[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Nasibullin, Iskander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2091"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,41,0,-12,42,4,6,0,8,-14,-16,-38,337,245,347,339,550,506,645,662,650,645,726,632,716,714,788,602]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nge2 Nbd7 {E48: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 5 Bd3 d5 including 6 Ne2, but excluding 6 a3} 8. Bd2 c6 9. O-O {LiveBook: 3 Games} Nb6 $146 (9... Bd6 $11) ({Predecessor:} 9... Re8 10. Rc1 Bd6 11. f3 c5 12. Qe1 a6 13. b3 b5 14. Bb1 Bb7 15. Qh4 c4 16. bxc4 dxc4 {½-½ (41) Docx,S (2455)-Istratescu,A (2653) Belgium 2014}) 10. Qb3 Bd6 11. f3 Re8 12. e4 dxe4 13. fxe4 {[#] Threatens to win with Qc2.} Ng4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (13... Be6 $6 14. Qc2 $14) (13... c5 $1 $15) 14. Qxf7+ $18 Kh8 15. e5 Bxe5 $2 (15... Nxe5 16. dxe5 Be6) 16. Qh5 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Rh5h7] White is clearly winning.} (16. dxe5 Be6 $11) 16... Nh6 17. Bxh6 ({Weaker is} 17. dxe5 Bg4 $11) 17... gxh6 18. dxe5 Rg8 19. Rad1 Bg4 20. Qxh6 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Rh6h7] [#]} Qe7 21. Qf6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Mikluc, Davorin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2137"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,59,42,36,93,89,90,75,88,57,82,70,70,70,84,80,79,100,112,81,108,21,116,133,123,126,119,53,53,64,57,64,203,208,264,280,1149,1148,993,972,873,781,972,942]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Be2 {E90: King's Indian: Classical: Early deviations and 6 h3} cxd4 9. Nxd4 a6 10. O-O {LiveBook: 10 Games. White is slightly better.} Ne5 (10... Re8 $14) (10... Nc5 11. Qc2 Bd7 12. Rfd1 Qc7 13. Rac1 Rfc8 14. b4 Ne6 {½-½ (37) Tomashevsky,E (2696)-Bortnyk,O (2567) Minsk 2017}) 11. f4 Nc6 12. Qd2 Bd7 13. Rad1 Nxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Rc8 14. b3 Re8 15. Bf3 Qc7 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 19. Qxd4 {1-0 (41) Tepeli,H (1686)-Cakanel,D (1502) Manavgat 2016}) 14. Bxd4 Bc6 15. Qe3 Ne8 16. Bxg7 Nxg7 17. b4 b5 18. c5 Qb8 19. f5 (19. cxd6 $16 exd6 20. f5) 19... a5 (19... dxc5 $1 $11 {remains equal.} 20. fxg6 (20. bxc5 Qe5 $11) (20. Qxc5 Qb7 $14) 20... cxb4) 20. cxd6 $16 exd6 21. f6 Ne8 22. Qh6 (22. a3 $16) 22... axb4 $14 23. Nd5 Bxd5 $1 24. Rxd5 Rxa2 (24... Qd8 $1 $14) 25. Bxb5 $40 {[%mdl 128] White attacks with force.} Qb6+ 26. Kh2 {White threatens Bxe8 and mate.} Rf2 $2 {[#]} (26... Nxf6 27. Rxf6 b3) 27. Bxe8 $1 {[%csl Gf6][%cal Rh6g7][%mdl 512] White is clearly winning.} Rxf6 (27... Rxe8 28. Qg7#) 28. Rxf6 {Intending Bxf7+! and mate.} Rxe8 29. Rfxd6 Qc7 30. Qf4 {Accuracy: White = 54%, Black = 24%.} 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Smolka, Marcin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2178"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,49,0,8,-6,15,3,23,10,92,75,84,70,72,78,120,132,109,92,220,220,519,418,542,530,543,530,525,491,711,640,665,568,790,720,707,712]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bc5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. d3 a6 6. h3 {C26: Vienna Game: 2...Nf6, sidelines} d6 7. Nge2 Be6 8. Nd5 (8. f4 h6 9. f5 Bd7 10. b3 Nd4 11. Bb2 Bc6 12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. Qe2 b5 14. Nd1 {1-0 (60) Nakamura,H (2774)-Topalov,V (2749) Saint Louis 2017}) 8... h6 {LiveBook: 7 Games} 9. c3 Ba7 10. O-O Qd7 11. Kh2 Ne7 $146 (11... h5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) ({Predecessor:} 11... Bxd5 12. exd5 Ne7 13. d4 O-O-O 14. a4 Nexd5 15. Qb3 c6 {0-1 (46) Ding,Y (2426)-Zhao,X (2504) China 2016}) 12. Nxf6+ $16 gxf6 {[#]} 13. f4 $1 {[%cal Rf4f5] Threatens to win with f5.} f5 14. exf5 Nxf5 15. Bxb7 Rb8 16. Be4 ({Stronger than} 16. Bxa6 Qc6 $15) 16... Rg8 (16... h5 $16) 17. g4 $18 d5 $2 {[#]} (17... Ne7) 18. gxf5 Bxf5 19. Bxf5 {White is clearly winning.} Qxf5 20. Ng3 Qg6 21. Qg4 Qh7 (21... exf4 $142 22. Nh5 Qxg4 23. hxg4 Ke7 24. Nxf4 c6) 22. Qe2 e4 23. dxe4 h5 24. Qxh5 Qg7 25. Qe5+ {Accuracy: White = 85%, Black = 16%.} 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Saric, Ivan"]
[Black "Kalogridakis, Georgios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2144"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,51,10,-5,9,20,25,23,62,64,39,35,35,43,325,309,530,522,509,520,515,516,516,509,563,544,564,562,528,363,618,362,915,909,1529,1513,2051,1875,29987,29988,29986,29984]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 Nf6 4. d3 {[%cal Bd2d3,Bd3d4][%mdl 32]} g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. c3 {LiveBook: 94 Games. A05: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 Nf6} (7. Re1 Nc6 8. c3 e5 9. a3 h6 10. b4 b6 11. b5 Ne7 12. a4 a6 13. Na3 Be6 14. Bb2 Nd7 15. bxa6 Rxa6 16. Nb5 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 {0-1 (62) Saric,I (2664)-Zherebukh,Y (2636) chess.com INT 2018}) 7... Qc7 8. Re1 b5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Nc6 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Bg4 11. Nc3 Qb6 12. e5 dxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. Nd5 Qd8 15. Bf4 Ndxe5 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 e6 18. Nc3 Qxd1 19. Bxd1 Nd3 {0-1 (48) Mueller,W-Pielnik,R Germany 1991}) 9. d4 {White has an edge.} Bb7 10. e5 dxe5 11. dxe5 Nd5 $1 12. e6 {And now exf7+ would win.} fxe6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (12... f6 $14) 13. Ng5 $18 Rf6 $2 (13... Qc8 14. Nxe6 Nf6 15. Nxf8 Kxf8 16. Bxb7 Qxb7) 14. Nxe6 Qd6 15. Nxg7 Kxg7 {[#]} 16. c4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} bxc4 17. Nc3 e6 18. Ne4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qf8 19. Nxf6 Qxf6 20. Qe2 Kf7 $2 (20... Nc6 21. Qxe6 Qxe6 22. Rxe6 Rd8) 21. h4 {Bg5 is the strong threat.} Nd7 $2 (21... Nc6 22. Qxc4 Nd4) 22. Bg5 Qf5 23. g4 Nf4 24. Bxf4 {[%mdl 64] [#] Overworked Piece} Qxf4 25. Qxe6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kf8 26. Bxb7 {Accuracy: White = 76%, Black = 19%.} 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Demchenko, Anton"]
[Black "Spirliadis, Achileas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2153"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,61,81,75,83,86,72,38,151,141,220,157,268,261,333,300,317,235,391,276,546,502,495,493,539,467,961,971,1027,985,989,808,921,810,833,766,1241,1226,1173,947,1354,1358,2678,2654,2008,1587]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. c3 {C03: French Tarrasch: Unusual Black 3rd moves} (6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. O-O g5 9. Qe2 h5 10. Qe3 Qb6 11. b4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nxb4 13. Rb1 Qa5 14. Be2 g4 15. Ne1 Nb6 16. Nb3 Qa4 {½-½ (30) Xiong,J (2634)-Van Foreest,J (2629) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 6... c5 7. Be2 Nc6 8. O-O g5 9. Nb3 c4 10. Nbd2 {LiveBook: 3 Games} g4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... b5 11. b3 Nb6 12. bxc4 bxc4 13. h3 Bd7 {½-½ (67) Pokorny,Z (2275)-Adamek,J (2298) Czechia 2013}) 11. Ne1 h5 12. f3 Bg5 (12... f5 $14) 13. Kh1 $16 b5 (13... Qe7 $16) 14. Nc2 b4 (14... f5 $16) 15. cxb4 $18 {[%cal Bc3b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} (15. fxg4 $6 hxg4 16. Bxg4 f5 $18) 15... Qe7 16. b5 ({Weaker is} 16. fxg4 hxg4 17. Bxg4 Ba6 $18) 16... Na5 17. Nb1 ({Don't play} 17. fxg4 hxg4 18. Bxg4 f5 $18) 17... Bb7 $2 {[#]} (17... Bxc1 18. Qxc1 a6) 18. Nc3 O-O-O $2 (18... Bxc1 {is a better defense.} 19. Qxc1 g3 20. hxg3 f6 21. exf6 Qxf6) 19. f4 {White is clearly winning.} Bh6 20. Bd2 Ba8 {[#]} 21. b3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} cxb3 (21... Nb7 $142 22. bxc4 dxc4 23. Bxc4 Nb6) 22. axb3 Nxb3 23. Rxa7 Kb8 24. Ra4 Nxd2 25. Qxd2 Nb6 26. Ra6 Qc7 27. Nb4 Bb7 28. Rb1 Nc4 29. Bxc4 Qxc4 30. Nc6+ Kc7 31. Ra4 {Accuracy: White = 69%, Black = 22%.} 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Muter, Donny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2206"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,64,52,36,49,24,54,54,66,70,83,56,83,89,89,89,93,100,130,119,146,146,175,139,142,131,137,100,171,117,107,122,97,56,49,56,60,43,75,45,88,65,70,58,256,218,517,516,29989]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. a4 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. h3 Qc7 9. Re1 b6 10. Be3 {[%cal Bc1e3,Be3g5,Bg5h4][%mdl 32] LiveBook: 4 Games. C41: Philidor Defence} (10. Ba2 a6 11. Be3 Bb7 12. Qd3 exd4 13. Bxd4 Ne5 14. Qe3 Nfd7 15. Ne2 Bf6 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Bc3 a5 18. Bc4 Nc5 19. Nc1 Rfe8 20. Nd3 Ne6 21. Qg3 Nf8 22. Rad1 Ng6 23. Qf3 {½-½ (23) Hracek,Z (2594)-Vajda,L (2596) Hungary 2016}) 10... a6 11. Nh4 Re8 12. Nf5 {White is slightly better.} Bf8 13. d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. g4 h6 14. f4 exd4 15. Bxd4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 d5 17. Neg3 Rxe1+ 18. Qxe1 dxc4 {1-0 (31) Babanin,G (2082)-Emdin,M (2247) St Petersburg 2016}) 13... Bb7 14. dxc6 Bxc6 15. Bg5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has strong initiative.} h6 16. Bh4 g6 17. Ne3 Bg7 ({Avoid the trap} 17... Nxe4 $2 18. Qg4 $18) 18. Qf3 Rf8 19. Rad1 Kh7 20. Bb3 b5 21. axb5 axb5 22. Re2 Ra6 (22... b4 $16 {is a better defense.} 23. Ncd5 Nxd5 24. Nxd5 Bxd5 25. Bxd5 Rae8) 23. Red2 (23. Bd5 $18) 23... b4 $16 24. Ncd5 Nxd5 25. Nxd5 Bxd5 26. Bxd5 {[#] Be7 is the strong threat.} Nc5 27. Bc4 Rb6 28. b3 f5 29. exf5 gxf5 30. Qh5 e4 $2 (30... Ne4 $14) 31. Rd5 f4 $2 (31... Be5 32. Bg5 Qg7) 32. Rf5 $18 {[#] Rxf8 would kill now.} Qd8 {Accuracy: White = 57%, Black = 28%.} (32... Qc8 $18) 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Banikas, Hristos"]
[Black "Nowicki, Bartosz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 18,51,96,95,105,58,82,42,80,51,150,150,140,141,140,152,153,113,236,-14,0,-74,-45,-40,58,5,188,175,170,171,328,322,465,433,445,397]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Nge2 e5 8. Bg5 h6 {E70: King's Indian: Miscellaneous lines with 4 e4, including 5 Nge2 and 5 Bd3 0-0 6 Nge2} 9. Bh4 (9. Bd2 Nh5 10. Qc1 Kh7 11. O-O Na6 12. a3 Nc7 13. Ng3 Nf6 14. b4 Nd7 15. Qc2 Qe7 16. Rfb1 {1-0 (56) Mirzoev,A (2553)-Lodhi,M (2330) Teheran 2014}) 9... Na6 10. f3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Nc7 $146 {White is better.} ({Predecessor:} 10... Bd7 11. a3 Qe8 12. Bf2 Nh5 13. g3 f5 14. Qc2 Rb8 15. O-O-O Nc7 16. exf5 gxf5 {1-0 (34) Jolly,J (2401)-Bourdonnais,L (2140) Caen 2012}) 11. Qd2 a6 12. O-O Rb8 13. Rab1 Qe8 {[#]} ({Better is} 13... b5 $14) 14. b4 $1 $16 cxb4 15. Rxb4 Nd7 16. Rfb1 Nc5 17. Bc2 {[%cal Bd3c2,Bc2a4,Ba4c6][%mdl 32]} f5 (17... b5 $16) 18. Na4 $2 (18. Rb6 $18) 18... a5 $11 19. Nxc5 (19. Rb6 $11 Nxa4 20. Rxd6) 19... axb4 $17 20. Nd3 $1 f4 (20... fxe4 $15 21. fxe4 Na6) 21. Qxb4 $14 Qd7 $2 {[#]} (21... g5 $1 $11) 22. Ba4 $1 $36 {[%cal Ra4d7][%mdl 2048] White is on the roll.} b5 23. cxb5 {[%cal Bc4b5,Bb5b6][%mdl 32] b6 is the strong threat.} Rb6 $2 (23... g5) 24. Qa5 Rb7 (24... Rb8 $142 25. b6 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Qf7) 25. b6 Qf7 26. Bc6 {Accuracy: White = 44%, Black = 20%.} 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Black "Podetti, Davide"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2163"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 18,59,38,40,35,35,23,33,29,-16,-7,-16,-16,-14,-8,-23,18,17,18,4,1,6,0,10,65,61,83,78,85,68,70,18,144,113,269,262,303,252,265,198,346,281,285,282]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. h3 {C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines} d6 8. Bd2 O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Nc3 {LiveBook: 5 Games} d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Na5 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Ne2 Nb7 13. b4 Qd7 14. a4 bxa4 15. c4 a5 {1-0 (57) Bartel,M (2609)-Piorun,K (2653) Zgierz 2018}) 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Re1 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Bxb3 14. axb3 f6 15. Qe2 Bc5 16. Qe4 Qd7 17. b4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Bb6 18. Qg4 (18. Ra2 {is interesting.} Rfe8 19. Qg4 Qxg4 20. hxg4 h6 21. Kf1) 18... Qxg4 19. hxg4 a5 20. bxa5 Bxa5 (20... Nxa5 $11 21. g5 Nc6) 21. Bxa5 $14 Nxa5 {[#]} 22. d4 $1 Nc4 23. b3 Na3 24. dxe5 ({White should play} 24. Rac1 $14) 24... fxe5 (24... Nxc2 $11 {remains equal.} 25. Rxa8 Rxa8) 25. Rxe5 c6 $2 {[#]} (25... Nxc2 $16 26. Rc1 Ra1 27. Rxa1 Nxa1) 26. Rc5 $18 b4 27. Re1 ({Resist} 27. Rxc6 $6 Rac8 $18) 27... Nb5 28. Rxc6 Ra7 (28... Rxf3 $142 29. gxf3 Nd4) 29. Rc4 Na3 30. Rc5 {Accuracy: White = 52%, Black = 22%.} 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Black "Styazhkina, Anna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2274"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,45,41,51,-20,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-11,-16,-87,-95,-109,-104,-145,-119,-114,-115,-144,-131,-156,-160,-161,-147,-159,-162,-160,-181,-176,-175,-165,-73,-146,-76,-68,345,348]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 g6 5. d4 exd4 {LiveBook: 79 Games} 6. Bxc6 {C70: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4, Norwegian and Delayed Schliemann} (6. Nxd4 $14 Nge7 7. Bg5) (6. Bg5 Be7 7. Bxe7 Ngxe7 8. Bxc6 Nxc6 9. Nxd4 Qf6 10. c3 O-O 11. O-O b6 12. Qf3 Qxf3 13. Nxf3 Re8 {½-½ (44) Xiong,J (2618)-Caruana,F (2795) Saint Louis 2016}) 6... dxc6 $11 7. Qxd4 Qxd4 8. Nxd4 {The position is equal.} Bg7 9. Ne2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Nb3 b6 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 O-O-O {0-1 (35) Bartha,A-Borsos,A (2206) Hungary 2005}) 9... f5 10. exf5 (10. Nbc3 $11 {remains equal.}) 10... Bxf5 $17 11. c3 O-O-O $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has strong initiative.} 12. Be3 Ne7 13. Bd4 Bxd4 14. Nxd4 c5 15. Nf3 Rhe8 {[#] ( -> ...Nc6+)} 16. O-O Nd5 17. Nbd2 Nf4 18. Rfe1 {[#]} Nd3 $1 {[%cal Rd3e1]} 19. Rxe8 Rxe8 20. b3 h6 (20... Re2 $19 21. Nf1 Rxf2) 21. h3 (21. Nh4 $142) 21... g5 ({Black should try} 21... Re2 22. Rf1 b6) 22. Nf1 Re2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (22... Nf4 $15 {stays ahead.}) 23. Ng3 $1 {[%csl LRe2,LRf5][%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 49%, Black = 48%.} 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Molenda, Marcin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,61,19,23,19,29,28,23,13,32,18,53,0,0,-8,-13,-12,-16,-10,11,9,10,0,0,16,28,16,50,26,27,35,57,41,108,119,118,127,113,120,112,126,654,650]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. Bg5 O-O 5. Nbd2 d6 6. e4 Qe8 7. Bd3 e5 8. O-O h6 9. Bh4 Nh5 10. Re1 Nc6 11. dxe5 Nxe5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 12. Bf1 {B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems} Bg4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... a6 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Nc4 Qc6 15. Qd5 Qxd5 16. exd5 g5 17. Bg3 Nxg3 18. hxg3 Re8 19. a4 Bd7 {½-½ (72) Rodriguez Vargas,O (2455)-Lutz,C (2540) Manila 1992}) 13. h3 Nxf3+ 14. Nxf3 {White has an edge.} Bd7 15. Nd4 a6 16. Qf3 (16. Nf5 $14) 16... Qe5 $11 17. Nf5 (17. Bd3 {with more complications.} Rae8 18. Bc2 b5 19. Rad1 a5 20. Re3) 17... gxf5 18. Qxh5 fxe4 19. Qxe5 dxe5 (19... Bxe5 {looks sharper.} 20. Rxe4 f5 21. Ree1 f4 22. Rad1 Ba4) 20. Rxe4 f5 21. Ree1 Bc6 22. Bc4+ Kh8 23. Rad1 e4 24. Bd5 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 Rf7 26. Red1 c6 (26... Raf8 $14) 27. Rd7 $16 Raf8 28. Be7 Re8 29. Bc5 Rxd7 30. Rxd7 Re5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (30... b5 $16 31. Rd6 Rc8) 31. Bd4 {Accuracy: White = 78%, Black = 48%.} 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Chernyak, Viktoria"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2186"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,55,0,-2,-22,19,28,62,58,56,37,39,25,50,51,46,47,260,234,221,-107,175,-148,5414,5281,1940,1914,1569,1179,1171,1170,29992,29993,29993,29992,29992,29992,29993,2181]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 e6 5. c3 Bd6 6. Bg3 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} O-O 7. Nbd2 b6 (7... Qc7 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. O-O e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Qc2 Bxg3 13. hxg3 b6 14. e4 Bb7 15. exd5 Bxd5 16. Rfe1 Rfe8 17. Ne4 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 Nxe4 19. Rxe4 Qc6 20. Rae1 {½-½ (20) Korobov,A (2685)-Romanov,E (2611) Biograd 2018}) 8. Bd3 Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Qe2 Nb8 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 11. e4 {[#] Black must now prevent e5.} dxe4 12. Nxe4 Be7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Na6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 {½-½ (32) Lomakina,G (2032)-Uryupin,I (2263) Tambov 2018}) 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Qe4 Nd7 16. O-O-O $36 {[%mdl 2048] [#] Qb7 is the strong threat. White is more active.} Qc8 $1 17. h4 Nb6 $2 (17... Be7 $14) 18. Ng5 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Re4h7]} g6 19. Be5 $2 (19. Bd6 $18) 19... Be7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (19... Bxe5 $17 {and life is bright.} 20. Qxe5 Qa6) 20. Nxh7 $2 (20. h5 $18 Bxg5+ 21. f4) 20... Kxh7 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (20... f5 $17 21. Qe2 Kxh7) 21. h5 $18 {Threatening mate with hxg6+.} f5 22. hxg6+ Kxg6 23. Qf3 {[%csl Gh1][%cal Rf3h5]} Bg5+ 24. Kb1 {[%csl Gh1][%cal Rf3h5]} f4 25. Qh5+ {White mates.} Kf5 26. Rde1 Qb7 27. g4+ fxg3 28. fxg3 {Accuracy: White = 40%, Black = 23%.} (28. Rh4 $142 Nd5 29. fxg3 Qxb2+ 30. Kxb2 Ne3 31. Rxe3 Rfb8+ 32. Ka3 Rb3+ 33. axb3 Rg8 34. g4#) 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Stevic, Hrvoje"]
[Black "Bogoevski, Jani"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,109,14,-46,64,55,55,65,85,90,97,104,87,46,50,29,46,55,48,-16,35,46,38,25,26,0,37,17,32,-48,-52,-39,0,0,70,0,4,6,4,0,0,0,3,7,190,172,282,239,243,220,253,134,228,228,395,340,352,343,363,272,276,195,236,244,245,244,244,202,199,108,120,73,72,0,314,314,314,222,229,221,221,221,210,210,210,148,150,150,210,208,210,210,210,210,1104,1104,2675,2686]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Bd3 cxd4 {C02: French: Advance Variation} 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8. Nf3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} (8. Nxc6 $11 bxc6 9. Nd2) (8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. O-O Ne7 10. Qe2 a5 11. Nd2 c5 12. c4 Nc6 13. f4 g6 14. Kh1 {0-1 (36) Hou,Y (2649)-Short,N (2670) Hoogeveen 2016 CBM 175 [Stohl,I]}) 8... f5 $146 (8... f6 $15 9. b4 Be7) ({Predecessor:} 8... f6 9. b4 Qc7 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. O-O Bd6 12. Na3 a6 13. c4 Nxb4 14. cxd5 {0-1 (26) Ruiz Sanchez,O (2366)-Alarcon Casellas,R (2440) Havana 2013}) 9. O-O Nge7 10. Qe2 Ng6 11. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5,Bh5h6][%mdl 32]} Be7 12. h5 $1 {[%cal Rh5g6]} Nh4 13. Nxh4 (13. Nh2 {feels hotter.} g5 14. g3 d4 15. gxh4 gxh4 16. Nf3) 13... Bxh4 14. Nd2 O-O 15. Nf3 Be7 16. Bf4 (16. h6 $14) 16... a6 (16... h6 $11) 17. h6 $14 g6 $1 18. b4 Qd8 19. Qe3 Qe8 (19... d4 $5 20. Nxd4 Nxd4 21. cxd4 (21. Qxd4 Bb5 $14) 21... g5 $14) 20. a4 Nd8 21. Ng5 ({White should play} 21. c4 $14) 21... Bxa4 $15 22. c4 Bxg5 23. Bxg5 Nf7 (23... dxc4 $11 24. Bxc4 Bb5) 24. Bf6 (24. cxd5 $1 $14 Nxg5 25. Qxg5) 24... dxc4 $11 25. Bxc4 Bb5 26. Rfc1 Rc8 27. Bb3 {With the idea Bg7.} Rxc1+ $1 28. Rxc1 Bc6 $2 (28... Qd7 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 29. Bg7 $18 Nd8 (29... Qe7 $142) 30. Bxf8 Kxf8 31. Rd1 {Black must now prevent Qc5+.} Qe7 32. Qc5 (32. Rd6 $18) 32... Ke8 (32... Qxc5 $16 {is a better defense.} 33. bxc5 Ke7) 33. Rd6 Bb5 $2 (33... Qg5 34. f3 Qh4) 34. Qb6 Bc6 35. f4 Qh4 {intending ...Qe1+.} 36. Rd1 Qe7 37. Qc5 Qh4 38. Qd6 Qe7 39. Qxe7+ Kxe7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KBN} 40. Rd6 Bd7 41. Kf2 (41. Bd1 $1 $18) 41... Nf7 $16 42. Rb6 Bc6 {[#]} 43. Bc4 ({White should try} 43. Ke3 $1 $16) 43... Nd8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (43... Kd7 $1 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 44. b5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rb5c6]} axb5 45. Bxb5 Bd5 46. Rd6 Nf7 47. Rd7+ Kf8 48. Rc7 Nxh6 49. Bc4 Bxc4 50. Rxc4 $16 {KR-KN} Nf7 (50... Ng8 $16 51. Rc8+ Kf7 52. Rc7+ Ne7 53. Rxb7 h6) 51. Rc7 h6 52. Rxb7 g5 53. g3 {[%cal Bg2g3,Bg3f4][%mdl 32]} Kg7 $2 (53... Nd8 54. Ra7 Nf7) 54. Re7 $18 gxf4 55. gxf4 {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 33%.} 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Djukic, Nikola"]
[Black "Iskos, Alexandros"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,87,44,15,44,36,42,37,44,41,43,22,26,22,28,24,37,16,20,4,13,9,37,6,51,13,55,49,59,49,47,47,47,41,64,54,64,54,53,63,88,79,76,41,61,60,141,134,238,234,247,99,346,335,407,408,400,379,500,466,1016,960,2255,2300,2031,1721,2186,1920,5189,5189]} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 {B01: Scandinavian Defence} 7. Qxf3 c6 8. Be3 e6 9. Bd3 (9. O-O-O Bb4 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Qd5 12. Qxd5 cxd5 13. c4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 {1-0 (41) Dominguez Perez,L (2739)-Pichot,A (2552) chess.com INT 2018}) 9... Nbd7 10. O-O Bd6 11. Ne4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Nxe4 12. Qxe4 g6 13. Rad1 O-O 14. c3 {[#]} Re8 $146 15. Bc2 Nf6 16. Qf3 Nd5 17. Bc1 Qf6 18. Qxf6 Nxf6 19. g3 Kg7 20. Kg2 Rad8 21. f4 c5 22. Kf3 cxd4 (22... c4 {keeps more tension.} 23. a4 Nd5 24. Bd2 Rb8 25. b3 Rbc8) 23. Rxd4 Bc5 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Rd1 Rxd1 26. Bxd1 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} h5 27. a3 a5 28. b4 axb4 29. cxb4 Bb6 30. Bb2 Bd8 31. Ke3 {aiming for Bf3.} Kf8 32. Bf3 b6 (32... Nd5+ $1 $14 33. Kd3 b5) 33. Kd3 $16 Ke7 (33... Nd5 $16) 34. Kc4 $18 Kd7 35. Bd4 (35. Kb5 $18 {has better winning chances.}) 35... Kc7 $2 {[#]} (35... Ne8 $16 {was worth a try.}) 36. a4 h4 37. g4 Nd7 38. Kb5 f6 39. Bf2 {White is clearly winning.} e5 (39... g5 $142 40. fxg5 fxg5) 40. fxe5 Nxe5 41. Bxb6+ Kd7 42. Bxd8 Kxd8 43. Be4 Ke7 44. a5 {Accuracy: White = 43%, Black = 36%.} 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Brkic, Ante"]
[Black "Unuk, Laura"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2253"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,116,0,0,0,0,-14,-2,-43,-39,-50,-33,-95,-82,-137,-140,-143,-107,-140,-135,-129,-152,-195,-195,-191,-141,-243,-239,-247,-184,-228,-233,-423,-267,-264,-263,-289,-280,-355,-342,-335,-333,-328,-310,-362,-383,-466,-458,-477,-484,-500,-486,-444,-394,-552,-445,-420,-308,-301,-302,-586,-591,-586,-566,-588,-570,-537,-482,-595,-595,-487,-327,-431,-407,-561,-535,-1287,-1185,-1218,-1060,-1945,-1550,-2006,-1060,-1950,-1679,-1558,-1257,-29970,-6412,-29976,-29977,-29975,-29973,-29980,-29981,-29981,-29981,-29981,-29978]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 {E11: Bogo-Indian} Nbd7 $146 (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: 14 Games} 11. Nc3 dxc4 12. e4 O-O 13. a4 a6 14. h4 b5 {[%cal Bb6b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 15. Ng5 (15. e5 $15 Nd5 16. Ng5 Bxg5 17. Bxg5) 15... h6 $17 16. Nf3 ({Better is} 16. axb5 axb5 17. Nf3) 16... b4 17. Ne2 c5 {Threatens to win with ...cxd4.} 18. d5 exd5 {...b3 is the strong threat.} 19. exd5 Bxd5 20. Ne5 {[#]} Bxg2 $1 21. Kxg2 {With the idea Nxd7.} Qb6 {Strongly threatening ...Nxe5.} 22. Qxc4 (22. Nxc4 $17 {keeps fighting.} Qc6+ 23. f3) 22... Nxe5 $19 23. Bxe5 Rfd8 24. Nf4 Qc6+ 25. f3 $2 (25. Kg1) 25... Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Qxa4 27. Re1 Qb5 28. Qc2 c4 29. Bd4 Qd7 30. Rd1 {[#] Black must now prevent 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. Re7 $142 c2 37. Rxf7) 36... c2 37. Ne3 {[%cal Rc1c2]} Qe6 38. Qxe6 fxe6 39. Rxc2 $2 (39. Kf1) 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 (53... Kc4 $142 54. Kb1 Kd3 55. g5 hxg5 56. h5 Ke3 57. Nb4 Kxf3 58. Nc2 g4 59. Ka2 e4 60. Ne1+ Kf2 61. h6 gxh6 62. Nc2 g3 63. Nb4 g2 64. Kb3 h5 65. Nc2 e3 66. Nb4 g1=Q 67. Nd3+ Kf3 68. Nb4 Qg8+ 69. Ka4 e2 70. Nd3 Qc4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 71. Ka5 Qxd3 72. Kb6 Qd6+ 73. Ka7 e1=Q 74. Kb7 Qee7+ 75. Kc8 Qdd8#) 54. Kb3 Ke3 {Black mates.} 55. Nb4 Kxf3 56. g5 hxg5 57. hxg5 e4 {[%cal Be5e4,Be4e3][%mdl 32]} 58. Nd5 e3 {Accuracy: White = 14%, Black = 74%.} 0-1

