[Event "FIN-ch 2017"]
[Site "Helsinki"]
[Date "2017.06.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karttunen, Mika"]
[Black "Virtanen, Teemu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2141"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,147,37,45,23,41,35,58,53,70,42,42,18,39,38,91,8,108,-13,-7,-34,-43,-46,-27,-37,-28,-41,-30,-45,-39,-84,-79,-94,-86,-86,-84,-87,-87,-73,54,-21,-22,-12,-15,-18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,-7,-10,-9,-15,-33,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-29973,-29974,-12851,-29975,-12851,-29976,-29965,-29970,-12851,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. a4 O-O 7. O-O a6 {C41: Philidor Defence} 8. h3 b6 {LiveBook: 38 Games} 9. d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Qe2 c6 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. d5 Bb7 12. dxc6 Bxc6 13. Bg5 Qb7 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. Rxd5 h6 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Nd2 g6 18. Rd3 {½-½ (49) Volokitin,A (2627)-Moiseenko,A (2701) Doha 2014}) 9... Kh8 {White has an edge.} 10. Be3 Nh5 11. Re1 g6 12. Bf1 Ng7 13. a5 f5 14. Bh6 f4 ({Better is} 14... b5 $14) 15. b4 (15. axb6 $16 cxb6 16. Na2) 15... Rg8 {[#]} (15... b5 $11) 16. Bxg7+ (16. axb6 $1 $16 cxb6 17. Bb5) 16... Rxg7 $11 17. b5 g5 18. Nh2 Nf6 19. Be2 axb5 {Strongly threatening ...g4.} 20. axb6 Rxa1 21. Qxa1 b4 22. Nb5 cxb6 23. f3 {[#]} g4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 24. hxg4 (24. fxg4 Nxe4) 24... h5 25. Qa8 hxg4 26. Nxg4 {[#]} Nh5 (26... Rg8 $1 $17) 27. Na7 (27. Ra1 $1 $14) 27... Bxg4 28. Qxd8+ Bxd8 29. fxg4 Bh4 30. Ra1 Nf6 31. Bf3 Nxg4 32. Bxg4 Rxg4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 33. Kf1 $1 Rg3 {aiming for ...Ra3.} 34. Nb5 Be7 35. Rb1 Re3 36. Rxb4 Kg8 37. Ra4 Kf8 (37... Kg7 {seems wilder.} 38. Ra7 Kf6 39. Rd7 Rxe4 40. Nxd6 Bxd6 41. Rxd6+ Kf5) 38. Kg1 Kf7 39. Ra7 Kf8 40. Ra4 Re1+ 41. Kh2 Re2 (41... Rb1 $5 {[%cal Rb1b5]} 42. c4 Re1 $11) 42. Kh3 Re3+ 43. Kh2 Re2 44. Kh3 Rxc2 45. Ra8+ Kf7 {And now ...Rc5 would win.} 46. Ra7 Kf6 47. Rb7 Rb2 48. Rxb6 Rb3+ 49. Kh2 Rb4 50. Kh3 Rxe4 {White must now prevent ...Rb4.} 51. Nxd6 Re3+ 52. Kh2 Bxd6 53. Rxd6+ {KR-KR} Kf5 54. Rd8 Rg3 55. d6 Rg7 56. d7 {Threatening mate with Rf8+.} Ke4 57. Kg1 Kd4 58. Kf2 e4 {With the idea ...Kd3.} 59. Rf8 Rxd7 {Threatens to win with ...Kd3.} 60. Rxf4 Kd3 61. g4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (61. Rf6 $11) 61... e3+ 62. Kg3 e2 63. Kf2 Kd2 (63... Rd8 $19 64. Rf6 Kd2) 64. Re4 Rf7+ 65. Kg3 e1=Q+ $2 (65... Rf1 $19 66. g5 Kd3) 66. Rxe1 {The position is equal.} Kxe1 {KR-KP} 67. g5 {[%cal Bg4g5,Bg5g6][%mdl 32]} Ke2 68. Kg4 Ke3 69. g6 Rf1 (69... Ra7 $5 {[%cal Re3e4]} 70. Kg5 Ra8 $11) 70. Kg5 Ke4 71. g7 Ke5 {( -> ...Rg1+)} 72. Kg6 Rg1+ 73. Kf7 {[#]} Rxg7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 74. Kxg7 {Precision: White = 65%, Black = 54%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIN-ch 2017"]
[Site "Helsinki"]
[Date "2017.06.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sammalvuo, Tapani"]
[Black "Sipila, Vilka"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,94,14,17,17,19,20,33,0,9,6,4,3,8,-6,0,0,4,-7,-8,-4,-5,0,28,28,66,91,116,-116,-116,-116,-111,-116,-114,-123,-121,-106,-112,-123,-118,-115,-90,-82,-102,-131,-122,-162,-141,-162,-151,-201,-191,-220,-220,-419,-410,-385,-384,-413,-413,-531,-514,-767,-754,-741,-687,-674,-593,-753,-668,-1014,-997,-1862,-1824,-29996,-29997,-29997,-29998]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Bg5 c6 11. Qc2 {E97: King's Indian: Classical Main Line (6...e5 7 0-0 Nc6): 8 Be3 and 8 d5 Ne7, not 9 Ne1} h6 12. Be3 Qe7 13. Rfd1 {White is slightly better.} Ng4 14. Bxg4 Bxg4 15. f3 Be6 16. Na4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. c5 Rfd8 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. Rd1 f5 19. Rxd8+ Qxd8 {0-1 (76) Solomons,D (2226)-Grivas,E (2500) Kallithea 2006}) 16... b6 {[%cal Bb7b6,Bb6b5][%mdl 32]} 17. b3 f5 18. c5 b5 19. Nb2 f4 20. Bf2 g5 21. Rd6 g4 22. Rxc6 Rad8 23. Bh4 $2 (23. fxg4 $16 {stays on course. And now h3 would win.} f3 24. Rd1 Bxg4 25. Rxd8 Qxd8 26. g3) 23... Qxh4 $17 24. Rxe6 gxf3 25. gxf3 {Threatens to win with Qg2.} Qh3 $1 {[%csl LRe6,LRf3]} 26. Rd6 Rxd6 27. cxd6 Qxf3 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black is out for blood.} 28. Qd3 Qxd3 29. Nxd3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rd8 30. Nb4 Rxd6 31. Nd5 Ra6 $1 32. Rc1 Rxa2 33. Rc7 a5 $1 34. Ne7+ {[#]} Kh8 $1 ({Stronger than} 34... Kh7 35. Nf5 $11) 35. Ng6+ {[#]} Kh7 $1 {[%cal Rh7g6]} 36. Nh4 $2 (36. Nxe5 Ra3 37. Nc6) 36... Kg8 $19 37. Rc8+ Kf7 38. Rc7+ Kf6 39. Rc6+ Kg5 40. Nf5 Bf8 41. Rc8 Bb4 42. Rg8+ Kf6 43. Kf1 f3 44. Rc8 Kg5 45. h4+ Kf4 {( -> ...Ra1+)} 46. Nxh6 Ra1+ 47. Kf2 Be1+ {Precision: White = 28%, Black = 79%.} 0-1

[Event "FIN-ch 2017"]
[Site "Helsinki"]
[Date "2017.06.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Agopov, Mikael"]
[Black "Niemi, Kalle"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2331"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,70,34,40,30,12,21,18,26,25,40,45,58,50,72,58,54,55,56,33,35,51,60,28,29,48,144,144,188,-46,-42,-41,-47,-185,-175,-175,-180,-233,-256,-376,-314,-319,-327,-584,-588,-593,-554,-819,-785,-775,-773,-29983,-29984,-29984,-1885,-1731,-1779,-29980,-29981,-29981,-29982]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O Nd7 7. Nbd2 Nc8 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} 8. Nb3 Be7 9. Be3 Qc7 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 9... Ncb6 10. a4 O-O 11. Nfd2 a5 12. Bg4 Nc4 13. Nxc4 dxc4 14. Nd2 {½-½ (27) Rublevsky,S (2703)-Bologan,V (2688) Kragujevac 2009}) 10. a4 h6 11. a5 a6 12. Nfd2 Na7 13. c4 dxc4 14. Nxc4 Nb5 15. Qc1 O-O 16. Rd1 Rfd8 17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. Rxd3 {And now Bxh6! would win.} Bf8 (18... Nc5 $14 19. Nxc5 Bxc5) 19. Qd1 $16 {Hoping for Bxh6!} c5 {[#]} 20. Nb6 $2 (20. Rc1 $1 $18) 20... Nxb6 $15 21. axb6 Qxb6 22. Bxh6 ({Better is} 22. dxc5 $15 Qc7 23. f4) 22... Nxd4 $19 ({Not} 22... gxh6 $2 23. Rg3+ Bg7 24. Qg4 $18) 23. Bg5 Rd5 24. Rh3 (24. Nxd4 {is a better defense.} cxd4 25. Rb3) 24... Rxe5 25. f4 (25. Qd3 $142 Nf3+ 26. Qxf3 Rxg5 27. Qe2) 25... Rf5 26. Nxd4 cxd4 {[%cal Bc5d4,Bd4d3,Bd3d2][%mdl 32]} 27. Qh5 $2 (27. Qb3 {was called for.} Qc6 28. Re1) 27... f6 28. Qh7+ Kf7 29. Bh6 {[#] Rg3 is the strong threat.} d3+ 30. Kh1 d2 {Strongly threatening ...Rc8.} 31. Rg3 Rc8 32. Rxg7+ Bxg7 (32... Ke8 $142 33. Qg6+ Kd8 34. Rd1 Rc1 35. Qg4 Qb3 36. h3 Qxd1+ 37. Kh2 Bxg7 38. Qxg7 Qg1+ 39. Kg3 Qe1+ 40. Kh2 d1=Q 41. Qh8+ Kd7 42. Qh7+ Kc6 43. Qg6 Qh1+ 44. Kg3 Qde1+ 45. Kf3 Qhf1+ 46. Kg4 Qxg2#) 33. Qxg7+ Ke8 {( -> ...Rc1+)} 34. Qf8+ Kd7 35. Qf7+ Kd8 {Precision: White = 33%, Black = 60%.} 0-1

[Event "FIN-ch 2017"]
[Site "Helsinki"]
[Date "2017.06.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Maki-Uuro, Miikka"]
[Black "Ebeling, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2337"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]

