[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Nestorovic, Nikola"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 16,73,-7,-4,-4,0,-2,-19,22,18,19,29,150,147,175,151,240,242,291,257,282,265,275,252,257,59,284,289,429,433,433,431,422,416,405,391,468,195,195,185,198,189,198,192,179,191,168,181,183,160,96,70,355,333,603,597,555,85,85,85]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nge2 b6 8. a3 {E48: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 5 Bd3 d5 including 6 Ne2, but excluding 6 a3} (8. O-O Re8 9. f3 c5 10. a3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Ba6 12. Ng3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nc6 14. Bb2 Rc8 15. Rae1 Qc7 16. e4 Ne7 17. e5 Nd7 18. a4 cxd4 19. cxd4 Qc2 20. Qxc2 Rxc2 21. Ba3 g6 22. Rc1 Ra2 23. Bxe7 Rxe7 {½-½ (64) Eljanov,P (2739)-Wang,Y (2737) Baku 2016}) 8... Bd6 9. b4 {LiveBook: 6 Games} a6 10. O-O {The position is equal.} Re8 11. f3 Bb7 12. Rb1 Nbd7 13. Qc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. a4) 13... Bf8 (13... Rb8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 14. e4 $16 g6 15. e5 Nh5 {[#]} (15... Nxe5 $16 {was called for.} 16. dxe5 Rxe5) 16. f4 $1 $18 f5 {[#]} 17. g4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} fxg4 {[#]} 18. Bxg6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} hxg6 19. Qxg6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Ng7 {White should prevent ...Qh4.} 20. f5 $2 (20. Qxg4 $18 Qc8 21. Qg3 (21. f5 Nxe5 22. Qg2 Nd7 $16)) 20... Qh4 $2 (20... Rxe5 $1 $14 21. f6 (21. dxe5 Nxe5 22. Qg5 Qxg5 $19) 21... Re6) 21. f6 {Strongly threatening Bh6.} Qh5 (21... Rxe5 {was necessary.} 22. fxg7 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} (22. dxe5 Nxe5 23. f7+ Kh8 $16) 22... Bxg7) 22. f7+ Kh8 23. fxe8=Q ({Resist} 23. fxe8=B Rxe8 24. Qxh5+ Nxh5 $18) 23... Rxe8 24. Qxh5+ Nxh5 25. Rf7 Be7 26. e6 (26. Bh6 $142) 26... Nf8 {[#]} 27. Nf4 $1 {[%cal Rf4h5]} Nxf4 28. Bxf4 {Hoping for Be5+.} Nxe6 {Black wants to play ...Kg8.} 29. Be5+ Kg8 30. Rbf1 c5 {intending ...Bc6.} 31. Ne2 {R1f5 is the strong threat.} Bc8 32. bxc5 bxc5 33. Ng3 {Black must now prevent Nh5.} Bf8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (33... cxd4 $14 34. Nh5 Bc5) 34. Nh5 Ng5 $2 (34... Be7 35. Rxe7 {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender} Rxe7) 35. Rc7 {White wants to mate with Nf6+.} Be7 36. Rxe7 $2 (36. Ng7 $18 Rf8 37. Rxf8+ Kxf8 38. Rxc8+ Kf7 39. Nf5 cxd4 40. Nxd4) 36... Rxe7 $16 37. Nf6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 60%, Black = 31%.} 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Ristic, Nenad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2357"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 28,93,15,10,25,31,14,25,87,26,60,41,45,52,54,35,90,88,96,57,70,49,81,66,63,63,79,71,79,-20,-43,-31,-20,-38,-38,-30,-27,-44,-20,-20,-17,-33,-15,-17,-24,-101,968,975,943,936,831,784,883,878,892,892,887,889,854,843,5687,1218,1191,1120,5728,5728,5687,5687]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c5 6. Nc3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8. O-O Ng4 {[%cal Bf6g4,Bg4h6,Bh6f5][%mdl 32]} 9. e3 d6 10. b3 Nxd4 11. exd4 Nh6 12. Bb2 Nf5 13. Ne2 Rb8 14. a4 b6 {A39: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7 5 Nf3 Nf6 6 0-0 0-0 7 d4} 15. Qd2 {[#] LiveBook: 3 Games} Bb7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... e5 16. Rfd1 Be6 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Bd5 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Qg5 20. Qe4 Rfd8 21. Rab1 h5 22. h3 {0-1 (64) Nogueiras Santiago,J (2535)-Lesiege,A (2515) Quebec 1997}) 16. d5 Bxb2 {White is slightly better.} 17. Qxb2 a6 (17... e5 $11) 18. Rfd1 (18. Rfe1 $16) 18... Qd7 19. Nc3 {[%cal Be2c3,Bc3e4,Be4c5][%mdl 32]} e5 20. Ne4 f6 21. a5 b5 (21... Bc8 $14) 22. c5 dxc5 23. Nxc5 Qd6 24. Ne4 Qb4 25. Qd2 Qxd2 (25... Qxb3 26. Nc5 $16) 26. Rxd2 Nd4 {[#]} 27. Nc5 $1 Rfd8 28. Nxb7 (28. b4 $16) 28... Rxb7 $11 29. Rd3 Rc7 30. Re1 b4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 31. f4 Rc3 32. Rdd1 Nxb3 33. fxe5 fxe5 34. Rxe5 Nxa5 {White must now prevent ...Nc4.} 35. d6 $1 {[%cal Rd6d7] d7 is the strong threat.} Nc4 36. Bd5+ (36. Re6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 36... Kh8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (36... Kf8 $17 37. Rf1+ Kg7 38. Rf7+ Kh6) 37. Bxc4 $1 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Rxc4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 38. d7 {White threatens Re8+ and mate.} Kg7 39. Re8 {[%mdl 64] [#] Trapped Piece} Rxd7 40. Rxd7+ Kh6 41. Rb7 a5 42. Ra8 Rc5 43. Kg2 Kg5 44. Rxh7 b3 45. Rb7 Rc2+ 46. Kh3 b2 47. Rab8 {Accuracy: White = 53%, Black = 32%.} 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Maly, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2339"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 19,68,88,91,82,110,120,228,219,233,237,260,266,269,263,360,341,952,1002,996,993,987,950,1016,1033,1000,999,1043,752,752,646,749,754,745,720,1221,849,827,820,730,504,827,822,802,790,1071,808,29985,29986,29995,29996,29999]} 1. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} c6 2. Ne2 d5 3. e5 c5 4. d4 Nc6 5. c3 Bf5 6. dxc5 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} e6 (6... Nxe5 7. Nd4 Bd7 8. Qh5 Nc6 9. Qxd5 e6 10. Qc4 Rc8 11. Be2 Ne5 12. Qb3 Bxc5 13. O-O Qb6 {0-1 (80) Mamedov,R (2709)-Esipenko,A (2564) Riadh 2017}) 7. b4 Nxe5 8. Nd4 Bxb1 9. Bb5+ Nd7 10. Rxb1 Ngf6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 11. Bf4 a6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Be7 12. c6 bxc6 13. Bxc6 Rc8 {0-1 (33) Goris,T (2029)-Frick,C (2230) Bregenz 2016}) 12. Ba4 g6 (12... Rc8 $16 {was necessary.}) 13. O-O $18 Bg7 14. c6 bxc6 15. Nxc6 (15. Bxc6 Rc8 $14) 15... Qb6 {[#]} 16. c4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} dxc4 17. Ne5 ({Don't do} 17. Qd6 Bf8 $18) 17... Qa7 $2 (17... O-O) 18. Qd6 Bf8 19. Qc6 Rd8 20. Rbd1 Be7 21. Nxd7 Nxd7 22. Rxd7 Rxd7 23. Qc8+ {[%mdl 64] Pin} Bd8 24. Rd1 {[%cal Rd1d7][%mdl 64] Pin} ({Not} 24. Bxd7+ Qxd7 25. Qxa6 (25. Qxc4 g5 $16) 25... c3 $16) 24... O-O {White must now prevent ...Rxd1+.} 25. Rxd7 Qb6 26. Qxc4 Bh4 27. g3 Bf6 28. Be3 Qb8 29. Qf4 Be5 (29... Bc3 $142 30. Qc4 Qxb4 31. Qxa6 Qa5 32. Qxa5 Bxa5) 30. Qe4 Bg7 31. Bc5 Rc8 32. Bb3 Qb5 {[#]} 33. Rxf7 $1 {[%mdl 512] White mates.} Rd8 (33... Kxf7 34. Qxe6#) 34. Qxe6 {[%csl Gc5][%cal Rf7f8]} Re8 35. Rf8# {Accuracy: White = 92%, Black = 36%.} 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Saric, Ivan"]
[Black "Gokerkan, Cem Kaan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 20,66,0,-24,14,-22,7,0,0,-6,5,7,11,5,14,-33,29,23,60,57,76,74,227,198,589,235,205,187,240,229,237,158,168,158,198,195,374,368,691,662,662,662,653,650,628,623,5135,5039,29990]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 Nf6 4. d3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 Nc6 8. c3 e5 9. a3 d5 10. Nbd2 {A05: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 Nf6} (10. Bg5 dxe4 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. dxe4 Bg4 13. Qe2 c4 14. h3 Be6 15. a4 Na5 16. Na3 Rfd8 17. Rad1 Qe7 {1-0 (44) Triapishko,A (2508)-Malakhov,I (2423) Sochi 2018}) 10... dxe4 11. dxe4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} h6 12. b4 {The position is equal.} Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Qe7 13. Nc4 Rd8 14. Qc2 b5 15. Ne3 Be6 16. Rb1 c4 17. a4 a6 18. axb5 axb5 {1-0 (39) Dias,P (2250)-Costa,P Maceira 1997}) 13. Qe2 Qc7 14. Nc4 Be6 15. Nfd2 b5 {Strongly threatening ...cxb4.} 16. Ne3 c4 17. a4 (17. Nd5 $5 {[%cal Rd5c7]} Qd7 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. a4 $11) 17... a6 (17... Nd4 $15 18. cxd4 exd4) 18. Nd5 $11 Bxd5 19. exd5 {[%cal Be4d5,Bd5d6][%mdl 32]} Nd4 $1 {[%cal Rd4e2]} 20. Qd1 $1 Nf5 $2 (20... Rad8 $16 {was worth a try.}) 21. axb5 $18 axb5 $2 {[#]} (21... e4 {is tougher.}) 22. Rxa8 $2 (22. d6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxd6 (22... Qxd6 23. Rxa8) 23. Rxa8) 22... Rxa8 {[#]} 23. d6 $1 $36 {[%cal Rd6c7][%mdl 2624] Discovered Attack. Black is under strong pressure.} Qb8 (23... Qa7 $142) (23... Qxd6 24. Bxa8) 24. Bxa8 Qxa8 25. Rxe5 {Hoping for Ne4!} Nxd6 26. Re1 Nd5 27. Qf3 Bxc3 $2 {[#]} (27... Nf5) 28. Rd1 $1 Qa4 $2 (28... Bxb4 29. Nf1 Nc7 30. Qxa8+ Nxa8) 29. Nb1 {White is clearly winning.} Bxb4 30. Qxd5 Qc2 31. Bxh6 Bc5 32. Rf1 Ne4 33. Nd2 Nc3 {Accuracy: White = 51%, Black = 21%.} 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Demchenko, Anton"]
