[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Ozen, Bahadir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2349"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 21,30,23,30,30,25,29,34,25,32,12,22]} 1. e4 $146 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} Nd7 9. O-O-O Nf6 10. Bd3 c5 11. Rhe1 Be6 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 12. Kb1 Qa5 13. c4 Qxd2 14. Bxd2 {With the idea Ng5.} h6 15. Nh4 Rfe8 {[%mdl 32768] Loss on time!?} 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Belyakov, Bogdan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2459"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 11,63,25,28,0,27,0,12,0,80,83,91,65,65,66,134,124,137,30,34,0,0,0,22,26,29,39,53,50,48,27,99,106,105,-29,100,25,93,90,158,-53,-56,-64,9,26,29,0,0,-199,-207,-222,-225,-277,-222,-225]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e5 4. Bxc4 Nc6 (4... exd4 5. exd4 Nf6 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. Qe2+ Qe7 8. Qxe7+ Bxe7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Bd6 11. Nc3 a6 12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. a4 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15. Bg3 Kg7 16. Bb3 Re8 17. Ne5 Re7 {½-½ (17) Li,C (2724)-Alekseenko,K (2625) Qinhuangdao 2018}) 5. Nf3 e4 6. Nfd2 {D20: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 e3 and 3 e4} Qg5 {LiveBook: 58 Games} 7. Bf1 f5 8. Nc3 {White has an edge.} Nf6 9. Qb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. a3 Be6 10. f4 Qh6 11. h4 O-O-O 12. Nc4 {½-½ (59) Jankovic,A (2553)-Sulava,N (2497) Zagreb 2012}) 9... Bd6 (9... a6 $1 $11) 10. Nc4 $16 Bb4 11. a3 Bxc3+ $1 12. bxc3 a6 (12... Rb8 $14) 13. a4 Rb8 14. a5 ({White should try} 14. Ba3 $1 $16) 14... Be6 $11 15. Qa4 O-O 16. g3 Nd5 17. Bd2 Qh5 18. h4 Qf3 19. Rg1 {Hoping for Be2.} Qg4 20. Rh1 Rbe8 (20... Qf3 $11 21. Rg1 Qh5) 21. Be2 Qg6 22. Rb1 {[#]} ({Better is} 22. h5 $16 Qf7 23. Nb2) 22... Rb8 (22... f4 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]} 23. h5 (23. exf4 e3) 23... Qf5) 23. Rb2 (23. Na3 $16) 23... Kh8 {[#]} (23... Bf7 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 24. Na3 $1 $16 f4 (24... Bd7 $142) 25. gxf4 $2 (25. h5 $16 Qe8 26. gxf4) 25... Qg2 $15 26. Rf1 Bg4 (26... Nf6 $15) 27. Bxg4 $11 Qxg4 28. Qd1 Qxh4 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black is up to no good.} 29. Nc2 $2 (29. Qe2 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 29... Nxa5 $19 30. Qe2 {aiming for c4.} b5 31. Na3 Nb6 32. Ra2 {Accuracy: White = 44%, Black = 24%.} 0-1

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Saraci, Nderim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 16,71,25,18,26,18,35,19,38,22,52,55,123,131,116,122,110,113,129,109,123,109,151,150,139,21,17,25,36,-43,0,-29,-39,-56,-43,-33,-39,-70,-4,-8,0,0,0,0,62,64,218,215,206,204,1029,1015,29984,29985,29985,29986,29985,5499]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. a4 a5 7. O-O O-O 8. Bg5 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} h6 (8... Qe7 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Qb3 Rab8 11. Rad1 h6 12. Bh4 Ba7 13. Bxe6 Qxe6 14. Bxf6 Qxb3 15. Nxb3 gxf6 {1-0 (45) Adams,M (2706)-McShane,L (2669) Hull 2018}) 9. Bh4 {LiveBook: 26 Games} Ba7 10. Nbd2 $146 {White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 10. Na3 Qe7 11. Re1 Bg4 12. h3 Be6 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 Bxc4 15. Nxc4 {1-0 (77) Lorenzini,M (2448)-Villca,J (2233) Buenos Aires 2017}) 10... Be6 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bb5 Bb6 13. Nc4 Bd7 ({Black should try} 13... Bxc4 $14 14. Bxc4 Qe7) 14. Nxb6 $16 cxb6 15. Nd2 g5 16. Bg3 Ne7 17. Bxd7 Qxd7 18. Nc4 Qc6 19. Qb3 Nd7 20. d4 (20. f3 $16) 20... Rac8 $11 21. Ne3 Qxe4 22. Rfe1 (22. Rad1 $14) 22... Qg6 23. Rad1 exd4 24. cxd4 Nf5 25. Nxf5 Qxf5 26. Kg1 Qg6 (26... Rxe1+ $15 27. Rxe1 Rc6) 27. Qb5 Nf6 28. Bxd6 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Ne4 (29... Qc2 $11) 30. Be5 $1 $14 Qf5 $2 (30... Nd2 $14) 31. f3 $18 Nd2 32. Qxb6 $40 {[%mdl 192] [#] Double Attack. White attacks with force.} g4 $2 (32... Nc4 33. Qxb7 (33. Qxh6 Nxe5 34. dxe5 Rc6 $16) 33... Nxe5) 33. Qxh6 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Rh6h8]} f6 34. Bxf6 {[%csl Gf6][%cal Rh6g7] White mates.} Qh7 35. Qg5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kf8 36. Qxd2 {Accuracy: White = 46%, Black = 21%.} (36. Be7+ $142 Kf7 37. Bc5 Qb1 38. Rxb1 Nxb1 39. Qf5+ Kg7 40. Qxc8 gxf3 41. Qd7+ Kg8 42. Qf5) 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Saric, Ivan"]
[Black "Arutyunova, Diana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2227"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 12,53,64,71,72,73,93,87,89,90,111,76,133,130,131,123,199,145,309,304,335,322,629,599,642,606,624,613,549,437,799,785,1362,856,29985,29986,29984,29974,29968,5215,29996,29997,29997,29998]} 1. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 Qa5 5. e5 Nd5 (5... Ne4 6. Bd3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Qxc3+ 8. Bd2 Qxd4 9. Nf3 Qc5 10. Rb1 dxe5 11. Nxe5 Nd7 12. Nxd7 Bxd7 13. Rxb7 Rd8 {1-0 (25) Motylev,A (2668)-Levin,E (2532) Sochi 2017}) 6. Bd2 {B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems} Nxc3 7. Bxc3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Qc7 8. Nf3 {White is better.} Bg4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... d5 9. Bd3 g6 10. h3 Bh6 11. Qd2 b6 12. g4 Ba6 13. g5 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 {1-0 (27) Codenotti,M (2035)-Colombo,P (2138) Capoliveri 2009}) 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 e6 11. f5 exf5 ({Better is} 11... Nd7) 12. Qxf5 $16 Qd7 13. Qf3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} dxe5 (13... a5 $16 {was worth a try.}) 14. O-O-O (14. Bc4 $18) 14... Be7 $2 (14... Qe6 $16 {was necessary.}) 15. Bc4 $18 ({Don't play} 15. dxe5 $6 Qe6 $18) 15... O-O 16. dxe5 Bg5+ $2 (16... Qe8 17. Rhe1 Kh8) 17. Kb1 Qe7 {[#]} 18. h4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bh6 (18... Bxh4 19. e6) 19. g4 b5 {[#]} 20. Bxb5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} g6 (20... cxb5 $142 21. Qxa8 Be3) 21. h5 Bg7 22. hxg6 fxg6 23. Bc4+ Kh8 24. Qh3 {[%csl Gh1][%cal Rh3h7]} h6 25. e6 (25. Qe3 $142 Kh7 26. Rd6 Qe8 27. Bd2 Rf1+ 28. Bxf1 Qf8 29. Bc4 Nd7 30. Rxd7) 25... Bxc3 26. Qxh6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg8 27. Qxg6+ {Accuracy: White = 63%, Black = 28%.} 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ragger, Markus"]
[Black "Gouloutis, Nikolaos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 17,83,23,41,13,29,6,11,7,12,0,76,12,62,8,15,0,5,0,8,0,11,4,24,31,10,10,37,30,18,15,24,36,10,7,121,129,122,129,118,117,160,142,168,166,156,164,190,185,193,168,163,162,323,330,465,451,425,409,492,477,773,714,1139,685,1383,513,5647,3466]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 g6 6. Nf3 Nh6 7. O-O Bf5 8. Re1 Bg7 {B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack} 9. h3 O-O {LiveBook: 3 Games} 10. Na3 $146 {[%cal Bb1a3,Ba3c2,Bc2b4][%mdl 32]} ({Predecessor:} 10. Bf1 Bxb1 11. Rxb1 Nf5 12. Bf4 e6 13. Qd2 a6 14. h4 h5 15. Bd3 b5 16. g3 Re8 17. Re2 {1-0 (30) Plaskett,H (2445)-Rewitz,P (2202) Radebeul 2016}) 10... Rc8 {The position is equal.} 11. Nc2 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Nf5 13. Bf4 Qb6 (13... e6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 14. Rab1 ({Better is} 14. g4 $16 Nd6 15. Bxd6 exd6 16. Ne3) 14... Rfe8 15. a3 (15. g4 $1 $14 Bh6 16. Bxh6 Nxh6 17. Ne5) 15... Na5 $11 16. Nb4 {next g4 is good for White.} e6 17. Qd1 Nc4 18. Nd3 Nfd6 19. Nfe5 f6 20. Nxc4 Nxc4 21. Bg3 e5 22. dxe5 fxe5 23. Nb4 Rcd8 24. Bh4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Threatens to win with b3. White is pushing.} Rd7 25. Qa4 Qc7 {[#]} (25... Qe6 $11 {remains equal.}) 26. Nxd5 $1 $16 {[%mdl 576] Pin} Qc6 (26... Rxd5 27. Qxe8+) 27. Qxc6 bxc6 28. Ne3 Nb6 29. Red1 e4 30. Rxd7 Nxd7 31. Rd1 Nc5 32. Rd6 Rc8 33. b4 Nd3 34. c4 Bf8 $2 (34... Be5 35. Re6 a5) 35. Rd7 $18 a5 (35... h5 {was called for.} 36. Rxa7 Bh6) 36. Ng4 {[#] Nf6+ would kill now.} Bg7 37. bxa5 {Hoping for Bf6.} h5 38. Nf6+ {White is clearly winning.} Kf8 (38... Bxf6 $142 39. Bxf6 Ra8 40. Rd8+ Rxd8) 39. Nxe4 Re8 40. Rd8 Bd4 41. a6 (41. Rxd4 $142 Nf4 42. Kf1) 41... Kf7 (41... Bb6 $142) 42. Nd6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 52%, Black = 22%.} 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Demchenko, Anton"]
