[Event "CRO-ch 2019"]
[Site "Bjelovar"]
[Date "2019.04.01"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Brkic, Ante"]
[Black "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2019.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,72,10,21,14,18,7,39,31,58,58,64,64,67,57,56,46,49,66,58,17,84,66,62,73,99,91,139,148,157,94,116,139,145,152,267,136,144,136,358,379,301,246,379,379,331,326,306,315,421,400,526,519,618,611,608,603,636]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. c3 Ba7 7. Bb3 d6 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 Be6 10. Nbd2 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} (10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. Rxe3 Nd7 13. Nbd2 a5 14. Nf1 Qe7 15. Ng3 Rf7 16. Qb3 Nc5 17. Qc4 Rb8 {0-1 (38) Gledura,B (2621)-Rodshtein,M (2674) Batumi 2018}) 10... Re8 11. Nf1 d5 12. Ng5 {White is slightly better.} d4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Qd6 13. Ng3 Na5 14. Bc2 d4 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. c4 b5 17. Bd2 Nc6 18. cxb5 axb5 {0-1 (60) Kacharava,N (2180)-Kaasen,T (2402) Kirishi 2017}) 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. c4 Rb8 15. Bd2 Bc5 16. Ba4 b5 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Rc1 Qd6 (18... Qe7 $11 {remains equal.} 19. Bb3 Rb6) 19. Bb3 $16 Nb4 20. Qe2 Na6 21. f4 Kh8 22. Nh2 Nd7 23. fxe5 ({White should try} 23. Nf3 $1) 23... Qxe5 24. Nf3 Qg3 25. e5 Bb6 (25... Qg6 $16 26. Rf1 Re7) 26. Rc6 (26. Ng5 $1 $18) 26... Nac5 27. Bc2 {aiming for b4.} Ra8 $2 {[#]} (27... Qg6 $16) 28. b4 $1 $18 ({Don't blunder} 28. Nxd4 $2 {[#]} Nb3 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]}) 28... Rxa2 29. Bb1 Rb2 (29... Rxd2 $142 30. Qxd2 (30. Nxd2 Na6 $11) 30... Nb7) 30. bxc5 Nxc5 {[#]} 31. Bf4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxe2 {[%csl Ge2][%cal Rg3g2]} (31... Qxf4 32. Qxb2) 32. Bxg3 Rb2 33. Bf2 Rd8 34. Bxd4 {White is clearly winning.} Rxd4 35. Nxd4 Kg8 36. Kh1 b4 {Accuracy: White = 64%, Black = 30%.} 1-0

[Event "CRO-ch 2019"]
[Site "Bjelovar"]
[Date "2019.04.01"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Saric, Ante"]
[Black "Kurajica, Bojan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2019.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,83,7,34,34,48,35,41,39,51,27,38,38,36,5,44,0,60,0,58,57,80,59,101,61,57,37,54,0,65,41,83,90,94,87,107,103,111,111,86,92,122,132,152,146,147,110,201,147,125,118,159,91,91,92,127,82,77,91,94,97,84,81,89,91,335,126,348,350,345,318,312,309,314,340,312,262]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. Qc2 d5 6. a3 {E11: Bogo-Indian} (6. g3 c5 7. Bg2 cxd4 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. O-O Qb6 11. e3 Bd7 12. Nc3 Nf6 13. a3 Bc5 14. Nf3 Rc8 {0-1 (73) Esipenko,A (2593)-Short,N (2646) Moscow 2018}) 6... Be7 7. Nc3 c5 8. cxd5 {White is slightly better.} exd5 9. Bg5 $146 {Black should prevent dxc5.} ({Predecessor:} 9. dxc5 Be6 10. e3 O-O 11. Be2 Bxc5 12. O-O Nc6 13. Nb5 Bb6 {½-½ (31) Joshi,M (2178)-Karthikeyan,P (2398) Bhiwani 2010}) 9... cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nc6 11. Rd1 O-O 12. e3 Be6 (12... h6 $11 13. Bxf6 Bxf6) 13. Be2 (13. Nf5 $14) 13... Qb6 ({Black should try} 13... Nxd4 $11 14. Rxd4 Rc8) 14. O-O $14 Rac8 15. Qb1 Rfe8 16. Na4 Qd8 $1 17. Nf5 Bf8 18. Nd4 Be7 19. Bf4 Bf8 20. Nxc6 bxc6 21. Ba6 $1 Rc7 22. Bxc7 Qxc7 23. Qc2 Ng4 {[%csl Gg4][%cal Rc7h2]} 24. g3 Qe5 25. Be2 ({Much less strong is} 25. Qxc6 Nf6 $18) 25... Qh5 {[%csl Gg4][%cal Rh5h2]} 26. Bxg4 Bxg4 27. Rd4 $1 ({Don't blunder} 27. Qxc6 $2 Bf3 $19) 27... g5 (27... Re6 $16) 28. Rxg4 Qxg4 29. Qxc6 Re6 30. Qc2 (30. Qd7 $142 $1) 30... Rh6 $16 31. Nc3 Qh3 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rh3h2]} 32. f3 Bd6 {...Bxg3 is the strong threat.} 33. Qf2 ({Of course not} 33. Nxd5 Bxg3 34. Nf6+ Rxf6 $17) 33... Bc5 {aiming for ...Bxe3!} 34. Nxd5 Rd6 35. Nc3 {Hoping for Ne4.} Rd3 36. Re1 f5 $2 {[#]} (36... Qe6 $16) 37. f4 $2 (37. b4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rb4c5] and the rest is easy.} axb4 38. axb4 Bxb4 39. Qa2+ Kg7 40. Rd1 Rxd1+ 41. Nxd1) 37... gxf4 $2 (37... Qh5 $16 {was necessary.} 38. fxg5 Qxg5) 38. Qxf4 $18 {Black must now prevent Qc4+.White has a decisive advantage.} Qg4 39. Qb8+ Bf8 40. Qb5 Rd2 41. Re2 Rxe2 42. Qxe2 {Accuracy: White = 55%, Black = 42%.} 1-0

[Event "CRO-ch 2019"]
[Site "Bjelovar"]
[Date "2019.04.01"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Kovacevic, Blazimir"]
[Black "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2019.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,76,21,15,16,13,22,17,0,8,0,0,0,14,-6,-7,-8,-3,-7,0,0,0,-5,0,-33,-32,-35,-9,-16,-9,-247,-254,-223,-228,-218,-236,-462,-453,-489,-506,-470,-489,-449,-394,-827,-827,-827,-561,-827,-827,-5531,-5277,-29983,-29984,-29996,-29997]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Nc6 5. d4 e6 6. c4 dxc4 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 c3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Nb3 Be7 12. Nfd4 Bd7 13. Nxc6 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3} Bxc6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Bg5 {[#] The position is equal.} a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... h6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Rac1 Rfb8 18. Rc2 Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. c4 Kf8 {½-½ (31) Malakhov,V (2654)-Harikrishna,P (2729) Germany 2018}) 16. Rab1 h6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. c4 Rfb8 19. Nc5 Rb4 20. Nd7 Bb2 21. Rd3 a4 22. Rd2 a3 23. Rc2 Raa4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 24. c5 $1 Bd4 25. Rxb4 Rxb4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 26. e3 $2 {[#]} (26. Rd2 $11 {and White is okay.}) 26... Rb1+ $1 $19 27. Kg2 Rb2 28. Rc4 Bxe3 $1 29. Kf3 $2 (29. Ra4 {keeps fighting.} Rxf2+ 30. Kh1) 29... Bxf2 30. Ra4 g5 31. Rxa3 f5 32. g4 Bd4 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Rf2+.} 33. Ra4 $2 (33. gxf5 exf5 34. h4) 33... Rf2+ 34. Kg3 f4+ 35. Kh3 Rd2 36. Ra8+ Kf7 37. Ra7 Ke8 38. Nb8 Bg1 {Accuracy: White = 18%, Black = 76%.} 0-1

[Event "CRO-ch 2019"]
[Site "Bjelovar"]
[Date "2019.04.01"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Martinovic, Sasa"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2019.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 30,118,0,0,1,17,32,0,53,37,62,72,47,0,21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-40,0,-15,43,-54,-62,-63,-66,-58,-65,-112,-100,-102,-93,-105,-102,-95,-90,-169,-162,-158,-155,-153,-141,-167,-165,-245,-272,-330,-229,-370,-355,-389,-389,-452,-441,-442,-361,-500,-477,-775,-726,-1706,-1540,-1792,-1529,-4137,-3112,-4137,-4137,-4137,-4048,-29976,-29978,-29974,-29977,-29985,-29985,-29985,-29985]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. e4 e5 12. dxe5 {D46: Semi-Slav: 5 e3 Nbd7 6 Bd3, Black avoids the Meran} Nxe5 13. Nd4 {[%cal Bf3d4,Bd4f5,Bf5h6,Bh6g4,Bg4e5][%mdl 32]} (13. Nh4 Bc8 14. h3 Ng6 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. exf5 Nf4 17. Bf3 Rc8 18. Rd1 Qe7 19. Be3 Rfd8 {1-0 (56) Aronian,L (2793)-Giri,A (2771) Leuven 2017}) 13... Neg4 14. g3 Bc5 15. Nf5 Re8 16. Bf4 {LiveBook: 26 Games} Qb6 {[%cal Rg4f2]} 17. Bxg4 Nxg4 18. Rac1 g6 ({Black should play} 18... h5 $11) 19. h3 $1 $14 Ne5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19... gxf5 20. hxg4 fxg4 {1-0 (59) Vuillemin,G (2151)-Price,D (2005) ICCF email 2016}) 20. Nh6+ Kg7 21. b4 (21. Bxe5+ $5 Rxe5 22. Ng4 $14) 21... Bd6 {Hoping for ...Nf3+.} 22. Ng4 Nf3+ 23. Kg2 Bxf4 $1 24. gxf4 Nd4 $1 {[%cal Rd4c2]} 25. Qb2 h5 26. Ne5 {aiming for Rfd1.} Rad8 27. Rfd1 f6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is more active.} 28. Nd3 $1 Ne6 {And now ...Rxd3! would win.} 29. Kg1 Bc8 30. Qe2 Rd4 31. Qe3 Rd7 (31... Rc4 $11) 32. Ne2 (32. Qg3 $14 Nd4 33. Kh1) 32... Qxe3 $15 33. fxe3 Red8 34. Nf2 Rxd1+ 35. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 36. Nxd1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KNN} c5 $1 {[%cal Rc5b4]} 37. a3 cxb4 38. axb4 {[#]} Nc7 $1 39. h4 (39. Nf2 $17 {might work better.}) 39... Na6 $19 40. Ndc3 Nxb4 41. Nxb5 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 42. Ned4 Nd3 43. Nd6 (43. Kg2 {was called for.}) 43... Ba6 44. N6b5 a4 45. Nc3 {[#]} (45. Na3 $142) 45... Nc5 $1 46. Kf2 Bd3 47. Ke1 Bxe4 48. Kd2 Kf7 49. Ncb5 {[#]} g5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 50. fxg5 (50. Ke1 $142 gxh4 51. Kf2) 50... fxg5 51. hxg5 h4 {[%cal Bh5h4,Bh4h3,Bh3h2][%mdl 32]} 52. Ne2 h3 53. Ng3 h2 54. Kc3 Bc6 55. Nd6+ Kg6 56. Kb4 {[#]} Ne4 $1 {[%mdl 512] Black mates.} 57. Ndxe4 Bxe4 58. Kxa4 Bc6+ 59. Kb4 Kxg5 {Precision: White = 32%, Black = 75%.} 0-1

[Event "CRO-ch 2019"]
[Site "Bjelovar"]
[Date "2019.04.01"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Jovanovic, Zoran"]
[Black "Stevic, Hrvoje"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2019.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,33,10,21,19,19,12,10,20,17,20,12,8,8,-4,-17,-25,-23,-34,-29,-33,0,0,0,-16]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bb3 a6 7. h3 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} h6 8. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3][%mdl 32]} O-O 9. O-O ({Predecessor:} 9. Nf1 Be6 10. Ng3 Bxb3 11. axb3 d5 12. O-O dxe4 13. dxe4 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 {1-0 (46) Ponomariov,R (2699)-Leko,P (2678) Biel 2017}) 9... Re8 10. Re1 Be6 11. Nf1 d5 12. Ng3 (12. Qc2 {seems wilder.} Qd7 13. Be3 Bd6 14. Bd2 Bc5 15. exd5 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 Qxd5 17. b4) 12... dxe4 $146 (12... Qd7 13. exd5 Bxd5 14. Bc2 Rad8 {0-1 (46) Amin,B (2710)-Mamedyarov,S (2817) St Petersburg 2018}) 13. dxe4 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 Bxb3 15. axb3 Rad8 16. Rxd8 Rxd8 17. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch 2019"]
[Site "Bjelovar"]
[Date "2019.04.01"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Jovanic, Ognjen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2019.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,125,21,23,20,22,22,22,22,22,20,30,44,21,19,32,26,27,25,20,0,6,0,0,0,14,10,5,-12,-4,-20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,0,16,27,89,82,79,32,34,37,40,35,38,33,35,31,34,36,54,43,106,66,85,70,41,57,57,57,220,33,57,57,60,74,51,57,80,80,98,98,253,248,263,268,516,503,484,500,704,693,654,636,1011,545,902,969,1567,917,1135,1092,2770,5072,1912,1779,29949,8859,6758,6414,29952,29953,29954,29955,12830,9781,6087,3827]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Bd3 {D15: Slav Defence: 4 Nc3 a6 and gambit lines after 4 Nc3 dxc4} (6. c5 {is more complex.} h6 7. b4 e6 8. a4 Be7 9. Be2) (6. Qb3 Ra7 7. Nh4 Bc8 8. Bd2 e6 9. c5 Nbd7 10. Nf3 e5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. Na4 Bxc5 14. Nxc5 Nxc5 {0-1 (84) Radjabov,T (2757)-Fedoseev,V (2724) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) 6... Bxd3 7. Qxd3 e6 8. O-O {The position is equal.} Bb4 9. a3 Bxc3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. a4 Nbd7 12. Ba3 Re8 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. c4 $146 Qa5 15. Rfb1 dxc4 16. Qxc4 Rac8 17. Qb3 b6 18. Bb4 Qd5 {Strongly threatening ...Rc1+!} 19. Qd3 Qc4 20. Qa3 Qd5 21. Be1 Rc6 22. Qd3 Qc4 (22... a5 {with more complications.} 23. Nd2 e5 24. f3 Nc5 25. Qb5 exd4 26. e4 Qd7) 23. Qxc4 Rxc4 24. Nd2 Rc2 25. e4 Rec8 26. f3 Ne8 27. Nf1 f6 (27... a5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 28. Ne3 R2c7 29. Bg3 Rc3 30. Kf2 Kf7 31. Ke2 g6 32. Be1 R3c7 33. g4 Nd6 34. Bg3 Ke7 35. h4 Rb7 (35... Rc6 $14) 36. g5 {Threatens to win with gxf6+.} f5 37. Bxd6+ (37. h5 {feels hotter.} Nf8 38. Bxd6+ Kxd6 39. e5+ Ke7 40. h6) 37... Kxd6 38. e5+ Ke7 39. f4 h5 $2 ({Better is} 39... Rc3 $14) 40. Rb2 $2 (40. gxh6 $18 Rh8 41. h5) 40... Rc3 41. Kd2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Rbc7 42. Rc2 Rxc2+ 43. Nxc2 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Rb7 44. Ne3 Nb8 45. Rc1 Kd8 $2 {[#]} (45... b5 $16) 46. d5 $1 $18 exd5 47. Kd3 b5 $2 (47... Kd7 48. Nxd5 b5) 48. Nxd5 Kd7 49. a5 b4 50. Nb6+ Ke7 51. Rc8 Nd7 52. Rc6 Nf8 53. Nd5+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Kf7 54. Rf6+ Kg7 55. e6 Nh7 {[#]} 56. Rf7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxf7 57. exf7 {KN-KN} Nf8 58. Nxb4 Ne6 59. Nxa6 Nxf4+ 60. Kc4 Ne6 61. Nc5 Nc7 62. Nd3 Kxf7 63. Nf4 {Accuracy: White = 74%, Black = 33%.} 1-0

