa2 Rfd8 17. Rfc1 Nc6 18. Bg5 Re8 19. cxd5 exd5 20. exd5 Ne7 21. Nf4 {½-½ (71) Gordievsky,D (2622)-Krasenkow,M (2671) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 10. Be3 Nd4 11. b4 Nec6 12. a3 b6 13. f4 {Vorgänger:} Bb7 $146 14. g4 f5 15. gxf5 exf5 16. Nd5 Nxe2+ 17. Qxe2 Nd4 18. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 19. Kh1 Bxd5 20. cxd5 {0-1 (46) Leks,H (2146)-Choisy,M (2051) Heraklio 2004} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Starostits, Ilmars"]
[Black "Kanep, Meelis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

{[%evp 8,12,16,19,14,17,18]} 1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:44]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 3. Bf4 {[%emt 0:01:11]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 4. e3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 5. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} c5 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 6. c3 {[%emt 0:00:09] LiveBook: 9 Games} Nc6 $11 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 7. Nb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Seeman, Tarvo"]
[Black "Beinoras, Mindaugas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,75,21,0,16,0,1,0,12,0,25,41,36,39,37,23,52,15,7,0,46,20,110,107,97,102,104,103,122,122,110,106,112,64,64,70,63,61,74,68,225,207,245,199,261,259,261,261,261,261,261,263,261,264,264,264,4810,4806,4710,150]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Nb6 7. b3 Bd6 8. Bb2 O-O 9. d3 Re8 {A20: English Opening: 1...e5} 10. Nbd2 {LiveBook: 4 Games} a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Bg4 11. h3 Bf5 12. Rc1 Qd7 13. Kh2 Rad8 14. a3 a5 15. Nh4 Be6 16. Nc4 Nxc4 17. bxc4 {0-1 (70) Nakamura,H (2779)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2804) Doha 2016}) 11. a3 f6 {The position is equal.} 12. Qc2 Be6 13. e3 Bf8 14. d4 exd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bd5 17. Rfd1 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 c6 (18... c5 $5 19. Bc3 (19. Bxc5 Qd5+ 20. Ne4 Qc6 $17) 19... a4 $11) 19. Nf3 Qc7 (19... Nd7 $11) 20. Bxb6 $1 $16 Qxb6 21. Qc4+ Kh8 22. Rd7 Re7 {[#]} 23. Rad1 $1 Rae8 24. a4 Qb4 25. Qxb4 axb4 26. R1d4 c5 27. R4d5 Rxd7 28. Rxd7 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} c4 $2 {[#]} ({Black should try} 28... Re7 $14 29. Rd8 Kg8) 29. bxc4 $18 b6 30. Nd4 Rc8 (30... Rb8 {might work better.} 31. Kf3 Kg8) 31. Rb7 Kg8 32. Rxb6 Bc5 33. Rb7 Bxd4 34. exd4 Rxc4 35. a5 b3 36. d5 {[%cal Bd4d5,Bd5d6][%mdl 32]} Ra4 $2 (36... Kf8 37. Rxb3 Ra4 38. Rb8+ Kf7) 37. d6 Rxa5 38. Rb8+ {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 43%.} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Narva, Mai"]
[Black "Kalvaitis, Sigitas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2322"]
[BlackElo "2194"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 3. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 6. dxc3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 7. Be3 {[%emt 0:03:43]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:26]} 8. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:28] C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} Qe8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} (8... Nd7 9. O-O-O c6 10. Kb1 d5 11. c4 Nb6 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Bc4 Bf5 14. Bxd5 cxd5 15. Qxd5 Qc8 {0-1 (39) Robson,R (2660)-Caruana,F (2804) Saint Louis 2018}) 9. O-O-O {[%emt 0:03:55]} Qa4 {[%emt 0:00:41] LiveBook: 11 Games} 10. a3 $146 {[%emt 0:01:20]} ({Predecessor:} 10. Kb1 Nc6 11. Nd4 Nxd4 12. cxd4 Bf6 13. Be2 c6 14. g4 Be6 15. b3 Qa3 {0-1 (31) McShane,L (2640)-Fridman,D (2633) Katowice 2017}) 10... Nc6 {[%emt 0:02:08]} 11. h4 {[%emt 0:21:49]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:11:01]} 12. h5 {[%emt 