[Black "Santos Ruiz, Miguel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 18,122,0,-3,12,8,22,0,0,0,0,0,27,20,56,42,64,44,36,25,85,46,54,34,22,11,14,0,0,0,34,40,77,72,110,108,90,11,7,2,7,0,0,0,57,56,56,56,55,56,69,55,55,55,337,333,331,322,1102,96,128,133,211,138,150,100,110,56,87,56,78,56,95,94,93,56,85,56,56,0,56,0,81,0,58,0,83,56,56,-68,0,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,96,0,79,0,0,0,59,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Be2 Nc6 6. Qe3 {B53: Sicilian: 2...d6: Lines with Qxd4} g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Rd1 O-O 9. h3 Nd7 10. Nc3 {LiveBook: 6 Games} Nb4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... b6 11. b3 Bb7 12. Bb2 Rc8 {½-½ (48) Demchenko,A (2679)-Sarana,A (2641) Sochi 2018}) 11. Qd2 (11. Ne1 {is interesting.} b6 12. a3 Nc6 13. b3 a6 14. Bb2) 11... b6 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Bb7 14. c4 b5 15. cxb5 Nb6 16. Nd4 {Nc6 is the strong threat.} Bxd5 17. b3 Qd7 18. Bb2 Qb7 (18... Rfc8 $11) 19. Bf1 Rfc8 20. Re1 e6 21. Rad1 Nd7 22. Ba1 Nc5 23. f3 a6 24. Kh1 axb5 25. Nxb5 {Strongly threatening Bxg7.} Qb6 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Nc3 (27. Qf4 $16) 27... Bb7 $1 $11 28. Rc1 d5 29. Qd4+ Kg8 $1 30. Red1 Ba6 (30... h5 $11) 31. Bxa6 $14 Qxa6 32. Nxd5 $1 exd5 33. Rxc5 Qxa2 34. Rxc8+ Rxc8 35. Qxd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Rc2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (35... Qb2 $14) 36. Qd8+ $18 Kg7 37. Qd4+ Kg8 $2 {[#]} (37... f6 38. Qd8 Qb2 39. Rd7+ Kh6) 38. Re1 $2 (38. Ra1 $1 $18 {is the precise move to win.}) 38... Rc8 39. b4 Rb8 (39... Qa4 $16 {keeps fighting.} 40. Re7 Qb5) 40. Qd6 Qa8 41. Rb1 Rb5 42. Qd3 (42. Rd1 $16) 42... Qb7 43. Qc4 h5 44. Rb2 Kg7 45. Qc3+ Kh7 46. Rb1 Rb6 47. Kg1 Rb5 48. Rb2 (48. Kf1 $14) 48... Rb6 ({Black should play} 48... Qa7+ $11 49. Kh1 Qb6) 49. Kh1 Rb5 $1 50. Qc4 Kg7 $1 51. Rb1 Kg8 $1 52. Qd4 Qb8 53. g4 (53. Kg1 $14) 53... Qb7 (53... Qg3 $15 54. Qd8+ Kg7 55. Qd4+ Kh7) 54. Kg2 (54. Qe4 {seems wilder.} Qb8 55. f4 Kg7 56. Rb2 Qd6 57. Kg2) 54... Qb8 55. Rb2 Kh7 56. Qc4 Kg7 57. Qd4+ Kg8 {[#]} (57... Kh7 $11) 58. Rb3 (58. Rd2 $1 $16 {Hoping for Qf6.} h4 59. Qd8+ Kg7 60. Qxh4 Rxb4 61. Qe1) 58... Qb7 (58... h4 $11 59. Qf2 g5) 59. Rb1 (59. Re3 $16 {Threatening mate with Re8+.} Qb8 60. Qd7) 59... Rd5 60. Qe3 Rb5 ({Better is} 60... Qb8 $11) 61. Qd2 (61. Rd1 $1 $14 Qc8 62. Rd4) 61... Qb8 {[%mdl 32768] Accuracy: White = 35%, Black = 41%. . Loss on time!?} 0-1

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Zlatanovic, Boroljub"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 20,105,4,1,39,39,121,121,120,116,133,128,113,81,144,70,81,37,42,45,43,43,35,-4,-10,-43,-41,-310,-324,-315,-310,-324,-315,-324,-285,-306,-293,-274,-207,-195,-214,-282,-274,-310,-315,-287,-285,-2470,-558,-557,-528,-525,-331,-545,-520,-563,-345,-315,-325,-707,-685,-785,-541,-685,-670,-29977,-29977,-29977,-676,-29977,-29969,-29979,-29980,-29980,-29981,-29980,-29981,-29981,-29982,-29983,-29984,-29984,-29985,-29985,-29986,-29986,-29987,-29988]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd3 dxe4 5. Bxe4 Nf6 6. Bf3 c5 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Nc6 9. Ne2 {C15: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4: Unusual White 4th moves} e5 10. Bg5 cxd4 11. cxd4 {LiveBook: 4 Games. The position is equal.} Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 $146 (12... exd4 $14 13. O-O O-O) ({Predecessor:} 12... exd4 13. O-O O-O 14. Rb1 h6 15. Bh4 a5 16. Qd3 Re8 {1-0 (52) Heberla,B (2465)-Gdanski,J (2540) Warsaw 2005}) 13. Qxd4 $16 exd4 14. O-O-O h6 15. Rhe1+ Be6 16. Bxb7 {Black must now prevent Bxf6.} Rd8 (16... Rb8 $142 17. Bxf6 Rxb7) 17. Bc6+ ({Better is} 17. Bd2 $16) 17... Ke7 $14 18. Bd2 Nd5 $1 19. Re4 Nc3 20. Bxc3 $1 dxc3 21. Rxd8 (21. Bd5 $5) 21... Rxd8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 22. Ra4 Rd2 23. Rxa7+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (23. Rf4 $1 $15) 23... Kd6 $19 24. Bf3 Rxf2 {And now ...Rf1+ would win.} 25. Ra8 Rf1+ 26. Bd1 Kc7 {( -> ...Bg4)} 27. Ra4 Kb6 28. Rd4 Kc5 29. Rd3 Kc4 30. Rf3 Rg1 31. Rf4+ Kc5 32. Rf3 Kd4 ({Weaker is} 32... Rxg2 33. Rxc3+ Kb6 34. h3 $17) 33. g3 $2 {[#]} (33. Rf4+ Ke5 34. Rf3) 33... g5 (33... Rxd1+ $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 34. Kxd1 Bg4) 34. Rd3+ Kc4 35. Re3 Rh1 36. Re4+ $2 (36. g4) 36... Kd5 37. Re3 Kd4 38. Rd3+ Kc4 39. a4 $2 (39. Rd6) 39... Bg4 40. a5 {next a6 is good for White.} Kb5 41. Rd5+ Ka6 42. h3 Bf3 43. Rd3 Bxd1 (43... Rxd1+ $142 44. Rxd1 Bxd1 45. Kxd1 f5 46. Ke2 Kxa5 47. Ke3 Kb4 48. Kd3 f4 49. gxf4 gxf4 50. h4 f3 51. Ke3 Ka3 52. Ke4 f2 53. Kd3 f1=Q+ 54. Kxc3 Qf6+ 55. Kc4 Qxh4+ 56. Kb5 Qa4+ 57. Kc5 Qxc2+ 58. Kd5 h5 59. Ke5 h4 60. Kf4 h3 61. Ke5 h2 62. Ke6 h1=Q 63. Ke7 Qc7+ 64. Ke6 Qe4+ 65. Kf6 Qce7#) 44. Rxd1 Rxd1+ {Black mates.} 45. Kxd1 {KP-KP} f5 46. Ke2 Kxa5 47. Kd3 Kb4 48. Kd4 f4 49. gxf4 gxf4 {[%cal Bg5f4,Bf4f3][%mdl 32]} 50. h4 h5 51. Kd3 {[#]} f3 $1 52. Ke3 {[#]} Ka3 $1 53. Kd4 {Accuracy: White = 28%, Black = 69%.} 0-1

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Banikas, Hristos"]
[Black "Musovic, Armin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2301"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 19,57,20,26,22,22,17,27,29,185,66,74,42,45,43,337,345,477,482,451,482,450,445,453,419,506,512,595,562,562,561,810,799,1488,1218,1216,1210,2290,972,6103,6011]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c5 3. cxd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nc3 Qa5 6. Nxd4 {D06: Queen's Gambit: Symmetrical and Baltic Defences} Nf6 7. Nb3 Qc7 8. g3 e5 9. Bg5 (9. Bg2 Bb4 10. Bd2 O-O 11. O-O {1-0 (44) So,W (2778)-Mamedyarov,S (2808) Paris 2018}) 9... Bb4 10. Bxf6 Bxc3+ {LiveBook: 3 Games} 11. bxc3 gxf6 12. Bg2 $146 Qxc3+ 13. Nd2 {Strongly threatening Rc1.} Nc6 $2 (13... O-O $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 14. O-O (14. Rc1 $18 Qa5 15. Rxc6) 14... Bf5 $14 15. Rc1 Qb4 16. a3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Qe7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Black should try} 16... Qd6 $14) 17. Rxc6 $1 $18 bxc6 18. Bxc6+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Kf8 {Threatens to win with ...Rc8.} 19. Bxa8 h5 20. h4 Qxa3 21. Qa1 Qc5 22. Rc1 {White is clearly winning.} Qb6 23. Nc4 Qb8 24. Ne3 Be6 25. Bd5 Qb6 26. Bxe6 {[%mdl 64] [#] Overworked Piece} Qxe6 27. Qxa7 Kg7 28. Qb7 f5 29. Rc6 {Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 29%.} 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Stocek, Jiri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 15,111,45,68,38,34,37,41,38,33,25,76,75,54,-34,-34,-90,-22,-116,-72,-110,-122,-110,-119,-170,-167,-161,-160,-217,-184,-194,-174,-170,-172,-176,-168,-185,-138,-208,-210,-219,-218,-214,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,-172,-58,-54,-45,-47,-52,-70,-56,-127,-109,-109,-88,-94,-102,-149,-162,-267,-304,-296,-289,-237,-39,-527,-527,-514,-479,-935,-843,-563,-528,-309,-259,-584,-576,-468,-208,-168,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-29987]} 1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Bg4 5. e3 Nf6 6. h3 {E61: King's Indian: Early deviations for White, including Smyslov System} (6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Nb8 9. h3 Bd7 10. e4 c6 11. Be3 Na6 12. Nd2 Rc8 13. Rc1 e6 14. dxe6 Bxe6 15. Nf3 Re8 {0-1 (38) Wang,H (2709)-Mamedyarov,S (2799) Huaian 2017}) 6... Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Nc6 8. g4 O-O {LiveBook: 4 Games} 9. g5 Nh5 10. h4 e5 11. d5 Nb4 {aiming for ...Nc2+.} 12. Qd1 f6 $146 (12... Qe7 $11) ({Predecessor:} 12... f5 13. e4 Nf4 {½-½ (74) Ding,L (2660)-Liu,Q (2461) Xinghua 2012}) 13. a3 $16 Na6 14. gxf6 (14. Be2 $14) 14... Qxf6 $15 {[%csl Gf8][%cal Rf6f2]} 15. Rh2 {[#]} ({White should try} 15. Ne4 $15 Qf5 16. f3) 15... Nc5 (15... e4 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 16. Be2 (16. Nxe4 Qe5) 16... Qf5) 16. Qg4 (16. e4 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 16... Rae8 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 {[#]} Ng3 $1 $36 {[%cal Rg3e4][%mdl 2560] Black is in control.} 19. Qg4 (19. Qg2 $17 Nf5 20. Qg5) (19. fxg3 Qxf1+) 19... Nxf1 $19 20. Kxf1 e4 21. Rb1 (21. Kg1 $17 {was worth a try.}) 21... h5 22. Qg3 Re5 {[%cal Be8e5,Be5f5,Bf5f3][%mdl 32]} 23. Bd2 Rf5 24. Bc3 Qf7 25. Bxg7 Qxg7 26. Rg2 {[#]} (26. Qg2 $17 {keeps fighting.} Rxf2+ 27. Qxf2) 26... Kh7 $1 27. Kg1 Rf3 28. Qg5 Qf6 $2 (28... Qf7 $19 {[%cal Rf3f2]} 29. Kh2 Rxf2) 29. Qxf6 $11 R8xf6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 30. Rd1 Rh3 31. Rd4 $1 Rxh4 {With the idea ...Rf5.} 32. b4 $2 (32. Rg3 $1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 32... Kg7 (32... Kh6 $19 33. Kf1 g5) 33. Rg3 $1 $15 Rf5 34. f4 Kf7 35. Kg2 {[#]} g5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 36. fxg5 ({White should play} 36. Rxe4 $15 gxf4 37. Rf3) 36... Kg6 $17 37. c5 Rxg5 38. Rxg5+ Kxg5 39. cxd6 cxd6 {KR-KR} 40. Rc4 (40. b5 $142) 40... Rg4+ $19 41. Kh2 h4 42. Rc7 Rg3 $2 ({Better is} 42... Kf6 $19 {White must now prevent ...Rg3.} 43. Rxb7 Rg3 44. Rxa7 Rxe3) 43. Rxb7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (43. Rg7+ $15 Kf5 44. Rxg3 hxg3+ 45. Kxg3) 43... Rxe3 44. Rxa7 Kf4 45. b5 (45. Rd7 $142 Ke5 46. a4) 45... Rb3 46. Rf7+ Ke5 47. a4 Kxd5 48. Rh7 $2 (48. Re7 {nothing else works.}) 48... e3 49. Kg2 Rb2+ (49... Ke4 $142 50. Rxh4+ Kd3) 50. Kf3 {[#]} Rb4 $2 (50... Kd4 $1 $19 {Threatens to win with ...Rf2+.} 51. Rxh4+ Kd3) 51. Kxe3 {The position is equal.} Rxa4 52. b6 Rb4 53. b7 Kc6 54. Kd3 $1 Rxb7 55. Rxh4 Rb5 56. Ke4 $2 {[%mdl 40960] Precision: White = 40%, Black = 56%. . An unexpected result.} (56. Rc4+ $11 Kd5 57. Rd4+ Ke5 58. Re4+ Kf5 59. Rd4) 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Stanojoski, Zvonko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 18,126,0,-7,156,11,29,16,24,-44,-35,-50,10,11,7,7,7,7,10,2,42,14,12,0,8,0,9,0,0,13,14,9,25,18,211,9,152,0,0,0,7,10,12,0,35,0,8,0,29,0,6,6,6,7,8,0,0,0,0,0,1,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-16,0,0,0,-14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 Bd6 4. Bg3 Nf6 5. e3 O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} (6... 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}) 7. c3 b6 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. Qe2 Ne4 10. Rd1 {LiveBook: 6 Games} h6 $146 {[#]} ({Black should try} 10... Be7 $11) ({Predecessor:} 10... f5 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Ne5 Nxd2 13. Rxd2 Nd7 14. f4 {½-½ (14) Kovacevic,A (2489)-Zajic,M (2503) Valjevo 2018}) 11. Ne5 (11. Nxe4 $1 $16 dxe4 {[#]} 12. Bxe4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxe4 13. dxc5) 11... Bxe5 (11... Nxd2 {looks sharper.} 12. Rxd2 Nc6 13. O-O Nxe5 14. dxe5 Be7) 12. Bxe5 Nd7 13. Bg3 (13. Bf4 $11) 13... Nxg3 $15 14. hxg3 cxd4 ({Better is} 14... e5 $1 $15) 15. exd4 $11 e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. O-O ({Don't blunder} 17. Qxe5 $2 Re8 $19) 17... Re8 18. Nf3 Qf6 19. Nxe5 Rxe5 20. Qg4 Rae8 21. Qd4 Qc6 22. f3 Qc5 23. Kf2 Kf8 24. Rc1 Re3 {Threatens to win with ...Qxd4.} 25. Rfd1 Qe7 $2 (25... a5 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 26. Bf1 $2 (26. Bb5 $18) 26... Kg8 (26... Qe6 $11 {remains equal.}) 27. Rd2 $2 (27. Bb5 $16) 27... Re1 28. Rcd1 Rxd1 (28... Kh8 {with more complications.} 29. Kg1 Bc6 30. Qf2 Bb5 31. Rxd5 Bxf1 32. Rxe1 Qxe1 33. Qxf1 Qxg3 34. Rd1 Qc7) 29. Rxd1 Bc6 30. Bd3 Qc5 31. g4 Kf8 32. Rh1 Bb7 33. Rd1 (33. Qxc5+ {feels hotter.} bxc5 34. b4 Rc8 35. Bf5 Rc7 36. b5) 33... Qxd4+ {The position is equal.} (33... Bc6 {is more complex.}) 34. cxd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rc8 35. Ke3 Ke7 36. Kf4 Kd6 37. Re1 Bc6 38. Ba6 Re8 39. Rc1 Re7 40. Bd3 Bd7 41. g5 hxg5+ 42. Kxg5 Re3 43. Rd1 Re8 44. Kf4 Rh8 45. Rc1 Rh2 46. Kg3 Rh8 47. Kf2 Rh6 48. b3 Rh8 49. Ke3 Re8+ 50. Kd2 Rh8 51. Re1 Rh2 52. Bf1 Rh1 53. Bd3 Rh2 54. Bf1 Rh1 55. Bd3 Rh2 56. Rg1 Rh4 57. Ke3 Rh8 58. Rc1 Rh2 59. Kf2 Rh4 60. Ke3 Rh2 61. Rg1 Rh8 62. Kf4 Rh4+ 63. Ke3 Rh8 {[%mdl 32768] Accuracy: White = 51%, Black = 36%. . Loss on time!?} 0-1

