[Event "Israel Team Championship 2025"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "2025.01.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rodshtein, Maxim"]
[Black "Boruchovsky, Avital"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2025.01.07"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 12,69,20,8,27,16,51,39,35,14,8,20,28,14,39,31,26,38,30,21,50,52,60,47,58,50,41,47,76,75,67,71,69,71,78,77,72,69,85,78,89,92,174,186,177,180,177,172,203,204,169,177,190,193,199,174,314,302,547,548]} 1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 a5 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Qc2 c5 8. cxd5 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Qb6 10. Nf3 exd5 {[%cal Be6d5,Bd5d4][%mdl 32]} 11. O-O Nc6 12. Nc3 d4 13. Na4 Qb5 14. Qd3 Qxd3 ({Much worse is} 14... Qxa4 $6 15. b3 $16) 15. exd3 Bf5 16. Bxb4 Nxb4 17. Nxd4 Bxd3 {[%cal Of8d8] And now ...Rfd8! would win.} 18. Rfd1 $1 {[%cal Oa4c5]} Rad8 19. Nb3 Bc2 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Bxb7 Bxb3 22. axb3 Rd2 23. Nc5 Rxb2 24. Rxa5 {White wants to mate with Ra8+.} g6 25. Ra4 Nc2 26. Kf1 Rb1+ (26... h5 $16) 27. Ke2 $18 Na1 28. b4 Nc2 {[#]} 29. Nd3 $1 Rb3 30. Kd2 Nd4 31. Nc5 Rb1 32. Kd3 Rd1+ 33. Kc4 {Hoping for Ra8+.} Ng4 (33... Nf5 34. Kc3 Kg7) 34. Nd3 Nf5 $2 (34... Nb5 {might work better.}) 35. Bf3 {[%csl LRd1,LRg4]} 1-0

[Event "Israel Team Championship 2025"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "2025.01.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2025.01.07"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 15,55,10,18,6,18,0,3,0,7,0,10,0,5,0,7,0,11,8,10,9,2,17,11,15,16,11,3,0,25,17,27,12,7,13,10,10,18,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {[%cal Bf1b5,Bb5a4,Ba4b3,Bb3a2,Ba2d5][%mdl 32]} a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nc3 Na5 11. Ba2 b4 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 c6 14. Ba2 c5 {[%cal Ob4b3]} 15. Nd2 Be6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Qg4 Rf6 18. f4 exf4 19. Bxf4 Nc6 20. Nc4 d5 21. Ne5 Nxe5 22. Bxe5 Rg6 23. Qe2 Bf6 24. Bxf6 Rxf6 25. exd5 Qxd5 26. c3 {Dodges Qd4+} Raf8 27. Rxf6 Rxf6 28. a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Israel Team Championship 2025"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "2025.01.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Levin, Guy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2025.01.07"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 12,107,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-4,-7,-6,7,-11,3,3,12,11,23,17,25,11,12,0,36,29,39,27,78,79,73,83,79,81,70,72,78,69,62,62,68,67,67,65,93,55,92,83,98,104,96,91,88,87,120,122,153,158,113,104,133,130,391,180,167,162,211,227,216,177,204,187,359,329,385,335,395,393,1041,1010,4614,2856,29978,29977,29988,29989,29990,29985,29984,29984,29984,29985,29985,29986]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nc3 Nxe5 7. dxe5 Bb4 8. O-O Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bxc3 10. Rb1 O-O (10... Bxe5 $2 11. Re1 Be6 12. Rxe5 $18) 11. Bxh7+ Kxh7 12. Qd3+ Kg8 13. Qxc3 a5 {Black is weak on the dark squares} 14. Rd1 Ra6 15. Rb5 c6 16. Rb3 Rb6 (16... Qh4 {keeps more tension.} 17. a4 Qg4 18. f3 Qxa4 19. Ba3 c5) 17. Be3 Rxb3 18. axb3 Bf5 19. Ra1 {[%cal Oh2h3]} f6 20. exf6 (20. Rxa5 fxe5 21. Bc5 Re8 $15) (20. Bd4 $5) 20... Qxf6 21. Qxf6 (21. Qxa5 d4 (21... Bxc2 22. Bc5 $11) 22. Bd2 Bxc2 $15) 21... Rxf6 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} (21... gxf6 $11 22. c3 (22. Rxa5 Bxc2 23. h4 Bxb3 $11) 22... Ra8) 22. c3 $16 ({Much weaker is} 22. Rxa5 Bxc2 23. Ra8+ Kh7 $11) 22... Bc2 23. Rxa5 Bxb3 24. Ra8+ Rf8 {[%cal Bf6f8,Bf8b8,Bb8e8,Be8e7,Be7d7][%mdl 32]} 25. Ra7 Rb8 26. Bf4 Re8 {[%cal Re8e1]} 27. h3 Re7 28. Bd6 Rd7 29. Bc5 Bc4 30. Kh2 Kf7 31. Ra8 Ke6 32. Re8+ Kf7 33. Rb8 Ke6 34. g4 d4 35. Bxd4 Kd6 36. f4 {White is more active.} c5 37. Be3 Kd5 38. Kg3 g5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (38... b6 $16) 39. Re8 (39. fxg5 $142 b5 40. h4) 39... gxf4+ $18 40. Bxf4 (40. Kxf4 Rf7+ 41. Kg3 Bb5 42. Rd8+ Ke4 43. Bxc5 Rf3+ 44. Kh4 Rxc3) 40... b5 {[#]} 41. h4 $1 b4 {[#]} 42. cxb4 $1 cxb4 43. h5 Rb7 $2 (43... b3 44. Bc1 Rf7) 44. Bc1 Bb5 45. Re1 Bd3 46. g5 {[%cal Bg4g5,Bg5g6][%mdl 32]} b3 $2 (46... Rb8 47. Re7 Kd6) 47. Bb2 {Black must now prevent g6.} Rc7 48. g6 {White threatens Rd1 and mate.} Rc2 49. Rd1 Ke6 50. Rxd3 Rxb2 51. h6 {[%cal Bh5h6,Bh6h7][%mdl 32]} Rb1 52. h7 b2 53. Rb3 (53. h8=R $2 {perishes.} Rg1+ 54. Kf4 b1=Q $19 (54... b1=B 55. Re8+ Kf6 56. Rd6+ Kg7 57. Re7+ Kf8 58. Rf7+ Ke8 59. Re6+ Kd8 60. Ra6 $18)) 53... Rg1+ 54. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Israel Team Championship 2025"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "2025.01.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Romanov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Zoler, Dan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2025.01.07"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 25,100,21,29,0,29,0,29,29,15,0,0,0,0,-8,0,-10,4,-62,-12,-27,-19,-27,-17,-20,-12,-26,-7,-18,-13,-12,-27,-32,-26,-18,-23,-16,-19,-31,-22,-24,0,-35,-32,-42,-42,-40,-32,-28,-39,-35,-39,-25,-25,-27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Bg5 Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6a5,Ba5c4][%mdl 32]} 9. Nb3 Be6 10. f4 {[%cal Bf2f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32]} Rc8 11. Kh1 Na5 12. f5 Bc4 13. Bd3 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 14. Qe1 b4 {[#]} 15. Nd5 $1 Bxd5 (15... Nxd5 16. exd5) 16. exd5 Nc4 17. fxg6 hxg6 18. Nd4 $1 Ne5 19. Nc6 Nxc6 20. dxc6 Rxc6 21. Qh4 ({White should play} 21. Qxb4 $11 Nh7 22. Be3) 21... Qa5 (21... Qc7 $15) 22. Rae1 Rc5 (22... Qxa2 23. Rxe7 (23. Qxb4 Qd5 $17) 23... Nh7 (23... Nd5 24. Bxg6) 24. Bc1 $11) 23. Bd2 Rh5 24. Qxb4 Qxb4 25. Bxb4 {This pair of bishops is nice.} Rb8 26. Ba3 Ng4 {[%csl LRb2,LRh2]} 27. h3 Ne5 ({Inferior is} 27... Bxb2 28. Rb1 Bxa3 29. Rxb8+ Kg7 30. Rb3 $18 (30. Be2 Ne3 $16)) 28. Be2 Rh4 {White is weak on the dark squares} 29. b3 Rc8 30. c4 f5 31. Rd1 Re4 32. Rf2 Bh6 33. Bf3 Nxf3 34. gxf3 Rh4 35. Re2 Kf7 ({Reject} 35... Rxh3+ $6 36. Kg2 Rh4 37. Rxe7 $14) 36. Kg2 Bg5 37. Bb2 Bf6 38. Bxf6 Kxf6 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 39. Rde1 $1 e5 40. Rd2 Ke6 41. Red1 Rc6 42. Rd5 f4 43. Rb5 Rh5 44. Rb8 Rg5+ 45. Kf2 Rg3 46. Rh8 a5 {[%cal Oa5a4]} 47. Rd5 a4 48. Ra5 axb3 49. axb3 Rb6 50. Raa8 Rxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Israel Team Championship 2025"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "2025.01.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Roiz, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2025.01.07"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 9,34,8,5,6,8,6,6,0,0,0,9,1,0,6,14,2,15,0,7,-33,-26,-21,-25,-42,-53,-42,-30]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Ba4 d6 6. c3 O-O 7. O-O Ne7 8. Nbd2 Ng6 9. h3 c6 10. d4 Bb6 11. Bc2 Bc7 12. Re1 Re8 13. Nf1 d5 14. exd5 e4 15. d6 Qxd6 16. Ng5 {[%cal Rg5e4]} Bf5 {Threatens to win with ...h6.} 17. g4 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Israel Team Championship 2025"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "2025.01.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gorshtein, Ido"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2025.01.07"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 11,51,14,2,0,5,29,33,43,48,47,43,24,36,9,7,8,88,62,71,93,74,80,98,90,126,119,131,91,145,150,337,351,321,347,340,344,1610,1625,29995,583,552,562]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 g6 7. h4 Bg7 (7... h6 $5) 8. h5 O-O 9. hxg6 hxg6 10. Ng5 Nf6 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. d3 (12. Qa4 Qd4 13. Qxc6 Bd7 14. Qf3) 12... c4 13. dxc4 Qxd1+ (13... Ng4 $11 {keeps the balance.