[Black "Videnova, Iva"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2322"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,71,17,19,19,14,50,41,40,24,64,59,72,68,137,136,141,143,227,217,277,277,285,275,383,378,447,459,478,475,475,400,406,371,363,368,503,427,481,406,471,396,395,377,591,581,583,583,4994,2666,6016,5406,5390,1272,5214,789]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Qe2 d5 6. exd5 {B40: Sicilian: 2...e6, Unusual lines} Nxd5 7. O-O Be7 8. Rd1 Nd4 9. Nxd4 cxd4 10. c4 {LiveBook: 9 Games} Nf6 11. d3 h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... O-O 12. Nd2 Rb8 {1-0 (38) Stevic,H (2615)-Durakovic,A (2298) Schwarzach 2017}) 12. Na3 O-O 13. Bf4 a6 14. Nc2 a5 $1 15. b3 {[%cal Bb2b3,Bb3b4][%mdl 32]} Bd6 (15... Qb6 $14) 16. Be5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} Bc5 17. a3 Ne8 (17... Nd7 $16 {was worth a try.}) 18. b4 $18 f6 19. bxc5 fxe5 20. Qxe5 Ra6 21. Nxd4 Qf6 22. Qxf6 gxf6 23. Rab1 e5 24. Nc2 Nc7 25. Bxb7 Bxb7 26. Rxb7 Rc6 27. Ne3 Rxc5 28. Nf5 Kh7 29. Kf1 Kg6 30. Ne7+ Kf7 (30... Kh7 $142 31. h4 h5) 31. Nd5 {White is clearly winning.} Rc8 32. Rdb1 Ke6 33. R1b6+ Kd7 34. Nxf6+ Kd8 35. Ne4 Na8 36. Rd6+ {Accuracy: White = 65%, Black = 18%.} 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Maier, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,63,24,68,72,99,74,127,102,122,106,144,104,155,116,139,58,63,62,58,62,66,57,60,53,75,47,47,43,79,73,147,172,178,121,101,132,108,78,98,89,163,76,212,209,258,250,254,247,247,191,212,194,1462,1307,29988,29989]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nge7 (5... Nf6 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd2 Nxd2 8. Qxd2 f5 9. a3 Be7 10. h4 O-O 11. Ne2 b6 12. b4 a5 13. b5 Na7 14. Nf4 Qe8 15. c4 dxc4 16. Bxc4 Nxb5 {0-1 (44) Della Morte,G (2346)-Rodriguez Vila,A (2541) Villa Martelli 2012}) 6. O-O {C15: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4: Unusual White 4th moves} a6 7. e5 Nf5 (7... Bxc3 $142 8. bxc3 h6) 8. Ne2 $16 {White is better.} Be7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... h6 9. c3 Be7 10. g4 Nh4 11. Nxh4 Bxh4 12. f4 f5 13. exf6 Qxf6 {1-0 (32) Zecevic,D (2215)-Brkic,D (2143) Zagreb 2011}) 9. c3 Na7 10. Ng3 c5 (10... Nxg3 $142 11. fxg3 (11. hxg3 Bd7 $16) 11... c5) 11. dxc5 Nxg3 12. hxg3 (12. fxg3 $16 Bxc5+ 13. Kh1) 12... Bxc5 $14 13. Qa4+ Nc6 14. Qg4 Bf8 15. Bg5 Qc7 16. Rfe1 Bd7 17. b4 h6 18. Bd2 Na7 19. a4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} g5 (19... Nc6 $142) 20. b5 $16 Bg7 21. Rab1 (21. c4 $18 {Hoping for cxd5.} dxc4 22. Bxc4 (22. Qxc4 Qxc4 23. Bxc4 O-O $14)) 21... axb5 22. axb5 {Strongly threatening b6.} Nc8 23. Be3 {[%cal Bd2e3,Be3d4,Bd4c5][%mdl 32]} Nb6 24. Bd4 Rc8 {[#]} (24... Na4 $16) 25. Qh5 (25. Nd2 $1 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.}) 25... Nc4 (25... Na4 $16) 26. Rb4 $18 Qd8 27. Bxc4 Rxc4 28. Rxc4 dxc4 29. Bc5 Bxb5 30. Nd4 {[%cal Bf3d4,Bd4e6,Be6c7][%mdl 32]} Bc6 $2 (30... Bd7 31. Nf5 Bf8 32. Bxf8 Kxf8) 31. Nxe6 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Qd5 32. Nc7+ {Accuracy: White = 59%, Black = 26%.} 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Banikas, Hristos"]
[Black "Ivic, Velimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,55,44,10,14,18,18,21,33,0,0,0,23,23,37,29,42,43,53,47,52,19,25,20,27,17,27,31,39,33,47,12,18,0,44,0,0,-3,68,81,2446,2402]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 e5 8. dxe5 {E62: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...c6 and Panno Variation (6...Nc6) without ...a6} (8. d5 Nb8 9. e4 a5 10. Ne1 Na6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Be3 Ng4 13. Bd2 f5 14. Nd3 b6 15. f3 Nf6 16. Be3 Nc5 17. Nxc5 bxc5 {0-1 (26) Ivanchuk,V (2714)-Amin,B (2709) Zagreb 2018}) 8... Nxe5 9. Qb3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Nxf3+ 10. Bxf3 {The position is equal.} Nd7 11. Rd1 Nc5 12. Qc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Qa3 Re8 13. Bd2 Bf5 14. Rac1 a5 15. Nd5 c6 {1-0 (48) Tadic,B (2476)-Ratkovic,M (2407) Ruma 2017}) 12... Bf5 13. e4 Bh3 14. Be3 Qf6 15. Qe2 c6 16. Bd4 Qe7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qd2 Rad8 19. Qd4+ Qe5 20. Rd2 a5 21. Rad1 {[#] Hoping for Qxe5+.} Ne6 22. Qe3 h5 23. Be2 g5 24. Na4 h4 25. Qc3 (25. c5 $5) 25... hxg3 26. hxg3 Rh8 (26... f6 $11) 27. Rxd6 $1 $14 {[%mdl 64] [#] Remove Defender} Rxd6 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (27... Qxc3 $16 28. Nxc3 Rxd6 29. Rxd6 g4) 28. Qxe5+ {Accuracy: White = 49%, Black = 40%.} 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Black "De Filomeno, Simone"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,145,79,72,23,29,28,36,30,108,20,47,-37,0,-57,-52,-60,-49,-44,-41,-110,-110,-110,-110,-110,-110,-110,-110,-110,-110,-107,-107,-111,218,-100,-100,-99,-100,-104,-109,-101,-80,-112,-93,-112,-106,-108,-108,-122,-122,-131,-104,-131,-131,-131,-131,-131,-131,-131,-131,-131,-131,-131,-131,-131,-131,-131,-131,-131,-131,-139,-139,-139,-139,-139,-139,-139,-139,-139,-139,-139,-10,-139,-139,-139,-139,-139,-139,-139,-58,-58,-58,-58,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-1268,-1075,-29985,-8,-1536]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Bd5 11. Qc2 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7} Nc6 (11... Be4 12. Qc1 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nbd2 Bxf3 15. Nxf3 a5 16. Rd1 c6 17. h4 Na6 18. Qf4 Qc7 19. Qg4 Rad8 20. Rac1 Nb4 {0-1 (45) Wei,Y (2729)-So,W (2780) chess.com INT 2018}) 12. Bxf6 gxf6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 13. e3 $146 {White is better.} ({Predecessor:} 13. e4 Nb4 14. Qe2 Bc6 15. Nc3 b6 16. d5 Bb7 17. Rad1 Bd6 18. dxe6 fxe6 {1-0 (38) Harutjunyan,G (2428)-Ratsma,M (2253) Panevezys 2018}) 13... Nb4 14. Qe2 c5 15. Nc3 Bb3 (15... Bc6 $11 {remains equal.}) 16. Nd2 (16. dxc5 $16 {Nd4 is the strong threat.} Bxc5 17. Nd2) 16... Bc2 $11 17. Bxb7 (17. Qg4+ $14 Kh8 18. dxc5 (18. Bxb7 cxd4 19. Qxd4 Rb8 $15) 18... Bxc5 19. Qh5) 17... Rb8 18. Be4 (18. Bxa6 $11 cxd4 19. exd4) 18... cxd4 19. exd4 f5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 20. Bxc2 Nxc2 21. Rad1 (21. Ra2 $15) 21... Nxd4 $17 22. Qxa6 Rxb2 23. Qd3 Bf6 24. Nf3 Nxf3+ 25. Qxf3 Qa8 26. Qe3 Rb3 27. Rd3 Rc8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (27... Kg7 $17 {And now ...Rd8 would win.} 28. Ne2 Rxd3 29. Qxd3 Qxa4) 28. Ne2 $2 (28. Nd5 $18 Qxd5 29. Rxb3) 28... Rxd3 29. Qxd3 Qxa4 30. Nf4 Qc4 31. Qf3 Qe4 32. Qd1 Bg5 33. Qd7 Qc6 34. Qd4 Qc4 35. Qd6 Bxf4 36. gxf4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Qe4 37. f3 Qc6 38. Qe5 Qc5+ 39. Qxc5 Rxc5 {KR-KR} 40. Kg2 Kg7 41. Kg3 Rc2 42. Ra1 Rc8 43. Ra7 Kf6 44. Ra6 Rg8+ 45. Kf2 h5 46. h4 Rb8 47. Kg3 Rb1 48. Rc6 Rg1+ 49. Kf2 Rh1 50. Kg3 Rd1 51. Ra6 Rd4 (51... Kg7 $17 52. Ra8 Rd4) 52. Rb6 (52. Ra8 $1 $11) 52... Kg6 53. Ra6 Rd7 54. Rb6 Re7 55. Ra6 f6 (55... Rb7 $17 56. Ra8 Kg7) 56. Rb6 $15 Kg7 57. Ra6 e5 (57... Kf7 $15) 58. fxe5 $11 fxe5 59. Rb6 Rd7 60. Re6 Rd5 61. Kg2 Rd2+ 62. Kh3 Re2 63. Ra6 f4 64. Ra7+ Kg6 65. Ra6+ Kf5 66. Rh6 Re3 67. Rxh5+ Kf6 68. Kg4 Re1 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Rg1+.} 69. Rf5+ Ke6 {( -> ...Rg1+)} 70. Rg5 Rg1+ 71. Kh5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (71. Kh3 $11 Rh1+ 72. Kg4) 71... Rg3 $1 $19 {[%cal Rg3f3]} 72. Rg6+ Kd5 $2 (72... Rxg6 {mates} 73. Kxg6 e4 74. h5 exf3 75. h6 f2 76. h7 f1=Q 77. Kg5 Qf2 78. h8=Q Qg3+ 79. Kh5 Qh3+ 80. Kg5 Qxh8 81. Kxf4 Qe5+ 82. Kf3 Kf5 83. Kg2 Qe2+ 84. Kh1 Kf4 85. Kg1 Kg3 86. Kh1 Qh2#) 73. Rg4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Precision: White = 47%, Black = 51%.} (73. Ra6 $11) 0-1

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Kutirov, Rolando"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2316"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,97,7,4,31,21,22,22,43,38,35,35,53,53,45,21,31,26,21,20,33,27,25,33,25,31,29,19,35,34,38,33,41,35,74,62,103,0,318,119,372,384,382,371,372,326,359,359,355,311,447,434,446,445,441,414,402,356,439,356,687,697,843,797,816,777,933,884,875,872,1193,1174,2491,2366,2004,1901,1879,1825,29977,29978,5098,2641,2641,1211,2241,1190,6295,6214,29992,29993]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. c3 Bg4 6. Nbd2 {LiveBook: 64 Games. D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} (6. Qb3 Qc8 7. Ne5 c4 8. Qa4 Bd7 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 10. b3 cxb3 11. axb3 e6 12. Bb5 Bd6 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 {1-0 (53) Nakamura,H (2781)-Shimanov,A (2641) chess.com INT 2018}) 6... Bxf3 7. Nxf3 e6 8. Qb3 {The position is equal.} Qb6 9. Qxb6 axb6 10. Bb5 Nd7 11. O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Ne5 Ndxe5 12. Bxe5 Kd7 13. Ke2 Bd6 14. Bxd6 Kxd6 {1-0 (44) Kreuzer,H (2064)-Wutz,C (2220) Bayern 2015}) 11... Be7 12. a4 O-O 13. Rfd1 Rfc8 14. g4 h6 15. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4g5][%mdl 32]} Nf6 16. g5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} hxg5 17. hxg5 Ne4 18. Kg2 Bd6 19. Rh1 Bxf4 20. exf4 Nd6 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. Ne5 cxd4 {[#]} 23. cxd4 ({Only move:} 23. Rh3 $1 $16) 23... g6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (23... Nf5 $11) 24. b3 $2 (24. Rh3 $18 {is more deadly.}) 24... Kf8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (24... Kg7 $16 {is a better defense.}) 25. Nd7+ $18 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Ke7 26. Nxb6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Nf5 27. Rhd1 ({Don't do} 27. Nxa8 Rxa8 28. Rhd1 Kd6 $18) ({Much less strong is} 27. Nxc8+ Rxc8 28. Rhd1 Kd6 $18) 27... Rcb8 28. Nxa8 Rxa8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} 29. a5 Ra6 (29... Rb8 $142 30. a6 Ra8) 30. b4 Nd6 31. Kf3 Nb5 32. Ke3 Ra8 33. Rac1 Kd6 34. Rh1 Ra7 $2 (34... Kd7 35. Rh7 Nd6) 35. Rh8 Na3 36. Rc8 Nc4+ 37. Kd3 Nb2+ 38. Kc3 Nc4 39. Rh1 Rb7 40. Rhh8 Na3 41. Rhd8+ Ke7 42. Rb8 Nb5+ 43. Kd3 Rc7 44. Re8+ Kd6 45. Rbd8+ Rd7 46. Rxd7+ Kxd7 47. Rh8 Nd6 48. a6 {[%cal Ba5a6,Ba6a7][%mdl 32] [#] a7 would kill now.} Kc7 49. a7 {Accuracy: White = 67%, Black = 22%.