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Stevic, Hrvoje"]
[Black "Dragnev, Valentin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 17,82,4,60,53,81,31,28,21,21,22,25,29,22,13,35,20,12,8,10,13,7,14,27,28,37,37,37,37,37,45,41,37,37,37,37,37,37,34,42,37,42,42,42,42,43,35,36,32,34,34,34,34,34,34,34,34,50,33,41,8,23,-61,-47,-109,-12,-12,-6]} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Na3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 {B22: Sicilian: 2 c3} 8. Nb5 Qd8 9. Nbxd4 Bd7 {LiveBook: 3 Games} (9... Nd5 $11) (9... Nd5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bd2 Qb6 12. Ne5 Qc7 13. Nc4 Be7 14. Bd3 Ba6 15. Qg4 {½-½ (55) Wang,H (2717)-Laznicka,V (2666) Ho Chi Minh City 2016}) 10. Nxc6 $1 $14 Bxc6 11. Ne5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 12. Ne5 Be8 13. O-O-O+ Kc8 14. Bc4 Be7 15. Bb3 {1-0 (26) Karpatchev,A (2491)-Vatter,H (2302) Nice 2009}) 11... Bd6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. g3 O-O 14. Bg2 Nd5 15. Bd2 Rb8 16. Qc2 Qb6 17. b3 Rfd8 18. O-O Be5 19. Rad1 Qc5 {[%cal Rd5c3]} 20. c4 Nb4 21. Bxb4 Qxb4 22. Bxc6 Bd4 23. Kg2 a5 24. Rd3 Qc5 25. Bf3 Rd6 26. Rfd1 Rbd8 27. Qd2 h6 28. Qe2 R8d7 29. R1d2 Rd8 30. Qe4 g6 31. Qb7 Kg7 32. h4 R8d7 33. Qe4 h5 34. Qa8 Rd8 35. Qb7 R8d7 36. Qb5 Rd8 37. Be4 Kf6 38. Rf3+ Kg7 39. Rdd3 ({Better is} 39. Qxc5 $11 Bxc5 40. Rxd6 Rxd6 41. Rd3) 39... f5 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 40. Bb7 {[#]} ({White should try} 40. Qxc5 $15 Bxc5 41. Rxd6 Rxd6 42. Bd3) 40... Qc7 (40... Qxb5 $1 $17 41. cxb5 e5 42. Rxd4 Rxd4) 41. c5 $1 $11 {[%cal Rc5d6]} Qxc5 {Accuracy: White = 48%, Black = 65%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Moroni, Luca Jr"]
[Black "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 20,121,9,0,12,18,28,16,24,0,0,0,69,-50,-22,-28,135,-88,-75,-81,-39,-157,-68,-79,-80,-100,-100,-96,-97,-104,-111,-227,-162,-170,-162,-247,-215,-205,0,0,187,195,193,117,133,0,202,186,181,196,187,154,313,324,463,410,706,456,436,432,624,647,665,716,695,633,3203,1614,29987,29988,29992,29951,5289,5585,29994,29986,29986,29985,29988,29989,29992,29988,29989,29976,29988,29989,29997,0,29976,29977,29988,29966,29987,29986,29982,11752,5405,5401,29970,29969,29969,29971,7202,10279]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 c5 5. Bb2 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5 Bd6 8. O-O O-O {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bc7 (10... Qb6 11. Bd3 Be5 12. Qd2 Nxd4 13. exd4 Bd6 14. Nc3 Bd7 15. Rfe1 Rfe8 {0-1 (62) Mamedyarov,S (2801)-Giri,A (2782) chess.com INT 2018}) 11. Nd2 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Qd6 {[%csl Gc7][%cal Rd6h2]} 12. N2f3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. g3 Bh3 13. Re1 Bb6 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Bd3 h6 16. Qc2 {½-½ (67) Gorti,A (2252)-Zatonskih,A (2444) Saint Louis 2018}) 12... Bg4 {Threatens to win with ...Nxd4.} 13. Bxc6 $1 bxc6 14. h3 Bd7 15. Rc1 c5 (15... Rac8 $11) 16. Qc2 (16. Ne2 $14) 16... Ne4 $15 17. Ne2 Qg6 $2 (17... Rfe8 $11) 18. Kh1 $2 (18. Be5 $1 $16 {[%cal Re5c7] is necessary to keep the advantage.} Rac8 19. Nf4) 18... Bf5 19. Qd1 Rfd8 20. Nc3 ({Better is} 20. Be5 $15 Bxe5 21. Nxe5) 20... Nxc3 (20... Qh6 $17 21. Nb5 Ba5) 21. Bxc3 Be4 22. Re1 Re8 23. Nh4 Qd6 {[%csl Gc7][%cal Rd6h2]} 24. f4 {[#]} d4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 25. Bb2 (25. Bd2 $17) (25. exd4 Qxf4) 25... Rad8 26. Qg4 g6 {...dxe3 is the strong threat.} 27. exd4 (27. Qg3 {was worth a try.}) 27... cxd4 28. Bxd4 {Hoping for Be5.} Qxf4 $2 ({Weaker is} 28... Qxd4 29. Rxc7 Qf2 30. Rcc1 $15) ({Black should try} 28... f5 $19 29. Qe2 Qxd4 30. Rxc7 Bxg2+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Discovered Attack} 31. Nxg2 Rxe2 32. Rxe2 Qd1+ 33. Re1 Qf3) 29. Rxc7 $1 $11 {[%mdl 64] Deflection} Qxc7 $2 (29... Bxg2+ $1 $11 {and Black is okay.} 30. Nxg2 Qxc7) 30. Rxe4 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black is in trouble.} Qc1+ 31. Kh2 (31. Bg1 $1 $18) 31... Qc7+ $16 32. Kh1 (32. Qf4 $16 Qxf4+ 33. Rxf4) 32... Qc1+ $1 $18 {[#]} 33. Bg1 $1 h5 34. Rxe8+ Rxe8 35. Qd4 Qc2 $2 (35... Qc7 $16 {might work better.} 36. Qd2 Qd8) 36. Qxa7 Re2 (36... g5 {is a better defense.} 37. Qd7 Qc8 38. Qxc8 Rxc8) 37. Qa8+ Kh7 (37... Kg7 $142 38. Bd4+ f6 39. Qa7+ Kg8) 38. Qf3 Kg8 39. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} ({Don't do} 39. Qa8+ Kg7 $18) 39... Rd2 (39... Re1 $142 40. a5 Ra1 41. Qa8+ Kg7) 40. a5 Rd3 41. Qa8+ Kh7 42. a6 Qa2 43. Nf3 Rxb3 44. Ng5+ Kh6 45. Nxf7+ Kg7 46. Ng5 {Bd4+ would kill now.} Kf6 47. Ne4+ Ke5 48. a7 Ra3 49. Qe8+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kf4 50. Qxg6 h4 51. Qg4+ Ke5 52. Nc5 Kd6 53. Ne4+ Ke5 54. Ng5 Ra4 55. Nf3+ Kd5 56. Qg8+ Kc6 57. Qxa2 (57. Qd8 $142 Kb5 58. Ne5 Kb4 59. Qd4+ Ka3 {[#]} 60. Qxa4+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Promotion} Kxa4 61. a8=Q+ Kb3 62. Qd5+ Ka3 63. Bc5+ Kb2 64. Bd4+ Kb1 65. Qb5+ Kc1 66. Qf1+ Kc2 67. Qe2+ Kb3 68. Qc4+ Ka3 69. Bc5+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Kb2 70. Nd3+ Ka1 71. Qc3+ Kb1 72. Qc1#) 57... Rxa2 58. Nxh4 Kb7 59. Nf3 Ra4 60. h4 Ra5 61. Kh2 {Accuracy: White = 53%, Black = 27%.} 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Brkic, Ante"]
[Black "De Filomeno, Simone"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 26,77,66,67,147,133,354,348,396,394,447,465,460,438,447,454,908,902,901,900,1280,1301,3041,622,591,559,537,530,608,601,598,583,919,913,895,881,1260,1108,929,406,394,368,384,352,590,575,716,711,708,695,725,729,772,684]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8. Be2 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 a5 {B36: Sicilian: Maroczy Bind: Gurgenidze System} 11. Rd1 a4 12. O-O Qa5 13. Bd4 Be6 14. f4 {[%cal Bf2f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32] [#] LiveBook: 42 Games} Nd7 $146 {[#]} (14... Rfe8 $14) ({Predecessor:} 14... 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}) 15. f5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxd4+ $2 (15... gxf5 $16 {was called for.} 16. Bxg7 Kxg7) 16. Qxd4 $18 gxf5 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Nd5 {[%cal Rd5e7]} e5 19. Ne7+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Kh8 {[#]} 20. Qh4 $1 Bc2 {[#]} (20... Qc5+ $142 21. Kh1 Bg6) 21. Bd3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxd3 22. Rxd3 {Intending Rh3 and mate.} f5 23. Ng6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg8 24. Nxf8 (24. Rg3 $142 Qc5+ 25. Kh1) 24... Nxf8 25. Rxf5 Ng6 26. Qf2 Qc7 27. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Qxc4 28. Rxd6 Qc1+ 29. Kh2 Qc7 30. Rdf6 Re8 31. h5 e4+ 32. Qg3 (32. Kh3 $142 Qg7 33. hxg6 hxg6 34. Rg5 Qh7+ 35. Kg3 Qc7+ 36. Qf4 Qxf4+ 37. Kxf4) 32... Qxg3+ 33. Kxg3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} e3 {[#] aiming for ...e2.} 34. Rf1 $1 ({Not} 34. hxg6 e2 $16) 34... e2 $2 (34... Ne5) 35. Re1 {White is clearly winning.} ({Less strong is} 35. hxg6 Re3+ 36. Kg4 exf1=N $14) 35... Nf8 36. Rf2 Re3+ 37. Kh2 Re5 38. g4 Ne6 39. Rfxe2 {Accuracy: White = 70%, Black = 25%.} 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jankovic, Alojzije"]
[Black "Ruck, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 9,63,2,10,-37,-6,-23,-31,-39,-11,-16,-15,-16,-12,-72,-8,-16,13,4,16,8,24,25,25,10,18,21,52,34,45,28,45,26,8,0,0,-38,-35,-97,-123,-346,-315,-468,-139,-188,-158,-197,-205,-206,-206,-303,-302,-297,-290,-277,-269,-29975]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 Bb7 {LiveBook: 13 Games} (5... c5 6. d5 Ba6 7. e3 exd5 8. cxd5 Bxf1 9. Kxf1 d6 10. Nc3 Be7 11. h3 O-O 12. g4 Na6 {½-½ (62) Domogaev,S (2414)-Stocek,J (2586) Pardubice 2018}) 6. Qc2 {E12: Queen's Indian: Unusual White 4th moves, 4 a3, 4 Nc3 Bb7 5 a3 and 4 Nc3 Bb7} c5 7. d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. e3 Be7 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Rd1 Be7 11. Be2 Na6 {1-0 (47) Purdy,C-Sayers,J Melbourne 1930}) 7... exd5 8. cxd5 {Black is slightly better.} Be7 (8... Bxd5 {seems wilder.} 9. Nc3 Be6 10. Rd1 Nc6 11. e4 g5) 9. Bxf6 $1 Bxf6 10. e4 O-O 11. Bd3 (11. Be2 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 11... d6 (11... Na6 $17 12. Nc3 Nb4) 12. O-O $1 $11 a6 13. a4 Nd7 14. Nbd2 Ne5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Nc4 Bd4 17. Qb3 f5 18. Nxb6 Rb8 {Hoping for ...a5.} 19. a5 $1 fxe4 20. Bxe4 Qh4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 21. Bf3 {Black should prevent Nd7.} Bc8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 22. Rae1 Bf5 23. Qa3 ({White should try} 23. Qd1 $15) 23... Rf6 $17 24. b4 $2 (24. Nc4 $17) 24... Rbf8 $19 {White must now prevent ...Bh3!} 25. bxc5 {[#]} (25. Re6 $142 Bxe6 26. dxe6 Rxf3 27. gxf3) 25... Bxc5 $2 (25... Bh3 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512] ( -> ...Rxf3!)} 26. Re4 (26. gxh3 Rxf3) 26... Qg5) 26. Qa4 $17 {[#]} Qg5 $1 27. h4 {[#]} Qg6 $1 28. Kh2 Bd3 29. Nd7 (29. h5 {keeps fighting.} Qg5 30. Qg4 Qxg4 31. Bxg4 Bxf2 32. Rxf2 Rxf2 33. Kg3) 29... Rxf3 $19 {Black has a decisive advantage.} 30. gxf3 Bxf1 ({Not} 30... Rxf3 31. Rg1 $15) 31. Rxf1 Rxf3 32. Rg1 $2 {Accuracy: White = 37%, Black = 44%.} (32. Nxc5 $19 dxc5 33. Qd7) 0-1

