[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]

{[%evp 24,54,-3,0,9,-3,0,0,0,0,6,12,8,10,37,31,33,31,35,34,38,29,54,30,31,36,94,64,64,36,42,29,44]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg2 b5 {B91: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 g3} (8... O-O 9. O-O b5 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Ra7 12. Be3 Be6 13. Qd2 Ra8 14. a4 Nc6 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. Ra1 Qb7 {½-½ (58) Naiditsch,A (2710)-Vidit,S (2693) Linares 2017}) 9. O-O Nbd7 10. a4 b4 11. Na2 a5 12. c3 bxc3 13. Nxc3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} O-O 14. Nb5 Ba6 15. Re1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Bd2 Bxb5 16. axb5 a4 {½-½ (40) Atlas,V (2448)-Teterev,V (2501) Bilbao 2014}) 15... Bxb5 16. axb5 a4 17. Nd2 Qb8 18. b3 axb3 19. Rxa8 Qxa8 20. Nxb3 Rb8 21. Qd3 Bd8 22. Bf1 d5 23. exd5 e4 24. Qd1 Ne5 (24... Bb6 $14) 25. Be2 {aiming for Bf4.} Bb6 26. Bb2 (26. Bf4 $5 {[%cal Rf4e5]} Re8 27. d6 $16) 26... Re8 27. Bd4 Nxd5 {Precision: White = 82%, Black = 68%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]

{[%evp 23,57,12,20,16,11,-18,39,46,53,17,29,9,0,0,16,2,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,27,4,7,5,7,0,19,18]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {[%cal Bf1b5,Bb5a4,Ba4b3][%mdl 32]} a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 Bb7 9. Re1 d6 10. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3,Bg3f5][%mdl 32]} Qd7 {C88: Closed Ruy Lopez: Anti-Marshall Systems} (10... Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nf1 b4 13. Ne3 Bc8 14. c3 Rb8 15. h3 bxc3 16. bxc3 Be6 17. Nd2 Bxa2 18. Rxa2 d5 19. Nf5 Re8 20. Ba3 {½-½ (39) Aravindh,C (2586)-Gledura,B (2613) Stockholm 2018}) 11. Nf1 Nd8 12. Ng3 Ne6 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 13. Nf5 Bd8 14. Ng5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Be3 c5 15. Nd2 Nd4 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. Nf3 d5 18. Ne5 {0-1 (55) Chomicki,H (2111)-Schroeder,M (2393) ICCF email 2012}) 14... Nxg5 ({Black should try} 14... Nc5 $11) 15. Bxg5 $14 g6 16. Ne3 (16. Nh6+ {with more complications.} Kg7 17. Qd2 c5 18. f3 Ng8 19. Be3) 16... Ng4 17. Bxd8 Nxe3 18. Rxe3 Raxd8 19. axb5 axb5 20. Ra7 Bc6 21. h4 Ra8 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. Rf3 Rf8 24. Qd2 Kg7 25. h5 {[#] aiming for Qg5.} f6 26. hxg6 hxg6 {[%cal Bh7g6,Bg6g5][%mdl 32] The position is equal.} 27. Rh3 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Rd2h6]} g5 $1 28. d4 Rh8 29. Rxh8 {Precision: White = 41%, Black = 55%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Markgraf, Rolf-Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]

{[%evp 20,82,29,35,33,28,82,78,89,89,110,107,108,105,107,109,114,113,139,134,137,137,139,130,147,145,154,154,147,148,131,143,148,144,144,100,97,91,112,92,109,120,135,99,129,82,132,119,132,116,179,169,167,162,499,220,329,280,389,369,457,489,486,481,443]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3 O-O 9. Qd2 Be6 10. O-O-O a5 11. Bb5 {LiveBook: 40 Games} a4 {B56: Classical Sicilian: Unusual Lines} (11... Qb8 12. g4 a4 13. Nxa4 d5 14. g5 d4 15. gxf6 dxe3 16. Qxe3 Bxf6 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Nbc5 Bxa2 19. Nd7 {½-½ (80) Vachier Lagrave,M (2796)-Grischuk,A (2761) Paris 2017}) 12. Bxa4 Qc7 $146 (12... Na5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) ({Predecessor:} 12... Na5 13. Kb1 Nc4 14. Qe1 Qb8 15. Bb5 Rc8 16. g4 Qc7 17. Bxc4 Bxc4 18. g5 Nd7 19. h4 {0-1 (45) Abrahamyan,T (2246)-Guramishvili,S (2305) Yerevan 2007}) 13. Kb1 $16 Rfd8 {next ...d5 is good for Black.White is better.} 14. Qf2 {Black must now prevent Bb6.} Rdc8 15. Bb5 Qb8 16. a3 Na7 {[#]} 17. Bxa7 $1 Rxa7 18. Rd3 b6 19. g4 Rac7 20. Rhd1 {[%cal Bh1d1,Bd1d2,Bd2e2][%mdl 32]} Qb7 21. R1d2 Qa7 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. exd5 Nd7 24. Bxd7 Rxd7 25. Re2 Rdc7 26. f4 f6 27. c3 Qa4 28. Ka2 b5 29. Nd2 Ra8 {Hoping for ...Qc2.} 30. Qf3 Rca7 {aiming for ...Qc2.} 31. Qe4 Qd1 {( -> ...Rxa3+!)} 32. Nb1 Qf1 33. Rf3 Qg1 34. fxe5 dxe5 {[#]} (34... fxe5 $16 {keeps fighting.} 35. Qf5 Qc5 36. Qe6+ Kh8) 35. d6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Bf8 (35... Bxd6 36. Qd5+) 36. Rd2 Qc1 $2 {[#]} (36... Rd8 {is a better chance.}) 37. Rfd3 (37. g5 $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 37... Kh8 (37... Qg1 {might work better.} 38. c4 bxc4 39. Qxc4+ Kh8) 38. h3 ({Weaker is} 38. d7 Rd8 $18) 38... Ra4 39. Qb7 e4 40. Rd4 {Rxa4 is the strong threat.} R4a7 41. Qxe4 Rd8 {Precision: White = 87%, Black = 33%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Spoelman, Wouter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]

{[%evp 34,101,60,60,55,50,63,45,54,40,52,16,16,12,14,0,0,0,0,0,4,4,7,5,5,6,4,0,26,27,26,25,24,31,50,50,147,139,161,171,171,60,100,60,58,73,66,75,64,67,47,55,83,46,60,50,63,30,30,30,30,21,31,11,11,0,0,0,0,10]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bc5 10. Bf4 d6 11. Qd2 h6 12. Rad1 e5 13. Be3 Be6 {B47: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 f4, 6 g3 and 6 Be2} 14. Bxc5 dxc5 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Qd6 (16... O-O 17. d6 Qb6 18. c4 Rad8 19. Rfe1 Rfe8 20. Bh3 Nh7 21. f4 {1-0 (60) Vidit,S (2715)-Van Foreest,J (2629) Riadh 2017}) 17. c4 O-O 18. Bh3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Rfe8 19. Rfe1 Re7 20. Re3 b6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 20... Kf8 21. Rde1 {0-1 (42) Antipov,M (2573)-Lei,T (2495) Moscow 2016}) 21. a3 Rae8 22. b4 Rc7 23. Rb3 b5 24. Bf1 (24. cxb5 {is interesting.} axb5 25. bxc5 Rxc5 26. Qb2 e4 27. Rxb5 Rxb5 28. Qxb5 Qxa3 29. d6) 24... bxc4 25. Bxc4 cxb4 26. Qxb4 Qxb4 27. Rxb4 a5 28. d6 Rc5 $1 29. Ra4 Rd8 30. Bb3 Ne8 31. Rd5 ({Much weaker is} 31. d7 Nf6 $15) 31... Rc3 32. Bc4 Nxd6 33. Bf1 f6 34. Raxa5 {Black must now prevent Ra6.} Rc6 (34... Kf7 $14) 35. Ra7 $16 Rb8 {[#]} 36. Rd1 $1 Nf5 {[#]} 37. Bg2 ({White should try} 37. a4 $1 $18) 37... Rc3 38. Bd5+ Kh8 39. Be4 Nd4 40. Bg6 f5 41. h4 f4 42. Kg2 Rf8 43. h5 fxg3 44. fxg3 Nf5 45. Rf7 {[%cal Rf7f8]} (45. Rdd7 $5 {[%cal Rd7f7]}) 45... Ne3+ 46. Kh3 {[%cal Rf7f8]} Kg8 47. Rxf8+ Kxf8 48. Ra1 Nd5 {The position is equal.} 49. Kg2 Rc5 50. Rb1 Ra5 51. Rb8+ {Precision: White = 59%, Black = 61%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Ragger, Markus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hockenheim"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]

{[%evp 19,93,20,16,0,0,0,7,0,4,0,0,0,19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. Nd2 cxd4 7. Nb3 Qd8 8. cxd4 e6 {A45: Trompowsky Attack} (8... d5 9. e3 e6 10. Rc1 Bb4+ 11. Kf2 O-O 12. a3 Be7 13. Bd3 Nc6 14. g4 Nd7 15. Qc2 e5 16. Bg3 {0-1 (39) Demuth,A (2558)-Salem,A (2638) Biel 2017}) 9. e4 Nc6 10. Ne2 d5 {LiveBook: 5 Games. The position is equal.} 11. Nc3 dxe4 12. fxe4 {Black should prevent d5.} Bb4 13. Bd3 e5 $1 {[%cal Re5f4]} 14. dxe5 Nh5 15. Be3 Bg4 16. Be2 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 16. Qxg4 Qxd3 {½-½ (37) Lelgemann,L (2024)-Balzert,A (2359) GER email 2011}) 16... Qh4+ 17. Bf2 Bxe2 18. Bxh4 Bxd1 19. Rxd1 Nf4 20. Bg3 Nh5 21. Bh4 {Strongly threatening 0-0.} Nf4 22. Bg3 Nh5 23. Bf2 Nf4 24. g3 Ne6 25. O-O Bxc3 26. bxc3 Nxe5 27. Rd5 Nc4 28. Na5 Nxa5 29. Rxa5 a6 30. a4 O-O 31. Rb1 Rfc8 32. Rxb7 Rxc3 33. Rb6 Rd8 34. Rbxa6 Rd1+ $1 35. Kg2 {[#] And now Ra8+ would win.} g6 36. Rd5 Ra1 {aiming for ...Rc2.} 37. Rd7 Rc2 {...Raa2 is the strong threat.} 38. Ra8+ Kg7 {Hoping for ...Raa2.} 39. Raa7 $1 {[#]} Nd8 $1 {[%mdl 512] With the idea ...Raa2.} 40. Rxd8 Raa2 41. g4 Rxf2+ $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 42. Kg3 Rg2+ 43. Kf4 Raf2+ 44. Ke3 $1 Re2+ 45. Kf4 Ref2+ 46. Ke3 Re2+ 47. Kf4 {Precision: White = 81%, Black = 97%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Howell, David W L"]
[Black "Van Kampen, Robin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hockenheim"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]

{[%evp 31,48,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. b3 Bg7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Nc3 d5 9. Nxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. d4 Na6 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Qxd5 Bxd5 15. Rfd1 {A30: Symmetrical English: Double Fianchetto and Hedgehog} Rfd8 16. Rac1 Kf6 {[#] LiveBook: 4 Games. The position is equal.} 17. h4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Nd4 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Rac8 19. Nb5 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Ne4 21. Nxa7 Rc2 {½-½ (37) Andersson,U (2625)-Polgar,J (2658) Malmo 2000}) 17... Rac8 18. b4 Bxf3 $1 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Bxf3 $11 {KRB-KRN} Ne6 21. Rc3 Nd4 22. Rc7 Nb5 23. Rb7 Rd4 24. a4 Nd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"]
[Black "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Dresden"]
[BlackTeam "Zugzwang Muenchen"]

{[%evp 14,56,6,0,0,-22,-16,-43,-20,-32,-30,-32,-7,-12,-11,-26,0,-10,-3,0,0,-12,-8,-29,-13,-22,0,0,-10,-18,0,0,0,0,0,0,14,0,4,18,0,-14,-14,-40,-30]} 1. c4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 e5 5. d3 Be7 6. e4 c6 7. Nge2 O-O {A21: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3} 8. O-O {LiveBook: 41 Games} (8. h3 fxe4 9. dxe4 Be6 10. b3 Nbd7 11. Be3 a6 12. a4 b5 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 15. cxb5 cxb5 {½-½ (56) Grischuk,A (2792)-Bartel,M (2641) Dubai 2014}) 8... Qe8 9. Qb3 Na6 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 9... Qg6 10. c5+ Kh8 11. cxd6 Bxd6 12. exf5 Qxf5 13. Ne4 Bc7 14. Ng5 Qg6 15. Nc3 {1-0 (36) Karlsson,M (2138)-Bjarnason,V (1895) Reykjavik 2015}) 10. c5+ Kh8 11. cxd6 Bxd6 12. exf5 Nc5 13. Qc2 $1 Bxf5 14. Ne4 Nfxe4 15. dxe4 Bg4 16. f3 Bh5 17. Be3 Ne6 18. Nc1 {[%cal Be2c1,Bc1b3,Bb3d4,Bd4f5][%mdl 32]} Bc7 19. Nb3 Bb6 20. Bxb6 axb6 21. Qc3 Nc7 22. f4 exf4 23. gxf4 Qe7 24. Nd4 Rad8 25. Nf5 Qc5+ 26. Qxc5 bxc5 27. Rac1 Rd2 28. Ng3 Bf7 {Precision: White = 58%, Black = 68%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen"]
[BlackTeam "Hockenheim"]

{[%evp 25,54,27,26,25,29,24,32,0,16,0,13,8,26,22,33,14,37,0,0,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Ne5 {D27: Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical main line: 7 e4!? and 7 a4} Ke7 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. Nc4 b6 12. Nbd2 a5 13. Nb3 Ba6 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 14. Nxc5 bxc5 15. f3 Rhb8 {[#]} 16. Kf2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Rf2 a4 {½-½ (24) Lenic,L (2646)-Caruana,F (2807) Tbilisi 2017}) 16... a4 17. e4 Rb4 18. b3 axb3 19. axb3 Rxb3 20. Be3 Rbb8 21. Nd2 Bxe2 {The position is equal.} 22. Kxe2 Ne8 23. Rxa8 $1 Rxa8 24. Rc1 Rc8 25. Nb3 c4 26. Na5 Nd6 27. Bd2 {And now Bb4 would win.} Ne5 {Precision: White = 52%, Black = 58%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Black "Ostrovskiy, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E45"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Schwaebisch Hall"]
[BlackTeam "Norderstedt"]

{[%evp 21,79,50,85,48,83,69,91,55,71,75,86,96,81,79,82,42,51,70,70,68,105,102,107,91,88,81,106,100,110,107,184,95,164,75,705,680,660,687,972,758,725,754,726,712,607,581,921,922,1150,1140,1132,869,12843,12843,12843,12843,12845,12844,12845,12841]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ba6 6. Ng3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d5 8. Qf3 O-O 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bxa6 {E45: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4...b6 5 Ne2 Ba6} Nxa6 11. Qe2 (11. O-O c5 12. Qe2 Nc7 13. f3 Re8 14. Bb2 Re6 15. Rae1 h5 16. Qf2 Qf8 17. e4 h4 {1-0 (29) Pein,M (2382)-Mastrovasilis,A (2510) Neos Marmaras 2012}) 11... Qc8 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 12. f3 {White is better.} c5 {And now ...cxd4 would win.} 13. O-O $1 Re8 14. Bd2 h5 15. Qd3 $1 c4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Nc7 16. e4 h4 17. Nf5 dxe4 18. fxe4 Nxe4 {½-½ (26) Donner,J-Pachman,L Amsterdam 1967}) 16. Qc2 Qc6 17. Qf5 h4 18. Nh5 {Nxf6+ is the strong threat.} Nxh5 19. Qxh5 Nc7 20. Qxh4 Qg6 21. Rae1 Qc2 22. Rf2 Qxa2 23. e4 {Strongly threatening Qg3.} Qa4 24. e5 Qd7 25. g4 a5 {[#]} (25... b5 $16 {was worth a try.}) 26. Rg2 (26. Ref1 $1 $18) 26... b5 {[#]} (26... Qe7 $16 27. Qxe7 Rxe7) 27. Rg3 (27. f4 $1 $18 {is more deadly.}) 27... Ra6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (27... Qe7 $16 28. Qh5 g6) 28. Rh3 $18 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Rh4h8] White is clearly winning.} f6 29. f4 {[%cal Bf3f4,Bf4e5][%mdl 32]} fxe5 30. fxe5 {Threatens to win with Qh7+.} Rh6 31. Bxh6 gxh6 32. Qxh6 {White threatens Qh8+ and mate.} Qg7 33. Qb6 Re6 34. Qxa5 Ra6 35. Qb4 Rg6 36. Rg3 Rxg4 37. Ree3 Kh8 38. Qd6 Kh7 39. e6 {Qxc7! would kill now.} b4 40. Qd7 {Precision: White = 87%, Black = 24%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Svane, Rasmus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SF Deizisau"]
[BlackTeam "Hamburg SK"]

{[%evp 22,101,12,17,25,15,11,14,18,2,25,20,23,10,35,37,44,39,63,30,152,81,95,83,116,120,118,105,103,104,123,106,109,112,149,138,341,341,341,341,333,217,1105,458,676,657,774,733,901,842,6532,1372,29986,29987,29986,12839,12838,12837,12837,12838,12837,12835,12835,12835,12837,12838,12838,12839,12839,12839,12840,12840,12840,12839,12840,12840,12841,12841,12841,12842,12841,12842]} 1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qb3 Na5 8. Qa4+ {D10: Slav Defence: 3 cxd5 (without early Nf3) and 3 Nc3} Bd7 9. Qc2 e6 10. Nf3 Be7 11. h3 Ne4 12. Bd3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} f5 13. Ne5 O-O 14. O-O Rc8 {[#]} 15. Bxe4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Rac1 Nc6 16. Nxc6 Rxc6 17. Qe2 a6 18. f3 Nxc3 19. Rxc3 Rxc3 20. bxc3 b5 {½-½ (20) Jobava,B (2687)-Salgado Lopez,I (2627) Tbilisi 2017}) 15... dxe4 16. Rfd1 Bf6 17. Rac1 Qe7 18. Qd2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} b6 19. b4 Nb7 20. Qe2 Rfd8 (20... Bxe5 $11 {keeps the balance.} 21. dxe5 Bc6) 21. Qa6 (21. Nxd7 $142 Qxd7 22. Qa6) 21... Be8 22. Nb5 $1 {[%cal Rb5a7]} ({Weaker is} 22. Qxa7 Ra8 $17) 22... Bxb5 23. Qxb5 Nd6 24. Qa6 {Hoping for Nc6.} Bxe5 25. Rxc8 Nxc8 26. Bxe5 Nd6 27. Rc1 h6 28. a4 Nf7 $2 (28... Rd7 $16 {is a better defense.} 29. a5 Nf7) 29. Rc7 $18 Qxb4 30. Qxa7 Rf8 31. Kh2 Qb2 $2 {[#]} (31... Qa5 32. Bg3 Qxa7 33. Rxa7 Rc8) 32. Bg3 (32. Bd6 $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxf2 (32... Nxd6 33. Rxg7+) 33. Bxf8) 32... f4 (32... Qb4 $142 33. Rb7 Qa5 34. Qxb6 Qxb6 35. Rxb6 h5) 33. Bxf4 {And now Bd6! would win.} Qxf2 34. Qxb6 Qa2 35. a5 Ng5 36. Qb7 ({Inferior is} 36. Bxg5 Rf2 $11) 36... Rxf4 37. exf4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQN} Qf2 38. Rxg7+ (38. fxg5 $142 Qxd4 39. Qc8+ Kh7 40. Qxe6 hxg5 41. Qf5+ Kh6 42. Rc6+ Qf6 43. Rxf6+ gxf6 44. Qxf6+ Kh7 45. a6) 38... Kh8 {White is clearly winning.} 39. Rxg5 hxg5 {KQ-KQ} 40. Qc8+ Kg7 41. Qc7+ Kg6 42. fxg5 e3 43. Qg3 $1 Qd2 44. Qe5 {Intending Qf6+ and mate.} Qf2 45. Qxe6+ Kxg5 46. Qe5+ Kh4 47. Qe4+ Kg5 48. a6 e2 {[#]} 49. a7 $1 {Threatening mate with Qg4+.} e1=Q {[#]} 50. Qxe1 $1 (50. Qg4+ {leads to mate.} Kh6 51. Qe6+ Qxe6 52. a8=Q Qd6+ 53. Kh1 Qf1#) 50... Qxe1 51. a8=Q {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 41%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hamburg SK"]
[BlackTeam "SF Deizisau"]