} 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Danov, Lyubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,77,31,18,37,24,33,35,27,29,39,40,40,0,0,0,27,21,23,24,1,16,30,22,33,14,16,11,38,14,37,29,68,48,90,77,83,82,79,57,409,391,552,532,527,531,511,502,547,528,587,577,648,642,635,634,629,507,753,729,1093,1035,1633,1569,1954,1722,29982,29982]} 1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. g3 c5 4. c3 Qa5 5. Bg2 (5. Nbd2 cxd4 6. Nb3 Qb6 7. Nbxd4 Nf6 8. Bg2 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Qb3 Qc7 11. Qa4 Rb8 12. Nb5 Qb6 13. c4 {1-0 (37) Duda,J (2724)-Heberla,B (2570) Zgierz 2018}) 5... cxd4 6. Nxd4 {A40: Unusual replies to 1 d4} Nc6 7. O-O {LiveBook: 7 Games} h5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Nf6 8. Nd2 O-O 9. N2b3 Qc7 10. e4 d6 11. h3 Bd7 12. Be3 Bc8 {½-½ (12) Dizdarevic,E (2541)-Chatalbashev,B (2545) Maribor 2015}) 8. h3 {White is slightly better.} Nf6 9. e4 O-O 10. Be3 d6 11. Nd2 Bd7 12. N2b3 Qc7 13. f4 Rac8 14. Qe2 a6 15. f5 Ne5 16. Nd2 b5 17. Rac1 Qb8 18. Kh1 a5 19. Bg5 Qb6 20. N2f3 b4 21. c4 Rc5 22. b3 Qb7 23. Rce1 Re8 24. Nxe5 dxe5 25. Nf3 {[%cal Bd4f3,Bf3e5,Be5g6,Bg6f4,Bf4d5][%mdl 32]} Rcc8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (25... a4 $14) 26. Nxe5 $18 a4 (26... Rc5 $142) 27. fxg6 fxg6 28. Nxg6 Bc6 29. Nf4 axb3 30. axb3 Rcd8 31. Nd5 Rf8 32. Bxf6 exf6 33. Qxh5 Qf7 34. Qf3 Bxd5 35. exd5 {[%cal Be4d5,Bd5d6][%mdl 32]} Rfe8 36. c5 Rxe1 37. Rxe1 Qc7 38. Qf2 Ra8 39. d6 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack (Double check). Accuracy: White = 78%, Black = 30%.} 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Stevic, Hrvoje"]
[Black "Bruned, Yvain"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2286"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,51,24,29,93,87,95,100,114,103,110,87,139,134,133,136,139,146,133,111,164,186,254,218,201,157,220,108,79,64,196,69,268,241,29994,29995,29995,29996]} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. dxc5 Qxc5 7. Be3 {B22: Sicilian: 2 c3} (7. h3 Bh5 8. Na3 a6 9. Be3 Qc7 10. Qa4+ Nbd7 11. Bf4 {½-½ (11) Zhigalko,S (2656)-Topalov,V (2813) Baku 2015}) 7... Qc8 8. Na3 {[%cal Bb1a3,Ba3c4,Bc4e5][%mdl 32]} a6 9. h3 {LiveBook: 3 Games. White has an edge.} Bh5 (9... Bf5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 10. Nc4 {Black must now prevent Nb6.} Nbd7 11. g4 $1 {[%cal Rg4h5]} Bg6 {[#]} 12. g5 $1 {[%cal Rg5f6]} Ne4 13. Nfe5 {And now Nxd7 would win.} Nxe5 (13... Nec5 $142) 14. Nxe5 $16 Nd6 {[#]} 15. Bg2 $146 {[%mdl 2048] Qa4+ is the strong threat. White is in control.} ({Predecessor:} 15. Qb3) 15... f6 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Qd3 Nf5 (17... Qf5 $16 18. O-O-O Rh4) 18. O-O-O $18 Kf7 (18... e6 {was necessary.} 19. Kb1 Be7) 19. h4 {Strongly threatening h5!} e6 20. h5 gxh5 (20... Rxh5 $16 21. Rxh5 gxh5) 21. Bf3 (21. Be4 $18 {is more deadly. aiming for Bxf5.} Nxe3 22. Bg6+ (22. fxe3 f5 $11) 22... Kg8 23. Qxe3) 21... g6 $16 22. gxf6 {Hoping for Rhg1.} Kxf6 {[#]} (22... Qc7 $14) 23. Rhg1 ({White should play} 23. Be4 $1 $18 {[%cal Re4f5]} Bc5 24. Bxf5 gxf5 25. Rhg1) 23... Be7 $2 (23... Bh6 $14) 24. Bd4+ $18 Nxd4 $2 (24... Kf7 $18 25. Bxh8 Qxh8 26. Bxb7 Rd8) 25. Qxg6+ Ke5 26. Rxd4 {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 30%.} 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Djukic, Nikola"]
[Black "Nikcevic, Nebojsa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,71,16,16,24,34,32,16,22,2,34,36,35,22,44,29,81,70,71,74,150,150,302,142,171,73,79,62,74,50,54,10,30,34,116,123,681,661,660,646,756,728,781,618,702,338,2224,4890,4886,2550,29974,29975,5900,5018]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O Nc6 5. d4 e6 6. c4 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. a3 {LiveBook: 39 Games} Bg4 {D41: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 cxd5} 12. b4 Bb6 13. Bb2 Re8 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 13... Bc7 14. h3 Bh5 15. Nd4 Ne7 16. Qd2 Rc8 17. Qg5 Bg6 18. Rfd1 {1-0 (33) Stephanus,J-Ripperger,R St Ingbert 1987}) 14. h3 Bh5 15. e3 Qd6 16. Qb3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Rad8 17. Rad1 a6 (17... f6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 18. Rd2 $1 $16 f6 19. Nd4 Ne5 (19... Bxd4 $142 20. Bxd4 Bf7) 20. Nf5 $1 {[%csl LRd5,LRd6]} Qd7 $2 (20... Qe6 $16) 21. Bxe5 ({Less strong is} 21. Bxd5+ Kf8 $16) (21. Qxd5+ Qxd5 22. Bxd5+ Kf8 $14) (21. Rxd5 $18 {is the precise move to win.} Qf7 22. g4) 21... Rxe5 {[#]} 22. Nd4 (22. Rxd5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512] is more deadly.} Rxd5 23. Qxd5+ Kf8 24. Qxb7 Qxb7 25. Bxb7) 22... Kh8 23. Rc1 Ree8 24. g4 Bf7 25. Qd3 Rc8 26. Rcd1 Rc4 ({Black should try} 26... Re5 $14) 27. Nf5 g6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (27... d4 $16) 28. Qxc4 $1 $18 {[%mdl 576] Pin} gxf5 (28... dxc4 29. Rxd7) 29. Bxd5 Bxd5 30. Rxd5 Qf7 31. gxf5 Rg8+ 32. Kh2 (32. Kf1 $142) 32... Qh5 $2 (32... Bc7+ 33. f4 Qg7) 33. Rg1 Rxg1 34. Kxg1 Kg7 35. Qc8 Qg5+ 36. Kf1 {Accuracy: White = 61%, Black = 14%.} 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Brkic, Ante"]
[Black "Musovic, Armin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2301"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,105,35,44,0,22,17,18,21,59,25,48,42,20,10,82,66,138,118,113,85,77,50,68,41,110,103,120,134,139,141,296,293,587,587,586,586,585,580,553,560,555,539,537,530,523,524,506,493,486,441,441,437,432,428,441,441,434,427,589,589,842,839,832,793,778,751,1769,1671,29946,29954,29962,29963,29965,8555,29964,29966,29964,29963,8210,8175,8416,7833,5990,5728,1412,1394,29987,29982,29982,29983,29983,29984,29983,29984]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 g6 7. Nf3 Nh5 {LiveBook: 6 Games. B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack} 8. Bg5 (8. Be3 {feels hotter.} Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nbd2 Qc7 11. Re1) 8... Qb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Bg7 9. h3 O-O 10. Na3 f6 11. Be3 e5 12. g4 Nf4 13. Bxf4 exf4 14. Qd2 Qe7+ 15. Qe2 {1-0 (60) Tukhaev,A (2551)-Rozum,I (2581) Kolkata 2018}) 9. Qb3 Qxb3 {The position is equal.} 10. axb3 {[%cal Ba2b3,Bb3b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Bg7 11. b4 O-O 12. b5 Nd8 13. O-O $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} f6 (13... Ne6 $11) 14. Be3 $16 Bh8 (14... e5 $14) 15. Nbd2 Nf7 16. Ra3 e5 17. dxe5 fxe5 18. Be2 ({Of course not} 18. Rxa7 Rxa7 19. Bxa7 e4 $15) 18... Bg4 ({Black should try} 18... Re8 $14) 19. h3 ({Worse is} 19. Rxa7 Rxa7 20. Bxa7 e4 $17) 19... Bd7 20. Rfa1 ({Not} 20. Rxa7 Rxa7 21. Bxa7 Nf4 $15) 20... Nd6 21. Rxa7 Rab8 $2 {[#]} (21... Rxa7 $16 {keeps fighting.} 22. Rxa7 Rb8) 22. Bc5 $18 Bxb5 $2 (22... Nc8 23. Bxf8 Kxf8) 23. Bxd6 Bxe2 24. Bxb8 Rxb8 25. Ra8 Rxa8 26. Rxa8+ Kg7 27. Nxe5 Nf4 28. Nf7 {[%mdl 64] [#] Deflection} Kxf7 29. Rxh8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KBN} Kg7 30. Rb8 Ba6 31. Nb3 Nd3 32. Na5 Nxb2 33. Nxb7 Nd1 34. Nc5 Bc4 35. Na4 h5 36. Nb2 Nxc3 37. Nxc4 dxc4 {KR-KN} 38. Rc8 Nd5 39. Rxc4 Kf6 40. h4 Kf7 41. g3 Kg7 42. Kg2 Nf6 43. Rc7+ (43. Kf3 $142 Ne8 44. Rc5 Nd6 45. Kf4 Nf7 46. f3 Nh6 47. Rc7+ Kf6 48. g4) 43... Kh6 44. Kf3 Ng4 45. Rc5 Kg7 46. Rc2 Kf6 47. Kf4 Ne5 48. f3 Nd3+ 49. Ke4 Nb4 50. Rc4 {White mates.} Na2 51. Kd3 Ke5 52. Kc2 Kd5 53. Ra4 {Accuracy: White = 83%, Black = 28%.} 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jankovic, Alojzije"]
[Black "Pogan, Nikolas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2228"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,65,36,33,40,35,39,39,35,13,17,3,14,15,21,-10,-10,-10,-10,-43,-43,-43,-43,-43,-43,-43,-34,-43,-34,-43,-47,-47,-43,-43,-43,-43,-43,-43,-43,-43,-43,-43,-36,-43,-29,-43]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 Bg4 7. Be3 Nfd7 8. d5 {E91: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2, unusual replies including 6...c5 and 6...Bg4} (8. Rc1 e5 9. d5 a5 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 f5 12. h4 f4 13. Bd2 Nc5 14. Qe2 h5 15. g4 fxg3 16. fxg3 Nba6 17. O-O Qd7 {0-1 (55) Steingrimsson,H (2573)-Kovalenko,I (2646) Batumi 2018}) 8... e5 9. Nd2 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 a5 11. O-O Na6 {[%cal Bb8a6,Ba6c5,Bc5b3][%mdl 32]} 12. a3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} f5 {[#] Threatens to win with ...f4.} 13. f3 Bf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Qh4 14. Rab1 Nac5 15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 Na4 17. Nxa4 Rxa4 {0-1 (39) Webb,L (2291)-Obgolts,E (2235) Sochi 2018}) 14. Kh1 Bg5 15. Bg1 Bxd2 16. Qxd2 Nac5 17. Qc2 a4 $1 18. Nb5 f4 19. g4 Kg7 20. Kg2 Rh8 21. Bf2 Nb3 22. Rad1 h5 {Strongly threatening ...hxg4.} 23. h3 h4 24. Rd3 Nbc5 25. Rc3 g5 26. Qe2 $1 b6 27. Rc2 Qc8 28. Be1 Kf7 29. Bb4 Qb7 30. Rc3 Ra6 31. Qc2 Rha8 32. Rb1 Kf6 33. Qd2 {Accuracy: White = 55%, Black = 79%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Delchev, Aleksander"]
