[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Levin, Felix"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Muelheim"]

{[%evp 19,65,18,24,18,40,16,35,33,43,29,41,35,24,0,0,0,0,0,60,67,77,47,115,128,114,107,120,122,125,105,116,67,78,72,88,60,90,82,272,270,265,263,356,339,423,423,665,658]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Bg5 h6 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} 7. Bh4 Be7 8. Nbd2 d6 9. a4 a5 10. Bg3 Nd7 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 11. O-O Bf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nb6 12. Bb3 Kh8 13. Re1 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 {½-½ (54) Ragger,M (2700)-Dragnev,V (2438) Germany 2017}) 12. Re1 Nc5 13. Nb3 Nxb3 14. Qxb3 h5 {[#] And now ...h4 would win.} 15. h3 g5 16. Nd2 g4 17. hxg4 hxg4 18. Nf1 Ne7 (18... Bg5 $11) 19. Ne3 $14 Bg5 20. d4 Bxe3 ({Black should try} 20... Ng6 $14) 21. fxe3 $16 Ng6 22. Rf1 {[%cal Rc4f7]} Qe7 23. Rf2 Kg7 24. Raf1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} f6 25. Bd3 b6 26. Qd1 Bd7 27. Rf5 Rf7 28. Bc4 ({But not} 28. Qxg4 $6 exd4 29. exd4 Bxf5 $16) 28... Be6 $2 (28... Rff8 $16) 29. Bxe6 $18 Qxe6 30. Qxg4 Rh8 31. dxe5 dxe5 {[#]} 32. Bxe5 $1 {[%mdl 512] Hoping for Rxf6.} Rh4 (32... Re8 $142 33. R1f3 Qxe5) (32... fxe5 33. Rxf7+) 33. Qg3 {Precision: White = 71%, Black = 64%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Muelheim"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]

{[%evp 14,76,31,18,26,30,32,42,47,29,30,27,26,14,50,22,51,22,21,16,55,27,99,64,113,0,65,-165,-143,-268,-147,-370,-357,-758,-757,-924,-788,-885,-845,-769,-800,-784,-784,-784,-781,-872,-872,-858,-857,-955,-673,-1070,-1054,-1112,-689,-689,-689,-619,-599,-745,-743,-921,-946,-1447,-1342]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Nc6 8. Be2 e5 {[%cal Re5d4] D97: Grünfeld: Russian System: 7 e4, replies other than 7...Bg4} 9. d5 Nd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 {White is slightly better.} 11. Qxd4 c6 12. Qc4 b5 13. Qxc6 Bd7 14. Qd6 Re8 15. Bd3 {And now 0-0 would win.} (15. Bg5 b4 16. Qxb4 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Qxg5 {½-½ (59) Aronian,L (2799)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2804) Tbilisi 2017}) 15... a5 {aiming for ...b4.} 16. f3 {Strongly threatening 0-0.} b4 $146 17. Ne2 {Hoping for Bg5.} Bf8 (17... Nh5 $11 18. h4 Be5) 18. Qg3 Qb6 {[#]} 19. Bg5 (19. Qg5 $1 $16) 19... Rac8 (19... Nxd5 $11 20. exd5 b3) 20. Qf2 $2 (20. Bxf6 $1 $14 {keeps the upper hand.} Qxf6 21. Rb1) 20... Bc5 $19 21. Qh4 {[#]} (21. Qg3 $17 Nh5 22. Qh4) 21... Nxd5 $1 22. Bc4 $2 {[#]} (22. exd5 $17 Bb5 23. Rd1) 22... h6 $1 {[%cal Rh6g5][%mdl 512]} 23. Bxd5 $2 (23. Bxh6 Be7 24. Qf2 Rxc4 25. Qxb6 Nxb6 26. Be3) 23... hxg5 {Black is clearly winning.} 24. Qxg5 Bf2+ 25. Kf1 Bb5 {Threatens to win with ...Rc2.} 26. Qd2 Be3 27. Qd1 Qf6 28. Ke1 a4 {[%cal Ba5a4,Ba4a3][%mdl 32]} 29. Rb1 Rc7 30. b3 a3 31. f4 Rec8 32. e5 Qf5 33. Bc4 Rd7 34. Bxb5 Rxd1+ 35. Rxd1 Qc2 36. e6 fxe6 37. Bd7 {[#]} Rc3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 38. Bxe6+ (38. Nxc3 Qf2#) 38... Kf8 {Precision: White = 33%, Black = 70%.} 0-1

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Zelbel, Patrick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2441"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Muelheim"]

{[%evp 16,49,11,4,74,-31,-23,-23,-20,-28,-14,-37,-14,-29,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-29,-37,-52,33,59,490,472,636,629,632,621,571,514,6229,5116]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4)} Ne4 7. Rc1 (7. Qa4+ Nc6 8. Rc1 O-O 9. g3 g5 10. Be3 f5 11. Bg2 f4 12. gxf4 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 gxf4 {0-1 (21) Svidler,P (2768)-Mamedyarov,S (2804) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 7... Nc6 8. Nd2 g5 9. Be3 {LiveBook: 7 Games} f5 $146 {[#]} (9... Nxc3 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} 10. bxc3 Be7) ({Predecessor:} 9... Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bd6 11. h4 gxh4 12. Nf3 Be7 13. Bf4 Bf5 {0-1 (95) Svane,R (2542)-Socko,B (2617) Germany 2016}) 10. g3 (10. Ndxe4 $1 $16 fxe4 11. a3 Bxc3+ 12. Rxc3) 10... Nxc3 $1 $15 11. bxc3 Bd6 12. Nf3 f4 13. gxf4 gxf4 14. Bd2 Qf6 15. Qb3 Bd7 16. Rg1 h6 17. c4 dxc4 $1 (17... Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Bc5 19. Qxb7 $18) 18. Qxc4 {[#] Strongly threatening Bc3.} O-O-O 19. Bc3 {Black must now prevent d5.} Rhe8 (19... Kb8 $1 $15) 20. d5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Qf7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (20... Ne5 $1 $14 21. Nxe5 Rxe5) 21. Rg7 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Qh5 22. Rxd7 Kxd7 23. dxc6+ bxc6 {intending ...Qxf3.} 24. Nd4 ({Not} 24. Bf6 Qxf3 25. Rc3 Qh1 $16) 24... Qxh2 (24... c5 $142 25. Qb5+ Ke7 26. Nc6+ Kf8 27. Nxd8 Rxd8) 25. Qxc6+ {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 32%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Dinstuhl, Volkmar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2386"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Muelheim"]

{[%evp 15,55,52,74,78,83,73,88,79,91,83,94,65,82,63,92,113,122,135,210,198,200,200,296,297,300,298,300,310,561,509,641,618,595,591,759,736,2260,2231,29982,29983,29990,29991]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Be3 c5 4. Nc3 Qa5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Qd2 cxd4 {B27: Sicilian: 2 Nf3, unusual Black 2nd moves} 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8. Nb3 Qd8 {LiveBook: 5 Games. White is slightly better.} (8... Qc7 9. Be2 d6 10. Bh6 Bxh6 11. Qxh6 Be6 12. O-O a6 13. Rad1 Ne5 14. Nd4 {½-½ (41) Kharchenko,B (2494)-Rakhmanov,A (2606) Taganrog 2014}) 9. f3 h5 10. O-O-O d6 11. Kb1 Be6 12. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Be2 Ne5 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 {½-½ (26) Boros,D (2296)-Kaposztas,M (2268) Budapest 2003}) 12... a6 13. Be2 Rc8 14. g4 Na5 15. Bd4 {And now g5 would win.} Kf8 16. f4 {[%cal Bf3f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32]} Nc4 (16... Nc6 $16) 17. Qc1 $18 b5 {[#]} 18. f5 $1 {[%cal Rf5e6]} gxf5 (18... Bd7 $142 19. g5 Ne8) 19. exf5 Bd7 20. g5 Ne8 21. Rhf1 Bc6 $2 {[#]} (21... Na3+ 22. bxa3 Bxd4) 22. Bxg7+ Kxg7 23. Bxc4 bxc4 24. Nd4 Bb7 25. Rde1 Kf8 26. Ne6+ fxe6 27. fxe6+ Kg7 28. Qf4 {Precision: White = 84%, Black = 36%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Wagner, Leopold Franziskus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2220"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Muelheim"]

{[%evp 16,65,4,0,45,17,28,28,26,22,16,16,21,15,15,11,48,46,47,19,41,43,110,109,141,141,137,136,135,108,124,157,151,102,102,97,101,100,100,100,108,99,112,112,177,121,186,178,264,364,651,648]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Be6 7. Be2 Qa5 {B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack} 8. c5 Ne4 9. Nf3 {LiveBook: 6 Games} Bf5 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 9... Bg4 10. Bd2 Nxd2 11. Nxd2 Bxe2 12. Nxe2 g6 13. Qb3 O-O-O 14. f4 Bg7 15. Qc3 Qxc3 16. bxc3 {½-½ (46) Timofeev,A (2681)-Khairullin,I (2637) Belgorod 2010}) 10. Bd2 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 e6 12. Bb5 Be7 13. g4 Bg6 14. Ne5 Qc7 $1 15. h4 $36 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 2080] White is more active.} f6 (15... Bf6 {looks sharper.} 16. f4 Bxe5 17. fxe5 h5 18. g5 O-O) 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Qe3 Qd7 18. O-O-O Bd8 (18... O-O-O $14) 19. f4 $16 f5 20. h5 Bc7 21. hxg6 O-O-O 22. gxf5 exf5 23. Rxh8 Rxh8 24. Qf3 Rd8 25. Ba4 Qe6 26. Bb3 {[%cal Rc3d5]} Ne7 27. Kb1 Ba5 28. Bc2 Bxc3 29. Qxc3 Nxg6 (29... Kb8 $16) 30. Re1 (30. Qa5 $18) 30... Qf6 {[#]} (30... Qd7 $16 {might work better.} 31. Qg3 Qf7) 31. Qa5 $1 $18 {c6 is the strong threat.} Nxf4 (31... Rf8 $142 32. Qxa7 Qa6 33. Qxa6 bxa6) 32. Qxa7 {aiming for c6!} g6 $2 {[#]} (32... Ne6 33. Rd1 Rf8) 33. c6 $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 85%, Black = 33%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Dragnev, Valentin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Dresden"]
[BlackTeam "Bayern Muenchen"]

{[%evp 30,87,2,-26,-8,-2,0,0,0,-11,51,34,51,54,75,73,81,98,129,129,114,114,116,120,172,110,161,168,168,158,166,106,113,110,206,208,213,203,238,231,246,235,241,245,245,234,255,250,231,228,318,218,405,414,563,580,605,603,556,576]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 Na5 9. Bc2 c5 10. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1e3,Be3d5][%mdl 32]} O-O 11. Re1 Re8 12. Nf1 Nc6 13. Ne3 Bf8 14. h3 {C90: Closed Ruy Lopez with 7...d6: Early deviations} (14. a4 b4 15. Nd5 h6 16. a5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Nxa5 18. Ba4 Re7 19. Nd2 Rb8 20. c4 Nb7 21. Ne4 f5 22. Ng3 {1-0 (43) Carlsen,M (2837)-Ding,L (2774) Saint Louis 2017}) 14... h6 15. Nh2 d5 16. Qf3 {[%cal Re3d5] LiveBook: 5 Games. The position is equal.} Be6 17. Bb3 $146 {[%cal Re4d5]} ({Predecessor:} 17. Nf5 d4 18. g4 Nh7 19. Qg3 Be7 20. Nf3 Bxf5 21. gxf5 Ng5 22. Nh2 {1-0 (47) Kuijpers,F-Porat,Y Tel Aviv 1964}) 17... d4 18. Nd5 Nh7 19. Bd2 Qd6 (19... Rc8 $11) 20. Qg3 $14 f5 21. Qg6 Red8 22. Ne7+ Bxe7 23. Qxe6+ Kh8 24. exf5 (24. Qxf5 $6 dxc3 25. Bxc3 b4) 24... dxc3 25. Bxc3 Qxe6 26. fxe6 Rxd3 {[#]} (26... Nf8 $16 27. Rad1 Ng6) 27. Nf3 (27. Ng4 $1 $18) 27... Nf8 (27... e4 $16 28. Rxe4 Ng5) 28. Nxe5 $18 Nxe5 29. Rxe5 Re8 30. Rf5 ({Better is} 30. Re4 $18) 30... c4 $16 31. Bc2 Rd6 (31... Rdd8 $16) 32. Rf7 $18 Nxe6 33. Bb4 $40 {[%mdl 128] White wants a kill.} Nd4 {[#] And now ...Re6 would win.} 34. Bxd6 Nxc2 35. Rd1 ({Less strong is} 35. Bxe7 Kg8 $16) ({Not} 35. Rxe7 Rxe7 36. Bxe7 Nxa1 $14) 35... Bf6 36. Rd2 Ne1 37. Bb4 Kg8 38. Ra7 Nd3 39. Bc3 Bg5 40. Rc2 ({Weaker is} 40. Rxg7+ Kf8 $16) 40... b4 $2 (40... Ne1 {keeps fighting.}) 41. Bd4 b3 42. axb3 {White is clearly winning.} cxb3 43. Rxg7+ Kf8 44. Rc3 {Precision: White = 65%, Black = 26%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Parligras, Mircea Emilian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hockenheim"]
[BlackTeam "Aachen"]

{[%evp 20,41,4,-5,-3,-7,-2,-7,-10,0,0,0,0,0,4,10,12,11,6,6,12,12,12,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Bb3 Ba7 8. Nc4 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. O-O f6 11. Be3 {LiveBook: 5 Games. The position is equal. C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} Nxe3 12. Nxe3+ $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. fxe3 Kh8 13. d4 e4 14. Nh4 Ne7 15. g3 g5 16. Ng2 b5 17. Nd2 f5 18. Qh5 Ng6 {0-1 (34) Hajnal,Z (2403)-Vajda,L (2513) Eger 2002}) 12... Kh8 13. Re1 Qd6 14. Nh4 Be6 15. Qh5 {[#] Threatens to win with Ng6+.} Ne7 16. d4 exd4 17. Nc4 $1 {[%cal Rc4d6]} Bxc4 $1 18. Bxc4 Qc5 $1 {[%cal Rc5h5]} 19. Qxc5 Bxc5 20. cxd4 Bb4 21. Re6 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Saric, Ivan"]
[Black "Braun, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hockenheim"]
[BlackTeam "Aachen"]

{[%evp 15,55,37,46,44,41,31,32,38,36,32,123,111,102,128,120,124,141,120,131,72,140,108,213,119,147,133,141,153,145,153,142,150,143,132,242,230,297,287,283,272,697,690]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4 Nc6 {C14: French: Classical System: 4 Bg5 Be7 main line} 7. Nf3 (7. Qd2 f6 8. exf6 Nxf6 9. Nf3 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. Bd3 b5 12. Rde1 b4 13. Ne2 Ne4 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 {1-0 (42) Pridorozhni,A (2565)-Morozevich,A (2665) Sochi 2017}) 7... f6 8. exf6 Nxf6 {LiveBook: 7 Games. White is slightly better.} 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Qe2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. a3 h6 11. Ne5 Nxd4 12. Ng6 Re8 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. Bg6 {½-½ (27) Carlstedt,J (2438)-Grabarczyk,B (2395) Germany 2016}) 10... Nb4 11. O-O-O c5 12. dxc5 Qa5 (12... Bxc5 $14 13. Kb1 Qc7) 13. a3 $16 Nxd3+ 14. Rxd3 Qxc5 15. Nd4 Qb6 16. Re1 h6 17. Be3 (17. Bxh6 $142 gxh6 18. Qd2) 17... Qd6 (17... Qa6 $142) 18. Bd2 Re8 {[#]} (18... Ne8 $16 {was necessary.}) 19. f4 ({Weaker is} 19. Nxe6 Bd8 $14) (19. g4 $1 $18) 19... h5 20. Nxe6 Bxe6 21. Qxe6+ Qxe6 22. Rxe6 Rad8 23. f5 Kf7 24. Bg5 g6 (24... Bd6 $16 25. Bxf6 (25. Nxd5 Rxe6 26. fxe6+ Kxe6 $16) 25... gxf6) 25. Re5 {Strongly threatening Rf3.} gxf5 26. Rxf5 Ke6 27. Rf1 Ne4 $2 {[#]} (27... Ng4 28. Re1+ Ne5) 28. Bxe7 {Precision: White = 81%, Black = 41%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Swinkels, Robin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hockenheim"]
[BlackTeam "Aachen"]