{[%evp 14,45,0,-5,-7,-16,-8,-12,-9,0,0,-6,-8,-26,0,0,11,18,13,0,0,-4,37,39,39,0,0,0,62,17,21,17,24,6]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. Bg2 d6 (5... O-O 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Bf4 Be7 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Qc2 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 d6 12. Qd3 Nd7 13. e4 Bf6 14. Be3 g6 15. Rad1 Bg7 16. Rfe1 e5 17. Bg5 Qe8 18. Qd2 f6 19. Bh6 {0-1 (44) Ding,L (2781)-Wang,Y (2729) Shenzhen 2015}) 6. e4 {E00: Catalan Bogo-Indian (3 g3 Bb4+)} e5 7. Ne2 O-O 8. O-O {LiveBook: 16 Games. The position is equal.} Re8 9. Nbc3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Rxe4 13. Qf3 Re8 14. Rfe1 $146 Nd7 15. Rxe8+ $1 Qxe8 16. Nb5 Qd8 17. Re1 Ne5 18. Bxe5 dxe5 19. Qd5 Qxd5 20. cxd5 c6 ({Black should try} 20... Bd7 $11 21. Nxc7 Rc8) 21. dxc6 bxc6 22. Rxe5 {[%cal Re5e8] [#]} Bd7 23. Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIN-ch 2017"]
[Site "Helsinki"]
[Date "2017.06.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karttunen, Mika"]
[Black "Agopov, Mikael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,113,5,10,12,8,9,18,19,33,30,23,33,20,12,10,12,18,4,46,23,20,6,13,14,8,8,18,8,6,-14,-9,-14,0,-6,11,0,25,0,0,0,0,-11,0,-30,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qb3 e6 9. Bb5 Bg7 10. O-O {A35: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3 Nc6 3 Nf3} O-O 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Na4 Ba6 (12... Qd6 13. Re1 Rb8 14. Qd1 Ne7 15. Bd2 Nf5 16. Bc3 Rd8 17. Re4 Rb5 {½-½ (31) Aronian,L (2792)-So,W (2770) Paris 2016}) 13. Re1 $1 Nb6 14. Nc5 Bc4 15. Qc3 Bd5 16. Ne5 Re8 {[#]} 17. b3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. f3 f6 {½-½ (51) Hammer,J (2628)-Yilmaz,M (2569) Tromsoe 2014}) 17... f6 18. Ned3 Nd7 19. Bb2 Nxc5 20. Nxc5 Bf8 {[%cal Bg7f8,Bf8d6,Bd6b4][%mdl 32]} 21. Re2 Qe7 22. Rae1 Qf7 23. Nd3 a5 24. Nc5 {[%cal Bd3c5,Bc5e4,Be4g3][%mdl 32]} Bd6 25. Qc1 Kg7 (25... Bxc5 $5 26. dxc5 a4 $11) 26. Ne4 Bb4 27. Rd1 g5 28. Ba3 Qg6 {[#] And now ...Bxa3 would win.} 29. Ng3 h5 30. Nf1 h4 31. Bxb4 {The position is equal.} axb4 32. Ne3 h3 33. Nxd5 cxd5 34. Qc7+ Qf7 35. Qd6 hxg2 36. Rde1 {[%cal Re2e6]} Qh5 37. Qxb4 Rh8 {[%csl Gh8][%cal Rh5h2]} 38. Qd6 $1 {[#]} e5 $1 {[%csl Gh8][%cal Rh5h2][%mdl 512]} 39. Qd7+ (39. dxe5 Qxh2#) 39... Kg6 {[%csl Gh8][%cal Rh5h2]} 40. h3 $1 Ra7 41. Qxd5 {aiming for Re3.} Qxh3 {[%csl Gh8][%cal Rh3h2]} 42. Qxg2 Qf5 43. dxe5 Rah7 44. Re3 (44. exf6 {with more complications.} Rh2 45. Qxh2 Rxh2 46. Kxh2 Qf4+ 47. Kg1) 44... fxe5 45. Rxe5 Rh1+ $1 46. Qxh1 Rxh1+ 47. Kxh1 Qxf2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRR} 48. R1e2 Qf1+ 49. Kh2 Qf4+ 50. Kg2 Qg4+ 51. Kf2 (51. Kf1 $5 {[%cal Re5g5]} Qf4+ 52. Ke1 $11) 51... Qf4+ 52. Kg1 Qg4+ 53. Kf1 {Rxg5+! is the strong threat.} Qf4+ 54. Ke1 Qc1+ 55. Kf2 Qf4+ 56. Kg2 Qg4+ 57. Kf2 {Precision: White = 54%, Black = 71%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIN-ch 2017"]
[Site "Helsinki"]
[Date "2017.06.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sipila, Vilka"]
[Black "Maki-Uuro, Miikka"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2337"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,72,-32,-13,-26,-20,-25,-25,-60,-49,-74,-25,-56,-39,-42,-47,-114,-82,-116,-117,-141,-74,-72,-77,-59,0,-87,-54,-67,-47,-38,0,0,2,2,2,0,0,0,114,107,184,162,282,291,391,364,376,381,360,340,979,303,281,271,248,0,232,230,324,157,212,233,200,-727,-718]} 1. b3 g6 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. d4 (3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d5 6. c4 c6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. d4 Ne4 9. e3 a5 10. Ne1 a4 11. Nd3 axb3 12. axb3 Rxa1 13. Bxa1 Qa5 14. Bb2 Ndf6 15. c5 Ng4 16. Qe2 Bh6 17. Bc1 {1-0 (62) Carlsen,M (2840)-Gupta,A (2645) chess.com INT 2017}) 3... d5 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Qd2 O-O (5... c5 $5 {[%cal Rc5d4]} 6. dxc5 Be6 $11) 6. O-O-O {A01: Nimzowitsch-Larsen Opening} c6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... b6 7. e3 Bb7 8. f3 c5 9. Nge2 Nbd7 10. Nf4 cxd4 11. exd4 {½-½ (50) Hille,R (2043)-Karger,F (2264) Germany 2015}) 7. f3 a5 8. e4 {Black has an edge.} dxe4 9. fxe4 e5 10. d5 cxd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 (12. Nf3 $15) 12... a4 13. Ne2 axb3 14. axb3 Bg4 (14... Na6 $142 $1 15. Ng3 Nc5) 15. h3 $17 Bxe2 16. Bxe2 Nd7 ({Black should try} 16... Qd6 $15) 17. h4 (17. d6 $11) 17... Ra2 18. Qb4 Qa8 {...Qa7 is the strong threat.} (18... e4 $5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 $15) 19. Bb5 $1 {[%cal Rb5d7]} Nf6 {And now ...Nxd5! would win.} 20. Kb1 $1 ({Don't blunder} 20. Bxe5 $2 Rc8 $19) 20... Rd8 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black is fighting back} 21. d6 e4 22. c3 b6 {Hoping for ...Nd5.} 23. Qc4 Ng4 (23... Ra7 $11 {remains equal.}) 24. Bc6 $16 {[#]} Qa7 (24... b5 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} 25. Bxa8 (25. Qxe4 Qa5 $14) (25. Qxb5 Qa6) 25... bxc4 26. Kxa2 Rxa8+ 27. Ba3 Ne3) 25. Qxe4 $18 Nf2 (25... b5 $142) 26. Qe7 Rxb2+ 27. Kxb2 Qb8 28. d7 Bf8 29. Qf6 Nxh1 $2 (29... Nxd1+ 30. Rxd1 Qc7) 30. Rxh1 $2 (30. Rf1 g5 31. Rxh1) 30... Bg7 31. Qe7 Bf8 32. Qf6 Bg7 33. Qg5 h6 (33... Qc7 {was worth a try.}) 34. Qd2 (34. Qe7 $18 Kh7 35. Rh3) 34... b5 {[#]} (34... Qc7 $16 35. Ba4 Qc5) 35. b4 $1 {Threatens to win with Re1.} Qb6 36. Re1 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (36. Qd5 $18) 36... Qxc6 {Precision: White = 44%, Black = 49%.} 0-1

