[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Heinemann, Thies"]
[Black "Yankelevich, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hamburg SK"]
[BlackTeam "Speyer"]

{[%evp 31,59,-12,7,0,24,21,17,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 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 11. Nd2 Ne7 {[%cal Bg8e7,Be7g6,Bg6h4][%mdl 32]} 12. Nc4 Ng6 {C68: Spanische Partie (Abtauschvariante)} 13. Rfd1 Nh4 14. f4 exf4 15. Nxd6+ cxd6 16. Bxf4 Kd7 {LiveBook: 6 Partien} (16... O-O-O {is more complex.} 17. Kf1 f6 18. c4 Nf3 19. Kg2 Ne5) 17. Bg3 {[#]} g5 $146 (17... Nf3+ {is interesting.} 18. Kg2 Nd4 19. c3 Ne6 20. f4 h4) ({Vorgänger:} 17... Nf3+ 18. Kg2 Nd4 19. c3 Ne6 20. f4 f5 21. exf5 Nc7 22. Bh4 {½-½ (22) Mokrys,C (2515)-Efremov,A (2609) ICCF email 2010}) 18. Bxh4 gxh4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KTT-KTT. Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} 19. Kh1 f5 20. Re1 fxe4 21. Rxe4 Raf8 22. Rg1 Rxf2 23. Rg7+ Kc8 24. Ree7 Rf1+ 25. Kh2 {Schwarz sollte Tc7+ verhindern.} Rf2+ 26. Kg1 Rhf8 27. Rc7+ Kd8 {[#] Droht ...Tf1+ und aus.} 28. Rcd7+ Kc8 29. Rc7+ Kd8 {Und ...Tf1+ würde nun gewinnen.} 30. Rcd7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Aachen"]

{[%evp 11,77,8,25,25,28,8,15,8,21,0,23,19,41,18,35,22,22,22,22,23,23,23,26,22,22,22,22,17,17,17,21,17,23,10,17,17,17,14,14,0,10,0,10,0,16,9,22,15,14,15,15,16,8,0,16,0,0,0,0,0,24,18,14,12,14,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. d4 dxe4 7. Qxe4 {B11: Caro-Kann: Two Knights Variation} (7. Nxe4 Qxd4 8. c3 Qd5 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. Qe2 Nc5 11. Bc2 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Qd7 13. O-O Nf6 14. Bf3 Bd6 15. Rd1 {½-½ (30) Nepomniachtchi,I (2767)-Anand,V (2779) Doha 2016}) 7... Nf6 8. Qd3 Na6 9. a3 Qb6 10. Be2 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Be3 Rfd8 13. Na4 Qa5 14. Qb3 b5 {½-½ (22) Westerinen,H (2440)-Qendro,L (2235) Luzern 1982}) 12... Rfd8 13. b4 Nc7 14. Na4 Qb5 15. Nc5 Qxd3 16. Rxd3 b6 17. Nb3 Rac8 18. Bb2 Nfd5 19. g3 Bf6 20. c4 {[%cal Bc2c4,Bc4c5][%mdl 32]} Ne7 21. Rad1 Ne8 {[%cal Bc7e8,Be8d6,Bd6f5][%mdl 32]} 22. Bf3 Nd6 23. Nd2 b5 24. c5 Ndf5 {[%cal Rf5d4]} 25. Nb3 Nd5 26. Bc1 Rd7 27. Bd2 g5 28. Be4 h6 29. h4 Kg7 30. hxg5 hxg5 31. Kg2 Rh8 32. Ra1 g4 33. a4 a6 $1 34. axb5 axb5 35. Ra6 Rc8 36. f3 gxf3+ {The position is equal.} 37. Kxf3 Nde7 {[%cal Rf5d4]} 38. Bc3 Nd5 39. Bd2 {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Lupulescu, Constantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Aachen"]

{[%evp 9,67,17,24,23,24,6,14,7,14,7,25,15,31,23,41,50,56,60,98,86,86,93,88,81,67,85,92,76,83,72,77,79,74,73,102,54,60,54,76,63,73,56,417,469,458,-65,451,437,29986,29987,29987,29988,29988,29983,29989,29990,29990,29991,29991,2051]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 {D31: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav without ...Nf6 (+ Marshall Gambit and Noteboom) and Exchange Variation lines without ...Nf6} Bd6 7. Bg5 (7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Qc2 c5 10. dxc5 Qxc5 11. Nge2 Nc6 12. Rd1 Rd8 {½-½ (35) Gelfand,B (2737)-Nisipeanu,L (2672) Heraklio 2017}) 7... Be6 8. Bd3 {The position is equal.} h6 9. Bh4 Nbd7 10. Nge2 Qe7 11. h3 c6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nb6 12. Qc2 g5 {½-½ (51) Charochkina,D (2381)-Zawadzka,J (2449) Riga 2017}) 12. Qc2 Rc8 13. O-O Nb6 14. Rae1 O-O 15. f4 c5 16. Ng3 Qd8 {[#]} 17. Nh5 $1 {[%mdl 512] Hoping for Nxf6+.} Be7 (17... Nxh5 18. Bxd8) 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. dxc5 Rxc5 21. Qf2 Rcc8 22. e4 dxe4 23. Nxe4 Qd8 24. Rd1 {Strongly threatening f5.} Bd5 25. Bb1 {[%cal Bd3b1,Bb1h7,Bh7f5][%mdl 32] And now Nc3 would win.} Qc7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (25... Rc6 $14) 26. Nf6+ $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} gxf6 27. Qg3+ $1 Kh8 {[#]} 28. Qh4 $1 {[%csl LRf6,LRh6][%cal Rh4h6]} Rfe8 (28... Kg7 $18 29. Qg4+ Kh8) 29. Qxh6+ {White mates.} Kg8 30. Bh7+ Kh8 31. Bf5+ Kg8 32. Rd3 {[%cal Rd3g3]} Qc5+ 33. Kh2 {[%cal Rd3g3]} Re3 34. b4 {Precision: White = 84%, Black = 39%.} (34. Rf3 $142 Rxf3 35. Rxf3 Qf2 36. Rxf2 Nd7 37. Bh7+ Kh8 {[#]} 38. Rf3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nf8 39. Rg3 Ng6 40. Bxg6+ Kg8 41. Bh5#) 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Bindrich, Falko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "166"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Aachen"]

{[%evp 20,166,32,27,33,31,39,43,52,52,62,49,47,41,46,40,48,47,58,19,78,71,57,58,104,114,92,110,93,58,147,154,225,221,225,221,204,133,139,163,172,176,215,170,140,173,176,165,176,153,153,153,153,153,153,145,151,129,192,192,343,327,344,0,199,192,339,297,268,0,168,125,125,125,126,163,168,9,9,9,9,10,11,16,22,10,41,0,23,20,28,29,32,24,61,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,81,0,0,0,997,1109,1109,930,917,657,621,579,141,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} Qd7 10. Kb1 a6 11. Be2 {LiveBook: 6 Games. White is slightly better.} h6 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Rg8 14. c4 O-O-O {[#]} 15. b3 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 15. Qc3 g6 16. Bf3 Bg4 17. Rhe1 Rge8 18. h3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 {½-½ (19) Edouard,R (2625)-Ivanchuk,V (2764) Belfort 2012}) 15... Bg4 16. f3 Bf5 17. g4 Bg6 18. h4 h5 19. Rdg1 f6 (19... d5 $11 {remains equal.}) 20. Bd3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} Bxd3 21. Qxd3 hxg4 22. Rxg4 d5 23. c5 $1 Qc6 24. b4 Qa4 (24... Qb5 $14) 25. a3 $1 Kb8 (25... g6 $16 26. Rhg1 a5) 26. Rhg1 $18 g5 27. f4 $1 f5 28. R4g3 {[%cal Rh4g5]} (28. Qxf5 Qxa3 29. fxg5 Qxb4+ 30. Bb2 Qxc5 $11) 28... g4 29. Qxf5 Bxh4 30. Rxg4 Rgf8 31. Qg6 Be7 32. R1g3 a5 33. Rb3 Rde8 34. Be5 axb4 35. Qb6 (35. axb4 Bf6 $15) 35... Qc6 36. Qxc6 (36. Qxb4 $6 Bxc5 37. Qb5 Qxb5 $14) 36... bxc6 37. Rxb4+ Kc8 38. Rg7 Kd7 (38... Rg8 $16) 39. Ka2 {Rb7 is the strong threat.} Ke6 $2 (39... Rc8 40. Rb3 Rg8) 40. Rg6+ $1 (40. Bxc7 Bxc5 41. Rb1 Rg8 $14) 40... Kd7 41. Rg7 (41. Rb7 $142 $1 {[%cal Rb7c7]} Rc8 42. a4) 41... Ke6 42. Rb7 ({Resist} 42. Bxc7 $6 Bxc5 43. Rb1 Rg8 $14) 42... Rc8 (42... Bxc5 $142 43. Rbxc7 (43. Rgxc7 Rc8 $16) 43... Kf5 44. Rxc6 Be3) 43. Rg6+ ({Not} 43. Bxc7 Bxc5 44. Be5 Ra8 $16) 43... Kd7 44. Rg7 Ke6 45. Bxc7 Bxc5 46. Rg6+ Kf5 47. Rxc6 Be3 {[#]} 48. Rd6 $2 (48. a4 $1 $18) 48... Rf7 $1 $11 49. Rxd5+ Kg4 50. Rb3 Rfxc7 51. Rxe3 Rxc2+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 52. Kb3 Kxf4 53. Re7 (53. Rh3 {NOTEXT} Rc1 54. Rh4+ Ke3 55. Rdd4 R1c3+ 56. Kb4) 53... Rc1 54. Rd2 R1c3+ 55. Kb2 R3c4 56. Rf2+ Kg3 57. Ree2 (57. Rfe2 $14) 57... Rb8+ 58. Ka2 Rc3 59. Rc2 Rd3 60. Rfd2 Re3 (60... Rxd2 $11 {keeps the balance.} 61. Rxd2 Ra8) 61. Rb2 (61. Rd4 $16) 61... Ra8 62. Rb3 Kf3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (62... Kf4 $11) 63. Rd4 $1 $18 Rxb3 64. Kxb3 {KR-KR} Ke3 65. Rb4 Kd3 66. a4 Ra7 67. Rb6 ({White should play} 67. Rb5 $16) 67... Kd4 $11 {The position is equal.} 68. Kb4 {aiming for Rd6+.} Kd5 $1 69. a5 Rc7 70. Kb5 Rc5+ 71. Ka6 {Strongly threatening Rb5.} Kc4 72. Rh6 {Black must now prevent Rh4+.} Rg5 73. Kb6 Rb5+ 74. Ka6 {Intending Rh4+ and mate.} Rg5 75. Rh1 Rg6+ 76. Kb7 Kb5 77. Rh5+ Ka4 78. a6 Rg7+ 79. Kb8 Rg8+ 80. Kc7 Rg7+ 81. Kc6 Rg6+ 82. Kc5 {Threatens to win with a7.} Rxa6 {And now ...Ra5+ would win.} 83. Rh1 {White wants to mate with Ra1+.} Rg6 {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 72%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hamburg SK"]
[BlackTeam "Hockenheim"]

{[%evp 17,89,28,20,21,27,8,22,11,11,8,5,14,35,36,29,30,43,51,47,35,48,45,43,33,53,43,45,41,59,58,61,60,56,58,58,44,44,44,44,44,44,44,44,44,44,42,44,44,44,27,25,9,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. d4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2 Nxd2 9. Qxd2 d6 10. b4 {E18: Queen's Indian: Old Main Line (4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Be7 6 0-0 0-0 7 Nc3)} Nd7 11. Qd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Rfd1 a5 12. b5 Bf6 13. Rac1 Qe7 14. e3 g6 15. Ne1 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Bg7 17. Nd3 f5 {1-0 (34) Markus,R (2649)-Beliavsky,A (2605) Hungary 2017}) 11... g6 12. b5 Bf6 13. Rfd1 a6 14. a4 c5 15. bxc6 Bxc6 16. Ne4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Qc7 18. Nd2 Rab8 19. e3 Rfc8 20. Qd3 Bd8 21. Rdc1 Nf6 22. Bh3 Qe7 23. d5 Nd7 24. dxe6 fxe6 25. Ne4 Nc5 26. Nxc5 ({Don't play} 26. Qxd6 Qxd6 27. Nxd6 Rc6 $17) 26... Rxc5 27. Rd1 Bc7 28. Ra2 Kf7 29. Qe4 Re5 30. Qf3+ Kg7 31. Rd4 Rh5 32. Bg4 Rc5 33. h4 e5 34. Rdd2 Rxc4 {The position is equal.} 35. Rac2 Rc5 36. Rxc5 bxc5 37. Qc6 Rb6 38. Qd5 a5 39. Kg2 Rb4 40. Be2 Qf7 41. Qc6 Rb6 42. Qe4 Rb4 43. Qc6 Rb6 44. Qe4 Rb4 45. Qc6 {Precision: White = 75%, Black = 62%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Zaragatski, Ilja"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Aachen"]

{[%evp 19,75,17,31,39,64,64,64,52,64,76,100,87,96,89,94,101,100,106,148,141,281,283,285,281,350,346,295,214,430,434,332,264,311,314,300,274,407,419,415,408,475,368,381,378,359,366,371,365,534,499,716,577,652,660,662,653,638,632]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Bb5 a6 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. c4 {C04: French Tarrasch: 3...Nc6} dxc4 9. Nxc4 Nb6 10. Na5 Qd5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 11. Bd2 c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Qc2 {[#]} (13. O-O {is more complex.} Bd7 14. Qc2 Be7 15. Rfd1 Qb5 16. Rac1) 13... Be7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Bd7 14. O-O Bb5 15. Rfc1 Nd7 {½-½ (47) Maze,S (2582)-Matsenko,S (2525) Sitges 2015}) 14. O-O Qd7 15. Rfd1 {[%cal Bf1d1,Bd1d4,Bd4h4,Bh4h7][%mdl 32]} Nd5 16. Bg5 f6 17. exf6 gxf6 18. Bh6 {Black must now prevent Bg7.} Bd6 19. Rd4 Qb5 (19... Rb8 $16 {was worth a try.}) 20. Bg7 $18 Rg8 21. Qxh7 Rxg7 22. Qxg7 Qxa5 23. Re1 $40 {[%mdl 128] Rh4 is the strong threat. White wants a kill.} c6 $2 (23... Rb8 {is a better defense.} 24. Rh4 Ne7) 24. Rh4 {[#] Intending Rh8+ and mate.} Be7 25. Rh7 Kd7 26. Rd1 {[%csl Gh7][%cal Rg7e7]} Qc5 27. Qxf6 Bb7 (27... Kc7 $142 28. Qg5 Kb6 29. Rxd5 Qxd5 30. Qxd5 exd5) 28. Ne5+ Kc7 29. Qxe6 Rf8 30. Nd3 Qd6 31. Re1 Qxe6 32. Rxe6 Kd8 33. Ne5 Rf4 (33... Ke8 {was necessary.} 34. Nxc6 Bxc6) 34. h4 {White is clearly winning.} Rd4 (34... Rf8 $142 35. h5 Ke8 36. Nxc6 Rf7) 35. Ng6 Rd1+ 36. Kh2 Bc8 37. Rexe7 Nxe7 38. Nxe7 {Precision: White = 94%, Black = 24%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Shytaj, Luca"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen"]
[BlackTeam "Speyer"]

{[%evp 13,71,18,32,29,43,34,35,34,38,30,26,36,44,31,31,12,24,1,17,8,45,37,42,37,51,49,50,50,69,51,61,48,52,25,29,21,37,25,30,31,28,27,34,14,28,28,28,10,21,13,43,37,45,7,17,0,65,79,560,563]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bd3 c5 (5... b6 6. Ne5 Bb7 7. Nd2 Nbd7 8. Qf3 Qe7 9. O-O h6 10. Ndc4 Ne4 11. Nxd6+ cxd6 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Qe2 {1-0 (35) Mamedov,R (2678)-Akobian,V (2625) Atlantic City 2016}) 6. dxc5 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} Bxc5 7. O-O Nc6 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 8. c4 {White is slightly better.} Nb4 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 8... O-O 9. Nc3 a6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bg5 Be6 12. Rc1 Be7 13. a3 h6 14. Bh4 Nd7 15. Bg3 Nf6 16. Bb1 Re8 17. Qd3 Qb6 18. b4 Rad8 {1-0 (55) Kobryn,J (1974)-Sladek,V (1978) ICCF email 2009}) 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nbd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Bxe7 (14. Bxd5 $5 Bxg5 15. Be4 $14 (15. Nxg5 exd5 16. Qh5 Bf5 $14)) 14... Qxe7 15. Bxd5 {[#] Black must now prevent Be4.} Rd8 $1 16. Qb3 exd5 17. Rfc1 Be6 18. Qa4 h6 19. Nd4 a6 20. Qa5 Rdc8 21. h3 Qd6 22. a4 Bd7 23. Rd1 b6 24. Qd2 a5 25. Ne2 Rc5 26. Nc3 {aiming for Ne4!} Qg6 $1 {Black wants to play ...Bxh3.} 27. Kh2 ({Avoid the trap} 27. Nxd5 $2 {[#]} Rxd5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 28. Qxd5 Bc6 $19) 27... Be6 28. Qd4 Rac8 29. Rd2 R8c6 30. Rad1 Kh7 31. Qe5 f6 32. Qb8 Qg5 33. f4 Qg6 34. Nb5 Qe4 (34... Rc1 $11 35. Nd4 Rxd1 36. Rxd1 Bxh3 37. Kxh3 Qh5+ 38. Kg3 Qxd1 39. Nxc6 Qe1+ 40. Kh3 Qxe3+ 41. Kh2 d4) 35. Nd4 $14 Qxe3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (35... Rc8 $16 {is more resistant.} 36. Qxb6 Bf7) 36. Re2 {Precision: White = 47%, Black = 49%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Dresden"]
[BlackTeam "SF Deizisau"]

{[%evp 31,54,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bg5 Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7f6,Bf6e4][%mdl 32]} 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Nbd2 Rc8 13. Nb3 c5 14. dxc5 Ne4 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7} 15. Rfd1 Qc7 16. c6 Qxc6 {LiveBook: 3 Games. The position is equal.} 17. Qxc6 Bxc6 18. Ne5 Bd5 19. Nd7 Rfe8 20. Nb6 Rc2 $1 21. Nxd5 exd5 22. Rxd5 {[#]} Nf6 $146 23. Re5 Ng4 24. Re4 Nf6 25. Re3 Ng4 26. Re4 Nf6 27. Re5 Ng4 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Saric, Ivan"]
[Black "Ernst, Sipke"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hockenheim"]
[BlackTeam "Hamburg SK"]

{[%evp 14,115,47,45,83,66,70,54,54,56,41,37,45,15,22,30,28,17,21,-5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,130,122,121,89,90,82,90,89,130,87,82,82,94,49,49,49,49,56,82,82,82,82,82,82,110,82,82,62,82,82,82,82,82,82,82,82,82,82,82,82,82,60,60,67,72,72,72,72,347,335,5461,5057,5551,5525]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. d4 Nge7 7. d5 {C72: Ruy Lopez: Deferred Steinitz: 5 0-0} Nb8 8. c4 {LiveBook: 24 Games} b5 (8... h6 9. Nc3 g5 10. Be3 Ng6 11. Bxd7+ Nxd7 12. Ne2 g4 13. Nd2 h5 14. Rc1 Be7 {0-1 (67) Satyapragyan,S (2462)-Cori Tello,J (2601) Barcelona 2016}) 9. Bb3 {White is better.} Ng6 10. Be3 Be7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... bxc4 11. Bxc4 Be7 12. Nbd2 c6 13. dxc6 Bxc6 14. Qb3 O-O {½-½ (32) Lukin,A (2440)-Orlov,V (2429) St Petersburg 1999}) 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Rc1 c5 13. dxc6 Nxc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6a5,Ba5c4,Bc4e3][%mdl 32]} 14. cxb5 axb5 15. Bd5 Ra6 16. Qb3 Qb8 17. Rc2 Bd8 18. a4 Na5 19. Qd3 {Black should prevent b4.} Ne7 $1 20. b4 Nxd5 21. exd5 Nc4 22. axb5 Nxe3 23. bxa6 Nxf1 24. Qxf1 $40 {[%mdl 128] White mounts an attack.} Qxb4 25. Qa1 Bb6 26. Rb2 Qc5 27. Ne4 Qc7 28. Qb1 Rb8 $1 29. h3 $1 h6 30. Nfd2 {[%cal Bf3d2,Bd2c4,Bc4d6,Bd6f5][%mdl 32] [#] Threatens to win with Nc4!} Bc8 31. Nc4 Ba7 (31... Qxc4 $11 32. Rxb6 Rxb6 33. Qxb6 Bxa6 34. Nxd6 Qc1+ 35. Kh2 Qf4+ 36. g3 Qd4 37. Qxa6 Qxf2+ 38. Kh1 Qf3+ 39. Kh2 Qf2+ 40. Kh1 Qf3+ 41. Kh2 Qf2+) 32. Ncxd6 $16 {Black must now prevent Rxb8.} Bxa6 33. Nf5 Rxb2 34. Qxb2 Bd3 35. d6 Qa5 36. Qb7 {[#] White wants to mate with Qc8+.} Qe1+ (36... Qa1+ $2 37. Kh2 $18) 37. Kh2 Bxf2 {[%csl Gf2][%cal Re1g1]} ({Avoid the trap} 37... Qxe4 $2 38. Qxa7 Bb5 39. d7 $18) 38. Qc8+ Kh7 {[%csl Gf2][%cal Re1g1]} 39. Nxf2 Qxf2 40. Ng3 Bb5 41. d7 Bxd7 42. Qxd7 g6 43. Qd3 Kg7 44. Ne2 h5 45. Qe4 Qc5 46. Ng1 Qc7 47. Nf3 f6 48. Nh4 Qf7 49. Qd3 Kh6 50. Qd6 Kg7 51. Nf3 Qa7 52. Nd2 {aiming for Ne4.} Qe3 53. Qe7+ Kh6 54. Qf8+ ({Reject} 54. Qxf6 Qxd2 55. Qh8+ Kg5 $11) 54... Kh7 55. Qb4 {Hoping for Ne4.} ({But not} 55. Qxf6 Qxd2 56. Qxe5 Kh6 $11) 55... Kg7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (55... g5 $16) 56. Ne4 $18 {Qe7+ would kill now.} Qa7 $2 (56... Kg8 57. Nxf6+ Kf7) 57. Qd6 Qf7 58. h4 {Precision: White = 88%, Black = 69%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Black "Sprenger, Jan Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Schwaebisch Hall"]
[BlackTeam "SFR Berlin"]

{[%evp 12,81,50,0,45,52,45,33,38,44,44,43,77,70,55,43,28,35,81,78,105,100,114,118,122,102,188,150,175,67,65,68,70,63,59,60,60,52,57,68,64,63,62,54,80,80,97,96,95,100,129,112,105,105,145,0,0,0,0,0,22,20,20,20,24,10,313,329,523,527,4949,888]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 d5 6. d3 {A20: English Opening: 1...e5} (6. cxd5 Qxd5 7. e3 Na6 8. d3 Bb4+ 9. Nc3 Nc5 10. O-O Bxc3 11. dxe4 Ncxe4 12. bxc3 O-O 13. Qc2 c5 14. Nb3 Bf5 {0-1 (59) Gelfand,B (2729)-Inarkiev,E (2702) Nazran 2017}) 6... Bb4+ 7. Bd2 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Qb6 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Bxd2+.} (7... Bc5 {NOTEXT} 8. Bc3 e3 9. fxe3 Ng4 10. Qd2 Qg5) 8. Bxb4 {White is slightly better.} Qxb4+ 9. Qd2 Qxd2+ 10. Kxd2 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 10. Nxd2 exd3 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 cxd5 13. exd3 Nc6 14. Nxc6 bxc6 {½-½ (27) Mohota,N (2262)-Karavade,E (2421) Delhi 2016}) 10... exd3 11. cxd5 dxe2 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. Nc3 (13. Kxe2 $6 O-O $11) 13... O-O 14. Ncxe2 Rd8 15. Rhc1 Ba6 {Hoping for ...Bxe2.} 16. Ke1 Re8 17. b4 Ne4 18. a4 {Black must now prevent b5.} Nd7 (18... Bxe2 $16 19. Nxe2 (19. Kxe2 Nxg3+ 20. Kf3 Nh5 $16) 19... Na6) 19. Rxc6 $18 Bd3 20. f3 ({Better is} 20. Rd1 $18 Ne5 21. Rcc1) 20... Bxe2 $1 $14 21. Kxe2 Nxg3+ $1 22. Kf2 {Rc7 is the strong threat.} Nh5 23. Bf1 Ne5 {aiming for ...Rad8.} 24. Rd6 Rad8 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Rc1 Kf8 27. Ke3 Nf6 28. Rc5 Ned7 29. Ra5 Nb6 30. Nc6 Rd1 31. Bb5 Nfd5+ {[#]} 32. Kf2 $1 Rd2+ 33. Kg3 (33. Ke1 $16 Rb2 34. Rxa7 Nxb4 35. a5 Nxc6 36. Bxc6) 33... Nc8 $11 34. h4 Nd6 35. Rxa7 Nf5+ 36. Kh3 $1 {[%cal Ra7a8]} g6 37. Bc4 {Strongly threatening Bxd5.} Nde3 $1 {[%cal Re3c4]} 38. Ne5 Nd6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (38... Nxc4 $11 39. Nxc4 (39. Rxf7+ Kg8 $11) 39... Rd4) 39. Bxf7 $18 Nf1 (39... Kg7 {was necessary.} 40. Ng4 Nxg4 41. Be6+ (41. fxg4 Nxf7 42. a5 Rd3+ 43. Kg2 Rd4 $11) 41... Kf6 42. Bxg4 Rb2) 40. Be6 h5 {[%csl Gf1][%cal Rd2h2]} 41. Nxg6+ {Precision: White = 75%, Black = 45%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Kovacs, Gabor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen"]
[BlackTeam "Speyer"]

{[%evp 24,155,65,62,84,70,88,72,80,23,50,38,30,43,39,-10,0,0,78,77,78,78,74,90,156,135,139,147,129,136,159,160,162,152,135,155,405,89,93,66,95,88,93,94,129,122,127,111,128,125,133,131,144,156,272,158,141,143,140,134,148,68,107,118,111,0,154,106,202,204,198,141,139,131,130,139,132,132,131,102,105,91,127,132,116,55,59,73,57,67,54,57,78,0,37,35,234,70,75,70,78,78,78,78,89,4,5,1,5,0,27,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,3,7,8,0,0,0,78,164,1020,961,598,583,1321,1868,4133,1882]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Na3 Bxa3 10. bxa3 Rb8 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7} (10... Ba6 11. Qd2 Rb8 12. Qa5 Rb6 13. a4 Qd6 14. Rd1 Nd5 15. e4 Qb4 16. Qxb4 Nxb4 17. Bf4 Nd3 18. Bxc7 Rb2 {0-1 (59) Iturrizaga Bonelli,E (2650)-Dominguez Perez,L (2739) chess.com INT 2018}) 11. Qa4 Rb6 12. Qxc4 Ba6 13. Qc2 {LiveBook: 6 Games} Qd6 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 13... Qd7 14. Bg5 Nd5 15. Rfe1 h6 16. Bd2 f5 17. Rad1 Rfb8 18. e4 {1-0 (44) Lomasov,S (2490)-Vokhidov,S (2399) St Petersburg 2017}) 14. Rd1 Rfb8 15. e4 Qe7 16. Qc3 (16. Bf4 $16) 16... Bb5 $11 17. Re1 {[%cal Bd1e1,Be1e3,Be3c3][%mdl 32]} Nd7 18. Bf4 Ra6 19. Re3 c5 20. Bxc7 cxd4 (20... Rb7 $11 {keeps the balance.} 21. Ba5 cxd4 22. Qc8+ Nf8) 21. Qxd4 $16 Rc8 22. Rc3 Ra4 23. Qd2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} Nf6 (23... Nb6 $142 24. Bxb6 Rxc3) 24. Bd6 Qd7 {White should prevent ...Rxc3.} 25. Rxc8+ Qxc8 26. Rb1 Qd7 27. e5 Ne8 28. Bb4 Qxd2 29. Bxd2 Nc7 $2 (29... Bd7 $16 30. Bb4 f6) 30. Bb4 $2 (30. Bf1 $1 $18 {is the precise move to win.}) 30... Nd5 31. Rc1 {White threatens Rc8+ and mate.} (31. Rd1 {NOTEXT} g5 32. Bxd5 exd5 33. h4 h6 34. Rxd5 Bc4 35. Rc5) 31... Bd7 32. Bc5 h6 33. Bf1 Nb6 34. Bd3 Ra5 35. f4 Nd5 36. h4 f6 37. Bd6 g5 38. fxg5 fxg5 (38... hxg5 $16 {is a better defense.} 39. exf6 gxh4 40. gxh4 Ra4) 39. hxg5 ({Only move:} 39. h5 $1 $18) 39... hxg5 40. Kf2 Ra4 41. Bc5 Be8 42. Rh1 (42. Bc2 $16 Ra5 43. Bb3) 42... Ra5 43. Bd6 Ra4 44. Rc1 {aiming for Rc8.} Bd7 $1 45. Bc4 Bc6 (45... a5 $16 {was necessary.} 46. Bc5 Bc6) 46. Bb3 $18 Ra6 47. Ke1 (47. Kf3 $18) 47... Kg7 $16 48. Kd2 Kg6 49. Bc2+ Kh5 50. Bd1+ Kg6 51. Bg4 Bd7 52. Bc5 Ra4 53. Bd1 Ra5 54. Be2 (54. Bd6 $16) 54... Kf5 $14 55. Bd6 Ra4 56. Rf1+ Kg6 57. Bd3+ Kh5 $1 58. Be2+ Kg6 59. Rf8 Rd4+ $2 ({Better is} 59... a6 $1 $14) 60. Ke1 $2 (60. Bd3+ $18 Kh5 61. Bc5) 60... Nc3 {...Re4 is the strong threat.} 61. Rf6+ Kg7 {[#]} 62. Bh5 $1 Ne4 63. Rf7+ Kh6 {Threatens to win with ...Be8.} 64. g4 ({White should try} 64. Bf3 $16 Nxd6 65. Rxd7) 64... Nxd6 $11 65. Rxd7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Re4+ 66. Kf2 Nb5 67. Rb7 Rxe5 68. a4 {[%cal Ba3a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6,Ba6a7][%mdl 32]} Nd4 69. Rxa7 Re2+ 70. Kf1 Rxa2 71. Bf7 Rd2 72. Rd7 e5 73. a5 {Hoping for a6.} Rd1+ (73... e4 $1 $11) 74. Kf2 $16 {Strongly threatening a6.} Ra1 $2 {[#]} (74... Rd2+ 75. Ke3 Re2+ 76. Kd3 e4+ 77. Kc3 Rc2+ 78. Kb4 Nc6+ 79. Kb3 Rc1) 75. Bc4 $1 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Kg6 76. a6 Ra3 77. a7 Kf6 78. Rd6+ {Precision: White = 53%, Black = 50%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SF Deizisau"]
[BlackTeam "Dresden"]

{[%evp 13,103,12,30,5,17,0,0,-10,0,0,5,0,14,19,27,19,33,14,52,50,48,58,70,30,110,107,106,104,152,151,130,150,164,107,119,99,112,89,127,129,120,130,120,119,123,120,131,130,139,115,124,105,123,106,97,87,107,57,56,53,73,43,61,62,74,0,62,37,55,61,129,68,132,132,132,132,127,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,87,87,145,145,145,145]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nc6 3. d4 Bf5 4. Bg2 Nb4 5. Na3 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. c3 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} Nc6 {LiveBook: 8 Games} (7... Na6 8. Qb3 Qc8 9. c4 c6 10. Bd2 Nf6 11. Rac1 O-O 12. Rfd1 Ne4 13. Be1 Bf6 14. Nb1 Rd8 {1-0 (47) Fressinet,L (2702)-Ivanisevic,I (2653) Berlin 2015}) 8. Qb3 Rb8 9. Qa4 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 9. Nb1 Nf6 10. Nbd2 h6 11. Qd1 O-O 12. b4 a6 13. a4 Bd6 14. Re1 Bh7 {0-1 (70) Schneider,L (2379)-Fries Nielsen,J (2503) Sweden 2003}) 9... Nf6 10. b4 Nd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. e4 Nb6 13. Qb3 Bg6 14. Nc2 a5 15. a3 $1 Ra8 16. Bb2 $1 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nd5 18. Ne3 Kh8 (18... Nxe3 $11 {keeps the balance.} 19. fxe3 h6) 19. Nxd5 $16 Qxd5 20. c4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} Qd8 {[%cal Ra5b4]} 21. d5 exd5 22. cxd5 Nb8 {[#]} 23. bxa5 ({Much less strong is} 23. Qc3 Rg8 $16) (23. d6 $6 cxd6 24. Nc3 Nd7 $14) ({White should play} 23. Nc5 $1 $18) 23... Nd7 24. Qc3 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Rc3g7]} ({Stronger than} 24. Qxb7 Rb8 $17) 24... Rg8 25. Rac1 Nf6 26. Nxf6 Bxf6 27. Qb3 Bxb2 28. Qxb2 Rxa5 29. Qxb7 Rxa3 30. Rxc7 Rd3 31. Qc6 h6 32. h4 Qf6 33. Qxf6 gxf6 34. Re1 Rb8 35. Rc4 Kg7 36. Rf4 Rd2 37. Rc1 Bc2 38. Rg4+ Kf8 39. Rf4 Kg7 $1 40. g4 Rb2 41. Ra1 Bb3 (41... f5 $14) 42. Ra5 (42. Ra6 $16) 42... Rb1+ (42... Ra2 $14 43. Rb5 Ra4) 43. Kh2 Rbd1 {[%cal Rb3d5]} 44. Ra6 Bxd5 45. Raxf6 (45. Bxd5 $16 Rxd5 46. Raxf6 (46. Rfxf6 R5d4 $16)) 45... Be6 $11 46. g5 hxg5 47. hxg5 Re1 48. Re4 Rxe4 49. Bxe4 Bd5 (49... Re2 $11 {remains equal.} 50. Rf4 Ra2) 50. Rd6 $16 Rxf2+ ({Better is} 50... Re2) 51. Kg3 Bxe4 52. Kxf2 {Precision: White = 58%, Black = 48%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Van Kampen, Robin"]
[Black "Commercon, Simon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2257"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen"]
[BlackTeam "Speyer"]

{[%evp 13,61,10,21,12,115,111,90,102,105,106,123,111,121,115,117,108,108,108,114,116,112,110,108,113,110,94,183,195,258,250,275,284,353,306,295,269,295,278,334,328,541,507,489,483,553,552,566,524,586,580]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Be6 {LiveBook: 7 Games. C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} (7... Nc6 8. Bd3 Bf6 9. Qd2 Be6 10. Ng5 Bxg5 11. Bxg5 Qd7 12. O-O-O f6 13. Bf4 O-O-O 14. b3 Bf5 15. Be2 {0-1 (104) Dominguez Perez,L (2739)-Yu,Y (2760) chess.com INT 2018}) 8. Nd4 O-O (8... Bd7 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 9. Nxe6 $16 fxe6 {White is better.} 10. Qg4 Rf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Qd7 11. O-O-O e5 12. Qe4 Qc6 13. Bc4+ Kh8 14. Bd5 {1-0 (33) Zarnescu,M (1856)-Filip,M (1702) Miercurea Ciuc 2009}) 11. Bd3 Nd7 12. Qh3 Nf8 13. O-O-O d5 14. g4 Rf7 15. f4 {[%cal Bf2f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32]} Bd6 16. Rhf1 c6 17. c4 Qc7 {[%cal Rd6f4]} 18. cxd5 cxd5 {[%cal Rd6f4] [#]} 19. f5 $1 {[%cal Rf5e6]} e5 (19... exf5 $16 20. Rxf5 (20. Bxf5 g6 $11) 20... Rxf5 21. Bxf5 Bf4) 20. Kb1 $18 Rc8 (20... Bc5 {was worth a try.} 21. Be2 Rd8) 21. c3 b5 22. Qg2 ({Weaker is} 22. Bxb5 Qb7 $14) 22... b4 23. cxb4 ({Don't take} 23. Qxd5 bxc3 24. Bc2 Bc5 $18) 23... Qb7 24. Bc2 Rxc2 25. Qxc2 d4 26. Bd2 e4 $2 (26... Qd5 27. Rfe1 Qf3) 27. Rfe1 {White is clearly winning.} e3 {[#]} 28. Bxe3 $1 Bxb4 (28... dxe3 29. Rxd6) 29. Bd2 Bd6 30. Bc1 Qb6 31. Qc4 {Precision: White = 93%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Parligras, Mircea Emilian"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Aachen"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]

{[%evp 20,142,19,-13,0,-16,-8,-20,-17,-29,-24,-15,-17,-26,-35,-41,-40,-45,-31,-32,-17,-54,-56,-67,-68,-67,-68,-78,-68,-74,-67,-67,-67,-67,-67,-67,-67,-67,-67,-67,-67,-67,-67,-85,-67,-67,0,-67,-67,-67,-67,-67,-67,-75,-72,-67,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,-60,-56,-56,-56,-56,-56,-56,-56,-56,-56,-56,-56,-56,-56,-77,-77,-91,-91,-91,-91,-91,-91,-91,-91,-91,-91,-91,-91,-91,-91,-91,-91,-91,-61,-61,-61,-112,-112,-136,-136,-136,-115,-115,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. a3 b6 10. Qc2 Nxc3 11. bxc3 g6 {D42: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch: 5 cxd5 Nxd5 6 e3 Nc6 7 Bd3} 12. dxc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. c4 Bf6 14. Bb2 Rb8 15. d5 Ne5 16. Be2 exd5 17. cxd5 Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 Qd6 19. g3 Bd7 20. Bg2 {1-0 (43) So,W (2815)-Giri,A (2785) chess.com INT 2017}) 12... Bxc5 13. c4 Bb7 14. Bb2 Qe7 15. Rfd1 Rad8 16. Qc3 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Rc3h8]} f6 17. Be2 Kg7 18. h3 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Rd8 20. Nd4 e5 21. Nxc6 Rxd1+ 22. Bxd1 Bxc6 23. Be2 Qb7 24. Bf1 Qd7 25. Qd3 g5 26. Qxd7+ Bxd7 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBB} 27. Bd3 h5 28. Kf1 Be6 29. Ke2 Kf7 30. Kd2 h4 31. Bf1 Bd7 32. Bd3 Be6 (32... Bc6 $15 33. f3 Bb7) 33. f3 (33. Bf1 $1 $11) 33... Ke7 34. Ke2 Bd6 35. Kd2 Kd7 36. a4 Bb4+ 37. Kc2 Kc6 38. f4 Kd6 39. fxg5 fxg5 40. Kb3 Bc5 41. Bc1 g4 42. hxg4 Bxg4 43. Bd2 Bd1+ 44. Bc2 Be2 45. Be4 a5 46. Bh7 Ke6 47. Be1 Be7 48. Bc2 Kd6 49. Bf5 Kc5 50. g3 Bxc4+ 51. Kc3 {[#]} hxg3 $1 52. Bxg3 Bf6 53. e4 Bf7 54. Bd7 Kd6 55. Bb5 Bg6 56. Kd3 Be7 57. Bh2 Ke6 58. Bc4+ Kf6 59. Bg1 ({White should try} 59. Bg3 $15 Bc5 60. Bh4+ Kg7 61. Bb5) 59... Bc5 $17 60. Bxc5 bxc5 {KB-KB} 61. Bd5 Kg5 {...Kf4 is the strong threat.} 62. Kc4 {[#]} Kf4 (62... Be8 $1 $17 63. Kxc5 Bxa4) 63. Kxc5 $11 {The position is equal.} Bxe4 64. Bc4 Bc2 65. Kb5 e4 66. Kxa5 Bd3 67. Bb3 e3 {( -> ...e2)} 68. Bd1 Kg3 (68... Bf5 $5 69. Be2 $8 Bg4 $11) 69. Kb4 Kf2 (69... Be4 $5 70. Be2 $8 Bf3 $11) 70. a5 $1 Ke1 71. Bg4 Kd2 {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 68%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Black "Johansson, Linus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Bayern Muenchen"]

{[%evp 28,85,30,31,34,25,55,31,20,15,38,43,41,51,83,61,61,8,61,0,44,22,19,17,26,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,12,-31,-32,-33,0,-7,-16,-14,-22,-21,-1,-2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. c4 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Re1 Ne4 8. Nxe4 Bxe4 9. d3 Bb7 10. e4 c5 11. d4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 d6 13. b3 {A17: English Opening: 1...Nf6 with ...Bb4} a6 14. Bb2 Nd7 (14... Qc7 15. Qg4 g6 16. e5 Bxg2 17. exd6 Bxd6 18. Kxg2 Nd7 19. Nf3 Rad8 20. Rad1 Be7 {1-0 (54) Gelfand,B (2729)-Inarkiev,E (2702) Nazran 2017}) 15. Qg4 {LiveBook: 3 Games. White has an edge.} Ne5 16. Qe2 Rc8 17. Rad1 $146 {Black must now prevent Nxe6!} Qc7 18. f4 Nc6 19. Nc2 {[%cal Bd4c2,Bc2e3,Be3g4][%mdl 32]} Rfe8 20. Ne3 Bf8 21. Ng4 Ne7 22. Qd3 ({White should play} 22. Kh1 $14) 22... Nc6 (22... b5 $11) 23. Qc3 (23. Qf3 $14) 23... f6 24. Kh1 b5 25. cxb5 axb5 26. b4 Qf7 27. Qb3 e5 28. Qxf7+ Kxf7 29. a3 $1 Nd4 30. Bxd4 exd4 31. Rxd4 Rc3 32. e5 Bxg2+ 33. Kxg2 Rxa3 (33... h5 $5 {[%cal Rh5g4]} 34. Nf2 Rxa3 $11) 34. Rd5 $1 {The position is equal.} dxe5 35. fxe5 Ra2+ 36. Kf3 Bxb4 37. Rb1 Bc3 {And now ...h5 would win.} 38. exf6 Bxf6 39. Rdxb5 Ra3+ 40. R1b3 Rxb3+ 41. Rxb3 Re7 42. Nxf6 Kxf6 43. h4 {Precision: White = 50%, Black = 43%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Aachen"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]

{[%evp 16,65,16,1,21,14,25,14,17,16,15,14,11,0,3,15,0,-4,-13,-12,-8,-12,0,-14,-8,-12,-13,-25,-20,-17,-8,-10,-10,-19,-7,-22,0,-25,-14,-85,-21,-16,-16,-29,-20,-33,-31,-23,0,0,0,-28]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {[%cal Bf1b5,Bb5a4,Ba4b3,Bb3a2][%mdl 32]} a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 O-O 9. Re1 {LiveBook: 92 Games} Nb8 {C88: Closed Ruy Lopez: Anti-Marshall Systems} 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nf1 Nb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... h6 13. Nh4 Nxe4 14. Ng6 Nef6 15. Nxf8 Nxf8 {½-½ (104) Grischuk,A (2764)-Karjakin,S (2775) Moscow 2012}) 13. Ng3 Qc7 14. Nh4 g6 15. Bh6 Re8 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Ng4.} 16. Qd2 Ng4 17. Bg5 Bxg5 18. Qxg5 {aiming for h3.} Qe7 19. Nf3 Qxg5 20. Nxg5 Ra7 21. Nf1 Kg7 22. h3 Nh6 {[%cal Bg4h6,Bh6g8,Bg8e7,Be7f5][%mdl 32]} 23. Ne3 a5 (23... f6 $5 24. Nf3 $8 Rc7 $14) 24. c3 Ng8 25. Nf3 Ne7 26. Rad1 f5 27. g3 (27. exf5 $11 {keeps the balance.} gxf5 28. Ng5) 27... Bd7 (27... f4 $17 28. gxf4 exf4) 28. exf5 $11 Nxf5 29. Ng5 Bc6 30. Ne6+ Kh8 31. Ng5 {[#] And now Nxf5 would win.} Kg7 32. Ne6+ Kh8 33. Ng5 {Precision: White = 48%, Black = 51%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Balogh, Csaba"]
[Black "Miton, Kamil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hockenheim"]
[BlackTeam "Hamburg SK"]

{[%evp 26,65,33,33,25,25,39,41,42,21,21,21,28,31,24,24,24,36,44,16,26,26,27,29,29,16,25,19,27,25,32,38,46,15,17,15,29,21,27,10,9,9]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d3 Bd6 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Qf3 Qh4 {C89: Closed Ruy Lopez: Marshall Attack} 15. g3 Qh3 16. Be3 Bxd3 {White is slightly better.} 17. Nd2 Qf5 18. Bd4 Rfe8 19. a4 h6 20. Kg2 {[#]} Bf8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 20... Qxf3+ 21. Nxf3 Bf5 22. axb5 axb5 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 {½-½ (39) Vachier Lagrave,M (2796)-Aronian,L (2793) Stavanger 2017}) 21. axb5 {[#] Black must now prevent Qxf5.} axb5 22. Qxf5 Bxf5 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Bxd5 cxd5 25. Nf1 b4 26. Ne3 Be6 27. Ra5 bxc3 28. bxc3 Rd8 29. g4 Bd6 30. h3 Bf4 31. Kf3 Bxe3 32. Kxe3 h5 33. Kf4 {Precision: White = 76%, Black = 84%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Predojevic, Borki"]
[Black "Mager, Denis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2277"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen"]
[BlackTeam "Speyer"]

{[%evp 25,83,14,17,27,53,70,38,29,31,57,116,106,106,106,101,93,106,104,104,109,112,107,116,116,151,123,125,123,123,122,130,131,138,138,145,124,283,287,283,270,404,376,628,618,678,665,630,697,716,697,690,683,637,567,744,744,817,793,775,769]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 {[%cal Bg2g3,Bg3g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} e6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Qc7 10. g4 Nc6 {B80: Sicilian Scheveningen: 6 g3 and 6 Be3, including English Attack} (10... Re8 11. g5 Nfd7 12. f4 Bf8 13. h4 Nc6 14. h5 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 b5 16. Rad1 Bb7 17. Qd2 Rad8 18. Qf2 {0-1 (36) Muzychuk,M (2554)-Bruzon Batista,L (2666) Gibraltar 2016}) 11. g5 Nd7 12. f4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 b5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 14. Qh5 {And now Rf3 would win.} Bb7 {[#]} 15. f5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Rf3 Rfe8 16. Raf1 Qc4 17. Rd3 Nf8 18. b3 Qc7 19. f5 e5 20. Be3 b4 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 f6 23. g6 h6 24. Rf3 Bd8 25. Bf1 {1-0 (25) Heberla,B (2536)-Baeuml,U (2100) Nuremberg 2009}) 15... exf5 16. exf5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 $40 {[%mdl 128] Threatens to win with f6. White is up to no good.} Qb7+ (17... Qc6+ $14 18. Kg3 f6) 18. Kg1 {Black must now prevent f6.} f6 {[#]} 19. g6 $1 {[%csl Gg6][%cal Rh5h7]} h6 20. Qf3 Qxf3 21. Rxf3 Ne5 22. Re3 Rfc8 23. Nd5 Bd8 24. c3 Rc6 25. Kg2 a5 26. a3 Rb8 27. Re2 Rb7 28. Rd1 Kf8 29. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Ke8 30. h5 Bc7 $2 {[#]} (30... Kf8 $16 31. Nf4 Be7 32. Ne6+ Kg8) 31. Nf4 $18 Bb6 32. Ne6 a4 (32... Rd7 $142 33. Bxe5 fxe5) 33. Bxe5 dxe5 $2 (33... fxe5 34. Rd5 Ke7 35. Rxb5 Rc8) 34. Red2 {White is clearly winning.} Rc8 35. Rd6 Ba5 36. Kf3 Ra7 37. R1d5 Rb7 38. Ke2 Ra8 39. Nc5 Re7 40. Re6 Bd8 41. Rxe7+ Bxe7 42. Ne6 $1 {[%csl LRb5,LRg7] Precision: White = 98%, Black = 29%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Baramidze, David"]
[Black "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hockenheim"]
[BlackTeam "Hamburg SK"]

{[%evp 21,47,38,63,0,4,0,25,32,23,19,30,21,23,22,21,18,126,135,139,146,317,306,348,376,379,376,342,365]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7. h4 Nc6 8. Rg1 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 {B81: Sicilian Scheveningen: Keres Attack} 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Be3 Qxh4 {LiveBook: 7 Games. White is slightly better.} 12. Nb5 ({White should try} 12. Qf3 $14) 12... Qe7 $11 13. Qxd5 {[#] Threatens to win with 0-0-0.} a6 $146 {aiming for ...Be6.} ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 13... Be6 14. Qe4 a6 15. Nc3 Qb4 16. O-O-O Bc5 17. Bxc5 Qxc5 {1-0 (110) Kovalev,V (2636)-Shengelia,D (2556) Heraklio 2017}) 14. Nc3 $1 Nb4 15. Qd2 Be6 $1 16. O-O-O {Bb6 is the strong threat.} Rd8 17. Qe1 Rxd1+ 18. Qxd1 Nxa2+ (18... Qd6 $11) 19. Nxa2 $16 Bxa2 {[#]} 20. c4 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] And now Qa4+ would win. Keeping Black busy.} Qb4 $2 (20... Qd7 $16 {might work better.}) 21. Bd2 $18 Qb3 22. Qe1+ Be7 {[#]} 23. Rg3 $1 {[%cal Rg3b3]} Qa4 24. Ra3 $1 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Dresden"]
[BlackTeam "SF Deizisau"]

{[%evp 9,96,11,31,3,26,25,28,-5,-12,-12,-6,-9,-11,-10,-8,-14,-15,-8,0,0,0,-10,-16,-35,-29,-35,-37,-45,-57,-60,-45,-85,-45,-196,-194,-191,-196,-196,-193,-198,-144,-137,-133,-141,-115,-116,-139,-171,-187,-176,-175,-161,-179,-175,-168,-185,-180,-178,-166,-201,-193,-207,-207,-194,-179,-331,-243,-264,-210,-256,-248,-325,-247,-317,-276,-307,-264,-685,-576,-840,-588,-793,-787,-803,-799,-1600,-1599,-1246,-1036]} 1. e4 d6 2. f4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 e6 {LiveBook: 12 Games} 6. d4 {B23: Closed Sicilian: Lines without g3} (6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. d3 d5 8. O-O Ba6 9. e5 Nd7 10. f5 exf5 11. Qe1 Qe7 12. Bg5 f6 13. exf6 gxf6 {1-0 (32) Kislinsky,A (2574)-Plat,V (2455) Ledec nad Sazavou 2013}) 6... cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. Nxc6 {White has an edge.} Bxc6 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 8... bxc6 9. Bc4 Rb8 10. g4 Qa5 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. f5 h5 13. g5 Ng4 14. h3 Ne5 {0-1 (25) Dos Santos,A (1779)-Mateus,J (1888) Fortaleza 2012}) 9. Qd3 Be7 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. b3 d5 12. Bb2 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Qa5+ 15. Kf2 O-O 16. Rhd1 Rad8 17. Kg1 Rd5 18. Rxd5 cxd5 19. Qd3 Rc8 20. Kf1 Bb4 {Strongly threatening ...Bc3.} 21. Rc1 $2 {[#]} ({White should play} 21. f5 $15) 21... Bd2 $1 $19 {[%cal Rd2c1]} ({Don't take} 21... Qxa2 22. Bd4 $17) 22. Rd1 Bxf4 23. Qd4 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Rd4g7]} Bh6 24. c4 dxc4 ({Better is} 24... Qxa2 $19 25. cxd5 Qxb3) 25. bxc4 $17 f6 26. Qd7 Qa6 27. Rd4 Qc6 28. Qe7 e5 {[%cal Be6e5,Be5e4][%mdl 32]} 29. Rd8+ Rxd8 30. Qxd8+ Kf7 31. Qd3 Bf4 32. h3 a6 33. Ba3 e4 34. Qc2 Ke6 35. Bb4 f5 {[%cal Bf6f5,Bf5f4][%mdl 32]} 36. Qb3 Be5 37. Ke2 $2 {[#]} (37. Ba5) 37... f4 38. Kf1 Bd4 39. Be1 Kf5 40. Ke2 Kg6 41. Kd1 Qb6 42. Qc2 Kf5 43. Kc1 $2 (43. Ke2) 43... g5 {Black is clearly winning.} 44. a3 h5 {[%cal Bh7h5,Bh5g4][%mdl 32]} 45. Bb4 g4 46. hxg4+ hxg4 47. Qa4 Qe6 48. Kd1 f3 {Precision: White = 23%, Black = 71%.} 0-1

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Oleksiyenko, Mykhaylo"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Speyer"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]

{[%evp 16,69,-25,-36,-38,-39,-39,-30,-37,-13,0,0,0,0,60,26,55,52,43,0,51,55,46,59,110,102,79,0,50,0,0,0,69,9,11,12,23,17,8,8,27,27,29,31,46,28,26,20,411,382,433,97,74,0,0,0]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 d6 6. a3 {A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation} (6. Ne2 a5 7. a3 Bc5 8. b3 O-O 9. Ng3 Re8 10. Bb2 Ba7 11. Be2 h6 12. O-O Be6 13. Bc3 Ne7 {1-0 (63) Karjakin,S (2760)-Vidit,S (2715) Riadh 2017}) 6... Bxc3 7. Qxc3 e4 8. Nd4 Ne5 9. b4 {LiveBook: 5 Games} Nfg4 {[#] aiming for ...Qf6.} 10. h3 $1 {[%cal Rh3g4]} Qh4 $1 11. g3 Qh6 12. Be2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. c5 O-O 13. Be2 Nf6 {0-1 (50) Silfver,T (2024)-Koci,V (2242) ICCF email 2008}) 12... Nf6 13. Bb2 {next Nb5 is good for White.} Bd7 14. O-O-O O-O-O (14... Rc8 $11) 15. g4 Rhe8 16. Rdg1 {Strongly threatening g5.} g5 17. h4 Bxg4 (17... Qg6 $11) 18. hxg5 $14 Qxg5 19. c5 $1 h5 {[#]} ({Black should play} 19... Nd5 $14 20. Qc2 dxc5 21. Bxg4+ (21. bxc5 h5 $11) (21. Qxc5 Bxe2 22. Rxg5 Nd3+ 23. Kc2 Nxc5 $11) 21... Nxg4 22. Qxc5 Kb8) 20. c6 $1 $16 Kb8 21. cxb7 {Threatens to win with Bb5.} (21. Qc2 $5 {[%cal Rc6b7]}) 21... c5 22. bxc5 dxc5 23. Nb5 {White wants to mate with Qa5.} Rd7 (23... a6 $11) 24. Kb1 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black needs to defend precisely.} (24. Qa5 $1 $14 Rxb7 25. Nd6) 24... Nc6 $11 25. Ka1 ({Of course not} 25. Qxf6 Qxf6 26. Bxf6 Bxe2 $17) 25... Qf5 26. Bxg4 Nxg4 27. Rc1 $1 Rd5 28. Nd4 Nxd4 29. exd4 Kxb7 30. dxc5 Ka8 31. c6 Rd3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (31... Rc8 $1 $11) 32. Qc4 $18 ({Don't take} 32. Qb4 Rb8 $18) 32... Rc8 33. c7 $2 (33. f3 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.} Nf2 34. fxe4) 33... Rd6 $16 34. Bd4 (34. Qa4 $16 Qd5 35. Rc4) 34... Qd5 $11 35. Be3 {Precision: White = 51%, Black = 49%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Landa, Konstantin"]
[Black "Hertneck, Gerald"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[Annotator "TA RC"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Muelheim"]
[BlackTeam "Zugzwang Muenchen"]

{[%evp 23,43,39,23,28,60,62,65,34,33,24,23,33,33,24,29,30,31,26,32,18,37,50]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. d3 h6 6. c4 e6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Qb3 {A11: English Opening: 1...c6} Qb6 9. Qc2 Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. e4 Bh7 12. Be3 Qa6 {LiveBook: 22 Games} 13. Rfd1 (13. Rad1 Nbd7 14. h3 Rad8 15. Rfe1 Bb4 {1-0 (38) Matlakov,M (2694)-Mchedlishvili,M (2601) Doha 2016}) 13... Nbd7 14. exd5 cxd5 {[#]} 15. Bd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Qb3 Nc5 16. Bxc5 Bxc5 {1-0 (55) Demuth,A (2546)-Cheng,B (2446) Adelaide 2016}) 15... Rfd8 16. Qb3 Nc5 17. Bxc5 Bxc5 18. d4 Bf8 $1 19. Ne5 {[%cal Rc3d5]} Qb6 20. Qxb6 axb6 21. a3 Ne4 22. Rac1 *

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Moehn, Hans"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SF Deizisau"]
[BlackTeam "Dresden"]

{[%evp 11,95,18,42,19,23,11,9,7,0,5,21,0,32,-20,47,40,51,57,54,27,55,56,57,57,58,58,56,58,58,56,58,44,54,53,50,43,56,56,68,68,67,75,66,46,47,47,50,42,40,38,50,50,53,47,61,51,55,61,191,191,191,191,191,183,191,191,205,199,389,387,485,391,381,361,364,363,329,316,428,418,416,314,963,938,911,869]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 b6 5. Nc3 Bb7 6. d5 {E60: King's Indian: Unusual lines and Fianchetto Variation without Nc3} (6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O e6 8. Bf4 d6 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. Rad1 Qe7 11. e4 e5 12. Bc1 Rfe8 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Rac8 15. dxe5 dxe5 {½-½ (68) Wang,Y (2690)-Mamedyarov,S (2804) chess.com INT 2018}) 6... Na6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 7. e4 Nc5 8. Qe2 $146 {White has an edge.} ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 8. e5 Ng4 9. Bh3 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11. Bh6 d6 12. O-O {0-1 (40) Howell,D (2698)-Pert,N (2562) Coventry 2015}) 8... d6 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Nfd7 11. Bg5 a5 12. Qe3 (12. Rfe1 $14) 12... Qe8 (12... Bxc3 $11 13. Qxc3 Nxe4) 13. Bh6 $14 e5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Nd2 Nf6 16. b3 Qe7 17. a3 Rfb8 18. b4 Ncd7 19. Nb3 axb4 20. axb4 Qd8 21. Bh3 Rxa1 22. Rxa1 Ra8 23. Qc1 Ba6 24. Nd2 Ne8 25. Ra3 {[#] Black must now prevent Qa1.} Ndf6 26. Qa1 Bb7 27. Nb5 Rxa3 28. Qxa3 Qb8 29. Qa7 Qxa7 30. Nxa7 Kf8 31. f3 Ke7 32. Kf2 Nd7 33. Ke3 Nb8 34. Kd3 Ba6 (34... Nf6 $14) 35. b5 $18 Bb7 36. Nc6+ Bxc6 37. dxc6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KNN} ({Weaker is} 37. bxc6 Na6 $11) 37... Nf6 38. Nb1 Kf8 39. Nc3 Ke7 $2 {[#]} (39... Ke8 40. Ke2 Ke7) 40. Na2 d5 41. cxd5 Ne8 42. Ke3 Nd6 43. Bf1 f6 44. f4 Kf7 45. Nb4 Ke7 46. Be2 Kf7 $2 (46... g5 47. fxe5 fxe5) 47. fxe5 fxe5 48. Na6 {Precision: White = 70%, Black = 42%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kempinski, Robert"]
[Black "Wagner, Dennis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hamburg SK"]
[BlackTeam "Hockenheim"]

{[%evp 16,51,0,0,19,9,21,15,18,21,29,19,34,16,36,40,50,46,43,34,62,54,49,47,56,49,189,195,318,310,326,324,755,363,363,358,886,871]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. b4 e5 8. Bb2 exd4 {E60: King's Indian: Unusual lines and Fianchetto Variation without Nc3} (8... Qe7 9. Nc3 c6 10. a4 Re8 11. a5 Nf8 12. d5 cxd5 13. cxd5 Bg4 14. Nd2 h5 15. Rc1 Rac8 16. a6 bxa6 17. f3 Bd7 18. Bxa6 Rxc3 19. Rxc3 Nxd5 {½-½ (36) Mamedyarov,S (2646)-Radjabov,T (2673) Baku 2005}) 9. Nxd4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} a5 10. a3 axb4 {The position is equal.} 11. axb4 Rxa1 12. Bxa1 c6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Qe7 13. Nc3 Nb6 {½-½ (31) Van Rooijen,P (1722)-Lyew,M (1684) Chessfriend.com 2003}) 13. Nd2 Qe7 14. Bc3 d5 15. c5 Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Qc2 Nf6 18. Qb2 Rd8 19. Ra1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} h5 20. Ra7 Qd7 ({Black should play} 20... Ng4 $1 $14) 21. b5 $18 cxb5 (21... Qd5 $142) 22. c6 {[%cal Bc5c6,Bc6c7][%mdl 32]} (22. Qxb5 Qxb5 23. Nxb5 (23. Bxb5 Bf8 $16) 23... Bd7 $16) (22. Bxb5 Qd5 $14) 22... Qd5 23. c7 ({Stronger than} 23. Nxb5 bxc6 24. Nc7 (24. Bxf6 Qd1+ 25. Bf1 Rd2 $11) 24... Qd1+ 25. Bf1 Qd6 $11) ({Less strong is} 23. Qxb5 Qxb5 24. Bxb5 bxc6 $14) 23... Rd7 $2 {[#]} (23... Rf8 24. Nxb5 Bg4) 24. Ba5 (24. Nxb5 $142 Qe6 25. Ra8) 24... Ne8 25. Qxb5 Qa2 $2 (25... Nxc7 26. Bxc7 Qxb5 27. Nxb5 Rd2) 26. Ra8 {Precision: White = 79%, Black = 36%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Graf, Alexander"]
[Black "Neef, Maximilian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SF Deizisau"]
[BlackTeam "Dresden"]

{[%evp 24,76,27,30,37,8,25,7,0,7,0,0,20,0,4,4,17,0,14,39,45,45,30,-77,51,37,53,45,41,15,0,-34,-26,-37,0,-181,-148,-376,-356,-735,-729,-604,-589,-1244,-1193,-29990,-29991,-29991,-29992,-29996,-29997,-29997,-672,-29998,-29999]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Na6 10. Nd2 Qe8 11. b3 Bd7 12. a3 Nh7 13. Rb1 h5 {White should prevent ...g5. E92: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5: 7 dxe5, 7 Be3 and Petrosian System without 7...Nbd7} 14. f3 Bh6 15. b4 axb4 {The position is equal.} 16. axb4 Be3 {[#]} 17. Qc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Bf2 Bxf2+ 18. Kxf2 Qb8 19. Re1 Qa7+ 20. Kf1 Ng5 21. c5 dxc5 {1-0 (44) Ikonnikov,V (2556)-Shyam,S (2415) Dieren 2009}) 17... f5 18. Bf2 Bxf2+ 19. Kxf2 Qe7 20. Rhc1 Nf6 21. Kg1 h4 22. Nd1 Nh5 23. c5 {[#]} (23. Nf2 $11) 23... Nf4 ({Better is} 23... h3 $1 $17 {Threatens to win with ...Qg5.} 24. g3 Qg5) 24. Bf1 $14 Qg5 25. Kh1 Bb5 {Hoping for ...Bd3!} 26. Ne3 h3 $40 {[%mdl 128] White needs to defend precisely.} 27. g3 Ne2 28. Bxe2 $1 Bxe2 29. Qc3 $2 (29. Nec4 $11) 29... fxe4 $19 30. fxe4 $2 (30. Rb2 $17) 30... Rf2 31. Nd1 $2 (31. cxd6 cxd6 32. Nec4) 31... Bxd1 32. Rxd1 Raf8 {[%cal Ba8f8,Bf8f3,Bf3f2][%mdl 32]} 33. c6 b5 34. Nf1 Qg4 35. Qd3 R8f3 36. Ne3 {[#]} Rxh2+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 37. Kxh2 Qxg3+ 38. Kh1 {aiming for Rg1.} Rf2 {Precision: White = 36%, Black = 53%.} 0-1

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Donchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Aachen"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]

{[%evp 25,105,7,17,10,13,15,9,0,7,2,4,0,30,19,19,0,18,0,5,17,9,10,8,0,4,0,4,5,14,12,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,27,0,0,0,26,0,0,0,26,6,26,26,27,0,0,0,179,179,163,157,168,93,97,111,112,131,5639,5417,4975,2139,29985,29986,29986,29987]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 b6 9. Rd1 {E11: Bogo-Indian} Bb7 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Nc6 Bxc6 13. Qxc6 Rc8 {LiveBook: 54 Games} 14. Qb5 Ne8 15. Nc3 Nd6 16. Qd3 Nf6 17. b3 {[#]} Qd7 $146 18. e3 Qb7 19. Be1 Rfd8 20. Rac1 h5 21. Bf1 Nfe4 22. Nxe4 Nxe4 23. Qa6 Qb8 24. h4 Nd6 25. a4 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Rc8 27. Rxc8+ Nxc8 28. a5 Qc7 29. Kg2 g6 30. axb6 axb6 31. Bd3 Kg7 32. Qa2 Na7 33. Qc2 Qd6 34. Qa2 Qc7 35. Bd2 Nc6 36. Qa4 Qd6 37. Bc3 Qc7 38. Bd2 Qd6 39. Bc3 Qc7 40. Be1 Qd6 41. Bd2 Nb4 42. Bb5 Nc2 43. b4 Nxb4 44. Bc3 e5 $2 (44... Kg8 $11) 45. dxe5 $18 Qc5 46. Bd4 Qc7 47. e6+ ({Better is} 47. Bb2 $18) 47... f6 $16 48. Qa8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Threatens to win with Qe8. White is in control.} Qc2 49. Kg1 {Strongly threatening Qe8.} Qb1+ $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (49... Qc1+ $16 50. Bf1 Qc6) 50. Bf1 $1 $18 Qf5 {[#]} 51. Qc8 $1 {[%cal Rc8d7]} Nc2 52. Qd7 Kf8 53. Bb5 {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 43%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Heimann, Andreas"]
[Black "Paehtz, Elisabeth"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SF Deizisau"]
[BlackTeam "Dresden"]

{[%evp 9,59,42,49,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,8,1,0,0,-14,0,-10,-23,-18,-7,-16,-4,-3,0,0,0,0,0,-9,0,0,0,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-750]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bxc4 Nxe4 {LiveBook: 12 Games} 6. Qa4+ $146 {D20: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 e3 and 3 e4} ({Predecessor:} 6. O-O Nd6 7. Nxe5 Nxc4 8. Nxc4 Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Bf4 c6 11. d5 Bb4 12. dxc6 Nxc6 {0-1 (39) Li,C (2751)-Dominguez Perez,L (2732) Huaian 2016}) 6... Bd7 7. Qb3 Nd6 $1 8. Nxe5 {[%cal Rc4f7]} Nxc4 9. Qxc4 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Rc4f7] [#]} Be6 10. Qb5+ c6 11. Qxb7 Qxd4 12. Nf3 (12. Be3 {is interesting.} Qb4+ 13. Qxb4 Bxb4+ 14. Nc3 f6 15. Nf3) 12... Qb4+ 13. Qxb4 Bxb4+ 14. Bd2 Na6 {[%cal Bb8a6,Ba6b4,Bb4d3][%mdl 32]} 15. O-O O-O-O 16. Bxb4 Nxb4 17. Nc3 Nd3 {The position is equal.} 18. b3 Rhe8 19. Ng5 f6 20. Nxe6 Rxe6 21. Rfd1 Re5 22. Rd2 Nb4 23. Rxd8+ Kxd8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 24. Kf1 Rc5 25. Rc1 Nd3 26. Rc2 Kc7 27. g3 Nb4 28. Rc1 Nd3 29. Rc2 Nb4 30. Ke2 $2 {[%mdl 40960] Precision: White = 57%, Black = 60%. . An unexpected result.} (30. Rc1 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kraemer, Martin"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SFR Berlin"]
[BlackTeam "Schwaebisch Hall"]

{[%evp 14,68,39,28,60,10,45,55,96,33,48,49,58,41,90,0,0,4,0,-35,0,-45,-60,-147,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-63,-70,-63,-43,-43,-43,-51,-44,-79,-42,-81,-75,-633,-601,-606,-580,-1526,-1515,-1518,-1501,-1292,-1272]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 h5 8. Bg5 {LiveBook: 4 Games. B47: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 f4, 6 g3 and 6 Be2} (8. Be3 h4 9. Qd2 Ne5 10. O-O-O Nc4 11. Qd3 Nxe3 12. Qxe3 h3 13. Bf3 d6 14. Be2 b5 15. a3 Nf6 {0-1 (40) Kryvoruchko,Y (2689)-Malakhatko,V (2542) Riadh 2017}) 8... h4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Bc5 9. Nf3 Nge7 10. Qd2 Na5 11. Na4 Ba7 12. Bf4 Qd8 13. Qc3 Nac6 14. Qxg7 Rg8 15. Qh7 Qa5+ 16. Nc3 Qb6 17. O-O-O {1-0 (17) Forcen Esteban,D (2511)-Ramiro Ovejero,J (2397) Zaragoza 2013}) 9. gxh4 Nge7 (9... Ne5 {seems wilder.} 10. Qe2 Bb4 11. O-O Ng6 12. h5 Nf4) 10. Nxc6 {White is slightly better.} bxc6 11. Qd3 ({White should play} 11. Qg4 $16) 11... Ng6 12. O-O-O f6 13. Bd2 $1 Kf7 14. Rhg1 (14. h5 $16 Rxh5 15. Ne2) 14... Rxh4 15. Bf1 Qxh2 16. Be2 Rb8 17. Be3 Qe5 18. Rh1 (18. Ba7 $15 Nf4 19. Qf3) 18... Rxh1 (18... Nf4 $17 19. Bxf4 Qxf4+ 20. Kb1 Bc5) 19. Rxh1 $11 {Hoping for Bh5.} Nf4 20. Qd2 Nxe2+ 21. Qxe2 {[#]} Ba3 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2560] White is under pressure.} 22. bxa3 Qxc3 23. Qh5+ Ke7 {...Kd8 is the strong threat.} 24. Bc5+ (24. Qh8 $11) 24... Kd8 $1 $15 25. Bb4 $1 Qa1+ 26. Kd2 {[#] Threatening mate with Qa5+.} Qd4+ 27. Kc1 {Black must now prevent Qa5+.} Rb5 $1 {[%cal Rb5h5]} (27... Qxf2 $2 28. Qa5+ Rb6 29. Bd6 $18) 28. Qd1 Qa1+ ({Don't blunder} 28... Qxf2 $2 29. Qd6 $18) 29. Kd2 Qe5 30. Qg4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (30. Qf3 $17) 30... Qd4+ $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 31. Ke2 a5 32. Bf8 Ba6 {( -> ...Rb3+)} 33. Kf3 Qc3+ 34. Kg2 Rg5 {Precision: White = 22%, Black = 67%.} 0-1

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tregubov, Pavel V."]
[Black "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Muelheim"]
[BlackTeam "Zugzwang Muenchen"]

{[%evp 15,93,8,8,0,0,-12,0,0,0,-27,0,0,32,10,12,0,41,-23,-32,-16,47,54,59,60,42,52,52,18,38,26,48,14,32,29,12,25,26,0,0,0,11,0,11,6,12,20,29,0,177,184,175,181,187,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 b6 8. Ba3 {A90: Dutch Defence: Miscellaneous and Modern Stonewall (with ...Bd6)} Bb7 {LiveBook: 14 Games} 9. Qc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Qd2 Qe7 11. Bxd6 cxd6 12. Rc1 Nd7 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. Rxc3 Nf6 15. Qb2 Ne4 {½-½ (32) Andreikin,D (2737)-Vallejo Pons,F (2711) Tallinn 2016}) 9... Ne4 10. c5 Be7 11. Ne5 bxc5 12. Bxe4 dxe4 13. Bxc5 Na6 {[%cal Bb8a6,Ba6b4,Bb4c2][%mdl 32]} 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Nd2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Nb4 16. Qc5 (16. Qb2 $14) 16... Qxc5 $11 17. dxc5 {[%cal Bd4c5,Bc5c6][%mdl 32]} e3 (17... Rfd8 $11 18. Ndc4 Rd5) 18. fxe3 $14 Nc2 19. c6 Ba6 20. Rac1 Nxe3 21. Rf3 Nd5 22. Kf2 Nf6 23. b4 Rfd8 24. Ra3 Rxd2 25. Rxa6 Rd5 26. Nc4 (26. Nd7 $5) 26... Kf8 27. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Ke7 28. Ke1 Ne4 29. Ne3 Rd4 30. Rc4 Rd6 31. b5 Kd8 $2 {[#]} (31... Rdd8 $11) 32. a5 $18 Rb8 33. Rb4 Nc3 34. b6 $2 (34. Rxa7 $18 Rxb5 35. Rxb5 Nxb5 36. Rb7) 34... axb6 $11 {The position is equal.} 35. axb6 cxb6 36. Ra7 Rxc6 37. Rxg7 Ne4 38. Rd4+ Rd6 39. Rxd6+ Nxd6 40. Rxh7 Rb7 41. Rxb7 Nxb7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KN-KN} 42. Kd2 Nc5 43. Kc3 Ke7 44. Nc4 Ne4+ 45. Kb4 Nf6 46. Kb5 Nd5 47. Nxb6 {Precision: White = 54%, Black = 58%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Braun, Arik"]
[Black "Carlstedt, Jonathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hockenheim"]
[BlackTeam "Hamburg SK"]

{[%evp 27,89,43,52,50,37,48,41,44,121,113,121,129,118,105,129,63,30,-63,-58,-60,-55,-68,-63,-78,-70,-76,-76,-68,-85,-92,-69,-97,-112,-92,-89,-94,-101,-172,-158,-172,-74,-77,-61,-59,-58,-66,-21,-95,-98,-94,-74,-98,-102,-100,-65,-65,0,-95,-67,-39,0,-61,0,-64]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Bf4 Bg7 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qb3 b5 10. Bxd6 Qb6 11. Be5 O-O 12. e3 c4 13. Qd1 {A61: Modern Benoni: Nf3 without early e4} b4 14. Nb1 Bb5 {LiveBook: 11 Games} (14... Rc8 15. Nbd2 Bb5 16. a4 bxa3 17. Rxa3 Nbd7 18. Bd4 Qb7 19. d6 Bf8 20. Be2 Bxd6 {½-½ (30) Yilmaz,M (2633)-Adly,A (2625) Beirut 2017}) 15. a3 {White is slightly better.} Nbd7 16. Bd4 $1 {[%cal Rd4b6]} Qa5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Qb7 17. axb4 Nxd5 18. Na3 Bxd4 19. Qxd4 Nxb4 20. Bxc4 Nc6 {1-0 (72) Bida,M (2267)-Battaglini,G (2431) Arad 2014}) 17. Nbd2 b3 (17... Nb6 $14) 18. Be2 $16 Nxd5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. O-O $1 N5b6 21. Nxc4 (21. Rc1 $16) 21... Bxc4 $14 22. Qd4+ (22. Bxc4 $11 Nxc4 23. Qxd7) 22... Nf6 $15 (22... Ne5 $2 23. Nxe5 Rad8 24. Nxc4+ $18) 23. Bxc4 Rad8 24. Qf4 g5 $1 {[%cal Rg5f4]} 25. Nxg5 ({Avoid the trap} 25. Qc7 $2 Rc8 $19) 25... Nxc4 26. Nxh7 $1 Nxh7 27. Qxc4 Qd5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is on the roll.} 28. Qg4+ {[#]} Kh8 $1 29. Rfd1 Qe5 30. Rd4 Rg8 31. Qf3 Qf6 32. Qb7 (32. Qxf6+ $17 Nxf6 33. Rb4) 32... Rxd4 $19 33. exd4 {[#]} Qe6 ({But not} 33... Qxd4 34. Qxb3 Ng5 35. Rd1 $15) (33... Ng5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rg5h3] is more deadly.} 34. Qxb3 Nf3+ 35. Kh1 Nh4) 34. Qf3 $17 Rg4 35. h3 Rxd4 36. Rc1 Re4 {next ...Re1+ is good for Black.} 37. Qc3+ (37. Rc3 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 37... Nf6 38. Rd1 Kh7 39. Qd3 {Black must now prevent f3.} Kh6 {aiming for ...Re1+.} 40. Qd2+ Kg6 41. Qd3 {f3 is the strong threat.} Kh6 {Threatens to win with ...Re1+.} 42. Qd2+ $1 Kh5 43. Qc3 Kg6 44. Qg3+ (44. Qd3 $11 Kh6) 44... Kh7 45. Qd3 $1 {Precision: White = 65%, Black = 60%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Michalik, Peter"]
[Black "Baldauf, Marco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Schwaebisch Hall"]
[BlackTeam "SFR Berlin"]

{[%evp 21,77,4,19,0,3,-29,-16,-44,-6,-11,0,0,0,-13,0,-42,-44,-48,-49,-37,-17,-24,14,0,0,0,80,79,75,98,168,160,192,196,198,203,204,176,248,254,280,264,282,282,276,280,285,283,281,262,348,287,285,283,357,341,354,320]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3e2,Be2f4,Bf4d5][%mdl 32]} Bd7 10. b3 h6 {C67: Spanische Partie (Berliner Verteidigung)} 11. Bb2 Kc8 {LiveBook: 41 Partien} 12. Ne2 c5 $146 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} ({Vorgänger:} 12... Ne7 13. e6 Bxe6 14. Nf4 Bf5 15. Ne5 f6 16. Nf7 Rg8 17. Rad1 b6 18. Rfe1 {0-1 (47) Sanchez Enriquez,O (2196)-Mitkov,N (2565) Merida 2006}) 13. Nd2 Be7 14. Nc4 Rg8 15. Nf4 g5 16. Nd5 Re8 17. Rad1 Be6 18. f4 gxf4 19. Nxe7+ (19. Nxf4 $2 Bxc4 20. bxc4 Ne3 $17) 19... Nxe7 20. Rxf4 Ng6 21. Rf6 Rd8 22. Rdf1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Weiss drückt.} b5 23. Ne3 Rd2 (23... a5 $11 {bleibt in der Remisbreite.}) 24. Bc1 $16 Rd7 25. Nf5 h5 (25... Nxe5 $16 26. Nxh6 (26. Rxh6 Kb7 $14) 26... Rd5) 26. Ng7 $18 Nxe5 27. Nxe6 fxe6 28. Rxe6 Nf7 29. Rc6 Nd6 (29... c4 $142 30. bxc4 Rb8) 30. Rxc5 Rh7 31. Bf4 {[#] Und weiter mit Lxd6 wäre nett.} Kb7 32. Bxd6 cxd6 33. Rxb5+ {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KTT-KTT} Kc6 34. Ra5 Re8 35. Ra6+ Kc5 36. Rf5+ Re5 37. c3 Kd5 38. Rf6 Rd7 39. Kf2 {Precision: Weiß = 57%, Schwarz = 34%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Olszewski, Michal"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Norderstedt"]
[BlackTeam "SV Hofheim"]

{[%evp 11,48,0,0,0,12,0,6,0,17,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-11,-25,-12,18,18,24,22,21,14,16,14,9,25,19,0,10,9,0,0,22,12,47]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 a6 5. b3 c5 6. cxd5 {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3} Nxd5 {LiveBook: 10 Games} 7. dxc5 Bxc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Qf6 8. Qd4 Nb4 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Kd1 Bxc5 11. a3 Nd5 12. Bb2 e5 {½-½ (29) Izeta Txabarri,F (2470)-Anand,V (2764) Santurtzi 2003}) 8. Bb2 O-O 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. Rc1 Bd7 {[%cal Bc8d7,Bd7c6,Bc6e4][%mdl 32]} 11. e4 Nf6 12. Bc4 Bc6 13. Qe2 Qa5 14. a3 Bxe4 15. b4 Qf5 (15... Bxf3 $5 16. Qxf3 (16. bxa5 Bxe2 17. Bxe2 Nc6 $17) (16. Nxf3 Qh5 $11) 16... Qb6 $11) 16. Nh4 Qg4 17. Qxg4 Nxg4 18. Nxe4 {[#] Black must now prevent Be2.} Bxh4 19. Be2 Nf6 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black is not keeping still} 20. Nd6 Bg5 $1 {[%cal Rg5c1]} 21. Rc5 {The position is equal.} Nd5 {Strongly threatening ...Be7.} 22. Nxb7 Nd7 23. Rc4 Rfc8 24. O-O Rxc4 {Precision: White = 72%, Black = 80%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Handke, Florian"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Aachen"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]

{[%evp 25,87,15,12,12,12,12,13,15,13,13,13,10,12,11,18,13,21,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,12,8,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re1 c6 12. Ne3 Be7 13. c4 Nc7 {LiveBook: 29 Games. The position is equal.} 14. d4 d5 15. cxd5 Bb4 16. Bd2 Bxd2 17. Qxd2 {With the idea dxc6.} Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 {[#]} 19. Re5 $146 Qd6 20. Bc4 Bd7 21. Rae1 b5 22. Bb3 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 23. a3 a4 24. Ba2 Rae8 25. Qc3 g6 26. h4 Rxe5 27. Rxe5 Re8 28. Qf3 Re7 $1 29. h5 Be8 30. Rxe7 Qxe7 31. h6 Qd6 32. Qe3 Kf8 33. g3 f6 34. Bg8 Qd8 35. Qe6 Qxd4 36. Bxh7 Bf7 $1 {[%cal Rf7e6]} 37. Qc8+ Ke7 38. Qc7+ Qd7 39. Qf4 Qd1+ 40. Kh2 Qh5+ 41. Kg2 Qe5 {[#] ...Qxf4 is the strong threat.} 42. Qb4+ $1 Kd7 {Threatens to win with ...Bd5+.} 43. Qd2+ Ke7 44. Qb4+ {Precision: White = 90%, Black = 99%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Markgraf, Alexander"]
[Black "Rafiee, Makan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2348"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Bayern Muenchen"]

{[%evp 28,43,28,-13,0,0,0,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {[%cal Bf1b5,Bb5a4,Ba4b3][%mdl 32]} a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d3 Bd6 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Qf3 Re8 {C89: Closed Ruy Lopez: Marshall Attack} (14... Qh4 15. g3 Qh3 16. Be3 Bxd3 17. Nd2 Qf5 18. Bd4 Rfe8 19. a4 h6 20. Qxf5 Bxf5 21. Nf3 Be6 22. Be5 {½-½ (30) Caruana,F (2811)-Svidler,P (2768) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 15. Be3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} (15. Rxe8+ {feels hotter.} Qxe8 16. Nd2 Qe1+ 17. Nf1 Bg6 18. g3) 15... Nxe3 {The position is equal.} 16. Rxe3 Rxe3 {[#]} 17. fxe3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Qxe3 Bxd3 18. Nd2 Qd7 19. Re1 Kf8 20. Qf3 Bg6 21. Rd1 Re8 22. Nf1 {0-1 (71) Kovalenko,I (2640)-Kravtsiv,M (2665) Tbilisi 2017}) 17... Bxh2+ 18. Kxh2 Qh4+ 19. Kg1 Qe1+ 20. Kh2 Qh4+ 21. Kg1 Qe1+ 22. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kollars, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Buhmann, Rainer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hamburg SK"]
[BlackTeam "Hockenheim"]

{[%evp 13,40,34,27,27,33,25,31,29,33,33,44,40,29,33,34,19,23,27,20,27,23,22,22,9,11,11,13,0,11]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Na5 8. Ba2 {C55: Two Knights: 4 d3, 4 d4 exd4 5 e5 and Max Lange Attack} c5 9. Na3 (9. c3 Nc6 10. Na3 a6 11. Nc2 h6 12. Ne3 Re8 13. h3 Bf8 14. Nd5 Rb8 15. Be3 Be6 {½-½ (43) Van Foreest,J (2629)-Harikrishna,P (2744) Riadh 2017}) 9... a6 10. c3 {[%cal Bc2c3,Bc3b4][%mdl 32] White is slightly better.} Bd7 11. b4 cxb4 12. cxb4 Nc6 13. Bd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. b5 axb5 14. axb5 Na7 15. Qb3 Be6 {1-0 (27) Sonis,F (2420)-Brunello,S (2556) Cosenza 2017}) 13... b5 14. axb5 axb5 15. Nxb5 Rb8 16. Bc4 Nxb4 {[#] Strongly threatening ...d5.} 17. Bxb4 {Hoping for Ba5.} Bxb5 {The position is equal.} 18. Bxb5 Rxb5 19. Bd2 Qc7 20. Rb1 Rxb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wirig, Anthony"]
[Black "Seyb, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D71"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2393"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Schwaebisch Hall"]
[BlackTeam "SFR Berlin"]

{[%evp 15,95,16,8,0,6,-14,24,34,28,23,27,10,31,28,34,15,24,23,26,22,17,18,20,16,15,16,16,16,21,20,66,66,80,31,112,95,88,80,419,416,412,422,409,420,419,410,415,378,402,391,378,209,262,0,378,274,272,267,268,267,268,267,267,0,267,267,266,268,276,294,304,300,300,289,302,301,318,330,323,341,566,562]} 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: 4 Partien. A11: Reti-Eröffnung} (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 Nb6 10. Qc2 N8d7 $146 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} ({Vorgänger:} 10... Bxd4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Nxf3 Bg7 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. e4 N8d7 15. a4 Rad8 16. a5 {½-½ (32) Bochev,K (2254)-Kalchev,B (1986) ICCF email 2009}) 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Nxf3 e5 13. Bg5 Bf6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Rad1 Rfd8 16. e3 exd4 17. Rxd4 Nf8 18. Rfd1 Ne6 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Rxd8+ Qxd8 21. Nd2 Nd5 22. a3 c5 23. Ne4 b6 24. Qa4 Qc7 (24... Qe7 $14) 25. Qc4 $16 Ne7 26. Nf6+ Kh8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (26... Kf8 $16) 27. Qc3 $1 $18 Qd8 28. Ng4+ Ng7 29. Nh6 Qf8 30. Qf6 Nef5 31. Nxf7+ Kg8 32. Bd5 {[#] Weiss droht Sh6+ und Matt.} Qe7 33. Nh6+ Kh8 34. Nf7+ (34. Qf7 $142 {[%csl Gd5,Gh6][%cal Rf7g8]} Qe8 35. Qxe8+ (35. Qxa7 Nxh6 36. Qxb6 Qe7 $18) 35... Nxe8 36. Nxf5 gxf5 37. g4) 34... Kg8 35. Ne5+ Kh8 36. Qf7 Qxf7 37. Nxf7+ {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KLS-KSS} ({Keinesfalls} 37. Bxf7 $6 Nd6 $16) 37... Kg8 38. Ng5+ Kh8 39. Nf7+ Kg8 40. g4 Ne7 41. Bc4 Kf8 42. Ng5 h6 43. Nh7+ Ke8 44. Nf6+ Kd8 45. f4 Ne8 46. Nxe8 Kxe8 47. Kf2 Nc6 $2 (47... g5 48. Kf3 Ng6) 48. Bb5 {Precision: Weiß = 71%, Schwarz = 50%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Heinemann, Thies"]
[Black "Banusz, Tamas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "168"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hamburg SK"]
[BlackTeam "Hockenheim"]

{[%evp 14,168,7,-10,15,-16,-14,-17,-26,-27,6,0,15,5,12,0,0,9,7,-10,-6,-25,0,0,7,6,36,28,52,54,54,50,40,11,8,10,36,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,-8,-4,-14,0,-19,-19,-17,-19,-40,-24,-43,-20,-19,-18,-33,-33,-33,-33,-50,-46,-47,-46,-46,-33,-40,-36,-40,-37,-43,-40,-73,-72,-72,-74,-80,-74,-79,-79,-86,-85,-81,-76,-76,-84,-85,-83,-92,-89,-96,-98,-106,-93,-92,-84,-83,-83,-95,-92,-91,-90,-96,-41,-40,-29,-30,-31,-46,-47,-38,-39,-40,-35,-66,-24,-20,-24,-24,-22,-24,-16,-24,-7,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,7,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. h3 Nf6 7. Re1 O-O 8. c3 Rb8 {B31: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5 g6} 9. b3 d6 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nd7 12. Nc3 c5 (12... a5 13. Be3 Ba6 14. Qd2 c5 15. Rac1 c4 16. bxc4 Bxc4 {½-½ (61) Harikrishna,P (2753)-Li,C (2751) Huaian 2016}) 13. Bg5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Be3 Bb7 14. Rc1 {½-½ (45) Gundavaa,B (2492)-Shomoev,A (2538) Ulaanbaatar 2016}) 13... Bb7 14. Nd5 Re8 15. Rc1 h6 16. Bh4 Rc8 17. dxc5 dxc5 18. Re2 g5 19. Bg3 {With the idea Rd2.} Nb6 {[%cal Rb6d5]} 20. Rd2 $1 Nxd5 21. exd5 Qd7 22. Ne5 Qf5 23. Qg4 Qxg4 24. hxg4 Red8 25. Rcd1 (25. d6 {is more complex.} Rxd6 26. Rxd6 exd6 27. Nc4 Bd5 28. Nxd6 Rd8 29. Rxc5 Be6 30. Nf5) 25... Bxe5 26. Bxe5 f6 27. Bg3 Rd7 28. f3 c4 29. bxc4 Rxc4 30. Bf2 a6 31. Be3 Kf7 32. Kf2 Kg6 33. Kg3 h5 34. gxh5+ Kxh5 35. Kf2 Kg6 36. Bb6 Ra4 37. Kg3 Kf5 38. Bc5 Rc4 39. Ba3 g4 40. Kf2 gxf3 41. gxf3 a5 42. Bb2 Rc5 {[%cal Rd7d5]} 43. Ba3 Rc3 44. Bb2 Rc8 45. Ba3 Rh8 46. Kg3 Rhd8 47. d6 e5 48. Kf2 Rh7 49. Ke3 Rdd7 50. Rf2 Rh4 51. Rc1 Ra4 52. Rc3 Bd5 53. Rd2 Ke6 54. Rb2 Rh7 55. Rb6 Kf5 56. Rd3 Be6 ({Reject} 56... Bxa2 $6 57. d7 $11) 57. Rb2 Rh3 58. Rf2 Bd7 59. Rc3 Ke6 60. Bc5 f5 {[#] Strongly threatening ...f4+.} 61. a3 f4+ (61... Rh1 $17 {Threatens to win with ...Rah4.} 62. Rg2 Rah4) 62. Kd2 $15 Kd5 63. Bb6 Kxd6 64. Bc7+ Kd5 65. Rd3+ Rd4 66. Rxd4+ Kxd4 67. Bxa5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Bc6 68. Bc3+ Kd5 69. Re2 Rh5 70. Ke1 Ke6 71. Kf2 Bb5 72. Re1 {The position is equal.} Bd3 73. a4 {[%cal Ba3a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6,Ba6a7][%mdl 32]} Kd5 74. a5 e4 75. fxe4+ Bxe4 76. Rd1+ Ke6 77. a6 Rh2+ 78. Ke1 Rh1+ 79. Kd2 Rh3 80. Bd4 Kf5 81. a7 Ra3 82. Ke1 Ba8 83. Bc5 Ra2 84. Rd8 Be4 {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 64%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bromberger, Stefan"]
[Black "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zugzwang Muenchen"]
[BlackTeam "Muelheim"]

{[%evp 21,43,10,10,18,22,0,7,8,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 dxc4 {D37: Damengambit (5.Lf4)} 8. O-O a6 9. a4 c5 10. d5 exd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 {LiveBook: 6 Partien. Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} 12. Qxd5 Nf6 13. Qe5 Qe8 14. Bxc4 Bd7 15. a5 {[#]} Bc6 $146 16. Rfd1 Ne4 17. Qf5 g6 18. Qh3 Bf6 19. Bh6 $1 Bxb2 20. Bxf8 Bxa1 21. Bxc5 $1 Bf6 22. Bd4 *

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Savchenko, Stanislav"]
[Black "Ostrovskiy, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2477"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SV Hofheim"]
[BlackTeam "Norderstedt"]

{[%evp 13,61,0,13,2,16,14,14,13,9,13,18,10,9,7,15,2,8,3,25,-4,0,0,0,-7,29,0,36,16,15,10,18,12,22,13,12,11,16,24,33,27,50,36,44,0,54,17,18,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. O-O {A17: English Opening: 1...Nf6 with ...Bb4} d4 (6... dxc4 7. Qa4 a5 8. Qb5 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. a3 Be7 11. Re1 Qe8 12. Nd4 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 c6 {0-1 (37) Kozul,Z (2619)-Postny,E (2611) Sibenik 2016}) 7. Na4 Be7 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 8. a3 a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... c5 9. d3 Nc6 10. Rb1 a5 11. Qb3 Ra6 12. e3 Nd7 13. exd4 cxd4 {0-1 (74) Dimitrov,R (2424)-Kigel,D (2276) Athens 2012}) 9. e3 Nc6 10. exd4 Nxd4 11. d3 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 Rb8 13. Nc3 b6 14. Nb5 Qd7 15. Bf4 Bd6 16. Bg5 Be7 17. Qe2 Ba6 18. a4 Rfd8 19. Rfd1 Bb7 20. d4 (20. Bf4 {keeps more tension.} Ne8 21. d4 Bd6 22. Be5 f6 23. Rac1) 20... Bxf3 21. Qxf3 c6 22. Nc3 h6 23. Bf4 Rbc8 24. Rd3 Qb7 25. Rad1 Rd7 26. h4 h5 27. Bg5 Rcd8 28. Ne2 Ng4 (28... c5 $11) 29. Bxe7 Rxe7 30. Nf4 g6 31. Qe4 {Precision: White = 51%, Black = 30%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gurevich, Vladimir"]
[Black "Powierski, Emil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2334"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SV Hofheim"]
[BlackTeam "Norderstedt"]

{[%evp 20,67,25,-2,0,0,0,-13,-10,-14,-14,-19,-10,-16,-15,-26,-23,-37,-11,-75,-62,-75,-64,-64,-56,-64,-62,-62,-45,-79,-29,-23,-38,-28,-32,-26,-26,-26,-26,-30,-26,-26,-15,-14,0,0,0,0,0,-25]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 Nc6 7. Bc4 e6 8. O-O Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. Kh1 {LiveBook: 49 Games} Nxe4 {B88: Sicilian: Sozin Attack} (11... Na5 12. Ba2 b6 13. f4 Bb7 14. f5 e5 15. Nf3 Rac8 16. Nd2 Nc6 17. Qf2 Ng4 18. Qg3 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 {½-½ (27) Ostrovskiy,A (2438)-Almasi,Z (2702) Germany 2017}) 12. Nxe4 {[#] Strongly threatening Nxc6.} d5 13. Bxd5 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 13. Bd3 dxe4 14. Bxe4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 f5 16. Bd3 Bf6 17. Bxf6 Rxf6 18. f4 Bd7 19. b4 {½-½ (41) Hlavac,R (2135)-Marsalek,L Frydek Mistek 1998}) 13... exd5 14. Nc3 Be6 15. Rad1 Bf6 16. Qd2 (16. f4 $5 {[%cal Rf4f5]}) 16... Rac8 17. f3 Rfe8 18. Qf2 Qa5 19. Nb3 {[#]} (19. f4 $11) 19... Qb4 $1 $17 20. Bc5 Qc4 21. Nd2 Qf4 22. g3 Qf5 {Hoping for ...Bxc3.} 23. Nb3 Qh5 24. Be3 d4 25. Nxd4 Bc4 26. Rfe1 Bxd4 27. Bxd4 Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Nxd4 29. Qxd4 Qxf3+ 30. Kg1 {And now Qxc4! would win.} Be6 31. Qe4 {The position is equal.} Qf6 32. Qxb7 Qd4+ 33. Kg2 $1 {White wants to mate with Qxc8+!} Re8 34. Rd1 {Precision: White = 40%, Black = 64%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Abel, Dennes"]
[Black "Le Roux, Jean-Pierre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SFR Berlin"]
[BlackTeam "Schwaebisch Hall"]

{[%evp 15,45,23,27,22,25,20,19,10,51,37,25,47,37,0,6,0,48,-22,-23,-16,0,0,11,15,18,8,14,0,41,54,89,44]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Bg7 8. Nc3 d6 9. Bg5 {A30: Symmetrical English: Double Fianchetto and Hedgehog} (9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 Ne4 11. Qd3 Nd7 12. Qc2 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Rc8 15. Qb2 Rc5 16. Rfd1 Qa8 17. Ne1 Bxg2 18. Nxg2 {0-1 (68) Wang,H (2709)-Artemiev,V (2691) Huaian 2017}) 9... Nbd7 10. Rac1 Rc8 {[%cal Ba8c8,Bc8c5,Bc5h5][%mdl 32]} 11. b3 {The position is equal.} a6 12. Bh3 O-O 13. Qd2 {[#]} Rc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Re8 14. Ne1 Qc7 15. Nd3 Qc6 16. f3 e6 {½-½ (36) Jedynak,R (2540)-Stocek,J (2572) Thessaloniki 2007}) 14. Be3 Rh5 15. Bg2 Ng4 16. Rcd1 ({White should try} 16. Bf4 $1 $14) 16... b5 17. Nd5 bxc4 18. bxc4 Bxd5 19. cxd5 Ndf6 20. Nh4 Nxe3 21. Qxe3 Re5 22. Qd3 Qa5 23. e4 {Precision: White = 58%, Black = 60%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Fedorovsky, Michael"]
[Black "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bayern Muenchen"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:3000+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. g3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bb4+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 5. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:03:30]} 6. d5 {[%emt 0:04:30]} exd5 {[%emt 0:02:30]} 7. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} O-O {[%emt 0:05:30]} 8. Nh3 {[%emt 0:14:30]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 9. O-O {[%emt 0:03:30]} Bxd2 {[%emt 0:06:30]} 10. Nxd2 {[%emt 0:09:30]} b5 {[%emt 0:05:30]} 11. a4 {[%emt 0:04:30]} b4 {[%emt 0:07:30]} 12. Nc4 {[%emt 0:10:30]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 13. Rc1 {[%emt 0:05:30]} Bxc4 {[%emt 0:06:30]} 14. Rxc4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 15. e4 {[%emt 0:17:00]} Re8 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 16. Re1 {[%emt 0:01:30]} *

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Schreiner, Peter"]
[Black "Gharamian, Tigran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SFR Berlin"]
[BlackTeam "Schwaebisch Hall"]

{[%evp 22,82,0,0,25,0,-3,-10,0,-2,0,0,0,0,2,-18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-15,-8,-14,-5,-8,-8,-17,-12,-12,-12,-15,-12,-10,-2,-8,0,-12,0,0,0,-26,-7,-3,-3,-17,-12,-18,-10,-14,-5,-5,0,-3,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 b6 9. Bf4 Nbd7 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Rc1 {E08: Closed Catalan: Main Line: 7 Qc2} Bb7 12. Qa4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} (12. Qb3 Rc8 13. Rxc8 Qxc8 14. Nc3 Nh5 15. Bg5 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 Nhf6 17. e3 Qb8 18. Bf1 Rc8 {½-½ (56) So,W (2788)-Karjakin,S (2760) London 2017}) 12... a6 13. Ne5 {White has an edge.} Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Rc8 15. Nd2 Ng4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... b5 16. Qb3 Qb6 17. Nf3 Rc4 18. Qd3 Rfc8 {0-1 (36) Torres Dominguez,D (2223)-Garcia Carbo,M (2355) Cambados 2005}) 16. Nf3 Nxe5 (16... b5 {with more complications.} 17. Rxc8 bxa4 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. Rc1 Rc8) 17. Nxe5 Bd6 18. Qd7 Bxe5 19. Qxd8 Rfxd8 20. dxe5 a5 21. Kf1 Kf8 (21... g5 {looks sharper.} 22. Ke1 f6 23. exf6 Kf7 24. e3 Kxf6 25. Kd2 h6) 22. Ke1 Rc5 23. Rc3 Rdc8 24. Rac1 Ba6 25. e3 Ke7 26. Kd2 f6 27. f4 fxe5 28. fxe5 Rf8 {[#] aiming for ...Rf2+.} 29. Ke1 Rxc3 30. Rxc3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Kd7 31. g4 h6 32. Rb3 Kc7 33. Rc3+ Kd7 34. Rb3 Rb8 35. Rc3 {The position is equal.} Bc4 36. Bf1 Bxf1 37. Kxf1 {[#]} h5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 38. h3 $1 (38. gxh5 Rh8) 38... hxg4 39. hxg4 g5 40. Kg2 Rf8 41. Rc1 Rh8 {Precision: White = 57%, Black = 38%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Yankelevich, Lev"]
[Black "Ragger, Markus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Speyer"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]

{[%evp 19,76,25,25,25,25,16,14,15,27,21,42,36,20,-110,-111,-95,-100,-145,-145,-145,-143,-155,-153,-150,-137,-130,-137,-179,-172,-241,-230,-268,-185,-465,-456,-467,-246,-267,-205,-176,109,-89,-89,-358,-168,-1093,-1048,-1839,0,-1816,-1747,-1712,-1684,-2833,-2586,-29995,-29996,-29996,-29997]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c6 6. a4 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3} Bb4+ 7. Bd2 a5 8. Qc2 Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 Ne4 10. Qc2 (10. Qf4 Qb6 11. O-O Qxb2 12. Na3 Nc3 13. Kh1 O-O 14. Nxc4 Qxe2 {½-½ (69) Cheparinov,I (2710)-Wang,H (2709) Riadh 2017}) 10... Nd6 {LiveBook: 17 Games} 11. O-O Na6 12. Ne5 Nb4 13. Qc1 O-O 14. Na3 Qc7 15. Rd1 $146 b6 {[%cal Bb7b6,Bb6b5][%mdl 32] [#]} 16. Nb5 (16. Nxc6 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512] remains equal.} Nd5 (16... Nxc6 17. Nb5) 17. b3) 16... cxb5 $17 {[%cal Bc6b5,Bb5a4][%mdl 32]} 17. Bxa8 bxa4 $1 18. Bg2 {[#]} b5 $1 19. Nd3 Bb7 20. Nc5 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Nf5 22. Qf4 Qc6+ 23. Qe4 {[#]} Nxd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 24. Rxd4 (24. Qxc6 $142 Nbxc6 25. Rd2) 24... Qxc5 $19 25. Rad1 g6 26. Kg1 $2 (26. Rd8) 26... c3 27. bxc3 Qxc3 (27... Na2 $142 28. Qc2 Nxc3) 28. Qb7 Qc6 29. Qa7 Qa8 $2 {[#]} (29... Nd5 $19 {And now ...Ra8 would win.} 30. Qxa5 Ra8) 30. Qc5 $2 (30. Qxa8 $1 $16 {is forced if you want to stay better.} Rxa8 31. Rd8+ Rxd8 32. Rxd8+ Kg7 33. Rb8) 30... Nd5 $17 31. Rh4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Wrong is} 31. e4 $2 Rc8 $17) (31. Rxd5 $17 {is a better defense.} exd5 32. Qxb5) 31... Rc8 (31... b4 $142 {Threatens to win with ...Rc8.} 32. Rc4 a3) 32. Qd4 $2 (32. Qxb5 Nc3 33. Qd3) 32... Nc3 $19 33. Qf6 Nxe2+ 34. Kf1 Nc3 {[%cal Ra8h1]} 35. Kg1 Nxd1 36. Rd4 Nc3 {( -> ...Ne2+)} 37. Rd7 Ne2+ 38. Kf1 Rc1+ {Precision: White = 28%, Black = 46%.} 0-1