{[%evp 22,83,16,12,20,6,6,0,102,100,124,119,125,93,129,127,123,112,124,117,131,131,125,126,215,208,194,188,252,245,219,202,220,212,284,275,258,272,891,864,654,890,878,834,806,764,740,704,879,807,1506,1152,6095,5801,5193,3289,2357,2287,29968,10025,29969,29969,29979,29980]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Nh4 Bc8 7. e3 e5 8. Bxc4 exd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Na6 12. Nf3 Nb4 {D17: Slav Defence: 5 a4 Bf5: Lines with 6 Nh4 and 6 Ne5} 13. Bg5 Bg4 {[#]} 14. Qe2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Qb3 Bxf3 15. gxf3 a5 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. Re5 Rad8 18. Rde1 Rd7 19. Bh4 Bd8 20. Bg3 Rxd4 {½-½ (47) Eljanov,P (2693)-Ivanchuk,V (2746) Nalchik 2009}) 14... Bxf3 (14... Re8 $11) 15. Qxe7 $16 ({Weaker is} 15. Qxf3 Nc2 $17) 15... Qxe7 16. Rxe7 Bd5 17. Rxb7 {aiming for Bxf6.} Rfb8 18. Rxb8+ Rxb8 19. Nxd5 Nbxd5 20. b3 Ne4 21. Bc1 h6 22. f3 Nd6 {[#]} (22... Ng5 $16 {was necessary.} 23. Bxg5 hxg5) 23. Bxd5 $1 $18 cxd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 24. Bf4 Rb6 (24... Rd8 $142 25. Bxd6 Rxd6) 25. a5 Rc6 26. Bxd6 $1 Rxd6 {KR-KR} 27. b4 {[%cal Bb3b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Rc6 28. b5 Rc2 29. Rb1 ({Much less strong is} 29. b6 $6 axb6 30. a6 (30. axb6 Rb2 $16) 30... Rc8 $16) 29... Kf8 $2 (29... Rc7 30. b6 axb6) 30. b6 axb6 31. axb6 {[%cal Ba5b6,Bb6b7][%mdl 32] And now b7 would win.} Rc8 32. b7 Rb8 33. Kf2 Ke7 34. Kg3 Kd6 35. Kf4 Kc6 36. Ke5 Re8+ {[#]} 37. Kf5 $1 Rb8 38. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} Kd6 39. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Kc6 40. h5 Kd6 41. f4 Kc6 42. g5 {Precision: White = 95%, Black = 31%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Piorun, Kacper"]
[Black "Mons, Leon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SFR Berlin"]
[BlackTeam "Zugzwang Muenchen"]

{[%evp 11,88,-3,6,-5,-6,-20,-16,-13,-22,-19,-16,-30,-41,-77,-53,-69,-43,-39,-39,-46,-49,-73,-24,-36,-17,-71,-33,-51,-16,-91,-114,-122,-125,-120,-118,-180,-178,-199,-193,-210,-209,-239,-221,-352,-343,-445,-420,-409,-352,-410,-425,-416,-303,-522,-405,-402,-400,-387,-388,-464,-472,-484,-470,-732,-697,-715,-688,-661,-632,-578,-514,-514,-514,-841,-828,-788,-535,-831,-781]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nbd7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 c6 6. Nc3 Bb4 {LiveBook: 4 Games. A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems} (6... Be7 7. e4 dxe4 8. dxe4 O-O 9. Nh4 g6 10. Qe2 Re8 11. b3 Bf8 12. Na4 Qc7 13. Be3 b5 14. Nb2 {1-0 (66) Nevednichy,V (2573)-Ankit,R (2439) Kavala 2013}) 7. Bd2 O-O 8. Qe1 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 8. a3 Ba5 9. b4 Bc7 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. dxe4 Nb6 13. Qe2 Be6 14. Rfd1 {1-0 (29) Telljohann,S (2419)-Dauth,B (2337) Baden-Baden 2007}) 8... e4 {The position is equal.} 9. dxe4 Bxc3 $1 10. Bxc3 Nxe4 11. Bb4 Re8 12. Qc1 a5 13. Be1 b6 14. c4 Ba6 15. b3 Qf6 {...dxc4 is the strong threat.} 16. Rb1 a4 17. Qd1 Rad8 {Strongly threatening ...axb3.} 18. Qc2 (18. cxd5 $11 {remains equal.} axb3 19. axb3) 18... axb3 (18... a3 {NOTEXT} 19. Bh1 h6 20. Nh4 Qe6 21. Ng2 dxc4 22. Ne3 cxb3 23. Rxb3 Bb5) 19. axb3 Nf8 20. Rd1 (20. Nh4 $11) 20... dxc4 $17 21. Rxd8 cxb3 ({Much weaker is} 21... Qxd8 $6 22. bxc4 Qd6 23. Qa4 $11) 22. Qxb3 Qxd8 23. Qb2 (23. Qa2 $17 {is a better defense.} Bb7 24. Qb2) 23... Qf6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has strong initiative.} 24. Qc2 c5 25. Nh4 Qe6 26. Qb2 b5 {[%cal Bb6b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 27. Ba5 (27. Qa1 $142 Nf6 28. Bd2) 27... b4 28. Ra1 Nc3 29. e3 Bd3 30. Kh1 Qf6 31. Rc1 Be4 32. f3 $2 {[#]} (32. Rxc3 {might work better.} Qxc3 33. Qxc3 bxc3 34. Bxc3) 32... Ba8 {Threatens to win with ...g5.} 33. e4 Nxe4 34. Qxf6 Nxf6 35. Bf1 Ne6 {Black is clearly winning.} 36. Kg1 Bd5 37. f4 (37. Bb6 $142 b3 38. Rb1) 37... Ra8 38. Bb6 Nd7 39. f5 Nxb6 40. fxe6 c4 {[%cal Bc5c4,Bc4c3][%mdl 32]} 41. e7 Re8 42. Re1 (42. Nf5 $142 g6 43. Ne3) 42... g6 43. Ng2 Be6 44. Re5 c3 {Precision: White = 22%, Black = 66%.} 0-1

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "166"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen"]
[BlackTeam "SV Hofheim"]

{[%evp 24,166,35,22,16,21,21,18,38,0,0,0,0,0,0,-11,0,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-11,-11,-11,-11,-11,-11,-31,-11,-11,-11,-11,-11,-31,-11,-31,0,0,0,-31,-31,-30,-30,-30,-30,-31,-31,-31,-31,-31,-31,-31,-31,-31,-31,-31,-11,-11,-11,-11,-11,-31,-31,-31,-31,-31,-31,-31,-31,-31,-31,-31,0,-31,0,0,0,-31,-31,-31,-31,-31,-11,-11,-11,-11,-11,-11,-11,-11,-11,-11,-11,-11,0,-11,-11,-11,-11,-11,-11,-11,-11,-11,-11,-11,-11,-11,-11,-11,-11,-11,0,-11,-11,-11,-11,-11,-11,-11,-11,-11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Rc1 b6 {D41: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 cxd5} 12. Bd3 Ba6 13. O-O {LiveBook: 3 Games} (13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. O-O Qe7 15. Qe2 Qb7 16. Ne5 Rac8 17. h4 Nb8 18. Nc4 Qa6 19. Rc2 {½-½ (61) So,W (2788)-Dominguez Perez,L (2739) Saint Louis 2017}) 13... Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Nd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7f8,Bf8h7,Bh7g5,Bg5e4][%mdl 32]} 15. e5 h6 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 15... a6 16. Rc6 h6 17. Rfc1 Qb8 18. Qe3 Rd8 19. d5 {1-0 (28) Gomez Esteban,J (2495)-Rodriguez Lopez,R (2410) Caceres 1996}) 16. Qa6 Re8 17. h4 Nf8 18. h5 Nh7 19. Rfd1 Qd7 20. Rc4 Rec8 21. Nd2 Ng5 22. Rdc1 {[%cal Rc4c8]} Rxc4 23. Qxc4 Rd8 24. Nb3 Ne4 25. Qc6 Qxc6 26. Rxc6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} a5 {next ...a4 is good for Black.} 27. a4 Rb8 $1 28. g4 b5 29. axb5 Rxb5 30. Nc5 Nxc5 31. dxc5 {KR-KR} a4 32. Kg2 a3 {[#] Hoping for ...Ra5.} 33. Ra6 Rxc5 34. Rxa3 Rxe5 35. Ra8+ Kh7 36. Ra7 Kg8 37. Ra8+ Kh7 38. Ra7 f5 39. Kg3 fxg4 40. Kxg4 Rg5+ 41. Kh4 Kg8 42. f4 Rb5 43. Re7 Rb6 44. Kg4 Kf8 45. Ra7 Rb4 46. Kg3 Rb8 47. Ra5 Rb3+ 48. Kg4 Rb4 49. Kg3 Re4 50. Ra7 Rd4 51. Rb7 Rd8 52. Kf3 Rd1 53. Ra7 Rh1 54. Kg4 Ke8 55. Rb7 Rd1 56. Kf3 Kf8 57. Ra7 Rf1+ 58. Kg4 Re1 59. Kf3 e5 60. fxe5 {The position is equal.} Rxe5 61. Kg4 Rg5+ 62. Kh4 Rd5 63. Rb7 Rd4+ 64. Kg3 Re4 65. Ra7 Re7 66. Ra4 Re5 67. Kg4 Kf7 68. Ra7+ Kf6 69. Ra6+ Re6 70. Ra4 Rd6 71. Rf4+ Ke5 72. Rf5+ Ke6 {[#] And now ...Rd4+ would win.} 73. Rf4 Rd1 74. Re4+ Kd6 (74... Kd5 {NOTEXT} 75. Rf4 Ke5 76. Rf5+ Kd6 77. Rf4 Rg1+) 75. Re8 {Rd8+ is the strong threat.} Rg1+ 76. Kh4 Rg5 77. Re4 Re5 78. Rg4 Re1 79. Kh3 Rh1+ 80. Kg2 Rxh5 81. Rxg7 Rg5+ 82. Rxg5 hxg5 83. Kg3 Ke5 {Precision: White = 77%, Black = 75%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Meskovs, Nikita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Speyer"]

{[%evp 23,100,16,20,16,41,45,34,37,38,38,34,36,72,63,65,60,91,0,0,0,0,0,0,-10,0,-49,-42,-44,-40,-75,0,0,0,0,24,22,22,22,26,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-145,-145,-143,-128,-104,0,0,0,-1,0,-1,0,0,0,0,900,886,886,837,29998,29999,29999]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 O-O 8. h3 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} h6 9. Re1 Ba7 (9... Re8 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Bxe6 Rxe6 12. b4 Ba7 13. Qc2 Qd7 14. Nf1 d5 15. Ng3 Rd8 16. exd5 Qxd5 {½-½ (63) Carlsen,M (2834)-Kramnik,V (2787) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 10. Nbd2 Ne7 11. d4 Ng6 12. Bb3 Re8 {LiveBook: 13 Games} 13. Bc2 c6 14. Nf1 Be6 {[#]} 15. Ng3 $146 Qc7 16. Be3 Rad8 17. Qc1 a5 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. exf5 exd4 20. Nxd4 ({Reject} 20. cxd4 $6 Nf8 $11) (20. Bxh6 $1 $16 {And now Rxe8+ would win.} Rxe1+ 21. Nxe1) 20... Nf8 $11 21. Qd2 d5 22. Bf4 Qb6 23. Be3 Bb8 24. b4 ({Don't play} 24. Ne6 d4 $17) 24... Qc7 25. g3 axb4 26. cxb4 N8d7 (26... Ne4 $17 27. Bxe4 dxe4) 27. a5 Ne5 28. Bf4 c5 29. Rxe5 $1 Rxe5 30. Nf3 ({But not} 30. Bxe5 Qxe5 31. bxc5 Ne4 $17) 30... Qe7 31. Nxe5 Bxe5 32. Qe3 Ne4 $1 33. Bxe5 Qxe5 34. Rd1 Rc8 35. b5 Ra8 36. Bxe4 (36. f6 {seems wilder.} Rxa5 37. Bxe4 dxe4 38. Rd8+ Kh7 39. Rd7) 36... dxe4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 37. Rc1 Qxf5 38. Rxc5 Qxh3 39. Qxe4 {Threatens to win with Re5.} Rxa5 40. Rc1 (40. Qe8+ $11 {keeps the balance.} Kh7 41. Qe4+ g6 42. Qd4) 40... Qd7 $17 41. b6 {[#]} Rh5 $1 42. Qf3 g6 ({Black should play} 42... Rf5 $17 43. Qe4 g6) 43. Rc7 $11 Qe6 {( -> ...Qe1+)} 44. Qc3 $1 $132 {[%mdl 2048] White has counterplay} Kh7 {...Qd5 is the strong threat.} 45. Rc8 {[%csl Gc3][%cal Rc8h8]} Re5 46. Rc7 Rd5 47. Rc8 {[%csl Gc3][%cal Rc8h8]} g5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (47... Re5 $11) 48. Rh8+ $1 $18 Kg6 49. Rg8+ Kh5 50. Qf3+ g4 51. Qh1# {Precision: White = 88%, Black = 63%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Banusz, Tamas"]
[Black "Donchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hockenheim"]
[BlackTeam "Aachen"]

{[%evp 16,68,25,19,31,29,37,0,-3,-3,-3,-2,0,-8,0,0,-6,0,0,0,27,27,23,23,32,18,39,0,0,-18,-14,-19,-8,-24,-33,-34,-13,-34,-33,-33,-34,-33,-33,-46,-35,-50,-19,-19,-19,-19,-19,-35,-35,-45,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. d4 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. Rd1 {LiveBook: 8 Games} Qe8 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 9... Na6 10. Nd4 Nd6 11. a3 Qc8 12. b4 c5 13. dxc6 dxc6 14. c5 bxc5 15. bxc5 {½-½ (76) Banusz,T (2641)-Liang,A (2572) chess.com INT 2018}) 10. Nd4 e6 11. Nc3 Nxc3 $1 12. bxc3 e5 13. Nb5 Na6 14. c5 e4 15. Rb1 Qf7 16. c4 {[%cal Bc3c4,Bc4b5][%mdl 32]} Rfc8 17. Bf4 Bf8 18. cxb6 axb6 19. d6 {[%cal Rd6c7]} Bc6 20. dxc7 Bxb5 21. cxb5 Nxc7 $1 22. Bxc7 Bc5 23. e3 {[#] Bf1 is the strong threat.} Rxa2 24. Qc3 Rxc7 25. Bf1 {[%cal Bg2f1,Bf1c4,Bc4b3,Bb3d5][%mdl 32] Strongly threatening Bc4.} Ra3 26. Qb2 Qg7 27. Bc4+ Kf8 28. Qd2 Qe5 29. Qe2 Kg7 30. Bb3 Ra8 31. Kg2 h5 32. h4 Kh6 33. Bd5 Ra3 34. Bb3 Ra8 {Precision: White = 73%, Black = 64%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Black "Nemeth, Miklos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Speyer"]