{[%evp 23,61,5,12,0,0,-14,-14,-19,-12,-27,-20,-8,-43,-41,-16,-74,-79,-97,-87,-78,-81,-74,-36,-43,-59,-38,-74,-79,0,-9,-9,-21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Bxc4 c5 9. O-O {D39: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence with 5 Bg5 dxc4} cxd4 10. e5 Qd8 11. Ne4 O-O 12. Qe2 Be7 {LiveBook: 7 Games} 13. Rfd1 {[#]} Qa5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Qb6 14. Rxd4 Nc6 15. Rdd1 Rd8 16. Rxd8+ Qxd8 17. Rd1 Qc7 18. Nd6 Bd7 19. Nb5 Qc8 20. Nd6 Qc7 21. Nb5 Qc8 22. Nd6 {½-½ (22) Bacrot,E (2730)-Pelletier,Y (2578) Cap d'Agde 2013}) 14. Ng3 Rd8 15. Qe4 Nd7 $1 16. Bd3 {[#] White wants to mate with Qh7+.} Nf8 $1 17. Nh5 Bd7 {[%cal Bc8d7,Bd7c6,Bc6f3][%mdl 32]} 18. Qg4 {[%csl Gh5][%cal Rg4g7]} g6 19. Nf4 (19. Nf6+ $11 {remains equal.} Bxf6 20. exf6) 19... Bc6 $17 20. Bxg6 fxg6 ({Don't go for} 20... Nxg6 $2 21. Nxg6 Bc5 22. Ne7+ (22. Nxd4 Bxd4 23. Ne7+ Kf8 $14) 22... Kh7 23. Nxc6 $18) 21. Nxg6 Bxf3 $1 22. Nxe7+ Kf7 23. Qxf3+ Kxe7 24. Qf6+ Ke8 {Threatens to win with ...Rac8.} 25. Rd3 Rd7 ({Black should try} 25... Qc5 $17 {With the idea ...Rd7.} 26. Rf3 Rd7) 26. Rf3 $11 {[%csl Gf3][%cal Rf6f8] [#] The position is equal.} Qc5 {White must now prevent ...Rc8.} 27. Qxh6 Rc8 28. Qh5+ Kd8 29. Qg5+ Ke8 $1 {...Rg7! is the strong threat.} 30. Qh5+ Kd8 {( -> ...Qc1+!)} 31. Qg5+ {Precision: White = 54%, Black = 87%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]

{[%evp 15,80,0,0,-20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-10,-13,-20,-8,-10,-8,-7,-8,-8,-15,-6,-7,-18,-6,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-20,-14,-14,0,-14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 e4 5. Nc3 d5 6. Bg5 {A20: English Opening: 1...e5} (6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nh3 Bb4 8. O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. f3 exf3 11. Rxf3 h6 12. Qf1 Nbd7 {½-½ (50) Aronian,L (2785)-Anand,V (2779) Doha 2016}) 6... Bb4 7. Qb3 Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3 O-O {LiveBook: 3 Games. The position is equal.} 9. f3 dxc4 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. fxe4 c5 12. e5 cxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Qf5) 13. exf6 dxc3 14. fxg7 Re8 15. bxc3 Nc6 16. Rb1 Re3 17. Kd2 Re7 18. Nf3 Bf5 19. Rb5 Rd8+ 20. Nd4 $132 {[%mdl 2048] White is fighting back} Nxd4 21. cxd4 Be4 22. Bxe4 Rxd4+ 23. Bd3 $1 Red7 24. Rhb1 cxd3 25. Rxb7 dxe2+ 26. Kxe2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Rd2+ 27. Kf3 Rxb7 28. Rxb7 Rxa2 {KR-KR} 29. g4 Kxg7 30. Kg3 Ra3+ 31. Kh4 h6 32. Rc7 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32] Threatening ...a4.} 33. Ra7 a4 34. h3 Ra1 35. Ra6 a3 {[#] Threatens to win with ...a2.} 36. Kh5 a2 37. h4 Rb1 38. Rxa2 Rb5+ 39. g5 hxg5 40. hxg5 Rb1 {Precision: White = 85%, Black = 57%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Parligras, Mircea Emilian"]
[Black "Schroeder, Jan-Christian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Aachen"]
[BlackTeam "SV Hofheim"]

{[%evp 20,104,25,27,15,12,26,14,30,29,23,15,24,-97,-99,-109,0,0,0,-87,-64,-72,-65,-131,-131,-159,-165,-157,-164,-170,-170,-170,-170,-165,-159,-170,-166,-172,-171,-197,-195,-198,0,-189,0,-193,-190,-200,-200,-197,-184,-298,-298,-297,-296,-280,-297,-290,-273,-327,-325,-268,-298,-281,-289,-460,-454,-436,-445,-470,-480,-465,-465,-466,-456,-456,-415,-558,-550,-553,-544,-576,-550,-1013,-1005,-1010,-960]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. a3 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} c5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Be5 {LiveBook: 149 Games} Bf6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qd4 Qe7 {Threatens to win with ...Nb3.} 14. Rd1 Rd8 {[#]} 15. Qf4 $146 Bd7 16. Rxd5 (16. Be2 $11 {remains equal.}) 16... Ba4 $1 $17 17. Rd4 Rxd4 (17... Rac8 $1 $17 {Strongly threatening ...Ne6.} 18. Qg4 Ne4 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 18. Nxd4 $11 Rc8 $1 19. Qg4 (19. Bc4 $11) 19... Bd7 $1 $17 {[%cal Rd7g4]} 20. Qd1 $1 Qe4 $1 21. Qc2 {[#]} (21. h3 $15) 21... Nd3+ $1 22. Qxd3 Qxd3 23. Bxd3 Rc1+ 24. Kd2 Rxh1 $19 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KBN} 25. h3 Kf8 26. Be4 b6 27. f4 g6 28. Ne2 Ke7 29. Ng3 Rg1 30. Ne2 Rh1 31. Ng3 $1 {[%cal Rg3h1]} Rg1 32. Ne2 Rf1 33. Nd4 Rf2+ 34. Kc3 h6 35. b4 (35. b3 {keeps fighting.}) 35... g5 36. Bf3 Kd6 37. Kc4 Ra2 38. Kb3 {[#]} Ra1 $1 39. Kb2 Re1 40. Nc2 Rf1 41. Nd4 f5 42. g4 (42. fxg5 $142 hxg5 43. Bb7) 42... gxf4 43. exf4 Rf2+ 44. Kc3 Rh2 45. gxf5 Rxh3 {Hoping for ...Bc6!} 46. Kd2 Ke7 47. Ke3 {intending Kf2.} Rh2 48. Bd5 Kf6 {Black is clearly winning.} 49. Be6 Rh3+ 50. Ke4 Ba4 51. b5 Rxa3 52. Nc6 Bc2+ {Precision: White = 42%, Black = 93%.} 0-1

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SV Hofheim"]
[BlackTeam "Aachen"]

{[%evp 14,56,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,7,7,3,0,0,17,10,10,0,0,-60,-53,-105,-106,-129,-114,-169,-167,-194,-193,-165,-68,-1023,-972,-1560,-1479,-1438,-1422,-1710,-1650,-5581,-2151,-29988,-29989,-29995,-29996]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. a3 (5. Nf3 Bxc5 6. Bd3 Ne7 7. O-O Ng6 8. Nbd2 Nc6 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. Re1 Bd7 12. Bd2 a5 13. c3 {1-0 (33) McShane,L (2640)-Rausis,I (2632) Katowice 2017}) 5... Bxc5 6. Nf3 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} Ne7 7. Bd3 Ng6 8. O-O {LiveBook: 14 Games. The position is equal.} Qc7 9. b4 Be7 10. Bb2 O-O 11. g3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Re1 a5 12. b5 Nd7 13. Nbd2 {½-½ (56) Craig,T (2362)-Andeer,S (2444) ICCF email 2013}) 11... a5 12. b5 Nd7 {[%cal Rd7e5,Bb8d7,Bd7c5,Bc5b3][%mdl 32]} 13. Qe2 Nc5 14. h4 f6 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. exf6 (16. Nbd2 $11) 16... gxf6 $15 17. c4 ({Better is} 17. Nc3 $15) 17... Nb3 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is in control.} 18. Qd3 {[#] Strongly threatening b6.} Bc5 $1 {Hoping for ...Qxg3+.} 19. Qxb3 {[#]} (19. Qxg6+ $17 {was called for.} Qg7 20. Qxg7+ Kxg7 21. Nc3) 19... Qxg3+ $1 $19 20. Kh1 Qh3+ {[%mdl 1024] Black has strong compensation.} 21. Kg1 b6 (21... dxc4 $19 22. Qd1 Kg7) 22. Qd1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (22. Nfd2 $15 Qg4+ 23. Kh1) 22... Bb7 23. Nh2 Bd6 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Rh3h2]} (23... Qg3+ $2 24. Kh1 $19) 24. f4 Bc5+ 25. Kh1 dxc4+ 26. Rf3 Rad8 {[%cal Rd8d1]} 27. Qe2 Rd3 28. Nd2 Rxd2 {Precision: White = 39%, Black = 78%.} 0-1

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Predojevic, Borki"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen"]
[BlackTeam "Hockenheim"]

{[%evp 24,80,19,19,22,15,40,41,26,26,35,4,12,11,10,6,9,3,10,-9,-9,-8,-7,-7,-7,-9,-10,-12,0,-106,-110,-95,-95,-135,-66,-90,-59,-69,-53,-110,-87,-95,-89,-90,-82,-218,-210,-249,-252,-251,-257,-314,-314,-661,-661,-640,-607,-726,-667]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. O-O e5 8. Qd3 Rc8 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7} 9. Nc3 h6 (9... Qc7 10. a4 Be7 11. Rd1 h6 12. Nd2 Nf6 13. Nf1 O-O 14. Ne3 Be6 15. a5 Rfd8 {½-½ (58) Demchenko,A (2660)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2789) Riadh 2017}) 10. Nd2 {[%cal Bf3d2,Bd2f1,Bf1e3][%mdl 32]} Be6 11. Rd1 Nf6 12. Nf1 Be7 13. Ne3 {LiveBook: 7 Games} O-O 14. a4 Qb6 15. a5 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 15. Ncd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Nd7 17. Nf5 Bf6 18. a5 {1-0 (30) Simeoni,M-Vannelli,V Vitinia 1997}) 15... Qc5 16. Bd2 {[%cal Bc1d2,Bd2b4,Bb4d6][%mdl 32]} Bd8 17. Ra3 Bxa5 18. Ncd5 Bd8 19. Bb4 Qd4 {[%cal Re6d5] ...Bxd5 is the strong threat.} 20. Bxd6 Re8 21. Qxd4 exd4 22. Rxd4 Bxd5 23. exd5 (23. Nxd5 $2 Rxc2 24. g3 Nxd5 $17) 23... Bb6 24. Rd1 Bxe3 25. Rxe3 Red8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 26. Bb4 (26. Ba3 $1 $11) 26... Rxc2 $17 ({Don't play} 26... Rxd5 $6 27. Rc1 $11) ({Of course not} 26... Nxd5 $6 27. Red3 $11) 27. d6 Rxb2 28. Ba3 {[#]} Rc2 ({Better is} 28... Ra2 $1 $17 29. Bb4 Nd7) 29. h3 b5 {Threatens to win with ...a5.} 30. Bb4 Rc4 31. Rb3 (31. Ba5 $15 Rd7 32. f3) 31... Ne4 32. Rd5 Rd7 33. f3 Ng5 34. Rd1 (34. Rdd3 $17) 34... Ne6 $19 35. Ba5 Rd4 36. Rc1 R7xd6 37. Rc8+ Kh7 38. Ra8 $2 {[#]} (38. Bb4 Rd8 39. Rxd8 Nxd8 40. Be1) 38... Ra4 {Black is clearly winning.} 39. Bb4 Rd4 40. Be7 Rd2 {Precision: White = 40%, Black = 60%.} 0-1

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Oleksiyenko, Mykhaylo"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Speyer"]
[BlackTeam "Muelheim"]

{[%evp 18,104,-4,-12,0,-10,-11,-43,-35,-38,-33,-41,-41,-38,-33,-34,-35,-50,-51,-99,-89,-118,-118,-105,-111,-109,-110,-114,-117,-117,-117,-116,-116,-116,-116,-116,-117,-114,-118,-126,-129,-125,-125,-125,-118,-103,-95,-90,-71,-108,-101,-108,-106,-142,-129,-159,-53,-53,-53,-59,-12,-187,-160,-173,-107,-132,-120,-123,-84,-56,-56,-56,-56,-56,-56,-5322,-4798,-1870,-1515,-29971,-29971,-29970,-29970,-29967,-29961,-29952,-6133,-6543,-6045]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 Qe7 7. Be2 d5 {A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation} 8. cxd5 (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}) 8... Nxd5 9. Qb3 Nb6 10. d3 {LiveBook: 9 Games} Bg4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... O-O 11. O-O Rd8 12. Bd2 Be6 {½-½ (12) Tarlev,K (2547)-Ghaem Maghami,E (2570) Urmia 2015}) 11. Bd2 O-O-O 12. Rc1 f5 13. h3 Bh5 14. Qa3 Qxa3 15. bxa3 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Na4 17. Rc2 Rd5 18. O-O Nc5 19. e4 Nd4 20. exd5 Nxc2 21. Rc1 Nd4 22. Rxc5 {aiming for Bd1.} Nxe2+ $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 23. Kf1 b6 $1 {[%cal Rb6c5]} 24. Rc4 Nd4 25. Bc3 Rd8 26. Bxd4 exd4 27. Rxd4 {KR-KR} c5 28. Rh4 h6 29. Rc4 Rxd5 30. Ke2 Kd7 31. a4 Ke6 32. f4 Kf6 33. Ke3 Kg6 34. Rc1 Kh5 $1 35. Rb1 Kh4 $1 36. a5 {[#]} Rd6 ({And not} 36... bxa5 37. Rb7 $11) ({Inferior is} 36... Kxh3 37. axb6 axb6 38. Rxb6 $11) (36... c4 $1 $17 37. axb6 Rxd3+ 38. Ke2 axb6 39. Rxb6 Kxh3) 37. axb6 $15 axb6 38. Rg1 g6 39. Rh1 $2 {[#]} (39. a4 $1 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 39... b5 $1 $19 40. Rc1 Kxh3 (40... Rd5 $19 41. Rg1 g5) 41. Rxc5 $17 h5 {[%cal Bh6h5,Bh5h4][%mdl 32] ...Kg2 is the strong threat.} 42. d4 Kg2 {Hoping for ...h4.} 43. d5 h4 44. Rc6 Rxd5 45. Rxg6+ Kh2 {And now ...b4 would win.} 46. a4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (46. a3 $15) 46... bxa4 $19 47. Ra6 Rd8 48. Rxa4 Kg2 49. Ra5 Re8+ 50. Kd3 Rf8 51. Ra7 Kxf2 (51... h3 $142 52. Rg7+ Kxf2 53. Rh7 Rd8+ 54. Kc4 Kg3 55. Rg7+ Kxf4 56. Rh7 Kg3 57. Rg7+ Kf4 58. Rh7 Kg3 59. Rg7+ Kf2 60. Rh7 Kg2 61. Rg7+ Kh1 62. Rf7 h2 63. Rxf5 Rg8 64. Rh5 Kg1 65. Rh4 h1=Q 66. Rxh1+ Kxh1 67. Kd5 Kg2 68. Kc6 Rg6+ 69. Kd5 Kf3 70. Ke5 Rg5+ 71. Kf6 Kf4 72. Ke6 Ra5 73. Kd6 Kf5 74. Kc6 Ke6 75. Kb6 Rh5 76. Kc6 Ke7 77. Kc7 Rh6 78. Kb8 Kd6 79. Kc8 Kc6 80. Kb8 Rh8+ 81. Ka7 Rg8 82. Ka6 Ra8#) 52. Kd4 Re8 {Precision: White = 54%, Black = 72%.} 0-1

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Bok, Benjamin"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen"]
[BlackTeam "Hockenheim"]

{[%evp 23,76,27,25,30,26,27,33,26,60,46,64,55,127,48,52,45,23,-4,-4,-5,-4,-9,-10,-16,-16,-16,-16,-23,-21,-12,-20,-31,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d5 6. Bg2 e5 7. Nf3 d4 8. O-O Nc6 9. e3 Be7 10. exd4 exd4 11. Bf4 O-O 12. Ne5 Qb6 13. Re1 {[#] Black must now prevent Nxc6. E01: Catalan: Early deviations} Be6 14. Nd2 {[#]} Rad8 $146 ({Reject} 14... Qxb2 15. Rb1 $16) ({Predecessor:} 14... Rac8 15. a3 d3 16. b4 Nxe5 17. c5 Qa6 18. Bxe5 Ng4 19. Bc3 Bf6 20. Qc1 Rfd8 {½-½ (35) Dubov,D (2660)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2751) Sochi 2017}) 15. Qb3 {White is slightly better.} Qa6 16. Ndf3 d3 17. Rad1 Ng4 {[#]} (17... Nd7 $14) 18. Rxd3 ({White should play} 18. Nxc6 $1 $16 bxc6 19. h3 Bxc4 20. Qc3) 18... Rxd3 $14 19. Qxd3 Rd8 20. Qb3 Ncxe5 21. Nxe5 Qa5 22. Nf3 {And now h3 would win.} Bc5 23. Re2 Bxf2+ 24. Rxf2 {Strongly threatening Re2.} Qc5 25. Qc2 Bxc4 26. b4 Qb6 27. Bf1 Nxf2 ({Stronger than} 27... Bxf1 28. Bc7 $16) 28. Bxc4 {The position is equal.} Nd3+ 29. Kg2 Nxf4+ 30. gxf4 Qxb4 31. Kg3 g6 32. Bb3 Kg7 33. Qc7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Rf8 34. Ng5 {aiming for Ne6+.} Qe1+ 35. Kg2 Qe2+ 36. Kg3 Qe1+ 37. Kg2 Qe2+ 38. Kg3 Qe1+ {Precision: White = 71%, Black = 78%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Black "Zysk, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Dresden"]
[BlackTeam "Zugzwang Muenchen"]