[Event "FIN-ch 2017"]
[Site "Helsinki"]
[Date "2017.06.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Niemi, Kalle"]
[Black "Sammalvuo, Tapani"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2331"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,81,22,25,26,0,0,0,29,29,20,22,29,27,35,13,30,22,35,35,72,38,39,37,37,39,56,22,21,36,39,21,41,12,7,14,20,15,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,0,0,0,0,0,6,6,6,6,13,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {[%cal Bf1b5,Bb5a4,Ba4b3][%mdl 32]} 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 c6 12. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3e2,Be2g3][%mdl 32]} b4 {C95: Closed Ruy Lopez: Breyer Variation with 10 d4} 13. Ne2 Nxe4 14. Qc2 {[#]} Nef6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... f5 15. c5+ d5 16. Be3 Kh8 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Bh4 19. Rf1 a5 20. f3 {½-½ (33) Wei,Y (2706)-Mamedyarov,S (2747) Wijk aan Zee 2016}) 15. Ng3 c5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. Rxe5 Bd6 (18... Qc7 $5 {[%cal Rc7e5]} 19. Re2 Bd6 $11) 19. Re2 Re8 20. Bg5 {[#] aiming for Rd1.} Bxg3 21. fxg3 {Strongly threatening Bxf6.} Qd4+ 22. Kh2 Rxe2 23. Qxe2 {Hoping for Bxf6.} Be6 24. Rd1 (24. Rf1 {with more complications.} Qe4 25. Qd2 Nd7 26. Re1 Qd4 27. Qc2) 24... Bg4 $1 {[%cal Rg4e2]} 25. Rxd4 Bxe2 26. Rf4 a5 27. Ba4 h6 {The position is equal.} 28. Bxf6 gxf6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 29. Bc6 Ra6 30. Bd5 ({Not} 30. Rxf6 Bxc4 31. Rf4 (31. Rxh6 $2 Bb5 $19) 31... Bxa2 $19) 30... Bd3 31. Rf3 Bb1 32. a3 a4 33. g4 Rb6 34. Kg3 bxa3 35. bxa3 Bc2 36. Kf4 (36. Rf2 $5 {[%cal Rf2c2]} Bg6 37. Rf3 $14) 36... Rb1 37. Be4 Rc1 $1 38. Rc3 Rf1+ 39. Rf3 Rc1 $1 40. Rc3 Rf1+ 41. Rf3 {Precision: White = 70%, Black = 63%.} (41. Bf3 $5 {[%cal Rc3c2]} Bh7 42. Kg3 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIN-ch 2017"]
[Site "Helsinki"]
[Date "2017.06.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Virtanen, Teemu"]
[Black "Ebeling, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2141"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,98,12,10,15,19,10,20,0,10,-97,-24,-26,-9,-38,-37,-55,-43,-56,-38,-134,-134,-127,-56,-62,-53,-66,2,4,4,4,14,14,13,27,13,19,25,25,69,57,81,93,282,267,287,259,268,165,166,160,210,158,150,138,231,179,181,179,168,159,168,167,250,192,262,262,262,262,262,240,108,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 e5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nge2 c6 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 {A22: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3 Nf6} Bc7 7. d4 (7. Bb2 O-O 8. Ng3 Re8 9. c5 d5 10. cxd6 Bxd6 11. Qc2 a5 12. b5 {0-1 (35) Aronian,L (2792)-Anand,V (2784) Zuerich 2016}) 7... a5 {aiming for ...axb4.} 8. Bb2 O-O 9. Qa4 $146 (9. b5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) ({Predecessor:} 9. b5 d5 10. bxc6 dxc4 11. dxe5 Bxe5 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. c7 Bxc7 14. Nb5 Bb6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Nf4 a4 17. Bxc4 Ba5+ 18. Kf1 Nc6 {½-½ (18) Lerch,P (2374)-Karpatchev,A (2462) Wasselonne 2014}) 9... Re8 (9... axb4 $17 10. Qxa8 bxc3 11. Nxc3 (11. Bxc3 Ne4 $15) 11... exd4 12. exd4 d5) 10. b5 $11 Qe7 11. h3 d5 12. bxc6 bxc6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Nb5 (14. dxe5 $1 $15 Bxe5 15. Nd4) 14... Bd7 $17 15. Rc1 Na6 (15... Bxb5 $1 $17 16. Qxb5 Nbd7) 16. dxe5 $15 Ne4 {Hoping for ...Nac5.} 17. Nf4 $1 {[%cal Rf4d5]} Bxe5 ({Black should try} 17... Qh4 $15 18. Qc2 Bxe5 19. Bxe5 Rac8) 18. Bxe5 $11 {And now Bd4 would win.} Qxe5 19. Qd4 Rab8 20. Qxe5 Rxe5 21. Nd4 Nac5 22. Nd3 Nxd3+ 23. Bxd3 g6 24. O-O Rb2 25. Rc7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} Be8 $2 {[#]} (25... Nf6 $16) 26. f4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf4e5]} Rh5 27. Rc8 Kf8 28. Rb1 Rxb1+ 29. Bxb1 Nd6 30. Rc5 Nc4 31. Bd3 Nxa3 (31... Nxe3 $16 {might work better.} 32. Kf2 (32. Rxa5 Nc4 $16) 32... Nd1+ 33. Kg3 Rh6 34. Rxa5 (34. Rxd5 a4 $16) 34... Nc3) 32. Rxa5 ({Resist} 32. Be2 $6 Rh6) 32... Nc4 33. Ra8 Ke7 34. Kf2 Nd2 35. Ra7+ Kf6 (35... Kd6 {was necessary.} 36. Ra6+ Ke7) 36. Ra5 Ne4+ (36... Kg7 $142 37. Be2 Ne4+ 38. Ke1 Rh4 39. Rxd5 Nc3) 37. Bxe4 dxe4 {[#]} 38. Rxh5 $1 gxh5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} 39. Kg3 Ba4 40. Ne2 (40. f5 $16) 40... Bb5 $1 $11 {[%cal Rb5e2] The position is equal.} 41. Nc3 Bd3 42. Kh4 Kg6 43. g3 f5 44. g4 hxg4 45. hxg4 Bc4 46. g5 Kg7 47. Kh5 Bf7+ 48. Kh4 Bc4 49. Kh5 Bf7+ {Precision: White = 60%, Black = 39%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIN-ch 2017"]
[Site "Helsinki"]
[Date "2017.06.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ebeling, Daniel"]
[Black "Sipila, Vilka"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2477"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "233"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,233,37,48,43,47,43,43,43,50,36,37,37,46,51,46,46,95,93,100,100,99,83,93,104,105,110,104,112,103,61,63,56,68,60,67,60,67,68,68,56,82,62,61,50,66,35,31,21,21,29,29,39,41,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,0,18,10,25,0,0,0,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,41,38,38,38,48,48,48,24,29,29,30,30,30,30,33,8,8,8,8,8,8,6,8,6,8,6,8,8,8,6,27,6,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,6,8,6,8,8,8,8,62,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,62,62,62,62,62,62,62,52,52,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Bc4 Ke8 7. Nf3 Bd6 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. O-O {B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems} (9. Nd2 c6 10. Bb3 Bc7 11. O-O Nc5 12. Be3 Ne6 13. f3 Ke7 14. Rfd1 Rd8 15. Ne2 Nh5 16. g3 Nf6 {½-½ (50) Shomoev,A (2550)-Najer,E (2682) Sochi 2017}) 9... c6 10. Rfd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Bh4 h6 11. Rad1 Bc7 12. Rd2 Ke7 13. Bg3 Nh5 14. Bh4+ f6 15. Nd1 g5 {0-1 (48) Misailovic,N (2342)-Tadic,B (2491) Vrnjacka Banja 2006}) 10... Bc7 11. a4 {White is slightly better.} a5 12. h3 h6 13. Be3 g5 14. Nh2 {[%cal Bf3h2,Bh2f1,Bf1e3,Be3c4][%mdl 32]} Bb6 15. Nf1 g4 16. hxg4 Nxg4 {[#]} 17. Bxb6 $1 Nxb6 18. Bb3 Nd7 19. f3 Ngf6 {[%cal Bg4f6,Bf6h5,Bh5f4][%mdl 32]} 20. Ne3 Nc5 21. Ba2 Nh5 22. Nc4 {And now Nd6+ would win.} f6 $1 23. Kf2 Ke7 24. Nb6 Rb8 $1 25. Rd2 Nf4 26. Rh1 Be6 27. Bxe6 Nfxe6 28. Ne2 h5 29. Ng3 Ng7 30. b3 h4 31. Nf5+ Nxf5 32. exf5 Rbd8 33. Rxd8 Rxd8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 34. Ke3 Rd4 $1 35. Ra1 Rf4 36. Nc4 Rxf5 37. Nxa5 Rg5 38. Kf2 Rg8 39. b4 Ra8 40. Rh1 (40. Nxc6+ $5 bxc6 41. bxc5 $16) 40... Nxa4 41. Rxh4 b6 42. Nxc6+ Kd6 43. b5 Nc3 44. Rh6 Rf8 45. Nb4 Nxb5 46. c4 Nc7 47. Nd3 Ne6 48. g4 Ng5 49. Ke3 {Nxe5! is the strong threat.} Ke7 50. Nb4 Ke6 51. Nd5 b5 52. Nc7+ Kd6 53. Nxb5+ Kc5 54. Nc3 f5 55. Rh5 Nxf3 56. Kxf3 fxg4+ {KRN-KR} 57. Ke4 Kxc4 58. Nd5 Rg8 59. Rxe5 (59. Ne7 $5 {[%cal Re7g8]} Ra8 60. Nd5 $14) 59... g3 60. Ne3+ Kb4 61. Kf3 Kc3 (61... g2 $5 62. Nxg2 Rh8 $14) 62. Rd5 Rg7 (62... g2 $5 63. Nxg2 Rh8 $14) 63. Rd8 Kb4 (63... g2 $5 64. Nxg2 Rh7 $14) 64. Rd1 Kc5 (64... g2 $5) 65. Rc1+ Kb5 66. Nf5 Rg8 67. Nxg3 Re8 68. Ne4 {[#] Black must now prevent Nd6+.} Rf8+ 69. Ke3 Re8 70. Kd4 {Threatening mate with Nd6+.} (70. Kd3 $5 {[%cal Re4d6]} Rh8 71. Nd6+ Kb6 72. Ke4 $14) 70... Rd8+ 71. Ke5 Rh8 72. Kd5 (72. Rc8 $5 Rxc8 73. Nd6+ Kc6 74. Nxc8 $11) 72... Rh5+ 73. Kd4 Rh4 74. Rg1 Kc6 (74... Rh3 $11) 75. Rg6+ (75. Rg5 $14) 75... Kb5 $1 76. Rf6 Kb4 77. Rb6+ Ka4 78. Kd5 Ka3 79. Nc5 Rh5+ ({Black should try} 79... Ka2 $11) 80. Kc4 $14 Rh4+ 81. Kc3 $1 {Intending Ra6+ and mate.} Rh3+ 82. Nd3 {[%cal Rb6a6]} Ka4 83. Rb1 Ka5 84. Kc4 Rh4+ {The position is equal.} 85. Kd5 Rh5+ 86. Ne5 (86. Ke6 {with more complications.} Ka4 87. Rb8 Rh1 88. Kf5 Ka3 89. Kg4) 86... Rg5 87. Kd4 Rh5 $1 88. Nc4+ Ka4 89. Nb6+ Ka5 90. Nd5 Ka4 91. Kc5 (91. Ne3 {keeps more tension.} Rh4+ 92. Ke5 Rh8 93. Ng2 Rg8 94. Nf4) 91... Ka3 92. Rb8 Rg5 93. Rh8 Kb3 94. Rh3+ Kc2 95. Rf3 Rh5 96. Kc4 Rh4+ 97. Nf4 Kd2 98. Kd4 Kc2 99. Rf1 Kb3 100. Rf2 Kb4 101. Rf3 Rg4 102. Kd5 Rg5+ 103. Kc6 Kc4 104. Ne6 Rg6 105. Rf4+ Kc3 106. Kd5 Rh6 107. Rf5 Rh8 108. Rg5 Kb4 109. Rg4+ Kc3 110. Rc4+ Kd2 111. Rc7 Ke3 112. Ng7 Kd2 113. Ra7 Kd3 114. Ra3+ Kd2 115. Ne6 Rh5+ 116. Kc4 Rh4+ 117. Nd4 {Precision: White = 66%, Black = 78%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIN-ch 2017"]
[Site "Helsinki"]
[Date "2017.06.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sammalvuo, Tapani"]
[Black "Karttunen, Mika"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,66,47,38,58,40,37,40,40,33,42,31,39,41,41,45,47,43,38,20,46,20,79,43,33,0,0,-108,-109,-135,-108,-179,-180,-161,-162,-210,-200,-233,-237,-329,-278,-1106,-1115,-1116,-1052,-29993,-29990,-29995,-29996,-29998,-29997]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 {A58: Benko/Volga Gambit: Lines with 5 bxa6} Bg7 (6... Bxa6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. e4 Bxf1 9. Kxf1 d6 10. g3 O-O 11. Kg2 Na6 12. Qe2 Qb6 13. Rd1 Qb7 14. Rb1 Nd7 15. Bg5 Rfe8 16. a3 Nc7 17. Qc2 Nb6 18. a4 Rac8 19. b3 e6 20. dxe6 Nxe6 {1-0 (27) Jakovenko,D (2714)-Zvjaginsev,V (2673) Moscow 2016}) 7. e4 O-O 8. Be2 Qa5 9. Bd2 Bxa6 10. Nf3 {LiveBook: 45 Games} d6 11. O-O Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Qa6 13. Qd1 Nbd7 14. h3 Rfb8 15. Qc2 Nh5 16. Rfb1 Ne5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. g3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18. a4) 18... Qc4 19. b3 Qd4 (19... Qa6 $11) 20. Kg2 c4 $1 21. b4 Ra3 {[%cal Ra3c3]} 22. Rc1 {[#]} (22. Rd1 $11) 22... f5 $1 $17 {[%cal Rf5f4] And now ...f4 would win.} 23. exf5 gxf5 {[%cal Bg6f5,Bf5f4][%mdl 32]} 24. Be1 {[#]} (24. Rf1 $17) 24... f4 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is on the roll.} 25. Qe2 Nf6 26. Rd1 Rxc3 27. Bxc3 Qxc3 28. gxf4 Bxf4 {Strongly threatening ...Kh8.} 29. b5 $2 (29. Qf3 Qe5 30. a3) 29... Kh8 {( -> ...Rg8+)} 30. Qe6 Rg8+ 31. Kf1 Qf3 {Black mates.} 32. Qxe7 Ne4 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Rf3f2]} 33. Qh4 Bh2 {Precision: White = 37%, Black = 78%.} 0-1

[Event "FIN-ch 2017"]
[Site "Helsinki"]
[Date "2017.06.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Agopov, Mikael"]
[Black "Virtanen, Teemu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2141"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 40,51,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 {[%cal Bd4b5,Bb5a3,Ba3c2,Bc2e3][%mdl 32]} d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. exf5 Bxf5 12. c3 Bg7 13. Nc2 O-O 14. Nce3 Be6 15. Bd3 f5 {[%cal Bf7f5,Bf5f4][%mdl 32]} 16. Bc2 f4 17. Qh5 {B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations} Rf7 18. Bxh7+ Kf8 19. Bf5 Qe8 20. Bxe6 Qxe6 21. Qg4 {LiveBook: 100 Games. The position is equal.} Qh6 $1 22. Nf5 {[#]} Qe6 $146 23. Nfe3 $1 Qh6 $1 24. Nf5 Qe6 25. Nfe3 $1 Qh6 $1 26. Nf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIN-ch 2017"]
[Site "Helsinki"]
[Date "2017.06.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Maki-Uuro, Miikka"]
[Black "Niemi, Kalle"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2337"]
[BlackElo "2331"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,41,0,0,0,8,6,7,4,7,0,0,2,14,15,12,16,12,11,12,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Na3 c5 6. Nxc4 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. b3 O-O 9. Bb2 Qc7 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} (9... Bd7 10. d4 Rc8 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Nd6 Rc7 13. Rc1 b6 14. Ng5 Qe7 15. Nge4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Rd8 17. Nxc5 bxc5 {1-0 (46) Grischuk,A (2795)-Inarkiev,E (2688) Moscow 2014}) 10. Nfe5 Bd7 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 {LiveBook: 4 Games. The position is equal.} 12. e3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. d3 Rac8 13. a3 Nd5 14. Re1 Rfd8 15. Qb1 Qc7 16. Qa2 b5 17. Nd2 {½-½ (39) Yuffa,D (2516)-Shevchenko,K (2373) Moscow 2016}) 12... Rac8 13. Qe2 Nd5 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Bf6 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. d4 cxd4 19. Rxd4 Qe7 20. Rad1 Rxd4 21. Rxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIN-ch 2017"]
[Site "Helsinki"]
[Date "2017.06.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karttunen, Mika"]
[Black "Maki-Uuro, Miikka"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2337"]
[Annotator "TA RC"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,153,29,12,19,16,10,0,0,8,13,0,0,-18,-27,-27,-4,-15,-7,-11,-7,-18,24,24,24,24,24,27,55,12,13,13,24,27,31,30,30,25,31,29,31,0,20,5,5,6,8,5,14,13,15,3,30,30,30,10,30,0,17,0,19,4,20,20,31,0,15,0,31,31,37,30,37,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,0,30,30,30,0,30,30,31,38,36,0,30,15,30,6,14,12,10,0,30,30,30,30,30,30,64,0,30,0,37,0,0,0,22,0,24,22,59,59,62,62,62,62,62,62,97,62,145,166,1272,1087,1267,1172,6864,6320,4645,4622]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. Be3 c4 9. b3 O-O {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3} (9... cxb3 10. Qxb3 Na5 11. Qd3 Nc4 12. Bf4 O-O 13. Nc3 a6 14. a4 Qa5 15. Rfc1 Ba3 16. Rxa3 Nxa3 17. Bd6 Nc4 18. Bxf8 Kxf8 19. Ng5 Be6 20. Nxh7+ Nxh7 21. Qxh7 Nb6 22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Rc7 {1-0 (23) Naiditsch,A (2704)-Kopylov,M (2473) Germany 2012}) 10. Ne5 cxb3 $1 11. axb3 Re8 {The position is equal.} 12. Nxc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Nc3 Nb4 13. Na2 Ne4 14. Nxb4 Bxb4 15. Nd3 Bd6 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. dxc5 Nc3 18. Qd3 d4 19. Rae1 Bg4 20. Bf3 Bxf3 21. exf3 dxe3 22. Qxc3 e2 {0-1 (22) Velikov,P (2475)-Lputian,S (2555) Saint John 1988}) 12... bxc6 13. Bd2 Bg4 14. Ba5 Qd7 15. Nd2 Bh3 16. e3 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Bd6 18. Ra4 Ne4 19. Nxe4 Rxe4 20. Bb4 Bxb4 21. Rxb4 Rae8 22. h3 c5 23. Ra4 cxd4 24. Rxd4 Qb7 25. Kg1 Rxd4 26. Qxd4 Qxb3 27. Qxa7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} g6 28. Qd7 Re6 29. Rc1 {aiming for Rc8+.} Kg7 30. Qa7 {And now Qa1+ would win.} Qb2 31. Qc5 Rf6 32. Rc2 Qa1+ 33. Kg2 Qe5 34. Rd2 Qe4+ 35. Kh2 h5 36. Qc3 Qf3 37. Qe5 Kh7 (37... Qe4 $5 {[%cal Re4e5]} 38. Qb2 h4 $11) 38. Qd4 ({Don't play} 38. Qxd5 Qxd5 39. Rxd5 Rxf2+ 40. Kg1 Rf3 $17) 38... Rf5 39. Kg1 Kg8 40. Kh2 Kh7 41. Kg1 Kg8 42. Qb2 Qe4 43. Rd4 Qe6 44. Kg2 (44. Rb4 {seems wilder.} Qf6 45. Qd2 Kh7 46. g4 Re5 47. Qd4) 44... Kh7 45. Qb3 Re5 46. Qb7 Rf5 47. Qa8 Re5 48. Qd8 Rf5 49. Qa8 (49. g4 $5 {[%cal Rg4f5]} Re5 50. Ra4 $14) 49... Re5 50. Qa2 Rf5 51. Qb3 Re5 52. Qd3 Kg8 53. Rb4 Kh7 54. Qc3 Qd6 55. Qb2 Re8 56. Rb5 (56. Rd4 {is more complex.} Qc6 57. Qb3 Re5 58. Qd3 Qb7 59. h4) 56... Qe6 57. Qd2 Qe4+ 58. Kh2 Re5 59. Rb4 Qf5 $1 60. Rd4 Qe6 61. Kg2 Kg8 62. Kh2 Kh7 63. Ra4 Rf5 (63... Re4 $5 {[%cal Re4a4]} 64. Ra7 h4 $11) 64. f4 d4 65. Rxd4 Rc5 66. Qe2 Qc6 67. Qg2 Qxg2+ 68. Kxg2 {KR-KR} f5 69. Rd7+ Kg8 70. g4 hxg4 71. hxg4 Kf8 72. gxf5 Rxf5 ({Black should play} 72... gxf5 $14 73. Ra7 Rc3) 73. Kf3 $16 Ra5 $2 {[#]} (73... Rf6) 74. Kg4 $1 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Rb5 75. e4 {[%cal Be3e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} Rb4 {[#]} 76. e5 $1 Ra4 77. Kg5 {Precision: White = 54%, Black = 47%.} 1-0