0:04:23]} Be6 {[%emt 0:09:38]} 13. Bd4 {[%emt 0:12:39]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:19:37]} 14. Qf4 {[%emt 0:06:33]} Nxf3 {[%emt 0:03:27]} (14... Qa5 $16) 15. gxf3 {[%emt 0:13:29]} c5 {[%emt 0:06:23]} 16. Rg1 {[%emt 0:04:04]} f6 {[%emt 0:11:29]} 17. Rxg7+ {[%emt 0:03:39]} Kxg7 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 18. Bxf6+ {[%emt 0:00:16]} Bxf6 {[%emt 0:01:57]} 19. Qxa4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bg5+ {[%emt 0:00:27]} 20. Kb1 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bf4 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 21. Qe4 {[%emt 0:01:48]} Be5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 22. Bd3 {[%emt 0:01:44]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:01:48]} 23. Qxb7+ {[%emt 0:00:28]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 24. Qc6 {[%emt 0:01:39]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 25. Rg1+ {[%emt 0:03:37]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 26. h6 {[%emt 0:01:49]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:01:28]} 27. Re1 {[%emt 0:02:43]} Re7 {[%emt 0:02:27]} 28. Rxe5 {[%emt 0:02:50]} dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 29. Qd6 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Rbe8 $18 {[%emt 0:02:33]} 30. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vorobjov, Pavel"]
[Black "Chukavin, Kirill"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2233"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 4. e3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} O-O {[%emt 0:02:01]} 5. Nge2 {[%emt 0:00:23]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 6. a3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 7. Ng3 {[%emt 0:00:37]} c6 {[%emt 0:03:15] E46: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4 e3 0-0 5 Ne2 without early Bd3} 8. Be2 {[%emt 0:01:24]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:04:06]} 9. O-O {[%emt 0:00:30]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:08:45]} 10. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} e5 {[%emt 0:01:51]} 11. Ba2 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:02:36] LiveBook: 12 Partien} 12. dxe5 {[%emt 0:01:45]} Bxe5 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 13. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:15] [#]} h5 $146 {[%emt 0:12:40]} ({Predecessor:} 13... Qe7 14. e4 Be6 15. Bxe6 Qxe6 {½-½ (51) Lopez Martinez,J (2584)-Meier,G (2648) Batumi 2018}) 14. Rd1 {[%emt 0:04:26]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:02:26]} 15. Nf1 {[%emt 0:01:27]} Re8 {[%emt 0:04:46]} 16. Bd2 {[%emt 0:04:28]} Ng4 {[%emt 0:11:58]} 17. f4 {[%emt 0:02:47]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:06:26]} 18. Qg6 {[%emt 0:09:20]} Bxf4 {[%emt 0:16:12]} 19. exf4 {[%emt 0:08:54]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:01:33]} 20. Nxd5 {[%emt 0:04:26]} cxd5 $11 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 21. Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Be6 {[%emt 0:01:31]} 22. Qxh5 {[%emt 0:02:11]} Qb6+ {[%emt 0:01:59]} 23. Be3 {[%emt 0:06:53]} Nxe3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 24. Nxe3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Qxe3+ {[%emt 0:00:33]} 25. Kh1 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Qxf4 {[%emt 0:02:13]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Berzina, Ilze"]
[Black "Tokranovs, Dmitrijs"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "2176"]
