[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Ruck, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 19,87,42,37,27,54,0,34,13,17,0,14,-11,-16,-8,9,4,9,4,12,4,20,19,19,0,0,-28,-22,-37,-37,-16,-7,-48,-45,-88,-38,-69,-47,-26,-39,-57,-39,-65,-12,-13,-12,-129,0,0,14,-80,30,16,29,12,43,41,40,16,13,2,0,6,7,0,20,16,16,29,26,10]} 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 6. Be2 Bf5 {B04: Alekhine's Defence: 4 Nf3} 7. O-O (7. c3 Nd7 8. Nf3 e6 9. O-O Bd6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Nbd2 h6 12. Nc4 Bc7 13. a4 a5 14. Bd3 {1-0 (40) Vachier Lagrave,M (2779)-Dominguez Perez,L (2739) chess.com INT 2018}) 7... Nd7 8. Nf3 e6 9. c4 N5f6 10. Bf4 Be7 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 11. Re1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Nc3 O-O 12. h3 Re8 13. a3 a6 14. Bd3 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 {1-0 (37) Gunina,V (2505)-Yuffa,D (2527) Cheliabinsk 2017}) 11... O-O 12. Nbd2 (12. Nc3 $14) 12... Ne4 13. Nb3 Bb4 14. Rf1 Bd6 15. Be3 Re8 16. Bd3 Bg6 17. Qc2 Nef6 18. Bxg6 hxg6 19. Rad1 Qc7 20. h3 e5 21. c5 Bf8 22. Qc1 Nd5 23. dxe5 Nxe5 24. Nxe5 Qxe5 25. Bd4 Qf5 26. Rfe1 Rad8 27. Kh2 Re6 28. Rxe6 Qxe6 29. Re1 Qd7 30. g3 Be7 ({Better is} 30... Qf5 $15) 31. Qc4 Bf6 32. Na5 (32. Bxf6 $11 gxf6 33. Qd4) 32... Qc7 (32... Nb6 $17 33. cxb6 Bxd4) 33. b4 $11 Qd7 34. a3 {[#]} (34. Re2 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 34... Qc7 ({Black should play} 34... Nb6 $1 $17 {[%cal Rb6c4]} 35. cxb6 Bxd4) 35. Bxf6 Nxf6 36. Kg2 Qd7 37. Re2 Rc8 38. Qf4 b6 39. cxb6 axb6 40. Nc4 c5 {[#] Strongly threatening ...cxb4.} 41. Qf3 Rb8 42. Ne5 Qa4 43. Nc6 Rf8 44. Ne7+ {[%mdl 32768] Accuracy: White = 28%, Black = 42%. . Loss on time!?} 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Ragger, Markus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 18,78,15,8,58,27,72,72,65,47,55,48,58,8,108,91,109,55,49,0,0,-12,0,-8,0,-30,-7,-22,37,20,106,116,116,104,104,0,246,156,325,318,503,221,279,295,260,258,311,308,282,242,234,233,587,570,552,549,511,372,576,567,29998,29999,29999]} 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Nge2 {[%cal Bg1e2,Be2g3,Bg3e4][%mdl 32]} d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Nxc3 8. bxc3 Bd6 {C28: Vienna Game: 2...Nf6 3 Bc4 Nc6} 9. Ng3 O-O 10. Qh5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Qf6 {The position is equal.} (10... Na5 11. Bb3 Nxb3 12. axb3 g6 13. Qh6 f5 14. Bg5 Qd7 15. f4 b6 16. Rae1 exf4 17. Bxf4 {½-½ (27) Mitkov,N (2454)-Fedoseev,V (2724) chess.com INT 2018}) 11. Ne4 Qg6 12. Qxg6 hxg6 13. f4 Bf5 14. Bd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Nxd6 cxd6 15. fxe5 Nxe5 16. Bd5 {0-1 (55) Treybal,D (2250)-Tropp,F (2155) Slovakia 2000}) 14... Rad8 15. Rb1 exf4 (15... Be7 $1 $11 {remains equal.} 16. Bxc6 bxc6) 16. Rxb7 Na5 {[#] ...Bxe4 is the strong threat.} 17. Rb5 (17. Rxa7 Bxe4 18. Rxa5 Bxd5 $11) ({White should play} 17. Nxd6 $16 Rxd6 18. Rb5) 17... c6 $14 18. Nxd6 cxb5 19. Ba3 Be6 20. Bf3 Bd7 (20... Bxa2 $2 21. Ra1 $18) 21. Rb1 g5 22. Bc5 Kh7 (22... Bc6 $11) 23. Ne4 Kg6 (23... Rfe8 $11) 24. Bxf8 $16 (24. Bxa7 g4 $15) 24... Rxf8 25. Nc5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} Be8 26. Re1 (26. Kf2 $16) 26... f6 $2 (26... Bc6 $11) 27. Re7 {aiming for Ne6.} Bf7 $2 (27... Bc6 $16) 28. Rxa7 $18 Rc8 (28... g4 $142 29. Be4+ (29. Rxa5 gxf3 30. gxf3 Rb8 $18) 29... f5 30. Ra6+ (30. Rxa5 fxe4 31. Nxe4 Bd5 $18) 30... Kg5 31. Rxa5 fxe4 32. Nxe4+ (32. Rxb5 exd3 33. cxd3 Kh4 $18) 32... Kh6) 29. Nd7 (29. Ne4 $142) 29... Nc6 30. Bxc6 $1 {[%mdl 64] [#] Overworked Piece} Rxc6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 31. Nf8+ Kf5 32. Rxf7 Rxc3 33. Rxg7 Rxc2 {KRN-KR} 34. Rb7 Ke5 $2 (34... Rc1+ {is a better chance.} 35. Kf2 Rc2+ 36. Ke1 Ke5 37. Nd7+ Kd4 38. Nxf6 (38. Rxb5 Ke3 $11) 38... Rxg2 39. Rxb5 Kxd3) 35. Rxb5+ Kd4 36. h3 Ke3 37. Rb7 f3 (37... Rc1+ {might work better.} 38. Kh2 Rc2) 38. Re7+ Kf4 {Threatens to win with ...Kg3.} 39. Re4+ Kf5 40. g4# {Accuracy: White = 47%, Black = 24%.} 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Guseinov, Gadir"]
[Black "Demidov, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 18,152,50,43,62,34,44,31,47,0,14,-45,-58,-32,-45,-74,-67,-93,-62,-77,-23,-43,-40,-49,-47,-50,-50,-38,-18,-115,-116,-116,-116,-112,-116,-210,-197,-203,-202,-201,-194,-198,-203,-239,-239,-239,-228,-252,-239,-255,-239,-247,-227,-227,-210,-201,-183,-169,-169,-171,-154,-154,-154,-164,-164,-206,-198,-220,-220,-227,-220,-220,-220,-239,-239,-239,-206,-220,-206,-220,-220,-239,-220,-220,-220,-239,-239,-239,-198,-220,0,-206,0,-239,0,-198,-198,-239,-239,-239,-239,-358,-356,-396,-394,-394,-308,-392,-203,-520,-490,-535,-254,-254,-254,-254,-235,-238,-224,-412,-403,-429,-413,-390,-96,-96,0,-361,-327,-29964,-29965,-926,-919,-29976,-29977,-29994,-29995]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. Qe2 Bxe4 8. Bxe4 c6 9. O-O Ngf6 10. Bd3 {LiveBook: 28 Games} g6 {C10: French with 3 Nc3: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3...dxe4} (10... Bd6 11. c3 O-O 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. Rfe1 Bf4 14. Be3 Rfe8 15. g3 Bxe3 16. Qxe3 Rad8 17. Rad1 g6 18. Bc2 {0-1 (57) Najer,E (2663)-Jobava,B (2699) Sochi 2015}) 11. Ne5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. c3 Bg7 12. Bf4 O-O {½-½ (12) Lanzani,M (2370)-Sulava,N (2380) Celle Ligure 1997}) 11... Bg7 12. Bg5 O-O {White is slightly better.} 13. Qf3 Qb6 14. Nxd7 (14. Be3 $11) 14... Nxd7 $15 15. c3 Qxb2 16. Bc4 Qa3 17. Rab1 Nb6 (17... b5 {with more complications.} 18. Bb3 Rac8 19. Rfd1 Nb6 20. h4 a5) 18. Bb3 Qd6 ({Black should try} 18... h6 $17 19. Bc1 Qa5) 19. a4 Qd7 20. Rfd1 h6 21. Bc1 Nd5 22. a5 b6 23. Bxd5 (23. c4 $11 Ne7 24. Ba3) 23... cxd5 $17 24. axb6 {[#]} Rfb8 $1 25. h4 Rxb6 26. Ra1 (26. Rxb6 $17 axb6 27. Bf4) 26... a5 $19 27. c4 Rb4 28. cxd5 Qxd5 29. Qxd5 exd5 30. Be3 a4 31. Rd3 h5 32. Kh2 Bf8 33. Kg3 Rc4 34. Ra2 a3 35. Rb3 Bd6+ 36. Kf3 Rac8 37. Raxa3 Bxa3 38. Rxa3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} Rc3 39. Ra5 Rd8 40. Kf4 Rc6 41. Kg3 Re6 42. Bf4 f6 43. Rc5 Rd7 44. Be3 Kf7 45. Kf3 Re4 46. g3 Re6 47. Ra5 Rc6 48. Rb5 Ke6 49. Ra5 Rg7 50. Ra8 Rd6 51. Rh8 Rgd7 52. Ra8 Kf7 53. Ra5 Rc6 54. Rb5 $1 Ke6 $2 (54... Ra6 $19 {And now ...Raa7 would win.} 55. Kf4 Ke6) 55. Rb8 $2 (55. Ra5 $1 $11 {and White is okay.}) 55... Kf7 56. Rb5 $1 Rc8 57. Ra5 Ke6 58. Rb5 Kf5 59. Ra5 (59. Rb6 {keeps fighting.}) 59... g5 60. hxg5 fxg5 {[%cal Bf6g5,Bg5g4][%mdl 32]} 61. Ra6 Rh8 62. Rb6 Rhh7 (62... g4+ $142 63. Ke2 Ra7) 63. Ra6 $2 (63. Rb8 {nothing else works.}) 63... g4+ 64. Kg2 h4 (64... Ra7 $142 65. Rd6 Ke4 66. Re6+ Kd3) 65. gxh4 Rxh4 66. Ra8 Rhh7 67. Rf8+ Rhf7 68. Rg8 $2 (68. Re8) 68... Rg7 69. Re8 Rde7 70. Rf8+ Ref7 $2 (70... Ke4 $19 {has better winning chances. White must now prevent ...g3!} 71. Kg3 Ref7 72. Re8+ Kd3) 71. Re8 $17 Re7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (71... Kg6 $17 72. Kg3 Rf3+ 73. Kxg4 Kf7+ 74. Kxf3 Kxe8) 72. Rf8+ $19 Ke4 73. Rf4+ $2 (73. Kg3 $19) 73... Kd3 74. Rf5 {[#]} g3 $1 75. Bg5 (75. fxg3 Rxe3) 75... gxf2 76. Rxd5 Ke2 {Accuracy: White = 27%, Black = 50%.} 0-1

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Black "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 15,117,20,16,-20,-19,-17,-11,-25,-27,-39,-8,-12,0,-41,0,-57,-12,-5,-10,-45,20,20,19,20,34,28,24,20,31,33,22,23,68,47,100,32,154,154,150,139,137,123,367,368,368,332,360,343,418,411,395,388,394,385,573,583,609,575,975,918,791,616,602,579,1137,1099,29975,29976,29988,1970,1264,0,29988,29987,29987,29988,29988,29989,29991,29992,29992,29981,29981,29982,29982,29983,29983,29980,29980,29981,29981,29982,29980,29981,29984,29985,29982,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bg4 3. e3 Nc6 4. Bb2 e5 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 Nf6 7. Bb5 Bd6 8. c4 {A01: Nimzowitsch-Larsen Opening} (8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. d3 O-O 10. Nd2 a5 11. a4 Re8 12. O-O Nd7 13. e4 Nb6 14. Rae1 Bb4 15. Re2 Bxd2 16. Rxd2 {1-0 (45) Svidler,P (2734)-Nielsen,P (2700) Copenhagen 2010}) 8... O-O $1 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 9. cxd5 Nb4 10. Qd1 Nbxd5 11. O-O c6 12. Be2 e4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nd7 13. d3 f5 14. Nd2 Rf6 15. e4 Nf4 16. exf5 {½-½ (24) Poloch,P (2291)-Biolek,R (2076) Imperia 2004}) 13. d3 Qe7 14. Qc1 Rad8 15. Rd1 (15. Nd2 $11) 15... Bb8 16. Nc3 exd3 (16... Qe5 $5 17. g3 $8 exd3 18. Bxd3 Nb4 $11) 17. Rxd3 Rfe8 (17... Nb4 $15 18. Rd1 Rxd1+ 19. Nxd1 Rd8) 18. Nxd5 $11 Nxd5 19. Bf3 Nb4 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Qc3 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Rc3g7]} f6 22. Qc4+ Kh8 23. Bd4 Nd5 24. g3 Be5 (24... Nb6 $14 25. Qc5 Qxc5 26. Bxc5 g6) 25. Bxe5 (25. Bc5 $16 Qc7 26. Rd1) 25... fxe5 {[#]} (25... Nb6 $1 $14 26. Qc3 fxe5) 26. Rd1 $1 $16 Nf6 27. Rxd8+ Qxd8 28. Qc5 Qc7 $2 (28... Qb8 $16 29. Qb4 Nd5 30. Bxd5 cxd5) 29. Qf8+ $18 Ng8 30. Be2 {White threatens Bc4 and mate.} b5 31. Bg4 {Be6 would kill now.} Qe7 32. Qc8 {Threatens to win with Be6.} g6 33. Be6 {[%csl Ge6][%cal Rc8g8]} Qg7 34. Qxc6 Qf8 (34... b4 $142 35. Qb5 h5) 35. Qxb5 Nf6 36. Qxe5 Kg7 37. g4 h6 38. h4 Kh7 39. Qc7+ Kh8 40. Qxa7 Qd6 41. Qf7 Qe5 42. Bc4 (42. h5 $142 gxh5 43. Qf8+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh7 44. Bf5+ Qxf5 45. gxf5 Ng8 46. e4 h4 47. e5) 42... Qd6 43. Be6 Qe5 44. a4 Qa1+ 45. Kg2 Qe5 46. a5 h5 47. g5 Qe4+ 48. Kg1 Qb1+ 49. Kh2 Ng4+ 50. Bxg4 hxg4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} 51. Qe8+ Kh7 52. Qe7+ Kh8 53. Qd8+ Kh7 54. Qc7+ Kg8 55. a6 Qa2 56. a7 $2 (56. Qd8+ {mates} Kh7 57. Qd7+ Kg8 58. Qc8+ Kf7 59. Kg3 Qb1 60. Qb7+ Kf8 61. Kg2) 56... Qxf2+ $11 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack. The position is equal.} 57. Kh1 Qf1+ 58. Kh2 Qf2+ 59. Kh1 {Accuracy: White = 69%, Black = 40%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Black "Belyakov, Bogdan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2459"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 11,32,-54,-33,-89,-83,-251,-239,-310,-307,-454,-465,-448,-452,-464,-455,-429,0,-424,0,-332,0,-297,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. d3 Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6e4,Be4c3][%mdl 32]} 4. Nc3 Na5 5. f4 Nxc4 6. dxc4 {C28: Vienna Game: 2...Nf6 3 Bc4 Nc6} Bb4 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 7. fxe5 ({Better is} 7. Qd3 $15) 7... Nxe4 $1 $17 8. Qg4 $2 {[#]} (8. Qf3 $17 d5 9. Nge2) 8... Nxc3 $19 9. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Bd2 d6 10. Qxg7 Qh4+ 11. g3 Qe4+ 12. Kf1 Bh3+ 13. Nxh3 Qe2+ {0-1 (13) Caminade,C (2180)-Marciano,D (2345) Montpellier 1991}) 9... d5 10. Qxg7 (10. Qf3 {might work better.} Bc5 11. bxc3 Qh4+ 12. g3 Qxc4 13. Qd3) 10... Qh4+ 11. Kf1 Qxc4+ 12. Ke1 Qe4+ 13. Kf1 Qc4+ 14. Ke1 Qe4+ 15. Kf1 Qc4+ 16. Ke1 Qe4+ $2 (16... Bf8 $19 17. Qxh8 Qh4+ 18. Kf1 Qc4+ 19. Ke1 Bf5) 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Erdos, Viktor"]