{[%evp 9,89,13,38,37,39,40,38,25,43,40,48,47,54,43,52,22,18,21,4,16,18,13,21,5,26,-2,4,0,0,0,0,-24,-14,-37,-37,-35,-37,-35,0,0,0,-24,-19,-31,35,53,58,43,54,61,78,50,89,33,41,33,62,20,20,0,97,95,97,46,68,20,37,18,43,16,18,64,47,0,109,0,47,0,37,0,916,902]} 1. d4 e6 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 b6 4. Qf3 (4. Nf3 Bb7 5. h3 Be7 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Bd3 c5 8. O-O cxd4 9. exd4 d6 10. a4 a6 11. c4 Nc6 12. Qb3 d5 13. c5 Nd7 14. Rfc1 a5 15. cxb6 Nxb6 {0-1 (36) Naiditsch,A (2705)-Ponomariov,R (2694) Riadh 2017}) 4... Nc6 5. Nc3 Bb4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 5... Bb7 6. Bd3 Rb8 7. Qh3 h6 8. a3 a6 9. Nf3 Be7 10. Ne5 b5 11. O-O d6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 {½-½ (49) Redzepovic,S-Obadovic,Z Montenegro 2013}) 6. Nge2 {A45: Trompowsky Attack} Nd5 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 {White is slightly better.} Nxf4 9. Qxf4 Bb7 10. O-O-O Ne7 11. e4 O-O 12. h4 f5 13. e5 a6 14. h5 b5 15. Rg1 Rf7 16. Rd3 Qf8 17. Rh3 Rc8 18. Qd2 Nd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Qa5 c6 21. Bd3 d6 22. f4 ({Don't blunder} 22. Qxa6 $2 Qd8 $19) 22... dxe5 23. dxe5 c5 {next ...c4 is good for Black.} 24. Rd1 Bxg2 25. Rg3 Bd5 26. Bf1 c4 (26... Qe7 $15 27. Bg2 Qb7 28. Bxd5 exd5) 27. Bg2 $14 Bxg2 28. Rxg2 Qc5 29. Qxa6 Re8 30. h6 {Rxg7+ is the strong threat.} g6 31. Qd6 (31. Rgd2 $16) 31... Qe3+ 32. Qd2 Qc5 33. Qc3 Qf8 34. Qh3 c3 (34... b4 $1 $11) 35. Qxc3 $16 Qxh6 36. Qb4 (36. Qf3 $16) 36... Rc8 37. Rgd2 Rc4 38. Qxb5 Qxf4 39. Kb1 Rcc7 40. Qe8+ Kg7 $1 41. Rd8 {[#] And now Rh1 would win.} Qh2 (41... Qh4 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 42. Qh8+ $40 {[%mdl 128] Black needs to defend precisely.} ({Better is} 42. Rc1 $16 f4 43. Qg8+ (43. Qxe6 f3 $11) 43... Kh6 44. Rf8) 42... Kh6 $14 43. R8d2 Qh4 44. Qa8 Qe4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (44... Rb7 $11) 45. Rh1+ {Precision: White = 45%, Black = 47%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Miton, Kamil"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D71"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hamburg SK"]
[BlackTeam "SF Deizisau"]

{[%evp 15,116,4,18,3,26,27,21,14,23,22,24,21,24,10,11,-5,-7,-12,-1,-10,0,0,0,0,0,-18,-20,-21,-13,-13,-16,-14,-13,-16,-18,-17,-14,-20,-15,-16,-16,-16,-16,-17,-16,-18,-14,-18,-12,-6,-12,-24,-18,-25,-24,-23,-15,-26,-27,-26,-14,-22,-14,-38,-40,-44,-36,-56,-43,-48,-48,-79,-8,-8,0,-3,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,-10,-10,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Qa4 Bg7 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O Bg4 {LiveBook: 5 Games. A11: English Opening: 1...c6} (8... Bf5 9. Nbd2 Nb6 10. Qa5 Qd5 11. Qa3 Qd6 12. b3 Na6 13. e4 Bd7 14. Bb2 Rfe8 15. Rad1 Rad8 16. Qa5 {½-½ (47) Grischuk,A (2761)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2796) Paris 2017}) 9. Nbd2 Qc8 10. e4 Nc7 $146 {White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 10... Nb6 11. Qa3 Re8 12. b4 N8d7 13. Qb3 Be6 14. Qd3 h6 15. a4 a5 16. Bb2 {½-½ (41) Vaganian,R (2570)-Bagirov,V (2495) Lvov (Ukraine) 1978}) 11. Nb3 Nd7 12. Be3 Nb6 13. Qb4 f5 14. Ne5 fxe4 15. Nxg4 {[#] And now Nh6+ would win.} Ncd5 16. Qc5 {Threatens to win with h3.} Qxg4 17. Rae1 e5 18. dxe5 Nd7 {[%cal Bb6d7,Bd7e5,Be5c4][%mdl 32]} 19. Qc2 Nxe5 {[#] aiming for ...Nf3+.} 20. Qxe4 Qxe4 21. Bxe4 Nxe3 22. Rxe3 Nc4 23. Re2 $1 Rae8 24. Nc5 b6 25. Nd3 Nd6 26. Rfe1 Rxe4 27. Rxe4 Nxe4 28. Rxe4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rd8 29. Re3 c5 30. b3 Rd4 31. Kf1 c4 32. bxc4 Rxc4 33. Ke1 Rc3 34. Kd2 Ra3 35. Nc1 Ra5 36. Re8+ Kf7 37. Rc8 Be5 38. Rc6 Ke7 39. Rc4 Ra3 40. Rc6 Kd7 41. Rc4 h5 42. Ke2 g5 43. Kd2 h4 (43... a5 $17) 44. gxh4 {The position is equal.} Bf4+ 45. Kc2 Bxc1 (45... Rh3 {is more complex.} 46. hxg5 Bxg5 47. Rg4 Bf6 48. Rg2 Ke6) 46. Kxc1 gxh4 47. Rxh4 Rxa2 {KR-KR} 48. Kb1 Ra5 49. Rf4 Rb5+ 50. Kc2 a5 51. h4 Re5 52. Rf6 Kc7 53. Kc3 Rh5 54. Rf4 b5 55. Rg4 Rc5+ 56. Kb3 Kd6 57. Rg6+ Ke7 58. Rg5 Rxg5 {Precision: White = 58%, Black = 56%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Buhmann, Rainer"]
[Black "Andersen, Mads"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hockenheim"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]

{[%evp 19,73,14,21,17,12,16,8,0,0,0,35,34,60,59,60,10,33,3,3,3,7,0,0,-10,0,-31,0,-10,-14,-10,-4,-8,-10,-13,0,-10,0,0,0,-42,0,0,0,-18,-20,-8,0,0,0,0,0,-10,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. dxc5 {E73: King's Indian: Averbakh Variation without 6...c5} Qa5 8. f3 (8. Bd2 dxc5 9. e5 Ne8 10. f4 f6 11. Nd5 Qd8 12. Be3 Na6 13. Nf3 Bg4 14. Qb3 e6 15. Nc3 fxe5 16. fxe5 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Bxe5 18. Qxb7 {½-½ (33) Iturrizaga Bonelli,E (2671)-Jones,G (2671) Dubai 2017}) 8... dxc5 9. e5 Nfd7 10. f4 Nc6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 11. Nf3 f6 {[%cal Rf6e5]} 12. O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. O-O Bf5 14. Ne5 Rad8 15. Nxc6 bxc6 {½-½ (40) Burnett,A (2162)-Bogdanov,E (2348) Lvov 2017}) 12... fxe5 13. fxe5 Ndxe5 14. Qd5+ e6 15. Qxc5 Ng4 16. Qxa5 Nxa5 17. Bd2 (17. Bg5 {feels hotter.} Nh6 18. Rad1 Nf7 19. Bd2 b6 20. c5) 17... b6 18. h3 Nh6 {[%cal Bg4h6,Bh6f5,Bf5d4][%mdl 32]} 19. Rad1 Nf5 20. Rfe1 Bb7 21. c5 Nd4 22. cxb6 axb6 23. Ng5 {[%cal Bf3g5,Bg5e4,Be4f2][%mdl 32]} h6 24. Nge4 Nxe2+ 25. Rxe2 Rad8 26. Nf2 Nc4 27. Be1 Kf7 28. b3 {[#] Rxd8 is the strong threat.} Nd6 29. Ng4 Nf5 30. Ne5+ {The position is equal.} Bxe5 31. Rxe5 Rxd1 32. Nxd1 Rd8 33. Nc3 Bc6 34. Re2 Rd3 35. Kf2 Nd4 36. Rd2 ({Don't play} 36. Re3 Rxe3 37. Kxe3 Nc2+ 38. Kf2 Nxe1 $17) 36... Rxc3 37. Rxd4 {Precision: White = 48%, Black = 54%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Rogozenco, Dorian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SF Deizisau"]
[BlackTeam "Hamburg SK"]

{[%evp 15,61,28,14,14,13,12,11,11,31,33,41,42,45,0,17,14,22,22,34,0,0,0,13,0,19,3,14,12,19,9,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd2 Bf5 6. Qb3 {D10: Slav Defence: 3 cxd5 (without early Nf3) and 3 Nc3} Ra7 7. Nf3 e6 8. Nh4 Be4 {LiveBook: 19 Games} 9. Nxe4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. f3 Bg6 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 O-O {1-0 (51) Sjugirov,S (2650)-Malakhov,V (2686) St Petersburg 2017}) 9... Nxe4 10. Nf3 Nxd2 11. Nxd2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Rd1 O-O 15. O-O {aiming for Bxe6!} Be7 16. Nf3 Qc7 17. Bd3 b5 {The position is equal.} 18. Rc1 Qa5 19. Qc2 h6 20. a3 Qb6 21. Rfd1 Bf6 22. b4 a5 23. Qc5 Qxc5 24. Rxc5 axb4 25. axb4 Rd8 {[#] And now ...Rxd3! would win.} 26. Kf1 Rb7 27. Ke2 Na6 28. Rxb5 Rxb5 29. Bxb5 Rxd1 30. Kxd1 Nxb4 31. Ke2 {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 53%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Banusz, Tamas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen"]
[BlackTeam "Hockenheim"]

{[%evp 21,163,16,24,-29,-25,-48,-34,-27,-28,-42,-34,-81,-78,-56,-66,-75,-53,-67,-61,-85,-78,-100,-46,-90,-107,-125,-112,-139,-115,-148,-150,-184,-183,-205,-203,-200,-203,-204,-110,-166,-163,-166,-156,-199,-200,-196,-198,-202,-193,-203,-197,-197,-193,-202,-197,-197,-193,-197,-154,-155,-162,-162,-143,-148,-148,-158,-146,-146,-145,-170,-181,-158,-157,-189,-172,-255,-260,-291,-287,-264,-252,-203,-196,-293,-293,-288,-256,-285,-265,-282,-198,-272,-280,-271,-269,-285,-283,-315,-314,-288,-292,-345,-330,-305,-302,-301,-294,-281,-289,-275,-269,-271,-282,-266,-208,-305,-300,-340,-257,-248,-41,-41,-36,-36,-36,-41,-41,-41,-37,-37,-44,-110,-110,-110,-110,-110,-110,-110,-110,-110,-8,-110,0,-110]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 g5 {D51: Queen's Gambit Declined: 4 Bg5 Nbd7 sidelines} (7... Be7 8. Qc2 O-O 9. O-O-O dxc4 10. g4 b5 11. Rg1 Nd5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. g5 h5 14. g6 f5 15. Ne5 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Nf6 17. e4 {1-0 (29) Morozevich,A (2675)-Ponomariov,R (2699) Biel 2017}) 8. Bg3 Nh5 9. cxd5 Nxg3 10. hxg3 exd5 11. Qc2 Bg7 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 12. e4 $146 (12. Bd3 $142) ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 12. Bd3 a5 13. O-O-O Nb6 14. Ne5 Bxe5 15. dxe5 {0-1 (59) Brunner,N (2442)-Libiszewski,F (2533) Drancy 2016}) 12... dxe4 $11 13. Qxe4+ Qe7 14. Bc4 g4 15. Nh4 Nb6 16. Be2 Qxe4 17. Nxe4 Ke7 18. O-O-O Rd8 19. f3 h5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 20. fxg4 hxg4 21. Bd3 Rxd4 (21... Bxd4 $17 22. Rhe1 Kf8) 22. Rhe1 Kf8 23. Nc3 Bd7 24. Rf1 Kg8 25. Nf5 Bxf5 $1 26. Bxf5 Rc4 27. Kb1 Bxc3 28. bxc3 Nd5 29. Rde1 Rxc3 {[#]} (29... Rd8 $19 30. Kb2 Rxc3 31. Bxg4 Rxg3) 30. Bxg4 (30. Be6 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} fxe6 31. Re5) 30... Rxg3 $19 31. Bf3 Kf8 $1 32. Rh1 Nf6 33. Rh4 Rd8 34. Re5 Kg7 35. Kc2 Rd7 36. a4 Nh7 37. a5 Ng5 38. Rg4 Rxg4 39. Bxg4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rd5 40. Re7 Rxa5 {...Ra2+ is the strong threat.} 41. Rxb7 Ra2+ 42. Kb3 Rxg2 43. Bc8 Nf3 44. Rxa7 Ne5 45. Ra5 Kf6 46. Ra1 Ke7 47. Kb4 Kd6 48. Rd1+ (48. Kc3 {was called for.}) 48... Kc7 49. Bf5 {[#]} Rf2 $1 {[%cal Rf2f5]} 50. Bh7 Rf3 51. Re1 f6 52. Be4 (52. Rd1 $142) 52... Rf4 53. Kc3 Kd6 54. Bh7 Rf3+ 55. Kc2 Kc5 56. Re4 {[#]} (56. Rh1 $142) 56... Kd5 $1 57. Ra4 {intending Be4+.} f5 58. Kd2 Ke6 59. Ke2 Rh3 60. Bg8+ Kf6 61. Kf2 Rh8 62. Ba2 Rh2+ 63. Ke3 Rh3+ 64. Ke2 Rc3 65. Kd2 Rg3 66. Ke2 Rg4 67. Ra8 Kg5 68. Be6 (68. Bb1 $142) 68... Re4+ 69. Kf1 Nf3 70. Bd7 Nd4 $2 ({Black should play} 70... c5 $19 {aiming for ...Ne5.} 71. Bc6 Nd2+ 72. Kf2 Rd4) 71. Rc8 $15 Kf4 72. Bxc6 Re3 73. Bd5 Rd3 74. Ba8 Ra3 (74... Nf3 {NOTEXT} 75. Rc5 Nh2+ 76. Kg2 Rd2+ 77. Kg1 Ng4) 75. Bd5 Nf3 (75... Ra5 {NOTEXT} 76. Bb7 Ra1+ 77. Kf2 Ra2+ 78. Kf1 Ra4) 76. Bxf3 (76. Rc2 $15) 76... Kxf3 {KR-KR} 77. Kg1 f4 78. Rb8 Re3 79. Rf8 Re1+ 80. Kh2 Ra1 (80... Re7 $17 {Hoping for ...Re6.} 81. Rf6 Rh7+ 82. Kg1 Rc7) 81. Rb8 (81. Rc8 $1 $11) 81... Ra3 82. Kg1 {Precision: White = 43%, Black = 72%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]

{[%evp 19,42,0,18,0,18,16,16,18,15,14,15,17,18,18,24,23,21,21,18,16,24,-9,20,23,106]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qb3 c5 6. dxc5 Na6 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4)} 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3 Nxc5 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Be3 Nce4 {LiveBook: 21 Games} 11. Qe5 Qxe5 12. Nxe5 {next f3 is good for White.} Nd5 13. Bc1 Bd7 14. f3 {[#]} Nc5 $146 15. e4 Nb3 16. Rb1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Nb6 17. Be3 Rc8 18. Nxd7 Kxd7 19. Be2 Ke7 20. Kf2 Rhd8 21. Rhd1 Rh8 (21... Rc2 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Donchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Zude, Arno"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2373"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Aachen"]
[BlackTeam "SV Hofheim"]

{[%evp 17,39,14,25,0,56,40,48,44,64,70,65,63,67,42,70,54,51,22,12,2,233,237,212,230]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 e6 5. h3 Bh5 6. O-O {A11: English Opening: 1...c6} Nd7 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Nc3 Ngf6 9. d3 Bc5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 10. e4 Nb6 $146 (10... d4 $11 11. Ne2 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Qb6) ({Predecessor:} 10... dxe4 11. dxe4 O-O 12. Qe2 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Ne5 14. Rd1 Qb6 15. Bg2 Bd4 16. Bd2 {0-1 (40) Wagner,D (2564)-Nakamura,H (2781) Douglas 2017}) 11. g4 $14 Bg6 {[%cal Rd5e4]} 12. Ne5 dxe4 13. dxe4 Nfd7 14. Nd3 Be7 15. f4 {[%cal Bf2f4,Bf4e5][%mdl 32]} f6 16. Be3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} O-O 17. Qb3 {[#] f5 is the strong threat.} Bf7 18. e5 Nxe5 $2 (18... fxe5 $1 $11 19. fxe5 (19. Bxb7 Rb8 $17) 19... Rc8) 19. fxe5 $18 {Black must now prevent Rad1.} Qxd3 20. Nd5 $1 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Black "Meskovs, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Muelheim"]
[BlackTeam "Speyer"]

