[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Zajic, Milan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 9,55,10,30,13,6,10,20,18,18,18,6,-16,36,26,43,47,65,35,79,55,56,59,104,62,59,41,45,23,75,61,97,71,152,144,131,133,156,156,354,346,339,259,596,607,5787,5800,2457,2045]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 (4... dxc4 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O b5 7. Bb3 Bb7 8. d4 Nbd7 9. Qe2 c5 10. Rd1 Qb8 11. e4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bd6 13. g3 O-O 14. f3 Rc8 15. Be3 Nf8 16. Rac1 h5 17. Qd2 Rd8 18. Nce2 h4 19. Bg5 hxg3 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Qh6 {1-0 (31) Svidler,P (2756)-Shankland,S (2722) Hoogeveen 2018}) 5. b3 Be7 6. Bb2 {A17: English Opening: 1...Nf6 with ...Bb4} O-O 7. Be2 dxc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... b6 8. O-O Bb7 9. Qc2 c5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. d4 Nc6 13. dxc5 Qxc5 14. Qe4 {½-½ (27) Giacopelli,V-Brix,H DESC email 2002}) 8. bxc4 {The position is equal.} b6 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Rg1 c5 (10... Nc6 $11) 11. g4 $14 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} Nc6 12. g5 Nd7 {[%cal Bf6d7,Bd7e5,Be5f3][%mdl 32]} 13. a3 Nde5 14. Ne4 Nxf3+ $1 15. Bxf3 Kh8 16. Rg3 e5 17. Rh3 $40 {[%mdl 128] Intending Nf6! and mate. White mounts an attack.} g6 18. Rg3 Qc7 (18... f5 $11 19. gxf6 Bxf6) 19. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Rad8 20. h5 Bc8 {[#]} ({Black should try} 20... b5) 21. Nc3 $1 $16 {[%cal Be4c3,Bc3d5,Bd5f4,Bf4g6][%mdl 32]} Bf5 {[#]} 22. Be4 $1 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 Rfe8 $2 (23... Qd6 $16 24. Nd5 Kg8) 24. Nd5 $18 Qd6 25. Rh3 Qe6 $2 (25... Rd7 {is a better chance.} 26. hxg6 fxg6) 26. Nf4 {White is clearly winning.} Qd6 27. hxg6 fxg6 28. Nxg6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 65%, Black = 24%.} 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Black "Putka, Verners"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2307"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 11,88,37,42,37,33,42,46,26,48,51,49,55,52,46,35,42,58,40,61,61,63,62,52,17,17,26,62,71,72,72,200,115,130,127,108,114,801,793,754,93,111,103,666,664,652,638,583,569,523,727,688,689,688,686,657,643,729,716,9949,717,695,661,645,629,561,-29985,-29986,-29986,-29986,-29987,-29988,-29988,-29987,-29987,-29988,-29988,-29989,-29989,-29990]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 (5... e5 6. Bb5+ Nbd7 7. a4 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. a5 Ne8 10. a6 Nc7 11. axb7 Bxb7 12. Bd3 Nb6 13. Nd2 Bg5 {1-0 (40) Mirzoev,A (2525)-Kriebel,T (2484) Konya 2016}) 6. Bb5+ {A43: Schmid Benoni} Bd7 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 8. O-O {White is slightly better.} O-O 9. dxe6 Qxe6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... fxe6 10. e5 Ne8 11. exd6 Bxd6 {1-0 (60) Flindt,T (2171)-Caceres,C (1864) Esbjerg 2005}) 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nd5 Rc8 13. c3 Nd7 14. Qd3 c4 15. Qe3 Nc5 16. Rfe1 b5 17. Nd4 Bxd4 $1 18. Qxd4 Kf8 19. f4 Nd3 20. Re3 Rc6 {[#]} (20... f6 $16) 21. Rg3 (21. a4 $1 $18) 21... f6 $16 22. a4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} bxa4 23. Rxa4 Nxb2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (23... Qf7 $16) 24. Rxa7 $18 Ra6 {[#]} 25. Rxa8+ $2 (25. Nc7 $1 $18 {[%cal Rc7e6] and the rest is easy.} Ra1+ 26. Kf2) 25... Rxa8 $16 26. h3 Re8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (26... Nd3 $16) 27. Nc7 $18 Qxe4 28. Qxd6+ Re7 29. Nd5 Qe6 30. Qxe7+ Qxe7 31. Nxe7 Kxe7 32. Rxg7+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KN} Ke6 33. Rc7 Kd5 34. Rh7 Nd1 35. Rxh6 (35. Rd7+ $142 Ke6 36. Rxd1) 35... Nxc3 36. Rh5+ Kd4 {intending ...Ne4.} 37. Kf2 Ne4+ 38. Ke2 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (38. Kf3 $18 c3 39. Rh8 Nd2+ 40. Ke2) 38... Ng3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Black mates.} 39. Kd2 Nxh5 40. f5 Ng3 41. Kc2 Nxf5 42. g4 Nh4 43. Kd2 c3+ 44. Kc2 Kc4 {Accuracy: White = 62%, Black = 42%.} 0-1

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Guseinov, Gadir"]
[Black "Stojanovski, Dejan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 25,65,12,9,17,24,22,43,47,64,14,73,0,0,7,63,49,130,108,120,99,89,93,152,146,147,149,138,136,180,131,145,86,137,139,351,349,339,336,712,712,697,655]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Bb5 Bg7 5. O-O Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6e8,Be8c7][%mdl 32]} 6. h3 O-O 7. e5 Ne8 8. Re1 Nc7 9. Bxc6 dxc6 10. d3 Ne6 11. Ne4 b6 12. Be3 {B31: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5 g6} (12. b3 Nd4 13. Bb2 f5 14. Ned2 Ne6 15. a4 Qd5 16. a5 b5 17. Qe2 Rd8 18. Qe3 a6 19. Rad1 Bb7 20. h4 h6 21. Nf1 {0-1 (34) Kryvoruchko,Y (2707)-Al Modiahki,M (2549) Dubai 2014}) 12... f5 13. exf6 exf6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 14. Qc1 {The position is equal.} f5 15. Neg5 Nc7 {Strongly threatening ...h6.} 16. h4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Bf4 h6 17. Bxc7 Qxc7 18. Ne6 Bxe6 19. Rxe6 Kf7 {½-½ (31) Gatus,E-So,W (2577) Manila 2008}) 16... Nd5 17. Bd2 (17. Bf4 $5) 17... h6 (17... f4 $11) 18. Ne6 (18. Nh3 $16) 18... Bxe6 $1 $11 19. Rxe6 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Rf6 (19... Kh7 $11) 20. Re2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} f4 (20... Qf8 $14) 21. c4 $16 Nb4 22. Bxb4 cxb4 23. d4 Qd6 (23... g5 $142) 24. Qc2 Re6 25. Rxe6 Qxe6 26. Re1 Qf6 27. Ne5 Re8 {[#]} 28. c5 ({White should play} 28. Qe4 $1) 28... bxc5 (28... Re6 $142) 29. Qxc5 Qxh4 $2 (29... Kh7 $16 {was called for.} 30. h5 (30. Qxb4 Qxh4 31. Qc5 Qf6 $16) (30. Qxa7 Re6 $16) 30... gxh5) 30. Qc4+ $18 ({Less strong is} 30. Qxa7 Qe7 $14) ({Resist} 30. Qxc6 Re7 $18) ({Not} 30. Qxb4 Qe7 $14) 30... Kh7 31. Qxc6 Qe7 $2 (31... Rf8 32. Qxg6+ Kh8) 32. Qxg6+ Kg8 33. Nf3 {Accuracy: White = 80%, Black = 25%.} 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Lucas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 24,57,38,18,21,23,28,28,66,30,43,41,52,41,48,45,61,51,112,105,144,119,328,304,361,343,372,300,300,277,742,593,580,546,567,561]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 b6 3. g3 g6 4. Bb2 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. c4 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. d4 cxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 {A30: Symmetrical English: Double Fianchetto and Hedgehog} 10. Rd1 (10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Rac1 Rc8 12. Rfd1 Rc5 13. Ne1 Bxg2 14. Nxg2 Re8 15. Nd5 b5 16. Nge3 bxc4 17. Rxc4 Qb8 18. Rxc5 Nxc5 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Qd2 Bxb2 21. Qxb2 {1-0 (48) Bu,X (2725)-Dubov,D (2696) Liaocheng 2018}) 10... Nbd7 11. Ne1 {[%cal Bf3e1,Be1g2,Bg2e3,Be3d5][%mdl 32]} Qc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Bxg2 12. Nxg2 Ne8 13. Qd2 Bxb2 14. Qxb2 Nef6 15. Nc3 Qc7 16. Ne3 Rfe8 17. Ncd5 {½-½ (33) Schuh,D (2372)-Woellermann,J (2370) Werther 2016}) 12. Nc3 Bxg2 13. Nxg2 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Qb7 14. Nd5 Rfe8 15. Nge3 Nh5 16. Qd2 (16. Qe4 {with more complications.} Rab8 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qd4+ Nhf6 19. g4) 16... Bxb2 17. Qxb2 Nhf6 18. Rd4 Rad8 19. Rad1 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Nf8 (20... f6 $14) 21. Qd2 $16 Ne6 22. Rh4 h5 $2 {[#]} (22... Nf8 $16 23. Qh6 Rc8) 23. Qh6 $18 Ng7 24. g4 Qc8 25. e4 Qe6 26. gxh5 Nxh5 $2 (26... gxh5 27. Qe3 Qe5) 27. Nf4 {White is clearly winning.} Qf6 {[#]} 28. Nxh5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} gxh5 29. Qxh5 {Accuracy: White = 90%, Black = 30%.} 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Black "Moroni, Luca Jr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 18,74,-8,-28,0,0,8,-7,18,16,11,0,24,0,20,17,29,29,9,22,26,8,35,18,28,27,75,24,43,28,36,10,10,10,10,10,10,0,0,0,2,0,13,5,18,7,8,4,12,7,6,6,6,4,4,0,0,0,5]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. c4 a6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 (5. b3 c5 6. Bb2 cxd4 7. exd4 Bb4+ 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. a3 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 dxc4 11. bxc4 b5 12. cxb5 axb5 {½-½ (81) Bacrot,E (2678)-Bluebaum,M (2618) Batumi 2018}) 5... c5 6. cxd5 {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3} exd5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Be2 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. a3 {LiveBook: 6 Games} Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Bg4 11. b4 Ba7 12. Bb2 Re8 {½-½ (36) Macias Murillo,B (2363)-Robson,R (2527) Montevideo 2009}) 11. b4 Ba7 12. Nb3 Bg4 13. Bb2 Ne4 14. h3 Be6 15. Nbd4 Qd6 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Bd4 a5 18. Bxa7 Rxa7 19. Qd4 Rea8 20. Rad1 {Hoping for Qxe4!} axb4 21. axb4 {Strongly threatening Qxe4!} Ra2 {[#]} 22. Bd3 (22. Qxe4 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} Rxe2 (22... dxe4 23. Rxd6) 23. Qe5 Qxe5 24. Nxe5) 22... Nf6 23. Rc1 R2a4 24. Qc5 Qxc5 {The position is equal.} 25. Rxc5 Bd7 26. Ne5 Rxb4 27. Nxc6 Bxc6 28. Rxc6 Kf8 29. Rd1 Rba4 30. Rcc1 Rb8 31. Rd2 Rab4 32. Kf1 Rb2 33. Rxb2 (33. Rc8+ {is more complex.} Ke7 34. Rc7+ Ke6 35. Rd1 Ra2 36. Rdc1) 33... Rxb2 34. g4 h6 35. Kg2 Rd2 36. Bc2 d4 {Threatens to win with ...dxe3.} 37. exd4 Rxd4 {[%mdl 32768] Accuracy: White = 47%, Black = 44%. . Loss on time!?} 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"]
[Black "Jacimovic, Dragoljub"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 17,58,25,67,0,0,-2,-2,-29,0,-15,0,12,0,17,7,0,110,-82,-81,-183,-186,-180,-142,-135,-38,-101,-92,-87,-20,-41,0,-124,0,-195,-139,-215,0,0,0,-147,-145,-257,232]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3 Qa5 9. Bd2 Nbc6 {LiveBook: 154 Games. C18: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4: Main line: 7 h4 and 7 Qg4} 10. Qh3 $146 ({White should try} 10. Nf3 $14) ({Predecessor:} 10. Nf3 f5 11. exf6 Rxf6 12. Qh5 Nf5 13. Ne5 c4 14. Bxf5 Rxf5 15. Qe8+ Rf8 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Qxc6 Rb8 18. O-O {0-1 (58) Topalov,V (2735)-Ponomariov,R (2718) Leon 2003}) 10... Ng6 $11 11. Nf3 c4 {The position is equal.} 12. Be2 (12. Bxg6 {feels hotter.} fxg6 13. O-O Qa4 14. Ra2 b6 15. Rb1) 12... f6 13. Qg3 Bd7 14. h4 fxe5 15. h5 Nf4 16. Bd1 e4 (16... exd4 $1 $11 17. cxd4 Nd3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 18. cxd3 c3) 17. Ng5 $2 (17. Ne5 $16 {keeps the pressure on.}) 17... h6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under strong pressure.} 18. Nh3 (18. Rb1 $17 {was the only chance.} Qc7 19. Bxf4 Qxf4 20. Qxf4 Rxf4 21. Rxb7) 18... e5 $19 19. dxe5 Bxh3 20. gxh3 Rf5 (20... Nxe5 $6 21. Kf1 $11) (20... e3 $1 $17 {[%cal Re3d2]} 21. fxe3 Ne6) 21. Bg4 ({Better is} 21. Bxf4 $15 Rxf4 22. Rb1) 21... Nxh5 $17 22. Qh4 Nf4 (22... Rxe5 $17 {Hoping for ...Nf6.} 23. Bxh5 d4 24. cxd4 Rxh5 25. Qxe4 c3) 23. Qg3 $11 Nh5 (23... Rf7 $15 24. e6 (24. Bxf4 Rxf4 25. Qxf4 Qxc3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 26. Kf1 Qxa1+ 27. Kg2 Qxa3 $17) 24... Rf6) 24. Qh4 $1 $17 Nf4 (24... Rxe5 $17 {Threatens to win with ...Nf6.} 25. Bxh5 d4 26. cxd4 Rxh5 27. Qxe4 c3) 25. Rg1 $2 (25. Qg3 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} Rff8 26. Rb1 (26. Bxf4 Rxf4 27. Qxf4 Qxc3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 28. Kf1 Qxa1+ 29. Kg2 Qxa3 $17)) 25... Nxe5 (25... Ng6 $19 26. Qg3 Rxe5) 26. Qg3 {[#]} Rf6 $2 (26... Nfd3+ $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 27. cxd3 Nxd3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 28. Kd1 Qa4+ 29. Ke2 Rxf2+ 30. Ke3 Kh8) 27. Bxf4 $11 {Be6+! would kill now.} Nf3+ ({But not} 27... Nxg4 $6 28. Be5 $16) 28. Kf1 (28. Bxf3 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.} Qxc3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 29. Bd2 Qxa1+ 30. Bd1) 28... Qxc3 $17 ({Inferior is} 28... Nxg1 29. Be5 $16) 29. Kg2 {[#]} (29. Rd1 $17 {might work better.} Rg6 30. Bxh6 Rxh6 31. Bxf3 exf3 32. Qg5) 29... Rxf4 $4 {[%mdl 8192] Accuracy: White = 22%, Black = 35%.} (29... Qxc2 30. Bxf3 exf3+ 31. Kh1 $16) (29... Rg6 $1 $19 {and life is good for Black.} 30. Kh1 h5) 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Black "Markoja, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 28,113,0,-5,-2,-2,-7,-17,-25,-20,0,-27,-27,-52,-43,-115,-36,-31,-32,-32,-27,-26,-3,-10,0,-5,0,0,0,0,0,-14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-24,0,-29,19,0,58,0,0,0,1,0,8,0,0,0,111,110,99,8,8,8,84,77,481,461,704,693,681,525,441,0,627,616,576,430,537,506,835,817,2387,2487,2474,1466,2611,2937,29982,29983,29982,29983]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O {[%cal Bh8f8,Bf8c8,Bc8c5][%mdl 32]} 10. Qd2 a5 {B36: Sicilian: Maroczy Bind: Gurgenidze System} 11. O-O a4 12. Rac1 (12. Bd4 Be6 13. f4 Qa5 14. Rad1 Rac8 15. b3 axb3 16. axb3 b5 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nxb5 Qxd2 19. Rxd2 Ra8 20. Nc7 Ra3 21. Nxe6 fxe6 {1-0 (58) Yu,Y (2759)-Bu,X (2718) Hangzhou 2018}) 12... Qa5 13. Rfd1 Be6 14. f3 Rfc8 15. Nd5 {LiveBook: 6 Games} (15. h3 {is more complex.} h5 16. b4 axb3 17. axb3 Nd7 18. Rc2) 15... Qxd2 16. Bxd2 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bd7 18. Bc3 Rc5 $146 19. Bb4 Rc7 20. Ba3 Rac8 21. b4 (21. b3 $15) 21... axb3 ({Black should play} 21... Bh6 $1 $17 {[%cal Rh6c1]} 22. Rc2 b5 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 22. axb3 $15 Ra8 23. Bb4 Ra2 24. Rd2 Rxd2 25. Bxd2 Bd4+ 26. Kf1 Rc8 27. Bc3 Bxc3 28. Rxc3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Ra8 29. Rc2 Ra3 30. Rb2 Ra1+ 31. Kf2 b6 32. Ke3 Kg7 33. b4 g5 34. g3 f5 35. f4 h6 (35... gxf4+ $11 36. gxf4 (36. Kxf4 Kf6 $11) 36... Kf6) 36. h4 ({White should try} 36. c5 $14 dxc5 37. bxc5 Ra3+ 38. Kf2 bxc5 39. Rb7) 36... Ra3+ 37. Bd3 Kf6 38. Kd4 Ra1 39. hxg5+ hxg5 40. Rh2 Rg1 (40... g4 $11 {remains equal.}) 41. fxg5+ $1 $16 Kxg5 {[#]} 42. Ra2 (42. Rh8 $1 $16) 42... Rxg3 $11 43. Ra7 Be8 (43... Bc8 $11) 44. Rxe7 $16 Bg6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (44... Bh5 $16) 45. Re6 $1 $18 Bf7 (45... Rg4+ $142 46. Kc3 Bf7) 46. Rxd6 f4 {and the idea ...f3 leaves Black hopeful.} 47. Rd7 Kf6 {Now ...f3 and Black clings on.} 48. Rd6+ (48. c5 $142 bxc5+ 49. bxc5) 48... Kg5 $1 49. Rxb6 f3 {intending ...f2.} 50. Rb7 Kf6 51. Ra7 f2 (51... Rg4+ $142 52. Ke3 Bxd5 53. cxd5 f2 54. Kxf2 Rxb4) 52. Ra1 Bg6 53. Bxg6 Rg1 54. Ra6+ Kg5 55. Bd3 Rd1 56. Rg6+ Kh5 57. Rf6 {Accuracy: White = 43%, Black = 34%.} 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Erdos, Viktor"]
[Black "Timmermans, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 18,83,36,27,108,12,53,55,56,28,30,23,16,22,93,91,85,70,90,34,137,132,105,133,145,147,613,587,930,580,578,520,475,411,495,480,456,455,764,289,294,279,848,531,524,507,568,497,1123,1091,581,0,637,364,659,472,547,530,1206,1198,1100,1076,1017,527,509,506,451,430]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 b5 8. a4 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7} b4 9. Nfd2 (9. Ne5 Qxd4 10. Nxc4 c6 11. Rd1 Qc5 12. Be3 Qh5 13. Nbd2 Ng4 14. Nf1 Nxe3 15. Nfxe3 a5 {½-½ (82) Vachier Lagrave,M (2789)-Nakamura,H (2769) Paris 2018}) 9... Nd5 10. Nxc4 {LiveBook: 13 Games. White is slightly better.} a5 $146 (10... c5 $11) ({Predecessor:} 10... Ba6 11. b3 Nd7 12. Bb2 c5 13. e4 N5b6 14. d5 exd5 15. exd5 Nxc4 16. bxc4 {0-1 (115) Ju,W (2567)-Atalik,E (2451) Riadh 2017}) 11. b3 (11. Nbd2 $16) 11... Bb7 12. Bb2 Nd7 13. Nbd2 c5 14. Rfd1 cxd4 15. Bxd4 Bf6 {[#]} (15... Rc8 $11 {remains equal.}) 16. Ne4 $1 $16 {[%cal Re4f6]} Bxd4 17. Rxd4 Qc7 18. Ng5 (18. Ned6 $16) 18... N5f6 ({Black should play} 18... N7f6 $14) 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 {[#]} 20. Rad1 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is on the roll.} g6 21. Nd6 {[%cal Bc4d6,Bd6f7,Bf7h6][%mdl 32]} Qa6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (21... Qa7 $16) 22. Ndxf7 $18 Rac8 23. Qd2 Nc5 24. Nh6+ Kg7 25. Rd6 Qa8 26. Nxe6+ Nxe6 27. Rxe6 Rc7 (27... Qa7 $142 28. Nf5+ gxf5 29. Qg5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh8 30. Rxf6 Qg7 31. Rxf5 Qxg5 32. Rxg5 Rc2 33. Rxa5 Rxe2) 28. Rxf6 $2 (28. Qg5) 28... Rxf6 29. Ng4 Rcf7 $2 (29... Qf8 30. Nxf6 Qxf6) 30. Nxf6 Rxf6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 31. Qd4 Qf8 32. Rc1 Kg8 (32... Qd6 $142 33. Qa7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Rf7 34. Qxa5 Re7) 33. Qd5+ Kh8 34. Qd4 Kg8 $1 35. f3 Qe7 $2 (35... Qd6 36. Rc8+ Kg7) 36. Kf2 {White is clearly winning.} Re6 37. Rc2 Re5 38. Rc8+ Kf7 39. Qc4+ Qe6 40. Rc7+ Kf8 41. Qxe6 Rxe6 42. Rc5 {Accuracy: White = 46%, Black = 24%.} 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanisevic, Ivan"]
[Black "Galopoulos, Nikolaos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2356"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 19,98,27,28,26,25,22,19,23,25,0,18,-13,116,33,89,82,141,37,127,122,208,213,202,83,143,97,99,83,98,30,22,60,69,61,105,99,125,135,162,147,159,51,62,17,20,26,62,43,58,7,11,0,0,-22,-20,-22,-16,-111,-10,-86,-14,-41,-42,-56,-55,-33,69,53,87,18,140,127,125,104,114,122,105,116,95,0,83]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. c3 d5 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. Bb5 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} Ne7 (8... Be7 9. Bd3 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. h3 Bd6 12. Bh4 Be7 13. Qb1 h6 14. a3 Nh5 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 {½-½ (64) Carlsen,M (2837)-Wang,H (2709) Riadh 2017}) 9. Bd3 cxd4 10. exd4 Nf5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 11. Qe2 b6 12. Ne5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Bxd6 Nxd6 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. O-O a5 15. Rfe1 a4 {1-0 (24) Kraus,O (2053)-Abreu Suarez,I (2003) Tenerife 2017}) 12... Qc7 13. Bf4 Nd7 14. g4 Ne7 15. Bg3 Re8 {[#]} (15... Bxe5 $11 16. dxe5 Nc5) 16. O-O-O (16. Bxh7+ $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} Kxh7 17. Nxf7 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack (Double check)}) 16... f6 (16... Bxe5 $14 17. dxe5 Nc5) 17. Nef3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is on the roll.} Nf8 (17... e5 $142) 18. Kb1 (18. g5 $16) 18... Bd7 (18... h6 $14) 19. g5 $1 Neg6 (19... f5 $16) 20. gxf6 $18 gxf6 21. Qe3 (21. Nh4 $18 {is more deadly.}) 21... Kh8 (21... Bf4 $142) 22. Rhg1 {Hoping for Bxd6.} Bf4 23. Bxf4 (23. Qe2 {seems wilder.} e5 24. dxe5 Bxg3 25. Rxg3 fxe5 26. Bc2) 23... Qxf4 24. Rg3 ({White should try} 24. Bc2 $16) 24... e5 $11 {Threatens to win with ...Qxe3.} 25. dxe5 Qxe3 26. fxe3 fxe5 {White must now prevent ...e4.} 27. Ng5 e4 28. Bc2 Kg7 29. Rf1 Re7 30. Nb3 (30. c4 $16) 30... Ne6 31. Nxe6+ Bxe6 32. Nd4 Bd7 33. Bb3 Re5 34. Rgg1 (34. Rh1 $14) 34... Rf8 35. Rxf8 (35. Rc1 {looks sharper.} Rf2 36. c4 dxc4 37. Bxc4 Rh5 38. Be2) 35... Kxf8 36. Rf1+ Ke7 37. Rf2 Rh5 38. Kc2 (38. Rf1 $11) 38... Rg5 (38... Ne5 $17 {Black wants to play ...Ng4.} 39. h3 (39. Bxd5 Nd3 $17) 39... Nd3) 39. Kd2 (39. c4 $11 {remains equal.}) 39... h5 (39... Ne5 $1 $17 40. h4 (40. Bxd5 Nd3 $17) 40... Rh5) 40. Ne2 (40. c4 {keeps more tension.} dxc4 41. Bxc4 Ne5 42. Bf1 Rg1 43. Rf4) 40... Be6 41. Nf4 Nxf4 42. exf4 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rf5 (42... Rg1 $15) 43. Ke3 $14 Rf8 {[#]} 44. Rg2 (44. Rd2 $1 $16) 44... Kf6 (44... Rg8 $11 45. Rg5 h4) 45. Rg5 $16 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Rg8 46. Rxh5 Rg2 47. Bxd5 Bxd5 48. Rxd5 Rxb2 {[#]} 49. Kxe4 (49. Rd2 $1 $16 {[%cal Rd2b2]} Rb1 50. Kxe4) 49... Rxa2 {Accuracy: White = 23%, Black = 36%.} (49... Rxh2 $11 50. a4 Re2+ 51. Kd3 Ra2) 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Black "Jovic, Stanoje"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 19,80,23,40,6,9,-4,12,5,11,12,8,-32,-41,-88,-71,-94,-49,-94,-101,-94,-95,-105,-93,-64,-65,-84,-39,-48,-46,-65,-46,-47,-33,-49,-33,-152,-152,-152,-152,-156,-65,-65,-65,-65,-65,-65,-65,-65,-65,-65,-19,-20,-20,-50,-50,-82,-20,-63,-63,-130,-130,-130,-18]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. a3 (5. Nf3 Bxc5 6. a3 Nd7 7. Bd3 f6 8. b4 Be7 9. Bb2 fxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Bf6 12. O-O Nh6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 {1-0 (70) Jakovenko,D (2735)-Fedoseev,V (2706) Poikovsky 2018}) 5... Bxc5 6. b4 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} Bb6 7. Nf3 Ne7 {[%cal Bg8e7,Be7g6,Bg6f4,Bf4d3][%mdl 32]} 8. Bb2 Nbc6 9. Bd3 Ng6 10. O-O O-O {LiveBook: 14 Games} 11. Nbd2 Nf4 12. Nb3 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 13. b5 $146 a4 14. bxc6 axb3 15. cxb7 (15. c7 {looks sharper.} Qxc7 16. cxb3 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Qe7 18. a4) 15... Bxb7 16. Re1 Nxd3 17. cxd3 Rb8 18. Qxb3 d4 $1 {And now ...Bxf3 would win.} 19. Qd1 Ba5 20. Re2 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Qg5+ 22. Kh1 Bc3 23. Bxc3 dxc3 24. Qc1 Qf5 25. Qe3 Rb2 26. Rc1 Rfb8 27. Rxb2 (27. Rxc3 $15 Rb1+ 28. Re1) 27... cxb2 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 28. Rb1 h6 $1 29. a4 {[#]} Rb3 (29... Rb4 $1 $17 30. f4 Rxa4 31. Rxb2 Rxf4) 30. a5 Rxd3 31. Qe4 $1 Qxe4 32. fxe4 {KR-KR} Ra3 {White must now prevent ...Ra1.} 33. Rxb2 Rxa5 34. f4 Ra4 35. Re2 g5 36. fxg5 hxg5 37. Kg2 $1 {[#]} Kg7 (37... Ra5 $1 $17) 38. Re3 Kg6 39. Kg3 (39. Kf3 $1 $15) 39... Ra5 $17 40. Rb3 Ra1 {Accuracy: White = 38%, Black = 50%.} (40... Rxe5 $17 41. Kf3 Ra5) 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Stocek, Jiri"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 19,159,25,14,25,25,0,19,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,54,19,22,-7,21,18,18,18,16,9,22,4,6,8,8,12,12,8,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-16,-3058,-5065,-2973,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,-8,0,-8,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 Qe7 7. Be2 d5 {A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation} 8. d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 c5 {LiveBook: 12 Games} 11. Qf4 (11. Qh4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Be6 13. Bb5+ Bd7 14. Bd3 Ng4 15. Qxe7+ Kxe7 {1-0 (61) Vachier Lagrave,M (2789)-Aronian,L (2764) Paris 2018}) 11... O-O 12. O-O dxc4 13. Bxc4 Be6 14. b3 Bxc4 15. Qxc4 Qe5 {[#]} 16. Rb1 $146 Qe4 17. Qxe4 Nxe4 18. f3 Nf6 (18... Nc3 $11 19. Rb2 Rfd8) 19. Kf2 Rfd8 20. Ke2 Rac8 21. Bb2 Nd5 22. Rfd1 f6 23. Rbc1 b6 24. a3 Kf7 25. g3 Ke6 26. e4 Ne7 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 28. b4 cxb4 29. axb4 Rc8 30. Rxc8 Nxc8 {KB-KN} 31. Kd3 Nd6 32. f4 g6 {[%cal Bg7g6,Bg6f5][%mdl 32]} 33. g4 f5 34. exf5+ gxf5 35. h3 a5 36. bxa5 bxa5 37. Ba3 Ne4 38. Kd4 Nf2 39. gxf5+ Kxf5 40. Ke3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (40. h4 $11) 40... Nxh3 $19 41. Bd6 {[#]} h5 $2 (41... Kg4 $1 $19 {Threatens to win with ...h5.} 42. Kd3 h5) 42. Kf3 $11 {The position is equal.} h4 43. Bc7 a4 {White must now prevent ...a3.} 44. Bd6 Ng1+ 45. Kf2 Nh3+ 46. Kf3 $1 Ke6 47. Ba3 Kf5 48. Bd6 $1 Ng1+ 49. Kf2 Ke6 50. Ba3 Nh3+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 51. Kf3 Kf5 52. Bd6 $1 a3 53. Bxa3 Nxf4 54. Bd6 Ng6 55. Kg2 Kg4 56. Bb8 h3+ 57. Kh1 Nh4 58. Bc7 Nf5 59. Bb8 Nd4 60. Bc7 Nf3 61. Bb8 Kf5 62. Bc7 Ke4 63. Bb8 Kf5 64. Bc7 $1 Kg4 65. Bb8 $1 Nd4 66. Bc7 Ne6 67. Bb8 $1 Ng5 68. Bc7 Ne4 69. Bb8 Kf3 70. Bc7 Nf2+ 71. Kh2 Kg4 72. Bb8 Ne4 73. Bc7 Nc5 74. Bb8 (74. Bf4 $5) 74... Nd7 75. Bc7 (75. Bd6 {is more complex.} Nf6 76. Bb8 Nh7 77. Kg1 Kf5 78. Kh2) 75... Nf6 76. Bb8 Nd5 77. Bd6 Ne3 78. Bb8 Nf1+ 79. Kg1 Nd2 80. Kh1 {Accuracy: White = 72%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Djukic, Nikola"]
[Black "Radovanovic, Nikola"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 10,89,37,0,0,-18,48,44,50,20,18,18,41,58,53,47,41,39,47,44,71,72,93,50,116,24,130,124,135,134,131,125,410,414,744,740,727,732,876,280,278,222,197,154,355,281,367,353,342,281,346,298,338,347,370,367,350,380,416,428,542,535,563,551,804,769,735,473,471,471,467,461,971,949,774,934,1358,1245,1627,1714,1704,1680]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 (6. e5 {keeps more tension.} Nd5 7. O-O Be7 8. cxd4 d6 9. exd6 Qxd6 10. Nc3) 6... Bb4+ {C64: Ruy Lopez: Classical Defence (3...Bc5) except 4 0-0 Nf6} 7. Bd2 (7. Kf1 Nxe4 8. d5 Nd6 9. Bxc6 dxc6 10. Qd4 O-O 11. Qxb4 cxd5 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bf4 Nf7 14. Qc3 {½-½ (49) Salov,S (2190)-Singer,H (2213) Hersonissos 2017}) 7... Bxd2+ (7... Nxe4 $11 8. Bxb4 Nxb4) 8. Nbxd2 $14 a6 {White is slightly better.} 9. Bd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Ba4 b5 10. Bb3 d6 11. O-O Bg4 12. d5 Nd4 13. Re1 Nxf3+ 14. Nxf3 O-O 15. Qd3 Re8 16. Nd4 Qd7 17. f3 Bh5 18. Rac1 h6 {½-½ (18) Almeida,D (1373)-Silva,B (1157) Braga 2013}) 9... d5 10. e5 Nd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rc1 Re8 13. Re1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Nf8 14. h3 Be6 15. Nb3 Ne7 16. Nc5 b6 (16... Bc8 $14) 17. Nxe6 ({Better is} 17. Nxa6 $16 c6 18. Qd2) 17... fxe6 (17... Nxe6 $11 18. Qd2 c5) 18. Qc2 $16 Ra7 19. Ng5 {[%cal Rd3h7]} Neg6 20. h4 {[%cal Bh3h4,Bh4g5][%mdl 32]} h6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (20... c5 $16) 21. Bxg6 $18 {[#] Bh7+ would kill now.} Nxg6 (21... hxg5 $142 22. Bxe8 Qxe8 23. hxg5 Qf7) 22. Qxg6 {Threatening mate with Qh7+.} hxg5 23. hxg5 Qe7 24. Re3 $2 (24. Qh5 Qf7 25. g6) 24... Qf7 25. Qxf7+ Kxf7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 26. Rec3 Re7 $2 {[#]} (26... c5 $16 27. dxc5 bxc5 28. Rxc5 Rb8) 27. f4 Ke8 28. g4 g6 29. Rh3 Kd7 30. Rh6 Rg7 31. Kf2 Ra8 32. Ke3 Rf8 33. b4 Rff7 34. Rch1 Kc6 {White is clearly winning.} 35. a4 Kd7 36. Rh8 Kc6 37. Re8 Re7 38. Rhh8 Rxe8 39. Rxe8 {KR-KR} Kd7 40. Rh8 c5 (40... a5 $142 41. bxa5 bxa5) 41. dxc5 bxc5 42. bxc5 Kc6 43. Rc8+ Kb7 44. Re8 Rc7 45. Rxe6 {Accuracy: White = 67%, Black = 33%.} 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Saric, Ante"]
[Black "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 16,45,42,24,29,33,27,26,43,37,48,37,76,70,72,52,42,37,102,82,88,84,132,139,179,126,159,123,149,114,156,106]} 1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Bf4 {LiveBook: 16 Games. E97: King's Indian: Classical Main Line (6...e5 7 0-0 Nc6): 8 Be3 and 8 d5 Ne7, not 9 Ne1} (9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. Be3 c6 12. Rfd1 Re8 13. f3 Bf8 14. Na4 b6 15. b3 Be6 16. Nb2 Nd7 17. Nd3 f6 18. Rac1 Nc5 19. Nxc5 Bxc5 20. Bxc5 bxc5 {½-½ (35) Wojtaszek,R (2736)-Duda,J (2717) Katowice 2017}) 9... Nfd7 10. Qd2 Nc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Nxf3+ 11. Bxf3 Ne5 12. Be2 Be6 13. b3 Qd7 14. Bh6 Bxh6 15. Qxh6 f5 16. exf5 Rxf5 {½-½ (44) Yevseev,D (2538)-Rozum,I (2451) Peterhof 2009}) 11. Bh6 {White has an edge.} Be6 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. b3 a5 14. Nd4 Nc6 15. f4 f6 16. Rae1 Qd7 (16... Nxd4 $14 17. Qxd4 Qe7) 17. Bf3 Rae8 18. Ndb5 Ne7 19. Rd1 Rd8 {[#]} 20. Rfe1 (20. e5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]}) 20... Nc8 21. Nd4 c6 22. h3 Qc7 23. Qf2 {Accuracy: White = 75%, Black = 25%.} 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Santos Ruiz, Miguel"]
[Black "Demchenko, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E83"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 14,101,64,32,60,38,52,21,41,11,15,0,23,20,18,12,54,47,58,39,59,82,55,60,85,62,64,41,141,108,133,17,26,3,10,0,0,0,0,-25,-26,-40,0,0,19,12,27,14,23,0,142,140,262,262,224,210,223,196,198,34,267,-254,358,342,376,367,495,493,448,377,600,592,525,369,1214,1099,1133,456,29981,422,369,208,1467,515,29995,29996,29998,29997,29997,29998]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Qd2 a6 8. h4 {LiveBook: 4 Games} h5 {E83: King's Indian: Sämisch Panno (6...Nc6): Lines without either Nge2 or Qd2} 9. Rc1 Bd7 10. Nge2 b5 {The position is equal.} 11. Nd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Nf4 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. c5 dxc5 14. Bxc5 Re8 15. Be2 Bh6 16. Rd1 c6 {0-1 (39) Zakharchenko,A (2255)-Fedorov,A (2600) St Petersburg 2009}) 11... bxc4 12. Rxc4 e6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Bg5 Bxg5 15. hxg5 Rb8 16. Rc1 e5 17. d5 $1 {[%cal Rd5c6]} Na7 18. Nc3 Nb5 19. Bd3 Kg7 20. O-O f6 (20... c5 $14) 21. gxf6+ $16 Rxf6 22. Bxb5 (22. Ne2 $16) 22... axb5 $11 23. b4 Ra8 24. Rc2 Rf7 25. Rfc1 h4 26. Nd1 h3 27. Rxc7 Ra3 ({Black should try} 27... hxg2 $15 28. Qxg2 Bh3 29. Rxf7+ Kxf7) 28. R1c3 Rxc3 29. Rxc3 Qh4 30. Qf2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Qg5 31. g3 {Strongly threatening Kh2.} Qh5 (31... Bg4 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 32. Qe2 $16 h2+ (32... g5 $16 {was worth a try.}) 33. Qxh2 $18 Qg5 34. Qg2 Rf8 35. Rc7 Qd8 36. Qc2 $2 (36. Ra7 $18) 36... Rf7 $2 ({Better is} 36... Rxf3 $14 37. Rc3 Bg4) 37. Kg2 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (37. Rc3 $18 {avoids the disaster.}) 37... Qh8 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (37... Bh3+ $19 {and all is fine.} 38. Kxh3 Rxc7) 38. Nf2 Qb8 39. g4 Qb6 40. Nh3 Qe3 41. Rc3 Qd4 (41... Qh6 $142 42. Qc1 Qxc1 43. Rxc1 Be8) 42. Ng5 {Black must now prevent Rc7.} Re7 43. Rc7 {Rxd7! is the strong threat.} Kf6 $2 (43... Qe3 44. Nh3 Kf8) 44. Qc1 Qxb4 45. Nh3 (45. Kg3 $142 {Hoping for Qh1.} Kg7 46. Kh4) 45... Qa5 {[#]} (45... Kg7 $18 46. Ng5 Kf6) 46. Rb7 (46. Qh6 $142 $3 {[%mdl 512]} Qxa2+ 47. Kg3 Qd2 48. Qxd2 Kg7 49. Qb4 Rf7 50. Qxd6 Be8 51. Ng5) 46... Kg7 47. Qg5 (47. Kg3 $142) 47... Qd8 $2 {[#]} (47... Rf7 48. Qc1 Qxa2+ 49. Kg3 Qa8) 48. Qh4 (48. Rb8 $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bc8 {[#]} (48... Qxb8 49. Qxe7+) 49. Rxc8 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 48... Qa8 (48... Qf8 $18 49. Rb6 Re8) 49. Qxe7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. White mates.} Kh6 50. Qg5+ Kg7 51. Rxd7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 33%, Black = 31%.} 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Demidov, Mikhail"]