[Event "FIN-ch 2017"]
[Site "Helsinki"]
[Date "2017.06.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Agopov, Mikael"]
[Black "Sammalvuo, Tapani"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C74"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,84,0,0,-10,-12,-19,0,0,0,0,0,-19,-18,-42,-45,-55,-59,-66,-68,-64,-66,-74,-25,-18,-14,-21,-16,-110,-112,-113,-103,-99,-109,-106,-104,-112,-120,-139,-131,-227,-108,-133,-87,-85,-83,-165,-174,-215,-213,-222,-208,-214,-201,-363,-366,-516,-512,-548,-533]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 f5 6. exf5 Bxf5 7. O-O Bd3 8. Re1 Be7 9. Bc2 Bxc2 10. Qxc2 Nf6 11. d4 e4 12. Nfd2 {C74: Ruy Lopez: Deferred Steinitz: 5 c3 f5} d5 13. f3 exf3 14. Nxf3 O-O {[#] LiveBook: 8 Games} 15. Nbd2 $146 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1e3][%mdl 32]} ({Predecessor:} 15. Bg5 Qd7 16. Nbd2 Rae8 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nf1 Nd8 19. Ne3 Nf7 {1-0 (41) Areshchenko,A (2651)-Jussupow,A (2570) Zuerich 2009}) 15... Bd6 16. Nf1 Ne4 17. Ne3 Ng5 ({Weaker is} 17... Rxf3 18. gxf3 Qh4 19. Rf1 $16) 18. Nxg5 Qxg5 19. Nf1 Qh5 20. h3 Rf6 {[%cal Bf8f6,Bf6g6,Bg6g5][%mdl 32]} 21. Be3 Raf8 22. Re2 Ne7 23. Rae1 Nf5 24. Bf2 $1 Rg6 {Threatens to win with ...Qxh3.} 25. Re6 Rg5 $40 {[%mdl 128] White needs to defend precisely.} 26. Qd2 h6 27. Be3 (27. Qd3 $11 {remains equal.}) 27... Nxe3 $17 28. Qxe3 {[#]} Rf3 $1 29. Re8+ Kh7 {( -> ...Rxg2+!)} 30. Qe6 {Black must now prevent Qg8+.} Qxh3 $1 31. Qxh3 Rxh3 32. Ra8 Rd3 33. Ra7 {[#]} (33. Rae8 $17 {is a better defense.}) 33... c5 (33... h5 $1 $19 {has better winning chances.} 34. Rc1 c5) 34. Re6 Bf8 {Strongly threatening ...Rd1.} ({And not} 34... Rg6 35. Rxg6 Kxg6 36. Rxb7 $16) 35. Rxb7 {And now Kf2 would win.} cxd4 36. cxd4 (36. Rf7 $17 Bc5 37. Rc6) 36... Rxd4 $19 {...Bc5 is the strong threat.} 37. Rc6 Rd1 38. Rf7 Bb4 39. a3 Be1 40. Ne3 $2 (40. Rxa6 Bg3 41. b4) 40... Rb1 41. Rf1 (41. Rf3 $142) 41... d4 42. Nc4 {[#]} Bf2+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 40%, Black = 73%.} 0-1

[Event "FIN-ch 2017"]
[Site "Helsinki"]
[Date "2017.06.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Niemi, Kalle"]
[Black "Ebeling, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2331"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,137,25,22,0,1,0,12,0,13,0,0,10,0,-22,-25,-27,-16,-26,-20,-33,1,-18,-25,-31,-10,-12,-3,-11,0,-14,0,-43,-47,-50,-22,-41,0,0,0,-8,0,-15,0,0,97,-121,81,70,120,23,164,150,116,17,31,43,44,0,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,273,256,245,94,94,94,104,104,104,104,104,104,658,657,657,635,1155,1090,1290,814,458,413,7079,6605,29966,29967,29969,29970,29970,29968,29968,29969,29969,29970,29970,29971,29971,29969,29963,330,29979,29978,29978,29978,29979,29979,29979,29980,29980,29979,29982,29983,29983,29984,29984,29985,29985,29986,29986,29987,29987,29988]} 1. Nf3 f5 2. d3 Nc6 3. d4 e6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 d5 {LiveBook: 7 Games} 6. Bf4 $146 {A04: Unusual lines after 1 Nf3 and King's Indian Attack} (6. c4 $5) ({Predecessor:} 6. O-O Rb8 7. Nbd2 b5 8. Ne5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Nd7 10. Nf3 {½-½ (45) Fressinet,L (2708)-Christiansen,L (2584) Tromsoe 2013}) 6... Bd6 7. e3 Qe7 8. O-O {The position is equal.} b5 9. a4 b4 $1 10. c4 bxc3 11. bxc3 Ba6 12. Re1 O-O 13. Nbd2 Na5 14. Nb3 Nc4 15. Ne5 Bxe5 16. Bxe5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nd7 {[%cal Bf6d7,Bd7c5,Bc5d3][%mdl 32]} 18. Nd4 Bc4 ({Don't play} 18... Nxe5 $6 19. Nxe6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} c6 20. Nxf8 $16) 19. f4 Nc5 20. Qh5 Qd7 21. g4 g6 22. Qh4 Kh8 23. gxf5 gxf5 24. Kh1 Nd3 25. Red1 c5 (25... Rg8 $5 {[%cal Rg8g6]}) 26. Nf3 Rg8 (26... Rf7 $11) 27. Ng5 $2 (27. Qf6+ $16 Rg7 28. Rd2) 27... Rxg5 $2 (27... Qe7 $17 {keeps the pressure on.} 28. Rdb1 Nxe5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 29. Qxh7+ Qxh7 30. Nxh7 Kxh7 31. fxe5 Rab8) 28. fxg5 $16 Qg7 29. Qg3 (29. Bf1 $1 $16 {[%cal Rf1d3]} Nxe5 30. Rab1) 29... Rg8 (29... Qxe5 $11 30. Qxe5+ Nxe5) 30. Bf1 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf1d3]} Nxe5 31. Bxc4 (31. Rab1 $16) 31... Nxc4 $11 32. Rab1 Qxc3 33. Rb7 (33. g6 $5 Qe5 34. Qxe5+ Nxe5 35. Rb7 hxg6 36. Rxa7 $11) 33... Qxe3 34. Qxe3 (34. Re1 $5 {[%cal Re1e3]} Qxg3 35. hxg3 $11) 34... Nxe3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} 35. Re1 d4 36. Rxa7 Rb8 {next ...c4 is good for Black.} (36... Rd8 $5 37. Rb1 $8 Nd5 $11) 37. a5 f4 {Black wants to play ...Rb2.} 38. a6 {Threatens to win with Rb7.} d3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (38... Rd8 $11 39. Rb1 d3) 39. Rd7 $18 {Strongly threatening a7.} Ra8 40. Rb1 $2 (40. Ra1 $18 {Hoping for a7.} Nc2 41. Rb1) 40... d2 $16 41. a7 {White wants to mate with Rb8+.} d1=Q+ 42. Rbxd1 Nxd1 {[#]} 43. Rb7 $1 {[%cal Rb7b8] Rb8+ is the strong threat.} Rxa7 44. Rxa7 {aiming for Kg2. KR-KN} Ne3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (44... c4 $16) 45. Re7 $1 $18 {[%cal Re7e6]} c4 46. Rxe6 c3 47. Rc6 Kg7 48. Rxc3 Kg6 49. Rc5 Nf5 (49... Kh5 $142 50. Kg1 Kg4) 50. Kg2 Kxg5 51. Kf3 Kf6 52. Kxf4 Ne7 53. Ra5 Ng6+ 54. Kg4 Ne5+ 55. Kh5 Nf7 56. Ra1 Ne5 57. Rg1 Nf7 58. Rg2 $2 (58. h4 {mates} Kf5 59. Rf1+ Ke6 60. Ra1 Ke5 61. Ra5+ Ke6 62. Ra4 Kd7 63. Ra6) 58... h6 $2 (58... Ke7 $18 59. Ra2 Ke6) 59. Rg6+ {White mates.} Kf5 60. Ra6 Ne5 61. h4 Nf7 62. Rb6 Ne5 63. Rxh6 Nf3 64. Rh8 Ke6 65. Rf8 Nd4 66. Kg6 Ke7 67. Rf1 Nc6 68. h5 Ne5+ 69. Kg7 {Precision: White = 53%, Black = 35%.} 1-0

[Event "FIN-ch 2017"]
[Site "Helsinki"]
[Date "2017.06.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Virtanen, Teemu"]
[Black "Sipila, Vilka"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2141"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,92,43,0,47,33,55,17,19,19,50,26,32,20,61,54,36,26,58,18,76,78,82,60,150,148,287,274,437,445,769,477,582,560,796,331,315,324,312,280,294,265,327,312,427,423,461,461,476,461,462,460,460,443,529,443,654,609,585,600,980,976,843,681,1922,1890,1424,1278,1133,1895,1479,1360,1236,1172,29998,29999,29999]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d6 3. d4 Nbd7 4. Bg2 e5 5. c4 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 Re8 9. b3 Bf8 10. Bb2 {LiveBook: 18 Games} Qa5 {A54: Old Indian Defence with Nf3, but without e4} (10... Qc7 11. Rac1 a6 12. Rfd1 e4 13. Nh4 d5 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. f3 exf3 16. Bxf3 Qd6 17. Ng2 Nb6 18. Nf4 Bg4 {½-½ (47) Ludwig,D (2456)-Zapata,A (2484) Philadelphia 2012}) 11. e3 exd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... a6 12. Nd2 exd4 13. exd4 Qh5 14. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 15. Rxe1 Nb6 16. Nce4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 {1-0 (56) Medina Carrasco,S (2153)-Perez Rosales,P (2166) Cala Galdana 1999}) 12. exd4 d5 {The position is equal.} 13. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 14. Rxe1 dxc4 15. bxc4 Nb6 16. Re5 c5 17. Nd2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Nbd7 18. Nb3 Qd8 (18... Qa6 $11) 19. Re1 $16 cxd4 20. Nxd4 Nb6 ({Better is} 20... Qa5 $14) 21. Ne4 h6 (21... Nbd7 $16 22. Nb3 Nxe4) 22. Nxf6+ $18 Qxf6 {[#]} (22... gxf6 {is a better defense.} 23. c5 Nd5) 23. c5 $1 Nd7 (23... Bd7 $142 24. Bxb7 Re8) 24. c6 bxc6 25. Nxc6 Qd6 {If Black can now play ...Bb7 this consolidates a bit.} 26. Ne7+ (26. Re8 $142) 26... Bxe7 27. Bxa8 Nb6 28. Bf3 Be6 29. Rd1 Qb8 30. Qe4 a5 31. Bc3 Nc4 32. Bg4 Bxg4 33. Qxg4 {[%csl Gc3][%cal Rg4g7] [#]} Ne5 34. Qf4 f6 35. Bxe5 fxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQB} 36. Qc4+ Kf8 (36... Kh8 $142 37. Rd5 Qb1+ 38. Kg2 Qb7) 37. Rc1 Qd6 38. h4 g6 39. Qe4 Qe6 40. a4 Bd6 41. Rc6 Ke7 42. Ra6 Qc8 43. Ra7+ Kf6 44. g4 {Threatening mate with Qf3+.} Qc1+ 45. Kg2 {Threatens to win with Qd5.} Qc5 46. Qf3+ Ke6 47. Qf7# {Precision: White = 70%, Black = 28%.} 1-0