{[%evp 22,101,12,8,25,3,47,45,50,58,143,156,318,55,60,37,37,37,45,27,40,50,46,41,27,27,28,10,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,91,79,87,87,86,54,64,53,82,81,114,110,95,90,83,41,56,13,16,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,8,0,8,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nge2 {[%cal Bg1e2,Be2f4,Bf4d5,Bd5e7][%mdl 32]} cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Nxd5 exd5 {E48: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 5 Bd3 d5 including 6 Ne2, but excluding 6 a3} 11. Nf4 g6 (11... Bd6 12. Re1 Qf6 13. Nxd5 Qxd4 14. Be3 Qg4 15. h3 Qxd1 16. Raxd1 Be6 17. Be4 Rad8 18. a3 Bb8 19. f4 Rfe8 20. Kf2 Bxh3 21. Bxh7+ Kxh7 22. Rh1 f5 23. Rxh3+ Kg6 24. Rhh1 Kf7 25. Kf3 {½-½ (25) Le,Q (2712)-Wei,Y (2725) Ho Chi Minh City 2017}) 12. Be3 {LiveBook: 5 Games} Ba5 $146 {[%cal Bb4a5,Ba5b6,Bb6d4][%mdl 32]} ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 12... Bd6 13. Re1 Nb4 14. Bb1 Qf6 15. Qf3 Bxf4 16. Bxf4 Nc6 17. Qg3 Qxd4 18. Bc2 Qxb2 {0-1 (77) Kazhgaleyev,M (2570)-Ghaem Maghami,E (2560) Ashkhabad 2017}) 13. Qf3 Bb6 14. Nxd5 Nxd4 15. Qe4 Bf5 (15... Nf5 $14) 16. Ne7+ $16 Kh8 $2 (16... Kg7 $16 17. Bxd4+ (17. Nxf5+ Nxf5 18. Bd2 Re8 $14) 17... Qxd4 18. Nxf5+ gxf5 19. Qxf5 Rfe8) 17. Bxd4+ $2 ({Not} 17. Nxf5 Nxf5 18. Bd2 Bd4 $14) ({Only move:} 17. Qh4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rh4f6]} f6 18. Nxg6+ Bxg6 19. Bxg6) 17... Qxd4 $14 18. Qxd4+ Bxd4 19. Bxf5 Rae8 20. Rad1 Bxb2 21. Rd7 {aiming for Bc2.} Ba3 22. Nd5 {Black must now prevent Bh3.} gxf5 23. Rxb7 Bc5 24. Nf6 Rb8 25. Rxb8 (25. Rd7 {NOTEXT} Rbd8 26. Rfd1 Rxd7 27. Rxd7 Kg7 28. Nh5+) 25... Rxb8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 26. Nd7 Rc8 {next ...Bd4 is good for Black.} 27. g3 Bd4 28. Rd1 Rc4 29. Rd2 Kg7 30. Kg2 f6 31. Nb8 Kf7 {[#]} 32. Nc6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bb6 {[#]} (32... Bc3 $11 {remains equal.} 33. Rd6 a5) (32... Rxc6 33. Rxd4) 33. Nxa7 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} Kg6 {[#]} (33... Bxa7 34. Rd7+) 34. Nb5 $1 Bc5 35. Kf3 h5 36. h4 Rc1 37. a4 Ra1 {[#]} 38. Rc2 $1 {[%cal Rc2c5]} Bb6 39. Rc6 Ba5 40. Ra6 Rxa4 41. Ra7 (41. Kg2 {NOTEXT} Ra1 42. Nc7 f4 43. Nd5 fxg3 44. Rxf6+ Kg7 45. fxg3 Ra2+ 46. Kh3) 41... Ra1 {The position is equal.} 42. Ra8 Bc3 43. Rxa1 Bxa1 $11 {KB-KN} 44. Ke3 Bb2 45. f4 {Strongly threatening Kd2.} Kf7 46. Kd2 {Kc2 is the strong threat.} Ke6 47. Kc2 Ba1 48. Kb1 Be5 49. Kc2 Ba1 50. Kb1 Be5 51. Kc2 {Precision: White = 51%, Black = 55%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Mista, Aleksander"]
[Black "Studer, Noel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SFR Berlin"]
[BlackTeam "Bayern Muenchen"]

{[%evp 20,112,18,19,12,9,9,8,17,5,39,33,33,33,33,33,31,30,43,7,17,0,0,-11,-14,-24,8,-24,5,8,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,-60,-55,-118,-118,-157,-143,-148,-147,-264,-235,-264,-257,-256,-264,-271,-264,-264,-259,-259,-256,-264,-256,-339,-124,-124,-124,-133,-133,-133,-133,-133,-133,-133,-133,-132,-125,-132,-125,-140,-139,-160,-139,-406,-332,-428,-422,-423,-413,-426,-425,-403,-399,-377,-370,-29971,-29972,-29983,-29984]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd7 {C07: French Tarrasch: 3...c5, 4 Ngf3 and 4 exd5 Qxd5} 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nb3 a6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc7 11. Bb3 {LiveBook: 35 Games} (11. Bd3 Nf6 12. Re1 Bd6 13. h3 O-O 14. Bg5 Be5 15. c3 h6 16. Nf3 Bxc3 {1-0 (51) Mamedov,R (2709)-Le,Q (2737) Huaian 2017}) 11... Bd6 12. Re1 Ne7 13. Qh5 O-O 14. c3 Qc5 $146 (14... Ng6 {is interesting.} 15. Be3 b5 16. Rad1 Bb7 17. a3 Rad8) 15. Qxc5 Bxc5 16. Be3 {And now Nxe6 would win.} b6 17. Rad1 Ng6 18. Nc2 a5 19. a4 Ba6 20. Ba2 Rfd8 21. b4 Bxe3 22. Nxe3 Ne5 {White should prevent ...Nd3.} 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. f4 Rd2 25. fxe5 Rxa2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 26. Rd1 {[%cal Rd1d8]} h5 27. b5 Bb7 28. Kf1 ({Better is} 28. Rd6 $11) 28... Rxa4 $15 29. Rd8+ ({White should play} 29. c4 $15) 29... Kh7 $17 30. Rb8 Be4 31. Rxb6 Ra3 32. Nd1 {[#]} (32. Kf2 $17 {is a better defense.}) 32... Ra2 $1 $19 33. Ke1 Bd3 ({Don't do} 33... Rxg2 34. Nf2 $17) 34. Ne3 a4 {[%cal Ba5a4,Ba4a3,Ba3a2][%mdl 32]} 35. c4 a3 ({Resist} 35... Re2+ 36. Kd1 $17) 36. Ra6 Re2+ 37. Kd1 a2 38. Ra3 {If only White now had time for b6....} Rf2 39. Kc1 Be4 $2 (39... Re2 $2 40. Kd1 $19) (39... Kg6 $19 40. c5 Re2) 40. c5 $17 Re2 {White must now prevent ...Rxe3!} 41. c6 Rxe3 42. Rxa2 {KRB-KR} Rc3+ 43. Kd2 {[#]} Rc5 $1 {[%cal Rc5b5]} 44. Ke3 Bd5 45. Rb2 Kg6 46. Kd4 Rc4+ 47. Kd3 {Hoping for b6.} Rc1 48. g3 Kf5 49. Rf2+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (49. b6 $17 Bxc6 50. b7 Bxb7 51. Rxb7) 49... Kxe5 $19 {aiming for ...Be4+.} 50. Rxf7 Rc5 51. c7 Bc4+ 52. Ke3 Bxb5 53. Rxg7 {Rg5+ is the strong threat.} Kd6 54. Rg5 {Strongly threatening Rxc5.} Bd7 ({Don't play} 54... e5 55. Rxh5 Rxc7 56. Kd2 $19) 55. Rxc5 $2 (55. Rg6 $19) 55... Kxc5 56. h4 e5 {Precision: White = 43%, Black = 83%.} 0-1

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Heimann, Andreas"]
[Black "Ernst, Sipke"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SF Deizisau"]
[BlackTeam "Hamburg SK"]

{[%evp 17,73,0,0,-2,0,0,5,0,22,32,25,22,52,45,45,38,38,38,41,36,36,41,48,41,52,44,62,60,58,26,27,27,27,26,25,20,22,20,20,20,25,25,25,25,25,25,25,25,25,25,25,23,25,0,0,0,25,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 O-O 9. O-O cxd5 10. h3 {C47: Scotch Four Knights and Four Knights with 4 g3} Rb8 11. Qf3 Bb7 12. Bg5 {The position is equal.} d4 13. Ne4 Bxe4 14. Bxe4 h6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Qxf6 gxf6 {[#]} 17. Rfd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Bd3 Bd6 {½-½ (58) Malakhov,V (2707)-Fressinet,L (2708) Tromsoe 2013}) 17... Bc5 18. Rab1 Rfe8 19. Bd3 a5 20. Bc4 Kf8 21. Rd3 Rb4 22. b3 Rb6 23. c3 dxc3 24. Rxc3 Re5 25. Rf3 Rd6 26. g3 Kg7 27. Rb2 Rd1+ 28. Kg2 Bd4 29. Rc2 c5 30. Rd3 Ra1 31. Rdd2 f5 32. Re2 Rxe2 33. Rxe2 Kf6 34. Bd3 Rd1 35. Bc2 Ra1 36. Bd3 Rd1 37. Bc2 {Precision: White = 67%, Black = 73%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Graf, Alexander"]
[Black "Lampert, Jonas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SF Deizisau"]
[BlackTeam "Hamburg SK"]

{[%evp 15,53,27,22,19,19,-19,-19,-14,-23,-12,-20,-21,-12,-20,20,27,23,20,23,21,18,18,21,16,11,16,12,12,11,15,44,13,19,10,15,9,12,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qb3 Na5 8. Bb5+ {D10: Slav Defence: 3 cxd5 (without early Nf3) and 3 Nc3} Bd7 $1 {LiveBook: 104 Games} 9. Qc2 e6 10. Nf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Bd3 Rc8 11. Nf3 Be7 12. h3 O-O 13. O-O a6 14. Rfc1 Bb5 15. Bxb5 axb5 {1-0 (65) Volkov,S (2611)-Rublevsky,S (2692) Cheboksary 2016}) 10... Bxb5 11. Nxb5 {[#] Threatens to win with Nc7+.} Bb4+ 12. Ke2 {aiming for Nc7+.} O-O 13. Rhc1 Nc6 14. Qb3 Qb6 15. Nc7 Rac8 {[#] ...Nh5 is the strong threat.} 16. a3 Ba5 17. Qxb6 Bxb6 18. Nb5 Ne4 19. b4 a6 20. Nd6 Nxd6 21. Bxd6 Rfd8 22. Bg3 Bc7 23. Ne1 Bxg3 {The position is equal.} 24. hxg3 Kf8 25. Nd3 b6 26. a4 a5 27. Rab1 {Precision: White = 49%, Black = 57%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Wagner, Dennis"]
[Black "Smeets, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hockenheim"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]

{[%evp 19,93,54,83,80,67,64,110,106,101,102,142,29,180,183,221,198,187,197,197,114,203,191,191,106,108,117,201,209,211,221,403,395,392,402,402,406,405,403,535,525,502,518,480,347,345,320,315,322,267,258,258,258,256,235,235,231,322,305,319,325,324,308,394,332,404,225,575,573,5197,5058,29991,29991,29991,29990,29990,29991]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e4 b5 5. a4 a6 6. axb5 {D10: Slav Defence: 3 cxd5 (without early Nf3) and 3 Nc3} (6. Nf3 e6 7. Be2 Nf6 8. axb5 cxb5 9. Nxb5 axb5 10. Rxa8 Bb7 11. Ra1 Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 Nxe4 {0-1 (36) Korobov,A (2652)-Andreikin,D (2712) Huaian 2017}) 6... cxb5 7. Nxb5 axb5 8. Rxa8 Bb7 9. Ra1 e6 10. Ne2 Bxe4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 11. Nc3 $1 {[%cal Rc3e4]} Bb4 12. Be2 $1 Qd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nf6) 13. f3 Bg6 14. O-O Qb7 15. Ne4 ({White should try} 15. Nxb5 $1 $16 Qxb5 16. Qb3 $3 {[%mdl 512]}) 15... Qb6 $2 (15... Nf6 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 16. b3 $1 $18 {[%cal Rb3c4]} Bxe4 17. fxe4 Bc3 18. Ra8 Nf6 {[#]} 19. Be3 (19. Kh1 $1 $18) 19... O-O (19... Qb7 $16 {was called for.} 20. Ra2 Qxe4) 20. bxc4 bxc4 21. Qb1 (21. Ra4 $18) 21... Bb2 $16 22. Kh1 ({Worse is} 22. Bxc4 Ng4 $15) 22... Qb7 (22... Nbd7 $16 23. Rxf8+ Kxf8) 23. Ra2 $18 c3 {[#]} 24. Bd3 $1 {Black must now prevent e5.} e5 $2 (24... Ng4) 25. dxe5 Nfd7 26. e6 fxe6 27. Rxf8+ Nxf8 28. Ra7 Qc6 29. Qf1 {Intending Qf7+ and mate.} Nbd7 30. Bb5 Qd6 31. Bxd7 Nxd7 32. Ra8+ Nf8 {[#]} 33. e5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qe7 (33... Qxe5 34. Rxf8#) 34. Ra7 $40 {[%mdl 128] White is out for blood.} Qe8 35. Bd4 h6 36. h3 {[%cal Bh2h3,Bh3h4][%mdl 32]} Ng6 37. Qf3 Kh7 38. Qf6 {[%csl Ga7][%cal Rf6g7]} ({Much less strong is} 38. Bxc3 $6 Bxc3 39. Qxc3 Qf8 $18) 38... Qg8 39. h4 Bc1 40. Bxc3 Be3 41. Rd7 Nf4 42. Ba5 (42. Rf7 $142) 42... Bc1 $2 (42... Nd3 43. g3 Kh8) 43. Qe7 Kg6 44. Qc5 Qa8 45. Qc2+ {White mates.} Kh5 46. Qd1+ Kxh4 47. Rxg7 {Precision: White = 78%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Mons, Leon"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zugzwang Muenchen"]
[BlackTeam "Dresden"]

{[%evp 17,51,14,27,11,24,28,20,31,18,31,20,12,14,14,5,0,0,0,0,-4,17,-13,27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-1]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. c4 Bb7 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd2 O-O 7. Bd3 c5 8. O-O d6 9. Qe2 {E43: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4...b6} Nbd7 {LiveBook: 9 Games} 10. Rfd1 (10. Rad1 Qe7 11. a3 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Ne4 13. Be1 a5 14. Nd2 Nxd2 15. Bxd2 a4 16. Bc3 f5 {1-0 (54) Wang,H (2735)-Kamsky,G (2721) Beijing 2013}) 10... Qe7 11. a3 {White has an edge.} Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Ne4 13. Be1 f5 14. Nd2 Nxd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... e5 15. Nb1 Rae8 16. f3 exd4 17. exd4 cxd4 {1-0 (50) Lahiri,A (2353)-Radovic,S (2185) Paracin 2010}) 15. Bxd2 e5 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Bc2 Rf6 18. f3 {[%cal Bf2f3,Bf3f4][%mdl 32]} Raf8 19. Bb4 a5 20. Bxc5 (20. Be1 $5 {[%cal Re1h4]}) 20... dxc5 {The position is equal.} 21. Rd2 e4 22. f4 $1 Rd8 23. Rad1 Rfd6 24. Rxd6 Rxd6 25. Rxd6 Qxd6 26. Qd1 {Precision: White = 78%, Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kollars, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hamburg SK"]
[BlackTeam "SF Deizisau"]

{[%evp 15,68,19,23,20,26,21,35,29,39,53,73,83,82,80,72,79,105,80,81,86,84,74,79,79,96,60,70,64,62,62,54,56,55,44,81,74,75,0,54,42,48,53,45,67,33,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 e5 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d3 Be7 {B52: Sicilian: Moscow Variation with 3...Bd7} 8. O-O Bd8 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 9. a3 Nge7 10. Rb1 (10. b4 cxb4 11. axb4 Nxb4 12. Ba3 Nbc6 13. d4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 {0-1 (38) Bacrot,E (2708)-Carlsen,M (2832) Paris 2017}) 10... Ba5 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. cxd5 Ne7 13. b4 cxb4 14. axb4 {½-½ (45) Belkhodja,S (2436)-Lukov,V (2451) Paris 2003}) 12... Nd4 13. b4 {[#] Strongly threatening Nxd4.} Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 Bb6 15. Be3 Rc8 16. a4 {[%cal Ba3a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} O-O 17. a5 Bd8 18. bxc5 dxc5 19. Bd2 b6 20. Bc3 Bc7 21. Rfe1 f6 22. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Rb8 23. axb6 axb6 24. h5 Bd6 25. Rb5 Bc7 26. Rbb1 Bd6 27. g3 b5 28. cxb5 Rxb5 29. Rxb5 Qxb5 30. Qf5 {[#] Qe6+ is the strong threat.} Rd8 {The position is equal.} 31. Qe6+ Kf8 32. Qf5 Kg8 33. Qe6+ Kf8 34. Qf5 Kg8 {Precision: White = 86%, Black = 75%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Werle, Jan"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]

{[%evp 19,68,22,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-13,0,0,0,0,0,-5,-2,-33,-33,-40,-10,-53,-50,-63,-50,-50,-50,-50,-47,-50,-52,-89,-86,-196,-190]} 1. Nf3 e6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 d6 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Rfd1 Nbd7 {LiveBook: 54 Games} 11. Nd2 {A30: Symmetrical English: Double Fianchetto and Hedgehog} (11. Nb5 d5 12. cxd5 Bxd5 13. Nc3 Bc6 14. Qc4 Qc8 15. Rac1 h6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. e4 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. f4 Bxc3 20. Qxc3 {½-½ (43) Eljanov,P (2717)-Jakovenko,D (2748) Germany 2015}) 11... Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Qc7 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 12... h6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Nde4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Qc7 16. Rac1 Rfd8 17. b3 {½-½ (17) Bacso,G (2181)-Bencze,L (2292) Hungary 2008}) 13. Nde4 {[%cal Re4d6] The position is equal.} h6 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Rac1 Rfd8 16. b3 a6 17. f3 Ne8 18. Nf2 Qb7 19. a4 Rac8 20. e4 Nf6 {[%cal Be8f6,Bf6d7,Bd7c5][%mdl 32]} 21. Qd3 Nd7 22. Qb1 Nc5 23. h4 Rf8 24. Nd3 Bf6 25. Nxc5 (25. Nf4 {NOTEXT} Rfd8 26. Qc2 Qc7 27. Rb1 Qe7 28. Nfe2) 25... bxc5 26. Ne2 Rc6 {[%cal Bc8c6,Bc6b6,Bb6b4,Bb4b3][%mdl 32]} 27. Rd3 Rb8 28. Qc2 Rb6 {[%cal Rb6b3]} 29. Rb1 Be5 30. a5 Rb4 31. Rdd1 Qc7 32. Qa2 R8b7 33. Nc1 Qb8 34. Nd3 (34. Qc2 $17) 34... Rxb3 {Precision: White = 51%, Black = 81%.} 0-1

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ruck, Robert"]
[Black "Dinstuhl, Volkmar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2386"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Speyer"]
[BlackTeam "Muelheim"]