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Perske, Thore"]
[Black "Krause, Benedict"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SV Hofheim"]
[BlackTeam "Norderstedt"]

{[%evp 27,83,44,46,40,47,17,72,72,72,72,72,72,72,73,74,77,111,93,93,93,93,93,94,94,106,106,106,89,136,121,121,121,121,121,121,0,121,97,97,97,97,97,97,97,121,97,97,97,121,121,121,42,97,97,97,97,97,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Be2 b5 8. Nxc6 dxc6 9. O-O Nf6 10. f4 Bb7 11. e5 {B49: Sizilianisch (Paulsen-Variante)} Nd5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Bd4 Bc5 14. c3 {[%cal Bc2c3,Bc3d4,Bd4c5][%mdl 32]} O-O {LiveBook: 3 Partien} 15. Rc1 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 15. Qd2 Rac8 16. a4 Bxd4+ 17. Qxd4 Bc6 18. a5 Bd7 {½-½ (58) Gallagher,J (2500)-Kaenel,H (2312) Switzerland 2014}) 15... Rac8 16. b4 Bxd4+ (16... Bb6 $11) 17. cxd4 $16 Qxc1 18. Qxc1 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KTL-KTL} Rc8 20. Rc5 Rxc5 21. dxc5 $16 {KL-KL} g6 22. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} h6 23. h4 Bc6 24. Kf2 Kg7 25. Ke3 Kg8 26. Kd4 Kg7 27. g5 h5 28. Bd1 Kf8 29. Bc2 Ke7 30. Bd3 Kd7 31. Bc2 Ke7 $1 32. Bb3 Kd7 33. Ke3 Ke7 34. Bd1 Kd7 35. Kd2 Ke7 36. Kc3 Kd7 37. Be2 Ke7 38. a4 Kd7 39. axb5 (39. a5 $16) 39... axb5 (39... Bxb5 $14 40. Bd1 Kc7) 40. Kd4 {Weiß steht besser.} Ke7 41. Bd1 Kd7 42. Be2 {Precision: Weiß = 46%, Schwarz = 52%.} (42. Bf3 $16) 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zelbel, Patrick"]
[Black "Schramm, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Muelheim"]
[BlackTeam "Zugzwang Muenchen"]

{[%evp 10,47,22,10,20,15,17,-2,12,2,15,17,27,35,29,26,22,16,24,8,65,56,175,163,147,164,167,183,208,214,215,107,370,373,348,375,356,350,449,452]} 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. Qe2 a6 {The position is equal.} 9. a4 Be7 10. Nb3 Nf6 11. Rd1 {[%cal Rb3d4]} Qc7 12. Nbxd4 Bd7 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Ne5 {[#] And now Nxf7! would win.} Bd5 $146 (14... O-O $11) 15. Bxd5 $14 Nxd5 (15... exd5 $14 16. Bf4 Qd8) 16. c4 $18 Nf6 {[#]} 17. Bf4 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Hoping for Ng6! Black is under strong pressure.} Qc8 18. g4 h6 {[#]} 19. h4 $1 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4g5,Bg5g6][%mdl 32]} a5 20. Qf3 (20. Rd3 $18) 20... Ra6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (20... h5 $16 {was necessary.}) 21. g5 hxg5 22. hxg5 Nh5 23. Be3 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Rf3f7]} f6 24. g6 {Precision: White = 64%, Black = 33%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Maiwald, Jens-Uwe"]
[Black "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2437"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Dresden"]
[BlackTeam "SF Deizisau"]

{[%evp 16,90,-7,-11,23,25,16,14,25,30,35,32,17,32,37,18,56,0,4,-9,0,0,12,12,12,11,45,49,45,64,66,61,66,50,58,64,62,51,99,99,99,62,59,52,54,59,48,35,34,28,107,59,79,-27,-16,-22,0,0,0,-13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-99,-99,-102,-99,-641,-636,-629,-625,-1008,-970]} 1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. g3 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Qe2 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. e5 Nd7 9. c4 b5 {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. cxd5 exd5 11. Nc3 Nb6 {The position is equal.} 12. Nxb5 a6 13. Na3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Nc3 Bg4 14. h3 Nd4 15. Qd1 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Bxh3 17. Re1 {½-½ (55) Bokros,A (2461)-Banusz,T (2609) Zalakaros 2014}) 13... Bg4 14. Nc2 Qd7 15. Re1 Rae8 16. Bf4 (16. b3 $14) 16... d4 $11 17. Na3 {[%cal Bc2a3,Ba3b1,Bb1d2,Bd2b3][%mdl 32]} Nb4 18. Bd2 a5 19. Bxb4 axb4 20. Nb1 c4 21. dxc4 d3 22. Qe4 Na4 23. Nbd2 Nxb2 24. Qd4 Na4 25. Qxd7 Bxd7 26. Re3 Bf5 27. Nd4 Bg6 28. N2b3 Rc8 29. Nc6 Rfe8 30. Bd5 Nc3 31. Kf1 {[%cal Bg1f1,Bf1e1,Be1d2][%mdl 32]} h5 32. Ke1 Bd8 (32... Rc7 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 33. Kd2 Bb6 34. Rae1 (34. f4 $16) 34... Bxe3+ ({Much worse is} 34... Nxa2 $6 35. c5 $16) 35. Rxe3 Rxc6 36. Bxc6 Rc8 37. Nd4 Rd8 38. Bd5 Nxd5 39. cxd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame Strongly threatening Nc6. KRB-KRN} Ra8 $1 40. Re1 {d6 is the strong threat.} Rxa2+ 41. Ke3 {[#]} (41. Kd1 $1 $11) 41... d2 $1 $17 {[%cal Rd2e1]} 42. Rd1 b3 $1 {[%cal Bb4b3,Bb3b2][%mdl 32]} 43. d6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (43. Nxb3 $17 Ra3 44. Kd4 Rxb3 45. Rxd2) 43... b2 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 44. d7 Ra8 45. Nc6 Bc2 {Precision: White = 51%, Black = 56%.} 0-1

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vogel, Roven"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2437"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Dresden"]
[BlackTeam "SF Deizisau"]

{[%evp 23,102,-32,-29,-57,-39,-47,-8,-18,16,13,14,8,11,6,13,0,0,0,0,0,-2,-9,0,-20,0,-26,-12,-23,-7,-13,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-11,0,-11,0,-28,-34,-33,-36,-21,-21,-37,-20,-31,-24,-39,-51,-48,-41,-69,-55,-77,-83,-83,-79,-230,-211,-248,-233,-229,-223,-472,-408,-484,-498,-459,-412,-303,-269,-617,-614,-603,-603,-562,-519,-407,-395]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Be3 c6 7. Nf3 e5 8. O-O exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. f3 d5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 {[%cal Bf6d5,Bd5f4,Bf4d3][%mdl 32]} 12. Bf2 {E94: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5 7 0-0: Various Black 7th moves} Nf4 $1 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 13. Nb3 Qxd1 14. Bxd1 {Black is slightly better.} Nd3 15. Bd4 {[#]} Bxd4+ $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Nxb2 16. Be2 b5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Rab1 Nc4 19. Bxc4 bxc4 {1-0 (57) Eljanov,P (2686)-Jankovic,A (2541) Dresden 2007}) 16. Nxd4 Rd8 17. Be2 Nxb2 18. Nb3 {Black must now prevent Rab1.} a5 19. Rab1 a4 $1 20. Rxb2 {Strongly threatening Nc5.} axb3 21. axb3 Be6 22. Rc1 Nd7 23. Na4 Ra5 24. h4 Rda8 25. Kf2 h5 26. Nc3 Ra1 27. Rxa1 Rxa1 28. Bd1 Nc5 29. Ke3 b5 30. b4 Na4 (30... Na6 {looks sharper.} 31. Kd2 Kf8 32. Ne2 Ke7 33. Nd4 Kd7) 31. Rb1 (31. Bxa4 $5 bxa4 32. Rb1 $11) 31... Ra3 32. Bxa4 $1 Rxc3+ $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 33. Kd2 Ra3 34. Bc2 Kf8 35. Re1 Ke7 36. Re3 Ra2 37. f4 Kd6 38. Rd3+ Kc7 39. Rg3 Kb6 40. Kc1 Ra1+ 41. Kb2 $2 (41. Kd2 $17 {is the only way for White.}) 41... Rh1 $1 $19 42. f5 gxf5 43. exf5 Bd5 44. Bb3 $2 (44. Rh3 Rf1 45. Rd3) 44... Rxh4 45. Bxd5 cxd5 {KR-KR} 46. Kc3 Rc4+ 47. Kd3 Rxb4 {( -> ...Rb3+)} 48. Rg5 $2 (48. Rg7) 48... Kc5 49. Rxh5 {[#]} Rd4+ $1 50. Kc2 Rc4+ 51. Kd3 {[#]} Kd6 $1 {Precision: White = 42%, Black = 77%.} 0-1

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lauber, Arnd"]
[Black "Zeller, Frank"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SFR Berlin"]
[BlackTeam "Schwaebisch Hall"]

{[%evp 26,83,62,69,58,54,83,79,85,82,80,97,108,107,110,115,161,164,184,161,154,101,84,81,86,87,86,90,79,93,62,-31,-20,-31,-22,-111,-39,-50,-30,-45,0,0,0,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-10,-5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Nd2 Nbd7 8. e4 Bg7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. a4 Ne5 12. Re1 Bg4 {A77: Modern Benoni: Classical: 9...Re8 10 Nd2: 10...a6 and 10...Nbd7} 13. f3 Bd7 14. Nf1 {[#] LiveBook: 4 Games} c4 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 14... h5 15. Bg5 Qb6 16. Qc2 Nh7 17. Be3 f5 18. Bb5 Bxb5 19. axb5 fxe4 20. Nxe4 {½-½ (36) Volkov,S (2618)-Gabrielian,A (2554) Taganrog 2015}) 15. Be3 Qa5 16. Nd2 Rac8 17. Nb5 Bxb5 18. axb5 Qxb5 19. b3 a6 20. bxc4 Qb2 21. Rb1 Qa3 22. Rb3 Qa5 23. Qb1 (23. Rxb7 $142 {Threatens to win with c5!} Ned7 24. Qa1 Qxa1 25. Rxa1) 23... Ned7 $16 24. Rxb7 Nc5 25. Nb3 Nxb3 26. Rxb3 Nd7 27. Rd1 Nc5 28. Bd2 ({White should try} 28. Rb6 $14) 28... Qd8 29. Rb4 f5 30. Bd3 (30. Be3 $11 {remains equal.}) 30... Bd4+ (30... fxe4 $17 31. fxe4 Qe7) 31. Kh1 $15 fxe4 32. Bxe4 Nxe4 33. fxe4 {The position is equal.} Qh4 34. Be1 Qxe4 35. Qxe4 Rxe4 36. Bg3 Bc5 37. Ra4 h5 38. Rxa6 Rd8 39. h4 Rxc4 40. Re1 Rg4 41. Kh2 Rd4 42. Bf2 {Precision: White = 64%, Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kopylov, Michael"]
[Black "Ginsburg, Gennadi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2424"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Norderstedt"]
[BlackTeam "SV Hofheim"]

{[%evp 24,81,105,118,102,130,266,260,258,261,255,245,230,244,277,275,257,206,197,203,197,158,163,158,201,89,89,91,95,95,90,86,117,115,125,115,132,125,138,134,126,118,193,188,198,198,188,184,175,174,821,737,4862,4862,6142,6070,29984,29985,29985,29986]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Bf5 8. d5 Na5 9. Nd2 c6 10. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4a5][%mdl 32] E62: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...c6 and Panno Variation (6...Nc6) without ...a6} (10. e4 Bg4 11. Qa4 cxd5 12. cxd5 Bd7 13. Qa3 Ng4 14. b4 Rc8 15. Bb2 Nc4 16. Nxc4 Rxc4 17. Qb3 Qc7 18. Rfc1 Nxf2 19. Kxf2 Qb6+ {0-1 (19) Karpov,A (2628)-Fressinet,L (2702) Cap d'Agde 2015}) 10... Nxd5 11. cxd5 Bxc3 12. e4 Bxa1 13. exf5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} cxd5 14. bxa5 e6 (14... Qxa5 $16 15. Nb3 Qxa2) 15. Nb3 {Threatens to win with fxe6.} Bg7 16. fxe6 $1 fxe6 17. Nd4 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 {Strongly threatening Bb2.} Qxa5 19. Bb2 $146 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Rd4g7]} e5 20. Qxd5+ Qxd5 21. Bxd5+ Kg7 22. f4 Kh6 23. Bc1 {And now fxe5+ would win.} exf4 24. Rxf4 (24. h4 $18 {has better winning chances.}) 24... Rxf4 $16 25. Bxf4+ g5 26. Be3 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Re8 27. Bxa7 Re5 28. Bb3 Re2 29. h3 Kg6 30. Kf1 Rd2 31. Be3 Rb2 32. Bd4 Rd2 {[#]} (32... Rh2 $16) 33. Bc3 $1 $18 {[%cal Rc3d2]} Rh2 {[#]} 34. Bd5 $1 Rxh3 35. Kg2 ({And not} 35. Bxb7 Rxg3 36. Bb4 Rg4 $11) 35... g4 36. Bxb7 {aiming for a4.} Kf7 $2 (36... Rh5 37. Kf2 Rc5 38. Be4+ Kf7) 37. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} Ke7 38. a5 Kd7 39. a6 {White wants to mate with a7.} Kc7 40. Ba5+ Kb8 41. Bb6 {Precision: White = 85%, Black = 31%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Schneider, Stefan"]
[Black "Spoelman, Wouter"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2401"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bayern Muenchen"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]

{[%evp 13,24,18,29,1,16,0,9,4,13,0,2,0,6]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bg5 Nc6 (4... h6 5. Bh4 Qb6 6. Nc3 e5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. e3 exd4 9. Nxd4 Qxb2 10. Nxd5 Bb4+ 11. Nxb4 Qc3+ {0-1 (20) Mamedyarov,S (2809)-Andreikin,D (2712) Moscow 2018}) 5. Nc3 f6 6. Bd2 {D10: Slav Defence: 3 cxd5 (without early Nf3) and 3 Nc3} e6 7. Nf3 Bd6 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 8. e3 {White has an edge.} a6 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 8... Nge7 9. Bd3 Bd7 10. O-O Rc8 11. a3 a6 {1-0 (41) Kirilin,D (1917)-Sharovskaya,O (1995) Bialystok 2017}) 9. Be2 Nge7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rc1 b5 12. Bd3 Bd7 *

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hoolt, Sarah"]
[Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Speyer"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]

{[%evp 17,86,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,18,3,15,0,0,-63,-29,-82,-34,-91,-53,-60,-59,-66,-71,-63,-70,-124,-125,-121,-125,-184,-177,-217,-210,-237,-234,-266,-254,-231,-210,-256,-229,-266,-266,-265,-265,-265,-264,-264,-215,-207,-204,-502,-502,-505,-502,-510,-487,-480,-480,-473,-473,-499,-476,-652,-643,-771,-709,-772,-755,-1388,-1423]} 1. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 f6 7. Bd3 fxe5 {C02: French: Advance Variation} 8. dxe5 c4 9. Bc2 g6 {LiveBook: 12 Games. The position is equal.} 10. b3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Qe2 Bg7 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Bd4 Nh6 13. O-O Bd7 14. Nbd2 Nxd4 15. cxd4 {½-½ (36) Mastrovasilis,D (2606)-Bartel,M (2640) Lublin 2016}) 10... cxb3 11. Bxb3 Bg7 12. O-O Nge7 13. Bg5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Bxe7 (15. Nd2 $11) 15... Kxe7 $15 16. Ra2 (16. Re1 $11 Qd6 17. g3) 16... Kf7 17. Re2 (17. c4 $15) 17... Bf6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 18. c4 Rd8 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Bxd5+ Kg7 {[#] Hoping for ...Bg4.} 21. Qb3 ({White should play} 21. Rd2 $1 $15) 21... Qxb3 $17 22. Bxb3 Bf5 {Threatens to win with ...Bd3.} 23. Rc1 (23. Rfe1 $17) 23... Rac8 $19 24. Ree1 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 25. g3 a5 26. a4 b4 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Kg2 Kf8 29. h4 Rd8 30. Rc1 h5 31. Re1 Rd6 32. Rc1 Ke7 33. Kf1 Kd7 34. Ke1 $2 (34. Ke2) 34... Bb2 {Black is clearly winning.} 35. Rc2 Bxc2 36. Bxc2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KBN} Ke7 37. Ke2 Bc1 38. Ke1 Kf6 39. Ke2 Ke5 40. Ke1 Kd4 41. Bb3 Kd3 42. Kd1 Bb2 {[#] ( -> ...Rc6)} 43. Ke1 Rc6 {Precision: White = 35%, Black = 87%.} 0-1

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Parvanyan, Ashot"]
[Black "Lobzhanidze, Davit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2374"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Norderstedt"]
[BlackTeam "SV Hofheim"]

{[%evp 18,48,17,24,24,31,37,39,39,39,38,32,25,27,21,0,27,0,18,20,57,40,49,25,52,30,53,0,0,0,0,0,52]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 e6 5. b3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Bb2 Nbd7 8. d4 b6 9. Nc3 Ba6 10. a4 dxc4 {E07: Closed Catalan: Main Line (5 Nf3 0-0 6 0-0 Nbd7)} (10... Qc7 11. Rc1 Rad8 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Nh4 Rfe8 14. Nf5 Bf8 15. Nb5 Bxb5 16. axb5 Nb8 17. Qd3 Qb7 18. Ra1 {1-0 (51) Cheparinov,I (2695)-Rogic,D (2511) Mali Losinj 2017}) 11. bxc4 Bxc4 12. Nd2 Ba6 $1 {White is slightly better.} 13. Bxc6 Rc8 14. Bg2 Nb8 {[%cal Bd7b8,Bb8c6,Bc6a5][%mdl 32]} 15. Nb5 Qd7 16. Qb3 Nc6 17. Nf3 $146 (17. Bxc6 $5 Rxc6 18. Rfc1 $11) ({Predecessor:} 17. Rfc1 Na5 18. Qd3 {½-½ (46) Demian,V-Zlender,B ICCF corr 1998}) 17... Na5 18. Qd3 Nd5 19. Ne5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Qe8 20. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 21. Rxc1 Nb4 $1 {[%cal Rb4d3]} 22. Qd1 (22. Qf3 $14) 22... Bxb5 $11 {The position is equal.} 23. axb5 Qxb5 24. e4 Nbc6 (24... Rd8 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zude, Arno"]
[Black "Polischuk, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2284"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SV Hofheim"]
[BlackTeam "Norderstedt"]

{[%evp 25,169,40,36,31,25,31,18,10,14,25,39,0,0,0,0,0,7,0,0,0,0,-32,16,7,52,25,17,22,95,0,0,-109,0,-27,-23,-20,-22,-37,-34,-46,-40,-70,0,-206,-193,-337,-317,-393,-362,-347,-343,-312,-106,-216,-210,-193,-204,-216,-216,-231,-195,-462,-451,-425,-389,-362,-356,-361,-361,-381,-324,-315,-315,-308,-45,-45,-44,-610,-573,-1441,-1670,-1890,-1600,-1313,-1287,-1272,-1114,-7212,-7683,-7034,-6861,-6589,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-5169,0,-3709,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-1192,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 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. f3 Bh5 14. Nf4 {B45: Sicilian Four Knights} Bg6 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. f4 Ne7 {[%cal Bc6e7,Be7f5,Bf5e3][%mdl 32]} 17. Qf3 Qb6 18. Re1 Rfe8 19. Bd2 Nf5 20. b4 Qc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 20... Ne3 21. c4 a5 {1-0 (55) Guliyev,N (2559)-Lamorelle,J (2326) Montigny le Bretonneux 2013}) 21. h3 Ne3 22. Bxe3 dxe3 23. c4 {[%cal Bc2c4,Bc4c5][%mdl 32]} (23. Rxe3 $2 Qb6 $19) 23... Qe7 24. c5 {Threatens to win with Bb5.} Qe6 25. Bb5 Re7 26. Rad1 {Threatening Rd3.} a6 (26... a5 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 27. Ba4 (27. Rd3 $16 {[%cal Rd3e3]} Qf5 28. Bc4) 27... a5 $1 $36 {[%cal Ra5b4][%mdl 2048] aiming for ...axb4. White is under pressure.} 28. Rd4 (28. Rd3 $11 Qc4 29. Rexe3 Rxe3 30. Qxe3) 28... Qa2 (28... axb4 $17 29. Rxb4 Qc8) 29. Rxe3 Rxe3 30. Qxe3 {Black must now prevent c6.} axb4 31. Bb3 Qxa3 32. Kh2 Re8 33. Qf3 Re7 (33... Qa1 $15 34. Qd1 (34. Rxb4 Re1 $19) 34... Qc3) 34. Rd3 $2 (34. Rd8+ $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} Kh7 35. Qg3) 34... Qc1 $19 35. f5 (35. Rd1 $142 Qxc5 36. Rd8+ Kh7 37. Qg3) 35... g5 ({Not} 35... Qxc5 36. fxg6 Qe5+ 37. Qg3 $14) 36. Rd1 Qxc5 37. Qg3 Qxf5 38. Rd4 Qe5 $2 (38... b5 $19 {has better winning chances.} 39. Bd1 Re8) 39. Rxb4 (39. Rd8+ $17 {is a better defense.} Kh7 40. Qxe5 Rxe5 41. Bxf7) 39... b5 {And now ...Qc5 would win.} 40. Qxe5 Rxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 41. Rd4 Kf8 42. Rd6 g4 43. h4 $2 (43. hxg4 {was the only defense.} Nxg4+ 44. Kh3) 43... Re3 44. Bc2 Ne4 45. Bxe4 Rxe4 {KR-KR} 46. Rb6 b4 47. h5 Kg8 48. Kg3 Kh7 49. Kh4 {Now g3 and White clings on.} f6 $2 (49... Re2 $1 $19 50. g3 Rb2) 50. g3 $1 $15 Rc4 51. h6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (51. Rb5 $15) 51... gxh6 $19 52. Rxf6 Kg7 53. Rxh6 Kf7 54. Kg5 Ke7 55. Kf5 Kd7 56. Rb6 Kc7 57. Rb5 Kc6 58. Rb8 Kc5 $2 (58... Rd4 $19 {...Kd5 is the strong threat.} 59. Ke5 Rd5+ 60. Kf4 Rb5 61. Rc8+ Kd5 62. Rd8+ Kc4 63. Kxg4 b3) 59. Ke5 $1 $11 Rc3 60. Kf4 Rc4+ 61. Ke5 Kc6 62. Ke6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (62. Kf5 $11) 62... Kc7 $2 ({Black should play} 62... Re4+ $19 63. Kf5 Rd4) 63. Rb5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (63. Kd5 $11) 63... Rc6+ $2 (63... Rd4 $1 $19 64. Ke5 Kc6) 64. Kf5 Rb6 65. Rc5+ $1 Rc6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (65... Kd6 $11 66. Rc1 b3 67. Kxg4 b2) 66. Rb5 $19 Rc4 67. Ke6 {[#]} Rc6+ $2 ({Better is} 67... Rd4 $1 $19 68. Ke5 Kc6) 68. Kf5 $11 {The position is equal.} Rb6 69. Rc5+ $1 Kd6 70. Rc1 b3 {[%cal Bb4b3,Bb3b2][%mdl 32]} 71. Kxg4 b2 72. Rb1 $1 Ke5 {Hoping for ...Ke4.} ({Don't take} 72... Rb4+ 73. Kf3 $17) 73. Kg5 Kd4 74. g4 Kc3 75. Kf5 Kc2 {[#]} (75... Rb3 {is more complex.} 76. g5 Kc2 77. Rh1 Rb5+ 78. Kf6 Rb6+) 76. Rxb2+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxb2 {KR-KP} 77. g5 Kd3 78. g6 Kd4 79. g7 Rg2 80. Kf6 Kd5 81. Kf7 Rf2+ 82. Ke7 Rg2 83. Kf7 $1 Ke5 84. g8=Q Rxg8 85. Kxg8 {Precision: White = 49%, Black = 56%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zpevak, Pavel"]
[Black "Thiede, Lars"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Schwaebisch Hall"]
[BlackTeam "SFR Berlin"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:3000+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:01:03]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:27]} 5. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:36]} c5 {[%emt 0:03:04]} 6. e3 {[%emt 0:01:13]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 7. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:01:51]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:03:15]} 8. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bxf6 {[%emt 0:02:53]} 9. Be2 {[%emt 0:02:54]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:02:42]} 10. O-O {[%emt 0:09:11]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:13:21]} 11. exd4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:03:56]} 12. Nd5 {[%emt 0:55:07]} Qxb2 {[%emt 0:03:53]} 13. Bf3 {[%emt 0:06:54]} d6 {[%emt 0:19:34]} 14. Nxf6+ {[%emt 0:21:44]} exf6 {[%emt 0:02:35]} 15. c5 {[%emt 0:01:09]} dxc5 {[%emt 0:23:24]} 16. dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Qe5 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 17. Rc1 {[%emt 0:01:14]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:03:35]} 18. Re1 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:04:54]} 19. Qd4 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 20. Qa4 {[%emt 0:00:42]} a6 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 21. Red1 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:01:31]} 22. Qa5 {[%emt 0:01:16]} Be6 {[%emt 0:06:42]} 23. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rfc8 {[%emt 0:01:17]} 24. Qb6 {[%emt 0:01:13]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:04:53]} 25. g3 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Rbc8 {[%emt 0:02:25]} 26. Rdc2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 27. a3 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Qb5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 28. Qxb5 {[%emt 0:00:42]} axb5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 29. c6 {[%emt 0:00:27]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 30. Rxc6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rxc6 {[%emt 0:02:28]} 31. Rxc6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 32. Rc2 {[%emt 0:01:21]} Rd3 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 33. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Rb3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 34. Rc5 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 35. Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Bh3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 36. f3 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Rb2 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 37. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 38. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Rb3+ {[%emt 0:00:17]} 39. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 40. Rb7 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Rxa3 {[%emt 0:50:34]} 41. Rxb5 {[%emt 0:50:43]} Ra2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 42. Rb4 {[%emt 0:00:45]} g5 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 43. Rd4 {[%emt 0:00:49]} Bc8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 44. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 45. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ra3+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 46. Rd3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ra5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 47. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 48. Bxa6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rxa6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 49. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 50. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 51. Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 52. Rf2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 53. f4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 54. h4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rb3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 55. fxg5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} fxg5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 56. hxg5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kxg5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 57. Rf4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Re3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 58. Rb4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Re4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 59. Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} h4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 60. Rg8+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Meyer, Falko"]
[Black "Margolin, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2221"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Norderstedt"]
[BlackTeam "SV Hofheim"]

{[%evp 18,112,-10,-1,0,0,0,-20,-22,-19,0,-4,-22,-27,0,-2,-3,-85,-62,-139,-132,-158,-147,-141,-141,-254,-258,-397,-390,-442,-330,-397,-38,-18,0,-379,-260,-239,-233,-229,-210,-227,-181,-189,-128,-154,-131,-237,-245,-812,-190,-277,-126,-127,-126,-126,-126,-127,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-211,-180,-176,-176,-233,-231,-543,-502,-491,-491,-570,-570,-550,-554,-1168,-1113,-1075,-1022,-696,-413,-649,-639,-779,-91,-89,0,-766,-758,-5122,-5121,-29991,-29992]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 c5 5. Qe2+ Be7 6. dxc5 Nf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O Bxc5 9. Nc3 {C01: French: Exchange Variation} (9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Re8 12. Qd1 Ne4 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nc6 15. Re1 Bg4 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 {½-½ (32) Wang,C (2500)-Ganguly,S (2603) Kolkata 2015}) 9... Re8 10. Qd1 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Be6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... h6 11. Bf4 Nc6 12. Re1 Bg4 13. Rxe8+ Qxe8 14. h3 Bh5 15. g4 Nxg4 16. hxg4 Bxg4 {½-½ (60) Loewe,L (2216)-Langheinrich,F (2439) Dresden 2014}) 11. a3 {The position is equal.} a6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Nc6 14. Re1 g5 15. Bg3 Bg4 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. Be2 (17. h3 $11 Bh5 18. h4) 17... Rd8 18. b4 (18. Nd2 $15 Bf5 19. Bd3) 18... Bb6 $17 19. b5 Ne4 $1 {[%cal Re4c3]} 20. Na4 axb5 $1 21. Bxb5 (21. Nxb6 $17 {was the only defense.} Nc3 22. Qd3 Nxe2+ 23. Kh1) 21... Ba7 $19 22. Qd3 (22. c3 $142) 22... f5 23. Bc7 Nxf2 24. Qb3 Nd3+ $2 (24... Bxf3 $19 25. Qxf3 Ng4+ 26. Kh1 Qe7) 25. Kh1 $15 Nf2+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (25... Rd7 $11 26. Bxd3 Rxc7 27. Qxd5+ Qf7) 26. Kg1 $19 Ne4+ 27. Kh1 Rd7 28. Bb6 {Strongly threatening Bxa7.} Bb8 $1 29. Rd1 Bxf3 30. Qxf3 Qe5 (30... Qg6 $19 31. Qh3 Be5) 31. g3 $17 g4 32. Qe3 (32. Qf1 $17) 32... d4 $1 $19 {[%cal Rd4e3]} 33. Qxh6 $2 (33. Bc4+ Kg7 34. Qg1) 33... Nxg3+ $2 (33... Nf2+ 34. Kg2 Nxd1 35. Bc4+ Rd5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 36. Bxd5+ Qxd5+ 37. Kg1 Be5) 34. Kg1 {Threatens to win with Bc4+.} Qxb5 (34... Ne2+ $1 $19 35. Kf1 Ng3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 36. Kg1 Qxb5 37. Qg6+ Rg7 38. Qe8+ Kh7 39. hxg3 Qe5 40. Qxe5 Nxe5) 35. Qg6+ Rg7 {( -> ...Qe2)} 36. Qe8+ Kh7 37. hxg3 Re7 ({But not} 37... Qxa4 $6 38. Qh5+ Kg8 39. Qe8+ Kh7 40. Qh5+ Kg8 41. Qe8+ Kh7 $11) (37... Qe5 $17 38. Qxe5 Nxe5 39. Bxd4 Nf3+ 40. Kg2 Rc7) 38. Qh5+ $11 Kg7 39. Qg5+ Kf7 {...Qe5 is the strong threat.} 40. Rf1 Re5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 41. Qh5+ $2 {[#]} (41. Nc3 $11 {and White is okay.} dxc3 42. Qh5+ Kg7 43. Qg5+ Kf8 44. Qf6+ Ke8 45. Qg6+ Kf8 46. Qf6+ Kg8 47. Qg6+ Kf8 48. Qf6+) 41... Ke7 $1 $19 42. Qh7+ Kd6 43. Qg6+ (43. Bc5+ $142 Rxc5 44. Nxc5 Qxc5 45. Qxf5 Qxf5 46. Rxf5) 43... Kd7 44. Rd1 $2 (44. Nc5+ Rxc5 45. Bxc5 Qxc5 46. Qxf5+ Qxf5 47. Rxf5) 44... Bd6 45. Qf7+ Re7 46. Qf6 Qxa4 47. Qxf5+ Re6 48. Qxg4 Qxc2 49. Bxd4 Kc7 50. Bf2 Rg6 51. Qh5 (51. Rd2 $142) 51... Ne5 {Hoping for ...Rg5!} 52. Qh7+ Kc6 $2 (52... Nd7 $19 {is more deadly.} 53. Qh5 Bxg3 54. Rxd7+ Kxd7 55. Qh3+ Kc7 56. Bxg3+ Kb6) 53. Qh1+ $17 Kc7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (53... Kd7 $17 54. Qxb7+ Ke8 55. Qb5+ Ke7) 54. Qh7+ $19 Nd7 55. Qh5 Bxg3 56. Qa5+ Kc8 {Precision: White = 36%, Black = 53%.} 0-1

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Prestel, Oliver"]
[Black "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2152"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Speyer"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]

{[%evp 23,58,-20,-32,-60,26,-122,-18,-14,34,-66,-56,-225,-179,-174,-157,-266,-251,-256,868,-246,-244,-240,-259,-254,-237,-428,-368,-516,-514,-572,-540,-748,-529,-524,-521,-791,-783]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 {[%cal Bg1f3,Bf3d2,Bd2c4][%mdl 32]} O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. d5 Bg4 8. Nd2 Bxe2 9. Qxe2 e6 10. O-O Qe7 11. f4 exd5 12. cxd5 Nbd7 13. Nc4 $146 {A68: Modern Benoni: Four Pawns Attack without 9...Re8} ({Predecessor:} 13. Re1 Ne8 14. Nf3 a6 15. e5 b5 16. Be3 b4 17. Ne4 f5 18. Neg5 Nc7 19. Rad1 Nb6 20. Bxc5 dxc5 {1-0 (31) Cotrina Moscoso,W (2183)-Fernandez,D (2447) Callao 2007}) 13... Rfe8 ({Black should try} 13... b5 $1 $15 14. Nxb5 Qxe4 15. Qxe4 Nxe4) 14. Bd2 (14. e5 $11) 14... b5 (14... Nxe4 $17 {And now ...Bd4+ would win.} 15. Qxe4 Qxe4 16. Nxe4 Rxe4 17. Nxd6 Bd4+ 18. Kh1 Re2) 15. Nxb5 $11 {The position is equal.} Nxe4 16. Rae1 (16. Nc7 $1 $14) 16... Nb6 $1 $15 {[%cal Rb6c4] aiming for ...Nxc4.} 17. Ba5 $2 (17. Bc3 $15) 17... Nxc4 ({Stronger than} 17... Nxd5 18. Qd3 $14) 18. Qxc4 a6 $1 $36 {[%cal Ra6b5][%mdl 2048] Black is in control.} ({Don't do} 18... Bxb2 19. Kh1 $15) 19. Nc7 {[#]} (19. Rxe4 $17 Qxe4 20. Nxd6) 19... Bd4+ $1 $19 20. Kh1 {[#]} Ng3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 21. hxg3 Qf8 {[%cal Rf8h6]} 22. Qxd4 (22. Rxe8 $2 {is the wrong capture.} Rxe8 23. Qxd4 cxd4 $19) 22... cxd4 {[%cal Bc5d4,Bd4d3][%mdl 32]} 23. Nxe8 Rxe8 24. Bb6 $2 (24. Rd1) 24... d3 25. Ba5 (25. Rd1 {was worth a try.} Qg7 26. Rd2) 25... Re2 {Black is clearly winning.} 26. Bc3 Qe7 27. Rd1 Qe4 {[%csl Ge2][%cal Re4g2]} 28. Rf3 {[#]} Rxg2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 29. Rdxd3 (29. Kxg2 Qe2+) 29... Rxg3 {Precision: White = 21%, Black = 59%.} 0-1

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]

{[%evp 9,40,30,58,35,64,61,65,46,67,54,73,74,106,110,104,59,58,64,63,28,20,35,37,22,21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. c3 e6 5. Nd2 (5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 f6 7. f4 Qd7 8. Nf3 Nh6 9. Be3 Be7 10. Nbd2 Nf5 11. Bf2 h5 12. b4 Nd8 13. a4 {1-0 (36) Anton Guijarro,D (2607)-Moreno Trujillo,A (2522) Madrid 2015}) 5... a6 6. f4 {B00: Queen's Fianchetto Defence, Nimzowitsch Defence} f6 7. Nh3 $146 {[%cal Bg1h3,Bh3f2,Bf2d1,Bd1e3][%mdl 32]} ({Predecessor:} 7. Be2 Nh6 8. Ngf3 fxe5 9. fxe5 Be7 10. Nf1 Nf7 11. Ng3 Bg6 12. O-O O-O 13. Be3 Ng5 14. Nxg5 Rxf1+ 15. Nxf1 Bxg5 {½-½ (52) Bednarski,J (2325)-Wockenfuss,K (2310) Hamburg 1984}) 7... Qd7 8. Nf2 {White is slightly better.} O-O-O 9. Bd3 Nh6 10. O-O Na5 11. Be2 Qc6 12. Qe1 Be7 13. Nd1 Bc2 14. Rf3 fxe5 15. fxe5 Rdf8 16. Ne3 Bg6 {The position is equal.} 17. Qg3 Qb6 18. a3 Nb3 19. Nxb3 Qxb3 20. Bd1 Qb5 {Precision: White = 54%, Black = 67%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]

{[%evp 14,51,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-15,0,0,42,41,69,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Nf3 {A33: Symmetrical English: 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 e6 5 Nc3 Nc6} Bc5 8. e3 {LiveBook: 6 Games} Bb4 9. Bd2 O-O (9... d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bg2 O-O 12. O-O Bg4 13. Qb3 Ba5 14. Qxb6 Bxb6 15. Na4 Ne4 16. Rfd1 {½-½ (16) Svidler,P (2765)-Anand,V (2782) Riadh 2017}) 10. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Bg2 Qc5 11. b3 d5 12. Na4 Qa5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. O-O Rd8 15. Bxb4 Ncxb4 {0-1 (41) Wisniewski,A (2350)-Chrz,P (2141) Frydek Mistek 2003}) 10... Be7 11. b4 d5 12. Rc1 dxc4 13. Bxc4 a6 {[%cal Ba7a6,Ba6a5,Ba5b4][%mdl 32]} 14. e4 Qd8 15. O-O b5 16. Bb3 a5 17. Nxb5 Bb7 18. Bf4 {[#] Nd6 is the strong threat.} axb4 {Strongly threatening ...Qxd1.} 19. Nd6 Bxd6 20. Bxd6 {Black must now prevent e5.} Re8 21. e5 Ne4 (21... bxa3 $5 {[%cal Rf6e4]} 22. Ng5 (22. exf6 Qxf6 23. Bf4 a2 $11) 22... a2 $11) 22. axb4 Qb6 23. Bc5 ({Better is} 23. Bc2 $14 Nxd6 24. exd6) 23... Nxc5 $11 {The position is equal.} 24. bxc5 Qb5 25. Bc4 Qxc5 26. Bxe6 {Precision: White = 84%, Black = 86%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Bischoff, Klaus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Muelheim"]
[BlackTeam "Bayern Muenchen"]

{[%evp 16,87,71,73,67,48,70,76,78,71,102,103,97,88,147,145,152,137,143,145,145,121,183,161,152,137,133,141,95,72,53,31,34,21,81,67,82,37,45,39,43,35,40,0,0,2,38,14,94,105,92,95,87,123,256,267,519,496,529,536,502,379,387,445,1151,510,510,524,528,523,522,510,833,695]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Bd7 {B54: Sizilianisch (Rauser Anti-Drachen-Variante)} 8. O-O-O Rc8 9. Kb1 {LiveBook: 6 Partien} Nf6 {Weiß steht besser.} 10. f3 b5 (10... h5 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Bf4 d5 13. e5 Nd7 14. Ne2 Bb5 15. Nd4 Bxf1 16. Rhxf1 {½-½ (75) Fressinet,L (2668)-Bacrot,E (2696) Balagna 2017}) 11. g4 h6 12. h4 Ne5 13. a3 g6 14. Rg1 Nc4 (14... Qc7 $142) 15. Bxc4 $1 $16 Rxc4 16. g5 hxg5 17. hxg5 Nh5 $146 18. f4 {[%cal Bf3f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32]} Qb8 (18... Qc7 $16 19. f5 Qc8) 19. Qd3 Qc8 20. f5 {Schwarz muss nun fxg6 beachten.} Rxc3 21. bxc3 {fxg6 ist eine echte Drohung.} e5 22. fxg6 fxg6 23. Nb3 Be6 24. Bb6 {[%cal Be3b6,Bb6a5,Ba5b4][%mdl 32]} Be7 (24... Nf4 $11 25. Qd2 Qc4) 25. Ba5 Nf4 26. Qd2 Qc6 27. Bb4 {[%cal Rb4d6]} Bxb3 $1 28. cxb3 {[%cal Rb4d6]} Qxe4+ 29. Ka1 Rh3 30. Rge1 Qc6 31. Qc2 a5 (31... Kf7 $11 {bleibt in der Remisbreite.}) 32. Bxa5 Bxg5 33. Rg1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Weiss hat starke Initiative.} Bf6 34. Bb4 d5 {[#]} (34... Be7 $16) 35. Rxg6 $1 $18 e4 $2 (35... Qe6 {war einen Versuch wert.} 36. Rgg1 e4) 36. Rg8+ Kf7 37. Rf8+ Ke6 38. Kb1 Rf3 39. Qh2 {Droht Dh7 und aus.} Nd3 {[#]} (39... Ng6 $142) 40. Rxd3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} exd3 41. Qh1 Qb6 {[#] beabsichtigt ...Df2.} 42. Qe1+ $1 ({Und nicht} 42. Qxf3 Qg1+ 43. Kb2 Qh2+ 44. Ka1 Qg1+ 45. Kb2 Qh2+ 46. Ka1 Qg1+ 47. Kb2 $11) (42. Re8+ Kd7 $16) 42... Kf5 43. Be7 Kg4 (43... Qe3 $142 44. Rxf6+ Ke5 45. Qxe3+ Rxe3) 44. Qd1 {Precision: Weiß = 72%, Schwarz = 43%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitry"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Schwaebisch Hall"]
[BlackTeam "Dresden"]

{[%evp 9,43,20,27,13,10,11,25,16,14,14,13,11,16,2,9,0,18,20,18,0,0,0,0,-25,-26,-27,0,-23,-27,-31,-22,-33,-34,-42,-49,-398]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3][%mdl 32] C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. Nf1 {White has an edge.} (8. O-O {is interesting.} Nd7 9. Nc4 Qf6 10. a4 b5 11. Na5) 8... Nd7 9. Ng3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 g6 11. Be3 Qe7 12. O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Ne2 Rhe8 {½-½ (32) Anand,V (2775)-Carlsen,M (2870) Chennai 2013}) 12... Bd6 13. a4 c5 14. c3 O-O-O 15. Rfb1 Kb8 16. a5 a6 17. Nf1 Qe6 18. Qd1 f5 {[%cal Bf7f5,Bf5f4][%mdl 32]} 19. f3 Be7 20. Qa4 f4 21. Bf2 g5 22. Be3 $2 {[%mdl 40960] Precision: White = 35%, Black = 83%. . An unexpected result.} (22. Qc4 $15 Qxc4 23. dxc4) 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Oleksiyenko, Mykhaylo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Aachen"]
[BlackTeam "Speyer"]

{[%evp 21,104,13,18,0,0,0,0,13,32,32,50,23,36,18,27,-38,-38,-38,-34,-35,-36,-39,-42,-82,-62,-94,-94,-153,-147,-245,-145,-139,-144,-214,-211,-429,-426,-422,-395,-411,-385,-589,-563,-577,-581,-533,-511,-712,-668,-898,-841,-745,-552,-552,-554,-555,-556,-1046,-939,-6099,-5435,-5791,-5608,-4998,-4602,-29969,-29970,-29967,-29954,-29961,-29958,-29974,-29975,-29971,-29973,-29973,-29972,-29980,-29981,-29981,-29982,-29982,-29983,-29984,-29985]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 {[%cal Be4d6,Bd6f5,Bf5h4][%mdl 32]} 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 h5 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} 11. Rd1 Be7 {LiveBook: 82 Games} 12. b3 (12. Ne2 Be6 13. Nf4 Bc8 14. Ne2 Be6 15. b3 a5 16. a4 Rd8 17. Bg5 Bd5 18. Bxe7 Kxe7 {1-0 (49) Vachier Lagrave,M (2793)-Nakamura,H (2781) Caleta 2018}) 12... Nh4 {The position is equal.} 13. Nd4 $146 {[%cal Bf3d4,Bd4e2,Be2f4][%mdl 32]} ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 13. Nxh4 Bxh4 14. Ne2 Be7 15. Bb2 Bf5 16. c4 a5 17. Nd4 Bg6 {½-½ (17) Jirku,J (2339)-Kostanjsek,Z (2251) ICCF email 2015}) 13... Nf5 14. Nde2 Bd7 15. Ne4 a5 16. c4 h4 17. Nf4 a4 18. Bd2 (18. Rb1 $11) 18... Nd4 $15 19. Bc3 Ne6 $1 {[%cal Re6f4]} 20. Nxe6 Bxe6 21. f3 Rh6 22. Re1 Rg6 23. Kf2 b5 24. f4 (24. Kf1 $142) 24... Bf5 25. Rad1 (25. b4 $17) 25... Bxe4 ({Black should play} 25... axb3 $19 26. axb3 bxc4 27. bxc4 Ra3) 26. Rxe4 $17 Rg3 27. Bd4 (27. Be1 $17) 27... Rd8 $19 ({Don't play} 27... axb3 28. axb3 Ra2+ 29. Kf1) 28. b4 $2 (28. Rd2 {is a better defense.}) 28... Bxb4 29. f5 {[#]} Rxd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 30. Rdxd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} Bc5 $1 {[%csl LRc4,LRd4]} 31. f6 (31. Kf1 $142 Bxd4 32. Rxd4) 31... g5 32. Kf1 {Strongly threatening Rd1.} Bxd4 33. Rxd4 {KR-KR} Ra3 34. cxb5 cxb5 35. Rd5 Rxa2 36. Rxb5 a3 37. Ra5 Kd7 38. Ra6 {[#] e6+! is the strong threat.} c6 39. e6+ Kxe6 40. Rxc6+ Kf5 41. Ra6 Ra1+ 42. Kf2 a2 43. Ra8 Kxf6 {Black mates.} 44. Ra5 Ke6 45. Ra6+ Kd5 46. Ra5+ Kc6 47. Ra6+ Kb5 48. Ra8 f5 {[%cal Bf7f5,Bf5g4,Bg4g3][%mdl 32]} 49. Ra7 g4 50. hxg4 fxg4 51. Ra8 g3+ 52. Ke2 Rg1 {Precision: White = 26%, Black = 85%.} 0-1

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Van Kampen, Robin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]

{[%evp 19,67,5,19,0,23,17,21,41,19,24,40,32,54,59,41,44,50,58,47,17,18,16,18,29,28,19,54,8,13,-27,0,-38,-54,-71,-71,-70,-13,-13,-13,-13,-13,-13,-13,-38,0,0,0,-49,0,-7]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 d6 7. Re1 a6 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} (7... h6 8. h3 a5 9. Nbd2 a4 10. Nf1 Bd7 11. a3 Bb6 12. Ng3 Re8 13. Nh4 Ng4 14. hxg4 Qxh4 15. Qf3 Bxg4 16. Qxf7+ {0-1 (31) Dominguez Perez,L (2739)-Caruana,F (2811) chess.com INT 2018}) 8. a4 Ba7 9. h3 b5 10. Bb3 b4 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 11. Nbd2 bxc3 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 11... Rb8 12. a5 h6 13. Nf1 Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Nxe3 {0-1 (60) Scheglov,D (2155)-Dai,C (2425) St Petersburg 2017}) 12. bxc3 Na5 13. Bc2 Rb8 14. Nf1 h6 15. d4 Re8 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Qxd8 Rxd8 18. Nxe5 Re8 19. Nf3 (19. Bf4 {NOTEXT} Rb6 20. Nd2 Rbe6 21. Nef3 Rc6 22. Rac1) 19... Nb3 20. Rb1 Nxc1 21. Rbxc1 Rb2 {[%cal Bb8b2,Bb2a2,Ba2a4][%mdl 32]} 22. Ne3 Bd7 23. Nc4 Ra2 24. Nfd2 {[#] Hoping for Bb3.} Rb8 25. Kf1 Nh5 ({Inferior is} 25... Bxa4 26. Bxa4 Rxa4 27. Ra1 $16) 26. Bb1 Rxa4 {...Bb5 is the strong threat.} 27. Ne5 Rb2 ({Black should play} 27... Bb5+ $15 28. c4 Be8) 28. Red1 $11 Be6 29. Nd3 Rb8 30. Bc2 Ra3 31. Nb1 Ra1 32. Nd2 Ra3 33. Nb1 Ra1 34. Nd2 {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 43%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]

{[%evp 15,109,0,3,0,8,9,37,53,56,59,57,48,66,34,51,42,42,0,0,0,51,49,79,54,70,66,62,-29,-29,-23,0,-15,-15,-18,0,-16,-29,-23,-21,-38,-28,-75,-80,-89,-77,-75,-75,-75,-77,-76,-72,-76,-79,-94,-80,-91,-67,-63,-63,-49,-51,-61,-61,-69,-37,-68,-58,-53,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-17,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g3 {B80: Sicilian Scheveningen: 6 g3 and 6 Be3, including English Attack} (7. f3 b5 8. Qd2 b4 9. Na4 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Qa5 11. b3 Bb7 12. a3 Qc7 13. axb4 d5 14. Bf2 Bd6 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Bg3 {1-0 (36) Nakamura,H (2781)-Grandelius,N (2647) Caleta 2018}) 7... b5 8. Bg2 Bb7 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Re1 Rb8 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 10... Qc7 11. f4 Be7 12. Bf2 b4 13. Nd5 exd5 14. exd5 Kf8 {½-½ (71) Tarlev,K (2472)-Solodovnichenko,Y (2582) Odessa 2007}) 11. a4 bxa4 12. Rxa4 Be7 13. Nb3 O-O 14. Ba7 Ra8 15. Bd4 $1 Rb8 16. Ba7 Ra8 17. Bd4 ({White should try} 17. Be3 $11 Rb8 18. Qe2) 17... Rb8 $1 $14 18. Qe2 Ne5 19. Na5 Ba8 20. f4 Ng6 21. e5 (21. Nc4 $14) 21... dxe5 $11 22. fxe5 {[#] And now Bxa8 would win.} Bb4 23. Nb3 Bxg2 24. Qxg2 Nd5 {[%cal Bf6d5,Bd5b6,Bb6c4,Bc4d2][%mdl 32]} 25. Rea1 Bxc3 26. bxc3 Rc8 27. c4 Nb6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 28. Rxa6 Nxc4 29. Qe4 Qg5 {[%cal Rg6e5]} 30. Bc5 Nd2 31. Nxd2 Rxc5 32. Nf3 Qd8 33. h4 h6 34. Ra8 Qb6 35. Kg2 Qc6 (35... Qb2 {NOTEXT} 36. Kh3 Qxc2 37. Qxc2 Rxc2 38. h5 Ne7) 36. Rxf8+ Nxf8 37. Qxc6 Rxc6 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 38. Ra2 g6 39. Kf2 Nd7 40. Nd4 Rc4 41. Ra8+ $1 Kg7 (41... Kh7 $15 42. Nxe6 Nxe5) 42. Nxe6+ $1 $11 {The position is equal.} fxe6 {KRN-KR} 43. Ra7 Rxc2+ 44. Ke1 Rc5 45. Rxd7+ {KR-KR} Kf8 46. Kf2 Rxe5 47. g4 Rd5 48. Ra7 h5 49. gxh5 Rxh5 50. Kg3 Rf5 51. Kg4 e5 52. Rb7 Rf6 53. Rb5 Re6 54. h5 gxh5+ 55. Kf5 {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 72%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Olszewski, Michal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hockenheim"]
[BlackTeam "Norderstedt"]

{[%evp 21,79,27,14,18,35,13,45,39,51,39,34,29,35,36,47,37,28,29,50,45,52,51,78,53,87,58,75,82,125,118,329,262,261,243,245,232,243,221,260,258,238,219,260,262,261,256,331,296,358,365,360,355,443,434,430,436,414,416,660,673]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {[%cal Bf1b5,Bb5a4,Ba4b3,Bb3a2][%mdl 32]} a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 b4 9. Nbd2 {C84: Closed Ruy Lopez: Unusual White 6th moves} (9. a5 O-O 10. Be3 h6 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. c3 Bf8 13. h3 Rb8 14. Re1 bxc3 15. bxc3 d5 16. Qc2 Be6 {0-1 (50) Grischuk,A (2772)-Ding,L (2777) Riadh 2017}) 9... Na5 10. Ba2 O-O 11. c3 Rb8 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 12. d4 bxc3 13. bxc3 Nd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Nc6 14. h3 d5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 {1-0 (40) Mogranzini,R (2405)-Sbarra,M (2309) Torino 2010}) 14. Re1 Bf6 15. Ba3 Re8 16. d5 g6 17. Bb4 Nb7 18. Nb3 Bg7 19. Bb1 Ra8 20. a5 Nb8 21. Nfd2 {[%cal Bf3d2,Bd2c4,Bc4e3][%mdl 32]} f5 22. exf5 gxf5 23. Nc4 Qg5 24. Nd4 Qg6 {[#]} 25. Ne6 $1 {[%cal Re6c7]} Qf7 $2 (25... Rxe6 $16 {keeps fighting.} 26. dxe6 Bxe6) 26. Ne3 Nd8 27. Nxg7 (27. Bxf5 Nxe6 28. Qg4 (28. Bxe6 Bxe6 29. dxe6 Qxe6 $14) 28... Nc6 $14) 27... Kxg7 28. f4 e4 29. c4 Nd7 30. Qd4+ Nf6 31. c5 dxc5 32. Qxc5 ({But not} 32. Bxc5 $6 Nb7 $16) 32... Nb7 33. Qc6 Rb8 34. Ba2 {Threatens to win with d6.} Nd6 35. Bxd6 cxd6 36. Qxd6 Qa7 37. Rac1 Rb7 38. Rc6 Qd4 39. Kh1 Bd7 {[#]} (39... Qb2 $142 40. Rg1 Rf7) 40. Qxd7+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 80%, Black = 40%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Kraemer, Martin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SF Deizisau"]
[BlackTeam "SFR Berlin"]

{[%evp 18,63,8,10,6,12,13,5,8,0,20,17,16,25,0,0,4,0,31,14,40,31,31,0,0,0,16,0,0,-15,47,29,42,25,-13,-106,-39,-60,-14,-42,-35,-37,-61,-57,-45,-123,-107,-103]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 b6 5. d4 Bd6 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 Bb7 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. O-O a6 10. a4 {LiveBook: 7 Partien. E14: Damenindisch (Zentralsystem)} (10. Qe2 Ne4 11. a4 a5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Nb5 Bb4 14. Qc2 c6 15. Nc3 f5 16. Ne2 Qe7 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 g6 {0-1 (43) Sargissian,G (2672)-Riazantsev,A (2650) Riadh 2017}) 10... c5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Rc1 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} Qe7 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 12... Re8 13. Ne2 Rc8 14. Nf4 Qe7 15. g3 Ne4 16. Re1 g6 17. h4 cxd4 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 19. Bxd4 {½-½ (33) Ovcharenko,L (2272)-Geissler,W (2342) ICCF email 2016}) 13. Re1 {[%cal Bf1e1,Be1e2,Be2d2][%mdl 32]} Rfd8 14. Bf1 Nf8 15. g3 Ne6 16. Bg2 Rac8 17. Re2 Bc6 18. Rd2 Qb7 19. h4 Qb8 20. Ne5 Bb7 21. Nf3 h6 22. Ne2 c4 23. Nc3 Bb4 ({Besser ist} 23... Nc7 $11) 24. Rdc2 cxb3 25. Re2 a5 $1 {Mit der Idee ...La6.} 26. Ne5 (26. Qxb3 $11 {hält das Gleichgewicht.} Ba6 27. Nb5) 26... Bxc3 ({Lieber} 26... Ba6 $17 {Und weiter mit ...Lxc3 wäre nett.} 27. Nb5 Rxc1 28. Bxc1 Bxb5 29. axb5 a4) 27. Rxc3 Ba6 28. Rd2 Bc4 29. Nxc4 dxc4 30. d5 Nf8 $1 31. e4 (31. Qc1 $15) 31... b5 $17 32. axb5 {Precision: Weiß = 44%, Schwarz = 45%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"]
[Black "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Dresden"]
[BlackTeam "Schwaebisch Hall"]

{[%evp 19,63,24,29,24,35,19,41,41,35,41,82,76,78,72,86,85,80,70,148,158,159,134,123,143,187,180,179,177,189,187,178,172,181,181,246,237,357,252,830,798,1872,1736,29985,29986,29986,29987]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. Qb3 {B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack} Qc8 8. Nbd2 e6 9. Nh4 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 $1 {LiveBook: 9 Games} 11. Bd3 Be7 12. O-O a6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nd7) 13. Rae1 Nd7 14. Ndf3 b5 15. g4 Bg6 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Kg2 Nf6 18. Bg3 Nd7 ({Better is} 18... O-O $14) 19. a4 $16 bxa4 20. Qxa4 O-O 21. g5 e5 22. Bxe5 $1 ({Resist} 22. dxe5 $6 Nc5 $16) (22. Nxe5 $6 Ncxe5 23. Bxe5 (23. dxe5 Nc5 $11) 23... Bxg5 $16) 22... Ncxe5 23. Nxe5 Nxe5 24. Rxe5 ({Don't take} 24. dxe5 $6 Bxg5 25. e6 f5 $16) 24... Qb7 25. Qa2 Rfd8 26. Be2 f6 (26... Bd6 {keeps fighting.}) 27. Re6 $18 fxg5 (27... Kh7 $142 28. Bf3 (28. Rxa6 Rxa6 29. Bxa6 Qc7 $18) 28... fxg5) 28. Qb1 ({Not} 28. Rxg6 Bf6 $18) 28... Rd6 $2 {[#]} (28... Bf6 29. Qxg6 Qf7 30. Qxf7+ Kxf7) 29. Qxg6 Rad8 30. Re1 Rxe6 31. Qxe6+ Kh8 32. Bd3 {Precision: White = 83%, Black = 31%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ragger, Markus"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]

{[%evp 22,48,29,15,15,15,12,14,27,22,22,17,64,81,43,38,56,51,87,60,129,128,87,0,70,0,77,0,43]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O b5 10. Nd5 {B91: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 g3} Nbd7 11. Nec3 Bb7 12. Be3 {LiveBook: 3 Games. White has an edge.} (12. b3 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Nf6 14. c4 bxc4 15. bxc4 Rc8 16. Rb1 Bc6 17. Be3 Nxd5 18. exd5 {½-½ (57) Vidit,S (2715)-Andriasian,Z (2585) Riadh 2017}) 12... Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Nf6 14. a4 {[#]} Bxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Nxd5 15. exd5 Qd7 16. Qd2 bxa4 17. Ra3 Rac8 {½-½ (34) Zhak,B (2597)-Shpakovsky,A (2531) ICCF email 2015}) 15. exd5 Qc7 16. Qd3 Qc4 17. Qxc4 bxc4 18. b4 cxb3 19. cxb3 Rab8 20. Rab1 Rb4 {[#]} ({Black should play} 20... Rfc8 $14) 21. Bd2 $1 $16 {[%cal Rd2b4]} Rd4 22. Be3 Rb4 $1 23. Bd2 Rd4 24. Be3 Rb4 $1 {Precision: White = 57%, Black = 48%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Mons, Leon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Zugzwang Muenchen"]

{[%evp 29,152,19,29,0,10,6,0,0,17,10,52,39,54,0,9,23,33,17,14,0,0,-23,0,-25,-16,-6,-4,-16,-20,-67,-67,-74,-73,-75,-74,-74,-74,-76,-75,-70,-69,-111,-96,-181,-184,-194,-194,-194,-198,-210,-208,-204,-191,-181,-116,-202,-202,-202,-181,-207,-174,-181,-108,-107,-99,-99,-60,-99,-99,-229,-174,-226,-228,-227,-222,-226,-214,-196,-184,-196,-193,-190,-189,-178,-188,-139,-91,-188,-185,-714,-689,-654,-626,-12840,-12840,-12843,-12843,-12843,-12843,-12845,0,0,0,-12845,-12845,-12847,-12847,-12848,-12848,-12850,-12850,-12850,-29979,-12851,-29981,-12851,-29985,-29985,-29986,-29987,-29987,-12851,-29988,-12851,-29989]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1e3,Be3f5][%mdl 32]} exd4 {C92: Closed Ruy Lopez: 9...Be6, Karpov and Flohr-Zaitsev Variations} (11... Bf8 12. a3 h6 13. Bc2 Nb8 14. b3 Nbd7 15. Bb2 c5 16. d5 Bc8 17. a4 Rb8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Bd3 Nh5 20. Bf1 g6 21. Nh2 Ng7 22. Bd3 Nf6 {1-0 (49) Harikrishna,P (2744)-Ivanchuk,V (2726) Riadh 2017}) 12. cxd4 Nd7 13. Nf1 Na5 14. Bc2 c5 15. Ne3 cxd4 {LiveBook: 11 Games} 16. Nf5 Bf8 17. Bg5 f6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Qb6 18. N3xd4 Nc4 19. b3 {1-0 (36) Solodovnichenko,Y (2587)-Abdulov,O (2369) Konya 2016}) 18. Bf4 Ne5 19. N3xd4 Qb6 20. b3 Rad8 21. a4 ({White should play} 21. Ne3 $14) 21... b4 22. Nf3 Nac6 23. Be3 Qa5 24. Nxe5 dxe5 25. Qg4 {Nh6+ is the strong threat.} Kh8 26. Rad1 Bc8 27. Rd5 Qc7 {And now ...g6 would win.} 28. Qe2 $1 g6 29. Ng3 Nd4 30. Bxd4 $1 exd4 31. Rxd8 Rxd8 32. Bd3 Be6 33. Qf3 Kg7 34. Rb1 a5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 35. Ne2 Qf7 36. e5 (36. Nc1 $17 {was worth a try.}) 36... fxe5 $19 37. Qxf7+ Kxf7 38. Ng3 Rc8 {White must now prevent ...Rc3.} 39. Ne4 Be7 40. Kf1 h5 41. Ke2 g5 (41... Kg7 $19 42. f3 g5) 42. Nd2 (42. Ba6 $17) 42... Rc3 $1 43. f3 Kg7 44. g4 e4 45. Bxe4 Bd6 (45... Re3+ $19 46. Kf1 hxg4 47. hxg4 Kf6) 46. Bd3 $17 {Ne4 would now be nice for White.} Bf4 47. Ne4 Rc8 (47... Rxb3 $6 48. Nc5 $11) 48. gxh5 Kh6 49. Rb2 (49. Rg1 $17) 49... Rc1 $1 $19 ({Much less strong is} 49... Bxh3 50. Rb1 $17) (49... Kxh5 50. Rc2) 50. Rc2 Bxb3 51. Rxc1 Bxc1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} 52. Nc5 Bg8 53. Bc2 Bf4 $1 ({Don't play} 53... Kxh5 54. Bb3 $15) 54. Kd3 Bh7+ 55. Ne4 Be3 56. Kc4 Bg8+ $1 57. Kb5 Ba2 58. Nc5 (58. Nd6 $17) 58... d3 $1 {[%cal Rd3c2]} ({Worse is} 58... Kxh5 59. Kxa5 d3 60. Nxd3 $11) 59. Bxd3 $2 (59. Nxd3 b3 60. Bd1) 59... Bxc5 $1 60. Kxc5 {[#] aiming for Kb5. KB-KB} Bg8 $1 {[%cal Rg8h7]} 61. Kb5 {[#]} b3 $1 62. Kxa5 Bh7 63. Bc4 b2 64. Ba2 Bg8 65. Bb1 Bh7 66. Ba2 {intending Kb6.} b1=Q 67. Bxb1 Bxb1 {KB-KP} 68. Kb4 Bf5 69. Kc3 Bxh3 70. Kd4 Kxh5 {KB-KPP} 71. a5 Bc8 (71... Kh4 $19 72. Ke5 Bf1) 72. Ke5 Bb7 73. f4 g4 {[%cal Bg5g4,Bg4g3,Bg3g2][%mdl 32]} 74. f5 g3 75. f6 Kg6 76. Ke6 g2 {Precision: White = 47%, Black = 73%.} 0-1

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]

{[%evp 23,47,26,20,26,20,8,23,0,6,8,6,0,0,0,0,8,9,0,0,-22,-22,-23,-24,-25,-23,-35]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 c6 9. Re1 Re8 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Rxe1+ {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} 12. Qxe1 h6 {LiveBook: 39 Games} 13. a4 (13. Ne5 Nd7 14. f4 Nxe5 15. fxe5 Be7 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Rb1 b6 18. Bf4 Be6 19. Qd2 {½-½ (34) Grandelius,N (2641)-Jobava,B (2712) Reykjavik 2017}) 13... Nd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7f6,Bf6e4][%mdl 32] White has an edge.} 14. c5 Bc7 15. Ra2 b6 16. Re2 Nf6 17. Ne5 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 17. h3 bxc5 18. dxc5 Qf8 19. Ba3 {½-½ (49) Fedak,L (2334)-Torres,C (2352) ICCF email 2015}) 17... Bxe5 18. dxe5 Ne4 19. cxb6 axb6 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Rxe4 c5 22. h3 Bf5 23. Rf4 Qd7 24. Qe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Predojevic, Borki"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]

{[%evp 23,41,9,13,4,0,-6,27,0,27,20,19,11,35,7,12,0,2,0,3,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd8 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nb3 a6 {C07: French Tarrasch: 3...c5, 4 Ngf3 and 4 exd5 Qxd5} 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc7 11. Qe2 (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. h3 Ne7 {LiveBook: 14 Games} 13. Bd3 O-O 14. Nf3 {[#]} Ng6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Nd5 15. Qe4 f5 16. Qe2 {½-½ (53) Amonatov,F (2624)-Kotsur,P (2559) Dushanbe 2013}) 15. Ng5 Be7 16. Qh5 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Rh5h7] [#]} Bxg5 $1 17. Qxg5 Bd7 18. Be3 Rac8 {The position is equal.} 19. Rfd1 h6 20. Qh5 Nf4 21. Bxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Schreiner, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SF Deizisau"]
[BlackTeam "SFR Berlin"]

{[%evp 14,143,20,20,31,23,18,16,18,14,24,14,22,22,26,17,25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,31,41,77,4,90,77,84,83,91,91,108,108,108,101,101,108,108,101,108,108,108,108,108,108,109,76,86,101,152,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,4,4,37,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Be2 {A30: Symmetrical English: Double Fianchetto and Hedgehog} e6 7. Nc3 d5 8. cxd5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Nxd5 9. Nxd5 (9. Nxc6 {feels hotter.} bxc6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Na4 Qc7 12. g3) 9... exd5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. O-O Be7 12. b3 O-O 13. Bb2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Bd3 Bf6 14. Rb1 Ba6 15. Bxa6 Qxa6 {1-0 (35) Dizdar,G (2499)-Maksimenko,A (2543) Austria 2012}) 13... Bf5 14. Bd3 (14. Rc1 {keeps more tension.} a5 15. Bg4 Bc8 16. Bc3 Ba3 17. Rc2) 14... Bg6 15. g3 Rfd8 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. Qf3 a5 18. Bc3 c5 19. Rfd1 a4 20. bxa4 Qe6 21. a5 Bf6 22. Rac1 {And now Bxf6 would win.} Bxc3 23. Rxc3 Rxa5 24. Rcd3 {[%cal Rd3d5]} c4 25. Rd4 Re8 26. Rxd5 Rxa2 {[#]} 27. Rc5 (27. Rd6 $1 $16 {[%cal Rd6e6]} Qc8 28. Rc6) 27... Ra4 (27... Rc8 $11 {keeps the balance.} 28. Rxc8+ Qxc8) 28. Rd4 Qh3 29. Rcxc4 Rxc4 30. Rxc4 Rc8 31. Rxc8+ Qxc8 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} 32. h4 Qe6 33. Qa8+ Kh7 34. Qd8 Qe4 35. Qd4 Qe6 36. e4 {[%cal Be3e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} Qg4 37. Kg2 Qe2 38. e5 Qa2 39. Qe4 Kg8 {[#]} (39... Qe6 $142 40. f3 Qa2+ 41. Kh3 Qe6+ 42. Kg2 Kg8 43. Qa8+ Kh7) 40. g4 $2 (40. e6 $1 $16 {[%cal Re6e7]} fxe6 41. Qxg6) 40... Qe6 $11 41. Qd4 Qc6+ 42. f3 Qc2+ 43. Qf2 Qd3 44. Qe1 Qc2+ 45. Kg3 Qd3 46. Qe4 Qd1 47. Qe3 Qd5 48. f4 Qd7 {The position is equal.} 49. h5 gxh5 50. gxh5 Qf5 51. Kh4 Kh7 52. Qf3 Kh6 53. Qg4 Qe4 54. Kg3 Qe3+ 55. Qf3 Qe1+ 56. Kh3 Qa1 57. Qe3 Qh1+ 58. Kg3 Qxh5 59. f5+ Kh7 60. Qe4 Qg5+ 61. Kf3 Qh5+ 62. Ke3 Qg5+ 63. Kd4 Qd8+ 64. Qd5 Qb6+ 65. Qc5 Qb2+ 66. Kd5 Qb3+ (66... Qb1 {looks sharper.} 67. Qf2 Qd3+ 68. Kc6 Qe4+ 69. Kd6 Kg8) 67. Qc4 Qxc4+ 68. Kxc4 Kg8 69. Kd5 {aiming for Kd6.} Kf8 70. f6 g6 71. Kd6 Ke8 72. e6 {Precision: White = 58%, Black = 75%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Banusz, Tamas"]
[Black "Meyer, Falko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2221"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hockenheim"]
[BlackTeam "Norderstedt"]

{[%evp 12,92,-2,-3,19,0,0,-4,12,0,4,0,22,4,3,0,7,0,12,16,16,-7,0,-22,32,10,57,69,47,62,61,39,39,39,60,75,67,25,23,27,31,23,85,85,83,79,79,83,91,58,77,61,84,62,80,68,71,58,59,68,147,140,220,219,211,211,220,213,149,170,287,280,300,297,283,258,250,227,737,719,641,622,542]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. c4 d4 4. b4 Bg7 5. Bb2 e5 6. d3 {A09: Reti-Eröffnung} a5 (6... Ne7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O a5 9. b5 c5 10. bxc6 Nexc6 11. Na3 Na6 12. Nd2 Bg4 13. Nb5 {1-0 (49) Mareco,S (2635)-Henriquez Villagra,C (2517) Doha 2016}) 7. b5 {LiveBook: 6 Partien} c5 8. bxc6 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} Nxc6 9. Bg2 Nge7 10. O-O O-O 11. Na3 Nb4 12. Nc2 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 12. Nb5 Bd7 13. a3 {1-0 (22) Trapl,J (2353)-Dueckstein,A (2235) Velden 2009}) 12... Nec6 13. Nxb4 Nxb4 14. Ne1 {[%cal Bf3e1,Be1c2,Bc2a3,Ba3b5][%mdl 32]} Rb8 15. Nc2 Na6 16. Na3 Re8 17. Nb5 Bf8 (17... Bd7 $11) 18. e3 $14 {[%cal Re3d4]} Bg7 19. exd4 exd4 20. Ba3 Nb4 21. Bxb4 axb4 22. Bd5 Be6 23. Bxe6 Rxe6 24. Qf3 Qe7 25. a3 bxa3 26. Rxa3 Re1 (26... h5 $11) 27. Rxe1 $16 Qxe1+ 28. Kg2 Qe7 29. Ra2 Qd7 30. Re2 h5 31. h4 Rc8 32. Re4 Rd8 33. Qf4 Qc6 34. Kh2 Rd7 35. Kg1 Qc5 {[#]} (35... Kh7 $14) 36. Qb8+ $1 Kh7 (36... Bf8 $16 37. Re5 Rd8 38. Rxc5 (38. Qxd8 Qxe5 39. Kg2 Kg7 $16) 38... Rxb8) 37. Qe8 $18 Qc6 {[#]} 38. Re7 $1 {[%cal Re7d7]} Rxe7 39. Qxe7 Qf3 40. Nd6 Kg8 (40... Qxd3 $142 41. Nxf7 Qf5 42. Qxb7 d3) 41. Qxb7 Qxb7 42. Nxb7 {KL-KS} Kf8 43. Kg2 Ke7 44. Kf3 Be5 $2 (44... f5 45. Nc5 Kd6) 45. Ke4 f6 46. Kd5 Bc7 {Precision: Weiß = 74%, Schwarz = 47%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SV Hofheim"]
[BlackTeam "Hamburg SK"]

{[%evp 22,74,57,53,58,55,54,54,55,47,58,51,64,66,62,43,63,5,6,12,5,5,4,8,8,10,4,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,82,77,70,70,70,8,12,0,0,0,12,0,0,0,16]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 d5 {B81: Sicilian Scheveningen: Keres Attack} (7... h6 8. Bg2 Be7 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Qe2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 e5 12. Be3 b5 13. O-O-O b4 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 O-O 16. Be4 {½-½ (32) Duda,J (2717)-Wojtaszek,R (2736) Katowice 2017}) 8. Nde2 Nxe4 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Be3 Bb4+ 12. c3 {[%mdl 1024] LiveBook: 4 Games. White has compensation.} Bd6 13. O-O-O Kc7 14. Bg2 Bd7 15. Rd2 Be5 $146 16. Rhd1 Bc6 17. Nd4 Bxd4 18. Rxd4 e5 19. Rc4 (19. Rd6 $14) 19... b5 $11 20. Rc5 Nd7 21. Rxc6+ $1 Kxc6 22. Bxe4+ Kc7 23. Bxa8 Rxa8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 24. g5 Re8 25. Kc2 Kc6 26. Rg1 Re7 27. Rg4 f5 28. gxf6 $1 Nxf6 29. Rh4 h6 30. c4 e4 (30... Rc7 $11 {remains equal.}) 31. b3 $16 {[%cal Bb2b3,Bb3c4][%mdl 32]} bxc4 32. bxc4 Re6 33. Bd4 (33. Rf4 $14) 33... Rd6 $1 $11 {[%cal Rd6d4] The position is equal.} 34. Be5 Re6 35. Bd4 Rd6 $1 {[%cal Rd6d4]} 36. Be5 Re6 37. Bd4 Rd6 $1 {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 89%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Black "Fedorovsky, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Muelheim"]
[BlackTeam "Bayern Muenchen"]

{[%evp 16,118,20,14,90,50,47,65,53,40,49,49,45,28,84,84,83,85,108,113,111,103,100,82,100,82,90,82,81,47,62,49,70,72,105,56,61,68,104,100,118,120,105,51,78,53,75,82,83,77,109,116,130,122,122,122,124,117,116,116,114,114,100,87,97,101,129,122,158,134,328,317,294,245,213,59,59,62,75,63,104,56,62,54,58,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. Ne5 Bb4+ {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3} (6... c5 7. Be3 Nd5 8. Nc3 Nxe3 9. fxe3 Nd7 10. Nxc4 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. a4 Nb6 13. Nxb6 Qxb6 14. a5 Qc7 15. Na4 cxd4 {0-1 (47) Nguyen,N (2649)-Wang,H (2717) Ho Chi Minh City 2016}) 7. Nc3 Nd5 8. Bd2 b5 9. O-O {LiveBook: 20 Games} Be7 (9... Bxc3 $11 {keeps the balance.} 10. bxc3 O-O) 10. b3 {[%cal Bb2b3,Bb3c4][%mdl 32]} Bb7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... cxb3 11. Qxb3 c6 12. a4 Bb7 13. axb5 cxb5 14. Nxb5 O-O 15. Ba5 Qc8 16. Nc7 Ra7 17. Rfc1 Nxc7 18. Rxc7 Bd5 19. Rxc8 Bxb3 20. Rxf8+ Bxf8 21. Rb1 {1-0 (21) Hernandez Leon,A (2241)-Villavicencio Martinez,C (2117) Tenerife 2009}) 11. bxc4 Nxc3 $1 12. Bxc3 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 O-O 14. Qb3 Qc8 (14... b4 $11 {remains equal.} 15. Bb2 (15. Bxb4 Bxb4 16. Qxb4 Qxd4 $11) 15... a5) 15. Rfb1 $16 bxc4 16. Qxc4 c5 17. d5 exd5 18. Qxd5 Ra7 19. Rb3 Bf6 20. Rc1 Nd7 21. Nc4 Bxc3 22. Rbxc3 Nf6 23. Qf3 Rc7 24. Rd3 Rd8 25. Rcd1 Rxd3 26. Rxd3 h6 27. Rd6 Ne8 28. Rb6 Re7 29. Rc6 (29. a4 $16) 29... Rc7 $14 30. Rxc7 (30. Nb6 {feels hotter.} Qb7 31. Rxc7 Qxc7 32. Qa8 Kf8 33. Qxa6 Qc6+ 34. Kg1) 30... Nxc7 31. Qc6 Qe6 32. Qxe6 $1 ({But not} 32. Qxc7 $6 Qe4+ 33. Kh3 Qxc4 $11) 32... Nxe6 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KN-KN} 33. Kf3 Nd4+ 34. Ke3 Kf8 35. Na5 Ke7 {[#]} 36. Nb7 $1 Ne6 {[#]} 37. Ke4 $1 c4 38. Na5 f5+ 39. Ke3 Kd6 40. Nxc4+ Kc5 41. Kd3 Kb4 42. Ne3 Ka3 $2 (42... g6 $16 43. Nc4 h5) 43. Nxf5 $18 Kxa2 {intending ...Kb3.} 44. Kc4 Kb2 45. e4 $2 ({White should try} 45. Nd6 $18) 45... a5 $14 46. Kb5 Kc3 47. Kxa5 {Kb6 is the strong threat.} Kd3 48. f3 g6 49. Nxh6 Ke3 50. Kb6 Kxf3 {The position is equal.} 51. e5 Ke4 52. Nf7 Kd5 53. h4 Nd4 54. Kc7 Ke6 $1 55. Nh8 Kxe5 56. Nxg6+ Kf5 57. Nf4 Kg4 58. Kd7 {And now h5 would win.} Kxg3 59. h5 {Threatens to win with h6.} Nf5 {Precision: White = 64%, Black = 65%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Lupulescu, Constantin"]
[Black "Yankelevich, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Aachen"]
[BlackTeam "Speyer"]

{[%evp 18,149,27,33,49,30,52,53,103,98,102,100,115,105,109,94,78,67,89,56,59,59,135,128,129,135,123,70,157,161,208,205,197,197,227,214,225,220,229,164,160,172,206,204,229,235,236,233,252,220,227,214,300,309,284,283,310,318,397,396,374,364,361,364,622,671,704,673,658,662,692,619,604,466,598,587,583,560,514,510,473,0,368,0,394,0,703,702,674,637,749,918,982,1014,1034,987,853,754,1095,833,1871,1493,1825,1891,29973,29973,29973,29976,29976,29977,29981,29982,29982,29983,29983,29984,29987,29988,29986,29986,29986,29987,29987,29988,29988,29989,29990,29991,29991,29992,29993,29994,29995,29996]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. e3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 c4 9. Bf5 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4)} h6 (9... Qa5 10. Qc2 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Nd2 g6 13. Bh3 Kg7 14. Rfb1 h6 15. Bh4 g5 16. Bxd7 Bxd7 17. Bg3 Kg8 18. a3 Bf8 19. b3 cxb3 20. Nxb3 Qd8 21. Be5 Rc8 {1-0 (40) Korobov,A (2652)-Mamedyarov,S (2799) Huaian 2017}) 10. Bh4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Nb6 11. Bc2 {White is slightly better.} Bxc3+ $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Qe7 12. Nd2 O-O 13. O-O Re8 14. a3 Bxc3 15. bxc3 {½-½ (25) Chiburdanidze,M (2502)-Zhao,X (2474) Antakya 2010}) 12. bxc3 Bg4 13. Qb1 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Qd6 15. a4 O-O 16. Kd2 Nh5 17. Bf5 Nc8 18. Bg4 Nf6 $1 19. Bh3 Ne7 {[#]} (19... Nh7 $14) 20. Bg3 $1 $36 {[%cal Rg3d6][%mdl 2048] White is in control.} (20. Qxb7 $2 Rfb8 $19) 20... Qc6 21. Qb4 Rfe8 22. Rhb1 (22. Qb5 $16) 22... b6 (22... Nh5 $1 $14) 23. a5 bxa5 24. Qxa5 (24. Rxa5 $6 Nh7 $16) 24... Nh5 25. Qa6 Nxg3 26. Qxc6 (26. fxg3 $6 Qc7) 26... Nxc6 27. hxg3 ({Don't do} 27. fxg3 Re7) 27... Reb8 28. Bd7 Rxb1 29. Rxb1 $18 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Ne7 30. e4 Rd8 31. Rb7 a6 32. Ra7 Rb8 33. Ba4 ({Much less strong is} 33. Rxa6 Rb2+ 34. Ke1 Rb7 $18) 33... Kf8 34. Rxa6 f5 (34... g6 $142 35. Ra5 h5 36. exd5 Nf5) 35. exd5 Nxd5 36. Rc6 Rb1 37. Rc5 ({Worse is} 37. Rxc4 Nb6 $11) 37... Nb6 38. Rxf5+ Ke7 39. Rb5 Rxb5 40. Bxb5 {KB-KN} g5 $2 {[#]} (40... Kd6 41. f4 Ke6) 41. g4 Kd6 42. Be8 Ke7 43. Bc6 Kd6 44. Be4 Ke6 45. Bh7 Kf6 46. Kc1 Ke7 47. Kb2 Na4+ 48. Kc2 Nb6 49. Kd2 Kf6 $1 50. Be4 Ke6 51. Bc6 $2 (51. Bb7) 51... Kd6 $1 {[%cal Rd6c6]} 52. Bb5 Ke7 53. Ke2 Nd5 54. Bxc4 Nxc3+ 55. Kd2 Na4 56. Bb3 Nb6 57. Ke3 Kf6 58. f4 Nd7 59. fxg5+ hxg5 60. Ke4 Nb6 61. f4 {White mates.} Nd7 62. fxg5+ Kxg5 63. Be6 Nb8 64. d5 Kf6 65. Kf4 Na6 66. g5+ Kg7 67. d6 Nc5 68. Bf5 Nb7 69. Ke5 Nc5 70. Kd5 Nb7 71. Kc6 Nd8+ 72. Kc7 Nf7 73. d7 Nxg5 74. d8=Q Ne6+ 75. Bxe6 {Precision: White = 83%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Abel, Dennes"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SF Deizisau"]
[BlackTeam "SFR Berlin"]

{[%evp 17,59,0,14,-18,10,-22,-31,-14,-13,-35,0,-13,45,51,66,54,64,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Nf3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 g6 8. h4 Nc6 {B10: Caro-Kann: 2 d3 and 2 c4} 9. h5 Bg7 {LiveBook: 10 Games} 10. d4 Bg4 11. hxg6 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 11. Bc4 e6 12. Rb1 Qc7 13. h6 Bf6 14. Be2 O-O 15. O-O Bxf3 16. Bxf3 {½-½ (76) Leon Hoyos,M (2556)-Prohaszka,P (2501) Fermo 2010}) 11... hxg6 12. Rxh8+ Bxh8 13. Rb1 Qd7 14. Be3 O-O-O (14... Kf8 $11) 15. Qa4 $14 {[#] Black must now prevent Ba6!} Bxf3 16. gxf3 {Hoping for Ba6!} Qf5 17. Qb5 ({White should try} 17. Rb5 $1 $14 Qxf3 18. Rg5) 17... Qxb5 $11 {The position is equal.} 18. Bxb5 e5 19. d5 Rxd5 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. Bxa7 {[#] aiming for Rb8+.} Rb5 (21... Bg7 {NOTEXT} 22. Rb8+ Kd7 23. Bb6 e4 24. fxe4 Bxc3+ 25. Ke2 Rd2+) 22. Rxb5 cxb5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} 23. Kd2 f5 24. Kd3 Kb7 25. Be3 Bf6 26. c4 Kc6 27. cxb5+ Kxb5 28. Bh6 g5 29. Bf8 g4 30. fxg4 {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 56%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]

{[%evp 25,91,31,31,27,54,52,47,43,47,30,49,6,57,53,79,89,84,69,94,75,97,93,116,121,134,134,135,133,128,125,138,138,139,142,129,100,102,104,104,100,118,97,135,143,166,155,195,181,236,243,330,333,329,329,328,293,359,291,416,462,437,437,504,529,1029,1023,1069,1024]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 dxc4 8. Bxf6 Nxf6 9. Nxc4 Qc7 10. Rc1 Be7 11. g3 O-O {D52: Queen's Gambit Declined: Cambridge Springs Variation} 12. Bg2 Rd8 13. O-O Nd5 {LiveBook: 6 Games. White is slightly better.} (13... Bd7 14. Qb3 Rac8 15. Rfd1 Be8 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 b5 18. Nd2 h6 19. Bg2 {½-½ (46) Grischuk,A (2779)-Carlsen,M (2851) Paris 2017}) 14. a3 Bd7 15. b4 Be8 16. Qb3 Rac8 {[#]} 17. Ne5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Rc2 Qb8 18. Rfc1 h6 19. Ne4 {1-0 (45) Ivanchuk,V (2705)-Asrian,K (2591) Yerevan 2004}) 17... Qb8 18. Nd3 Rc7 ({Black should play} 18... a5 $11) 19. Rc2 $14 Rdc8 20. Rfc1 Nf6 21. a4 {[%cal Ba3a4,Ba4b5][%mdl 32]} b6 22. b5 cxb5 23. axb5 Nd7 24. Bc6 a5 25. e4 Rd8 26. e5 Ra7 27. Na4 Nf8 28. Bxe8 $1 Rxe8 29. Rc6 $1 Rb7 30. R1c4 Ng6 31. Nf4 $1 Nxf4 32. gxf4 Qd8 33. Qf3 $1 {Threatens to win with Rc8.} Rb8 34. f5 exf5 35. Qxf5 Bb4 {[#] With the idea ...Qd5.} 36. Rc7 $1 Rf8 {[#]} (36... Qd5 {is a better defense.}) 37. Rd7 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd7d8]} g6 38. Rxd8 gxf5 39. Rxb8 Rxb8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 40. Kg2 Kf8 41. Kf3 f6 (41... Kg7 $142 42. d5 Kf8) 42. Kf4 fxe5+ {White is clearly winning.} 43. dxe5 Rd8 44. Nxb6 Rd2 45. Kxf5 Rxf2+ 46. Ke6 {Precision: White = 81%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gharamian, Tigran"]
[Black "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Schwaebisch Hall"]
[BlackTeam "Dresden"]

{[%evp 20,52,32,17,28,36,33,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,30,-5,-3,-91,-80,-96,-94,-87,-87,-77,-45,-80,-87,-86,-18,-12,-2,-22,-11,-18,-1]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {[%cal Bf1b5,Bb5a4,Ba4c2][%mdl 32]} a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1 b5 9. Bc2 d5 10. Nbd2 {C84: Spanische Partie (Mittelgambit)} d4 11. Nb3 {LiveBook: 4 Partien} dxc3 12. bxc3 {Weiß hat minimalen Vorteil.} a5 13. a4 b4 $1 {[#]} 14. d4 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 14. Bb2 Bg4 15. d4 bxc3 16. Bxc3 Bb4 17. Bxb4 Nxb4 18. dxe5 {0-1 (27) Volokitin,A (2628)-Svidler,P (2765) Riadh 2017}) 14... bxc3 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Ng4 17. Qf3 (17. Ba3 $5 {[%cal Rd1d8]}) 17... Nxe5 18. Qxc3 (18. Qg3 $1 $11 Ng6 19. Rd1 (19. Qxc3 Bb4 $17)) 18... Bb4 $1 $17 {[%cal Rb4c3]} 19. Qxe5 Bxe1 20. Bb2 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Re5g7]} f6 21. Qh5 {[#]} Bb4 $1 22. e5 {[%cal Be4e5,Be5e6,Be6e7][%mdl 32]} f5 23. Nd4 Ra6 (23... c5 $17 24. Nxf5 {[#]} Rxf5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 25. Bxf5 Bxf5 26. Qxf5 Qd2) 24. e6 $11 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} Qe8 25. Qe2 c5 26. e7 cxd4 {Precision: Weiß = 42%, Schwarz = 68%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Miton, Kamil"]
[Black "Savchenko, Stanislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hamburg SK"]
[BlackTeam "SV Hofheim"]

{[%evp 19,79,34,33,26,38,32,38,39,41,39,39,43,40,43,43,43,32,36,35,31,56,56,51,52,52,55,55,52,57,52,52,54,56,54,57,54,57,47,60,52,52,31,66,61,67,50,50,0,0,0,0,0,10,13,50,31,496,486,478,475,445,458]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 b5 6. b3 {D10: Slav Defence: 3 cxd5 (without early Nf3) and 3 Nc3} g6 7. Bd3 Bg7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Rd1 (10. Bb2 Bb7 11. h3 dxc4 12. bxc4 c5 13. Qe2 cxd4 14. exd4 bxc4 15. Bxc4 {0-1 (46) Bluebaum,M (2634)-Aronian,L (2774) Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden 2017}) 10... Bb7 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 11. Bb2 Rc8 12. c5 e5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd7 15. Ne2 Nxe5 16. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Nd4) 16... Re8 17. axb5 axb5 18. Nf4 Qe7 19. Bd4 Nd7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. b4 Nf8 22. Ra7 Ra8 23. Qc3+ Kg8 24. Rda1 Rxa7 25. Rxa7 Ra8 26. Rxa8 Bxa8 27. Qa1 Bb7 28. Qa7 Qc7 29. g3 Nd7 30. h4 h5 31. Bf1 Qb8 32. Qa5 Ne5 33. Bh3 Nc4 34. Qa1 {And now Qf6 would win.} Bc8 35. Bf1 Ne5 36. Ne2 Bg4 37. Nd4 Nf3+ $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (37... Bf3 $14) 38. Nxf3 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Bxf3 39. Qf6 Bg4 40. Qxc6 {Precision: White = 76%, Black = 70%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Black "Bromberger, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Zugzwang Muenchen"]

{[%evp 15,67,0,21,4,24,9,13,0,0,0,17,10,10,20,121,97,116,79,97,102,92,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-89,-78,-114,0,-6,-21,-55,21,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,118,67,384,382,387,366,29961,-8,0,-804]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. Be3 Qc7 8. Qd2 b5 9. a3 {B84: Sicilian Scheveningen: 6 Be2 a6, lines without early Be3} (9. f3 Nbd7 10. a3 h5 11. O-O Bb7 12. Rfd1 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Bf4 Bd6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 {½-½ (29) Wei,Y (2740)-Ivanchuk,V (2732) Hoogeveen 2017}) 9... Bb7 10. f3 Nc6 11. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} h6 12. O-O-O b4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... d5 13. exd5 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Kb1 f6 {½-½ (37) Stepanov,V (2197)-Cilloniz Razzeto,A (2372) ICCF email 2014}) 13. axb4 Nxb4 14. h4 d5 (14... e5 $1 $11) 15. g5 $16 Nh5 16. exd5 Bxd5 17. Kb1 Be7 18. Rhg1 (18. gxh6 $16 gxh6 19. Bxh6) 18... hxg5 $11 19. hxg5 g6 20. f4 {And now f5 would win.} Qa5 $1 21. b3 Rc8 22. Na4 (22. Kb2 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 22... Be4 $17 23. Kb2 Bf8 (23... O-O $1 $17 {White must now prevent ...Bxc2.} 24. c4 Rfd8) 24. Nc3 $11 {Hoping for Ra1.} Bg7 25. Ra1 Qd8 (25... Qb6 $15 26. Rxa6 Nxa6 27. Nxe4 Nc5 28. Bb5+ Kf8 29. Nxc5 Rxc5) 26. Ra4 {[#]} Rxc3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 27. Qxc3 (27. Kxc3 Nxc2) 27... Nxf4 {aiming for ...Nfd5.} 28. Qxb4 ({Not} 28. Bxa6 $2 Nfd5 $19) 28... Nxe2 29. Rd1 Rh2 (29... Rh3 $11 30. Ka3 Bxd4 31. Bxd4 Bxc2) 30. Rd2 ({White should try} 30. Ka3 $16 {Threatens to win with Nxe6!} Nxd4 31. Bxd4) 30... Qc7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Black should play} 30... Nxd4 $14 31. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 32. Rxd4 Rxc2+ 33. Ka3 Qc8) 31. Rxa6 $18 Nxd4 32. Bxd4 Qxc2+ $2 (32... Rxd2 $18 33. Qxd2 Bxd4+ 34. Qxd4 Qxc2+ 35. Ka3 Qc1+ 36. Kb4 Bb7) 33. Ka3 $2 (33. Rxc2 {mates} Rxc2+ 34. Ka3 Bf8 35. Rd6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rc8 36. Bf6 Bc6 37. Kb2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bd7 38. Qd4) 33... Bf8 {[#]} 34. Rd6 $2 {[%mdl 40960] Precision: White = 40%, Black = 35%. . Loss on Time!?} (34. Qxf8+ $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]} Kxf8 35. Rxc2 Rxc2 36. b4) 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Spoelman, Wouter"]
[Black "Zysk, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Zugzwang Muenchen"]

{[%evp 15,90,22,33,24,45,37,46,52,42,45,45,51,71,70,73,61,66,70,70,60,123,131,125,108,112,51,56,20,20,32,38,29,32,18,20,0,0,0,12,0,0,-9,0,-22,-13,-41,-25,-129,-143,-200,-186,-493,-514,-576,-551,-593,-152,-185,-68,-68,-29,-283,-263,-800,-792,-792,-792,-944,-927,-822,-782,-2069,-1819,-29982,-29983,-29990,-29991]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nd2 c5 4. a3 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 cxd4 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Nxd4 O-O 8. e3 {E11: Bogo-Indian} Nc6 {LiveBook: 4 Games} (8... d5 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Nb5 Qc6 11. f3 a6 12. Nc3 e5 13. e4 Nbd7 14. Qf2 Nc5 15. Be3 Nb3 {½-½ (43) Kasparov,G (2812)-Short,N (2664) Saint Louis 2015}) 9. b4 a5 10. Bb2 {White is slightly better.} axb4 11. axb4 Rxa1+ 12. Bxa1 d5 13. c5 Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Bd7 14. Be2 Qa8 15. O-O Qa4 16. Nxc6 bxc6 {1-0 (77) Mkrtchian,L (2395)-Olarasu,G (2311) Dresden 2004}) 14. Bd3 Ne4 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Qc2 e5 17. O-O Qg5 (17... Qc7 $14) 18. b5 $1 $16 cxb5 19. Bxb5 Rf8 20. f4 (20. Rc1 $16) 20... exf4 $14 21. exf4 Qe7 22. Bd4 Bf5 {next ...Ng3! is good for Black.} 23. Bd3 Rc8 24. Rb1 h6 25. g3 Qd7 26. Rb6 f6 27. c6 Qd6 28. Kg2 Rc7 29. Bb2 Qe6 30. Ba3 h5 {[%cal Bh6h5,Bh5h4,Bh4h3][%mdl 32]} 31. Ra6 {[#]} (31. Bb4 $11 {remains equal.}) 31... h4 $1 $17 32. Ra8+ ({Of course not} 32. gxh4 Qe8 $15) (32. Bb4 $17) 32... Kh7 $19 33. Qe2 $2 (33. Ra6) 33... Bg4 34. Qe3 h3+ 35. Kg1 Rxc6 $2 (35... Qxc6 $19 {is more deadly.} 36. Ra5 Kh6) 36. Ra5 {[#]} f5 (36... Rc3 $1 $19 37. Bc5 Rb3) 37. Bb2 $1 $15 Rc7 (37... Rb6 $5 {[%cal Rb6b2]} 38. Be5 Rb7 $11) 38. Ra6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (38. Ra7 $1 $11 {and White is okay.} d4 39. Bxd4 (39. Qxd4 $2 Nd2 $19) 39... Rxa7 40. Bxa7) 38... Qe7 $19 39. Qb6 $2 (39. Be5 Nc5 40. Ra1) 39... Qc5+ 40. Qxc5 Nxc5 41. Ra3 Nxd3 42. Rxd3 Rc2 {Threatens to win with ...Rg2+.} 43. Rb3 Rg2+ 44. Kh1 Bd1 45. Rb7 Bf3 {Precision: White = 33%, Black = 57%.} 0-1

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Buhmann, Rainer"]
[Black "Parvanyan, Ashot"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2374"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hockenheim"]
[BlackTeam "Norderstedt"]

{[%evp 22,95,41,28,20,26,45,30,54,42,60,56,104,112,118,75,128,110,120,101,114,81,107,99,117,80,77,69,77,61,64,66,66,67,66,66,69,21,69,69,69,69,69,69,91,91,127,131,120,130,266,268,248,248,268,248,593,320,286,248,416,416,1277,1271,29982,29971,29989,29990,29989,29990,29990,29991,29991,29992,29992,29993]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Nf3 {E73: King's Indian: Averbakh Variation without 6...c5} exd5 9. cxd5 Bg4 10. Nd2 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 a6 12. a4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Nbd7 13. O-O Ne8 14. f4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. a5 Nc7 15. Ra3 Qe7 16. Rb3 Rab8 {1-0 (34) Reshevsky,S (2485)-Karl,H (2310) Lugano 1985}) 14... Qe7 15. Rae1 Rb8 16. Kh1 f6 17. Nc4 Nc7 18. f5 g5 ({Black should play} 18... Rf7) 19. Bf2 Ne5 20. a5 Kh8 21. Na4 {[%cal Bc3a4,Ba4b6,Bb6c4][%mdl 32]} Nb5 22. Nab6 Rf7 23. Qd2 Bf8 24. h3 Re8 25. Re2 h5 26. Nxe5 Qxe5 27. Nc4 Qe7 $1 28. Qd3 Qd8 29. g4 h4 30. Kg2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Bg7 31. Rc1 {[%cal Bf1c1,Bc1c4,Bc4b4][%mdl 32]} Rfe7 32. Nb6 Re5 33. Rc4 Qe7 34. b4 cxb4 35. Rxb4 Qf8 (35... Qd8 $16 36. Rc4 Qe7) 36. Nd7 $18 Qe7 37. Nxe5 Qxe5 38. Rc4 Qa1 $2 (38... Qe7 39. Bd4 Kh7) 39. Qd2 Qe5 40. Qb2 Qf4 $2 (40... Qe7 {was necessary.} 41. Rec2 Kh7) 41. Rb4 {[#] Black must now prevent e5.} Rc8 (41... Qe5 $142 42. Qxe5 dxe5) 42. e5 {[%cal Be4e5,Be5f6,Bf6g7][%mdl 32]} Rc4 43. exf6 {White mates.} Nd4 44. fxg7+ Kh7 {[#]} 45. Qxd4 $1 Rxd4 46. Rxd4 Qc1 47. f6 {[%cal Bf5f6,Bf6f7][%mdl 32]} Qc8 48. f7 {Precision: White = 58%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Wagner, Dennis"]
[Black "Kopylov, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hockenheim"]
[BlackTeam "Norderstedt"]

{[%evp 9,61,39,38,37,43,0,14,5,9,0,30,37,30,22,25,0,6,2,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,-19,-19,-21,0,-1,2,0,6,0,1,0,0,-58,62,58,81,77,115,112,109,105,29986,29987,29985,29984]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 {[%cal Bc7c6,Bc6c5][%mdl 32]} 4. e4 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. e5 {D31: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav without ...Nf6 (+ Marshall Gambit and Noteboom) and Exchange Variation lines without ...Nf6} c5 7. Bb5+ (7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Nc6 9. Nf3 Nge7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O cxd4 12. cxd4 h6 13. Bd2 Bf5 {½-½ (27) So,W (2719)-Nakamura,H (2789) Wijk aan Zee 2014}) 7... Nc6 8. Nge2 {The position is equal.} Nge7 9. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. O-O O-O 10. Bxc6 Nxc6 11. dxc5 Bg4 12. f3 Bxc5+ 13. Kh1 {½-½ (29) Vogt,L (2423)-Graf,F (2341) Germany 2011}) 9... cxd4 10. axb4 dxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Bf4 Ng6 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. O-O Re8 15. Re1 a5 16. Bg3 Bg4 17. h3 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 axb4 19. Rxa8 Qxa8 20. cxb4 Qa4 21. Qd2 Qb3 22. Kh2 h6 23. Qd4 Qc2 24. Re3 Qb1 25. Qb6 ({White should play} 25. Qd2 $11) 25... Qc1 (25... Ra8 $1 $15 26. f3 (26. e6 $2 Ra1 $19) 26... Qc2) 26. b5 $14 {aiming for e6.} cxb5 27. Qxb5 Ra8 {Strongly threatening ...Ra1.} 28. e6 fxe6 29. Rxe6 Ra1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (29... Nf4 $16 30. Re7 Kh8 31. Rxg7 (31. Rf7 Ng6 $18) 31... Ra1 32. Bxf4 Qxf4+ 33. Rg3 Ra8 34. Qxd5 Re8) 30. Qe8+ Nf8 31. Bd6 {Precision: White = 57%, Black = 47%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Le Roux, Jean-Pierre"]
[Black "Vogel, Roven"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2437"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Schwaebisch Hall"]
[BlackTeam "Dresden"]

