[Event "GER Team Cup 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Nekrasov, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2319"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "OSG Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "SV Hockenheim"]

{[%evp 9,56,40,31,45,42,37,33,20,27,39,32,10,15,0,0,-16,16,0,0,0,17,6,31,0,0,0,4,-22,-13,-15,27,-13,-11,-29,-12,-28,-4,-12,-4,-20,0,-20,0,-28,-26,-50,-25,-115,-104]} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bd2 Bg4 6. f3 {B01: Scandinavian Defence} Bd7 7. Bc4 {[#] Threatens to win with Nd5.} Qb6 8. Nge2 {White is slightly better.} e6 9. O-O (9. Be3 Be7 10. Qd3 O-O 11. O-O-O Nc6 12. d5 Ne5 13. Bxb6 Nxd3+ 14. Rxd3 axb6 15. dxe6 Bxe6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 {½-½ (62) Ragger,M (2659)-Laznicka,V (2654) Novy Bor 2017}) 9... Be7 10. Kh1 O-O 11. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} c5 12. a5 Qd8 $146 (12... Qc6 $5 {[%cal Rc5d4]} 13. Bf4 cxd4 14. Qxd4 Rd8 $11) ({Predecessor:} 12... Qc7 13. Nb5 Bxb5 14. Bxb5 cxd4 15. Nxd4 {0-1 (47) Ollier,M (2155)-Domenech,V (2232) Saint Paul Trois Chateaux 2013}) 13. Be3 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nc6 15. a6 Qc8 16. axb7 Qxb7 17. Nb3 a5 18. Na4 Ne5 19. Be2 Rfd8 {And now ...Bxa4 would win.} 20. Qc1 Nd5 21. Bd4 Bxa4 22. Rxa4 Nc6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is more active.} 23. Bf2 Rdc8 24. Qd2 Rd8 {aiming for ...Nb6.} 25. Qc1 Rdc8 26. Rd1 h6 27. Rc4 Ne5 28. Re4 {[#]} (28. Rxc8+ $11 {remains equal.} Rxc8 29. f4) 28... a4 $1 {Precision: White = 30%, Black = 57%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GER Team Cup 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Black "Wild, Achim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2244"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sfr Bad Emstal/Wolfhagen"]
[BlackTeam "SC Caissa Schwarzenbach"]

{[%evp 12,45,0,0,15,0,2,1,37,35,43,42,70,72,76,67,86,54,161,155,159,175,169,170,211,222,338,302,479,453,435,439,616,415,861,806]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. Bg5 Bb7 4. Nbd2 e6 5. e3 Be7 6. Bd3 d5 7. Ne5 Nfd7 {D03: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 Bg5, including Torre Attack with early ...d5} (7... O-O 8. Qf3 Nc6 9. Nxc6 Bxc6 10. Qh3 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. f4 Bd7 13. g4 Be7 14. Rg1 Qe8 15. c3 c5 16. Nf3 cxd4 17. exd4 {1-0 (47) Sulava,N (2453)-Hulak,K (2463) Bol 2014}) 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. f4 {[%cal Bf2f4,Bf4e5][%mdl 32]} Nxe5 {The position is equal.} 10. fxe5 Qh4+ 11. g3 Qh3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Qh6 12. Qf3 Nd7 13. h4 f6 14. g4 O-O-O 15. O-O-O {1-0 (28) Vikanis,G (2042)-Murphy,J England 2011}) 12. Qe2 c5 13. c3 a5 14. Rf1 Qh6 {[#]} (14... O-O $14) 15. Rf4 $1 $18 g6 16. O-O-O O-O 17. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5,Bh5h6][%mdl 32]} c4 18. Bc2 b5 (18... a4 $142 19. e4 b5) 19. h5 Nd7 (19... Bc8 $142 20. Rdf1 Nd7) 20. Nf3 Qg7 {[#]} 21. h6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qh8 (21... Qxh6 $142 22. Rh4 Qg7) 22. Ng5 Rae8 (22... Nxe5 $142 23. Rdf1 (23. dxe5 Qxe5 24. Nf3 Qc7 $16) 23... f5) 23. Rdf1 {Precision: White = 95%, Black = 20%.} 1-0