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Delchev, Aleksander"]
[Black "Todorovic, Goran N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2318"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 19,92,29,27,26,44,43,42,33,50,49,50,49,45,41,52,38,65,56,60,36,39,34,60,56,58,58,60,46,46,46,72,72,72,72,72,72,72,72,72,32,32,23,23,23,23,15,15,15,47,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32]} 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Bf4 Bd6 6. e3 O-O 7. O-O Ne4 8. c4 c6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. Bxb8 Rxb8 11. Ne5 {A90: Dutch Defence: Miscellaneous and Modern Stonewall (with ...Bd6)} Nxd2 (11... Bd7 12. f3 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 dxc4 14. f4 Qc7 15. Rfc1 b5 16. b3 Ba3 17. Rc2 c5 18. dxc5 Rfd8 19. bxc4 Bxc5 {½-½ (59) Voigt,U (2280)-Hresc,V (2425) Schwarzach 1998}) 12. Qxd2 Bd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Bf6 13. c5 Bd7 14. f4 g5 15. b4 Qe7 16. Rab1 Qg7 17. Kh1 Be8 18. Bf3 Bxe5 19. dxe5 {1-0 (32) Schmidbauer,F-Niehaus,T St Ingbert 1993}) 13. Qc3 Bxe5 14. dxe5 b6 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Rfc1 Bb7 17. Qa3 a6 18. Rc2 Qd7 19. Rac1 Rfc8 20. Qb4 b5 21. b3 Rxc2 22. Rxc2 Rc8 23. Rc5 Rxc5 24. Qxc5 Kf7 25. f4 Qc6 26. Qxc6 Bxc6 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} 27. b4 Ke7 28. Kf2 Be8 29. Ke1 Bh5 30. Kd2 Kd7 31. Kc3 Be2 32. Kd4 Kc6 33. a3 h5 34. h3 g6 35. Kc3 Kb6 36. Kd2 Bc4 37. Bf3 Bf1 38. h4 Bc4 39. Bd1 Kc6 40. Kc3 Kb6 41. a4 Kc6 42. a5 {White is slightly better.} Bf1 43. Kd4 Bc4 44. Bc2 Be2 45. Kc3 Bc4 46. Kd2 Bf1 {Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 69%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Popov, Valerij"]
[Black "Nazaretyan, Tigran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 24,60,40,38,75,65,110,95,120,122,158,145,173,136,264,172,383,383,402,389,383,391,473,423,429,422,550,547,697,711,678,498,807,810,1408,1471,1405,1374,2222]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5 f6 9. Bh4 Nc6 10. d5 Ne7 11. Nd2 f5 12. Bxg4 fxg4 13. Bg5 {[#] LiveBook: 40 Games. E92: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5: 7 dxe5, 7 Be3 and Petrosian System without 7...Nbd7} Qe8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... h6 14. Be3 c5 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. b4 d5 17. exd5 cxd5 18. Bc5 e4 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Nxd5 Qf7 {1-0 (52) Caruana,F (2783)-Radjabov,T (2713) Shamkir 2014}) 14. b4 a6 15. c5 {White is better.} Qf7 {[%csl Gf8][%cal Rf7f2] [#]} 16. O-O Bf6 17. Bh6 Bg7 18. Be3 h5 (18... Bd7 $16 {is a better defense.} 19. cxd6 cxd6) 19. Nc4 Qf6 $2 (19... Nc6 {was worth a try.} 20. f4 (20. dxc6 Qxc4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 21. cxd6 cxd6 $16) (20. cxd6 Nd4 $16) 20... dxc5) 20. Qd2 $18 Rd8 21. f3 g3 22. hxg3 Kh7 23. Rac1 {White is clearly winning.} dxc5 24. bxc5 Be6 25. f4 exf4 26. Rxf4 Qg5 27. Rh4 Qxg3 (27... Qf6 $142 28. Rf4 Qg5) 28. Bf2 {[%mdl 64] [#] Trapped Piece} Bxc3 29. Rxc3 {[%mdl 64] Trapped Piece} ({Not} 29. Bxg3 Bxd2 30. Nxd2 Rac8 $18) 29... Qxh4 30. Bxh4 Bc8 {Accuracy: White = 97%, Black = 19%.} 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lobanov, Sergei"]
[Black "Dvirnyy, Danyyil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 20,78,30,31,56,61,71,57,61,43,77,77,207,213,327,320,322,322,309,307,439,411,379,296,294,305,293,52,57,72,65,0,356,0,0,0,0,0,80,14,85,53,106,25,25,25,56,31,29,28,31,0,8,0,0,8,6,8,8,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O Nd7 7. Nbd2 h6 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} 8. Nb3 Bh7 9. a4 Ng6 10. a5 Be7 11. Be3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} f6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... O-O 12. Ne1 c5 13. c3 b6 14. f4 c4 15. Nd2 bxa5 {½-½ (43) Hou,Y (2671)-Leitao,R (2632) Baku 2015}) 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Bd3 O-O 14. Re1 Qc7 15. c4 Kh8 (15... Rfe8 $16) 16. cxd5 $18 cxd5 (16... Rfe8 $142 17. dxe6 Rxe6) 17. Qb1 Nh4 18. Bxh7 Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 Bg5 (19... Be7 $142 20. a6 b6) 20. Bxg5 hxg5 21. Qd3 Rf6 {and if ...Rh6 works, Black does fine.} 22. Bg6 Nf8 23. Rac1 $2 {[#]} (23. Qc2 $18 Qf4 24. Bd3) 23... Qf4 24. Bh5 Rh6 25. Bg4 ({White should play} 25. Qe3 $14 Rxh5 26. Qxf4 gxf4 27. Rc7) 25... Qxh2+ $11 26. Kf1 {[#] aiming for Ke2.} Ng6 {( -> ...Nf4)} 27. f4 $1 Nxf4 {[%cal Rh2h1]} 28. Qg3 Qh1+ 29. Qg1 Rh4 (29... Rf8 $1 $11 30. f3 Rh2 31. Qxh1 Rxh1+ 32. Kf2 Nd3+ 33. Ke2 Nxe1) 30. f3 $16 Nd3 (30... Kh7 $1 $14) 31. Qxh1 (31. Nc5 $16 Nxc1 32. Rxc1) 31... Rxh1+ $11 32. Ke2 Rxe1+ 33. Rxe1 (33. Kxd3 {with more complications.} Rxc1 34. Nxc1 Re8 35. Kc3 Kg8 36. Nd3) 33... Nxe1 34. Kxe1 b6 35. Kd2 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Re8 {The position is equal.} 36. a6 Kg8 $1 37. Nc1 Kf7 38. Nd3 Rc8 39. Ne5+ Ke7 $1 {Accuracy: White = 55%, Black = 48%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Potapov, Pavel"]
[Black "Warmerdam, Max"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 18,107,2,12,13,3,54,51,27,0,52,47,54,42,41,-81,-57,-457,-191,-178,96,15,25,20,18,18,27,17,18,19,19,0,0,0,0,-6,-6,0,-10,-16,8,7,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,185,183,163,20,28,17,17,17,17,17,17,17,17,17,39,40,206,184,29970,29971,29970,29973,29969,6486,29978,29979,29979,29980,29980,29981,29981,29982]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 h6 9. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3][%mdl 32] C78: Ruy Lopez: Archangelsk and Möller Defences} O-O 10. Re1 {LiveBook: 35 Games} Ng4 (10... Ne7 11. a4 b4 12. d4 bxc3 13. bxc3 exd4 14. cxd4 Bb4 15. Re3 Ng6 16. h3 a5 {0-1 (65) Zhigalko,S (2638)-Giri,A (2762) Heraklio 2017}) 11. Re2 {The position is equal.} Kh8 $146 (11... Bb6 $11) ({Predecessor:} 11... Ne7 12. Nf1 Bb7 13. h3 Nf6 14. d4 Bb6 15. Ng3 Ng6 16. Bc2 Re8 17. a4 d5 18. Nxe5 {½-½ (18) Ulasevich,S (2306)-Onder,E (2209) LSS email 2012}) 12. Nf1 f5 13. Bd5 Bd7 (13... fxe4 $11 14. dxe4 (14. Bxc6 exf3 15. gxf3 Bd7 $15) 14... Bd7) 14. exf5 $14 Rxf5 15. Ng3 Rf8 16. d4 (16. h3 $14 Nf6 17. Bb3) 16... exd4 $1 $17 17. Nxd4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Reject} 17. cxd4 Bb6 $11) ({White should try} 17. Re4 $15) 17... Bxd4 (17... Qh4 $142 18. h3 Nxf2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 19. Rxf2 Rxf2) 18. cxd4 $19 Qf6 $2 (18... Qh4 $1 $19 {[%cal Rh4h2]} 19. h3 Nxf2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 20. Rxf2 Rxf2 21. Kxf2 Rf8+ 22. Kg1 Ne7) 19. Be3 (19. f3 $16) 19... Nxe3 $11 20. fxe3 {And now Rc1 would win.} Rae8 21. Bf3 Ne7 22. Qc2 c6 23. Rf1 {Bh5 is the strong threat.} Qg5 24. Rfe1 Nf5 25. Nxf5 Rxf5 26. Kh1 d5 27. e4 dxe4 $1 28. Rxe4 Rff8 29. Re5 Qf6 30. Qe2 (30. Kg1 {with more complications.} a5 31. b3 Qd6 32. Qc5 Qxc5 33. dxc5 Rxe5 34. Rxe5 Kg8 35. h3) 30... Rd8 31. Qe3 Qd6 32. d5 cxd5 33. Rxd5 Qf6 34. Red1 Bf5 35. Rxd8 Rxd8 36. Rxd8+ Qxd8 37. Qe5 Qd7 38. Kg1 Qe6 $2 (38... Qa7+ $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 39. Kh1 Qd7) 39. Qxe6 $18 Bxe6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#] KB-KB} 40. a3 (40. Kf2 $1 $18) 40... Kg8 $1 $11 41. Kf2 Kf7 42. Ke3 Ke7 $1 43. Kd4 {Hoping for Kc5.} Kd6 $1 44. b4 Bc8 45. Be4 Be6 46. Bb7 Kc7 $2 {[#]} ({Better is} 46... g6 $1 $14) 47. Ke5 $1 $18 {[%cal Re5e6]} ({Inferior is} 47. Bxa6 Kb6 $17) 47... Kxb7 $2 (47... Bd7 $18) 48. Kxe6 {KP-KP} Kc6 49. h4 h5 50. g3 (50. Kf7 $142 Kd7 51. Kxg7 Kd8 52. Kg6 Ke8 53. Kxh5 Kf7 54. Kg5 Kf8 55. h5) 50... g6 51. Kf6 {White mates.} Kd5 52. Kxg6 Kc4 53. Kxh5 Kb3 54. g4 {Accuracy: White = 53%, Black = 43%.} 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nenezic, Marko"]
