[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Harsha Bharathakoti"]
[Black "Paudel, Yubraj"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2424"]
[BlackElo "1559"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,27,74,81,100,92,114,103,111,109]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. g4 Na6 {E73: King's Indian: Averbakh Variation without 6...c5} 9. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Nc5 10. f3 c6 (10... h5 11. g5 Nh7 12. Kd2 Bd7 13. Nh3 c6 14. Nf2 cxd5 15. exd5 f5 16. gxf6 Nxf6 17. Bxc5 dxc5 {0-1 (37) Vallejo Pons,F (2705)-Radjabov,T (2741) Palma de Mallorca 2017}) 11. h5 {LiveBook: 9 Games. White is better.} Qe7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... a4 12. Qd2 cxd5 13. cxd5 Bd7 14. Nh3 Qa5 15. Nd1 Qxd2+ 16. Bxd2 {1-0 (53) Gevorgyan,D (2324)-Atabayev,Y (2475) Moscow 2017}) 12. Qd2 Rd8 13. Nh3 cxd5 {[#] Threatens to win with ...d4.} 14. cxd5 1-0

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gusain, Himal"]
[Black "Adhikari, Krish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2413"]
[BlackElo "1547"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,44,13,18,0,24,34,27,35,35,-43,2,2,3,8,87,64,92,94,111,96,99,91,108,106,108,81,162,166,298,291,765,723,1554,1614,29998,29999,29999]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 c5 3. c4 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 {LiveBook: 147 Games} 6. Be2 {A34: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3, lines with ...d5} (6. Bb5 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bd7 8. O-O e6 9. d4 Be7 10. Rb1 O-O 11. Re1 Qc7 12. e4 Rfd8 13. g3 Bf6 14. Bf4 Qa5 15. Bf1 cxd4 16. cxd4 b6 17. Bc7 {0-1 (42) Ganguly,S (2657)-Xiong,J (2640) Saint Louis 2018}) 6... g6 7. Qb3 e6 8. O-O {White has an edge.} Bg7 9. Bb5 $146 (9. Qb5 $14) ({Predecessor:} 9. Ne4 b6 10. Bb5 Qc7 11. d4 O-O 12. dxc5 bxc5 {0-1 (60) Shinkevich,M (2108)-Borisovsky,D (2285) St Petersburg 2017}) 9... Qd7 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bxd4 (11... O-O $11 {remains equal.}) 12. exd4 $16 a6 13. Bxc6 Qxc6 {[#]} 14. Bh6 $1 {[%cal Bc1h6,Bh6g7,Bg7f6][%mdl 32] aiming for Rac1.} Nxc3 15. bxc3 {Threatens to win with Rfe1.} b5 16. a4 {And now axb5 would win.} Bb7 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Rc6g2]} 17. f3 Qc4 (17... Kd7 $16) 18. Qa3 $18 Bc6 (18... b4 {was worth a try.} 19. cxb4 (19. Qxb4 Qxb4 20. cxb4 Kd7 $16) 19... Qxd4+ 20. Be3 Qh4) 19. Bg7 Rg8 $2 {[#]} (19... Kd7 20. Bxh8 Rxh8 21. axb5 Bxb5) 20. Bf6 $1 {[%csl Gf6][%cal Ra3e7]} Ra7 21. Qd6 {[%csl Gf6][%cal Rd6d8]} Rd7 22. Qb8+ Rd8 23. Qxd8# {Precision: White = 76%, Black = 24%.} 1-0

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sriram, Jha"]
[Black "Pradhan, Mohan Singh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "1526"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,55,62,72,79,106,105,100,77,149,140,145,114,147,158,230,237,447,442,478,466,637,519,534,525,507,489,854,838,797,801,891,886,1104,1102,1154,1162,1180,1176,1138,1104,1720,1669,2364,2189,29984,29985,29997,29998]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Bd7 (4... Nf6 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. a4 b6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Ba3 Re8 11. Bb5 Bd7 12. Be2 Qc7 13. Rc1 Qc6 14. a5 b5 15. Ne5 Qc7 {1-0 (60) Korobov,A (2664)-Brkic,A (2590) Batumi 2018}) 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qb3 {D31: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav without ...Nf6 (+ Marshall Gambit and Noteboom) and Exchange Variation lines without ...Nf6} Bxc3+ $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... Qe7 7. Qxd5 Bc6 8. Qb3 Nf6 9. Bd2 O-O 10. a3 Bd6 11. d5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Qxd5 {0-1 (60) Oliveira,M-Chumbo,P Odivelas 1995}) 7. bxc3 Bc6 8. Nf3 {White is better.} f6 ({Better is} 8... Nd7) 9. Bd3 Ne7 10. Qc2 g6 11. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} f5 (11... Qd7 $16 12. h5 gxh5 13. Rxh5 Qg4) 12. h5 $18 {aiming for Ba3.} Rf8 $2 {[#]} (12... Qd6 {was necessary.} 13. hxg6 Qxg6) 13. Ba3 Nd7 14. Ng5 Nf6 15. Ne6 Qd7 16. Nxf8 Kxf8 17. hxg6 {[#] Hoping for Bxf5.} hxg6 (17... Kg7 $142 18. gxh7 Kh8) 18. Rh8+ Nfg8 19. Ke2 Kf7 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Rh7+ Kf6 22. Rxe7 Nxe7 23. Rh1 Rg8 24. Rh7 b5 25. Qb3 Be8 26. Bxb5 c6 27. Qa3 {[%csl Gh7][%cal Ra3e7]} Bf7 28. Qd6+ {Precision: White = 78%, Black = 13%.} 1-0

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shyaamnikhil P"]
[Black "Abel, Saju Chazhoor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "1512"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,41,-7,0,0,0,-3,0,0,4,1,-1,3,26,16,27,24,29,29,76,72,133,127,126,114,201,186,263,266]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Nd2 Bd6 5. Ngf3 O-O 6. Ne5 c5 7. c3 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} Qc7 (7... Nc6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bd3 Bd6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 a5 13. O-O Be7 14. e4 Ba6 15. Bxa6 Rxa6 {½-½ (54) Mamedyarov,S (2804)-Khachiyan,M (2522) chess.com INT 2018}) 8. Bg3 Nc6 {LiveBook: 15 Games} 9. Nxc6 {The position is equal.} Qxc6 10. Bd3 Re8 11. Be5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Nf3 Ne4 12. Qc2 g6 13. Bxd6 Nxd6 14. h4 c4 15. Be2 f6 16. Nd2 e5 17. dxe5 Bf5 {0-1 (36) Lazic,L (2199)-Maric,D (2184) Belgrade 2016}) 11... Nd7 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. f4 {[%cal Bf2f4,Bf4e5][%mdl 32]} Qe7 14. O-O $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} h6 15. Qh5 Nf6 16. Qh4 Bd7 17. g4 e5 (17... Bc6 $142) 18. fxe5 $16 {[%cal Rf1f6] aiming for Rxf6.} Nxg4 {[#]} 19. Qg3 $1 Qg5 (19... h5 $16) 20. Rae1 $18 Rac8 (20... Qe7 {was worth a try.} 21. Qf3 Rf8) 21. Nf3 {Precision: White = 100%, Black = 27%.} 1-0