{[%evp 21,119,16,23,20,16,12,27,11,14,2,16,0,10,0,0,-12,-4,-35,-25,-23,0,-5,0,0,8,0,0,-20,0,0,0,0,0,0,22,17,18,12,41,35,35,57,66,40,39,23,40,29,34,17,40,28,37,16,26,12,34,27,56,46,73,73,73,73,131,140,156,156,207,166,375,368,343,339,281,174,170,197,195,196,202,16,16,16,14,16,630,627,408,382,1272,1312,4264,4219,4264,4264,4137,1052,29982,29983]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O e6 5. d3 d5 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. e4 dxe4 8. dxe4 O-O {A05: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 Nf6} 9. e5 Nfd7 10. Qe2 Nc6 11. Rd1 Qc8 {LiveBook: 8 Games} 12. Nb1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Nc4 Rd8 13. Bf4 Nf8 14. h4 Rxd1+ 15. Rxd1 Qe8 16. h5 {0-1 (64) Anton Guijarro,D (2635)-Kryvoruchko,Y (2697) Linares 2015}) 12... Rd8 13. Nc3 Nc5 14. Rxd8+ Qxd8 15. a3 a5 16. Bf4 Qe8 17. h4 Rd8 18. Re1 Bf8 19. h5 h6 20. g4 {[%cal Bg3g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} a4 21. Rd1 Ba6 22. Qe1 Rd7 23. Rxd7 Qxd7 24. Qe3 Bb7 25. g5 {[%cal Rg5h6]} Ne7 26. gxh6 Nf5 27. Qd2 Qxd2 28. Nxd2 Bxg2 29. Kxg2 gxh6 30. Nde4 Nxe4 31. Nxe4 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} Bg7 32. c4 Nd4 33. Nf6+ Kf8 34. Ng4 Nf5 35. Kf3 Ke7 36. Ke4 Kd7 37. Bd2 c6 38. Bc3 Kc7 39. Nh2 Bf8 40. Nf1 Bg7 41. Ng3 Ne7 42. f4 Bf8 (42... Kd7 $142) 43. f5 $1 $16 exf5+ 44. Nxf5 Ng8 (44... Kd7 $16) 45. Bd4 $1 $18 b5 $2 (45... c5) 46. cxb5 cxb5 47. Be3 Kd7 48. Kd5 b4 49. axb4 Bxb4 50. Nxh6 Ne7+ {[#]} 51. Kc4 $2 (51. Ke4 $1 $18 Ke8 52. Bg5) 51... a3 $1 $11 {[%cal Ra3b2]} 52. bxa3 Bxa3 53. Ng4 ({Much less strong is} 53. Nxf7 $6 Ke6 $16) 53... Ke6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (53... Bb2 $11) 54. Kb3 $18 Kf5 55. Nh6+ ({Not} 55. Kxa3 Kxg4 56. h6 Kf5 $11) 55... Ke4 $2 {[#]} (55... Kxe5 56. Kxa3 Ke6) 56. Bg5 $1 Bc5 57. Kc4 Kxe5 58. Kxc5 f6 59. Bc1 f5 60. Bg5 {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 29%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Aachen"]
[BlackTeam "Hockenheim"]

{[%evp 11,67,46,52,48,43,50,85,77,86,71,72,65,70,43,43,52,31,33,74,46,79,0,4,11,21,18,22,5,71,71,71,71,134,71,71,72,72,73,81,74,270,273,475,475,472,467,440,289,273,271,418,400,784,606,12841,5094,29979,29980]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 f6 6. O-O {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} fxe5 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 7. Nxe5 Nd7 8. f4 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 8. Bd3 Ngf6 9. Re1 Be7 10. Nf3 Ne4 11. Nc3 Ndf6 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Bxf6 exd3 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 {½-½ (49) Caruana,F (2803)-Jobava,B (2699) Khanty-Mansiysk 2015}) 8... Nxe5 9. fxe5 Qd7 10. Nd2 O-O-O 11. Nb3 Be7 12. Bd3 g6 13. Be3 h5 14. Qd2 h4 15. h3 Qe8 16. c4 (16. Nc5 $16) 16... Bxd3 $1 $11 17. Qxd3 dxc4 18. Qxc4 Rd5 19. Nd2 $36 {[%cal Bb3d2,Bd2e4,Be4c3,Bc3d5,Bd5f6][%mdl 2080] aiming for Ne4. White fights for an advantage.} g5 (19... Nh6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 20. Ne4 $16 {Black must now prevent Nc3.} Qg6 21. Nc3 {Hoping for Qa4.} Rd7 {[#]} 22. Rac1 (22. Nb5 $142 $1) 22... g4 23. d5 gxh3 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Rg6g2] [#]} 24. Rf2 $1 exd5 25. Nxd5 Bd8 $2 (25... hxg2 $16 26. Rxg2 Qh7) 26. e6 $18 (26. Bxa7 hxg2 27. e6 (27. Rxg2 Qe6 $17) 27... Rd6 $11) 26... Rg7 $2 (26... Rd6) 27. Qd4 Nf6 28. Nxf6 Bb6 29. Qf4 Bc7 30. Qf3 Bg3 (30... Qg3 {was necessary.} 31. Qxg3 Bxg3) 31. Rd2 {[%cal Bf2d2,Bd2d7,Bd7c7][%mdl 32]} hxg2 (31... Rf8 $142 32. e7 (32. Bxa7 Rxf6 33. Rxc6+ Bc7 $11) 32... Rxe7) 32. Rd7 Bc7 {intending ...h3.} 33. e7 {White threatens Rxc7+! and mate.} Qg3 {[#]} 34. Rxc7+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 84%, Black = 45%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Predojevic, Borki"]
[Black "Margolin, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen"]
[BlackTeam "SV Hofheim"]

{[%evp 21,67,0,8,8,14,18,12,16,11,0,0,-11,46,38,48,45,45,31,39,40,39,46,51,53,56,20,27,0,0,-20,107,122,162,113,206,201,372,373,695,683,668,678,945,934,794,775,951,947]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {[%cal Bf1b5,Bb5a4,Ba4b3][%mdl 32]} a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. a4 b4 8. d3 d6 9. a5 O-O 10. Nbd2 Be6 {C84: Closed Ruy Lopez: Unusual White 6th moves} (10... Rb8 11. Re1 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Nb3 Qc8 14. Qe2 Nd8 15. d4 exd4 16. Nbxd4 c5 17. Nb3 e5 18. Nbd2 Ne6 19. Nc4 Nd4 20. Nxd4 cxd4 {½-½ (43) Caruana,F (2807)-Carlsen,M (2822) Saint Louis 2017}) 11. Nc4 Qc8 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 12. h3 h6 {The position is equal.} 13. Be3 Qb7 14. Nfd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Qe2 Nh7 15. Rfe1 Kh8 16. Ncd2 Bxb3 17. Nxb3 Rab8 18. d4 exd4 19. Nbxd4 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 {½-½ (36) Brunner,R (2177)-Popov,V (2196) ICCF email 2013}) 14... Rad8 15. Ba4 Nd7 16. Qf3 f5 (16... Nd4 $11 17. Bxd4 exd4) 17. exf5 $14 d5 18. fxe6 Rxf3 19. Nxf3 Nf8 20. Ncxe5 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 {Threatens to win with Nc6.} Rd6 22. d4 Nxe6 23. f4 {[%cal Bf2f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32]} c6 24. Rae1 Bf6 25. f5 Nf8 (25... Ng5 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 26. Bf4 $16 Qc8 27. Kh1 Bg5 (27... Bd8 $16) 28. Bg3 $18 Nh7 $2 {[#]} (28... Kh7 {was called for.} 29. Kh2 Bf6) 29. Ng6 Rd8 $2 (29... Rxg6 30. fxg6 Nf8) 30. h4 {White is clearly winning.} Bf6 31. Re6 Qb7 32. Bxc6 Qf7 33. Rfe1 Nf8 34. Re8 {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 41%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bok, Benjamin"]
[Black "Savchenko, Stanislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen"]
[BlackTeam "SV Hofheim"]

{[%evp 16,48,27,20,65,56,121,123,121,113,110,118,205,196,201,198,197,189,225,220,281,295,325,298,393,322,531,410,389,366,1111,1098,1059,1041,29993]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 Bc5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e3 a6 6. Nge2 {A25: English Opening vs King's Indian with ...Nc6 but without early d3} (6. Nf3 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. h3 Ba7 9. d4 h6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. b3 Be6 13. Ba3 Rd7 14. Rfd1 Rad8 15. Rxd7 Rxd7 {½-½ (41) Howell,D (2676)-Ponomariov,R (2694) Riadh 2017}) 6... Nge7 7. O-O Ba7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... O-O 8. b3 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. d4 {1-0 (25) Zwahr,P (2269)-Huse,S (2086) Prague 2018}) 8. d4 O-O 9. b3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 (10... Bd7 $14) 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Ba3 Qc8 (13... Re8 $16 {was worth a try.}) 14. Bxc6 $1 $18 Nxc6 15. Bxf8 Qxf8 16. Ng3 Rd8 17. Qf3 Rd3 18. Rac1 Qb4 19. Nd5 Qa3 20. Nf5 h6 $2 {[#]} (20... Bc5 {is a better defense.} 21. Rc2 Qa5) 21. Rcd1 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 ({Less strong is} 22. Qxd1 Bc5 $18) 22... Qxa2 $2 (22... Bc5 23. Qe2 Qa5) 23. Nfe7+ Kh7 24. Nxg6 fxg6 {Precision: White = 94%, Black = 20%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gajewski, Grzegorz"]
[Black "Lindgren, Philip"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2391"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Dresden"]
[BlackTeam "Bayern Muenchen"]

{[%evp 11,83,0,0,-8,16,16,16,16,16,14,22,12,12,8,13,13,10,8,16,7,31,28,24,26,19,25,41,7,14,3,4,0,7,14,92,89,101,90,89,90,84,101,77,90,86,96,92,67,72,28,39,28,28,28,28,28,32,32,32,25,30,18,263,0,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 {E11: Bogo-Indian} Nbd7 {LiveBook: 76 Games} 7. Bc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2 c6 9. b3 b6 10. Nc3 Ba6 11. Bf4 Rc8 12. Rfd1 dxc4 13. Ne5 Nd5 14. bxc4 Nxf4 15. gxf4 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qc7 17. Ne4 Rfd8 {1-0 (36) Dziuba,M (2584)-Wojtaszek,R (2736) Katowice 2017}) 7... dxc4 8. Nbd2 Nd5 9. Nxc4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 c5 11. O-O O-O 12. a4 Qc7 13. Nfe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Rd8 15. e3 Bd6 16. Qh5 Bxe5 17. Qxe5 Qxe5 18. dxe5 Kf8 19. f4 Ke7 20. a5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Rb8 $1 21. Rfb1 Rd3 22. Ra3 Rxe3 (22... f6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 23. Bf1 $1 $16 Bd7 24. Kf2 Re4 25. Rba1 $1 Rd8 {[#]} 26. Bg2 $1 {[%cal Rg2e4]} Rc4 27. Bxb7 Bb5 28. Ke3 f5 29. exf6+ gxf6 30. Be4 f5 31. Bd3 Rxd3+ $1 32. Kxd3 {Black must now prevent Kd2.} Rxf4+ $1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} 33. Ke3 Re4+ 34. Kf3 Bc4 35. Rb1 {Strongly threatening Rb7+.} Kf6 36. a6 {Threatens to win with Rb7.} e5 $2 {[#]} (36... Re2 $1 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 37. Rb2 $2 ({White has to play} 37. Ra5 $1 $18) 37... Re1 {The position is equal.} 38. Ra4 e4+ 39. Kg2 Bd3 {aiming for ...e3.} 40. Rb6+ Kg5 (40... axb6 $5 41. a7 $8 Re2+ 42. Kg1 (42. Kh3 $2 Rc2 $19) 42... Re1+ 43. Kg2 Re2+ 44. Kg1 (44. Kh3 $2 Rc2 $19) 44... Re1+ 45. Kg2 $11) 41. Rb7 Re2+ 42. Kg1 {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Armbruster, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen"]
[BlackTeam "SV Hofheim"]

{[%evp 16,139,0,0,0,0,0,-5,-6,0,4,0,-4,0,-4,-9,3,-23,-19,-19,-19,-34,-17,-20,-16,-9,-15,-22,-23,-43,-30,-56,-50,-89,-91,-83,-81,-90,-82,-91,-89,-108,-98,-105,-105,-108,-102,-102,-95,-112,-110,-111,-107,-110,-108,-113,-73,-135,-131,-113,-107,-131,-128,-179,-127,-145,-121,-110,-120,-154,-115,-150,-140,-205,-184,-210,-183,-202,-181,-166,-154,-188,-168,-152,-204,-209,-106,-102,-99,-99,-98,-96,-79,-133,-69,-65,-67,-77,-51,-29,-38,-56,-26,-37,-33,-30,-12,-96,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-52,-56,-52,-79,-94,283,266,826,865,803,437]} 1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. Na3 Bf5 7. c4 c6 8. Bf4 {D78: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0 c6} Be4 (8... Nbd7 9. Qc1 Qb6 10. Rd1 Rac8 11. c5 Qa5 12. Nh4 b6 13. Nxf5 gxf5 14. cxb6 Qxb6 15. Rb1 c5 {½-½ (70) Nikolic,P (2618)-Vuckovic,B (2558) Kraljevo 2015}) 9. Qd2 {LiveBook: 5 Games} e6 10. Rac1 {The position is equal.} Re8 11. Rfd1 Nbd7 12. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. b3 Nb6 13. Be5 Nbd7 14. Bf4 Nb6 15. Be5 Nbd7 16. Bf4 {½-½ (16) Baumbach,F-Malich,B Goerlitz 1972}) 12... Nh5 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bh6 Bxh6 15. Qxh6 Qe7 16. Rc3 Rad8 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Nc2 Nf8 (18... Ng7 {is interesting.} 19. Nce1 a5 20. Qc1 Nf5 21. e3 Nd6) 19. Nce1 Ne6 20. Qd2 Nhg7 21. e3 Nf5 22. Bf1 Nd6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 23. Nh2 g5 24. f3 Bg6 25. Qf2 Ng7 26. Ng2 Rd7 27. b4 a6 28. a4 Ne6 29. Rdc1 Nc7 30. g4 Qg7 31. Be2 Rf7 32. Qg3 Qf8 33. Rb3 h6 34. h4 Qe7 35. Qh3 Kg7 36. Nf1 (36. Qg3 $142) 36... f5 $17 37. gxf5 Nxf5 38. h5 Bh7 39. Rb2 (39. Bd1 $17) 39... Nd6 ({Better is} 39... Ne6 $19 40. Rd1 Nc7) 40. Nh2 Bf5 41. Qg3 Qd7 42. a5 Kh8 43. Bf1 Ree7 44. Rd2 (44. Rf2 $17 {is a better defense.}) 44... Nce8 $19 45. e4 dxe4 46. d5 e3 47. Re2 cxd5 {Hoping for ...d4.} 48. Rxe3 Nf6 49. Rxe7 Rxe7 50. Qf2 Nxh5 (50... Nf7 $1 $19 51. Qd4 Qe6) 51. Qd4+ $17 Kh7 {White must now prevent ...Nb5.} 52. Rc5 Re6 53. Rxd5 Qe7 54. Rc5 (54. Bd3 $142 Bxd3 55. Qxd3+ Kg7 56. Nf1) 54... Qg7 (54... Ng3 $17 55. Bd3 Qg7) 55. Qd2 $15 Nf4 56. Ne3 $1 {[%cal Re3f5]} Bg6 57. Nd5 $1 Nxd5 58. Rxd5 Nf5 59. Bd3 Nh4 60. Kf2 Re7 {Threatening ...Qf6.} 61. Rd6 (61. Ng4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 61... Qf8 ({Black should try} 61... Qf7 $1 $17 62. Bxg6+ Nxg6) 62. Bxg6+ $11 Nxg6 63. Qd3 Qf7 64. Ng4 h5 65. Nf6+ (65. Ne3 $1 $11) 65... Kh6 $15 66. Ne4 Qa2+ $1 67. Kf1 {[#]} Qf7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (67... Re6 $1 $17 {stays on course.} 68. Qd5 Qa1+ 69. Qd1 Qxd1+ 70. Rxd1 Ne5) 68. Rf6 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf6f7]} Qe8 $2 (68... Qg8 69. Nd6 Rc7) 69. Nd6 Rd7 70. Qf5 {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 55%.} ({Stronger than} 70. Nxe8 Rxd3 71. Nd6 Kg7 $17) 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Tomczak, Jacek"]
[Black "Hertneck, Gerald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SFR Berlin"]
[BlackTeam "Zugzwang Muenchen"]