[Black "Ivic, Velimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 15,73,-5,8,0,0,0,0,0,6,0,29,0,0,0,25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-31,-24,-94,-113,-234,-76,-70,-77,-254,-253,-234,-250,-369,-368,-311,-105,-140,-115,-120,0,0,0,0,0,-6,-3,-4,531,-277,552,562,553,535]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. g3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 {A15: English Opening: 1...Nf6} 7. Bxg7 Kxg7 8. Qb3 Qd6 {LiveBook: 6 Games. The position is equal.} 9. Qb2+ f6 10. a3 $1 e5 11. Bg2 (11. d3 b5 12. Nbd2 a5 13. bxa5 Rxa5 14. Bg2 {½-½ (35) Cruz,C (2549)-Forcen Esteban,D (2511) Zaragoza 2013}) 11... a5 12. b5 c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nd7 13. O-O N7b6 14. Rc1 {1-0 (30) Belz,F (2021)-Bjoerknes,U (1678) Wiesbaden 2017}) 13. bxc6 Nxc6 14. O-O b5 15. d3 Rb8 16. Nbd2 Be6 17. Rfc1 Rfc8 18. Ne4 Qe7 19. Nc5 Bf7 20. Bh3 Rd8 $1 21. e4 Nc7 {[%cal Bd5c7,Bc7b5,Bb5d4][%mdl 32]} 22. Rc2 (22. Nd7 $11 {remains equal.} Rxd7 23. Rxc6 Rxd3 24. Qc2) 22... b4 $1 $17 23. Rac1 (23. Qc1 $17) 23... bxa3 $2 (23... Nb5 $19 {has better winning chances. And now ...Nbd4 would win.} 24. axb4 Nxb4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 24. Qxa3 Nb5 25. Qa1 $2 (25. Ne6+ $17 {was the only defense.} Bxe6 26. Qxe7+ Nxe7 27. Bxe6) 25... Nbd4 $19 26. Nxd4 Nxd4 ({But not} 26... exd4 $2 27. Na6 $18) 27. Rb2 (27. Qxa5 {is a better defense.} Nxc2 28. Rxc2) 27... Rxb2 28. Qxb2 Qa7 $2 (28... Ra8 $1 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top.} 29. Bg4 a4) 29. Kg2 Rb8 30. Qa3 Qb6 ({Better is} 30... f5 $17 {Black wants to play ...Qe7.} 31. f4 exf4) 31. Nd7 $1 $11 {[%cal Rd7b6]} Qb4 32. Qxb4 Rxb4 33. Rc7 $1 a4 34. Nc5 {Black must now prevent Ne6+.} a3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (34... f5 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 35. Ra7 a3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 36. Rxa3 Nc2) 35. Ra7 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (35. Ne6+ $1 $18 {was the only winning move.} Kh6 36. Rxf7) 35... Rb5 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (35... a2 $19 {aiming for ...f5.} 36. Be6 {[#]} a1=Q $1 {[%mdl 512]} 37. Rxa1 Bxe6 38. Ra7+ Kh6 39. Nxe6 Nxe6) 36. Ne6+ $1 $18 Kg8 37. Ra8+ {Accuracy: White = 40%, Black = 42%.} 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Van Foreest, Lucas"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 16,86,13,11,16,10,12,12,16,12,8,9,17,11,5,12,12,0,12,-31,-29,-29,-22,-22,-30,-21,13,15,1,1,8,1,25,14,24,11,13,-152,-146,-150,-134,-143,-147,-144,-89,-172,-154,-170,-153,-154,-132,-133,-133,-133,-134,-145,-142,-133,-61,-2054,-255,-267,-258,-253,-252,-260,-234,-269,-272,-276,-283,-6287,-6042]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 h6 6. c3 d6 7. Re1 a5 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Nf1 {LiveBook: 20 Games} a4 {The position is equal.} 10. Bb5 a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Ng4 11. Ne3 a3 12. b4 Bxe3 13. Bxe3 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Bxc6 bxc6 {0-1 (42) Zhigalko,S (2641)-Cheparinov,I (2710) Riadh 2017}) 11. b4 Bb6 12. Bc4 Ne7 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Nxe3 c6 15. Bb3 Ng6 16. Qd2 Re8 17. h3 d5 18. exd5 cxd5 19. d4 e4 $1 {[%cal Re4f3]} 20. Ne5 $1 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Rxe5 22. Rad1 Be6 23. c4 {[%cal Rc4d5]} Qd7 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Bxh3!} (23... Rg5 $5 {[%cal Re6h3]}) 24. Nxd5 Bxd5 25. cxd5 Qd6 26. f4 $2 (26. Qd4 $11) 26... exf3 $1 $17 {...Rg5 is the strong threat.} 27. Rxe5 Qxe5 28. gxf3 Rd8 29. d6 Ne8 (29... Qg3+ $142 30. Qg2 Qf4) 30. Qf2 (30. d7 $17 Nf6 31. Qh2 Qe3+ 32. Kg2) 30... Rxd6 31. Re1 Qg5+ 32. Qg2 {[#] Black must now prevent Qxg5.} Qxg2+ 33. Kxg2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rd2+ 34. Kg3 Kf8 35. Re5 Nd6 36. Ra5 g5 (36... g6 $17 {aiming for ...Nf5+.} 37. Rd5 Rxd5 38. Bxd5 Ke7) 37. Rxa3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (37. h4 $15) 37... h5 $2 (37... Nf5+ 38. Kg4 Ne3+ 39. Kh5 Kg7) 38. Ra5 b5 {[%cal Rd6f5]} 39. f4 Rd3+ 40. Kf2 gxf4 41. Ra6 Ke7 42. Ra7+ Kf6 43. Rd7 $2 (43. h4) 43... Ne4+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack (Double check). Accuracy: White = 47%, Black = 73%.} 0-1

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Black "Saric, Ante"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 10,112,41,0,-12,0,26,9,16,14,90,-18,-18,-12,-11,-20,6,0,0,-8,-8,-5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,-5,-13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-3,0,-25,-18,-18,-18,-18,-17,-29,-3,-29,-16,-28,-37,-41,-41,-45,-44,-68,8,8,8,8,41,0,0,0,18,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,2,-26,0,0,0,-8,-1,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,870]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 g6 3. c3 d5 4. e5 Nc6 5. d4 (5. Bb5 Qb6 6. Bxc6+ Qxc6 7. d4 Bg4 8. O-O Nh6 9. Nbd2 Nf5 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 h5 12. dxc5 Qxc5 {½-½ (51) Nakamura,H (2763)-Le,Q (2715) chess.com INT 2018}) 5... Bg4 6. dxc5 {LiveBook: 3 Games. B27: Sicilian: 2 Nf3, unusual Black 2nd moves} Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Nxe5 8. Bb5+ {White has an edge.} Nc6 9. c4 e6 (9... Nf6 $11) 10. cxd5 $146 ({Better is} 10. Nc3 $16) ({Predecessor:} 10. Nc3 Nge7 11. Qf6 Rg8 {1-0 (37) Kasperek,R (2133)-Weissbein,T (2151) Szklarska Poreba 2017}) 10... Qxd5 $11 11. Qxd5 exd5 12. O-O O-O-O 13. Bf4 Bxc5 14. Rc1 Bd6 15. Be3 d4 16. Bxd4 Bxh2+ 17. Kxh2 Rxd4 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Rxc6+ Kb7 20. Rc1 Nf6 21. f3 Rhd8 22. Nc3 Rd2 23. b3 Rf2 {[#] White must now prevent ...Rdd2.} 24. Rd1 Rdd2 25. Rxd2 Rxd2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 26. Re1 Kc6 27. Re7 Rd7 28. Re2 Kc5 29. Rc2 {[#] Ne4+ is the strong threat.} Kd4 30. Na4 Re7 31. Kg3 Kd3 32. Rc6 Nh5+ 33. Kh4 Re2 34. g4 Rh2+ 35. Kg5 f6+ 36. Kh6 Nf4+ 37. Kg7 f5 38. Ra6 Ke3 {aiming for ...fxg4.} 39. gxf5 gxf5 40. Rxa7 Kxf3 41. Nc3 Ne6+ (41... h5 $15 42. Kf6 Rc2) 42. Kf6 Nd4 43. Rd7 Ke3 44. Nd5+ Ke4 45. Nc3+ Ke3 46. Nd1+ Ke4 47. b4 Rh6+ 48. Kg7 Ra6 49. Kxh7 f4 {[%cal Bf5f4,Bf4f3][%mdl 32]} 50. Kg7 f3 51. a4 {The position is equal.} Nf5+ 52. Kh7 Rh6+ 53. Kg8 Rh2 54. a5 Rc2 55. a6 {Threatens to win with b5.} Rc8+ 56. Kh7 {Strongly threatening b5.} Nd6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Precision: White = 55%, Black = 57%.} (56... Ra8 $11 57. a7 Nd4) *

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Studer, Noel"]
[Black "Rusev, Krasimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 21,56,26,26,32,27,0,59,55,110,70,75,70,79,23,14,24,17,8,18,-22,25,14,98,93,87,22,21,0,35,22,31,31,31,2,2,-464,-462]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e5 4. Bxc4 exd4 5. exd4 Bd6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Qe2+ {D20: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 e3 and 3 e4} Qe7 8. Qxe7+ Bxe7 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. O-O Nb6 11. Bb3 c6 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 12. Re1 Nfd5 13. Ng5 Bf5 $146 (13... h6 $11 14. Nge4 O-O) ({Predecessor:} 13... h6 14. Nge4 O-O {0-1 (67) Troff,K (2543)-Chandra,A (2493) Saint Louis 2016}) 14. Bd2 Rd8 (14... O-O $14) 15. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} O-O 16. a5 Nc8 17. Re5 (17. Nxd5 $16 cxd5 18. Re5) 17... Nxc3 $11 18. bxc3 {[#] aiming for a6.} ({Don't go for} 18. Rxf5 $2 Ne2+ 19. Kf1 Nxd4 $19) 18... Bg6 19. a6 b6 20. Ne4 Rd7 21. f4 {Hoping for f5.} Bd6 (21... Kh8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 22. Nxd6 $16 Nxd6 {[#]} 23. Rae1 (23. Bc1 $1 $16) 23... Bd3 $11 24. Re7 Rfd8 25. Bxf7+ Kf8 26. Rxd7 Rxd7 27. Be6 Re7 28. Bd7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (28. Bc1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} Bf5 29. Ba3 Rxe6 30. Rxe6 Bxe6 31. Bxd6+ Ke8 32. Be5) 28... Rxd7 {Accuracy: White = 13%, Black = 48%.} 0-1

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zajic, Milan"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 18,110,67,44,80,20,46,32,57,22,26,11,12,0,57,54,45,40,118,92,83,52,37,76,120,129,124,115,115,118,137,43,56,46,38,50,35,39,41,33,48,20,26,25,25,26,32,0,14,14,24,0,0,0,11,0,0,0,12,13,33,33,147,8,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,34,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 Be6 8. Ne2 Qc7 9. Qc2 Nd7 {B15: Caro-Kann: 3 Nc3: 3...g6 and 3...dxe4 4 Nxe4 Nf6 5 Nxf6+ exf6} 10. Be3 {LiveBook: 12 Games} (10. h3 Nf8 11. Bd2 Bd7 12. O-O-O Ne6 13. c4 O-O-O 14. c5 Bf4 15. Bc4 Kb8 {0-1 (53) Jones,G (2623)-Aronian,L (2784) Berlin 2015}) 10... O-O-O 11. O-O-O $146 ({Better is} 11. c4 $16) ({Predecessor:} 11. c4 c5 12. d5 Bg4 13. O-O-O Rhe8 14. Bf5 Bxf5 15. Qxf5 g6 16. Qc2 f5 {0-1 (64) Dewi,A (2227)-Sredojevic,I (2355) Budapest 2017}) 11... Rhe8 (11... Bxa2 12. b3 $18) 12. c4 Bg4 13. h3 Bxe2 $1 14. Bxe2 Bf4 15. Rd3 c5 ({Black should play} 15... f5 $11) 16. Kb1 $14 Bxe3 17. fxe3 Nb6 (17... f5 $14) 18. Rhd1 Kb8 19. Rc3 f5 20. Bf3 g6 21. a4 Nc8 {[#]} 22. Rb3 $1 {[%cal Rb3b7]} Nd6 {[#]} 23. dxc5 $1 Qxc5 24. Rd5 (24. Rbd3 $16) 24... Qc7 25. c5 Ne4 26. Bxe4 Rxe4 27. Rxd8+ Qxd8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 28. c6 Re7 $1 29. cxb7 Rxb7 30. Rxb7+ Kxb7 {KQ-KQ} 31. Qb3+ Ka8 32. Ka2 Qd7 33. Qc4 Kb7 34. Qb3+ Kc7 35. Qc4+ Kb7 36. Qb3+ Ka8 37. h4 a6 38. Qc4 Qb7 39. g3 h5 (39... f6 $1 $14) 40. Qd4 (40. b4 $16) 40... Qc6 41. Ka3 Qc7 42. b3 Qxg3 43. Qd5+ Kb8 44. Qd8+ Kb7 45. Qd5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kc8 46. Qc6+ Kd8 47. Qxa6 Qxe3 48. a5 Qc5+ 49. b4 Qc3+ 50. Ka4 Qc2+ 51. Ka3 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Qc1+ {The position is equal.} 52. Kb3 Qe3+ 53. Ka4 Qe8+ 54. Kb3 {Strongly threatening Qa8+.} Qe3+ 55. Ka4 {Threatens to win with Qd6+.} Qe8+ {Accuracy: White = 46%, Black = 49%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jenni, Florian"]
[Black "Demidov, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 12,48,0,0,36,-1,32,-15,-8,-34,-37,-38,-25,-25,-19,-10,-11,-14,-21,-18,0,-3,0,0,0,0,0,-9,-19,-15,-19,-11,0,-17,0,-18,-18,-16,-16]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Ne2 {C11: French: Classical System: 4 e5 and 4 Bg5 dxe4} c5 7. c3 {LiveBook: 5 Games} b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 8. Ng3 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 8. Nf4 b4 9. Bd3 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. O-O bxc3 12. bxc3 Nb6 13. Nd2 g6 {0-1 (27) Shubin,K (2375)-Demidov,M (2521) Sochi 2017}) 8... b4 9. Bd3 Ba6 10. O-O Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Nc6 12. c4 dxc4 13. Qxc4 {The position is equal.} Nxd4 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. Qxd4 Qc7 16. Bf4 {aiming for Nf5!} O-O 17. Rac1 Qb7 18. Ne4 Rfd8 19. Nd6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Qb6 20. Rfd1 Qxd4 21. Rxd4 {[#] And now Nb7 would win.} Nb6 22. Rc7 Bxd6 23. Rxd6 Nd5 24. Rc4 Rdc8 {[%mdl 32768] Accuracy: White = 54%, Black = 50%. . Loss on time!?} 0-1