} 14. Qxd8 Rxd8) 14. Nxd1 $16 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 15. Bd2 a4 16. Bc3 Re8 17. Ne3 e5 18. O-O-O Bf8 19. f4 {White is more active.} Nh5 {[#]} (19... exf4 $2 20. Bxf6 Bg7 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Rh7+ Kg8 23. gxf4 $18) (19... Bg7 $142) 20. Ne4 $1 {Excellent horsemanship.} (20. Bxe5 f6 21. g4 fxe5 (21... Ng3 22. Bxf6 Nxh1 23. Rxh1 $14) 22. gxh5 exf4 $17) (20. fxe5 $2 Bh6 (20... Nxg3 $2 21. e6 $18) 21. g4 (21. Rxh5 $2 gxh5 22. Ng2 Bxg5+ $19) 21... Bxg5 22. gxh5 Bxe3+ 23. Bd2 Bxd2+ (23... Rxe5 24. Bxe3 Rxe3 25. Rd8+ Kg7 26. hxg6 $17) 24. Rxd2 g5 $19 (24... Rxe5 25. Rd8+ Kg7 26. hxg6 $17)) 20... exf4 $2 {[#]} (20... Bg7 $16) 21. Rxh5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Bg7 {Dodges Rh8+} 22. Bxg7 $1 Rxe4 23. Re5 Rxe3 $2 (23... f5 24. gxf4 (24. Rxe4 fxe4 25. gxf4 Kxg7 $14) 24... Kxg7 25. Rxe4 fxe4) 24. Bf6 {White threatens Rd8+ and mate.} (24. gxf4 Rh3 $16) 24... Bg4 25. Rxe3 ({Not} 25. gxf4 Rxe5 26. Bxe5 (26. fxe5 Bxe2 27. Rd2 Bg4 $11) 26... Bxe2 $16) (25. Rh1 $142 Bh5 26. Rhxh5 (26. gxf4 Rxe5 27. fxe5 Kf8 $16) 26... gxh5 27. Rxh5 (27. gxf4 $2 {too greedy.} Rxe5 28. fxe5 Kh7 $19) 27... Rc3+ 28. bxc3 fxg3 29. Rh8#) 25... fxe3 26. Rh1 1-0

[Event "Israel Team Championship 2025"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "2025.01.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Steinberg, Nitzan"]
[Black "Erenberg, Ariel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2025.01.07"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 20,112,0,-14,0,-18,0,-14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-15,0,5,20,32,40,14,67,14,23,8,15,33,28,23,15,19,27,-43,0,-14,-10,-40,-35,-110,-100,-125,-108,-164,-163,-131,-104,-109,35,-112,0,0,0,0,7,0,14,0,11,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,8,6,13,0,0,0,38,0,10,17,16,14,12,0,0,0,31,13,41,33,54,45,60,-75,0,0,25]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e5 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. Bd3 Be7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. a4 O-O 11. Kh1 Nc5 12. Qe1 Re8 13. a5 h6 14. Bd2 Bd7 15. fxe5 dxe5 16. Qg3 {[%csl LRe5,LRh6]} Be6 17. Qxe5 (17. Nxe5 $2 Nh5 18. Qf2 Qxe5 $19) 17... Bd6 18. Qd4 Nxd3 19. cxd3 Rad8 {[%cal Od6h2]} 20. Rac1 (20. Bxh6 $2 Be7 21. Qe3 Ng4 $17 (21... gxh6 22. e5 $17)) 20... Qb8 (20... Qxa5 $2 21. Nd5 Qb5 22. Nxf6+ gxf6 23. Qxf6 $18 (23. Bxh6 Be7 $16)) ({Black should try} 20... Qc5 $11) 21. Qg1 (21. Bxh6 $2 Be7 22. Qa4 gxh6 $19) ({Better is} 21. e5 $14 Bf8 22. Qh4) 21... Bb4 {This pair of bishops is nice.} 22. Qb6 Bf8 23. Qe3 Ng4 24. Qe2 Ne5 25. Bf4 Bd6 $1 {[%cal Oe5d3]} 26. Ne1 (26. Be3 $11) 26... Ng4 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 27. g3 Ne5 28. Qg2 Nc6 29. Rd1 {[#]} (29. Qf2 $15) 29... Qc8 $1 $17 30. Qf2 {[#]} Bb4 $1 31. Nf3 (31. Ng2 $17) 31... Bxa5 32. d4 {[%cal Bd3d4,Bd4d5][%mdl 32]} Bb6 33. Be3 Nb4 (33... Bc4 $17 34. Rfe1 Nb4) 34. Rd2 (34. d5 $14 Bxe3 35. Qxe3) 34... f6 (34... Bc4 $17 {[%cal Ob4d3] And now ...Nd3! would win.} 35. Rfd1 (35. Ne5 $2 Rxe5 36. Re1 Ree8 $19) 35... f5) 35. d5 $11 Bxe3 36. Qxe3 Bh3 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black has counterplay} (36... Bxd5 $2 37. Nxd5 (37. Rxd5 $2 Nxd5 38. Nxd5 Qc4 $19) 37... Qc4 38. Ne7+ Kh7 (38... Rxe7 $2 39. Rxd8+ Kh7 40. Rc1 $18) (38... Kf7 $2 39. Ne5+ Kxe7 40. Nxc4 $18) 39. Kg1 $18) 37. Re1 Qd7 38. Qb6 Qd6 39. Qxd6 Rxd6 40. Kg1 Bg4 41. Nh4 Nc6 42. h3 Bc8 $1 ({Of course not} 42... Bxh3 $6 43. Rh2 $16) 43. Nf3 Ne5 44. Nxe5 Rxe5 45. h4 b5 46. b4 Re7 47. Re3 {[%cal Oe4e5]} Bg4 48. Kf2 Rc7 49. Rd4 {Threatens to win with e5.} h5 50. Ke1 Kf7 51. Kd2 Re7 52. Na2 Re5 53. Rc3 f5 54. Rc7+ Kf6 55. Rc6 (55. Nc3 $14 {stays ahead.}) 55... Ke7 (55... Rxc6 $17 56. dxc6 Re6 (56... Rxe4 57. Rxe4 fxe4 58. Nc1 $19) (56... fxe4 57. c7 $17)) 56. Rc7+ Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Israel Team Championship 2025"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "2025.01.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kobo, Ori"]
[Black "Kogan, Arthur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[ECO "E45"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2025.01.07"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 40,125,49,38,62,52,73,57,75,79,78,83,72,41,60,62,70,16,92,85,104,105,120,147,151,139,136,93,100,0,144,93,104,107,121,116,104,114,185,181,181,193,188,185,191,108,133,122,131,132,133,137,133,102,148,147,252,64,87,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ba6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 d5 8. b3 O-O 9. Be2 c5 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. O-O Nbd7 12. cxd5 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 exd5 14. Rd1 Qb6 15. Nxd5 Qxb3 16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 17. Bb2 Qe6 18. Rac1 Nd7 19. h3 Rab8 20. Ba1 Rfc8 21. Rc4 f6 22. Qc2 Rb7 23. Rcd4 Nf8 24. Rd6 Qf7 25. Qf5 Rbc7 26. h4 Re8 27. h5 h6 28. e4 (28. R1d5 $14) 28... c4 (28... Qb3 $11) 29. Bc3 $16 Ne6 30. f3 Rc5 31. R1d5 Rc7 32. Qg4 Rb7 33. Bb4 Rc7 34. Bc3 Rb7 35. Rd1 (35. Rc6 $142) 35... Kh8 36. Qf5 Kg8 37. Rc6 Rb3 38. Bb4 Rd3 {[#]} (38... Ng5 $16) 39. Rxd3 $1 $18 cxd3 40. Rd6 Nf8 41. Rxd3 Qc7 42. Bxf8 (42. Qb5 $18 Rd8 43. Rxd8 Qxd8 44. Qd5+ Qxd5 45. exd5) 42... Re5 43. Qd7 Qc1+ 44. Kf2 Kxf8 45. Qd8+ (45. Qxa7 $6 Qc2+ 46. Ke3 Kg8 $11) 45... Re8 46. Qd5 Qb2+ (46... Re5 $142 47. Qd8+ Re8) 47. Kg3 $16 Re5 {[#]} (47... Qc1 $16 {keeps fighting.} 48. Kh2 Qf4+ 49. Kh3 Qc1) 48. Qa8+ $2 (48. Qd8+ $1 $18 Re8 49. Qd6+ Kg8 50. Rd5) 48... Re8 $14 49. Rd8 ({White should try} 49. Qxa7 $16 {Black must now prevent Kh3.} Qe5+ 50. Kf2) 49... Qe5+ $11 50. f4 Qxh5 51. Rxe8+ Qxe8 52. Qxe8+ Kxe8 53. Kg4 g6 54. f5 Kf7 55. g3 h5+ 56. Kh4 Kg7 57. fxg6 Kxg6 58. g4 hxg4 59. Kxg4 Kf7 60. Kf5 Ke7 61. a4 a5 62. e5 fxe5 63. Kxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Israel Team Championship 2025"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "2025.01.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Parkhov, Yair"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2025.01.07"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 19,24,0,0,0,0,0,6]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3 Be6 9. f4 exf4 10. Bxf4 Nc6 11. O-O O-O 12. Qd2 d5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Israel Team Championship 2025"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "2025.01.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rozen, Eytan"]