{[%evp 30,73,10,16,13,0,0,0,6,1,17,0,0,0,3,0,13,0,14,0,0,1,8,-50,-54,-84,-79,-98,-39,-36,-61,-62,-62,-62,-62,-54,-62,-61,-58,-58,-61,-69,0,-29,0,-40]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 e6 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 Bb7 (12... Ba6 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. O-O Nd7 14. Qe3 Nf6 15. Ne5 Qe7 16. f3 {LiveBook: 5 Games} Rac8 {[#]} 17. Bc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Bb5 Qd6 18. a4 Rfd8 19. Rfd1 h6 20. h3 Ne8 21. Qf4 Nf6 22. Qe3 Ne8 23. Qf4 Nf6 24. Qe3 {½-½ (24) Peralta,F (2556)-Bogner,S (2586) Lorca 2017}) 17... Rfd8 18. Bb3 h6 19. Rfd1 Ne8 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Qf4 Nf6 22. Nc4 Rd8 23. Qe5 Kf8 24. Ne3 Qb4 25. h3 Qc3 26. Kf2 (26. Nc4 $11) 26... Ba6 $15 27. Ng4 Nxg4+ 28. hxg4 {[#]} Bc4 (28... Kg8 $1 $17) 29. Bxc4 $1 Qxc4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 30. Rd2 Qc1 31. Ke2 Qg1 32. Qg3 Rc8 33. Qf2 Qb1 34. Qe3 Qh1 35. Qf2 Qb1 36. Qe3 $1 Qh1 37. Qf2 {Precision: White = 62%, Black = 55%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Schneider, Ilja"]
[Black "Schneider, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SFR Berlin"]
[BlackTeam "Bayern Muenchen"]

{[%evp 17,45,43,39,17,25,18,25,11,12,21,31,41,34,20,60,54,99,98,108,102,107,91,84,42,41,0,88,77,528,522]} 1. d4 e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. O-O Nc6 6. Nxd4 Qb6 7. Nb3 d5 8. Nc3 Be7 {A46: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 e6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} 9. e4 (9. a4 Na5 10. Nxa5 Qxa5 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 O-O 14. Qd3 Rd8 15. Qb5 Qxb5 16. axb5 {1-0 (75) Demidov,M (2498)-Vavulin,M (2398) Moscow 2014}) 9... dxe4 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 10. Be3 Qc7 {The position is equal.} 11. Nxe4 O-O 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. c3 e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... b6 14. Qe2 Bb7 15. a4 Ne5 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 {0-1 (26) Kekki,J (2230)-Granthal,R Finland 1997}) 14. Nc5 Be7 15. Qa4 Rb8 16. Rfd1 Na5 {[#]} 17. b4 $1 Nc4 18. Qxa7 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Bg5 20. Ne4 Be7 21. Nc5 {Hoping for Na6!} Bg5 $1 {[#]} 22. Re1 $1 {Strongly threatening Na6!} Qd6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (22... Bd8 $16 {is a better chance.}) 23. Ne4 {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 44%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Heinemann, Thies"]
[Black "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2403"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hamburg SK"]
[BlackTeam "SF Deizisau"]

{[%evp 21,95,-29,-26,-40,-15,-32,0,0,0,-28,-20,-23,-25,-67,-24,-18,-43,-105,-109,-132,-130,-149,-120,-103,-136,-118,-115,-134,-125,-102,-123,-121,-108,-150,-102,-93,0,-2,0,0,0,0,0,0,20,44,114,114,394,381,422,399,378,341,334,331,332,329,314,212,201,0,0,-96,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 d5 6. Qe2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. e5 Nd7 9. c4 a6 {C00: French: Unusual White 2nd moves} (9... d4 10. Re1 Rb8 11. h4 b5 12. cxb5 Rxb5 13. Na3 Rb8 14. Nc4 Nb6 15. b3 Nxc4 16. bxc4 Rb6 17. Ng5 {1-0 (32) Carlsen,M (2837)-Ding,L (2774) Saint Louis 2017}) 10. h4 b5 11. Bf4 Nb6 {[%cal Rb5c4] LiveBook: 3 Games. Black has an edge.} 12. b3 {[%cal Bb2b3,Bb3c4][%mdl 32]} bxc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... f5 13. Nbd2 Bd7 14. h5 Be8 15. h6 g5 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Be3 {0-1 (44) Uribe Arteaga,D (2233)-Vehi Bach,V (2405) Barbera del Valles 2010}) 13. bxc4 a5 14. Nc3 Ba6 {[%cal Rd5c4]} 15. Rfd1 Nd4 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Nb1 Na4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 19. Qg4 (19. e6 $15) 19... Bc8 $17 20. Qf3 Be6 21. Nd2 Qd7 22. Nb3 Nc3 {...Bg4 is the strong threat.} 23. Re1 Qa7 $1 24. Bg5 Bxg5 25. hxg5 {White wants to play Qf4.} a4 $1 {[%cal Ra4b3]} 26. Nc1 Rab8 {[%cal Ba8b8,Bb8b2,Bb2d2][%mdl 32]} 27. a3 Rb2 28. Ne2 Rfb8 (28... Nxe2+ $17 29. Rxe2 Rb3) 29. Nf4 $11 Qd7 {And now ...Rd2 would win.} 30. Qh5 $1 Rd2 31. Bf3 Rbb2 32. Rf1 Bf5 33. Qh4 g6 (33... Qe8 $14) 34. Rae1 $1 $16 Qc6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (34... Bxd3 35. e6 $17) (34... Be6 $16) 35. e6 $1 $18 {[%cal Re6f7][%mdl 512]} fxe6 (35... Bxe6 36. Nxe6) 36. Bg4 $1 Qd7 37. Rxe6 Ne2+ 38. Rxe2 Bxg4 39. Re5 Bf3 40. Rfe1 Rb8 41. Ne6 $2 (41. Re7 $2 Qxe7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 42. Ra1 Rbb2 $19) (41. Qh6 $18 Qf7 42. Kf1 (42. Re7 $2 Qxe7 43. Ra1 Rdb2 $19)) 41... Re8 $1 $11 {[%cal Re8e6] White must now prevent ...Rxe6!} 42. Rb1 {[#]} (42. Qxd4 $2 Rxe6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 43. Qe3 (43. Rxe6 $2 Qxe6 44. Qa1 Ra2 $19) 43... Rxe5 $19) (42. Qf4 $11 {keeps the balance.} Rxe6 43. Qxd2 (43. Rxe6 Qxe6 44. Qxd2 Qh3 $11) 43... Rxe5 44. Rxe5) 42... Qb5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 43. Rbe1 {The position is equal.} (43. Rxb5 $2 Rd1+ 44. Re1 Rxe1+ 45. Kh2 Rh1#) 43... Qd7 {aiming for ...Rxe6!} (43... Rxd3 $2 44. Qf4 $18) ({Weaker is} 43... Qxd3 44. Qh6 Qf1+ 45. Kxf1 Be2+ 46. R5xe2 Rxe6 47. Rxe6 Rxf2+ 48. Kxf2 Kf7 49. Qxh7+ Kf8 50. Rf6#) 44. Qf4 ({Wrong is} 44. Qxd4 $2 {[#]} Rxe6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 45. Qe3 (45. Rxe6 $2 {too greedy.} Qxe6 46. Qa1 Qh3 $19) 45... Rxe5 $19) 44... Rxe6 $1 45. Qxf3 Rxe5 46. Rxe5 {Threatens to win with Qf6.} Qf7 47. Qxd5 Qxd5 48. Rxd5 {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 57%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Hausrath, Daniel"]
[Black "Yankelevich, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2437"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Muelheim"]
[BlackTeam "Speyer"]

{[%evp 12,73,7,0,13,0,9,0,7,15,32,31,29,25,16,19,20,19,26,18,43,43,46,50,49,45,56,52,56,56,56,56,56,56,52,45,41,44,42,28,30,29,25,-7,33,35,43,36,40,31,44,31,71,24,39,37,45,45,47,41,87,0,52,50]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 a5 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} (6... c6 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. Re1 c5 9. a4 cxd4 10. cxd4 a5 11. Nb1 Nb8 12. Nc3 Nc6 13. Ne5 Bf5 14. Bg5 Nb4 15. Rc1 Ne4 16. Be3 Nxc3 17. bxc3 {1-0 (28) Kramnik,V (2800)-Dubov,D (2701) Moscow 2018}) 7. a4 {LiveBook: 6 Games} Bf5 8. Bf4 Nc6 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 8... Nh5 9. Be3 Nc6 10. h3 Nf6 11. Nbd2 Ne4 12. g4 Nxd2 13. Nxd2 Bc8 14. f4 {1-0 (41) Meier,G (2648)-Yankelevich,L (2413) Germany 2017}) 9. Na3 Nh5 10. Be3 Be4 11. Bh3 Bxf3 12. exf3 e6 13. Re1 Nf6 14. Qb3 Qd7 15. Re2 Ra6 16. Nc2 {[%cal Ba3c2,Bc2e1,Be1d3,Bd3e5][%mdl 32]} Rb6 17. Qa2 Ne7 18. Ne1 Ra6 19. Nd3 {And now Nc5 would win.} Qc8 20. Rae1 Nd7 21. Bg5 Bf6 22. Bxf6 Nxf6 23. Qa3 Rd6 24. Ne5 Qd8 25. Qa1 Nd7 26. Nd3 b6 27. Qc1 Nc6 28. Bg2 Kg7 29. h4 h5 30. Bh3 Qf6 31. Kg2 Ne7 32. Re5 Nc6 33. Rg5 Rh8 34. Nf4 Nf8 35. Rge5 Nd8 {[#]} 36. Qd2 (36. b4 $1 $16) 36... Nd7 (36... c5 $11) 37. Qd3 {Precision: White = 59%, Black = 51%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Feygin, Michael"]
[Black "Nemeth, Miklos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Muelheim"]
[BlackTeam "Speyer"]

{[%evp 19,42,-6,-15,-29,-18,-32,-16,-85,-78,-81,-74,-122,-120,-122,-122,-129,-126,-129,-121,-120,-120,-122,-122,-114,-103]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5 7. d3 Qf6 8. Be3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Qxf3 10. gxf3 Bd6 {LiveBook: 172 Games} 11. Kg2 {C68: Ruy Lopez: Exchange Variation, sidelines} Ne7 {[%cal Bg8e7,Be7g6,Bg6f8,Bf8e6][%mdl 32]} 12. Rg1 f6 13. c4 $146 (13. Nd2 $11 {keeps the balance.}) ({Predecessor:} 13. Nd2 Kf7 14. h4 Ng6 15. Kh3 Nf8 16. d4 exd4 17. Bxd4 Ne6 18. Be3 Rad8 {½-½ (26) Macieja,B (2615)-Adams,M (2745) Germany 2003}) 13... Ng6 {Black is better.} 14. Kf1 Kf7 15. Nd2 c5 16. Nb3 b6 17. Rd1 Nf8 18. Nc1 Ne6 19. Ne2 Rad8 20. Ke1 Rd7 21. Kd2 Rhd8 {Precision: White = 46%, Black = 82%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Hertneck, Gerald"]
[Black "Gajewski, Grzegorz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zugzwang Muenchen"]
[BlackTeam "Dresden"]

{[%evp 11,74,8,11,-14,-8,-12,-8,-32,-23,-17,-10,-13,-3,-29,-24,-15,0,0,0,0,62,-22,-56,-71,-80,-72,-65,-163,-164,-170,-164,-205,-160,-196,-89,-95,-111,-99,-105,-93,-72,-86,-52,-152,-167,-156,-156,-150,-156,-172,-164,-153,-156,-144,-137,-318,-319,-322,-310,-503,-505,-458,-441,-491,-464]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. e3 Nf6 4. b3 Bd6 5. Bb2 Nbd7 (5... O-O 6. Nc3 b6 7. Qc2 c6 8. Be2 Bb7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Rac1 Re8 12. Rfd1 Nc5 13. d3 Rc8 {0-1 (59) So,W (2812)-Caruana,F (2808) Paris 2017}) 6. Nc3 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} O-O {LiveBook: 4 Games} 7. cxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. Be2 a6 8. O-O b6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nd4 Nc5 11. Rc1 Re8 12. Nc6 Qd7 13. d4 Qxc6 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Bf3 Be6 16. Na4 Nd7 17. Qd2 Bf8 18. Rfd1 Rad8 19. Bxd5 {½-½ (19) Terreaux,G (2459)-Schroeder,M (2469) ICCF email 2015}) 7... exd5 8. Nb5 {The position is equal.} Be7 9. Qc2 c6 {[%cal Bc7c6,Bc6c5][%mdl 32]} 10. Nbd4 Re8 11. Be2 g6 12. Ng5 c5 13. Ndf3 $1 h6 14. Ne6 $1 {[%cal Re6d8]} Qb6 15. Nf4 {aiming for Nxg6!} Nf8 (15... g5 $11 16. Nxg5 hxg5) 16. g4 (16. Bd3 $14) 16... d4 {Threatens to win with ...Bd6.} 17. g5 hxg5 18. Nxg5 {Strongly threatening Bc4.} Bd6 {...Bxf4 is the strong threat.} 19. Ngh3 ({White should play} 19. Qc4 $15 Re7 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. Qxd5) 19... Bf5 $19 20. Bd3 Bxd3 $1 21. Qxd3 Rad8 22. O-O-O Qa5 (22... dxe3 $19 {is more deadly.} 23. Qc2 exd2+ 24. Rxd2 Be5 25. Bxe5 Rxd2 26. Qxd2 Rxe5) 23. Kb1 $17 Bxf4 24. exf4 b5 25. Ng5 Nd5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is in control.} 26. Qf3 Qb6 27. f5 (27. h4 $15) 27... Re5 $1 28. Nxf7 Kxf7 29. fxg6+ {[#]} Kg7 $1 {[%cal Bf7g7,Bg7h6,Bh6h5][%mdl 32]} 30. Qf7+ Kh6 31. Bc1 {[#]} Qf6 $1 {[%cal Rf6f7] And now ...Qxf7 would win.} ({But not} 31... Nxg6 $2 32. d3+ Ne3 33. fxe3 $18) 32. d3+ Kh5 33. Rdg1 $2 (33. Qxf6 $17 Nxf6 34. g7) 33... Qxf7 $19 34. gxf7 Re2 {( -> ...Nc3+)} 35. Ka1 $2 (35. Bb2 Rxf2 36. Rg3) 35... Nc3 {[%csl Gc3][%cal Re2a2] Black is clearly winning.} 36. Bb2 Rxf2 37. Rg3 {intending Rhg1.} Ne2 {Precision: White = 33%, Black = 63%.} 0-1

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Swinkels, Robin"]
[Black "Ginsburg, Gennadi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Aachen"]
[BlackTeam "SV Hofheim"]

{[%evp 31,50,68,71,54,119,36,27,0,13,-1,77,66,47,-20,0,0,0,-17,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 b6 9. Bf4 Bb7 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Ne5 Rc8 12. Nc3 Nxe5 {E08: Closed Catalan: Main Line: 7 Qc2} (12... Nh5 13. Bd2 f5 14. Qa4 Nxe5 15. dxe5 a6 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. e3 b5 18. Qb3 g6 19. Ne2 Bc6 20. Nd4 {1-0 (42) Inarkiev,E (2709)-Riazantsev,A (2671) Doha 2016}) 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. e4 d4 16. Rxd4 Qc7 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 17. Qe2 {[#] Hoping for Nb5.} a6 (17... Nb8 $14) 18. Rad1 $146 ({White should try} 18. Nd5 $16 exd5 19. exd5) ({Predecessor:} 18. Nd5 exd5 19. exd5 {1-0 (41) Terreaux,G (2335)-Aiken,R (1998) ICCF email 2012}) 18... Nxe5 $14 19. h4 b5 20. a3 h6 {[#]} (20... Bf6 $11) 21. Qh5 $1 $16 Bf6 $1 22. Rd6 (22. Rd7 $14 Qxd7 23. Bxe5 Qxd1+ 24. Nxd1) 22... Qc5 {The position is equal.} 23. Be3 Qc7 24. Bf4 Qc5 25. Be3 Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Horvath, Adam"]
[Black "Levin, Felix"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Speyer"]
[BlackTeam "Muelheim"]

{[%evp 22,121,10,12,21,14,45,37,48,44,44,51,39,44,36,43,80,78,85,58,47,45,33,8,64,50,62,38,93,57,70,28,82,38,102,11,26,-31,-10,-39,6,-30,15,0,7,1,2,-113,0,0,16,0,62,0,0,0,0,0,98,106,92,83,101,66,122,122,125,117,129,127,95,91,98,95,129,128,98,120,187,178,225,225,220,167,241,230,379,354,436,425,447,431,510,485,850,837,704,514,682,702,702,587]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O h6 7. a4 a6 8. Re1 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} O-O 9. h3 Ba7 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. b4 Be6 12. Bxe6 {LiveBook: 26 Games} Rxe6 13. Qc2 Nh5 14. Nf1 {[#]} Rg6 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 14... Qf6 15. N1h2 Ree8 {½-½ (41) Grischuk,A (2752)-Jakovenko,D (2714) Novosibirsk 2016}) 15. Be3 Qf6 16. Kh2 Nf4 17. Bxf4 Qxf4+ 18. Kh1 Re8 19. b5 Nd8 20. bxa6 bxa6 21. Rab1 Qf6 22. Ng3 Qe6 (22... Ne6 $11) 23. d4 Rf6 24. Nf5 Qc4 (24... Qc8 $14) 25. Rb4 Qc6 26. Qd3 Qa8 (26... Ne6 $11) 27. Rb2 ({Reject} 27. Qxa6 $6 exd4 28. Qb5 (28. N5xd4 c5 $17) (28. cxd4 d5 $17) (28. Rxd4 Ne6 $15) 28... Rxe4 $11) 27... Bb6 (27... Ne6 $14) 28. d5 (28. Ne3 $16) 28... Nb7 $11 29. Nh2 (29. Nd2 $11) 29... Nc5 $1 $15 {[%cal Rc5d3]} 30. Qc2 h5 (30... Rxf5 $5 31. exf5 Qxd5 $15) 31. Ra2 g6 (31... Rxf5 $5 32. exf5 Qxd5 $11) 32. Ne3 Qc8 33. Nc4 Ba7 34. Na5 (34. f3 $11) 34... Bb6 (34... Nb7 $1 $17 35. Nxb7 Rxf2) 35. Nc4 $11 Ba7 36. f3 h4 (36... Rf4 $11) 37. Rb1 (37. Nb2 $14) 37... Rf4 38. Na5 Bb6 39. Nc4 {[%cal Ba5c4,Bc4b2,Bb2d1][%mdl 32]} Nd7 (39... Ba7 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 40. a5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under strong pressure.} Ba7 41. Nb2 {And now Nd3 would win.} Nc5 42. Ng4 Kg7 {[#]} (42... f5 $1 $14 43. exf5 (43. Nf6+ Kf7 $16) 43... Qd8) 43. Nf2 $1 Rf6 44. Nbd1 Rf4 {[#]} 45. c4 $1 f5 {Hoping for ...fxe4.} 46. Nc3 Rf8 47. Ne2 fxe4 48. Nxf4 Rxf4 49. Nxe4 Nxe4 (49... Qf5 $16 50. Nxc5 Bxc5 51. Qxf5 gxf5) 50. fxe4 $18 Qf8 {( -> ...Rf1+)} 51. Qd3 Bc5 52. Rc2 g5 (52... Qf6 {was called for.} 53. Rcc1 Kh6) 53. Rcc1 g4 (53... Qe8 {was worth a try.} 54. Rf1 Kh6) 54. hxg4 h3 55. Qxh3 {White is clearly winning.} Qf6 56. Kh2 {Threatens to win with Rb8.} Qh6 57. Rb7 Rxg4 (57... Rf7 $142 58. Qxh6+ Kxh6) 58. Rxc7+ Kg6 59. Qxh6+ Kxh6 60. Rxc5 dxc5 61. d6 {Precision: White = 62%, Black = 40%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Savchenko, Stanislav"]
[Black "Handke, Florian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SV Hofheim"]
[BlackTeam "Aachen"]

