[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Bok, Benjamin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,31,17,3,21,13,27,9,10,20,16,-7,-7,-12,-10,-14,-7,-11]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 O-O 8. h3 Nc6 9. Be3 {[%cal Bc1e3,Be3d4,Bd4e5][%mdl 32] LiveBook: 20 Games} Nxd4 {B34: Sicilian: Accelerated Dragon with 5 Nc3: sidelines} (9... Bd7 10. O-O Ne5 11. Qe2 Rc8 12. Rad1 Nc4 13. Bc1 Qa5 14. Kh2 Nxb2 15. Bxb2 Rxc3 16. Bxc3 Qxc3 17. f4 Nh5 18. Rf3 Qc7 {½-½ (31) Balogh,C (2668)-Gustafsson,J (2610) Istanbul 2012}) 10. Bxd4 Bd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... e5 11. Be3 Be6 12. O-O Qd7 13. Kh2 b5 14. Qd2 b4 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Qb5 17. Rfd1 {1-0 (43) Chelushkina,I (2338)-Cherenkova,K (2239) Belgrade 2007}) 11. Qe2 Rc8 {The position is equal.} 12. O-O Bc6 13. e5 dxe5 14. Bxe5 Qb6 15. a4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]
[Black "Alonso Rosell, Alvar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,108,22,22,22,23,19,19,19,19,19,19,19,24,19,19,50,41,30,39,31,27,54,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-22,0,0,0,-165,0,0,0,-114,0,-124,0,0,0,-27,-84,-82,-81,-67,-47,-287,-292,-292,-292,-334,-312,-547,-547,-547,-547,-716,-721,-666,-596,-853,-798,-2114,-1663,-1943,-1717,-1319,-752,-741,-718,-699,-691,-691,-579,-579,-542]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 e6 8. Ne5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nd7 {B19: Classical Caro-Kann: 4...Bf5 main line} 11. Bf4 (11. f4 Be7 12. Bd2 Nxe5 13. fxe5 Bxh4 14. O-O-O Bxg3 15. Qxg3 Ne7 16. Bb4 Nf5 17. Qf4 g5 18. Qf2 {½-½ (43) Wei,Y (2706)-Giri,A (2773) Wijk aan Zee 2017}) 11... Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Qa5+ 13. c3 Nf6 14. O-O {LiveBook: 9 Games} Ng4 15. Rad1 O-O-O 16. Qf3 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 Qxe5 19. Qxf7 {Threatening mate with Qe8+.} Bd6 $146 20. Qg6 Rf8 21. Ne4 Bc7 22. g3 a5 23. a4 Kb8 24. Rd7 ({White should play} 24. Kg2 $14) 24... Rf5 $1 $11 25. Qg4 h5 26. Qe2 g5 $1 {[%cal Rg5h4] White must now prevent ...gxh4.} 27. hxg5 Rxg5 28. Kf1 Rg4 29. f3 Rg8 30. Qf2 Qf5 (30... h4 $5 31. gxh4 Qf4 $11) 31. Ke2 Qh3 {[%cal Rc7g3]} 32. Qd4 $2 (32. Rh7 $11) 32... Qg2+ $2 (32... e5 $1 $19 {[%cal Re5d4]} 33. Qd1 Qg2+ 34. Kd3 Qxb2) 33. Qf2 Qh3 34. Kd3 (34. Qd4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 34... e5 (34... h4 $1 $17 {[%cal Rh4g3]} 35. gxh4 e5) 35. Re7 {[#]} (35. Rh7 $1 $11) 35... Qh1 (35... h4 $1 $17 {[%cal Rh4g3]} 36. g4 (36. gxh4 Qh1 $17) 36... Qh1) 36. Kc2 $1 h4 {Strongly threatening ...hxg3.} 37. Nf6 ({Reject} 37. gxh4 Rg2 $17) (37. Rxc7 $5 {[%cal Rf2b6]} Kxc7 38. Qc5 $11) 37... Rd8 {[%csl Gd8][%cal Rh1d1]} 38. Nd7+ {[#]} ({Not} 38. Rd7 $2 h3 $19) 38... Ka8 $1 {Threatens to win with ...h3.} 39. gxh4 Qa1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 40. h5 $2 ({Better is} 40. Qg3 $1 $15) 40... Qxa4+ $19 41. Kc1 Qf4+ 42. Qd2 Qh4 ({Less strong is} 42... Qxf3 43. h6 $19) 43. Rh7 $2 (43. Rf7 Qxh5 44. Rf8 Rxf8 45. Nxf8) 43... e4 {Black is clearly winning.} 44. Qd4 Qe1+ 45. Kc2 exf3 {And now ...f2 would win.} 46. Rf7 Qe6 47. Nb6+ Kb8 48. Rd7 Qf5+ 49. Kb3 Qb5+ 50. Ka2 Qxb6 51. Rxd8+ Bxd8 52. Qf4+ Qc7 53. Qxf3 Qd6 54. Qh3 Bg5 {Precision: White = 49%, Black = 73%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Druska, Juraj"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,83,0,-7,9,0,2,16,14,-13,0,0,4,0,17,0,0,0,42,35,50,56,48,28,58,68,91,85,263,106,102,21,33,-23,-21,-11,52,37,94,91,94,80,99,92,100,97,124,118,118,121,113,112,102,105,109,103,299,299,299,299,299,251,299,299,299,299,299,299,5402,5390,5492,5325]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d6 6. d3 e6 7. O-O Nge7 8. Bg5 f6 {[%cal Bf7f6,Bf6f5][%mdl 32] B25: Closed Sicilian: 3 g3, lines without early Be3} (8... O-O 9. Qd2 Nd4 10. Rae1 e5 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nd5 Qd8 14. f4 Be6 15. f5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Bf6 17. fxg6 hxg6 {0-1 (62) Jobava,B (2730)-Wojtaszek,R (2717) Poznan 2012}) 9. Be3 e5 10. f4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Qd2 Nd4 11. Bh6 O-O 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. Ne2 Be6 15. c3 dxc3 16. bxc3 d5 17. f4 dxe4 18. fxe5 Qxd3 19. exf6+ Rxf6 20. Qg5 Nd5 21. Rxf6 Nxf6 22. Rf1 {0-1 (43) Drljevic,L (2295)-Eric,J (2230) Belgrade 2011}) 10... Nd4 {The position is equal.} 11. h3 Be6 12. Kh2 Qd7 13. Nd5 f5 (13... Bxd5 $5 14. exd5 Nef5 $11) 14. c3 (14. fxe5 {feels hotter.} dxe5 15. c4 O-O 16. Bg5 Bxd5 17. cxd5 fxe4 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. dxe4 h6 20. Bd2) 14... Nxe2 15. Qxe2 O-O 16. fxe5 Bxe5 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. exf5 Bxf5 {...Bxg3+! is the strong threat.} 19. Rae1 Rae8 20. Qd2 $1 {Black must now prevent Bh6.} h5 $2 (20... Be6 $16) 21. d4 (21. Bh6 $1 $18 {and the rest is easy.}) 21... cxd4 $16 22. Bxd4 (22. cxd4 $16 Bg7 23. Bf4) 22... Kh7 23. Bxa7 (23. c4 $14) 23... h4 $11 24. Bf2 Bc8 ({Better is} 24... Bd7 $11 25. Kh1 Bb5 26. gxh4 Bxf1 27. Rxf1 Rf5) 25. Kg1 hxg3 {[#]} ({Black should play} 25... Be6 $14) 26. Bxg3 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} Rxf1+ (26... Bxg3 27. Rxe7+) 27. Bxf1 Qf7 28. Qf2 Qxa2 29. Bxe5 Rxe5 30. Rxe5 dxe5 31. Qh4+ Kg7 {[#]} 32. Qe7+ $1 Qf7 33. Qxe5+ Kh7 34. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} (34. h4 {with more complications.} Bf5 35. b4 Be6 36. b5 Bd5 37. Be2) 34... Qe6 $2 {[#]} (34... Be6 $16 {keeps fighting.} 35. Bg2 Bc4) 35. Qxe6 $1 $18 Bxe6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} 36. c4 b6 37. b5 g5 38. Kf2 Kg6 39. Ke3 Kf5 {intending ...Ke5.} 40. Kd4 {Threatens to win with c5.} Kf4 $2 (40... Kf6 41. c5 bxc5+ 42. Kxc5 Ke7) 41. c5 bxc5+ 42. Kxc5 {Precision: White = 50%, Black = 32%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Steinberg, Nitzan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,45,25,43,51,40,41,76,39,70,81,103,84,125,105,96,103,74,31,15,21,15,28,28,13]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 b5 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. a3 Bb7 10. g4 h6 11. O-O-O Rc8 {B80: Sicilian Scheveningen: 6 g3 and 6 Be3, including English Attack} 12. h4 Nb6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} (12... d5 13. Rg1 dxe4 14. g5 hxg5 15. hxg5 Nd5 16. Nxe4 g6 17. Kb1 b4 18. axb4 Bxb4 19. c3 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 Bxe4+ 21. Qxe4 Bxc3 22. Nxe6 {½-½ (59) Robson,R (2668)-Zherebukh,Y (2605) Saint Louis 2017}) 13. Kb1 Nfd7 {[%cal Bf6d7,Bd7e5,Be5c4][%mdl 32] White is slightly better.} 14. Qe1 Ne5 15. Rh3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Bh3 g5 16. f4 gxf4 17. Bxf4 Nbc4 18. g5 Qc7 19. Nde2 hxg5 20. hxg5 {1-0 (45) Erdogdu,M (2336)-Jojua,D (2243) Izmir 2003}) 15... Qc7 16. Bc1 Be7 17. g5 Nec4 18. Na2 d5 19. gxh6 gxh6 20. exd5 (20. Bxc4 $5 Qxc4 21. e5 $11) 20... Nxd5 21. Bxc4 Qxc4 22. f4 Bf6 23. Qf2 $1 {Precision: White = 77%, Black = 41%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rodshtein, Maxim"]
[Black "Demchenko, Anton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,93,56,60,59,58,33,28,28,32,23,38,30,33,44,52,53,95,83,106,79,109,0,0,0,127,77,55,65,75,78,129,129,129,118,150,132,149,150,182,170,195,100,100,94,89,49,35,14,101,100,149,64,75,34,46,0,0,0,0,0,12,0,32,38,46,53,72,58,34,55,58,61,42,47,45,59,28,37,338,336]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Be3 d6 6. h3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. g4 {E71: King's Indian: 4 e4 d6 5 h3} Na6 {LiveBook: 30 Games} 9. Nge2 h5 10. Ng3 {[%cal Rg4h5] White is slightly better.} h4 11. Nge2 Nh7 12. Qd2 Bf6 13. Bg2 {[#]} Bg5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Bd7 14. O-O Qe7 15. f4 exf4 16. Nxf4 {1-0 (47) Ivanisevic,I (2630)-Damljanovic,B (2548) Kragujevac 2017}) 14. f4 exf4 15. Nxf4 Bd7 16. O-O Qe7 17. Rae1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} Rae8 18. Nd3 (18. Bd4 $16) 18... Nb4 $11 19. Nf4 (19. Kh1 $11) 19... Na6 $1 $16 20. a3 {[%cal Ba2a3,Ba3b4][%mdl 32]} b6 21. Bd4 Nc5 22. Qd1 Bf6 (22... a4 $142) 23. Bxf6 $1 Nxf6 {[#]} 24. b4 $1 {[%cal Rb4c5]} axb4 25. axb4 Qe5 {[#]} 26. Qc2 $1 ({Don't do} 26. bxc5 Qxc3 27. cxd6 cxd6 $14) 26... Na6 27. Nd3 Qg5 28. Qa2 (28. Qf2 $18 Nh7 29. e5) 28... Bc8 29. Nb5 Nd7 30. Nd4 (30. Kh1 {looks sharper.} Bb7 31. Rb1 Nf6 32. Qe2 Nd7 33. Qf2) 30... Ne5 31. Nxe5 Qxe5 (31... dxe5 $11 {keeps the balance.} 32. Nc6 Bb7) 32. Qd2 Nb8 {[%cal Ba6b8,Bb8d7,Bd7e5][%mdl 32]} 33. Nf3 ({White should try} 33. Ra1 $16) 33... Qh8 34. Qg5 {e5 is the strong threat.} (34. e5 $5) 34... Nd7 $1 35. Nxh4 Ne5 {And now ...f6 would win.} 36. Rf6 Nd7 37. Rf2 {[%cal Bf6f2,Bf2c2,Bc2h2,Bh2h7][%mdl 32]} Ne5 {aiming for ...f6.} 38. Ref1 Qg7 39. Rc2 Ba6 40. Qc1 Qh8 41. Nf3 Nxf3+ 42. Bxf3 Qxh3 43. Rh2 Qg3+ 44. Kh1 Qe5 $1 45. Kg2 Ra8 46. Rfh1 Kg7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (46... Rfe8 $14) 47. Rh7+ {[%mdl 32768] Precision: White = 71%, Black = 51%. . An unexpected result.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Buhmann, Rainer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,163,18,27,47,39,29,41,35,42,41,53,31,48,84,81,81,74,74,72,75,70,83,70,66,66,120,95,139,139,138,132,149,141,156,156,157,139,157,139,149,123,125,110,114,0,146,125,127,106,123,114,114,114,116,109,130,130,138,138,150,118,122,102,122,0,114,0,155,156,155,148,148,148,148,155,164,135,144,145,139,143,150,150,154,155,172,164,166,170,163,150,165,114,115,114,113,114,114,114,117,120,123,122,165,164,165,165,226,233,234,104,240,238,234,224,238,236,245,244,225,201,431,431,477,234,255,188,214,0,219,0,875,863,826,804,854,837,841,661,804,656,714,711,29957,29958]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd2 O-O 6. Nf3 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Rc1 a6 {E52: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4...0-0 5 Nf3 d5 6 Bd3 b6} 11. Ne5 {LiveBook: 21 Games} c5 (11... Bd6 12. f4 Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Bc4 Nf6 15. Qb3 Qe7 16. Be1 b5 17. Bh4 Ra7 18. Be2 {1-0 (103) Li,C (2722)-Neiksans,A (2599) Chartres 2017}) 12. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. f4 b5 13. Qf3 Bxc3 14. Bxc3 c4 15. Bb1 a5 16. Qh3 Bc8 17. Qf3 Bb7 18. Qh3 {½-½ (47) Cramling,P (2434)-Kosteniuk,A (2549) Teheran 2017}) 12... Bxc3 {White is slightly better.} 13. Bxc3 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Ne4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Qg4 Qe7 17. Rfd1 Rad8 {[#]} 18. Rd6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} h5 (18... Rxd6 19. exd6) 19. Qxh5 Rxd6 20. exd6 $40 {[%mdl 128] White attacks.} Qxd6 21. Qg4 {[%csl Gc3][%cal Rg4g7]} f6 22. Rd1 Bd5 (22... Qe7 $14) 23. h4 $16 Qe6 24. Qxe6+ $1 Bxe6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 25. Rd6 $1 {[%csl LRb6,LRe6]} Kf7 26. Rxb6 Bc4 27. Rb7+ $1 Kg6 28. Kh2 Rd8 29. Rc7 Rd5 30. Kg3 Be2 31. Ba5 Kh6 32. Bc3 (32. Bb6 $16) 32... Bb5 (32... Kg6 $11 {remains equal.}) 33. Re7 Bd3 34. Re6 Kh5 35. Kh3 Kg6 36. Re7 Rf5 37. Kg3 Rd5 38. a4 Bc2 39. Re6 Bd3 40. Rc6 Be2 41. Rc7 Bd1 42. Re7 Bc2 $1 43. Re6 Bd3 $1 44. f3 exf3 45. gxf3 Be2 46. Kf2 Bc4 47. Rc6 Rd1 48. Rxc5 Rf1+ 49. Kg2 $1 Be2 50. h5+ Kh6 51. Rf5 Ra1 52. e4 Rxa4 53. Bd2+ $1 Kh7 {[#]} 54. h6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rc4 {[#] If Black can now play ...Rc2 this consolidates a bit.} (54... gxh6 55. Rxf6) 55. Kf2 $1 {[%cal Rf2e2]} Bd1 {[#]} 56. hxg7 (56. Rd5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd5d7] Rd7 is the strong threat.} gxh6 57. Bc3) 56... Kxg7 57. Bc3 Rc6 58. Rd5 Bb3 59. Rd7+ Kf8 60. Rb7 Bd1 61. Ke3 Ke8 62. f4 {[%cal Bf3f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32]} Bc2 63. f5 Rc4 (63... Kf8 {keeps fighting.} 64. Ra7 Ke8) 64. Bd4 ({Less strong is} 64. Bxf6 Rxe4+ 65. Kd2 Rc4 $14) 64... Rc6 65. Rh7 (65. b4 $18) 65... Ba4 (65... a5 $16 66. Rh2 a4) 66. b4 $18 Kf8 67. Rb7 Bb3 68. Bc5+ Kg8 69. Kd4 Ba2 70. Re7 Bb3 $2 (70... Rc8 {was necessary.} 71. Ke3 Bb3) 71. Ra7 Kh8 72. Ke3 (72. e5 $142) 72... Kg8 73. Kf4 Bc4 74. Ke3 Bb3 $1 75. Kd4 $2 (75. Ra8+ $18 Kg7 76. Ra7+ Kg8) 75... Bf7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (75... Kh8 $11 76. e5 fxe5+ 77. Kxe5 Kg8) 76. e5 fxe5+ 77. Kxe5 Kg7 78. Kf4 Rh6 79. Kg4 Rc6 80. Kg5 Rc8 81. Rxa6 Rb8 82. Ra7 {Precision: White = 72%, Black = 48%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,90,0,21,12,14,-2,20,0,5,0,0,0,0,0,62,69,77,0,0,0,0,0,0,-9,-9,-9,-9,-9,-10,-10,-10,-97,-103,-105,-99,-95,-99,-210,-194,-202,-207,-191,-181,-260,-252,-260,-244,-253,-256,-239,-248,-233,-195,-222,-191,-218,-217,-200,-193,-252,-228,-256,-207,-567,-558,-707,-694,-813,-794,-1887,-5197,-12836,-763,-12842,-12843,-12843,-12843]} 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Bd6 6. Nc3 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Nxe4 {C24: Bishop's Opening: 2...Nf6} 8. dxe4 h6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 9. O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Be3 Qe7 10. Qd2 Nd7 11. O-O-O Bc7 12. Qc3 Bb6 13. g4 Bxe3+ 14. fxe3 Nf6 15. Nxe5 {1-0 (30) Vallejo Pons,F (2705)-Zatonskih,A (2466) Caleta 2010}) 9... Qe7 {The position is equal.} 10. Be3 Nd7 11. Nh4 g6 12. f4 {[#] Strongly threatening Bxf7+!} Bc5 13. Bxc5 Nxc5 14. Bxf7+ Qxf7 ({Better is} 14... Kxf7 $11 15. fxe5+ Kg7) 15. Qd6 $14 Ne6 16. Qxe5 (16. fxe5 $16 Qd7 17. Nxg6 Qxd6 18. exd6) 16... O-O $11 {[%cal Re6f4]} 17. f5 gxf5 18. exf5 Qg7 19. Rae1 Qxe5 20. Rxe5 Nc7 21. Rd1 Re8 22. Rxe8+ Nxe8 23. g4 (23. Rd8 $11 Kf7 24. Ng6) 23... Nf6 $17 24. Rd8+ Kg7 25. Ng6 b6 (25... Nxg4 $6 26. Ne7 $11) 26. h4 (26. Nf4 $17) 26... Nxg4 $19 27. Ne7 Bb7 28. Rd7 Ba6 29. Nxc6+ (29. Nd5+ $142 Kh8 30. Ne7) 29... Kf6 30. b3 Bc8 31. Rd8 Bb7 {...Rxd8 is the strong threat.} 32. Rxa8 Bxa8 33. Nxa7 Ne5 ({Don't play} 33... Kxf5 34. Nc8 $17) 34. Kf2 Kxf5 35. Kg3 Nd7 36. Nb5 Ke5 37. c4 (37. a4 {might work better.}) 37... Nf6 38. b4 h5 39. a4 $2 {[#]} (39. Kf2 {is a better chance.}) 39... Ne4+ {Black is clearly winning.} 40. Kh3 Nd6 41. Na3 Kd4 42. c5 bxc5 43. Nc2+ Kc4 (43... Kc3 $142 44. bxc5 Nf5) 44. bxc5 Nf5 45. Ne1 Be4 {Precision: White = 31%, Black = 86%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Azarov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,81,25,37,23,37,37,34,42,46,34,34,34,34,34,33,21,18,22,62,49,141,123,167,162,185,147,162,133,181,176,208,182,240,241,222,254,268,232,199,42,125,50,468,450,545,542,539,532,526,517,507,487,465,370,391,380,391,390,400,401,402,377,400,335,649,650]} 1. d4 d5 {[%cal Bd7d5,Bd5c4][%mdl 32]} 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. e3 Bd7 8. Qe2 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3} Bd6 9. Qxc4 O-O {LiveBook: 24 Games} 10. Nbd2 {White is slightly better.} (10. Rd1 Qe7 11. Nc3 b5 12. Qd3 e5 13. dxe5 Bxe5 14. e4 Bg4 15. Bg5 Qe6 {½-½ (33) Gelfand,B (2725)-Oparin,G (2616) Moscow 2016}) 10... Nb4 $146 {next ...Bb5 is good for Black.} ({Predecessor:} 10... Qe7 11. b3 e5 12. Bb2 e4 13. Ng5 Bf5 14. Qe2 Nb4 15. Nc4 Nfd5 {0-1 (49) Leenhouts,K (2499)-Azarov,S (2577) Bastia 2016}) 11. Qe2 Bb5 12. Nc4 a5 13. a3 {[%cal Ba2a3,Ba3a4][%mdl 32]} Nbd5 14. a4 Ba6 15. b3 c6 16. Bb2 Bb4 17. Rfc1 c5 18. dxc5 Ne4 {[#]} ({Black should play} 18... Bxc5 $14 19. Nfe5 Rc8) 19. c6 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} bxc6 20. Nfe5 f5 21. Nxc6 Qe8 22. Nxb4 axb4 23. Qe1 Rd8 24. Bd4 Qh5 (24... Rc8 {was necessary.} 25. f3 Nec3) 25. f3 $18 Nec3 26. Bc5 f4 {intending ...fxg3.} 27. Bxf8 (27. gxf4 Nxf4 28. Bxf8 (28. Bxb4 $2 Nxg2 29. Qxc3 Nh4 $19) 28... Nfe2+ 29. Kh1 Nxc1 $11) 27... fxg3 28. Bxb4 $2 (28. hxg3 $18 Rxf8 29. Rc2) 28... Qxh2+ $14 29. Kf1 Nxb4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Better is} 29... h5 $1 $14 30. Bxc3 h4) 30. Qxc3 $18 (30. Rxc3 h5 $18) 30... Bb7 {( -> ...Bxf3!)} 31. Rd1 (31. Qxb4 {[#]} Bxf3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 32. Qf8+ Kxf8 33. Rc2 Bxg2+ 34. Ke2 Be4+ 35. Kf1 Qh1+ 36. Ke2 Bf3#) 31... Rf8 32. e4 ({Don't go for} 32. Qxb4 $2 Bxf3 33. Ra2 (33. Qxf8+ $2 Kxf8 34. Rd8+ Ke7 $19) 33... Bxd1+ 34. Qxf8+ Kxf8 $19) 32... Bxe4 33. Ne5 Nd5 {[#]} 34. Rxd5 $1 Bxd5 35. Rd1 Qh5 36. b4 {[%cal Bb3b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Qf5 37. Re1 h5 38. Kg1 h4 {Black hopes to continue with ...h3.} 39. Nc6 {Hoping for Ne7+.} Qf7 40. b5 Qc7 $2 (40... h3 41. Bxh3 Qh5 42. Ne7+ (42. Bxe6+ {is a self mate.} Kh8 43. Bh3 Qxh3 44. Re2 Bxf3 45. Qxg7+ Kxg7 46. Re7+ Kh8 47. Rh7+ Kxh7 48. Ne7 Qh1#) 42... Kh8) 41. Qc5 {Precision: White = 83%, Black = 43%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Howell, David W L"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,75,16,22,4,25,23,23,21,16,23,23,12,28,28,16,15,24,19,56,49,54,53,84,91,119,110,108,88,147,134,218,202,247,229,235,150,165,166,162,162,178,149,242,245,233,220,322,325,400,400,473,455,711,710,710,708]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 O-O 7. h3 a6 8. a4 Ba7 9. Re1 Ne7 10. Nbd2 Ng6 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} 11. Nf1 c6 {LiveBook: 12 Games} 12. Ba2 Be6 {The position is equal.} 13. Bxe6 fxe6 {[#]} 14. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Ng3 d5 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Rxe3 Qb6 17. Qc2 a5 18. Ra3 {½-½ (42) Howell,D (2667)-Ipatov,A (2660) Saint Louis 2017}) 14... Bxe3 15. Rxe3 Qe7 16. Ng3 Rad8 17. d4 exd4 18. cxd4 d5 19. Qb3 Nf4 20. e5 Ne8 21. h4 Ng6 22. Qa3 Rd7 23. Qxe7 Nxe7 24. Rb3 h6 (24... Rf4 $142) 25. Ne2 $16 Nc8 {[#]} (25... g6 $16 {keeps fighting.} 26. Rc1 Rf7) 26. Ne1 $1 $18 g5 27. hxg5 hxg5 28. Rg3 Rg7 29. Nf3 Rf5 30. Rg4 Ne7 31. Rd1 Kh7 (31... Nc7 $16 32. Rd3 b6) 32. Ng3 Kh6 33. Nxf5+ Nxf5 (33... exf5 {was called for.} 34. Rg3 Nc7) 34. Rd3 Rg6 35. Rb3 Rg7 36. Nh2 {White is clearly winning.} b5 (36... Kh7 $142 37. Rh3+ Kg8) 37. Rh3+ Kg6 38. Nf3 {Precision: White = 80%, Black = 35%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Tate, Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,49,0,0,0,0,3,3,-9,-1,-2,12,-4,0,10,0,0,1,5,33,41,64,60,68,84,73,82,81,58,128,122,194,149,402,399,395,398,385,364,378,348,497,497]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bd6 5. a3 (5. d3 h6 6. a3 a6 7. Bc4 Bc5 8. b4 Ba7 9. h3 d6 10. Ne2 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Ng3 O-O 13. c3 Qe8 14. O-O Nh5 15. Nxh5 Qxh5 {½-½ (24) Svidler,P (2741)-Yu,Y (2750) Shenzhen 2017}) 5... O-O 6. d3 {C48: Four Knights: 4 Bb5, replies other than 4...Bb4} Nd4 7. Bc4 c6 8. h3 {The position is equal.} Bc7 9. Ba2 d5 10. Bg5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. O-O Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 {0-1 (27) Rizouk,A (2524)-Cruz,J (2438) Barcelona 2015}) 10... Ne6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. exd5 Nf4 $1 {[%cal Rf4g2]} 13. g3 {[#] Hoping for Ne4.} Nxh3 14. Ne4 Qe7 15. Nfd2 g6 16. Qf3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under strong pressure.} Kg7 17. O-O-O cxd5 18. Bxd5 f5 (18... h5 $14) 19. Nc3 $16 e4 (19... Ng5 $16 {was worth a try.} 20. Qe3 Bb6) 20. Qe2 Nxf2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (20... f4 $16) 21. Qxf2 $18 e3 22. Rde1 Re8 23. Qh2 h5 24. Nf3 Qd6 (24... Ba5 {is a better defense.} 25. Qh4 Qxh4 26. Nxh4 Bb6) 25. Nb5 {Precision: White = 67%, Black = 53%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Deac, Bogdan-Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,58,5,7,18,0,11,10,21,0,0,-14,0,0,9,0,46,46,47,47,48,45,46,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. h3 d6 7. c3 h6 8. Re1 a5 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} 9. Nbd2 a4 10. Nf1 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Ra5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Bd7 11. d4 Bb6 12. Ng3 Re8 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Be3 {½-½ (55) Malakhov,V (2712)-Gledura,B (2602) Chartres 2017}) 11. a3 Re8 12. Ng3 Bb6 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. fxe3 Be6 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Rf1 d5 17. Qe2 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. dxe4 Qe7 20. Rf2 Nd8 {The position is equal.} 21. Raf1 Rf8 22. Kh2 b6 23. Nh4 Rxf2 24. Qxf2 {Ng6 is the strong threat.} Kh7 25. Qg3 Qg5 26. Qe1 Rb5 27. Qe2 Ra5 28. Qe1 Rb5 29. Qe2 Ra5 {Precision: White = 73%, Black = 71%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rakhmanov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Gabuzyan, Hovhannes"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 34,83,39,14,22,29,33,23,48,52,56,29,29,27,29,0,16,0,29,29,29,29,29,29,29,14,27,25,22,10,64,67,81,39,39,21,21,11,30,29,40,12,42,42,47,0,0,-9,-9,-2,-2,-2]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 d6 9. Bg5 a6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Qf4 O-O 12. Rfd1 Be7 13. Ne4 Bxe4 14. Qxe4 Ra7 15. Nd4 {A30: Symmetrical English: Double Fianchetto and Hedgehog} Rc7 16. b3 (16. Rac1 Re8 17. e3 Bf8 18. b3 Qc8 19. Rc2 Nd7 20. Rcd2 Nf6 21. Qf3 d5 22. cxd5 Nxd5 {½-½ (80) Iturrizaga Bonelli,E (2641)-Zhang,Z (2619) Berlin 2015}) 16... Qc8 17. e3 Bf6 18. a4 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Nd7 19. Rab1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19. a5 Rc5 20. axb6 Nxb6 21. Qd3 a5 22. Qd2 d5 23. Rxa5 dxc4 {½-½ (34) Scherer,A (2437)-Tauscher,K (2450) Remote email 2011}) 19... Nc5 20. Qf3 Rd8 21. Nc6 Rdd7 22. h4 a5 23. Nd4 {Nb5 is the strong threat.} Rd8 24. Nc6 Rdd7 25. Nd4 {Black must now prevent Nb5.} Rd8 26. Nb5 Rcd7 27. Qe2 Na6 28. Rbc1 Qc5 29. Rd2 Nb4 30. Rcd1 g6 31. Kh2 Kg7 ({Better is} 31... d5 $11) 32. e4 $14 Nc6 33. Bh3 Na7 34. Nxa7 Rxa7 35. f4 Rc7 36. Rd3 h5 37. Bg2 (37. e5 $5 {[%cal Re5f6]} Be7 38. Qd2 $16) 37... Qb4 38. e5 Be7 39. Qd2 (39. Qe3 $5 {[%cal Re5d6]} d5 40. cxd5 exd5 41. Qe2 $16 (41. Bxd5 Rc2+ 42. Kh3 Qa3 $16) (41. Rxd5 Rxd5 42. Rxd5 Rc3 $16)) 39... Qxd2 {The position is equal.} 40. R1xd2 {[%cal Re5d6]} Bf8 $1 41. Be4 Rdc8 42. exd6 {Precision: White = 46%, Black = 58%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Black "Grib, Roman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C14"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,134,39,29,27,25,10,0,10,60,43,66,58,132,116,121,126,117,122,110,95,104,74,108,113,106,110,130,110,108,102,125,125,133,130,117,121,172,137,136,138,141,141,145,142,133,134,179,187,208,206,185,206,202,209,195,198,200,195,181,187,194,200,183,83,83,88,97,114,89,37,216,38,38,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. f4 a6 8. Nf3 c5 9. dxc5 Nc6 10. Bd3 Qxc5 11. Qd2 b5 12. a3 f6 {C14: French: Classical System: 4 Bg5 Be7 main line} (12... O-O 13. Qf2 Ra7 14. Qxc5 Nxc5 15. Kd2 f5 16. Ne2 h6 17. Rhg1 g5 18. g4 Ne4+ 19. Ke3 Rg7 20. gxf5 {1-0 (66) Robson,R (2620)-Akobian,V (2616) Wheeling 2013}) 13. exf6 Nxf6 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 14. Ne2 O-O {White has an edge.} 15. Nfd4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Bd7 17. c3 {1-0 (17) Solodovnichenko,Y (2430)-Wilgenhof,O (2247) Chessfriend.com 2003}) 17. fxe5 Ng4 18. Qb4 Qb6 (18... Qxb4+ $14 19. axb4 Nxe5) 19. O-O-O $16 Qh6+ 20. Kb1 Nxe5 21. Qc5 Rd8 22. Bf5 Nc4 {Threatening ...Ne3.} 23. Qe7 Qf6 24. Qxf6 gxf6 25. Rhe1 Ne5 26. Re3 Bxf5 27. Nxf5 Ra7 28. Rg3+ Kf8 29. Nd4 {Ne6+ is the strong threat.} Kf7 30. Rf1 Nc4 (30... Rh8 $16 {was necessary.} 31. Rg5 Nc4) 31. Kc1 {aiming for Nc6.} Ne5 32. Rg5 Re7 33. Rgf5 Rd6 34. Rh5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} Kg6 35. Rh3 Rc7 36. Rf4 h5 37. Rg3+ $1 Kf7 38. Rh4 Rc4 39. b3 Ng6 40. Rxg6 $1 ({Don't play} 40. bxc4 Nxh4 41. cxb5 axb5 $16) 40... Rxd4 {[#]} 41. Rxf6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxf6 42. Rxd4 $18 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} Ke6 {[#]} 43. Rh4 $1 Rf5 44. Kd2 (44. Kd1 $18 {has better winning chances.}) 44... Rf2+ $16 45. Kd3 Rxg2 46. Rxh5 a5 47. Rh8 ({Better is} 47. b4 $16) 47... Kd6 $2 {[#]} ({Black should play} 47... a4 $14) 48. Rh6+ $2 (48. h4 $1 $18) 48... Ke5 $14 49. Rb6 Rxh2 {The position is equal.