[Black "Nesterov, Arseniy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2025.01.07"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 18,120,16,7,0,9,6,23,41,9,21,16,16,21,24,26,23,11,17,17,18,15,16,5,7,13,8,7,0,7,25,21,21,24,39,15,16,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,10,10,10,10,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. Ne5 c5 8. dxc5 Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 Bxc5 10. Nxc4 Nd5 11. Bd2 Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6b4,Bb4a2][%mdl 32]} 12. Rc1 Rd8 {White has an edge.} 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Nb4 15. O-O Nxa2 16. Rcd1 ({Of course not} 16. Rfd1 Bd7 17. Ra1 Bb5 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 $17) 16... Rf8 17. Bd4 Bxd4 18. Rxd4 {[#] Threatens to win with Ne5.} Nb4 19. Rc1 Nc6 20. Rdd1 Rb8 21. f4 e5 22. Nxe5 Nxe5 23. fxe5 Be6 24. Rc7 g6 25. Bxb7 Bc8 26. Bxc8 Rfxc8 {The position is equal.} 27. Rxc8+ Rxc8 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame. KR-KR} 28. Kf2 Rb8 29. Rd7 Rxb2 30. Rxa7 Rb5 31. Ra8+ Kg7 32. Re8 h5 33. h4 Rb6 34. Kf3 Rb3+ 35. Kf4 Rb4+ 36. e4 Rb6 37. Rd8 Re6 38. Rd6 {[#] White wants to mate with Rxe6.} Kf8 39. Rxe6 fxe6 $11 {KP-KP} 40. Kf3 Kf7 41. Kf2 Kf8 42. Ke1 Ke7 43. Kd1 Kd7 44. Kc2 Kc8 45. Kc3 Kc7 $1 46. Kb4 {Kc5 would kill now.} Kb8 47. Ka5 (47. Kc4 $5 Kc8 $8 48. Kd4 $11) 47... Ka7 48. Ka4 (48. Kb5 $5 Kb7 $8 49. Kc4 $11) 48... Ka8 49. Kb5 (49. Ka3 $5 Ka7 $8 50. Kb4 $14) 49... Kb7 50. Kc4 Kc8 51. Kd4 Kd8 52. Ke3 {Threatening mate with Kf4.} (52. Kc4 $5 Kc8 $8 53. Kd3 $11) 52... Ke7 53. Kf4 {Intending Kg5 and mate.} Kf8 54. Kf3 Kf7 55. g4 hxg4+ 56. Kxg4 Kg8 57. Kg5 Kg7 58. h5 gxh5 59. Kxh5 Kh7 $1 60. Kg5 {White threatens Kf6 and mate.} Kg7 {Not much happened in this game.   Weighted Error Value: White=0.02 (flawless) /Black=0.01 (flawless) .  Inaccurate:     	White=1     	---        OK:         	White=17    	Black=24     Best:        	White=1     	Black=7      Strong:       	---       	Black=2} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Israel Team Championship 2025"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "2025.01.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2025.01.07"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 14,24,12,12,14,7,4,7,11,-9,-10,0,-13]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 c5 5. Bb2 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5 Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc7 11. Nf3 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Israel Team Championship 2025"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "2025.01.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sivuk, Vitaly"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2025.01.07"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 21,51,54,49,42,79,85,71,80,153,47,48,35,28,20,27,0,0,0,0,-90,29,0,0,6,29,0,0,0,11,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 O-O 7. e3 Bb7 8. Be2 d6 9. b4 Nbd7 10. O-O Ne4 11. Qc2 f5 12. Ne1 Qh4 13. f3 Ng5 14. c5 {White is better.} Bd5 {[#]} (14... dxc5 $142 15. dxc5 (15. bxc5 bxc5 16. dxc5 Bd5 $16) 15... bxc5) 15. cxd6 (15. g3 $1 $16 {[%cal Rg3h4]} Qh6 16. h4) 15... cxd6 $14 16. Qc7 Nf6 17. Qxd6 Nh5 18. g3 Qh3 {[#] aiming for ...Rad8.} 19. Rf2 {Black must now prevent Bf1.} Nf6 20. Nd3 (20. Bf1 $11 Qh5 21. Bg2) 20... Nf7 ({Better is} 20... Rad8 $17 21. Qf4 Qh5) 21. Qe7 {Nf4 is the strong threat.} (21. Qf4 {simplifies} Rac8 22. Qh4 Qxh4 23. gxh4 Bb3 24. Bd2) 21... Rfe8 $1 22. Nf4 Qh6 23. Qc7 {[%cal Oe3e4] Black should prevent e4!} (23. Nxd5 $5 Rxe7 24. Nxe7+ Kf8 25. Nc6 $15) 23... Rec8 {The position is equal.} 24. Qe7 Re8 25. Qc7 {[%cal Oe3e4]} Rec8 26. Qe7 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.20 (precise) /Black=0.20 (precise) .  Mistake:       	White=2     	Black=2      Inaccurate:     	White=1     	Black=1      OK:         	White=6     	Black=7      Best:        	White=1     	Black=2      Strong:       	---       	Black=1} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Israel Team Championship 2025"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "2025.01.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Golod, Vitali"]
[Black "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2025.01.07"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 9,27,10,12,6,12,9,14,0,8,0,0,0,10,4,10,20,0,8,62,54]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4 Bb4 5. d3 d6 6. a3 Bc5 7. b4 Bb6 8. Na4 Bd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Be2 a6 11. Be3 b5 {Threatens to win with ...Nxe2.} 12. Nc3 c5 13. O-O bxc4 (13... O-O $11) 14. dxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Israel Team Championship 2025"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "2025.01.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Raznikov, Danny"]
[Black "Bronstein, Or"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2025.01.07"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 11,95,17,19,16,53,0,14,0,23,19,27,20,22,9,25,12,12,-7,12,0,36,31,29,11,35,41,47,48,39,55,51,54,88,67,92,91,112,79,85,63,121,105,121,85,90,61,46,47,70,68,68,69,81,67,64,31,26,25,14,22,24,30,31,16,29,19,18,16,13,9,1,0,0,0,14,16,16,16,28,50,52,0,17,0,60,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 Na5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. a3 Bd6 10. Bd3 Re8 11. O-O Bg4 12. Nd2 Nc6 {[%cal Ba5c6,Bc6e7,Be7g6,Bg6h4][%mdl 32]} 13. b4 Bh5 14. b5 Ne7 15. a4 Bg6 16. Ba3 Rc8 17. Rfc1 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Ng6 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Ne2 Ng4 21. Ng3 Nh4 22. Ndf1 g6 23. h3 Nf6 24. Rc5 Nd7 25. Rc3 {[%cal Bc5c3,Bc3b3,Bb3b5][%mdl 32]} Re7 (25... c5 $14) 26. a5 $16 c5 27. bxc6 Rxc6 28. Rb1 Nf6 29. Rcb3 Rcc7 30. Nd2 Qc6 31. Rb5 Qc2 32. Qxc2 Rxc2 33. Ngf1 (33. Rxb7 $2 {is the wrong capture.} Rxb7 34. Rxb7 Rxd2 $19) 33... Ra2 34. R1b2 Rxb2 35. Rxb2 Nf5 36. Nb3 Nd6 37. Nc5 Rc7 38. Nd2 Kf8 39. f3 Nd7 40. Nxd7+ Rxd7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 41. Kf2 Rc7 42. e4 dxe4 43. fxe4 a6 44. Rb6 Nc8 45. Rb4 Nd6 46. Rb6 Nc8 47. Rb4 Nd6 {Prevents Rc4} 48. Rb6 (48. e5 $14 Nf5 49. g4) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Israel Team Championship 2025"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "2025.01.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Grinberg, Eyal"]
[Black "Zemach, Nadav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2408"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2025.01.07"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 16,108,0,4,22,2,22,0,23,18,24,0,3,3,11,18,10,13,23,15,60,22,32,18,47,30,36,37,56,16,18,16,19,18,18,13,18,14,22,10,58,64,62,15,5,5,12,0,3,0,20,0,0,0,10,0,0,0,2,4,2,4,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,14,8,41,12,46,4,13,8,17,17,27,4,23,7,18,16,44,48,56,57,51,18,95,-1268,-1212]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {[%cal Bf1b5,Bb5a4,Ba4b3][%mdl 32]} a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. O-O b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. h3 O-O 9. a3 {[%cal Ba2a3,Ba3a4][%mdl 32]} h6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nd5 Be6 12. c3 Bf8 13. a4 Bxd5 14. exd5 Ne7 15. d4 $1 e4 16. Nd2 {[%cal Bf3d2,Bd2e4,Be4g3][%mdl 32]} Nexd5 {[#]} 17. Nxe4 $1 c6 (17... Rxe4 18. Rxe4) 18. Ng3 Qd7 19. Bd2 g6 20. Qf3 (20. Rxe8 {simplifies} Rxe8 21. axb5 axb5 22. Ra6) 20... Bg7 21. Ne4 Kh7 22. h4 Nxe4 23. Rxe4 Rxe4 24. Qxe4 Re8 25. Qf3 Nf6 26. axb5 axb5 27. Bc2 d5 (27... h5 $1 $11 {is more appropriate.}) 28. h5 $14 Ne4 29. Be3 (29. hxg6+ $14 fxg6 30. Bf4) 29... g5 $11 30. g4 Kg8 31. Kg2 Bf8 32. Re1 {[%cal Ba1e1,Be1e2,Be2a2,Ba2a8][%mdl 32]} Nd6 33. b3 Bg7 {[%cal Ob5b4]} 34. Re2 Re7 35. Bd3 Qe8 36. Ra2 Qd7 37. Ra8+ Re8 38. Rxe8+ Qxe8 39. Qd1 Qe6 40. Qf3 Kf8 41. Bh7 Ke8 42. Kf1 Kd8 43. Qe2 Kc7 44. f3 Kb7 {[%cal Ob5b4]} 45. Qd3 Qe7 46. Kf2 Qf6 47. Qc2 Bf8 48. Kg2 Be7 49. Bf2 Bd8 50. Qe2 Qg7 51. Bd3 Bc7 $1 52. Qe7 Nc8 53. Qd7 {Strongly threatening Bg3. Black is weak on the light squares} Qf8 (53... Nb6 $11 {keeps the balance.} 54. Qe8 Qf6) 54. Bf5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (54. Bxb5 $16 cxb5 55. Qxd5+ Ka7 (55... Kb6 56. c4 $16) 56. Qxb5) 54... Nb6 0-1

[Event "Israel Team Championship 2025"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "2025.01.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dvoirys, Semen I."]