[Black "Putka, Verners"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2307"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,51,34,29,172,-13,-16,-54,125,133,133,119,214,205,217,195,238,231,374,387,454,448,658,662,639,641,578,162,172,60,62,0,170,0,36,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Bd6 6. exd5 cxd5 {C24: Bishop's Opening: 2...Nf6} (6... Nxd5 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. Nxe5 a5 12. Bd2 a4 13. Bxd5 cxd5 14. Nc3 {0-1 (48) Kovalenko,I (2657)-Fridman,D (2605) Minsk 2017}) 7. Bg5 Be6 8. Nc3 Bc7 9. d4 e4 10. Nd2 {LiveBook: 5 Games. Hoping for Bxf6.} h6 (10... Ba5 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 11. Bh4 $146 {[#]} ({White has to play} 11. Bxf6 $1 $18 gxf6 12. Qh5) ({Predecessor:} 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Qh5 f5 13. g4 Qg5 14. Qxg5 hxg5 15. gxf5 Bxf5 16. Nxd5 {1-0 (39) Staroske,U-Schultz,K (1759) GER email 2011}) 11... g5 $1 $11 {[%cal Rg5h4]} 12. Bg3 e3 $2 (12... Bxg3 $15 {keeps the upper hand.} 13. Ba4+ Kf8 14. hxg3 Kg7) 13. fxe3 $16 Bxg3+ 14. hxg3 Qc7 (14... Bg4 $16 15. Nf3 Nc6) 15. Qf3 Nbd7 16. e4 (16. Bxd5 g4 $11) (16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. e4 (17. Bxd5 g4 $11) 17... N5f6 $11) 16... O-O-O {...dxe4 would now be nice for Black.} 17. e5 (17. exd5 $6 Bg4) 17... Bg4 (17... Rhe8 {was necessary.} 18. O-O (18. Rxh6 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Qxe5+ 20. Kf1 Ng4 $11) (18. Nb5 Qb6 $16) 18... Ng8 19. Bxd5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Qc5+ 21. Qf2 Qxf2+ 22. Rxf2 (22. Kxf2 Bxd5 23. Nxd5 Rxd5 $16) 22... Bxd5) 18. Qf2 $18 Nxe5 19. Qxf6 Nd3+ (19... Nc6 $142 20. O-O Qb6) 20. cxd3 Qxg3+ 21. Qf2 Qxd3 22. Nde4 $2 {[#]} (22. Nf3) 22... dxe4 23. Qd2 (23. d5 $18) 23... Qg3+ $14 24. Qf2 (24. Kf1 $1 $14 e3 25. Qe1 Qf4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 26. Kg1) 24... Qd3 $1 $18 25. Qd2 (25. d5 $18) 25... Qg3+ $1 $14 26. Qf2 {Accuracy: White = 40%, Black = 41%.} (26. Kf1 $5 {[%cal Rc3e4]} e3 27. Qe1 Qf4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 28. Kg1 $16) 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Potapov, Pavel"]
[Black "Saveliev, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,59,1,88,88,87,90,88,84,83,71,111,95,122,85,79,85,110,84,111,98,127,111,137,105,294,279,566,556,793,769,782,737,700,655,785,745,1066,1024,2548,2455,29988,29989,29993,29992,29992,1614,29992,29993,29998,29999]} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bc4 Be7 5. O-O Nf6 (5... Qc7 6. Na3 Nf6 7. d4 d6 8. dxc5 dxc5 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nc2 Rb8 12. Ne3 b5 13. Bd5 Ne7 {1-0 (41) Szabo,G (2561)-Florescu,C (2293) Corund 2017}) 6. d4 {B22: Sicilian: 2 c3} d6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} (6... cxd4 $11 7. cxd4 exd4) 7. d5 $16 Nb8 8. Re1 {White is better.} O-O 9. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. h3 h6 10. b4 Nbd7 11. a4 a5 12. Ba3 b6 13. Qe2 g6 14. Nbd2 Nh5 15. Qf1 Ndf6 16. bxc5 bxc5 {1-0 (27) Buchnicek,P (2316)-Adamko,P (2086) Slovakia 2015}) 9... Ne8 10. Na3 g6 11. Bh6 Ng7 12. b4 {And now bxc5 would win.} cxb4 13. cxb4 Nd7 14. Bb3 Nf6 15. h3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} Nfh5 16. Nc4 Bd7 17. Rc1 f5 $2 (17... Rc8 $16) 18. Ncxe5 $18 dxe5 $2 (18... fxe4 {keeps fighting.} 19. Nxd7 (19. Rxe4 Bxa4 20. Bxa4 dxe5 $18) 19... Qxd7) 19. d6+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Kh8 20. dxe7 Qxe7 21. exf5 Bxf5 22. Nxe5 Qf6 23. Rc7 Rad8 24. Qc1 Bxh3 25. Nf7+ Rxf7 26. Rxf7 Qh4 27. gxh3 Qxh3 28. Qe3 (28. Qg5 $142 Ra8 29. Bxg7+ Nxg7 {[#]} 30. Rxg7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qf3 31. Rg8+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Back Rank} Rxg8 32. Qe5+ Rg7 33. Qe8+ Qf8 34. Qxf8+ Rg8 35. Qxg8#) 28... Qg4+ 29. Kf1 Nf5 {[#]} 30. Qe8+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Back Rank. Accuracy: White = 71%, Black = 20%.} 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nenezic, Marko"]
[Black "Nazaretyan, Tigran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,80,11,12,59,65,123,122,139,137,160,162,157,149,156,152,454,456,435,435,444,338,512,503,519,507,509,506,514,533,547,545,537,540,572,551,627,625,627,626,625,620,684,671,623,508,912,883,936,863,913,908,1312,874,5497,5493,2879,-29987,-29988]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O e6 5. c4 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. d4 Nbd7 10. Bf4 Nh5 {E17: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Be7} (10... Ne4 11. Qb3 Ndf6 12. Red1 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Be3 Re8 16. Bd4 Ba6 17. e3 Be2 18. Re1 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Bxd4 20. exd4 {1-0 (58) Artemiev,V (2704)-Bologan,V (2610) Poikovsky 2018}) 11. Bd2 Nhf6 12. Rc1 Ne4 13. Bf4 {LiveBook: 23 Games} Bb4 14. Bxc7 Qxc7 $146 (14... Qe7 $14) ({Predecessor:} 14... Qe7 15. Bf4 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Rac8 17. Qb3 g5 18. Be3 f5 19. Nxg5 Nxg5 20. Bxg5 Qxg5 21. Bxd5+ Bxd5 22. Qxd5+ {½-½ (54) Horvath,T (2087)-Suta,A (2075) Gyor 2016}) 15. Nxe4 $16 Qb8 16. Nc3 a6 17. Qb3 Qd6 18. a3 Ba5 19. Qc2 {[#] And now b4 would win.} Rac8 $2 (19... Bxc3 $16 20. Qxc3 Rac8) 20. b4 $18 Bxb4 21. axb4 Qxb4 22. Qb1 Qa5 (22... Qxb1 $142 23. Nxb1 b5) 23. Bh3 Rxc3 24. Rxc3 Qxc3 25. Bxd7 b5 26. Rc1 Qa5 27. Bc6 Bxc6 28. Rxc6 b4 29. Qd3 Qa1+ 30. Kg2 a5 31. Qb5 Qa2 32. Ra6 Qc4 33. Rxa5 b3 34. Qxd5 Qxe2 (34... Qxd5 $142 35. Rxd5 Rb8) 35. Qxb3 h6 36. Rb5 g5 37. h3 Qe4 38. Rb8 h5 39. Rxf8+ Kxf8 40. Qxf7+ $4 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (40. Qb8+ $18 Kg7 41. Qe5+ Qxe5 42. dxe5) 40... Kxf7 {Accuracy: White = 66%, Black = 33%.} 0-1

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Loginov, Valery A"]
[Black "Ivanisevic, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,44,71,53,77,0,0,0,7,-6,13,18,14,4,11,18,18,0,64,0,25,0,66,56,63,74,105,50,46]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bg2 e5 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. O-O d5 {[%cal Bd7d5,Bd5d4][%mdl 32]} 8. c4 h6 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} (8... Be6 9. Qa4 Qd7 10. Nc3 Rc8 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Qxd7+ Kxd7 13. Rd1 Bc5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Bxd5 16. Rxd5+ Ke6 {½-½ (16) Andersen,M (2605)-Kravtsiv,M (2685) Batumi 2018}) 9. Nc3 Be6 10. Qa4 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Bd7 11. Rd1 (11. cxd5 $16 cxd5 12. Qa6) 11... Be7 $11 12. Qa6 $146 {[%cal Rc4d5]} ({Predecessor:} 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Qc2 d4 14. Bxa8 Qxa8 {0-1 (26) Gohla,U-Khodadadi,F Germany 1992}) 12... d4 13. Ne4 O-O 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Bxc6 Bxc6 16. Qxc6 Rc8 17. Qa6 e4 {[#]} (17... Re8 $11) 18. Bf4 (18. Be3 $1 $14 {[%mdl 512]}) 18... Re8 19. Rac1 Qd7 (19... Qe7 $11) 20. c5 $14 Qg4 21. c6 h5 {[%cal Bh6h5,Bh5h4][%mdl 32]} 22. c7 (22. Rc5 $16) 22... h4 {[%mdl 32768] Accuracy: White = 57%, Black = 30%. . Loss on time!?} 0-1

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kevlishvili, Robby"]
[Black "Uruci, Endrit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,93,42,25,28,12,58,-2,0,0,118,46,58,47,51,44,33,0,-4,-45,-27,-39,-32,-20,-18,-20,0,0,83,80,85,78,154,114,101,107,116,56,95,94,87,63,61,59,60,29,41,28,41,24,36,54,158,149,190,190,192,197,270,214,358,343,402,406,482,476,469,468,641,616,2405,506,2225,2377,29965,5285]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d3 Nf6 6. d4 d5 7. Bd3 Bd6 8. Qe2+ Qe7 9. Qxe7+ Bxe7 10. Bf4 {C01: French: Exchange Variation} c6 11. O-O {LiveBook: 11 Games} Nh5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... O-O 12. Re1 Re8 13. Nbd2 Bg4 14. Ne5 Be6 15. Nb3 a5 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. dxc5 Nbd7 18. Nxd7 Bxd7 {1-0 (33) Carlsen,M (2838)-Meier,G (2630) chess.com INT 2017}) 12. Bd2 {White has an edge.} Be6 13. Ne5 (13. Ng5 $14) 13... Nd7 $11 14. f4 f6 (14... g6 $11) 15. f5 (15. Nxd7 $16 {Strongly threatening Nc5.} Bxd7 16. f5) 15... fxe5 $14 16. fxe6 Nf8 $1 17. dxe5 {[#] And now g4 would win.} g6 18. Nc3 (18. c4 $5 {[%cal Rc4d5]} d4 19. Bh6 (19. g4 Ng7 $11) 19... Nxe6 20. g4 $14) 18... Nxe6 19. Be2 Nhg7 20. Bg4 h5 21. Be2 {[%cal Bg4e2,Be2d3,Bd3g6][%mdl 32]} Bc5+ 22. Kh1 Bd4 23. Bd3 g5 (23... Nf5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 24. Bg6+ $16 Kd8 25. Rae1 Rf8 (25... g4 $142) 26. Rxf8+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Overworked Piece} Nxf8 27. Bxg5+ Kc7 28. Bd3 ({Better is} 28. Bf7 $16) 28... Re8 29. Bf6 Nge6 30. Ne2 Bxb2 31. Rb1 Ba3 32. g3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Nd7 33. Bg6 Nxf6 34. exf6 Rf8 35. f7 Nd8 (35... Rh8 $1 $14) 36. Rf1 Kd7 37. Bxh5 Bd6 38. Nd4 c5 (38... Rh8 $142) 39. Nf5 Be5 (39... c4 {was necessary.} 40. Kg2 Ba3) 40. Nh4 Kd6 41. g4 {[%cal Bg3g4,Bg4g5,Bg5g6][%mdl 32]} d4 42. g5 c4 43. g6 Ne6 44. Nf5+ Kd5 45. Bf3+ Kc5 46. Re1 Ng5 47. Rxe5+ {Accuracy: White = 66%, Black = 41%.} 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Blohberger, Felix"]
[Black "Blagojevic, Dragisa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,112,0,31,36,20,22,50,54,53,49,46,49,49,45,56,14,57,18,53,47,54,50,45,45,39,26,72,42,37,17,55,29,29,24,39,40,35,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,33,33,33,47,27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,8,8,8,9,3,8,3,8,8,8,0,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,9,9,9,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 (5. c3 e6 6. Nbd2 cxd4 7. exd4 Nh5 8. Bg5 f6 9. Be3 Bd6 10. Bb5 O-O 11. O-O Ne7 12. Re1 Bd7 13. Bd3 g6 14. Bh6 Rf7 {½-½ (83) Caruana,F (2822)-Aronian,L (2767) chess.com INT 2018}) 5... Nh5 {LiveBook: 7 Games} 6. dxc5 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} Nxf4 7. exf4 e6 8. Nb3 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 8. c3 Bxc5 9. Nb3 Bd6 10. g3 O-O 11. Bd3 h6 12. O-O a6 {1-0 (36) Menna Barreto,F (2321)-Poeta,C (2125) Sao Paulo 2018}) 8... Bxc5 {[%mdl 64] [#] Decoy} 9. Nxc5 {Strongly threatening Qd2.} Qa5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 10. c3 {Threatens to win with Nb3.} Qxc5 11. Bd3 g6 12. g3 Bd7 13. Qe2 d4 14. Rc1 O-O 15. O-O dxc3 16. Rxc3 Qa5 17. a3 Rfd8 18. b4 Qb6 19. Be4 Be8 20. h4 a5 21. bxa5 Rxa5 22. Rb1 Qa7 23. Rcb3 Rxa3 24. Rxb7 Nd4 25. Nxd4 Qxd4 26. Kg2 Ra4 27. Bf3 Ra3 28. Rb8 Rd3 29. Rxd8 Qxd8 30. Rd1 Rxd1 {The position is equal.} 31. Qxd1 Qc7 32. Qe2 Qc5 33. Qe5 Qe7 (33... Qc8 {keeps more tension.} 34. Qd6 h5 35. Qb6 Qd7 36. Qa6 Qa4) 34. Qb8 Kg7 35. Qb2+ f6 36. Qb6 Bf7 37. Qd4 h5 38. Kg1 Qa3 39. Kg2 Qa5 40. Qd7 Qc5 41. Qb7 e5 42. fxe5 Qxe5 43. Qd7 Kf8 44. Qc8+ Kg7 45. Qb7 Qf5 46. Be4 Qe6 47. Qc6 g5 48. Qxe6 Bxe6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} 49. Bf3 Kg6 50. hxg5 fxg5 51. Be4+ Bf5 52. Bd5 Kf6 53. f3 Bg6 54. Bc6 Ke5 55. Kf2 Kd4 56. Bb7 Ke5 {Accuracy: White = 53%, Black = 53%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kourkoulos-Arditis, Stamatis"]