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Harshavardhan G B"]
[Black "Gamal, Dipendra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2119"]
[BlackElo "1387"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,53,9,56,35,56,0,177,174,174,131,309,295,310,310,322,302,319,258,269,269,278,278,246,166,173,154,183,74,188,215,629,664,654,655,640,641,1448,1441,1346,1327,29986,29987,29987,29987]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 g6 {LiveBook: 9 Games. D46: Semi-Slav: 5 e3 Nbd7 6 Bd3, Black avoids the Meran} (6... dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O a6 10. e4 c5 11. d5 Qc7 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. Ng5 Qc6 14. Be2 Rd8 15. a4 b4 16. Nb1 Ne5 17. Nd2 h6 18. f4 hxg5 19. fxe5 Qc7 20. Qb3 Qxe5 {0-1 (46) Wang,H (2709)-Ding,L (2777) Huaian 2017}) 7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4 (8. Bxe4 $14 Nxe4 9. Nxe4) 8... Bg7 $146 (8... Nxe4 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 9. Bxe4 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Qa5) ({Predecessor:} 8... Nxe4 9. Bxe4 c5 10. O-O Nf6 11. Bc2 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bc5 13. Be3 O-O 14. Re1 {1-0 (43) Veingold,A (2460)-Rantanen,Y (2350) Jyvaskyla 1997}) 9. Nd6+ $18 Ke7 10. c5 b6 $2 (10... Ne8 $16) 11. Ng5 Rf8 12. Qe2 {[#] Black must now prevent Ndxf7.} Nb8 13. O-O Ne8 14. Nxe8 Kxe8 15. Be3 (15. Nxh7 Rh8 $16) 15... Bxd4 16. cxb6 (16. Nxh7 Rh8 $16) 16... axb6 17. Bxd4 ({Not} 17. Nxh7 Rh8 $16) 17... Qxd4 18. Rad1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Strongly threatening Bxg6! Keeping Black busy.} ({Don't take} 18. Nxh7 $6 Rh8 $14) 18... Qf4 19. Ne4 (19. Nxh7 $18 Rh8 20. g3) 19... Rxa2 (19... f5 $16 20. Nd2 Kf7) 20. Bc4 Ra4 $2 (20... Ra5 21. g3 (21. Nd6+ Ke7 $18) 21... Qc7) 21. g3 Qc7 22. Nd6+ Ke7 {intending ...Rd8.} 23. Qe5 Ra7 24. Qg5+ f6 25. Qh6 {Intending Qg7+ and mate.} Nd7 26. Qg7+ Kd8 {[#]} 27. Nb5 $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 55%, Black = 26%.} 1-0

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sarthak Rawat"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "1615"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,62,0,0,-184,-55,-59,-64,-60,-54,-181,-179,-199,-191,-198,-191,-189,-192,-178,-137,-152,-141,-268,-261,-263,-266,-268,-264,-273,-268,-685,-678,-811,-809,-803,-800,-779,-766]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 9. Nf4 Nxd4 10. Qh5+ Ke7 11. Ng6+ hxg6 12. exf6+ Nxf6 13. Qxh8 Kf7 14. Qh4 e5 {LiveBook: 136 Games. ...e4 is the strong threat.} 15. O-O $2 {[#] C06: French Tarrasch: 3...Nf6 4 e5 Nfd7 5 Bd3 main lines} (15. Nf3 $11 {and White is okay.} Nxf3+ 16. gxf3) (15. Nf3 Nxf3+ 16. gxf3 Bf5 17. Bxf5 gxf5 18. Bg5 Qa5+ 19. Kf1 g6 20. Qh8 Qa6+ 21. Kg2 Re8 22. Rac1 Be7 23. Qh6 Qd6 24. Rc2 Bf8 25. Qh4 Bg7 26. Rhc1 Re7 27. Bxf6 Bxf6 {1-0 (51) Rublevsky,S (2702)-Volkov,S (2594) Dagomys 2009}) 15... e4 (15... Be7 $1 $19 {aiming for ...Nh5.} 16. Nc4 dxc4 17. Bxc4+ Be6 18. Bxe6+ Kxe6) 16. Bxe4 $15 dxe4 17. Nxe4 {Black is slightly better.} Be7 18. Nxf6 $146 (18. Re1 $15) ({Predecessor:} 18. Ng5+ Kg8 19. Be3 Nf5 20. Qa4 Nd5 21. Nf3 Ndxe3 22. fxe3 Be6 {0-1 (34) Barbosa,F (1992)-Castro,F (2015) Matosinhos 2003}) 18... Bxf6 $19 19. Qe4 Qb6 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Bf5.} 20. Be3 Bf5 ({Inferior is} 20... Qxb2 21. Rab1 $16) 21. Qd5+ Be6 22. Qe4 Qc6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is in control.} 23. Qxc6 bxc6 {[%cal Bb7c6,Bc6c5][%mdl 32]} 24. Bxd4 (24. Rad1 $17 Nf5 25. b3) 24... Bxd4 25. Rac1 c5 ({Not} 25... Bxa2 26. Rxc6 Rd8 27. Rc7+ Kf8 28. Rfc1 $17) 26. b3 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4,Ba4a3][%mdl 32]} 27. Rfd1 a4 28. b4 $2 (28. Rd3) 28... a3 {Black is clearly winning.} 29. bxc5 Bb2 30. Rc2 Bxa2 31. Rd7+ Kf8 {Precision: White = 44%, Black = 70%.} 0-1

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dr. Kakshapati, Prayash Shrestha"]
[Black "Sengupta, Deep"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "1601"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,82,14,10,10,8,0,14,-38,-38,-38,-38,-42,-38,-34,-36,-40,-42,-43,-45,-45,-43,-46,-37,-107,-103,-112,-110,-132,-111,-106,-117,-145,-142,-154,-133,-135,-146,-216,-220,-221,-220,-230,-233,-217,-208,-261,-273,-300,-279,-285,-278,-328,-305,-399,-360,-342,-273,-511,-246,-581,-581,-685,-666,-1541,-1452,-1311,-1302,-29984,-29985,-29985,-29986,-29988,-29989,-29994,-29995]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 (5. e3 c5 6. d5 d6 7. Nf3 Nh5 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Nd2 gxh4 11. Qxh5 e6 12. Bd3 Qg5 13. Qxg5 hxg5 {0-1 (59) Sakaev,K (2594)-Yuffa,D (2534) Sochi 2016}) 5... d6 6. Be2 {E61: King's Indian: Early deviations for White, including Smyslov System} Nc6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. h3 ({White should try} 8. d5 $11 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 (9. gxf3 Ne5 $11)) 8... Bxf3 $1 $15 9. Bxf3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 {[#] Qd2 is the strong threat.} e5 11. Bxe5 dxe5 12. Qe3 c6 13. O-O Qe7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Qd4 14. Qe2 Rfd8 {0-1 (58) Becker,R (2133)-Bakhmatov,E (2378) Duesseldorf 2005}) 14. a3 Nd7 15. b4 a5 16. b5 ({Better is} 16. c5 $15) 16... Nc5 $17 17. bxc6 bxc6 18. Rab1 h5 19. Rb6 Rac8 20. Rfb1 Rfd8 21. Be2 Bf8 {[%cal Bg7f8,Bf8h6,Bh6d2][%mdl 32]} 22. Qg3 Kh7 23. a4 (23. h4 $17) 23... Bh6 $19 24. R6b2 Rd6 25. Qf3 Rf6 26. Qg3 Rd8 27. Rf1 Rd4 28. f3 Bd2 29. Rc2 Rfd6 30. Nb1 Bb4 ({Resist} 30... Nxa4 31. Ra2 $17) 31. Ra2 Qf6 32. h4 Ne6 33. Rc2 $2 {[#]} (33. Qh2) 33... Rd7 (33... Nf4 $142 {Strongly threatening ...Rd2!} 34. Kh2 Bd2) 34. Kh1 $2 (34. Qh2) 34... Nf4 35. Qg5 Qe6 36. c5 f6 37. Qg3 Qb3 38. Rfc1 Nxe2 {Black mates.} 39. Rxe2 Rd1+ 40. Re1 Bxe1 41. Rxd1 Rxd1 {Precision: White = 26%, Black = 83%.} 0-1