{[%evp 9,80,-21,-1,0,9,-55,-36,-31,-45,-49,-54,-65,-56,-58,-67,-61,-68,-66,-40,-56,-43,-41,-33,-42,-32,-45,-52,-67,-78,-62,-66,-115,-118,-121,-107,-115,-117,-169,-145,-176,-117,-138,-129,-137,-121,-201,-204,-219,-224,-231,-175,-167,-59,-212,-212,-211,-224,-234,-222,-313,-321,-397,-146,-745,-215,-220,-214,-249,-202,-268,-256,-937,-936]} 1. e4 c6 2. Ne2 d5 3. e5 d4 (3... Bg4 4. f3 Bd7 5. d4 e6 6. Be3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. Qd2 cxd4 9. cxd4 f6 10. f4 Nh6 11. Nbc3 {0-1 (57) Mamedov,R (2709)-Artemiev,V (2691) Huaian 2017}) 4. b4 Qd5 5. Bb2 c5 6. bxc5 {B10: Caro-Kann-Verteidigung} Nc6 7. d3 (7. Na3 $11) 7... Qxc5 {Und ...Db4+ würde nun gewinnen.} 8. c3 {[%cal Rc3d4] Schwarz steht etwas besser.} Qxe5 9. cxd4 Qa5+ 10. Nbc3 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 10. Bc3 Qd8 11. Nd2 {1-0 (25) Vlachos,A (2160)-Gloser,D (1900) Prague 2016}) 10... Nf6 11. g3 Bg4 12. Bg2 {[#]} Nxd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 13. O-O (13. Nxd4 Bxd1) 13... e6 14. h3 Bf3 15. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 16. Kg2 Ne5 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Weiss steht unter Druck.} 17. Ne4 Ned7 18. Nxf6+ Nxf6 19. Bxf6 gxf6 {[%cal Bg7f6,Bf6f5][%mdl 32]} 20. Qb3 O-O-O 21. Nc3 Kb8 22. Rab1 {[%csl Gb1][%cal Rb3b7]} Qa6 23. Ne4 (23. Nb5 $17) 23... f5 24. Ng5 Rd7 (24... b6 $19 25. Qc4 Qb7+ 26. Nf3 Rg8) 25. Rfc1 {zielt auf Dc3 ab.} Bh6 ({Jedoch nicht} 25... Qxd3 $2 26. Qa4 $16) 26. h4 Rhd8 27. Rc3 (27. Qb2 $17 {war nötig.}) 27... Bg7 $19 28. d4 Bxd4 29. Rc4 h6 30. Nf3 Bb6 (30... Bf6 $19 31. Rbc1 b6) 31. Rbc1 $2 (31. Ne5 $15 Rd2 32. Kh3 Qxa2 33. Qxa2 Rxa2 34. Rbc1) 31... Qa5 32. Qb2 Rc7 33. Rxc7 Bxc7 34. Qf6 (34. Qb3 {war angesagt.}) 34... Qxa2 35. Qxh6 {[#]} Rg8 $2 (35... Bxg3 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512] und Schwarz behält klar die Oberhand.} 36. Rf1 (36. Kxg3 Rg8+) 36... Rg8) 36. Ng5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (36. Rxc7 $17 Kxc7 37. Qf6) 36... Qd5+ $2 (36... Bxg3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 37. Rf1 (37. Kxg3 Qa3+) 37... Bc7) 37. Kh3 f4 {Droht ...Df5+ und aus.} 38. Qh7 Rf8 39. Qg7 Bd6 40. g4 $2 (40. Qh7) 40... f6 {Precision: Weiß = 32%, Schwarz = 63%.} 0-1

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Black "Gurevich, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hamburg SK"]
[BlackTeam "SV Hofheim"]

{[%evp 26,73,65,43,82,96,98,76,83,84,83,78,71,17,27,20,27,27,31,39,25,29,21,13,14,12,199,180,191,176,201,197,985,949,1084,1078,1057,1054,933,0,0,0,1088,1008,1231,1221,1166,1061,29988,29989]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O a6 7. Re1 d6 8. e4 Nbd7 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc7 11. Be3 Be7 12. Rc1 O-O 13. f4 Rac8 14. g4 {[%cal Bg3g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} g6 {A30: Symmetrical English: Double Fianchetto and Hedgehog} (14... Nc5 15. Bf2 g6 16. b4 Ncd7 17. f5 gxf5 18. gxf5 e5 19. Nde2 Kh8 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. exd5 Rg8 22. Ng3 {1-0 (50) Jumabayev,R (2613)-Marin,M (2576) Almaty 2016}) 15. g5 Nh5 16. f5 Ne5 {White is better.} 17. b3 exf5 {[#]} 18. Nxf5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qd8 $146 (18... gxf5 19. Qxh5) ({Predecessor:} 18... Rfe8 19. Nh6+ Kh8 20. Bh3 Bf8 21. Ng4 Rb8 22. Nf6 Nxf6 23. gxf6 {1-0 (58) Seel,C (2234)-Schargorodskij,M (2217) Neumuenster 2000}) 19. h4 (19. Nxe7+ $16 Qxe7 20. Rf1) 19... f6 $11 20. Nd5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Bxd5 21. Qxd5+ Kh8 22. Nxe7 Qxe7 23. Rcd1 Qd7 $1 {[%cal Rd7g4] With the idea ...Qg4.} 24. Qxd6 Qg4 25. Rf1 {[%cal Rg5f6]} Rfd8 $2 (25... Rce8 $1 $11) 26. Qxd8+ $18 Rxd8 27. Rxd8+ Kg7 28. gxf6+ ({Stronger than} 28. Bxb6 Nf4 $11) 28... Kf7 $2 (28... Nxf6 29. Rd6 (29. Bxb6 Qg3 $14) 29... Nfd7) 29. Bh6 Ng3 30. Rf8+ Ke6 31. Re8+ Kd6 32. Bf8+ $2 (32. Rf2 $18) 32... Kc6 $11 33. Rxe5 Ne2+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (33... Nxf1 $11 34. Bh6 Qxh4 35. Re6+ Kc5) 34. Kf2 $18 Nf4 35. Bf3 Qxh4+ 36. Ke3 Qxf6 {[#]} 37. Rc5+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 73%, Black = 44%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Handke, Florian"]
[Black "Hoolt, Sarah"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Aachen"]
[BlackTeam "Speyer"]

{[%evp 24,143,6,4,12,8,31,-2,15,25,31,40,35,34,44,38,58,58,47,58,62,52,79,38,102,99,105,104,120,120,151,159,164,165,164,171,201,192,275,212,259,214,240,184,243,159,254,183,176,192,272,270,265,253,258,231,234,236,165,26,31,25,35,33,29,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,9,0,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12842,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Be2 {C11: French: Classical System: 4 e5 and 4 Bg5 dxe4} b6 10. Nd1 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Nb8 13. O-O {LiveBook: 16 Games} Nc6 14. Bf2 Bb7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... f6 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. c3 Qd6 {0-1 (45) Alekseev,E (2616)-Christiansen,J (2495) Riadh 2017}) 15. Bb5 Rc8 16. Bxc6 Rxc6 17. Bd4 f5 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Ne3 Qd6 20. c3 Bxd4 21. Qxd4 Rc7 22. g3 Re8 23. Rfe1 Qd8 ({Black should try} 23... Rc5 $14) 24. Rad1 $16 Qc8 25. Rd2 Ba6 26. Qe5 d4 27. Qxd4 ({But not} 27. Rxd4 $6 Rc5 $14) 27... Bb7 28. Ng4 Ba8 29. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Qb7 {[#] ( -> ...Qh1+)} 30. Kh2 h6 (30... Qc8 {is a better defense.} 31. Ne5 Bd5) 31. Ne5 Rf8 32. h5 Qc8 33. Qd6 Re8 (33... Rf5 $142) 34. Ng6 {Threatens to win with f5!} Kh7 (34... Bc6 $16) 35. Red1 Rc5 36. Ne5 Rd5 (36... Bd5 $142 37. a3 Kg8) 37. Rxd5 $18 Bxd5 38. c4 b5 39. c5 b4 {intending ...Rd8.} 40. Rd2 Qb7 41. Qd7 (41. b3 $18) 41... Qxd7 $11 42. Nxd7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame next b3 is good for White. KRB-KRN} Rc8 43. Rc2 {Black must now prevent b3.} Bxa2 44. c6 Bd5 45. Ne5 Kg8 46. Rc5 Kf8 47. Rb5 Bxc6 48. Rxb4 Bd5 49. Ra4 Rc7 (49... Rc2+ {keeps more tension.} 50. Kh3 Rxb2 51. Rxa7 Rb7 52. Rxb7 Bxb7 53. g4 Ke7) 50. b4 Ke7 51. Ra6 Rb7 52. g4 Rxb4 53. Rxa7+ Rb7 54. Ra4 Rb3 55. Ra7+ Rb7 56. Ra1 Rb3 57. Rc1 {Rc7+ is the strong threat.} Kd8 58. Rc2 Ra3 59. Nf7+ Kd7 60. Rb2 Kc7 61. Ne5 Kc8 62. Rf2 Kc7 63. g5 hxg5 64. fxg5 Kd6 65. Nf7+ Ke7 66. Ne5 Ra2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (66... Kd6 $11 67. Nf7+ Ke7) 67. Rxa2 $2 (67. Ng6+ $1 $18 Ke8 68. Rxa2 Bxa2 69. h6) 67... Bxa2 {The position is equal.} 68. Kg3 Bb1 69. Kf4 Bc2 70. Nc6+ Kd6 71. Ne5 Ke7 72. Nc6+ {Precision: White = 59%, Black = 49%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Werle, Jan"]
[Black "Eichler, Christoph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2303"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Zugzwang Muenchen"]

{[%evp 15,67,18,29,0,31,2,58,0,30,0,13,11,20,14,20,18,4,8,17,9,21,23,6,0,0,-38,-30,-107,-92,-135,-140,-164,5,0,132,142,295,289,383,383,29991,29992,29992,29993,29993,29994,29994,29995,29995,29996,29996,29997,29997,29998]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Rb1 Be7 {D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation} 8. Bb5+ (8. Nf3 O-O 9. Bc4 Nc6 10. O-O b6 11. d5 Na5 12. Bd3 c4 13. Bc2 exd5 14. exd5 Bg4 15. Re1 {½-½ (23) Svidler,P (2765)-Wang,H (2709) Riadh 2017}) 8... Nd7 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 9. Nf3 O-O {The position is equal.} 10. O-O Qc7 ({Black should play} 10... a6 $11 11. Bxd7 Bxd7) 11. h4 $146 (11. Re1 $14) ({Predecessor:} 11. a4 Rd8 12. Qe2 Nf8 13. Bd3 Bd7 14. Qa2 Ng6 15. g3 {½-½ (30) Zubov,A (2542)-Kuzmin,G (2479) Evpatoria 2007}) 11... b6 12. Bg5 Bxg5 13. hxg5 Bb7 14. Qe2 Rfd8 15. Rfe1 Rac8 16. Rbd1 cxd4 17. cxd4 Qc3 18. Bxd7 Rxd7 {[#]} 19. d5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} exd5 20. e5 (20. exd5 $5 {[%cal Re2e8]} Qc5 21. Ne5 $16) 20... d4 {White must now prevent ...d3.} 21. Rd3 (21. e6 $11 {remains equal.} Bxf3 22. exd7 Bxe2 23. Rxe2) 21... Qc4 $17 {Hoping for ...Ba6.} 22. g6 hxg6 {And now ...Ba6 would win.} 23. Ng5 Ba6 $2 (23... Re7 $1 $19 {Threatens to win with ...f6.} 24. Qd2 Rd8) 24. e6 $11 fxe6 (24... Re7 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} 25. exf7+ Qxf7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 26. Qxe7 Qxe7 27. Rxe7 Bxd3) 25. Qg4 $1 $16 {[%cal Rg4h3]} Rc5 $2 {[#]} (25... Qxa2 $2 26. Ra3 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) (25... Rd6 $16 {was worth a try.} 26. Qh3 Qxd3 27. Qh7+ Kf8 28. Qh8+ Ke7 29. Qxg7+ Kd8 30. Nf7+ Kc7 31. Ne5+ Kb8 32. Nxd3 Bxd3) 26. Rxe6 $1 $18 {[%cal Re6e8][%mdl 512]} Qc1+ {[#]} 27. Kh2 $1 {[%cal Re6e8]} ({Worse is} 27. Rd1 Rxg5 28. Re8+ Kh7 $17) 27... Rxg5 $2 (27... Rc8 28. Rh3 $18) (27... Qxg5 $18 28. Re8+ Kh7 29. Rh3+ {[#]} Qh5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 30. Qxd7 Bb5) 28. Re8+ {White mates.} Kh7 29. Rh3+ Rh5 30. Rxh5+ gxh5 31. Qf5+ g6 32. Qxd7+ Kh6 33. Rh8+ Kg5 34. Qe7+ {Precision: White = 54%, Black = 32%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ernst, Sipke"]
[Black "Perske, Thore"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hamburg SK"]
[BlackTeam "SV Hofheim"]

{[%evp 17,159,43,29,0,0,-8,-5,0,29,13,25,14,46,48,45,36,68,19,19,16,21,-19,31,27,95,105,180,154,198,164,229,229,223,197,190,197,193,195,186,188,193,159,156,152,217,186,177,163,179,145,202,201,177,188,189,154,242,242,242,221,218,0,98,0,204,216,190,197,154,130,140,56,56,56,63,63,63,63,65,54,54,54,56,60,57,39,47,0,70,47,47,47,168,168,418,412,405,443,454,460,459,362,430,425,425,403,410,405,403,403,310,134,119,125,1352,1504,1203,691,1310,1309,1035,972,912,1163,710,710,12832,5602,29977,29978,29978,29979,29979,29980,29980,29981,29983,29984,29987,29988,29988,29989,29990,29991]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. e3 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. h3 Nc6 9. Be2 Qb6 {LiveBook: 9 Games. D90: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 sidelines} (9... a6 10. O-O Bf5 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Qb3 b5 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Ne4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Rc5 e5 18. Rfc1 Rxc5 19. dxc5 {1-0 (39) Carlsen,M (2834)-Yanchenko,R (2436) chess.com INT 2018}) 10. O-O $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 10. a3 Ne4 11. Na4 Qd8 12. O-O a6 13. Rc1 Bd7 14. b4 b5 15. Nc5 Nxc5 16. Rxc5 e6 17. Ne1 {½-½ (32) Khusenkhojaev,M (2455)-Markov,M (2390) Ashkhabad 2017}) 10... Qxb2 11. Qc1 (11. Rc1 {NOTEXT} Be6 12. Na4 Qa3 13. Rc3 Qb4 14. Rc1) 11... Qxc1 {The position is equal.} 12. Rfxc1 Bd7 13. Rab1 Na5 14. Ne5 Bf5 15. Rb5 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} b6 16. g4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Rac8 {And now ...Ne4 would win.} 17. f3 Be6 18. Rbb1 Ne8 19. Ba6 Ra8 20. Nd3 {[%cal Be5d3,Bd3b4,Bb4d5][%mdl 32]} Nc4 (20... g5 $11 21. Bxg5 Nc7) 21. Kf2 $16 Ned6 (21... Rd8 $16) 22. Nb4 $1 $18 Nd2 23. Ra1 f5 (23... N2c4 $142 24. Ncxd5 Bxd5) 24. g5 (24. Ncxd5 $6 fxg4 25. hxg4 Bxd5) 24... Rad8 25. Ke2 (25. Nc6 $6 Rd7 $16) 25... N2c4 (25... N6c4 $6 26. Rd1) 26. Ncxd5 Bxd5 27. Nxd5 e5 28. dxe5 $1 (28. Bxc4 Nxc4 29. Ne7+ (29. Rxc4 Rxd5 30. Bxe5 Bxe5 $11) 29... Kh8 $11) (28. Rxc4 $6 exf4 29. Nxf4 Nxc4 $16) 28... Nxe5 29. Rc7 Rf7 30. Rac1 Rdd7 (30... Rfd7 $16 {is a better defense.} 31. Rxd7 Rxd7 32. Nf6+ Bxf6) 31. a4 Rxc7 32. Nxc7 ({But not} 32. Rxc7 $6 Rxc7 33. Nxc7 Kf7 $14) 32... Re7 33. Nb5 Nxb5 (33... Ne8 $16 34. Rc8 Kf7) 34. Rc8+ ({Much less strong is} 34. Bxb5 Kf7 $16) ({Not} 34. axb5 Rd7 $14) 34... Kf7 {aiming for ...Nd6.} 35. Bxb5 Ke6 36. h4 Nf7 (36... Kd6 $16 37. Bg3 Rc7 38. Rxc7 Kxc7) 37. Bc4+ Kd7 38. Rc7+ Ke8 39. Rc8+ (39. Rxe7+ $18 Kxe7 40. Bb8) 39... Kd7 $16 40. Rc7+ (40. Ra8 $16) 40... Ke8 $1 $18 41. Rxe7+ $1 Kxe7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} 42. Bb8 $1 Ne5 43. Bg8 Nc6 44. Bg3 (44. Bf4 $1 $16) 44... h6 $14 45. Bd5 Nb4 46. Bc4 hxg5 47. hxg5 Nc6 48. Bb5 Ne5 49. Be1 Nd7 50. Bb4+ Kd8 51. Bd6 Be5 52. Bb4 Bg7 53. Bc4 Ke8 54. Kd2 a5 ({Better is} 54... Bf8 $14 55. Bc3 Nc5) 55. Bd6 $18 Be5 $2 (55... Kd8 56. Kd3 Be5) 56. Bxe5 $1 Nxe5 {KB-KN} 57. Bb5+ Ke7 58. f4 Nf7 59. Kd3 Nd6 60. Bc6 Kf7 61. Kd4 Ke6 62. Bd5+ $1 Ke7 {[#] If only Black now had time for ...b5....} 63. Bc4 $1 Ne4 {[#]} 64. Bd3 (64. Bb5 $1 $18 {and the rest is easy.}) 64... Nc5 $16 65. Bb5 {Threatens to win with Kd5.} Ne6+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (65... Kd6 $16) 66. Kd5 $18 Nd8 67. Ba6 Kd7 68. Bd3 Nb7 69. Bb5+ Kc7 70. Be8 Nd6 71. Bxg6 b5 72. axb5 a4 {[#]} 73. b6+ $1 {White mates.} Kd7 {[#]} (73... Kxb6 74. Kxd6) 74. b7 $1 Nxb7 75. Bxf5+ Ke7 76. Bb1 a3 77. f5 Kf7 78. e4 {[%cal Be3e4,Be4e5,Be5e6][%mdl 32]} Nd8 79. e5 Kg7 80. e6 {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 51%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sprenger, Jan Michael"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SFR Berlin"]
[BlackTeam "SF Deizisau"]

{[%evp 25,44,31,29,20,31,14,27,16,49,17,16,22,14,20,23,7,0,0,0,8,16]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd7 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nb3 Nf6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Bg5 Qc7 12. Qe2 Be7 13. Rfe1 O-O {LiveBook: 5 Games. C07: French Tarrasch: 3...c5, 4 Ngf3 and 4 exd5 Qxd5} 14. Bb3 Re8 15. Rad1 Bd7 {[#]} 16. Qf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Bh4 Rad8 17. Bg3 Bd6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Nf5 Qb6 20. Nd6 Bb5 21. Qe5 {½-½ (58) Haslinger,S (2529)-De Jong,M (2373) Hoogeveen 2009}) 16... b5 17. Nf5 exf5 {[#]} 18. Rxe7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxe7 19. Qxa8+ Re8 20. Qf3 Ne4 $1 {[%cal Re4g5] The position is equal.} 21. Bf4 Qc8 22. c3 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Hausrath, Daniel"]
[Black "Belezky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Muelheim"]
[BlackTeam "Bayern Muenchen"]

{[%evp 10,75,20,15,47,47,51,66,69,87,106,104,135,129,153,153,158,149,174,185,206,176,205,155,258,271,243,263,349,332,437,451,458,470,460,474,467,455,520,500,479,354,604,354,450,449,551,375,839,850,711,426,756,729,3208,3008,29966,2129,29968,29970,29970,29971,29958,29959,29988,29989,29976,29977]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 d5 4. O-O Nc6 5. d4 e6 6. c4 {LiveBook: 1665 Games} a6 {E01: Catalan: Early deviations} (6... dxc4 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nfd2 Na5 10. Na3 Bxa3 11. bxa3 O-O 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 e5 14. Bb2 Re8 15. Bc3 {½-½ (31) Karjakin,S (2753)-Anand,V (2767) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bg5 Be6 {White is slightly better.} 9. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3e2,Be2d4][%mdl 32]} Be7 {[#]} 10. dxc5 $1 h6 11. Be3 {[%cal Bg5e3,Be3d4,Bd4c3][%mdl 32]} Ng4 12. Bd4 $1 O-O $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 12... Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Bd7 14. Nb3 Nf6 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 {1-0 (45) Wastney,S (2276)-Tindall,B (2225) Gold Coast 2001}) 13. e3 h5 14. Ne2 g5 15. Bc3 Bxc5 16. Ned4 Be7 (16... Nxd4 $16 17. Nxd4 Rc8) 17. Nxc6 $18 bxc6 18. h3 ({Much less strong is} 18. Qd4 $6 Bf6 $16) 18... Nh6 19. Nd4 ({Don't play} 19. Qd4 f6 $18) 19... Bd7 20. Qxh5 Kh7 21. e4 {[%cal Be3e4,Be4f5][%mdl 32]} c5 22. Nf5 Bxf5 23. exf5 Ra7 24. Rad1 d4 {[#]} 25. b4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rd7 $2 (25... Qe8 26. f6 Bxf6) (25... cxb4 26. Bxd4) 26. Bc6 Rc7 27. Be4 {Intending f6+ and mate.} Bf6 {intending ...Qe8.} 28. bxc5 dxc3 $2 (28... Re8 29. Bb1 Rd7) 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. c6 Re8 (30... Kg7 $142 31. Rb1 Rd6) 31. Bd5 Re5 {[#]} 32. Bxf7 $1 {Qg6+ would kill now.} Rxf7 33. Qg6+ Kh8 34. c7 {White mates.} Re8 35. Qxh6+ Kg8 36. Rb1 Be5 {[#]} 37. Qe6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxe6 38. c8=Q+ {Precision: White = 82%, Black = 30%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Black "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zugzwang Muenchen"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]

{[%evp 14,41,0,4,23,11,30,26,29,16,32,-13,-20,-22,-19,-30,-15,-35,-2,-38,-8,-16,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d6 2. e4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 a6 5. f4 b5 6. Be2 b4 {B06: Modern Defence} 7. Nb1 Bb7 8. Bf3 {LiveBook: 13 Games} Nd7 9. e5 Bxf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Qc8 10. Nd2 Rb8 11. Qe2 Nh6 12. Bxb7 Qxb7 13. Ngf3 O-O 14. O-O {½-½ (42) Palac,M (2570)-Hickl,J (2556) Pula 2000}) 10. Nxf3 Nh6 11. O-O O-O 12. Kh1 c5 13. c3 bxc3 14. bxc3 Qa5 15. Bg1 Rad8 {Black wants to play ...dxe5.} 16. Qb3 cxd4 (16... Rb8 $5 {[%cal Rb8b3]} 17. Qa3 Qxa3 18. Nxa3 cxd4 19. cxd4 Nb6 $15) 17. cxd4 {The position is equal.} dxe5 18. dxe5 Nc5 19. Qc3 Qxc3 $1 20. Nxc3 Nd3 21. Nd4 {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 53%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Feygin, Michael"]
[Black "Schneider, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Muelheim"]
[BlackTeam "Bayern Muenchen"]

{[%evp 30,83,0,0,0,0,0,0,9,-20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-25,0,0,67,82,248,252,241,258,258,235,245,235,391,394,304,355,504,487,667,612,1992,1943,1733,1513,1087,970,29976,29977,29976,29978,29978,29979]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Bb4 13. c3 Be7 14. O-O Ngf6 15. c4 Qd8 16. Bf4 O-O {B19: Classical Caro-Kann: 4...Bf5 main line} 17. Rfe1 Re8 18. Rad1 $1 Qa5 {The position is equal.} 19. a3 b5 20. Ne5 (20. c5 Nd5 21. Be5 f6 22. Bd6 Bxd6 23. cxd6 Qd8 24. Rc1 {0-1 (40) Renet,O (2505)-Tukmakov,V (2580) Budapest 1996}) 20... bxc4 21. Qxc4 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Nd5 23. Bc1 Qb5 24. Qg4 {Strongly threatening Bxh6.} Kh8 $146 25. Qf3 Rf8 26. Re4 f5 27. exf6 Bxf6 (27... Rxf6 $11 28. Qd3 Qb6) 28. Qg4 $14 Bxb2 $2 {[#]} (28... Rae8 $16) 29. Rb4 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Nxb4 30. Bxb2 $40 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Rg4g7][%mdl 128] White attacks with force.} Qg5 31. Qxg5 ({But not} 31. Qxb4 $6 Rad8 $16) 31... hxg5 32. axb4 {Hoping for Rd7.} Rfd8 $2 (32... Kg8 33. Rd7 Rf7) 33. Rxd8+ Rxd8 34. h6 Rd1+ (34... Kh7 {was called for.} 35. Bxg7 Rd5) 35. Kh2 Kg8 36. Bxg7 Rb1 37. Ne4 Rxb4 38. Nxg5 Rg4 39. Nxe6 a5 40. f4 {[%cal Bf2f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32] White mates.} a4 41. Kh3 Rg6 42. f5 {Precision: White = 89%, Black = 33%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Hertneck, Gerald"]
[Black "Nyback, Tomi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zugzwang Muenchen"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]

{[%evp 23,99,-26,-20,-27,-27,-31,-28,-38,18,17,30,34,28,15,21,15,23,0,16,30,75,0,10,15,16,7,8,19,30,-3,43,40,43,0,0,-22,0,0,0,-29,-32,-52,0,-31,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qh4 Nxc3 7. dxc3 Nc6 8. e4 e5 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Qh6 {A16: English Opening: 1...Nf6 with ...d5} (10. Bc4 h5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Qg5 Qxg5 13. Nxg5 f6 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. Bxe6 Ke7 {½-½ (15) Aleksandrov,A (2604)-Safarli,E (2644) Nakhchivan 2013}) 10... Bxg5 11. Nxg5 Qe7 12. Bc4 f6 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 13. Nf3 $1 O-O-O 14. Qe3 Kb8 15. O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Bd5 Rc8 16. O-O-O Nd8 17. Nd2 c6 {½-½ (34) Bellon Lopez,J (2495)-Doncevic,D (2345) Palma de Mallorca 1991}) 15... f5 ({Black should play} 15... Be6 $15 16. Qe2 Bxc4 17. Qxc4 Rd7) 16. Qg5 $11 Rhe8 17. Rad1 Na5 18. Be2 b6 19. Qxe7 Rxe7 20. Rd5 Rde8 21. Rfd1 Be6 22. Rxe5 (22. Rd8+ $16 Rxd8 23. Rxd8+ Kb7 24. exf5 (24. Nxe5 Bxa2 25. f4 fxe4 $11) 24... Bxf5 25. Rh8) 22... Bxa2 23. Rxe7 Rxe7 24. Ba6 {[%cal Rd1d8] [#]} c5 $1 25. exf5 gxf5 26. b4 Nc6 27. bxc5 bxc5 28. Rd6 Ne5 29. Nd2 Rd7 30. Rxd7 Nxd7 31. Bc4 Bxc4 32. Nxc4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KN-KN} Nb6 (32... Nf6 $15) 33. Nd6 f4 34. Ne4 {The position is equal.} c4 35. Kf1 a5 {White must now prevent ...a4.} 36. Ke2 Kc7 37. Kd2 Nd5 38. Kc2 Kd7 39. Kb2 Ke6 40. Nc5+ Kf5 41. Nb7 {[#]} f3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 42. gxf3 Kf4 43. Nxa5 Kxf3 44. Nxc4 Kxf2 45. Ne5 (45. Kc2 {with more complications.} Kg2 46. Kd3 Kxh2 47. Ne3 Nf6 48. c4) 45... Nxc3 46. Kxc3 Kg2 47. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5,Bh5h6][%mdl 32]} Kh3 48. h5 Kh4 49. h6 Kg5 50. Kd4 {Precision: White = 57%, Black = 52%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Baldauf, Marco"]
[Black "Heimann, Andreas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SFR Berlin"]
[BlackTeam "SF Deizisau"]

{[%evp 14,45,22,0,0,4,4,0,0,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bf4 d6 {[%cal Bd7d6,Bd6d5][%mdl 32] A33: Symmetrical English: 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 e6 5 Nc3 Nc6} (6... d5 7. e3 Bb4 8. Be2 Bd7 9. Ndb5 e5 10. Bg5 a6 11. a3 axb5 12. axb4 Rxa1 13. Qxa1 dxc4 14. O-O O-O 15. Rd1 Qe7 16. Nd5 Qe6 17. Nc7 Qe7 18. Nd5 Qe6 19. Nc7 Qe7 {½-½ (19) Nepomniachtchi,I (2729)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2789) London 2017}) 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. g3 {LiveBook: 5 Games. The position is equal.} d5 9. Bg2 Bd6 10. Bxd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Qd2 O-O 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. O-O Rb8 13. Rfd1 Rd8 14. Na4 {½-½ (52) Szabo,V (2349)-Khorunzhy,M (2430) LSS email 2010}) 10... Qxd6 11. O-O O-O 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. e4 {[%cal Re4d5]} Rb8 14. exd5 Rxb2 15. dxe6 Qxe6 16. Qd4 Qb6 17. Qxb6 Rxb6 18. Rfd1 Bg4 19. Rd4 h5 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. Bxd5 Be6 {[#] ...Rd8 is the strong threat.} 22. Bxe6 Rxe6 23. Ra4 {Precision: White = 72%, Black = 91%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Paehtz, Elisabeth"]
[Black "Michalik, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Dresden"]
[BlackTeam "Schwaebisch Hall"]

{[%evp 17,54,-7,2,-13,-9,-12,-10,-10,-10,-13,-10,-14,-1,-21,-11,-14,0,-21,-12,-42,-26,-32,-37,-31,28,44,46,63,60,51,69,0,84,20,50,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Qe2 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} Nd7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Nc4 Re8 9. Bd2 f6 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 10. O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. h3 Nf8 11. O-O-O Be6 12. Kb1 Qe7 13. Ne3 Qf7 {½-½ (43) Dominguez Perez,L (2739)-Anand,V (2783) Saint Louis 2017}) 10... Nf8 11. Be3 Ne6 12. Bxc5 Nxc5 13. Ne3 Ne6 14. g3 c5 {[%cal Bc6c5,Bc5c4][%mdl 32]} 15. Nh4 Nd4 16. Qh5 Bh3 17. Nhg2 Qd7 18. f4 {[#]} c4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 19. c3 (19. dxc4 Bxg2) 19... Bxg2 20. Nxg2 Nc2 (20... Nb5 $15) 21. Rad1 $11 {Black must now prevent Qe2.} cxd3 {Hoping for ...c5.} 22. Rf3 $1 $36 {[%cal Rf3d3][%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} g6 23. Qh4 {fxe5 is the strong threat.} d2 24. Qxf6 (24. Rf2 $1 $14) 24... exf4 (24... Qg4 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} 25. Rxd2 (25. fxe5 $2 Rf8 $19) 25... Rf8 26. Qxe5 Qxf3 27. Qd5+ Kg7 28. Qe5+ Kg8 29. Qd5+ Kg7 30. Qe5+ Kg8) 25. Rxf4 ({Better is} 25. Qxf4 $16 Ne1 26. Nxe1 dxe1=R+ 27. Rxe1) 25... Rf8 26. Rxd2 Qxd2 27. Qe6+ Kh8 {Precision: White = 42%, Black = 51%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kovacs, Gabor"]
[Black "Parligras, Mircea Emilian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Speyer"]
[BlackTeam "Aachen"]

{[%evp 19,72,13,22,-23,-20,-23,-11,-18,-22,-30,-12,-59,-54,-77,-75,-72,-48,-59,-62,-61,-69,-50,-58,-210,-198,-207,-193,-170,-71,-60,-8,-77,-76,-96,-102,-138,-115,-105,-114,-113,-106,-105,-112,-137,-134,-161,-150,-437,-447,-444,-443,-427,-418,-422,-426]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nf3 d5 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. O-O Nc6 9. a3 Ba5 10. Qd3 a6 {LiveBook: 37 Partien. E56: Nimzoindisch (Moderne Variante)} (10... Bb6 11. Rd1 cxd4 12. exd4 h6 13. Bf4 Bd7 14. Ne5 Rc8 15. Ba2 Ne7 16. Qh3 Re8 17. Rd3 Ng6 18. Nxg6 fxg6 {1-0 (28) Khismatullin,D (2642)-Khairullin,I (2662) Chita 2015}) 11. Bd2 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 11. dxc5 Qxd3 12. Bxd3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Na5 14. Rb1 Rd8 15. Bc2 Bd7 16. e4 Bb5 17. Re1 Bd3 18. Bxd3 Rxd3 19. a4 {½-½ (39) Babula,V (2548)-Kuljasevic,D (2555) Hungary 2017}) 11... b5 12. Ba2 $1 Bb7 {Schwarz hat minimalen Vorteil.} 13. Rad1 Bc7 14. Bc1 Qd6 {Droht stark ...Sxd4!} 15. dxc5 Qxc5 16. Ne2 Rfd8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Weiss steht unter starkem Druck.} 17. Qc3 Qh5 {Droht ...Se4 und aus.} 18. Nf4 Qh6 19. Qc5 Ne4 20. Qc2 Ng5 21. Qe2 $2 {[#]} ({Lieber} 21. Nxg5 $15 Qxg5 22. Bb1) 21... Nb4 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 22. Nxg5 (22. axb4 Nxf3+ 23. gxf3 Bxf4 $19) 22... Nxa2 23. Qg4 Nxc1 (23... Qf6 $19 {bietet bessere Gewinnchancen. Weiss muss nun ...h6 beachten.} 24. h3 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Rd8) 24. Rxc1 $17 Be5 ({Günstiger ist} 24... Bb6 $15) 25. Rc5 (25. h4 $11 {bleibt in der Remisbreite.}) 25... Bd6 26. Rcc1 Qf6 27. b4 Rac8 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Rd1 {[%cal Rg5e6]} Be7 30. h4 h6 31. Nf3 Rd8 32. Rc1 Be4 33. Nh5 $2 {[#]} (33. Nd4 $17 Qxh4 34. Qxh4 Bxh4 35. f3) 33... Qb2 $1 $19 {[%cal Rb2c1]} 34. Rf1 Bf5 35. Qg3 Bd6 36. Nf4 e5 {Precision: Weiß = 43%, Schwarz = 57%.} 0-1

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Krause, Benedict"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Norderstedt"]
[BlackTeam "Hockenheim"]

{[%evp 24,91,19,26,21,39,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,14,0,9,4,14,7,7,0,0,0,6,0,23,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. e5 dxe5 7. fxe5 Nd5 8. Bc4 Be6 9. Bxd5 {B09: Pirc Defence: Austrian Attack} Bxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Qe2 c5 12. c4 Qd7 13. d5 {[%cal Bd4d5,Bd5d6][%mdl 32] LiveBook: 14 Games} e6 14. d6 $1 f6 15. Bf4 fxe5 16. Bxe5 Bxe5 17. Qxe5 {[#]} Nc6 $146 18. Qxc5 Rf5 19. Qe3 {[#] Threatens to win with Rd1.} Qxd6 20. O-O Rd8 21. Rae1 e5 22. b3 b6 23. Ng5 Rxf1+ 24. Rxf1 Qd4 25. Qxd4 exd4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 26. Rd1 h6 27. Nf3 g5 28. h3 Kf7 29. Kf2 Kf6 30. g4 Rd6 31. a3 a5 32. Rd3 Kg6 {The position is equal.} 33. Kg3 h5 34. h4 hxg4 35. Kxg4 gxh4 36. Nxh4+ Kf6 {[#] Hoping for ...Ne5+.} 37. Kf4 Ne5 38. Rd1 a4 39. bxa4 d3 {[%cal Bd4d3,Bd3d2][%mdl 32] aiming for ...Rd4+.} 40. Ke4 d2 41. Nf5 Re6 42. Nd4 Re8 43. Nf3 Nxc4+ 44. Kd4 Nxa3 45. Nxd2 Ra8 46. Ke4 {Precision: White = 44%, Black = 71%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Neef, Maximilian"]
[Black "Wirig, Anthony"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Dresden"]
[BlackTeam "Schwaebisch Hall"]

{[%evp 16,85,26,27,37,34,31,31,62,61,59,59,57,56,66,71,71,67,58,26,61,25,35,26,27,21,27,22,24,0,0,0,19,0,0,0,0,-6,-8,-10,0,0,11,0,0,0,7,0,0,0,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O c6 5. h3 Bh5 6. d4 {A07: Barcza-System (Königsfianchetto mit möglichen Übergängen in andere Systeme)} Nf6 7. c4 Nbd7 8. cxd5 cxd5 (8... exd5 9. Ne5 Ne4 10. Nd2 Nxd2 11. Bxd2 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Bc5 13. Kh2 O-O {½-½ (32) Svidler,P (2768)-Karjakin,S (2753) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 9. Qb3 {LiveBook: 6 Partien} Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Qb6 11. Nc3 Bd6 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Rb8 $146 15. Qa4 Qa6 16. Qxa6 bxa6 17. b3 Ke7 18. Bg5+ Nf6 19. Bd3 a5 20. Rac1 Rhd8 21. Rc6 Rb6 22. Rfc1 h6 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} 23. Bd2 Bb4 24. Bxb4+ (24. Rc7+ {with more complications.} Rd7 25. Be3 Nd5 26. R7c2 Ba3 27. Rd1) 24... axb4 25. Rc7+ Rd7 $1 26. Rxd7+ Kxd7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KTL-KTS} 27. Rc5 Rb7 28. Ra5 Ke7 29. Kg2 Rd7 30. Bb5 Rc7 31. Bc4 Ne4 32. h4 Nc3 33. Kf3 Rd7 34. Ke3 Nd1+ 35. Ke2 Rxd4 36. Rxa7+ Kf6 37. Ra8 Nc3+ 38. Ke3 Rd7 39. a4 bxa3 $1 40. Rxa3 Nd1+ 41. Ke2 Nc3+ 42. Ke3 Nd1+ 43. Ke2 {Precision: Weiß = 59%, Schwarz = 75%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shytaj, Luca"]
[Black "van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Speyer"]
[BlackTeam "Aachen"]

{[%evp 14,92,1,0,16,0,0,0,-11,-6,-4,-24,-16,-30,-37,-29,0,0,0,-6,-5,-11,7,16,39,7,8,0,0,0,0,0,50,52,61,-54,-44,-97,-94,-120,0,-57,-45,-56,-42,-53,-54,-55,-63,-60,-42,-112,-112,-112,-112,-112,-112,-112,-112,-112,-112,-112,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. c4 Be7 {[%cal Bf8e7,Be7f6,Bf6e5][%mdl 32]} 6. Nc3 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} O-O 7. h3 Nd7 8. Be3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Bf6 9. Nd5 Nd4 10. Bxd7 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. Bc1 Nc5 13. b4 a6 14. Ba4 Nxa4 15. Qxa4 Qg6 16. g4 f5 17. Bb2 fxe4 18. Bxd4 exd3 19. Be3 Be6 {0-1 (19) Chiburdanidze,M (2555)-Torre,E (2555) Biel 1988}) 10... Bxd7 11. Bxd4 exd4 12. O-O Be5 13. Qd2 c6 14. Nf4 Qe7 15. Ne2 c5 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Ng3 Qh4 18. b4 Qf4 19. Qb2 b5 20. cxb5 Bxb5 21. bxc5 Bxd3 {aiming for ...Rab8.} 22. Rfe1 Rab8 23. Qa3 Bc2 24. Rec1 (24. Nf5 $1 $14) 24... d3 $1 $15 25. Qxa7 (25. c6 $1 $15) 25... Ra8 $17 26. Qd7 {next c6 is good for White.} Rxa2 (26... Rfd8 $17 27. Qb7 Rab8) 27. Rxa2 (27. Rf1 $11 Rxa1 28. Rxa1) 27... Qxc1+ $15 28. Nf1 Qb1 $1 {[%cal Rb1a2]} 29. Ra3 $1 Qb4 30. Ra7 Qxc5 31. Rc7 Qb4 32. Ne3 (32. Qd5 $15) 32... Qe1+ $17 33. Kh2 {And now Rc8 would win.} Qxf2 34. Rc8 {[#]} Qf4+ $1 35. g3 Qf2+ 36. Kh1 {Intending Rxf8+ and mate.} Qe1+ 37. Kh2 {[#]} Qb4 (37... Qd2+ $1 $17 38. Ng2 Qb4 39. Rxf8+ Qxf8) 38. Nd5 $1 $36 {[%cal Rd5b4][%mdl 2048] The position is equal. White has some pressure.} Qd2+ 39. Kg1 {Threatening mate with Rxf8+.} Qe1+ 40. Kh2 {Rxf8+ would kill now.} Qf2+ 41. Kh1 g6 42. Ne7+ Kg7 {( -> ...d2)} 43. Rxf8 {White wants to mate with Nf5+!} Qe1+ 44. Kh2 Qe2+ (44... Kxf8 $5 45. Qd8+ $8 Kg7 46. Nf5+ gxf5 47. Qg5+ Kf8 48. Qd8+ Kg7 49. Qg5+ Kh8 50. Qf6+ Kg8 51. Qg5+ Kh8 52. Qf6+ Kg8 53. Qg5+ Kh8 $11) 45. Kg1 Qe3+ (45... Kxf8 $5 46. Qd8+ $8 Kg7 47. Nf5+ gxf5 48. Qg5+ Kf8 49. Qd8+ Kg7 50. Qg5+ Kh8 51. Qf6+ Kg8 52. Qg5+ Kh8 53. Qf6+ Kg8 54. Qg5+ Kh8 $11) 46. Kh2 $1 Qf2+ {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 65%.} (46... Kxf8 $5 47. Qd8+ $8 Kg7 48. Qg8+ Kh6 49. Qxf7 Qe2+ 50. Kg1 Qe3+ 51. Kh2 Qe2+ 52. Kg1 Qe3+ 53. Kh2 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ostrovskiy, Andrey"]
[Black "Balogh, Csaba"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Norderstedt"]
[BlackTeam "Hockenheim"]

{[%evp 18,78,0,3,8,0,0,-22,-9,-10,-30,-24,-21,-33,-31,-25,-35,-32,-17,-35,-16,-170,-176,-172,-181,-187,-184,-154,-153,-236,-195,-190,-202,-205,-182,-197,-207,-216,-189,-243,-272,-378,-367,-315,-260,-252,-252,-377,-375,-348,-232,-576,-613,-583,-565,-29984,-29984,-29983,-29984,-29995,-29996,-29996,-29997]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 {[%cal Bd2d3,Bd3d4][%mdl 32]} Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Qe2 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} (6. Nc3 O-O 7. Be3 Bd6 8. Bg5 Re8 9. h3 c5 10. Nd5 Be7 11. Nxe7+ Qxe7 12. O-O h6 13. Be3 Nd7 14. Nd2 {1-0 (29) Carlsen,M (2837)-Karjakin,S (2760) Riadh 2017}) 6... Nd7 7. Be3 Bd6 8. d4 O-O 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. O-O-O {LiveBook: 5 Games} Qf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Qe7 11. h4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Ne5 13. f3 f6 {½-½ (32) Malakhov,V (2691)-Roiz,M (2604) Antalya 2017}) 11. Kb1 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. f3 Na4 14. Nc4 Bf8 15. Qd2 c5 16. Nb5 $1 {[%cal Rb5c7]} Qc6 $1 {[%cal Rc6b5]} 17. Nc3 Nxc3+ 18. Qxc3 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 19. Nd2 $2 (19. Ne5 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} Qf6 20. Nd7 Qxc3 21. bxc3) 19... Be6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is really pushing.} 20. Nb3 {[%cal Rb3c5]} b4 21. Qd2 Reb8 $1 22. Qf2 {[%cal Rb3c5]} Rb5 23. Qh4 (23. Rc1 $17) 23... a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 24. Rd8 a4 25. Nc1 {[#]} Rbb8 $1 {[%cal Rb8d8]} 26. Rhd1 {[#]} f6 $1 27. Rxb8 Rxb8 28. Qf2 (28. e5 $142 fxe5 29. Nd3) 28... c4 {[%cal Bc5c4,Bc4c3][%mdl 32]} 29. Ne2 c3 {Hoping for ...Bxa2+!} 30. Nd4 Qd7 31. Qe2 Bf7 ({Less strong is} 31... cxb2 32. Nxe6 Qxe6 33. Qd3 $17) 32. b3 (32. Nf5 $142 Qe8 33. b3) 32... c5 33. Nf5 Qc7 {And now ...c4 would win.} 34. g3 $2 (34. Qa6 {is more resistant.} axb3 35. axb3) 34... Ra8 35. Bf4 Qa7 36. Nd6 axb3 {Black mates.} 37. cxb3 {[#]} Bxb3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 38. axb3 {[#]} c2+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 39. Kxc2 Qa2+ {Precision: White = 36%, Black = 88%.} 0-1

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ginsburg, Gennadi"]
[Black "Kempinski, Robert"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SV Hofheim"]
[BlackTeam "Hamburg SK"]

{[%evp 15,28,18,20,4,32,0,0,-8,0,0,0,6,0,-18,-22]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O Nbd7 {LiveBook: 8 Games. B08: Pirc Defence: Classical System} 9. Qd2 e5 10. Rfe1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Bg5 Qe7 12. Rfe1 Rfd8 13. Nd5 Qd6 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Bc4 {0-1 (62) Munguntuul,B (2426)-Rozum,I (2545) Moscow 2015}) 10... exd4 {The position is equal.} 11. Bxd4 Re8 12. Rad1 Nc5 13. Bxc5 bxc5 14. Bc4 Nd7 $1 *

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Hoffmann, Michael"]
[Black "Prestel, Oliver"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2152"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Aachen"]
[BlackTeam "Speyer"]

{[%evp 22,50,-17,-27,-23,-51,-28,-72,0,0,0,0,165,175,171,174,269,251,262,241,278,66,36,0,0,0,0,0,7,0,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 cxd4 8. cxd4 Qc7 9. Bd2 Qxc2 {C18: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4: Main line: 7 h4 and 7 Qg4} (9... Nd7 10. Nf3 Qxc2 11. Rc1 Qg6 12. Qh3 Qe4+ 13. Be3 Nf5 14. Kd2 h5 15. Bb5 a6 16. Be2 Qg4 17. Qxg4 hxg4 {½-½ (28) Amonatov,F (2647)-Romanov,E (2576) Moscow 2009}) 10. Qxg7 Rg8 11. Qh6 Nbc6 12. Ne2 {[%cal Bg1e2,Be2c3,Bc3d5,Bd5f6][%mdl 32] LiveBook: 7 Games} Nxd4 13. Rc1 Qa4 {Threatens to win with ...Nc2+.} 14. Qxh7 {Hoping for Bb4.} Bd7 (14... Nb3 $1 $17 {[%cal Rb3c1]} 15. Qc2 (15. Rc7 $2 Nxd2 16. Kxd2 Qa5+ 17. Rc3 Bd7 $19) 15... Qxa3) 15. Nc3 $146 ({Much worse is} 15. Rc7 Kd8 $17) ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 15. Bb4 Nxe2 16. Bxe2 a5 17. Bd1 {1-0 (60) Gusain,H (2448)-Prajesh,R (2242) Mumbai 2016}) 15... Qxa3 {And now ...Rc8 would win.} 16. Qd3 $1 {[%cal Rd3d4]} Nef5 $2 {[#]} (16... Nb3 $1 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 17. Nb5 Bxb5 18. Qxb5+ Kd8 19. Qxb7 Nxc1) 17. Nxd5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Qxd3 {[#]} (17... exd5 18. Qxa3) 18. Nf6+ $1 Kd8 (18... Kf8 $142 19. Bxd3 Bc6) 19. Bxd3 Rxg2 20. Be4 Rg6 {White should prevent ...Bc6.} 21. Bxb7 $2 (21. Ba5+ $18 b6 {[#]} 22. Bxb6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} axb6 23. Bxa8) 21... Rb8 $14 22. Ba5+ Ke7 {The position is equal.} 23. Bb4+ Kd8 24. Ba5+ Ke7 25. Bb4+ Kd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Lobzhanidze, Davit"]
[Black "Kollars, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SV Hofheim"]
[BlackTeam "Hamburg SK"]

{[%evp 20,41,39,11,29,15,13,23,23,16,26,7,9,7,7,8,17,10,23,15,19,22,24,20]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Be6 8. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3][%mdl 32]} Qd7 9. c3 Rfe8 {C55: Two Knights: 4 d3, 4 d4 exd4 5 e5 and Max Lange Attack} (9... h6 10. b4 Nh7 11. b5 Na5 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Nc4 Nxc4 14. dxc4 Nf6 15. Ba3 Rad8 16. Qe2 b6 17. a5 {½-½ (52) Stevic,H (2608)-Postny,E (2619) Baku 2016}) 10. a5 a6 11. Qb3 {LiveBook: 6 Games} Nd8 {The position is equal.} 12. h3 Bf8 13. Nf1 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 13. Qc2 g6 14. b4 {1-0 (30) Nunn,J (2515)-Janetschek,K (2325) Baden bei Wien 1980}) 13... c6 {White must now prevent ...d5.} 14. Qc2 g6 15. Ng3 Bg7 16. b4 Bxc4 17. dxc4 Ne6 18. Be3 Nf4 19. Rad1 Qe6 20. c5 dxc5 21. Bxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Schenk, Andreas"]
[Black "Zelbel, Patrick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2441"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bayern Muenchen"]
[BlackTeam "Muelheim"]

{[%evp 32,41,0,0,28,28,32,35,35,6,10,12]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 exd4 8. Nxd4 Re8 9. f3 c6 10. Bf2 d5 11. exd5 cxd5 12. c5 Nc6 13. O-O Bf8 {E92: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5: 7 dxe5, 7 Be3 and Petrosian System without 7...Nbd7} 14. Bb5 Bd7 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. b4 Nh5 17. Qd2 {LiveBook: 4 Games} a5 18. a3 {[%cal Ba2a3,Ba3b4][%mdl 32] [#]} axb4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18... Qf6 19. Nce2 Ng7 20. Rac1 axb4 21. axb4 {1-0 (50) Van Wely,L (2675)-Tabatabaei,M (2509) Bandar e Anzali 2017}) 19. axb4 Qf6 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21. Nce2 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Carlstedt, Jonathan"]
[Black "Zude, Arno"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hamburg SK"]
[BlackTeam "SV Hofheim"]

{[%evp 15,124,16,17,6,13,3,0,0,-7,-48,-41,-37,-45,-42,-19,-26,-16,-54,-46,-53,-44,-58,0,0,20,6,15,-16,-16,-5,0,0,0,0,-6,-20,51,14,53,12,38,25,77,68,83,74,84,50,62,32,68,65,64,58,41,20,40,6,6,7,9,-18,-18,-28,-14,-62,-25,-37,-22,-34,-28,-35,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,-4,-6,-31,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,-8,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Be2 Bb7 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} (7... dxc4 8. Bxc4 Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Qe2 Qc8 11. O-O c5 12. Nb5 Qb7 13. Bd6 Rfd8 14. Bxe7 {½-½ (14) Nakamura,H (2792)-Bruzon Batista,L (2643) Tbilisi 2017}) 8. O-O Nbd7 {LiveBook: 7 Games} 9. Nb5 c5 10. Bc7 Qc8 11. dxc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Bd6 Bxd6 12. Nxd6 Qc6 13. Nxb7 Qxb7 14. b3 Rac8 15. Rc1 Rfe8 16. Nd2 e5 17. cxd5 cxd4 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 {1-0 (36) Kristensen,T-Kallenbach,U (1596) Esbjerg 2007}) 11... Nxc5 {Black wants to play ...dxc4.} 12. b4 Nce4 {[#] aiming for ...a6.} 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Rc1 Qe8 15. Be5 $1 f6 16. Ba1 Rd8 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Nxe3!} 17. Qb3 Bxb4 18. Nxa7 Nc5 ({Better is} 18... Bc5 $15) 19. Qb1 $11 Qa4 20. Nb5 Ba6 21. Nbd4 (21. Nfd4 {with more complications.} e5 22. Nc6 Rd7 23. e4 Nc7 24. Bc4+) 21... Bxe2 22. Nxe2 Ba5 23. Bd4 Rc8 24. e4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Nb4 25. Nc3 Qe8 (25... Qa3 $11 26. Nb5 Qxa2) 26. Rfd1 $14 Qe7 27. Nb5 Rfd8 28. e5 fxe5 (28... Nbd3 $11 {remains equal.}) 29. Nxe5 $16 Nc6 30. Nxc6 Rxc6 31. Be5 {Na7! is the strong threat.} Rd5 32. Bf4 Rc8 33. Rxd5 exd5 34. Qf5 Rd8 35. Nd4 {Threatens to win with Bg5.} Qd7 36. Rd1 (36. Qc2 {looks sharper.} Re8 37. Be3 Qa4 38. Qxa4 Nxa4 39. Rc7) 36... Bc3 37. Qxd7 Rxd7 38. Nb5 Bf6 39. g4 h6 40. Bc7 Na4 41. f4 Nb2 42. Rb1 Nc4 {White must now prevent ...d4.} 43. Rc1 Re7 44. Bd8 Rf7 45. Bxf6 Rxf6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 46. f5 h5 47. Nc7 Ne3 48. h3 hxg4 49. hxg4 Nxg4 50. Nxd5 Rd6 51. Rc8+ Kh7 52. Ne7 (52. Nc3 {is more complex.} Rd2 53. Rb8 Rb2 54. a4 Ne3 55. Ne4) 52... Kh6 (52... Rd7 {keeps more tension.} 53. Nc6 Rd1+ 54. Kg2 Ne3+ 55. Kf3 Nxf5 56. Rb8 Rd6) 53. Rc6 {The position is equal.} Rxc6 54. Nxc6 {KN-KN} Kg5 55. a4 Ne3 56. a5 bxa5 57. Nxa5 Kxf5 ({Resist} 57... Nxf5 58. Nb3 $17) 58. Nb3 g5 59. Nd4+ Ke4 60. Ne2 Kf3 61. Nd4+ Ke4 62. Ne2 Kf3 {Precision: White = 58%, Black = 40%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Black "Lauber, Arnd"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2418"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SF Deizisau"]
[BlackTeam "SFR Berlin"]

{[%evp 19,108,48,42,38,45,52,37,13,21,29,46,0,0,0,0,0,0,-20,-20,-118,-57,-31,-33,-244,-250,-288,-288,-281,-281,-281,-272,-279,-279,-368,-368,-368,-368,-376,-368,-385,-361,-591,-579,-595,-595,-685,-646,-686,-595,-595,-595,-686,-675,-612,-595,-579,0,-593,-487,-587,-557,-553,0,-553,-552,-550,-544,-551,-531,-531,-521,-600,-600,-600,-600,-1189,-1272,-29983,-29984,-29985,-29985,-29988,-29989,-29989,-29990,-29990,-29985,-29995,-29996,-29996,-29997]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 {A58: Benko/Volga Gambit: Lines with 5 bxa6} Bg7 7. a7 (7. g3 d6 8. Bg2 O-O 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. O-O Nb6 11. e4 Bxa6 12. Re1 Nc4 13. Bf1 Nd7 14. Nd2 Nde5 15. Nxc4 Nxc4 16. Bd3 Qb6 17. Rb1 Rfb8 18. Na4 Qb4 19. Kg2 Ne5 20. Bd2 {0-1 (53) Harika,D (2528)-Kramnik,V (2803) Douglas 2017}) 7... Rxa7 8. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4d5][%mdl 32]} O-O 9. Nf3 e6 10. Be2 exd5 {LiveBook: 31 Games} 11. exd5 d6 12. O-O Na6 13. Nd2 Nc7 14. Nc4 $146 Re8 15. Bf4 Nfxd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 Rxe2 18. Nxd6 Bd4 {Threatens to win with ...Be6.} ({Of course not} 18... Rxb2 $6 19. Rae1 $16) 19. Qc6 {[#]} (19. Be3 $11 {remains equal.}) 19... Be6 ({Black should try} 19... Ba6 $1 $17 20. Be3 Rxb2 21. Bxd4 cxd4) 20. Nb5 $15 Bd5 21. Nxd4 $2 (21. Qd6 $15 Rd7 22. Nxd4 Rxd6 23. Nxe2) 21... Bxc6 $19 22. Nxe2 Qd5 {[%csl Gc6][%cal Rd5g2]} 23. f3 {[#]} Re7 $1 {[%cal Re7e2]} ({Don't do} 23... Rxa2 24. Rad1 $19) 24. Rfe1 {[#]} Rxe2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 25. Rxe2 {Hoping for Rd2.} Qc4 $1 {[%csl LRe2,LRf4]} 26. Kf2 {Be5 is the strong threat.} Qxf4 27. Kg1 Bb5 28. Rf2 Qe3 29. Rd1 h5 {[%cal Bh7h5,Bh5h4][%mdl 32]} 30. a3 $2 (30. f4 {was worth a try.}) 30... g5 31. h3 Kg7 32. Rb1 Kg6 33. Rd1 f6 34. Rdd2 h4 35. Kh2 Bd3 36. b3 Qf4+ 37. Kh1 Qe3 $2 (37... Qd4 $19 {aiming for ...Qc3.} 38. Rb2 c4 39. bxc4 Bxc4) 38. a4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (38. Kh2 $1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} Qe5+ 39. Kh1) 38... Kf5 39. Kh2 Qf4+ 40. Kh1 Qe3 41. Kh2 Ke5 42. a5 Ba6 43. Rc2 Kd6 44. Rfd2+ Kc6 45. Rd8 Qxb3 46. Rcd2 Qe6 47. f4 gxf4 {[%cal Bg5f4,Bf4f3][%mdl 32]} 48. Rb8 Qe5 {Black mates.} 49. Rb6+ Kc7 50. Rc2 f3+ 51. Kg1 Qe1+ 52. Kh2 f2 {[%csl Gf2][%cal Re1g1]} 53. Rxc5+ Kd7 {[%csl Gf2][%cal Re1g1]} 54. Rd5+ Ke7 {Precision: White = 29%, Black = 84%.} 0-1

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Thiede, Lars"]
[Black "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SFR Berlin"]
[BlackTeam "SF Deizisau"]

{[%evp 17,48,5,8,0,15,7,7,0,0,-7,0,-20,-23,-34,-18,-41,-41,-43,-41,-31,-43,-78,-76,-76,-73,-85,17,14,10,7,9,0,39]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. b3 Nf6 5. Bb2 e6 6. O-O h6 7. d3 Be7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Ne5 Bh7 {LiveBook: 20 Games. A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems} 10. a3 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 10. e4 a5 11. a3 Nbd7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Qe2 Bf6 14. d4 Qb6 15. e5 Be7 16. c4 dxc4 17. Qxc4 {½-½ (42) Vajda,L (2596)-Balogh,C (2621) Slovakia 2016}) 10... Nfd7 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. c4 a5 13. Bc3 Nf6 14. b4 d4 15. Bb2 axb4 16. axb4 Rxa1 17. Qxa1 Bxb4 18. Nf3 c5 19. Rb1 {[%cal Rb2d4]} Qd6 20. Ne1 b6 21. Nc2 {[#]} e5 ({Black should play} 21... Ba5 $1 $17) 22. Nxb4 $11 {The position is equal.} cxb4 23. Bc1 e4 24. Bd2 Re8 {Precision: White = 41%, Black = 57%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Lindgren, Philip"]
[Black "Landa, Konstantin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bayern Muenchen"]
[BlackTeam "Muelheim"]

{[%evp 18,132,0,-1,0,-7,0,-6,0,0,0,0,3,0,14,0,0,0,32,-7,24,-12,0,-7,-9,-24,-25,-34,-21,-36,-18,-27,-9,-21,-17,-27,-28,-27,-20,-58,-6,-22,0,-48,4,4,9,6,15,0,9,-31,-34,-29,-41,-41,-33,-8,-19,-85,-70,-43,-24,-88,-93,-97,-111,-94,-8,-14,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-200,-176,-721,-713,-654,-543,-418,-146,-150,-133,-133,-133,-133,-34,-1816,-1547,-1750,-133,-1881,-1776,-1810,-1672,-1672,-1618,-1569,-1566,-1358,-841,-29981,-29982,-29987,-29988,-29988,-29989,-29989,-29990,-29988,-29988,-29991,-29992,-29992,-29993]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Nd7 5. Qxc4 a6 6. Bg2 b5 7. Qc2 Bb7 8. O-O Ngf6 9. b3 c5 10. Bb2 Bd6 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} (10... Be7 11. d3 O-O 12. Nbd2 Rc8 13. Rac1 Qb6 14. Qb1 Rfe8 15. Qa1 Bd6 16. Rc2 e5 17. Rfc1 Rcd8 18. Ng5 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qb7+ 20. Kg1 Nd5 {0-1 (66) Can,E (2557)-Cheparinov,I (2685) Gjakova 2016}) 11. d3 O-O 12. Nbd2 Qc7 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 12... Qb6 13. a3 h6 14. Rac1 Rac8 15. Qb1 Qa7 16. Qa1 Qa8 {0-1 (39) Raaste,E (2350)-Kekki,P (2275) Helsinki 1994}) 13. Rac1 Rac8 14. Qb1 Qb8 15. Qa1 Rfd8 16. Rc2 Bf8 17. Rfc1 Qa8 18. a3 h6 19. h3 Re8 20. Kh2 Qb8 21. Rg1 e5 22. e4 Qd6 23. Bf1 g6 24. Be2 Bg7 25. Rgc1 Nh7 {[%cal Bf6h7,Bh7f8,Bf8e6][%mdl 32]} 26. Bc3 Nhf8 27. b4 Ne6 28. Nb3 cxb4 (28... Qb6 $15 29. Kg1 c4 30. dxc4 Bxe4) 29. axb4 Rc7 30. Bd2 Rec8 ({Black should play} 30... Rxc2 $15 31. Rxc2 f5) 31. Rxc7 $11 Rxc7 32. Rxc7 Qxc7 33. Na5 Ba8 34. Qc1 Qxc1 35. Bxc1 Bf8 36. Bd2 f5 37. exf5 gxf5 38. Bc3 (38. Nh4 $11) 38... Kf7 39. Nb3 Bd6 40. Kg1 (40. Nh4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 40... Nc7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is on the roll.} 41. Bd2 Nd5 42. d4 Bxb4 ({Better is} 42... e4 $17 43. Nh4 Ke6 44. Nc5+ Nxc5 45. dxc5 Be5) 43. Nxe5+ $11 Nxe5 44. Bxb4 $1 Nxb4 45. dxe5 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} Bd5 46. Nd4 $2 (46. Nc5 $11) 46... Nc6 $19 47. Nxc6 $2 (47. Nxf5 Ke6 48. Nxh6) 47... Bxc6 {KB-KB} 48. Kf1 a5 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5a4,Ba4a3][%mdl 32]} 49. Ke1 b4 $2 (49... Ke6 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top.} 50. f4 Kd5) 50. Bc4+ $17 Kg6 51. f4 a4 52. Kd2 Bg2 (52... Be4 $1 $17) 53. h4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (53. Kc2 $15) 53... Be4 $1 $19 54. Kc1 {[#]} a3 $1 55. Bb3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (55. Kd2 $17) 55... Kg7 $1 {[%cal Rg7f8]} 56. Bc4 Kf8 57. Bb3 Ke7 58. Bc4 Kd7 59. Bb3 Kc6 60. Ba2 Bd5 {Black mates.} 61. Bxd5+ Kxd5 {KP-KP} 62. Kc2 a2 63. Kb2 {[#]} b3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 64. h5 (64. Kxb3 a1=Q) 64... Kc5 65. Ka1 Kc4 66. Kb2 Kd3 {Precision: White = 29%, Black = 53%.} 0-1

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Seyb, Alexander"]
[Black "Graf, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2393"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SFR Berlin"]
[BlackTeam "SF Deizisau"]

{[%evp 14,41,76,55,65,55,75,73,110,111,148,107,98,100,183,135,375,377,419,415,418,396,394,402,406,395,406,385,635,622]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bb4 6. O-O {C10: French with 3 Nc3: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3...dxe4} (6. Bg5 dxe4 7. Bxe4 Ne7 8. Bd3 Ned5 9. O-O Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxc3 11. Rb1 h6 12. Bh4 c6 13. Rb3 Bxd4 14. Bc4 {1-0 (26) Caruana,F (2791)-Jobava,B (2713) Dubai 2014}) 6... Bxc3 7. exd5 Bxd4 8. dxc6 {LiveBook: 5 Games. White is better.} Bc5 9. Bg5 bxc6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Ne5 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} h6 12. Bh4 {[%cal Bg5h4,Bh4g3,Bg3e5,Be5d6][%mdl 32]} Qd4 {[#]} 13. Bg3 $1 Be7 $146 (13... Bd6 $16 {is a better defense.}) ({Predecessor:} 13... Bd6) 14. Rfd1 Qc5 $2 {[#]} (14... Qb6 $16 {was called for.}) 15. b4 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Qb6 (15... Qxb4 16. Rab1) 16. Nc4 Qd4 {[#]} 17. Bf5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qc3 (17... exf5 18. Rxd4) 18. Be5 Qxb4 19. Rab1 Qc5 20. Rxb7 exf5 $2 {[#]} (20... O-O 21. Bd3 Rfb8) 21. Bd6 $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 97%, Black = 22%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Zeller, Frank"]
[Black "Maiwald, Jens-Uwe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2437"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Schwaebisch Hall"]
[BlackTeam "Dresden"]

{[%evp 16,70,52,56,67,32,61,47,43,23,94,92,103,89,194,113,136,106,112,76,148,126,142,136,191,207,200,189,236,0,0,-11,-23,-59,-26,-159,0,-243,-237,-606,-595,-479,-92,-529,-523,-645,-645,-643,-618,-719,-710,-2935,-2572,-1811,-1708,-29989,-29990]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 a6 5. f3 (5. h3 Bg7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. a4 Nc6 8. Be2 e6 9. O-O b6 10. d5 exd5 11. exd5 Ne7 12. Bc4 Bb7 13. Qd2 Nf5 14. Bf4 Qd7 15. Rfe1 Rfe8 16. Rxe8+ Rxe8 17. Re1 Rxe1+ 18. Qxe1 {½-½ (63) Caruana,F (2799)-Grischuk,A (2782) Saint Louis 2017}) 5... b5 6. Qd2 {B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems} Nbd7 7. O-O-O Bb7 8. g4 h6 9. h4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Nb6 10. Nh3 b4 11. Nb1 a5 12. c4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. g5 Nh5 {½-½ (12) Strzemiecki,Z (2383)-Petrosian,S (2377) Germany 2014}) 12... bxc3 (12... Nbd7 $11) 13. Nxc3 $16 Bg7 14. Kb1 e6 (14... h5 $16) 15. Rc1 (15. h5 $1 $18) 15... a4 16. Rh2 c6 17. Nf2 d5 (17... a3 $142) 18. h5 g5 {[#]} 19. f4 $1 {[%cal Rf4g5]} gxf4 (19... Nh7 $16 20. exd5 cxd5) 20. Bxf4 $18 Ba6 21. g5 Bxf1 22. gxf6 $2 ({White has to play} 22. Rxf1 $18 Nc4 23. Qe2) 22... Nc4 $11 23. fxg7 Nxd2+ 24. Bxd2 Rg8 25. Bxh6 {[#]} (25. Rxf1 $11 {keeps the balance.} Qf6 26. Rc1) 25... Qf6 $2 ({Black should try} 25... Bc4 $1 $17 {Hoping for ...Qf6.} 26. Rh3 f5) 26. Ng4 $2 (26. Be3 $11 Rxg7 27. Rxf1) 26... Qxd4 $19 27. Rf2 $2 (27. Ka1 Bd3 28. Bg5 Qxg7 29. Nf6+ Kd8 30. Bh4) 27... Bd3+ 28. Ka1 Rxg7 $2 (28... f5 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top.} 29. Ne3 a3 30. exf5 Rxg7 31. bxa3 Rh7) 29. Bxg7 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (29. Be3 $17 Qb4 30. Nf6+ Kd8 31. exd5 exd5 32. h6) 29... Qxg7 30. Nf6+ Ke7 31. exd5 cxd5 {[%cal Bc6d5,Bd5d4][%mdl 32]} 32. Re1 Qg3 33. Nd1 d4 34. Nd5+ Kd6 {( -> ...Rc8)} 35. Nb4 Rc8 {Precision: White = 22%, Black = 46%.} 0-1

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Margolin, Boris"]
[Black "Heinemann, Thies"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2376"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SV Hofheim"]
[BlackTeam "Hamburg SK"]

{[%evp 15,121,20,25,23,37,4,24,21,19,15,13,11,20,16,27,16,22,-4,22,27,43,45,60,0,0,0,0,-19,-12,-56,-45,-27,-65,-49,-18,-50,-44,-72,-68,-66,-31,-33,-33,-38,-8,-10,-8,-9,-13,-40,-7,-38,-6,-46,-10,-24,0,-15,-15,-16,-9,-38,-13,-22,0,-5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,103,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Qe2 Nc6 5. c3 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 g6 {B50: Sicilian: 2...d6, Miscellaneous} 8. O-O (8. Bb5 Bg7 9. e5 Nd7 10. exd6 Nde5 11. Qd5 Qb6 12. d7+ Nxd7 13. Na3 Rd8 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Qe4 {0-1 (49) Bartel,M (2623)-Laznicka,V (2676) Germany 2015}) 8... Bg7 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 9. Bb3 O-O {White has an edge.} 10. Qe2 Rb8 11. d3 b5 12. Be3 b4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nd7 13. Nd2 a5 14. a4 b4 15. Rfc1 {1-0 (31) Teterev,V (2506)-Kochetkov,G (2386) Minsk 2008}) 13. Nd2 bxc3 14. bxc3 Nd7 15. Rfc1 Qa5 16. Rab1 Rfc8 17. Nc4 Qa6 18. f4 Nb6 19. Bf2 (19. f5 $14) 19... Nxc4 $11 20. Bxc4 Qa3 21. Bb3 Na5 22. e5 dxe5 23. fxe5 e6 {[%cal Ra5b3]} 24. Qe1 Rd8 25. d4 Bh6 26. Be3 Bxe3+ 27. Qxe3 Nxb3 28. axb3 cxd4 29. cxd4 Rd7 30. Rc4 Qe7 31. Rf1 Rdb7 32. Rf3 Qd8 33. Kh2 Kg7 34. Qc3 Rd7 35. Rf4 Qb6 36. b4 Qd8 37. Rc5 Rbb7 38. Qc4 Qb6 (38... a6 $5) 39. b5 h6 40. d5 exd5 41. Qd4 Kh7 42. Rf6 Qd8 43. h4 h5 44. Qf4 Kg7 45. Qg5 Re7 46. Rd6 Qe8 47. Qf6+ Kh7 48. Rcxd5 {[#] Rd8 is the strong threat.} Re6 49. Qf4 {Black must now prevent Rd8.} Kg7 (49... Qh8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 50. Qd4 (50. Rd8 $16 Qe7 51. Qd4) 50... Rxb5 {The position is equal.} 51. Rxb5 Qxb5 52. Rxe6 fxe6 53. Qxa7+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} Kg8 54. Qa8+ Kg7 55. Qa7+ Kg8 56. Qe3 Qf1 57. Qg5 Qf7 58. Kg3 Kg7 59. Qf4 Qe7 60. Qf3 Qd8 61. Qe3 {Precision: White = 40%, Black = 56%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Schramm, Christian"]
[Black "Babula, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2376"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zugzwang Muenchen"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]

{[%evp 33,51,48,76,38,33,31,34,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3 Be7 9. f4 d6 10. Qe1 O-O 11. Qg3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. a3 Bb7 14. Bd3 Rad8 15. Kh1 Bc6 16. Rae1 Qb7 17. Qh3 h6 {LiveBook: 6 Partien. B85: Sizilianisch (Scheveninger System)} (17... g6 18. f5 e5 19. Be3 Nh5 20. Rf3 Bf6 21. Ref1 Kg7 22. Qg4 Nf4 23. Bxf4 h5 24. Bh6+ Kxh6 25. Qh3 Qe7 {½-½ (54) Heberla,B (2541)-Klekowski,M (2439) Poland 2016}) 18. Rf3 b4 19. Rg3 {Beabsichtigt Dxh6 und Matt.} Kh8 $1 {Weiß steht etwas besser.} 20. Nd5 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 20. Nd1 bxa3 21. bxa3 Rc8 22. e5 dxe5 23. Bxe5 Bb5 24. Be4 Qd7 25. Rxg7 Kxg7 26. Qg3+ {1-0 (26) Zapf,H (2438)-Ward,A (2160) ICCF email 2010}) 20... Bxd5 {[#]Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} 21. Rxg7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxg7 22. Qg4+ Kh8 23. Qh4 Kg7 $1 24. Qg4+ Kh8 25. Qh4 Kg7 $1 (25... e5 26. fxe5 dxe5 27. Qxh6+ Kg8 28. Qg5+ Kh8 29. Bxe5 $18) 26. Qg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Moehn, Hans"]
[Black "Zpevak, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Dresden"]
[BlackTeam "Schwaebisch Hall"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:3000+30"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 2. g3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 3. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 4. O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 5. c4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} e6 {[%emt 0:01:20]} 6. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} exd5 {[%emt 0:02:00]} 7. d3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 8. Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:12] A11: Reti-Eröffnung} Qb6 {[%emt 0:03:47]} 9. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qc5 {[%emt 0:03:55]} 10. Qa4 $146 {[%emt 0:07:40]} ({Vorgänger:} 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. b4 Qb6 12. e4 dxe4 13. dxe4 Bg6 14. Be3 Qxb4 15. Rab1 Qc4 {½-½ (52) Meier,G (2656)-Braun,A (2563) Germany 2015}) 10... Qb4 {[%emt 0:09:03]} 11. Qxb4 {[%emt 0:01:51]} Bxb4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 12. Nc3 {[%emt 0:01:16]} O-O {[%emt 0:09:58]} 13. Bf4 {[%emt 0:29:01]} Re8 {[%emt 0:06:39]} 14. a3 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:04:57]} 15. b4 {[%emt 0:01:04]} a6 {[%emt 0:05:48]} 16. Nd4 {[%emt 0:03:17]} Bc8 {[%emt 0:02:24]} 17. Nb3 {[%emt 0:05:49]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:04:35]} 18. Rfe1 {[%emt 0:06:07]} h6 {[%emt 0:08:36]} 19. Rab1 {[%emt 0:05:35]} g6 $14 {[%emt 0:10:46]} 20. Be3 {[%emt 0:02:23]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:06:28]} 21. Bd4 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Nf8 {[%emt 0:03:29]} 22. Na4 {[%emt 0:06:14]} N6d7 {[%emt 0:03:52]} 23. Bxg7 {[%emt 0:08:11]} Kxg7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 24. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:07:00]} 25. Rec1 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:02:17]} 26. Nc3 {[%emt 0:02:54]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:02:16]} 27. a4 {[%emt 0:06:45]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:06:01]} 28. b5 {[%emt 0:05:09]} cxb5 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 29. axb5 {[%emt 0:02:35]} d4 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 30. bxa6 {[%emt 0:01:18]} bxa6 {[%emt 0:01:53]} 31. Nd5 {[%emt 0:01:38]} Rb5 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 32. Nxf6 {[%emt 0:02:06]} Kxf6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 33. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Rxb1 {[%emt 0:01:33]} 34. Rxb1 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 35. Bd5 {[%emt 0:03:47]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:02:07]} 36. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Bxc4 {[%emt 0:01:35]} 37. Nxc4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rc6 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 38. Kg2 {[%emt 0:05:31]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 39. h4 {[%emt 0:01:43]} Nc7 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 40. Rb8 {[%emt 0:02:06]} Rc5 {[%emt 0:50:30]} 41. f4 {[%emt 0:09:11]} Rb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 42. Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 43. Rh8 {[%emt 0:05:11]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 44. Rh7 {[%emt 0:02:32]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 45. Rxh6 {[%emt 0:00:44]} a4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 46. g4 {[%emt 0:02:33]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 47. Rh7 {[%emt 0:04:24]} Rc5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 48. h5 {[%emt 0:11:20]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 49. Kf3 {[%emt 0:07:18]} gxh5 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 50. Rh6+ {[%emt 0:09:03]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 51. Rxh5 {[%emt 0:01:21]} Rxh5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 52. gxh5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 53. e4 {[%emt 0:01:54]} dxe3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 54. Kxe3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kh6 {[%emt 0:02:18]} 55. d4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nc7 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 56. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 57. Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Nxf4+ {[%emt 0:00:36] Ke4} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Rafiee, Makan"]
[Black "Zwirs, Nico"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2348"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bayern Muenchen"]
[BlackTeam "Muelheim"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:3000+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} c5 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 7. f4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 8. Qf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 9. O-O-O {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 10. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 11. Qh3 {[%emt 0:01:00]} b5 {[%emt 0:14:30] B99: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Bg5 e6 7 f4 Be7 8 Qf3 Qc7 9 0-0-0 Nbd7} (11... Nb6 12. f5 e5 13. Nb3 Bd7 14. Rhe1 O-O-O 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Kb8 18. Kb1 Qb6 19. Qf3 a5 20. Re4 {1-0 (30) Naiditsch,A (2674)-Bologan,V (2690) Sibenik 2010}) 12. e5 {[%emt 0:07:30]} dxe5 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 13. Nxe6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} fxe6 {[%emt 0:05:30]} 14. Bg6+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kd8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 15. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:01:30]} gxf6 {[%emt 0:30:30]} 16. Qxe6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rb8 $1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 17. Nd5 $146 {[%emt 0:42:30]} ({Predecessor:} 17. Ne4 Rb6 18. Qh3 Bb7 19. Bf5 {½-½ (66) Librelato,K (1826)-Cosme Contreras,T (1667) Barrancabermeja 2015}) 17... Qd6 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 18. Qf7 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:04:30]} ({Aber nicht} 18... exf4 $2 19. Qg7 $18) 19. Qg7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} f5 {[%emt 0:10:30]} 20. Rd2 $14 {[%emt 0:17:30]} e4 {[%emt 0:26:59]} 21. Rhd1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rb7 {[%emt 0:01:46]} 22. Qh7 {[%emt 0:14:00]} Qe6 {[%emt 0:01:51]} 23. g4 {[%emt 0:01:30]} fxg4 {[%emt 0:04:07]} 24. Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:01:21]} 25. Kb1 {[%emt 0:08:54]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 26. Nc7 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Rxc7 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 27. Rxd6+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 28. Rxd7+ {[%emt 0:03:14]} Bxd7 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 29. Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:53]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 30. Bg8 {[%emt 0:04:00]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 31. Qg6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 32. Bd5 {[%emt 0:01:36]} Rxf4 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 33. Qxh6 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 0-1

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Powierski, Emil"]
[Black "Baramidze, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2334"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Norderstedt"]
[BlackTeam "Hockenheim"]

{[%evp 19,90,29,36,27,36,31,36,29,33,24,24,27,34,21,20,21,33,0,58,38,40,38,36,30,33,28,39,20,42,0,6,-5,0,0,0,-14,0,-2,0,0,16,-32,-32,-38,-30,-34,-47,-62,-54,-74,-82,-91,-75,-88,-63,-56,-43,-50,-35,-100,-33,-644,-318,-645,-636,-669,-670,-660,-652,-636,-616,-608,-553]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Nbd2 b5 9. Bc2 Nb8 {C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines} (9... d5 10. d4 exd4 11. e5 d3 12. Bxd3 Ng4 13. Qe2 f6 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. h3 Bd6 16. Re1 Re8 17. Qd1 Rxe1+ 18. Qxe1 {½-½ (43) Karjakin,S (2773)-Aronian,L (2799) Saint Louis 2017}) 10. a4 Bb7 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 11. d4 Nbd7 {White has an edge.} 12. Qe2 Re8 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Rd1 c6 15. Nf1 Qc7 16. Ng3 Bf8 {[#]} 17. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Nf5) 17... Nc5 18. Nh2 g6 ({Black should play} 18... bxa4 $11 19. Bg5 Re6) 19. Bg5 (19. Qf3 $5 {[%cal Rf3f6]} Bg7 20. Bg5 $14) 19... Be7 20. Qf3 Kg7 $1 21. Qe3 {Hoping for Bxf6+.} Ne6 $1 22. Bh6+ Kh8 23. Bb3 Bc8 24. Qf3 Rb8 25. Rd2 bxa4 26. Bc4 Rd8 27. Rxd8+ Qxd8 28. Qe2 Nf4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 29. Qc2 Qb6 30. Rxa4 Qxb2 31. Qxb2 Rxb2 32. Nf3 $1 {[%cal Rf3e5]} Ng8 33. Bxf4 exf4 34. Ne2 Nf6 35. Nxf4 Nxe4 {White must now prevent ...Rb1+.} 36. Bxf7 Rb1+ 37. Kh2 Nxf2 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Bd6.} 38. Bxg6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rc1 (38... hxg6 39. Nxg6+) 39. Rc4 {[#]} ({Better is} 39. Kg3 $15) 39... Bd6 (39... c5 $1 $17 {...Bd7 is the strong threat.} 40. Kg3 Nh1+ 41. Kh2 Kg7) 40. Rxc6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (40. Ng5 $15 Kg7 41. Bxh7) 40... Bxf4+ $19 41. g3 Bb7 {Black is clearly winning.} 42. Rb6 Bxf3 {[%csl Gf2,Gf3][%cal Rc1h1]} 43. gxf4 hxg6 44. Kg3 Rxc3 {( -> ...Ne4+)} 45. Kxf2 Be4 {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 67%.} 0-1

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Lammers, Markus"]
[Black "Markgraf, Rolf-Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "166"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zugzwang Muenchen"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:3000+30"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} f5 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. g3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. c4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 7. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qe8 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 8. d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Na6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 9. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} c6 {[%emt 0:02:30]} 10. dxc6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 11. b4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 12. a3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nc7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 13. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 14. c5 {[%emt 0:00:00] A87: Dutch Defence: Leningrad System: 5 Nf3} (14. e3 Rb8 15. Ne2 a5 16. Bc3 axb4 17. axb4 Qf7 18. c5 Ne4 19. Bxg7 Qxg7 20. cxd6 exd6 21. Qc2 Rb6 {½-½ (37) Illescas Cordoba,M (2600)-Gurevich,M (2635) France 1998}) 14... d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 15. Ne5 {[%emt 0:06:30]} d4 {[%emt 0:02:00]} 16. Na2 {[%emt 0:02:30]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:02:30]} 17. Nf3 $146 {[%emt 0:18:30]} ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Nc3 Nf6 19. Na4 Nd5 20. e3 dxe3 21. fxe3 Rad8 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 {1-0 (47) Pereverzev,A (2373)-Kirpikov,A (2346) ICCF email 2006}) 17... Rd8 {[%emt 0:26:30]} 18. Qb3 {[%emt 0:03:30]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:30:30]} 19. Rbd1 $16 {[%emt 0:04:30]} Bc8 {[%emt 0:03:30]} 20. e3 {[%emt 0:17:30]} dxe3 {[%emt 0:12:30]} 21. Bxg7+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nxg7 {[%emt 0:03:30]} 22. Qxe3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 23. Rfe1 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Qf7 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 24. Nc1 {[%emt 0:05:30]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:02:18]} 25. Nd4 {[%emt 0:09:30]} e5 {[%emt 0:01:37]} 26. Nc2 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Bb5 {[%emt 0:09:42]} 27. Qb3 {[%emt 0:05:30]} Rxd1 {[%emt 0:03:27]} 28. Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 29. Ne3 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Rd4 {[%emt 0:02:28]} 30. a4 {[%emt 0:04:30]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 31. Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} fxe4 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 32. b5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 33. b6 {[%emt 0:07:30]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 34. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 35. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:03:52]} exd4 {[%emt 0:01:08]} 36. Qb2 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Ng5 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 37. h4 {[%emt 0:04:54]} Nf3+ {[%emt 0:00:31]} 38. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 39. Qb3+ {[%emt 0:06:32]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 40. Nc2 {[%emt 0:01:10]} d3 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 41. Ne3 {[%emt 0:11:56]} h5 {[%emt 0:25:30]} 42. Qc4 {[%emt 0:10:30]} Qe5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 43. Rc1 {[%emt 0:04:30]} d2 {[%emt 0:06:30]} 44. Rd1 {[%emt 0:02:30]} Bc8 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 45. Qa2 {[%emt 0:06:30]} Ne1+ {[%emt 0:09:46]} 46. Kh1 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Nd3 {[%emt 0:01:36]} 47. Rxd2 {[%emt 0:03:30]} Qxc5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 48. Rxd3 {[%emt 0:01:31]} exd3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 49. Qb2+ {[%emt 0:00:12]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:01:11]} 50. b7 {[%emt 0:01:35]} Bxb7 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 51. Qxb7 {[%emt 0:01:05]} Qc3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 52. Qc8+ {[%emt 0:00:49]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 53. Qd7+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:02:53]} 54. Qd6+ {[%emt 0:00:59]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 55. Qe7+ {[%emt 0:00:22]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 56. Qe6+ {[%emt 0:00:11]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 57. Nc4 {[%emt 0:01:31]} Qa1+ {[%emt 0:02:23]} 58. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Qd4 {[%emt 0:01:25]} 59. Qe7+ {[%emt 0:03:40]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 60. Qe8+ {[%emt 0:04:43]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 61. Qxc6 {[%emt 0:01:48]} Qxf2+ {[%emt 0:00:44]} 62. Qg2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 63. Nd2 {[%emt 0:02:06]} Qxa4 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 64. Qb7+ {[%emt 0:00:24]} Kh6 {[%emt 0:02:08]} 65. Qb8 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Qd4 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 66. Qf4+ {[%emt 0:02:54]} Qxf4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 67. gxf4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a4 {[%emt 0:01:38]} 68. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 69. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:01:16]} 70. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:34]} a2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 71. Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 72. Kxd3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 73. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Kg4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 74. Na1 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Kxh4 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 75. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} g5 {[%emt 0:02:09]} 76. Nc2 {[%emt 0:01:28]} g4+ {[%emt 0:01:02]} 77. Kg2 {[%emt 0:01:10]} g3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 78. f5 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 79. Kxg3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Kxf5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 80. Kh4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Kf4 {[%emt 0:01:08]} 81. Kxh5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 82. Na1 {[%emt 0:01:56]} Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 83. Kg4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kd3 {[%emt 0:01:15]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Lammers, Markus"]
[Black "Markgraf, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "166"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zugzwang Muenchen"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]

{[%evp 28,166,39,49,68,59,58,76,64,19,71,68,85,70,131,152,145,129,189,176,291,121,120,34,0,-14,22,-8,0,0,100,94,161,30,202,202,198,187,254,185,490,478,662,659,627,492,602,390,365,316,662,535,579,375,402,388,406,406,428,406,450,420,607,640,629,587,602,576,586,496,516,511,617,617,617,617,617,602,583,573,548,536,786,529,529,522,522,492,775,498,487,470,399,371,352,215,208,206,231,228,223,209,218,218,172,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. d5 Na6 9. Rb1 c6 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. b4 Bd7 12. a3 Nc7 13. Bb2 Ne6 14. c5 {A87: Dutch Defence: Leningrad System: 5 Nf3} (14. e3 Rb8 15. Ne2 a5 16. Bc3 axb4 17. axb4 Qf7 18. c5 Ne4 19. Bxg7 Qxg7 20. cxd6 exd6 21. Qc2 Rb6 {½-½ (37) Illescas Cordoba,M (2600)-Gurevich,M (2635) France 1998}) 14... d5 15. Ne5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} d4 16. Na2 {White is slightly better.} Ne4 17. Nf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Nc3 Nf6 19. Na4 Nd5 20. e3 dxe3 21. fxe3 Rad8 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 {1-0 (47) Pereverzev,A (2373)-Kirpikov,A (2346) ICCF email 2006}) 17... Rd8 18. Qb3 Kh8 (18... Qf7 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 19. Rbd1 $16 {[%cal Rf3d4]} Bc8 20. e3 {[%cal Re3d4]} dxe3 (20... Qf7 $1 $14) 21. Bxg7+ Nxg7 22. Qxe3 Ba6 (22... e5 $16 {was worth a try.}) 23. Rfe1 Qf7 (23... Rxd1 $142 24. Rxd1 Qf7) 24. Nc1 (24. Rxd8 $18 Rxd8 25. Nc3) 24... Qf6 25. Nd4 (25. Nb3 $16) 25... e5 $14 26. Nc2 Bb5 27. Qb3 (27. Bxe4 fxe4 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 $15) 27... Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Rd8 (28... Ne6 $11 {remains equal.}) 29. Ne3 $16 Rd4 (29... Rxd1+ $16 30. Qxd1 Nc3) 30. a4 (30. Bxe4 $1 $18 fxe4 31. a4) 30... Ba6 $2 (30... Bxa4 $1 $11 {and Black is okay.} 31. Qxa4 Nc3 32. Rxd4 (32. Qxc6 Qxc6 33. Rxd4 Qc8 $15) (32. Qxa7 Nxd1 33. Nc4 Nc3 $17) 32... Nxa4) 31. Bxe4 $18 fxe4 32. b5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} Bb7 (32... Rxd1+ {is a better defense.} 33. Nxd1 (33. Qxd1 cxb5 34. Qd5 Qe7 $16) 33... Bc8) 33. b6 a5 $2 (33... axb6 {is more resistant.} 34. Qxb6 (34. cxb6 Ne6 $16) 34... Bc8) 34. Ne2 Ne6 35. Nxd4 exd4 36. Qb2 Ng5 37. h4 Nf3+ 38. Kg2 {[#] Black must now prevent Ng4.} Kg8 $2 (38... h5 39. Rh1 Qe7) 39. Qb3+ Kg7 40. Nc2 d3 {[#]} 41. Ne3 $1 h5 42. Qc4 Qe5 43. Rc1 d2 44. Rd1 Bc8 (44... Kf8 $142 45. Qa2 Ne1+ 46. Kh1 Nf3) 45. Qa2 Ne1+ 46. Kh1 Nd3 47. Rxd2 Qxc5 48. Rxd3 exd3 49. Qb2+ Kg8 50. b7 Bxb7 51. Qxb7 Qc3 52. Qc8+ Kg7 53. Qd7+ Kf8 54. Qd6+ Kg7 55. Qe7+ Kg8 56. Qe6+ Kg7 57. Nc4 Qa1+ (57... Qd4 $142 58. Ne5 Qd5+ 59. Qxd5 cxd5 60. Nxd3 Kf6) 58. Kh2 Qd4 59. Qe7+ Kg8 60. Qe8+ Kg7 61. Qxc6 Qxf2+ 62. Qg2 Qc2 63. Nd2 Qxa4 64. Qb7+ Kh6 65. Qb8 {[%cal Rb8h8]} Qd4 66. Qf4+ $2 (66. Kg2 $18) 66... Qxf4 $11 {The position is equal.} 67. gxf4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KN-KP} a4 {[%cal Ba5a4,Ba4a3,Ba3a2][%mdl 32]} 68. Kg3 a3 69. Kf3 Kg7 70. Ke3 a2 71. Nb3 Kf6 72. Kxd3 {KN-K3P} Kf5 73. Ke3 $1 Kg4 74. Na1 $1 Kxh4 75. Kf3 $1 g5 76. Nc2 g4+ 77. Kg2 g3 {Strongly threatening ...Kg4.} 78. f5 $1 {[%cal Rf5f6]} Kg5 79. Kxg3 Kxf5 80. Kh4 $1 Kf4 {Threatens to win with ...Kf3.} 81. Kxh5 Kf3 {aiming for ...Ke2.} 82. Na1 Ke3 {( -> ...Kd3)} 83. Kg4 Kd3 {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 36%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Polischuk, Viktor"]
[Black "Braun, Arik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2284"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Norderstedt"]
[BlackTeam "Hockenheim"]

{[%evp 30,80,39,16,17,12,39,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,23,0,20,-19,16,22,17,11,26,15,6,-26,-37,-144,-135,-152,-132,-132,-124,-121,-44,-66,-11,-12,0,0,47,-25,-20,-15,0,0,0,-130,-117,-374,-368,-482,-566]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 {[%cal Bc1d2,Bd2c3,Bc3d4][%mdl 32]} Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Ne4 Qb6 {B19: Classical Caro-Kann: 4...Bf5 main line} 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. g4 c5 16. Bc3 {[#] LiveBook: 3 Games} cxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... O-O-O 17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. Bd4 Qc6 19. Rhe1 Rhe8 {½-½ (19) Leko,P (2738)-Bareev,E (2643) Elista 2007}) 17. Bxd4 Qa5 18. Qb3 O-O 19. g5 ({Wrong is} 19. Qxb7 $2 Nc5 $19) 19... hxg5 20. h6 {And now hxg7 would win.} g6 $1 21. Qxb7 Bxd4 22. Nxd4 Nc5 23. h7+ Kh8 24. Qf3 {[%cal Rf3f6]} f6 $1 25. a3 e5 26. Nc6 Qc7 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black wants to play ...e4. Black is pushing.} 27. Nb4 (27. Qd5 $5 {[%cal Rd5c5]} Rac8 28. Qxc5 Qxc6 29. Qxc6 Rxc6 30. Rd7 $11) 27... Rac8 28. c3 (28. Kb1 $15) 28... a5 29. Nd5 Qb7 {aiming for ...e4.} 30. Qe2 Rb8 {...Na4 is the strong threat.} 31. f3 {[#]} Rf7 (31... e4 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 32. fxe4 Nxe4) 32. Qc2 $15 a4 (32... Rd7 $15 33. Nxf6 Rxd1+ 34. Rxd1 Qxf3) 33. Rh2 $11 f5 34. Qe2 Nd7 35. Nb4 (35. Qg2 $14) 35... Re8 36. Rd6 Rg7 37. Nc6 Qc7 38. Qd2 {[#]} (38. Qd1 $1 $11) 38... e4 $1 $17 {[%cal Re4e3]} 39. fxe4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (39. Re2 $17 {is a better defense.}) 39... Nc5 $19 {Strongly threatening ...Nb3+.} 40. Qd5 Nxe4 {Precision: White = 38%, Black = 65%.} 0-1

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Mager, Denis"]
[Black "Braun, Christian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2277"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Speyer"]
[BlackTeam "Aachen"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:3000+30"]

1. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 2. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 4. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 5. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:02:42]} 6. Bg5 {[%emt 0:01:56]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 7. e3 {[%emt 0:03:59]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:53] D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3} 8. dxc5 {[%emt 0:02:34]} Bxc3+ {[%emt 0:00:20]} 9. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qxd1+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} 10. Rxd1 {[%emt 0:01:06]} N6d7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 11. Bb5 {[%emt 0:09:57]} (11. e4 Nxc5 12. f3 b6 13. h4 f6 14. Be3 Nbd7 15. Bb5 {½-½ (27) Stefansson,H (2581)-Swiercz,D (2656) Gjakova 2016}) 11... Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 12. Rd5 {[%emt 0:06:53]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 13. Bh6 {[%emt 0:02:35]} Nde5 $146 {[%emt 0:06:49]} ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 13... e6 14. Rd2 Ke7 15. e4 Nxc5 {½-½ (26) Alexandrova,O (2423)-Schut,L (2284) Porto Carras 2011}) 14. e4 {[%emt 0:04:54]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 15. Nf3 {[%emt 0:21:08]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:03:50]} 16. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:04:19]} Nxf3+ {[%emt 0:01:50]} 17. gxf3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 18. Rd2 {[%emt 0:03:42]} Bc4 {[%emt 0:01:26]} 19. Kd1 {[%emt 0:10:43]} Rhd8 {[%emt 0:01:13]} 20. a3 {[%emt 0:04:15]} Bd3 {[%emt 0:02:28]} 21. Bf4 {[%emt 0:10:56]} e5 {[%emt 0:02:01]} 22. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rab8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 23. Rxd3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Rxd3+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 24. Kc2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 25. a4 {[%emt 0:01:57]} Rdb7 {[%emt 0:01:34]} 26. Bc1 {[%emt 0:00:49]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 27. Rd1 {[%emt 0:02:45]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 28. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:16]} g5 {[%emt 0:03:51]} 29. Rg1 {[%emt 0:02:33]} Rg8 $19 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 30. f4 {[%emt 0:01:08]} exf4 31. Bxf4 {[%emt 0:01:07]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 32. exf5+ {[%emt 0:01:39]} Kxf5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 33. Bd6 {[%emt 0:01:32]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 34. Kd3 {[%emt 0:01:08]} Rb7 {[%emt 0:01:22]} 35. Rg3 {[%emt 0:06:23]} Rb2 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 36. Rf3+ {[%emt 0:00:22]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 37. h3 {[%emt 0:02:08]} Ree2 {[%emt 0:01:50]} 38. Bg3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 39. h4 {[%emt 0:00:35]} gxh4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 40. Bxh4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Rbd2+ {[%emt 0:50:09] Kd4} 0-1

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Commercon, Simon"]
[Black "Burg, Twan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2257"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Speyer"]
[BlackTeam "Aachen"]

{[%evp 16,54,-19,-34,-10,-54,-59,-76,-75,-95,-54,-82,-63,-56,-62,-68,-72,-69,-60,-205,-197,-406,-411,-531,-522,-617,-540,-744,-806,-731,-609,-1307,-1225,-1248,-1220,-5481,-2985,-1884,-1260,-1205,-1125]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Nf3 c5 4. Bg2 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Nb3 Nc6 7. Bg5 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} Be6 8. Nc3 (8. O-O Be7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. c4 dxc4 11. Nc5 e4 12. Nd2 Bxb2 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Rb1 c3 15. Bxe4 Qxd2 16. Qxd2 cxd2 17. Rxb2 {½-½ (31) Svidler,P (2734)-Karjakin,S (2753) Khanty-Mansiysk 2015}) 8... d4 9. Ne4 {LiveBook: 9 Games. The position is equal.} Bb4+ 10. Kf1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. c3 dxc3 11. Nxc3 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. O-O Rd8 14. Qc1 O-O {1-0 (39) Prosch,C (2236)-Feuerstack,A (2142) Germany 2004}) 10... Be7 11. Nxf6+ gxf6 12. Bh6 Rg8 13. Qd3 Rg6 14. Bd2 f5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] And now ...e4 would win. Black has good play.} 15. Qb5 Qb6 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. e3 {[#]} (17. Bf3 $15) 17... d3 $1 $19 {[%cal Bd4d3,Bd3c2][%mdl 544]} 18. Nc1 $2 (18. Bc3) (18. cxd3 Bxb3) 18... dxc2 19. Ke1 Rd8 {Black is clearly winning.} 20. Ne2 Nb4 {Hoping for ...Nd3+.} 21. Bxb4 Bxb4+ 22. Nc3 {[#]} Bxa2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 23. Bxb7 (23. Rxa2 c1=Q+) 23... Rgd6 24. Kf1 Bxc3 25. bxc3 Rd1+ 26. Kg2 Rxh1 27. Bc6+ Kf8 {Precision: White = 21%, Black = 88%.} 0-1

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

{[%evp 16,68,25,19,31,29,37,0,-3,-3,-3,-2,0,-8,0,0,-6,0,0,0,27,27,23,23,32,18,39,0,0,-18,-14,-19,-8,-24,-33,-34,-13,-34,-33,-33,-34,-33,-33,-46,-35,-50,-19,-19,-19,-19,-19,-35,-35,-45,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. d4 O-O 7. d5 Ne4 {A50: Queen's Fianchetto Defence (1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 b6)} (7... e6 8. Nc3 Re8 9. Nd4 exd5 10. cxd5 Na6 11. e4 Nc5 12. Re1 Nxd5 13. exd5 Rxe1+ 14. Qxe1 Bxd4 15. Be3 {0-1 (39) Melkumyan,H (2633)-Mamedyarov,S (2799) Riadh 2017}) 8. Qc2 f5 9. Rd1 {LiveBook: 8 Games} Qe8 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 9... Na6 10. Nd4 Nd6 11. a3 Qc8 12. b4 c5 13. dxc6 dxc6 14. c5 bxc5 15. bxc5 {½-½ (76) Banusz,T (2641)-Liang,A (2572) chess.com INT 2018}) 10. Nd4 e6 11. Nc3 Nxc3 $1 12. bxc3 e5 13. Nb5 Na6 14. c5 e4 15. Rb1 Qf7 16. c4 {[%cal Bc3c4,Bc4b5][%mdl 32]} Rfc8 17. Bf4 Bf8 18. cxb6 axb6 19. d6 {[%cal Rd6c7]} Bc6 20. dxc7 Bxb5 21. cxb5 Nxc7 $1 22. Bxc7 Bc5 23. e3 {[#] Bf1 is the strong threat.} Rxa2 24. Qc3 Rxc7 25. Bf1 {[%cal Bg2f1,Bf1c4,Bc4b3,Bb3d5][%mdl 32] Strongly threatening Bc4.} Ra3 26. Qb2 Qg7 27. Bc4+ Kf8 28. Qd2 Qe5 29. Qe2 Kg7 30. Bb3 Ra8 31. Kg2 h5 32. h4 Kh6 33. Bd5 Ra3 34. Bb3 Ra8 {Precision: White = 73%, Black = 64%.} 1/2-1/2

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[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

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Howell, David W L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Hockenheim"]

{[%evp 21,151,21,34,0,23,18,30,16,25,0,0,0,10,0,39,0,0,0,0,0,18,0,14,7,19,0,9,6,18,6,15,12,7,7,12,0,0,0,18,18,16,18,12,11,14,14,11,12,12,8,8,8,8,12,4,0,0,0,25,15,15,14,31,18,22,23,27,30,17,28,30,8,40,40,756,679,1162,10,10,10,10,10,10,8,8,8,5089,1995,2016,2009,2009,1995,1969,1955,1955,1869,1779,1747,1676,1593,664,592,29986,29987,29987,29988,29988,29982,29982,29981,29981,29982,29972,29980,29985,29986,29986,29984,29987,29988,29991,29991,29991,29992,29992,29988,29990,29989,29989,29989,29989,29990]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ne7 10. Rd1+ Ke8 11. Nc3 Ng6 12. Nd4 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} (12. b3 {feels hotter.} Be7 13. Bb2 h5 14. Ne2 a6 15. Rd2) 12... Bd7 13. f4 Rd8 14. Be3 {White has an edge.} h5 15. Rd2 Be7 16. Rad1 {[#]} (16. Re1 Bc8 17. Ne4 a6 18. Red1 Nh4 19. Bf2 Ng6 20. Be3 Nh4 21. Bf2 Ng6 {½-½ (21) Vachier Lagrave,M (2796)-Jakovenko,D (2709) Sharjah 2017}) 16... a6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Bc8 17. Ne4 a6 18. Kf2 Nh4 19. Ng3 f6 20. exf6 gxf6 21. f5 Kf7 22. Bf4 Bc5 23. Bxc7 Rxd4 24. Rxd4 Nxf5 {½-½ (24) Fressinet,L (2455)-Sokolov,I (2620) Hastings 1999}) 17. Ne4 Nh4 18. Bf2 Ng6 19. Bg3 h4 20. Bh2 c5 21. Nf3 Nf8 22. Kf2 Rh5 23. Nc3 Bf5 24. Nd5 {[%cal Rd5c7]} Ne6 25. c4 (25. b3 {looks sharper.} f6 26. c3 Kf7 27. Nxe7 Rxd2+ 28. Rxd2 Kxe7 29. Rd5) 25... b5 26. Nxe7 Rxd2+ 27. Rxd2 Kxe7 28. cxb5 axb5 29. Ke3 g5 30. Nxg5 Nxg5 31. fxg5 Rxg5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 32. Kf4 Rh5 $1 33. Rd5 c6 34. Rxc5 Kd7 35. b3 Be6 36. Rc2 Rf5+ 37. Ke3 Rg5 38. Bf4 Rg6 39. Kf2 f6 40. exf6 Rxf6 41. Rd2+ Ke7 42. g3 Bxh3 43. gxh4 {Strongly threatening Kg3.} Rxf4+ {KRB-KR} 44. Kg3 Rf1 {And now ...Be6 would win.} 45. Kxh3 {KR-KR} c5 $1 46. Rc2 Kd6 47. h5 {Black must now prevent Rh2.} Kd5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (47... Rh1+ $14 48. Rh2 Rxh2+ 49. Kxh2 c4) 48. Rh2 $1 $18 c4 {[#]} 49. h6 $2 (49. bxc4+ $1 $18 bxc4 50. h6) 49... c3 $1 $11 50. h7 Rf8 51. Kg4 Rh8 52. Kf5 Kd4 53. Kg6 Kd3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (53... b4 $11) 54. a4 (54. Kg7 $142 Rxh7+ 55. Rxh7 (55. Kxh7 b4 $11)) 54... bxa4 55. bxa4 c2 {[#]} 56. Rxc2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxc2 $18 {KR-KPP} 57. Kg7 Ra8 58. h8=Q Rxa4 {KQ-KR} 59. Kf6 Re4 60. Kf5 Kd3 61. Qh1 Re8 62. Qd5+ {White mates.} Ke3 63. Qc5+ Kd2 64. Kf4 Re1 65. Qb4+ Ke2 66. Qc3 Rf1+ 67. Ke4 Kf2 68. Qf3+ Kg1 69. Qg3+ Kh1 70. Ke3 {[%cal Rg3h4]} Rf8 71. Qg7 Rf1 72. Ke2 Rg1 73. Qh8+ Kg2 74. Qh4 Ra1 75. Qg5+ Kh3 76. Qh6+ {Precision: White = 54%, Black = 50%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Harikrishna, P.."]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen"]
[BlackTeam "Schwaebisch Hall"]

{[%evp 19,93,8,26,13,12,17,35,27,28,23,23,22,29,18,45,14,19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Bg5 h6 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} 7. Bh4 Be7 8. Nbd2 d6 9. a4 Nh5 10. Bg3 g6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 11. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. d4 Bf6 12. d5 Ne7 13. Qc2 c6 14. dxc6 bxc6 {0-1 (53) Sethuraman,S (2618)-Giri,A (2772) Tbilisi 2017}) 11... Nxg3 12. fxg3 Kg7 13. O-O f5 14. Qe2 Bf6 15. Rf2 Qe7 16. Raf1 Be6 17. Nh2 Bg5 {The position is equal.} 18. h4 Bxd2 $1 19. Qxd2 Bxc4 20. dxc4 {[%cal Re4f5]} Qe6 {[#]} 21. h5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Ne7 ({Much weaker is} 21... fxe4 $6 22. Rxf8 Rxf8 23. Rxf8 $16) ({Don't play} 21... gxh5 $6 22. exf5 Qf6 23. Qe2 $16) (21... gxh5 22. exf5) 22. Qd3 c6 ({Reject} 22... gxh5 $6 23. exf5 Qf6 24. g4 $16) 23. exf5 Rxf5 24. Rxf5 gxf5 25. g4 {[%cal Rg4f5]} Rf8 26. gxf5 Rxf5 27. Rxf5 Nxf5 28. Qe4 d5 29. cxd5 cxd5 {[#] ( -> ...Qb6+)} 30. Qb4 b6 31. Qg4+ Kf7 32. Nf1 Ke7 33. Kf2 Qf6 34. Kg1 Qe6 35. Kf2 Qf6 36. Kg1 a5 37. Qg8 Qe6 38. Qg4 Kd6 39. Kf2 Qf6 40. Ke2 Qe6 41. Kf2 Qf7 42. Qf3 Ke6 43. Kg1 Qf6 44. Qf2 Ke7 45. Qf3 Ke6 46. Qf2 Ke7 47. Qf3 {Precision: White = 89%, Black = 76%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hockenheim"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]

{[%evp 16,61,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,10,16,6,42,41,41,45,53,20,16,17,20,28,39,37,40,46,43,32,52,55,59,60,60,62,64,65,68,48,65,52,60,0,64,0,59,0]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 {[%cal Be7e6,Be6d5][%mdl 32]} 3. e4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e5 Ne4 6. Nf3 Bf5 {A18: English Opening: Flohr-Mikenas System (1 c4 Nf6 2 Nc3 e6 3 e4)} 7. d3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 c5 9. d4 {LiveBook: 6 Games} c4 10. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. g3 Be7 11. Bg2 Bd3 12. Ng1 Qa5 13. Bd2 Nc6 14. Ne2 {½-½ (52) Carlsen,M (2843)-Aronian,L (2794) Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden 2018}) 10... Nc6 11. Be2 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Ne1 {[%cal Bf3e1,Be1c2,Bc2e3,Be3g4,Bg4e5][%mdl 32]} f6 14. exf6 Rxf6 15. Nc2 Be4 16. Ne3 Na5 17. Ba3 Bxa3 18. Rxa3 Qd6 19. Ra2 Raf8 20. Ng4 Re6 21. Ne5 Nc6 22. f3 {[%cal Bf2f3,Bf3f4,Bf4e5][%mdl 32]} Bg6 23. f4 Nxe5 24. fxe5 Rxf1+ 25. Qxf1 Qd8 26. Qf4 Rb6 27. h4 Qf8 28. Qe3 Qe7 29. Qf4 Qf8 30. Qe3 Qe7 31. Qf4 {Precision: White = 77%, Black = 67%.} (31. Qg3 $14) 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Wagner, Dennis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Hockenheim"]

{[%evp 18,117,24,23,34,8,23,14,25,18,19,16,15,0,27,21,22,21,24,0,0,0,39,-16,-33,-40,0,-41,-58,-41,-27,-36,-4,-90,-96,-64,-30,-30,0,0,0,-7,0,-45,-42,-47,106,89,161,163,142,128,165,170,204,162,275,274,387,175,175,175,175,108,104,116,106,70,771,743,628,246,208,132,175,175,175,175,175,175,783,753,487,437,829,825,778,0,431,0,674,546,546,546,495,495,29975,29976,29975,29975,29969,5073]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. Bg5 {[%cal Bc1g5,Bg5h4,Bh4g3][%mdl 32] C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines} h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 {LiveBook: 5 Games. White has an edge.} Ba7 11. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Nbd2 Na5 12. Bc2 Nh5 13. a4 b4 14. cxb4 Nc6 15. b5 Nb4 {1-0 (53) Anand,V (2767)-Matlakov,M (2718) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 11... Ne7 12. Nbd2 Ng6 13. Nf1 Nf4 14. Bxf4 gxf4 15. g3 fxg3 16. hxg3 Ng4 17. d4 Qf6 18. Bd5 Rb8 19. Qe2 Bd7 {[%cal Re5d4]} 20. Rh4 (20. Ne3 $14) 20... h5 $11 ({Of course not} 20... exd4 21. cxd4 Kf8 22. Rc1 $16) 21. Rd1 a5 22. b4 axb4 23. axb4 Bb6 24. N1h2 c6 25. Bb3 {[#]} (25. Nxg4 $11 hxg4 26. dxe5 dxe5 27. Rxh8+ (27. Bxf7+ $2 Ke7 $19) 27... Qxh8 28. Bxf7+ Kxf7 29. Rxd7+ Ke8 30. Nxe5 Qxe5 31. Qxg4 Qxc3+ 32. Kf1) 25... Ra8 $1 $17 26. Kf1 Ra7 27. Kg2 Qg7 28. Nxg4 Bxg4 29. dxe5 dxe5 30. Rd6 Rh6 31. Qd2 Bxf3+ $2 (31... Rf6 $15 {stays ahead.} 32. Rxf6 Qxf6) 32. Kxf3 $16 Rf6+ (32... Rg6 $16) 33. Rxf6 $18 Qxf6+ 34. Kg2 Ra3 35. Bd1 Qd8 36. Qc2 Qf6 (36... Ra1 $142 37. Bxh5 Qd6 38. Bxf7+ Kd8) 37. Rxh5 Rxc3 (37... Ra7 $142 38. Bg4 Ke7) 38. Qxc3 (38. Qb2 $142 {aiming for Rf5.} Bd4 39. Qa2) 38... Qxf2+ 39. Kh3 Qf1+ {[#]} 40. Kh4 (40. Kg4 $1 $18 Qxd1+ 41. Qf3 Qd7+ 42. Rf5) 40... Bd8+ $16 41. Kg4 Qxd1+ 42. Qf3 Qxf3+ $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (42... Qd7+ $14 43. Rf5 (43. Qf5 Qd1+ 44. Qf3 Qd7+ 45. Rf5 Be7 $14) 43... Be7) 43. Kxf3 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KB} Be7 44. Rh6 $2 (44. Rxe5 Kd7 45. Rf5) 44... Kd7 $18 45. Ke2 Bd8 46. Rh1 Be7 47. Rb1 Ke6 48. Kf3 Bd6 $2 (48... Kf6 49. Rc1 Bxb4 50. Rxc6+ Kg5) 49. Kg4 Be7 50. Rb2 Bd6 (50... Kf6 $142 51. Rc2 Kg6) 51. Rc2 Kd7 52. Rb2 Ke6 53. Rc2 (53. Kg5 $142 Be7+ 54. Kg4) 53... Kd7 $1 54. Kf5 Bxb4 55. Kf6 Be1 56. g4 {[%cal Bg3g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} Kd6 (56... Ke8 $18 57. Rxc6 Ba5) 57. g5 {White mates.} Bh4 58. Rh2 Bg3 59. Rd2+ {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 21%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Buhmann, Rainer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Hockenheim"]

{[%evp 11,106,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-41,-7,-19,47,42,39,39,41,38,43,42,41,39,64,64,64,64,58,58,46,36,53,43,52,31,17,25,24,0,41,55,32,23,27,41,46,30,50,7,18,2,38,38,37,41,37,2,18,0,4,-192,-193,-189,-189,-246,-245,-366,-388,-374,-154,-173,-173,-315,-160,-156,-143,-150,-146,-150,-146,-143,-136,-194,-195,-195,-195,-199,-191,-190,-190,-190,-190,-29992,-29993,-29997,-29998]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bc1 Ne4 7. Qg4 {C12: French: Classical System: McCutcheon Variation} Kf8 {Strongly threatening ...c5.} (7... Nxc3 $6 8. Qxg7 Kd7 9. Bd2 $16) 8. Nge2 c5 9. a3 $1 {[%cal Ra3b4] The position is equal.} h5 10. Qf4 Ba5 11. dxc5 $146 (11. b4 $5 {[%cal Rc3e4]} Nxc3 12. Nxc3 cxb4 13. axb4 Bxb4 14. Bd2 $11) ({Predecessor:} 11. b4 Nxc3 12. Nxc3 cxb4 13. Nb5 b3+ 14. Bd2 Bxd2+ 15. Kxd2 {½-½ (66) Baghdasaryan,V (2368)-L'Ami,E (2613) Groningen 2014}) 11... Nxc3 (11... Nc6 {is more complex.} 12. Rb1 Nxc3 13. Nxc3 d4 14. b4 Bc7) 12. Nxc3 {Hoping for b4.} Bxc3+ (12... Nc6 $1 $11) 13. bxc3 $14 Qa5 14. Bd2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Nc6 15. c4 Qxc5 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Bd3 Be6 18. O-O Qd4 19. Qxd4 Nxd4 20. Rfb1 b6 21. a4 {[%cal Ba3a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Bf5 22. Bxf5 Nxf5 23. Rb5 Ke7 24. a5 Rhc8 25. Bg5+ Kd7 26. Rxd5+ Ke6 27. Rd2 b5 28. Rad1 Rc4 29. Rd7 a6 30. Rb7 Rac8 31. h3 h4 32. Ra7 R4c6 33. Bd8 b4 34. Rd2 Kxe5 (34... Rxc2 $6 35. Rxa6+ Kxe5 36. Rxc2 $16) 35. Re2+ Kf4 36. Re8 $2 (36. Bxh4 $11 Nxh4 37. g3+ Kf5 38. gxh4) 36... f6 $1 $19 (36... Rxc2 37. Rb7 $11) 37. Rb7 Rc4 {...Nd6 is the strong threat.} ({Worse is} 37... Rxc2 38. Rxb4+ R8c4 39. Bc7+ Kg5 40. Rxc4 $14) 38. Rh8 (38. Rf8 $142) 38... Kg5 ({Not} 38... Rxc2 39. Rxb4+ Ke5 40. Rb6 $15) 39. Rb6 (39. Bxf6+ {was worth a try.} gxf6 40. Rxc8 Rxc8 41. Rxb4) 39... Kg6 (39... Rxc2 $2 40. Rxb4 Kg6 41. Rg4+ Kf7 42. Rh5 $19) 40. Kh2 R4c6 (40... Rxc2 $19 {aiming for ...b3.} 41. Rxb4 Rd2 42. Rg4+ Kf7) 41. Rxb4 $17 Rxc2 42. Rg4+ Kf7 43. Rf4 Ne7 $1 {[%cal Re7g6] Threatens to win with ...Ng6.} 44. Rd4 {And now Rd7 would win.} Ng6 ({Reject} 44... Rxf2 45. Rd7 $11) 45. Rh5 Rxf2 46. Bb6 Ra2 47. Rhd5 (47. Rd7+ $17 Kg8 48. Rd8+ Rxd8 49. Bxd8) 47... Rcc2 $19 48. Rd7+ Ke6 $1 49. R4d6+ Kf5 50. Rd5+ {[#]} Ne5 $1 51. Rxg7 {[#]} Rc1 $1 {White must now prevent ...Raa1.} 52. Rc5 $2 (52. Rh7 $19) 52... Rxc5 53. Bxc5 Nf3+ $1 {Precision: White = 46%, Black = 70%.} 0-1

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Saric, Ivan"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hockenheim"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]

{[%evp 12,95,6,8,11,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,16,-4,0,0,20,29,20,5,15,0,14,0,78,64,65,56,59,0,0,0,80,38,32,31,48,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,54,56,229,227,229,224,186,176,147,147,194,188,203,202,202,100,95,84,266,268,361,362,313,364,357,347,321,276,282,281,354,351,345,337,339,335,331,296]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nbd2 d6 6. c3 O-O 7. O-O Ne7 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} 8. d4 exd4 9. cxd4 Bb6 {The position is equal.} 10. Re1 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. a4 a6 13. Bf1 {[#]} Bg6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Nc6 14. a5 Ba7 15. Ra4 {1-0 (40) Caruana,F (2804)-Kramnik,V (2812) Leuven 2016}) 14. a5 Ba7 15. Ra4 Nc6 16. d5 Nb8 17. Nh4 Nbd7 (17... c6 $11 {remains equal.}) 18. Ndf3 Re8 {[%cal Rg6e4]} 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. Rc4 (20. Qc2 $14) 20... b5 $1 $11 {[%cal Rb5c4]} 21. axb6 $1 Bxb6 (21... Nxb6 $11 22. Rc2 Rxe4) 22. Qc2 a5 23. b3 Bc5 24. e5 Nxd5 25. Bg5 Qb8 {[#]} 26. e6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxe6 27. Rxe6 fxe6 28. Qxg6 Nf8 29. Qc2 Nb4 ({Better is} 29... Ra7 $11) 30. Qb2 $14 {[%mdl 1024] And now Rg4 would win. White has compensation.} Qe8 $2 {[#]} (30... Ng6 $14) 31. Rg4 $1 $18 {Bh6 is the strong threat.} Qf7 32. Bh6 {[%cal Rg4g7]} Ng6 33. h4 {[%cal Bh3h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} gxh6 34. h5 Rf8 35. Kh1 (35. Rxg6+ Kh7 $14) 35... e5 {Threatens to win with ...Qf5.} 36. Bc4 (36. Rxg6+ Kh7 $17) 36... d5 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Qf5.} 37. Rxg6+ (37. Qd2 $1 $18 Kh8 38. Bxd5 (38. Rxg6 Qf4 $11) (38. hxg6 Qg7 $11) 38... Nxd5 39. hxg6) 37... Kh7 $16 38. Qxe5 $40 {[%mdl 128] White has strong attack.} Re8 $2 (38... Qe7 $16 39. Qg3 Rf6) 39. Rf6 $18 Rxe5 40. Rxf7+ Kg8 41. Nxe5 dxc4 42. bxc4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KBN} Bd4 43. Rf5 ({Less strong is} 43. Rxc7 Bxe5 44. Ra7 Bd4 $16) 43... a4 44. Nf3 Bb2 45. Ra5 a3 {Threatening ...a2.} 46. Nd2 {White has a decisive advantage.} Nd3 {and the idea ...Nc1 leaves Black hopeful.} 47. Nb1 Nxf2+ 48. Kg1 {Precision: White = 71%, Black = 61%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ragger, Markus"]
[Black "Cornette, Matthieu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen"]
[BlackTeam "Schwaebisch Hall"]

{[%evp 16,124,19,26,26,20,26,23,18,8,12,7,13,10,28,8,7,6,22,6,8,0,0,0,0,0,-1,0,50,50,50,50,50,44,51,51,51,41,51,41,52,50,51,50,57,55,54,53,47,31,36,31,77,12,11,9,40,0,23,0,78,85,104,7,92,99,135,132,132,125,133,0,0,0,123,123,135,133,152,155,273,183,179,102,110,113,105,105,107,95,100,103,103,107,136,133,130,125,290,295,272,299,277,161,407,403,398,398,351,341,351]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ne2 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Nb5 {C07: French Tarrasch: 3...c5, 4 Ngf3 and 4 exd5 Qxd5} Qd8 8. Nc4 (8. Bd3 a6 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. O-O Ne5 11. Be2 b5 12. Nf3 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Nc6 14. Bf4 Bb7 {0-1 (53) Vachier Lagrave,M (2796)-Caruana,F (2808) Paris 2017}) 8... Nd5 9. Ne3 {LiveBook: 3 Games. The position is equal.} a6 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Nd4 Nc6 12. Be2 Bd6 13. Be3 O-O 14. O-O Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Qc7) 15. c3 Qc7 16. h3 Bh2+ 17. Kh1 Bf4 18. Bxf4 Qxf4 19. Bf3 Nxd4 20. Qxd4 Qxd4 21. cxd4 Bf5 22. Bxd5 Be4 23. Bb3 Rad8 24. Rfd1 Bd5 25. Bxd5 Rxd5 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 26. Rd2 (26. Rac1 {feels hotter.} h5 27. Rc5 Rd6 28. Rc2 Red8 29. Rcd2) 26... h5 27. Kg1 Red8 28. Rad1 Kh7 29. h4 Kg6 30. Kf1 R8d7 31. Rd3 f6 32. Ke2 Kf5 33. Rf3+ Ke4 34. Re3+ (34. Rdd3 $16) 34... Kf5 $11 35. Red3 Re7+ 36. Re3 Red7 37. Rf3+ (37. Rb3 $11) 37... Ke4 $16 38. Rdd3 Rxd4 39. Rde3+ Kd5 40. Rf5+ Kc4 41. Rc3+ ({Inferior is} 41. Rxh5 Rd2+ 42. Kf3 Rxb2 $11) 41... Kb4 {Threatening ...Rd2+.} 42. Rb3+ Kc4 43. Rc3+ Kb4 {next ...Rd2+ is good for Black.} 44. Rb3+ Kc4 $1 45. Rxh5 Rd2+ 46. Ke3 Rc2 47. Rh8 Rc7 (47... Re7+ $16 {is a better defense.} 48. Kf3 Kd5) 48. Rd8 b5 {[#]} 49. Rd4+ (49. Ra8 $1 $18) 49... Kc5 50. Rd2 Re7+ 51. Kd3 Rc4 52. Rc3 Rxc3+ 53. Kxc3 {KR-KR} Re4 54. g3 Rc4+ 55. Kd3 Kd5 56. Re2 g5 $2 (56... Ra4 $16) 57. h5 $18 Rc1 58. Re8 Rh1 59. g4 (59. Rd8+ $142 Ke5 60. Ra8) 59... f5 $2 (59... Rg1 60. Rh8 Ke5) 60. gxf5 {[%cal Bg4f5,Bf5f6][%mdl 32]} Rxh5 {[#]} 61. f6 $1 {[%cal Rf6f7] aiming for f7.} Rh7 62. Ra8 g4 {Precision: White = 71%, Black = 57%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Schwaebisch Hall"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]

{[%evp 17,80,4,8,3,25,23,41,29,45,21,33,10,16,24,14,7,48,49,46,25,17,-22,-11,-26,0,-6,-2,-57,-31,-17,-4,-262,-242,-406,-395,-359,-274,-340,-351,-352,-347,-311,-335,-1657,-287,-289,-293,-305,-310,-299,-284,-334,-343,-341,-336,-348,-334,-348,-362,-454,-459,-452,-447,-502,-498]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. e3 c5 6. Be2 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. d4 Na6 9. Nc3 d5 10. Rc1 {E61: King's Indian: Early deviations for White, including Smyslov System} Rc8 {[%cal Ba8c8,Bc8c5,Bc5h5][%mdl 32]} 11. Nb5 dxc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nc7 12. dxc5 Nxb5 13. c6 Rxc6 14. cxb5 Rxc1 15. Qxc1 Ne4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qb2+ Kg8 {1-0 (61) Fernandez,D (2447)-Johansson,L (2391) Vaxjo 2015}) 12. Bxc4 {White is slightly better.} cxd4 13. Nfxd4 Rc5 14. Qe2 Qb8 15. Nc3 Rh5 {[%csl Gh5][%cal Rb8h2]} 16. f4 Nc5 {[%cal Ba6c5,Bc5d7,Bd7f6,Bf6e4][%mdl 32]} 17. b4 e5 18. Nf3 Ncd7 19. Qd2 exf4 20. exf4 b5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 21. Bb3 a5 22. a3 (22. bxa5 $11 Ng4 23. Ne2 Bxb2 24. Qxb2) 22... Ng4 23. Ne2 Ndf6 {Strongly threatening ...Ne4.} 24. h3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (24. Bd4 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 24... Ne4 $1 $19 {[%cal Re4d2]} 25. Qd7 $2 (25. Qd3 {is the only way for White.} Ngf2 26. Qb1 Bxb2 27. Qxb2) 25... Bxb2 26. hxg4 Qa7+ 27. Ned4 {Rc7 is the strong threat.} Nf6 28. Qd6 {Hoping for Rc7.} Bxf3 ({Not} 28... Nxg4 29. Rc7 $11) 29. gxh5 Ne4 30. Qd5 $2 (30. Bxf7+ Qxf7 31. hxg6 hxg6 32. Qb6) 30... Qxd4+ $2 (30... Bxd4+ 31. Kh2 {[#]} Bg1+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 32. Kh3 Nf2+ 33. Rxf2 Bxd5 34. Rxg1 Qxf2 35. Bxd5 Qxg1) 31. Qxd4 Bxd4+ 32. Kh2 Bxh5 33. Rfe1 Nf2 34. Rc7 axb4 35. axb4 {[#]} g5 $1 36. Rd7 (36. fxg5 Nd3) 36... Bc3 37. Rf1 Ng4+ ({Worse is} 37... Bxb4 38. Rxf2 Bc5 39. Rf1 $16) 38. Kg3 Nf6 {Black is clearly winning.} 39. Rb7 Be2 40. Rc1 Bd2 {Precision: White = 37%, Black = 54%.} 0-1

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Van Kampen, Robin"]
[Black "Womacka, Mathias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen"]
[BlackTeam "Schwaebisch Hall"]

{[%evp 9,133,13,28,10,12,20,0,-17,-12,-13,-16,8,-33,-46,-39,-44,-42,-62,-35,-49,-11,-11,-7,-53,-52,-54,-57,-61,-54,-54,-32,-32,-35,-41,79,0,0,0,-6,-9,-8,-6,0,-12,-12,-3,-14,-27,0,-35,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-110,-112,-97,-89,-144,-128,-113,-85,-72,-60,-94,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,50,49,49,42,106,77,113,74,74,77,80,80,93,102,124,74,264,237,359,350,343,347,318,323,444,444,444,444,444,444,444,444,426,106,122,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5804,4627,4618,4582]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 Nd4 4. Nxd4 cxd4 5. Ne2 e5 {LiveBook: 15 Games} 6. Ng3 {B23: Closed Sicilian: Lines without g3} (6. c3 dxc3 7. dxc3 Bc5 8. Ng3 Qf6 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. fxe3 Nh6 11. Qd2 O-O 12. O-O-O d6 13. Bc4 {1-0 (33) Landa,K (2632)-Ikonnikov,V (2555) Vlissingen 2013}) 6... d5 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Qe2 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 8. Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. O-O dxe4 10. Qh5 Qd5 11. c4 Qe6 12. Nxe4 Be7 13. d3 {1-0 (110) Ducarmon,Q (2461)-Koch,T (2467) Germany 2015}) 8... Bxb5 9. Qxb5+ Qd7 10. Qxd7+ Kxd7 11. exd5 Rc8 12. c3 Nf6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 13. Kd1 Nxd5 14. Re1 dxc3 15. dxc3 f6 {[%cal Bf7f6,Bf6f5][%mdl 32]} 16. Ne4 Be7 17. Bd2 Ke6 18. a3 f5 19. Ng3 $1 h5 20. Ne2 Kf7 21. Kc2 g5 (21... Bf6 $15 {stays ahead.}) 22. Rad1 ({White should try} 22. Ng1 $1 $16) 22... g4 $11 23. Bc1 Nb6 24. b3 h4 25. c4 Rhd8 26. Nc3 {Black must now prevent Rxd8.} Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Ke6 28. a4 Rd8 29. Re1 Bc5 30. Re2 a5 31. Nb5 Nd7 32. Bg5 Rh8 33. Rd2 (33. h3 $11) 33... Nf6 $17 34. Nc7+ Kf7 35. Bxf6 (35. Re2 $142 Ne4 36. Be3) 35... Kxf6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 36. Kd1 e4 37. Ke2 b6 38. Nd5+ Ke5 (38... Kg5 $1 $17) 39. Ne3 $1 $11 {Black should prevent Rd5+.} Rf8 40. Rd7 {[#]} g3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 41. hxg3 (41. fxg3 hxg3) 41... hxg3 42. fxg3 Rh8 43. Rd5+ Ke6 44. Nxf5 Rh1 {[#]} ({Black should play} 44... Rg8 $14) 45. Nd4+ $1 $16 Kf6 46. g4 Rg1 47. Ke3 Rxg2 48. g5+ Kg6 49. Kxe4 Rg4+ 50. Ke3 Rh4 $2 (50... Kf7 $16 {might work better.}) 51. Kd3 $18 Rh3+ {[#]} (51... Rg4 $142 52. Ne6 Rg3+ 53. Kd2 Bb4+ 54. Ke2 Kf7) 52. Ke4 $1 Rh4+ 53. Ke5 Rh3 54. Rd8 Bxd4+ 55. Rxd4 ({Not} 55. Kxd4 Rxb3 56. Rd5 Rb4 $16) 55... Rxb3 {KR-KR} 56. Kf4 Rb4 57. Rd6+ Kf7 58. Rc6 Rxa4 59. Kf5 {White wants to mate with g6+.} Ra1 60. g6+ (60. Rxb6 $16 Rf1+ 61. Ke5) 60... Kg7 $11 61. Rxb6 a4 $1 62. Rb7+ Kg8 63. Ra7 {Strongly threatening Kf6.} a3 64. Kf6 {[%cal Ra7a8]} Rf1+ 65. Ke5 Rf3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (65... Ra1 $11) 66. c5 $18 {[%cal Bc4c5,Bc5c6][%mdl 32]} Rg3 67. c6 {Precision: White = 64%, Black = 58%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hockenheim"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]

{[%evp 20,43,32,29,33,3,15,18,37,29,44,35,29,36,26,25,31,36,36,35,27,33,48,50,43,47]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Be2 Qa5 {D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3} 10. Bd2 O-O 11. O-O {LiveBook: 4 Games} Qa4 {White has an edge.} (11... Ba4 12. Qc1 Nd7 13. c4 Qa6 14. d5 e6 15. Bc3 exd5 16. exd5 {0-1 (41) Esipenko,A (2564)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2789) Riadh 2017}) 12. Bg5 cxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Qxd1 13. Rfxd1 Ba4 14. Rdc1 cxd4 15. cxd4 e6 16. e5 Nd7 17. Nd2 f6 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. Bc4 Nd5 20. Nf3 Rac8 21. Rab1 b6 22. h3 {½-½ (22) Schliebener,S (2300)-Pribyl,J (2470) Pardubice 1993}) 13. cxd4 {Black should prevent Qxa4.} h6 14. Be3 {And now Qd2 would win.} Rc8 15. Qd2 {Threatens to win with Rfc1.} Rc2 16. Bd1 Rxd2 17. Bxa4 Rb2 18. Bxd7 Nxd7 19. Rfb1 Rb6 20. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Rc8 21. a5 Rxb1+ 22. Rxb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Gustafsson, Jan"]
[Black "Braun, Arik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Hockenheim"]

{[%evp 19,75,12,38,0,0,-13,-8,-8,-7,-56,-23,-31,0,0,0,0,5,8,21,18,71,16,138,133,168,175,213,163,170,139,262,255,191,250,237,185,395,346,468,466,389,368,474,492,1051,1011,918,734,1264,1272,1973,2031,2971,2923,3951,3219,6407,5500]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 dxc4 7. Qxc4 b6 {E36: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...d5 5 a3} 8. Nf3 Ba6 9. Qa4+ Qd7 10. Qc2 h6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} (10... Qc6 11. Qxc6+ Nxc6 12. Bf4 O-O-O 13. Rc1 Kb7 14. g3 Rhe8 15. Bg2 {0-1 (42) Akobian,V (2647)-Anand,V (2782) Riadh 2017}) 11. Bf4 O-O 12. Rd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Be5 Qe7 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. e3 Bxf1 15. Kxf1 c5 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Ke2 Nd7 {½-½ (17) Brown,M (2514)-Thavandiran,S (2389) Dallas 2017}) 12... Rc8 13. Ne5 Qe8 14. b4 c5 (14... Bb5 $5 {[%cal Rb5a4]} 15. Rb1 Nbd7 $15) 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. bxc5 Qb5 17. g3 {Strongly threatening Bg2.} Bb7 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black has counterplay} 18. f3 Qa5+ 19. Kf2 Nd5 (19... Na6 $11) 20. Bd2 (20. Rc1 $1 $16) 20... Qxa3 {[#]} (20... Qxc5+ $11 {keeps the balance.} 21. Qxc5 Rxc5) 21. e4 $1 $16 {[%cal Re4d5]} Ne7 22. Rb1 {And now Bb4 would win.} Bc6 23. Be3 {Threatens to win with Nc4.} Qa5 24. Be2 Be8 (24... Qc7 $16 {was worth a try.}) 25. Rb7 $18 Nec6 {[#]} 26. Nc4 $1 {[%cal Rc4a5]} Qd8 27. Rd1 Qf6 $2 (27... Nd7 28. Rb2 Rab8) 28. f4 {[%cal Bf3f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32]} Qg6 29. Nd6 Rd8 30. Qc3 Bd7 31. g4 {White is clearly winning.} e5 (31... Qf6 $142 32. Qxf6 gxf6) 32. f5 Qf6 33. Kg3 Nd4 34. Rxd4 exd4 35. Bxd4 Qe7 36. Bxg7 Nc6 37. Bf6 Qf8 38. Bc4 {Precision: White = 75%, Black = 26%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Parligras, Mircea-Emilian"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Aachen"]
[BlackTeam "SF Deizisau"]

{[%evp 24,62,3,2,10,12,12,5,11,10,17,5,13,4,15,0,0,0,0,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,6,14,0,2,0,0,-11,0,0,7,1,12,7,8]} 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 O-O 6. Nc3 d5 7. e3 Qe7 8. Rc1 dxc4 {E11: Bogo-Indian} (8... b6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. O-O c5 12. Rfe1 Nbd7 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Na4 Rfc8 15. Bf5 g6 16. Bxd7 Nxd7 {½-½ (31) Cori Tello,J (2660)-Delgado Ramirez,N (2602) Lima 2018}) 9. Bxc4 c5 10. O-O Rd8 11. Qc2 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bd7 13. Qb3 {LiveBook: 4 Games. The position is equal.} Be8 14. Bb5 Nbd7 15. Rfd1 Kf8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... g6 16. h3 a6 17. Bxd7 Rxd7 18. Na4 Rc7 19. Nb6 Rd8 20. Nf3 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Bc6 22. Ne5 Be4 23. Nec4 Nd5 24. Rd4 Nxb6 25. Rxe4 Nxc4 {½-½ (25) Benidze,D (2359)-Supatashvili,K (2466) Tbilisi 2008}) 16. Be2 Ne5 17. Ncb5 {[#] Black must now prevent Nc7.} Nc6 18. Bf3 {[%cal Rd4c6]} Rab8 19. Qc2 {[%cal Rd4c6]} Nxd4 20. Nxd4 g6 21. Qb3 e5 22. Nb5 Bxb5 23. Qxb5 b6 24. h3 Rbc8 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Rc2 Kg7 27. a4 h5 28. Qc4 Rd7 29. g3 e4 30. Be2 Qe5 31. Kg2 Qa5 {Precision: White = 59%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Aachen"]
[BlackTeam "SF Deizisau"]

{[%evp 20,65,10,1,4,0,18,-18,6,13,20,13,9,12,61,37,37,37,39,29,42,42,42,42,42,42,42,36,39,33,42,27,27,27,42,27,27,27,42,24,42,0,42,0,42,0,83,83]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. c3 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} (7. Nd2 c6 8. Ba4 d6 9. Nf3 Bb6 10. c3 h6 11. Re1 O-O 12. h3 Re8 13. Bc2 d5 14. d4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Nxe5 {½-½ (57) Harikrishna,P (2744)-Wang,H (2709) Huaian 2017}) 7... Bb6 8. Na3 c6 9. Ba4 d6 10. Bc2 O-O 11. Nc4 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Bc7 12. Bg5 d5 13. Ne3 dxe4 14. dxe4 h6 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Qxd1.} 15. Bh4 Qxd1 16. Rfxd1 Be6 $146 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Bb3 Rad8 19. Kf1 Bc8 20. Ke2 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Bxd8 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} 23. Kd3 Bb6 24. f3 Kf8 25. Nf5 Bxf5 $1 26. exf5 $11 {KB-KB} Ke7 27. Bc4 Bg1 28. h3 Bf2 29. Bb3 Bg1 30. Bc4 Bf2 31. Bb3 Bg1 32. Bc4 e4+ (32... Bf2 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 33. Kxe4 {Precision: White = 24%, Black = 56%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Oleksiyenko, Mykhaylo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SV Hofheim"]
[BlackTeam "Speyer"]

{[%evp 15,72,8,15,6,19,0,26,0,11,1,39,18,61,67,63,63,63,63,65,47,53,53,58,42,48,48,40,47,63,51,51,38,38,45,57,68,70,62,64,40,44,48,39,0,83,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. O-O d6 {[%cal Bd7d6,Bd6d5][%mdl 32]} 7. c3 a6 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} 8. Bxc6 bxc6 {LiveBook: 59 Games} 9. Qc2 (9. d4 exd4 10. cxd4 Bb6 11. Qc2 c5 12. d5 Re8 13. b3 Bg4 14. Bb2 Bh5 15. Rae1 {1-0 (57) Anand,V (2782)-Grischuk,A (2772) Riadh 2017}) 9... Re8 10. b3 d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Ba7 11. Re1 Nh5 12. d4 Qf6 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Nc4 Bg4 15. Qe2 {½-½ (25) Nekhaev,A (2512)-Zhak,B (2597) ICCF email 2015}) 11. Nxe5 Rxe5 12. d4 Rh5 {[#] aiming for ...Be7.} 13. dxc5 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 {Black must now prevent Ng3.} Qh4 {[%csl Gh5][%cal Rh4h2]} 15. Bf4 $1 {[%cal Rf4g3]} Qxf4 {[%csl Gh5][%cal Rf4h2]} 16. Ng3 Re5 17. Rfe1 Bd7 18. Rxe5 Qxe5 19. Qd2 Re8 20. Kf1 Qe7 21. b4 Qh4 22. Kg1 Qc4 23. Re1 Rxe1+ 24. Qxe1 g6 ({Wrong is} 24... Qxa2 $2 25. Qe7 $18) 25. Qd2 a5 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5a4,Ba4a3,Ba3a2][%mdl 32]} 26. Ne2 $1 Qe4 27. h3 Qb1+ 28. Kh2 a4 $1 29. Nd4 a3 {[#]} 30. Qg5 ({White should try} 30. b5 $1 $16) 30... Qxa2 $11 {The position is equal.} 31. Qd8+ Kg7 32. Qxd7 {Hoping for Ne6+.} Qxf2 {...a2 is the strong threat.} 33. Qxc7 {And now Qe5+ would win.} a2 34. Nb3 Qb2 35. Qe5+ Kg8 36. Qe8+ Kg7 {Precision: White = 68%, Black = 77%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Baramidze, David"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hockenheim"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]

{[%evp 18,54,20,10,50,26,26,22,41,0,0,-6,-6,-164,-158,-198,-123,-122,-122,-122,-113,-321,-304,-609,-424,-410,-412,-467,-467,-466,-483,-477,-478,-455,-476,-472,-471,-446,-431]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. a4 {C50: Hungarian Defence and Giuoco Pianissimo} a5 7. Bg5 {[%cal Bc1g5,Bg5h4,Bh4g3][%mdl 32]} h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 d6 10. c3 {LiveBook: 13 Games} Ne7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Ba7 11. Re1 Ne7 12. d4 Ng6 13. Na3 exd4 14. Nxd4 {1-0 (57) Navara,D (2737)-Bok,B (2622) Batumi 2018}) 11. Nbd2 Ng6 12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4 Bb4 14. e5 Nh5 15. Ne4 $2 {[#]} (15. exd6 $11 {and White stays safe.} cxd6 16. Ne1) 15... g4 $1 $19 (15... d5 $6 16. Nfxg5 Nxg3 17. Nf6+ Kg7 18. fxg3 $11) 16. Bb3 Bf5 ({Black should try} 16... gxf3 $19 17. Qxf3 Nxg3 18. Qxg3 Kh8) 17. Nfd2 $17 dxe5 18. dxe5 Qd4 {And now ...Rad8 would win.} 19. Qe2 $2 (19. Bc2 $17 {was called for.}) 19... Bxd2 $19 ({Worse is} 19... Qxb2 20. Qe3 $11) ({Not} 19... Nxe5 20. Nf6+ Nxf6 21. Bxe5 $17) 20. e6 $2 (20. Nxd2 Bd3 21. Qd1 Nxg3 22. hxg3 Bxf1 23. Nxf1 Qxd1 24. Rxd1) 20... Qxe4 21. Qxd2 Ngf4 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Re4g2]} ({Resist} 21... Bxe6 22. Bc2 $19) 22. exf7+ Kh7 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Re4g2] Black is clearly winning.} 23. f3 Ne2+ 24. Kf2 gxf3 25. gxf3 {[#]} Nexg3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 26. hxg3 Qe5 27. Rg1 Rad8 {Precision: White = 25%, Black = 79%.} 0-1

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Black "Lupulescu, Constantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SF Deizisau"]
[BlackTeam "Aachen"]

{[%evp 20,61,24,27,25,16,22,0,0,0,37,0,18,0,0,-13,0,-11,-8,-8,-8,-4,-8,-19,-10,-13,-6,-13,0,0,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qb3 Nxc3 9. Bc4 e6 10. bxc3 Bg7 11. Ba3 {[#] LiveBook: 68 Games. Hoping for d5. A35: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3 Nc6 3 Nf3} Na5 12. Bb5+ Bd7 13. Qa4 {Black must now prevent Bxd7+.} Nc6 {[#]} 14. Qb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Qc2 Ne7 15. Bxd7+ Qxd7 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Qb5 18. Qe2 Qxe2+ 19. Kxe2 {½-½ (31) Edouard,R (2635)-Santos Ruiz,M (2472) Monzon 2016}) 14... Na5 15. Qb4 b6 {The position is equal.} 16. Ne5 (16. d5 {with more complications.} Bxb5 17. Qxb5+ Qd7 18. Qxd7+ Kxd7 19. dxe6+ Kxe6 20. O-O-O) 16... Bxe5 $1 17. dxe5 {[#] Threatens to win with 0-0-0.} Bxb5 18. Qxb5+ Qd7 19. Qxd7+ Kxd7 20. O-O-O+ Kc7 21. Be7 Rhe8 22. Bf6 Rac8 23. Kc2 Nb7 24. Rd4 Nc5 25. Rhd1 h5 26. f3 Kb7 27. g4 Rc7 28. Bd8 Rc8 29. Bf6 Rc7 30. Bd8 Rc8 31. Bf6 {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 72%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Smeets, Jan"]
[Black "Zeller, Frank"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2368"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen"]
[BlackTeam "Schwaebisch Hall"]

{[%evp 29,97,0,0,0,0,-5,0,0,0,0,27,9,30,4,12,18,27,27,51,39,63,37,48,39,47,46,33,0,67,46,59,53,166,156,170,142,121,95,187,120,250,253,316,327,300,268,392,310,401,331,331,237,284,0,334,340,466,460,563,545,850,741,1415,1272,1896,1630,29992,29993,29997,29998]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. Nbd2 exd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. d5 Nce5 15. Nh2 {[%cal Bf3h2,Bh2g4,Bg4e3,Be3f1,Bf1g3][%mdl 32] C96: Closed Ruy Lopez: Chigorin Defence: 11 d4, replies other than 11...Qc7} (15. a4 Bb7 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. f4 Ng6 18. Nf3 Re8 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxa8 Qxa8 21. b3 Bd8 22. f5 Nf8 {1-0 (54) Shirov,A (2630)-Howell,D (2701) Douglas 2017}) 15... Ng6 {LiveBook: 22 Games} 16. Ndf3 Re8 17. Rb1 {The position is equal.} a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Nh4 18. Bf4 Nf8 19. e5 Nhg6 20. Bg3 dxe5 21. Nxe5 Bd6 22. Nc6 Rxe1+ 23. Qxe1 {½-½ (35) Szabo,G (2540)-Gonda,L (2490) Hungary 2017}) 18. Ng4 Nf6 19. Ne3 Bf8 20. Nf1 Nd7 21. Ng3 Nde5 22. Nh2 a4 23. f4 Nc4 24. Rf1 Be7 25. Nh5 Bf6 26. Nxf6+ Qxf6 27. f5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Nge5 28. Kh1 Bd7 (28... Nd7 $11) 29. Qh5 $1 $14 {Black must now prevent Bg5.} g6 30. fxg6 Qxg6 {[#]} ({Better is} 30... fxg6 $14 31. Rxf6 gxh5) 31. Qh4 $1 $18 Qg7 32. Bg5 Ng6 33. Qf2 Nce5 (33... b4 $16) 34. Rbe1 (34. Qg3 $18) 34... a3 {[#]} (34... b4 $16) 35. b3 $1 Rf8 36. Bf6 Qh6 37. Qg3 Qd2 (37... Rae8 {was worth a try.} 38. Nf3 Qf4 39. Qxf4 Nxf4 40. Nxe5 dxe5) 38. Bd1 c4 39. Re2 Qh6 40. Bg5 Qg7 41. Bf6 Qh6 42. b4 Rfc8 43. h4 Nd3 44. Re3 Nxb4 45. h5 Nxa2 46. hxg6 hxg6 47. Bg4 Bxg4 48. Qxg4 Qxe3 49. Qh4 {Precision: White = 71%, Black = 34%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Black "Bindrich, Falko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "182"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SF Deizisau"]
[BlackTeam "Aachen"]

{[%evp 20,182,27,18,27,25,24,26,34,22,32,16,36,0,47,0,56,52,54,46,47,31,27,31,47,6,10,5,30,-16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-13,-29,-29,-29,-29,-29,-29,-50,-50,-50,-50,-48,-44,-44,-44,-48,-47,-44,-36,-36,-36,-51,-51,-58,-58,-58,-50,-58,-58,-58,-58,-58,-58,-58,-58,-51,-51,-51,-50,-50,-50,-50,-50,-50,-50,-48,-44,-43,-8,-37,-8,-41,-43,-70,-8,-70,-70,-70,-69,-70,-70,-69,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,-8,-8,-8,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d3 Nf6 6. d4 d5 7. Bd3 Bd6 8. Qe2+ Qe7 9. Qxe7+ Bxe7 10. Bf4 {C01: French: Exchange Variation} c6 11. h3 {LiveBook: 5 Games} (11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 Re8 13. Nbd2 Bg4 14. Ne5 Be6 15. Nb3 a5 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. dxc5 Nbd7 18. Nxd7 Bxd7 {1-0 (33) Carlsen,M (2838)-Meier,G (2630) chess.com INT 2017}) 11... O-O 12. Nbd2 {White has an edge.} Nbd7 13. O-O Re8 14. Rfe1 Nf8 {[#]} 15. g4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Re3 Ne6 16. Be5 Bd7 17. Rae1 g6 {½-½ (45) Kollars,D (2501)-Bogner,S (2586) Rome 2017}) 15... Bd8 16. Be5 Be6 17. Re3 N6d7 (17... h5 $11) 18. Bd6 $14 Bb6 19. Nb3 f6 20. Nc5 Bxc5 21. dxc5 Bf7 $1 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. b4 Ne6 24. c4 (24. Re1 {feels hotter.} b6 25. Bf5 bxc5 26. Bxe6 Rxe6 27. Rxe6 Bxe6 28. bxc5 Nf8 29. Bxf8 Kxf8 30. Nd4) 24... dxc4 25. Bxc4 Ng5 26. Bxf7+ Kxf7 27. Nxg5+ fxg5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 28. Rb1 a6 29. a4 Re4 30. b5 axb5 31. axb5 Ke6 32. bxc6 bxc6 33. Rb7 Ra4 34. Rc7 Ra6 35. Kg2 g6 36. Kg3 h5 37. gxh5 gxh5 38. h4 Ra3+ 39. Kg2 gxh4 40. Rxc6 h3+ 41. Kh2 Kd5 42. Rc8 Nf6 {( -> ...Ng4+)} 43. Bg3 {[#] Threatens to win with Rd8+.} h4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 44. c6 (44. Bxh4 Ng4+) 44... hxg3+ 45. fxg3 $15 {KRN-KR} Kd6 46. c7 Nd7 47. Kxh3 Nb6 48. Rd8+ Kxc7 49. Rd1 Kc6 50. Kh4 Nd5 51. Rd4 Kd6 52. Re4 Nf6 53. Re1 Nd7 54. Kh3 Ne5 55. Rb1 Ke6 56. Rb6+ Kf5 57. Rb8 Ra2 58. Rf8+ Ke4 59. Re8 Re2 60. Rf8 Ke3 61. Rf6 Ra2 62. Re6 Ra5 63. Kg2 Kd4 64. Re8 Rd5 65. Re6 Nc4 66. Re8 Ne3+ 67. Kf3 Rf5+ 68. Ke2 Nd5 69. Rd8 Rf6 70. Rd7 Ke4 71. Rd8 Re6 ({Black should play} 71... Nc3+ $15 72. Kd2 Rf3) 72. Ra8 $11 {The position is equal.} Nc3+ 73. Kf2 $1 Nb5 74. Kg2 Nd4 75. Ra7 Nc2 76. Ra8 Ke3 77. Rf8 Ne1+ 78. Kf1 Kd2 79. Rf2+ Kd1 80. Rf8 Nd3 81. Ra8 Rf6+ 82. Kg2 Ne1+ 83. Kg1 Kd2 84. Rd8+ Nd3 85. Re8 Nf2 86. Ra8 Ne4 87. Ra2+ Ke3 88. Kg2 Nd2 89. Ra3+ Ke2 90. Ra2 Rf2+ 91. Kg1 {[#] Rxd2+! is the strong threat.} Rf3 {Precision: White = 53%, Black = 75%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Nyback, Tomi"]
[Black "Neef, Maximilian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Dresden"]

{[%evp 20,96,-19,-31,-19,-45,-55,-55,-52,-65,-9,-63,-50,-42,-34,-50,-31,-27,-36,-55,-11,-5,-5,-5,-7,-8,-7,-47,-41,-38,-21,-22,-17,-37,-31,-43,-51,-45,-37,-54,-38,-49,-26,-18,-17,-46,-15,-77,-70,-158,-165,-160,-168,-202,-210,-215,-214,-208,-208,-215,-202,-191,-178,-342,-338,-281,-212,-1735,-1720,-1710,-1710,-1699,-1699,-1494,-727,-29968,1059,-29986,29984]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Be3 Na6 7. Nf3 c5 8. O-O Ng4 {E91: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2, unusual replies including 6...c5 and 6...Bg4} 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 cxd4 (10... g5 11. Bg3 Nf6 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Nd2 a5 14. Rc1 e5 15. Re1 {0-1 (38) Horvath,C (2537)-Naiditsch,A (2710) Hungary 2015}) 11. Nxd4 {LiveBook: 6 Games} Bxd4 12. Bxg4 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nc5 14. Bf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Qe2 g5 15. Bg3 e5 16. Rad1 {0-1 (35) Krol,S-Hass,R (2280) Bielsko Biala 1991}) 14... Be6 (14... Qc7 $15) 15. Qd4 ({White should try} 15. Qd2 $1 $11) 15... Qc7 16. Be2 f6 17. f4 Bf7 18. e5 dxe5 19. fxe5 Ne6 (19... f5 {with more complications.} 20. Qe3 Kh7 21. Rad1 Rac8 22. e6 Bxe6 23. Rd4 Rf7) 20. Qe3 $1 Qxe5 21. Qxe5 fxe5 22. Bf3 g5 23. Bf2 (23. Bg3 {seems wilder.} Rac8 24. Rfe1 Rxc4 25. Rxe5 Rxc3 26. Bxb7 Nd8 27. Be1) 23... Nf4 24. Bxb7 Bxc4 (24... Rab8 {is interesting.} 25. Bf3 Rb2 26. Rfb1 Rc2 27. Bxa7 Bxc4 28. a4 Nh3+) 25. Bxa8 {aiming for Bf3.} Bxf1 26. Kxf1 {Be4 is the strong threat.} Rxa8 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 27. Rd1 Kf7 28. g3 Ne6 29. Ke2 a6 30. Rd5 Rc8 31. Kd3 Kf6 32. Be3 h5 {[%cal Bh6h5,Bh5h4][%mdl 32]} 33. c4 (33. Ra5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 33... Kf5 $17 34. h3 (34. Ra5 $15) 34... h4 $1 {[%cal Rh4g3]} 35. g4+ Kf6 36. Ra5 Rc6 $1 37. c5 Nf4+ 38. Ke4 Ke6 ({Worse is} 38... Nxh3 39. Kd5 $11) 39. Ra3 Nxh3 40. Rb3 Nf4 41. Rb6 $2 {[#]} (41. Ra3) 41... Rxb6 $1 $19 42. cxb6 {KB-KN} Kd7 43. Kxe5 $2 {[#]} (43. Kf3) 43... Ne2 $1 44. Ke4 h3 45. Kf3 h2 46. Kg2 {[#]} Ng3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 47. b7 (47. Kxg3 h1=Q) 47... a5 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (47... h1=Q+ 48. Kxg3 Qxb7 49. Bf2 Qc7+ 50. Kg2 Qf4 51. a3 Qxg4+ 52. Kf1 Qh3+ 53. Ke2 Qxa3 54. Ba7 g4 55. Be3 Qc3 56. Bf2 a5 57. Bh4 Qf3+ 58. Kd2 g3 59. Bxg3 Qxg3 60. Kc2 a4 61. Kb2 a3+ 62. Kc2 Qe3 63. Kd1 Qf2 64. Kc1 a2 65. Kd1 a1=Q#) 48. Bf4 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (48. Kxh2 $18 Nf1+ 49. Kg1) 48... Nf1 $4 {[%mdl 40960] Precision: White = 31%, Black = 55%. . Loss on Time!?} (48... h1=Q+ {and life is good for Black.} 49. Kxg3 gxf4+ 50. Kxf4 Qxb7 51. Kf5 Qd5+ 52. Kf4 Qxa2 53. Ke3 a4 54. Kd4 a3 55. Kd3 Qb3+ 56. Ke4 a2 57. Kf5 a1=Q 58. g5 Qe6+ 59. Kf4 Qf1+ 60. Kg3 Qeh3#) 0-1

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Neiksans, Arturs"]
[Black "Schroeder, Jan-Christian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Speyer"]
[BlackTeam "SV Hofheim"]

{[%evp 21,108,25,26,18,18,25,15,15,18,22,36,25,18,21,34,22,17,20,31,32,30,4,26,24,40,40,58,44,36,41,33,40,43,19,23,11,21,25,44,0,42,51,45,46,37,31,28,35,39,39,38,51,45,11,6,-6,-9,-8,-12,-147,-139,-175,-176,-178,-160,-312,-296,-408,-384,-412,-372,-545,-520,-1710,-1652,-1137,-1222,-12841,-11698,-12841,-12841,-12840,-12832,-12845,-12843,-12846,-12846,-12846,-12847]} 1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 b6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. d4 Bb7 9. Bb2 Nf6 10. Nc3 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 12. Qxd8 {E17: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Be7} Rxd8 13. Rfd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Ne5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Nbd7 15. Nd3 Be7 16. Rfd1 Rac8 17. Rac1 a6 18. f4 b5 19. Kf3 Nb6 {0-1 (32) Kramnik,V (2760)-Kosteniuk,A (2541) Sochi 2014}) 13... Nbd7 14. Nd4 {[%cal Bf3d4,Bd4b5,Bb5d6][%mdl 32] The position is equal.} Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Rac8 16. Ndb5 a6 17. Nd6 Rc6 18. Nb7 Rdc8 {White must now prevent ...Bf8.} 19. Nxc5 Nxc5 20. Rac1 b5 21. f3 Kf8 22. e4 Ke8 23. Ne2 Nb7 24. Rxc6 Rxc6 25. Rd2 Ke7 26. g4 g6 27. Nf4 Nd7 28. Kf2 Nbc5 29. Ke3 a5 30. Ne2 a4 31. Ba3 axb3 32. axb3 e5 33. Rc2 Kd8 $1 34. Bb4 Kc7 35. Nc3 Nxb3 36. Nxb5+ Kb6 37. Rxc6+ (37. Rb2 {with more complications.} Kxb5 38. Rxb3 Rc2 39. h4 Kc6 40. Kd3) 37... Kxc6 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KNN} 38. Nd6 Nd4 {Strongly threatening ...Nc2+.} 39. Kd3 $1 f6 {[%cal Bf7f6,Bf6e5,Be5e4,Be4e3,Be3e2][%mdl 32]} 40. f4 (40. h3 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 40... Ne6 $17 {Hoping for ...Nec5+.} 41. Ne8 exf4 42. Ke2 Nec5 43. h4 $2 (43. h3 $17) 43... g5 $19 ({Not} 43... Nxe4 44. Kf3 $17) 44. e5 fxe5 45. hxg5 {If White can now play Nf6 this consolidates a bit.} Ne6 46. Be7 (46. Nf6 $142 Nxg5 47. Be7) 46... e4 {Black is clearly winning.} 47. Nf6 (47. Bf6 $142 Kd5 48. Bb2) 47... Nd4+ 48. Kf1 {[#]} e3 $1 {[%cal Re3e2]} 49. Nh5 f3 50. Bb4 Ne5 {( -> ...Nd3)} 51. Be1 Nxg4 52. Nf6 e2+ 53. Kg1 {[#]} f2+ $1 54. Bxf2 Nf3+ {Precision: White = 36%, Black = 72%.} 0-1

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Graf, Alexander"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Lucas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E50"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SF Deizisau"]
[BlackTeam "Aachen"]

{[%evp 17,80,-5,-7,-12,0,-6,0,0,7,4,19,3,0,3,20,1,9,-25,0,0,0,0,0,0,17,-23,0,-40,-43,-63,-64,-95,-72,-243,-222,-223,-223,-247,-262,-248,-241,-244,-250,-426,-422,-547,-530,-522,-545,-534,-516,-516,-427,-930,-920,-916,-912,-761,-747,-889,-880,-929,-927,-920,-886]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bd2 b6 7. Be2 Bb7 8. O-O cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 {LiveBook: 4 Games. E21: Nimzo-Indian: 4 Nf3} 10. Na4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Ne5 d5 11. Bf3 Nc6 12. Bg5 Rc8 13. Re1 dxc4 14. Qa4 Nxe5 15. Bxb7 Nd3 16. Bxc8 Nxe1 17. Rxe1 Qxc8 18. Qxa7 Bd8 19. Qa4 Nd5 20. Nxd5 exd5 21. Bxd8 Qxd8 {½-½ (53) Naiditsch,A (2700)-Erdos,V (2614) Minsk 2017}) 10... Ne4 11. Be3 d5 {The position is equal.} 12. c5 Bc6 13. Rc1 Qe8 14. Nc3 bxc5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Nd4 Bb7 17. Ndb5 Nba6 18. a3 Qb8 19. b4 Nd7 {[%cal Bc5d7,Bd7f6,Bf6g4,Bg4e3][%mdl 32]} 20. f4 Bd8 21. Kh1 Bb6 22. Qd2 Nc7 23. f5 Nxb5 24. Bxb5 {[#]} Nf6 $1 {And now ...d4! would win.} 25. Bg5 $2 {[#]} (25. Bc5 $17 {was called for.}) 25... Ng4 $1 $19 {[%csl Gg4][%cal Rb8h2]} 26. Bf4 {[#]} Be3 $1 $40 {[%mdl 640] Black attacks with force.} 27. Qxe3 (27. Bxe3 Qxh2#) 27... Nxe3 28. Bxb8 Rfxb8 29. fxe6 fxe6 30. Bd7 $2 (30. Rf2) 30... Nxf1 {Black is clearly winning.} 31. Bxe6+ Kh8 32. Rxf1 d4 {[%cal Bd5d4,Bd4d3,Bd3d2][%mdl 32]} 33. Na4 Rf8 {[%cal Rf8f1]} 34. Rd1 Rf2 {Strongly threatening ...Raf8.} 35. Bh3 (35. Nc5 $142 Raf8 36. Rg1) 35... Raf8 36. Kg1 {[#]} d3 $1 37. g3 (37. Rxd3 Rf1#) 37... d2 {( -> ...Re2)} 38. Nc3 g5 {[%cal Bg7g5,Bg5g4][%mdl 32]} 39. b5 {[#]} g4 $1 40. Bf1 (40. Bxg4 Rg2+) 40... R2f3 {Precision: White = 44%, Black = 65%.} 0-1

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Michalik, Peter"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Schwaebisch Hall"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]

{[%evp 18,42,44,33,55,-47,26,8,25,36,55,29,76,28,72,53,246,58,214,-138,208,10,356,-100,-11,-808,-816]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. Qc2 Re8 9. Rd1 e4 10. Nd2 {[%cal Rd2e4]} Qe7 {E61: King's Indian: Early deviations for White, including Smyslov System} 11. f4 (11. b4 $14) (11. b4 Nf8 12. Bb2 h5 13. Rac1 Bf5 14. Nb3 N8h7 15. d5 h4 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. c5 dxc5 18. bxc5 Qxc5 {½-½ (59) Grischuk,A (2785)-Caruana,F (2779) Elancourt 2013}) 11... Nf8 $146 ({Black should play} 11... exf3 $1 $15 12. Nxf3 b6) ({Predecessor:} 11... exf3 12. Nxf3 Bh6 13. e4 Bxc1 14. Raxc1 Nxe4 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Bd3 Ndf6 17. Re1 Nxd5 18. Bxe4 {0-1 (32) Gorelov,V (1757)-Machekhin,E Tambov 2016}) 12. a4 h5 {The position is equal.} 13. h3 Bf5 14. a5 b6 15. a6 N8h7 16. Nb3 Ng4 $2 {[#]} ({Black should try} 16... c6 $14) 17. d5 $2 (17. hxg4 $18 Bxg4 18. Bxg4 hxg4 19. g3) 17... Qh4 $2 (17... Nh6 $1 $14) 18. Bxg4 $2 (18. hxg4 $18 hxg4 19. Nd2) 18... Bxg4 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (18... hxg4 $17 {and life is bright.} 19. Qf2 Qxf2+ 20. Kxf2 Bxc3 21. bxc3 gxh3 22. gxh3 Bxh3) 19. Ne2 $2 {[#]} (19. hxg4 $18 {Black must now prevent g5.} hxg4 20. Nd2 (20. Nxe4 g3 $11)) 19... Ng5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (19... Bf3 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512] and Black has nothing to worry.}) 20. Rf1 $2 (20. fxg5 Bxh3 21. Nbd4 (21. gxh3 Re5 $16) 21... Bd7 $16) ({White must play} 20. hxg4 $18 Nf3+ 21. gxf3 exf3 22. Ned4 Qg3+ 23. Kf1 hxg4 24. Qf2 Qh3+ 25. Ke1) 20... Nf3+ (20... Nxh3+ $1 $17 21. gxh3 Bxh3) 21. Rxf3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (21. gxf3 $11 Bxh3 22. Qd1) 21... exf3 {Precision: White =  8%, Black =  1%.} 0-1

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Handke, Florian"]
[Black "Heimann, Andreas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Aachen"]
[BlackTeam "SF Deizisau"]

{[%evp 15,77,28,24,0,8,8,8,8,8,9,13,9,8,10,8,7,15,15,15,15,15,15,15,15,15,15,16,10,9,9,6,6,7,5,11,0,0,0,20,35,48,31,41,53,80,0,0,0,133,138,138,152,212,212,223,229,236,227,215,214,702,702,632,346]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 {[%cal Be4d6,Bd6e8,Be8c7][%mdl 32]} 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re1 {The position is equal.} c6 12. Ne3 Be7 13. c4 Nc7 14. d4 d5 15. cxd5 Bb4 16. Bd2 Bxd2 17. Qxd2 {White wants to play dxc6.} Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 {[#]} 19. Re5 $146 Qd6 20. Bc4 Bd7 21. Rae1 b5 22. Bb3 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 23. a3 a4 24. Ba2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Rae8 25. Qc3 g6 26. h4 h5 27. Qg3 Rd8 28. R1e4 Kg7 29. Rf4 Bg4 30. f3 (30. Bb1 $16) 30... Be6 $11 31. Bb1 {[%cal Ba2b1,Bb1e4,Be4d5][%mdl 32]} Rh8 (31... f5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 32. Qg5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rg5f6]} Bd5 {[#]} 33. Ref5 $1 {[%cal Be5f5,Bf5f6,Bf6a6][%mdl 32] Black must now prevent Rf6.} Rh6 (33... Rde8 $16 {was called for.} 34. Rf6 Re1+ 35. Kh2 (35. Kf2 Qxf4 36. Rxf4 Rxb1 $14) 35... Qxf4+ 36. Qxf4 Rxb1) 34. Rf6 $18 Qc7 35. Be4 {And now Bxd5 would win.} Rd7 {[#]} 36. Bxd5 $1 cxd5 37. Ra6 Rh8 $2 {[#]} (37... Qb8 38. Rff6 Qe8) 38. Rxf7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxf7 39. Qxg6+ {Precision: White = 76%, Black = 59%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Meskovs, Nikita"]
[Black "Perske, Thore"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Speyer"]
[BlackTeam "SV Hofheim"]

{[%evp 21,112,17,18,29,45,41,37,39,45,44,51,53,43,48,56,51,45,46,31,27,34,30,52,28,29,27,34,37,52,48,56,49,45,22,22,16,18,12,13,10,8,2,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-3,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. b3 c5 7. c4 e5 {E60: King's Indian: Unusual lines and Fianchetto Variation without Nc3} (7... Nc6 8. Bb2 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Nc3 a6 11. Nc2 Rb8 12. Nd5 Ne8 13. Bxg7 Nxg7 14. Qd2 b5 15. cxb5 axb5 16. Rfc1 Ne6 17. b4 Re8 18. Ne1 Ne5 19. Nf3 Nc4 {½-½ (27) Kuzubov,Y (2699)-Amonatov,F (2636) Riadh 2017}) 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Qxd8 Rxd8 10. Bb2 e4 11. Ng5 Bf5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 12. g4 Bxg4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Bxe4 Rd7 $146 16. Nc3 Na6 17. Rfd1 {[#] aiming for Rxd7.} Rb8 18. Rxd7 (18. f3 {feels hotter.} Be6 19. Bd5 Bh3 20. Kf2 Nc7 21. Kg3) 18... Bxd7 19. Rd1 Be6 20. Nb5 Nb4 $1 21. Rd2 Kf6 22. f4 Ke7 23. Kf2 f5 24. Bf3 a6 25. Nc3 a5 26. h4 b6 27. a3 Na6 {The position is equal.} 28. Rd3 Nc7 29. Bc6 Ne8 30. Bxe8 Rxe8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 31. Re3 Kf7 32. Na4 Rb8 33. Re5 Bd7 {Strongly threatening ...Bxa4.} 34. Nc3 Bc6 35. a4 (35. h5 {looks sharper.} Rd8 36. hxg6+ hxg6 37. Ke3 Rd4 38. a4) 35... Re8 36. Rxe8 Kxe8 {KB-KN} 37. Ke3 Ke7 38. Kd3 Kd6 39. Nd1 Be4+ 40. Kd2 Ke6 41. Ne3 Bc6 42. Nf1 Bg2 43. Ne3 Bc6 44. Kc3 Be4 45. Nd1 Bc6 46. Nf2 Bg2 47. Kd2 Ke7 48. Nd1 Bc6 49. Nc3 Kd6 50. Nd1 Ke6 51. Ne3 Be4 52. Nf1 Bg2 53. Ng3 Kf6 54. Kd3 Bb7 55. Ke3 Bc6 56. Kd3 Bb7 {Precision: White = 78%, Black = 64%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Schlosser, Philipp"]
[Black "Braun, Christian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2391"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SF Deizisau"]
[BlackTeam "Aachen"]

{[%evp 18,41,47,0,9,19,21,-14,0,0,0,-13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,-12,-14,-49]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. d5 Nh5 8. g3 {E90: King's Indian: Classical: Early deviations and 6 h3} a5 (8... Na6 9. Be2 Nc5 10. b4 Nd7 11. Rb1 a5 12. a3 axb4 13. axb4 Qe7 14. Bg5 f6 15. Be3 f5 16. exf5 {½-½ (68) Akobian,V (2647)-Guseinov,G (2646) Riadh 2017}) 9. Be2 Na6 10. Be3 {LiveBook: 4 Games. White is slightly better.} f5 {The position is equal.} 11. exf5 gxf5 12. Nd2 f4 13. Bxh5 fxe3 14. fxe3 Qg5 15. Nde4 Qxe3+ 16. Qe2 Bh6 17. Qxe3 Bxe3 18. Ke2 $146 Bd4 19. Bg4 Bxc3 20. bxc3 b6 21. Raf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Zaragatski, Ilja"]
[Black "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2403"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Aachen"]
[BlackTeam "SF Deizisau"]

{[%evp 12,92,2,0,0,0,0,7,16,16,16,14,20,30,21,18,67,64,67,63,64,69,93,63,65,61,79,55,75,29,40,0,59,0,81,35,55,15,14,22,8,12,21,19,2,0,0,-53,-31,-64,-29,-89,-60,-64,-62,-71,-70,-82,-77,-111,-50,-72,-83,-208,-204,-234,-229,-261,-246,-256,-229,-385,-226,-627,-632,-2740,-2107,-29968,-29967,-2833,-2136,-5618,-5201]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 Bg4 4. Qb3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 c6 6. g3 {A09: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 d5 2 c4} e5 7. Qb3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Nf6 8. Bg2 {The position is equal.} Nbd7 9. O-O Be7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... a5 10. b5 Nc5 11. Qd1 Rc8 {1-0 (49) Svidler,P (2765)-Zhigalko,S (2641) Riadh 2017}) 10. d3 O-O 11. Nd2 a5 12. b5 Nc5 13. Qc2 cxb5 14. cxb5 Nd5 15. Nc4 $1 Nc3 16. Nxe5 Nxb5 17. a4 Nc3 18. Bb2 Rc8 19. e3 Bf6 20. Ng4 (20. exd4 $6 Ne6 $11) 20... Be7 21. Ne5 Bf6 $1 {[%cal Rf6e5]} 22. Ng4 ({Much weaker is} 22. exd4 $6 Ne6 $11) ({White should try} 22. Bh3 $14 Ne6 23. Nc4) 22... Bg5 (22... Be7 $11 {remains equal.}) 23. Bxc3 Ne6 24. f4 {Strongly threatening exd4.} ({Reject} 24. Bxb7 $6 Rxc3 25. Qb2 h5 $17) 24... Rxc3 25. Qe2 Bf6 26. e4 {[%cal Be3e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} Nc5 27. e5 Be7 28. f5 {And now f6 would win.} f6 ({Don't blunder} 28... Nxd3 $2 29. f6 $18) 29. Rab1 (29. Be4 $11) 29... b6 30. Nf2 fxe5 31. Qxe5 (31. f6 $11 {keeps the balance.} gxf6 32. Bh3) 31... Bf6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 32. Qe2 Kh8 33. Ne4 Nxa4 34. Qa2 Nc5 35. Nxc5 bxc5 (35... Rxc5 $17 36. Be4 b5) 36. Be4 {[#]} c4 $1 {[%cal Rc4d3][%mdl 512]} 37. dxc4 (37. Rb5 $17 {is a better defense.}) 37... d3 $19 {[%cal Bd4d3,Bd3d2][%mdl 32]} 38. Bd5 {[#]} Rc2 $1 39. Qa3 Bc3 40. Qc5 Re8 41. Kh1 $2 (41. Rbd1 d2 42. Qc6) 41... h6 (41... Bb4 $142 42. Qc6 Ree2) 42. Rb6 $2 (42. Rfd1 d2 43. Be6) 42... d2 43. Rd6 Rc1 44. Rxd8 Rxf1+ 45. Kg2 Rxd8 46. Qe7 Bf6 {Precision: White = 33%, Black = 64%.} 0-1

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Zelbel, Patrick"]
[Black "Baldauf, Marco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Muelheim"]
[BlackTeam "SFR Berlin"]

{[%evp 17,64,25,33,0,0,-20,11,-6,-10,-10,-7,-3,25,25,25,25,37,37,35,35,33,22,24,23,27,21,20,13,19,20,13,14,14,13,37,12,43,0,0,0,0,0,13,13,17,17,112,0,72]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Na5 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qc2 Qb6 10. Qe2 {B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack} (10. Nd2 Bb5 11. Ngf3 e6 12. Bxb5+ Qxb5 13. a4 Qc6 14. Ne5 Qc8 15. O-O Be7 16. Bg5 Nc6 17. Qd3 Nd7 18. Bxe7 Ndxe5 19. dxe5 Nxe7 {½-½ (54) Nevednichy,V (2559)-Parligras,M (2587) Calimanesti 2015}) 10... Bg4 11. f3 Bh5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Bd7 12. a4 Rc8 13. b4 Nc4 14. a5 Qd8 15. Na3 Nxa3 16. Rxa3 {½-½ (34) Lanzinner,D (1715)-Wittmann,P (2022) Nuremberg 2001}) 12. Nh3 Bg6 {White must now prevent ...Bxd3.} 13. Nf2 e6 14. g4 Bd6 15. Bxd6 {[#] Bc5 is the strong threat.} Qxd6 16. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} O-O-O 17. h5 Bxd3 18. Nxd3 Nd7 19. Nd2 f6 20. f4 Rhe8 21. O-O-O e5 22. fxe5 fxe5 23. dxe5 Nxe5 24. Nxe5 Rxe5 25. Qd3 Qh6 26. Kb1 Nc6 27. Rhe1 Qf4 28. Rxe5 Nxe5 29. Qxh7 Nxg4 30. Nb3 Ne3 31. Rg1 Nf5 (31... Qe4+ $11 32. Qxe4 dxe4) 32. Qg6 ({White should try} 32. a3 $16) 32... Qe4+ {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 56%.} (32... d4 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ginsburg, Gennadi"]
[Black "Kantans, Toms"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SV Hofheim"]
[BlackTeam "Speyer"]

{[%evp 17,106,17,24,24,72,65,52,81,72,22,64,50,85,59,155,87,83,41,41,39,44,50,35,15,21,15,23,15,22,0,13,0,5,0,0,-14,-15,-27,-18,-16,4,6,0,0,0,-5,-5,-5,-5,-61,-57,-61,-61,-61,-52,-48,-61,-60,-55,-118,-110,-172,-102,-104,-105,-105,-78,-284,-300,-242,-199,-199,-199,-197,-208,-220,-212,-212,-205,-200,-191,-1028,-883,-12830,-11002,-12840,-9798,-12842,-12841,-12843,-12843]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 d5 (5... d6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d5 Nb4 8. a3 Na6 9. Nd4 e5 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. O-O e5 12. Nb3 c6 13. e4 Nc7 14. f4 Ne6 {½-½ (59) Caruana,F (2784)-Carlsen,M (2843) Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden 2018}) 6. cxd5 {E60: King's Indian: Unusual lines and Fianchetto Variation without Nc3} Nxd5 7. O-O c5 8. e4 Nb6 9. d5 e6 {[%cal Re6d5] LiveBook: 5 Games} 10. Bg5 Qd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Bf6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nc3 Rd8 13. Qb3 exd5 14. exd5 {½-½ (57) Vakhidov,J (2472)-Gopal,G (2553) Sharjah 2014}) 11. a4 exd5 12. a5 N6d7 13. Na3 Ne5 14. exd5 Na6 15. Qd2 Bg4 ({Black should play} 15... Nb4 $14) 16. Nxe5 (16. Nb5 $142 Qb8 17. Rfe1) 16... Bxe2 $16 17. Nec4 Bxc4 $1 18. Nxc4 Qd7 19. d6 Rfe8 20. Rfe1 Nb4 21. h3 Bd4 22. Rad1 Nc6 23. Qd3 Re6 24. Rxe6 Qxe6 25. Be3 (25. Bf4 {is more complex.} Re8 26. Qb3 Bf6 27. Qe3 Bd4 28. Qd3) 25... Rd8 26. Bxd4 cxd4 27. b3 Qd5 28. Re1 Qb5 29. Qf3 Qb4 30. Kf1 Kg7 31. a6 b5 32. Qxc6 {[#] Hoping for Qc7.} bxc4 33. bxc4 (33. Re7 $11 Qxb3 34. Qc5) 33... Rxd6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} (33... Qxd6 $6 34. Qxd6 Rxd6 35. Ke2 $11) 34. Qb5 Qc3 35. Qe5+ $1 Rf6 36. c5 {White wants to play Kg1.} Qc4+ $40 {[%mdl 128] Black has some attack.} 37. Kg1 d3 $1 38. g4 ({Better is} 38. Rd1 $15) 38... h6 $17 39. Kg2 {[#]} (39. Rf1 $17 {was called for.}) 39... Qxa6 (39... Qc2 $1 $19 {[%cal Rc2f2]} 40. Qd4 d2) 40. Qd4 Qc6+ 41. Kg1 Qf3 42. Ra1 $2 (42. Re8 $17) 42... Kh7 $19 {And now ...Re6 would win.} ({Stronger than} 42... Qxh3 43. c6 $11) 43. Re1 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32] ...a4 is the strong threat.} 44. Re8 a4 $1 {[%cal Ra4a3] White must now prevent ...a3.} 45. c6 {Threatens to win with c7.} d2 ({Not} 45... Qxc6 46. Qd8 $11) 46. Qxd2 Rxc6 {aiming for ...Rc3.} ({Worse is} 46... Qxc6 47. Qd8 $11) 47. Re3 Qf6 48. Qd5 Rd6 49. Qe4 $2 (49. Qa2) 49... Qa1+ {Black is clearly winning.} 50. Kg2 Re6 51. Qd5 Rxe3 52. fxe3 Kg7 53. e4 a3 {Precision: White = 47%, Black = 72%.} 0-1

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Lobzhanidze, Davit"]
[Black "Horvath, Adam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2424"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SV Hofheim"]
[BlackTeam "Speyer"]

{[%evp 14,89,4,5,20,20,35,25,22,0,32,29,45,14,13,6,30,31,18,0,27,-20,0,0,0,-9,0,0,0,-39,-39,-39,-35,-43,-25,-33,-22,-26,-18,-10,0,-11,0,0,0,0,59,0,0,-91,0,0,6,8,11,8,23,-19,-19,-28,1115,1114,1108,990,937,931,920,868,29986,29987,29985,29986,29990,29988,29988,29989,29993,29994]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 Re8 {B35: Sicilian: Accelerated Dragon with 5 Nc3: main line} 9. O-O (9. f3 d5 10. Bxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Be6 12. c4 Rc8 13. O-O Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Rxc4 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. b3 {½-½ (26) Navara,D (2737)-Dubov,D (2701) Batumi 2018}) 9... d6 10. h3 Na5 {White has an edge.} 11. Qd3 Nxb3 12. axb3 b6 13. b4 Bb7 14. Rfd1 a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... a6 15. Nf3 Qc7 16. b5 axb5 17. Qxb5 {1-0 (46) Suarez Gomez,J (2429)-Marek,M (2389) Prague 2016}) 15. bxa5 bxa5 16. Ra2 Nd7 17. Nb3 Ne5 18. Qb5 Bc6 19. Qe2 a4 20. Nd4 {Strongly threatening f4.} Bd7 21. f4 Nc6 22. Nxc6 Bxc6 23. Bd4 Bxd4+ 24. Rxd4 Qb6 25. Qf2 Qb7 26. Rc4 Rab8 27. Qd4 f5 28. exf5 Bxg2 29. fxg6 e5 ({Better is} 29... hxg6 $11 30. Qd3 Kg7) 30. Qf2 (30. Qxd6 $14 Bxh3 31. Ne4) 30... Bxh3 $11 {...Be6 is the strong threat.} 31. Ne4 {[#]} (31. Raxa4 $11 exf4 32. gxh7+ Kh8 33. Kh2) 31... exf4 (31... Re6 $1 $17 {[%cal Re6g6]} 32. gxh7+ Kh8) 32. Nf6+ Kh8 33. Nxe8 Rxe8 34. Ra1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} ({But not} 34. Rxf4 $2 {[#]} Re1+ $3 {[%mdl 512]} 35. Kh2 Qh1+ 36. Kg3 Rg1+ 37. Qxg1 Qxg1+ $19) 34... Re5 $1 {[%cal Re5g5] ( -> ...Rg5+)} 35. Rcxa4 Rg5+ 36. Kh2 Rh5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (36... Rg2+ $11 37. Kxh3 Rxf2 38. Ra8+ Kg7) 37. Rxf4 $18 {White wants to mate with Rf8+.} Bf1+ 38. Kg3 Rh3+ 39. Kg4 {White threatens Rf8+ and mate.} Qc8+ 40. Rf5 {Intending Ra8! and mate.} Qc4+ 41. Kg5 {White mates.} h6+ 42. Kf6 Bg2 43. Qxg2 Qh4+ 44. Ke6 Qc4+ 45. Kd7 {Precision: White = 46%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Yankelevich, Lev"]
[Black "Gurevich, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Speyer"]
[BlackTeam "SV Hofheim"]

{[%evp 22,41,5,2,6,4,15,0,0,0,24,15,34,14,10,22,8,16,15,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O c6 9. Qc2 d5 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Bc1 {E15: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 sidelines, 4 g3 Ba6 and 4 g3 Bb7 early deviations} (11. a4 c5 12. Na3 Bb7 13. cxd5 Bxd5 14. Qb2 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qc8 17. b4 Qb7+ 18. Kg1 Ne4 19. Be3 {½-½ (62) Papaioannou,I (2652)-Adams,M (2727) Heraklio 2017}) 11... Rc8 12. Bb2 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Qc7 13. Nbd2 c5 14. Rac1 Rfd8 15. Qb1 Qb8 16. cxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. e3 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Bb7 18. cxd5 Nxd5 19. Nc4 {½-½ (48) Bramme,E (2061)-Muller,A (2117) France 1999}) 16... exd5 17. e4 dxe4 {The position is equal.} 18. Nxe4 Bb7 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. dxc5 {aiming for Bxf6.} Bxb2 21. Qxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Raykhman, Alexander"]
[Black "Bok, Benjamin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Schwaebisch Hall"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]

{[%evp 23,94,0,0,-13,0,1,1,-7,0,2,2,2,9,0,0,0,2,0,7,-37,0,-12,0,-8,-7,-6,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-12,-16,-46,-56,-62,-62,-62,-62,-68,-68,-70,-16,-147,-139,-141,-121,-220,-64,-413,-413,-413,-413,-413,-413,-492,-479,-438,-413,-641,-591,-575,-555,-443,-504,-1302,-610,-2594,-2512,-29987,-29987,-29988,-29962]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. g3 Nd7 8. Bg2 dxc4 9. O-O Be7 10. Ne4 {D43: Semi-Slav: 5 Bg5 h6} (10. e3 O-O 11. Nd2 Nb6 12. a4 a5 13. f4 Bb4 14. Qe2 c5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Nce4 Qe7 17. Nxc5 Qxc5 {½-½ (31) Van Wely,L (2695)-Giri,A (2773) Wijk aan Zee 2017}) 10... Qf5 11. Ned2 e5 12. Nxc4 exd4 $1 {LiveBook: 9 Games} 13. Qxd4 Qf6 {[#]} 14. Rfd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. e4 Qxd4 15. Nxd4 Nb6 16. Ne3 O-O 17. Rad1 Bc5 18. Rd2 Rd8 19. Rfd1 Bxd4 20. Rxd4 Rxd4 21. Rxd4 Be6 22. a3 f6 23. Bf3 Kf7 24. Kf1 Ke7 {½-½ (24) Mescheder,W (2505)-Schloesser,F (2475) ICCF corr 1997}) 14... O-O 15. Nd6 Bxd6 16. Qxf6 Nxf6 17. Rxd6 Be6 18. a3 Rfd8 19. Rad1 Rxd6 20. Rxd6 Kf8 21. Nd2 Ke7 22. Rd3 g5 23. Kf1 Rc8 24. Ke1 b5 25. Ne4 Nxe4 26. Bxe4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} c5 27. f4 c4 28. Re3 {[#] f5 is the strong threat.} Kd6 29. h4 gxf4 30. gxf4 Rc5 31. Kf2 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5b4,Bb4c3,Bc3c2][%mdl 32]} 32. Rc3 f5 (32... Rh5 $15 33. Bf3 Rf5) 33. Bf3 (33. Bc2 $11) 33... b4 $17 34. axb4 axb4 35. Rc2 {[#]} (35. Rc1 $17 {was forced.}) 35... Ra5 $2 (35... b3 $1 $19 {[%cal Rb3c2]} 36. Rd2+ Ke7) 36. Rd2+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (36. e4 $1 $15) 36... Kc5 $19 37. e4 c3 38. bxc3 bxc3 39. Rd1 Ra2+ 40. Ke3 c2 41. Rc1 (41. Rf1 $142 Ra3+ 42. Kd2) 41... Ra3+ 42. Ke2 Rc3 43. Bh5 fxe4 {[%cal Bf5e4,Be4e3][%mdl 32]} 44. Bg6 (44. Kd2 $142 Kd4 45. Rxc2) 44... Kd4 (44... Bd5 $142 45. Kd2 Kd4 46. Rxc2 Rg3 47. Bxe4 Bxe4) 45. f5 Bc4+ 46. Kd2 e3+ 47. Ke1 Bd3 {Precision: White = 29%, Black = 57%.} 0-1

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Hoolt, Sarah"]
[Black "Zude, Arno"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2393"]
[BlackElo "2372"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Speyer"]
[BlackTeam "SV Hofheim"]

{[%evp 19,82,-65,-66,-291,-277,-363,-360,-525,-282,-287,-275,-271,-207,-518,-127,-136,-134,-146,-123,-1610,-1597,-1612,-1592,-1596,-1597,-1553,-1544,-1377,-400,-1324,-400,-397,-385,-554,-554,-554,-540,-551,-548,-548,-545,-534,-540,-536,-528,-519,-505,-512,-466,-488,-485,-502,-441,-479,-481,-510,-505,-501,-499,-488,-485,-527,-512,-707,-695]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bc5 8. O-O O-O 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. f3 {C56: Two Knights: 4 d4 exd4 5 0-0 Nxe4} (10. Be3 Bxd4 11. Qxd4 c5 12. Qd3 Bf5 13. Bxc5 Re8 14. Nc3 Qg5 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Qg3 Qxe5 17. c3 a6 18. f3 Qxg3 19. hxg3 {½-½ (89) Sengupta,D (2572)-Gupta,A (2625) Aurangabad 2011}) 10... f6 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 11. exf6 $2 ({White should play} 11. fxe4 $15 fxe5 12. Rxf8+ Qxf8 13. c3) 11... Qxf6 $19 12. c3 {Black has a decisive advantage.} Ba6 13. Re1 (13. Be3 $142 Bd6 14. Ne2) 13... Rae8 14. Be3 Bd6 15. Nd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. fxe4 Qh4 16. g3 Bxg3 17. Re2 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Rxe4 19. Nf3 Qg4 20. Nbd2 Bf4+ {0-1 (20) Kolbert,E (2242)-Vujic,M (2310) Novi Sad 2008}) 15... Qh4 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Rh4h2]} 16. h3 $2 (16. f4 {was the crucial defense.} Bxf4 17. Bxf4 Qf2+ 18. Kh1 Rxf4 19. Nxe4 Rfxe4 20. Rxe4 dxe4 21. Nxc6) 16... Nxc3 $2 (16... Qg3 $19 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Rg3h2]} 17. Nf1 Bxf1 18. Kxf1 Qh2) 17. bxc3 $17 {[#] Strongly threatening Bf2.} Rxe3 $1 $40 {[%mdl 128] White is in trouble.} 18. Rxe3 {Hoping for Nf1.} Qf4 19. Re6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (19. Nf1 $17 Bxf1 20. Kxf1 Qxe3 21. Qe1) 19... Qh2+ $19 20. Kf2 Bg3+ 21. Ke3 Qxg2 {[%csl Gf8][%cal Rg3f4] [#]} 22. c4 dxc4 {( -> ...Qf2+)} ({Inferior is} 22... Bf4+ 23. Kd3 $16) 23. Qe2 Bf4+ 24. Ke4 Qxe2+ $2 (24... Qg5 {[%csl Gc6][%cal Rg5d5]} 25. Qxc4 Bxc4 26. Nxc4 c5) 25. Nxe2 Bxd2 26. Rb1 (26. Nd4 $142 c3 27. Rh1) 26... c3 {Black is clearly winning.} 27. Nxc3 Bxc3 28. Rxc6 Re8+ 29. Kf4 Be5+ 30. Ke3 Bg3+ 31. Kd4 Be2 32. Rb3 Bf2+ 33. Kd5 Be3 34. Rxc7 Bxf3+ 35. Kc4 Be2+ 36. Kd5 Bb6 37. Rd7 Bh5 38. Rg3 Bf7+ 39. Kc6 g6 40. a4 Re6+ 41. Kb7 Be8 {Precision: White = 47%, Black = 64%.} 0-1

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Margolin, Boris"]
[Black "Kovacs, Gabor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2389"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SV Hofheim"]
[BlackTeam "Speyer"]

{[%evp 19,98,33,28,35,35,33,35,29,34,35,38,44,61,0,0,0,2,10,29,26,26,29,42,25,31,30,45,15,33,23,34,0,41,36,38,17,19,26,46,27,33,25,26,16,46,5,22,22,35,26,28,22,54,38,38,41,40,38,39,28,89,27,37,37,37,37,37,37,50,37,43,0,49,0,42,33,20,14,25,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. d4 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. h3 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} (8. O-O Nc6 9. a3 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Bxg6 hxg6 13. d5 Ne5 14. Nd4 Re8 15. f4 Nc4 {1-0 (55) Fedorchuk,S (2648)-Ni,H (2671) Riadh 2017}) 8... Re8 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Re1 Nf8 {LiveBook: 10 Games} 11. Bf4 Ng6 12. Bh2 c6 13. Qd2 Bd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... d5 14. Re2 Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Rxe8+ Nxe8 {½-½ (28) Alymbay,K (1903)-Hj,A (2073) Al Ain 2015}) 14. Rad1 Bf8 15. Rxe8 Bxe8 16. d5 (16. Re1 $14) 16... cxd5 $11 17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. Nxd5 Bc6 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. Nd4 {[%cal Bf3d4,Bd4c2,Bc2b4,Bb4d5,Bd5b6][%mdl 32]} Rc8 21. Bf4 (21. Qa5 {is interesting.} a6 22. Bg3 Bd7 23. Qd5 Qd8 24. Rd3) 21... Bd7 22. c3 Re8 23. Nc2 Be6 24. Re1 Bd7 25. Rd1 Be6 26. Be3 a6 27. Nb4 Qf5 28. Nd5 Bd7 29. Qd3 Bc6 30. Qxf5 gxf5 31. b3 Re5 32. Nb6 Re4 33. Rd3 f4 34. Bd2 g5 35. f3 Re6 36. Kf1 Be7 37. c4 Kf8 38. Bb4 Ke8 39. a4 f5 {[#]} (39... Rg6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 40. Bd2 (40. Nc8 $1 $16) 40... Bd8 41. Nd5 Rh6 42. a5 Kf7 43. Bb4 Bd7 44. Be1 Bc6 45. Bb4 Bd7 46. Be1 Bc6 47. h4 g4 48. Nxf4 gxf3 49. gxf3 Bxh4 {Precision: White = 42%, Black = 57%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Zpevak, Pavel"]
[Black "Andersen, Mads"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2343"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Schwaebisch Hall"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]

{[%evp 24,72,0,3,118,110,97,64,47,54,54,50,42,37,52,33,43,0,23,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-10,-21,-18,-10,0,0,-21,0,0,97,-95,-86,-193,-200,-413,-413,-403,-403]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Nf3 exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. Bd3 {[%cal Bf1d3,Bd3c2,Bc2b1][%mdl 32]} c4 11. Bc2 b5 {A65: Modern Benoni: 6 e4} 12. a3 Na6 13. O-O {[#] LiveBook: 22 Games} b4 $146 (13... Nc5 $11) ({Predecessor:} 13... Nc5 14. Re1 Qb6 15. Be3 Bb7 16. Bd4 Nfd7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qd4+ f6 19. Qe3 {½-½ (30) Kazhgaleyev,M (2640)-Grischuk,A (2719) Almaty 2008}) 14. axb4 $16 Nxb4 15. Bb1 a5 16. Re1 Ba6 17. Qa4 Qb8 18. Ra3 Nd3 19. Bxd3 $1 cxd3 20. Bc1 Qb7 21. Qc6 Qxc6 22. dxc6 Rac8 23. Rxa5 Rxc6 24. Bd2 Bb7 25. Ra7 Rb8 26. e5 dxe5 27. Nxe5 {aiming for Rxb7.} Ra6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 28. Rxa6 Bxa6 29. Na4 Rc8 30. Nc3 Rb8 31. Na4 Nd5 32. Nc5 Rxb2 {[#]} (32... Bb5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 33. Bc1 $2 (33. Nc4 $1 $16 {is necessary to keep the advantage. White threatens Re8+ and mate.} Rxd2 34. Re8+ (34. Nxd2 Bb5 $11) 34... Bf8 35. Nxd2) 33... Bxe5 $17 34. Bxb2 (34. Rxe5 $17 Rb1 35. Re8+ Kg7 36. Re1) 34... Bxb2 $19 35. Nxa6 $2 (35. Re8+ {only move.} Kg7 36. Rd8) 35... d2 36. Rd1 {[#]} Bc1 $1 {Precision: White = 52%, Black = 57%.} 0-1

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.29"]
[Round "13.1"]
[White "Mons, Leon"]
[Black "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zugzwang Muenchen"]
[BlackTeam "Hamburg SK"]

{[%evp 9,41,20,31,13,31,33,27,32,33,27,33,15,19,17,32,30,80,100,81,47,43,43,49,31,34,39,29,18,33,0,18,0,24,0]} 1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Bg4 3. f3 Bh5 4. e3 (4. Nh3 e6 5. c4 Nf6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 Bd6 8. Be2 Bg6 9. Na3 c6 10. O-O O-O 11. f4 Bf5 {0-1 (54) Vachier Lagrave,M (2762)-Sargissian,G (2686) Dubai 2014}) 4... Nd7 5. c4 e6 6. Nh3 $146 {A01: Nimzowitsch-Larsen Opening} ({Predecessor:} 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Be2 Bg6 8. f4 Ngf6 9. Nf3 h6 10. O-O {½-½ (10) Lauren,M (2285)-Osterman,G (2305) Finland 1990}) 6... f6 7. Nc3 c6 8. d4 Bd6 9. Bd3 Ne7 10. Qe2 e5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. dxe5 fxe5 13. O-O h6 14. Rfd1 {Threatens to win with Nxd5!} Bf7 15. Be4 {[%cal Rc3d5]} Nf6 16. Qb5+ Qd7 17. Qxd7+ Kxd7 18. Nb5 Bb8 19. Nc3 Bd6 ({Don't play} 19... Nxe4 $6 20. fxe4 Bd6 21. Nf2 $16) 20. Nb5 Bb8 21. Nc3 {Precision: White = 52%, Black = 83%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.29"]
[Round "13.1"]
[White "Abel, Dennes"]
[Black "Hausrath, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2473"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SFR Berlin"]
[BlackTeam "Muelheim"]

{[%evp 15,99,0,-1,-42,0,0,0,-33,-22,-30,-25,-27,-27,-27,-29,-66,-11,-20,-17,-39,-41,-39,-37,-33,-37,-41,-41,-41,-4,0,17,8,10,-20,9,0,16,16,16,17,58,61,104,104,144,152,145,145,168,163,172,159,247,254,381,380,380,389,708,715,712,712,712,709,713,712,714,712,713,713,699,712,656,648,1291,1256,2019,1806,2048,1733,5410,5410,5406,864,862,856]} 1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Ne2 O-O 6. Ng3 {A01: Nimzowitsch-Larsen Opening} (6. Na3 e4 7. Nc4 Be7 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. O-O a5 10. d3 d5 11. Nd2 a4 12. dxe4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 {½-½ (45) Jobava,B (2687)-Yu,Y (2744) Tbilisi 2017}) 6... Re8 7. O-O a6 8. Bxc6 dxc6 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 9. e4 Bg4 10. f3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Qc1 h5 11. f3 Bc5+ 12. Kh1 h4 13. Ne2 {1-0 (27) Abel,D (2427)-Weinzettl,E (2301) Austria 2012}) 10... Bd7 11. Nc3 h5 12. Nce2 h4 13. Nh1 $1 Nh5 14. Nf2 Qg5 15. d3 Rad8 (15... Bc5 $15 16. d4 exd4 17. Bxd4 Rad8) 16. Bc1 $11 Qg6 17. Kh1 {[#]} Ng3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 18. Nxg3 (18. hxg3 hxg3) 18... hxg3 19. hxg3 Qxg3 20. Qe1 $1 Qh4+ 21. Kg1 {[%cal Bh1g1,Bg1f2,Bf2e2][%mdl 32]} Bc5 22. Be3 Bxe3 23. Qxe3 Re6 24. Nd1 Rh6 $132 {[%mdl 2048] ...Bg4 is the strong threat. Black is not keeping still} 25. Qe1 Qh2+ 26. Kf2 Qh4+ 27. Ke2 Qg5 28. Ne3 g6 29. Qa5 b6 30. Qxa6 f5 31. Qc4+ Kg7 {[#]} 32. exf5 $1 gxf5 {Threatening ...f4.} 33. f4 Qh5+ (33... exf4 $16 34. Qxf4 (34. Rxf4 b5 $16) 34... Kg6) 34. Kd2 $18 e4 (34... Re8 {was necessary.} 35. fxe5 Qg5) 35. Qd4+ Kf7 36. Rh1 Qxh1 $2 (36... Qg6 37. Qe5 Re8 38. Qxc7 Re7 39. dxe4 Qd6+ 40. Qxd6 Rxd6+ 41. Kc3 Rxe4) 37. Rxh1 {White is clearly winning.} Rxh1 {[#]} 38. Nxf5 $1 {[%mdl 512] Threatening mate with Qg7+.} Rh7 (38... Bxf5 39. Qxd8) 39. Qxe4 {And now Qe7+ would win.} Kf8 40. Qe5 {aiming for Qf6+.} Bxf5 41. Qxf5+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRR} Rf7 42. Qg5 Rd6 43. g4 Rg7 44. Qh4 c5 45. f5 Kg8 46. g5 Rh7 47. Qe4 Rh2+ 48. Kc1 {Intending Qe8+ and mate.} Kf7 49. g6+ (49. Qb7 $142 Rhh6 50. Qxc7+ Kf8 51. gxh6 Rxh6 52. a4) 49... Kf6 {[#]} 50. g7 $1 {Precision: White = 73%, Black = 45%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.29"]
[Round "13.1"]
[White "Maiwald, Jens-Uwe"]
[Black "Babula, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Dresden"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]

{[%evp 9,61,-5,4,2,18,14,23,22,14,-14,-14,-20,-20,-14,-9,-25,0,0,42,-37,-16,-29,-33,-33,0,0,0,0,-3,-18,-10,-30,-25,-25,-17,-19,174,-93,-66,-164,-172,-175,-77,-100,0,0,-7,0,0,0,0,-17,0,0]} 1. g3 c5 2. Bg2 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. d3 Nc6 5. f4 d5 (5... d6 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nge7 8. c3 O-O 9. Na3 h6 10. f5 gxf5 11. Nh4 f4 12. gxf4 Ng6 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. exf5 Nxf4 15. Bxf4 exf4 16. Rxf4 Qf6 17. Nc4 Rae8 {1-0 (39) Morozevich,A (2665)-Rozum,I (2586) Sochi 2017}) 6. exd5 {B20: Sicilian: Unusual White 2nd moves} Nb4 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Nf3 {White has an edge.} Nfxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Nbxd5 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. dxe4 Nb4 11. a3 Qxd1+ 12. Kxd1 Nc6 13. c3 {0-1 (44) Ionescu,D (2377)-Manolache,M (2462) Bucharest 2005}) 9. Ne4 Nc6 10. c3 b6 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 Ba6 13. Qa4 Qc8 14. Nf2 (14. Nfg5 $14) 14... Bb7 $15 15. Ne5 Rd8 16. Bd2 Nxe5 17. fxe5 Nc7 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. Qh4 Ne6 20. Re4 Rd5 21. Rae1 $1 Qc7 22. Bh6 $1 Bxe5 $2 {[#]} (22... Rad8 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 23. Ng4 $2 (23. Qh3 $1 $18) 23... Bd6 $17 {White must now prevent ...Rh5.} 24. Rxe6 (24. Qh3 $15) 24... fxe6 $19 25. Ne3 {[#] With the idea Qe4.} Re5 (25... Rh5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rh5h4]} 26. Qe4 Rb8) 26. Rf1 Qc6 (26... Rh5 $17 27. Qe4 Rb8) 27. Qf4 $11 {The position is equal.} Qe8 $1 28. Qg4 Qc6 29. Qf4 $1 {[%cal Rf4f7] White threatens Qf7+ and mate.} Qe8 $1 30. Qg4 Qc6 31. Qf4 $1 {Precision: White = 46%, Black = 43%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.29"]
[Round "13.2"]
[White "Svane, Rasmus"]
[Black "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C40"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hamburg SK"]
[BlackTeam "Zugzwang Muenchen"]

{[%evp 14,51,0,10,55,44,56,0,84,83,84,78,81,90,95,45,83,72,81,80,81,81,72,83,105,100,157,165,29987,29988,29988,29989,29992,29993,29993,29994,29994,29995,29995,29996]} 1. Nf3 f5 {[%cal Bf7f5,Bf5e4][%mdl 32]} 2. d3 Nc6 3. e4 e5 4. d4 fxe4 5. Nxe5 Qf6 6. f4 {C40: Latvian and Elephant Gambits} d6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. d5 {LiveBook: 10 Games. The position is equal.} Bd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Qg6 9. dxc6 Be7 10. g3 Bf6 11. Be2 Qf5 {½-½ (60) Wen,Y (2605)-Sandipan,C (2566) Sanya City 2017}) 9. Nc3 Qg6 10. Qd4 (10. dxc6 $14 Bxc6 11. Nb5) 10... Nf6 {[#]} (10... Ne7 $11) 11. dxc6 $1 $16 Bxc6 12. Be3 d5 13. Bb5 Bxb5 14. Qe5+ Kd7 15. Nxb5 Bb4+ 16. c3 Bd6 17. Nxd6 cxd6 {[#]} 18. Qd4 $1 Qxg2 19. Rg1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} Qxb2 (19... Qf3 $142) 20. Rxg7+ Kc8 $2 (20... Ke6 $18 21. Rd1 Qxh2) 21. Qxf6 {White mates.} Qxa1+ 22. Kf2 Qxa2+ 23. Kg3 Qa6 24. Qe6+ Kb8 {[#]} 25. Bc5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rd8 (25... dxc5 26. Qxa6) 26. Qe7 {Precision: White = 83%, Black = 43%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.29"]
[Round "13.2"]
[White "Werle, Jan"]
[Black "Tischbierek, Raj"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Dresden"]

{[%evp 19,119,25,29,31,38,25,34,18,30,23,27,14,12,20,29,17,15,15,27,29,23,18,22,39,39,29,29,35,43,39,44,35,48,53,65,65,83,80,80,81,73,81,75,58,64,44,63,50,51,33,44,13,15,10,10,0,6,6,12,0,6,6,26,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. Nbd2 Nd7 4. h3 Bh5 5. e4 e5 6. c3 {A41: 1 d4 d6: Tartakower System and Modern Defence} (6. Be2 Ngf6 7. c3 Bg6 8. Bd3 c6 9. O-O Be7 10. Nh4 Qc7 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. a4 O-O 13. Re1 {1-0 (55) Maghsoodloo,P (2569)-Yakubboev,N (2437) Ashkhabad 2017}) 6... c6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O Ngf6 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nf1 Re8 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 11. Ng3 Bg6 12. Bc2 Bf8 13. Nh4 $146 d5 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Bg5 exd4 16. Qxd4 Bc5 17. Qd2 Qc7 {[#] aiming for ...Qxg3.} 18. Bf4 Bd6 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Rad1 Qc7 21. exd5 Nxd5 22. Ne4 N7f6 23. Ng5 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Re8 25. Rxe8+ Nxe8 26. Bb3 Nef6 27. g3 a6 28. h4 Qe7 29. Qd4 Kf8 30. Qa7 Ne8 31. Bxd5 (31. a4 {looks sharper.} Nef6 32. Kg2 Qc7 33. Qa8+ Ne8 34. a5) 31... cxd5 32. Qb6 Nf6 33. Kf1 Qd7 34. Ke2 Kg8 35. b3 Ne4 36. Nxe4 dxe4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} 37. Qd4 Qg4+ 38. Kd2 Kh7 39. Qe3 Qd7+ 40. Kc2 f5 41. c4 Qd6 {The position is equal.} 42. c5 Qe5 43. Qc3 Qd5 44. a4 a5 45. Kb2 Qd1 46. Qe3 Kh8 47. Kc3 Qa1+ 48. Kc4 {Threatening Kb5.} Qf1+ 49. Kd5 Qd3+ 50. Ke6 Kh7 51. Ke5 Qd1 52. h5 Qa1+ 53. Kd6 Qf6+ 54. Kc7 $1 Qc6+ 55. Kb8 {[#] Strongly threatening Qg5.} gxh5 56. Qg5 Qxc5 57. Qxh5+ Kg8 58. Kxb7 Qxf2 {Threatens to win with ...Qf3.} 59. Qe8+ Kh7 {And now ...Qf3 would win.} 60. Qh5+ {Precision: White = 66%, Black = 78%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.29"]
[Round "13.2"]
[White "Dinstuhl, Volkmar"]
[Black "Schmidek, Emil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2384"]
[BlackElo "2389"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Muelheim"]
[BlackTeam "SFR Berlin"]

{[%evp 21,53,0,0,0,0,-28,0,-1,22,13,18,20,20,13,25,18,27,0,0,0,9,16,10,11,8,4,6,0,0,0,10,14,26,0]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O c5 9. Rb1 Nc6 10. Qa4 Qa5 {A34: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3, lines with ...d5} (10... Qc7 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Bf5 13. Bf4 Qa5 14. Qxa5 Nxa5 15. Rbc1 Rac8 16. Ne5 {½-½ (16) Miroshnichenko,E (2651)-Areshchenko,A (2694) Kiev 2011}) 11. Qxa5 Nxa5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 12. d4 b6 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 12... cxd4 13. cxd4 Bf5 14. Rb5 b6 15. Ba3 Rac8 16. Ne5 Rc7 17. Bd5 Bc8 18. Rbb1 Bb7 19. Bxb7 Nxb7 20. Rfc1 Rfc8 21. Nf3 f5 {½-½ (21) Carvalho,G (2232)-Riverol,J (2258) Montevideo 2006}) 13. Ng5 Bb7 14. dxc5 h6 15. Nf3 Be4 16. Rb4 Bd5 17. Ne1 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Bxc3 19. Rb5 Rfc8 20. Nd3 Kg7 21. Bf4 g5 22. Rc1 {next Bxg5 is good for White.} Bd4 23. Bd2 Nb7 {[%cal Rb7c5]} 24. cxb6 Bxb6 25. Rbb1 Nd6 26. Bb4 Kf6 27. Bc5 {Precision: White = 57%, Black = 67%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.29"]
[Round "13.3"]
[White "Hertneck, Gerald"]
[Black "Huschenbeth, Niclas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D25"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zugzwang Muenchen"]
[BlackTeam "Hamburg SK"]

{[%evp 15,162,49,33,19,11,21,29,0,0,0,0,0,12,12,26,12,12,8,20,5,8,0,0,0,13,13,17,0,0,0,20,0,0,0,0,-11,-5,-21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-16,-16,-16,-18,-18,-16,-16,-16,-17,-12,-15,-15,-17,-15,-18,-20,-44,-44,-44,-44,-44,-51,-51,-51,-51,-51,-51,-51,-51,-51,-51,-51,-51,-51,-58,-58,-58,-58,-58,0,0,0,-58,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. Nc3 Nc6 {D25: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 4 e3: sidelines and 4...Bg4} 8. Bb5 Bb4 {LiveBook: 4 Games} (8... Bd6 9. e4 Bb4 10. Qa4 O-O 11. Bxc6 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 bxc6 13. Nd2 c5 14. Ba3 Re8 15. O-O {1-0 (81) Dreev,A (2652)-Huschenbeth,N (2596) Bastia 2017}) 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Be2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. O-O Ne4 12. Bb2 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nd2 14. Qg3 Nxf1 15. Rxf1 {½-½ (73) Khanukov,B (2357)-Feller,J (2135) Davos 2006}) 11... Na5 12. O-O c5 13. a4 cxd4 14. cxd4 Ne4 15. Ba3 Nc3 16. Qe1 Nxe2+ 17. Qxe2 Re8 18. Rfb1 Rc8 19. Rb5 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 b6 21. d5 Nc4 22. dxe6 fxe6 (22... Rxe6 {keeps more tension.} 23. Bb4 Qe8 24. Rd5 a5 25. Be1 h6) 23. Rd1 Qf6 24. Qxf6 gxf6 25. Bb2 Kf7 26. Rd4 Red8 27. Rf4 Rd1+ 28. Kh2 f5 29. Rb4 Nd2 30. g4 Rc2 31. Kg2 Rb1 32. Ba3 Ra1 33. Rb2 Rxb2 34. Bxb2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Ra2 35. Bh8 $1 Kg6 36. gxf5+ exf5 37. Rd4 $1 Ne4 38. Rd7 $1 Rxf2+ 39. Kg1 a5 40. Rg7+ Kh6 41. Rb7 Ra2 42. Be5 $1 Ng5 43. Bf4 Kh5 ({Weaker is} 43... Rxa4 44. h4 $16) 44. Bxg5 $1 Kxg5 45. Rxb6 Rxa4 $15 {And now ...Ra1+ would win. KR-KR} 46. Kf2 Re4 47. Rb5 a4 48. Ra5 Kf6 49. Kf3 h5 50. Ra6+ Ke5 51. Ra5+ Ke6 $1 52. Ra6+ Kd5 ({Black should try} 52... Kf7 $15) 53. Ra5+ $11 Ke6 (53... Kc6 $11) 54. Ra6+ $15 Ke5 (54... Kf7 $15) 55. Ra5+ $11 {The position is equal.} Kd6 56. Rxf5 Re5 57. Rf6+ $1 Kc5 {Threatens to win with ...Kb4.} 58. Kf4 Rd5 {[#] ...a3 is the strong threat.} 59. e4 Rd6 60. Rf5+ Kb4 {Hoping for ...a3.} 61. e5 Ra6 62. Rf6 Ra8 63. Kg5 a3 64. Rf1 a2 65. Ra1 Kb3 66. Kxh5 Rg8 67. Kh6 Kb2 68. Re1 a1=Q (68... Re8 {looks sharper.} 69. Re2+ Kb1 70. Re1+ Kc2 71. Re2+ Kb3) 69. Rxa1 Kxa1 {KR-KPP} 70. Kh7 Rg3 (70... Re8 {is more complex.} 71. h4 Re6 72. h5 Ka2 73. h6 Ka3) 71. h4 {[%cal Bh3h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Kb2 72. e6 Kc3 73. e7 Re3 74. Kg6 Rxe7 {KR-KP} 75. h5 Kd4 76. h6 Re6+ 77. Kg7 Ke5 78. h7 Re7+ 79. Kg6 {[#]} Rxh7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 80. Kxh7 Kf4 81. Kg6 Z0 {Precision: White = 80%, Black = 70%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.29"]
[Round "13.3"]
[White "Fedorovsky, Michael"]
[Black "Krause, Benedict"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bayern Muenchen"]
[BlackTeam "Norderstedt"]

{[%evp 21,106,2,0,-18,20,10,10,-12,-10,-70,-62,-58,-36,-30,-6,-149,-140,-189,-202,-220,-226,-224,-237,-227,-221,-240,-231,-372,-368,-367,-372,-368,-357,-364,-364,-352,-281,-393,-275,-283,-283,-283,-283,-283,-283,-343,-291,-291,-291,-283,-282,-289,-299,-339,-328,-352,-336,-415,-415,-541,-531,-507,-507,-636,-470,-500,-470,-634,-577,-764,-750,-1081,-569,-1114,-1014,-1068,-1056,-29964,-12838,-12841,-9826,-6348,-6411,-1789,-5604,-6295,-5789]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. e4 Nxc3 7. Bxc3 O-O 8. Qd2 c5 {D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3} 9. d5 e6 (9... Bxc3 10. bxc3 Qd6 11. f4 Nd7 12. e5 Qc7 13. Nf3 c4 14. Rd1 Nb6 15. d6 exd6 16. exd6 {½-½ (30) Onischuk,A (2681)-Shankland,S (2668) Saint Louis 2018}) 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. Bc4 Nd7 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 12. d6 Ne5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... b6 13. Nf3 Bb7 14. Qe3 Qf6 15. O-O-O {½-½ (15) Shmeliov,D (2420)-Kaliksteyn,A (2425) Charlotte 2018}) 13. Be2 Nc6 14. Qc3+ Qf6 15. Qxc5 (15. Qxf6+ $11 Kxf6 16. f4) 15... Qxb2 $15 16. Rd1 Bd7 17. Nf3 Rac8 18. Rd2 (18. Qe3 $11 {remains equal.}) 18... Qb1+ $17 19. Bd1 Qxe4+ 20. Be2 Nb4 21. Qe5+ Qxe5 22. Nxe5 Rc1+ 23. Bd1 Bb5 24. Rb2 (24. a3 {was necessary.} Nd5 25. Rb2) 24... a5 $19 25. a3 {[#]} Rc5 $1 {[%cal Rc5e5]} 26. axb4 Rxe5+ 27. Kd2 Rd5+ 28. Kc1 Rc8+ ({Don't do} 28... Rxd6 29. bxa5 Rc8+ 30. Bc2 $19) 29. Kb1 Rxd6 30. bxa5 Bd3+ 31. Bc2 Rxc2 32. Rxc2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} Rd5 33. Kc1 Bxc2 34. Kxc2 Rxa5 {KR-KR} 35. Kd3 Ra2 36. Ke3 Rb2 37. Rc1 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4,Bb4b3][%mdl 32]} 38. Rc7 b4 39. Rb7 b3 40. g4 g5 41. h3 Rb1 42. Kf3 h6 43. Rb5 Kf6 44. Kg2 Ke7 45. Rb7+ Kd6 46. Rxf7 Kc5 47. Rb7 Kc4 48. Rb6 Re1 49. Rc6+ Kd3 50. Rb6 {Black is clearly winning.} Kc2 51. Rc6+ Kb1 52. f4 gxf4 (52... b2 $142 53. f5 exf5 54. gxf5 Ka2 55. Rxh6 b1=Q 56. Ra6+ Kb3 57. Rb6+ Kc2 58. Rxb1 Rxb1) 53. Kf2 Re3 {Precision: White = 19%, Black = 85%.} 0-1

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.29"]
[Round "13.3"]
[White "Moehn, Hans"]
[Black "Zumsande, Martin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2352"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Dresden"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]

{[%evp 16,51,0,-9,10,4,8,3,9,-96,-103,-91,-30,-52,-21,-51,23,33,36,0,57,57,52,60,60,64,69,28,24,20,45,20,17,16,18,20,18,24]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 b6 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7} (7... c6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Rd1 Qb6 12. Ne5 Rfd8 13. Be3 Nd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. Qd3 b4 17. Rxc8 Bxc8 {½-½ (41) So,W (2799)-Mamedyarov,S (2809) Berlin 2018}) 8. Nbd2 Bb7 9. Nxc4 {LiveBook: 8 Games} Nbd7 (9... Be4 $5 {[%cal Re4c2]} 10. Qa4 Nbd7 $11) 10. Rd1 c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Be4 11. Qb3 c5 12. Nfe5 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Qc7 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 15. Bf4 {½-½ (31) Unuk,L (2332)-Repkova,E (2332) Baku 2016}) 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Nce5 {[#]} (12. Nfe5 $11 {remains equal.} Qc8 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. Bf4) 12... Qc7 $1 $17 {Hoping for ...Bxf2+!} 13. Nc4 Be4 ({Black should try} 13... Rac8 $17 {Strongly threatening ...Be7.} 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bxf6 Nxf6) 14. Qa4 Bc6 15. Qc2 e5 (15... Bd5 $15 16. b3 b5) 16. Be3 $11 Be4 17. Qa4 b5 (17... Rfd8 $11) 18. Qxb5 $14 {aiming for Ncxe5.} Rab8 19. Qa6 $1 Bxe3 20. Nxe3 Rxb2 21. Rac1 Qb6 $1 {[%cal Rb6a6]} 22. Qxb6 axb6 23. Rd2 Rxd2 {The position is equal.} 24. Nxd2 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Ra8 26. Rc2 {Precision: White = 51%, Black = 40%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.29"]
[Round "13.4"]
[White "Kollars, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Zysk, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hamburg SK"]
[BlackTeam "Zugzwang Muenchen"]

{[%evp 21,60,22,20,4,7,2,12,0,20,-25,-14,-20,-15,-20,-16,-25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,7,0,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7c5,Bc5e4,Be4d6,Bd6c4][%mdl 32]} 8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Nb3 Nce4 11. Nfd4 Nd6 {LiveBook: 25 Games. C08: French Tarrasch: 3...c5 4 exd5 exd5 sidelines} (11... Qd7 12. f3 Nd6 13. Nc5 Qc7 14. Nd3 O-O 15. Be3 Rfe8 16. Bf2 a6 17. Re1 g6 18. Qd2 Rac8 19. Re2 Nc4 20. Qf4 Qxf4 21. Nxf4 Nxb2 22. Rxe7 Rxe7 {1-0 (72) Antal,G (2522)-Short,N (2681) Caleta 2018}) 12. Bf4 O-O 13. Re1 Re8 14. Qd3 {[#]} Qb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Nc4 15. Nf5 Bf8 16. Rxe8 Qxe8 17. Nbd4 g6 18. Nh6+ Bxh6 19. Bxh6 {½-½ (36) Poli,G (2499)-Szczepanski,Z (2551) ICCF email 2007}) 15. a4 Nc4 16. a5 Qa6 17. Nf5 Bf8 18. Qd4 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 {The position is equal.} Nxa5 20. Nxa5 Qxa5 {[%cal Ra5e1] [#]} 21. Bd2 Qb6 22. Qxb6 axb6 23. Bc3 Ne4 24. Bd4 Bc5 25. Bxc5 bxc5 $11 {KRN-KRN} 26. Ne7+ Kf8 27. Nxd5 Rd8 28. Rxe4 {[#] Strongly threatening Ne3.} Rxd5 29. Kf1 f5 30. Re6 Rd2 {Precision: White = 58%, Black = 69%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.29"]
[Round "13.4"]
[White "Parvanyan, Ashot"]
[Black "Schneider, Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Norderstedt"]
[BlackTeam "Bayern Muenchen"]

{[%evp 19,43,8,27,-4,19,13,28,8,3,0,7,0,10,16,6,12,21,16,15,12,22,0,8,0,0,-2]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. c4 e6 5. O-O Nf6 6. d3 Nbd7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nc3 Bd6 9. Qc2 O-O 10. e4 {A11: English Opening: 1...c6} Re8 {LiveBook: 22 Games} 11. Nh4 {[%cal Bf3h4,Bh4f5,Bf5d4][%mdl 32]} Nc5 12. h3 Bh5 13. Be3 $146 {[%cal Re4d5]} ({Predecessor:} 13. f4 Ne6 14. Kh2 Bc5 15. Na4 Bf8 16. Nc3 Bc5 17. Na4 Bf8 {½-½ (47) Fodor,T (2493)-Pert,N (2566) Reading 2017}) 13... Ne6 {[#] Strongly threatening ...d4.The position is equal.} 14. Nf5 {[%cal Re4d5]} Bf8 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Nd4 Rc8 18. Qb3 Nc5 19. Qxd5 Bg6 20. b4 Nxd3 21. Qxd8 Rcxd8 22. a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.29"]
[Round "13.4"]
[White "Grigorian, Spartak"]
[Black "Loxine, Jakov"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2321"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Dresden"]

{[%evp 12,48,67,56,74,56,41,35,34,18,56,31,35,35,57,52,56,52,50,41,47,33,25,33,20,27,39,33,41,23,20,20,22,14,47,40,38,59,54]} 1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 Nc6 4. Nf3 d6 5. d5 Nb8 6. Nc3 {A40: Unusual replies to 1 d4} Nf6 7. h3 {LiveBook: 24 Games} a5 (7... O-O 8. Bd3 c6 9. O-O e6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 cxd5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. exd5 Qa5 14. Qd2 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 {½-½ (58) Akobian,V (2640)-Grigoryan,K (2571) chess.com INT 2018}) 8. Be3 {White is better.} Na6 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Nc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... b6 11. Nd4 Nc5 12. Nc6 Qe8 13. e5 dxe5 14. Nb5 Na6 15. Nxe5 Bb7 16. f4 Rd8 {0-1 (63) Petran,P (2425)-Mester,G (2390) Hungary 1998}) 11. Qc2 Nfd7 12. Rad1 Qe8 13. Nd4 e5 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. Ndb5 Na6 16. a3 b6 17. Rb1 Bb7 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 Qe7 20. Rfd1 Ne5 21. Na4 Nc6 22. Qd2 {[%cal Rb5d6]} Naxb4 23. Rxb4 Nxb4 24. Qxb4 Bxe4 {Precision: White = 64%, Black = 54%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.29"]
[Round "13.5"]
[White "Piorun, Kacper"]
[Black "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SFR Berlin"]
[BlackTeam "Muelheim"]

{[%evp 22,80,15,16,43,22,27,40,32,-12,-21,-9,-6,-42,-41,-65,-70,-80,-26,-77,-96,-96,-36,-64,-76,-59,-42,-66,-33,-48,-34,-79,-45,-43,-20,-64,-69,-65,-49,-60,-18,-50,-26,-52,-29,-36,-29,-28,-8,-13,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 c6 9. Qc2 Na6 {[%cal Bb8a6,Ba6c7,Bc7e6][%mdl 32]} 10. a3 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} f5 (10... Bg4 11. Ne5 Bf5 12. b4 Nc7 13. f3 Bg6 14. c5 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Ng5 16. Bb2 d4 17. f4 Nd5 18. fxg5 Ne3 {1-0 (42) Anand,V (2767)-Caruana,F (2811) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 11. b4 Nc7 12. Nc3 {LiveBook: 21 Games} Qe8 13. c5 Be7 14. Ne2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Bf4 Ne6 15. Be5 Bf6 16. Bxf6 Rxf6 17. Ne2 Qh5 18. Ng3 Qh6 19. Rfe1 g5 20. Ne5 Qh4 21. Nf3 Qh6 22. Ne5 Qh4 23. Nf3 {½-½ (23) Haeusler,W (2381)-Koesebay,O (2477) ICCF email 2004}) 14... Bf6 15. Bb2 Ne6 16. Rae1 Qe7 17. b5 g6 18. Nc1 Bd7 19. a4 Rfc8 (19... b6 $17 20. cxb6 cxb5) 20. bxc6 (20. Ne2 $11) 20... Bxc6 $17 21. Bb5 b6 ({Black should play} 21... Qg7 $17 {[%cal Re6d4]} 22. Ne2 {[#]} N4xc5 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 22. Bxc6 Rxc6 23. Nd3 bxc5 24. dxc5 Bxb2 25. Qxb2 N6xc5 26. Qd4 Qd6 27. Nb4 Nb3 28. Qxd5+ Qxd5 29. Nxd5 {[#] Strongly threatening Ne7+.} Rd6 $1 {[%cal Rd6d5]} 30. Nc7 Rc8 31. Nb5 {aiming for Rxe4.} Rd7 32. Re3 Nbc5 33. Ra1 a6 34. Nc3 Rcd8 35. g3 {The position is equal.} Rd3 36. Rxd3 Rxd3 37. Nxe4 Nxe4 38. Ne5 Rd2 39. f4 a5 40. Rc1 Ra2 {Precision: White = 51%, Black = 49%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.29"]
[Round "13.5"]
[White "Ribli, Zoltan"]
[Black "Powierski, Emil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E65"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2329"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bayern Muenchen"]
[BlackTeam "Norderstedt"]

{[%evp 23,47,27,42,-7,0,-4,106,95,113,102,114,102,387,109,345,317,324,314,358,358,400,399,393,389,376,358]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. c4 Nc6 4. Nc3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 O-O 8. O-O d6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bxc6 Rb8 11. Bg2 Qa5 12. Qc2 Bb7 {LiveBook: 7 Games. E65: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...c5 7 0-0 without d5 by White} (12... Bf5 13. e4 Be6 14. Bd2 Bxc4 15. Nd5 Qa6 16. Nc7 Qc6 17. e5 Qxc7 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. b3 Rfc8 20. bxc4 Bxa1 21. Rxa1 Qxc4 22. Qxc4 Rxc4 {½-½ (100) Melkumyan,H (2622)-Navara,D (2728) Germany 2016}) 13. e4 Rfc8 14. Nd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. b3 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Bxa1 16. Bd2 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 Qe5 18. Bf4 Qg7 19. Re1 Be5 20. Bg5 {0-1 (50) Mueller,M (2264)-Sergeev,V (2432) Dresden 2013}) 14... d5 {[#]} (14... Qe5 $11) 15. Bf4 $1 $16 {[%cal Rf4b8]} Ra8 16. exd5 Nxd5 {[#]} 17. Bd2 $1 {[%cal Rd2a5]} Qb6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (17... Qa6 $16) 18. Qe4 $2 (18. Qb3 $18 {and the rest is easy.}) 18... Ba6 $2 (18... f5 $16 {was necessary.} 19. Qe2 Nf6) 19. cxd5 Bxf1 20. Bxf1 ({Don't play} 20. Kxf1 Bxb2 21. Rb1 Qa6+ 22. Qe2 Qxe2+ 23. Kxe2 Ba3) 20... Bf6 21. Bc3 {White is winning.} Bxc3 22. bxc3 {[%cal Bb2c3,Bc3c4][%mdl 32]} ({Inferior is} 22. Nxc3 Qxb2 23. Rd1 Qxc3 $15) 22... Qc5 23. Rb1 Rab8 24. c4 {Precision: White = 64%, Black = 22%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.29"]
[Round "13.5"]
[White "Hoffmeyer, Falk"]
[Black "Lampert, Jonas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2334"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zugzwang Muenchen"]
[BlackTeam "Hamburg SK"]

{[%evp 21,120,0,0,0,0,-15,0,-12,0,0,39,8,44,32,23,0,0,0,12,9,25,12,25,0,0,0,0,-1,29,0,0,-13,-8,-4,0,0,-6,-2,0,-12,-8,-10,-8,-24,0,0,0,-25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-37,-9,-125,-124,-133,-131,-135,-108,-143,-91,-125,-185,-179,-173,-158,-106,-250,-235,-234,-236,-231,-191,-216,-210,-430,-422,-474,-432,-684,-406,-2776,-5198,-5089,-5181,-5517,-5089,-29961,-29961,-29968,-5663]} 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 e6 6. c3 cxd4 7. exd4 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} Nh5 8. Be3 Bd6 9. Ne5 (9. Bd3 Nf4 10. Bxf4 Bxf4 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 Bd7 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 g6 {1-0 (104) Vidit,S (2715)-Aronian,L (2805) Riadh 2017}) 9... g6 10. Be2 Ng7 11. f4 f6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 12. Nd3 O-O 13. O-O Qc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... b6 14. g3 Re8 {1-0 (43) Petrosyan,M (2559)-Pogosyan,S (2349) Yerevan 2017}) 14. g3 Bd7 15. Bf3 Kh8 16. Bg2 Rae8 17. Bf2 Nf5 18. Nb3 b6 19. a4 Be7 20. Re1 Nd6 21. Nd2 Na5 22. Qc2 Nac4 23. Nxc4 dxc4 24. Nc1 {[%cal Bd3c1,Bc1e2,Be2d4][%mdl 32]} f5 25. d5 (25. a5 $5) 25... exd5 26. Bxd5 Bf6 {Strongly threatening ...Rxe1+.} 27. Ne2 Bc6 28. Bxc6 Qxc6 29. Bd4 Ne4 30. Bxf6+ Rxf6 31. Nd4 Qc5 32. Kg2 Rd8 33. Rad1 Qc8 34. Nb5 Rff8 35. Rxd8 Rxd8 36. Rd1 a6 37. Rxd8+ Qxd8 38. Nd4 Qd5 39. Kg1 Kg7 40. Qe2 Kf7 41. Nc2 Nc5 {White must now prevent ...Qd3.} (41... Qd3 {looks sharper.} 42. Kf1 Nc5 43. a5 Qd5 44. Kg1 bxa5 45. Ne3 Qd3) 42. Ne3 (42. Nd4 $11 {remains equal.}) 42... Qd3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under strong pressure.} 43. Kf2 Qxe2+ $1 44. Kxe2 Nxa4 45. Nxc4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KN-KN} Ke6 ({Better is} 45... b5 46. Ne5+ Ke6) 46. Kd2 b5 47. b3 Nc5 ({Not} 47... bxc4 48. bxa4 Kd6 49. Ke3 $11) 48. Na5 Kd5 49. Ke3 (49. c4+ $17 {is a better defense.} bxc4 50. bxc4+ Kd4 51. Kc2) 49... Ne4 $1 $19 50. Kd3 {[#]} Nf2+ $1 51. Ke2 {[#]} Ng4 $1 52. h3 Nf6 53. Kf3 $2 (53. h4 {is the only way for White.}) 53... Ne4 54. c4+ Kc5 55. g4 (55. cxb5 $142 Kxb5 56. Nc4) 55... Nd6 56. h4 (56. gxf5 $142 gxf5 57. cxb5 axb5 58. Kf2) 56... b4 57. gxf5 gxf5 58. Ke3 Kb6 59. c5+ Kxc5 60. Kd3 Kb5 {Precision: White = 36%, Black = 62%.} 0-1

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.29"]
[Round "13.6"]
[White "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Black "Mista, Aleksander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Muelheim"]
[BlackTeam "SFR Berlin"]

{[%evp 23,114,26,27,21,16,10,8,12,8,7,14,17,8,8,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. d4 e6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bg2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. cxd4 Bd6 12. a4 {D41: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 cxd5} Rb8 {LiveBook: 8 Games} 13. Ba3 Ke7 {The position is equal.} 14. Bxd6+ Kxd6 {[#]} 15. a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Kd2 Bd7 16. Rhc1 Rhc8 17. a5 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 b6 19. axb6 Rxb6 20. Ra1 Rb2+ 21. Kd1 Rb4 22. Ra6+ Ke7 23. Rxa7 Rxd4+ 24. Ke1 Ra4 25. Rxa4 Bxa4 {½-½ (25) Wojtaszek,R (2745)-Karjakin,S (2783) Shamkir 2017}) 15... Bd7 16. Kd2 Rhc8 17. Rhb1 Bc6 18. e4 f5 19. Ke3 fxe4 20. Rc1 Rf8 21. Rc2 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4,Bb4b3][%mdl 32]} 22. Rac1 Bd7 23. Bxe4 b4 24. Bxh7 b3 25. Rb2 Rh8 26. Bd3 Rxh2 27. Be2 Bc6 28. Bf3 Bxf3 29. Kxf3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Rh5 30. Rc3 Rhb5 31. Ke4 g5 32. f3 Rb4 {[#] And now ...e5 would win.} 33. f4 g4 34. Rc5 R8b5 35. Rc3 a6 36. Rd3 Rb8 37. Rc3 R8b7 38. Rc5 R7b5 39. Rc3 e5 40. fxe5+ Rxe5+ 41. Kd3 Rd5 42. Rcxb3 Rdxd4+ 43. Ke3 Re4+ 44. Kf2 Kc5 45. Rxb4 Rxb4 {KR-KR} 46. Ra2 Re4 47. Rb2 Ra4 48. Rb6 Rxa5 49. Rg6 Ra4 50. Ke3 a5 51. Rg5+ Kd6 52. Rg6+ Ke5 53. Rg5+ Ke6 54. Rb5 Ra1 55. Kf4 Ra4+ 56. Ke3 Ra3+ 57. Kf4 Ra4+ {Precision: White = 87%, Black = 71%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.29"]
[Round "13.6"]
[White "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Black "Schramm, Christian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hamburg SK"]
[BlackTeam "Zugzwang Muenchen"]

{[%evp 15,99,20,30,0,34,37,32,32,53,49,57,57,106,61,61,41,53,66,61,0,0,-10,39,0,0,0,0,0,39,0,33,20,27,20,29,34,35,26,22,26,24,33,16,12,18,17,38,0,18,31,44,44,45,31,56,56,52,56,64,62,76,76,62,54,53,70,67,47,49,47,72,16,16,16,16,16,14,13,39,39,41,41,49,46,41,8]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bd7 6. Ne5 Bc6 7. Nxc6 Nxc6 8. O-O Qd7 {LiveBook: 173 Games. E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3} 9. Nc3 (9. e3 Rd8 10. Qe2 e5 11. Qxc4 exd4 12. Qb5 Rb8 13. Rd1 a6 14. Qf1 Bd6 15. exd4 O-O 16. Bh3 {½-½ (76) Tomashevsky,E (2722)-Bu,X (2698) Novi Sad 2016}) 9... O-O-O 10. e3 e5 {[%cal Re5d4]} 11. Qa4 Kb8 12. Qxc4 Bd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... exd4 13. exd4 Qxd4 14. Qxf7 Ne5 15. Qe6 Re8 16. Qb3 {1-0 (33) Ju,W (2547)-Venkatesh,M (2460) Caleta 2015}) 13. Rd1 Rhe8 14. Bd2 e4 15. Rac1 h5 16. b4 Qf5 17. Na4 (17. Nb5 $14) 17... h4 18. Nc5 $1 {[%cal Rc5b7] Hoping for Nxb7!} ({Not} 18. Qxf7 $2 Rh8 $19) 18... Ng4 19. Be1 hxg3 20. hxg3 {[#] Strongly threatening Nxb7!} Bxc5 $1 21. bxc5 Ne7 ({Don't play} 21... Rh8 $6 22. Rb1 $16) 22. c6 Nxc6 23. d5 Nce5 24. Qxe4 (24. Qxc7+ Ka8 $19) 24... Qxe4 25. Bxe4 g6 26. Bg2 f5 27. e4 Nf7 28. exf5 gxf5 29. Rc2 Rd7 30. Bb4 Nd6 31. Rd4 b6 32. Rf4 Re5 33. Bf3 a5 34. Bc3 Ree7 35. Bxg4 fxg4 36. Rxg4 Ne4 37. Bb2 Rxd5 38. Re2 Nf6 39. Rxe7 Nxg4 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 40. Re2 b5 41. f3 Nh6 $1 42. g4 b4 43. Bg7 (43. Kf1 $16) 43... Nxg4 $1 $11 44. fxg4 {KRB-KR} Rg5 45. Be5 {[#] Black must now prevent Re4.} Rxg4+ 46. Kf2 {Threatens to win with Rc2.} Rc4 47. Ke3 {White is slightly better.} Kb7 48. Kd3 Rc1 49. Bb2 Rc5 50. Re5 {Precision: White = 67%, Black = 52%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.29"]
[Round "13.6"]
[White "Meyer, Falko"]
[Black "Meister, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2212"]
[BlackElo "2359"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Norderstedt"]
[BlackTeam "Bayern Muenchen"]

{[%evp 12,94,45,9,77,28,56,21,41,39,41,45,37,40,65,54,55,12,33,18,51,7,4,-16,-26,-28,-6,-21,-4,-55,-16,-22,-19,-62,-62,-85,-69,-84,-88,-103,-91,-167,-118,-141,-147,-152,-134,-225,-232,-219,-213,-220,-223,-231,-214,-206,-199,-196,-196,-196,-197,-313,-183,-306,-311,-295,-267,-350,-341,-493,-466,-418,-373,-722,-715,-682,-660,-653,-635,-660,-619,-605,-594,-573,-559]} 1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. a4 Nc6 6. h3 e5 {B06: Modern Defence} 7. Nf3 {LiveBook: 17 Games} (7. d5 Nce7 8. g4 f5 9. f3 c5 10. a5 Nf6 11. Qd2 O-O 12. Bc4 Rb8 13. Nge2 Bd7 14. g5 {0-1 (21) Cornette,M (2591)-Jones,G (2625) Auckland 2016}) 7... Nge7 (7... exd4 $11 8. Nxd4 Nge7) 8. Bc4 O-O {White has an edge.} 9. O-O (9. d5 {looks sharper.} Nb4 10. a5 Bd7 11. Ra3 b5 12. axb6 cxb6 13. O-O) 9... exd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Bxd4 11. Bxd4 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Be3 Qd7 14. Qe2 {1-0 (26) Gadimbayli,A (2294)-Muradli,M (2331) Baku 2016}) 11. Bxd4 Bxd4 12. Qxd4 Nc6 13. Qd2 Be6 14. Nd5 Ne5 {[%cal Bc6e5,Be5d7,Bd7c5][%mdl 32]} 15. Be2 Nd7 16. b4 a5 17. Rfe1 axb4 18. Qxb4 Nc5 19. Nc3 Qg5 20. Bg4 (20. Bf1 $11) 20... h5 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Qd4 e5 23. Qd5+ Rf7 24. Re3 Kg7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has strong initiative.} 25. Ne2 Raf8 26. f4 (26. Rg3 $17 Qh6 27. Rf1) 26... Qh4 ({But not} 26... Rxf4 27. Nxf4 Rxf4 28. Rae1 $11) 27. Rf3 exf4 28. Raf1 Kh7 29. g3 (29. e5 $17 {is a better defense.}) 29... Qxh3 $19 30. Nxf4 Qg4 {[#] White must now prevent ...Rxf4!} 31. Nxg6 Rxf3 32. Nxf8+ Kg7 33. Rxf3 Qxf3 34. Ne6+ Nxe6 35. Qxe6 Qxg3+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} 36. Kf1 (36. Kh1 {only move.}) 36... Qf4+ (36... Qf3+ $142 37. Ke1 Qe3+ 38. Kd1 Qf3+ 39. Ke1 Qc3+ 40. Kd1 Qf3+ 41. Ke1) 37. Ke1 (37. Kg2 $142) 37... Qc1+ 38. Ke2 Qxc2+ 39. Ke1 Qc3+ ({Inferior is} 39... Qxa4 40. Qe7+ Kg8 41. Qe6+ Kg7 42. Qe7+ Kg8 43. Qe6+ Kf8 44. Qf6+ Kg8 45. Qg6+ Kf8 46. Qf6+ Ke8 47. Qe6+ Kf8 48. Qf6+ $11) 40. Kd1 (40. Ke2 $142) 40... Qf3+ 41. Kc1 Qf7 42. Qh3 $2 {[#]} (42. Qc8) 42... Qf4+ {Black is clearly winning.} 43. Kb2 Kg6 44. Qg2+ Kh6 45. Qg8 Qxe4 46. Qf8+ Kg5 47. Qd8+ Kg4 {Precision: White = 23%, Black = 68%.} 0-1

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.29"]
[Round "13.7"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Dresden"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]

{[%evp 20,43,18,18,30,0,9,0,7,0,6,5,6,10,14,16,20,26,18,26,17,0,27,0,11,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. Nc3 d6 {C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines} 8. Nd5 h6 9. c3 Be6 (9... O-O 10. O-O Rb8 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. h3 Ne7 13. d4 Bb6 14. Be3 Ng6 15. a4 {1-0 (45) Caruana,F (2808)-Mamedyarov,S (2800) Paris 2017}) 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 11. O-O {LiveBook: 3 Games} Ba7 12. Kh1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Bxe6 Qxe6 13. d4 Ne7 {1-0 (51) Ni,S (2450)-Gu,T (2212) China 2017}) 12... O-O 13. Ng1 {[%cal Bf3g1,Bg1h3,Bh3f4,Bf4h5][%mdl 32]} Na5 ({Don't blunder} 13... Bxf2 $2 14. Qc2 $18) 14. Bd5 c6 15. Bxe6 Qxe6 16. f4 exf4 17. Nh3 f5 18. Nxf4 Qf7 $1 19. Nh5 {aiming for b4.} Qg6 20. Nf4 Qf7 $1 21. Nh5 {[#] Strongly threatening b4.} Qg6 22. Nf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.29"]
[Round "13.7"]
[White "Tomczak, Jacek"]
[Black "Landa, Konstantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SFR Berlin"]
[BlackTeam "Muelheim"]

{[%evp 12,71,41,35,47,40,46,46,45,41,43,39,46,34,35,34,43,29,66,8,41,10,19,20,34,0,50,-8,-8,0,0,-5,-2,-4,-4,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. c4 Be7 6. d4 Ng5 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} (6... d5 7. Nc3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Be6 9. cxd5 Bxd5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Bf6 12. Be3 Re8 13. Rb1 b6 14. c4 Bb7 {½-½ (39) Ponkratov,P (2605)-Kuzubov,Y (2695) Amol 2018}) 7. Nc3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Bg4 8. Be2 Nxf3+ {White is slightly better.} 9. Bxf3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nc6 11. Be3 O-O 12. h4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. O-O Bg5 13. Qh5 Bf6 14. Rad1 g6 {1-0 (55) Georgiev,K (2453)-Karkanaque,I (2383) Kallithea 2008}) 12... Qd7 13. h5 Rae8 14. O-O-O Bd8 {[%cal Be7d8,Bd8f6,Bf6d4][%mdl 32]} 15. Bf4 ({Better is} 15. h6 $14 g6 16. c5) 15... f5 16. c5 dxc5 17. dxc5 Qf7 18. Qd5 Bf6 19. Qxf7+ (19. Bxc7 $14 Bxc3 20. bxc3) 19... Rxf7 $11 {The position is equal.} 20. Nd5 Bd4 21. Rd2 Bxc5 22. Bxc7 Nb4 23. Nxb4 {[#] Hoping for Bd6.} Bxb4 24. Rc2 Rfe7 {( -> ...Re1+)} 25. Rd1 Rc8 (25... Re1 $5 26. Rc4 $8 Rxd1+ 27. Kxd1 Re1+ 28. Kc2 Re2+ 29. Kb3 Be7 $11) 26. Bg3 Rxc2+ 27. Kxc2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Re2+ 28. Kb3 Be7 29. Rc1 $1 Bf6 30. Rc2 Rxc2 31. Kxc2 {KB-KB} Kf7 32. b3 Ke6 33. f3 g6 34. hxg6 hxg6 35. Kd3 Kd5 36. Bf2 {Precision: White = 52%, Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.29"]
[Round "13.7"]
[White "Gerigk, Erasmus"]
[Black "Carlstedt, Jonathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zugzwang Muenchen"]
[BlackTeam "Hamburg SK"]

{[%evp 24,117,-11,-28,50,37,56,64,37,11,58,41,48,49,97,92,170,160,178,138,137,147,147,157,184,177,262,260,264,249,241,243,300,284,288,280,279,249,242,242,235,221,266,264,244,240,313,306,304,320,386,377,330,286,540,541,506,527,508,514,396,342,417,343,344,192,528,526,516,508,581,114,492,0,12,12,12,0,12,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,31,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. c3 a6 6. Bb3 d6 7. O-O Ba7 8. Re1 h6 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} (8... O-O 9. h3 h6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Nf1 Be6 12. Bc2 d5 13. Qe2 dxe4 14. dxe4 Qe7 15. Ng3 Rad8 16. Nh4 Qf8 17. Nhf5 Ne7 18. Ne3 Ng6 19. Ngf5 Nf4 {½-½ (38) Giri,A (2752)-Carlsen,M (2834) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 9. Nbd2 g5 10. Nf1 g4 11. N3d2 {[%cal Bf3d2,Bd2c4,Bc4e3,Be3d5][%mdl 32]} h5 12. Nc4 h4 13. Be3 {LiveBook: 10 Games} Nh5 ({Better is} 13... h3 $1 $11) 14. Bxa7 Rxa7 15. Nce3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. d4 Qg5 16. dxe5 {½-½ (58) Krause,B (2453)-Naiditsch,A (2702) Germany 2018}) 15... Qg5 16. Nd5 g3 17. fxg3 hxg3 18. hxg3 b5 19. Qf3 Na5 (19... a5 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 20. Bd1 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] aiming for Qf2. Black is under strong pressure.} c6 21. Qe3 Qxe3+ 22. Ndxe3 Nb7 23. d4 {[%cal Bd3d4,Bd4d5][%mdl 32]} Nd8 24. a4 Re7 (24... Nf6 $142 25. Nd2 Kf8) 25. axb5 axb5 26. Bxh5 Rxh5 27. d5 c5 28. Ra8 Rc7 29. Rb8 Bd7 30. Kf2 Ra7 31. g4 Rh4 32. g3 Rh6 33. Nf5 $1 {[%cal Rf5h6]} Bxf5 34. gxf5 Ra5 35. b4 cxb4 36. cxb4 Ra7 37. Rxb5 f6 38. Rc1 Nf7 $2 (38... Rhh7 39. Rb8 Rhb7 40. Rxb7 Rxb7) 39. Ra5 Rb7 40. Rc8+ Kd7 41. Rg8 Kc7 42. Rg6 Rh7 43. Ra4 Ng5 44. Nd2 (44. Ke3 $142) 44... Rh2+ $2 (44... Kb6 {is tougher.}) 45. Ke3 Rg2 46. Rg7+ Kb8 {[#]} 47. Rg8+ $1 Kc7 {[#]} 48. Rg7+ $2 (48. Raa8 $1 $18 {Threatening mate with Rg7+.} Rxg3+ 49. Kf2 Nxe4+ 50. Nxe4 Rxg8 51. Rxg8 Rxb4 52. Ke3) 48... Kb8 $11 49. Rxb7+ Kxb7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 50. b5 Kb6 51. Rb4 Rxg3+ 52. Ke2 Rh3 53. Rb1 Rh2+ 54. Kd3 Rh3+ 55. Kc2 Nf3 {Hoping for ...Rh2.The position is equal.} 56. Nxf3 Rxf3 57. Kd2 Ra3 58. Ke2 Rc3 59. Kd2 {Precision: White = 72%, Black = 44%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.29"]
[Round "13.8"]
[White "Edouard, Romain"]
[Black "Boensch, Uwe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Dresden"]

{[%evp 11,85,22,67,55,103,78,79,80,111,81,106,117,153,133,135,142,198,180,213,132,143,138,1098,97,104,60,145,148,142,85,78,97,75,34,35,36,49,45,47,47,42,19,26,37,29,23,35,31,66,66,70,75,64,76,89,91,177,185,190,191,227,171,456,456,454,454,410,410,386,378,451,443,422,416,381,302]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nge7 {LiveBook: 11 Games} 7. Be2 {B54: Sicilian: 2...d6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4, Unusual Lines} Ng6 (7... Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Nc6 9. Qd2 a6 10. f4 Qc7 11. Bf3 b5 12. O-O-O Bb7 13. Kb1 Rc8 14. g4 Na5 {½-½ (118) Saric,I (2628)-Fedorchuk,S (2656) Bastia 2013}) 8. Qd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. O-O Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. f4 e5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. f5 Nh8 13. Rf3 Bf6 14. g4 h6 15. Rh3 Bh4 16. Bxh6 gxh6 17. Qxh6 Bf6 18. Qh7# {1-0 (18) Mueller,M-Friedrich,M Osnabrueck 1994}) 8... Be7 9. O-O-O {White is better.} a6 10. Kb1 Bd7 11. f4 O-O 12. Nf3 b5 {[#]} 13. h4 $1 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 544]} Qa5 (13... Re8 $16 14. h5 Nf8) (13... Bxh4 14. Qxd6) 14. h5 $18 b4 15. Nd5 ({Much less strong is} 15. hxg6 $6 fxg6 16. Nd5 exd5 $16) 15... exd5 16. hxg6 fxg6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (16... dxe4 $16 17. gxh7+ Kh8) 17. Qxd5+ $2 (17. Bb6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512] is the precise move to win.}) 17... Qxd5 $16 18. exd5 Na5 (18... Nd8 $1 $14) 19. Nd4 Rfc8 20. Ne6 (20. g4 $142) 20... Nc4 21. Bd4 Bf6 22. Bf3 Bxd4 23. Rxd4 Ra7 24. Be4 a5 25. Rh3 Nb6 26. g4 (26. Re3 {looks sharper.} Rc4 27. Rd1 Rc8 28. g4 Be8 29. b3) 26... Rc4 27. Rxc4 Nxc4 28. Kc1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Nb6 29. b3 Bxe6 30. dxe6 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} d5 31. Bd3 Re7 32. f5 gxf5 33. gxf5 {aiming for Rxh7!} Nc8 (33... g6 $16) 34. Kd2 $18 g6 35. Rg3 ({Don't take} 35. fxg6 $6 hxg6 36. Bxg6 Rxe6 $16) 35... Nd6 36. fxg6 Ne4+ $2 (36... h6) 37. Bxe4 $1 dxe4 38. gxh7+ Kxh7 {KR-KR} 39. Rg5 Rxe6 40. Rxa5 e3+ 41. Ke2 Rc6 42. Kxe3 Rxc2 43. Ra4 {Precision: White = 66%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.29"]
[Round "13.8"]
[White "Beerdsen, Thomas"]
[Black "Schneider, Ilja"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Muelheim"]
[BlackTeam "SFR Berlin"]

{[%evp 13,64,22,27,0,25,21,14,0,-8,-68,-75,-65,-75,-75,-74,-55,-71,-98,-28,-24,43,-61,-62,-63,-65,-54,-71,-61,-64,-56,-62,-54,-61,-61,-61,-71,-50,-47,-11,-11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bc4 Nc6 6. Nge2 Bg4 7. f3 {B01: Scandinavian Defence} (7. O-O O-O-O 8. Be3 e5 9. d5 Nb4 10. Bg5 c6 11. a3 Nbxd5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Bb3 h6 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Qe1 Qxe1 16. Rfxe1 {1-0 (49) Harikrishna,P (2744)-Ivanchuk,V (2726) Huaian 2017}) 7... Be6 {LiveBook: 18 Games} 8. Bb5 O-O-O 9. Bxc6 {White has an edge.} bxc6 10. O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Bd2 Qa6 11. O-O c5 12. dxc5 Bc4 13. Qe1 e5 14. Be3 Nd5 15. Nxd5 Rxd5 {½-½ (33) Socko,M (2479)-Sulskis,S (2537) Grodzisk Mazowiecki 2007}) 10... Bc4 11. Qe1 (11. b3 $11 Bxe2 12. Nxe2) 11... e5 $15 12. Be3 Bb4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping White busy.} 13. Qf2 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Nd5 15. Rfe1 Rhe8 ({Much worse is} 15... Nxc3 $6 16. Nxc3 Qxc3 17. dxe5 $14) (15... Nxe3 $17 16. Qxe3 Rhe8) 16. Ng3 $11 Nxc3 (16... Nxe3 $11 17. Rxe3 exd4 18. cxd4 f5) 17. dxe5 (17. Bd2 $1 $14) 17... Rxe5 $15 18. Bd2 {With the idea Ne4.} Red5 19. Bxc3 Qxc3 20. Qxa7 Ra5 21. Qe3 Qxe3+ 22. Rxe3 Rxa2 23. Rxa2 Bxa2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 24. Kf2 Be6 25. Ne4 Bf5 26. Nc5 {The position is equal.} Bxc2 27. Ra3 {[%cal Ra3a8] [#]} Kb8 28. Ra2 Bg6 {Strongly threatening ...Rd5.} 29. Rb2+ Kc8 {aiming for ...Rd5.} 30. Ra2 {[%cal Ra2a8]} Kb8 {...Rd5 is the strong threat.} 31. Rb2+ Kc8 {White must now prevent ...Rd5.} 32. Ra2 {[%cal Ra2a8] [#]} Kb8 {Precision: White = 72%, Black = 64%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.29"]
[Round "13.8"]
[White "Engel, Luis"]
[Black "Lammers, Markus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2406"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hamburg SK"]
[BlackTeam "Zugzwang Muenchen"]

{[%evp 14,129,36,27,65,72,75,78,80,85,97,98,118,124,126,83,124,101,92,107,136,125,132,130,150,81,81,77,71,47,58,47,49,52,45,47,51,0,62,43,41,0,0,0,93,42,52,46,47,27,133,125,180,162,179,99,208,143,150,144,213,214,210,212,206,202,215,216,218,151,157,164,187,191,284,293,247,294,298,291,293,289,272,253,291,0,298,0,248,0,272,0,298,298,298,298,298,298,298,298,830,748,692,600,530,437,438,413,682,643,645,524,1283,1246,1781,1729,1318,1203]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. c4 c6 8. Nc3 {LiveBook: 25 Games. C43: Petroff Defence: 3 d4} Bf5 (8... Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nd7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qf3 Qc6 14. Bd2 Be6 15. Rab1 Rfb8 16. Rfe1 b5 17. h4 a6 {1-0 (38) Shankland,S (2638)-Stopa,J (2469) Las Vegas 2015}) 9. Qf3 Bxe5 10. dxe5 {White is better.} Bg6 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Bxe4 Qd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Na6 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. b3 Nc7 15. Ba3 Re8 {1-0 (26) Siger,I (2038)-Cortes,J (982) LSS email 2010}) 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. Qf4 Rd8 15. Qxd4 Rxd4 16. b3 Nd7 17. Bb2 Rd2 18. Bc3 $1 {[%cal Rc3d2]} Rd3 19. Rac1 (19. Rad1 $142 Rxc3 20. Rxd7) 19... Rd8 $16 20. Rfe1 Nc5 21. Kf1 R3d7 22. Rc2 g5 23. g3 Kh7 24. Ree2 Kg6 25. Rcd2 (25. Red2 $14) 25... Kf5 (25... g4 $11) 26. Rxd7 $14 Rxd7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 27. Kg2 Rd3 28. Bd2 a6 (28... g4 $11) 29. f3 ({White should play} 29. h3 $16) 29... Ne6 30. g4+ Kg6 31. Rf2 a5 (31... b5 $11 {remains equal.}) 32. Bxa5 $16 Nf4+ (32... Re3 $16 33. Rd2 Rxe5) 33. Kg3 $18 Re3 34. Rd2 (34. Bd2 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd2e3]} Ne2+ 35. Kg2 Nf4+ 36. Kf1 Rxe5 37. h4 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 34... Nd3 (34... Rxe5 $16 {is a better defense.} 35. Rd6+ Ne6) 35. Bb6 c5 36. Kg2 Nf4+ (36... Kh7 $16 37. Bd8 Kg6) 37. Kf2 Rxe5 38. Bc7 Re8 {[#]} 39. h4 $1 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 544]} Ne6 (39... gxh4 40. Bxf4) 40. h5+ Kf6 41. Ba5 Ke7 42. Bb6 Ra8 {[#] Threatening ...Ra6.} 43. a4 $1 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Ra6 (43... Rc8 $142 44. Ke3 f6) 44. a5 Ra8 45. Ke3 Rc8 46. Rd5 Ke8 47. Ke4 Ke7 48. Kf5 Ke8 49. Ke4 Ke7 50. Kf5 $2 ({Better is} 50. Ba7 $18) 50... Rc6 $2 (50... Ke8 $1 $11) 51. Ke4 Rc8 52. Ke3 $2 (52. Ba7 $18) 52... Rc6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (52... Ke8 $1 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 53. Kd2 Rc8 54. Kc3 Rc6 55. b4 cxb4+ 56. Kxb4 f6 $2 (56... Ke8 57. Kb5 Rc8) 57. Kb5 Rc8 58. Bc5+ Ke8 {and the idea ...Nc7+ leaves Black hopeful.} 59. Bd6 Rc6 60. Rd1 Nd8 (60... Ra6 $142 61. c5 Kd7 62. Bf8+ Kc7) 61. c5 {White is clearly winning.} Ne6 62. Kc4 Ra6 63. Rb1 Ra7 64. Kd5 Nd8 65. Re1+ {Precision: White = 66%, Black = 47%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.29"]
[Round "13.9"]
[White "Dragnev, Valentin"]
[Black "Olszewski, Michal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bayern Muenchen"]
[BlackTeam "Norderstedt"]

{[%evp 11,81,27,26,18,25,26,27,37,26,33,27,0,0,0,0,0,17,17,17,14,23,27,13,16,14,12,0,0,1,0,60,60,98,92,272,64,69,72,70,70,201,179,246,152,161,146,145,129,189,191,211,197,187,187,201,182,174,190,190,189,170,201,516,524,614,608,798,831,29997,1488,12826,1598]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 b5 6. Nbd2 {E15: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 sidelines, 4 g3 Ba6 and 4 g3 Bb7 early deviations} (6. Bg2 bxc4 7. Ne5 Bb4+ 8. Bd2 cxb3 9. axb3 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 c6 11. O-O O-O 12. Nc3 Nd5 13. Ne4 Qe7 14. Rfc1 d6 15. Nxc6 Nxc6 16. Rxa6 {1-0 (47) Korobov,A (2652)-Ivanchuk,V (2726) Huaian 2017}) 6... c5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 7. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} bxc4 8. bxc4 {White has an edge.} cxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Qa5 9. e5 Ne4 10. Bg2 Nc6 11. O-O Nc3 12. Qe1 Rb8 13. dxc5 Bxc5 {0-1 (43) Cvetkovic,N (2179)-Panic,N (2342) Vrnjacka Banja 2006}) 9. e5 Ng4 {[%cal Bf6g4,Bg4h6,Bh6f5][%mdl 32] White must now prevent ...Qa5.} 10. h3 Nh6 11. Bg2 Nc6 12. O-O Nf5 13. Qa4 Qa5 14. Qxa5 Nxa5 {[#]} 15. Nxd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rc8 (15... Nxd4 16. Bxa8) 16. Nxf5 exf5 17. Rd1 Be7 18. Nf3 Nxc4 19. Rb1 Bc5 20. Bf1 Bb6 (20... h6 $11) 21. Nd4 $14 g6 {[#]} 22. Bh6 $1 f6 $2 (22... d5 $16) 23. Bg7 $2 (23. exf6 $18 Kf7 24. Nf3) 23... fxe5 24. Nxf5 gxf5 25. Bxh8 Rc5 (25... d6 $1 $14) 26. Rdc1 Bc7 (26... d6 $142 27. Rc2 e4) 27. Bd3 e4 28. Bd4 Rc6 29. Be2 Bb6 (29... f4 $16) 30. Bxb6 $18 axb6 31. Rb4 {[%cal Rc1c4]} d5 32. Rd1 Rc5 33. Bxc4 Bxc4 34. Rxb6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} Be2 35. Rdb1 d4 {[#]} 36. Rb7 $1 Bd3 $2 (36... Kd8 37. Rxh7 Kc8 38. Rh8+ Kc7) 37. R1b6 Rc1+ 38. Kh2 e3 39. Rxh7 {Rb8+ would kill now.} Rc8 40. fxe3 (40. Rbb7 $142 Bc4 41. Rh8+ Bg8 42. Rxg8#) 40... dxe3 41. Re6+ {Precision: White = 71%, Black = 40%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.29"]
[Round "13.9"]
[White "Schreiner, Peter"]
[Black "Feygin, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SFR Berlin"]
[BlackTeam "Muelheim"]

{[%evp 17,63,12,9,13,33,33,38,45,34,29,35,25,27,13,60,57,59,29,29,27,23,9,13,7,8,6,5,6,7,0,5,1,12,8,17,3,5,0,8,4,8,0,5,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 a5 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 {E11: Bogo-Indian} 8. a3 (8. Bg5 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. a3 Bd6 11. Nc3 Nc6 12. Rc1 e5 13. d5 Nd4 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Ne4 {0-1 (66) Ding,L (2777)-Wang,H (2709) Huaian 2017}) 8... Bxd2 9. Nbxd2 b5 $1 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 10. b3 c3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... cxb3 11. Qxb3 c6 12. Rfc1 Bb7 13. Qb2 Qe7 14. Ne5 Nd5 15. Nb3 {1-0 (52) Boensch,U (2523)-Landa,K (2613) Germany 2009}) 11. Nb1 $1 Bb7 {[#] Hoping for ...b4.} 12. Nxc3 b4 13. axb4 axb4 14. Rxa8 Bxa8 15. Na4 Nbd7 16. Qd2 Bd5 17. Qxb4 Qb8 18. Qxb8 Rxb8 19. Ne5 {With the idea Nxd7.} Bxb3 {The position is equal.} 20. Nxd7 Nxd7 21. Bc6 Bxa4 22. Bxa4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Nf6 23. Bc6 Kf8 24. Rc1 Ke7 25. Bf3 Kd8 26. h4 Rb2 27. Rc5 h6 28. Ra5 Rc2 29. g4 Ke7 30. Kg2 Nd7 31. e3 c5 32. dxc5 {Precision: White = 36%, Black = 66%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.29"]
[Round "13.9"]
[White "Vogel, Roven"]
[Black "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Dresden"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]

{[%evp 16,71,151,156,154,144,150,154,154,168,153,136,177,177,191,175,183,152,202,197,213,202,194,198,216,219,215,157,151,170,340,345,320,331,340,358,331,285,254,254,486,381,471,473,595,584,602,588,587,585,574,560,560,551,628,614,1922,1768]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. dxc5 (4. Nd2 Nc6 5. c3 Bf5 6. Ngf3 e6 7. Be2 Bd6 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nd4 Bg6 10. Qa4 O-O 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qxc6 Rc8 13. Qa4 Re8 14. O-O e5 {0-1 (57) Le,Q (2737)-Ding,L (2777) Riadh 2017}) 4... e6 5. b4 a5 6. c3 {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines} axb4 7. cxb4 b6 8. Bxb8 Rxb8 {[#]} 9. Bb5+ $1 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Ke7 10. c6 Qd6 11. Qb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. a3 Ne8 {0-1 (46) Lombaers,P (2327)-Gonzalez Perez,A (2461) Leiria 2017}) 11... Ne8 12. Nc3 Nc7 13. Nf3 g6 14. O-O Bg7 15. a4 Rd8 16. Rac1 Ra8 17. Be2 Bxc3 18. Rxc3 e5 19. Ra1 Bg4 20. Rcc1 f6 21. Nd4 Bxe2 22. Nxe2 d4 $2 (22... b5) 23. exd4 $18 exd4 24. Qh3 h5 25. Qd3 Kf7 26. Rc4 Ne6 27. Rd1 Rxa4 $2 (27... Qe5 {was called for.} 28. c7 (28. Nxd4 b5 $15) 28... Nxc7) 28. c7 Rc8 {[#]} 29. Qb3 $1 {White is clearly winning.} ({Not} 29. Nxd4 b5 $16) 29... Ra7 30. Nxd4 Raxc7 31. Rxc7+ Rxc7 32. Nb5 $1 {[%csl LRc7,LRd6]} Qc6 33. Nxc7 Qxc7 34. Qd5 Ke7 35. h4 Nf4 36. Re1+ {Precision: White = 87%, Black = 44%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.29"]
[Round "13.10"]
[White "Trent, Lawrence"]
[Black "Studer, Noel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Norderstedt"]
[BlackTeam "Bayern Muenchen"]

{[%evp 19,98,0,0,0,33,0,0,2,0,0,0,-26,-15,-3,0,0,0,0,0,-40,-36,-46,0,-18,13,13,0,12,60,52,75,45,37,-81,-91,-84,-85,-83,-84,-62,-79,-80,-40,-31,-23,-69,-78,-173,-91,-108,-143,-392,-399,-1030,-979,-896,-129,-104,-4,-8,-36,-35,-40,-45,-39,-870,-702,-5485,-5443,-1760,-346,-361,-360,-4710,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. dxc5 Qxc5 6. Ngf3 {C07: French Tarrasch: 3...c5, 4 Ngf3 and 4 exd5 Qxd5} Nf6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. O-O Be7 9. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Qc7 10. Nb3 O-O {LiveBook: 7 Games} 11. a5 Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nd5 12. c3 N7f6 13. Re1 {0-1 (69) McShane,L (2647)-Skoberne,J (2563) Batumi 2018}) 12. Ra4 e5 13. Rc4 Qb8 14. Re1 b5 15. Rh4 Bb7 16. Ng5 {[%cal Rg5h7]} Nf8 17. Bxb5 {Bc4 is the strong threat.} Rd8 $1 {[%cal Rd8d1]} 18. Qe2 $1 h6 19. Nf3 Ng6 20. Rh3 a6 21. Bc4 e4 22. Nh4 Nxh4 23. Rxh4 Qe5 24. c3 h5 25. Bf4 Qf5 26. Nd4 (26. Be3 $14 {stays ahead.}) 26... Rxd4 $1 $17 27. cxd4 {aiming for Be5.} g5 28. Bxg5 Qxg5 29. Rh3 Bd6 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 30. Rb3 Bc8 31. Rb6 Bf4 32. h4 (32. Bxa6 $2 Bxh2+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 33. Kf1 (33. Kxh2 $2 Qh4+ 34. Kg1 Ng4 $19) 33... Bh3 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]}) 32... Qg7 $1 33. b4 (33. Bxa6 $6 Bg4 $11) (33. Kh1 $17) 33... Bh3 (33... Bg4 $19 34. Qf1 Bd2) 34. Qf1 {Black must now prevent Rxf6!} Kh8 $1 $40 {[%mdl 128] And now ...Rg8 would win. Black has strong attack.} 35. Kh1 $2 {[#]} (35. Rxa6 $2 Rg8 $19) (35. Re3 $17 Bf5 36. Rc3 (36. Rxa6 Rxa6 37. Bxa6 Ng4 $17)) 35... Bf5 $1 $19 36. Qe2 $2 (36. Bxa6 Nd5 37. Bb7 Nxb6 38. Bxa8 Nxa8 39. Qe2) 36... Rg8 {[%csl Gg8][%cal Rg7g2]} 37. Rg1 Bg4 $2 (37... e3 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top.} 38. Bxf7 Qxf7) 38. Qf1 $17 Ne8 (38... Qf8 $17 39. Rb7 (39. Rxa6 $2 Qe7 $19) (39. Rxf6 $2 Qd8 $19) 39... Nd7) 39. Be2 $1 $11 Qxd4 40. Bxg4 Rxg4 {[%cal Rg4h4]} 41. g3 e3 42. fxe3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (42. Qa1 $15 Qg7 43. Qxg7+ Kxg7 44. Rf1) 42... Qxe3 43. Qe1 {[#]} Qf3+ $1 44. Rg2 Be3 $2 (44... Bxg3 45. Qxe8+ Kg7) 45. Qe2 Qe4 ({Worse is} 45... Rxg3 46. Qxf3 Rxf3 47. Re2 $16) 46. Rxa6 $2 (46. Qc2 Bxb6 47. axb6) 46... Ng7 $2 (46... Rxg3 $19 {[%cal Rg3h3]} 47. Rh6+ Kg8 48. Rxh5 Ng7) 47. Qc2 {Strongly threatening Qxe4.The position is equal.} Qf3 48. Qe2 $1 {[%cal Re2f3]} Qe4 {( -> ...Rxg3)} 49. Qc2 {Hoping for Qxe4.} Qf3 {Precision: White = 40%, Black = 52%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.29"]
[Round "13.11"]
[White "Bischoff, Klaus"]
[Black "Ostrovskiy, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bayern Muenchen"]
[BlackTeam "Norderstedt"]

{[%evp 9,89,5,42,26,31,27,28,27,36,18,22,24,24,23,23,0,9,0,0,0,24,0,0,-22,-29,-33,13,22,46,0,28,0,63,69,92,82,77,66,74,30,14,14,14,14,68,56,66,36,31,17,37,0,37,0,77,77,77,77,71,48,78,74,71,70,81,69,73,71,66,56,65,35,171,51,68,51,271,270,270,263,1304,1243]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e3 a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 5... b6 6. Be2 Bb7 7. O-O d5 8. b3 Nbd7 9. Bb2 Re8 10. a3 Bf8 11. d4 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Rfd1 Rc8 14. Rac1 Qc7 15. Na4 {1-0 (37) Bok,B (2620)-Eggleston,D (2400) Douglas 2017}) 6. b3 {A17: English Opening: 1...Nf6 with ...Bb4} b6 7. Bb2 Bb7 8. Be2 {White has an edge.} Re8 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Qxc3 d6 11. d3 c5 12. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} e5 13. g5 Nfd7 14. Rg1 Nc6 15. Nd2 f5 16. gxf6 Nxf6 17. Bf3 d5 18. cxd5 Nd4 $1 19. e4 (19. Be4 $5) 19... Rf8 {[%cal Rf6d5] Strongly threatening ...Nxd5.} 20. Rg3 Ne8 (20... Qe8 $11) 21. Qc1 $14 Qf6 22. Bxd4 cxd4 23. a4 Ba6 24. Nc4 Bxc4 25. bxc4 Nd6 26. Ke2 {Qg5 is the strong threat.} Nb7 (26... Ra7 $11) 27. Qg5 Nc5 28. Qxf6 (28. h4 {seems wilder.} Rae8 29. Qxf6 Rxf6 30. Bg4 Ref8 31. f3) 28... Rxf6 29. Bg4 Raf8 30. f3 Rh6 31. Rg2 (31. h3 {with more complications.} g6 32. Rb1 Rb8 33. Rgg1 Kg7 34. Rb5) 31... Rd6 (31... Kf7 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 32. Be6+ Nxe6 33. dxe6 Rxe6 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 34. Rb1 Ref6 35. Rg3 Re6 36. Rb5 h6 37. Rd5 Rf7 38. h4 g6 39. Kf2 Kg7 40. Kg2 Rc7 {[#]} (40... h5 $14) 41. Rg4 ({White should play} 41. f4 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) 41... Rf7 $1 $14 {[#]} 42. f4 $1 {[%cal Bf3f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 544]} h5 $2 (42... Rxf4 $14 43. Rxf4 exf4) (42... exf4 43. Kf3) 43. f5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf5e6]} hxg4 44. fxe6 Rf3 $2 {[#]} (44... Rf6 45. Rxe5 Kf8) 45. Rd8 $1 {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 40%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.29"]
[Round "13.12"]
[White "Kopylov, Michael"]
[Black "Gabriel, Christian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Norderstedt"]
[BlackTeam "Bayern Muenchen"]

{[%evp 9,40,10,-4,-25,32,34,35,32,37,32,40,40,34,41,35,28,32,33,42,0,0,0,0,0,0,15,20,0,0,0,0,7,10]} 1. d4 d5 {[%cal Bd7d5,Bd5c4][%mdl 32]} 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6e5,Be5g6][%mdl 32]} 4. d5 Ne5 5. Bf4 Ng6 $1 {[%cal Rg6f4]} 6. Be3 {D20: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 e3 and 3 e4} e5 ({Black should play} 6... Nf6 $11) 7. Bxc4 a6 8. Ne2 {White is slightly better.} Nf6 9. f3 $1 Bd6 10. Nd2 Bd7 11. Rc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. a3 O-O 12. O-O Qe7 13. Rc1 Bc5 14. Bxc5 Qxc5+ {½-½ (25) Dorfman,J (2613)-Gabriel,C (2540) Absam 2002}) 11... O-O 12. O-O Qe7 13. Nb3 Rfc8 14. Qe1 c6 {The position is equal.} 15. dxc6 Rxc6 16. Qf2 b5 17. Bd3 Rac8 18. a3 Be6 19. Rxc6 Rxc6 20. Rc1 Rxc1+ {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 76%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.30"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Lupulescu, Constantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen"]
[BlackTeam "Aachen"]

{[%evp 10,63,17,11,28,35,18,11,35,34,39,27,37,51,31,16,16,16,32,0,31,0,13,-15,-16,-3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,0,15,8,10,0,0,-130]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bg4 3. e3 e6 4. Bb2 Nf6 5. h3 Bh5 6. d3 {LiveBook: 15 Games. A06: Réti Opening:1 Nf3 d5} (6. g4 Bg6 7. Ne5 Nfd7 8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. Bg2 Nf6 10. c4 c6 11. Qe2 Nbd7 12. Nc3 Bd6 13. Rd1 Qe7 {1-0 (95) Grischuk,A (2772)-Fressinet,L (2662) Riadh 2017}) 6... c5 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5 Nfd7 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Bg2 Nc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Qb6 11. Nd2 Nc6 12. c4 d4 13. Bxc6 Qxc6 {0-1 (36) Lovric,B (2350)-Jovanic,O (2504) Senj 2008}) 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. c4 d4 13. Na3 Be7 14. O-O Rd8 15. f4 O-O {The position is equal.} 16. Nc2 dxe3 17. g5 Nd4 18. Nxd4 cxd4 19. Bxd4 Nc5 $1 20. Bxe3 {And now d4 would win.} Nxd3 21. Rad1 Nb4 22. a3 ({Wrong is} 22. Bxa7 $2 b6 $19) 22... Nc6 23. c5 Qa5 24. Qc4 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Rd8 26. Rxd8+ Bxd8 27. Qc1 Bc7 28. Be4 e5 29. b4 Qb5 30. Qd1 {[#] Bd3 is the strong threat.} Qc4 31. Bd5 Qc3 32. Qd2 {Precision: White = 59%, Black = 45%.} (32. Qb3 $11 {remains equal.} Qe1+ 33. Kg2 exf4 34. Bf2) 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.30"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Schwaebisch Hall"]
[BlackTeam "SF Deizisau"]

{[%evp 16,109,0,0,0,-25,0,0,3,1,0,0,8,0,1,3,24,10,27,31,27,20,27,26,25,18,19,20,27,27,43,28,36,26,29,25,20,14,28,31,84,61,68,13,27,0,0,0,106,0,0,0,22,24,24,27,21,20,31,-86,-78,-91,-89,-86,-89,-81,-89,-79,-20,-110,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-17,-17,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6e5,Be5g4][%mdl 32]} 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Ndb5 Ne5 8. Bg2 a6 9. Qa4 Rb8 {A33: Symmetrical English: 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 e6 5 Nc3 Nc6} (9... Neg4 10. O-O Rb8 11. b4 axb5 12. Nxb5 Kd8 13. h3 Ne5 14. Bf4 d6 15. Qb3 Bd7 16. a4 Nxc4 17. Qxc4 Bxb5 18. Qxb5 Qxb5 19. axb5 {½-½ (56) Grandelius,N (2653)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2794) Germany 2018}) 10. Na3 Bc5 11. O-O {next Bf4 is good for White.} Neg4 {[%cal Rc5f2]} 12. e3 O-O 13. Rb1 Be7 14. b4 Qc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... d6 15. Rd1 Bd7 16. Qc2 Rfc8 17. Qe2 {0-1 (44) Haller,P (2020)-Vannicola,R ICCF email 2011}) 15. Bb2 d6 16. Rbc1 b6 17. Qd1 Bb7 18. e4 Rbc8 19. Qe2 Ne5 20. Ncb1 Qb8 21. Nd2 Rfe8 22. Nc2 Qa8 23. a3 h6 24. f4 Ned7 25. Nd4 Bf8 26. Rf2 e5 27. Nf5 g6 {[#]} (27... a5 $14) 28. fxe5 $1 $16 dxe5 29. Ne3 $1 {Black should prevent Bh3.} a5 $1 30. Rcf1 {And now Bh3 would win.} axb4 31. axb4 Bg7 (31... Bxb4 $11 {keeps the balance.} 32. Rxf6 Nxf6 33. Rxf6 Qa2) 32. Nd5 (32. Bh3 $16 {aiming for Bxd7.} Rf8 33. Ra1) 32... Bxd5 $11 33. exd5 Qa2 34. Ne4 Nxe4 $1 35. Bxe4 f5 36. Bd3 Qb3 {White must now prevent ...e4.} 37. g4 (37. c5 $1 $14 {stays ahead.} bxc5 38. Bb5) 37... e4 $17 38. Bb1 e3 39. Rg2 Qxb2 (39... Qxc4 $6 40. Bd3 $11) (39... Qxb4 $2 40. Bxg7 Kxg7 41. gxf5 $16) 40. Qxb2 Bxb2 41. Rxb2 Ne5 ({Black should play} 41... Rxc4 $17 42. gxf5 Nf6 43. fxg6 Rd4) 42. d6 {[#]} (42. gxf5 $11 Nxc4 43. Rg2) 42... fxg4 ({Black should try} 42... Nf3+ $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 43. Kg2 (43. Rxf3 e2 $17) 43... e2 44. Rxe2 Rxe2+ 45. Kxf3 Rd2 46. gxf5 g5) 43. Bxg6 $11 {The position is equal.} Nf3+ ({Of course not} 43... Nxg6 $6 44. d7 $16) 44. Rxf3 $1 gxf3 45. Bxe8 Rxe8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} 46. d7 $1 {[%cal Rd7e8]} Rd8 47. Rb3 e2 {[%cal Re2e1]} 48. Kf2 {Rd3 is the strong threat.} Rxd7 49. Rxf3 {White wants to play Rf6.} Re7 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black is fighting back} 50. Ke1 Re4 51. Rc3 {Hoping for c5.} Kf7 52. Rc2 Rh4 53. c5 bxc5 54. bxc5 Rxh2 55. Rxe2 {Precision: White = 59%, Black = 53%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.30"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Beerdsen, Thomas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Muelheim"]

{[%evp 21,41,77,86,10,19,-2,-4,-20,-18,-20,-11,-24,-28,-37,-38,-28,-28,-27,-27,-32,-31,-33]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. d4 {[%cal Bd2d4,Bd4d5][%mdl 32]} Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 f5 8. d5 Bf6 9. Qc2 O-O 10. Nxe4 {E17: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Be7} fxe4 11. Qxe4 exd5 {[#] LiveBook: 3 Games} 12. cxd5 ({White should try} 12. Qc2 $1 $16) 12... Re8 $1 $11 {[%cal Re8e4]} 13. Qc2 Bxd5 14. O-O {Strongly threatening Ng5.} Be4 15. Qb3+ d5 {[%cal Bd7d5,Bd5d4][%mdl 32] [#]} 16. Rfd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Bc3 c5 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 {1-0 (37) Dolmatov,S (2590)-Groszpeter,A (2475) Minsk (Belarus) 1982}) 16... c5 17. Bc3 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Nc6 19. a4 Kh8 20. Nh4 d4 21. Nf3 {Precision: White = 52%, Black = 96%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.30"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Bindrich, Falko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen"]
[BlackTeam "Aachen"]

{[%evp 15,67,19,21,-9,-23,-30,11,0,29,14,16,19,34,21,13,0,5,0,-7,-27,-20,-70,-12,-26,-16,-61,-56,-55,-7,-10,-18,-170,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Rb1 Be7 {D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation} 8. Nf3 O-O {LiveBook: 32 Games} 9. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5,Bh5h6][%mdl 32]} cxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. Bc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. h5 f5 12. exf5 Qa5+ 13. Bd2 Qxf5 14. Bc3 h6 15. Bd3 {1-0 (41) Karjakin,S (2763)-Kramnik,V (2800) Berlin 2018}) 11... e5 12. d5 Na5 {[%cal Bc6a5,Ba5b7,Bb7c5,Bc5e4,Be4d2][%mdl 32]} 13. Be2 (13. Nxe5 $2 Bd6 $17) 13... Bd6 14. h5 b6 15. Nh4 Be7 16. g3 Nb7 17. Bb2 Nc5 18. h6 g5 (18... g6 $1 $15 19. Bxe5 Re8) 19. Nf3 Nxe4 {Strongly threatening ...Bc5.} 20. Nxe5 Bb4+ 21. Kf1 Nd2+ 22. Kg1 Bb7 ({Don't blunder} 22... Qxd5 $2 23. Bc4 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) 23. Ng4 $2 {[#]} (23. Bf3 $11) 23... f5 $2 ({Black should try} 23... f6 $1 $19 24. Rh2 Nxb1 25. Qxb1 Bxd5 26. Nxf6+ Rxf6 27. Bxf6 Qxf6 28. Qxb4 Kh8) 24. Ne3 $11 {The position is equal.} Re8 $1 {[%cal Re8e3] Hoping for ...Rxe3.} (24... Nxb1 $2 25. Qd4 $18) 25. Rh5 Rxe3 $1 ({Wrong is} 25... Nxb1 $2 26. Qd4 $18) 26. fxe3 {d6! is the strong threat.} Qxd5 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Rd5g2]} ({Don't go for} 26... Nxb1 $2 27. Qd4 $18) 27. Rxg5+ Kf8 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Rd5g2] [#]} 28. Rxf5+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxf5 29. Bg7+ Ke7 $1 {( -> ...Qh3)} 30. Rxb4 Qh3 {[%cal Rh3g3] [#]} 31. Bf6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kf8 {[%cal Rh3g3]} (31... Kxf6 32. Qa1+) 32. Bg7+ Ke7 {[%cal Rh3g3] [#]} 33. Bf6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kf8 {[%cal Rh3g3]} (33... Kxf6 34. Qa1+) 34. Bg7+ {Precision: White = 51%, Black = 68%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.30"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Piorun, Kacper"]
[Black "Gajewski, Grzegorz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SFR Berlin"]
[BlackTeam "Dresden"]

{[%evp 9,64,-13,-6,-13,-7,-23,0,-21,-12,-65,-29,-97,-94,-168,-151,-156,-150,-255,-184,-196,-160,-163,-163,-158,-164,-164,-161,-243,-239,-237,-241,-241,-235,-241,-229,-218,-241,-223,-233,-234,-227,-217,-205,-282,-291,-285,-289,-388,-383,-568,-570,-29982,-29983,-29974,-5879,-1701,-763]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. b3 d4 5. e3 (5. Bg2 Nc6 6. O-O e5 7. d3 Bc5 8. b4 Nxb4 9. Nxe5 O-O 10. a3 Na6 11. Nd2 Re8 12. Nef3 Bd6 {½-½ (37) Kasparov,G (2812)-So,W (2773) Saint Louis 2016}) 5... Nc6 6. exd4 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} Nxd4 7. Bg2 Bc5 8. Bb2 {[#]The position is equal.} e5 $146 {[%cal Be6e5,Be5e4][%mdl 544]} ({Predecessor:} 8... O-O 9. O-O e5 {½-½ (9) Gausel,E (2520)-Fyllingen,R (2374) Trondheim 2004}) 9. b4 ({White should try} 9. Nxe5 $11 O-O 10. O-O) 9... Nxf3+ 10. Bxf3 (10. Qxf3 $11 Bg4 11. Qxb7) 10... Bd4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under strong pressure.} 11. Qb3 (11. Bxd4 $17 {was called for.} Qxd4 12. Nc3) 11... Bh3 $1 $19 12. Bxb7 O-O $1 13. Bf3 (13. Nc3 $17) 13... e4 14. Be2 c5 15. Bxd4 cxd4 ({Don't do} 15... Qxd4 16. Qc3 $15) 16. Bf1 Qd7 17. Na3 Bxf1 18. Rxf1 (18. Kxf1 $142 Ng4 19. Kg2) 18... a5 19. b5 a4 20. Qb2 Ng4 $1 21. O-O-O {[#]} Ne5 $1 {[%cal Re5d3]} 22. d3 Nxd3+ 23. Rxd3 exd3 24. Qd2 {[#]} Qf5 $1 25. Rd1 Rfe8 26. Qxd3 Qxf2 27. Rd2 Qe1+ 28. Kb2 Rad8 {aiming for ...Re3.} 29. Nc2 {[#]} (29. Qc2 $142) 29... a3+ $1 30. Kxa3 Qb1 {[%cal Rd8a8]} 31. Nb4 Re3 32. Qxe3 Ra8+ {Precision: White = 45%, Black = 76%.} 0-1

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.30"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Parligras, Mircea-Emilian"]
[Black "Ragger, Markus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Aachen"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]

{[%evp 15,58,0,12,18,18,19,15,14,6,0,26,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,11,10,10,11,11,0,0,0,0,-8,-7]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. h3 O-O 9. Be3 {D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3} Qa5 {[#] ...cxd4 is the strong threat.} 10. Bd2 e6 11. Be2 Qa3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Qc7 12. O-O b6 13. Rc1 Bb7 14. Bd3 Nd7 15. Qe2 Rac8 16. Ba6 Nb8 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 {½-½ (34) Grachev,B (2645)-Ragger,M (2659) Antalya 2017}) 12. O-O b6 13. Qb3 Qxb3 {The position is equal.} 14. axb3 Bb7 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Ra5 Rc8 17. Rfa1 Bxe4 18. Rxa7 Rxa7 19. Rxa7 Nc6 20. Ra6 Nb8 21. Ra4 Bd5 22. c4 Bc6 23. Ra7 Nd7 24. Be3 Kf8 25. Ng5 {Threatening Bf3.} h6 {[%cal Bh7h6,Bh6g5,Bg5f4][%mdl 32]} 26. Bf3 Bxf3 27. Rxd7 hxg5 28. gxf3 Bf6 29. f4 gxf4 {Precision: White = 72%, Black = 79%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.30"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Harikrishna, P.."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Aachen"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]

{[%evp 17,76,9,22,26,27,26,33,41,47,32,60,35,22,26,52,58,50,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-5,-36,-14,-40,-45,-31,-42,-35,-34,-20,-26,-108,-91,-130,-133,-122,-64,-150,-87,-221,-222,-222,-222,-216,-225,-230,-201,-316,-350,-449,-454,-506,-501,-503,-497,-532,-520]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 h6 6. c3 d6 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 a5 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} (8... a6 9. a4 Re8 10. b4 Ba7 11. Nbd2 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Qc2 Qd7 14. Nf1 Ne7 15. Ng3 Ng6 16. c4 {½-½ (45) Karjakin,S (2763)-Anand,V (2776) Moscow 2018}) 9. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3][%mdl 32]} Ba7 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 10. Nf1 Ne7 {White has an edge.} 11. Ng3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. d4 Ng6 12. Ng3 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 {0-1 (33) Schwaegli,B (2276)-Loetscher,R (2429) Switzerland 2016}) 11... Ng6 12. Bb3 b5 13. d4 Re8 14. Bc2 c5 15. Be3 Bb7 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Qc1 c4 $1 18. Bxa7 Rxa7 19. Qe3 Ra6 {[%cal Ba7a6,Ba6c6,Bc6c3,Bc3b3][%mdl 32]} 20. b3 cxb3 21. axb3 Rc6 22. Qa7 Qc7 23. Qxa5 Qxa5 24. Rxa5 Rxc3 25. Bd1 Bc6 26. Be2 (26. Ra6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 26... Rxb3 $17 27. Rc1 {[#]} Bd7 $1 ({Much worse is} 27... Bxe4 $6 28. Nxe4 Nxe4 29. Bxb5 $11) 28. Rc5 {[%cal Re2b5]} b4 ({Black should play} 28... Rb8 $17 {Hoping for ...Rb1+.} 29. Rc7 b4) 29. Bb5 (29. Bc4 $15 Rb1+ 30. Nf1) 29... Ra3 (29... Rb8 $142 {And now ...Bxh3! would win.} 30. Bxd7 Nxd7) 30. Bxd7 (30. Bc4 $17 {is the only way for White.}) 30... Nxd7 $19 31. Rxa3 {[#] Threatens to win with Raa5.} Nxc5 ({Weaker is} 31... bxa3 32. Ra5 $11) 32. Ra5 Nd3 33. Rb5 Ngf4 34. Nf5 (34. Kh2 $142) 34... Ne2+ 35. Kf1 Nc3 $1 {[%csl LRb5,LRe4] Black is clearly winning.} 36. Rb7 Ra8 {( -> ...Ra1+)} 37. Kg1 Nxe4 38. Ne7+ Kh7 {Precision: White = 48%, Black = 62%.} 0-1

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.30"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Cornette, Matthieu"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Schwaebisch Hall"]
[BlackTeam "SF Deizisau"]

{[%evp 23,41,0,18,11,19,12,31,0,20,2,16,15,37,34,60,17,16,0,0,-1]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 c6 5. Bd3 {[%cal Bf1d3,Bd3c4,Bc4b3][%mdl 32]} Bd6 6. O-O Ne7 7. c4 O-O 8. Nc3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7b6,Bb6d5][%mdl 32] C01: French: Exchange Variation} 10. h3 Nb6 11. Bb3 Nbd5 (11... Ned5 12. Re1 Bf5 13. Ne5 Bxe5 14. Rxe5 Qd7 15. Qf3 {1-0 (44) Carlsen,M (2832)-Jobava,B (2707) Leuven 2017}) 12. Re1 Bf5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Bh4 Kh8 {½-½ (29) Auburger,P-Willim,M (2134) Forchheim 2010}) 14... Qd7 15. Ne4 Bxe4 16. Rxe4 Rfe8 17. Qe2 Ng6 18. Re1 Kf7 19. Rxe8 Rxe8 20. Qxe8+ Qxe8 21. Rxe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.30"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Black "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SF Deizisau"]
[BlackTeam "Schwaebisch Hall"]

{[%evp 22,90,31,49,47,36,36,36,45,37,52,31,50,11,18,17,24,25,35,37,31,16,43,24,42,39,49,37,43,38,72,74,76,0,0,0,3,-392,-75,-62,-60,-50,-65,-271,-278,-242,-263,-322,-331,-581,-681,-754,-677,-897,-888,-1337,-1296,-1152,-1115,-1529,-1508,-1478,-1444,-29990,-1653,-29991,-29990,-29994,-29995,-29995,-29996]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Nge2 Bh5 {D10: Slav Defence: 3 cxd5 (without early Nf3) and 3 Nc3} (7... e6 8. Ng3 Bd6 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nxh5 Nxh5 11. g4 Nf6 12. g5 Ng8 13. h4 h6 14. e4 dxe4 15. Bg2 hxg5 16. hxg5 Rxh1+ 17. Bxh1 bxc4 18. bxc4 {1-0 (24) Duda,J (2693)-Kharchenko,B (2468) Minsk 2017}) 8. Nf4 Bg6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. h3 e6 12. O-O {LiveBook: 22 Games} Be7 13. a3 O-O 14. Bb2 Qc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Qb6 15. a4 b4 {1-0 (34) Sergienko,S (2435)-Nebolsina,V (2073) Serpukhov 2004}) 15. Rac1 {[%cal Rc4b5]} Rac8 16. Bd3 Qb8 17. Qe2 Rfe8 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Qf3 Nf8 20. g3 Ne6 21. h4 Bd6 22. Kg2 a5 23. Rc2 Rc7 24. Rfc1 Qd8 25. a4 b4 26. Nb1 g5 27. hxg5 ({White should try} 27. h5 $16) 27... Nxg5 $11 28. Qf5 Nge4 29. Rxc6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (29. Bxe4 $11 {and White is okay.} Nxe4 30. Nd2 (30. Rxc6 Nxg3 31. Qxd5 Rxc6 $17)) 29... Nxg3 $2 (29... Rxc6 $19 {has better winning chances.} 30. Rxc6 g6) 30. Qh3 $17 ({Not} 30. fxg3 $2 Rxe3 31. Rxc7 Bxc7 $19) 30... Rxc6 31. Rxc6 Nge4 32. f3 $2 (32. Bc1 $15) 32... Ng5 $1 $19 {[%csl LRe3,LRh3]} 33. Qf5 Ne6 ({Don't go for} 33... Rxe3 $2 34. Rc8 $18) 34. Bc1 Bb8 35. Bb5 $2 (35. Qh3 {is a better defense.} g6 36. Ba6) 35... g6 36. Qc2 Kg7 37. Nd2 Nh5 38. Nf1 Qg5+ 39. Kf2 Qh4+ 40. Kg1 Ng5 {[#] ...Nf4! is the strong threat.} 41. Qg2 Nh3+ 42. Kh1 Bg3 (42... Ng3+ $142 43. Nxg3 Bxg3 44. Bc4 Nf4+ 45. Kg1 Nxg2 46. Rc7 Qh2+ 47. Kf1 Qh1+ 48. Ke2 Qe1+ 49. Kd3 Qd1+ 50. Bd2 Rxe3#) 43. Nh2 Bxh2 {Black mates.} 44. Qxh2 Qe1+ 45. Kg2 Qf2+ {Precision: White = 42%, Black = 51%.} 0-1

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.30"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Bok, Benjamin"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Lucas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen"]
[BlackTeam "Aachen"]

{[%evp 16,51,4,0,0,0,0,0,17,3,18,4,4,16,0,2,11,8,17,0,0,-13,-7,0,0,0,0,0,5,0,0,0,34,34,64,49,237,244]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 {[%cal Be7e6,Be6d5][%mdl 32]} 3. e4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e5 Ne4 6. Nf3 Bf5 {A18: English Opening: Flohr-Mikenas System (1 c4 Nf6 2 Nc3 e6 3 e4)} 7. d3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 c5 9. d4 {LiveBook: 6 Games} c4 10. g3 Be7 11. Bg2 Na6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Bd3 12. Ng1 Qa5 13. Bd2 Nc6 14. Ne2 {½-½ (52) Carlsen,M (2843)-Aronian,L (2794) Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden 2018}) 12. O-O b5 13. Ne1 Qd7 14. Nc2 Bd3 15. Re1 O-O 16. a3 Nc7 17. h4 a5 18. Bg5 b4 19. cxb4 Bxg5 20. hxg5 axb4 21. Nxb4 Bf5 22. Qd2 Ra4 23. Ra2 Rb8 24. Rea1 Qb5 25. Rb2 Qb6 $2 {[#]} (25... Raa8 $14) 26. Raa2 $1 {Precision: White = 83%, Black = 60%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.30"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Andersen, Mads"]
[Black "Braun, Christian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2391"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen"]
[BlackTeam "Aachen"]

{[%evp 22,153,33,27,97,91,85,77,75,75,76,80,86,81,110,110,110,111,116,108,112,113,108,123,158,161,158,163,163,153,163,158,167,154,145,149,168,147,184,183,172,118,121,89,87,91,93,77,70,69,76,77,93,81,97,86,97,79,107,103,109,73,74,56,54,47,114,114,114,114,114,114,114,110,120,109,118,120,106,91,95,89,92,99,95,27,30,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 c5 4. e4 d6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Be2 Nc6 8. Be3 O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. Nc2 Rc8 11. f3 Be6 {B38: Sicilian: Maroczy Bind with 5...Bg7 and 7...0-0} (11... a6 12. Qd2 Ne5 13. Na3 Re8 14. Rab1 Qc7 15. Rfc1 Qa5 16. Rc2 {½-½ (16) Bacrot,E (2695)-Gharamian,T (2672) Belfort 2012}) 12. Qd2 {LiveBook: 13 Games} a5 (12... Nd7 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 13. Rac1 Nd7 {White is better.} 14. Rfd1 Nc5 {[#]} 15. Na3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. b3 Ra8 16. Nd5 Re8 17. Rb1 f5 18. Nf4 Qc8 19. Nxe6 Qxe6 20. exf5 Qxf5 {½-½ (31) Serper,G (2560)-Hracek,Z (2510) Jakarta 1994}) 15... a4 16. Nd5 Re8 17. Nb5 Qa5 18. Qxa5 Nxa5 19. Nbc7 Bxb2 20. Rc2 a3 {...Bxd5 would now be nice for Black.} 21. Nxe8 Rxe8 22. Bc1 Bd7 {Threatening ...Ba4.} 23. Bxb2 axb2 24. Rxb2 f6 25. Kf2 Kf7 26. Nb6 Be6 27. Rc1 Nc6 28. Ke3 Rg8 29. g3 Ne5 30. f4 Ned7 31. Nxd7 (31. Ra1 $18) 31... Bxd7 $16 32. e5 fxe5 33. fxe5 dxe5 34. Bf3 Ra8 35. Rc3 Ra7 36. Rf2 Ke8 37. h4 Ra4 38. Rb2 Ra7 39. h5 gxh5 40. Bxh5+ Kd8 41. Bd1 Ra6 42. Rd2 Rg6 $1 {[%cal Rg6g3]} 43. g4 Ke8 ({Black should play} 43... h5 $14) 44. Rd5 b6 45. Rxe5 Bxg4 46. Bxg4 Rxg4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} 47. Kf3 Rh4 {[#] Hoping for ...Rh3+.} 48. Kg3 Rd4 {Black wants to play ...Ne4+.} 49. Rc2 Kd7 50. Rh5 Ne4+ 51. Kg2 Nf6 52. Rb5 Kc6 53. a4 (53. Kf3 $16) 53... Ne4 $11 54. Re5 Rd2+ {The position is equal.} 55. Rxd2 Nxd2 56. Rxe7 Nxc4 57. Rxh7 {KR-KN} Kc5 58. Kf3 Kb4 59. Rh4 b5 60. axb5 Kxb5 61. Ke4 Nd6+ 62. Kd5 Nc8 63. Rh1 Nb6+ 64. Kd4 Kc6 65. Rc1+ Kd6 66. Rc5 Nd7 67. Ra5 Ke6 68. Ra6+ Kf5 69. Ra7 Nf6 70. Re7 Ng4 71. Rf7+ Nf6 72. Rf8 Ke6 73. Ra8 Kf5 74. Ra5+ Ke6 75. Re5+ Kd6 76. Re2 Nd7 77. Ke4 {Precision: White = 72%, Black = 69%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.30"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Black "Michalik, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SF Deizisau"]
[BlackTeam "Schwaebisch Hall"]

{[%evp 17,57,22,11,0,-14,-23,-22,-17,-19,-12,-15,-35,-4,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,45,50,72,64,58,67,158,166,158,163,176,178,175,186,1020,1002,29997,-240,29998,29999]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} Nd7 9. O-O-O Nf6 {LiveBook: 16 Games} 10. c4 {The position is equal.} (10. h3 c5 11. Bf4 Be6 12. a3 d5 13. Ng5 Bd7 14. g4 Bc6 15. Bg2 Re8 {½-½ (98) Caruana,F (2784)-Hou,Y (2654) Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden 2018}) 10... c5 11. Bd3 b5 12. cxb5 a6 {Strongly threatening ...axb5.} 13. b6 Qxb6 14. c4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Rhe1 Be6 15. Bh6 Rfb8 {0-1 (32) Leonova,A (1824)-Filippova,D (2018) Moscow 2018}) 14... d5 15. cxd5 Nxd5 {[#]} 16. Bxh7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxh7 17. Qc2+ Kg8 18. Rxd5 Rb8 19. Rhd1 Bb7 20. Ng5 $1 $40 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Rc2h7][%mdl 128] White mounts an attack.} (20. Bxc5 Qh6+ 21. Be3 Qh8 $11) 20... g6 {[#]} 21. Rd7 $1 {[%cal Rd7e7]} ({Don't play} 21. Bxc5 $6 Bxc5 22. Rxc5 Rfc8 $15) 21... Qf6 $1 22. h4 $1 Bc6 (22... Rfe8 $14) 23. Rxe7 $1 $16 Qxe7 24. Bxc5 Qf6 25. Rd6 Qf4+ 26. Kb1 {White wants to mate with Rxg6+!} Qxh4 $2 {[#]} (26... Be8) 27. Rxg6+ $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} fxg6 28. Qxg6+ Kh8 {[#]} 29. Bd4+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 84%, Black = 45%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.30"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Black "Hausrath, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Muelheim"]

{[%evp 22,72,31,24,61,55,70,57,72,77,93,61,111,99,159,93,82,87,88,93,93,85,91,85,95,8,8,9,36,8,48,36,41,33,40,56,60,50,66,0,32,0,-7,-25,0,0,8,0,0,0,20,0,23]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h6 5. g4 Bd7 6. h5 e6 7. f4 c5 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} 8. c3 Qb6 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Rh2 Rc8 11. Be3 cxd4 12. cxd4 {LiveBook: 6 Games} Bb4+ 13. Kf2 $1 Na5 {[#]} 14. Kg1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. b3 Ne7 15. Kg1 O-O 16. Rg2 Rc7 {1-0 (26) Gelashvili,T (2578)-Shankland,S (2597) ICC INT 2012}) 14... Nc4 {[#]} 15. Bc1 $1 f6 16. b3 {[%cal Bb2b3,Bb3b4][%mdl 32]} Na5 17. Bb2 Nc6 (17... Kd8 $142 18. Rc2 Rxc2 19. Qxc2 Nc6) 18. Rf2 (18. a3 $142) 18... Qd8 19. a3 Ba5 20. b4 Bb6 21. Nc3 {Threatens to win with Nb5.} Nge7 22. Na4 f5 {[%cal Bf6f5,Bf5g4,Bg4g3][%mdl 32]} 23. Nc5 ({Better is} 23. g5 $16) 23... Bxc5 $1 $11 24. dxc5 fxg4 25. Nh4 $1 g3 26. Rg2 {[%cal Bf2g2,Bg2g3,Bg3d3,Bd3d2][%mdl 32] Hoping for Qg4.} O-O 27. Qg4 Nf5 $1 28. Nxf5 Rxf5 29. Bd3 $40 {[%mdl 128] White has some attack.} Ne7 $1 30. Rxg3 {[%csl Gg3][%cal Rg4g7] [#]} Qf8 31. Bxf5 Nxf5 32. Rd3 Bb5 33. Rd2 {The position is equal.} Qf7 34. Bd4 Be8 35. Bf2 Qd7 36. a4 Bf7 {Precision: White = 64%, Black = 62%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.30"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Tomczak, Jacek"]
[Black "Vogel, Roven"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SFR Berlin"]
[BlackTeam "Dresden"]

{[%evp 20,48,15,0,54,30,8,-6,5,-40,-41,-18,-27,-20,0,0,0,0,38,34,61,-9,47,45,118,9,33,-1,-2,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. c4 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} (8. Nd2 Nbc6 9. N2f3 Bg4 10. O-O g6 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Nxf3 Bg7 13. Bf4 O-O 14. c3 Qc7 15. Re1 Nxe5 {½-½ (59) Dominguez Perez,L (2739)-So,W (2788) Saint Louis 2017}) 8... dxc4 9. Nc3 a6 10. Qa4+ Nbc6 11. Rd1 {LiveBook: 7 Games} Qa5 (11... Bd3 $11 12. Bxd3 cxd3) 12. Qxa5 Nxa5 13. O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Nxf5 Nxf5 14. Bb6 Nc6 15. f4 Rc8 16. Bxc4 Bb4 {1-0 (29) Soln,P (2325)-Sitnik,I (2250) Ljubljana 1997}) 13... Rc8 14. Na4 b5 15. Nb6 $1 {[%cal Rb6c8]} Rb8 $1 16. a4 Nac6 17. Nxc6 $40 {[%mdl 128] White has some attack.} Nxc6 18. Nd7 {[#] Hoping for Bf3.} Rd8 19. Bf3 Nb4 20. Nc5 ({White should play} 20. Nxf8 $14 Bd3 21. Bc5) 20... Be7 ({Black should try} 20... Rxd1 $11 21. Rxd1 Bxc5 22. Bxc5 Nd3 23. Bc6+ Kd8 24. axb5 Kc7) 21. Rxd8+ $14 Bxd8 22. Bd2 (22. axb5 $16 axb5 23. Ra1) 22... Nd5 23. Nxa6 bxa4 {[#] And now ...a3! would win.} 24. Rc1 Bd3 {Precision: White = 36%, Black = 23%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.30"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Babula, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Zwirs, Nico"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Muelheim"]

{[%evp 25,66,10,6,0,18,1,15,-17,-11,-23,0,0,0,0,27,0,22,0,41,34,50,29,139,135,170,167,318,310,406,403,627,599,602,550,1100,1062,2825,2777,29991,29992,29998,29999,29999]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. g3 f5 11. Ng5 a5 12. bxa5 Nf6 13. f3 Rxa5 14. a4 {E97: King's Indian: Classical Main Line (6...e5 7 0-0 Nc6): 8 Be3 and 8 d5 Ne7, not 9 Ne1} (14. Bd2 Kh8 15. a4 c6 16. Rb1 Ra8 17. Be3 f4 18. Bb6 Qe8 19. g4 h6 20. Nh3 h5 21. c5 dxc5 22. Bxc5 {1-0 (30) Van Wely,L (2689)-Roeder,M (2398) Germany 2012}) 14... b6 15. Bd2 Ra8 16. Bd3 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 16. Rb1 f4 17. Kg2 Bd7 18. Qb3 {1-0 (73) Sutkus,V (2412)-Enricci,J (2431) ICCF email 2013}) 16... f4 (16... h6 $5 17. Ne6 $8 Bxe6 18. dxe6 f4 $11) 17. Kg2 Bh6 18. Ne6 $1 {[%cal Re6d8]} Bxe6 $1 19. dxe6 Nh5 20. a5 (20. c5 $5) 20... Ng7 21. Qb3 {axb6 is the strong threat.} bxa5 22. c5 $1 dxc5 23. Na4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Qd4 {[#]} (23... Qd6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 24. Rad1 $1 $16 Rab8 {[#]} 25. Qc2 $1 c4 $2 ({Wrong is} 25... Nxe6 $2 26. Bc4 $18) (25... Qd6 {might work better.}) 26. Bxc4 $18 Qa7 27. Bc3 Rfd8 (27... fxg3 $142 28. hxg3 Rfe8 29. Bxe5 Nh5) 28. Bxe5 fxg3 29. hxg3 Ne8 30. Rd7 Bf8 31. Qd2 Qa8 32. Qf4 {[%csl Gc4,Ge6][%cal Rf4f7] White mates.} Nd6 {[#]} 33. Qf7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxf7 34. exf7# {Precision: White = 73%, Black = 10%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.30"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Handke, Florian"]
[Black "Van Kampen, Robin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Aachen"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]

{[%evp 9,46,40,49,37,38,32,36,18,24,28,25,16,33,24,43,29,45,-4,15,27,35,-14,0,-47,-37,-38,-9,-20,-21,-37,-38,-23,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 a6 5. Ba4 Bg7 (5... d6 6. d4 Bd7 7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1 Nf6 9. h3 O-O 10. Bc2 Re8 11. Nbd2 b6 12. Nf1 h6 13. Ng3 Qe7 14. Be3 Qf8 15. Qd2 Rad8 16. Rad1 Na7 {0-1 (42) Hou,Y (2652)-Caruana,F (2802) chess.com INT 2017}) 6. O-O {C70: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4, Norwegian and Delayed Schliemann} b5 7. Bc2 d6 8. d4 {White is slightly better.} exd4 9. Nxd4 Bb7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Nxd4 10. cxd4 Ne7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3 b4 {0-1 (32) Quigley,D (2109)-Elburg,J (2330) SEMI email 1999}) 10. a4 Nge7 11. Be3 b4 12. a5 O-O 13. Ra4 bxc3 14. Nxc3 Rb8 15. h3 Ba8 16. Bd3 Nb4 17. Bb1 Qd7 18. Ra3 Rfd8 19. Nde2 c5 20. Qc1 Nbc6 21. Rd1 {The position is equal.} Qb7 22. Rd2 Qc7 23. Bg5 Re8 {Precision: White = 45%, Black = 58%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.30"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Schlosser, Philipp"]
[Black "Zpevak, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2343"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SF Deizisau"]
[BlackTeam "Schwaebisch Hall"]