{[%evp 20,77,31,27,30,22,45,38,76,67,97,79,85,53,84,31,31,29,46,27,24,15,79,-216,-223,-225,-200,-195,-167,-193,-190,-204,-192,-265,-272,-270,-262,-324,-288,-534,-533,-528,-383,-327,-180,-146,-39,-32,-18,-18,-18,-112,-29,-155,-156,-155,-59,-88,-25,-39]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 f6 8. Be3 e5 9. Nd2 Be6 10. Bc4 Kf7 {A16: English Opening: 1...Nf6 with ...d5} 11. Kc2 {LiveBook: 23 Games} a5 (11... Be7 12. Rad1 Rd8 13. Bxe6+ Kxe6 14. Nc4 Rxd1 15. Rxd1 Nc6 16. a4 a5 17. f4 h5 18. Rf1 exf4 19. Bxf4 {½-½ (33) Topalov,V (2816)-Giri,A (2793) Saint Louis 2015}) 12. a4 Nc6 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 12... Nd7 13. Rhd1 Bc5 14. Nb3 Bd6 15. Bxe6+ Kxe6 16. f3 f5 17. h3 {1-0 (58) Kozul,Z (2626)-Soysal,S (2400) Izmir 2018}) 13. Rad1 Be7 14. Bd5 Ra6 15. Nc4 Rb8 16. f4 Bd6 17. g3 (17. Rhf1 $16) 17... b5 $14 18. axb5 Rxb5 19. Rhf1 exf4 20. Bxf4 Ne7 (20... Bxf4 $11 {remains equal.} 21. Rxf4 (21. gxf4 Ne7 $11) 21... Ne7) 21. Bg5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (21. Bxe6+ $16 {keeps the pressure on.} Kxe6 22. Bxd6 (22. Nxd6 cxd6 23. Rf2 a4 $14) 22... cxd6 23. Rf2) 21... Nxd5 $19 22. exd5 Bf5+ 23. Rxf5 gxf5 24. Be3 a4 25. Bc1 Rc5 26. Rd4 (26. Nxd6+ $142 cxd6 27. Rd4) 26... Be5 27. Rh4 Kg8 ({Don't play} 27... Rxd5 28. Rxh7+ Ke6 29. Be3 $17) 28. Nxe5 fxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} 29. c4 $2 {[#]} (29. Rh5 {was called for.}) 29... f4 $1 30. Kc3 (30. gxf4 Rxc4+) 30... Rb6 31. b4 axb3 (31... f3 $142 32. Be3 (32. bxc5 $2 {is the wrong capture.} f2 $17) 32... a3 33. Bxc5 Ra6) 32. gxf4 exf4 (32... e4 $17 {Strongly threatening ...c6.} 33. f5 c6 34. Rg4+ Kf7 35. dxc6 Rbxc6 36. Rxe4 Rb6) 33. Rg4+ $1 $15 Kf7 {White must now prevent ...f3.} 34. Rxf4+ Ke8 {next ...c6 is good for Black.} 35. Rh4 {[#]} (35. Ba3 $1 $11 b2 36. Bxb2) 35... h6 (35... c6 $1 $17 {[%cal Rc6d5]} 36. Re4+ Kf7 37. Rf4+ Ke8 38. Re4+ Kd7) 36. Rg4 (36. Re4+ $11 {keeps the balance.} Kd7 37. Rh4) 36... Ra5 $17 37. Bb2 h5 ({Black should play} 37... Kf7 $17 38. Rf4+ Kg6) 38. Rg7 Kd8 (38... c5 $17 39. Rg5 h4 40. Rg8+ Kf7) 39. Rh7 {Precision: White = 34%, Black = 35%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Dragnev, Valentin"]
[Black "Piorun, Kacper"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bayern Muenchen"]
[BlackTeam "SFR Berlin"]

{[%evp 24,48,37,31,46,41,54,51,50,21,41,0,24,30,29,27,33,14,19,7,14,0,23,0,15,0,20]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 d6 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. h3 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. Qc2 {B38: Sicilian: Maroczy Bind with 5...Bg7 and 7...0-0} a5 13. Rad1 {LiveBook: 27 Games} a4 (13... Nd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Bg4 Nf6 16. e5 Nxg4 17. hxg4 {½-½ (36) Andreikin,D (2737)-Mamedov,R (2688) Tallinn 2016}) 14. c5 {White is slightly better.} Qa5 15. cxd6 exd6 16. Bf3 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 16. Rfe1 a3 17. Bc4 Rac8 18. Bb3 Rfe8 19. Qd2 Nxe4 {½-½ (28) South,R (2225)-Fullbrook,N (2225) Red Deer 1999}) 16... a3 17. Qb3 axb2 18. Qxb2 Qa3 19. Qa1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Ne8 20. Rfe1 Qb4 21. Ne2 Bh6 22. Nc3 Bg7 23. Ne2 Bh6 24. Nc3 Bg7 {Precision: White = 31%, Black = 77%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Schreiner, Peter"]
[Black "Ribli, Zoltan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SFR Berlin"]
[BlackTeam "Bayern Muenchen"]

{[%evp 12,55,29,28,31,27,31,0,0,6,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,-13,-20,-13,0,-25,0,-12,-13,-21,0,-8,0,-25,-37,-24,-26,-25,-28,-28,-29,-26,-33,-49,-20,-24,-26,-23,-25,-39]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 Nc6 7. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2c4,Bc4e5,Be5d3,Bd3f4][%mdl 32]} a5 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} 8. b3 a4 9. bxa4 dxc4 {The position is equal.} 10. Nxc4 Be6 11. Nce5 Bd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bd5 13. e3 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Qd5+ {½-½ (71) Vastrukhin,O (2386)-Artemiev,V (2692) Sochi 2017}) 12. Bb2 Ra6 13. Nd3 Qa8 14. Nf4 Be4 15. e3 Rxa4 16. a3 Nd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Qc2 e6 19. Rfc1 Rd8 20. Nd2 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 e5 {[%cal Re5d4]} 22. Nf3 {[%cal Rd4e5]} exd4 23. exd4 Ra5 24. Rab1 Rad5 25. Re1 Qc8 {[%cal Rc6d4]} 26. Qb3 b6 {[%cal Rg7d4]} 27. Rbc1 Na5 28. Qc2 {Precision: White = 50%, Black = 71%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Shytaj, Luca"]
[Black "Zelbel, Patrick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Speyer"]
[BlackTeam "Muelheim"]

{[%evp 11,45,1,16,5,25,2,29,20,35,38,43,28,39,27,33,22,33,22,32,27,47,50,47,17,35,11,19,11,18,11,22,5,20,4,7,-16]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. h3 O-O 6. Nc3 a6 {LiveBook: 3 Games. C50: Hungarian Defence and Giuoco Pianissimo} 7. a4 (7. Bb3 d6 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Be6 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. Bxd5 g5 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Bg3 Rb8 14. Rb1 {0-1 (53) Novikov,M (2546)-Socko,B (2621) Biel 2006}) 7... Kh8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Be7 8. Nd5 d6 9. Nxe7+ Nxe7 10. Bg5 Ng6 11. Qd2 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Qb4 {0-1 (71) Piotrowski,A (1959)-Pastuszko,K (1935) Warsaw 2012}) 8. Ba2 Qe8 9. Bg5 Be7 10. O-O d6 11. d4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Be6 14. a5 Rd8 15. Rfe1 Nd7 {[%cal Bf6d7,Bd7c5,Bc5e6][%mdl 32]} 16. Be3 Bf6 17. Qd2 Nc5 18. Bd4 Bxd4 {The position is equal.} 19. Qxd4 Bxa2 20. Nxa2 Qe5 21. Rad1 Ne6 22. Qxe5 dxe5 23. Nc1 {Precision: White = 59%, Black = 42%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Trent, Lawrence"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Norderstedt"]
[BlackTeam "Schwaebisch Hall"]

{[%evp 13,80,10,10,7,7,0,19,0,0,0,0,15,17,2,14,21,10,18,1,0,25,6,15,0,32,0,25,17,21,-22,0,0,27,25,40,0,0,-20,-20,-20,-20,-20,-22,-20,0,-32,-31,-68,-18,-20,-17,-26,0,0,0,0,0,-85,-85,-142,-153,-156,-137,-144,-123,-327,-315,-325,-317]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. a4 a6 (4... Ngf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. a5 g6 8. O-O Bg7 9. e5 dxe5 10. Nxe5 O-O 11. d3 Be6 12. Re1 Nd5 13. Bd2 {½-½ (42) Carlsen,M (2837)-Ding,L (2774) Saint Louis 2017}) 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Nc3 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7} e6 7. O-O Be7 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 8. d4 {The position is equal.} cxd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. a5 Qc7 11. Bxe6 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 11. Bb3 Nc5 12. Qe2 Nxb3 13. Nxb3 {½-½ (40) Pleasants,A (2119)-Strugnell,C (2241) Swansea 2014}) 11... fxe6 12. Nxe6 Qc4 13. Nxf8 Bxf8 (13... Nxf8 {NOTEXT} 14. Ra4 Qf7 15. Be3 Bd7 16. Rd4 Rc8) 14. Re1 Qf7 15. f3 Ne5 16. Na4 Be6 17. b3 Re8 18. c4 Qh5 19. Ra2 Nfd7 20. Nc3 {[%cal Ba4c3,Bc3e2,Be2f4,Bf4d5,Bd5b6][%mdl 32]} Nc5 21. Ne2 Qh4 22. Rf1 Bf7 23. Nf4 Qd8 24. Be3 Nc6 25. Nd5 Nxa5 26. Rxa5 Qxa5 27. b4 Qa2 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Nd7.} 28. bxc5 Qxc4 {White must now prevent ...Bxd5.} 29. Nb6 Qc3 30. Nd5 Qa3 31. cxd6 Qxd6 {Strongly threatening ...Bxd5.} 32. Nb6 Rd8 33. Qxd6 Bxd6 34. Rc1 a5 35. Kf1 {[#]} (35. Bg5 $11 Ba3 36. Rc7 Rd1+ 37. Kf2) 35... Bb3 $1 $17 ({Much weaker is} 35... Bxh2 $6 36. Ra1 $11) 36. Bg5 (36. e5 $142 Bxe5 37. Rc5 Bxh2 38. Rxa5) 36... Re8 37. Nc4 Bb4 ({And not} 37... Bxh2 38. Nxa5 Ba4 39. Nxb7 $11) 38. Nd2 Be6 {Hoping for ...a4.} 39. Rc7 $2 (39. Rb1 $17) 39... b5 $19 40. Nb1 a4 {Precision: White = 49%, Black = 67%.} 0-1

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Womacka, Mathias"]
[Black "Polischuk, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2283"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Schwaebisch Hall"]
[BlackTeam "Norderstedt"]

{[%evp 29,79,48,68,63,64,21,27,25,32,30,53,57,62,62,120,106,111,109,131,129,131,128,128,125,159,150,151,143,207,212,212,208,252,281,266,194,281,271,303,287,351,346,429,342,429,426,644,643,625,616,566,564]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O d4 12. Ne2 Bg4 13. Bg5 Qd6 14. f3 {B45: Sicilian Four Knights} (14. Qd2 h6 15. Bf4 Qd5 16. Bg3 Rfe8 17. Nf4 Qc5 18. Rfe1 Ne5 19. h3 Bd7 20. Rad1 Rac8 21. Rc1 Nc4 22. Bxc4 Rxe1+ 23. Qxe1 Qxc4 {½-½ (54) Popov,I (2599)-Tregubov,P (2589) Moscow 2017}) 14... Bh5 15. Qd2 Nd5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 16. Be4 {White is slightly better.} f6 17. Bf4 $146 (17. c4 {is more complex.} Nb6 18. Bf4 Nxc4 19. Bxd6 Nxd2 20. Bxf8 Nxe4 21. Bb4) ({Predecessor:} 17. c4 Nde7 18. Be3 Rfd8 19. Rfd1 Qc5 20. Nxd4 Qxc4 21. Rac1 Qf7 22. Qf2 {1-0 (43) Abdusattorov,N (2432)-Dimitrova,A (2235) St Petersburg 2015}) 17... Nxf4 18. Qxf4 Rfd8 19. Rad1 Qxf4 20. Nxf4 Bf7 21. Rd2 Rd7 (21... Rd6 $14) 22. Rfd1 $16 Rad8 23. Ne2 Bg6 24. Bxc6 $1 bxc6 25. Rxd4 ({Much weaker is} 25. Nxd4 $6 c5 $11) 25... Rxd4 26. Rxd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rb8 27. b4 Bxc2 {[#]} 28. Rd7 $1 a5 (28... Re8 $16 {is a better defense.}) 29. bxa5 $18 {Hoping for a6.} Ra8 30. Nd4 $1 {[%csl LRc2,LRc6]} Ba4 {And now ...c5 would win.} 31. Ne6 Rxa5 32. Rxg7+ Kh8 33. Rf7 {[%cal Rf7f8] [#]} h5 34. Rxf6 Rd5 35. h4 c5 36. Rf8+ Kh7 37. Rc8 {White is clearly winning.} Bd7 (37... Rd6 $142 38. Nxc5 Rd4) 38. Nf8+ Kh6 39. Nxd7 Rxd7 40. Rc6+ {Precision: White = 95%, Black = 19%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Vogel, Roven"]
[Black "Schramm, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2374"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Dresden"]
[BlackTeam "Zugzwang Muenchen"]

{[%evp 14,89,27,24,19,30,27,4,7,2,17,18,26,9,149,131,140,140,148,131,178,148,160,151,122,136,142,102,149,149,151,159,149,97,113,121,110,87,153,163,166,103,102,102,102,102,99,94,102,106,102,91,120,110,131,118,126,124,111,87,91,90,90,91,214,85,92,85,470,448,437,435,874,673,651,648,640,640]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Be7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c6 7. h3 b6 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} 8. Bd3 {LiveBook: 6 Games} dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 $146 {White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 9... Bb7 10. O-O c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Ne5 Nc6 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Rfd1 Kf8 16. a3 Ne4 17. Nxe4 {½-½ (17) Ribli,Z (2565)-Pfleger,H (2480) Austria 1998}) 10. O-O Nxf4 11. exf4 Nd7 12. Qe2 Bb7 13. Rad1 Qc7 {[#]} (13... Nf6 $11) 14. f5 $1 $36 {[%cal Rf5e6][%mdl 2560] White is really pushing.} Kh8 (14... exf5 15. Qxe7) 15. fxe6 fxe6 16. Bxe6 Bd6 17. Ng5 {Hoping for Nxh7!} Nf6 18. Bb3 Rae8 19. Qd3 Bc8 20. Rde1 {Threatens to win with Rxe8.} Bh2+ 21. Kh1 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 {aiming for g3.} Bf4 {[#]} 23. Ne6 ({Better is} 23. Nf3 $1) 23... Bxe6 24. Rxe6 Qd7 25. Qc4 b5 (25... Qxe6 $142 26. Qxe6 Re8) 26. Qc5 Re8 {[#]} 27. Re2 (27. Rxe8+ $1 $18 Qxe8 28. g3) 27... Bd6 28. Rxe8+ Nxe8 29. Qh5 Nf6 30. Qf3 Bc7 31. Ne2 a5 32. a4 Qd6 {[%csl Gc7][%cal Rd6h2]} 33. g3 bxa4 34. Bxa4 Qb4 35. Qxc6 Qxb2 36. Bb5 Qb1+ 37. Kh2 {And now Nc3 would win.} Qf5 38. Kg1 ({But not} 38. Qxc7 $6 Qxf2+ 39. Kh1 Qf1+ 40. Kh2 Qf2+ 41. Kh1 Qf1+ 42. Kh2 Qf2+ $11) 38... h5 (38... Qb1+ $16 {was worth a try.} 39. Nc1 h6) 39. Bc4 ({Don't take} 39. Qxc7 $6 Qxb5 40. Nc3 Qd3 $16) (39. Nc3 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.} Bb8 40. Qa8) 39... Qb1+ 40. Kh2 Qf5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (40... Qb6 $16 41. Qc5 Qb8) 41. Qxc7 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Qxf2+ 42. Kh1 a4 (42... Qf1+ $142 43. Ng1 Qf5 44. Qb8+ Kh7) 43. Qb8+ Kh7 {intending ...Qf1+.} 44. Bd3+ g6 45. Qf4 {Precision: White = 64%, Black = 52%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Vidonyak, Roman"]
[Black "Jakubowski, Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bayern Muenchen"]
[BlackTeam "SFR Berlin"]

{[%evp 14,101,47,42,52,30,33,25,24,25,37,30,57,54,54,39,64,35,79,25,92,92,103,80,90,87,77,79,114,114,106,106,205,205,215,212,275,261,503,504,479,465,747,714,655,628,945,955,927,815,840,598,594,399,501,369,527,493,3029,819,6606,6636,6522,6522,6389,6498,5616,6091,6414,5697,5377,5289,2563,2464,29972,29972,29979,29980,29982,29983,29984,29985,29985,29986,29986,29987,29993,29990,29994,29995]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 b6 5. e4 c5 6. d5 {E32: Nimzo-Indian: Classical (4 Qc2): 4...0-0} exd5 7. exd5 O-O (7... Qe7+ 8. Nge2 O-O 9. Bd2 d6 10. O-O-O Ng4 11. Be1 Nd7 12. Ng3 Ndf6 13. h3 Ne5 {1-0 (35) Zhou,J (2597)-Wei,Y (2743) Shenzhen 2017}) 8. Bd3 $1 {LiveBook: 4 Games. White is slightly better.} b5 9. b3 bxc4 10. bxc4 d6 11. Nge2 Nbd7 12. f4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. O-O Ne5 13. f4 Nf3+ {½-½ (13) Vilela de Acuna,J (2440)-Garcia Martinez,S (2370) Cienfuegos 1991}) 12... Bxc3+ 13. Qxc3 Re8 {[#] White must now prevent ...Ne4.} 14. O-O Rb8 15. Ng3 Nf8 16. h3 ({White should play} 16. Bd2 $16) 16... Ng6 (16... h5 $1 $11) 17. Bd2 $16 Rb7 18. Rae1 Rxe1 19. Rxe1 Re7 20. Rb1 h6 21. Qc2 Nf8 22. Bc3 {Bxf6 is the strong threat.} Rb7 (22... Re8 $16 {might work better.}) 23. Rxb7 $18 Bxb7 24. Qb2 Ba6 25. Bxf6 gxf6 $2 (25... Qxf6 26. Qxf6 gxf6) 26. Nh5 Nh7 27. Qa3 Qc8 (27... Bc8 $142 28. Qxa7 Nf8) 28. Qc3 Qd8 29. Bf5 Kh8 30. Kh2 Qe7 31. Qg3 {[%csl Gh5][%cal Rg3g7]} Qf8 32. Bxh7 Kxh7 33. Nxf6+ Kh8 34. Qe3 Kg7 (34... Bc8 $142 35. Qd3 Kg7) 35. Qc3 {aiming for Nd7+.} Kg6 {[#]} (35... Kh8 $142 36. Nh5+ Kg8) 36. g4 (36. f5+ $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxf5 37. Nd7) 36... Bc8 37. f5+ Bxf5 38. gxf5+ Kxf5 39. Qf3+ Kg6 40. Ne4 Qe7 41. Qg4+ Kh7 42. Qf5+ Kg7 43. Kg3 a5 44. a4 {White mates.} Kf8 45. Qf4 Kg7 46. Kf3 Qb7 47. Qf6+ Kh7 48. Nxd6 Qb3+ 49. Kf4 Qxa4 50. Qxf7+ Kh8 51. Qg6 {Precision: White = 84%, Black = 30%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kopylov, Michael"]
[Black "Gharamian, Tigran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Norderstedt"]
[BlackTeam "Schwaebisch Hall"]

