[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Svetushkin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 30,49,22,20,20,22,67,65,51,44,55,61,64,58,391,365,358,372,414,413,715,604]} 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. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Nd7 11. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3][%mdl 32]} 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. Bh6 {LiveBook: 22 Games} Nc4 17. b3 {[#]} Ncb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Na3 18. Bd3 c5 19. Bf4 {½-½ (31) Kryvoruchko,Y (2708)-Iordachescu,V (2589) Abu Dhabi 2014}) 18. a4 bxa4 19. bxa4 a5 20. Rb1 c5 21. Bf4 d5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (21... cxd4 $14 22. Nxd4 Ne5) 22. e5 $18 {[%cal Be4e5,Be5e6][%mdl 32]} Bg7 23. Ng5 cxd4 {[%cal Rg7e5] [#]} 24. Nf5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nc5 ({Avoid the trap} 24... gxf5 $2 25. Qh5 $18) (24... f6 $142 25. Nxg7 Kxg7) 25. e6 {Precision: White = 96%, Black = 32%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitry"]
[Black "Donchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,137,13,23,16,10,20,23,22,35,32,22,33,26,33,0,22,8,20,12,19,16,32,32,66,25,49,48,47,20,22,1,44,44,44,44,44,44,44,13,12,12,14,12,12,12,25,28,59,56,74,47,88,60,65,51,54,63,66,44,44,0,55,51,51,44,52,51,51,0,51,44,51,51,51,51,51,44,45,37,50,0,80,66,109,112,135,113,145,143,145,138,137,8,157,151,314,314,1808,1712,2197,2047,29983,29984,29984,29985,29984,29983,29983,29984,29984,29984,29983,29984]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 Be6 {B92: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Be2} 10. Bf3 (10. Bf1 Qc7 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Bf5 13. c4 Nd7 14. Be3 a5 15. Rc1 a4 16. Na1 Bg6 17. Nc2 f5 18. f3 {0-1 (50) Wang,H (2710)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2758) Beijing 2014}) 10... Nbd7 11. a4 Qc7 12. a5 Rfc8 13. Be3 b5 14. axb6 $1 {LiveBook: 6 Games} Nxb6 15. Na5 Nc4 16. Nxc4 Qxc4 17. Na4 $146 {Hoping for Nb6.} Nd7 18. Re2 Rab8 19. b3 Qb4 20. Bc1 (20. Bd2 $5 {[%cal Rd2b4]} Qd4 21. Qb1 $11) 20... Qb7 (20... Qd4 {is more complex.} 21. Nb2 Qc3 22. h3 a5 23. Ra3 Qc7) 21. Bb2 h6 22. h3 Rc7 23. Re3 Rbc8 24. c4 Nb6 25. Bg4 Nxa4 26. Rxa4 Bxg4 27. Qxg4 Rc6 28. Bc1 (28. Rg3 $5 {[%cal Rg4g7]} g6 29. Bc1 $14) 28... Bg5 29. Rg3 f5 $1 {[%cal Rf5g4]} 30. Qd1 Bxc1 31. Qxc1 f4 32. Rc3 Rb6 33. Qc2 Rb8 34. Ra3 Kh8 35. Qd3 Qe7 36. Ra5 Qg5 37. Rd5 Qe7 38. Kh2 Qh4 39. Qf3 Rc6 40. Rcd3 Qf6 41. Qg4 Rbb6 42. Qd7 Kh7 43. Qg4 Qg6 (43... Kh8 $1 $11) 44. Qf3 Rc7 45. Qe2 Rcc6 46. Qe1 Rc7 47. Qe2 Rcc6 48. Rc3 Rb4 49. Qf3 Qg5 50. Qd3 Rbb6 51. Ra5 Rc8 52. Qd5 Rcb8 53. b4 {[%cal Bb3b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Rf8 {[#]} (53... Rxb4 $11 54. Qxd6 Rb2 55. Rxe5 Qh4) 54. b5 $1 $16 Rf6 55. Rxa6 ({Wrong is} 55. bxa6 $2 f3 $19) 55... Rg6 {[%csl Gg6][%cal Rg5g2]} 56. g3 fxg3+ 57. Rxg3 Qf4 58. Ra2 Rb8 59. Kg2 $40 {[%mdl 128] White attacks.} ({Better is} 59. Qd3 $16) 59... Rf6 (59... Rxg3+ $1 $11 60. fxg3 Qe3) 60. Qd3 {aiming for Rg4.} Rc8 $2 {[#]} (60... Rbf8 $16 {was necessary.} 61. Qe3 Qh4) 61. Rg4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rg4f4]} Qc1 $2 (61... Rg6 62. Rxg6 Kxg6 63. Qxd6+ Kh7) 62. Ra7 Rg8 63. Qg3 {[%cal Rg4g7]} Kh8 64. Rgxg7 {[%csl Gg3][%cal Rg7g8] White mates.} Rxf2+ 65. Kxf2 {[%csl Gg3][%cal Rg7g8]} Qd2+ 66. Kg1 {[%csl Gg3][%cal Rg7g8]} Qd1+ 67. Kh2 {[%csl Gg3][%cal Rg7g8]} Qd2+ 68. Qg2 {[%csl Gg2][%cal Rg7g8]} Qf4+ 69. Kh1 {Precision: White = 51%, Black = 36%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Shimanov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,45,8,14,8,0,0,-33,-20,-9,-3,-8,-11,-2,-17,0,6,15,15,-2,-5,-18,-18,-18,-18,-17,-15,-14,-12,-15,-13,-31]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Rb1 Be7 {D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation} 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Bc4 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Nc6 10. O-O b6 11. d5 (11. Bf4 Bb7 12. Re1 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nb4 14. Qd2 Nc6 15. d5 {½-½ (31) Svidler,P (2755)-Radjabov,T (2710) Moscow 2017}) 11... Na5 $1 {[%cal Ra5c4]} 12. Bd3 {[%cal Bc4d3,Bd3c2,Bc2a4][%mdl 32] The position is equal.} c4 13. Bc2 $1 exd5 14. exd5 Bb7 15. Re1 Re8 $146 16. Ba4 Rf8 17. Bf4 {[#] aiming for d6.} (17. Qe2 $5 {[%cal Re2e7]} Bc5 18. Rd1 $11) 17... Bd6 $1 {[%cal Rd6f4]} 18. Bg5 f6 {[%cal Bf7f6,Bf6f5,Bf5f4][%mdl 32]} 19. Be3 Bc7 20. Nd4 {And now Ne6 would win.} Qxd5 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Rd5g2] [#]} 21. Qg4 {Threatens to win with Nf5.} f5 22. Qh3 f4 {White must now prevent ...Bc8.} 23. Bc1 {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 88%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,101,0,-10,0,4,-4,3,0,19,-9,43,29,41,12,32,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,34,17,22,14,14,14,31,31,43,33,34,20,28,21,39,35,31,18,37,31,45,39,39,26,22,12,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,303,354,2417,2270,3371,2597,1879,1933,29959,29959,29953,29952,12849,6079,29980,29981,29981,29981]} 1. c4 e5 {[%cal Be7e5,Be5e4][%mdl 32]} 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 Qb6 6. Nc2 {A23: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3 Nf6 3 g3 c6} (6. Nb3 a5 7. Na4 Qd8 8. Bg2 d5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. d3 Bb4+ 11. Nc3 a4 12. Nd4 Nc6 13. Nc2 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 {½-½ (90) Piorun,K (2676)-Kravtsiv,M (2634) Lublin 2016}) 6... d5 7. Bg2 dxc4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 8. O-O {The position is equal.} Be6 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Nd7 11. Bg2 h5 $146 (11... Be7 $11) 12. d4 $14 cxd3 13. Qxd3 O-O-O 14. Be3 (14. b4 $5) 14... Bc5 15. Qc3 Bxe3 16. Nxe3 Nf6 17. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Qxd8 20. a4 Qd6 21. Bf3 Bh3 22. a5 a6 23. Bg2 Be6 24. h4 Kb8 25. Bf3 Kc7 26. Kg2 Kd8 27. Nf1 (27. Nc4 $5 {[%cal Rc4d6]} Qc5 28. Qd2+ Ke7 29. Nb6 $11) 27... Ke8 28. e4 {[#] Threatens to win with e5.} Qe7 29. Nd2 g6 30. Be2 Nd7 31. f4 Qd6 32. Nc4 Bxc4 33. Bxc4 Nc5 34. e5 Qd1 35. Bxf7+ (35. Qe3 $5 {[%cal Re3c5]} Qc2+ 36. Qe2 Qxe2+ 37. Bxe2 $11) 35... Kxf7 36. Qxc5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} Qd2+ 37. Qf2 (37. Kf3 $5 {[%cal Rc5d6]}) 37... Qxa5 38. g4 Qd5+ 39. Kg3 hxg4 40. Kxg4 Qd1+ 41. Qf3 Qg1+ 42. Kh3 Qd4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (42... Qb1 $1 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 43. h5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rh5h6]} Qxb2 $2 (43... b6 44. h6 Qd7+ 45. Kh4 Qd4 46. Qb3+ Ke7) 44. hxg6+ Kxg6 45. f5+ {[%cal Bf4f5,Bf5f6,Bf6f7][%mdl 32]} Kf7 46. Qh5+ Kf8 47. Qh8+ Ke7 48. f6+ Ke6 49. Qg8+ Kf5 50. Qg4+ Kxe5 51. f7 {Precision: White = 65%, Black = 42%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,120,34,22,34,21,26,0,35,31,25,23,23,22,44,37,13,0,0,0,0,0,20,20,25,30,50,47,50,47,33,41,32,0,22,7,81,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-68,-15,-206,-34,-44,0,0,0,-69,-69,-77,-77,-69,-69,-82,-84,-295,-153,-192,-8,-8,0,0,0,-41,-50,-73,-75,-79,-67,-67,-80,-91,-110,-74,-97,-54,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Qd3 Nf6 7. c4 {B53: Sicilian: 2...d6: Lines with Qxd4} (7. O-O g6 8. c4 Bg7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. h3 a6 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. Nd4 Nd7 13. Be3 Rc8 14. Rac1 Nc5 {½-½ (35) Malakhov,V (2713)-Li,C (2720) Doha 2016}) 7... e6 8. Nc3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. Nd4 {LiveBook: 6 Games} Qa5 12. b3 Rfd8 13. Bb2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Bd2 Qh5 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Qg3 d5 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. e5 Ng4 18. f4 {0-1 (51) Reinholz,S (1877)-Werchan,H (1979) Osterburg 2004}) 13... Qh5 14. f4 d5 15. cxd5 Bc5 $1 {[%cal Re6d5]} 16. Rad1 exd5 17. e5 $1 {[%cal Re5f6]} Ne4 18. Nce2 Bd7 19. h3 Rac8 20. Kh2 Bg4 (20... Qh4 $5 {[%cal Re4f2]}) 21. Rde1 Bxe2 22. Rxe2 Bb6 23. g4 Qg6 24. f5 Qg5 25. Kg2 Bxd4 26. Bxd4 h5 27. Qf3 hxg4 (27... Rc6 $11) 28. hxg4 (28. Qxg4 $16 Qxg4+ 29. hxg4) 28... Rc1 $1 $11 {[%cal Rc1f1]} 29. Be3 Rxf1 30. Kxf1 Qe7 31. Qf4 $1 Rc8 32. Rh2 (32. g5 $11) 32... Qd7 (32... Qb4 $15 33. g5 Qc3) 33. f6 $2 (33. a4 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 33... Qb5+ $2 (33... g5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rg5f4]} 34. Qf3 Qb5+ 35. Kg1 Qb4) 34. Kg1 $15 {Hoping for fxg7.} Qd3 (34... Qa5 $5 {[%cal Ra5e1]} 35. Bd2 Qb6+ 36. Kh1 Nxd2 37. Qxd2 d4 $11) 35. fxg7 Qb1+ 36. Kg2 (36. Qf1 $11 Qxf1+ 37. Kxf1 Kxg7 38. Bxa7) 36... Rc2+ ({Worse is} 36... Qxa2+ 37. Bf2 $16) 37. Kh3 {Rxc2 is the strong threat.} Rxh2+ 38. Kxh2 Qxa2+ 39. Kh3 {White wants to mate with Qh6.} Qa6 ({Don't play} 39... Kxg7 $6 40. Qh6+ (40. e6 fxe6 41. Qh6+ Kf7 $11) 40... Kg8 41. e6 $11) 40. Kh4 $2 (40. Bxa7 $17 Qa1 41. Kg2 Qa2+ 42. Bf2 Kxg7 43. Qf5) 40... Kxg7 ({Better is} 40... Qa1 $19 {( -> ...Qh1+)} 41. g5 Kxg7) 41. Bd4 {Threatens to win with e6+.} Qh6+ $2 (41... Qe6 $19 42. b4 b6) 42. Qxh6+ $11 Kxh6 43. Bxa7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} Kg7 44. Be3 Kf8 45. g5 Ke7 {aiming for ...Ke6.} 46. Kg4 Ke6 47. Kf4 Nc3 $1 48. b4 {[#]} Nb5 $1 49. Bb6 {[#]} Na3 $1 50. Bd4 Nc2 (50... Nc4 $1 $15) 51. Bc3 $1 {The position is equal.} b5 52. Bd2 Nd4 53. Be1 Nc6 54. Bc3 Ne7 55. Ke3 Nc6 {Strongly threatening ...Kf5.} 56. Kf4 $1 d4 57. Be1 Kd5 {[#]} (57... Ne7 $5 {[%cal Re6d5]} 58. Ke4 Nc6 $15) 58. e6 $1 {[%cal Re6f7][%mdl 512]} Kxe6 59. Ke4 Ne5 60. Bd2 Nc6 {Precision: White = 65%, Black = 43%.} (60... d3 $5 {[%cal Re5c4]} 61. Be1 Nc4 62. Kxd3 Ke5 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Erdos, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,106,12,-21,-16,-10,-37,-25,0,0,0,0,49,0,0,0,13,5,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,0,-8,-8,-8,0,-8,-8,-33,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 b6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bb7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. Bd2 cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Ne5 d5 11. Bf3 Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6e5,Be5d3][%mdl 32]} 12. Bg5 Rc8 {B14: Caro-Kann: Panov-Botvinnik Attack with 5...e6 and 5...g6} (12... Na5 13. Re1 Rc8 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Bxg5 16. Bxb7 Nxb7 17. d5 Qd6 18. dxe6 fxe6 19. Qg4 Bf4 20. Rad1 {1-0 (51) Ju,W (2527)-Li,Y (1807) China 2014}) 13. Re1 $146 {next Bxf6 is good for White.} ({Predecessor:} 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxe7 Ndxe7 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Bxc6 Rxc6 17. Qa4 Qd7 18. Rfd1 Rd6 19. Qxd7 Rxd7 20. Rd2 {0-1 (69) Maierhofer,J (2055)-Kohout,P (2285) Bayern 1999}) 13... dxc4 14. Qa4 {[%cal Rf3c6]} Nxe5 {Black has an edge.} 15. Bxb7 Nd3 16. Bxc8 Nxe1 17. Rxe1 Qxc8 18. Qxa7 Bd8 19. Qa4 Nd5 20. Nxd5 (20. Be3 $5) 20... exd5 21. Bxd8 Qxd8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 22. Qb5 Qa8 23. Qxb6 Qxa2 24. h4 h6 25. Qb5 Qa8 26. g3 Rb8 27. Qd7 Rd8 28. Qe7 Qb8 29. Kg2 Qd6 30. Qxd6 Rxd6 {KR-KR} 31. Re8+ Kh7 32. Rb8 Kg6 33. Kf3 Rf6+ 34. Kg2 Rd6 35. Rb5 Kf5 {Threatens to win with ...Ke4.} 36. f3 Rd7 (36... g5 $5 {[%cal Rg5h4]}) 37. Kf2 h5 38. Ke3 f6 {[%cal Bf7f6,Bf6g5,Bg5g4][%mdl 32]} 39. Kf2 Rd6 40. Rb7 g5 41. hxg5 fxg5 42. Rf7+ Kg6 43. Rb7 g4 44. Rb5 Rf6 45. f4 Rd6 {White should prevent ...Kf5.} (45... h4 $5 {[%cal Rh4h3]}) 46. b3 {The position is equal.} cxb3 47. Rxb3 Rc6 48. Re3 Rc2+ 49. Re2 Rxe2+ 50. Kxe2 Kf5 {[#] aiming for ...Ke4.} 51. Ke3 Kf6 52. Ke2 Kf5 {White must now prevent ...Ke4.} 53. Ke3 Kf6 {Precision: White = 89%, Black = 87%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Kunin, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,69,32,17,47,54,27,28,52,56,37,43,59,25,34,0,0,4,14,20,27,22,13,-22,-16,-20,-14,-34,-17,-17,-24,-14,-13,-12,-20,-17,0,-2,0,7,0,0,30,0,15,11,28,21,21,22,27,20]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 c6 8. a4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Ne5 10. Bf1 Re8 11. h3 Qc7 {C50: Hungarian Defence and Giuoco Pianissimo} (11... Ng6 12. g3 Bf8 13. Bg2 Bd7 14. Be3 h6 15. f4 Qc7 16. Qd2 Rad8 17. Qf2 c5 18. Nb3 Bc6 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 {½-½ (51) Bacrot,E (2686)-Markus,R (2632) Reykjavik 2015}) 12. Bf4 Ng6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... b6 13. Bh2 Bb7 14. f4 Rad8 15. Kh1 Bf8 16. Qd2 Ng6 17. Bd3 Qc8 {0-1 (48) Golubev,M (2570)-Eismont,O (2435) Moscow 1995}) 13. Bh2 Bf8 14. Qd2 Bd7 15. f4 Rad8 16. Kh1 c5 17. Nf3 {Threatening e5.} Bc6 {[%cal Rf6e4]} 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Ne4 20. Qc1 c4 $1 {...Nf2+ is the strong threat.} 21. Re2 {[#] And now f5 would win.} Nf6 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Qd2 Ne7 24. Qd4 c3 25. Qxc3 Qxc3 26. bxc3 Nexd5 27. c4 Ne3 28. Bd3 Rc8 29. Bg1 Nxc4 30. Bxa7 Nb2 31. Rb1 Nxa4 32. Rxb7 Nc5 33. Bxc5 Rxc5 34. Ng5 h6 $1 {[%cal Rh6g5]} 35. Nxf7 {Precision: White = 73%, Black = 56%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Mchedlishvili, Mikheil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,78,12,19,0,0,0,0,0,0,-20,33,37,56,76,84,72,61,65,63,69,64,35,154,112,122,106,88,62,83,91,76,52,57,-148,-133,-104,-136,-100,-109,-164,-99,-132,-77,-115,-97,-116,-105,-215,-194,-200,-190,-154,0,-189,0,-164,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 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. f4 Bb4+ (11... 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}) 12. c3 Be7 {LiveBook: 55 Games. The position is equal.} 13. Nh5 {Strongly threatening Ng6!} Bxh4+ 14. Kd1 Bf6 15. Kc2 Qe7 16. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Bd2 O-O-O 17. Rae1 g6 18. Nxf6 {½-½ (18) Carnevale,R (2154)-Swahnberg,L (2192) ICCF email 2009}) 16... Rd8 ({Black should try} 16... Bxe5 $11 17. fxe5 O-O-O) 17. Qf3 $14 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} g6 18. Ng3 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has strong initiative.} Qf8 19. Ra3 Qd6 20. Ne4 Qc7 $1 21. g4 Be7 22. Rb3 Kf8 (22... Nxe5 $1 $14 23. fxe5 b6) 23. Be3 b6 24. c4 Kg7 25. Nxf7 Kxf7 {[#]} 26. f5 $1 exf5 27. gxf5 g5 {aiming for ...c5.} 28. Bxg5 $2 (28. Qh5+ $1 $14 {was the only good move.} Kf8 29. Qg6) 28... Bxg5 $17 29. Nxg5+ hxg5 30. Rxh8 {[#] Intending Qh5+ and mate.} Ndf6 $1 31. Rd3 (31. Qe3 $17) 31... Kg7 (31... Qd7 $19 32. Kb1 g4) 32. Rh1 g4 (32... Nh6 $142 33. Re1 g4) 33. Qe3 Kf8 34. Qe5 Qf7 35. Kc3 (35. Qe6 $17) 35... Qd7 36. Rh8 {Hoping for Qxf6+.} Qg7 37. Rh2 Qd7 38. Rh8 {Qxf6+ is the strong threat.} Qg7 39. Rh2 $1 Qd7 $2 {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 49%.} (39... c5 $19 40. Kb3 Ne8 41. Qxg7+ Nxg7) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Pashikian, Arman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,51,22,27,6,13,7,10,10,26,13,12,10,0,0,20,6,12,12,22,8,32,25,42,15,15,14,14,13,13,14,13,4,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 dxc4 4. Qa4+ c6 (4... Nd7 5. Qxc4 c5 6. Nf3 Ngf6 7. O-O b6 8. Nd4 Ne5 9. Nc6 Nxc4 10. Nxd8 Nd5 11. Nc3 Kxd8 12. Nxd5 Bb7 13. Nc3 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Be7 15. Rd1 Bf6 16. d4 Ke7 17. dxc5 Bxc3 18. bxc3 bxc5 19. Kf3 {½-½ (19) Aronian,L (2785)-Cheparinov,I (2689) Doha 2016}) 5. Qxc4 b5 6. Qc2 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} Bb7 7. a4 a6 {LiveBook: 11 Games} 8. axb5 {White has an edge.} axb5 9. Rxa8 Bxa8 10. Nf3 Nf6 11. O-O Be7 12. d4 O-O 13. Bg5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Nbd2 c5 14. dxc5 Na6 15. Ne5 Bxc5 {½-½ (15) Dyachkov,S (2554)-Galkin,A (2616) Moscow 2006}) 13... Nbd7 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Nc3 Qb6 (15... b4 $5 {[%cal Rb4c3]} 16. Na4 Qa5 $11) 16. Rd1 b4 17. Na4 Qb5 18. b3 c5 {The position is equal.} 19. dxc5 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 {next c6 is good for White.} Nxc5 21. Kg2 Rb8 22. Rc1 {[%cal Ra4c5]} Nxa4 23. bxa4 Qe5 24. Qb3 f5 25. Rc4 Qa1 {And now ...Qa3 would win.} 26. e3 {Precision: White = 76%, Black = 67%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Reshef, Omer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2459"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,71,12,49,46,45,55,37,42,118,108,112,105,143,145,183,200,295,308,300,295,295,285,308,306,258,245,453,449,790,785,777,749,742,381,408,407,661,637,636,625,1015,967,1021,1018,989,977,1068,1058,972,964,5845,5845,29989,12837,12835,12835]} 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c3 e6 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. Bd3 Qe7 9. Ne5 Bxe5 10. dxe5 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} Nd7 11. f4 (11. Qh5 g6 $15) 11... f6 {[%cal Rf6e5]} 12. Nf3 {White is slightly better.} (12. Bh4 Qf7 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. O-O e5 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. e4 Kh8 17. exd5 Qxd5 18. Be4 Qd6 19. Nc4 Qe7 20. Qh5 exf4 21. Rxf4 Ne5 22. Nxe5 {1-0 (22) Kramnik,V (2777)-Rasmussen,A (2498) Berlin 2015}) 12... f5 $146 ({Better is} 12... fxe5 $14 13. fxe5 c4) ({Predecessor:} 12... fxe5 13. fxe5 g5 14. h4 g4 15. Ng5 h6 16. Nh7 Rf7 17. Nf6+ Nxf6 18. exf6 Qxf6 19. Qxg4+ {1-0 (31) Zhang,Z (2641)-Sadhwani,R (2218) Dubai 2017}) 13. Bh4 $16 Qe8 14. Rg1 c4 15. Bc2 Nc5 16. g4 Ne4 (16... Kh8 {is a better defense.} 17. gxf5 exf5 18. Qxd5 Nd3+ 19. Bxd3 Be6) 17. gxf5 $18 exf5 18. Bxe4 ({Less strong is} 18. Qxd5+ Be6 $18) 18... dxe4 19. Bf6 $1 Rf7 {[#]} 20. Ng5 $1 Rd7 {[#]} 21. Qe2 $1 {[%cal Re2c4]} b5 $2 (21... Kh8) 22. a4 Rb8 (22... Nd8 $142 23. axb5 Bb7) 23. axb5 Rxb5 24. Qxc4+ Rbd5 25. e6 R7d6 26. Nf7 Qxe6 (26... g6 $142 27. Nxd6 Rxd6 28. Rxa7 (28. e7+ Be6 $18) 28... Nxa7) 27. Rxg7+ Kf8 {White must now prevent ...Rd1+!} 28. Nxd6 Qxd6 29. Rxh7 {Hoping for Rh8+.} Be6 30. Qe2 {Threatening mate with Qg2.} Rd3 31. Ra6 {Rxc6! would kill now.} Bf7 {[#]} 32. Rxf7+ $1 Kxf7 33. Qh5+ Ke6 34. Qe8+ Kd5 35. c4+ (35. Qf7+ $142 Kc5 36. Bd4+ Kb5 37. Qa2 Qxd4 38. exd4 Rxd4 39. cxd4 Nxd4 40. Qa4+ Kc5 41. b3 Nc2+ 42. Kd2 e3+ 43. Kxc2 e2 44. Qc4#) 35... Kc5 36. Bd4+ {Precision: White = 84%, Black = 17%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,69,0,16,-5,-10,-5,0,-14,-14,-24,-16,-20,-18,-22,-12,-18,-12,-18,0,0,0,0,0,0,22,33,28,23,30,13,13,12,83,79,108,114,162,162,160,159,265,275,264,278,385,418,585,571,928,946,1130,1087,29995,29996,29996,29997]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c3 Bf5 4. Qb3 Qc8 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} e6 7. c4 c6 (7... h6 8. Bh4 c6 9. Nc3 Bd6 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Ne4 12. Rac1 Qb8 13. Rfd1 {0-1 (58) Markowski,T (2578)-Navara,D (2751) Poland 2015}) 8. Nc3 Bd6 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Qb8 11. Bh4 (11. Bxf6 $5 Nxf6 12. Rfd1 $11) 11... Ne4 12. Bg3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Rfd1 Ndf6 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 {0-1 (52) Jenni,F (2503)-Zvjaginsev,V (2650) Mallorca 2004}) 12... Nxg3 13. hxg3 h6 14. Qd1 Be7 15. Bd3 dxc4 16. Bxc4 c5 17. e4 Bg4 {Hoping for ...Bxf3.} 18. d5 $1 {[%cal Rd5e6] And now dxe6 would win.} Nb6 19. Qb3 $36 {[%cal Rd5e6][%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} exd5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Bxd5 Qc7 22. e5 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Rad8 (23... Qxe5 $11 {keeps the balance.} 24. Rfe1 (24. Qxb7 Rab8 $11) 24... Qd6) 24. f4 b5 25. a4 a6 26. axb5 axb5 27. Ra6 Rb8 (27... Kh8 $16 {might work better.} 28. Rfa1 Qd7) 28. Rfa1 $18 c4 29. Qc2 Rb6 30. Ra7 Qc5 31. Rd7 Rbb8 32. Ra6 Kh8 33. Qf5 Rbd8 {[#]} 34. Rxh6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} gxh6 35. Be4 {Precision: White = 70%, Black = 40%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Djukic, Nikola"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,91,36,36,36,36,36,34,37,37,47,34,46,37,28,34,33,31,36,38,34,35,67,41,41,37,37,41,35,35,39,32,37,32,41,10,17,12,22,25,39,39,39,30,77,81,116,116,135,135,135,136,153,152,152,137,141,141,161,163,161,161,154,154,175,164,155,129,129,129,135,129,136,129,129,129,129,104,104,104]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. c3 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 {A46: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 e6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} (6... cxd4 7. cxd4 Nc6 8. Nc3 Bb4 9. e5 Qe7 10. Rc1 d6 11. Bd3 dxe5 12. dxe5 O-O 13. O-O Bxc3 14. Rxc3 Nb4 15. Bb1 {½-½ (33) Kovacevic,B (2480)-Georgiev,K (2627) Padova 2015}) 7. d5 Ne5 8. Be2 {LiveBook: 10 Games} exd5 {White is slightly better.} 9. Qxd5 Nxf3+ 10. Bxf3 Be7 11. Na3 d6 12. O-O Rb8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... O-O 13. Nc2 Rb8 14. Ne3 {1-0 (26) Pytel,K (2388)-Petitcunot,P (2397) France 2009}) 13. Rfd1 O-O 14. Nb5 {[%cal Rb5d6]} Be6 15. Qd3 a6 {[#] Hoping for ...c4.} 16. Nc7 ({But not} 16. Nxd6 $2 Rfd8 $19) 16... Qe5 17. g3 Rbc8 18. Nd5 (18. Nxe6 {with more complications.} fxe6 19. Bg4 c4 20. Qe2 g5 21. Rf1) 18... Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Qxd5 20. Rxd5 b5 21. a4 Rc7 22. axb5 axb5 23. Be2 Rb8 24. h4 b4 25. Bc4 bxc3 26. bxc3 g6 27. Ra6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Kg7 28. Rd3 Bf6 29. Raxd6 Re7 30. Rf3 Rb1+ 31. Kg2 Be5 {[#]} 32. Rc6 $1 Rbb7 33. Rxc5 Rbc7 34. Rxc7 Rxc7 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 35. Bd5 f5 36. c4 fxe4 37. Re3 Bf6 38. Rxe4 Re7 39. Rg4 Re5 40. Be4 g5 41. hxg5 hxg5 42. Bf3 Kf8 43. Rd4 Rc5 {White is better.} 44. Re4 Re5 45. Rxe5 Bxe5 46. c5 {Precision: White = 84%, Black = 57%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Black "Sadzikowski, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 30,158,21,2,32,31,27,30,26,12,26,24,38,31,22,35,33,29,31,31,25,-18,-16,-16,-16,-18,-18,-17,-19,-2,-7,-21,-4,-52,-57,-43,-64,-58,35,35,35,35,35,35,101,72,283,0,0,0,314,377,367,317,362,330,297,154,154,145,155,63,71,0,143,86,98,83,91,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 exd4 {C92: Closed Ruy Lopez: 9...Be6, Karpov and Flohr-Zaitsev Variations} 12. cxd4 Nd7 13. Nf1 Na5 14. Bc2 Bf6 15. Ng3 g6 16. Bh6 {LiveBook: 22 Games} Nc4 17. b3 Na3 18. Bd3 c5 19. Bf4 {[#]} cxd4 $146 20. Bxd6 Be7 $1 {[%cal Re7d6]} 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 22. Qd2 Nc5 23. Rad1 Rad8 24. Qh6 b4 25. Nh2 Nxd3 26. Rxd3 {[#]} f5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 27. Red1 (27. exf5 Qxe1+) 27... Bxe4 28. Rxd4 Rxd4 29. Rxd4 Nb5 30. Rd2 Nc3 31. Nhf1 Bb1 32. Qf4 Bxa2 33. Qc4+ $1 Qe6 ({Black should play} 33... Kf8 $15) 34. Qxb4 $14 Qxb3 35. Qa5 $1 f4 36. Nh5 gxh5 (36... Rf8 $14) 37. Qg5+ $16 Kf7 $2 (37... Kf8 $16 38. Qxf4+ Kg8 39. Qg5+ Kf8) 38. Qf5+ Kg8 {Hoping for ...Qb5.} 39. Qg5+ Kf7 40. Qxh5+ Kf8 41. Qh6+ Kg8 42. Qg5+ Kf8 43. Qxf4+ ({White has to play} 43. Rd7 $18 {[%csl Gd7][%cal Rg5g7]} Ne2+ 44. Kh2) 43... Kg8 {aiming for ...Qf7.} 44. Qg5+ {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Kf8 45. Qh6+ ({White should try} 45. Ng3 $1 $16 Qb6 46. Nh5 Re1+ 47. Kh2) 45... Kg8 $14 46. Qg5+ (46. Rd7 $142 {[%csl Gd7][%cal Rh6g7]} Ne2+ 47. Kh2) 46... Kf8 $1 $16 47. Rd7 (47. Ng3 $142 $1 Qb6 48. Nh5 Re1+ 49. Kh2) 47... Ne2+ {[#]} 48. Kh2 $1 {[%csl Gd7][%cal Rg5g7]} Qb8+ {[#]} 49. Ng3 (49. g3 $1 $16 {[%csl Gd7][%cal Rg5g7]} Qe5 50. Qh6+ Kg8 51. f4 (51. Qxh7+ Kf8 $16)) 49... Qe5 $11 {The position is equal.} 50. Qh6+ Kg8 51. Qxh7+ Kf8 52. Qh6+ Kg8 53. Qg6+ Kf8 54. Qh6+ Kg8 55. Qxa6 Be6 56. Rd3 Nxg3 57. Rxg3+ Kf7 58. Qb7+ Re7 59. Qf3+ Bf5 60. Qh5+ Ke6 61. Qh6+ Kd7 62. f4 Qd6 63. Qg5 Be4 64. Qb5+ Bc6 (64... Kc7 $5 {[%cal Rd6f4]}) 65. Qf5+ Kc7 66. Qa5+ Kd7 67. Qf5+ Kc7 68. Rg6 Qd5 69. Qxd5 Bxd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KR} 70. g4 Re3 71. f5 {And now h4 would win.} Kd7 72. h4 Ke7 73. h5 {Black must now prevent h6.} Bf7 74. Rg7 Kf6 75. h6 Re8 76. Rh7 Bg6 77. Ra7 {Strongly threatening Ra6+.} Bxf5 78. gxf5 Kxf5 79. Kg3 Ke5 {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 75%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Gorovets, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,53,14,8,15,2,5,14,15,10,17,0,38,35,29,33,50,0,60,19,12,18,17,6,23,12,17,17,17,17,12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-15,-16,-23,-25,-31,-12,-13,-8,-14]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Na3 Nc6 7. Be3 (7. Bc4 $5 {[%cal Rc4d5]} Qd8 8. O-O $11) 7... cxd4 {B22: Sicilian: 2 c3} 8. Nb5 $1 {[%cal Rb5c7] [#] And now Nc7+ would win.