[Black "Ozen, Bahadir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2349"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 17,83,47,41,31,45,43,43,49,44,0,0,-12,-12,-15,-7,-37,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-42,-41,-43,-43,-46,0,-58,-66,-71,-56,-56,-56,-56,-56,-72,-72,-75,-78,-83,-48,-319,-319,-303,-275,-233,-158,-138,-101,-224,-209,-190,-130,-135,-20,-99,-13,-64,0,-16,-16,-16,-16,-16]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. e3 c5 5. a3 Nc6 6. dxc5 {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3} Bxc5 7. b4 Bd6 (7... Be7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. Nbd2 a5 10. b5 Nb8 11. g4 Nbd7 12. g5 Ne8 13. h4 Nc5 14. Qc2 b6 15. cxd5 Bb7 16. dxe6 fxe6 17. Rh3 Rc8 18. Rd1 Nd6 {1-0 (30) Carlsen,M (2834)-Olafsson,H (2508) chess.com INT 2018}) 8. Bb2 O-O 9. Nbd2 b6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 10. Be2 Bb7 11. O-O a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Rc8 12. Rc1 Qe7 13. cxd5 Nxd5 {0-1 (43) Bolle,D (1381)-Garms,I (1491) Berlin 2015}) 12. b5 Ne7 13. Bxf6 (13. cxd5 $14 Nfxd5 14. Ne4) 13... gxf6 $11 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Qb3 Rc8 16. Nc4 Bc5 17. Rfd1 {Hoping for e4.} Qe7 18. Nd4 Rfd8 19. Bf3 f5 20. Rac1 Qf6 21. Nc6 Bxc6 22. bxc6 Rxc6 23. g3 Rc7 24. Bxd5 (24. Nb2 $11) 24... exd5 $15 25. Nd2 Rcd7 26. Nf3 d4 27. exd4 Bxd4 28. Kg2 Bc5 29. Rxd7 Rxd7 30. a4 Qe6 (30... Re7 {is interesting.} 31. Re1 Rxe1 32. Nxe1 Qe6 33. Qd1 Kg7) 31. Qc2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (31. Qb5 $15) 31... Qe4 $1 $19 32. Qxe4 fxe4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 33. Ng5 f5 34. Ne6 Rd5 35. Rc2 {[#]} (35. Nxc5 $17 bxc5 36. Rb1) 35... Kf7 $1 {[%cal Rf7e6]} 36. Nxc5 Rxc5 {KR-KR} (36... bxc5 $19 37. f3 Ke6 38. fxe4 fxe4) 37. Rb2 Rc6 (37... Rc4 $17 38. Rxb6 Rxa4 39. Rb7+ Kg6 40. Rb6+ Kg5 41. h4+ Kg4) 38. Rb5 (38. h4 $11 {remains equal.}) 38... Kf6 (38... Rc4 $17 39. Rxf5+ Ke6) 39. h3 (39. h4 $11) 39... h5 ({Better is} 39... Kg7 $15) 40. g4 {The position is equal.} hxg4 41. hxg4 fxg4 42. Kg3 {Accuracy: White = 38%, Black = 44%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanisevic, Ivan"]
[Black "Tejedor Fuente, Enrique"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 9,156,44,38,37,23,0,16,18,47,44,61,43,33,33,82,82,100,97,97,92,84,78,77,5,30,14,40,29,64,59,50,58,56,70,81,70,73,51,141,140,153,152,147,114,192,187,254,249,270,241,239,177,176,175,260,70,64,0,260,265,330,330,321,328,460,460,454,452,462,452,442,445,628,621,1242,1154,1154,748,981,1234,1242,1242,1227,1227,1216,712,1216,1121,1541,1454,6061,4719,29965,29969,29975,29976,29978,29979,29978,29973,29977,29978,29976,29978,29977,29978,29982,29979,29978,29980,29980,29981,29982,29983,29983,29981,29981,29982,29984,29985,29985,29986,29986,29987,29988,29987,29987,29988,29990,29991,29991,29989,29989,29990,29990,29988,29988,29987,29987,29988,29988,29989,29992,29991,29996,29996,29996,29997,29999]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Bh4 Bb7 5. e3 h6 (5... g6 6. Nbd2 Bg7 7. Nxe4 Bxe4 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O O-O 10. c3 d6 11. e4 Nd7 12. Re1 Qe8 13. a4 a6 14. Qb3 e5 {1-0 (28) Korobov,A (2680)-Durarbayli,V (2590) Dubai 2014}) 6. Bd3 {A47: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 b6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} g5 7. Bg3 e6 8. Nbd2 {The position is equal.} Nxd2 9. Nxd2 $146 ({But not} 9. Qxd2 g4 $11) ({Predecessor:} 9. Qxd2 f5 10. O-O-O d6 11. d5 Bxd5 12. Bxf5 Qf6 13. Qd3 Nd7 14. Bg6+ {0-1 (38) Pribyl,J (1986)-Moravec,V (2131) Nachod 2013}) 9... d6 10. h4 Bxg2 11. Rh2 Bb7 12. hxg5 Qxg5 13. Ne4 $1 {[%cal Re4g5]} Bxe4 14. Bxe4 d5 15. Bf3 Bd6 16. Bxd6 ({White should try} 16. Rh5 $16 Qd8 17. c4 Bxg3 18. fxg3) 16... cxd6 $11 17. Rg2 Qh4 {[#]} 18. c4 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2560] White is pushing.} Qh1+ (18... dxc4 19. Bxa8) 19. Kd2 Qxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Nd7 21. cxd5 exd5 22. Bxd5 Rc8 23. Rg7 Rf8 (23... Nf6 $14 24. Bb3 (24. Bxf7+ Kf8 $17) 24... Ne4+ 25. Ke2 Ng5) 24. Rh1 Nf6 25. Bb3 $1 h5 26. f3 d5 (26... Ke7 $16) 27. Rg5 $18 Ke7 (27... Rh8 {keeps fighting.} 28. Rh4 (28. Bxd5 Nxd5 29. Rxd5 h4 $16) 28... Rh6) 28. Bxd5 Rg8 29. Rxg8 Rxg8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 30. Bb3 Rg2+ 31. Kd3 Rg3 {[#]} (31... Rf2 $142 32. Rh3 Ne8 33. Rxh5 Rxf3) 32. Ke2 $2 (32. Bd1 $1 $18) 32... Rg2+ $14 33. Kd3 $2 (33. Kd1 $14) 33... Rg3 $1 $18 {[#]} 34. Bd1 $1 Rg2 35. e4 {[%cal Be3e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} Rxb2 36. Bb3 Rf2 (36... Ne8 $142 37. Rxh5 Rf2) 37. Ke3 Rg2 38. e5 Ne8 39. Rxh5 Ng7 40. Rh7 b5 (40... f6 $142 41. f4 fxe5 42. fxe5 a5) 41. d5 {[%cal Bd4d5,Bd5d6][%mdl 32]} Kf8 42. Rh8+ Ke7 43. d6+ Kd7 44. Bxf7 Nf5+ 45. Kf4 Nxd6 46. exd6 Kxd6 {KRB-KR} 47. Rh6+ Kc5 48. Ra6 Rg7 49. Bb3 b4 50. Ke5 Kb5 51. Rd6 {White mates.} a5 52. Rd5+ Kb6 53. f4 Re7+ 54. Kd4 Re2 55. f5 a4 56. Bxa4 Rxa2 57. Bb3 Rf2 58. Ke3 Rf1 59. Ke4 Kc6 60. Rd3 Re1+ 61. Kf4 Rf1+ 62. Kg5 Rg1+ 63. Kf6 Kc5 64. Kf7 Rg2 65. f6 Rf2 66. Ke7 Re2+ 67. Kf8 Rh2 68. f7 Rf2 69. Ke7 Re2+ 70. Kf6 Rf2+ 71. Ke6 Kc6 72. Rd8 Re2+ 73. Kf6 Rf2+ 74. Kg5 Rg2+ 75. Kf4 Rb2 76. f8=Q Rxb3 77. Qd6+ Kb5 78. Qd5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Ka4 79. Ra8# {Accuracy: White = 72%, Black = 43%.} 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Banikas, Hristos"]
[Black "Stocek, Jiri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 12,59,17,4,21,-47,-50,-73,0,0,20,33,55,5,18,6,72,89,96,38,154,144,175,176,179,78,83,76,97,90,100,89,110,73,89,67,153,153,152,159,160,170,157,158,182,111,118,88,135,134]} 1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. Nf3 e4 4. Ng5 f5 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Nh3 c6 7. f3 {LiveBook: 19 Games} d5 $146 {A21: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3} ({Predecessor:} 7... Nf6 8. Bg5 exf3 9. exf3 O-O 10. Be2 Na6 11. O-O Nc7 {½-½ (11) Anastasian,A (2578)-Minasian,A (2563) Yerevan 2011}) 8. Qb3 (8. e3 $11) 8... dxc4 $1 $15 9. Qxc4 exf3 (9... b5 $17 10. Qb3 Qxd4) 10. exf3 $11 Nd7 11. Qb3 Nb6 $1 12. Be3 (12. Bc4 $5 {[%cal Rc4g8]} Nf6 13. Bg5 $11) 12... Nf6 13. Nf4 Nbd5 (13... g5 $11 {keeps the balance.} 14. Ne6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qd6 15. Nxg5 Nfd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5) 14. Ncxd5 $16 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 (15. Bc4 $1 $16) 15... Qxd5 (15... cxd5 $14 16. Bd3 O-O) 16. Bc4 Qa5+ 17. Bd2 Qb6 18. O-O-O (18. Qe3 $18) 18... Qxb3 19. Bxb3 Bd7 20. Rhe1 Kd8 21. d5 $36 {[%cal Bd4d5,Bd5d6][%mdl 2080] White is in control.} c5 22. d6 Bf6 23. Bc3 Rf8 {[#]} (23... Bxc3 $1 $14 24. bxc3 c4) 24. Bxf6+ $1 Rxf6 {[#]} 25. Re7 $1 {[%cal Re7g7]} Rxd6 26. Rxg7 ({And not} 26. Rxd6 Kxe7 27. Rd3 Re8 $17) 26... Rxd1+ 27. Kxd1 h5 28. Kc2 (28. Bc2 $18) 28... Rc8 {And now ...c4 would win.} 29. Bd5 Kc7 30. Be6 {Accuracy: White = 54%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Black "Pershin, Denis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 13,92,-6,50,-26,-25,-27,-29,-25,-16,-34,-20,-18,-19,-97,-95,-80,-82,-131,-103,-100,-89,-100,-92,-100,-106,-115,0,-71,-80,-122,-23,-47,-43,-58,-43,-47,-42,-60,-10,-35,-10,-37,-25,-76,-76,-79,-75,-80,-80,-88,-88,-112,-113,-141,-139,-187,-191,-177,-140,-336,-267,-333,-329,-320,-315,-506,-519,-559,-499,-504,-499,-982,-812,-809,-779,-1269,-1232,-1191,-1086,-900,-858]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Be3 Qb6 {LiveBook: 18 Games} (7... cxd4 $11 8. Nxd4 (8. Bxd4 Nge7 $11) 8... Nge7) 8. dxc5 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} (8. Nc3 $14) (8. Nc3 Rc8 9. dxc5 Qxb2 10. Nb5 Qxc2 11. Qe1 a6 12. Nbd4 Qe4 13. Nxc6 Rxc6 14. Qa5 Be7 15. Rab1 Bd8 16. Qa3 Qxb1 17. Rxb1 Bxb1 18. Nd4 Rc7 19. Qa4+ Kf8 20. c6 bxc6 21. Nxc6 Be7 22. Qb3 {1-0 (22) Nemeth,M (2470)-Volosin,V (2286) Ajka 2018}) 8... Bxc5 $11 9. Bxc5 Qxc5 10. c3 {Black has an edge.} Nge7 11. Nbd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Re1 O-O 12. Nbd2 Qb6 13. Nb3 Qc7 14. Bd3 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Ng6 {½-½ (73) Ivanovic,M (1938)-Sieber,M (2087) Orlova 2017}) 11... O-O 12. Nb3 Qb6 13. Qd2 (13. Bd3 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 13... Be4 14. Ng5 Bg6 15. Qf4 h6 16. Nf3 Be4 17. Nfd2 Bh7 18. Bh5 Bg6 19. Bg4 Bh7 (19... a5 $17 {aiming for ...a4.} 20. a4 Bc2) 20. Rfe1 (20. Bh5 $11) 20... a5 $17 21. Qe3 Qc7 ({Better is} 21... Qxe3 $17 22. Rxe3 a4) 22. Nd4 Nxd4 23. Qxd4 Nc6 24. Qe3 Rfd8 25. Rac1 Qe7 26. f4 Rac8 (26... d4 $5 {[%cal Rd4e3]} 27. Qf2 dxc3 28. bxc3 Bd3 $11) 27. Nf3 Be4 28. Nd4 (28. Qe2 $11) 28... Nxd4 29. cxd4 Qb4 30. Qf2 Rc4 31. Rxc4 Qxc4 32. a3 Rc8 {[%cal Bd8c8,Bc8c1,Bc1d1,Bd1d2,Bd2f2][%mdl 32]} 33. h3 Qd3 34. Re2 Rc1+ 35. Kh2 Rd1 36. Re3 $2 {[#]} (36. f5 $17 Bxf5 37. Re3) 36... Rd2 37. Rxd3 Rxf2 $19 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 38. Rg3 Rxb2 39. h4 $2 (39. Kg1) 39... b5 {Black is clearly winning.} 40. Bd1 b4 41. axb4 axb4 42. Kh3 (42. Ba4 $142 Ra2 43. Bb3) 42... Rd2 43. Bb3 Rd3 44. Rxd3 Bxd3 45. Kg3 Bc4 46. Bc2 Ba2 {Accuracy: White = 32%, Black = 71%.} 0-1