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sebenik, Matej"]
[Black "Krunic, Dusan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2161"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 17,70,11,8,8,0,4,14,4,14,21,23,24,33,10,36,0,0,-10,-5,-34,-25,-44,-12,-14,-11,-53,-57,-91,-84,-129,-139,-97,-77,-77,-71,-98,-98,-160,-62,-408,-408,-352,-322,-488,-485,-486,-480,-476,-476,-467,-450,-484,-475,-29975,-29976]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. d3 e5 6. O-O h6 {A09: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 d5 2 c4} 7. e3 Nf6 8. exd4 exd4 9. Re1+ Be7 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 10. Bf4 O-O 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Bd6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Nd2 {[#]} Bf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Rb8 15. Ne4 Qg6 16. Qa4 a6 {0-1 (49) Bukavshin,I (2522)-Korobov,A (2702) Moscow 2013}) 15. Ne4 Qg6 16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17. Bxb7 Rab8 18. Qf3 Bxd3 19. Bd5 Bg6 20. b3 Rfe8 21. h4 {aiming for h5.} Re5 22. g4 {[#]} h5 $1 23. Qg3 {[#]} Rbe8 $1 24. Rxe5 Qxe5 25. Qxe5 Rxe5 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 26. g5 Kf8 27. a3 ({White should try} 27. f4 Re3 28. Kf2) 27... Bc2 ({Better is} 27... a5 $17 28. Ra2 Re1+ 29. Kg2 Rc1) 28. b4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (28. f4 $1 $15 Re3 29. b4) 28... d3 $19 29. Bf3 d2 {...Re1+ is the strong threat.} 30. Kg2 (30. Kf1 $142) 30... Re1 31. Ra2 d1=Q 32. Bxd1 Bxd1 33. bxc5 Bb3 34. Rb2 Bxc4 35. Rb7 (35. Kg3 $19 Rc1 36. Kf4) 35... Bd5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 38%, Black = 58%.} 0-1

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nenezic, Marko"]
[Black "Tsolakidou, Stavroula"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,111,51,50,40,5,18,6,11,0,0,0,5,0,95,90,81,73,152,143,161,157,125,148,231,243,303,96,95,83,98,84,87,-52,-57,-48,-50,-46,23,-105,-91,-109,-97,-106,-100,-120,0,0,391,417,414,407,417,411,413,390,385,136,206,248,250,233,318,311,412,404,457,380,381,361,708,704,639,377,376,317,364,326,349,349,377,377,380,200,1135,1149,1081,1068,1062,1031,1011,945,852,824]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 a6 4. Bg2 b5 5. b3 Bb7 6. O-O c5 7. Nc3 Qb6 8. e3 Be7 9. d4 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} (9. Qe2 Ne4 10. Bb2 O-O 11. d4 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 cxd4 13. exd4 Bf6 14. Rac1 d6 15. c5 Qd8 16. Rfd1 Bd5 {½-½ (75) Bocharov,D (2611)-Svidler,P (2745) Novosibirsk 2016}) 9... d6 10. d5 exd5 11. cxd5 {LiveBook: 3 Games. White is slightly better.} Nbd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... O-O 12. e4 Nbd7 13. h3 Rfe8 14. Be3 Bf8 15. Qc2 g6 16. Rac1 Bg7 {1-0 (58) Draskovic,L (2458)-Drasko,M (2441) Belgrade 2017}) 12. Nh4 g6 13. e4 O-O 14. Bh6 Rfe8 15. h3 Rac8 16. Qd2 c4 (16... Ne5 $11) 17. b4 Ne5 18. a4 Nfd7 ({Black should try} 18... bxa4 19. Nf3 Nxf3+ 20. Bxf3 Nd7) 19. Be3 Qd8 20. axb5 axb5 21. Ra7 Ba8 (21... Rb8 $16 22. Nxb5 Nf6) 22. Nxb5 c3 23. Nxc3 $2 (23. Qc2 $18) 23... Nc4 $16 24. Qe2 Nxe3 25. Qxe3 Bg5 26. f4 (26. Qd3 $16) 26... Bxh4 $15 27. Rxd7 $1 Qxd7 28. gxh4 Bb7 ({Better is} 28... Qb7 $15 29. Qd4 Qa6) 29. Qd4 {[#]} (29. e5 $11 {remains equal.}) 29... Ba6 $1 $17 {[%cal Ra6f1][%mdl 1024] Black has strong compensation.} 30. Ra1 Rc4 31. Qe3 Rec8 32. Nd1 Qb5 (32... Bb5 $17 33. h5 Qd8) 33. Bf1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Rxe4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (33... Qxb4 $11 34. Bxc4 (34. Rxa6 Rxe4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 35. Rb6 Qa4 $17) 34... Bxc4) 34. Bxb5 $18 Rxe3 35. Bxa6 ({Less strong is} 35. Nxe3 Bxb5 36. h5 Kg7 $14) 35... Re1+ 36. Kf2 Rce8 37. Bd3 Rh1 38. b5 $2 (38. Bf1 $18 {has better winning chances.}) 38... Rh2+ (38... Rxh3 $16 39. Bf1 Rxh4) 39. Kg3 Rd2 {[#]} 40. Bf1 $1 Rb8 41. Rb1 Kg7 42. Ne3 Ra2 43. f5 Ra3 44. Kf4 gxf5 $2 (44... Ra4+ 45. Kf3 Rxh4) 45. Nxf5+ Kf6 46. Nd4 Ra4 47. Rd1 Rc8 48. Ke3 Rc3+ 49. Rd3 Rc1 50. Be2 Rb1 51. Rb3 (51. Kd2 $142) 51... Rh1 $2 (51... Rxb3+ 52. Nxb3 Ke5) 52. b6 {[%cal Bb5b6,Bb6b7][%mdl 32] Hoping for b7.White is clearly winning.} Rxh3+ 53. Bf3 {Strongly threatening b7.} Ra8 54. b7 Re8+ 55. Kf2 Rxh4 56. Nc6 {Accuracy: White = 44%, Black = 38%.} 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kalezic, Blazo"]
[Black "Krasniqi, Avni"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "1885"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 24,46,-11,-25,0,-3,14,-14,128,64,134,95,194,191,205,191,206,216,248,211,214,216,659,646,29999]} 1. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 c6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. e5 Nfd7 7. Ngf3 Qc7 8. Qe2 c5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Re1 b6 11. c3 Bb7 12. h4 O-O 13. Nf1 Rfe8 {C00: French: Unusual White 2nd moves} 14. Bf4 Bf8 15. N1h2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. h5 h6 16. N1h2 Ne7 17. g4 Kh8 18. g5 Ng8 19. Ng4 f5 20. Ngh2 Be7 21. Qd2 {1-0 (41) Eydsteinsson,S (2059)-Muendle,K (1839) Andorra la Vella 2017}) 15... g6 {[#]} (15... a5 $11) 16. Ng4 (16. h5 $1 $16) 16... Bg7 ({Black should try} 16... h5 $1 $14) 17. Nh6+ Kf8 (17... Bxh6 $16 {keeps fighting.} 18. Bxh6 d4) 18. d4 $18 a5 19. Rac1 Ba6 20. Qe3 Bb7 21. Ng4 {Strongly threatening Bh6.} h5 {[#] Hoping for ...cxd4.} 22. Nf6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Re7 $2 (22... Qd8 23. Nxe8 Qxe8) (22... Nxf6 23. exf6) 23. Ng5 {[%cal Rg5h7]} cxd4 24. Ngh7# {Accuracy: White = 40%, Black =  5%.} 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ratsma, Midas"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2316"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 10,92,19,14,29,4,21,13,14,-30,-25,-61,-97,-86,-85,-85,-68,-298,-275,-320,-328,-589,-612,-622,-354,-359,-331,-337,-242,-233,-229,-236,-228,-268,-262,-399,-410,-397,-245,-562,-382,-394,-381,-383,-363,-368,-298,-292,-291,-362,-368,-356,-341,-399,-385,-469,-469,-509,-508,-528,-512,-550,-549,-556,-543,-545,-541,-722,-616,-693,-684,-929,-924,-1204,-872,-1135,-487,-939,-546,-1583,-964,-2038,-1976,-5177,-5073]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. Bg5 h6 (5... Nbd7 6. e3 c5 7. Nge2 Qa5 8. a3 cxd4 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. exd4 O-O 11. Rd1 Bxc3+ 12. Nxc3 b6 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. O-O Qh5 {0-1 (65) Lenic,L (2656)-Melkumyan,H (2660) chess.com INT 2018}) 6. Bh4 {LiveBook: 27 Games. E32: Nimzo-Indian: Classical (4 Qc2): 4...0-0} Bxc3+ (6... O-O {looks sharper.} 7. e3 e5 8. Nge2 exd4 9. Nxd4 Na6) 7. bxc3 Nbd7 $146 (7... g5 $5 8. Bg3 $8 b6 $11) ({Predecessor:} 7... Qe7 8. e3 e5 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. Qb3 Nf8 11. Ne2 Ng6 12. Bg3 c5 13. Qb5+ Nd7 14. O-O O-O {1-0 (45) Drozd,R (2212)-Dabek,R (2371) Poland 2007}) 8. e4 {The position is equal.} c5 9. d5 Qe7 10. Be2 exd5 11. exd5 O-O $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping White busy.} 12. Nf3 Re8 13. Bg3 $2 ({Better is} 13. Kf1 $15) 13... Nb6 $19 {[%cal Bd7b6,Bb6a4,Ba4c3][%mdl 32]} 14. Kf1 {[#]} Bf5 $1 {[%cal Rf5c2][%mdl 512]} 15. Qb2 $2 (15. Bd3 Bxd3+ 16. Qxd3) (15. Qxf5 Qxe2+) 15... Na4 16. Qd2 Nxc3 17. Bd3 Nce4 18. Qc2 Nxg3+ 19. hxg3 Bxd3+ 20. Qxd3 Qd7 21. Nd2 Re5 {[%cal Be8e5,Be5d5,Bd5d3][%mdl 32]} 22. f3 (22. Nf3 $142 Re7 23. Rh4) 22... Rae8 23. Kf2 b5 24. cxb5 $2 (24. Rae1 {is more resistant.}) 24... Rxd5 25. Qc3 Qxb5 {[#] White must now prevent ...Qe2+.} 26. Rhe1 Rxe1 27. Rxe1 Qd3 28. Qxd3 Rxd3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 29. Ke2 Ra3 30. Ra1 d5 31. Nb3 Nd7 32. Nc1 c4 {Black is clearly winning.} 33. Rb1 Nb6 34. Rb5 Kf8 35. Rc5 Ke7 36. Rc7+ Ke6 37. Kd2 d4 38. Kc2 g5 39. Rc6+ Kd7 40. Rxh6 Nd5 41. Rh7 Ke7 42. Rh5 Nb4+ (42... Ne3+ $142 43. Kb2 d3) 43. Kb2 (43. Kd1 $142 Kf6 44. Rh6+ Ke5 45. Rh5) 43... Re3 44. Rxg5 Re1 45. Rb5 Nd3+ 46. Nxd3 cxd3 {Accuracy: White = 15%, Black = 65%.} 0-1

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Velikic, Adela"]
[Black "Guseinov, Gadir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2298"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,58,43,43,42,27,17,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-107,-104,-101,-110,-242,-207,-626,-474,-850,-812,-847,-797,-767,-738,-714,-719,-714,-705,-1383,-1042]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. Be3 O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. Rc1 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 Nd7 13. Be3 {B38: Sicilian: Maroczy Bind with 5...Bg7 and 7...0-0} a5 {LiveBook: 23 Games} 14. Kh1 (14. b3 Nc5 15. Qd2 Qb6 16. Nb5 Rfc8 17. Kh1 Qd8 18. Nd4 Bd7 19. Rfd1 h5 20. Bf1 Kh7 21. Ne2 Bc6 22. Nf4 Bh6 23. Qf2 Qh8 24. Rc2 {0-1 (42) Lenic,L (2613)-Le,Q (2664) Moscow 2011}) 14... a4 15. Qd2 {White has an edge.} Qa5 16. Nd5 Bxd5 {[#]} 17. cxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Qxa5 Rxa5 18. cxd5 Bxb2 19. Rc7 Nc5 20. Rxe7 Rb8 21. Rc7 Bf6 {½-½ (52) Yandemirov,V (2503)-Okun,L (2259) Voronezh 2005}) 17... Qxd2 18. Bxd2 Bxb2 19. Rc7 Nc5 20. Be3 (20. Rxe7 $11 {keeps the balance.} Bf6 21. Rc7) 20... Rfc8 $17 21. Rxc8+ Rxc8 22. a3 (22. Kg1 $17 {was forced.}) 22... Bxa3 $19 23. Bxc5 $2 {[#]} (23. Bb5) 23... Bxc5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB. Black is clearly winning.} 24. Rb1 (24. Rd1 $142) 24... a3 {[%cal Ba4a3,Ba3a2][%mdl 32]} 25. Bc4 Bd4 26. Bb3 Rc3 27. Ba2 Rc2 28. Bb3 Rd2 29. Rc1 a2 {Accuracy: White = 22%, Black = 96%.} 0-1

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gajcin, Marina"]
[Black "Dvirnyy, Danyyil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2244"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,109,24,29,18,20,0,0,8,8,9,32,25,25,25,29,2,29,16,39,-45,-34,-31,-2,-13,-2,-5,0,0,6,0,0,-10,2,-25,-17,-29,0,0,0,-14,0,-29,-2,-27,-6,-8,6,0,0,-20,-10,-10,-6,-14,-5,0,0,0,0,-7,0,0,0,0,0,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-7,-33,-34,-89,-20,-20,-27,-44,0,-20,-20,-62,-44,-81,-49,-75,0,-5,-8,-29999]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. a4 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} Ba7 7. O-O d6 8. Nbd2 (8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 h6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Nf1 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Nxe3 d5 {½-½ (32) Anand,V (2768)-Grischuk,A (2766) Saint Louis 2018}) 8... h6 {LiveBook: 12 Games} 9. b4 Ne7 10. h3 Ng6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... g5 11. Re1 g4 12. hxg4 Nxg4 13. Nf1 Nxf2 14. Qe2 Nxd3+ {0-1 (25) Varli,Y-Asatryan,S Kemer 2009}) 11. d4 O-O 12. Re1 exd4 13. cxd4 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Qb3 Be6 16. Ne4 Ndf4 17. Bb2 (17. Bxe6 $14 Nxe6 18. Be3) 17... Bxc4 $15 18. Qxc4 c6 19. b5 axb5 20. axb5 Qd5 21. Qxd5 Nxd5 22. bxc6 bxc6 23. Nc5 Bb6 24. Nd2 Ngf4 25. Ndb3 Rad8 26. Ba3 Rfe8 27. Kf1 g5 28. Nb7 Rb8 {Strongly threatening ...Rxe1+.} 29. N7c5 Kg7 30. Nd7 Rbd8 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Threatens to win with ...Rxe1+. Black is fighting back} 31. Nxb6 Nxb6 32. Bc5 Nbd5 33. Rxe8 Rxe8 34. Bd6 Nd3 35. Nc5 Nxc5 36. dxc5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Kf6 37. g3 h5 38. Ra6 Rc8 39. Ra4 Kg6 40. Re4 Nf6 41. Ra4 Kf5 42. Ke2 g4 43. hxg4+ hxg4 44. Kd3 Nd5 45. Re4 f6 46. Re1 Ra8 47. Rh1 {[#]} (47. Re2 $1 $15) 47... Ra2 ({Black should try} 47... Ra3+ $1 $17 48. Kd4 Rf3) 48. Rh5+ Kg6 49. Rh2 Kf5 50. Rh5+ Ke6 51. Rh2 Ra3+ 52. Kd4 Rf3 53. Bf8 {[#]} Nb4 (53... Nc3 $1 $17) 54. Bh6 $1 Nc2+ 55. Ke4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (55. Kc4 $11) 55... f5# {Accuracy: White = 37%, Black = 42%.} 0-1

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sadiku, Bedri"]
[Black "Jovanovic, Zoran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2237"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,115,0,8,12,0,10,9,12,0,17,31,30,-4,-7,-112,-109,-123,0,0,0,0,0,0,27,28,28,-16,0,0,13,4,11,0,20,-6,22,20,20,20,29,20,20,20,52,28,73,8,20,0,75,78,112,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1229,1425,1242,1224,5597,1016,1189,1155,1191,1213,1158,1162,1227,1196,1210,1192,1049,-1162,-1160,-1097,-999,-810,0,0,0,0,0,0,148,85,104,0,29989,29990,29993,5879,29981,29982,29983,29984,29980,29981,29993,29994]} 1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. Nf3 e4 4. Ng1 {[%cal Bf3g1,Bg1h3,Bh3f4][%mdl 32]} f5 5. Nc3 Be7 (5... c6 6. d5 Nf6 7. h4 cxd5 8. Nxd5 Nxd5 9. Qxd5 Na6 10. Bg5 Qb6 11. Qd2 d5 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Qxd5 {½-½ (21) Turov,M (2667)-Castaneda,G (2522) Helmond 2012}) 6. g3 {A21: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3} Nf6 7. h4 c6 8. Nh3 {LiveBook: 12 Games. The position is equal.} Nbd7 9. Bg5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Nf4 Nf8 10. Bh3 Ng6 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Bg5 Be6 13. Qa4 Nd7 14. d5 Bxg5 15. hxg5 {0-1 (47) Gorniak,Y-Popov,N Moldova 1983}) 9... Nb6 10. e3 Be6 11. b3 d5 {[%cal Rd5c4]} 12. Nf4 Bf7 13. cxd5 (13. c5 {looks sharper.} Nbd7 14. Bh3 g6 15. Bh6 Bf8 16. Bxf8 Nxf8 17. b4) 13... Bb4 14. Qd2 (14. Qc2 $11) 14... Nbxd5 $17 15. Nfxd5 Bxd5 (15... cxd5 $17 16. a3 Qa5) 16. Bxf6 $11 Qxf6 17. a3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Bxc3 18. Qxc3 O-O 19. Bc4 Rad8 20. O-O Qg6 21. Kh2 Qg4 22. Qd2 Rf6 23. Rh1 Rfd6 24. Rac1 Kh8 25. Qd1 Qg6 26. Qe2 Qe6 27. Bxd5 Rxd5 28. b4 Qd6 29. Kg2 a5 30. Qc4 (30. Rc4 $16) 30... axb4 31. Qxb4 Qd7 (31... Qxb4 $11 {keeps the balance.} 32. axb4 Rb5) 32. Rc5 $16 f4 33. exf4 (33. Rxd5 $1 $16 f3+ 34. Kh2 cxd5 35. Rb1) 33... Rxd4 $11 34. Qb1 {[#]} e3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 35. fxe3 Rd3 {( -> ...Qg4)} 36. Re5 Qg4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (36... Rxa3 $11 37. Rd1 Ra2+ 38. Qxa2 Qxd1) 37. Qxd3 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd3d8][%mdl 512]} Qc8 (37... Rxd3 38. Re8#) 38. Qe2 Qd7 39. Re1 h6 40. Qc2 b6 41. Re2 c5 42. Qc4 Qg4 43. e4 Kh7 44. Rd5 Ra8 45. Rd3 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (45. Re3 $18) 45... Qxe2+ $19 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 46. Kh3 Qf1+ $1 47. Kg4 {[#]} Qe2+ $2 (47... Rxa3 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 48. Qf7 (48. Rxa3 Qxc4) 48... Qxd3 49. Qf5+ Kg8 50. Qe6+ Kf8) 48. Kh3 $11 h5 49. Qd5 Qg4+ 50. Kg2 Re8 (50... Qe2+ $11 {remains equal.} 51. Kh1 Qf1+ 52. Kh2 Qe2+ 53. Kg1 Qe1+ 54. Kh2 Qe2+ 55. Kh3 Qf1+ 56. Kh2 Qe2+) 51. Rf3 (51. Kf2 $142) 51... Re7 $16 52. f5 (52. e5 $16) 52... Rf7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (52... Rxe4 $11 53. f6 Re2+ 54. Rf2 Re3 55. Qf5+ Kg8 56. Qd5+ Kh7 57. Qf5+ Qxf5 58. Rxf5 gxf6 59. Rxf6 Rxa3) 53. Qxf7 Qxe4 54. Qxh5+ Kg8 55. Qg6 {White mates.} Qe2+ 56. Rf2 Qe4+ 57. Kh2 Qe3 58. Qe6+ {Accuracy: White = 44%, Black = 32%.} 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Martinov, Levko"]
[Black "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,42,20,29,10,6,-8,-5,-4,21,10,5,-10,2,7,52,-17,-44,-87,-71,-97,-89,-83,-73,-135,-136,-161,-128,-188,-175,-466,-246]} 1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 e5 4. d3 f5 5. Nc3 c6 (5... Nc6 6. Rb1 a5 7. a3 d6 8. b4 axb4 9. axb4 Nf6 10. b5 Ne7 11. Qb3 O-O 12. Nf3 h6 13. Bb2 Be6 14. Nd2 d5 15. O-O c6 {½-½ (46) Georgiev,K (2644)-Maletin,P (2588) Dubai 2014}) 6. Nf3 {A21: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3} d6 7. O-O Nf6 {LiveBook: 7 Games} 8. Bd2 {White has an edge.} O-O 9. Rb1 a5 10. a3 {[%cal Ba2a3,Ba3b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} h6 11. b4 axb4 12. axb4 g5 13. b5 c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... f4 14. Qb3 Qe8 15. Rfc1 c5 16. Be1 Qh5 17. Ne4 Bh3 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 {0-1 (25) Ohlzon,N-Carlsson,D Hallsberg 1993}) 14. e3 (14. h4 $14 e4 15. dxe4 (15. hxg5 exf3 16. Bxf3 hxg5 $11) 15... Nxe4 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Nh2) 14... e4 $11 15. dxe4 fxe4 {[#] aiming for ...Bg4.} 16. Ne1 Bf5 17. Qc2 {[%cal Rc3e4]} Qe8 18. Bc1 (18. b6 $142) 18... Nbd7 $17 19. Bb2 Ne5 20. Qb3 {[#]} (20. Rc1 $17) 20... Qh5 $1 $19 {Hoping for ...Bh3.} 21. Rd1 $2 (21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. Bxe5 Bxe5 23. cxd5) 21... Nf3+ {Precision: White = 18%, Black = 72%.} (21... Bh3 $142 22. Bxh3 Qxh3) 0-1

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karacsonyi, Gellert"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2195"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,52,25,13,43,6,25,-6,0,-13,-8,-56,-40,-40,-48,-50,-39,-58,-60,-137,-125,-131,-87,-368,-364,-439,-447,-437,-436,-432,-421,-499,-481]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Qc7 6. Ne2 Bg4 7. f3 Bd7 8. O-O {B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack} e6 9. Bf4 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. Nd2 Nge7 12. f4 {LiveBook: 7 Games} Nf5 {White should prevent ...Ne3.} (12... f6 13. Qe1 O-O 14. Qg3 Rae8 15. Rae1 Nd8 16. Nb3 b6 17. Kh1 Nf7 {0-1 (36) David,A (2563)-Rodshtein,M (2678) Brest 2018}) 13. Bxf5 (13. Qe1 {feels hotter.} h5 14. Ng3 Nfe7 15. h4 g6 16. b4) 13... exf5 14. Nf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. c4 b6 15. cxd5 Qxd5 16. Nf3 O-O 17. Nc3 Qd6 18. d5 Ne7 19. Qd4 b5 20. a3 {½-½ (20) Jensen,E-Rasmussen,E (2344) ICCF email 2007}) 14... f6 15. Qd3 O-O 16. g3 Rae8 17. Rae1 Na5 18. Nc1 Qb6 19. b3 Re4 $1 {...Bb5 is the strong threat.} 20. c4 ({White should play} 20. Rf2 $15) 20... dxc4 $17 21. bxc4 Be6 22. Rxe4 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (22. c5 $17 Qd8 23. Qc3) 22... Bxc4 $19 ({Less strong is} 22... fxe4 23. Qxe4 Bxc4 24. Re1 $17) 23. Qc2 {[#] aiming for Re7.} fxe4 {Black is clearly winning.} 24. Qxe4 Bxf1 25. Kxf1 Qb5+ 26. Kg2 Re8 {Accuracy: White = 25%, Black = 50%.} 0-1

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Poznyak, Nazar"]
[Black "Ruck, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2181"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 21,96,-10,3,-6,-6,-68,-8,-40,-11,-16,0,-30,-9,-54,-67,-130,-48,-53,-38,-46,-15,-36,-36,-41,-41,-322,-327,-290,-84,-76,2,2,102,36,64,-64,-29,-69,-25,-31,-17,-58,-58,-58,-58,-58,-48,-52,-37,-46,-49,-62,-41,-161,-149,-173,-169,-179,-178,-215,-214,-408,-231,-408,-411,-407,-435,-389,-270,-288,-279,-453,-468,-475,-475,-562,-562]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 d5 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. Ne5 Bb4+ 8. Bd2 cxb3 {E15: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 sidelines, 4 g3 Ba6 and 4 g3 Bb7 early deviations} 9. axb3 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 Nd5 11. O-O O-O {LiveBook: 3 Games} 12. Nc3 (12. Rc1 Bb7 13. Nc3 a5 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Qc3 c6 16. b4 axb4 17. Qxb4 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 {0-1 (34) Airapetian,G (2429)-Yakovich,Y (2576) Voronezh 2010}) 12... Bb7 13. e4 (13. Rfc1 $11) 13... Ne7 (13... Nxc3 $15 14. Qxc3 a5) 14. Rfc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Rfd1 Nd7 15. Nc4 Qb8 16. f4 {0-1 (48) Gouloutis,N (1939)-Kargin,A (2440) Paleochora 2013}) 14... Nd7 {White must now prevent ...Nxe5.} 15. Nc4 Nf6 16. Qe3 a6 17. b4 Nc6 18. b5 (18. e5 $15 Nd5 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. e6) 18... axb5 ({Black should play} 18... Nxd4 $17 19. Nd6 cxd6 20. Qxd4 axb5 21. Nxb5 Rxa1 22. Rxa1 d5) 19. Rxa8 $15 Qxa8 20. Nxb5 Rc8 21. d5 exd5 22. exd5 Nb4 23. d6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (23. Bh3 $1 $15 Nbxd5 24. Qe5) 23... Bxg2 $19 24. Nxc7 Qb7 $2 (24... Qf3 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top. ...Qxe3 is the strong threat.} 25. Rc3 Qxe3 26. Nxe3 Bb7) 25. d7 $17 Rf8 ({But not} 25... Nxd7 $2 26. Nd6 $16) (25... Rd8 $1 $17 26. Nd6 Qf3) 26. Nd6 $11 Qb8 (26... Qf3 $11 {keeps the balance.} 27. Nce8 Qxe3 28. Nxf6+ gxf6 29. fxe3 Bc6) 27. Kxg2 ({Better is} 27. Nce8 $1 $16 Nxd7 28. Rc8 Qxc8 29. Nxc8) 27... Nxd7 $14 28. Qb3 (28. Qd4 $14 Nd3 29. Qxd3) 28... Na6 29. Qc4 Nxc7 (29... Nac5 $5 {[%cal Rb8c7]} 30. Ndb5 Nf6 $15) 30. Qxc7 Qa8+ 31. Kg1 Ne5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] And now ...Nf3+ would win. White is under pressure.} 32. Qb7 Qxb7 33. Nxb7 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Rb8 34. Nd6 Kf8 35. Rb1 Nd7 36. h4 g6 {[%cal Bg7g6,Bg6h5][%mdl 32]} 37. Re1 {[#]} (37. Kg2 $1 $15) 37... b5 $1 $19 {[%cal Bb6b5,Bb5b4,Bb4b3,Bb3b2][%mdl 32]} 38. Rb1 b4 39. Nc4 Nc5 40. h5 gxh5 41. Ne5 $2 (41. Nb2) 41... Rb7 (41... b3 $142 42. Nc4 {[#]} h4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 43. gxh4 Rb4) 42. Nc6 $2 (42. Nc4 {was worth a try.}) 42... b3 43. Na5 Rb5 44. Nc4 Ke7 45. Re1+ Kf6 46. Kg2 $2 (46. Nb2 {keeps fighting.}) 46... b2 {Black is clearly winning.} 47. Rb1 Na4 48. Kh3 Rb4 {Accuracy: White = 23%, Black = 40%.} 0-1

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Marinskii, Yurii"]
[Black "Demidov, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2174"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,132,0,15,16,18,11,14,14,14,13,18,25,24,-10,-6,-16,-8,-10,-7,-11,-6,-13,-12,-12,-9,-12,0,-9,8,10,31,45,45,-16,-3,-33,-18,-240,-239,-249,-247,-248,-241,-254,-204,-255,-253,-331,-255,-304,-298,-323,-317,-352,-346,-429,-431,-433,-422,-527,-425,-466,-466,-464,-450,-456,-435,-504,-503,-501,-503,-481,-351,-351,-351,-354,-354,-706,-779,-758,-758,-724,-690,-670,-587,-602,-552,-4134,-3902,-2485,-4133,-2704,-2541,-2261,-1783,-1547,-1359,-4617,-2354,-2238,-1955,-1842,-1523,-29969,-29968,-29975,-29974,-29974,-29974,-29973,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-29981,-29981,-29981,-29982,-29983,-29981]} 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. exd6 exd6 5. g3 (5. Nf3 Be7 6. Bd3 Nb4 7. Be2 Bf5 8. Na3 O-O 9. O-O Bf6 10. c3 Nd5 11. Nc4 Re8 12. Re1 Nc6 13. Qb3 {0-1 (52) Chekhov,S (2463)-Demidov,M (2514) Sochi 2018}) 5... g6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 5... Be7 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. c4 O-O 8. b3 Bf6 9. Ne2 Re8 {½-½ (9) Dabic,M (2231)-Buric,D (2174) Osijek 2010}) 6. Bg2 {B03: Alekhine's Defence: Four Pawns Attack} Ne7 7. Ne2 Bg7 8. O-O {The position is equal.} O-O 9. c3 c6 10. Nd2 Re8 11. Ne4 d5 12. Nc5 Nd7 13. Nxd7 Bxd7 14. Re1 Nf5 {[%cal Be7f5,Bf5d6,Bd6e4][%mdl 32]} 15. Nf4 Qb6 16. Rxe8+ Rxe8 17. Nd3 Nd6 18. Bf4 Ne4 19. Qb3 Bf5 20. Qxb6 axb6 21. Rd1 (21. g4 $14 Bd7 22. f3) 21... Bf8 22. a3 Nd6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is more active.} 23. Rd2 $2 {[#]} (23. Bf1 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 23... Nc4 $19 24. Rd1 Bxd3 25. Rxd3 Nxb2 26. Rd2 Bxa3 27. Kf1 Nc4 28. Rd1 Bd6 29. Bc1 Ra8 30. Bh3 f5 31. Bg2 Ra1 32. Ke2 Ra2+ 33. Ke1 b5 34. Bf1 Kf7 35. Bd3 b4 36. cxb4 Bxb4+ 37. Kf1 b5 38. h4 h5 39. Bg5 Nb2 40. Bb1 Nxd1 41. Bxa2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} Nc3 42. Bb3 Ne4 43. Be3 $2 (43. Ke2) 43... Bd2 44. Ke2 Bxe3 45. Kxe3 {KB-KN} Ke6 46. Bd1 Nd6 47. f3 Kf6 48. g4 hxg4 49. fxg4 fxg4 50. Bxg4 Nf5+ 51. Kd3 b4 52. h5 g5 {[%cal Bg6g5,Bg5g4][%mdl 32]} 53. Bh3 Nh6 54. Bd7 g4 55. Bxc6 Ke6 56. Ke3 b3 57. Ba4 b2 58. Bc2 Nf5+ 59. Kf4 Nxd4 $2 (59... g3 {mates} 60. h6 Kf7 61. h7 Kg7 62. Kxf5 g2 63. Ke6 g1=Q 64. Kxd5 b1=Q 65. h8=Q+ Kxh8 66. Bxb1 Qxb1 67. Ke5 Qe1+ 68. Kd5 Qb1 69. Kc5 Kg7 70. Kd5 Kh8) 60. Bb1 $1 $11 Ne2+ 61. Kxg4 Nc3 62. Bc2 b1=Q 63. Bxb1 Nxb1 64. Kg5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (64. h6 $11 Kf6 65. h7) 64... Nc3 {Black mates.} 65. h6 Kf7 66. Kf5 Nb5 {Accuracy: White = 32%, Black = 69%.} 0-1

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bognar, Csaba"]
[Black "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2171"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,52,-6,-6,0,-11,-2,-111,-89,-72,-77,-94,-83,-110,-123,-154,-139,-139,-129,-286,-281,-534,-544,-533,-543,-625,-599,-780,-746,-778,-777,-796,-738,-1099,-1090,-2718,-2499,-2154,-2177]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 Bf5 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. Nbd2 h6 7. c4 c6 8. b3 {D11: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 sidelines and 3...Nf6 4 e3 Bg4} Nbd7 (8... O-O 9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. a3 a5 11. Ne1 Qb6 12. Nd3 Rfd8 13. Rc1 Ne4 14. Nf3 Qa6 15. a4 Bf6 16. Ba3 dxc4 17. bxc4 c5 18. e3 Rac8 {0-1 (42) Indjic,A (2542)-Ragger,M (2639) Warsaw 2014}) 9. Bb2 {LiveBook: 113 Games} a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4,Ba4a3][%mdl 32]} 10. Ne5 {The position is equal.} a4 11. f3 $146 (11. Nxd7 $11 {remains equal.} Nxd7 12. e4 dxe4 13. Bxe4) ({Predecessor:} 11. e3 O-O 12. f4 Qa5 13. a3 axb3 14. Nxb3 Qa4 15. Nd2 Qxd1 16. Rfxd1 {0-1 (70) Hirschinger,T (2087)-Heinzel,O (2340) Nuremberg 2009}) 11... Nxe5 12. dxe5 Qb6+ 13. Kh1 {[#]} a3 $1 {[%cal Ra3b2]} 14. Bc3 {[#]} d4 $1 {[%cal Rd4c3]} 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Ne4 Bxe4 $1 ({Don't play} 16... dxc3 $6 17. Nxf6+ gxf6 18. e4 $11) 17. fxe4 $2 (17. Bd2 $17 Bg6 18. Qe1) 17... dxc3 $19 18. Qd3 $2 (18. Qd6) 18... Rd8 {Black is clearly winning.} 19. Qf3 {Black must now prevent e5!} O-O 20. Rac1 Rd2 21. g4 Rxa2 22. h4 Qc5 23. b4 Qe5 24. Rfd1 Rd2 {Threatens to win with ...Rxd1+.} 25. Rxd2 cxd2 26. Rd1 a2 {Accuracy: White = 12%, Black = 72%.} 0-1

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Varvadoukas, Theodoros"]
[Black "Blagojevic, Dragisa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2164"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,48,-46,-25,-57,-58,-62,-87,-79,-34,-420,-421,-404,-399,-564,-579,-951,-926,-1641,-1641,-1596,-1574,-1825,-1802,-1676,-1600,-1650,-1595,-1490,-1291]} 1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 {[%cal Bc7c6,Bc6c5][%mdl 32]} 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qc2 Bb7 8. O-O Nbd7 9. d4 c5 10. Rd1 {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3} (10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Nc3 Rc8 12. a3 O-O 13. Qd3 a6 14. Be3 Nb6 15. Qxd8 Rfxd8 16. Bxc5 Rxc5 17. Rfd1 Rdc8 18. Nd2 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 R5c6 20. a4 b4 21. Na2 a5 {0-1 (51) Hess,R (2574)-Wojtaszek,R (2727) Douglas 2018}) 10... Rc8 11. Qb3 a6 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 12. Bg5 {Black has an edge.} Qb6 13. dxc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. a4 c4 14. Qc2 Be7 15. axb5 axb5 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. dxe5 {½-½ (72) Adianto,U (2554)-Ghaem Maghami,E (2599) Beijing 2008}) 13... Bxc5 14. e3 h6 15. Bf4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (15. Bxf6 $1 $15 Nxf6 16. Ne1) 15... g5 $19 16. Be5 {[#] Black must now prevent Rxd7!} Bxf3 $1 17. Bxf6 (17. Rxd7 $142 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Qxe3 19. fxe3 Rc1+ 20. Bf1 Kxd7 21. Bxf6) 17... Bxd1 {Black is clearly winning.} ({Not} 17... Nxf6 18. Bxf3 O-O 19. Nc3 $11) 18. Qc3 b4 19. Bxh8 bxc3 20. Nxc3 Bc2 21. Ne4 Bxe4 22. Bxe4 Ke7 23. Bc3 Nf6 24. Bg2 Nd5 0-1

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jovanoski, Vasko"]
[Black "Saric, Ante"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2145"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,54,-47,-69,0,-19,-8,-11,-12,-14,0,-38,-36,-61,-50,-48,-53,-93,-85,-91,-100,-95,-100,-216,-76,-115,-48,-120,-134,-243,-243,-484,-467,-660,-686,-675,-635,-723,-792,-764,-741]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. a3 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Nbd2 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} c5 7. e3 cxd4 8. exd4 Nc6 9. Bd3 {LiveBook: 17 Games} b6 $146 ({Black should play} 9... Nh5 $15) ({Predecessor:} 9... Nh5 10. O-O Nf4 11. Bb5 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Re1 c5 15. Qc1 c4 16. Re3 {0-1 (46) Mamedyarov,S (2808)-Aronian,L (2764) Leuven 2018}) 10. h3 Bb7 11. O-O Rc8 12. Re1 e6 13. b4 Re8 {[%cal Bf8e8,Be8e7,Be7c7,Bc7c2][%mdl 32]} 14. Rc1 Ne7 15. Ne5 Nf5 16. Qf3 Nd6 17. Qe2 Re7 18. Rcd1 Rec7 19. f3 {[#]} (19. Ba1 $17 {was worth a try.}) 19... Qe8 (19... Nh5 $1 $19 20. Nf1 Nf4) 20. Qf2 Bc6 (20... Qa4 $17 21. c3 Ba6 22. Bxa6 Qxa6) 21. Rc1 ({White should try} 21. Ba6 $15) 21... Bb5 $17 22. Qe3 (22. Bxb5 $17 Qxb5 23. c3) 22... Bxd3 $19 23. cxd3 $2 (23. Qxd3 {was forced.} Bh6 24. c3) 23... Rc2 {Black is clearly winning.} 24. Rb1 (24. Ndc4 $142 Nf5 25. Rxc2 Nxe3 26. Nxe3) 24... Nf5 25. Qf2 Bh6 26. Re2 Rxd2 {[%mdl 64] [#] Overworked Piece} 27. Rxd2 Be3 {Accuracy: White = 23%, Black = 60%.} 0-1

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Uruci, Besim"]
[Black "Ragger, Markus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2137"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,64,10,23,0,0,-14,0,-14,9,-43,-18,-3,-20,-49,35,33,93,83,89,91,97,-134,-146,-143,-133,-229,-219,-280,-280,-314,-325,-314,-163,-450,-435,-595,-543,-539,-539,-537,-537,-697,-697,-697,-689,-681,-220,-676,-670]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. b3 a5 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} 7. Bb2 a4 8. e3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. Qc1 Ne4 9. c4 c6 10. Nbd2 Bf5 11. Rd1 axb3 12. axb3 Rxa1 13. Bxa1 Na6 14. Ne5 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 {½-½ (25) Saric,I (2628)-Mchedlishvili,M (2630) Germany 2013}) 8... Bf5 9. c4 c6 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 10. Nc3 a3 11. Bc1 Ne4 12. Qe1 Qa5 13. Nb1 (13. b4 $11 Qa7 14. cxd5) 13... dxc4 (13... Qxe1 {seems wilder.} 14. Rxe1 dxc4 15. bxc4 Rd8 16. Nxa3 Nc5) 14. Qxa5 Rxa5 15. bxc4 Nd6 (15... c5 $15) 16. Bxa3 $14 Nxc4 ({Better is} 16... Nd7 $14) 17. Bxe7 $16 Re8 18. Bb4 Ra8 19. Nc3 $2 (19. a4 $16) 19... Na6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping White busy.} 20. a3 {[#]} c5 $1 {[%mdl 576] Deflection} 21. Bxc5 (21. dxc5 $17 Nxb4 22. axb4 Bxc3 23. Rac1) 21... Nxc5 $19 22. dxc5 Bxc3 23. Rac1 Rxa3 24. Nd4 Bd3 (24... Bxd4 $142 25. exd4 Nd2) 25. Rfd1 $2 {[#]} (25. Nb5 {was the only defense.} Bb2 26. Nxa3 Nxa3 27. Bxb7) 25... Nb2 26. Bxb7 Nxd1 27. Rxd1 Ra1 28. Rxa1 Bxa1 29. c6 Bxd4 30. c7 Bf5 31. exd4 Re1+ 32. Kg2 Rc1 {Accuracy: White = 28%, Black = 43%.} 0-1

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bruned, Boris"]
[Black "Perunovic, Milos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2133"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,74,47,-16,51,31,40,15,34,33,32,-10,-2,-15,22,14,25,27,23,23,9,8,65,64,80,77,96,39,34,13,13,13,25,13,38,15,23,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,2,-38,-50,-54,-12,-388,-395,-382,-292,-704,-691]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 {[%cal Bg1f3,Bf3d4,Bd4b5,Bb5c3,Bc3d5][%mdl 32]} e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. Bf4 e5 7. Be3 Nf6 8. Bg5 a6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. N5c3 f5 11. Nd2 {B44: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nb5} Bg7 12. Bc4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} (12. Qh5 $14) 12... Ne7 (12... O-O $11) (12... O-O 13. O-O Nd4 14. Nd5 fxe4 15. Nxe4 b5 16. Bb3 Kh8 17. f4 f5 18. Ng3 Ra7 {½-½ (42) Balogh,C (2630)-Mchedlishvili,M (2631) Warsaw 2013}) 13. Nd5 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 13. Qh5 O-O 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Be6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. O-O d5 {1-0 (41) Szakall,T (2105)-Horvath,A Paks 1998}) 13... O-O 14. O-O (14. Qf3 {seems wilder.} Bd7 15. c3 Rc8 16. Bb3 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Qf6 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Ne4) 14... Be6 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. exf5 exf5 18. Nc4 Qe6 19. Nb6 Rad8 {White should prevent ...d5.} 20. Qd5 Qxd5 21. Nxd5 e4 (21... Kf7 $11) 22. c3 $14 Be5 23. f4 Bg7 24. a4 (24. Ne7+ $16 Kh8 25. Rad1) 24... Kf7 25. Kf2 Ke6 26. Rfd1 Rc8 27. Rd2 h5 28. g3 h4 29. Rad1 hxg3+ 30. hxg3 Rh8 31. Ne3 Rh2+ 32. Ng2 Bf8 33. Kg1 (33. g4 $5) 33... Rh3 34. Kf2 Rc7 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Rg7.} 35. Rd5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (35. Ne3 $11 {and White is okay.}) 35... Rg7 $19 36. Ne3 Rhxg3 37. Nxf5 $2 (37. c4) 37... Rf3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 22%, Black = 31%.} 0-1

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Maloberti, David"]
[Black "Pancevski, Filip"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2122"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,110,22,27,33,23,-53,9,-31,-31,-239,-239,-233,-142,-128,-63,-115,-122,-118,-89,-179,-69,-179,-108,-169,-79,-51,12,-141,19,-120,-27,-38,0,-113,-80,-352,-277,-555,-555,-1018,-1018,-1331,-1189,-1492,-1485,-1479,-922,-911,-899,-836,-787,-771,-763,-695,-415,-413,-400,-410,-406,-582,-574,-548,-532,-648,-650,-833,-829,-814,-804,-857,-823,-2401,-952,-928,-899,-29978,-29974,-29982,-29983,-29983,-29982,-29997,-29985,-29991,-29991,-29991,-29992,-29992,-29993,-29993,-29994,-29994,-29995]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Be3 Ng4 10. Bd2 {E97: King's Indian: Classical Main Line (6...e5 7 0-0 Nc6): 8 Be3 and 8 d5 Ne7, not 9 Ne1} (10. Bg5 f6 11. Bh4 Nh6 12. Nd2 g5 13. Bg3 Ng6 14. Re1 Nf4 15. Bf1 g4 16. Rc1 f5 17. exf5 Nxf5 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. Qxg4 Ne3 20. Qe2 Bg4 21. Qd3 {½-½ (62) Paravyan,D (2528)-Smirin,I (2685) St Petersburg 2016}) 10... f5 {LiveBook: 35 Games} 11. h3 Nf6 12. Ng5 $146 (12. exf5 $11 Nxf5 13. Bd3) ({Predecessor:} 12. Rc1 a5 13. Bd3 f4 14. c5 dxc5 15. Na4 b6 16. Bc3 g5 17. Nxe5 Nd7 {½-½ (38) Jemec,V (2408)-Grego,L (2319) ICCF email 2015}) 12... c6 (12... h6 $15 13. Ne6 Bxe6 14. dxe6 fxe4) 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. Bf3 $2 (14. exf5 $1 $15 Nxf5 15. Rc1) 14... h6 $19 {[%mdl 64] [#] Trapped Piece} 15. exf5 hxg5 16. fxg6 d5 ({Better is} 16... Bf5 $17 17. Bxg5 Bxg6) 17. Bxg5 (17. cxd5 $15 cxd5 18. Bxg5) 17... e4 $17 18. Be2 Be6 19. Be3 (19. cxd5 $17 {was necessary.} cxd5 20. Nb5) 19... Nf5 ({Don't do} 19... dxc4 20. Bc5 $17) (19... Qe8 $19 20. Bc5 Qxg6 21. Bxe7 Bxh3) 20. Bc5 (20. Bg5 $1 $15) 20... Re8 (20... d4 $19 21. Bxf8 Bxf8) 21. Bg4 (21. cxd5 $17 cxd5 22. Bb5) 21... Qa5 (21... dxc4 $19 {And now ...Qa5 would win.} 22. Qe2 Nxg4 23. Qxg4 Qh4) 22. b4 Qa3 (22... Qd8 $15 23. cxd5 cxd5) 23. Rc1 $2 (23. cxd5 $11 Rad8 24. Rc1) 23... Rad8 $2 ({Black should play} 23... dxc4 $17 24. Qe1 Nd7 25. Qxe4 Nxc5 26. bxc5 Qxc5) 24. Qe2 (24. cxd5 $11 a6 25. Qc2 (25. dxe6 $2 Rxd1 26. Rcxd1 Ne7 $19) 25... cxd5 26. Bxf5 Bxf5 27. Rb1) 24... Qa6 ({Black should try} 24... Nxg4 $17 25. hxg4 Nh4) 25. b5 $11 cxb5 26. cxb5 (26. Nxb5 $11 {keeps the balance.} Rd7 27. cxd5 Nxd5 28. a4 (28. Qxe4 Nf6 $15)) 26... Qb7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White must now prevent ...d4. Black is in control.} 27. a4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (27. Bxf5 $17 Bxf5 28. Qe3) 27... d4 $19 {[%cal Bd5d4,Bd4d3][%mdl 32]} 28. Na2 $2 (28. Bxf5 Bxf5 29. Na2) 28... d3 29. Qb2 Nxg4 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 30. Qa3 Ne5 31. Nb4 Nh4 32. Be3 Nc4 33. Rxc4 Bxc4 34. Nc6 Rc8 35. Qc5 Be6 36. Qh5 Nxg6 37. Qxg6 Qf7 38. Qg3 {[#]} a6 $1 39. Qd6 (39. Nd4 {was the only defense.}) (39. bxa6 Rxc6) 39... axb5 40. axb5 Qd7 41. Qb4 Bd5 42. Rc1 Bxc6 43. bxc6 Rxc6 44. Rb1 Rg6 {Hoping for ...Qxh3.} 45. g4 Qf7 46. Qb5 Bh6 47. Bd4 e3 {Black mates.} 48. Bxe3 Bxe3 49. fxe3 Rxe3 50. Qh5 Re8 51. Rd1 Qa7+ 52. Kh1 Qb7+ 53. Kg1 Qb6+ 54. Kh1 Qc6+ 55. Kg1 Re2 {Accuracy: White =  5%, Black = 44%.} 0-1

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Agafonov, Yuri Dr"]
[Black "Jirovsky, Milos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2118"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,62,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-14,-3,-20,0,-17,-22,-25,-21,-76,0,-33,0,-10,0,0,0,0,12,0,20,0,0,0,0,-65,262,262,262,262,262,262,315,309,308]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. b3 Nf6 4. Bb2 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. O-O Bb7 9. d4 Nbd7 10. Nc3 Ne4 {LiveBook: 23 Games} 11. Nxe4 {E17: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Be7} (11. Rc1 Re8 12. Qc2 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Bd6 {½-½ (13) Alterman,B (2570)-Rozentalis,E (2588) Israel 2011}) 11... dxe4 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 {The position is equal.} Qxd1 14. Rfxd1 Rfd8 15. Bc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Rac1 c5 16. f4 exf3 17. exf3 a5 18. a4 Bd5 19. Rxd5 Rxd5 {½-½ (34) Garcia,J (2292)-Nguyen,T (2362) Subic Bay 2009}) 15... a5 16. Kf1 Bc5 17. Ke1 Kf8 18. e3 Ke7 19. Bf1 (19. a3 $11) 19... h5 (19... Bb4 $17 20. Bxb4+ axb4) 20. Bc4 Bc6 21. a3 Rxd1+ 22. Kxd1 Rd8+ 23. Kc2 b5 24. Be2 Bb6 (24... b4 {is interesting.} 25. Be1 Bd5 26. axb4 Bxb4 27. Bxb4+ axb4 28. Ra5 g6) 25. Rd1 Rxd1 26. Bxd1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBB} g6 27. Bd4 (27. b4 $11 axb4 28. axb4) 27... Bd5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (27... b4 $1 $15 {keeps the upper hand.}) 28. Bxb6 $18 {White has a decisive advantage.} cxb6 {[#]} 29. Kc3 $1 Ke6 30. Kd4 b4 31. axb4 axb4 {[%mdl 32768] Accuracy: White = 24%, Black = 30%. . An unexpected result.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Atanasov, Radislav"]
[Black "Popov, Valerij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2115"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 22,78,6,12,18,17,25,14,43,-13,0,0,-16,-27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,46,0,44,9,7,-33,0,0,12,7,0,0,16,-3,-3,-9,0,0,0,0,0,0,17,-8,0,-2,0,-55,-64,-63,-60,-87,-58,-37,-17,-1858,-1812]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Re1 Ncb4 {D42: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch: 5 cxd5 Nxd5 6 e3 Nc6 7 Bd3} (10... Bf6 11. Be4 Nce7 12. Qd3 g6 13. Bh6 Bg7 14. Bg5 f6 15. Bd2 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Nd5 17. Qb3 b6 18. Bb4 Rf7 19. Nd2 Bb7 20. Ba3 Qd7 21. Nc4 Bf8 22. Bxf8 Rfxf8 {1-0 (48) Ding,L (2778)-Bu,X (2723) Danzhou 2016}) 11. Be4 Nf6 12. Bb1 {LiveBook: 4 Games} b6 {The position is equal.} 13. a3 Nbd5 14. Qd3 Bb7 15. Bg5 (15. Ne5 $14) 15... g6 $11 16. Bh6 Re8 17. Ba2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Ne5 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Nd7 19. Nf3 {1-0 (32) Leveille,F (2287)-Masse,H (2212) Montreal 2016}) 17... Ng4 {[#] And now ...Nxc3 would win.} 18. Bd2 Rc8 19. h3 Ngf6 20. Ne5 Nxc3 21. bxc3 {[%cal Bb2c3,Bc3c4][%mdl 32]} Bd5 22. c4 Ba8 23. Bh6 Nd7 24. Nf3 (24. Nxd7 {feels hotter.} Qxd7 25. d5 Bd6 26. Bb3 exd5 27. Qd4) 24... Bf6 (24... Nc5 $5 25. Qe3 Bxf3 $11) 25. Rad1 $1 Qc7 26. Qe3 Bg7 27. Bf4 Qd8 28. Ne5 Nxe5 29. Bxe5 Qd7 30. Bxg7 Kxg7 31. Qe5+ Kg8 32. h4 Qc6 {[%csl Ga8][%cal Rc6g2] [#]} 33. f3 (33. Qg5 {seems wilder.} h5 34. Re3 Kg7 35. Rf3 Qc7 36. Qf6+) 33... Qc7 34. Qf6 Qe7 35. Qf4 (35. Qxe7 $11 Rxe7 36. d5) 35... Qxa3 $15 36. Rd2 Qb4 37. Rde2 Red8 38. h5 Qd6 39. Qg3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (39. Qxd6 $11 Rxd6 40. d5) 39... Qxg3 {Accuracy: White = 51%, Black = 58%.} 0-1

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Davainis, Marius"]
[Black "Erdos, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 26,71,-10,-6,-6,-7,-9,-12,-11,-13,0,-57,-50,-57,-47,-54,-52,-79,-10,-12,-12,-11,-11,-14,0,-20,12,8,21,19,66,-240,-233,-251,-241,-263,-266,-242,-245,-380,-373,-615,-217,-988,-983,-909,-917,-29985]} 1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Nc6 9. h3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Na5 {D94: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 5 e3} (10... Nd7 11. Be3 Nb6 12. Bb3 Na5 13. Bc2 Nac4 14. Bc1 Bd7 15. Be4 Nd6 16. Bd3 Rc8 17. Re1 e6 18. Bg5 {0-1 (44) Milov,V (2622)-Hansen,E (2584) Dubai 2014}) 11. Be2 b6 12. Be3 Bb7 13. Ne5 Rc8 14. Rc1 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Nd5 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Rd5g2] [#]} 16. Bf3 Qxa2 17. Bxb7 Nxb7 {[%cal Ba5b7,Bb7d6,Bd6f5][%mdl 32]} 18. Ra1 (18. Nc6 $1 $11 Bf6 19. d5) 18... Qxb2 $15 19. Rxa7 Nd6 $1 20. Rxe7 Nf5 21. Ra7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 21. Rb7 Nxe3 22. fxe3 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Qxe5 {½-½ (135) Iasman,I (1970)-Videnova,I (2328) Rethymno 2012}) 21... b5 ({Black should play} 21... Bxe5 $17 22. dxe5 Nxe3 23. fxe3 Qxe5) 22. Qb1 $11 Rc2 23. Qxb2 Rxb2 24. Rb7 Rb3 25. Nd7 Rd8 26. Bg5 Ra8 27. Nf6+ Kh8 {[#] Hoping for ...h6.} 28. d5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (28. Rxf7 $14 {keeps the upper hand.} Rf8 29. Rxf8+ Bxf8 30. Ra1) 28... h6 $19 29. Ne4 hxg5 30. Nxg5 Kg8 31. Nxf7 Rd3 32. g4 (32. d6 $142 Rf8 33. Ng5) 32... Nh4 33. d6 $2 (33. Ng5 Rxd5 34. Ne6) 33... Rf8 $2 (33... Nf3+ 34. Kg2 Rf8 {[%mdl 64] Trapped Piece}) 34. d7 $2 (34. Ng5) 34... Rxf7 35. Rb8+ Rf8 36. f3 {Accuracy: White = 43%, Black = 49%.} 0-1

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Krstevski, Vlatko"]
[Black "Ivanisevic, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2096"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 13,50,0,10,-12,-10,-29,-25,-27,-16,-42,-24,-34,-38,-63,-60,-169,-155,-291,-288,-284,-145,-130,182,173,314,88,268,258,375,336,377,188,184,165,164,178,235,-964,-964]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 Nbd7 5. dxe5 dxe5 6. Bc4 Bc5 {C41: Philidor Defence} 7. O-O O-O {LiveBook: 5 Games} 8. Bg5 (8. a3 c6 9. h3 a5 10. Re1 b5 11. Bb3 Qc7 12. Be3 Ba6 13. Nd2 Bxe3 14. Rxe3 {0-1 (51) Dambrauskas,V (2298)-Kunin,V (2555) Vilnius 2018}) 8... h6 {The position is equal.} 9. Bh4 c6 10. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. a4 Nh5 12. Ba2 Nf4 13. Qc4 Bd6 14. Rfd1 {0-1 (52) Capote Robayna,N (2073)-Brito Garcia,A (2313) Las Palmas 2013}) 10... b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 11. Bb3 a5 12. a4 b4 13. Ne2 Ba6 14. Re1 (14. c3 $15) 14... g5 $19 15. Nxg5 (15. Ng3 $17 gxh4 16. Nf5) 15... hxg5 16. Bxg5 {[#]} Qb6 ({Black should try} 16... Bxf2+ $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 17. Kxf2 Nxe4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 18. Kg1 Qxg5 19. Qxd7 Qe3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 20. Kh2 Bxe2 21. Qg4+ Bxg4 22. Rxe3 Bf5) 17. Bh4 $17 Nxe4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (17... Kg7 $17 {and life is bright. And now ...Rh8 would win.} 18. Qd2 Bxf2+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Decoy} 19. Bxf2 Qxf2+ 20. Kxf2 Nxe4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 21. Ke3 Nxd2 22. Kxd2 Nc5) 18. Qxd7 $18 {Black must now prevent Qg4+.} Bxf2+ {[#]} (18... Bc8 $142 19. Qd3 Bxf2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 20. Kh2 Bxh4) 19. Kh1 $2 (19. Kh2 $1 $18 {and the rest is easy.} Bxh4 20. Qg4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Ng5 21. Qxh4) 19... Bxh4 $2 (19... Bc8 $16 {is a better defense.} 20. Bxf7+ Kg7) 20. Qg4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Ng5 (20... Bg5 $142 21. Qxe4 c5) 21. Qxh4 Qe3 22. Ng1 ({But not} 22. Nd4 Qf4 $18) (22. Rf1 $142) 22... Qf4 23. Qh6 Ne6 24. Qh5 Ng7 (24... Rae8 $142) 25. Qe2 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (25. Qxe5 $18 Qxe5 26. Rxe5) 25... Bxe2 {Accuracy: White = 17%, Black = 17%.} 0-1