{[%evp 22,125,22,28,38,27,30,27,18,22,28,25,61,56,49,59,60,52,57,52,59,66,64,62,65,62,36,32,51,52,88,29,62,55,126,123,187,141,262,235,245,167,175,107,107,104,122,131,297,309,304,292,313,313,300,292,299,234,272,211,219,193,193,193,193,193,206,200,193,187,183,131,176,147,188,188,178,214,198,121,219,214,215,212,217,204,233,230,228,222,201,227,237,192,161,179,198,181,551,569,569,558,485,479,5177,4561]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. d3 Ngf6 6. Nbd2 e5 7. e4 Bd6 8. h3 Bh5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. c4 {A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems} O-O 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Ne4 {LiveBook: 3 Games. The position is equal.} (12. Qb3 N5b6 13. Ne4 Be7 14. a4 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Kh8 16. a5 f5 17. Nc3 Nc5 {1-0 (50) Efimenko,Z (2647)-Lalith,B (2553) Al Ain 2015}) 12... N7b6 13. Qb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. d4 exd4 14. Nxd6 Qxd6 15. Qxd4 Rac8 {1-0 (29) Dean,P (2180)-Tanti,J (2172) ICCF email 2015}) 13... Re8 14. d4 exd4 15. Nxd6 Qxd6 16. Nxd4 Qc5 17. Nf5 $1 Bg6 18. Be3 Nxe3 19. Nxe3 Be4 20. Rfc1 Qe7 21. Bxe4 Qxe4 22. Rc7 Re7 23. Rxe7 Qxe7 24. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32] Hoping for a5.} Rd8 25. a5 Na8 26. Rc1 (26. Ra4 $16) 26... h6 27. Qc4 a6 (27... Rd7 $14) 28. b4 $16 Kh7 (28... Rd7 $16) 29. h4 h5 (29... Rd7 $16 {was necessary.}) 30. Qf4 $18 g6 31. Kg2 Rd6 32. Rc8 (32. Qf3 $1 $18) 32... Nc7 $16 33. Qf3 $1 Nb5 34. Rb8 $1 $40 {[%cal Rb8b7][%mdl 128] White has strong attack.} Nd4 $2 (34... Qe6 $16) 35. Rxb7 $18 ({Less strong is} 35. Qxb7 Qe6 $16) 35... Rd7 36. Rxd7 Qxd7 37. Qd5 Qa7 38. Kf1 Kg7 39. Ke1 Kf8 40. Kd2 Ne6 41. Kc3 Qc7+ 42. Nc4 Qa7 43. Qd6+ Kg7 44. Nb6 Qb7 45. Qe5+ Kh7 46. Qd5 (46. Nd5 $18) 46... Qc7+ 47. Nc4 Qa7 48. Ne3 $1 Qc7+ 49. Kd2 Qe7 50. Qc4 Qd6+ (50... Qf6 $16) 51. Ke2 Kg7 52. Kf1 Nc7 53. Kg2 Kg8 54. Nc2 Nb5 {[#]} 55. Ne1 $1 Kg7 56. Nf3 Nc7 57. Qd4+ Qxd4 58. Nxd4 {KN-KN} Kf6 {[#]} 59. f4 $1 Nd5 $2 (59... Ke7 {is more resistant.} 60. Kf3 Kd6) 60. b5 {White is clearly winning.} axb5 {intending ...Nc7.} 61. Nxb5 Nb4 62. Nc7 Ke7 (62... Nc6 $142 63. a6 Na7 64. Nd5+ Ke6) 63. a6 {Precision: White = 78%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.30"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Sprenger, Jan Michael"]
[Black "Maiwald, Jens-Uwe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2441"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SFR Berlin"]
[BlackTeam "Dresden"]

{[%evp 16,51,58,33,34,18,26,21,22,10,15,11,28,24,22,35,47,39,34,32,46,32,36,-5,0,-8,0,0,0,-20,-21,-18,-3,-8,-3,-7,-12,-24]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. a4 O-O 7. O-O a6 8. Re1 b6 {C41: Philidor Defence} 9. d5 {LiveBook: 21 Games} (9. h3 Bb7 10. d5 Ne8 11. b4 Bc8 12. a5 b5 13. Bd3 g6 14. Ne2 Ng7 15. c4 bxc4 16. Bxc4 {½-½ (34) Anand,V (2779)-Jobava,B (2702) Doha 2016}) 9... a5 10. Bb5 Nc5 11. Nd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Ra3 h6 12. h3 Nh7 13. Be3 Ng5 14. Bc6 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 Rb8 16. Qh5 {½-½ (29) Luther,T (2495)-Schmaltz,R (2440) Lippstadt 1996}) 11... Nfd7 12. Nc4 Bg5 13. Bc6 Rb8 14. Bxg5 Qxg5 15. Nb5 Na6 16. Na7 Ndc5 17. Nxc8 Rbxc8 18. Bb5 f5 19. Nd2 (19. exf5 {is interesting.} Rxf5 20. Qe2 Rcf8 21. Rf1 R5f7 22. c3) 19... fxe4 {The position is equal.} 20. Bxa6 Nxa6 21. Nxe4 Qf5 (21... Qg6 {feels hotter.} 22. Qd3 Nb4 23. Qb3 Qf7 24. Rad1 Na6) 22. c3 Nc5 23. f3 Nxe4 24. Rxe4 Rf7 25. b4 Ra8 26. Qe2 $1 {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 78%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.30"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Zaragatski, Ilja"]
[Black "Predojevic, Borki"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Aachen"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]

{[%evp 16,102,-6,-6,-5,-5,-8,-12,-12,0,-7,-35,-18,-32,-38,-38,-30,-58,-53,-68,-73,-68,-70,-90,-82,-84,-79,-96,-78,-116,-96,-122,-122,-105,-119,-112,-120,-124,-122,-117,-129,-164,-162,-183,-163,-228,-234,-242,-241,-233,-204,-233,-170,-262,-249,-290,-286,-610,-610,-1280,-1066,-12833,-12834,-12834,-12834,-12835,-12835,-12838,-12836,-12836,-12837,-12840,-12839,-12841,-12841,-12841,-12842,-12850,-12850,-12850,-29970,-12851,-29969,-12851,-29970,-12851,-29963,-12851,-29970]} 1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nc3 O-O 5. d3 d6 6. Rb1 a5 7. a3 e5 {A16: English Opening: 1...Nf6 with ...d5} (7... c6 8. e4 Nbd7 9. Nge2 e5 10. O-O Nc5 11. b4 axb4 12. axb4 Ne6 13. Bd2 Bd7 14. Ra1 Qb6 15. Na4 {0-1 (47) Neef,M (2441)-Demchenko,A (2611) Dresden 2016}) 8. b4 axb4 9. axb4 {LiveBook: 9 Games} c6 {The position is equal.} 10. e4 Be6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Re8 11. h3 h6 12. b5 Be6 13. Nf3 d5 14. exd5 cxd5 15. O-O dxc4 16. Nxe5 {0-1 (39) Wenzel,R (2280)-Von Buelow,G (2295) Germany 1998}) 11. Nge2 d5 12. exd5 cxd5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. O-O Nc6 $36 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6e7,Be7d5,Bd5c7,Bc7e6][%mdl 2080] Black has the initiative.} 15. b5 {Black must now prevent Nxd5.} Nce7 16. Bb2 Qb6 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Nxd5 19. Qb3 Rfd8 20. Rfe1 Nc7 21. Bc1 Ne6 22. Be3 Qd6 23. Ra1 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Qxd3 25. Qxd3 Rxd3 26. Ra7 Rd7 27. Ra8+ Bf8 28. g4 Kg7 29. Ng3 Nc7 30. Bh6+ (30. Rc8 {was called for.}) 30... Kxh6 $19 31. Rxf8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Kg7 32. Rb8 Nxb5 33. Ne4 {intending g5.} h6 34. h4 (34. Kg2 $142) 34... Nd6 35. Nxd6 Rxd6 36. Rxb7 $2 {KR-KR} (36. Kh2) 36... Rd4 37. f3 h5 38. gxh5 gxh5 39. Kf2 Rxh4 40. Rb5 f6 41. Kg3 Rd4 42. Rb8 Rd3 43. Re8 Kg6 44. Rg8+ Kf5 45. Rh8 {[#]} e4 $1 46. Rxh5+ Kg6 47. Kg4 Rxf3 48. Rg5+ Kf7 49. Ra5 {[#]} f5+ $1 50. Kg5 (50. Rxf5+ Rxf5) 50... Ke6 (50... e3 $19 51. Ra7+ Ke6 52. Ra6+ Kd5) 51. Rb5 e3 {Precision: White = 27%, Black = 92%.} 0-1

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.30"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Abel, Dennes"]
[Black "Gauglitz, Gernot"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2473"]
[BlackElo "2386"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SFR Berlin"]
[BlackTeam "Dresden"]

{[%evp 20,143,35,37,56,29,39,29,60,0,47,50,58,52,47,24,42,42,40,22,40,28,27,34,75,63,152,159,149,154,155,150,158,138,137,113,122,113,113,110,133,125,151,86,86,91,101,101,112,42,50,49,70,77,80,77,78,79,83,83,77,81,283,285,267,263,277,238,364,332,456,437,543,532,1456,1339,1525,1477,1443,837,2585,2153,3992,3992,2477,2498,2312,1575,1842,5964,5975,5622,2154,75,75,82,86,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,8,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. Be3 Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Nd2 Ne8 10. c5 f5 11. f3 {LiveBook: 40 Games} dxc5 {E92: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5: 7 dxe5, 7 Be3 and Petrosian System without 7...Nbd7} (11... Kh8 12. Nc4 Ng8 13. h4 Bh6 14. Bf2 Ngf6 15. g4 fxg4 16. fxg4 Bf4 17. g5 Nd7 18. c6 bxc6 19. dxc6 Nb6 20. Nxb6 axb6 {1-0 (27) Bartel,M (2629)-Deszczynski,A (2371) Warsaw 2012}) 12. Bxc5 b6 13. Bf2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Be3 c5 14. Nc4 Kh8 15. a4 Ba6 16. Na3 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Nd6 18. Bg5 Nf7 19. Bh4 {1-0 (41) Maksimovic,M (2174)-Maric,D (2206) Belgrade 2017}) 13... Nd6 {White has an edge.} 14. Qc2 (14. O-O $14) 14... Bd7 15. O-O g5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Bd3 c6 18. dxc6 Nxc6 19. Nce4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Nd4 21. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 22. Kh1 Rac8 ({Better is} 22... Qd7 $14) 23. Qb3+ $16 Kh8 24. Bxf5 Rxf5 25. Ne4 Rff8 26. Nxg5 Qc4 27. Ne4 Qxb3 28. axb3 a5 29. Rfc1 Bh6 30. Rc3 Rfd8 31. Kg1 (31. h4 $142) 31... Bd2 32. Rc4 Be3+ 33. Kf1 $1 Bd4 34. Rxc8 (34. Rac1 $16 Rxc4 35. Rxc4) 34... Rxc8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 35. Nc3 Rc5 36. Rc1 $1 b5 37. Ke2 b4 38. Na2 Rxc1 39. Nxc1 Bxb2 {KB-KN} 40. Kd2 Kg7 $2 (40... Bd4 $16) 41. Ne2 $1 $18 e4 42. fxe4 Kf6 43. Kd3 Ke5 (43... Be5 {keeps fighting.} 44. g3 Bc7) 44. Ng1 Kd6 45. Nf3 Kc5 46. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} Kb5 47. e5 Kc5 48. g5 Kd5 49. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Bc1 50. h5 Bf4 51. g6 hxg6 52. hxg6 Bh6 {[#]} 53. Ng5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bg7 (53... Bxg5 54. g7) 54. e6 {Intending e7 and mate.} Kd6 55. Kc4 Ke7 {[#]} 56. Kb5 $2 (56. Kd5 $1 $18 {and the rest is easy.} a4 57. bxa4) 56... Bh6 $16 57. Kxa5 Kf6 58. Nf7 ({Much worse is} 58. Kxb4 $6 Bxg5 59. e7 Kxe7 $11) ({White should try} 58. e7 $16 Kxe7 59. Ne4 (59. Kxb4 Bxg5 60. g7 Kf7 $11)) 58... Bf8 $11 {The position is equal.} 59. Nd8 Ke7 60. Nb7 {Black must now prevent Nc5.} Kxe6 61. Kb5 Kf6 62. Nc5 {Strongly threatening Nd7+.} Kxg6 63. Kxb4 Bh6 64. Kc3 Kf6 65. b4 Ke5 66. Kc4 Kd6 67. b5 Be3 68. Ne4+ Kc7 69. Nc3 {Nd5+ would kill now.} Bg1 70. Nd5+ Kd6 71. Nc3 Kc7 72. Ne4 {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 48%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.30"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Paehtz, Elisabeth"]
[Black "Mista, Aleksander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Dresden"]
[BlackTeam "SFR Berlin"]

{[%evp 20,72,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-33,-35,-27,-44,-54,-64,-60,-52,-77,-85,-112,-143,-111,-82,-84,-63,-54,-67,-63,-44,-64,-54,-59,-50,-58,-26,-27,0,0,0,-141,-131,-140,-146,-154,-147,-408,-377,-843,-841,-820,-812,-758,-758]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Ne5 Bf5 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Nxe4 {D79: Fianchetto Grünfeld: Symmetrical Variation (6 0-0 c6 7 cxd5 cxd5)} (10. g4 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Be6 12. f4 f6 13. Nd3 Bxg4 14. Rb1 e6 15. c4 Nc6 16. Nf2 Bh5 17. f5 gxf5 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Rxb7 Re8 20. Rb2 Rb8 21. Rxb8 {½-½ (21) Rapport,R (2675)-Li,C (2744) Tbilisi 2017}) 10... Bxe4 11. Bh3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Qb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Be3 Qb6 14. Qd2 Rfb8 15. b3 Qb4 16. Rac1 Qxd2 17. Bxd2 {½-½ (49) Shoker,S (2472)-Ghosh,D (2562) Riga 2017}) 12. a4 {The position is equal.} a5 13. Ra3 Rd8 14. Rb3 Qa7 15. e3 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6e5,Be5d3][%mdl 32]} 17. e6 f6 18. f3 Bb1 $1 19. Ra3 Ne5 20. Ra1 Bd3 21. Rf2 Ba6 22. Qd4 Rdc8 {Strongly threatening ...Nd3.} 23. Qxa7 Rxa7 24. Bd2 Nd3 25. Rg2 Nxb2 (25... Nc5 {seems wilder.} 26. Bc3 b6 27. Ra3 Kg7 28. Rc2 Rac7) 26. Bxa5 Nc4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is more active.} 27. Bc3 b6 (27... Nxe3 $2 28. Bd4 $18) 28. Bd4 Rac7 29. Rf2 Ne5 30. Bxe5 (30. Bxb6 $11 {remains equal.} Rc1+ 31. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 32. Bf1) 30... Rc1+ $17 ({But not} 30... fxe5 31. Rb2 $15) 31. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 32. Kg2 {[#] Black must now prevent Bd4.} fxe5 33. f4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (33. g4 $17) 33... d4 $19 {[%cal Bd5d4,Bd4e3,Be3e2][%mdl 32] Threatens to win with ...Bb7+.} 34. Bg4 $2 (34. e4 exf4 35. Bg4) 34... dxe3 {Black is clearly winning.} 35. Rb2 Bf1+ 36. Kf3 e2 {Precision: White = 58%, Black = 83%.} 0-1

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.30"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Neef, Maximilian"]
[Black "Jakubowski, Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Dresden"]
[BlackTeam "SFR Berlin"]

{[%evp 21,146,31,39,40,48,41,33,20,40,38,60,26,26,28,48,15,26,-7,13,18,18,18,21,15,25,17,187,112,200,28,420,403,366,51,46,28,23,-8,-6,-8,0,0,2,1,4,3,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,45,45,67,66,70,78,115,115,177,118,124,103,96,46,45,47,47,47,47,47,47,47,93,44,50,44,41,32,32,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,0,12,12,41,18,60,60,50,12,12,12,12,12,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,0,0,0,12,12,12,0,12,12,12]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. d4 e6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bg2 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. e4 b6 11. d5 Na5 {LiveBook: 10 Games. D41: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 cxd5} 12. Qc2 (12. Bf4 exd5 13. exd5 Bd6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Qd3 g6 16. Rfe1 Bd7 17. Nd2 Bf5 18. Qe3 Rad8 19. h3 {1-0 (38) Neiksans,A (2627)-Flear,G (2452) Drancy 2016}) 12... exd5 13. exd5 Nc4 {White is slightly better.} 14. Bf4 Nd6 15. Ne5 Bf5 16. Qc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Qa4 Bf6 17. Rfe1 a6 18. Nc6 Qc7 19. Be5 Bxe5 20. Rxe5 {½-½ (49) Kolev,A (2445)-Biebinger,G (2290) Groningen 1990}) 16... Bf6 17. Re1 h6 18. h4 Re8 19. g4 Bh7 20. g5 hxg5 21. hxg5 {aiming for Nc6.} Bxe5 $1 22. Bxe5 {Black must now prevent Qf4.} Nc4 $1 {[%cal Rc4e5]} 23. Qf4 Nb2 $2 (23... Nxe5 $11 24. Rxe5 Rxe5 25. Qxe5 Qd7) 24. Re3 (24. Qh4 $1 $18) 24... Nd3 {[#]} (24... Rxe5 $16 25. Qxe5 Nc4) 25. Qg3 $2 (25. Qh4 $1 $18 {Hoping for Rh3.} Bf5 26. f4) 25... Qd7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (25... Rxe5 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 26. Rxe5 Nxe5 27. Qxe5 Qd7) 26. d6 Rad8 {[#]} 27. Bh3 $2 ({Only move:} 27. f4 $1 $18) 27... Bf5 $14 28. Rxd3 (28. Bxf5 {with more complications.} Qxf5 29. f4 c4 30. Rf1 Re6 31. Qh4) 28... Bxh3 29. Re3 Qg4 30. Kh2 $132 {[%mdl 2048] White is not keeping still} Qxg3+ 31. Kxg3 Bc8 32. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} f6 33. gxf6 gxf6 34. Bf4 Rxe3+ 35. fxe3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Kf7 36. a5 b5 37. Rh1 Ke6 38. Rh5 f5 39. e4 $1 Rg8+ 40. Kf2 fxe4 41. Rxc5 a6 (41... Re8 $16 42. Rxb5 Bd7 43. Re5+ Kf6) 42. Re5+ (42. Ke3 $18) 42... Kf6 $16 43. Rxe4 Be6 44. Bc1 Kf5 45. Re3 Rg4 46. Rd3 {Threatens to win with d7.} Bd7 47. Ba3 Rf4+ 48. Ke3 Rh4 49. Kd2 Rh2+ 50. Kc1 Ke5 51. Bb4 Rh1+ 52. Kd2 Rh2+ 53. Ke1 Rh3 54. Rd4 Rh1+ 55. Kf2 Rh2+ 56. Kg1 Rh7 57. Rd2 Bc6 58. Rd4 Bd7 59. Kg2 Bc6+ 60. Kg3 Rg7+ 61. Kf2 Rh7 62. Rg4 Rh2+ {The position is equal.} 63. Ke3 {Threatening Rg5+.} Rh3+ 64. Kd2 Rh2+ 65. Kc1 Rh1+ $1 66. Kb2 Rh2+ 67. Kc1 Rh1+ $1 68. Kd2 Rh2+ 69. Ke3 Rh3+ 70. Kf2 Rh2+ 71. Kg3 Rg2+ 72. Kh4 {And now Rxg2 would win.} Rxg4+ 73. Kxg4 Bd7+ {Precision: White = 54%, Black = 52%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.30"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Zumsande, Martin"]
[Black "Van Osch, Mees"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2291"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Muelheim"]

{[%evp 23,92,0,0,0,0,0,0,-33,-26,-25,-33,-28,-34,-45,0,0,0,-3,0,-12,25,0,0,-103,-104,-97,-92,-129,-135,-152,-152,-152,-150,-234,-216,-226,-213,-284,-281,-272,-266,-331,-312,-382,-331,-393,-346,-404,-400,-395,-382,-495,-511,-460,-344,-580,-552,-639,-642,-710,-647,-1076,-1074,-1018,-987,-981,-841,-821,-806,-29993,-29994]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Ne4 8. Nge2 c5 {C12: French: Classical System: McCutcheon Variation} 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. Nxc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Qa5 12. Qd2 Nc6 {LiveBook: 13 Games} 13. dxc5 Qxc5 14. Bd3 b6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Bd7 15. O-O Ne7 16. Kh1 {0-1 (54) Kasimdzhanov,R (2704)-Graf,F (2479) Germany 2016}) 15. h4 Rg8 16. hxg5 hxg5 17. Kf1 Bb7 18. Rh7 Na5 19. a4 Rc8 20. Qe2 Qxc3 21. Rd1 Nc4 22. Qh5 Rc7 23. Rh8 (23. Kg1 $11) 23... Rxh8 $17 24. Qxh8+ Kd7 {[%cal Be8d7,Bd7c6,Bc6b7][%mdl 32]} 25. Qf6 Kc6 26. Qxg5 {[#]} Ba6 $1 27. Kg1 Kb7 28. Bf4 (28. Bxc4 $17 Qxc4 29. Ra1) 28... Nb2 $19 29. Rc1 Qa3 30. Bxa6+ Kxa6 31. a5 Qxa5 ({Less strong is} 31... bxa5 32. Be3 $17) 32. Bd2 Qa4 33. c3 Kb7 34. Rb1 Qc2 35. Ra1 Nc4 36. Be1 Qb2 37. Rd1 Qe2 38. Ra1 Qxe5 39. Qd8 $2 (39. Qxe5 {was necessary.} Nxe5 40. Kf1) 39... a5 40. f3 Qe3+ 41. Kh2 f5 42. Qg8 Qh6+ 43. Kg1 Rg7 44. Qd8 Qe3+ 45. Bf2 Qxf3 {[%csl Gg7][%cal Rf3g2] [#]} 46. g3 Ne3 {Precision: White = 41%, Black = 80%.} 0-1

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.30"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Zelbel, Patrick"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Muelheim"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]

{[%evp 9,68,7,6,0,11,0,3,-1,1,10,13,12,27,38,62,-27,-35,-33,-42,-40,-41,-44,-41,-205,-218,-233,-211,-199,-204,-176,-100,-112,-96,-124,-87,-160,-169,-150,-171,-289,-267,-231,-237,-290,-299,-339,-360,-706,-683,-668,-407,-404,-407,-390,-397,-383,-391,-419,-410,-402,-396]} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Na3 Bg4 (5... Nf6 6. Be2 e6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nb5 Qd8 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Nxd4 Bd7 12. Bf4 Nd5 13. Bg3 h5 14. h4 Bc5 15. O-O-O O-O-O 16. Bf3 Ne7 17. Nb3 Bb6 18. Bd6 Nf5 19. Bc5 {½-½ (30) Schneider,I (2481)-Predojevic,B (2639) Austria 2016}) 6. Be2 {B22: Sicilian: 2 c3} e5 7. d3 f6 8. O-O $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 8. Nc4 Be6 9. O-O Nge7 10. Nfd2 Qd7 11. a4 Nd5 {½-½ (11) Zelbel,P (2452)-Luch,M (2393) Leiria 2017}) 8... Nge7 9. Re1 O-O-O 10. Be3 Nf5 11. Nc4 Qd7 12. Bd2 ({White should try} 12. Nfxe5 $1 $14 Bxe2 13. Nxd7 Bxd1 14. Nxf8 Nxe3 15. Nxe3 (15. Rxe3 Bg4 $14)) 12... Nd6 $11 {Strongly threatening ...Nxc4.} 13. Ne3 Be6 14. Qc2 Kb8 15. a3 g5 {[%cal Bg7g5,Bg5g4][%mdl 32]} 16. Reb1 $2 (16. b4 $1 $15) 16... g4 $19 17. Ne1 {[#]} f5 $1 {[%cal Bf6f5,Bf5f4][%mdl 32]} 18. b4 f4 19. Nf1 Rg8 ({Black should play} 19... c4 $19 20. dxc4 Nxc4) 20. bxc5 $17 Nf5 21. d4 {[#]} Ka8 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is really pushing.} 22. Bd3 (22. dxe5 $142 f3 23. Bb5) 22... g3 ({Resist} 22... exd4 23. c4 $17) 23. fxg3 fxg3 24. h3 (24. Nf3 $142) 24... exd4 $19 25. c4 Nh4 26. Be4 d3 ({Weaker is} 26... Bxc5 27. Nd3 $17) 27. Qxd3 Qf7 ({Not} 27... Bxc5+ 28. Be3 $17) 28. Qe3 $2 {[#]} (28. Rxb7 Qxb7 29. Qxd8+ Nxd8 30. Bxb7+ Kxb7 31. Rb1+ Ka8 32. Bb4) 28... Bh6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 29. Qe2 (29. Qxh6 Qf2+) 29... Bxd2 30. Nxd2 {[#]Black is winning.} Qf2+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 31. Qxf2 gxf2+ 32. Kxf2 Rxd2+ 33. Ke3 Rd7 34. Rd1 Re7 {Precision: White = 47%, Black = 82%.} 0-1

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.30"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Womacka, Mathias"]
[Black "Heimann, Andreas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Schwaebisch Hall"]
[BlackTeam "SF Deizisau"]

{[%evp 22,40,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5 7. d3 Qf6 8. Nbd2 g5 9. Nc4 {C68: Ruy Lopez: Exchange Variation, sidelines} Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Qxf3 11. gxf3 f6 12. Be3 {LiveBook: 3 Games. The position is equal.} (12. Rd1 Ne7 13. Ne3 {½-½ (13) Solak,D (2635)-Sethuraman,S (2640) Kragujevac 2016}) 12... Ne7 13. d4 exd4 14. Bxd4 Kf7 15. Rfd1 Ng6 16. Be3 Be7 17. Na5 Rab8 18. Ba7 {[#]} Ra8 $146 19. Be3 Rab8 20. Ba7 Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.30"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Tischbierek, Raj"]
[Black "Schreiner, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Dresden"]
[BlackTeam "SFR Berlin"]

{[%evp 13,87,-16,0,-18,16,0,33,39,33,34,18,0,0,1,27,24,33,-41,0,0,-6,-25,37,39,116,118,184,119,133,138,137,123,136,125,122,107,171,189,159,181,182,188,197,208,423,127,128,129,113,102,133,127,112,38,120,0,286,295,834,834,928,928,922,820,818,801,993,1000,967,950,1230,1055,1595,1589,29983,29970]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 g5 {[%cal Bg7g5,Bg5g4][%mdl 32] C55: Two Knights: 4 d3, 4 d4 exd4 5 e5 and Max Lange Attack} 7. d4 g4 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 8. Nfd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. Ne1 exd4 9. cxd4 Nxe4 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 h5 12. Nd3 Qf6 13. Bb5 Bd7 14. Re1+ {1-0 (39) Rabiega,R (2498)-Rapport,R (2729) Germany 2016}) 8... Bg7 {The position is equal.} 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. d5 Ne7 11. c4 c6 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. Ba4 h5 14. Nc3 h4 15. g3 ({White should try} 15. Nb3 $14) 15... hxg3 16. fxg3 Qb6+ 17. Kg2 $1 Qc7 ({Don't blunder} 17... Qe3 $2 18. Nb3 $18) ({Black should play} 17... Rd8 $11) 18. Rf2 $14 Ng6 {[#]} (18... Nh5 $14) 19. c5 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} Be6 (19... dxc5 $16 20. Nc4 Be6) 20. Qf1 ({Better is} 20. Nb3 $18) 20... Nd7 21. cxd6 Qxd6 22. Nc4 Qc5 23. Ne3 Nf4+ 24. Kh1 $1 ({Resist} 24. gxf4 $6 exf4 25. Rxf4 Qh5 $11) 24... Nh3 (24... Nh5 $16 25. Qg1 Bf8) 25. Rc2 $18 {aiming for Nb5.} Qb6 {[#]} 26. Nf5 $1 Bxf5 27. exf5 O-O 28. Ne4 Rac8 $2 (28... Nf6 {was necessary.} 29. Rxc6 Qb7) 29. Qe1 $2 (29. Rc4 $18 {has better winning chances.}) 29... Qd4 $16 30. Bb3 Nf6 31. Rc4 Nxe4 32. Rxd4 exd4 {[#]} 33. f6 (33. Kg2 $1 $16 Rce8 34. Bc4) 33... Rfe8 (33... Nxf6 $14 34. Bc4 Ne4) 34. Qf1 (34. Qa5 $16 Nxf6 35. Bd2) 34... Bxf6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (34... Nef2+ $1 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 35. Kg2 d3) 35. Qf5 $18 {White wants to mate with Qg6+.} Nhf2+ $2 (35... Nxg3+ 36. hxg3 Re1+ 37. Kg2 Re2+ 38. Kf1 Rf2+ 39. Qxf2 Nxf2) 36. Kg2 {Threatening mate with Qg6+.} Kg7 37. Qh5 Rc7 38. Qh6+ Kg8 39. Qg6+ Kf8 40. Bh6+ Ke7 41. Bxf7 Rh8 42. Bg7 Bxg7 43. Qxg7 Rd8 44. Bg6+ {Precision: White = 62%, Black = 28%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.30"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Black "Raykhman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2403"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "179"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SF Deizisau"]
[BlackTeam "Schwaebisch Hall"]

{[%evp 21,179,122,114,105,116,120,129,120,145,57,54,53,60,49,66,61,103,63,130,131,120,93,87,93,95,97,195,181,207,22,22,17,20,0,25,22,30,24,58,58,47,26,38,39,77,51,84,81,80,5,44,44,55,50,117,90,92,59,62,58,74,75,82,83,77,61,58,42,43,36,45,35,27,12,14,14,20,20,14,14,14,14,20,0,0,0,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,0,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,0,33,33,33,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 e5 5. e4 Nc6 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 {A42: Modern Defence: Averbakh Variation} 8. Bg5+ f6 9. O-O-O+ Bd7 10. Be3 Bh6 11. c5 Bxe3+ {LiveBook: 3 Games} 12. fxe3 Nge7 13. Bc4 $146 {[#] Strongly threatening Be6.} ({Predecessor:} 13. Nd5 Rf8 14. Bb5 Rc8 15. a3 {1-0 (58) Saric,A (2474)-Mack,W (2210) Pula 2006}) 13... Ke8 14. Rhf1 Nd8 15. Nd5 (15. Rf2 $16) 15... Nxd5 $14 16. exd5 ({Of course not} 16. Bxd5 Be6 $11) 16... Ke7 17. Nd2 Bg4 18. Rde1 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Bf5 19. h3 h5 ({Black should try} 19... Bd7 $14) 20. e4 Bd7 21. d6+ cxd6 22. cxd6+ Kxd6 23. Rxf6+ Ke7 (23... Ne6 $16) 24. Rxg6 $18 Ne6 {[#]} 25. Bd5 $2 (25. Bxe6 $1 $18 Bxe6 26. Rg7+ Kd6 27. Kb1 (27. Rxb7 Rhb8 $16)) 25... Rag8 26. Rxg8 Rxg8 27. Bxe6 Bxe6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 28. Re2 Rc8+ ({Wrong is} 28... Bxa2 $2 29. b3 $18) 29. Kb1 Rf8 30. b3 Bd7 31. Nf3 Bxh3 32. Nxe5 {And now Ng6+ would win.} Rf1+ 33. Kb2 Be6 34. Nd3 Bd7 35. Nb4 ({White should play} 35. Kc3 $16) 35... Ke6 (35... Bg4 $5 {[%cal Rg4e2]} 36. Rc2 Re1 $14) 36. Kc3 Bb5 37. Rd2 Rg1 (37... a5 $14 38. Nd3 b6) 38. Kd4 h4 39. Nc2 Bc6 40. Ne3 Re1 41. Rf2 Ra1 42. e5 Ke7 43. b4 a6 44. Nf5+ Ke6 45. Ng7+ Ke7 46. e6 Re1 47. Rf7+ Kd6 48. e7 Bd7 49. e8=Q Bxe8 50. Nxe8+ Rxe8 51. Rxb7 {KR-KR} Kc6 52. Rg7 Kb5 53. a3 {[%cal Ba2a3,Ba3a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Rh8 54. Rg5+ Kb6 55. Rg6+ Kb5 56. Kc3 {White threatens Kb3 and mate.} Re8 57. Rg5+ Kb6 58. a4 Re4 59. Rg6+ Kb7 60. Rg7+ Kb8 61. a5 Rf4 62. Rd7 Rg4 63. Rd4 Rxg2 64. Rxh4 Rg5 65. Kc4 Kb7 66. Rh7+ Kb8 67. Rd7 Rh5 68. Rd5 Rh4+ 69. Kc5 Kb7 70. Rd7+ Kb8 71. Rd4 Rh6 72. Rd6 Rh5+ 73. Kb6 {[%cal Rd6d8]} Rb5+ {The position is equal.} 74. Kxa6 Rxb4 75. Rh6 {Rh8+ is the strong threat.} Rb1 76. Rh8+ Kc7 77. Ka7 {Hoping for a6.} Rb5 {[%cal Rb5a5]} 78. a6 Rg5 79. Ka8 Ra5 {[%cal Ra5a6]} 80. Rh7+ Kb6 81. a7 Rg5 {[%cal Rg5g8]} 82. Rh6+ Kc7 {[%cal Rg5g8]} 83. Rh8 Rb5 84. Rb8 Rg5 85. Rb7+ Kc6 86. Rb1 Rg8+ 87. Rb8 Rg1 88. Rc8+ Kd7 89. Rc4 Rb1 $1 90. Rd4+ {Precision: White = 59%, Black = 61%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.30"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Hoolt, Sarah"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2393"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Speyer"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]

{[%evp 15,58,14,14,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,-9,-11,16,7,11,11,13,0,0,-10,0,0,0,-69,-48,-80,-73,-141,-123,-139,-141,-194,-185,-686,-701,-1079,-606,-534,-274,-1381,-1247,-1325,-1262]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 {[%cal Bf1b5,Bb5a4,Ba4b3,Bb3d5][%mdl 32]} Bd6 5. d3 a6 (5... h6 6. Ne2 a6 7. Ba4 b5 8. Bb3 Na5 9. d4 Nxb3 10. axb3 Nxe4 11. dxe5 Bc5 12. Qd5 Bxf2+ 13. Kf1 {½-½ (49) Inarkiev,E (2689)-Svidler,P (2765) St Petersburg 2017}) 6. Ba4 {C48: Four Knights: 4 Bb5, replies other than 4...Bb4} O-O 7. Bg5 b5 8. Bb3 Be7 {LiveBook: 9 Games} 9. O-O d6 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Bxd5 Bxg5 12. Bxc6 Rb8 13. Nxg5 Qxg5 14. Qc1 $146 Qf6 15. b4 Be6 16. a4 Rb6 17. axb5 axb5 18. Ba8 Rc8 19. Ra7 c5 20. bxc5 (20. Bb7 $11 Rb8 21. Bd5) 20... Rxc5 21. Qd2 Rb8 22. f4 {[#]} (22. c3 $142) 22... exf4 $1 $17 23. d4 Rcc8 24. Rxf4 {[#]} (24. d5 $17 Rxa8 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. dxe6) 24... Rxc2 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 25. Qe3 $2 (25. Rxf6 Rxd2 26. Rf1 Rxd4 27. Bd5) (25. Qxc2 Qxf4) 25... Qg5 {[%csl Gc2][%cal Rg5g2]} 26. g3 Qh5 27. Rf2 Bc4 {( -> ...Qd1+)} 28. h4 $2 (28. Qf3 Qxf3 29. Rxf3) 28... Qd1+ 29. Kh2 Rc1 {Precision: White = 34%, Black = 75%.} 0-1

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.30"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Dinstuhl, Volkmar"]
[Black "Nyback, Tomi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2384"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Muelheim"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]

{[%evp 17,62,2,6,-21,-21,-34,-11,-14,-9,-33,-22,-25,-23,-67,-69,-74,-70,-70,-73,-99,-90,-89,-77,-118,-118,-119,-118,-125,-126,-129,-125,-168,-160,-208,-208,-205,-204,-208,-203,-349,-338,-352,-149,-138,-150,-151,-151]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. b3 Bg4 5. Bb2 e6 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O Bd6 8. d4 Ne4 9. Nbd2 {A12: English Opening: 1...c6 with b3 by White} (9. Nfd2 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 O-O 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Ba3 Bxa3 13. Nxa3 f5 14. c5 e5 15. Qc4+ Kh8 16. d5 Qh4 17. dxc6 bxc6 {0-1 (27) Alekseev,E (2616)-Al Sayed,M (2511) Riadh 2017}) 9... f5 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Ne5 {The position is equal.} Bxe2 (11... Nxd2 {seems wilder.} 12. Qxd2 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 O-O 14. Nd3 Qe7) 12. Qxe2 O-O 13. f3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Ndf3 Ndf6 14. Ne1 Ng5 15. N1d3 Ne6 16. Rac1 Ne4 {0-1 (57) Palacios de la Prida,E (2285)-Corral Blanco,J (2360) Spain 1990}) 13... Nxd2 14. Qxd2 Qe7 {[%cal Rd7e5]} 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. a4 Qe7 17. Rae1 Rae8 18. g3 Rf6 {[%cal Bf8f6,Bf6e6,Be6e3][%mdl 32]} 19. Bc3 Re6 {[%cal Re6e3]} 20. Qd3 Rxe3 21. Qxf5 Qf7 22. Qc2 Rxe1 23. Bxe1 Re3 24. Kg2 {[#]} Qg6 $1 {[%cal Rg6c2]} 25. Qc1 Rxb3 26. a5 a6 27. Rf2 h6 28. Bc3 (28. Qd1 $142 Rb1 29. Qe2) 28... Qd3 $19 29. Qe1 Rxc3 (29... Kf7 $19 30. Bb2 Bb4) 30. Qe6+ $17 Kh7 31. Qxd6 Qxd4 {Precision: White = 30%, Black = 76%.} 0-1

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.30"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Hoffmann, Paul"]
[Black "Lauber, Arnd"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2371"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Dresden"]
[BlackTeam "SFR Berlin"]

{[%evp 30,64,0,0,0,0,0,-14,-26,-56,-55,-96,-100,-137,-109,-122,-122,-121,-93,-120,-105,-165,-142,-142,-135,-266,-250,-250,-208,-349,-348,-355,-343,-414,-413,-385,-374]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. O-O-O {B19: Classical Caro-Kann: 4...Bf5 main line} O-O (13... Nbd7 14. Qe2 O-O 15. Ne5 Qc7 16. Rhe1 Rad8 17. f4 c5 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Qc4 Rc8 20. Kb1 Qb6 {0-1 (42) Polgar,J (2686)-Ivanchuk,V (2764) Mexico City 2010}) 14. Kb1 Nbd7 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 {LiveBook: 15 Games} Rad8 17. c3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Qe2 c5 18. g4 cxd4 19. Rxd4 Qb6 20. g5 e5 {0-1 (83) Stanojoski,Z (2458)-Svetushkin,D (2514) Kavala 2005}) 17... Nf6 {[%cal Bd7f6,Bf6h5,Bh5f4][%mdl 32]} 18. Qe2 Qd5 19. Rh4 Nxh5 20. Rdh1 {[#]} Qf5+ $1 21. Ka1 Nf4 22. Qd2 {[#]} Ng6 $1 {[%cal Rg6h4]} 23. Rh5 Qf4 24. Qe2 Rd5 25. R5h2 (25. Rxd5 $17 cxd5 26. Qd3) 25... Rfd8 26. g3 Qg4 27. Qe3 {[#]} (27. Ng1 $17 {was worth a try.} Qxe2 28. Nxe2) 27... c5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 28. a3 (28. dxc5 Rd1+) 28... Rf5 29. Ne5 (29. Nh4 {was necessary.} cxd4 30. cxd4) 29... Nxe5 $19 ({Weaker is} 29... cxd4 30. Qxh6 gxh6 31. Nxg4 $17) 30. dxe5 Rd1+ 31. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 32. Ka2 Qd5+ {Precision: White = 22%, Black = 66%.} 0-1

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.30"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Zeller, Frank"]
[Black "Demuth, Adrien"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "2368"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Schwaebisch Hall"]
[BlackTeam "SF Deizisau"]

{[%evp 22,40,-10,0,-9,-15,0,-41,-34,-27,-31,-37,41,40,62,60,56,63,63,44,63]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 a6 8. f4 {[%cal Bf2f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32]} Qc7 9. Bb3 Na5 10. Qf3 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32] B88: Sicilian: Sozin Attack} 11. f5 e5 (11... Nxb3 12. cxb3 Qb7 13. fxe6 fxe6 14. O-O Be7 15. e5 Qxf3 16. Nxf3 dxe5 17. Nxe5 Bb7 18. Rad1 {½-½ (84) Delchev,A (2586)-Vovk,A (2632) Wunsiedel 2016}) 12. Nde2 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Bb7 {The position is equal.} 13. O-O Be7 14. Rad1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Nc4 17. Bc1 Bf6 18. Ng3 Rc8 19. Ne4 {0-1 (79) Skovgaard,T (2030)-L'Ami,E (2301) ICC INT 2000}) 14... Nxb3 15. cxb3 b4 16. Nd5 Nxd5 (16... Bxd5 $1 $15 17. exd5 Qa5) 17. exd5 $14 {White is slightly better.} O-O 18. Qg4 {[#] And now f6 would win.} f6 19. Qxb4 a5 20. Qd2 a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.30"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Rezasade, Amir"]
[Black "Werle, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2354"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Muelheim"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]

{[%evp 13,58,18,18,22,51,51,57,43,79,65,83,66,73,-48,-8,-66,-69,-68,-58,-74,-58,-83,-74,-71,-67,-71,22,-66,-64,-95,-96,-126,-138,-189,-160,-491,-472,-490,-479,-3302,-2496,-29987,-29988,-29988,-29989,-29994,-29995]} 1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. b4 Nc6 6. c3 {A81: Dutch Defence: 2 g3} d5 7. O-O O-O {LiveBook: 3 Games} 8. a4 {The position is equal.} Kh8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Be6 9. Ba3 h6 10. b5 Na5 11. Ne5 Kh7 12. Bb4 b6 13. Nd2 Ne4 14. Nxe4 fxe4 15. Bxa5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 bxa5 {1-0 (35) Wojtaszek,R (2705)-Wlodarczyk,R (2264) Warsaw 2011}) 9. Qc2 a6 10. Rd1 Be6 11. Nbd2 h6 12. h4 f4 13. Qxg6 (13. gxf4 $16 Bf5 14. Qb3) 13... Qc8 {[#] White must now prevent ...Bf5.} 14. Qc2 ({Better is} 14. gxf4 $11 Bf5 15. Qg3) 14... Bf5 15. Qa2 fxg3 16. fxg3 Bh3 17. Nf1 $1 Ne4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is in control.} 18. Bd2 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qg4 ({Black should try} 19... Qf5 $17) 20. Be1 (20. Qxd5 $11 e5 21. Be1) 20... e6 $15 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 21. Rd3 Ne7 22. Ne3 Qg6 23. Rad1 (23. Kh2 $17) 23... Rg8 $19 24. c4 $2 {[#]} (24. g4 $17 {is tougher.}) 24... Bf6 {[%cal Re4g3]} 25. Nf1 Nf5 26. Ne5 (26. h5 $142 Qxh5 27. Ne5) 26... Nxh4+ 27. Kh2 Bxe5 {Black mates.} 28. dxe5 Raf8 29. Nd2 Qh5 {Precision: White = 22%, Black = 56%.} 0-1

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.30"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Weber, Ulrich"]
[Black "Baramidze, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2352"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SV Hofheim"]
[BlackTeam "Hockenheim"]

{[%evp 15,68,0,0,0,0,-1,0,0,9,0,0,0,0,-12,5,0,0,0,0,-14,-11,-43,-5,-1,63,63,102,100,112,-47,-45,-52,-38,-30,-3,-65,-27,-101,-98,-184,-154,-223,-206,-259,-261,-243,-206,-518,-504,-530,-523,-520,-512,-514,-512]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 g6 3. c3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Bg7 6. d4 Nf6 7. Qb3 Qc8 {A49: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6 3 g3: Anti-King's Indian systems} (7... cxd4 8. cxd4 O-O 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. e3 Rc8 13. Rfc1 Na5 14. Qd1 d5 15. Ne5 {½-½ (47) Markus,R (2650)-Indjic,A (2574) Ruma 2017}) 8. dxc5 Qxc5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 9. Ne5 d5 {The position is equal.} 10. Be3 Qd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Qc8 11. c4 dxc4 12. Bxb7 Qxb7 13. Qxc4 {½-½ (70) Welling,G (2339)-Barbot,P (2413) Nancy 2014}) 11. Bf4 {Black must now prevent Nxf7.} Qe6 $1 12. Na3 O-O 13. Nb5 {And now Nc7 would win.} Qc8 14. Rac1 a6 15. Nd4 {Threatens to win with c4.} Nfd7 16. Ndf3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} b5 17. Nd3 Nc6 {aiming for ...e5.} 18. Be3 ({Of course not} 18. Qxd5 Nd4 $17) 18... e5 {...e4 is the strong threat.} 19. Nd2 ({Not} 19. Qxd5 $2 Na5 $19) 19... Qc7 (19... e4 $11 20. Nf4 Na5) 20. Nb4 $1 $14 {[%cal Rb4d5]} Nxb4 21. cxb4 Qd6 22. Bc5 $2 (22. Rfd1 $16) 22... Nxc5 $15 23. bxc5 Qc6 $1 24. Rfd1 Rfd8 25. Nb1 ({Better is} 25. e3 $11) 25... Rac8 26. a3 (26. e3 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 26... e4 $17 27. Qc2 (27. Qa2 $17) 27... d4 $19 28. b4 (28. Rf1 $17) 28... Bh6 29. f4 exf3 30. Bxf3 Qc7 31. c6 $2 (31. Rd3 {is more resistant.}) 31... Bxc1 {Black is clearly winning.} 32. Rxc1 {[#]} d3 $1 33. exd3 {[#]} Bxc6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 34. Bxc6 (34. Qxc6 Qa7+) 34... Rd6 {Precision: White = 22%, Black = 63%.} 0-1

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.30"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Buckels, Valentin"]
[Black "Grigorian, Spartak"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2321"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Muelheim"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:3000+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 4. g3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:07] LiveBook: 6330 Games} 5. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 6. O-O {[%emt 0:00:22]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 7. e3 {[%emt 0:01:05]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 8. Nfd2 {[%emt 0:13:37]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 9. Bxc6+ {[%emt 0:12:42]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 10. dxe5 {[%emt 0:03:05]} Ng4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 11. Nxc4 {[%emt 0:01:31]} Be6 {[%emt 0:01:28]} 12. Qc2 {[%emt 0:10:17]} Rb4 {[%emt 0:38:05]} 13. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:06:18]} h5 $14 {[%emt 0:10:14]} 14. f3 {[%emt 0:08:51]} h4 {[%emt 0:02:16]} 15. fxg4 {[%emt 0:32:03]} hxg3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 16. hxg3 {[%emt 0:01:01]} Bxc4 {[%emt 0:05:54]} 17. Nxc4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Qd5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 18. Nd2 {[%emt 0:05:20]} Rxg4 {[%emt 0:05:57]} 19. Qf5 {[%emt 0:06:15]} Rxg3+ {[%emt 0:16:04]} 20. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rh2+ {[%emt 0:05:39]} 21. Ke1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kd8 {[%emt 0:03:22]} 22. Qe4 {[%emt 0:05:45]} Rxd2 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 23. Qh4+ {[%emt 0:00:11]} g5 {[%emt 0:02:29]} 24. Qxg3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rg2 {[%emt 0:02:30]} 25. Qxg2 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Qxg2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 26. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:50]} g4 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 27. Rf2 {[%emt 0:02:01]} Qh3 {[%emt 0:01:48]} 28. Ke2 {[%emt 0:01:04]} g3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 29. Rf4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bh6 {[%emt 0:03:21]} 30. Rd4+ {[%emt 0:00:15]} Kc8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 31. Be1 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Bxe3 {[%emt 0:05:58]} 32. Rd3 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Bf4 {[%emt 0:01:44]} 33. Rf3 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Qg2+ {[%emt 0:00:54]} 34. Bf2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} gxf2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 35. Rf1 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Bg3 {[%emt 0:01:26]} 0-1

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.30"]
[Round "14.1"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Farmani Anosheh, Armin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2326"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Speyer"]

{[%evp 25,143,22,33,32,43,41,55,48,54,55,62,56,56,56,63,62,61,37,40,21,53,20,43,43,43,41,81,81,81,89,89,89,89,89,89,89,117,111,147,71,147,147,153,147,147,147,147,147,147,0,147,147,147,147,147,15,15,15,15,15,14,15,49,25,27,43,44,0,11,17,248,235,238,237,227,137,137,121,420,431,402,354,421,375,728,435,433,333,252,0,518,502,448,437,29966,29967,29966,29967,29963,2305,29969,29970,29969,29970,29970,29970,29970,29972,29972,29973,29964,5065,1939,190,172,167,29981,29982,29982,29983]} 1. Nf3 {[%cal Bg1f3,Bf3d2,Bd2f1,Bf1e3][%mdl 32]} c5 2. e4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nd2 d6 7. Nf1 Bg4 8. f3 Be6 9. Ne3 O-O 10. O-O Nh5 {B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6} 11. g3 Bg5 12. Ncd5 Bxe3+ 13. Bxe3 Na5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 14. a4 Nxc4 15. dxc4 {[#]} Bxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... h6 16. b3 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 Qe7 18. Rad1 {½-½ (26) Oparin,G (2616)-Gelfand,B (2725) Moscow 2016}) 16. Qxd5 Qe7 17. Rfd1 Rad8 18. Ra3 Nf6 19. Qd2 Rd7 20. Rd3 Rfd8 21. a5 h6 22. g4 b6 23. Rb3 bxa5 24. Ra3 Nh7 25. Rxa5 Ng5 26. Bxg5 hxg5 27. b3 g6 28. Ra6 Kg7 29. Kg2 Qf6 30. Rda1 Rh8 31. Rxa7 Rdd8 32. Qe3 (32. Qd3 $142) 32... Rh4 ({Black should play} 32... Qf4 33. Qxf4 gxf4) 33. Ra8 $16 Rhh8 34. Rxd8 Qxd8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 35. Qd2 Qf6 36. Ra6 Rd8 37. Ra1 ({White should try} 37. Qd1 $16) 37... Qe7 (37... Rh8 $11) 38. Rd1 Qf6 39. h3 Qe7 40. b4 (40. Ra1 $16) 40... cxb4 $11 41. Qxb4 Qc7 42. Rd5 Rc8 43. c5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Hoping for Qd2. White is pushing.} dxc5 44. Qc3 Kf6 45. Qd2 c4 46. h4 gxh4 47. Qh6 {g5+ is the strong threat.} Ke6 $2 {[#]} (47... Rg8 $1 $11) 48. Qg7 $1 $18 ({Inferior is} 48. Qxh4 Ra8 $11) 48... Rd8 {[#]} 49. g5 $1 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Rg7f6][%mdl 512]} Rxd5 50. Qf6+ Kd7 51. Qxf7+ ({Much worse is} 51. exd5 $6 Kc8 $11) 51... Kd8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (51... Kc8 $16 52. Qxd5 c3 53. Qg8+ Kb7 54. Qxg6 Qd7) 52. Qxd5+ {KQ-KQ} Ke7 {Now ...Qd6 and Black clings on.} 53. Kh3 c3 54. Kxh4 Kf8 $2 (54... Qb8 55. Qc5+ Kd7 56. Qxc3 Qa7 57. Qxe5 Qf2+ 58. Qg3 Qxc2 59. Qg4+ Ke7) 55. Kh3 Kg7 56. Kg3 Kh7 57. Qd3 $2 (57. Qe6 $18) 57... Qc5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (57... Qa7 $1 $11) 58. Qd7+ Kh8 {intending ...Qg1+.} 59. Kg2 Qd4 (59... Qc4 $18 60. Qe8+ Kh7 61. Qe7+ Kg8) 60. Qe8+ Kg7 61. Qe7+ Kg8 62. Qe6+ Kg7 63. Qf6+ Kh7 64. Qf7+ Kh8 65. Qf8+ Kh7 66. Qh6+ Kg8 67. Qxg6+ Kh8 68. Qh5+ Kg7 69. g6 $2 (69. Kh3 {Strongly threatening Qh6+.} Qd7+ 70. Kg3) 69... Qd2+ 70. Kh3 {aiming for Qh7+.} Qd1 $2 (70... Qc1 $18 71. Qxe5+ Kxg6 72. Qd6+ Kg7 73. Qc7+ Kg6) 71. Kg4 Qd7+ 72. Qf5 {Precision: White = 59%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.30"]
[Round "14.1"]
[White "Braun, Arik"]
[Black "Brendel, Oliver"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2347"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hockenheim"]
[BlackTeam "SV Hofheim"]

{[%evp 16,73,16,23,21,-10,18,7,12,-13,-2,-15,-8,-12,0,-2,6,0,14,0,32,36,38,33,29,13,78,93,91,84,95,72,103,103,91,91,104,95,110,111,115,95,130,133,159,168,185,145,163,143,179,164,172,165,262,247,335,318,834,824]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Qc2 Re8 9. Rd1 c6 {E61: King's Indian: Early deviations for White, including Smyslov System} (9... b6 10. d5 a5 11. Nd2 Nc5 12. b3 e4 13. Bb2 Bf5 14. Nf1 h5 15. Nb5 h4 16. Nd4 Bg4 17. h3 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 {1-0 (68) Michalik,P (2557)-Kovalev,V (2639) Katowice 2017}) 10. b4 a6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Qe7 11. Bb2 a6 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. c5 a5 14. a3 axb4 15. axb4 Rxa1 16. Rxa1 b6 17. Ra7 bxc5 {1-0 (33) Hamitevici,V (2475)-Aghamaliyev,C (2494) Konya 2016}) 11. a4 exd4 {The position is equal.} 12. exd4 Nf8 13. h3 Bf5 14. Qb3 Ne4 15. Be3 Ng3 16. Bd3 Qd7 17. Bf4 Bxd3 18. Bxg3 Be4 {aiming for ...Bxf3.} 19. Nxe4 Rxe4 20. Rac1 d5 (20... Bh6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 21. cxd5 $16 Qxd5 22. Qxd5 cxd5 23. Rc7 b5 24. axb5 axb5 25. Rc5 Rd8 26. Bh4 Rb8 27. Rxd5 Ne6 28. Bg3 Rb7 29. Kf1 h6 {[#]} 30. Ne5 $1 h5 31. h4 Kh7 32. Rd6 Bf8 33. Rd7 Rxd7 34. Nxd7 Bg7 (34... Be7 {might work better.}) 35. d5 $18 Nd8 36. Bc7 Re7 $2 {[#]} (36... Nb7 37. Nc5 Rc4 38. Nxb7 Rxc7) 37. Nf6+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 67%, Black = 22%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.30"]
[Round "14.1"]
[White "Mons, Leon"]
[Black "Dragnev, Valentin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zugzwang Muenchen"]
[BlackTeam "Bayern Muenchen"]

{[%evp 15,48,-1,0,0,0,-11,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-20,-15,-11,-20,-17,-10,-22,-30,-63,-56,-63,-64,-90,-62]} 1. e3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. b3 c5 5. Bb2 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Be2 d4 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} 8. Bb5 Bd6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 9. O-O {[%cal Re3d4]} O-O {The position is equal.} 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. exd4 cxd4 12. Bxd4 Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. Nc3 Re8 15. d3 {[#]} Bc7 $146 {[#] And now ...Bxf3 would win.} 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Ne4 Qg6 18. Ng3 Bxg3 19. fxg3 Qxg3 20. Qd2 Qd6 21. Rad1 a5 22. Qf2 a4 23. bxa4 Rxa4 24. Rd2 Rea8 {Precision: White = 52%, Black = 85%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.30"]
[Round "14.2"]
[White "Studer, Noel"]
[Black "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2463"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bayern Muenchen"]
[BlackTeam "Zugzwang Muenchen"]

{[%evp 25,131,26,26,23,31,25,36,28,44,45,54,56,64,28,28,28,28,21,44,43,43,32,45,45,66,24,52,47,54,67,46,35,23,0,0,0,-8,-41,11,0,0,0,0,0,26,26,26,26,26,26,32,0,0,0,26,37,32,0,10,10,29,0,20,12,57,85,70,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,-205,-223,-178,-109,-209,-8,-8,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nd2 c6 6. Nh3 Bd6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. Nf3 Ne4 9. O-O Nd7 10. Nf4 Qe7 11. Nd3 b6 12. Bf4 {A90: Dutch Defence: Miscellaneous and Modern Stonewall (with ...Bd6)} Bxf4 13. Nxf4 Bb7 {LiveBook: 14 Games} 14. cxd5 {White has an edge.} exd5 {[#]} 15. h4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Rac1 c5 16. dxc5 bxc5 {1-0 (26) Burmakin,V (2560)-Guliev,S (2465) St Petersburg 1998}) 15... c5 16. e3 Rac8 17. Qa4 a6 18. Qa3 Rfe8 19. Rfd1 c4 20. Qxe7 Rxe7 21. h5 b5 22. Nh4 Rf7 23. Bh3 Nd6 24. g4 b4 25. gxf5 Nf6 26. Nf3 a5 27. Ne5 Re7 28. f3 c3 29. bxc3 Rxc3 30. Kf2 {[%cal Bg1f2,Bf2g3,Bg3f4][%mdl 32]} Rc2+ 31. Kg3 Nc4 (31... Bc8 $15) 32. Re1 Nxe5 33. dxe5 Rxe5 {[#]} 34. h6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} gxh6 35. Ne6 {Threatens to win with Kf4.} Rc3 36. Kf4 Rexe3 $1 37. Rxe3 {Threatening mate with Rg1+.} Nh5+ 38. Kg4 Nf6+ 39. Kf4 {White threatens Rg1+ and mate.} Nh5+ 40. Ke5 Rxe3+ 41. Kd4 Rc3 42. Rg1+ Kf7 $1 {...Bc8 is the strong threat.} ({Of course not} 42... Kh8 $6 43. Nd8 $16) 43. Bg4 Nf6 {aiming for ...Rc4+.} 44. Nd8+ Kf8 {Hoping for ...Bc8.} 45. Nxb7 h5 46. Nxa5 ({White should try} 46. Bh3 $14) 46... hxg4 $11 47. fxg4 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} h6 48. Rg2 Kf7 49. Ke5 Re3+ 50. Kf4 $2 (50. Kd6 $11) 50... d4 $19 {[%cal Rf6d5]} 51. g5 Nd5+ 52. Kg4 {[#]} hxg5 $2 (52... h5+ $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 53. Kh4 (53. Kxh5 Nf4+) 53... Re4+ 54. Kg3 h4+ 55. Kh2 d3) 53. Kxg5 $11 {The position is equal.} d3 54. Nc4 Re2 55. Rg3 d2 56. Rd3 Nc3 57. Nxd2 Rxd2 58. Rxd2 {KR-KN} Ne4+ 59. Kf4 Nxd2 {KN-KPP} 60. Ke3 Nb1 61. Kd4 Nc3 62. Kc4 Nxa2 63. Kb3 Kf6 64. Kxa2 Kxf5 65. Kb3 Ke5 66. Kxb4 {Precision: White = 65%, Black = 49%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.30"]
[Round "14.2"]
[White "Burkart, Patrick"]
[Black "Boguslawski, Oleg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2298"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SV Hofheim"]
[BlackTeam "Hockenheim"]

{[%evp 18,41,45,16,22,17,29,33,25,20,34,20,34,23,16,15,20,0,0,-25,0,-11,0,-11,0,-6]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. e3 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O d5 8. a3 Be7 9. b4 Nbd7 10. Qc2 {LiveBook: 3 Games. E14: Queen's Indian: Classical Variation (4 e3)} (10. c5 bxc5 11. bxc5 Bc6 12. Qc2 Rb8 13. a4 Rb4 14. Bb2 Qa8 15. Bc3 Rbb8 16. Nb3 Ne4 17. Na5 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 {½-½ (42) Grachev,B (2661)-Fedoseev,V (2662) Vladivostok 2014}) 10... dxc4 11. Nxc4 c5 12. dxc5 {White has an edge.} bxc5 13. b5 a6 14. bxa6 Bxa6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Rxa6 15. e4 h6 16. Rb1 Qa8 17. Re1 {½-½ (59) Santos,A (2287)-Andrade,J Amadora 2010}) 15. Rd1 Qc7 16. Bb2 h6 17. Rac1 Rfd8 18. Qc3 Bf8 19. Bb1 {The position is equal.} Bb7 20. Qc2 {[#] And now Rxd7! would win.} Be4 21. Qe2 {Precision: White = 31%, Black = 54%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.30"]
[Round "14.2"]
[White "Commercon, Simon"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2263"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Speyer"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]

{[%evp 11,90,0,5,-53,-68,-106,-103,-86,-104,-97,-83,-104,-41,-39,0,0,0,0,0,-144,-123,-123,-122,-123,-140,-122,-131,-116,-115,-137,-129,-134,-131,-155,-135,-139,-138,-170,-158,-175,-144,-353,-339,-322,-263,-264,-244,-268,-269,-247,-252,-537,-537,-537,-537,-533,-531,-510,-507,-733,-719,-818,-812,-791,-756,-907,-878,-1340,-1229,-1437,-975,-1509,-1433,-29985,-29986,-29986,-29987,-29991,-29992,-29992,-29993]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 O-O 6. Be2 {A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation} (6. Nd5 Be7 7. a3 d6 8. Be2 Be6 9. Ng5 Bxd5 10. cxd5 Nb8 11. Qb3 Nbd7 12. d3 h6 13. Nf3 c6 14. dxc6 bxc6 {½-½ (39) Cheparinov,I (2710)-Kryvoruchko,Y (2689) Riadh 2017}) 6... Re8 {LiveBook: 15 Games} 7. b3 $146 (7. O-O $11) ({Predecessor:} 7. O-O e4 8. Ne1 Bxc3 9. bxc3 d5 10. cxd5 Qxd5 11. c4 Qd6 12. c5 Qd5 13. Bb2 Bf5 {½-½ (57) Harutyunian,T (2487)-Ter Sahakyan,S (2563) Yerevan 2018}) 7... e4 $15 8. Ng5 {[%cal Rg5e4] Black is slightly better.} d5 9. cxd5 Bxc3 $1 ({Stronger than} 9... Nxd5 10. Nxf7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qf6 11. Nxd5 $16) 10. dxc3 Qxd5 11. h4 {Hoping for Bc4.} Ne5 (11... Qc5 $17 12. b4 Nxb4 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 12. c4 $1 {[%cal Rc4d5]} Qd6 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Bg4 15. Qd5 (15. Ba3 $11 Qxa3 16. Bxg4) 15... Qf6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under strong pressure.} 16. Bb2 {Threatens to win with Bxg4.} Rad8 17. Bxe5 Rxe5 18. Qxd8+ Qxd8 19. Bxg4 f5 {[%cal Bf7f5,Bf5f4][%mdl 32]} 20. Rd1 Qe7 {[%mdl 1024] Black has strong compensation.} 21. Bf3 {[#]} f4 $1 22. e4 h5 23. Rh3 c6 {[%cal Bc7c6,Bc6b5][%mdl 32]} 24. Ke2 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 25. Rd2 {[#]} a4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 26. Kd3 $2 (26. Kf1 $17) (26. bxa4 Qb4) 26... Qa3 $19 27. Bd1 b5 28. cxb5 cxb5 29. Ke2 Rxe4+ 30. Kf1 {[#]} Qe7 $1 {[%csl Ge7][%cal Re4e1]} 31. Re2 $2 (31. Be2 {was the only chance.}) 31... a3 32. Rd3 Rxe2 33. Bxe2 Qxh4 {[%cal Rh4h1][%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRB} 34. Bf3 b4 35. Rd2 g5 {[%cal Bg7g5,Bg5g4][%mdl 32]} 36. Ke2 g4 37. Bd5+ Kg7 38. Rd4 Qe7+ 39. Kd3 Qe1 40. Rxf4 Qb1+ 41. Kd4 Qxa2 {Strongly threatening ...Qd2+.} 42. Ke5 Qe2+ {Black mates.} 43. Kd6 Qa6+ 44. Ke5 a2 45. Rf7+ Kg6 {Precision: White = 38%, Black = 82%.} 0-1

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.30"]
[Round "14.3"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Kraemer, Enrico"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2191"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Speyer"]

{[%evp 9,43,0,34,35,42,38,144,137,158,165,172,129,131,141,184,175,236,237,318,331,325,304,365,341,387,384,375,347,349,348,389,436,471,483,513,469]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Bc4 e6 5. Nge2 g6 (5... Ne7 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. Ne2 Nc6 8. O-O a6 9. d3 d5 10. exd5 exd5 11. Bb3 Bd6 12. Nf4 Bxf4 13. Bxf4 O-O 14. Qf3 Be6 15. Rfe1 {1-0 (58) Cornette,M (2611)-Lenic,L (2662) chess.com INT 2018}) 6. Nxd4 {B23: Closed Sicilian: Lines without g3} cxd4 7. Nb5 e5 $146 (7... Bg7 $14) ({Predecessor:} 7... Qb6 8. c3 dxc3 9. dxc3 a6 10. Nd4 Bg7 11. O-O Ne7 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Bb3 {1-0 (45) Kovalevskaya,E (2475)-Hunt,H (2454) Halle 2000}) 8. Qf3 $16 {[%csl Gc4][%cal Rf3f7] White is clearly better.} f6 9. Qb3 Nh6 10. c3 a6 11. Na3 Bxa3 12. bxa3 Qe7 (12... d3 $142 13. O-O (13. Bxd3 Nf7 $18) 13... b5) 13. cxd4 $18 Nf7 14. dxe5 fxe5 15. O-O d6 16. Bd5 g5 {[#]} 17. d4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} O-O (17... exd4 18. Bb2) 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Bb2 {[%cal Bc1b2,Bb2e5,Be5f4][%mdl 32]} Re8 20. f4 gxf4 {[#] If only Black now had time for ...Be6....} 21. Bxe5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Be6 {aiming for ...Bxd5.} (21... Qxe5 22. Bxf7+) 22. Bxf4 {Precision: White = 100%, Black = 31%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.30"]
[Round "14.3"]
[White "Heinemann, Thies"]
[Black "Krause, Benedict"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hamburg SK"]
[BlackTeam "Norderstedt"]

{[%evp 17,91,-8,16,13,32,17,45,-7,18,7,29,-16,0,-3,-3,-8,0,-11,-2,-33,0,0,15,15,14,21,33,3,3,12,12,12,10,3,39,38,39,32,42,29,36,29,33,30,49,50,41,57,75,73,170,185,201,201,201,201,202,200,210,133,345,345,329,288,29957,6613,29975,29976,29976,29977,29980,29977,29975,29976,29983,29973]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f3,Bf3e5][%mdl 32]} Qc7 9. Re1 Bd7 10. a3 {B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6} Ne5 11. Qe2 Rac8 12. d4 $146 (12. Nxe5 $14 dxe5 13. a4) ({Predecessor:} 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. a4 a6 14. a5 Rfd8 15. Nb3 c4 16. dxc4 Qxc4 17. Qxc4 Rxc4 {1-0 (64) Sadler,M (2659)-Roberson,P (2408) England 2015}) 12... Nxf3+ 13. Nxf3 cxd4 14. cxd4 d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Ne5 {[#] Strongly threatening Bxd5.} Bf6 17. Be4 Bc6 18. Qd3 g6 19. Bh6 Bg7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Rac1 Qd6 22. Qf3 (22. Qb3 {feels hotter.} a6 23. Nxc6 Rxc6 24. Bxd5 Rb6 25. Qf3) 22... Ne7 23. Nxc6 Nxc6 24. Bxc6 Rxc6 25. Rxc6 bxc6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} (25... Qxc6 {keeps more tension.} 26. Qxc6 bxc6 27. b4 Rd8 28. Rc1 a5) 26. Qc3 {Hoping for d5+.} Kg8 27. Re5 Rd8 28. Ra5 Qxd4 29. Qxd4 Rxd4 30. Rxa7 {KR-KR} c5 31. Kf1 Rd2 32. Rb7 c4 33. a4 {[%cal Ba3a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6,Ba6a7][%mdl 32]} Rc2 (33... c3 $16 {might work better.} 34. bxc3 Ra2) 34. a5 $18 c3 {[#]} 35. bxc3 $1 {aiming for a6.} Rxc3 36. a6 Ra3 37. a7 Kg7 38. f4 {[%cal Bf2f4,Bf4g5][%mdl 32]} g5 $2 (38... Kf6 $16 {was necessary.} 39. Ke2 h5) 39. fxg5 Ra2 40. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32] h5 is the strong threat.} e5 $2 (40... h6 $18 41. gxh6+ Kxh6 42. Rxf7 Kg6) 41. h5 e4 42. g4 {White mates.} Ra1+ 43. Kf2 Ra3 44. Ke2 Ra2+ 45. Ke3 Ra4 46. Rc7 {Precision: White = 67%, Black = 27%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.30"]
[Round "14.3"]
[White "Bromberger, Stefan"]
[Black "Bischoff, Klaus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E09"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zugzwang Muenchen"]
[BlackTeam "Bayern Muenchen"]

{[%evp 30,40,39,35,47,33,22,23,22,22,20,14,31]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 c6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bf4 Nh5 10. Bc1 Nhf6 11. Nbd2 b6 12. e4 Bb7 13. e5 Ne8 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Re1 {E09: Closed Catalan: Main Line: 7 Qc2 c6 8 Nbd2} Qc7 (15... Rc8 16. Qd1 Qc7 17. Nb1 b5 18. Bf1 b4 19. Bd3 h6 20. Bf4 Qb6 21. Nbd2 Ba6 22. Bc2 f5 23. exf6 Rxf6 {1-0 (32) Gelfand,B (2729)-Stupak,K (2573) Tbilisi 2017}) 16. Qb3 {LiveBook: 12 Games} Nb8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Rc8 17. Bf1 Qc2 18. Qe3 Qg6 19. Bd3 Qh5 20. Kg2 Nc7 21. h3 f5 22. Qe2 Nb8 23. Nf1 Ba6 24. Bd2 {½-½ (24) Cernousek,L (2456)-Jirovsky,M (2455) Prague 2017}) 17. Nf1 Nc6 18. Ne3 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 19. Bd2 a4 20. Qd1 Qd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.30"]
[Round "14.4"]
[White "Gabriel, Christian"]
[Black "Hertneck, Gerald"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bayern Muenchen"]
[BlackTeam "Zugzwang Muenchen"]

{[%evp 14,90,42,25,77,14,12,8,4,15,8,9,11,10,14,14,15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,13,17,0,2,2,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-5,-4,0,0,0,0,0,-129,-158,-127,-20,-16,-37,-35,-18,-77,-27,-88,-72,-84,-67,-69,-42,-60,-51,-56,-53,-112,-112,-112,-112,-126,-111,-214,-227,-249,-231]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Ne4 8. Qb3 {[%cal Rc4d5] LiveBook: 37 Games} (8. Qc2 {looks sharper.} Bf5 9. Bd3 Na6 10. a3 Nxc3 11. Bxf5 gxf5 12. bxc3 e6 13. Qb3) 8... Qb6 $146 {D94: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 5 e3} (8... e6 $11) ({Predecessor:} 8... dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd6 10. Be2 Nd7 11. e4 c5 12. Rd1 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nc5 14. Qc2 Bd7 15. Be3 Rc8 16. Qb1 Qe8 17. Nb3 Nxb3 18. axb3 a6 19. Ra5 Bc6 20. f3 Nb5 21. Nxb5 axb5 22. b4 Rd8 23. Ra3 {½-½ (23) Bacrot,E (2701)-Paehtz,E (2474) Karlsruhe 2016}) 9. Qxb6 (9. cxd5 $16 Nxc3 10. bxc3) 9... axb6 $11 10. cxd5 Nxc3 {The position is equal.} 11. bxc3 cxd5 12. c4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Bf5 14. Bd2 Nc6 15. Nh4 Be6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Bc3 e5 {[%cal Re5d4]} 18. d5 Na5 19. Nf3 Nc4 20. Rfb1 Ra4 21. Rb4 Rfa8 22. Rab1 e4 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Ng5 Nd6 25. Rxb6 Rxa2 26. h4 Ra1 27. Rxa1 Rxa1+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 28. Kh2 Ra5 29. Rb4 b5 30. Ne6+ Kf6 31. Nc5 (31. Nd4 $11) 31... Ke5 $17 32. Rd4 Ra7 (32... Nf5 $17 33. Rb4 Kxd5 34. Nxe4 Nd6 35. Rd4+ Kc6) 33. g4 $1 $11 Rc7 34. f4+ exf3 35. Nd3+ Kf6 36. Rf4+ (36. Kg3 $11) 36... Kg7 $17 37. Rxf3 Rc2+ 38. Kh3 Kg8 39. Nb4 Rc4 40. Nc6 Re4 41. Nd4 (41. Rf1 $15) 41... b4 {[%cal Bb5b4,Bb4b3][%mdl 32]} 42. Ne6 {[%csl Ge6][%cal Rf3f8] [#]} Nf7 $1 43. Nc5 Rc4 44. Nd3 (44. Ne6 $17) 44... Nd6 $19 45. Rf4 b3 {Precision: White = 50%, Black = 80%.} 0-1

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.30"]
[Round "14.4"]
[White "Parvanyan, Ashot"]
[Black "Rogozenco, Dorian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Norderstedt"]
[BlackTeam "Hamburg SK"]

{[%evp 10,66,11,13,11,4,5,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-12,0,-8,0,-34,-31,-25,0,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,0,-16,-17,-37,-37,-37,-37,-37,-37,-37,-37,-37,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d4 e6 6. Nbd2 h6 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} (6... Nbd7 7. Re1 Be7 8. e4 O-O 9. e5 Ne8 10. c3 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Nb3 Nc7 13. Be3 b6 14. Nbd4 Qd7 15. b4 Ne4 16. Qd3 {½-½ (75) Gabuzyan,H (2571)-Dreev,A (2653) chess.com INT 2018}) 7. Re1 Bf5 8. c4 Be7 {The position is equal.} 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 Nbd7 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Ne4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nd7 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 {½-½ (51) Fojtik,T (2051)-Burdalev,K (2347) Brno 2016}) 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Qd4 Qb6 15. Qxb6 $1 axb6 16. Bd4 Bb4 17. Red1 c5 18. Bb2 Rfd8 {And now ...Rxd1+ would win.} 19. Rd6 Kf8 20. a3 Ba5 21. Rad1 Ke8 22. e3 (22. h3 {feels hotter.} Bg6 23. g4 Rxd6 24. Rxd6 Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Kxd8 26. e3) 22... Rxd6 23. Rxd6 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Kxd8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBB} 25. h3 h5 26. Kf1 Kc7 27. Ke2 Kc6 28. Kd1 b5 29. Bf1 bxc4 {Black is slightly better.} 30. bxc4 Kd7 31. Ba1 g5 32. Bb2 Kc6 33. Ba1 Kd7 {Precision: White = 47%, Black = 77%.} (33... g4 $5 34. h4 $8 Bg6 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.30"]
[Round "14.4"]
[White "Mager, Denis"]
[Black "Gustafsson, Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2268"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Speyer"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]

{[%evp 17,89,3,11,-10,-12,-28,-27,-33,-24,-35,0,0,6,0,0,0,0,-10,14,-25,-14,-37,-6,-28,-18,-47,-47,-47,-47,-52,-47,-49,-50,-54,-18,-12,-7,-14,-8,-16,9,4,5,7,13,4,62,0,51,56,71,66,129,125,130,129,125,100,402,400,410,399,383,390,323,291,276,266,410,420,403,125,125,127]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. d4 b6 8. Nf3 Bb7 9. Be2 Bd6 {LiveBook: 7 Games. A18: English Opening: Flohr-Mikenas System (1 c4 Nf6 2 Nc3 e6 3 e4)} (9... Nd7 10. Bg5 Qg6 11. O-O Bd6 12. Qa4 c6 13. Rfe1 O-O 14. Rad1 Rfe8 15. Bd3 Qh5 16. Bh4 b5 17. Qa5 {½-½ (79) Romanov,E (2626)-Levin,E (2544) Krakow 2018}) 10. Qc2 (10. Bg5 {keeps more tension.} Qf5 11. Bd3 Qg4 12. O-O h6 13. Be3) 10... Qg6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... h6 11. Be3 Nd7 12. a4 a5 13. Qb3 Rb8 14. Rb1 O-O 15. O-O Be4 16. Rb2 Qg6 17. Rd1 {0-1 (29) Simonet Planas,A-Aloma Vidal,R (2135) Mondariz 2003}) 11. Qxg6 hxg6 {Black has an edge.} 12. h3 Nd7 13. O-O O-O 14. Be3 Nf6 15. Ng5 Rfd8 16. Rfd1 Rac8 17. Rd2 c5 18. Kf1 Be7 19. Rad1 Kf8 20. h4 Rd7 21. g3 cxd4 22. cxd4 Ba6 23. c5 Bxe2+ 24. Kxe2 Nd5 25. Rc1 Nxe3 26. fxe3 bxc5 27. Rdc2 Rdc7 28. Rc4 Bd6 {Threatens to win with ...cxd4.} 29. Ne4 Ke7 30. dxc5 Be5 31. Kf3 Rd8 (31... Rc6 $11) 32. Nd6 (32. Ra4 $1 $14) 32... a6 (32... Rcd7 $11) 33. Rb1 $14 Kf8 34. Ne4 Rd3 ({Better is} 34... Ke7 $14) 35. a4 $16 Ke7 36. Rb6 $1 a5 37. c6 Bd6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (37... Rd1 $16) 38. Nc3 $1 $18 Be5 {[#]} 39. Nb5 $1 Rc8 40. Rb7+ Ke8 41. c7 Rd7 42. Ra7 Ke7 (42... Rd1 {might work better.} 43. Rxa5 Kd7) 43. Rxa5 Bxc7 {[#]} 44. Ra7 $2 ({Less strong is} 44. Nxc7 Rdxc7 45. Rxc7+ Rxc7 $14) (44. Ra6 $1 $18 {is the precise move to win.}) 44... Bb8 $16 45. Rxc8 {Precision: White = 58%, Black = 43%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.30"]
[Round "14.5"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Schroeder, Jan-Christian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hockenheim"]
[BlackTeam "SV Hofheim"]

{[%evp 25,42,4,14,0,20,14,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-606,-597]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 c5 5. b3 Nc6 6. Bb2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Nbd2 cxd4 9. exd4 b6 {D05: Colle System with ...e6} 10. a3 Bb7 11. Qe2 Ne7 12. Ne5 Rc8 13. Rfe1 Ng6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 14. g3 {[#]} Qe7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... b5 15. Rac1 a6 16. b4 Bxe5 17. dxe5 {1-0 (61) So,W (2815)-Carlsen,M (2832) chess.com INT 2017}) 15. f3 Rc7 16. Nf1 (16. b4 {keeps more tension.} Rfc8 17. c3 Nh5 18. Qe3 Nf6 19. f4) 16... Rfc8 17. Ne3 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Nd7 {[%cal Bf6d7,Bd7c5,Bc5d3,Bd3e1][%mdl 32]} 19. f4 Nc5 $1 20. Bd4 Nxd3 21. Z0 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (21. Qxd3 $11 Nf8 22. a4) 21... Nxe1 {[%mdl 32768] An unexpected result.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.30"]
[Round "14.5"]
[White "Carlstedt, Jonathan"]
[Black "Meyer, Falko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2212"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hamburg SK"]
[BlackTeam "Norderstedt"]

{[%evp 9,43,-4,39,20,34,34,32,10,14,6,12,19,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,28,18,42,12,22,28,292,290,362,350,360,329]} 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nd2 g6 {LiveBook: 41 Games} (5... Bf5 6. Ngf3 e6 7. Be2 Bd6 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nd4 Bg6 10. Qa4 O-O 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qxc6 Rc8 13. Qa4 Re8 14. O-O e5 {0-1 (57) Le,Q (2737)-Ding,L (2777) Riadh 2017}) 6. Be2 {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines} cxd4 7. exd4 Bg7 8. h4 {White is slightly better.} h5 9. Ngf3 Ng4 10. O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Bb5 O-O 11. Qe2 Re8 12. Bxc6 bxc6 {½-½ (43) Huppertz,A (1865)-Stroessner,L (1971) Germany 2010}) 10... O-O 11. g3 Re8 12. Nb3 Qb6 13. a4 a5 14. Bb5 Bf5 15. Nbd2 Rad8 16. Qb3 Bf6 17. Rae1 Kg7 18. Re2 Rg8 19. Ng5 Na7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (19... e6 $11) 20. Nxf7 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Nxb5 (20... Kxf7 21. Be8+) 21. Nxd8 Rxd8 22. Rfe1 {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 50%.} ({Don't do} 22. Qxb5 Qxb5 23. axb5 Bd3 $18) ({Less strong is} 22. axb5 Bd3 $18) 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.30"]
[Round "14.5"]
[White "Zysk, Robert"]
[Black "Lindgren, Philip"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2416"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zugzwang Muenchen"]
[BlackTeam "Bayern Muenchen"]

{[%evp 19,162,-10,0,0,11,-11,-7,-21,-21,-27,-1,-42,-47,-38,-31,-48,-45,-55,-50,-58,-53,-65,-42,-57,-46,-62,-62,-46,-46,-49,-29,-47,-57,-51,-43,-60,-58,-58,-56,-60,-56,-54,-45,-53,-22,-47,12,19,16,0,24,13,25,24,29,25,27,20,20,22,22,18,27,12,16,10,39,29,29,30,29,29,31,23,37,35,37,23,23,30,30,18,33,33,47,33,33,33,47,36,41,54,48,8,50,8,8,10,14,8,8,8,11,8,64,64,64,64,96,96,102,96,131,131,131,65,131,131,131,131,131,131,141,141,589,525,766,803,1300,425,1298,1221,1206,1239,1091,1091,29978,29977,29976,29977,29976,29977,29988,29989,29999]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bg4 3. e3 Nd7 4. Bb2 Ngf6 5. Be2 h6 6. d3 e6 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. a3 c6 9. O-O O-O 10. c4 a5 11. Qc2 {A12: English Opening: 1...c6 with b3 by White} Bd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Qb8 12. Rfe1 Rc8 13. e4 Ne8 14. h3 Bh5 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Bxh5 {½-½ (44) Stepak,Y (2302)-Macek,V (2230) Arvier 2004}) 12. Rfe1 e5 13. c5 {The position is equal.} Bc7 14. e4 d4 15. Nf1 Qe7 16. Rec1 Rfe8 17. Ng3 Be6 18. Nd2 Nf8 19. b4 Ra7 20. Nc4 N6d7 21. Re1 Rea8 22. Nf1 {[%cal Bg3f1,Bf1d2,Bd2f3][%mdl 32]} Ng6 23. g3 Nf6 24. Nfd2 h5 {[%cal Bh6h5,Bh5h4][%mdl 32]} 25. Nf3 h4 26. Ng5 Bd7 27. Qd2 Nh7 28. Nxh7 Kxh7 29. Rab1 Be6 30. Bd1 Qf6 31. Qe2 Kg8 32. Bb3 Bd7 (32... axb4 $15 33. axb4 Qg5) 33. Bc1 axb4 34. axb4 Nf8 35. Qh5 hxg3 36. hxg3 Qg6 37. Qxg6 Nxg6 38. Kg2 Ra1 39. Bd2 (39. Bg5 {is interesting.} Rxb1 40. Rxb1 Bg4 41. f3 Be6 42. Kf2) 39... Rxb1 40. Rxb1 Be6 41. Rf1 Nf8 42. f4 f6 43. f5 Bf7 44. g4 Bd8 45. Rb1 Nd7 46. Kf3 Kf8 47. Ke2 Ra6 48. Nd6 Bxb3 49. Rxb3 Ra7 50. Rb1 Be7 51. Nc4 Kf7 52. Rh1 Kg8 53. Rg1 Ra6 54. Rb1 b5 55. cxb6 Nxb6 56. Na5 Nc8 57. b5 cxb5 58. Rxb5 {Rb8 is the strong threat.} Rb6 59. Rxb6 Nxb6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} 60. Nc6 Bd6 61. g5 fxg5 (61... g6 $11) 62. Bxg5 $14 Nd7 63. Bh4 $1 Bc7 64. Bg3 Kf7 {[#]} 65. Nxd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} g6 (65... exd4 66. Bxc7) 66. fxg6+ Kxg6 67. Nf3 (67. Nc6 $16) 67... Kf6 ({Black should try} 67... Bb8 $1 $14) 68. d4 $16 {[%cal Bd3d4,Bd4d5][%mdl 32]} Ke6 69. d5+ Kd6 70. Nd4 {Threatens to win with Nb5+.} Bb6 {[#]} 71. Nc6 $1 {And now Bh4 would win.} Bc5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (71... Bc7 $16 72. Kd3 Nc5+ 73. Ke3 Nd7) 72. Kf3 $18 Ba3 73. Bh4 Bb2 74. Be7+ Kc7 75. Kg4 Bc3 76. Kf5 Bb2 77. Ke6 Bc3 78. Bd6+ {White mates.} Kc8 79. Na7+ Kd8 80. Be7+ Ke8 81. Nb5 {[%cal Rb5d6]} Ba5 82. Nd6# {Precision: White = 62%, Black = 48%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.30"]
[Round "14.6"]
[White "Ribli, Zoltan"]
[Black "Schramm, Christian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bayern Muenchen"]
[BlackTeam "Zugzwang Muenchen"]

{[%evp 21,63,49,70,73,62,70,60,0,117,106,113,110,129,108,115,119,114,119,102,107,111,62,89,32,147,120,141,136,248,235,260,251,213,222,194,200,389,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bd7 6. Ne5 Bc6 7. Nxc6 Nxc6 8. O-O Qd7 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3} 9. e3 h5 10. Nd2 h4 11. Nxc4 hxg3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 12. hxg3 Nd5 13. Bd2 f5 14. b4 {[#]} (14. Qb1 $14) 14... Bd6 $146 (14... Bxb4 $11 {keeps the balance.} 15. Bxb4 Ndxb4) ({Predecessor:} 14... g5 15. b5 Qh7 16. Re1 {1-0 (36) Ghosh,D (2523)-Jakubowski,K (2565) Pardubice 2015}) 15. b5 $16 Nce7 16. a4 g5 17. e4 fxe4 {With the idea ...Nf5.} 18. Qg4 (18. Bxg5 $6 Nf5 $15) 18... O-O-O 19. Qxe4 {And now Rfe1 would win.} (19. Bxe4 $6 Nf6 $11) 19... Nf5 {Threatens to win with ...Qh7.} 20. Rfe1 Rde8 21. Ne3 Nfxe3 22. Bxe3 (22. Rxe3 $16 Qf7 23. a5) 22... Rhg8 (22... Qg7 $1 $14) 23. Bd2 g4 24. Re2 Qf7 (24... Kb8 $16 25. Rae1 Qf7) 25. a5 $18 {[%cal Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} Qh5 26. a6 b6 27. Qc2 $1 (27. Kf1 Rgf8 $11) 27... Rh8 28. Qc6 $1 Re7 $2 (28... Ne7 {was called for.} 29. Qb7+ Kd7) 29. Rae1 $2 ({White should try} 29. Kf1 $18) 29... Reh7 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} 30. Qb7+ (30. Rxe6 $2 Qh1+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 31. Bxh1 Rxh1+ 32. Kg2 R8h2#) 30... Kd7 31. Qc6+ (31. Qxa7 $2 {leads to mate.} Qh1+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 32. Bxh1 Rxh1+ 33. Kg2 R8h2#) 31... Kc8 $1 {( -> ...Qh1+!)} 32. Qb7+ {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 43%.} (32. Rxe6 $2 {[#] gets mated.} Qh1+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 33. Bxh1 Rxh1+ 34. Kg2 R8h2#) 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.30"]
[Round "14.6"]
[White "Perske, Thore"]
[Black "Howell, David W L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SV Hofheim"]
[BlackTeam "Hockenheim"]

{[%evp 23,125,0,0,-5,-2,-7,-6,-31,-15,-25,-14,-13,22,-33,-16,-8,-7,-12,50,37,43,38,0,0,36,33,38,34,37,50,68,62,66,0,80,82,63,25,127,125,100,104,104,111,161,145,229,112,218,209,193,185,215,180,376,171,179,186,182,179,242,233,237,237,304,269,274,267,264,245,314,329,295,316,431,374,687,695,704,710,760,770,2310,1921,2236,2155,29980,29981,29987,29968,29969,29970,5297,5269,29944,29937,6187,6183,6079,6079,6079,6079,6070,5493]} 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 d6 8. a3 {C84: Closed Ruy Lopez: Unusual White 6th moves} (8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Ng5 Rf8 12. Re1 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Ndf3 Qd7 15. d4 exd4 16. cxd4 h6 {1-0 (44) Grischuk,A (2767)-So,W (2799) Berlin 2018}) 8... Na5 9. Ba2 c5 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Ne2 O-O {LiveBook: 3 Games} 13. Ng3 {[#]} Nd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Nc6 14. c3 Qe8 15. a4 b4 {½-½ (111) Kovalenko,I (2657)-Kollars,D (2503) Zalakaros 2017}) 14. a4 b4 15. h3 Kh8 16. Qe2 Rb8 17. Be3 d5 {[%cal Bd6d5,Bd5d4][%mdl 32]} 18. Nh2 (18. exd5 $11 exd5 19. c4) 18... d4 19. Bd2 {[#]} c4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 20. dxc4 Nc6 (20... Nb6 $11) 21. b3 $1 $14 Nc5 22. Rab1 $1 d3 23. cxd3 Nd4 24. Qd1 Nxd3 25. Be3 Nc5 $1 26. Ng4 Ndxb3 27. Nxe5 {And now Nc6 would win.} Qc7 28. f4 ({Better is} 28. Qh5 $14) 28... Na5 (28... Rbd8 $1 $11 {remains equal.} 29. Qh5 Kg8) 29. Qh5 $16 Kg8 30. Kh1 Bd6 (30... Nc6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 31. Bxc5 $1 Bxc5 32. Nd7 Qxd7 33. Qxc5 Nc6 34. Rfd1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} Qe8 (34... Qb7 $16 35. f5 exf5) 35. f5 (35. Rd6 $18 {is the precise move to win.} Rc8 36. f5) 35... Rc8 (35... a5 $16 36. fxe6 Qxe6) 36. fxe6 Qxe6 37. Rd6 Qe8 38. Qd5+ Rf7 $2 (38... Kh8 39. Re6 Qd8 40. Rxc6 Rxc6) 39. Re6 (39. Nf5 $142) 39... Ne7 $18 40. Qe5 Qd7 41. Rxa6 Qd3 (41... h6 $142 42. a5 Kh7) 42. Rxb4 {aiming for Rb8.} Ng6 {[#]} 43. Qd6 $1 {[%cal Rd6d3]} ({Not} 43. Qe6 Rcf8 $14) 43... Qc3 {intending ...Nf4.} 44. Nf5 Qe1+ 45. Kh2 Qxe4 46. Ng3 Qc2 47. Rb8 Rxb8 48. Qxb8+ Nf8 49. Ra7 {Black must now prevent Rxf7.} Rf2 $2 (49... Qxc4 50. Rxf7 Kxf7 51. Qa7+ Kg8) 50. Qb7 {[%csl Ga7][%cal Rb7g7]} Qg6 51. a5 h6 52. a6 Ne6 53. Ra8+ Kh7 54. a7 Nf4 55. Rf8 Ne2 56. Rh8+ Kxh8 57. a8=Q+ Kh7 58. Qe4 Nf4 59. Qxg6+ Kxg6 60. Qe4+ {White is clearly winning.} Kf7 61. Kg1 Rxg2+ 62. Kf1 g5 {[#]} 63. Nh5 $1 {Precision: White = 67%, Black = 27%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.30"]
[Round "14.6"]
[White "Kahlert, Thomas"]
[Black "Engel, Luis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2191"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Norderstedt"]
[BlackTeam "Hamburg SK"]

{[%evp 24,52,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-12,6,-60,-10,-10,-10,-10,-9,-9,-8,-13,-6,-10,-8,-12,-6,-8,-4,-10,-8]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. e3 Nf6 3. d4 cxd4 4. exd4 d5 5. c4 Nc6 6. Nc3 g6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qb3 e6 9. Bc4 {A35: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3 Nc6 3 Nf3} (9. Bb5 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Re1 Qd6 13. Ne4 Qb4 14. Qc2 a5 15. a3 Qb6 16. Nc5 Re8 17. Ne5 f6 {1-0 (33) Giri,A (2752)-Mamedyarov,S (2804) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 9... Na5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Qa4 a6 12. Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. Qxd7+ {LiveBook: 6 Games} ({Of course not} 13. Qxa5 Bb4 $17) 13... Kxd7 14. Ne5+ Ke7 15. Bd2 {[#] Strongly threatening Nxd5+.} Nc6 $1 16. O-O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Nxd5+ exd5 17. Nxc6+ bxc6 {½-½ (31) Harika,D (2492)-Muzychuk,M (2526) Chengdu 2015}) 16... Rc8 17. Kb1 Bg7 18. Rhe1 ({White should try} 18. Nxd5+ $11 exd5 19. Rhe1 Bxe5 20. dxe5) 18... Nxc3+ (18... Rhd8 {with more complications.} 19. Bg5+ f6 20. Nxc6+ Rxc6 21. Nxd5+ Rxd5 22. Bf4 Kf7) 19. Bxc3 {The position is equal.} Bxe5 20. dxe5 Rhd8 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 $11 {KRB-KRN} 22. Kc2 Rd5 23. Re4 b5 24. a4 h5 25. f3 Kf8 26. h4 Kg7 {Precision: White = 62%, Black = 54%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.30"]
[Round "14.7"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Oleksiyenko, Mykhaylo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Speyer"]

{[%evp 15,79,25,26,22,40,33,37,35,33,26,40,34,38,21,24,3,28,0,24,0,0,0,0,0,0,-3,72,66,80,60,60,60,81,87,71,80,83,58,77,55,70,60,99,81,88,91,79,36,37,36,114,112,123,81,214,183,350,354,371,339,372,368,581,558,534,516]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 Bd6 {LiveBook: 82 Games} 9. Bf4 Qe7 10. O-O O-O 11. h3 c6 (11... Rfe8 12. Qc2 {½-½ (12) Aronian,L (2805)-Carlsen,M (2837) Riadh 2017}) 12. Qc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Re1 Rfd8 13. Rc1 Rac8 14. Ne5 Ne8 15. Nxd7 Bxd7 16. Na4 Qf6 17. Nb6 Rb8 18. Nxd7 {½-½ (18) Shimanov,A (2623)-Rakhmanov,A (2670) Astana 2017}) 12... Rfe8 13. Rae1 g6 14. Bg5 {Threatening e4.} Qf8 15. a3 Rac8 16. b4 b5 17. Nd2 Nh5 18. Nb3 h6 19. Bh4 g5 20. Qd1 Ng7 (20... Ndf6 $11 21. Bg3 Bxg3 22. fxg3 g4) 21. Bg3 $16 f5 22. Bxd6 Qxd6 23. Nc5 Nxc5 24. dxc5 Qe5 25. Ne2 Bd7 26. Nd4 Re7 27. a4 Rce8 28. Bc2 h5 29. axb5 axb5 30. Qd3 g4 31. hxg4 hxg4 32. g3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Ra8 ({Black should try} 32... Ne6 $14) 33. Ra1 Ree8 34. Qc3 Qe7 (34... Ne6 $16) 35. Kg2 Kf7 $2 {[#]} (35... Qf6 {is a better defense.} 36. Nxb5 Qxc3 37. Nxc3 Kf7) 36. Rh1 $18 {[%cal Bf1h1,Bh1h7,Bh7h6][%mdl 32]} Qf6 37. Rh7 Rxa1 38. Qxa1 Kg8 (38... Qg6 $142) 39. Qh1 Qg5 40. Rh6 {Precision: White = 47%, Black = 32%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.30"]
[Round "14.7"]
[White "Wagner, Dennis"]
[Black "Lobzhanidze, Davit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hockenheim"]
[BlackTeam "SV Hofheim"]

{[%evp 22,117,39,36,41,-7,41,27,28,37,44,40,57,20,36,18,37,39,51,46,72,48,72,49,52,42,53,45,140,144,142,149,150,147,153,112,129,141,179,159,145,120,135,128,129,105,268,68,82,70,78,87,183,183,151,160,223,170,160,148,133,119,120,121,118,114,135,131,141,155,123,146,188,186,315,314,309,332,412,421,669,669,669,650,580,322,329,319,293,301,783,769,717,714,1274,1274,1222,1164]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. c4 c6 12. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3e2,Be2g3,Bg3f5][%mdl 32]} b4 {C95: Closed Ruy Lopez: Breyer Variation with 10 d4} 13. Ne2 c5 (13... Nxe4 14. Qc2 f5 15. c5+ d5 16. Be3 Kh8 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Bh4 19. g3 Bg5 20. Bxg5 Qxg5 {1-0 (46) Grandelius,N (2652)-Amin,B (2700) Sharjah 2018}) 14. dxe5 dxe5 {White has an edge.} 15. Ng3 Qc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Bb7 16. Qc2 Re8 17. a3 a5 18. Ba4 Qc7 19. Nf5 Bf8 20. Bg5 {1-0 (51) Hansen,T (2410)-Elseth,R (2325) Drammen 2018}) 16. Nf5 Nb6 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. a3 {Threatens to win with axb4.} bxa3 19. Rxa3 Rd8 20. Qc2 Nfd7 21. Ra5 Bb7 22. Bg5 f6 23. Be3 Rdc8 24. Ba2 Nf8 {[#]} ({Black should play} 24... Kh8 $14) 25. Qb3 $1 $36 {[%cal Rb3b6][%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} Nfd7 26. Nd2 Rab8 27. Qa3 Kh8 28. Rb1 Rc7 29. f3 Bc8 30. Kh2 Bb7 31. b4 cxb4 32. Rxb4 Nc8 {[%cal Bb6c8,Bc8e7,Be7c6][%mdl 32]} 33. Qb3 Qd8 $2 (33... Qf8 $16 {was worth a try.}) 34. Ra3 $2 ({White has to play} 34. c5 $18) 34... Ne7 35. Qc3 Nc6 36. Rb1 Bc8 (36... Qe7 $16) 37. Rxb8 $18 Ncxb8 38. c5 Nf8 (38... h6 $16 {keeps fighting.} 39. Bd5 Nc6) 39. Nc4 {And now Nd6 would win.} Be6 40. Qa5 h6 41. Nd6 Bxa2 42. Rxa2 {[%cal Ba3a2,Ba2b2,Bb2b6][%mdl 32] Black must now prevent Nf7+!} Kh7 43. Rb2 Ne6 44. Qa2 Nd4 45. Bxd4 $1 exd4 46. Qd5 Nc6 47. f4 a5 (47... Qg8 $142) 48. Rb6 Ne7 49. Qxd4 Ra7 50. e5 fxe5 (50... f5 $142 51. Qa4 Nd5) 51. Qe4+ Kg8 52. Qxe5 Qf8 53. Ne4 {aiming for Rb8.} Kh7 54. c6 {[%cal Bc5c6,Bc6c7][%mdl 32]} Ng6 {[#]} 55. Qd6 $1 a4 $2 (55... Qxd6 56. Nxd6 Ne7) 56. Rb7 {White is clearly winning.} Ra8 57. c7 Rc8 58. Qxf8 Nxf8 59. Nd6 {Precision: White = 66%, Black = 43%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.30"]
[Round "14.7"]
[White "Gerigk, Erasmus"]
[Black "Bezold, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zugzwang Muenchen"]
[BlackTeam "Bayern Muenchen"]

{[%evp 28,40,15,0,0,0,25,11,0,4,20,-10,-9,-18,-10]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 c5 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O cxd4 8. cxd4 Be7 9. Nc3 Qd6 10. Nb5 Qd8 11. Bf4 Nd5 12. Bg3 a6 13. Nc3 O-O 14. Rc1 Nf6 15. h3 {LiveBook: 9 Games. B22: Sicilian: 2 c3} (15. a3 b6 16. d5 exd5 17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. Qxd5 Nxd5 19. Rxc6 Bb7 20. Rc2 Rac8 {½-½ (20) Godena,M (2505)-Khalifman,A (2614) Batumi 2018}) 15... Bd7 {[%cal Bc8d7,Bd7e8,Be8c6][%mdl 32]} 16. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Ne5 Be8 17. Bf3 Nxd4 18. Bxb7 Ra7 19. Bf3 Nxf3+ 20. Qxf3 Qb6 21. Nc4 Qb4 22. Ne2 Nd5 {½-½ (72) Todor,R (2115)-Hellmayr,A (2305) Aschach 1995}) 16... Be8 17. Qb3 b5 {The position is equal.} 18. Rfd1 {White wants to play d5.} Rc8 19. Bf4 Na5 20. Qa2 $1 Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.30"]
[Round "14.8"]
[White "Horvath, Adam"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "182"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Speyer"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]