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Black "Dragnev, Valentin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 12,73,-18,-34,-32,-18,-27,-27,-47,-49,-55,-52,-47,-54,-37,-56,-45,-48,-35,-52,-49,-73,-59,-93,-89,-93,-64,-68,-53,-65,-41,-62,-68,-119,-129,-143,-94,-102,-72,-70,-47,-86,-70,-61,-77,-139,-87,-194,-40,-192,-79,-118,-65,-92,-86,-96,-35,-109,-109,-118,148,0,29998,29999]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. O-O a6 6. a4 Nc6 7. a5 {LiveBook: 19 Games. A13: English Opening: 1...e6} (7. Qc2 Na5 8. Na3 Qd5 9. Rd1 Bd7 10. d4 Qf5 11. Bd2 Qxc2 12. Nxc2 Nb3 13. Ra2 Bc6 14. Ne5 Bd5 {½-½ (68) So,W (2810)-Ding,L (2777) Tbilisi 2017}) 7... Be7 8. Qa4 O-O 9. Qxc4 {Black has an edge.} e5 10. Nc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. d3 Be6 11. Qa4 Nd7 12. Be3 Nc5 13. Bxc5 Bxc5 14. Rc1 Qe7 {½-½ (103) Jobava,B (2685)-Moroni,L (2559) Batumi 2018}) 10... Be6 11. Qa4 Nd7 {[%cal Bf6d7,Bd7c5,Bc5b3][%mdl 32]} 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Nc5 $1 15. Qe3 Nb3 16. Ra4 c6 $1 17. Rd1 Qc7 18. Qf4 Bd8 19. Qf3 Nxc1 20. Rxc1 Be7 21. Qh5 Rad8 22. Be4 (22. Nd5 $1 $15 Bxd5 23. Bxd5) 22... g6 $17 23. Qh6 Bf6 24. Bd3 Qe7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is really pushing.} 25. Ne4 Bg7 26. Qf4 Bxb2 {White must now prevent ...Bb3.} 27. Rb1 Bg7 28. Rab4 (28. Qh4 $142 f6 29. Nd2) 28... Rd7 (28... Bc8 $142 29. Ra4 Rd5) 29. h4 (29. Qh4 $17) 29... Rfd8 $2 (29... c5 $19 30. Ra4 Bd5) 30. h5 $2 ({White has to play} 30. Qg5 $1 $15) 30... Bf5 ({Don't do} 30... gxh5 31. Qg5 $17) (30... f5 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top. And now ...Bd5 would win.} 31. Ng5 Bh6) 31. h6 Be5 32. Qc1 Bd4 33. Qf4 Re8 (33... Kf8 $17 34. Ng5 Bxd3 35. exd3 Be5) 34. Rxd4 (34. Ng5 $15 c5 35. Bxf5 gxf5 36. Rc4) 34... Rxd4 {[#]} 35. Rxb7 $1 {[%mdl 512] [#]} Qd8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (35... Qxb7 $2 {loses.} 36. Nf6+ Kh8 37. Qxd4 $18) (35... Qe6 $1 $17 {[%cal Rf5e4]} 36. Rb8 Kf8) 36. f3 ({Only move:} 36. g4 $1 $16 {[%cal Rg4f5]} Qh4 37. Qf3) 36... Bxe4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (36... f6 $11) 37. Qxf7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 30%, Black = 48%.} 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Perunovic, Milos"]
[Black "Milanovic, Danilo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 14,53,68,67,87,59,99,91,79,63,95,83,83,73,79,61,66,71,90,43,74,45,37,0,23,13,34,11,37,10,16,10,32,11,39,-75,-75,-73,5,-43,-50,-94]} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d4 Bf5 5. c4 Qd8 6. Nc3 {B01: Scandinavian Defence} (6. Qb3 Qc8 7. Nc3 e6 8. Bf4 Be7 9. Nh4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. g3 Nc6 12. O-O-O Ng4 13. Rd2 Bf6 {1-0 (30) Van den Doel,E (2577)-Tiviakov,S (2668) Dieren 2006}) 6... e6 7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O {LiveBook: 7 Games. White is slightly better.} Nbd7 9. Nh4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. h3 c6 10. Bd3 Bg6 11. Bf4 Nb6 12. Qe2 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 {1-0 (57) Sturm,H (1678)-Wallat,S (1618) Verden 2017}) 9... Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Be3 Bd6 12. g3 O-O 13. Bf3 c6 14. Re1 Re8 15. Bg2 Qc7 16. h3 a6 17. Qb3 e5 18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. Rad1 Rad8 20. Qc2 Bd6 21. Ne4 Nxe4 22. Bxe4 Bf8 23. Bg2 Nf6 24. Bg5 (24. a3 $14) 24... Rxe1+ $17 25. Rxe1 Bc5 ({Black should try} 25... Qa5 $17 26. Qc1 Bb4) 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. Kh2 {Accuracy: White = 22%, Black = 26%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Moroni, Luca Jr"]
[Black "Djukic, Nikola"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D74"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 15,61,11,33,-12,0,-4,-16,-44,-45,-48,-38,-45,-43,-28,-28,-53,-79,-93,-18,-23,-18,-44,-37,-57,-24,-26,-37,-42,-50,-34,81,71,65,79,109,72,83,80,2152,870,29986,29987,29995,29995,29995,29996,29997,29994]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Nb6 8. e3 Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6b4,Bb4d3,Bd3b2][%mdl 32] LiveBook: 308 Games} 9. Nh4 $146 {D74: Fianchetto Grünfeld: Main Line (5 Nf3 0-0 6 cxd5 Nxd5 7 0-0)} ({Predecessor:} 9. Nc3 e5 10. d5 e4 11. dxc6 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 exf3 13. Bxf3 bxc6 14. Ne2 Nc4 15. Nd4 Ne5 16. Bg2 Rb8 17. Nxc6 Nxc6 18. Bxc6 Bxb2 19. Rb1 Rb6 20. Bf3 Bf6 21. Ba3 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Bxd8 {½-½ (44) Fedoseev,V (2707)-Vidit,S (2718) Danzhou 2018}) 9... e5 {[%cal Re5d4]} 10. d5 $1 {[%cal Rd5c6]} Nb4 {[%cal Rb4d5]} 11. Nc3 {The position is equal.} c6 $1 {[%cal Rb4d5]} 12. e4 cxd5 13. exd5 f5 14. Qb3 Nd3 15. Be3 e4 16. Rad1 {[#]} g5 (16... Nxb2 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 17. d6+ (17. Qxb2 Na4 $17) 17... Rf7 18. Qxb2 Na4) 17. Nxf5 $11 Bxf5 18. Nxe4 {Threatens to win with d6+.} Nxb2 19. Bxg5 Qd7 20. Rc1 Rac8 21. Nc5 Qf7 22. Ne6 Rxc1 (22... Nd3 $1 $15 {stays ahead.} 23. Rxc8 Rxc8) 23. Rxc1 $16 Bxe6 24. dxe6 Qxf2+ 25. Kh1 Re8 26. e7+ Kh8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (26... Qf7 $16) 27. Rf1 $18 Qc5 28. Qf7 {White mates.} Rg8 {[#]} 29. Qxg8+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Remove Defender, Promotion} Kxg8 30. e8=Q+ Bf8 31. Bh6 {Accuracy: White = 60%, Black = 42%.} 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sebenik, Matej"]
[Black "Jovic, Stanoje"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 16,37,38,31,66,69,56,60,313,300,316,317,312,316,317,304,317,315,333,322,383,374,375,342]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. d4 {[%cal Bd2d4,Bd4d5][%mdl 32]} Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3 Ne4 {E16: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Bb4+} (8... Na6 9. Rc1 Re8 10. Bf4 Ne4 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Qa4 Qc8 13. Rfd1 c5 14. d5 Bf6 15. dxe6 dxe6 16. Ne5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Nb4 18. Kg1 Bxe5 19. Bxe5 Nc6 20. Bc3 Qc7 {½-½ (20) Kuzubov,Y (2699)-Rapport,R (2707) Riadh 2017}) 9. d5 {LiveBook: 13 Games} f5 10. Qc2 Nxd2 {White is slightly better.} 11. Nxd2 {And now d6! would win.} a5 $146 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (11... Bf6 $14) ({Predecessor:} 11... Bf6 12. e4 Na6 13. a3 c6 14. Rfe1 Qc7 15. dxe6 dxe6 16. exf5 exf5 17. Qxf5 Bxc3 {0-1 (33) Stoll,J (2245)-Laven,R Germany 1981}) 12. d6 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd6e7][%mdl 512]} Bxg2 (12... cxd6 13. Bxb7) 13. dxe7 Qxe7 14. Kxg2 Nc6 15. e3 {[%cal Be2e3,Be3e4][%mdl 32]} g5 16. f4 g4 17. e4 Nd4 18. Qd3 c5 19. Ne2 {Precision: White = 100%, Black = 23%.} 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Saric, Ante"]
[Black "Arsovic, Zoran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2422"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 21,51,17,25,27,23,32,24,-39,-38,-41,-39,-32,-16,-25,52,41,46,31,37,53,77,52,45,27,68,72,87,81,167,34,1616,1774]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O d6 7. b3 a6 8. Bb2 Be7 9. e3 O-O 10. d3 Nbd7 11. Qe2 {A30: Symmetrical English: Double Fianchetto and Hedgehog} Qb8 {LiveBook: 3 Games} (11... Re8 12. Rad1 b5 13. Ne1 Bxg2 14. Nxg2 d5 15. g4 g6 16. f4 d4 17. exd4 cxd4 18. Ne4 e5 {0-1 (53) Hambleton,A (2479)-Sargissian,G (2652) Douglas 2017}) 12. Ne1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. e4 Ne8 13. d4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nef6 15. Rad1 Re8 16. Rfe1 Qa7 17. h3 Rac8 18. Kh2 Qa8 {0-1 (35) Bellin,R (2355)-Croad,N (2282) England 2013}) 12... b5 13. f4 {White has an edge.} d5 14. g4 (14. cxb5 $11 axb5 15. Nxb5) 14... bxc4 15. dxc4 dxc4 16. g5 Bxg2 17. Nxg2 Nd5 ({Black should play} 17... Ne8 $1 $11) 18. bxc4 $14 Nxc3 19. Bxc3 Qb7 20. e4 Rab8 21. h4 f6 22. Rae1 Qc6 23. Qg4 Nb6 24. f5 {Threatens to win with gxf6.} Nxc4 {[#]} (24... e5 $16 {was called for.}) 25. fxe6 (25. gxf6 $1 $18 Bxf6 26. Bxf6 Rxf6 27. e5 Nxe5 28. Rxe5) 25... Rb6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (25... Ne5 $14 26. Qg3 Qxe6) 26. gxf6 {Accuracy: White = 48%, Black = 35%.} 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lobanov, Sergei"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 23,142,-55,32,37,37,40,39,27,85,70,92,85,161,79,230,239,284,281,287,300,329,341,355,375,385,370,514,472,489,312,432,261,295,75,52,-14,0,-46,-46,-45,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,119,29,221,210,217,89,159,152,326,322,299,152,145,69,169,185,325,300,309,302,338,297,321,171,218,210,167,72,171,79,236,195,233,0,548,548,775,775,1140,1106,2961,2927,2104,891,718,515,506,418,422,422,422,410,422,422,422,0,254,0,397,332,422,410,654,643,617,568,29979,29980,6223,705,919]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 Nbd7 9. Qd2 h5 10. Be2 Rc8 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 g6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} ({Black should play} 12... Nb6 $15) 13. Na5 Qc7 14. c4 Bg7 15. O-O O-O (15... e4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 16. Rac1 e4 {[#]} 17. f4 $146 Rfe8 (17... Nc5 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 18. h3 (18. b4 $1 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.}) 18... h4 $2 (18... Nc5 $16) 19. b4 $18 b6 20. Nc6 {[%cal Ba5c6,Bc6d4,Bd4b5][%mdl 32]} Nb8 21. Nd4 Nbd7 22. Qe1 a5 23. Nb5 ({Don't play} 23. Qxh4 axb4 24. Nb5 Qb8 $18) 23... Qb8 24. bxa5 Nc5 25. Rb1 bxa5 {If only Black now had time for ...Nd3....} 26. Qxa5 Red8 27. Nd4 Qa8 28. Qxa8 $2 (28. Qd2 $18) 28... Rxa8 $16 29. Rb2 (29. f5 $14) 29... Nfd7 30. Rd2 Ra3 31. Kf2 $1 Rda8 (31... Bxd4 $5 32. Rxd4 Rxa2 $15) 32. Nb5 Rxa2 33. Nxd6 Rxd2 34. Bxd2 Ra2 35. Rd1 $1 Bd4+ 36. Kf1 Nb3 (36... f5 $11 {remains equal.}) 37. Be1 (37. Nxe4 $16 {Black must now prevent Be1.} Nxd2+ 38. Rxd2 Rxd2 39. Nxd2) 37... Be3 $2 (37... Ndc5 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 38. Nxe4 $18 f5 39. Ng5 (39. c5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rc5c6] and the rest is easy.} fxe4 40. c6) 39... Nd2+ (39... Bxf4 $142 40. Ne6 (40. Bxh4 Nc1 $16) 40... Bg3) 40. Bxd2 $1 $16 Bxd2 $2 (40... Rxd2 $16 41. Rxd2 Bxd2) 41. Ne6 $18 Be3 42. Bf3 ({White must play} 42. d6 $1 $18) 42... Kf7 $16 {[#]} 43. Rd3 (43. Rb1 $1 $16) 43... Bc5 (43... Bb6 $1 $14) 44. Rb3 $18 {Threatens to win with Rb7.} Ra1+ (44... Bd6 {might work better.} 45. Rb5 Rc2) 45. Ke2 Ra2+ 46. Kd1 Ke8 47. Rb7 Bd6 48. Kc1 (48. Rb5 $142) 48... Nc5 49. Nxc5 Bxc5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 50. Rg7 (50. Rb5 $18 Bd6 51. c5 Bxf4+ 52. Kb1) 50... Ra6 (50... Ra4 $16) 51. Kc2 (51. Rg8+ $18 {is more deadly.} Bf8 52. d6 Rxd6 53. Bd5) 51... Rb6 $2 (51... Ra4 $16 {was worth a try.}) 52. Rh7 Bf2 53. Rg7 $2 (53. Kc3 $18) 53... Kf8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (53... Bc5 $1 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 54. Rc7 Ra6 55. c5 {[%cal Bc4c5,Bc5c6][%mdl 32]} Ra5 56. c6 Rc5+ 57. Kd3 Bg3 58. Rh7 (58. d6 $142 Bxf4 59. Rc8+ Kg7 60. d7) 58... Bxf4 59. Rxh4 Be5 60. Ra4 Ke7 61. Ra7+ Kf6 62. Rd7 Rc3+ 63. Kd2 Rc4 64. Kd3 Rc3+ {[#]} 65. Kd2 (65. Ke2 $142 $1) 65... Rc4 $1 66. Be2 Rd4+ 67. Ke3 Rb4 (67... Re4+ $142 68. Kf2 Rf4+ 69. Ke1 Rd4) 68. c7 Rb3+ 69. Kf2 Bd4+ 70. Ke1 Rc3 71. d6 (71. Rd6+ $142 Ke5 72. Rc6 Kxd5 73. c8=Q Rxc6 74. Bf3+ {[%mdl 64] Skewer} Ke5 75. Qxc6) 71... Bb6 {Accuracy: White = 36%, Black = 20%.} 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Santos Ruiz, Miguel"]