[Black "Jenni, Florian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 14,55,35,42,49,35,65,65,91,85,83,68,78,71,75,75,65,61,90,93,90,91,154,141,153,102,250,172,399,392,400,387,355,360,397,402,420,427,458,446,495,488,470,460]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. c3 d5 (5... d6 6. Bd3 g6 7. Ne2 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. f4 Qe7 10. e5 b6 11. Nd2 Bb7 12. Be4 Bxe4 13. Nxe4 Rd8 14. Qe1 {0-1 (62) Moiseenko,A (2667)-Wang,Y (2690) Riadh 2017}) 6. Nd2 {A45: Trompowsky Attack} Qd8 7. Ngf3 dxe4 8. Nxe4 {LiveBook: 3 Games. White is slightly better.} Nd7 9. Bc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Bd3 Be7 10. Qe2 Nf6 11. O-O-O c6 12. h4 Qa5 13. Kb1 {0-1 (33) Tomilova,E (2328)-Ivanova,K (2124) Sochi 2018}) 9... Nf6 10. Qe2 Be7 11. O-O-O c6 12. h4 b5 13. Bb3 a5 14. Ne5 Qc7 15. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} a4 16. Bc2 a3 17. b4 Nd5 ({Black should play} 17... Bb7) 18. g5 $16 Bb7 19. Bb3 (19. Qh5 $142 Bf8 20. Qf3) 19... h5 (19... O-O-O $16) 20. Qf3 f6 $2 {[#]} (20... Rf8 21. Qxh5 O-O-O) 21. Ng6 $18 O-O-O 22. Nxh8 Rxh8 23. gxf6 gxf6 24. Nc5 Bxc5 25. dxc5 ({Not} 25. bxc5 Qf4+ 26. Qxf4 Nxf4 $18) 25... Qg7 {White is clearly winning.} 26. Bxd5 cxd5 27. Rhg1 Qh6+ 28. Qe3 {Accuracy: White = 79%, Black = 25%.} 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rusev, Krasimir"]
[Black "Studer, Noel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 13,165,8,14,6,24,9,15,21,42,12,20,18,8,0,0,0,0,0,27,0,0,-13,0,4,17,0,0,-707,0,-697,-688,-715,-665,-681,-683,-714,33,29,153,142,144,148,271,289,687,687,687,687,1129,774,855,754,1108,1033,814,222,212,210,241,241,250,154,150,130,180,178,178,154,159,162,158,116,204,221,213,177,162,0,201,172,168,168,170,156,158,151,131,158,140,139,139,31,31,29,88,10,10,14,79,79,79,14,39,39,88,88,190,190,102,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,11,8,8,0,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Bg3 O-O 6. c4 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} (6. Nbd2 b6 7. c3 Ba6 8. Bxa6 Nxa6 9. Ne5 Nb8 10. f4 c5 11. Bh4 Be7 12. O-O Nfd7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Rf3 Nxe5 15. fxe5 {1-0 (29) Aronian,L (2767)-Giri,A (2782) chess.com INT 2018}) 6... c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 8. Nc3 h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Nc6 9. a3 d4 10. Na4 Qa5+ 11. b4 Nxb4 12. axb4 Bxb4+ 13. Ke2 Ne4 {0-1 (28) De Wachter,M (2363)-Isaakidis,A (2112) Paleochora 2018}) 9. a3 Nc6 10. Qc2 Bd6 11. Rd1 Bxg3 12. hxg3 Qa5 13. Be2 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Bd7 15. O-O Rac8 16. Ba2 Rfd8 17. Bb1 Qh5 18. Ne4 {Black must now prevent Nxf6+.} Ng4 19. Nd6 $1 {[%csl LRb7,LRc8][%mdl 64] Double Attack} Nce5 20. Qh7+ Kf8 21. Qh8+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (21. Nh4 $11 Nf6 22. Qh8+ Ke7 23. Nxc8+ Rxc8 24. Rxd7+ (24. Qxg7 Rg8 $15) 24... Kxd7 25. Qxg7) 21... Ke7 $19 {( -> ...Nxf3+)} 22. Nxc8+ Rxc8 23. Rxd7+ Kxd7 24. Nxe5+ Nxe5 $2 (24... Ke7 $1 $19 {[%csl Gg4][%cal Rh5h2]} 25. Nxg4 Rxh8) 25. Qxg7 $14 Ng4 (25... Ke7 $11 {remains equal.}) 26. Rd1+ $16 Ke7 {And now ...Nxf2! would win.} 27. Qd4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Hoping for Qd7+. White is in control.} Re8 (27... Nf6 $16 28. Qd6+ Ke8) 28. Be4 $18 b6 $2 (28... Qh2+ 29. Kf1 Qh5 30. Bxb7 Qb5+ 31. Kg1 Qxb7 32. Qxg4 Qxb2 33. Qh4+ Kf8 34. Qxh6+ Kg8) 29. Bf3 Qh2+ 30. Kf1 h5 31. Qd6+ Kf6 32. Qf4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg7 33. Qg5+ Kf8 34. Bxg4 $2 (34. Ke2 Re7 35. Qf4) 34... hxg4 35. Qxg4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Qh1+ 36. Ke2 Qxg2 37. Qf3 Qxf3+ 38. Kxf3 $16 {KR-KR} Ke7 39. Rc1 Kd7 40. Ke4 Rh8 41. g4 $1 Rh2 42. Rc2 Rh1 (42... f6 $16 {keeps fighting.} 43. Kf4 Rg2) 43. f4 $18 f6 44. Rg2 Ke7 45. Rc2 Kd7 $1 46. Rd2+ Ke7 47. Rg2 Rc1 48. g5 fxg5 49. fxg5 Rc4+ 50. Kd3 Rc5 51. e4 Kf7 52. g6+ (52. Rf2+ $1 $16 Kg6 53. Rf6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kxg5 54. Rxe6) 52... Kg7 $14 53. Kd4 e5+ (53... Rb5 $11) 54. Ke3 (54. Kd3 $16) 54... Rc6 $11 55. Rg5 Rxg6 (55... Rc2 $11) 56. Rxe5 $16 {aiming for Re7+.} Kf6 57. Rd5 (57. Rh5 $16) 57... Ke6 58. Rd2 Rg3+ {[#]} 59. Kd4 $1 Rb3 {[#]} (59... Rg5 $16) 60. Kc4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rc4b3]} Re3 61. Kd4 ({White should try} 61. Kb5 $16) 61... Rb3 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} 62. Rh2 a5 $1 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 63. Kc4 a4 $1 64. Kd4 Kd6 65. e5+ Ke7 66. Kd5 Rb5+ 67. Ke4 Rb3 68. Rh7+ Ke6 69. Rh6+ Ke7 70. Kd5 Rb5+ 71. Ke4 Rxb2 72. Rh7+ Ke6 73. Rh6+ Ke7 74. Kf5 Rf2+ 75. Ke4 Rb2 76. Kd5 Rb5+ 77. Kd4 Rb3 78. Rh7+ Ke6 79. Rh6+ Ke7 80. Kd5 Rb5+ 81. Kd4 Rb3 82. Kd5 Rb5+ 83. Kd4 {Accuracy: White = 49%, Black = 45%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ruck, Robert"]
[Black "Jankovic, Alojzije"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 9,107,32,60,53,57,54,57,53,38,13,62,33,37,-8,29,-19,70,0,0,-12,35,11,34,15,73,56,85,74,94,-18,49,-5,42,56,75,33,58,13,6,0,0,-8,13,-46,-33,-37,-17,-39,28,0,29,8,70,48,56,9,12,18,25,0,0,0,0,-5,-4,-47,-47,-49,-38,-55,0,0,64,50,80,81,118,16,20,25,195,0,190,206,808,807,772,779,792,782,1016,990,1032,993,29969,29973,29971,29973,6810,6792]} 1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 c6 (4... Bg7 5. c4 O-O 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4 c6 9. h3 Qb6 10. Re1 exd4 11. Nxd4 Re8 12. Nc2 Ne5 13. b3 Be6 14. Ne3 Nfd7 15. Bb2 Nc5 16. Bf1 Bxh3 17. Bxh3 Ned3 18. Qc2 Nxb2 19. Bf1 Re6 20. Rab1 {0-1 (66) Van Wely,L (2642)-Adhiban,B (2668) Batumi 2018}) 5. O-O b5 6. Nbd2 {A46: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 e6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} Bg7 7. e4 $146 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} ({Predecessor:} 7. c4 a6 8. e4 d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. c5 Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 {1-0 (27) Olesen,M-Campeau,J Hoevelte 2003}) 7... O-O 8. Re1 {White is slightly better.} a5 9. c3 Na6 10. e5 Nd5 11. Qe2 Nac7 12. Ne4 h6 (12... a4 $11) 13. h3 (13. a4 $1 $14) 13... a4 $11 14. Bd2 Ba6 15. Qd1 Ne6 16. Qc1 Kh7 (16... g5 $11 {remains equal.}) 17. Qc2 Qd7 18. h4 Kg8 19. Bh3 (19. Qc1 $16) 19... Bc8 (19... Nxd4 $11 20. cxd4 (20. Bxd7 Nxc2 21. Bxc6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} dxe5 $11) 20... Qxh3) 20. Rad1 (20. Qc1 $14) 20... Qd8 21. Bg2 Nec7 22. Nh2 Nb6 23. exd6 exd6 24. Bf4 Ne8 25. Qc1 Kh7 26. Qc2 (26. h5 $11) 26... Nd5 $15 27. Bc1 Kg8 (27... f5 $5 {[%cal Rf5e4]} 28. Nd2 Nec7 $15) 28. Re2 Nef6 (28... Nec7 $15) 29. Rde1 Nxe4 30. Bxe4 Qf6 (30... a3 $11) 31. Bxd5 cxd5 32. Bf4 g5 33. hxg5 hxg5 34. Bd2 Bf5 35. Qc1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} g4 36. Bf4 Qg6 37. Re7 Be4 38. Qd1 f5 39. Qe2 $1 Rae8 ({Black should try} 39... b4 $15) 40. Rxe8 $11 Rxe8 (40... Qxe8 $11 41. f3 (41. Bxd6 Rf6 $11) 41... gxf3 42. Nxf3 a3) 41. Qxb5 $14 Qh5 42. Qxa4 Bf8 43. Qb5 (43. Qd7 $16) 43... Re7 $11 44. Rxe4 dxe4 $2 {[#]} (44... fxe4 $11 45. c4 Rh7 46. Qxd5+ Qxd5 47. cxd5 Bg7) 45. Qc4+ $2 ({Only move:} 45. Bxd6 $18 Rh7 46. Qc4+ Qf7 47. Qc8) 45... Kh8 $2 (45... Qf7 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 46. Qc8 Re8) 46. Bxd6 $18 Rh7 $2 (46... Re8) 47. Be5+ Rg7 48. Nf1 f4 49. gxf4 e3 50. Nxe3 g3 51. Bxg7+ Bxg7 52. Qc8+ Kh7 53. Qf5+ Qxf5 54. Nxf5 {Accuracy: White = 41%, Black = 26%.} 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivic, Velimir"]
[Black "Nenezic, Marko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 24,83,18,14,43,37,56,26,27,18,14,12,25,18,13,20,31,21,143,155,162,156,218,223,290,286,277,243,254,216,218,181,195,-12,68,34,103,40,19,-6,-6,-6,-6,-8,-7,-12,8,-918,-916,-1112,-1080,-1106,-1075,-1004,-941,-1255,-960,-914,-755,-1041,29989,29990]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8. exd5 Nb8 {[%cal Bc6b8,Bb8d7,Bd7f6][%mdl 32]} 9. a4 Be7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O {B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations} Nd7 12. Bd2 f5 (12... a6 13. Na3 a5 14. Nc4 b6 15. f4 Ba6 16. Ne3 Bb7 17. Bc3 g6 18. Bb5 Ba6 19. Bxd7 Qxd7 {1-0 (53) Oparin,G (2602)-Gelfand,B (2697) Moscow 2017}) 13. a5 {LiveBook: 4 Games. The position is equal.} Nf6 {[#]} 14. c4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Be3 Bd7 15. Nxa7 f4 16. Bb6 Qe8 17. f3 Bd8 18. c4 Bxb6+ 19. axb6 {½-½ (26) Huschenbeth,N (2571)-Hracek,Z (2582) Le Castella 2018}) 14... f4 15. f3 Bf5 16. Be1 a6 17. Nc3 Rc8 18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Qc7 20. b3 b6 {[#]} (20... g5 $11) 21. axb6 $1 $16 Qxb6+ 22. Bf2 Qxb3 (22... Qb7 $16 23. c5 dxc5) 23. c5 $1 $18 e4 24. fxe4 Ng4 25. Rfb1 {[%mdl 64] [#] Trapped Piece} ({Stronger than} 25. Rxa6 Nxf2 26. Rxf2 Bf6 $15) 25... Ne5 26. Qd2 ({Weaker is} 26. Rxa6 Nxd3 27. Rxb3 Nxc5 $11) 26... Qc4 27. c6 Rb8 28. Rd1 $2 (28. Qd4 $18) 28... Rb3 (28... Bf6 $1 $11) 29. Rac1 Qb4 ({Black should try} 29... Bf6 $14) 30. Qd4 (30. Bd4 $16 {aiming for Bxe5.} f3 31. Nb1 f2+ 32. Bxf2) 30... Qa3 $14 {Hoping for ...Bf6.} 31. c7 {Black must now prevent Nb1.} Rc8 $1 $36 {[%cal Rc8c7][%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 32. Ne2 f3 33. Nf4 $1 fxg2 34. Kxg2 Rb2 {And now ...Qf3+ would win.} 35. Rd2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (35. Nd3 $11 Nxd3 36. Qxd3 Qxd3 37. Rxd3) 35... Qf3+ $19 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 36. Kg1 Qxf4 37. Qxb2 Nf3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 38. Kg2 Nxd2 39. Qb8 Qg4+ 40. Bg3 Nxe4 {Strongly threatening ...Qe2+.} 41. Rc4 Nc5 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (41... Bg5 $19 42. Qb2 Rf8) 42. Rxg4 {Accuracy: White = 49%, Black = 31%.} 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Milanovic, Danilo"]