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Blohberger, Felix"]
[Black "Milanovic, Danilo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "224"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 11,223,1,18,-3,12,8,20,22,16,15,35,20,44,10,26,20,40,46,60,22,14,15,33,17,36,26,18,5,10,21,29,0,0,0,18,0,-14,-12,-15,-16,0,0,0,-39,0,-21,-21,-112,-70,-105,-110,-113,-117,-131,-131,-131,-129,-150,-147,-145,-67,-151,-68,-66,-75,-58,0,0,0,0,20,20,17,19,19,19,27,15,15,15,19,19,29,29,542,542,967,952,779,0,0,-52,0,0,0,-514,-514,-463,-438,-545,-526,-481,-40,-40,-40,-40,-40,-40,-40,-45,-8,-42,-9,-39,-40,-54,-54,-54,-54,-54,-54,-62,-62,-62,-62,-62,-62,-62,-62,-62,-62,-62,-62,-62,-62,-62,-62,-62,-62,-62,-62,-62,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-7,-7,0,-7,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-29999]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 b6 3. e3 Bb7 4. h3 e6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Nbd2 d6 {LiveBook: 18 Games} 7. Bh2 {A47: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 b6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} (7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. O-O Nf8 9. Re1 Ng6 10. Bh2 O-O 11. Qe2 Nd5 12. c3 a6 13. Rad1 b5 14. Bb1 f5 {0-1 (32) Ali Marandi,C (2487)-Cordova,E (2660) Merida 2016}) 7... Nbd7 8. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O c5 10. c3 Re8 11. Qc2 Qc8 12. Rac1 cxd4 13. cxd4 Qxc2 14. Rxc2 Rec8 {1-0 (80) Guevorkian,S (1820)-Maestracci,O (1620) Loire 2007}) 8... a6 9. c3 {The position is equal.} O-O 10. Bd3 Re8 11. O-O Bf8 12. Qc2 g6 13. Rfe1 Bg7 14. e4 e5 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Rad1 Qe7 17. b4 a5 18. Qb3 Bc6 19. Bb5 Bxb5 20. axb5 Nh5 21. Ra1 Nf4 22. Nc4 {[%cal Rb4a5]} axb4 23. cxb4 Ne2+ 24. Kh1 {And now Rxa8 would win.} Nd4 25. Nxd4 Rxa1 26. Rxa1 exd4 27. f3 Ne5 28. Nxe5 Bxe5 29. Bg1 (29. Bxe5 $11 Qxe5 30. Qc4) 29... Qd7 30. Qd3 Qd6 31. Ra4 Rc8 32. Bf2 c5 {...c4 is the strong threat.} 33. bxc6 Rxc6 {Hoping for ...Rc1+.} 34. Ra8+ Kg7 {aiming for ...Rc1+.} 35. Ra1 {[#]} Qxb4 (35... Rc3 $1 $17 {[%cal Rc3d3]} 36. Qd2 Qxb4) 36. Rd1 ({Better is} 36. f4 $1 $15 Bxf4 37. Bxd4+ Kh6 38. Rd1) 36... Rd6 (36... Rc3 $17 37. Qd2 Rc4 38. Qxb4 Rxb4) 37. g3 $15 Rd8 38. Kg2 Qd6 (38... b5 $15) 39. f4 $11 Bf6 40. e5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Qc6+ 41. Qf3 Qxf3+ 42. Kxf3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Be7 43. Rxd4 Rb8 44. Rd7 Kf8 45. g4 {[%cal Bg3g4,Bg4f5,Bf5f6][%mdl 32]} b5 46. f5 gxf5 47. gxf5 b4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (47... f6 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 48. f6 $18 Bd8 49. Bc5+ Ke8 {[#]} 50. Rd1 $2 (50. e6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} fxe6 51. f7+ Kxd7 52. f8=Q) 50... b3 51. Rb1 (51. Ke4 $11) 51... Bc7 (51... Kd7 $15) 52. Ke4 $11 Rb5 53. Ba3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (53. Bd4 $1 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 53... Bxe5 $19 54. Rg1 {intending Rg5.} Bxf6 55. Rg8+ Kd7 56. Rf8 b2 $2 {[#]} (56... Ra5 $19 57. Bc1 Ke7) 57. Bxb2 $1 $15 {[%mdl 512]} Rxb2 58. Rxf7+ {KRB-KR} Ke6 59. Rxh7 Rb4+ 60. Kd3 Be5 61. Ra7 Bd6 62. Ra5 Rh4 63. Ke2 Rxh3 64. Rg5 Be5 65. Rg8 Kd5 66. Re8 Kd4 67. Kf1 Ke4 68. Ke1 Rh2 69. Re7 Kd4 70. Kf1 Bf4 71. Re2 Rh7 72. Re6 Be3 73. Kg2 Kd3 74. Kf3 Rf7+ 75. Kg4 Ke2 76. Kh5 Kf3 ({Black should play} 76... Rg7 $1 $15) 77. Kg6 $11 Ra7 78. Rc6 Kg4 79. Kf6 Bf4 80. Ke6 Ra8 81. Kd5 Rd8+ 82. Kc4 Kf3 83. Kb5 Ke4 84. Rg6 Be5 85. Rg4+ Kd5 86. Rg5 Rc8 87. Ka5 Rb8 88. Rh5 Kd4 89. Ka6 Ke4 90. Ka5 Bd4 91. Rh4+ Kd5 92. Ka6 Rb6+ 93. Ka5 Rb8 94. Ka6 Kc4 95. Rh6 $1 Rb1 96. Rc6+ Bc5 97. Rg6 Kd5 98. Ka5 Bd6 99. Rg5+ Kc6 {[%cal Rb1a1]} 100. Rg4 Rb3 101. Rc4+ Bc5 102. Rg4 Rh3 103. Rg6+ Bd6 {[%cal Rh3a3]} 104. Rg4 Re3 105. Rh4 Rg3 106. Re4 Ra3+ 107. Ra4 Rh3 {( -> ...Rh5+)} 108. Rg4 Bc5 109. Rg6+ Kd5 110. Rg5+ Kc4 {[%cal Rh3a3]} 111. Rg4+ Bd4 {[%cal Rh3a3]} 112. Rg6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (112. Ka4 $11) 112... Ra3# {Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 56%.} 0-1

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Markoja, Boris"]
[Black "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 9,92,-22,-13,-38,-11,-23,-20,-54,-41,-61,-10,-6,-8,-61,0,-14,-8,-20,0,-56,-29,-77,-72,-126,-25,-19,0,0,0,-68,-2,-37,18,14,16,16,35,7,35,-284,-287,-282,-274,-238,-132,-185,-175,-172,-167,-152,-77,-91,-46,-108,-8,-26,-26,-27,-34,-102,-94,-236,-235,-231,-229,-29993,-220,-208,-158,-158,-188,-202,-200,-335,-400,-302,-200,-1665,-1633,-1470,-1318,-1478,-1412,-1412,-1237]} 1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 d5 3. f3 Nf6 4. Bg5 c5 (4... c6 5. Qd3 b5 6. a3 e6 7. e4 Be7 8. Nge2 O-O 9. exf5 exf5 10. Ng3 Ne8 11. Bf4 g5 12. Be5 {0-1 (35) Sadorra,J (2590)-Kamsky,G (2706) ICC INT 2014}) 5. e3 e6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 6. Nh3 {A80: Dutch Defence: Unusual White second moves} Nc6 7. Bb5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. Qd2 a6 8. a3 b5 9. Rd1 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bf2 Bb7 12. Be2 {0-1 (28) Rodrigo da Silva,E (2000)-Madeira,W (2231) Sao Paulo 2013}) 7... h6 8. Bxf6 {The position is equal.} Qxf6 9. Qd2 a6 (9... Bd7 $15) 10. Bxc6+ $1 $11 bxc6 11. Nf4 (11. O-O-O $11) 11... g5 (11... Rb8 $15) 12. Nfe2 Rb8 13. O-O-O Rh7 14. Na4 (14. b3 $11) 14... Rhb7 15. c3 c4 16. e4 (16. g3 $142) 16... Qd8 (16... Ba3 $17 17. exd5 (17. bxa3 Qe7 $11) 17... cxd5) 17. Qc2 Qa5 18. exf5 exf5 19. Kd2 (19. h4 $11) 19... c5 ({Black should play} 19... f4 $15) 20. Rb1 $1 Bd7 (20... cxd4 $1 $15 21. Nxd4 Bd7) 21. Nxc5 Bxc5 22. dxc5 Qxa2 {[%cal Rb7b2]} 23. Rhe1 Kd8 {[%cal Rb7b2]} 24. Nc1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (24. Ra1 $14 {keeps the upper hand.} Qxb2 25. Nd4) 24... Qxb1 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 25. Qxb1 Rxb2+ 26. Qc2 f4 ({Black should try} 26... Ba4 $19 27. Qxb2 Rxb2+ 28. Ke3 Rxg2) 27. Re5 $17 Rxc2+ 28. Kxc2 $19 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Ba4+ 29. Kd2 Rb2+ 30. Ke1 Bc6 31. Re6 {[#]} (31. Ne2 $15) 31... Kd7 (31... Bb5 $1 $17 32. Rxh6 d4 33. Rd6+ Kc8 34. Rxd4 Rxg2) 32. Rxh6 a5 {White must now prevent ...a4.} ({But not} 32... Rxg2 $6 33. Ne2 $16) 33. Ne2 a4 {Strongly threatening ...a3.} 34. Nd4 {[#]} (34. Rh7+ $15 Kc8 35. Nd4) 34... a3 $1 $17 {[%cal Ra3a2] Hoping for ...a2.} 35. Rh7+ ({Avoid the trap} 35. Nxc6 $2 a2 $19) (35. Rd6+ $17 Ke8 36. Nxc6) 35... Ke8 $19 {Threatens to win with ...Bb7.} 36. Nxc6 {KRN-KR} a2 {[%cal Ra2a1]} 37. Re7+ ({Not} 37. Rh8+ $2 Kd7 $19) 37... Kf8 {[%cal Ra2a1]} 38. Ra7 Rxg2 39. Nb4 {[#]} a1=Q+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 40. Rxa1 Rg1+ 41. Kd2 (41. Kf2 {was forced.} Rxa1 42. Nxd5) 41... Rxa1 42. Nxd5 Ra5 {aiming for ...Kf7.} 43. Nc7 $2 (43. Nb6) 43... Ke7 {Black is clearly winning.} 44. c6 Rc5 45. Na6 Rxc6 46. Nb4 Rh6 {Precision: White = 32%, Black = 37%.} 0-1

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Stojanovski, Dejan"]
[Black "Guseinov, Gadir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "175"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 15,175,17,42,21,23,20,27,20,30,25,52,36,39,-35,17,24,16,1,3,8,0,7,8,-3,-6,-6,-4,0,0,0,3,-15,0,0,-2,0,0,0,0,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-9,2,-2,0,-2,-2,-43,-8,-12,0,-43,0,0,0,0,0,-36,-36,-222,-204,-233,-226,-180,-140,-129,-54,-61,-63,-77,-77,-83,-84,-100,-18,-20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bc4 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. c3 e5 {B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems} 8. dxe5 dxe5 {LiveBook: 10 Games} 9. Qe2 Nh5 10. Nb3 h6 (10... Nf4 11. Bxf4 exf4 12. Rad1 Qe7 13. Nbd4 Na5 14. Rfe1 Bg4 {0-1 (44) Grandelius,N (2643)-Mamedov,R (2688) Tallinn 2016}) 11. Be3 Qf6 12. h3 Nd8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nf4 13. Bxf4 Qxf4 14. Nc5 Qf6 15. Rfd1 {½-½ (41) Delander,A (2018)-Pape,M (2115) Bad Wildungen 2004}) 13. Rfd1 Ne6 14. Bxe6 ({White should play} 14. g3 $14) 14... Bxe6 (14... Qxe6 $15 15. Nc5 Qc6) 15. Nc5 $11 b6 16. Nd7 Bxd7 $1 17. Rxd7 Qc6 18. Rd5 Rae8 19. Rad1 Nf6 20. Rxe5 Nxe4 21. Rxe8 Rxe8 22. Qd3 Nd6 23. Bd4 Qc4 (23... Bxd4 {with more complications.} 24. Nxd4 Qa4 25. Ra1 h5 26. b3 Qa3) 24. Bxg7 Qxd3 25. Rxd3 Kxg7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 26. Kf1 Kf6 27. b3 a5 28. Nd4 a4 29. bxa4 Ra8 30. Nb5 Nxb5 31. axb5 {KR-KR} Ke6 32. Ke2 Rxa2+ 33. Ke3 f5 34. g3 g5 35. c4 Rc2 36. Rd4 Ke5 {Hoping for ...Re2+!} 37. Rd5+ Ke6 38. Rd4 Rc1 39. h4 Rc2 40. hxg5 hxg5 41. Kf3 Rc3+ 42. Ke2 $2 {[#]} ({White must play} 42. Kg2 $15) 42... Ke5 $1 $19 {[%cal Re5d4]} 43. Rd5+ Ke4 44. g4 Rc2+ ({Don't take} 44... fxg4 45. Rxg5 Kf4 46. Rg7 $17) ({Inferior is} 44... Rxc4 45. Rxf5 Rc2+ 46. Kf1 $11) 45. Kf1 {[#]} fxg4 (45... Kf3 $1 $17 {( -> ...Rc1+)} 46. Rxf5+ Kxg4) 46. Rxg5 $15 Kf4 47. Rg7 Rxc4 48. Rf7+ Ke5 49. Kg2 c6 (49... Kd6 $17 50. Rh7 Rc5 51. Rh6+ Kd5) 50. bxc6 $11 {The position is equal.} Rxc6 51. Rg7 Rc4 52. Rg5+ Kf4 53. Rb5 Rc6 (53... Ke4 {feels hotter.} 54. Rxb6 Kf5 55. Kg3 Rc3+ 56. Kh2 Kf4) 54. Rb4+ Kg5 55. Kg3 Rc3+ 56. Kg2 Rc6 57. Kg3 Kf5 58. Rf4+ Ke5 59. Rxg4 Kd5 60. Kf3 b5 61. Ke3 Rf6 62. Kd3 Rxf2 63. Kc3 Kc5 64. Rg5+ Kb6 65. Kb4 Rf4+ 66. Kb3 Ka5 67. Rg3 Rb4+ 68. Ka3 Rb1 69. Ka2 Rc1 70. Kb3 Re1 71. Rf3 Rg1 72. Re3 Rg4 73. Rf3 Rh4 74. Rg3 Rb4+ 75. Ka3 Rd4 76. Kb3 Rd5 77. Rf3 Rg5 78. Re3 Kb6 79. Kb4 Rg4+ 80. Kb3 Rh4 81. Rf3 Rh5 82. Re3 Kc5 83. Rc3+ Kd4 84. Rg3 Rh1 85. Kb4 Rb1+ 86. Rb3 Rxb3+ 87. Kxb3 b4 88. Kxb4 {Accuracy: White = 71%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tejedor Fuente, Enrique"]