[Event "GER Team Cup 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Gustafsson, Jan"]
[Black "Bodrozic, Tomislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2364"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "OSG Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "SV Hockenheim"]

{[%evp 20,80,43,28,38,34,28,40,59,59,65,25,62,58,69,62,68,72,87,82,118,114,114,111,118,121,154,159,157,152,165,163,158,156,179,186,196,195,193,131,190,162,166,173,181,166,157,161,197,189,275,310,286,250,211,0,310,309,324,330,358,260,237]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. Qd3 Rb8 11. c5 {LiveBook: 6 Games. A39: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7 5 Nf3 Nf6 6 0-0 0-0 7 d4} (11. Bg5 Be6 12. Rac1 a6 13. b3 Re8 14. Rfd1 Qa5 15. Bd2 Qh5 16. a4 Nd7 17. Nd5 Ne5 18. Qe4 Bf5 {½-½ (56) Gurevich,D (2471)-Zierk,S (2493) Saint Louis 2017}) 11... Bf5 12. e4 Be6 13. cxd6 {White has an edge.} exd6 14. Bf4 Qb6 15. b3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Rfd1 Ng4 16. Qd2 Rbd8 17. Rac1 Rd7 18. b3 Rfd8 {1-0 (72) Zair,A (2205)-Hamid,R (2105) Manila 1992}) 15... Rfd8 16. Rac1 Ne8 17. Rfd1 Qa5 18. Bd2 Qh5 19. Ne2 Bg4 20. Nf4 Qe5 21. Bc3 Qg5 22. h4 Qe7 {[#]} 23. Bxg7 $1 Kxg7 24. f3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under strong pressure.} Be6 {[#]} 25. Qd4+ $1 Kg8 26. Qxa7 Ra8 27. Qf2 Ra5 28. Rc2 Rda8 29. Rdc1 (29. Bf1 $18) 29... Qf6 (29... d5 $16 {was necessary.} 30. exd5 Bxd5) 30. Qd2 Qe5 31. Kh2 Ra3 32. Nd3 Qd4 33. Nb4 Qb6 34. Bh3 Ng7 (34... Qd8 $142 35. Bxe6 fxe6) 35. Bxe6 $18 Nxe6 36. Nd5 Qd4 37. Nb4 (37. Qe2 $142) 37... Qb6 $1 38. Rc4 h5 39. R1c2 {Nd5 is the strong threat.} Kh7 40. Qc3 Qd8 {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 33%.} 1-0

[Event "GER Team Cup 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Zubov, Alexander"]
[Black "Recktenwald, Cedric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "1829"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sfr Bad Emstal/Wolfhagen"]
[BlackTeam "SC Caissa Schwarzenbach"]

{[%evp 10,47,14,10,3,-1,31,28,32,18,26,27,30,24,24,8,31,29,34,22,36,22,75,61,276,269,340,452,425,425,324,145,235,200,257,281,375,377,381,378]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Bf4 Bb7 5. e3 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O {E12: Queen's Indian: Unusual White 4th moves, 4 a3, 4 Nc3 Bb7 5 a3 and 4 Nc3 Bb7} (6... Nh5 7. Bd3 d6 8. O-O Nd7 9. Qc2 h6 10. Be4 Bxe4 11. Qxe4 O-O 12. Rfe1 Ndf6 13. Qd3 Qd7 14. h3 Nxf4 15. exf4 {1-0 (51) Navara,D (2734)-Karjakin,S (2762) Berlin 2015}) 7. Rc1 Ne4 8. Nxe4 Bxe4 {White has an edge.} 9. Bd3 Bxd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Bg6 10. O-O d6 11. Bxg6 hxg6 12. Qa4 {1-0 (43) Hansch,K (1885)-Ewert,P (1519) Oberhof 2010}) 10. Qxd3 d6 11. e4 Nd7 12. O-O h6 13. Rfd1 a5 14. Qe2 Qc8 15. Rc3 Qb7 (15... Rd8 $11) 16. Nd2 $16 {Hoping for Bxh6!} e5 $2 {[#]} (16... Nf6 $14) 17. Bxh6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} exd4 {[#]} (17... gxh6 18. Rg3+) 18. Rg3 $1 g6 (18... Bf6 19. Bxg7 Rfd8 20. Bh6+ Bg7 21. Bxg7 Ne5 22. Qh5 Ng6 23. Qh6 f6 24. Qxg6 Re8 25. Bxf6+ Kf8 26. Qg8#) 19. Qh5 {White threatens Rxg6+! and mate.} Bf6 20. Bxf8 (20. f4 $18 {has better winning chances.}) 20... Nxf8 (20... Rxf8 $16 21. f4 Kg7) 21. Qd5 Qc8 22. Rf3 Kg7 23. e5 dxe5 24. Ne4 {Precision: White = 57%, Black = 35%.} 1-0