{[%evp 25,41,0,56,54,51,34,53,51,52,61,104,110,111,109,141,170,154,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. e4 O-O 9. Bd3 a6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. O-O Nh5 12. g4 {A70: Modern Benoni: 6 e4 g6 7 Nf3} (12. Bg5 Bf6 13. Be3 Re8 14. Qd2 Ne5 15. Be2 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Ng7 {½-½ (16) Kazhgaleyev,M (2594)-Ponomariov,R (2709) chess.com INT 2017}) 12... Nhf6 13. Bf4 Ne8 {LiveBook: 5 Games} (13... h5 $11) 14. Qd2 $14 {White is slightly better.} Rb8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Qe7 15. Bg3 Rb8 16. Rfe1 f6 17. a5 Ne5 18. Kg2 Nxf3 19. Kxf3 {0-1 (41) Suvorov,A (2145)-Schitco,I (2334) Schwaebisch Gmuend 2018}) 15. Rae1 b6 16. Bg5 f6 17. Bh4 Ne5 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. f4 {Strongly threatening fxe5.} exf4 20. Qxf4 Rb7 21. e5 $2 ({Better is} 21. Qe3 $16) 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Lobzhanidze, Davit"]
[Black "Hoffmann, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2416"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SV Hofheim"]
[BlackTeam "Aachen"]

{[%evp 19,95,-42,-34,-36,-19,-28,-14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,38,31,22,31,25,31,70,69,58,65,95,112,117,117,108,114,139,125,175,163,174,167,192,192,187,185,185,134,141,141,165,164,180,165,166,0,179,0,166,177,181,128,125,116,150,0,141,0,195,191,415,578,943,920,901,887,29982,29983,29983,29984,29984,29983,29981,29982]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. c3 d5 5. Qe2 Nf6 6. g3 {B40: Sicilian: 2...e6, Unusual lines} Be7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 9. e5 (9. exd5 Nxd5 10. a4 b4 11. c4 Nf6 12. Nbd2 Bb7 13. Nb3 {½-½ (59) Bologan,V (2615)-Geller,J (2526) Moscow 2017}) 9... Nd7 10. h4 a5 {LiveBook: 17 Games} 11. a4 b4 12. c4 dxc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nb6 13. Bf4 {½-½ (26) Joachim,S (2480)-Braun,P (2257) Schwaebisch Gmuend 2006}) 13. dxc4 Bb7 14. Rd1 Qc7 15. Bf4 {[#]} Nd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Rxd4 Nc5 {Hoping for ...Nb3.} 19. Nd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2e4,Be4d6][%mdl 32]} Qc6 20. b3 Rfd8 21. Be3 Rxd4 22. Bxd4 Rd8 23. Bxc5 Bxc5 24. Ne4 Be7 25. Rc1 Rd4 {[#]} 26. Nd6 $1 {Strongly threatening c5.} Bxd6 27. exd6 {Threatens to win with c5.} Qxd6 $18 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 28. c5 Qc7 29. c6 Kf8 30. Rc5 (30. Qb5 $18 Rd8 31. Qb7) 30... Ke7 $16 31. Qe3 Rd6 32. Qg5+ Kf8 33. Qc1 ({Worse is} 33. Rxa5 Rd1+ 34. Kh2 Qxc6 $17) 33... Ke7 34. Qg5+ Kf8 35. Qc1 ({Not} 35. Rxa5 Rd1+ 36. Kh2 Qxc6 $17) 35... Ke7 $1 36. Qc4 f6 37. Qc2 (37. Kg2 $18) 37... h6 38. Qg6 Kf8 39. Qc2 Ke7 $1 40. Qg6 (40. Qh7 $16 Kf7 41. Qe4) 40... Rd1+ $2 (40... Kf8 $1 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 41. Kg2 $18 Kd6 $2 (41... Kf8 42. Qe4 e5) 42. Rc2 Rd5 {intending ...Rc5.} 43. Qe8 e5 44. f4 {[%cal Bf2f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32]} Rd4 45. f5 {[%csl Gf5][%cal Re8e6] White mates.} Kd5 46. Qd7+ Qxd7 47. cxd7 Ke4 48. Rc4 {Precision: White = 78%, Black = 48%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Loxine, Jakov"]
[Black "Eichler, Christoph"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2299"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Dresden"]
[BlackTeam "Zugzwang Muenchen"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:3000+30"]

1. c4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 2. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 4. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:12] LiveBook: 607 Games} 5. e4 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 6. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 7. a3 {[%emt 0:01:20]} g6 {[%emt 0:01:13] D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation} 8. Nf3 {[%emt 0:01:47]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 9. Bd3 $146 {[%emt 0:14:15]} ({Predecessor:} 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. Be3 O-O 12. O-O b6 13. Qa4 Bb7 14. Rad1 Ne7 15. Bd3 {1-0 (57) Caruana,F (2807)-Dominguez Perez,L (2739) Saint Louis 2017}) 9... Nc6 {[%emt 0:09:52]} 10. e5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:06:44]} 11. cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:40]} 12. Be4 {[%emt 0:03:04]} f6 {[%emt 0:08:04]} 13. exf6 {[%emt 0:01:17]} Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 14. Be3 {[%emt 0:04:53]} Qa5+ {[%emt 0:08:45]} 15. Kf1 {[%emt 0:02:23]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:03:31]} 16. h4 {[%emt 0:04:21]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:06:16]} 17. h5 {[%emt 0:08:50]} g5 $11 {[%emt 0:06:36]} 18. h6 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:02:59]} 19. Bd2 {[%emt 0:33:05]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:09:01]} 20. Bb4 {[%emt 0:03:08]} Re8 {[%emt 0:17:29]} 21. Kg1 {[%emt 0:08:27]} a5 {[%emt 0:03:00]} 22. Bc3 {[%emt 0:02:23]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 23. Qd2 {[%emt 0:02:43]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:04:38]} 24. Bxa5 {[%emt 0:02:41]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 25. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rxc6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 26. Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:02:00]} 27. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 28. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:02:51]} Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 29. Ra2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rc1+ {[%emt 0:06:39]} 30. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rxh1+ {[%emt 0:00:13]} 31. Kxh1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 32. Rc2 {[%emt 0:04:12]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:01:46]} 33. g4 {[%emt 0:01:16]} Kxh6 {[%emt 0:01:21]} 34. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 35. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:51]} h5 {[%emt 0:02:31]} 36. gxh5+ {[%emt 0:00:11]} Kxh5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 37. Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:04:45]} 38. f3 {[%emt 0:03:27]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 39. Rd2 {[%emt 0:06:51]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:01:29]} 40. Rxd8 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Bxd8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 41. a4 {[%emt 0:03:45]} Bc7 {[%emt 0:02:05]} 42. Bd2 {[%emt 0:01:06]} Kh5 {[%emt 0:01:49]} 43. Be3 {[%emt 0:01:31]} g4 {[%emt 0:03:27]} 44. fxg4+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kxg4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 45. Bxb6 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Lindgren, Philip"]
[Black "Tomczak, Jacek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2391"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bayern Muenchen"]
[BlackTeam "SFR Berlin"]

{[%evp 27,80,0,0,-12,-12,-14,0,-22,0,-22,-25,-33,-22,-77,-69,-71,-10,-7,-17,-88,-88,-88,-86,-125,-128,-122,-125,-146,-147,-140,-140,-141,-134,-138,-149,-142,-151,-149,-141,-166,-161,-212,-203,-262,-247,-222,-251,-267,-267,-275,-251,-397,-386,-29995,-29996]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nxd5 Qxd5 7. Bg2 g6 8. O-O Bg7 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 Bd7 11. Nd4 Qd6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Bxc6 Qxc6 14. Rc1 Qe6 {LiveBook: 76 Games} 15. Rc4 {A38: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7 5 Nf3 Nf6} (15. Rxc5 Qxa2 16. Rb5 b6 17. Qb3 Qxb3 18. Rxb3 Rac8 19. Ra1 Rc7 20. Rba3 a5 21. Rb3 Rc2 22. Rxb6 Rxe2 23. d4 Rd8 24. Kf1 Rc2 25. Ra4 f5 26. Rb5 Rcc8 27. Ke2 {½-½ (27) Lecroq,M (2594)-Kribben,M (2660) ICCF email 2016}) 15... b6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Bxb2 16. Bxc5 Bf6 17. Qb3 Qxe2 18. Re4 Qf3 19. Bxe7 Bxe7 20. Rxe7 Rad8 21. Qxb7 Qxd3 22. Qxa7 Ra8 23. Qe3 {½-½ (23) Karlsson,L (2450)-Winsnes,R (2385) Sweden 1998}) 16. Qc2 Rfd8 17. a4 {The position is equal.} Rd5 18. Re4 Qh3 {aiming for ...Rh5.} 19. Rh4 Qd7 20. b4 {[#]} (20. Re4 $11 {remains equal.}) 20... Bf6 $1 $17 {[%cal Rf6h4]} 21. Rc4 {[%cal Rb4c5]} cxb4 ({Better is} 21... Qh3 $17 22. f3 cxb4 23. Rxb4 Rh5) 22. Rxb4 $11 Rc8 23. Rc4 (23. Qa2 $11) 23... Rxc4 $17 24. dxc4 Rh5 25. f3 Qh3 {[%csl Gh5][%cal Rh3h2]} 26. Rf2 Qe6 27. Qd3 Kg7 28. Rf1 Qh3 {[%csl Gh5][%cal Rh3h2]} 29. Rf2 Ra5 30. Rf1 Rxa4 31. c5 bxc5 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black is out for blood.} 32. Bxc5 Qc8 33. Be3 h5 34. Rc1 (34. Qb3 {was called for.} Qa6 35. Kf2) 34... Qe6 $19 35. Kf2 Qh3 36. Kg1 h4 37. Bf2 hxg3 38. hxg3 Ra5 {And now ...Rh5 would win.} 39. g4 (39. f4 {was forced.}) 39... Be5 {( -> ...Bh2+)} 40. Be3 $2 {[#]} (40. f4 $19 Qxg4+ 41. Qg3 Qxf4 42. Qxf4 Bxf4 43. Rc6) 40... Bh2+ {Precision: White = 31%, Black = 79%.} 0-1

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Margolin, Boris"]
[Black "Santos Ruiz, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2388"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SV Hofheim"]
[BlackTeam "Aachen"]

{[%evp 23,103,0,0,-6,7,-36,-14,-47,-25,-35,0,0,0,0,0,-7,0,0,0,0,0,-6,0,-14,-14,-31,-35,-32,-27,-47,-9,-26,0,0,20,6,31,0,4,0,0,-1,0,0,0,-6,-6,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,32,25,37,28,28,12,6,8,6,4,12,12,19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3 Be6 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. exd5 Bc8 11. Qd2 O-O 12. O-O Nd7 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 13. f3 {B92: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Be2} (13. Na5 f5 14. f4 exf4 15. Bxf4 Nc5 16. Bf3 g5 17. Be3 g4 18. Be2 Bf6 19. Rae1 Be5 20. Bxg4 Ne4 {1-0 (34) Papp,G (2607)-Raja,H (2427) Caleta 2018}) 13... f5 {[%cal Bf7f5,Bf5f4][%mdl 32]} 14. Na5 f4 15. Bf2 Bh4 16. g3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. b4 Bxf2+ 17. Rxf2 Rf6 18. Bd3 Rh6 19. g3 fxg3 20. hxg3 Rh3 {0-1 (81) Gipslis,A (2465)-Arbakov,V (2455) Schwaebisch Gmuend 1996}) 16... e4 {And now ...e3 would win.} 17. gxh4 e3 18. Qb4 {Black must now prevent Be1.} exf2+ 19. Rxf2 Ne5 20. Nc4 Nxc4 21. Bxc4 a5 22. Qd2 Qxh4 23. Re1 Bd7 24. Re4 b5 25. Bd3 Qf6 26. c3 Kh8 27. Kh1 Qg5 28. Bc2 Rf5 {[%cal Bf8f5,Bf5d5,Bd5d2,Bd2f2][%mdl 32]} 29. Rg2 Qh4 30. Rg4 Qh3 31. Qf2 Rxd5 32. Rh4 {[#]} Rd2 $1 {[%cal Rd2f2][%mdl 512]} 33. Rxh3 (33. Qxd2 Qf1#) 33... Rxf2 {[#]} 34. Rxh7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxh7 35. Re2+ $1 g6 36. Rxf2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Re8 {Threatens to win with ...Bh3.} 37. Kg2 Bc6 38. Rd2 Re6 39. Kf2 Kg7 40. h4 Kh6 41. Rd4 Rf6 {The position is equal.} 42. a4 bxa4 $1 43. Bxa4 Bxa4 44. Rxa4 {KR-KR} Rf5 45. Rd4 Kh5 46. c4 Kxh4 47. Rxd6 Rc5 48. Rd4 g5 49. b3 Rc8 50. Rd7 {[%cal Rd7h7]} Kh5 51. Rd2 a4 52. bxa4 {Precision: White = 51%, Black = 56%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Schmidek, Emil"]
[Black "Unzicker, Ferdinand"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "2323"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SFR Berlin"]
[BlackTeam "Bayern Muenchen"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:3000+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 5. c4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 6. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 7. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Ng4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 8. Qxg4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 9. Qd1 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 10. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 11. Bd3 {[%emt 0:02:55]} b6 {[%emt 0:07:36]} 12. O-O {[%emt 0:01:59]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 13. a3 {[%emt 0:53:10]} Rc8 $16 {[%emt 0:33:44]} 14. Rc2 {[%emt 0:38:21]} d6 {[%emt 0:26:50]} 15. Nd5 {[%emt 0:03:07]} Qa4 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 16. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:01:50]} 17. Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 18. c5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:20:14]} 19. b4 {[%emt 0:00:56]} Qxa3 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 20. Ra2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 21. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 22. Bxb3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Bxb3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 23. Rd2 {[%emt 0:04:34]} e5 {[%emt 0:03:48]} 24. Rxd4 {[%emt 0:02:00]} exd4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 25. Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Be6 {[%emt 0:02:11]} 26. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:08]} 27. cxb6 {[%emt 0:00:40]} axb6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 28. Qxb6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 29. h3 {[%emt 0:02:17]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 30. Qd4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 31. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:54]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:08:23]} 32. Qc5 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Rbd8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 33. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Rxd5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 34. Rxd5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rxd5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 35. Qc6 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Rd1+ {[%emt 0:00:54]} 36. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 37. Qb7 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Rd2 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 38. b5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Bxb5 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 39. Qc8+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Braun, Christian"]
[Black "Gurevich, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Aachen"]
[BlackTeam "SV Hofheim"]

{[%evp 21,56,45,29,0,0,-2,-13,-7,0,-36,-38,-84,-56,-51,-48,-76,-86,-83,-77,-104,-111,-126,-133,-127,-120,-318,-293,-610,-606,-597,-566,-655,-638,-623,-611,-575,-539]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. a4 {B92: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Be2} h6 10. Be3 (10. Bh4 b6 11. Bc4 Bb7 12. Qd3 O-O 13. O-O Qc7 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Nd2 Rfc8 16. Bb3 Qc5 {0-1 (99) Almasi,Z (2707)-Bindrich,F (2598) Douglas 2017}) 10... b6 11. O-O O-O {LiveBook: 5 Games} 12. Nd5 Bb7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nxd5 13. Qxd5 Rb8 14. Rfd1 Bb7 15. Qd3 Qc7 16. f3 Rfd8 17. c3 Rbc8 18. Qd2 {½-½ (25) Palamarek,D (2030)-Strizak,N (2140) Novi Sad 1990}) 13. Qd3 Nxd5 14. exd5 Bg5 15. a5 b5 16. Rfc1 f5 17. Bxg5 Qxg5 18. c4 bxc4 19. Rxc4 {With the idea Rc7.} Nf6 {[%cal Bd7f6,Bf6e4,Be4f2][%mdl 32]} 20. f4 Qg6 21. Rc6 Bxc6 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black attacks with force.} 22. dxc6 Qf7 {...Qa7+ is the strong threat.} 23. Rc1 $2 {[#]} (23. fxe5 $17 {was the only defense.} dxe5 24. Nc5) 23... Qa7+ $1 $19 24. Kh1 $2 {[#]} (24. Kf1 Ng4 25. Qg3) 24... Ne4 $1 {[%cal Re4f2] Black is clearly winning.} 25. Qc4+ Kh8 {( -> ...Nf2+)} 26. h3 Qe3 {White must now prevent ...Ng3+.} 27. Bf3 {Now Bxe4 and White clings on.} Nf2+ 28. Kh2 {If White can now play Rc3 this consolidates a bit.} e4 {Precision: White = 18%, Black = 97%.} 0-1

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Parvanyan, Ashot"]
[Black "Le Roux, Jean-Pierre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2379"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Norderstedt"]
[BlackTeam "Schwaebisch Hall"]

{[%evp 13,45,28,31,30,41,32,35,37,36,30,41,18,30,18,18,20,37,15,6,0,12,-18,-22,-25,-14,0,0,-25,0,0,0,0,0,-24]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. d4 g6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. Ng5 Bg7 6. e4 {E61: King's Indian: Early deviations for White, including Smyslov System} Bd7 7. f4 e5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 8. fxe5 {White is slightly better.} dxe5 9. dxe5 {[#] Black must now prevent Be2.} Ng4 10. e6 Bxe6 {Strongly threatening ...Bxc3+.} 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 12. Nxe6+ fxe6 13. Be2 $146 Ne5 14. Be3 Nbd7 15. O-O-O Ke7 16. Kc2 h6 17. Rd2 Bf6 18. Rdd1 Bg5 19. Bf2 h5 20. h3 a6 21. Rhf1 {The position is equal.} Rhf8 22. a3 b6 23. b4 {Precision: White = 35%, Black = 72%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Grigorian, Spartak"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2354"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]