[Black "Saric, Ante"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2424"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,86,0,10,-4,21,12,76,76,82,75,80,76,81,72,73,79,75,68,68,62,92,89,123,113,113,115,120,107,151,137,205,213,203,191,195,170,150,87,103,51,48,59,71,83,118,130,168,0,0,0,16,0,27,27,55,0,87,0,145,0,0,0,0,0,36,0,0,0,36]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 c6 {[%cal Bc7c6,Bc6c5][%mdl 32]} 7. O-O $146 {E11: Bogo-Indian} (7. Qc2 b6 8. O-O Bb7 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Bf4 Rc8 11. Nc3 dxc4 12. Nd2 Nd5 13. Nxc4 Nxf4 14. gxf4 O-O 15. Rac1 {½-½ (23) Kuzubov,Y (2647)-Vitiugov,N (2730) Linares 2018}) 7... Nbd7 8. Bc3 b6 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. Qc2 O-O {LiveBook: 4 Games} 11. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} c5 {[%cal Rf6e4]} 12. e5 Ne4 (12... Ng4 $11) 13. Nxe4 $1 $16 dxe4 14. Nd2 Qc7 15. Bxe4 cxd4 16. Bxd4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 ({Much weaker is} 17. Nxe4 $6 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Qxe5 $11) 17... Rfd8 18. Rac1 Rac8 19. Nf3 g6 20. b3 a6 21. Rfd1 Ba3 22. Rc2 b5 23. Qh4 Bf8 24. Rdc1 {aiming for cxb5.} Qb7 {[#]} (24... bxc4 $16 25. Rxc4 Qb7) 25. Ng5 $1 $18 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Rh4h7]} h6 26. Ne4 bxc4 27. Rxc4 Rxc4 28. Rxc4 (28. bxc4 $142 Rb8 29. c5) 28... Rc8 $16 29. Nd2 (29. Nd6 $16 Bxd6 30. Rxc8+ (30. exd6 Rxc4 31. bxc4 Qb1+ 32. Kg2 g5 $16) 30... Qxc8 31. exd6) 29... Rxc4 $1 $14 30. Nxc4 Qd5 31. Qf4 Bg7 32. Nd6 f5 {[%cal Rd7e5]} 33. Nc4 $2 (33. exf6 $18 e5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 34. Nc8 (34. f7+ $2 Kf8 $17) 34... Qxd4 35. Ne7+ Kh7 36. Qxd4 (36. fxg7 Kxg7 37. Qxd4 exd4 $18) 36... exd4 37. fxg7 Kxg7 38. Nc6) 33... g5 $11 34. Qe3 g4 35. Kf1 h5 36. Ke2 Qh1 37. Qg5 ({White should play} 37. Qd3 $14) 37... Nf8 (37... Qe4+ $11 {remains equal.} 38. Qe3 Qc2+ 39. Kf1 Qxa2) 38. Nd6 (38. Qxh5 $16 Qe4+ 39. Be3) 38... Qd5 {[#]} (38... Qb1 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 39. Be3 (39. Kd3 $1 $16) 39... Qf3+ 40. Ke1 Qh1+ 41. Ke2 Qf3+ 42. Ke1 Qh1+ 43. Ke2 Qf3+ {Accuracy: White = 45%, Black = 46%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Marjanovic, Dejan"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,80,0,0,0,16,-19,-12,-27,-6,-47,-22,-19,0,0,0,0,0,-18,-11,-13,16,20,14,19,18,16,27,18,26,25,18,-16,43,41,48,18,33,0,106,75,103,-29,-42,-45,-48,-57,-53,-69,-69,-69,-72,-91,-105,-96,-89,-369,-368,-375,-360,-348,-169,-162,-112,-29957,-7369]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 d5 6. c3 Be7 7. h3 O-O 8. Bd3 c4 9. Bc2 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} (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}) 9... b5 {LiveBook: 11 Games} 10. O-O b4 11. cxb4 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 11. e4 bxc3 12. bxc3 g6 13. Re1 Bd7 14. Nf1 {0-1 (36) Rehbein,U (1778)-Rubina,T (2022) Korbach 2017}) 11... Nxb4 12. Bb1 Ba6 13. Re1 Qb6 14. Ne5 Nc6 15. Bg5 Qc7 16. Nxc6 ({Of course not} 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nxc6 Qxc6 $17) 16... Qxc6 17. Qc2 g6 18. e4 {[%cal Be3e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32] e5 is the strong threat.} Rfe8 19. e5 Nd7 20. Bxe7 Rxe7 21. Nf3 Rb8 22. Qd2 Qb6 23. Qg5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Ree8 24. Bc2 Qd8 (24... Qxb2 $11 25. Ba4 Bb5) 25. Qc1 $1 $14 Kg7 26. Ba4 Bb5 27. Bc2 Qb6 (27... Ba6 $11) 28. Rb1 Qa5 29. a3 (29. Re3 $16) 29... Ba4 $11 30. Bxa4 Qxa4 31. Nh2 h6 {[%cal Bh7h6,Bh6h5][%mdl 32]} 32. Ng4 Rh8 $1 33. Re3 Rb3 34. Rxb3 Qxb3 35. Qd2 h5 36. Nh2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (36. Ne3 $17 {was the only chance.}) 36... Rb8 $19 37. Rc1 Qxb2 38. Qf4 c3 (38... Qxa3 $142 {Threatens to win with ...Qd3.} 39. Nf3 Qd3) 39. Nf3 c2 {Strongly threatening ...Qxc1+!} 40. Ng5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (40. Kh2 $17) 40... Qxc1+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Promotion. Accuracy: White = 40%, Black = 49%.} 0-1

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pershin, Denis"]
[Black "Perunovic, Milos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,136,-11,-9,-15,-5,-60,-61,-53,-33,-118,-97,-114,-108,-119,-100,-134,-133,-131,-135,-133,-123,-147,-147,-140,-143,-138,-124,-147,-132,-160,-146,-233,-209,-241,-260,-247,-166,-239,-214,-222,-210,-197,-185,-208,-159,-162,-162,-140,0,0,58,58,58,-8,-6,-161,-159,-163,-165,-128,-140,-139,0,-46,-8,0,0,-23,-27,-19,0,-101,-100,-145,-34,-78,-96,-434,-394,-890,-874,-1239,-941,-2042,-1974,-1830,-1592,-29981,-29982,-29982,-29983,-29983,-29980,-29983,-29984,-29982,-29983,-29980,-29981,-29982,-29983,-29993,-29984,-29982,-29974,-12798,-4614,-29985,-29986,-29992,-29988,-29989,-29990,-29990,-29991,-29995,-29995,-29995,-29996,-29997,-29998]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Be2 b5 8. O-O Bb7 9. Re1 {B49: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 Be3 a6 7 Be2} (9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. f4 Be7 11. a4 b4 12. Nb1 Nf6 13. Nd2 c5 14. Bd3 c4 15. Nxc4 Bxe4 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 {½-½ (53) Inarkiev,E (2682)-Matlakov,M (2689) Dubai 2014}) 9... Nf6 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 10. a3 Nxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Bd6 11. g3 Be5 12. Bf3 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 O-O 14. Qd3 Rfd8 15. Rad1 Rac8 16. Bxe5 Qxe5 17. Qd6 Qc5 {½-½ (54) Van Kempen,R (2042)-Taborsky,R (2180) Klatovy 2016}) 11. Qxd4 (11. Bxd4 $11 Bd6 12. g3) 11... Bd6 $15 12. f4 e5 13. Qd3 ({Better is} 13. Qb6 $1 $15) 13... exf4 $17 14. Bd4 Be5 $1 15. Rad1 O-O 16. Bf3 Rfe8 17. Bxe5 Rxe5 18. Qd6 Rc8 19. Qxc7 Rxc7 20. Rd6 Kf8 21. Kf2 Ke7 22. Rd4 g5 23. h3 h5 24. Rd2 (24. g3 $17) 24... d6 25. g3 fxg3+ 26. Kxg3 a5 27. Rde2 (27. Rd4 {might work better.}) 27... b4 28. axb4 axb4 29. Nd1 Ba6 30. Rd2 {[#]} g4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 31. hxg4 hxg4 32. Bg2 Rc8 (32... Rc4 $17 {Threatens to win with ...Bb7.} 33. b3 Nxe4+ 34. Bxe4 Rcxe4 35. Rxe4 Rxe4) 33. Ne3 $1 $11 Ke6 (33... Nh5+ $11 34. Kxg4 Rg8+ 35. Kh4 Bc8) 34. Nf5 $14 {[%csl Gf5][%cal Rd2d6]} Rd8 35. Ra1 (35. Kf4 $14) 35... Bb7 $11 36. Ra7 $2 (36. Nd4+ $11 {and White stays safe.} Kd7 37. Rf2 Nxe4+ 38. Bxe4 Rxe4 39. Rxf7+ Kc8 40. Ra7 Rxd4 41. Rfxb7 (41. Raxb7 Rh8 $11)) 36... Nxe4+ $19 37. Bxe4 Bxe4 38. Nd4+ Kf6 {Strongly threatening ...Bd5.} 39. Rf2+ {[#]} Bf5 (39... Kg5 $1 $17 {Hoping for ...Rh8.} 40. Raxf7 Bg6) 40. Nc6 Rde8 {White must now prevent ...Re3+.} (40... Re3+ {keeps more tension.} 41. Kg2 Rf8 42. Ra5 Rf3 43. Rxf3 gxf3+ 44. Kxf3 Bxc2 45. Nxb4 Bb3) 41. Nxe5 Rxe5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} 42. Rf4 b3 43. cxb3 Ke6 44. Raa4 (44. Rf1 $11) 44... Re3+ $17 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 45. Kg2 {[#]} Rxb3 (45... Ke5 $1 $17 46. Rab4 d5) 46. Rf2 d5 47. Ra6+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (47. Kg1 $17 {nothing else works.}) 47... Ke5 $19 48. Rh6 $2 (48. Kg1 g3 49. Rf1) 48... Be4+ 49. Kg1 f5 50. Rh8 g3 51. Rd2 Kf4 52. Re2 Rd3 53. Re1 Rd2 54. Rh4+ Kg5 55. Rh3 Kg4 56. Rh8 Rg2+ 57. Kf1 Rxb2 58. Rg8+ Kf3 59. Kg1 f4 60. Rf1+ Ke3 61. Re1+ Re2 (61... Kd3 $142 62. Rd1+ Rd2) 62. Rxe2+ Kxe2 {KR-KB. Black mates.} 63. Rg4 Ke3 64. Rg8 d4 {[%cal Bd5d4,Bd4d3,Bd3d2][%mdl 32]} 65. Kf1 d3 66. Rd8 d2 67. Kg1 f3 68. Kf1 Bd3+ {Accuracy: White = 28%, Black = 62%.} 0-1

