[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Karacsonyi, Gellert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2195"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,63,0,-8,-4,-4,-7,-5,0,0,0,-2,0,-23,0,0,1,-4,20,21,20,24,33,39,26,16,18,20,39,19,23,19,21,4,25,0,8,11,68,60,92,56,87,62,872,868,868,868]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} c5 7. Ne5 Qc8 8. d3 (8. Qd3 Nc6 9. Nxd7 Nxd7 10. Nc3 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. b3 Rd8 13. Bb2 Nb6 {1-0 (81) So,W (2780)-Wei,Y (2729) chess.com INT 2018}) 8... Nc6 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 10. Nd2 {LiveBook: 8 Games} Be7 11. Nf3 O-O 12. O-O Rac8 13. Bd2 {[#]} Rfd8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Nd5) 14. Rfc1 Nd5 15. Qa4 b6 16. a3 Bf6 17. Rab1 h6 18. b4 cxb4 19. axb4 Nce7 20. Qxd7 Rxd7 21. d4 Rdc7 22. Rxc7 Rxc7 23. e3 Nc3 24. Bxc3 Rxc3 25. Nd2 Nd5 26. Ne4 Rc4 27. Ra1 Nxb4 (27... Be7 $11) 28. Rxa7 $14 Nd5 29. Bf1 Rc1 30. Kg2 Rb1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (30... g5 $14) 31. Ra8+ $18 Kh7 32. Nxf6+ {Precision: White = 58%, Black = 28%.} 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ragger, Markus"]
[Black "Uruci, Besim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2137"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,83,65,58,58,69,45,78,73,52,0,84,39,52,46,88,87,90,58,121,71,88,83,106,113,281,124,311,137,144,136,180,168,161,168,165,158,208,175,176,166,221,163,161,160,144,141,139,131,172,119,141,138,138,94,185,188,196,181,189,171,194,195,1088,704,29993,29994,29995,564]} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. Nf3 e6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O b6 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. Rd1 {B01: Scandinavian Defence} (10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Nh5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Bc2 Nd7 14. Rfe1 Rfe8 15. Rad1 Rad8 16. d5 e5 17. Qe4 g6 {1-0 (25) Bjornsson,S (2278)-Kristinsson,O (2010) Reykjavik 2018}) 10... Qc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Nbd7 11. Ne5 Re8 12. Bf4 Nf8 13. Rac1 c6 14. Bb1 Ng6 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. Rd2 Bd6 17. Be5 Qe7 {0-1 (34) Ben Abed,M (1960)-Karagyozian,E (2017) Le Port Marly 2014}) 11. h3 Rd8 12. Bg5 {White is better.} Nbd7 13. Ne5 ({White should play} 13. Bc2 $14) 13... Nf8 (13... c5 $1 $11) 14. Ng4 Ng6 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Ne4 f5 ({Better is} 17... Bxe4 $1 $14 18. Bxe4 Rb8) 18. Nf6+ $16 Kg7 19. Nh5+ Kh8 20. Qe3 {Intending Qg5 and mate.} Qd7 $2 (20... Rg8 $16) 21. d5 (21. Qh6 $1 $18 {[%csl Gh5][%cal Rh6g7] is the precise move to win.} f6 22. Re1 (22. Nxf6 Qe7 $15)) 21... e5 $2 (21... Qd6 $16) 22. Qg5 (22. Qh6 $18 {[%csl Gh5][%cal Rh6g7] and the rest is easy.} f6 23. Bxf5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} (23. Nxf6 Qe7 $16)) 22... Qe7 23. Qxf5 c6 24. dxc6 Bxc6 {[#]} 25. Be4 $1 {[%cal Re4c6]} Bxe4 26. Qxe4 Rac8 27. b3 Qg5 28. Qg4 Qe7 (28... h6 {was called for.} 29. Ng3 Nf4 30. Qxg5 hxg5) 29. Qf5 Nh4 30. Qf6+ Qxf6 31. Nxf6 Kg7 32. Nd5 Nf5 33. Kf1 (33. Re1 $18) 33... Nd4 34. f4 f6 35. Rd3 Kf7 (35... b5 $16 {was worth a try.}) 36. Re1 $18 Nc6 37. Rf3 {aiming for fxe5.} Kg7 38. fxe5 Nxe5 39. Rf5 Nd3 $2 (39... Rc6 40. g4 h6) 40. Re7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg6 41. Rxf6+ Kh5 42. Rxh7+ {Accuracy: White = 41%, Black = 29%.} 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Black "Bognar, Csaba"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2171"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,37,40,80,64,75,39,37,47,106,83,107,35,45,37,52,59,294,285,402,369,392,343,448,454,456,464,900,892,1053,1034]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 g6 (4... Be7 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. Bd3 b6 7. c3 Bb7 8. O-O O-O 9. b4 h6 10. Bf4 c5 11. Qb1 cxb4 12. cxb4 Nh5 13. Be5 Nhf6 14. Bg3 Nh5 15. Be5 Nhf6 16. Bf4 Nh5 17. Be5 {½-½ (17) Andreikin,D (2710)-Oparin,G (2609) Satka 2018}) 5. c4 c6 6. Nc3 {D03: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 Bg5, including Torre Attack with early ...d5} Bg7 7. Ne5 h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... O-O 8. Be2 Qc7 9. h4 Ne4 10. Bf4 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bxe5 12. Bxe5 {1-0 (25) Kriukov,S (1972)-Artemenko,R (1688) Perm 2007}) 8. Bh4 {White is slightly better.} g5 (8... O-O $14) 9. Bg3 $16 Nfd7 10. Qh5 ({White should try} 10. Nxd7 $16 Nxd7 11. h4) 10... Nxe5 $14 11. Bxe5 Bxe5 12. dxe5 dxc4 $2 {[#]} ({Black should play} 12... Qc7 $14) 13. h4 $18 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4g5][%mdl 32]} ({Don't play} 13. Bxc4 $6 Nd7 $16) 13... Qa5 (13... Nd7 $142 14. O-O-O Qa5 15. hxg5 Qxe5 16. Bxc4 Nb6) 14. hxg5 Qxe5 15. O-O-O b5 16. Rh3 {White is clearly winning.} b4 17. f4 Qa5 (17... Qf5 $142 18. g4 Qh7 19. Qxh6 Qxh6 20. Rxh6 Rf8) 18. Ne4 {[#] And now Nd6+ would win.} Qxa2 19. Nd6+ {Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 12%.} 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Guseinov, Gadir"]
[Black "Velikic, Adela"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2298"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,81,16,17,15,76,88,89,75,97,76,83,78,82,77,90,54,88,55,66,21,40,0,0,0,9,0,9,0,13,16,37,35,42,33,65,64,78,40,71,20,53,10,19,5,4,0,213,212,239,236,448,426,527,497,3631,1135,2482,2093]} 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. Bf4 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Qa5+ 13. c3 O-O-O {[#] LiveBook: 4 Games. aiming for ...Qxe5+!} (13... Nf6 14. O-O Ng4 15. Rad1 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Rd8 17. Qxd8+ Qxd8 18. Rxd8+ Kxd8 {1-0 (67) Sutovsky,E (2633)-Shankland,S (2722) Batumi 2018}) 14. Qf3 {[#]} Rd7 $146 (14... f6 $11 15. Bf4 Qd5) ({Predecessor:} 14... f6 15. Bf4 Qd5 16. Qe2 Ne7 17. c4 Qxd4 18. Qxe6+ {½-½ (27) Beerdsen,T (2469)-Nihal,S (2551) Leiden 2018}) 15. O-O Qd5 16. Ne4 f5 17. Nd2 Qxf3 18. Nxf3 Nf6 19. Rfe1 Ne4 20. Re2 Rg8 21. Rae1 g5 22. hxg5 (22. h5 {is interesting.} Rf7 23. g4 Kd7 24. Rd1 Kc8 25. Ne1) 22... hxg5 23. Nd2 Nxd2 24. Rxd2 Rg6 25. Rde2 Rd8 26. g3 Kd7 27. Kg2 Bd6 28. Rh1 Bxe5 29. Rxe5 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Rdg8 30. b4 R8g7 31. a4 Kc7 32. b5 (32. Kf3 $16) 32... Rd7 33. Rhe1 Kd6 34. Rb1 b6 35. a5 Rg8 $2 {[#]} (35... c5 $11) 36. axb6 $18 axb6 37. bxc6 Rc7 $2 (37... Rdd8 38. c7 (38. Rxb6 Rb8 $18) 38... Kxc7 39. Rxe6 Rb8) 38. Rxb6 {White is clearly winning.} Ra8 39. c4 {[%cal Bc3c4,Bc4c5][%mdl 32]} Ra4 (39... Rxc6 $142 40. Rxc6+ Kxc6 41. Rxe6+ Kd7) 40. c5+ Ke7 41. d5 {Accuracy: White = 53%, Black = 30%.} 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Black "Ratsma, Midas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2316"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,65,-6,0,7,15,0,37,30,30,28,26,12,50,0,0,-19,41,42,63,55,330,310,624,602,601,588,748,457,631,466,454,105,645,633,606,481,711,512,497,466,543,367,446,461,454,447,438,419]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Bb5 e6 6. O-O Bd6 {A06: Réti Opening:1 Nf3 d5} 7. c4 O-O 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. d3 a5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 11. Nc3 Ba6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Na4 Nd7 14. Rc1 Qe7 15. d4 Rac8 16. g4 Bg6 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 {½-½ (19) Bischoff,K (2509)-Yakovich,Y (2592) Fuerth 1999}) 12. Qc2 Qc7 13. Na4 Nd7 14. Rfd1 Bb5 15. Nc3 Ba6 16. d4 {[%cal Bd3d4,Bd4d5,Bd5c6][%mdl 32]} c4 17. e4 cxb3 (17... Nb6 $11) 18. axb3 $14 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Be7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (19... Rfb8 $14) 20. d5 $18 Bd8 $2 (20... Qf4 21. dxc6 Nf6) 21. dxc6 Rc8 22. Rac1 Nb8 23. Ba3 Be7 24. Nfg5 {Threatening mate with Nf6+!} f5 {[#]} 25. Ne6 $2 (25. Bd6 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd6c7] is the precise move to win.} Qxc6 26. Qd2 (26. Bxe7 Qxc2 27. Rxc2 Rxc2 $14)) 25... Qa7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (25... Qxc6 $16 26. Qxc6 (26. Nxf8 Bxa3 27. Qxc6 Rxc6 $17) 26... Rxc6 27. Bxe7 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Re8) 26. Bxe7 Qxe7 27. Nxf8 {Strongly threatening Nc5.} Rxc6 (27... fxe4 $142 28. Nd7 Rxc6) 28. Qd2 Rxc1 29. Qxc1 fxe4 30. Qf4 Nc6 31. Nd7 {White is clearly winning.} h6 32. Qd6 Qxd6 33. Rxd6 {Accuracy: White = 37%, Black = 25%.} 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Black "Martinov, Levko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,36,58,31,103,105,112,111,315,204,395,341,425,163,447]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. c4 c6 6. Nc3 Ne7 7. Bd3 Bg4 {[%cal Bc8g4,Bg4h5,Bh5g6][%mdl 32]} 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. h3 {C01: French: Exchange Variation} Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Ne5 b5 13. Bb3 {LiveBook: 8 Games} Qc7 (13... a5 $14) (13... a5 14. Bg5 a4 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. Bc2 Na6 17. d5 b4 18. Nxa4 cxd5 {0-1 (33) Cabrera,A (2529)-Vallejo Pons,F (2696) Palma de Mallorca 2009}) 14. f4 Bxe5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... b4 15. Na4 Be4 16. Bd2 Bd5 17. Rc1 f6 {1-0 (41) Rodriguez Gonzalez,J (2069)-Riesco Lecuona,J (2165) San Sebastian 2002}) 15. dxe5 {[#] f5 is the strong threat.} h5 $2 (15... Rd8 $16 {was worth a try.} 16. Qf3 Bd3) 16. Qf3 {And now f5 would win.} ({Weaker is} 16. gxh5 Bf5 $16) 16... hxg4 $2 (16... Nd7 {was called for.} 17. f5 (17. gxh5 Bf5 $16) 17... Bh7) 17. hxg4 $18 Nd7 18. Qg3 $2 (18. Qh3) 18... Nb6 $2 {Accuracy: White = 66%, Black =  9%.} (18... Nc5 19. f5 b4) 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Erdos, Viktor"]
[Black "Davainis, Marius"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 21,59,59,58,47,50,45,38,69,53,49,59,58,65,59,62,58,55,55,51,49,80,78,252,262,250,235,352,373,355,349,418,389,402,409,560,575,720,717,874,881]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 b6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb7 6. f3 e6 7. e4 d6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 $146 {A31: Symmetrical English: 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 d4} (10... a6 11. Qd2 Qc7 12. Rfc1 Nbd7 13. b4 Rac8 14. Nb3 Qb8 15. Bf1 Rfe8 16. Qf2 Bd8 17. Na4 Ba8 18. c5 b5 19. Nc3 Bc7 20. g3 dxc5 21. Nxc5 Nxc5 22. bxc5 {1-0 (45) Nepomniachtchi,I (2729)-Ponkratov,P (2613) Riadh 2017}) 11. Qd2 Rc8 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 12. Ndb5 Ne5 {White is slightly better.} 13. Nxa7 Nxc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4 15. b3 Rb4 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Rh4 18. Nc6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Bxc6 $1 19. dxc6 Qc7 20. Rac1 Ra8 21. Qf2 Rh5 $2 {[#]} (21... Rb4 $16 {was worth a try.}) 22. Bxb6 $18 Qc8 23. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Bf6 (23... Qa6 $142 24. c7 Rc8) 24. Rfd1 Be7 25. a5 Qa6 26. c7 Rc8 27. Qf1 Qb7 28. Qc4 {White is clearly winning.} d5 29. Qc6 Qxc6 30. Rxc6 {Accuracy: White = 90%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanisevic, Ivan"]
[Black "Krstevski, Vlatko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2096"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 20,41,20,0,0,-15,42,23,35,23,40,41,38,38,84,75,134,131,202,200,198,134,550,554]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 c6 8. Nge2 Ne4 9. Bxe7 {D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation} Qxe7 10. Bxe4 dxe4 11. Qc2 {LiveBook: 3 Games. The position is equal.} f5 12. d5 (12. O-O Be6 13. Rfc1 Na6 14. Na4 Nb4 15. Qc5 Rf7 16. b3 Nd3 17. Qxe7 Rxe7 {½-½ (60) Zilka,S (2463)-Jakubowski,K (2497) Czechia 2009}) 12... Rd8 $146 (12... Qf7 $11) ({Predecessor:} 12... Qc5 13. Rd1 Rd8 14. O-O cxd5 15. Nf4 Nc6 16. Nfxd5 Be6 {½-½ (27) Schliebener,S (2131)-Bornschein,B (1971) Berlin 2018}) 13. Rd1 Na6 14. dxc6 {And now Rxd8+ would win.} Rxd1+ 15. Qxd1 bxc6 16. O-O $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Be6 {[#]} 17. Qa4 $1 {[%cal Ra4a6]} Qb7 (17... Nc5 $142 18. Qa3 Qf8) 18. Nd4 $16 Bd7 (18... Nc7 $16 19. Qxc6 Qxc6 20. Nxc6 g6) 19. Qc4+ $18 Kh8 {[#]} 20. Na4 ({White should play} 20. g4 $1 $18) 20... Qb4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (20... Rf8 $16 21. Rd1 h6) 21. Qxa6 {Accuracy: White = 70%, Black = 18%.} 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Perunovic, Milos"]
[Black "Bruned, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2133"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 31,44,37,48,40,73,78,234,72,276,230,372,-347,424,6,633]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Qd3 Nf6 7. c4 g6 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 a6 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. Be3 Nd7 {B53: Sicilian: 2...d6: Lines with Qxd4} 13. Nd4 Ne5 $146 (13... Rc8 14. Rac1 Qa5 {1-0 (49) Karjakin,S (2760)-Amonatov,F (2636) Riadh 2017}) 14. Qe2 Bd7 15. Rac1 Rc8 16. b3 Nc6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 17. Rfd1 f5 18. exf5 Bf6 $2 {[#]} (18... Bxf5 $16 19. Nxf5 Rxf5) (18... gxf5 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. Bg5 {1-0 (37) Perunovic,M (2597)-Bruned,B (2133) Skopje 2018}) 19. c5 $2 (19. fxg6 $18 {Nxc6 is the strong threat.} hxg6 20. Nxc6 Bxc6 21. Nd5) 19... a5 $2 (19... Nxd4 $16 20. Bxd4 Bxd4 21. Rxd4 Rxc5) 20. cxd6 exd6 (20... Bxd4 $142 21. Qc4+ (21. Bxd4 Nxd4 22. Rxd4 Bxf5 $16) 21... Rf7) 21. Re1 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (21. Ndb5 $18) 21... Kf7 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (21... Nxd4 $19 {and all is fine.} 22. Bxd4 Bxd4) 22. Rcd1 $2 {[#]} ({White should play} 22. fxg6+ $18 Kxg6 23. Ndb5) 22... d5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Accuracy: White =  8%, Black =  7%.} (22... Nxd4 $11 23. Bxd4 Bxd4 24. fxg6+ hxg6 25. Rxd4 Rxc3) 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Saric, Ante"]
[Black "Jovanoski, Vasko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2145"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,26,17,-27,34,21,25,12,4,-1077,20,-1107,6,-1040,54,-931,41,-745,726]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. c4 {LiveBook: 314 Games} Bg4 {E60: King's Indian: Unusual lines and Fianchetto Variation without Nc3} (6... e5 $11) (6... Nbd7 7. Bg2 c6 8. O-O Re8 9. Nc3 e5 10. e4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nc5 12. Re1 Ng4 13. h3 Ne5 14. Re3 Qb6 15. Nc2 a5 16. Bf1 Be6 17. Rb1 a4 18. b4 Ncd7 19. Na3 Qxb4 20. Bc1 {½-½ (41) Caruana,F (2816)-Grischuk,A (2766) Paris 2018}) 7. Nc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. O-O Re8 9. Nc3 c6 10. Qc2 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. e4 Qc7 13. h3 Be6 14. Rad1 {1-0 (35) Pujales Llanos,J (1897)-Rivero Pena,G (1419) Las Palmas 2016}) 7... Nbd7 8. h3 Bxf3 {The position is equal.} 9. e3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (9. exf3 $11 e5 10. dxe5) 9... Re8 $2 ({Black should try} 9... Bxd1 $19 10. Rxd1 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5) 10. Rc1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (10. Qxf3 $11 e5 11. O-O-O) 10... Qb8 $2 (10... Bxd1 $19 11. Rxd1 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5) 11. Bg2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (11. Qxf3 $11 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Qe2) 11... d5 $2 (11... Bxd1 $19 12. Rxd1 e5) 12. cxd5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (12. Bxf3 $14 dxc4 13. bxc4) 12... Nxd5 $2 {[#]} (12... Bxd1 $19 13. Rxd1 b5) 13. Nxd5 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (13. Qxf3 $14 Nxc3 14. Bxc3) 13... b6 $4 {[%mdl 8192] Accuracy: White =  0%, Black = 12%.} (13... Bxd1 $19 14. Rxd1 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5) 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Popov, Valerij"]
[Black "Atanasov, Radislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2115"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,71,73,77,109,102,98,86,175,131,144,115,107,106,171,116,217,222,219,219,218,211,198,194,249,244,240,247,250,228,333,290,452,275,299,245,229,235,206,120,103,-540,83,47,169,166,321,316,355,218,451,423,1047,288,1010,307]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 c6 8. d5 cxd5 9. cxd5 Nbd7 10. Nd2 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Nc5 {E92: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5: 7 dxe5, 7 Be3 and Petrosian System without 7...Nbd7} (10... Ne8 11. O-O f5 12. f3 Ndf6 13. a4 f4 14. Bf2 Nh5 15. Nc4 Qg5 16. Re1 a6 17. Kf1 Qh6 18. Qd2 {1-0 (38) Brink,B (2347)-Faber,H (2038) Eindhoven 2017}) 11. b4 Ncd7 12. O-O a5 $146 (12... Ne8 $16) ({Predecessor:} 12... Ne8 13. Nc4 {1-0 (27) Mititelu,G-Grunberg,S Romania 1971}) 13. a3 Ne8 14. Qb3 f5 {And now ...f4 would win.} 15. f3 Ndf6 (15... axb4 $16 16. Qxb4 (16. axb4 Rxa1 17. Rxa1 Ndf6 $16) 16... Qe7) 16. Nc4 (16. bxa5 $1 $18 Nh5 17. Rfc1) 16... f4 (16... axb4 $16 17. Qxb4 (17. axb4 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 fxe4 $16) 17... Nh5) 17. Bb6 Qe7 18. Bxa5 g5 19. Nb6 Rb8 20. Rac1 g4 (20... Bd7 $142 21. Qd1 h5) 21. Nxc8 $18 Rxc8 22. fxg4 Kh8 23. Bf3 Qd7 (23... Rg8 $142 24. h3 Bf8) 24. h3 {aiming for g5.} h5 (24... Rb8 {keeps fighting.} 25. Bb6 h6) 25. gxh5 Bh6 26. Na4 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Rg8 {If Black can now play ...Qxh3 this consolidates a bit.} 28. Qc2 ({Better is} 28. Kf1 $18) 28... Qxh3 $16 29. Kf2 $4 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (29. Qe2 $16 {and life is bright.}) 29... Qh4+ $2 ({Inferior is} 29... Ng4+ 30. Ke2 $16 (30. Bxg4 $2 Qxg4 31. Rg1 f3 $19)) (29... Rxg2+ $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 30. Bxg2 Qe3+ 31. Kf1 Nxh5) 30. Ke2 {[%cal Bf2e2,Be2d3,Bd3c4][%mdl 32] Hoping for Bd8.} Nxh5 (30... Qh2 $14) 31. Kd3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under strong pressure.} Nhf6 $2 (31... Nef6) 32. Bd8 Qg3 33. Kc4 Ng7 $2 (33... Ng4 {was worth a try.} 34. Kb5 Nh2) 34. Bxf6 b6 (34... Rc8+ $142 35. Nc5 Qg6 36. Bxe5 dxe5) 35. Bxe5 $2 (35. Nxb6 Qg6 36. Bxg7+ Kxg7 37. Kb3) 35... Qg6 $2 (35... Rc8+ 36. Nc5 dxe5) 36. Qb3 $2 {Accuracy: White = 41%, Black = 24%.} (36. Bc3) 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Demidov, Mikhail"]
[Black "Marinskii, Yurii"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2174"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 16,81,24,8,67,64,70,52,80,52,39,54,93,93,92,87,95,102,89,79,107,90,93,87,91,72,72,72,73,53,52,55,70,29,38,36,70,72,77,81,57,37,37,37,37,37,37,14,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O Nf6 5. d4 e6 6. b3 Be7 7. Bb2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 O-O 9. c4 {LiveBook: 6 Games. D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} (9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. c4 a5 11. Nc3 Ba6 12. Qc2 dxc4 13. Rfd1 cxb3 14. axb3 Qc7 15. Na4 Bb5 16. Bd4 Rad8 {0-1 (35) Pelletier,Y (2529)-Harikrishna,P (2737) Biel 2017}) 9... Nxd4 (9... Bd7 $11) 10. Qxd4 $14 dxc4 11. Qxc4 {White is slightly better.} Qb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nd7 12. Rd1 Bf6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Nc3 Rb8 15. Rac1 Qe5 16. Nb5 Nb6 {1-0 (48) Eichstaedt,M (2155)-Stotyn,F (2201) Lemgo 2018}) 12. Rd1 Bd7 13. Bd4 Qb5 14. Qxb5 Bxb5 15. Nc3 Bc6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Na4 Ba3 18. Bc5 Bxc5 19. Nxc5 Rfd8 20. e4 Kf8 21. f3 Ke7 22. Kf2 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Rxd8 (24. Nd3 {with more complications.} a5 25. Ke3 Nd7 26. Rc1 Kd6 27. Nb2) 24... Kxd8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KN-KN} 25. Ke3 Kc7 26. Kd4 Nd7 27. Nxd7 Kxd7 $16 {KP-KP} 28. e5 Kc7 29. Kc5 Kd7 30. f4 Kc7 31. g4 g6 {The position is equal.} 32. g5 Kd7 33. b4 Kc7 $1 34. a4 Kd7 35. a5 Kc7 $1 36. a6 Kd7 37. b5 cxb5 38. Kxb5 Kc7 $1 39. Kc5 Kd7 40. Kb5 Kc7 $1 41. Kc5 {[%mdl 32768] Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 68%. . Sensor Board Error (Ke4/e5)?} 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jovanovic, Zoran"]
[Black "Sadiku, Bedri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2237"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,43,8,15,-24,21,-18,116,116,125,136,113,76,72,58,66,58,60,74,79,70,60,59,122,50,54,57]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nge2 a6 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. O-O {B23: Closed Sicilian: Lines without g3} (6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. O-O Be7 9. Nxc6 Bxc6 10. Qg4 h5 11. Qe2 h4 12. a4 hxg3 13. hxg3 Qa5 14. Bf4 Qh5 15. Qxh5 Rxh5 16. Bf3 {0-1 (36) Al Modiahki,M (2542)-Quparadze,G (2506) Riadh 2017}) 6... Nge7 7. d3 g6 8. Be3 Bg7 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 O-O {LiveBook: 14 Games} 11. Qd2 Qc7 12. Rad1 Rd8 (12... Ne5 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 13. Nxc6 $16 bxc6 14. Na4 Rb8 15. c4 Rd7 $146 16. Bf4 {[#] And now c5 would win.} e5 17. Bg5 f6 18. Be3 c5 19. Nc3 Bb7 20. Bh3 {[#] aiming for Be6+.} Rdd8 (20... f5 $14) 21. Be6+ ({White should try} 21. f4 $16) 21... Kh8 $14 22. b3 {Accuracy: White = 56%, Black = 54%.} 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ruck, Robert"]
[Black "Poznyak, Nazar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2181"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 29,47,92,102,102,182,186,199,182,315,130,133,130,126,124,118,126,112,112,1146,1150]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8. e4 d6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc8 11. Be3 Na6 {A30: Symmetrical English: Double Fianchetto and Hedgehog} 12. f4 Nc5 13. Bf2 a6 14. Rc1 Rd8 (14... g6 15. b4 Ncd7 16. b5 h5 17. Nc6 Bxc6 18. bxc6 Nc5 19. Bxc5 bxc5 {½-½ (41) Malakhov,V (2703)-Korobov,A (2674) Sochi 2016}) 15. b4 Ncd7 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 16. g4 {[%cal Bg3g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} Qc7 (16... Ne8 $16 {was worth a try.}) 17. g5 $18 Ne8 18. Qg4 $146 {And now Nxe6! would win.} ({Predecessor:} 18. f5 Bxg5 19. fxe6 Ne5 {½-½ (79) Fischer,R (2175)-Dahlheimer,B Germany 2005}) 18... g6 {[#]} (18... Nf8 {was necessary.} 19. f5 Qd7) 19. h4 (19. Nxe6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512] and the rest is easy.} fxe6 20. Qxe6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kf8 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. exd5) 19... Ng7 $16 20. Nd5 exd5 21. cxd5 {[%cal Bc4d5,Bd5c6][%mdl 32]} Qb8 22. Nc6 Bxc6 23. dxc6 {[#] aiming for c7.} f5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (23... Nc5 $16) 24. exf5 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack (Double check)} 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Blagojevic, Dragisa"]
[Black "Varvadoukas, Theodoros"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2164"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 19,75,73,85,82,109,79,88,57,74,58,94,100,102,75,120,126,117,127,148,150,161,154,193,158,185,185,229,172,168,168,172,160,277,25,399,144,336,298,312,219,235,81,436,432,491,444,542,533,506,408,1254,1189,29990,29991,29994,29995,29995,29996]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nf3 g6 5. cxb5 a6 6. e3 Bg7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. a4 d6 9. e4 Nbd7 10. h3 {A57: Benko/Volga Gambit} Re8 {LiveBook: 3 Games} (10... Qa5 11. Bd2 Qb4 12. Qc2 Bb7 13. b3 Nb6 14. Rb1 axb5 15. Bd3 c4 16. bxc4 Qc5 17. Rxb5 Qc7 18. Qb1 Qd8 {1-0 (18) Volkov,S (2613)-Akshayraj,K (2508) Abu Dhabi 2013}) 11. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Be2 axb5 12. Bxb5 Qa5 13. O-O Ba6 14. Bd2 Reb8 15. Re1 Qd8 16. Qc2 Nb6 17. b3 Nfd7 {0-1 (50) Turova,I (2422)-Herrera Reyes,J (2324) Santa Cruz de La Palma 2018}) 11... Qa5 {[#] And now ...Nxe4 would win.} 12. Bd2 {White is better.} Qc7 13. Be2 axb5 14. Bxb5 Ba6 15. O-O Reb8 16. Qe2 Bxb5 17. Nxb5 Qb7 18. Bc3 Nb6 {[#]} 19. b3 $1 h6 20. Nd2 Qd7 21. Nc4 Nxc4 22. bxc4 ({Don't take} 22. Qxc4 Nh5 $16) 22... Ra6 23. a5 Nh5 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. e5 Qf5 (25... Nf4 $16 {was called for.} 26. Qe4 g5) 26. Rfe1 $2 (26. exd6 $18 exd6 27. Qe7) 26... Qg5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (26... Nf4 $11 27. Qf3 dxe5) 27. Qg4 $2 (27. exd6 $18 {is more deadly.} exd6 28. Nc7) 27... Qd2 $2 (27... dxe5 $16 28. Qxg5 hxg5 29. Rxe5 Kf8 30. Rxg5 Nf6) 28. Re2 Qb4 29. exd6 exd6 30. Rae1 $2 (30. Re7 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.} Kg8 31. g3) 30... Rxa5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (30... Nf6 $16 {is a better chance.} 31. Qg3 Rxb5 32. cxb5 Qxb5) 31. Nxd6 $18 Nf6 32. Qg3 Ra3 33. Nf5+ Kh7 34. Qe5 Rb6 (34... Qb6 $142 35. d6 Qd8) 35. d6 Qc3 36. Qe7 {White mates.} Qxc4 37. Qxf6 {[%csl Gf5][%cal Rf6g7]} gxf5 38. Re8 {Precision: White = 39%, Black = 29%.} 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Pancevski, Filip"]
[Black "Maloberti, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2122"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,67,13,21,41,36,43,28,54,58,110,42,47,52,36,44,74,31,98,99,98,73,94,96,94,84,82,84,124,78,154,145,195,181,372,442,404,343,610,608,993,987,958,931,29986,29987]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Rb1 e5 8. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Be6 9. d3 h6 10. b5 Ne7 11. Nd2 Qc8 {A26: English Opening vs King's Indian with ...Nc6 and d3} 12. Re1 (12. a4 Bh3 13. Bb2 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Kh7 15. Nf3 c5 16. bxc6 Qxc6 17. Qb3 g5 {0-1 (56) Nepomniachtchi,I (2705)-Nakamura,H (2816) Baku 2015}) 12... Bh3 13. Bh1 {[#] LiveBook: 6 Games} c6 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 13... Ng4 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. cxd5 a6 16. b6 cxb6 17. Ba3 Qd8 18. Ne4 f5 19. Nxd6 {1-0 (64) Andriasian,Z (2611)-Ganguly,S (2619) Dubai 2014}) 14. bxc6 bxc6 15. Ba3 {[%cal Bc1a3,Ba3b4,Bb4a5][%mdl 32]} Qc7 16. Qa4 Rac8 (16... Bd7 $14) 17. Qa6 ({White should try} 17. Nde4 $16) 17... Rb8 $14 18. Nde4 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Rfd8 20. Bb4 (20. Bg2 {looks sharper.} Be6 21. Bb4 Rd7 22. Qa3 c5 23. Ba5) 20... Rd7 (20... f5 $14 21. Bxd6 Rxd6 22. Nxd6 Qxd6) 21. Qa3 $16 {[%cal Rb4d6]} c5 22. Ba5 Qc8 23. Rxb8 Qxb8 24. Nc3 f5 25. Rb1 $36 {[%cal Be1b1,Bb1b3,Bb3b8][%mdl 2080] White is on the roll.} Qf8 26. Rb3 f4 {[#]} (26... Kh7 $142) 27. Qb2 $1 fxg3 28. hxg3 h5 $2 (28... Kh7 {was called for.} 29. Rb8 Qf7) 29. Rb8 $18 Nc8 30. Bc6 Rf7 $2 {[#]} (30... Re7 31. Ne4 Be6 32. Nxd6 {[%mdl 64] Pin} e4) 31. Bd5 Kh7 32. Bxf7 Qxf7 33. Ne4 h4 34. Ng5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 75%, Black = 12%.} 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dvirnyy, Danyyil"]
[Black "Gajcin, Marina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2244"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,59,40,41,67,60,75,79,64,41,32,34,37,33,71,77,76,51,131,128,120,71,67,67,63,48,52,51,80,82,77,93,82,5,202,5,254,224,520,376,608,607]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. g3 c6 6. Bg2 d5 7. O-O Bf5 8. d3 Qc8 9. Nbd2 Bh3 10. Rc1 Bxg2 {A11: English Opening: 1...c6} 11. Kxg2 {LiveBook: 14 Games} Nbd7 $146 (11... Qd8 12. b4 Nbd7 13. a4 e6 14. Qb3 Re8 15. Rfd1 Rc8 16. Qa2 Bf8 17. b5 e5 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Rxc8 Qxc8 {0-1 (68) Cordova,E (2609)-Delgado Ramirez,N (2619) Batumi 2018}) 12. cxd5 Nxd5 {White is slightly better.} 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Qc2 e5 15. Qb2 f6 16. d4 {[%cal Rd4e5,Bd3d4,Bd4d5][%mdl 32]} Re8 17. e4 N5b6 18. d5 c5 (18... Nb8 $14) 19. b4 $16 Qc7 20. Rc2 Qd6 21. a3 $36 {[%cal Ba2a3,Ba3b4][%mdl 2080] White has the initiative.} Rec8 22. Rfc1 cxb4 23. axb4 Qf8 24. Rc7 Rxc7 25. Rxc7 Rb8 26. Nb3 ({White should try} 26. Ne1 $16) 26... Kg8 $2 {[#]} (26... Qxb4 $11 {and Black is okay.} 27. Qa2 Kh8) 27. Nfd2 $2 (27. Nc5 $18 Qd6 28. Rxb7 (28. Ne6 Nf8 $16)) 27... Na4 $2 (27... Qxb4 $11 28. Qa1 f5) 28. Qc2 $18 Ndb6 $2 (28... Nab6 {was necessary.} 29. Nc5 Qd6 30. Nxb7 Qxb4) 29. Na5 Rd8 $2 (29... Qxb4 30. d6 (30. Rxb7 Rxb7 31. Nxb7 Qc3 $14) (30. Nxb7 Na8 $18) 30... Qb2) 30. Nxb7 {Accuracy: White = 59%, Black = 27%.} 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jirovsky, Milos"]
[Black "Agafonov, Yuri Dr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2118"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,68,2,37,33,53,35,60,20,18,-4,-9,-67,-68,-108,-119,-118,-87,-196,-157,-183,-183,-175,-185,-347,-362,-339,-182,-216,-168,-325,-324,-283,-136,-207,-178,-242,-220,-243,-253,-239,-62,-107,-95,-264,-227,-219,-225,-393,-391,-635,-454,-453,-436,-461,577,-904,530]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 a6 5. b3 b5 (5... Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Bb2 b5 8. d3 Bb7 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. a3 {0-1 (40) Agrest,E (2593)-Wojtaszek,R (2749) Tallinn 2016}) 6. O-O {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} Bb7 7. Bb2 c5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 8. cxd5 {White is slightly better.} exd5 {[%cal Be6d5,Bd5d4][%mdl 32]} 9. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. d4 Nc6 11. e3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. exd4 {1-0 (40) Gajewski,G (2621)-Khismatullin,D (2617) St Petersburg 2016}) 9... Be7 10. d3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Nc6 12. Qb1 (12. Ne5 $11) 12... d4 $15 13. Rc1 Nd5 14. Ne4 Qb6 15. Nfd2 (15. Nh4 $17) 15... Rfd8 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8 Bxa8 (17... Rxa8 18. Nxc5 Nc3 19. Bxc3) 18. Qc2 $2 (18. Nf3) 18... Ncb4 $19 19. Qd1 Bb7 (19... f5 $142 20. Ra1 Bb7) 20. Nf3 Na2 21. Rc2 $2 (21. Ra1 Nab4 22. Ba3) 21... Ndb4 22. Rd2 Ra8 (22... f5 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top.} 23. Neg5 h6) 23. h4 (23. e3 $17 {might work better.} f5 24. exd4 fxe4 25. dxc5 Qxc5 26. dxe4) 23... h6 {Strongly threatening ...f5.} 24. g4 (24. e3 $142 f5 25. exd4 fxe4 26. dxc5 Qxc5 27. dxe4) 24... Bd5 25. g5 Qe6 26. Qf1 h5 $2 ({Stronger than} 26... Bxb3 27. Bxd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} cxd4 28. Nxd4 $11) ({Black should play} 26... Bxe4 $19 27. dxe4 hxg5 28. hxg5 Nc3) 27. Bh3 Qc6 28. Qd1 $2 (28. Bg2 $17) 28... Bxe4 29. dxe4 {[#]} Nc3 $1 {[%cal Rc3d1]} ({Don't take} 29... Qxe4 30. Nxd4 cxd4 31. Bg2 $17) 30. Qf1 $2 (30. Qc1 Nxe4 31. Rd1) 30... Nxe4 31. Bc1 $2 (31. Nxd4 cxd4 32. Bg2) 31... Bf8 32. Bg2 Qe6 33. Bh3 Qg4+ $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (33... Qd6 $19 {and all is fine.} 34. Rd1 Nc3) 34. Kh2 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (34. Bxg4 $18 hxg4 35. Ne5) 34... g6 $4 {[%mdl 8192] Accuracy: White = 23%, Black = 33%.} (34... Bd6+ $19 {and life is good for Black.} 35. Kh1 {[#]} Nxf2+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Deflection} 36. Qxf2 Qxh3+ 37. Nh2 Ra1) 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tsolakidou, Stavroula"]
[Black "Nenezic, Marko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 4. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} dxc6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 5. d3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 6. h3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 7. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 8. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 9. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 10. a4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 11. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Rg8 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 12. a5 {[%emt 0:00:43]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 13. g3 {[%emt 0:00:21]} g4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 14. h4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 15. Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Nf8 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 16. Nd1 {[%emt 0:00:20]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 17. exf5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 18. Rg1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} O-O-O {[%emt 0:00:14]} 19. Bh6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 20. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bf3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 21. Qe3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rde8 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 22. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 23. Bxf8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rgxf8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 24. Qg5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 25. Rae1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} e4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 26. dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nxe4+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 27. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 28. f6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 29. Ne3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qxa5+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} 30. Kc1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qa1+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} 31. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qa5+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} 32. c3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Be4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 33. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rd8+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} 34. Ke1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rxd1+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} 35. Nxd1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qb5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 36. Qe3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qc4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 37. Qf4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qe6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 38. Qe3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rxf6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 39. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rf3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 40. Qg5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qd6+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} 41. Kc1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 42. Qg8+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 43. Qg7+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kb6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 44. Ne3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qb1+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} 0-1