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kunwar, Ranjan"]
[Black "Mirzoev, Azer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "1581"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,113,0,-35,-39,-48,-25,-29,-18,-37,-39,-50,-29,-44,-35,-60,-51,-57,-45,-72,-64,-73,-66,-71,-73,-84,-79,-133,-100,-143,-83,-100,-56,-247,-249,-311,-287,-322,-307,-335,-226,-226,-226,-225,-214,-225,-217,-234,-235,-235,-227,-220,-212,-204,-204,-244,-220,-250,-255,-252,-256,-260,-256,-243,-243,-256,-257,-247,-251,-272,-267,-502,-491,-500,-438,-438,-452,-598,-559,-699,-664,-672,-644,-800,-778,-667,-545,-589,-578,-593,-585,-715,-707,-1074,-1058,-1391,-1364,-2508,-2229,-2734,-2666,-3003,-8184,-29990]} 1. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e5 Ne4 4. d4 Nxc3 5. bxc3 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. h3 {LiveBook: 7 Games. B02: Alekhine's Defence: Chase Variation and lines with early Nc3} (7. Be2 c4 8. O-O e6 9. Be3 Be7 10. g3 O-O 11. Re1 b5 12. a3 a5 13. h4 f6 14. exf6 gxf6 15. Nh2 {1-0 (32) Hansen,E (2584)-Ipatov,A (2613) Rabat 2014}) 7... e6 8. Be2 Bd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Be7 9. O-O Qa5 10. Bd2 Qa4 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Bd3 a6 13. Qe2 Bd7 14. Rab1 b5 {0-1 (40) Karpatchev,A (2465)-Sandstrom,L (2300) Stockholm 1993}) 9. O-O {Black has an edge.} Qc7 10. Bf4 c4 11. Qd2 O-O-O {[%cal Be8c8,Bc8b8,Bb8a8][%mdl 32]} 12. Bg3 h6 13. a4 Be7 14. Rfb1 Kb8 15. a5 Nxa5 16. Qc1 Ka8 17. Qb2 {[#] Threatens to win with Rxa5!} b6 18. Nd2 Bc6 19. Bf3 (19. Qc1 $142) 19... Rc8 20. Qa2 Qd7 (20... h5 $142 21. Be2 Rcg8) 21. Nf1 f5 {[%cal Bf7f5,Bf5f4][%mdl 32]} 22. Ne3 $2 ({White has to play} 22. exf6 $1 $15 gxf6 23. Qb2) 22... g5 $19 23. Nd1 h5 24. Be2 f4 25. Bh2 Rcf8 26. f3 Rhg8 27. Nf2 Qc7 28. Rb2 Be8 {[%cal Bc6e8,Be8g6,Bg6f5][%mdl 32]} 29. Rab1 Bg6 30. Rf1 Bf5 31. Kh1 Nc6 32. Rfb1 Rb8 33. Qa1 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4,Ba4a3][%mdl 32]} 34. Qa4 Na7 35. Ra1 Bd8 36. Rba2 b5 37. Qa3 a4 38. Qb2 Be7 39. Kg1 Rb6 40. Kh1 Ra6 41. Kg1 $2 (41. Nd1 {is a better defense.}) 41... Qa5 {Black is clearly winning.} 42. Nd1 a3 43. Qc1 h4 44. Kf1 Rb8 45. Bg1 b4 46. cxb4 Bxb4 47. Bf2 Nb5 48. c3 Be7 49. Be1 Na7 50. Bd2 Rb3 51. Nf2 Qb6 52. Qe1 Bb1 53. Rxb1 Rxb1 54. Bc1 Qb3 55. Qd2 {[#]} Rxc1+ $1 56. Bd1 (56. Qxc1 Qxa2) 56... Nb5 57. Ke2 {Precision: White = 22%, Black = 75%.} 0-1

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Singhak, Bikram"]
[Black "Kasparov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "1561"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,78,-24,-26,-54,-47,-91,-73,-73,-72,-88,-107,-255,-236,-234,-232,-303,-298,-292,-294,-409,-402,-397,-341,-404,-296,-289,-280,-375,-345,-343,-300,-504,-498,-518,-510,-541,-515,-619,-621,-585,-585,-585,-585,-585,-585,-587,-589,-585,-581,-694,-625,-758,-807,-760,-719,-963,-938,-1428,-1316]} 1. d4 c5 2. e3 cxd4 3. exd4 d5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. c4 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. h3 O-O 8. Be2 Nc6 {E61: King's Indian: Early deviations for White, including Smyslov System} (8... dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nc6 10. O-O b6 11. a3 Bb7 12. d5 Na5 13. Ba2 Rc8 14. Ne5 Nd7 15. Ng4 h5 16. Nh6+ Kh7 17. Bb1 Nf6 18. Nxf7 Rxf7 19. Bxg6+ {1-0 (32) Alonso Rosell,A (2537)-Movsziszian,K (2507) Barcelona 2017}) 9. Bf4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Na5 11. Be2 Be6 {LiveBook: 7 Games} 12. Qa4 Nd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... a6 13. O-O b5 14. Qd1 Rc8 15. Re1 {0-1 (46) Mdivani,M (2105)-Ben Artzi,I (2408) Jerusalem 2015}) 13. Bg3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Rc8 15. Rc1 Bh6 16. Nd2 {[#]} (16. Rd1 $17) 16... Nc4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 17. Bxc4 (17. Nxc4 Bxc1) 17... Bxc4 18. f4 Qd5 19. Kf2 e5 {[%cal Be7e5,Be5f4][%mdl 32]} ({Not} 19... Bxa2 20. Rhe1 $17) 20. Nf3 exf4 21. Bh2 b5 22. Qa5 f6 23. Rhe1 Rf7 24. a3 g5 25. Qa6 Qc6 26. Qa5 $2 {[#]} (26. Qxc6 Rxc6 27. Nd2) 26... Bf8 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 27. Nd2 Bd5 28. Nf3 h6 29. Re2 Rb7 30. Rec2 Rb6 31. a4 Bb3 32. axb5 Rxb5 33. Qa1 Bxc2 34. Rxc2 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4,Ba4a3][%mdl 32]} 35. Nd2 Qe6 36. Qe1 Qxe1+ 37. Kxe1 a4 38. Bg1 a3 39. c4 Rb2 {Precision: White = 29%, Black = 89%.} 0-1

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khadka, Dhurba"]
[Black "Llaneza Vega, Marcos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "1555"]
[BlackElo "2422"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,21,42,88,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,-70]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. d5 Ne7 5. Nf3 Ng6 6. a3 {A50: Queen's Fianchetto Defence (1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 b6)} (6. h4 h5 7. Bg5 Be7 8. e3 d6 9. Qc2 Ng4 10. Bd3 Nf8 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. O-O-O Nd7 13. Qd2 {1-0 (70) Yilmaz,M (2564)-Petkov,V (2527) Cesme 2014}) 6... a5 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 7. e4 ({White should try} 7. h4 $16) 7... Bc5 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} 8. Bd3 d6 9. h3 O-O 10. O-O Nh5 11. Ne2 (11. Bg5 $11 f6 12. Be3) {Predecessor:} 11... Nh4 $146 12. Nxh4 Qxh4 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. fxe3 Qg5 15. Rf3 {0-1 (34) Martic,Z (2311)-Kalajzic,I (2204) Zagreb 2008} 0-1