{[%evp 26,182,8,6,25,18,20,20,27,4,11,8,8,5,22,22,21,0,0,0,0,0,0,-18,-18,-22,-10,-12,-11,-33,-26,-24,-25,-83,-83,-90,0,-1,0,0,0,0,0,-20,-23,-25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-20,-25,-41,-19,-75,-75,-75,-75,-75,-75,-75,-75,-75,-31,-75,-75,-75,-75,-75,-75,-75,-75,-75,-75,-75,-75,-75,-75,-75,-75,-75,0,-75,-75,-75,-75,-75,-75,-75,-75,-75,0,0,0,0,0,-26,-26,-26,-26,-26,-26,-26,-26,-26,-26,-26,-26,-26,-26,-26,-26,-26,-26,-26,0,-25,0,-26,-26,-26,-26,-26,-26,-26,-26,-26,0,0,0,-5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-5093,-5089,-5060,-4641,-4627,-4614]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5 Be6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qd3 {B92: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Be2} Be7 11. Nd5 Nd7 12. Rd1 Bxd5 13. Qxd5 Qc7 14. c3 {LiveBook: 5 Games} Nf6 15. Qd3 O-O 16. O-O {[#]} b5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Rfd8 17. Bf3 b5 {0-1 (71) Ponomariov,R (2694)-Salem,A (2638) Riadh 2017}) 17. Rfe1 Rfd8 18. Bf3 Rab8 19. Nd2 Nd7 20. Nf1 Nc5 21. Qe2 Bg5 22. Ne3 Bxe3 23. Qxe3 b4 24. Rd2 a5 25. Red1 bxc3 26. Qxc3 a4 27. Qc2 Rb6 28. Be2 Rdb8 29. b3 (29. Qc3 $11 {remains equal.}) 29... axb3 $17 30. axb3 {[#]} g6 ({Black should play} 30... Rc6 $1 $17 31. Rc1 Rxb3) 31. Bc4 $11 Kg7 32. g3 Rc8 33. Bd5 Qb8 {[%cal Rc5b3]} 34. Qa2 Rb4 {[%cal Rc5b3]} 35. Qa3 Rd8 {[%cal Bc8d8,Bd8d7,Bd7a7,Ba7c7,Bc7c3][%mdl 32]} 36. Re2 Rd7 $36 {[%cal Rc5b3][%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 37. Re3 Ra7 38. Qb2 Na4 39. Qe2 Nb6 40. Red3 Rc7 41. h4 h5 42. Qd2 (42. Rf3 $11) 42... Nxd5 $17 43. Rxd5 Rxe4 44. Rxd6 {Threatening Qg5.} Qxb3 45. Rd8 Rc3 46. Kg2 Rg4 {[%cal Rc3g3]} 47. Rd3 Qb7+ 48. Kh2 Rcc4 49. Qe2 Rge4 50. Re3 Rxe3 51. Qxe3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Qb5 52. Rd6 Qc5 53. Qxc5 Rxc5 {KR-KR} 54. Kg2 Kf8 55. Rd7 Kg7 56. Rd6 $1 Rc3 57. Ra6 Rd3 58. Rb6 Rd4 59. Kf3 Rg4 60. Ra6 g5 (60... Rc4 $17) 61. hxg5 $11 Rxg5 62. Ke4 f6 63. Ra8 {[#]} h4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 64. gxh4 Rg4+ 65. Ke3 Rxh4 66. f3 Rb4 67. Ra6 Kg6 68. Ra5 Kg5 69. Ra8 Rb3+ 70. Kf2 f5 {[%cal Bf6f5,Bf5f4][%mdl 32]} 71. Ra4 Rb2+ 72. Kg3 Rb3 73. Kf2 Rb2+ 74. Kg3 f4+ 75. Kh3 Rf2 76. Ra3 Kf6 77. Ra6+ Kf5 78. Ra3 Ke6 79. Ra6+ Kd5 80. Kg4 Re2 81. Kf5 Kd4 82. Ra4+ Kd3 83. Ra3+ Kd2 84. Ra2+ Ke1 85. Ra1+ Kf2 86. Kg4 Kg2 87. Ra3 Kh2 {Hoping for ...Rg2+.} 88. Ra5 Rg2+ 89. Kf5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (89. Kh4 $11) 89... Kg3 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 90. Kxe5 Kxf3 {( -> ...Rg5+)} 91. Kf5 Kg3 {Precision: White = 70%, Black = 62%.} 0-1

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.30"]
[Round "14.8"]
[White "Margolin, Boris"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2389"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "196"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SV Hofheim"]
[BlackTeam "Hockenheim"]

{[%evp 17,196,52,45,29,34,16,14,21,52,41,57,53,79,79,75,77,97,75,106,52,75,45,45,73,77,7,12,13,15,31,30,0,0,0,0,0,35,7,33,0,0,0,27,0,25,0,0,0,27,-6,23,24,15,-28,-37,-111,0,0,0,-92,-82,-71,-25,-33,-50,-43,-46,-52,-38,-29,-26,-31,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-29978,-29979,-29979,-29980,-29980,-29981,-29981,-29982,-29982,-29981,-29984,-29985,-29985,-29986]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Qc7 5. O-O Nd4 6. Re1 a6 7. Bf1 {B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6} (7. Bc4 e6 8. e5 Ng8 9. d3 b5 10. Bb3 Nxb3 11. axb3 Bb7 12. Bf4 f5 13. d4 Ne7 14. dxc5 Ng6 {1-0 (49) Bacrot,E (2725)-Naiditsch,A (2705) Riadh 2017}) 7... Ng4 8. g3 Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 Ne5 {LiveBook: 71 Games} 10. Qg2 e6 11. d3 Be7 12. f4 Ng6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nc6 13. f5 d6 14. Qf2 Bf6 {½-½ (29) Pashikian,A (2442)-Llaneza Vega,M (2351) Herceg Novi 2005}) 13. a4 b6 14. Be2 h5 15. h4 Bb7 16. Bf3 O-O-O 17. Be3 d6 18. Qf2 (18. Rab1 $16) 18... Bf6 19. Nd1 d5 20. e5 d4 21. Bd2 (21. exf6 $16 dxe3 22. Bxb7+ (22. Nxe3 gxf6 23. Bxb7+ Kxb7 $11) 22... Qxb7 23. Nxe3) 21... Be7 $11 22. Qg2 Bxf3 23. Qxf3 Qb7 24. Qxb7+ (24. Qe2 {looks sharper.} Qc6 25. a5 b5 26. Nf2 Kb8 27. c3) 24... Kxb7 25. Nf2 Kc6 26. Kg2 Kd5 27. Re4 Rhe8 28. b3 Rd7 29. Re2 Rg8 30. Kf3 Bd8 31. Rd1 Ne7 32. Ne4 Nf5 33. Be1 f6 34. exf6 gxf6 35. Bf2 (35. a5 $5 {[%cal Ra5b6]}) 35... e5 36. c4+ {[#]} (36. c3 $15) 36... dxc3 ({Better is} 36... Kc6 $1 $17 37. Rf1 Rf7) 37. Nxc3+ Kc6 38. Re4 (38. a5 $1 $11) 38... Rdg7 {[%cal Rf5g3]} 39. Ne2 Bc7 40. b4 Nd6 41. Re3 $1 cxb4 {And now ...Nf5 would win.} 42. fxe5 fxe5 43. Rxe5 Rf7+ 44. Kg2 Rgf8 45. Be1 $1 Nf5 46. Rxf5 $1 Rxf5 47. Nd4+ Kd5 48. Nxf5 Rxf5 49. Bxb4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Kd4 50. Rc1 Rf7 51. Rc6 Kxd3 52. Be1 Re7 53. Kf1 Rd7 54. Rc3+ Ke4 55. Bf2 b5 56. Ke2 Be5 57. Rb3 Rb7 58. Rb4+ Kd5 59. axb5 axb5 {Black wants to play ...Bc3.} 60. Kd3 Bd6 61. Rd4+ Kc6 62. g4 b4 (62... Bc5 $5 63. Rf4 $8 Bxf2 64. Rxf2 hxg4 $11) 63. gxh5 b3 64. Rc4+ Kd5 {Hoping for ...b2.} 65. Rd4+ Ke6 {...b2 is the strong threat.} 66. Re4+ Kf5 67. Re1 b2 68. Rb1 Be5 69. Be3 Rb3+ 70. Kd2 Ke4 71. Bg5 Kd5 72. Kc2 Kc4 73. Re1 Bh8 74. Bd2 Bd4 75. h6 Rh3 76. Re8 Rh2 77. Rc8+ Kd5 78. Rd8+ Kc5 79. Rc8+ Kd5 {Strongly threatening ...Rxd2+!} 80. Rd8+ Ke4 {( -> ...Rxd2+!)} 81. Rxd4+ Kxd4 {KR-KB} 82. h7 {[#]} b1=Q+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 83. Kxb1 Rxh4 84. Kc2 Rxh7 85. Bg5 Rf7 86. Kd2 Rf2+ 87. Ke1 Rg2 88. Bh6 Ke4 89. Kd1 Rg6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (89... Rh2 $11 90. Bg7 Kd3) 90. Bf8 Kd3 {[%cal Rg6g1]} 91. Kc1 Rg2 92. Bh6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (92. Bb4 $11) 92... Rc2+ {Black mates.} 93. Kb1 Kc3 94. Bf4 Kb3 95. Bb8 Rc8 96. Ba7 Rc7 97. Be3 Re7 98. Bd2 Rf7 {Precision: White = 60%, Black = 63%.} 0-1

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.30"]
[Round "14.8"]
[White "Rafiee, Makan"]
[Black "Lammers, Markus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2348"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bayern Muenchen"]
[BlackTeam "Zugzwang Muenchen"]

{[%evp 21,111,14,14,7,0,22,0,0,16,0,0,0,0,0,12,6,85,64,74,33,41,18,104,65,93,114,134,67,67,66,72,54,72,52,61,0,0,0,52,9,65,52,130,129,930,940,914,505,720,567,522,522,1995,439,366,139,147,142,138,133,185,1,182,180,197,0,0,0,491,464,485,551,518,505,474,463,1099,1056,1080,972,991,981,5161,5161,5097,5097,4132,1154,29987,29988,29989,29990]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Bf4 O-O 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Nc5 10. Nd4 Re8 11. f3 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} Ne6 {LiveBook: 27 Games} 12. Nxe6 (12. Be3 Bg5 13. h4 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Qe7 16. Bc4 Qe3+ 17. Qxe3 Rxe3 {½-½ (17) Polgar,J (2687)-Ivanchuk,V (2756) Hoogeveen 2009}) 12... Bxe6 13. Kb1 {The position is equal.} Qd7 14. g4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Bd3 Bf5 15. g4 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Qa4 17. Bc1 Bf8 18. h4 Re6 {½-½ (58) Cuartas,C (2330)-Lirindzakis,T (2330) Thessaloniki 1984}) 14... b5 (14... Qa4 {looks sharper.} 15. b3 Qa3 16. Bd3 a5 17. Qf2 d5) 15. Bd3 d5 16. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5,Bh5h6][%mdl 32]} c5 {[%cal Bc7c5,Bc5c4][%mdl 32]} 17. h5 c4 18. Bf1 Qb7 (18... h6 $11) 19. h6 $1 $36 {[%cal Rh6g7][%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} g6 20. Qd4 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rd4g7]} f6 21. Bh3 Qd7 (21... Qb6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 22. Rde1 Kf7 23. Bg3 Rad8 24. Re2 (24. Bh4 $16) 24... Qc6 $14 25. Bf2 $1 ({But not} 25. Qxa7 d4 $15) ({Reject} 25. Rhe1 $6 Bc5 $11) 25... Bd7 26. Rhe1 Bf8 27. Rxe8 Rxe8 28. Rxe8 ({Not} 28. Qxa7 $2 Bc5 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]}) (28. Rd1 $14) 28... Kxe8 $11 29. Be3 a6 ({Black should play} 29... Qb6 $1 $11) 30. Bg2 $14 Qe6 (30... Qd6 $1 $11) 31. f4 Qxg4 (31... Bxh6 $14 32. Bxd5 Qxg4) 32. Qxd5 $16 Qe6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (32... Be6 $16 33. Qa8+ Kf7) 33. Qa8+ $18 Bc8 34. Bd5 Qg4 35. Bf3 Qh3 36. Bb7 Bc5 37. Bc1 (37. f5 $142 Qf1+ 38. Bc1 Qxf5 39. Bxc8) 37... Kd8 38. Bxc8 $2 (38. Bxa6 $18 {has better winning chances. Strongly threatening Qd5+.} Qd7 39. Bxc8 Qxc8 40. Qa5+ Ke7 41. Qxb5) 38... Qxc8 $16 39. Qd5+ Ke7 {[#]} 40. a4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kf8 (40... Bg1 $16 {was called for.}) (40... bxa4 41. Qxc4) 41. Ka2 $2 ({White should try} 41. a5 $1 $18) 41... Ke7 $2 (41... Be7 $1 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 42. a5 $1 $18 Kf8 {[#]} 43. Bd2 $2 (43. f5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) 43... Be7 $11 44. b4 {And now Be3 would win.} Qd8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (44... cxb3+ $1 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 45. cxb3 Qh3) 45. Qg2 $1 $18 Qd7 46. Be3 Kf7 47. Qa8 Qe6 48. Bc5 {Black must now prevent Qh8.} Qf5 (48... g5 $142 49. Bxe7 Kxe7 50. Qb7+ Qd7 51. Qxa6 gxf4) 49. Kb2 Bxc5 50. bxc5 Qxc5 51. Qxa6 {KQ-KQ} Ke7 52. Qb7+ Kd6 53. a6 {[%cal Ba5a6,Ba6a7][%mdl 32]} Qc7 54. Qxb5 (54. Qa8 $142 b4 55. a7 bxc3+ 56. Kc1) 54... Qc6 55. Qb8+ Qc7 56. a7 {Precision: White = 49%, Black = 34%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.30"]
[Round "14.9"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Yankelevich, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Speyer"]

{[%evp 9,69,33,21,17,21,37,50,20,27,19,29,20,0,0,48,29,54,49,45,47,55,51,40,40,47,38,53,66,45,52,91,68,80,80,242,246,351,348,368,360,362,367,363,356,354,335,347,341,337,275,278,266,627,567,600,590,551,441,449,463,449,473]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. h4 Bg7 6. e4 {A16: English Opening: 1...Nf6 with ...d5} Nxc3 7. dxc3 Qxd1+ 8. Kxd1 {White is slightly better.} Nd7 9. Nd4 c5 10. Nb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Nc2 Ne5 11. Ne3 Bd7 12. a4 Bc6 13. f3 {½-½ (42) Vidit,S (2670)-Gupta,A (2607) Reykjavik 2017}) 10... b6 11. Kc2 Bb7 12. f3 O-O 13. h5 Ne5 14. h6 Bh8 15. Bg5 Bf6 16. Be3 {[%cal Bg5e3,Be3b6,Bb6d4][%mdl 32]} c4 17. Nd2 b5 18. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4b5][%mdl 32]} a6 19. f4 Ng4 20. Bb6 {And now Be2 would win.} e5 21. Be2 Bc8 $2 (21... Bd8 $16 {was necessary.}) 22. axb5 $18 {Strongly threatening Bc5.} exf4 (22... Rb8 $142) 23. Nxc4 Be7 24. Bd4 Bb7 25. Bxg4 Bxe4+ 26. Kd2 axb5 27. Nb6 Rxa1 28. Rxa1 Bxg2 29. Nd7 Rd8 30. Bb6 Re8 $2 (30... Ra8 31. Rxa8+ Bxa8) 31. Re1 {White is clearly winning.} f5 32. Bd1 {[#] Intending Bb3+ and mate.} Bd5 33. Re5 Bf7 34. Bd4 Bg5 {[#]} 35. Nf6+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 86%, Black = 53%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.30"]
[Round "14.9"]
[White "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Black "Olszewski, Michal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hamburg SK"]
[BlackTeam "Norderstedt"]

{[%evp 15,67,0,35,26,57,39,194,213,229,216,224,208,223,41,51,48,53,42,47,62,51,63,67,67,104,124,127,107,100,19,28,12,21,29,83,73,74,83,162,180,178,149,202,212,350,351,381,328,939,728,792,695,1225,1172]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Bc4 e6 8. O-O {B94: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Bg5 Nbd7} (8. a4 Qa5 9. Qd2 Be7 10. O-O h6 11. Be3 Ne5 12. Be2 Bd7 13. Kh1 Rc8 14. f4 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Rxc4 {0-1 (45) Jobava,B (2730)-Le,Q (2693) Amsterdam 2012}) 8... Qa5 {LiveBook: 13 Games} 9. f4 Qc5 10. Bb3 $1 {White is slightly better.} e5 $2 (10... Be7 $14) 11. fxe5 $18 dxe5 12. Qh5 $146 {[%cal Rh5f7]} ({Predecessor:} 12. Qf3 Be7 13. Kh1 exd4 14. Nd5 O-O 15. Rae1 Nxd5 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. Bxf7+ Kh8 18. Qh5 Qxh5 19. Bxh5 Rxf1+ 20. Rxf1 {0-1 (20) Zaffaroni,J (2010)-Armas,J (2385) France 2002}) 12... g6 {[#]} (12... Nxh5 13. Bxf7#) 13. Qh4 $1 Be7 14. Bxf6 $2 (14. Rxf6 $18 Nxf6 15. Bxf6 Qxd4+ 16. Kh1) 14... Nxf6 $14 (14... Bxf6 $2 15. Rxf6 Nxf6 16. Qxf6 $18) 15. Rxf6 O-O (15... Bxf6 $6 16. Qxf6 Qxd4+ 17. Kh1 $18) 16. Nd5 Qxd4+ 17. Kh1 Bd8 18. c3 $1 {[%cal Rc3d4]} Qd2 19. Qg3 Bxf6 20. Nxf6+ Kh8 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Qf4.} (20... Kg7 $2 21. Qxe5 Kh6 22. g4 $18) 21. Qxe5 {White threatens Ne8+ and mate.} Qh6 (21... Qxb2 $2 22. Rf1 $18) 22. Ne8+ ({White should try} 22. Bd5 $16) 22... f6 $1 $11 {[%cal Rf6e5]} 23. Qe7 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Nd6 is the strong threat. White has the initiative.} Be6 $1 24. Nc7 $1 {[%cal Rc7e6]} (24. Nxf6 Bxb3 25. axb3 Qg7 $17) 24... Bxb3 (24... Rf7 $11 {keeps the balance.} 25. Qd6 (25. Qxe6 Rxc7 26. Qxf6+ Qg7 $11) 25... Bxb3 26. Nxa8 Bxa2) 25. Nxa8 $16 (25. axb3 $6 Rad8 $11) 25... Bg8 26. Qxb7 Rd8 (26... Re8 $16) 27. Nc7 $18 Rd2 28. Ne8 {Strongly threatening Qe7.} (28. Nxa6 $6 Qh5 $16) 28... Qf8 (28... Rc2 $16 {might work better.} 29. Rg1 Rc1) 29. Qxa6 Bxa2 (29... f5 {was called for.} 30. Qc6 Qe7) 30. Nxf6 ({Weaker is} 30. Qxa2 Qxe8 31. Qa3 Kg7 $16) (30. Qxf6+ Qxf6 31. Nxf6 Kg7 $16) 30... Rxb2 31. h3 Qc5 $2 (31... Kg7 32. Ng4 (32. Rxa2 Rb1+ 33. Kh2 Qxf6 $18) 32... h5) 32. Ng4 {White is clearly winning.} Qxc3 33. e5 {Qf6+ would kill now.} Rf2 34. Rd1 {Precision: White = 68%, Black = 30%.} ({And not} 34. Nxf2 Qxa1+ 35. Kh2 Qxe5+ 36. g3 Bd5 $11) 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.30"]
[Round "14.9"]
[White "Buhmann, Rainer"]
[Black "Zude, Arno"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2372"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hockenheim"]
[BlackTeam "SV Hofheim"]

{[%evp 16,49,25,37,41,31,22,33,25,31,49,43,30,51,219,223,228,238,230,200,247,243,287,277,277,283,276,265,686,697,800,799,772,768,719,657]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. O-O Nf6 7. Bc2 g6 8. d4 Bg7 9. h3 O-O {C60: Ruy Lopez: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3...g6} 10. Be3 Re8 11. Nbd2 (11. d5 Ne7 12. c4 h6 13. Nc3 Nh5 14. Nd2 Rf8 15. c5 Nf4 16. a4 f5 {1-0 (77) Paehtz,E (2464)-Batsiashvili,N (2502) Riadh 2017}) 11... exd4 {White is slightly better.} 12. cxd4 Nb4 13. Bb3 Bb5 14. Ng5 Re7 $146 {[#]} ({Black should play} 14... d5 $14) ({Predecessor:} 14... d5 15. e5 Bxf1 16. Nxf1 Ne4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 {½-½ (49) Neborak,Y (2326)-Gilberd,G (1788) ICCF email 2015}) 15. Nxf7 $18 Rxf7 16. Bxf7+ Kxf7 17. Qb3+ d5 18. Qxb4 Bxf1 19. Rxf1 ({But not} 19. Kxf1 $6 dxe4 20. Qxb7 Qb8 $18) 19... dxe4 20. Qxb7 Rb8 21. Qxa6 Rxb2 $2 (21... Qd5 22. Rc1 Ne8) 22. Nc4 {White is clearly winning.} Rb8 23. Ne5+ Kf8 24. Qc4 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Rc4f7] [#]} Qe8 25. Bd2 {Precision: White = 100%, Black = 49%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.30"]
[Round "14.10"]
[White "Trent, Lawrence"]
[Black "Svane, Rasmus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Norderstedt"]
[BlackTeam "Hamburg SK"]

{[%evp 9,156,17,17,17,21,5,4,-7,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,29,-1,0,0,0,4,16,16,17,17,18,0,2,0,0,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-16,-16,-16,-16,-16,-30,-14,-21,-16,-58,-69,-77,-73,-74,-73,-116,-114,-133,-112,-113,-108,-120,-111,-127,-110,-177,-186,-178,-178,-164,-160,-189,-186,-187,-187,-187,-172,-187,-187,-181,-180,-221,-199,-225,-221,-261,-208,-266,-264,-279,-231,-259,-278,-279,-279,-279,-279,-287,-279,-363,-275,-312,-242,-270,-244,-240,-206,-229,-200,-205,-188,-207,0,-205,-195,-263,-237,-263,-256,-237,-237,-277,-277,-374,-371,-352,-287,-334,-291,-332,-329,-369,-393,-392,-385,-359,-325,-546,-550,-536,-512,-532,-495,-522,-499,-826,-810,-2178,-1970,-1867,-1185,-2072,-812]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. b3 Bf5 6. Be2 {A11: English Opening: 1...c6} h6 7. O-O e6 8. Bb2 {The position is equal.} Bb4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Nbd7 9. Re1 Be7 10. Bf1 O-O 11. d3 Bh7 12. Qc2 e5 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 {1-0 (50) Nepomniachtchi,I (2730)-Laznicka,V (2679) Dubai 2014}) 9. a3 Bd6 10. d4 Nbd7 11. b4 O-O 12. c5 Be7 13. Nb1 Qc7 14. Nbd2 a5 15. Bc3 axb4 16. axb4 b6 17. Qb3 bxc5 18. bxc5 (18. dxc5 {feels hotter.} Ne4 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. Qb2 Bxf3 21. Bxf3 Bf6 22. Bxf6 Nxf6 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Ra1) 18... e5 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Ra1 Rxa1+ 21. Bxa1 exd4 22. exd4 Ne4 23. Nxe4 Bxe4 24. Bc3 Bf6 25. g3 Qc8 26. Nd2 Bf5 27. Bf1 Nf8 28. Qb6 Ne6 29. Qb2 Qa8 30. Bg2 Qa4 {[%cal Rf6d4]} 31. Qb3 Qxb3 32. Nxb3 Bc2 33. Na5 Ba4 ({Much less strong is} 33... Nxd4 34. Bxd4 Bxd4 35. Nxc6 $15) 34. Bh3 {[#]} Nxc5 $1 {[%mdl 512] aiming for ...Ne4.} 35. Bb4 (35. Kg2 $17) (35. dxc5 Bxc3) 35... Nd3 $19 36. Bc3 c5 37. Bg2 Nb4 38. Bxb4 cxb4 39. Bxd5 Bxd4 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} 40. Nb3 Bb6 41. Bc4 Kf8 42. Kf1 Ke7 43. Ke2 Bd7 44. Nd2 g5 45. Bd3 Bg4+ 46. Kf1 Bd4 47. Nb3 Bc3 48. Na5 Be6 49. Bc2 Kd6 50. Ke2 Bd4 51. Nb3 Bb6 52. Nd2 f5 53. h3 Kc5 54. Kd3 Bd7 55. Bb3 Bd8 56. Bg8 Bf6 57. Nb3+ Kb5 58. Nd4+ Kc5 59. Nb3+ Kd6 60. Na5 (60. f4 $142) 60... Bc3 61. Bc4 Ke5 62. Bg8 Kf6 63. Bd5 h5 64. Bf3 Bb5+ 65. Ke3 Be8 66. Bd1 Bf7 67. Nb3 h4 68. gxh4 f4+ 69. Ke2 {If only White now had time for hxg5+....} gxh4 70. Nc5 Bg6 71. f3 $2 {[#]} (71. Ba4) 71... Bf5 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 72. Ne4+ Ke5 73. Nf2 Kd4 74. Bb3 Bb2 75. Bf7 (75. Kd2 $142) 75... Bc1 76. Kd1 Be3 77. Ng4 Kc3 78. Z0 Bg1 {Precision: White = 41%, Black = 82%.} (78... b3 $142 79. Bxb3 Kxb3) 0-1

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.30"]
[Round "14.11"]
[White "Huschenbeth, Niclas"]
[Black "Ostrovskiy, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hamburg SK"]
[BlackTeam "Norderstedt"]

{[%evp 25,87,-27,16,21,18,4,20,25,27,0,7,-15,-13,-15,-17,-50,-6,-8,0,0,0,-10,6,0,16,16,22,0,17,15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,135,127,434,420,1339,1303,11842,6741,6609,5600,5065,2493,29960,29966,29950,29954,12800,6087,5158,5065]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 d5 5. Nbd2 Nc6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. Bd3 b6 9. e4 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} Be7 10. e5 Nh5 11. Ng5 (11. Nf1 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 g6 14. Ne3 f5 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Be2 Nxg3 17. hxg3 {½-½ (37) Nakamura,H (2787)-Svidler,P (2760) Moscow 2018}) 11... Bxg5 12. Qxh5 g6 13. Qe2 f5 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 14. f4 Be7 15. Nf3 c4 16. Bc2 b5 {[%cal Bb6b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 17. a3 $146 Bd7 18. O-O a5 19. Bf2 b4 20. Kh1 Rf7 21. Rg1 Qf8 {[%cal Rb4a3]} 22. Bh4 Bxh4 23. Nxh4 Qh6 24. Qf2 Rb8 25. axb4 axb4 26. Ba4 Nd8 (26... Na7 {is more complex.} 27. Bxd7 Rxd7 28. g4 bxc3 29. bxc3 fxg4 30. Rxg4 Rdb7) 27. Bxd7 Rxd7 28. g4 bxc3 29. bxc3 {Threatens to win with gxf5.} fxg4 30. Rxg4 {And now Rag1 would win.} Rdb7 31. f5 {[%cal Rh4g6] aiming for Nxg6!} Rb1+ 32. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 33. Kg2 Qc1 {[#]} 34. Nxg6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rb2 (34... hxg6 $11 35. Rxg6+ Kf7 36. fxe6+ Kxg6) 35. Nf4+ $16 Kh8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (35... Kf7 $16 36. fxe6+ Ke8) 36. Ne2 $18 Qd1 {[#]} (36... exf5 $142 37. Nxc1 Rxf2+ 38. Kxf2 fxg4) 37. Qg3 $1 {[%csl Gg3][%cal Rg4g8]} Rxe2+ 38. Kh3 {[%csl Gg3][%cal Rg4g8]} Qf1+ 39. Kh4 {[%csl Gg3][%cal Rg4g8]} Rxh2+ 40. Qxh2 {White wants to mate with f6.} exf5 41. Rg1 Qf3 42. Qg3 Qxg3+ 43. Kxg3 Ne6 44. Kf3 {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 35%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.30"]
[Round "14.12"]
[White "Kopylov, Michael"]
[Black "Kollars, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Norderstedt"]
[BlackTeam "Hamburg SK"]

{[%evp 20,77,47,24,15,18,5,22,22,22,18,0,61,64,82,80,87,69,75,77,73,68,73,65,58,67,101,99,99,92,102,104,112,110,128,112,108,104,104,107,103,104,110,106,109,111,119,116,116,120,135,129,111,101,80,0,104,0,79,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 e5 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. b3 Nxf3+ 10. Bxf3 Re8 11. Bb2 Bh3 {E67: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...Nbd7} 12. Re1 c6 13. Qd2 {[#]} Qe7 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 13... Qa5 14. Rad1 Rad8 15. Nd5 Qxd2 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Rxd2 Bxb2 18. Rxb2 {½-½ (51) Prohaszka,P (2614)-Liang,A (2554) Saint Louis 2017}) 14. Rad1 Rad8 15. Qd4 Ng4 (15... a6 $11) 16. Nd5 $1 $14 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Rd4g7] [#]} Qe5 17. Nf4 Qxd4 18. Bxd4 ({Much worse is} 18. Rxd4 $6 Ne5 $11) 18... Bxd4 19. Rxd4 Ne5 20. Red1 Bf5 21. Rxd6 Rxd6 22. Rxd6 Nxf3+ 23. exf3 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} g5 24. Nh5 Kf8 25. Kg2 Ke7 26. c5 {Ng7 is the strong threat.} Rd8 27. Rxd8 Kxd8 {KB-KN} 28. Nf6 Bb1 {[#]} 29. a3 $1 b6 30. Ne4 h6 31. Kf1 Ke7 32. Ke2 bxc5 33. Ke3 Ke6 34. Nxc5+ Kd5 35. Ne4 {aiming for Nc3+.} Bc2 36. Nc3+ Kc5 37. Ne4+ Kd5 38. Nc3+ Kc5 $1 39. Ne4+ {Precision: White = 77%, Black = 78%.} ({White should try} 39. b4+ $16 Kc4 40. Ne2) 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.05.01"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen"]
[BlackTeam "SF Deizisau"]

{[%evp 16,35,6,0,63,53,145,138,139,154,195,214,193,211,303,274,352,266,359,379,929,922]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd3 Nge7 {C01: French: Exchange Variation} 7. O-O Bg4 (7... O-O 8. Ne2 Bf5 9. c3 Bd6 10. Bf4 Re8 11. Bg3 Qd7 12. Bb5 a6 13. Ba4 Bg4 14. Qd3 {1-0 (57) Rapport,R (2707)-Akobian,V (2647) Riadh 2017}) 8. h3 Bh5 9. a3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Bd6 (9... Bxc3 $11 10. bxc3 f6) 10. Re1 $14 Bxf3 $146 (10... O-O $14) ({Predecessor:} 10... Nxd4 11. g4 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Bg6 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. Nxd5 O-O 15. Nxe7+ Bxe7 16. Qxb7 {1-0 (46) Hovhannisyan,R (2591)-Vaganian,R (2577) Yerevan 2014}) 11. Qxf3 $16 Nxd4 12. Qxd5 $1 c6 13. Qh5 ({Worse is} 13. Qxd4 Bh2+ 14. Kxh2 Qxd4 $17) 13... Qd7 14. Ne4 Ne6 {[#]} (14... O-O-O $142 15. Nxd6+ (15. Qxf7 Bc7 $16) 15... Qxd6 16. Qxf7 Nd5) 15. Bh6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Qc7 (15... gxh6 16. Nf6+) 16. Bc4 Bh2+ 17. Kh1 Qe5 $2 (17... O-O 18. g3 Bxg3 19. fxg3 Nd5) 18. Ng5 {Precision: White = 85%, Black = 22%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.05.01"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Harikrishna, P.."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SF Deizisau"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]

{[%evp 15,59,26,29,25,22,25,25,20,28,22,37,41,26,11,14,11,11,11,34,11,6,12,21,0,0,0,21,0,19,0,0,-29,-39,-51,-48,-65,-6,-57,-12,-13,0,0,0,0,6,6]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} d5 (6... Re8 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Re1 d6 9. d4 Bd7 10. d5 Nb8 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. a4 Be7 13. Na3 Rf8 14. Bxd7 Nxd7 {½-½ (31) Anand,V (2776)-Aronian,L (2794) Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden 2018}) 7. exd5 Qxd5 8. Bc4 Qd8 {LiveBook: 8 Games} 9. Nbd2 h6 10. b4 Bd6 11. Re1 a6 12. a4 Re8 13. Bb2 Bf5 14. Ne4 $146 Nxe4 15. dxe4 Be6 16. Bxe6 Rxe6 17. Bc1 a5 18. b5 Nb8 19. Qd5 Nd7 20. Be3 Rb8 21. h3 b6 22. Rad1 Qe8 23. Qc4 Bc5 24. Nd2 Bxe3 25. Rxe3 Rd6 (25... Rc8 $15) 26. Ree1 (26. Qxc7 $11 Qf8 27. Ree1) 26... Nc5 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Qd7.} 27. Nb3 $1 {[%cal Rb3c5] The position is equal.} Nxb3 28. Rxd6 cxd6 29. Qxb3 Qe6 30. c4 {Precision: White = 47%, Black = 65%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.05.01"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Schwaebisch Hall"]
[BlackTeam "Aachen"]

{[%evp 9,96,30,39,44,39,39,41,33,42,45,36,40,43,46,47,45,39,29,39,26,61,37,37,36,45,0,0,0,11,11,11,11,12,11,9,8,7,7,7,7,27,19,56,70,62,21,16,-169,-163,-230,-234,-226,-228,-268,-268,-265,-262,-273,-250,-253,-239,-243,-251,-227,-235,-372,-369,-373,-231,-264,-264,-260,-257,-247,-253,-250,-250,-347,-340,-540,-540,-564,-564,-549,-555,-268,-265,-746,-739]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {[%cal Bf1b5,Bb5a4,Ba4b3,Bb3d5][%mdl 32]} a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 g6 {LiveBook: 6 Games} (5... Na5 6. Bxf7+ Kxf7 7. Nxe5+ Ke7 8. d4 d6 9. Nd3 Kf7 10. O-O Bb7 11. Nc3 Nf6 12. e5 dxe5 13. dxe5 Nd5 14. Ne4 {½-½ (61) Vachier Lagrave,M (2789)-Vallejo Pons,F (2707) Riadh 2017}) 6. a4 {C70: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4, Norwegian and Delayed Schliemann} b4 7. d4 exd4 $1 8. Nxd4 {White is slightly better.} Na5 9. Bd5 c6 10. Ba2 Bg7 11. O-O Ne7 12. c3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Nb3 Nb7 13. Re1 {½-½ (60) Jusic,Z (2247)-Tomazini,Z (2395) Slovenia 2017}) 12... Rb8 13. Bf4 (13. cxb4 {looks sharper.} Rxb4 14. Nc2 Rxe4 15. Nd2 Re6 16. Bxe6 dxe6 17. b4) 13... d6 14. Nd2 O-O 15. Qc2 c5 16. N4b3 Nec6 17. Rad1 Qf6 18. Bg3 Nxb3 19. Bxb3 bxc3 20. bxc3 Rd8 21. Bd5 Ne7 22. Ba2 Qxc3 23. Qxc3 Bxc3 24. Nc4 Be6 {Hoping for ...Rb4.} 25. Bxd6 Nc6 26. Bxb8 ({Reject} 26. Bxc5 Bd4 $17) 26... Rxb8 27. Rb1 Rb4 28. Rfc1 $2 {[#]} (28. Rxb4 $11 {and White is okay.} cxb4 29. Rc1) 28... Nd4 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is really pushing.} 29. Kh1 (29. Kf1 $142 Bxc4+ 30. Bxc4 Rxc4 31. Rb8+ Kg7 32. g3) 29... Ne2 30. Rd1 Rxa4 ({Not} 30... Bxc4 31. Rxb4 Bxa2 32. Rd8+ Kg7 33. Rb7 $15) (30... Rxc4 31. Rb8+ Kg7 32. Bxc4 $15) 31. Rb8+ Kg7 32. Bb3 Rxc4 33. Bxc4 Bxc4 34. Rd7 Bd4 35. f3 Nf4 36. Rbb7 Nd3 37. Rxd4 (37. Rd8 {might work better.}) 37... cxd4 38. Rd7 Nb2 39. Rxd4 a5 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5a4,Ba4a3][%mdl 32]} 40. Rd2 {[#]} Nd3 $1 {And now ...a4 would win.} 41. Rc2 Be6 {...a4 is the strong threat.} 42. Rd2 Nc1 {Strongly threatening ...a4.} 43. Rc2 Na2 44. Rc7 (44. Rb2 {was worth a try.} a4 45. Rb5) 44... a4 45. Ra7 Bb3 46. Kg1 Nb4 47. Kf2 Nc2 48. Rb7 $2 (48. Ke2) 48... a3 {Precision: White = 46%, Black = 80%.} 0-1

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.05.01"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Piorun, Kacper"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "SFR Berlin"]

{[%evp 18,43,37,35,60,52,52,60,64,64,71,70,87,86,86,96,92,71,119,107,120,120,222,214,243,237,405,406]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bd6 6. Nc3 {E01: Catalan: Early deviations} O-O 7. Bg5 c6 8. Bg2 Nbd7 9. e4 dxe4 {[#]} 10. Nxe4 $1 {[%mdl 512] LiveBook: 12 Games} Be7 $146 (10... Nxe4 11. Bxd8) ({Predecessor:} 10... Bb4+ 11. Nc3 h6 12. Bf4 e5 13. dxe5 {0-1 (80) Bogosavljevic,B (2520)-Ding,L (2764) Novi Sad 2016}) 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qe2 c5 14. Rd1 cxd4 15. Nxd4 a5 16. O-O Rb8 17. Rfe1 Nc5 {[#]} 18. Qe3 $1 h6 19. b3 Qe7 {[#]} (19... Na6 $16 20. Nf3 a4) 20. Qe5 $1 $18 {[%cal Re5b8]} Na6 21. Qxa5 b6 $2 (21... Kh8 {keeps fighting.} 22. Qc3 Qc5) 22. Nc6 $1 {[%csl LRb8,LRe7] Precision: White = 85%, Black = 35%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.05.01"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen"]
[BlackTeam "SF Deizisau"]

{[%evp 10,77,28,26,47,32,56,57,58,55,33,40,76,70,73,58,62,68,64,68,72,79,79,77,76,39,39,41,56,45,47,52,99,95,145,146,173,180,164,157,262,266,310,297,289,289,434,459,473,468,421,420,597,572,577,567,533,554,490,471,937,901,1563,1554,1430,1333,1232,982,1166,992]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 cxd4 {A34: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3, lines with ...d5} (6... g6 7. e3 Bg7 8. Bb5+ Nd7 9. a4 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. a5 Bb7 12. a6 Be4 13. Ng5 Nf6 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bb2 Rc8 16. Bd3 Nd6 17. Qe2 c4 18. Bc2 {1-0 (30) Korobov,A (2692)-Volokitin,A (2649) Rivne 2016}) 7. cxd4 {[%cal Bc3d4,Bd4e5][%mdl 32]} e5 8. dxe5 Qxd1+ {White is slightly better.} 9. Kxd1 Nc6 10. e3 Bg4 11. Bb5 $1 O-O-O+ 12. Ke2 $1 Nxe5 13. Bb2 f6 14. h3 {[#]} Nxf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Bxf3+ 15. gxf3 {½-½ (75) Nester,I (2420)-Oleksienko,M (2530) Lvov 2006}) 15. hxg4 Rd2+ 16. Kxf3 Rxb2 17. Rac1+ Kb8 18. Bd7 $36 {[%csl Gd7][%cal Rc1c8][%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Ba3 19. Rxh7 Rd8 {...Rd2 is the strong threat.} 20. Rd1 ({And not} 20. Rxg7 Rd2 $17) 20... Rxa2 21. Rxg7 Bb4 22. Rf7 Bc3 23. Rc1 $1 {[%cal Rc1c3]} Be5 24. Rc5 $1 {Black must now prevent g5!} Rd2 (24... Ra6 $16 25. Rb5 Rb6) 25. Bf5 $18 R2d5 26. Rxd5 Rxd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 27. Ke4 $1 {[%cal Re4d5]} Rb5 {[#]} (27... Ra5 $142 28. f4 Bb2) 28. f4 $1 {[%cal Rf4e5]} Bb2 {[#]} 29. g5 $1 {[%cal Rg5g6]} fxg5 30. fxg5 a5 (30... Re5+ {was called for.} 31. Kf4 Re8) 31. g6 {White is clearly winning.} a4 {And now ...a3 would win.} 32. g7 Bxg7 33. Rxg7 {KRB-KR} a3 34. Be6 Rb2 (34... Rb4+ $142 35. Kd3 Rb2) 35. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} a2 {[#]} 36. Bxa2 $1 Rxa2 37. g5 Rg2 38. Kf5 b5 39. Rd7 {Precision: White = 94%, Black = 40%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.05.01"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Muelheim"]
[BlackTeam "Dresden"]

{[%evp 18,47,12,14,19,14,14,12,18,15,24,22,16,12,26,10,8,3,4,6,7,4,5,0,4,1,7,2,3,2,6,4]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. O-O Bd7 {E20: Nimzo-Indian: 4 g3 and 4 f3} (7... Nc6 8. Qa4 Bd7 9. Bg5 Rb8 10. Rad1 Bxc3 11. bxc3 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qxc4 Rfc8 14. Nd2 Na5 15. Qb4 b6 {½-½ (67) Matlakov,M (2735)-Tomashevsky,E (2713) St Petersburg 2017}) 8. Ne5 Bc6 9. Nxc6 Nxc6 10. Qa4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Nd5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Qb5 a6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Be7 13. Qxd5 Qxd5 14. Bxd5 Nxd4 15. Bxc4 {½-½ (31) Van den Bergh,P (2079)-Hendriks,R (2142) Dieren 2006}) 13. Qxd5 Qxd5 14. Bxd5 Nxd4 15. Bxc4 Rfe8 16. e3 Nf3+ {The position is equal.} 17. Kg2 Nd2 18. Bxd2 $1 Bxd2 19. Rfd1 Rad8 20. a4 Kf8 21. Ra3 Bb4 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Rb3 a5 24. Rd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.05.01"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Ragger, Markus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SF Deizisau"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]

{[%evp 16,85,26,22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,30,23,21,16,22,16,80,78,59,19,30,31,59,34,33,36,25,0,48,57,56,65,58,46,70,23,18,-122,57,60,92,85,113,95,161,147,154,156,194,71,119,45,104,108,114,0,0,0,0,0,0,-57,-57,-59,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. d5 O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. Bd3 e6 8. O-O exd5 9. cxd5 Bg4 {A61: Modern Benoni: Nf3 without early e4} 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 ({Much worse is} 11. gxf3 Nxd5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 12. Nxd5 Qg5+ 13. Kh1 Qxd5 $17) 11... Re8 12. Rd1 Nbd7 13. Qe2 Nh5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... a6 14. a4 Rc8 15. a5 Ne5 16. Bc2 c4 17. Bd2 Rc5 18. Na4 Rb5 19. Nb6 Nxd5 20. Nxc4 Rc5 21. Nxe5 {½-½ (21) Mayer,R (2468)-Daus,P (2406) ICCF email 2012}) 14. Qc2 f5 15. a4 a6 16. a5 Ne5 (16... Be5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 17. Be2 $1 $16 Nf6 18. Bd2 Rc8 19. Ra4 Nfd7 20. b3 Qf6 21. f4 Nf7 22. g4 Qe7 23. gxf5 gxf5 24. Kh2 Nh6 $1 ({Wrong is} 24... Qh4 $2 25. Qxf5 Nf8 26. Rg1 $18) 25. Rg1 Kh8 26. Rg2 Rg8 $1 27. Ra1 {[#]} (27. Bf3 $11) 27... Ne5 $2 (27... Bd4 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512] Threatens to win with ...Rxg2+.} 28. Rag1 (28. exd4 Rxg2+ 29. Kxg2 Rg8+ 30. Kf1 Qh4 $17) 28... Bxe3 29. Rxg8+ Rxg8 30. Rxg8+ Nxg8) 28. Rg3 $14 c4 29. Rag1 cxb3 30. Qxb3 Ng6 (30... Rc7 $16 {was necessary.}) 31. Bd3 $1 $18 Nh4 32. Ne2 Bf6 {[#]} 33. Be1 (33. Bc1 $1 $18 {is more deadly.}) 33... Rg6 34. Bf2 (34. Qb4 $16) 34... Rcg8 (34... Qf7 $14) 35. Qb4 Nf7 36. Nd4 (36. Rxg6 $16 hxg6 37. Rb1) 36... Rxg3 $11 37. Rxg3 Rxg3 38. Kxg3 Ne5 $1 {( -> ...Qg7+)} 39. Bf1 {[#]} (39. Bxf5 $11 Qg7+ 40. Bg4 Nxg4 41. hxg4) 39... Nd3 $1 $15 {[%cal Rd3b4][%mdl 512]} 40. Qd2 {[#]} (40. Bxd3 Qg7+) 40... Qg7+ ({Better is} 40... Nxf4 $1 $15 {[%mdl 512]} 41. exf4 Qg7+ 42. Kh2 Bxd4) 41. Kh2 $11 {The position is equal.} Nxf2 42. Qxf2 Bxd4 43. Qxh4 {Precision: White = 46%, Black = 37%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.05.01"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Lupulescu, Constantin"]
[Black "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Aachen"]
[BlackTeam "Schwaebisch Hall"]

{[%evp 12,50,52,56,56,58,74,83,83,85,78,87,81,72,87,83,96,48,64,51,73,79,81,29,65,31,39,37,29,19,22,34,29,26,30,15,16,16,37,24,40]} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Be2 Bf5 (4... g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. d4 O-O 7. c4 Qd8 8. Nc3 c6 9. h3 Bf5 10. Be3 Na6 11. Qb3 Qc8 12. Rac1 Nc7 13. Rfd1 Ne4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. d5 Rd8 16. Bg5 Rd7 {½-½ (29) Malakhov,V (2713)-Potapov,P (2493) Doha 2016}) 5. d4 c6 6. O-O {B01: Scandinavian Defence} e6 7. c4 {LiveBook: 22 Games} Qd6 8. Nh4 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 8. Qb3 Qb4 9. Bf4 Qxb3 10. axb3 Na6 11. Nc3 Nb4 12. Ne5 {½-½ (59) Lukac,R (2060)-Vrana,F (2209) Tatranske Zruby 2016}) 8... Bg6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. g3 O-O 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Bf4 Qd8 13. Bf3 Nbd7 14. Qe2 Re8 15. Rfd1 Bf8 16. a3 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 17. c5 (17. h4 $16) 17... a4 18. Qc2 Qa5 19. Re1 Rec8 20. Bd2 b6 21. Bd1 {[%cal Rc3a4]} bxc5 22. Nxa4 Qa7 23. dxc5 Nxc5 24. Nxc5 Bxc5 25. Be3 Bxe3 {Precision: White = 67%, Black = 66%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.05.01"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Cornette, Matthieu"]
[Black "Parligras, Mircea-Emilian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Schwaebisch Hall"]
[BlackTeam "Aachen"]

{[%evp 24,101,26,18,41,23,56,12,23,19,-8,-8,-8,-6,-6,-8,-12,-7,-8,-11,-7,-37,-22,-26,0,0,0,-20,-19,-17,-17,-17,-13,-33,-29,-31,-17,-22,-17,-17,-11,-30,-47,-37,0,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,-7,-4,-4,-4,-10,-4,-29,-29,-22,-22,-22,-22,-29,-29,-29,-22,-29,0,-29,-22,-22,-22,-22,0,-22,0,-22,0,-22]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. a4 d6 7. c3 Ba7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. h3 Ne7 10. Re1 Ng6 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} 11. d4 h6 12. Bb3 Re8 13. Bc2 {LiveBook: 15 Games} Be6 14. Nf1 exd4 {[#]} 15. Nxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. cxd4 d5 {1-0 (47) Vachier Lagrave,M (2796)-Nakamura,H (2785) Paris 2017}) 15... Bd7 16. Ng3 d5 17. exd5 Rxe1+ 18. Qxe1 Bxd4 19. cxd4 Nxd5 20. Bxg6 fxg6 21. Qe4 Be8 22. Ne2 Bf7 23. Nc3 Qe8 24. Bd2 Qc6 25. Re1 Re8 26. Qf3 {[#] Threatens to win with Rxe8+.} Rxe1+ 27. Bxe1 Nb4 {Threatening ...Qxf3.} 28. Qd1 Qc4 29. Ne4 Nc6 30. Bc3 b5 31. axb5 axb5 32. Nd2 Qa2 {[#] ...b4 is the strong threat.} 33. b4 Bd5 34. Nf1 Qc4 35. Qd2 Ne7 36. Ne3 Qc6 37. Bb2 Qe6 38. Bc3 g5 39. Ng4 Ng6 (39... Qe4 {looks sharper.} 40. f3 Qb1+ 41. Kh2 Bf7 42. Ne3 c6) 40. Qe3 (40. Ne5 {keeps more tension.} Qf5 41. Nxg6 Qxg6 42. f3 Qe6 43. Kf2) 40... Nf4 41. Bd2 Qxe3 42. Nxe3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} Kf7 43. f3 Ke6 44. Kf2 Nd3+ 45. Ke2 Nf4+ 46. Kf2 c6 47. Bc3 {The position is equal.} Nd3+ 48. Ke2 Nf4+ 49. Kf2 Nd3+ 50. Ke2 Nf4+ 51. Kf2 {Precision: White = 71%, Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.05.01"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Smeets, Jan"]
[Black "Graf, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen"]
[BlackTeam "SF Deizisau"]

{[%evp 16,41,75,84,97,58,81,77,77,80,147,133,153,97,787,690,845,565,551,566,563,564,556,558,1404,1380,29987,29988]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. dxc5 {B09: Pirc Defence: Austrian Attack} Nbd7 8. cxd6 exd6 9. O-O {LiveBook: 3 Games. White is better.} Re8 10. f5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. h3 b5 11. Nxb5 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Rxe4 13. Nxd6 Re7 14. Nxc8 Rxc8 {½-½ (43) Karjakin,S (2782)-Mamedyarov,S (2753) Moscow 2013}) 10... Nc5 {[%cal Rc5e4]} 11. fxg6 hxg6 {[%cal Rf6e4] [#]} 12. Ng5 $1 Bg4 (12... d5 $142) 13. Qe1 $16 d5 14. e5 (14. Qf2 $142 Ncxe4 15. Ncxe4 dxe4 16. Bc4) 14... d4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (14... Ncd7 $16) 15. Bc4 $18 Be6 16. Nxe6 Nxe6 17. exf6 dxc3 18. fxg7 Qd4+ 19. Qf2 cxb2 20. Qxd4 bxc1=Q 21. Bxe6 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.05.01"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Andersen, Mads"]
[Black "Demuth, Adrien"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen"]
[BlackTeam "SF Deizisau"]

{[%evp 18,62,55,34,42,22,30,20,42,43,37,25,39,7,0,0,7,0,0,0,16,0,18,13,8,11,9,22,66,13,10,10,27,0,0,0,0,0,74,64,66,65,58,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. e4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8. Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 e5 10. Nb5 {[%cal Rb5d4] LiveBook: 103 Games} d6 {B39: Sicilian: Maroczy Bind with 5...Bg7 and 7...Ng4} (10... O-O 11. Qd2 Re8 12. Nd6 Bf8 13. c5 Bxd6 14. cxd6 b5 15. Bd3 Qf6 16. O-O Qxd6 17. f4 Ne6 18. f5 Nf4 19. Bxf4 exf4 20. Qxf4 Qxf4 21. Rxf4 {½-½ (66) Paravyan,D (2540)-Plat,V (2520) Yerevan 2017}) 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Bxd4 Qa5+ 13. Ke2 Be5 14. f3 f5 {Threatening ...fxe4.} 15. exf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Kf2 fxe4 16. Be2 O-O 17. c5 Be6 18. Bxe5 dxe5 {½-½ (42) Schmidek,E (2387)-Brendel,O (2334) Germany 2018}) 15... Bxf5 16. Kf2 O-O-O $1 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Bc2!} 17. Rc1 Kb8 18. Be2 Rhe8 {White should prevent ...d5.} 19. Re1 d5 20. Bxe5+ Rxe5 21. Qd4 dxc4 22. Qxc4 Rde8 23. b4 (23. Kf1 $14) 23... Qb6+ $11 24. Kf1 $1 ({Not} 24. Kg3 $2 Bd7 $19) 24... Bd7 25. Qf4 {[#] aiming for Rc5.} g5 $1 {[%cal Rg5f4]} 26. Qd2 Rxe2 27. Rxe2 Bb5 (27... Rxe2 $11 28. Qxe2 (28. Kxe2 Bb5+ 29. Kd1 Ba4+ 30. Ke2 Bb5+ 31. Kd1 Ba4+ 32. Ke2 Bb5+ $11) 28... Bb5) 28. Rce1 $16 h6 29. a4 Bc4 30. a5 (30. h4 $14) 30... Qb5 $1 $11 31. Kf2 Bxe2 {Precision: White = 47%, Black = 74%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.05.01"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Bindrich, Falko"]
[Black "Michalik, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Aachen"]
[BlackTeam "Schwaebisch Hall"]

{[%evp 23,48,-12,-1,-10,5,0,0,0,0,0,41,-14,0,-11,-10,-22,-24,-12,0,-3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Ne5 c5 8. dxc5 Qc7 9. Nxc4 Qxc5 10. b3 Rd8 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7} 11. Qc2 (11. Nbd2 Nc6 12. Bb2 Qb5 13. e3 Bd7 14. a4 Qa6 15. g4 Be8 16. g5 Nd7 17. Qg4 Nde5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Rxd2 {½-½ (31) Matlakov,M (2701)-Blomqvist,E (2574) Caleta 2017}) 11... Nc6 12. Ba3 Nb4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 13. Qb2 Nfd5 $146 {[#] And now ...Bf6 would win.} ({Predecessor:} 13... Rb8 14. Nc3 Bd7 15. Rac1 Qh5 16. Rfd1 Bc6 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Ne3 Bc5 19. Ncd5 Nfxd5 20. Rxc5 Nxe3 21. Rxh5 Rxd1# {0-1 (21) Finkenflugel,R (1909)-Lacrosse,M (2139) Vlissingen 2015}) 14. e4 Nb6 15. Nbd2 Nxc4 16. Nxc4 b5 17. Ne3 (17. Bxb4 $14 Qxb4 18. a3) 17... Bb7 18. Rfd1 a5 19. Qe2 Qb6 20. Bb2 Bc5 {The position is equal.} 21. Qg4 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Rg4g7] [#]} Bd4 22. Rxd4 Rxd4 23. Bxd4 Qxd4 24. Rd1 Qb6 {Precision: White = 47%, Black = 38%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.05.01"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Gajewski, Grzegorz"]
[Black "Beerdsen, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Dresden"]
[BlackTeam "Muelheim"]

{[%evp 19,103,22,20,-15,-10,-26,0,0,0,-8,0,-40,-40,-106,-31,-29,0,0,0,-20,0,0,0,-23,133,134,137,137,132,132,130,135,134,128,139,142,206,190,177,105,74,81,102,87,84,81,105,112,115,114,114,111,108,112,96,104,130,122,165,132,266,249,277,260,261,234,235,286,273,262,281,250,454,326,390,384,389,381,468,461,577,543,791,796,712,714]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 Bf6 8. Qc2 Nxd2 9. Qxd2 d6 {E17: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Be7} 10. e4 (10. h4 Nd7 11. Rd1 O-O 12. Qc2 c6 13. e4 Qc7 14. Ng5 e5 15. d5 h6 16. Nf3 a6 17. dxc6 Qxc6 {1-0 (60) Topalov,V (2741)-Eljanov,P (2751) Shamkir 2017}) 10... O-O {LiveBook: 8 Games} 11. h4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. O-O Nd7 12. Rad1 g6 13. d5 a5 14. Nd4 Nc5 15. Rfe1 Bg7 16. Bh3 Qe7 17. Re2 Rae8 18. Qc2 Qg5 19. a3 a4 20. Nxa4 {0-1 (51) Sarana,A (2433)-Azarov,S (2599) Moscow 2016}) 11... c5 {The position is equal.} 12. d5 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 exd5 14. cxd5 Re8 15. O-O-O Nd7 16. h5 (16. Nd2 $15) 16... h6 ({Black should try} 16... Rxe4 $17 17. h6 Qf6) 17. Nh4 $15 Nf6 (17... b5 {feels hotter.} 18. f4 Nf6 19. Qc2 a5 20. Nf5 Bc8) 18. f3 b5 19. Kb1 b4 20. Qd2 Rb8 21. Nf5 c4 $2 ({Black should play} 21... Bc8 $11 22. Ne3 a5) 22. Qxb4 $16 Nxd5 23. Qxc4 ({But not} 23. exd5 $6 Bc8 $14) 23... Qf6 24. Rd2 $1 ({Stronger than} 24. exd5 Qxf5+ 25. Ka1 Rec8 $11) 24... Nb6 {[#]} 25. Qd4 $1 {[%cal Rd4f6]} Qxd4 26. Rxd4 d5 27. Nd6 Re6 (27... Re7 $16 {was worth a try.} 28. f4 Nc4) 28. Nxb7 $18 Rxb7 29. b3 ({Better is} 29. exd5 $18 Re2 30. Bh3) 29... dxe4 $16 30. fxe4 Rbe7 31. Rd8+ Kh7 32. Rhd1 g6 33. a4 {Strongly threatening a5.} Re5 34. hxg6+ fxg6 35. Kb2 h5 36. Bf1 Rg5 37. R1d4 Rb7 38. Ba6 Rc7 39. Rd3 Ra5 (39... Kh6 $16 40. Bb5 Re5) 40. Bb5 $18 a6 {[#]} 41. Be8 $1 Rg5 42. R8d6 Re7 43. Rxb6 Rxe8 44. Rxa6 Rxe4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 45. Rc6 Reg4 $2 (45... Kh6 46. Rc4 Re2+ 47. Kc3 Ra2) 46. Rcc3 Re5 47. Ka3 Re1 48. Rd2 g5 49. Rd6 {Rc7+ would kill now.White is clearly winning.} Rge4 50. Rc7+ Re7 51. Rxe7+ Rxe7 52. a5 {Precision: White = 65%, Black = 42%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.05.01"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Heimann, Andreas"]
[Black "Bok, Benjamin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SF Deizisau"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]

{[%evp 10,53,22,8,27,0,3,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,-1,-8,0,-3,-4,-26,-21,-28,-29,-18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,14,14,14,17,17,14,13,0,0,0,0,-10,-9,-34]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. c4 e6 6. O-O {LiveBook: 19 Games. A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems} Be7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... Nd7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. d3 Ngf6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. e4 O-O 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Be3 Bc5 14. d4 Bd6 15. Rc1 Re8 16. Re1 Nb6 17. g4 Bg6 18. Ne5 Be4 19. Qb3 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 h5 {0-1 (56) Meier,G (2650)-Karjakin,S (2760) Riadh 2017}) 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Qb3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Qd7 10. d4 Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6a5,Ba5c4][%mdl 32]} 11. e3 Nf6 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Bd2 Na5 14. Qc2 Nc4 15. Bc1 Rac8 16. b3 Bb4 {The position is equal.} 17. bxc4 Rxc4 18. Bd2 {[#] And now Qb2 would win.} Bxc3 19. Bxc3 {Strongly threatening Be2.} Rfc8 20. Rfc1 Qc6 {[%cal Rc4c3]} 21. Rab1 {Black must now prevent Rb3.} b5 $1 {[%cal Rb5b4] Threatening ...b4.} 22. Qb2 {[#] Threatens to win with Bd2.} ({Don't play} 22. Rb3 b4 $17) 22... Rxc3 23. Rxc3 Qxc3 24. Qxb5 g6 25. Kg2 Kg7 26. Qa6 Qc2 27. Re1 {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 76%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.05.01"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Tomczak, Jacek"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SFR Berlin"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]

{[%evp 24,40,23,14,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-22,0,-12,-5,-9,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 {[%cal Bd4b5,Bb5a3,Ba3c4][%mdl 32]} d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 Be7 8. Nc4 b5 {B32: Sicilian: Löwenthal and Kalashnikov Variations} 9. Ne3 Nf6 10. a3 (10. g3 O-O 11. Bg2 b4 12. Ncd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bg5 14. Bxg5 Qxg5 15. O-O Be6 16. Nc7 {½-½ (34) Morozevich,A (2711)-Moiseenko,A (2692) Berlin 2015}) 10... O-O 11. g3 Nd4 12. Bg2 Be6 13. O-O {[#] LiveBook: 3 Games} a5 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 13... Rc8 14. f4 a5 15. Ncd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 {½-½ (34) Djukic,N (2534)-Hernandez Guerrero,G (2506) Baku 2016}) 14. Ne2 Nxe2+ 15. Qxe2 Rb8 16. a4 b4 17. b3 Qb6 18. Bb2 Qc5 19. Kh1 Bd8 20. f4 Bb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.05.01"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Black "Jakubowski, Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "SFR Berlin"]

{[%evp 22,63,24,12,53,43,60,25,46,43,51,0,32,24,35,17,44,26,72,35,48,37,48,39,94,89,104,104,99,52,90,86,93,31,144,142,139,126,137,108,136,100,110,79]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. h3 O-O 9. Qc2 Re8 10. Nf3 Nf8 11. O-O g6 12. Rab1 {LiveBook: 135 Games} Be6 {D36: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation: Main line (5 Bg5 c6 6 Qc2)} (12... Ne6 13. Bh4 Ng7 14. b4 a6 15. a4 Bf5 16. b5 axb5 17. axb5 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Nf5 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Qc2 Nd6 21. Nd2 {0-1 (47) Navara,D (2730)-Hansen,S (2566) Reykjavik 2015}) 13. b4 Rc8 14. Na4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Rfc1 N6d7 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. b5 c5 {½-½ (16) Miedema,D (2361)-Jakubowski,K (2563) Porto Mannu 2016}) 14... Rc7 {White has an edge.} 15. Nc5 Bc8 16. a4 ({Better is} 16. Bf4 $14) 16... Nh5 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Qb2 Qf6 19. Ne5 Qd6 20. Be2 Ng7 21. Rbc1 f6 22. Nf3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} g5 (22... b6 $14) 23. b5 $16 h5 24. bxc6 bxc6 25. Ba6 {[%cal Be2a6,Ba6c8,Bc8h3][%mdl 32]} g4 26. Nh4 gxh3 27. g3 (27. Bxc8 $16 hxg2 28. Kxg2 (28. Nxg2 Rexc8 29. Kh1 Nge6 $11) 28... Rexc8 29. Rg1) 27... Nf5 (27... Bg4 $1 $14) 28. Bxc8 Nxh4 29. Bxh3 Rg7 {[#]} 30. Kh1 $1 Nf3 {Threatening ...h4.} 31. Qe2 Nxd4 32. Qd1 {Precision: White = 31%, Black = 33%.} ({Much weaker is} 32. Qxh5 $6 Re5 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.05.01"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Babula, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Schreiner, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2473"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "SFR Berlin"]

{[%evp 16,54,0,0,0,0,16,5,24,0,4,0,0,10,10,0,2,0,-5,-9,-13,-57,-61,-59,-65,-90,-97,-82,-112,-68,-62,-59,-30,-35,-18,-36,0,-34,0,-35,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. h3 O-O 9. Be3 {LiveBook: 26 Games. D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3} b6 10. Rc1 cxd4 11. cxd4 {The position is equal.} e6 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. O-O Nc6 {[%cal Rc6d4,Bb8c6,Bc6b4,Bb4a2,Ba2c3,Bc3d1][%mdl 32]} 14. Qa4 Qd6 15. Rfd1 {[#]} a6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Rac8 16. d5 exd5 17. exd5 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Qxa7 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Bxd5 {½-½ (20) Lupulescu,C (2609)-Piorun,K (2665) Germany 2017}) 16. d5 exd5 17. exd5 Nb4 18. a3 Na2 19. Bf4 Qd8 20. Rc7 {[#] Strongly threatening Qb3.} Nc3 21. Qc2 Nxd1 22. Rxb7 Nc3 23. d6 b5 24. Qb3 Na4 {[#] Hoping for ...Nc5.} 25. Qd5 $1 Nc3 26. Qb3 Na4 {...Nc5 is the strong threat.} 27. Qd5 $1 Nc3 {Precision: White = 72%, Black = 53%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.05.01"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Hausrath, Daniel"]
[Black "Paehtz, Elisabeth"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Muelheim"]
[BlackTeam "Dresden"]

{[%evp 13,67,29,43,10,14,0,45,4,52,6,47,26,50,27,50,45,66,61,84,45,84,81,91,81,100,117,92,60,93,91,146,102,112,114,100,100,135,83,92,89,89,80,153,166,132,133,141,137,245,239,234,203,339,326,906,898]} 1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Bg2 Nd7 5. O-O e5 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. Nc3 Ne7 {LiveBook: 3 Games. A41: 1 d4 d6: Tartakower System and Modern Defence} 8. Nd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. Qd3 O-O 9. Rd1 c6 10. Ng5 Qc7 11. b4 Nb6 12. e4 h6 13. Nf3 Be6 14. a4 Rad8 15. Qe2 Rxd1+ 16. Nxd1 {1-0 (46) Mikhalevski,V (2538)-Bitensky,I (2355) Israel 2018}) 8... O-O 9. Nc4 Nf5 {The position is equal.} 10. a4 Nc5 11. b4 Ne6 12. Ba3 Qd4 13. Qd3 $1 Rd8 14. Rad1 Nd6 15. Nxd6 Rxd6 16. b5 (16. Nd5 {with more complications.} Rd7 17. Qb3 Qg4 18. b5 Nd4 19. Ne7+) 16... Qxd3 17. cxd3 Rd8 18. Nd5 Bf8 19. Bb2 Bd6 20. Nf6+ Kg7 21. Ne4 f6 ({Better is} 21... Kf8) 22. Nxd6 Rxd6 23. f4 exf4 24. gxf4 a6 25. f5 (25. Rc1 $142) 25... Nd4 $16 26. Bxd4 Rxd4 27. Rc1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has strong initiative.} axb5 (27... Rd7 $142) 28. Rxc7+ Kh6 29. fxg6 hxg6 30. axb5 Rb4 (30... Bg4 $16) 31. Rxf6 $18 {Black must now prevent Rf8.} Rxb5 32. Be4 Rg5+ (32... Bf5 $142 33. Bxf5 (33. Bxb7 Ra2 $16) 33... Rxf5 34. Rxf5 gxf5 35. Rxb7 Ra1+ 36. Kg2 Re1) 33. Kf2 Bg4 $2 {[#]} (33... Bh3 34. Rxb7 Ra1) 34. h4 {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 40%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.05.01"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Sprenger, Jan Michael"]
[Black "Nyback, Tomi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SFR Berlin"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]

{[%evp 33,124,18,20,9,11,10,28,14,16,0,0,0,14,0,0,0,15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,0,0,0,0,-60,-60,-62,-62,-94,-79,-145,-119,-195,-199,-377,-358,-348,-365,-391,-381,-389,-379,-700,-698,-704,-695,-685,-618,-663,-648,-654,-654,-576,-552,-1117,-1075,-903,-620,-1094,-1007,-1049,-648,-1102,-1185,-1116,-1146,-1152,-1133,-1192,-1108,-1738,-1441,-1690,-620,-1706,-1670,-2522,-2505,-2341,-1023,-2312,-2361,-2178,-2133,-2259,-2077,-2588,-2369]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Ng5 Rf8 12. Nf3 Re8 13. Nbd2 Nd7 {C92: Closed Ruy Lopez: 9...Be6, Karpov and Flohr-Zaitsev Variations} (13... Bf8 14. a3 h6 15. Bc2 Nb8 16. b3 Nbd7 17. Bb2 c5 18. d5 Bc8 19. a4 Rb8 20. axb5 axb5 21. Bd3 Nh5 22. Bf1 g6 23. Nh2 Ng7 24. Bd3 Nf6 {1-0 (49) Harikrishna,P (2744)-Ivanchuk,V (2726) Riadh 2017}) 14. Nf1 exd4 15. cxd4 Na5 16. Bc2 c5 17. d5 Nc4 {LiveBook: 14 Games} 18. b3 Bf6 19. Rb1 Nce5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Ne3 Bc8 22. Kh2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 22. Bb2 Ra7 23. Rf1 Nd7 24. Ng4 Bxb2 25. Rxb2 {0-1 (70) Svidinsky,D (2147)-Aleksandrov,A (2606) St Petersburg 2015}) 22... Bd7 23. Bd2 Ng6 24. g3 Be5 25. Nf5 Bxf5 26. exf5 Nf8 27. f4 Bd4 28. Qf3 Ra7 29. g4 Rae7 30. Rxe7 Rxe7 31. g5 (31. Re1 $11) 31... Qe8 $15 32. Bd3 f6 33. h4 Nd7 34. Kg2 {[#]} (34. g6 $142) 34... Nb6 $1 $17 35. Kf1 (35. a4 $17 {is a better defense.}) 35... c4 $19 {[%cal Bc5c4,Bc4c3][%mdl 32]} 36. Bc2 $2 {[#]} (36. bxc4 {was forced.} bxc4 37. Be2) 36... c3 $1 {[%cal Rc3d2][%mdl 512]} 37. Be1 (37. Bxc3 Re3) 37... b4 38. Bf2 Bxf2 39. Kxf2 Qb5 40. Re1 $2 (40. Kg3 Qe2 41. Qxe2 Rxe2 42. Rc1) 40... Qc5+ {Black is clearly winning.} 41. Kf1 Rxe1+ 42. Kxe1 Qg1+ 43. Ke2 Qh2+ 44. Qf2 Qxf2+ 45. Kxf2 Nxd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} 46. Kf3 Nb6 47. Ke4 Kf7 48. Kd4 Ke7 49. Bd3 Kd7 50. Bc2 Kc6 51. Be4+ d5 52. Bc2 Kd6 53. Bd3 Nd7 54. Bc2 Nb8 55. Bd3 Nc6+ 56. Ke3 a5 57. Bc2 Kc5 58. Bd3 Ne7 59. Bc2 d4+ 60. Kf3 Nd5 61. Bd3 Ne3 62. Ke2 Ng2 {Precision: White = 34%, Black = 84%.} 0-1

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.05.01"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Van Foreest, Lucas"]
[Black "Raykhman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Aachen"]
[BlackTeam "Schwaebisch Hall"]

{[%evp 19,89,15,32,25,107,84,69,33,193,0,0,1,65,22,86,93,83,75,128,63,129,139,123,81,83,38,92,36,64,0,90,53,50,52,80,52,112,98,158,139,156,68,84,15,15,6,16,8,18,27,89,0,14,0,0,0,112,0,14,7,80,0,72,0,9,18,142,0,16,0,15,-5]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. g4 Bb7 9. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32] B80: Sicilian Scheveningen: 6 g3 and 6 Be3, including English Attack} Nfd7 10. Qd2 Nb6 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 11. a4 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 11. Nb3 b4 12. Nd1 Nc6 13. Qf2 Nd7 14. g5 Be7 15. f4 h6 16. Rg1 hxg5 17. hxg5 Nc5 18. Bxc5 dxc5 {½-½ (39) Solak,D (2490)-Bruzon Batista,L (2534) Yerevan 2000}) 11... Nc4 (11... bxa4 $11 12. Nxa4 Nxa4 13. Rxa4 d5) 12. Bxc4 $1 $16 bxc4 13. h5 d5 $2 (13... h6 $14) 14. e5 $2 (14. exd5 $18 {Black must now prevent Bg5.} Bxd5 15. h6 (15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. O-O-O Rg8 $16)) 14... Nd7 15. f4 Nc5 (15... Bb4 $11) 16. g5 Ne4 (16... Rb8 $11) 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. O-O-O Qd7 ({Black should try} 18... Qc7) 19. Qa5 (19. g6 $16) 19... Qd8 (19... Bd5 $14) 20. Qc3 {Hoping for Nxe6!} Bd5 21. f5 {Threatens to win with fxe6.} Qd7 22. Qa5 {Strongly threatening fxe6.} Qd8 (22... Qb7 $14 23. c3 Rb8) 23. Qe1 (23. Qd2 $16) 23... Qd7 $14 24. Qa5 {And now fxe6 would win.} Qd8 $1 {[%cal Rd8a5]} 25. Qxd8+ Rxd8 26. f6 Rg8 27. Rhg1 Bb4 (27... Bc5 $14) 28. Ne2 $16 Bc6 (28... Ba5 $142) 29. Rxd8+ Kxd8 30. Bb6+ (30. Rd1+ $1 $16 Ke8 31. Nc3 Bxc3 32. bxc3) 30... Kc8 31. a5 (31. c3 $16 Bf8 32. Be3) 31... gxf6 $11 32. exf6 Bd6 33. Be3 Bd5 34. Nc3 Be5 (34... Kd7 $11) 35. Ne2 ({White should play} 35. g6 $16 {Rg5 is the strong threat.} hxg6 36. hxg6 fxg6 37. Nxd5 exd5 38. f7) 35... Bd6 36. Rg4 Be5 37. Bd4 Bc7 {[#]} (37... Bd6 $11) 38. Rg1 ({Better is} 38. g6 $1 $16 {[%cal Rg6h7]} hxg6 39. hxg6 fxg6 40. Bc5) 38... Bh2 39. Rg2 {aiming for g6.} Bc7 {[#]} (39... Bd6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 40. Be3 (40. g6 $1 $16 {[%cal Rg6h7]} hxg6 41. hxg6 fxg6 42. Bc5) 40... Be5 (40... Bxa5 $11 41. Nf4 Bc7) 41. Rg1 (41. g6 $1 $16 {[%cal Rg6h7]} hxg6 42. hxg6) 41... Bh2 42. Rd1 {White wants to play Nc3.} Bc7 (42... Kd7 $11 {remains equal.}) 43. Rg1 ({White has to play} 43. Nc3 $16) 43... Bh2 44. Rh1 Bc7 45. Rg1 {Precision: White = 32%, Black = 18%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.05.01"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Gurevich, Vladimir"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]

{[%evp 27,84,37,45,30,30,0,0,0,0,0,0,-19,-9,-6,-4,-11,-11,0,0,-13,0,-31,-25,-50,-47,-53,-47,-43,-49,-119,-127,-295,-311,-305,-311,-305,-283,-388,-396,-388,-375,-596,-597,-586,-578,-560,-512,-341,-341,-341,-324,-508,-467,-650,-634,-29978,-29978,-2553,-7553]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. h3 d6 7. c3 a6 8. Bb3 Ba7 9. Re1 Ne7 10. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3][%mdl 32]} Ng6 11. Nf1 Re8 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} (11... c6 12. Ng3 Re8 13. d4 h6 14. Bc2 Qc7 15. Be3 Bd7 16. Qd2 c5 17. Rad1 cxd4 18. cxd4 Rac8 19. Bb1 {0-1 (58) Alekseev,E (2616)-Sjugirov,S (2650) Riadh 2017}) 12. Ng3 Be6 13. d4 h6 14. Bxe6 Rxe6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 15. d5 Re8 16. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Nf5 Nf4 17. Nh2 Nh7 18. h4 h5 19. g3 Nh3+ 20. Kg2 Nxf2 {0-1 (58) Yurtseven,M (2355)-Petkov,V (2534) Izmir 2015}) 16... Bxe3 17. Rxe3 c6 18. c4 Rc8 19. Rc1 Qd7 20. Rec3 Nf4 21. Nd2 cxd5 22. cxd5 Rxc3 23. Rxc3 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Qxc8 25. Nf5 Qc5 26. Nb3 Qb4 27. f3 $1 Qb6+ 28. Kf1 (28. Kh2 $1 $15) 28... g6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is really pushing.} 29. Nxh6+ $2 (29. Ng3 $17) 29... Kg7 $19 {Threatens to win with ...N6h5.} 30. Ng4 N6h5 31. Qe1 {[#]} a5 $1 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 544]} 32. Qf2 (32. Nxa5 Ng3+) 32... Qb5+ 33. Kg1 a4 34. Nd2 (34. Nd4 $142 exd4 35. Qxd4+ Kg8 36. Qd2) 34... Qxb2 35. Nc4 Qc1+ 36. Qf1 Ne2+ 37. Kf2 {[#] And now Qxc1 would win.} Qxc4 38. Qxe2 Qd4+ 39. Qe3 (39. Ne3 {was the only chance.} Nf4 40. Qd1) 39... Qb2+ 40. Kg1 {intending Qh6+.} Nf4 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Rb2g2]} 41. Nf2 Qb1+ 42. Kh2 Qf1 {Precision: White = 38%, Black = 92%.} 0-1

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.05.01"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Abel, Dennes"]
[Black "Werle, Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SFR Berlin"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]

{[%evp 16,90,0,0,16,24,31,29,20,22,24,13,15,20,15,0,0,0,0,0,30,37,41,47,40,39,43,60,70,50,59,84,61,23,23,23,24,25,31,33,35,11,43,0,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 c5 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Bd2 O-O 7. e3 {[%cal Be2e3,Be3d4][%mdl 32]} Nc6 8. a3 Be7 9. Be2 {LiveBook: 11 Games. A32: Symmetrical English: 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 e6} Nxd4 10. exd4 d5 11. c5 {White is slightly better.} Ne4 12. O-O e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... b6 13. b4 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 bxc5 15. dxc5 d4 16. Ne4 e5 {½-½ (44) Abdyjapar,A (2382)-Moiseenko,A (2667) Riadh 2017}) 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Bc3 exd4 15. Qxd4 Qxd4 16. Bxd4 Rd8 17. Be3 Be6 18. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} f5 19. Rac1 Rac8 20. f3 Bf6 21. fxe4 fxe4 22. b5 Bd4 23. Bxd4 Rxd4 24. Rfd1 (24. Rc2 {is interesting.} Bd5 25. Kf2 e3+ 26. Kxe3 Ra4 27. Kf2) 24... Rxd1+ 25. Bxd1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Kf7 $1 26. Kf2 Kf6 27. Ke3 Ke5 28. Rc3 Rf8 29. c6 bxc6 {The position is equal.} 30. Rxc6 Rf1 31. Rc5+ Kd6 32. Rc6+ Ke5 33. Be2 Rb1 34. Rc5+ Kd6 35. Rc6+ Ke5 36. Rc5+ Kd6 37. Rc3 Bd5 38. h4 Rg1 39. Kf2 Ra1 40. h5 h6 41. Bc4 Bxc4 42. Rxc4 Rxa3 43. Rxe4 Rc3 44. Rd4+ Ke6 45. Re4+ Kd6 {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 76%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.05.01"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Zumsande, Martin"]
[Black "Seyb, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "SFR Berlin"]

{[%evp 31,88,0,12,-2,0,0,-10,-1,0,-13,-13,-23,0,-33,-24,-36,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-21,-22,-23,-8,-8,0,-4,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. O-O Qxc5+ 9. Kh1 Nc6 10. Bd3 Bg4 11. Qe1 Bxf3 12. Rxf3 Rac8 {B09: Pirc Defence: Austrian Attack} 13. Be3 Qa5 14. a3 d5 {[%cal Bd6d5,Bd5d4][%mdl 32]} 15. e5 d4 16. exf6 Bxf6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 17. Ne4 dxe3 18. Nxf6+ exf6 19. Rxe3 Qb6 20. Rb1 f5 21. c3 Nd8 {[#]} 22. Qf2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 22. Bxf5 gxf5 23. Rg3+ Kh8 24. Qe7 Rg8 25. Qe5+ f6 26. Rxg8+ Kxg8 27. Qe8+ {1-0 (27) De Firmian,N (2565)-Chernin,A (2600) Moscow 1990}) 22... Ne6 23. Rbe1 Qd6 24. g3 a5 25. Bf1 {[%cal Bd3f1,Bf1g2,Bg2f3][%mdl 32]} Rfd8 26. Bg2 b6 27. Bf3 Kg7 28. Kg2 Qc5 29. Qe2 Qc4 (29... Qd6 {is more complex.} 30. Re5 Qd2 31. Kf1 h5 32. Rb5 Rb8) 30. Re5 Qxe2+ 31. R1xe2 Rc5 32. Kf2 Kf6 33. R5e3 h6 34. h4 g5 35. hxg5+ hxg5 36. fxg5+ Kxg5 37. b4 Rc4 38. bxa5 bxa5 39. Rb2 Rdc8 40. Rb5 {The position is equal.} R8c5 41. Rxc5 Nxc5 42. Bd5 Ne4+ 43. Kf3 Rxc3 44. Rxc3 Nxc3 {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 58%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.05.01"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Vogel, Roven"]
[Black "Dinstuhl, Volkmar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2449"]
[BlackElo "2384"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Dresden"]
[BlackTeam "Muelheim"]

{[%evp 27,63,40,37,0,29,0,22,0,0,6,102,94,166,163,165,166,229,229,257,261,231,187,227,225,234,231,221,219,314,344,323,330,316,308,304,255,814,814]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 c5 7. Bd3 cxd4 8. exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qc7 12. Bd3 b6 13. Rc1 Bb7 14. Re1 h6 {LiveBook: 3 Games. aiming for ...Bxf3. E54: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: Main Line: 7...dxc4 8 Bxc4} (14... Qc6 15. a4 Rac8 16. Bh4 h6 17. c4 Rfe8 18. Bg3 Rcd8 19. Qb3 Nh5 20. c5 Nxg3 21. hxg3 bxc5 22. Be4 Qxe4 23. Rxe4 Bxe4 24. dxc5 {½-½ (75) Piorun,K (2681)-Vedmediuc,S (2437) Baku 2016}) 15. Bd2 Rac8 16. Qe2 {[#]} Qc6 $146 {The position is equal.} 17. Bb5 Qd5 18. c4 Qh5 (18... Qd6 $11) 19. Bb4 $16 Rfe8 {[#]} (19... Bxf3 $16 20. Qxf3 Qxf3 21. gxf3 Rfe8) 20. Ne5 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is on the roll.} Nxe5 21. dxe5 ({Don't do} 21. Qxh5 $6 Nxh5 22. Rxe5 Nf4 $14) 21... Qg6 (21... Qxe2 {might work better.} 22. Rxe2 Nd5) 22. f3 Nh5 23. Bxe8 Rxe8 24. Qc2 Qg5 {[#]} 25. Bd2 $1 {[%cal Rd2g5]} Nf4 26. Bxf4 Qxf4 27. Qd3 {Hoping for Qd7.} Rc8 (27... Bc6 {was worth a try.} 28. Qe3 Qh4) 28. Qd7 Ba6 29. Qxa7 Qd4+ 30. Kh1 Bxc4 31. h3 Rd8 $2 (31... Qd8 32. Red1 Bd5 33. Rxc8 Qxc8 34. Qxb6 Qc2) 32. Re4 {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.05.01"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Black "Predojevic, Borki"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SF Deizisau"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]

{[%evp 13,91,25,30,-3,14,0,17,18,22,21,25,16,21,20,21,14,43,16,42,37,60,45,57,27,33,31,26,14,14,19,10,8,21,19,29,14,32,20,25,28,33,38,53,23,36,16,21,0,0,-30,-7,-14,-14,-14,-14,-5,0,0,0,-31,-20,-28,-29,-23,-29,-27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} (6. Qb3 Be7 7. Bf4 O-O 8. e3 c6 9. Bxb8 Rxb8 10. Bxa6 Bd6 11. Be2 Re8 12. O-O h5 13. Qc2 g6 {0-1 (38) Gelfand,B (2695)-Andreikin,D (2712) Moscow 2018}) 6... Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 {LiveBook: 186 Games} 8. Ne5 {White has an edge.} Be7 9. Bd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Be2 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Qxd5 c6 {0-1 (39) Stokke,K (2354)-Sunilduth Lyna,N (2501) Bangkok 2016}) 9... h6 10. Bf4 O-O 11. O-O c5 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Bb1 cxd4 14. exd4 Re8 15. Re1 b5 16. Qd3 Nf8 17. a4 bxa4 18. Qxa6 (18. Nxa4 $5 {[%cal Re5c6]} Qa5 19. Nc3 $14) 18... Ra8 19. Qb5 a3 20. Nc6 Bd7 {[#] Hoping for ...Bxc6.} 21. Nxe7+ Rxe7 22. Qb3 axb2 23. Qxb2 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Be6 25. f3 Rc8 26. Bd3 Qa5 27. Bd2 Qa7 28. Nb5 Qb6 29. Qa3 Bd7 30. Ba5 Qb8 $1 31. Rb1 {[#] Threatens to win with Nd6.} Bxb5 32. Bxb5 Qf4 33. Rd1 Ne6 34. g3 $132 {[%mdl 2048] White has counterplay} Qb8 35. Bf1 Rc2 36. Bd3 Rb2 37. Bc3 Rb3 38. Qa1 Ng5 39. Bc2 {[%cal Bd3c2,Bc2d1,Bd1e2][%mdl 32]} Rb7 40. Rd3 {The position is equal.} Qc8 41. Re3 g6 42. Qe1 Re7 {And now ...Nxf3+! would win.} 43. Bd1 Rxe3 44. Qxe3 Ne6 45. Be2 h5 46. h4 {Precision: White = 39%, Black = 67%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.05.01"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Womacka, Mathias"]
[Black "Handke, Florian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Schwaebisch Hall"]
[BlackTeam "Aachen"]

{[%evp 29,60,9,18,18,18,17,18,23,30,21,22,15,41,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,16]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. e5 Ng4 8. Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. d5 dxe5 10. h3 e4 11. hxg4 {B09: Pirc Defence: Austrian Attack} exf3 12. Qxf3 Na6 13. Bd2 {[%cal Bc1d2,Bd2e1,Be1g3][%mdl 32]} O-O-O (13... Nb4 14. O-O-O O-O-O 15. Ne4 Nxd5 16. Nxc5 Qc6 17. Nd3 Kb8 18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. fxe5 {0-1 (64) Kovalev,V (2639)-Ponomariov,R (2694) Riadh 2017}) 14. O-O-O Nc7 15. Be1 f5 {LiveBook: 27 Games} 16. gxf5 Qxf5 17. g4 Qf7 $1 18. Bg3 h5 {[#]} 19. f5 $146 {Strongly threatening Bxc7.} hxg4 20. Qf4 {[%csl Gg3][%cal Rf4c7] [#]} Na6 21. Nb5 (21. fxg6 {seems wilder.} Qxg6 22. Rxh8 Rxh8 23. Kb1 Rf8 24. Qe3) 21... Rxd5 {...Rxh1 is the strong threat.The position is equal.} 22. Rxh8+ Bxh8 23. Rxd5 $40 {[%mdl 128] White mounts an attack.} Qxd5 24. fxg6 {[#] Hoping for Qf8+.} Qh1+ 25. Kd2 Qg2+ 26. Ke3 Kd8 27. Qf8+ Kd7 28. Qf5+ Kd8 $1 29. Qf8+ Kd7 30. Qf5+ Kd8 $1 {Precision: White = 83%, Black = 85%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.05.01"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Schmidek, Emil"]
[Black "Grigorian, Spartak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2321"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SFR Berlin"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]

{[%evp 17,108,6,50,50,50,43,43,48,44,43,50,38,48,42,54,43,54,38,47,0,0,0,40,41,79,26,27,29,20,17,35,22,58,68,59,9,11,10,12,0,0,0,6,6,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Bc4 Qb6 {B94: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Bg5 Nbd7} (7... h6 8. Bh4 g6 9. Qe2 e5 10. Nb3 Be7 11. a4 Nb6 12. Bd3 Be6 13. a5 Nbd7 14. Bc4 Rc8 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. O-O {1-0 (79) Nepomniachtchi,I (2751)-Fedoseev,V (2724) Moscow 2018}) 8. Bb3 e6 9. Qd2 Nc5 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. O-O-O h5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Bd7 12. f4 O-O-O 13. Kb1 Kb8 14. f5 h5 15. Rhf1 {½-½ (43) Firnhaber,I (2262)-Zejewski,P (2143) GER email 2012}) 12. f4 {[%cal Bf2f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32]} Bd7 13. Kb1 O-O-O 14. Rhf1 Be7 15. f5 {aiming for fxe6.} Kb8 16. Qf2 {[#] Strongly threatening fxe6.} Qa5 17. Qf3 Rc8 18. fxe6 (18. a3 {with more complications.} Nxb3 19. cxb3 h4 20. Qe3 Qe5 21. Rf4) 18... fxe6 19. Nce2 f5 (19... Rh7 {keeps more tension.} 20. Bc4 Qb4 21. Bb3 Nxb3 22. Nxb3 Qb5) 20. exf5 Nxb3 21. Nxb3 (21. axb3 $16 e5 22. Ne6) 21... Qxf5 $11 22. Qxf5 exf5 23. Nbd4 Bf6 24. Nxf5 Bxf5 25. Rxf5 Be5 26. Nd4 Rcg8 {The position is equal.} 27. g3 h4 28. Nf3 hxg3 29. hxg3 Bxg3 30. Rfd5 Re8 31. a3 Rhf8 32. Nd4 Be5 33. Nb3 Rf2 34. Nd2 Bf4 35. Nb3 Rc8 36. Nd4 Be5 37. c3 Rh8 {[#] Hoping for ...Rhh2.} 38. Nb3 Bf4 39. Nc1 {With the idea Nd3.} Bxc1 40. Kxc1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Rhh2 {Threatens to win with ...Rc2+.} 41. R1d2 Rxd2 42. Rxd2 {KR-KR} Rh1+ 43. Kc2 Kc7 44. Kb3 b5 45. Rd4 Kc6 46. Kb4 Rh2 47. b3 Rh3 48. a4 bxa4 49. Rc4+ Kb6 50. Kxa4 d5 51. Rc8 Kb7 52. Rc5 Kb6 53. b4 Rg3 54. Rc8 Kb7 {Precision: White = 72%, Black = 69%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.05.01"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Braun, Christian"]
[Black "Zpevak, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2391"]
[BlackElo "2339"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Aachen"]

{[%evp 20,93,46,37,48,48,48,44,41,39,63,36,21,-13,19,27,110,86,84,83,74,98,104,64,117,120,140,129,114,117,106,95,364,364,363,347,412,414,377,394,363,279,281,281,275,269,223,213,288,289,291,272,425,405,442,436,615,606,581,534,437,359,1368,1106,1533,1475,1547,1136,6119,6070,12845,12050,5708,5740,5106,5102]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. f4 {B48: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 Be3 a6 without Be2} Bb4 9. Bd3 d6 (9... Na5 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 12. bxc3 d5 13. exd5 exd5 14. Nb3 Nc4 15. Bd4 Ne4 {1-0 (57) Carlsen,M (2834)-Matlakov,M (2718) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 10. a3 Bc5 11. Nxc6 {LiveBook: 4 Games. Threatens to win with Bxc5.} Bxe3 $1 12. Qxe3 {And now Qg3 would win.} bxc6 13. O-O-O d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Nd7 14. h4 Rb8 15. Rh3 Qb6 16. Qxb6 Rxb6 {0-1 (70) Gaponenko,I (2411)-Kalinina,O (2322) Rivne 2016}) 14. Rhf1 Rb8 15. Qg3 O-O 16. e5 Nd7 17. Qh4 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Rh4h7]} f5 (17... g6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 18. exf6 $1 $40 {[%mdl 128] White goes for the king.} Nxf6 {next ...c5 is good for Black.} 19. g4 $1 Qb6 20. b3 g6 21. Rf3 Rb7 {[#]} (21... Qa5 $14 22. Kb2 Rb7) 22. f5 $1 {[%cal Rf5g6]} g5 23. Qxg5+ Rg7 {[#]} 24. Qh4 $1 Rxg4 25. Qe1 c5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (25... exf5 $16 26. Bxf5 Re8 27. Bxg4 Rxe1 28. Rxe1 Nxg4 29. Re8+ Kg7 30. Rxc8 Qg1+ 31. Kb2 Qxh2) 26. fxe6 $18 Qxe6 27. Qf2 Qe5 {[#]} 28. Nxd5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kg7 (28... Qxd5 29. Bxh7+) 29. Nxf6 Rxf6 30. Rxf6 Qa1+ 31. Kd2 {Intending Rf7+ and mate.} Qxf6 32. Qxf6+ Kxf6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 33. Kc3 Rh4 34. Bxa6 Bxa6 {KRB-KR} 35. Rd6+ Ke5 (35... Kf5 $142) 36. Rxa6 Rxh2 {KR-KR} 37. b4 cxb4+ (37... Kf4 $142 38. bxc5 Ke5) 38. axb4 {[%cal Ba3b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Kd5 {and the idea ...Rh3+ leaves Black hopeful.} 39. Kb3 Rh3+ 40. c3 h5 $2 (40... h6 41. Ra5+ Kc6) 41. Rh6 {White is clearly winning.} h4 42. Rh5+ Kc6 43. b5+ Kb6 44. Kb4 Rh1 45. Rh6+ Kb7 46. Kc5 h3 47. Rh7+ {Precision: White = 91%, Black = 30%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.05.01"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Zwirs, Nico"]
[Black "Maiwald, Jens-Uwe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "2441"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Muelheim"]
[BlackTeam "Dresden"]

{[%evp 23,42,0,-5,-15,13,0,14,20,41,8,33,21,56,14,23,35,30,22,43,39,50]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 6. Bd3 Qb6 7. Nb3 Qc7 8. O-O Bb7 9. Qe2 Be7 {B43: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 Nc3} (9... Nf6 10. f4 d6 11. Kh1 Nbd7 12. Bd2 Nc5 13. Nxc5 dxc5 14. e5 Nd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. c4 bxc4 17. Bxc4 {1-0 (31) Movsesian,S (2702)-Pantsulaia,L (2595) Plovdiv 2012}) 10. f4 b4 11. Nd1 Nf6 12. c4 {[%cal Bc2c4,Bc4c5][%mdl 32]} d6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 13. Nf2 Nc6 14. Be3 a5 15. c5 {Strongly threatening cxd6.} d5 16. e5 Nd7 17. Rac1 g6 $146 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Nb8 $1 20. Ng4 Nc6 21. Bf2 Qc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.05.01"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Schramm, Christian"]
[Black "Parvanyan, Ashot"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2376"]
[BlackElo "2413"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zugzwang Muenchen"]
[BlackTeam "Norderstedt"]

{[%evp 24,84,21,15,39,-72,-63,-88,-33,-37,0,0,-3,-13,0,-51,-10,-78,-30,-77,-79,-97,-52,-91,-97,-131,-92,-133,-128,-124,-123,-135,-121,-131,-72,-83,-53,-64,-71,-70,-64,-70,-71,-168,-170,-150,-164,-155,-165,-149,-100,-102,-97,-105,-97,-192,-78,-102,-103,-132,-84,-218,-214]} 1. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Bd3 c5 5. e5 Nfd7 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. O-O Qc7 12. b3 {C06: French Tarrasch: 3...Nf6 4 e5 Nfd7 5 Bd3 main lines} (12. Bg5 O-O 13. Bh4 Nh5 14. Qc2 h6 15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Bg6 Nf4 17. Nxf4 Rxf4 18. Bg3 Rxf3 19. gxf3 Qe7 20. Rad1 Bd7 21. Qc3 Rf8 22. Bb1 Kg8 {1-0 (41) Artemiev,V (2653)-Onischuk,V (2615) Martuni 2016}) 12... O-O 13. Bb2 {LiveBook: 5 Games} Nh5 14. Rc1 $146 (14. Nc3 $14) ({Predecessor:} 14. Ng3 Nf4 15. Rc1 Bd7 16. Bb1 Be8 17. Re1 h6 18. Ne5 Qe7 19. Nd3 Qf6 20. Nxf4 Bxf4 {½-½ (78) Barrientos Chavarriaga,S (2476)-Panesso Rivera,H (2341) Ibague 2013}) 14... Rxf3 $1 $17 15. gxf3 Bxh2+ ({Black should play} 15... Qe7 $17) 16. Kg2 $15 {Black must now prevent Rh1.} Nf4+ 17. Nxf4 Bxf4 18. Rh1 g6 19. Rc2 (19. Rc3 $11) 19... Qe7 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 20. Re2 (20. Bc1 $11 {keeps the balance.} Qg5+ 21. Kf1) 20... Bd7 21. Ree1 Qg5+ 22. Kf1 Rf8 23. a3 a6 24. Qc2 Ne7 25. Ke2 Bd6 26. Reg1 Qf6 27. Ke1 Qxf3 28. Qe2 Qxe2+ (28... Qf6 $142 29. Rg2 Bb5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 30. Bxb5 axb5) 29. Kxe2 $17 Nc6 30. Rh4 Be7 31. Rh2 Bd8 32. Rgh1 Rf7 33. Ke3 (33. f3 $17) 33... Bb6 $1 $19 34. f4 e5 $1 35. fxe5 Nxe5 36. Be2 Re7 37. Kd2 Ng4 38. Rg2 Ne3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has strong initiative.} 39. Rg5 {[#]} (39. Rgh2 $17 {might work better.}) 39... Nf5 (39... Bc7 $1 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top. aiming for ...Bf4.} 40. Re5 Bxe5 41. dxe5 Nf5) 40. Bf3 Bc6 41. Re1 Rf7 42. Re5 {[#]} (42. Kd3 $17) 42... Bc7 $1 {Precision: White = 33%, Black = 50%.} ({Stronger than} 42... Bxd4 43. Bxd4 Nxd4 44. Bxd5 $11) 0-1

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.05.01"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Hoffmann, Paul"]
[Black "Buckels, Valentin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2371"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Dresden"]
[BlackTeam "Muelheim"]

{[%evp 11,96,-4,0,-22,-26,-30,-22,-26,-7,-11,-2,-7,0,0,-7,-6,4,-30,-41,-90,-52,-262,-172,-175,-46,-96,-96,-186,-51,-51,-20,-70,-58,-75,-77,-56,-73,-92,-45,-82,-62,-96,-90,-120,-75,-97,-88,-99,-95,-152,-151,-193,-160,-216,-212,-193,-80,-137,-126,-402,-388,-482,-472,-716,-712,-831,-822,-1186,-896,-939,-822,-1033,-495,-610,-392,-503,-482,-481,-481,-487,-483,-468,-460,-448,-340,-357,-358]} 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 a5 6. c3 {C24: Bishop's Opening: 2...Nf6} (6. a4 Bb4+ 7. c3 Bd6 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Re1 Re8 11. h3 h6 12. Nf1 Nf8 13. Ng3 Ng6 {0-1 (72) Leko,P (2691)-Li,C (2732) Riadh 2017}) 6... Bd6 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. O-O {Black has an edge.} Nbd7 9. Bc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Re1 Re8 10. Nf1 Nc5 11. Bc2 Bc7 12. d4 exd4 {½-½ (30) Gabriel,J (2073)-Schallner,M (1975) Ditzingen 2016}) 9... dxe4 10. dxe4 Bc7 11. b3 Qe7 12. a4 Rd8 13. Ba3 Qe8 14. Qb1 Nf8 {[%cal Bd7f8,Bf8g6,Bg6f4][%mdl 32]} 15. h3 Ng6 {Hoping for ...Bxh3!} 16. Re1 $2 (16. Nc4 $15) 16... Nf4 $19 17. Nc4 {[#]} b6 (17... Bxh3 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 18. gxh3 Qd7) 18. Bc1 N6h5 $1 19. Ne3 {[#]} (19. Kh2 $17 {was called for.}) 19... Ba6 (19... Bxh3 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512] White must now prevent ...Qe6.} 20. g3 (20. gxh3 Qe6 $17) 20... Qe6) 20. c4 $15 Rd7 21. Kh2 Rad8 22. g3 Nd3 23. Bxd3 Rxd3 24. Nh4 {White wants to play Nd5!} R3d7 25. Ra2 Bd6 26. Qc2 Bb4 27. Rg1 Bc8 28. Qe2 Nf6 29. Nef5 Rd3 30. Bg5 (30. Rb2 $142) 30... Qe6 $17 31. Rb1 Bf8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has strong initiative.} 32. g4 (32. Ng2 $17 {keeps fighting.}) 32... h6 $19 33. Bc1 {[#]} Rd1 (33... h5 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512] has better winning chances.} 34. gxh5 {[#]} Nxe4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 35. Qxe4 R8d4 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 34. Ne3 ({Better is} 34. Rab2) 34... R1d4 $17 35. Nhf5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (35. f3 $17 {was forced.}) 35... Nxe4 $19 36. Nxd4 exd4 ({Not} 36... Rxd4 37. Rc2 $17) 37. Nd1 (37. Nf1 $142 Qd6+ 38. Ng3) 37... d3 {[%cal Bd4d3,Bd3d2][%mdl 32]} 38. Qf3 d2 39. Bb2 Bd6+ 40. Kg1 c5 41. Ne3 Bb7 (41... Ng5 $142 42. Qf5 Qe7) 42. Raa1 Be5 43. Qf5 Nc3 {...Qc6 is the strong threat.} 44. Qxe6 fxe6 45. Nd1 Nxb1 46. Bxe5 Be4 47. Bc7 Rd7 48. Bxb6 Bc2 {Precision: White = 19%, Black = 49%.} 0-1

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.05.01"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Zeller, Frank"]
[Black "Zaragatski, Ilja"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Schwaebisch Hall"]
[BlackTeam "Aachen"]

{[%evp 9,77,37,38,34,48,0,89,88,83,93,93,95,112,100,175,169,169,151,193,187,199,50,52,75,58,17,15,22,22,0,0,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-46,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,91,88,394,84,2304,2153,29994,29988,29986,29987,29982,29963,29985,29985]} 1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. Qc2 g6 {LiveBook: 130 Games} 6. h3 {A85: Dutch Defence: 2 c4 Nf6 3 Nc3} (6. h4 Bg7 7. O-O-O c6 8. Nh3 Nf8 9. e3 Qa5 10. Kb1 Ne6 11. Be2 Bd7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. g4 {1-0 (30) Nakamura,H (2787)-Anton Guijarro,D (2639) Gibraltar 2016}) 6... Bg7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... h6 7. Bxf6 Nxf6 8. g4 e6 9. O-O-O Bg7 10. e3 O-O 11. Bd3 c6 12. Nge2 Qe8 13. Rhg1 {1-0 (22) Levin,F (2552)-Sill,T (2265) Bad Wiessee 2007}) 7. g4 e5 (7... Ne4 $11 8. Nxe4 fxe4) 8. Nf3 $16 {White is better.} e4 9. Nh4 Nf8 10. gxf5 gxf5 11. Rg1 c6 (11... h6 $16 {keeps fighting.} 12. Be3 Nh5) 12. e3 $18 Qe7 13. d5 h6 14. Bf4 {dxc6 is the strong threat.} Nh5 {[#]} 15. Ng2 (15. dxc6 $1 $18 Qxh4 16. Nb5 bxc6 17. Nxd6+ Ke7 18. Qb3) 15... Nxf4 16. Nxf4 c5 17. Be2 Bd7 18. Bh5+ Kd8 {[%cal Be8d8,Bd8c8,Bc8c7][%mdl 32]} 19. a4 Be5 20. Qb3 Kc8 21. Nce2 Rh7 22. Kd2 Kc7 23. a5 Rg7 24. Rxg7 Qxg7 25. Rg1 Qf6 26. Kc2 Rb8 {[#] Strongly threatening ...b5.} 27. Qa3 ({Of course not} 27. Rg8 b5 $15) 27... b5 28. axb6+ $1 axb6 29. Ra1 Qh4 30. Qa7+ Rb7 31. Qa8 Bxf4 32. Qxf8 Bg5 (32... Be5 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} 33. Ra8 b5) 33. Ng3 $16 {Hoping for Be8.} Bxe3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (33... Be7 $16 34. Qg8 Qg5 35. Qxg5 hxg5) 34. Be8 $2 $40 {[%mdl 128] White has strong attack.} (34. fxe3 $18 {and the rest is easy.} Qxg3 35. Ra8) 34... Bg5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (34... Qd8 $16 35. fxe3 Qxe8 36. Qxe8 (36. Qxh6 b5 $15) 36... Bxe8) 35. Bxd7 $18 Kxd7 36. Ra8 {White mates.} Bd8 37. Qxf5+ Ke8 38. Nxe4 Rd7 39. Nf6+ {Precision: White = 49%, Black = 52%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.05.01"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Moehn, Hans"]
[Black "Rezasade, Amir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2357"]
[BlackElo "2354"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Dresden"]
[BlackTeam "Muelheim"]