[Black "Manor, Ilan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2025.01.07"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 32,87,12,15,29,18,16,20,23,16,15,14,27,41,65,77,86,84,95,100,91,87,85,89,87,93,84,79,187,185,197,194,235,201,249,304,304,305,292,302,302,218,587,548,898,637,649,645,630,619,579,586,583,568,766,766,957,855]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 {[%cal Bd4b5,Bb5a3,Ba3c2,Bc2e3,Be3d5][%mdl 32]} d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. c3 Bg7 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nc2 O-O 14. a4 Ne7 15. Nce3 Be6 16. Be2 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 bxa4 18. Rxa4 a5 19. O-O Rb8 20. b4 axb4 21. cxb4 Kh8 22. b5 Qc8 23. Qd2 {White is more active.} Qc5 24. Rd1 {[%cal Bf1d1,Bd1c1,Bc1c3][%mdl 32]} f5 25. Ra6 (25. Ra5 {simplifies} Bxd5 26. Qxd5 Qxd5 27. Rxd5 Rfc8 28. g3) 25... e4 26. Nf4 $36 {[%csl LRd6,LRe6][%mdl 2048] White is on the roll.} Bb3 27. Rc1 (27. Qxd6 Qxd6 28. Rdxd6 Be5 $17) 27... Qd4 28. Rxd6 Qxd2 29. Rxd2 Bh6 (29... Be5 $16 {keeps fighting.} 30. g3 Rbc8 31. Rxc8 Rxc8) 30. g3 $18 {[%cal Bg2g3,Bg3f4][%mdl 32]} Rg8 31. Kf1 Rg7 32. Rc3 Bf7 33. Rd6 Bxf4 34. gxf4 Rg6 35. Rdc6 Kg7 36. Rc8 Rb7 $2 (36... Rgb6 37. Ke1 Rxb5) 37. R8c7 Rbb6 38. R3c5 Rgf6 39. Bc4 Kf8 40. Rxf7+ Rxf7 41. Bxf7 Kxf7 42. Rxf5+ Kg6 43. Re5 Rd6 44. Rxe4 1-0

[Event "Israel Team Championship 2025"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "2025.01.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zifroni, Dov"]
[Black "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2025.01.07"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 11,66,0,26,7,6,-2,12,8,6,8,10,28,28,26,18,3,31,18,19,23,21,20,16,8,20,-8,-8,-58,-49,-63,-33,-63,-88,-68,-66,-112,-120,-219,-219,-277,-261,-336,-331,-318,-310,-613,-610,-658,-668,-1172,-1181,-2132,-2088,-1270,-366,-314,-224]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. e3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d4 a6 7. g3 c4 8. Bg2 Bb4 9. O-O O-O 10. Ne5 Nc6 11. Bd2 Re8 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. b3 a5 (13... Bxc3 $5 14. Bxc3 $8 Ne4 $11) 14. bxc4 Ba6 15. Qc2 Bxc4 16. Rfb1 Bxc3 17. Bxc3 Ne4 {[%cal Bf6e4,Be4g5,Bg5e6][%mdl 32]} 18. Bb2 Qf6 {[%cal Oc4d3]} 19. Bc1 ({White should play} 19. Bxe4 $11 Rxe4 20. Ba3) 19... h5 $15 20. f3 Ng5 21. Qd1 {[#]} h4 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under strong pressure. Black is much more active.} 22. gxh4 Ne6 23. Ba3 (23. Bd2 $15 {deserves consideration.}) 23... Qxh4 $17 24. Qe1 (24. Kh1 $17 {was called for.}) 24... Qh6 $19 {[%cal Oe6f4]} 25. Qd2 {[#]} Nf4 $1 26. Re1 {[#]} (26. exf4 Re2) 26... Ne2+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 27. Rxe2 Bxe2 28. Qxe2 $2 (28. Bc1 Bc4 29. e4) 28... Rxe3 ({Not} 28... Qxe3+ 29. Qxe3 Rxe3 30. Bc5 $11) 29. Qb2 Rae8 30. Qc1 Qh4 {Strongly threatening ...Re1+.} 31. Bf1 {[#]} Re2 $1 {[%csl Ge2][%cal Rh4h2][%mdl 512]} 32. Bd6 Qxd4+ $2 (32... Qf2+ 33. Kh1 Qxf3+ (33... Rxa2 34. Rxa2 Qxa2 35. Qxc6 $11) (33... Re1 $2 34. Qxe1 Rxe1 35. Rxe1 $19) 34. Kg1 Qf2+ (34... Qg4+ $2 35. Bg3 $19) 35. Kh1 Re1 (35... Rxa2 36. Rxa2 Qxa2 37. Qxc6 $11) 36. Qxe1 Rxe1 37. Rxe1 Qxe1) 33. Kh1 {[#]} Re1 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 0-1

[Event "Israel Team Championship 2025"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "2025.01.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khmelniker, Ilya"]
[Black "Lev, Ronen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2338"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2025.01.07"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 11,66,5,22,14,42,38,36,44,52,42,35,15,16,12,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,11,0,0,0,0,-3,-4,-19,-32,-39,-28,-31,-36,-28,-20,-51,-35,-12,-11,-8,0,-7,-8,-8,0,0,-2,0,12,7,8,4,5]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 Bf5 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. Nh4 Bg6 8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. Qd3 dxc4 10. Qxc4 e5 11. e3 exd4 12. exd4 Nb6 13. Qe2+ Be7 14. O-O O-O 15. Rd1 Re8 16. Qc2 Qd7 17. Qb3 Rad8 18. Bf4 Nfd5 19. Bd2 Bf6 20. Ne4 Qf5 21. Nxf6+ Nxf6 {A dynamic duo of knights.} 22. Be1 Rd7 23. a4 Nbd5 24. Rac1 g5 25. Qf3 Qxf3 26. Bxf3 g4 27. Bg2 Re2 28. b4 Rb2 29. Rb1 Ra2 30. Ra1 Rxa1 31. Rxa1 Nc7 {[%cal Oa7a6] [#]} 32. b5 $1 cxb5 33. Bxb7 {Bc6 would now be deadly.} Rxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Israel Team Championship 2025"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "2025.01.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zanan, Evgeny"]
[Black "Mindlin, Alon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2025.01.07"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 23,42,29,26,20,32,30,26,29,32,34,40,36,58,29,37,44,29,29,37,27,55]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Rc1 d6 9. Bg2 O-O 10. d5 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 Nb8 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. Nd4 {[%cal Bf3d4,Bd4c2,Bc2b4][%mdl 32]} e5 14. Nc2 Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6d8,Bd8e6][%mdl 32]} 15. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Be6 16. b5 Nd8 17. O-O Kh8 18. Nb4 Qd7 19. a4 Bh3 20. c5 {and Bxh3 would now be decisive} Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Ne6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Israel Team Championship 2025"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "2025.01.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bakalchuk, Johnatan"]
[Black "Guz, Ari"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2336"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2025.01.07"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 9,108,-12,-4,0,27,30,41,24,34,35,31,35,66,43,53,29,43,44,46,41,39,49,37,40,63,54,66,51,82,72,173,177,230,232,245,245,270,270,297,309,325,268,300,283,298,189,202,196,235,235,313,359,359,359,357,232,232,222,364,222,392,360,377,343,213,287,397,359,510,500,500,253,396,397,904,753,1031,979,1325,1034,1064,975,1726,1574,1552,1728,1146,879,725,89,134,33,33,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bf4 a6 4. e3 b5 5. h4 e6 6. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} Bb4 7. g5 Ne4 {[%cal Oc7c5]} 8. Nge2 Nd7 9. a3 Nxc3 10. Nxc3 Bd6 11. Qg4 Qe7 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. h5 c5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 {[%cal Od5d4]} 16. O-O-O {[%cal Ba1d1,Bd1d3,Bd3d4,Bd4b4][%mdl 32]} Rc8 17. Kb1 {White is more active.