[Event "CRO-ch 2019"]
[Site "Bjelovar"]
[Date "2019.04.02"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Black "Jovanic, Ognjen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2019.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,121,22,27,0,0,0,0,0,60,52,50,26,32,19,14,19,27,23,25,24,152,164,150,158,143,137,137,145,175,158,170,167,174,174,170,177,213,213,226,221,221,224,213,145,156,145,147,148,327,313,320,327,270,262,514,189,208,208,208,208,208,208,208,208,208,208,208,208,208,208,208,208,208,208,208,208,208,208,208,208,208,208,208,203,203,203,203,203,203,203,203,203,203,203,203,203,203,203,203,203,203,188,203,203,203,203,203,203]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nf6 {LiveBook: 52 Games} 9. cxd5 {C43: Petroff Defence: 3 d4} (9. Nc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 O-O 11. Re1 c6 12. h3 Bf5 13. Bf4 Bb4 14. a3 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Nd5 16. Be5 Qd7 17. Qf3 Bg6 18. Bb3 b5 19. a4 a6 20. axb5 axb5 {½-½ (30) Kuzubov,Y (2660)-Rakhmanov,A (2627) Ankara 2018}) 9... Nxd5 10. Re1 c6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Be6 11. Rxe6 fxe6 12. Qh5+ Kd7 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 c6 15. Rb1 b6 16. c4 Kc7 {1-0 (40) Steflitsch,E (2336)-Penz,H (2403) Austria 2000}) 11. Nc3 {The position is equal.} Nxc3 (11... Be6 $11) 12. bxc3 $14 O-O 13. Rb1 b6 14. Qh5 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Rh5h7]} g6 $1 {[%cal Rg6h5]} 15. Qf3 Bg5 16. Bxg5 Qxg5 17. Re5 Qg4 (17... Qh6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 18. Qf6 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has strong initiative.} Rae8 19. Be2 $1 {[%cal Re2g4]} Qxe2 20. Rxe2 Rxe2 21. h4 h5 22. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Rfe8 23. Qd6 Bf5 24. Ra1 Rc8 25. a5 Re6 26. Qb4 Rb8 27. c4 Ree8 28. axb6 axb6 29. Ra6 c5 30. dxc5 bxc5 31. Qxc5 Re1+ $2 (31... Be6 $16 32. Qd4 Rec8) 32. Kh2 $18 Re4 {[#]} 33. f3 $1 {[%cal Rf3e4]} Rxh4+ 34. Kg3 Rc8 $2 {[#]} (34... Rh1 35. Qe7 Rf8) 35. Ra8 $2 (35. Rxg6+ $3 {[%mdl 512]} fxg6 (35... Bxg6 36. Qxc8+) 36. Qd5+ Kg7 37. Kxh4) 35... Rh3+ {White is clearly better.} 36. gxh3 Rxa8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRB} 37. Qd5 Re8 38. c5 {[%cal Bc4c5,Bc5c6,Bc6c7][%mdl 32]} Kg7 39. c6 f6 40. c7 Bc8 41. h4 Bf5 42. Kf2 Bc8 43. Qa8 Kf7 44. Qa7 Kf8 45. Qa4 Kf7 46. Qc4+ Kg7 47. Qc1 Bf5 48. Qc6 Kf7 49. f4 Bc8 50. Qc2 Bf5 51. Qa2+ Kg7 52. Qa7 Kf8 53. Qb7 Bc8 54. Qb2 Kf7 55. Qc1 Kg7 56. Qd2 Bf5 57. Kg1 Kf7 58. Kf1 Bh3+ 59. Kf2 Bf5 60. Qd5+ Kg7 61. Qc6 {Accuracy: White = 70%, Black = 65%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch 2019"]
[Site "Bjelovar"]
[Date "2019.04.02"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Stevic, Hrvoje"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2019.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,40,11,8,6,8,8,18,16,14,14,16,16,11,13,15,15,14,13,16,10,6,0,0,14,8,0,0,2,16]} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bc4 d6 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 Be7 {The position is equal.} 8. O-O {B22: Sicilian: 2 c3} O-O 9. Re1 (9. Qe2 Nc6 10. Rd1 Na5 11. Bxd5 exd5 12. Nc3 Be6 13. Bf4 a6 14. h3 Re8 15. exd6 Bxd6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Qe5 Nc4 18. Qxd6 Nxd6 {½-½ (32) Nisipeanu,L (2672)-Grischuk,A (2785) Heraklio 2017}) 9... dxe5 (9... b6 10. Bxd5 exd5 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Bf4 dxe5 13. Nxe5 a6 14. Na4 Re8 15. Rc1 Bf6 {1-0 (32) Stevic,H (2620)-Kozul,Z (2588) Porec 2014}) 10. dxe5 b6 11. Bxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Qd4 Ba6 12. Qg4 Bxc4 13. Bh6 Bf6 14. Qxc4 gxh6 15. exf6 Qxf6 {1-0 (39) Cherniaev,A (2504)-Pavlovic,M (2560) Catalan Bay 2003}) 11... Qxd5 12. Qxd5 exd5 13. Nc3 Bb4 14. Bd2 Bxc3 15. Bxc3 Nc6 16. Rac1 Be6 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Rfc8 19. b3 h5 20. f3 Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch 2019"]
[Site "Bjelovar"]
[Date "2019.04.02"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Saric, Ivan"]
[Black "Jovanovic, Zoran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2019.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,93,35,27,19,23,16,32,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,15,6,10,16,11,11,13,8,4,4,11,16,11,10,21,13,27,22,36,0,0,0,0,-35,-25,-18,102,49,89,34,134,132,155,159,275,267,267,267,267,181,196,186,171,119,119,119,141,0,0,0,0,0,29,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. a4 O-O 7. O-O a5 8. h3 {C41: Philidor Defence} Nb6 9. Ba2 exd4 10. Nxd4 {White is slightly better.} Nfd7 11. Qh5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Be3 Nc5 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qf3 Bg5 14. e5 Bxe3 15. Qxe3 {0-1 (35) Bedouin,X (2348)-Cornette,M (2593) Rochefort 2017}) 11... Nc5 12. Nf3 Be6 13. Be3 Nbd7 14. Nd4 Bxa2 15. Rxa2 Bf6 16. Qe2 Re8 17. f3 c6 18. Qf2 g6 19. Raa1 {[%cal Ba2a1,Ba1d1,Bd1d4][%mdl 32]} Qe7 20. Rfe1 h5 21. Rad1 Rad8 22. b3 Be5 23. Bc1 {[#]} d5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 24. f4 $1 {[%cal Rf4e5]} (24. exd5 Bxd4) 24... Bxd4 25. Rxd4 Nxe4 26. Nxe4 {Strongly threatening f5.} dxe4 (26... f5 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 27. f5 (27. Rexe4 $16 Qxe4 28. Rxe4 Rxe4 29. Bb2) 27... Nc5 28. Be3 (28. Bb2 $16 b6 29. Rxd8 Qxd8 30. fxg6 fxg6 31. Qf4 (31. Rf1 Rf8 $11)) 28... b6 (28... Na6 $14) 29. fxg6 $16 fxg6 {[#]} 30. Qg3 $1 Kh7 (30... Qe6 $16) 31. Bg5 $18 Rxd4 32. Bxe7 Rxe7 33. Qb8 Nd7 34. Qd8 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Re6 35. Kf2 ({White should try} 35. c3 $18 Rd3 36. b4) 35... c5 36. Ke2 Kg7 37. g4 (37. Qc7 $16) 37... Nf6 $11 38. Qc7+ Rd7 39. Qc8 {aiming for g5.} Ree7 40. Rf1 {Qc6 is the strong threat.} e3 {The position is equal.} 41. Rxf6 Kxf6 42. gxh5 gxh5 {KQ-KRR} 43. Qf8+ Kg6 44. Qg8+ Kf6 45. Qf8+ Kg6 46. Qg8+ Kf5 47. Qf8+ {Accuracy: White = 76%, Black = 50%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch 2019"]
[Site "Bjelovar"]
[Date "2019.04.02"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Black "Martinovic, Sasa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B59"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2019.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,112,-25,20,-12,22,-55,-46,-68,-69,-83,-78,-96,-104,-101,-94,-95,-95,-108,-97,-109,-105,-104,-115,-108,-107,-115,-115,-104,-70,-77,-77,-232,-222,-224,-220,-222,-228,-212,-216,-232,-237,-232,-232,-232,-232,-238,-246,-246,-246,-287,-229,-229,-72,-88,-72,-72,-19,-72,-72,-98,-19,-22,-22,-22,-31,-59,-52,-52,-64,-67,-77,-232,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bg5 a5 10. Nd2 {B59: Classical Sicilian: 6 Be2 e5 7 Nb3} (10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. a3 Be6 12. Bb5 Bg5 13. Qd3 Rc8 14. Rad1 Na7 15. Nd2 Bxd2 16. Rxd2 Nxb5 17. Qxb5 Bc4 18. Qxb7 Bxf1 19. Kxf1 {0-1 (42) Shukuraliev,A (2376)-Salem,A (2518) Guangzhou 2010}) 10... Be6 11. Bc4 $146 ({White should play} 11. Nf3 $11) ({Predecessor:} 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nc4 Nd4 13. Bd3 Bg5 14. Nd5 b5 15. Nce3 Rb8 16. c3 Nc6 17. Qe2 Bxe3 18. Nxe3 Qb6 19. Kh1 Ne7 20. Qf3 {½-½ (20) Hansen,P (2056)-Blazquez,D (2178) London 2011}) 11... Nxe4 $15 12. Bxe7 {Black is slightly better.} Nxc3 13. Bxd8 Nxd1 14. Bc7 Nxb2 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Rab1 Na4 17. Bxd6 Rf4 $1 {[%cal Rf4d4]} 18. f3 Nc3 $1 19. Rb3 Rd4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} ({Don't take} 19... Nxa2 20. Ne4 $11) 20. Rxc3 {And now Ne4 would win.} Rxd2 ({Much worse is} 20... Rxd6 $6 21. Ne4 $11) 21. Bc7 Nd4 $1 {[%cal Rd4e2]} 22. Rd3 Rxc2 23. Bxe5 Nc6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under strong pressure.} 24. Bc3 $2 (24. Re1 $17) 24... Nb4 $19 25. Bxb4 axb4 26. Ra1 Raxa2 27. Rxa2 Rxa2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} 28. Rd8+ Kf7 29. Rd7+ Kf6 30. Rxb7 Rb2 31. h4 b3 32. Kh2 h5 33. Rb5 g6 34. Kg3 Ke7 $2 (34... e5 $1 $19 35. Rb4 Rb1) 35. Rb6 Kd7 {Threatens to win with ...e5.} 36. Kf4 Kc7 ({Black should try} 36... Rxg2 $17 {aiming for ...b2.} 37. Rxb3 Ke7) 37. Rb4 (37. Rb5 $1 $11) 37... Kd6 $17 38. g3 {[#]} Kc5 (38... e5+ $1 $17 39. Ke4 Kc5) 39. Rb8 $11 Kc4 40. Rc8+ Kd3 41. Rd8+ Kc3 42. Rc8+ $1 Kd2 $1 43. Rb8 $1 Rb1 {Hoping for ...Kc3.} 44. Rb6 $2 {[#]} (44. Kg5 $17) 44... b2 $2 (44... Kc3 $1 $19 {...Re1 is the strong threat.} 45. Rc6+ Kd4 46. Rxe6 Rc1) 45. Kg5 {The position is equal.} Kc3 46. Rc6+ $1 Kd4 47. Rb6 Kc3 48. Rc6+ $1 Kd4 49. Rb6 Rg1 50. Rxb2 Rxg3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 51. Kf4 Rh3 {White must now prevent ...e5+.} 52. Rd2+ Kc5 53. Kg5 Rxf3 {Strongly threatening ...e5.} 54. Kxg6 Rf5 55. Rd8 Rd5 56. Rh8 Kd6 {Accuracy: White = 55%, Black = 61%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch 2019"]
[Site "Bjelovar"]
[Date "2019.04.02"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Kurajica, Bojan"]
[Black "Kovacevic, Blazimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2019.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,68,-22,3,-8,-5,-122,-121,-133,-134,-113,-111,-139,-128,-145,-122,-102,-92,-113,-41,-262,-263,-266,-264,-282,-283,-248,-264,-254,-257,-270,-235,-268,-262,-260,-216,-329,-318,-325,-243,-245,-243,-236,-233,-236,-235,-292,-322,-354,-354,-345,-303,-266,-253,-241,-237,-243,-244,-5417,-5397]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nbd2 (4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bxc4 Nxe4 7. O-O Nf6 8. Qa4+ Nc6 9. Ne5 Rb8 10. d5 exd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qxc6+ Qd7 14. Qxd5 {½-½ (31) Mamedyarov,S (2817)-Caruana,F (2832) Germany 2019}) 4... c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. g3 {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3} Nc6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 7. Bg2 c4 {[%cal Bc5c4,Bc4c3][%mdl 32]} 8. b3 $146 (8. O-O $11 {keeps the balance.}) ({Predecessor:} 8. O-O Be7 9. b3 cxb3 10. Qxb3 O-O 11. Ba3 b6 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 {0-1 (39) Grajales,R (2057)-Espinoza Palomino,W (2324) Dosquebrad 2013}) 8... c3 $17 9. Nb1 {[#]} Qa5 $1 10. O-O Bf5 11. Ne1 Rc8 12. a3 Be7 13. Be3 O-O $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is really pushing.} 14. Qc1 Qb5 (14... Nb8 $17 {...c2 is the strong threat.} 15. Bf4 Nbd7) 15. b4 $2 ({White should try} 15. Nxc3 $15 Qxb3 16. Nd3) 15... c2 $1 $19 {[%cal Rc2b1]} (15... Qxe2 16. Nxc3 Qh5 17. Qd2 $11) 16. Nd2 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5b4][%mdl 32]} (16... Qxe2 17. Nxc2 Nxb4 18. Qe1 $19) 17. Qb2 axb4 18. Nxc2 Bxc2 ({Weaker is} 18... Qxe2 19. axb4 Bxc2 20. Qxc2 $17) 19. Qxc2 {[#]} Nxd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 20. Qb2 (20. Bxd4 Rxc2) 20... Nc2 21. Rab1 Nxe3 22. fxe3 Ng4 23. axb4 (23. Bh3 {is a better defense.} Qxe2 24. Bxg4 Qxg4 25. axb4) 23... Nxe3 {Threatens to win with ...Rc2.} 24. Rf2 Nxg2 25. Rxg2 Bf6 26. Qa2 Rfe8 27. Nf3 Rc4 28. Qa5 Qc6 29. h3 Rc2 30. Rd1 d4 (30... Rexe2 31. Qa8+ Re8 {[#]} 32. Qxe8+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxe8 33. Rxc2 $19) ({Resist} 30... Rcxe2 31. Qxd5 R2e3 32. Qxc6 $19) 31. Nxd4 Qd7 ({Don't do} 31... Bxd4+ 32. Rxd4 b5 33. Rd8 $17) 32. e3 Rxg2+ 33. Kxg2 Rxe3 34. Nf5 $2 (34. Qb5 Qe7 35. Qd5) 34... Re2+ {Precision: White = 41%, Black = 66%.} 0-1

[Event "CRO-ch 2019"]
[Site "Bjelovar"]
[Date "2019.04.02"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Brkic, Ante"]
[Black "Saric, Ante"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2019.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,33,14,17,19,22,13,12,25,35,21,26,18,27,19,17,25]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nge7 8. Qf3 Be6 9. Ne2 Qd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nf4 {C01: French: Exchange Variation} Bf5 12. Re1 Rae8 {White should prevent ...Bg4.} 13. Bd2 Bxd3 14. cxd3 Nd8 15. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. a4 Ne6 16. h4 Nxf4 17. Bxf4 c6 18. h5 Nf5 {½-½ (51) Cijs,P (2245)-Hengl,C (2346) ICCF email 2015}) 15... c6 16. Qg4 Qxg4 17. hxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch 2019"]
[Site "Bjelovar"]
[Date "2019.04.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Saric, Ante"]
[Black "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2019.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,29,15,14,13,3,8,8,4,8]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. c4 c6 6. O-O d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Nc3 Ne4 9. Ne5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qa4 {The position is equal.} Qb6 {D79: Fianchetto Grünfeld: Symmetrical Variation (6 0-0 c6 7 cxd5 cxd5)} 13. Bf4 (13. Ba3 Qa6 14. Qxa6 Bxa6 15. Rfb1 Bxe2 16. Bxe7 Rfb8 17. Bd6 Rd8 18. Bc7 Rdc8 19. Bd6 Rd8 20. Bc7 Rdc8 21. Bd6 {½-½ (21) Dubov,D (2691)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2768) Satka 2018}) 13... Qa6 14. Qxa6 Bxa6 15. Rfe1 {Predecessor:} Rac8 $146 16. e3 f6 17. g4 Bc4 18. Bf1 Bxf1 19. Kxf1 c5 20. Rab1 {0-1 (39) Sebenik,M (2534)-Seyb,A (2400) Austria 2017} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch 2019"]
[Site "Bjelovar"]
[Date "2019.04.03"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Kovacevic, Blazimir"]
[Black "Brkic, Ante"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2019.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,100,12,15,-18,-16,-15,-13,-11,-10,-23,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-23,-12,-24,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-14,0,-25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-147,-142,-136,-143,-126,-86,-415,-408,-625,-629,-595,-585,-616,-628,-520,-516,-619,-631,-697,-427,-470,-419,-908,-891,-29968,-29970,-6223,-1288,-5412,-5412,-29985,-29986,-29997,-29998]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 b6 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7} (7... a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 Bd6 11. Qc1 Bd5 12. Nc3 Nc6 13. Rd1 Nb4 14. Bg5 Be7 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. a5 Nc6 17. Ne5 Na7 18. Nd3 Nb5 19. Ra4 c6 20. Qc2 Re8 21. Bc1 Rc8 {½-½ (21) Fedoseev,V (2714)-Aronian,L (2765) Germany 2019}) 8. Bg5 Nd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nbd2 b5 {LiveBook: 8 Games} 11. Ne4 Nd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nc6 12. b3 f5 13. Nc3 Rb8 14. bxc4 bxc4 15. Rfc1 {½-½ (26) Fantinel,T (2429)-Borgo,G (2365) Bratto 2016}) 12. b3 cxb3 13. axb3 Bb7 14. Rfc1 (14. Neg5 {seems wilder.} N7f6 15. Rfc1 h6 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 a5 18. Qd3) 14... Rfc8 (14... Nb4 $5 15. Qb1 $8 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 c6 $11) 15. Nc5 Nxc5 16. Qxc5 Qxc5 17. Rxc5 c6 18. Ra5 a6 19. Ne1 Nb4 20. e3 Kf8 21. Kf1 Ke7 22. Ke2 Kd6 23. Kd2 {next e4 is good for White.} Kc7 24. Kc3 Nd5+ 25. Bxd5 exd5 26. Kd2 Rd8 27. Nd3 Rd6 28. h4 Rh6 29. b4 f6 30. Rc1 Kb6 31. Rg1 Bc8 32. Ke2 Ra7 33. f3 g5 34. hxg5 (34. Rh1 $1 $11) 34... Rh2+ $17 35. Nf2 fxg5 36. g4 Rf7 37. Rh1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (37. Raa1 $17 {is more resistant.}) 37... Rg2 $1 $19 38. Rf1 {[#]} (38. Rha1 $142 h5 39. gxh5) 38... h5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 39. gxh5 g4 40. fxg4 Bxg4+ 41. Ke1 Bxh5 42. Ra2 Rf3 43. Ra3 Rgg3 44. Kd2 Bg4 {aiming for ...Bh3.} 45. Nxg4 (45. Ke1 $142 Bh5 46. Rh1 Rxe3+ 47. Rxe3 Rxe3+ 48. Kd2 Re2+ 49. Kd3) 45... Rxf1 {KRR-KRN} 46. Ne5 Rg2+ 47. Kd3 Rd1+ 48. Kc3 Re2 49. Ng4 Rc1+ 50. Kd3 Rcc2 {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 83%.} 0-1

[Event "CRO-ch 2019"]
[Site "Bjelovar"]
[Date "2019.04.03"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Martinovic, Sasa"]
[Black "Kurajica, Bojan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2019.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,78,21,23,36,36,37,35,38,27,18,21,71,72,68,56,66,31,60,55,28,-16,-6,-38,-8,-77,-77,-68,-68,-75,-80,-70,-79,-143,-143,-154,-182,-181,-172,-149,-157,-158,-127,-631,-165,-258,-231,-328,-267,-554,-270,-262,-275,-287,-282,-264,-256,-256,-255,-309,-304,-291,-268,-326,-345,-486,-332,-318,-328,-557,-545]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd2 b6 {E32: Nimzo-Indian: Classical (4 Qc2): 4...0-0} (6... e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. O-O-O c6 9. h3 Qe7 10. g4 Nc5 11. e3 a5 12. a3 O-O 13. Kb1 b5 14. Be1 Bxc3 15. Bxc3 {0-1 (31) Saduakassova,D (2495)-Rapport,R (2719) Abu Dhabi 2018}) 7. e4 Bb7 8. Bd3 e5 {White is slightly better.} 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 {[%cal Rd4e5]} Qe7 {Black wants to play ...Nxe4!} 11. O-O $1 O-O 12. Rfe1 Nh5 13. b4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. d5 g6 14. b4 c5 15. b5 a6 16. a4 a5 17. Bd2 f6 18. Bf1 {½-½ (18) Kovaleva,E (2029)-Stetsko,L (2245) Minsk 2014}) 13... Nf4 14. Bf1 f5 15. d5 fxe4 16. Qxe4 Qf7 17. Nd2 (17. a4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 17... b5 $1 $17 18. cxb5 Bxd5 19. Qe3 $1 Nf6 $1 {[%cal Rf6g4] Strongly threatening ...Ng4.} 20. f3 Qg6 21. Rac1 {[#]} (21. Kh1 $142) 21... h5 $1 22. a4 h4 23. Kh1 {[#]} h3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 24. gxh3 Qh5 25. Ne4 Nxh3 26. Rc2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (26. Bxh3 $17 Qxh3 27. Bd2) 26... Nf4 $2 (26... Nxe4 27. fxe4 Rf3 28. exd5 Rxe3 29. Rxe3 Qd1) 27. Bb2 {[#]} (27. Rd2 {was necessary.} Be6 28. Rc1) 27... Rf7 $1 $19 28. Bc4 (28. Rd2 {was called for.} Be6 29. Rf2) 28... Raf8 ({Not} 28... Bxc4 29. Nxf6+ Rxf6 30. Rxc4 $19) 29. Rg1 $2 (29. Bxd5 N4xd5 30. Qb3) 29... Nxe4 (29... Bxc4 $142 30. Ng3 N4d5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 30. Bxd5 Nxd5 31. Qxe4 Qxf3+ 32. Qxf3 Rxf3 33. Bc1 R8f7 34. Bd2 e4 35. Be1 Rd3 36. Rc4 e3 37. Bh4 (37. Re4 {might work better.}) 37... Rf4 38. Rxf4 Nxf4 39. Bg5 $2 (39. Bg3 {is a better defense.} Ne6 40. Rc1) 39... Nh3 {Accuracy: White = 36%, Black = 68%.} 0-1

[Event "CRO-ch 2019"]
[Site "Bjelovar"]
[Date "2019.04.03"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Jovanovic, Zoran"]
[Black "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2019.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,95,7,18,14,35,33,33,29,44,29,48,35,34,34,33,33,29,29,41,34,110,100,115,112,118,120,114,97,104,93,104,104,126,129,114,114,136,88,94,88,84,84,82,89,87,22,24,13,21,15,21,18,26,13,17,12,62,0,0,0,21,21,21,21,21,21,21,13,21,0,13,13,13,13,21,13,21,0,0,0,8,8,8,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 Nf6 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Bb4 (7... Bc5 {is more complex.} 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 Qc7 10. d3 Nbd7) 8. O-O {B11: Caro-Kann: Two Knights Variation} (8. e5 Nfd7 9. Qg4 Bf8 10. d4 c5 11. dxc5 Nc6 12. Bf4 h5 13. Qe2 g5 14. Be3 Bxc5 15. Bxc5 Nxc5 {0-1 (41) Balashov,Y (2470)-Dreev,A (2670) Tula 2019}) 8... Bxc3 (8... Nbd7 {keeps more tension.} 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Ne2 Qc7 11. c3 Ne5) 9. Qxc3 dxe4 10. b3 {White is slightly better.} Nbd7 11. Bb2 Qe7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Qb6 12. Rae1 O-O-O 13. Bxe4 Nxe4 14. Rxe4 Nf6 15. Rc4 h5 {½-½ (31) Nelis,J (2240)-Lalic,S (2375) Val Thorens 1994}) 12. Rfe1 Qc5 13. Bxe4 Nxe4 14. Rxe4 Qxc3 15. Bxc3 Rg8 16. Rae1 O-O-O (16... Ke7 $14) 17. Rf4 $16 Rdf8 18. Bb4 g5 {[#]} 19. Rf3 $1 c5 {[#]} 20. Bxc5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxc5 21. Rc3 b6 {Strongly threatening ...Kd7.} 22. d4 Kb7 {Threatens to win with ...Na6.} 23. dxc5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Rc8 24. Re5 Rc6 25. b4 {[%cal Bb3b4,Bb4b5,Bb5c6][%mdl 32]} f6 26. b5 fxe5 27. bxc6+ {KR-KR} Kc7 28. cxb6+ axb6 29. Kg2 ({Better is} 29. Re3 $16) 29... Ra8 $11 30. a3 Ra4 31. Kf3 h5 32. Ke2 e4 33. Ke3 e5 34. Kd2 Rd4+ 35. Kc1 (35. Ke2 $14) 35... Rd6 {The position is equal.} 36. Re3 Rf6 37. Rxe4 Rxf2 38. Rxe5 Rh2 39. Rxg5 Rxh3 40. Rg6 Rh1+ 41. Kd2 h4 42. gxh4 Rxh4 43. Kc3 Rh5 44. Kb4 Re5 45. c4 Rf5 46. Re6 Rg5 47. Kc3 Ra5 48. Kb4 {Accuracy: White = 60%, Black = 61%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch 2019"]
[Site "Bjelovar"]
[Date "2019.04.03"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,85,0,0,-4,0,0,29,35,37,38,44,44,134,134,135,129,214,198,230,129,169,133,264,263,235,144,142,18,12,18,26,0,19,18,26,20,20,21,20,19,32,8,8,9,37,37,39,8,59,59,59,59,59,59,59,59,59,59,59,59,52,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 b6 5. Nc3 Bb7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5+ c6 8. Bd3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 {E14: Queen's Indian: Classical Variation (4 e3)} Nbd7 11. Bb2 Re8 12. Ne5 {White has an edge.} Nxe5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Bd6 13. f4 c5 14. Qf3 cxd4 15. exd4 Bb4 16. Ne2 Ne4 17. a3 Bf8 {½-½ (60) Kramnik,V (2787)-Aronian,L (2830) Khanty-Mansiysk 2014}) 13. dxe5 Nd7 $1 {[%cal Rd7e5]} 14. f4 $1 ({Weaker is} 14. Qh5 g6 $17) 14... Nf8 (14... Bf8 $14) 15. Qf3 $16 a5 16. Rac1 b5 (16... Ba6 $16 17. Bxa6 Rxa6) 17. Ne2 $18 a4 {[#]} 18. Nd4 (18. f5 $1 $18) 18... axb3 19. axb3 Ba3 (19... Ra2 $16 {was called for.}) 20. Bxa3 ({But not} 20. Nxc6 $6 Bxc6 21. Bxa3 Rxa3 $16) 20... Rxa3 21. Bf5 ({Don't do} 21. Nxc6 $6 Bxc6 22. Rxc6 Rxb3) 21... b4 22. Nxc6 ({Better is} 22. Qg3 $16) 22... Bxc6 $11 23. Rxc6 {Black must now prevent Rc8.} Rxb3 24. Rd6 Qa8 25. Qxd5 Qxd5 26. Rxd5 Rxe3 27. Rb5 g6 28. Bh3 b3 29. Rf3 Rxf3 30. gxf3 Ne6 31. Bxe6 $1 Rxe6 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} 32. Kf2 Ra6 (32... f6 $11) 33. Rxb3 Ra2+ 34. Kg3 Re2 35. Rb8+ Kg7 36. Re8 Re1 37. h4 Rg1+ 38. Kh2 Ra1 39. h5 (39. Rc8 $14) 39... gxh5 $11 {The position is equal.} 40. f5 Ra4 41. Rb8 h4 42. Kg1 Rf4 43. e6 {Accuracy: White = 61%, Black = 45%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch 2019"]
[Site "Bjelovar"]
[Date "2019.04.03"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Jovanic, Ognjen"]
[Black "Stevic, Hrvoje"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2019.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,40,45,43,45,45,49,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. Re1 c6 9. Be3 Re8 {E94: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5 7 0-0: Various Black 7th moves} (9... exd4 10. Nxd4 Re8 11. f3 Nc5 12. Bf1 a5 13. Qd2 Qe7 14. Rad1 Nfd7 15. Nde2 Be5 16. Ng3 a4 17. Bg5 Qf8 18. Bh6 Qe7 19. Bg5 Qf8 20. Bh6 Qe7 {0-1 (74) Jakovenko,D (2747)-Nenezic,M (2495) Batumi 2018}) 10. d5 Ng4 11. Bg5 Qb6 {The position is equal.} 12. Rf1 Qxb2 13. Na4 Qb4 14. Bd2 {[#]} Qa3 $146 15. Bc1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Qb4 16. Bd2 Qa3 17. h3 Nf6 18. Bc1 $1 {[%cal Rc1a3]} Qb4 {[#] White must now prevent ...b5.} 19. Bd2 Qa3 20. Bc1 $1 {[%cal Rc1a3]} Qb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch 2019"]
[Site "Bjelovar"]
[Date "2019.04.04"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Black "Stevic, Hrvoje"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "235"]
[EventDate "2019.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,235,10,14,31,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,-8,-10,0,-33,27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,13,10,0,4,-4,26,26,33,33,33,0,6,0,20,27,33,33,33,33,33,33,37,33,33,0,36,12,48,33,33,33,33,33,58,33,45,33,33,19,33,33,33,33,33,25,25,27,41,41,62,41,41,25,30,14,19,21,14,-80,29,25,57,63,134,133,127,119,129,129,109,119,120,106,114,103,124,0,204,95,83,83,203,210,204,195,266,187,187,187,187,188,322,236,281,276,616,536,437,251,251,251,251,251,283,283,258,251,251,251,251,251,251,251,819,1308,857,884,1456,1388,3169,5093,2326,2325,1934,129,2289,2193,2200,2197,2325,2325,2422,1825,1784,2196,2196,1777,1777,1790,2023,2290,2821,2453,1814,118,1471,1457,29976,29977,29977,29976,29976,29967,29969,29970,29974,29973,29973,29974,29974,29975,29975,29974,29974,29975,29975,29976,29976,29977,29987,29988,29988,29989]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. d4 Nxd4 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 8. Nxd4 exd4 9. Qxd4 Nf6 10. Nc3 Be7 {C72: Ruy Lopez: Deferred Steinitz: 5 0-0} 11. b3 (11. Bf4 O-O 12. Rad1 Qc6 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Qxc2 15. Rc1 Qf5 16. Rxc7 Bf6 17. Qd2 Rfc8 18. Rfc1 Rxc7 19. Rxc7 {0-1 (32) Howell,D (2687)-McShane,L (2669) Hull 2018 CBM 186 [Fernandez,D]}) 11... O-O 12. Bb2 c6 13. Rad1 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Qe6 14. Rd3 Rfe8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Ne8 15. Rfd1 Rd8 16. Re3 Bg5 17. Ree1 Rd7 18. Na4 {1-0 (50) Garcia,R-Serra Olives,T Mar del Plata 1964}) 15. f3 Rad8 16. Kh1 d5 17. exd5 cxd5 18. Qf2 Bd6 19. Nd1 Be5 (19... Nh5 $15) 20. Bxe5 Qxe5 21. c3 Qe2 22. Rd2 Qe5 (22... Qe7 {looks sharper.} 23. Rd3 Qe2) 23. Kg1 Rd7 24. Rd3 Qe2 25. Rd2 Qe5 26. g3 Rde7 27. Qd4 Qf5 28. Kg2 Re5 29. Nb2 Re2+ 30. Rf2 Rxf2+ 31. Qxf2 Qe5 32. Rc2 h5 33. Nd3 Qf5 34. Qd4 Re7 (34... h4 $5) 35. h4 Qe6 36. Rd2 Qf5 37. Qf2 Qc8 38. Qd4 Rc7 39. Rc2 Qf5 40. Rc1 Re7 41. Nf4 Re8 42. Rd1 Re5 43. Qd2 Qc8 44. Qd4 Qf5 45. Qd3 Qc8 46. Kf2 Re8 47. Qd4 Qf5 48. Rd3 Qc8 49. Rd2 (49. Nxd5 Nxd5 50. Qxd5 Qh3 $17) 49... Qc7 50. Rc2 Qc6 51. Kg2 Rc8 52. Ne2 Re8 53. Qd2 Re5 54. Qf4 Qe8 55. Kf2 Nd7 56. Qd4 Nf6 57. Rd2 Qe7 58. Nf4 Re1 59. Nd3 Rh1 {And now ...Rh2+ would win.} 60. Kg2 Rb1 61. Qf2 {[#]} (61. Qe5 $11 Qd7 62. Re2) 61... Qe6 (61... Ng4 $1 $17 {[%cal Rg4f2][%mdl 512]} 62. Qc5 (62. fxg4 $2 Qe4+ 63. Qf3 Rg1+ 64. Kf2 Rf1+ 65. Kxf1 Qxf3+ 66. Nf2 Qxg3 $19) 62... Ne3+ 63. Kf2 Nd1+ 64. Kg2 Qe8) 62. Re2 $11 Qf5 63. Re3 a5 ({Better is} 63... Qd7 $14) 64. Qc2 $1 $16 {[%cal Rc2b1]} Ra1 65. Qb2 $1 {[%cal Rb2a1]} Rd1 {...Ne4! is the strong threat.} 66. Qe2 Ra1 67. Re5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} Qg6 68. Rg5 Rxa2 69. Qxa2 Qxd3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQN} 70. Qb2 ({Much worse is} 70. Qxa5 $6 Qe2+ 71. Kg1 Qxf3 $11) (70. c4 $16) 70... Qe3 $2 (70... Ne4 $1 $11 {and Black is okay.} 71. fxe4 Qxe4+ 72. Kf2 f6) 71. Qc2 (71. c4 $18) 71... b5 72. Rf5 b4 {[#]} (72... Qe6 $16) 73. cxb4 $1 $18 axb4 74. Rf4 d4 (74... Qc3 $142 75. Qd1 Qb2+ 76. Kh3 Qc3) 75. Qf2 {Black must now prevent Qxe3.} Qxb3 {Threatens to win with ...d3.} 76. Rxd4 Nd5 77. Qd2 Nc3 (77... Ne3+ {is a better defense.} 78. Kf2 Nf5) 78. Rd8+ Kh7 79. Qg5 {[%cal Rg5h5]} Qc2+ $2 (79... g6 80. Qf6 Qa2+ 81. Kh3 Qe6+ 82. Qxe6 fxe6) 80. Rd2 Qg6 81. Qxg6+ (81. Qc5 $142) 81... Kxg6 {KR-KN} 82. Rd4 Na2 83. Rd5 f6 84. Rb5 Kh6 85. Rb6 Kg6 86. Kf2 Kf5 87. Rb5+ Kg6 88. Ke1 f5 $2 (88... Kh6 89. g4 hxg4 90. fxg4 Nc3 91. Rxb4 Nd5) 89. Rb6+ Kf7 90. Kd2 g6 91. Kd3 Kg7 92. f4 Kf7 93. Kc4 Nc3 {[#]} 94. Rd6 $2 (94. Kd4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd4e5]} Ne4 95. Ke5 (95. Rxb4 Nxg3 96. Ra4 Ne4 $18)) 94... Ne2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (94... Ne4 $16 95. Rb6 Nd2+ 96. Kd5 (96. Kxb4 Ne4 $18) 96... Ne4) 95. Rd3 Nc3 96. Kxb4 Ne4 97. Kc4 Ke6 98. Ra3 Nd6+ 99. Kc5 {Intending Ra6 and mate.} Ne4+ 100. Kd4 Nf2 101. Ra6+ Kf7 102. Ke5 Ng4+ 103. Kd6 Nf2 104. Ra8 $2 (104. Ra7+ $18 {and White stays clearly on top.} Kf6 105. Kd5) 104... Ng4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (104... Ne4+ $16 105. Ke5 Kg7) 105. Ra7+ Kf8 106. Ke6 {White mates.} Kg8 107. Ke7 Kg7 108. Ke8+ Kg8 109. Rf7 Nh6 110. Rf8+ Kg7 111. Ke7 Ng4 112. Rf7+ Kg8 {[#]} 113. Rf6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kg7 (113... Nxf6 114. Kxf6) 114. Rf8 Nh6 115. Ra8 Ng4 116. Ke6 Kh7 117. Kf7 Nh6+ 118. Kf8 {Precision: White = 64%, Black = 43%.} 1-0

[Event "CRO-ch 2019"]
[Site "Bjelovar"]
[Date "2019.04.04"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Saric, Ivan"]
[Black "Jovanic, Ognjen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2019.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,105,31,27,31,43,41,15,25,22,24,20,20,26,19,18,28,5,0,0,12,0,7,-6,0,0,18,18,26,0,66,22,66,34,85,85,92,87,104,96,106,100,108,79,79,79,79,87,81,87,112,76,81,75,72,72,78,75,69,61,67,12,85,10,58,55,66,24,73,35,66,0,0,2,143,143,143,143,143,143,143,143,250,250,253,247,453,442,843,834,834,793,6218,6632,1725,1147,941,954]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bf5 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3 O-O {The position is equal.} 9. Ne5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxd3 11. cxd3 Nd7 12. Rb1 Rb8 13. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Ng4 Nf6 14. Ne3 g6 15. g4 c6 16. f4 h5 17. f5 hxg4 18. Nxg4 Nh7 19. Bh6 Re8 20. fxg6 fxg6 21. Qf3 {1-0 (21) Yu,Y (2759)-Wei,Y (2734) Tianjin 2018}) 13... Bd6 14. f4 f6 15. Ng4 c6 16. c4 dxc4 17. dxc4 c5 18. d5 Qc7 19. g3 Rbe8 ({Black should play} 19... Nb6 $1 $11) 20. Nf2 Re7 21. Re1 Rfe8 (21... Rxe1+ $14 22. Qxe1 Nb6) 22. Rxe7 $16 Rxe7 23. Bd2 Nf8 24. Qc2 Qd7 25. Ne4 b6 26. Re1 Bc7 27. Bc3 {Threatens to win with Bxf6!} f5 28. Ng5 Rxe1+ 29. Bxe1 a6 30. Bf2 a5 31. Be1 Qe8 32. Kf2 Bd8 33. Nf3 Bf6 34. Bd2 g6 35. Qb3 ({Better is} 35. Qb1 $14 Nd7 36. Qb5) 35... Nd7 (35... Qe4 $11) 36. Qd3 (36. Qb5 $1 $16 {Strongly threatening Ne5!} Kf7 37. Qc6) 36... Qe7 37. h3 h5 38. Be3 Kf7 39. Qb1 Ke8 40. g4 (40. Bd2 $14) 40... hxg4 $11 41. hxg4 Qh7 {[#]} (41... Bd4 $11 42. Bxd4 cxd4) 42. g5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rg5f6]} Bc3 43. Qb5 Qe7 44. Qc6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has strong initiative.} Kf7 45. Bd2 Bd4+ (45... Bb2 $16 46. Be1 Kg7) 46. Kg3 $18 Kg7 {[#]} 47. Be1 $1 Kh7 $2 (47... Bb2 {was called for.} 48. Bf2 Bc1) 48. Bf2 {White is clearly winning.} Qg7 (48... Ba1 $142 49. Nh4 Nf8 50. Qxb6 Qe2) 49. Nxd4 cxd4 {[#]} 50. Bxd4 $1 {[%mdl 576] Double Attack} Qf7 (50... Qxd4 51. Qxd7+) 51. Qc8 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Rc8h8]} Nf8 52. Bxb6 Qe7 53. Qc7 {Accuracy: White = 54%, Black = 42%.} 1-0

[Event "CRO-ch 2019"]
[Site "Bjelovar"]
[Date "2019.04.04"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2019.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,99,16,54,39,42,29,53,0,21,15,24,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,10,7,15,54,0,91,91,94,89,87,96,111,110,111,112,112,111,125,121,106,108,110,86,112,113,131,99,100,95,87,81,103,86,156,141,139,139,95,116,120,48,354,358,360,335,345,374,347,356,366,337,329,345,322,327,1640,2266,2193,2087,1905,1713]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8. Be3 {B42: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 Bd3} g6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 9. Qd2 Bg7 10. Rad1 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 10. Bh6 O-O 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Kh1 b5 13. f4 Bb7 14. a3 {½-½ (30) Balashov,Y (2515)-Bellon Lopez,J (2430) Hastings 1986}) 10... O-O 11. Bh6 (11. Be2 $14) 11... Qc7 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Rfe1 b5 14. a4 b4 15. Na2 e5 16. Nb3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} a5 17. Bb5 Nc5 18. Qxd6 Qxd6 19. Rxd6 Nxb3 20. cxb3 Be6 21. Nc1 Rfd8 22. Rd3 (22. Rxd8 $14 Rxd8 23. Nd3) 22... Rd4 (22... Rdc8 $11) 23. f3 Rc8 24. Rxd4 exd4 25. Ne2 d3 26. Nd4 d2 27. Rd1 Rc1 28. Be2 Nd7 29. Kf2 Nc5 30. Nxe6+ fxe6 31. Rxd2 Nxb3 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 32. Rd7+ Kf6 33. f4 e5 34. fxe5+ ({Of course not} 34. Rxh7 $6 exf4 35. Rd7 Rc2 $11) 34... Kxe5 35. Rd5+ Kf6 36. Ke3 Rc2 ({Better is} 36... Nc5) 37. Rb5 Rxb2 38. e5+ {[%cal Be4e5,Be5e6,Be6e7][%mdl 32]} Ke7 39. Bc4 {[#] Black must now prevent Rb7+.} Rc2 40. Bd5 ({White should play} 40. Bxb3 $16 {Rb7+ would kill now.} Rc3+ 41. Ke4 Rxb3 42. Rxa5) 40... Nc1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (40... Rc3+ $1 $14 41. Ke4 Nc5+ 42. Kd4 Nxa4) 41. Rb7+ $18 (41. Rxa5 b3 $16) 41... Kd8 42. e6 ({Less strong is} 42. Rxh7 b3 $16) 42... b3 43. e7+ ({Not} 43. Rxh7 Rc7 $16) 43... Ke8 44. Kd4 b2 {[#]} 45. Ke5 $1 {[%cal Re5f6] White threatens Kf6 and mate.} b1=Q 46. Rxb1 {Intending Ke6 and mate.} Kxe7 47. Rb7+ Ke8 $2 (47... Kf8 48. Rf7+ Ke8) 48. Kd6 {Threatening mate with Rb8+.White is clearly winning.} Kf8 49. Rf7+ Ke8 50. Rxh7 {Accuracy: White = 73%, Black = 58%.} 1-0

[Event "CRO-ch 2019"]
[Site "Bjelovar"]
[Date "2019.04.04"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Kurajica, Bojan"]
[Black "Jovanovic, Zoran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2019.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,24,35,42,37,47,43,34,0,0,0,0,-2,3,3,0,-11,-25]} 1. d4 d6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. O-O e5 6. dxe5 {A41: 1 d4 d6: Tartakower System and Modern Defence} dxe5 7. Qxd8+ (7. Nc3 Bd7 8. Nd5 Nce7 9. c4 c6 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. Qb3 Qc7 12. e4 Bg4 13. Be3 Bh6 {1-0 (35) Zhou,J (2597)-Lu,S (2641) Sanya 2017}) 7... Nxd8 8. Na3 $146 {And now Nb5 would win.White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 8. Nc3 Bd7 9. Bg5 f6 10. Be3 Ne7 11. Nd2 Nf5 12. Bc5 Ne6 13. b4 Bc8 {½-½ (41) Gunina,V (2540)-Paehtz,E (2467) Bilbao 2014}) 8... Bd7 {The position is equal.} 9. Rd1 Ne7 10. c3 f6 11. Ne1 Ndc6 12. e4 O-O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch 2019"]
[Site "Bjelovar"]
[Date "2019.04.04"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Brkic, Ante"]
[Black "Martinovic, Sasa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2019.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,42,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 {[%cal Bf8c5,Bc5b6,Bb6a5][%mdl 32]} 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qc2 Ba5 (12... Bg6 13. Qb3 Ne7 14. O-O c6 15. Bd3 Nd2 16. Nxd2 Bxd3 17. Rfd1 Bg6 {0-1 (58) Aronian,L (2767)-Nakamura,H (2777) chess.com INT 2018}) 13. O-O {LiveBook: 3 Games. The position is equal.} Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Qg5+ $1 16. Kh1 Bxc3 $1 17. bxc3 Qf5 $1 {Threatens to win with ...Ng3+!} 18. fxe4 Qxh3+ 19. Kg1 {[%cal Bh1g1,Bg1h2,Bh2g2][%mdl 32]} Qg4+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 20. Kh2 Qh4+ 21. Kg2 Qg4+ $146 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch 2019"]
[Site "Bjelovar"]
[Date "2019.04.11"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Saric, Ante"]
[Black "Kovacevic, Blazimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "241"]
[EventDate "2019.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,241,7,9,7,23,11,14,12,22,29,18,7,14,10,35,8,9,10,26,4,4,7,10,14,10,9,6,5,3,3,6,0,0,0,6,0,15,0,8,0,6,6,8,0,0,-73,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,89,89,89,89,89,89,89,89,89,89,89,89,89,89,89,89,89,89,89,0,89,33,47,41,41,18,54,0,48,41,48,48,48,48,48,48,48,48,81,81,56,56,56,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,81,81,81,81,81,81,81,81,81,81,81,81,81,81,81,0,0,0,81,81,81,81,81,81,81,0,81,81,81,81,81,0,81,0,81,0,81,81,81,81,81,81,81,81,81,81,81,81,81,81,81,81,81,81,81,81,81,0,81,81,81,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5231,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 c5 3. b3 Nf6 4. Bb2 g6 5. c4 dxc4 6. Bxc4 {A06: Réti Opening:1 Nf3 d5} Bg7 7. O-O Nc6 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 O-O 11. Nd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Nc3 Bd7 12. Nd5 Bc6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Bxf6 exf6 15. Qxd8 Rfxd8 {0-1 (48) Topalov,V (2793)-Carlsen,M (2868) Stavanger 2013}) 11... Bd7 12. Qe2 Ne8 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Ne4 Bc6 15. Qb2+ Kg8 16. Rfd1 Qb6 17. Bd5 Rd8 18. Bxc6 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Qxc6 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black has some attack.} 20. Qe5 (20. f3 {feels hotter.} f5 21. Ng5 h6 22. Nh3 Qc5 23. Re1) 20... Nf6 21. Nxf6+ exf6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 22. Qd4 (22. Qd5 {keeps more tension.} Qc2 23. g4 Qe2 24. Qd7 Kg7 25. Rd2) 22... a6 23. h4 h5 24. Qd7 Rc8 25. g3 Kg7 26. Rd6 Qc1+ 27. Kg2 (27. Rd1 $11 Qc2 28. Rd2 Qc1+ 29. Kg2) 27... Rc6 (27... Rc2 $1 $17 28. Qxb7 Qxe3) 28. Rxc6 bxc6 {KQ-KQ} 29. Qd3 Qa3 30. Qc2 a5 31. Kf3 Kf8 (31... f5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 32. Qxc6 $16 Qxa2 33. Qxf6 Qxb3 34. Qd8+ Kg7 35. Qxa5 Qb7+ 36. Ke2 Qe4 37. Qc3+ Kg8 38. Qd4 Qc6 39. e4 Qc1 40. Qd8+ Kg7 41. Qd4+ Kg8 $1 42. Kf3 (42. Qd5 $16) 42... Qh1+ $1 $14 43. Kf4 Qc1+ 44. Ke5 (44. Qe3 $5 {[%cal Re3c1]} Qc7+ 45. Kf3 $16) 44... Qc6 45. Kf4 Qc1+ 46. Qe3 Qd1 47. Qc3 Qe2 48. Qd4 Kh7 49. Ke5 Qa2 50. Qe3 Qe6+ 51. Kd4 Qd6+ 52. Kc3 Qd1 53. Qd2 (53. Qf4 $14) 53... Qf3+ $1 $11 54. Kd4 f5 $1 55. Qe3 Qg4 56. Ke5 fxe4 $1 57. Qxe4 Qd7 (57... Qd1 $1 $11) 58. Kf4 $1 $16 Qd2+ 59. Kf3 Qd1+ 60. Kg2 Qd7 61. Qf3 Qe7 62. Qd5 Kg7 63. Kf3 Kh7 64. Qd4 Qf7+ 65. Qf4 (65. Ke2 $16) 65... Qd5+ $1 $11 66. Qe4 (66. Ke2 {with more complications.} Qb5+ 67. Ke1 Qb1+ 68. Ke2 Qb5+) 66... Qf7+ (66... Qd1+ $1 $11 67. Kf4 Qd6+ 68. Ke3 Qa3+ 69. Kd2 Qa5+ 70. Ke2 Qc5) 67. Ke3 Qd7 68. Qe5 Qf7 69. Ke2 Qc4+ 70. Ke3 Qf7 $1 71. Qd6 Qa7+ 72. Qd4 Qe7+ 73. Qe4 ({White should try} 73. Kd2 $16) 73... Qa7+ (73... Qd7 $1 $11) 74. Kf3 (74. Ke2 {is more complex.} Qa3 75. Kf1 Qa1+ 76. Kg2 Kg7 77. Qf3) 74... Qf7+ $1 75. Kg2 (75. Ke2 {with more complications.} Qa2+ 76. Kf1 Qa1+ 77. Kg2 Kg7 78. Qf3) 75... Qd7 $1 76. Qf4 Qb7+ 77. Kh2 Qa7 78. Qf6 Qd7 79. Qe5 Qf7 80. Kg1 Qd7 81. Kg2 Qb7+ 82. Kf1 Qd7 83. Ke2 Qf7 84. Qd4 Qe7+ 85. Kd2 (85. Qe3 {with more complications.} Qd7 86. Qe4 Qb5+ 87. Qd3 Qb2+ 88. Kf1) 85... Qf7 86. Kc3 (86. Ke1 $16) 86... Qc7+ (86... Qf3+ $11 {remains equal.} 87. Kc4 Qf5) 87. Kd3 $16 Qf7 {[#]} 88. Kc3 ({Better is} 88. Kd2 $1 $16) 88... Qc7+ 89. Kb4 (89. Kb2 {is interesting.} Qc6 90. Kb3 Qf3+ 91. Ka4 Qc6+ 92. Kb4) 89... Qb7+ 90. Ka5 Qc7+ 91. Ka6 Qc8+ 92. Kb5 Qc7 93. Qc5 Qb7+ 94. Qb6 Qd5+ 95. Ka6 {And now Qb7+ would win.} (95. Ka4 {is interesting.} Qe4+ 96. Kb5 Kg8 97. Qd8+ Kh7 98. Qc7+) 95... Qd3+ 96. Ka7 Kg7 97. Kb8 Qe2 98. Qd4+ Kh7 99. Kc8 Qa6+ 100. Kd7 Qe2 101. Qc5 {Qe7+ is the strong threat.} (101. f4 {looks sharper.} Qf3 102. Ke8 Qa8+ 103. Qd8 Qa1 104. Kf7) 101... Qd3+ 102. Ke8 Kg8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (102... Qf3 $11) 103. Qe5 $2 (103. Qf8+ $1 $18 Kh7 104. Qe7+ Kg8 105. Qe6+ Kg7 106. Qd7+ Qxd7+ 107. Kxd7) 103... Qc2 {The position is equal.} 104. Qd5+ Kg7 105. Qf7+ Kh6 106. f4 Qc8+ 107. Ke7 {aiming for Qf8+.} Qc5+ 108. Kd8 Qb6+ 109. Kd7 Qb7+ 110. Ke6 Qc6+ 111. Ke5 Qc3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 112. Kd6 Qxg3 113. Qf8+ Kh7 {( -> ...Qa3+)} 114. Qe7+ Kg8 115. Qe6+ (115. Qe8+ {seems wilder.} Kh7 116. Qe7+) 115... Kg7 116. Qe5+ Kf7 117. Qe7+ Kg8 118. Qe8+ Kg7 119. Qe5+ Kf7 120. Qd5+ Kg7 121. Qe5+ {Accuracy: White = 53%, Black = 79%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch 2019"]
[Site "Bjelovar"]
[Date "2019.04.05"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Kovacevic, Blazimir"]
[Black "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2019.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,68,9,10,15,7,14,3,14,15,24,-7,-11,-22,-20,-16,-24,-29,0,0,0,0,16,0,0,-5,-7,-8,0,-31,-6,-17,-12,-11,-14,-22,-30,-22,-27,-21,-14,-39,-22,-52,-33,-31,-41,-41,11,0,0,-499,-490,-490,-483,-431,-361,-29991,-29992,-29992,-963]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O e6 5. d4 Nf6 6. Nbd2 Be7 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} 7. Re1 O-O 8. e4 Bh5 {The position is equal.} 9. c3 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 10. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. a4 Na6 11. Qb3 Rb8 12. Ne5 Nd7 13. Nd3 Bg5 14. h4 {½-½ (31) Sedlak,N (2604)-Galyas,M (2495) Budapest 2018}) 10... a4 11. exd5 cxd5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Ne5 Nbd7 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. a3 Qc7 16. Nf1 Bd6 17. g5 Nh5 18. Bf3 Nf4 19. Bg4 Nb6 20. h4 Rae8 21. Bxf4 Bxf4 22. Qd3 Nc4 23. Re2 e5 24. dxe5 Rxe5 25. Bf3 Rd8 (25... Qc8 $5 {[%cal Rc8h3]} 26. Qd4 Rxe2 27. Bxe2 Re8 $15) 26. Qc2 Qd7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] ...Qh3 is the strong threat. Black has some pressure.} 27. Kg2 $1 d4 28. cxd4 $1 Qxd4 ({Better is} 28... Rxe2 $15 29. Bxe2 Nd6) 29. Rxe5 $1 $11 Nxe5 (29... Qxe5 $2 {loses.} 30. Qxc4 b5 31. Qe2 $18) 30. Bxb7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (30. Rd1 $11 {and White is okay.} Nd3 31. Bxb7) 30... Qd7 $19 31. Bf3 Nxf3 32. Kxf3 Qh3+ 33. Kxf4 $2 {[#]} (33. Ng3 $19 Bxg3 34. fxg3) 33... Rd4+ 34. Ke5 Rxh4 {Accuracy: White = 47%, Black = 49%.} (34... Qxh4 $142 35. Qc8+ Kh7 36. Qh3 f6+ 37. gxf6 gxf6+ 38. Ke6 Qxh3+ 39. Kf7 Qd7+ 40. Kxf6 Re4 41. Nh2 Qf5#) 0-1

[Event "CRO-ch 2019"]
[Site "Bjelovar"]
[Date "2019.04.05"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Martinovic, Sasa"]
[Black "Saric, Ante"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2019.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,95,24,28,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,0,-13,0,0,0,0,62,53,66,9,45,43,166,159,120,86,159,146,133,44,206,195,200,70,184,172,204,202,798,762,735,656,1706,1713,1548,900,896,895,885,858,820,804,29980,29981,29982,29983,29983,29984,29984,29985,29985,29986,29986,29987,29987,29986,29981,29982]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Nf3 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. Qe3 Bb7 13. Bd3 Nc6 {The position is equal.} 14. O-O Rc8 15. h4 Qe7 16. h5 h6 17. Bb1 Rfd8 {[#]} 18. Rfd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18. d5 exd5 19. e5 {1-0 (27) Giri,A (2790)-Harikrishna,P (2763) Shamkir 2016}) 18... Nb8 19. Qf4 Nd7 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. d5 exd5 22. exd5 Qf6 (22... Re8 $11) 23. Qe4 $1 $14 {[%cal Re4h7] And now Qh7+ would win.} Nf8 24. Ne5 (24. Nh4 $1 $14) 24... Qg5 25. Qf5 f6 ({Black should play} 25... Qxf5 $14 26. Bxf5 Rc5) 26. Nc6 $1 $18 {[%cal Rc6e7] Hoping for Ne7+.} Re8 27. Qxg5 ({Much worse is} 27. Nxa7 $6 Bxd5 28. Qxd5+ Qxd5 $11) 27... hxg5 (27... fxg5 $142 28. Bc2 Nd7) 28. Bf5 $16 Kf7 {[#]} 29. g4 (29. f3 $1 $16) 29... Bc8 $2 (29... g6 $14 30. Bb1 Kg7) 30. Bxc8 $18 Rxc8 31. Nxa7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} (31. Rc1 $18 Ra8 32. Re1) 31... Ra8 {[#]} (31... Rc4 $14) 32. Nc6 $1 Rxa2 33. Re1 f5 $2 (33... b5 34. Kg2 Kg8) 34. Nd8+ Kf6 35. Re8 Ra8 36. Rxf8+ {KRN-KR} Ke7 37. Rf7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kd6 38. Nb7+ Kxd5 39. Rxf5+ Kc6 40. Rxg5 Kxb7 41. Rxg7+ {KR-KR. White mates.} Kc6 42. h6 b5 43. h7 Rh8 44. g5 b4 45. g6 b3 46. Re7 b2 47. Re1 Ra8 48. Kg2 {Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 36%.} 1-0

[Event "CRO-ch 2019"]
[Site "Bjelovar"]
[Date "2019.04.05"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Jovanovic, Zoran"]
[Black "Brkic, Ante"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2019.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,54,7,6,2,10,20,19,20,18,20,11,28,29,40,10,9,-17,-22,-21,-12,-22,-21,-20,-21,-20,-22,-22,-22,-22,-17,-21,-16,-27,-15,-31,-20,-25,-25,-35,-27,-37,-27,-28,-11]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nxe5 Bxc3 {C49: Four Knights: 4 Bb5 Bb4} 8. dxc3 Qxd1 (8... Nxe4) 9. Rxd1 {With the idea f3.} Nxe4 {The position is equal.} 10. Nd3 Bf5 11. Bf4 Rac8 $146 12. f3 Nd6 13. b3 Nb5 14. c4 Nd4 {Hoping for ...Bxd3.} 15. Rd2 Rfe8 {Strongly threatening ...Bxd3.} 16. Kf2 {[#]} Nxc2 $1 {[%mdl 576] Remove Defender} 17. Rxc2 {Black must now prevent Rd1.} Bxd3 18. Rd2 Bf5 19. g4 Be6 20. h4 f6 21. Re1 Kf7 22. Rde2 a6 23. Rc1 Bd7 24. Rxe8 Kxe8 25. b4 Be6 26. a4 Kf7 27. a5 Rd8 {Accuracy: White = 40%, Black = 55%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch 2019"]
[Site "Bjelovar"]
[Date "2019.04.05"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Kurajica, Bojan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[EventDate "2019.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,165,25,58,41,73,36,33,37,68,49,48,28,44,15,30,20,60,39,55,56,59,42,53,45,78,63,66,53,66,60,78,71,100,77,91,89,114,114,112,93,172,50,50,50,50,59,43,68,68,68,68,68,68,68,68,68,62,25,25,25,25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,181,181,181,181,181,181,181,181,181,181,181,181,181,181,181,181,181,181,181,181,181,181,181,181,181,181,181,181,1659,1544,2127,2022,2003,1984,1828,1970,1812,1753,1735,1493,2118,1991,1977,1977,1932,1781]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 (3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. g4 Be6 8. h3 Nd7 9. Bd3 h5 10. gxh5 Ndf6 11. h6 Nxh6 12. Qc2 Qd7 13. Nf3 Bf5 14. Ne5 Bxd3 15. Nxd3 Nh5 16. Bh2 Qxh3 {½-½ (32) Radjabov,T (2757)-Giri,A (2783) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) 3... Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Bg2 Nc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 5... Nf6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O b6 8. Qc2 Bb7 9. Bxb4 Qxb4 10. cxd5 Bxd5 11. Nc3 Bb7 12. e4 h6 13. Rad1 Qe7 14. Rfe1 Nbd7 15. d5 exd5 16. e5 Nh7 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 {1-0 (27) Gretarsson,H (2516)-Bjornsson,S (2397) Reykjavik 2013}) 6. e3 {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3} Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 Nf6 8. Ne2 {White is slightly better.} Ne4 9. Qc1 Qb4+ 10. Nbc3 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 12. Nxc3 Nb4 13. Ke2 ({Much weaker is} 13. cxd5 $6 Nc2+ 14. Ke2 Nxa1 $15) 13... c6 14. b3 Ke7 15. Rac1 Rd8 16. f4 f5 17. h3 Bd7 18. a3 Na6 19. g4 g6 20. g5 h5 21. Nd1 b5 22. cxb5 cxb5 23. Nb2 Rac8 24. Kd2 b4 (24... Nb8 $16 {might work better.}) 25. a4 ({Only move:} 25. Rxc8 $1 $18 Rxc8 26. Bf1) 25... Rc3 $1 $14 {[%mdl 64] Decoy} 26. Rxc3 bxc3+ 27. Kxc3 Rc8+ 28. Kd2 Rb8 $1 29. Bf1 Rxb3 30. Kc2 $1 {[%cal Rc2b3]} Rb6 31. Bxa6 $1 Rxa6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 32. Kb3 Rb6+ 33. Kc3 Rc6+ 34. Kd2 Ra6 35. Nd3 Rxa4 36. Rb1 Ra2+ 37. Ke1 Be8 38. Nc5 Bc6 39. Rb8 Rh2 {[#]} 40. h4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxh4 41. Rc8 Be8 42. Rc7+ Kd6 43. Rxa7 Rh1+ 44. Kf2 Rh2+ 45. Kg3 Rc2 46. Ra6+ Bc6 47. Nd3 {Strongly threatening Ne5.} Kc7 $1 48. Ra7+ Kd6 $1 49. Ne5 {[%cal Re5f7]} Be8 50. Rg7 Rc1 51. Nxg6 Bxg6 52. Rxg6 $11 {KR-KR} Rg1+ 53. Kf2 Rg4 54. Rg7 h4 55. Ra7 Rg3 56. Rb7 Rg4 57. Rh7 Kc6 58. Ra7 Kd6 $1 59. Ra1 Ke7 $1 60. Rb1 Kd6 $2 {[#]} (60... Rg3 $11) 61. Rg1 $1 $18 Ke7 {[#]} 62. Rg2 $1 Kf7 63. Kf3 h3 64. Rh2 ({Stronger than} 64. Rxg4 fxg4+ 65. Kg3 Kg7 $11) 64... Rh4 65. Kg3 Rg4+ 66. Kxh3 Rg1 67. Re2 Rh1+ 68. Kg2 Rb1 69. Rc2 Rb6 70. Rc7+ Kg6 71. Re7 Ra6 72. Kf3 Rb6 73. Ke2 Ra6 74. Kd2 Ra2+ $2 (74... Rc6 75. Kd3 Kh5) 75. Kc1 {White is clearly winning.} Ra6 76. Kb2 Rb6+ 77. Ka3 Kh5 78. Ka4 Kg6 79. Ka5 Rc6 80. Kb5 Rd6 81. Ra7 Rd8 82. Kc6 Rc8+ 83. Kd6 {Accuracy: White = 80%, Black = 58%.} 1-0

[Event "CRO-ch 2019"]
[Site "Bjelovar"]
[Date "2019.04.05"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Jovanic, Ognjen"]
[Black "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2019.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,125,14,9,9,6,7,0,11,14,7,8,33,0,6,16,4,8,27,41,43,0,0,0,0,0,0,-26,-6,-6,-6,-7,-7,-7,-8,-8,-8,-29,-31,-27,-24,-37,-37,-33,-45,-33,-20,-118,-118,-118,-118,-118,-118,-118,-116,-111,-109,-116,-109,-118,-118,-121,-118,-118,-118,-187,-185,-178,-178,-202,-193,-201,-184,-185,-178,-205,-196,-178,-81,-83,-58,-83,-83,-83,-90,-88,0,-90,-51,-94,0,-102,-22,-25,-18,-366,-265,-263,-84,-134,-23,-23,-23,-25,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. a4 b6 {D24: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 Nc3} 7. Bxc4 Bb7 8. O-O Bb4 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Rd1 Qe7 11. Ne5 (11. Bd3 c5 12. Na2 Nc6 13. Nxb4 Nxb4 14. Bb1 {0-1 (26) So,W (2780)-Duda,J (2737) chess.com INT 2018}) 11... Nbd7 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. f3 Qe7 14. e4 {[#]} c5 $146 15. Be3 cxd4 16. Bxd4 Nd7 17. Rac1 Rfd8 18. Kf1 h6 19. Rc2 Nc5 20. Na2 Nxa4 21. Nxb4 Qxb4 22. b3 b5 23. Qe1 Qxe1+ 24. Kxe1 bxc4 25. Rxc4 {[#]} e5 $1 26. Ba1 $1 (26. Bxe5 Rxd1+) 26... Rxd1+ 27. Kxd1 Rd8+ 28. Ke2 (28. Ke1 $1 $11) 28... Nb6 $17 29. Rb4 Rd6 {And now ...a5 would win.} 30. Bxe5 {[#]} a5 $1 31. Bxd6 axb4 32. Bxb4 f6 33. Ke3 h5 34. h3 Kf7 35. Be1 Ba6 36. g4 Bf1 37. h4 (37. gxh5 $17 Bxh3 38. Bc3) 37... hxg4 $19 38. fxg4 Nd7 39. Bc3 Ke6 40. Kf4 Nc5 41. b4 Nd3+ 42. Ke3 Ne5 43. Kf4 Nf7 (43... g6 $19 {is more deadly.} 44. Bxe5 {[#]} g5+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 45. Ke3 fxe5) 44. h5 $17 Be2 45. Bb2 Bb5 46. Bd4 Bc6 47. Ba1 Bb5 (47... Ne5 $17 48. g5 Nd3+ 49. Ke3 Nxb4) 48. Bc3 (48. Bd4 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.}) 48... Bd3 49. Ba1 Be2 (49... Bc4 $17 50. Bc3 Bd3) 50. Bc3 (50. Bb2 $11 {keeps the balance.} Nh6 51. g5) 50... Nh6 (50... Ke7 $17 51. Bb2 Ke6) 51. g5 $11 Nf7 52. g6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (52. h6 $1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} gxh6 53. Ke3) 52... Nh6 53. e5 Ng8 $2 (53... Bxh5 $19 54. exf6 gxf6) 54. exf6 $17 Nxf6 ({Better is} 54... gxf6 $17 55. b5 Bxb5) 55. Bb2 $11 Nxh5+ 56. Kg5 Nf6 57. Bxf6 $1 {The position is equal.} gxf6+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KPP} 58. Kh6 $1 Ke7 {White must now prevent ...Bd3.} 59. g7 $1 {[%cal Rg7g8]} Bc4 $1 {[%cal Rc4f7] Strongly threatening ...Bf7.} ({Not} 59... Kf7 $2 60. Kh7 $18) 60. b5 {[%cal Bb4b5,Bb5b6,Bb6b7][%mdl 32]} Bf7 {Threatens to win with ...Kd6.} 61. b6 Kd6 {Hoping for ...Kc6.} 62. b7 Kc7 63. g8=Q {Accuracy: White = 57%, Black = 55%.} (63. b8=Q+ $5 Kxb8 64. g8=Q+ Bxg8 65. Kg6 $19) 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch 2019"]
[Site "Bjelovar"]
[Date "2019.04.05"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Stevic, Hrvoje"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2019.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,22,-13,8,0,0,0,0,0,29]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 Nc6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O b6 8. e4 Bb7 {The position is equal.} 9. a3 {A30: Symmetrical English: Double Fianchetto and Hedgehog} d6 10. Rb1 e6 11. b4 Rb8 {Predecessor:} 12. Bd2 $146 a6 13. b5 axb5 14. Nxb5 Ne8 15. Qc1 Nc7 16. Nc3 Ba8 17. Bh6 e5 {0-1 (50) Rohde,M (2497)-Yudasin,L (2563) Philadelphia 2002} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch 2019"]
[Site "Bjelovar"]
[Date "2019.04.06"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2019.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,91,7,8,-6,0,-13,0,0,7,6,38,36,88,81,82,71,57,72,68,68,115,112,122,113,171,137,250,204,197,203,191,197,190,191,184,128,186,189,178,193,242,250,235,243,238,240,252,235,239,227,232,230,334,335,478,478,992,940,1016,951,1724,1741,1866,1823,1767,1685,4770,4766,2871,2614,5435,5080,9991,8981]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Bg4 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Nh4 {D11: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 sidelines and 3...Nf6 4 e3 Bg4} Be7 8. h3 Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 {LiveBook: 158 Games} 11. Rg1 g5 12. Bd2 Nbd7 13. O-O-O {[#]} Qc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Qxb3 14. axb3 O-O-O {1-0 (45) Topalov,V (2774)-Steingrimsson,H (2543) Warsaw 2013}) 14. Kb1 a6 15. Bg2 {[%cal Rc4d5]} Rc8 (15... Qb6 $14) 16. cxd5 $16 cxd5 17. e4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 {Strongly threatening Rc1.} O-O 20. h4 Nf6 21. Bf3 gxh4 (21... Qc4 $16) 22. g5 $1 $18 Nd5 (22... Nh7 $16 {was called for.}) 23. Rh1 Nf4 24. Rxh4 Ng6 {[#]} 25. Rh3 $1 Rfd8 26. Be4 Qc4 {Black wants to play ...Qxb3.} 27. Bxb7 ({White should play} 27. Qf3 $18 {Rdh1 is the strong threat.} Rxd4 28. Bxg6 (28. Rc1 Rxd2 29. Rxc4 Rxc4 $16) 28... fxg6 29. Rdh1 (29. Rc1 Rf8 $14) 29... Qc2+ 30. Ka1) 27... Qxb3 (27... Rc7 $16 {might work better.}) 28. Rxb3 (28. axb3 $6 Rb8 $14) 28... Rb8 29. d5 (29. Bxa6 $6 Rxb3 30. axb3 Rxd4 $16) 29... exd5 {[#]} 30. Ba5 $1 (30. Bxa6 $6 Rxb3 31. axb3 Nf8 $16) 30... Rd7 31. Bxd5 Rxb3 32. Bxb3 ({Less strong is} 32. axb3 Bxg5 33. Kc2 Bh4 $16) 32... Rxd1+ 33. Bxd1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} Nf4 34. Bb3 Bxg5 35. Bc4 Nh3 (35... Kf8 $142 36. Bxa6 Ke7 37. Bb4+ Kd7 38. Bb5+ Kc7) 36. Bb6 ({But not} 36. Bxa6 Nxf2 37. Bb6 Ne4 $18) 36... Bh4 (36... a5 $142 37. Bf1 Nf4 38. Bxa5 Kf8) 37. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32] White is clearly winning.} Bxf2 (37... Nxf2 $142 38. a5 Bg3) 38. a5 Bg3 39. Bxa6 Ng5 40. Bb7 Ne6 41. a6 Bb8 42. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Kf8 43. b5 Ke7 44. Bd5 Kd6 45. Bxe6 ({Stronger than} 45. a7 Bxa7 46. Bxe6 Bxb6 $11) 45... Kxe6 {[#]} 46. Bc7 $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 95%, Black = 30%.} 1-0

[Event "CRO-ch 2019"]
[Site "Bjelovar"]
[Date "2019.04.06"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Black "Stevic, Hrvoje"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2019.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. g3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 8. d5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Na5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 9. Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 10. e4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Ne8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 11. Bg5 {[%emt 0:02:30]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 12. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch 2019"]
[Site "Bjelovar"]
[Date "2019.04.06"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Kurajica, Bojan"]
[Black "Jovanic, Ognjen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2019.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,67,13,5,10,16,18,10,11,48,13,26,7,33,-1,31,31,25,7,22,8,37,36,36,37,36,43,49,47,47,45,59,58,61,44,55,37,48,40,37,41,38,47,43,54,54,48,44,29,81,22,20,27,56,14,14,14,14,22,11,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qc2 g6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 {A11: English Opening: 1...c6} O-O 7. Be2 Re8 (7... b6 8. O-O Bb7 9. d4 Nbd7 10. Nc3 Re8 11. Ne5 c5 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. dxc5 dxc4 14. cxb6 cxb3 15. Qxb3 axb6 {½-½ (34) Giri,A (2780)-Vitiugov,N (2709) Shenzhen 2018}) 8. O-O Nbd7 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Rc1 a6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Nb8 11. Ne5 Nfd7 12. Nxd7 Bxd7 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Nc3 Bc6 15. b4 b6 16. Qb2 {1-0 (25) Rukavina,J (2440)-Hug,M (2265) Zuerich 1990}) 11. a4 Nf8 12. b4 Bg4 13. Qb3 e6 14. Nc3 N6d7 15. a5 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Ne5 17. Be2 Nc6 18. d4 Nd7 19. Na4 Bf8 20. Bc3 Qc7 21. Bd2 Rec8 22. Rab1 Rab8 23. b5 axb5 24. Bxb5 Qd8 25. g3 Bd6 26. Qd3 Na7 27. Rxc8 Qxc8 28. Kg2 Qd8 (28... Nxb5 $11 {keeps the balance.} 29. Qxb5 Nf6) 29. Qb3 (29. e4 $16) 29... Nxb5 $11 30. Qxb5 Kg7 31. Bb4 Bxb4 {The position is equal.} 32. Qxb4 Ra8 33. Qd6 Qxa5 34. Qxd7 {Accuracy: White = 44%, Black = 57%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch 2019"]
[Site "Bjelovar"]
[Date "2019.04.06"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Brkic, Ante"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2019.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. f3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:05:00]} 7. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 8. Bg5 {[%emt 0:05:00]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:03:00]} 9. Bb5+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 10. Bxd7+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qxd7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 11. O-O-O {[%emt 0:00:30]} h6 {[%emt 0:17:30]} 12. Bh4 {[%emt 0:07:30]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:05:30]} 13. Qe3 {[%emt 0:15:30]} g5 {[%emt 0:08:30]} 14. Bf2 {[%emt 0:13:30]} Nf4 {[%emt 0:02:30]} 15. g3 {[%emt 0:06:30]} Bxc3 {[%emt 0:08:30]} 16. gxf4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 17. f5 {[%emt 0:03:00]} Qb5 {[%emt 0:02:30]} 18. c3 {[%emt 0:04:30]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:02:30]} 19. Rd5 {[%emt 0:10:30]} Qc4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 20. Kb1 {[%emt 0:01:30]} b6 {[%emt 0:02:30]} 21. Rhd1 {[%emt 0:07:30]} Rc5 {[%emt 0:11:30]} 22. Rxc5 {[%emt 0:02:30]} bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 23. Bg3 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Qa4 {[%emt 0:05:30]} 24. Re1 {[%emt 0:03:24]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:30]} 25. f4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:05:07]} 26. e5 {[%emt 0:01:18]} gxf4 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 27. Bxf4 {[%emt 0:00:25]} dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 28. Bxe5 {[%emt 0:01:39]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:02:20]} 29. Qg1+ {[%emt 0:08:12]} Bg5 {[%emt 0:05:17]} 30. b3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qh4 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 31. Qg3 {[%emt 0:02:24]} Qh5 {[%emt 0:01:15]} 32. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rd1+ {[%emt 0:03:18]} 33. Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qxd1+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} 34. Kb2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qe2+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} 35. Ka3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qa6+ {[%emt 0:02:34]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch 2019"]
[Site "Bjelovar"]
[Date "2019.04.06"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Saric, Ante"]
[Black "Jovanovic, Zoran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2019.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,77,45,14,14,10,11,12,13,14,10,14,21,14,14,14,17,14,8,7,13,10,20,23,21,18,18,18,21,18,21,21,21,21,21,21,47,46,49,47,60,60,60,60,67,67,60,54,50,49,54,54,69,69,69,69,73,54,93,93,93,51]} 1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 Nc6 7. Nc3 e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Nd5 Bxd5 {E62: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...c6 and Panno Variation (6...Nc6) without ...a6} 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. cxd5 Ne7 {The position is equal.} 13. e4 Qd7 14. Qb3 c6 {[%cal Rc6d5]} 15. dxc6 Nxc6 16. Rfd1 Qe7 17. Rd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Bf1 Rfd8 18. a3 {½-½ (30) Salomon,J (2487)-Can,E (2578) Dubai 2017}) 17... Rfd8 18. Rad1 Rxd5 19. Rxd5 Rd8 20. Rxd8+ Nxd8 21. Bf1 Nc6 22. Qd5 Qd8 23. Qxd8+ Bxd8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} 24. Bb5 Nd4 25. Nxd4 exd4 {KB-KB} 26. Kf1 Kf8 27. Ke2 h5 28. Kd3 h4 29. Bd7 hxg3 30. hxg3 Be7 31. Kxd4 b6 32. f4 Bc5+ 33. Kd5 Bf2 34. g4 Be3 35. f5 gxf5 36. gxf5 Ke7 37. Bb5 a5 38. e5 f6 39. Ke4 {Accuracy: White = 89%, Black = 58%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch 2019"]
[Site "Bjelovar"]
[Date "2019.04.06"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Kovacevic, Blazimir"]
[Black "Martinovic, Sasa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2019.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,62,0,0,-15,-3,-11,-20,-17,-4,-3,-10,-11,0,-4,-6,-6,0,-14,1,8,18,-39,-45,-45,-51,-56,-43,-50,-13,-12,0,0,0,-54,-56,-62,-69,-87,-52,-60,-37,-220,-187,-391,-418,-393,-383,-686,-675,-5039,-4702,-1538,-470]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Nc3 O-O {LiveBook: 4 Games} 7. Re1 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} (7. a4 a5 8. h3 c6 9. Re1 Ne4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. g4 Qd5 13. f3 e5 14. fxe4 Qxd4+ 15. Qxd4 exd4 {½-½ (45) Kagirov,R (2289)-Petrukhin,D (2364) Novosibirsk 2014}) 7... c5 8. Be3 b6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... cxd4 9. Bxd4 Re8 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Qd4+ e5 13. Qc3 Qb6 14. b4 Kg8 {1-0 (33) Roy,P (1879)-Saughanthika,A (1590) Chennai 2016}) 9. Ne5 {The position is equal.} Bb7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. dxc5 Rfd8 12. cxb6 Ng4 13. Bf4 ({Wrong is} 13. bxa7 $2 d4 $19) 13... e5 14. Bd2 ({Of course not} 14. Bg5 Qf5 $17) 14... d4 15. Ne4 axb6 16. Bg5 ({Better is} 16. h3 $1 $11 Nf6 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. e4) 16... f6 $15 17. h3 Nxf2 18. Nxf2 {And now Bxb7 would win.} Bxg2 19. Kxg2 {Bc1 is the strong threat.} fxg5 20. Qd3 Rf8 21. Ne4 g4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 22. h4 ({White should play} 22. hxg4 $1 $11 Qxg4 23. Rf1) 22... Kh8 23. h5 gxh5 24. Rf1 h6 25. a3 {[#]} h4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 26. gxh4 $2 {[#]} (26. Rxf8+ $1 $15 Rxf8 27. gxh4) 26... Rf4 $1 $19 27. e3 $2 {[#]} (27. Ng3 {might work better.}) 27... Rf3 $1 {[%cal Rf3e3][%mdl 512]} 28. Rxf3 gxf3+ 29. Kg3 $2 (29. Kf2 Qh3 30. Rf1) 29... Rg8 {aiming for ...Bf6+.Black is clearly winning.} 30. Nf2 {[#]} e4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 31. Qxe4 Be5+ {Precision: White = 48%, Black = 58%.} (31... dxe3 $142 32. Ng4 Bxb2 33. Kxf3 Bxa1 34. Nxe3 Re8) 0-1

[Event "CRO-ch 2019"]
[Site "Bjelovar"]
[Date "2019.04.07"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Martinovic, Sasa"]
[Black "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,61,9,20,17,11,7,12,7,10,7,10,11,29,6,18,17,17,8,9,12,12,12,10,12,15,17,15,11,22,0,0,0,20,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Be2 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 b6 13. O-O Nd7 14. Bd3 c5 15. Be4 {D56: Queen's Gambit Declined: Lasker Defence} (15. Qc2 Bb7 16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. Be4 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Nc5 20. Qc2 a5 21. h3 Qb7 22. Rc1 Rfd8 {½-½ (39) Akobian,V (2647)-Fridman,D (2636) Saint Louis 2018}) 15... Rb8 16. Qc2 Nf6 17. dxc5 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 {[#] Strongly threatening c6.} bxc5 19. b3 Bb7 20. Qf4 Bxf3 {The position is equal.} 21. Qxf3 Rfd8 22. Rfc1 Rd2 $1 {[#]} 23. R1c2 $146 Rbd8 {[#] ( -> ...Rd1+)} 24. g3 Rxc2 25. Rxc2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Rd5 26. Kg2 Qd6 27. Qf4 Qa6 28. Qb8+ Kh7 {Threatens to win with ...Rd1.} 29. Qf4 Kg8 30. Qb8+ Kh7 {White must now prevent ...Rd1.} 31. Qf4 {Accuracy: White = 76%, Black = 81%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch 2019"]
[Site "Bjelovar"]
[Date "2019.04.07"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Jovanovic, Zoran"]
[Black "Kovacevic, Blazimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2019.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:03:30]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 2. Nc3 {[%emt 0:01:30]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. d4 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 5. Bf4 {[%emt 0:02:30]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 6. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 7. Bd3 {[%emt 0:12:30]} O-O {[%emt 0:06:30]} 8. c3 {[%emt 0:05:30]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:16:30]} 9. Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 10. O-O {[%emt 0:15:30]} c5 {[%emt 0:11:00]} 11. d5 {[%emt 0:03:30]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:07:30]} 12. Re1 {[%emt 0:02:30]} b6 {[%emt 0:04:30]} 13. Ne5 {[%emt 0:09:30]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:05:30]} 14. Rxe4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} e6 {[%emt 0:03:30]} 15. dxe6 {[%emt 0:08:30]} Qxd1+ {[%emt 0:04:30]} 16. Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch 2019"]
[Site "Bjelovar"]
[Date "2019.04.07"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Saric, Ante"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,85,8,12,-1,0,-42,0,-12,0,0,0,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,46,38,22,-66,-71,-74,62,53,79,61,90,69,120,23,26,-260,-304,-288,-287,-345,-182,-243,-230,-452,-440,-378,-255,-247,-243,-222,-160,-485,-499,-489,-8,-8,814,810,719,385,2839,2196,1410,1345,29989,29990,29990,29990,29992,29993,29994,29994,29997,29998]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 c6 7. a4 {E11: Bogo-Indian} (7. Bc3 dxc4 8. Ne5 O-O 9. Nxc4 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. b4 Nbd7 12. Qb3 Qc7 13. Bd2 c5 14. Bf4 Qc8 15. Nd6 Bxd6 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. Bxd6 c4 18. Qxc4 Rfc8 19. Qb3 Qc6 20. Bf4 Qc4 21. Qxc4 {½-½ (21) Vidit,S (2701)-Nguyen,N (2641) Makati 2018}) 7... a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... O-O 8. a5 Na6 9. O-O c5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Nc3 Ne4 12. Be1 Bf6 13. dxc5 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Nxc5 {1-0 (44) Gleizerov,E (2509)-Pogorelov,R (2358) Seville 2018}) 8. Bc3 b6 9. Nbd2 {The position is equal.} Bb7 10. O-O O-O 11. Ne5 Na6 12. e4 Nb4 13. Re1 Rc8 14. Nb3 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. c5 $1 Ba6 17. Bxb4 axb4 18. cxb6 (18. Rxe4 $11 Qd5 19. Re3) 18... f6 $15 19. Ng4 Qxb6 (19... f5 $17 20. Ne5 Qd5) 20. Rxe4 $14 e5 21. Ne3 $1 (21. dxe5 $2 f5 $19) 21... g6 22. Qc2 exd4 ({Black should try} 22... Rcd8 $14) 23. Nc4 ({But not} 23. Rxd4 $6 c5 $11) (23. Rxe7 $16 dxe3 24. Qc5 (24. fxe3 c5 $14) 24... Qxc5 25. Nxc5 exf2+ 26. Kxf2) 23... Qa7 $11 24. Nxd4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (24. Rxd4 $11 c5 25. Re4) 24... f5 $19 25. Rxe7 Qxe7 26. Nb6 Rc7 (26... Rce8 $142 $1 {Threatens to win with ...Qd6.} 27. Nxc6 Qe6) 27. Rc1 (27. Nb3 $142) 27... Qf7 28. Qc5 $2 (28. Nb3) 28... f4 29. g4 f3 {...Re8 is the strong threat.} 30. h3 {[#]} Re8 $1 31. Qd6 {and if Nd5! works, White does fine.} Rce7 {White must now prevent ...Qf8.} 32. Kh2 $2 (32. Nxc6 $17 {nothing else works.} Re6 33. Qxb4) 32... Re5 33. Kg3 {Strongly threatening Nd7.} c5 $2 (33... h5 $19 {( -> ...h4+!)} 34. gxh5 Rg5+ 35. Kh2 Ree5 36. Qd8+ Kg7) 34. Nd7 $11 {[#]} Re1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (34... g5 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]} 35. Nf6+ Kh8) 35. Nf6+ $18 Kh8 36. Nxe8 Rxc1 $2 (36... Rxe8 37. Rxc5 (37. Qxa6 Qc7+ 38. Kxf3 Rf8+ 39. Kg2 Qf4 $18) 37... Qf8 38. Qxf8+ Rxf8) 37. Qe5+ Kg8 38. Nf6+ Kh8 39. Ne6 {White mates.} Rg1+ 40. Kh4 g5+ 41. Nxg5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qf8 42. Nd7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qg7 43. Nf7+ {Accuracy: White = 38%, Black = 35%.} 1-0

[Event "CRO-ch 2019"]
[Site "Bjelovar"]
[Date "2019.04.07"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Jovanic, Ognjen"]
[Black "Brkic, Ante"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2019.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,42,23,62,58,43,57,64,41,43,35,37,8,6,14,6,-1,-4,-9,7,5,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 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. e4 O-O 8. Nf3 {White is slightly better.} (8. e5 Ne8 9. h4 Bxe5 10. Bh6 Bxa6 11. h5 Ng7 12. Nf3 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Bxf1 14. Kxf1 {1-0 (22) So,W (2780)-Duda,J (2737) chess.com INT 2018}) 8... Qa5 {Black wants to play ...Nxe4.} 9. Bd2 Bxa6 10. Bxa6 (10. Be2 {is more complex.} Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Qa6 12. a4 Qxe2+ 13. Kxe2 Na6 14. Rhb1) 10... Qxa6 {The position is equal.} 11. Qe2 e6 12. Qxa6 Nxa6 {[%cal Bb8a6,Ba6b4,Bb4d3,Bd3b2][%mdl 32]} 13. dxe6 fxe6 {[#]} 14. O-O $146 Nb4 15. a4 Nd3 16. b3 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Rad1 Nb2 (18... Bxc3 19. Bxc3 N5f4 20. Rd2 $16) 19. Rc1 Nd3 20. Rcd1 Nb2 ({Of course not} 20... Bxc3 21. Bxc3 N5f4 22. Rd2 $14) 21. Rc1 Nd3 {Accuracy: White = 55%, Black = 100%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch 2019"]
[Site "Bjelovar"]
[Date "2019.04.07"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Stevic, Hrvoje"]
[Black "Kurajica, Bojan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2019.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} c5 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 3. c3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 4. e5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:02:00]} 6. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 7. Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 8. exd6 {[%emt 0:15:30]} Bxd6 {[%emt 0:04:30]} 9. O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 10. d3 {[%emt 0:03:00]} cxd3 {[%emt 0:05:30]} 11. Qxd3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 12. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:03:30]} Bxe5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 13. Qh3 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:09:30]} 14. Nd2 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:03:30]} 15. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 16. Ng5 {[%emt 0:14:30]} h6 {[%emt 0:04:30]} 17. Ne4 {[%emt 0:04:30]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 18. Qg4 {[%emt 0:16:30]} g6 {[%emt 0:06:00]} 19. Qf4 {[%emt 0:09:30]} e5 {[%emt 0:21:30]} 20. Nf6+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kd8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 21. Qf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 22. Be4 {[%emt 0:15:36]} Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 23. Rd1+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kc8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 24. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 25. Nd2 {[%emt 0:04:44]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:06:30]} 26. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:08:30]} 27. Qg3 {[%emt 0:03:11]} Rg8 {[%emt 0:07:56]} 28. Nf3 {[%emt 0:01:28]} g5 {[%emt 0:01:57]} 29. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:01:12]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 30. f4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bxe5 {[%emt 0:03:02]} 31. fxe5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 32. Qh3 {[%emt 0:01:42]} Rxe5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 33. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:02:41]} 34. Bd4 {[%emt 0:03:10]} Rxe1+ {[%emt 0:00:15]} 35. Rxe1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qg6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 36. Qd3 {[%emt 0:02:03]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 37. Re7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 38. g4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Qa6 {[%emt 0:02:28]} 39. Qxa6 {[%emt 0:00:44]} bxa6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 40. gxf5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. f6 {[%emt 0:01:22]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 42. Rh7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 1-0

[Event "CRO-ch 2019"]
[Site "Bjelovar"]
[Date "2019.04.07"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Saric, Ivan"]
[Black "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2019.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,97,27,49,51,75,6,9,4,6,18,18,15,30,33,37,29,36,36,86,85,58,60,93,85,70,67,91,91,90,90,99,106,100,90,103,95,106,99,99,40,40,39,39,39,38,0,1,17,26,12,35,27,110,110,106,106,106,106,220,211,229,106,111,0,110,85,80,85,130,123,227,205,259,259,339,296,259,234,259,259,294,275,5139,5097,1906,1912]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. O-O {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} (8. Na4 Qa5+ 9. c3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Ne7 12. O-O Nc6 13. b4 Qc7 14. Rc1 Be7 15. g4 Be4 {1-0 (28) Giri,A (2777)-Navara,D (2745) Shamkir 2018}) 8... Qxb2 9. Qe1 (9. Nb5 $16) 9... cxd4 $11 10. Bxd4 {The position is equal.} Nxd4 ({Not} 10... Qxc2 $2 11. Rc1 $18) (10... Bxc2 11. Nb5 $16) 11. Nxd4 {And now Rb1 would win.} Bb4 12. Rb1 Qxc3 13. Rxb4 Qxe1 $1 14. Rxe1 b6 $1 15. h4 {g4 is the strong threat.} h5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... h6) 16. Nxf5 exf5 17. Bb5+ Kf8 18. Rd1 Ne7 19. c4 $1 {[%cal Rc4d5]} d4 20. Rxd4 Rh6 21. Ra4 $1 {[%cal Ra4a7] Hoping for Rxa7!} Nc6 22. Rd5 Re6 23. f4 g6 24. c5 bxc5 25. Rxc5 Nd8 {[#]} 26. Bc4 (26. Rc7 $1 $16) 26... Re7 $1 $14 27. Bd5 Rb8 28. Rca5 Rb1+ 29. Kf2 Rd7 30. Bf3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Ne6 31. Kg3 Rd3 32. Rd5 Rxd5 (32... Rbd1 $1 $11 33. Rb5 Nd4 34. Rxd4 Rxd4) 33. Bxd5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Nc7 34. Bb3 a6 35. Rc4 Nb5 (35... Ne6 $16) 36. Rc8+ $18 Ke7 {[#]} 37. Ra8 (37. Bd5 $1 $18 {is the precise move to win.}) 37... Nc7 $16 38. Rc8 (38. Ra7 $16 Rc1 39. Kf3) 38... Rc1 (38... Nb5 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 39. Kf2 Rc5 40. Ke2 Rc6 41. Kd3 Rc5 (41... f6 $16) 42. g3 Rc6 43. Bc4 Rc5 44. a4 Rc6 45. Kd4 a5 {intending ...Nb5+!} 46. Kd3 Rc5 47. Rb8 f6 $2 (47... Rc6 48. Rb7 f6) 48. exf6+ $18 Kxf6 49. Rb6+ {Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 56%.} 1-0

[Event "CRO-ch 2019"]
[Site "Bjelovar"]
[Date "2019.04.08"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Black "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2019.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,65,10,3,1,20,0,27,12,29,20,36,27,28,34,28,36,40,34,20,25,123,97,96,99,146,91,106,119,133,130,121,122,111,119,129,120,125,107,113,14,180,179,170,157,172,178,166,164,1110,1069,1649,1628,1561,1537,29982,29981,29980,29981]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. a3 $146 (5. Nf3 Bxc5 6. a3 Ne7 7. Bd3 Ng6 8. O-O O-O 9. Nbd2 Nc6 10. b4 Bb6 11. Bxg6 fxg6 12. Nb3 Bd7 13. Re1 {1-0 (29) Anand,V (2773)-Mamedyarov,S (2817) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) 5... Bxc5 6. b4 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} Bb6 7. Bb2 Ne7 8. Nf3 {White has an edge.} a5 9. Nbd2 axb4 10. axb4 Rxa1 11. Qxa1 O-O 12. Bd3 Na6 13. Qa3 Ng6 14. h4 Nc7 (14... Nf4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 15. h5 $16 Nf4 16. Bf1 {aiming for g3.} d4 17. g3 (17. Rh4 $142 Nfd5 18. h6 (18. Bxd4 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 Qe7 $16)) 17... Nfd5 18. h6 {Hoping for hxg7.} g6 19. Bxd4 Bxd4 20. Nxd4 Qe7 21. c3 f6 22. Be2 fxe5 23. N4f3 b5 24. Ne4 (24. Rh4 $16) 24... Nf6 $2 {[#]} (24... Bb7 $11) 25. Nxf6+ $1 $18 Qxf6 26. Qa7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} Nd5 {[#]} 27. Ng5 $1 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Ra7h7][%mdl 512]} Bb7 (27... Qxg5 28. Qg7#) 28. Nxe6 (28. Qxb7 Qxf2+ 29. Kd2 Qe3+ 30. Kc2 Qxe2+ 31. Kc1 Qe3+ 32. Kb1 Qd3+ 33. Kc1 Qxc3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 34. Kb1 Qxb4+ 35. Ka1 Qa3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 36. Kb1 Nc3+ 37. Kc2 Rf2+ 38. Kd3 Nd5+ 39. Ke4 Qe3#) 28... e4 $2 (28... Qxe6 29. Qxb7 Qf7 30. Qxf7+ Kxf7) 29. Nxf8 (29. Qxb7 {leads to mate.} Qxf2+ 30. Kd2 Qe3+ 31. Kc2 Qxe2+ 32. Kc1 Qe3+ 33. Kb1 Qd3+ 34. Kc1 Qxc3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 35. Kb1 Qxb4+ 36. Kc1 Qa3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 37. Kd1 Nc3+ 38. Kd2 Qb2+ 39. Ke3 Qf2#) 29... Qxc3+ 30. Kf1 Qc7 31. Ne6 Qe7 32. Qb8+ Kf7 33. Nd8+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 78%, Black = 50%.} 1-0

[Event "CRO-ch 2019"]
[Site "Bjelovar"]
[Date "2019.04.08"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Kurajica, Bojan"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2019.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,140,0,0,-4,0,0,0,-7,0,0,8,-23,-20,-7,90,0,0,0,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,13,0,9,-16,-16,-33,-22,-25,-10,-27,-33,-28,-26,-27,-37,-28,-28,-23,-26,-26,-26,-32,-25,-30,0,-16,0,-30,-21,-21,-35,-29,-21,-35,-25,-50,-61,-89,-79,-87,-80,-87,-95,-110,-101,-337,-327,-321,-314,-298,-259,-283,-297,-296,-296,-257,-167,-280,-288,-229,-273,-272,-265,-579,-552,-524,-435,-1750,-1663,-1925,-1668,-1552,-613,-568,-20,-25,-29,-29,-31,-31,-36,-58,-36,-29957,-29957,-29970,-29969,-29960,-29958]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Qc2 Nf6 4. Nf3 g6 5. e3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O {D11: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 sidelines and 3...Nf6 4 e3 Bg4} 7. O-O Na6 (7... c5 8. cxd5 cxd4 9. e4 e6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nbd2 exd5 13. exd5 Na6 14. Rac1 {0-1 (50) Fish,G (2457)-Tischbierek,R (2432) Germany 2018}) 8. a3 c5 {LiveBook: 4 Games. The position is equal.} 9. b3 b6 10. Bb2 Bb7 11. cxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Qe2 cxd4 12. exd4 Nc7 13. Nbd2 Ne6 14. g3 a6 {1-0 (30) Riera,J (2243)-Briones Carril,F (2086) Quilpue 2018}) 11... cxd4 12. Bxd4 Rc8 13. Qb2 Nc5 14. Bc4 {Threatening Nc3.} b5 (14... Bxd5 $11 {keeps the balance.} 15. Nbd2 Bxc4 16. Nxc4 Qc7) 15. Be2 (15. Bxb5 $16 {Black must now prevent Nc3.} Qxd5 16. Nbd2) 15... Qxd5 $11 16. Nbd2 Qf5 17. Rac1 Nd3 18. Bxd3 $1 Qxd3 19. Bxa7 Ne4 20. Qb1 Qxb1 21. Nxb1 Bb2 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 ({But not} 22... Bxc8 $6 23. Bd4 $16) 23. Bd4 Rc2 24. Ne1 Re2 25. Nd3 Bxd4 26. exd4 Nd6 27. Rd1 Be4 {Hoping for ...Bxd3.} 28. Kf1 Ra2 29. Nc5 {Strongly threatening Nc3.} Bc2 30. Rc1 Bf5 31. Re1 Bxb1 32. Rxb1 Rxa3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 33. Rb2 Ra1+ 34. Ke2 Nf5 35. Rd2 Rc1 36. Ne4 h5 37. d5 Rb1 38. Nc5 h4 39. h3 Kg7 40. Kf3 Kf6 41. Nd7+ Kg5 42. Nc5 Nd6 43. Re2 Rc1 44. Ne4+ Kf5 45. Nxd6+ exd6 $15 {KR-KR} 46. Re7 Rc3+ 47. Ke2 Rxb3 48. Rxf7+ Ke4 49. f3+ $2 (49. Rf6 $17 {was necessary.}) 49... Kxd5 $19 50. Rf4 Rb2+ 51. Kd3 Rxg2 52. Rxh4 Kc5 53. Rh8 Rg3 54. Ke3 Rg5 55. Rc8+ (55. h4 {was the only chance.} Re5+ 56. Kd2) 55... Kb4 $1 56. h4 Re5+ 57. Kd3 Rd5+ 58. Ke3 $2 (58. Ke4 Rh5 59. Ke3) 58... Ka3 59. Ra8+ Kb2 60. Rg8 (60. Rb8 $142 Kc3 61. Rc8+ Rc5 62. Rg8) 60... b4 {[%cal Bb5b4,Bb4b3][%mdl 32]} 61. Rxg6 b3 62. Rg5 Rd1 (62... Re5+ $142 63. Kf2 Kc2) 63. Rg8 {[#]} Kb1 $2 (63... Re1+ $1 $19 64. Kd4 Kb1) 64. h5 $1 $11 b2 {Threatens to win with ...Rh1.} 65. h6 $1 {[%cal Rh6h7]} Rh1 66. Rh8 Re1+ 67. Kd2 $1 {[%cal Rd2e1]} Re7 {aiming for ...Ra7.} 68. Rd8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (68. Rg8 $15) 68... Rb7 $1 {Black mates.} 69. h7 Rxh7 70. Rxd6 Ra7 {Precision: White = 52%, Black = 60%.} 0-1

[Event "CRO-ch 2019"]
[Site "Bjelovar"]
[Date "2019.04.08"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Brkic, Ante"]
[Black "Stevic, Hrvoje"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2019.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 37,51,21,20,21,21,20,12,12,12,16,21,4,4,4,4,5]} 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. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15. Qe2 {C89: Closed Ruy Lopez: Marshall Attack} (15. Be3 Bg4 16. Qd3 f5 17. f4 Rae8 18. Nd2 g5 19. Qf1 Qh5 20. Qg2 gxf4 21. Bxd5+ cxd5 22. Qxd5+ Kg7 23. Bxf4 Bxf4 24. gxf4 Kh8 25. Nf1 Bf3 26. Ng3 Qg4 27. Rxe8 Bxd5 28. Rxf8+ Kg7 29. Rxf5 Qf3 30. Rg5+ Kf8 31. Rf5+ Kg8 32. Rg5+ Kf8 33. Rf5+ {½-½ (33) Ivanchuk,V (2757)-Carlsen,M (2851) Leuven 2017}) 15... Bg4 16. Qf1 Qh5 17. Nd2 Rae8 18. f3 Rxe1 19. Qxe1 Bxf3 {LiveBook: 8 Games. The position is equal.} 20. Nxf3 Qxf3 21. Bd2 Qg4 22. Qd1 Qd7 23. Qf3 Re8 24. Re1 Rxe1+ 25. Bxe1 Bf8 {[#]} 26. Bd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 26. a4 g6 27. Bd2 {½-½ (27) Areshchenko,A (2691)-Efimenko,Z (2689) Kiev 2012}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch 2019"]
[Site "Bjelovar"]
[Date "2019.04.08"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Saric, Ante"]
[Black "Jovanic, Ognjen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2019.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,45,27,19,25,14,16,16,16,16,16,14,18,8,8,8,10,16,17,8,16,0,0,7,7,1,10,0,10,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 c5 6. g3 cxd4 7. Nxd5 Qxd5 8. Qxd4 Qb5 {D41: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 cxd5} 9. e4 (9. a3 Nc6 10. Qc3 a5 11. e4 Qc5 12. Bd2 Qxc3 13. Bxc3 f6 14. e5 Bc5 15. Bc4 Ke7 16. O-O {1-0 (45) Ivanchuk,V (2729)-Wei,Y (2739) Medias 2017}) 9... Qb4+ {The position is equal.} 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. Qxb4 Bxb4 12. Bb5 {[#] Hoping for Bxb4.} Bd7 13. Bxc6 Bxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Bxc6 15. Ke3 Ke7 16. Rhc1 Rac8 {[#]} 17. Nd4 $146 Bd7 18. f4 f6 19. e5 a5 20. a3 b6 21. b4 axb4 22. axb4 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 {Accuracy: White = 39%, Black = 61%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch 2019"]
[Site "Bjelovar"]
[Date "2019.04.08"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Kovacevic, Blazimir"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2019.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,94,3,15,5,4,0,-11,-13,-11,-24,-7,-13,0,0,29,12,14,-35,-32,-29,-20,-117,-122,-117,-87,-93,-106,-87,-94,-164,-142,-143,-150,-239,-189,-239,-239,-239,-239,-239,-239,-239,-239,-239,-239,-239,-239,-239,-239,-239,-239,-239,-239,-239,-239,-247,-247,-248,-239,-276,-276,-279,-283,-283,-268,-328,-253,-330,-330,-556,-512,-473,-516,-904,-914,-876,-841,-1488,-1442]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 e5 7. O-O c5 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. d3 Rb8 10. Ne1 {A38: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7 5 Nf3 Nf6} (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... h5 11. Nc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. h3 Be6 12. e3 d5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Ne4 b6 15. h4 Qd7 16. Ng5 Bg4 17. Qd2 Rbd8 {1-0 (49) Van Delft,M (2347)-Zhigalko,A (2577) Hofheim 2017}) 11... h4 12. Ne3 {The position is equal.} Ne7 13. Qe1 Re8 14. Rb1 b6 15. Ne4 Nh7 16. gxh4 f5 $1 {[%cal Rf5e4]} 17. Ng5 f4 18. Nd5 Nf5 19. Be4 (19. Nxh7 $11 Kxh7 20. Kh1) 19... Nxg5 $17 20. hxg5 Qxg5+ 21. Kh1 Kf7 $1 {aiming for ...Rh8.} 22. Rg1 Qh6 {Strongly threatening ...Rh8.} 23. Bxf5 (23. Qf1 $17 {was necessary.}) 23... Bxf5 $19 24. f3 Rh8 {[%csl Gh8][%cal Rh6h2]} 25. Qf2 {[#]} (25. Rg2 $17 {was called for.}) 25... Rh7 $1 26. Bc3 Rbh8 {[%cal Rh6h2]} 27. Rg2 {[#]} Bh3 $1 {[%cal Rh3g2]} 28. Rbg1 Bxg2+ 29. Rxg2 Bf6 30. Be1 Bh4 31. Qxh4 Qxh4 32. Bxh4 Rxh4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} 33. Nc3 R4h6 34. a4 Ke6 35. Kg1 Rg8 36. Kf1 g5 37. Ne4 Kf5 38. h3 Rxh3 39. Nxd6+ Ke6 40. Ne4 Rh1+ 41. Kf2 Rg7 42. a5 bxa5 43. Nxc5+ $2 (43. Rg1 Rxg1 44. Kxg1) 43... Kd6 {Black is clearly winning.} 44. Ne4+ Kc6 45. Rg4 (45. c5 $142 Rgh7 46. Nxg5) 45... Rgh7 46. Rg2 Rb1 47. Nxg5 Rhh1 {Accuracy: White = 44%, Black = 83%.} 0-1

[Event "CRO-ch 2019"]
[Site "Bjelovar"]
[Date "2019.04.08"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Martinovic, Sasa"]
[Black "Jovanovic, Zoran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2019.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,51,46,52,60,62,52,60,50,139,138,118,135,193,146,149,169,168,165,283,283,280,276,285,277,280,279,347,344,381,370,429,436,422,427,508,466,460,455,436,439]} 1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Be3 Qa5 (5... Nbd7 6. Qd2 e5 7. O-O-O Qa5 8. Kb1 Bg7 9. Bh6 O-O 10. h4 b5 11. h5 b4 12. Ne2 Nxe4 13. Qe3 Ndf6 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. hxg6 fxg6 16. dxe5 dxe5 {½-½ (67) Giri,A (2782)-Mamedyarov,S (2801) chess.com INT 2018}) 6. Bd3 {B08: Pirc Defence: Classical System} Bg7 7. Qd2 Bg4 {LiveBook: 27 Games} 8. Nh4 {White is slightly better.} e5 9. h3 {dxe5 is the strong threat.} Be6 10. f4 {[%cal Bf2f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32]} Nh5 $146 {[#]} ({Black should play} 10... exd4 $14 11. Bxd4 Nbd7) ({Predecessor:} 10... exf4 11. Bxf4 Nh5 12. Be3 c5 13. d5 {1-0 (33) Ivanov,A (2605)-Yedidia,J (2499) Warwick 1998}) 11. dxe5 $1 $16 dxe5 12. f5 Bf6 (12... gxf5 $16 {was called for.} 13. Nxf5 (13. exf5 Bd5 $16) 13... Bxf5 14. exf5 Nd7) 13. O-O ({Resist} 13. fxe6 $6 Bxh4+ 14. Bf2 Bxf2+ 15. Qxf2 Rf8 $14) 13... Bxh4 14. fxe6 fxe6 15. Rad1 Qb4 (15... Qd8 $142 16. Ne2 Nd7) 16. Nb5 $18 Qxd2 17. Nd6+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Kd8 18. Rxd2 Nd7 19. Rf7 ({Don't do} 19. Nxb7+ $6 Kc7 $18) 19... Kc7 20. Bc4 Nhf6 21. Bxe6 Rad8 22. g3 {White is clearly winning.} Bxg3 23. Bg5 Rdf8 {Threatening ...Rxf7.} 24. Bxf6 Rxf7 25. Nxf7 Nxf6 26. Nxh8 {Accuracy: White = 89%, Black = 58%.} 1-0

[Event "CRO-ch 2019"]
[Site "Bjelovar"]
[Date "2019.04.09"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Jovanovic, Zoran"]
[Black "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2019.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. d3 O-O 6. Bg5 Be7 7. O-O d6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. d4 Nd7 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Re1 f6 12. Ne2 Re8 13. Ng3 Nf8 14. Qd3 Be6 15. Qc3 Qd7 16. Rad1 Ng6 17. Nd2 a5 18. Nc4 a4 19. b3 Ra6 20. Ne3 Rea8 21. Ne2 Qc8 22. Rf1 Nf4 23. Qd2 axb3 24. axb3 Ra2 25. Nc3 R2a5 26. Ne2 Qe8 27. d5 Nxe2+ 28. Qxe2 cxd5 29. exd5 Bd7 30. Qd2 Ra2 31. Qc3 Bb5 32. Rfe1 Qf7 33. Ra1 f5 34. Rxa2 Rxa2 35. Qb4 Be8 36. f4 exf4 37. Qxf4 Bd7 38. Rf1 {[%emt 1:37:20]} h6 {[%emt 1:28:00]} 39. h4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:03:24]} 40. g4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qg6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. h5 {[%emt 0:07:40]} Qe8 {[%emt 0:04:06]} 42. gxf5 {[%emt 0:05:30]} Qxh5 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 43. Qe4 {[%emt 0:06:30]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:04:30]} 44. f6+ {[%emt 0:01:30]} Qg6+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} 45. Qxg6+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kxg6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 46. fxg7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kxg7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 47. Rf4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Re8 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 48. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 49. Kg3 {[%emt 0:06:56]} Rxf4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 50. Kxf4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 51. c4 {[%emt 0:00:22]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 52. Ng2 {[%emt 0:04:38]} Bh3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 53. Nh4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Bf1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 54. Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Bh3 {[%emt 0:04:30]} 55. Nh4 {[%emt 0:01:44]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:03:30]} 56. b4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Be2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 57. c5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bd3 {[%emt 0:02:30]} 58. cxd6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} cxd6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 59. b5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bxb5 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 60. Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch 2019"]
[Site "Bjelovar"]
[Date "2019.04.09"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Martinovic, Sasa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2019.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,88,25,21,22,9,13,8,12,5,14,0,0,0,24,27,27,31,37,0,23,23,43,0,0,0,0,-11,-8,-8,-12,-9,-8,-8,-9,-11,-9,-33,-39,-27,-31,-28,-19,-39,0,0,0,-13,-10,-24,-33,-22,-25,-66,-37,-66,0,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,4,4]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. e4 e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. exd5 exd4 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Nf6 13. Bg5 Be7 {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3} 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Qd3 g6 16. Nxd4 Qb6 17. Rfd1 Qxb2 18. Rab1 Qxd4 (18... Qxa2 {with more complications.} 19. Nb5 Rb8 20. d6 Bg4 21. Bf3 Bf5) 19. Qxd4 Bxd4 20. Rxd4 Rd8 {[#]} 21. f3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 21. d6) 21... Kf8 22. d6 Rb8 23. Rc1 Be6 24. Rc7 Rd7 25. a4 Rxc7 26. dxc7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rc8 27. Bxb7 Rxc7 28. Ba6 Ke7 29. Rb4 Kd6 30. Bf1 Rc1 31. Kf2 Ra1 32. Bb5 Ra2+ 33. Kg3 Kc5 (33... a5 $5 {[%cal Ra5b4]} 34. Rd4+ Ke7 $11) 34. Rb1 g5 35. Rc1+ Kb4 36. h3 a5 37. Rc7 h5 38. Be8 h4+ 39. Kh2 f6 (39... Rd2 $15) 40. Rb7+ {The position is equal.} Kc3 41. Rb5 Bc4 42. Rc5 {[#] Black must now prevent Bb5.} Rc2 43. Rxa5 Kb4 44. Rf5 Bf1 $1 {Accuracy: White = 51%, Black = 72%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch 2019"]
[Site "Bjelovar"]
[Date "2019.04.09"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Jovanic, Ognjen"]
[Black "Kovacevic, Blazimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2019.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,111,34,42,16,29,20,11,14,24,19,35,17,20,8,38,9,30,34,51,7,50,42,51,55,54,38,44,50,103,103,103,98,100,91,99,93,89,93,118,85,118,101,99,82,138,137,132,151,156,148,395,379,452,447,456,448,454,257,204,69,63,0,109,103,121,121,100,110,92,95,98,103,95,40,51,8,8,8,26,39,3622,1178,6528,5095,7923,9983,29945,12520,9202,7768,29940,11728,9764,7542,29974,29976,29975,29976,29980,29981,29983,29984,29985,29986]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. e4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 Ne7 6. Nc3 {C01: French: Exchange Variation} d5 7. Bd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. cxd5 exd5 8. exd5 O-O 9. Bc4 Ba6 10. Qd3 Bb7 11. Nf3 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 {0-1 (76) Levin,E (2516)-Melkumyan,H (2670) St Petersburg 2018}) 7... Ba6 8. cxd5 {The position is equal.} Bxd3 9. Qxd3 {And now dxe6 would win.} exd5 10. Nf3 O-O 11. O-O Nbc6 12. a3 dxe4 13. Qxe4 Na5 14. Rac1 Ng6 15. Rfe1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Qd7 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 {Strongly threatening Red1.} Rad8 18. f4 Qd4+ (18... Nb3 $14) 19. Qxd4 $16 Rxd4 20. Nb5 $1 {[%cal Rb5d4]} Rxf4 21. Rxc7 a6 22. Nd6 Nb3 23. Rf1 Rxf1+ 24. Kxf1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Nc5 25. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5,Bb5b6,Bb6b7][%mdl 32]} Nd3 26. Rb7 a5 (26... Nxe5 $142 27. Rxb6 Ra8) 27. b5 Nxe5 28. Rxb6 Rd8 29. Ra6 g6 $2 (29... Kf8 $16 30. b6 Ke7 31. Nf5+ Kd7) 30. b6 $1 $18 Rb8 {intending ...Kf8.} ({Reject} 30... Rxd6 31. b7 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) 31. b7 Kf8 32. Rxa5 Nd7 {Black hopes to continue with ...Ke7.} 33. Rb5 (33. a4 $142) 33... Ke7 34. Nc8+ (34. Ne4 $18) 34... Kd8 $1 $14 35. Nd6 ({Better is} 35. Ke2 $14) 35... Kc7 (35... Ke7 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} 36. Nc4 Kd8) 36. Nc4 $1 $16 ({Don't go for} 36. Nxf7 $2 Rf8 $19) 36... Rxb7 37. Rxb7+ Kxb7 {KN-KN} 38. Nd6+ Kc6 39. Nxf7 Kb5 40. Kf2 Ka4 41. Kf3 ({White should try} 41. Ke3 $16) 41... Kxa3 $14 42. Ng5 Nf6 $1 43. Kf4 {Hoping for h3.} Kb4 44. h3 {Threatens to win with Ke5.} Nh5+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (44... Kc4 $14) 45. Ke4 $18 h6 46. Nf7 $1 {[%cal Rf7h6]} Kc5 {[#]} 47. g4 $1 {[%cal Rg4h5]} Ng3+ 48. Kf3 Nf1 49. Nxh6 Kd5 {[#]} 50. Kf4 $1 {[%cal Rf4g5]} Nd2 51. Kg5 Ne4+ 52. Kxg6 {White mates.} Ke5 53. h4 Kf4 54. g5 Kg3 55. h5 Kh4 56. Nf7 {Accuracy: White = 66%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "CRO-ch 2019"]
[Site "Bjelovar"]
[Date "2019.04.09"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Stevic, Hrvoje"]
[Black "Saric, Ante"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2019.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 Bg4 9. c4 Nf6 10. Nc3 Nxd4 11. cxd5 Bxf3 12. gxf3 c5 13. d6 Qxd6 14. Nb5 Nxb5 15. Bxb5+ Kf8 16. Qe2 h6 17. Bf4 Qxf4 18. Qxe7+ Kg8 19. Rad1 h5 20. Rd6 c4 21. Ba4 Qxf3 22. Bc2 Qg4+ 23. Kf1 Qh3+ 24. Kg1 Qg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch 2019"]
[Site "Bjelovar"]
[Date "2019.04.09"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Saric, Ivan"]
[Black "Brkic, Ante"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2019.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,125,17,30,37,22,12,14,14,14,20,24,16,34,20,39,28,47,25,43,28,43,35,93,84,72,81,69,61,95,93,105,100,135,137,135,92,159,161,150,135,147,52,68,33,19,8,110,40,62,62,60,56,60,53,53,57,61,24,31,30,27,23,25,38,42,18,18,14,73,7,56,42,306,306,274,282,354,344,426,461,458,435,416,372,546,511,485,385,1007,1005,897,329,1002,988,895,818,915,363,1014,1007,1007,1007,556,549,763,423,420,410,372,248,997,1273,29963,29966,29967,29964,6797,5949]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 d6 (3... Nf6 4. d3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. c4 d6 7. h3 O-O 8. Nc3 Nd7 9. Bg5 f6 10. Be3 f5 11. exf5 gxf5 12. Qd2 {0-1 (44) Duda,J (2738)-Giri,A (2783) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) 4. Bg2 g6 5. d4 Bg4 6. d5 {C44: Ponziani Opening and Scotch Gambit} Nd4 {With the idea ...Qf6.} 7. Nbd2 Bg7 (7... Nf6 {looks sharper.} 8. h3 Nxf3+ 9. Nxf3 Bd7 10. Nd2 Bh6) 8. h3 {The position is equal.} Nxf3+ 9. Nxf3 Bd7 10. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. O-O Ne7 11. Bg5 {½-½ (24) Schmid,M (2206)-Netzer,J (2370) Germany 2005}) 10... Ne7 11. Qd2 c6 12. c4 O-O 13. h4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} cxd5 14. cxd5 f5 15. Ng5 h6 (15... Bh6 $14) 16. Ne6 $16 Bxe6 17. dxe6 fxe4 18. O-O ({Reject} 18. Bxe4 d5 $11) 18... d5 19. Bc5 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} b6 20. Ba3 Re8 21. Rad1 Kh8 22. Rfe1 Nf5 (22... Rc8 $142) 23. Qxd5 Qxd5 24. Rxd5 e3 25. fxe3 ({White should play} 25. Rd7 $16 Rac8 26. fxe3 (26. Rxa7 Rxe6 27. Bd5 Ree8 $16)) 25... Rxe6 $14 26. Rd7 e4 27. Bh3 Rf6 (27... Be5 $11 {remains equal.}) 28. Bb4 (28. Rc1 $1 $16) 28... Rc6 29. Bxf5 $1 gxf5 30. Rf1 a5 31. Bd6 Rc2 32. Rxf5 Rac8 33. Rff7 Rxb2 34. Bc7 Bc3 $1 35. Rh7+ Kg8 36. Rxh6 {Hoping for Rg6+.} Be5 $1 37. Rd8+ Rxd8 38. Bxd8 Rxa2 (38... b5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 39. Bxb6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} ({White should try} 39. Re6 $16 Bb8 40. Rxe4 (40. Rxb6 Ba7 $14)) 39... a4 (39... Kg7 $5 {[%cal Rg7h6]} 40. Rh5 Kf6 $11) 40. Re6 Bc3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (40... Bg7 $1 $14) 41. Rxe4 $18 a3 {White must now prevent ...Rc2.} 42. Ra4 Be5 43. Bc5 Kf7 44. Rxa3 Rc2 45. Bd4 Bxg3 46. h5 Ke6 (46... Rh2 $142 47. e4 Rd2 48. Rxg3 Rxd4) 47. h6 Rh2 {[#]} 48. Bg7 $1 Rh4 $2 (48... Rh5 49. Kg2 Bc7) 49. Kg2 Bc7 50. Ra7 $2 (50. Ra6+ Kd7 51. Bd4) 50... Bd6 $2 (50... Bd8 51. Kg3 Rh5) 51. Ra6 Kd7 52. Kf3 Be7 53. Kg3 $2 (53. Be5 Rh3+ 54. Kg4 Rh4+ 55. Kg3) 53... Rh1 $2 (53... Rh5 54. e4 Ke8) 54. Kg4 Ke8 55. Be5 Kf7 56. Bf4 Bf6 57. Kf5 Rh5+ 58. Ke4 Rh4 59. Ra2 Bg5 $2 (59... Rh5 60. Ra6 Rh1) 60. Ra7+ Kf6 {[#]} 61. h7 $1 {[%cal Rh7h8]} Kg6 {[#]} 62. h8=Q $1 Rxh8 63. Ra6+ {Accuracy: White = 56%, Black = 33%.} 1-0

[Event "CRO-ch 2019"]
[Site "Bjelovar"]
[Date "2019.04.09"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Black "Kurajica, Bojan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2019.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Bf5 13. Bd3 Qf6 14. c3 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 d4 16. Bd2 Rfd8 17. Qb5 h6 18. Rae1 Rd7 19. Re4 Rad8 20. Rfe1 Kh7 21. h4 Rd5 22. Qe2 b5 23. Qg4 Qg6 24. Qh3 h5 25. Bg5 f6 26. Re6 dxc3 27. Qxc3 Nd4 28. Ra6 Re8 29. Kh2 Rxe1 30. Qxe1 {[%emt 1:36:47]} Qf5 {[%emt 1:28:52]} 31. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qf4+ {[%emt 0:03:38]} 32. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:20]} gxf6 {[%emt 0:08:11]} 33. Qe7+ {[%emt 0:02:09]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 34. Qe8+ {[%emt 0:01:51]} Kh6 {[%emt 0:01:35]} 35. Qh8+ {[%emt 0:02:42]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 36. Qg8+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kh6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 37. Qf8+ {[%emt 0:02:30]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 38. Qg8+ {[%emt 0:00:23]} Kh6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 39. Qxd5 {[%emt 0:01:28]} Qc1+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} 40. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qf4+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Kg1 {[%emt 0:15:53]} Qc1+ {[%emt 0:01:05]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch 2019"]
[Site "Bjelovar"]
[Date "2019.04.10"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Black "Kurajica, Bojan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2019.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. e5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 8. Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 9. f4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qa5+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} 10. Qd2 {[%emt 0:06:00]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:05:30]} 11. a3 {[%emt 0:03:30]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 12. exf6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nxf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 13. Nxf6+ {[%emt 0:02:30]} gxf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 14. Qc3 {[%emt 0:02:30]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:04:30]} 15. Qxf6 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Bd4 {[%emt 0:16:30]} 16. Qg5 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Bxb2 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 17. Bxb2 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Qxb2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 18. Qe5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qxe5+ {[%emt 0:03:00]} 19. fxe5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rg8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 20. O-O-O {[%emt 0:07:30]} c5 {[%emt 0:12:00]} 21. Bd3 {[%emt 0:02:30]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 22. Bxh7 {[%emt 0:03:30]} Rxg2 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 23. Rhg1 {[%emt 0:06:30]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 24. Rxg2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bxg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 25. Bd3 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:31:00]} 26. Rg1 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Rh8 {[%emt 0:06:47]} 27. Rg7+ {[%emt 0:01:30]} Kd8 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 28. Bh7 {[%emt 0:05:30]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:04:48]} 29. Rg8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rxg8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 30. Bxg8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Be4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 31. Bf7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 32. Bh5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 33. exd6+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kxd6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 34. Kd2 {[%emt 0:06:30]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:01:22]} 35. Bg4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:03:41]} 36. Be2 {[%emt 0:03:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 37. Bd3 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 38. h4 {[%emt 0:01:30]} e4 {[%emt 0:03:45]} 39. Be2 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Bf7 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 40. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Bg4 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Be8 {[%emt 0:12:16]} 42. h5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bf7 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 43. h6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 44. Bc8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bh7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 45. Ba6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 46. Bb7 {[%emt 0:03:30]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 47. c3 {[%emt 0:10:30]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 48. Ba8 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Bh7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 49. Bc6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 50. Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bh7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 51. Bc8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 52. Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bh7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 53. Ba6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 54. a4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bh7 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 55. a5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 56. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bh7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 57. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:08:32]} 58. Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:04:58]} 59. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:03:18]} 60. Bg8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 61. Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:01:14]} 62. Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} e3 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 63. Kxe3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 1-0

[Event "CRO-ch 2019"]
[Site "Bjelovar"]
[Date "2019.04.10"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Brkic, Ante"]
[Black "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2019.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,137,50,36,31,40,39,45,48,31,32,54,53,53,45,62,27,59,17,114,103,110,98,88,91,95,67,67,56,109,94,143,136,134,134,130,130,117,117,148,149,146,137,153,86,139,102,129,107,237,106,236,229,237,237,951,713,718,690,1358,1358,1240,529,1358,1358,1358,1358,1350,1350,1343,1336,1337,1326,1319,1319,1319,1319,1217,951,785,760,29957,29960,29965,29966,29962,2329,29967,29965,29964,29963,29962,29964,29960,10804,29972,29970,29970,180,180,180,29971,29968,29972,29973,29972,29973,29971,29969,29960,29970,29961,29971,29967,29972,29969,29974,29971,29974,29973,29975,29974,29975,29972,29972]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. O-O Nbc6 9. Bb5 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} a6 10. Bxc6+ $1 (10. Nxf5 Nxf5 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 $15) 10... Nxc6 11. Nxf5 {White is slightly better.} exf5 12. c3 Qd7 13. f4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Re1 Be7 14. Nd2 O-O 15. Nf3 Qe6 16. Qb3 b5 {1-0 (40) Dominguez Perez,L (2739)-So,W (2780) Saint Louis 2018}) 13... Be7 14. Nd2 O-O 15. Nf3 b5 16. a4 Qe6 (16... Na5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 17. b4 $16 f6 {[%cal Rf6e5]} 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 fxe5 20. Bxe5 Qc6 21. Qd4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Bf6 (21... Bd8 $1 $14 22. a5 (22. axb5 Qxb5 23. Qf2 a5 $14) 22... Rf7) 22. Bxf6 Rxf6 23. axb5 axb5 24. Rxa8+ Qxa8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 25. Rd1 Rd6 26. Qc5 Qc6 27. Qxc6 Rxc6 28. Rxd5 Rxc3 29. Rxb5 {KR-KR} (29. Rxf5 $142 Rc4 30. Rxb5) 29... Rb3 (29... Rc1+ $142 30. Kf2 Rc2+ 31. Kg3 g6) 30. h4 Rb1+ 31. Kh2 Rb3 (31... g6 $16 {was necessary.}) 32. Rb7 ({Resist} 32. Rxf5 $6 Rxb4 33. Kg3 g6 $16) (32. h5 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.}) 32... h6 (32... g6 $16) 33. h5 $18 Kh7 34. b5 {[%cal Bb4b5,Bb5b6][%mdl 32]} Rb4 $2 (34... Kg8 35. b6 Rb2 36. Rb8+ Kf7) 35. b6 Kg8 36. Kg3 Kf8 37. Kf3 Rb3+ 38. Ke2 Ke8 39. Rxg7 Rxb6 40. Rg6 Rb2+ 41. Kf3 Rb3+ 42. Kf2 Rb2+ 43. Kg3 Rb3+ 44. Kh2 Rb4 45. g3 $1 Rb2+ 46. Kh3 Kf7 47. Rxh6 Rb1 48. Kh4 Rh1+ 49. Kg5 Rh3 50. Rh7+ (50. Kxf5 $142 Rxg3 51. Rf6+ Ke7 52. Ra6 Rh3 53. Ra7+ Kf8 54. Kg6 Rg3+ 55. Kh7) 50... Kg8 51. Ra7 Rxg3+ 52. Kxf5 Rb3 53. Kg5 Rb5+ 54. f5 {White wants to mate with Kg6.} Rb6 55. h6 Rb1 56. Re7 $2 (56. Rg7+ {mates} Kh8 57. Re7 Rg1+ 58. Kf4 Rf1+ 59. Ke5 Re1+ 60. Kf6 Rd1 61. Ke5) 56... Rg1+ 57. Kf6 {White threatens Rg7+ and mate.} Rh1 $2 (57... Rb1 $18 58. Rg7+ Kh8) 58. Re8+ {White mates.} Kh7 59. Kf7 Ra1 60. f6 Ra6 61. Ke7 Ra7+ 62. Ke6 $1 Ra6+ 63. Kf5 Ra5+ {[#]} 64. Re5 $1 Ra1 65. f7 Rf1+ 66. Ke6 Kg6 {[#]} 67. Rg5+ $3 {[%mdl 576] Deflection} Kxg5 68. h7 Rf6+ 69. Ke7 {Accuracy: White = 75%, Black = 27%.} 1-0

[Event "CRO-ch 2019"]
[Site "Bjelovar"]
[Date "2019.04.10"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Saric, Ante"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2019.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,49,17,13,20,-14,0,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. c4 a6 4. Nbd2 Nf6 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O b6 8. b3 Bb7 9. Bb2 a5 10. a3 {The position is equal.} c5 {E15: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 sidelines, 4 g3 Ba6 and 4 g3 Bb7 early deviations} 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Rfd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Rad1 a4 13. bxa4 Bc6 14. Qb1 Rxa4 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Ne8 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Ne4 {½-½ (30) Hellsten,J (2477)-Istratescu,A (2622) Kavala 2002}) 12... a4 13. Ne5 cxd4 14. Bxd4 axb3 15. Qxb3 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Nd7 17. Bd4 {[%cal Rc4d5]} e5 18. cxd5 exd4 {[#]} 19. d6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxg2 (19... Bxd6 20. Bxb7) 20. dxe7 Qxe7 21. Kxg2 Qxe2 22. Nf3 Ne5 23. Rxd4 Nxf3 24. Qxf3 Qxf3+ 25. Kxf3 {Accuracy: White = 63%, Black = 70%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch 2019"]
[Site "Bjelovar"]
[Date "2019.04.10"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Kovacevic, Blazimir"]
[Black "Stevic, Hrvoje"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2019.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,55,12,4,19,17,18,24,0,0,0,7,0,0,-3,14,0,0,0,-7,-3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Be7 7. e4 O-O {A33: Symmetrical English: 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 e6 5 Nc3 Nc6} 8. Nf3 Qa5 9. Bd3 d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. exd5 Nxd5 {[#] LiveBook: 3 Games} 12. Bxh7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxh7 13. Qxd5 Qa6 14. Qb5 (14. Bg5 {with more complications.} Bg4 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Ng5+ Kg8 17. Qb5) 14... Qxb5 {The position is equal.} 15. Nxb5 {[#]} Bg4 $146 16. O-O Bxf3 17. gxf3 Bf6 18. Be3 Bxb2 19. Rab1 Bf6 20. Rfd1 a6 21. Nc7 Rad8 22. Rd5 Rxd5 23. Nxd5 b5 24. Nc7 Nb8 25. Ba7 Nd7 26. Be3 Nb8 27. Ba7 Nd7 28. Be3 {Accuracy: White = 69%, Black = 90%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch 2019"]
[Site "Bjelovar"]
[Date "2019.04.10"]
[Round "10.5"]
[White "Martinovic, Sasa"]
[Black "Jovanic, Ognjen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2019.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,41,-6,-6,-6,-10,-3,-5,-8,-13,-4,-18,15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2 Bb7 9. O-O Be7 10. e4 b4 11. e5 bxc3 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. bxc3 {The position is equal.} c5 {D47: Semi-Slav: Meran System} 14. dxc5 O-O 15. Ba3 Be7 $1 16. Qd4 Qc7 {[%cal Re7c5]} 17. Rab1 {[#] c6! is the strong threat.} Bc6 18. Qe3 Ba4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18... Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Rab8 20. c6 Bxa3 21. cxd7 Qxd7 22. c4 Qe7 23. Rb5 Rxb5 24. cxb5 Rd8 25. Rd1 Rxd1+ 26. Bxd1 g6 {½-½ (26) Laxman,R (2387)-Ravi,T (2384) Lucknow 2016}) 19. Qe4 Bc6 20. Qe3 Ba4 21. Qe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch 2019"]
[Site "Bjelovar"]
[Date "2019.04.10"]
[Round "10.6"]
[White "Jovanovic, Zoran"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[Annotator "TA RC"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2019.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,120,43,45,19,14,13,13,0,0,0,-11,-19,5,-60,-72,-87,-90,-86,-76,-71,-20,-25,-37,-66,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-17,-31,-28,-29,-29,-29,-29,-39,-21,-45,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-10,-5,-10,-10,-11,-11,-47,-47,-47,-47,-47,-47,-84,-99,-99,-99,-99,-99,-97,-96,-253,-241,-288,-110,-489,-517,-720,-693,-643,-583,-1132,-1290,-954,-604,-1594,-1480,-8745,-605,-2418,-605,-29952,-2397,-29962,-29964,-29972,-29973,-29972,-29974,-29973,-29975,-29974,-29976,-29976,-29973,-29977,-29978,-29979,-29979,-29978,-29979]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. a4 {B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6} (6. h3 Qc7 7. d3 e5 8. Be3 h6 9. O-O g5 10. Nh2 Be6 11. Qf3 Nd7 12. Ne2 O-O-O 13. Ng3 Bd6 14. a3 {0-1 (47) Xu,Y (2456)-Dai,C (2418) Chengdu 2017}) 6... Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. a5 {The position is equal.} e6 9. g4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Ra4 Qc7 10. d3 Bd6 11. Be3 Rd8 12. g4 Bg6 13. Qa1 O-O {0-1 (30) Usun,T (1917)-Simsek,H (1763) Antalya 2013}) 9... Bg6 10. Qe2 Nd7 11. Nd1 (11. d3 $11) 11... h5 $15 {Hoping for ...hxg4.} 12. Rg1 hxg4 13. hxg4 {[#]} c4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 14. Qxc4 Qf6 15. Qe2 $1 Rh3 16. Rg3 Rxg3 17. fxg3 Ne5 18. Nh4 {Threatens to win with d4.} O-O-O 19. d3 Bb4+ 20. Bd2 Bxd2+ 21. Qxd2 {[#]} Bxe4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 22. Qf4 (22. dxe4 Rxd2) 22... Bf3 23. Qxf6 gxf6 24. Nxf3 Nxf3+ $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 25. Kf2 Ne5 26. Ne3 Rd4 27. Ke2 Kd8 28. b3 Ke7 29. Rh1 c5 30. Rh8 Rd8 31. Rh5 Rg8 32. Nc4 Rxg4 33. Nxe5 fxe5 {KR-KR} 34. Kf3 Rb4 35. Rxe5 Rb5 36. Rh5 Rxa5 37. b4 {[#]} Rb5 $1 38. bxc5 {[#]} b6 $1 39. d4 bxc5 40. dxc5 a5 41. Ke3 $2 (41. c4 $17 Rb3+ 42. Ke4) 41... a4 $19 42. Kd4 Rb4+ $2 (42... a3 $19 {has better winning chances. And now ...a2 would win.} 43. Rh1 a2) 43. c4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (43. Kc3 $17 Rg4 44. Rh8) 43... a3 {...a2 is the strong threat.} 44. Rh2 Ra4 45. Ra2 f5 46. c6 {intending Kc5.} Kd6 47. c7 Kxc7 48. Ke5 Kd7 49. Kf6 Ra6 (49... Kd6 $142 50. c5+ Kd5) 50. c5 Ra5 (50... Ra4 $142 51. c6+ Kxc6 52. Kxe6 Ra5) 51. c6+ Kd6 (51... Kxc6 $142 52. Kxe6 Kb5 53. Kxf5 Kb4+ 54. Kf6 Ra6+ 55. Kf5 Ra8 56. g4 Kb3 57. Rxa3+ Kxa3 58. g5 Kb3 59. g6 Kc4 60. g7 Kd4 61. Kf6 Ke4 62. Kf7 Kf5 63. g8=Q Rxg8 64. Kxg8) 52. c7 Kxc7 {Black mates.} 53. Kxe6 Kc6 54. Kf6 Kd6 55. Kg5 Ke5 56. Re2+ Kd4 57. Ra2 Kc4 58. Ra1 a2 59. Kf4 Kb3 60. Re1 a1=Q {Accuracy: White = 34%, Black = 75%.} 0-1