[Black "Blohberger, Felix"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 19,58,-6,-4,-9,-2,-3,-9,-6,6,-20,0,-8,22,15,15,-7,10,-17,-11,-12,-8,-20,18,12,16,9,21,16,6,15,33,0,0,-22,-25,-101,-101,-472,-452,-1035,-1032]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c3 e6 5. Nd2 Bd6 6. Bg3 {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines} O-O 7. Ngf3 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. Ne5 Qc7 9. Bd3 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 11. O-O Nb8 12. f4 Nc6 13. Qf3 Ne7 14. Bf2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Bh4) 14... Nd7 15. Qh3 Kh8 16. Rae1 Nf6 17. Qf3 Qb7 18. e4 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Rxe4 Kg8 (20... Bxe5 $5 21. fxe5 cxd4 $11) 21. Nc4 Rfd8 22. Nxd6 Rxd6 23. dxc5 Rd2 24. b4 Rxa2 25. Rd1 h6 26. Qd3 bxc5 27. Bxc5 (27. bxc5 $11 {keeps the balance.} Qb2 28. Rf1) 27... Nd5 $17 {aiming for ...Nxc3!} 28. Bd4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (28. Rd2 $17 Ra1+ 29. Kf2) 28... Rxg2+ $1 $19 {[%mdl 576] Decoy} 29. Kxg2 (29. Kf1 $142 f5 30. Qf3 fxe4 31. Qxg2 Nxf4 32. Qg4) 29... Nxf4+ $1 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 19%, Black = 56%.} 0-1

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dvirnyy, Danyyil"]
[Black "Lobanov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 13,48,32,31,-15,0,-27,0,-6,0,0,0,-1,88,106,95,95,89,96,105,32,26,0,0,0,20,-110,-112,-142,-77,-66,-75,-70,-22,-27,-28,-25,-18]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. c4 dxc4 5. O-O b5 (5... Nbd7 6. Na3 Nb6 7. Qc2 g6 8. Nxc4 Nxc4 9. Qxc4 Bg7 10. Re1 O-O 11. d4 Ne4 12. Bf4 Be6 13. Qc2 f5 14. e3 Bd5 15. Ne5 {½-½ (50) Nepomniachtchi,I (2768)-Kobalia,M (2619) Satka 2018}) 6. d3 {A11: English Opening: 1...c6} cxd3 7. Ne5 Bb7 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 8. Qb3 $146 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Rb3f7] [#] White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 8. Nxd3 e6 9. a4 b4 10. Qc2 Be7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. Nb3 Nbd7 13. Be3 {½-½ (43) Tkachiev,V (2660)-Pelletier,Y (2558) Drancy 2016}) 8... e6 9. Rd1 Bd6 10. Nxd3 Qc7 11. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4b5][%mdl 32]} a6 12. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3e4,Be4c5][%mdl 32]} c5 (12... O-O $11 {keeps the balance.}) 13. Bxb7 $16 ({Weaker is} 13. axb5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 c4 $17) 13... Qxb7 14. axb5 O-O {next ...c4! is good for Black.} 15. Qa3 Rc8 16. Bg5 ({White should try} 16. Bf4 $16 Be7 17. Qa4) 16... Nd5 $14 17. Ne4 Bf8 $1 {Strongly threatening ...c4.} 18. Nexc5 Qxb5 {[%cal Rf8c5]} 19. b4 (19. Qa4 $11 Rxc5 20. Nxc5 Qxc5 21. Rac1) 19... Nc6 $17 {[%cal Rc6b4]} 20. Bd2 {[#]} Ncxb4 (20... Nd4 $142 $1 {[%cal Rd4e2]} 21. e4 Nc2) 21. Bxb4 Nxb4 22. Qxb4 Qxb4 23. Nxb4 Bxc5 24. Nxa6 Be7 {Accuracy: White = 30%, Black = 36%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dragnev, Valentin"]
[Black "Stevic, Hrvoje"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 26,57,13,-20,-23,-44,13,10,22,8,18,7,43,14,126,0,0,0,83,79,81,85,241,238,288,260,1388,1375,29988,29989,29994,29990,29993,1221]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. a4 e6 8. axb5 Nb6 9. Be3 axb5 {D24: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 Nc3} (9... Be7 10. Be2 Bb7 11. bxa6 Rxa6 12. Rxa6 Nxa6 13. O-O O-O 14. Nd2 Bd5 15. Nde4 Nb4 16. Nxd5 N4xd5 17. Qc2 {½-½ (33) Halkias,S (2571)-Vallejo Pons,F (2707) Riadh 2017}) 10. Rxa8 Nxa8 11. Nxb5 Nb6 12. Nd2 Ba6 13. Nc3 Nc6 14. Qg4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Nb4 15. Qe4 Be7 ({Black should play} 15... Qb8 $15) 16. Be2 $1 $11 O-O 17. O-O Qa8 $146 18. Qg4 {And now Bh6 would win.} Rd8 19. Rc1 Nd3 (19... Kh8 $11) 20. Bxd3 (20. Ra1 $16) 20... cxd3 21. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5,Bh5h6][%mdl 32]} Nc4 (21... Kh8 $11) 22. Nxc4 $16 Bxc4 23. Ne4 Qa6 $2 (23... h5 $16 24. Qf4 Qa6) 24. h5 $40 {[%mdl 128] [#] Threatens to win with h6. White goes for the king.} Kh8 25. h6 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rg4g7]} g6 $2 (25... gxh6 26. Qf3 (26. Bxh6 Rg8 $16) 26... Rg8) 26. Bg5 f5 27. exf6 {White mates.} d2 28. Nxd2 Bb4 29. Nb1 {Accuracy: White = 48%, Black = 13%.} (29. f7 $142 e5 30. Nxc4 Rg8 31. Qf3 Be7 32. Bxe7 Qe6 33. fxg8=Q+ Qxg8 34. Qf6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qg7 35. Qxg7#) 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Belyakov, Bogdan"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2459"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 17,151,0,0,0,0,-21,0,0,0,-13,-14,-52,-41,-106,-92,-85,-65,-65,-24,-30,-37,-50,-17,-74,-77,-74,24,13,18,28,83,83,81,83,83,81,95,71,137,153,137,126,139,0,226,-197,-197,-199,-170,-163,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,-30,-14,-52,-24,-66,-59,-285,-268,-253,-24,-59,-30,-32,-32,-26,-4,-142,-126,-523,-523,-521,-520,-1184,-493,-235,0,-1333,-716,-611,-518,-531,0,-524,-524,-525,-511,-513,-513,-502,-474,-463,-302,-291,-435,-1221,-1049,-1297,-1168,-955,-955,-814,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-72,-9,-9,-9,-9,0,0,0,-9,0,0,0,-18,-18,-18,-22,-22,-9,-9,-9,-9]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. h3 {B15: Caro-Kann: 3 Nc3: 3...g6 and 3...dxe4 4 Nxe4 Nf6 5 Nxf6+ exf6} (7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. c4 Nd7 10. Bd3 Nf8 11. h3 Ng6 12. Qc2 Qa5 13. c5 Bb8 14. Bd2 Qd8 15. Rfe1 Be6 16. Bc4 Nf8 {0-1 (47) Nepomniachtchi,I (2767)-Carlsen,M (2840) Doha 2016}) 7... O-O 8. Be2 Re8 9. O-O Nd7 {LiveBook: 16 Games} 10. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Bd3 Nf8 11. c4 Ng6 12. Qc2 Bc7 13. Bf5 Qd6 14. g3 Bxf5 15. Qxf5 Qe6 16. Qxe6 fxe6 17. Be3 Rad8 18. Rfd1 e5 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Rab1 {½-½ (21) Svidler,P (2731)-Berkes,F (2678) Germany 2011}) 10... Nf8 11. a5 Ng6 12. Bd3 Be6 13. c4 Bc7 14. b4 (14. a6 $5 {[%cal Ra6b7]}) 14... Qd6 $1 15. Rb1 {[#]} (15. Re1 $15) 15... Nh4 $1 {[%mdl 512] ( -> ...Nxf3+)} 16. g3 (16. Nxh4 Qh2#) 16... Ng6 17. Kg2 Rad8 18. Qc2 Qd7 19. Rh1 f5 20. h4 (20. b5 $11) 20... h6 21. h5 Nf8 (21... Ne5 $17 22. Nxe5 Bxe5 {[%mdl 64] Pin}) 22. Rh4 $11 Nh7 23. Bf4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Nf6 (23... Bxf4 $11 {remains equal.} 24. Rxf4 Ng5) 24. Bxc7 $16 Qxc7 25. Bxf5 Bxf5 26. Qxf5 Re2 27. Re1 Qe7 (27... Rxe1 $142 28. Nxe1 Rf8) 28. Rxe2 Qxe2 29. a6 bxa6 30. Qa5 (30. Ne5 $16) 30... Re8 $2 {[#]} (30... Rf8 $1 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 31. Qxa6 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (31. Ne5 $1 $18 {is the narrow road to win.}) 31... Ne4 $19 32. Rxe4 Qxe4 33. Qxa7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQN} Re6 $2 (33... g5 $19 34. hxg6 fxg6) 34. Qb8+ $11 Kh7 35. Qf4 Qxf4 36. gxf4 {Hoping for c5. KR-KN} Re4 37. Kg3 Kg8 {White should prevent ...f6.} 38. Kg4 g6 (38... g5 $5 39. hxg6 fxg6 $15) 39. hxg6 fxg6 40. b5 $2 ({Better is} 40. Kg3 $1 $15) 40... cxb5 $19 41. cxb5 Re2 $2 (41... g5 $1 $19 42. Kg3 Rxf4) 42. Ne5 Kg7 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 43. b6 Rb2 44. Nd7 $1 h5+ 45. Kf3 (45. Kg5 $11) 45... Kf7 46. Ke4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (46. Kg3 $17) 46... Ke7 47. Ne5 Rxb6 48. Nd3 (48. Nf3 $142 Rb2 49. Nh4) 48... Ke6 (48... h4 $142 49. Ne5 h3) 49. Ne5 Ke7 $2 (49... Rb2 50. Nxg6 Rxf2 51. d5+ Kf6) 50. Nd3 $1 Ra6 51. Ne5 Kf6 52. Nd7+ Ke7 53. Ne5 Rd6 54. Nc4 Re6+ 55. Ne5 {If only White now had time for f5....} Kf6 56. d5 Ra6 57. Nd7+ Ke7 58. Ne5 Ra4+ 59. Kf3 (59. Ke3 $142 Kf6 60. Nf3) 59... Kf6 60. d6 Rd4 61. d7 g5 62. Ke3 Rd1 $2 (62... Rd6 $19 63. Ke4 g4) 63. Nd3 $11 Ke7 64. fxg5 Kxd7 65. Nf4 h4 {aiming for ...Rg1.} 66. Kf3 {[#]} (66. Ke4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 66... Rg1 ({Black should try} 66... Rd4 $1 $17 {White must now prevent ...Ke7.} 67. g6 Ke7) 67. Nh3 {The position is equal.} Ra1 {And now ...Ra4 would win.} 68. Kg4 Ke6 69. Nf4+ Kf7 70. Nh3 Ra4+ 71. f4 Kg6 72. Kxh4 Kf5 73. Kg3 Ra3+ 74. Kh4 Rf3 75. g6 Kxg6 76. Kg4 {Accuracy: White = 39%, Black = 40%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Stanojoski, Zvonko"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 29,114,-18,-14,-43,-1,-22,-10,-79,-46,-83,-88,-82,-79,-120,-110,-132,-130,-181,-172,-169,-188,-170,-100,-76,-100,-96,-89,-93,-74,-70,-68,-147,-135,-158,-144,-181,-157,-191,-159,-261,-264,-277,-282,-268,-120,-247,-205,-247,-246,-297,-83,-79,-72,-212,-194,-346,-372,-360,-359,-318,-305,-484,-477,-605,-605,-1728,-1735,-4610,-4610,-6111,-6410,-4607,-2112,-29963,-11319,-29981,-29982,-29982,-29983,-29983,-29984,-29984,-29985,-29985,-29986,-29986,-29987]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 e6 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nf6 11. Bd2 Be7 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Kb1 {B19: Classical Caro-Kann: 4...Bf5 main line} c5 14. Bc3 (14. Be3 Nbd7 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Qxd8 Rfxd8 17. Ne5 Nd5 18. Bxc5 Bxc5 19. Ne4 Be7 20. c4 Nf6 21. Nxf6+ gxf6 {0-1 (47) Khachiyan,M (2522)-Nakamura,H (2781) chess.com INT 2018}) 14... Nbd7 15. dxc5 Nxc5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 16. Qb5 Qe8 $146 (16... Qc7 {keeps more tension.} 17. Be5 a6 18. Qb4 Qc6 19. Nd4 Qc8) ({Predecessor:} 16... Nd5 17. Bd4 Rc8 18. Rd2 Re8 19. Be5 Bf6 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Rhd1 Nf4 22. Qb4 Nxg2 23. Qg4 Nf4 24. a3 Nd5 25. Rd4 b5 {0-1 (25) Taffijn,A (1737)-Eshuis,H (1796) IECG email 2005}) 17. Qxe8 Rfxe8 18. Bb4 (18. Bd4 $11) 18... a5 19. Ba3 b5 {And now ...b4 would win.} 20. Bxc5 Bxc5 21. Rhf1 Red8 22. Kc1 Bd6 23. Nd4 (23. Ne2 $17 {was worth a try.}) 23... Bf4+ 24. Kb1 Bxg3 $1 25. fxg3 b4 ({Much less strong is} 25... Nxh5 26. Nxb5 Nxg3 27. Rfe1 $17) (25... Rd5 $1 $19 {aiming for ...Rad8.} 26. Nc6 Rg5) 26. Nc6 $17 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 Nxh5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 28. Rd3 g5 29. c4 bxc3 30. bxc3 (30. Rxc3 $15 a4 31. Ra3) 30... Nf6 31. c4 Ne4 32. Kb2 Kg7 33. g4 Ra6 34. Ne5 (34. Nd4 $17) 34... Kf6 $19 35. Nd7+ Ke7 36. Ne5 Nc5 (36... f6 $1 $19 {[%cal Rf6e5] and Black stays clearly on top.} 37. Re3 Nd6) 37. Rh3 (37. Ra3 $17) 37... Rb6+ 38. Kc2 {[#]} f6 $1 {[%cal Rf6e5]} 39. Nf3 Rb4 $2 (39... Na4 $19 {...Rb2+ is the strong threat.} 40. Kd3 Rb2) 40. Nd2 $17 a4 {[%cal Ba5a4,Ba4a3][%mdl 32]} 41. Rxh6 {[#]} (41. Kc3 $17 Rb8 42. Rxh6) 41... a3 $1 $19 42. Rh7+ $2 (42. Kc3 Rb2 43. Nb3 Nxb3 44. axb3) 42... Kd6 43. Kc3 Rb2 44. Ra7 Rxa2 45. Nf3 (45. Ra8 $142) 45... Rxg2 {White must now prevent ...Rg3.} 46. Rxa3 Rxg4 47. Kb4 Rg3 48. Nd4 Rxa3 49. Kxa3 {KN-KN} g4 {[%cal Bg5g4,Bg4g3,Bg3g2][%mdl 32]} 50. Kb4 Ne4 51. Nb5+ Ke5 52. c5 {[#]} Nxc5 $1 {[%mdl 512] Black mates.} 53. Kxc5 g3 54. Nd4 g2 55. Kc4 Ke4 56. Ne2 Ke3 57. Ng1 f5 {Accuracy: White = 17%, Black = 70%.} 0-1