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Degtiarev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Ragger, Markus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,64,0,14,-22,-13,-12,-12,-11,-11,0,14,8,169,0,0,0,0,-8,5,-8,0,-10,-10,-8,-4,-71,-72,-68,-8,-11,13,-168,-129,-1364,-1354,-1292,-1299,-29991,-29992]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. Qd2 {D87: Exchange Grünfeld: Classical Line: Variations without ...cxd4} (11. dxc5 Qc7 12. Nd4 Ne5 13. Nb5 Qb8 14. Be2 bxc5 15. Rb1 a6 16. Na3 Qc7 17. f4 Rd8 18. Qc2 Ng4 19. Bxg4 Bxg4 {1-0 (38) Karjakin,S (2782)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2789) Stavanger 2018}) 11... Bb7 12. Rac1 Rc8 13. Rfd1 cxd4 14. cxd4 e6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 15. d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Bh6 Qh4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. d5 Ne5 18. Qd4 Qf6 {0-1 (33) Enchev,I (2435)-Grigorov,G (2497) Albena 2011}) 15... Na5 $1 {[%cal Ra5c4]} 16. Bb5 ({Of course not} 16. dxe6 Qxd2 17. exf7+ Kh8 $17) 16... exd5 17. exd5 Rxc1 18. Nxc1 {And now d6 would win.} a6 19. Bf1 {aiming for Qb4.} b5 $2 {[#]} (19... Qd6 $1 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 20. Nb3 $2 ({White should play} 20. d6 $1 $18) 20... Nc4 $11 21. Bxc4 $1 bxc4 22. Nc5 Ba8 23. Nxa6 c3 24. Qc2 Qa5 ({But not} 24... Bxd5 $2 25. Nb4 $18) 25. Nc5 Rd8 26. d6 {[#]} (26. Qb3 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 26... Bf8 $1 $17 27. Ne4 Qf5 (27... Bxe4 $15 28. Qxe4 Bxd6) 28. f3 $11 Bxd6 {Strongly threatening ...Bxe4.} 29. Kh1 $2 (29. Qb3 $1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} Bxe4 30. Rxd6 {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender, Decoy} Rxd6 31. Qb8+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg7 32. Qxd6) 29... Qe5 $40 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Re5h2][%mdl 128] Black has strong attack.} 30. f4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Don't go for} 30. Nxd6 $2 Qxe3 31. Nc4 Rxd1+ 32. Qxd1 Qf4 $19) (30. g3 $17) 30... Qxe4 $19 31. Qxe4 Bxe4 32. Bc5 c2 {Accuracy: White = 17%, Black = 42%.} 0-1

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kashtanov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Milanovic, Danilo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A59"]
[WhiteElo "2376"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 29,59,33,48,-13,-12,-63,-41,-38,-31,-93,-97,-89,-90,-77,-87,-137,-140,-153,-155,-158,-165,-169,-117,-159,-158,-209,-220,-277,-281,-256,-175,-379]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. e4 Bxf1 8. Kxf1 d6 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. g3 Bg7 11. Kg2 O-O {[%cal Bh8f8,Bf8b8,Bb8b4][%mdl 32]} 12. a4 {A59: Benko/Volga Gambit: White castles by hand} Ra6 13. Qc2 (13. Re1 Qa8 14. Nb5 Rc8 15. Ra3 Ne8 16. Qc2 Nc7 17. Nxc7 Rxc7 18. b4 cxb4 19. Qxc7 bxa3 20. Bxa3 Rxa4 21. Qxd7 {0-1 (37) Vallejo Pons,F (2711)-Tregubov,P (2585) Tallinn 2016}) 13... Qa8 14. Re1 Rb8 15. Ra3 Rb4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 16. Nb5 $146 (16. Bg5 $14) 16... Raxa4 $11 17. Nc7 ({White should play} 17. b3 $11 Rxa3 18. Nxa3) 17... Qa7 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Rxa3.} (17... Qa5 $5 {[%cal Ra4a3]} 18. Rxa4 Qxa4 19. Qxa4 Rxa4 $15) 18. Nb5 Qa6 19. Nc3 (19. b3 $15 Rxa3 20. Nxa3) 19... Rxa3 $17 20. bxa3 Rb8 21. a4 Ng4 22. Nb5 Ra8 23. h3 Nge5 24. Nxe5 Bxe5 25. Nc3 Nb6 (25... Bxc3 $19 26. Qxc3 Qxa4) 26. Bd2 Qc4 27. Rb1 (27. Rc1 $17) 27... Nxa4 $19 28. Ra1 {[%cal Ra1a4]} Bxc3 29. Bxc3 Ra6 30. Qd2 $2 {Accuracy: White =  9%, Black = 74%.} (30. Ra3 {was called for.}) 0-1

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Petkidis, Anthony"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 20,64,25,18,25,19,25,30,45,16,22,13,18,12,18,-62,-25,-12,0,0,0,0,0,-13,0,0,13,-10,0,0,3,-19,-19,-19,-19,-21,-13,-428,0,-92,-91,-1116,-1130,-1117,-1102,-6323,-6323]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Nf3 Ne7 {[%cal Bg8e7,Be7c8,Bc8a7,Ba7b5][%mdl 32] B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} 7. Be2 Nc8 (7... Ng6 8. O-O f6 9. c4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 fxe5 11. Ng5 Qf6 12. g4 Nf4 13. Bxf4 exf4 14. Nxe6 Bxe6 15. Bxe6 {½-½ (46) Grischuk,A (2766)-Mamedyarov,S (2808) Paris 2018}) 8. O-O Be7 9. a4 O-O 10. a5 a6 11. c4 {LiveBook: 29 Games} dxc4 12. Bxc4 Na7 13. Qe2 Nb5 14. Rd1 {[#]} Nc7 $146 15. Nfd2 b5 16. axb6 $1 Nxb6 17. Bxa6 (17. Na5 $11) 17... Nxa6 18. Rxa6 Qc7 19. Nc5 Rxa6 20. Nxa6 Qa7 21. Nc5 Nd5 22. Nde4 Rb8 23. Bg5 Bxc5 24. Nxc5 Qa2 25. Qf3 Qxb2 {White must now prevent ...Nc3.} 26. h3 h6 27. Be3 Ra8 28. Qg3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (28. Ne4 $11 {and White is okay.}) 28... Ra3 $2 ({Better is} 28... Nc3 $19 29. Rd2 Qb1+ 30. Kh2 Ra1) 29. Kh2 (29. Bc1 $11 {keeps the balance.} Qc2 30. Qxa3 Qxd1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 31. Kh2) 29... Qe2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is in control.} 30. Rc1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (30. Qf3 $17 Qxf3 31. gxf3) 30... Nxe3 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 31. fxe3 Rxe3 32. Qh4 Rxh3+ {Accuracy: White = 19%, Black = 38%.} 0-1

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Timerkhanov, Alexander"]
[Black "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2366"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,59,63,54,97,48,154,75,62,-23,-20,-26,-26,-46,-37,-42,0,0,0,-5,59,-39,-33,-51,-42,-53,-50,-94,-70,-70,-68,-533,-536,-537,-544,-827,-814,-801,-781,-839,-827,-827]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. d5 g6 {A45: Trompowsky Attack} (6... Qb6 7. Bc1 e6 8. e4 exd5 9. exd5 Be7 10. c4 d6 11. Bd3 Nbd7 12. f4 O-O 13. Nc3 Re8 14. Nge2 Nf8 15. Qc2 Bg4 16. O-O Bxe2 17. Bxe2 {0-1 (55) Mchedlishvili,M (2600)-Melkumyan,H (2664) Batumi 2018}) 7. e4 Bg7 8. Na3 d6 9. Nc4 Qd8 10. a4 O-O 11. Qd2 {LiveBook: 21 Games} Na6 12. Bh6 e5 $146 (12... Nc7 $14) ({Predecessor:} 12... Nc7 13. h4 Bxh6 14. Qxh6 e6 15. dxe6 Bxe6 {1-0 (30) Reinaldo Castineira,R (2486)-Almagro Mazariegos,S (2339) Linares 2014}) 13. Bd3 (13. h4 $142) 13... Nxe4 $16 {[%mdl 64] [#] Decoy} 14. Bxe4 (14. fxe4 $14 Qh4+ 15. Qf2 Qxf2+ 16. Kxf2 Bxh6 17. Nxd6) 14... Qh4+ $11 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 15. g3 Qxh6 16. Qxh6 Bxh6 17. Nxd6 c4 (17... Rd8 $5 {[%cal Rd8d6]} 18. Nxc8 Raxc8 $15) 18. Nxc4 Nc5 19. Bc2 b6 ({Black should play} 19... Rd8 $11) 20. b4 ({Not} 20. Nxe5 $2 Re8 $19) (20. Kf2 $14) 20... Ba6 $15 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 21. b5 Bb7 22. Rd1 Rad8 23. d6 e4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 24. Kf2 Rfe8 25. fxe4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Better is} 25. Nh3 $15) 25... Nxe4+ $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 26. Bxe4 Rxe4 27. Nd2 Be3+ 28. Kf1 Bxd2 29. Rxd2 Rxa4 {[%mdl 64] [#] Discovered Attack} 30. Ke1 {Accuracy: White =  8%, Black = 43%.} 0-1

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Novoselski, Zoran"]
[Black "Guseinov, Gadir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2339"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,60,2,-6,-17,18,22,23,9,15,14,20,32,47,19,28,29,41,40,47,44,49,50,39,6,76,68,72,34,91,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,7,6,5,-29,-16,-65,-36,-24,-33,-1058,-1060]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Bb5 a6 {LiveBook: 59 Games} 6. Qa4 {B27: Sicilian: 2 Nf3, unusual Black 2nd moves} (6. Be2 {keeps more tension.} Nc6 7. Qa4 Bg7 8. O-O d6 9. c3) (6. Ba4 b5 7. Bb3 Nc6 8. Qd3 Bg7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Nd5 d6 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. c3 Na5 13. Bh6 Nxb3 14. axb3 {½-½ (45) Bartel,M (2622)-Guseinov,G (2634) Berlin 2015}) 6... Bg7 (6... Nxe4 $5 7. Be2 (7. Qxe4 axb5 8. Qe5 f6 $11) 7... Nf6 $11) 7. Nc3 O-O 8. e5 {White has an edge.} Ne8 9. O-O Nc6 10. Bxc6 $1 bxc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... dxc6 11. Qh4 f6 12. Re1 Nc7 13. Bh6 g5 {0-1 (34) Novoselski,Z (2339)-Saric,A (2533) Skopje 2018}) 11. Qh4 f6 12. Bh6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Rb8 13. b3 d5 {next ...g5 is good for Black.} 14. exd6 Nxd6 {Black wants to play ...g5.} 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Rfe1 Nf5 (16... e5 $11 {remains equal.}) 17. Qc4 $16 e5 18. Ne4 ({Inferior is} 18. Qxc6 Bb7 $17) (18. Rad1 {looks sharper.} Qc7 19. Ne4 Ne7 20. Nd6 a5 21. h3) 18... Qd5 {[#]} ({Better is} 18... Nd6 $14 19. Qxc6 Rb6) 19. Qc5 ({White should try} 19. Qc3 $1 $16) 19... Qxc5 $11 20. Nxc5 Rb5 21. Na4 g5 22. c4 Rb7 23. h3 h5 24. Nc5 {Threatens to win with g4.} Re7 25. Rad1 g4 26. hxg4 hxg4 27. Nd2 Kg6 28. Nde4 Rh8 29. Ng3 Reh7 30. Re4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (30. b4 $15) 30... Nxg3 {Precision: White = 40%, Black = 47%.} 0-1

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dimitrov, Pavel"]
[Black "Erdos, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C21"]
[WhiteElo "2331"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,50,-87,-77,-77,-81,-94,-91,-91,-94,-144,-80,-85,-80,-143,-101,-114,-102,-104,-70,-145,-145,-161,-162,-237,-237,-231,-231,-240,-247,-288,-288,-312,-312,-315,-309,-344,-335,-413,-333,-585,-500,-685,-530]} 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 d5 4. e5 (4. exd5 Qxd5 5. cxd4 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2 Bb4+ 8. Nc3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Qc4 10. Qb3 Qxb3 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. axb3 Ne7 13. Ra6 c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Bf4 O-O-O 16. O-O Kb7 17. Ra4 Nd5 18. Ra5 Nxc3 19. bxc3 {0-1 (32) Rombaldoni,A (2527)-Georgiev,K (2648) Padova 2013}) 4... dxc3 5. Nxc3 Bb4 6. Nf3 $146 {C21: Danish Gambit} ({Predecessor:} 6. Qa4+ Nc6 7. Bb5 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Nge7 9. Nf3 O-O 10. O-O Bd7 11. Ba3 Re8 {½-½ (34) Stocker,N (2200)-Nisula,T (2322) ICCF email 2007}) 6... Ne7 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 {Black is better.} Nbc6 9. Bd3 Bf5 (9... Bg4 $142 10. Qe2 Ng6) 10. O-O Qd7 11. Qc2 (11. Bxf5 $142 Qxf5 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. cxd4) 11... O-O 12. Re1 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Qf5 14. Qe3 {[#]} ({White should try} 14. Qb5 $15) 14... Ng6 $1 $17 15. h3 Rfe8 {[%cal Rc6e5]} 16. Qg5 (16. Nd4 $142 Qxe5 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Rb1) 16... Qxg5 $19 17. Bxg5 Ngxe5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 ({Much less strong is} 18... Rxe5 19. Bf4 $17) 19. Red1 c6 20. Rab1 b5 21. Be3 Nc4 22. Bc5 a5 23. Rd3 f6 24. Rg3 $2 {[#]} (24. Kf1) 24... Kf7 25. h4 h5 {Accuracy: White = 22%, Black = 55%.} 0-1