[Event "FIN-ch 2017"]
[Site "Helsinki"]
[Date "2017.06.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ebeling, Daniel"]
[Black "Karttunen, Mika"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2477"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,111,15,27,-10,0,0,0,0,0,1,12,14,0,6,121,114,149,145,165,162,148,147,154,149,158,153,161,154,168,100,84,82,98,76,204,76,178,65,201,210,368,349,392,398,525,516,508,487,478,218,275,260,257,245,202,21,21,2,6,16,41,43,48,23,27,34,21,18,14,-12,320,306,293,300,332,339,470,457,442,441,531,518,510,493,518,453,743,737,725,695,710,646,29973,29974,29982,29983,29982,29980,29980,29981,29980,29981,29981,29982]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Be7 4. Bg2 O-O (4... d6 5. Nge2 c6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. O-O O-O 8. a4 b6 9. h3 h5 10. b3 a6 11. Bb2 Bb7 12. Nb1 Re8 13. Nd2 Bf8 14. Re1 b5 15. c4 bxa4 16. Rxa4 exd4 17. Bxd4 {½-½ (62) Eid,F (2377)-Haddouche,M (2429) Istanbul 2012}) 5. Nge2 c6 6. O-O {C26: Vienna Game: 2...Nf6, sidelines} d5 7. exd5 cxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Nxd5 8. h3 Be6 9. d3 Na6 10. Bd2 Qd7 11. Kh2 Nac7 12. Qc1 {0-1 (32) Kovachev,R (1592)-Raondi,Y (1705) Plovdiv 2013}) 8. d4 {The position is equal.} e4 9. f3 exf3 10. Bxf3 Bh3 11. Re1 {And now Nf4 would win.} Bb4 (11... Bg4 $11 12. Bxg4 Nxg4) 12. Bg5 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Strongly threatening Nf4. Black is under strong pressure.} Nc6 13. Nf4 $1 {[%cal Rf4h3]} Be6 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Rxe6 Qd7 16. Re3 $1 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Ne4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Bf4 (19. Rxe4 $18 Rae8 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21. Qd3) 19... Qd5 20. Qe2 g5 {[#]} 21. Qg4 $1 Rf5 (21... h6 $16 {was necessary.}) 22. Be5 (22. Rae1 $18 {has better winning chances.}) 22... Qf7 {[#]} (22... Raf8 $16) 23. Rxe4 ({Don't play} 23. Qxe4 $6 Rf8 $16) ({White should play} 23. Bd6 $1 $18) 23... h5 ({Better is} 23... Rf8 $14 24. Rf4 Nxe5 25. dxe5 Rxf4 26. Qxg5+ (26. gxf4 Qxf4 27. Qxf4 Rxf4 $11) 26... Qg6 27. Qxg6+ (27. gxf4 Rxf4 28. Qxg6+ hxg6 $14) 27... hxg6 28. gxf4 Rxf4) 24. Qe2 $18 Rf8 $2 (24... Re8 {was worth a try.} 25. Bd6 Rxe4 26. Qxe4 Na5) 25. Bd6 Rf2 26. Qd3 Qf3 27. Qxf3 R8xf3 28. d5 Na5 29. Bb4 (29. Bc5 $142 Rxc2 30. Rae1) 29... Rxc2 30. Rf1 (30. Bxa5 Rff2 $14) 30... Rxf1+ 31. Kxf1 Rxa2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 32. Re5 $2 (32. c4 $18) 32... Nc4 $1 $11 {[%cal Rc4e5]} 33. Rxg5+ Kf7 {Threatens to win with ...Nd2+.} 34. Rxh5 {aiming for Bc5.} a5 35. Bc5 {Hoping for d6.} b6 36. Bd4 {Black must now prevent g4.} a4 $1 37. Rh7+ Ke8 38. Ra7 a3 39. h4 {Ke1 is the strong threat.} Rb2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (39... Rd2 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 40. d6 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd6d7]} Nxd6 {next ...Nc4 is good for Black.} 41. Rxa3 Ne4 42. c4 Rb1+ 43. Kg2 Nd6 44. h5 Nf5 45. Be5 Re1 46. Bf4 Kf7 47. Ra7+ Kf6 (47... Kg8 $142 48. Ra8+ Kf7) 48. Rb7 Re2+ 49. Kf3 Re6 50. Kg4 Nd6 51. Rxb6 {White mates.} Nxc4 52. Rxe6+ Kxe6 53. Kg5 Kf7 54. h6 {[%cal Bh5h6,Bh6h7][%mdl 32]} Nb6 55. Be5 Nd7 56. h7 {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 38%.} 1-0

[Event "FIN-ch 2017"]
[Site "Helsinki"]
[Date "2017.06.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sammalvuo, Tapani"]
[Black "Virtanen, Teemu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2141"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,49,47,65,62,66,75,77,63,57,33,27,24,30,25,194,156,231,212,264,262,268,234,417,451,452,412,432,397,904,610,602,414,714,739,1757,1620,29979,5722,29987,29988,29988,29989]} 1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 Bf5 4. Nc3 h6 5. g3 Ne4 (5... Nbd7 6. Bg2 c6 7. d5 c5 8. O-O g5 9. h4 g4 10. Ne1 Bg7 11. e4 Bh7 12. Nd3 a6 13. a4 {1-0 (22) Ding,L (2732)-Jobava,B (2727) Wijk aan Zee 2015}) 6. Qd3 $146 {A53: Old Indian Defence without Nf3} ({Predecessor:} 6. Nxe4 Bxe4 7. Bh3 c5 8. O-O e6 9. d5 exd5 10. Nd2 Bh7 11. Qa4+ Nd7 12. b4 d4 13. e3 dxe3 {0-1 (24) Shchekachev,A (2550)-Shirazi,K (2444) Pierrefitte 2003}) 6... Nxg3 7. e4 Bxe4 8. Nxe4 {White is better.} Nxh1 9. Bg2 Nxf2 10. Nxf2 c6 11. d5 {[%cal Bd4d5,Bd5e6][%mdl 32]} e5 $2 (11... Qc7 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 12. dxe6 $1 $18 Qe7 (12... Na6 $16 {was worth a try.}) 13. Bf4 {Black must now prevent 0-0-0.} Na6 14. Ne4 {[%cal Re4d6]} O-O-O 15. O-O-O Qxe6 $2 {[#]} (15... Nc5 16. Nxc5 (16. Nxd6+ Qxd6 17. Qxd6 Bxd6 $14) 16... dxc5 17. Qxd8+ Qxd8 18. exf7 Qxd1+ 19. Kxd1 Kd8) 16. Nd4 $1 {[%cal Rd4e6]} Qg6 17. Bh3+ Kb8 18. Qf3 Qh7 $2 (18... f5) 19. c5 {[%cal Bc4c5,Bc5d6,Bd6d7][%mdl 32]} Ka8 20. cxd6 Nb4 (20... Nb8 $142 21. Be5 Re8) 21. a3 Nd5 22. Nxc6 bxc6 {[#]} 23. Rxd5 $1 {[%mdl 512] Threatening mate with Qc3!} f5 {[#]} (23... cxd5 24. Nf6) 24. Qc3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} g5 25. d7 {Precision: White = 80%, Black = 31%.} 1-0

[Event "FIN-ch 2017"]
[Site "Helsinki"]
[Date "2017.06.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sipila, Vilka"]
[Black "Niemi, Kalle"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2331"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,83,19,18,6,10,7,6,6,13,0,25,12,13,5,10,9,16,12,50,43,42,37,68,66,56,61,83,76,64,74,179,125,133,122,168,179,304,229,231,231,239,231,238,225,229,231,227,227,224,210,349,345,321,328,405,426,420,422,749,750,1110,1096,4802,1864,29964,29966,29952,29944]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O Nd7 7. Nbd2 Nc8 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} (7... h6 8. Nb3 g5 9. Ne1 Qc7 10. Nd3 b6 11. Be3 Bg7 12. f4 c5 13. dxc5 gxf4 14. cxb6 axb6 15. Bxf4 {½-½ (32) Dominguez Perez,L (2729)-Ding,L (2755) Tsaghkadzor 2015}) 8. Nb3 Be7 9. Be3 O-O {LiveBook: 27 Games. The position is equal.} 10. Ne1 f6 11. f4 fxe5 12. dxe5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. fxe5 Ncb6 13. Nd2 Na4 14. Rb1 {½-½ (46) Socko,B (2644)-Vokarev,S (2502) Plovdiv 2008}) 12... c5 $1 13. g4 Be4 14. Nd2 {[%cal Bb3d2,Bd2f3,Bf3d4][%mdl 32]} Bg6 $1 15. Ng2 Ncb6 16. Bf2 c4 17. Nf3 Nc5 18. Nd4 Qd7 19. Be3 Kh8 20. f5 exf5 21. gxf5 Rxf5 (21... Bxf5 $2 22. Rxf5 Rxf5 23. e6 $18) 22. Nxf5 Bxf5 23. Bd4 Rc8 {[#]} (23... Qe6 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 24. Ne3 (24. Rxf5 $1 $18 Qxf5 25. Bg4) 24... Be6 25. Bg4 Rc6 {White must now prevent ...Bxg4.} 26. Kh1 Ne4 (26... Bxg4 {was worth a try.} 27. Qxg4 (27. Nxg4 Ne6 $16) 27... Qxg4 28. Nxg4 Kg8) 27. Bxb6 Bxg4 28. Qxg4 ({Don't play} 28. Qxd5 $6 Qxd5 29. Nxd5 Rxb6 $16) 28... Qxg4 29. Nxg4 Rxb6 30. Ne3 Bc5 31. Nxd5 Re6 32. Nc3 Nf2+ 33. Kg2 {Strongly threatening Na4.} Rg6+ (33... Ng4 {was necessary.}) 34. Kf3 $18 Ng4 35. Ke4 Nxh2 36. Kd5 Nxf1 37. Rxf1 {KRB-KRN} b6 (37... Be7 $142 38. Rf7 (38. Kxc4 Kg8 $14) 38... Bb4) 38. Ne4 Kg8 39. Nxc5 bxc5 40. e6 {[#] White wants to mate with e7.} Rf6 41. Rxf6 gxf6 42. Kd6 {Precision: White = 83%, Black = 28%.} 1-0