[Event "GER Team Cup 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Frischmann, Rick"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2353"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SC Caissa Schwarzenbach"]
[BlackTeam "Sfr Bad Emstal/Wolfhagen"]

{[%evp 15,60,-8,3,0,7,0,27,7,10,-25,21,-68,-66,-77,-70,-45,-66,-72,-56,-66,-72,-43,-27,-83,-97,-234,-232,-262,-251,-240,-241,-298,-301,-306,-306,-309,-308,-314,-308,-381,-381,-383,-367,-374,-374,-480,-474]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 a6 4. Bb2 Nc6 5. c4 Qc7 (5... Nf6 6. e5 Ng4 7. h3 Nh6 8. g4 d6 9. Bg2 dxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 f6 12. Bb2 Nf7 13. d4 cxd4 14. Qxd4 {0-1 (32) Onischuk,V (2637)-Svidler,P (2765) Riadh 2017}) 6. g3 {B40: Sicilian: 2...e6, Unusual lines} Nf6 7. e5 Ng4 8. Qe2 Be7 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Rb8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Nh6 11. d4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 {1-0 (39) Rothebarth,A (2039)-Baccarin,N (1946) Rio de Janeiro 2017}) 11. h3 Nh6 12. g4 {[%cal Bg3g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} b6 13. Nc3 (13. d4 $11 cxd4 14. Nxd4) 13... f5 $1 $15 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. g5 Bxc3 $1 16. dxc3 Nf5 17. Rad1 Bb7 18. Bc1 Nce7 {[%cal Bc6e7,Be7g6,Bg6h4,Bh4f3][%mdl 32]} 19. Qe5 (19. h4 $1 $11) 19... Qc8 20. Rfe1 (20. Qh2 $17) 20... Ng6 $19 21. Qh2 Nfh4 22. Nxh4 Nxh4 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 ({But not} 23... Rxb7 24. Rd3 $19) 24. Qh1 {intending Qxb7.} Nf3+ 25. Kf1 Nxe1 26. Qxb7 Rxb7 27. Kxe1 Rf3 28. Be3 Rxh3 29. Ke2 Kf7 30. b4 Rh4 {Precision: White = 42%, Black = 55%.} 0-1

[Event "GER Team Cup 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Guenthner, Oliver"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2219"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SV Hockenheim"]
[BlackTeam "OSG Baden-Baden"]

{[%evp 16,60,42,36,59,25,66,80,73,46,93,49,79,41,64,59,86,61,65,71,62,34,28,32,42,43,43,33,96,43,55,0,21,0,0,-16,-13,-27,-29,-25,-20,-13,-16,-102,-52,-352,-344]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 c6 7. d4 Qb6 8. Qc2 Bg4 {E62: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...c6 and Panno Variation (6...Nc6) without ...a6} 9. Rd1 {LiveBook: 5 Games} Nbd7 10. h3 Bxf3 $146 {White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 10... Bf5 11. e4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 d5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Nfg5 Nf6 15. Nxf6+ exf6 16. Qc5 fxg5 17. Bxd5 Qxc5 18. dxc5 {½-½ (33) Adly,A (2602)-Strikovic,A (2506) Marrakesh 2016}) 11. Bxf3 e5 12. Be3 {[#] Strongly threatening dxe5.} Qc7 13. b3 Rfe8 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Bg2 Nh5 16. Ne4 Rad8 17. g4 ({Don't play} 17. Bxa7 f5 $17) 17... Nf6 18. Nxf6+ (18. Ng3 {keeps more tension.} Nfd7 19. Rab1 a6 20. Ne4 Nf6 21. Bg5) 18... Bxf6 19. Bd4 Re6 20. Rd2 Qe7 21. Rad1 a6 ({Black should try} 21... Nd7 $14) 22. e3 (22. Bd5 $16) 22... Nd7 $14 23. Qd3 (23. b4 $14) 23... Be5 24. Qe2 Rf8 25. Bxe5 Nxe5 26. f4 {[%cal Bf2f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32]} Nd7 {[%cal Be5d7,Bd7c5,Bc5e4][%mdl 32]} 27. e4 Nc5 {[%cal Rc5e4]} 28. f5 Re5 {[%cal Rc5e4]} 29. Rxd6 (29. Rd4 $1 $11) 29... Nxe4 $17 30. Rd7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (30. Bxe4 $15 Rxe4 31. Qf2) 30... Qc5+ $1 {Precision: White = 24%, Black = 35%.} 0-1

[Event "GER Team Cup 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Gress, Alexander"]
[Black "Onischuk, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2139"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SC Caissa Schwarzenbach"]
[BlackTeam "Sfr Bad Emstal/Wolfhagen"]

{[%evp 9,86,45,54,31,72,36,66,65,65,52,57,42,47,49,58,45,68,54,39,0,0,0,0,0,20,11,33,12,11,18,4,-27,-5,-53,-1,-15,15,-109,-97,-93,-89,-160,-159,-158,-159,-225,-219,-227,-182,-166,-166,-252,-238,-229,-241,-272,-262,-283,-273,-279,-272,-272,-270,-276,-281,-267,-227,-238,-227,-276,-264,-287,-241,-295,-281,-269,-271,-287,-269]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 c6 5. Qd2 Nbd7 {LiveBook: 249 Games} 6. Be2 {B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems} (6. Nf3 Qa5 7. Bd3 Ng4 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 e5 10. Bg3 Bg7 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. O-O Qc5 13. h3 Ngf6 14. Kh1 {1-0 (49) Kosteniuk,A (2552)-Onischuk,V (2623) Bastia 2017}) 6... Qa5 7. Nf3 Ng4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... b5 8. e5 b4 9. exf6 bxc3 10. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 11. bxc3 Nxf6 12. Nd2 Nd5 13. Bf3 {0-1 (64) Kaneyama,M (1980)-Sinajskij,A (2100) St Petersburg 2009}) 8. Bg5 {White is slightly better.} h6 9. Bh4 (9. Bf4 {looks sharper.} e5 10. Bg3 Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfd1) 9... Ngf6 $1 10. h3 Bg7 11. O-O Qc7 12. a4 a5 13. e5 dxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Bg3 Nfd7 16. f4 {[#]} Nc4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 17. Bxc4 Nb6 18. Bd3 (18. Bb3 {keeps more tension.} Bf5 19. Rad1 O-O 20. Bf2 h5 21. Qe2) 18... Bf5 19. Bxf5 gxf5 20. Bf2 Rg8 21. Rab1 Qd6 ({Black should try} 21... O-O-O $15) 22. Rfd1 O-O-O 23. d5 (23. Ne2 $11 {remains equal.}) 23... Nxd5 24. Nxd5 Qxd5 25. Qe1 {[#]} (25. Qe2 $142 Qe4 26. Qxe4 fxe4 27. c3) 25... Bd4 $1 $17 {[%csl Gg8][%cal Rd5g2][%mdl 512]} 26. Qf1 (26. Rxd4 Qxg2#) 26... Qe4 27. c3 (27. Bxd4 $17 Rxd4 28. Qf2) 27... Bxf2+ $19 28. Qxf2 Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 Qxa4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 30. Rd2 (30. Qd2 $142) 30... Rd8 31. Rxd8+ Kxd8 {KQ-KQ} 32. Qb6+ Kc8 33. Qc5 Qe4 34. Qxa5 Qe3+ ({Resist} 34... Qxf4 35. Qa8+ Qb8 36. Qa2 $19) 35. Kh2 Qxf4+ 36. Kg1 Qe3+ 37. Kh2 Qd3 38. Qa8+ Kc7 39. Qf8 Qd6+ 40. Kh1 Qe6 41. Qa8 Qe1+ {Black has a decisive advantage.} 42. Kh2 Qe5+ 43. Kh1 f4 {Precision: White = 34%, Black = 63%.} 0-1