[Black "Pershin, Denis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "325"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 12,325,36,-5,50,59,60,36,47,26,29,16,63,66,72,52,50,36,85,48,95,108,89,83,97,17,40,37,45,0,15,0,62,0,45,-17,-12,-12,-24,-94,-70,-92,-13,-31,0,-7,164,64,186,114,225,207,347,247,391,236,306,306,564,16,28,0,0,0,0,0,0,-191,0,-23,-24,-103,-93,-102,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,-8,0,-8,-8,-8,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 Nf6 6. d3 e6 7. g4 {LiveBook: 33 Games} Bc5 {B11: Caro-Kann: Two Knights Variation} (7... Bb4 $11) (7... Bb4 8. a3 Qa5 9. Bd2 d4 10. Nb1 Na6 11. c3 dxc3 12. Nxc3 Bc5 13. Bg2 Qd8 14. Ne2 Nc7 15. g5 {0-1 (50) Lu,S (2627)-Melkumyan,H (2633) Doha 2016}) 8. Bd2 Bd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Na6 9. a3 Bd4 10. O-O-O Qb6 11. g5 Nd7 12. h4 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 d4 14. Bd2 Nac5 15. Bh3 {0-1 (63) Bentivegna,F (2299)-Kachiani Gersinska,K (2357) Acqui Terme 2012}) 9. Bg2 Qb6 {White is slightly better.} 10. Nd1 Nbd7 11. Qe2 O-O-O 12. c3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Bc5 13. e5 Ne8 14. a4 f6 15. b4 Be7 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. a5 (17. Qxe6 $6 Nc7 $11) 17... Qc7 18. Ne3 (18. Qxe6 Nd6 $11) (18. O-O $16) 18... Nd6 19. Rc1 Kb8 20. c4 {[%cal Rc4d5]} (20. a6 $5) 20... dxc4 21. dxc4 h5 (21... Ne5 $11) 22. a6 (22. O-O $1 $14) 22... hxg4 23. hxg4 (23. Nxg4 $14 bxa6 24. O-O) 23... Rxh1+ $11 24. Bxh1 Nf7 25. Nf1 (25. Rd1 $11) 25... Nde5 $17 {Strongly threatening ...Nd3+.} 26. Rc3 Ng6 (26... bxa6 27. g5 $1 $14 {[%mdl 512]}) (26... Qb6 $17 27. g5 Be7) 27. Rd3 $11 Rh8 28. Be4 Nfe5 $2 (28... Nf4 $11 29. Bxf4 Qxf4) 29. Rc3 ({White should play} 29. Rb3 $18) 29... Nh4 (29... Rf8 $1 $14) 30. g5 (30. axb7 $18 {b5 is the strong threat.} Nf7 31. Rh3 (31. Ra3 Nd6 $16)) 30... Be7 {[#]} (30... Bd8 $16 31. axb7 Nf5) 31. c5 $1 $18 bxa6 (31... Rf8 $142 32. axb7 Neg6) 32. Qxa6 Rf8 (32... Rd8 $142 33. Rh3 Nhg6) 33. Qe2 Qd7 {intending ...Qd4.} 34. f4 Neg6 $2 {[#]} (34... Bxg5 {was worth a try.} 35. fxe5 Rxf1+ 36. Kxf1 Qxd2) 35. Rd3 $2 ({White must play} 35. b5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Qc7 (35... cxb5 36. c6) 36. bxc6) 35... Qc7 $11 36. Bxg6 Nxg6 37. Qxe6 Nxf4 38. Bxf4 Qxf4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} ({But not} 38... Rxf4 39. Nd2 $14 (39. Rd7 Re4+ 40. Qxe4 Qxd7 $11)) 39. Ne3 $2 (39. Nd2 $1 $11 {and White is okay.} Qxg5 40. Rd7 Qg1+ 41. Ke2 Rf2+ 42. Kd3 Rxd2+ 43. Kxd2 Bg5+ 44. Kc2 Qc1+ 45. Kb3 Qb1+ 46. Kc3 Qa1+ 47. Kb3 Qb1+ 48. Kc3 Qa1+ 49. Kb3 Qb1+) 39... Qg3+ $2 (39... Bxg5 40. Kd1 $17) (39... Qxb4+ $19 40. Ke2 Qb2+ 41. Kd1 Qa1+ 42. Kc2 Rf2+ 43. Rd2 Rxd2+ 44. Kxd2 Qd4+ 45. Kc2 Bxg5) 40. Kd1 Bxg5 {And now ...Qg1+ would win.} 41. Qd6+ (41. Kc2 $1 $11) 41... Qxd6 $17 42. cxd6 Bxe3 (42... Rf3 $17 43. d7 Bd8) 43. Rxe3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR. The position is equal.} Rd8 44. Re6 Kb7 45. Re7+ Kb6 46. Rxg7 Rxd6+ 47. Kc2 Rd5 48. Kc3 Rh5 49. Rg3 Rf5 50. Kb3 Rd5 51. Rc3 Rb5 {White should prevent ...a5.} 52. Ka4 Rd5 53. Rh3 Rd4 {White must now prevent ...a5.} 54. Kb3 Rd1 55. Kc2 Rd4 56. Kc3 Rf4 57. Rg3 Rf5 58. Kc4 Rd5 59. Rg8 Rd7 60. Rb8+ Rb7 61. Rh8 Rf7 62. Rb8+ Kc7 63. Ra8 Kb7 (63... Kb6 {feels hotter.} 64. Rb8+) 64. Rh8 Rf4+ 65. Kc5 Rf5+ 66. Kc4 Kb6 67. Rb8+ Kc7 68. Ra8 Kb7 69. Rg8 Rf7 70. Rh8 Rg7 71. Rf8 Kc7 72. Ra8 Kd6 (72... Rg3 {keeps more tension.} 73. Rxa7+ Kd6 74. Ra5 Rg4+ 75. Kb3 Rg3+) 73. Rd8+ Rd7 74. Rh8 (74. Rf8 {seems wilder.} Kc7 75. Kc3 Rg7 76. Rf3 Kb6 77. Kb3) 74... Kc7 75. Rh6 Rf7 76. Rh4 Kb6 77. Rh8 Kc7 78. Rh4 Rf1 79. Rh8 Rc1+ 80. Kb3 Rb1+ 81. Kc4 Kb7 82. Rg8 a6 83. Rh8 Kc7 84. Ra8 Rc1+ 85. Kb3 Ra1 86. Rh8 Kb7 87. Kb2 Rd1 88. Kc2 Rg1 89. Kc3 Rg4 90. Kb3 Kb6 91. Rb8+ Kc7 92. Rh8 (92. Re8 {keeps more tension.} Rg3+ 93. Ka4 Kb7 94. Re6 Rg1 95. Re8) 92... Rg1 93. Rf8 Kb7 94. Rh8 Ka7 95. Re8 Rb1+ 96. Kc4 Ra1 97. Rh8 Kb7 98. Rg8 Ra3 99. Rh8 Rf3 100. Rg8 Kc7 101. Rh8 Rf7 102. Rg8 Kb6 103. Rb8+ Rb7 104. Rh8 Re7 105. Rb8+ Kc7 106. Rh8 Re1 107. Rg8 Rc1+ 108. Kb3 Kb7 109. Rh8 Rb1+ 110. Kc3 Kb6 111. Rb8+ Kc7 112. Rg8 Ra1 113. Kb2 Rf1 114. Kc3 Rf4 115. Rh8 Rf5 116. Rg8 a5 117. bxa5 Rxa5 118. Rg7+ Kb6 119. Rg8 Rf5 120. Rg3 Ra5 121. Kb3 (121. Kb2 {is interesting.} Rb5+ 122. Kc2 Rc5+ 123. Kb2 Rb5+) 121... Rb5+ 122. Kc2 Rb4 123. Rh3 Kb5 124. Rg3 Rc4+ 125. Kb3 Rc5 126. Rg8 Rc1 127. Rb8+ Kc5 128. Kb2 Rc4 {aiming for ...Rb4+.} 129. Rd8 Rd4 (129... Rb4+ {keeps more tension.} 130. Kc3 Rc4+ 131. Kb2) 130. Rc8 Rd3 131. Kc2 Rh3 132. Rc7 Kd5 133. Rc8 c5 134. Rd8+ Kc4 135. Rd2 Ra3 136. Kb2 Rb3+ (136... Ra4 {with more complications.} 137. Rc2+ Kb5 138. Rc3 Rb4+ 139. Kc2 Rc4) 137. Kc2 Rc3+ 138. Kb2 Rd3 139. Rh2 Kb4 140. Kc2 Ra3 (140... Rc3+ {seems wilder.} 141. Kb1 Rb3+ 142. Kc2 Rc3+) 141. Kb2 (141. Rh4+ {feels hotter.} Kb5 142. Kb2 Rg3 143. Kc2 Rf3 144. Rg4) 141... Rb3+ 142. Kc2 Rc3+ 143. Kb2 Rf3 144. Rh4+ c4 145. Rh2 Ra3 146. Rh4 Rb3+ 147. Kc2 Rf3 148. Rh2 Ra3 149. Rh4 Ra2+ 150. Kb1 $1 {[%cal Rb1a2]} Rd2 ({Resist} 150... Ra3 151. Rh2 $17) 151. Rh3 Rd3 152. Rh2 Kc3 {( -> ...Rd1+)} 153. Kc1 Rf3 {[%cal Rf3f1]} 154. Rc2+ Kd4 (154... Kb4 {looks sharper.} 155. Rb2+ Kc5 156. Rh2 Rg3 157. Kc2 Kb4) 155. Rd2+ Rd3 156. Kc2 Ke3 157. Rh2 Ke4 158. Rh8 (158. Rh4+ {is more complex.} Kd5 159. Rh7 Rb3 160. Rh5+ Kd4 161. Rh4+) 158... Rd5 159. Kc3 Rc5 160. Rd8 Ke5 161. Rd4 Rc6 162. Rxc4 Rxc4+ 163. Kxc4 {Accuracy: White = 66%, Black = 48%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Radovanovic, Nikola"]
[Black "Djukic, Nikola"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2418"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 22,41,60,57,65,54,82,78,97,91,289,281,510,526,479,369,382,359,379,376,473,472]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 {[%cal Bg1f3,Bf3d2,Bd2b3][%mdl 32]} c5 8. Be3 Qa5 9. Nd2 {D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3} cxd4 (9... Bd7 10. Rb1 Ba4 11. Qxa4+ Qxa4 12. Bb5+ Qxb5 13. Rxb5 b6 14. dxc5 Nd7 15. Ke2 Bxc3 16. Nb3 O-O {½-½ (28) Navara,D (2741)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2779) Biel 2018}) 10. cxd4 O-O 11. Be2 Nc6 12. O-O $1 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Bd7 $146 ({But not} 12... Nxd4 $6 13. Bxd4 Rd8 14. Nc4 $16) ({Not} 12... Bxd4 $2 13. Nb3 $18) ({Predecessor:} 12... Rd8 13. d5 Ne5 14. Bd4 e6 15. Nb3 Qb4 16. a3 Qa4 17. f4 Nc6 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 {½-½ (41) Di Berardino,D (2511)-Garcia Cardenas,P (2431) Arica 2017}) 13. Nb3 Qd8 14. Rc1 Na5 15. d5 f5 $2 (15... Ba4 $16) 16. d6 $18 exd6 $2 (16... Nc6 {was called for.} 17. Nc5 exd6) 17. Qd5+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Kh8 18. Qxa5 fxe4 19. Qxd8 Rfxd8 20. Rc7 b6 21. Bg5 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jacimovic, Dragoljub"]
[Black "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2398"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 18,68,0,-3,17,0,0,0,0,0,0,-21,-14,-28,-22,-54,-66,-65,-48,-73,-36,-55,0,-87,-90,-84,-86,-293,-105,-194,-192,-189,-192,-196,-184,-179,-170,-226,-224,-321,-288,-291,-301,-332,-342,-366,-369,-526,-526,-582,-575,-593,-339]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qb3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Ba3 O-O 8. e3 b6 9. Nf3 c5 10. Be2 {LiveBook: 13 Games. D90: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 sidelines} Be6 (10... Qc7 11. O-O Nd7 12. Rad1 e6 13. Rfe1 Bb7 14. c4 Rad8 15. d5 exd5 16. cxd5 Nf6 17. Bc4 a6 18. e4 b5 19. Bf1 c4 20. Qc2 {½-½ (27) Santarius,E (2343)-Roiz,M (2614) Santa Clara 2014}) 11. Qb1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Qa4 Re8 12. O-O cxd4 13. cxd4 Bd7 14. Qc2 Nc6 15. Ba6 Rb8 16. Rfd1 b5 17. Bc5 Qa5 {1-0 (33) Vidic,B (1983)-Matjasic,M (1643) Slovenia 2017}) 11... Nc6 12. O-O {The position is equal.} Na5 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. e4 Bc4 15. Qc2 Rac8 16. d5 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Bxc3 18. Rac1 Bg7 $1 19. e5 Rcd8 (19... Qd7 $15) 20. Qe4 {[#]} (20. Bb4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 20... Qb7 $1 $17 21. Rb1 Qa6 {And now ...Qc4 would win.} 22. Qh4 $2 (22. Rbc1 $17) 22... f6 $2 (22... Qc4 $19 {is more deadly. White must now prevent ...Qxh4.} 23. Qxe7 Rxd5 24. Rxd5 Qxd5) 23. Bc1 (23. Bb2 $17) 23... Qc4 $19 24. Qh3 {[#]} f5 $1 $40 {[%cal Bf6f5,Bf5g4][%mdl 160] White is in trouble.} (24... Qxa2 25. Qe6+ Kh8 26. Bb2 $17) 25. d6 exd6 ({Stronger than} 25... Qxa2 26. Bg5 $11) 26. Bg5 Rd7 ({Worse is} 26... Qxa2 27. Ra1 $11) 27. exd6 (27. Rxd6 $142 Qxa2 28. Re1 Rxd6 29. exd6) 27... Qg4 28. Be7 (28. Qxg4 {was necessary.} fxg4 29. Nd2) 28... Re8 29. Qxg4 fxg4 30. Ng5 Nc6 31. Ne6 Nxe7 32. Nc7 (32. dxe7 {is a better defense.} Rexe7 33. Nxg7 Kxg7 34. Kf1) 32... Rf8 {Black is clearly winning.} 33. dxe7 Rxe7 ({Less strong is} 33... Rxc7 34. exf8=N Kxf8 35. Kf1 $15) 34. Nd5 Ref7 {Accuracy: White = 31%, Black = 66%.} 0-1

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Timmermans, Mark"]