[Event "FIN-ch 2017"]
[Site "Helsinki"]
[Date "2017.06.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Maki-Uuro, Miikka"]
[Black "Agopov, Mikael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2337"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,120,9,3,35,37,52,46,65,61,80,87,88,74,62,72,92,91,98,87,104,71,72,75,93,61,68,48,58,44,48,51,45,-13,-9,-20,-44,-82,0,0,0,-35,-54,-49,-27,-18,-18,-30,-15,-30,-16,-26,0,-37,-32,-38,-29,-22,-22,-31,-25,-91,-62,-130,-116,-126,0,-102,-97,-133,-117,-121,-68,-82,0,-122,-74,-122,-123,-137,-137,-137,-137,-137,-130,-119,-124,-189,-186,-231,-226,-234,-234,-234,-234,-286,-280,-283,-283,-272,-275,-351,-345,-341,-329,-335,-314,-358,-372,-387,-366,-932,-919]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. g3 Qb6 6. Nc2 Ne5 {A31: Symmetrical English: 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 d4} (6... h5 {feels hotter.} 7. h3 Qc5 8. Nc3 Qxc4 9. e4 Qe6) 7. b3 Qc6 8. f3 {[%cal Bf2f3,Bf3f4][%mdl 32]} e6 {White is slightly better.} 9. Bb2 d6 (9... Qc7 10. Nc3 a6 11. f4 Ng6 12. e4 d6 13. Qf3 b6 {1-0 (42) Ivanchuk,V (2768)-Grischuk,A (2746) Khanty-Mansiysk 2011}) 10. Bg2 Be7 11. O-O {f4 is the strong threat.} Qc7 12. f4 Ned7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Ng6 13. Nc3 a6 14. e3 {1-0 (62) Nyback,T (2610)-Novik,M (2474) Finland 2014}) 13. Nc3 a6 14. e4 Rb8 15. Kh1 b6 16. Qe2 O-O 17. Rae1 Bb7 18. e5 Bxg2+ 19. Kxg2 dxe5 20. fxe5 Qb7+ 21. Qf3 (21. Kh3 $14 Ne8 22. Nd4) 21... Ng4 $1 $11 {White should prevent ...Qxf3+.} 22. Qxb7 Rxb7 23. Nd1 Nc5 ({Black should play} 23... Rd8 $1 $17 {Threatens to win with ...Ndxe5!} 24. Re2 Ngxe5 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 24. h3 Nh6 {[%cal Bg4h6,Bh6f5,Bf5e3][%mdl 32]} 25. Nf2 (25. g4 {feels hotter.} b5 26. Bd4 bxc4 27. bxc4 Rc8 28. Nde3) 25... Nf5 26. Ne3 $1 Nxe3+ 27. Rxe3 Rd8 28. Re2 Rbd7 29. Ba3 Rd2 30. Rfe1 Kf8 31. Bxc5 Bxc5 32. Ne4 Rxe2+ 33. Rxe2 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Bb4 34. Ng5 h6 35. Nf3 (35. Ne4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 35... Rd3 36. Kf2 (36. Nh2 $15) 36... Bc5+ $17 37. Kg2 Bb4 38. Kf2 $1 Ke8 39. Ne1 Bc5+ 40. Kg2 {[#]} Rd1 ({Black should try} 40... Rc3 $1 $17 41. Rc2 Re3) 41. Nc2 Rd3 ({Better is} 41... Kd7 $17) 42. h4 (42. Ne1 $1 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.} Rc3 43. Rc2) 42... Rc3 43. Ne1 a5 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 44. Rd2 {[#]} a4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 45. Rd3 {[#]} (45. bxa4 Rxc4) 45... Rc1 $1 {[%cal Rc1e1]} 46. Nf3 Rc2+ 47. Rd2 Rc3 48. bxa4 (48. Nd4 $17) 48... Rxc4 $19 49. h5 Rxa4 50. Re2 Kd7 51. Kh3 Ra3 52. Ne1 Kc6 53. Ng2 b5 54. Kg4 Bd4 55. Nh4 Ra4 56. Kh3 Kd5 57. Nf3 Bc3 58. g4 Re4 59. Rc2 b4 60. a3 $2 (60. Rf2) 60... Re3 {Precision: White = 37%, Black = 60%.} 0-1

[Event "FIN-ch 2017"]
[Site "Helsinki"]
[Date "2017.06.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karttunen, Mika"]
[Black "Sipila, Vilka"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,100,14,14,14,13,14,14,18,14,26,16,16,17,27,17,18,14,18,0,0,0,12,14,33,-62,-75,-72,0,0,68,66,181,187,453,453,416,447,429,431,590,593,613,602,567,589,1186,552,529,382,368,360,735,737,737,735,729,729,704,682,727,722,623,389,362,326,590,593,582,585,687,702,1071,1152,889,691,673,666,1281,1179,2117,2047,29990,29991,29991,29992,29999]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O e5 7. d3 Re8 8. Rb1 Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6d4,Bd4e2][%mdl 32]} 9. e4 {LiveBook: 4 Games. A26: English Opening vs King's Indian with ...Nc6 and d3} (9. Ne1 Be6 10. Nd5 Qd7 11. b4 Bxd5 12. cxd5 Ne7 13. Qb3 Nf5 14. Bb2 a5 15. e4 Ne7 16. bxa5 Rxa5 {0-1 (30) Anurag,M (2437)-Popov,I (2652) Chennai 2013}) 9... Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 {The position is equal.} Nd4 12. Qd1 Nd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nh5 13. Be3 c5 14. Qd2 Qa5 15. Kh2 a6 16. Nd5 Qxa2 17. Bxd4 cxd4 18. Ra1 Qb3 19. Ra3 Bh6 20. Qe2 Nf4 21. gxf4 {1-0 (21) Greanias,S (2216)-Fink,S (2185) Arlington 1999}) 13. Ne2 Nxe2+ 14. Qxe2 a5 15. Be3 Nc5 16. Qd2 Ne6 17. Kh2 c6 18. b3 {[%cal Bb2b3,Bb3b4][%mdl 32]} Rf8 19. b4 f5 20. f4 (20. exf5 $14 gxf5 21. bxa5) 20... exf4 $15 21. gxf4 {[%cal Bg3f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32]} Qh4 ({Better is} 21... fxe4 $17 22. dxe4 axb4 23. Rxb4 Rf7) 22. bxa5 $11 fxe4 (22... Qe7 $11) 23. Rxb7 $14 Bh6 (23... g5 $1 $14) 24. dxe4 $18 Rad8 $2 (24... Bxf4+ 25. Bxf4 Nxf4) 25. f5 Bxe3 26. Qxe3 Nc5 27. Rc7 Rc8 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. fxg6 hxg6 30. e5 Re8 31. Qf3 (31. Bxc6 $142 Rxe5 32. Bd5+ Kh8 33. Rf8+ Kg7 34. Rf7+ Kh8 35. Qf3) 31... Qe7 32. exd6 Qxd6+ 33. Kh1 {[#] aiming for Qf7+.} Re6 $2 (33... Qe6 34. Qxc6 Qxc6 35. Bxc6 Re2 36. Bd5+ Kg7) 34. Qf7+ Kh8 35. Qf8+ Qxf8 36. Rxf8+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Kg7 37. Rc8 Re1+ 38. Kh2 Re2 39. Rxc6 Nd3 40. Kg1 Nf4 $2 {[#]} (40... Rxa2 41. a6 Kf8 42. Rxg6 Ra1+ 43. Kh2 Nc5) 41. Bf1 $1 {[%cal Rf1e2]} Rxa2 42. a6 Kh6 43. Rb6 Kg5 44. c5 Nd5 45. Bc4 Ra1+ 46. Kf2 Nf6 47. c6 {Strongly threatening c7.} Ne4+ 48. Ke2 Kh6 49. c7 {White mates.} Ra5 50. c8=Q Rg5 51. Qh8# {Precision: White = 72%, Black = 33%.} 1-0

[Event "FIN-ch 2017"]
[Site "Helsinki"]
[Date "2017.06.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sammalvuo, Tapani"]
[Black "Maki-Uuro, Miikka"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2337"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "214"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,214,0,0,-20,-11,-34,-17,-14,-10,-12,-7,-15,-10,-12,-6,-29,9,-9,-16,-16,-13,-16,-6,-15,-8,-6,-10,-12,-18,-29,-29,-17,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-16,-12,-11,-17,-12,-14,-14,-16,0,-18,-16,-7,0,-19,-10,-18,-18,-18,0,-18,-12,-32,-14,-30,-24,-22,-14,-25,-7,-26,-22,-71,0,0,0,-14,-5,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-10,-3,-46,-12,-13,-10,-9,0,-13,0,0,0,-12,0,0,0,-27,-50,-41,-40,-27,-22,-21,0,-55,-39,-42,-53,-62,-65,-59,-62,-179,-174,-159,-104,-103,-106,-105,-110,-127,-90,-86,-70,-94,-96,-112,-104,-117,-81,-177,-187,-234,-232,-197,-195,-325,-301,-331,-266,-279,-289,-307,-309,-304,-238,-268,-186,-186,-186,-210,-186,-186,-193,-790,-720,-727,-706,-668,-561,-12835,-3045,-2587,-2836,-6925,-9777,-12843,-12843,-12846,-12846,-12849,-12847,-12848,-12848,-12850,-29991,-12851,-29992,-29992,-29992]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. a3 Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. b4 {D47: Semi-Slav: Meran System} (11. Qc2 Rc8 12. b4 a5 13. Rb1 c5 14. bxc5 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Nxc5 16. dxc5 Rxc5 17. Rxb5 Nd5 18. Rxc5 Qg5+ 19. Kh1 Qh5 20. f4 Qf3+ 21. Kg1 Qg4+ 22. Kh1 Qf3+ 23. Kg1 {½-½ (23) Mamedyarov,S (2762)-Gelfand,B (2743) Tashkent 2016}) 11... a5 12. Rb1 axb4 13. axb4 {The position is equal.} Nd5 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. e4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Nf6 17. Bc2 h6 18. Qd3 Re8 19. Bd2 Bc8 20. Rfe1 {[#]} Be6 $146 21. Ne5 Bxe5 22. Rxe5 Bc4 23. Qc3 Ra2 24. Rxe8+ Qxe8 25. Re1 Qa8 (25... Qf8 $5 {[%cal Rf6d5]} 26. Bb1 Nd5 $15) 26. Bb1 Ra3 27. Qc1 Ba2 28. Bf5 {[#] Bxh6! is the strong threat.} Be6 29. Bb1 Ba2 30. Bc2 Bb3 31. Bd3 Bd5 32. Bf5 Be6 33. Bc2 Bb3 34. Re3 Ra1 35. Bb1 Bd5 {Threatens to win with ...Be4!} 36. Bc3 Ra4 37. Bc2 Ra2 38. Bb1 Ra4 39. Rg3 {Black must now prevent Qxh6.} Kh8 (39... Qb8 {is interesting.} 40. Re3 Ra8 41. h3 Qd6 42. Bd2 Rd8) 40. Re3 Kg8 41. Qe1 (41. Rg3 $5 {[%cal Rc1h6]} Qb8 42. h3 $11 (42. Qxh6 $2 Qxg3 43. hxg3 gxh6 $19)) 41... Ra3 42. Bc2 Ra2 43. Bb1 Ra3 44. h3 Qd8 45. Rg3 (45. Bd2 $5 {[%cal Re3a3]} Ra4 46. Bc2 $11) 45... Ra7 46. Re3 Ra8 47. Qe2 Qd6 48. Re5 Nd7 (48... Bc4 $5 {[%cal Rc4e2]} 49. Qe3 Qd8 $11) 49. Qd3 {Intending Qh7+ and mate.} Nf8 50. Bc2 f6 (50... Ng6 $17) 51. Re1 Bf7 52. Bd2 Re8 53. Re3 Ra8 54. Bc3 Bg6 55. Bb3+ Bf7 56. Bc2 Bg6 57. Bb3+ Bf7 58. Bd1 (58. Bc2 {is more complex.}) 58... Rd8 59. Bf3 Bd5 60. Bg4 Be6 61. Bf3 Bd5 62. Bg4 Be6 (62... Ne6 $5 {[%cal Re6f4]}) 63. Bd1 Bf7 64. Qe4 Bd5 65. Qg4 Qd7 66. Qh5 Qf7 67. Qh4 Qg6 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Rg6g2]} 68. Bg4 Qg5 69. Qg3 f5 $40 {[%cal Bf6f5,Bf5f4][%mdl 160] aiming for ...f4. Black has some attack.} 70. Be2 ({White should try} 70. Re5 $11) 70... Qxg3 71. fxg3 Kf7 72. Re5 g6 73. g4 Nd7 74. Re3 (74. Rxd5 $1 $15 cxd5 75. gxf5) 74... f4 $19 75. Rd3 Bc4 (75... Ra8 $142 76. Rd1 Ra3) 76. Rd2 $17 Bxe2 77. Rxe2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Nf6 78. Kf2 Nd5 79. Be1 Ra8 80. Rc2 Ra6 81. g3 fxg3+ 82. Kxg3 g5 83. Rf2+ (83. Bd2 $17) 83... Ke6 $19 84. Bd2 Ra3+ 85. Rf3 Ra2 86. Rd3 {[#]} (86. Rf2 $142) 86... Rb2 $1 87. h4 Nxb4 88. d5+ Nxd5 ({Don't play} 88... cxd5 89. Re3+ Kd6 90. Bc3 $19) 89. hxg5 hxg5 90. Bxg5 c5 91. Rd1 c4 {Hoping for ...c3.} 92. Re1+ Kd7 93. Kf3 c3 94. Ke4 Kc6 95. Kd4 $2 (95. Bc1 Rg2 96. g5) 95... Rb4+ 96. Kd3 Rxg4 97. Bh6 b4 {[%cal Bb5b4,Bb4b3,Bb3b2][%mdl 32]} 98. Re6+ Kd7 99. Re5 Kd6 100. Re8 b3 101. Rd8+ Kc6 102. Rb8 b2 103. Rb3 Rg1 104. Kc2 Kc5 {( -> ...Kc4)} 105. Rxc3+ Nxc3 106. Be3+ Kc4 107. Kxb2 Nd1+ {Precision: White = 41%, Black = 71%.} 0-1