[Event "GER Team Cup 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Karn, Torsten"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2082"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SV Hockenheim"]
[BlackTeam "OSG Baden-Baden"]

{[%evp 17,66,41,62,39,49,28,29,24,22,-21,-18,-27,-19,-52,-62,-61,-67,-66,-54,-83,-87,-119,-93,-92,-91,-103,-92,-132,-104,-277,-281,-292,-285,-279,-281,-327,-320,-443,-431,-437,-441,-663,-650,-749,-733,-727,-697,-1104,-784,-815,-681]} 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 d3 4. Bxd3 Nc6 5. Nf3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. h3 {B21: Sicilian: 2 f4 and Morra Gambit} d6 8. Qe2 Nf6 9. Rd1 Nd7 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 10. Be3 O-O 11. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2b3,Bb3d4,Bd4b5][%mdl 32]} Qc7 (11... b6 12. Nd4 Nce5 13. Ba6 Nc5 14. Bxc8 Qxc8 15. N4f3 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 {½-½ (37) Petrov,N (2490)-Bernadskiy,V (2549) Riga 2016}) 12. Nb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Bc2 b6 13. Rac1 Bb7 14. Nd4 {0-1 (33) Pekar,K-Sabo,P Trencin 1991}) 12... Nce5 13. Nbd4 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 Nc5 15. Nb5 Qc6 16. Bxc5 dxc5 17. Na3 b6 {[%cal Bb7b6,Bb6b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 18. Qd5 Bb7 19. Qd7 Rfe8 20. Qxc6 Bxc6 21. Re1 b5 22. Rad1 a5 23. c4 $2 {[#]} (23. Kh2 $17 {is a better defense.}) 23... b4 $19 24. Nb5 Bxb5 ({Less strong is} 24... Bxb2 25. Nc7 $17) 25. cxb5 Bxb2 26. Rd5 c4 27. Red1 c3 {Black is clearly winning.} 28. Ne1 a4 29. Nd3 (29. b6 $142 b3 30. axb3 axb3 31. b7) 29... c2 30. Nxb2 cxd1=Q+ 31. Rxd1 Reb8 32. Rd5 e6 33. Rc5 Ra5 {Precision: White = 18%, Black = 81%.} 0-1