{[%evp 30,95,89,107,104,103,100,105,72,69,85,25,69,0,35,37,27,54,8,0,0,0,0,0,244,247,294,291,287,0,0,0,274,262,350,346,783,487,536,537,576,606,619,600,647,647,668,0,430,0,519,685,664,564,2479,2889,29953,29961,29964,29966,29968,29963,29963,29965,29966,29969,29956,7702]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 Qc7 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Kd1 Nbc6 11. Nf3 Nxe5 12. Bf4 {C18: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4: Main line: 7 h4 and 7 Qg4} Qxc3 13. Nxe5 Qxa1+ 14. Bc1 d3 15. Qxf7+ Kd8 16. Qf6 $1 {LiveBook: 3 Games} dxc2+ 17. Kxc2 {Black must now prevent Nf7+.} (17. Kd2 Qd4+ 18. Bd3 Qc5 19. Ke2 Bd7 {1-0 (33) Perunovic,M (2624)-Edouard,R (2632) Reykjavik 2015}) 17... Qa2+ 18. Bb2 Bd7 19. Nf7+ Ke8 20. Nd6+ $146 Kd8 21. Nxb7+ (21. Bd3 $14) 21... Ke8 22. Be2 {White threatens Bh5+ and mate.} Ba4+ 23. Kd2 Rc8 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black has counterplay} 24. Nd6+ Kd7 {aiming for ...Rc2+.} 25. Nxc8 Rxc8 26. Bd3 {Hoping for Ra1.} ({Not} 26. Rc1 $2 Rb8 $19) 26... Rf8 $2 {[#]} (26... Rb8 $11 27. Rb1 Nc6) 27. Qd4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd4a4]} Nc6 28. Qg7+ Ne7 29. Qd4 (29. Qxf8 Qxb2+ 30. Ke3 d4+ 31. Kf3 Qxa3 $15) 29... Nc6 $1 {[%cal Rc6d4]} 30. Qg7+ Ne7 {[#]} 31. Rb1 $1 ({Inferior is} 31. Qxf8 Qxb2+ 32. Ke3 d4+ 33. Kf3 Qxa3 $15) 31... Rxf2+ 32. Ke3 Rxb2 $2 (32... Rc2 33. Bxc2 Bxc2) 33. Qxb2 Qxb2 34. Rxb2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KBN} e5 35. Rb7+ Kd6 36. Rxa7 Bc6 37. Ra6 Kc5 38. Ra7 Kd6 $1 39. Ra6 Kc5 $1 40. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5,Bh5h6][%mdl 32]} e4 {[#]} 41. Rxc6+ $1 Kxc6 {[#]} 42. Bxe4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} dxe4 43. Kxe4 {KN-K3P. White mates.} Kd6 44. a4 Nc6 45. h5 Ke6 46. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} (46. h6 Kf6 $18) 46... Na5 47. h6 Kf6 {[#]} 48. g5+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 87%, Black = 52%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Spoelman, Wouter"]
[Black "Yankelevich, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Speyer"]

{[%evp 13,49,0,17,19,14,17,215,206,195,220,254,254,248,246,287,280,280,289,314,307,314,310,287,186,197,216,899,900,1029,1016,1313,1301,3041,3086,29988,1808,29989,29990]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 Qe7 7. b3 {A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation} (7. Be2 d5 8. d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 c5 11. Qh4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Be6 13. Be2 Nd5 14. Bb5+ Kf8 15. Qe4 Bd7 16. Qc4 Be6 17. Qe4 Bd7 18. Qc4 Be6 {½-½ (18) Giri,A (2775)-Aronian,L (2809) Geneva 2017}) 7... d5 {LiveBook: 7 Games} 8. d4 {[%cal Rf3e5]} exd4 9. Nxd4 {The position is equal.} Ne4 $146 (9... Ne5 $11) ({Predecessor:} 9... Nxd4 10. Qxd4 c5 11. Qf4 Nh5 12. Qf3 Qe5 13. Rb1 Qf5 14. Rb2 Qxf3 15. gxf3 {1-0 (55) Spoelman,W (2586)-Gurevich,V (2475) Germany 2017}) 10. Nxc6 $18 bxc6 11. Qxg7 Qb4+ {[#]} 12. Ke2 $1 {[%cal Be1e2,Be2f2,Bf2g1,Bg1h2][%mdl 32]} ({Weaker is} 12. Kd1 Rf8 $14) 12... Rf8 13. f3 Nc3+ 14. Kf2 Nd1+ {[#]} 15. Kg1 $1 f6 16. Qxc7 Bd7 {Threatens to win with ...Qc3.} 17. Qf4 {Qd4 is the strong threat.} Qe1 {[%csl Gd1][%cal Re1f2]} 18. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32] Hoping for cxd5.} (18. Qg3 $2 Qc3 $19) 18... Rg8 {( -> ...Rxg2+!)} 19. Kh2 {Black must now prevent Bb2!} Kf7 $2 {[#]} (19... Qf2) 20. Bb2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rg6 {[#]} (20... Nxb2 21. Rxe1) 21. Rxd1 $1 Qxd1 22. h5 Rh8 23. Qc7 Ke6 24. cxd5+ (24. Ba3 $142 Ra8 25. Qd6+ Kf5 26. g4+ Rxg4 27. Qxd7+ Kg5 28. Qg7+ Kf5 29. Qxh7+ Ke5 30. Qe7+ Kf5 31. Qd7+ Kg5 32. Qxg4+ Kh6 33. Qg6#) 24... cxd5 25. Ba3 {Precision: White = 88%, Black = 25%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Schroeder, Jan-Christian"]
[Black "Van Kampen, Robin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SV Hofheim"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]

{[%evp 14,40,16,16,22,23,9,18,27,18,19,19,25,16,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,9,8,9,8,8,7,9]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Nb5 {C07: French Tarrasch: 3...c5, 4 Ngf3 and 4 exd5 Qxd5} Qd8 8. Nc4 {LiveBook: 3 Games. Threatens to win with Qxd8+.} (8. Bd3 a6 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. O-O Ne5 11. Be2 b5 12. Nf3 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Nc6 14. Bf4 Bb7 {0-1 (53) Vachier Lagrave,M (2796)-Caruana,F (2808) Paris 2017}) 8... Nd5 9. Ne3 {White wants to play Nxd5.} a6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Nc7 10. Bd2 Nxb5 11. Bxb5+ Bd7 12. Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. Qg4 Nc6 14. O-O-O Qd4 {1-0 (27) Adams,M (2630)-Levitt,J (2460) Dublin 1993}) 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Nd4 Nc6 12. Be3 Qf6 13. c3 Bc5 {The position is equal.} 14. Be2 (14. Nxc6 {is interesting.} Bxe3 15. fxe3 bxc6 16. Qd4 Qxd4 17. exd4 Bf5 18. Kd2) 14... Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Qxd4 17. cxd4 Be6 18. Rc1 Kd7 19. Kd2 Rhc8 20. Bd3 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Handke, Florian"]
[Black "Howell, David W L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Aachen"]
[BlackTeam "Hockenheim"]

{[%evp 19,88,14,24,0,0,0,0,-24,-19,-27,-32,-29,8,0,8,9,8,-73,-73,-74,-85,-81,-81,-81,-81,-134,-127,-117,-106,-142,-111,-130,-105,-109,-83,-173,-196,-229,-188,-318,-316,-308,-264,-1389,-1387,-1742,-1751,-1640,-1600,-2213,-2196,-29982,0,-1639,0,-29979,-1738,-1675,-1631,-1580,-1042,-29975,-1574,-29991,-29992,-29992,-29993,-29993,-29994,-29997,-29998]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 Re8 {C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines} (9... Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Bc2 c6 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Nbd2 b5 14. b4 a5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Nb3 axb4 18. cxb4 {½-½ (63) Zhao,J (2613)-Ding,L (2757) Xinghua 2015}) 10. Nbd2 b5 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 11. Bb3 Na5 {The position is equal.} 12. Bc2 c5 13. a4 $146 {axb5 is the strong threat.} ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 13. Nf1 d5 14. Ng3 Bb7 15. b4 cxb4 16. cxb4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. dxe4 {0-1 (50) Cuadras Avellana,J (2300)-Satyapragyan,S (2462) Sitges 2016}) 13... Bb7 14. Nh2 d5 15. Ng4 Nh5 16. axb5 axb5 17. exd5 Qxd5 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Rd5g2]} 18. Ne4 (18. Nf3 $11) 18... f5 $17 19. Ne3 Qc6 20. Nxc5 Qxc5 21. b4 Qxc3 22. Bd2 (22. Rxa5 $142 Rxa5 23. bxa5) 22... Qc6 $1 23. Rc1 Kh8 {Hoping for ...f4.} 24. Bb1 Qd7 {Strongly threatening ...Nc6.} 25. bxa5 Nf4 26. Qb3 Red8 27. Rc5 (27. Kh2 $17 {was called for.}) 27... Ne6 $1 $19 {[%cal Re6c5,Bf4e6,Be6d4,Bd4f3][%mdl 32]} ({But not} 27... Nxd3 $6 28. Bxd3 Qxd3 29. Qxd3 $15) 28. Rcc1 Nd4 29. Qb4 (29. Qd1 {is a better defense.}) 29... f4 30. Ng4 Qd5 $1 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Rd5g2]} 31. f3 $2 {[#]} (31. Re4 Ne2+ 32. Kf1 Nxc1 33. Bxc1) 31... Nxf3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 32. gxf3 Qxf3 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Rf3g2]} 33. Re4 Rd4 34. Qb2 Qg3+ 35. Kh1 Qf3+ (35... Rad8 $142 36. Rce1 Bxe4+ 37. Rxe4 Qf3+ 38. Kh2 Rxe4 39. Be3 fxe3 40. Nf6 Bxf6 41. Qg2 Qf4+ 42. Qg3 Qxg3+ 43. Kxg3 {[#]} e2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 44. Kf3 e1=Q 45. Kg2 Re2+ 46. Kf3 Qf1+ 47. Kg4 Qg2#) 36. Kg1 {If only White now had time for Bc3....} Qg3+ $40 {[%mdl 128] Black is up to no good.} (36... Bxe4 $19 37. dxe4 Qg3+ 38. Kf1 Qxh3+ 39. Kf2 Rad8 40. Qxd4 exd4) 37. Kh1 Qxh3+ (37... Rad8 $142 38. Rce1 Qf3+ 39. Kg1 Bxe4 40. Rxe4 Rxe4 41. Qc1 Qg3+ 42. Kh1 Qxh3+ 43. Nh2 Re2 44. Qg1 f3 45. d4 Rg2 46. dxe5 Rxg1+ 47. Kxg1 Qg2#) 38. Nh2 Rxd3 39. Rce1 Rad8 40. Bb4 R8d4 (40... Bxe4+ $142 41. Rxe4 Rd1+ 42. Re1 Rxe1+ 43. Bxe1 Rd1 44. Qf2 Rxb1 45. Qf1 Qxf1+ 46. Nxf1 Rxe1 47. Kg2 e4 48. a6 Bd4 49. Nd2 Re2+ 50. Kh1 Rxd2 51. a7 Rd1+ 52. Kg2 Rg1+ 53. Kh2 Bxa7 54. Kh3 e3 55. Kh2 e2 56. Kh3 e1=Q 57. Kh2 Qh4#) 41. a6 Bxe4+ {Black mates.} 42. Rxe4 Rd1+ 43. Re1 {[#]} Rxb4 $1 44. Qxb4 {[#]} f3 $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 39%, Black = 64%.} 0-1

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ruck, Robert"]
[Black "Werle, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Speyer"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]

{[%evp 16,81,56,51,69,15,50,20,25,20,40,45,42,31,43,36,47,45,37,26,51,31,46,41,48,31,100,94,127,123,119,120,206,72,74,79,71,65,173,170,171,168,169,158,175,177,187,136,141,132,149,141,136,115,469,96,105,109,133,112,151,83,496,478,650,640,645,625]} 1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 d6 7. O-O c6 8. Nbd2 Qc7 9. Re1 {LiveBook: 7 Games. A81: Dutch Defence: 2 g3} (9. Qe1 a5 10. e4 fxe4 11. Nxe4 a4 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Qd2 Qa5 14. Qxa5 Rxa5 15. b4 Rf5 16. Rae1 Bg7 {½-½ (127) Raznikov,D (2465)-Nakamura,H (2786) Eilat 2012}) 9... Ne4 10. e3 (10. Nxe4 $14 fxe4 11. Ng5) 10... Na6 11. Qe2 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 11. a3 Bd7 12. Qe2 Rae8 13. Rad1 Bc8 14. Nb1 e5 15. b4 Qf7 16. c4 Be6 17. Rc1 exd4 18. Bxd4 Nc7 {½-½ (18) Bodiroga,P (2342)-David,A (2584) Loutraki 2015}) 11... Nxd2 12. Qxd2 e5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Rad1 e4 15. Bxg7 Qxg7 16. Nd4 $1 Nc7 17. Bf1 Kh8 18. Qa5 b6 19. Qa3 Bb7 20. Rd2 Qe5 (20... c5 $14 21. Ne2 Ne6) 21. Red1 a6 22. Ne2 c5 23. b4 Ne6 (23... c4 $16 {was worth a try.}) 24. bxc5 (24. Rd6 $18) 24... Nxc5 $16 25. Qb4 Rf6 26. Nf4 Raf8 (26... Kg7 $14) 27. Rd8 $18 Rxd8 28. Rxd8+ Kg7 29. Qd4 $1 {[%cal Rd4e5]} ({Inferior is} 29. Qc4 Rf8 $11) 29... Qe7 30. Bc4 Kh6 31. h4 (31. Re8 $18 Qd6 32. Ne6 Qxd4 33. exd4 Nxe6 34. Bxe6) 31... Bc6 $16 32. Nh3 Nd7 33. Rh8 Rd6 34. Qc3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] aiming for Ng5. White is on the roll.} Rd1+ $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (34... Nf6 $16 {is a better chance.}) 35. Kg2 $2 (35. Kh2 $1 $18 {and the rest is easy.}) 35... Ne5 {[#]} 36. Be2 $1 {[%cal Re2d1]} Rd3 37. Qa1 {Threatens to win with Ng5.} ({Don't play} 37. Bxd3 $6 exd3+ 38. Kf1 Qg7 $11) 37... Kg7 38. Rb8 (38. Rc8 $142 Bb7 39. Rb8) 38... Qc7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (38... Rd2 $16 39. Nf4 Rxc2) 39. Rxb6 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Qxb6 40. Qxe5+ Kf8 41. Ng5 {Precision: White = 67%, Black = 32%.} ({Weaker is} 41. cxd3 exd3+ 42. Bf3 Bxf3+ 43. Kxf3 Qc6+ 44. e4 fxe4+ 45. Kg2 e3+ 46. Kh2 d2 $11) 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Markgraf, Rolf-Alexander"]
[Black "Kovacs, Gabor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Speyer"]

{[%evp 13,53,11,12,10,21,22,50,29,64,18,23,13,18,12,24,11,12,10,12,0,1,-16,-14,-10,0,-4,0,0,0,-22,-25,-24,-23,-20,-18,-14,-17,-19,0,-8,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. d4 Be7 7. Bg5 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} h6 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 8. Be3 c6 9. Bd3 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 9. Qd2 Be6 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. O-O Nb6 12. Rfe1 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Bxc4 14. h3 O-O {½-½ (40) Giri,A (2772)-Motylev,A (2675) Tbilisi 2017}) 9... Be6 10. Ne2 Nbd7 11. Nf4 Bf5 12. O-O Bxd3 13. Qxd3 d5 14. Rfe1 O-O 15. Nh4 Re8 16. Nf5 Bf8 17. Ne2 Ne4 18. Neg3 Qf6 19. f3 Nxg3 20. Nxg3 Bd6 21. Re2 Re6 22. Rae1 Rae8 23. Bf2 Rxe2 {The position is equal.} 24. Rxe2 Rxe2 25. Nxe2 Qe7 26. Qe3 Kf8 27. Qxe7+ {Precision: White = 60%, Black = 67%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Jakubowski, Krzysztof"]
[Black "Hoffmeyer, Falk"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SFR Berlin"]
[BlackTeam "Zugzwang Muenchen"]