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shrestha, Ram Bhakta"]
[Black "Prince, Bajaj"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "1541"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,52,-5,-2,-58,-14,-20,-22,-24,-8,-15,3,-17,-12,-26,-17,-27,-26,-24,-23,-47,-38,-44,0,-47,-14,-40,-40,-39,-40,-43,-41,-84,-56,-75,-37,-409,-409,-386,-326,-432,-421,-679,-664]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Bb4 {LiveBook: 11 Games. next ...Qa5 is good for Black.} 7. Nf3 {B45: Sicilian Four Knights} ({White should play} 7. Nxc6 $11 bxc6 8. Qd3) (7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 e5 9. O-O h6 10. Bh4 O-O 11. f4 Bd6 12. Bc4 Qe7 13. f5 Rb8 14. b3 Bb4 15. Na4 d5 16. exd5 {½-½ (40) Horvat,M (2370)-Timko,V (2434) ICCF email 2010}) 7... h6 8. Bd2 O-O 9. Bd3 {The position is equal.} a6 10. a3 Be7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Bc5 11. h3 e5 12. O-O Re8 13. Re1 d6 14. Nd5 Be6 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. c3 Rad8 17. Be3 Ne7 18. Bxc5 dxc5 {½-½ (18) Zuluaga,M (1663)-Zambrano Becerra,S Medellin 2014}) 11. O-O Qc7 12. h3 b5 13. Be3 Bb7 14. Re1 d6 15. Ne2 Rfd8 16. Qc1 Rac8 17. Ng3 (17. Bxh6 $5 gxh6 18. Qxh6 $15) 17... Ne5 18. Nxe5 $1 dxe5 19. f3 Nd7 {[%cal Bf6d7,Bd7c5,Bc5b3][%mdl 32]} 20. Rd1 Nc5 21. Kh1 Rd6 {[%cal Bd8d6,Bd6c6,Bc6c2][%mdl 32]} 22. Be2 Rc6 23. Rd2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (23. Qb1 $15) 23... Nb3 $1 $19 {[%cal Rb3c1][%mdl 512]} 24. Qd1 (24. cxb3 Rxc1+) 24... Nxa1 25. Qxa1 Rxc2 {And now ...Rc1+ would win.} 26. Rd1 (26. Kh2 $142) 26... Bh4 {Precision: White = 29%, Black = 52%.} 0-1

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bang Atharva"]
[Black "Fominyh, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "1516"]
[BlackElo "2391"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,54,-81,-66,-77,-75,-55,-55,-67,-65,-109,-41,-66,-20,-97,-93,-101,-101,-93,-100,-88,-68,-70,-60,-131,-127,-127,-121,-138,-149,-174,-149,-193,-187,-220,-177,-269,-182,-509,-455,-447,-447,-435,-422,-681,-521,-599,-483]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 d5 4. b3 cxd4 (4... Nc6 5. Bb2 e6 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O b6 9. c4 Bb7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Qe2 Re8 12. Rfd1 Qe7 13. Rac1 Ne4 14. Bb5 a6 15. Bxc6 Bxc6 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Nxe4 Qxe4 18. Ba3 d4 19. Bxc5 Bxc5 20. Rxc5 dxe3 21. fxe3 {1-0 (128) Ju,W (2572)-Sebenik,M (2551) chess.com INT 2018}) 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Nf3 {D04: Colle System} Nc6 7. Bb2 Bb4+ 8. Nbd2 {Black is slightly better.} Ne4 {And now ...Qf6 would win.} 9. Bb5 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 9. Qc1 d4 10. a3 dxe3 11. axb4 Nxf2 {1-0 (26) Danjoutin,C-Gambit de Muret,C ICCF email 2006}) 9... Bg4 (9... Qa5 $17 10. Bxc6+ bxc6) 10. c3 Bxf3 (10... Nxc3 {NOTEXT} 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. Qc2 Ne4 13. O-O Nxd2 14. Nxd2 f6) 11. Qxf3 (11. gxf3 $11 Bxc3 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Bxc3 Nxc3 14. Qc2) 11... Bxc3 $17 ({And not} 11... Nxc3 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. a3 $18) 12. Bxc3 Nxc3 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14. Qf5 Qf6 15. Qc2 d4 16. exd4 (16. Rc1 $1 $15) 16... exd4 17. O-O O-O $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is in control.} 18. Rfe1 Rfe8 19. Nf3 g6 20. Rac1 c5 21. h3 Rad8 22. a3 (22. Qd3 $142) 22... Qf4 23. b4 $2 {[#]} (23. Ra1 {is tougher.}) 23... Ne2+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Black is clearly winning.} 24. Rxe2 Rxe2 25. Qxc5 d3 26. Qc3 (26. Rd1 $142) 26... Qd6 27. Rd1 Qb6 {Precision: White = 25%, Black = 45%.} 0-1

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bhutia, W. T"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "1490"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 a6 5. Be3 Nc6 6. Qb6 Qxb6 7. Bxb6 Bg4 8. Nbd2 Nf6 9. Nd4 Rc8 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. Nxc6 Nxb6 12. Nd4 g6 13. f3 Bd7 14. O-O Bg7 15. N2b3 O-O 16. c3 Rfd8 17. Na5 Rc7 18. f4 Na4 19. Rab1 Nc5 20. Bc2 Bxd4+ 21. cxd4 Ne6 22. Rbc1 Nxd4 23. Bd3 Rdc8 24. Rxc7 Rxc7 25. Kf2 Bb5 26. Ke3 Nc2+ 27. Kd2 Bxd3 28. Kxd3 Nb4+ 29. Ke3 Nxa2 30. Rf2 Nc1 31. Kd4 b6 32. Nc4 Nb3+ 33. Kd3 Nc5+ 34. Kd4 Nxe4 35. Re2 b5 36. Ne3 f5 37. Rc2 Rxc2 38. Nxc2 e6 39. Nb4 Nc5 40. Nc6 Kf7 41. b4 Nd7 42. g3 Kf6 43. h3 h6 44. Kd3 e5 45. Ke3 g5 0-1