} Nxd3 18. Rxd3 Rc4 $1 19. Rd4 Rxc3 20. bxc3 $18 e5 (20... O-O 21. h6 Rc8 22. hxg7 Qe5) 21. Rb4 O-O 22. h6 g6 23. f4 Re8 24. Rd1 Bc6 25. fxe5 Qxe5 26. Rd3 Qe6 27. Qxe6 Rxe6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} 28. Rf4 f5 {[#]} 29. a4 $1 Kf7 (29... Re5 30. Kc1) 30. axb5 axb5 31. Kb2 Ke7 32. Rf1 Kd6 33. Ra1 Re7 {Inhibits Ra7.} (33... Bb7 34. Ra7 Re7) 34. Kc1 Kc7 $2 (34... Bb7 {is a better defense.} 35. Kd2 Kc5) 35. Ra7+ Bb7 36. Rxd5 Kb6 {[#]} (36... Rxe3 $2 37. Rxb5 Rh3 38. Rbxb7+ $18 (38. Raxb7+ Kc6 $18)) 37. Rxb7+ $1 Rxb7 {KR-KR. White is a pawn up.} (37... Kxb7 38. Rd6) 38. Kd2 Kc6 {[#]} (38... Rf7 $142 39. Rd4 Kc6) 39. Rd8 $1 Re7 40. Kd3 Ra7 (40... Kc7 $142 41. Rg8 Rd7+ 42. Ke2 Kd6) 41. Rg8 Ra4 $2 (41... Ra1 42. c4 bxc4+ 43. Kxc4 Rg1) 42. Rg7 Rg4 43. Rxh7 Rxg5 44. Rh8 Rh5 45. h7 Kb7 {Inhibits Rc8.} 46. c4 bxc4+ 47. Kxc4 g5 {[%cal Bg6g5,Bg5g4,Bg4g3,Bg3g2][%mdl 32]} 48. Kd3 {c4 is the strong threat.} Rh2 49. c4 $2 (49. e4 $18 {is the precise move to win.} Rh3+ 50. Kd4 fxe4 51. Kxe4) 49... g4 $16 {[#]} 50. c5 (50. e4 $1 $16 {[%cal Re4f5]} f4 51. Rf8 Rh3+ 52. Kd2 Rxh7 53. Rxf4) 50... g3 $14 51. c6+ Kc7 $1 (51... Kxc6 $2 {perishes.} 52. Rc8+ Kd6 53. h8=Q $18 (53. h8=R Ra2 $18)) 52. Kd4 g2 53. Rg8 Rxh7 {( -> ...Rh4+)} 54. Kd5 Re7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Israel Team Championship 2025"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "2025.01.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Baron, Tal"]
[Black "Haimovich, Tal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2322"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2025.01.07"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 9,63,57,59,62,64,68,66,65,53,51,65,67,81,66,97,64,99,52,39,0,0,0,-22,-9,-12,-12,0,0,0,-5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,0,0,0,-3]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {[%cal Bf1b5,Bb5a4,Ba4b3][%mdl 32]} a6 4. Ba4 f5 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 {[%cal Oe1g1]} (6. exf5 Qe7+ 7. Kf1 b5 $11) 6... b5 7. Bb3 {[%cal Oe1g1]} Na5 8. Qxd4 Bb7 9. Bd5 c6 10. Bxg8 $1 Rxg8 11. Qd3 {White is more active.} ({Much worse is} 11. Bg5 $6 Qc7 $11) 11... g6 12. Nc3 d5 13. exd6 (13. O-O $16) 13... Qxd6 $14 14. Qe2+ (14. Qxd6 $14 Bxd6 15. Bg5) 14... Qe7 $11 15. Be3 Nc4 16. O-O-O {[%cal Ba1d1,Bd1d3,Bd3c3,Bc3c4][%mdl 32]} Nxe3 17. fxe3 Bg7 18. Rd3 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Rd8 20. Rhd1 Rd5 21. c4 bxc4 22. Rc3 $1 Qb4 23. Qxc4 (23. Rxc4 {leads to mate.} Qa3+ (23... Rxd1+ $2 24. Kxd1 Qb1+ 25. Kd2 $19) 24. Kb1 Rb5+) 23... Qxc4 24. Rxc4 {Threatens to win with Rxd5.} Rxd1+ 25. Kxd1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Kd7 26. Nd4 Re8 27. Kd2 Re5 28. Nb3 Kd6 29. Rd4+ Kc7 30. Rc4 Kd6 31. Rd4+ Kc7 32. Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Israel Team Championship 2025"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "2025.01.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gershon, Alik"]
[Black "Tzidkiya, Yeshaayahu"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2025.01.07"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 21,88,20,3,-14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-13,11,0,0,-10,0,0,0,0,0,-27,-23,-20,-24,-23,-30,-34,-41,-81,-68,-154,-139,-286,-290,-349,-334,-319,-254,-1245,-1153,-1092,-1048,-1048,-865,-1639,-1316,-5164,-29958,-29963,-29959,-29967,-29969,-29962,-12277,-29978,-29979,-29979,-29980,-29980,-29981,-29981,-29982,-29985,-29986,-29986,-29987,-29987,-29988]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 c6 6. Nf3 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Ne5 Nc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. O-O Bf5 11. Na4 Nd7 12. Be3 Nb6 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. Nxb6 Qxb6 15. Qd2 a5 16. b3 a4 17. b4 a3 $1 18. Qc3 Qa6 19. Bf3 Qa4 20. Qc5 {[%cal Og3g4]} Rfe8 21. Rc3 e5 22. dxe5 $1 Bf8 23. Qd4 Qxb4 24. Rfc1 Qb2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 25. g4 Bb1 {Black is more active.} 26. Bxd5 Bxa2 $17 (26... cxd5 $2 27. Rxc8 $18) 27. Bxc6 (27. Bxa2 $17 {was the only chance.} Qxa2 28. R3c2) 27... Red8 $19 28. Qb6 Rb8 29. Qa7 Qxe2 30. Bb6 $2 (30. h3 Rd1+ 31. Kg2 Rxc1 32. Rxc1) 30... Rd1+ 31. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 32. Kg2 Bd5+ 33. Kh3 {[#]} h5 $1 {[%csl Gh5][%cal Rd1g4]} 34. Rg3 (34. Qd7 Qf1+) 34... hxg4+ 35. Kh4 Rxb6 36. Bxd5 Qxd5 37. Qxb6 Qxe5 {KQR-KQB} (37... a2 $142 38. Qb2 Qd1 (38... Be7+ $2 39. Kxg4 Qd1+ 40. Kh3 $19) 39. Re3 a1=Q (39... a1=B $2 40. Qe2 $19) 40. Qxa1 Qxa1 41. Kxg4 Bc5 42. Kf4 Bxe3+ 43. fxe3 Qf1+ 44. Ke4 Qg2+ 45. Kd4 Qxh2 46. Ke4 Qc2+ 47. Kf3 Qf5+ 48. Kg2 g5 (48... Qxe5 {gets mated.} 49. Kf3 f5 50. Kf2 Qe4 51. Kg3 Qxe3+ 52. Kg2 f4 53. Kf1 Qd2 54. Kg1 Qc2 55. Kh1 f3 56. Kg1 Qg2#) 49. e6 fxe6 (49... Qxe6 50. Kf3 g4+ 51. Kf4 f5 52. Kg5 g3 53. Kf4 g2 54. e4 Qxe4+ 55. Kg5 g1=Q+ 56. Kh6 Qh4#) 50. Kg3 g4 51. Kh4 Qf3 52. e4 g3 (52... Qxe4 53. Kg3 Qf3+ 54. Kh4 Kg7 55. Kg5 Qg3 56. Kh5 Kf6 57. Kh6 Qh4#) 53. Kh3 g2+ (53... Qxe4 54. Kxg3 Kh7 55. Kh3 Kg6 56. Kh2 Kf5 57. Kg1 Kg4 58. Kf2 Kh3 59. Kf1 Kg3 60. Kg1 Qg2#) 54. Kh2 e5 (54... Qxe4 $2 55. Kg1 Qg4 56. Kh2 g1=Q#) 55. Kg1 Qf1+ 56. Kh2 g1=Q#) 38. Re3 Qh5+ 39. Kg3 Qh3+ 40. Kf4 Bh6+ 41. Ke4 Bxe3 42. Qb8+ Kh7 43. fxe3 Qf3+ 44. Kd3 a2 0-1

[Event "Israel Team Championship 2025"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "2025.01.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aizenberg, Benny"]
[Black "Tifferet, Shakked"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2025.01.07"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 26,73,30,14,3,0,0,0,0,0,12,0,6,-23,0,0,25,-1,36,31,54,43,51,27,19,15,22,10,406,434,456,468,446,475,982,979,983,975,912,921,29962,29960,29969,29969,29964,5381,29995,29995,29997,29998]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Ng5 Rf8 12. Nf3 Re8 13. Nbd2 Bf8 14. a4 Na5 15. Bc2 exd4 16. cxd4 b4 $1 17. b3 g6 18. Bb2 Bg7 19. Bd3 Nd7 20. Qc2 d5 21. Rac1 dxe4 22. Bxe4 Bxe4 23. Nxe4 {[%cal Od4d5]} Nf6 24. Nxf6+ Qxf6 25. Re5 Rxe5 26. dxe5 Qd8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (26... Qe7 $1 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 27. e6 $1 $18 (27. Qxc7 Nxb3 28. Rc2 Qxc7 29. Rxc7 h6 $16) 27... Bxb2 28. exf7+ (28. Qxb2 fxe6 29. Nd2 Qd7 $16) 28... Kxf7 29. Qxb2 {Strongly threatening Qe5.} Qd6 (29... c6 $142 30. Qe5 Ra7 31. Ng5+ Kg8) 30. Ng5+ {[%cal Bf3g5,Bg5e4,Be4f6,Bf6d5][%mdl 32]} Kg8 31. Ne4 Qe7 32. Nf6+ Kf7 {[%cal Bg8f7,Bf7e6,Be6f5,Bf5g5][%mdl 32]} 33. Nd5 Qd6 34. Rxc7+ Ke6 {[#]} 35. Qd4 $1 Kf5 (35... Qxd5 36. Qe3+) 36. g4+ Kg5 37. Qe3+ 1-0