{[%evp 22,113,-2,-8,-5,-10,0,-52,-24,-60,-13,-35,-41,-73,-81,-72,-70,-135,-124,-106,-133,-124,-90,-66,-86,-111,-100,-154,-127,-189,-181,-172,-71,-109,-120,-138,-54,-87,-100,-141,-42,-24,-21,-29,-25,-26,-26,-47,0,0,0,-95,0,-105,-105,-112,0,-30,-8,-8,-8,-34,-27,-21,-27,-37,-45,-50,-11,-11,-11,-11,-11,-18,-18,-27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. g3 c5 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. O-O b6 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. d3 Qc7 11. Nbd2 Rfd8 12. a3 {LiveBook: 6 Games} a5 $146 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32] A14: English Opening: 1...e6 with b3 by White} 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Nh4 (14. e4 $11) 14... Ne8 {Black is slightly better.} 15. f4 Bf6 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. g4 a4 18. g5 Ne8 19. Rfb1 (19. Rab1 $15) 19... d4 $1 $17 20. Nf5 dxe3 21. Qxe3 Nd6 22. Nxd6 Rxd6 23. bxa4 Re6 24. Qf2 (24. Ne4 $142) 24... Nd4 (24... Rxa4 25. Re1 $15) 25. Re1 (25. Ne4 $17 {was called for.}) 25... Bxg2 $19 ({Resist} 25... Rxa4 26. f5 $15) 26. Kxg2 Rae8 ({Don't do} 26... Rxe1 27. Rxe1 Qd7 28. a5 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]}) (26... Rxa4 $19 27. Ne4 Qc6) 27. Rxe6 Nxe6 (27... fxe6 $6 28. a5 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]}) 28. Rf1 Nd4 (28... Qc6+ $17 29. Ne4 Rd8) 29. Re1 {[%cal Re1e8]} Qc6+ ({But not} 29... Rxe1 $6 30. Qxe1 Qd7 31. Qe4 $11) 30. Kh3 h6 (30... Rd8 $17 31. Re4 Qxa4) 31. Rxe8+ $15 Qxe8 32. gxh6 Qe6+ 33. Kg2 Qxh6 34. Qe3 {With the idea Qe8+.} Qc6+ 35. Qe4 Qxa4 36. Nc4 (36. Nf3 $11) 36... Qd7 (36... f5 $17 37. Qe3 Qc6+ 38. Kg3 Qg6+ 39. Kf2 Qh6) 37. h3 {[#]} (37. Nxb6 $11 Qg4+ 38. Kf2) 37... b5 $1 $17 {[%cal Rb5c4]} 38. Ne3 Qc6 (38... f5 $17 39. Qe5 Qc6+ 40. Qd5+ Qxd5+ 41. Nxd5 Nc2 42. Ne7+ Kf7 43. Nxf5 Nxa3) 39. Nd5 (39. Qxc6 {is interesting.} Nxc6 40. Kf3 Kf8 41. Ke4 b4 42. a4) 39... Qg6+ (39... Qe6 {seems wilder.} 40. Qxe6 fxe6 41. Nb6 Ne2 42. Kf3 Nc3) 40. Qxg6 fxg6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KN-KN} 41. Nc3 b4 42. axb4 cxb4 43. Na4 $1 Kf7 {Strongly threatening ...Ke6.} 44. Kf2 Kf6 {And now ...Kf5 would win.} 45. Ke3 Ne6 {...Kf5 is the strong threat.} 46. Ke4 g5 47. f5 Nf4 48. h4 $1 Nxd3 (48... Nh3 {is more complex.} 49. hxg5+ Nxg5+ 50. Kd4 Nf3+ 51. Kc4 Ne5+) 49. hxg5+ {The position is equal.} Kxg5 {White must now prevent ...Nf2+.} 50. Kxd3 Kxf5 {KN-KPP} 51. Ke3 Kg4 52. Kf2 Kh3 53. Kg1 Kg3 54. Nc5 Kf3 55. Nb3 Ke3 56. Kg2 Kd3 57. Kg3 {Precision: White = 42%, Black = 43%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Santos Ruiz, Miguel"]
[Black "Buhmann, Rainer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Aachen"]
[BlackTeam "Hockenheim"]

{[%evp 14,56,33,37,44,38,42,21,36,4,17,25,64,46,44,31,32,31,24,36,31,18,37,45,79,70,91,60,86,87,66,75,100,98,85,80,73,53,36,22,38,28,27,27,10]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Bb4 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 {D31: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav without ...Nf6 (+ Marshall Gambit and Noteboom) and Exchange Variation lines without ...Nf6} Ne7 7. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Bd6 8. Qf3 {LiveBook: 3 Games. White is slightly better.} a5 9. h5 h6 10. Bd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. g4 Na6 11. Nh3 Nc7 12. g5 Bxf4 13. Qxf4 Ne6 14. Qg3 hxg5 {½-½ (41) Khismatullin,D (2651)-Jojua,D (2581) Minsk 2017}) 10... Na6 11. Nge2 Nb4 12. Bb1 O-O 13. g4 f6 14. a3 Na6 15. Qg3 Bxf4 16. exf4 Qd6 17. Rg1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Nc7 18. f5 Qd8 19. Bc2 b5 20. O-O-O b4 {[#] Hoping for ...Ba6.} 21. Na4 bxa3 22. Qxa3 Nb5 23. Qg3 Re8 24. Rge1 Bd7 25. Bd3 Nc8 26. Bxb5 cxb5 27. Nc5 Nb6 28. Kb1 b4 {Precision: White = 76%, Black = 54%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Black "Mista, Aleksander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zugzwang Muenchen"]
[BlackTeam "SFR Berlin"]

{[%evp 13,131,19,35,18,53,46,85,103,161,59,114,80,169,168,165,158,150,158,126,118,381,382,374,378,343,375,371,351,367,222,202,189,195,144,233,74,322,201,287,287,280,285,286,286,251,284,309,295,281,259,290,282,306,298,370,367,333,314,384,379,367,323,324,321,313,275,346,306,357,348,391,351,365,354,317,394,387,373,568,487,464,451,417,379,645,625,629,582,486,477,621,576,708,708,782,781,799,761,777,660,835,835,803,791,731,720,643,560,902,897,1661,1423,2198,2147,5105,5097,29981,29982,29982,29983]} 1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 d6 6. O-O e5 {B21: Sicilian: 2 f4 and Morra Gambit} (6... e6 7. c3 Nge7 8. Be3 b6 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. a3 d5 11. Bf2 Qc7 12. e5 f6 13. d4 cxd4 14. cxd4 {1-0 (48) Kovalev,V (2639)-Demchenko,A (2660) Riadh 2017}) 7. c3 Nge7 {LiveBook: 9 Games} 8. Na3 h6 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 8... O-O 9. Be3 b6 10. Qe1 f6 11. Rd1 exf4 12. Bxf4 {1-0 (78) Salaun,Y (2323)-Fantinel,T (2300) France 2012}) 9. Qe1 exf4 10. Bxf4 g5 (10... Be6 $16) 11. Bg3 (11. Qg3 $1 $18) 11... Be6 (11... O-O $14) 12. Nb5 $16 Nc8 {[#]} (12... O-O $16) 13. d4 $1 $36 {[%cal Rd4d5][%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} a6 14. d5 axb5 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Nd2 {And now Bh5+ would win.} Ne5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (16... h5 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 17. Bxb5+ Ke7 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. Nc4 Rf8 20. Qe2 Bg7 {Now ...Na7 and Black clings on.} 21. Rfd1 Qc7 22. a4 Na7 23. Rac1 (23. Nxd6 Be5) ({White should play} 23. h4 $18) 23... Rad8 {[#]} (23... Nxb5 $16 {was worth a try.} 24. axb5 Be5) 24. Rc2 $2 (24. Qh5 $1 $18 {has better winning chances.}) 24... Nc8 $2 (24... Nxb5 $16 {is a better defense.} 25. axb5 Kf7) 25. Rcd2 Nb6 (25... Kf7 $142 26. Qg4 Qe7) 26. Rxd6 Rxd6 27. Rxd6 ({Don't take} 27. Nxd6 Be5 $18) 27... Nxc4 28. Rd7+ Qxd7 29. Bxd7 Nd6 30. Bb5 Be5 31. Bd3 Ra8 32. Bc2 c4 33. g3 Rc8 34. Qe3 Nf7 35. Kg2 Rc7 36. Bd1 Bd6 37. e5 Nxe5 38. Qe4 Kf6 39. a5 Bc5 {and the idea ...Rd7 leaves Black hopeful.} 40. Be2 Rd7 41. Kf1 b5 42. axb6 Bxb6 43. Bxc4 Rd2 44. Be2 Rxb2 45. Qh7 Be3 (45... Nf7 $142 46. Bh5 Rf2+ 47. Ke1 Ke7 48. Bxf7 Rxf7 49. Qxh6 Rf5) 46. Qxh6+ Ke7 {...Rb1+ is the strong threat.} 47. Qh7+ Kd6 48. Qe4 Bc5 $2 (48... Ba7 49. h4 gxh4 50. gxh4 Rb8) 49. h4 gxh4 50. gxh4 Rb3 51. Qc2 Rb8 52. h5 Rg8 {[%csl Gc5][%cal Rg8g1]} 53. Ke1 Rg1+ 54. Kd2 Nf7 55. Qe4 Rg5 56. Kc2 Re5 57. Qf4 Ke7 58. Qh4+ Kf8 59. Bd3 Be7 60. Qh2 Bd6 61. Bg6 Ra5 62. Qh4 Kg7 63. Qd4+ e5 64. Qg4 Ra7 65. Bxf7+ Kxf7 66. Qg6+ {Precision: White = 71%, Black = 31%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Hausrath, Daniel"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Muelheim"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]

{[%evp 12,102,14,12,16,11,14,-12,0,-14,-15,-31,-27,-38,-37,-50,-37,-48,-26,-33,-34,-19,-12,-31,0,-86,-66,-72,-35,-39,-54,-9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,12,120,85,110,60,60,75,48,8,100,0,63,63,62,59,60,58,51,60,60,60,55,49,49,49,61,62,62,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d4 e6 6. Nbd2 Be7 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} 7. Re1 {LiveBook: 76 Games} a5 8. c3 a4 9. e4 O-O 10. Qe2 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 10. a3 Bh5 11. e5 Nfd7 12. h3 b5 13. Nf1 c5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 {½-½ (41) Mamedyarov,S (2726)-Morozevich,A (2770) Astana 2012}) 10... Bh5 11. Qf1 Nbd7 12. e5 Ne8 $1 13. h4 Nc7 14. Bh3 Bg6 15. a3 c5 16. Qe2 Ra6 17. Nf1 Rb6 18. g4 (18. Qd1 $11) 18... cxd4 $17 19. cxd4 Bxh4 20. g5 $1 Bh5 {[#] aiming for ...f6.} 21. N1h2 $1 f6 22. gxf6 gxf6 23. Bh6 Rf7 24. Kh1 {Rg1+ is the strong threat.} fxe5 {Threatens to win with ...e4.} 25. Rg1+ Bg6 26. dxe5 Be7 27. Rac1 Bf8 28. Bg5 Qb8 (28... Be7 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 29. Nh4 $16 Rc6 30. Rxc6 bxc6 31. Nxg6 hxg6 32. Qc2 {Strongly threatening Ng4.} Bg7 {[#]} (32... Nxe5 $11 {keeps the balance.} 33. f4 Nd7) 33. f4 ({Better is} 33. Rg3 $1 $16) 33... Qb3 ({Black should try} 33... Nf8 $1 $11) 34. Qxb3 $14 axb3 35. Rc1 $1 {[%cal Rc1c6]} c5 36. Bd8 Rxf4 37. Bxc7 Kf7 38. Ng4 Re4 {[%cal Rg7e5]} 39. Rf1+ Ke8 {[%cal Rd7e5]} 40. Nf2 Re2 41. Bxe6 {Hoping for Nd3.} Bxe5 42. Bxe5 (42. Bg4 $1 $14 Re3 43. Nd1) 42... Rxe5 $11 {The position is equal.} 43. Bxd7+ Kxd7 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KR} 44. Nd3 Rh5+ 45. Kg2 c4 46. Rd1 (46. Ne1 {NOTEXT} Rh8 47. Nf3 Kd6 48. Re1 g5 49. Nd2) 46... cxd3 47. Rxd3 Re5 {And now ...Re2+ would win.} 48. Rxb3 Kc6 49. a4 d4 50. Kf3 g5 51. Ra3 Kc5 {Precision: White = 59%, Black = 65%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Feygin, Michael"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Muelheim"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]

{[%evp 19,106,-10,0,-33,-27,-32,-26,-44,-29,-39,0,-37,-41,-33,-54,-63,-66,-66,-75,-62,-57,-57,-39,-54,-45,-32,-50,-35,-17,-17,-6,-52,-19,-19,-25,-20,-19,-49,-35,-137,-135,-137,-132,-132,-120,-126,-126,-137,-135,-122,-133,-134,-117,-132,-128,-129,-132,-168,-150,-165,-148,-216,-209,-216,-216,-216,-216,-216,-197,-204,-185,-189,-143,-264,-263,-277,-268,-360,-358,-336,-280,-334,-338,-338,-314,-339,-350,-564,-564]} 1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 c5 7. Nc3 d4 8. Na4 Nfd7 {A03: Bird's Opening with 1...d5} (8... Qc7 9. c3 dxc3 10. Nxc3 Nc6 11. Kh1 b6 12. e4 Ba6 13. e5 Ne8 14. a4 Qd7 15. Nb5 Nc7 16. Qb3 {1-0 (31) Chigaev,M (2497)-Van Wely,L (2665) Jurmala 2015}) 9. c4 Nc6 10. a3 Rb8 {LiveBook: 3 Games. The position is equal.} 11. Bd2 b6 12. b4 Qc7 13. Qc2 Bb7 14. Rab1 Nd8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Ba8 15. Rb2 Rfe8 {½-½ (41) Rodriguez Vila,A (2434)-Supi,L (2384) Buenos Aires 2014}) 15. bxc5 bxc5 16. Rb5 Bc6 17. Rxb8 Qxb8 18. Ng5 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qc7 20. e4 dxe3 21. Bxe3 Nb7 22. Ne4 Nd6 23. Nac3 Bxc3 24. Nxc3 Nf6 25. Kg1 Rd8 26. Nd5 Nxd5 27. cxd5 Rc8 28. Rb1 Qa5 29. Qe2 ({White should try} 29. Qb2 $15) 29... Qxa3 $17 30. Bc1 Qa4 31. Bb2 Rb8 (31... Qa2 32. Ra1 $11) 32. Re1 {Black should prevent Qe5.} ({Wrong is} 32. Qe5 $2 f6 $19) 32... Qa2 33. Bc3 Qxe2 34. Rxe2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rb3 35. Rc2 f6 36. Be1 Nb7 37. Bf2 Rb5 38. Kf1 Kf7 39. Ke2 Ke8 40. Kf3 (40. Kd2 $17) 40... Kd7 41. d4 cxd4 42. Ke4 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 43. Kxd4 Rb4+ 44. Kd3 Kd6 45. Re2 a4 46. Kc3 (46. Be1 $17 Nc5+ 47. Kc3) 46... Rb3+ $19 47. Kc2 Na5 ({Not} 47... Kxd5 48. Rxe7 h5 49. Rd7+ Nd6 50. Rd8 $17) 48. Be1 Nc4 49. Re6+ Kd7 50. Ra6 Ne3+ 51. Kc1 a3 ({Less strong is} 51... Nxd5 52. Rxa4 Ke6 53. Kc2 $17) 52. Ra5 Kd6 53. Bf2 $2 {[#]} (53. Rxa3 {keeps fighting.} Rxa3 54. Bb4+ Kxd5 55. Bxa3) 53... Nc4 {Precision: White = 48%, Black = 73%.} 0-1

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Baldauf, Marco"]
[Black "Gerigk, Erasmus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2344"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SFR Berlin"]
[BlackTeam "Zugzwang Muenchen"]

{[%evp 14,46,9,11,26,17,9,19,26,22,18,22,27,18,49,18,36,0,0,-14,-10,-3,0,0,0,-2,0,-12,-13,-41,4,4,2,2,4]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. Qc2 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4 {LiveBook: 207 Games. E06: Closed Catalan: Early deviations} Bd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Na6 9. cxd5 Nb4 10. Qb3 e5 11. Nb5 Nbxd5 12. N1c3 Be6 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Bxd5 Qxd5 15. Bg5 Qxb3 16. axb3 {½-½ (46) Carlsen,M (2834)-Wei,Y (2743) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 9. Rd1 Nc6 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. cxd5 Nxd5 {[%cal Bf6d5,Bd5b4,Bb4d3][%mdl 32]} 12. Nc3 Nb4 13. Qb3 Qc7 14. e4 Rfd8 15. Bf4 Qa5 16. Be3 Nd3 17. Qc2 Nb4 18. Qb3 Nd3 19. Qc2 Nb4 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Qb3 Bc5 22. Bxc5 $1 Qxc5 23. Rd1 $1 {[%cal Rd1d8]} Rd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Studer, Noel"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bayern Muenchen"]
[BlackTeam "Dresden"]