{[%evp 14,46,46,9,2,0,0,-5,1,-21,0,-32,-27,-35,77,44,71,31,29,25,73,-36,134,147,125,-1434,-1451,-29986,-29987,-29987,-29988,-2958,-866,-750,-248]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nc3 f5 4. e3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 Nf6 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Ne2 d6 8. Qc2 c5 {A85: Dutch Defence: 2 c4 Nf6 3 Nc3} 9. O-O Nc6 10. Rb1 b6 {The position is equal.} 11. Ng3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Nf4 Na5 13. Be2 e5 14. Nd5 {0-1 (31) Cade,S (2035)-Deschamp,G (2217) Chessfriend.com 2004}) 11... h5 12. d5 Ne5 13. dxe6 g6 (13... Nxd3 $15 {keeps the upper hand.} 14. Qxd3 Bxe6) 14. e4 $16 h4 15. Nxf5 gxf5 16. exf5 {aiming for Bg5.} Bb7 17. Bh6 (17. Bg5 $16) 17... Kh7 $2 (17... h3 $1 $15 {stays ahead.} 18. f3 Re8) 18. Bg5 $1 ({Much less strong is} 18. Bxf8 $6 Qxf8 19. f4 Nxd3 $14) 18... Qe8 {White must now prevent ...Nf3+!} 19. Rbe1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} ({Inferior is} 19. Bxh4 Qh5 $15) (19. f4 $16 Neg4 20. Qe2) 19... Nf3+ $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 20. gxf3 {[#]} Qh5 $1 21. Be4 Rg8 22. f4 Qg4+ (22... Nxe4 $142 23. f3 Nxg5 24. f6+ Kh8) 23. Kh1 Bxe4+ $2 {Precision: White = 36%, Black = 52%.} (23... Nxe4 {[%cal Re4f2]} 24. f3 Nxg5 25. f6+ Rg6 26. fxg5 Bxf3+ 27. Rxf3 Qxf3+ 28. Qg2 Qxg2+ 29. Kxg2 Rxg5+ 30. Kf3 Rf5+ 31. Kg4 Rxf6) 0-1

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Rezasade, Amir"]
[Black "Kovacs, Gabor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2354"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Muelheim"]
[BlackTeam "Speyer"]

{[%evp 25,95,-34,-24,-41,-21,-21,-23,-28,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,-3,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-27,-18,-28,-20,-12,-16,-52,-51,-66,-65,-63,0,-75,0,-68,0,-59,0,-67,0,-60]} 1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Be4 11. Qc1 c6 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7} 12. Be3 Nbd7 13. Nbd2 Bd5 {LiveBook: 4 Games. Black is slightly better.} 14. Nb3 {[#]} Qc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... h6 15. Rd1 Rc8 16. Nc5 Nxc5 17. dxc5 Qc7 18. Bf4 Qa7 19. b4 {½-½ (70) Harikrishna,P (2753)-Ponomariov,R (2712) Huaian 2016}) 15. Bg5 Rfd8 16. Qf4 Qxf4 17. gxf4 c5 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Nxc5 Bxc5 20. Rfc1 Rdc8 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Ne1 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Kf8 24. Kf3 Bd6 25. Nd3 Ke7 26. a4 Rxc1 27. Nxc1 bxa4 28. Rxa4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rc8 29. Nd3 Rc6 30. Ra5 f5 31. Ke3 Kd8 32. Ra1 Ke7 33. Rg1 Kf8 34. Ra1 Ke7 35. Kd2 Bc7 36. Ra3 Kd7 37. h4 h5 38. Ra1 Ke8 39. Rg1 Kf8 40. Ke3 Bd8 41. Kd2 Bf6 42. f3 Rb6 43. Kc2 Rc6+ (43... a5 $15) 44. Kb3 (44. Kd2 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 44... Rb6+ 45. Kc2 Rc6+ 46. Kd2 Rb6 47. Kc2 $1 Rc6+ (47... a5 $15) 48. Kd2 {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 77%.} (48. Kb3 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Hoffmeyer, Falk"]
[Black "Paehtz, Elisabeth"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zugzwang Muenchen"]
[BlackTeam "Dresden"]

{[%evp 14,105,19,18,43,30,37,0,0,0,0,-1,16,3,22,20,41,29,81,75,82,83,86,82,77,88,173,173,171,168,172,164,209,210,212,212,191,194,198,210,196,162,230,187,187,175,187,168,318,139,300,188,300,291,387,378,358,0,351,299,306,259,939,250,250,235,226,170,166,160,135,12,11,19,26,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,57,8,8,8,8,8,16,23]} 1. d4 d6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 Nc6 7. d5 {E61: King's Indian: Early deviations for White, including Smyslov System} (7. O-O e5 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 a5 10. bxa5 Rxa5 11. Nd2 Nd7 12. Nb3 Ra8 13. a4 f5 14. Ba3 e4 15. Qc2 b6 {1-0 (23) Kuzubov,Y (2638)-Onischuk,V (2614) Lvov 2016}) 7... Nb8 8. O-O {LiveBook: 7 Games} Na6 9. Nd4 {White is slightly better.} e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Bd7 10. Bf3 Rb8 11. Rb1 e5 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. b4 Qe7 14. Ndb5 {1-0 (79) Galliamova,A (2478)-Guramishvili,S (2370) Chakvi 2015}) 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. Rb1 e5 12. Nc2 Be6 13. b4 Nb8 14. e4 Nc6 15. Be3 Nh5 (15... Qd7 $11) 16. Bxh5 $16 gxh5 17. Nd5 h4 18. h3 Kh8 19. Qh5 a5 (19... Bf6 $16 {was necessary.}) 20. Bg5 $18 Qd7 21. b5 (21. Bxh4 axb4 22. Ncxb4 Nd4 $11) 21... Bxd5 22. cxd5 Nb4 23. Nxb4 axb4 24. Rxb4 Bf6 25. Qxh4 Bxg5 26. Qxg5 Rxa2 27. Rb3 Rf4 (27... b6 $142 28. Rc3 Rf7) 28. Rg3 {[%csl Gg3][%cal Rg5g8]} Ra8 29. Rg4 Raf8 30. Rxf4 $40 {[%mdl 128] White goes for the king.} exf4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} (30... Rxf4 {is a better defense.} 31. Rb1 b6) 31. Qh6 (31. Rc1 $18 {has better winning chances.}) 31... Qe7 $2 (31... Qg7 $16 32. Qh5 Qc3) 32. f3 Kg8 (32... Qg7 $142 33. Qh4 (33. Qxg7+ Kxg7 34. Rc1 Rf7 $16) 33... Qb2) 33. Rc1 Qd7 34. Qg5+ Kh8 35. Qh6 {[%cal Rh6f8]} Kg8 $1 36. Kh1 Qe7 37. Kh2 Rf7 $2 {[#]} (37... b6 38. Qe6+ Rf7) 38. Ra1 $2 (38. b6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} cxb6 39. e5 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 38... Qd8 39. Qe6 Kg7 40. e5 dxe5 41. Qxe5+ Qf6 {[#]} 42. Re1 (42. Qe1 $1 $16) 42... Qxe5 $11 43. Rxe5 {KR-KR} Kf6 $1 {[%cal Rf6e5]} 44. Re4 Kf5 45. g4+ fxg3+ $1 46. Kxg3 Rg7+ 47. Kf2 Rd7 48. Rh4 Rxd5 49. Rxh7 {Threatens to win with Rh5+.} Kf6 50. Rxc7 (50. b6 $5 cxb6 51. Rh6+ (51. Rxb7 Rb5 $16) 51... Ke5 52. Rxb6 $16) 50... Rxb5 {The position is equal.} 51. Kg3 Rg5+ 52. Kf4 {Black must now prevent Rf7+.} Rf5+ 53. Kg4 {Precision: White = 50%, Black = 39%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Gerigk, Erasmus"]
[Black "Moehn, Hans"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2344"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zugzwang Muenchen"]
[BlackTeam "Dresden"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:3000+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 3. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 4. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:06] LiveBook: 1935 Games} 6. d4 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:02:33]} 7. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:17]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 8. Nf3 {[%emt 0:07:13]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 9. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:44]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:22]} 10. O-O {[%emt 0:00:32]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:06:11] A34: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3, lines with ...d5} 11. Qb3 {[%emt 0:08:51]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:01:26]} 12. Bg5 {[%emt 0:03:00]} (12. Be3 Na5 13. Qb2 {½-½ (13) Fang,Y (2448)-Pikula,D (2456) Novi Sad 2016}) 12... Rd8 {[%emt 0:05:36]} 13. Rab1 $146 {[%emt 0:13:08]} ({Predecessor:} 13. Rfd1 Be6 14. Qa3 Rac8 15. Rac1 h6 16. Bd2 Na5 17. Re1 Bf8 18. Ne5 Bc4 19. Nxc4 Nxc4 20. Bxc4 Qxc4 21. Qxa7 {½-½ (60) Lugovskoy,M (2328)-Yarullina,A (2077) Sochi 2012}) 13... b6 {[%emt 0:08:52]} 14. Bh4 {[%emt 0:11:40]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:08:37]} 15. Rfe1 {[%emt 0:08:40]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:08:40]} 16. Bg3 {[%emt 0:14:28]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:01:14]} 17. h4 $15 {[%emt 0:09:57]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:08:49]} 18. Ng5 {[%emt 0:02:20]} e6 {[%emt 0:05:58]} 19. Bb5 {[%emt 0:02:57]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:15:45]} 20. Bf4 {[%emt 0:06:59]} Rd5 {[%emt 0:10:28]} 21. Bf1 {[%emt 0:05:18]} Na5 {[%emt 0:03:25]} 22. Qa3 {[%emt 0:01:22]} Rf5 {[%emt 0:01:45]} 23. Be3 {[%emt 0:07:52]} Be7 {[%emt 0:05:07]} 24. Qc1 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 25. Bd3 {[%emt 0:01:10]} Nxe3 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 26. fxe3 {[%emt 0:01:17]} Bxg5 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 27. Bxf5 {[%emt 0:01:28]} Bxh4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 28. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Bg3 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 0-1

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Rafiee, Makan"]
[Black "Abel, Dennes"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "2339"]
[BlackElo "2473"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bayern Muenchen"]
[BlackTeam "SFR Berlin"]

{[%evp 24,54,37,14,23,19,69,28,39,26,114,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qe2 Nxd4 9. Bxd4 a6 10. O-O-O b5 11. Bb3 Bb7 12. a3 O-O 13. g4 {LiveBook: 3 Games. B89: Sicilian: Velimirovic Attack} Qa5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Nd7 14. h4 Qc7 15. g5 Nc5 16. Ba2 Bc6 17. g6 fxg6 18. h5 Bg5+ 19. Kb1 Rae8 20. Qg4 Qe7 21. hxg6 {0-1 (41) Bernadskiy,V (2556)-Alekseenko,K (2499) Yerevan 2015}) 14. g5 Nd7 15. g6 {White is slightly better.} (15. h4 $5 {[%cal Rg5g6]}) 15... hxg6 {Strongly threatening ...Nc5.} 16. h4 {Threatens to win with h5.} b4 {[#]} (16... Bf6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 17. axb4 ({White has to play} 17. h5 $1 $16) 17... Qh5 $1 $11 {[%cal Rh5e2] The position is equal.} ({Don't play} 17... Qxb4 $6 18. h5 $16) 18. Qxh5 gxh5 19. Rhg1 g6 20. f4 Kh7 21. f5 Bxh4 22. fxe6 fxe6 23. Bxe6 Rad8 24. Bf5 Rg8 $1 (24... gxf5 $2 25. Rg7+ Kh6 26. Rdg1 $18) 25. Be6 Rgf8 26. Bf5 Rg8 $1 ({Wrong is} 26... gxf5 $2 27. Rg7+ Kh6 28. Rdg1 $18) 27. Be6 Rgf8 {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 66%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Zpevak, Pavel"]
[Black "Bohnsack, Ralf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2337"]
[BlackElo "2149"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Schwaebisch Hall"]
[BlackTeam "Norderstedt"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:3000+30"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. d3 d6 8. a3 Bd7 9. Rb1 a5 10. Bd2 Ne8 11. Ne1 Nc7 12. Nc2 Rb8 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 Nxb4 15. Nxb4 cxb4 16. Rxb4 b5 17. cxb5 {A38: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7 5 Nf3 Nf6} Nxb5 18. Nxb5 Rxb5 19. Rxb5 Bxb5 20. Qb3 Qd7 (20... Bd7 21. Qb7 Qc8 22. Qa7 Rd8 23. Bg5 Bf6 24. Bxf6 exf6 {1-0 (89) Kovalenko,I (2684)-Borisek,J (2565) chess.com INT 2017}) 21. Bg5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 21. Rc1 Ba4 22. Qb4 Qb5 23. Qxb5 Bxb5 24. Bg5 Re8 25. Rb1 Ba4 26. Rb4 Bd7 27. Rb7 Bg4 28. Rxe7 {½-½ (28) Berescu,A (2461)-Parligras,M (2565) Albena 2013}) 21... h6 22. Be3 Rc8 23. Rc1 $11 Rxc1+ 24. Bxc1 Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kahlert, Thomas"]
[Black "Raykhman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E98"]
[WhiteElo "2191"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Norderstedt"]
[BlackTeam "Schwaebisch Hall"]

{[%evp 25,107,28,24,0,18,0,0,0,0,0,21,0,21,8,24,0,0,0,58,0,0,0,7,-3,8,0,8,0,93,35,131,0,27,23,248,246,240,243,253,247,218,231,615,159,195,48,1220,1070,5043,4995,29990,29991,29991,29983,29984,29985,29985,29986,29986,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,36,14,97,97,29995,29992]} 1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 Nf6 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Nd3 f5 11. exf5 gxf5 12. f4 Ng6 13. Be3 Nf6 {LiveBook: 6 Games. E98: King's Indian: Classical Main Line: 9 Ne1} (13... Qe7 14. Qd2 Re8 15. Rae1 Nf6 16. Bd1 Kh8 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Bd4 e4 19. Nf4 Ne5 20. b3 c5 21. dxc6 bxc6 {0-1 (38) Hort,V (2431)-Renet,O (2534) Switzerland 2014}) 14. Qb3 Ne4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... exf4 15. Nxf4 Qe7 16. Rf3 Nxf4 17. Bxf4 Nd7 18. Rg3 Kh8 19. Rf1 Nc5 20. Qd1 Bd7 21. Qd2 {½-½ (29) Haygarth,M-Hindle,O Sunderland/ Tyne and Wear 1966}) 15. fxe5 {Black must now prevent e6.} Nxc3 {The position is equal.} 16. bxc3 {aiming for e6.} dxe5 17. Rae1 Kh8 18. Kh1 b6 19. c5 f4 20. Bc1 Bf5 21. c4 Nh4 (21... Qg5 $11) 22. Rf2 ({White should play} 22. Bd1 $14) 22... Qg5 $11 23. Bf1 Rae8 24. cxb6 axb6 25. c5 $1 Qg6 26. Bb2 $36 {[%cal Rd3e5][%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Be4 (26... Bxd3 $1 $11 {remains equal.} 27. Qxd3 (27. Bxd3 e4 $11) 27... bxc5) 27. Qc4 (27. cxb6 $16 cxb6 28. Qc4 Bxd3 29. Bxd3) 27... Nf5 (27... Bxd3 $1 $14 28. Bxd3 e4 29. Bxe4 (29. Rxe4 Bxb2 30. Rxb2 Qg7 $14) 29... Bxb2 30. Rxb2 f3 31. gxf3 Rxf3 32. Qd4+ Qf6 33. Qxf6+ Rxf6) 28. cxb6 ({Don't blunder} 28. Qxe4 $2 Ng3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 29. Kg1 Nxe4 $19) ({White must play} 28. Rxe4 $16 Ng3+ 29. hxg3 Qh6+ 30. Kg1 fxg3 31. Rh4 (31. Rxf8+ Rxf8 32. Rh4 Qe3+ 33. Nf2 Qxf2+ 34. Kh1 Qxf1+ 35. Qxf1 Rxf1#) 31... gxf2+ 32. Kh2 (32. Nxf2 Qf6 $15)) 28... Nd6 29. Qxc7 {Hoping for b7.} Bxd3 $2 (29... f3 $1 $11 30. g4 Bxd3 31. Bxd3 e4 32. Bxg7+ Qxg7 33. Qxd6 exd3) 30. Bxd3 $18 Qxd3 31. Qxd6 Rd8 32. Qb4 Qxd5 33. h3 Qxa2 $2 (33... f3 34. Kh2 Ra8 35. gxf3 Rxf3) 34. Rfe2 $2 (34. Rxe5 $18 {and the rest is easy.} Qb1+ 35. Re1) 34... f3 $16 35. gxf3 (35. Rxe5 $18 {Threatens to win with gxf3!} fxg2+ 36. Kxg2) 35... Rxf3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (35... Qe6 $14 36. Qe4 Qxh3+ 37. Kg1 (37. Rh2 Qxf3+ 38. Qxf3 Rxf3 $11) 37... Qxf3) 36. Bxe5 $18 Qd5 37. Bxg7+ Kxg7 38. Rg2+ Rg3 39. Qe7+ Kg8 {[#]} 40. Qxd8+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxd8 41. Rxg3+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRR} Kh8 42. Reg1 $2 (42. Rg2 {mates} Qb8 {[#]} 43. b7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} h5 44. Rb1 h4 45. Ra2 Kg7 46. Ra8 Qd6 47. Rg1+ Kf7 48. Rf1+ Ke6 49. b8=Q Qd5+ 50. Kg1 Qg5+ 51. Kf2 Qf5+ 52. Ke3 Qc5+ 53. Kd3 Qd5+ 54. Kc3 Qc5+ 55. Kb2 Qd4+ 56. Ka2 Qd2+ 57. Qb2) 42... Qd5+ $1 $11 43. R1g2 {Threatening mate with b7!} h5 $1 44. Rg5 Qd1+ 45. Kh2 {White threatens Rg6 and mate.} Qd6+ 46. Kg1 Qxb6+ 47. Rf2 Qb1+ 48. Kh2 Qd1 49. Rff5 Qd2+ 50. Kg3 Qe1+ 51. Kf4 h4 52. Kg4 Qg3+ (52... Qe6 $11) 53. Kh5 $16 Qxh3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (53... Qd6 $16 54. Rf2 (54. Kxh4 Qb4+ 55. Kg3 Qc3+ 56. Kg2 Qd2+ 57. Kh1 Qc2 $16) 54... Qh6+ 55. Kg4 Qd6) 54. Rf6 {Precision: White = 46%, Black = 34%.} 1-0