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "De Filomeno, Simone"]
[Black "Brkic, Ante"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 11,42,20,18,-7,8,-27,1,-7,4,0,0,-39,-29,-112,-110,-138,-147,-143,-130,-473,-481,-562,-562,-554,-544,-570,-561,-593,-564,-593,-590,-688,-681]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 c5 {LiveBook: 398 Games} 7. dxc5 {[%cal Rc4d5] D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4)} (7. cxd5 {keeps more tension.} exd5 8. Bb5 Qa5 9. Bxd7+ Nxd7 10. O-O) (7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 c4 9. Bf5 Qa5 10. Qc2 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Nd2 g6 13. Bh3 Kg7 14. Rfb1 h6 15. Bh4 g5 16. Bxd7 Bxd7 17. Bg3 Kg8 18. a3 Bf8 19. b3 cxb3 20. Nxb3 Qd8 21. Be5 Rc8 {1-0 (40) Korobov,A (2652)-Mamedyarov,S (2799) Huaian 2017}) 7... Qa5 {[#] Hoping for ...Ne4.} 8. Nd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. Bxf6 Nxf6 9. Qc2 Ne4 10. Rc1 Qxa2 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bb5+ Kf8 13. O-O Bxc3 14. bxc3 Qxc2 15. Rxc2 Nxc5 {0-1 (52) Anev,A (2090)-Gvetadze,S (2350) Bansko 2010}) 8... dxc4 9. Bxc4 {The position is equal.} Qxc5 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. Bb5+ Ke7 12. Qe2 (12. a4 $11 {remains equal.}) 12... a6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is really pushing.} 13. Bd3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Qxc3 15. O-O $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (15. Rb1 $17) 15... Rd8 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 16. Nc4 Qxd3 17. Qxd3 Rxd3 18. Nb6 Rb8 19. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Bd7 21. g4 Bc6 0-1

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Warmerdam, Max"]
[Black "Potapov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 18,86,26,29,57,29,77,83,80,72,80,86,103,87,94,95,114,122,132,125,159,148,140,58,58,58,60,72,79,75,72,33,27,0,103,95,98,100,96,98,104,107,106,110,103,92,85,0,5,0,12,12,12,12,12,0,12,12,12,12,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,-4,-4,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 g6 {B32: Sicilian: Löwenthal and Kalashnikov Variations} 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3 Be6 9. Be2 Bg7 10. O-O {LiveBook: 3 Games} Nge7 11. Be3 O-O {[#]} 12. Nc2 $1 f5 {[#]} 13. f3 $1 {[#]} Rc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... fxe4 14. Nxe4 {0-1 (41) Najer,E (2646)-Belous,V (2584) Moscow 2014}) 14. Qd2 Qc7 15. Rfd1 Rcd8 16. Rac1 f4 17. Bf2 g5 18. Nd5 Qb8 19. Bb6 Rd7 20. Ncb4 (20. b4 $16) 20... Nxb4 $14 21. Nxe7+ Rxe7 22. Qxb4 {Strongly threatening c5.} Rd7 23. c5 dxc5 24. Qxc5 {Threatens to win with Rxd7.} (24. Bxc5 $5 {[%cal Rd1d7]} Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 $16 (25. Bxd1 Rc8 $14)) 24... Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Bxa2 (25... Qc8 $1 $11) 26. Rd7 $16 Qc8 27. Rc7 Qe6 28. Rxb7 Rc8 29. Rc7 Rxc7 30. Bxc7 h5 31. Qd6 Qb3 32. h3 ({Of course not} 32. Qxa6 Qxb2 33. h3 Qc1+ 34. Kh2 Qxc7 $11) (32. Qa3 $16) 32... Qxb2 {The position is equal.} 33. Qxa6 (33. Bxa6 {seems wilder.} g4 34. Qd8+ Bf8 35. fxg4 hxg4 36. hxg4 Qc1+ 37. Kh2) 33... Qc1+ 34. Kh2 Qxc7 35. Qxa2+ Kh7 36. Qe6 Qd8 37. Bc4 Qf6 38. Qg8+ Kh6 39. Be6 g4 40. Bf5 g3+ 41. Kh1 Kg5 42. Qe6 Qxe6 43. Bxe6 Bf8 {Accuracy: White = 55%, Black = 56%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zavgorodniy, Sergiy"]
[Black "Beerdsen, Thomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 13,52,18,26,6,39,46,55,-54,-48,-57,-52,-92,-69,-76,-72,-75,-31,-91,-47,-71,-48,-68,-43,-96,-47,-181,-178,-529,-48,-56,-48,-50,-41,-132,-119,-194,-131,-336,-335,-1070,-1023]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. d3 fxe4 5. dxe4 Nf6 6. Bg5 d6 7. Nc3 Be7 {LiveBook: 4 Games. C63: Ruy Lopez: Schliemann/Jaenisch Defence} 8. h3 (8. Qd3 Be6 9. O-O O-O 10. Bc4 Qd7 11. Bxe6+ Qxe6 12. Nd5 Qc8 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Qc4 Kh8 15. b4 {½-½ (40) Lagno,K (2539)-Pruijssers,R (2483) Germany 2011}) 8... O-O 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 {White is slightly better.} 10. Bxc6 $146 ({White should play} 10. Qd5+ $1 $14 Kh8 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Qxc6) ({Predecessor:} 10. Qd5+ Kh8 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Qxc6 Rb8 13. b3 Be6 14. Nd5 Bd7 15. Qxc7 Qxc7 16. Nxc7 {½-½ (39) Wagner,M (1590)-Kremer,N (1551) Luxembourg 1999}) 10... bxc6 $15 11. Qd3 Be6 12. O-O-O Rb8 13. b3 Rb4 14. Qa6 Qd7 15. Kb2 (15. h4 $15) 15... Rfb8 16. Rhe1 R8b7 17. Qa5 h6 18. Rd3 (18. Kb1 $15) 18... Qf7 19. Qa6 (19. a3 $15 R4b6 20. Ka1) 19... Bc4 $19 20. Qxc6 $2 {[#]} (20. Qa5 {is tougher.}) 20... Bxd3 $2 (20... R4b6 $19 21. Qa4 Ra6 22. Qxa6 Bxa6) 21. cxd3 $15 R4b6 22. Qc4 c6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 23. Qa4 ({Better is} 23. Na4 $15) 23... d5 $17 {[%cal Bd6d5,Bd5d4][%mdl 32]} 24. Rc1 (24. exd5 $17 {was called for.} cxd5 25. Nxe5 Bxe5 26. Rxe5) 24... Kh7 (24... Rb8 $19 {...Qb7 is the strong threat.} 25. Qa3 dxe4 26. Nxe4 Be7) 25. Qa5 $2 (25. Rc2 $17) 25... d4 $19 {[%cal Rb6b3] White must now prevent ...Rxb3+!} 26. Na4 $2 {[#]} (26. Nd1 Rxb3+ 27. axb3 Qxb3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 28. Ka1) 26... Rxb3+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 11%, Black = 34%.} 0-1

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Pershin, Denis"]
[Black "Tejedor Fuente, Enrique"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 19,77,89,85,41,45,19,41,30,35,31,40,11,2,13,10,-40,-28,-33,-22,-217,-213,-219,-213,-220,-211,-279,-260,-262,-269,-267,-258,-266,-253,-246,-229,-493,-490,-702,-704,-717,-664,-640,-622,-650,-645,-644,-644,-675,-543,-517,-515,-495,-478,-789,-631,-487,-129,-29982,-29983,-29999]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 Nfd7 {B81: Sicilian Scheveningen: Keres Attack} (6... h6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. Be3 Nc6 9. h3 a6 10. f4 Bd7 11. Qe2 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bc6 13. O-O-O Qc7 14. Kb1 e5 15. Be3 {1-0 (45) Grischuk,A (2766)-Duda,J (2737) chess.com INT 2018}) 7. Bg2 a6 8. Be3 Nc6 9. g5 Be7 10. h4 Qc7 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 11. Nxc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Qe2 Nce5 12. O-O-O Nb6 13. f4 Nec4 14. Kb1 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 Bd7 16. f5 Nc4 {0-1 (34) Lewtak,D (2269)-Cyborowski,L (2546) Rewal 2012}) 11... bxc6 {[%cal Bb7c6,Bc6c5][%mdl 32]} 12. Qd4 Ne5 13. f4 c5 14. Qd1 Nc4 15. Qe2 (15. Bc1 {is interesting.} Rb8 16. b3 Nb6 17. O-O h6 18. Qf3) 15... Nxe3 16. Qxe3 Rb8 17. Rb1 Bb7 18. O-O h6 19. f5 $2 (19. Kf2 $11 {and White is okay.}) 19... hxg5 $19 20. fxe6 fxe6 21. hxg5 {[#]} d5 $1 {[%cal Bd6d5,Bd5d4][%mdl 544]} 22. e5 (22. exd5 Qh2+) 22... d4 23. Qf4 Rf8 24. Qg4 Rxf1+ ({Not} 24... dxc3 25. Qxe6 Rxf1+ 26. Rxf1 $17) ({Much less strong is} 24... Qxe5 25. Bxb7 Rxf1+ 26. Kxf1 $17) 25. Rxf1 Bxg2 ({Weaker is} 25... dxc3 26. Bxb7 Rxb7 27. Rd1 $17) 26. Kxg2 Qxe5 27. Ne4 $2 (27. Nd1) 27... Rxb2 28. Re1 (28. Rf2 $142 Rxa2 29. Qf3) 28... Rxc2+ 29. Kf3 Qf5+ 30. Qxf5 exf5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 31. Nd6+ Kd7 32. Nxf5 Bxg5 33. Nxg7 Rxa2 34. Ke4 Kc6 35. Nf5 Rf2 {Hoping for ...d3!} 36. Ra1 (36. Rg1 $142 Bd8 37. Rc1) 36... Re2+ 37. Kd3 Re5 $2 {[#]} (37... Rg2 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top. Strongly threatening ...Kd5.} 38. Ke4 Re2+ 39. Kf3 Re5) 38. Ng3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (38. Nxd4+ $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} Kd5 (38... cxd4 39. Rxa6+) 39. Nc2) 38... Re3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 39. Kc4 Rc3# {Accuracy: White = 30%, Black = 61%.} 0-1