{[%evp 16,137,10,0,0,5,4,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,33,39,37,26,56,20,27,38,26,27,47,-17,23,44,50,24,40,37,40,44,44,34,56,41,72,81,79,87,86,91,88,79,86,86,95,85,87,64,83,64,95,97,154,131,174,137,163,150,170,149,137,145,150,144,164,161,164,163,139,146,147,76,77,78,75,77,81,82,81,77,70,15,15,15,15,11,14,11,11,9,9,9,9,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,8,0,8,0,8,8,8,8,8,8]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 a5 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. O-O O-O {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3} 8. Qc2 Bxd2 9. Qxd2 {LiveBook: 3 Games} b5 10. Ne5 Ra6 11. a4 c6 $1 12. Nc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Na3 Bd7 13. e4 Be8 14. Rfd1 Nbd7 15. Qe3 {1-0 (103) Le,Q (2737)-Wang,H (2709) Huaian 2017}) 12... b4 13. Nb1 c5 14. dxc5 Qc7 15. Nxc4 Qxc5 16. Rc1 Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7c5,Bc5d3][%mdl 32]} 17. Qe1 Qe7 18. Nbd2 {Strongly threatening Nb3.} Nc5 19. Ne5 {Nc6 is the strong threat.} Nfd7 20. Nd3 ({White should play} 20. Nc6 $14 Qf6 21. Ne4 Nxe4 22. Bxe4) 20... Nxd3 21. exd3 Qd6 22. Qe3 Qb8 23. Bc6 Nf6 24. Nb3 Bd7 25. Bf3 Nd5 26. Qd4 Nb6 27. Rc5 Qa7 28. Bc6 (28. Rg5 f6 $15) 28... Bxc6 29. Rxc6 Nd5 30. Qxa7 Rxa7 31. Rac1 g6 32. R1c5 Rfa8 33. Rc8+ Rxc8 34. Rxc8+ $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Kg7 {next ...Nb6 is good for Black.} 35. Rb8 Ne7 (35... Nc7 $142) 36. Rb5 $16 Nc6 37. Rc5 Ra6 38. d4 Kf6 39. Kf1 Ke7 40. Ke2 Kd6 {Threatens to win with ...Nxd4+!} 41. Kd3 e5 {[#]} 42. Kc4 $1 Nxd4 {[#]} 43. Rd5+ $1 ({Don't play} 43. Nxa5 $6 Rb6 $16) (43. Rxa5 $6 Rc6+ 44. Rc5 Nxb3 $11) (43. Nxd4 $6 exd4 44. Kxd4 h5 $14) 43... Kc7 44. Nxa5 ({Much less strong is} 44. Rxa5 $6 Rxa5 45. Nxa5 Kb6 $11) 44... f6 45. Nb3 ({Reject} 45. Kxb4 $6 Rb6+ 46. Kc3 Ne2+ 47. Kc4 Rxb2 $11) (45. f4 $142) 45... Rxa4 46. Nxd4 exd4 47. Rxd4 {KR-KR} b3+ 48. Kc3 Ra1 49. Rh4 h5 {[%cal Bh7h5,Bh5h4,Bh4h3][%mdl 32]} 50. Rf4 (50. Kxb3 $14 Kd6 51. Rd4+ Ke6 52. Kc3) 50... Rh1 $11 {The position is equal.} 51. Rxf6 {Black must now prevent h4.} Rxh2 52. Kxb3 g5 53. Rf5 Rg2 $1 54. Ka2 h4 $1 55. Rxg5 h3 56. Rh5 h2 57. f4 Kd6 58. Rh6+ Kc5 59. f5 Rxg3 60. Rxh2 {And now Rf2 would win.} Rf3 61. Rh5 Kc4 62. Rg5 Rf1 63. Rg4+ Kb5 64. Rg5 {With the idea Kb3.} Kc4 65. Rh5 Kb4 66. Rg5 Kc4 67. b3+ Kb4 68. Rg4+ Kb5 69. Rh4 {Precision: White = 64%, Black = 69%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Horvath, Adam"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Speyer"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]

{[%evp 20,129,7,0,15,17,29,20,33,27,44,24,34,-8,0,-19,-29,-24,-21,-42,-29,-27,-27,-26,-17,-25,0,0,0,0,0,-13,0,0,0,-58,-43,-54,-51,-80,-72,-79,-86,-99,-93,-163,-67,-77,-76,-73,-66,-126,-130,-116,-130,-122,-122,-115,-118,-137,-109,-127,-87,-83,-77,-74,-72,-83,-8,-8,-8,-10,-15,-18,0,-16,0,-11,0,-264,-257,-242,-235,-214,-18,-29,0,-204,-204,-204,-203,-2349,-2214,-2241,-2069,-1452,-1342,-7100,-6498,-4261,-4075,-29960,-29949,-29952,-12672,-29975,-29974,-29978,-29976,-29970,-29958,-29986]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Bg5 Be7 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} 7. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2c4,Bc4e3][%mdl 32]} d6 8. Bb3 h6 9. Bh4 Nh5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nc4 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Be6 (11... Qf6 12. Ne3 Nf4 13. Bc2 Ne7 14. g3 {1-0 (39) Kramnik,V (2787)-Matlakov,M (2718) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 12. Ne3 Rae8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nf6 13. O-O Rad8 14. Nh4 {½-½ (27) Baramidze,D (2557)-Fressinet,L (2676) Germany 2009}) 13. O-O Nf4 {[%cal Bh5f4,Bf4g6,Bg6e7,Be7f5][%mdl 32]} 14. g3 Ng6 15. h4 Qd7 16. Nh2 Nge7 17. Qh5 f5 18. exf5 Bxb3 19. axb3 Nxf5 20. b4 a6 21. Rae1 Rf7 22. d4 Ref8 {White must now prevent ...Nxe3.} 23. dxe5 $1 Nxe5 24. Qd1 Nxe3 25. Rxe3 Qc6 26. Qe1 Qb6 27. Kg2 ({Better is} 27. Qe2 $11) 27... a5 $1 $36 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5b4][%mdl 2080] Black has the initiative.} 28. f4 Nc6 29. Re8 axb4 30. Rxf8+ Rxf8 31. Qe6+ Kh8 32. Ng4 (32. Rf3 $17) 32... Nd8 (32... bxc3 $19 33. bxc3 Qb2+ 34. Kh3 Qxc3) 33. Qg6 bxc3 34. bxc3 Qc6+ 35. Kh3 ({White should try} 35. Rf3 $1 $15) 35... Qxc3 $17 36. f5 {f6 is the strong threat.} Qc4 $1 {[%cal Rc4f1]} 37. Re1 Qf7 38. Qxf7 Nxf7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 39. Re7 h5 40. Ne3 c5 {Threatens to win with ...b5.} 41. Rxb7 Nh6 42. Rd7 Re8 43. Nc4 Ng4 (43... Nxf5 $17 44. Nxd6 Nxd6 45. Rxd6 Rc8) 44. Kg2 $11 (44. Nxd6 {leads to mate.} Re2 45. Nf7+ Kg8 46. Nh6+ gxh6 47. Rd8+ Kf7 48. Rd7+ Ke8 49. Re7+ Kxe7 50. f6+ Kd8 51. f7 Rh2#) 44... Re2+ 45. Kg1 Re1+ 46. Kg2 Re2+ 47. Kg1 Ne5 48. Rd8+ Kh7 49. Nxd6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (49. Kf1 $11 {and White is okay.} Ra2 50. Nxd6) 49... Rd2 $19 50. Nf7 {[%csl Gf7][%cal Rd8h8] [#]} Nf3+ $1 51. Kf1 {[%csl Gf7][%cal Rd8h8]} Nh2+ $2 (51... Rxd8 $19 52. Nxd8 Nd4) 52. Ke1 $1 $11 {[%csl Gf7][%cal Rd8h8]} Nf3+ $2 (52... Rxd8 $11 53. Nxd8 Nf3+ 54. Kf2 Nd4) 53. Kf1 $19 {[%csl Gf7][%cal Rd8h8]} Rxd8 54. Nxd8 {[#] KN-KN} c4 $1 {[%cal Rc4c3] Hoping for ...c3.} 55. Ke2 $2 (55. Nc6 c3 56. Nb4) 55... Nd4+ 56. Kd2 Nxf5 57. Ne6 Nxg3 58. Nf4 Kh6 59. Kc3 Nf5 60. Ng2 Nd6 61. Kd4 g5 62. hxg5+ Kxg5 {Black mates.} 63. Ne1 Kf4 64. Kd5 h4 65. Kd4 {Precision: White = 45%, Black = 59%.} 0-1

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shytaj, Luca"]
[Black "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Speyer"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]

{[%evp 11,92,11,25,-8,-7,-2,-2,0,0,-2,-1,-10,0,-20,-3,-20,11,-25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-3,0,-41,-19,-62,-29,-59,-47,-41,-43,-78,-76,-100,-93,-152,-173,-156,-166,-166,-147,-183,-129,-129,-129,-129,-114,-114,-114,-129,-129,-129,-129,-125,-104,-109,-65,-129,-129,-267,-140,-140,-140,-140,-140,-402,-140,-140,0,-402,-402,-350,-385,-380,-358,-534,-467,-510,-585]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 {LiveBook: 454 Games} 7. a3 {C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines} (7. Nc3 {seems wilder.} d6 8. Nd5 h6 9. c3 O-O 10. O-O) 7... d6 8. Be3 Bxe3 9. fxe3 {The position is equal.} O-O 10. O-O Ne7 11. Qe1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Nc3 Ng6 12. Ne2 c5 13. Ng3 Qc7 14. Nd2 Be6 15. Rxf6 gxf6 16. Qf3 c4 17. dxc4 bxc4 18. Qxf6 {1-0 (43) Anand,V (2786)-Karjakin,S (2782) Moscow 2013}) 11... Ng6 12. Nbd2 c6 13. a4 Be6 14. h3 (14. Bxe6 {feels hotter.} fxe6 15. Ng5 Re8 16. Qg3 a5 17. c3) 14... c5 (14... Bxb3 {keeps more tension.} 15. Nxb3 Qb6 16. Nh2 Nd7 17. Nf3 Rfc8) 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18. Ng5 Re8 19. Qg3 Qa7 20. h4 Nf8 21. Qf3 h6 22. Nh3 Ng6 23. h5 Nf8 24. g4 N8h7 25. Kg2 (25. c4 $142) 25... Qa2 $17 26. Rb1 c4 27. Qd1 d5 28. Kg3 dxe4 (28... Rd8 $19 {...dxe4 is the strong threat.} 29. exd5 Nxd5) 29. Nxe4 Nxe4+ 30. dxe4 Nf6 31. Nf2 Rf8 32. c3 Qa7 33. Qe2 Qb7 34. Qc2 Nh7 35. Nh3 Rd8 36. Nf2 ({White should play} 36. Rd1 $15 Rxd1 37. Qxd1) 36... Ng5 37. b3 (37. Ra1 $17) 37... Qc6 (37... b4 $19 38. cxb4 Rf8) 38. bxc4 bxc4 39. Rb4 Rf8 40. Qe2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (40. Kg2 $17) 40... Rc8 $2 (40... Nxe4+ $19 {and Black stays clearly on top.} 41. Nxe4 Qxe4) 41. Qc2 Rf8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (41... Rd8 $17 42. Kg2 Rf8) 42. Qe2 $1 $19 Nxe4+ 43. Nxe4 Qxe4 44. Kh2 Qd3 45. Rb2 (45. Qxd3 $142 cxd3 46. Kg2) 45... Qxc3 46. Rc2 Qd3 {Precision: White = 33%, Black = 42%.} 0-1

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ginsburg, Gennadi"]
[Black "Smeets, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SV Hofheim"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]

{[%evp 22,92,0,-4,0,-10,0,-52,0,-7,-4,-7,0,0,0,-12,-16,-8,-14,-3,19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-39,-37,-78,-77,-65,-65,-96,-106,-121,-89,-99,-90,-95,-52,-236,-247,-261,-244,-430,-337,-417,-377,-380,-340,-374,-368,-356,-358,-361,-326,-417,-393,-1736,-1441,-2145,-2173,-2183,-2144,-2164,-2158,-1771,-1515]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Bc4 Qb6 {B94: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Bg5 Nbd7} (7... h6 8. Bh4 g6 9. Qe2 e5 10. Nb3 Be7 11. a4 Nb6 12. Bd3 Be6 13. a5 Nbd7 14. Bc4 Rc8 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. O-O {1-0 (79) Nepomniachtchi,I (2751)-Fedoseev,V (2724) Moscow 2018}) 8. Bb3 e6 9. Qd2 Be7 10. O-O-O Nc5 11. Rhe1 h6 12. Bxf6 {LiveBook: 6 Games} Bxf6 13. f4 Bd7 14. Kb1 $1 O-O-O $146 ({Black should play} 14... O-O $15) ({Predecessor:} 14... Qc7 15. Nf3 O-O-O 16. g3 Bc6 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. Nf3 Bc6 19. Nd4 Bd7 {½-½ (19) Oechslein,R (2394)-Cintins,I (2339) ICCF email 2016}) 15. e5 dxe5 16. fxe5 Bg5 17. Qf2 Rhf8 18. h4 Be7 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Rxe4 f5 21. Re2 Be8 22. Red2 Bh5 23. Re1 (23. Nxe6 $2 Qxf2 24. Nxd8 Rxd8 $19) 23... Bc5 24. c3 Kb8 25. Qf4 Rfe8 26. Ba4 Rg8 27. Bb3 g5 28. hxg5 hxg5 29. Qh2 Bg6 {[%cal Rc5d4]} ({Much worse is} 29... Bxd4 $6 30. Qxh5 Bxe5 31. Rxd8+ Rxd8 32. Qxg5 $11) 30. Red1 ({Avoid the trap} 30. Bxe6 $2 Rh8 $19) 30... Rh8 31. Qg1 Bh5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] [#] Hoping for ...Bxd4. Black is really pushing.} 32. Re1 Rd7 33. Qe3 $2 (33. a3 $1 $15) 33... f4 $19 34. Qf2 Rhd8 35. Bd1 $2 (35. Rc1) 35... Bg6+ (35... Bxd4 $2 36. cxd4 Bg6+ 37. Bc2 $19) 36. Bc2 Bxc2+ (36... Bxd4 $2 37. cxd4 Bxc2+ 38. Rxc2 $19) 37. Rxc2 Bxd4 38. cxd4 Rxd4 {[#] ( -> ...Rd1+)} 39. Rec1 R8d5 40. Qe2 Ka7 41. Re1 Rd3 42. Qe4 $2 (42. Rf1) 42... Re3 {Black is clearly winning.} 43. Rxe3 Rd1+ ({Less strong is} 43... Qxe3 44. Qxe3+ fxe3 45. Re2 $17) 44. Rc1 Rxc1+ 45. Kxc1 Qxe3+ 46. Qxe3+ fxe3 {Precision: White = 38%, Black = 76%.} 0-1

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Hoffmann, Michael"]
[Black "Wagner, Dennis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Aachen"]
[BlackTeam "Hockenheim"]