[Event "Israel Team Championship 2025"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "2025.01.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Soffer, Ram"]
[Black "Kargin, Arseny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2368"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2025.01.07"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 9,32,16,20,18,11,16,30,28,35,-27,-14,-23,-11,-32,-32,-25,0,0,6,0,21,0,18,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. Re1 c4 9. b3 (9. a4 $14) 9... e6 $1 $11 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. a4 cxb3 12. Bxb3 Nc5 13. Bc2 Nxa4 14. Bxa4 bxa4 15. d3 {[%cal Oc3c4]} Be7 16. c4 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "Israel Team Championship 2025"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "2025.01.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shohat, Yotam"]
[Black "Sokolovsky, Yahli"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2404"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2025.01.07"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 17,38,15,20,20,23,24,25,22,37,43,51,25,56,0,61,46,54,58,48,56,89,87,87]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 h5 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 g6 12. O-O-O Bg7 13. Kb1 Qc7 14. Be2 (14. h3 $5) 14... O-O 15. h4 (15. g4 $1 $14) 15... a5 ({Better is} 15... Rfe8 $11) 16. a4 $1 $14 Nb6 17. Bxb6 Qxb6 18. Bb5 Kh7 {[#]} 19. g4 $1 Kg8 (19... Qd8 20. Rhg1) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Israel Team Championship 2025"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "2025.01.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Efroimski, Marsel"]
[Black "Mesropov, Konstantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2389"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2025.01.07"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 9,37,-4,-1,-23,-13,-27,-32,-37,-25,-22,-23,-21,-15,-56,-35,-73,-68,-96,-87,-121,-31,-32,-38,-36,-43,-24,-31,-19,-30,-62]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 h6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e5 Ne4 6. Bd3 Bb4 7. O-O Nxc3 8. bxc3 Bxc3 9. Rb1 Nc6 10. Be3 Na5 11. g3 Bd7 12. Nh4 Qe7 {[%cal Oc7c5]} 13. f4 O-O-O 14. f5 {[#]} Nc4 (14... Qa3 $1 $17 15. Qg4 Rhg8) 15. Bxc4 $15 dxc4 16. Qe2 Ba5 17. Qxc4 Qa3 18. Qb3 Qxb3 19. axb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Israel Team Championship 2025"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "2025.01.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Milikow, Yoav"]
[Black "Deutsch, Eyal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2362"]
[BlackElo "2286"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "2025.01.07"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 12,22,-57,-51,-58,-91,-74,-155,-154,-131,-112,-120,-109]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nge2 Bxg2 7. Rg1 Bf3 8. Rxg7 Nh5 {Prevents Rg3} 9. Rxh7 ({Better is} 9. Rg1) 9... Rxh7 $17 10. Bxh7 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Qh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Israel Team Championship 2025"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "2025.01.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bitensky, Igor"]
[Black "Axelrod, Arie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2161"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2025.01.07"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 15,62,11,14,9,52,38,39,-10,-9,-11,-18,-27,-9,-11,0,0,27,15,20,14,12,5,35,-97,-93,-112,-97,-110,-74,-204,-197,-221,-157,-302,-313,-691,-298,-845,-828,-3439,-3515,-2460,-1697,-2164,-2087,-29994,-29995,-29995,-29996]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 d6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e3 c6 9. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Nh5 10. a5 f5 11. b3 (11. dxe5 $14 {should be considered.} dxe5 12. e4) 11... e4 $11 12. Ne1 Ndf6 13. Nc2 a6 14. Qd2 d5 15. Na4 g5 {[%cal Of5f4]} 16. Ba3 Rf7 {[%cal Of5f4]} 17. Nb6 Rb8 $1 {[%cal Of5f4]} 18. cxd5 cxd5 {[%cal Of5f4]} 19. Qb4 {[#]} (19. f4 $14 {stays ahead.}) 19... Bf8 $1 $17 20. Qd2 {[#]} f4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 21. Nxc8 {[%cal Re3f4] and exf4! should not be overlooked} (21. Bxf8 Qxf8) 21... Rxc8 22. Bxf8 (22. Rfc1 $17) 22... Qxf8 $19 23. Rfc1 Ng4 24. exf4 (24. Qd1 $17 f3 25. Bh3) 24... gxf4 25. Qb4 $2 (25. Ne1 Re8 26. Nd3) 25... Rfc7 (25... Qh6 $142 {( -> ...fxg3)} 26. Qb6 Nhf6) 26. Qd2 $2 (26. Qxf8+ Kxf8 27. Bh3) 26... Qh6 {[%cal Oh5g3] and ...Nxg3! should not be overlooked} 27. Nb4 {[#]} Nxg3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 28. hxg3 Qh2+ 29. Kf1 f3 (29... fxg3 $2 30. Qg5+ (30. Nxd5 $2 {loses.} Rf8 $19) 30... Kh8 31. Rxc7 $18 (31. Nxd5 $2 Rf8 $19)) 30. Bxf3 exf3 {[%cal Rh2h1]} 31. Qg5+ Kh8 0-1

[Event "Israel Team Championship 2025"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "2025.01.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sherman, Raem"]
[Black "Zlatin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2354"]
[BlackElo "2322"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2025.01.07"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 32,149,90,74,64,40,46,35,24,35,41,33,36,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,0,-4,-1,-7,0,-8,0,0,0,-7,0,0,0,0,0,-10,0,-9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. h3 h6 6. O-O Bxc3 7. dxc3 d6 8. Re1 Be6 9. Be3 Rg8 10. b4 g5 11. Nh2 Ne7 12. c4 Ng6 13. c5 Nf4 14. cxd6 cxd6 15. c4 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Qd7 17. Rad1 b6 18. Nf1 Rc8 19. Ng3 ({Much weaker is} 19. Qxd6 Qxd6 20. Rxd6 Rxc4 $15 (20... Nxe4 21. Rd3 $15)) (19. c5 {is interesting.} dxc5 20. Qa3 cxb4 21. Qxb4 Qe7 22. Qb5+) 19... Bxc4 20. Qxd6 Qxd6 21. Rxd6 Be6 22. f3 Ke7 23. Red1 Rgd8 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Rxd8 Kxd8 26. a3 Kc7 27. Ne2 Ne8 28. Kf2 Nd6 29. Nc3 Nc4 30. Bc1 Kc6 31. g3 f6 32. h4 gxh4 33. gxh4 h5 34. Ke2 b5 35. Kf2 a6 36. Ne2 Bf7 37. f4 Kd6 38. f5 Be8 39. Nc3 Bc6 40. Ke2 Nb6 41. Kd3 Na4 42. Ne2 Be8 43. Be3 Bf7 44. Kc2 Bc4 45. Ng3 Bf7 46. Ba7 Kc6 47. Nh1 Nb6 48. Bxb6 Kxb6 49. Nf2 Bc4 50. Kc3 Be2 51. Kd2 Bc4 52. Nd1 Ba2 53. Kc2 Bc4 54. Nb2 Bf1 55. Kd2 a5 56. bxa5+ Kxa5 57. Ke3 b4 58. axb4+ Kxb4 59. Kf2 Bb5 60. Nd1 $1 Bd3 61. Ke3 Bc2 62. Nf2 Kc3 63. Nh3 Bb3 64. Ng1 Bd1 65. Nh3 $1 Bb3 66. Nf2 Bc2 67. Nh1 Bb3 68. Ng3 Bf7 69. Nf1 Bc4 70. Nd2 (70. Ng3 $5 Bf7 $8 71. Ne2+ Kc4 72. Ng3 $11) 70... Bd3 71. Nf3 Bc4 72. Ne1 Bf1 73. Nf3 Bc4 74. Ng1 Bf1 75. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Israel Team Championship 2025"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "2025.01.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Arlinsky, Uriel"]