} 50. Rxb5 a4 51. Kc3 (51. c3 $5 {[%cal Rb3a4]} Rh3+ 52. Kd2 Rh2+ 53. Kd1 $11) 51... Rh3+ 52. Kb4 axb3 53. cxb3 Ke4 54. Rb8 d4 55. a4 Rh1 56. Re8+ Kd3 $1 57. a5 {Strongly threatening a6.} Ra1 58. Rd8 (58. Kb5 $5 {[%cal Rb3b4]} Kc3 59. b4 $11) 58... Ke3 59. Kc4 Rc1+ $1 60. Kb5 (60. Kd5 $5 {[%cal Rd8e8]}) 60... d3 $1 61. a6 Ra1 $1 62. b4 {Threatens to win with Kb6.} (62. Rd7 $5 {[%cal Ra6a7]} d2 63. Kb6 $11) 62... d2 63. Kb6 {Hoping for a7.} d1=Q 64. Rxd1 Rxd1 65. b5 Kd4 66. a7 Ra1 67. Kb7 Kc5 {Precision: White = 60%, Black = 60%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,67,19,12,38,33,33,33,38,33,32,23,37,33,37,29,29,0,15,0,0,4,14,17,17,10,23,23,18,17,20,20,20,27,22,29,59,14,29,10,15,12,18,0,7,0,16,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. a4 a6 7. h3 d6 8. c3 Ba7 9. Re1 Ne7 10. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3][%mdl 32]} Ng6 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} 11. Nf1 c6 12. Bb3 {LiveBook: 7 Games} (12. Ba2 Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Ng3 d5 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Rxe3 Qb6 17. Qc2 a5 18. Ra3 {½-½ (42) Howell,D (2667)-Ipatov,A (2660) Saint Louis 2017}) 12... Re8 13. Ng3 Be6 14. d4 h6 15. a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Bc2 Qc7 16. Be3 Rad8 17. Qc1 d5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Bxe3 20. Qxe3 Qxe5 {1-0 (28) Perez,M (2406)-Varacalli,F (2088) Caba 2017}) 15... Bxb3 16. Qxb3 Qc7 17. Be3 exd4 18. Bxd4 Ne5 19. Nxe5 {Threatens to win with Nc4.} Bxd4 20. cxd4 {Black must now prevent Nc4.} dxe5 21. Nf5 exd4 22. e5 $1 {[%cal Re5f6]} Rxe5 {[#]} 23. Nxh6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} gxh6 24. Qg3+ {[#]} Ng4 $1 25. Qxg4+ Rg5 26. Qxd4 Rd8 27. Qf6 Rg6 28. Qc3 Qd7 29. Re3 Qd5 {[%csl Gg6][%cal Rd5g2]} 30. Rf3 Qd4 {The position is equal.} 31. Qb3 Qd5 32. Qc3 Qd4 33. Qb3 Qd5 34. Qc3 {Precision: White = 53%, Black = 50%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Black "Bortnyk, Olexandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,57,45,44,69,67,85,88,73,63,93,83,93,79,87,34,68,29,24,0,25,23,32,28,22,20,16,-129,271,83,272,249,665,670,10364,5281,1869,1526,29986,29987,29987,29988,29988,29988,29988,29989,29989,29987,29987,29988]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. f3 Bb7 4. e4 e6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd3 {LiveBook: 11 Games} O-O {A50: Queen's Fianchetto Defence (1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 b6)} (6... Nc6 7. Nge2 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 d6 9. O-O Qe7 10. f4 Na5 11. e5 Ne4 12. Ba3 f5 13. Bb4 Nc6 14. Bxe4 fxe4 {0-1 (39) Aleksandrov,A (2569)-Kovalenko,I (2650) Liepaja 2014}) 7. Nge2 d5 {[#]} 8. cxd5 $1 exd5 {White is better.} 9. e5 Nfd7 10. a3 Be7 11. Qc2 h6 12. Nf4 (12. f4 $16) 12... Bg5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... c5 13. Be3 cxd4 14. Bxd4 {0-1 (29) Altenburg,R-Staben,T Mecklenburg VP 2000}) 13. O-O c5 $1 14. Nfe2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} (14. dxc5 {feels hotter.} d4 15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Be4 Bc6 17. Ncd5) 14... cxd4 (14... Bxc1 {keeps more tension.} 15. Rfxc1 cxd4 16. Nb5 Nxe5 17. Nc7 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Nd7) 15. f4 dxc3 16. fxg5 cxb2 17. Bxb2 Qxg5 18. Nf4 (18. e6 $1 $11 fxe6 19. Qc7) 18... Qe7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (18... Nxe5 $17 19. Bh7+ Kh8) 19. Bh7+ $18 Kh8 {[#]} 20. e6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rc8 $2 (20... Qc5+ 21. Qxc5 bxc5) (20... fxe6 21. Ng6+) 21. Qf5 Nf6 {intending ...fxe6.} 22. exf7 Qxf7 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Ng6+ {White mates.} Kg7 {[#]} 25. Ne5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qe8 (25... fxe5 26. Qxf7+) 26. Rae1 Nc6 27. Qxf6+ Kxh7 28. Nxc6 Rxc6 29. Re7+ {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 44%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Black "Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,31,38,26,22,35,46,46,43,45,37,39,36,38,37]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} (6. Bf4 Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. e3 Bf5 9. Qb3 Bxg3 10. hxg3 Nc6 11. Be2 Qd6 12. O-O Ne7 13. Ne5 h5 {0-1 (39) Karjakin,S (2783)-Adams,M (2761) Shamkir 2017}) 6... Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 h6 9. Bf4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 {LiveBook: 22 Games} 11. Be5 Ng7 12. h3 {White is slightly better.} Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bd6 {[#]} 14. O-O $146 c6 15. Rc1 h5 16. e4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kovalenko, Igor"]
[Black "Kryakvin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,91,14,27,27,27,18,14,8,28,27,40,24,29,14,27,0,0,0,75,40,47,46,82,83,73,82,82,77,113,102,118,115,117,120,131,122,133,126,130,100,124,38,193,185,167,169,245,245,344,344,368,388,454,365,676,695,660,549,541,519,829,707,736,675,649,639,1276,1249,12838,5548,12840,12840,12841,7608,12841,29961,12838,12839,12839,12836,12832,10512]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. e3 Nc6 {LiveBook: 30 Games. A17: English Opening: 1...Nf6 with ...Bb4} 7. b3 {[%cal Bb2b3,Bb3b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} (7. Be2 e5 8. O-O O-O 9. b3 Re8 10. Bb2 d6 11. Rad1 Bg4 12. d3 h6 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. dxe4 {½-½ (133) Bu,X (2698)-Zhou,J (2635) Shenzhen 2016}) 7... O-O 8. Bb2 e5 {The position is equal.} 9. Bd3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 d6 11. O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. h3 Qe7 12. O-O h6 13. b4 Re8 {1-0 (53) Burnett,R (2444)-Karklins,A (2285) Mashantucket 2005}) 11... h6 12. b4 Re8 13. b5 Na5 14. Be2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} b6 (14... e4 $11) 15. e4 Nh5 16. g3 Bg4 17. d3 Nf6 18. Kh1 a6 19. a4 axb5 20. axb5 Nh7 21. Ng1 Bxe2 22. Nxe2 Nf6 23. h3 Nb7 24. Kh2 Qc7 25. f4 Nd7 26. f5 (26. Bb2 $16) 26... f6 $2 {[#]} (26... Rxa1 $1 $14 27. Rxa1 Na5) 27. Bd2 $18 Reb8 28. Nc3 Qd8 (28... Qc8 {was called for.} 29. Nd5 Kf8) 29. Nd5 Rxa1 (29... Kf8 {was worth a try.} 30. Ra6 Kg8) 30. Rxa1 Ra8 31. Ra6 Kh7 32. Qa4 Na5 $2 (32... Rb8 33. Qd1 Qe8) 33. Bxa5 bxa5 34. Rxa8 Qxa8 35. b6 {[%cal Bb5b6,Bb6b7][%mdl 32]} Nf8 (35... Nxb6 $142 36. Nxb6 Qa7) 36. Nc7 Qb8 37. Qxa5 Nd7 38. Nd5 Qe8 39. g4 h5 40. b7 hxg4 41. hxg4 Kh6 42. Kg3 Qh8 43. Qd2+ g5 44. Qh2+ {White is clearly winning.} Kg7 45. Qxh8+ Kxh8 {[#]} 46. Nxf6 $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 68%, Black = 24%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Black "Martirosyan, Haik M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,119,-6,33,1,38,20,18,17,28,22,30,17,58,58,68,70,89,88,108,110,105,105,106,74,81,80,83,83,83,83,103,103,103,103,119,119,119,119,124,119,119,119,119,119,119,119,119,119,119,119,119,119,119,119,135,122,122,122,135,132,132,99,99,99,99,99,99,92,92,92,92,92,92,0,0,0,31,31,31,0,0,0,0,0,31,0,0,0,0,0,12831,12831,12832,12832,12836,12836,12837,12837,12835,9481,12838,12839,12840,12840]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 c6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 {A11: English Opening: 1...c6} 9. Bxf3 e6 {LiveBook: 5 Games} (9... Qb6 10. Qc2 Rd8 11. e3 e6 12. d4 Nbd7 13. Bg2 h5 14. Nd2 a5 15. a3 Rdc8 16. c5 {0-1 (63) Kayumov,S (2505)-Kozul,Z (2613) Doha 2016}) 10. Qc2 Nbd7 {The position is equal.} 11. d3 Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Rc8 12. Nd2 Qe7 13. Rab1 Rfd8 14. Rfc1 Ne8 15. b4 Bxb2 16. Qxb2 {0-1 (40) Thiede,L (2442)-Dovramadjiev,T (2331) Santanyi 2004}) 12. e3 a5 13. Nc3 Nb6 14. Rac1 a4 15. Nxa4 Nxa4 16. bxa4 dxc4 17. Qxc4 Nd7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qb4 Qf6 20. Be2 Ra7 21. Rc4 Qe7 22. Rb1 Qxb4 23. Rcxb4 Nf6 24. Rxb7 Rxa4 25. Rc7 Nd5 26. Rxc6 Rxa2 27. Bf3 Ra5 28. Rd6 Nf6 29. Rb7 Raa8 30. Rdb6 Kf8 31. d4 Re7 32. Rxe7 Ra1+ 33. Kg2 Kxe7 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 34. g4 {[%cal Bg3g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} Ra5 35. h4 h5 36. Rb7+ Kf8 37. g5 Nd5 38. Rb8+ Kg7 39. Bxd5 Rxd5 {KR-KR} 40. Rc8 Ra5 41. Rd8 Ra1 42. e4 Re1 {[#]} 43. f3 $1 Rd1 44. d5 exd5 45. exd5 (45. Rxd5 $16 Ra1 46. Rc5) 45... Rd2+ 46. Kg3 {next d6 is good for White.} Rd3 47. d6 {aiming for Kf4.} Rd4 48. Kh3 Rd3 49. Kg2 Rd2+ 50. Kg3 {Hoping for Kf4.} Rd4 51. f4 Rd3+ 52. Kf2 Rd5 53. Ke3 {[#] Ke4 is the strong threat.} Rd1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (53... f5 $11) 54. Ke4 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Rd2 55. Ke5 Re2+ 56. Kd5 Rd2+ 57. Kc6 Rc2+ 58. Kd7 Rc4 59. Ra8 Rxf4 60. Kc6 {Precision: White = 70%, Black = 71%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kravtsiv, Martyn"]
[Black "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,55,10,19,20,15,15,33,0,0,1,18,0,7,0,0,3,11,13,18,6,32,32,32,0,8,5,6,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3 Be7 9. f4 d6 10. Kh1 O-O 11. Qe1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Qg3 Bb7 14. a3 Rac8 15. Rae1 {B85: Sicilian Scheveningen: 6 Be2 a6, lines with early Be3} Bc6 16. Bf3 Qb7 17. b4 {White is slightly better.} Rfd8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Qc7 18. Nd1 a5 19. Nf2 Rfd8 20. Re3 axb4 21. axb4 d5 22. e5 Ne4 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. c3 Bxb4 25. Ng4 Kh8 26. Qh4 Be7 27. Nf6 h6 28. Rh3 b4 29. Qg5 {1-0 (29) Mista,A (2562)-Pieniazek,A (2368) Legnica 2012}) 18. Nd1 Ne8 19. Nf2 Bf6 20. c3 Qe7 21. e5 dxe5 22. fxe5 Bh4 23. Qh3 {[#] Bc5 is the strong threat.} Bxf3 (23... Bxf2 $5 24. Rxf2 Bxf3 25. Rxf3 Qb7 $14) 24. Qxf3 {Threatens to win with g3.} Bxf2 $1 25. Rxf2 Nc7 {The position is equal.} 26. Ref1 Rd7 27. Qc6 Qe8 28. h3 {Precision: White = 65%, Black = 57%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Black "Harutyunian, Tigran K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,61,41,43,48,27,21,16,11,8,13,0,0,-7,6,0,48,47,64,57,41,28,69,74,89,48,78,67,181,183,174,118,468,475,531,550,536,518,29992,29993]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3 Qc7 9. Bd2 {D12: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 e3 Bf5} Be7 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. O-O-O Nbd7 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Kb1 {LiveBook: 8 Games} Qb6 14. Qa4 a6 15. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32] [#]} Qd8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Qc6 16. Qxc6 bxc6 {1-0 (47) Wang,H (2737)-Mamedyarov,S (2764) Tashkent 2012}) 16. Qb3 b5 17. g5 Nh5 18. e4 Nb6 (18... Ng3 $5 19. hxg3 Rxh1 $11) 19. exd5 exd5 20. f4 {And now Bg2 would win.} Qd7 21. Bg2 $36 {[%cal Rc3d5][%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Rd8 22. Ka1 O-O 23. Ne2 Nc4 {[#]} 24. Bc1 $1 a5 25. Nc3 {[%cal Be2c3,Bc3d5,Bd5f6][%mdl 32]} Rb8 (25... a4 $14 26. Qxb5 Qxb5 27. Nxb5 Bb4) 26. Nxd5 $18 Bd6 27. Qh3 (27. Qf3 $18) 27... Qa7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (27... Rfd8 $16 {is more resistant.} 28. Qxd7 Rxd7) 28. f5 Rbe8 29. Bf3 Qd7 30. Bxh5 gxh5 {[#]} (30... Qxf5 $18 31. Qxf5 gxf5) 31. Nf6+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 75%, Black = 42%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Jurcik, Marian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,107,16,11,15,6,32,24,29,25,23,32,19,16,35,42,40,35,95,97,118,118,112,104,76,88,173,172,176,181,177,177,175,171,176,161,209,208,202,202,214,214,214,214,214,214,270,252,274,198,299,285,551,548,535,523,508,479,410,235,581,539,12828,9442,12834,12831,12832,12832,12832,12531,12833,12833,12833,12834,12834,12835,12835,12835,12835,12835,12830,12825,2275,2137,12837,12836,12841,12842,12842,12843,12843,12843]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} 8. f4 g6 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O {LiveBook: 3 Games} Rc8 11. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. f5 gxf5 12. exf5 Bc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. Qd3 Qc7 15. Be3 {0-1 (40) Gharamian,T (2626)-Rodshtein,M (2698) Chartres 2017}) 11... Rxc3 12. bxc3 Nxe4 13. Bf3 Nxc3 14. Qd2 Qc7 15. fxe5 dxe5 16. Nd4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} exd4 17. Bxd4 Bc5 (17... Ne5 $1 $14 18. Qxc3 Qxc3 19. Bxc3 Nxf3+ 20. Kh1 (20. gxf3 Bc5+ 21. Kg2 O-O $11) 20... Nd2 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 18. Qxc3 $16 Bxd4+ 19. Qxd4 O-O 20. Bd5 Bxd5 21. Qxd5 Qc5+ (21... Nc5 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 22. Qxc5 $18 Nxc5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} 23. Rae1 Ne6 24. Rd1 Nc5 25. Rf3 Rc8 26. Rd6 Kf8 {[#]} 27. Rc3 $1 Ke7 28. Rb6 Rc7 29. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} Kd7 30. Rf6 Ke7 {[#]} 31. g5 $1 h5 32. h4 Ke8 33. Rc4 Ke7 (33... b5 $142 34. Rc3 Ke7) 34. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Rc8 $2 (34... a5 {is a better defense.} 35. Rb6 Kd7) 35. a5 Rc7 36. Kf2 Ke8 37. Kf3 Ke7 38. Ke3 (38. Rb6 $142 Kd8 39. Rf6) 38... Kd8 $2 (38... Kf8 {is more resistant.} 39. Kf3 Ke8) 39. Rd6+ {White is clearly winning.} Ke8 40. Kd4 Ke7 41. Kd5 Ne6 42. Rxc7+ Nxc7+ {KR-KN} 43. Ke5 Ne6 44. Rb6 Nd8 45. Kd5 Kd7 46. c4 {[%cal Bc2c4,Bc4c5][%mdl 32]} Kc7 47. Rf6 Kd7 48. c5 Kc7 49. Ke5 Nc6+ 50. Ke4 Nd8 51. Kd5 Kd7 52. Rd6+ Ke7 {[#]} 53. Rxd8 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxd8 54. Kd6 {Precision: White = 100%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lysyj, Igor"]
[Black "Salomon, Johan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,53,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,39,36,99,43,62,79,65,48,62,73,131,131,132,134,175,191,200,202,212,193,381,379,377,373,374,364,401,401,401,401,398,387]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. b3 dxc4 7. bxc4 c5 8. O-O cxd4 {A14: English Opening: 1...e6 with b3 by White} 9. Nxd4 e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Nfd7 10. Bb2 a6 11. Nc3 Qc7 12. Rc1 Nc5 13. e3 Nc6 14. Qe2 Bd7 15. Ne4 Na4 16. Ba1 e5 17. Nb5 axb5 18. cxb5 {½-½ (18) Iturrizaga Bonelli,E (2614)-Granda Zuniga,J (2639) Pamplona 2010}) 10. Nb5 {Hoping for Qxd8.} Nc6 {The position is equal.} 11. N1c3 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Bf5 ({Black should try} 12... a6 $14 13. Nd6 Bxd6 14. Rxd6 Na5) 13. Be3 (13. Nd5 $16) 13... Ng4 14. Nd5 Nxe3 15. Nxe7+ Nxe7 16. fxe3 Rab8 ({Better is} 16... Be6) 17. Nxa7 $16 Be6 18. c5 Nf5 {[#]} 19. Kf2 $1 Ra8 20. Nb5 Ra5 {[#]} 21. a4 $1 Bb3 $2 (21... Bc8 22. Rd5 e4 23. Bxe4 Nh6) 22. Rdb1 $18 {White is winning.} Rxa4 23. Rxa4 Bxa4 24. Bxb7 Ne7 25. c6 Bc2 26. Rc1 Be4 27. Nd6 {Precision: White = 82%, Black = 36%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shimanov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,39,23,22,19,23,12,29,12,42,37,43,4,5,21,22,-20,0,-8,-20,-29,-16,-33,-16,-36]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Qc2 c5 8. Rd1 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} Bb7 9. dxc5 bxc5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Be2 (11. Bb5 Nbd7 12. O-O a6 13. Be2 Qb6 14. Ne5 Rfd8 15. Bf3 Nf8 {0-1 (61) Chirila,I (2533)-Akobian,V (2633) chess.com INT 2017}) 11... Nbd7 12. O-O Rc8 13. Ne5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Qb3 Qb6 14. Qxb6 axb6 15. Bb5 Rfd8 16. Na4 Bc6 17. Bxc6 Rxc6 {1-0 (48) Ferkova,D (1687)-Schneider,J (1803) Kouty nad Desnou 2014}) 13... Nb6 14. Bf3 Bd6 15. Qf5 Re8 16. Nd3 g6 17. Qg5 Ba6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Ne2 Nc4 20. Ng3 {Precision: White = 47%, Black = 65%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Solak, Dragan"]
[Black "Matinian, Nikita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,92,17,9,0,0,0,14,14,21,0,7,0,44,14,12,25,48,-1,56,56,45,0,-25,-130,-125,-130,-151,-155,-154,-138,-154,-147,-143,-147,-104,-207,-206,-291,-287,-363,-357,-358,-356,-479,-453,-459,-426,-415,-369,-362,-359,-450,-427,-416,-409,-407,-418,-453,-447,-582,-556,-685,-600,-638,-629,-610,-608,-604,-516,-641,-641,-939,-920,-979,-950]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bd6 6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4 f6 8. Be3 Ne7 {[%cal Bg8e7,Be7g6,Bg6h4][%mdl 32]} 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Qc3 {C68: Ruy Lopez: Exchange Variation, sidelines} Qd7 {LiveBook: 23 Games} 11. Rad1 (11. Nc4 Bxc4 12. Qxc4 Ng6 13. Nd4 Ne5 14. Qb3 O-O-O 15. Nf5 g6 16. Nxd6+ Qxd6 17. h3 g5 {½-½ (55) Solak,D (2628)-Wojtaszek,R (2748) Reykjavik 2015}) 11... Ng6 12. Nb3 {The position is equal.} Bxb3 13. Qxb3 {Strongly threatening Nd4.} O-O-O 14. Nd4 {Threatens to win with Ne6.} Rhe8 15. f3 Nh4 16. Bf2 c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... g5 17. Bxh4 gxh4 18. c3 Qe7 19. Nf5 Qe5 20. Nxd6+ cxd6 21. Rd4 h3 22. g3 f5 23. Qf7 fxe4 {½-½ (23) Genzling,A (2264)-Delorme,A (2366) Nancy 2008}) 17. Ne2 g5 18. Kh1 f5 (18... Qb5 $11 19. Nc3 Qxb3 20. axb3 (20. cxb3 b6 $14) 20... Ng6) 19. Nc3 $1 $14 Qg7 20. Bxh4 ({White should play} 20. exf5 $14 Nxf5 21. Ne4) 20... gxh4 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black is up to no good.} 21. exf5 (21. Qd5 $11) 21... Qe5 $17 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Re5h2] [#]} 22. f4 Qxf5 23. Qd5 Qxc2 24. Rd2 Qg6 25. Qf3 {[#]} Qf5 $1 26. h3 Rf8 {[%cal Rf5f4]} 27. Nd5 (27. Ne4 $17) 27... Rde8 {[%cal Bd8e8,Be8e4,Be4d4,Bd4d3][%mdl 32]} 28. Rdf2 (28. Rfd1 {keeps fighting.}) 28... Re4 $19 29. Qb3 Rd4 30. Ne3 Qe4 {Hoping for ...Rd3.} 31. Ng4 Rd3 32. Qc2 Rxh3+ 33. Nh2 Qxc2 34. Rxc2 Rg3 35. Rc4 h3 36. gxh3 Rxh3 37. Kg2 Re3 38. Ng4 Re2+ {Black is clearly winning.} 39. Kf3 Rxb2 40. a4 b5 41. axb5 axb5 42. Re4 c4 43. Ne3 Bc5 44. Nd5 Rd2 45. Re5 Bd6 46. Rh5 c6 {Precision: White = 38%, Black = 70%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanisevic, Ivan"]
[Black "Shevchenko, Kirill"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,89,23,13,-31,-31,-31,0,0,0,-13,-14,-20,-16,-24,26,27,45,35,49,45,40,20,38,-19,-24,-30,-34,-33,0,0,0,0,43,-11,54,2,2,2,16,16,68,64,65,14,16,12,13,0,136,135,136,138,129,127,241,226,206,178,240,212,854,827,852,800,760,547,532,515,489,467,1063,1087,1052,1012,29984,1705,1705,2661,2424,2359,6024,5808]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. h4 d5 4. e3 (4. Nd2 Bf5 5. Nxe4 Bxe4 6. f3 h6 7. Bf4 Bh7 8. e3 e6 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Bxb8 Qa5+ 13. c3 Rxb8 14. b4 {½-½ (22) Ivanisevic,I (2658)-Rapport,R (2649) Bar 2015}) 4... h6 5. Bf4 c5 6. f3 {A45: Trompowsky Attack} Nf6 7. Nc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. c3 Nc6 8. g4 e6 9. Nd2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Bd6 11. Nh3 e5 12. dxe5 Bxe5 {1-0 (63) Kanep,M (2491)-Berend,E (2350) Gothenburg 2005}) 7... cxd4 8. exd4 {The position is equal.} a6 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. g4 e6 11. Nge2 Bd6 (11... b5 {is interesting.} 12. a3 Bb7 13. O-O-O Nd7 14. Kb1 Be7) 12. O-O-O Qc7 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Nf4 Bd7 15. Be2 O-O-O 16. g5 (16. Na4 $14) 16... Ng8 $11 17. Na4 Nge7 18. Nb6+ Kc7 (18... Kb8 $5 {[%cal Rd7e8]} 19. Nxd7+ Qxd7 $11) 19. Nxd7 Kxd7 20. c3 Nf5 21. Bd3 (21. g6 $14) 21... Nce7 (21... Ng3 $11 22. Rh3 hxg5 23. Rxg3 Qxf4 24. Qxf4 gxf4 25. Rxg7 Ke7) 22. Rde1 (22. Bxf5 $14 Nxf5 23. g6) 22... g6 23. Bc2 hxg5 24. hxg5 Rxh1 ({Better is} 24... Kc8 $11) 25. Rxh1 $14 Ng3 26. Re1 (26. Rh4 $1 $14) 26... Rh8 27. Nd3 Nc6 28. Ba4 Nf5 (28... b5 $11 29. Nc5+ Ke8) 29. Ne5+ $16 Ke7 30. Bxc6 $1 bxc6 31. Qe2 Ra8 (31... a5 $16) 32. Kb1 $18 a5 33. a4 Ng3 (33... Rh8 {might work better.} 34. Qa6 Qc7 35. Qxc6 (35. Nxc6+ Kf8 $16) 35... Qxc6 36. Nxc6+ Kd7 37. Nxa5 Rh3) 34. Qc2 Nf5 $2 {[#]} (34... Rh8 35. Qb3 Qc7 36. Qa3+ Ke8) 35. Rh1 Rf8 36. Rh7 Ke8 37. Qb3 Qc7 {[#]} 38. Nxg6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rg8 (38... fxg6 39. Rxc7) 39. Ne5 {And now g6 would win.} Rg7 (39... Rxg5 $142 40. Rxf7 Ne7) 40. Rh8+ Ke7 41. Ra8 Kd6 42. Qa3+ (42. Ra6 $142 Nxd4 43. cxd4 Ke7 44. Rxc6 Qxc6 45. Nxc6+ Kd6 46. Qb7 f5 47. Qxg7) 42... c5 {White is clearly winning.} 43. Ra6+ (43. f4 $142 Rh7 44. dxc5+ Ke7 45. c6+ Nd6 46. Qc5) 43... Ke7 44. Rc6 Qa7 45. Rxc5 {Precision: White = 58%, Black = 40%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,57,24,23,0,16,12,23,23,23,15,23,22,24,23,22,22,12,14,23,22,19,21,16,13,18,18,27,26,27,6,11,0,1,0,2,6,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} Ne8 (9... Bf6 $5 {[%cal Rf6e5]} 10. Re1 Re8 $11) 10. Nd5 {[%cal Bc3d5,Bd5e3,Be3f5,Bf5e7][%mdl 32]} Bd6 11. Re1 {White has an edge.} c6 12. Ne3 Bc7 13. Nf5 d5 14. Ne7+ Kh8 15. Nxc8 Rxc8 16. d4 Nf6 {[#]} 17. Bd3 $146 Qd6 18. g3 Rce8 19. Bf4 Rxe1+ 20. Qxe1 Qd8 21. Bg5 h6 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 {The position is equal.} 23. Qb4 {[%cal Rb4f8] [#]} Rb8 $1 24. Re1 {Hoping for Qxb7!} Bb6 25. c3 g6 26. Bf1 Kg7 27. h4 Bc7 28. Qe7 Bd6 29. Qxf6+ {Precision: White = 75%, Black = 76%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Romanov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Schreiner, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,61,61,70,63,72,60,61,60,60,62,54,50,47,114,115,119,119,119,119,119,107,113,98,127,128,207,217,208,202,231,227,217,217,394,368,348,418,378,412,412,382,456,481,475,476,469,459,416,362]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Nc6 {A16: English Opening: 1...Nf6 with ...d5} (7... c6 8. h5 Qa5 9. Nf3 Nd7 10. Kf1 Nc5 11. Rh4 Bf6 12. Rh1 Bg4 13. Nd4 Rd8 14. hxg6 hxg6 15. Rxh8+ Bxh8 {½-½ (26) Movsesian,S (2699)-Kurnosov,I (2657) Khanty-Mansiysk 2013}) 8. h5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Qd7 9. Qa4 Ne5 {White is better.} 10. Qb3 Nc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... c5 11. Rb1 Rb8 12. Ba3 c4 13. Qb4 b5 14. f4 {1-0 (14) Mu,K (2419)-Andreoni,G (2140) Barcelona 2016}) 11. Nf3 {[%cal Bg1f3,Bf3g5,Bg5e4][%mdl 32]} b6 12. Ng5 e6 13. Ne4 {Threatens to win with Qb5.} Na5 (13... h6 $14) 14. Qc2 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] aiming for h6. Black is under strong pressure.} Bb7 15. h6 $1 {[%cal Rh6g7]} Be5 16. d4 {[%cal Bd2d4,Bd4e5][%mdl 32]} f5 17. dxe5 {And now Nf6+ would win.} fxe4 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Qc6 {[#]} (19... Rd8 $16 20. Bg5 Qd5) 20. Qxc6+ $1 $18 Nxc6 {[#]} 21. Bg5 $1 Rf8 22. f4 Rf7 23. O-O-O Rd7 $2 (23... Na5 {might work better.} 24. Rd3 Rd7) 24. Rxd7 Kxd7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 25. Rd1+ Ke8 26. e4 Nd8 27. g4 Nf7 28. Bf6 Nxh6 29. Rh1 Nxg4 30. Rxh7 {Black must now prevent Rh8+.} Rc8 31. Bh4 {Precision: White = 98%, Black = 64%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Black "Teterev, Vitaly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,74,45,42,60,43,62,36,54,6,31,21,30,16,60,-12,-12,-16,0,0,0,-13,15,0,52,-6,46,0,68,59,62,42,32,16,60,0,-8,-28,-29,0,-10,-27,-13,-37,-26,-29,0,-280,-294,-277,-289,-547,-527,-539,-525,-616,-618,-608,-601,-597,-599,-693,-712]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. Nf3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 b6 {E90: King's Indian: Classical: Early deviations and 6 h3} (8... Nc6 9. Be2 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Bd7 11. O-O a5 12. Qc2 Bc6 13. Rad1 Nd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Bg4 Nf6 16. e5 Nxg4 17. hxg4 {½-½ (36) Andreikin,D (2737)-Mamedov,R (2688) Tallinn 2016}) 9. Qd2 Bb7 10. f3 Nbd7 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 10... Nh5 11. g4 Ng3 12. Rg1 Nxf1 13. Rxf1 Nc6 14. O-O-O a6 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Bh6 Bxh6 17. Qxh6 Qe8 18. Nd5 Bxd5 {½-½ (18) Siqueira,A (1907)-Bottari,R (2163) Rio de Janeiro 2014}) 11. g4 Rc8 12. Be2 Ne5 13. b3 a6 14. a4 (14. Rd1 $14) 14... e6 $11 15. Rd1 Qc7 16. O-O Rfd8 17. Qe1 Ned7 18. Qf2 Qb8 (18... d5 $11) 19. Rd2 ({Better is} 19. g5 $14 Nh5 20. f4) 19... h6 (19... Re8 $11) 20. Qh4 g5 ({Black should play} 20... d5 $11) 21. Qf2 Qc7 22. Rfd1 Nh7 {[%cal Bf6h7,Bh7f8,Bf8d7,Bd7e5,Be5f3][%mdl 32]} 23. Bf1 Ba8 24. Bg2 (24. h4 $14) 24... Nc5 25. Rb1 (25. b4 $5 {[%cal Rb4c5]} Nd7 26. Ndb5 axb5 27. Nxb5 $14) 25... Nf8 26. h4 Qe7 27. h5 (27. Nd5 $5 exd5 28. Nf5 $15) 27... Nfd7 28. Qe2 Ne5 29. Qd1 Qf6 30. Bf1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (30. Rc1 $11) 30... Nxf3+ $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 31. Nxf3 (31. Qxf3 Qxf3) 31... Qxc3 32. Bd3 $2 (32. Bxc5 bxc5 33. Qe2) 32... Nxe4 {Black is clearly winning.