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Saraci, Nderim"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 20,126,17,0,0,-8,15,-60,7,7,14,9,17,25,26,26,16,12,18,12,45,18,49,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-30,-27,-66,-34,-149,-145,-89,-83,-459,-410,-721,-697,-1330,-1105,-1033,-419,-385,-322,-307,-300,-1450,-1409,-1181,-1101,-5369,-5061,-29974,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,-8,0,-8,-8,-8,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,5073]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 e6 6. O-O Nge7 7. e3 O-O 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Nde2 {LiveBook: 12 Games. A36: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7} Bf5 12. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. e4 Bxe4 14. Bxe4 Ndb4 15. Nc3 Re8 16. Bg2 Nd3 17. Be3 Na5 18. Qc2 Nc4 {1-0 (32) Gufeld,E (2510)-Ubilava,E (2430) Tbilisi (Georgia) 1980}) 12... Qb6 13. b4 (13. Nf4 $11) 13... Rad8 (13... Bg4 $15 14. Bb2 d4) 14. Bb2 $11 d4 15. Na4 Qc7 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. exd4 b6 $1 19. Rc1 Qd7 20. Nc3 Qxd4 21. Qxd4 (21. Qa4 {looks sharper.} a6 22. Rfd1 Qf6 23. Ne4 Qe6 24. Re1) 21... Rxd4 22. Rfe1 Rd7 23. h4 Rc8 24. Nb5 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Bd3 26. Nc3 Rc7 27. Ne2 Rxc1+ 28. Nxc1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} Bc4 29. Bf1 Bxf1 30. Kxf1 {KN-KN} Nd5 31. Ke1 Kf8 32. Kd2 Ke7 33. Kd3 Kd6 34. Kd4 Nc7 35. a4 a6 36. Nd3 b5 37. axb5 axb5 38. Nf4 Na6 39. Nd3 Nb8 40. Ne5 f6 {[%cal Bf7f6,Bf6f5][%mdl 32]} 41. Nd3 Nc6+ 42. Ke4 {[#]} ({White must play} 42. Kc3 $1 $15) 42... f5+ $1 $17 43. Kf4 Kd5 44. h5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (44. Nc1 $17 {is a better chance.}) 44... Kd4 $19 45. hxg6 (45. Nc5 $142 Nxb4 46. Nb3+ Kc3 47. hxg6 hxg6 48. Na5) 45... hxg6 46. Ne1 Nxb4 47. Nf3+ Kd5 (47... Kc3 $142 48. Ng5 Nd3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 49. Ke3 b4) 48. Ke3 Nc6 49. Nh4 {[#]} Ne7 $1 50. f3 $2 (50. Kd3) 50... Kc4 51. Kd2 b4 52. g4 f4 53. g5 Kd4 $2 (53... b3 {mates} 54. Kc1 Kc3 55. Ng2 b2+ 56. Kd1 Nf5 57. Ke2 b1=Q 58. Nxf4 Qb2+ 59. Ke1 Ng3 60. Nd5+ Kb3 61. Nc3 Kxc3 62. f4 Qe2#) 54. Ng2 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} Ke5 {Threatens to win with ...Kf5.} 55. Nh4 $1 Kd4 56. Ng2 $1 Ke5 {Strongly threatening ...Kf5.} 57. Nh4 $1 Kd5 58. Kd3 Ke5 59. Kc4 Nc6 60. Nxg6+ Kf5 61. Nxf4 Kxf4 62. g6 Kxf3 63. g7 Ke4 $2 {[%mdl 40960] Accuracy: White = 53%, Black = 65%. . An unexpected result.} (63... Ne7 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zlatanovic, Boroljub"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2376"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 12,122,138,130,152,156,152,140,195,183,215,172,474,468,461,155,166,171,167,158,159,160,172,162,156,155,157,145,164,116,151,155,154,131,123,120,154,148,178,166,192,206,268,184,196,195,191,143,143,143,160,149,147,131,140,137,137,0,348,-74,-65,-50,-60,-62,-12,-133,-102,-223,-201,-225,-237,-196,-7,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-3,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-1402,-1301,-1402,-833,-29980,-29981,-29990,-29991,-29991,-29992,-29992,-29993,-29995,-29994]} 1. Nc3 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Nf5 {A00: Irregular Openings} O-O (6... Rg8 7. e3 d5 8. Nxe7 Nxe7 9. Qd4 Be6 10. O-O-O Qd7 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Qxf6 O-O-O 13. g3 Kb8 {1-0 (31) Andreikin,D (2720)-Kryvoruchko,Y (2710) Berlin 2015}) 7. Nxe7+ {LiveBook: 3 Games} Nxe7 8. Bxf6 {White is clearly better.} gxf6 9. Qd4 Nf5 $146 (9... f5 $16 {was worth a try.}) ({Predecessor:} 9... Nc6 10. Qh4 d5 11. O-O-O Be6 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. e4 Ne5 14. exd5 {1-0 (43) Rydstrom,T (2313)-Eriksson,P (1891) Vaxjo 2017}) 10. Qf4 $18 ({Don't do} 10. Qg4+ $6 Ng7 $16) 10... d6 11. e3 Be6 $2 (11... Ne7 12. Qxf6 Nf5) 12. Bd3 Ne7 13. Qxf6 $2 (13. Qh6 $18 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Rh6h7]} Ng6 14. h4) 13... Nf5 14. Qxd8 Rfxd8 15. Bxf5 Bxf5 16. O-O-O c6 17. e4 Be6 18. Rd3 Kf8 19. Rhd1 Ke7 20. Rg3 b5 21. Ne2 Rg8 22. Nd4 Bd7 23. Kd2 c5 24. Ne2 Bc6 25. Ke3 Rae8 26. Nf4 a5 27. Nd5+ Bxd5 28. Rxd5 (28. exd5 $6 Kf6+ 29. Kf3 Rg6 $14) 28... Rg6 29. Rxg6 hxg6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} 30. h4 Rh8 31. g3 Ke6 32. Kf4 b4 33. Kg4 a4 34. h5 (34. Kf4 $16) 34... f5+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (34... Rxh5 $11 35. Rxh5 gxh5+ 36. Kf4 (36. Kxh5 $2 c4 $19) 36... d5) 35. Kf4 $2 ({White has to play} 35. exf5+ $18 Kxd5 36. fxg6) 35... Rxh5 $17 36. Rd1 fxe4 37. Kxe4 Re5+ 38. Kf3 (38. Kd3 $1 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.}) 38... d5 39. c3 {[#]} (39. Rd3 $17) 39... Re4 $1 $19 40. Rd2 bxc3 41. bxc3 {[#]} Rc4 $2 ({Black should play} 41... g5 $1 $19 42. Kg2 Ke5) 42. Rd3 $11 g5 43. Ke2 Kd6 44. f3 Ke5 45. a3 d4 46. Kd2 Kd5 47. Kc2 Ke5 48. Kd2 Kd5 49. Kc2 Ke5 50. Kd2 Kd6 51. f4 gxf4 52. cxd4 cxd4 53. gxf4 Kd5 54. Rf3 Ke4 55. Rf1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (55. Rh3 $11) 55... Rc3 $19 56. f5 Rxa3 {( -> ...Ra2+)} 57. f6 Ra2+ {Black mates.} 58. Ke1 Ke3 {[%cal Ra2a1]} (58... Ra1+ $2 59. Kf2 $19) 59. Rf3+ Kxf3 60. f7 Ke3 {[%cal Ra2a1]} 61. Kd1 Rf2 {Accuracy: White = 40%, Black = 47%.} 0-1

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Danov, Lyubomir"]
[Black "Jovanovic, Zoran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2353"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 21,62,15,48,13,60,-28,-12,-48,-43,-47,-27,-27,-18,-30,0,0,0,0,-6,-56,0,-77,-77,-145,-57,-258,-172,-248,-271,-270,-233,-464,-465,-665,-663,-660,-658,-650,-642,-639,-633,-627,-628]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 c6 8. Re1 exd4 {C41: Philidor Defence} (8... b6 9. h3 a6 10. Ba2 Rb8 11. Be3 b5 12. axb5 axb5 13. b4 Bb7 14. Bb3 exd4 15. Nxd4 d5 16. exd5 Bxb4 17. Bd2 cxd5 18. Ncxb5 Bxd2 19. Qxd2 {½-½ (30) Kryvoruchko,Y (2705)-Laznicka,V (2671) Brest 2018}) 9. Nxd4 Ne5 10. Ba2 Re8 11. Bf4 Bf8 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 12. Bg3 a5 13. Qd2 $146 ({Better is} 13. f4 $14) ({Predecessor:} 13. Kh1 Qb6 14. Bb3 Bd7 15. f3 Rad8 16. Bh4 {1-0 (49) Azarov,S (2594)-Mihajlovskij,S (2466) Minsk 2008}) 13... Nh5 $1 $11 14. Rad1 Nxg3 15. hxg3 Qf6 16. Qf4 Qg6 17. f3 Be7 18. g4 $1 h5 19. gxh5 Qxh5 20. Qh2 Qg6 (20... Qh4 $15) 21. f4 (21. Kf2 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 21... Ng4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has strong initiative.} 22. Qg3 {[#]} (22. f5 $142 Qg5 23. Nf3 Nxh2 24. Nxg5 Bxg5 25. Kxh2) 22... Qh5 (22... Bd8 $1 $17 23. f5 Qh5) 23. Nf3 $2 (23. Qh3 $15 Nf6 24. Qxh5 Nxh5 25. f5) 23... Bd8 {[%cal Be7d8,Bd8b6,Bb6d4][%mdl 32]} 24. Qh3 (24. Ne2 $142) 24... Bb6+ $19 25. Nd4 Qc5 26. f5 $2 {[#]} (26. Qh4 {is a better defense.}) 26... Bxf5 $1 {[%mdl 576] Pin. Black is clearly winning.} 27. Bxf7+ (27. Kf1 $142 Bd7 28. Bb3) (27. exf5 Rxe1+) 27... Kxf7 28. Rf1 {Threatens to win with Qxg4.} Qxd4+ 29. Rxd4 Bxd4+ 30. Kh1 Rh8 31. Rxf5+ Kg6 {Accuracy: White = 16%, Black = 57%.} 0-1

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gouloutis, Nikolaos"]
[Black "Ragger, Markus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2353"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 18,90,0,0,2,-12,8,0,0,0,19,12,11,7,47,34,55,38,44,29,66,51,122,71,95,59,47,46,46,55,101,110,107,43,100,86,137,152,139,113,89,84,154,167,149,131,391,385,372,375,598,358,290,290,284,273,272,192,310,300,398,385,378,0,392,-106,178,177,147,147,276,23,89,-422,-422]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. e3 d5 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. c3 Re8 8. O-O e5 9. h3 {D03: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 Bg5, including Torre Attack with early ...d5} c6 10. Bh4 {LiveBook: 5 Games} (10. b4 Qe7 11. Rc1 e4 12. Ne1 Nb6 13. a3 Be6 14. c4 h6 15. Bh4 g5 16. Bg3 Nxc4 17. Nxc4 dxc4 18. Bxc4 Bxc4 19. Rxc4 {0-1 (28) Shimanov,A (2626)-Jones,G (2677) chess.com INT 2018}) 10... a5 11. a4 {The position is equal.} Qb6 12. Rb1 e4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... exd4 13. cxd4 Nb8 14. Qb3 Qxb3 15. Nxb3 Ne4 16. Ng5 Bf6 17. Nxe4 Bxh4 {½-½ (47) Bogdanovski,V (2430)-Erdogdu,M (2310) Thessaloniki 2001}) 13. Nh2 Nf8 14. b4 axb4 15. cxb4 h6 16. a5 Qd8 17. Nb3 g5 18. Bg3 Ng6 19. b5 Bf8 (19... cxb5 $1 $14 20. Bxb5 Re7) 20. a6 (20. b6 $142) 20... cxb5 $16 21. axb7 Bxb7 22. Bxb5 Re6 23. Nc5 Bxc5 24. dxc5 Ba6 25. Qd4 ({Better is} 25. Ng4 $16 Nxg4 26. hxg4) 25... Bxb5 (25... Ne7 $14) 26. Rxb5 Qd7 (26... Ne7 $142) 27. Rfb1 h5 28. Rb7 Qa4 29. Rb8+ Kg7 (29... Kh7 $142) 30. Rxa8 Qxa8 31. Rb6 Rxb6 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (31... Qa2 $16) 32. cxb6 $18 Qc6 33. Qb2 {aiming for b7.} Qb7 (33... Kh7 {was called for.} 34. b7 Nd7) 34. Bc7 Nf8 35. Qa1 N8d7 36. Qa7 Qc6 37. Nf1 Kg6 (37... Ne8 $142 38. Bd8 Nd6) 38. Bd8 Ne8 {If Black can now play ...Nd6 this consolidates a bit.} 39. b7 Qb5 40. Kh2 $2 (40. Qa8 $18) 40... Nd6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (40... Qxf1 $11 {and Black is okay.} 41. Qa4 Ne5) 41. Be7 $2 ({White should try} 41. b8=Q $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Qxb8 42. Qxd7 Ne8+ 43. Kg1) 41... Nxb7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (41... Qxb7 $17 {and life is bright.} 42. Qxb7 Nxb7) 42. Qa8 $1 {[%cal Ra8g8]} Nf6 43. Qh8 Qc6 (43... Qb2 $16 {keeps fighting.} 44. Kg1 Qe5) 44. Ng3 $2 ({White should play} 44. Bf8 $18 {White threatens Ng3 and mate.} Kf5 45. Ng3+ Ke6 46. Ne2) 44... h4 $11 {[%cal Bh5h4,Bh4g3][%mdl 32]} 45. Bxf6 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (45. Ne2 $16 Qe6 46. Bf8 Qe5+ 47. Kh1 Qa1+ 48. Ng1) 45... hxg3+ {Accuracy: White = 40%, Black = 24%.} ({Less strong is} 45... Qxf6 46. Qg8+ Qg7 47. Qxg7+ Kxg7 48. Ne2 $17) 0-1