[Event "GER Team Cup 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.04"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,91,-41,-33,-50,-55,-59,-58,-58,-19,-7,-6,-9,-11,-10,10,5,3,16,12,14,2,-39,-35,-42,-37,-37,-28,-28,-31,-29,-22,-62,-39,-30,-17,-13,-21,-14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,-8,-1,-7,14,14,14,14,12,12,16,16,12,8,8,0,10,0,14,14,14,8,8,8,8,8]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Qe2 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. h4 (5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O Nge7 7. Rd1 Nd4 8. Nxd4 cxd4 9. c3 Nc6 10. Na3 O-O 11. Nc2 d5 12. exd5 exd5 13. Qf3 Ne5 14. Qxd5 Qxd5 15. Bxd5 {1-0 (64) Kovalenko,I (2639)-Duda,J (2717) Katowice 2017}) 5... h6 6. Bg2 {C00: French: Unusual White 2nd moves} Bg7 7. O-O Nge7 8. d3 e5 9. c3 d6 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 10. Nh2 Be6 11. Na3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Be3 Qd7 12. Na3 O-O 13. h5 f5 14. f4 b6 15. hxg6 exf4 16. gxf4 Nxg6 {½-½ (50) Kunze,K (2100)-Rosmann,I (2316) Germany 2014}) 11... Qd7 12. Nc2 Bh3 13. Bxh3 Qxh3 14. b4 cxb4 15. cxb4 {[%cal Bc3b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} O-O 16. b5 Nd8 17. Qg4 Qxg4 18. Nxg4 f5 19. Nge3 f4 20. Nc4 d5 21. Na5 b6 22. Nb3 dxe4 23. dxe4 Rc8 24. Ne1 fxg3 25. fxg3 Rc3 26. Rxf8+ {The position is equal.} Bxf8 27. Kg2 Nf7 28. Nd2 $1 Nc8 29. Bb2 Re3 30. Nef3 Bc5 31. Re1 Rd3 32. Nb3 Bb4 33. Rc1 Ncd6 34. Rc6 (34. Nxe5 {seems wilder.} Nxe5 35. Bxe5 Nxb5 36. Rc6 Bd6 37. Bxd6 Rxd6 38. Rxd6 Nxd6 39. Kf3) 34... Re3 {[#] ...Re2+ is the strong threat.} ({Don't play} 34... Nxb5 35. Rxg6+ Kh7 36. Rf6 $16) 35. Bxe5 Rxf3 (35... Rxe4 {keeps more tension.} 36. Bf4 Re2+ 37. Kh3 Rxa2 38. Nbd4 Ra5) 36. Bxd6 $1 Rxb3 $1 37. axb3 Bxd6 38. e5 Bxe5 {White must now prevent ...Nd6.} 39. Rxg6+ Kh7 40. Re6 Bd6 41. Kf3 h5 42. g4 {[#] Hoping for g5.} hxg4+ 43. Kxg4 Bc5 44. Kh5 Kg7 45. Rg6+ Kh7 46. Rc6 {Precision: White = 71%, Black = 58%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "GER Team Cup 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.04"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,98,1,0,0,0,0,-16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,9,0,0,0,0,-3,-14,-14,0,-9,0,0,16,18,23,15,25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,11,6,22,0,0,8,10,0,0,-41,-25,-16,-16,-41,-20,-25,-25,-25,-25,-25,-25,-25,-25,-201,-196,-266,-266,-341,-341,-341,-339,-339,-327,-305,-279,-404,-389,-1578,-1600,-1337,-1211]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Nge2 Nd7 8. Ng3 Bg6 9. Rc1 {LiveBook: 4 Games. D31: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav without ...Nf6 (+ Marshall Gambit and Noteboom) and Exchange Variation lines without ...Nf6} (9. Nh5 Bxh5 10. Qxh5 Ngf6 11. Qd1 Nf8 12. Bd3 Bd6 13. Bg5 Ne6 14. Bh4 g5 15. Bg3 h5 16. Qc2 h4 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 {0-1 (60) Ivanchuk,V (2726)-Bacrot,E (2725) Riadh 2017}) 9... Ngf6 10. h4 {h5 is the strong threat.} h5 11. Bg5 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 11. Be2 Nf8 12. Be5 N8d7 13. Bf4 Nf8 14. Bg5 N6d7 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 {½-½ (42) Brynell,S (2434)-Keinanen,T (2287) Vaxjo 2017}) 11... Bd6 12. Nge2 Qb6 13. Qd2 O-O 14. Bf4 Be7 15. Ng3 Rfe8 16. Be2 Rac8 17. a3 a6 18. Bf3 Nf8 19. Na4 Qd8 20. Nc5 {[%cal Ba4c5,Bc5d3,Bd3e5][%mdl 32]} b6 21. Nd3 Ne4 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Ne5 c5 24. dxc5 Bxc5 25. Qxd8 Rcxd8 26. Ke2 Rd5 27. b4 Be7 28. Rc6 Bf6 29. Nxg6 Nxg6 30. Bc7 ({But not} 30. Rxb6 $2 Nxf4+ 31. exf4 e3 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]}) 30... b5 31. Rc5 Rxc5 32. bxc5 Bb2 33. Bd6 Ne5 34. Nf5 Nc6 35. Rb1 Bxa3 36. Nd4 Rc8 37. Ra1 b4 {[%cal Bb5b4,Bb4b3][%mdl 32]} 38. Nc2 Bb2 39. Rxa6 b3 40. Na3 Nb4 41. Ra7 $2 {[#]} (41. Ra4 $1 $11 {and White is okay.} Na2 42. Nb1) 41... Nd3 $1 $19 42. Nc4 (42. Nb1 $142) 42... Bc3 43. f3 Nxc5 44. Rc7 Rxc7 45. Bxc7 b2 46. Na3 Na4 47. Bd6 (47. Kd1 {only move.} exf3 48. gxf3) 47... Bf6 {White must now prevent ...Nc3+.} 48. fxe4 $2 (48. Bb4 exf3+ 49. Kxf3) 48... Nc3+ 49. Kd3 {[#]} Nb5 $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 46%, Black = 76%.} 0-1