[Black "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 18,52,7,0,38,0,-4,-14,0,-19,-6,-17,-14,-8,-8,-22,-7,-14,-14,-20,20,-8,0,0,0,0,0,-18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 b6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. e3 g6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 Nf6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O d5 {A30: Symmetrical English: Double Fianchetto and Hedgehog} 9. Nxd5 (9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Rc1 Nc6 11. Qc2 Ndb4 12. Qb1 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. d4 cxd4 15. Nb5 Qd5 16. Nbxd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 {0-1 (67) Karjakin,S (2773)-So,W (2780) Saint Louis 2018}) 9... Nxd5 10. Bxg7 {LiveBook: 11 Games} Nxe3 11. dxe3 Kxg7 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 11... Qxd1 12. Rfxd1 Kxg7 13. Rd2 Nc6 14. Rad1 Rfd8 15. Kf1 Rxd2 16. Rxd2 {0-1 (47) Kroeger,A (1548)-Schreck,U (1390) Germany 2005}) 12. Qc2 Nd7 13. a3 Qc7 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15. b4 Nf6 16. b5 a6 17. a4 a5 18. Qb2 Kg8 19. Ne5 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Rd8 21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 22. Bf3 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Qd1+ 24. Kg2 Nd7 ({Much weaker is} 24... Qxa4 $6 25. Qd2 $16) 25. Nxd7 Qxd7 26. Qe5 {[#] Black must now prevent Qb8+.} Qd6 {Accuracy: White = 24%, Black = 50%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nenezic, Marko"]
[Black "Dimitrov, Radoslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 23,107,54,49,26,26,26,17,18,42,5,50,31,44,43,54,54,50,50,56,46,55,50,96,44,59,71,236,229,323,323,323,310,322,330,318,322,308,300,307,289,358,308,349,339,680,680,719,717,708,707,795,786,795,764,1044,1048,1024,946,919,934,991,958,1017,1006,1321,1322,1285,1295,6195,6183,4906,4906,1862,1467,1969,1764,29976,3378,29981,29982,29984,29985,29991,29992,29993,29994]} 1. Nf3 {[%cal Bg1f3,Bf3d4,Bd4b5,Bb5d6][%mdl 32]} c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bc5 7. Ndb5 O-O 8. Bd6 Bxd6 9. Nxd6 Ne8 10. e3 {[%cal Be2e3,Be3d4,Bd4d5][%mdl 32] A33: Symmetrical English: 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 e6 5 Nc3 Nc6} Qb6 11. Rb1 Ne5 (11... Qb4 12. Nxe8 Rxe8 13. Be2 Rd8 14. O-O b6 15. a3 Qe7 16. Bf3 Bb7 17. Qa4 Na5 18. Bxb7 Nxb7 {½-½ (77) Filippov,V (2630)-Zvjaginsev,V (2653) Rethymno 2003}) 12. Nxe8 Rxe8 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 13. Qd4 Qxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... d6 14. Be2 Rd8 15. O-O Bd7 16. Rfd1 Bc6 17. Rd2 Qc7 {1-0 (38) Przedmojski,R (2359)-Wiech,G (2330) Warsaw 1999}) 14. exd4 Nc6 15. Nb5 {Threatens to win with Nc7.} Rd8 16. Rd1 (16. d5 $5 {[%cal Rd5c6]}) 16... b6 17. Be2 a6 18. Nd6 Kf8 19. d5 Ne5 20. f4 Ng6 21. O-O Ke7 22. Ne4 d6 {[#]} 23. g3 (23. dxe6 $1 $16 fxe6 24. Bh5) 23... f5 24. Ng5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} exd5 $2 (24... e5 $16) 25. Bf3 $18 ({Don't play} 25. Nxh7 Bb7) (25. cxd5 h6 $16) 25... h6 (25... Nf8 {was necessary.} 26. Bxd5 Rb8 27. Rfe1+ Kf6) 26. Rfe1+ ({Don't do} 26. Bxd5 hxg5 27. Rde1+ Kf6 $18) 26... Kd7 27. Ne6 (27. Rxd5 hxg5 28. Rxf5 Kc7 $18) 27... Bb7 28. Nxd8 Rxd8 29. Bxd5 (29. cxd5 Ne7 $18) 29... Bxd5 30. Rxd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} ({Resist} 30. cxd5 Ne7 $18) 30... Ne7 31. Rd2 Nc6 32. b3 g6 33. Kg2 b5 $2 (33... Rf8 34. Rde2 Rg8) 34. c5 Kc7 35. Re6 d5 36. Rxg6 d4 37. Rxh6 d3 {[#]} 38. Rd6 $1 Re8 (38... Rxd6 39. cxd6+) 39. R6xd3 Nb4 40. Rf3 a5 41. h4 Na6 42. Rc3 b4 43. Rc4 Kc6 44. Rd6+ Kb7 45. c6+ Kc7 46. Rd7+ Kc8 47. Ra7 Nc7 48. Rxa5 Re2+ 49. Kf3 Rb2 50. Rxb4 (50. Rxf5 $142 Rd2 51. Rf8+ Rd8 52. Rxd8+ Kxd8 53. h5 Ne8 54. Rxb4 Kc8 55. h6) 50... Ne6 51. Re5 {White mates.} Nd8 52. Rc4 Kc7 53. Re7+ Kc8 54. c7 {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 22%.} 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Valsecchi, Alessio"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 17,62,0,0,-13,-4,-3,0,-56,9,4,10,-17,-19,-32,-26,-19,0,-14,-20,-14,-11,-8,0,-12,-5,-93,-94,-90,-89,-87,-90,-810,-818,-823,-819,-795,-778,-762,-754,-2698,-2459,-29975,-29976,-6720,-5798,-2170,-2171]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. e4 Nc6 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Nb5 {B38: Sicilian: Maroczy Bind with 5...Bg7 and 7...0-0} (7. Nb3 Qd8 8. Qd2 Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be2 d6 11. O-O a5 12. Nd4 a4 13. Ndb5 Qa5 14. f3 Be6 {½-½ (22) Bacrot,E (2715)-Iturrizaga Bonelli,E (2662) Linares 2017}) 7... Qa5+ 8. Bd2 Qd8 9. Bc3 Nf6 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 10. Bd3 d6 11. O-O O-O 12. Nd2 (12. b3 $11) 12... Bg4 (12... a6 $15 13. Nd4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Bxd4) 13. Be2 $11 Bd7 14. Rc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Kh1 Rc8 15. Rb1 a6 {1-0 (60) Klings,P (2102)-Hansen,S (1816) Helsingor 2018}) 14... Qb6 15. b3 a6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 16. Na3 Nb4 17. Ra1 Bc6 18. Nc2 a5 19. a3 Nxc2 20. Qxc2 Rfc8 21. b4 (21. Qd3 $11) 21... axb4 $17 22. axb4 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 {[#]} Nxe4 $1 {[%cal Bf6e4,Be4c3,Bc3e2][%mdl 608] Double Attack, Discovered Attack} 24. c5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (24. Nxe4 $17 Bxe4 25. Qd2) 24... Nxc3 $19 25. cxb6 Nxe2+ 26. Kf1 Bxa1 27. Qa2 Bb5 {[%cal Rc8c1] [#]} 28. Nc4 Rxc4 {[%cal Rc4c1]} 29. Qa8+ Kg7 {[%cal Rc4c1]} 30. Qxa1+ f6 31. Ke1 Rc1+ {Accuracy: White = 41%, Black = 67%.} 0-1

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sanal, Vahap"]
[Black "Ivic, Velimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 14,119,32,29,28,28,36,34,35,30,49,35,106,110,128,127,142,125,129,24,39,21,31,11,30,24,54,44,98,29,43,19,22,6,17,19,43,20,23,29,30,0,0,-13,0,-52,6,-74,-74,-79,-75,-62,-68,-68,-68,-131,-132,-120,-110,-254,-244,-243,-224,-377,-387,-380,-387,-422,-347,-367,-384,-481,-479,-478,-458,-613,-607,-1852,-1880,-1730,-1655,-1260,-763,-844,-820,-790,-779,-703,-697,-691,-671,-678,-664,-675,-644,-572,-629,-567,-559,-976,-945,-1696,-1452,-1304,-1078,-29986,-29987,-29987]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Nbd2 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. b4 O-O 6. Be2 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} (6. c4 a5 7. b5 c5 8. Bb2 Nbd7 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. cxd5 Bxd5 13. Bc4 Bb7 14. Qe2 {1-0 (45) Inarkiev,E (2690)-Wei,Y (2735) Magas 2018}) 6... b6 7. Bb2 Nbd7 8. b5 {LiveBook: 5 Games. White is slightly better.} a6 9. a4 axb5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Ne8 10. O-O Nd6 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. Qe2 Qc8 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 {1-0 (34) Mateuta,G (2469)-Voiteanu,C (2288) Bucharest 2004}) 10. axb5 Rxa1 11. Qxa1 Ne8 12. Qa8 Nd6 (12... Ndf6 $1 $14) 13. Qxd5 $16 Bb7 14. Qb3 Qe8 15. Qc3 Nf6 16. O-O (16. Qb4 $16) 16... Nxb5 $11 17. Qb3 Nd6 {[%cal Bb5d6,Bd6e4,Be4d2][%mdl 32]} 18. c4 Nde4 19. Ra1 Nxd2 20. Nxd2 Ne4 (20... Nd7 $14) 21. Nf3 (21. Nxe4 $16 Bxe4 22. f3) 21... Qc6 22. d5 Qd6 23. Nd4 Nc5 24. Qc2 Qd7 25. Ra7 (25. Nb3 {looks sharper.} Na4 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Qd2 Ra8 28. Qb4) 25... Ra8 26. Rxa8+ Bxa8 27. h3 e6 28. e4 Bb7 29. Bc3 ({Better is} 29. Nb3 $11 Nxb3 30. Qxb3) 29... Ba6 (29... Qa4 $15 30. Qxa4 Nxa4) 30. g3 (30. Nb3 $11) 30... Qa4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under strong pressure.} 31. Qxa4 Nxa4 32. Ba1 exd5 33. exd5 Nc5 34. Bc3 {[#]} (34. Nc2 $15) 34... Ne4 $1 {[%cal Re4c3]} 35. Ba1 Nd6 36. Nb3 (36. Kf1 $17 {was worth a try.}) 36... Bxa1 $19 ({Much less strong is} 36... Nxc4 37. Bd4 $17) (36... Bxc4 37. Bxc4 Nxc4 38. Bd4 $17) 37. Nxa1 Bxc4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} 38. Bf3 $2 (38. Bxc4 {is the only way for White.} Nxc4 39. Kg2) 38... Kf8 39. Nc2 Ke7 40. Nb4 Bb5 41. h4 Kf6 42. Bd1 Ke5 43. h5 Kd4 44. g4 Kc3 45. Nc2 Ba4 46. Ne3 Bxd1 47. Nxd1+ {KN-KN} Kd4 48. h6 Kxd5 49. Kf1 Ke4 50. Ke2 Kf4 51. f3 Kg5 52. Nc3 c6 53. Ke3 Kxh6 54. Kf4 f6 55. Na4 Nc4 56. Ke4 Kg5 57. Kd4 h5 58. gxh5 gxh5 59. Kxc4 b5+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 60. Kd4 {Accuracy: White = 20%, Black = 62%.} 0-1

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Loginov, Valery A"]
[Black "Beerdsen, Thomas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 14,117,0,0,23,25,29,19,38,17,54,48,81,54,56,51,62,58,52,54,120,127,133,127,121,145,182,141,134,113,221,136,248,230,193,186,181,182,218,95,454,110,121,82,100,97,83,78,176,169,163,28,15,0,0,0,0,0,0,-3,8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-57,20,-69,-69,-72,-39,-39,-22,-67,-8,-8,-8,-66,-8,-10,-8,-8,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. e4 {A05: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 Nf6} O-O 7. Nbd2 c5 8. c3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} (8. Nc4 d6 9. Re1 Nc6 10. c3 b5 11. Ne3 a5 12. Nd5 Nd7 13. Bg5 h6 {0-1 (30) Melkumyan,H (2660)-Iturrizaga Bonelli,E (2636) chess.com INT 2018}) 8... d5 {[%cal Rd5e4]} 9. e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Re1 dxe4 10. dxe4 Nxe4 11. Ng5 Nd6 12. Bxb7 Nxb7 13. Qf3 Qc7 14. Nc4 Nc6 15. Bf4 {0-1 (36) Ferrua,P-Calancea,S Romania 1999}) 9... Nfd7 10. Re1 Nc6 {[%cal Rd7e5]} 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Rc8 13. a3 e6 14. Nf1 {[%cal Bd2f1,Bf1h2,Bh2g4,Bg4f6][%mdl 32]} Na5 15. Bg5 Qe8 16. h4 b5 (16... f6 $14 17. exf6 Nxf6) 17. N1h2 $16 f6 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Bh3 Rc6 21. Ng4 Nc4 (21... Bg7 $16) 22. Qe2 Bc8 (22... Bg7 $16) 23. Nxf6+ $18 Rxf6 24. Ne5 Rc7 25. Rac1 {And now Ng4 would win.} Qd8 26. Rc3 (26. Ng4 $18 Rf8 27. b3) 26... Nd6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (26... Nxe5 $16 27. Rxc7 (27. dxe5 Rf8 $16) (27. Qxe5 Rxc3 28. bxc3 h6 $16) 27... Nf3+ 28. Qxf3 Rxf3 29. Rxc8 {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender} Qxc8 30. Bxe6+ Qxe6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 31. Rxe6 a5) 27. Nc6 $2 (27. Rxc7 $18 {and the rest is easy.} Qxc7 28. Ng4) 27... Qf8 $16 {Threatening ...Ne4.} 28. Qe5 Rxf2 29. Bxe6+ Bxe6 30. Qxe6+ Kg7 (30... Kh8 $16 {was worth a try.}) 31. Qe5+ $18 Qf6 {[#]} 32. Qxf6+ (32. Nd8 $1 $18 Rxc3 33. Ne6+ Kh6 34. bxc3) 32... Rxf6 $11 33. Ne7 Rxc3 34. bxc3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Rf3 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 35. Nxd5 Rxg3+ 36. Kh2 Rg4 37. Kh3 h5 38. Re7+ Kf8 39. Rxa7 Nf5 40. Nf6 Rxh4+ 41. Kg2 Rf4 {Threatens to win with ...Ne3+.} 42. Nd7+ Ke7 43. Ne5+ Kd6 44. Ra6+ Kd5 45. Nxg6 Rg4+ 46. Kh3 Rg3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 47. Kh2 {Ne7+! is the strong threat.} Rxc3 48. Nf4+ ({Better is} 48. a4 $1 $11) 48... Kxd4 ({Black should try} 48... Ke4 $15 49. Nxh5 Nxd4) 49. Nxh5 (49. Ne2+ $11 Kd3 50. Nxc3 Kxc3 51. Ra5) 49... Ne3 $15 50. Nf4 Rc2+ 51. Kg3 Nc4 52. Ne6+ Kc3 (52... Ke4 $15) 53. Nc7 $11 Rb2 54. Nd5+ (54. Rc6 $11) 54... Kd4 (54... Kb3 $15) 55. Nc7 $1 {The position is equal.} Rb3+ 56. Kf2 Ne5 57. Rb6 Kc5 58. Rxb5+ Rxb5 59. Nxb5 {Accuracy: White = 40%, Black = 28%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Pezelj, Novak"]