{[%evp 21,116,16,42,36,34,44,71,32,59,51,62,55,70,44,85,84,82,94,84,71,141,126,125,150,134,80,131,73,155,102,114,63,112,113,165,110,120,122,116,107,122,111,180,172,169,129,126,128,128,123,120,128,128,120,153,121,134,138,121,84,93,82,75,56,41,49,57,42,43,60,79,0,37,30,27,37,49,12,21,16,12,12,12,14,29,30,23,22,27,9,25,25,27,34,33,0,39]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Nc2 Bg7 7. e4 d6 8. Be2 Nd7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bd2 Nc5 11. f3 Ne6 {LiveBook: 3 Games. B37: Sicilian: Maroczy Bind with 5...Bg7, sidelines} (11... Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Na4 13. Qd2 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Ne3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Rc8 17. f4 Na5 18. Rae1 Rc5 19. Nxf5 gxf5 {1-0 (31) Bocharov,D (2585)-Kokarev,D (2622) Khanty-Mansiysk 2017}) 12. Rb1 f5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Ned4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 14. Kh1 a5 15. Bh6 Bg7 16. Be3 Be6 17. Na4 f5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Rc1 {1-0 (39) Skembris,S (2470)-Radulov,I (2425) Xanthi 1990}) 13. exf5 gxf5 {White is slightly better.} 14. Nd5 Bd7 15. g3 Rc8 16. Be3 Ne5 17. b3 {[%cal Bb2b3,Bb3b4][%mdl 32]} Nc6 18. Qd2 Qe8 19. Rbd1 Qf7 20. Rf2 Rcd8 ({Black should play} 20... b6) 21. b4 $1 $16 Rc8 22. f4 b6 23. Rff1 (23. Bf3 $142) 23... Nb8 (23... Nc7 $142) 24. Na3 (24. Bf3 $142) 24... Ba4 (24... Nc7 $142) 25. Rb1 (25. Rc1 $142) 25... Bc6 26. Rfc1 (26. Rbc1 $16) 26... Nd7 27. Bf3 Nf6 (27... Rfd8 $16) 28. Qd3 (28. Nb5 $1 $18) 28... Ng4 {[#]} 29. Bxg4 $1 fxg4 {[#]} 30. Nb5 $1 {[%cal Rb5a7]} Bxb5 31. cxb5 Kh8 (31... Rcd8 $16) 32. Rc6 $18 Rce8 33. Rf1 Qf5 34. Qxf5 Rxf5 35. Rd1 Kg8 36. Rc4 Kf7 37. a4 Rb8 38. Bf2 h5 39. Ne3 Rf6 40. Rd5 Rh6 41. Nf5 Rhh8 42. Nxg7 Nxg7 43. Rc7 Rhc8 44. Rxa7 {Black must now prevent Rxd6.} Rc1+ 45. Kg2 Rc2 46. Kf1 (46. Rxd6 $1 $16 {Rd5 is the strong threat.} Nf5 47. Rd3) 46... Ke6 47. Rd1 {And now Re1+ would win.} Nf5 48. a5 {Hoping for Rb1.} bxa5 49. Re1+ Kf6 50. Rxa5 Rb2 51. b6 Rxb4 52. Raa1 R8xb6 53. Bxb6 Rxb6 $11 {KRR-KRN} 54. Rab1 Rc6 55. Rec1 Ra6 56. Ra1 Rb6 57. Rcb1 Rc6 58. Rc1 Rb6 {Precision: White = 48%, Black = 43%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.05.01"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Van Osch, Mees"]
[Black "Loxine, Jakov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2291"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Muelheim"]
[BlackTeam "Dresden"]

{[%evp 20,69,67,50,41,40,36,40,58,49,104,66,150,118,175,152,171,174,210,196,181,128,128,127,197,114,290,244,391,329,365,375,422,315,463,452,453,340,345,337,414,402,673,675,766,769,750,722,964,979,796,779]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. f4 {B48: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 Be3 a6 without Be2} Bb4 9. Bd3 d6 (9... Na5 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 12. bxc3 d5 13. exd5 exd5 14. Nb3 Nc4 15. Bd4 Ne4 {1-0 (57) Carlsen,M (2834)-Matlakov,M (2718) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 10. a3 Bc5 11. Nxc6 {LiveBook: 4 Games. Hoping for Bxc5.} Bxe3 12. Qxe3 {And now Qg3 would win.} bxc6 13. O-O-O Nd7 14. Rhe1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. h4 Rb8 15. Rh3 Qb6 16. Qxb6 Rxb6 {0-1 (70) Gaponenko,I (2411)-Kalinina,O (2322) Rivne 2016}) 14... e5 ({Black should try} 14... O-O $14) 15. g3 Qb6 (15... O-O $14) 16. Bc4 Rb8 (16... Qxe3+ $16 17. Rxe3 exf4 18. gxf4 Ke7) 17. b3 $18 ({Weaker is} 17. Rxd6 Qxb2+ 18. Kd1 Qxa3 $17) 17... Qa5 18. Kb2 Nb6 19. Bf1 Bh3 20. Ka2 ({Avoid the trap} 20. Bxh3 $2 Nc4+ 21. Kb1 Nxe3 $19) (20. b4 $18 {Qf3 is the strong threat.} Bxf1 21. bxa5 Nd5+ 22. Kc1 Nxe3 23. Rxe3) 20... Bxf1 $16 21. Rxf1 exf4 (21... Qc5 $16 {might work better.} 22. Qxc5 dxc5) 22. gxf4 (22. Rxf4 $18 {Threatens to win with Rf5.} Qc5 23. Qd3) 22... Nc8 $2 (22... Qc5 $16 {keeps fighting.} 23. Qxc5 dxc5) 23. Rg1 O-O (23... g6 $142 24. e5 d5) 24. Rg5 Qc7 25. Rdg1 g6 26. Qh3 Rb7 (26... Qe7 {was called for.} 27. Rh5 f6 28. Rxg6+ hxg6 29. Rh8+ Kf7) 27. e5 $18 dxe5 28. fxe5 Qd7 29. Qf3 Ne7 30. Ne4 Nd5 (30... Qe6 $142 31. Nc5 Qc8 32. Nxb7 Qxb7) 31. c4 {White is clearly winning.} f6 {[#]} 32. Rxg6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} hxg6 33. Rxg6+ Kf7 {[#]} 34. e6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxe6 35. Ng5+ {Precision: White = 80%, Black = 40%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.05.01"]
[Round "15.1"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Margolin, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "SV Hofheim"]

{[%evp 18,81,56,45,45,48,55,38,54,47,39,26,37,19,31,36,30,6,44,34,31,22,30,27,27,18,39,38,40,23,26,15,66,22,32,27,31,35,66,70,104,108,144,162,218,212,195,146,246,240,352,361,361,361,360,318,353,339,552,541,814,808,783,724,5322,5314]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. g3 e5 6. Bg2 {A53: Old Indian Defence without Nf3} Be7 7. h3 (7. O-O O-O 8. h3 Bxf3 9. exf3 c6 10. f4 Re8 11. d5 Qc7 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. Be3 a5 14. b3 exf4 15. Bxf4 Nc5 {1-0 (38) Wojtaszek,R (2746)-Bezold,M (2502) Germany 2016}) 7... Bxf3 8. Bxf3 c6 9. O-O O-O 10. e3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Re8 11. Bg2 Bf8 12. Qc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. b3 e4 13. g4 h6 14. f4 exf3 15. Qxf3 Qe7 16. Bd2 g6 {1-0 (34) Tihonov,J (2371)-Warakomski,T (2537) Bialystok 2017}) 12... Rc8 13. Rd1 Qe7 14. b3 b5 15. Ba3 exd4 16. exd4 ({Much weaker is} 16. Rxd4 b4 $17) 16... a5 17. Bb2 {With the idea d5.} ({Of course not} 17. cxb5 cxb5 18. b4 {[#]} d5 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]}) 17... b4 18. Na4 g6 19. a3 d5 20. axb4 axb4 21. Qd3 Qe2 22. Qxe2 Rxe2 23. Kf1 Ree8 24. Rac1 Bg7 ({Better is} 24... Ne4 $11) 25. Rc2 Ne4 26. Bxe4 dxe4 27. Bc1 f5 28. c5 Nf6 29. Nb6 Rc7 30. Rc4 Rb7 (30... Rd8 $142) 31. Rxb4 $18 h6 {[#]} 32. Nd5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxb4 (32... Rd7 $16 {keeps fighting.} 33. Nxf6+ Bxf6) (32... cxd5 33. Rxb7) 33. Nxb4 Rb8 (33... Rc8 $142 34. Be3 Kf7) 34. Nxc6 Rxb3 35. d5 {[%cal Bd4d5,Bd5d6][%mdl 32]} Rc3 36. Be3 Nd7 37. d6 {Threatens to win with Ne7+.} Bf6 $2 (37... Kf7 38. Na5 Nxc5) 38. Nb4 {White is clearly winning.} Rc4 39. c6 Rxb4 40. c7 ({Worse is} 40. cxd7 Kf7 $11) 40... Rc4 41. Rc1 {Precision: White = 62%, Black = 45%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.05.01"]
[Round "15.1"]
[White "Oleksiyenko, Mykhaylo"]
[Black "Howell, David W L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Speyer"]
[BlackTeam "Hockenheim"]

{[%evp 17,49,8,8,-15,-14,-9,-14,-17,-6,-14,-11,-17,-7,-8,-10,-25,-17,-17,0,-27,0,-25,-4,-10,-4,-21,-12,-15,-7,-9,-6,-12,0,-2]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 c5 5. c4 d6 6. Bg2 e5 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. d3 Rb8 {LiveBook: 29 Games} 10. Nd5 $146 {A38: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7 5 Nf3 Nf6} ({Predecessor:} 10. Nd2 a6 11. a3 Bg4 12. h3 Bd7 13. b4 cxb4 14. axb4 Nxb4 15. Ba3 a5 16. Rb1 b5 17. Nxb5 d5 {½-½ (30) Artemiev,V (2691)-Grischuk,A (2772) Huaian 2017}) 10... Nxd5 11. cxd5 Nd4 12. Nd2 Bg4 13. f3 Bd7 14. e3 Nf5 15. Qe2 b5 16. Rae1 Qb6 17. Qf2 Rbe8 18. Ba1 Bc8 19. Kh1 Qd8 20. a4 {The position is equal.} bxa4 21. bxa4 Ba6 {White should prevent ...Ne7.} 22. Nc4 Qd7 23. Bh3 {White wants to play e4.} Bxc4 24. dxc4 Qxa4 25. Bxf5 {Precision: White = 49%, Black = 65%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.05.01"]
[Round "15.1"]
[White "Powierski, Emil"]
[Black "Gerigk, Erasmus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Norderstedt"]
[BlackTeam "Zugzwang Muenchen"]

{[%evp 19,52,29,36,27,27,20,30,5,27,23,75,68,108,104,117,9,10,6,27,-69,-75,-95,-99,-104,-84,-101,-79,-110,-82,-360,-373,-432,-435,-1022,37]} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Ne5 Nbd7 {B01: Scandinavian Defence} 7. Nc4 Qc7 8. g3 (8. Qf3 Nb6 9. Bf4 Qd7 10. Nxb6 axb6 11. O-O-O Qd8 12. h3 e6 13. Bc4 Be7 14. g4 {½-½ (32) Grischuk,A (2750)-Rapport,R (2698) chess.com INT 2017}) 8... Nb6 9. Ne5 g6 10. Bg2 Bg7 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 11. O-O O-O 12. Qe2 Be6 13. Bf4 {Hoping for Nxg6!} Qd8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Qc8 14. Rfe1 {1-0 (50) Nguyen,T (2493)-Petriashvili,N (2246) Montevideo 2017}) 14. Rad1 Nfd5 (14... a5 $11) 15. Nxd5 $16 Bxd5 16. Bh3 $1 Qe8 {[#]} 17. b3 (17. Rfe1 $1 $16) 17... f6 $11 {Threatens to win with ...g5.} 18. Nd3 {With the idea Rfe1.} e5 $1 {[%cal Re5f4]} 19. Bc1 (19. dxe5 $11 fxe5 20. Bxe5) 19... exd4 $15 20. Qxe8 Rfxe8 ({Don't play} 20... Raxe8 $6 21. Ba3 $11) 21. Nc5 f5 22. Nxb7 Bf3 {[%cal Bd5f3,Bf3e2,Be2a6][%mdl 32]} 23. Rd2 Be2 24. Re1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (24. Bg2 $17) 24... Ba6 $1 $19 {[%csl LRb7,LRe1]} 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Z0 (26. Rd1 $142 Bxb7 27. Bg2) 26... Ra8 $2 {[%mdl 32768] Precision: White = 27%, Black = 56%. . Loss on Time!?} (26... Re1+ $19 27. Kg2 Rxc1) 0-1

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.05.01"]
[Round "15.2"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Yankelevich, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2413"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hockenheim"]
[BlackTeam "Speyer"]

{[%evp 25,95,8,6,4,3,12,22,25,28,12,41,41,42,36,210,212,222,215,205,176,187,171,168,182,208,205,187,150,153,162,150,127,129,147,142,77,139,102,89,86,111,83,237,230,266,228,298,304,340,353,325,317,546,550,571,295,384,382,4690,1680,2345,1545,4718,4702,29977,29978,29978,29979,29979,29979,29994,29995]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8. Nf3 Bg7 9. Be2 Nd7 {D91: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 5 Bg5} 10. O-O {[%cal Bh1f1,Bf1b1,Bb1b5][%mdl 32]} Nb6 11. a4 a5 12. Qc2 O-O 13. Rfb1 Bd7 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 14. Nd2 {[#]} Bc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Qe8 15. Nxc4 Bxa4 16. Qe4 Bc6 17. Qxe7 {1-0 (60) Vuckovic,B (2623)-Sutovsky,E (2695) Moscow 2011}) 15. Bf3 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 Qd7 17. Rb5 Rfe8 18. Bg3 Ra7 19. Rab1 Rea8 $2 {[#]} (19... Nc8 $14) 20. Bxc7 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Qxc7 21. Rxb6 e5 22. h3 ({Much less strong is} 22. Nxe5 $6 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Qxe5 $16) 22... exd4 23. exd4 Re8 {[%cal Ba8e8,Be8e7,Be7d7][%mdl 32]} 24. Qb2 Re7 25. Qb5 Bh6 26. Ne5 {[%cal Bf3e5,Be5g4,Bg4f6][%mdl 32]} Bd2 27. Ng4 {Nf6+ is the strong threat.} ({Don't do} 27. Qxc4 $6 Qxc4 28. Nxc4 Bxc3 $14) 27... Kg7 28. Nf6 Qc8 29. Nd5 Rd7 30. Rd1 (30. Qb2 $142 {And now Nf6 would win.} Rxd5 31. Qxd2) 30... Bg5 ({Black should play} 30... Ra6) 31. Nf6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under strong pressure.} Bxf6 {[#]} 32. Rxf6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qe8 (32... Kxf6 33. Qe5#) 33. Rd6 Qe2 $2 (33... Re7 $16) 34. Rxd7 Qxd1+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 35. Kh2 {Threatening mate with Qe5+.} Qe2 36. f4 Ra6 37. Qe5+ ({Not} 37. Qxb7 Rf6 $16) 37... Qxe5 38. fxe5 {KR-KR} b5 $2 (38... g5 {was worth a try.} 39. Rxb7 h5) 39. axb5 Rb6 40. Rc7 Rxb5 41. e6 Kf6 $2 {[#]} (41... Kf8 42. Rxf7+ Ke8 43. Rxh7 Rb2) 42. e7 $1 {[%cal Re7e8]} Rb8 {[#]} 43. d5 $1 a4 44. d6 a3 {[#]} 45. Rc8 $1 {[%mdl 512] White mates.} Rxc8 46. d7 a2 47. dxc8=Q a1=Q 48. e8=Q {Precision: White = 71%, Black = 32%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.05.01"]
[Round "15.2"]
[White "Weber, Ulrich"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2352"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SV Hofheim"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]

{[%evp 9,64,26,24,0,0,0,0,-24,-19,-28,-20,-50,-39,-62,-68,-74,-75,-77,-64,-66,-58,-77,-75,-98,-72,-114,-58,-154,-142,-149,-125,-202,-214,-423,-400,-565,-559,-550,-557,-551,-545,-600,-593,-693,-685,-670,-676,-627,-632,-6327,-5214,-6315,319,-5181,-5181,-2285,-1869]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b5 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. Na3 a6 5. c4 e5 (5... b4 6. Nc2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. d4 Be4 9. a3 bxa3 10. b3 O-O 11. Bxa3 d6 12. Ne3 c6 13. Qd2 Nbd7 14. Nd1 Qb6 15. Nc3 Qxb3 16. Ne5 dxe5 17. Bxe7 exd4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Rfe8 20. Bxc6 Ra7 21. Qxd4 {1-0 (21) Nakamura,H (2793)-Oparin,G (2604) Zuerich 2017}) 6. cxb5 {A05: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 Nf6} Bxa3 7. bxa3 axb5 8. O-O {The position is equal.} d6 9. Qb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Rb1 c6 10. d4 e4 11. Nd2 Qe7 12. Qc2 d5 13. Nb3 {0-1 (43) Mammadova,N (2183)-Bashirli,N (2384) Nakhchivan 2016}) 9... Bc6 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Qc2 Bd5 12. d3 c5 13. e4 Bb7 14. Nh4 Nc6 15. f4 Nd4 16. Qd1 Bc8 17. Nf5 Re8 (17... Bxf5 $17 18. exf5 Ra4) 18. Rc1 (18. Nxd4 $15 cxd4 19. h3) 18... Bxf5 $17 19. exf5 Ra4 ({Much worse is} 19... Nxf5 $6 20. Bxa8 Qxa8 21. fxe5 $11) 20. Kh1 (20. fxe5 $17 Rxe5 21. Rb1) 20... h5 $19 21. h3 $2 (21. Rb1 {was necessary.}) 21... Nxf5 {[%cal Bd4f5,Bf5g3,Bg3f1][%mdl 32]} 22. fxe5 (22. Re1 $142 Nxg3+ 23. Kh2 exf4 24. Qd2) 22... Nxg3+ 23. Kg1 {[#] Threatens to win with Rf3.} Nxf1 24. exf6 Ng3 25. Rc2 Rf4 26. Kh2 h4 27. fxg7 Qg5 {White must now prevent ...Nf1+!} 28. Bc1 {[#]} Nf1+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 29. Bxf1 {Strongly threatening Kh1.} Qg3+ 30. Kh1 Rxf1+ 31. Qxf1 {Rf2 is the strong threat.} Re1 32. Qxe1 Qxe1+ {Precision: White = 26%, Black = 79%.} 0-1

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.05.01"]
[Round "15.2"]
[White "Lammers, Markus"]
[Black "Polischuk, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zugzwang Muenchen"]
[BlackTeam "Norderstedt"]

{[%evp 25,100,31,31,23,42,8,4,9,32,33,30,7,3,-31,0,0,0,0,6,20,20,-67,-63,-65,-64,-63,-56,-56,-56,-61,-64,-67,-56,-89,-31,-36,-43,-42,0,0,0,-8,0,-112,-112,-101,0,0,0,-672,-663,-595,0,-267,-104,-100,-120,-777,-115,-113,-114,-114,-114,-114,-108,-123,-104,-90,-57,-110,-114,-174,-167,-188,-171,-178,-91]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 d6 8. e4 a6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc7 11. Be3 {[%cal Bc1e3,Be3f2,Bf2g3,Bg3e5][%mdl 32]} Nbd7 12. Rc1 Rc8 {A30: Symmetrical English: Double Fianchetto and Hedgehog} 13. h3 (13. f4 Qb8 14. g4 h5 15. g5 Ng4 16. g6 Rxc4 17. gxf7+ Kxf7 18. Bf1 Nxe3 19. Rxe3 Rxd4 20. Qxd4 b5 21. Rg3 Bf6 22. e5 Bd8 23. Ne4 Bb6 {0-1 (23) Ding,L (2774)-Carlsen,M (2837) Saint Louis 2017}) 13... O-O {LiveBook: 8 Games} 14. b3 Qb8 {White has an edge.} 15. f4 Nc5 16. Bf2 Qa8 {[%cal Rf6e4]} 17. Qe2 Rfe8 18. g4 g6 $1 19. Bg3 {[#]} e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19... d5 20. cxd5 exd5 21. e5 Nfe4 {0-1 (92) Kretchetov,A (2331)-Perelshteyn,E (2601) Reno 2006}) 20. fxe5 dxe5 21. Nc2 Ne6 22. Bxe5 Ng5 $1 23. Kh1 (23. Bd4 $11) 23... Nfxe4 $15 24. Nxe4 (24. Bxe4 $2 Nxe4 25. Nd5 (25. Nxe4 $2 Bg5 $19) 25... Bxd5 $19) 24... Nxe4 25. Bxe4 Bg5 26. Rcd1 {aiming for Bxb7.} ({Avoid the trap} 26. Bxb7 $2 Qxb7+ 27. Qg2 Qxg2+ 28. Kxg2 Bxc1 $19) 26... Rxe5 27. Bxb7 Qxb7+ 28. Qg2 Qc7 29. Nb4 Rxe1+ ({Black should play} 29... b5 $1 $17 30. Nd5 Qd6) 30. Rxe1 b5 31. Nd5 Qa5 32. Re5 Qa3 33. Qc2 h6 34. c5 (34. Qc3 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 34... Kg7 $17 35. Nb6 Rd8 (35... Rc7 $1 $17 36. Kg2 Be7) 36. Rd5 $11 Re8 37. Nd7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (37. Rd1 $11) 37... Re1+ $19 38. Kg2 {Strongly threatening Qc3+.} Qb4 $2 (38... Rc1 $1 $19 {[%cal Rc1c2]} 39. Qe2 Rb1) 39. c6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (39. a3 $11 {and White is okay.} Qe4+ 40. Qxe4 Rxe4 41. c6 Re2+ 42. Kf1) 39... Rc1 $2 (39... Re3 $1 $19 {is more deadly.} 40. Qb2+ Kh7) 40. Qb2+ $17 Kh7 $1 {( -> ...Qe4+)} 41. Re5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({But not} 41. Nf6+ $2 Bxf6 42. Qxc1 Qe4+ 43. Kf2 Bh4+ 44. Kg1 Qxd5 $19) (41. Qe2 $17) 41... Qf4 $2 (41... Qd6 $19 {has better winning chances.} 42. Rc5 Rxc5 43. Nxc5 Qxc6+ 44. Kg3 Qxc5) 42. Qf2 {Hoping for Qxf4.} Qxf2+ 43. Kxf2 {Rc5 is the strong threat.} Rxc6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 44. Rc5 Rd6 45. Rc7 Bf4 {White must now prevent ...Rd2+.} 46. Kf3 g5 47. Ra7 (47. Nc5 $15) 47... Rc6 $1 48. Ke4 {[#]} (48. a4 $17 {was called for.}) 48... Kg7 $1 $19 {Black is clearly better.} 49. Ne5 Bxe5 $1 50. Kxe5 {[#]} Re6+ {Precision: White = 34%, Black = 51%.} ({Black should try} 50... Rc3 $1 $19 51. Rxa6 Rxh3) 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.05.01"]
[Round "15.3"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Brendel, Oliver"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B37"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2347"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "SV Hofheim"]

{[%evp 19,151,40,52,32,43,4,70,89,77,43,156,156,146,157,157,157,157,157,157,152,157,157,156,156,156,156,164,158,150,151,152,152,153,142,153,153,153,153,151,151,153,157,157,153,155,145,145,145,138,47,141,105,120,120,120,120,128,99,99,97,105,77,77,86,103,87,99,99,99,99,99,99,114,114,132,131,132,125,132,132,132,129,152,152,241,152,152,152,152,152,152,152,152,152,303,152,159,152,736,655,847,858,769,762,762,461,820,804,862,942,936,824,802,783,936,937,910,873,916,901,1354,837,1993,1913,8364,8302,8987,8987,8987,8364,8151,6025,1591,1566]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Nc2 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 {B37: Sicilian: Maroczy Bind with 5...Bg7, sidelines} 10. Bg5 Rc8 {LiveBook: 12 Games} 11. b3 h6 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 11... b5 12. cxb5 Na5 13. e5 Ne8 14. Na4 Bxe5 15. Rc1 Nd6 16. Ne3 Rxc1 17. Qxc1 {1-0 (42) Mchedlishvili,M (2607)-Bakhtadze,L (2072) Ureki 2015}) 12. Bh4 Nh5 (12... g5 $11 13. Bg3 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Bxa1 15. Qxa1 f5) 13. Qd2 $14 Nf4 14. Rae1 f5 ({Better is} 14... g5 $14 15. Bg3 Nxe2+ 16. Rxe2 d6) 15. Qxf4 $16 g5 16. Bxg5 hxg5 17. Qxg5 f4 18. Rd1 {Bg4 is the strong threat.} e6 {[#]} 19. Qxd8 $1 Rcxd8 20. Nb5 Ne5 21. Nd6 Ba8 22. Nd4 Rf6 23. Nf3 Rh6 24. Rd2 Kf8 25. Rfd1 Ke7 26. a3 a5 27. Nxe5 Bxe5 28. Bf3 Bc6 29. h3 Rb8 30. Kf1 Rhh8 31. Ke2 Ra8 32. Bg4 Bc3 33. Rd3 Bb2 34. Kf3 ({White should play} 34. a4 $16) 34... Rhf8 (34... Bxa3 $14 35. Nb5 (35. Kxf4 a4 $11) 35... Bc5) 35. Nb5 Bxb5 36. cxb5 Ra7 37. a4 Rc7 38. h4 Be5 39. h5 {[%cal Bh4h5,Bh5h6][%mdl 32]} d6 40. h6 Rh8 41. Rh1 Kf6 42. Rh3 Rc2 43. h7 Kg7 44. Bxe6 Rxh7 45. Bd5 Rb2 46. Rd1 Kg6 47. Rxh7 Kxh7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 48. Rc1 Bd4 49. Kxf4 {Threatens to win with Kg5.} Rxf2+ 50. Kg3 Rd2 51. Rc6 Kg7 (51... Kg6 $16 52. Kh4 (52. Rxd6+ Kg5 $18) 52... Bc5) 52. Kh3 Bc5 53. g3 Kf6 54. Rc8 Rd3 55. Kg4 Bd4 56. Rf8+ Kg7 $2 (56... Kg6 $16 {might work better.} 57. Rg8+ Kf6) 57. Rb8 (57. Rd8 $18) 57... Kf6 58. Rb7 Rc3 $2 {[#]} (58... Rd2 $16 59. Rf7+ Kg6) 59. Kh5 $1 $18 {Threatening mate with Rf7+.White is clearly winning.} Be3 60. g4 Rc1 61. Rf7+ Ke5 62. Rf5+ Kd4 63. g5 Kc3 64. Rf3 Kd4 65. Kg6 Rg1 66. Rf5 Kc5 67. Kf6 Bd4+ 68. Kf7 Kb4 69. g6 Rg3 70. Bc4 Rg2 71. e5 dxe5 72. g7 e4 73. g8=Q Rxg8 74. Kxg8 e3 75. Rf4 Bc5 76. Re4 {Precision: White = 64%, Black = 48%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.05.01"]
[Round "15.3"]
[White "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Black "Fedorovsky, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hamburg SK"]
[BlackTeam "Bayern Muenchen"]

{[%evp 33,50,95,61,-120,35,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Be7 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. g3 Bb7 14. Bg2 Na6 15. a4 O-O-O {D44: Semi-Slav: Botvinnik System} 16. axb5 cxb5 17. Bxb7+ Kxb7 {LiveBook: 10 Games. White is better.} 18. Ra5 $2 {[#]} (18. Nxb5 $14 {keeps the upper hand.} e5 19. O-O) (18. Nxb5 Nb4 19. O-O Nc6 20. f4 a6 21. Nc3 Qxd4+ {½-½ (21) Naumann,A (2540)-Fridman,D (2602) Germany 2014}) 18... b4 $2 ({Black should try} 18... Nc7 $1 $17 19. Qe2 (19. Nxb5 $2 Kb6 $17) 19... a6) 19. Rxa6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19. O-O Nc7 20. Qa4 bxc3 21. Rxa7+ {1-0 (21) Ulko,J (2476)-Pokhlebin,S (2032) Moscow 2011}) 19... Kxa6 {The position is equal.} 20. Qa4+ Kb7 21. Qb5+ Ka8 22. Qc6+ Kb8 23. Qb5+ Ka8 {[#] White must now prevent ...Qf3.} 24. Qc6+ Kb8 25. Qb5+ Ka8 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.05.01"]
[Round "15.3"]
[White "Kovacs, Gabor"]
[Black "Wagner, Dennis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Speyer"]
[BlackTeam "Hockenheim"]

{[%evp 20,81,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,0,0,30,0,0,-10,-2,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,-9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,0,0,0,-1,1,3,2,-1,0,-4,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,0,-7,-6,-8,-7,-8,-14,-13,0,0,5,0,0,-3]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bb2 Re8 11. Rad1 Qc7 {D45: Semi-Slav: 5 e3} 12. Qb1 (12. e4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Qxe4 c5 15. Qh4 Rad8 16. Rfe1 Be7 17. Qh3 Bf6 18. Bd3 h6 19. Be4 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 cxd4 21. Bxd4 {½-½ (45) Le,Q (2737)-Ding,L (2777) Huaian 2017}) 12... a6 13. h3 Rac8 14. Rc1 dxc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... c5 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Rfd1 Nb6 17. Qc2 Qe7 18. Nb1 Nbd7 19. Nbd2 h6 20. Bf1 Qd8 21. g3 Bc6 22. Ne1 Qc7 23. Bg2 Qb8 24. Bc3 a5 25. Bxa5 {Poell,J (2375)-Rogos,J (2388) ICCF email 2017}) 15. Bxc4 c5 16. Be2 Qb8 {The position is equal.} 17. Rfd1 b5 18. Qa1 Red8 19. Nb1 cxd4 20. Bxd4 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Rc8 22. Nbd2 Ba3 23. Bb2 Rxc1+ 24. Qxc1 Bxb2 25. Qxb2 Qc7 26. a3 h6 27. Bd3 Qd6 28. Be2 b4 29. axb4 Qxb4 30. Qa1 Nc5 31. Bc4 a5 32. Qd4 Nfd7 (32... Bxf3 {keeps more tension.} 33. gxf3 Nb7 34. Ne4 Nxe4 35. fxe4 Nd6) 33. Be2 (33. Ne1 {is more complex.} Qb6 34. Nef3 Qc7 35. Be2 Bd5 36. b4) 33... Qxd4 34. Nxd4 Nb6 35. Bb5 Kf8 36. Kf1 Ke7 37. Nc6+ Bxc6 $1 38. Bxc6 a4 39. bxa4 Ncxa4 40. Bxa4 Nxa4 41. Nf3 {Precision: White = 59%, Black = 55%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.05.01"]
[Round "15.4"]
[White "Saric, Ivan"]
[Black "Hoolt, Sarah"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2379"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hockenheim"]
[BlackTeam "Speyer"]

{[%evp 20,89,58,72,57,51,53,47,52,40,58,47,44,37,37,37,37,37,56,44,57,58,55,44,44,44,46,34,44,37,47,36,63,62,63,56,72,72,83,37,42,40,40,40,43,39,111,103,150,135,228,208,454,480,481,467,455,491,460,428,445,431,565,543,535,542,788,776,1028,979,1280,1265]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. c3 Nxe4 7. Bxe4 c5 8. Nf3 Be7 9. Bc2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nf6 11. O-O {LiveBook: 6 Games} Qc7 {C10: French with 3 Nc3: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3...dxe4} (11... O-O 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Nxe6 Bxe6 14. Bxd6 Re8 15. Bc5 Bc4 16. Re1 Rxe1+ 17. Qxe1 Qd5 18. Bd4 Re8 19. Qd1 {1-0 (31) Lastin,A (2616)-Dobrotka,M (2246) Plovdiv 2010}) 12. Re1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Nb5 Qc6 13. Bf4 O-O 14. Nc7 e5 15. Bxe5 Bg4 16. Qd2 Rac8 17. Qf4 Bd7 18. Rad1 b5 19. Qg3 {1-0 (46) Zozulia,A (2327)-Kononenko,T (2295) Alushta 1999}) 12... Bd7 13. Qf3 Bc6 {White is slightly better.} 14. Nxc6 Qxc6 15. Qxc6+ bxc6 16. Ba4 Rc8 $1 17. Bd2 Nd5 18. Rad1 Bf6 19. Bc1 {aiming for Rxd5.} Nb6 20. Bc2 h5 21. Be4 O-O 22. g3 c5 23. h4 Rfd8 24. Kf1 Kf8 25. Ke2 Ke7 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Be3 Rc8 28. Kd3 g6 29. Rc1 Nd5 30. Bd2 c4+ 31. Kc2 Kd6 32. Rd1 Rc5 {[#]} (32... Ke5 $14 33. Bg2 Be7) 33. b4 $1 $16 {[%cal Rb4c5,Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Rc6 34. a4 Ke5 (34... Rc7 $16 35. Bf4+ Be5) 35. b5 {Threatens to win with Bxd5.} Rb6 $2 (35... Rc5 36. Bxd5 Rxd5) 36. Bxd5 $18 {White is clearly winning.} exd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 37. Be3 Rb7 38. Bd4+ Kf5 39. Bxf6 Kxf6 40. Rxd5 {KR-KR} Rc7 41. Kb2 Ke6 42. Rd4 a6 43. b6 Rc6 44. a5 {Strongly threatening b7.} Rc5 {[#]} 45. Rxc4 $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 57%, Black = 45%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.05.01"]
[Round "15.4"]
[White "Schneider, Stefan"]
[Black "Heinemann, Thies"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2401"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bayern Muenchen"]
[BlackTeam "Hamburg SK"]

{[%evp 24,80,25,16,66,26,10,-17,-4,-10,-23,-13,29,29,28,22,22,22,29,22,29,0,0,0,11,0,23,30,47,1,20,18,25,0,0,0,0,0,7,6,26,16,52,0,0,-13,-5,-5,-12,-26,-32,-71,-45,-46,-35,-63,-17,-53,-165]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. dxc5 bxc5 8. O-O Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Rd1 Qb6 11. Bf4 d6 12. Rab1 {E15: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 sidelines, 4 g3 Ba6 and 4 g3 Bb7 early deviations} Nbd7 13. b4 {LiveBook: 16 Games} cxb4 (13... Rfb8 14. a3 h6 15. h3 a6 16. Qa5 Qxa5 17. bxa5 Ne8 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Bxb7 Nxc4 20. Bxa8 Rxa8 {0-1 (49) Xu,Y (2545)-Jakovenko,D (2732) China 2018}) 14. Rxb4 {White is slightly better.} Bc6 15. Qb3 Qc5 16. Be3 {[#]} Qa5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Qh5 17. h3 h6 18. g4 Qa5 19. Nb5 Nc5 {0-1 (49) Voinov,A (2417)-Shaposhnikov,E (2550) Saratov 2006}) 17. Nb5 Nc5 18. Bxc5 dxc5 19. Ra4 Qb6 {[#] aiming for ...a6.} 20. Ne5 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 a6 $1 22. Nd4 Qc7 $1 23. Ndf3 $1 Bd6 24. Qe3 h6 25. Ra3 {[%cal Ba4a3,Ba3d3,Bd3d2][%mdl 32]} Rfb8 26. Rad3 Rb6 27. h3 a5 28. R3d2 a4 29. Ng4 {Hoping for Nxf6+.} Ne8 30. Nge5 Rb4 31. g4 Rab8 32. h4 f6 33. Nd3 (33. Ng6 $1 $14) 33... Rxc4 $11 {And now ...e5 would win.} 34. Qxe6+ Qf7 35. Qxf7+ Kxf7 36. Kh3 g5 37. h5 Ke7 38. Nfe1 {[#]} f5 $1 {[%mdl 512] Threatens to win with ...Nf6.} 39. gxf5 Nf6 {...Ne4 is the strong threat.} 40. Nb2 Rh4+ {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 55%.} 0-1

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.05.01"]
[Round "15.4"]
[White "Burkart, Patrick"]
[Black "Gustafsson, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D95"]
[WhiteElo "2298"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SV Hofheim"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]

{[%evp 24,96,-13,-23,-29,-24,-24,-25,-25,-38,-28,-40,-19,-47,-26,-24,-25,-25,-25,-53,-29,-36,-31,-35,-42,-54,-20,-12,-14,-14,-15,-15,-14,-14,115,110,110,100,114,-80,-85,-100,-93,-89,-91,-99,-85,-179,-118,-206,-204,-283,-286,-281,-283,-666,-666,-636,-624,-985,-972,-982,-944,-1083,-964,-29986,-29987,-29987,-29988,-29988,-29989,-29989,-766,-744,-719]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Qb3 e6 7. Be2 b6 8. O-O Bb7 9. cxd5 exd5 {D95: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 5 e3 0-0 6 Qb3} 10. Bd2 Nbd7 11. Rfd1 Re8 12. Rac1 c6 13. Be1 {LiveBook: 7 Games} (13. a4 a5 14. Ne1 Nf8 15. Nd3 Ne6 16. Bf1 h5 17. Ne2 {½-½ (30) Jussupow,A (2587)-Kasimdzhanov,R (2699) Germany 2014}) 13... Bf8 14. a3 Bd6 15. Qc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Na2 a5 16. Nc3 Qe7 17. Qc2 {½-½ (42) Bensdorp,M (2334)-Tukhaev,A (2534) Paleochora 2009}) 15... Qe7 16. Rb1 Rac8 17. Rdc1 Ne4 18. Qa4 Bb8 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Nd2 Nf6 {[%cal Bd7f6,Bf6d5,Bd5e3][%mdl 32]} 21. Rc2 h5 22. Rbc1 Qd6 23. Nf1 Nd5 24. Qb3 Rcd8 (24... h4 {looks sharper.} 25. h3 Kg7 26. Bb4 Qe6 27. Nd2 f5) 25. f3 exf3 26. Bxf3 {[#]} Nxe3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 27. Rxc6 (27. Nxe3 Qxh2+) 27... Bxc6 28. Rxc6 Qe7 (28... Qxd4 $11 29. Bf2 {[#]} Bxh2+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 30. Nxh2 Qd3 31. Qxd3 Rxd3) 29. Rxg6+ $1 $16 Kh8 30. Bb4 Qd7 {White must now prevent ...Bxh2+!} 31. Bc6 $2 (31. Rg5 $16 {stays on course.} Nxf1 32. Rxh5+ (32. Kxf1 f6 $16) 32... Kg7 33. Kxf1) 31... Qf5 $17 {[%csl Ge3][%cal Rf5f1]} 32. Rh6+ Kg7 {[%csl Ge3][%cal Rf5f1]} 33. Nxe3 Rxe3 34. Qxe3 Bf4 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black attacks with force.} 35. Qf2 (35. Qe2 $17 Bxh6 36. Bc3) 35... Qb1+ (35... Bxh2+ $1 $19 36. Kf1 Qxf2+ 37. Kxf2 Kxh6) 36. Be1 (36. Qe1 $17 Qxe1+ 37. Bxe1 Kxh6 38. d5) 36... Bxh6 $19 37. h4 Qc1 {...Be3 is the strong threat.} 38. Qg3+ Kf8 {And now ...Bd2 would win.} 39. Kh2 $2 (39. Qc3 Rxd4 40. Bf3) 39... Qxc6 40. Bb4+ Ke8 41. Qe5+ Qe6 42. Qb5+ Rd7 43. Qa6 Rxd4 44. Qb5+ Kd8 45. Qxh5 Rg4 46. Be1 f5 47. Bg3 Qg6 (47... Qe3 $142 48. Bb8 Bf4+ 49. Bxf4 Qxf4+ 50. Kg1 Qe3+ 51. Kf1 Qc1+ 52. Kf2 Qd2+ 53. Kf1 Qxg2+ 54. Ke1 Qe4+ 55. Kf2 Qf4+ 56. Ke2 Rg2+ 57. Kd3 Rd2+ 58. Kc3 Qd4+ 59. Kb3 Rxb2#) 48. Qxg6 Rxg6 {Precision: White = 42%, Black = 53%.} 0-1

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.05.01"]
[Round "15.5"]
[White "Olszewski, Michal"]
[Black "Mons, Leon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Norderstedt"]
[BlackTeam "Zugzwang Muenchen"]

{[%evp 22,95,25,8,27,8,14,0,-3,-6,0,-2,6,8,8,8,10,11,0,0,18,19,20,15,29,30,18,19,26,11,11,13,17,18,39,18,25,0,74,77,81,18,12,18,16,16,81,81,81,81,81,81,81,81,81,81,81,20,25,32,31,20,97,79,126,0,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bg4 9. c3 O-O 10. d3 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. Nbd2 {LiveBook: 40 Games} Nc6 {C90: Closed Ruy Lopez with 7...d6: Early deviations} (12... Qb8 13. h3 Bd7 14. Nf1 b4 15. Ne3 b3 16. Bb1 Bd8 17. Nd2 Ra7 18. Ndc4 Be6 19. Ra3 Rb7 20. Qf3 {1-0 (60) Salgado Lopez,I (2630)-Kovalenko,I (2668) Saint Quentin 2016}) 13. Nf1 Be6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... b4 14. h3 Be6 15. Ng5 Bd7 16. Ne3 Rb8 17. Nc4 h6 18. Nf3 Be6 19. Qe2 Re8 20. Nfd2 {0-1 (31) Dvoirys,S (2550)-Ben Artzi,I (2397) Kiryat Ono 2015}) 14. Bg5 b4 15. h3 h6 16. Bh4 bxc3 17. bxc3 Nd7 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Ne3 Rab8 20. a5 Rfc8 21. Nd2 Nf6 22. Ndc4 Rd8 23. Ba4 Qc7 24. Bxc6 Qxc6 25. Qc2 Qc7 26. Rab1 d5 27. Nb6 dxe4 28. dxe4 c4 29. Rb4 Qc5 (29... Rd3 $1 $11) 30. Reb1 $16 ({Reject} 30. Nexc4 Bxc4 31. Rxc4 (31. Nxc4 Rxb4 32. cxb4 Qxb4 $11) 31... Qxa5 $11) ({Much weaker is} 30. Nbxc4 Rxb4 31. cxb4 Qxb4 $11) 30... Qxa5 {[#]} 31. Nexc4 (31. Ned5 $1 $16 Bxd5 32. exd5) 31... Bxc4 $11 32. Nxc4 Qc7 33. Nb6 g6 {[#]} (33... Qc5 $11) 34. Nd5 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} Nxd5 35. Rxb8 Rxb8 36. Rxb8+ Qxb8 37. exd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} Qd6 38. c4 Kf8 39. c5 (39. Qc3 $16 {Hoping for c5.} Ke7 40. g4) 39... Qxd5 $11 40. c6 {aiming for c7.} Qe6 41. Qa4 {Black must now prevent Qb4+.} Ke7 (41... Qd6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 42. Qxa6 $16 {Threatens to win with Qb7+.} Qd6 43. Qc8 (43. Qb7+ $16 Kd8 44. Qxf7) 43... Qd1+ $11 {The position is equal.} 44. Kh2 Qd4 45. Qb7+ Ke6 46. Qb3+ Kd6 47. Qxf7 Qf4+ 48. Qxf4 {Precision: White = 43%, Black = 56%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.05.01"]
[Round "15.5"]
[White "Rogozenco, Dorian"]
[Black "Schenk, Andreas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hamburg SK"]
[BlackTeam "Bayern Muenchen"]

{[%evp 9,39,5,8,14,19,-10,-9,-19,-21,-18,-16,-9,0,-6,14,0,10,-20,-20,-25,-21,-21,-18,-29,-24,-37,0,0,0,-28,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 {[%cal Be7e6,Be6e5][%mdl 32]} 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Nxd2 d6 (5... d5 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Ngf3 c6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Rc1 b6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. a4 Re8 {½-½ (11) Sumets,A (2569)-Bogdanovich,S (2574) Konya 2017}) 6. Bg2 {E00: Catalan Bogo-Indian (3 g3 Bb4+)} e5 7. d5 O-O 8. e3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. e4 Nbd7 9. b4 a5 10. a3 g6 11. Ne2 Nh5 12. O-O axb4 13. axb4 Rxa1 14. Qxa1 {½-½ (38) Reshevsky,S-Bernstein,S New York,NY 1938}) 8... a5 9. Ne2 Na6 10. O-O Bd7 11. Nc3 Qe7 12. b3 a4 13. b4 Nxb4 14. Rb1 $1 {[%cal Rb1b4]} Na6 $1 {[%cal Bb4a6,Ba6c5,Bc5d3][%mdl 32]} 15. Rxb7 Rfc8 16. a3 ({Don't go for} 16. Nxa4 $2 Bxa4 17. Qb1 Nc5 $19) 16... Nc5 17. Rb4 Nd3 18. Rb7 {next Nde4 is good for White.} Nc5 19. Rb4 Nd3 20. Rb7 {Precision: White = 38%, Black = 45%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.05.01"]
[Round "15.5"]
[White "Farmani Anosheh, Armin"]
[Black "Buhmann, Rainer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2326"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Speyer"]
[BlackTeam "Hockenheim"]

{[%evp 20,96,2,-10,8,-29,9,16,18,61,34,38,83,95,78,63,70,59,65,58,72,43,42,49,43,27,33,20,23,25,29,0,19,25,35,28,26,15,7,0,0,0,0,-163,-138,-145,0,-25,0,0,0,-16,-24,-22,-20,-24,-23,-25,0,-41,-20,-78,-60,-108,0,0,0,-2,0,-3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-3,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2 c6 9. Bf4 Ne4 10. Nfd2 {E08: Closed Catalan: Main Line: 7 Qc2} (10. h4 Ndf6 11. Nbd2 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 Nh5 13. Be3 f5 14. Bf3 Qe8 15. Bg5 Nf6 16. e3 b6 17. Rac1 Ba6 {½-½ (43) Meier,G (2648)-Carlsen,M (2843) Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden 2018}) 10... f5 11. f3 {[%cal Bf2f3,Bf3e4][%mdl 32] LiveBook: 3 Games} Nef6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nxd2 12. Bxd2 Bf6 13. e3 Nb6 14. Ba5 Qe7 15. Bxb6 axb6 16. Rd1 e5 17. cxd5 exd4 18. exd4 {½-½ (50) Godart,F (2413)-Rotstein,A (2499) Belgium 2015}) 12. e4 Nh5 13. Be3 $1 dxe4 14. fxe4 Ndf6 15. Bf3 $1 Ng4 16. Bxg4 $1 fxg4 17. Nc3 e5 18. d5 Rxf1+ 19. Rxf1 Nf6 {[%cal Bh5f6,Bf6e8,Be8d6][%mdl 32]} 20. Rd1 c5 21. Nb3 b6 22. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Bd7 23. a5 Ne8 24. Ra1 Nd6 25. Nd2 Nb7 26. axb6 axb6 27. Rxa8 Qxa8 28. Kg2 h5 29. Ndb1 Nd6 30. Na3 Qe8 31. Qd2 $2 (31. Kg1 $11 {and White is okay.}) 31... Qg6 $19 32. Qd3 {[#]} Be8 ({Black should try} 32... Nxe4 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512] And now ...Bf5 would win.} 33. Bxc5 (33. Qxe4 $2 Bf5 $19) (33. Nxe4 Bf5) 33... Bxc5 34. Qxe4 Qf6) 33. b3 Qf6 34. Bd2 Qg6 35. Qe2 Qh7 36. Nab5 Bxb5 37. cxb5 Qg6 38. Qd3 Bg5 39. Be1 Qe8 40. Bf2 (40. Qe2 $11) 40... Qa8 $17 41. Na4 {[#]} Qa5 (41... c4 $1 $17 {[%cal Rc4d3][%mdl 512]} 42. Qc2 (42. bxc4 Qxa4) 42... cxb3 43. Qxb3 Nxe4 44. d6+ Kh8 45. Nxb6 Qf8) 42. Qc3 $11 {The position is equal.} Qxc3 43. Nxc3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} Kf7 44. Na4 Bd8 45. Nc3 Nb7 46. Nb1 Nd6 47. Nc3 Bg5 48. Na4 Bd8 {Precision: White = 44%, Black = 49%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.05.01"]
[Round "15.6"]
[White "Baramidze, David"]
[Black "Commercon, Simon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2262"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hockenheim"]
[BlackTeam "Speyer"]

{[%evp 13,103,4,29,0,0,0,8,0,35,8,6,0,8,0,30,17,22,15,20,3,3,5,16,4,9,0,0,0,5,0,0,0,0,-7,10,0,5,0,24,16,19,19,21,14,27,-11,11,8,8,3,27,27,30,30,30,30,30,23,50,46,77,51,158,156,231,225,237,239,348,336,370,368,470,461,460,430,668,648,1563,1412,1253,1050,1042,928,29988,1639,29974,29975,29974,29975,29953,4989]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 c6 {LiveBook: 4 Games. C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} (7... Nc6 8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O a6 10. b3 h6 11. Be2 Qd7 12. Kb1 Bf6 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 O-O 16. c4 Rfe8 17. Bf3 Rab8 {1-0 (41) Anand,V (2776)-Mamedyarov,S (2809) Moscow 2018}) 8. c4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. Qd2 Qa5 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Nd7 11. Rfe1 Ne5 12. Nd4 Re8 13. h3 Bf8 14. Bf4 Be6 15. b3 {½-½ (58) Languidey,S (2365)-Bispo,L (2228) Aldeia de Barueri 2017}) 8... Nd7 9. Be2 O-O {The position is equal.} 10. O-O Nf6 11. Qd3 d5 12. Rad1 Qa5 13. cxd5 Qxd5 14. Qc4 Qxc4 15. Bxc4 Bg4 16. a4 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Rfd8 18. a5 a6 19. Bb6 Rd7 20. Rfe1 {[#] Threatens to win with Rxd7.} Kf8 21. Kg2 Re8 22. c3 Bd6 23. Be3 Be7 24. Bb6 Bd6 25. Re3 Rxe3 26. fxe3 Be7 27. Rxd7 Nxd7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} 28. Bc7 Bf6 29. Bd6+ Be7 30. Bg3 Bf6 31. Kf1 Ke7 32. Ke2 Be5 33. Bh4+ f6 34. f4 Bc7 35. b4 h6 36. Bd3 c5 37. Be1 b6 (37... Nb8 $14) 38. b5 $16 ({Don't do} 38. Bxa6 $6 bxa5 39. bxa5 Bxa5 $14) 38... axb5 (38... Bb8 $16) 39. a6 $18 {[#] And now a7 would win.} ({Worse is} 39. Bxb5 bxa5 40. c4 g5 $15) 39... Bb8 {intending ...c4.} 40. Bxb5 Ba7 (40... f5 $142 41. c4 Nf6) 41. Kd3 f5 42. e4 fxe4+ 43. Kxe4 Nf6+ 44. Kf5 Nd5 (44... Nh5 $142 45. Bc4 Nf6) 45. c4 Nc7 46. Kg6 Ne6 47. f5 Nd4 48. Bg3 Kf8 49. Be5 (49. Bd6+ $142 Kg8 50. Bd7 Nf3 51. Be6+ Kh8 52. Bg3 h5 53. Bd5 b5 54. Bxf3) 49... Kg8 50. Bxg7 {White mates.} Nxf5 51. Kxf5 Kxg7 52. Ke6 {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 38%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.05.01"]
[Round "15.6"]
[White "Bezold, Michael"]
[Black "Carlstedt, Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bayern Muenchen"]
[BlackTeam "Hamburg SK"]

{[%evp 10,116,31,32,85,34,41,35,46,44,54,42,69,28,29,44,72,67,88,25,50,52,50,60,49,61,37,37,84,80,73,78,103,121,112,74,114,102,116,118,153,149,228,222,202,218,252,71,62,61,56,-81,-74,-81,0,0,0,-72,-82,-564,-315,-765,-733,-682,-658,-554,-176,-182,-216,-351,-154,-151,-129,-113,-83,-116,-74,-85,-8,-90,-102,-97,-102,-345,-358,-360,-360,-343,-343,-252,-343,-333,-319,-464,-441,-395,-180,-192,-216,-397,-364,-1104,-996,-1239,-1118,-29994,-29995,-29996,-286]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. O-O cxd4 (5... d5 6. b3 Bd6 7. Bb2 O-O 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 Qe7 10. e4 Rd8 11. Qe2 Ba3 12. Bxa3 Qxa3 13. e5 Nd7 14. Rfe1 Nf8 15. c4 Nb4 16. cxd5 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Rxd5 {1-0 (89) Vidit,S (2715)-Dobrov,V (2515) Riadh 2017}) 6. exd4 {LiveBook: 3 Games. A46: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 e6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} Qc7 (6... Be7 $14) 7. c3 (7. c4 $16) 7... b6 $14 8. Re1 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 8. Bg5 Bb7 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. Re1 Ng4 11. h3 Bxg5 12. hxg4 h6 13. Qe2 {½-½ (23) Fehlings,G (1737)-Fechner,J (1641) Germany 2011}) 8... Bb7 9. Bg5 {[%cal Bc1g5,Bg5h4,Bh4g3][%mdl 32]} Bd6 10. Nbd2 Ng4 {[%cal Rd6h2]} 11. Nf1 (11. h3 $5 {[%cal Rh3g4]} h6 12. Bh4 $16 (12. hxg4 hxg5 13. Nxg5 Bf4 $11)) 11... h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 O-O-O 14. d5 ({Better is} 14. Bxd6 $16 Qxd6 15. Qe2) 14... Nce5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Bxe5 17. Qe2 f6 18. Ba6 Rhe8 19. Red1 Bd6 20. a4 Bxa6 21. Qxa6+ Qb7 22. Qe2 a6 23. Ne3 Kb8 24. Qd3 f5 25. Nc4 Bf4 (25... Be7 $16 26. Ne5 Ka8) 26. d6 $18 Rc8 27. g3 Rg8 28. gxf4 $2 (28. b3 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.}) 28... gxf4+ $16 {[%cal Bg5f4,Bf4f3][%mdl 32]} 29. Kf1 Qg2+ $1 30. Ke1 {[#]} (30. Ke2 $1 $14 {is the one way to stay ahead.} f3+ 31. Kd2 Qxf2+ 32. Kc1) 30... Rc5 $1 $17 {[%cal Rc5d5][%mdl 1024] Black has strong compensation.} 31. Ke2 {Threatens to win with Rg1.} Qg4+ 32. Ke1 $1 ({Don't go for} 32. Kd2 $2 Rd5 $19) 32... Qg2 {Strongly threatening ...Rd5.} 33. Ke2 $1 {Hoping for Rg1.} f3+ $1 34. Ke1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (34. Qxf3 $17 {nothing else works.} Rxc4 35. Qxg2 Rxg2 36. Rd4 Rxd4 37. cxd4) 34... Qxh2 35. Ne3 $2 (35. Qxf3 Rxc4 36. Ke2) 35... Rg1+ $19 36. Kd2 Qxf2+ 37. Kc1 Rxd1+ $2 (37... Re5 38. Rxg1 Qxg1+ 39. Kc2 Qxe3 40. Qxa6 f2) 38. Nxd1 Qe2 39. Qe3 {[#]} (39. Qd4 $142) 39... Rc6 (39... f4 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512] has better winning chances.} 40. Qg1 (40. Qxf4 Rd5) 40... Rc6) 40. Qd2 $17 h5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under strong pressure.} 41. b4 Qe5 42. Qf2 Qf4+ ({Don't play} 42... Rxd6 43. Qxf3 Qh2 44. Nf2) 43. Kb2 Rxd6 ({Black should play} 43... e5 $17 44. a5 b5) 44. Ne3 (44. Kb3 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 44... Rd3 45. Nc2 Qc7 46. a5 $2 (46. Ra3 $17) 46... Qxc3+ $19 47. Kc1 Qc7 48. axb6 Qf4+ 49. Kb2 Qe5+ 50. Kc1 Rb3 51. Qh4 (51. Kd1 {was worth a try.}) 51... Qb2+ 52. Kd2 {Threatening mate with Qd8+.} Qc3+ ({Not} 52... Kb7 $2 53. Qc4 $18) (52... Rc3 $142 53. Rc1 Rc6 54. Qd8+ Kb7 55. Qxd7+ Kxb6) 53. Kc1 Kb7 {...Rb2 is the strong threat.} 54. Qd8 $2 (54. Rb1) 54... Qc6 55. Qh4 $2 (55. Qc7+ Qxc7 56. bxc7) 55... e5 {[%cal Be6e5,Be5e4][%mdl 32]} 56. Qxh5 e4 {( -> ...f2)} 57. Qxf5 Qh6+ 58. Kd1 Rd3+ {Precision: White = 41%, Black = 39%.} 0-1

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.05.01"]
[Round "15.6"]
[White "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Black "Trent, Lawrence"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zugzwang Muenchen"]
[BlackTeam "Norderstedt"]

{[%evp 20,157,35,35,82,34,52,47,66,63,71,71,76,65,76,61,69,65,80,76,85,81,89,68,78,55,60,58,81,81,81,90,93,85,93,97,93,96,100,81,133,131,137,132,137,135,158,147,147,147,147,147,147,112,116,123,146,113,133,135,137,133,135,116,192,183,215,178,187,181,181,181,182,182,197,156,155,110,110,110,110,110,110,110,110,110,158,164,197,189,325,268,338,320,385,343,875,772,2345,1847,12839,12839,12840,12840,12841,12840,12841,12841,12841,12840,12841,12841,12841,12839,12840,12839,12840,12840,12841,12841,12841,12842,12842,12843,12843,12843,12844,12844,12845,12845,12845,12846,12846,12847,12849,12849,12850,12848,12850,12850]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8. Nbd2 Nh7 9. h3 {C55: Two Knights: 4 d3, 4 d4 exd4 5 e5 and Max Lange Attack} Ng5 (9... Kh8 10. d4 Ng5 11. Nxg5 Bxg5 12. Nf3 Bxc1 13. Rxc1 Qf6 14. Bf1 Qg6 15. Kh2 Qh5 16. Be2 Bg4 {½-½ (50) Bologan,V (2682)-Fressinet,L (2624) Bastia 2005}) 10. d4 Bf6 11. Nxg5 {LiveBook: 9 Games. White is slightly better.} hxg5 12. Nb3 g6 13. Be3 Kg7 {[#]} 14. Qd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Bf1 Rh8 15. f3 a5 16. Qd2 a4 {½-½ (102) Spasov,V (2550)-Yurtaev,L (2515) Manila 1992}) 14... Rh8 15. f3 Qe7 16. Bf1 a5 17. Rad1 b6 18. Na1 {[%cal Bb3a1,Ba1c2,Bc2a3,Ba3c4][%mdl 32]} Bd7 19. Nc2 Be8 20. Bf2 Nd8 21. d5 Bd7 22. Na3 Nb7 23. Bb5 Bc8 24. Bc6 Rb8 25. Nc4 Nd8 26. Bb5 Bd7 27. Bxd7 Qxd7 28. b4 Ra8 29. bxa5 Qa4 (29... b5 $142) 30. Qe2 $16 b5 31. Ne3 Rxa5 32. Rd2 Nb7 33. Rb1 Nc5 34. Rb4 Qa3 35. Rc2 Be7 36. Rxb5 Rxb5 37. Qxb5 Qa8 38. Qe2 Rb8 39. Rb2 Rxb2 40. Qxb2 Nd3 41. Qb1 Nf4 (41... Nxf2 $16 42. Kxf2 Qa5) 42. Qc2 Qa6 43. c4 Qa3 44. Nd1 Kf8 45. Be3 Qb4 46. Kf1 Nh5 47. g4 Nf4 48. Qb3 Qxb3 49. axb3 Nxh3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} 50. b4 Nf4 51. Nb2 Ke8 52. c5 dxc5 53. bxc5 f6 54. Bxf4 gxf4 $18 {KB-KN} (54... exf4 $142 55. c6 Ba3) 55. Na4 $1 Kd8 56. Ke2 c6 {[#]} 57. Kd3 $1 {[%cal Rd3c4]} cxd5 $2 (57... Bf8 58. Kc4 (58. dxc6 Kc7 $11) 58... Kd7) 58. exd5 {White is clearly winning.} f5 {[#]} 59. d6 $1 {[%cal Rd6e7]} Bxd6 60. cxd6 {KN-KP} Kd7 61. g5 Kxd6 62. Nb6 Kc6 63. Nc4 Kd5 64. Nd2 Kc5 65. Nb3+ Kd5 66. Na5 Kd6 67. Ke2 Kd5 68. Nb7 Ke6 69. Nc5+ Kd6 70. Nd3 Kd5 71. Ne1 Ke6 72. Ng2 Kf7 73. Nh4 Kg7 74. Kd3 Kf7 75. Kc4 e4 76. Kd4 Ke6 77. Nxg6 Z0 78. Ne5 Z0 79. fxe4 {Precision: White = 76%, Black = 56%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.05.01"]
[Round "15.7"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Schroeder, Jan-Christian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "SV Hofheim"]

{[%evp 15,55,0,5,13,10,0,40,25,46,47,36,8,6,7,10,6,16,14,11,10,10,0,11,7,22,0,0,0,0,-16,0,-12,-12,-16,-18,-13,-2,-4,-4,-3,-3,-15]} 1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 b6 7. Nc3 Bb7 8. d4 c5 {LiveBook: 12 Games. E18: Queen's Indian: Old Main Line (4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Be7 6 0-0 0-0 7 Nc3)} (8... Nbd7 9. Bb2 c5 10. Ne1 cxd4 11. Qxd4 Bc5 12. Qf4 Bb4 13. Nd3 Bxc3 14. Bxc3 Qc8 15. Rfc1 dxc4 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Rxc4 Qb8 18. Qxb8 Rfxb8 {½-½ (58) Ding,L (2777)-So,W (2810) Tbilisi 2017}) 9. dxc5 dxc4 10. cxb6 Qxd1 $146 (10... axb6 {keeps more tension.} 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. bxc4 Nbd7 13. Rd1 Rac8) ({Predecessor:} 10... cxb3 11. axb3 axb6 12. Be3 Nbd7 13. Nd4 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Rxa1 15. Qxa1 Qa8+ 16. Kg1 Rc8 17. Na4 Nd5 18. Bd2 Bb4 {½-½ (18) Arnold,B (1650)-Wotzka,A (1598) Leverkusen 2012}) 11. Rxd1 cxb3 12. axb3 axb6 13. Rxa8 Bxa8 {The position is equal.} 14. Ne5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Rc8 16. Nb5 (16. Nc4 {with more complications.} h6 17. Be3 Nbd7 18. Bd4 Bc5 19. Nb5) 16... Nc6 17. Nxc6 Rxc6 18. Be3 Nd5 19. Bd4 f5 20. Rd2 Kf7 21. Ra2 g5 22. Ba1 Rc1 23. Bd4 (23. Ra7 {feels hotter.} Kg6 24. Be5 Rc2 25. Nd4 Rd2 26. Kf1) 23... Rb1 24. Rb2 Rxb2 25. Bxb2 g4 26. h3 h5 27. hxg4 hxg4 28. Kf1 {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 55%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.05.01"]
[Round "15.7"]
[White "Ostrovskiy, Andrey"]
[Black "Bromberger, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Norderstedt"]
[BlackTeam "Zugzwang Muenchen"]

{[%evp 15,81,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,12,21,28,27,79,68,83,66,57,34,51,41,41,41,66,73,142,142,173,166,187,198,218,212,177,154,240,210,275,241,279,264,235,241,314,293,377,363,340,276,606,614,885,826,746,570,614,628,771,745,939,925,1092,1096,962,934]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 b4 {C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines} 8. O-O O-O {LiveBook: 3 Games} 9. Be3 Bxe3 {The position is equal.} 10. fxe3 d6 11. Qe1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Nbd2 Na5 12. Ba2 Be6 13. Qe1 c5 14. Nh4 g6 15. Nhf3 Bxa2 16. Rxa2 {1-0 (52) Anand,V (2783)-Karjakin,S (2767) Stavanger 2013}) 11... Rb8 12. a5 Be6 13. Nbd2 Nd7 14. Ba4 Ne7 15. d4 {[%cal Bd3d4,Bd4d5][%mdl 32]} Ng6 (15... f6 $11) 16. Qe2 $1 $16 Ra8 17. d5 Bg4 18. Bc6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Ra7 19. h3 Bxf3 $1 20. Rxf3 Nc5 21. Qc4 $1 Qb8 {[#]} (21... Ne7 $142) 22. Nb3 $1 {[%cal Rb3c5]} Nxb3 23. Qxb3 Ne7 {[#]} 24. Ra4 $1 g6 25. Rxb4 Qd8 26. Qa4 Kh8 (26... Qc8 $16 27. Rc4 Qd8) 27. c3 f5 28. Qd1 fxe4 29. Rxe4 Rxf3 30. Qxf3 Nxc6 31. dxc6 $18 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Qe7 32. Rb4 Ra8 33. Rb7 e4 $2 (33... h5 34. b4 Kg7) 34. Qg4 {White is clearly winning.} Rd8 35. b4 Kg7 36. Ra7 h5 37. Qe2 Kh6 38. Qxa6 Qf6 39. Qf1 Qxc3 40. Qf4+ g5 41. Qxe4 {Precision: White = 94%, Black = 33%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.05.01"]
[Round "15.7"]
[White "Kraemer, Enrico"]
[Black "Braun, Arik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2191"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Speyer"]
[BlackTeam "Hockenheim"]

{[%evp 20,93,32,39,38,33,31,40,33,22,26,17,37,8,16,6,10,0,0,-30,10,0,8,0,0,0,0,-29,-25,-59,-29,-43,-29,-44,0,-14,0,0,0,-22,0,0,0,0,0,0,40,41,43,46,44,45,62,50,73,66,66,66,139,139,139,131,139,133,128,122,126,140,120,92,98,95,86,91,97,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bd2 Qe7 7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Nbd7 9. e3 {E32: Nimzo-Indian: Classical (4 Qc2): 4...0-0} e5 (9... b6 10. Bd3 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nd2 Nc5 13. Be2 Bb7 14. O-O Nfe4 15. b4 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Nd7 {½-½ (55) Lenic,L (2641)-Carlsen,M (2840) chess.com INT 2017}) 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Be2 {LiveBook: 8 Games. White is slightly better.} a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... e4 12. Nd2 b6 13. b4 c5 14. Qb2 Re8 15. Nb3 Ba6 16. O-O Rac8 17. bxc5 bxc5 {½-½ (104) Medvegy,Z (2537)-Horvath,A (2531) Gyula 2013}) 12. b3 b6 13. O-O Bb7 14. Rfd1 Ne4 15. Be1 c5 16. Qb2 Rfd8 17. b4 Bc6 18. Qc2 Nd6 19. bxa5 bxa5 20. Rab1 Ra6 {aiming for ...Be4.} 21. Rb2 e4 22. Nd2 Ne5 23. Rdb1 a4 24. Rb6 Rxb6 (24... Raa8 {looks sharper.} 25. Nf1 Rdc8 26. Ng3 g6 27. Rc1 h5) 25. Rxb6 h6 26. Qb1 f5 (26... Qa7 {seems wilder.} 27. h3 Re8 28. Rb2 Rc8 29. Qc2 Qe7) 27. Rb8 (27. Nf1 {is interesting.} Be8 28. Ng3 Nd3 29. Bc3 Kh7 30. Ra6) 27... Nd7 28. Rxd8+ Qxd8 29. Qd1 Nb6 30. Nb1 Qd7 31. Qc2 Qe6 {[%cal Rb6c4]} 32. Ba5 {[%cal Be1a5,Ba5c3,Bc3b2][%mdl 32]} Nbc8 33. Nd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3,Bg3h5,Bh5f4][%mdl 32]} Be8 34. Bc3 Qe7 35. Bb2 Bc6 36. Qc3 Nb7 37. Nf1 Ncd6 38. Ng3 Kh7 ({Black should try} 38... Be8 $1 $14) 39. Nh5 $16 {[%cal Rh5g7]} Ne8 40. Nf4 Nf6 41. h3 Qd6 42. g3 Qe7 43. Kg2 Qd6 44. Bh5 {Bg6+ is the strong threat.White is better.} Be8 45. Bxe8 Nxe8 46. Nd5 Qd7 {[#]} 47. h4 {Precision: White = 50%, Black = 42%.} (47. Qc2 $1 $16) 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.05.01"]
[Round "15.8"]
[White "Hertneck, Gerald"]
[Black "Kopylov, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zugzwang Muenchen"]
[BlackTeam "Norderstedt"]

{[%evp 26,120,0,5,60,47,105,93,159,153,167,160,180,149,220,248,233,137,195,144,146,141,141,139,138,127,145,171,166,174,152,173,182,104,123,85,202,202,193,204,396,332,311,304,578,560,536,381,808,766,641,453,1252,1110,823,797,1203,1100,29951,6524,29973,29974,29974,29975,29978,29977,12841,8,8,8,8,8,29975,29976,29974,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. d3 Nd7 5. Nbd2 Ngf6 6. h3 Bh5 7. O-O e5 8. e4 Bd6 9. Qe1 O-O 10. Nh4 Re8 11. Nf5 Bf8 12. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} a5 13. Nb3 dxe4 14. dxe4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Qb6 $146 {A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems} ({Black should play} 14... Qc7 $11) ({Predecessor:} 14... Qc7 15. Bd2 b6 16. g4 Bg6 17. Ng3 h6 18. Qe2 Nh7 19. Qc4 Be7 20. Nf5 Bg5 21. Rfd1 Ndf6 22. Be1 Bxf5 23. exf5 {½-½ (42) Chelushkina,I (2265)-Zawadzka,J (2393) Belgrade 2013}) 15. Bd2 $14 Bb4 (15... h6 $14) 16. Bxb4 $1 $16 axb4 ({Black should try} 16... Qxb4 17. Qxb4 axb4) 17. a5 Qc7 18. Qxb4 c5 19. Qc4 b6 (19... Bg6 $16 20. Ne3 Rec8) 20. axb6 $18 Qxb6 21. Ne7+ (21. Rxa8 $18 Rxa8 22. g4) 21... Kh8 (21... Kf8 $16) 22. Nd5 (22. Rxa8 $18 Rxa8 23. g4) 22... Nxd5 $16 23. exd5 Bg6 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. d6 Rd8 26. Rd1 $40 {[%mdl 128] White goes for the king.} Qb4 27. Qxb4 cxb4 28. Na5 Bxc2 29. Rd5 ({Better is} 29. Rc1 $18 b3 30. Nc6) 29... Bf5 30. Rb5 Rb8 (30... g6 $16) 31. Rxb8+ $18 Nxb8 32. Nc6 $1 {[%cal Rc6b8]} Nxc6 $2 (32... Nd7 {might work better.} 33. g4 (33. Nxb4 Kg8 $16) 33... Be6 34. Nxb4 f5) 33. Bxc6 Bxh3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} 34. f3 Be6 $2 (34... Kg8 {was called for.} 35. d7 Bxd7 36. Bxd7 Kf8) 35. d7 Bxd7 36. Bxd7 {KB-KP} g6 $2 (36... Kg8 37. Kf2 Kf8) 37. Kf2 Kg7 38. Ke3 f5 (38... h5 $142 39. Ke4 f6) 39. Kd3 Kf6 40. Kc4 h5 41. Kxb4 g5 42. Bb5 (42. Kc5 $142 h4 43. gxh4 gxh4 44. Bb5 h3 45. Bf1 h2 46. Bg2 Ke6 47. b4) 42... h4 43. gxh4 gxh4 {KB-K3P} 44. Bf1 Kg5 45. Kc3 Kf4 46. Bh3 $2 (46. b4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rb4b5]} e4 47. b5) 46... Kxf3 47. Bxf5 $11 {KB-KPP} e4 48. Kd2 {Black must now prevent b4.} e3+ $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (48... Kf4 $11 49. Bd7 Kf3) 49. Ke1 $1 Kf4 {[#]} 50. Bh3 $2 (50. Bd3 $1 {mates} Ke5 51. Be2 Kf6 52. Kf1 Ke7 53. Kg2 Ke6 54. b4 Kd5 55. Kh3) 50... Ke4 {The position is equal.} 51. Ke2 {Bf1 is the strong threat.} Kd4 $1 52. Be6 Ke5 53. Bc8 Kd4 54. Ba6 h3 {[%cal Bh4h3,Bh3h2][%mdl 32]} 55. Kf3 h2 56. Kg2 Kc5 57. Be2 Kb4 58. Bd1 e2 59. Bxe2 {aiming for Bd1.} Kb3 60. Kxh2 Kxb2 {Precision: White = 68%, Black = 33%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.05.01"]
[Round "15.8"]
[White "Ginsburg, Gennadi"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2418"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SV Hofheim"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]

{[%evp 12,52,47,31,41,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,20,15,16,11,22,32,33,0,0,0,14,14,41,62,68,0,10,0,8,5,20,8,19,8,13,20,14,0,37]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d5 {LiveBook: 5 Games. E61: King's Indian: Early deviations for White, including Smyslov System} Nb4 8. a3 Na6 9. O-O (9. Nd4 e5 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. O-O e5 12. Nb3 c6 13. e4 Nc7 14. f4 Ne6 {½-½ (59) Caruana,F (2784)-Carlsen,M (2843) Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden 2018}) 9... Nc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... c5 10. e4 Nc7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bd2 e6 13. Qc2 exd5 14. cxd5 Re8 {½-½ (47) Schneuwly,A (2107)-Loidl,F (2215) Graz 2002}) 10. Nd4 a5 11. b3 {[%cal Bb2b3,Bb3b4][%mdl 32]} e5 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. Bb2 e5 14. Nf3 Be6 15. b4 Nce4 16. Nd2 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 Qd7 18. Nd5 Qf7 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Qc2 ({White should try} 20. bxa5 $14 Qd7 21. Bf3) 20... Bg7 {The position is equal.} 21. Bd3 c6 22. e4 h5 23. c5 dxc5 24. bxc5 a4 25. Bc1 Rad8 26. Be3 Bb3 {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 33%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.05.01"]
[Round "15.8"]
[White "Boguslawski, Oleg"]
[Black "Mager, Denis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2268"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hockenheim"]
[BlackTeam "Speyer"]

{[%evp 14,121,26,16,30,33,45,16,34,47,32,39,41,45,65,38,60,72,77,41,64,78,80,48,70,28,30,12,30,0,0,0,0,-36,-15,-23,-22,-27,-27,-58,62,0,223,239,388,412,783,766,700,48,57,60,64,68,59,64,90,86,80,52,115,93,87,79,141,119,125,131,185,119,99,104,183,183,135,108,99,47,27,33,42,38,179,0,422,430,408,427,396,423,384,317,1045,1048,1030,985,681,525,520,522,493,464,375,106,105,97,249,216,29969,29964]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 a6 (4... Ngf6 5. Qe2 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. d4 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. e5 Nd5 12. Ne4 Qc7 13. exd6 Bxd6 14. Nxd6 Qxd6 15. dxc5 Qxc5 {½-½ (58) Kovalev,V (2648)-Grandelius,N (2652) Sharjah 2018}) 5. Ba4 Ngf6 6. Bc2 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7} e5 7. O-O Be7 8. d4 {LiveBook: 17 Games. White has an edge.} cxd4 9. cxd4 O-O 10. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Nbd2 Qc7 11. Re1 b5 12. b3 Bb7 {1-0 (21) Henderson de la Fuente,L (2306)-Mahmutbegovic,M (1966) Prague 2016}) 10... b6 11. Nc3 Bb7 12. Re1 Rc8 13. h3 Qc7 14. Bg5 Rfd8 15. Rc1 Qb8 16. Qd2 Nf8 17. Nh4 g6 18. d5 N8d7 19. f4 Re8 20. f5 b5 21. Rf1 b4 22. Ne2 a5 23. Ng3 Ba6 24. Rf3 Qb6+ 25. Be3 Qd8 26. fxg6 hxg6 {[#]} (26... fxg6 $15 27. Bg5 Rc4) 27. Nhf5 $1 $14 {[%mdl 512]} Bf8 $2 (27... gxf5 $11 28. Nxf5 Kh8) 28. Bh6 $1 $18 Nh7 (28... Be7 {is a better defense.} 29. Nxe7+ Qxe7) 29. Bxf8 {White wants to mate with Qh6.} Rxf8 (29... gxf5 $142 30. Nxf5 Nhxf8 31. Nh6+ Kh7 32. Nxf7 Qh4 33. Nxd6 Red8 34. Rf7+ Kh8 35. Nxc8 Bxc8) 30. Qh6 $1 {[%csl Gf5][%cal Rh6g7]} (30. Nh6+ Kg7 $11) 30... Qf6 {[#]} 31. Nxd6 $2 (31. Nh5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rh5f6][%mdl 512]} gxh5 32. Ne7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kh8 33. Rxf6 Ndxf6 34. Nxc8 Rxc8 35. Bb1) 31... Qg5 $1 $14 {[%cal Rg5h6]} (31... Qxd6 $2 32. Nh5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) 32. Qxg5 Nxg5 33. Re3 $1 (33. Nxc8 $2 Nxf3+ 34. gxf3 Rxc8 $19) 33... Rc5 $1 34. Ree1 Rd8 35. h4 Nh7 36. Bb3 Kf8 (36... Nhf6 $14) 37. Bc4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under strong pressure.} Bxc4 38. Rxc4 (38. Nxc4 Rdc8 $11) 38... Ke7 ({Better is} 38... Rdc8 39. b3 (39. Nxc8 Rxc4 40. Nd6 Rc2 $11) 39... Rxc4 40. Nxc4 Nhf6) 39. Rxc5 Nxc5 40. Nc4 $1 {[%csl LRa5,LRe5]} Nxa4 (40... Nf6 $16) 41. Ra1 (41. Nxe5 $18 Rf8 42. Nc4) 41... Rc8 42. b3 {[%cal Bb2b3,Bb3c4][%mdl 32]} (42. Rxa4 $6 Rxc4 43. Rxa5 Nf6 $11) 42... Rxc4 (42... Nc5 $16 43. Rxa5 Nxb3 44. Ra7+ Kf6) 43. bxc4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KNN} b3 {White must now prevent ...Nc3.} 44. Nf1 b2 45. Rb1 Nf6 46. Nd2 Kd6 47. Rf1 Nd7 (47... Ke7 $1 $14) 48. Rxf7 $2 (48. g4 $18) 48... Ndc5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (48... Nab6 $1 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 49. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4h5,Bh5h6][%mdl 32]} Nc3 {...a4 is the strong threat.} 50. h5 gxh5 51. gxh5 a4 52. h6 $1 {[%cal Rh6h7]} ({Avoid the trap} 52. Rf6+ $2 Ke7 $19) 52... Nb3 $2 {[#]} (52... N5xe4 53. Rb7 Nxd2 54. Rxb2 Nf3+ 55. Kf2 Ng5) 53. Rb7 $1 $18 Nxd2 54. Rxb2 Nf3+ 55. Kf2 Ng5 {Threatens to win with ...Nd1+.} 56. Rb7 ({Less strong is} 56. Rb6+ Kc5 $18) 56... Ncxe4+ 57. Ke3 Nf6 58. Rb6+ $2 (58. Rg7 $18 Ngh7 59. Ra7) 58... Ke7 $16 59. Ra6 {[%mdl 1024] aiming for Ra7+. White has strong compensation.} a3 $2 {[#]} (59... Kf7 $16 {was called for.} 60. Rxa4 Kg6) 60. Kd3 $1 $18 ({Much less strong is} 60. Rxa3 $6 Ng4+ 61. Kd3 Nxh6) 60... Nf7 $2 (60... Kf7 $18 61. Rxa3 Kg6) 61. Re6+ {Precision: White = 59%, Black = 32%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.05.01"]
[Round "15.9"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Perske, Thore"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "SV Hofheim"]

{[%evp 23,74,27,39,31,36,35,37,28,48,49,52,32,37,23,77,39,77,72,68,77,76,58,58,58,58,62,75,0,0,0,0,-22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,22,22,22,22,48,48,56,70,70,70,70,0,72]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. a4 a5 10. Ne1 Nd7 11. Nd3 f5 12. f3 Kh8 {LiveBook: 16 Games. E97: King's Indian: Classical Main Line (6...e5 7 0-0 Nc6): 8 Be3 and 8 d5 Ne7, not 9 Ne1} (12... f4 13. b3 g5 14. Ba3 b6 15. Nb5 Ng6 16. b4 axb4 17. Bxb4 Nc5 18. Nf2 Nb7 19. a5 bxa5 20. Qe1 {0-1 (39) Nisipeanu,L (2667)-Adhiban,B (2643) Linares 2015}) 13. Bg5 b6 14. Nb5 Bf6 {White is slightly better.} 15. Bd2 Nc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Rf7 16. b3 Bg7 17. Qc2 Ba6 18. Be3 Ng8 19. Qd2 Bxb5 20. axb5 {½-½ (39) Kireev,V (2236)-Terreaux,G (2437) ICCF email 2014}) 16. Nxc5 dxc5 17. exf5 Nxf5 18. Bd3 Nd6 (18... Nd4 $11) 19. Re1 Bd7 20. Bc3 Bxb5 21. axb5 Qe7 22. b3 e4 23. Qc1 Qg7 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. fxe4 ({White should play} 25. Bxe4 $16 Rae8 26. Qd1) 25... Rae8 $11 26. Qe3 Qe5 27. Rf1 Kg7 28. Rxf8 {[#] Black must now prevent Rff1.} Rxf8 29. Re1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Re8 30. Qg3 (30. Rf1 {with more complications.} Qd4 31. Qxd4+ cxd4 32. Rf4 g5 33. Rg4) 30... Qxg3 31. hxg3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame aiming for e5. KRB-KRN} Nf7 32. Kf2 Ne5 33. Be2 Rf8+ 34. Ke3 Rf6 35. Rh1 g5 36. Rd1 Kf8 37. Rh1 Kg7 {Precision: White = 46%, Black = 56%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.05.01"]
[Round "15.9"]
[White "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Black "Dragnev, Valentin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hamburg SK"]
[BlackTeam "Bayern Muenchen"]

{[%evp 21,53,37,60,41,35,-66,22,-31,11,15,19,11,21,0,4,31,55,6,9,23,12,15,15,0,247,285,268,276,330,321,604,572,567,555]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {[%cal Bf1b5,Bb5a4,Ba4b3][%mdl 32]} a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. a5 d5 {C88: Closed Ruy Lopez: Anti-Marshall Systems} (9... d6 10. d3 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. h3 Qb8 13. c3 Qb5 14. c4 Qb7 15. Nbd2 Nd7 16. Nb3 Nd8 17. d4 exd4 18. Nbxd4 c5 19. Nxe6 Nxe6 {½-½ (36) Vachier Lagrave,M (2789)-Aronian,L (2794) Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden 2018}) 10. exd5 e4 11. dxc6 exf3 {LiveBook: 3 Games. White is slightly better.} 12. d4 ({Don't play} 12. gxf3 Bd6 $15) 12... fxg2 13. Bf4 ({White should try} 13. Nd2 $1 $14) 13... Rb8 $146 (13... Bg4 $15 14. Qd3 Nh5) ({Predecessor:} 13... Bd6 14. Be5 Ng4 15. Qf3 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Qd4 17. c3 bxc3 18. Ra4 Qc5 19. Nxc3 Rb8 20. Nd1 Nxe5 21. Qd5 Qxd5 {½-½ (21) Kuchynka,L (2287)-Jancarik,J (2215) Kouty nad Desnou 2011}) 14. Qd3 (14. Nd2 $11) 14... Rb5 15. Be5 ({Much worse is} 15. Kxg2 Bd6 $17) 15... Ng4 {[#] ...Bh4 is the strong threat.} 16. Nd2 $1 Nxe5 17. Rxe5 Rxe5 18. dxe5 {[%cal Bd4e5,Be5e6,Be6f7][%mdl 32]} Bc5 19. Ne4 Qxd3 20. cxd3 Bd4 21. Ra4 Bxb2 22. e6 Ba3 $2 {[#]} (22... Bxe6 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 23. Rxb4 Bxb3) 23. exf7+ $18 Kh8 24. Kxg2 g6 25. Nf6 Kg7 $2 (25... Rxf7 26. Bxf7 Kg7) 26. Ne8+ Kh6 27. Nxc7 {Precision: White = 54%, Black = 30%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.05.01"]
[Round "15.9"]
[White "Krause, Benedict"]
[Black "Zysk, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Norderstedt"]
[BlackTeam "Zugzwang Muenchen"]

{[%evp 17,93,0,8,1,1,6,13,8,8,20,23,23,24,20,27,14,24,21,27,7,17,15,28,15,45,41,69,66,61,57,57,38,72,72,72,69,74,74,133,55,106,92,88,78,74,66,112,104,142,98,87,40,425,432,424,397,410,399,404,404,393,379,372,356,433,416,1398,694,3984,1706,1522,1435,4159,4159,1641,1498,5713,6057]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bd3 {C11: French: Classical System: 4 e5 and 4 Bg5 dxe4} (10. Ne2 O-O 11. Ned4 Qb6 12. c3 b4 13. Bd3 a5 14. O-O Ba6 15. Kh1 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Qa6 17. Qc2 bxc3 18. bxc3 {½-½ (31) Dominguez Perez,L (2739)-So,W (2788) Saint Louis 2017}) 10... Qb6 11. Bf2 Bxf2+ 12. Qxf2 {The position is equal.} Qxf2+ 13. Kxf2 Nc5 14. Ne2 Bd7 15. Ned4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Ke7 17. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Rhf1 h5 {½-½ (29) Fischer,W (2449)-Raessler,A (2345) ICCF 2016}) 17... h6 18. Rhe1 Rhc8 19. g4 Rab8 20. Ke3 a5 21. f5 b4 22. axb4 Rxb4 23. Rxa5 Rxb2 24. Ra7 Rb7 25. Rxb7 Nxb7 26. Ra1 Nc5 27. Ra7 Kf8 {[#]} (27... Kd8 $142) 28. h4 (28. Bb5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rb5d7]} Be8 29. c4) 28... Be8 (28... Rb8 $14) 29. Kf4 Kg8 30. g5 hxg5+ 31. hxg5 exf5 32. Bxf5 Rd8 33. e6 fxe6 34. Bxe6+ Kh7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Black should play} 34... Nxe6+ $14 35. Nxe6 Rd7) 35. Rc7 $18 Na6 36. Bf5+ Kg8 {[#]} 37. Rxg7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxg7 38. Ne6+ Kf7 {Hoping for ...Rd6.} 39. Nxd8+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} Ke7 40. Ne6 Kd6 41. Nd4 Nc5 (41... Nb8 $142 42. g6 Bxg6 43. Bxg6 Nd7) 42. g6 {White is clearly winning.} Bxg6 43. Bxg6 Na4 44. Bd3 Kc5 45. Ke5 Nc3 46. Ne6+ Kb4 47. Kd4 {Precision: White = 76%, Black = 38%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.05.01"]
[Round "15.10"]
[White "Studer, Noel"]
[Black "Svane, Rasmus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2463"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bayern Muenchen"]
[BlackTeam "Hamburg SK"]

{[%evp 34,123,8,6,5,14,18,5,8,0,7,0,8,8,17,10,14,0,27,17,23,28,26,21,16,24,34,29,18,24,42,30,45,0,0,0,0,0,0,-24,-25,-25,-25,-34,0,-72,-59,-142,-157,-203,-200,-202,-202,-203,-218,-217,-214,-210,-179,-269,-245,-259,-175,-369,-228,-444,-241,-331,-304,-295,-283,-280,-282,-329,-331,-279,-269,-356,-357,-305,-254,-298,-251,-481,-459,-705,-703,-29984,-29985,-29983,-29984,-29999]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 b6 9. Bf4 Nbd7 10. Rd1 Bb7 11. Ne5 Nh5 12. Bc1 Nhf6 13. Bf4 Nh5 {E08: Closed Catalan: Main Line: 7 Qc2} 14. Bd2 Nhf6 {[%cal Bh5f6,Bf6e8,Be8d6,Bd6c4][%mdl 32]} 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Nc6 Bxc6 17. Qxc6 Rc8 (17... a6 18. a4 Rc8 19. Qb7 Nb8 20. Na3 Qc7 21. Qxc7 Rxc7 {½-½ (52) Cheparinov,I (2710)-Kuzubov,Y (2699) Riadh 2017}) 18. Qb5 {LiveBook: 49 Games} Ne8 19. Qd3 Nd6 20. Nc3 Nf6 21. Be1 {[#]} Qd7 $146 22. e3 Rc7 23. Bf1 Nc4 24. Qe2 Rfc8 25. f3 e5 26. dxe5 Nxe5 27. Kh1 Qe6 28. Nb5 {[%cal Bc3b5,Bb5d4,Bd4f5][%mdl 32]} Rc2 29. Rd2 Rc1 30. Rxc1 Rxc1 31. Nd4 Qc8 32. Rd1 a5 33. Nf5 Bf8 {White must now prevent ...Rxd1.} 34. Rxc1 Qxc1 35. Bc3 Nfd7 36. Kg2 g6 37. Nd4 Nc4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 38. Kf2 Bh6 {[%cal Rh6e3]} 39. f4 {[#]} (39. e4 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 39... Nf6 $1 $17 {Strongly threatening ...Ne4+.} 40. Bg2 {[#]} ({White should play} 40. Kf3 $15 Nxe3 41. Bh3) 40... Nxe3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 41. Bf3 {[#]} (41. Qxe3 Ng4+) 41... Ne4+ $1 42. Bxe4 Nd1+ 43. Kg2 dxe4 44. Qxe4 Nxc3 45. bxc3 Qxc3 46. Qd5 (46. Ne2 $142 Qd2 47. a4) 46... Qd2+ 47. Kh3 Bf8 48. f5 $2 (48. Qc4) 48... Qg5 49. Qd7 $2 (49. Nf3 Qxf5+ 50. Qxf5 gxf5 51. Kh4) 49... Bc5 (49... Qh6+ $142 50. Kg4 Qh5+ 51. Kf4 Qxh2) 50. fxg6 hxg6 51. Nf3 Qh6+ 52. Kg2 Qe3 53. Qd5 Qe2+ 54. Kh3 Kg7 55. g4 Qf1+ 56. Kg3 Bf2+ 57. Kf4 {intending Qe5+.} Qc1+ 58. Ke5 $2 (58. Nd2) 58... Bc5 $19 59. Qb3 {[#]} (59. Qe4 $142) 59... a4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 60. Qxa4 Qe3+ {Black mates.} 61. Qe4 Bd6+ $1 62. Kd5 Qc5# {Precision: White = 46%, Black = 72%.} 0-1

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.05.01"]
[Round "15.11"]
[White "Huschenbeth, Niclas"]
[Black "Bischoff, Klaus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hamburg SK"]
[BlackTeam "Bayern Muenchen"]

{[%evp 14,41,20,18,32,37,24,34,57,36,41,41,40,41,37,20,26,16,18,0,0,-5,67,60,104,115,114,92,651,649]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. O-O Qc7 {B46: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 a6} (8... Nf6 9. Qf3 Be7 10. Qg3 O-O 11. Bh6 Ne8 12. Bf4 Bh4 13. Qf3 Bg5 14. Na4 Qf6 15. Bxg5 Qxg5 16. Nb6 Rb8 17. Nxc8 Rxc8 18. Bxa6 {1-0 (33) Kramnik,V (2800)-Andreikin,D (2712) Moscow 2018}) 9. Re1 {Threatens to win with exd5.} Bb7 10. Qf3 Nf6 {White is slightly better.} 11. Bg5 Be7 $1 12. e5 Nd7 13. Bxe7 Kxe7 14. Qg3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} c5 15. b3 {[%cal Bb2b3,Bb3a4][%mdl 32]} h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... h5 16. Qg5+ Kf8 17. Rad1 h4 18. h3 g6 19. f4 Rh5 20. Qg4 Kg7 21. Ne2 Rd8 22. c3 Nb8 23. Rd2 {½-½ (23) Kleiser,G (2229)-Almarza Mato,C (2126) ICCF email 2009}) 16. Na4 Bc6 17. c4 dxc4 (17... d4 $1 $11) 18. Bxc4 $14 Bxa4 19. bxa4 g5 20. Rad1 Nb6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (20... Rhb8 $16) 21. Qf3 {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 47%.} 1-0

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.05.01"]
[Round "15.12"]
[White "Gabriel, Christian"]
[Black "Lampert, Jonas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bayern Muenchen"]
[BlackTeam "Hamburg SK"]

{[%evp 20,64,0,0,16,30,33,21,69,62,82,83,77,39,31,34,35,0,20,14,26,40,68,57,52,-31,-36,-36,-41,-1473,-1412,-958,-710,-710,-709,-687,-687,-683,-662,-629,-558,-526,-525,-513,-509,-603,-546]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ng5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Re8 9. d3 exd3 10. exd3 d6 11. h3 {LiveBook: 4 Games. A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3} (11. Rb1 h6 12. Ne4 Ne5 13. f3 Rb8 14. Be3 b6 15. Qd2 Nh7 16. g4 f5 17. gxf5 Bxf5 18. Rbe1 Qd7 19. Bd4 {0-1 (36) Danin,A (2519)-Gabrielian,A (2573) Voronezh 2012}) 11... Bf5 12. g4 Bd7 13. Nf3 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 13. Bf4 Ne5 14. Bg3 Nfxg4 15. Nxf7 Kxf7 16. d4 Kg8 17. hxg4 Nxg4 18. Bxb7 Rb8 {0-1 (58) Ospennikov,D (2275)-Sairanov,T (2041) Kazan 2016}) 13... Be6 14. Rb1 d5 {[#]} 15. cxd5 $1 Nxd5 16. Qd2 Nb6 17. c4 Qe7 18. Qc3 Rad8 19. Be3 Qd7 20. Ng5 $1 h5 21. gxh5 Bf5 22. Bxb6 (22. h6 $1 $14 Ne5 23. Bf4 (23. Bxb7 Bxd3 24. Rfd1 Qf5 $17)) 22... axb6 $15 23. Bd5 {Strongly threatening h6.} Bxh3 24. Nxf7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (24. d4 $15 Qg4+ 25. Qg3 Qxg3+ 26. fxg3 Rxd5 27. cxd5 Bxf1 28. dxc6) 24... Qg4+ $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 25. Kh2 Rxd5 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Rg4g2]} 26. Nh6+ gxh6 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Rg4g2]} 27. Rg1 {[#]} Rxh5 $1 {[%cal Rh3f1]} 28. Rxg4+ Bxg4+ 29. Kg3 Rg5 30. Rg1 Rf8 31. f4 Rg7 32. Qa1 Rf5 {Precision: White = 52%, Black = 33%.} 0-1

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.05.24"]
[Round "16.6"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Predojevic, Borki"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]

{[%evp 13,85,0,0,4,1,0,22,22,25,28,30,21,69,0,0,0,0,-19,0,0,0,0,0,-27,-27,-12,-20,-37,0,0,5,2,2,14,22,20,18,28,39,26,29,27,22,26,41,31,62,70,72,65,96,37,49,45,50,0,15,10,12,10,84,-128,74,77,77,70,71,0,0,0,14,0,2,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd8 7. Nb3 {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. 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}) 7... Qc7 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 8. Qxd4 {With the idea Bf4.} Nc6 $1 {[%cal Rc6d4]} 9. Qh4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Qe4 Nf6 10. Qe2 a6 11. c3 Bd6 12. Bg5 Ne5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. O-O-O b5 {1-0 (40) Blehm,P (2518)-Kalinitschew,S (2491) Legnica 2000}) 9... Bd6 10. Bd2 Bd7 11. O-O-O Nge7 {[%cal Bg8e7,Be7d5,Bd5c3][%mdl 32]} 12. Kb1 O-O-O 13. Bc3 ({Better is} 13. Qe4 $14) 13... f6 $11 14. Nfd2 Ne5 15. Be2 Nd5 16. Ne4 Nxc3+ 17. Nxc3 {next Qd4 is good for White.} a6 18. Ne4 Be7 19. Qg3 g5 20. Nd4 Ng6 21. Qb3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Nf4 22. Bc4 {[%cal Rc4e6]} e5 23. Ne6 Nxe6 24. Bxe6 Kb8 25. Bxd7 Rxd7 26. Qe6 Rhd8 27. Rxd7 Rxd7 28. g4 Ka7 29. a3 Bd8 30. f3 Rd4 31. Rc1 Qa5 32. Qf7 (32. Nxf6 $16 Bxf6 33. Qxf6) 32... h6 33. Ka2 Qb6 34. Kb1 Qb5 35. h3 Qe2 36. Qb3 Qg2 (36... Ba5 $11 {remains equal.}) 37. c3 $2 {[#]} (37. Ka2 $16) 37... Rd7 $2 (37... Qxf3 $17 38. Nc5 Rd2) 38. Nc5 Rc7 39. Ne6 {Qd1 is the strong threat.} Rd7 {[#]} 40. Rd1 (40. c4 $1 $16) 40... Rxd1+ {The position is equal.} 41. Qxd1 Bb6 42. Qd5 Qxh3 43. Nc5 {Precision: White = 47%, Black = 50%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.05.24"]
[Round "16.7"]
[White "Andersen, Mads"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]

{[%evp 21,119,0,0,0,22,18,18,29,20,28,18,14,26,-11,0,-98,-98,-98,-97,-95,-84,-92,-89,-86,-63,-141,-143,-172,-181,-182,-163,-275,-276,-242,-241,-201,-225,-292,-284,-276,-217,-217,0,-277,-306,-304,-286,-282,-294,-294,-207,-225,0,-285,0,-231,-227,-225,-214,-166,-102,-112,-134,-133,-115,-103,-103,-103,-103,-129,-110,-114,-107,-149,8,8,8,8,97,97,97,97,104,104,104,104,104,104,104,104,104,104,104,104,104,104,104,104,104,104]} 1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Na3 Bxa3 10. bxa3 Ba6 11. Bxc6 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7} (11. Qd2 Rb8 12. Qa5 Rb6 13. a4 Qd6 14. Rd1 Nd5 15. e4 Qb4 16. Qxb4 Nxb4 17. Bf4 Nd3 18. Bxc7 Rb2 {0-1 (59) Iturrizaga Bonelli,E (2650)-Dominguez Perez,L (2739) chess.com INT 2018}) 11... Rb8 {LiveBook: 29 Games} 12. Re1 c3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Qd6) 13. Qa4 {The position is equal.} Rb6 14. Bf3 Bb5 15. Qc2 Qxd4 16. Be3 Qc4 17. Bxb6 Ba4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 18. Qc1 (18. Qd3 $11 Qxd3 19. exd3 cxb6 20. Reb1) 18... cxb6 $17 19. Rb1 {Threatens to win with Rb4.} b5 20. Rb4 Qc5 21. Qe3 Qxe3 22. fxe3 Rc8 23. Rc1 ({Better is} 23. Rd4 $1 $15) 23... e5 24. Bg4 Nxg4 25. Rxg4 $19 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} a5 26. Rg5 (26. Kf2 $142) 26... f6 27. Rf5 c2 {[%mdl 1024] Black has strong compensation.} 28. e4 Rd8 $1 29. Rff1 Rd4 30. Rf3 Rd1+ (30... Rxe4 31. Kf2 $17) 31. Rf1 Rd4 32. Rf3 $1 Rd2 $1 ({Weaker is} 32... Rxe4 33. Kf2 $17) 33. Rf2 Kf7 34. Kg2 Rd1 35. Rf1 Rd4 36. Rf3 Rd1 37. Rf1 Rd4 38. Rf3 $1 Rxe4 39. Kf2 Rc4 40. Rd3 Ke7 (40... Ke6 $19 41. Ke3 Rc8) 41. Ke3 $17 e4 42. Rd4 {[#]} Rc3+ $1 43. Kd2 Rxa3 44. Rxe4+ Kd6 45. Ra1 b4 {Hoping for ...b3.} 46. Kc1 {[#]} Bb3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 47. Re8 (47. axb3 Rxa1+) 47... Rxa2 $2 (47... Bxa2 $17 48. Kxc2 Bb3+ 49. Kb1 Rxa1+ 50. Kxa1 Bd5) 48. Rxa2 $11 Bxa2 $17 {KR-KB} 49. Ra8 {White wants to play Ra6+.} Bc4 (49... Bd5 $1 $11 {remains equal.} 50. Ra6+ Bc6) 50. Kxc2 $16 {White is better.} Bxe2 51. Rxa5 Ke7 52. Ra7+ Kf8 53. Kb3 Bg4 54. Kxb4 Be6 55. Kc5 Bb3 56. Kd6 h6 57. Rb7 Ba2 58. Rb2 Bc4 59. h4 Kf7 60. Kc5 {Precision: White = 71%, Black = 65%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.05.24"]
[Round "16.8"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]

{[%evp 10,77,26,7,24,11,30,7,27,37,37,34,42,38,40,34,38,39,41,45,66,56,62,59,70,51,87,89,98,83,77,75,88,89,97,81,82,95,97,82,89,48,95,68,93,99,122,110,172,179,166,154,164,174,166,166,189,197,204,206,217,217,422,421,500,470,445,477,450,430]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. Nf3 Qd7 6. Bd2 {LiveBook: 78 Games} h6 {C16: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4 4 e5: Lines without ...c5} 7. Bb5 c6 8. Ba4 Ba6 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 8... Bxc3 9. Bxc3 a5 10. a3 Ba6 11. b4 axb4 12. Bxb4 Ne7 13. c3 Qa7 14. Bd6 Bc4 15. Bc2 Qa5 16. Bb4 Qa7 17. Bd6 Qa5 18. Bb4 Qa7 {½-½ (18) Kindermann,S (2500)-Hort,V (2590) Dortmund 1988}) 9. Ne2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Ne7 12. O-O Qb7 13. c3 Qa6 14. Qd1 Nd7 15. Bc2 c5 16. Re1 {[%cal Bf1e1,Be1e3,Be3h3][%mdl 32]} Qb7 17. a4 c4 18. Nd2 Qc7 19. Qf3 Rc8 20. Re3 Nf8 21. Qg4 g6 22. Rh3 Qd8 23. Qe2 Rc7 24. b3 cxb3 25. Bxb3 Nc6 26. Qe3 Na5 27. Bd1 {[%cal Bb3d1,Bd1e2,Be2a6][%mdl 32]} Kd7 28. Be2 Kc8 (28... g5 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 29. Ba6+ Kb8 30. Rxh6 Rxh6 31. Qxh6 Rxc3 32. Nf3 Nd7 33. Qf4 $40 {[%mdl 128] White attacks with force.} Nb3 34. Rd1 Qe7 35. Ng5 Kc7 $2 {[#]} (35... Rc7 36. Bf1 (36. Nxf7 Nxd4 37. Rxd4 Nc5 $14) (36. Qxf7 Qxf7 37. Nxf7 Nxd4 $14) 36... Na5) 36. Nxf7 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Qf8 37. Ng5 Qe7 38. h4 Nb8 39. Bd3 {Precision: White = 74%, Black = 42%.} 1-0