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bhutia, W. T"]
[Black "L'ami, Alina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "1490"]
[BlackElo "2316"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,90,-8,14,1,1,-38,-9,-36,-39,-30,-37,-51,-48,-43,-35,-152,-141,-101,-55,-50,-45,-200,-73,-253,-249,-238,-142,-147,-147,-146,-154,-511,-148,-149,-149,-134,-134,-134,-129,-243,-247,-245,-245,-241,-241,-231,-235,-385,-381,-406,-393,-400,-403,-399,-399,-389,-389,-435,-418,-452,-454,-462,-459,-456,-457,-461,-458,-448,-433,-610,-605,-600,-601,-650,-616,-643,-621,-662,-636]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 a6 5. Be3 Nc6 6. Qb6 Qxb6 7. Bxb6 Bg4 {LiveBook: 7 Games. B53: Sicilian: 2...d6: Lines with Qxd4} (7... Nf6 8. Nc3 Bg4 9. Be2 g6 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Rc8 12. O-O-O Bh6+ 13. Kb1 Nd7 14. Na4 Nce5 15. Be2 Nxb6 16. Nxb6 Rc6 17. Nd5 {0-1 (51) Polgar,J (2680)-Carlsen,M (2801) Moscow 2009}) 8. Nbd2 Nf6 9. Nd4 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 9. Be2 Rc8 10. c3 e6 11. O-O-O d5 12. Rhe1 Be7 13. Nd4 Bxe2 14. Rxe2 O-O 15. Kb1 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Rxe4 {½-½ (36) Hoelscher,T (2200)-Michalke,G (2195) Germany 1999}) 9... Rc8 {Black is slightly better.} (9... Nd7 {NOTEXT} 10. Nxc6 Nxb6 11. Nb4 Be6 12. Bd3 g6) 10. Bd3 (10. f3 {NOTEXT} Nd7) 10... Nd7 11. Nxc6 {Hoping for Na7.} Nxb6 12. Nd4 g6 13. f3 Bd7 14. O-O (14. c3 $15) 14... Bg7 $1 $17 {[%cal Rg7d4]} 15. N2b3 O-O 16. c3 Rfd8 17. Na5 $2 (17. Nc2 $15) 17... Rc7 (17... Na4 $1 $19 18. Nxb7 Rf8 19. Bxa6 Nxb2) 18. f4 $2 (18. Rfd1 $17 {might work better.}) 18... Na4 $1 $19 {[%cal Ra4b2]} 19. Rab1 {[#]} Nc5 ({Better is} 19... Nxc3 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 20. bxc3 Rxc3) 20. Bc2 $17 {[#]} Bxd4+ $1 21. cxd4 Ne6 22. Rbc1 $2 (22. Bd3 $17) 22... Nxd4 $2 (22... Rdc8 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top.} 23. d5 Nd4) 23. Bd3 Rdc8 24. Rxc7 Rxc7 25. Kf2 Bb5 26. Ke3 (26. Bxb5 $17 {only move.} axb5 27. Ke3) 26... Nc2+ $19 27. Kd2 {aiming for Bxb5.} Bxd3 28. Kxd3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Nb4+ 29. Ke3 Nxa2 30. Rf2 (30. Rd1 $142) 30... Nc1 31. Kd4 b6 {[%cal Bb7b6,Bb6b5][%mdl 32]} 32. Nc4 Nb3+ 33. Kd3 Nc5+ 34. Kd4 {[#]} Nxe4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 35. Re2 (35. Kxe4 Rxc4+) 35... b5 36. Ne3 f5 {Black is clearly winning.} 37. Rc2 Rxc2 38. Nxc2 {KN-KN} e6 39. Nb4 Nc5 40. Nc6 Kf7 41. b4 (41. Nb4 $142) 41... Nd7 42. g3 Kf6 43. h3 h6 44. Kd3 e5 45. Ke3 g5 {Precision: White = 23%, Black = 66%.} 0-1

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Maharjan, Raju"]
[Black "Suvrajit, Saha"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1455"]
[BlackElo "2234"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,64,-15,-1,-28,-16,-23,-4,-7,-2,-72,-66,-75,-74,-88,-49,-102,-110,-122,-120,-157,-120,-129,-127,-146,-144,-141,-136,-150,-151,-220,-218,-357,-322,-345,-339,-330,-313,-293,-283,-347,-287,-352,-322,-381,-382,-386,-397,-431,-359,-687,-687,-687,-686,-678,-671,-611,-432]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 Bf5 4. Bg2 e6 5. e3 (5. c4 c6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 dxc4 8. a4 a5 9. Nh4 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. f4 Nd5 12. Nf3 Bg6 13. Nh4 Bh5 14. Nf3 Bb4 15. Qc2 {0-1 (32) Shimanov,A (2639)-Adhiban,B (2689) Atlantic City 2016}) 5... Be7 6. Nbd2 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} O-O 7. O-O h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... c5 8. c3 Nc6 9. Re1 Rc8 10. Nh4 Bg4 11. Bf3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 {0-1 (53) Truzzi,S (1518)-Bartolini,L (1580) Bratto 2005}) 8. c4 {The position is equal.} c6 9. c5 (9. b3 $11) 9... Nbd7 10. b4 a5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is in control.} 11. bxa5 Rxa5 12. Nb3 ({White must play} 12. a4 $1 $15) 12... Ra4 $17 13. Bb2 Qa8 14. Nc1 Qa5 15. Nd2 Ra8 16. Ndb3 Qc7 17. f3 b6 18. cxb6 Nxb6 19. g4 (19. Qe2 $17) 19... Bg6 $19 20. f4 (20. Qe2 $142) 20... Nc4 21. Qe2 Nxb2 22. Qxb2 Nxg4 23. Qe2 Nf6 24. Kh1 c5 25. dxc5 Bxc5 26. Nd3 Bd6 27. Rfc1 Qa7 28. Rc6 Ne4 29. Bxe4 $2 {[#]} (29. Rc2) 29... Bxe4+ {Black is clearly winning.} 30. Kg1 Bxd3 31. Qxd3 Bxf4 32. Nd4 Ra3 {Precision: White = 35%, Black = 60%.} 0-1

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shrestha, Bishal Kumar"]
[Black "Jaiswal, Rupesh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "1396"]
[BlackElo "2121"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,24,-54,-53,-87,-84,-86,-19,-50,-11,-37,29,-81,-68,-66,-66,-269,-271]} 1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e5 c5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5 {C10: French with 3 Nc3: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3...dxe4} Bd7 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 (7... bxc6 $17 8. Nf3 c5) 8. a3 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 8. Nge2 Ne7 9. O-O Nf5 10. Qd3 Bc5 11. Ng3 d4 12. Nxf5 exf5 {0-1 (43) Splichal,J (2261)-Pytlik,L (2390) ICCF 2005}) 8... Qb6 9. Nf3 Ne7 (9... Bc5 $15 10. Qh4 a5) 10. b4 (10. Qxb6 $11 axb6 11. Be3) 10... Nf5 11. Qxb6 axb6 12. g4 $2 {[#]} (12. Bb2 $15) 12... Bxb4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 0-1