[Black "Abozenko, Georg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2079"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 19,63,0,0,0,51,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,68,69,106,93,96,79,250,185,199,174,306,306,307,294,285,218,214,191,210,130,278,214,384,380,369,341,471,504,1119,1119]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. e3 Rb8 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7} 10. Qa4 Nd5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 11. Qxc4 Rb6 $146 (11... c5 $11) ({Predecessor:} 11... c5 12. dxc5 Nb4 13. Qb3 Na6 14. Qc2 Nb4 15. Qb3 {½-½ (15) Krasenkow,M (2662)-Pigusov,E (2622) Kallithea 2002}) 12. Qc2 ({Better is} 12. Rd1 $14) 12... Nb4 $11 13. Qd2 c5 14. a3 Na6 {[%cal Bb4a6,Ba6c5,Bc5d3][%mdl 32]} 15. Nc3 cxd4 16. exd4 c5 17. d5 c4 (17... Rd6 $11) 18. Qc2 Nc5 19. Be3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under strong pressure.} Rb8 20. Rfd1 {[#] aiming for d6!} exd5 $2 (20... Qc7 $16) 21. Nxd5 Nd3 22. Bxa7 Be6 (22... Rb7 $142) 23. Nxe7+ $18 ({Weaker is} 23. Qxc4 Nxb2 24. Qf4 Rb3 $16) 23... Qxe7 24. Bxb8 Rxb8 25. Rxd3 cxd3 26. Qxd3 Rxb2 27. a4 {[%cal Ba3a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} g6 (27... Qf6 $16 28. Qf3 Qe5) 28. Qc3 Rb8 $2 {[#]} (28... Rb3 {was necessary.} 29. Qd4 Bc8) 29. a5 Qa7 30. h4 Rb3 31. Qf6 Rxg3 (31... h6 $142 32. Rd1 Rb8 33. Rd8+ Rxd8 34. Qxd8+ Kg7) 32. Rd1 {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 32%.} 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kalezic, Blazo"]
[Black "Petkidis, Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "192"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 24,192,37,28,65,-15,52,0,15,-19,-13,-21,-25,-13,-16,-87,-21,-67,-78,-83,-78,-68,-34,-23,-23,-87,-48,-126,-127,-226,-237,-323,-264,-288,-276,-307,-306,-409,-368,-543,-549,-647,-656,-660,-649,-621,-633,-529,-377,-672,-514,-835,-801,-754,-467,-1305,-1298,-1296,-1424,-1675,-1542,-29998,-942,-1577,-701,-1301,-339,-337,-337,-337,-170,-308,-322,-297,-164,-265,-50,-163,-162,-166,0,-162,-91,-170,-136,-211,-154,-182,-88,-211,-184,-78,0,-208,-190,-181,-152,-1187,-1015,-29960,0,-29972,-29969,-29968,-29970,-29970,-29971,-29970,0,0,0,0,0,-6064,0,-29963,-12155,-12722,-5077,-2164,-2114,-1537,-1549,-29980,-29980,-29978,-29979,-29981,-29982,-29984,-29985,-29985,-29986,-29987,-29982,-29982,-29978,-29984,-29976,-29977,-29976,-29975,-29976,-29979,-29969,-5959,0,-29978,-29958,-29974,-29977,-29973,-29978,-29979,-29980,-29979,-29973,-29972,-29972,-29970,-29971,-29974,-29975,-29971,-29976,-29975,-4610,-29974,-29971,-29980,-142]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Rb8 9. axb5 axb5 10. c3 O-O 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 Bg4 13. Be3 {[#] LiveBook: 8 Games. C88: Closed Ruy Lopez: Anti-Marshall Systems} Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Nb4 14. d5 Nxe4 15. Ba7 Ng5 16. Bxb8 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Bf6 18. Ra8 Bxb2 19. f4 Nh3+ {½-½ (19) Roberson,P (2396)-Turner,M (2536) Telford 2018}) 14. Nbd2 (14. Nc3 $14) 14... Bf8 (14... Nb4 $11) 15. Qb1 {White is slightly better.} Bh5 16. Qc2 (16. Bg5 $5 {[%cal Re4e5]}) 16... Nb4 17. Qc3 c5 $1 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bh4 (19. Bxf6 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} Qxf6 20. e5) 19... Be7 ({Better is} 19... g5 $17 20. Bg3 Rc8) 20. Bg3 Rc8 $1 21. Bd1 Qb6 22. Nh4 Bxd1 23. Raxd1 Bf8 24. d5 (24. Nf5 $11) 24... Nd7 25. Ndf3 (25. Nhf3 $15) 25... g6 $1 $17 26. e5 (26. Bf4 $17) 26... Bg7 $19 27. Qd2 {next e6 is good for White.} Nxe5 28. Nxe5 dxe5 {[%cal Bd6e5,Be5e4][%mdl 32]} 29. d6 {Threatens to win with d7.} Rcd8 30. Nf3 {[%cal Rg3e5]} e4 $1 31. Nh4 (31. d7 {was worth a try.} Re6 32. Bh4) 31... Nd3 32. Rxe4 Rxe4 33. Qxd3 Rd4 34. Qe2 Rxd1+ 35. Qxd1 Bxb2 36. Qe2 $2 (36. Qd5 Bf6 37. Nxg6) 36... Bf6 37. Nf3 (37. Nxg6 $142 Qa7 38. Nh4 Bxh4 39. Qg4+ Kh7 40. Qe4+ Kg8 41. Qg4+ Bg5 42. h4) 37... c4 38. Nd2 Rxd6 39. Ne4 (39. Bxd6 $142 Qxd6 40. Ne4) 39... Re6 40. Nxf6+ Rxf6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQB} 41. Qe8+ Kh7 42. Be5 Qe6 (42... Qxf2+ $142 43. Kh1 Qf1#) 43. Qb8 g5 44. h3 b4 $2 (44... Qb6 45. Qc8 Qxf2+ 46. Kh2 Rf3) 45. Bxf6 Qxf6 46. Qxb4 {KQ-KQ} Qe6 (46... Qd4 $142 47. Qb1+ Kg7) 47. Qc5 (47. Qd2 $142) 47... Qe4 48. g3 Kg6 (48... Qb1+ $142 49. Kh2 Qd3) 49. Qd6+ (49. Qb6+ $142 Qe6 50. Qd4) 49... f6 $2 (49... Kg7 $1 $19 {aiming for ...c3.} 50. Qd2 Qe5) 50. Qd8 (50. g4 $1 $15) 50... Qe1+ 51. Kg2 Qe4+ 52. Kg1 $1 Qe6 ({Black should try} 52... Qc6 $19 53. Qg8+ Kf5 54. Qh7+ Ke6 55. Qg8+ Kf5 56. Qh7+ Ke6 57. Qg8+ Kf5) 53. Qc7 (53. g4 $17) 53... h5 54. Kg2 (54. Qd8 $17 {is a better defense.}) 54... Qe4+ 55. Kg1 g4 (55... Qb1+ $1 $19 56. Kg2 Qb5) 56. hxg4 (56. h4 $17 {is the only way for White.}) 56... hxg4 57. Qc8 (57. Qc5 $19) 57... Kg5 (57... Qd4 $17 {...c3 is the strong threat.} 58. Qe8+ Kf5 59. Qc8+ Ke4 60. Qxg4+ Ke5 61. Qe2+ Kd6) 58. Qg8+ $2 (58. Qc5+ $1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} Kg6 59. Qf8) 58... Kf5 59. Qc8+ Ke5 60. Qb8+ $2 (60. Qc5+ $17 Ke6 61. Qc8+ Kf7 62. Qd7+ Kg6 63. Qd8) 60... Kd4 $1 61. Qb6+ {[#]} Kd3 $2 (61... Kc3 $1 62. Qa6 Kd2 63. Qd6+ Kc2 64. Qxf6 c3 65. Qa6 Kb1 66. Qf1+ Kb2 67. Qb5+ Kc1 68. Kh2 Kd1 69. Qd7+ Ke1 70. Kg1 c2 71. Qc7 Qd3 72. Qa5+ Qd2 73. Qe5+ Kd1 74. Kg2 c1=Q 75. Qe4 Qe2 76. Qd4+ Kc2 77. Qa4+ Kb1 78. Qb4+ Qcb2 79. Qxb2+ Kxb2 80. Kg1 Qe1+ 81. Kg2 Kc3 82. f4 Qe2+ 83. Kg1 Kd4 84. Kh1 Ke4 85. f5 Kf3 86. Kg1 Qg2#) 62. Qd6+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (62. Qb1+ $11 Kd4 63. Qa1+ Kd5 64. Qxf6) 62... Qd4 63. Qa6 Kd2 64. Qa2+ Kc1 65. Qa3+ Kb1 $2 (65... Kd1 66. Qa4+ Ke1 67. Qb4+ Ke2 68. Qe7+ Kd3 69. Qe1 Kc2 70. Qb4 Qd1+ 71. Kh2 c3 72. Qc4 Qd6 73. Qxg4 Kb2 74. Qf3 Qb6 75. Qg2 c2 76. f4 Qe3 77. Kh3 f5 78. Kh4 Qe7+ 79. Kh5 Qf7+ 80. Kg5 Kb1 81. Qf1+ c1=Q 82. Qb5+ Ka2 83. Qe2+ Ka3 84. Qa6+ Kb4 85. Qb6+ Kc3 86. Qa5+ Kd4 87. Qe5+ Kd3 88. Qxf5+ Qxf5+ 89. Kxf5 Qc5+ 90. Ke6 Ke4 91. Kf6 Qf5+ 92. Kg7 Kf3 93. Kh8 Kxg3 94. Kg7 Kxf4 95. Kh6 Qg5+ 96. Kh7 Kf5 97. Kh8 Kg6 98. Kg8 Qd8#) 66. Qb4+ $11 Kc2 {Strongly threatening ...Qd1+.} 67. Qa4+ $1 Kd2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (67... Kb2 $11 68. Qb4+ Kc2 69. Qa4+ Kc1 70. Qa3+ Qb2) 68. Qa2+ $19 Kc1 (68... Ke1 $19 69. Qb1+ Kd2 70. Qa2+) 69. Qa3+ Qb2 (69... Kd1 $142 70. Qa4+ Ke1 71. Qc2 Qd3 72. Qc1+ Ke2 73. Qf4 c3 74. Qxg4+ Ke1 75. Qb4 f5 76. Kh2 Kxf2 77. Qc5+ Ke2 78. Kh3 c2 79. Kh4 Qe4+ 80. Kh5 Qh1+ 81. Kg6 c1=Q 82. Qb5+ Kf2 83. Qb6+ Kxg3 84. Qb3+ Kg4 85. Qa4+ Qe4 86. Qxe4+ fxe4 87. Kf6 Qc6+ 88. Kf7 Kf5 89. Kf8 Qd7 90. Kg8 Kf6 91. Kh8 Qg7#) 70. Qe3+ Kb1 (70... Qd2 $142 71. Qa3+ Kb1) 71. Qe4+ Qc2 72. Qxg4 c3 {[%cal Bc4c3,Bc3c2][%mdl 32]} 73. Qb4+ Qb2 74. Qe4+ c2 75. g4 Qc3 76. Kg2 Kb2 77. Qe2 Qc6+ 78. f3 Qc5 79. Qd2 Ka2 80. Qc1 Kb3 81. Kg3 Qc7+ 82. f4 Qc3+ 83. Kh4 Qb2 84. Qe3+ Qc3 (84... Ka2 $19 85. Qe6+ Qb3) 85. Qc1 Qf3 86. Kh5 f5 87. Kg5 Qxg4+ 88. Kf6 Qd1 89. Qe3+ Ka2 90. Qe6+ Kb2 91. Qb6+ Kc1 92. Kxf5 Qd5+ 93. Kg6 Kd2 94. Qf2+ Kd3 (94... Kc3 $142 95. Qe1+ Qd2 96. Qe5+ Qd4 97. Qe1+ Kb2 98. Qe2 Qd6+ 99. Kg7 Qd7+ 100. Kf8 Qf5+ 101. Ke7 Qxf4 102. Qb5+ Kc3 103. Qc6+ Kd2 104. Qg2+ Kd3 105. Qd5+ Qd4 106. Qb3+ Kd2 107. Qa2 Qe5+ 108. Kf8 Qb5 109. Ke7 Kd1 110. Qg8 c1=Q 111. Qg1+ Kc2 112. Qg6+ Kc3 113. Kf7 Qc4+ 114. Kg7 Qd4+ 115. Kg8 Kb4 116. Qf5 Qcg1+ 117. Kf7 Qgg7+ 118. Ke8 Qe3+ 119. Qe6 Qxe6+ 120. Kd8 Qeg8#) 95. Qf1+ {[#]} Kc3 $1 96. f5 Kb2 $2 {Accuracy: White = 24%, Black = 42%.} (96... Qd1 {mates} 97. Qh3+ Kb4 98. Qg2 c1=Q 99. Qb7+ Kc3 100. Qc7+ Kd4 101. Qd8+ Ke4 102. Qa8+ Qd5 103. Qe8+ Kd3 104. Qe6 Qg1+ 105. Kf6 Qgd4+ 106. Kf7 Qa7+ 107. Kf6 Qdd4+ 108. Kg5 Qg1+ 109. Kh5 Qh7+ 110. Qh6 Qxf5+ 111. Kh4 Qh2#) 0-1