[Event "FIN-ch 2017"]
[Site "Helsinki"]
[Date "2017.06.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Agopov, Mikael"]
[Black "Ebeling, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,106,52,54,30,34,-94,-104,-92,-101,-134,-87,-87,-81,-85,-73,-89,-32,-68,-62,-62,-56,-62,-56,-64,-72,-53,-39,-54,-40,-69,0,-19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,4,0,0,0,8,8,13,13,15,15,88,97,162,164,29997,29998,29999]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. Nc3 fxe4 5. Nxe4 Nf6 6. Nxf6+ Qxf6 7. Qe2 Be7 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. d4 {C63: Ruy Lopez: Schliemann/Jaenisch Defence} (9. Nxe5 Qe6 10. d4 O-O 11. Nd3 Qxe2+ 12. Kxe2 d6 13. Be3 a5 14. a4 Bf5 15. Kd2 Bf6 16. Rad1 Rab8 {½-½ (66) Volokitin,A (2649)-Radjabov,T (2710) Doha 2016}) 9... Qg6 10. O-O d6 {LiveBook: 12 Games} 11. dxe5 {White is slightly better.} (11. Qc4 $5 {[%cal Rc4c6]} d5 12. Qb3 $11) 11... O-O 12. e6 $146 (12. exd6 $14 {keeps the upper hand.} Bh3 13. Qc4+ Kh8 14. Ne1 Bxd6 15. Qh4) ({Predecessor:} 12. exd6 Bh3 13. Ne1 Bxd6 14. Qe3 Bg4 15. Nd3 Rae8 16. Qg5 Be2 17. Qxg6 hxg6 {½-½ (37) Berg,E (2606)-Nezad,H (2403) Gibraltar 2009}) 12... Bxe6 $17 13. Re1 Bh3 $1 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Rg6g2] [#]} 14. Qf1 Bf6 15. Re3 Kh8 16. Bd2 Bg4 17. c3 Rab8 (17... a5 $17) 18. b3 c5 19. Qc4 Bh3 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Rg6g2]} 20. Ne1 Bd7 21. Qd3 Qxd3 22. Nxd3 Rfe8 23. Rae1 Rxe3 24. Rxe3 Re8 ({Black should play} 24... a5 $15) 25. Rxe8+ $11 Bxe8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} 26. Kf1 Bf7 27. c4 Kg8 28. Ke2 Kf8 29. f3 c6 30. Be3 Be7 31. Kd2 Ke8 32. h3 Kd7 33. Nf2 Bg6 34. Ne4 h6 35. g4 Ke6 36. Bg1 a6 37. Ke2 Bh7 38. Kd2 Bh4 39. Ke2 Bd8 40. Bh2 Be7 41. Bg1 g5 42. Bf2 Bf8 43. Kd2 Bg7 44. h4 gxh4 45. Bxh4 Bd4 46. Bg3 d5 47. Nc3 Bg8 48. Bf4 Bg7 49. Na4 Bf8 50. Be3 Ke5 {[#]} (50... d4 $11 51. Bf4 Bh7) 51. cxd5 $1 $16 ({Don't play} 51. Nxc5 Bxc5 52. Bxc5 dxc4 $11) 51... Bxd5 (51... Kxd5 $16 52. Nc3+ Ke5) 52. f4+ $18 ({Weaker is} 52. Nxc5 Bxc5 53. Bxc5 Bxf3 $11) 52... Ke4 $2 (52... Ke6 $18) 53. Ke2 {[%cal Ra4c3]} c4 54. Nc3# {Precision: White = 71%, Black = 58%.} 1-0

[Event "FIN-ch 2017"]
[Site "Helsinki"]
[Date "2017.06.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Virtanen, Teemu"]
[Black "Niemi, Kalle"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2141"]
[BlackElo "2331"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,75,12,14,36,33,37,21,47,31,35,16,22,24,53,35,61,50,50,32,32,33,36,33,42,28,41,0,0,-12,66,58,106,105,89,0,107,93,116,130,177,168,162,120,169,101,113,99,129,83,204,201,267,84,71,70,128,102,393,370,589,566,911,915,883,849]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 d6 6. a3 O-O 7. h3 Na5 {C55: Two Knights: 4 d3, 4 d4 exd4 5 e5 and Max Lange Attack} (7... Be6 8. Nd5 Nb8 9. Nxf6+ Bxf6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Be3 c5 12. c3 Nc6 13. b4 b6 14. O-O Qd7 15. Qe2 Qf7 {1-0 (47) Lintchevski,D (2522)-Alekseev,E (2636) St Petersburg 2016}) 8. Ba2 c5 9. O-O h6 {The position is equal.} 10. Be3 Nc6 11. Nh2 Be6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nd4 12. f4 Qb6 13. Rb1 exf4 14. Bxf4 Be6 15. Be3 Rac8 {0-1 (40) Vojir,V (1915)-Hercik,J (1905) Plzen 1997}) 12. Nd5 Nd7 {[%cal Bf6d7,Bd7e5,Be5g6][%mdl 32]} 13. c3 Kh7 14. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Bg5 15. b5 {aiming for Bxg5.} Na5 16. f4 exf4 17. Bxf4 Ne5 18. Kh1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Rc8 19. Bxg5 (19. Nf3 $5 {[%cal Rf3g5]} Bxf4 20. Nxf4 $14) 19... Qxg5 20. Nf4 Bxa2 (20... c4 $11) 21. Rxa2 $14 Ng6 22. Raf2 $1 c4 23. Qa4 ({Better is} 23. d4 $16) 23... b6 (23... Nxf4 $11 24. Rxf4 Nb3) 24. d4 $16 Rce8 25. Qc2 Nxf4 26. Rxf4 Kg8 27. a4 Re7 28. Qf2 (28. Ng4 $18) 28... Qg6 29. Rg4 Qh7 30. Qf4 Nb7 (30... h5 $16 {is a better defense.} 31. Rg5 (31. Qxd6 $2 Re6 $19) 31... Rxe4 32. Qxd6 Re6) 31. Nf3 $1 $18 f5 {[%cal Re7e4]} 32. exf5 $2 (32. Nh4 $1 $18 {and the rest is easy.}) 32... Qxf5 $16 {[#]} 33. Qg3 $1 Qd3 (33... Qd7 $14) 34. Re1 Ref7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (34... Rff7 $16) 35. Re6 $1 $18 {[%cal Re6h6]} h5 ({Of course not} 35... Qxc3 36. Reg6 $18) (35... Kh8 $142 36. Reg6 Nd8 37. Qxd6 Re8) 36. Rg5 {White is clearly winning.} Qxc3 {With the idea ...Qc1+.} 37. Reg6 {[%cal Rg6g7]} Qc1+ 38. Ng1 {Precision: White = 42%, Black = 33%.} 1-0