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Molenda, Marcin"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,45,7,11,62,12,75,69,72,78,73,67,102,47,41,12,45,24,24,-18,0,4,108,0,6,-5,0,-506,-219,-237,-197,-352,-343,-377,-369,-364]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 b5 (5... Bb7 6. Bg2 Be7 7. Nc3 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. O-O Na6 10. Qa4+ Qd7 11. Qb3 O-O 12. Ne5 Qe6 13. Bg5 Rad8 {1-0 (35) Ponkratov,P (2622)-Bosiocic,M (2600) Biograd 2018}) 6. b3 {E15: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 sidelines, 4 g3 Ba6 and 4 g3 Bb7 early deviations} bxc4 7. bxc4 {LiveBook: 7 Games} Nc6 (7... Bb7 $11) 8. Bg2 {White is slightly better.} Bb4+ (8... Rb8 $11) 9. Nbd2 $16 O-O 10. O-O Rb8 11. e4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Bb2 d5 12. cxd5 Qxd5 13. Nb3 Qb5 {½-½ (54) Thingstad,E (1973)-Tofte,S (2099) Oslo 2008}) 11... d6 12. Qa4 (12. Rb1 $16) 12... Rb6 $1 $14 13. d5 Ne7 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. Nd4 (15. Rb1 $5 {[%cal Rb1b4]} Bxd2 16. Rxb6 (16. Bxd2 Qe8 $11) 16... axb6 17. Nxd2 $11) 15... Qc8 {[#] White must now prevent ...Bc3.} 16. Bh3 Kh8 (16... Qe8 $11 {remains equal.} 17. Bxe6+ Kh8 18. Qxe8 Rxe8) 17. Bxe6 ({White should play} 17. Nxe6 $16 {And now Rb1 would win.} Bb7 18. Qc2 (18. Qxa7 Nc6 $11)) 17... Qe8 18. Qxe8 Rxe8 19. f3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (19. Nb5 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 19... Bc3 (19... Bc5 $142 20. N2b3 {[#]} Rxb3 $1 {[%mdl 576] Remove Defender} 21. axb3 Bxd4+ 22. Be3 Bxe3+ 23. Kg2 Bb7) 20. N2b3 Nc6 21. Be3 $2 (21. Nxc6 Rxc6 22. Bd5 Nxd5 23. cxd5 Bxf1 24. dxc6) 21... Nxd4 $19 22. Nxd4 Bxa1 23. Rxa1 {Accuracy: White = 21%, Black = 36%.} 0-1

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nowicki, Bartosz"]
[Black "Banikas, Hristos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 21,64,0,0,0,0,18,27,-10,-2,0,-14,-18,12,-11,0,0,0,0,13,-43,-41,-34,18,-39,-29,-39,-34,-202,-193,-206,-184,-266,-268,-352,-343,-455,-466,-527,-522,-941,-933,-1280,-1231,-1186,-1166]} 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. a3 Nbd7 {B96: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Bg5 e6 7 f4, lines other than 7...Qb6 and 7...Be7} (9... Be7 10. Bf2 Qc7 11. Qf3 Nbd7 12. O-O-O b5 13. g4 Bb7 14. h4 Nc5 15. Bd3 h5 16. g5 Ng4 17. Rhg1 {½-½ (25) Grischuk,A (2766)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2779) Saint Louis 2018}) 10. Bf2 Qc7 11. Be2 b5 {LiveBook: 3 Games. The position is equal.} 12. Bf3 Bb7 13. Qe2 Rc8 14. O-O Be7 15. Rae1 O-O 16. g4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. e5 Bxf3 17. gxf3 {0-1 (33) Igonin,T (2109)-De Filomeno,S (2431) Al Ain 2013}) 16... Nc5 17. h4 e5 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Nf5 Ne6 20. Bg3 (20. Nd5 $11 Nxd5 21. exd5) 20... Bc5+ $15 21. Kh1 $1 Rfe8 {[#]} (21... Nd4 $15 22. Qg2 Nxf5 23. exf5 Bxf3 24. Qxf3 Bd4) 22. Qd2 (22. g5 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]} hxg5 23. hxg5 Nxg5 24. Qg2) 22... Nf4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 23. Bxf4 exf4 24. g5 $2 ({White should play} 24. Nd5 $15 Nxd5 25. exd5) 24... hxg5 $19 25. hxg5 Nh7 26. Qg2 (26. Nd5 {might work better.} Qe5 27. Nxf4) 26... g6 27. Nh6+ {[#]} Kg7 $1 28. Nd5 Qe5 {White must now prevent ...Bxd5.Black is clearly winning.} 29. Qg4 Qxg5 30. Qxg5 Nxg5 31. Ng4 Nxf3 32. Rxf3 Bxd5 {[%mdl 64] Pin. Accuracy: White = 35%, Black = 66%.} 0-1

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Styazhkina, Anna"]
[Black "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2274"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,86,0,0,0,23,-13,-8,-28,-10,-44,-37,-51,-31,-31,-21,-22,-22,-135,0,0,0,0,-11,-27,-48,-49,-39,-48,-43,-57,-14,-176,-176,-166,-169,-364,-352,-356,-356,-357,-347,-357,-351,-399,-369,-504,-488,-659,-620,-606,-576,-983,-1006,-1283,-1229,-1047,-215,-197,-206,-304,-191,-489,-448,-642,-385,-461,-450,-443,-256,-821,-825,-787,-724,-5289,-4902]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 {[%cal Bd7d6,Bd6d5,Bd5d4][%mdl 32]} 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Bb3 a5 {LiveBook: 8 Games. C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} 8. a4 (8. Nf1 Be6 9. Ng3 h6 10. O-O Bxb3 11. axb3 d5 12. Qe2 Re8 13. Bd2 Bf8 14. Rfd1 {0-1 (96) Mamedov,R (2699)-Shankland,S (2722) Batumi 2018}) 8... Be6 9. Bc2 d5 {The position is equal.} 10. Qe2 d4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... dxe4 11. dxe4 Qe7 12. h3 Nd7 13. Nc4 f6 14. Be3 Qf7 15. Nfd2 Bxe3 16. Nxe3 {0-1 (62) Andrade,R (1689)-Romano,L (2030) Famalicao 2015}) 11. Nf1 h6 12. Ng3 Qd7 13. O-O Rad8 14. h3 Bb6 15. Nh4 {[#]} (15. Bd2 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 15... Ne7 ({Black should play} 15... Bxh3 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512] Black wants to play ...Bg4.} 16. gxh3 Qxh3) 16. Qf3 $11 Nh7 17. Nhf5 Nxf5 18. exf5 Bd5 19. Ne4 Qc6 20. Bd2 Nf6 21. Rfe1 Kh8 22. Qg3 $2 (22. Rac1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 22... Bxe4 $1 $19 23. dxe4 {[#]} d3 $1 $36 {[%cal Rd3c2][%mdl 2560] Black is on the roll.} 24. Bb3 $2 (24. Bxd3 {only move.} Qd6 25. Bxh6 gxh6 26. Rad1) 24... Nxe4 25. Rxe4 Qxe4 26. f6 gxf6 27. Re1 Qg6 {And now ...Qxg3 would win.} 28. Qf3 Rde8 29. Bd5 {[#]} f5 $1 30. Bxb7 e4 31. Qf4 Rg8 {[%csl Gg8][%cal Rg6g2]} 32. g4 fxg4 33. Bxe4 {[#]} Rxe4 $1 34. Qxe4 (34. Rxe4 gxh3+) 34... gxh3+ $2 (34... g3 35. Qxg6 gxf2+ 36. Kf1 fxe1=Q+ 37. Kxe1 Rxg6) 35. Qxg6 Rxg6+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 36. Kh1 (36. Kh2 {was the only chance.}) 36... Bxf2 37. Re8+ $2 (37. Rd1) 37... Kg7 38. Rd8 (38. Kh2 $142 Rg3 39. c4) 38... Rg1+ 39. Kh2 Rd1 40. Bf4 Be1 (40... Kf6 $142 {...Kf5 is the strong threat.} 41. Kxh3 Bb6) 41. Bxc7 $2 (41. Kxh3 d2 42. Kg4) 41... d2 {Black is clearly winning.} 42. Be5+ Kg6 43. Rg8+ Kf5 {Accuracy: White = 25%, Black = 60%.} 0-1

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Unuk, Laura"]
[Black "Brkic, Ante"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2253"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,116,0,14,4,3,0,-8,-25,-41,-30,-30,-85,-97,-141,-150,-136,-133,-100,-137,-166,-156,-202,-181,-147,-110,-230,-229,-239,-188,-224,-231,-400,-233,-222,-235,-282,-258,-321,-362,-364,-357,-358,-361,-346,-337,-404,-399,-491,-491,-456,-416,-423,-397,-556,-397,-394,-294,-295,-298,-545,-538,-538,-529,-579,-562,-520,-467,-614,-607,-541,-424,-387,-400,-553,-559,-1141,-1120,-1072,-1043,-862,-861,-925,-760,-662,-594,-1553,-1310,-5193,-4901,-29968,-29969,-29971,-29972,-29974,-29982,-29982,-29983,-29982,-29983]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 {E11: Bogo-Indian} Nbd7 (6... O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Nc3 c6 9. Bf4 dxc4 10. e4 Re8 11. a4 b6 12. d5 exd5 13. exd5 Bb7 14. a5 bxa5 15. d6 Bf8 16. Nd2 Nd5 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Nxc4 dxc4 19. Bxb7 {½-½ (42) Nakamura,H (2777)-Karjakin,S (2773) Saint Louis 2018}) 7. Qc2 c6 8. O-O b6 9. Bf4 Bb7 10. Rd1 Rc8 {LiveBook: 12 Games} 11. Nc3 dxc4 12. e4 O-O 13. a4 a6 14. h4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 b5 16. Bh3 Qb6 17. Rd2 Rcd8 18. Rad1 Rfe8 19. Bg2 h6 {½-½ (36) Matthiesen,M (2342)-Hansen,S (2566) Denmark 2006}) 14... b5 {[%cal Bb6b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 15. Ng5 (15. e5 $11 Nd5 16. Ng5) 15... h6 $17 16. Nf3 b4 17. Ne2 c5 {aiming for ...cxd4.} 18. d5 exd5 19. exd5 Bxd5 20. Ne5 {[#]} Bxg2 $1 21. Kxg2 {Black should prevent Nxd7.} Qb6 {Hoping for ...Nxe5.} 22. Qxc4 (22. Nxc4 $17 {was called for.} Qc6+ 23. f3) 22... Nxe5 $19 23. Bxe5 Rfd8 24. Nf4 Qc6+ 25. f3 $2 (25. Kg1) 25... Rxd1 (25... Ng4 $142 26. Qe2 Re8) 26. Rxd1 Qxa4 27. Re1 Qb5 28. Qc2 c4 29. Bd4 Qd7 30. Rd1 {[#] Threatens to win with Bxf6.} Qc6 31. Re1 Bf8 32. Bxf6 Qxf6 33. Nd5 Qc6 34. Qf5 {White hopes to continue with Re7.} c3 35. bxc3 bxc3 36. Rc1 (36. Ne3 $142) 36... c2 37. Ne3 {[%cal Rc1c2]} Qe6 38. Qxe6 fxe6 39. Rxc2 $2 (39. Kf1 {only move.}) 39... Rxc2+ 40. Nxc2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} Bc5 41. Kf1 Kf7 42. Ke2 Kf6 43. g4 Ke5 44. Ne1 Bd4 45. Nd3+ Kd6 46. Nb4 a5 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5a4,Ba4a3][%mdl 32]} 47. Na2 Kd5 48. Kd3 e5 49. Nc1 a4 50. Na2 a3 51. Nb4+ Kc5 52. Na2 Bb2 53. Kc2 Kd4 54. Kb3 Ke3 {Black mates.} 55. Nb4 Kxf3 56. g5 hxg5 57. hxg5 e4 {[%cal Be5e4,Be4e3][%mdl 32]} 58. Nd5 e3 {Accuracy: White = 27%, Black = 91%.} 0-1

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Iskos, Alexandros"]
[Black "Djukic, Nikola"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 18,96,24,2,6,0,28,0,25,33,18,0,0,0,47,-6,38,-18,0,-27,-32,-115,-115,-122,-104,-132,-72,-128,-70,-74,-34,-106,-3,-78,48,-56,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-37,-20,-60,-10,-11,-7,-92,-85,-199,0,0,0,0,22,-97,-89,-107,-69,-69,-69,-79,-83,-73,-44,-74,-40,-178,-59,-61,-61,-60,-62,-218,-214,-209,-208,-29993,-29994]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 Ngf6 5. Qe2 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. O-O e6 9. d4 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7} Be7 10. Nbd2 {LiveBook: 23 Games} Rc8 (10... O-O 11. e5 Nd5 12. Ne4 Qc7 13. exd6 Bxd6 14. Nxd6 Qxd6 15. dxc5 Qxc5 {½-½ (58) Kovalev,V (2648)-Grandelius,N (2652) Sharjah 2018}) 11. Bb1 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 11. Bd3 Qb6 12. b3 O-O 13. Re1 Rfd8 14. Bb2 Bf8 15. a4 cxd4 16. cxd4 g6 17. axb5 axb5 {0-1 (60) Vlashki,N (2077)-Gupta,A (2470) Yerevan 2007}) 11... Qc7 12. Re1 cxd4 13. cxd4 O-O 14. h3 e5 15. d5 Qb8 16. b3 (16. Nf1 $14) 16... Bd8 17. Bb2 ({White should play} 17. a4 $14) 17... Bb6 18. Bd3 Nc5 19. Rac1 (19. Bb1 $15) 19... Nxd3 $17 20. Qxd3 Qa7 21. Qe2 a5 (21... Nh5 $142 $1 {[%cal Rh5g3] aiming for ...Ng3.} 22. Nh4 Nf4) 22. Nf1 {[#]} (22. Nh4 $142) 22... Nh5 (22... Nxe4 $1 $17 {[%cal Rb6f2][%mdl 512]} 23. Qxe4 Bxf2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 24. Kh2 f5) 23. g3 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 (24. Bxc1 $15 Nf6 25. Kg2) 24... Bc8 (24... f5 $17 25. Nxe5 dxe5 26. Qxh5 Bxf2+ 27. Kg2 Bd4 28. Bxd4 Qxd4) 25. Kg2 (25. Rc6 $11 {remains equal.}) 25... Bd7 (25... f5 $17 26. Nxe5 dxe5 27. Qxh5 fxe4) 26. Ne3 ({White should try} 26. Nxe5 $14 dxe5 27. Qxh5) 26... g6 (26... Bxe3 $15 27. Qxe3 (27. fxe3 Nf6 $15) 27... Qxe3 28. fxe3 f5) 27. Ng4 $11 f6 28. Rc2 Ng7 29. Bc1 h5 30. Ngh2 Qb7 31. Nf1 Rc8 (31... f5 $5 {[%cal Rf5e4]} 32. Ng5 fxe4 $17) 32. Be3 Bd8 33. Qd2 {[#]} (33. Kh2 $11) 33... f5 $1 $17 34. exf5 {[#]} (34. Rxc8 $17 Qxc8 35. exf5) 34... Nxf5 $2 ({Don't play} 34... Bxf5 35. Rxc8 Qxc8 36. Ng1 $17) (34... Rxc2 $1 $19 35. Qxc2 Bxf5) 35. Rxc8 $1 $11 Bxc8 36. Bg5 $1 {[%cal Rg5d8]} Bb6 37. Nh4 (37. Qd3 $11) 37... Nxh4+ 38. Bxh4 Bf5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Threatens to win with ...Be4+. White is under pressure.} 39. Ne3 Bxe3 40. fxe3 Be4+ 41. Kh2 b4 42. Qf2 Qxd5 {White must now prevent ...Qd1.} 43. Bg5 (43. g4 $15) 43... Bf5 {[#]} (43... Qd1 $19 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Rd1h1]} 44. g4 hxg4) 44. g4 $1 $15 {[%mdl 512]} hxg4 45. hxg4 Bxg4 {Hoping for ...Bf5.} 46. Bh6 $2 (46. Qf6 $15 Qf7 47. Kg2) 46... Bf5 $19 47. Qh4 Qd2+ 48. Kg3 $2 (48. Kg1 $19 Qd1+ 49. Kh2) 48... Qe1+ {Accuracy: White = 25%, Black = 37%.} 0-1

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Muter, Donny"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2206"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 18,120,-29,-36,-15,-33,-7,-2,-9,-21,0,0,52,0,38,-47,-38,-47,-46,-64,-64,-64,-62,-62,-49,-80,-66,-68,-66,-65,-62,-71,-66,-69,-67,-62,-51,-52,-52,-71,-71,-80,-80,-78,-52,-89,-83,-89,-70,-70,-78,-78,-70,-70,-52,-52,-52,-55,-52,-76,-52,-72,-52,-79,-53,-79,-68,-79,-79,-118,-118,-118,-118,-96,-79,-265,-72,-95,-72,-72,-31,-92,-72,-72,-31,-124,0,-72,-72,-79,-79,-257,-79,-301,-79,-434,0,-272,-250,-29979,-29980,-29980,-29981,-29986,-5457]} 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bd3 b6 5. O-O Bb7 6. c3 Be7 7. Nbd2 d5 8. Ne5 O-O {D05: Colle System with ...e6} 9. Qf3 (9. f4 Ne4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Bc4 Bd5 12. Qe2 f6 13. Ng4 Bxc4 14. Qxc4 Qd5 15. Qxd5 exd5 16. f5 {½-½ (63) Stripunsky,A (2566)-Ivanov,A (2530) ICC INT 2012}) 9... Nbd7 10. Qh3 {LiveBook: 7 Games} g6 {Black is slightly better.} 11. f4 Ne4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Be2 cxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Bf6 14. Rd1 Qe7 15. b3 Bg7 16. a4 {1-0 (65) Manny,R (2071)-Janosi,E (2240) IECG email 2005}) 14. exd4 a6 (14... f5 $11) 15. a4 (15. Bc4 $14) 15... Nf6 16. Ng4 (16. g4 $14) 16... Nxg4 $15 17. Qxg4 Qd7 18. Be3 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Qg3 Rfd8 21. Qe1 Bd5 22. Qd2 Qc6 23. Rfc1 Bc4 24. Kf2 Bh4+ 25. g3 Bf6 26. Qc2 Qd5 (26... Bxe2 {keeps more tension.} 27. Qxe2 Kg7 28. Re1 Be7 29. Rec1 Bd6) 27. Bxc4 bxc4 28. Rxa8 Rxa8 29. Rb1 Ra2 30. Kg1 h5 31. Qd1 Kg7 32. Qc1 Be7 (32... Qb7 {seems wilder.} 33. h3 Be7 34. Qc2 f5 35. Qe2 Qb5) 33. Ra1 Rxa1 34. Qxa1 Qf5 35. Qd1 Qb5 36. Qc2 Qb7 37. Kf2 f5 38. Kg2 Qa6 39. Qb1 Qa4 40. Kf2 Qb3 41. Qc1 Qa2 42. Kg1 h4 {[%cal Bh5h4,Bh4h3][%mdl 32]} 43. Bf2 h3 $1 44. Kf1 Kf7 45. Ke1 Ke8 46. Be3 $2 {[#]} (46. Bg1 $17 {was worth a try.}) 46... Kd7 $2 (46... Ba3 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512] is more deadly.} 47. Qc2 (47. bxa3 Qxh2) 47... Qxb2 48. Qxb2 Bxb2) 47. Bf2 Kc6 48. Be3 Kb5 49. Bf2 (49. Kd1 $15) 49... Bd6 50. Be3 Bc7 51. Bd2 (51. Kd1 $15) 51... Bd6 (51... g5 $142 52. fxg5 Bxg3+ 53. Ke2 (53. hxg3 e3 $11) 53... Bxh2) 52. Be3 $17 Kc6 53. Bd2 Kd7 54. Be3 $2 {[#]} (54. Ke2 $17 {keeps fighting.}) 54... Ke7 $2 (54... Ba3 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 55. Ke2 (55. bxa3 Qxh2) 55... Bxb2) 55. Kf1 $2 {[#]} (55. Bg1 $17 {is a better defense.}) 55... Kf7 $2 (55... Ba3 $1 $19 {[%cal Ra3b2][%mdl 512] and Black stays clearly on top.} 56. Qc2 (56. bxa3 Qg2+) 56... Qxb2 57. Qxb2 Bxb2) 56. Ke1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (56. Bd2 $17) 56... Be7 $2 ({Black should try} 56... Ba3 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 57. d5 (57. bxa3 Qxh2) 57... Bxb2 58. dxe6+ Kxe6) 57. Kf1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (57. Bf2 $1 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 57... Ba3 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 58. bxa3 $2 (58. Qc2 $19 Qxb2 59. Qxb2 Bxb2 60. Bd2) 58... Qg2+ {Black mates.} ({Less strong is} 58... Qxh2 59. Qd2 $17) 59. Ke1 Qxh2 60. Qd2 Qxd2+ {Precision: White = 28%, Black = 41%.} (60... Qh1+ $142 61. Ke2 h2 62. Qe1 Qxe1+ 63. Kxe1 h1=Q+ 64. Ke2 Qf3+ 65. Kd2 Qf1 66. a4 Qd3+ 67. Kc1 Qxe3+ 68. Kc2 Qd3+ 69. Kc1 Qxc3+ 70. Kb1 Qb3+ 71. Kc1 c3 72. a5 Qb2+ 73. Kd1 Qd2#) 0-1

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bogoevski, Jani"]
[Black "Stevic, Hrvoje"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,42,0,8,-10,0,-39,-39,-56,-45,-69,-69,-102,-116,-147,-151,-164,-158,-158,-171,-154,-15,-191,-204,-396,-191,-196,-75,-325,-304]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nc3 d6 6. O-O e5 7. d3 Nge7 8. Rb1 O-O {LiveBook: 165 Games. A37: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7 5 Nf3} 9. e3 (9. Ne1 Be6 10. Nc2 d5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Ne4 b6 13. Ng5 Bc8 14. Ne3 Nde7 15. a3 a5 16. Bd2 h6 17. Nf3 Be6 18. a4 Qc7 19. b3 Rad8 {0-1 (57) Lalith,B (2529)-Wei,Y (2732) Chengdu 2017}) 9... h6 10. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. a3 a5 11. Nb5 Be6 12. b3 Qd7 13. d4 Bf5 {0-1 (25) Courteille,T (1264)-Brueckner,H (1640) LSS email 2014}) 10... Be6 {Black is slightly better.} 11. Nd2 d5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Ne4 Bxa2 15. Ra1 Bd5 16. Qa4 b6 17. Rd1 Na5 {[#]} (17... a6 $17 {Strongly threatening ...Nb4.} 18. Bd2 Qd7) 18. Nc3 $2 (18. Nxc5 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]} Bxg2 (18... bxc5 19. Qxa5) 19. Kxg2) 18... Bb3 $19 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 19. Qb5 $2 (19. Qg4 {is a better defense.}) 19... Bxd1 (19... a6 $142 20. Rxa5 axb5 21. Rxa8 Qd7 22. Rxf8+ Kxf8) 20. Bxa8 Bc2 (20... a6 $19 21. Qxa6 Nb3) 21. Be4 $2 (21. Bd5 $17) 21... Nb3 {Accuracy: White = 13%, Black = 35%.} 0-1

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Chernyak, Viktoria"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2186"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,82,20,36,19,25,18,14,0,0,-27,0,0,19,-1,6,0,9,0,18,16,27,11,8,24,25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-65,0,0,46,20,21,14,43,0,0,-429,-427,-541,-529,-29987,-460,-5497,-5497]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Re1 Ne4 8. Nxe4 Bxe4 9. d3 Bb7 10. e4 c5 11. d4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 d6 13. b3 {A17: English Opening: 1...Nf6 with ...Bb4} a6 14. Bb2 Qc7 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 15. Rc1 {White is slightly better.} (15. Qg4 g6 16. e5 Bxg2 17. exd6 Bxd6 18. Kxg2 Nd7 19. Nf3 Rad8 20. Rad1 Be7 {1-0 (54) Gelfand,B (2729)-Inarkiev,E (2702) Nazran 2017}) 15... Nd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7f6,Bf6e4][%mdl 32]} 16. Kh1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Qd2 Bf6 17. Rcd1 Nc5 18. f4 Rfd8 19. Qf2 Rac8 20. Qe2 Nd7 {½-½ (46) Marquez Abreu,C (2387)-Koskela,T (2461) ICCF email 2009}) 16... Rac8 17. f4 Rfe8 18. Qg4 Nf6 19. Qe2 Qb8 20. g4 d5 21. cxd5 exd5 22. e5 Ne4 23. Nf5 Bf8 24. Bd4 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Nc5 26. Qd2 Ne6 27. Bxb6 d4 28. Bxd4 {Be3 is the strong threat.} Rd8 {[#] White must now prevent ...Bxg2+.} 29. Qe3 Qa8 30. Bxb7 Qxb7+ 31. Kg1 Qd5 {[%cal Re6d4]} 32. Bb6 Rb8 $1 33. b4 ({White should play} 33. Rc4 $11) 33... g6 ({Better is} 33... Rxb6 $15 34. Qxb6 Nxf4) 34. Ng3 $11 Bh6 35. g5 Bf8 36. Ne4 Be7 37. a3 {Strongly threatening Qf3.} Rxb6 $1 {[%mdl 64] [#] Deflection} 38. Qxb6 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (38. f5 $1 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 38... Qxe4 $19 39. Rc8+ Kg7 {aiming for ...Qe1+.} 40. Qa7 Bf8 (40... Nxf4 $142 41. Qf2 Nh3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 42. Kf1 Nxf2 43. Kxf2 Bxg5 44. Kf1 Qf5+ 45. Ke2 Qxc8 46. Kd3 Qh3+ 47. Kd4 Qxa3 48. Kc4 Qa2+ 49. Kc3 Qxh2 50. Kd4 Qf4+ 51. Kc5 Qxe5+ 52. Kc4 Qe4+ 53. Kb3 Bf6 54. Ka4 Qc2+ 55. Ka3 Kh8 56. b5 Be7#) 41. Re8 (41. Qxa6 $142 Qe3+ 42. Kf1) 41... Nxf4 {Accuracy: White = 36%, Black = 56%.} 0-1

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Smolka, Marcin"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2178"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,49,30,22,24,28,36,47,45,39,39,32,-38,-31,-26,-26,-33,-40,-44,-39,-52,-35,-113,-114,-122,-115,-379,-359,-968,-970,-1046,-1031,-923,-821,-29996]} 1. e4 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Ne2 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Nb5 {B38: Sicilian: Maroczy Bind with 5...Bg7 and 7...0-0} Qa5+ 8. N1c3 Nf6 9. f3 O-O {LiveBook: 8 Games} 10. Be2 d6 11. O-O a6 {[%cal Ba7a6,Ba6b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Be6 14. Qd2 ({Better is} 14. b3 $14) 14... Rfc8 $15 15. b3 $146 b5 $1 {[%cal Rb5c4]} 16. cxb5 axb5 17. Rfd1 b4 18. Na4 {Hoping for Nb6.} Nd7 {[%cal Bf6d7,Bd7c5,Bc5a4,Ba4c3][%mdl 32]} 19. Rac1 (19. Rdc1 $15) 19... Bxd4+ $17 20. Qxd4 {[#]} Nc5 $1 21. e5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (21. Rb1 $17 {was worth a try.}) 21... Nxa4 $19 22. exd6 $2 (22. Rxc8+ Rxc8 23. bxa4 dxe5 24. Qb2) 22... Nc3 {Black is clearly winning.} 23. Rxc3 bxc3 24. dxe7 c2 25. Qf4 {Accuracy: White = 18%, Black = 92%.} 0-1

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Podetti, Davide"]
[Black "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2163"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 9,129,-34,-15,-22,14,8,13,0,0,-5,0,0,0,0,14,0,40,40,43,21,33,20,6,-45,-45,-93,-86,-70,-83,-91,-85,-93,-33,-107,-37,-100,-55,-69,0,0,0,0,6,0,5,7,11,3,37,43,44,41,35,38,36,8,3,8,28,21,31,27,34,31,41,8,181,179,462,423,497,546,550,567,566,591,583,576,562,545,543,571,768,694,477,14,14,0,461,8,41,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,66,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 e6 4. Qd3 Nbd7 5. Nf3 h6 6. Bf4 {D01: Veresov Opening} a6 7. e4 Bb4 {aiming for ...dxe4.} 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Bd2 N5f6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... O-O 10. Be2 Re8 11. O-O Bd6 12. Ne4 Nf4 13. Bxf4 Bxf4 {½-½ (22) Mueller,G (2469)-Raupp,T (2630) ICCF corr 2002}) 10. a3 Be7 11. Be2 c5 12. d5 {dxe6 is the strong threat.} c4 13. Qxc4 Nb6 14. Qb3 Nbxd5 15. O-O-O O-O 16. Kb1 (16. Nxd5 $11 Qxd5 17. Qxd5 exd5 18. Be3) 16... b5 $15 17. Ne5 Bb7 18. Bf3 Rc8 19. Rhe1 Qc7 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 (20... Bxd5 $17 21. Bxd5 Nxd5) 21. Bc1 (21. Bg4 $15) 21... Bc5 (21... Bd6 $17 22. Ng4 Rfd8) 22. Nd3 (22. Bg4 $1 $15) 22... Bb6 23. Re2 Qc4 (23... Rfd8 $15) 24. Qxc4 $11 bxc4 25. Nb4 {[%cal Rb4d5]} Rfd8 26. Nxd5 Bxd5 27. Bxd5 exd5 28. c3 d4 29. cxd4 Rxd4 30. Rxd4 Bxd4 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 31. Kc2 f5 32. f3 Kf7 33. Bd2 Rc6 34. Bc3 Bg1 35. h3 g5 36. Bb4 Kg6 37. Kc3 Bh2 $2 {[#]} (37... Kh5 $1 $11) 38. Kd4 $1 $18 Kh5 $2 (38... Kf7 {might work better.} 39. Re7+ Kf6) 39. Kd5 ({But not} 39. g4+ Kh4 $18) 39... Rc8 40. g4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack, Discovered Attack} Kh4 41. Rxh2 {[%cal Rb4e1] KRB-KR} Kg3 42. Bd6+ f4 43. Rc2 Kxf3 44. Rxc4 Re8 45. b4 Kg2 46. Rc2+ Kxh3 {Now ...f3 and Black clings on.} 47. Rc3+ $2 ({White must play} 47. a4 $18) 47... Kxg4 $11 48. a4 f3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (48... h5 $11) 49. Bc5 $2 (49. b5 $1 $18) 49... Kg3 50. b5 axb5 $1 51. axb5 g4 52. b6 {Black must now prevent b7.} Kg2 $1 53. b7 Rb8 (53... g3 $1 $11 54. Bd6 f2 55. Rxg3+ Kh1) 54. Rb3 (54. Rc2+ $14 Kh1 55. Kc6) 54... g3 {Strongly threatening ...f2.The position is equal.} 55. Bd6 Rxb7 56. Rxb7 f2 57. Rb1 h5 58. Ke4 h4 59. Ke3 {And now Ke2 would win.} f1=Q 60. Rxf1 Kxf1 61. Kf3 g2 62. Bh2 g1=Q 63. Bxg1 Kxg1 64. Kg4 h3 65. Kxh3 {Accuracy: White = 43%, Black = 34%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Krunic, Dusan"]
[Black "Sebenik, Matej"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2161"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,54,-8,-48,-38,-62,-47,-74,0,-72,-59,-147,-148,-147,-148,-204,-139,-236,-197,-239,-234,-276,-237,-283,-279,-368,-359,-885,-870,-860,-814,-1629,-1256,-1256,-1254,-1239,-1239]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. f4 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Nd4 6. O-O Nxb5 7. Nxb5 d5 {B23: Closed Sicilian: Lines without g3} (7... d6 8. d3 Nf6 9. Qe1 h6 10. Nc3 b6 11. b3 O-O 12. f5 gxf5 13. Qh4 Ng4 14. h3 Bxc3 15. hxg4 e6 16. Bg5 hxg5 17. Nxg5 {1-0 (62) Adhiban,B (2671)-Oparin,G (2626) Monzon 2016}) 8. exd5 a6 9. Nc3 Nf6 10. d3 Nxd5 11. Ne4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} b6 12. a3 O-O 13. Qe1 Bb7 (13... Qc7 $17) 14. Ne5 $146 (14. f5 $11) ({Predecessor:} 14. Qg3 Rc8 15. f5 {0-1 (39) Sherif,A (1572)-Heinemann,J (1843) Oberhof 2012}) 14... Qc7 $17 15. c4 {[#]} ({White should try} 15. Ng5 $15) 15... Nxf4 $1 {[%mdl 576] Remove Defender} 16. Bxf4 {Strongly threatening Nxg6!} Bxe5 17. Qh4 (17. Bxe5 $17 Qxe5 18. Qc3 Qxc3 19. bxc3) 17... Bxe4 18. dxe4 (18. Bxe5 $17 Qxe5 19. Qxe4 Qxb2 20. Rab1 Qxa3 21. Rxb6) 18... Bxf4 19. Rxf4 Qe5 20. Raf1 f6 ({Resist} 20... Qxb2 21. Qxe7 Qd4+ 22. Kh1 $19) 21. Qh6 Rad8 22. h4 Rd4 23. h5 $2 (23. R4f2) 23... g5 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 24. Rf5 Qg3 25. e5 Rd2 {[%csl Gd2][%cal Rg3g2][%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 26. R1f2 Rxf2 27. Rxf2 Qxe5 {Accuracy: White =  4%, Black = 87%.} 0-1

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Spirliadis, Achileas"]
[Black "Demchenko, Anton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2153"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,46,24,25,-75,-63,-127,-109,-187,-184,-184,-183,-226,-149,-254,-250,-337,-297,-284,-275,-218,-189,-347,-223,-187,-219,-746,-731]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Nge2 d6 6. Ng3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Be2 Na6 9. h4 h5 10. Bg5 {E70: King's Indian: Miscellaneous lines with 4 e4, including 5 Nge2 and 5 Bd3 0-0 6 Nge2} Qe8 11. Qd2 Bd7 {LiveBook: 4 Games} (11... Kh7 12. f3 Ng8 13. Nb5 b6 14. a3 Bd7 15. b4 f6 16. Be3 f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Bg5 e4 19. Rb1 exf3 20. gxf3 axb4 21. axb4 Bxb5 22. cxb5 {1-0 (35) Aronian,L (2794)-Naiditsch,A (2701) Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden 2018}) 12. O-O (12. f3 $11) 12... Nh7 $17 13. Bh6 $146 (13. Rfe1 $15) ({Predecessor:} 13. Bd3 Nxg5 14. hxg5 Qd8 15. f4 exf4 16. Qxf4 Be5 17. Qh4 f6 18. gxf6 Bxf6 19. Qh2 Be5 20. Rxf8+ Kxf8 21. Kh1 h4 22. Nce2 Kg8 23. Rf1 Qg5 {0-1 (23) Morffi,A-Lopez,B (2290) Cuba 2000}) 13... Qe7 14. Bg5 (14. Be3 $17) 14... Nxg5 $19 15. hxg5 f6 16. gxf6 Qxf6 17. Nd1 (17. Bd1 $17 {was necessary.}) 17... Nc5 18. Bf3 Kh7 19. Re1 Bh6 20. Qe2 Rf7 21. b3 $2 (21. Nf1) 21... Raf8 22. Nf1 Qg5 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Rxf3.} 23. Rb1 $2 (23. Nh2) 23... Rxf3 {Accuracy: White = 24%, Black = 100%.} 0-1

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kalogridakis, Georgios"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2144"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,60,10,11,-22,0,-29,-24,-40,-27,-89,-66,-74,-60,-56,-72,-203,-212,-283,-266,-270,-266,-421,-420,-610,-377,-367,-305,-548,-510,-1320,-1324,-29963,-29958,-29994,-29987,-29987,-29988,-29986,-29974,-5489,-5389,-29988,-29989]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 d6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nge2 {[%cal Bg1e2,Be2d4,Bd4b3][%mdl 32]} e5 7. h3 exd4 8. Nxd4 Nc6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. O-O Re8 {LiveBook: 316 Games} 11. Nb3 {B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems} (11. Re1 Qc8 12. Kh2 Re5 13. g4 h5 14. g5 Nh7 15. f4 Re8 16. h4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Bc6 19. Rad1 {1-0 (96) Puranik,A (2514)-Sjugirov,S (2677) Abu Dhabi 2018}) 11... Rb8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... a5 12. a4 Nb4 13. Re1 Bc6 14. Bd4 b6 15. Qe2 Qd7 16. f3 Rac8 17. Kh2 Re7 18. Bf1 Bb7 19. Nb5 Nc6 20. c4 Nxd4 21. N3xd4 c6 22. Nc3 Qc7 23. f4 {1-0 (23) Neelotpal,D (2461)-Ramnath,B (2352) Mumbai 2013}) 12. Re1 b5 13. a3 {Black has an edge.} a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5b4][%mdl 32]} 14. Qd2 (14. f3 $11 {remains equal.}) 14... b4 15. axb4 axb4 16. Nd5 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 (17. Qd3 $17 {keeps fighting.} Nf6 18. Bg5 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1) 17... Rxe4 $19 18. Bg5 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 f6 20. Bh6 {[#]} (20. Bf4 $142 g5 21. Nxc7 gxf4 22. Ne6) 20... Ne5 $1 {[%cal Re5f3] And now ...Nf3+ would win.} 21. Kg2 (21. Nd4 $142 c5 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. f4 cxd4 24. fxe5 dxe5 25. Ra1) 21... Bc6 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. f4 $2 (23. f3) 23... Rb5 24. fxe5 (24. Kf2 $142 Rxd5 25. Qxb4) 24... Rxd5 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 25. exf6+ Qxf6 26. Qe3 Re5+ 27. Kg1 Rxe3 28. Rxe3 Qxb2 29. Re7+ Kf6 30. Rxc7 Qb1+ {Accuracy: White = 14%, Black = 59%.} 0-1

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mikluc, Davorin"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2137"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,80,-30,-19,-10,-14,-51,-23,-39,-6,-45,-41,-193,-170,-257,-237,-368,-380,-378,-366,-366,-377,-355,-359,-358,-72,-73,-23,-66,-80,-117,-110,-126,-93,-96,-135,-150,-161,-268,-268,-283,-285,-270,-275,-480,-466,-703,-693,-666,-502,-742,-743,-695,-314,-806,-517,-1786,-1700,-1563,-1348,-6279,-5406,-6279,-6003]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Be3 Nd7 6. Bb5 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} Ne7 7. Nf3 Nf5 8. Bd4 Qa5+ 9. Nc3 a6 10. Bxd7+ Bxd7 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 11. O-O Nxd4 12. Qxd4 $146 {Black should prevent b4.} ({Predecessor:} 12. Nxd4 Qxc5 13. Qg4 Qb6 {½-½ (60) Petenyi,T (2428)-Cheparinov,I (2681) Jerusalem 2015}) 12... Bxc5 13. Qg4 O-O 14. a3 {Threatens to win with b4.} (14. Nxd5 $5 Bxf2+ 15. Rxf2 Qxd5 16. Rd2 Qc5+ 17. Qd4 Qxd4+ 18. Rxd4 $11) 14... Qc7 15. Rad1 $2 {[#]} (15. Ne2 $15) 15... Bxa3 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 16. Ne2 (16. Rb1 $142) (16. bxa3 Qxc3) 16... Bxb2 17. c3 (17. Nf4 $142) 17... Bb5 18. Nfd4 Bxe2 19. Nxe2 {intending Qb4.} Qxe5 20. Rd3 Rac8 21. Re3 Qf6 $2 (21... Qd6 $19 {has better winning chances. ...Rc4 is the strong threat.} 22. Rg3 g6) 22. Qb4 $17 {[#]} Bxc3 $1 23. Nxc3 Rc4 24. Qb3 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 25. Ne2 b4 26. h3 a5 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5a4,Ba4a3,Ba3a2][%mdl 32]} 27. Rb1 Ra8 28. Qd3 (28. Qa4 {might work better.}) 28... a4 $19 29. Rf3 Qg6 30. Qd1 a3 31. Nf4 $2 (31. Rd3) 31... Qe4 32. Nd3 (32. Ra1 $142 a2 33. Ne2) 32... a2 33. Ra1 Rc3 34. Nb2 Rxf3 35. gxf3 Qf5 (35... Qg6+ $142 36. Kh1 {[#]} b3 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 36. Kg2 $2 (36. Na4) 36... h5 {Black is clearly winning.} 37. Qd3 (37. Nd3 $142 Qg5+ 38. Kf1) 37... Qxd3 38. Nxd3 b3 39. Kf1 Rc8 40. Ke1 Rc3 {Accuracy: White = 27%, Black = 58%.} 0-1

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nasibullin, Iskander"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2091"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,92,0,0,0,51,41,76,88,82,81,86,76,85,68,93,97,157,161,194,174,185,158,153,148,147,0,0,0,0,0,100,-128,68,-118,-115,-118,-125,-128,-124,-140,-136,-187,-139,-175,-148,-141,-129,-130,-118,-383,-317,-463,-481,-474,-441,-790,-790,-766,-672,-672,-670,-29978,-29979,-29978,-29980,-29980,-29980,-6303,-6290]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. a3 Be7 8. Ba2 O-O 9. O-O b5 10. f4 Bb7 11. Qe2 Nbd7 {B86: Sicilian Scheveningen/Najdorf: 6 Bc4, without early ...b5} (11... Nc6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. f5 e5 14. Rd1 a5 15. Nd5 b4 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Bd5 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 Qb6+ 19. Be3 Qc6 20. Qd3 Be7 {½-½ (28) Viterbo Ferreira,J (2338)-Hoffmann,M (2482) Porto 2012}) 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Bc5 {LiveBook: 3 Games. The position is equal.} 14. Be3 Qb6 (14... Nxe5 $11 15. Nxe6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Bxe3+ 16. Qxe3 fxe6 17. Qxe5 Qb6+ 18. Kh1 Rae8) 15. Rad1 $1 $14 {[%cal Ba1d1,Bd1d3,Bd3g3][%mdl 32]} Nd5 16. Bxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. b4 Bxd4 19. Bxd4 {1-0 (52) Klimentov,E (2301)-Yaroslavtsev,A (2006) St Petersburg 2017}) 16... exd5 17. b4 $1 {[%cal Rb4c5]} Bxd4 18. Bxd4 Qe6 19. Rd3 Rac8 20. Rg3 Rc4 (20... Rc7 $142) 21. Qe3 $1 $16 Re8 {[%cal Rd7e5]} 22. Ne2 Nxe5 23. Nf4 ({Inferior is} 23. Qg5 Ng6 $11) 23... Qe7 24. Nh5 Ng6 {aiming for ...Qxe3+.} 25. Qxe7 (25. Qf2 $1 $16 Rxd4 26. Qxd4) 25... Rxe7 $11 26. c3 f6 {[#]} 27. h4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rc8 {[#]} (27... Rc6 $11) (27... Nxh4 28. Nxf6+) 28. Rg4 $2 {[#]} (28. Nxf6+ $1 $16 {[%mdl 512] keeps the pressure on.} gxf6 29. h5) 28... Bc6 $2 {[#]} (28... Re4 $1 $17 {[%cal Re4g4]} 29. Rff4 Nxf4 30. Nxf6+ Kf8 31. Nxe4 Ne2+ 32. Kf2 Nxd4) 29. Ng3 $2 (29. Nxf6+ $1 $14 {[%mdl 512]} gxf6 30. h5) 29... Bd7 $17 30. Nf5 Bxf5 31. Rxf5 Ne5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has strong initiative.} 32. Rg3 Kf7 33. Re3 (33. h5 $17 {was called for.}) 33... Rce8 34. Kf1 g6 35. Rf2 Ng4 36. Rxe7+ Rxe7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 37. Rf4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (37. Rd2 $17 {keeps fighting.}) 37... Re4 $19 38. Rxe4 (38. g3 $142) 38... dxe4 {KB-KN} 39. Ke2 Ke6 40. g3 (40. c4 $142 bxc4 41. Bb2) 40... Kd5 41. Kd2 f5 42. Bb6 Ne5 {White must now prevent ...Nc4+.} 43. Be3 Nc4+ 44. Ke2 Nxe3 45. Kxe3 Kc4 46. Kd2 Kb3 {Accuracy: White = 38%, Black = 53%.} 0-1

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Krasniqi, Avni"]
[Black "Kalezic, Blazo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1885"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 16,40,22,-2,25,28,26,5,64,-383,30,31,28,11,78,-12,983,697,1408,1149,1755,927,1736,1391,2036,1093,1088]} 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. Bg5 Bg4 8. Nbd2 Nbd7 9. c3 {LiveBook: 157 Games} b6 {C01: French: Exchange Variation} (9... c6 10. Qc2 h6 11. Bh4 Qc7 12. Rae1 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 Rfe8 14. Bg3 Bxg3 15. hxg3 Kf8 16. Bf5 {½-½ (16) Nepomniachtchi,I (2757)-Meier,G (2628) Jerusalem 2018}) 10. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Qc2 h6 11. Bh4 c5 12. Bf5 Qc7 13. Bg3 Bxf5 14. Qxf5 Rfe8 15. Rae1 Nf8 16. Ne5 Ne6 17. Ndf3 {1-0 (40) Blasko,I (1995)-Fazekas,Z Godollo 1996}) 10... Bh5 11. a4 Bg6 (11... c6 $11) 12. a5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (12. Bb5 $14 {stays ahead.}) 12... c5 $2 ({Better is} 12... Bxd3 $19 13. Re1 Re8) 13. Bxg6 $11 hxg6 14. dxc5 bxc5 {[#]} (14... Nxc5 $11 {keeps the balance.} 15. Nb3 Re8) 15. c4 (15. Nc4 $1 $16 {[%cal Rc4d6]} Qc7 16. Ne3 (16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17. Re1 Rfe8 $11)) 15... Ne4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (15... d4 $11) 16. Nxe4 {White is clearly winning.} Ne5 17. Nxe5 Re8 18. Rb1 a6 19. Re1 Re7 20. h4 Bxe5 {Accuracy: White = 22%, Black =  8%.} 1-0