[Black "Erdos, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 16,82,0,0,0,0,0,-17,-24,-225,-187,-203,-62,-93,-85,-89,-106,-91,-102,-129,-20,-25,-16,-18,0,-29,-22,-62,-41,-67,-54,-68,-65,-68,-43,-50,-12,-117,-119,-117,-35,-32,-28,-15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,99,-215,-196,-185,-213,-210,-197,-181,0,-89,-86,-83,-86,-90,-3,-6,3]} 1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. c4 O-O 5. e3 d5 6. Nf3 Re8 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. cxd5 {A00: Irregular Openings} Nxd5 9. Be2 {LiveBook: 16 Games} Qd6 (9... Bg4 10. O-O Qe7 11. a3 Bd6 12. h3 Bh5 13. Qb3 Nb6 14. d3 Ne5 15. Bxe5 Bxe5 16. d4 Bd6 17. Nc3 c6 18. a4 Rab8 19. a5 Nd7 {½-½ (42) Degterev,P (2545)-Andriuschenko,N (2491) ICCF email 2007}) 10. O-O Qg6 11. Kh1 Bg4 12. Nh4 $2 (12. h3 $11 Be6 13. d4) 12... Bxe2 $19 13. Qxe2 Qe4 (13... Qc2 $19 14. Ba3 Nd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 14. Nf3 {[#]} Nf4 $146 {[%mdl 512]} 15. Qb5 (15. exf4 Qxe2) 15... Nd3 16. Nc3 Qg6 {aiming for ...a6.} 17. Rab1 Nxb2 (17... a6 $17 18. Qg5 Qxg5 19. Nxg5 Rad8) 18. Rxb2 $11 Bxc3 19. dxc3 b6 {[%cal Bb7b6,Bb6b5][%mdl 32]} 20. Nd4 Ne5 21. a4 c6 22. Qb3 Rad8 23. a5 b5 24. a6 Nd3 25. Ra2 h6 26. c4 (26. Qb1 $11 {remains equal.}) 26... b4 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black has strong attack.} 27. c5 Nxc5 (27... Rb8 $17 28. Nxc6 Qxc6 29. Qxd3 Qxc5) 28. Qxb4 $15 Ne4 {And now ...c5 would win.} 29. Qb7 c5 30. Nc6 Rd2 31. Rxd2 Nxd2 32. Re1 {Hoping for Ne7+.} Ne4 33. Kg1 {Strongly threatening Ne7+.} Nd2 (33... Ng5 $11 34. Kh1 Ne4) 34. Qd7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (34. Nxa7 $16 {keeps the pressure on. Nb5 is the strong threat.} Re4 35. Rd1) 34... Nf3+ $1 $19 35. Kf1 Nxh2+ 36. Kg1 Nf3+ $1 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 37. Kf1 {[#]} Nh2+ (37... Re6 $1 $19 {has better winning chances.} 38. gxf3 Rxc6) 38. Kg1 $17 {[#]} Re6 $1 {White must now prevent ...Nf3+.} 39. Kxh2 Rxc6 40. Qxa7 Rxa6 (40... Qd6+ $17 41. Kg1 Rxa6) 41. Qxc5 $11 Qd6+ {Accuracy: White = 46%, Black = 37%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Galopoulos, Nikolaos"]
[Black "Ivanisevic, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2356"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 23,101,8,10,4,5,8,17,0,0,0,91,91,109,68,94,92,142,153,145,25,25,25,23,22,23,27,88,93,108,106,151,76,163,163,228,153,166,167,278,275,405,263,500,497,491,476,954,947,914,894,978,942,2519,2283,29969,1104,29983,1589,29987,29988,29990,1558,29990,29990,29991,29986,29988,29989,29991,29992,29992,29991,29993,29990,29990,29990,29991,29992,29997,29998]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. e3 d5 5. Nc3 a6 6. a3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2 {D40: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 e3} Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7c5,Bc5b3,Bb3c1][%mdl 32]} 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. b4 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Nb3 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 13. Rb1 Nxc1 14. Rbxc1 {aiming for Nxb5!} Be7 15. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Nd4 Rc8 16. Nb3 {½-½ (59) Izsak,G (2443)-Laznicka,V (2676) Germany 2016}) 15... Bxb4 16. axb5 a5 (16... axb5 $11 {remains equal.} 17. Ne5 O-O) 17. Na4 $16 O-O 18. Nd4 g6 19. Nc6 Kg7 20. Nb6 Rae8 21. Rb1 (21. Rc4 $16) 21... Bxc6 $1 $11 22. bxc6 {Black must now prevent c7.} Rb8 23. Nd7 Nxd7 24. Rxd7 {c7 is the strong threat.} Rb6 (24... Rfc8 $11) 25. Bf3 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} Rc8 26. g3 Rb5 {[#]} 27. Ra7 ({White should play} 27. Rbd1 $1) 27... Rf5 {[#]} (27... Rd8 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 28. Kg2 $1 $18 h5 (28... Rb5 $142 29. Rd1 Bc5) 29. Rc1 Kf6 30. Rd1 g5 (30... Bc5 $142 31. Rxa5 g5 32. Bxh5 Rxc6) 31. Bxh5 Kg7 (31... Rd5 $142 32. Rxf7+ Ke5) 32. Bf3 g4 $2 (32... a4 33. Rxa4 Bc3) 33. Bxg4 Rc5 34. Bf3 R8xc6 (34... Rf8 $142 35. Rdd7 Bc3) 35. Bxc6 Rxc6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} 36. Rdd7 Rc2 37. Rxf7+ Kg6 38. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Be1 39. Rf4 (39. g4 $142 a4 40. h5+ Kg5 41. Rxa4 Rc8 42. Rg7+ Kf6 43. Rg6+ Ke7 44. Ra7+ Kd6 45. Ra6+ Ke7 46. Raxe6+ Kd7 47. h6) 39... e5 40. Rf3 (40. Rff7 $142 Rd2 41. g4 Bxf2 42. Rxf2 Rd1 43. h5+ Kg5 44. Rxa5 Rc1 45. Rxe5+ Kh6 46. Re6+ Kh7 47. Rf7+ Kg8 48. Rd7) 40... Bb4 41. g4 Rc6 42. Rf5 (42. h5+ $142 Kh6 43. Kh3 Bc5 44. Rxa5 Rc7 45. Rf5 Kg7 46. Rxe5 Bb4 47. Ra6) 42... e4 43. h5+ {White mates.} Kh6 44. Raf7 Bc3 45. Kg3 a4 46. Kh4 {[%csl Gf5,Gh4][%cal Rg4g5]} Bg7 47. g5+ Kh7 48. Ra5 Kg8 49. Raa7 Bf8 50. g6 a3 51. Ra8 {Accuracy: White = 54%, Black = 21%.} 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Putka, Verners"]
[Black "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2307"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 21,103,-10,0,0,0,0,2,0,6,-43,-51,-89,-13,-34,-6,0,0,-74,-60,-70,-30,-37,-47,-39,-31,-35,-30,-36,-51,-24,0,-29,-38,-65,-18,-18,-22,-38,37,41,60,81,75,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,585,585,585,216,401,0,584,561,1097,431,525,516,667,663,641,636,621,604,1563,749,1702,1467,2337,1083,5106,5051,29975,29977,29977,29978,29982,29983,29983,29984]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 Bf5 5. O-O e6 6. c4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 h6 8. Nd2 Be7 9. e4 dxe4 10. Ndxe4 O-O 11. Be3 {D11: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 sidelines and 3...Nf6 4 e3 Bg4} Ng4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} (11... Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Nf6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Qb3 Qd7 15. Rfd1 Rac8 16. Rac1 Rfd8 17. Rd2 {½-½ (17) Sedlak,N (2608)-Indjic,A (2599) Niksic 2018}) 12. Qe2 Nxe3 13. fxe3 {The position is equal.} Bg6 14. Rad1 Qc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... f5 15. Nf2 Qc7 16. e4 e5 17. d5 f4 18. gxf4 Rxf4 {½-½ (48) Lacoste,A (2273)-Korosec,S (2397) ICCF email 2004}) 15. Rc1 Rad8 16. a3 c5 (16... e5 $17) 17. d5 {[#] And now d6! would win.} a6 18. Rcd1 Ne5 19. Bh3 (19. Nf2 $11) 19... exd5 $17 20. Rxd5 {[#]} b5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 21. cxb5 Bxe4 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Nxe4 axb5 24. Qxb5 c4 25. Rf2 Rd3 26. Bf1 Rxe3 27. Nc3 Bc5 28. Kg2 $1 {Black must now prevent Nd5.} Qc8 {aiming for ...Re1.} 29. Bxc4 Kh7 (29... Bd4 $15 30. Be2 Bxc3 31. bxc3 Qa8+ 32. Kh3 Qxa3) 30. Bd5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} f5 31. Re2 Ng4 32. Bf3 (32. Nd1 $16 {Hoping for Rc2.} Rxe2+ 33. Qxe2) 32... Rxf3 $11 33. Kxf3 {Threatens to win with Nd5.} Qa8+ 34. Kf4 Bd6+ $1 35. Kxf5 Qf3+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (35... Nf6 $1 $11 36. Ke6 Bc7) 36. Ke6 $18 Qf6+ 37. Kd7 $2 (37. Kd5) 37... Be5 $2 (37... Ne5+ {was called for.} 38. Rxe5 Bxe5) 38. Qd5 $2 ({White should try} 38. Qd3+ $18 Kh8 39. h3 Qf7+ 40. Kc6 Qe8+ 41. Qd7 Qa8+ 42. Qb7 Qe8+ 43. Kc5) 38... Qf5+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (38... Qa6 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 39. Ke7 (39. Rxe5 Nf6+ 40. Kc7 Nxd5+ 41. Rxd5 Qa7+ 42. Kc6 Qf2 $11) (39. Qe4+ g6 $11) 39... Qf6+ 40. Kd7 Qa6) 39. Kc6 Nf6 40. Qc4 ({Inferior is} 40. Rxe5 Qc8+ 41. Kb5 Nxd5 $17) (40. Qxe5 $142 Qc8+ 41. Kb5) 40... Qc8+ 41. Kb5 Qd7+ 42. Kb4 Qb7+ 43. Qb5 Bxc3+ 44. bxc3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQN} ({Less strong is} 44. Ka4 Qa7+ 45. Kb3 Bd4 $16) 44... Nd5+ 45. Kc4 Qxb5+ 46. Kxb5 Nxc3+ 47. Kc5 (47. Kc4 $142 Na4 48. Kb4) 47... Nxe2 {KN-K3P} 48. a4 {[%cal Ba3a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} Nc1 49. Kc4 {White mates.} ({But not} 49. a5 $2 Nb3+ 50. Kd6 Nxa5 $19) 49... Ne2 50. a5 Ng1 51. a6 Nf3 52. Kd5 {Precision: White = 50%, Black = 36%.} 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jovic, Stanoje"]
[Black "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 16,64,-6,-16,-12,-18,-20,-15,-22,-23,-23,-29,0,-36,-29,-75,-76,-87,-86,-133,-136,-136,-95,-132,-164,-199,-207,-189,-193,-312,-309,-342,-305,-1154,-169,-170,-177,-383,-375,-380,-356,-29983,-29984,-29982,-29983,-29982,-29979,-29993,-29994,-29997,-29998]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nf3 Bxc3 4. bxc3 d6 5. g3 f5 6. d3 Nf6 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O Nc6 9. Rb1 {LiveBook: 40 Games} Rb8 {A25: English Opening vs King's Indian with ...Nc6 but without early d3} (9... Qe8 10. Qb3 b6 11. Nh4 Na5 12. Qa3 Rb8 13. Be3 f4 14. gxf4 Qh5 15. Nf3 Bh3 16. Bxh3 Qxh3 17. Kh1 {½-½ (37) Svidler,P (2753)-Carlsen,M (2881) Stavanger 2014}) 10. Ba3 Bd7 11. c5 d5 {The position is equal.} 12. d4 e4 13. Ne5 Qe8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Re8 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Qa4 Ne7 16. Qxd7 Nxd7 17. e3 {1-0 (27) Schmall,J (2350)-Dieter,J Germany 2005}) 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. e3 g5 16. f4 exf3 17. Qxf3 Ne4 18. Rb2 Nxc3 19. g4 fxg4 20. Qg3 Rxf1+ 21. Bxf1 Qe6 22. Rc2 {[#]} (22. Bd3 $142 Rf8 23. Rf2) 22... Ne4 $1 $19 {[%cal Re4g3]} 23. Qxc7 Rf8 24. Bd3 $2 (24. Bb4) 24... Rf7 $2 (24... Qf6 25. Qa5 Nf2) 25. Qb8+ {[#]} Kg7 $1 {...Nd2! is the strong threat.} 26. Bb4 $2 {[#]} (26. Bxe4 Qxe4 27. Qe5+ Qxe5 28. dxe5) 26... Nxc5 $1 {[%mdl 576] Discovered Attack} 27. Bxc5 {Strongly threatening Qe5+.} Qxe3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 28. Kh1 $2 (28. Kg2 $19 Qxd3 29. Qe5+ Kg6 30. Qe2) 28... Qxd3 {[%cal Rd3f1] Black mates.} 29. Qe5+ Kg6 {[%cal Rd3f1]} 30. Qe6+ Rf6 {[%cal Rd3f1]} 31. Qg8+ Kh5 {[%cal Rd3f1]} 32. Qe8+ Bxe8 {Accuracy: White = 20%, Black = 83%.} 0-1