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Danov, Radi"]
[Black "Pancevski, Filip"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2324"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,116,43,31,38,27,82,77,85,93,119,23,22,0,173,189,196,195,178,83,72,81,112,94,275,290,462,477,477,461,524,524,521,502,899,709,691,696,676,690,677,668,660,555,610,618,595,585,621,599,815,775,794,772,839,814,786,775,1409,1364,2875,2615,29977,29978,29977,29971,29968,1759,1628,0,2208,1021,1058,799,1544,1534,1224,0,1221,0,1221,1172,2010,1969,1908,1907,1952,1868,29993,1058,29983,956,895,825,29990,-29989,-29990,-29997,-29998]} 1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O a6 7. a4 Nc6 8. d5 {B08: Pirc Defence: Classical System} (8. h3 e6 9. Be3 b6 10. e5 dxe5 11. Nxe5 Bb7 12. Bf3 Nd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. a5 b5 16. Qd2 Re8 17. Bf4 Bb7 {½-½ (30) Svidler,P (2760)-Dubov,D (2701) Moscow 2018}) 8... Nb8 9. Be3 c6 10. h3 cxd5 11. exd5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Nbd7 12. a5 Nc5 (12... b5 $11 {remains equal.}) 13. Bd4 $16 Bf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Qc7 14. b4 Ncd7 15. Na4 Re8 16. c4 {1-0 (47) Georgiadis,I (2383)-Barrett,M ICC INT 2009}) 14. Re1 Rc8 15. Nh4 (15. g4 $16 Bd7 16. b4) 15... Bd7 $11 16. Nf3 Nce4 $2 (16... Bf5 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 17. Nxe4 $18 Nxe4 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 {[#]} 19. Qd4+ (19. Bxa6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} bxa6 20. Rxe4) 19... Nf6 $16 20. c4 Re8 21. b4 Bf5 $2 (21... Kg8 $16 {was called for.}) 22. g4 $18 Bxg4 (22... Bd7 {might work better.} 23. g5 Bxh3) 23. hxg4 h6 24. Rad1 Qd7 25. Nd2 Qa4 26. Qb2 e6 (26... Qd7 $142 27. Ne4 Qd8) 27. dxe6 Rxe6 28. Bf3 Rce8 29. Rxe6 Rxe6 30. Rc1 {[%cal Bd1c1,Bc1c3,Bc3e3][%mdl 32]} Kh7 31. Kf1 Qe8 32. Qd4 Qe7 33. Kg2 Re5 34. Rc3 Rg5 35. Re3 Qd8 36. Ne4 Nxe4 37. Rxe4 h5 38. c5 f5 39. Re6 hxg4 40. Be2 d5 41. Qe5 Rh5 42. Re7+ Kh6 43. Qe3+ (43. Qf4+ $142 Rg5 44. Rxb7 Qe8 45. Bxa6 d4 46. Bb5 Qe6 47. Qxd4 Rh5 48. a6) 43... Rg5 44. Qe5 {Intending Qg7+ and mate.} Rh5 $1 45. Qg7+ (45. Qf4+ $142 Rg5 46. Rxb7) 45... Kg5 46. Rd7 Qb8 47. Qe7+ Kh6 48. Qg7+ Kg5 49. Qe7+ Kh6 {( -> ...Qh2+)} 50. Rd6 d4 51. Qf7 {[%csl Gf7][%cal Rd6g6]} Rg5 52. Rxd4 Qe5 53. Qf8+ Kh5 54. Qd8 (54. Rd7 $142 Kh4 55. Qd8 Qe4+ 56. Kg1 Qe7 57. Rxe7 Rh5 58. Rxb7+ g5 59. Qd5 Rh8 60. Qh1#) 54... f4 55. Bd3 (55. Rd7 $142 f3+ 56. Kg1 Qa1+ 57. Bd1 g3 58. Rh7+ Kg4 59. Qd3 gxf2+ 60. Kf1 Qxd1+ 61. Qxd1) 55... f3+ 56. Kf1 g3 {[%cal Bg4g3,Bg3g2][%mdl 32]} 57. Be4 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (57. fxg3 Qxd4 58. Qxd4 Rxg3 59. Qd5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Rg5 60. Qxb7 Kg4 61. Qxa6 Kh5 62. c6) 57... g2+ 58. Kg1 {[#]} Qh2+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Decoy, Promotion. Accuracy: White = 56%, Black = 31%.} 0-1

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Papakonstantinou, Dimitrios"]
[Black "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2308"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,70,50,-7,0,-19,-11,-33,-24,-60,-9,-58,-52,-45,-33,-57,-66,-135,-133,-135,-143,-166,-129,-250,-219,-219,-219,-219,-213,-206,-189,-309,-302,-317,-289,-291,-284,-287,-282,-280,-295,-197,0,-1167,-771,-730,-679,-979,-948,-2243,-2069]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Ne2 Re8 9. Qc2 {B15: Caro-Kann: 3 Nc3: 3...g6 and 3...dxe4 4 Nxe4 Nf6 5 Nxf6+ exf6} h5 (9... g6 10. h4 Nd7 11. h5 Nf8 12. Be3 Be6 13. O-O-O a5 14. Kb1 a4 15. hxg6 fxg6 16. c4 Bf7 17. Nc3 a3 18. b3 f5 {0-1 (29) Saric,I (2669)-Jobava,B (2690) Riadh 2017}) 10. Be3 Nd7 11. O-O-O Nf8 12. Ng3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} (12. Kb1 $14) 12... g6 $11 13. Rhe1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Ne4 Be7 14. h4 Nh7 15. g3 f5 16. Nd2 Be6 {0-1 (47) Stetsko,L (2188)-Hagesaether,E (2181) Batumi 2018}) 13... Be6 14. Kb1 f5 {[#] Strongly threatening ...f4.} 15. Bc1 Bd5 (15... b5 $15) 16. f3 Rxe1 17. Rxe1 Qh4 18. Qf2 b5 19. Qf1 (19. Re2 $15) 19... Qxh2 $17 20. Ne2 Qh4 21. Qg1 Re8 22. g3 (22. b3 $17 {might work better.}) 22... Qe7 23. Qf2 Qe6 24. a3 Bc4 25. Bxc4 Qxc4 ({Don't play} 25... bxc4 26. Ka1 $17) 26. Nf4 (26. Bf4 $142 Bxa3 27. bxa3 Qb3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 28. Kc1) 26... Rxe1 $19 27. Qxe1 Bxf4 28. Bxf4 Qd3+ 29. Ka1 Ne6 ({Not} 29... Qxf3 30. Qe7 $17) 30. Qe5 {intending Qb8+.} Qf1+ ({Weaker is} 30... Qxf3 31. Qb8+ Kh7 32. Be5 $17) 31. Ka2 Qxf3 $2 {[#]} ({Black should play} 31... Nxf4 $19 32. Qe8+ Kg7 33. Qe5+ Kh7 34. Qxf4 Qc4+ 35. Ka1 c5) 32. Ka1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (32. Qb8+ $11 Kh7 33. Be5 Qd5+ 34. Kb1) 32... Qh1+ {Black is clearly winning.} 33. Ka2 Qd5+ 34. Qxd5 cxd5 35. Kb3 Nxf4 {Accuracy: White = 20%, Black = 84%.} 0-1

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bartel, Michal"]
[Black "Ruck, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2306"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,99,27,19,30,25,16,9,-9,15,12,2,6,7,8,16,9,58,-17,41,0,6,0,0,0,0,-16,0,0,0,0,0,-16,-13,-77,0,-61,-61,-61,67,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,0,10,0,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,-25,0,0,0,-28,0,0,0,-21,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Be3 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} (6. Nf3 Ne7 7. Be2 Ng6 8. O-O f6 9. c4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 fxe5 11. Ng5 Qf6 12. g4 Nf4 13. Bxf4 exf4 14. Nxe6 Bxe6 15. Bxe6 {½-½ (46) Grischuk,A (2766)-Mamedyarov,S (2808) Paris 2018}) 6... Ne7 7. Be2 Bg6 8. f4 Nf5 9. Bf2 h5 10. Nf3 Be7 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 11. O-O Rc8 12. Rc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. c3 a6 {½-½ (60) Pruijssers,R (2519)-Parligras,M (2633) Germany 2012}) 12... h4 13. Nfd2 Bh7 14. c4 dxc4 15. Nxc4 Nb6 16. Nxb6 axb6 17. a3 O-O 18. Bd3 (18. Rc3 $14) 18... Re8 (18... h3 $11) 19. Qf3 Nh6 20. Bxh7+ (20. Bc4 {is more complex.} Ra8 21. h3 Ra4 22. Rfd1 Bg6 23. Kh2) 20... Kxh7 21. g4 hxg3 $1 22. hxg3 ({But not} 22. Bxg3 Rh8 $15) 22... Qd5 23. Qxd5 cxd5 24. Kg2 g5 25. Be3 Nf5 26. Bd2 {[#]} (26. Bf2 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 26... gxf4 (26... g4 $1 $17) 27. Rh1+ ({White should play} 27. Bxf4 $11 Rc6 28. g4 Nh4+ 29. Kg3) 27... Kg6 $15 28. gxf4 Rc4 (28... Rxc1 $15 29. Rxc1 Kh5) 29. Kf3 (29. Rcg1 $1 $14 f6 30. Kf1+ Kf7 31. Rh7+ Kf8 32. Rh8+ Kf7 33. Rh7+ Kf8 34. Rh8+ Kf7 35. Rh7+) 29... Rxc1 $11 30. Rxc1 Rh8 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Rh3+.} 31. Rg1+ Kh7 32. Rh1+ Kg7 33. Rxh8 Kxh8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} 34. Be1 Kg7 35. Bf2 Kg6 36. Nc1 Bf8 37. Ne2 Be7 38. Nc3 f6 39. Na4 Bd8 40. Nc3 Be7 41. Na4 b5 42. Nc3 b4 43. axb4 Bxb4 44. Nb5 Ba5 45. Kg4 Bb6 46. Kf3 Kf7 47. Kg4 Kg6 48. Kf3 {The position is equal.} Kf7 49. Kg4 Kg6 50. Kf3 {[%mdl 32768] Accuracy: White = 49%, Black = 40%. . Sensor Board Error (Ke4/e5)?} 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Andonovski, Ljubisa"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Lucas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2287"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:03:04]} d5 4. g3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:01]} 6. O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 7. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 8. a4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 9. Qxc4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 10. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 11. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 12. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 13. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nxf6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 14. Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 15. Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bxg2 16. Kxg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 17. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 18. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 19. Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 20. Qxe4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 21. e3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 22. Nd3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qd5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 23. Qxd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 24. Nxb4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} axb4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 25. a5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ra6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 26. Ra4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 27. Rxb4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rxa5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 28. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rd6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 29. Rb3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 30. Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rxa3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 31. bxa3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 32. a4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} bxa4 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 33. Ra1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 34. Rxa4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rb7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 35. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rb2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 36. g4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 37. h4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 38. Ra7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 39. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 40. Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rg1+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 41. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 42. Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 43. g5+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} hxg5+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} 44. hxg5+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 45. Ra7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 46. f3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rc4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 47. Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rc3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 48. Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 49. Rg8 {[%emt 0:00:21]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 50. Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 51. Rf8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 52. Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jusic, Zdenko"]
[Black "Dvirnyy, Danyyil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2259"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,89,12,28,17,27,21,41,0,37,37,42,10,25,-37,-14,-40,37,-55,-47,-15,-24,-92,-96,-97,-90,-94,-93,-94,-94,-96,-97,-94,-107,-94,-102,-81,-85,-119,-122,-148,-159,-158,-156,-152,-105,-236,-248,-320,-333,-334,-325,-406,-382,-378,-376,-404,-404,-417,-421,-418,-399,-418,-405,-402,-394,-428,-425,-465,-465,-566,-454,-458,-458,-458,-450,-29999,-447,-447,-358,-348,-330,-29999]} 1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Ngf3 (5. g3 Nh6 6. Bg2 Ng4 7. Qe2 Qb6 8. Nb3 dxe4 9. dxe4 Be6 10. Nf3 Bc4 11. Qd2 Na6 12. h3 Rd8 13. hxg4 Rxd2 14. Bxd2 Nb4 15. Bxb4 Qe3+ 16. Kd1 Be2+ {0-1 (16) Zhou,Y (2449)-Dreev,A (2653) chess.com INT 2018}) 5... Qb6 6. Qe2 {B10: Caro-Kann: 2 d3 and 2 c4} Nh6 7. c3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. h3 Nd7 8. g4 f6 9. Bg2 Nf7 10. Nb3 dxe4 11. dxe4 O-O 12. Be3 {½-½ (65) Weber,S (2265)-Dyballa,M (2305) Germany 1997}) 7... O-O 8. g3 {White is slightly better.} dxe4 9. dxe4 Nd7 10. Nc4 Qc7 11. Ne3 (11. Bg2 $11) 11... Nc5 12. e5 Nf5 (12... Rd8 $15) 13. Nd4 (13. Bg2 $14) 13... Nxd4 (13... Rd8 $5 {[%cal Rf5d4]} 14. Nexf5 Bxf5 $15) 14. cxd4 Ne6 15. Qc4 (15. d5 $11 Nd4 16. Qd3) 15... Rd8 $17 16. Nc2 Qb6 {[%cal Re6d4]} 17. Be3 Qxb2 18. Bg2 Nc7 $1 19. O-O {Threatens to win with Rfb1.} Be6 20. Qd3 {Threatening Rfb1.} Bf5 21. Be4 Bxe4 22. Qxe4 Qc3 23. f5 Qc4 24. e6 gxf5 25. exf7+ Qxf7 26. Rxf5 Qe6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is in control.} 27. Qf4 (27. Qxe6+ $17 Nxe6 28. Rb1) 27... Nd5 $19 28. Qg4 {[#]} Qxe3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 29. Nxe3 Nxe3 30. Rf8+ Kxf8 31. Qf4+ Kg8 32. Re1 Nd5 33. Qg4 Rd6 34. Re6 Rad8 35. Rxd6 Rxd6 ({Much less strong is} 35... exd6 36. Qe4 $19) 36. Qc8+ Kf7 37. Qxb7 Bxd4+ 38. Kg2 Bb6 39. Qc8 Nf6 40. a4 h5 41. h3 Rd2+ 42. Kf3 (42. Kf1 $19) 42... Rd3+ (42... Rf2# $142) 43. Kg2 Rd4 44. Qxc6 Rd2+ 45. Kf3 $2 (45. Kf1 $19) 45... Rf2# {Accuracy: White = 22%, Black = 58%.} 0-1

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jovic, Stanoje"]
[Black "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,69,-17,-16,-39,-50,-133,-120,-140,-53,-98,-102,-218,-204,-245,-184,-191,-181,-187,-186,-184,-162,-168,-175,-184,-176,-176,-118,-181,-152,-148,-65,-58,0,0,0,0,0,-25,-28,-22,-27,-26,537,537,496,496,475,130]} 1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bc4 Bg7 8. d3 {B10: Caro-Kann: 2 d3 and 2 c4} O-O 9. Nf3 a6 10. Qa3 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Re1 Re8 {LiveBook: 97 Games} 13. d6 (13. Be3 Rc8 14. Qb4 Nc5 15. Rac1 a5 16. Qa3 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19. Bxc5 {½-½ (19) Rakhmanov,A (2635)-Dreev,A (2653) Havana 2018}) 13... e6 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 14. Ng5 ({White should play} 14. d4 $15) 14... b5 15. Bb3 Rc8 (15... h6 $1 $17 {[%cal Rh6g5]} 16. Nf3 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Nh5) 16. Nge4 $146 {[#]} Ng4 $1 17. Bf4 (17. h3 $17 Nge5 18. Rd1) 17... Qb6 $19 18. Qb4 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Bxe4 $1 20. Qxe4 Nxf2 {( -> ...Nh3+)} 21. Qe3 Nxd3 $1 22. Qxb6 Nxb6 23. Be3 Nd7 24. Red1 N3c5 ({Worse is} 24... Rxc3 25. Bd4 $11) ({Better is} 24... Nb2 $19 25. Re1 Rc6) 25. Bc2 (25. c4 $17) 25... Rc6 26. a4 bxa4 ({Black should try} 26... Nxa4 $17 27. Bxa4 bxa4 28. Rxa4 Rxc3) 27. Rxa4 $15 Nxa4 (27... Rec8 $15 28. Rb4 a5) 28. Bxa4 $11 Rec8 29. c4 {[%cal Bc3c4,Bc4c5][%mdl 32]} f5 30. Bxc6 Rxc6 31. c5 $1 Kf7 {And now ...e5 would win.} 32. Rb1 $1 {[%cal Rb1b7] Rb7 is the strong threat.} e5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (32... Ke8 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 33. Rb7 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Ke6 34. Rc7 Nb8 {[#]} 35. Re7+ $2 {Accuracy: White = 40%, Black = 41%.} (35. d7 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512] is the precise move to win.} Rd6 (35... Nxd7 36. Rxc6+) 36. cxd6 Nxd7 37. g3) 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Arutyunova, Diana"]
[Black "Popov, Valerij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2227"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,117,16,26,-22,0,-52,-53,-45,-39,-39,-36,-56,-53,-72,-51,-74,-39,-60,-62,-64,-69,-66,-56,-79,-66,-473,-447,-1761,-1760,-928,-485,-504,-492,-645,-379,-379,-285,-290,-290,-281,-276,-270,-266,-504,-133,-175,-99,-129,-89,-91,-84,-173,-118,-116,-74,-177,-155,-194,-181,-191,-77,-268,-270,-362,-270,-436,-279,-425,-182,-196,-191,-195,-160,-204,0,-187,-14,-335,-305,-495,-485,-687,-647,-810,-829,-5135,-5106,-6544,-5818,-29987,-29988,-29989,-29990,-29990,-29991,-29998,-29999,-29999]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. a4 Be6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. a5 O-O 11. Be3 Rc8 {LiveBook: 84 Games} 12. Nd2 {B92: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Be2} (12. Qd2 Qc7 13. Rfd1 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Qxc2 15. Qxc2 Rxc2 16. Nc1 d5 17. Ng5 Bxg5 18. Bxg5 Rxb2 19. Be7 Rc8 20. Bd3 Nc5 21. Bxc5 Rxc5 {0-1 (65) Kuzubov,Y (2701)-Nigalidze,G (2536) Al Ain 2014}) 12... Qc7 13. Ra4 $146 (13. Bf3 $11) ({Predecessor:} 13. h3 Qc6 14. Ra4 Rfd8 15. Bc4 d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 {0-1 (75) Sucher,J (2107)-Boric,M (2395) Bregenz 2016}) 13... d5 $15 14. exd5 {Black is slightly better.} Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. c4 Bc6 17. Ra1 f5 18. f3 Kh8 19. Qb1 Bb4 20. Nb3 Qd6 21. Rd1 Qe7 22. Bd2 Bd6 {...e4 is the strong threat.} 23. Nc1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({White should play} 23. Be3 $15) 23... e4 $19 24. Re1 (24. f4 $142 e3 25. Bc3 Bxf4 26. Be1) 24... Qh4 25. f4 Bxf4 26. Bxf4 Qxf4 27. b4 Qe3+ 28. Kh1 Qf2 29. Rf1 Qh4 30. b5 axb5 {[%mdl 64] Overworked Piece} 31. cxb5 Bd5 {And now ...f4 would win.} 32. Qb4 $2 (32. Na2 f4 33. Qd1) 32... Nc5 $2 (32... Qg5 $19 {has better winning chances.} 33. Qd6 f4 34. Qxd7 f3) 33. Qd4 {[#]} Be6 ({Black should try} 33... Bg8 $1 $19 34. a6 Qe7) 34. a6 $17 Qd8 35. Qxd8 Rfxd8 ({Much worse is} 35... Rcxd8 36. a7 $15) 36. axb7 (36. a7 $17) 36... Rb8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping White busy.} (36... Nxb7 $19 37. Rd1 g6 38. Rxd8+ Nxd8) 37. Ra6 {Hoping for Rc6.} Bd7 38. Rc6 (38. Kg1 $17) 38... Nxb7 $19 39. Rb6 Nc5 40. Rd6 Rdc8 (40... Be6 $19 41. Rfd1 Rdc8) 41. Rfd1 $2 (41. b6 $17) 41... g6 42. Na2 Be8 43. Nc3 $2 (43. b6) 43... Kg7 44. b6 (44. Nd5 {was called for.}) 44... Rc6 (44... Nb7 $142 45. Nxe4 fxe4) 45. Rxc6 Bxc6 46. Rd6 Be8 47. Nd5 {[#]} Nd7 $2 ({Better is} 47... Nb7 $1 $19 {[%cal Rb7d6]} 48. Re6 Bf7) 48. Rc6 $2 (48. Nc7 $11 Nc5 49. Nxe8+ Rxe8 50. Kg1) 48... Kf7 $2 (48... Bf7 $19 49. Rd6 Ne5) 49. Rc7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (49. Ba6 $11 {and White is okay.}) 49... Ke6 $1 {[%csl LRb6,LRd5]} 50. Bc4 $2 (50. Ne3 {was necessary.} Rxb6 51. g3) 50... Kd6 ({Less strong is} 50... Nxb6 51. Nxb6+ Kd6 52. Rxh7 $19) 51. b7 {[#]} (51. Ra7 $142 Ne5 52. Ba2) 51... Nb6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 52. Rxh7 (52. Nxb6 Kxc7) 52... Nxd5 53. Bxd5 Kxd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KR} 54. Kg1 Bc6 55. Rg7 Rxb7 {Black mates.} 56. Rxg6 e3 {[%cal Rb7b1]} 57. Kf1 Rb2 58. Rg5 Bb5+ 59. Ke1 Rb1# {Accuracy: White = 19%, Black = 47%.} 0-1