[Event "GER Team Cup 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.04"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Onischuk, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,35,27,6,31,24,33,25,47,47,41,41,34,43,47,18,26,0,37,0,22,0]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 c6 5. h3 Bg7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. a4 Nbd7 8. a5 Qc7 9. Qd2 e5 {B08: Pirc Defence: Classical System} (9... Rb8 10. Bd3 b5 11. axb6 axb6 12. O-O e5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. b4 b5 15. Ne2 Nb6 16. Ng3 Re8 17. Bh6 Qe7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Rfe1 {½-½ (19) Kislinsky,A (2505)-Petrosian,T (2615) Yerevan 2017}) 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Be2 Rd8 {White has an edge.} 12. Bg5 Be6 13. O-O Nxf3+ $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Rd7 14. Rfd1 Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 d5 16. Bf4 Qd8 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 {1-0 (30) Schandorff,L (2485)-Hoi,C (2435) Denmark 1996}) 14. Bxf3 Rd7 15. Qf4 Ne8 16. Qd2 Nf6 17. Qf4 Ne8 {And now ...f6 would win.} 18. Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "GER Team Cup 2017-18"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.04"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Zubov, Alexander"]
[Black "Gustafsson, Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,56,14,10,10,-1,-5,-5,-2,-7,-4,-14,-10,-20,0,-3,0,-4,0,0,0,0,0,-10,0,0,2,0,0,-12,-11,-12,-26,-13,-13,-19,-15,-19,-15,-22,0,-34,-31,-38,-14,-28,-14]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nh4 {D15: Slav Defence: 4 Nc3 a6 and gambit lines after 4 Nc3 dxc4} (6. Qb3 b5 7. c5 a5 8. Be2 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Bd2 O-O 11. a3 Nbd7 12. Rfc1 Ne4 13. Qd1 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 {½-½ (56) Mamedyarov,S (2799)-Andreikin,D (2712) Huaian 2017}) 6... Bg4 7. Qb3 {LiveBook: 10 Games} b5 8. cxd5 {The position is equal.} cxd5 9. h3 Bc8 10. Nf3 e6 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. O-O {[%cal Bh1f1,Bf1c1,Bc1c2][%mdl 32]} Be7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Bb7 13. Bd2 Bd6 {0-1 (62) Ryska,J (2252)-Carlsen,T (2360) Remote email 2013}) 13. Bd2 O-O 14. Ne2 Bb7 15. Rfc1 Bd6 16. Qd1 Qe7 17. a3 Rac8 18. Rc2 Rc7 19. Rac1 Rfc8 20. Qe1 Ne4 21. Ba5 Nxa5 22. Qxa5 Rxc2 23. Rxc2 Rxc2 24. Bxc2 Bc7 25. Qe1 Bd6 26. a4 Qc7 27. Qd1 bxa4 28. Bxa4 a5 {Precision: White = 73%, Black = 52%.} 1/2-1/2