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kevlishvili, Robby"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 17,106,44,43,52,47,61,85,43,39,38,42,0,0,-5,8,-70,0,-31,45,-39,-31,-34,-29,-31,-31,-36,-31,-38,-28,-35,-27,-34,-38,-110,-102,-116,-103,-145,-134,-178,-33,-113,-98,-156,-110,-183,-203,-194,-160,-305,-116,-210,-218,-184,-65,-103,331,337,329,306,321,319,392,-109,0,0,0,-288,0,-364,0,-61,-70,-133,-151,-356,-158,-158,-158,-158,-150,-646,-642,-624,-618,-575,-504,-5047,-5043,-4782,-3512]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 d6 5. d4 Bd7 6. O-O Bg7 7. Bg5 f6 8. Be3 {C60: Ruy Lopez: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3...g6} Nh6 9. dxe5 (9. h3 O-O 10. dxe5 fxe5 11. c4 a6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Nc3 Nf7 14. b4 Be6 15. Qd3 {½-½ (15) Tilicheev,V (2437)-Petkov,V (2481) Belogradchik 2016}) 9... dxe5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 10. Bc4 {White is slightly better.} Qe7 11. b4 b6 12. Qb3 Nf7 13. Rd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. a4 O-O 14. a5 Rac8 15. Rd1 Rfd8 {1-0 (42) Milic,B-Fuderer,A Belgrade 1952}) 13... Ncd8 14. Qc2 (14. a4 {keeps more tension.} Nd6 15. a5 b5 16. Be2 Qf7 17. Qc2) 14... O-O 15. Nbd2 Kh8 16. h3 (16. Re1 $11) 16... Nd6 (16... f5 $1 $15 17. exf5 gxf5) 17. Bb3 N8f7 ({Better is} 17... f5 $15 18. Bd5 Bc6) 18. Nc4 (18. c4 $1 $14) 18... f5 $15 19. Nxd6 Nxd6 20. exf5 gxf5 21. Bg5 Qe8 22. Re1 Qg6 {And now ...e4 would win.} 23. Be7 e4 $1 {[%cal Re4f3]} 24. Bxf8 Rxf8 25. Nh2 (25. Nd2 $1 $15) 25... f4 $17 {[%mdl 1024] Black has strong compensation.} 26. Kh1 Bf5 $1 $40 {[%mdl 128] ...e3 is the strong threat. Black attacks with force.} 27. Qc1 Be5 28. Bd5 Qh5 (28... f3 29. gxf3 Qf6 30. fxe4 $15) (28... Qg7 $19 29. Rb1 e3) 29. f3 (29. Qd2 $1 $15) 29... e3 30. c4 ({White should try} 30. a4) 30... Qg5 31. c5 (31. a4 $17) 31... Nb5 $1 $19 32. Ng4 Bg7 33. Qc4 (33. Be4 $17) 33... Nc3 $2 ({Not} 33... Bxa1 34. Rxa1 Bxg4 35. fxg4 $17) (33... Na3 $19 34. Qb3 Nc2) 34. Be6 (34. cxb6 $17 Bxg4 35. Bc6 Bxh3 36. gxh3 axb6 37. Rg1) 34... b5 35. Qb3 Bd3 (35... h5 $19 36. Bxf5 Rxf5) 36. Rac1 a5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (36... Qh4 $17 {stays on course.}) 37. Rxc3 $18 a4 38. Qa3 Bg6 39. Qc1 h5 40. Nh2 $2 {[#]} (40. Nxe3 $1 $18 fxe3 41. Rcxe3) 40... Qe5 (40... Qf6 $1 $17 {[%cal Rf6c3]} 41. Rcxe3 fxe3) 41. Rcxe3 fxe3 42. Qxe3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (42. Rxe3 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} Qf4 43. Nf1) 42... Qc3 $2 (42... Qxe3 $19 43. Rxe3 Rd8) 43. Bd5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (43. Qf2 $11) 43... Qxb4 $2 (43... Qxe3 $19 44. Rxe3 Rd8) 44. Rd1 (44. Nf1 $11) 44... Qc3 $1 $15 {[%cal Rc3e3]} 45. Qxc3 (45. Qe2 $15) 45... Bxc3 $17 46. Bc6 $2 (46. Nf1 $17 {was called for.}) 46... Rb8 (46... Bf7 $19 {has better winning chances.} 47. Bxb5 a3) 47. Nf1 {[#]} a3 $1 {[%cal Ba4a3,Ba3a2][%mdl 32]} 48. Ne3 b4 {Hoping for ...b3.} 49. Be4 $2 (49. Ba4 $17) 49... Bxe4 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 50. fxe4 b3 51. axb3 a2 52. Nc2 (52. Nd5 $142 a1=Q 53. Rxa1 Bxa1 54. Nxc7) 52... Rxb3 53. Rd8+ Kg7 {Precision: White = 19%, Black = 50%.} 0-1

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Jirovsky, Milos"]
[Black "Zavgorodniy, Sergiy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 26,96,106,112,106,113,101,66,70,40,47,47,40,40,41,44,40,41,37,52,37,-39,87,-45,81,58,53,54,89,89,201,62,83,75,70,13,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,29,-154,9,0,0,0,-3,-53,-53,-97,-84,-91,-108,-345,-323,-329,-335,-762,-206,-444,-462,-511,-498,-677,-677,-585,-335,-580,-438]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 d6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4 Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6d5,Bd5b4][%mdl 32]} 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. e5 dxe5 8. dxe5 Nd5 9. Bd2 Ndb4 $146 {B09: Pirc Defence: Austrian Attack} (9... Ncb4 10. Be4 c6 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. c4 Nc7 13. Bb4 Qxd1+ 14. Rxd1 Re8 15. O-O f5 16. Bc2 Ne6 17. g3 a5 {½-½ (51) Stefansson,H (2574)-Danielsen,H (2495) Reykjavik 2010}) 10. Be4 f5 11. Bxc6 Nxc6 12. Qe2 Be6 13. O-O-O Nd4 14. Nxd4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Qxd4 15. Be3 Qb4 16. a3 Qa5 17. Qb5 Qxb5 18. Nxb5 Rfc8 $1 19. Nxa7 Rxa7 20. Bxa7 {Black must now prevent Bc5.} b6 21. Rd4 {And now Rhd1 would win.} Ra8 22. Bxb6 $1 cxb6 23. Rb4 (23. h4 $14) 23... Rb8 (23... Bd5 $1 $15 {stays ahead.}) 24. a4 (24. Rd1 $16) 24... Kf7 (24... Bd5 $15 {keeps the upper hand.}) 25. Rd1 g5 {Hoping for ...gxf4.} 26. g3 $1 gxf4 27. gxf4 Bh6 (27... Rc8 $16) 28. b3 (28. Rdd4 $18) 28... Rc8 29. Kb2 Rc6 30. Rd8 (30. Rd3 $1 $14) 30... Bc8 $1 $11 31. Rh8 Kg7 32. Re8 Kf7 33. Rh8 Kg7 34. Re8 Rc7 (34... Kf7 $5 {[%cal Rf7e8]} 35. Rh8 $14) 35. c3 $2 (35. Rc4 $11 Rxc4 36. bxc4) 35... Kf7 $2 ({Black should play} 35... Bb7 $17 {Threatens to win with ...Be4.} 36. Rd8 Be4) 36. Rh8 ({Don't go for} 36. Rxb6 $2 Bxf4 37. Rh8 Kg7 $19) 36... Kg7 37. Rd8 Bb7 38. Rd1 (38. Rd2 $5 {[%cal Rd2f2]}) 38... Be4 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 39. Rf1 Rc6 40. Rd4 Rg6 41. Rf2 $2 {[#]} (41. Rd2 $17) 41... Rg4 $1 $19 42. Rb4 Bxf4 43. Rxb6 $2 (43. h3 Rh4 44. Rf1) 43... Bxe5 $2 (43... Be3 44. Rxf5 Bxf5) 44. Re2 $2 {[#]} (44. Re6 Bf6 45. a5) 44... Rg1 $1 45. a5 Rb1+ 46. Ka3 Bxc3 47. a6 Bd4 48. Rb8 $2 (48. Re6 Kf7 49. R2xe4 fxe4 50. Rxe4) 48... Kf6 {[%mdl 32768] Accuracy: White = 16%, Black = 45%. . Sensor Board Error (Ke4/e5)?} 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Stanojoski, Zvonko"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 20,109,22,16,10,-20,-20,-15,-28,-60,-75,-64,-31,-30,474,446,467,442,536,530,623,632,653,580,701,692,688,695,742,638,615,516,547,547,540,519,527,487,566,559,639,639,579,568,644,623,718,669,808,792,762,774,884,878,831,803,803,803,800,772,740,618,705,552,537,523,522,505,685,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-420,31,0,23,-1728,-1562,-1865,-1864,-1966,-5489,-1904,-1726,-1489]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Ng3 g6 6. Bc4 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O Bg4 {B15: Caro-Kann: 3 Nc3: 3...g6 and 3...dxe4 4 Nxe4 Nf6 5 Nxf6+ exf6} 9. c3 Nbd7 10. h3 (10. Re1 e6 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nd5 13. Bb3 a5 14. a3 a4 15. Bc2 b5 16. Bd2 {0-1 (30) Sarenac,I (2449)-Drazic,S (2517) Belgrade 2016}) 10... Bxf3 11. Qxf3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} e5 12. Bb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Be3 Qe7 13. Rae1 e4 14. Qe2 Nd5 15. Bd2 Rfe8 16. Qxe4 Qxe4 17. Nxe4 {1-0 (48) Fuchs,A (2094)-Neumeyer,H (1965) Germany 2014}) 12... exd4 13. cxd4 Nb6 14. Bg5 Qxd4 15. Rad1 Qe5 16. Bf4 Qxb2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (16... Qa5 $11) 17. Rd2 $18 Qxd2 18. Bxd2 Nfd5 19. a4 a5 20. Ne4 Nb4 21. Bc3 N6d5 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Nd6 b6 24. Qg4 Rad8 25. Nf5+ Kh8 26. Nd4 Rd6 27. Nf3 Kg7 28. Qd4+ f6 29. Qc4 Re8 30. Re1 Rxe1+ 31. Nxe1 Re6 32. Nf3 Re7 33. Qd4 Re8 34. Bxd5 Nxd5 35. Qc4 Nb4 36. Qf4 Re7 37. Qd6 Kf7 38. Qb8 Nd5 39. Nd4 c5 40. Nc6 Rc7 41. Qd8 Ke6 42. Qg8+ Kd6 43. Nd8 {[%csl Gd8][%cal Rg8e6] [#]} c4 44. Qe8 $2 (44. Ne6 $18) 44... c3 $11 45. Qe6+ Kc5 46. Qe2 Kd6 47. Qe6+ Kc5 48. Qe2 Kd6 49. Qc2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (49. Qe4 $11 {and White is okay.}) 49... Nb4 $2 (49... Rd7 $19 50. Nc6 Kxc6) 50. Qd1+ (50. Nb7+ $5 Rxb7 51. Qxc3 $11) 50... Ke7 {[#] Hoping for ...c2.} 51. Qe2+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (51. Nb7 $11 Rxb7 52. Qe1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kd6 53. Qxc3) 51... Kxd8 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 52. Qd1+ Kc8 53. Qc1 c2 54. Kh2 Na2 55. Qe1 {Accuracy: White = 52%, Black = 42%.} 0-1

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nikcevic, Nebojsa"]
[Black "Potapov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 18,52,20,13,52,51,74,58,63,42,58,58,70,24,17,0,0,-2,-11,-85,-10,-95,-87,-68,0,-331,-43,-39,-37,-54,-42,-120,-135,-132,-114,-120,-119]} 1. Nf3 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 d6 {[%cal Bd7d6,Bd6e5,Be5e4][%mdl 32]} 7. b4 e5 {A85: Dutch Defence: 2 c4 Nf6 3 Nc3} 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Qb3 e4 10. Nd4 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Kh8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... c5 11. bxc5 Nc6 12. Bb2 f4 13. O-O-O Nxd4 14. exd4 Bf5 15. f3 {½-½ (44) Kempinski,R (2627)-Nijboer,F (2553) Warsaw 2005}) 11. Ba3 c6 12. b5 Re8 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. bxc6 bxc6 15. O-O Nbd7 16. Na4 Ne5 17. Nc5 g5 18. Qa4 (18. g3 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 18... f4 ({Black should play} 18... Neg4 $17 {[%csl Gg4][%cal Rc7h2]} 19. g3 f4) 19. Rfe1 (19. Qc2 $1 $11) 19... fxe3 20. fxe3 Bg4 (20... Neg4 $15 21. g3 Nxe3) 21. Bxg4 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (21. Rd2 $11) 21... Nexg4 $2 (21... Nfxg4 $19 22. h3 Rad8 23. Nxe4 Rxd4) 22. g3 $15 {Strongly threatening Nce6.} Qf7 $40 {[%mdl 128] Hoping for ...Nd5! Black attacks.} 23. Qc2 ({Wrong is} 23. Qxc6 $2 Nd5 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]}) ({Not} 23. Nxc6 $2 Nxh2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 24. Qc2 (24. Re2 $2 Nf3+ 25. Kf1 Qh5 $19) 24... Nfg4 $19) 23... Ne5 24. Nxe4 ({Better is} 24. Bb2 $15) 24... Nxe4 $17 25. Qxe4 Nxc4 26. Qd3 {[#]} Rad8 $1 {[%mdl 32768] Accuracy: White = 38%, Black = 38%. . Loss on time!?} ({Of course not} 26... Nxa3 $6 27. Qxa3 Qd5 28. Rf1 $11) 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Markoja, Boris"]
[Black "Bizopoulos, Alexandros"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2060"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 3. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Ng4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ngxe5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 6. e3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 7. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:05]} 8. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 9. O-O {[%emt 0:00:02]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 10. a3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bxc3 11. Bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nxf3+ {[%emt 0:00:16]} 12. Bxf3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 13. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qh4 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 14. Qd4 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 15. Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 16. f3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 17. Rac1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 18. Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 19. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 20. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 21. b4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nb8 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 22. b5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 23. a4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 24. Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} cxb5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 25. axb5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 26. Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 27. Rxa7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 28. Rfa1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rxa7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 29. Rxa7 {[%emt 0:01:58]} Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 30. Bxb6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 31. Bc7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 32. b6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 33. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 34. Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Radovanovic, Nikola"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2418"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 27,57,27,31,10,22,27,32,0,24,20,27,26,91,83,91,88,63,62,152,152,147,148,167,122,105,103,101,0,144,0,99,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Bg5 Rf8 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. cxd5 c6 12. Bc4 b5 13. Bb3 Bb7 14. Rc1 Rc8 {LiveBook: 21 Games} 15. O-O {E92: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5: 7 dxe5, 7 Be3 and Petrosian System without 7...Nbd7} (15. Be3 a5 16. a3 a4 17. Ba2 b4 18. axb4 Na6 19. dxc6 Bxc6 20. Ng5 Be8 21. Bd5 Rxc1+ 22. Bxc1 Rc8 {0-1 (51) Golod,V (2544)-Becerra Rivero,J (2569) Internet 2004}) 15... c5 16. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Bc2 c4 17. a4 b4 18. a5 Nd7 19. Nd2 c3 20. bxc3 Rxc3 21. Nb1 Rcc8 22. Nd2 Rc3 23. Nb1 Rcc8 {½-½ (23) Weber,A (2054)-Geissler,W (2156) GER email 2003}) 16... a6 17. Ne1 {White is slightly better.} Nd7 18. Bd1 c4 19. Bg4 Nc5 (19... f5 $11 20. exf5 Bf6) 20. Bxc8 $16 Rxc8 {[#]} 21. axb5 $1 axb5 22. f3 Nb3 ({Black should play} 22... Bf8 $14) 23. Rd1 f6 24. Be3 Bf8 25. Nc2 Bd6 26. Na1 {Nxb3 is the strong threat.} Nc5 27. Nc2 Nb3 $1 28. Na1 {Hoping for Nxb3.} Nc5 $1 29. Nc2 {Accuracy: White = 56%, Black = 33%.} (29. b4 $16 Na4 30. Nc2) 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Marjanovic, Dejan"]
[Black "Stevic, Hrvoje"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 11,76,-1,10,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-13,2,0,-2,-18,-22,-33,-27,-69,-93,-79,-82,-109,-55,-72,-12,-216,-216,-211,-223,-394,-409,-594,-362,-585,-574,-965,-958,-843,-595,-594,-594,-563,-568,-550,-550,-429,-171,-174,-100,-550,-550,-522,-518,-688,-451,-366,0,-5273,-5202,-29998,-29999]} 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Bf5 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 Bd6 6. Ne5 h6 {LiveBook: 6 Games. D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} 7. Bd3 (7. Be2 {feels hotter.} Nfd7 8. Nxd7 Nxd7 9. Bxd6 cxd6 10. O-O) (7. g4 Bh7 8. h4 Ne4 9. g5 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 Nd7 11. gxh6 gxh6 12. O-O-O Qf6 13. Qc3 O-O-O 14. Bb5 {0-1 (40) Wei,Y (2729)-So,W (2780) chess.com INT 2018}) 7... Bxd3 8. Nxd3 Bxf4 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 8... O-O 9. O-O b6 10. c4 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Rc1 Bxf4 13. exf4 Na6 14. Qa4 {0-1 (39) Markova,E (1799)-Mirzoeva,E (2214) Moscow 2012}) 9. exf4 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6e7,Be7f5,Bf5d6][%mdl 32]} 11. c3 Ne7 12. Re1 Nf5 13. Qb3 Nd6 14. Ne5 b6 15. a4 c5 16. Qa3 Qc7 17. a5 cxd4 18. cxd4 Rfc8 19. g3 Rab8 (19... bxa5 $17 20. Qxa5 Qxa5 21. Rxa5 Rc2) 20. axb6 Rxb6 ({Black should play} 20... Qxb6 $17 21. Qxa7 Qxa7 22. Rxa7 Rxb2) 21. Rec1 $2 (21. Nb3 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 21... Qxc1+ $19 22. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 23. Kg2 $2 (23. Nf1) 23... Rc2 24. Qxa7 (24. Nf1 {was called for.} Nfe4 25. b3) 24... Rb7 25. Qa8+ $2 (25. Qa5 Rbxb2 26. Ndf3) 25... Kh7 26. Nef3 Rbxb2 27. Qf8 Nde4 28. Qxf7 Rxd2 ({Weaker is} 28... Nxd2 29. Ne5 $11) 29. Nxd2 Rxd2 30. Qxe6 Rxf2+ 31. Kg1 Rc2 $2 (31... h5 {aiming for ...Rb2.} 32. Qe7 {[#]} h4 $1 {[%mdl 576] Deflection} 33. gxh4 Rxf4) 32. Qf5+ Kh8 (32... g6 $19 33. Qe5 Rc1+ 34. Kg2 Rc2+ 35. Kg1 Rc1+ 36. Kg2 Rc2+ 37. Kg1) 33. Qe6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (33. g4 $17 {was the crucial defense.}) 33... Nd2 34. Qe2 Nfe4 35. Qd3 Rc3 36. Qa6 {If White can now play Qa8+ this consolidates a bit.} Rc2 $2 (36... Kh7 $19 {Threatens to win with ...Nf3+.} 37. Qe6 Nf3+ 38. Kg2 Nf6) 37. Qa8+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (37. Qd3 $11 Rc1+ 38. Kg2) 37... Kh7 {[#] ( -> ...Nf3+)} 38. Qxd5 Nf3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack, Discovered Attack (Double check). Accuracy: White = 22%, Black = 53%.} 0-1

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Polivanov, Anatoliy"]
[Black "Popov, Valerij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2374"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 30,51,47,0,70,-74,74,79,59,69,213,-184,-180,-262,-256,-318,-313,-295,-254,-425,-406,-364,-288,-475]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. a3 Nf6 11. Re1 b6 12. Bg5 Bb7 {D42: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch: 5 cxd5 Nxd5 6 e3 Nc6 7 Bd3} 13. Rc1 (13. Bc2 Re8 14. Qd3 g6 15. Rad1 Nd5 16. Bh6 Rc8 17. Ba4 a6 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. Qe3 Bf6 20. Bb3 Qd8 21. Ne5 Qe7 {1-0 (40) Kobalia,M (2666)-Jobava,B (2706) Plovdiv 2012}) 13... Rc8 14. Bb1 Re8 15. Qd3 g6 16. Ba2 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Nh5 (16... Nd5 $11 17. Bd2 Nxc3 18. Bxc3 Na5) 17. Ne4 $146 (17. h4 $14 {keeps the upper hand.}) ({Predecessor:} 17. Bh6 Bf6 18. Ne4 Bh8 19. Bg5 {½-½ (33) Manik,M (2407)-Pacher,M (2471) Slovakia 2016}) 17... Nf6 (17... Bxg5 $17 {and life is bright.} 18. Nfxg5 Nxd4 19. Rxc8 Bxc8) 18. Bxf6 $16 Bxf6 19. d5 $1 Bxb2 ({Better is} 19... Bg7 $1 $14) 20. Rb1 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (20. Rcd1 $18) 20... Ne5 $19 21. Qb3 (21. Qb5 $142 Nxf3+ 22. gxf3 exd5 23. Bxd5 Bxd5 24. Rbd1) 21... Nxf3+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Overworked Piece} 22. Qxf3 {Threatens to win with dxe6.} exd5 23. Rbd1 Rc7 24. Ng3 $2 (24. Qe2 {was called for.} Rce7 {[%mdl 64] Pin} 25. Qxb2 Rxe4 26. Rxe4 Rxe4 27. Bb1) 24... Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Rc1 26. Rd1 $2 {Accuracy: White = 20%, Black = 15%.} (26. Rxc1 Bxc1 27. a4) 0-1

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Saveliev, Alexei"]
[Black "Zajic, Milan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 29,154,-20,-23,-56,-7,-14,20,9,15,8,21,-16,-4,-14,99,19,29,19,15,21,77,-76,-86,-59,-73,-184,-33,-147,-159,-165,-162,-150,-144,-146,14,21,161,15,23,-22,143,144,139,132,132,101,266,275,471,482,731,558,710,557,557,557,532,510,557,557,908,895,714,480,472,439,475,118,118,118,118,118,375,372,1213,1034,295,295,295,243,243,243,243,243,243,243,250,0,250,0,268,265,265,0,303,0,295,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 {[%cal Bc2c3,Bc3c4][%mdl 32]} O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. c4 Bb7 12. Nc3 {C95: Closed Ruy Lopez: Breyer Variation with 10 d4} c6 13. c5 (13. a3 h6 14. Be3 Re8 15. Ba2 Bf8 16. Qb3 Qe7 17. Nh4 exd4 18. Nf5 Qd8 19. Bxd4 Re6 20. cxb5 axb5 21. Rad1 Nb6 22. Re3 {1-0 (46) Safarli,E (2664)-Alekseev,E (2633) Nakhchivan 2016}) 13... Qc7 14. cxd6 Bxd6 15. Bg5 exd4 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 16. Nxd4 h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... b4 17. Na4 c5 18. Nf5 Bh2+ 19. Kh1 Nxe4 20. Rxe4 Bxe4 {0-1 (28) La Villa Rivas,M (2206)-Aguilera Rodriguez,A (2308) Santa Clara 2015}) 17. Bh4 Rad8 18. Nf5 Be5 19. Qf3 Kh7 20. Rad1 g6 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 21. Ne3 {Black must now prevent Ng4.} g5 (21... Rde8 $11) 22. Qf5+ ({White should try} 22. Bg3 $16) 22... Kh8 $11 23. Bg3 Bxg3 24. fxg3 Qxg3 {[#]} (24... Bc8 $11 {remains equal.}) 25. Ng4 $2 (25. Qf1 $1 $16 {and life is bright.}) 25... Nxg4 $17 26. hxg4 Qe5 $1 27. Rd2 {[#]} (27. Rf1 $17) 27... Qxf5 $2 (27... Bc8 $1 $19 28. Red1 Qe7) 28. gxf5 ({White has to play} 28. exf5 $15 Nf6 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Bxf7) 28... Ne5 29. Red1 Rxd2 30. Rxd2 Kg7 31. Rd6 f6 $2 (31... Rc8 $17 32. Kf2 a5) 32. Ne2 $11 Re8 (32... h5 $1 $11) 33. Nd4 (33. Ng3 $18 {Hoping for Nh5+.} Rf8 34. Nh5+ Kh8 35. Nxf6) 33... Bc8 34. Be6 Kf8 $2 (34... a5 $11) 35. Bxc8 $16 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Rxc8 36. Rxf6+ {[%mdl 4160] Endgame Double Attack. KRN-KRN} Kg7 37. Re6 Nc4 $2 (37... Rd8 $16 38. Nxc6 (38. Rxe5 Rxd4 39. Re6 h5 $14) 38... Nxc6) 38. Nxc6 $18 Nxb2 $2 (38... Rf8 39. Rg6+ Kh7) 39. Ne5 Rf8 (39... Kf8 $142 40. Nd7+ Kg8 41. Rxh6 Rc1+ 42. Kh2 Rd1) 40. Rg6+ Kh7 41. Ng4 Nd3 42. Rxh6+ Kg7 43. Rg6+ Kh7 44. Rxa6 Nc5 45. Ra7+ Kh8 46. Nf2 g4 {intending ...g3.} 47. g3 Re8 48. Ra5 $2 (48. f6 $18 {is more deadly.}) 48... Nxe4 $16 49. Nxe4 Rxe4 50. Rxb5 {KR-KR} Re1+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (50... Ra4 $16) 51. Kf2 $18 Ra1 $2 (51... Re4 52. a3 Rc4) 52. Ra5 Kg7 53. Ra6 Kf7 54. a4 {Strongly threatening Ke3.} Ra3 55. f6 Rf3+ 56. Kg2 Ra3 57. a5 Kg6 58. Kf2 $2 (58. Ra8 $18) 58... Kf7 $2 (58... Rf3+ $1 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 59. Kg2 Ra3) 59. Kg2 Kg6 $1 60. Kh2 Kf7 61. Kg2 Kg6 $1 62. Kf2 Kf7 63. Ke2 $2 (63. Ra8 $18) 63... Rxg3 $11 {The position is equal.} 64. Rb6 Ra3 65. a6 g3 66. Kf1 Ra2 67. Kg1 Kg6 68. Rc6 Kf7 69. Rd6 Kg6 70. Rb6 Kf7 71. Kf1 Kg6 72. Kg1 $1 Kf7 73. Rc6 Kg6 74. Re6 (74. a7 $5) 74... Kf7 75. Rb6 Kg6 76. Rc6 Kf7 77. Rb6 Kg6 {Accuracy: White = 49%, Black = 34%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Galopoulos, Nikolaos"]
[Black "Brkic, Ante"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2356"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 21,74,0,13,-40,-36,-37,18,-99,-35,-96,-27,-35,-24,-17,17,-75,-77,-181,-197,-205,-193,-187,-185,-181,-204,-320,-206,-201,-206,-259,-251,-226,-203,-321,-318,-314,-316,-316,-309,-419,-297,-556,-570,-562,-548,-842,-830,-908,-794,-808,-794,-794,-794,-802,-802]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 dxc4 6. Bg2 b5 7. a4 c6 {[%cal Bc7c6,Bc6c5][%mdl 32]} 8. O-O Bb7 9. Qc2 O-O {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3} 10. b3 c3 11. Nb1 bxa4 {LiveBook: 4 Games. The position is equal.} 12. Rxa4 (12. Nxc3 $11 axb3 13. Qxb3) 12... c5 $15 {Hoping for ...Be4.} 13. Nxc3 Bc6 {[#]} (13... a5 $15) 14. Ne1 $146 {[#]} (14. dxc5 $11 {remains equal.} Bxa4 15. Nxa4) ({Predecessor:} 14. dxc5 Bxc3 15. Rh4 Qa5 16. Rc4 Ba1 17. Bd2 {½-½ (50) Kveinys,A (2533)-Gelfand,B (2719) Dresden 2008}) 14... Bxg2 (14... Bxc3 $1 $17 15. Qxc3 Nd5 16. Qxc5 Bxa4 17. bxa4 Nd7) 15. Nxg2 {[#]} (15. Kxg2 $15 Qxd4 16. Bb2) 15... Qxd4 (15... Nc6 $1 $17 {[%cal Rc6d4]} 16. dxc5 Nd4) 16. Na2 Nc6 17. Be3 Qe4 18. Qc1 (18. Qxe4 $11 Nxe4 19. Rc1) 18... Rfc8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has strong initiative.} 19. Bxc5 (19. Qb2 $17 {keeps fighting.}) 19... Nd4 $19 20. Bxd4 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Qxd4 22. Nxb4 Qb2 23. Rca1 (23. Nd3 {was the only defense.} Qxe2 24. Rxa7) 23... Qxb3 24. Ne3 h5 25. Nc6 {[#]} a6 $1 26. Nb4 {[#]} (26. Rxa6 Rxa6) 26... a5 $1 27. Nc6 (27. Nd3 {was worth a try.}) (27. Rxa5 Rxa5) 27... Qb2 28. R4a2 Qc3 29. Nxa5 Ne4 30. Ra4 Qf6 31. f3 $2 (31. Nd1) 31... Nc3 $1 {[%csl LRa4,LRe2][%mdl 64] Double Attack. Black is clearly winning.} 32. R4a3 Nxe2+ 33. Kf2 Nd4 34. Nec4 {[#]} Nxf3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 35. Kg2 (35. Rxf3 Qxa1) 35... Nd4 36. Rf1 Nf5 37. Raf3 Qd4 {Accuracy: White = 26%, Black = 55%.} 0-1