} Qd8 9. Nbxd4 Nd5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bd2 Qc7 (11... Qb6 12. Ne5 Qc7 13. Nc4 Be7 14. Bd3 Ba6 15. Qg4 {½-½ (55) Wang,H (2717)-Laznicka,V (2666) Ho Chi Minh City 2016}) 12. c4 Nf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nb6 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. Qe2 c5 15. O-O-O {½-½ (62) Soors,S (2407)-Zwirs,N (2358) Amsterdam 2015}) 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. Qa4 Nd7 (14... a5 $11) 15. Qa5 Qxa5 16. Bxa5 c5 17. O-O-O Bd6 18. Be4 Bxe4 19. Rxd6 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Ne5 21. Bc3 Nxc4 22. Rc6 O-O 23. Rg1 g6 24. Rg4 Nb6 25. Rxc5 Rac8 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Kd2 {Precision: White = 49%, Black = 61%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Black "Howell, David W L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,106,39,27,20,12,28,19,34,47,59,47,50,54,50,52,42,60,51,60,66,71,23,34,11,50,14,40,-33,-18,-26,-24,-17,-17,-55,-43,-83,-94,-110,-106,-116,-117,-139,-138,-135,-122,-166,-171,-169,-118,-96,-95,-360,-346,-349,-347,-338,-261,-327,-180,-180,-140,-180,-177,-181,-181,-181,-196,-447,-447,-440,-411,-396,-392,-555,-418,-585,-573,-517,-509,-1294,-1353,-984,-710,-643,-581,-503,-341,-2518,-2053,-29970,-29956]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6d5,Bd5b6][%mdl 32]} 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. a4 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} (8. h3 Nb6 9. Bb5 Bd6 10. Re1 Ne7 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 Bf5 13. Nc3 c6 14. Bf1 Ned5 15. Ne4 Bb4 16. Re2 h6 17. a3 Be7 {1-0 (63) Movsesian,S (2679)-Bacrot,E (2695) chess.com INT 2017}) 8... Nb6 9. Bb5 Ne7 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 10. Nxe5 {White has an edge.} c6 11. Bc4 {Bxf7+ is the strong threat.} Bd6 12. a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Nf3 Nxc4 13. dxc4 Qc7 14. Re1 b6 15. Nbd2 Rd8 {½-½ (47) Sedina,E (2275)-Loiacono,A (2085) Trieste 2016}) 12... Bxe5 13. axb6 Qxb6 14. Re1 Qc7 15. Qh5 Bd6 16. Nd2 Nd5 17. Ne4 Be6 18. d4 Rfe8 19. Nxd6 (19. Bd3 $5 {[%cal Re4d6]} Bf4 20. c4 $18) 19... Qxd6 20. Bd3 Nf6 (20... g6 $5 {[%cal Rg6h5]} 21. Qd1 a5 $14) 21. Qg5 h6 $1 {[%cal Rh6g5]} 22. Qf4 (22. Bf4 $14 Qxd4 23. Qxg7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} (23. cxd4 hxg5 24. Bxg5 a6 $11) (23. Qg3 Qd7 $11) 23... Kxg7 24. cxd4) 22... Bc4 $15 23. Rd1 Qe6 24. Bxc4 Qxc4 25. Qg3 Re6 26. Rxa7 Rxa7 27. Qb8+ Kh7 $1 28. Qxa7 Ng4 $1 $40 {[%cal Rg4f2][%mdl 128] Black is out for blood.} 29. d5 ({Don't go for} 29. Qxb7 $2 Nxf2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 30. Qxf7 Nxd1 $19) 29... Qe2 {[%cal Re2d1]} 30. Rf1 Rf6 $1 31. Be3 {[#]} Nxh2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 32. Kxh2 Qxf1 33. Qxb7 $19 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQB} Qc4 34. Bd4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (34. dxc6 $17 Rd6 35. Qc8) 34... Rg6 35. Qxf7 {[#]} c5 $1 {[%cal Rc5d4]} ({Less strong is} 35... cxd5 36. Qf5 $11) ({Worse is} 35... Qxd5 36. Qxd5 cxd5 37. b4 $11) 36. Be5 Qh4+ 37. Kg1 Qh5 (37... Qe4 $142 {[%csl Gg6][%cal Re4g2]} 38. Bg3 Rf6) 38. Bg3 Qd1+ 39. Kh2 {Black must now prevent Qf5.} Rg5 {Threatens to win with ...Rh5+.} 40. f3 {With the idea c4.} Qxd5 41. Qxd5 Rxd5 {KR-KB} 42. b4 $2 {[#]} (42. c4 {keeps fighting.} Rd4 43. b3) 42... c4 $1 43. Kg1 h5 44. Kf1 Rd2 45. Be5 (45. Bf2 $142 Rc2 46. Bd4) 45... g5 46. Bd4 Rb2 47. Kg1 Kg6 48. Kh2 (48. g4 $142 h4 49. Kf1) 48... Kf5 49. Be3 Rb3 50. Bd2 Rb1 51. Be3 Rd1 {Hoping for ...Rd3.} 52. Bf2 $2 (52. b5) 52... Rd3 53. Be1 Re3 {Precision: White = 36%, Black = 80%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Mikaelyan, Arman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,64,36,39,42,17,17,25,23,0,0,-39,-23,-12,-13,-39,-38,-53,-49,-69,-71,-82,-68,-93,-91,-138,-56,-50,-4,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,-5,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O exd4 8. Nxd4 Re8 9. f3 Nc6 10. Be3 Nh5 11. Qd2 Nf4 12. Bxf4 Nxd4 13. Bg5 {E94: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5 7 0-0: Various Black 7th moves} Nxe2+ 14. Nxe2 {LiveBook: 5 Games} Qd7 {[#]} 15. Nd4 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 15. Nc3 f6 16. Bh6 Bxh6 17. Qxh6 Qf7 18. Qd2 b6 19. b3 Bb7 20. Rae1 Re7 {½-½ (59) Ovsejevitsch,S (2585)-Le Corre,B (2313) Germany 2015}) 15... a6 16. Bh6 Bh8 17. a4 Qe7 18. Rad1 c5 19. Ne2 Be6 $1 $36 {[%cal Re6c4][%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 20. Qc1 Qd7 21. b3 b5 $1 22. axb5 axb5 23. Nf4 bxc4 24. Nxe6 Qxe6 25. bxc4 Bd4+ (25... Ra4 $17 26. Rd5 Rea8) 26. Be3 $1 $15 {[%cal Re3d4]} Ra1 27. Qd2 {The position is equal.} Bxe3+ 28. Qxe3 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 f5 {[%cal Rf5e4]} 30. Qd3 fxe4 31. Qxd6 Qxc4 32. fxe4 Qxe4 {Precision: White = 45%, Black = 74%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Grachev, Boris"]
[Black "Sanikidze, Tornike"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,109,46,61,46,58,55,70,21,21,16,12,18,29,27,37,24,24,9,17,10,11,18,15,0,18,13,25,30,36,15,30,25,35,0,0,0,0,-20,-18,-73,-78,-70,-72,-133,-127,-117,-116,-169,-179,-165,-109,-97,-121,-109,-110,-104,-78,-83,0,0,75,74,70,59,121,121,116,116,99,62,133,124,127,81,89,80,107,107,133,0,45,0,130,104,106,122,122,114,100,109,109,105,29993,29994]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Qa4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bd6 8. Na3 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3} (8. Bc3 O-O 9. Nbd2 Bd7 10. Qxc4 b5 11. Qxb5 Nb4 12. Qxb4 Bxb4 13. Bxb4 Re8 14. Bc5 Rb8 15. b3 a6 {0-1 (37) Eljanov,P (2765)-Harikrishna,P (2763) Stavanger 2016}) 8... O-O 9. Nxc4 Ne4 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 10. Be3 {White is slightly better.} Bb4+ 11. Kf1 Nf6 12. Nce5 $146 (12. a3 $5 {[%cal Ra3b4]} Be7 13. Qc2 $14) ({Predecessor:} 12. Rd1 Be7 13. a3 a5 14. Bc1 Ra6 15. Qc2 b5 {0-1 (53) Shimanov,A (2519)-Frolyanov,D (2587) Irkutsk 2010}) 12... Nxe5 13. Qxb4 Nd5 14. Qb3 Nxf3 15. Bxf3 b6 16. Kg2 Bb7 17. Rhd1 f5 18. Kg1 g5 19. Bd2 Qf6 20. Be1 Qg6 (20... h5 $5) 21. Qc2 g4 22. Bg2 Qh5 23. e4 fxe4 24. Qxe4 Rf6 25. Bd2 Raf8 26. Rf1 $1 Ba6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 27. Rfd1 R8f7 28. Rf1 (28. Re1 $1 $11) 28... Bxf1 $17 29. Rxf1 Qf5 30. Qe2 (30. Qe1 $142) 30... Qc2 $1 31. Qxg4+ Rg6 32. Qe2 (32. Bg5 $17 Qxb2 33. Qh4) 32... Qxb2 $19 33. Qd3 Nb4 (33... Qxa2 $19 34. Be4 Rgf6) 34. Bxb4 $17 Qxb4 35. Qe3 Qd6 36. Rc1 Rd7 37. Be4 Rgg7 {[#]} ({Much weaker is} 37... Qxd4 38. Qxd4 Rxd4 39. Bxg6 $11) (37... Rf6 $1 $17 38. Qg5+ Kf7) 38. d5 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]} Rde7 (38... Rd8 $11 {keeps the balance.} 39. Rc6 Qb4) (38... exd5 39. Bxd5+) 39. Rc6 $16 Qd8 40. dxe6 a5 (40... Re8 $1 $14) 41. Kg2 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Re8 42. Qc3 Rf8 43. a4 Re7 (43... Kh8 $1 $14) 44. h4 h6 45. Qe5 {Black must now prevent Bd5.} Qd2 46. Bf5 Qb4 47. Bd3 Qd2 48. Bf5 (48. Be2 $1 $16 {Threatens to win with Rc4.} Qe1 49. Qe3) 48... Qb4 $1 $14 49. Bd3 (49. Qd5 $14) 49... Qd2 $16 {[#]} 50. Be2 $1 {And now Rc4 would win.} Qe1 51. Qe3 Rf6 {[#]} 52. Qd4 $1 {[%cal Rd4f6]} Rf8 53. Bc4 Qb4 54. Qg4+ Rg7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (54... Kh8 $16) 55. e7+ {Precision: White = 64%, Black = 58%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Berkes, Ferenc"]
[Black "Harutyunian, Tigran K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,79,0,1,-8,-12,-6,-7,-23,0,0,0,0,0,-12,-6,-25,0,0,0,0,0,0,11,0,12,18,9,9,10,15,17,0,0,3,17,0,0,0,20,11,39,53,68,74,104,4,25,4,74,72,70,6,130,122,408,119,592,579,6183,6287,6195,6195,6083,5904,5904,5895,5875,5788,5010,3008,29993,577]} 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 Bb4 {LiveBook: 7 Games} (5... a6 6. Qb3 Ra7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxd5 exd5 9. Nf3 c6 10. Be2 Nd7 11. O-O Be7 12. Ne1 O-O {½-½ (32) Xiong,J (2633)-Xu,Y (2516) Bhubaneswar 2016}) 6. a3 {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines} Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 O-O 8. Bg5 {The position is equal.} c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Nbd7 12. Nf3 Qa5 {½-½ (73) Elgersma,S-Van der Knijff,G Rijswijk 2012}) 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. Ne2 Rac8 13. O-O {[%cal Bh1f1,Bf1d1,Bd1d4][%mdl 32]} Na5 14. Bxf5 Qxf5 15. Qb1 Qd7 (15... Qg4 {looks sharper.} 16. Nf4 Rfd8 17. dxc5 Rxc5 18. Rd1 b6) 16. a4 Rc6 17. dxc5 Rxc5 18. Rd1 Re8 19. h3 h6 20. Ra2 Qc6 21. Rd4 Re4 22. Kh2 Nc4 23. Nf4 Re8 24. Qd1 {[%cal Rf4d5]} Nd6 (24... Qd6 $5 {[%cal Rg7g5]} 25. g3 Re4 $14) 25. Rxd5 Rxd5 26. Nxd5 Re5 27. Nf4 (27. Nb4 $16 Qc5 28. Rd2) 27... Ne4 $1 $11 28. Qd4 Qxc3 (28... Qc7 $11) 29. Qxa7 $16 {Hoping for Qb8+.} Qc7 {White should prevent ...g5.} 30. Rb2 (30. a5 $1 $14 Re7 31. Qb6) 30... Nc5 (30... Re7 $11) 31. a5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} Qd6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (31... Kh7 $16) 32. Rb6 $2 (32. a6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512] and the rest is easy.}) 32... Qe7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (32... Qc7 $16 {is tougher.} 33. g3 (33. Qa8+ Kh7 $16) 33... Qc8) 33. a6 $1 $18 {[%cal Rb6b7][%mdl 512] Rxb7 is the strong threat.} bxa6 34. Rb8+ Kh7 35. Qa8 {[%csl Ga8][%cal Rb8h8]} g6 36. Rh8+ Kg7 37. Qg8+ Kf6 38. Rxh6 Qe8 {[#]} 39. Nd5+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kg5 {[#]} (39... Rxd5 40. Qxe8) 40. Rh5+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 50%, Black = 31%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Black "Kveinys, Aloyzas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 32,163,33,20,39,37,38,46,66,34,47,0,0,0,0,0,36,62,47,38,41,39,41,27,38,41,78,80,141,102,116,29,26,12,15,18,14,14,2,0,0,-56,76,76,76,76,76,76,78,79,72,60,79,72,64,64,58,0,63,15,66,27,21,18,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,14,8,87,87,87,87,87,87,87,87,87,87,87,87,87,0,87,87,87,30,30,0,87,87,87,87,87,87,442,442,381,79,559,512,511,490,1586,1607,1592,1456,1239,1142,29961,29960,6516,5106,1036,737,29982,29983,29983,533,29990,29991]} 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. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bd2 Bg7 17. a4 {LiveBook: 76 Games} exd4 {C95: Closed Ruy Lopez: Breyer Variation with 10 d4} (17... Nb6 18. Qc1 Kh7 19. b3 bxa4 20. bxa4 a5 21. dxe5 dxe5 22. Bb3 Qe7 23. Be3 Nfd7 24. h4 Ba6 25. h5 {1-0 (59) Yu,Y (2738)-Piorun,K (2651) Caleta 2017}) 18. cxd4 c5 19. Qc1 Kh7 {White is slightly better.} 20. d5 Nb6 21. b3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 21. h4 Nc4 22. Bc3 b4 23. b3 bxc3 24. bxc4 Nd7 25. e5 Nxe5 26. Nxe5 Bxe5 {0-1 (37) Pauw,M (2040)-Singer,C (2369) Bad Wiessee 2010}) 21... b4 $1 22. a5 Nc8 $1 23. Bf4 Nd7 24. Ra2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Qc7 25. Nf1 {[%cal Bg3f1,Bf1e3,Be3c4][%mdl 32]} Na7 26. Ne3 Nb5 {And now ...Nc3 would win.} 27. Nc4 Rad8 28. Bd3 Nf6 {Black wants to play ...Nc3.} 29. Rae2 $1 Nh5 (29... Qb8 $142) 30. Bh2 $1 $16 Bc3 {[#]} 31. Rf1 (31. e5 $1 $16 {[%cal Re5d6] Threatens to win with exd6.} Bxe1 32. exd6 Bxf2+ 33. Rxf2 Nxd6 34. g4) 31... Qe7 32. g4 Nf6 33. Bg3 Nd7 34. Kh2 Kg7 35. Bf4 Rh8 $1 36. Rg1 (36. Bg3 $11) 36... Qf6 {[#]} (36... f6 $1 $15 {stays ahead.}) 37. Bxh6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxh6 {[#]} 38. Qxh6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxh6 39. g5+ Kg7 40. gxf6+ Nxf6 41. Nb6 Rh8 42. Re3 Nh5 43. Rg4 Nf6 44. Rg1 Nh5 $1 45. Bc4 Nf4 ({Black should try} 45... Nd4 $11) 46. h4 Nd4 47. Rg4 Nh5 48. Kh3 Nxf3 49. Rxf3 Nf6 50. Rxf6 Kxf6 51. f4 Ke7 52. f5 Rh6 53. Bd3 Be5 54. Kg2 Bf6 55. Kg3 Kd8 56. fxg6 Be5+ (56... fxg6 $11 {remains equal.} 57. Nc4 Ke7) 57. Kf3 fxg6 58. Nc4 Bh2 59. Rg2 Rxh4 60. Rxg6 Kc7 61. Rg7+ Kb8 62. Rg8+ Kc7 63. Rg7+ Kb8 64. Bf1 Rh6 65. Rg8+ ({Better is} 65. Nb6 $16) 65... Kc7 $1 $11 66. Rg7+ (66. Be2 $11) 66... Kb8 $16 67. Nb6 Rh8 68. Nd7+ Ka8 69. Bc4 Rh4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (69... Bc8 $16) 70. Rg8+ $18 Ka7 71. Nb8 $2 (71. Re8 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.} Rh3+ 72. Kg2) 71... Rh7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (71... Be5 $16 {is a better chance.}) 72. Nc6+ Bxc6 73. dxc6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rc7 (73... d5 $142) 74. Bd5 Be5 75. Rd8 Bh2 76. Kg4 Be5 77. Kf5 Bh2 78. Ke6 Bg3 79. Rxd6 Bxd6 80. Kxd6 Kb8 81. e5 (81. Bc4 $142 Ra7 82. e5 Rg7 83. e6 Rh7 84. Bxa6 Rg7 85. e7 Rxe7 86. Kxe7) 81... Kc8 82. Be6+ {Precision: White = 66%, Black = 44%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khismatullin, Denis"]
[Black "Jojua, Davit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,82,20,35,34,45,33,47,44,46,46,47,-79,-88,-81,-98,-119,-111,-121,-115,-129,-99,-108,-60,-109,-100,-106,-106,-112,-104,-117,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,2,2,0,0,11,0,0,12,60,0,22,12,12,20,32,43,56,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bd6 {D31: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav without ...Nf6 (+ Marshall Gambit and Noteboom) and Exchange Variation lines without ...Nf6} (6... Bf5 7. g4 Be6 8. h4 Bxh4 9. Qb3 g5 10. Be5 f6 11. Bh2 Bxg4 12. Qxb7 Qe7 13. Qxe7+ Nxe7 14. Be2 Bxe2 15. Kxe2 Nd7 16. Nf3 {0-1 (47) Giri,A (2785)-So,W (2815) chess.com INT 2017}) 7. Qf3 Ne7 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 8. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} a5 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 8... Bxf4 9. Qxf4 Be6 10. h5 Nd7 11. Bd3 Qb8 12. Qg5 Kf8 13. g4 {1-0 (39) Shomoev,A (2570)-Balogh,C (2665) Moscow 2012}) 9. h5 h6 {[%cal Bh7h6,Bh6g5,Bg5g4][%mdl 32]} 10. g4 Na6 {[%cal Bb8a6,Ba6c7,Bc7e6][%mdl 32]} 11. Nh3 Nc7 12. g5 {[#]} (12. Qg3 $14 Bxf4 13. Nxf4) 12... Bxf4 $1 $17 13. Qxf4 Ne6 14. Qg3 hxg5 15. Bd3 Qc7 16. Qg2 g4 17. Ng1 c5 18. Nge2 {[#]} cxd4 $1 19. Nb5 Qb6 {Strongly threatening ...Nc5.} 20. Nexd4 Nxd4 21. Nxd4 Bd7 (21... Qxb2 $17 22. Rd1 Bd7) 22. O-O-O $1 $11 O-O-O 23. Kb1 Kb8 24. f3 f5 25. Be2 {[%cal Rf3g4]} Nc6 26. fxg4 Nxd4 27. Rxd4 Rhe8 28. Qg3+ Qc7 29. Rg1 fxg4 30. Bxg4 (30. Rxd5 $14 Qxg3 31. Rxg3) 30... Bc6 31. Qxc7+ Kxc7 32. Bf5 Re7 33. Rdg4 Bd7 34. Bxd7 ({Better is} 34. e4 $1 $14 Bxf5 35. exf5) 34... Rdxd7 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR. The position is equal.} 35. R1g3 Re5 36. Rg5 Kd6 37. Kc2 Rxg5 38. Rxg5 Re7 39. Kd3 b6 40. Rg6+ Kc5 41. Rg5 Kd6 {Precision: White = 67%, Black = 66%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Black "Dastan, Muhammed Batuhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,107,22,7,45,27,50,15,16,10,23,22,38,46,30,33,31,32,19,31,22,35,30,28,85,101,97,82,86,71,163,157,157,145,158,146,185,174,181,181,190,187,229,204,197,173,222,189,216,179,172,181,182,172,170,170,170,141,141,141,141,141,164,161,163,160,168,159,195,195,579,524,570,183,361,177,177,177,177,177,6809,6786,6747,6687,6694,4779,6471,6311,6289,6281,6281,6281]} 1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Qb3 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. d4 dxc4 8. Qxc4 Bf5 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Re1 Nb6 {D78: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0 c6} 11. Qb3 Ne4 12. Nh4 Be6 {The position is equal.} ({Avoid the trap} 12... Qxd4 $2 13. Be3 $18) 13. Qc2 {[#]} Nxc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Nd6 14. Rd1 Rc8 15. e4 f5 16. d5 cxd5 17. exd5 Bd7 18. Re1 {0-1 (26) Vaibhav,S (2530)-Yu,Y (2667) Sharjah 2014}) 14. bxc3 Bc4 15. Nf3 Rc8 16. Bh3 e6 17. Ba3 Re8 18. Nd2 Bb5 19. Rab1 Rb8 20. Bc5 Nc4 (20... Ba4 $11 21. Qc1 e5) 21. Nxc4 $16 Bxc4 22. Bxa7 Ra8 23. Rxb7 Qc8 (23... Bf8 $16) 24. Rb4 $18 Rxa7 25. Rxc4 Qa6 26. Qd3 Rb8 27. Bg2 Rb6 28. a4 Bf8 29. Ra1 Rc7 30. e3 Qa5 31. h4 Bd6 32. Bf3 Kg7 33. Rb1 Rxb1+ 34. Qxb1 c5 35. Qb5 Qxb5 36. axb5 {[#] Threatens to win with b6.} cxd4 37. Rxc7 Bxc7 38. cxd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} Kf6 39. Kf1 e5 40. dxe5+ Kxe5 41. Ke2 h6 42. Bc6 f5 43. Be8 g5 $2 (43... Kf6 {is tougher.} 44. Kd3 g5) 44. hxg5 hxg5 45. f4+ Kf6 $2 (45... gxf4 46. gxf4+ (46. exf4+ Kd6 $16) 46... Kd6) 46. fxg5+ (46. Bd7 $142 Bb6 47. Kd3) 46... Kxg5 47. Kf3 Kf6 48. Bc6 Ke5 $2 {[#]} (48... Kg5 49. Bd5 Kf6) 49. e4 $1 {White is clearly winning.} fxe4+ 50. Bxe4 Bb6 51. Bc6 Bc7 52. Kg4 Kf6 53. Kh4 Bd8 54. Kh5 {Precision: White = 77%, Black = 29%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Black "Petrosyan, Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 30,73,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,0,0,-11,-16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,44,46,83,83,85,85,212,216,215,197,185,206,417,429,894,852,1180,1146,29988,29989,29989,29990,29990,29991,29991,29992]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Qc2 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nge2 Nb6 11. O-O g6 {D36: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation: Main line (5 Bg5 c6 6 Qc2)} 12. Rab1 (12. Rae1 O-O 13. Nc1 Ng7 14. f3 Bf5 15. e4 Be6 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Nb3 Rac8 19. Qd2 {½-½ (38) Wang,H (2717)-Sargissian,G (2702) Huaian 2016}) 12... Ng7 13. b4 a6 14. Na4 Nxa4 15. Qxa4 O-O 16. Qc2 {LiveBook: 5 Games} Bf5 17. Nf4 Bxd3 18. Nxd3 Nf5 {[#]} 19. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19. Rfe1) 19... Nd6 20. a5 Kg7 21. Rbe1 Rae8 22. Nc5 Rd8 23. f3 {[%cal Bf2f3,Bf3e4,Be4e5,Be5e6,Be6e7][%mdl 32]} Rfe8 24. Qf2 Nf5 25. g4 Nd6 26. e4 $1 dxe4 27. fxe4 Qg5 (27... Nb5 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 28. h3 $18 Qe7 {[#]} 29. e5 $1 {[%cal Re5d6]} Nb5 30. e6 $1 {[%cal Re6f7]} f5 $2 (30... f6 {is a better defense.} 31. Nxb7 Rxd4) 31. gxf5 Qg5+ (31... gxf5 $142 32. Qxf5 Rd5) 32. Kh2 Qxf5 33. Qe3 Qh5 34. e7 {White mates.} Rd6 35. Ne6+ Rxe6 36. Qxe6 Qd5 37. Qf6+ {Precision: White = 92%, Black = 34%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lenic, Luka"]
[Black "Moskalenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,91,39,33,27,43,45,36,21,21,18,35,41,44,44,44,22,44,44,44,45,45,47,47,31,45,37,31,18,24,25,42,16,25,18,14,14,114,135,216,236,901,901,900,895,877,877,822,870,822,825,948,950,924,845,1033,978,1219,1213,1219,1212,1229,1135,29969,29970,6279,6278]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Bb7 7. e3 d6 8. Be2 a5 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Bb2 O-O 11. O-O Qe7 12. Rad1 {[%cal Ba1d1,Bd1d2,Bd2f2,Bf2f4][%mdl 32] E14: Queen's Indian: Classical Variation (4 e3)} (12. Qc2 c5 13. Rfd1 Rfd8 14. Qc3 Ne4 15. Qe1 h6 16. Nd2 Nef6 17. Nb1 cxd4 18. exd4 e5 19. Bf1 e4 {1-0 (64) Wojtaszek,R (2742)-Moiseenko,A (2698) Germany 2015}) 12... Ne4 13. Qc2 f5 14. d5 e5 {LiveBook: 9 Games} 15. Nd2 Nxd2 16. Rxd2 e4 17. f4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Rdd1 Ne5 18. Kh1 {½-½ (18) Koehler,R-Schuchardt,G Germany 1992}) 17... exf3 18. Rxf3 Nc5 19. Bd3 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Rae8 {[%cal Ba8e8,Be8e7,Be7e4][%mdl 32]} 21. Rdf2 {Threatens to win with Rg3.} Bc8 22. Rg3 Rf7 23. Rf4 Qf8 24. h3 Ree7 25. Bd4 Qe8 26. Qd1 {aiming for Qh5.} Re4 27. Qa1 {And now Rxe4 would win.} Qe7 28. b4 h6 29. bxa5 bxa5 30. Qd1 Rxf4 31. exf4 Qh4 {[#]} (31... Ba6 $11) 32. Qe1 $1 $16 {White threatens Rxg7+! and mate.} Kf8 (32... Qe7 $16 33. Qxa5 Bb7) 33. Qc3 $18 g5 $2 (33... Qe7 34. Qxa5 Kg8) 34. Bf2 Kg8 {[#]} 35. Rxg5+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} hxg5 36. Bxh4 gxh4 37. Qxa5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRB} Kh7 38. Qe1 Ba6 39. Qxh4+ Kg7 40. Qg3+ Kh6 41. Qc3 Kg6 42. c5 dxc5 43. Qxc5 Kh7 44. a4 Bd3 45. d6 cxd6 46. Qd5 {Precision: White = 79%, Black = 31%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Edouard, Romain"]
[Black "Iljiushenok, Ilia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,148,25,16,27,29,23,35,16,28,41,53,22,40,0,0,0,34,29,40,21,36,36,52,37,82,102,111,75,75,75,73,70,71,74,150,139,326,298,295,268,361,350,334,321,757,226,220,200,193,192,193,188,177,166,281,151,162,119,138,33,31,33,22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,46,46,46,46,46,46,46,46,46,46,47,47,46,0,8,0,46,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. a3 b5 8. Nxc6 dxc6 {LiveBook: 7 Games. B48: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 Be3 a6 without Be2} (8... Qxc6 9. Bd3 {½-½ (9) Khairullin,I (2647)-Bukavshin,I (2657) Khanty-Mansiysk 2015}) 9. Qg4 Nf6 10. Qg3 e5 {White has an edge.} 11. Be2 h5 12. f4 Be7 13. f5 $146 (13. fxe5 $5 {[%cal Rg3g7]} Ng4 14. Bxg4 hxg4 15. O-O-O $14) ({Predecessor:} 13. fxe5 Ng4 14. Bxg4 hxg4 15. O-O-O Be6 16. Ne2 {½-½ (65) Fluvia Poyatos,J (2474)-Farran Martos,F (2395) Mollet del Valles 2016}) 13... Bb7 14. Rd1 Kf8 15. O-O Re8 16. Qf2 c5 17. a4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} b4 18. Nd5 Bxd5 $1 19. exd5 Bd6 20. Bxa6 Ng4 21. Qe2 e4 22. h3 c4 23. Kh1 $1 (23. hxg4 $6 Bh2+ 24. Kh1 hxg4 $16) 23... Nxe3 24. Qxe3 Bc5 {[#]} ({Better is} 24... Qe7) 25. d6 $1 $16 {[%cal Rd6c7,Bd5d6,Bd6d7][%mdl 32]} Qb6 $2 (25... Bxe3 $2 26. dxc7 Bb6 27. c8=Q $18) (25... Qxd6 $16 {might work better.} 26. Rxd6 (26. Bxc4 Bxe3 27. Rxd6 Ke7 $16) 26... Bxe3) 26. Qf4 Qxa6 {[#]} 27. f6 $1 {[%cal Rf6g7] fxg7+ would kill now.} Rg8 28. d7 Rd8 29. Qe5 Qa7 $2 (29... Qc6 30. fxg7+ Rxg7) 30. Rf5 $2 (30. Rd6 {[%csl Gf6][%cal Re5e7]} gxf6 31. Rfxf6) 30... gxf6 $18 31. Qxc5+ Qxc5 32. Rxc5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} c3 33. bxc3 bxc3 34. Rd4 ({But not} 34. Rxc3 Ke7 $16) 34... Rg3 (34... e3 {was called for.}) 35. a5 (35. Rxe4 Rxd7 36. Rc8+ (36. Rxh5 Rd2 $14) 36... Kg7 $14) ({White should play} 35. Rxh5 $18 Re3 36. a5) 35... e3 $16 36. Rc8 Ke7 37. Re4+ (37. a6 $16 {White wants to mate with Rxd8.} Rxd7 38. Re4+ (38. Rxd7+ Kxd7 39. Rd8+ Kc7 $16) 38... Kd6 39. Kh2 (39. Rxc3 Ra7 $16)) 37... Kxd7 $14 38. Rxc3 Rdg8 39. Rd3+ (39. a6 {seems wilder.} e2 40. Rxg3 Rxg3 41. Rxe2 Ra3 42. Kh2) 39... Kc6 40. Rdxe3 Rxg2 {( -> ...Rg1+)} 41. Re2 Rxe2 42. Rxe2 $11 {KR-KR} Ra8 43. Rf2 Rxa5 44. Rxf6+ Kd7 45. Rxf7+ Kd6 46. Rf3 Ke5 47. Kg2 h4 48. Re3+ Kf4 49. Rc3 Ra4 50. Kf2 Rd4 51. Ke2 Rd8 52. Rf3+ Ke4 53. Rf7 Rg8 54. Rh7 Rg2+ 55. Kd1 Kd4 $1 56. Rxh4+ Kc3 57. Rh8 Rd2+ $1 58. Ke1 {Intending Rc8+ and mate.} Rh2 $1 59. Kf1 {Kg1 is the strong threat.} Kd4 $1 60. Rh4+ (60. c3+ $5 Kxc3 61. Kg1 $16) 60... Kc3 61. Rh8 Kd4 $1 62. Rh4+ (62. c3+ $5 Kxc3 63. Kg1 $16) 62... Kc3 {The position is equal.} 63. Ra4 Rxc2 64. h4 {[%cal Bh3h4,Bh4h5,Bh5h6,Bh6h7][%mdl 32] And now Kg1 would win.} (64. Kg1 $5 {[%cal Rh3h4]}) 64... Kd3 $1 65. h5 Ke3 66. Kg1 {Strongly threatening h6.} Kf3 67. h6 {Black must now prevent h7.} Kg3 {[%cal Rc2c1]} 68. Ra3+ Kg4 69. h7 Rc8 70. Ra7 {Hoping for Rg7+.} Rh8 71. Kg2 Kg5 72. Kg3 Kg6 73. Kg4 Rxh7 74. Rxh7 Kxh7 {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 68%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanisevic, Ivan"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,112,-5,0,-18,0,-20,30,9,20,0,0,0,0,0,39,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,-10,0,0,0,0,0,-5,0,-6,-6,-35,-29,-35,-35,-34,-16,-68,-62,-108,-108,-108,-103,-97,-111,-107,-109,-104,-82,-98,-96,-113,-112,-125,-127,-131,-118,-166,-162,-218,-223,-221,-216,-357,-355,-350,-343,-331,-272,-314,-268,-256,0,-304,-303,-259,-166,-239,-241,-248,-255,-249,-243,-249,-261,-526,-529,-11204,-11193]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. O-O Nc5 9. Re1 Be7 10. f4 O-O 11. e5 {B86: Sicilian Scheveningen/Najdorf: 6 Bc4, without early ...b5} Ne8 12. Be3 {[%cal Bc1e3,Be3f2,Bf2g3,Bg3e5][%mdl 32]} Bd7 13. Bf2 $146 {White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 13. Qh5 g6 14. Qh3 Ng7 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. Bf2 f6 17. Bg3 Nxb3 18. axb3 dxe5 19. fxe5 {0-1 (32) Nattermueller,I-Maksimenko,A (2502) Senden 2001}) 13... Rc8 14. Ne4 (14. Qf3 {feels hotter.} g6 15. Ne4 Nxb3 16. Qxb3 b5 17. a3) 14... Nxb3 15. axb3 dxe5 16. fxe5 f6 17. exf6 Nxf6 18. Bg3 Qb6 19. c3 Nxe4 20. Rxe4 Bf6 21. Be5 Bc6 22. Re3 Bd5 23. b4 Bxe5 24. Rxe5 Rf4 25. Qd2 Rcf8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 26. Rae1 Bc4 {( -> ...Rf1+)} 27. h3 Rf1+ 28. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 29. Kh2 Qc7 30. Qe3 $1 Bd5 31. Qg3 (31. b5 $11) 31... Rb1 $1 $15 32. Re3 Qxg3+ 33. Kxg3 Rxb2 34. Nxe6 Rxg2+ $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 35. Kf4 Kf7 36. Nc5 Rf2+ 37. Kg3 Rf5 38. Rd3 Kf6 39. Re3 Bc6 40. Ne4+ Kg6 41. Nd6 Rd5 42. Nc8 (42. Nc4 $142) 42... Kf6 $19 43. Nb6 Rg5+ 44. Kh4 (44. Kf2 $142) 44... Rg2 45. Nc4 Kf5 46. Rd3 Rg1 47. Nd6+ Ke6 48. Nc4 Kf5 49. Nd6+ Kf6 50. Re3 Rd1 51. Nc4 (51. Ne8+ {keeps fighting.} Kf7 52. Nc7) 51... Rd5 52. Na5 {[#]} Re5 $1 {[%cal Re5e3]} 53. Rd3 Bd5 54. c4 {[#]} Bxc4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 55. Rd6+ $2 (55. Nxc4 Re4+ 56. Kg3 Rxc4 57. Rd6+ Ke5 58. Rb6) 55... Be6 {And now ...Re3 would win.} 56. Nxb7 Re3 {Precision: White = 48%, Black = 80%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Black "Basso, Pier Luigi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,63,46,41,42,14,21,8,40,41,44,22,15,22,25,25,37,6,67,41,106,99,110,121,118,112,111,112,119,127,197,189,189,189,574,558,561,558,1727,1681,1423,859,6317,6303,29992,29993,29996,29993]} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nb5 (5. Nf3 c6 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nc4 Qc7 8. a4 Nd5 9. Bd3 g6 10. Qf3 N7f6 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. O-O Bg7 13. c3 O-O 14. Qg3 Qxg3 15. hxg3 {½-½ (28) Caruana,F (2808)-Carlsen,M (2857) Baku 2016}) 5... Qd8 6. c4 {B01: Scandinavian Defence} c6 7. Nc3 g6 8. h3 Bg7 9. Nf3 O-O 10. Be2 {LiveBook: 3 Games} c5 11. Be3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bd7 (12... e5 $5 {[%cal Re5d4]} 13. Ndb5 Nc6 $14) 13. O-O Nc6 14. Rc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Qd2 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Bc6 16. Qe3 Nd7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 {½-½ (23) Fuksik,J (2191)-Zapletal,J (2179) Moravia 2002}) 14... Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Bc6 16. b4 b6 17. c5 {With the idea b5.} Bb7 ({Black should play} 17... Bh6 $11) 18. Be3 Qb8 ({Better is} 18... bxc5 $14 19. bxc5 (19. Bxc5 Nd7 $11) 19... Qa5) 19. Bf3 $16 {Threatens to win with c6.} ({Reject} 19. cxb6 $6 axb6 20. Bf3 e6 $11) 19... Rc8 {[#]} 20. Bf4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} e5 (20... Qxf4 21. Bxb7) 21. Bxb7 Qxb7 22. Bxe5 bxc5 23. bxc5 Rxc5 {[#]} (23... Qc6 $16) 24. Bxf6 $1 $18 Bxf6 {[#]} 25. Ne4 $1 {[%cal Re4f6][%mdl 512]} Rxc1 $2 (25... Qxe4 {is a better chance.} 26. Rxc5 Rd8) 26. Nxf6+ Kg7 27. Qxc1 Kxf6 28. Qc3+ Kg5 29. Qg7 {Intending f4+ and mate.} Qd5 30. Re1 {White threatens f4+! and mate.} f6 {[#]} 31. f4+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kh4 (31... Kxf4 32. Qxf6+) 32. Qxf6+ {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 28%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Oleksiyenko, Mykhaylo"]
[Black "Sviridov, Valery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,122,29,34,14,30,38,51,43,51,4,96,90,81,59,101,76,90,82,70,70,73,79,95,55,62,56,10,0,0,0,-11,-126,-135,-276,-289,-277,-296,-290,-198,-450,-445,-546,-517,-641,-706,-805,-805,-798,-559,-584,-598,-585,-565,-660,-660,-599,-427,-387,-302,-302,-302,-302,-302,-585,-571,-593,-581,-547,-486,-514,-501,-501,-302,-565,-532,-675,-669,-667,-655,-775,-780,-779,-771,-2262,-2156,-29984,-29985,-29992,-29993,-29993,-29994,-29994,-29987,-29987,-29988,-29990,-29989,-29988,-29987,-29986,-29985]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 a6 4. Be3 b5 5. Qd2 Bb7 6. f3 d6 7. h4 h5 8. Nh3 Nd7 9. O-O-O {B06: Modern Defence} (9. Ng5 Ngf6 10. O-O-O O-O 11. g4 c5 12. gxh5 Nxh5 13. Bh3 cxd4 14. Bxd4 Ne5 15. Qf2 Nf4 16. Kb1 Nc4 17. Nd5 Nxh3 18. Rxh3 {0-1 (38) Rasmussen,A (2547)-Chatalbashev,B (2546) Ballerup 2017}) 9... c5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Ng5 Rc8 12. Bd4 Nf6 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 Qc7 15. Kb1 $1 Qb7 $146 16. Qe1 $1 O-O {[#]} (16... b4 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 17. g4 $1 $16 hxg4 18. Bg2 g3 ({Don't blunder} 18... Nxd5 $2 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. fxg4 $18) 19. h5 Nxh5 {[#]} 20. Rxh5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} gxh5 21. Bxg7 $1 Kxg7 22. Qxg3 {White wants to mate with Ne6+.} Rg8 23. Bh3 {[%mdl 1024] And now Rg1 would win. White has strong compensation.} f6 $1 {[%cal Rf6g5]} 24. Ne6+ $1 Kf7 $1 25. Qh2 {Hoping for Nxc5.} ({Stronger than} 25. Nxc5 Qxd5 26. Qe1 Qxc5 $17) 25... Rh8 $1 26. Bf5 Nxe6 $1 27. dxe6+ (27. Bxe6+ $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.} Ke8 28. Qg1) 27... Kf8 $17 28. Be4 (28. Qg2 $17 {was forced.} Rg8 29. Qh1) 28... Qb6 $19 29. Rg1 {[#]} Qe3 $1 ({Don't go for} 29... Rg8 $2 30. Rxg8+ Kxg8 31. Qg2+ Kh8 32. Qg6 $18) 30. Qg2 Qh6 31. Qf2 $2 (31. f4) 31... h4 {[%cal Bh5h4,Bh4h3,Bh3h2][%mdl 32]} 32. Qa7 h3 {Strongly threatening ...h2.} 33. Qb7 {[%cal Rb7c8]} Re8 34. f4 h2 {[%cal Rh2g1]} 35. Rh1 Qg7 {( -> ...Qg1+)} 36. a3 Qg1+ 37. Ka2 Qg4 38. f5 Rh4 39. Bd3 Qf4 40. Qg2 {White threatens Qg6 and mate.} Qh6 41. b4 Rd8 42. Kb3 d5 43. Qf2 $2 (43. Kb2 {was called for.}) 43... Rc8 44. Qg2 Qg5 45. Qf2 Rh3 46. Kb2 Qh4 47. Qg2 Qh5 48. Qxd5 $2 (48. Ka2) 48... Qg4 49. Qd7 Re8 50. Qd5 Qg1 51. Bf1 Rg3 {aiming for ...Qe3.} 52. Bd3 Qf2 53. Be4 Rg1 54. Qd3 Qe1 {Black mates.} 55. Qh3 Qb1+ 56. Kc3 Rc8+ 57. Kd4 Qb2+ 58. Ke3 Qc1+ 59. Kf3 Qd1+ 60. Ke3 Qe1+ 61. Kf3 {[#]} Rg3+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 37%, Black = 77%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lupulescu, Constantin"]
[Black "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,86,-25,-27,-31,-33,-83,-87,-98,13,-27,22,-33,-19,-86,0,0,1,0,38,-238,-239,-237,-234,-245,-231,-224,-238,-240,-176,-182,-168,-381,-355,-448,-434,-475,-474,-502,-494,-527,-527,-609,-617,-680,-411,-412,-392,-383,-395,-383,-396,-392,-369,-605,-599,-589,-573,-733,-739,-698,-702,-750,-755]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 e6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. Bd3 b6 9. e4 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} (9. Ne5 Bb7 10. O-O Qc7 11. f4 Ne7 12. Qb1 Qc8 13. Bh4 Nf5 14. Bxf5 exf5 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Nef3 Qe6 17. Re1 Ba6 18. Nh4 cxd4 19. exd4 {1-0 (28) Korobov,A (2692)-Dominguez Perez,L (2739) Doha 2016}) 9... Be7 10. e5 Nh5 11. Ng5 Bxg5 12. Qxh5 g6 13. Qe2 cxd4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 14. h4 $1 {[%cal Rh4g5] [#]} Be7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Bxd2+ 15. Qxd2 dxc3 16. bxc3 d4 {1-0 (36) Van Foreest,J (2615)-Svane,R (2552) Germany 2016}) 15. Nf3 dxc3 16. bxc3 a5 ({Better is} 16... d4 $17 17. Be4 Bb7) 17. Rd1 Ra7 18. Bb5 (18. h5 $11) 18... Bd7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 19. Kf1 (19. h5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 19... Bc5 (19... Nb8 $17 {And now ...Rc7 would win.} 20. c4 Bxb5 21. cxb5 Rc7) 20. h5 $11 g5 21. h6 Kh8 22. Nxg5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (22. c4 $14 {stays ahead.}) 22... Qxg5 $19 23. Bxc6 Bxc6 24. Bh4 {[#]} Qf5 $1 25. Bf6+ Kg8 {[%cal Bh8g8,Bg8f8,Bf8e8,Be8d7,Bd7c6][%mdl 32]} 26. Rh3 Rfa8 {Strongly threatening ...Ba4.} 27. Rf3 {[#]} Qe4 $1 28. Qd2 $2 (28. Qxe4 dxe4 29. Rg3+ Kf8 30. Rg7) 28... Kf8 29. Re1 Qg4 30. Rf4 Qh5 31. Qd3 Qxh6 32. Rh4 Qg6 33. Qh3 Ke8 34. Rxh7 Kd7 35. Rg7 Bb5+ 36. Kg1 Qf5 37. Qxf5 exf5 38. e6+ Kc6 39. e7 $2 (39. exf7 Bc4 40. a4) 39... Re8 {Black is clearly winning.} 40. Rxf7 Bc4 41. Bg5 Bxa2 42. Rf6+ Kb5 43. Rxf5 a4 {Precision: White = 33%, Black = 60%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Demchenko, Anton"]
[Black "Kovalenko, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,55,3,33,18,68,64,76,68,95,100,100,68,99,83,160,183,188,160,164,143,180,122,133,132,125,136,120,114,564,566,569,569,548,548,29980,29982,29982,29983,29997,29998]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. a3 d6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Be2 O-O 9. Qd2 a6 10. O-O-O {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} Na5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Nxd4 11. Qxd4 e5 12. Qd2 b5 13. Bg5 Ne8 14. f4 Bxg5 15. fxg5 Bb7 16. h4 Rc8 17. Rh3 Qb6 {½-½ (31) Vallejo Pons,F (2684)-Fier,A (2624) Bilbao 2015}) 11. Kb1 Qc7 {[#]} 12. g4 $1 {White is better.} Nc4 13. Bxc4 $1 Qxc4 14. Rhg1 d5 15. exd5 Rd8 {[#]} (15... Nxd5 $142 16. Nxd5 exd5) 16. Bg5 $1 $16 exd5 17. Rge1 Be6 {and if ...Ne4 works, Black does fine.} 18. f3 (18. Nxe6 $6 fxe6 19. Qe2 (19. Rxe6 Ne4 $11) 19... Qxe2 $14) 18... Rac8 19. Nf5 (19. Nxe6 $18 fxe6 20. Rxe6 Bxa3 21. Rxf6 (21. bxa3 Qxc3 22. Qxc3 Rxc3 $16) 21... Bxb2 22. Rf4 (22. Kxb2 Qb4+ 23. Kc1 Qa3+ 24. Kb1 Qb4+ 25. Kc1 Qa3+ 26. Kb1 Qb4+ 27. Kc1 $11) 22... Qxc3 23. Qxc3 (23. Bxd8 Rxd8 24. Qxc3 Bxc3 $18) 23... Bxc3 24. Bxd8 Rxd8 25. Rc4) 19... Bxa3 20. Bxf6 $1 gxf6 21. Qh6 {[%csl Gf5][%cal Rh6g7]} Bf8 22. Qxf6 $40 {[%mdl 128] Threatens to win with Re5. White goes for the king.} Qc7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (22... d4 $16) 23. Re5 $18 {[%cal Be1e5,Be5e8,Be8f8][%mdl 32] Threatening mate with Ne7+!} h6 24. Nxh6+ Bxh6 25. Rde1 ({Don't go for} 25. Rxe6 $2 Bg7 $19) 25... Bf5 26. gxf5 {White mates.} Rd6 27. Re8+ Bf8 {[#]} 28. Rxf8+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 97%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"]
[Black "Danin, Alexandre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "167"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,167,14,-6,58,0,6,-6,-11,-23,-4,-4,-6,-7,0,-7,-1,0,41,29,33,37,36,35,27,28,39,29,46,34,29,31,29,38,72,75,87,79,104,110,76,67,69,77,81,80,117,110,106,68,59,69,101,0,0,0,0,-2,0,-10,11,20,12,25,325,-9,325,325,325,132,132,132,132,132,132,132,287,285,236,249,608,606,594,594,578,578,578,578,619,581,699,545,490,336,301,244,714,710,690,668,639,562,735,693,701,614,5712,5293,706,301,12839,12839,12839,12840,12840,12841,12843,12843,12844,12831,12838,12838,12844,12843,12844,12844,12845,12843,29986,29987,29988,29985,29989,29990,29996,12843,12843,12839,12844,12843,12843,12843,12844,12844,12845,12845,12845,12846,12846,12847,12847,12847,12848,12848,12850,12850,12851,29983]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Bg5 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} Qd6 7. Nbd2 {LiveBook: 11 Games} Ng4 (7... Be6 $11) 8. Bh4 (8. O-O $14) 8... f6 $11 9. Bg3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Nc4 Qe6 10. Nfd2 O-O 11. f3 Ne3 12. Nxe3 Bxe3 13. Nc4 Bc5 {½-½ (45) Yu,Y (2626)-Ni,H (2673) Danzhou 2012}) 9... Be6 10. Qe2 Qd7 11. Nb3 Bb6 12. Nfd2 Nh6 13. a4 {Strongly threatening a5.} a6 14. a5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Ba7 (14... Bd4 $5) 15. f3 c5 16. Bf2 Qc6 17. O-O Nf7 18. Be3 c4 19. Nxc4 Bxc4 20. dxc4 Bxe3+ 21. Qxe3 Qxc4 22. Nc5 O-O 23. Nxb7 Rfb8 24. b3 $1 {[%cal Rb3c4]} Qc6 25. Nc5 Rb5 26. Nd3 Qxc2 27. b4 $1 Rd8 {[#]} 28. Ra3 $1 Qc6 29. Rc1 Qd6 30. Rc5 Rxc5 31. Qxc5 Qd7 32. b5 (32. Qc4 $16) 32... Qxb5 33. Qxb5 axb5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 34. a6 Nd6 35. Nb4 ({But not} 35. a7 Ra8 $17) 35... c5 36. Nc6 Ra8 {White must now prevent ...b4.} 37. Rd3 $1 {[%cal Rd3d6]} Nc8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (37... Rxa6 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 38. Rxd6 Kf8) 38. Rd8+ $18 Kf7 {[#]} 39. a7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxa7 {[#] aiming for ...Rxd8.} 40. Rxa8 (40. Nxe5+ $1 $18 {[%mdl 512] is the precise move to win.} fxe5 41. Rxa8) 40... Nxc6 {KR-KN} 41. Rc8 Nd4 42. Rxc5 b4 43. Rc7+ Kg6 $2 (43... Ke6 $16 {is a better defense.}) 44. Rb7 b3 45. Kf2 h5 $2 (45... Kh6 46. h4 Kg6) 46. h4 Kh6 47. Rb6 Kg6 48. Ke3 Kf7 49. Rb7+ Kg6 50. Kd3 Ne6 51. Kd2 Nd4 52. Rd7 Kh6 53. Rd6 Nb5 $2 (53... Kg6 54. f4 Nc2) 54. Rb6 Nd4 55. Kc3 Ne2+ 56. Kxb3 Nf4 57. g3 Ne2 58. Kc4 Nd4 59. f4 Nf3 60. f5 (60. Kd5 $142 exf4 61. Rb3) 60... Nd2+ $2 (60... Kh7 61. Kc3 Nd4) 61. Kd5 Kh7 62. Rb2 Nf1 63. Rb3 Kg8 64. Ke6 Nd2 65. Rb8+ Kh7 66. Rb4 Kg8 67. Ke7 Nf1 68. Rb3 Nd2 69. Re3 Nf1 70. Rd3 Nh2 71. Rd8+ Kh7 72. Kf8 g6 73. Kf7 (73. Rd7+ $142 Kh6 74. Kg8 gxf5 75. exf5 Ng4 76. Rh7#) 73... gxf5 {White is clearly winning.} 74. Kxf6 fxe4 75. Rd7+ Kh6 76. Kxe5 e3 77. Kf4 Ng4 78. Rd6+ Kg7 79. Kf3 Ne5+ 80. Ke2 Ng4 81. Rd5 Kg6 82. Rg5+ Kh6 {[#]} 83. Rxg4 $1 {[%mdl 512] Rg5 would kill now.} hxg4 84. Kxe3 {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 35%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Black "Minko, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,77,43,45,44,35,16,42,41,61,44,144,144,145,154,185,188,182,175,197,204,228,209,264,233,494,489,492,468,631,628,527,186,186,192,271,251,242,183,181,190,214,213,269,257,256,261,254,262,237,188,206,202,189,177,193,195]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. O-O-O Bb4 9. f3 Ne7 {B48: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 Be3 a6 without Be2} 10. Nde2 b5 11. Bf4 e5 12. Bg5 h5 {LiveBook: 16 Games} 13. h4 Bb7 14. Qd3 Rc8 15. Kb1 {[#]} Ba5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Bxc3 16. Qxc3 d5 17. Qxc7 Rxc7 {½-½ (147) Jakovenko,D (2731)-Goganov,A (2552) Legnica 2013}) 16. a3 (16. Bxf6 {looks sharper.} gxf6 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Kf8 19. a3) 16... d5 (16... Qc4 $14) 17. Bxf6 $1 $16 ({Worse is} 17. exd5 Nfxd5 18. Ne4 f5 $17) 17... dxe4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. fxe4 gxf6 20. Ng3 Ng6 21. Qb3 Kf8 22. Nf5 Nf4 23. a4 Rb8 $2 (23... bxa4 24. Qxa4 Rb8) 24. axb5 $18 axb5 25. Bxb5 Qc5 26. Rd7 {[%csl Gd7][%cal Rb3f7] [#]} Ne6 27. Rd5 $2 (27. Nd6 Rh7 {[#]} 28. Rxf7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxf7 29. Qxe6) 27... Qb4 28. Bc4 Rc8 (28... Qxb3 $142 29. cxb3 (29. Bxb3 Bb4 $16) 29... Bb4) 29. Qxb4+ Bxb4 30. Bb3 Rg8 31. g3 Rg4 32. c3 Bc5 33. Re1 Bf2 34. Rf1 Bc5 35. Rd7 {Black must now prevent Nh6.} Rxe4 36. Bxe6 {White is clearly better.} fxe6 37. Nd6 Bxd6 38. Rxf6+ ({Weaker is} 38. Rxd6 Kf7 $15) 38... Kg8 39. Rxd6 {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Maze, Sebastien"]
[Black "Khegay, Dmitriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,109,-20,-39,-15,-15,-5,-16,-9,-18,-20,-20,-11,-22,0,0,0,0,-3,-12,23,13,38,23,22,16,67,69,45,15,52,55,73,56,115,117,154,150,140,138,194,200,208,195,291,265,258,237,294,286,245,239,267,270,271,261,265,244,321,308,437,393,389,354,418,391,663,437,870,771,645,620,460,438,450,423,480,498,739,728,816,820,736,731,1433,1270,1556,1503,3215,3010,2502,2245]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4 Nc6 8. Re1 Qc7 9. Nf1 dxe4 10. dxe4 Rd8 {C00: French: Unusual White 2nd moves} 11. Bd2 {LiveBook: 4 Games} (11. Qe2 b6 12. c3 a5 13. e5 Nd5 14. Qe4 h6 15. Ne3 Nxe3 16. Bxe3 Bb7 17. Qg4 Kh8 18. Qh5 Bf8 19. Bf4 {½-½ (111) Neiksans,A (2627)-Skoberne,J (2542) chess.com INT 2017}) 11... e5 12. c3 h6 {The position is equal.} 13. Qc2 Be6 14. Ne3 c4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Rd7 15. b3 Ng4 16. Nf5 c4 17. h3 Nf6 18. Bf1 cxb3 19. axb3 Bc5 20. Be3 Bf8 21. g4 Nb4 {½-½ (21) Fege,J (1567)-Hofmann,T (1649) Magdeburg 2014}) 15. Rad1 Bc5 16. Bc1 Ng4 17. Nxg4 Bxg4 18. Rd5 Bd6 19. Qe2 Be6 20. Qxc4 Bxd5 21. exd5 Nd4 22. Nd2 Qxc4 (22... Nf5 $1 $11) 23. Nxc4 $14 Nf5 24. Bh3 Ne7 25. Nxd6 Rxd6 26. c4 Ng6 (26... Ra6 $1 $14) 27. b3 $16 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Rad8 28. a4 a5 29. Ba3 Rf6 (29... Rb6 $16) 30. Bg2 $18 b6 31. h4 Re8 (31... h5 $142 32. Bb2 Kf8) 32. Bb2 Rd6 {[#]} 33. f4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} e4 (33... exf4 34. Rxe8+) 34. Rxe4 Rxe4 35. Bxe4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KB} Nf8 36. Be5 Rd7 37. Bf5 Ra7 38. Bd4 Rb7 39. h5 f6 (39... g6 {is a better defense.}) 40. Kf2 Kf7 41. g4 Ke8 42. Kf3 Kf7 $2 {[#]} (42... Nd7 43. Bxd7+ Kxd7) 43. Ke4 {White is clearly winning.} Re7+ (43... Ke7 $142 44. g5 Rb8) 44. Kd3 Rb7 45. Kc3 g6 46. hxg6+ Nxg6 47. Be3 Nh4 48. Be6+ Ke8 (48... Ke7 $142 49. f5 Nf3 50. Bxh6 Ng5) 49. b4 axb4+ 50. Kxb4 Ng2 51. Bd2 Rc7 52. f5 Rg7 53. d6 {[%cal Bd5d6,Bd6d7][%mdl 32]} Rxg4 54. d7+ Ke7 55. Bc3 {Precision: White = 89%, Black = 36%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Saric, Ivan"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,87,44,41,46,25,29,18,17,18,23,20,27,29,27,18,21,5,22,30,51,37,41,47,34,37,43,27,45,22,33,15,18,18,6,-7,-8,-38,-35,-37,-33,-31,-25,-37,-36,-38,-6,-9,0,0,0,-16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Qe2 Nf6 {C45: Scotch Game} 8. Be3 Be6 9. O-O-O Qe7 10. g3 {LiveBook: 18 Games} Nd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... O-O-O 11. Bg2 Kb8 12. Bxb6 axb6 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14. Rxd4 g5 {½-½ (28) Caruana,F (2796)-Malakhov,V (2707) Tromsoe 2013}) 11. Bg2 O-O-O 12. Rhe1 Rhe8 13. Kb1 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Nb6 15. Nd4 Bd7 16. Ndb5 Kb8 17. b3 Qe5 18. f4 Qc5 19. Qxc5 dxc5 20. e5 a6 21. Na3 Nd4 22. Ne4 Bc6 23. Bh1 Ne6 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. f5 Nd4 26. g4 Re8 27. c3 Nb5 28. Nxb5 axb5 29. f6 Bxe4+ $1 30. Bxe4 gxf6 31. Bxh7 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rh8 32. Bf5 {The position is equal.} Rxh2 33. exf6 {Re8+ is the strong threat.} Nd5 $1 {[%cal Rd5c3]} 34. Re8+ Ka7 35. Rf8 Nxf6 36. Rxf7 Nd5 37. c4 Nc3+ 38. Kc1 Re2 39. a3 Na2+ 40. Kd1 Nc3+ 41. Kc1 b4 42. axb4 Na2+ 43. Kd1 Nc3+ 44. Kc1 {Precision: White = 73%, Black = 61%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Banusz, Tamas"]
[Black "Rodshtein, Maxim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,104,2,10,8,20,15,10,9,6,5,10,10,21,18,29,18,32,22,19,-4,-5,-9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,22,0,0,0,0,0,0,-12,-8,-8,-10,-13,-12,-12,-15,-11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-36,-37,-68,-57,-50,0,0,0,-34,-37,-44,-44,-46,-56,-79,-78,-141,-39,-43,-15,-50,-35,-62,-60,-218,-218,-679,-679,-873,-833,-29987,-29988]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bf4 d5 7. e3 {A33: Symmetrical English: 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 e6 5 Nc3 Nc6} Bb4 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Qa4 {The position is equal.} Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Bd3 (11. Be2 Ne4 12. Rc1 Qe7 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Qb4 Qf6 {½-½ (30) Gelfand,B (2721)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2796) Caleta 2017}) 11... a5 12. c5 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Rxa6 14. Qd4 Ne8 {[%cal Bf6e8,Be8c7,Bc7d5][%mdl 32]} 15. Rb1 $146 f6 16. Qd3 Ra7 17. Rb6 e5 18. Bg3 Qd7 19. O-O Nc7 20. c4 Qe6 21. Rc1 Re8 22. Qc2 a4 23. cxd5 Nxd5 24. Rbb1 Nc7 25. Rd1 {Black should prevent Rd6.} Nb5 {[#] ...Na3 is the strong threat.} 26. Rbc1 a3 27. Rd2 Rd7 28. Rxd7 Qxd7 29. Rd1 $1 {[%cal Rd1d7]} Qe6 30. h4 g6 {[%cal Bg7g6,Bg6g5][%mdl 32]} 31. Rd2 Kg7 32. Kh2 Re7 33. Qd3 h6 34. e4 g5 35. f3 Kh7 36. Bf2 g4 37. Be3 Rg7 38. Qd8 gxf3 39. gxf3 Qf7 (39... Nd4 $5 40. Bxd4 Rd7 $11) 40. Qc8 $1 Qh5 41. Qf5+ (41. Rg2 {is interesting.} Qxh4+ 42. Kg1 Qe1+ 43. Kh2 Rxg2+ 44. Kxg2 Qe2+ 45. Kg3) 41... Qxf5 42. exf5 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} h5 43. Rd3 Ra7 44. Rd8 Nc3 45. Bd2 {[#]} (45. Rd6 $142) 45... Nxa2 (45... Nd5 $1 $17 {White must now prevent ...Rb7.} 46. Rd6 Rb7) 46. Rd6 Rb7 {Hoping for ...Nc1!} 47. Rd3 Rb2 (47... Nb4 $5 {[%cal Rb4d3]} 48. Rxa3 Nc2 $17) 48. Kg3 Rc2 49. Rd7+ $2 (49. Kh3 $1 $15) 49... Kg8 $19 50. Bg5 $2 (50. Rd8+ Kf7 51. Rd3) 50... Nc3 51. Bxf6 a2 {( -> ...Ne2+)} 52. Bg5 Ne2+ {Precision: White = 52%, Black = 68%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,144,9,8,19,-14,0,-18,-11,-20,-8,-18,-20,-12,18,0,9,14,8,0,6,16,22,0,0,0,3,7,13,8,18,10,10,9,7,7,7,8,6,6,13,0,12,12,12,12,12,0,12,12,18,12,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,-43,-43,-43,0,0,0,-31,-35,-35,-35,-35,-37,-39,-36,-45,-31,-34,-25,-25,-25,-25,-25,-27,0,0,0,0,0,-52,0,-20,0,-30,0,-28,0,-72,-80,-89,-46,-54,-66,-192,-175,-201,-195,-287,-192,-177,-177,-200,-199,-279,-252,-309,-306,-306,-307,-306,-308,-333,-323,-305,-308,-447,-446,-483,-456,-455,-426,-456,-454]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nf6 5. h3 Bh5 6. d3 Nbd7 7. c4 dxc4 {A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems} 8. dxc4 e6 9. Nc3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Be7 {The position is equal.} 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Qc1 $146 (11. Bf4 $5 {[%cal Rf4c7]} e5 12. Be3 $11) ({Predecessor:} 11. Qc2 O-O 12. Rad1 Rfd8 13. Qc1 Bxf3 14. exf3 Bc5 {0-1 (40) Bosiocic,M (2591)-Tomashevsky,E (2716) Doha 2016}) 11... O-O 12. Rd1 Rfd8 13. b3 h6 14. Qb2 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Bc5 16. Bxc5 Nxc5 17. Qa3 Qe5 18. b4 Ncd7 19. b5 cxb5 20. cxb5 Qc5 21. Qb2 Qc7 (21... Rac8 $5 {[%cal Rc5c3]} 22. Rac1 Qb6 $11) 22. Rac1 Nc5 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Qa3 b6 25. Na4 {[%cal Ra4c5]} Nfd7 26. Rd1 Nxa4 27. Qxa4 Rc8 28. Kg2 Nc5 29. Qd4 Nb7 30. Qd7 Nc5 31. Qd4 Nb7 32. Qh4 Nc5 33. a4 a6 34. Bc6 a5 35. e3 Kf8 36. Qd4 Qe7 37. f4 Qf6 38. Qd6+ Qe7 39. Qd4 Qf6 40. Qd6+ Kg8 41. Qd4 $1 Qxd4 42. Rxd4 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Kf8 43. Kf3 Ke7 44. Ke2 Rd8 45. Rc4 f6 46. Be4 g5 47. Bc2 e5 48. Bf5 Rd5 49. fxg5 fxg5 50. h4 Kf6 51. Bc2 (51. Bb1 $11) 51... Rd8 ({Better is} 51... Rd7 $15) 52. Bb1 Rd6 53. Bc2 Rd8 54. Bb1 gxh4 55. gxh4 {[#]} (55. Rxh4 $11 Kg5 56. Bc2) 55... Rg8 $1 $17 56. Kf2 Rg7 57. Bc2 Ke6 58. Bb1 (58. h5 $15) 58... Kd5 $19 59. Rc1 Rg4 60. e4+ (60. Rd1+ {was necessary.} Ke6 61. Rd8) 60... Ke6 ({Don't play} 60... Nxe4+ 61. Bxe4+ Rxe4 62. h5 $19) 61. h5 Rg5 ({Not} 61... Nxa4 62. Rc6+ Ke7 63. Bc2 $11) 62. Ba2+ Ke7 63. Bc4 (63. Kf3 {might work better.}) 63... Rxh5 64. Kf3 Nxa4 65. Bd5 Nc5 66. Kg4 Rg5+ 67. Kh4 Rg6 68. Kh5 Rf6 69. Rg1 (69. Rc3 $142) 69... Nd3 {Black is clearly winning.} 70. Kh4 Nf4 71. Bb7 Ne6 72. Kh5 Nd4 {Precision: White = 37%, Black = 62%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,58,21,37,22,35,3,7,-10,-14,-6,-12,0,0,0,24,24,19,30,24,17,29,7,5,0,0,0,5,0,0,0,4,5,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 a6 5. e3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 e6 9. Bd2 {D15: Slav Defence: 4 Nc3 a6 and gambit lines after 4 Nc3 dxc4} Bb4 10. Qd1 O-O 11. Be2 (11. a3 $5 {[%cal Ra3b4]} Ba5 12. b4 $11) 11... bxc4 12. bxc4 c5 13. O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. dxc5 d4 14. exd4 Qxd4 15. Qc2 Nc6 16. O-O Qe5 {0-1 (24) Oll,L (2595)-Anand,V (2725) Biel 1993}) 13... cxd4 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 (14... Bc5 {is interesting.} 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. exd4 Bxd4 17. Bf3 Ra7) 15. cxd5 Bxd2 16. Qxd2 {Hoping for dxe6.} dxe3 17. Qxe3 exd5 18. Bf3 Nc6 {The position is equal.} 19. Rad1 (19. Rfd1 $5 {[%cal Rf3d5]}) 19... d4 20. Qf4 Rc8 21. Bxc6 Rxc6 22. Rxd4 Qb8 23. Rfd1 h6 24. Qxb8 (24. g3 {is more complex.} Qxf4 25. Rxf4 g5 26. Rf3 Kg7 27. Rd7) 24... Rxb8 25. Rd8+ Rxd8 26. Rxd8+ $11 {KR-KR} Kh7 27. Ra8 Rc1+ 28. Kh2 Rc2 29. Rxa6 {And now Kg3 would win.} Rxf2 {Precision: White = 43%, Black = 72%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Onischuk, Vladimir"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,122,22,22,-9,19,-14,31,21,14,25,20,30,35,23,13,20,31,41,26,14,40,0,37,31,39,11,35,31,57,14,18,-53,-53,-35,0,0,0,-40,-36,-27,-41,-40,-18,-55,0,0,0,-10,0,-84,-23,-112,-13,-91,0,-104,0,-93,-72,-92,0,-123,0,-123,-117,-109,-106,-85,-39,-36,0,-49,-54,-119,-93,-128,-118,-133,-133,-196,-143,-185,-200,-218,-173,-156,0,-207,-216,-477,-475,-506,-506,-502,-501,-504,-501,-1209,-1203,-1730,-1821,-1844,-1635,-29972,-29972,-29970,-29972,-5215,-3227]} 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 a5 6. a4 {C24: Bishop's Opening: 2...Nf6} Bb4+ 7. c3 Bd6 8. exd5 cxd5 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 9. Na3 (9. Bg5 Be6 10. Na3 Nbd7 11. Nb5 Bb8 12. O-O O-O 13. Re1 Re8 {1-0 (29) Yu,Y (2725)-Wang,Y (2737) Shenzhen 2016}) 9... Nc6 10. Nb5 Bb8 11. Bg5 {[%cal Bc1g5,Bg5h4,Bh4g3][%mdl 32]} Be6 12. O-O h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... O-O 13. Qd2 d4 14. Bxe6 fxe6 {1-0 (33) Tesik,C (2259)-Lengyel,B (2289) Budapest 2010}) 13. Bh4 O-O 14. Re1 g5 15. Bg3 {[%cal Rg3e5]} Bg4 16. Qd2 {Threatens to win with Nxg5!} Bxf3 $1 17. gxf3 Qd7 18. Kg2 (18. d4 $5 {[%cal Rd4e5]}) 18... Qf5 19. h4 Ne7 20. hxg5 hxg5 21. Rh1 Ng6 22. Rae1 Rd8 23. c4 (23. Rh2 $11) 23... d4 $1 $15 24. c5 Ra6 25. Bc4 Nd5 26. Bxd5 (26. Nd6 $5 Ngf4+ 27. Bxf4 Nxf4+ 28. Kg1 Bxd6 29. Bxa6 bxa6 30. cxd6 Rxd6 31. Qxa5 Nxd3 32. Rd1 Qxf3 33. Rxd3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxd3 34. Qxe5 Qd1+ 35. Kg2 Qg4+ 36. Kf1 Qd1+ 37. Kg2 Qg4+ 38. Kf1 Qd1+ 39. Kg2 $11) 26... Rxd5 27. Rh5 Rf6 28. Qe2 Rxc5 {With the idea ...Rc2!} 29. Reh1 Rc8 (29... Bd6 $15) 30. Na3 $11 Rc5 31. Nc4 Bc7 32. b3 (32. Qe4 $11) 32... Kg7 (32... Re6 $17) 33. R1h3 (33. Qe4 $11) 33... Bd6 (33... b6 $17 34. Rh1 b5) 34. Rh2 (34. Qe4 $11 {remains equal.} Qxe4 35. fxe4) 34... Bc7 ({Better is} 34... b5 $17 35. axb5 Rxb5) 35. Rh1 (35. R2h3 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 35... Bd6 (35... Re6 $17) 36. Rh7+ (36. Qe4 $11 Bf8 37. Qxb7) 36... Kf8 37. R7h5 Kg7 ({Black should play} 37... Re6 $17) 38. Qd1 (38. Rh7+ $11 Kg8 39. Qe4 Qxe4 40. fxe4) 38... Bc7 (38... Be7 $17 39. Qe2 b5 40. axb5 Rxb5) 39. Rh7+ (39. Qe2 $1 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.}) 39... Kf8 $17 40. R7h3 Rcc6 41. Rh5 Ke7 42. Qe2 Ke6 43. Re1 Rc5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 44. Qd1 (44. Rb1 $15) 44... Kd7 45. Re4 Ne7 46. Rg4 Rg6 47. Qe2 (47. Qd2 $17) 47... Nc6 (47... f6 $19 48. Qd2 (48. Rh7 Qe6 $17) 48... b6) 48. Rh8 Qe6 {Hoping for ...f5.} 49. Rh7 Kc8 {And now ...f5 would win.} 50. Rh8+ Kd7 (50... Bd8 $17 51. Bh2 f5) 51. Rh7 $1 $19 {[#]} Rg8 $1 52. Nd2 $2 (52. Bh2 {was worth a try.}) 52... Rc2 53. Rh5 Bd8 54. Qd1 {[#]} Rxd2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 55. Qxd2 Qg6 56. b4 (56. Rh1 $142 f5 57. f4) 56... Qxh5 57. b5 f5 {[%cal Bf7f5,Bf5f4][%mdl 32]} 58. bxc6+ bxc6 59. Rxd4+ exd4 60. Qb2 f4 61. Qxd4+ Kc8 {Precision: White = 30%, Black = 54%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mista, Aleksander"]
[Black "Hamitevici, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,102,33,37,31,46,18,29,40,68,7,0,0,18,11,15,-28,-29,-45,-25,-58,-45,-41,-29,-25,-25,-42,-17,-52,-58,-61,-42,-45,-5,-24,-8,-61,-28,-56,-16,-23,0,0,8,-44,11,-16,-16,-16,-18,-81,-87,-88,-75,-81,-83,-178,-172,-191,-190,-218,-214,-205,-206,-359,-348,-404,-395,-380,-344,-437,-435,-483,-486,-470,-441,-653,-633,-692,-690,-676,-670,-677,-670,-645,-638,-850,-833,-898,-895,-893,-885,-865,-848]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 {B15: Caro-Kann: 3 Nc3: 3...g6 and 3...dxe4 4 Nxe4 Nf6 5 Nxf6+ exf6} Qd5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} (6... Bf5 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3 Bd6 9. Qe3+ Qe7 10. Nf3 Nd7 11. Qxe7+ Kxe7 12. Be3 Nb6 13. O-O-O Kd7 14. Rhe1 Nd5 {½-½ (50) Wei,Y (2707)-Rapport,R (2717) Yancheng 2016}) 7. Bf4 Be7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Bf5 8. Nf3 Nd7 9. Be2 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 Rfe8 13. Qb3 b6 {1-0 (31) Drogi,G (2157)-Formby,C (1986) IECG email 1998}) 8. Qf3 {White is slightly better.} Be6 9. Qxd5 cxd5 10. Bxb8 (10. O-O-O $14) 10... Rxb8 $11 11. Bb5+ Kf8 12. Ne2 Bd6 13. O-O g6 14. f4 Kg7 15. Rae1 a6 16. Bd3 Rhe8 17. Nc1 Bd7 18. Re2 a5 19. g3 Rec8 20. f5 b6 21. Ref2 Rf8 22. Ne2 b5 23. g4 (23. fxg6 $11 fxg6 24. Nf4) 23... Rbe8 24. h4 Re3 25. Rf3 Rfe8 {Threatens to win with ...Rxd3!} 26. Kf2 $1 R3e7 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black is not keeping still} 27. Ke1 (27. Ng3 $11) 27... h5 ({Black should play} 27... b4 $15) 28. gxh5 (28. g5 $5 {[%cal Rg5f6]} gxf5 29. gxf6+ Kxf6 30. Kd2 $11) 28... gxh5 29. Kd2 Kh6 30. Rg1 (30. a3 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 30... b4 $17 31. Rg2 a4 32. cxb4 Bxb4+ 33. Nc3 {[#]} (33. Kc2 $17) 33... a3 $1 $19 {[%cal Ra3b2]} 34. bxa3 Ba5 35. Bc2 Rc8 36. Rgg3 Rc4 37. Rf4 $2 {[#]} (37. Kc1 {was called for.}) 37... Bb5 $1 38. Rff3 Rxd4+ 39. Kc1 Bc4 40. Rg8 Rxh4 {Black is clearly winning.} 41. Bd1 {intending Rfg3.} Bc7 42. Rf2 d4 {[%cal Bd5d4,Bd4d3][%mdl 32]} 43. Ne2 (43. Kc2 $142 Kh7 44. Rfg2) 43... d3 44. Rfg2 {[%cal Rg8h8]} Rg4 $1 45. R2xg4 hxg4 {[%cal Bh5g4,Bg4g3][%mdl 32]} 46. Nd4 g3 47. Rg4 Ba6 48. Nc6 Re1 49. Nb4 Bb7 50. Rh4+ Kg7 {Strongly threatening ...Bf3.} ({Inferior is} 50... Kg5 51. Rh5+ Kf4 52. Nxd3+ Ke3 53. Nxe1 $11) 51. Nxd3 Rf1 {Precision: White = 35%, Black = 54%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Black "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,85,27,22,17,22,33,31,29,21,19,36,37,8,33,33,33,29,44,39,35,26,33,22,25,25,41,24,28,29,45,47,44,51,51,33,34,29,29,29,28,28,27,28,30,26,28,28,28,28,37,27,27,33,35,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,39,28,41,16,16,10,10,10,10,0,60,60,60,60]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. b3 c5 7. c4 e5 {E60: King's Indian: Unusual lines and Fianchetto Variation without Nc3} (7... Nc6 8. Bb2 Ne4 9. Nbd2 Bf5 10. Nh4 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bxd4 13. Nxf5 gxf5 14. Rad1 Qd7 15. Bh3 e6 16. e3 Be5 17. f4 Bf6 18. Qxd6 Qxd6 19. Rxd6 Rfd8 20. Rfd1 Rxd6 21. Rxd6 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Bxd8 {½-½ (22) Fridman,D (2596)-Saric,I (2652) Tallinn 2016}) 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Qxd8 (9. Nxe5 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Nfd7 $15) 9... Rxd8 10. Bb2 e4 11. Nfd2 Bf5 12. g4 Bxg4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Bxe4 Nd7 $146 16. Nc3 Rab8 17. Rfd1 Re8 18. Rd2 Nf6 19. Bg2 Bf5 20. Nb5 a6 21. Nd6 Re7 22. Nxf5+ gxf5 23. Rc1 Rbe8 24. Kf1 b6 25. Bc6 Rc8 26. Bf3 Rce8 27. Rcd1 Re6 28. Rd8 Rxd8 29. Rxd8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Re8 30. Rd1 Re6 31. Bb7 Ne4 $1 32. Bxa6 Rh6 $1 {[%cal Rh6h2]} 33. Kg2 Rg6+ 34. Kf3 Ng5+ 35. Kg2 Ne4+ 36. Kf1 Rh6 $1 37. Bb7 Nc3 38. Rd7 Nxa2 39. Bd5 Rf6 $1 40. Ra7 Nb4 41. Bf3 Nc6 (41... Nc2 $11) 42. Bxc6 $1 $14 Rxc6 43. Rb7 {Precision: White = 68%, Black = 82%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Black "Kobo, Ori"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,91,0,0,7,0,0,0,0,-14,0,0,0,0,0,-20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-19,-8,-20,0,-24,0,-10,0,-7,0,0,0,0,0,-6,-6,-6,0,-27,-16,-12,-20,-22,-9,-48,0,0,0,-14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qa4 8. Qb1 c4 9. h4 Nc6 {C18: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4: Main line: 7 h4 and 7 Qg4} 10. h5 h6 11. g3 Bd7 12. Bh3 O-O-O 13. Nf3 Nge7 14. O-O {LiveBook: 14 Games} Rdf8 15. Re1 Kb8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... g5 16. Nh2 f5 17. exf6 {1-0 (52) Svidler,P (2739)-Lima,D (2493) Khanty-Mansiysk 2011}) 16. Re2 Ka8 17. Kg2 Bc8 18. Qd1 Rh7 19. Bc1 b6 20. Qe1 Rg8 21. Nh2 {[%cal Bf3h2,Bh2g4,Bg4e3][%mdl 32]} Rhh8 22. Ng4 Rf8 23. Kh2 Kb7 24. Ne3 Ka8 25. Ng2 Kb7 26. f3 Ka8 27. Be3 {[%cal Bc1e3,Be3f2,Bf2g3][%mdl 32]} Kb7 28. Bf2 Rhg8 29. Qd2 Rh8 30. g4 Rh7 31. Bg3 Bd7 32. f4 f5 33. Ne3 fxg4 34. Bxg4 g6 35. Rf2 gxh5 36. Bxh5 Be8 37. Bxe8 Rxe8 38. Bh4 Rf7 39. f5 {The position is equal.} Nxf5 40. Nxf5 Rxf5 41. Rxf5 exf5 42. Rf1 Qxa3 43. Rxf5 Rf8 44. Qf2 Rxf5 45. Qxf5 Qxc3 46. Qd7+ {Precision: White = 51%, Black = 43%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gledura, Benjamin"]
[Black "Ali Marandi, Cemil Can"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,102,39,36,42,50,43,45,38,53,12,40,39,40,49,49,44,38,41,37,43,43,13,16,7,16,13,11,10,10,10,10,13,11,11,57,64,61,58,58,58,58,61,75,61,81,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Nc3 a6 7. Be2 Bf5 8. Nf3 e6 9. Qb3 {D13: Slav Defence: Exchange variation without ...Bf5} Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. Qxb7 O-O 12. Qb3 Rfb8 13. Qa3 Qxa3 {LiveBook: 7 Games} 14. bxa3 Na7 (14... Ne4 15. Na4 Na7 16. Ne5 Nb5 {½-½ (103) Vidit,S (2670)-Korobov,A (2695) Dubai 2017}) 15. a4 {[#]} Ne4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Nc6 16. O-O Rb2 {1-0 (34) Hera,I (2576)-Bobras,P (2535) Germany 2014}) 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Nd2 Bc2 18. Nb3 Bxb3 19. axb3 Rxb3 20. Bxa6 Nc6 21. Be2 Rb2 22. Bd1 Nb4 {[#] White must now prevent ...Nd3+.} 23. O-O (23. Ra3 {feels hotter.} Nc6 24. O-O Na5 25. Re1 Rb1 26. Kf1) 23... Na2 24. Re1 g6 25. h4 (25. Re2 {looks sharper.} Rxe2 26. Bxe2 Rxa4 27. f3 Kf8 28. Kf1) 25... Kg7 26. g4 Nc3 27. Ra3 Nxd1 28. Rxd1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Rc8 29. Raa1 Rcc2 30. Rdb1 Rxf2 {[#] ...Rg2+ is the strong threat.} 31. Rxb2 Rxb2 $14 {KR-KR} 32. a5 {[%cal Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} Rb7 33. a6 Ra7 34. Kf2 g5 $1 35. hxg5 (35. Kg3 $16) 35... Kg6 $11 {The position is equal.} 36. Kf3 {Hoping for Kf4.} Kxg5 37. Ra5 f5 38. gxf5 Kxf5 39. e4+ Kf6 40. Ra1 dxe4+ 41. Kxe4 Ke7 42. Ke5 (42. Kd3 $5 {[%cal Rd3c4]} Kd6 43. Kc4 $11) 42... Kd7 43. Kf6 h5 44. Kg5 Kc6 45. Ra5 Kb6 46. Re5 Rxa6 47. Rxe6+ Kb7 48. Rxa6 Kxa6 49. Kxh5 {Kg5 would kill now.} Kb5 50. Kg5 Kc4 51. Kf5 {White threatens Ke5 and mate.} Kxd4 {Precision: White = 70%, Black = 84%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel"]
[Black "Harutjunyan, Gevorg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,75,19,22,18,16,39,31,31,31,34,27,27,25,58,55,58,62,61,42,81,81,114,87,106,107,104,55,137,48,84,55,312,316,316,312,316,316,273,194,194,189,200,177,177,177,187,179,183,200,333,346,354,352,357,319,527,474,474,471,460,460,1367,1323,6303,6370]} 1. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O h6 7. Nbd2 Ne7 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} 8. Nb3 Nc8 (8... Qc7 9. Bd2 g5 10. c4 a5 11. Rc1 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Bg7 13. Re1 O-O 14. h4 g4 {1-0 (39) Vachier Lagrave,M (2804)-Tomashevsky,E (2716) Doha 2016}) 9. a4 Be7 {White is slightly better.} 10. a5 a6 11. c4 O-O 12. Be3 Bh7 13. Nfd2 Na7 14. f4 Rc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... f5 15. Bd3 g5 16. Nf3 g4 {½-½ (16) Sebag,M (2529)-Kallai,G (2462) France 2009}) 15. c5 f5 16. Bd3 Qe8 17. Kh1 Rc7 18. Rg1 Bd8 19. g4 Nc8 (19... fxg4 $14 20. Qxg4 Qf7) 20. Qe2 ({White should try} 20. Qc2 $16) 20... Nb8 21. Rg2 g6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (21... fxg4 $1 $14 22. Bxh7+ (22. Rxg4 Bxd3 23. Qxd3 Ne7 $11) 22... Kxh7) 22. gxf5 $18 exf5 23. Qh5 Kg7 24. Rag1 Qe6 25. Nc1 Ne7 26. Ne2 Ng8 27. Nf3 Rcf7 28. b4 Nd7 29. Bf2 Re8 30. Bh4 Nf8 (30... Bc7 {keeps fighting.} 31. Bf2 Bd8) 31. Bxd8 Rxd8 32. Nh4 ({Not} 32. Qh4 Qe7 $16) 32... Ne7 33. Rg3 Bg8 $2 (33... Re8 34. Bc2 Kh8 35. Qxh6 Ng8) 34. Rh3 {[#] Threatening mate with Qxh6+!White is clearly winning.} Kh8 35. Qxh6+ Rh7 36. Qg5 Nd7 (36... Qf7 $142 37. Qf6+ Qg7) 37. Nxg6+ Qxg6 38. Qxe7 {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 34%.} ({Weaker is} 38. Qxg6 Nxg6 39. Bxf5 Rxh3 $16) 1-0

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel"]
[Black "Kharchenko, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,87,26,22,0,7,0,0,-14,9,0,31,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,21,12,5,39,19,0,0,0,0,0,0,-51,-51,-35,-47,-29,-17,-28,25,16,58,4,89,19,46,13,32,0,87,83,77,88,83,54,323,337,351,346,359,391,381,375,394,371,389,365,381,383,584,575,558,557]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e3 f5 6. Nge2 d6 7. d4 e4 8. b4 {A25: English Opening vs King's Indian with ...Nc6 but without early d3} Nf6 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 9. Qb3 (9. b5 Ne7 10. O-O O-O 11. a4 Be6 12. Qb3 Bf7 13. a5 a6 14. bxa6 bxa6 15. Qa4 Qd7 16. f3 exf3 17. Bxf3 {1-0 (63) Andreikin,D (2700)-Carlsen,M (2837) Astana 2012}) 9... Ne7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... O-O 10. a4 a5 11. b5 Nb4 12. O-O c5 13. Bb2 Be6 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. d5 Bf7 {1-0 (29) Eichler,C (2195)-Schuette,M (2215) Bayern 2002}) 10. a4 {The position is equal.} Be6 11. Ba3 Qd7 12. b5 g5 {[%cal Bg6g5,Bg5g4][%mdl 32]} 13. f3 exf3 14. Bxf3 Rb8 15. h4 g4 16. Bg2 Nh5 17. O-O O-O 18. Kh2 Ng6 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. Bxd5+ ({Wrong is} 20. cxd5 $2 Qe7 $19) 20... Kh8 21. Rae1 c6 22. Bg2 Rbe8 23. bxc6 bxc6 24. Qd3 ({White should try} 24. Bb4 $11) 24... Qd8 $1 $15 {[#] White must now prevent ...Nxg3!} 25. Kg1 ({Avoid the trap} 25. Bxc6 $2 Nxg3 26. Kg1 Nxf1 $19) 25... Bh6 26. Bc1 $1 Qd7 27. Rf2 Ne7 (27... Nxg3 $142 28. Nxg3 f4) 28. Kh2 $11 Rf7 29. Ref1 (29. d5 $14) 29... Nf6 (29... d5 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 30. Nc3 (30. d5 $16 {Strongly threatening dxc6.} cxd5 31. cxd5) 30... d5 31. cxd5 cxd5 32. Ba3 {[#] Bxe7 is the strong threat.} Ne4 (32... Nh5 $11) 33. Bxe4 $16 ({Much worse is} 33. Nxe4 $6 dxe4 34. Qb3 Nd5 $11) 33... fxe4 34. Qa6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} Rxf2+ 35. Rxf2 Bg7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Black should play} 35... Ng8 $1 $14) 36. Rf7 $18 Kg8 37. Rxe7 Rxe7 38. Bxe7 Qxe7 39. Nxd5 Qd7 40. Nf4 Bf8 41. Qc4+ Kh8 42. d5 Qb7 (42... Qe7 {is a better defense.} 43. Qc3+ Qg7) 43. Qxe4 Qb2+ 44. Ng2 {Precision: White = 44%, Black = 35%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bogdanovich, Stanislav"]
[Black "Kessler, Luca"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,45,93,99,92,105,94,116,74,92,82,149,116,117,116,130,118,233,229,230,205,239,234,524,426,407,408,418,360,995,998]} 1. Nc3 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Nxd4 6. Bxd4 Bxd4 7. Qxd4 Nf6 8. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} d6 9. O-O-O O-O 10. e5 {C47: Scotch Four Knights and Four Knights with 4 g3} Ne8 (10... Ng4 11. f4 Be6 12. h3 Qh4 13. g3 dxe5 14. Qg1 Qf6 15. hxg4 exf4 16. Bd3 h6 17. Rf1 Bxg4 18. Rxf4 {1-0 (31) Wall,G (2367)-Wheeler,J (2235) Torquay 2002}) 11. f4 Be6 12. Bd3 {White is better.} Qh4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... dxe5 13. Bxh7+ Kxh7 14. Qe4+ f5 15. Rxd8 fxe4 16. Rxa8 {1-0 (33) Tashima,V (1897)-Martins,L Novo Hamburgo 2008}) 13. g3 Qh3 ({Black should try} 13... dxe5 14. Qxe5 (14. gxh4 exd4 15. Ne4 Bd5 $17) 14... Qh6) 14. Ne4 {Black must now prevent Ng5.} dxe5 15. Qxe5 {Strongly threatening Ng5.} f6 16. Qc5 c6 {[#]} (16... Bf7 $16) 17. Rhe1 $1 $18 {[%cal Bh1e1,Be1e7,Be7b7][%mdl 32] aiming for Nf2.} Bd5 18. Nc3 Bf7 19. Re7 Qxh2 $2 (19... Qh5 20. Qxh5 Bxh5) 20. Rxb7 Qxg3 {[#]} 21. Bxh7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxh7 22. Qxf8 Qxf4+ $2 (22... Bh5) 23. Kb1 1-0

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Buhmann, Rainer"]
[Black "Diermair, Andreas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,134,8,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-16,-4,-39,8,8,8,9,16,-6,45,42,45,37,44,37,47,37,34,34,35,19,21,24,53,53,53,53,53,42,48,48,39,30,37,28,29,13,17,13,15,0,31,27,21,10,33,19,29,0,32,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-206,-220,-237,-232,-275,-271,-265,-225,-297,-180,-231,-214,-444,-447,-410,-368,-368,-358,-29980,-29981,-29977,-29976,-29975,-29978]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bd6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2 c6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. Nbd2 b6 {E01: Catalan: Early deviations} 12. e4 Be7 {LiveBook: 38 Games} 13. Rfe1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. e5 Nd7 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Rfc1 Nb8 16. Bf1 Bd7 17. a3 Nc6 18. Qd3 a6 19. Be2 {½-½ (34) Tomashevsky,E (2724)-Neiksans,A (2624) Germany 2016}) 13... Bb7 {The position is equal.} 14. e5 Nd7 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Bf1 Nb8 17. a3 Qd7 18. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Bc6 19. Rec1 a6 20. Qb2 Ra7 21. Rc3 Rc7 22. a4 a5 (22... Ra7 $11) 23. b5 $14 Bb7 24. Rxc7 Qxc7 25. Rc1 Qd7 26. Bd3 Rc8 27. Nb3 {[%cal Bd2b3,Bb3c1,Bc1e2,Be2f4][%mdl 32]} Bb4 28. Rxc8+ Qxc8 29. Nc1 Nd7 30. Ne2 Nf8 31. h4 Qc7 32. Qb1 Bc8 {[%cal Bb7c8,Bc8d7,Bd7e8][%mdl 32]} 33. Kg2 Bd7 34. Qd1 Be8 35. Nf4 Qc3 36. Qe2 Qa1 37. Qc2 {Black must now prevent Qc7.} Qc3 38. Qe2 Qa1 39. Bc2 Qc3 40. Qd1 Kh8 41. g4 {[%cal Bg3g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} f6 42. g5 (42. Ne2 $5 {[%cal Re2c3]} Qc4 43. h5 $14) 42... Qc7 43. Qd3 {Strongly threatening Nxe6!} f5 44. h5 hxg5 45. Nxg5 Qe7 46. Qg3 Bd2 47. Bd1 {[%cal Bc2d1,Bd1f3,Bf3d5][%mdl 32]} Kg8 48. Bf3 Bxf4 49. Qxf4 Qa3 50. Qg3 Qxa4 {[#]} 51. Nxe6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxe6 52. Bxd5 Qxd4 (52... Bf7 $2 53. Bxe6 Qb4 54. Bxf7+ (54. Bxf5 Bd5+ 55. Kh3 Qb3 $16) 54... Kxf7 55. Qg6+ Kg8 56. Qxb6 $18) 53. Bxe6+ Kf8 {Threatens to win with ...Qg4.} 54. Bxf5 Bxh5 55. Qa3+ Ke8 56. Qa2 $2 (56. Qg3 $11) 56... Qxe5 $19 57. Qc2 {intending Bg6+.} Bf7 ({Much less strong is} 57... Qxb5 58. Qc8+ Ke7 59. Qe6+ Kf8 60. Qd6+ Kg8 61. Bd3) ({Resist} 57... Qd5+ 58. Be4 $17) 58. Qc6+ Ke7 {Hoping for ...Bd5+.} 59. Be4 Qd6 {And now ...Qxc6 would win.} 60. Qc3 g6 {aiming for ...a4.} 61. Qe3 (61. Bc2 $142) 61... Kf8 ({Don't play} 61... Qe5 62. Kf3) 62. f4 $2 (62. Qf3 {is a better defense.}) 62... a4 {[%cal Ba5a4,Ba4a3,Ba3a2][%mdl 32]} 63. f5 gxf5 64. Bxf5 a3 65. Be4 $2 {[#]} (65. Bb1 $19) 65... a2 {Black mates.} 66. Qc3 Qf4 67. Bf3 Qg5+ {Precision: White = 46%, Black = 66%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Prohaszka, Peter"]
[Black "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,29,-2,-3,-2,7,12,0,29,29,34,28,26,25,39,35,66,68,53,58,56,56]} 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. c3 Nc6 4. e3 Bf5 (4... Nf6 5. Nd2 e6 6. Ngf3 Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. Bb5 Ne7 9. Bd3 b6 10. e4 Bxg3 11. hxg3 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Ng6 13. dxc5 Bb7 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. cxb6 e5 16. Bxg6 hxg6 {0-1 (23) Carlsen,M (2840)-Korobov,A (2692) Doha 2016}) 5. Qb3 Qd7 6. Nf3 {LiveBook: 4 Games. D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines} f6 7. Nbd2 e6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... c4 8. Qd1 Bg4 9. Be2 e6 10. e4 Nge7 11. h3 Bh5 12. Bh2 {0-1 (27) Martin Martin,L (2021)-Arata,R (2205) Benidorm 2012}) 8. h3 {The position is equal.} Rc8 9. Bh2 Bg6 10. Be2 Nh6 11. O-O Be7 12. c4 {White is slightly better.} Na5 13. Qc3 $1 {[%cal Rc3a5]} Nxc4 14. Nxc4 dxc4 15. Rfd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Pantsulaia, Levan"]
[Black "Pacher, Milan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "173"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 32,172,0,-4,100,85,72,95,133,125,130,128,114,89,118,57,40,69,54,11,65,0,30,15,50,42,43,56,97,124,235,245,220,76,76,76,76,76,76,76,71,68,75,82,82,71,82,82,82,82,82,82,82,82,82,82,82,82,82,82,82,71,82,39,97,97,97,97,97,97,97,97,97,97,97,97,97,97,97,97,97,97,97,27,27,27,27,27,27,27,27,27,27,27,27,0,0,0,27,0,27,27,27,27,27,27,27,27,27,27,27,27,27,27,27,28,34,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nf3 e5 6. O-O Nge7 7. d3 d6 8. a3 a5 9. Rb1 O-O 10. Bd2 h6 11. Ne1 Be6 12. Nc2 d5 {A37: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7 5 Nf3} 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Ne3 (14. b4 cxb4 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. axb4 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 a4 18. b5 Nd4 19. Bb4 Re8 20. Ba3 {0-1 (62) Dizdar,G (2509)-Papp,G (2583) Austria 2017}) 14... Nde7 15. Na4 b6 16. b4 cxb4 17. axb4 {LiveBook: 20 Games} Ra7 (17... b5 $1 $11 18. Nc5 a4) 18. bxa5 $16 bxa5 19. Nc5 Qd6 20. Nxe6 Qxe6 {[#]} 21. Qa4 $146 Nd4 22. Rfe1 f5 23. Qc4 ({Inferior is} 23. Bxa5 e4 $11) (23. Nc2 $16) 23... Qxc4 $14 24. Nxc4 a4 25. Bb4 {aiming for Bc5.} Rc8 ({Black should try} 25... Nc2 $11) 26. Na3 (26. Bxe7 $1 $14 Rxe7 27. e3) 26... Bf8 27. Rb2 Rac7 28. e3 Nb3 29. Nc4 e4 30. Nb6 exd3 (30... Re8 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 31. Nxc8 $18 Rxc8 32. Bxe7 (32. Ra2 $18) 32... Bxe7 $16 33. Bd5+ Kf8 34. Bxb3 Rb8 35. Rd1 Bf6 36. Rbb1 axb3 37. Rxd3 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} b2 38. Kf1 Rc8 39. Ke2 Rc1 40. Rd1 Rc2+ 41. Rd2 Rc1 42. Rdxb2 Bxb2 43. Rxb2 $16 {KR-KR} Kg7 44. Rb4 Rc2+ 45. Kf3 h5 46. h3 {[%cal Bh2h3,Bh3g4][%mdl 32]} Kf6 47. g4 hxg4+ (47... fxg4+ $14 48. hxg4 h4) 48. hxg4 Kg5 {[#]} 49. Kg3 $1 Rc1 50. f4+ Kf6 51. Rb6+ Kf7 52. Rb7+ Ke6 53. g5 Rc6 54. Kf3 Ra6 55. Rg7 Kd5 56. Re7 Rb6 57. e4+ ({White should play} 57. Rf7 $16) 57... fxe4+ $1 $11 58. Rxe4 Kd6 59. Kg4 Rb1 60. Re8 Kd7 61. Re3 (61. Rg8 {feels hotter.} Rb6 62. Rg7+ Ke8 63. Kg3 Kf8 64. Rd7) 61... Rg1+ 62. Rg3 Rf1 63. Rf3 Rg1+ 64. Rg3 Rf1 65. Re3 Rg1+ 66. Kf3 Rf1+ 67. Kg3 Rg1+ 68. Kf2 Ra1 69. Kg2 Rb1 70. Re5 Rb2+ 71. Kf3 Rb3+ 72. Kg4 Rb4 73. Re1 Rb3 74. f5 Rb4+ {The position is equal.} 75. Kf3 gxf5 76. Re5 Kd6 77. Rxf5 {And now Rf7 would win.} (77. Ra5 {seems wilder.} Ke6 78. Ra6+ Ke5 79. Kg3 Rg4+ 80. Kf3) 77... Ke6 78. Rf6+ (78. Rf8 {is more complex.} Ke7 79. Rf6 Kd7 80. Rf7+ Ke8 81. Ra7) 78... Ke7 79. Kg3 Rb8 80. Kg4 {Hoping for Kh5.} Rf8 $1 81. Rxf8 Kxf8 {KP-K} 82. Kf5 Kf7 83. g6+ Kg7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (83... Kg8) 84. Kg5 Kg8 85. Kh6 {Threatening mate with g7.} Kh8 86. g7+ Kg8 87. Kg6 {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 61%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Black "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,116,25,14,15,10,24,16,34,25,23,16,25,20,12,12,22,0,0,0,-6,0,0,-14,-12,-21,-4,-24,-6,-9,0,-13,0,-7,0,-18,0,-12,0,-25,0,-26,-27,-32,-10,-15,4,4,6,0,0,-18,-27,-56,-33,-20,-23,-41,0,0,0,0,0,-66,-66,-91,-79,-77,-80,-85,-72,-73,-79,-85,-57,-89,-100,-110,-95,-97,-74,-70,0,0,0,-31,0,0,-39,-392,-399,-432,-412,-434,-422,-577,-577,-914,-862,-1158,-1135]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 Ne4 4. Bf4 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nf3 e6 7. Nbd2 {D03: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 Bg5, including Torre Attack with early ...d5} Nxd2 8. Qxd2 Bd6 (8... Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Bd6 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Qc2 h6 13. e4 Re8 {1-0 (94) Martinovic,S (2550)-Dzhumagaliev,Y (2400) Tallinn 2016}) 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O {LiveBook: 3 Games} Bxf4 11. exf4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Bd7 13. Rac1 $146 Rc8 14. Rc3 Qe7 15. Re1 Qd6 16. Ne5 Ne7 17. Rec1 (17. Rc5 $5) 17... f6 18. Nf3 Rxc3 19. Rxc3 Rc8 20. g3 Rxc3 21. Qxc3 h6 22. a3 (22. Qb3 $5 {[%cal Rb3b7]}) 22... Kf7 23. Qa5 Nc6 24. Qd2 Ne7 25. Qa5 Nc6 (25... Qc6 {feels hotter.} 26. Kg2 Qc1 27. Qb4 Qc7 28. h4 Be8) 26. Qd2 Ne7 27. h4 Kf8 28. Kg2 Be8 29. Ne1 Qb6 30. Qc3 $1 Bh5 31. Nc2 Bg6 32. Bxg6 Nxg6 33. b4 Ne7 34. a4 Qa6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is more active.} 35. Qb3 Qc4 36. Qxc4 dxc4 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KN-KN} 37. Na3 Nd5 38. Nxc4 Nxb4 39. Nd6 b6 40. Kf3 ({White should try} 40. f5 $11) 40... Nc6 41. Ke4 Ke7 42. Nb5 f5+ 43. Kd3 {[#]} Kd7 $1 44. Kc4 a6 45. Nc3 Kd6 46. Kd3 Nb4+ 47. Kc4 Nd5 {[#] White must now prevent ...Nxc3.} 48. Na2 Kc6 49. Kd3 b5 (49... Kd7 $15) 50. a5 $1 $11 Kd6 51. h5 Kc6 52. Nc1 $1 Nf6 53. Nb3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({White must play} 53. Na2 $1 $15) 53... Ne4 $19 54. Ke3 b4 55. g4 Kb5 {Black is clearly winning.} 56. gxf5 exf5 57. d5 Kc4 58. f3 Nf6 {Precision: White = 50%, Black = 50%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Indjic, Aleksandar"]
[Black "Froewis, Georg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,81,18,8,-32,-22,-37,-29,-33,73,66,96,72,72,67,72,57,63,66,62,0,0,0,33,30,28,23,10,19,89,95,91,100,180,174,220,191,269,255,385,393,505,510,441,462,372,383,1024,1352,1338,785,1328,1306,1302,1294,1272,1261,12838,6251,12839,12839,12839,12839,12838,12829,29992,29993,29992,29993,29993,29994,29996,29996]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Qc2 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. Rg1 $146 {D45: Semi-Slav: 5 e3} ({Predecessor:} 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bb2 Qe7 11. Rad1 Rac8 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf6 15. Qh4 c5 16. Rfe1 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 cxd4 18. Qxd4 Rfd8 19. Qe3 {½-½ (30) So,W (2815)-Giri,A (2785) chess.com INT 2017}) 7... e5 8. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} exd4 9. Nxd4 {Black has an edge.} c5 (9... dxc4 $15 {stays ahead.} 10. g5 Nd5) 10. Nf3 $1 $16 d4 11. Nb5 Ne5 {[#]} 12. Nxe5 $1 Bxe5 13. g5 Nd7 14. f4 $1 {[%cal Rf4e5]} a6 15. Na3 ({Of course not} 15. fxe5 axb5 16. e6 fxe6 $17) ({Better is} 15. Nxd4 $1 $14 cxd4 16. fxe5 Nxe5 17. Qe4) 15... Bd6 $11 16. Qe4+ Be7 17. Bd3 g6 18. Bd2 (18. exd4 cxd4 19. Qxd4 O-O $15) 18... O-O 19. O-O-O $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} (19. exd4 $2 cxd4 20. O-O-O Nc5 $19) 19... Rb8 {[#]} (19... Re8 $11) 20. Rge1 $1 $16 ({Don't play} 20. exd4 $6 cxd4 21. Bc2 (21. Qxd4 Bc5 $17) 21... Re8 $15) 20... Re8 {White should prevent ...Bxg5.} 21. exd4 {And now d5 would win.} b5 (21... Nf8 $16) 22. d5 $18 {Hoping for d6.} Bb7 23. h4 b4 (23... bxc4 {might work better.} 24. Nxc4 Nf8) 24. Nc2 Qb6 (24... Bd6 {was necessary.}) 25. b3 a5 26. f5 a4 27. f6 Nxf6 28. gxf6 Bxf6 $2 (28... Qxf6 29. bxa4 Qxh4 30. Qxh4 Bxh4 31. Rxe8+ Rxe8) 29. Qxe8+ Rxe8 30. Rxe8+ Kg7 31. h5 {[%csl Gd2][%cal Rh5h6]} h6 32. hxg6 fxg6 33. Re6 Qa7 34. Rf1 Bc8 35. Rexf6 Bf5 {[#]} 36. Bxf5 $3 Kxf6 (36... gxf5 37. R1xf5) 37. Be6+ Ke5 38. Bf4+ {White mates.} Ke4 39. Bg3 axb3 40. axb3 h5 41. Rf4+ {Precision: White = 87%, Black = 25%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Azarov, Sergei"]
[Black "Moroni, Luca Jr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,74,27,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,14,10,12,10,0,0,0,7,11,27,21,29,25,30,18,16,4,15,0,-2,-26,-29,-29,-27,-41,-48,-71,-50,-60,-27,-85,-85,-114,-109,-122,-122,-109,-79,-83,-80,-91,-53,-53,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. Nc3 O-O 8. d3 h6 {C78: Ruy Lopez: Archangelsk and Möller Defences} 9. Nd5 d6 {LiveBook: 27 Games} 10. Nxf6+ (10. a4 Rb8 11. axb5 axb5 12. Be3 Nxd5 13. exd5 Bxe3 14. fxe3 Ne7 15. e4 Ng6 16. Qd2 {0-1 (38) Dominguez Perez,L (2732)-Ding,L (2766) Huaian 2016}) 10... Qxf6 11. Bd5 Bd7 12. Be3 Rab8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Rad8 13. c3 Ne7 14. d4 Bb6 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Qe2 {0-1 (33) Van Riemsdijk,H (2395)-Rosito,J (2460) Roque Saenz Pena 1997}) 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. Bxc5 dxc5 15. Qe1 Qd6 16. Qc3 Rfe8 {[%cal Bf8e8,Be8e7,Be7c7][%mdl 32]} 17. a3 Rbd8 18. Rfe1 Bb7 19. h3 Kh7 20. Re3 f6 21. Ree1 Re7 22. Re2 Bc8 23. b4 cxb4 24. axb4 c5 $1 25. bxc5 Rc7 26. Qa5 Rxc5 27. Nh2 Rc6 28. Nf1 (28. Rd2 $11) 28... Be6 $17 29. Ne3 b4 30. Ree1 Rb8 31. Qa4 b3 32. cxb3 Bxb3 33. Nf5 Bxa4 34. Nxd6 Bc2 (34... Rb4 $15 35. Nc4 Bb5) 35. Rec1 $11 {The position is equal.} Rb3 36. Nf5 Rxd3 37. Ne7 Re6 {Precision: White = 40%, Black = 76%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svane, Rasmus"]
[Black "Mazur, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2459"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,53,34,28,23,11,33,13,108,105,206,230,268,279,300,302,785,773,731,533,506,507,561,393,390,350,447,450,454,429,867,870,863,841]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O c5 5. c4 g6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Bg7 8. Nc3 d6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Be3 Rc8 11. Rac1 O-O 12. Qh4 a6 {A30: Symmetrical English: Double Fianchetto and Hedgehog} 13. b3 Rc7 14. Bh3 Qa8 {[#]} (14... h5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 15. Bxd7 $1 $16 {[#] Black must now prevent Bh3.} Nxd7 $146 (15... Bxf3 $16 16. Bh3 (16. exf3 Rxd7 17. Nd5 Nxd5 $14) 16... Bc6) ({Predecessor:} 15... Rxd7 16. Na4 Qb8 17. Nxb6 Rc7 18. Na4 Rfc8 19. Bb6 Rc6 20. Nd4 Rxb6 21. Nxb6 {1-0 (62) Stohl,I (2561)-Navara,D (2616) Czechia 2005}) 16. Qxe7 $18 Bxf3 17. exf3 Re8 18. Qxd6 Ne5 $2 (18... Be5 19. Qd5 Rb7) 19. Qxc7 Nxf3+ 20. Kh1 Bxc3 21. Rd5 ({Wrong is} 21. Rxc3 $2 Nd4+ 22. Kg1 Ne2+ 23. Kf1 Nxc3 $19) 21... Be5 22. Qd7 Bf6 23. Rcd1 b5 24. c5 {White is clearly winning.} Re6 25. Qc7 {[#] Hoping for Rd8+!} Nd4 (25... Ne5 $142 26. Bf4 Kg7 27. Bxe5 Bxe5) 26. R1xd4 Bxd4 27. Qd8+ {Precision: White = 96%, Black = 14%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Black "Davtyan, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2216"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 32,34,0,-14,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg5 {[%cal Bc1g5,Bg5h4,Bh4g3][%mdl 32]} h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Rc1 Bb7 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bg3 c5 11. Bd3 cxd4 12. exd4 Nc6 13. O-O Bd6 {[#]} 14. Bh4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Nxd5 Bxg3 15. Ne3 Bf4 16. Be4 Na5 17. Bxb7 Nxb7 18. Ne5 Nd6 19. Qf3 Bg5 20. Nc6 Qd7 21. Rfd1 {½-½ (72) Gelfand,B (2733)-Leko,P (2749) Monte Carlo 2007}) 14... Be7 15. Bg3 Bd6 16. Bh4 Be7 17. Bg3 {LiveBook: 6 Games} Bd6 {D59: Queen's Gambit Declined: Tartakower Defence: Main line (8 cxd5 Nxd5)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,125,-25,-20,-55,-44,-39,-33,-54,-45,-68,-61,-70,-80,-84,-53,-68,-71,-74,0,-93,-87,-105,-113,-109,-96,-91,-94,-76,-28,-93,-100,-139,-72,-56,0,0,0,0,26,26,81,84,85,81,103,120,136,124,135,166,146,137,206,203,200,211,212,206,183,150,177,156,172,140,140,140,140,140,140,140,140,140,140,140,147,147,140,22,139,139,139,139,139,139,139,139,139,139,729,0,63,0,718,647,396,141,29977,29978,29978,29979,29979,29980,29980,29981,29984,29985,29988,29989]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Re1 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7} e6 7. c3 b5 8. Bc2 c4 9. b3 (9. a4 Bb7 10. d4 cxd3 11. Bxd3 bxa4 12. Qxa4 Be7 13. h3 O-O 14. Be3 Qc7 15. Nbd2 Rfb8 16. Qa5 Bd8 17. Qxc7 Bxc7 18. b4 {½-½ (18) Nakamura,H (2785)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2796) Sharjah 2017}) 9... Bb7 10. bxc4 bxc4 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 11. Na3 Rc8 $1 12. Rb1 Ba8 13. Qe2 $146 d5 {Strongly threatening ...Qa5.} 14. Nd4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Nxc4 Qc7 17. Ne3 Qa7 18. Qh5 e5 (18... Qc5 $17 19. Qd1 Qa5) 19. Ndc2 (19. Ne6 $1 $11 g6 20. Qh3 fxe6 21. Qxe6+ Kd8 22. d4) 19... Bc5 $1 $17 20. Ba3 O-O $1 21. Rf1 g6 22. Bxc5 Rxc5 23. Qh4 f6 24. h3 (24. Rfd1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 24... Kg7 25. Rfd1 Rc7 (25... f5 $142 $1 26. d4 exd3 27. Rxd3 Be4) 26. Nb4 Nb6 (26... Nc5 $1 $15) 27. d4 $11 exd3 28. Rxd3 Rff7 29. Rd6 a5 (29... h5 $11) 30. Ng4 $1 $16 {Intending Qh6+ and mate.} Nd7 31. Qh6+ Kg8 32. Nd5 $40 {[%mdl 128] White has strong attack.} Bxd5 33. Rxd5 Rc8 34. Qd2 Kg7 35. Rd6 Qc7 (35... e4 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 36. Rd1 $18 Nf8 37. Qh6+ Kh8 38. Nxf6 Qxc3 39. Qg5 Qb2 40. Ng4 Rf5 41. Qe7 h5 42. Rd7 $1 Nxd7 43. Rxd7 {[%csl Gd7][%cal Re7h7]} Qc1+ 44. Kh2 {[%csl Gd7][%cal Re7h7]} Qf4+ 45. g3 {[%csl Gd7][%cal Re7h7]} Rf7 46. gxf4 Rxe7 47. Rxe7 hxg4 48. fxe5 ({White should play} 48. Rxe5 $16 Rc3 49. hxg4) 48... gxh3 (48... Rf8 $11) 49. Kxh3 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} Rc2 50. f4 $1 {Threatens to win with Kh4.} Rxa2 51. Ra7 Kg8 52. Kg4 {And now Kg5 would win.} Rg2+ 53. Kf3 Ra2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (53... Rb2 $16 54. Rxa5 Rb1) 54. Kg4 $2 (54. e6 $1 $18 {Threatening mate with Ra8+.} Kf8 55. Ke4) 54... Rg2+ $1 $14 55. Kf3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (55. Kh4 $14) 55... Ra2 $18 {[#]} 56. e6 $1 {White wants to mate with Ra8+.} Kf8 {[#]} 57. Ke4 $2 (57. Rf7+ $1 $18 {is the precise move to win.} Ke8 58. Rg7) 57... Rf2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (57... Rb2 $16) 58. Ke5 {White mates.} Rf1 59. Rxa5 Ke7 60. Ra7+ Kf8 61. Rf7+ Kg8 62. f5 gxf5 63. Kf6 {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 48%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Deac, Bogdan-Daniel"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,72,41,27,22,22,38,3,11,9,1,4,8,8,8,6,29,0,35,0,28,0,9,-29,-8,-52,-28,-25,-18,-4,-2,-5,-6,-14,0,-12,0,-4,-6,-12,-12,-30,-22,-55,-55,-83,-72,-135,-122,-130,-105,-138,-143,-117,-123,-275,-262,-283,-236,-420,-413,-417,-413,-436,-425]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Qc2 Bg4 5. Ne5 Be6 6. e3 {LiveBook: 3 Games. D11: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 sidelines and 3...Nf6 4 e3 Bg4} g6 7. cxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 {½-½ (89) Delaunay,S (2362)-Guliyev,N (2564) Le Port Marly 2014}) 7... Nxd5 8. Nd3 {White is slightly better.} (8. Nf3 {seems wilder.} Bg7 9. e4 Nc7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Nc3) 8... Bg7 9. Nd2 O-O 10. Be2 a5 11. a3 Nd7 12. O-O Qb8 13. Rb1 a4 14. Bf3 Qa7 15. Ne4 Nc7 {[%cal Bd5c7,Bc7b5,Bb5d6,Bd6e4,Be4d2][%mdl 32]} 16. Nd2 Nb5 17. Qd1 f5 18. Be2 Bf7 19. Nf3 Bb3 20. Qe1 Nd6 21. Bd2 b6 22. Bc3 Ne4 23. Nd2 Nxd2 24. Qxd2 Nf6 25. Nc1 Ne4 26. Qd3 Bd5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 27. f3 Nxc3 28. bxc3 (28. Qxc3 $142 c5 29. Bc4) 28... e5 $17 29. Qd2 Rfe8 30. Nd3 exd4 31. exd4 {[#]} Qe7 $1 {[%cal Re7e2]} 32. Nf4 $2 (32. Rfe1 $17 {is a better defense.}) 32... Bf7 $19 ({Don't take} 32... Qxa3 33. Nxd5 cxd5 34. f4 $17) 33. Bd3 Bh6 {Hoping for ...Qe3+.} ({But not} 33... Qxa3 34. Rxb6 c5 35. Ne2 $19) 34. Bc2 $2 (34. g3) 34... Qxa3 35. g3 b5 36. Bd3 Qd6 {Precision: White = 22%, Black = 77%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gabuzyan, Hovhannes"]
[Black "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,80,5,0,14,1,12,20,8,40,25,14,51,34,46,-11,55,49,55,43,49,43,39,-190,-183,-198,-180,-193,-189,-204,-187,-316,-287,-282,-235,-241,0,-991,0,-220,-220,-464,-442,-652,-631,-849,-818,-29977,-29978,-4886,-885,-1845,-639,-1755,-672,-686,-683,-685,-673,-672,-648,-618,-613,-868,-866]} 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... Be7 (11... Rxc3 $5 12. bxc3 Nxe4 $14) 12. Qe1 exf4 13. Bxf4 O-O 14. Rd1 Ne8 15. Kh1 Bf6 16. Nd4 (16. Bh6 $14) 16... Ne5 (16... Bxd4 $11 17. Rxd4 Qb6) 17. Qg3 $14 Bh4 18. Qe3 {Hoping for Bxe5.} Bf6 19. Bh6 Bg7 $1 20. Nf5 $2 (20. Bg5 $14 {stays ahead.} Qd7 21. b3) 20... gxf5 $19 21. exf5 Bc4 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Rd4 Bxe2 24. Nxe2 (24. Qxe2 $142 f6 25. Nd5) 24... Kh8 25. Qh6 {[%cal Rh6f8]} Rg8 26. f6 {Threatening Rh4.} Rg6 27. Qf8+ Rg8 28. Qh6 {[#]} Ng6 $1 29. Rd3 $2 (29. Nc3 {was necessary.} Nxf6 30. Qg5) 29... Rxc2 30. Nd4 {[#]} (30. Rd2 $142 Rxd2 31. Qxd2) 30... Rxg2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 31. Ne6 (31. Kxg2 Nf4+) 31... Qa5 {( -> ...Qe5!)} 32. Rd4 {[#]} Qe5 $1 {[%csl Gg2][%cal Re5h2][%mdl 512]} 33. Kxg2 Qxe6 (33... Qe2+ $142 34. Kg3 Qxf1) 34. Kh1 Nxf6 (34... Qe2 $142 35. Rg1 Qf3+ 36. Kh2 Qf2+ 37. Rg2 Qxd4) 35. Rd3 Ne4 36. Qe3 f5 {...Ne5 is the strong threat.} 37. Rg1 Qe5 38. Qd4 Qxd4 39. Rxd4 Rc8 40. Rd5 Nh4 {Precision: White = 46%, Black = 56%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Paichadze, Luka"]
[Black "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "213"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,213,7,0,-4,7,6,6,-22,-21,-33,-22,-42,-19,-24,-12,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,25,20,18,26,18,11,25,21,5,18,22,22,70,62,71,71,59,66,130,135,133,97,158,47,47,47,52,30,41,0,0,0,47,31,32,22,47,47,47,47,47,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,9,12,45,54,74,20,20,20,36,36,36,36,36,36,36,36,47,47,47,47,47,47,47,47,47,47,47,47,47,47,47,47,54,54,54,0,92,36,61,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,0,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,0,0,0,33,33,33,0,0,0,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. c4 {B53: Sicilian: 2...d6: Lines with Qxd4} g6 (6... a6 $5 {[%cal Ra6b5]} 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 $11) 7. Nc3 (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}) 7... Bg7 8. h3 O-O 9. Qd3 a6 10. Bxd7 Nfxd7 11. O-O Nc6 (11... Nc5 $5 {[%cal Rc5d3]} 12. Qc2 Nc6 $11) 12. Bd2 Rc8 (12... Nde5 $5 {[%cal Re5d3]} 13. Qe2 e6 $11) 13. Qe2 $146 Nde5 14. b3 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 f5 (15... Nd4 $5 {[%cal Rd4f3]} 16. Qd3 b5 $11) 16. exf5 Rxf5 17. Qe4 Qd7 18. Rae1 Re8 19. Nd5 e6 {Black wants to play ...Re5.} 20. Ne3 Rff8 21. Rd1 b5 22. Bc1 Qc7 23. Rd2 bxc4 24. bxc4 Bc3 (24... Na5 $14) 25. Rd3 $16 Bb4 26. Ng4 {Strongly threatening Rfd1.} Bc5 ({Black should play} 26... Ne5) 27. Bg5 (27. Rfd1 $16) 27... Ne5 $1 $14 28. Nxe5 dxe5 29. Be3 (29. Rb3 $5 {[%cal Rb3b7]}) 29... Bxe3 30. fxe3 Rxf1+ 31. Kxf1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Rc8 32. Rc3 Qa5 33. Qc2 Qc5 34. Kg1 Kg7 35. Qe4 Rc7 36. Rb3 Qxc4 37. Qxe5+ Kh6 $1 38. Qf6 Qe4 39. Ra3 Rc1+ 40. Kh2 {[#] Black must now prevent Qf8+.} Qf5 41. Qh4+ Kg7 42. Qd4+ (42. Rxa6 $16 Qe5+ 43. Qf4 Qxf4+ 44. exf4) 42... e5 43. Qd6 Kh6 44. Ra4 e4 $1 45. Rxa6 Qf2 46. Qf4+ Qxf4+ 47. exf4 $14 {KR-KR} e3 48. Re6 Ra1 49. Rxe3 {Hoping for Ra3.} Rxa2 50. Re7 Rb2 51. Kg3 Ra2 52. Kf3 {aiming for g4.} Ra3+ 53. Kg4 Ra2 54. g3 Ra5 55. h4 Ra3 56. Kh3 Rb3 57. Kg4 Ra3 58. Re5 ({White should try} 58. Rd7 $16) 58... Rb3 59. h5 Rb1 60. Re6 Rb5 61. hxg6 hxg6 62. Kf3 Kg7 63. g4 Kf7 64. Re3 Ra5 65. Rb3 Ra7 66. Kg3 Kg7 67. Kh4 Ra5 68. Rb7+ Kf8 69. Rd7 Rb5 70. Kg3 Rb3+ 71. Kh4 Rb5 $1 72. Rd3 (72. Rd6 $5 {[%cal Rd6g6]} Kf7 73. Rd7+ Kf8 $14) 72... Kf7 73. Kg3 Ra5 74. Rd7+ Kf8 75. Kf3 Ra4 76. g5 Rb4 77. Ke3 Ra4 78. Rd4 Ra1 79. Rc4 Re1+ 80. Kd4 Kf7 81. Rc7+ Kf8 82. Kd5 (82. Rc6 $5 {[%cal Rc6g6]} Kg7 83. Ra6 $14) 82... Re2 83. Rc6 Kf7 84. Rf6+ Kg7 85. Re6 Rd2+ 86. Ke5 {[#] Re7+ is the strong threat.} Re2+ 87. Kd6 Rd2+ 88. Ke7 Rd4 89. Rf6 Re4+ 90. Kd6 Ra4 91. Kc5 Re4 92. Kd5 (92. f5 $5 {[%cal Rf6g6]} Re5+ 93. Kd6 Rxf5 94. Rxf5 gxf5 95. Ke5 $11) 92... Ra4 (92... Re2 {feels hotter.}) 93. Ke5 Ra5+ 94. Ke4 Ra4+ 95. Kf3 Ra3+ 96. Kg4 Rb3 97. Rd6 Ra3 98. Rd7+ Kf8 99. Rh7 Rb3 100. Rh3 Rb1 101. Rd3 Rf1 102. f5 Rxf5 {The position is equal.} 103. Rf3 Rxf3 104. Kxf3 Ke7 105. Ke3 Ke6 106. Ke4 $1 Kd6 $1 107. Kd4 {Precision: White = 71%, Black = 65%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bortnyk, Olexandr"]
[Black "Rakhmanov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,71,16,30,43,27,10,50,12,50,50,50,39,35,33,39,35,39,39,40,39,39,30,33,31,39,39,39,16,38,0,38,26,33,33,36,33,41,42,64,58,85,62,64,60,62,60,68,68,90,68]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qa4 8. Qb1 c4 9. Nh3 Nc6 {C18: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4: Main line: 7 h4 and 7 Qg4} 10. Nf4 Bd7 (10... Nge7 11. Nh5 Rg8 12. g3 Bd7 13. Bh3 O-O-O 14. O-O Kb8 15. Re1 Rc8 16. Re3 Rc7 {1-0 (71) Wang,H (2717)-Ivanchuk,V (2710) Huaian 2016}) 11. Be2 O-O-O 12. O-O f6 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 13. Bg4 f5 14. Be2 Nge7 15. Qc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Qb2 g6 16. Rab1 b6 17. h3 {1-0 (56) Nowak,I (2343)-Mroczek,J (2237) ICCF email 2011}) 15... Rhg8 16. h4 Rdf8 17. g3 Nd8 18. Kg2 Be8 19. Rh1 Ng6 20. Nh3 Ne7 21. Rb1 Nec6 22. Nf4 Bd7 23. Bf3 Re8 24. Qb2 b6 25. Rbe1 Ne7 26. Rb1 Nec6 27. Qc1 Nf7 28. Re1 Nfd8 29. Nh3 Ref8 30. Qb2 Ne7 31. Qb4 Qxb4 32. axb4 a6 33. Kf1 {[%cal Bg2f1,Bf1e2,Be2d2][%mdl 32]} Bb5 34. Ke2 Kd7 35. Be3 Nf7 36. Kd2 {Precision: White = 57%, Black = 51%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Black "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,140,55,64,59,55,83,58,64,62,60,62,64,59,63,57,60,59,66,62,67,56,56,56,56,56,53,61,58,52,65,48,64,36,39,32,26,31,36,38,52,50,51,46,63,52,47,32,34,34,34,34,34,28,30,28,28,11,11,23,38,36,46,47,47,41,45,26,63,43,56,56,56,32,36,51,34,39,57,54,60,1,8,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,871,871,871,871,857,616,468,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. d4 exd4 {C72: Ruy Lopez: Deferred Steinitz: 5 0-0} (6... Nxd4 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 8. Nxd4 exd4 9. Qxd4 Nf6 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Qg4 13. Bg3 O-O 14. Rad1 Rfe8 15. Rfe1 Rad8 16. a4 Qc8 17. h3 c6 18. Bh4 {½-½ (42) Wang,H (2678)-Demchenko,A (2632) Subic Bay 2016}) 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. Qxd4 {LiveBook: 6 Games} c5 {White is slightly better.} 9. Qd3 Nf6 10. Re1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. c4 Be7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. h3 Bc6 13. Bf4 Re8 14. Rad1 Nh5 15. Bh2 Bg5 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 {1-0 (39) Sugden,J (2149)-Lai,D Liverpool 2008}) 10... Be6 11. Nc3 Be7 12. e5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Qxd3 14. Nxd3 {[%cal Be5d3,Bd3f4,Bf4e6][%mdl 32]} O-O 15. Nf4 Bd6 16. Nxe6 Rfe8 17. Bd2 (17. Bg5 $5 {[%cal Re6f4]} Rxe6 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Nd5 $14) 17... Rxe6 18. Rxe6 fxe6 19. Re1 Rd8 20. Re2 c4 21. g3 Kf7 22. Kg2 h6 23. Ne4 Be5 24. Bc3 Bxc3 25. Nxc3 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Rb8 26. Nd1 Rd8 27. Ne3 $1 c3 $1 {[%cal Rc3b2]} 28. b3 c5 29. Nc4 Rd1 30. Nb6 Rd2 31. Kf3 Ng4 $1 {[%cal Rg4h2]} 32. Rxd2 cxd2 {KN-KN} 33. Ke2 Nxf2 34. Kxd2 Ke7 35. Nc4 Ng4 36. h4 Nf6 37. Ke2 Ne4 38. Kf3 Nc3 39. a3 Nb5 40. Ke4 Nc3+ 41. Kd3 Nd5 42. Nd2 {And now Ne4 would win.} Kd6 43. Ne4+ Kc6 44. c4 Ne7 45. b4 cxb4 46. axb4 h5 47. Kc3 (47. Kd4 $14) 47... Nf5 48. Kb3 e5 49. Ka4 Kb6 50. Kb3 Kc6 51. Ka4 Kb6 52. c5+ Kc6 53. Ka5 Kd5 54. Ng5 ({Wrong is} 54. Kxa6 $2 Kxe4 55. b5 Kd5 $19) 54... e4 ({Reject} 54... Nxg3 $6 55. Kxa6 Nf5 56. b5 $16) 55. Kxa6 e3 56. Kb6 e2 57. Nf3 Kc4 (57... Nd4 $5 58. Ne1 $8 Kc4 $11) 58. c6 {[%cal Bc5c6,Bc6c7][%mdl 32] Black must now prevent c7.} Kxb4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (58... Nd4 $11 59. c7 Nxf3) 59. c7 $18 Ne7 {[#]} 60. Nd4 $1 Nd5+ {[#]} 61. Kc6 $1 {[%cal Rc6d5]} Nxc7 62. Kxc7 $2 (62. Nxe2 $18 Ne8 63. Nf4) 62... e1=N $11 {KN-KN. The position is equal.} 63. Ne6 g6 64. Kd6 {Ke5 is the strong threat.} Kc4 65. Ke5 {Threatens to win with Nf4.} Kd3 66. Kf4 {Strongly threatening Nf8.} Ke2 67. Nf8 Kf2 68. Nxg6 Ng2+ 69. Kg5 Kxg3 70. Kxh5 Nxh4 {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 74%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zhigalko, Andrey"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2408"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,79,10,21,26,50,49,62,64,63,58,29,39,35,37,36,33,52,47,67,46,84,65,95,91,111,105,97,104,129,127,121,129,125,122,210,177,571,566,563,550,735,727,681,441,438,417,409,394,463,410,1925,1098,12839,12839,12834,12835]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d6 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a4 h6 13. d5 Ne7 14. Nh2 {C92: Closed Ruy Lopez: 9...Be6, Karpov and Flohr-Zaitsev Variations} c5 15. dxc6 Bxc6 (15... Nxc6 16. Ba2 Na5 17. Ng4 Nxg4 18. hxg4 d5 19. exd5 {½-½ (19) Salgado Lopez,I (2627)-Inarkiev,E (2706) Moscow 2015}) 16. Ng4 {White is slightly better.} Ng6 17. Nf1 Nf4 ({But not} 17... Nxe4 18. Qf3 $16) 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8 Bxa8 20. Qf3 h5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 20... Nxg4 21. hxg4 Qf6 {0-1 (57) Hennigan,M (2355)-Oblitas Guerrero,C Santiago de Chile 1990}) 21. Nxf6+ Qxf6 22. Nh2 Bc6 23. h4 Be7 ({Avoid the trap} 23... Qxh4 $2 24. g3 $18) 24. g3 Qg6 25. Bxf4 exf4 26. Qxf4 Qf6 27. Qd2 Bd8 28. Bd5 Bxd5 29. Qxd5 Re5 (29... Bb6 $16 30. Re2 Qe5) 30. Qa8 g5 $2 (30... d5 {is tougher.} 31. Kg2 dxe4) 31. hxg5 $18 Rxg5 {[#]} 32. Nf3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rg4 (32... Qxf3 33. Qxd8+) 33. e5 dxe5 34. Rxe5 Kg7 35. Rxh5 b4 36. Kg2 bxc3 37. bxc3 Rc4 (37... Rg6 $142 38. c4 Rh6) 38. Qd5 {White is clearly winning.} Rxc3 39. Rg5+ Kf8 40. Rf5 {Precision: White = 73%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Boruchovsky, Avital"]
[Black "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,120,21,28,23,28,0,0,0,18,20,27,24,44,0,19,0,0,0,0,0,0,-23,0,0,0,0,33,-60,-17,-23,-18,-12,-12,-15,-14,-20,-21,-14,-22,-20,-18,-21,-8,-8,-8,-16,-10,-15,-8,-13,-11,-8,0,-11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 {[%cal Be4d6,Bd6f5,Bf5e7,Be7g6,Bg6f4][%mdl 32]} 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Rd1+ Ke8 10. Nc3 Ne7 11. h3 h6 12. b3 Ng6 13. Bb2 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} Be7 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 14. Ne4 Nf4 {[#]} 15. Re1 $146 {White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 15. Nd4 Bd7 16. Ng3 c5 17. Nde2 Nxe2+ 18. Nxe2 Rd8 19. Nf4 Bf5 20. c4 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 {½-½ (37) Svetushkin,D (2597)-Kryvoruchko,Y (2676) Achaea 2012}) 15... Ne6 16. Rad1 c5 17. Nfd2 b6 18. Nc4 Ba6 19. g3 Rd8 20. f4 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Bb7 22. Nf2 h5 {Hoping for ...h4.} 23. f5 Ng5 (23... Nd4 $5 24. Bxd4 cxd4 $11) 24. h4 Nf3+ 25. Kf1 Bc8 26. e6 (26. f6 $14 gxf6 27. exf6) 26... Nd4 27. exf7+ Kxf7 28. Ne5+ {The position is equal.} Kf6 $1 {[%cal Rf6e5]} 29. Nc6 Bxf5 30. Bxd4+ cxd4 31. Nxe7 Kxe7 32. Rxd4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rh6 33. Rd2 Rc6 34. c4 Rg6 35. Re2+ Kd7 36. Kg2 Rd6 37. Kf3 Kc6 38. Re5 Bb1 39. a3 Ba2 40. Re3 Rd2 41. Nd3 Bb1 42. Nf4 g6 43. Nd5 Rd4 44. Re1 Rd3+ 45. Re3 a5 46. Rxd3 Bxd3 {KB-KN} 47. Ke3 Bc2 {aiming for ...Kc5.} 48. b4 Kd6 49. Kd4 Bb1 50. c5+ bxc5+ 51. bxc5+ Kd7 52. Nc3 (52. g4 $5 hxg4 53. Nf6+ Kc6 54. Nxg4 $11) 52... Bf5 53. Kd5 Be6+ 54. Ke5 {[#] Threatens to win with c6+!} Bc4 55. Kd4 Bf7 56. Nb5 Kc6 57. Na7+ Kb7 58. Nb5 Bg8 59. Nc3 $1 Kc6 60. Ne2 Kb5 {Precision: White = 66%, Black = 69%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kryakvin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Kravtsiv, Martyn"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,136,10,0,0,18,21,21,14,41,8,18,-10,0,0,0,0,0,-42,-47,-83,-22,-29,-38,-31,-23,-62,-45,-85,-89,-159,-167,-218,-224,-214,-192,-192,-188,-187,-190,-193,-92,-107,-106,-147,-158,-219,-214,-223,-131,-123,-84,-186,-143,-265,-213,-286,-258,-555,-544,-540,-270,-272,-256,-380,-269,-245,-234,-452,-450,-444,-442,-425,-439,-525,-517,-504,-518,-505,-483,-542,-470,-679,-672,-570,-435,-782,-781,-1380,-1314,-1208,-1170,-832,-794,-703,-709,-1437,-1390,-1335,-1227,-1823,-1651,-12842,-12843,-12843,-1887,-1543,0,-5006,-1039,-12845,-2972,-12831,-7016,-2842,-2611,-2028,-2077,-12831,-7016,-12846,-12847,-12849,-12849]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 c5 7. O-O b6 8. Ng5 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} (8. Nd4 Ne5 9. Nc6 Nxc4 10. Nxd8 Nd5 11. Nc3 Kxd8 12. Nxd5 Bb7 13. Nc3 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Be7 15. Rd1 Bf6 16. d4 Ke7 17. dxc5 Bxc3 18. bxc3 bxc5 19. Kf3 {½-½ (19) Aronian,L (2785)-Cheparinov,I (2689) Doha 2016}) 8... Rb8 {LiveBook: 11 Games} 9. Nc3 h6 10. Nge4 {The position is equal.} Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Bb7 12. d3 Be7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Bd5 13. Qc3 f5 14. Nd2 Qf6 15. Qc2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 {½-½ (26) Kluge,T-Engelhard,C LSS email 2007}) 13. Qa4 a6 (13... b5 $5 14. Qb3 (14. Qxa7 f5 $11) 14... Bd5 $11) 14. Bf4 e5 $1 {[%cal Re5f4]} 15. Be3 ({Don't blunder} 15. Bxe5 $2 b5 $19) 15... O-O 16. f4 b5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 17. Qb3 c4 (17... exf4 $17 18. Bxf4 (18. Rxf4 Bxe4 19. Rxe4 Nf6 $15) 18... Qb6) 18. dxc4 $11 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Bc5 20. Bf2 exf4 21. Rad1 {Bxc5 is the strong threat.} Qe7 22. Bb1 (22. Bd5 $142) 22... Nf6 $17 {Strongly threatening ...Ng4.} 23. Qc2 (23. cxb5 $142 Rxb5 24. Qc3) 23... fxg3 $19 24. hxg3 bxc4 25. Qxc4 Bxf2+ 26. Rxf2 Rxb2 27. Rdf1 Rfb8 (27... Rb4 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top.} 28. Qc3 Rg4) 28. Bd3 $17 R2b6 29. Qf4 Rb4 30. Qf5 {[#]} (30. Bc4 $17 {keeps fighting.}) 30... Rg4 $1 $19 31. Rf3 Qd6 (31... Qc7 $19 32. Kg2 Re8 33. Bxa6 h5) 32. Kg2 $17 Ra4 33. Qh3 (33. Rc1 $17) 33... Rxa2 34. R1f2 (34. Rc1 $17) 34... Qd5 35. Kh2 Ra1 36. Qh4 $2 (36. Rf1 {was necessary.} Ra2 37. Rc1 Qxf3 38. Rc8+ Ne8 39. Rxb8 Qxd3 40. Rxe8+ Kh7 41. Qh5) 36... h5 $19 {Threatens to win with ...g5.} 37. Qf4 Re8 38. Kg2 a5 39. e4 (39. Qc7 $142) 39... Qe5 40. Qxe5 Rxe5 41. Rf5 $2 (41. Rc2 {was worth a try.}) 41... Ng4 42. Rxe5 Nxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 43. Ba6 g6 44. Rb2 Kg7 45. Rb5 Ra2+ 46. Kf1 f6 47. Bb7 Ra3 48. Kg2 (48. Kf2 $142) 48... g5 49. Bd5 h4 50. gxh4 (50. Rb3 $142 Ra2+ 51. Kf1 Ra1+ 52. Kg2) 50... gxh4 51. Be6 a4 52. Rb8 Rg3+ 53. Kf2 Nd3+ 54. Kf1 a3 55. Rg8+ Kh6 56. Ra8 Ne5 57. Rh8+ Kg5 58. Rg8+ Kf4 59. Rf8 Ke3 (59... h3 $142 60. Bxh3 Rxh3) 60. Ra8 Kf4 (60... Rf3+ $142 61. Kg2 Rg3+ 62. Kf1 Kf4) 61. Rf8 $1 Rf3+ (61... Kxe4 $142 62. Ra8 Nc6) 62. Kg2 {[#]} Kxe4 (62... h3+ $142 $1 63. Kg1 (63. Bxh3 Rg3+) 63... a2 64. Bxa2 Ng4 65. Rh8 Kg3 66. Rxh3+ Kxh3 67. Be6 Kg3 68. Bxg4 Kxg4 69. Kh2 Rf2+ 70. Kh1 Kg3 71. Kg1 Rf3 72. e5 fxe5 73. Kh1 Rf1#) 63. Rh8 Rg3+ 64. Kf1 Ke3 65. Ra8 Kf4 66. Rh8 {[#]} h3 $1 {[%cal Bh4h3,Bh3h2][%mdl 32]} 67. Rh4+ (67. Bxh3 Rb3) 67... Ke3 {( -> ...Nf3)} 68. Ra4 h2 {Precision: White = 30%, Black = 64%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Black "Tihonov, Jurij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,80,79,47,47,44,48,39,36,31,39,3,19,0,46,42,35,17,20,18,36,0,24,-8,12,6,24,34,45,44,43,39,56,26,28,18,25,25,26,18,36,24,25,18,18,0,425,443,439,430,416,410,410,384,386,373,481,466,368,112,260,259,660,600,757]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 8. d4 e6 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7} (8... cxd4 9. cxd4 e5 10. d5 Nd4 11. Be3 Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 Bd7 13. Nd2 b5 14. a4 Be7 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. Nb3 {1-0 (26) Anand,V (2776)-Gharamian,T (2626) Bastia 2016}) 9. d5 Ne5 10. Be2 {LiveBook: 5 Games} Bxf3 {White is slightly better.} 11. Bxf3 exd5 12. exd5 Be7 13. Bf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Be2 O-O 14. c4 {½-½ (31) Bezemer,A (2315)-Lin,C (2516) Vlissingen 2016}) 13... Nfd7 14. Bg4 O-O 15. Bxd7 Nxd7 16. a4 Re8 17. a5 b5 18. axb6 Nxb6 19. Qf3 Bg5 {[%cal Re8e1]} 20. Rxe8+ Qxe8 {[%cal Re8e1]} 21. Nd2 Bxf4 22. Qxf4 Qe5 23. Qxe5 dxe5 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 24. c4 a5 25. Kf1 f5 26. Ke2 (26. Re1 $5 {[%cal Re1e5]}) 26... Kf7 27. Kd3 a4 28. Kc3 Ke7 29. f3 h5 30. h4 g6 31. b4 axb3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (31... cxb4+ $11 {and Black is okay.} 32. Kxb4 Rb8) 32. Rxa8 $18 Nxa8 33. Nxb3 $11 {KN-KN} Kd6 34. Na5 Kc7 35. Nc6 $1 Kd6 {[#]} 36. Nd8 $1 e4 37. fxe4 fxe4 38. Nf7+ $2 (38. Nb7+ $18 Ke5 39. Nxc5) 38... Ke7 {[#]} (38... Kc7 $16) 39. Ne5 $1 $18 Kf6 $2 (39... e3 40. Kd3 (40. Nxg6+ Kd6 $18) 40... Kf6 41. Nd7+ Ke7 42. Nxc5 Nb6) 40. Nd7+ Kf5 {Precision: White = 43%, Black = 54%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sturua, Zurab"]
[Black "Galliamova, Alisa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,25,16,18]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. d4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. e4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nc6 13. Bb2 {[#]} {Predecessor:} Na5 $146 14. Qe2 Rc8 15. Ne5 Bb4 16. Red1 Qe7 17. Rac1 Rfd8 18. h4 h6 19. Qh5 Bd6 20. Ng4 Nc4 21. Ba1 {1-0 (52) Ju,W (2579)-Gunina,V (2525) Doha 2016} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelashvili, Tamaz"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,161,-11,-6,-14,0,0,0,-4,-9,-24,-22,-6,-4,-10,0,0,-4,-4,0,-11,0,-6,-3,-23,0,0,17,16,89,85,87,83,76,64,64,60,60,60,60,60,60,60,60,60,62,58,81,64,96,101,104,78,96,96,93,56,56,56,60,60,68,68,87,66,129,102,106,0,6,0,0,0,31,26,26,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,43,95,121,30,520,495,286,310,316,309,274,301,284,302,279,286,220,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. d4 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. Bb5+ Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Be3 Bg4 {D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3} 11. dxc5 (11. d5 Ne5 12. Be2 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Qa5 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. Rc2 b5 17. Bg5 Rfe8 18. Qe3 Qa4 19. Rfc1 f6 20. Bf4 {½-½ (39) Banusz,T (2616)-Li,C (2751) Graz 2016}) 11... Bxc3 12. Rc1 Bg7 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 13. h3 Qxd1 (13... Bxf3 $5 14. Qxf3 Nd4 15. Bxd4 Bxd4 $11) 14. Rfxd1 Be6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Bxf3 15. gxf3 Rfd8 16. f4 Rac8 17. e5 e6 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Rb1 Bf8 20. Bf1 Nd4 21. Rxb7 Bxc5 22. Kg2 Bb6 23. a4 h5 24. Bb5 {½-½ (24) Parker,J (2570)-Maki,V (2384) Kallithea 2002}) 15. Ng5 Bxa2 {aiming for ...Bb2.} 16. Rd7 Na5 17. Rxe7 Rfd8 18. Nf3 Be6 19. Ng5 Bb3 20. Nf3 Be6 21. Rc7 Rdc8 22. Rxc8+ Rxc8 23. Ng5 (23. c6 $5) 23... Ba2 24. f4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Nb3 (24... h6 $5 25. Nf3 $8 Be6 $11) 25. Rc4 a6 (25... h6 $11 26. Nf3 Bf8) 26. c6 $1 $16 {[%cal Rc6b7]} bxc6 27. Bxa6 Ra8 28. Rxc6 Nd4 29. Rd6 (29. Bb7 {looks sharper.} Rb8 30. Rc8+ Rxc8 31. Bxc8 h6 32. Nf3) 29... h6 30. Nf3 $1 Nxf3+ 31. gxf3 Be6 32. Kg2 Rb8 33. Kg3 Bf8 34. Rc6 Rd8 35. Bc4 Bxc4 36. Rxc4 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Bg7 37. Ra4 Rd3 38. Bc5 Bc3 39. e5 Be1+ 40. Kg2 Rd2+ 41. Kf1 Bg3 42. Be7 g5 $1 43. fxg5 h5 ({Black should play} 43... Bxe5 $14 44. gxh6 Kh7) 44. Bf6 Kh7 45. Re4 (45. Ra6 $1 $16 Rf2+ 46. Kg1 Rxf3 47. g6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} fxg6 48. Kg2) 45... h4 46. e6 fxe6 $1 47. Bd4 Kg6 (47... e5 $5 48. Bxe5 Rf2+ 49. Ke1 Kg6 $11) 48. Rxe6+ Kf5 $1 {[%cal Rf5e6]} 49. Re4 Rd1+ $1 50. Ke2 Re1+ $1 51. Kd3 Rf1 52. Ke2 (52. g6 $5 Kxg6 53. Re6+ Kf7 54. Rf6+ Ke8 55. Ke4 $14) 52... Re1+ $1 53. Kd2 Rh1 54. Rg4 {And now g6 would win.} Kg6 55. Be3 Rxh3 {[#]} 56. Ra4 ({Only move:} 56. Rc4 $1 $16) 56... Rh1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (56... Be5 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 57. Ra6+ $18 Kf5 (57... Kg7 {was worth a try.} 58. Bd4+ Kg8) 58. g6 {White wants to mate with g7.} Be5 59. Ra5 Ke6 {[#]} 60. Kd3 $1 {[%cal Rd3e4]} h3 61. Ke4 Bc3 62. Ra6+ Ke7 63. f4 $2 (63. Ra7+ $18 Kf8 64. Rf7+ Kg8 65. Bh6 Re1+ 66. Kd3) 63... h2 $11 {The position is equal.} 64. Ra7+ Kd6 {White must now prevent ...Rb1.} 65. Rh7 {Threatens to win with f5.} (65. Ra2 {is interesting.} Rg1 66. Rxh2 Rxg6 67. Kf5 Rf6+ 68. Kg5) 65... Rg1 $1 66. Rxh2 (66. g7 {is more complex.} Rxg7 67. Rh6+ Kd7 68. Bf2 Re7+ 69. Kd5) 66... Rxg6 67. Rc2 Re6+ 68. Kf3 Bf6 69. f5 Re8 70. Bf4+ Ke7 71. Rc7+ Kf8 72. Rb7 Kg8 73. Bd6 Rd8 74. Bb8 Re8 75. Kg4 Re7 76. Rb6 Kf7 77. Bd6 Re4+ 78. Kf3 Rd4 79. Rb7+ Ke8 80. Bf4 Rd5 81. Ke4 {Precision: White = 57%, Black = 61%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shomoev, Anton"]
[Black "Bakalchuk, Johnatan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2391"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,73,46,56,65,73,117,102,114,119,93,56,45,48,56,54,47,52,47,55,52,12,10,16,18,15,15,15,15,18,15,15,10,4,23,28,55,55,87,86,91,85,162,177,236,231,224,248,763,768,766,758,750,746,746,717,825,817]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d5 6. e5 Nh6 {[%cal Bg8h6,Bh6f5,Bf5h4][%mdl 32]} 7. h3 O-O 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. Bb5 f6 10. O-O {LiveBook: 18 Games} Nf5 {[%cal Rf6e5] B22: Sicilian: 2 c3} 11. Re1 fxe5 12. dxe5 e6 {White is better.} 13. Bxc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. Rc1 Qf7 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Na4 h6 17. Bf6 Bxf6 18. exf6 Qxf6 19. Rxc6 {1-0 (32) Collins,S (2426)-Starostits,I (2486) San Sebastian 2011}) 13... bxc6 14. Na4 Nh4 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Nxf3+.} 15. Nd4 Qe7 16. Qg4 {And now Bg5 would win.} ({Don't play} 16. Nxc6 Qf7 $11) 16... Qb4 17. Nc2 Qxg4 18. hxg4 {Threatens to win with Bg5.} g5 19. Be3 Ng6 $1 {[%cal Rg6e5]} 20. Bd4 Rf4 21. f3 $1 {[#]} Nxe5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 22. Bxe5 Rxa4 23. b3 Ra6 24. Nb4 Rb6 25. Nd3 Bf8 26. Bd4 Rb5 27. Rac1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Bd7 28. Ne5 Bg7 29. Nxc6 Bxc6 (29... Bf8 $16) 30. Bxg7 $18 Bb7 (30... Be8 $142) 31. Rc7 {Black must now prevent Bb2.} Rc8 32. Re7 Rc6 $2 (32... Ba6 33. R1xe6 Rb7 34. Rxb7 Rc1+ 35. Kh2 Bxb7) 33. Re5 {White is clearly winning.} Ba6 34. Rxg5 {White wants to mate with Bh6+.} d4 35. Be5+ Kf8 36. Rxh7 {Rh8+ would kill now.} Rc1+ 37. Kh2 {Precision: White = 85%, Black = 46%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Blomqvist, Erik"]
[Black "Romanov, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,76,5,14,11,10,0,6,9,6,6,14,4,4,6,10,3,5,6,13,0,0,0,4,0,0,-2,0,0,0,-8,0,-4,0,-42,-41,-35,-30,-43,-32,-37,-31,-12,-10,-24,-26,-46,-41,-34,0,-41,-28,-92,-91,-103,-59,-59,-65,-65,-39,-125,-108,-422,-422,-694,-682]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. c4 g6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. O-O e6 8. Nc3 {A15: English Opening: 1...Nf6} d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. d4 {The position is equal.} Re8 11. Rc1 Ne4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... a6 12. Rc2 Nbd7 13. e3 c5 14. Ne2 Rc8 15. Nf4 c4 {1-0 (77) Meier,G (2654)-Shabalov,A (2522) Berlin 2015}) 12. Qc2 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 a5 14. Rfd1 Nd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7f6,Bf6e4,Be4d6,Bd6c4][%mdl 32]} 15. e3 Rc8 16. Ne1 c6 17. Nd3 Nf6 18. Qb1 Ne4 19. Be1 Ba6 20. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} h5 21. b4 axb4 22. Qxb4 Nd6 23. a5 Bxd3 $1 24. Rxd3 b5 $1 25. Ra3 Nc4 26. Ra2 Bf8 27. Qb3 Ra8 28. a6 Ra7 29. Bf1 Qd6 30. Rca1 f5 (30... h4 $5) 31. Qc2 Rea8 32. Bc3 (32. Qb1 $11) 32... Qe6 $17 33. Bd3 Kf7 34. Kg2 Qc8 {[%cal Ra7a6]} 35. h3 Kg8 36. g4 (36. Qb1 $15) 36... fxg4 {[%cal Bf5g4,Bg4h3][%mdl 32]} 37. Bxg6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (37. Qe2 $17 {is more resistant.}) 37... gxh3+ $19 38. Kh1 (38. Kh2 $142 Bd6+ 39. f4 Nxe3 40. Qe2 Bxf4+ 41. Kh1) 38... Qg4 {Precision: White = 35%, Black = 83%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Forcen Esteban, Daniel"]
[Black "Lysyj, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,71,13,25,0,29,-8,61,47,73,11,11,16,16,18,16,11,64,61,70,85,79,62,77,0,19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-40,-45,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,237,218,311,233,948,949,922,891]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. dxc5 Nxc5 {C11: French: Classical System: 4 e5 and 4 Bg5 dxe4} 10. O-O-O a6 11. Kb1 b5 {LiveBook: 5 Games. The position is equal.} 12. Bxc5 Bxc5 13. h4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Bd3 h6 14. g4 f6 15. Qg2 fxe5 16. fxe5 Nd4 17. Nxd4 Bxd4 {1-0 (51) Areshchenko,A (2665)-Sengupta,D (2571) Abu Dhabi 2016}) 13... f6 (13... Qb6 $11) 14. exf6 $14 gxf6 {[#]} 15. f5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} d4 $11 (15... exf5 16. Nxd5) 16. Ne4 Bb4 17. Qh6 exf5 18. Ng3 Qe8 (18... Bd6 $11 19. Ne2 (19. Nh5 Qe7 $11) 19... d3 20. Rxd3 Qe7) 19. Bd3 $1 $14 Qg6 20. Qf4 {[%cal Rg3f5]} Qg4 {[#]} 21. Qc7 $1 {[%cal Rc7c6]} Ne5 $1 22. Nxe5 ({White should play} 22. a3 $16) 22... Qxg3 $11 23. Qc6 (23. Rh3 $11 Qg7 24. Qxg7+ Kxg7 25. Nc6) 23... fxe5 $15 24. Qxa8 Qg7 {White must now prevent ...Bb7.} 25. Qd5+ Kh8 26. Rhf1 Qe7 27. g3 Bb7 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 28. Qb3 e4 {aiming for ...Bd6.} 29. Be2 Bc5 {Strongly threatening ...Qd6.} 30. a4 Bc6 (30... Qd6 $5 {[%cal Rb7d5]} 31. axb5 axb5 $11) 31. axb5 axb5 32. Bxb5 Rb8 $2 (32... Bxb5 $11 {and Black is okay.} 33. Qxb5 Qa7) 33. Rxf5 $18 (33. c4 $2 e3 $19) 33... Rxb5 {[#]} (33... Bxb5 $142 34. Qd5 (34. c4 $2 e3 $19) 34... d3) 34. Qc4 $1 Qb7 $2 (34... h6) 35. b3 ({Not} 35. Rxc5 Rxb2+ 36. Kc1 Rb4 $11) 35... Qe7 36. Rg5 {Precision: White = 70%, Black = 44%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Baron, Tal"]
[Black "Podolchenko, Evgeniy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,114,25,0,22,35,48,52,42,38,51,33,39,31,31,38,33,33,47,41,44,48,64,37,31,26,22,15,34,17,36,11,42,29,55,14,23,0,0,-11,-14,-18,-24,-31,0,-7,0,-50,-4,-19,-4,-34,-39,-58,-53,-53,-49,-93,-94,-133,-76,-82,-30,-29,-37,-103,-100,-95,-87,-150,-122,-177,-172,-341,-339,-334,-337,-327,-321,-344,-345,-342,-345,-333,-256,-312,-265,-191,-182,-12838,-12839,-12839,-204,-12840,-12840]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qa4 8. Qg4 Kf8 9. Nf3 {C18: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4: Main line: 7 h4 and 7 Qg4} Nc6 (9... b6 10. c4 Ne7 11. Bd3 dxc4 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Ng5 h6 14. Nh7+ Rxh7 15. Bxh7 Bb7 16. O-O Nbc6 {1-0 (29) Caruana,F (2817)-Naroditsky,D (2646) Saint Louis 2017}) 10. Be2 Qxc2 11. dxc5 Nge7 12. Qf4 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Ng6 13. Qe3 Qe4 14. Qxe4 dxe4 15. Ng5 {[%cal Bf3g5,Bg5e4,Be4d6][%mdl 32]} Ncxe5 16. Nxe4 Bd7 {[#]} 17. O-O $146 Bc6 18. Nd6 Nd7 19. Be3 b6 20. cxb6 axb6 21. Nc4 Ke7 $1 22. Rfb1 ({But not} 22. Nxb6 Nxb6 23. Bxb6 Nf4 $15) 22... b5 23. Nd2 Rhb8 24. h4 f6 25. Rb4 Ra4 26. g3 Rba8 27. Rxa4 Rxa4 28. Bd1 Ra8 29. h5 Nge5 30. Be2 g5 31. hxg6 hxg6 32. f4 Rh8 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Rh1+.} 33. Kf1 $132 {[%mdl 2048] White is not keeping still} Nf7 34. Nf3 Rh1+ 35. Bg1 $1 Nd6 36. Re1 (36. Nd4 $5 {[%cal Rd4c6]} Bb7 37. Bxb5 $15) 36... Bd5 37. g4 Rh3 38. Kg2 Rh8 39. Bd3 Ra8 40. Ra1 Ra4 (40... e5 $142 {And now ...e4 would win.} 41. fxe5 Nxe5) 41. Kg3 Ne4+ (41... Bxf3 $17 42. Kxf3 e5 43. Bxg6 Rxf4+ 44. Kg3 Rc4) 42. Bxe4 $1 $11 Rxe4 43. Bd4 (43. g5 $15) 43... e5 $17 44. fxe5 fxe5 45. Ba7 ({Better is} 45. Ng5 Re2 46. Bf2) 45... Nf6 46. Bc5+ (46. Kh3 $17) 46... Kd7 $19 47. Rf1 $2 (47. Kh3) 47... Rxg4+ 48. Kh3 {[#]} Bxf3 $1 49. Rxf3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rf4 50. Rd3+ Ke6 51. Rd6+ Kf5 {aiming for ...Ne4.} 52. Rb6 Rf3+ 53. Kg2 Rxc3 54. Rxb5 Rc2+ 55. Kf3 $2 (55. Kg1) 55... e4+ 56. Ke3 Nd5+ 57. Kd4 Nc7 {Precision: White = 34%, Black = 76%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Alonso Rosell, Alvar"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,41,27,35,22,29,20,33,0,6,0,4,-22,34,39,31,0,35,13,25,27,30,26,33,33,32,30,56,33,48,47]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nb4 6. O-O {A40: Unusual replies to 1 d4} Nxd3 (6... g6 7. Nc3 Nxd3 8. Qxd3 Bg7 9. d5 Nf6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 Nh5 13. Rad1 Nxg3 14. fxg3 {1-0 (37) Caruana,F (2787)-Nakamura,H (2793) Saint Louis 2015}) 7. Qxd3 Ne7 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 8. d5 Ng6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Nd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Be3 O-O 11. Rad1 e5 12. Ne2 d6 13. Ng3 Bc8 {½-½ (24) Ruzele,D (2520)-Kengis,E (2560) Bonn 1996}) 10... O-O 11. Be3 c6 12. Nf3 d6 (12... cxd5 $11 13. exd5 f5) 13. dxc6 $14 Bxc6 14. Rfd1 Qc8 15. Rac1 Qb7 16. Nd4 Ne5 17. Qc2 Bd7 18. Qe2 Rfc8 19. b3 a6 20. a4 Bf8 21. f3 {Precision: White = 47%, Black = 44%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bernadskiy, Vitaliy"]
[Black "Kanakova, Natalie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,61,21,37,-18,16,12,47,36,47,36,42,38,41,16,22,8,53,53,77,16,95,80,90,73,73,77,133,31,272,277,339,197,255,146,136,152,161,134,422,428,403,418,395,374,480,470,650,633,651,645,886,766,29986,29987]} 1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Bg4 3. f3 Bh5 4. e3 (4. Nh3 e6 5. c4 Nf6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 Bd6 8. Be2 Bg6 9. Na3 c6 10. O-O O-O 11. f4 Bf5 {0-1 (54) Vachier Lagrave,M (2762)-Sargissian,G (2686) Dubai 2014}) 4... e6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 4... Nd7 5. d4 e6 6. Qd2 Bg6 7. Ne2 Ngf6 8. g4 Bd6 9. h4 h6 10. Nbc3 c6 11. O-O-O Qc7 {½-½ (79) Aravindh,C (2444)-Debashis,D (2484) Glasgow 2014}) 5. Ne2 Nf6 6. d4 {A01: Nimzowitsch-Larsen Opening} (6. g4 $14) 6... Bd6 7. Nbc3 Nbd7 8. Qd2 {White is slightly better.} Bg6 9. O-O-O c6 10. g4 h6 11. Nf4 Bh7 12. h4 Qc7 (12... h5 $5) 13. g5 Ng8 14. Nh5 (14. Nce2 $16) 14... Bf8 (14... O-O-O $11 {keeps the balance.}) 15. e4 O-O-O 16. Bd3 Ne7 17. Kb1 e5 ({Better is} 17... Kb8) 18. gxh6 (18. exd5 $16 {aiming for dxe5.} hxg5 19. hxg5 (19. Qxg5 Bxd3 20. Rxd3 exd4 $11) 19... exd4 20. Nf4 dxc3 21. Bxc3) 18... gxh6 $2 (18... g6 $14) 19. exd5 $18 {And now dxe5 would win.} Bg6 20. dxc6 (20. dxe5 $142 Bxh5 21. d6) 20... Nxc6 (20... bxc6 {keeps fighting.} 21. Bxg6 fxg6) 21. Nb5 (21. d5 $18 Nd4 {[#]} 22. Nf4 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 21... Qb6 $16 22. Ng3 Bb4 23. Qe2 {[#] Threatens to win with Bxg6.} Nxd4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (23... Bxd3 $16 24. Qxd3 a6) 24. Nxd4 $18 exd4 25. Bxg6 Qxg6 26. Qc4+ Bc5 {...b5 would now be nice for Black.} 27. Ne4 b6 28. Bxd4 Rhe8 29. b4 {[%cal Bb3b4,Bb4c5,Bc5b6][%mdl 32]} f5 30. bxc5 fxe4 31. cxb6+ {Precision: White = 48%, Black = 33%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sanal, Vahap"]
[Black "Popov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,64,-8,-8,-8,-8,-6,-1,-17,11,6,10,-1,45,-37,-41,-56,-66,-77,-58,-86,-74,-87,-87,-137,-116,-202,-166,-209,-204,-266,-266,-268,-275,-269,-269,-292,-280,-295,-279,-292,-288,-272,-286,-294,-285,-454,-467,-702,-699,-750,-730,-660,-572,-919,-893,-1252,-1236]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. g3 g6 (3... Nc6 4. Bg2 e5 5. O-O a5 6. e3 Nf6 7. exd4 exd4 8. d3 Be7 9. Na3 Nd7 10. Nb5 Nc5 11. Re1 O-O 12. Bf4 Ne6 13. Rxe6 Bxe6 14. Nxc7 {½-½ (31) Zherebukh,Y (2632)-Xiong,J (2652) Saint Louis 2017}) 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e3 dxe3 6. fxe3 {A09: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 d5 2 c4} e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. O-O c5 9. Na4 Qc7 10. b3 {½-½ (60) Giffard,N (2395)-Ekstroem,R (2490) France 1998}) 7. Nc3 f5 8. d3 {The position is equal.} Ne7 9. O-O O-O 10. e4 h6 11. Be3 ({White should play} 11. exf5 $1 $14 Bxf5 12. Nh4) 11... f4 $1 $15 {[%cal Rf4e3]} 12. gxf4 exf4 13. Bc5 Nd7 14. Ba3 g5 15. h3 c5 16. Nb5 Nc6 17. Nd6 (17. Kh1 $17) 17... Nde5 $19 18. Nxc8 Nxf3+ (18... Rxc8 19. Bxc5 Rf7 20. Bf2) (18... Nxd3 19. Ne7+ Nxe7 20. Qb3 $17) 19. Qxf3 Bd4+ (19... Rxc8 20. e5 $17) 20. Kh1 Ne5 ({Resist} 20... Rxc8 21. e5 $17) ({But not} 20... Qxc8 21. Qh5 $17) 21. Qh5 Rxc8 {[%cal Ba8c8,Bc8c6,Bc6a6][%mdl 32]} 22. Rad1 Rc6 23. Bf3 Qe8 24. Rd2 Qxh5 25. Bxh5 Ra6 26. Rg2 Kg7 ({Don't play} 26... Nxd3 27. h4 $19) 27. Rd1 (27. Rd2 {might work better.}) 27... f3 {Black is clearly winning.} 28. Rc2 (28. Rh2 $142) 28... Rf4 29. Rh2 Raf6 30. Rf1 Rh4 31. Be8 Nxd3 32. Bd7 Rxe4 {Precision: White = 28%, Black = 79%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Steinberg, Nitzan"]
[Black "Maliush, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2286"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,83,36,27,53,28,26,27,25,37,38,34,45,39,44,41,126,126,126,127,126,126,123,118,150,143,170,166,169,169,162,152,180,168,156,79,150,135,229,227,229,227,227,226,227,215,216,202,201,191,325,311,325,323,388,384,456,445,423,322,438,346,582,585,1012,993,1000,991,960,960]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. a4 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. h3 exd4 9. Qxd4 {LiveBook: 6 Games. C41: Philidor Defence} (9. Nxd4 Ne5 10. Ba2 Re8 11. f4 Ng6 12. Nf3 Bf8 13. Qd3 Be6 14. f5 Bxa2 15. fxg6 Be6 16. gxf7+ Bxf7 {1-0 (44) Stefansson,H (2602)-Hasangatin,R (2509) Berlin 2015}) 9... Qb6 10. Be3 Qxd4 11. Bxd4 {White has an edge.} b6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nc5 12. Rfe1 Ne6 13. Be3 Nd7 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 b6 16. Rad1 a6 {0-1 (44) Kravshenko,K (2103)-Piskunov,A (2308) Abakan 2013}) 12. Rfe1 Bb7 13. Rad1 Rad8 14. Ba2 Ne8 15. Be3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Ne5 (15... Nc7 $14) 16. Nxe5 $16 dxe5 17. Rxd8 Bxd8 18. Rd1 Nf6 {[#]} 19. Bg5 $1 a5 20. Bc4 h6 {[#]} 21. Bxf6 $1 gxf6 22. Rd7 Bc8 23. Rd6 Bb7 24. Kh2 Kg7 25. f3 (25. g4 $142) 25... h5 (25... f5 $142) 26. g3 c5 (26... b5 $16) 27. g4 $18 hxg4 28. hxg4 {[%cal Bh3g4,Bg4f5][%mdl 32]} Bc8 29. Kg2 Re8 30. Bb5 Rh8 31. Nd5 Be6 32. c4 {[%cal Bc2c4,Bc4d5,Bd5d6,Bd6d7][%mdl 32]} ({Don't do} 32. Nxb6 $6 Bc7 $16) 32... f5 (32... Kh6 $142 33. Bd7 (33. Nxb6 Bxb6 34. Rxb6 Rd8 $16) 33... Bxd5) 33. gxf5 Bxd5 34. cxd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Bg5 35. Rxb6 Bf4 36. Bc4 Rh2+ 37. Kg1 Rd2 38. Kf1 Bg3 $2 (38... Bg5 39. d6 Rd1+ 40. Ke2 Rd2+ 41. Ke1 Bd8 42. Kxd2 Bxb6) 39. d6 {White is clearly winning.} Kf6 40. d7+ Ke7 41. Bb5 Bh4 42. Rb8 {Precision: White = 91%, Black = 35%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ladva, Ottomar"]
[Black "Assaubayeva, Bibisara"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2245"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,75,45,19,26,19,31,14,27,23,64,66,70,60,66,77,75,75,66,71,66,71,59,35,105,105,107,89,94,90,86,97,100,87,77,76,120,91,148,141,143,152,320,293,475,346,538,376,573,606,1170,1148,956,952,991,960,1251,597,29998,29999]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. b3 c5 7. c4 Nc6 8. Bb2 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Qb6 10. Nc2 {LiveBook: 7 Games. E60: King's Indian: Unusual lines and Fianchetto Variation without Nc3} (10. e3 Bg4 11. Qd2 Rfc8 12. Nc3 Qa5 13. h3 Bd7 14. Rfd1 Rab8 15. Qe2 a6 16. a3 Qd8 17. Rac1 Nxd4 18. exd4 {½-½ (39) Khairullin,I (2652)-Pavlovic,M (2481) Berlin 2015}) 10... a5 11. Nc3 a4 12. Nb5 {White is slightly better.} Bd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... h5 13. Ne3 Be6 14. Bc3 h4 15. Qc2 hxg3 16. hxg3 Rac8 17. Rad1 Qc5 {½-½ (45) Ivanov,P-Tringov,G Sofia 1955}) 13. Ne3 Ne5 14. Bd4 Qa5 15. Bxb7 Rab8 16. Bc3 Qb6 17. Bg2 Bxb5 18. cxb5 Qxb5 {[%cal Ra4b3]} 19. bxa4 Qa6 20. a5 Nfd7 (20... Rfc8 $14 21. Rc1 h5) 21. Rc1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} Nc5 22. Nd5 Nc6 23. Qd2 Bxc3 24. Qxc3 Qa7 25. Nf6+ exf6 26. Bxc6 Qa6 27. Bf3 Rb5 (27... f5 $142) 28. Qxf6 Rxa5 29. Rfd1 Rxa2 $2 (29... Nd7 $16 {is a better defense.} 30. Qe7 (30. Qxd6 Ne5 $16) 30... Ne5 31. Rxd6 Nxf3+ 32. exf3 Qa8) 30. Rxd6 $18 Qa7 $2 (30... Qa5 {keeps fighting.} 31. Bd5 Rxe2 32. Bxf7+ Rxf7 33. Rd8+ Qxd8 34. Qxd8+ Rf8) 31. Bd5 Ra5 (31... Ra6 $142 32. Kg2 Rxd6 33. Qxd6 Ne6 34. Bxe6 fxe6) 32. h4 Nd7 (32... Ra6 $142 33. Kf1 Rxd6 34. Qxd6 Ne6 35. Bxe6 fxe6 36. Qxe6+ Rf7) 33. Qe7 Ra1 34. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 35. Kg2 Ne5 36. Qf6 {And now f4 would win.} Qb2 {[#]} 37. Bxf7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxf7 (37... Nxf7 38. Qxb2) 38. Rd8+ {Precision: White = 73%, Black = 36%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Plat, Vojtech"]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,92,14,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,-16,-13,-30,-31,-67,-62,-62,-53,-71,-72,-59,-54,-69,-69,-86,-91,-88,-82,-105,-106,-123,-125,-138,-68,-99,-97,-108,-39,-51,-31,-24,-26,-30,0,-20,0,-39,-42,-73,-68,-68,-70,-68,-60,-104,-111,-131,-129,-127,-123,-179,-125,-125,-128,-163,-145,-202,-201,-691,-686]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 {[%cal Bg1f3,Bf3d4,Bd4f5][%mdl 32]} 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. Qe2 {LiveBook: 31 Games} Bd6 12. Nf5 Bxh2+ 13. Kh1 {aiming for f4.} Be5 14. Re1 g6 15. Qxe5 Qxe5 16. Rxe5 gxf5 {[#]} 17. Bd2 $146 (17. Bd5 $5) 17... Ne7 18. Bc3 Rg8 19. Re3 b5 20. Bf1 Nd5 21. Rh3 Nxc3 22. Rxc3 Bd7 23. Rd1 Ra7 24. Be2 Ke7 25. Rd4 e5 26. Re3 Kf6 27. Rd6+ {[#]} Be6 $1 28. Ra3 Rga8 (28... Rc8 $17 29. Rd2 b4) 29. c4 bxc4 30. Bxc4 a5 (30... Rc8 $17 31. b3 (31. Raxa6 $2 Rxa6 32. Bxa6 Rc2 $19) 31... a5) 31. Rh3 $1 $15 Ke7 32. Rc6 Kd7 33. Bb5 Ke7 34. Bc4 $1 ({Much weaker is} 34. Rxh7 Rb8 $17) 34... Kd7 35. Bb5 a4 36. Rxh7 Ra5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 37. Rb6+ Ke7 38. Rh6 Bxa2 39. Rb7+ Kf8 40. Bd7 Kg7 41. Rh5 f4 42. Rg5+ {[#]} (42. Kh2 $17) 42... Kf8 (42... Kh6 $1 $19 {[%cal Rh6g5]} 43. Rf5 Kg6 44. Rb6+ Be6 45. Bxe6 Rh8+ 46. Kg1 fxe6) 43. Bc6 Rd8 44. Bf3 Be6 45. Bh5 (45. Kh2 $17 {was necessary.}) 45... Rad5 $19 {Hoping for ...e4.} 46. Bf3 $2 {[#]} (46. Be2) 46... e4 $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 37%, Black = 77%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Martirosyan, Haik M"]
[Black "Neiksans, Arturs"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,151,0,0,0,21,23,26,17,16,16,16,12,16,16,14,14,13,25,15,-2,0,-43,-39,-50,-45,-49,-10,-12,-11,-34,-25,-25,37,56,43,27,62,37,73,56,83,24,25,33,47,38,89,42,82,68,85,84,145,155,151,147,196,181,379,378,363,379,352,349,284,273,637,617,597,587,799,641,689,437,406,434,447,434,818,501,460,425,405,155,162,0,405,389,604,589,444,575,291,262,522,193,397,394,259,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. dxc5 bxc5 8. O-O Be7 9. Rd1 O-O 10. Nc3 Qb6 11. Bf4 Rd8 12. Rd2 {E15: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 sidelines, 4 g3 Ba6 and 4 g3 Bb7 early deviations} (12. Rab1 Nc6 13. Bd6 Bxd6 14. Rxd6 Ne8 15. Rd2 Nf6 16. Rbd1 Rab8 17. b3 a6 18. Qa3 Nb4 19. Qc1 d6 {1-0 (54) Mamedyarov,S (2747)-Navara,D (2734) Huaian 2016}) 12... d6 13. Rad1 a6 14. h3 {White has an edge.} h6 15. g4 Qc7 16. Bg3 Nc6 17. Qc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Ne1 Rd7 18. Nd3 Nd4 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 {½-½ (43) Gilbert,C (2316)-Schueppel,R (2459) ICCF email 2012}) 17... Rac8 18. b3 Rd7 19. Qb1 Rcd8 20. e4 Nh7 21. Na4 (21. e5 $5 dxe5 22. Nxe5 (22. Rxd7 Rxd7 23. Rxd7 Qxd7 $11) 22... Rxd2 23. Nxc6 Rxd1+ 24. Nxd1 Qxc6 25. Bxc6 Bxc6 26. Bf4 $11) 21... e5 $1 22. h4 Nd4 23. Nc3 Nf8 24. Nxd4 cxd4 25. Nd5 Bxd5 26. exd5 Ng6 (26... Re8 $11) 27. h5 $14 Nf8 28. f4 Bf6 29. Qf5 exf4 30. Bxf4 Be5 31. g5 ({Better is} 31. Bxe5 $16 dxe5 32. Be4) 31... Bxf4 $11 32. Qxf4 hxg5 33. Qxg5 Nh7 ({Black should try} 33... Re8 $14) 34. Qh4 Re7 35. h6 g6 36. Qxd4 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rd4g7]} Re5 (36... f5 $142) 37. Re2 $1 $40 {[%cal Re2e5][%mdl 128] Black is in trouble.} Rde8 38. Rde1 Nf6 39. b4 Kh7 $2 ({And not} 39... Rxe2 40. Qxf6 Qb6+ 41. c5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxe1+ 42. Kh2 Kf8 43. h7 Rh1+ 44. Bxh1 Re2+ 45. Bg2 Rxg2+ 46. Kxg2 Ke8 47. h8=Q+ Kd7 48. Qxf7#) (39... Nd7 {keeps fighting.} 40. c5 f6) 40. Rxe5 $18 dxe5 41. Qh4 Nh5 42. c5 Nf4 43. Qf6 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rf6g7]} Kxh6 $2 (43... Nh5 44. d6 Qd7) 44. Bf3 Qb8 45. Re4 Qc8 46. Rxe5 Nh3+ 47. Kg2 {[%csl Gf3][%cal Re5h5]} Rxe5 48. Qxe5 Ng5 49. Qf4 f6 (49... Qh3+ $142 50. Kf2 f6) 50. c6 Qh3+ 51. Kf2 Kg7 52. Qc7+ $2 (52. Bg2 $18 {is more deadly.} Qc3 53. c7) 52... Kh6 $16 {[#]} 53. Qf4 $2 (53. Qg3 $1 {[%cal Rg3h3]} Qf5 54. Qg4) 53... Kg7 $18 54. Bg2 Qc3 55. c7 Nf7 {Black wants to play ...Ne5.} 56. d6 Qc2+ 57. Ke1 {d7 is the strong threat.} Qc3+ $2 (57... Qb1+ 58. Kf2 Qc2+ 59. Kg3 Qd3+ 60. Bf3 g5) 58. Qd2 $2 (58. Kd1 {Threatens to win with d7.} Qa1+ 59. Qc1 Qd4+ 60. Qd2 Qa1+ 61. Ke2 Qe5+ 62. Qe3 Qb5+ 63. Kf2 Qf5+ 64. Kg1) 58... Qg3+ $2 (58... Qe5+ 59. Qe2 Qg3+ 60. Kf1 Qf4+ 61. Bf3 Nxd6 62. Qe7+ Kh6) 59. Kf1 Nxd6 60. c8=Q $2 (60. Qd4 $18) 60... Nxc8 $11 {The position is equal.} 61. Qd7+ Kh6 62. Qxc8 {Strongly threatening Qh3+.} Qd3+ 63. Kg1 Qd4+ 64. Kf1 {Hoping for Qc1+.} Qd3+ 65. Kf2 Qd4+ 66. Ke2 {And now Qf8+ would win.} Qb2+ 67. Kf3 Qa3+ 68. Ke4 {aiming for Qh3+.} (68. Kf4 $5 {[%cal Rc8h8]} Qxb4+ 69. Kg3 $11) 68... f5+ 69. Kf4 {[%cal Rc8h8]} Qxb4+ 70. Kg3 Qd6+ 71. Kh3 {Qh8+ would kill now.} Qd3+ 72. Kh2 Qd6+ 73. Kh1 Qd1+ 74. Kh2 Qd6+ 75. Kg1 Qd4+ 76. Kh2 {Precision: White = 59%, Black = 46%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Solak, Dragan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 30,65,0,0,3,0,-6,0,0,0,56,0,142,144,151,129,131,131,202,185,177,198,184,199,320,254,455,457,499,487,593,561,688,709,701,701,682,668]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Nh4 Bc8 7. Nf3 Bf5 8. Nh4 e6 9. Nxf5 exf5 10. e3 Bb4 11. Bxc4 O-O 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Qc2 g6 14. f3 Rc8 {D18: Slav Defence: 5 a4 Bf5 6 e3} (14... Nb6 15. Ba2 Re8 16. Qf2 Nbd5 17. Bd2 Qa5 18. Rac1 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Qxa4 20. Bb1 Re6 21. e4 Rae8 22. Bd3 {1-0 (39) Moiseenko,A (2648)-Gharamian,T (2626) Bastia 2016}) 15. Kh1 c5 16. Ba2 {LiveBook: 33 Games} Kg7 {The position is equal.} 17. Qf2 cxd4 18. exd4 Nb6 19. d5 Bc5 $146 (19... Re8 $11) ({Predecessor:} 19... Re8 20. Be3 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Nbxd5 22. Bxa7 Nxc3 {½-½ (35) Banusz,T (2514)-Varga,Z (2486) Harkany 2009}) 20. Qd2 (20. Qh4 $1 $14) 20... Ng8 (20... Nbd7 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 21. a5 $16 Nd7 {[#]} 22. b4 $1 {[%cal Rb4c5][%mdl 512]} Bd6 (22... Bxb4 23. Qd4+) 23. Bb2 a6 (23... Be5 $16 24. f4 Bf6) 24. Ne4+ $18 Be5 {[#]} 25. Bxe5+ $1 Nxe5 {[#]} 26. Nc5 $1 Rb8 (26... Nf6 {was worth a try.} 27. Nxb7 Qe7) 27. Rfe1 Nd7 $2 (27... Qf6 28. f4 Ng4) 28. d6 {White is clearly winning.} Nxc5 29. bxc5 Qf6 30. Rab1 Rfd8 31. Bd5 Rd7 32. Qb4 Qd8 {[#]} 33. Bc6 $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 78%, Black = 36%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Godena, Michele"]
[Black "Kobalia, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,61,37,8,20,15,16,8,73,27,35,27,78,70,77,83,73,70,72,38,86,89,97,88,55,66,59,65,68,61,57,50,87,83,121,123,367,369,459,460,460,449,452,445,439,447,483,491,527,526]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c3 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. O-O e5 7. Re1 O-O 8. Na3 Re8 {B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems} (8... b6 9. Bg5 Bb7 10. Qd2 Qe7 11. d5 c6 12. dxc6 Bxc6 13. Bb5 Rfc8 14. Rad1 Bf8 15. Bxc6 Rxc6 16. Nc2 Qe6 17. Nb4 Rc4 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Qd3 Rc5 20. Qa6 Ra5 21. Qd3 Rc5 22. Qa6 Ra5 23. Qd3 {½-½ (23) Prusikin,M (2545)-Bezold,M (2523) Austria 2012}) 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 b6 (10... a6 $11) 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Bb5 {[%cal Bd3b5,Bb5c6,Bc6d5][%mdl 32]} Qe7 $146 (12... g5 $11) ({Predecessor:} 12... Re6 13. b4 Qe7 14. Bd3 Bb7 15. Qc2 Nf8 16. Nc4 {½-½ (69) Ciolac,G (2400)-Iordachescu,V (2425) Calarasi 1995}) 13. Bxf6 $16 Bxf6 14. Bc6 Rb8 15. Nb5 Rd8 16. Nxc7 {Black must now prevent Nd5.} Nc5 17. Nd5 Qe6 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Bd5 Be6 20. c4 b5 21. Qc2 bxc4 22. Qxc4 Rdc8 23. b4 Na4 24. Qa6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} Rxb4 $2 {[#]} (24... Nc3 $16 {is a better defense.}) 25. Qa5 $1 $18 {[%cal Ra5b4]} Rcb8 26. a3 {White is clearly winning.} R4b5 27. Qxa4 Bxd5 28. exd5 Rxd5 29. Qxa7 Rbd8 {intending ...e4.} 30. Qe3 g5 31. Nxe5 {Precision: White = 88%, Black = 35%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Soffer, Ram"]
[Black "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "174"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,174,19,10,13,21,27,0,6,1,18,0,0,0,0,-20,-16,-16,-16,-21,-16,-20,-9,-30,0,0,0,-45,-26,-42,-31,-60,-54,-75,-75,-75,-75,-77,-85,-74,-83,-99,-97,-108,-110,-111,-114,-117,-53,-59,-62,-100,-29,-20,-5,-25,0,0,0,-4,-4,-31,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-1,-7,0,0,0,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-3,-6,0,-6,-3,-5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-22,-15,-2507,-2355,-12836,-12836,-12839,-12839,-12840,-12841,-12851,-29950,-12851,-12851,-12851,-29962,-29980,-29981,-12851,-29982,-12851,-29985,-12851,-29986,-12851,-29988,-12851,-29989]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. a4 b4 8. a5 d6 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. O-O Rb8 {C84: Closed Ruy Lopez: Unusual White 6th moves} 11. Nc4 {LiveBook: 8 Games} Na7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... h6 12. h3 Be6 13. c3 Qc8 14. d4 exd4 15. cxd4 d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Re1 Rd8 18. Bd2 {0-1 (31) Svidler,P (2749)-Karjakin,S (2779) Astana 2012}) 12. Bd2 (12. Be3 $5 {[%cal Re3a7]} c5 13. h3 $11) 12... Nd7 {The position is equal.} 13. Ne3 (13. Be3 $5 {[%cal Re3a7]} Nb5 14. h3 $11) 13... Nc5 14. Bc4 Be6 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Nc4 Nc6 17. b3 (17. Be3 $5 {[%cal Re3c5]}) 17... Rb5 18. Re1 Qd7 19. Ra2 Nb7 20. Ra4 Bf6 21. Re2 Qf7 22. Qe1 {[%cal Rd2b4]} Nc5 23. Ra2 (23. Rxb4 $5 Nxb4 24. Bxb4 $15) 23... h6 24. h3 Be7 25. Be3 Nd7 26. Bc1 Qh5 27. Ncd2 Rxa5 28. Rxa5 Nxa5 29. Bb2 Nc6 30. Qa1 Nc5 31. Nf1 Rxf3 32. gxf3 Qxh3 33. Ng3 h5 (33... a5 $17 34. Qf1 Qh4) 34. Qf1 $1 $15 {[%cal Rf1h3]} Qh4 35. Qg2 Bg5 ({Black should try} 35... Qg5 $17 36. Re1 Qd2) 36. Re1 $11 a5 37. Qh1 Qxh1+ (37... a4 {keeps more tension.} 38. Qxh4 Bxh4 39. bxa4 Nxa4 40. Rb1 g6) 38. Kxh1 a4 39. bxa4 Nxa4 40. Ba1 Bd2 41. Rg1 h4 42. Ne2 Kf7 {[#]} 43. f4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nc3 (43... Bxf4 44. Nxf4) 44. Bxc3 $1 bxc3 45. fxe5 Nxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KBN} 46. Rb1 Kf6 47. Rb3 Nf3 48. Nxc3 Nd4 49. Ra3 Be1 50. Nd1 Nxc2 51. Ra7 c6 52. Kg2 g5 53. Kf3 Nd4+ 54. Kg4 d5 55. f4 gxf4 56. Kxf4 Bg3+ 57. Ke3 Ke5 58. Rh7 Bf4+ 59. Kf2 Bg3+ 60. Ke3 {Black must now prevent Rh5+.} Nc2+ 61. Kd2 Ne1 62. exd5 cxd5 63. Nc3 Nf3+ 64. Ke2 Ng5 65. Rh8 Kf4 66. Nd1 Nh3 67. Rf8+ Ke5 68. Ke3 Bf4+ 69. Kf3 {Threatens to win with Kg4.} Bd2 70. Kg4 Nf4 71. Nf2 Ng6 (71... h3 $5) 72. Rf3 Kd4 73. Rf6 Ne5+ 74. Kh3 Be1 75. Kg2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (75. Rf8 $11) 75... Bxf2 $1 $19 76. Rxf2 Nxd3 {KR-KN} 77. Rf1 Ke3 78. Kh3 e5 79. Kxh4 e4 {[#]} (79... d4 $19 80. Kg4 e4) 80. Kg3 d4 {[%cal Bd5d4,Bd4d3][%mdl 32]} 81. Ra1 Nf4 82. Re1+ Ne2+ 83. Kg2 d3 84. Kf1 Kd2 (84... d2 $19 85. Rxe2+ Kd3) 85. Rb1 Nc3 (85... e3 $19 86. Rb2+ Kd1) 86. Rb2+ Kc1 87. Rb3 Kc2 {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 60%.} (87... e3 $19 88. Rxc3+ Kd2) 0-1

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Salomon, Johan"]
[Black "Fedorchuk, Sergey A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,112,15,10,12,9,12,0,16,14,20,23,29,27,43,27,57,0,33,24,28,20,20,0,38,31,55,18,61,25,25,0,40,29,45,37,47,47,48,52,63,0,0,0,0,-3,0,0,0,-15,-25,-22,-15,-21,-17,-22,-26,-41,-31,-143,-127,-178,-207,-198,-208,-192,-202,-197,-216,-236,-227,-220,-228,-212,-228,-739,-740,-725,-725,-723,-661,-652,-641,-626,-615,-590,-564,-661,-616,-1403,-1441,-1020,-1263,-1179,-758,-1551,-1061,-1427,-1371,-12833,-2708,-12840,-12838,-12841,-12839]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 Be7 4. h3 c5 5. e3 Qb6 (5... O-O 6. Nbd2 b6 7. c3 Bb7 8. Bd3 d6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Bh2 Re8 11. Qe2 a6 12. e4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bf8 14. a3 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Nf3 Bd6 {½-½ (41) Nguyen,H (2448)-Sivuk,V (2540) New Delhi 2017}) 6. Qc1 {LiveBook: 4 Games. A46: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 e6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} d5 7. c3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. Nbd2 Nc6 8. c3 Ne4 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Nd2 f5 11. Nc4 Qd8 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. b4 Nxb4 14. cxb4 Bxb4+ {1-0 (31) Bruno,F (2425)-Kyriakides,T (2144) Gothenburg 2005}) 7... Bd7 8. Nbd2 {The position is equal.} O-O 9. a4 Rc8 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. Qb1 a6 12. O-O h6 13. Bh2 ({White should play} 13. dxc5 $14 Bxc5 14. a5 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 13... Be8 (13... c4 $5 {[%cal Rc4d3]} 14. Bc2 Na5 $11) 14. Re1 (14. a5 $5 Qa7 15. Re1 $14) 14... Nd7 15. Bh7+ Kh8 {Strongly threatening ...g6.} 16. Bd3 Bf6 17. Bf1 Kg8 18. Bg3 (18. a5 $5 {[%cal Ra5b6]} Qd8 19. Qa2 $11) 18... g6 19. Qa2 Bg7 20. Rad1 Qd8 21. dxc5 Nxc5 22. e4 b5 23. exd5 exd5 24. Nb1 d4 25. Nxd4 ({Better is} 25. cxd4 $14 Nxa4 26. Nc3) 25... Nxd4 $11 26. cxd4 Nxa4 27. Qb3 Bc6 28. d5 $1 {[%cal Rd5c6]} Bd7 29. Be5 Bxe5 30. Rxe5 Qf6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 31. Rde1 Rc1 {Hoping for ...Rxb1!} 32. Rxc1 Qxe5 33. Nc3 {Threatening Nxa4.} Rc8 34. g3 (34. Rc2 $15) 34... Kg7 $17 35. Qa3 (35. h4 $17 {was necessary.}) 35... a5 $1 $19 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 36. Qa1 Nxc3 37. bxc3 a4 38. Qb2 Kg8 $1 39. Bxb5 Rb8 $1 {[%cal Rb8b5]} (39... Bxh3 40. Qd2 $17) (39... Qxd5 40. Bxd7 Qxd7 41. Qb4 $15) 40. Qe2 Qxe2 $1 ({Less strong is} 40... Qxd5 41. c4 $15) 41. Bxe2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Bf5 $1 ({Weaker is} 41... Bxh3 42. Ra1 $11) 42. Bc4 $2 (42. d6 Bxh3 43. g4) 42... Rb1 $1 {[%cal Rb1c1] Black is clearly winning.} 43. Rf1 Bc2 $1 44. Rxb1 Bxb1 {KB-KB} 45. Kg2 Bc2 $1 {[%cal Rc2b3]} 46. d6 {[#]} Kf8 $1 47. d7 Ke7 48. Bxf7 Kxd7 49. g4 Ke7 50. Ba2 Bb3 51. Bb1 a3 52. Kg3 Kd6 (52... a2 $2 {[#]} 53. Bxa2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxa2 54. Kf4 $19) 53. Kf4 Kd5 54. Ke3 g5 55. Kd2 Ke5 56. Ke3 Bd5 {Precision: White = 41%, Black = 68%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lomasov, Semen"]
[Black "Tomczak, Jacek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,72,-9,-35,-37,-30,-24,-93,-99,-97,-92,-95,-116,-119,-95,-95,-95,-97,-95,-100,-105,-108,-107,-115,-102,-110,-110,-106,-103,-105,-107,-133,-129,-177,-170,-174,-171,-166,-167,-179,-171,-162,-164,-156,-114,-158,-160,-183,-187,-245,-254,-764,-753]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Qb6 7. Be3 a6 8. Na4 Qa5+ 9. c3 cxd4 10. b4 Qc7 11. Bxd4 Nc6 {C11: French: Classical System: 4 e5 and 4 Bg5 dxe4} 12. Be2 {LiveBook: 3 Games} (12. Rc1 b5 13. Nb2 Nb6 14. Bf2 Nc4 15. Nxc4 dxc4 16. Be2 Bb7 17. O-O Rd8 18. Qc2 Be7 19. a4 {0-1 (40) Handke,F (2514)-Naiditsch,A (2684) Germany 2017}) 12... b5 13. Nb2 a5 {Black has an edge.} 14. Bxb5 $146 (14. a3 $11) ({Predecessor:} 14. O-O axb4 15. cxb4 Bxb4 16. Rc1 Qb7 17. f5 exf5 18. e6 fxe6 19. Bxg7 {0-1 (48) Huschenbeth,N (2459)-Kanmazalp,O (2381) Chotowa 2010}) 14... axb4 $17 15. O-O bxc3 16. Bxc3 Qb6+ 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd7+ Bxd7 ({But not} 18... Kxd7 $6 19. Bxd4 Bc5 20. Bxc5 $11) 19. Bxd4 Bc5 20. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 21. Kh1 O-O 22. Rf3 Rfc8 23. Qd2 Qc2 24. Rf2 Qxd2 25. Rxd2 Bb5 26. Kg1 Ra3 27. Kf2 h5 28. Nd1 Bd3 29. Ne3 Kh7 30. Rad1 Rcc3 31. Rb2 Ra4 32. g3 Raa3 33. Rdd2 Be4 34. Nc2 {[#]} Rf3+ $1 35. Ke2 (35. Ke1 $142 Rac3 36. Nd4 Rc1+ 37. Ke2) 35... Rac3 $19 36. Rb3 $2 (36. Ke1) 36... Rxc2 {Precision: White = 52%, Black = 88%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Matinian, Nikita"]
[Black "Parligras, Mircea-Emilian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 31,72,2,22,22,24,22,25,29,33,34,41,21,28,13,17,10,52,70,61,56,56,52,81,75,59,55,43,0,0,0,8,8,20,-646,-632,-617,-616,-29989,-29990,-29990,-29991,-29993,-29994]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 Qc7 7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3 d6 9. f4 Be7 10. Kh1 O-O 11. Qe1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. a3 Bb7 14. Qg3 Rad8 {[%cal Ba8d8,Bd8d7,Bd7e7,Be7e5][%mdl 32]} 15. Bd3 {B85: Sicilian Scheveningen: 6 Be2 a6, lines with early Be3} Rd7 16. Rae1 Bc6 {LiveBook: 9 Games} (16... Re8 17. Re2 h6 18. f5 e5 19. Be3 Kh7 20. Qf3 d5 21. exd5 Rxd5 22. Be4 Rd7 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. Qxb7 Rxb7 25. Rd1 Rc8 26. Nd5 Nxd5 27. Rxd5 a5 28. g3 Bf6 29. c3 {½-½ (29) Wagner,D (2568)-Rublevsky,S (2681) Germany 2017}) 17. Nd5 {The position is equal.} exd5 18. exd5 Bxd5 {[#]} 19. Rxe7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nh5 $1 {[%cal Rh5g3]} (19... Rxe7 20. Bxf6) 20. Qg5 $1 {[%csl LRd5,LRh5]} Rxe7 21. Qxd5 g6 $1 22. f5 {Black must now prevent g4.} Re5 23. Qf3 $146 {[#] fxg6 is the strong threat.} ({Predecessor:} 23. Bxe5 dxe5 {½-½ (33) Jacobs,B (2335)-Razuvaev,Y (2510) Cappelle-la-Grande 1987}) 23... Rfe8 24. f6 {Hoping for g4.} Re1 25. g4 Rxf1+ 26. Bxf1 {And now Bd3 would win.} Qxc2 {aiming for ...Qe4.} 27. gxh5 d5 28. Bc3 Qc1 $1 29. hxg6 $40 {[%mdl 128] White attacks.} hxg6 30. Kg2 Re4 31. h3 Kh7 32. Kh2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (32. Qd3 $11) 32... Rf4 $19 33. Qxd5 Qxf1 34. Qxf7+ Kh6 {Black mates.} 35. Qf8+ Kg5 36. Qc5+ Kh4 {Precision: White = 58%, Black = 68%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shevchenko, Kirill"]
[Black "Bok, Benjamin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 28,158,0,0,0,0,0,-13,0,0,0,-25,0,0,12,0,0,7,0,-56,-66,-45,-53,-59,-72,-68,-75,-70,-36,-39,-34,-88,-95,-88,-88,-90,-91,-86,-87,-108,-108,-108,-108,-108,-108,-108,-108,-108,-108,-108,-108,-108,-108,-108,-108,-118,-118,-118,-118,-118,-97,-105,-105,-100,-100,-101,-100,-107,-60,-98,-59,-59,-59,-59,-59,-79,-79,-79,-69,-78,-59,-79,-78,-79,-79,-79,-78,-79,-78,-78,-58,-78,-43,-79,-79,-79,0,-78,0,-79,0,-79,-78,-77,-72,-81,-81,-81,-72,-81,-81,-81,-72,-86,-72,-82,-43,-43,-43,-50,-52,-82,-72,-72,-72,-81,-65,-79,-79,-73,-72,-79,-72]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2 c6 9. Rd1 b6 10. Bf4 Ba6 {E08: Closed Catalan: Main Line: 7 Qc2} (10... Bb7 11. Ne5 Nh5 12. Bd2 Nhf6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Nc6 Bxc6 15. Qxc6 Rc8 16. Qb5 Ne8 17. Qd3 Nd6 18. Nc3 Nf6 19. b3 Qd7 20. Rac1 Rfd8 21. Rc2 Nde4 22. Be1 {½-½ (22) Radjabov,T (2710)-Gelfand,B (2724) Moscow 2017}) 11. Ne5 Rc8 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3e2,Be2g3][%mdl 32]} Nxe5 14. Bxe5 f6 15. Bf4 $1 {LiveBook: 11 Games} Nxf4 16. gxf4 f5 17. e3 Bb7 18. Ne2 Rf6 $146 19. Ng3 Bd6 20. Rac1 Kh8 21. Bf3 Rh6 22. Qa4 {[%cal Rf3c6]} a6 {[%cal Ba7a6,Ba6a5][%mdl 32]} ({Much weaker is} 22... Qh4 $6 23. Qxa7 Ba8 24. Rd3 $16 (24. Qxb6 g5 $11)) 23. Bxc6 (23. Rc3 $1 $11) 23... b5 $36 {[%cal Bb6b5,Bb5a4][%mdl 2080] Black has good play.} 24. Bxb7 Rxc1 (24... bxa4 $2 {perishes.} 25. Rxc8 Qg8 26. Rxg8+ $18) 25. Rxc1 bxa4 26. Rc8 {[#]} Qxc8 $1 27. Bxc8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KBN} a5 (27... a3 $5 {[%cal Ra3b2]} 28. b3 a5 $15) 28. a3 Rf6 29. Bd7 ({White should try} 29. Kg2 $15) 29... Rf8 $17 30. Bxa4 Rb8 31. b4 axb4 32. axb4 Bxb4 33. Bb3 Rb6 34. Kg2 g6 35. Bc4 Kg7 36. d5 exd5 37. Bxd5 Be1 38. Ne2 Rb2 39. Bc4 Kf6 40. h3 h6 41. Kf3 g5 42. fxg5+ hxg5 43. Bd3 Ke5 44. Bc4 Rc2 45. Be6 Rd2 46. Bc4 Rb2 47. Ba6 {[#]} f4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 48. Bc4 (48. exf4+ gxf4) 48... Rc2 49. exf4+ gxf4 50. Bf7 Rd2 51. Bh5 Rd3+ 52. Kg2 Ba5 53. Ng1 Bb6 54. Ne2 Ra3 55. Ng1 Ra2 56. Ne2 Kf5 57. Kf3 Kg5 58. Bg4 Rb2 59. Kg2 Kf6 60. Bf3 Kf5 61. Bh5 Ra2 (61... Ke4 $17 62. Bf3+ Kf5 63. Bg4+ Kg5) 62. Bf3 (62. Kf3 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 62... Ke5 63. Bh5 $1 Ra3 (63... Ra8 $17 64. Bf3 Ra7) 64. Bf3 (64. Ng1 $1 $11) 64... Bd8 65. Bh5 Be7 66. Bf3 Bh4 67. Bh5 Rb3 68. Bf3 Rd3 69. Bh5 Ra3 {Hoping for ...Bf6.} 70. Bf3 Bg5 {Strongly threatening ...Ra2.} 71. Bh5 Ke4 {aiming for ...Ra6.} 72. Bg6+ Kd5 {( -> ...f3+)} 73. Ng1 Bd8 74. Bh5 Ke4 75. Bg6+ {[#]} Ke5 $1 {[%cal Re5e6] And now ...Ke6 would win.} 76. Bh5 Kf5 {White must now prevent ...Be7.} 77. Bf3 Ra7 {Black is better.} 78. Bg4+ Ke5 79. Ne2 Bb6 {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 46%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Teterev, Vitaly"]
[Black "Rozum, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,81,8,3,11,-11,-10,-5,0,0,0,-52,-62,-75,-35,-70,-69,-66,-23,-40,-35,-60,-51,-93,-93,-92,-110,-144,-126,-131,-70,-79,0,0,0,0,0,0,22,-115,-34,-122,-33,-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]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O c5 5. d3 g6 6. e4 d6 7. Nc3 Bg7 {A05: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 Nf6} 8. Nh4 {[#] Hoping for e5!} (8. e5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 Qc8 10. Re1 O-O 11. a4 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Nc6 13. Nxc6 Qxc6+ 14. Qf3 Qxf3+ 15. Kxf3 {½-½ (47) Benidze,D (2478)-Solodovnichenko,Y (2587) Cesme 2015}) 8... Nc6 9. f4 $1 e6 10. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. f5 O-O 11. g4 d5 12. g5 dxe4 13. gxf6 Bxf6 14. Nxe4 Bxh4 15. f6 {½-½ (25) Hergott,D (2430)-O'Donnell,T (2410) Hamilton 1994}) 10... Qd7 11. g4 (11. f5 $11) 11... O-O-O $15 12. h3 Kb8 13. Nb5 Ne8 14. c3 Nc7 15. Be3 d5 16. Nxc7 Qxc7 17. exd5 exd5 {[%cal Be6d5,Bd5d4][%mdl 32]} 18. Bd2 Rhe8 19. Nf3 {[%cal Bh4f3,Bf3e1,Be1g2][%mdl 32]} d4 20. c4 {[#]} Nb4 ({Black should play} 20... Re3 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 21. Ne1 (21. Bxe3 dxe3) 21... Rde8) 21. Ne1 Rd7 (21... Bxg2 $17 22. Kxg2 a5) 22. Bxb4 $11 cxb4 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. Ng2 Rde7 (24... h5 $5) 25. Qf3 (25. a5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 25... Re2 (25... Qxf3 $17 26. Rxf3 a5) 26. Qxb7+ $15 Kxb7 27. Rf2 $1 a5 ({Better is} 27... Ka6 $15) 28. Kf1 $11 {The position is equal.} Rxf2+ $1 29. Kxf2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} b3 30. Ra3 Bf8 31. Rxb3 Bb4 32. Kf3 Kc6 33. Kf2 Kd6 34. Kf3 h6 35. Kf2 g5 36. Kf3 Ke6 37. h4 $1 {[%cal Bh3h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Kf6 38. h5 $1 Re7 39. f5 Ke5 40. Kf2 Kd6 41. Kf3 {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 72%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Schreiner, Peter"]
[Black "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,142,2,8,0,11,14,25,17,7,10,39,28,35,30,35,23,31,20,98,42,70,34,45,20,25,23,48,20,20,13,41,10,16,10,16,0,0,-21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-17,0,-5,0,-8,-8,-23,-8,-13,-7,-29,-14,-29,-29,-29,-22,-15,-16,-29,-29,-29,-29,-29,-29,-29,-29,-38,-29,-53,-29,-52,-29,-49,-29,-35,-29,-32,-29,-39,-36,-102,-92,-105,-98,-105,-58,-162,-162,-166,-154,-166,-165,-165,-147,-299,-299,-290,-283,-397,-344,-589,-506,-488,-468,-731,-685,-734,-712,-641,-624,-889,-877,-827,-795,-1592,-1473,-5919,-5899]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 b6 5. Nc3 Bd6 6. Bd3 Bb7 {LiveBook: 76 Games} 7. Qe2 {E14: Queen's Indian: Classical Variation (4 e3)} Ne4 8. Nd2 $146 {[%cal Rc3e4]} ({Predecessor:} 8. Bxe4 dxe4 9. Nd2 f5 10. f3 Qh4+ 11. Qf2 Qxf2+ 12. Kxf2 exf3 13. gxf3 Nd7 14. Nb5 a6 15. Nxd6+ cxd6 {0-1 (44) Degerman,L (2462)-Johannessen,L (2556) Sweden 2005}) 8... f5 9. cxd5 {White has an edge.} exd5 10. g4 Nd7 11. gxf5 {[%cal Rd2e4]} Qh4 12. Ndxe4 dxe4 13. Bc4 O-O-O 14. Bd2 Rhe8 (14... Rhf8 $11) 15. O-O-O (15. a4 $16) 15... Nf6 $14 16. Nb5 Kb8 17. Nxd6 cxd6 18. Kb1 Bc8 19. Bb5 Re7 20. Rc1 Qg4 21. Bb4 {next Qxg4 is good for White.} Qxe2 22. Bxe2 Nd5 23. Bd2 Bxf5 24. h4 Be6 (24... Nf4 $5 25. Bb5 Nd3 $11) 25. b3 Rf7 26. Be1 Rc8 27. Rxc8+ (27. Rg1 {looks sharper.} Rxc1+ 28. Kxc1 Kc7 29. Kb2 Nf6 30. f3) 27... Kxc8 28. Kb2 Kd7 29. Rg1 Ke7 30. Bh5 g6 31. Be2 Rf5 (31... Nb4 $5) 32. Bg4 Rf8 33. Be2 Kf6 (33... Nb4 $5) 34. Bd2 Kg7 35. Be1 h6 36. Rh1 Kh7 37. Rh2 Rf6 38. Rh1 Bc8 39. Rg1 Ne7 40. Rg2 Bb7 41. Rh2 Bd5 42. Rg2 Nf5 43. Rh2 h5 44. Kc2 Rf7 45. Rh3 a5 46. Kd2 Re7 (46... Be6 $5 {[%cal Rf5d4]}) 47. Rh2 Kg7 48. Rh3 Kf6 49. Rh2 Bc6 50. Kc2 Rc7 {aiming for ...Bb5+.} 51. Kb2 Bd5 52. Rh3 Rh7 53. f4 (53. Rh1 $15) 53... exf3 $1 $17 54. Bxf3 Bxf3 55. Rxf3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#] KRB-KRN} Re7 $1 56. Bf2 {[#]} (56. Bg3 $15) 56... g5 $1 $19 57. hxg5+ Kxg5 58. Kc3 d5 59. Kd3 Re4 {Threatens to win with ...Kg4.} 60. Rh3 $2 (60. Bg1 $17) 60... h4 61. Rh1 Kg4 62. Kd2 (62. Bxh4 {was called for.} Nxh4 63. Rg1+ Kh5 64. Re1) 62... Kf3 63. Ke1 $2 (63. Rh2 {was forced.}) 63... Ng3 {Black is clearly winning.} 64. Rh2 Rg4 65. a4 (65. Bg1 $142 Nf5 66. Rf2+ Kxe3 67. Rg2+ Kf3 68. Rxg4 Kxg4 69. Kf2) 65... Nf5 66. Rh1 Re4 67. Rh2 Nxe3 68. Rh3+ Kg2 69. Rxh4 Ng4+ 70. Kd2 Nxf2 71. Rh6 Rxd4+ {Precision: White = 32%, Black = 64%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Girya, Olga"]
[Black "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 29,41,42,35,14,24,33,32,19,20,0,22,0,37,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. Nf3 e5 8. O-O Re8 9. Qc2 exd4 10. Nxd4 c6 11. Rad1 Qe7 12. f3 {E94: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5 7 0-0: Various Black 7th moves} a5 (12... a6 13. Bf2 Ne5 14. Qd2 b5 15. Nc2 Be6 16. Qxd6 Qxd6 17. Rxd6 Nh5 18. cxb5 axb5 19. Be3 Bf8 {½-½ (35) Wojtaszek,R (2734)-Baklan,V (2594) Chartres 2017}) 13. Rfe1 Nc5 14. Bf1 a4 15. Qd2 Nfd7 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 16. Nc2 Be5 17. Bg5 Qf8 18. Bh6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18. Bh4 Nf6 19. Nd4 Nh5 20. Bg5 f5 21. exf5 Bxf5 22. Nxf5 Qxf5 23. Be3 Qf6 {½-½ (23) Mende,I (2180)-Blumbergs,I (2208) ICCF email 2010}) 18... Qe7 19. Bg5 Qf8 $1 20. Bh6 Qe7 21. Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kantans, Toms"]
[Black "Can, Emre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2473"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 28,94,-35,-71,119,-40,80,75,58,68,58,0,0,0,0,-57,-59,-90,-34,-34,-27,-36,-34,-54,-36,-59,-37,-70,-39,-63,-63,-76,-79,-86,-43,-62,-27,-27,-19,-31,-14,-19,-19,-26,0,0,0,-28,-8,-25,-18,-29,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 h6 8. Bh4 Qb6 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. e5 dxe5 {B97: Sicilian Najdorf: Poisoned Pawn} 12. fxe5 g5 13. Bg3 Nh5 14. Ne4 Nd7 15. Rb3 {[#] LiveBook: 3 Games} Qa4 $146 (15... Qxa2 $17 {keeps the pressure on.} 16. Qc3 b5 17. Nd6+ Bxd6 18. exd6 Nhf6) ({Predecessor:} 15... Qxa2 16. Be2 Nc5 17. Nc3 Nxb3 18. Nxb3 Bb4 19. Bxh5 Qb2 20. O-O Qxc3 21. Bxf7+ Ke7 22. Qf2 Kd7 23. Qb6 Rf8 24. Be1 {1-0 (24) Radjabov,T (2731)-Grischuk,A (2810) Tbilisi 2015}) 16. Qc3 $2 (16. Be2 $1 $16 {[%cal Re2h5]} Nxg3 17. hxg3) 16... b6 {[#]} ({Worse is} 16... Qxa2 17. Be2 $16) (16... Nxg3 $15 {stays ahead.} 17. hxg3 b6) 17. Nd6+ $1 $16 Bxd6 18. exd6 Nxg3 19. hxg3 ({White should play} 19. Nxe6 $1 $14 Qe4+ 20. Kd1) 19... Qa5 $1 $11 ({Avoid the trap} 19... Qxa2 $2 {[#]} 20. Nxe6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qa5 21. Nc7+ Kd8 22. Rb4 $18) 20. Qxa5 bxa5 21. Ra3 ({Better is} 21. Rc3 $11) 21... Rb8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 22. Rxa5 Rb6 (22... Rb1+ $17 23. Kd2 Rb6) 23. Rxg5 $1 Rxd6 24. Nf3 Bb7 25. Bd3 Ke7 26. Rgh5 Bd5 27. a3 Rc8 28. O-O Rg8 29. Rxh6 Rxg3 30. Rh4 Rg7 31. Be4 Nf6 32. Bxd5 Nxd5 33. Re1 Rb6 34. Rd4 {And now Rxd5 would win.} Nf6 35. Ne5 Rg5 36. Rf4 Rd6 37. Re2 Rg7 38. Kf2 Nd5 39. Rc4 f5 (39... f6 $5 {[%cal Rf6e5]} 40. Nd3 Rg8 $11) 40. g4 {The position is equal.} Kf6 41. gxf5 exf5 42. Rh4 {Threatens to win with Rh6+.} Ne7 43. c4 {[%cal Bc2c4,Bc4c5][%mdl 32]} Ng6 44. c5 {aiming for Nxg6.} Re6 45. Nxg6 Rxg6 46. Rxe6+ Kxe6 47. c6 Kd6 {Precision: White = 49%, Black = 40%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sychev, Klementy"]
[Black "Ragger, Markus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D83"]
[WhiteElo "2459"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,89,0,0,30,16,20,12,14,-30,-20,-32,22,23,19,24,33,23,28,23,33,18,52,0,26,31,42,33,99,93,214,193,241,228,250,238,227,214,204,177,685,698,675,695,687,685,695,652,1671,1512,1273,984,856,495,495,513,830,571,1450,485,1278,1168,12832,12832,12832,12832,11092,11092]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 Be6 7. Nf3 dxc4 8. Ng5 Bd5 9. e4 h6 10. exd5 hxg5 11. Bxg5 Nxd5 {D92: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 5 Bf4} 12. Bxc4 Nb6 13. Bb3 {LiveBook: 106 Games} a5 {The position is equal.} (13... Nc6 14. Ne2 a5 15. a4 Rc8 16. O-O Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Qxd4 18. Bxe7 Rfe8 19. Bc5 Qxd1 20. Rfxd1 Bxb2 21. Rc2 Bf6 22. g3 {½-½ (30) Prohaszka,P (2607)-Ragger,M (2688) Austria 2016}) 14. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. a3 a4 15. Ba2 Qxd4 16. O-O Qxd1 17. Rfxd1 Nc6 18. Rc2 Rfd8 19. Rb1 {0-1 (59) Wagner,R (1940)-Grebionkin,V (2462) Dos Hermanas 2004}) 14... N8d7 15. O-O Nf6 16. d5 a4 $1 {[%cal Ra4b3]} 17. Nxa4 Nbxd5 ({Better is} 17... Nxa4 $15 18. Bxa4 Nxd5) 18. Bg5 $11 c6 19. Nc5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} b6 20. Nd3 Qd6 21. Re1 e6 22. Qf3 Nd7 23. Bh4 (23. h4 $14) 23... Rfc8 24. Bg3 Qf8 $1 25. h4 N7f6 (25... Bd4 $14) 26. Ne5 $16 c5 {[#]} (26... Nh5 $16 {was necessary.}) 27. Nxg6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} fxg6 28. Rxe6 c4 29. Rxc4 Rxc4 30. Bxc4 Rd8 31. Be5 Qf7 $2 (31... Qb4 32. Qe2 (32. Bxf6 Nxf6 33. Rd6+ Qxc4 $16) (32. Rxf6 Qe1+ 33. Bf1 Nxf6 $11) 32... Rc8) 32. Bxf6 {White is clearly winning.} Nxf6 33. Rc6 Nd5 {[#]} 34. Rc8 $1 {[%cal Rc8d8][%mdl 512]} Qxf3 (34... Rxc8 35. Bxd5) 35. Rxd8+ Qf8 36. Bxd5+ Kh7 37. Rxf8 Bxf8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} 38. Bc4 Kg7 39. g3 {[%cal Bg2g3,Bg3g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} Kf6 (39... Bd6 $142 40. f4 Kf6) 40. Kg2 Bc5 41. Bd3 (41. f4 $142 Bd4 42. b3) 41... Bd6 (41... Bb4 $142 42. f4 Be1) 42. f4 Bb4 43. g4 Be1 44. g5+ Kg7 {[#]} 45. Kh3 $1 {Precision: White = 78%, Black = 31%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Grinberg, Eyal"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,81,63,67,55,60,57,54,45,56,49,47,47,52,45,39,51,45,40,35,19,24,0,64,22,29,31,34,35,51,0,55,53,47,57,72,83,93,47,54,36,47,22,28,24,46,56,158,158,162,180,172,172,158,77,262,274,262,158,911,879,1063,1054,1027,867,990,877,1512,1262,3414,3266]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Bc5 (5... Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Qd3 O-O 8. Be2 Qc7 9. O-O Nc6 10. Nxc6 dxc6 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Be3 b5 13. Rac1 b4 14. Nb1 c5 {0-1 (61) Anand,V (2779)-Ivanchuk,V (2747) Doha 2016}) 6. Nb3 {B41: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 c4} Be7 7. Nc3 d6 {LiveBook: 7 Games} 8. Be2 {White is slightly better.} Nf6 9. O-O b6 10. Be3 Bb7 11. Qd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. f3 O-O 12. Qd2 Nbd7 13. Nd4 {0-1 (44) Vokhidov,S (2292)-Laurusas,T (2429) Khanty-Mansiysk 2015}) 11... Nbd7 12. f3 O-O 13. Rfd1 Qc7 14. Rac1 Rac8 15. Qd2 Qb8 16. Qe1 Rfe8 17. Qf2 Bd8 (17... d5 $11) 18. Nd2 Bc7 19. Nf1 Bc6 20. b4 b5 21. Rb1 (21. cxb5 $14 axb5 22. Ba7) 21... d5 (21... Ne5 $11) 22. exd5 $14 exd5 23. c5 Ne5 24. Bd4 Re6 25. Bd3 Nxd3 26. Rxd3 Nh5 27. Re3 Nf4 28. Ne2 Rh6 29. Nfg3 Ne6 (29... Bd7 $14) 30. Nf5 $16 Bxh2+ 31. Kf1 Bf4 {[#] Hoping for ...Rh1+.} 32. Nxh6+ Bxh6 33. f4 (33. Ra3 $142) 33... a5 $2 (33... Bxf4 $16 34. Nxf4 (34. Rxe6 fxe6 35. Nxf4 Rf8 $15) 34... Nxd4) 34. Be5 $18 ({Don't play} 34. bxa5 $6 Bxf4 35. Nxf4 (35. Rxe6 fxe6 36. Nxf4 Rf8 $14) 35... Nxd4 $16) 34... Qa8 35. Nd4 {[%cal Be2d4,Bd4f5,Bf5h6][%mdl 32] [#] And now Nf5 would win.} axb4 $2 (35... Bxf4 $16 36. Bxf4 Nxd4) 36. Nf5 {White is clearly winning.} d4 37. Nxh6+ Kf8 38. Bd6+ Ke8 39. Re5 Qa3 40. Rbe1 {White wants to mate with Rxe6+.} Ra8 41. Qh4 {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Repka, Christopher"]
[Black "Antipov, Mikhail Al"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,100,23,21,45,30,32,17,36,31,45,22,38,0,0,7,13,0,0,0,0,0,15,13,38,0,0,0,0,-20,-6,-16,-19,-18,92,104,86,86,149,18,13,16,8,2,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,-57,-16,-11,-8,-237,-223,-241,-242,-239,-224,-241,-248,-238,-241,-234,-236,-225,-210,-226,-229,-424,-259,-235,-66,-73,-62,-60,0,-83,-22,-14,-14,-10,0,0,0]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 {[%cal Bc1g5,Bg5h4,Bh4g3][%mdl 32]} h6 6. Bh4 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3 {D53: Queen's Gambit Declined: 4 Bg5 Be7: Early deviations} dxc4 9. Bxc4 {LiveBook: 19 Games} Nd5 (9... b5 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. O-O Bb7 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. a3 a5 14. Ne5 Re8 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Ne4 Rc7 17. f4 Nd7 18. Qh5 Rf8 19. Ng4 Nf6 20. Nexf6+ Bxf6 {1-0 (39) Grischuk,A (2736)-Tkachiev,V (2642) Khanty-Mansiysk 2009}) 10. Bg3 {White is slightly better.} b6 11. Qe2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. e4 Nxc3 12. bxc3 b5 13. Bb3 a5 14. a3 Ba6 15. O-O b4 {0-1 (31) Gottwald,B (1856)-Schmitt,H (2029) Remote email 2012}) 11... Bb7 12. O-O Nd7 13. Rfd1 N7f6 14. e4 Nxc3 15. bxc3 c5 16. Bd3 (16. d5 $5 exd5 17. exd5 $11) 16... cxd4 17. cxd4 Rc8 18. Be5 Bb4 19. Rab1 {[%cal Ba1b1,Bb1b5,Bb5e5][%mdl 32]} Bc3 20. Bg3 Nh5 21. Bh4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Qd6 22. Qe3 {White wants to play Rb5.} (22. e5 $5 {[%cal Re5d6]} Qd5 23. Rb5 $15) 22... Qf4 23. Qe2 $1 Rc7 24. Rb5 f5 (24... g5 $11 {remains equal.}) 25. Re5 $16 fxe4 26. Bxe4 Qg4 {[#]} ({Black should try} 26... Bxe4 27. Rxe4 Qf5) 27. h3 (27. Bg3 $1 $16) 27... Nf4 $11 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Rg4g2,Bh5f4,Bf4e2,Be2c3][%mdl 32]} 28. hxg4 Nxe2+ 29. Kh2 {aiming for Bxb7.} Bc8 30. g5 Bb4 {Threatens to win with ...Bd6.} 31. gxh6 (31. Bh7+ $5 Kxh7 32. Rxe2 $11) 31... Bd6 32. h7+ Kh8 {...Nc3 is the strong threat.} 33. Kh1 (33. Bg3 $11) 33... Nc3 34. Re1 Rf4 35. g3 $2 (35. Bg6 $11 {and White is okay.} Bxe5 36. Rxe5) 35... Rxe4 $19 36. R5xe4 Nxe4 37. Rxe4 Bb7 ({Don't take} 37... Kxh7 38. Kg2 $17) 38. Re3 {[#]} Rf7 $1 ({Don't play} 38... Kxh7 39. Kh2 $17) 39. Kg2 Bd5 ({But not} 39... Kxh7 40. g4 $17) 40. g4 Kxh7 41. Bg3 Be7 42. a4 Rf8 43. Rc3 $2 (43. Be5) 43... Kg6 44. Be5 Bh4 $2 (44... Bb4 $19 45. Re3 a5) 45. Bd6 $15 Rd8 (45... Rxf3 $5 46. Rxf3 Bf6 $17) 46. Be5 Rf8 47. Bd6 Bxf3+ (47... Rf6 $17) 48. Rxf3 $11 {The position is equal.} Rd8 49. Be5 Rd5 50. Rc3 Bf6 {Precision: White = 47%, Black = 61%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Baghdasaryan, Vahe"]
[Black "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2449"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,114,0,0,-11,-8,-8,-13,-6,-6,-15,0,-47,-18,-8,-10,-118,-100,-329,-333,-322,-333,-285,-43,-56,-36,-130,-95,-144,-151,-245,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-134,-129,-134,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Kh1 Be7 9. f4 d6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qe1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. a3 Nd7 {LiveBook: 38 Games. B85: Sicilian Scheveningen: 6 Be2 a6, lines with early Be3} (13... Bb7 14. Qg3 g6 15. Bf3 Rad8 16. f5 e5 17. Be3 Kh8 18. Bg5 gxf5 19. exf5 Rg8 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21. Qh4 Ne8 22. f6 Bf8 {½-½ (43) Smirin,I (2667)-Grandelius,N (2642) Wijk aan Zee 2017}) 14. f5 Bf6 15. Bxf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Rd1 Bxd4 16. Rxd4 Nf6 17. Qd2 Bb7 18. Bf3 Rad8 19. Rd1 exf5 20. e5 Ne4 21. Bxe4 Bxe4 22. exd6 {0-1 (49) Syed,N (2083)-Tilak,S (2310) Mumbai 2004}) 15... Nxf6 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Qh4 Qc5 18. Rf3 (18. e5 $5 dxe5 19. Ne4 $11) 18... Ra7 19. Rd1 $1 Raf7 20. Rfd3 (20. Qf2 $11 {remains equal.}) 20... a5 $17 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5b4][%mdl 32]} 21. Bf3 $2 (21. Rf3 $17) 21... b4 $19 22. axb4 axb4 23. Ne2 Qxc2 $2 (23... g5 $19 24. Qe1 g4) 24. Rxd6 Qxb2 25. Nd4 (25. Qe1 $1 $15) 25... e5 $17 26. Nf5 b3 27. Rd8 (27. Qe1 $17 {was worth a try.}) 27... Rxd8 $2 (27... Qc2 $19 28. R8d2 Qc3) 28. Rxd8+ $11 Rf8 {[#]} 29. Nh6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} gxh6 30. Rxf8+ Kxf8 31. Qxf6+ Ke8 32. Bh5+ Kd7 33. Bg4+ Kc7 34. Qe7+ Kb8 35. Qd6+ Ka8 36. Qd5+ Bb7 37. Qa5+ Kb8 38. Qd8+ Ka7 39. Qa5+ Ba6 40. Qc7+ Ka8 {[#] ( -> ...Qb1+)} 41. Qd8+ Kb7 {Strongly threatening ...Qc1+.} 42. Qd5+ (42. Bc8+ $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.} Ka7 43. Qc7+ Ka8 44. Qc6+ Kb8 45. Qd6+ Kxc8 46. Qxa6+ Kd8 47. Qb6+ Ke8 48. Qb8+ Kf7 49. Qb7+ Kf6 50. Qa6+ Ke7 51. Qb7+ Kf8 52. Qb8+ Kg7 53. Qb7+ Kg6 54. Qa6+ Kg5 55. Qf1) 42... Kb6 $17 {Hoping for ...Qc1+.} 43. Bd1 Qf2 (43... Qc3 $17 {[%cal Rc3e1]} 44. Qxb3+ Qxb3 45. Bxb3 Bd3) 44. Qxb3+ $11 {The position is equal.} Bb5 {[%cal Rf2f1]} 45. h3 {Black must now prevent Bf3.} Qe1+ 46. Kh2 Qxe4 47. Bc2 Qd4 48. Qe6+ Bc6 49. Qb3+ Kc5 (49... Kc7 $5 {[%cal Rd4f2]} 50. Qf7+ Qd7 $11) 50. Qa3+ Kb5 51. Qb3+ Qb4 {...Qxb3 is the strong threat.} 52. Bd3+ Kc5 53. Qc2+ Kd6 54. Qc1 h5 55. Qh6+ Kd5 56. Bxh7 Qf4+ 57. Qxf4 exf4 {Precision: White = 60%, Black = 57%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hakobyan, Aram"]
[Black "Kulaots, Kaido"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2449"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,81,0,6,0,4,0,1,4,12,1,0,0,10,18,20,6,70,25,88,60,68,32,78,73,87,43,33,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,7,0,0,0,0,12,175,155,304,123,199,179,175,110,124,118,853,761,635,553,1261,925,790,608,2317,1939,12841,12841]} 1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 d5 5. h4 dxc4 (5... c6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. e3 e6 9. Qc2 Nd7 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Kb1 Bg7 12. g4 Qe7 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Bd3 Nb6 15. Rhg1 Bd7 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Qxe5 18. f4 Qxe3 19. Bxg6 Qxf4 20. g5 fxg6 21. Qxg6+ Kh8 22. Qxh6+ Kg8 23. Qg6+ Kh8 24. Qh6+ Kg8 25. Qg6+ {½-½ (25) Tomashevsky,E (2696)-Svidler,P (2755) Moscow 2017}) 6. e4 {D90: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 sidelines} c5 7. d5 b5 8. h5 Nxh5 9. Nxb5 O-O 10. Bxc4 Bg4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 11. Qc2 a6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Bxf3 12. gxf3 a6 {1-0 (44) Santos Latasa,J (2495)-Kobo,O (2380) Batumi 2014}) 12. Nc3 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Qd6 $1 14. Ne2 Nd7 15. f4 Nb6 16. e5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Qd7 17. Be3 Rfb8 (17... Rab8 $11) 18. b3 (18. Bd3 {is more complex.} Nxd5 19. O-O-O e6 20. Be4 Rb4 21. Nc3) 18... Rb7 (18... Nxc4 $11 19. Qxc4 Rb4 20. Qxc5 Rb5) 19. Qe4 Nxc4 20. bxc4 Rab8 21. Rc1 Qc7 22. Rxh5 gxh5 23. Ng3 Qb6 $1 {Hoping for ...h4.} 24. Nxh5 {Threatens to win with f5.} Qg6 $1 {[%cal Rg6e4]} 25. Qxg6 hxg6 26. Nxg7 Rc8 27. Nh5 (27. Ne8 $5) 27... gxh5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} 28. Ke2 Rb2+ 29. Kf3 Rxa2 30. f5 f6 $2 (30... Rb2 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 31. e6 $18 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Ra3 {[#]} (31... Ra4 $16) 32. Ke4 (32. d6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512] has better winning chances.}) 32... a5 (32... Kh8 $16 {is a better defense.}) 33. Rg1+ Kh7 {[#]} 34. d6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} exd6 $16 {[#]} 35. Rg6 $1 Rxe3+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (35... h4 $16) 36. fxe3 {KR-KR. White is clearly winning.} ({Less strong is} 36. Kxe3 h4 $16) 36... a4 37. Rxf6 Rc7 {intending ...a3.} 38. Rf8 {White wants to mate with f6.} Kg7 39. Ra8 Kf6 40. Kd5 h4 41. Kxd6 {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 32%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Erdogdu, Mert"]
[Black "Vocaturo, Daniele"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,134,-2,35,-6,10,-40,-11,-119,-113,-191,-169,-163,-154,-347,-339,-344,-335,-340,-319,-427,-427,-425,-416,-395,-354,-339,-266,-512,-189,-184,-189,-181,-154,-174,-145,-161,-133,-133,-131,-133,-102,-122,-116,-127,-117,-141,-97,-100,-109,-109,-102,-115,-111,-100,-100,-98,-78,-75,-75,-75,-75,-75,-75,-79,-67,-89,-87,-87,-84,-109,-101,-108,-101,-108,-100,-107,-93,-97,-97,-152,-148,-145,-143,-156,-154,-197,-179,-147,-127,-177,-169,-225,-172,-228,-187,-179,-187,-381,-374,-373,-375,-364,-369,-352,-367,-366,-363,-367,-343,-410,-394,-464,-426,-455,-455,-468,-448,-6221,-6412,-29970,-29968]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 f5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 Bb4 6. Bd2 O-O 7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 d6 {LiveBook: 56 Games. A25: English Opening vs King's Indian with ...Nc6 but without early d3} (8... d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Qc2 Be6 11. Nf3 Qf6 12. O-O Rad8 13. b4 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 e4 15. Qxf6 gxf6 16. Nh4 exd3 17. exd3 Rxd3 {1-0 (41) Glud,J (2506)-Semcesen,D (2469) Runavik 2016}) 9. f4 Qe8 10. Nh3 Ng4 {Black is slightly better.} 11. Bxc6 $146 (11. Nf2 $11) ({Predecessor:} 11. Bd5+ Kh8 12. Qd2 Nd4 13. Bxd4 exd4 14. Nf2 Ne3 {0-1 (33) Chernikov,O-Khenkin,A Leningrad 1962}) 11... Qxc6 $17 12. Kd2 (12. Rg1 $17) 12... Bd7 13. Qg1 b5 14. Ng5 $2 (14. b3 $17) 14... bxc4 $19 15. h3 Nf6 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. Nf3 cxd3 {[#] White must now prevent ...Ne4+.} 18. Nxe5 Ne4+ 19. Ke1 Qd6 20. Nxd3 Rfe8 21. Bb4 $2 (21. Qd4 Qxg3+ 22. Kf1 Nxc3 23. bxc3) 21... Qxg3+ $2 (21... Qd5 22. Rh2 Rad8) 22. Qxg3 Nxg3 23. Rh2 Bb5 24. Rd1 Rad8 25. Nc1 Ne4 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Nb3 Rd5 28. Nd2 Ng3 29. Bc3 f4 30. Rf2 Rh5 31. a4 Ba6 32. Rxf4 Nxe2 33. Rf3 Nxc3 34. Rxc3 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} c5 35. Kf2 Re5 {And now ...Re2+ would win.} 36. Nb3 c4 37. Nd2 Ra5 38. Nxc4 Rxa4 39. b3 Ra1 40. Ne5 h6 41. h4 Bb5 42. Kg2 Kh7 43. Kg3 a6 44. Re3 Rd1 45. Re4 Rd2 46. Kf3 Bf1 {Threatens to win with ...Bg2+.} 47. Re1 (47. Kg3 $142) 47... Bg2+ 48. Kg3 Bd5 49. Re3 Rd4 50. Rc3 Rb4 51. Nc4 Kg6 52. Nd2 Kf6 53. Re3 (53. Rc2 $142) 53... Kf5 54. Rc3 (54. Nc4 $142 Bxc4 55. bxc4) 54... h5 55. Rc5 Rg4+ 56. Kh3 $2 {[#]} (56. Kf2 Ke6 57. Rc7) 56... Rd4 $1 $19 {[%cal Rd4d2]} 57. Nf1 Kf4 {...Rd1 is the strong threat.} 58. Rc3 Rd1 59. Ng3 Be6+ 60. Kg2 Kg4 61. Kf2 Rb1 62. Re3 Rb2+ 63. Ne2 Bf5 64. Kg1 Kxh4 65. Nd4 Bg4 66. Re7 (66. Rc3 $142) 66... Rd2 67. Nc6 Kg3 {Precision: White = 39%, Black = 56%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kanmazalp, Ogulcan"]
[Black "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,53,10,14,31,11,24,26,39,25,12,0,0,0,0,11,20,11,12,4,10,32,56,60,253,272,476,366,419,424,414,425,374,250]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 a6 {D46: Semi-Slav: 5 e3 Nbd7 6 Bd3, Black avoids the Meran} 11. Ng5 Qc7 12. e4 {[#] LiveBook: 7 Games. Threatens to win with e5.} h6 {The position is equal.} 13. e5 hxg5 14. exd6 Qxd6 15. Bxg5 Qxd4 16. Rad1 {[#]} Qe5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Qc5 17. Be3 Qf5 18. Bd3 {1-0 (40) Gordievsky,D (2506)-Inarkiev,E (2676) Moscow 2016}) 17. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5,Bh5h6,Bh6g7][%mdl 32]} Bb7 18. Rfe1 Qc7 19. Bf3 c5 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21. h5 Rac8 22. h6 c4 $2 {[#]} ({Better is} 22... Qc6 $1 $14) 23. hxg7 $1 $18 Rfe8 $2 (23... Kxg7 24. Qd2 Rg8) 24. Qd2 e5 25. Bxf6 Nxf6 26. Qh6 {[%csl Gg7][%cal Rh6h8]} Nh7 27. Ne4 {Precision: White = 90%, Black = 38%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Usmanov, Vasily"]
[Black "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,59,43,43,45,45,52,8,9,1,20,25,80,84,85,66,61,61,76,76,148,73,65,79,83,80,80,87,87,84,129,133,156,162,219,207,250,262,692,662,29992,29993,29996,29995,29995,29995,29996,29997]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Nf6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 {A30: Symmetrical English: Double Fianchetto and Hedgehog} (8... a6 9. Nxc6 Bxc6 10. e4 d6 11. Re1 Rc8 12. Nd5 Be7 13. Nxe7 Qxe7 14. Qd4 b5 15. cxb5 axb5 16. Bd2 {1-0 (33) Urkedal,F (2420)-Gabrielsen,T (2264) Oslo 2010}) 9. Nxc6 Bxc6 10. Bxc6 dxc6 {The position is equal.} 11. Qa4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Qxd8+ Rxd8 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Rad1 Ke7 15. Kg2 f5 16. a3 {½-½ (37) Davis,L (1973)-Rudd,J (2278) Cardiff 2014}) 11... Qc8 12. Bg5 Ng4 (12... O-O $11 {remains equal.}) 13. Ne4 $16 h6 14. Bd2 Be7 15. Bb4 Qc7 16. Rad1 f5 (16... Nf6 $142 17. Nd6+ Kf8) 17. Rd6 (17. Nd6+ $142 Bxd6 18. Rxd6 (18. Bxd6 Qb7 $16)) 17... O-O 18. Rxc6 Qd7 19. Rd1 $1 {[%cal Rd1d7]} Qe8 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Nc3 $1 f4 22. c5 $1 Qg5 {...fxg3 is the strong threat.} 23. h4 ({Wrong is} 23. cxb6 $2 fxg3 24. fxg3 Qf5 $19) 23... Qh5 {[#]} (23... Qe5 {might work better.}) 24. f3 $1 $18 ({Not} 24. cxb6 fxg3 25. fxg3 Ne3 $11) 24... Ne3 25. Rd7 {Black must now prevent Rcc7.} fxg3 $2 {[#]} (25... Qg6 26. g4 Nxg4 27. fxg4 Qxg4+ 28. Kf1 Rad8) 26. Rcc7 $1 Kh8 27. Rxg7 {White mates.} Rf6 28. Rh7+ Kg8 29. Rcg7+ Kf8 30. Qd7 {Precision: White = 78%, Black = 31%.} 1-0

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Asadli, Vugar"]
[Black "Ruck, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,79,2,30,19,35,-20,-13,-19,-3,-38,8,20,15,-34,64,50,68,65,74,-8,11,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-17,-8,-32,-30,-30,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-18,-11,-49,-30,-34,-47,-73,-65,-81,-49,-79,0,0,0,-93,0,0,0,-95]} 1. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6d5,Bd5b6][%mdl 32]} 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Qf3 Nc6 8. Be3 O-O 9. O-O-O Be6 10. c5 {B03: Alekhine's Defence: Four Pawns Attack} Nd7 {LiveBook: 6 Games} (10... Nc4 11. Bf4 dxc5 12. d5 Nd4 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Bxc4 Nxf3 15. Rxd8 Raxd8 16. Nh3 Nd4 17. Bxc7 Rde8 {1-0 (49) Savchenko,B (2638)-Sek,K (2420) Ulan Ude 2009}) 11. h3 Nf6 ({Avoid the trap} 11... dxc5 $2 12. d5 $18) 12. d5 $146 (12. g4 $14) ({Predecessor:} 12. g4 Nb4 13. d5 Nfxd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Rxd5 Bxd5 16. Qxd5 c6 17. Qd2 dxc5 {½-½ (73) Calota,A (2175)-Rajlich,I (2425) Mureck 1998}) 12... Ne5 $11 13. Qe2 Bc8 14. g4 Re8 15. f4 {[%cal Bf2f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32]} Ng6 $1 16. Nf3 Bf8 (16... dxc5 $15 17. f5 Nf8) 17. f5 $14 Ne5 18. Nxe5 $1 Rxe5 {[#]} 19. Qf2 ({White should try} 19. Qf3 $1 $16) 19... dxc5 $11 20. Bxc5 Bxc5 21. Qxc5 Qd6 22. Qxd6 cxd6 23. Nb5 Ne8 24. Rh2 Bd7 25. Rc2 Kf8 (25... Bxb5 $5 26. Bxb5 Nf6 $11) 26. Nd4 h6 (26... h5 $5) 27. Bg2 Rc8 28. Rxc8 Bxc8 29. Kd2 Bd7 30. Rc1 Ke7 31. Nc2 h5 32. Ne3 {[#] And now Nc4 would win.} hxg4 33. hxg4 {aiming for Nc4.} Kf6 34. Kd3 Kg5 35. Kd4 Re7 36. Be4 Kf4 37. Rf1+ Kg5 38. Rc1 Kf4 39. Rf1+ Kg5 40. Rc1 {Precision: White = 41%, Black = 55%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Pavlov, Sergey"]
[Black "Abasov, Nijat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,28,4,10,3,10,-9,-3,-6,0,-8,0,-8,0,0,0,-7,0]} 1. c4 e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} c5 7. Ne5 Qc8 {LiveBook: 73 Games. The position is equal.} 8. Qd3 Be7 $146 (8... Bc6 $5 9. Nxc6 Nxc6 $11) ({Predecessor:} 8... Nc6 9. Nxd7 Nxd7 10. Qb5 Nde5 11. f4 a6 12. Qa4 Nd7 13. Bxc6 bxc6 {1-0 (72) Grischuk,A (2737)-Wojtaszek,R (2749) Doha 2016}) 9. Na3 O-O (9... Bc6 $5 10. Nxc6 Nxc6 $11) 10. Nxd7 Nbxd7 11. O-O Rd8 12. Qb3 Rb8 13. d3 b5 14. Bf4 ({Don't go for} 14. Nxb5 $2 a6 $17) 14... e5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Polivanov, Anatoliy"]
[Black "Palac, Mladen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E22"]
[WhiteElo "2401"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,26,30,23,27,24,27,56,61,65,72,64,60,87,88,82,84,86,81,81]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qb3 a5 (4... c5 5. dxc5 Nc6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Nf3 Bxc5 9. e3 b6 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Ne4 Bb4+ 12. Ke2 Qe7 13. a3 Bc5 14. Nxc5 Qxc5 {½-½ (31) Zhou,J (2620)-Bu,X (2723) Wuxi 2016}) 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 {E22: Nimzo-Indian: 4 Qb3} a4 7. Bg5 d6 8. e3 {White is slightly better.} b6 9. Bd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. f3 c5 10. Ne2 Nbd7 11. Qc2 Qc7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Bd3 {0-1 (50) Suomalainen,E-Karner,H (2365) Jyvaskyla 1992}) 9... Bb7 10. f3 Ra5 11. Bh4 {White is better.} Nbd7 12. Ne2 O-O 13. Qc2 Qa8 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Meribanov, Vitaly"]
[Black "Wagner, Dennis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,114,0,0,25,25,25,26,32,27,48,21,22,10,18,0,31,10,28,0,0,0,0,-98,-91,-93,-102,-92,-87,-103,-92,-146,-154,-166,-116,-178,-161,-265,-262,-258,-240,-407,-416,-409,-403,-556,0,-322,-256,-310,-260,-257,-250,-242,-218,-226,-211,-244,-244,-252,-252,-1080,-1102,-968,-762,-1222,-865,-858,-923,-818,-781,-5189,-3835,-1999,-1098,-1838,-1993,-1650,-1629,-1419,-786,-1240,-1164,-12839,-12839,-12838,-12839,-12837,-12838,-12843,-12844,-12844,-12843,-12845,-12845]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 {C84: Closed Ruy Lopez: Unusual White 6th moves} Na5 9. Ba2 c5 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Bg5 O-O 12. b4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} cxb4 13. axb4 {Bxe6 is the strong threat.} Nc6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd5 g6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Ra7) 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Bxe6 Qxe6 18. c3 Rfe8 19. Re1 d5 20. Ng5 Qe7 $1 {[%cal Re7g5]} 21. exd5 Nxb4 22. Nf3 (22. Nxf7 $11 Qxf7 23. cxb4) 22... Nxd5 $17 23. Rxe5 Qd6 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Qb3 Nf4 26. d4 ({White should try} 26. c4) 26... Qc6 27. h4 Re2 {Strongly threatening ...Nh3+!} 28. Ra2 (28. c4 $17) 28... Re6 29. Rc2 (29. Qd1 $142) 29... Qe4 $1 $19 30. c4 Ne2+ 31. Rxe2 $2 (31. Kh2 {was the only chance.} Nxd4 32. Nxd4 Qxh4+ 33. Qh3 Qxd4 34. cxb5) 31... Qxe2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQN} 32. c5 {White hopes to continue with d5.} Qc4 33. Qd1 Qe2 $2 (33... b4 $19 34. d5 Re8) 34. Qc1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (34. Qb3 $1 $11) 34... Qe4 35. Qh6 {intending Ng5.} f6 36. Qd2 Qd5 37. Qa5 Qd7 38. Qa2 Kg7 39. d5 Re4 $1 {[%cal Re4c4] Threatens to win with ...Rc4.} 40. c6 Qd6 {White must now prevent ...Ra4.} 41. Qxa6 $2 (41. g3) 41... Ra4 {Black is clearly winning.} 42. Qb7+ Kh6 43. Nh2 Ra1+ 44. Nf1 Qxd5 {( -> ...Rxf1+!)} 45. Qe7 Qc4 46. Qe3+ g5 47. hxg5+ Kg6 48. Qe8+ Kxg5 49. Qe3+ Kf5 50. Qh3+ {[#]} Ke5 $1 51. Qg3+ {[#]} Kd5 $1 52. Qf3+ Kc5 53. Kh2 Rxf1 54. c7 Kb6 55. Qxf6+ Kxc7 56. Qe7+ Kb6 57. Qd6+ Kb7 {Precision: White = 33%, Black = 73%.} 0-1

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lavrov, Maxim"]
[Black "Santos Latasa, Jaime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2369"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,62,43,35,60,50,51,36,47,57,45,58,48,41,64,23,26,-37,-29,-17,-33,-39,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,12,14,12,12,12,12,63,0,0,0,0,0,33,36,26,5,20,0,0,0,19,0,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bd7 4. Nf3 a6 5. c4 dxc4 6. Bxc4 {LiveBook: 8 Games. C02: French: Advance Variation} Bb5 (6... Bc6 7. Nc3 Ne7 8. O-O Nd7 9. Bb3 Nb6 10. Re1 Nf5 11. Ne4 h6 12. Ng3 Nh4 13. Nxh4 Qxh4 {½-½ (65) Rowson,J (2569)-Bauer,C (2626) London 2015}) 7. Bb3 Bb4+ 8. Nc3 {White is slightly better.} Ne7 9. a4 Bc6 10. O-O h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Nd5 11. Qd3 Be7 12. Bd2 Nb4 {0-1 (50) Salomon,J (2416)-Westerinen,H (2300) Oslo 2015}) 11. Be3 Nd7 12. d5 exd5 13. Nxd5 ({White should try} 13. Bc2 $11) 13... Nxd5 $15 14. Bxd5 Nxe5 $1 15. Nxe5 Qxd5 ({Black should play} 15... Bxd5 $15 16. Qd4 Be7) 16. Nxc6 $11 Qxd1 $1 17. Rfxd1 bxc6 18. Rac1 Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Kxd8 20. Rxc6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} a5 $1 21. Kf1 Kd7 22. Ra6 Rb8 23. Ke2 Bd6 ({Better is} 23... Bf8 $11) 24. Rxa5 (24. Bd4 $14) 24... Rxb2+ 25. Kf3 Ra2 26. h4 Ke6 (26... Bb4 $5 {[%cal Rb4a5]} 27. Ra6 Kc8 $11) 27. g4 c5 28. Ke4 {Black should prevent Ra6.} Rb2 {The position is equal.} 29. Rb5 (29. Ra6 $5 {[%cal Re3c5]} Rb4+ 30. Kf3 $11) 29... Ra2 30. Ra5 {next Ra6 is good for White.} Rb2 31. Rb5 Ra2 {Precision: White = 64%, Black = 61%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EICC 2017"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tutisani, Noe"]
[Black "Michalik, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2347"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,140,45,15,24,-8,1,1,16,23,9,9,20,16,41,0,28,0,0,-54,-49,-67,0,-56,-70,-72,-60,-68,-74,-158,-166,-159,-142,-156,-148,-177,-171,-173,-169,-169,-162,-175,-155,-156,-156,-255,-125,-96,-97,-112,-104,-116,-101,-229,-189,-196,-254,-233,-209,-204,-195,-312,-109,-110,-54,-77,-77,-54,-58,-62,-29,-29,-86,-218,-228,-384,-390,-407,-156,-154,-153,-209,-208,-195,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,41,41,41,0,41,41,40,39,39,39,35,0,0,0,0,0,0,-452,-428,-429,-387,-388,-304,-1147,-1143,-1131,-1107]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 {[%cal Bc2c3,Bc3c4][%mdl 32]} O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. c4 c6 12. Nc3 Qc7 {C95: Closed Ruy Lopez: Breyer Variation with 10 d4} 13. a3 {LiveBook: 7 Games} Nb6 14. c5 dxc5 {The position is equal.} 15. dxe5 Ne8 {[#]} 16. Bf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Ne2 g6 17. Bf4 c4 18. Bc2 Qb7 19. Qc1 Ng7 20. Ng3 {1-0 (34) Wei,Y (2732)-Karthikeyan,M (2585) Chengdu 2017}) 16... Be6 17. Bc2 g6 18. Qc1 Ng7 19. Bh2 Rfd8 20. Nd1 Nc4 21. b3 ({White should try} 21. Ne3 $11) 21... Na5 $15 22. Ne3 Qd7 (22... Nxb3 $6 23. Bxb3 Bxb3 24. e6 $1 $14 {[%mdl 512]}) (22... Bxb3 $6 23. e6 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]}) (22... Qa7 $15) 23. Rb1 (23. Qb2 $11) 23... c4 $36 {[%cal Rc4b3][%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 24. b4 Nb3 25. Bxb3 cxb3 26. Ng4 (26. Bf4 $142) 26... Bxg4 $17 27. hxg4 Ne6 28. Rxb3 c5 29. Bg3 a5 30. bxa5 c4 31. Rc3 Rxa5 32. Bh4 Bxh4 33. Nxh4 Qd2 $1 34. Qa1 (34. Nf3 $17 Qxc1 35. Rexc1) 34... Rd3 (34... Nf4 $19 {Threatens to win with ...Ne2+.} 35. e6 fxe6) 35. Rxd3 Qxd3 36. Re3 Qd4 37. Qe1 Ra8 38. Qb4 (38. Nf3 $17 Qb2 39. Qc3 Qxc3 40. Rxc3) 38... Qa1+ (38... Qxe5 39. Nf3) 39. Kh2 Qxe5+ 40. g3 Qc5 41. Qc3 Rd8 42. Nf3 {[#]} (42. Kg2 $142) 42... Rd1 $2 (42... Rd3 $1 $19 {[%cal Rd3c3][%mdl 512] and Black stays clearly on top.} 43. Qc1 (43. Rxd3 Qxf2+) 43... Rb3) 43. Kg2 Nd8 ({Black should play} 43... h6 $17 44. Qf6 Qd6) 44. g5 Nc6 45. Qf6 Rd6 46. Qc3 Nd4 47. e5 Rd5 (47... Rd7 $11 48. Nxd4 Rxd4) 48. Nd2 (48. Nxd4 $17 Rxd4 49. e6 fxe6 50. Rxe6) 48... Nf5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rf5e3]} ({Worse is} 48... Rxe5 49. Ne4 $11) 49. Re2 $2 (49. Re1 Rd3 50. Ne4 Rxc3 51. Nxc5) 49... Rd3 50. Qa5 Rxa3 $2 (50... Qc6+ $19 {is more deadly.} 51. Ne4 c3) 51. Qd8+ $17 Qf8 52. Qd7 (52. Qb6 $17) 52... Qa8+ $1 $19 53. Ne4 {[#] Black should prevent e6.} Ne3+ $2 (53... Ra7 $1 $19 {[%cal Ra7d7]} 54. Qd2 {[#]} b4 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 54. Kh2 $11 Rd3 55. Nf6+ Kf8 {[%csl Ge3][%cal Ra8g2]} 56. Nxh7+ Kg7 $1 {[%csl Ge3][%cal Ra8g2]} ({But not} 56... Kg8 $2 57. Nf6+ Kf8 58. Qh3 $18) 57. Qh3 {Qh6+ would kill now.} Nf5 (57... Qh8 $5 {[%cal Rh8h7]} 58. e6 (58. Qh6+ $2 Kg8 $19) 58... Ng4+ 59. Qxg4 Qxh7+ 60. Kg2 Rd1 $11) 58. Nf6 {Intending Ra2 and mate.} Qh8 59. Qxh8+ Kxh8 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 60. Ra2 {White wants to mate with Ra8+.} Rd8 $1 {aiming for ...Nd4.} 61. Ra7 Kg7 $1 {White must now prevent ...Nd4.} 62. e6 Nd6 63. e7 Rh8+ 64. Kg2 {Hoping for Ra6.} c3 $1 {[%cal Rc3c2]} 65. Rc7 Nc4 $1 66. e8=Q $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (66. Ra7 $1 $11 c2 67. Ra1) 66... Rxe8 $19 67. Nxe8+ Kf8 68. Nf6 c2 69. Rd7 $2 (69. Rc8+ Ke7 70. Re8+ Kd6 71. Re1) 69... c1=Q 70. Rd8+ Ke7 {Precision: White = 50%, Black = 58%.} 0-1