[Black "Newman, Ori"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2322"]
[BlackElo "2276"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2025.01.07"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 10,86,31,33,34,-11,-10,-26,-27,-22,0,-28,-27,-31,-6,-45,-18,-49,-53,-73,-45,-43,-27,-63,-64,-68,-58,-58,-28,-58,-4,-8,-4,-29,-18,-36,0,-68,-41,-49,0,-62,-55,-43,-10,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-30,-42,-77,-73,-82,-72,-70,-66,-71,-18,-166,-170,-182,-173,-183,-182,-194,-188,-193,-199,-256,-254,-259,-205,-249,-227]} 1. c4 c6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. d3 e6 7. Qxb6 axb6 8. Nc3 Nbd7 9. O-O Be7 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Nc5 12. h3 h6 13. Ne5 Rfd8 14. f4 Nfd7 15. Nxd7 Rxd7 16. cxd5 exd5 17. g4 Bh7 {Black is more active.} 18. f5 Bg5 19. Kh2 b5 (19... Bf6 $15) 20. d4 $11 Na6 21. a3 Be3 22. Nd1 Re8 23. b4 ({White should play} 23. Nxe3 $11 Rxe3 24. Bc1 Rxe2 (24... Rxb3 25. h4 $17) 25. Kg3) 23... Bg5 24. Nc3 $1 Be3 (24... Re3 $15) 25. Rad1 (25. Nd1 $1 $11) 25... Nc7 $15 26. h4 g6 27. Rd3 $1 Rde7 28. Nd1 $1 gxf5 29. gxf5 {aiming for Rf3.} h5 $1 30. Nxe3 Rxe3 31. Rxe3 Rxe3 32. Rf2 {[#]} Ne8 $1 33. Bc1 Rc3 34. Bg5 f6 35. Bh6 Nd6 (35... Rxa3 36. Bf3 Bxf5 37. Bxd5+ Kh7 (37... cxd5 38. Rxf5 Kf7 39. Rxd5 $11) 38. Rxf5 $11) (35... Kf7 $17 {[%cal Oe8d6] next ...Nd6! is good for Black.} 36. Bf3 Bxf5 37. Bxh5+ Bg6) 36. Bh3 (36. Bxd5+ $1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} cxd5 37. Rg2+ Kf7 (37... Kh8 38. Bg7+ Kg8 39. Bh6+ Kf7 40. Rg7+ Ke8 41. Rxh7 $15) 38. Rg7+ Ke8 39. Bf4) 36... Kf7 $1 $19 ({Not} 36... Rxa3 37. Rg2+ Kh8 38. Bg7+ Kg8 39. Bh6+ Kh8 40. Bg7+ Kg8 41. Bh6+ $11) 37. Bf4 Nxf5 38. Bxf5 Bxf5 {KRB-KRB. Black is a pawn up.} 39. Rf3 Rc2 40. Re3 Rc4 41. Bg3 (41. Bd6 $142) 41... Rxd4 42. Kg1 Rd2 43. Bf4 Ra2 0-1

[Event "Israel Team Championship 2025"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "2025.01.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Krayz, Alexander"]
[Black "Klenburg, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2332"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2025.01.07"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 19,45,28,44,42,43,39,45,47,37,39,38,43,55,59,50,58,61,57,55,66,72,-50,-62,-53,-57,-127,-14,-28]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 a6 9. a4 b6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. b3 Bb7 12. Ba3 Re8 13. Qe2 Bf8 14. Bxf8 Nxf8 15. Rad1 Qe7 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 f6 18. Nd2 {White is more active.} Rad8 19. Qc4 {and d6+ should not be overlooked} Qf7 {[%cal Ob6b5]} 20. f4 (20. Ne4 $16) 20... Bxd5 $15 21. Bxd5 Qxd5 22. fxe5 (22. Qxc7 $15 exf4 23. Rxe8 (23. Qxb6 $2 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Qxd2 $19) (23. Ne4 $2 Qxe4 24. Rxe4 Rxd1+ 25. Kf2 Rxe4 $19) 23... Rxe8 24. Qxf4 Qc5+ 25. Kg2) 22... Qxc4 ({But not} 22... fxe5 $6 23. Qxc7 Qd4+ 24. Kh1 $11) ({Black should try} 22... Rxe5 $17 {Hoping for ...Kg7.} 23. Kf1 Kh8) 23. Nxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Israel Team Championship 2025"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "2025.01.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Steiner-Prozhanski, Giora"]
[Black "Bar, Roman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2258"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2025.01.07"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 24,37,0,0,0,0,14,22,34,20,76,52,95,104,117,102]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. dxc5 Qa5 9. e4 Nf6 {[%cal Bd5f6,Bf6d7,Bd7c5][%mdl 32]} 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qb3 Nfd7 12. a4 {[%cal Ba3a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Qc7 13. Qa3 b6 14. a5 {Hoping for axb6.} Bb7 {[%cal Rd7c5]} 15. Ne2 Nxc5 16. Nd4 Qe5 (16... Nc6 $11) 17. Be2 $16 f5 {[%cal Bf7f5,Bf5e4][%mdl 32]} 18. O-O fxe4 {[#]} 19. f4 $1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Israel Team Championship 2025"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "2025.01.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vagman, Roy"]
[Black "Kochavi, Ori"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2254"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2025.01.07"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 9,59,0,15,5,4,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,24,15,20,0,7,0,-5,-27,-22,-30,-31,-31,-21,-47,-40,-37,-36,-40,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,41,0,0,0,0,-9]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {[%cal Bf1b5,Bb5a4,Ba4b3][%mdl 32]} a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. a3 {C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines.} O-O (6... b5 $5 7. Bb3 $8 d6 $11) 7. d3 b5 8. Bb3 d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Ba2 Be6 11. d4 $146 (11. Nh2 c5 12. Ng4 c4 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. O-O Rc8 15. Be3 Bg5 16. Qd2 Bxe3 17. fxe3 cxd3 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Rxf8+ Qxf8 {½-½ Predke,A (2685)-Kovalev,V (2559) CrunchLab Masters PlayIn rapid 2024 (7)}) 11... Bxa2 12. Rxa2 c5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Qxd8 Bxd8 15. Bg5 {[%cal Og5f6]} Nd7 16. Bxd8 Rfxd8 17. O-O f6 18. Nd5 c4 19. a4 {[#] And now axb5 would win.} b4 20. Nxb4 Nc5 21. Re1 Rab8 22. Nd5 Kf7 {[%cal Oc5e4]} ({Much weaker is} 22... Nxe4 $6 23. Ne7+ Kf7 (23... Kf8 24. Rxe4 Kxe7 25. Nxe5 $16) 24. Rxe4 $16 (24. Nxe5+ fxe5 25. Rxe4 Kf6 $17)) 23. Nd2 c3 24. bxc3 Nxe4 $1 25. Nxe4 Rxd5 26. g4 Kg6 27. Raa1 Rb2 28. Rec1 Nc4 29. Rab1 Ra2 {[%cal Oc4d2]} 30. Ra1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.07 (flawless) /Black=0.06 (flawless)   Inaccurate:     	White=2     	Black=2      OK:         	White=13    	Black=10     Best:        	---       	Black=2      Strong:       	---       	Black=1      Brilliant:      	---       	Black=1} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Israel Team Championship 2025"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "2025.01.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Poleg, Matan"]
[Black "Rechlis, Gad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2252"]