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Gurung, Rahul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "1962"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 30,147,54,48,93,64,93,100,93,47,101,95,233,100,68,54,79,-6,53,0,42,0,7,-59,-45,-91,-83,-125,-83,-72,-50,-64,-57,-150,-18,-34,-20,-57,-20,-57,0,-29,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,0,-38,-28,-37,-27,-31,0,-104,-111,-119,0,0,17,23,7,0,0,-8,-8,-90,-93,-97,-100,-80,-102,-302,-275,-270,-279,-279,-287,-287,-287,-287,-287,-280,-279,-272,-272,-272,-268,-272,-41,-211,-197,-266,-265,-238,-179,-577,-577,-573,-563,-552,-541,-541,-541,-526,0,-522,-522,-499,-499,-451,-71,-71,-71,-71,-69,-68]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 c6 7. Qc2 Be7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 10. h3 Nf8 11. O-O g6 12. Bh6 Ne6 {D36: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation: Main line (5 Bg5 c6 6 Qc2)} 13. Ne5 Ng7 14. g4 Nd7 15. f4 Nxe5 16. fxe5 {LiveBook: 13 Games} Be6 17. Rf4 {[#]} Bg5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Rc8 18. Raf1 Rf8 19. Qf2 c5 20. Ne2 cxd4 21. exd4 {½-½ (31) Nikolov,M (2571)-Radulski,J (2586) Bankia 2011}) 18. Bxg5 Qxg5 19. Qf2 Rac8 (19... h5 $14) 20. Kh2 $16 h5 (20... Red8 $16) 21. h4 (21. gxh5 $1 $18 {and the rest is easy.} Nxh5 22. Rg1) 21... Qd8 22. g5 Re7 23. b4 (23. Rf1 $16) 23... Rec7 (23... a5 $11) 24. a4 (24. Rf6 $14) 24... Qe7 25. Qb2 b6 26. Ba6 (26. e4 $11) 26... Rd8 $1 $15 27. Bf1 Nf5 28. Re1 c5 29. Nb5 Rcc8 30. bxc5 bxc5 31. Bd3 ({White should try} 31. Bh3 $15) 31... Ng7 (31... cxd4 $1 $17 32. Nxd4 Nxd4 33. exd4 Rb8) 32. Qa3 a6 33. Nc3 $1 Qa7 34. a5 c4 35. Bc2 Rb8 36. Na4 Bf5 37. Bd1 $1 Rb1 38. Nc3 Rbb8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is more active.} 39. Na4 $1 Rb1 {And now ...Bc2! would win.} 40. Ref1 Qc7 41. Nc3 Rb7 42. R4f2 Bd3 43. Re1 (43. Rxf7 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.} Qxf7 44. Rxf7 Rxf7 45. Qc5) 43... Nf5 $17 44. Rf4 Qe7 (44... Qc6 $17 45. Na4 Rb1) 45. Qxe7 $11 Nxe7 46. Rf6 Rb2+ 47. Kg3 Nf5+ 48. Kh3 Rf2 {...Bf1+ is the strong threat.} 49. e6 (49. Be2 $11) 49... Bf1+ $17 {[#]} 50. Rxf1 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxf1 51. exf7+ Kf8 $1 52. Rxa6 $2 (52. Rxg6 $17 {is the only way for White.} Rh1+ 53. Kg2 Nxh4+ 54. Kxh1 Nxg6 55. Bxh5 Kxf7 56. Kg2) 52... Nxe3 $19 53. Be2 Rc1 ({Stronger than} 53... Rxf7 54. Rxg6 Rf4 55. Bxh5 $11) 54. Rxg6 Rxc3 ({But not} 54... Kxf7 55. Rf6+ Kg8 56. Nb5 $19) 55. Rg8+ Kxf7 56. Rxd8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Nf5+ 57. Kg2 Rc2 58. Kf2 Nxd4 59. Ke3 Nxe2 60. Rxd5 {next Rd2 is good for White. KRN-KR} Nc1 $2 (60... c3 $1 $19 61. Rd7+ Kg6 62. Rd6+ Kg7 63. Rd7+ Kf8) 61. a6 $2 ({White should play} 61. Rc5 $15) 61... Ra2 62. Rc5 (62. Rd7+ $142 Ke6 63. Rh7) 62... Rxa6 {Strongly threatening ...Re6+.} 63. Rxc4 Nb3 64. Rc8 $2 (64. Rf4+ {is tougher.} Kg6 65. Rc4) 64... Ra4 65. Rc7+ Kg6 66. Rc6+ Kg7 67. Rc7+ {[#]} Kf8 $1 68. Rc8+ Kf7 69. Rc7+ {[#]} Ke6 $1 70. Rc6+ Kf5 71. g6 {intending g7.} Rxh4 $2 (71... Re4+ $19 {is more deadly.} 72. Kf2 Rg4) 72. g7 $17 Rg4 73. Rh6 Rxg7 74. Rxh5+ {Precision: White = 38%, Black = 47%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sengupta, Deep"]
[Black "Tamang Thendup"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "1953"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,43,32,39,9,14,15,15,0,19,0,0,0,66,62,62,20,33,19,107,102,129,136,805,802]} 1. e4 d5 2. Nc3 dxe4 3. Nxe4 Nf6 4. Nxf6+ exf6 5. d4 c6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Qc2 h6 9. Ne2 Qc7 10. Be3 Nd7 11. O-O-O Re8 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 12. Ng3 {B15: Caro-Kann: 3 Nc3: 3...g6 and 3...dxe4 4 Nxe4 Nf6 5 Nxf6+ exf6} (12. Kb1 b5 13. Ng3 a5 14. Nh5 Bf8 15. Bf4 Qd8 16. Be4 Bb7 17. g4 Nb6 18. Rhe1 Nd5 19. Bc1 a4 {1-0 (62) Cuhendi,S (2404)-Ivanov,M (2399) Novi Sad 2017}) 12... Nf8 13. Kb1 Be6 14. c4 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 14. Ne4 Bf4 15. g3 Bxe3 16. fxe3 Bd5 17. Rhe1 Qa5 18. c4 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Qg5 {0-1 (68) Gueci,T (2161)-Nurgali,N (2121) Tarvisio 2017}) 14... b5 15. cxb5 Qa5 16. Bc4 cxb5 (16... Bxc4 $11 17. Qxc4 cxb5) 17. Bxe6 $14 fxe6 18. d5 Rac8 19. Qb3 {Black must now prevent dxe6.} Rc4 (19... Bxg3 $11 {keeps the balance.} 20. hxg3 Qa6) 20. dxe6 $16 Rxe6 21. Rd5 a6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (21... Qa4 $16) 22. Qxc4 $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 48%, Black = 24%.} 1-0

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mirzoev, Azer"]
[Black "Tandukar, Nabin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "1936"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,69,25,13,37,29,18,21,14,21,23,0,25,-14,-14,-6,-9,-25,7,-26,0,1,6,-5,5,-17,0,-10,13,2,16,-213,0,-40,12,21,8,8,92,79,108,105,156,152,274,223,288,251,242,236,299,285,306,293,315,365,707,682]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. b3 Nbd7 7. Bb2 Re8 8. Nbd2 {LiveBook: 12 Games} c5 {A49: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6 3 g3: Anti-King's Indian systems} (8... c6 9. a4 Qc7 10. e4 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. a5 Nc5 13. Qe2 Bg4 14. Qe3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Ne6 16. c3 Bf8 {½-½ (31) Asadli,V (2449)-Oglaza,O (2240) Batumi 2018}) 9. c4 Rb8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... a6 10. Qc2 Rb8 11. Rad1 Qc7 12. e4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 b5 14. cxb5 Qxc2 15. Nxc2 axb5 16. Rfe1 {½-½ (79) Bezgodova,S (2154)-Shkalov,O (2233) Kostroma 2011}) 10. Qc2 cxd4 {The position is equal.} 11. Nxd4 a6 {[%cal Ba7a6,Ba6a5][%mdl 32]} 12. Rfd1 Qc7 (12... e5 $5 {[%cal Re5d4]} 13. N4f3 Nc5 $11) 13. Rac1 e5 14. N4f3 Nc5 15. Nh4 a5 16. Nf1 b5 17. cxb5 Rxb5 18. Ne3 Be6 19. Qd2 Bf8 20. Nc4 {[%cal Rc4d6]} Bxc4 21. Rxc4 Qb6 22. Qg5 $2 {[#]} (22. e3 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 22... Bg7 $2 (22... d5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rd5c4][%mdl 512]} 23. Bxd5 Nxd5 24. Rxd5 Ne4 25. Rxe4 Rxd5) 23. Ba3 Ne6 (23... d5 $15 24. Rxc5 Rxc5 25. Bxc5 Qxc5) 24. Qc1 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} d5 25. Rc8 Rxc8 (25... Qb7 $11 26. Rxe8+ Nxe8) 26. Qxc8+ $16 Nf8 27. Nf3 Ne4 (27... a4 $142) 28. e3 Nd6 (28... d4 $16) 29. Qa8 d4 30. exd4 exd4 31. Bf1 Rf5 32. Bd3 Rf6 33. Rc1 h6 34. Kg2 Nb5 $2 (34... Re6 35. Rc6 Qb7 36. Qxb7 Nxb7) 35. Bxf8 {Precision: White = 48%, Black = 22%.} 1-0