[BlackElo "2337"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 f5 5. d4 fxe4 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nxe5 Bd6 8. Qh5+ g6 9. Qe2 Bf5 {C64: Ruy Lopez: Classical Defence (3...Bc5) except 4 0-0 Nf6} 10. Bf4 Nf6 11. Nd2 Qe7 12. h3 O-O-O 13. O-O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. O-O Rhg8 14. Bh2 h5 15. Ndc4 Nd5 16. f3 exf3 17. Qxf3 Bxe5 18. Nxe5 {1-0 (31) Anand,V (2776)-L'Ami,E (2605) Germany 2017}) 13... Nd5 14. Be3 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 Qxe5 (16... c5 $11) 17. Nc4 Qb5 18. Qxa7 Qa6 19. Qxa6 bxa6 20. Na5 Be6 21. Nxc6 Rxd1+ 22. Kxd1 Rf8 23. Ke2 Bxa2 24. Ra1 Bc4+ 25. Ke3 Rf6 26. Ne5 Bd5 27. Ra5 Bb7 28. Nc4 Kd7 29. Nd2 Rd6 30. Nxe4 Bxe4 31. Kxe4 Re6+ 32. Re5 Rf6 33. f4 Kd6 34. b4 Kc6 35. g4 Kb6 36. Re7 Rc6 37. Kd4 Rd6+ 38. Ke5 Rd3 39. Rxh7 Rxc3 40. f5 gxf5 $18 41. gxf5 Kb5 42. f6 Kxb4 43. f7 Rf3 44. Rh4+ 1-0

[Event "Baltic Zonal 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2018.05.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Haavamae, Henrik"]
[Black "Ladva, Ottomar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2098"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "218"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,218,23,21,45,27,45,22,14,0,-23,-41,-22,-41,-28,-27,-33,-44,-40,-38,-16,-13,0,-35,-38,-54,-54,-57,-53,-77,-57,-54,-35,-73,-24,-23,-22,-24,-17,-17,-17,-24,-17,-15,0,-2,-7,-9,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-17,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,-2,-2,-2,-2,-2,-2,-2,-2,-2,-3,-2,-3,-2,-2,0,0,0,-7,0,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-8,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,0,-7,0,-7,0,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Bd3 b5 8. O-O Bb7 9. Qe2 Nf6 10. a3 h5 {B48: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 Be3 a6 without Be2} (10... Rc8 11. Kh1 h5 12. Nxc6 Qxc6 13. Bg5 Bc5 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Nd5 Be7 16. Nxe7 Kxe7 17. f3 Qc5 18. Rac1 {1-0 (80) Savchenko,B (2556)-Potkin,V (2599) St Petersburg 2015}) 11. h3 {LiveBook: 8 Games} h4 12. Nf3 Be7 {White has an edge.} 13. Bg5 Ne5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. f4 Qc5+ $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Qd4+ 16. Kh2 Nh5 17. Qg4 Ng3 18. Rfd1 Qc5 19. Bxe7 Kxe7 20. Qxg7 Rag8 21. Qe5 Qf2 22. Bxb5 axb5 {½-½ (22) Zavadil,J (2075)-Omelka,A (2225) Czech Republic 1998}) 16. Kh2 Nh5 {aiming for ...Ng3.} 17. Bxe7 Kxe7 18. Qf2 Qxf2 19. Rxf2 g5 20. fxg5 Rhg8 21. Be2 (21. a4 {is interesting.} bxa4 22. Ne2 Rxg5 23. Ng1 Ng3 24. Rxa4 Bc6 25. Nf3) 21... Rxg5 22. Bxh5 Rxh5 23. Re1 Rg8 24. Rf4 a5 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5b4][%mdl 32]} 25. Re2 Rg7 26. Rg4 Rxg4 27. hxg4 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rc5 28. Kh3 b4 29. axb4 axb4 30. Nd1 Rc4 31. Nf2 {The position is equal.} d5 32. e5 Rd4 33. c3 bxc3 34. bxc3 Rc4 35. Re3 Ra4 36. Kxh4 Ra3 37. Nd1 Bc6 38. c4 Ra1 39. cxd5 Bxd5 40. Nc3 Bxg2 41. Ne4 Bxe4 42. Rxe4 $11 {KR-KR} Kf8 43. Kg5 $1 Kg7 44. Re2 Ra5 45. Re4 Rb5 46. Re2 Rb4 47. Re3 Kf8 48. Kh5 Ke7 49. g5 Rb1 50. Re4 Rh1+ 51. Kg4 Kf8 52. Ra4 Kg7 53. Ra8 Rf1 54. Kh5 Re1 55. Ra5 Rh1+ 56. Kg4 Kg6 57. Ra8 Rg1+ 58. Kf4 Rf1+ 59. Ke4 Kxg5 {Black wants to play ...Re1+.} 60. Rg8+ Kh6 61. Rg2 Ra1 62. Kf4 Ra4+ 63. Kf3 $1 Rh4 64. Ke3 Rh5 65. Kf4 Rf5+ 66. Ke4 Rg5 67. Rf2 Kg7 68. Ra2 Rg4+ 69. Ke3 Rg1 70. Rf2 Re1+ 71. Kf4 Kf8 72. Ra2 Ke8 73. Ra7 Kd8 74. Kf3 Ke8 75. Kf4 Re2 76. Rb7 Rd2 77. Ke4 Rd7 78. Rb1 Kd8 79. Rc1 Rc7 80. Rd1+ Kc8 81. Rd2 Rc1 82. Rf2 Re1+ 83. Kd4 Rd1+ 84. Ke4 Rd7 85. Rc2+ Kb7 86. Rc1 Kb6 87. Rb1+ Kc5 88. Rc1+ Kb4 89. Rc8 Kb3 90. Rc6 Rd1 91. Rc7 Re1+ 92. Kd4 Rf1 93. Ke4 Kb4 94. Kd4 Kb5 95. Ke4 Kb6 96. Rc2 (96. Re7 {keeps more tension.} Re1+ 97. Kf4 Rf1+ 98. Ke4) 96... Ra1 97. Kd4 Ra4+ 98. Ke3 Ra5 99. Kd4 Rd5+ 100. Ke4 Rc5 101. Rf2 Rc4+ 102. Kd3 Rc7 (102... Rc5 {with more complications.} 103. Ke4) 103. Ke4 Rd7 104. Rc2 Kb5 105. Rc1 Kb4 106. Rc8 Ra7 107. Rb8+ Kc3 108. Rc8+ Kd2 109. Rd8+ Ke2 {Precision: White = 72%, Black = 74%.} 1/2-1/2