[BlackElo "2459"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2025.01.07"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 9,74,34,41,37,50,31,47,48,66,54,63,0,-6,-12,0,-5,0,0,26,15,23,11,16,-27,-33,-31,19,19,26,-31,-29,-45,-15,-57,-58,-134,-131,-131,-137,-189,-183,-197,-189,-199,-164,-209,-206,-210,-203,-239,-199,-478,-228,-244,-210,-404,-405,-412,-416,-413,-378,-372,-380,-569,-566,-535,-547]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f3 c6 5. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} b5 6. a3 Bg7 7. Be3 Qc7 8. Nge2 h5 9. g5 Nfd7 10. Qd2 (10. Bg2 $14) 10... Nb6 $11 11. b3 a5 12. Bg2 b4 13. Nd1 bxa3 14. Rxa3 {[%cal Oe1g1]} a4 15. O-O Ba6 16. Nb2 axb3 17. Rxb3 Nc4 {Prevents f4} ({Better is} 17... O-O $15) 18. Nxc4 Bxc4 19. Rb2 (19. Rb4 $11 d5 20. f4) 19... O-O $15 20. Rfb1 Nd7 21. Rb7 (21. f4 {simplifies} Rfb8 22. Rxb8+ Rxb8 23. Rxb8+ Qxb8 24. h4) 21... Qc8 $1 22. Bh3 ({White should try} 22. R7b4 $15 Ba2 23. Rd1) 22... Ne5 $1 $17 23. Bg2 {[#]} (23. Bxc8 Nxf3+ 24. Kf2 Nxd2 25. Bxd2 Rfxc8 26. Rxe7 Ra2 $17) 23... Ba6 $1 24. dxe5 (24. Rxe7 Nc4 25. Qc3 Nxe3 26. Qxe3 c5 (26... Bxe2 $2 27. Qxe2 Bxd4+ 28. Kh1 $19)) (24. R7b3 $17 Nc4 25. Qd1) 24... Bxb7 $19 25. exd6 exd6 26. Qxd6 Rd8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is in control.} 27. Qc5 Qd7 28. e5 Bf8 29. Qb6 Ba6 30. Ng3 $2 (30. Nc3) 30... Be7 (30... Rab8 $142 31. Qxb8 Rxb8 32. Rxb8 h4 (32... Qd1+ 33. Nf1 $17)) 31. Ne4 Bb5 {and ...Ra6 would now be decisive} 32. Bc5 $2 (32. Bd2) 32... Ra6 33. Bxe7 Qd1+ (33... Rxb6 $2 34. Nf6+ Kg7 35. Nxd7 Rxd7 36. Bf6+ Kh7 37. c4 $18) (33... Qxe7 $2 34. Qe3 $19) 34. Rxd1 (34. Bf1 $2 Rxb6 35. Nf6+ Kh8 36. Rxd1 Rxd1 $19) 34... Rxd1+ ({And not} 34... Rxb6 35. Rxd8+ Kh7 36. Nf6+ Kg7 37. Rg8#) 35. Kf2 Rxb6 36. Bh3 (36. Bc5 {might work better.} Ra6 37. Kg3) 36... Bc4 37. Nf6+ Kh8 0-1

[Event "Israel Team Championship 2025"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "2025.01.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Poleg, Dan"]
[Black "Noy, Eyal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2189"]
[BlackElo "2262"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2025.01.07"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 10,142,0,5,40,46,53,49,37,32,85,29,28,39,28,0,0,-40,-5,-32,-37,-36,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,84,27,67,76,91,95,95,32,54,29,41,36,27,-30,-27,-37,0,0,0,-18,135,134,149,150,419,403,420,390,362,284,355,370,370,343,257,206,175,155,286,286,286,286,286,286,286,286,286,286,286,286,286,286,286,286,286,286,286,286,286,286,286,286,286,286,286,286,286,286,286,286,286,286,286,286,286,286,286,286,286,286,286,286,286,286,286,113,113,120,120,120,120,120,120,120,120]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Qa4+ Bc6 9. Qb3 {[%cal Rc4d5]} Qd8 (9... Bd6 $14) 10. Ne5 (10. cxd5 $16 Bxd5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. Qc3) 10... dxc4 $1 $11 11. Qxc4 Bb7 12. e4 Bd6 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O c5 15. Rad1 {[%cal Oe5f7] Nxf7! would now be deadly.} cxd4 (15... Bxe5 {simplifies} 16. dxe5 Qe7 17. Qd3 Nc6) 16. Qxd4 Bc7 {A strong pair of Bishops.} 17. Qxd8 Rxd8 18. Rxd8+ Bxd8 19. Nb5 Nc6 (19... Bxe4 20. Rc1 f6 21. Nd6 (21. Rc8 Na6 $11) 21... fxe5 (21... Bd5 22. Rc8 $16) 22. Nxe4 $16) 20. Nxf7 Kxf7 21. Nd6+ Ke7 22. Nxb7 Nd4 23. Ba6 Bc7 24. f4 e5 (24... g5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 25. f5 (25. Rc1 $16 Kd7 26. f5) 25... Rf8 26. Rc1 Kd7 27. a4 Rf6 28. Rd1 {White is more active.} (28. Rc3 $16) 28... Ke7 29. Bc4 Rc6 30. b3 Bb8 31. a5 (31. Rd3 $142) 31... Rc7 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 32. a6 Rc6 33. Kf1 Bc7 34. Rd3 Rf6 $2 ({Better is} 34... b5 $11 35. Bd5 Rc1+ (35... Rxa6 36. Rg3 $14) 36. Kf2 Bb6) 35. Rg3 $16 Kf8 36. Bd5 {Prevents Rc6.} g5 $2 {[#]} (36... Nb5 $16 37. h4 h5) 37. h4 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Nxf5 38. exf5 Rxf5+ 39. Rf3 Rf4 40. Rxf4+ exf4 41. h5 Ke7 42. Ke2 g4 43. Kd3 Kd7 (43... Kf6 $16 {was called for.} 44. Ke2 Kf5) 44. Ke4 f3 45. gxf3 gxf3 46. Kxf3 Bh2 47. Ke4 Bg3 48. Bf7 Kc7 49. Kd5 Bf4 50. Be6 Bg3 51. Bg4 Bf4 52. Ke6 Bg3 53. Ke7 Bh4+ 54. Ke8 Bg5 55. Bh3 Bh4 56. Kf7 Bg5 57. Kg6 Bf4 58. Kf5 Bg3 59. Kg4 Be5 60. Kf3 Bh2 61. Ke4 Bg3 62. Kf5 Bh2 63. b4 {[%cal Bb3b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Bg3 64. Ke6 Bf4 65. b5 Bg3 66. Kd5 Bf4 {[#]} 67. Nd8 $2 Kxd8 $16 68. Kc6 Bg3 69. Kb7 Bf4 70. Kxa7 {[%cal Oa7b7] White threatens Kb7! and mate.} Kc7 71. Bg2 Bg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Israel Team Championship 2025"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "2025.01.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zhemailov, Adam"]
[Black "Tarnopolsky, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2116"]
[BlackElo "2302"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2025.01.07"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 9,104,0,0,-9,11,-4,0,12,23,16,20,28,33,31,41,10,18,22,29,0,50,19,79,60,109,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-20,16,0,0,-4,8,23,39,27,17,-64,0,0,0,10,14,15,20,0,44,48,59,56,45,42,51,54,75,68,85,77,110,116,108,6,51,37,34,35,116,0,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,-36,-35,-42,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. a4 a5 7. Bf4 Nc6 8. Nc3 Bd6 9. Bxd6 cxd6 10. e4 d4 11. Nb5 e5 12. Nd2 Bg4 13. f3 Be6 14. f4 Na7 ({Black should try} 14... Ng4 $11) 15. Na3 Ng4 (15... h6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 16. Ndc4 $16 Bxc4 (16... exf4 $14 17. gxf4 Rc8) 17. Qxg4 (17. Nxc4 $16 Ne3 18. Nxe3 dxe3 19. Qe2) 17... Ba6 $11 18. Qh5 Nc6 19. Rf2 Qe8 20. Bh3 Nb4 21. b3 b6 22. Raf1 f6 (22... Ra7 {seems wilder.} 23. fxe5 dxe5 24. Rf6 Nxc2 25. Nxc2 Bxd3 26. Na3 Bxf1 27. Rxf1 g6) 23. Qd1 Ra7 24. Bf5 Qe7 25. Qg4 Raa8 26. Be6+ Kh8 27. f5 {[#]} (27. Qh3 $11) 27... d5 28. exd5 (28. Bxd5 $2 Nxd5 29. Ra1 Ne3 $19) 28... Bb7 29. Nc4 $1 Qc5 30. d6 Nd5 31. h4 Ne3 32. Nxe3 dxe3 33. Re2 Qxd6 34. Rxe3 Qc5 35. Qe2 {Active counter play!} Rad8 36. Kh2 Rd4 37. Bc4 Rfd8 38. c3 R4d6 39. Kh3 ({White should play} 39. d4 $16 Qc8 40. Qg4 (40. dxe5 $2 Rd2 $19)) 39... Qc6 40. Re1 {[%cal Od3d4]} Qc8 $1 41. g4 {[%cal Od3d4]} h6 (41... Bc6 $14) 42. Rf1 (42. d4 $1 $16) 42... Bd5 43. Bxd5 Rxd5 44. g5 fxg5 45. hxg5 Qxc3 {[%cal Rd5d3]} 46. Rff3 hxg5 47. f6 g4+ (47... Qxb3 $2 48. f7 Rf8 (48... Qxa4 $2 49. f8=Q+ Kh7 50. Qf5+ g6 51. Qxg5 $18) 49. Rxe5 Rxe5 50. Qxe5 $18) 48. Kxg4 Rd4+ 49. Re4 gxf6 {...Kg7 would now be deadly.} (49... Qxb3 $2 {perishes.} 50. Qh2+ Kg8 51. f7+ $18 (51. Qxe5 R4d7 $11)) 50. Qh2+ $1 Kg7 51. Rxf6 Rxe4+ 52. dxe4 {Threatening mate with Qh6+.} Kxf6 1/2-1/2