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kasparov, Sergey"]
[Black "Jati, Bijay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B55"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "1901"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,102,32,30,30,34,34,33,41,36,34,34,34,36,41,31,31,31,35,33,33,28,17,7,14,0,31,6,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,3,2,4,12,0,0,0,16,0,0,0,0,0,125,118,118,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,166,170,5081,3832,29972,29972,29962,5089,29981,29982,29982]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 Nc6 6. c4 Nxd4 {B55: Sicilian: 2...d6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 Nf6 5 f3} (6... e6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Be3 O-O 9. Be2 d5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. O-O dxe4 12. fxe4 e5 13. Qe1 Be6 14. Kh1 Kh8 15. Qg3 Qc7 16. Rac1 Qa5 17. Bg5 Rad8 {½-½ (37) Xiong,J (2667)-Bok,B (2608) Wijk aan Zee 2017}) 7. Qxd4 {LiveBook: 86 Games} e5 8. Qf2 Be7 {White is slightly better.} 9. Nc3 O-O $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 9... Be6 10. Bd3 Rc8 11. Qxa7 Bxc4 12. Bxc4 Rxc4 13. Qxb7 O-O 14. O-O {1-0 (32) Rodriguez Vila,A (2467)-Tasoko,T Sao Paulo 2002}) 10. Be3 a6 11. Bd3 Be6 12. O-O Rc8 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Bd7 15. Rac1 Bg5 16. Rxc8 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 Bxc8 18. Rc1 Qa5 19. a3 Bd7 20. g3 Rc8 21. Kg2 Rxc1 22. Qxc1 Qb6 23. Be2 g6 24. Qc3 f5 25. exf5 Bxf5 26. b4 Kf7 27. a4 {[%cal Ba3a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Bd7 28. a5 Qd8 29. h4 Qc8 30. Qd2 Bf5 31. Kf2 Qc7 32. f4 Qe7 33. Qe3 exf4 34. Qxf4 Qe5 (34... Qf6 $11) 35. Qxe5 $16 dxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#] KB-KB} 36. g4 (36. Bf3 $1 $16) 36... Bc2 $11 37. g5 Ke7 38. Bg4 {Threatens to win with Bc8.} Bb3 39. Be6 Kd6 40. Bg8 Bxd5 41. Bxh7 Bf7 42. Ke3 {With the idea h5!} Kd5 43. Kd3 e4+ 44. Ke3 Ke5 45. h5 gxh5 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Bd5.} 46. g6 Be6 $2 (46... Bc4 $1 $11) 47. g7 $18 h4 $2 (47... Kf6) 48. Bxe4 Kf6 49. Bxb7 Kxg7 50. Bxa6 (50. b5 $142 axb5 51. a6 Bc4 52. a7 Bf7 53. a8=Q b4 54. Bd5 Bxd5 55. Qxd5) 50... h3 51. Bb7 h2 {Precision: White = 70%, Black = 56%.} 1-0

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Llaneza Vega, Marcos"]
[Black "Sudarshan, Malga"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2422"]
[BlackElo "1889"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,87,13,26,16,43,30,35,35,35,39,34,30,29,23,20,-18,8,7,84,29,27,19,32,21,24,6,16,15,50,31,24,25,91,90,97,95,147,132,118,128,125,108,175,173,175,176,229,218,218,113,117,111,112,137,142,143,145,141,141,139,145,137,138,122,171,168,250,248,241,243,234,218,200,199]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {[%cal Bf1b5,Bb5a4,Ba4b3][%mdl 32]} a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 d6 6. c3 g6 {C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines} (6... b5 7. Bb3 Be7 8. O-O Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Rd1 Na5 11. Bc2 c6 12. d4 Qc7 13. Nbd2 O-O 14. a4 Rfe8 15. axb5 axb5 16. g4 Bg6 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. b4 Nb7 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Bb3 {½-½ (20) Mamedov,R (2624)-Filippov,A (2637) Nakhchivan 2012}) 7. d4 b5 8. Bb3 Bg7 {LiveBook: 3 Games. The position is equal.} 9. a4 Rb8 10. axb5 axb5 11. O-O O-O 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Bg5 Qe7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... h6 14. Rd1 {½-½ (101) Boric,E (2319)-Szczepkowska,K (2375) Valjevo 2012}) 14. Nbd2 h6 15. Bh4 Qc5 16. Rfd1 Bb7 (16... Nh5 $11) 17. Nf1 (17. Ne1 $16) 17... Ne7 {[%cal Bc6e7,Be7c8,Bc8b6][%mdl 32]} 18. Bc2 Nc8 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Qe3 Qxe3 21. Nxe3 Nb6 22. Ng4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Bg7 23. Ngxe5 b4 (23... Rfe8 $11) 24. cxb4 $16 Rfe8 25. Ra5 {[%cal Ba1a5,Ba5c5,Bc5c6][%mdl 32]} Ra8 (25... Re7 $142) 26. Rc5 {And now Bb3 would win.} Re7 27. h4 Rae8 {[%cal Rg7e5]} 28. Nc6 Bxc6 (28... Rd7 $16 {was worth a try.}) 29. Rxc6 $18 Bxb2 {[#]} 30. h5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Re6 (30... gxh5 $142 31. Rxh6 Nc4 32. Rxh5 Nd6) 31. Rxc7 gxh5 32. e5 ({White should try} 32. Bb3 $18 R6e7 33. Rc6) 32... Bxe5 $16 33. Nxe5 Rxe5 34. Bb3 Re1+ 35. Rxe1 Rxe1+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 36. Kh2 {Hoping for Rb7.} Rb1 37. Bxf7+ Kf8 38. Bxh5 Rxb4 39. Bf3 Kg8 40. Rb7 {White is clearly better.} Kh8 (40... Rb2 $142 41. Bd5+ Kh8) 41. Kg3 $18 Rb2 42. Be4 Kg8 43. Rh7 Rb4 44. Rxh6 {Precision: White = 59%, Black = 44%.} 1-0

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Prince, Bajaj"]
[Black "Shahid, Ahmed S.K."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "1876"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Qf6 8. Qg3 Bd6 9. d3 Ne7 10. O-O Ng6 11. Bg5 Qe6 12. Ne2 f6 13. Be3 O-O-O 14. Qg4 Qxg4 15. hxg4 h5 16. gxh5 Rxh5 17. Ng3 Rh7 18. f3 Rdh8 19. Kf2 Rh2 20. Rh1 Nf4 21. Rxh2 Rxh2 22. Bxf4 exf4 23. Ne2 Kd7 24. Rd1 g5 25. c3 Rh8 26. b3 Rh7 27. d4 Ke7 28. Nc1 Ke6 29. Nd3 Rh8 30. Rb1 Rh7 31. b4 b6 32. a4 Rh8 33. Ra1 Kd7 34. a5 b5 35. Re1 Ke6 36. Rc1 Kd7 37. Rd1 Ke6 38. Re1 Rh7 39. Rc1 Kd7 40. Rd1 Ke6 41. Re1 Rh5 42. Kg1 Rh7 43. Nf2 Rh4 44. Ng4 Bf8 45. Kf2 Rh8 46. Rd1 Bd6 47. Re1 Bf8 48. Ke2 Bd6 49. Kd3 Bf8 50. Rc1 Bd6 51. Rd1 Bf8 52. Re1 Bd6 53. e5 fxe5 54. Nxe5 Bxe5 55. Rxe5+ Kf6 56. Rc5 Rh2 57. Rxc6+ Kf5 58. Rc5+ Kf6 59. Ke4 Rxg2 60. Rc6+ Ke7 61. Rxc7+ Kd6 62. Ra7 Re2+ 63. Kf5 Re3 64. Rxa6+ Kd5 65. Rb6 Rxc3 66. Rxb5+ Kxd4 67. a6 Rc8 68. a7 Ra8 69. Rb7 Ke3 70. Kg4 1-0