{[%evp 23,82,26,12,-6,-4,-19,-11,-12,-3,-35,0,-47,-56,-54,-41,-116,-106,-120,-107,-113,-79,-144,-133,-178,-176,-200,-191,-200,-188,-188,-196,-208,-203,-217,-108,-113,-106,-114,-111,-105,-95,-101,-104,-100,-85,-128,-123,-193,-176,-196,-210,-244,-238,-255,-263,-245,-231,-472,-455,-782,-502]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 Ne7 10. Nbd2 Ng6 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} 11. Nf1 c6 12. Bb3 d5 {LiveBook: 9 Games. White has an edge.} 13. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Ng3 Be6 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. d4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Qc7 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. Ndf5 {0-1 (29) Harikrishna,P (2737)-Bacrot,E (2715) Biel 2017}) 13... Bxe3 14. Rxe3 Qc7 15. Ng3 Bd7 16. Qc2 Rad8 17. Rae1 dxe4 $1 18. dxe4 c5 19. Bd5 ({Better is} 19. c4 $15) 19... c4 $1 $17 20. b3 Nxd5 21. exd5 {[%cal Rf3e5]} f6 {[%cal Bf7f6,Bf6f5][%mdl 32]} 22. Nd2 (22. Rd1 $142) 22... f5 {And now ...f4 would win.} 23. d6 ({But not} 23. Nxc4 $2 f4) 23... Qc6 {White must now prevent ...f4.} 24. Rxe5 {[%cal Rg3f5]} Nxe5 25. Rxe5 cxb3 26. Qxb3+ Kh8 27. Qb4 Qxa4 28. Qxb7 Bc6 (28... Qa1+ $1 $19 {has better winning chances.} 29. Ngf1 Qxc3) 29. Qc7 {[#]} Rd7 $1 {[%cal Rd7c7]} 30. Rxf5 {[%cal Rf5f8]} Rg8 31. Qa5 Rxd6 32. Qxa4 Bxa4 33. Nge4 Rg6 34. Nf3 {Threatening Ne5.} Rb8 35. Ne5 (35. Ng3 $17) 35... Rgb6 36. Nc5 Bc2 37. Rf7 {[#]} Ra8 $1 38. Rc7 a5 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 39. Nc4 Rbb8 40. Nd6 $2 (40. Nd7 Rc8 41. Rxc8+ Rxc8 42. Nxa5) 40... a4 $19 41. Ne6 (41. Nxa4 $142 Bxa4 42. c4) 41... Bg6 {Precision: White = 29%, Black = 75%.} 0-1

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Vogel, Roven"]
[Black "Ribli, Zoltan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Dresden"]
[BlackTeam "Bayern Muenchen"]

{[%evp 19,84,3,18,17,16,6,13,15,17,19,22,20,21,0,18,-4,0,-4,17,11,16,-14,-18,-31,0,-33,-21,-29,0,0,0,-33,-33,-41,-27,-25,0,0,0,0,137,0,31,0,0,0,0,-16,-17,-26,-28,-16,-29,-29,-15,-27,-16,-24,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. b3 a6 (4... c5 5. Bb2 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5 Bd6 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Be2 Qa5+ 12. Bc3 Bb4 13. Qd2 Rb8 14. Bxb4 Qxb4 15. Qxb4 Rxb4 {0-1 (41) Karjakin,S (2760)-Wei,Y (2739) Medias 2017}) 5. Bb2 c5 6. cxd5 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} exd5 7. Be2 Nc6 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bb4+ 10. Bc3 Bd6 {LiveBook: 7 Games} 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O Bd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Re8) 13. Qc2 Re8 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Rac1 Qe7 16. Rfe1 a5 17. Bf3 Ng4 18. g3 f5 (18... Ba3 {is interesting.} 19. Bb2 Ne5 20. Bxa3 Qxa3 21. e4 Nxf3+ 22. Nxf3 dxe4 23. Nd2 a4) 19. Bg2 Nf6 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Nb1 a4 22. Red1 axb3 23. axb3 Be5 {And now ...Bb2 would win.} 24. Nd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f3,Bf3d4][%mdl 32]} Reb8 25. Qd3 Be8 26. f4 Bd6 27. Nf3 Kh8 28. Nd4 Ba3 {White must now prevent ...c5.} 29. Rc2 g6 {[#]} (29... Bd7 $11) 30. Ra1 ({White should try} 30. Nxc6 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} Bxc6 {[#]} 31. Rxc6 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 30... Bf8 31. Rca2 Rxa2 32. Rxa2 c5 33. Nf3 {[#]} c4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 34. bxc4 dxc4 35. Qd4 Qxd4 36. Nxd4 Bf7 37. Bf1 Bc5 38. Rc2 Rb4 39. Kf2 {The position is equal.} Kg7 40. Nc6 Rb3 41. Bxc4 Bxe3+ 42. Kg2 Bxc4 {Precision: White = 58%, Black = 48%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Zysk, Robert"]
[Black "Schneider, Ilja"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zugzwang Muenchen"]
[BlackTeam "SFR Berlin"]

{[%evp 18,27,2,-1,36,14,15,-6,33,0,14,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bg4 7. Qb3 {D10: Slav Defence: 3 cxd5 (without early Nf3) and 3 Nc3} Na5 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qd1 (9. Bb5 e6 10. Nf3 a6 11. Bxd7+ Nxd7 12. Ne5 b5 13. Qd1 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Nc4 15. Qe2 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Bb4 17. Rc1 {½-½ (65) Ni,H (2671)-Eljanov,P (2711) Riadh 2017}) 9... Rc8 10. Bd3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Bg4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... e6 11. Nf3 Bb4 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 O-O 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 Rxc3 {1-0 (25) Antic,D (2438)-Lekic,D (2360) Heraklion 2016}) 11. Qa4+ Bd7 12. Qd1 Bg4 13. Qa4+ Bd7 14. Qd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Schneider, Stefan"]
[Black "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bayern Muenchen"]
[BlackTeam "Dresden"]

{[%evp 10,130,2,0,19,-3,-3,-10,0,0,0,-11,-6,0,-1,-12,-9,-23,-18,-32,-35,-47,-24,-34,-34,-35,-35,-33,-22,-31,-25,-41,-28,-15,0,-29,-34,-45,-33,-39,-32,-39,-39,-40,-27,-35,-31,-29,-35,-35,-35,-41,-37,-47,-43,-52,0,-36,0,-32,-32,-32,-30,-39,-39,-43,-45,-55,-27,-75,-41,-75,-74,-74,-50,-48,-31,-38,-22,-21,-23,-35,-22,-33,-4,-12,0,-25,-12,-20,-6,-25,-2,-13,0,-14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. Bf4 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. e3 {LiveBook: 94 Games} c5 {E12: Queen's Indian: Unusual White 4th moves, 4 a3, 4 Nc3 Bb7 5 a3 and 4 Nc3 Bb7} (6... Be7 7. h3 c5 8. Be2 cxd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. O-O d5 11. Rc1 Nbd7 12. Bh2 Nc5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Nc4 {0-1 (55) Erdos,V (2614)-Kovalenko,I (2657) Zalakaros 2017}) 7. Be2 cxd4 8. exd4 O-O 9. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. O-O d5 10. a3 Bxd2 11. Qxd2 Ne4 12. Qc2 Nd7 13. b4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 {½-½ (35) Martin Catalan,J (2045)-Gella Lopez,A (2081) Aragon 2016}) 9... Be7 10. O-O d5 11. Rc1 dxc4 12. Nxc4 Nc6 13. h3 Rc8 14. Bh2 b5 15. Ne3 a6 16. a4 bxa4 17. Qxa4 Nb4 18. Rxc8 Qxc8 19. Be5 Rd8 20. Rd1 Nd7 21. Bg3 Nf6 22. Be5 Nfd5 23. Nc4 Bc6 24. Qb3 Bb5 25. Bg3 Qd7 26. Ra1 Qe8 27. Bf1 h6 28. Nfe5 Bf8 29. Be2 Nf6 30. Nf3 Nc6 31. Qe3 Nd5 32. Qe4 Nf6 33. Qe3 $1 Nb4 {[#] White must now prevent ...Nc2.} 34. Rc1 Nbd5 35. Qb3 Rc8 36. Ra1 Qd8 37. Bf1 Ne4 38. Be5 Ng5 39. Ncd2 Bxf1 (39... Nxf3+ {feels hotter.} 40. Nxf3 Bxf1 41. Rxf1 Qe8 42. Rb1 f6) 40. Kxf1 Nxf3 41. Nxf3 Nb4 42. Kg1 Rc6 (42... Qb6 {with more complications.} 43. Bf4 Qb5 44. Bd2 Nd5 45. Qa4 Qxb2 46. Qxa6 Rb8) 43. Bf4 Qd5 (43... Nd5 {looks sharper.} 44. Bd2 f6 45. g3 Qc8 46. Ra4 Kf7) 44. Qxd5 Nxd5 45. Bd2 Bd6 46. Kf1 f6 47. Ke2 Kf7 48. Kd3 g5 49. g3 h5 50. Ne1 Rb6 51. Bc3 {The position is equal.} f5 52. Ng2 Nf6 53. Ne3 Ne4 54. Nc4 Rc6 55. Be1 Bc7 56. g4 Nf6 57. gxf5 exf5 58. f3 Nd5 59. Bd2 Bf4 60. Ra5 Ke6 61. b3 h4 62. Ra1 Kf6 63. Ra5 Ke6 64. Ra1 Kf6 65. Ra5 Ke6 {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 48%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Loxine, Jakov"]
[Black "Rafiee, Makan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Dresden"]
[BlackTeam "Bayern Muenchen"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:3000+30"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 2. g3 {[%emt 0:01:54]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 3. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 4. c4 {[%emt 0:01:05]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:20]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:06]} 6. d4 {[%emt 0:00:23]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 7. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:54]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 8. Qxc4 {[%emt 0:03:26]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 9. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 10. Bd2 {[%emt 0:08:24]} Be4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 11. Qc1 {[%emt 0:04:40]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 12. Rd1 {[%emt 0:12:19]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:10:07]} 13. Bg5 {[%emt 0:07:33]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:10:47]} 14. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:04:07]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:03:47]} 15. Nb3 {[%emt 0:02:18]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:06:32]} 16. Nh4 $14 {[%emt 0:15:55]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:13:49]} 17. Nxg6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} hxg6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 18. Bd2 {[%emt 0:04:46]} b4 {[%emt 0:01:44]} 19. Qc4 {[%emt 0:01:08]} c5 {[%emt 0:08:49]} 20. Rac1 {[%emt 0:00:40]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:13:12]} 21. Qxc8 {[%emt 0:01:06]} Rxc8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 22. Rxc8+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 23. Rc6 {[%emt 0:04:37]} Qa7 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 24. Rdc1 {[%emt 0:04:17]} e5 {[%emt 0:15:12]} 25. e3 {[%emt 0:10:42]} d3 {[%emt 0:03:49]} 26. Rc7 {[%emt 0:02:23]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 27. Rb7 {[%emt 0:00:53]} Qe6 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 28. Rc6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Qf5 {[%emt 0:04:24]} 29. e4 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:02:54]} 30. Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Qxe4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 31. Rcc7 {[%emt 0:06:01]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 32. Nxc5 {[%emt 0:04:10]} Nxc5 {[%emt 0:01:29]} 33. Rxb4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Schramm, Christian"]
[Black "Schreiner, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2374"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zugzwang Muenchen"]
[BlackTeam "SFR Berlin"]

{[%evp 16,41,20,19,14,7,15,12,57,51,54,47,57,27,84,27,28,25,40,19,25,0,0,0,33,25,28,36]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. Re1 {LiveBook: 11 Games. C47: Scotch Four Knights and Four Knights with 4 g3} (9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Qe7 11. Kh1 Bxc3 12. bxc3 d5 13. exd5 cxd5 14. Qf3 g5 15. Bb5 Bg4 16. Qd3 c6 17. Bxc6 Be2 18. Qd4 Bxf1 19. Rxf1 gxh4 20. Bxa8 Rxa8 21. Qxh4 {0-1 (32) Dubov,D (2701)-Fedoseev,V (2724) Moscow 2018}) 9... d5 10. Bg5 {[%cal Bc1g5,Bg5h4,Bh4g3][%mdl 32] Threatening e5.} d4 11. a3 {The position is equal.} Bd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... dxc3 12. axb4 h6 13. Bh4 cxb2 14. Rb1 Qd4 15. e5 Qxh4 16. exf6 Bg4 17. Rxe8+ Rxe8 18. f3 Be6 19. c3 Ba2 20. g3 Bxb1 21. Bxb1 Qxf6 22. Kg2 Qxc3 23. Qd7 Qe1 {0-1 (23) Stejskal,J (1743)-Beck,J (1429) Burg Stargard 2002}) 12. Nb1 h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3 {[#] e5 is the strong threat.} Bg4 (14... Ng4 $11 {remains equal.}) 15. Qc1 (15. f3 $16 {Strongly threatening Bxd6.} Bxg3 16. hxg3) 15... Nh5 $11 16. Nd2 Bf4 17. Bxf4 Nxf4 18. g3 Ng6 19. f3 Be6 20. Qd1 Qd7 21. Qe2 {Precision: White = 43%, Black = 44%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Meister, Peter"]
[Black "Moehn, Hans"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bayern Muenchen"]
[BlackTeam "Dresden"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:3000+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:22]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 4. e4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 5. f3 {[%emt 0:00:32]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:08] LiveBook: 10425 Games} 6. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 7. Nge2 {[%emt 0:03:11]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 8. Qd2 {[%emt 0:01:20]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 9. Rd1 {[%emt 0:01:10]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 10. Nc1 {[%emt 0:01:35] E81: King's Indian: Sämisch: 6th move deviations (including 6 Be3 c6)} (10. Ng3 cxd4 11. Bxd4 e6 12. Be2 Bb7 13. Bf2 d5 14. cxd5 exd5 15. exd5 b5 16. d6 Re8 17. O-O Rc8 {1-0 (55) Ponomariov,R (2749)-Spasov,V (2621) Baile Herculane 2010}) 10... cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 11. Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 12. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:01:34]} 13. O-O {[%emt 0:02:07]} Re8 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 14. b4 {[%emt 0:09:29]} e6 {[%emt 0:10:01]} 15. Nb3 {[%emt 0:02:38]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:01:46]} 16. Rc1 {[%emt 0:03:15]} Qb8 {[%emt 0:04:53]} 17. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:14:19]} Bf8 $146 {[%emt 0:05:24]} ({Predecessor:} 17... Rcd8) 18. Na4 $11 {[%emt 0:23:35]} Be7 {[%emt 0:20:06]} 19. Qe3 {[%emt 0:12:44]} d5 {[%emt 0:10:53]} 20. e5 {[%emt 0:03:05]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:02:03]} 21. Nxb6 {[%emt 0:15:41]} Nxb6 {[%emt 0:01:22]} 22. Bxb6 {[%emt 0:02:27]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:02:55]} 23. Rc2 {[%emt 0:10:15]} c3 24. Rxc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:01:53]} 25. Rc4 Rxc4 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 26. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bxb4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 27. Bc5 {[%emt 0:02:07]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:13:25]} 28. Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 29. Bxb4 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Qxb4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 30. Rxd5 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Ng7 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Rezasade, Amir"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2354"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Muelheim"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]

{[%evp 22,76,15,6,39,16,13,-25,-9,-37,-43,-39,-34,-37,0,-22,-13,-16,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-25,0,0,8,-7,-5,-5,27,-58,-31,-153,-151,-153,-157,-219,-213,-320,-320,-321,-321,-333,-289,-295,-285,-553,-529,-625,-620,-575,-533,-527,-431]} 1. Nf3 e6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O Nf6 5. c4 g6 6. b3 Bg7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3e2,Be2f4][%mdl 32] A15: English Opening: 1...Nf6} (8. d4 d5 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. Rc1 Re8 11. b4 a5 12. b5 a4 13. Ba3 Ne4 14. e3 f5 15. Qc2 dxc4 16. Nxc4 Bd5 {1-0 (59) Meier,G (2650)-Bortnyk,O (2610) Riadh 2017}) 8... d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. d4 c5 11. Rc1 Na6 12. e3 {LiveBook: 7 Games} Re8 13. Ne2 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 13. Qc2 Qe7 14. Rfd1 Nb4 15. Qb1 Ng4 16. Re1 Bh6 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 {½-½ (59) Toth,C (2365)-Barbosa,E (2461) Joao Pessoa 2013}) 13... Ne4 14. Ba3 Rc8 15. Nf4 Nb4 16. Bxb4 cxb4 17. Qd3 Qd7 18. Rfe1 g5 19. Nh5 Bh8 20. Ne5 Qe6 {White should prevent ...f6.} ({Reject} 20... Bxe5 $6 21. dxe5 Qe6 22. Bxe4 $16) 21. Bxe4 dxe4 22. Qb5 f6 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Nc4 Qe7 25. d5 Rd8 26. d6 Qe6 27. h4 ({Better is} 27. Qa4 $11) 27... Qg4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 28. Na5 (28. Qa4 $15 Qxh5 29. Qxa7) 28... bxa5 $17 29. Qxb7 {[#] aiming for Rc1.} ({Avoid the trap} 29. Qc4+ $2 Kf8) 29... Qxh5 30. Qxe4 (30. hxg5 $17 f5 31. d7) 30... gxh4 $19 ({But not} 30... Rxd6 31. Qa8+ Kg7 32. Qxa7+ Qf7 33. Qxa5 $17) 31. Qe6+ (31. Rc1 $142 hxg3 32. Qe6+ Kg7 33. Rc7+ Kh6 34. fxg3) 31... Qf7 32. Qg4+ Bg7 33. Rc1 Qd7 34. Qc4+ Kh8 {Threatens to win with ...hxg3.} 35. Rd1 $2 (35. Qxh4 Qxd6 36. Qe4) 35... hxg3 {[#] And now ...Qh3 would win.Black is clearly winning.} 36. fxg3 Bf8 37. Qf4 Qe6 {[%cal Rf8d6]} 38. d7 Rxd7 {Precision: White = 34%, Black = 58%.} 0-1