} 33. Rc2 Qf6 34. Qf1 Ng3 35. Qg2 Qxf3 36. Qxf3 Bxf3 37. Kf2 Be4 {Precision: White = 30%, Black = 46%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Black "Plat, Vojtech"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,59,14,25,20,17,15,22,20,31,33,14,8,15,0,15,12,8,17,16,21,22,0,29,25,75,70,79,68,91,84,180,181,222,202,283,196,372,385,382,376,416,397,467,496,485,453]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 Nc6 {LiveBook: 26 Games} 9. Qd3 $146 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4)} ({Predecessor:} 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. Rxc3 dxc4 11. Rxc4 e5 12. Qc1 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Rxd4 Qg6 15. g3 Bf5 16. Bg2 c5 {½-½ (70) Yilmaz,M (2614)-Vidit,S (2670) Dubai 2017}) 9... Rd8 10. a3 Bf8 11. Be2 {The position is equal.} a6 12. O-O Na5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. b4 Nc6 15. Na4 Bd6 16. Qc3 g5 17. Nc5 g4 18. Nd2 Re8 19. Bd1 Ne7 20. e4 {[%cal Be3e4,Be4d5][%mdl 32] Strongly threatening e5.} Ng6 21. Re1 (21. e5 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Bxe5 $11) 21... Bf4 22. g3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} Bg5 {[#]} (22... b6 $16) 23. Ba4 $1 $18 {[%cal Ra4e8]} Rd8 {[#]} 24. exd5 $1 Qf5 (24... Qg7 {was worth a try.} 25. Nce4 Bxd2 26. Nxd2 (26. Qxd2 Rxd5 27. Rxc7 Rxd4 $16) 26... Bf5) 25. Nce4 Be7 $2 (25... Ne7 26. Bb3 (26. Qxc7 Nxd5 27. Qc2 Be7 $16) 26... Nxd5 27. Bxd5 Qxd5 28. Nxg5 (28. Qxc7 Rd7 $18) 28... Qxg5) 26. Bb3 c6 {[#]} 27. d6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bf8 (27... Bxd6 28. Nxd6) 28. Qe3 Bxd6 29. Nxd6 Rxd6 30. Rc5 {Precision: White = 76%, Black = 38%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,151,34,26,26,39,45,49,0,101,104,128,89,94,76,75,55,64,56,74,38,45,38,33,42,35,0,22,0,0,-7,-11,-117,-120,-169,-167,-158,-147,-176,-110,-110,-99,-133,-160,-169,-180,-253,-22,-147,-12,-24,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-3,0,0,0,-40,0,-40,-42,-57,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,73,8,8,5,8,0,0,0,0,0,39,42,108,0,0,0,220,242,549,435,1003,1000,956,978,923,859,1155,1160,1229,1149,1214,1214,1148,0,0,0,1149,1130,775,1962,1924,1891,1872,1789,3226,3155,3161,3942,2570,2223,2108,1887,5935,9598,29950,12764,29980,29980,29979,29980]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 g6 4. c3 Bg7 5. h4 h5 6. Ngf3 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} Nf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... Bg4 7. Bd3 Nh6 8. Qc2 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Nf5 11. Nc5 b6 12. Bxf5 gxf5 {½-½ (56) Kovalev,V (2562)-Lomako,P (2370) Minsk 2014}) 7. e5 Ng4 8. Bd3 {White is slightly better.} Bf5 (8... c5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 9. Bxf5 $16 gxf5 10. Ng5 e6 11. Nf1 c5 12. f3 Nh6 $1 13. Ng3 Ng8 14. f4 cxd4 15. Nxh5 Bf8 16. cxd4 Nc6 17. Be3 Qa5+ 18. Kf2 Qb6 19. Rb1 Be7 $1 20. g4 (20. Ng7+ $11 Kf8 21. N7xe6+ fxe6 22. Nxe6+ Kf7 23. Ng5+ Kg7 24. g4 Bxg5 25. hxg5 (25. fxg5 Nge7 $17)) 20... Nh6 $17 21. Ng7+ Kf8 22. gxf5 Kxg7 23. Rg1 {White wants to mate with Nxe6+.} Kf8 ({Don't go for} 23... Nxf5 $2 24. Nxe6+ Kh6 25. Qg4 $18) (23... Bxg5 $1 $19 24. Qh5 exf5 25. Rxg5+ (25. Qxg5+ $2 Kf8 $19) 25... Kf8 26. Rxf5 Re8) 24. f6 Nf5 25. Nf3 {[#]} Bd8 $1 ({And not} 25... Nxh4 26. Rh1 $16) 26. Rg5 {intending Rxf5.} Rc8 27. Qg1 {[#]} (27. Rxf5 $142 exf5 28. Qc2) 27... Ncxd4 $2 ({Black should try} 27... Nce7 $1 $19 28. Qd1 Ng6) 28. Nxd4 $11 Nxd4 (28... Nxe3 $17 29. Kxe3 Rc4) 29. Qd1 $1 Rc2+ {[#]} 30. Qxc2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxc2 31. Bxb6 Bxb6+ 32. Kg3 {Strongly threatening Rc1.} Nd4 {Black wants to play ...Nf5+.} (32... Be3 {with more complications.} 33. Rd1 b6 34. h5 a5 35. Rh1 Rh6) 33. Kg4 Nf5 34. h5 Be3 35. Rd1 Ke8 36. Rd3 Nh6+ 37. Kf3 Bb6 38. a4 Kd7 39. Rg7 Bc5 40. a5 b6 (40... Bf8 $15 41. Rg5 Nf5) 41. axb6 axb6 42. Rc3 Bd4 43. Rc2 Bc5 44. Rc1 Bf8 45. Rg5 Nf5 46. Ra1 Rh7 (46... Nd4+ $11 {remains equal.} 47. Kg4 Nf5) 47. Ra8 (47. Ra7+ $16 Kc6 48. Ra8) 47... Bc5 48. Rag8 {aiming for R8g7!} Rh6 49. Ke2 (49. R5g7 $5 Rxh5 50. Rxf7+ Kc6 51. Re8 Nd4+ 52. Kg4 $14) 49... Nd4+ 50. Kd3 {And now b4! would win.} Nc6 51. Ra8 Nb4+ 52. Kd2 {[%mdl 1024] Black must now prevent Ra7+. White has compensation.} Kc6 53. Rc8+ (53. Ra7 $16) 53... Kb5 54. Rc7 Rh8 $2 (54... Rh7 $11) 55. Rxf7 $18 Ra8 $2 (55... d4 {is a better chance.} 56. f5 Nc6) 56. Rc7 Ra2 {[#]} (56... Rh8 $142 57. Rcg7 Nc6) 57. Rxc5+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} bxc5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KR} (57... Kxc5 58. f7) 58. f7 Rxb2+ 59. Kd1 d4 60. f8=Q d3 61. Rg7 Rb1+ 62. Kd2 Rb2+ 63. Kd1 Rb1+ $1 64. Kd2 Rb2+ 65. Ke3 Re2+ 66. Kf3 Nc2 67. Rc7 Nd4+ 68. Kg4 Rc2 69. Qd6 d2 70. Rxc5+ Rxc5 71. Qxd4 {KQ-KR} Rd5 72. Qb2+ Kc6 73. Qc2+ Kd7 74. Qd1 Ke7 75. Kf3 Kf7 76. Ke2 {Precision: White = 58%, Black = 53%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fedorchuk, Sergey A"]
[Black "Koksal, Ege"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,69,28,28,34,49,66,59,10,42,37,53,28,27,18,28,22,28,15,15,0,58,67,58,71,57,0,0,0,0,-6,0,0,0,0,60,60,58,62,72,8,683,683,676,676,669,669]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. a4 Rb8 13. axb5 axb5 {LiveBook: 7 Games} 14. b3 {C96: Closed Ruy Lopez: Chigorin Defence: 11 d4, replies other than 11...Qc7} exd4 15. cxd4 Nc6 {[#]} 16. Bb2 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 16. Nc3 Nb4 17. Bb1 Re8 18. Bf4 Qb6 19. Qd2 Bb7 20. Ne2 Nc6 21. d5 Nce5 22. Nxe5 Nxe5 {1-0 (59) Ivanchuk,V (2769)-Karjakin,S (2779) Astana 2012}) 16... Nb4 17. Nc3 Re8 18. dxc5 dxc5 19. Nd5 Nxc2 20. Qxc2 Bb7 21. Red1 Bf8 22. e5 Bxd5 ({Black should play} 22... h6 $11) 23. Rxd5 $14 {[#] aiming for Ra7.} Rb7 $1 24. Rad1 {Hoping for Qd2.} Qe7 25. Ba3 (25. Qf5 $14 g6 26. Qd3) 25... Ra8 $11 26. Bc1 {Strongly threatening Ng5.} h6 27. Be3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Qe6 28. Qd3 {[%cal Rd5d7]} Nb6 29. Qxb5 {Threatens to win with Rd8.} Nxd5 (29... Rbb8 $11 30. Rd6 Bxd6 31. Rxd6 Nd5) 30. Qxb7 $14 Nxe3 31. fxe3 Ra3 32. Rd8 (32. Nd2 $16) 32... Rxb3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (32... Qxb3 $11 33. Qe7 Qxe3+ 34. Kh2 Qf4+ 35. Kg1 Ra1+ 36. Kf2 Ra2+ 37. Kg1 Qe3+ 38. Kh2 Qf4+ 39. Kg1 Qc1+ 40. Kh2 Qf4+ 41. Kg1) 33. Qa8 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Qe7 34. Re8 Ra3 35. Qc8 {Precision: White = 51%, Black = 54%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Popov, Ivan"]
[Black "Drozdowski, Kacper"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,113,29,45,44,30,38,44,28,24,31,45,22,61,58,57,43,59,75,59,70,68,56,72,75,62,73,70,58,70,8,62,54,81,93,83,99,108,110,144,137,145,107,116,110,120,106,130,119,127,18,10,0,108,77,110,103,145,0,0,0,43,1,60,37,53,21,18,18,18,19,78,73,70,104,58,80,245,245,233,253,255,225,208,210,243,235,352,353,558,568,553,539,886,830,29977,29978,29978,29979,6444,1590,29991,29992,29992,29986]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qf3 {B48: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 Be3 a6 without Be2} Nxd4 (7... Nf6 8. O-O-O Rb8 9. Be2 d6 10. Qg3 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 e5 12. Ba7 Ra8 13. Be3 b5 14. f4 Bb7 15. fxe5 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 {1-0 (42) Nepomniachtchi,I (2767)-Adhiban,B (2666) Doha 2016}) 8. Bxd4 b5 9. Qg3 {White is slightly better.} Qxg3 10. hxg3 Bb7 11. O-O-O Rc8 12. f3 Ne7 13. g4 (13. a4 $5 {[%cal Ra4b5]}) 13... d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... f6 14. Be3 d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 {1-0 (51) Vuckovic,B (2558)-Vratonjic,S (2409) Kraljevo 2015}) 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 {[#]} 16. a4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bb3 (16... bxa4 17. Bxa6) 17. Rd2 Bb4 18. c3 O-O 19. axb5 axb5 20. Kb1 (20. Bxb5 $14 h6 21. Kb1) 20... Be7 (20... Bc5 $11) 21. Bxb5 $14 Ra8 22. Bc6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under strong pressure.} Ra6 23. Bb7 Ra4 24. Be3 h6 25. Rd7 Bf6 26. Bc5 Rb8 27. Bd6 Re8 28. Re1 Ra7 29. Bc5 Ra5 30. Bb4 (30. Bd4 $16) 30... Ra7 $1 $11 31. Bc5 ({Better is} 31. Bd6 $11) 31... Ra5 $16 32. Bf2 Ba4 33. Rc7 Rb8 34. Re4 (34. b4 $16 Rb5 35. Be4) 34... Bb5 $1 $11 {[%cal Rb5d3] ...Bd3+ is the strong threat.} 35. Rb4 {Strongly threatening Be4.} Bd3+ 36. Kc1 Ra1+ 37. Kd2 Bf1 38. Rc8+ Rxc8 39. Bxc8 Bxg2 40. Bb7 Be7 {[#]} (40... g6 $11 {remains equal.}) 41. Rc4 $1 $16 f5 42. Bc8 Kf7 43. Rc6 Bxf3 $2 (43... Rd1+ $16 {was called for.} 44. Ke2 (44. Kxd1 Bxf3+ 45. Kd2 Bxc6 $15) 44... Rd6 45. Rxd6 Bxd6) 44. Bxe6+ $18 Ke8 45. Rc8+ Bd8 46. Bxf5 ({Don't play} 46. gxf5 Ra8 $18) 46... Ra6 47. Ke3 Bd5 48. Kd4 Bf7 (48... Bb7 $142) 49. c4 g6 (49... Be6 {keeps fighting.} 50. Bxe6 Rxe6) 50. Bh4 $1 {[%csl Gh4][%cal Rc8d8]} g5 51. Bg3 h5 52. Bc7 Rc6 53. Rxd8+ Ke7 54. Rd7+ Ke8 55. c5 {aiming for Bd6.} hxg4 56. Bd6 g3 57. Re7+ {Precision: White = 62%, Black = 35%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,54,0,29,-6,0,-16,0,-4,-5,-16,-15,-28,-16,-5,-10,-20,-17,-12,0,-14,0,-3,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-9,0,-7,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2 c6 9. Rc1 {E11: Bogo-Indian} (9. Rd1 b6 10. b3 a5 11. Bc3 Ne4 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe4 f5 14. Bxd5 exd5 15. dxe5 f4 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Bd4 Ba6 18. Qc6 Bxe2 {½-½ (28) Ding,L (2773)-Giri,A (2785) Moscow 2017}) 9... b6 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 10. b4 Bb7 11. Be1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Qb3 dxc4 12. Qxc4 c5 13. bxc5 bxc5 14. Qb5 Rb8 15. Qa4 Qb6 16. Be3 cxd4 17. Bxd4 Bc5 18. Bxc5 Nxc5 19. Qd4 Nfe4 20. Nc3 Rfd8 21. Qe3 Nxc3 {½-½ (21) Petrov,J (2428)-Dizdar,G (2551) Sibenik 2008}) 11... c5 12. bxc5 bxc5 13. Nbd2 Rc8 14. Qd1 Nb6 15. cxd5 {The position is equal.} Bxd5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Qe7 18. a5 Nbd7 19. Nb3 Bb4 20. Nfd4 {[%cal Bf3d4,Bd4c2,Bc2e3][%mdl 32] Hoping for Bxd5.} Bxe1 21. Qxe1 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 e5 23. Nc2 Qe6 24. Nd2 Rc5 {[#] White must now prevent ...Qc6+.} 25. Ne3 Rfc8 26. Rxc5 Rxc5 27. Nf3 $1 g6 {Precision: White = 74%, Black = 56%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tomczak, Jacek"]
[Black "Polivanov, Anatoliy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,113,38,43,49,18,52,45,23,34,26,24,26,8,22,15,17,25,33,45,43,-15,-15,-20,-2,-29,-25,-31,16,0,23,23,45,0,0,7,58,62,78,65,50,54,65,45,52,43,39,37,77,30,25,0,28,27,20,-39,47,0,134,0,190,131,122,133,105,105,120,81,102,87,197,111,98,100,100,99,146,129,207,203,328,239,250,251,250,250,320,301,301,291,559,561,12837,12836,12841,12842]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Ne4 Qc7 9. f4 Rb8 {B45: Sicilian Four Knights} 10. a3 Qa5+ 11. c3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Qb6 {White is slightly better.} 12. Bd3 Be7 13. Qe2 $1 {[#]} f5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... a5 14. c4 f5 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Rb1 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Qd4 18. b3 d5 {1-0 (38) Yu,Y (2677)-Muzychuk,A (2566) Wijk aan Zee 2014}) 14. Nf2 O-O 15. O-O a5 16. Bd2 a4 17. c4 Nc7 {[%cal Bd5c7,Bc7a6,Ba6c5,Bc5b3][%mdl 32]} 18. Bc3 Na6 19. Bc2 Nc5 20. Rad1 ({Better is} 20. Bb4 $14) 20... Nb3 $11 21. Rd3 c5 22. Rh3 (22. Qh5 $5 {[%cal Rd3h3]} g6 23. Rg3 $15) 22... Rf7 23. Bxb3 axb3 24. Nd1 Bb7 25. Be1 Bc6 26. Bh4 Bxh4 27. Rxh4 Qd8 (27... d6 $11) 28. Rh3 $1 $14 (28. Qh5 g6 $17) 28... g5 29. fxg5 Rg7 30. Rg3 Rxg5 31. Qe3 Rxg3 32. hxg3 Qe7 33. Nf2 Kh8 34. Nd3 Rg8 35. Nf4 Qg7 36. Kf2 Be4 37. Qc3 (37. Rd1 $1 $11) 37... Qh6 (37... d5 $1 $15 38. exd6 Qxc3 39. bxc3 Rd8 40. Nxe6 Rxd6 41. Nxc5 Bc2) 38. Rd1 Qg7 (38... Qh2 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 39. Rh1 (39. a4 $1 $16) 39... Bc6 $2 (39... d5 $1 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 40. Rh4 ({White should play} 40. Nh5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rh5g7]} Qf8 41. Nf6 (41. Qxb3 Qh6 $16)) 40... d6 $16 41. Nxe6 Qxe5 42. Qxe5+ dxe5 43. Nxc5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} f4 44. Rh3 $1 ({But not} 44. gxf4 $6 Rxg2+ 45. Ke1 Bf3 $11) 44... Rd8 (44... Rg4 $16) 45. Nxb3 (45. gxf4 $1 $18 Rd2+ 46. Ke1 Rxb2 47. Rxb3 (47. fxe5 Rxg2 48. Rxb3 h5 $18) 47... Rxb3 48. Nxb3) 45... Bd7 46. Rh6 {aiming for Rd6.} Rb8 47. Nc5 Rxb2+ 48. Kf3 Bf5 (48... Kg7 $16 {might work better.}) 49. Rf6 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf6f5]} Bg6 (49... Bc2 $142 50. gxf4 Bd1+ 51. Ke4 Re2+ 52. Kd5 exf4) 50. gxf4 e4+ 51. Kg3 Kg7 52. Re6 Rc2 53. Nxe4 Rxc4 {[#]} 54. Nd6 $1 Rc3+ $2 (54... Rc5 {keeps fighting.} 55. Kh4 Rh5+ 56. Kg4 Rd5) 55. Kh4 {White is clearly winning.} Rxa3 56. f5 Ra4+ {[#]} 57. g4 $1 {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 41%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Khismatullin, Denis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,75,40,35,38,18,43,40,38,26,38,29,47,27,25,30,25,22,27,28,28,29,33,0,47,37,42,31,45,44,104,74,243,237,267,266,244,190,182,134,285,274,291,250,308,276,326,320,323,323,320,315,350,341,397,379,538,534,499,483]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5 7. a3 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3} Be7 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Nc3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Ne4 11. O-O (11. Qd3 $5 {[%cal Rc3e4]} Nxd2 12. Qxd2 $14) 11... Nd7 12. Rfd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Bf4 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bd6 14. Bg5 Be7 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 {½-½ (71) Eljanov,P (2719)-Korobov,A (2680) Lvov 2014}) 12... O-O 13. Bf4 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 Nb6 15. Qd3 (15. e4 $5) 15... Nd5 16. Bd2 Nf6 17. Ne5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qd5+ 19. f3 Rfd8 20. Bc3 b5 21. e4 Qb7 22. a4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} b4 23. Be1 c5 {[#]} (23... Nd7 $14 24. Nc4 c5) 24. Qb5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rb5b7]} Qxb5 $2 (24... Qc7 $16) 25. axb5 $18 cxd4 26. Nc6 Rd7 27. Nxe7+ ({Weaker is} 27. Nxd4 Rad8 $11) 27... Rxe7 {[#]} 28. Bxb4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rd7 $2 (28... Rb7 $16) (28... axb4 29. Rxa8+) 29. Rxa5 Rxa5 30. Bxa5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Kf8 31. Rc1 {And now Rc8+ would win.} Rb7 32. b6 {Strongly threatening Rc7.} Ke7 33. Kf2 e5 34. Ke2 Kd7 35. Kd3 Ne8 36. Rc5 Kd6 (36... f6 {was called for.} 37. f4 Ke6) 37. Rd5+ Ke6 38. f4 {Precision: White = 75%, Black = 43%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Kantans, Toms"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2473"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,120,8,29,0,25,22,41,38,38,44,47,36,50,27,29,27,29,29,27,31,23,20,35,0,22,0,16,25,29,27,27,30,46,44,22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-9,0,0,0,0,0,-12,-4,-11,0,-13,-18,-24,-31,-38,-16,-66,-14,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-90,-96,-102,-103,-83,-85,-90,-99,-272,-264,-348,-343,-317,-325,-357,-343,-488,-426,-2763,-2382,-2402,-1850,-12840,-12840]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Rc8 {B92: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Be2} 10. Re1 Be7 11. Bf3 O-O 12. a5 Nc5 {LiveBook: 8 Games} (12... Rc4 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Nd2 Rc6 15. Nf1 Rc8 16. h3 Qb8 17. Bg5 {0-1 (63) Kosteniuk,A (2553)-So,W (2773) Chess Supersite INT 2016}) 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Nd2 {[%cal Bb3d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3][%mdl 32]} Bd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Ncd7 15. Nf1 Rfe8 16. h3 b5 17. axb6 Nxb6 18. Rxa6 Nc4 19. Bc1 Qb7 20. Ra2 Rc5 21. b3 {0-1 (32) Alsina Leal,D (2549)-Paikidze,N (2416) Biel 2011}) 15. Nf1 b5 16. axb6 Qxb6 17. Rb1 {[#] Strongly threatening b4.} Qb7 18. Ng3 Rfe8 19. Bg5 Be6 20. Nf1 Ncd7 21. Ne3 h6 22. Bh4 Qb4 23. h3 Bd8 24. Re2 {[%cal Be1e2,Be2d2,Bd2d5][%mdl 32]} Nb6 25. Rd2 Nh7 26. Bxd8 Rexd8 27. Ncd5 Bxd5 28. c3 ({Much weaker is} 28. Rxd5 Nxd5 29. Nxd5 Qb7 $17) 28... Qc5 {aiming for ...Be6.} 29. Nxd5 Nxd5 30. Rxd5 Qb6 31. Qc2 Nf6 32. Rd2 Rc6 33. Rbd1 Rb8 34. Re1 a5 35. Ra1 g6 36. Qa4 Rc5 37. Be2 Kg7 38. Rad1 Qb7 39. Bd3 h5 {[%cal Bh6h5,Bh5h4][%mdl 32]} 40. Re1 h4 41. Qd1 Qc6 42. Qe2 Rb6 ({Black should play} 42... a4 $15) 43. Ra1 $11 Qb7 44. Ra2 d5 {[%cal Rd5e4]} 45. exd5 Rxd5 {And now ...Rbd6 would win.} 46. Bc4 Rc5 47. b3 Ne4 48. Rd3 $1 Nd6 49. Rad2 (49. Qe3 $11 Qc7 50. Rd5 Rxd5 51. Bxd5) 49... Nxc4 $17 50. bxc4 {[#]} Rb1+ $1 51. Kh2 {Black must now prevent Qe3.} e4 52. Rd6 {next Qe3 is good for White.} Qe7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Hoping for ...Qe5+. Black is on the roll.} 53. Rd1 $2 (53. f4 $17) 53... Rxd1 $19 54. Rxd1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Qc7+ 55. Kg1 Rxc4 56. Qe3 a4 {[%cal Ba5a4,Ba4a3][%mdl 32]} ({Weaker is} 56... Rxc3 57. Qxe4 Rc1 58. Qd4+ f6 59. Rxc1 $17) 57. Qd2 (57. Ra1 $142) 57... a3 {Black is clearly winning.} 58. Qd5 (58. Rc1 $142) 58... Rxc3 59. Qd4+ Kg8 60. Qxe4 Rc1 {Precision: White = 48%, Black = 65%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Parligras, Mircea-Emilian"]
[Black "Schekachikhin, Maksim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,72,0,0,0,0,14,14,14,11,14,19,17,13,13,15,14,15,7,16,22,14,27,14,14,14,24,20,19,7,0,-26,-27,-110,-92,-99,0,-5,0,0,6,0,0,-13,-13,-14,-13,-15,-16,-15,-18]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 {[%cal Be7e6,Be6e5][%mdl 32]} 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 e5 10. h3 h6 11. Bb3 {D46: Semi-Slav: 5 e3 Nbd7 6 Bd3, Black avoids the Meran} (11. Rd1 Qc7 12. a3 Re8 13. Ba2 exd4 14. exd4 Nf8 15. d5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Qxc7 Bxc7 18. Bxd5 Bb6 {½-½ (33) Cheparinov,I (2685)-Goganov,A (2600) Gjakova 2016}) 11... Re8 12. a3 Qc7 13. Rd1 {LiveBook: 5 Games} a6 14. Ba2 c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... exd4 15. exd4 Nf8 16. Be3 Be6 17. Bxe6 Nxe6 18. Qf5 Bf4 {1-0 (70) Botsari,A (2326)-Brunello,M (2315) Porto Rio 2014}) 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. b4 Nce4 17. Bb2 Bf5 18. Rac1 Nxc3 19. Qxc3 Qe7 20. Qd2 Rad8 21. Qe2 Be4 22. Nd2 Bc6 23. Nc4 (23. Rxc6 $5 bxc6 24. Qxa6 $11) 23... Bc7 24. Na5 Bxa5 (24... Be4 {with more complications.} 25. f3 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 b6 27. fxe4 bxa5 28. bxa5 Bxa5 29. Qxa6 Qc5) 25. bxa5 Ne4 26. Rxd8 Qxd8 27. Bc4 Qxa5 {[#]} 28. Bxa6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rd8 $17 {Threatens to win with ...Rd2.} (28... Qxa6 29. Qxa6) 29. Bd3 {[#] And now Rxc6! would win.} Qd5 (29... Nxf2 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 30. Kxf2 (30. Qxf2 Rxd3) 30... e4) 30. Bc4 $11 {The position is equal.} Qd6 31. Qh5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Qf6 32. f3 ({Avoid the trap} 32. Qxe5 $2 Qxf2+ 33. Kh2 Nf6 $19) 32... Ng5 {White must now prevent ...Rd2.} 33. h4 Nxf3+ $1 34. gxf3 Bxf3 35. Qxf7+ Qxf7 36. Bxf7+ Kxf7 {Precision: White = 64%, Black = 64%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rozum, Ivan"]
[Black "Girya, Olga"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,152,15,27,4,10,11,10,0,14,12,8,8,16,6,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,32,11,14,0,0,0,0,-21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,16,14,27,11,8,0,0,-13,-13,-18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-12847,-12847,-12848,-12848,-12849,-12849,-12850,-12850,-12850,-12851,-12851,-12851,-12851,-12851,-12851,-12851,-12851,-12851,-12851,-12851,-12851,-12851,-12851,-12851,-12851,-12851,-12851,-29954,-29971,-29972,-29974,-29975,-29979,-29980,-29980,-29981,-29981,-29982,-29982,-29983,-29983,-29984,-29984,-29985]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Bc4 Bd6 7. Qe2+ Qe7 8. Qxe7+ {B11: Caro-Kann: Two Knights Variation} Kxe7 9. O-O Re8 {LiveBook: 4 Games} (9... Rd8 10. d4 Bg4 11. Nd2 Kf8 12. c3 Bf5 13. Re1 Nd7 14. Ne4 Be7 15. Ng3 Bg6 {0-1 (69) Karjakin,S (2785)-Nakamura,H (2779) Doha 2016}) 10. a4 $146 {White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 10. Re1+ Kf8 11. Rxe8+ Kxe8 12. d4 Bf5 13. c3 Nd7 14. Bd2 Kf8 15. a4 Nb6 {½-½ (28) Jovanovic,Z (2508)-Berkes,F (2659) Schwarzach 2015}) 10... Kf8 11. d3 Nd7 12. Be3 Ne5 13. Nxe5 fxe5 14. a5 a6 15. Bb6 Be6 16. Rfe1 Rac8 17. Bxe6 Rxe6 18. Ra4 f5 19. g4 g6 20. Re3 Rce8 21. gxf5 gxf5 22. Rh4 R8e7 23. Rh5 f4 24. Re4 Kg7 25. Rg5+ Rg6 26. Rg2 Rxg2+ 27. Kxg2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Kg6 28. Kf3 Kf5 29. d4 exd4 30. Rxd4 Re6 31. h4 Rg6 32. Bd8 h6 33. h5 Be5 $1 {[%cal Re5d4]} 34. Rd7 (34. Re4 $5 {[%cal Re4e5]} Rg7 35. Rb4 $11) 34... Rg7 35. Rd3 Rg1 36. Rb3 Rd1 37. Be7 Rd2 38. Rxb7 Rxc2 (38... Bd4 $5 39. Bh4 $8 Rxc2 $14) 39. Ba3 Bd4 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Rc2f2] [#]} 40. Rf7+ Kg5 41. Ke4 Bxb2 42. Rf5+ Kg4 43. Rxf4+ Kxh5 44. Rf5+ Kg6 (44... Kg4 $5 {[%cal Rc2e2]} 45. Bxb2 Re2+ 46. Kd3 Rxb2 $11) 45. Bxb2 $1 Rxb2 {KR-KR} 46. Rc5 Rxf2 {Strongly threatening ...Rf6.} 47. Rxc6+ Rf6 48. Rb6 Kg5 49. Ke3 Kf5 50. Kf3 Re6 51. Rb8 Ke5 52. Ke3 Kd5+ 53. Kd3 Kc5 54. Kc3 h5 {And now ...Rh6 would win.} 55. Rh8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (55. Kd3 $11) 55... Re3+ $19 56. Kc2 {[#]} Re5 $1 57. Kc3 Kb5 58. Kd4 Rg5 59. Rh6 Kxa5 60. Kc4 Rg4+ 61. Kb3 Rg3+ 62. Kc4 Rg5 63. Rf6 Rg4+ 64. Kb3 h4 65. Rf5+ Kb6 66. Rf6+ Kb7 67. Rf7+ Kc6 68. Rf6+ Kd5 69. Rxa6 {Black mates.} Ke4 70. Kc3 Kf3 71. Kd3 h3 {[%cal Bh4h3,Bh3h2][%mdl 32]} 72. Rf6+ Kg2 73. Ke2 h2 74. Rf2+ Kh3 75. Rf3+ Rg3 76. Rf1 Rg1 {Precision: White = 54%, Black = 80%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mchedlishvili, Mikheil"]
[Black "Santos Ruiz, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2473"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,90,11,11,11,13,0,0,0,15,-2,0,0,30,29,26,21,25,21,29,40,34,28,30,22,27,29,19,16,24,38,68,80,79,70,75,73,70,30,63,0,0,0,42,43,43,42,48,0,-60,1,51,61,45,0,0,0,9,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. c4 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7} Nf6 8. Nc3 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Qd3 O-O 11. a4 Qb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Rc8 12. Bd2 Bg4 13. b3 Nd7 14. Rab1 Nc5 15. Qe3 f5 16. exf5 Bxf5 {0-1 (49) Fressinet,L (2668)-Bacrot,E (2696) Balagna 2017}) 12. Be3 Qb4 13. Bd4 Rac8 14. Nd2 Be6 {[%cal Re6c4]} 15. b3 Nd7 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Nc5.} 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. f4 Nc5 18. Qd4+ f6 19. Rab1 Qb6 20. Nf3 Bg4 21. Nd5 Qd8 22. e5 dxe5 23. fxe5 Be6 24. exf6+ (24. a5 $5) 24... exf6 25. Ng5 (25. Rfe1 $1 $14) 25... Bxd5 $11 26. cxd5 {[#] Threatens to win with b4.} Kg8 27. b4 Nb3 $1 {[%cal Rb3d4]} 28. Rxb3 fxg5 29. d6 {aiming for d7.} Rxf1+ 30. Kxf1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Qd7 31. Rf3 Qe6 {( -> ...Rc1+)} 32. Qd2 (32. Kg1 {is more complex.} Rd8 33. Rf6 Qe1+ 34. Rf1 Qe6 35. Rd1) 32... Rd8 {The position is equal.} 33. Rd3 Rd7 34. Kg1 g4 35. Rd4 Kg7 36. Rd5 Qe4 37. Qc3+ Kh6 $1 38. Rd1 Qf4 39. Qc5 (39. g3 $5 {[%cal Rg3f4]} Qe4 40. Qd2+ g5 41. a5 $11) 39... Kg7 40. b5 (40. Qc8 $5 {[%cal Rc8d7]} Qe3+ 41. Kh1 $14) 40... axb5 41. axb5 h5 42. b6 Qf5 43. Qd4+ Qf6 44. Qd5 Qf5 (44... Rf7 $5 {[%cal Rf6f2]} 45. Qc4 Rd7 $14) 45. Qd4+ Qf6 {Precision: White = 77%, Black = 67%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vocaturo, Daniele"]
[Black "Meribanov, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,72,33,47,61,70,50,122,122,128,123,118,127,128,60,74,60,60,61,60,65,65,55,70,64,114,78,59,58,112,90,102,98,108,104,106,106,104,59,122,110,110,67,64,0,0,-205,-196,-207,-148,-157,-149,-147,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 b6 5. Nc3 a6 6. d5 {A47: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 b6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} d6 7. dxe6 Bxe6 (7... fxe6 $14 8. Bd3 Bb7) 8. Ng5 $1 $16 {White is better.} d5 9. Nxe6 fxe6 {[#]} 10. g4 $1 g6 $146 {[#]} ({Predecessor:} 10... h6 11. Bg2 Bd6 12. Ne2 Nc6 {½-½ (62) Karjakin,S (2766)-Ni,H (2693) Doha 2015}) 11. h4 (11. Qf3 $1 $16) 11... Bd6 $1 $14 12. Bxd6 (12. h5 $5 {[%cal Rh5g6]} Bxf4 13. exf4 $11) 12... Qxd6 13. g5 Nh5 $1 14. Be2 Ng3 $1 {[%cal Rg3h1]} 15. Rh3 Nxe2 16. Qxe2 Nc6 17. O-O-O Qe7 18. Rdh1 h5 (18... Rf8 $14) 19. gxh6 $1 $16 Rxh6 20. h5 Rxh5 21. Rxh5 gxh5 22. Rxh5 Qg7 23. Na4 Ne5 ({Black should try} 23... Ke7 $14) 24. Nxb6 Rb8 25. Na4 Nc4 {Threatens to win with ...Rb4.} 26. c3 ({White should play} 26. Rh1 $14) 26... Qg1+ $11 27. Qd1 $2 (27. Kc2 $1 $11 {and White stays safe.} Na3+ 28. Kd2 (28. bxa3 $2 Qb1+ 29. Kd2 Qxa2+ 30. Ke1 Rb1+ 31. Qd1 Rxd1+ 32. Kxd1 Qb3+ 33. Kd2 Qxa4 $19) 28... Nc4+ 29. Kc2) 27... Qxf2 $19 (27... Qxd1+ 28. Kxd1 Rb5 29. b3 $16) 28. Qd3 {aiming for Rh8+.} Qe1+ ({Worse is} 28... Nxe3 29. Qg6+ Kf8 30. Qh6+ Ke7 31. Qg7+ Qf7 32. Qxf7+ Kxf7 33. Nxc5 $14) ({Weaker is} 28... Nxb2 29. Rh8+ Ke7 30. Qh7+ Kd6 31. Rxb8 $18) 29. Qd1 Qxe3+ 30. Kb1 {Strongly threatening Rh8+.} Qe4+ (30... Ke7 $17 31. b3 Kd6) 31. Ka1 $11 {The position is equal.} Ne3 32. Qg1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] b3 is the strong threat. White has good play.} Nc2+ 33. Kb1 Ne1+ 34. Ka1 {Black must now prevent b3.} Nc2+ 35. Kb1 {And now Qg8+ would win.} Ne3+ (35... Nd4+ $5 36. Ka1 Nc2+ $11) 36. Ka1 {Hoping for b3.} Nc2+ {Precision: White = 68%, Black = 61%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Black "Costachi, Mihnea"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 30,105,19,16,18,16,16,16,16,19,29,3,30,30,38,33,92,84,90,83,78,80,81,64,69,50,81,95,127,112,138,138,112,127,221,221,221,221,217,217,221,219,228,197,234,234,234,226,249,234,391,310,402,402,383,370,458,440,568,568,719,756,743,745,731,735,712,703,689,686,29979,29980,29980,29981,29981,29983,29983,29984]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Nd7 11. Nbd2 exd4 {C92: Closed Ruy Lopez: 9...Be6, Karpov and Flohr-Zaitsev Variations} 12. cxd4 Bf6 13. Nf1 Na5 14. Bc2 Re8 15. Ng3 g6 16. Rb1 {LiveBook: 12 Games} c5 17. d5 Nc4 18. Nh2 {[#]} ({Predecessor:} 18. b3 Ncb6 19. Nh2 {0-1 (49) Lopez Martinez,J (2538)-Svetushkin,D (2581) Roquetas de Mar 2015}) 18... Bg7 $146 (18... Nde5 19. b3 {1-0 (40) Grischuk,A (2750)-Alekseenko,K (2585) Sochi 2017}) 19. b3 Ncb6 $1 20. Ng4 Qh4 21. Be3 Ne5 22. Qc1 {Threatens to win with Bg5.} Nxg4 (22... Qe7 $14) 23. Bg5 $16 Bh6 24. Bxh4 Bxc1 25. Rexc1 Ne5 26. f4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Ned7 27. a4 Kg7 28. Bd3 c4 29. bxc4 Nc5 {[#]} 30. Bf1 $1 Nbxa4 31. cxb5 Nxe4 (31... Bc8 $16 {might work better.} 32. f5 a5) 32. Nxe4 $18 Rxe4 33. Rc7 Bxd5 {White should prevent ...axb5.} 34. bxa6 Nc5 35. Rd1 Ne6 36. Re7 Bc4 {[#]} 37. Bxc4 $1 ({Weaker is} 37. Rxd6 Bxf1 38. Kxf1 Rxf4+ 39. Bf2 Nc5 $16) 37... Rxc4 38. Rxd6 Rxf4 39. Bf2 Kf6 $2 (39... Rxf2 {was necessary.} 40. Kxf2 Nc5) 40. Rdd7 Rxa6 41. Rxf7+ Ke5 42. Bg3 h5 43. Rd1 g5 44. h4 Ra3 45. Re1+ Kd6 46. Bh2 Kd5 47. Bxf4 gxf4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} 48. Rf5+ Kd6 49. Rxh5 Re3 50. Rxe3 {White mates.} fxe3 51. Rh6 Ke5 {[#]} 52. Rxe6+ $1 Kxe6 53. Kf1 {Precision: White = 99%, Black = 54%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Pashikian, Arman"]
[Black "Filipets, Egor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2328"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,85,25,20,33,34,33,37,29,26,34,43,39,41,51,22,22,5,20,29,39,8,8,-25,-30,-62,-54,-54,-52,-52,-52,-52,-52,-52,-57,-56,-59,-54,-52,-59,-55,-64,-66,-62,-63,-71,0,-5,41,0,43,1,6,0,25,0,24,24,200,199,190,185,214,214,504,502,492,483,577,562]} 1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 c6 8. b3 Na6 {[%cal Bb8a6,Ba6c5,Bc5e4][%mdl 32]} 9. Re1 Qc7 {A88: Dutch Defence: Leningrad System: 5 Nf3 0-0 6 0-0 d6 7 Nc3 c6} (9... Ne4 10. Bb2 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Nc5 12. Ng5 d5 13. Nh3 Ne4 14. Bb2 Be6 15. Nf4 Bf7 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Nd3 {1-0 (47) Wojtaszek,R (2744)-Caruana,F (2820) Wijk aan Zee 2015}) 10. Ba3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Ne4 11. Qc2 Nxc3 {White is slightly better.} 12. Qxc3 Nc5 13. Rad1 Ne4 14. Qc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Qd3 Qa5 15. b4 Qa4 16. Nd2 d5 17. cxd5 cxd5 {½-½ (33) Kurbonboeva,S (2242)-Saduakassova,D (2405) Dushanbe 2015}) 14... Qa5 15. Bb2 Be6 16. Nd2 d5 17. Nf1 Rad8 18. f3 Ng5 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. a4 Rc8 21. Qd3 f4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 22. Ba3 Bf5 23. Qd2 Qxd2 24. Rxd2 Ne6 $1 25. e3 fxe3 26. Nxe3 Bxd4 27. Bb2 $1 {[%cal Rb2d4]} Bb6 28. b4 a5 $1 29. Kh1 Bxe3 $1 30. Rxe3 d4 31. Re1 {Threatening g4.} Kf7 (31... axb4 $17 {...Nc5 is the strong threat.} 32. g4 Rc2) 32. bxa5 Rc5 33. Bf1 Rfc8 34. a6 bxa6 35. Bxa6 Rc2 36. Red1 (36. Ree2 $5 {[%cal Ra6c8]} R8c5 37. Bxd4 $11) 36... Rxd2 37. Rxd2 Rc2 $2 (37... Rb8 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 38. Rxc2 $18 Bxc2 39. a5 {[%cal Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} d3 {[#] Threatens to win with ...d2.} 40. Bc3 Ke8 $2 (40... Nc7 {was worth a try.}) 41. Bb7 {White is clearly winning.} Kd7 42. a6 Kc7 43. Bd5 {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 44%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Neiksans, Arturs"]
[Black "Goryachkina, Aleksandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,103,17,7,19,13,13,10,13,0,0,18,19,0,24,24,21,26,26,27,62,65,56,42,56,59,60,56,58,64,62,40,40,40,62,54,77,79,79,72,86,86,90,106,185,184,191,184,184,184,193,193,190,191,208,208,269,269,293,237,222,218,233,0,129,0,351,350,372,345,363,362,411,410,416,416,422,425,421,424,414,381,387,299,302,301]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd7 {C07: French Tarrasch: 3...c5, 4 Ngf3 and 4 exd5 Qxd5} (6... Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. c3 Qc7 12. Bd3 Bd6 13. g3 h6 14. Qf3 Be5 15. Re1 Bd7 16. Qe3 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Bc6 18. Bf4 Qd8 19. Be5 Qxd4 20. Bxd4 {1-0 (57) Karjakin,S (2783)-Meier,G (2630) chess.com INT 2017}) 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nb3 a6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc7 11. Bd3 {LiveBook: 7 Games} Bd6 12. h3 Nf6 13. Re1 O-O 14. Bg5 Bh2+ 15. Kh1 {Strongly threatening Bxf6.} Be5 $1 {[%cal Re5d4]} 16. c3 Bxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... h6) 17. cxd4 {Bxf6 is the strong threat.} Nd5 $1 18. Qh5 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Rh5h7]} g6 19. Qf3 f6 20. Bh6 Rd8 21. Re2 Qf7 22. Rae1 Bd7 23. Bc4 Re8 24. Bxd5 exd5 25. Qf4 Rxe2 26. Rxe2 Bb5 27. Re3 Rc8 28. Rf3 f5 29. Re3 Re8 30. Rxe8+ Qxe8 31. Qc7 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rc7g7]} Qd7 (31... Qf7 $16 {was called for.} 32. Qb8+ Be8) 32. Qb8+ $18 Kf7 33. Qh8 Ke6 34. Bg7 Qc7 {intending ...Qc1+.} 35. Qg8+ $1 ({Stronger than} 35. Qxh7 Qc1+ 36. Kh2 Qf4+ 37. Kg1 Qc1+ 38. Kh2 Qf4+ 39. Kh1 Qc1+ 40. Kh2 $11) 35... Qf7 36. Qxh7 f4 37. f3 Bf1 38. Qh8 g5 39. Qc8+ Qd7 40. Qg8+ $1 Qf7 {[#]} 41. Qc8+ ({White must play} 41. Qh8 $1 $18) 41... Qd7 $16 {[#]} 42. Qh8 ({Better is} 42. Qxd7+ $1 $16 Kxd7 43. Bh6) 42... Qe7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (42... Qf7 $1 $11 43. Be5 Kf5) 43. Be5 $18 Kd7 44. Qg8 Bc4 45. b3 Bb5 46. Qxd5+ Ke8 47. Qe4 Bc6 48. d5 Bb5 49. a4 Bd7 50. Qg6+ Qf7 51. Qxg5 Qxd5 52. Qg6+ {Precision: White = 88%, Black = 43%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,33,9,0,2,-11,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 $146 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. Bb3 O-O 8. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1e3][%mdl 32]} h6 9. Re1 Be6 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} 10. Nf1 Bxb3 11. Qxb3 Qd7 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Nxe3 Rfe8 14. h3 {LiveBook: 7 Games. The position is equal.} Ne7 15. Nh2 c6 16. Nhg4 Nxg4 17. hxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kulaots, Kaido"]
[Black "Baghdasaryan, Vahe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2449"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,117,19,39,22,28,39,28,36,60,-12,-6,-26,-26,-42,-16,-15,-16,-108,-54,-131,-147,-121,-137,-135,-154,-143,-133,-119,-85,-122,-41,-92,-92,-92,-92,-92,-92,-97,-89,-66,-48,-350,-49,-104,-89,-277,-47,-47,-21,-89,-85,-86,-61,-65,-63,-56,-10,-18,-18,-18,0,-14,-14,-14,-11,-19,-11,-17,-19,-22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5 Nf6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4 12. Nc2 a5 13. g3 {B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations} Bg5 14. h4 Bh6 {LiveBook: 26 Games} 15. Bh3 {White is slightly better.} Bxh3 16. Rxh3 O-O 17. g4 Bf4 $1 18. g5 $146 (18. b3 $14) ({Predecessor:} 18. Qf3 Re8 19. b3 h6 20. Nxf4 exf4 {1-0 (51) Noble,M (2478)-Rattinger,T (2578) ICCF email 2009}) 18... Ne7 19. Nxf4 exf4 20. Nd4 Qc8 21. Qd3 Re8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White must now prevent ...Ng6. Black is more active.} 22. h5 (22. Nb5 $11) 22... Nf5 (22... Qg4 $17 23. Rh1 Qxg5) 23. Ne2 ({White should play} 23. Rh1 $1 $15) 23... Ng3 $1 $17 24. Rh4 Nxe4 25. Rxf4 Nxg5 26. O-O-O h6 27. Ng3 Nh3 28. Rf5 Qc6 (28... a4 $17 29. Qd5 Qe6 30. Qxe6 Rxe6) 29. Qd4 (29. Qd5 $15 Qxd5 30. Rdxd5) 29... a4 30. Rd5 Rac8 31. b3 axb3 32. axb3 Qa6 {aiming for ...Nxf2!} 33. Nf5 {[%csl Gf5][%cal Rd4g7]} Qa3+ (33... f6 $5 {[%cal Rh3f4]} 34. Nxd6 Nf4 $15) 34. Kd2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (34. Kc2 $15 Qa2+ 35. Qb2 Qxb2+ 36. Kxb2) 34... Qa2+ $2 ({Better is} 34... f6 $19 35. Nxd6 Qa2+ 36. Kc1 Re2) 35. Kc1 $15 {[%csl Gf5][%cal Rd4g7]} f6 36. Nxh6+ $2 (36. Qb2 $17 Qxb2+ 37. Kxb2) 36... gxh6 $2 (36... Kh7 $1 $19 {And now ...Nf4 would win.} 37. Qd3+ Kh8 38. Nf7+ Kg8 39. Nh6+ Kf8 40. Rxd6 Qa1+ 41. Qb1 Qa3+ 42. Qb2 Nxf2 43. Qxa3 bxa3) 37. Qxf6 {Qg6+ would kill now.} Qa3+ ({Not} 37... Qxb3 38. Rg1+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxg1 39. Qg6+ Kh8 40. Qxh6+ Kg8 41. Rg5+ Kf7 42. Rg7+ Kf8 43. Qh8#) 38. Kd2 {[#]} (38. Kc2 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} Qa7 39. Rxd6) 38... Qa7 $1 $17 {[%cal Ra7f2]} ({Worse is} 38... Qxb3 {[#]} 39. Rg1+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxg1 40. Qg6+ Kh8 41. Qxh6+ Kg8 42. Rg5+ Kf7 43. Rg7+ Kf8 44. Qh8#) 39. Rxd6 Qxf2+ 40. Qxf2 Nxf2 41. Rg1+ Kh7 {Hoping for ...Ne4+.} (41... Kf7 $5 {[%cal Rf2e4]} 42. Rf1 Ke7 43. Rxh6 Rcd8+ 44. Kc2 Ra8 $17) 42. Rd7+ {The position is equal.} Kh8 43. Rg6 Ne4+ 44. Kc2 Ra8 45. Kb2 Ra5 46. Rxh6+ Kg8 47. Rg6+ Kf8 48. Rh7 Nc3 (48... Re7 $5 {[%cal Re7h7]} 49. Rg8+ Kxg8 50. Rxe7 Nc5 $15) 49. Rh8+ Ke7 50. Rh7+ Kd8 51. Rd6+ Kc8 52. Rc6+ Kb8 (52... Kd8 $5 53. Rd6+ $8 Kc8 54. Rc6+ Kd8 55. Rd6+ $11) 53. Rb6+ Kc8 54. Rc6+ Kb8 (54... Kd8 $5 55. Rd6+ $8 Kc8 56. Rc6+ $11) 55. Rb6+ Ka8 (55... Kc8 $5 56. Rc6+ $8 $11) 56. Rxb4 Re3 57. Rh8+ Ka7 58. Rh7+ Ka6 {( -> ...Ra2+)} (58... Ka8 $5 59. Rh8+ $8 Ka7 60. Rh7+ Ka8 $11) 59. Rh6+ {Precision: White = 49%, Black = 52%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bogdanovich, Stanislav"]
[Black "Usmanov, Vasily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,85,51,33,43,14,29,31,58,27,34,28,37,29,36,23,78,73,83,81,81,87,78,85,77,83,80,85,77,89,83,23,20,7,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,-24,-23,-36,-28,-29,-20,-43,-11,-11,-13,-13,0,0,0,-416,-416,-435,-435,-446,-443,-1977,-434,-481,0,-1076,0,-458,-424,-700,-660,-29999]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. O-O c5 6. Na3 Be7 7. Nxc4 Nc6 8. b3 O-O 9. Bb2 Qc7 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} (9... Bd7 10. d4 Rc8 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Nd6 Rc7 13. Rc1 b6 14. Ng5 Qe7 15. Nge4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Rd8 17. Nxc5 bxc5 {1-0 (46) Grischuk,A (2795)-Inarkiev,E (2688) Moscow 2014}) 10. Rc1 Rd8 (10... b5 $5 {[%cal Rb5c4]} 11. Nfe5 Bb7 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Bxc6 Qxc6 $11) 11. Qc2 Bd7 {White is slightly better.} 12. Rfd1 Rac8 13. Qb1 h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Be8) 14. d4 b5 15. Ne3 cxd4 (15... Qb6 $11) 16. Nxd4 $16 Qb6 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. Rxd8+ Bxd8 19. Qd3 Bd7 20. Rxc8 Bxc8 21. Bd4 Qa5 22. Bxa7 Be7 23. Bd4 (23. Qc2 $16 Bb7 24. Bxb7 Qxa7 25. Qc8+ Kh7 26. Qa8) 23... Qxa2 $11 24. Qxb5 (24. b4 $5) 24... Ba6 $1 $36 {[%cal Ra6b5][%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 25. Qb8+ Bf8 $1 26. Bc6 Qd2 27. Qa8 Bxe2 {( -> ...Qe1+)} 28. Bxf6 gxf6 29. Kg2 Kg7 {aiming for ...Bc5.} 30. Bf3 Bd3 {...Bc5 is the strong threat.} 31. Qc6 f5 32. Qc7 {[#]} Bd6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 33. Qa7 {Threatens to win with Bh5.} ({Avoid the trap} 33. Qxd6 $2 Bf1+ 34. Kxf1 Qxd6 $19) 33... Qc3 34. Bh5 Bc7 35. Bxf7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (35. Qa4 $11 {and White is okay.} Be4+ 36. Bf3) 35... Qc6+ $19 ({Worse is} 35... Kxf7 {[#]} 36. Nc4 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]}) 36. Kh3 {And now Bxe6! would win.} Kxf7 37. Qd4 Qd6 38. Qh8 (38. Qxd6 $142 Bxd6 39. Nc4) 38... Qf8 (38... f4 $142 39. Ng4 Bf1+ 40. Kh4 Qe7+ 41. Qf6+ Qxf6+ 42. Nxf6 Kxf6) 39. Qc3 Qd6 (39... Qd8 $142 40. Kg2 Ba5) 40. Qh8 $1 Qf8 (40... f4 $142 41. Ng4 Bf1+ 42. Kh4 Qe7+ 43. Qf6+ Qxf6+ 44. Nxf6 Kxf6 45. gxf4 Kf5 46. Kh5 Bxf4 47. Kh4 Bxh2 48. Kh5 Bf4 49. Kh4 e5 50. f3 Be2 51. Kh3 Bxf3 52. b4 e4 53. b5 e3 54. b6 e2 55. b7 e1=Q 56. b8=Q Qh1#) 41. Qc3 Qd8 42. b4 (42. Qa1 $142) 42... Bb6 43. Nc4 Bf1# {Precision: White = 36%, Black = 62%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Prohaszka, Peter"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D71"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,21,26,14]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 {[%cal Bg1f3,Bf3e5,Be5c6][%mdl 32]} O-O 8. Ne5 Bf5 9. O-O Ne4 10. Bf4 Nc6 {D79: Fianchetto Grünfeld: Symmetrical Variation (6 0-0 c6 7 cxd5 cxd5)} 11. Nxc6 {LiveBook: 5 Games} {Predecessor:} bxc6 $146 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Qd2 Qb6 14. Rfd1 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Rfe8 16. Rac1 e5 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 Rxe5 19. e3 Rae8 {1-0 (53) Grachev,B (2669)-Savchenko,B (2556) Minsk 2014} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,88,38,68,0,7,1,7,1,23,22,40,35,36,35,39,7,21,4,25,11,43,18,19,40,31,16,19,12,0,-23,-18,-34,-22,-34,-40,-39,-31,-74,-68,-68,-65,-63,-66,-70,-72,-84,-80,-83,-62,-60,-61,-56,-47,-45,-62,-117,-116,-111,-108,-222,-186,-622,-320,-643,-633,-562,-383,-379,-355,-543,-538,-502,-506,-1053,-1040,-1223,-1209,-1168,-1160,-1073,-1014]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 c5 (4... Bg7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. cxd5 c5 7. Nf3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qb6 9. Nb3 O-O 10. Qd2 Rd8 11. Rd1 Na6 12. e4 Bg4 13. Be2 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Nb4 15. e5 Bg7 16. Nc1 Qa5 17. Nb3 Qb6 18. Nc1 Qa5 19. Nb3 {½-½ (19) Inarkiev,E (2727)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2751) Moscow 2017}) 5. Bxf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 5. dxc5 d4 6. Bxf6 exf6 7. Nd5 Bxc5 8. b4 Bb6 9. c5 Qxd5 10. cxb6 axb6 11. e3 Rxa2 12. Rc1 {1-0 (21) Lorke,C-Stein,M Passau 1997}) 5... exf6 6. Nxd5 {D80: Grünfeld: Unusual White 4th moves and 4 Bg5} ({White should play} 6. cxd5 $14 Qb6 7. e3) 6... cxd4 $11 7. g3 Nc6 8. Bg2 {The position is equal.} Be6 9. Nh3 g5 10. f4 g4 11. Nf2 f5 12. Qa4 {Black should prevent Nf6+.} Bg7 13. Qa3 (13. Nb4 $5 {[%cal Rb4c6]} O-O 14. Nxc6 (14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Nbd3 Qd6 $15) 14... bxc6 15. Nd3 $14 (15. Bxc6 Rc8 $14)) 13... Bf8 14. Qb3 Rb8 (14... Na5 $5 {[%cal Ra5b3]} 15. Qd1 Bg7 $14) 15. Rd1 Bg7 16. Qa3 Ne7 {[%cal Re6d5,Bc6e7,Be7c8,Bc8d6][%mdl 32]} 17. O-O Bxd5 18. cxd5 O-O 19. d6 Nc8 20. e4 {[#] Black must now prevent e5.} Nxd6 21. Qd3 {e5 is the strong threat.} fxe4 22. Nxe4 Re8 23. Rfe1 Qa5 24. a3 Re7 25. b4 Qf5 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Rbe8.} 26. Kf2 Rc8 27. Nxd6 Rc2+ 28. Kf1 Rxe1+ 29. Kxe1 Qxd3 30. Rxd3 Rxg2 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 31. Rd2 Rg1+ 32. Kf2 (32. Ke2 $15) 32... Rh1 33. Kg2 Ra1 34. Re2 (34. Rd3 $17 {keeps fighting.}) 34... d3 35. Re8+ (35. Rd2 {was the only defense.}) 35... Bf8 $19 {( -> ...d2)} 36. Nc4 $2 (36. Ne4 Rxa3 37. b5) 36... b5 37. Ne3 h5 38. Rd8 Rxa3 39. Nf5 (39. Kf2 $142) 39... f6 {Black is clearly winning.} 40. Kf2 Kf7 41. Nd4 (41. Nd6+ $142 Bxd6 42. Rxd6) 41... Bxb4 42. Rd7+ Ke8 43. Rd5 d2 44. Nc6 Ra1 {Precision: White = 31%, Black = 86%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Can, Emre"]
[Black "Asadli, Vugar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,54,51,32,31,35,50,37,48,46,219,202,294,257,466,478,489,484,489,489,489,489,485,483,490,489,454,447,658,605,1027,1018,1395,1388,29994]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Ne5 {E15: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 sidelines, 4 g3 Ba6 and 4 g3 Bb7 early deviations} (11. Qc2 c5 12. Rfd1 Nc6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. e3 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. exd4 Rc8 18. Qd2 Bb7 {½-½ (46) Bu,X (2705)-Matlakov,M (2694) Doha 2016}) 11... c6 12. Re1 {LiveBook: 5 Games} Nfd7 13. Ng4 $146 {[%cal Be5g4,Bg4e3,Be3f5][%mdl 32] White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Rc8 16. Rc1 f5 17. Ng5 Bxg5 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Bxg5 {0-1 (37) Erkhembayar,D (2343)-Bayarmandakh,B (2345) Ulaanbaatar 2009}) 13... Nf8 14. e4 dxe4 15. Ne3 Bf6 $2 (15... Ne6 $1 $14) 16. Nxe4 $18 Bxd4 {[#]} (16... Nbd7 {keeps fighting.} 17. Nf5 Bd3) 17. Nf5 $1 {[%cal Rf5d4]} Be5 $2 (17... Bc8 {might work better.}) 18. Qg4 {Strongly threatening Nh6+.White is clearly winning.} Ng6 19. Rad1 Bc8 20. Bg5 Qc7 21. Ned6 Bxf5 22. Qxf5 ({Weaker is} 22. Nxe8 Bxg4 23. Nxc7 Bxd1 $18) ({Less strong is} 22. Nxf5 Na6 $16) 22... Re6 {[#]} 23. Nb5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} cxb5 24. Bxa8 h6 (24... Nd7 $142 25. Bd5 Ndf8 26. Bxe6 Nxe6) 25. Bd5 Ne7 26. Bxe7 $1 Rxe7 27. Rc1 h5 {Precision: White = 88%, Black = 29%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Saraci, Nderim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,144,11,7,4,36,46,38,41,53,47,41,43,45,35,37,39,32,41,46,46,75,63,69,69,69,75,70,47,61,54,63,44,34,34,36,46,56,44,52,46,58,34,30,26,26,31,63,70,105,95,93,98,93,91,103,95,242,236,238,244,227,219,231,223,268,265,267,251,350,100,102,66,66,66,68,52,60,52,84,70,83,85,85,60,63,0,66,57,56,58,64,64,74,63,66,63,62,62,69,66,193,189,219,218,254,254,241,195,215,219,366,341,361,350,586,570,399,330,258,41,41,41,89,5,5,0,5,5,5,0,5,0,5,0,5,0,5]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Bc5 4. b4 Bd4 5. Rb1 c6 6. e3 {A21: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3} Bb6 7. Nxb6 axb6 8. Bb2 {White is slightly better.} d6 9. a3 Nf6 10. Ne2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Nf3 O-O 11. Be2 c5 12. O-O Nc6 {0-1 (46) Rosen,E (2328)-Benjamin,J (2559) Rockville 2012}) 10... Bf5 11. d3 Nbd7 12. Ng3 Bg6 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O d5 15. f4 exf4 $1 16. exf4 h6 $1 17. f5 Bh7 18. Qd2 Re8 19. Rbe1 b5 20. Qf4 dxc4 21. dxc4 bxc4 22. Bxc4 Rxe1 23. Rxe1 Nb6 24. Bb3 (24. Bxf7+ $5 Kxf7 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Qxh6 $14 (26. Nh5 $2 Nd5 $19)) 24... Nbd5 25. Qh4 Qf8 26. Ne4 Nxe4 27. Qxe4 Qd6 28. g4 Kh8 29. Bxd5 $1 $40 {[%mdl 128] White goes for the king.} cxd5 30. Qe5 $1 {[%cal Re5g7]} Qxe5 31. Rxe5 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} f6 32. Re7 Rc8 (32... b5 $16) 33. Rxb7 $18 Rc2 34. Bd4 Rc4 35. Rb8+ Bg8 36. Bc5 Rxg4+ 37. Kf2 d4 38. Kf3 Rh4 39. Kg3 $2 (39. b5 $1 $18) 39... Rh5 $16 40. a4 Rxf5 41. Bxd4 {aiming for a5.} Kh7 $1 42. a5 {Threatens to win with Rxg8.} Bd5 {White must now prevent ...Rf3+.} 43. Rd8 Rf3+ 44. Kg2 Be4 45. Kg1 Ra3 46. Re8 Bd5 47. Rd8 Be4 48. Kf2 Kg6 49. Rd7 h5 50. h4 Rf3+ 51. Ke2 Rh3 52. Bf2 Bc6 53. Rd6 Bb5+ 54. Kd2 {Hoping for a6.} Rh2 (54... Ra3 $14) 55. Ke3 $18 Rh3+ 56. Kd4 $1 Ra3 57. Kc5 Bf1 58. Be1 Re3 59. Bd2 Re5+ (59... Re8 $142 60. a6 Re5+ 61. Kb6 Rb5+ 62. Kc7 Bg2) 60. Kb6 Kf5 61. a6 {[%cal Ba5a6,Ba6a7][%mdl 32]} g5 $2 (61... Re8 {was necessary.} 62. a7 Bg2) 62. a7 Bg2 63. hxg5 fxg5 {[#]} 64. Rd8 $2 ({Only move:} 64. b5 $1 $18) 64... Re6+ $14 65. Ka5 {Strongly threatening b5.} Re2 {[#]} 66. Bc3 ({White should play} 66. b5 $1 $16) 66... h4 $11 {The position is equal.} 67. Rf8+ Kg6 68. Rg8+ Kf5 69. Rf8+ Kg6 70. Rg8+ Kf5 71. Rf8+ Kg6 {Threatening ...h3.} 72. Rg8+ Kf5 {Precision: White = 64%, Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Black "Mindlin, Alon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 32,91,0,0,68,60,68,38,25,35,36,31,50,37,40,40,41,43,70,63,89,34,88,60,81,51,99,85,81,83,156,0,108,0,0,0,0,0,3,-149,34,-93,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-10,-11,-9,-9,-21,-17,-17,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {[%cal Bf1b5,Bb5a4,Ba4b3][%mdl 32]} a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. d4 {[%cal Bd2d4,Bd4d5][%mdl 32]} Bg4 10. d5 Na5 11. Bc2 c6 12. h3 Bc8 13. dxc6 Qc7 14. Nbd2 Qxc6 15. Nf1 Nc4 16. Ng3 Be6 {C91: Closed Ruy Lopez: 7...d6 8 c3 0-0 9 d4} 17. Ng5 {[#] LiveBook: 5 Games} h6 $146 (17... Bd7 $11) ({Predecessor:} 17... Bd7 18. a4 Rad8 19. Qd3 g6 20. Rd1 Kg7 21. b3 Nb6 22. a5 Na8 23. f4 Nc7 24. Nf3 {½-½ (68) Socko,B (2628)-Stern,R (2506) Germany 2011}) 18. Nxe6 $14 fxe6 {White is slightly better.} 19. Qe2 Bd8 20. a4 Bb6 21. Rf1 Rae8 22. axb5 axb5 23. b3 Na5 24. Bd2 Ra8 25. Kh2 d5 26. Rac1 (26. f4 $16 d4 27. fxe5) 26... Nb7 (26... Kh8 $14) 27. f4 exf4 28. Bxf4 {e5 is the strong threat.} Nc5 {[%cal Rf6e4]} 29. e5 Nfe4 30. Qg4 Bc7 ({Black should try} 30... Nxg3 31. Qxg3 Kh8) 31. Nh5 $2 (31. c4 $1 $16 {[%cal Rc4d5]} bxc4 32. bxc4 Nxg3 33. Qxg3) 31... Rf7 {[#]} (31... g5 $11) 32. Bg3 (32. c4 $1 $16 {[%cal Rc4d5] Strongly threatening cxd5.} bxc4 33. Qg6) 32... Raf8 $11 33. Rxf7 Rxf7 {[#]} 34. Rf1 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qd7 (34... Rxf1 35. Qxg7#) 35. Rf3 $2 ({Better is} 35. Ra1 $11 Qc6 36. Qg6) 35... Qe7 $2 (35... Nxg3 $17 36. Qxg3 Qe7 37. Rxf7 Qxf7 38. Nf6+ {[#]} Qxf6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 39. exf6 Bxg3+ 40. Kxg3 gxf6) 36. b4 (36. Qg6 $14 {stays ahead.}) 36... Rxf3 (36... Nxg3 $17 37. Rxg3 Nd7) 37. gxf3 {The position is equal.} Nxg3 38. Qxg3 Nd7 39. f4 g5 40. Bd3 Qf7 41. Be2 Kf8 {aiming for ...gxf4.} 42. Kh1 gxf4 43. Nxf4 Nxe5 {And now ...Nc4 would win.} 44. Qf2 Ke7 {Hoping for ...Nd7.} 45. Bxb5 Nd7 (45... Nf3 $5 {[%cal Rf7f4]} 46. Qc5+ Bd6 47. Qa7+ Kf8 48. Qxf7+ Kxf7 $15) 46. Nxd5+ {Precision: White = 43%, Black = 37%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jojua, Davit"]
[Black "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "18"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,18,0,-9,0,-9,-12,-6,-4]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 Bd6 5. Ne5 O-O 6. Nd2 c5 7. c3 {LiveBook: 17 Games. The position is equal. D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} b6 8. a4 (8. h4 Qc7 9. h5 Nc6 10. Nxc6 Qxc6 11. h6 g6 12. Qf3 Bxf4 13. Qxf4 {1-0 (47) Naiditsch,A (2687)-Halkias,S (2585) Doha 2016}) 8... Qc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Ba6 9. Bb5 Qc7 10. Bg3 Bb7 11. Bd3 Ba6 12. Bb5 c4 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. f4 Nb8 {0-1 (63) Rolgeizer,M (1718)-Charkrubian,T (1880) Gelendzhik 2017}) 9. Bd3 Ba6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Antipov, Mikhail Al"]
[Black "Grachev, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,95,8,10,0,0,0,0,-2,0,0,3,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,-40,-35,-41,-30,-41,-39,-27,-8,-8,82,66,78,64,197,127,122,117,125,122,193,204,190,194,189,196,216,204,194,121,122,96,106,99,95,113,114,97,110,91,95,94,129,117,208,126,231,204,206,219,324,233,362,323,578,574,938,944,922,910,2117,1267,29978,29979,29979,29980,29982,29983,29994,29988]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 Nc6 4. Bb2 d5 5. Bb5 Nf6 6. e5 {B40: Sicilian: 2...e6, Unusual lines} Nd7 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. d3 {The position is equal.} a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 f6 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Nc3 Qe7 13. Qe2 e5 14. Na4 Qf7 15. c4 Ba6 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18. Qxe5 Qxf2+ {1-0 (39) Spassky,B (2630)-Giardelli,S (2315) Buenos Aires 1978}) 9. Nc3 Ba6 10. O-O Be7 11. Re1 O-O 12. Qd2 Nb6 13. Rad1 Qc7 (13... a4 $5) 14. Ne2 c4 15. Ng3 cxd3 16. cxd3 Nd7 17. Nh5 Qd8 (17... a4 $5) 18. Qf4 Bc8 (18... Kh8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 19. Qg4 $16 {[%csl Gh5][%cal Rg4g7]} g6 20. Bc1 $1 f5 {[#]} (20... a4 $14) 21. exf6 (21. Qg3 $1 $18) 21... Nxf6 22. Nxf6+ Bxf6 23. Bh6 Bg7 (23... Re8 $16) 24. Bxg7 $18 Kxg7 25. Qd4+ Qf6 26. Ne5 Bd7 27. Qe3 Be8 28. Ng4 (28. f3 $18) 28... Qf4 $16 29. Qxe6 h5 30. Qe5+ Kg8 31. Qxf4 Rxf4 32. Ne5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is on the roll.} a4 33. Rc1 axb3 34. axb3 Ra2 35. Nxc6 Rfxf2 (35... Bxc6 $16 {was necessary.} 36. Rxc6 Rfxf2) 36. Rxe8+ $18 Kh7 {[#]} (36... Kg7 $16) 37. Nd4 $1 Rxg2+ 38. Kf1 Raf2+ 39. Ke1 Kh6 (39... Rb2 {might work better.} 40. Nf3 Kg7) 40. h4 {White wants to mate with Rc7.} Rf7 $2 (40... Rb2 {was worth a try.} 41. Nf3 Kg7) 41. Ne6 g5 42. Rc6 Rg1+ 43. Ke2 {aiming for Rh8+.} Rg2+ 44. Ke3 Rg3+ 45. Kd4 {White mates.} gxh4 46. Nd8+ Kg7 47. Nxf7 h3 48. Ne5 {Precision: White = 78%, Black = 33%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Abasov, Nijat"]
[Black "Berkes, Ferenc"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,98,42,75,72,58,41,86,71,70,59,74,75,81,83,68,48,75,77,70,17,24,0,4,-19,0,-18,-18,-6,-9,-28,-23,-30,-12,-17,-12,-16,-21,-25,-12,-10,-20,-12,-16,-29,-8,-11,-12,-14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,-20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 (3... Nc6 4. Bg2 d5 5. exd5 exd5 6. O-O Nf6 7. d4 Be7 8. dxc5 O-O 9. Nbd2 Bxc5 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. c3 Ne4 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. fxe3 {½-½ (50) Tomashevsky,E (2716)-Najer,E (2679) Doha 2016}) 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Ne7 6. d4 $146 {B40: Sicilian: 2...e6, Unusual lines} ({Predecessor:} 6. O-O d5 7. d3 d4 8. Ne2 Nd7 9. c4 g6 10. Nh4 Bg7 11. f4 {1-0 (34) Kovanova,B (2399)-Adamova,T (1973) Ekaterinburg 2014}) 6... cxd4 7. Nxd4 d6 8. Bg5 {Strongly threatening Ndb5.White is better.} Qd7 9. Qe2 h6 10. Be3 Nec6 11. O-O-O Nxd4 12. Rxd4 Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6a5,Ba5c4][%mdl 32]} 13. Rd2 Na5 14. Rhd1 ({White should play} 14. b3 $14) 14... Rc8 $1 $11 15. Qb5 Nc4 16. Qxd7+ Kxd7 17. Rd3 Nxe3 18. Rxe3 a6 19. Red3 Be7 20. Kb1 g5 21. Na4 Kc7 22. e5 Bxg2 23. exd6+ {[#]} Bxd6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 24. Rxd6 Bc6 25. Nc3 h5 26. R6d4 h4 27. Ne4 {The position is equal.} hxg3 28. hxg3 Rh2 (28... Bxe4 $5 29. Rxe4 Rh2 $11) 29. Nxg5 {Rf4 is the strong threat.} Rxf2 30. Rf4 Rxf4 31. gxf4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rf8 32. b3 Bd7 33. Rh1 Kd6 34. Rh7 Ke7 35. Nf3 Bc6 36. Ng5 Kf6 37. Rh6+ Kg7 38. Rxe6 fxe6 39. Nxe6+ Kf7 40. Nxf8 Kxf8 {KB-KP} 41. Kb2 Ke7 42. c4 Be4 43. Kc3 Kd6 44. a4 Bc6 45. a5 bxa5 {Hoping for ...Be8.} 46. b4 a4 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Bb5!} 47. b5 $1 {[%mdl 512] [#]} Bxb5 $1 {aiming for ...Bc6.} (47... axb5 48. cxb5) 48. Kb2 (48. cxb5 axb5) 48... Kc5 (48... Bxc4 $2 49. f5 $19) (48... a3+ $5 49. Kxa3 Bxc4 $11) 49. f5 Bxc4 {Precision: White = 74%, Black = 70%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Palac, Mladen"]
[Black "Pavlov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,62,6,0,0,0,0,20,7,14,15,36,32,45,14,27,17,28,0,21,26,25,6,30,0,0,-13,-10,-38,-18,-41,0,-33,0,-41,-39,-134,-135,-245,-255,-262,-260,-306,-285,-341,-339,-890,-852]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. dxc3 {A18: English Opening: Flohr-Mikenas System (1 c4 Nf6 2 Nc3 e6 3 e4)} (6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. d4 e5 8. Nf3 exd4 9. Bg5 Qe6+ 10. Be2 Be7 11. cxd4 Bxg5 12. Nxg5 Qg6 13. f4 O-O 14. O-O Nc6 15. Rb1 h6 16. Nf3 Qd6 17. d5 Ne7 18. Nd4 c6 19. f5 {0-1 (55) Nepomniachtchi,I (2751)-Harikrishna,P (2750) Moscow 2017}) 6... Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 gxf6 8. g3 Bd7 9. Bg2 Bc6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 10. Bxc6+ Nxc6 11. Nf3 Ne5 $146 (11... a5 {seems wilder.} 12. Be3 O-O-O+ 13. Kc2 b6 14. Rad1 Be7) ({Predecessor:} 11... Bc5 12. Ke2 a5 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Kxe3 Ke7 15. b3 Rad8 16. Rhd1 h5 17. a3 Ne5 18. Nxe5 {½-½ (18) Van der Auweraert,E (1976)-Lentjes,N (1946) Haarlem 2012}) 12. Nxe5 fxe5 13. Kc2 Rg8 14. Re1 f6 15. Be3 Be7 16. Rad1 a6 17. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} (17. Bh6 {with more complications.} Kf7 18. Rd7 Rac8 19. f3 Rgd8 20. Red1) 17... Rd8 (17... f5 {looks sharper.} 18. Bh6 Bf6 19. f3 Rg6 20. Be3 h5) 18. Rxd8+ Kxd8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 19. a4 h5 {[%cal Bh7h5,Bh5h4][%mdl 32]} 20. a5 h4 21. b5 f5 {[%cal Bf6f5,Bf5f4][%mdl 32]} 22. Ba7 (22. Rb1 $5 {[%cal Rb5a6]} Kd7 23. Kb3 $11) 22... Bf6 23. Bc5 Kc8 24. Rb1 f4 {[%cal Rf4g3]} 25. Rg1 e4 26. g4 {[#]} ({White should try} 26. bxa6 $15 bxa6 27. Rf1) 26... h3 $1 $17 27. Bd4 (27. b6 $17 {was called for.}) 27... e5 $19 28. Bc5 Kd7 29. Kd2 Ke6 30. Ke2 Bg5 31. Rb1 $2 {[#]} (31. f3 exf3+ 32. Kxf3) 31... f3+ {Precision: White = 11%, Black = 54%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svetushkin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Stathopoulos, Ioannis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,141,44,37,-95,-84,-75,-66,-147,-42,-56,-29,-40,-47,-70,-70,-69,-62,-78,-83,-65,-76,-71,-77,-211,-279,-212,-97,-335,-129,-147,-159,-172,-160,-160,-149,-162,-100,-108,-58,-64,-59,-128,-92,-451,-143,-143,-147,-375,-133,-132,-135,-133,-133,-130,-144,-142,-139,-129,-116,-116,-116,-116,-116,-116,-116,-123,-125,-156,-156,-156,-77,-75,-78,-156,-156,-156,-156,-156,-156,-156,-156,-156,-156,-161,-144,-331,-389,-385,-379,-324,-260,-237,-250,-463,-254,-214,-259,-243,-263,-250,-222,-231,-168,-231,-231,-170,-157,-167,-14,-66,0,0,0,-93,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Be3 Na6 9. g4 Nd7 {E90: King's Indian: Classical: Early deviations and 6 h3} (9... Nc5 10. Nd2 c6 11. Be2 Bd7 12. h4 cxd5 13. cxd5 Rc8 14. g5 Nh5 15. Bxc5 Rxc5 16. Bxh5 gxh5 17. Qxh5 b5 18. a4 bxa4 19. Qd1 Qc7 20. Nxa4 {0-1 (45) Grischuk,A (2751)-Naiditsch,A (2686) Novi Sad 2016}) 10. a3 Nb6 11. Rg1 Bd7 12. h4 Nc5 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 13. g5 (13. Bxc5 $14 {keeps the upper hand.} dxc5 14. h5) 13... Nba4 $17 14. Bxc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Nxa4 Bxa4 15. Qb1 Nb3 16. Ra2 c6 17. Bd3 cxd5 18. cxd5 {½-½ (41) Kalinitschew,S (2409)-Kanarek,M (2484) Germany 2014}) 14... Nxc5 15. h5 (15. Nd2 $1 $15) 15... Re8 (15... gxh5 $17 {Hoping for ...Bg4.} 16. Nh4 f5 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Qxh5 Bd7) 16. Nd2 Bf8 17. Qf3 Be7 18. Qg3 Kh8 19. hxg6 Rg8 $1 20. f4 Rxg6 21. Nf3 exf4 22. Qxf4 f6 {[%cal Bf7f6,Bf6f5,Bf5e4,Be4e3][%mdl 32]} 23. Nh4 (23. gxf6 $17 Rxg1 24. fxe7 Rxf1+ 25. Ke2 Qxe7 26. Rxf1) 23... Rxg5 $19 24. Rh1 Qg8 (24... f5 $1 $19 25. Nf3 Rg4) 25. O-O-O $2 {[#]} (25. Nf5 $17 Bf8 26. O-O-O) 25... Rg4 $2 (25... f5 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 26. Qe3 (26. exf5 Rxf5) 26... Qg7) 26. Qf2 Qg5+ ({Weaker is} 26... Nxe4 27. Nxe4 Rxe4 28. Bd3 $16) 27. Kb1 f5 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is in control.} ({Avoid the trap} 27... Nxe4 $2 28. Nxe4 Rxe4 29. Bd3 $18) 28. Nf3 Qg7 29. Bh3 Nxe4 (29... fxe4 $19 30. Nd4 Rf8) 30. Nxe4 $17 fxe4 31. Nd4 {[#]} e3 $1 {[%cal Re3f2]} 32. Qc2 (32. Qxe3 $15 Rg3 33. Qxg3 Qxg3 34. Bxd7) 32... Rxd4 33. Rdg1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (33. Rxd4 $17 {nothing else works.} Qxd4 34. Bxd7) 33... Bg4 $2 (33... Qxg1+ $1 $19 34. Rxg1 Bxh3) 34. Bxg4 Rd2 35. Qb3 $2 (35. Bf5 $17 {was called for.} Rxc2 36. Rxg7 Rxb2+ 37. Kxb2 Kxg7 38. Rxh7+ Kf6 39. Kc3) 35... Bf6 $2 (35... Rg8 $19 36. Ka2 Bf6) 36. Bf5 Rxb2+ 37. Qxb2 Bxb2 38. Rxg7 Bxg7 39. Rxh7+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Kg8 40. Rh4 Bc3 41. Re4 Bd2 42. Kc2 Kg7 43. Bg4 Kf6 44. Re6+ Kg5 45. Be2 Rh8 46. Re7 Rh2 ({Better is} 46... Rh1 47. Rxc7 Rc1+ 48. Kd3 Rc3+ 49. Ke4 Rxa3 50. Rg7+ Kh6 51. Rxb7 Bb4) 47. Kd3 Rh1 48. Rxc7 ({White should try} 48. c5) 48... Ra1 49. c5 Rxa3+ 50. Ke4 Ra4+ 51. Kd3 dxc5 52. Rxc5 {White wants to play d6+.} Kf6 53. Rc7 Ke5 {...Rd4+ is the strong threat.} 54. Bf3 $2 (54. Re7+ $17 Kxd5 55. Bf3+ Kc5 56. Rc7+ Kd6 57. Rxb7) 54... Rd4+ $19 55. Ke2 b5 56. Re7+ Kd6 57. Re6+ Kc5 58. Rc6+ Kb4 {And now ...a4 would win.} 59. d6 a4 60. Bh5 Kb3 61. Bf7+ Kb2 62. Be6 a3 63. Ra6 {[#]} Bb4 $1 64. d7 Be7 65. Kxe3 Ra4 $2 (65... Rh4 $19 {Strongly threatening ...Rh1.} 66. Kd3 Ra4) 66. Rd6 $1 $11 Bg5+ (66... Ra7 $15) 67. Kd3 Bd8 (67... b4 $5 {[%cal Ra3a2]} 68. Rd5 a2 69. Rxg5 a1=Q 70. Rg2+ Ka3 $11) 68. Ke3 (68. Rd5 $11 {keeps the balance.} b4 69. Rf5) 68... a2 (68... Ra7 $17) 69. Rd2+ {The position is equal.} Kb1 70. Rd1+ Kc2 (70... Kb2 $5 71. Rd2+ $8 Kb1 72. Rd1+ Kb2 73. Rd2+ $11) 71. Rd2+ {Precision: White = 45%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wagner, Dennis"]
[Black "Erturan, Yakup"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,69,31,29,33,18,54,61,83,9,17,12,147,154,144,150,156,122,127,31,42,36,45,39,82,76,99,16,179,171,197,144,212,215,258,255,260,258,261,251,265,275,302,121,302,81,428,433,794,702,712,416]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nd2 Be7 {D52: Queen's Gambit Declined: Cambridge Springs Variation} (8... Bd6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Qc7 11. Nf3 Re8 12. Rc1 Qb8 13. Qc2 h6 14. Bh4 Ng4 15. h3 Ngf6 16. e4 dxe4 17. Bxe4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Nf8 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 {1-0 (45) Tomashevsky,E (2758)-Nguyen,N (2634) Baku 2015}) 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Qc2 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Nf8 12. Rab1 Bg4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Be6 13. Nf3 Rac8 {0-1 (30) Moradiabadi,E (2404)-Barua,D (2499) Kolkata 2001}) 13. h3 Bh5 14. f4 (14. Bxf6 $1 $16 gxf6 15. f4) 14... h6 $11 15. Bh4 Ne4 (15... Bg6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 16. b4 $16 Qd8 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. g4 ({But not} 19. Ncxe4 $6 f5 $11) ({White should play} 19. f5 $16) 19... Qh4 $14 {Strongly threatening ...Qg3+.} 20. Ndxe4 f5 21. gxh5 {And now Nd6 would win.} fxe4 22. Qg2 ({Of course not} 22. Nxe4 Qxh3 23. Rb3 Re6 $15) 22... Qxh5 {[#]} 23. f5 ({Reject} 23. Nxe4 Qg6 $15) (23. b5 $1 $16) 23... Kh7 $2 (23... Nh7 $1 $11) 24. Nxe4 Nd7 25. Ng3 ({Better is} 25. Rf4 $18) 25... Qh4 (25... Qg5 $16) 26. Rf4 $40 {[%mdl 128] White has strong attack.} Qe7 27. e4 {[%cal Be3e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} Nf6 28. e5 Nd5 29. Rg4 {Threatens to win with f6!} Kh8 30. Qf3 Qf7 31. Kh2 (31. Ne4 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.}) 31... a5 $2 {[#]} (31... Ne3 $16 {is a better defense.} 32. Qxe3 Qxa2+ 33. Ne2 Qxb1) 32. b5 $2 (32. Ne4 $1 $18 {and the rest is easy.}) 32... cxb5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (32... Ne3 $16 33. Qxe3 Qxa2+ 34. Ne2 Qxb1) 33. Rf1 {White is clearly winning.} Ne7 (33... Red8 $142 34. f6 g5) 34. e6 Qf8 35. Nh5 {Precision: White = 40%, Black = 26%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Paichadze, Luka"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,64,-30,-26,-28,-14,-63,-10,-14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,50,0,0,0,46,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. Bg5 e6 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Bxf6 {B53: Sicilian: 2...d6: Lines with Qxd4} (10. Rhe1 h6 11. Bh4 Qa5 12. Kb1 O-O 13. Qd2 Rfd8 14. Nd5 Qxd2 15. Nxe7+ Kf8 16. Nxd2 Kxe7 17. f3 g5 18. Bf2 b6 19. Nc4 {1-0 (63) Zhigalko,S (2671)-Volokitin,A (2649) Doha 2016}) 10... Bxf6 11. Qxd6 Qxd6 12. Rxd6 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Bxe4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 14. Ne5 Rc8 15. c4 (15. Rd4 $5 {[%cal Rd4e4]} Bd5 16. c4 $11) 15... Bxg2 $146 ({Black should try} 15... Rc5 $15 16. f4 O-O) ({Predecessor:} 15... O-O 16. f3 Bg6 17. h4 f6 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. Rxe6 Rxc4 20. Rhe1 Rfc8 21. R1e2 R8c7 22. R6e4 {½-½ (22) Zielinski,P (2087)-Przybylski,W (2091) Zamosc 1999}) 16. Rg1 $11 Bc6 17. Rxg7 Ke7 18. Rd4 Kf6 19. Rxf7+ Kxe5 20. c3 $1 {[%csl Gd4,Gf7][%cal Rf2f4] [#]} Bd5 $1 21. f4+ Kd6 22. cxd5 Rxc3+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 23. Kd2 (23. Kb2 $5 {[%cal Rb2c3]} Rh3 24. dxe6+ (24. Rxb7 Rxh2+ 25. Kb3 Rh3+ 26. Kb2 exd5 $11) 24... Kxe6 25. Rdd7 $11 (25. Rxb7 Rxh2+ 26. Kb3 h5 $11)) 23... Rh3 24. dxe6+ Kxe6 25. Rdd7 Rg8 26. Rde7+ ({Of course not} 26. Rxb7 Rg2+ 27. Kd1 Rhxh2 $11) 26... Kd5 27. Rd7+ Ke6 28. Rde7+ ({Much weaker is} 28. Rxb7 Rg2+ 29. Kd1 Rhxh2 $15) 28... Kd6 {The position is equal.} 29. Rd7+ Kc6 {Threatening ...Rg2+.} 30. Rc7+ Kd6 31. Rcd7+ Kc6 {With the idea ...Rg2+.} 32. Rc7+ Kd6 {Precision: White = 75%, Black = 58%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Donchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Charochkina, Daria"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,128,6,22,14,8,17,15,43,35,28,87,61,56,33,36,39,47,21,42,42,63,53,61,-168,30,34,22,45,57,56,92,92,132,170,146,54,226,0,0,-44,0,-45,16,16,18,22,23,35,28,29,46,0,0,-36,-32,0,0,-82,61,73,68,86,72,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-23,-22,-22,-27,-29,-27,-137,-166,-149,-126,-200,-193,-208,-191,-183,-48,-60,-48,-48,-50,-50,-59,-110,-27,-55,0,-104,0,-87,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. g4 {D11: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 sidelines and 3...Nf6 4 e3 Bg4} (6. Nc3 e6 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5 Nbd7 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. a3 g5 11. Bd2 g6 12. Qf3 a6 13. Bd3 dxc4 14. Bxc4 b5 15. Bf1 c5 {1-0 (50) Andreikin,D (2736)-Aronian,L (2780) Wijk aan Zee 2017}) 6... Bg6 7. Ne5 e6 8. Nd2 Nbd7 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Bg2 Bb4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 11. Qb3 Qb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... a5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. a3 Bxd2+ 14. Bxd2 {½-½ (64) Hebden,M (2492)-Hovhannisyan,R (2630) London 2016}) 12. O-O Bxd2 13. Bxd2 Ne4 14. Be1 Qc7 (14... Nd6 $11) 15. cxd5 exd5 16. f3 Ng5 17. h4 Ne6 18. Qa3 g5 19. h5 g6 20. hxg6 fxg6 21. Bb4 $2 (21. Rf2 $14 {stays ahead.}) 21... Qh2+ $2 (21... c5 $1 $19 22. Be1 cxd4) 22. Kf2 $14 {[%cal Bg1f2,Bf2e2,Be2f1][%mdl 32]} Qh4+ $1 23. Ke2 {Hoping for Rh1.} Kf7 24. Rf2 Rae8 25. Kf1 c5 26. dxc5 d4 27. Re2 (27. Bd2 $1 $16) 27... Qh2 $2 (27... Ne5 $1 $14 28. Qxa7 Re7) 28. Qb3 $2 (28. Qxa7 $2 Nf4 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]}) (28. Rae1 $1 $18) 28... Kg7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 29. Qd5 (29. Rd1 $5 {[%cal Rd1d4]}) 29... Ne5 30. Rd1 ({But not} 30. exd4 $2 Nf4 $19) 30... Nc6 (30... Kh6 $15) 31. Bd2 ({Wrong is} 31. exd4 $2 Nxb4 32. Qxb7+ Kh6 $19) 31... Nf4 $1 {[%cal Rf4d5]} 32. exf4 {Qd7+ would kill now.} Rxe2 33. Kxe2 Qxg2+ 34. Kd3 Re8 35. a3 gxf4 36. Kc2 Re5 37. Qb3 Re7 38. Qd3 (38. Kc1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 38... Qe2 ({Better is} 38... Re3 $17 39. Qb5 Re7) 39. Re1 $1 $14 {[%cal Re1e2]} Qxd3+ 40. Kxd3 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Ne5+ 41. Ke4 (41. Kc2 $16) 41... Kf6 42. g5+ Kxg5 43. Bxf4+ Kf6 44. Rg1 {And now Bg5+ would win.} Nc6+ 45. Kd5 $1 {Strongly threatening Bg5+.} Kf5 46. Bd6 $1 {[%cal Rd6e7]} Re2 47. b4 a6 48. Rb1 d3 49. Rd1 Re3 50. f4 {[#]} d2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 51. Rxd2 Rxa3 52. Kc4 Ra4 53. Rh2 (53. Kc3 $11 {remains equal.}) 53... Rxb4+ $17 54. Kc3 Rb1 55. Rh8 (55. Rg2 $17 {keeps fighting.}) 55... a5 $19 56. Rf8+ Ke6 57. Rg8 {[#]} Kf7 (57... Rg1 $1 $19 {...b5 is the strong threat.} 58. Kc4 a4 59. Re8+ Kd7) 58. Rf8+ $1 $15 Kg7 $1 59. Ra8 Rc1+ 60. Kb2 Rc4 61. Ka3 (61. Rc8 $15) 61... Rc3+ ({Black should play} 61... Kf7 $17 62. Rc8 Kf6) 62. Ka4 Rc4+ 63. Ka3 $1 Rc3+ 64. Ka4 Rc4+ {Precision: White = 49%, Black = 42%.} (64... Rc1 $17 65. Ka3 Kf6) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelashvili, Tamaz"]
[Black "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,91,14,12,4,0,0,0,0,0,15,16,24,0,32,28,34,27,36,7,20,0,0,0,0,-13,0,0,93,110,221,172,242,256,245,261,199,239,262,254,239,227,234,224,216,211,422,423,423,403,470,440,433,238,541,296,259,281,261,173,181,0,0,0,0,0,249,256,717,704,656,725,699,709,687,647,607,601,1045,973,1186,1181]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4 Bb4 5. d3 {[%cal Bd2d3,Bd3d4,Bd4d5][%mdl 32]} d6 6. a3 {A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation} Bxc3+ (6... Bc5 7. b4 Bb6 8. Na4 Bg4 9. Nxb6 axb6 10. Bb2 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nd7 12. Qe3 Qf6 13. Be2 Nf8 {½-½ (80) Ghaem Maghami,E (2596)-Carlsen,M (2850) Berlin 2015}) 7. bxc3 {LiveBook: 21 Games} Nd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... h6 8. g3 O-O 9. Bg2 Nh7 10. Nh4 Ne7 11. f4 exf4 12. gxf4 Nc6 13. Nf3 f5 {0-1 (43) Chigaev,M (2531)-Andriasian,Z (2621) Tallinn 2016}) 8. d4 {The position is equal.} O-O 9. Bd3 b6 10. O-O Na5 11. Bg5 Qe8 12. Nd2 c5 13. d5 $1 f6 14. Be3 Rf7 15. g3 Nf8 16. f4 exf4 17. gxf4 f5 18. Qf3 Ng6 19. Rae1 Qf8 (19... Qd7 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 20. Qh5 $1 $16 Rf6 (20... fxe4 $16 21. Nxe4 Bf5) 21. e5 $1 $18 {[%cal Re5f6]} dxe5 22. fxe5 Nxe5 23. Bg5 $1 {[%csl LRe5,LRf6]} Nxd3 24. Re8 Bd7 25. Rxf8+ Rfxf8 26. Rf3 $1 {[%cal Rf3h3]} Be8 27. Qh4 Ne5 {[#]} 28. Rh3 $1 h6 $2 {[#]} (28... Bg6 29. Re3 Rfe8) 29. Bxh6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Ng6 (29... gxh6 30. Qxh6) 30. Qg5 Rb8 31. Bxg7 $1 Kxg7 32. Qh6+ $40 {[%mdl 128] White has strong attack.} (32. Rh6 $142) 32... Kf6 $2 (32... Kf7) 33. Nf3 Nxc4 34. Rg3 Ke7 35. h4 {h5 is the strong threat.} f4 ({But not} 35... Bf7 36. h5 $18) 36. Rg5 $2 (36. Rg2 $18) 36... Bf7 $1 $11 {Strongly threatening ...Rh8.} 37. Rf5 {And now h5 would win.} Nd6 {Hoping for ...Rg8.} 38. Qg5+ $1 Kd7 $2 {[#]} (38... Ke8 $11 {and Black is okay.} 39. Rxf7 Kxf7) 39. Rf6 $1 $18 ({And not} 39. h5 Ne7 $15) 39... Kc7 $2 (39... Rbe8) 40. Rxg6 {Black must now prevent Qe7+.White is clearly winning.} Rbe8 41. Rg7 Rg8 42. Kf1 Rxg7 43. Qxg7 Rg8 44. Qf6 Re8 45. c4 Bh5 46. Ne5 {Precision: White = 62%, Black = 48%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Black "Tutisani, Noe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2347"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,109,-24,-36,-15,-16,-16,-21,-14,-21,-10,-11,-9,-18,0,-8,0,0,10,20,118,124,114,101,101,97,108,108,104,107,111,97,111,63,63,55,59,38,36,36,41,19,20,21,19,22,25,17,22,0,37,24,23,0,0,0,4,9,7,0,0,0,0,5,17,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-3]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 g6 3. Nd2 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. c3 O-O 6. Ngf3 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8. dxc5 dxc5 9. Bc4 Nc6 10. O-O {A48: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} (10. Qe2 Nh5 11. Qe3 Na5 12. Be2 Qc7 13. O-O Be6 14. Rfe1 g5 15. Bg3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Rad8 17. Nf1 Nc4 18. Bxc4 Bxc4 {0-1 (29) Tomashevsky,E (2714)-Grischuk,A (2795) Sochi 2014}) 10... Bg4 11. Qc2 g5 12. Bg3 Nh5 13. Rfe1 {LiveBook: 3 Games} e6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Nxg3 14. hxg3 Qc7 15. Nf1 e6 16. N1h2 Bh5 17. Qc1 a6 {0-1 (47) De Guzman,R (2364)-Puranik,A (2476) Subic Bay 2016}) 14. Bb5 Nxg3 15. hxg3 Qc7 16. Bxc6 Qxc6 17. Nc4 {[#] Nce5 is the strong threat.} Qc7 18. a4 Rad8 19. a5 Bh5 20. Qa4 f5 (20... Bg6 {looks sharper.} 21. e5 Bd3 22. Nd6 Bxe5 23. Nxf7 Qxf7 24. Rxe5 c4) 21. exf5 Rxf5 (21... exf5 $11 22. Nfe5 Bxe5 23. Rxe5 f4) 22. Rxe6 $16 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Rxf3 24. Re8+ Rf8 25. Rxd8 Qxd8 26. Rd1 Qf6 27. Rd2 h5 28. Qd7 h4 $1 29. Qd6 (29. Ne3 {seems wilder.} b6 30. Qd5+ Kh8 31. Qg2 Qe6 32. Rd5) 29... hxg3 30. Qxf6 Bxf6 31. fxg3 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rd8 32. Re2 (32. Rf2 $5 {[%cal Rf2f6]} Kg7 33. Rf5 $14) 32... Kf7 33. Kf2 Rd3 34. Kg2 Kg6 35. Re8 Rd8 36. Re2 Rd3 37. Kh3 Kh5 38. Re8 g4+ {The position is equal.} 39. Kg2 Rd8 40. Re6 Kg5 41. Kf2 (41. a6 $5 {[%cal Ra6b7]} Kf5 42. Rd6 bxa6 43. Rxa6 $14) 41... Kf5 42. Re2 Kg5 43. Re4 Rh8 44. Kg2 Rd8 45. Rf4 Rd3 (45... b6 $5) 46. Re4 b5 47. axb6 axb6 48. Nxb6 Rd2+ 49. Kf1 Rxb2 50. Nd5 Rc2 51. Rc4 {[#]} Bd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 52. Ke1 (52. cxd4 Rxc4) 52... Bf2+ 53. Kf1 Bd4 54. Ke1 Bf2+ 55. Kf1 {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 69%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sadzikowski, Daniel"]
[Black "Lenic, Luka"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,34,16,26,24,29,25,22,29,26,12,15,14,41,21,32]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 h6 8. Na3 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} O-O 9. Re1 Ba7 10. Nc2 Re8 11. Be3 Be6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Bxa7 Rxa7 {[#]} 14. b4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. d4 exd4 15. Nfxd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 {½-½ (38) So,W (2773)-Mamedyarov,S (2747) Wijk aan Zee 2016}) 14... Ra8 15. a5 d5 16. Qb1 Ne7 17. Ne3 Ng6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Petrosyan, Manuel"]
[Black "Lupulescu, Constantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,29,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-11]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Bg4 5. c4 e6 6. d3 Be7 7. h3 {A11: English Opening: 1...c6} Bh5 8. Qb3 Qb6 9. Be3 Qxb3 10. axb3 a6 11. g4 Bg6 {LiveBook: 4 Games. The position is equal.} 12. Ne5 Nbd7 $146 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. d4 Ne4 15. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Danin, Alexandre"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,124,0,0,0,0,0,4,2,28,-5,0,0,0,-18,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,9,14,15,15,11,15,-11,9,11,5,-16,-25,-30,-30,-21,-20,-31,-24,-29,0,-36,-36,-37,-37,-39,-39,-39,-39,-37,-31,-33,-10,-29,-24,-25,-29,-41,-25,-26,-32,-51,0,0,25,30,29,0,17,8,50,52,113,113,117,51,92,35,37,21,23,22,22,22,15,37,104,108,265,0,0,0,0,0,7294,6905,5477,136,136,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5 Be6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qd3 Nc6 11. Nd5 {B92: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Be2} (11. O-O-O) 11... Bg5 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 12. Rd1 Rc8 13. c3 O-O 14. h3 {[#]} Ne7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... g6 15. O-O Ne7 16. Ne3 Rc6 17. Nd2 b5 18. Nf3 Bxe3 19. Qxe3 {½-½ (55) Meijers,V (2490)-Gavrikov,V (2513) Germany 2008}) 15. Nxe7+ Bxe7 16. Bg4 b5 17. Nd2 Qd7 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. O-O Qc6 20. Rfe1 Rf4 21. Re3 Qc5 22. Rf3 Rxf3 23. Qxf3 Rf8 24. Qe3 (24. Qe2 {is more complex.} Bd8 25. Nb3 Qc6 26. f3 Bb6+ 27. Kh2) 24... Qc6 25. Qd3 Rf4 26. c4 (26. g3 {feels hotter.} Rf8 27. Nf1 Qe8 28. Qe2 Qc6 29. h4) 26... bxc4 27. Qxc4 Qxc4 28. Nxc4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} d5 29. Nxe5 Rxe4 30. Nd3 Bf6 31. Kf1 Rc4 32. Ke2 Kf7 33. b3 Rc2+ 34. Rd2 Rc8 35. Ne1 Ke7 36. Rc2 Ra8 37. Nd3 Kd6 38. Nc5 Ra7 39. Kd3 e5 40. f3 a5 41. Na4 h5 (41... Rc7 $1 $15) 42. Rc5 Bd8 43. Rb5 Ke6 44. Nc5+ Kf5 45. g4+ Kf4 46. Ke2 ({Much weaker is} 46. gxh5 Kxf3 47. Ne6 e4+ 48. Kd2 Rd7 $17) 46... Kg3 ({Black should play} 46... Re7 $14) 47. gxh5 $16 Bf6 48. Nd3 (48. a4 $16) 48... d4 49. a4 (49. Nf2 $16) 49... Rc7 $14 50. Rxa5 {Threatens to win with Rc5.} Rc2+ 51. Kd1 Rc3 52. Nxe5 {Ng4 is the strong threat.} Rxb3 53. Ng4 Rxf3 (53... Be7 $14) 54. Nxf6 $16 Rxf6 $2 $14 {[#] KR-KR} (54... gxf6 $16 {keeps fighting.} 55. h6 Kf4) 55. Kd2 $2 (55. Ke2 $1 $18) 55... Kxh3 $11 56. Kd3 {Black must now prevent Rd5.} Kg4 57. Re5 (57. Kxd4 $5 {[%cal Ra5e5]} Rf4+ 58. Ke3 $16) 57... g6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (57... Ra6 $11) 58. hxg6 $1 $18 Rxg6 59. a5 $2 (59. Kxd4 $18 Kf4 60. a5) 59... Rd6 $16 60. Re4+ ({Better is} 60. Rb5 $16) 60... Kf5 $11 {The position is equal.} 61. Rxd4 Ke5 62. Rxd6 Kxd6 {Precision: White = 64%, Black = 50%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Baron, Tal"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,46,-17,0,0,0,0,-18,-54,-41,-48,-34,-62,-29,-46,-34,-64,-48,-86,-66,-55,-73,-96,-30,-36,-16,-47,-22,-43,-31,-12,56,24,16]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. g3 dxc4 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O b5 8. e4 {E01: Catalan: Early deviations} b4 {LiveBook: 5 Games} (8... Bb7 9. e5 Nd5 10. Ng5 h6 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. Qh5+ Ke7 13. Ne4 Qe8 14. Bg5+ hxg5 15. Qxh8 Kd8 16. Nxg5 Kc8 {0-1 (39) Ipatov,A (2660)-Fedoseev,V (2658) Saint Louis 2017}) 9. Na4 Be7 (9... Nxe4 10. Ne5 $14) 10. Re1 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 10. Qc2 Ba6 11. Rd1 O-O 12. b3 cxb3 13. axb3 Bb5 14. Bf4 Qc8 15. Nd2 Nb6 {0-1 (51) Shamkovich,L-Kholmov,R Vilnius 1953}) 10... O-O 11. Be3 Ba6 ({Don't play} 11... Nxe4 $6 12. Ne5 $14) 12. a3 bxa3 ({But not} 12... Nxe4 $6 13. Ne5 $16) 13. Qc2 axb2 14. Nxb2 Bb5 15. h3 a5 (15... c3 $5 16. Nd1 Bb4 $15) 16. Nd2 {[#]} c3 $1 17. Qxc3 Bb4 18. Qc2 e5 ({Better is} 18... Rc8 $17 {Threatening ...c5.} 19. Na4 e5) 19. Red1 $11 Qe7 20. Ndc4 exd4 21. Bxd4 Rfe8 {[%cal Rf6e4]} 22. Nd3 Nf8 (22... Qe6 $11 23. Rdc1 Rad8) 23. Ne3 Bxd3 $1 {Precision: White = 43%, Black = 49%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Pavlidis, Antonios"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B29"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,118,52,16,22,15,5,0,0,0,10,-10,-10,-41,-27,-27,-22,-55,-48,-51,-40,-79,-82,-106,-108,-108,-108,-127,-114,-127,-135,-120,-81,-127,-127,-123,-110,-101,-83,-109,-52,-49,-55,-52,-44,-50,-39,-50,0,0,0,-91,0,-63,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-279,-314,-302,-280,-385,-610,-595,-584,-580,-441,-29968,-29969,-29963,-29964,-29955,-12816]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nc3 Nxc3 5. dxc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 e6 7. Qd2 h6 {B29: Sicilian: 2 Nf3 Nf6 (Nimzowitsch Variation)} 8. h4 Qc7 9. O-O-O {LiveBook: 25 Games} (9. h5 b6 10. Bh2 Bb7 11. Qf4 Be7 12. O-O-O f5 13. Kb1 O-O-O 14. Be2 Rhg8 15. Bg3 {1-0 (53) Pfretzschner,R (2550)-Voll,A (2555) ICCF email 2010}) 9... a6 {The position is equal.} 10. Bd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. h5 b5 11. Rh3 c4 12. g4 Rb8 13. g5 Qa5 14. Kb1 b4 15. Nd4 bxc3 16. Qxc3 Qxc3 17. Rxc3 Nxd4 18. Rxd4 hxg5 19. Rdxc4 {½-½ (41) Bratko,I (2147)-Jeric,S (2286) Slovenia 2003}) 10... b5 11. Be4 Bb7 12. Qe3 Ne7 13. Kb1 c4 14. Rhe1 Bxe4 15. Qxe4 Qc6 16. Bc1 Qxe4 17. Rxe4 h5 18. b3 Nd5 19. Bb2 Rc8 20. bxc4 bxc4 21. Nd2 Nb6 $1 22. a4 a5 23. Ka2 Rh6 24. Rb1 {[#]} f5 $1 {[%cal Rf5e4]} 25. Rd4 Be7 26. g3 Rg6 27. Ba1 Bc5 (27... Rc6 $17) 28. Nxc4 $15 Nxc4 29. Rxc4 {Strongly threatening Rb5.} Rg4 30. Rxg4 hxg4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 31. Rf1 g6 32. Bb2 d6 33. c4 {[#]} (33. exd6 $11 {remains equal.} Kd7 34. c4) 33... Kd7 (33... Ba7 $1 $17 34. Bc3 Rxc4) 34. Bc3 ({White should try} 34. exd6 $11 Bxd6 35. Bc3) 34... dxe5 (34... d5 $1 $15 35. Kb2 Rb8+ 36. Kc1 Bb4 37. Bxb4 Rxb4) 35. Bxe5 $11 Kc6 36. f3 gxf3 37. Rxf3 Bd6 38. Re3 Bxe5 39. Rxe5 {KR-KR} Kd6 40. Rxa5 Rxc4 41. Ra6+ Ke5 42. Kb2 Rg4 43. Ra5+ Kd6 44. Ra6+ Ke5 45. Ra5+ Kf6 46. Ra8 {And now a5 would win.} Rxg3 47. a5 {[%cal Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} Rg4 48. a6 Ke5 49. a7 Rb4+ 50. Kc3 Rb7 51. Kd2 Kf4 52. Rg8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (52. Ke2 $11 {and White is okay.}) 52... Rxa7 $19 53. Rxg6 e5 {[%cal Be6e5,Be5e4,Be4e3][%mdl 32]} 54. h5 e4 55. Rg1 e3+ 56. Ke2 Rc7 57. Rh1 (57. c4 $19 Rxc4 58. Kd3) 57... Rxc2+ {Black mates.} 58. Kd3 Rd2+ 59. Kc3 Rd7 {Precision: White = 48%, Black = 81%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sanal, Vahap"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,62,27,39,36,41,30,25,36,27,36,33,43,8,17,7,43,38,47,8,11,19,13,-44,-52,-52,-50,-339,-297,-336,-336,-324,-333,-328,-314,-312,-298,-341,-343,-343,-333,-406,-393,-1661,-1625,-1493,-1392,-1594,-1583,-1965,-889]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. g3 d6 6. d4 Bf5 {E60: King's Indian: Unusual lines and Fianchetto Variation without Nc3} (6... e5 7. dxe5 Nfd7 8. Bg2 Nxe5 9. Qd2 Nbc6 10. O-O Bg4 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Bd4 Qc8 13. f4 Nc6 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Nc3 Ne7 16. e4 {½-½ (78) Nakamura,H (2793)-Caruana,F (2787) Saint Louis 2015}) 7. Bg2 c6 8. O-O {LiveBook: 40 Games} Nbd7 {White is slightly better.} 9. Nh4 Be4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... d5 10. Nxf5 gxf5 11. Nd2 e6 12. e3 Kh8 13. Rc1 Ne4 14. Rc2 Qf6 15. cxd5 exd5 {1-0 (34) McNab,C (2455)-Shepherd,M Perth 1997}) 10. f3 Bxb1 $1 11. Rxb1 Qa5 12. Qc2 e5 13. Rbd1 Rfe8 14. Bh3 Nf8 15. Bc3 Qc7 16. Qb2 b5 17. cxb5 Nd5 18. bxc6 (18. dxe5 $11 dxe5 19. Ng2) 18... Qxc6 $15 19. Rc1 Qb6 {[%cal Re5d4]} 20. e4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} ({Better is} 20. Rfd1 $1 $15) 20... exd4 $19 21. Ba5 Qxa5 22. exd5 d3 ({Weaker is} 22... Qxd5 23. Qd2 $17) 23. Qb1 d2 ({Don't take} 23... Qxd5 24. Rc4 $19) 24. Rcd1 Re2 ({Don't play} 24... Qxd5 25. Bg2 $19) 25. Qd3 Rae8 26. Ng2 {Now Be6! and White clings on.} Bc3 27. Nf4 Re1 28. Qc2 $2 {[#]} (28. Ng2) 28... Qc5+ {Black is clearly winning.} 29. Kg2 Rxd1 30. Qxd1 Re1 31. Qc2 d1=Q {Precision: White = 40%, Black = 69%.} (31... Rxf1 $142 32. Kxf1 Qe3) 0-1

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Alsina Leal, Daniel"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,82,46,52,26,37,17,31,11,45,0,0,0,16,-29,-29,-47,-35,-30,-33,-96,-93,-77,-51,-46,-40,-56,-44,-46,-21,-33,-12,0,-5,-43,0,0,0,-37,-16,-16,-16,-26,-14,-47,-47,-58,-31,-16,-8,-70,-79,-71,-80,-237,-239,-339,-333,-383,-368,-408,-333,-1385,-1277,-1523,-1490,-1084,-793,-29989,-29990]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. h3 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Be2 Nc6 {[%cal Rc6d4,Bb8c6,Bc6a5,Ba5c4,Bc4d6,Bd6e4,Be4c3][%mdl 32]} 9. d5 {D70: Grünfeld: Unusual White 3rd moves (met by ...d5)} (9. Be3 f5 10. exf5 Bxf5 11. Qb3+ Kh8 12. d5 Ne5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. O-O e6 15. f4 Bg7 16. g4 Qh4 17. Kh2 exd5 18. Bxb6 axb6 19. gxf5 {0-1 (28) Kuzubov,Y (2558)-Mamedyarov,S (2646) Dubai 2005}) 9... Na5 10. Bg5 c6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... h6 11. Bf4 Nac4 12. Qb3 e5 13. Bh2 Nd6 14. O-O Qe7 15. Rfe1 Bd7 16. Rad1 Kh7 {1-0 (39) Cooper,J (2335)-Kenworthy,G Brighton 1980}) 11. Rc1 {White is slightly better.} h6 12. Bh4 cxd5 13. exd5 Bf5 14. b4 (14. g4 $5 {[%cal Rg4f5]} Bxc3+ 15. Rxc3 $11) 14... Nac4 15. O-O Rc8 16. Qb3 Nd6 17. Na4 (17. a4 $15) 17... Nxa4 18. Qxa4 Ne4 {[#] And now ...g5 would win.} 19. Rxc8 Bxc8 20. Qxa7 g5 21. Qe3 Nc3 22. Bg3 Nxd5 23. Qb3 Nc3 24. Re1 g4 25. hxg4 Bxg4 26. Bf1 Bxf3 $1 27. gxf3 e6 28. Re3 Qd2 29. Rd3 Qc1 {White must now prevent ...Ne2+.} 30. Kg2 $1 Rc8 31. b5 h5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 32. Qb4 ({White should play} 32. Rd7 $11) 32... Nd5 $15 33. Qh4 {[#]} Qh6 $1 34. Rxd5 $2 (34. Kh2 $17) 34... exd5 $19 {[%cal Be6d5,Bd5d4][%mdl 32]} 35. Bd3 (35. a4 {was worth a try.}) 35... Bf6 36. Qb4 Rc3 37. Bb1 h4 38. Bb8 $2 (38. Qg4+ Qg7 39. Bf4) 38... d4 39. Bf5 Qg5+ 40. Bg4 Rc2 {( -> ...Qe3)} 41. Kh3 Qc1 {Precision: White = 42%, Black = 75%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gabrielian, Artur"]
[Black "Ragger, Markus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,36,15,21,-10,-14,-6,0,0,8,8,14,4,15,16,31,29,27,22,25,24,35,28,26,26,38]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nge2 Nge7 7. O-O Bf5 {LiveBook: 48 Games} 8. Be3 {C01: French: Exchange Variation} (8. Bxf5 Nxf5 9. Nf4 Nfe7 10. Qg4 Bxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Ba3 Qc8 13. Qh5 Qd7 14. Rae1 Rfe8 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Re5 c6 {1-0 (54) McShane,L (2652)-Hawkins,J (2590) London 2016}) 8... Qd7 9. a3 {[#] And now Bxf5 would win.} Bxc3 10. Nxc3 {The position is equal.} O-O 11. Re1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. f3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Nf5 13. Bf2 Nce7 14. Rfe1 Ng6 15. Qd2 c6 16. Re2 {½-½ (16) Schaufelberger,H-Durao,J Praia da Rocha 1969}) 11... Rfe8 12. f3 Nd8 13. Bf1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Nc8 {[%cal Be7c8,Bc8d6,Bd6f5][%mdl 32]} 14. Qd2 c6 15. Bf2 Ne6 16. Nd1 Nd6 17. Ne3 Bg6 18. b3 Nf5 {Precision: White = 74%, Black = 47%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sedlak, Nikola"]
[Black "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,76,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,-12,-4,-17,-17,-26,-24,-20,-18,-14,-22,-25,0,0,24,0,21,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,20,-32,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,77,-14,-14,-22,0,0,0,-29,-21,-1011,-975,-1778,-591,-1626,-1512]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. c3 d6 6. e4 c5 7. d5 {A48: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} h6 (7... e6 8. dxe6 Bxe6 9. Be2 h6 10. Bh4 Nc6 11. O-O Re8 12. Re1 Qc7 13. Bc4 Nh5 14. Bg3 Nxg3 15. hxg3 {0-1 (81) Gelfand,B (2743)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2740) Moscow 2016}) 8. Bh4 e6 9. dxe6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. Bc4 {1-0 (36) Azaladze,S (2298)-Leon Hoyos,M (2437) Batumi 2006}) 9... Bxe6 10. Bc4 Re8 11. O-O {LiveBook: 3 Games} Nc6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Re1 Rad8 14. Qc2 h5 15. a4 Bh6 (15... g5 $5 {[%cal Rg5g4]}) 16. a5 Bxd2 17. Nxd2 Bxc4 18. Nxc4 Qe6 19. Nd2 d5 20. e5 Kg7 21. f4 Rd7 22. Qa4 Ne7 23. Nf3 Nf5 24. a6 Qc6 25. Qxc6 bxc6 26. Ra5 c4 27. Rc5 ({Better is} 27. Rb1 $11) 27... Rb8 28. Rxc6 Rxb2 29. e6 Re7 30. exf7 {[#] aiming for Ne5.} Rxe1+ 31. Nxe1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Ne3 (31... Rb1 $11 32. Kf2 Rb2+ 33. Kg1 Rb1) 32. Rf6 (32. Rc7 $16) 32... Kf8 33. Rxg6 d4 34. cxd4 {Strongly threatening Rg8+.} c3 {[%cal Bc4c3,Bc3c2][%mdl 32]} 35. Rc6 Re2 {[#] Threatens to win with ...c2.} 36. Rc7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (36. Rxc3 $11 Rxe1+ 37. Kf2 Nd1+ 38. Kxe1 Nxc3 39. Kd2) 36... c2 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 37. Nd3 Rxg2+ 38. Kh1 {And now Ne5 would win.} Rd2 {Precision: White = 51%, Black = 58%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kveinys, Aloyzas"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,38,35,20,33,30,34,37,34,43,39,0,0,0,0,0,34,34,36,36,20]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Qa4 d6 7. e5 dxe5 8. Nxe5 Qd4 {B27: Sicilian: 2 Nf3, unusual Black 2nd moves} 9. Nxc6 Qxa4 10. Nxa4 bxc6 11. Be2 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Nd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Bg7 12. Bf3 Nd5 13. Bd2 O-O 14. c4 Nb6 15. Nxb6 axb6 16. Bxc6 Bxb2 17. Bxa8 Bxa1 {0-1 (36) Lugovskoy,M (2436)-Savchenko,B (2613) Sochi 2016}) 12. Bd2 e5 13. O-O-O f6 14. c4 Nb6 15. Bf3 {[#] aiming for Nxb6.} Bd7 16. Nxb6 axb6 17. Be3 Bc5 18. Bxc5 bxc5 19. a3 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dastan, Muhammed Batuhan"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,104,0,0,0,14,26,-20,0,-3,-3,-12,-11,-11,0,0,0,-3,-5,-15,-23,-165,-156,-141,-44,-64,-16,-86,-86,-79,-80,-89,-80,-88,-31,-12,-38,-17,-34,-78,-58,-69,-66,-56,-27,-58,-24,-358,-175,-656,-656,-678,0,-675,-681,-656,-650,-580,-590,-462,-487,-467,-462,-462,-462,-5022,-4904,-4558,-2052,-1173,-462,-462,-462,-5177,-5169,-5216,-5186,-5089,-4922,-3195,-1311,-29980,-29981]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3 Be6 9. Qd3 O-O 10. Nd5 Nbd7 11. O-O Bxd5 12. exd5 Rc8 13. c4 Ne8 {B92: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Be2} 14. Rac1 (14. Qd2 b6 15. Rac1 a5 16. Na1 g6 17. b4 Ng7 18. bxa5 bxa5 19. Bd3 Nc5 20. Bc2 a4 21. Rb1 {0-1 (66) Carlsen,M (2853)-Grischuk,A (2771) Saint Louis 2015}) 14... b6 15. Kh1 $146 (15. Bg4 {is more complex.} Rb8 16. Bh3 g6 17. Bh6 Ng7 18. f4) ({Predecessor:} 15. g3 Nc5 16. Qd1 Bf6 17. Bg4 Rb8 18. h4 g6 19. h5 Bg7 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Qc2 {½-½ (38) Yandarbiev,R (2330)-Murzin,V (2061) Taganrog 2017}) 15... Bg5 {The position is equal.} (15... g6 {with more complications.} 16. g4 Ng7 17. f4 f5 18. gxf5 Nxf5 19. Bg4 Bh4) 16. Qd2 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 a5 18. Nd2 f5 19. b3 Nef6 20. a3 Kh8 21. f4 Re8 22. Nf3 (22. Rce1 $11) 22... exf4 $19 23. Qd2 Nc5 (23... Re3 $1 $17 24. Ng5 Qe7) 24. Nd4 $15 Qe7 (24... Nfe4 $5 {[%cal Re4d2]} 25. Qxf4 Qf6 $15) 25. b4 (25. Qxf4 $11 Nxb3 26. Nxb3 Qxe2 27. Nd4) 25... axb4 $17 26. axb4 {[#]} Nb3 $1 {[%cal Rb3d2][%mdl 512]} 27. Nxb3 {aiming for Bd3.} Qxe2 28. Qxf4 Qe3 (28... Re4 $17 29. Qxf5 Rcxc4 30. Rxc4 Rxc4) 29. Qxe3 $15 Rxe3 30. Nd4 g6 31. Nc6 Ne4 32. Rf3 Re2 $1 {...Ra8 is the strong threat.} 33. Ra3 Re8 34. h3 Nd2 {Strongly threatening ...Re1+.} 35. c5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (35. Kg1 $11) 35... bxc5 (35... Re1+ $142 36. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 37. Kh2 f4) 36. bxc5 $2 (36. Kg1) 36... Re1+ $19 37. Rxe1 Rxe1+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 38. Kh2 {[#]} f4 $1 {( -> ...Nf1+)} 39. h4 Nf1+ 40. Kh3 {[#]} Ne3 $1 41. Rxe3 Rxe3+ {KR-KN} ({Not} 41... fxe3 42. cxd6 Rh1+ 43. Kg4 $19) 42. Kg4 Rd3 43. cxd6 {Black must now prevent Ne7.} Rxd5 44. Kxf4 (44. h5 $142 Rxd6 45. Ne7) 44... Rxd6 45. Ne5 Rd4+ 46. Kg3 Kg7 (46... Re4 $142 47. Ng4 h5) 47. Nf3 Ra4 48. Kh3 (48. h5 $142) 48... Kf6 49. Ng5 h6 50. Nf3 Kf5 51. Kg3 Ra3 52. Kh3 Kf4 {Precision: White = 37%, Black = 60%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Moskalenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,93,7,0,54,60,60,62,60,58,52,52,62,66,82,47,43,38,52,30,60,52,52,45,47,47,66,60,83,44,82,65,92,83,78,33,67,56,77,41,53,0,70,50,104,104,104,104,99,94,127,129,142,149,293,294,416,399,417,419,404,393,404,412,410,384,431,433,430,427,481,436]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. d4 e6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg2 Bb4+ 8. Bd2 Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Ne5 {E15: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 sidelines, 4 g3 Ba6 and 4 g3 Bb7 early deviations} Bb7 12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. Rc1 {LiveBook: 4 Games. The position is equal.} Nf8 {[#]} (13... c6 $11) 14. b4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. e3 c6 15. f4 Rc8 16. Qf3 Rc7 17. Rc2 h6 18. Bh4 N6h7 19. Bxe7 Rcxe7 {1-0 (49) Laznicka,V (2677)-Bologan,V (2672) Poikovsky 2013}) 14... Ne6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. e3 a6 17. Nd3 c6 18. Qb3 Qd6 19. Na4 Qd8 20. Rfe1 {[%cal Bf1e1,Be1e2,Be2c2][%mdl 32]} Rb8 21. a3 Ba8 22. h4 g6 23. Qd1 Qd6 24. Re2 Nc7 25. Nc3 Bb7 26. Bh3 Ne6 27. Rec2 Bc8 {...Nxd4 is the strong threat.} 28. Bg2 Bd7 29. Nb1 Nd8 30. Qf1 Ra8 31. Rb2 Bf5 32. Bh3 {[#]} ({White should try} 32. a4 $14) 32... Qd7 (32... Rxe3 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]} 33. Bxf5 (33. fxe3 Qxg3+) 33... Re8) 33. Kh2 Rc8 (33... h6 $14) 34. Bxf5 $16 Qxf5 35. Qh3 Qxh3+ 36. Kxh3 Ra8 37. a4 b5 38. Ra2 Rb8 {[#]} (38... bxa4 $16 39. Rxa4 Re7) 39. Nc5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rc5d7]} Be7 (39... Re7 $142 40. Nxa6 Rbb7 41. axb5 Rxb5) 40. Nxa6 Rb7 41. axb5 cxb5 42. Nc7 Rf8 43. Nxd5 Ne6 44. Rc6 Rd8 45. Nxe7+ {White is clearly winning.} Rxe7 46. Nc3 h5 47. Ra5 {Precision: White = 67%, Black = 18%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,98,0,-7,23,0,0,0,0,0,0,-25,-20,-25,-32,-31,-19,-44,-47,-41,-51,-45,-46,-70,-64,-70,-54,-89,-24,-32,0,0,0,-35,0,-68,-62,-70,-54,-67,-47,-49,-48,-51,-51,-205,48,28,6,6,6,-45,-45,-41,-39,-43,-6,-13,-14,-11,-20,-20,-8,-20,-20,-56,-60,-61,-41,-141,-50,-64,-20,-20,-8,-130,-112,-608,-605,-29986,-29987,-29989,-5273,-29990,-29991]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. c3 c5 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. O-O a5 9. a3 {LiveBook: 10 Games. C06: French Tarrasch: 3...Nf6 4 e5 Nfd7 5 Bd3 main lines} (9. Re1 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qb6 11. a4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Nf3 Qb6 14. Be3 Nc5 15. Bb5+ Bd7 16. Nd4 Bxb5 17. Nxb5 O-O 18. Qg4 Rfc8 {0-1 (33) Naroditsky,D (2631)-So,W (2779) ICC INT 2015}) 9... a4 10. Bc2 b5 11. Re1 {The position is equal.} cxd4 12. cxd4 Nb6 13. h4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Nf1 Nc4 14. Rb1 Bd7 15. Bd2 Qb6 {0-1 (38) Sahl,S (2216)-Hoang,T (2485) Tromsoe 2014}) 13... Bxh4 14. Nxh4 Qxh4 15. Nf3 Qg4 16. Rb1 Ba6 17. b3 axb3 18. Rxb3 Nc4 19. Be3 N6a5 20. Rc3 Nxe3 21. fxe3 {[%cal Bf2e3,Be3e4][%mdl 32]} Nc4 (21... f5 $17 22. exf6 gxf6) 22. Qb1 $1 $11 h5 23. e4 $1 h4 24. Nh2 Qg5 25. Rh3 (25. Nf3 $11 Qe7 26. exd5) 25... Nd2 $15 26. Qb4 {Threatens to win with exd5.} Rc8 27. Bd3 $1 dxe4 28. Bxb5+ Bxb5 29. Qxb5+ Kf8 30. d5 $2 (30. Qb7 $15 Rd8 31. Qb4+ Kg8 32. Qc3) 30... Rh6 $2 (30... exd5 $19 {aiming for ...Rh6.} 31. Qxd5 Rh6) 31. Qb7 $14 Re8 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black has counterplay} 32. Re2 Kg8 {...exd5 is the strong threat.} 33. Qb4 {[#]} ({White should try} 33. d6 $11) 33... Nf3+ $1 $15 {[%mdl 512]} 34. Nxf3 exf3 35. Rxf3 h3 {Hoping for ...hxg2.} 36. Qd2 Qg6 37. dxe6 Qxe6 {Strongly threatening ...hxg2.} 38. g3 Rh5 (38... h2+ $5 39. Rxh2 Rxh2 40. Kxh2 Qxe5 $11) 39. Qf4 h2+ 40. Rxh2 Rxe5 41. Rhf2 {[%cal Rf4f7]} f6 42. Kg2 {[#]} (42. Qa4 $15) 42... Rc8 ({Black should play} 42... Rh5 $1 $17 43. g4 Rh4) 43. Qb4 Rh5 44. Qb3 $1 {[%cal Rb3e6]} Rc4 {( -> ...Qh3+)} 45. Kg1 {[#]} (45. Rf4 $1 $11 Rhc5 46. Rxc4 Qd5+ 47. Kh2 Qxc4 48. Rf3) 45... Kh8 $1 $17 {And now ...Qh3! would win.} 46. Qb8+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (46. Rc2 $17 Qe1+ 47. Rf1) 46... Rc8 $19 47. Qb2 Qh3 {[%csl Gh5][%cal Rh3h1]} 48. Rg2 Qh1+ 49. Kf2 Rh2 {Precision: White = 36%, Black = 52%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Meskovs, Nikita"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,38,39,0,38,32,34,26,37,36,68,39,33,32,26,26,50,0,19,0,52]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. f3 a5 {B36: Sicilian: Maroczy Bind: Gurgenidze System} (11... Qa5 12. Nd5 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Bd7 15. Rac1 Rfc8 16. Rxc8+ Rxc8 17. Rc1 a6 18. Rxc8+ Bxc8 19. b3 h5 {½-½ (32) Donchenko,A (2563)-Kveinys,A (2499) Heusenstamm 2016}) 12. b3 a4 13. O-O axb3 {White has an edge.} 14. axb3 Nd7 15. Rxa8 (15. Rfc1 {keeps more tension.} Nc5 16. Rab1 Ra3 17. Bd1 Qa8 18. Bd4) 15... Qxa8 16. Nb5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Na4 b6 17. Nxb6 Nxb6 18. Bxb6 Rb8 19. Qe3 Qa2 20. Kf2 Qb2 {0-1 (44) Smolka,M (2133)-Powierski,E (2281) Krakow 2015}) 16... Rc8 17. Na7 Rc5 18. Nb5 Rc8 19. Na7 Rc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sviridov, Valery"]
[Black "Banusz, Tamas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,44,20,24,7,8,30,23,0,0,0,0,7,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,26,45,27,0,21]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2 Ne4 9. Bf4 c6 10. Nc3 g5 {E08: Closed Catalan: Main Line: 7 Qc2} 11. Bc1 f5 {LiveBook: 11 Games} 12. Ne1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. b3 b6 13. Bb2 Bb7 14. Rad1 Qe8 15. Nd2 Nd6 16. Ba3 Rc8 17. Rfe1 Nf7 18. Qb2 {½-½ (30) So,W (2822)-Nakamura,H (2793) Saint Louis 2017}) 12... Bf6 13. e3 Qe7 14. Nd3 b6 15. b3 Bb7 16. Bb2 Qg7 17. Rac1 Rac8 18. Ne2 c5 19. Rfd1 Rfe8 20. dxc5 bxc5 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Qb2 (22. f3 $5 {[%cal Rf3e4]}) 22... Qxb2 {Precision: White = 46%, Black = 65%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Theodorou, Nikolas"]
[Black "Oleksiyenko, Mykhaylo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 30,91,32,10,13,17,35,33,36,32,37,24,43,32,22,8,25,0,80,77,79,61,96,91,100,72,124,100,93,101,96,21,0,0,0,0,1,6,9,0,0,0,437,427,412,406,389,174,366,56,52,0,347,71,78,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. d5 Na5 9. b3 c6 10. dxc6 Nxc6 11. Bb2 Qa5 {E63: King's Indian: Fianchetto: Panno Variation with 7...a6} (11... Rb8 12. Rc1 Bd7 13. Qd2 b5 14. Nd5 Ne4 15. Qc2 Bxb2 16. Qxb2 b4 17. Ne1 Nc5 18. Nd3 Nxd3 19. exd3 {1-0 (40) Gelfand,B (2743)-Kasimdzhanov,R (2691) Tashkent 2016}) 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Bxg7 Nc3 14. Bxc3 Qxc3 15. Rc1 Qa5 16. Qd2 {LiveBook: 4 Games} (16. Qc2 {looks sharper.} Bf5 17. Qb2 Rfd8 18. Rfd1 Be4 19. a3) 16... Qxd2 17. Nxd2 {[#]} Rd8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Bd7 18. Rfd1 Nd4 19. Kf1 {½-½ (35) Tregubov,P (2628)-Degraeve,J (2530) Paris 2004}) 18. Ne4 Bg4 19. Nc3 (19. f3 $5 {[%cal Rf3g4]} Be6 20. Nc3 $14) 19... Rab8 20. h3 Bd7 21. Rfd1 b6 22. Nd5 Kf8 23. b4 {[%cal Bb3b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} a5 (23... Rdc8 $11) 24. b5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under strong pressure.} Na7 25. g4 h6 26. f4 Rdc8 27. Rf1 f5 ({Black should play} 27... e6) 28. gxf5 gxf5 29. e4 Rc5 30. e5 (30. a4 $16) 30... dxe5 $11 31. fxe5 e6 $1 {[%cal Re6d5]} 32. Nf4 Rbc8 $1 33. Rcd1 Ke7 $1 34. Rf3 Rxc4 {[#] ...Rc1 is the strong threat.} 35. Rg3 {Hoping for Rg7+.} Rxf4 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Not} 35... Nxb5 36. Rg7+ Kf8 37. Rdxd7 $16) (35... R8c7 $1 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 36. Rg7+ $18 Kf8 37. Rdxd7 {Strongly threatening Rdf7+.} Nxb5 38. Rdf7+ Ke8 39. Re7+ $2 (39. Rf6 $18 Rc1+ 40. Kh2) 39... Kf8 $14 40. Ref7+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (40. a4 $14 Rxa4 41. Ref7+ Ke8 42. Rh7 Ra1+ 43. Kh2) 40... Ke8 $18 41. Rb7 $2 (41. Rf6 $18 {is the precise move to win.} Rc1+ 42. Kh2) 41... Kf8 $16 42. Rh7 (42. Kh2 $16) 42... Kg8 $11 {The position is equal.} 43. Rbg7+ Kf8 44. Rb7 {[%cal Rh7h8] [#]} (44. Rg6 $5 {[%cal Rh7h8]} Rc1+ 45. Kh2 $11) 44... Kg8 45. Rhg7+ Kh8 46. Rh7+ {Precision: White = 35%, Black = 69%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Iljiushenok, Ilia"]
[Black "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 35,80,20,87,83,87,80,88,87,85,87,95,32,71,31,29,18,46,0,0,-43,0,-5,-16,0,-17,-37,-48,-242,-251,-235,-234,-225,-229,-203,-192,-586,-587,-339,-300,-29987,-29988,-29988,-29989,-29989,-29990,-29990,-29991]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. O-O Bxd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14. Nxb5 Bg7 {B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations} 15. Nc3 O-O (15... e4 16. Be2 Ng6 17. Re1 O-O 18. Bf1 Re8 19. Qd2 Rb8 20. Rab1 Ne5 21. Bxa6 Qf6 22. Be2 {0-1 (41) Zhao,J (2621)-Wei,Y (2706) China 2015}) 16. Qh5 e4 17. Bc4 Qc8 18. Bb3 Ng6 {LiveBook: 9 Games} (18... Bxc3 $11 19. bxc3 f6) 19. f4 Bxc3 20. bxc3 a5 {[#] Hoping for ...a4.} 21. a4 $1 Kh8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 21... Qxc3 22. Qxf5 {½-½ (44) Calandri,F (2144)-Moser,E (2405) Arvier 2007}) 22. Kh1 Rg8 23. g3 (23. c4 $16) 23... Rg7 $14 24. Rae1 Ne7 25. c4 Ng8 26. Qd1 (26. c5 $5) 26... Qc5 27. Qa1 Re8 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 28. Qc3 h5 {[%cal Bh7h5,Bh5h4][%mdl 32]} 29. Ba2 Kh7 30. Re2 Rb8 31. Rb1 $2 (31. Kg2 $15) 31... Rxb1+ $19 32. Bxb1 h4 $1 33. Ba2 {[#]} Nh6 $1 34. Qe3 Qc8 35. Kg2 $2 (35. gxh4 Ng4 $17) (35. Bb3 {is more resistant.}) 35... Ng4 36. Qb6 Qg8 37. Qd4 $2 (37. Qxa5 Nxh2 38. Kxh2 Rxg3 39. Qe1 Qg4 40. Qf1 Rf3 41. Qg2 Qxf4+ 42. Kh1 h3 43. Qg1 Rf1 44. Qxf1 Qxf1+ 45. Kh2 Qxe2+ 46. Kxh3 Qf2 47. Bb3 f4 48. Kg4 Kg6 49. Kh3 Qg3#) ({Don't go for} 37. gxh4 $2 Ne3+ 38. Kf2 Nd1+ 39. Ke1 Rg1+ 40. Kd2 Qg7 $19) (37. Kf1 $19 hxg3 38. Qg1 (38. hxg3 $2 Nh6 $19)) 37... Nxh2 {Black mates.} 38. Kxh2 Rxg3 39. Qf2 Qg4 {[%csl Gg3][%cal Rg4h3]} 40. Qf1 Rf3 {Precision: White = 30%, Black = 81%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hamitevici, Vladimir"]
[Black "Erdos, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,120,14,14,0,0,9,10,3,9,-20,21,9,24,17,44,7,11,15,10,8,4,-22,0,0,0,-69,-62,-78,155,151,172,31,122,0,0,0,0,0,53,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,78,80,73,62,66,0,0,0,0,-37,-42,-55,168,173,167,162,176,147,157,12,12,18,88,46,59,8,4,0,0,0,0,-30,0,-24,-18,-27,-27,-28,-50,-49,-43,-92,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Be2 Nc6 3. f4 d5 4. d3 Nf6 5. e5 Ng8 6. c3 {B21: Sicilian: 2 f4 and Morra Gambit} Nh6 7. Nf3 Bg4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 8. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. Be3 e6 9. Nbd2 Nf5 10. Bf2 h5 11. O-O Be7 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 {0-1 (40) McShane,L (2615)-Efimov,I (2433) Novi Sad 2009}) 8... Bxf3 9. Bxf3 e6 10. g4 Qh4+ 11. Ke2 f6 12. exf6 {With the idea Be3.} Nf7 13. fxg7 Bxg7 14. Kd2 O-O-O 15. Kc2 e5 16. Qe1 Qe7 17. Qg3 c4 18. dxc4 e4 19. Bg2 ({Better is} 19. Re1 $11 Qc5 20. Bg2) 19... d4 $1 $15 (19... dxc4 20. Nd2 $16) 20. Re1 $1 dxc3 $2 (20... Nd6 $1 $17 {stays on course.}) 21. Nxc3 $16 Rd3 22. Qf2 (22. Re3 $1 $18) 22... Bd4 (22... Nb4+ $1 $14 23. Kb1 Rxc3 24. bxc3 Nd3) 23. Qe2 (23. Qf1 $1 $16 Bxc3 24. bxc3 (24. Rxe4 Qf6 $14)) 23... Bxc3 $11 24. bxc3 Rxc3+ 25. Kb1 (25. Kxc3 $2 Qb4+ 26. Kc2 Nd4+ 27. Kd1 Qa4+ 28. Kd2 Qc2+ 29. Ke3 Nxe2 $19) 25... Qb4+ ({Black should play} 25... Rd8 $11 26. Qb2 (26. Qxe4 $2 Qb4+ 27. Bb2 Rd2 $19) 26... Rxc4) 26. Bb2 Rd8 27. Bxe4 Nd4 28. Qf2 (28. Qd2 $2 Nb5 $19) 28... Rxc4 29. a3 Qb6 {[#]} (29... Qa4 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 30. Qe3 $1 $16 {And now Ka2 would win.} Nd6 {[#]} 31. Bd5 $1 {[%cal Rd5c4]} Re8 32. Qf2 (32. Qxe8+ $1 $14 Nxe8 33. Bxc4) 32... Rxe1+ $11 33. Qxe1 Rc5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 34. Qe5 (34. Be6+ $5 Kb8 35. f5 $11) 34... Rb5 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 35. Ra2 Qa5 $2 (35... Qc5 $1 $15 {keeps the upper hand.} 36. Be6+ (36. Qh8+ Kc7 $19) 36... Nxe6 37. Qxe6+ Kb8) 36. Qh8+ Kc7 {[%cal Ra5e1]} 37. Qg7+ ({But not} 37. Qxd4 $6 Rxd5 38. Qb4 Qa6 $14) 37... Kc8 {[%cal Ra5e1]} 38. Qxd4 Rxd5 39. Qc3+ (39. Qh8+ $16 Qd8 40. Qxd8+ (40. Qxh7 Nc4 $11) 40... Kxd8 41. Bf6+ Kc7 42. Rc2+ Kb6 43. f5) 39... Qxc3 40. Bxc3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rd3 (40... Rd1+ $11 41. Kc2 Rh1) 41. Bb4 Nc4 $1 42. Rf2 (42. f5 $14) 42... a5 43. Bf8 Kd7 44. h4 Ke8 45. Bg7 Rxa3 46. h5 Kf7 47. h6 Rb3+ 48. Kc1 Rg3 {Hoping for ...b5.} 49. g5 b5 {White must now prevent ...b4.} 50. Bf6 Rg1+ (50... b4 $17 51. Re2 b3 52. Re7+ Kf8) 51. Kc2 {The position is equal.} Ne3+ (51... Re1 $5 {[%cal Re1e3]}) 52. Kd3 $1 {[%cal Rd3e3]} Ng4 53. Rc2 $1 Nxf6 {KRN-KR} 54. Rc7+ Kf8 {Strongly threatening ...b4.} 55. gxf6 {KR-KR} Rg6 56. Rxh7 Rxf6 57. Rh8+ Kf7 58. h7 Kg7 59. Rb8 Kxh7 60. Rxb5 Rxf4 {Precision: White = 42%, Black = 57%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ali Marandi, Cemil Can"]
[Black "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,33,27,30,2,5,-2,11,0,-3,3,2,0,2,0,28,19,29,0,0,-9,0,0,27,-14,9,18]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h4 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} (6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 h5 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 g6 12. Be2 Bg7 13. O-O b6 14. c4 O-O 15. h3 Nh7 16. g4 hxg4 17. hxg4 Bf6 {½-½ (49) So,W (2815)-Giri,A (2785) chess.com INT 2017}) 6... e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5 Be6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Nbd7 9. a4 h6 10. Bd2 Qc7 11. a5 b5 12. axb6 Nxb6 13. Na5 Be6 {0-1 (33) Kostenko,P (2440)-Jumabayev,R (2614) Almaty 2017}) 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. g3 O-O 11. Qd2 Be7 12. O-O-O Nd7 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 Rc8 15. Kb1 Nb6 16. f3 Qc7 17. Bd3 {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 62%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kobo, Ori"]
[Black "Mista, Aleksander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,108,51,35,47,45,68,50,39,35,42,52,40,14,19,10,36,18,23,31,27,14,38,29,38,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-12835,-12835,-12836,-12836,-12837,-12837,-12839,-12839,-12840,-12840,-12841,-12841,-12842,-12843,-12843,-12843,-12844,-12844,-12845,-12845,-12845,-12846,-12847,-12845,-12846,-12847,-12847,-12847,-12848,-12848,-12850,-12850]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Qe2 Bb4 8. Bd2 O-O 9. a3 {B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations} (9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 exd5 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Nb5 Qd8 13. f3 a6 14. N5d4 Re8 15. Qf2 Ne5 16. Bd2 Bd6 17. Kb1 a5 18. Bb5 a4 {½-½ (76) Amonatov,F (2620)-Korobov,A (2692) Doha 2016}) 9... Be7 10. O-O-O d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. g3 {LiveBook: 5 Games} Bf6 13. Ne4 $1 e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Be7 14. Bg2 a5 15. Nc3 a4 16. Nxd5 exd5 {½-½ (55) Lingur,Z (2007)-Dordzhieva,D (2088) Elista 2014}) 14. Qb5 (14. Be3 $5 Nxe3 15. Nxf6+ gxf6 16. Qxe3 $11) 14... Rd8 15. Nxf6+ Nxf6 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. Bg2 Bg4 18. Rde1 Be6 19. Bc3 Bd5 20. Bxd5 Rxd5 21. Rhf1 Re8 22. Nd2 b5 23. Ne4 Nxe4 24. Rxe4 f5 25. Re3 Kf7 26. Rfe1 Re6 27. b3 g5 28. f3 Kg6 29. Kb2 f4 30. Re4 fxg3 31. hxg3 Rf6 32. Bxe5 Rxf3 33. g4 Nxe5 34. Rxe5 Rxe5 35. Rxe5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} h5 36. gxh5+ Kxh5 {White must now prevent ...Rf7.} 37. Rxb5 Rf7 {...Kh4 is the strong threat.} 38. b4 Kh4 {[#] And now ...g4 would win.} 39. Kb3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (39. Rb6 $11) 39... g4 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 40. Rb6 g3 41. Rg6 Rf5 42. c4 Rg5 43. Rh6+ Kg4 44. Rh1 g2 45. Rg1 Kf3 46. c5 Kf2 47. Rc1 g1=Q 48. Rxg1 Rxg1 {KR-K3P} ({Less strong is} 48... Kxg1 49. Kc4 $17) 49. Kc4 Ke3 50. Kd5 Rg5+ 51. Kd6 Kd4 52. Kc7 Rg7+ 53. Kb6 Kc4 54. b5 Rg6+ {Precision: White = 50%, Black = 89%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Black "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,68,0,0,6,15,16,9,9,11,18,16,14,14,8,18,18,18,30,19,25,25,18,24,27,26,26,43,0,0,0,0,-50,-16,-22,-18,-14,-13,-13,-13,-13,-13,-13,-13,-13,-13]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 Bf6 8. O-O O-O 9. Be1 {E18: Queen's Indian: Old Main Line (4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Be7 6 0-0 0-0 7 Nc3)} Nxc3 (9... d5 10. Qc2 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Nd7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. b4 c5 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Bh3 Rfd8 17. bxc5 {1-0 (57) Vitiugov,N (2724)-Inarkiev,E (2723) Moscow 2017}) 10. Bxc3 Be4 11. Ne5 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 c5 13. dxc5 bxc5 {LiveBook: 20 Games} 14. Qd6 Qb6 15. Rfd1 Qxd6 16. Rxd6 Be7 17. Rd2 d6 18. Nf3 $146 a5 19. e4 f6 20. Ne1 Nd7 21. Nc2 Nb6 22. Ne3 Na4 23. Rc1 g6 24. f4 Nxc3 25. Rxc3 f5 26. Kf3 fxe4+ 27. Kxe4 a4 28. Nc2 Rab8 (28... Bf6 $5 {[%cal Rf6c3]} 29. Re3 e5 $15) 29. Ne1 {The position is equal.} Bf6 30. Rcc2 Rb6 31. Nd3 Bd4 32. Re2 Kf7 33. Kf3 Rfb8 34. Kg4 R8b7 {Precision: White = 67%, Black = 73%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karttunen, Mika"]
[Black "Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,136,4,8,5,14,-9,0,0,14,0,0,0,0,0,16,-41,-35,-29,-38,-33,-26,-52,-41,-57,-50,-49,-58,-60,-50,-48,-54,-83,-83,-83,-83,-104,-63,-85,-85,-85,-91,-89,-98,-134,-88,-90,-19,-21,-21,-17,-17,-26,-23,-31,-20,-33,-31,-32,-27,-24,-24,-39,-31,-51,-51,-53,-20,-31,-22,-22,-22,-23,-22,-25,-22,-22,-25,-25,-22,-42,-29,-33,-22,-33,-33,-44,-44,-44,-44,-44,-34,-63,-15,-123,-123,-132,-138,-358,-349,-751,-770,-759,-717,-697,-685,-581,-542,-733,-715,-667,-559,-1825,-1527,-12837,-12836,-12835,-12835,-12840,-12841,-12843,-12843,-12843,-12843,-12850,-12850,-12851,-29989,-12851,-29990]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. h3 (5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. c4 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Qd3 Bg4 10. h3 a6 11. hxg4 axb5 12. g5 bxc4 13. Qxc4 {½-½ (57) Malakhov,V (2713)-Wei,Y (2707) Doha 2016}) 5... Nc6 6. Bb5 {B53: Sicilian: 2...d6: Lines with Qxd4} Bd7 7. Qd3 Rc8 8. Nc3 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 8. c4 a6 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. Nc3 e6 11. O-O Be7 12. Re1 O-O 13. Bf4 d5 14. exd5 exd5 15. cxd5 Bxd5 16. Rxe7 Rxc3 17. Qxc3 Qxe7 18. Re1 Qd7 {½-½ (18) Brantjes,Y (1968)-Smit,M (1764) Borne 2013}) 8... g6 (8... Nb4 $5 {[%cal Rb4d3]} 9. Bxd7+ Nxd7 $11) 9. O-O Bg7 10. Be3 O-O $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. e5 (12. Rfe1 $11) 12... Bf5 $15 13. Qa6 dxe5 14. Nxe5 Qc7 15. Nd3 Nd5 16. Qxa7 Qxa7 17. Bxa7 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Bxc3 19. Rab1 Ra8 20. Rb3 Bf6 21. Rb7 Rfd8 22. Rc1 Rd5 23. Nb4 Rb5 24. Rxb5 cxb5 25. Be3 Be6 26. Bh6 Bc3 27. Nc6 Rxa2 (27... f5 $17 28. Rd1 Bf6) 28. Nxe7+ Kh8 29. Rd1 {[%cal Rd1d8]} Ra1 30. Rxa1 Bxa1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} 31. Bd2 Kg7 32. Nc6 Bd7 33. Nb4 Be5 34. Nd3 Bd4 35. c3 Bf6 36. f4 Bf5 37. Ne5 Bd8 38. Be3 f6 39. Nc6 Bc7 40. Nd4 Bd7 41. Kf2 Ba5 42. Bd2 Kf7 43. Nb3 Bc7 44. Nc5 Bc6 45. Be3 Ke7 46. Na6 Bd8 47. Bd4 h5 {[%cal Bh7h5,Bh5h4][%mdl 32]} 48. g4 h4 49. Kg1 Ke6 50. Bf2 g5 51. fxg5 (51. f5+ $11 Kf7 52. Bd4) 51... fxg5 $17 52. Nb4 Be4 53. Bd4 $2 {[#]} (53. Be1 $17 {is a better defense.}) 53... Bf6 $1 $19 {[%cal Rf6d4]} 54. Kf2 $2 {[#]} (54. Bc5) 54... Bxd4+ $1 55. cxd4 {KB-KN} Kd6 56. Kg1 Kc7 57. Kf2 Kb6 58. Na2 Ka5 59. Nc3 Bb7 60. Ke3 {If White can now play d5 this consolidates a bit.} b4 61. Nb1 Bg2 62. Nd2 Kb5 63. Nb3 Bxh3 64. d5 Bxg4 65. Nd4+ Kc5 66. Ne6+ Bxe6 67. dxe6 Kd6 68. e7 Kxe7 {Precision: White = 29%, Black = 71%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nguyen, Thai Dai Van"]
[Black "Pantsulaia, Levan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,84,64,64,63,98,0,0,13,32,0,61,61,24,17,9,22,30,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,18,27,38,79,43,52,47,52,59,43,41,8,31,-58,-76,-27,-34,-40,-39,-109,-108,-98,-91,-316,-200,-317,-308,-428,-405,-29990,-29991,-29991,-29992,-29993,-29994,-29995,-29996]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Qb6 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. O-O Bb7 {B43: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 Nc3} 9. Re1 Be7 (9... Nf6 10. e5 Nd5 11. Ne4 Nc6 12. Ng3 g6 13. c3 Bg7 14. Qe2 O-O 15. a4 b4 16. c4 {0-1 (57) Movsesian,S (2673)-Andreikin,D (2737) Tallinn 2016}) 10. e5 f5 11. Nd4 g6 {LiveBook: 10 Games} 12. a4 Nc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... b4 13. Na2 Nc6 14. Bf1 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Qc5 16. Qd1 {½-½ (64) Danin,A (2556)-Oleksienko,M (2546) Dresden 2012}) 13. Nxf5 (13. axb5 $16 Nxd4 14. bxa6) 13... gxf5 $11 14. axb5 Nxe5 15. Bf4 d6 (15... Bd6 $11 16. bxa6 Bc6) 16. bxa6 Bc6 17. Nb5 Bxb5 $1 18. Bxb5+ Kf7 $1 19. Bxe5 (19. c4 $5) 19... dxe5 20. Qh5+ Kf8 21. Qf3 $1 {[%cal Rf3a8]} Ra7 $1 22. Qb3 Qb8 23. Bc4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Qxb3 24. Bxb3 Bd6 25. Bxe6 Ne7 26. Red1 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Bc5 27. c3 Rc7 28. b4 Ba7 29. b5 Kg7 30. Rab1 {Black must now prevent b6.} Rb8 31. Rd6 ({White should try} 31. Kf1 $14) 31... Rxc3 $15 {Threatens to win with ...Rxb5!} 32. g4 Bc5 33. Rd7 {aiming for a7.} Kf6 34. gxf5 {[#]} ({Better is} 34. Rb7 $1 $15 Ra8 35. gxf5) 34... Ra3 $1 $17 35. Rb7 {[#]} Rd8 $1 ({Don't go for} 35... Rxb7 $2 36. axb7 Ba7 37. Rd1 $18) 36. b6 $2 (36. Rc7 $17 Bb6 37. Rb7) 36... Rxa6 37. Bc4 (37. Rb5 $142 Bd4 38. Bc4) 37... Ra4 $19 38. Be6 Rd2 39. Rb8 (39. Rf1 $19) 39... Rxf2 {Black mates.} 40. Rf8+ Kg5 41. Kh1 Rh4 {[%csl Gh4][%cal Rf2h2]} 42. Rg1+ Kf4 {Precision: White = 37%, Black = 86%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Pacher, Milan"]
[Black "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,73,37,15,42,26,44,26,30,26,33,16,20,12,40,32,36,-9,-14,-10,-13,0,14,4,14,14,15,15,9,12,16,0,0,-31,0,-21,-26,-18,-18,-38,-29,-100,-100,-100,-100,-100,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-11,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Nbd2 {LiveBook: 373 Games} Nb8 {[%cal Bc6b8,Bb8d7,Bd7c5][%mdl 32] C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines} (8... Re8 9. Re1 Bf8 10. h3 h6 11. d4 b5 12. Bc2 Bb7 13. a4 exd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15. Bb1 c5 16. d5 Nd7 17. Ra3 c4 18. axb5 axb5 19. Nd4 Rxa3 20. bxa3 Nd3 21. Bxd3 cxd3 22. Bb2 Nc5 23. Bc3 Qb6 24. Re3 Bc8 25. N4b3 Qa6 26. Bb4 Qa4 27. Qb1 f5 28. exf5 Rxe3 29. fxe3 Bxf5 30. Nd4 Bd7 31. N4f3 Bf5 {½-½ (31) Yu,Y (2750)-Harikrishna,P (2758) Shenzhen 2017}) 9. Bc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. d4 b5 10. Bc2 Nbd7 11. Re1 Bb7 12. Nf1 Re8 13. Ng3 Bf8 14. Bg5 c5 15. d5 g6 16. b3 {1-0 (44) Smirin,I (2644)-Tari,A (2485) Stockholm 2015}) 9... Nbd7 10. Nc4 Re8 {White has an edge.} 11. h3 c6 12. Bg5 b5 13. Ne3 Nc5 14. a4 Bd7 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. exf5 h6 17. Bh4 Ncd7 18. Re1 Bf8 19. d4 exd4 20. Rxe8 Qxe8 21. Nxd4 Qc8 22. Qd2 d5 23. Qf4 Qb7 24. axb5 axb5 25. Rxa8 Qxa8 26. Kh2 Qa1 27. Bxf6 (27. Nxc6 $11 {remains equal.} Qxb2 28. Qd2) 27... Nxf6 $17 28. Qb8 Qxb2 29. Nxc6 {[#]} Qxc2 ({Much worse is} 29... Qxc3 $6 30. Ne7+ Kh7 31. Qxf8 $11) (29... Qa3 $1 $17 {Threatens to win with ...Kh7.} 30. Qxb5 Qxc3) 30. Ne7+ $1 $11 {The position is equal.} Kh7 31. Qxf8 Qxc3 32. Qxf7 Qc7+ 33. g3 Qd7 34. Qg6+ Kh8 35. Qf7 Kh7 $1 36. Qg6+ Kh8 37. Qf7 {Precision: White = 33%, Black = 47%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Moroni, Luca Jr"]
[Black "Onischuk, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,72,33,16,26,14,21,10,19,18,20,31,29,18,35,6,-8,4,27,14,50,56,32,-76,-77,-93,-105,-77,-125,-129,-77,-83,-93,-93,-129,-123,-89,-77,-85,-164,-174,-156,-168,-156,-173,-615,-638,-695,-628,-692,-695,-688,-490,-488,-456,-621,-580]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. c4 d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4 c6 9. b3 Re8 10. h3 {LiveBook: 226 Games} b6 $146 {E69: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...Nbd7 7 0-0 e5 8 e4 c6 9 h3} ({Predecessor:} 10... exd4 11. Nxd4 Nc5 12. Re1 h6 13. Rb1 a5 14. Bf4 Nh7 15. Qd2 Ng5 16. h4 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Nge6 18. Qxd6 Nxf4 19. Qxd8 Rxd8 20. gxf4 Nd3 21. Red1 Bg4 22. f3 {½-½ (22) Lajthajm,B (2539)-Markus,R (2610) Subotica 2014}) 11. Bb2 Bb7 12. Re1 a6 {The position is equal.} 13. d5 cxd5 14. cxd5 b5 15. Nd2 Qb6 16. Bf1 Bh6 17. b4 Rec8 (17... Bxd2 $5 18. Qxd2 Qd4 $15) 18. Nb3 Rc7 (18... Nh5 $5 {[%cal Rh5g3]}) 19. Qf3 Rac8 20. Red1 {[#]} (20. Rad1 $14 {keeps the upper hand.}) 20... Rxc3 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 21. Bxc3 Rxc3 22. Qxc3 Nxe4 (22... Qxf2+ $6 23. Kxf2 Nxe4+ 24. Kg1 $14) 23. Qc2 {[#]} Nxf2 $1 24. Kh2 ({Wrong is} 24. Qxf2 $2 Be3 $19) 24... Nxd1 25. Rxd1 Nf6 26. Bg2 Kg7 27. Na5 Ba8 28. Qc8 {[#]} (28. Nc6 $17 {was worth a try.}) 28... Qe3 $1 $19 {[%cal Re3e2]} 29. Qc2 (29. Qxa8 Nh5 $19) 29... Bg5 30. Nc6 h5 {[%cal Bh7h5,Bh5h4,Bh4g3][%mdl 32]} 31. Nd8 $2 (31. Rd3 Qb6 32. Rb3) 31... h4 {Black is clearly winning.} 32. Qb3 hxg3+ 33. Kh1 Qf2 {And now ...Bxd5! would win.} 34. Nc6 Bf4 35. Rf1 Qe2 36. a4 Ne4 {Precision: White = 45%, Black = 67%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mikaelyan, Arman"]
[Black "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,30,7,48,40,29,7,14,7,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. e3 cxd4 6. exd4 Bb4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd2 Nc6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Be7 11. Re1 Bf6 {B14: Caro-Kann: Panov-Botvinnik Attack with 5...e6 and 5...g6} 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 {LiveBook: 9 Games} 13. Be4 Qd6 {[#]} (13... Qd8 14. Bc3 Ne7 15. Ne5 Nd5 16. Qh5 g6 17. Qf3 Bg7 18. Rad1 a5 19. g3 {½-½ (61) Safarli,E (2691)-Melkumyan,H (2633) London 2016}) 14. Qc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Bc3 Ne7 15. Ne5 Nd5 16. Bd2 Bd7 17. Qh5 g6 18. Qf3 Bc6 19. h4 {1-0 (50) Safarli,E (2524)-Khotenashvili,B (2333) Baku 2008}) 14... h6 15. Be3 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kjartansson, Gudmundur"]
[Black "Savchenko, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2437"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,138,0,30,0,0,7,0,6,18,0,0,0,16,20,26,6,12,0,10,-5,-6,-16,-14,-21,0,0,0,-106,-90,-248,-47,-102,-121,-109,-9,-15,0,-66,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,18]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. c4 Nd7 4. e3 Ngf6 5. Nc3 c6 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. Rd1 b5 11. Be2 Qe7 {LiveBook: 7 Games} 12. a4 {[%cal Ra4b5] D46: Semi-Slav: 5 e3 Nbd7 6 Bd3, Black avoids the Meran} (12. e4 $5 {[%cal Re4e5]} e5 13. h3 $14) (12. e4 e5 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Bb7 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nd4 Bc5 17. Nf5 Qe6 18. Nxb5 cxb5 19. Qxc5 Nxe4 {0-1 (53) Hansen,E (2573)-Bok,B (2591) Berlin 2015}) 12... b4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Bb7 13. Bd2 Rac8 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qh4 Nd5 17. Qh3 f5 18. Bd3 g6 19. Qh6 Qg7 20. Qxg7+ Kxg7 {½-½ (36) Kovac,A (2117)-Podoba,M (2167) Slovakia 2010}) 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 (14. Qxc6 $2 Ndf6 $19) 14... Bb7 15. b3 f5 16. Qd3 Nf6 17. Bb2 Rfd8 18. Nd2 {[%cal Bf3d2,Bd2e4,Be4c5][%mdl 32]} c5 19. Bf3 cxd4 20. Bxd4 Ng4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 21. Bxg4 fxg4 22. Ne4 Bc7 23. Nc5 Bc6 {Hoping for ...Qd6.} 24. e4 (24. Nxa6 $11 Bd6 25. Rac1) 24... Bb6 $1 $17 {[%cal Rb6c5]} 25. Qc2 $2 {[#]} (25. Rac1 $17) 25... Rac8 $2 ({Not} 25... Rxd4 26. Rxd4 Qxc5 27. Qxc5 $16) ({Black should try} 25... Be8 $1 $19 {Strongly threatening ...Rac8.} 26. Qc4 {[#]} Rxd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 27. Qxd4 Bxc5) 26. Be3 (26. a5 $15 Rxd4 27. axb6 Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1) 26... Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 h5 (27... Be8 $17 {[%cal Rb6c5]} 28. Rc1 a5) 28. Qc4 $11 ({Avoid the trap} 28. Nxa6 $2 Bb7 $19) 28... Bb7 {[%cal Rb6c5]} 29. Rc1 (29. Qxe6+ $11 Qxe6 30. Nxe6 Bxe3 31. fxe3) 29... a5 (29... Bxc5 $1 $15 30. Bxc5 Qg5) 30. Qb5 {The position is equal.} Qd6 31. Nxb7 Rxc1+ 32. Bxc1 Qd1+ 33. Qf1 Qxb3 34. Nd6 Qc2 35. Be3 b3 36. Nc4 ({Don't go for} 36. Bxb6 $2 b2 $19) 36... b2 37. Nxb2 $1 Bxe3 38. fxe3 {Black must now prevent Qb5.} Qxb2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} 39. Qc4 Qa1+ 40. Kf2 Qb2+ 41. Kg1 Qb6 (41... Qb1+ {feels hotter.} 42. Kf2 Qb2+) 42. Qd4 Qc7 (42... Qb8 {is interesting.} 43. Kf2 Kh7 44. e5 Qf8+ 45. Ke2 Qf5) 43. e5 Kf7 44. Qf4+ Ke8 45. Qe4 Ke7 (45... Qc3 {seems wilder.} 46. Kf2 Kf8 47. Qa8+ Kf7 48. Qb7+ Kg6) 46. Kf2 Kd8 47. Kg3 {aiming for Kh4.} g5 $1 48. Kf2 Qb6 49. Ke2 Kc8 50. Kd2 Kb8 51. Qd4 Qc6 52. Qd8+ Kb7 53. Qe7+ Ka8 54. Qd8+ Kb7 55. Qe7+ Kc8 56. Qf8+ Kd7 57. Qg7+ Ke8 58. Qg8+ Kd7 59. Qg7+ Kd8 (59... Ke8 $5 {[%cal Rc6g2]}) 60. Qxg5+ Kc8 61. Qg8+ Kc7 62. Qh7+ Kb8 63. Qh8+ Kb7 64. Qh7+ Kb6 65. Qb1+ Ka6 66. Qd3+ Kb7 $1 67. Qh7+ Kb6 68. Qb1+ Ka6 69. Qd3+ Kb7 $1 {Precision: White = 60%, Black = 68%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Froewis, Georg"]
[Black "Svane, Rasmus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,52,-7,0,-16,-17,-16,0,-29,-16,-16,-22,-19,-17,-22,-10,-10,-9,-52,-39,-50,-62,-52,-55,-50,-50,-59,-53,-53,-52,-278,-278,-278,-278,-278,139,-278,-283,-389,-403,-435,-430,-442,-437]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. a3 {E20: Nimzo-Indian: 4 g3 and 4 f3} (7. O-O Nc6 8. Qa4 Nd5 9. Qc2 Be7 10. Rd1 Rb8 11. e4 Ncb4 12. Qb1 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nd3 14. Qb5 c5 15. Qxc4 Nxc1 16. Raxc1 {½-½ (34) Onischuk,A (2667)-Naroditsky,D (2646) Saint Louis 2017}) 7... Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 c5 9. Ne5 {The position is equal.} cxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. cxd4 Nc6 $146 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6d4,Bd4c2][%mdl 32]} ({Predecessor:} 11... c3 12. O-O Nd5 13. Nc4 Nc6 14. e4 Nf6 {0-1 (32) Roussel Roozmon,T-Pescarus,R Quebec 2000}) 12. Nxc4 Nxd4 {Threatens to win with ...Nc2+.} 13. Rb1 Bd7 14. Bb2 Nc2+ 15. Kd2 {Black must now prevent Bxf6.} Ba4 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Bxb7 Rad8+ $1 18. Kc3 $1 Rd7 $1 19. Be4 Nd4 20. e3 $2 {[#]} ({White should try} 20. Bd3 $15) 20... Ne2+ $1 $19 21. Kb4 {[#]} Rb8+ $1 22. Kxa4 Nc3+ 23. Ka5 Rc8 24. Rhc1 Rxc4 {[%csl Gc3][%cal Rc4a4]} ({Not} 24... Nxe4 25. Rc2 $17) 25. Rb4 Rc5+ 26. Ka6 Nxe4 {Precision: White = 59%, Black = 100%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kessler, Luca"]
[Black "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,48,7,9,0,0,0,0,-24,0,-18,-29,-24,-57,-69,-88,-72,-66,-268,-264,-260,-249,-253,0,0,0,-237,0,0,0,-237,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Ba6 {C45: Scotch Game} 10. Qe4 g6 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 11. c5 Bxf1 {The position is equal.} 12. cxb6 f5 $1 {[%cal Rf5e4]} 13. Qe3 {[#] Black must now prevent b7.} Bxg2 14. Rg1 {Threatens to win with b7.} Bd5 15. b7 $1 {[%cal Rb7a8]} ({Don't play} 15. bxa7 Qc5 $17) 15... Rd8 16. Qxa7 Qxe5+ 17. Be3 {[#] Hoping for 0-0-0.} Bb4 {[#]} 18. b8=Q $146 ({Better is} 18. Qd4 $15 Qxd4 19. Bxd4) 18... Bxc3+ $19 19. bxc3 Qxc3+ 20. Ke2 Bc4+ 21. Kf3 Bd5+ 22. Ke2 $1 Bc4+ {[%mdl 1024] Black has strong compensation.} 23. Kf3 Bd5+ 24. Ke2 $1 Bc4+ $2 (24... Rxb8 $19 25. Qxb8+ Kf7) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Korchmar, Vasiliy"]
[Black "Boruchovsky, Avital"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2422"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,98,61,46,71,70,62,44,62,66,75,75,75,74,77,64,106,111,107,56,61,68,128,135,103,107,92,101,177,59,60,56,100,85,107,90,92,100,64,72,112,65,172,179,184,172,179,-292,-281,-294,-281,-272,-274,-593,-589,-597,-597,-592,-590,-533,-588,-591,-581,-551,-176,-554,0,0,0,-554,-517,-656,-644,-572,-552,-992,-562,-29972,-29970,-29978,-942,-11883,-5718,-12832,-12832,-12833,-12832]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nc3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Nge2 f5 (5... Nf6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. b4 O-O 10. Bd3 c5 11. bxc5 bxc5 12. Rb1 cxd4 13. exd4 Re8+ 14. Be3 Ba6 15. O-O Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Nbd7 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Rb5 Rc8 20. h3 Qd6 21. Ra1 Rc6 {½-½ (21) Stocek,J (2556)-Rozentalis,E (2567) Germany 2017}) 6. a3 {A40: Unusual replies to 1 d4} Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 Nf6 8. f3 {LiveBook: 3 Games. White is slightly better.} Nh5 9. Qc2 O-O 10. Bd3 Qh4+ 11. Qf2 Qe7 12. O-O d6 13. b4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Qc2 Nd7 14. Bd2 Nhf6 15. Rae1 c5 {1-0 (32) Ntiloudi,D (1913)-Gosciniak,M (2037) Ermioni Argolidas 2006}) 13... Nd7 14. Bb2 f4 15. e4 e5 16. d5 (16. Bc2 $16) 16... Rf6 17. Nb5 Nf8 (17... Qd8 $1 $14) 18. c5 $16 a6 19. cxd6 (19. cxb6 $6 axb5 20. Bxb5 cxb6 $11) 19... cxd6 20. Nc3 (20. Qxb6 axb5 21. Bxb5 Bc8 $11) 20... Rh6 (20... Qd8 $16 21. Qh4 Qe8) 21. Ne2 (21. Na4 $18) 21... Qd8 $14 22. Rfc1 Ng6 23. Bc3 Nh4 24. Be1 $1 Nf6 25. g3 fxg3 26. hxg3 Rg6 27. Kh1 Qd7 ({Black should play} 27... Nxf3 $1 $14 28. Qxf3 Bc8) 28. Ng1 $18 Nxf3 29. Nxf3 Rf8 {Hoping for ...Nh5.} 30. Kg1 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (30. Qg2 $18 {and life is good for White.}) 30... Nh5 $19 31. Qg2 {[#] Nh4 is the strong threat.} (31. Qxb6 $2 Nxg3 32. Bxg3 Rxg3+ 33. Kf2 Rfxf3+ 34. Ke1 Rxd3 $19) 31... Nf4 $1 {[%cal Rf4g2]} 32. Qd2 {Black must now prevent Nh4.} (32. Qf1 Qg4 $19) 32... Qh3 33. Bf1 $2 (33. Nh2 Rxg3+ 34. Bxg3 Qxg3+ 35. Kh1 Nxd3 36. Qg2 Nf2+ 37. Kg1 Qxg2+ 38. Kxg2 Nxe4 39. Rf1) 33... Rxg3+ 34. Bxg3 Qxg3+ 35. Bg2 Nh3+ 36. Kh1 {Strongly threatening Rf1.} Nf2+ (36... Rxf3 $2 37. Bxf3 Nf2+ 38. Qxf2 $19) 37. Kg1 Rxf3 38. Rf1 Nh3+ 39. Kh1 Nf2+ $2 ({Less strong is} 39... Rf2 40. Rxf2 Nxf2+ 41. Kg1 $17) ({Black should try} 39... Rd3 $19 40. Qe1 Qg4) 40. Kg1 $11 Nh3+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (40... Nxe4 $11 41. Rxf3 Qxf3 42. Bxf3 Nxd2) 41. Kh1 $19 {[#]} Rd3 $1 {[%cal Rd3d2]} ({Not} 41... Rf2 42. Rxf2 Nxf2+ 43. Kg1 $17) 42. Qe1 {And now Qxg3 would win.} Qg4 43. Ra2 Nf4 44. Qc1 {intending Qc7.} Rg3 {[%cal Rg3g2]} 45. Rxf4 exf4 ({Stronger than} 45... Qxf4 46. Qc7 $11) 46. Qc7 h5 (46... f3 $142 47. Qd8+ Kf7 48. Rf2 Rxg2 49. Qd7+ Qxd7 50. Rxf3+ Kg8 51. Kxg2 Qg4+ 52. Kf2 Qxe4 53. Re3 Qd4 54. Ke2 Bxd5 55. Re8+ Kf7 56. Rd8 Bc4+ 57. Kf3 g5 58. Rd7+ Kg6 59. Re7 Qf6+ 60. Kg3 Qxe7 61. Kh2 Qe2+ 62. Kh3 Bd5 63. Kg3 Qg2#) 47. Qxd6 {Black is clearly winning.} f3 48. Bf1 Rg1+ 49. Kh2 Rxf1 {Precision: White = 54%, Black = 52%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Elistratov, Semen"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,124,23,26,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,12,29,36,47,13,0,0,1,14,-41,-31,-30,-43,-32,-27,-46,-33,-42,-32,-33,-25,0,0,-68,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,130,158,129,94,130,79,85,76,177,8,25,24,20,17,21,16,33,24,29,17,26,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-560,-426,-441,-441,-441,-441,-441,-381,-1171,-1171,-1171,-459,-5608,-6071,-6024,-6024,-5044,-4684,-4622,-4622,-4622,-4618,-29969,-29962,-29974,-29975]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Qc7 5. O-O Nd4 6. Re1 a6 7. Bc4 {B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6} e6 8. e5 b5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 9. Bxe6 $146 {White has an edge.} (9. Be2 $5 Ng8 10. d3 $14) ({Predecessor:} 9. Bf1 Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 Bb7 11. Qg3 Nh5 12. Qh4 g6 13. d3 Be7 14. Bg5 Qd8 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 {0-1 (49) Inarkiev,E (2679)-Moiseenko,A (2715) Khanty-Mansiysk 2011}) 9... dxe6 10. exf6 Bb7 $1 {Threatens to win with ...Nxf3+.} 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Ne4 O-O-O $1 13. fxg7 Bxg7 14. d3 f5 15. Ng3 Qc6 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Rc6g2]} 16. f3 h5 $1 {[%cal Bh7h5,Bh5h4][%mdl 32]} 17. Qe2 (17. Bg5 $11 Rdg8 18. Bh4) 17... h4 $15 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 18. Nf1 e5 19. h3 Bf6 20. Bd2 Rhg8 21. Kh1 Rg6 22. Nh2 $1 Rdg8 23. Rg1 Kb8 24. a4 (24. c3 $1 $11) 24... Qxc2 (24... bxa4 $15 25. c3 e4 26. dxe4 fxe4 27. fxe4 dxc3 28. Bxc3 Bxc3 29. bxc3 Qxe4 30. Qxe4 Bxe4) 25. axb5 $11 axb5 26. Rac1 $1 {[%cal Rc1c2]} Qb3 27. Ba5 R6g7 28. Rc5 e4 (28... Re7 $11) 29. fxe4 $16 fxe4 30. Qf2 Bg5 {aiming for ...Be3.} 31. Qxd4 (31. Ng4 $142) 31... Bf4 {[#]} 32. Bd2 $1 {[%cal Rd2f4][%mdl 512]} Bg3 (32... Bxh2 $16 {keeps fighting.} 33. Kxh2 Rxg2+ 34. Rxg2 Rxg2+ 35. Kxg2 e3+ 36. Kh2 Qd1 37. Qd8+ Ka7 38. Qa5+ Kb8 39. Rc8+ (39. Qc7+ Ka7 $16) 39... Bxc8 40. Qxb5+ Ka8 41. Qa5+ Kb8 42. Qb4+ Ka8 43. Qe4+ Kb8 44. Qf4+ (44. Bxe3 $2 Qe2+ 45. Qg2 Qxe3 $19) (44. Qxe3 Qc2 $16) 44... Kb7 45. Qe4+ (45. Qxe3 Bd7 $16) (45. Bxe3 Qc2+ 46. Qf2 Qc7+ 47. Bf4 Qd7 $16) 45... Kb8 46. Qe5+ (46. Bxe3 $2 Qe2+ 47. Qg2 Qxe3 $19) (46. Qxe3 Qc2 $16) 46... Ka8 47. Qe4+ (47. Qxe3 Qc2 $16) (47. Bxe3 Qe2+ 48. Kg1 Qe1+ 49. Kh2 Qe2+ 50. Kg1 Qe1+ 51. Kh2 Qe2+ $11) 47... Kb8) (32... Bxd2 33. Qd6+) 33. Rc3 $2 ({Only move:} 33. dxe4 $18 Rc7 34. Nf3 Rxc5 35. Qxc5) 33... Qd5 34. Qxd5 Bxd5 35. Ng4 {Black should prevent Rc5.} exd3 36. Rxd3 Rd8 {Strongly threatening ...Bxg2+!} 37. Re3 Kb7 38. Bc3 Rf7 39. Be5 Bf2 40. Nxf2 Rxf2 41. Bd4 {Re7+ is the strong threat.} Bxg2+ 42. Rxg2 Rf1+ 43. Kh2 Rxd4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 44. Re6 Rfd1 45. Rg7+ Rd7 46. Rxd7+ Rxd7 {KR-KR} 47. Kg2 Rd2+ 48. Kf3 Rxb2 49. Re4 Rb3+ 50. Kg4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (50. Kg2 $1 $11) 50... Rc3 $1 $19 {[%cal Rc3c4] White must now prevent ...Rc4.} 51. Re7+ {[#]} Rc7 $1 {[%cal Rc7e7]} 52. Re5 Rc4+ 53. Kf3 Kb6 54. Ke2 $2 (54. Rh5) 54... Rc3 55. Kd2 Rxh3 56. Rh5 (56. Re4 $142) 56... Ka5 57. Kc2 Ka4 58. Rh8 Rh2+ 59. Kc3 b4+ 60. Kc4 Rc2+ 61. Kd3 Rc3+ 62. Kd2 h3 {Precision: White = 47%, Black = 79%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sipila, Vilka"]
[Black "Maze, Sebastien"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,67,-20,25,18,31,31,31,31,41,42,39,31,38,29,34,37,43,27,59,33,21,0,3,-42,-41,-70,-69,-72,-58,-57,-53,-46,-47,-43,-25,-87,-64,-120,-106,-121,-54,-161,-125,-155,-161,-153,-147,-158,-160,-168,-158,-382,-150,-155,-152,-377,-137,-223,-218,-582]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 d6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nf3 g6 5. h4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Bd7 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nxc6 Bxc6 9. Nd5 Nf6 10. O-O O-O 11. Bg5 Re8 12. Qd2 Bxd5 13. cxd5 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. e3 Qxb2 16. Qxb2 Bxb2 17. Rab1 Bc3 18. Rxb7 {½-½ (18) Vallejo Pons,F (2666)-Short,N (2723) Munich 2016}) 5... h6 6. d4 {A27: English Opening: Three Knights Variation} exd4 7. Nxd4 Bg7 8. Nxc6 {White is slightly better.} bxc6 9. Bg2 Ne7 10. Qc2 O-O 11. b3 Bf5 12. e4 Be6 13. Bb2 Rb8 14. h5 (14. c5 $5) 14... g5 15. f4 (15. c5 $5) 15... c5 $1 16. f5 Bd7 17. O-O Bd4+ 18. Kh2 f6 19. Nd5 Nc6 20. Bxd4 Nxd4 21. Qc3 Nc6 22. a3 (22. Bf3 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 22... Ne5 23. b4 (23. Bf3 $15) 23... c6 24. Ne3 Qb6 (24... Be8 $1 $17 25. Bf3 Nxf3+ 26. Rxf3 Qe7) 25. Nc2 ({Better is} 25. Bf3 $15) 25... Rfd8 26. Bf3 {[#]} a5 $1 {[%cal Rc5b4][%mdl 512]} 27. Rab1 (27. bxa5 Qb2) 27... axb4 28. axb4 cxb4 29. Nxb4 Qa5 30. Be2 $2 {[#]} (30. Kh3 $17 {was called for.}) 30... Be8 $2 (30... c5 $1 $19 31. Nd5 Qa2) 31. Kg2 Bf7 32. Rfd1 $2 {[#]} (32. Rfe1 $17) 32... Kg7 $2 (32... c5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rc5b4] and Black stays clearly on top.} 33. Nd5 Qa2) 33. Qe1 (33. Kf1 $17 {is a better defense.}) 33... Qa4 $19 34. c5 $2 {Precision: White = 27%, Black = 51%.} (34. Qc3 {is more resistant.}) 0-1

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,116,38,22,35,31,32,21,44,28,45,31,84,85,73,72,64,65,145,121,123,127,136,143,142,121,164,159,159,162,161,162,154,146,157,108,122,122,134,134,141,106,104,104,99,95,93,86,79,81,90,90,89,61,60,14,50,0,20,0,0,0,101,84,150,51,64,58,50,50,55,50,66,83,114,112,131,81,90,0,116,116,110,93,105,98,145,154,242,147,145,144,420,414,375,26,61,61,48,-62,-70,-75,-73,-2143,-1771,-29992,170]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nf3 e6 7. e4 {LiveBook: 13 Games. A50: Queen's Fianchetto Defence (1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 b6)} Nxc3 8. bxc3 Be7 9. Be3 {White is slightly better.} (9. Bb5+ c6 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Nd7 12. c4 Qc7 13. Bb2 c5 14. d5 {1-0 (35) So,W (2755)-Zhou,J (2580) Las Vegas 2014}) 9... Nd7 10. Rd1 Rc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Qc8 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Nf6 13. Bd3 c5 14. Qb1 cxd4 15. cxd4 {½-½ (25) Donner,J (2465)-Sahovic,D (2520) Amsterdam 1979}) 11. Bd3 c6 ({Better is} 11... O-O $14) 12. O-O $16 Qc7 13. c4 c5 14. d5 $1 e5 ({Black should play} 14... O-O $14) 15. Nd2 {[%cal Bf3d2,Bd2b1,Bb1c3,Bc3b5][%mdl 32]} O-O 16. Nb1 Nf6 17. Nc3 Ne8 18. a4 a5 19. Nb5 Qb8 20. Qb2 Ba6 21. Rb1 Bd8 22. Na3 Bc7 23. Be2 Nd6 24. Qc2 $1 Qa7 25. f4 Rce8 26. fxe5 Rxe5 27. Bf4 Rfe8 28. Bxe5 Rxe5 29. Bf3 Qb8 30. Rb3 Qd8 31. Nb5 Bxb5 32. cxb5 Qe7 33. g3 h5 34. Bg2 h4 35. Rf4 hxg3 36. Rxg3 Ne8 (36... Rh5 $11) 37. Rh3 $1 g5 {[#]} (37... f6 $142 38. Qb3 Nd6) 38. Rf1 (38. Rg4 $1 $16) 38... g4 $1 $14 {[%cal Rg4h3]} 39. Rh6 {Qd2 is the strong threat.} Kg7 40. Qd2 Rg5 41. Rh4 {Hoping for Rf5.} Be5 42. Rf5 Bd4+ 43. Kh1 Rg6 44. Rfh5 {Strongly threatening Rh8.} Nf6 {[#]} 45. Rg5 (45. Qg5 $1 $16 {And now e5 would win.} Qe8 46. Qf4) 45... Qd6 (45... Nxe4 $11 {remains equal.} 46. Rxg6+ fxg6 47. Qh6+ Kf6 48. Qf4+ Kg7 49. Qh6+ Kf6 50. Qf4+ Kg7 51. Qh6+) 46. Rf5 $16 Be5 47. Qd3 Qe7 48. Qe2 g3 49. hxg3 Rxg3 (49... Bxg3 $16 50. Rh3 Be5) 50. Rh3 Rg6 51. Bf3 Bd4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (51... Kf8 $16 52. Qe3 Ne8) 52. e5 $18 Nd7 53. Bh5 $2 ({White has to play} 53. Rhh5 $18) 53... Rg1+ $1 $11 54. Kh2 Nxe5 55. Rxe5 (55. Rg3+ $1 $14 Rxg3 56. Kxg3) 55... Qd6 $1 $40 {[%mdl 128] White must now prevent ...Rg5. White needs to defend precisely.} 56. Bxf7 {Threatens to win with Qe4.} Rg5 $1 {[%cal Bg1g5,Bg5e5,Be5e2][%mdl 32]} 57. Be6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (57. Kh1 $17 Bxe5 58. Rh5) 57... Rxe5 $19 58. Qf3 Re2+ {[%mdl 32768] Precision: White = 43%, Black = 43%. . Loss on Time!?} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sadovsky, Artem"]
[Black "Gledura, Benjamin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,156,0,0,0,-14,-4,-11,-5,-13,-15,-7,-5,-16,-8,-14,0,-12,-14,-13,0,-51,-51,-46,-46,-55,-47,-47,-47,-47,-47,-47,-47,-53,-50,-51,-58,-121,-121,-121,-121,-188,-183,-186,-188,-177,-165,-205,-196,-217,-222,-285,-289,-288,-288,-288,-288,-287,-260,-358,-343,-416,-321,-304,-276,-244,-274,-253,-260,-231,-184,-184,-184,-184,-184,-184,-184,-183,-183,-183,-183,-182,-151,-164,-169,-318,-270,-404,-392,-2441,-2243,-2531,-5566,-1503,-1359,-12839,-12839,-12840,-12840,-12838,0,0,0,-12838,-12838,-12840,-12840,-12850,-12851,-12851,-12851,-12851,-12851,-12851,-12851,-12851,-12851,-12851,-12851,-12851,-12851,-12851,-12851,-12851,-12851,-12851,-12851,-12851,-12851,-12851,-29957,-12851,-29955,-12851,-29981,-12851,-29985,-12851,-29986]} 1. c4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. b3 Re8 9. Bb2 c6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Ng5 {LiveBook: 15 Games} Qb6 $146 {E67: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...Nbd7} ({Predecessor:} 11... Nc5 12. b4 Ne6 13. Nge4 Qc7 14. Qd6 Rd8 15. Qxc7 Nxc7 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Ne4 Bg7 18. c5 Ne8 19. Rfd1 {0-1 (65) Cvek,R (2523)-Piesik,P (2289) Bohuslavice 2016}) 12. Nge4 (12. Na4 $5 {[%cal Ra4b6]} Qc7 13. Qc2 $11) 12... Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Nc5 $1 {The position is equal.} 14. Nxc5 Qxc5 15. Qd2 a5 16. Rac1 Bg4 17. Rfd1 h5 18. h3 Be6 19. Bc3 Qa3 (19... Kh7 {with more complications.} 20. Qb2 a4 21. h4 Kg8 22. Qd2 Ra6) 20. Qb2 ({White should try} 20. e3 $11) 20... Qxb2 $15 21. Bxb2 a4 22. Rd2 f5 23. e3 Red8 24. Rcd1 Rxd2 25. Rxd2 Kf7 26. Bf1 e4 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 28. h4 (28. Kg2 $15) 28... axb3 $17 29. axb3 Ra1 30. f3 (30. Kg2 $17) 30... Rb1 $19 31. Kf2 Rxb3 32. fxe4 fxe4 33. Bg2 Bf5 ({Don't do} 33... Bxc4 34. Bxe4 Kf6 35. Rc2) 34. c5 Kf6 35. Bf1 Rc3 36. Rb2 Bc8 ({Less strong is} 36... Rxc5 37. Rxb7 Rc2+ 38. Ke1 $17) 37. Rb4 Rxc5 38. Rxe4 b5 39. Rb4 Bf5 40. Bg2 Ke5 41. Bf3 Kd6 42. Rd4+ Kc7 43. Rf4 Rc2+ 44. Ke1 Rc1+ 45. Kd2 {[#]} Rg1 $1 46. Bxh5 Rxg3 47. Be2 Kd6 48. h5 Ke5 49. hxg6 Rxg6 50. Rh4 Bd7 51. Rh5+ Kd6 52. e4 (52. Bd3 $142 Rg4 53. Rh6+ Kc5 54. Rh2) 52... Rg2 53. Kd3 (53. Rh6+ $142 Ke5 54. Kd3) 53... Bg4 54. Bxg4 $2 (54. Rh6+ Kc5 55. Bxg4 Rg3+ 56. Ke2 Rxg4 57. Kf3) 54... Rxg4 {KR-KR} 55. Rh6+ Kc5 56. Rh5+ Kb4 57. Kd4 {[#]} c5+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 58. Kd5 (58. Rxc5 Rxe4+) 58... c4 59. Rh1 c3 $2 (59... Rg2 $19 {Hoping for ...c3.} 60. Rb1+ Ka4) 60. Rb1+ $1 $11 Ka5 61. Ra1+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (61. Kd4 $11) 61... Kb6 $19 62. Kd4 b4 63. Kc4 Rxe4+ 64. Kb3 Kb5 {( -> ...Re2)} 65. Rh1 Rd4 66. Rh5+ Kc6 67. Rg5 Kd6 68. Rb5 Ke6 69. Rc5 Kd7 70. Rb5 Kd6 71. Rb8 Ke5 72. Re8+ Kf4 73. Rf8+ Ke3 74. Re8+ Kd2 75. Rh8 Kc1 (75... Re4 $19 76. Rh7 Re3 77. Rd7+ Kc1) 76. Rh1+ Rd1 77. Rh2 Kb1 78. Ra2 Rd2 {Precision: White = 46%, Black = 74%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tihonov, Jurij"]
[Black "Indjic, Aleksandar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,86,-21,-16,-17,-24,-30,-6,-6,-6,-31,-6,-6,-5,-5,18,0,0,0,0,0,68,64,76,90,88,54,47,53,53,62,39,11,12,9,5,8,11,19,26,18,32,0,0,0,0,0,2,3,20,3,35,40,39,16,18,27,28,24,18,23,19,14,23,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2 a6 9. a3 {D47: Semi-Slav: Meran System} c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. b4 Be7 12. O-O Bb7 {LiveBook: 35 Games} 13. Nd4 (13. Bb2 Rc8 14. Qb3 Qb6 15. Rab1 O-O 16. a4 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Ne5 18. Be2 Nc4 19. Rbd1 Bd6 {0-1 (33) Bachmann,A (2593)-Mamedyarov,S (2736) Berlin 2015}) 13... Rc8 14. Bd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Qb3 O-O 15. Rd1 Qc7 16. Bb2 Ne5 17. Rac1 Neg4 18. g3 Qe5 19. h3 Nxf2 20. Kxf2 Rxc3 {0-1 (20) Durakovic,A (2260)-Riediger,M (2271) Austria 2013}) 14... Ne5 15. a4 Bxb4 16. Qb3 Nd5 {[%cal Rb4c3]} 17. Rfc1 O-O {White should prevent ...Nxc3.} 18. axb5 a5 19. Be1 Qg5 20. Ne4 Qg6 21. Ng3 Bxe1 ({Black should try} 21... h6 $11) 22. Rxe1 $14 Rc3 23. Qb2 {e4 is the strong threat.} Nc4 24. Qb1 {[#] Hoping for Qxg6.} Qxb1 25. Rexb1 Ndb6 {[%cal Bd5b6,Bb6c4,Bc4a3][%mdl 32]} 26. Bxc4 Nxc4 27. Nge2 Ra3 $1 28. Rxa3 Nxa3 29. Ra1 Nc4 30. Nb3 Rd8 31. h4 Kf8 32. Nxa5 Ra8 33. Nb3 Rxa1+ 34. Nxa1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KNN} Ke7 35. Nb3 Bd5 36. Nbd4 e5 37. Nf5+ Kf6 38. Nc3 {Strongly threatening Nxg7.} Bxg2 39. Nxg7 {Threatens to win with Nh5+.} Bf3 40. Ne8+ Ke7 41. Nc7 Kd6 42. Na6 f5 {[%cal Bf7f5,Bf5f4][%mdl 32]} 43. Kh2 f4 {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 56%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bakalchuk, Johnatan"]
[Black "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2391"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,126,-34,-17,-17,-19,-27,-13,-30,-29,-25,-31,-70,-57,-80,-41,-71,-49,-85,-43,-59,-33,-76,-77,-102,-81,-99,-91,-102,-87,-141,-104,-113,-103,-120,-97,-130,-102,-118,-52,-63,-63,-102,-94,-108,-110,-119,-112,-124,-85,-144,-160,-208,-206,-205,-207,-187,-209,-209,-204,-187,-172,-172,-172,-178,-179,-179,-171,-187,-161,-356,-215,-375,-354,-348,-345,-481,-468,-449,-451,-456,-513,-482,-341,-325,-338,-327,-344,-347,-332,-551,-550,-524,-340,-343,-329,-351,-343,-336,-331,-478,-534,-521,-521,-513,-469,-1410,-1392,-1635,-1587,-12836,-1406,-1530,-1457,-12835,-12835,-12834,-12832]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 c5 5. Nc3 (5. c3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Nh5 7. Bg5 f6 8. Bh4 g6 9. Bd3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Be7 11. O-O Bd7 12. a3 O-O 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. Nb1 Qb6 {1-0 (54) Giri,A (2785)-So,W (2815) chess.com INT 2017}) 5... a6 6. a3 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} b5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Bd3 {The position is equal.} Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Re1 O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... h6 11. e4 Qb6 {0-1 (45) Barash,M (2117)-Lugovskoy,M (2425) Moscow 2017}) 11. Qe2 Re8 12. e4 d4 13. Na2 e5 14. Bd2 Bb6 15. b4 Nf8 16. g3 Qd6 17. Rad1 Rac8 18. Nc1 Ng6 19. Nb3 h6 20. Bc1 ({White should try} 20. Rb1) 20... Qe6 21. Bb2 Rc7 22. Nfd2 Rec8 23. Rc1 Qh3 24. Qf1 Qxf1+ ({Better is} 24... Qd7 $17 25. Na5 Bxa5 26. bxa5 Qd6) 25. Rxf1 Ne8 {[%cal Bf6e8,Be8d6,Bd6c4][%mdl 32]} 26. Nb1 Nd6 27. Rfe1 Nc4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is in control.} 28. Ba1 Nf8 {[%cal Bg6f8,Bf8e6,Be6g5,Bg5h3,Bh3f2][%mdl 32]} 29. c3 {[%cal Rc3d4]} dxc3 30. Rxc3 (30. Nxc3 $142 Rd8 31. Red1) 30... Ne6 $17 31. Rec1 Ng5 {Strongly threatening ...Nh3+.} 32. N1d2 {[%cal Rd3c4]} Nh3+ ({Not} 32... Nxa3 33. Rxc7 Rxc7 34. Rxc7 $11) 33. Kf1 {[%cal Rd3c4]} Nxd2+ ({Stronger than} 33... Nxa3 34. Rxc7 Rxc7 35. Rxc7 $14) (33... Bxf2 34. Nxc4 bxc4 35. Rxc4 $16) ({Don't take} 33... Nxf2 34. Bxc4 bxc4 35. Rxc4 $17) 34. Nxd2 Rxc3 35. Rxc3 Rxc3 36. Bxc3 Nxf2 37. Bc2 f6 38. Ke2 Kf8 39. Kf3 Nh3 40. Kg4 $2 {[#]} (40. Kg2 Nf2 41. h4) 40... Bc8+ 41. Kh5 $2 (41. Kf3) 41... Bd7 {aiming for ...Be8+.} 42. Nf3 Be8+ 43. Kg4 Nf2+ 44. Kf5 Kf7 {[%csl Gf7][%cal Rg7g6] [#]} 45. Bb3+ Ke7 {[%csl Ge8][%cal Rg7g6]} 46. Nh4 Bd7+ 47. Kg6 Nxe4 48. Be1 Kf8 49. Bd5 Ng5 50. Nf3 $2 (50. Bd2) 50... Be8+ $19 51. Kf5 Nxf3 52. Bxf3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBB} Ke7 53. Bb7 g6+ {[%cal Bg7g6,Bg6h5][%mdl 32]} 54. Ke4 Kd6 55. g4 (55. Kd3 $142) 55... Bc6+ {Black is clearly winning.} 56. Bxc6 Kxc6 {KB-KB} 57. Bd2 h5 58. gxh5 (58. g5 $142 fxg5 59. Bxg5) 58... gxh5 59. Kf5 Kd5 60. Kxf6 Bd8+ (60... Bf2 $142 61. Kg5 e4) 61. Kf7 e4 62. Ke8 Bf6 63. Kd7 Bb2 {Precision: White = 36%, Black = 61%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Molchanov, Oleksii"]
[Black "Shomoev, Anton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2334"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,90,-21,-25,4,0,1,0,27,27,27,8,0,0,27,27,29,29,29,26,28,31,27,16,27,27,24,27,38,32,50,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0]} 1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 e5 4. Bg2 d6 5. d3 f5 6. e3 Nf6 7. Nge2 O-O 8. O-O a5 9. Rb1 c6 10. a3 Be6 11. b4 axb4 12. axb4 d5 {A21: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3} 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Bb2 Nbd7 15. Na4 b6 16. Qb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Nac3 Qe7 17. d4 e4 18. Qb3 Rfc8 19. Rfc1 Rc4 20. Ba3 {1-0 (41) Rosen,B (2330)-Boog,F (2160) Hamburg 1997}) 16... Qe7 17. d4 e4 18. b5 {Threatens to win with Ba3.} Rfc8 19. Ba3 Qd8 20. Rfc1 Rc4 21. Nb2 Rxc1+ 22. Rxc1 Rc8 23. Rc6 Rxc6 $1 24. bxc6 Nb8 $1 25. Na4 Nxc6 26. Qxb6 Qxb6 {The position is equal.} 27. Nxb6 Bf8 28. Bxf8 Kxf8 29. h4 Ke7 30. Bf1 h6 31. Na4 Bf7 32. Nc5 Nd7 33. Nxd7 Kxd7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} 34. Bh3 Be6 35. Nc3 Na5 36. Bf1 Nb3 37. Bb5+ Kd6 38. Be8 g5 39. hxg5 hxg5 40. Ba4 Nd2 41. Kg2 Bf7 42. Bd1 Be6 43. Na4 Bd7 44. Nc3 Bc6 45. f3 Nc4 {Precision: White = 68%, Black = 69%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Davtyan, Artur"]
[Black "Blomqvist, Erik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "2216"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,80,35,27,4,6,4,9,12,11,4,10,6,12,0,0,-4,0,-15,-15,-13,-13,-13,-11,-18,-18,-18,0,0,0,-5,-8,-8,-7,-8,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,-12,-2,-2,-2,-2,-2,-4,-8,-10,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O O-O 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. e4 Bg6 11. Bd3 Re8 12. e5 {D19: Slav Defence: 5 a4 Bf5 6 e3: Main line with 9 Qe2} Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nd5 $1 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 14. Nxd5 {White has an edge.} cxd5 {The position is equal.} 15. Qb5 Be7 16. Bd2 Nb6 {[%cal Bd7b6,Bb6c8,Bc8a7,Ba7b5,Bb5a3][%mdl 32]} 17. b3 a6 18. Qd3 Nc8 {[#]} 19. Rfc1 $146 (19. h4 $5) ({Predecessor:} 19. Ne1 Na7 {1-0 (51) Beliavsky,A (2620)-Tregubov,P (2616) Grosseto Prugna 2014}) 19... Na7 20. b4 (20. h4 $5) 20... Qb6 21. b5 (21. h3 {keeps more tension.} h6 22. g3 Rec8 23. Rcb1 Rc4 24. b5) 21... axb5 22. axb5 Qxb5 23. Qxb5 Nxb5 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Rb1 Na3 26. Rxb7 Bd8 27. g4 Nc4 28. Bb4 h6 29. Kg2 Bb6 30. h3 {[%cal Bh2h3,Bh3h4][%mdl 32]} Ra7 31. Rxa7 Bxa7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} 32. h4 f6 33. exf6 gxf6 34. g5 hxg5 35. hxg5 Kf7 36. gxf6 Kxf6 37. Kf1 Kf5 38. Ke2 e5 39. dxe5 Nxe5 40. Nxe5 Kxe5 {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 71%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bochkarev, Yuriy"]
[Black "Forcen Esteban, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2084"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,96,-18,-47,-17,-47,-1,-41,-41,-144,-143,-156,-147,-205,-195,-180,-198,-264,-239,-240,-245,-231,-208,-208,-215,-210,-210,-219,-209,-213,-208,-237,-214,-208,-187,-185,-162,-211,-189,-298,-300,-300,-302,-302,-301,-331,-291,-344,-310,-384,-366,-390,-398,-408,-401,-557,-551,-535,-535,-652,-621,-617,-610,-611,-608,-607,-608,-718,-700,-974,-736,-29982,-29983,-29983,-29984,-29980,-2197,-3058,-2822,-4886,-5622,-29983,-29984,-29991,-29990,-29994,-29995]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c3 d5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 Qb6 6. Qc1 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} (6. Qb3 c4 7. Qc2 Bf5 8. Qc1 h6 9. Nbd2 e6 10. Be2 Be7 11. b3 cxb3 12. axb3 O-O 13. O-O Rfc8 14. Qb2 a5 15. Ra4 Qd8 16. Rfa1 Ne8 17. h3 {½-½ (51) Yu,Y (2747)-Maze,S (2591) Gibraltar 2016}) 6... Nh5 7. Bg3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Bf5 8. Nbd2 {The position is equal.} Rc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Nxg3 9. hxg3 h6 10. Be2 e6 11. Nb3 Rc8 12. O-O Be7 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Nxc5 Qxc5 15. Qd1 {1-0 (106) Kharlov,A (2591)-Oganyants,A (2175) chessassistantclub.com INT 2004}) 9. Be2 Nxg3 10. fxg3 (10. hxg3 $15 cxd4 11. exd4) 10... g6 $17 11. O-O Bh6 12. Nb3 (12. Kh1 $17 {might work better.}) 12... cxd4 $19 13. Nfxd4 Be4 {And now ...e5 would win.} 14. Bg4 (14. Kh1 {keeps fighting.}) 14... f5 15. Bf3 e5 {[%cal Be7e5,Be5e4][%mdl 32]} 16. Nc2 {White hopes to continue with Bxe4.} Bxc2 17. Qxc2 e4 18. Be2 O-O 19. Kh1 Bxe3 20. Qd1 Rfd8 21. a4 a5 22. Bb5 Ne5 23. Qe2 Bh6 24. Rad1 Ng4 25. Rd4 (25. Rb1 {is a better defense.}) 25... Be3 26. h3 Bxd4 27. Nxd4 Ne5 28. Rd1 Qf6 29. Qc2 Rd6 30. Ne2 Rcd8 31. Qd2 Nc6 32. Rf1 d4 33. Bxc6 dxc3 (33... Rxc6 $2 34. Nxd4 h5 35. Kg1 $17) 34. Qc2 bxc6 35. bxc3 Rd2 36. Qb3+ Qf7 37. Qb6 Qc4 38. Re1 Re8 39. Nf4 Qxc3 40. Re3 Rb2 {[#] ( -> ...Qc1+)} 41. Qa7 Rb1+ 42. Kh2 Qc1 {[%csl Gb1][%cal Rc1h1]} 43. g4 Qg1+ (43... g5 $142 44. Nh5 Qg1+ 45. Kg3 f4+ 46. Nxf4 gxf4+ 47. Kh4 Qf2+ 48. Kh5 fxe3 49. Qc5 Qf7+ 50. Kh4 e2 51. Qd4 e1=Q+ 52. g3 e3 53. Qc4 Qxc4 54. Kh5 Qxg3 55. h4 Qgxg4+ 56. Kh6 Qxh4#) 44. Kg3 {[#]} Rb3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 45. Kh4 (45. Rxb3 Qxa7) 45... Qxe3 46. Qd7 Rbb8 {Black mates.} 47. Kg5 fxg4 ({Stronger than} 47... h6+ 48. Kxg6 Re7 49. Qxe7 Qa7 50. Qxa7 Rb7 51. Qxb7 fxg4 52. Qg7#) 48. hxg4 Re5+ {Precision: White = 33%, Black = 71%.} 0-1