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fominyh, Alexander"]
[Black "Shubham Shukla"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2391"]
[BlackElo "1838"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,97,0,16,-24,7,9,22,8,21,12,14,22,22,14,41,17,28,15,56,51,91,89,79,71,64,58,63,57,66,55,75,50,59,64,93,102,109,108,104,115,109,102,140,145,142,139,200,197,196,195,218,211,219,207,268,242,280,275,270,258,343,313,397,376,395,376,367,381,475,366,462,466,458,443,446,431,520,350,489,471,482,450,598,591,770,743,682,677,626,629]} 1. d4 f5 2. Bg5 h6 3. Bf4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 (4... g5 5. Be5 e6 6. e4 d6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Qh5+ Kd8 9. e5 dxe5 10. dxe5 Qxe5+ 11. Be2 Bd7 12. Nf3 {0-1 (23) Przedmojski,R (2367)-Piorun,K (2577) Warsaw 2014}) 5. e3 Bb4 6. Bd3 {A80: Dutch Defence: Unusual White second moves} O-O $146 (6... Bxc3+ $5 7. bxc3 Nc6 $11) ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 6... Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 O-O 8. Qf3 Nd5 9. Ne2 Nxf4 10. Nxf4 c5 11. O-O Qa5 12. Ng6 Rf7 13. Ne5 Rf8 14. Nc4 Qc7 15. d5 b6 16. d6 Qc6 17. Qg3 Qa4 {½-½ (17) Guenzel,S-Behrmann,K CServe email 1996}) 7. Nge2 d6 8. O-O {The position is equal.} Nc6 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Nxc3 Qe7 11. Bg3 e5 12. d5 Nd8 13. f4 Ng4 14. Qd2 e4 15. Bc4 Nf7 16. Ne2 c5 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. Nd4 Bd7 19. b4 Rad8 20. h3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Nf6 21. Bh4 c5 22. Ne2 {[%cal Bd4e2,Be2c3,Bc3d5,Bd5b4,Bb4a6][%mdl 32]} Be6 23. Bxe6 Qxe6 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. Nc3 Rc8 26. Nd5 Qe6 27. b5 c4 (27... Nh8 $16) 28. a4 Rc5 29. Rfd1 Rfc8 30. c3 Rb8 31. Nb4 Rb6 32. Rab1 Kh7 33. Na6 Rc8 34. Qd5 Qd7 35. Rb4 g5 36. Rxc4 Rxc4 37. Qxc4 gxf4 38. exf4 Qe7 39. Qc7 Qxc7 40. Nxc7 $18 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Rb8 41. Nd5 Rc8 42. Kf2 Nd8 43. Ke3 Ne6 44. g4 {White is clearly winning.} fxg4 45. hxg4 Rc4 46. a5 Ra4 47. Nf6+ Kg7 48. Nxe4 Rxa5 49. Rxd6 {Precision: White = 73%, Black = 20%.} 1-0

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Srijit Paul"]
[Black "Dahal, Sushrut"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2351"]
[BlackElo "1792"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,54,60,65,11,0,-5,50,0,56,0,91,-29,103,79,105,93,100,90,237,234,353,354,371,363,367,373,481,318,314,298,333,343,338,321,364,364,343,352,352,358,360,353,388,394,388]} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. Nf3 g6 5. c4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 {LiveBook: 376 Games} 7. a3 {B01: Scandinavian Defence} (7. c5 $14 Nd5 8. Bc4 Nxc3 9. bxc3) (7. c5 Nd5 8. Bc4 c6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 b6 11. Bg5 Re8 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. Qf3 Bf6 14. Bxf6 exf6 15. Ng4 Rxe1+ 16. Rxe1 Kg7 {½-½ (46) Alekseev,E (2622)-Smagin,S (2551) Sochi 2017}) 7... O-O 8. Be3 c6 $146 (8... Bg4 $11) ({Predecessor:} 8... Nc6 9. h3 e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. Qb3 Nf5 12. Rd1 Re8 {0-1 (38) Kollar,V (2035)-Dibala,R (2007) Slovakia 2014}) 9. Bd3 {White is slightly better.} Be6 (9... Bg4 $11) 10. Qe2 ({White should try} 10. Qb3 $1 $14) 10... N8d7 (10... Bg4 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 11. O-O (11. h3 $16) 11... Nf6 (11... Bg4 $1 $11) 12. Rfd1 Rc8 13. Rac1 Qd7 14. a4 a5 (14... Bf5 $16) 15. d5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd5e6]} cxd5 (15... Nbxd5 $142 16. cxd5 Nxd5) 16. Bxb6 dxc4 {[#]} 17. Bf5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qc6 (17... Bxf5 18. Rxd7) 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Bxa5 Nh5 20. Qe4 Qxe4 21. Nxe4 Bxb2 22. Rc2 Bg7 23. Bc3 Bxc3 24. Nxc3 ({Weaker is} 24. Rxc3 Nf4 $18) 24... Rc7 {White is winning.} 25. Rd4 Rfc8 26. Nd2 e5 27. Re4 Rc5 {Precision: White = 45%, Black = 32%.} 1-0

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Neelash Saha"]
[Black "Magar, Chaman Gaha"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2212"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,41,20,16,10,8,-1,32,-11,22,14,229,241,237,222,330,318,312,256,346,329,529,500,555,522,934,564,531,543,1345,1297,1466,1410]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nd2 Be7 4. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} d5 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 {A45: Trompowsky Attack} Qxe7 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 7. Qg4 (7. Ngf3 c5 8. c3 Nc6 9. Bb5 O-O 10. O-O a6 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Qa4 Rb8 13. Qa3 {1-0 (28) Khegay,D (2495)-Malyshev,G (2364) Moscow 2018}) 7... O-O 8. Bd3 {The position is equal.} f5 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 8... b6 9. Nh3 h6 10. f4 c5 11. O-O cxd4 12. Nf3 Nc6 13. Bb5 {1-0 (37) Chierici,M (2050)-Petrone,G (1930) Fano 2012}) 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Qh4 Nbd7 $2 {[#]} (10... Qb4 $11) 11. Bxh7+ $1 $40 {[%mdl 640] White wants a kill.} Kf7 (11... Nxh7 12. Qxe7) 12. Ngf3 {[%cal Bg1f3,Bf3g5,Bg5f7][%mdl 32]} Ke8 (12... Nxh7 $142 13. Qxh7 Qf6) 13. Bg6+ Kd8 14. O-O-O c6 15. Rhe1 b5 $2 (15... Ne8 {was worth a try.} 16. Ng5 Ndf6) 16. Ng5 {White is clearly winning.} Nb6 {[#]} 17. Bf5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Na4 {intending ...Qb4.} (17... exf5 18. Rxe7) 18. