[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Stanojoski, Zvonko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E09"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 23,40,14,18,22,17,12,17,8,25,25,38,17,22,0,24,-277,-268,-724,-731]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c6 4. Nbd2 Nf6 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. b3 Bb7 9. Bb2 Re8 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. e4 c5 12. exd5 exd5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 13. Rad1 {[#] E09: Closed Catalan: Main Line: 7 Qc2 c6 8 Nbd2} dxc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Qc7 14. Qf5 Rad8 15. Rfe1 h6 16. Ne5 cxd4 17. Bxd4 Bb4 18. cxd5 Bxd5 19. Bf1 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Rxe5 21. Qxe5 Qxe5 22. Rxe5 {0-1 (92) Georgiev,K (2655)-Graf,A (2605) Skopje 2002}) 14. Nxc4 Be4 15. Qc1 {The position is equal.} Qc7 16. Rfe1 Bf8 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Bd4 {aiming for Bxc5.} Bxf3 19. Rxe8+ $4 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (19. Bxf3 $11 {and White stays safe.} Rac8 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Bxc5 Nxc5 22. Nd6) 19... Rxe8 $19 20. Bxc5 $2 (20. Bxf3 Bxd4 21. Rxd4) 20... Bxd1 ({Stronger than} 20... Qxc5 21. Bxf3 Ne5 22. Nxe5 $11) 0-1

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Valsecchi, Alessio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 17,63,0,5,2,13,0,0,0,56,0,0,0,0,-6,10,0,0,0,46,37,29,32,44,-14,154,155,152,-156,327,318,441,407,442,442,447,445,1023,1016,1033,648,629,600,867,837,825,672,1197,1197]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. a4 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} (6. Nbd2 a6 7. Bb3 h6 8. Nf1 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Ng3 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Re1 Nf6 13. h3 Be6 14. Bc2 Bd5 15. Nh4 {½-½ (43) Duda,J (2739)-Mamedyarov,S (2820) Batumi 2018}) 6... a5 7. O-O h6 8. Re1 O-O 9. Nbd2 Be6 {LiveBook: 9 Games} 10. b3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. h3 Qc8 11. b3 Re8 12. Bb2 d5 13. exd5 {½-½ (13) Hracek,Z (2610)-Predojevic,B (2614) Mali Losinj 2017}) 10... Ne7 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 {Hoping for Bxe6.} Ba7 (12... Bb4 $11) 13. Bf1 (13. Ba3 $14) 13... d5 $11 14. e5 Nd7 15. Ba3 c5 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Nd4 Nc6 18. Nxc6 ({Much weaker is} 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Rc1 Nb4 $15) 18... bxc6 19. Rc1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Nd7 20. Rxc6 ({White should play} 20. Bxf8 $14 Qb6 21. Nf3 Rxf8 22. Qc2) 20... Re8 $2 (20... Qh4 $11 21. Kh1 Qxf2) 21. Bb5 $16 {[%cal Bf1b5,Bb5d7,Bd7e6][%mdl 32]} Qh4 22. g3 $2 {[#]} (22. Nf3 $16 {and life is bright.} Qxf2+ 23. Kh1) 22... Qd4 $2 {[#]} (22... Bxf2+ $1 $17 {[%mdl 512] stays on course.} 23. Kh1 (23. Kxf2 Qxh2+) 23... Qh3 24. Rxe6 Qxe6) 23. Rxe6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 576] Discovered Attack} Qxf2+ (23... Rxe6 24. Bxd7) 24. Kh1 Rxe6 25. Bxd7 {White is clearly winning.} Rg6 26. Rf1 Qd4 (26... Qe3 $142 27. Nf3 Rd8) 27. Qf3 f6 28. Be6+ Kh8 29. Qxd5 Rd8 30. Qxd4 Rxd4 31. Nc4 Re4 32. Bf5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 41%, Black = 18%.} 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ragger, Markus"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 21,94,22,36,14,17,16,51,55,31,37,39,39,41,36,54,41,58,47,50,-41,-34,-36,-27,-47,-38,-30,0,-22,0,-15,-24,-31,0,0,0,0,70,67,71,66,69,60,74,0,47,0,0,-35,-36,-86,-86,-878,-877,-29975,-29976,-29974,-29975,-5510,0,-29990,0,0,0,-29990,-29991,-29992,-29992,-29992,-29993,-29993,-29994,-29994,-29991,-29991,-29987]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. h3 Nc6 10. Be3 Bd7 11. Nd5 {B91: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 g3} (11. Nde2 Rc8 12. b3 b5 13. Nd5 Be6 14. Qd2 Ne5 15. f4 Ned7 16. Nd4 Nc5 17. Nxe6 Nxe6 18. Rac1 Nc5 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 {½-½ (98) Grischuk,A (2767)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2751) Moscow 2018}) 11... Rc8 {LiveBook: 17 Games} 12. c3 Ne5 13. Bg5 {The position is equal.} e6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Nxd5 14. exd5 Re8 15. Re1 b5 16. Qb3 h6 17. Be3 Nc4 18. Bc1 Qb6 {0-1 (50) Velickovic,S (2297)-Ciorgovean,I (2158) Arad 2017}) 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Qe2 b5 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Nc2 Bc6 19. Ne3 Qe7 20. a4 (20. Rd4 $14) 20... bxa4 $15 21. Qxa6 Qc7 (21... Rb8 $5 22. Qe2 $8 Qc7 $11) 22. Qe2 Rb8 23. Rd4 Qb7 24. Rb4 Qa7 25. b3 Rxb4 26. cxb4 {With the idea b5.} Qd4 27. Nc2 Qb2 28. bxa4 Ra8 ({Black should try} 28... Rc8 $11 29. Qd1 Bxa4 30. Rxa4 Rxc2 31. Ra8+ Kg7 32. Qxd6 Rxf2 33. Qf8+ Kf6 34. Qd8+ Kg7 35. Qf8+ Kf6 36. Qd8+ Kg7 37. Qf8+) 29. b5 $1 $14 {[%cal Rb5c6]} Bxb5 30. Qxb5 Qxc2 31. a5 $1 Qc3 32. Ra4 (32. Ra2 $1 $16) 32... Qc1+ 33. Kh2 Qc2 34. Kg1 Qd1+ 35. Kh2 {[#]} Rc8 $1 {[%cal Rc8c1] White must now prevent ...Rc1.} 36. a6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (36. Ra2 $17 Rc1 {[#]} 37. Qf1 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxf1 38. Bxf1 Rxf1 39. a6) 36... Rc1 $19 {[%csl Gc1][%cal Rd1g1]} 37. Bf1 Nf3+ ({Not} 37... Qf3 38. Qe2 $16) 38. Kg2 Ne1+ (38... Nd4 $2 39. Rxd4 Qxd4 40. Qe2 $19) 39. Kh2 Qc2 $2 (39... Rc2 $19 {( -> ...Qf3)} 40. Ra2 Rxa2) 40. Kg1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (40. Be2 $11) 40... Nf3+ 41. Kg2 {Threatens to win with Ra3.} Ne1+ $40 {[%mdl 128] Black has some attack.} 42. Kg1 {Ra3 is the strong threat.} Nd3 $1 {Black mates.} 43. Qb6 Qd1 44. Kg2 Qxf1+ 45. Kf3 Qd1+ 46. Ke3 Qxa4 47. a7 Ra1 {Accuracy: White = 47%, Black = 60%.} 0-1

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E09"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 18,69,18,2,52,44,68,36,77,53,72,47,55,33,108,96,102,61,104,90,159,118,119,56,159,154,161,165,237,231,363,379,365,238,261,267,280,275,293,291,296,298,389,335,493,483,507,504,754,752,1437,1389,1467,946]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 Nbd7 7. Qc2 c6 8. Rd1 b6 9. b3 Ba6 10. Nbd2 {LiveBook: 272 Games} Qc7 {E09: Closed Catalan: Main Line: 7 Qc2 c6 8 Nbd2} (10... b5 11. c5 b4 12. Re1 Bb5 13. e4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Qxe4 a5 16. Qc2 Nf6 17. a4 bxa3 18. Rxa3 {1-0 (55) Gelfand,B (2695)-Bologan,V (2610) Poikovsky 2018}) 11. e4 Rfc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Rac8 12. e5 Ne8 13. h4 dxc4 14. bxc4 c5 15. Ba3 b5 16. cxb5 Bxb5 17. Qb2 Qb6 18. Nb3 Nc7 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Bxc5 Bxc5 21. Nxc5 Qxc5 {1-0 (35) Brandao,R (2096)-Rodrigues,F (1902) Sao Paulo 2012}) 12. Bb2 Rab8 {White is slightly better.} 13. Rac1 Qd8 14. Bh3 Bb7 15. Qd3 c5 (15... dxe4 $14 16. Nxe4 h6) 16. exd5 exd5 17. cxd5 Bxd5 {[#]} 18. Ne5 $1 Rc7 (18... Be6 $142 19. Bxe6 Nxe5) 19. Nxd7 Nxd7 20. Nf1 (20. dxc5 $16 Nxc5 21. Qb1) 20... Bb7 ({Black should try} 20... Bf6 $1 $14) 21. dxc5 $16 Nxc5 22. Qe3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} Qf8 (22... Qe8 $142) 23. Be5 $18 Rcc8 (23... Bg5 $142 24. Qxg5 f6 25. Bxf6 (25. Bxc7 fxg5 26. Ne3 Re8 $15) (25. Rxc5 $2 Rxc5 {[%mdl 64] Pin} 26. Qd2 Rxe5 $19) 25... Qxf6 26. Qxf6 gxf6) 24. Bxb8 Rxb8 25. Bg2 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 a5 27. Qf3 Bg5 28. Rc4 Re8 29. h4 Bh6 30. Nh2 f5 (30... g6 $142 31. Qc6 Re6) 31. Qd5+ {White is clearly winning.} Kh8 32. Qd6 Qf7 33. Qxb6 Ne4 34. Rd8 g6 35. Rcc8 {Accuracy: White = 70%, Black = 11%.} 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"]
[Black "Santos Ruiz, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 18,52,-8,-3,27,-14,-10,-7,0,-17,-4,-15,-15,-18,0,-11,-7,-11,-10,-14,15,-14,0,0,0,0,0,-23,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 b6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. e3 g6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 Nf6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O d5 {A30: Symmetrical English: Double Fianchetto and Hedgehog} 9. Nxd5 $146 (9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Rc1 Nc6 11. Qc2 Ndb4 12. Qb1 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. d4 cxd4 15. Nb5 Qd5 16. Nbxd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 {0-1 (67) Karjakin,S (2773)-So,W (2780) Saint Louis 2018}) 9... Nxd5 10. Bxg7 {LiveBook: 11 Games} Nxe3 11. dxe3 Kxg7 12. Qc2 Nd7 13. a3 Qc7 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15. b4 Nf6 16. b5 a6 17. a4 a5 18. Qb2 Kg8 19. Ne5 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Rd8 21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 22. Bf3 Bxf3 23. gxf3 {The position is equal.} Qd1+ 24. Kg2 Nd7 ({Much worse is} 24... Qxa4 25. Qd2 $14) 25. Nxd7 Qxd7 26. Qe5 {[#] Qb8+ is the strong threat.} Qd6 {Accuracy: White = 32%, Black = 55%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Kevlishvili, Robby"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 9,154,0,18,2,9,0,14,-22,-12,-34,-22,-21,-26,-26,-18,-45,-36,-64,-40,-34,-10,-39,-33,-69,-33,-55,-53,-60,-56,-58,-56,-72,-36,-62,-54,-56,-58,-58,-58,-60,-50,-59,-44,-48,-51,-58,-52,-75,-22,-54,-42,-40,-27,-33,-21,-31,-36,-119,-112,-117,-117,-117,-110,-104,-117,-138,-95,-98,-96,-131,-123,-126,-111,-118,-98,-126,-141,-145,-145,-137,-139,-133,-115,-289,-288,-314,-314,-313,-304,-267,-263,-195,-189,-189,-187,-179,-27,-27,-27,-606,-602,-558,-582,-1053,-1048,-1038,-1034,-851,-628,-1642,-809,-780,-792,-781,-778,-776,-760,-752,-647,-620,-608,-571,-523,-408,-16,-16,-16,-16,-16,-16,-14,-16,-16,-14,0,-8,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8]} 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 cxd4 4. exd4 Nc6 5. c3 f6 {LiveBook: 4 Games} (5... Nf6 6. Bd3 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qc8 8. Nd2 e6 9. Ngf3 Bh5 10. O-O Be7 11. Rae1 a6 12. Qc2 Bg6 13. Ne5 Nxd4 14. Qa4+ Nc6 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. Nf3 b5 17. Qd1 Qd7 18. a4 bxa4 19. Qxa4 {1-0 (84) Nakamura,H (2780)-Topalov,V (2749) Saint Louis 2017}) 6. Nf3 {B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack} g5 7. Be3 $146 ({But not} 7. Nxg5 fxg5 8. Qh5+ Kd7 $17) ({Predecessor:} 7. Bg3 Bf5 8. Bd3 e6 9. h4 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 g4 11. Nh2 f5 12. f3 h5 13. Qe2 {0-1 (33) Fehr,A (2081)-Kuipers,S (2411) Hoogeveen 2017}) 7... Bf5 8. Nbd2 Qd7 9. Nb3 e6 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Bd6 12. a3 Nge7 13. c4 dxc4 14. Qxc4 Nd5 15. O-O b6 16. Rac1 Rc8 17. Nfd2 Nce7 18. Qe2 Kf7 19. Ne4 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Ng6 21. Qb5 Rd8 ({Wrong is} 21... Bxh2+ $2 22. Kxh2 Qxb5 23. Nd6+ Ke7 24. Nxb5 $18) 22. Qxd7+ Rxd7 23. g3 Nge7 24. Bd2 Bb8 25. Kf1 h6 26. Ke2 Rd8 27. Rc2 Nf5 28. Nc3 Nxc3+ (28... Nde7 $17) 29. Bxc3 Ne7 30. Bd2 Nd5 31. Nc1 Kg6 32. Nd3 Ne7 33. Bb4 (33. Rc4 $15) 33... Nf5 $17 34. Bc3 Rxd4 35. Nb4 {intending Nc6.} Rd7 36. Nc6 Bd6 37. Rd2 {White wants to play g4.} Kf7 38. g4 Ne7 39. Nxa7 Nd5 ({Resist} 39... Rxa7 40. Rxd6 Nd5 41. Rc6 $11) 40. Nb5 Bxh2 41. Bd4 Kg6 42. Rc2 e5 43. Be3 h5 44. gxh5+ Kxh5 45. Rc6 f5 46. Bxb6 $2 {[#]} (46. Nd6 $17) 46... Rb7 $19 47. Nd6 Rxb6 48. Rxb6 Nxb6 49. Nxf5 Nc4 50. a4 Kg6 51. Ne7+ Kf7 52. Nc6 Nxb2 $2 ({Better is} 52... Ke8 $19 53. b3 Nd6) 53. a5 $11 Na4 {White must now prevent ...Ke6.} 54. Kd3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (54. a6 $11) 54... Nc5+ $19 55. Kc4 Na6 56. Kd5 Kf6 57. Ke4 Bf4 58. Kd5 Bd2 59. Kc4 Nc7 60. Kd3 Be1 61. Ke2 Bc3 62. Kd3 Bb2 63. Ke4 Ke6 64. Nd8+ Ke7 65. Nc6+ Kd6 66. Nd8 {[#]} Bc3 $2 ({Black should play} 66... g4 $1 $19 {...Na6 is the strong threat.} 67. Nf7+ Ke6) 67. Nf7+ $11 {The position is equal.} Ke7 68. Nxg5 Kf6 69. Nf3 Ne6 (69... Ke6 $5) 70. Nh2 Nc5+ 71. Kd5 Nd3 72. Ng4+ Kf5 73. a6 Nb4+ 74. Kc4 Bd4 (74... Nxa6 $5 75. Ne3+ $8 Kg5 76. Kxc3 Nc5 $11) 75. Nxe5 Kxe5 76. Kxb4 Bxf2 77. a7 Bxa7 {Accuracy: White = 40%, Black = 53%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Lobanov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 21,76,9,20,14,15,0,0,-16,35,22,20,3,31,2,24,0,8,14,16,12,44,4,35,20,57,59,60,57,47,55,95,93,129,159,173,173,170,83,77,89,89,0,0,-160,-177,-231,-221,-474,-433,-530,-531,-946,-536,-1760,-1725,-2620,-2306]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. Rb1 O-O 9. b4 a6 10. a3 {A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3} Re8 11. d3 Bf8 {LiveBook: 23 Games} 12. Nd2 {The position is equal.} Nd4 13. e3 Nb5 14. Qc2 c6 (14... Nxc3 $11 15. Qxc3 c6) 15. Bb2 {[#]} Bg4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Bf5 16. Nde4 Qd7 17. Rfd1 Rad8 18. Na4 Nxa4 19. Qxa4 Bh3 20. Bh1 {0-1 (56) Carneiro,V (2426)-El Debs,F (2523) Rio de Janeiro 2017}) 16. Nde4 Qc8 17. Rfe1 Bh3 18. Bh1 h6 19. Nc5 Nxc3 20. Bxc3 Nd7 21. Ne4 {[%cal Bc5e4,Be4d2,Bd2c4,Bc4a5][%mdl 32]} f5 22. Nd2 Nf6 23. Nc4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Qc7 24. Qb2 {[%cal Rc4e5]} Nd7 25. a4 b5 26. Na5 Kh7 27. Bxc6 Rac8 28. axb5 axb5 29. Rbc1 (29. Bxb5 $18 {Threatens to win with Bc6.} Qd6 30. Qb3) 29... Qd6 $16 30. Bh1 Nb6 {[%cal Bd7b6,Bb6d5,Bd5b4,Bb4d3][%mdl 32]} 31. Qe2 ({Better is} 31. Qb1 $16) 31... Nd5 $11 32. Ba1 $2 {[#]} (32. Bd2 $11) 32... Nxb4 $17 33. d4 (33. Rc3 $142) 33... e4 34. Qxb5 $2 (34. Nb7 {keeps fighting.} Qe6 35. Nc5 Bxc5 36. dxc5) 34... Nd3 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 35. Rxc8 Rxc8 {[%cal Be8c8,Bc8c2,Bc2b2][%mdl 32]} 36. Rb1 Rc2 {[#] White must now prevent ...Qa3.} 37. Qb3 Qc7 {( -> ...Rc1+)} 38. Bb2 Rxb2 {Accuracy: White = 27%, Black = 36%.} 0-1

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Radovanovic, Nikola"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 14,63,8,5,31,22,27,26,28,28,43,30,30,30,123,124,125,124,243,239,237,250,229,191,406,406,393,385,406,387,409,422,414,368,491,440,547,474,2740,691,1889,1616,1618,1477,1485,1468,1457,1372,29985,991,1864,902]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 (3... c5 4. dxc5 Qa5 5. a3 Qxc5 6. e4 Bg7 7. Nf3 d6 8. h3 O-O 9. Qd2 b6 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. Be3 {1-0 (48) Nabaty,T (2692)-Almasi,Z (2702) Batumi 2018}) 4. e3 Bg7 5. h4 h6 6. Nf3 {A45: Trompowsky Attack} c6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. Ne5 {LiveBook: 3 Games. The position is equal.} Nxe5 9. Bxe5 O-O 10. Qd2 Ne4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Ne8 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nd6 14. Ng3 Nf5 15. O-O-O Qd5 16. c4 {½-½ (46) Jussupow,A (2583)-Zinchenko,Y (2491) Warsaw 2007}) 11. Nxe4 {[#] Threatens to win with Bxg7.} Bxe5 12. dxe5 {Nc3 is the strong threat.} dxe4 13. O-O-O $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Be6 (13... Qxd2+ $11 14. Rxd2 Bf5) 14. Qb4 $16 Qb6 15. Qxe4 Bxa2 {[#]} (15... Qc5 $16) 16. b3 $1 $18 Bxb3 17. cxb3 Qxb3 18. Qc2 Qb6 $2 (18... Qa3+ {was necessary.} 19. Qb2 Qc5+ 20. Kb1 Rfd8) 19. e6 f5 20. h5 g5 21. Rd7 Qa5 22. Kb2 Qe5+ 23. Kb1 Rfe8 24. g4 a5 25. Qxf5 Qc3 (25... Qxf5+ $142 26. gxf5 Kg7) 26. Qg6+ (26. Rd4 $142 Qb3+ 27. Kc1 Qa3+ 28. Kd2 Qb2+ 29. Ke1 Qc1+ 30. Bd1) 26... Kh8 27. Qxh6+ Kg8 28. Qxg5+ Kh8 29. Qh6+ Kg8 30. Qg6+ Kh8 31. Qc2 (31. Bd3 $142 Qb3+ 32. Kc1 Qc3+ 33. Bc2 Qa1+ 34. Kd2 Qg7 35. Qf5 Qh6 36. g5) 31... Qb4+ 32. Qb2+ {[%mdl 32768] Accuracy: White = 73%, Black = 16%. . Loss on time!?} 0-1

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Stevic, Hrvoje"]
[Black "Marjanovic, Dejan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 14,38,0,0,60,27,35,39,45,20,77,74,93,84,78,64,70,63,129,127,387,359,536,516,560,543,581]} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bc4 d6 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 Be7 8. O-O {LiveBook: 429 Games. B22: Sicilian: 2 c3} Bd7 (8... O-O $11) (8... O-O 9. Qe2 Nc6 10. Rd1 Na5 11. Bxd5 exd5 12. Nc3 Be6 13. Bf4 a6 14. h3 Re8 15. exd6 Bxd6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Qe5 Nc4 18. Qxd6 Nxd6 {½-½ (32) Nisipeanu,L (2672)-Grischuk,A (2785) Heraklio 2017}) 9. Bxd5 exd5 10. exd6 {White is slightly better.} Bxd6 11. Re1+ Be7 (11... Be6 $1 $11) 12. Qb3 Nc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... O-O 13. Qxb7 Nc6 14. Nc3 Rb8 15. Qa6 Rb6 {1-0 (28) Stevic,H (2530)-Jankovic,A (2273) Bizovac 2002}) 13. Bg5 O-O 14. Bxe7 ({Reject} 14. Qxd5 $6 Bxg5 15. Nxg5 Nb4 $15) 14... Nxe7 15. Qxb7 Rb8 (15... Nc6 $14) 16. Qxa7 $16 Rxb2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (16... Ng6 $16) 17. Qa3 $1 $18 {[%cal Ra3b2]} Qb8 (17... Rxb1 $142 18. Raxb1 Be6) 18. Qxe7 Bg4 19. Nbd2 Bc8 {Precision: White = 81%, Black = 14%.} 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Stocek, Jiri"]
[Black "Banikas, Hristos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 19,77,0,0,-18,-16,-20,0,2,22,7,24,0,6,-48,-14,-46,-16,-44,0,-23,-16,-23,0,0,14,14,14,14,14,10,13,14,20,25,12,0,-11,-28,-35,-88,-29,-27,-21,-22,-20,-16,0,0,0,-1,-14,-26,-22,-32,-37,-138,-142,-75,-60,-122]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. c3 Nh5 (5... d5 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. h3 c4 9. Bb1 b5 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Bb7 12. Qe2 Rc8 13. O-O Nd5 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bxe7 Ncxe7 16. Nc5 Ba8 {½-½ (25) Esipenko,A (2587)-Bai,J (2579) Qinhuangdao 2018}) 6. Bg5 {A46: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 e6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} Qb6 7. Qc2 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Nxg3 10. hxg3 Bg7 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 11. Nbd2 {next Nc4 is good for White.} d5 12. Nb3 cxd4 13. exd4 Qc7 $146 14. Bd3 b6 15. a3 Bd7 16. Rc1 (16. O-O-O $11) 16... a5 17. Qd1 Qd6 18. Nbd2 Rc8 19. Nf1 g4 20. Ng1 {[%cal Bf3g1,Bg1e2,Be2d4][%mdl 32]} e5 21. dxe5 Nxe5 22. Ne2 {[#]} d4 $1 {[%mdl 512] ...dxc3 is the strong threat.} 23. Ba6 (23. cxd4 Rxc1) 23... Ra8 24. cxd4 {White wants to play Bb7.} Rxa6 25. dxe5 Qxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Bxe5 27. Nd4 b5 28. Ne3 Rd6 29. Nef5 {[#]} (29. Nb3 $15) 29... Bxf5 ({Better is} 29... Rd5 $1 $17 {Threatens to win with ...Bf6.} 30. O-O Bf6 31. Nxb5 Rxf5 32. Nd6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Ke7 33. Nxf5+ Bxf5) 30. Nxf5 $11 Rxd1+ 31. Kxd1 Bxb2 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 32. Nd6+ Kd7 33. Nxb5 a4 34. Kc2 Be5 35. Rd1+ Ke6 {White must now prevent ...Rc8+.} 36. Nd4+ Kf6 {And now ...Rc8+ would win.} 37. Ne2 (37. Rd3 $15) 37... Rc8+ 38. Kd3 ({White should play} 38. Kb1) 38... Rb8 39. Ke4 {Accuracy: White = 21%, Black = 59%.} (39. Rc1 $15) 0-1

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Djukic, Nikola"]
[Black "Moroni, Luca Jr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 20,152,31,0,30,31,27,22,42,35,46,39,55,7,78,31,50,25,31,-25,15,-31,-24,-49,-33,-98,-104,-110,-116,-260,-263,-257,-218,-207,-159,-181,-161,-173,-157,-324,-305,-383,-377,-365,-366,-333,-206,-521,-517,-623,-351,-645,-256,-645,-619,-531,-588,-551,-513,-5343,-5114,-29959,-29960,-29956,-29961,-29954,-29957,-29956,-6518,-29957,-29963,-29971,-29972,-29973,-29973,-29974,-29975,-29975,-29973,-29972,0,-29974,-29975,-29974,-29962,-29975,-29962,-29960,-29959,-29960,-29964,-29957,-1452,-855,-59,-59,-59,-29966,-1318,-29977,-29978,-29977,-29978,-29978,-29979,-29986,-29980,-29979,-29974,-29967,-29965,-29969,-29970,-29970,-29971,-29965,0,-2458,-1370,-29984,-29976,-29988,-29989,-29989,-29990,-29990,-29991,-29991,-29992,-29992,-29993,-29993,-29994,-29997,-29994]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 {C78: Ruy Lopez: Archangelsk and Möller Defences} 8. d3 (8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. a5 Ba7 11. h3 O-O 12. Re1 Bb7 13. Be3 exd4 14. cxd4 Ne7 15. Nbd2 Bxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Qc2 d5 {0-1 (33) Yu,Y (2759)-Svidler,P (2753) Shenzhen 2018}) 8... d6 9. c3 O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Bb6 12. axb5 axb5 13. Na3 b4 14. Nc4 bxc3 15. bxc3 Be6 16. Rb1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Nxb6 Rxb6 {1-0 (58) Ding,Y (2315)-Meenakshi,S (2348) Olongapo City 2010}) 16... Kh7 (16... Na5 $11) 17. Nfd2 g5 18. Bg3 Bc5 19. Bc2 ({White should try} 19. Ra1 $14) 19... Kg7 20. Ne3 Rxb1 21. Qxb1 h5 {Hoping for ...h4.} 22. h4 ({Better is} 22. Ba4 $1 $15) 22... Ng4 $17 23. Nxg4 Bxg4 24. Nc4 (24. Bxe5+ $17 dxe5 25. Qb5) 24... gxh4 $19 25. Bh2 Qg5 26. Qc1 Qg6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is really pushing.} 27. Ne3 h3 {Strongly threatening ...hxg2.} 28. g3 Ne7 29. Bd1 $2 (29. Nxg4 $17 hxg4 30. Qb2) 29... f5 30. exf5 Nxf5 31. Nxg4 hxg4 32. Qd2 Nh6 33. d4 $2 (33. Kh1 {is more resistant.}) 33... exd4 34. cxd4 Bb6 35. f3 $2 (35. Bc2 Qf6 36. Qd3) 35... Qf6 $2 (35... gxf3 {...Qe4 is the strong threat.} 36. Rxf3 Qe4) 36. Be2 $2 (36. Kh1 Bxd4 37. Bg1 Bxg1 38. Kxg1) 36... Qxd4+ 37. Qxd4+ Bxd4+ 38. Kh1 gxf3 39. Bxf3 {[#]} (39. Rxf3 $142 Re8 40. Ba6) 39... Ng4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 40. Bg1 (40. Bxg4 Rxf1+) 40... Bxg1 41. Kxg1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Ne5 42. Be2 Rxf1+ 43. Bxf1 {KB-KN} Nf3+ 44. Kf2 h2 45. Bg2 Ne5 46. Be4 Kf6 47. Kg2 Ng4 48. Bf3 Kg5 49. Bc6 Kf6 50. Bf3 $1 {[%cal Rf3g4]} Kf5 51. Bc6 Kg5 52. Bf3 Ne5 53. Be4 c5 {[%cal Bc7c5,Bc5c4,Bc4c3][%mdl 32]} 54. Kxh2 c4 55. Kg2 Kf6 (55... c3 $142 56. Kf2 d5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 57. Bc2 d4 58. Bb1 Kg4 59. Ke2 Kxg3 60. Bh7 Kf4 61. Bb1 Ng4 62. Kd3 Ke5 63. Ke2 Kd5 64. Bh7 Ne5 65. Bf5 Kc4 66. Be6+ Kb4 67. Kd1 d3 68. Bf5 Kb3 69. Bxd3 Nxd3 70. Ke2 Nb2 71. Kf3 c2 72. Kf4 c1=Q+ 73. Ke5 Nc4+ 74. Kf6 Qf4+ 75. Ke6 Qe5+ 76. Kf7 Nd6+ 77. Kg6 Qf5+ 78. Kh6 Qg4 79. Kh7 Nf5 80. Kh8 Qg7#) 56. Kf2 {[#]} Ke6 $2 (56... Ng4+ $1 $19 57. Kf3 Ke5) 57. Ke3 $15 d5 {[%cal Bd6d5,Bd5d4][%mdl 32]} 58. Bg2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (58. Bb1 $15) 58... Nc6 (58... c3 $142 59. Ke2 Kd6 60. Kd1 Kc5 61. Kc2 d4 62. Kb3 Nc4 63. Ba8 Nd2+ 64. Kc2 Kc4 65. Kd1 d3 66. Ke1 Nb3 67. Kf2 c2 68. Bf3 c1=Q 69. Kg2 Nd2 70. Bb7 Qf1+ 71. Kh2 Nf3+ 72. Bxf3 Qxf3 73. Kh3 d2 74. Kh4 d1=Q 75. Kg5 Qxg3+ 76. Kf6 Qdd6+ 77. Kf7 Qgg6#) 59. Kf4 c3 60. Bh3+ Kd6 61. Ke3 d4+ 62. Kd3 Kc5 63. Bf5 Nb4+ 64. Ke2 Kd5 65. g4 Ke5 66. Bg6 Kf4 67. Bf5 Ke5 (67... Kg5 $142 68. Kd1 Nc6 69. Be4 Ne5 70. Ke2 Kf4 71. Bh7 Nxg4 72. Kd3 Ke5 73. Bg8 Ne3 74. Bh7 Ng2 75. Kc2 Kd5 76. Kc1 Kc4 77. Bg8+ Kb4 78. Bh7 Nf4 79. Kc2 {[#]} d3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 80. Kd1 Kb3 81. Kc1 Ne2+ 82. Kd1 Kc4 83. Bg8+ Kb4 84. Bb3 Kxb3 85. Ke1 c2 86. Kd2 c1=Q+ 87. Kxd3 Qf4 88. Kxe2 Kc3 89. Ke1 Kd3 90. Kd1 Qf1#) 68. Bg6 $19 Nd5 {( -> ...Nf4+)} 69. Bf5 Ne3 {Black mates.} 70. Bc8 c2 71. Kd2 {[#]} d3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 72. Ba6 (72. Kxd3 c1=Q) 72... Nf1+ 73. Kc1 Kd4 74. g5 Kc3 {[%csl Gc3,Gf1][%cal Rd3d2]} 75. Bxd3 Kxd3 76. g6 Ng3 {Accuracy: White = 27%, Black = 54%.} 0-1

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Brkic, Ante"]
[Black "Galopoulos, Nikolaos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2356"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 20,49,105,98,132,87,89,79,81,76,81,73,203,164,170,71,108,102,132,132,214,197,372,321,451,426,923,910,978,863,818,799]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a3 e6 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} (6... e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Bxf6 Bxc4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Nd2 Be6 13. Nf1 Nd7 14. Ne3 Nf6 15. O-O Rac8 16. Qd3 Rc6 17. Rfd1 Rfc8 18. f3 g6 19. Kh1 Kg7 20. Qd2 {½-½ (20) Anand,V (2782)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2729) Riadh 2017}) 7. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} Be7 8. g5 Nfd7 9. h4 b5 10. Be3 Bb7 11. Qd2 {LiveBook: 14 Games} Ne5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nc6 12. Rh3 Qc7 13. h5 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 {1-0 (24) Mohammad Fahad,R (2218)-Mohammad,S (2024) Dhaka 2017}) 12. Be2 Qc7 13. f4 Nc4 14. Bxc4 $1 Qxc4 15. f5 Qc8 (15... Nd7 $16) 16. Rf1 Nc6 17. Nxc6 (17. fxe6 $6 fxe6 18. Qg2 (18. Qf2 Rf8 $11) 18... g6 $14) (17. O-O-O $18 {is more deadly.}) 17... Bxc6 18. O-O-O Qb7 19. Qf2 b4 (19... exf5 $16 {was called for.} 20. Qxf5 O-O) 20. axb4 $18 Qxb4 $2 {[#]} (20... exf5 21. Nd5 (21. exf5 f6 $18) (21. Qxf5 O-O $16) 21... Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Qxb4) 21. Rd4 Qa5 (21... Qb7 {is a better defense.} 22. fxe6 f6) 22. fxe6 {White is clearly winning.} fxe6 (22... f6 $142 23. Qf5 (23. gxf6 Bxf6 24. e7 Qe5 $18) 23... Qxf5 24. exf5 Rf8) 23. Qf7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kd7 {[#]} 24. Rxd6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxd6 25. Rd1+ {Accuracy: White = 42%, Black = 22%.} 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Jankovic, Alojzije"]
[Black "Uruci, Besim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2137"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 11,43,0,13,-18,-9,-14,5,-36,-16,-32,-37,-29,-20,-18,-13,-10,-17,-24,-24,-32,-16,-22,0,-39,-42,-57,-6,-1,6,-55,-65,-65,-73,-152]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 Bf5 5. O-O Nbd7 6. Nbd2 e6 {LiveBook: 46 Games} 7. Ne5 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} (7. c4 Be7 8. b3 O-O 9. Nh4 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. a4 Bb4 14. Ba3 Bxa3 15. Rxa3 Qe7 16. Ra2 {½-½ (27) Meijers,V (2475)-Chabanon,J (2477) Sables d'Olonne 2014}) 7... Bd6 8. Ndf3 O-O 9. h3 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 9. Bf4 Qc7 10. c4 dxc4 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Re1 Rfd8 {0-1 (33) Huchebrink,C (1926)-Mager,D (1718) playchess.com INT 2011}) 9... Be4 10. c3 Qc7 {[%cal Rd7e5]} 11. Bf4 h6 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Qb3 b5 15. a4 a6 16. Rfe1 Nb6 17. a5 Nc4 18. Qa2 {[#] b3 is the strong threat.} Qc7 ({Better is} 18... b4 $15) 19. b3 $11 Nd6 20. Bf1 (20. b4 $11) 20... Bxf3 $15 21. exf3 c5 22. b4 {Accuracy: White = 14%, Black = 38%.} ({White should try} 22. dxc5 Qxc5 23. Rac1) 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Dimitrov, Radoslav"]
[Black "Nenezic, Marko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A24"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 21,24,10,26,31,76]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d3 d6 6. h3 e5 7. e4 c6 8. Nge2 a6 9. O-O b5 10. a3 Nbd7 {A24: English Opening vs King's Indian: Lines without ...Nc6} 11. Be3 Bb7 {LiveBook: 6 Games} (11... Rb8 12. Qc2 Bb7 13. Rfd1 d5 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Nf6 17. Nc3 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 {½-½ (35) Tong,Y (2510)-Li,S (2552) China 2007}) 12. b4 d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Rb8 13. a4 a5 14. axb5 axb4 15. bxc6 Bxc6 {½-½ (39) Ilinsky,V (2350)-Ghinda,M (2450) Budapest 1990}) 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. exd5 Nb6 15. Bxb6 Qxb6 16. Qb3 Rfd8 17. a4 bxa4 18. Nxa4 {½-½ (58) Dimitrov,R (2534)-Nenezic,M (2515) Skopje 2018} 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Popov, Valerij"]
[Black "Polivanov, Anatoliy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A92"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2374"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 14,90,19,11,16,7,11,0,-11,-11,-27,-49,-42,-43,-34,-50,-45,-108,-105,-142,-43,-71,-10,-20,0,-45,-10,-15,8,0,0,-193,-184,-137,159,-943,-943,-1971,-1935,-1639,-1644,-29990,-1499,-1431,-678,-1898,-1443,-2550,-1626,-1633,-1618,-1613,-1588,-1581,-1451,-1354,-1337,-1128,-608,-1348,-431,-277,-210,-622,-575,-1135,0,0,2296,2278,2195,1858,1502,0,29991,29992,29993,29970,29998]} 1. Nf3 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 Ne4 7. Nfd2 d5 {A92: Classical Dutch: Classical Stonewall (with ...Be7): Early deviations} 8. Nxe4 {LiveBook: 6 Games} (8. Nc3 {with more complications.} Nc6 9. Nf3 Na5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. h4) (8. Nc3 c6 9. f3 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 dxc4 11. Rd1 b5 12. e4 Nd7 13. Qe2 Nb6 14. a3 a5 15. f4 {0-1 (38) Janik,I (2447)-Van Foreest,J (2624) Manavgat 2018}) 8... dxe4 9. Nc3 Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6b4,Bb4d3][%mdl 32] The position is equal.} 10. e3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Be3 Bf6 11. d5 Ne5 12. Qb3 b6 13. Rad1 Qe7 14. f3 exf3 15. exf3 {1-0 (49) Karasek,L (2304)-Zalesky,K (2018) Czech Republic 2018}) 10... e5 {[%cal Re5d4]} 11. d5 Nb4 12. Rb1 Nd3 13. Bd2 a5 14. Qe2 Ra6 15. Kh1 (15. Bh1 $15) 15... Rh6 $17 16. a3 g5 (16... b6 $17 17. Nb5 Qd7) 17. g4 fxg4 18. Nxe4 Nc5 19. Bxa5 Bf5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 20. Nxc5 Bxb1 21. Nxb7 Qe8 $1 {[%cal Re8h5]} 22. Rxb1 $2 (22. Qxg4 $11 Bf5 23. Qg3) 22... Qh5 $19 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rh5h2]} 23. h3 Qh4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (23... Rf3 $1 $17 {[%cal Rf3h3] and life is bright.} 24. h4 Qxh4+ 25. Kg1 Qh2+ 26. Kf1 Rhf6) 24. Kg1 $2 ({Avoid the trap} 24. Bxc7 $2 Rxf2 25. Qxf2 Qxf2 $19) (24. d6 $16 cxd6 25. Be1) 24... gxh3 {[%cal Bg4h3,Bh3h2][%mdl 32]} 25. Bh1 h2+ 26. Kf1 Rhf6 {[%cal Rf6f2]} (26... Qg3 $2 27. Qe1 $19) 27. f4 exf4 (27... gxf4 $142 28. Qe1 fxe3+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 29. Ke2 Rf2+ 30. Kd1 Qxc4 31. Be4 Qxe4 32. Qxf2 Rxf2 33. Rc1 h1=Q+ 34. Be1 Qxd5#) 28. e4 g4 (28... Qg3 $142 29. Qe1 Qd3+ 30. Kf2 Qd4+ 31. Kf3 g4+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 32. Kg2 Rh6 33. Bc3 Qd3 34. Qd1 Qh3+ 35. Kf2 Bh4+ 36. Ke2 Qe3+ 37. Kf1 Qf2#) 29. e5 Rf5 {aiming for ...f3.} 30. Qe4 Qh3+ 31. Ke1 f3 32. d6 f2+ 33. Kd2 Bg5+ 34. Kc2 f1=Q 35. Rxf1 Qxf1 36. dxc7 {[#] If White can now play Qd5+ this consolidates a bit.} Rf4 (36... Rf3 $142 $1 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Rf1c1][%mdl 512]} 37. Qd5+ (37. Bxf3 Qxf3) 37... Kh8 38. Bxf3 Qxf3) 37. Qd5+ Kh8 38. Bc3 $2 (38. e6 Bf6 39. e7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxe7 40. Kb3) 38... Rxc4 39. Qd6 Qf2+ $2 ({Better is} 39... Bh6 $19 40. Qd5 Rxc7) 40. Kb3 $11 {[#]} g3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (40... Rxc3+ $1 $11 41. bxc3 Rc8) 41. Kxc4 $18 {e6+ would kill now.} Qf1+ 42. Kb3 {White wants to mate with e6+.} Qb5+ 43. Ka2 $2 ({White must play} 43. Bb4 $18 {[%cal Rd6f8]} Rc8 44. Nd8) 43... Qe8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (43... Qc4+ $11 44. b3 Rf2+ 45. Bb2 Qc2 46. Qd8+ {[#]} Bxd8 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 47. cxd8=Q+ Kg7 48. Qd7+ Kh8 49. Qe8+ Kg7 50. Qd7+ Kh6 51. Qh3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg7 52. Qd7+ (52. Qxg3+ $2 Kf8 $19)) 44. e6+ Bf6 45. Bc6 Qg6 {Accuracy: White = 23%, Black = 46%.} 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Demidov, Mikhail"]
[Black "Guseinov, Gadir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 13,48,14,27,-9,-12,-36,-10,-40,-29,-30,-38,-31,-19,-53,-49,-58,-51,-116,-114,-139,-66,-74,-32,-35,34,-235,-237,-246,-243,-214,-178,-193,-176,-345,-335,-6507,-6507]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. c3 b6 (5... d6 6. Bd3 g6 7. Ne2 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. f4 Qe7 10. e5 b6 11. Nd2 Bb7 12. Be4 Bxe4 13. Nxe4 Rd8 14. Qe1 {0-1 (62) Moiseenko,A (2667)-Wang,Y (2690) Riadh 2017}) 6. Bd3 {A45: Trompowsky Attack} Bb7 7. Nd2 c5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 8. Ne2 {White has an edge.} Nc6 {[%cal Rc5d4]} 9. Nf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. e5 Qd8 10. Be4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. f4 {1-0 (30) Fedoseeva,V (1923)-Severina,M (2235) Kaliningrad 2013}) 9... cxd4 10. cxd4 Bb4+ 11. Kf1 g5 {[%cal Bg7g5,Bg5g4][%mdl 32]} 12. h3 Be7 13. a3 h5 14. e5 Qg7 15. Be4 ({White should play} 15. Qa4 $15) 15... g4 16. Nd2 Ba6 (16... f5 $17 17. exf6 Qxf6) 17. Kg1 $15 Rc8 {...Bxe2 is the strong threat.} 18. Rc1 Bg5 (18... h4 $15) 19. Nc4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (19. Rc3 $14 {keeps the upper hand.}) 19... Bxc1 $19 20. Nd6+ {[#]} Ke7 $1 21. Nxc1 g3 22. Nxc8+ Rxc8 23. Bxc6 $2 (23. fxg3 Qxg3 24. Qf3 Qxf3 25. gxf3) 23... Rxc6 24. Ne2 $2 {[#]} (24. fxg3 Qxg3 25. h4) 24... Bxe2 {Accuracy: White = 20%, Black = 59%.} 0-1

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Potapov, Pavel"]
[Black "Nikcevic, Nebojsa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 11,94,0,2,-30,14,8,22,29,36,13,33,0,70,36,70,18,85,3,13,0,0,-45,-37,-52,6,-22,-36,-22,-27,-27,-29,-27,-26,-27,26,-74,-39,-76,-29,-65,-48,-45,-19,-22,-25,-164,-79,-146,-152,-152,-150,-137,-152,-131,-133,-202,-189,-293,-193,-264,-169,-483,-506,-493,-456,-482,-509,-648,-606,-535,-416,-456,-299,-243,0,-512,-504,-494,-485,-904,-896,-872,-854,-1092,-1085]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nc4 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. d3 Nf6 {LiveBook: 31 Games. C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} 7. Nc3 (7. Bg5 Qxe2+ 8. Bxe2 Be7 9. Nba3 Nc6 10. Nb5 Kd8 11. O-O h6 12. Bh4 a6 13. Nc3 Nd4 14. Bd1 {½-½ (31) Bryzgalin,K (2473)-Zakhartsov,V (2578) Taganrog 2011}) 7... Qxe2+ 8. Bxe2 Be6 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 8... Be7 9. Nb5 Na6 10. Be3 Bd7 11. a4 b6 12. Bf3 d5 13. Ne5 c6 14. Nd4 {1-0 (30) Martinez,M (1925)-Acosta,J (1658) Bogota 2016}) 9. Nb5 Na6 10. Bf4 Kd7 11. O-O-O Ne8 (11... g6 $11) 12. d4 c6 13. Nc3 (13. d5 $14 cxd5 14. Ne3) 13... Nb4 (13... Nf6 $11) 14. Rhe1 (14. a3 $16 Nd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Ne3) 14... Nc7 15. Bg3 Be7 16. a3 Nbd5 17. Ne4 {[%cal Rc4d6]} Ne8 (17... f5 $1 $15 18. Nexd6 Rab8) 18. h3 f5 19. Ned2 Nec7 20. Bf3 f4 21. Bh2 g5 22. Ne4 h5 (22... Bf5 $142) 23. Be2 (23. Ncxd6 $1 $11 Bxd6 24. c4) 23... Raf8 24. Bd3 Rhg8 25. Ncd2 g4 26. hxg4 hxg4 {Strongly threatening ...g3!} 27. c4 Nf6 28. c5 ({Reject} 28. Bxf4 Nxe4 29. Rxe4 d5 $17) (28. Nc3 $11) 28... d5 (28... Nxe4 $19 {has better winning chances.} 29. Nxe4 d5) 29. Nd6 ({White should play} 29. Nc3) 29... g3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under strong pressure.} 30. fxg3 fxg3 31. Bg1 Bxd6 32. cxd6 Kxd6 33. Nf3 (33. Re3 $17) 33... Bg4 $19 34. Be3 (34. Be2 {is the only way for White.}) 34... Ne6 {aiming for ...Bxf3.} 35. Bh6 (35. Be2 $142) 35... Re8 {White must now prevent ...Bxf3.} 36. Bc2 $2 {[#]} (36. Re3) 36... Bxf3 37. gxf3 Nh5 38. Bf5 Nef4 39. Bg4 Rxe1 40. Rxe1 g2 41. Kd2 Rh8 42. Bg5 {[#]} Re8 $2 ({Black should try} 42... Ng6 $1 $19 43. Rg1 Nhf4) 43. Rg1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (43. Rxe8 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} g1=Q 44. Be7+ Kc7 45. Bd8+ Kd6 46. Be7+ Kc7 47. Bd8+ Kd6 48. Be7+) 43... Re2+ {Black is clearly winning.} 44. Kc3 Rf2 {...Ne2+ is the strong threat.} 45. Bh4 (45. Kb3 $142) 45... Rf1 {[%mdl 64] Trapped Piece} 46. Rxg2 Nxg2 47. Bxh5 Nxh4 {Accuracy: White = 15%, Black = 43%.} 0-1

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ruck, Robert"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 13,78,22,27,17,25,18,31,20,25,10,35,41,36,54,50,38,41,42,70,54,87,20,91,56,56,56,104,96,136,135,162,150,164,162,182,181,179,167,127,133,144,131,162,107,103,106,115,112,156,110,115,59,68,29,52,0,0,0,0,0,75,0,34,-48,-8,-29989,-29990]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. c4 Bxf3 (5... e6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Qxb6 axb6 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. d3 Nd7 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rfc1 O-O 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 {0-1 (34) Svidler,P (2760)-Karjakin,S (2763) Moscow 2018}) 6. Bxf3 {A11: English Opening: 1...c6} e6 7. d3 Nbd7 {LiveBook: 7 Games} 8. Nd2 {White has an edge.} h5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... d4 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 h5 11. h4 Nc5 12. Bg5 Qxg5 13. Qd2 a5 14. a3 f6 15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 Na4 17. b5 Nc3 {0-1 (17) Ramus,N-Grott,P DESC email 2005}) 9. h3 Bd6 10. Bg2 Ne5 11. Qb3 Qc7 12. d4 Nxc4 13. Nxc4 dxc4 14. Qxc4 h4 15. g4 a6 16. Bd2 O-O 17. Rac1 ({White should play} 17. Rad1 $16) 17... Rae8 (17... Nd5 $11) 18. f4 Nd5 {[%cal Rd6f4,Bf6d5,Bd5c7,Bc7b5][%mdl 32]} 19. e3 {[%cal Be2e3,Be3e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} Qd8 20. e4 Nc7 21. Be3 Be7 22. Qb3 Nb5 23. Rfd1 Nd6 24. e5 Nb5 25. a4 Nc7 26. Qxb7 Nd5 27. Bxd5 Qxd5 28. Qxc6 (28. Rf1 $18) 28... Qb3 $16 29. Qc3 Qxa4 30. Qc4 Qa5 31. Ra1 Qb6 32. Rxa6 (32. Qxa6 $16 Qxb2 33. Rab1) 32... Qxb2 $14 33. Ra2 Qb7 34. d5 (34. Qf1 $14) 34... Rc8 $11 35. Qd3 {[#] Hoping for Ra7.} exd5 $1 36. Qxd5 Qb8 (36... Qb4 $1 $11) 37. Bf2 (37. e6 $16) 37... Rc3 {And now ...Rd8 would win.} (37... Rfd8 $5 38. Qf3 $8 Rxd1+ 39. Qxd1 Qb4 $14) 38. Qg2 ({Better is} 38. Rda1 $14) 38... Qb3 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 39. Bd4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (39. Qd5 $11) 39... Qxd1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 39%, Black = 51%.} 0-1

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivic, Velimir"]
[Black "Sanal, Vahap"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 25,62,20,40,29,36,0,0,-33,-41,-47,-30,-94,-44,-81,86,-182,-158,-316,-30,-25,-18,-221,-243,-488,-489,-569,-362,-334,-279,-581,-608,-607,-506,-613,-604,-1093,-1062,-2006,-1945]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2b3,Bb3d4][%mdl 32]} Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Bc2 f5 12. Nb3 Qd7 13. Nbd4 {C83: Open Ruy Lopez: 9 c3 Be7} (13. Qe1 a5 14. a4 bxa4 15. Nbd4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Nc5 17. Ra2 Nb3 18. Nxe6 Qxe6 19. Rxa4 Nxc1 20. Qxc1 Qxe5 {½-½ (31) Vitiugov,N (2726)-Vidit,S (2711) Batumi 2018}) 13... Nd8 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 14. a4 {Strongly threatening axb5.} b4 15. Nxe6 $146 {White is slightly better.} (15. c4 $5 dxc4 16. Nxf5 Bxf5 17. Qxd7 Bxd7 18. Bxe4 $11) ({Predecessor:} 15. Bb3 c6 16. cxb4 Bxb4 17. Bg5 Bc5 18. Rc1 Bxd4 19. Qxd4 Rb8 20. Bc2 c5 {0-1 (41) Rodin,D (2402)-Lomasov,S (2549) Yaroslavl 2018}) 15... Nxe6 16. c4 d4 17. Ne1 N4c5 18. f4 (18. Nd3 $11 {remains equal.}) 18... Rab8 19. Rf3 {[#]} Rfd8 $2 (19... b3 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512] stays on course.} 20. Bd3 (20. Bxb3 d3) 20... g6) 20. b3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (20. Bxf5 $16 {aiming for Rh3.} g6 21. Bd3) 20... d3 $1 $36 {[%cal Rd3c2][%mdl 2624] Decoy. Black is really pushing.} 21. Bxd3 $2 (21. Rxd3 $17 {is a better defense.} Nxd3 22. Qxd3) 21... Qd4+ $2 (21... Nd4 $19 22. Rh3 Ndxb3) 22. Be3 $11 Qc3 23. Bd2 $2 (23. Bxc5 $1 $11 {and White is okay.} Bxc5+ 24. Kh1) 23... Qxb3 $19 24. Bc2 $2 (24. Bxf5 {keeps fighting.} Qxd1 25. Bxe6+ Nxe6 26. Rxd1) 24... Qxc4 25. Bxf5 Qd4+ 26. Rf2 {[#]} Nxf4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 27. Qg4 $2 (27. Rb1 b3 28. Qf3) (27. Bxf4 Qxd1) 27... Qxa1 {Black is clearly winning.} 28. Qxf4 {White hopes to continue with Bxh7+!} Qd4 29. Qf3 {intending Bxh7+!} Qxe5 30. Qh5 g6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 31. Qg4 {[#]} Rxd2 $1 {Accuracy: White = 10%, Black = 41%.} 0-1

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Milanovic, Danilo"]
[Black "Perunovic, Milos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 18,23,54,49,47,60,68,60]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. b3 c5 6. Bd3 {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3} (6. Bb2 cxd4 7. exd4 dxc4 8. bxc4 Qa5+ 9. Nbd2 Ba3 10. Qc1 Bxb2 11. Qxb2 Nc6 12. Be2 Qb4 13. O-O-O {½-½ (57) Short,N (2698)-Duda,J (2706) Heraklio 2017}) 6... cxd4 7. exd4 Bb4+ 8. Nbd2 Nc6 9. Bb2 Ne4 10. O-O {LiveBook: 4 Games. White is slightly better.} Nxd2 11. Nxd2 O-O 12. Nf3 {Predecessor:} Be7 $146 13. Rc1 Nb4 14. Bb1 {½-½ (43) Ulanov,A (2325)-Bajarani,U (2409) Peterhof 2010} 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Zajic, Milan"]
[Black "Saveliev, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 23,140,51,56,55,46,36,36,36,36,36,46,36,43,37,56,34,67,67,65,0,58,0,77,63,60,44,41,46,38,0,51,0,28,-5,46,34,62,-23,37,27,56,52,54,60,35,37,94,37,9,32,28,-61,0,0,36,-60,0,0,47,0,0,0,0,-29,-11,-10,-13,-9,-19,-9,-13,-6,-2,-115,-102,-121,-95,-110,0,-33,0,-51,-43,-141,-157,-329,-344,-393,-291,-656,-659,-654,-651,-879,-569,-708,-679,-691,-657,-957,-915,-1013,-878,-929,-749,-994,-725,-1460,-1263,-1404,-1306,-2304,-1149,-1560,-1238,-2525,-2256,-29989,-1424]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Qc7 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. a3 Be7 8. Be2 {B41: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 c4} b6 9. Be3 Bb7 10. f3 O-O 11. Rc1 d6 12. O-O Nbd7 {LiveBook: 307 Games} 13. b4 Rac8 14. Qd2 Qb8 15. Rfd1 Rfe8 16. Kh1 {[#]} Qa8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Bd8 17. Nb3 Bc7 18. Bf4 Ne5 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20. c5 b5 21. a4 bxa4 22. Nxa4 Bc6 23. Nb2 Bb5 24. Nc4 Rcd8 25. Qc3 {½-½ (55) Diaz Camallonga,C (2444)-Mareco,S (2653) Barcelona 2018}) 17. Bf1 Qb8 18. Nb3 Ba8 19. Rc2 Red8 20. Qf2 Re8 21. Qd2 Red8 22. Qf2 Re8 $1 23. Rdc1 Bd8 24. Bf4 Bc7 25. Rd1 Nh5 26. Be3 Nhf6 (26... d5 $1 $11) 27. Bf4 Nh5 $1 {[%cal Rh5f4]} 28. Be3 Nhf6 (28... d5 $11) 29. Qg1 h5 30. Rcd2 (30. Bg5 $14) 30... h4 ({Better is} 30... d5 $1 $11) 31. Bf4 $14 {[%cal Rf4d6]} h3 32. Bxd6 hxg2+ 33. Qxg2 Bxd6 34. Rxd6 Ne5 {[#]} (34... Bd5 $14) 35. c5 (35. R6d4 $1 $16) 35... bxc5 36. Nxc5 {Qg3 is the strong threat.} a5 37. Na6 (37. Bb5 $11 Red8 38. Rxd8+ Rxd8 39. Rb1) 37... Qb7 (37... Qa7 $1 $15 38. Nc5 axb4 39. axb4 Qa3 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 38. Nc5 Qb8 39. Na6 ({White should try} 39. Bb5 $14 Red8 40. Rxd8+ Rxd8 41. Rb1) 39... Qb7 (39... Qa7 $1 $15 40. Nc5 axb4 41. axb4 Qa3 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 40. Nc5 Qb8 41. R6d4 axb4 42. axb4 {Threatens to win with Nb5.} Nc6 43. Na6 Qb7 44. Nc5 Qe7 45. Rc4 $132 {[%mdl 2048] White has counterplay} Nxb4 46. N3a4 Nc6 47. Nb6 Rb8 48. Nba4 (48. Nxa8 $11 {keeps the balance.} Ne5 49. Rc3 Rxa8 50. Qg3) 48... Ne5 $17 49. Rc3 Bc6 50. Rdc1 Ba8 (50... Bxa4 $17 51. Nxa4 Nh5) 51. Na6 Rbd8 52. Nc7 (52. Nb6 $1 $11 Rf8 53. Rc7) 52... Rf8 $15 53. Nb6 (53. Nxa8 $15 Rxa8 54. Nb6) 53... Bb7 $17 54. Nb5 $2 {[#]} (54. Na4 $17 {was necessary.}) 54... Qb4 $1 $19 {[%cal Rf6e4] Strongly threatening ...Nxe4!} 55. Be2 Ba6 56. Nc7 $2 (56. Qf1 Rd2 57. Rc5) 56... Bxe2 ({Weaker is} 56... Qxb6 57. Bxa6 Rd7 58. Bf1 $15) 57. Qxe2 Qxb6 58. Nb5 Rb8 59. Rb3 Qd8 60. Rg1 Ng6 61. f4 Nxf4 62. Qf2 Ng6 63. Qf3 e5 64. Qf5 Qd7 65. Qf1 Qe6 66. Rb2 Nf4 67. Rf2 Qa6 68. Rb2 Rb6 69. Qe1 Rxb5 70. Qg3 Ng6 {Accuracy: White = 20%, Black = 57%.} (70... N6h5 $142 71. Qd3 Nxd3 72. Rc2 Qf6 73. h3 Qf3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 74. Kh2 Nf2 75. Rxf2 Qxf2+ 76. Rg2 Qe1 77. Rg5 Rb2+ 78. Rg2 Qg3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 79. Kh1 Qxg2#) 0-1

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Dvirnyy, Danyyil"]
[Black "Putka, Verners"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2307"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 26,90,52,51,50,41,52,34,47,2,40,-22,-17,-200,-192,-210,-148,-156,-133,-153,-145,-144,-103,-119,-77,-255,-254,-306,-262,-599,-483,-443,-350,-343,-347,-757,-745,-1025,-1036,-29988,-29989,-29992,-2623,-29995,-12789,-6740,-6407,-5883,-2416,-4898,-2582,-29995,-29996,-29996,-2352,-29967,-5722,-29966,-1333,-29963,-1350,-29975,-29973,-29973,-29974,-6747,-6640]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8. e4 d6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc8 11. b3 a6 12. Bb2 Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7c5,Bc5d3][%mdl 32]} 13. Qe2 {A30: Symmetrical English: Double Fianchetto and Hedgehog} Re8 14. Rac1 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Bf8 15. h3 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 15. f4 e5 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. Nf5 Nc5 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. cxd5 a5 20. Qg4 g6 {½-½ (77) Muthaiah,A (2316)-Yeoh,L (2480) Mumbai 2018}) 15... Nc5 16. Qd2 Qc7 17. f4 Rad8 18. Qe3 (18. b4 $14) 18... e5 $11 19. fxe5 $2 (19. Nde2 $11) 19... dxe5 $19 20. Nf5 {With the idea Nd5.} Nd3 21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. cxd5 Nxc1 23. Rxc1 Qd7 24. Qxb6 {[#]} Bxd5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 25. Rc7 $2 (25. Nxg7 $17 Bxg7 26. exd5) (25. exd5 Qxf5) 25... Qe6 26. Qe3 Ba8 {White must now prevent ...g6.} 27. Bf1 $2 (27. Kh2 {is more resistant.}) 27... Rd1 28. Kf2 {intending Bc4.} Rxf1+ 29. Kxf1 g6 30. Qg5 $2 (30. Qf3) 30... Bxe4 31. Ne3 Qxh3+ 32. Ke2 Qh2+ 33. Ke1 Qxb2 (33... Bf3 $142 34. Kf1 Qe2+ 35. Kg1 {[#]} Rd8 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 36. Bd4 Rxd4 37. Rd7 Rxd7 38. Qd8 Rxd8 39. g4 Rd1+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Deflection} 40. Nxd1 Qg2#) 34. Qf6 Qb1+ (34... Bb4+ $142 35. Kf1 Qb1+ 36. Rc1 Qxc1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 37. Nd1 Qxd1+ 38. Kf2 Qe1#) 35. Kf2 Qxa2+ 36. Kg1 Qb1+ 37. Kf2 Qb2+ 38. Ke1 Bb4+ 39. Kf1 Be7 (39... Qb1+ $142 40. Rc1 Qxc1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 41. Nd1 Qxd1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 42. Kf2 Qe1#) 40. Rxe7 Rxe7 41. Qxe7 Qd4 (41... Bd3+ $142 42. Kg1 Qc1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 43. Kh2 Qxe3 44. Qb7 a5 45. Qh1 Be4 46. Qf1 f5 47. b4 f4 48. Qc4+ Kg7 49. Qxe4 Qxe4 50. Kg1 fxg3 51. Kf1 axb4 52. Kg1 Qe2 53. Kh1 Qh2#) 42. Qg5 {[#]} f6 $1 43. Qxf6 Qd3+ 44. Kf2 Qd2+ 45. Kf1 Bd3+ {Accuracy: White = 14%, Black = 48%.} 0-1

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Dragnev, Valentin"]
[Black "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 19,59,-4,-4,-27,0,13,27,27,35,20,77,70,59,17,64,54,70,79,137,140,692,684,645,683,885,885,868,866,858,856,1213,1215,1214,1200,1215,1213,1203,1188,1171,1163,1217,1220]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 d5 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 Bb7 8. Bb2 Nbd7 9. Nbd2 Ne4 10. cxd5 {E14: Queen's Indian: Classical Variation (4 e3)} exd5 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 11. Rc1 (11. Ne5 Qe7 12. f4 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Nf6 14. Qe2 Ne4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. f5 Qg5 17. Rf4 f6 {1-0 (26) Malakhov,V (2691)-Predojevic,B (2614) Mali Losinj 2017}) 11... f5 12. Ne5 {The position is equal.} Bxe5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Qe7 13. f4 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Bc5 15. Bd4 Ba3 16. Rc2 c5 17. Ba1 Rad8 18. Nb1 {0-1 (40) Romanov,V (1987)-Alifanov,O (2207) ICCF email 2016}) 13. dxe5 Ndc5 14. Bb1 {[%cal Bd3b1,Bb1a2,Ba2e6][%mdl 32]} f4 {[#]} (14... Qe7 $11 {remains equal.}) 15. exf4 $1 $16 Rxf4 16. b4 (16. g3 $5 {[%cal Rg3f4]} Rf7 17. f4 $14) 16... Ne6 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. a3 Qe8 ({Better is} 18... Bd5) 19. Ba2 {Hoping for Qb3.} Rc8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (19... Qe7 $16 20. Qb3 Re8) 20. Qb3 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Kf7 21. Rfd1 Rg4 22. Qxe6+ Qxe6 23. Rd7+ $1 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} ({Not} 23. Bxe6+ Kxe6 24. Rc2 c5 $11) 23... Ke8 24. Bxe6 Rg5 25. Rdxc7 Rxc7 26. Rxc7 e3 27. Rxb7 e2 28. Bc3 Rxe5 29. Bf7+ Kf8 30. Be1 {Accuracy: White = 74%, Black =  5%.} 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Beerdsen, Thomas"]
[Black "Loginov, Valery A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2477"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 18,87,22,14,48,38,44,12,10,11,28,27,131,42,143,7,35,10,8,13,41,-6,-14,-16,-12,-20,-22,-26,-39,-59,-36,-144,-48,-149,-55,-58,-40,-56,29,-53,-34,-29,-32,-29,-21,-60,-64,-83,-87,-220,-228,-221,-217,-318,-220,-199,-166,-187,-177,-191,-143,-137,-43,-39,-33,-35,-43,-38,29999,6103,6103,6007]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 e6 6. Na3 Nf6 7. Be2 cxd4 8. Nb5 Qd8 9. Nbxd4 Bd7 {B22: Sicilian: 2 c3} (9... Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Nxd4 Bd7 12. O-O O-O-O 13. Bf4 Bc5 14. Be5 Bb6 15. Rfe1 Ne8 16. Bc4 f6 17. Bg3 e5 18. Ne6 Nd6 19. Nxd8 Nxc4 {½-½ (84) Salgado Lopez,I (2606)-Navara,D (2710) Caleta 2013}) 10. O-O {LiveBook: 3 Games} Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Be7 {White is slightly better.} 12. Bf3 Qc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... e5 13. Nb3 e4 14. Be2 O-O 15. Be3 Qc7 16. Bd4 Rad8 17. h3 {0-1 (33) Dorner,G (2125)-Izsak,G (2400) Budapest 1997}) 13. Qb3 Rb8 14. Nb5 Qb6 (14... Qe5 $11 15. Nd4 O-O) 15. a4 ({White should play} 15. Bf4 $16 {Black must now prevent Nc7+.} Rc8 16. Bxb7) 15... Bc6 (15... O-O $14) 16. Be3 (16. Bf4 $16 O-O 17. Bxb8 Rxb8 18. Nd4 Qxb3 19. Nxb3) 16... Bc5 $11 17. Nd6+ (17. a5 $5 {[%cal Ra5b6]} Qxb5 18. Qxb5 Bxb5 19. Bxc5 $11) 17... Ke7 18. Qxb6 axb6 19. Nc4 (19. Bxc6 {with more complications.} Kxd6 20. Bf3 Bxe3 21. Rfd1+ Kc7 22. fxe3 e5 23. Bd5) 19... Bxf3 20. gxf3 Nd5 21. Rfd1 Rhd8 22. Bxc5+ bxc5 23. Na5 Rdc8 24. Rd2 (24. Nc4 $15) 24... Rc7 (24... c4 $17 25. Rd4 Nb6) 25. Re1 {[#]} (25. Nc4 $15) 25... Kf6 (25... Nb6 $1 $17 26. Re4 Ra8) 26. Nc4 $15 g5 27. Nd6 h6 ({Black should try} 27... b6 $15) 28. a5 (28. Rxd5 $1 $11 exd5 29. Re8) 28... Rc6 29. Nc4 {Threatening Ne5.} b5 30. Ne5 Rc7 31. h4 c4 32. hxg5+ hxg5 33. Kg2 (33. Ng4+ $17 Kg6 34. Ra1) 33... Ra8 $19 34. Ng4+ Kg6 35. Ra1 (35. Ne5+ {was called for.} Kg7 36. Kg3) 35... Nf4+ 36. Kg1 Nd3 37. Rxd3 cxd3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} 38. Ne5+ Kf5 39. Nxd3 Rca7 (39... Rd7 $17 40. Nc5 Rd2) 40. b4 $15 Rc7 41. Nc5 Kf4 42. Kg2 f5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (42... Ke5 $15) 43. Nxe6+ (43. Nd3# $142) 43... Ke5 $18 44. Nxc7 {Accuracy: White = 24%, Black = 30%.} 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Belyakov, Bogdan"]
[Black "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2459"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 19,107,17,28,30,30,33,36,0,0,6,29,-25,-13,-10,-14,-42,-41,-74,-75,-82,-73,-70,-48,-119,-115,-108,-109,-110,-128,-110,-117,-105,-40,-25,-24,-24,0,-4,0,0,0,0,36,0,0,-10,-4,-22,0,0,499,483,472,472,449,456,445,447,439,429,490,492,456,455,390,268,4710,4690,1242,855,6142,5775,29992,29992,29997,29980,29980,29981,29981,5691,5618,5616,2549,2777,1527,1375,5461,5210,4914,4631]} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. O-O Nge7 8. Be3 c4 9. b3 cxb3 10. axb3 O-O {LiveBook: 10 Games. B22: Sicilian: 2 c3} 11. Nbd2 (11. Re1 a6 12. Nbd2 Bf5 13. Bf1 Rc8 14. Nh4 Be6 15. Bd3 Ng6 16. Nxg6 fxg6 17. Nf1 Qf6 18. f3 {½-½ (52) Nakamura,H (2783)-Topalov,V (2752) London 2012}) 11... Nf5 12. Re1 Nxe3 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 12... h6 13. Nf1 Nxe3 14. Nxe3 Bc7 15. Qc2 Be6 16. Nf5 Qf6 {1-0 (70) Korniyuk,M (2043)-Dolzhikova,K (2291) Evpatoria 2009}) 13. Rxe3 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15. Qf1 (15. Qc2 $142) 15... Bf4 $11 16. Ree1 $1 Rc8 17. Bxc6 (17. g3 {is more complex.} Bh6 18. Ra2 Nb8 19. Rc2 Qf6 20. Kg2) 17... Rxc6 18. c4 dxc4 19. bxc4 Bxd2 $1 20. Nxd2 Qxd4 21. Ne4 (21. Nb3 $15 Qf4 22. Re3) 21... Bg6 $17 ({Much weaker is} 21... Qxc4 $6 22. Qxc4 Rxc4 23. Rxa7 $11) 22. Rad1 Qxc4 23. Qxc4 Rxc4 24. Nd6 Rb4 25. Re7 a5 (25... Rd8 $17 {Strongly threatening ...h6.} 26. Ra1 Kf8) 26. Nxb7 $15 a4 {[#] Hoping for ...a3.} 27. Nc5 Rb5 28. Nxa4 h5 29. Nc3 Rc5 30. Ne2 h4 31. Nf4 Bf5 32. Ra7 g6 33. Re1 Rc4 34. Nd5 Be6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (34... Kg7 $11) 35. Nf6+ $18 Kg7 36. Rxe6 $1 Rc1+ 37. Kh2 Rb8 38. Nd5 Rbb1 {[%csl Gb1][%cal Rc1h1] [#]} 39. g4 Rh1+ 40. Kg2 Rbg1+ 41. Kf3 {Rf6 is the strong threat.} Rxh3+ 42. Ke2 Rhh1 $2 (42... Ra3 43. Rxg6+ (43. Rxa3 fxe6 44. Ra7+ Kh6 $18) 43... Kxg6 44. Rxa3 Rxg4) 43. Rf6 Kh6 44. Rfxf7 {f4 would kill now.} Re1+ 45. Kf3 {White wants to mate with Nf4.} Re5 46. Nf4 Rb1 47. Rh7+ Kg5 48. Nh3+ Kf6 49. Ra6+ (49. Raf7+ $142 Ke6 50. Nf4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kd6 51. Rf6+ Kc5 52. Rc7+ Kb4 53. Rb6+ Ka5 54. Rxb1) 49... Re6 {White is clearly winning.} 50. g5+ Ke5 51. Rxe6+ Kxe6 52. Rxh4 Kf5 53. Rf4+ Ke5 54. Rf6 {Accuracy: White = 48%, Black = 41%.} 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Stojanovski, Dejan"]
[Black "Gouloutis, Nikolaos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 19,123,20,36,16,29,19,35,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,0,0,0,7,-6,0,-19,-6,-15,-19,-36,-23,-41,-34,-31,-29,-28,-19,-42,0,3,489,470,578,556,564,557,508,121,115,125,234,153,143,159,245,232,221,212,354,332,372,281,259,0,368,0,392,391,378,359,373,260,525,519,722,458,294,8,8,0,0,0,585,584,705,705,656,409,635,630,622,602,584,523,814,803,786,779,712,698,683,675,664,645,627,610,4982,4982,1654,1515]} 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 b6 5. c3 Bb7 6. Nbd2 cxd4 {A47: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 b6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} 7. exd4 d6 8. Bd3 Be7 9. Qe2 (9. O-O Nbd7 10. h3 h6 11. Nc4 Qc7 12. a4 a6 13. Bh2 O-O 14. Re1 Rfe8 15. Ne3 Bf8 16. Be2 {0-1 (41) Grachev,B (2626)-Sjugirov,S (2654) Sochi 2018}) 9... Nbd7 10. h3 a6 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 11. a4 O-O 12. O-O Re8 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Bxe4 15. Qxe4 Qc7 16. Rfe1 Bf8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Nf6 17. Qe2 Qb7 18. Ng5 Nd5 19. Qd3 Bxg5 20. Bxg5 {½-½ (64) Losekoot,P (2047)-Mladenov,S (2422) Cologne 2010}) 17. Bg3 Nf6 18. Qd3 Rec8 19. Nd2 Qb7 20. Bh4 Nd5 21. Qf3 {Strongly threatening c4.} b5 22. axb5 axb5 23. Ne4 h6 24. Bg3 Rxa1 25. Rxa1 Ra8 26. Re1 Ra2 27. Bxd6 Rxb2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (27... Bxd6 $11 28. Nxd6 Qd7) 28. Bxf8 $1 $18 Kxf8 29. Nc5 $1 {[%csl LRb7,LRe6]} Qa8 30. Nxe6+ Kg8 31. Nc5 $2 (31. Nf4 $18 {and the rest is easy.} Nc7 32. Qxa8+ {[%mdl 64] Overworked Piece} Nxa8 33. Re8+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh7 34. Rxa8) 31... Ra2 $16 32. Re5 Nb6 (32... Nf6 $16 {was necessary.}) 33. Qxa8+ Rxa8 $18 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#] KRN-KRN} 34. Ne4 $1 Ra5 (34... b4 $16 35. cxb4 Rd8) 35. Nd6 Ra1+ 36. Kh2 Na4 (36... Nc4 $142) 37. Nxb5 Rc1 38. Re3 Nb6 39. Re5 (39. Re8+ $142 Kh7 40. Re7) 39... Na4 $1 40. Re3 $2 (40. Re8+ $18 Kh7 41. d5) 40... g5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (40... Nb6 $11 41. Re8+ Kh7) 41. d5 Rd1 42. c4 Nc5 43. d6 {Re8+ is the strong threat.} Kg7 $2 (43... Kf8 44. Nc7 Nb7 45. Re8+ Kg7) 44. Re5 Ne6 45. c5 Kf6 {[#]} 46. Re3 $2 (46. Rxe6+ $1 $18 Kxe6 47. c6) 46... Nxc5 $11 47. Rc3 Ne4 48. Rf3+ Ke6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (48... Kg7 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 49. Re3 $18 f5 50. f3 Rb1 51. Nc3 {[%mdl 64] Pin} ({Weaker is} 51. fxe4 Rxb5 52. exf5+ Kxd6 $18) 51... Rb3 (51... Rb6 $142 52. fxe4 Rxd6 53. exf5+ Kxf5) 52. fxe4 {White is clearly winning.} fxe4 53. Rxe4+ Kxd6 {KRN-KR} 54. Re3 {Black must now prevent Ne4+.} Kd7 55. Nd5 Rb5 56. Nf6+ Kd6 57. Ne4+ Kd7 58. Ng3 Rb6 59. Re4 Rc6 60. Nf5 Ra6 61. Re7+ Kd8 62. Rh7 {Accuracy: White = 36%, Black = 42%.} 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Tejedor Fuente, Enrique"]
[Black "Ivanisevic, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 9,161,27,51,1,18,0,0,0,0,0,13,0,0,0,10,16,64,0,-4,-44,-52,-45,-16,-20,-8,-43,-16,-12,-5,-21,-8,-31,-27,-34,-24,-45,97,90,97,88,113,71,135,85,59,-3,-20,-91,124,164,150,166,168,174,168,154,193,191,183,146,139,142,137,137,167,147,275,166,162,148,137,152,152,153,142,120,267,272,297,299,386,303,294,262,300,195,199,0,232,230,234,173,240,218,229,209,207,199,214,0,200,0,215,208,211,216,329,268,338,346,368,362,796,227,369,275,279,0,369,0,270,273,301,274,443,294,361,352,663,240,2656,1805,8849,5075,29975,29976,29976,29977,29977,29978,29978,29979,29979,29980,29981,29982,29982,29983,29983,29984,29985,29985,29985,29985]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. Bc4 Be7 5. O-O c6 (5... O-O 6. Re1 Nc6 7. a3 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. d3 Qd7 10. Be3 Nd4 11. Bxd4 exd4 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 {1-0 (97) Nepomniachtchi,I (2723)-Cheparinov,I (2678) Poikovsky 2013}) 6. a3 {C41: Philidor Defence} O-O 7. h3 d5 8. Ba2 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 8. exd5 cxd5 9. Bb3 e4 10. Nd4 Bc5 11. Nce2 Nh5 12. d3 f5 13. dxe4 fxe4 {1-0 (36) Wilfert,E (1448)-Hoheneder,B Wildflecken 1988}) 8... dxe4 9. Nxe5 Qd4 10. Nc4 Be6 11. Ne2 Qd7 12. Nf4 Bf5 13. Ne3 ({White should try} 13. d4 $14) 13... Bd6 $11 14. Nxf5 Qxf5 15. Ne2 Nbd7 16. d4 exd3 17. cxd3 Rfe8 18. Nd4 Qg6 19. Nf3 Ne5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 ({Don't play} 20... Rxe5 $6 21. Bf4 $16) 21. d4 Bc7 22. Be3 Rxe3 (22... Qf5 $15 {keeps the upper hand.}) 23. fxe3 $16 Qg3 24. Qf3 {And now Qxg3 would win.} Qh2+ 25. Kf2 Re8 (25... c5 $142) 26. Rh1 Qd6 27. Bb1 (27. Rad1 $14) 27... g6 $11 28. Rd1 (28. Rf1 $11 {remains equal.}) 28... Nd5 $2 (28... Re6 $1 $17 {aiming for ...Nd5.} 29. Ba2 Nd5 30. Bxd5 Rf6) 29. e4 $16 {[%cal Be3e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} Ne7 30. Ba2 Rf8 31. e5 Qd7 32. Kg1 Bb6 33. Kh1 Nf5 34. d5 {Hoping for g4.} Qe7 35. Re1 (35. dxc6 Qxe5 36. g4 Bc7 $14) 35... cxd5 36. Bxd5 Kg7 37. Rad1 Rc8 (37... h5 $16 38. Bxb7 h4) 38. Be4 Nd4 39. Qf6+ Qxf6 40. exf6+ Kxf6 41. Bxb7 Rc2 42. Rf1+ Kg5 (42... Kg7 $16 43. b4 Nf5) 43. Rxf7 $18 Ne2 44. Bf3 Ng3+ 45. Kh2 Nf5 46. Rxh7 Rxb2 47. Re1 Bf2 48. Rd1 $2 ({Better is} 48. Ra1 $18) 48... Bg3+ $2 (48... Bb6 $1 $11 {and Black is okay.} 49. Rd5 Kf6) 49. Kh1 $1 Bf4 50. Re1 Ng3+ (50... Ra2 $142 51. h4+ (51. Rxa7 Ng3+ 52. Kg1 Ne2+ 53. Rxe2 Rxe2 $16) 51... Nxh4 52. Rxa7 Nxf3 53. gxf3 Rf2) 51. Kg1 Nf5 52. Rd7 Be3+ 53. Kh2 Bf4+ 54. Kg1 Be3+ 55. Kh2 Bf4+ {[#]} 56. Kh1 $1 Bg3 57. Red1 a5 (57... Bf4 $142 58. R7d3 Ng3+ 59. Kg1 Nf5) 58. a4 Bf2 59. R7d5 {Threatens to win with g4.} Kf4 60. Bg4 Ne3 $2 (60... Ng3+ 61. Kh2 Ne4) 61. R5d4+ $2 (61. R1d4+ Kg3 {[#]} 62. Bd1 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 61... Kg3 (61... Ke5 $142 62. R1d2 Rb1+ 63. Bd1 Be1) 62. R4d3 Kf4 63. Rd4+ Kg3 $1 64. R4d3 Kf4 65. Rc1 Ke4 66. Rd7 Nxg4 $2 (66... Kf4 67. Rdc7 Bh4) 67. hxg4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} Rb8 {( -> ...Rh8+)} 68. g3 Kf3 $2 (68... Rb3 69. Kg2 Bxg3 70. Rc4+ Ke5) 69. Rc3+ $2 (69. Rf7+ Ke3 70. Kg2) 69... Ke2 $2 (69... Kxg4 70. Kg2 Be1 71. Rc4+ Kg5 72. Rd5+ Kh6) 70. Kg2 Rb2 71. Rdc7 Bb6 72. Rc2+ {White mates.} Rxc2 73. Rxc2+ {KR-KB} Kd3 74. Rc6 Bd4 75. Rxg6 Kc4 76. g5 Kb4 77. Rd6 Bc3 78. g6 Kxa4 79. Rd7 Kb3 80. g7 Bxg7 81. Rb7+ {Accuracy: White = 49%, Black = 35%.} 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Arsovic, Zoran"]
[Black "Saric, Ante"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2422"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 19,119,21,29,9,9,10,11,6,4,0,0,-11,0,0,15,0,-5,0,8,0,18,27,37,34,93,83,225,33,42,46,47,46,133,135,129,124,131,121,187,187,176,170,202,184,183,150,159,135,182,114,130,107,141,110,104,101,189,79,82,68,112,-304,462,443,452,445,487,453,597,589,611,559,559,559,559,559,687,670,922,942,922,933,907,856,894,869,970,992,1031,1031,962,1024,999,979,931,924,885,857,996,1000,947,946]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} c5 7. Ne5 Qc8 8. Qd3 Nc6 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 (9... 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}) 10. Qxd7+ Kxd7 {LiveBook: 14 Games} 11. O-O Rc8 12. Nc3 Be7 13. d3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. b3 Rhd8 {½-½ (55) Kanep,M (2492)-Neiksans,A (2628) Finland 2017}) 13... Rhd8 14. Be3 Ke8 15. Rfc1 b6 16. Nb5 Rd7 17. h3 Nd5 18. Bd2 Bf6 19. Rab1 a6 20. Nc3 Nd4 {White must now prevent ...Nxc3.} 21. Kf1 Rcc7 (21... Nb4 $14) 22. Na4 $16 Rd6 (22... Rb7 $16 {was necessary.}) 23. e3 $2 (23. Bxd5 $18 Rxd5 24. Nxb6) 23... Nb5 $1 $14 24. Ke2 Bd8 25. Nc3 Ra7 (25... Ndxc3+ $14 26. bxc3 (26. Bxc3 Nxc3+ 27. bxc3 Kf8 $14) 26... Rcd7) 26. Nxd5 $16 exd5 27. b4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} c4 {[%mdl 64] Decoy} 28. dxc4 dxc4 (28... Na3 $16 {was called for.}) 29. Rxc4 Na3 30. Re4+ Kd7 31. Rc1 b5 32. Rf4 Bf6 33. Be4 Nc4 34. Be1 (34. Bc3 $18) 34... Ke7 35. Bd3 (35. Bxh7 $6 g6 $14) 35... Nb2 36. Bb1 Rad7 37. Bf5 {aiming for Re4+.} Ra7 (37... Nd3 $16 38. Bxd3 Rxd3) 38. h4 (38. Re4+ $18 {is more deadly.} Kf8 39. Rc8+ (39. Bxh7 g6 $11) 39... Rd8 40. Rxd8+ Bxd8 41. Rd4 (41. Bxh7 g6 $16)) 38... g6 39. Bb1 Rad7 40. Bc2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (40. Rc8 $16 {keeps the pressure on.}) 40... Kf8 $4 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (40... Rc7 $19 {And now ...Rdc6 would win.} 41. Bd2 Rdc6 42. Bxg6 (42. Re4+ $2 Kf8 $19) 42... fxg6) 41. Rxf6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 576] Remove Defender, Decoy. White is clearly winning.} Rxf6 42. Bc3 $1 {[%csl LRb2,LRf6][%mdl 64] Double Attack} Rfd6 43. Bxb2 Rd2+ 44. Ke1 f5 45. Bd4 R7xd4 46. exd4 Rxd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KR} 47. a3 Rc4 48. Kd2 f4 49. Bd3 Rd4 50. Rc8+ Kg7 51. Rc7+ Kh8 52. Ke2 fxg3 53. fxg3 Rg4 54. Kf3 Rd4 55. Be4 Rd1 56. Ra7 Rf1+ 57. Kg2 Rf6 58. Bb7 Rf7 59. Ra8+ Kg7 60. Bxa6 {Accuracy: White = 54%, Black = 34%.} 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Zavgorodniy, Sergiy"]
[Black "Jirovsky, Milos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 18,61,-12,-3,-2,-12,-7,-40,-29,-49,-38,-45,-46,-29,-38,-51,-55,-66,-19,-24,0,0,0,0,7,-11,8,0,0,-29,-22,-43,-42,-42,-17,-18,-19,-29,-12,-14,-12,-13,-11,-18,-9,-6]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. g3 e5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 c6 7. d3 h6 8. Rb1 Be6 9. b4 Nbd7 10. b5 {LiveBook: 5 Games. A22: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3 Nf6} d5 11. bxc6 bxc6 12. Nd2 Qa5 13. Bb2 Rab8 {Threatens to win with ...Rxb2!} 14. Qa4 $146 Qxa4 15. Nxa4 Rb4 16. Nc3 Rfb8 17. Ba1 Rxb1 (17... d4 {with more complications.} 18. Nce4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 R4b6 20. f4 f5) 18. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 19. Ncxb1 Kf8 20. Kf1 Bd6 21. Nc3 a6 22. Na4 Ke7 23. h4 Bb4 24. Bc3 Bxc3 25. Nxc3 Kd6 26. cxd5 cxd5 27. Ke1 Kc5 28. a3 $1 {The position is equal.} d4 29. Nce4+ Nxe4 30. Nxe4+ Kb5 {Threatening ...Ka4.} 31. Nd6+ {Accuracy: White = 46%, Black = 56%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Pershin, Denis"]
[Black "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C58"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 21,88,104,110,58,98,71,83,67,139,122,108,52,56,43,55,39,65,70,87,85,77,71,71,35,35,39,24,29,50,42,74,77,195,88,72,81,77,88,86,83,86,75,86,43,48,0,76,77,66,10,48,42,39,0,0,0,0,0,0,-18,-15,-41,0,-3,29997,29998,29998,29999,29999]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 h6 9. Ne4 {C58: Two Knights: 4 Ng5 d5 5 exd5 Na5 sidelines} Nd5 10. O-O Be7 11. Re1 (11. Ng3 O-O 12. Bf5 c5 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. dxc3 Qxd1 15. Rxd1 Bb7 16. Rd7 Rfe8 {1-0 (32) Wang,H (2690)-Fang,Y (2498) China 2017}) 11... O-O {LiveBook: 9 Games} 12. Bf1 (12. Ng3 $16) 12... c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... f5 13. Nec3 Bf6 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. d4 e4 16. Bf4 Nc6 {1-0 (44) Pershin,D (2345)-Savinov,L (2071) St Petersburg 2016}) 13. d3 Nc6 {[%cal Ba5c6,Bc6d4,Bd4e2][%mdl 32]} 14. Nbc3 Nf4 ({Black should try} 14... f5 $14) 15. Bxf4 $16 exf4 16. Nd2 (16. Na4 $16) 16... Rb8 $14 17. Nc4 Be6 18. Rb1 Nd4 19. Ne4 f3 {[#]} 20. g3 $1 Bg4 21. Ne5 Bh5 22. c3 (22. g4 $5 {[%cal Rg4h5]} f5 23. Ng3 (23. gxh5 fxe4 24. Rxe4 Bd6 $11) 23... Bxg4 24. c3 Ne2+ 25. Bxe2 (25. Nxe2 fxe2 26. Bxe2 Bd6 $14) 25... fxe2 26. Qa4 $16 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 22... Ne2+ $1 23. Bxe2 fxe2 24. Qa4 {And now g4 would win.} Rb6 25. g4 Bd6 26. Nxd6 Rxd6 (26... Qxd6 $16 {was necessary.} 27. Rxe2 f6) 27. gxh5 (27. Rxe2 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.} Bg6 28. Rd1 (28. Qxa7 c4 $16 {[%mdl 64] Decoy})) 27... Qg5+ $16 {[#]} 28. Qg4 $1 {[%cal Rg4g5]} Qxe5 29. Rxe2 Qd5 30. Rbe1 Qxd3 31. Re8 Rd8 32. Rxf8+ Kxf8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 33. Qe4 Qd6 (33... Qxe4 $11 34. Rxe4 Rd1+ 35. Kg2 Rd2) 34. Qh7 {[%cal Rh7h8]} f6 35. Qg6 ({White should play} 35. Qe4 $14) 35... Qd5 36. a3 Qd2 37. Re3 Qxb2 38. Qe4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White threatens Qe7+ and mate. White is more active.} Kg8 39. Qc4+ Kh8 40. Qxc5 Qb7 {( -> ...Rd1+)} 41. Re1 Qf3 {[%mdl 1024] aiming for ...Rd5. Black has compensation.} (41... Rd5 $5 {[%cal Rd5c5]} 42. Qf8+ Kh7 $15) 42. Qe7 Rd5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (42... Qg4+ $11 43. Kf1 Rd5 44. Qe8+ Kh7 45. Qe4+ Qxe4 46. Rxe4 Rxh5) 43. Qe8+ {White mates.} Kh7 44. Qg6+ Kg8 45. Re8# {Accuracy: White = 41%, Black = 44%.} 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Saraci, Nderim"]
[Black "Papasimakopoulos, Alexandros"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2191"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. e5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nfd7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 6. c3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 8. cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 9. Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 10. Qh5+ {[%emt 0:02:32]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:03:16]} 11. Ng6+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} hxg6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 12. exf6+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nxf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 13. Qxh8 Kf7 14. O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 15. Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nxb3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 16. axb3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 17. Bxf5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} gxf5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 18. Qh3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 19. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 20. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 21. Rac1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 22. Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 23. h3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 24. Qb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 25. Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 26. Qc4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 27. Bxf6+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kxf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 28. Qc1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qxb3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 29. Rf1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} d3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 30. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 31. Rc3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 32. Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 33. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} e4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 34. Qc3+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 35. Qa3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 36. Qc3+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 37. Qa3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 38. Qxa5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} d2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 39. Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 40. Qc3+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 41. Qc5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qxc5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 42. Rxc5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 43. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bh6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 44. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 45. Rc3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 46. g3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 47. Rb3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 48. h4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bh6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 49. Rc3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 50. Rc4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 51. Rc6+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 52. Rc5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rb7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 53. Ra1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} b4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 54. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 55. Rc6+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 56. g4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} fxg4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 57. Rc4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} e3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 58. fxe3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Re7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 59. Kxd2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rxe3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 60. Rf1+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 61. Kd1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rh3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 62. Rxg4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kd5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 63. Kc2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} b3+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} 64. Kd1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rh2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 65. Rxg6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Be3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 66. Rg4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rxb2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 67. Rf5+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 68. Rb5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rd2+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} 69. Ke1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rd3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 70. Ke2 Rc3 71. Re4+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 72. Rxe3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rc2+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 73. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} b2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 74. Reb3 {[%emt 0:00:01] Kd5 [%clk 0:00:00] Ke4+ [%clk 0:00:00]} 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Petkidis, Anthony"]
[Black "Kalezic, Blazo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 19,121,41,65,27,44,0,0,0,0,0,18,23,27,0,7,0,40,37,38,20,198,190,200,193,208,177,181,149,195,207,193,193,185,165,664,316,423,224,270,255,614,651,843,810,823,823,792,812,839,592,578,568,570,552,494,396,396,378,717,485,741,731,1151,405,1379,1179,2081,1238,1254,1262,1262,1235,1253,1248,1160,1161,1861,1682,29982,29983,29981,29982,29979,6541,29985,29986,29988,29988,29988,29989,29991,29992,29992,29985,29986,29987,29988,20,20,20,20,20,20,20]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. c3 c5 7. Ne2 Nc6 8. f4 {C06: French Tarrasch: 3...Nf6 4 e5 Nfd7 5 Bd3 main lines} b5 9. O-O g6 10. Nf3 Qb6 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 11. g4 h5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... cxd4 12. cxd4 b4 13. Kg2 h5 14. h3 a5 15. Be3 Be7 {1-0 (37) Campora,D (2530)-Miana,E (2220) Buenos Aires 1986}) 12. h3 hxg4 13. hxg4 Bb7 14. Be3 c4 15. Bc2 Be7 16. Kg2 O-O-O 17. Ng3 a5 18. Rh1 b4 19. Qd2 f5 $2 {[#]} (19... Qa6 $11) 20. exf6 $1 $18 ({Worse is} 20. gxf5 gxf5 21. Kf2 Rdg8 $11) 20... Nxf6 21. g5 Ng4 22. Bxg6 Rhf8 23. Bh5 bxc3 24. bxc3 Nxe3+ 25. Qxe3 {Black must now prevent Rab1.} Qb2+ 26. Ne2 {Threatens to win with Bg6.} e5 $2 (26... Rxf4 27. Rab1 (27. Qxe6+ Kc7 $11) 27... Qxa2 28. Qxe6+ Kc7) 27. fxe5 (27. Nxe5 $142 Bd6 28. Rhb1) 27... Rg8 28. Bg4+ (28. Bf7 $142) 28... Kc7 29. Kg3 Rg7 $2 (29... Bc8 30. Bxc8 Kxc8) 30. Nf4 Rdg8 {and the idea ...Nd8 leaves Black hopeful.} 31. Ne6+ Kb8 32. Nxg7 Rxg7 33. Bf5 Ka7 34. Rhb1 Qa3 35. Rb5 Bb4 36. Rb1 Ne7 37. Kg4 Nxf5 38. Kxf5 {[%cal Bg4f5,Bf5f4,Bf4g3][%mdl 32]} Bc8+ $2 (38... Qxa2 39. R1xb4 axb4) 39. Kf4 Be7 (39... Be6 $142 40. Qc1 Qa4 41. R5xb4 axb4 42. Rxb4 Qa6) 40. Kg3 Qxa2 41. Qd2 (41. Qf4 $142 {e6 would kill now.} Qa3 42. Qc1 {[%mdl 64] Overworked Piece} Qxc1 43. Rxa5+ Ba6 44. Rxc1) 41... Qa4 (41... Qxd2 $142 42. Nxd2 Bxg5) 42. Qd1 Qa3 43. Qc1 {[%mdl 64] Overworked Piece} Qxc1 44. Rxa5+ Ba6 45. Rxc1 Kb6 46. Rxd5 Bc8 47. Rb1+ Kc6 48. Rdb5 Bf5 49. d5+ {[%cal Bd4d5,Bd5d6][%mdl 32]} Kd7 50. Rb7+ Ke8 51. Rb8+ (51. Ra1 $142 Be4 52. Ra8+ Kf7 53. Raa7 Kg8 54. Rxe7 Rxe7 55. Rxe7 Bxd5 56. Rd7) 51... Kf7 52. R1b7 Kg6 53. d6 Bf8 54. Nh4+ Kxg5 55. Rxg7+ Bxg7 56. Nxf5 Bxe5+ 57. Kf3 Kxf5 58. Rf8+ $2 (58. Rb5 {mates} Kf6 {[#]} 59. Rxe5 $1 {[%mdl 576] Promotion} Kxe5 60. d7 Kf6 61. d8=Q+ Kf7 62. Qd7+ Kg6 63. Kf4) 58... Ke6 $11 {The position is equal.} 59. Rc8 Bxc3 60. Rxc4 Be5 61. Rc6 {[%mdl 32768] Accuracy: White = 46%, Black = 40%. . Loss on time!?} 0-1

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ozen, Bahadir"]
[Black "Erdos, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2349"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 22,52,0,0,0,2,29,26,17,20,26,0,0,-28,0,-32,-40,-126,-126,-126,-131,-127,-99,-250,-176,-586,-573,-608,-607,-592,-592,-566,-565]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. dxc5 Ne4 {D93: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 5 Bf4 0-0 6 e3} (7... Qa5 8. Rc1 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qxc5 10. Bb3 Nc6 11. O-O Qa5 12. h3 Bf5 13. Qe2 Ne4 14. Nd5 e5 15. Bg5 Nxg5 16. Nxg5 Qd8 17. h4 h6 18. g4 Bd7 19. Ne4 f5 20. gxf5 Bxf5 21. Ne7+ Kh7 22. Nxf5 gxf5 {1-0 (52) Riazantsev,A (2671)-Kulaots,K (2556) Tallinn 2016}) 8. Rc1 Nd7 9. cxd5 Qa5 10. Nd4 Ndxc5 11. Bc4 Nxc3 12. bxc3 {LiveBook: 22 Games} Bd7 13. O-O Rac8 14. Bb3 Nxb3 15. Qxb3 b5 $146 16. Qb4 Qxa2 17. Qxe7 Qxd5 18. Rfd1 Rfe8 19. Nf5 (19. Qa3 $15) 19... Qxf5 $17 20. Qxd7 Qxd7 ({Much less strong is} 20... Bxc3 21. Qxa7 b4 22. Rb1 $15) 21. Rxd7 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32] White must now prevent ...a4.} ({Much worse is} 21... Bxc3 $6 22. Rxa7 b4 23. Rb7 $11) (21... Rxc3 $6 22. Rxc3 Bxc3 23. Rxa7 $11) 22. Ra7 $2 {[#]} (22. Rd5 $17) 22... Bxc3 ({But not} 22... Rxc3 23. Rxc3 Bxc3 24. Kf1) 23. Rb1 $2 (23. Kf1 {is more resistant.}) 23... Ra8 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Rxb5 a4 26. Bd6 {and the idea Ba3 leaves White hopeful.} Rd8 {Accuracy: White = 22%, Black = 72%.} 0-1

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Jovic, Stanoje"]
[Black "Sebenik, Matej"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 14,58,6,-20,31,-59,-46,-43,-16,-10,0,-77,-63,-238,-84,-70,-76,-343,-342,-329,-333,-321,-280,-291,-219,-225,-230,-224,-57,-338,-332,-322,-104,-33,-108,-115,-115,-187,-125,-119,-121,-245,-237,-236,-225,-402,-206]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3e4,Be4d6][%mdl 32]} e6 6. O-O Nge7 7. d4 {A37: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7 5 Nf3} (7. a3 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. b4 d4 10. Ne4 d3 11. Rb1 cxb4 12. axb4 Bf5 13. Nh4 dxe2 14. Qxe2 Nd4 15. Qd1 {½-½ (44) Van Wely,L (2656)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2793) chess.com INT 2018}) 7... Nxd4 8. Ne4 {LiveBook: 5 Games} d6 (8... O-O $11) 9. e3 (9. Nxd4 $14 cxd4 10. Qa4+ Nc6 11. Bg5) 9... Nxf3+ $15 10. Bxf3 d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Nf5 11. g4 Nh4 12. Nxd6+ Ke7 13. Nxc8+ Qxc8 14. Bh1 Rd8 {0-1 (49) Jovic,S (2294)-Nureev,G (2340) ICC INT 2009}) 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Qa4+ (12. Nxc5 $11 O-O 13. Re1) 12... Bd7 $17 13. Nd6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kf8 14. Qf4 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Rf4f7]} Be6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is on the roll.} 15. e4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} ({Don't blunder} 15. Nxb7 $2 Qb6 $19) (15. Nb5 $17 {was forced.}) 15... g5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rg5f4][%mdl 576] Deflection} 16. Qxg5 {[%cal Re4d5]} Qxd6 17. Bf4 Qd7 18. Be5 Rg8 19. exd5 Bxd5 20. Rad1 {next Bxd5 is good for White.} Rd8 $2 ({Better is} 20... Qe6 $19 21. Rxd5 Nxd5 22. Bxg7+ Rxg7 23. Qxd5 Qxd5 24. Bxd5 f6) 21. Bxd5 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (21. Rfe1 $1 $15) 21... Nxd5 22. Rfe1 {And now Rxd5! would win.} h6 $2 (22... Bxe5 $19 {has better winning chances.} 23. Qxe5 f6) 23. Bxg7+ $17 Rxg7 24. Qxh6 {aiming for Re5.} Qc6 ({Worse is} 24... Kg8 25. Re5 $16) 25. Qh8+ Rg8 26. Qh4 Rd7 {[#]} 27. Re4 {[#]} (27. b4 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]}) 27... Qf6 $1 $19 28. Qh3 Rd8 29. Rde1 $2 (29. a3) 29... Qg6 {Accuracy: White = 33%, Black = 45%.} (29... Nf4 $142 30. Qf1 Ne6) 0-1

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Abozenko, Georg"]
[Black "Pezelj, Novak"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2079"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 12,112,71,49,52,31,41,34,41,41,65,62,53,39,39,37,47,40,35,22,28,10,14,4,8,4,30,27,25,30,39,37,41,-43,-39,-35,-35,-60,-43,-57,0,-104,-101,-178,-176,-174,-109,-175,-175,-256,-260,-363,-296,-301,-159,-274,-210,-322,-349,-337,-334,-358,-352,-353,-353,-457,-449,-438,-355,-362,-360,-354,-333,-391,-383,-385,-360,-348,-330,-441,-372,-495,-497,-615,-508,-508,-472,-458,-445,-440,-224,-224,-220,-213,-214,-279,-253,-256,-17,-232,-225,-217,29999]} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nxd5 4. d4 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 (5... Bh5 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O e6 8. c3 Be7 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. Bxh5 Ng6 11. Qb3 Rb8 12. c4 Nf6 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. Qa4+ c6 15. Qxa7 Bd6 {½-½ (49) Carlsen,M (2840)-Adhiban,B (2653) Wijk aan Zee 2017}) 6. Qxf3 {B01: Scandinavian Defence} c6 7. c3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} e6 8. Bd3 {White is slightly better.} Be7 9. O-O Nd7 10. Nd2 N7f6 11. Bc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Nc4 O-O 12. Ne5 Rc8 13. g4 {½-½ (29) Pecha,T (2241)-Kicmer,P (2216) Czechia 2010}) 11... O-O 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 {[%csl Gc2][%cal Re4h7]} Nf6 15. Qh4 g6 16. Bf4 Nd5 17. Bxc7 Bxh4 18. Be5 b5 19. a4 a6 20. Be4 Be7 21. Ra2 b4 22. Rc1 (22. c4 $14 f6 23. Bg3 (23. cxd5 cxd5 24. Bxd5 exd5 $11)) 22... Bg5 $15 23. Re1 bxc3 24. Bxd5 Bd2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 25. Bxc6 c2 (25... Rac8 $1 $15 26. bxc3 Bxe1) 26. Rf1 (26. b4 $11 Bxe1 27. Rxc2) 26... Rac8 $17 27. Bb7 (27. d5 $17 {was worth a try.}) 27... c1=Q $19 28. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 29. Kh2 {[#]} a5 $1 30. Bd6 (30. b3 {was necessary.} Bc3 31. Ba6) 30... Rd8 31. Bc5 Rf1 32. Kg3 Be1 ({Black should play} 32... Rb8 $19 33. Ba6 Rb3+ 34. f3 Rc1) 33. b3 (33. d5 $17 {was the only chance.}) 33... Bc3 34. Bb6 (34. Ba6 $142 Rc1 35. Be7 Rxd4 36. Bg5) 34... Rb8 35. Ba6 {Threatens to win with Bc7.} Rd1 ({Less strong is} 35... Rxb6 36. Bxf1 Rxb3 37. Bc4 $17) 36. Be2 Rd2 ({Not} 36... Rxb6 37. Bxd1 Bxd4 38. f4 $15) 37. Rxd2 Bxd2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KB} 38. Bc5 Rxb3+ 39. f3 Rb1 40. Bb5 Bb4 41. Bb6 Kf8 42. Kf2 Rb2+ 43. Kg3 Be1+ 44. Kh2 h5 45. Bc7 Ke7 46. Be5 Bc3 47. Bh8 Rd2 48. Bg7 f6 49. Bh6 g5 50. h4 Bxd4 (50... Kf7 $142 51. hxg5 Rxd4) 51. hxg5 Be5+ 52. Kh3 Rd1 {[%cal Rd1h1]} 53. f4 Rh1+ 54. Kg3 Bc7 $2 ({Black should try} 54... h4+ $19 55. Kf3 Bd4) 55. gxf6+ $2 (55. g6 $11) 55... Kxf6 56. Bg5+ Kf5 $4 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (56... Kf7 $19 57. Be2 Bd6) 57. Bd3# {[%mdl 32768] Accuracy: White = 37%, Black = 56%. . Loss on time!?} 0-1

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bizopoulos, Alexandros"]
[Black "Markoja, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2060"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 17,89,5,13,-24,0,-3,-3,-104,-77,-126,-95,-103,-91,-105,-110,-111,-102,-95,-94,-85,-115,-218,-216,-638,-633,-675,-374,-356,-231,-249,-227,-313,-317,-299,-254,-256,-255,-823,-639,-573,-222,-214,-188,-193,-181,-239,-239,-222,-226,-233,-229,-495,-275,-494,-464,-466,-472,-787,-490,-909,-494,-535,-494,-497,-492,-453,-422,-555,-550,-590,-580,-575,-564,-29992]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d5 6. O-O e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Nc3 Be7 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} 9. Bg5 Nbd7 {LiveBook: 41 Games} 10. Re1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Qd3 O-O 11. e3 Rc8 12. Rfd1 e4 13. Qb5 Qc7 14. Bf4 Qb6 15. Nd4 Bg4 {½-½ (67) Dominguez Perez,L (2732)-Navara,D (2734) Huaian 2016}) 10... O-O {Black has an edge.} 11. e4 d4 12. Nb1 (12. Nd5 $11) 12... a5 (12... Qb6 {feels hotter.} 13. c3 h6 14. Bc1 Rfd8 15. cxd4 exd4 16. Na3 Ne5) 13. a4 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nc1 Rc8 16. Nd3 Qc7 17. c3 Nc5 18. Nxc5 Qxc5 19. Na3 (19. Bf1 $17) 19... dxc3 $19 20. Rc1 $2 {[#]} (20. bxc3 Qxc3 21. Nb5) 20... Qb4 21. Nc2 Qxa4 22. Ra1 Qb5 23. bxc3 Rxc3 {[#] And now ...Rd8 would win.} 24. Bf1 Qc5 25. Ne3 Rd8 26. Qa4 b6 27. Reb1 $2 (27. Nd5 Bxd5 28. exd5) 27... Bg5 28. Rb5 Qd4 $2 (28... Bxe3 29. Rxc5 Bxc5) 29. Qxd4 exd4 30. Nd5 Bxd5 31. Rxd5 (31. exd5 {is a better defense.} Rd6 32. f4) 31... Rxd5 32. exd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Be7 33. Rd1 Bc5 34. Re1 $2 (34. d6 Bxd6 35. Rxd4) 34... Kf8 (34... a4 $142 35. Re8+ Kh7) 35. Bh3 $2 (35. Bb5 g6 36. Kf1) 35... g6 {Black is clearly winning.} 36. Bd7 d3 {[%cal Bd4d3,Bd3d2][%mdl 32] Threatens to win with ...d2.} 37. Ba4 (37. Rd1 $142 Rc2 38. Rxd3) 37... d2 38. Rd1 (38. Re8+ $142 Kg7 39. Kf1) 38... Rd3 39. Bc6 Ke7 40. Kf1 Bb4 41. Ke2 Ra3 42. f4 Kd6 43. Rb1 Rc3 44. Rd1 Rc1 45. Rf1 {Accuracy: White = 25%, Black = 41%.} 0-1