[Event "FIN-ch 2017"]
[Site "Helsinki"]
[Date "2017.06.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ebeling, Daniel"]
[Black "Sammalvuo, Tapani"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2477"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "221"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,221,0,0,0,0,-10,13,-15,0,0,0,0,0,-10,-6,-22,-8,-35,-30,-35,-37,-51,-10,-28,-7,-8,-3,-15,-3,-8,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,5,8,5,16,16,66,66,70,66,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,0,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,60,70,70,70,0,70,0,70,0,70,0,70,0,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,0,70,0,70,0,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,0,70,60,60,0,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,0,70,70,70,70,70,51,70,51,51,51,51,51]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8. Re1 Bd7 9. Rb1 {C49: Four Knights: 4 Bb5 Bb4} a6 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 10. Ba4 (10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 b6 13. Nd2 g5 14. Bg3 Ne8 15. d4 f6 16. c4 Ng7 17. c3 Qe8 18. f3 Qg6 19. Nf1 g4 20. fxg4 Bxe4 {½-½ (71) Carlsen,M (2826)-Gashimov,V (2719) Nanjing 2010}) 10... b5 11. Bb3 {The position is equal.} Na5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Re8 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Na5 14. Qd2 Nxb3 15. axb3 Bg4 16. Qe3 a5 {1-0 (47) Nunn,J (2580)-Comp The King I The Hague 1993}) 12. a3 Nxb3 13. cxb3 h6 14. h3 Re8 15. Rb2 c5 16. Nh4 Nd5 17. exd5 Qxh4 18. Re4 Qf6 19. Rbe2 Qg6 {Hoping for ...Bxh3.} 20. R4e3 f5 {aiming for ...f4.} (20... a5 {is more complex.} 21. Rg3 Qh5 22. d4 a4 23. b4 c4) 21. f4 exf4 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Bxf4 Rxe2 24. Qxe2 {[#] Strongly threatening Qe7.} Qf6 25. c4 Qd4+ (25... g5 {feels hotter.} 26. Bc1 Qa1 27. Qd2 Kf7 28. Kh2 Qe5+) 26. Qe3 Qxe3+ 27. Bxe3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame And now Bf4 would win. KB-KB} Kf7 28. h4 Ke7 29. Kf2 f4 30. Bxf4 bxc4 31. dxc4 Bf5 32. Ke3 a5 $1 33. Kd2 $1 Kd7 34. Kc3 h5 35. Bg5 Be4 36. g3 g6 37. Bf6 Bf3 38. Kc2 Kc7 39. Kd2 Bg4 40. Bg5 Bf5 41. Bh6 Be4 42. Be3 Bf5 43. Bf4 Kd7 44. Bh6 Kc7 45. Bf8 Kd7 46. Bg7 Kc7 47. Bh6 (47. Bc3 $14) 47... Kd7 (47... Be4 $1 $11) 48. Bf4 $14 Be4 49. Kc3 Bf5 50. Kb2 Kc7 51. Bd2 Kb6 52. Kc3 Kc7 53. Be1 Kb6 54. Kd2 Bg4 55. Bf2 Kc7 56. Bg1 Bf5 57. Bh2 Bg4 58. Kc2 Bf5+ 59. Kc3 Bg4 60. Kd2 Kd7 61. Bg1 Kc7 62. Be3 Bf5 $1 63. Bf4 Kd7 64. Bg5 Kc7 65. Bf6 (65. Be7 $14) 65... Be4 ({Black should play} 65... Bg4 $11) 66. Bg7 Bf5 67. Bh8 Be4 68. Ba1 Bf5 69. Bb2 Be4 70. Bc3 Kb6 71. Bg7 Kc7 72. Bf8 Bf5 73. Bh6 (73. Kc3 $14) 73... Be4 (73... Kd7 $11) 74. Be3 Bf5 $1 75. Bf2 Bg4 $1 76. Kd3 Bf5+ 77. Kc3 Bg4 78. Bg1 Kb7 79. Be3 Kc7 80. Bg5 Bf5 81. Kd2 Kd7 82. Bf4 Be4 $1 83. Kc1 Kc7 84. Kb2 (84. Bd2 $14) 84... Bf3 ({Black should try} 84... Bf5 $1 $11) 85. b4 axb4 86. axb4 cxb4 87. Kb3 Kd7 88. Kxb4 Bg2 89. Kb5 Bf1 90. Bh6 Be2 91. Bg7 Bf1 92. Bf8 Be2 93. Kb4 Bf1 94. Kc3 Bh3 95. Kd4 Bf5 96. Ke3 Bh3 97. Ke4 Bf1 98. Kd4 Bh3 99. Bh6 Bf1 100. Be3 Bh3 101. Bc1 Bf1 102. Bb2 Be2 103. Ba3 Bg4 104. Bb4 Bh3 105. Ba3 Bg4 $1 106. Ke3 {White is slightly better.} Bf5 107. Bb4 Bc2 108. Kf4 Bd3 109. Kg5 Bxc4 110. Kxg6 Be2 $1 111. Ba3 {Precision: White = 74%, Black = 69%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIN-ch 2017"]
[Site "Helsinki"]
[Date "2017.06.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sipila, Vilka"]
[Black "Agopov, Mikael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "190"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,190,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-33,5,7,22,21,46,36,35,29,79,66,74,74,75,43,67,38,43,38,72,24,32,10,27,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,19,0,0,0,0,0,2,2,14,-156,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Bf5 7. Re1 {A37: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7 5 Nf3} (7. h3 Rb8 8. d3 Nf6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 a6 11. Bh6 b5 12. Nd5 Re8 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Nxf6 exf6 {0-1 (79) Kuzubov,Y (2637)-Anton Guijarro,D (2660) Minsk 2017}) 7... Qd7 8. Nd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. d3 Bh3 9. Bh1 h5 10. Nd5 h4 11. Qa4 Rc8 12. Rb1 hxg3 13. fxg3 Nf6 14. Bd2 O-O {1-0 (50) Hansen,T (2479)-Varley,N (2115) Norway 2016}) 8... Nf6 9. d3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} O-O 10. Bg5 Nxd5 11. cxd5 Nd4 12. Nh4 h6 13. Nxf5 hxg5 14. Nxg7 Kxg7 15. e3 Nb5 16. d4 cxd4 17. a4 Nc7 18. Qxd4+ f6 19. f4 a5 20. fxg5 {Hoping for Rf1.} Na6 21. Rf1 Nc5 22. Qh4 fxg5 23. Qxg5 Rf6 24. Qh4 Rh8 25. Qc4 $1 Rxf1+ 26. Rxf1 Qxa4 27. Qc3+ Kg8 28. e4 Qb4 29. Qf3 {[%csl Gf1][%cal Rf3f7] [#]} Qd4+ 30. Kh1 {[%csl Gf1][%cal Rf3f7]} Qg7 31. e5 Rh5 32. exd6 exd6 33. Qf6 (33. Qf4 $5 {[%cal Rf4d6]} Qe7 34. Qd2 $11) 33... Qxf6 34. Rxf6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Re5 35. Bf3 $2 (35. h4 $11) 35... Kg7 $2 (35... Re1+ $17 36. Kg2 Rb1 37. Rxg6+ Kh7 38. Rxd6 Rxb2+ 39. Kh3 a4) 36. Rxd6 {Threatens to win with Rb6.The position is equal.} Re3 37. Bg4 Rb3 38. Rd8 Rxb2 39. d6 a4 {...a3 is the strong threat.} 40. d7 {Strongly threatening Rg8+!} Rd2 41. Rb8 Nxd7 42. Rxb7 a3 43. Bxd7 {KRB-KR} a2 44. Be6+ Kf6 {[#]} 45. Bxa2 $1 Rxa2 {KR-KR} 46. Rb1 g5 47. Kg1 g4 48. Rf1+ (48. h3 $5) 48... Kg5 49. Rf2 Ra3 (49... Ra1+ {is interesting.} 50. Kg2 Ra5 51. h4+ gxh3+) 50. Rd2 Kf5 51. Kf2 Rb3 52. Ke2 (52. h3 $5) 52... Ra3 53. Kd1 (53. h3 $5) 53... Ra1+ 54. Ke2 Ra3 55. Rc2 Ra1 56. Rc5+ (56. h3 $5) 56... Ke4 57. Rc4+ Kf5 58. Kd3 (58. h3 $5) 58... Ra3+ 59. Kd4 Ra2 60. Rc5+ (60. h3 $5) 60... Kg6 61. Ke4 Rf2 62. Rc8 Kg5 63. Rg8+ Kh5 64. Ke3 (64. h3 {seems wilder.} gxh3) 64... Ra2 65. Rd8 (65. h3 $5) 65... Kg5 66. Rd5+ Kf6 67. Rd2 (67. h3 $5) 67... Ra3+ 68. Ke4 Kg5 69. Rd5+ Kg6 70. Re5 Rf3 71. Re8 (71. h4 $5 {[%cal Re5g5]}) 71... Rf1 {aiming for ...Re1+.} 72. Rg8+ Kh5 73. Rd8 (73. h3 $5) 73... Re1+ 74. Kf5 {[%cal Rd8h8]} Rf1+ 75. Ke5 Kg5 76. Ke6 Rf2 77. Rg8+ Kh5 78. Ke7 (78. h3 $5) 78... Ra2 79. Rg7 (79. Kf6 $5 {[%cal Rg8h8]} Rf2+ 80. Ke5 $11) 79... Ra7+ 80. Kf6 Ra6+ 81. Kf7 Ra7+ 82. Kg8 Rxg7+ 83. Kxg7 {And now Kf6 would win. KPP-KP} Kg5 84. Kf7 Kf5 85. Ke7 $1 {[%cal Re7f7]} Ke5 86. Kd7 (86. Kf8 $5 {[%cal Rf8g7]} Kf6 87. Kg8 $11) 86... Kd5 87. Kc7 (87. Ke8 $5 {[%cal Re8f7]} Ke6 88. Kd8 $11) 87... Kc5 88. Kb7 Kb5 89. Ka7 {Black must now prevent Kb7.} Kc6 90. Kb8 Kb6 91. Ka8 Kc6 92. Kb8 Kb6 93. Ka8 Kc7 (93... Kc6 $5 {[%cal Rc6d5]} 94. Kb8 $11) 94. Ka7 Kc6 {( -> ...Kd5)} 95. Kb8 Kb6 {Precision: White = 59%, Black = 78%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIN-ch 2017"]
[Site "Helsinki"]
[Date "2017.06.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Maki-Uuro, Miikka"]
[Black "Virtanen, Teemu"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2337"]
[BlackElo "2141"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,72,-27,-24,-51,-29,-25,-9,-32,-21,-43,-52,-60,-56,-121,-119,-179,-160,-190,-110,-104,-125,-123,-38,-31,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-1,0,-44,-66,-89,-87,-106,-76,-125,-111,-210,-223,-279,-233,-235,-171,-272,-264,-254,-259,-234,-247,-385,-372,-387,-356]} 1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 e5 5. g4 (5. Bc4 Be7 6. a4 O-O 7. O-O a5 8. Qe2 c6 9. Rd1 Qc7 10. Ba2 exd4 11. Nxd4 Re8 12. Bf4 Ne5 13. h3 Bf8 14. Bg5 Qe7 15. f4 Ng6 16. f5 Ne5 17. Kh1 b6 {0-1 (42) Demchenko,A (2629)-Jobava,B (2713) Minsk 2017}) 5... Nxg4 6. Rg1 {C41: Philidor Defence} Ngf6 7. Be3 c6 8. Qd2 Qe7 9. O-O-O g6 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 10. Bc4 {Strongly threatening Ng5.} Bg7 (10... Nb6 $5 {[%cal Rb6c4]} 11. Bb3 Be6 $11) 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Ng5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Bh6 O-O {1-0 (21) Nguyen,T (2399)-Neuman,P (2427) Czech Republic 2015}) 12... O-O 13. a3 Nb6 14. Ba2 Ng4 15. Bxb6 (15. Nxf7 $15 Rxf7 16. Qd8+ Bf8 17. Bg5 Qxd8 18. Rxd8) 15... axb6 $17 16. Nxf7 (16. Kb1 $17 {was worth a try.}) 16... Rxf7 $19 17. Qd8+ Bf8 ({Better is} 17... Qf8 $19 18. Bxf7+ Kxf7 19. Rd7+ Kg8 20. Qxf8+ Bxf8) 18. Rxg4 $17 Bxg4 19. Qxa8 {[#]} Bxd1 (19... Be6 $1 $17 20. Bxe6 Qxe6) 20. Nxd1 Kg7 21. Bxf7 Kxf7 22. Kb1 Qd7 23. Ne3 b5 {[%cal Bb6b5,Bb5a4][%mdl 32]} 24. Qb8 Bg7 25. a4 bxa4 26. Qa7 Bh6 27. Nc4 Bf4 28. h3 Kf6 29. Qc5 (29. Qb8 $17 {was the only defense.}) 29... h5 $19 ({Don't play} 29... Qxh3 30. Qf8+ Kg5 31. Qe7+ Kh6 32. Ka2 $17) 30. h4 {intending Qf8+.} Qe7 31. Qb6 g5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is really pushing.} 32. Ne3 (32. hxg5+ $142 Kg6 33. f3) 32... Bxe3 $1 33. Qxe3 {[#]} Kg6 $1 ({But not} 33... gxh4 34. Qh6+ Kf7 35. Qxh5+ Kg7 36. Qg4+ Kh6 37. f3 $17) 34. hxg5 Qxg5 35. Qh3 (35. Qa7 $142 Qd2 36. Qxa4) 35... Qg1+ 36. Ka2 Qxf2 {Precision: White = 32%, Black = 81%.} 0-1

[Event "FIN-ch 2017"]
[Site "Helsinki"]
[Date "2017.06.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Niemi, Kalle"]
[Black "Karttunen, Mika"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2331"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,140,22,25,36,35,40,46,57,64,70,42,47,36,18,20,56,29,79,88,116,81,193,122,141,139,130,143,133,83,79,69,80,60,62,59,74,64,65,58,81,36,25,0,16,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,29,18,18,17,16,4,6,0,0,-6,23,23,23,23,27,27,19,19,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-60,-8,-8,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Qe7+ 7. Be2 cxd4 {C09: French Tarrasch: 3...c5 4 exd5 exd5 5 Ngf3 Nc6} (7... Nf6 8. O-O Qc7 9. Re1 cxd4 10. Nb3 Bb4 11. Bd2 Bxd2 12. Qxd2 O-O 13. Nfxd4 Bd7 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Nc5 {½-½ (28) Rublevsky,S (2702)-Zvjaginsev,V (2660) Berlin 2015}) 8. O-O Qc7 9. Nb3 Bd6 {White is slightly better.} 10. Nbxd4 a6 11. Nxc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. b3 Nge7 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. c4 Be6 15. Qc2 dxc4 16. Bxc4 Bxc4 17. Qxc4 {1-0 (38) Keres,P-Capablanca,J Netherlands 1938}) 11... bxc6 12. Qd4 Nf6 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Rfe1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} h6 15. Bf4 Qd8 {[#]} 16. Ne5 $1 {[%cal Re5c6]} c5 (16... Bd7 $16) 17. Qa4+ (17. Qe3 $18 {Hoping for Nc6.} Qb6 18. Nc6) 17... Bd7 $16 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. Qxd7+ Kxd7 20. Rad1 Bd6 21. Bc1 (21. Be3 {looks sharper.} Rhe8 22. g3 Rab8 23. b3 Kc7 24. Kg2) 21... Rhe8 22. Bf3 (22. g3 {keeps more tension.} c4 23. b3 Rac8 24. Be3 Bb4 25. Rf1) 22... Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Rb8 24. g3 c4 25. Kf1 Bc5 26. c3 Rb6 27. Bg2 Rb8 28. f3 Kc6 29. Re2 Bd6 30. f4 Bc5 31. Bf3 Re8 32. Rxe8 Nxe8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} 33. g4 Nd6 34. h4 f5 35. b3 fxg4 36. Bxg4 Ne4 37. bxc4 Nxc3 38. Bf3 Kd6 39. cxd5 Nxd5 40. Bb2 g6 41. Be5+ Ke6 42. Bg4+ Ke7 43. Bc8 a5 44. Kg2 Bd6 45. Bb7 (45. Bxd6+ $11 Kxd6 46. Kf3) 45... Ne3+ (45... Bxe5 $15 46. Bxd5 Bxf4) 46. Kf3 {The position is equal.} Nf5 47. Kg4 Bxe5 48. fxe5 {KB-KN} Ke6 49. h5 $1 gxh5+ 50. Kxh5 Kxe5 51. Bc8 Nd6 (51... Ne7 $5 {[%cal Re7c8]} 52. Bd7 Kd6 $11) 52. Ba6 Kd4 (52... a4 $5 {[%cal Ra4a3]}) 53. Kxh6 Ne4 54. Bc8 Nc5 55. Kg5 a4 56. Kf4 a3 57. Bf5 Kc3 58. Bg6 Nb3 59. Bf7 $1 {[%cal Rf7b3]} Nc1 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Kb2.} 60. Ke3 $1 Nd3 61. Bg8 Ne5 62. Be6 Nc6 63. Bf7 Kb2 64. Kd2 Nd4 65. Bd5 Nb5 66. Bf7 Nc3 67. Bg8 $1 Nxa2 68. Bxa2 Kxa2 69. Kc2 Ka1 70. Kc1 Ka2 {Precision: White = 58%, Black = 53%.} (70... a2 $5) 1/2-1/2