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ozen, Bahadir"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2349"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 22,101,28,15,34,0,24,15,48,0,0,0,23,13,28,0,71,-40,-42,-148,-159,-169,-124,-147,22,24,87,90,94,97,117,108,92,0,0,0,0,0,13,-96,-85,-87,-50,-41,0,0,0,0,0,-96,235,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,255,0,254,275,270,261,259,270,256,241,485,487,527,520,966,970,987,982,1110,1071,1233,1219,1197,1171]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Qe2 Nbd7 9. Rd1 c5 10. a3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Qc7 {E55: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: Main Line: 7...dxc4 8 Bxc4 Nbd7} (12... Qe7 13. a4 Ne4 14. Bb2 a5 15. Bd3 f5 16. c4 Rf6 17. d5 Rg6 18. Bc2 Re8 19. Ra3 exd5 20. cxd5 {1-0 (45) Iordachescu,V (2645)-Perunovic,M (2461) Korinthia 2012}) 13. Bb2 Rfd8 14. Rac1 Rac8 {The position is equal.} 15. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Bd3 Be4 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17. c4 cxd4 18. exd4 Ndf6 19. d5 {½-½ (19) Haugli,P (2293)-Andersen,L (2297) Norway 2013}) 15... Ne4 16. a4 Nd6 17. Bb3 Nf6 {[%cal Bd7f6,Bf6d5,Bd5b4][%mdl 32]} 18. c4 Ba6 (18... Qe7 $11) 19. d5 (19. Ne5 $16) 19... Nxd5 $1 $15 20. Qc2 ({Better is} 20. Ng5 $15 Nb4 21. Qg4 (21. Qh5 h6 $17)) 20... Nb4 $1 $17 {[%cal Rb4c2]} (20... Nf6 21. Ng5 $15) 21. Qb1 f6 22. Ba3 {Threatening Bxb4.} Bb7 $2 (22... Nc6 $1 $17 23. Bb2 Na5) 23. Bxb4 $1 $11 {Hoping for Bc3.} cxb4 (23... Be4 $11 {keeps the balance.} 24. Qb2 Bxf3 25. gxf3 Qb7) 24. c5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rc5d6]} bxc5 25. Bxe6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh8 {And now ...Rb8 would win.} 26. Bxc8 Rxc8 27. Qd3 (27. Nd4 $1 $16) 27... Ne4 $1 $11 28. Qd7 $40 {[%mdl 128] White attacks.} h6 29. Qe6 {Strongly threatening Rd7.} Qc6 30. Qf5 (30. Qg4 $11) 30... Nc3 $17 {[%mdl 1088] Threatens to win with ...Ne2+. Double Attack. Black has strong compensation.} ({Don't blunder} 30... Qxa4 $2 31. Rd7 $18) 31. Rd2 Qe4 32. Qd7 Ba6 {[%cal Bb7a6,Ba6d3,Bd3e4][%mdl 32]} 33. Kh2 Qc6 34. Qf5 Ne4 ({Much worse is} 34... Qxa4 35. Nh4 $16) 35. Rd7 (35. Rdd1 $11 {remains equal.}) 35... Nxf2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (35... g6 $1 $17 {[%cal Rg6f5] stays on course.} 36. Qd5 Qxd5 37. Rxd5 b3) 36. Rxa7 $2 ({White should try} 36. Rxc5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Qxc5 37. Rd8+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Deflection} Rxd8 38. Qxc5) 36... Bd3 $11 37. Qd7 Qxd7 38. Rxd7 b3 {...b2 is the strong threat.} 39. Rb7 c4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (39... Bc2 $1 $11) 40. Nd4 $2 (40. Rxb3 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512] aiming for Nd2.} Bf5 (40... cxb3 41. Rxc8+) 41. Rbc3) 40... Be4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (40... Ra8 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 41. Rxb3 $1 $18 {[%mdl 576] Pin} Nd3 (41... cxb3 42. Rxc8+) 42. Rcc3 Ra8 {[#]} 43. Ra3 $1 ({Don't do} 43. Rxc4 $6 Bd5 $16) 43... Ne5 44. a5 {[%cal Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} Bd3 $2 (44... Ra6 45. Kg3 Bd3) 45. a6 {White is clearly winning.} Nd7 46. a7 Nc5 (46... Nb6 $142 47. Ra5 Be4) 47. Nb5 Ne4 48. Rc1 Nc5 49. Nc7 Rxa7 50. Rxa7 Nb3 51. Rc3 {Accuracy: White = 48%, Black = 26%.} 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Todorovic, Goran N"]
[Black "Delchev, Aleksander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2318"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 19,72,-14,-10,-25,-9,-21,0,-14,2,-8,0,-68,-41,-89,-84,-92,-71,-97,-63,-92,-59,-62,-41,-41,-39,-62,-45,-99,-83,-85,-92,-114,-100,-101,-107,-107,-100,-131,-115,-158,-144,-151,-141,-149,-137,-137,-122,-143,-144,-178,-180,-191,-130,-149,-43]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Na3 Bxa3 6. bxa3 O-O 7. Qc2 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} (7. Bb2 Nc6 8. Rc1 Re8 9. Rxc4 e5 10. Qa1 Be6 11. Rh4 Bd5 12. d3 Nd7 13. O-O f6 14. Rc1 Qe7 15. Bh3 Be6 16. Bg2 Bd5 17. Bh3 Be6 18. Bg2 {½-½ (18) Iturrizaga Bonelli,E (2652)-Viterbo Ferreira,J (2522) Maia 2018}) 7... Nbd7 8. Qxc4 c5 9. Bb2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 11. Qc2 Qe7 12. d3 Rac8 13. a4 $146 {[%cal Ba3a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} ({Predecessor:} 13. Rac1) 13... Ba8 14. a5 b5 {[%cal Bb6b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 15. a4 (15. Rac1 $11) 15... b4 $15 16. Nd2 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 e5 18. Qc4 Rfe8 19. Rfd1 Nb8 20. Nb3 Nfd7 21. Rac1 h6 22. Qb5 Qd6 {[#] ...Qd5+ is the strong threat.} 23. Nd2 (23. Kg1 $15) 23... a6 24. Qc4 Qc6+ 25. Kg1 Qxa4 26. Ne4 {[#] And now Nd6 would win.} Re6 27. Ra1 Qc6 28. Qb3 Qb5 29. Rdc1 Nc6 30. Qd5 Ne7 31. Qb3 Rec6 32. Nd2 Qb7 33. Nc4 Re6 34. Ne3 Nc6 35. Qd5 Nd8 (35... Qc7 $19 36. Nf5 Nd4 37. Bxd4 exd4) 36. Qb3 e4 {Accuracy: White = 30%, Black = 39%.} (36... Rb8 $17 37. Nd5 Nc6) 0-1

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Musovic, Armin"]
[Black "Banikas, Hristos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2301"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 9,60,-28,-14,-36,-20,-25,-26,-35,-29,-44,-54,-122,-117,-125,-127,-404,-412,-394,-381,-498,-387,-459,-374,-437,-420,-451,-427,-477,-456,-671,-670,-683,-596,-820,-741,-1185,-1159,-1581,-1566,-1466,-1239,-1665,-1655,-1578,-1621,-1916,-1510,-5406,-5406,-29977,-5397,-29993,-29994]} 1. a3 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d4 (3. e4 Nc6 4. Nf3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Bb5 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bd6 8. d4 exd4 9. cxd4 O-O 10. O-O Qf6 11. Bg5 Qg6 12. Bd3 Bf5 13. Nh4 Qxg5 14. Nxf5 g6 15. Nxd6 cxd6 16. Rb1 Nxd4 17. Rxb7 Qc5 18. Rb4 Rfe8 19. Qd2 {½-½ (19) Pauwels,C (2547)-Efremov,A (2609) ICCF email 2010}) 3... exd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qa4 Be7 6. Bg5 $146 {A00: Irregular Openings} ({Predecessor:} 6. Nf3 O-O 7. e4 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Be3 {½-½ (32) Hamann,H (2259)-Ziegler,P (2194) ICCF email 2012}) 6... h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8. O-O-O {Black has an edge.} d6 9. e4 a6 10. f4 {[#]} (10. Nf3 $15) 10... Bg4 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] ...b5 is the strong threat. Black is on the roll.} 11. Be2 b5 12. Nxb5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (12. Qb3 $17 Be6 13. Nd5) 12... axb5 $19 13. Qxb5 {intending Bxf6.} Bd7 14. Qd3 Ra4 15. Bf3 Rd4 16. Qe2 Rxd1+ 17. Kxd1 Nd4 18. Qd3 c5 19. Bf2 (19. Kc1 $142 Ba4 20. c3 Nb3+ 21. Kd1) 19... Qb6 20. b4 Bb5 21. Qd2 Qa6 22. Qc3 Rc8 23. e5 dxe5 24. fxe5 Nd7 25. bxc5 Nxf3 26. Nxf3 Nxc5 27. Nd4 Ne6 28. Qd2 Nxd4 29. Bxd4 Ba4 (29... Bg5 $142 30. Be3 Qxa3 31. Bxg5 hxg5 32. Ke1 Qa1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 33. Kf2 Qxh1 34. Ke3 Qg1+ 35. Qf2 Qc1+ 36. Ke4 Rc4+ 37. Kd3 Qd1+ 38. Qd2 Rxc2+ 39. Ke4 Rxd2 40. Kf5 Rxg2 41. h3 Qf3#) 30. Qf4 Rxc2 {Accuracy: White = 10%, Black = 88%.} 0-1

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nazaretyan, Tigran"]
[Black "Popov, Valerij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 21,102,22,33,-28,-28,-31,-43,-62,-64,-60,-68,-102,-105,-76,-92,-152,-131,-158,-141,-141,-143,-287,-307,-299,-306,-453,-429,-398,-209,-417,-392,-407,-402,-404,-392,-392,-395,-384,-275,-515,-353,-341,-341,-516,-499,-456,-435,-497,-451,-456,-455,-755,-739,-823,-440,-737,-734,-708,-689,-6620,-1607,-1879,-2474,-29971,-29970,-29976,-29977,-29977,-29978,-29978,-29979,-29979,-29980,-29980,-29981,-29981,-29982,-29983,-29984,-29984,-29985,-29985,-29985]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nd7 4. e3 Ngf6 5. Nc3 c6 6. Qc2 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O Be7 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 h6 {D46: Semi-Slav: 5 e3 Nbd7 6 Bd3, Black avoids the Meran} 11. Rfd1 (11. Rad1 Qc7 12. Qe2 Rad8 13. Rfe1 Rfe8 14. Bb1 Bf8 15. Ne5 dxc4 16. Nxd7 Rxd7 17. bxc4 c5 18. d5 exd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. cxd5 {0-1 (29) Gelfand,B (2703)-Ivanchuk,V (2710) Jerusalem 2018}) 11... Qc7 {LiveBook: 27 Games} 12. Ne5 $146 ({Better is} 12. Rac1 $14) ({Predecessor:} 12. Rac1 Rac8 13. Qe2 Rfe8 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Rc2 Ba8 16. Rdc1 {½-½ (16) Vaibhav,S (2556)-Bilguun,S (2490) Biel 2018}) 12... Nxe5 $11 {Black has an edge.} 13. dxe5 dxc4 14. bxc4 Ng4 $1 15. Ne4 Nxe5 16. Qc3 f6 17. c5 Nxd3 18. Rxd3 (18. Qxd3 $142 Rad8 19. Qb3) 18... Rad8 19. Rad1 Rd5 20. Ba3 Rfd8 21. Nd6 (21. h3 $17) 21... bxc5 $19 22. Nxb7 Qxb7 23. R3d2 (23. Rxd5 {keeps fighting.} cxd5 24. Qa5) 23... Rxd2 24. Rxd2 Qb1+ (24... Rxd2 $142 25. Qxd2 Qb1+ 26. Qc1 Qxa2) 25. Bc1 $2 {[#]} (25. Qc1 Qxc1+ 26. Bxc1) 25... Qxa2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 26. Rxd8+ (26. Rxa2 Rd1+) 26... Bxd8 27. Qxc5 Qd5 {[%cal Rd5d1]} 28. Qc2 Be7 29. e4 Qc5 30. Qb1 $2 (30. Qxc5 Bxc5 31. Bd2) 30... Qb4 31. Qxb4 Bxb4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} 32. Kf1 (32. f4 {was the only defense.}) 32... c5 {[%cal Bc6c5,Bc5c4][%mdl 32]} 33. Ke2 c4 34. Bb2 Kf7 35. e5 a5 36. exf6 (36. Kd1 $142) 36... gxf6 37. Ke3 Bc5+ 38. Kd2 (38. Bd4 $142 Bb4 39. Ke2) 38... Bxf2 39. Kc3 e5 {[#] aiming for ...Bd4+.} 40. g4 Kg6 41. Kxc4 Kg5 42. h3 Kh4 {Black mates.} 43. Kd5 Kxh3 44. Ke6 Bh4 45. Kf5 a4 46. Bc1 Bg5 47. Ba3 Kg3 48. Bd6 Kf3 49. Be7 e4 {[%cal Be5e4,Be4e3][%mdl 32]} 50. Bb4 e3 51. Bc3 a3 {Accuracy: White = 22%, Black = 71%.} 0-1

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Arutyunova, Diana"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2227"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 14,52,27,16,26,14,44,0,18,6,69,72,64,-37,-3,-6,-15,-260,-253,-240,-246,-289,-297,-327,-347,-357,-345,-366,-330,-657,-650,-618,-633,-747,-715,-1091,-1089,-2583,-2552,-2254,-1680]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 c6 5. f3 b5 6. Qd2 Nd7 7. O-O-O Qa5 {B06: Modern Defence} 8. Kb1 {LiveBook: 7 Games} Nb6 9. Bd3 (9. Nce2 Qxd2 10. Bxd2 f5 11. exf5 Bxf5 12. Bc1 Nf6 13. Ng3 Bd7 14. N1e2 O-O 15. h4 {1-0 (47) Aabling Thomsen,J (2339)-Kuzubov,Y (2628) Reykjavik 2010}) 9... Rb8 {The position is equal.} 10. h4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Nce2 Qa6 11. h4 Be6 12. Nc1 Qa4 13. Be2 Nc4 14. Bxc4 bxc4 15. c3 {0-1 (37) Pasoglou,E (1626)-Roinos,I (1993) Thessaloniki 2014}) 10... Be6 {[#] And now ...b4 would win.} (10... b4 $5 11. Nce2 $8 Nf6 $14) 11. b3 Nc4 (11... h5 $11) 12. Bxc4 $1 $14 bxc4 13. Nce2 (13. h5 $14) 13... Qa3 {[%cal Rc4b3]} 14. Qc1 Qa6 15. d5 $2 {[#]} (15. Nc3 $11) 15... cxd5 $19 {Threatens to win with ...cxb3.} 16. Bd4 Nf6 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black wants a kill.} 17. exd5 cxb3 18. cxb3 Bxd5 19. Qb2 O-O 20. h5 Rfc8 ({Not} 20... gxh5 21. Nf4 $19) 21. g4 $2 (21. h6 Bh8 22. Nc3) 21... e5 {Black is clearly winning.} 22. Bc3 Be6 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. g5 Nd5 25. Be1 Bf5+ 26. Ka1 Rc2 {Accuracy: White = 28%, Black = 69%.} 0-1