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Weber, Ulrich"]
[Black "Andersen, Mads"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2352"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SV Hofheim"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]

{[%evp 19,68,5,0,-35,-18,-37,-28,-33,24,-68,-79,-74,-79,-63,-62,-71,-70,-72,-72,-77,-56,-50,-27,-39,-30,-97,-100,-231,-221,-227,-231,-365,-231,-223,-226,-311,-187,-188,-184,-89,-48,-368,-362,-29994,-29995,-29995,-29996,-29996,-29997,-29997,-29998]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O d5 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4 Nc6 8. Re1 e6 9. c3 a5 10. a4 {A08: King's Indian Attack} b6 {LiveBook: 45 Games} 11. Qb3 (11. Nb1 Ba6 12. e5 Nd7 13. Bf4 f6 14. exf6 Qxf6 15. Qd2 e5 16. Bg5 Qxf3 17. Bxf3 Rxf3 {1-0 (34) Amin,B (2661)-Grandelius,N (2641) Baku 2016}) 11... Ba6 12. exd5 {The position is equal.} exd5 13. d4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Qc2 Rc8 14. Nb1 d4 15. c4 Re8 16. Bg5 Nb4 17. Qd2 Qd7 {0-1 (40) Andreeva,P (2074)-Voiska,M (2367) Pleven 2015}) 13... Rc8 (13... Re8 $15) 14. Nf1 ({White should try} 14. Bh3 $11) 14... cxd4 $15 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. cxd4 Rc4 17. Qd1 Ne4 18. Be3 Rb4 19. b3 Qd7 20. Rc1 Rc8 21. Rxc8+ Qxc8 22. Kh1 (22. Nd2 $11 {remains equal.}) 22... Qf5 $17 23. g4 (23. f3 $17 {was worth a try.} Nd6 24. g4) 23... Nxf2+ $19 24. Bxf2 Qxf2 25. Re8+ Bf8 26. Ne3 Kg7 27. Qc1 Bd3 ({Inferior is} 27... Rxd4 28. Nf5+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kg8 29. Nxd4 $14) 28. Qc3 {[#]} Bb1 $1 29. g5 ({Better is} 29. Nxd5 $19 Qxd4 30. Qf3) 29... Qh4 $40 {[%mdl 128] aiming for ...Bd6. Black is up to no good.} 30. Qc8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Not} 30. Bxd5 $2 Bd6 $19) ({Only move:} 30. Nxd5 $15 Qxd4 31. Qe1) 30... Rxd4 {[%cal Bb4d4,Bd4d1,Bd1f1][%mdl 32]} 31. Rxf8 $2 {[#]} (31. Qd8 $19 Rf4 32. h3) 31... Rd1+ $3 {[%mdl 512] Black mates.} 32. Nf1 {[#]} (32. Nxd1 Qe1+) 32... Rxf1+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 33. Bxf1 Qe4+ 34. Kg1 Qe3+ {Precision: White = 26%, Black = 82%.} 0-1

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Farmani Anosheh, Armin"]
[Black "Grigorian, Spartak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2354"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Speyer"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:3000+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:54]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 4. e3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:11]} 5. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:31]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 6. Nf3 {[%emt 0:01:29]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:15]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 8. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:58]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 9. a3 {[%emt 0:18:57]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:04:11]} 10. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:18:11]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:20:31]} 11. Qd1 {[%emt 0:00:22]} b6 {[%emt 0:09:56]} 12. b4 {[%emt 0:04:21]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 13. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:03:55]} 14. Qb3 {[%emt 0:02:52]} Qb8 {[%emt 0:08:08]} 15. h3 {[%emt 0:08:10]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:14:30]} 16. gxf3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qb7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 17. f4 {[%emt 0:13:36]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:18:43]} 18. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:01:58]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:03:46]} 19. Bf1 {[%emt 0:05:18]} Qf3 {[%emt 0:07:10]} 20. Bg2 {[%emt 0:02:38]} Qh5 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 21. Rd2 {[%emt 0:09:23]} Nf8 {[%emt 0:02:04]} 22. Rad1 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:01:59]} 23. Rxd8+ {[%emt 0:07:14]} Bxd8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 24. Rd3 {[%emt 0:02:21]} Nh4 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 25. Qd1 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Qxd1+ {[%emt 0:02:10]} 26. Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nxg2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 27. Kxg2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Be7 {[%emt 0:01:17]} 28. Kf3 {[%emt 0:04:15]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:04:19]} 29. Rd4 {[%emt 0:01:51]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:02:12]} 30. Ke2 {[%emt 0:01:54]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:01:31]} 31. Rd2 {[%emt 0:03:37]} g6 {[%emt 0:01:23]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Unzicker, Ferdinand"]
[Black "Hoffmann, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "2323"]
[BlackElo "2371"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bayern Muenchen"]
[BlackTeam "Dresden"]

{[%evp 17,120,16,43,40,43,43,35,42,38,43,23,0,0,-36,-29,-39,-29,-32,-16,-25,-21,-31,-18,-21,-10,-13,-16,-22,-12,-20,0,-6,-11,-35,-16,-12,-20,-25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-20,71,71,77,85,87,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,53,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-22,-22,-22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6e4,Be4d2][%mdl 32]} 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ne4 6. Bd2 Nxd2 7. Qxd2 Bb7 8. a3 {E44: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4...b6 5 Ne2} Be7 9. d5 e5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 10. Ng3 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 10. g3 a5 11. Bg2 d6 12. O-O O-O 13. b4 Nd7 14. f4 Bc8 15. f5 g6 {1-0 (39) Ikonnikov,V (2538)-Muetsch,A (2008) Fuerth 2016}) 10... g6 11. f4 exf4 12. exf4 O-O 13. Bd3 f5 14. O-O a5 15. h3 Na6 16. Bc2 Bc5+ 17. Kh2 Qh4 18. Rae1 Rae8 19. Re5 Bd6 20. Re2 Rxe2 21. Ngxe2 Re8 22. Nd4 Qe7 (22... Bf8 {is interesting.} 23. Nf3 Qf6 24. Re1 Rxe1 25. Qxe1 Nc5) 23. Rf2 Qe1 24. Qxe1 Rxe1 25. Ncb5 Bc5 26. Rd2 Rf1 27. Kg3 h5 28. Nf3 h4+ 29. Kxh4 Be3 30. Re2 Bxf4 31. Nbd4 Kf8 (31... Kg7 $11) 32. g4 $16 c5 33. dxc6 $1 Bxc6 {[#]} 34. Nxc6 ({White should play} 34. Ne5 $1 $16 {[%cal Re5g6]} Bxe5 35. Rxe5) 34... Rxf3 $11 35. Ne5 $132 {[%mdl 2048] White is fighting back} g5+ 36. Kh5 Rxh3+ 37. Kg6 Bxe5 $1 {The position is equal.} 38. Rxe5 fxg4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 39. Bf5 Nc5 40. Bxg4 Rb3 41. Re2 $1 Ne6 42. Kf6 {Strongly threatening Rh2.} Ke8 43. Bxe6 dxe6 44. Kxe6 {KR-KR} g4 45. Rh2 {[%cal Rh2h8]} Rh3 (45... Re3+ {with more complications.} 46. Kf5 Kd7 47. Kxg4 Re4+ 48. Kf3 Rxc4 49. Ke3 a4) 46. Rg2 Re3+ 47. Kd6 g3 48. b4 Rxa3 49. b5 Rc3 50. Kc7 Rxc4+ 51. Kxb6 Rg4 52. Ka7 Rg7+ 53. Ka8 {Black should prevent b6.} Kd7 54. b6 Kc6 {[#]} 55. b7 $1 {[%cal Rb7b8][%mdl 512]} Rxb7 {White must now prevent ...Rg7.} 56. Rc2+ Kd5 {Hoping for ...Rg7.} 57. Kxb7 Ke4 58. Ka6 Kf3 59. Kxa5 g2 60. Rxg2 Kxg2 {Precision: White = 72%, Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Eichler, Christoph"]
[Black "Lauber, Arnd"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2299"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zugzwang Muenchen"]
[BlackTeam "SFR Berlin"]

{[%evp 9,49,23,23,10,10,0,28,12,27,-8,16,19,15,0,0,1,24,0,0,12,56,51,92,90,102,86,104,12,39,25,29,24,27,0,0,0,0,-14,204,185,696,701]} 1. c4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 (3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O Bd6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. d3 dxc4 8. dxc4 Nc6 9. e4 e5 10. Bg5 fxe4 11. Nd2 Be7 12. Ndxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxd8 Bxd8 14. Nxe4 Nd4 15. Bxd8 Rxd8 {½-½ (60) Inarkiev,E (2707)-Grischuk,A (2761) Geneva 2017}) 3... e6 4. b3 d6 5. d4 g6 6. Be2 $146 {A10: English Opening: Unusual Replies for Black} ({Predecessor:} 6. Bb2 Bg7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Qc2 Nc6 9. a3 Qe7 10. b4 a5 11. b5 Nd8 12. Be2 {½-½ (63) Socko,M (2472)-Bednarek,S (2291) Warsaw 2015}) 6... Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3 {White has an edge.} Qe7 9. Qc2 Nc6 10. Ba3 a5 11. Rac1 Nb4 12. Qb1 c6 13. Rfd1 e5 14. c5 {aiming for cxd6.} dxc5 (14... e4 {is more complex.} 15. cxd6 Qxd6 16. Ne5 Be6 17. Na4 Rad8) 15. dxe5 Ng4 16. Na4 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Nxc5 (18. Nb6 $16 Rb8 19. Bc4+ Be6 20. Bxe6+ Qxe6 21. Nd7 (21. Rxc5 Rfd8 $11)) 18... f4 $1 $11 {[%cal Rf4e3] And now ...fxe3 would win.} 19. Bc4+ Kg7 20. Nd3 Bf5 $1 {[#]} ({Avoid the trap} 20... fxe3 $2 21. Nxe5 exf2+ 22. Kh1 $18) 21. e4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxe4 {...Qg5 is the strong threat.} 22. Re1 $1 {[%cal Re1e4]} Bxd3 23. Bxd3 {Hoping for Bb2.} Qd6 $2 {[#]} (23... Rad8 $11) 24. Rxe5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Qxd3 $2 (24... Qxe5 25. Bb2 Nxd3 26. Bxe5+ Nxe5) 25. Bxb4 {Precision: White = 53%, Black = 49%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Burkart, Patrick"]
[Black "Naumann, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2298"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SV Hofheim"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]

{[%evp 12,149,9,-19,23,11,39,0,59,36,91,81,92,86,79,55,57,39,59,29,40,2,2,2,19,0,-14,-31,-21,-39,-28,-18,-18,-18,-15,-15,-27,-481,-11,-603,0,0,0,0,0,0,16,6,10,0,17,17,34,0,0,0,0,-16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,156,165,163,163,214,214,213,188,239,239,248,241,318,311,304,304,304,304,304,280,858,770,524,517,510,499,476,326,326,193,326,326,341,341,333,0,333,326,326,326,321,263,264,94,94,30,70,0,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,29956,29958,29960,29961,29971,29972,29972,29973,29973,29974,29974,29975,29975,29976,29976,29977]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. Nb5 {LiveBook: 3 Games. And now Nc7 would win. D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines} (7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nc6 11. Ne2 b5 12. c3 e6 13. a3 a5 14. Nc1 b4 15. a4 Ne4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 {½-½ (85) Carlsen,M (2837)-Ding,L (2774) Saint Louis 2017}) 7... Na6 8. h3 Bf5 9. O-O {White is slightly better.} Ne4 $146 (9... Nb4 $11) ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 9... Nb4 10. dxc5 Ne4 11. c3 Nc6 12. Bh2 e5 13. c4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Nxc5 {1-0 (36) Cori Tello,D (2389)-Librelato,K (2085) Villa Martelli 2017}) 10. c3 cxd4 (10... Qb6 $14) 11. exd4 $16 Qb6 12. Re1 Rfc8 13. Qb3 Qd8 14. Rad1 Nb8 $1 15. c4 Be6 {[%cal Rd5c4]} 16. Rc1 Nc6 17. Nc7 {[%cal Rc4d5]} Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Bxd4 19. cxd5 Bxf2+ 20. Kf1 Bxe1 21. dxe6 Nd2+ 22. Bxd2 $1 Bxd2 23. exf7+ Kh8 24. Qe6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (24. Rc4 $11 Rxc7 25. Qg3) 24... Qd6 $2 (24... Bf4 $19 25. Qe4 Bxc7) 25. Rc4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (25. Qxd6 $11 exd6 26. Rc2) 25... Qxe6 $2 ({Black should play} 25... Qg3 $1 $19 {[%csl Gd2][%cal Rg3e1][%mdl 512]} 26. Bf3 Rxc7 27. Rxc7 Qxc7 28. Bxb7 Rd8) 26. Nxe6 $11 Rxc4 27. Bxc4 $19 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KBN} Bh6 28. Ke2 Rc8 29. Kd3 Bg7 30. b3 h6 31. Ke4 Kh7 32. h4 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} h5 33. g3 Kh6 34. a4 b6 35. Kf4 Rc6 36. Ke4 Rc8 37. Kf4 Rc6 38. Ke3 Rc8 39. Ke4 {[#]} Bf8 $2 (39... g5 $1 $11) 40. Ba6 $16 Rb8 41. Kd5 $1 g5 (41... Bg7 {was called for.}) 42. Kc6 $1 $18 {[%cal Rc6c7]} ({Weaker is} 42. Nxg5 Rd8+ 43. Ke5 Kg6 $11) (42. hxg5+ Kg6 $11) 42... Bg7 43. Kc7 Rh8 (43... Be5+ {keeps fighting.} 44. Kd7 g4 45. Kxe7 Bxg3) 44. Bd3 $1 {[%csl Ge6][%cal Rh4g5]} g4 45. Kd7 Be5 46. f8=Q+ (46. Kxe7 Bxg3 47. f8=Q+ Rxf8 $16) 46... Rxf8 47. Nxf8 Bxg3 48. Ng6 (48. Kxe7 Bxh4+ 49. Kf7 Bd8 $16) 48... Bf2 49. Kxe7 ({Not} 49. Nxe7 Bxh4 50. Nc6 Kg5 $14) 49... a5 $2 (49... Be1 50. Ke6 Bg3) 50. Kf6 Be1 51. Kf5 Bf2 52. Kf4 Bc5 53. Ne5 Be7 54. Nf7+ Kg7 55. Ng5 Kf6 56. Ne4+ Kg7 57. Ng5 Kf6 $1 58. Ke3 Bc5+ 59. Ke2 {Hoping for Ne4+.} Be7 60. Kf2 Kg7 61. Kg2 $2 (61. Bc4 $18 {has better winning chances.}) 61... Kh6 $16 62. Nf7+ Kg7 63. Ng5 {Ne6+ is the strong threat.} Kh6 64. Bb5 {Threatens to win with Nf7+.} (64. Ne4 {NOTEXT} Bxh4 65. Bc4 Bd8 66. Bf7 Bc7 67. Ng3) 64... Bxg5 65. hxg5+ Kxg5 $11 {KB-KP} 66. Bd7 Kf4 67. Bc8 Ke5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (67... h4 $11) 68. Kg3 {White mates.} Kd4 69. Be6 $1 {[%cal Re6f7]} b5 70. axb5 Kc5 {[#]} 71. Bd7 $1 Kb6 72. Be8 Kc5 73. Bxh5 Kxb5 {[#]} 74. Be8+ $1 Kb4 75. Ba4 {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 34%.} 1-0