[Event "CRO-ch 2019"]
[Site "Bjelovar"]
[Date "2019.04.11"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2019.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,56,7,19,17,27,21,6,-37,-29,-42,-29,-38,-24,-79,-53,-65,-25,-22,-14,-49,-58,-48,-56,-38,-39,-57,-44,-43,-39,-219,-217,-268,-260,-232,-215,-215,-215,-215,-215,-318,-318,-29972,-29965]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Nd2 c5 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 cxd4 7. Nf3 d5 {E00: Catalan Bogo-Indian (3 g3 Bb4+)} 8. cxd5 e5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 9. Bg2 Nbd7 $146 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7b6,Bb6d5][%mdl 32] The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 9... Qxd5 10. Qg5 O-O 11. Qxe5 Nc6 12. Qxd5 Nxd5 13. O-O Re8 14. Rd1 Rxe2 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd5 {½-½ (25) Matlakov,M (2700)-Karjakin,S (2753) St Petersburg 2018}) 10. O-O O-O 11. Nh4 Nb6 12. e4 dxe3 $1 13. Qxe3 e4 14. Rd1 (14. Re1 $11) 14... Nbxd5 15. Qd4 Bg4 16. Re1 Re8 17. Bxe4 Nxe4 18. Rxe4 Rxe4 19. Qxe4 Nf6 20. Qa4 Qd5 {Threatens to win with ...Bd7.} 21. Be3 Rd8 {...Bh3 is the strong threat.} 22. Bxa7 $2 {[#]} (22. Ng2 $15) 22... Bh3 $1 $19 23. Re1 g5 24. f3 gxh4 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black is out for blood.} 25. Qxh4 Qf5 ({Inferior is} 25... Qxf3 26. Qxh3 Rd2 27. Rf1 $14) 26. Bd4 Rd6 27. Bc3 {[#]} (27. Be5 $142 Re6 28. f4) 27... h5 $1 28. Kf2 $2 (28. a4 $19) 28... Ng4+ {Precision: White = 23%, Black = 88%.} 0-1

[Event "CRO-ch 2019"]
[Site "Bjelovar"]
[Date "2019.04.11"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Jovanic, Ognjen"]
[Black "Jovanovic, Zoran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2019.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,132,33,20,25,29,36,30,36,28,49,10,26,22,22,17,21,-11,0,0,0,-8,-12,-41,0,-136,-131,-140,-35,-21,-20,-23,-27,-38,-23,-20,-28,-108,-101,-175,-160,-162,-149,-252,-270,-266,-145,-209,-137,-152,-145,-123,-80,-71,-56,-122,-121,-118,-62,-125,-63,-70,-64,-64,0,-54,-7,-114,-114,-100,-127,-127,-114,-258,-265,-327,-310,-325,-311,-431,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-80,-80,-80,-80,-73,-72,-29957,-29959,-29960,-29960,-29960,-29962,-29961,-29961,-29960,-29961,-9469,-6536,-29969,-29970,-29969,-29970,-29967,-29970,-29976,-29976,-29975,-29976,-29975,-29976,-29965,-12002]} 1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. c3 Nd7 5. Bd3 e5 6. O-O Ngf6 7. Re1 O-O 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 {B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems} (9... Re8 10. Nbd2 Qe7 11. a4 a5 12. Nc4 Qf8 13. Bc2 Nh5 14. Qd2 b6 15. Rad1 Bf6 16. Bb3 Bxh4 17. Nxh4 {1-0 (57) Ragger,M (2687)-Delchev,A (2552) Skopje 2018}) 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. Na3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Bc4 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Nb6 14. Bb3 Qxd1 15. Rxd1 Bg4 16. Nbd2 a5 17. a4 Rfd8 18. Nf1 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Bd7 20. Ra1 Bc6 21. N3d2 Rd8 22. f3 Bf8 {½-½ (22) Rogic,D (2555)-Jovanovic,Z (2560) Babina Greda 2014}) 11... Nxg3 {White has an edge.} 12. hxg3 ({Much weaker is} 12. fxg3 g4 $15) 12... Re8 13. Nc2 Nf6 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Ne3 c6 16. Qc2 Qc7 17. a4 a5 18. Nd2 Bf8 19. Nf5 Bd7 20. Nc4 (20. Qd1 $11) 20... Bxf5 $1 $17 21. exf5 {[#]} Bc5 (21... e4 $1 $17 {[%cal Re4d3][%mdl 512]} 22. Bf1 (22. Bxe4 Bc5) 22... Bc5) 22. Be4 $15 Rad8 23. Re2 Kg7 24. Rae1 b5 25. Ne3 Qb6 26. axb5 (26. Nf1 $11) 26... cxb5 $17 27. Rd1 (27. Kh1 $17 {was worth a try.}) 27... Rxd1+ $19 28. Nxd1 Rd8 $1 29. Kf1 (29. Ne3 $17) 29... b4 $1 30. cxb4 axb4 ({Weaker is} 30... Qxb4 31. Bc6 $17) (30... Bxb4 $19 31. Nc3 Bxc3 32. bxc3 Qa6) 31. b3 (31. Qb3 $17 {was necessary.}) 31... Bd4 32. Ne3 Bxe3 33. Rxe3 Qd4 34. Re1 Rd7 35. Re3 ({White should play} 35. Bf3 $15) 35... Ra7 $17 {White must now prevent ...Ra1+.} 36. Re1 Ra5 (36... Ra3 $17 37. Bc6 Ra1) 37. Bd3 (37. Qd3 $15) 37... Ra1 (37... Ng4 $17 38. Rb1 h5 39. f6+ Nxf6) 38. Qc4 $15 Rxe1+ (38... Qxc4 {keeps more tension.} 39. Bxc4 Rxe1+ 40. Kxe1 h5 41. f3 g4) 39. Kxe1 Nd7 (39... Qxc4 $15 40. Bxc4 g4) 40. Ke2 (40. Qxd4 $11 exd4 41. g4) 40... Nc5 (40... g4 {with more complications.} 41. Qc6 Nf6 42. Bc2 Nd5 43. Qc4 Nc3+) 41. Qxd4 (41. g4 $1 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.}) 41... exd4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} 42. Bc4 h5 43. Bd5 Kf6 44. Bc4 (44. Kd2 $17) 44... Ke7 $1 $19 ({Worse is} 44... Kxf5 45. Bxf7 Ke4 46. Bg6+ Ke5 47. Bf7 $11) 45. Bd5 f6 $1 46. Bc4 Kd6 47. f4 gxf4 $2 (47... g4 $19 48. Bb5 Ne4) 48. gxf4 $11 h4 49. Kf3 Nb7 50. Ke4 Kc5 51. Be6 (51. Bd3 $11 {remains equal.}) 51... Nd6+ $1 $17 52. Kd3 Nb5 53. Bc4 {[#] Threatens to win with Bxb5.} Nc3 $1 {[%cal Rc3d5] Hoping for ...Nd5.} 54. Be6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (54. Ba6 $17) 54... Nd5 $1 {[%cal Rd5e3]} 55. Ke4 {[#]} d3 $1 {[%mdl 576] Decoy} 56. Kxd3 Nxf4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 57. Ke4 Nxg2 58. Kf3 h3 59. Kg3 Kd6 60. Bc8 Ke5 {Black mates.} 61. Kxh3 Ne3 62. Ba6 Kf4 63. Kh4 Nxf5+ 64. Kh5 Nd4 65. Kg6 Ke5 66. Bc4 f5 {Accuracy: White = 32%, Black = 55%.} 0-1

[Event "CRO-ch 2019"]
[Site "Bjelovar"]
[Date "2019.04.11"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Stevic, Hrvoje"]
[Black "Martinovic, Sasa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E65"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2019.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,23,84,12,2,4]} 1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 d6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bxc6 Bh3 11. Bg2 ({White should play} 11. Bxa8 $16 Qxa8 12. f3) 11... Bxg2 $11 {E65: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...c5 7 0-0 without d5 by White} 12. Kxg2 {Predecessor:} Rc8 $146 13. Qd3 Ng4 14. Bf4 Qa5 15. Nd5 Rfe8 16. h3 Ne5 17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18. b4 Qa6 19. Rac1 Qxa2 {1-0 (40) Wojtaszek,R (2705)-Potkin,V (2684) Warsaw 2011} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch 2019"]
[Site "Bjelovar"]
[Date "2019.04.11"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Saric, Ivan"]
[Black "Kovacevic, Blazimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,81,27,21,28,37,20,40,18,44,18,47,33,43,43,47,44,46,45,41,40,37,31,42,47,53,41,60,61,62,55,52,56,59,56,166,181,176,181,173,189,189,168,193,167,185,182,192,172,345,345,345,345,339,324,345,288,362,188,321,356,780,685,612,341,1057,1010,3067,2689]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Qg4 f6 8. Nf3 c4 9. Be2 {C18: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4: Main line: 7 h4 and 7 Qg4} (9. h4 Nc6 10. Bf4 h5 11. Qg3 Qf7 12. Be2 Bd7 13. O-O O-O-O 14. a4 Nge7 15. a5 Nf5 16. Qh2 Rdg8 {0-1 (53) Anand,V (2803)-Ponkratov,P (2604) Berlin 2015}) (9. h4 Nc6 10. h5 fxe5 11. h6 g6 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Qf4 Ne7 14. Qxe5 Qxe5+ 15. dxe5 Rf8 16. a4 Nc6 {½-½ (60) Saric,I (2609)-Kovacevic,B (2483) Valpovo 2017}) 9... Nc6 {[%cal Rf6e5]} 10. Qg3 Qf7 11. O-O {White is slightly better.} Bd7 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Ne4 15. Qe3 $1 b6 16. a4 O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Qf5) 17. a5 Nc5 18. Ba3 Qg6 19. Ra2 Rfc8 20. Rfa1 Rc6 21. Bb4 {[#] aiming for axb6.} Rac8 22. axb6 axb6 23. h4 h6 24. h5 Qe4 (24... Qf7 $14) 25. Qxe4 $18 Nxe4 26. Ra7 R6c7 27. Bg4 {[#] Threatens to win with Bd6.} Nc5 28. f3 Kf7 29. Kf2 Ke8 30. Ke3 Kd8 31. Kd4 Rxa7 $2 (31... Ke8 32. f4 Kf7) 32. Rxa7 Ke8 33. f4 Kd8 34. Bh3 Ke8 35. g3 Rc6 36. Ra8+ (36. g4 $142) 36... Kf7 (36... Rc8 {keeps fighting.} 37. Ra7 Kd8) 37. g4 g6 $2 (37... Rc7 38. g5 Rc8) 38. hxg6+ Kxg6 39. Rf8 Ne4 $2 (39... Kg7) 40. f5+ Kg5 41. Be7+ {Accuracy: White = 79%, Black = 32%.} 1-0

[Event "CRO-ch 2019"]
[Site "Bjelovar"]
[Date "2019.04.11"]
[Round "11.5"]
[White "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Black "Saric, Ante"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2019.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:01:00]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 4. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 8. Qf3 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:02:30]} 9. Qg3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} b5 {[%emt 0:03:30]} 10. a3 {[%emt 0:07:30]} g6 {[%emt 0:04:30]} 11. Kh1 {[%emt 0:06:30]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:06:30]} 12. Qh4 {[%emt 0:07:30]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:06:30]} 13. Be3 {[%emt 0:01:30]} O-O {[%emt 0:08:30]} 14. f4 {[%emt 0:04:30]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 15. f5 {[%emt 0:04:30]} Rae8 {[%emt 0:14:30]} 16. fxe6 {[%emt 0:03:30]} fxe6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 17. Rxf8+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nxf8 {[%emt 0:04:30]} 18. Rf1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:10:30]} 19. Bg5 {[%emt 0:02:30]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 20. Nb3 {[%emt 0:14:30]} h6 {[%emt 0:04:30]} 21. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 22. Qh3 {[%emt 0:02:30]} e5 {[%emt 0:05:30]} 23. a4 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:05:57]} 24. axb5 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Nef4 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 25. Bxf4 {[%emt 0:14:30]} Nxf4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 26. Bc4+ {[%emt 0:06:08]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 27. Qe3 {[%emt 0:00:26]} axb5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 28. Bxb5 {[%emt 0:01:24]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 29. Rd1 {[%emt 0:03:46]} Qg5 {[%emt 0:05:41]} 30. Qg3 {[%emt 0:02:15]} Qxg3 {[%emt 0:01:14]} 31. hxg3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 32. Na5 {[%emt 0:08:19]} Ba8 {[%emt 0:01:13]} 33. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 34. Rxd6 {[%emt 0:01:52]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 35. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 36. Bd3 {[%emt 0:01:20]} Bxd3 {[%emt 0:01:56]} 37. cxd3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 38. b4 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Rb2 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 39. Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:37]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 40. Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kh6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Rd5 {[%emt 0:05:10]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:22:01]} 42. b5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rb3 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 43. Kg1 {[%emt 0:10:00]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 44. Kf2 {[%emt 0:07:13]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 45. Na5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Rb2+ {[%emt 0:02:56]} 46. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:08:37]} 47. Nc4 {[%emt 0:06:48]} Rb1 {[%emt 0:03:31]} 48. Rd6+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 49. b6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bg5 {[%emt 0:02:11]} 50. Rc6 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Rb3 {[%emt 0:02:22]} 51. Nd6+ {[%emt 0:06:19]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 52. Ne4+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 53. Nd6+ {[%emt 0:01:17]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 54. Nc4+ {[%emt 0:00:42]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 55. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Be7 {[%emt 0:02:03]} 56. Ne3+ {[%emt 0:00:21]} Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 57. Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:56]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 58. Rc8 {[%emt 0:02:17]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 59. Rc6 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 60. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rb2+ {[%emt 0:00:58]} 61. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 62. Re6 {[%emt 0:01:10]} Bd8 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 63. Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 64. Rd6 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 65. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 66. Rc6 {[%emt 0:00:22]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 67. g4+ {[%emt 0:00:47]} hxg4+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} 68. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Rb3 {[%emt 0:01:08]} 69. Kh2 {[%emt 0:01:23]} Bd8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 70. Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Rxb6 {[%emt 0:01:23]} 71. Ng3+ {[%emt 0:00:31]} Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 72. Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rh6+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} 73. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bb6+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} 0-1

[Event "CRO-ch 2019"]
[Site "Bjelovar"]
[Date "2019.04.11"]
[Round "11.6"]
[White "Kurajica, Bojan"]
[Black "Brkic, Ante"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2019.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 2. b3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:03:30]} 3. e3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 4. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 5. Bb5+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 6. Bxd7+ {[%emt 0:01:30]} Nbxd7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 7. c4 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Be7 {[%emt 0:10:30]} 8. O-O {[%emt 0:03:30]} O-O {[%emt 0:01:30]} 9. Nc3 {[%emt 0:03:30]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 10. Qe2 {[%emt 0:06:30]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:28:30]} 11. bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 12. Rab1 {[%emt 0:10:00]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 13. Ba1 {[%emt 0:08:30]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:08:30]} 14. d3 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:08:30]} 15. Rb3 {[%emt 0:05:30]} b6 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 16. Rfb1 {[%emt 0:06:30]} Bc7 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 17. h3 {[%emt 0:04:30]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:05:30]} 18. Ne1 {[%emt 0:04:30]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 19. g3 {[%emt 0:02:30]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:03:30]} 20. f4 {[%emt 0:03:30]} e5 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 21. Qf3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 22. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Re8 {[%emt 0:01:34]} 23. R3b2 {[%emt 0:06:30]} Nf8 {[%emt 0:10:14]} 24. f5 {[%emt 0:07:30]} e4 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 25. dxe4 {[%emt 0:01:30]} N8d7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 26. Rd1 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 27. Rbd2 {[%emt 0:02:47]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 28. Qe2 {[%emt 0:02:10]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 29. Nd5 {[%emt 0:01:17]} Qxe4+ {[%emt 0:00:56]} 30. Qf3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Bd8 {[%emt 0:03:37]} 31. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} gxf6 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 32. Rc1 {[%emt 0:03:45]} Qxf3+ {[%emt 0:02:39]} 33. Nxf3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 34. Kf2 {[%emt 0:02:38]} Re4 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 35. Nf4 {[%emt 0:03:21]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 36. Rd7 {[%emt 0:01:54]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:02:50]} 37. Nd5 {[%emt 0:03:21]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 38. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 39. R1xd5 {[%emt 0:01:17]} Bc7 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 40. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Re7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. a4 {[%emt 0:05:21]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:04:10]} 42. Rxe7+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kxe7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 43. Ne4 {[%emt 0:02:30]} Be5 {[%emt 0:07:00]} 44. g4 {[%emt 0:04:30]} h6 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 45. Rd1 {[%emt 0:04:11]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:05:38]} 46. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Rh8 {[%emt 0:09:20]} 47. h4 {[%emt 0:03:25]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 48. Rd3 {[%emt 0:06:02]} b5 {[%emt 0:03:57]} 49. axb5 {[%emt 0:04:22]} axb5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 50. cxb5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rxb5 {[%emt 0:01:37]} 51. Rd5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Rb3 {[%emt 0:01:33]} 52. Nxc5 {[%emt 0:01:40]} Rb5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 53. e4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:01:22]} 54. Nd3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 55. Ra5 {[%emt 0:02:02]} Rh1 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 56. g5 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Rh3+ {[%emt 0:01:51]} 57. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rxh4 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 58. gxf6+ {[%emt 0:00:14]} Kxf6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 59. e5+ {[%emt 0:01:51]} Bxe5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 60. Rxe5 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Rh2+ {[%emt 0:00:57]} 61. Kd1 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Rh5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 62. Ke2 {[%emt 0:01:42]} 1/2-1/2