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gouloutis, Nikolaos"]
[Black "Stojanovski, Dejan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2353"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 20,62,29,23,70,20,12,27,17,-84,-52,-84,-83,-58,-36,-70,-20,-26,-12,-31,-8,-11,-2,-15,0,-9,53,-124,-122,-112,-123,-119,-132,-133,-135,-213,-218,-198,-205,-365,-363,-804,-804,-804,-800]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Qc2 d6 5. e4 bxc4 6. Bxc4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. h3 Nbd7 10. Re1 {A57: Benko/Volga Gambit} Rb8 11. Nc3 {LiveBook: 28 Games} Qa5 (11... Nh5 12. Be2 Ne5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Bxh5 gxh5 15. Bh6 Re8 16. Qd2 Kh8 17. Bf4 Bd4 18. Be3 {0-1 (63) Dreev,A (2644)-Perunovic,M (2622) Berlin 2015}) 12. Bf1 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. Nb5 Qb7 14. Bc3 Nb6 15. Bf1 Bd7 16. Na3 Na4 17. Nc4 Nxc3 18. bxc3 {½-½ (59) Stull,N (2168)-Plachetka,J (2378) Condino 2009}) 12... Ba6 13. Bxa6 Qxa6 14. e5 (14. Bg5 $11) 14... dxe5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Rxe5 Rb7 17. Rb1 Ne8 18. Re1 Nd6 19. Bg5 Re8 20. b3 h6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 21. Bf4 Nf5 22. Na4 Nd4 (22... Rc8 $11) 23. Qxc5 $2 {[#]} (23. Qd2 $14 {keeps the upper hand.} Rc8 24. Rbc1 (24. Bxh6 Bxh6 25. Qxh6 c4 $14)) 23... Ne2+ $17 24. Rxe2 Qxe2 25. Qc6 Qb5 26. Rc1 Rd8 27. Nc5 (27. Nc3 $17 Bxc3 28. Rxc3) 27... Rb6 $19 28. Qc7 Rxd5 29. a4 $2 {[#]} (29. Na4 Rb7 30. Qc8+ Kh7 31. Nc3 Bxc3 32. Rxc3) 29... Qc6 30. a5 $2 (30. Na6 Qxc7 31. Nxc7) 30... Qxc7 31. Bxc7 Rc6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 15%, Black = 54%.} 0-1

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Putka, Verners"]
[Black "Dvirnyy, Danyyil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2307"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 24,60,0,-8,0,0,0,-6,-17,-54,-47,-60,-60,-60,-53,-52,-52,-59,-31,-87,-43,-43,-43,-43,-43,-62,-56,-110,-17,-100,-76,-75,-71,-131,-56,-60,-8,-8,-8]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. b3 Bf5 8. Bb2 a5 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Rc1 Nxc3 {D78: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0 c6} 11. Bxc3 (11. Rxc3 Be4 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Ne5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Nd7 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Qc2 Rfc8 17. Rc1 Rxc3 18. Qxc3 {½-½ (69) Kuzubov,Y (2699)-Korobov,A (2652) Riadh 2017}) 11... Be4 12. Bh3 Bxf3 13. exf3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} e6 14. Qd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Re1 Nd7 15. Bf1 {½-½ (15) Sydor,A (2425)-Martinovic,S (2415) Lublin 1977}) 14... Nd7 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Rc2 Nb8 17. b4 axb4 18. Bxb4 Re8 $1 19. Rb1 Nc6 20. Bc5 Qf6 (20... Ra4 {is more complex.} 21. Rxb7 Qa8 22. Rc7 Bxd4 23. Bd6 Ne5) 21. f4 (21. Rxb7 $15 Nxd4 22. Bxd4 Qxd4 23. Qe1) 21... Nxd4 22. Bxd4 Qxd4 23. Qxd4 Bxd4 24. Rxb7 Rec8 25. Rd2 (25. Rxc8+ $15 Rxc8 26. Rb4) 25... Rc4 (25... Rc1+ $17 26. Kg2 Bc3) 26. g4 (26. Bf1 $11 {keeps the balance.} Rca4 27. Bb5) 26... Bc5 27. f5 Ra3 28. Kg2 ({White should play} 28. Bg2) 28... Rcc3 ({Black should try} 28... g5 $17 {White must now prevent ...h5!} 29. fxe6 fxe6) 29. Rc7 Bd6 (29... Bb4 $15 30. Rxc3 Bxc3) 30. Rxc3 $11 Rxc3 {[%mdl 32768] Accuracy: White = 30%, Black = 50%. . Loss on time!?} 0-1

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Papasimakopoulos, Alexandros"]
[Black "Saraci, Nderim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E85"]
[WhiteElo "2191"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 3. f3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 4. e4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:07]} 6. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 7. Nge2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 8. d5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 9. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 10. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 11. g4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 12. Ng3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nfd7 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 13. h4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} b4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 14. Nd1 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 15. Qxb4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 16. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 17. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 18. h5 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Bxf1 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 19. Nxf1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} a4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 20. hxg6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} fxg6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 21. Qh2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nf8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 22. Bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 23. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 24. O-O-O {[%emt 0:00:16]} Reb8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 25. Ndb1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} c4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 26. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Qc5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 27. g5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} a3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 28. bxa3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rxa3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 29. Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Raa8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 30. Qf2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 31. Rb2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 32. Qh2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 33. Rxb8+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rxb8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 34. Qxh7+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 35. Qh3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qb4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 36. Rh2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rh8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 37. Qg2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nd3+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} 38. Kd1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 39. Qb2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qxb2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 40. Rxb2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rh1+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} 41. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rh2+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} 42. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rxe2+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} 43. Kc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Re3+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} 44. Kxc4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rxf3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 45. Rb7+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 46. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rf1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 47. a4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ra1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 48. d6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 49. Re7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nxg5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 1-0

[Event "European Blitz-ch 2018"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Uruci, Besim"]
[Black "Jankovic, Alojzije"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2137"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]

{[%evp 10,60,19,0,28,0,0,-12,6,-12,-14,-26,-21,-22,-25,-27,-18,-24,-26,-41,-42,-49,-38,-52,0,-54,0,-77,-76,-87,-89,-124,-47,-114,-38,-35,-28,-22,-20,-29,-32,-60,-52,-78,-81,-84,-78,-89,-91,-777,-784,-771,-772]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O Bg7 6. Bf4 {LiveBook: 28 Games. D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... O-O 7. Qc1 Bg4 8. Nbd2 Nh5 9. Bg5 f6 10. Be3 e5 11. h3 Be6 12. g4 Nf4 13. Bxf4 exf4 14. Nb3 Qc7 15. Nc5 {0-1 (46) Eljanov,P (2723)-Navara,D (2724) Biel 2015}) 7. Ne5 O-O 8. Nd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f3,Bf3e5][%mdl 32] The position is equal.} Nbd7 9. Nxd7 Nxd7 10. c3 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nf3 Nc4 13. b3 Nd6 14. Be5 Bxe5 15. Nxe5 Qf6 16. f4 $1 Re8 (16... Qe7 $15) 17. Qd4 ({Better is} 17. e3 $11) 17... Qg7 (17... Qe7 $15) 18. c4 (18. Qc5 $11 {remains equal.} Nf5 19. e4 dxe4 20. Bxe4) 18... f6 19. Nd3 Nf5 ({Of course not} 19... Rxe2 $6 20. cxd5 Nf5 21. Qc5 $11) 20. Qf2 Ne3 (20... d4 $17 21. Rfc1 Ne3) 21. Rfc1 (21. cxd5 $15 cxd5 22. Rfc1) 21... Bf5 (21... d4 $17 22. Bf3 Bf5) 22. cxd5 $15 Nxg2 23. Qxg2 Be4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 24. Qf2 Bxd5 25. Nb4 Be4 26. Rd1 Qe7 27. Nd3 Bd5 28. Rd2 Qe4 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Re4h1]} 29. Qf3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (29. Kf1 $17) 29... Qd4+ $19 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 30. Qf2 Qxa1+ {Accuracy: White = 22%, Black = 45%.} 0-1

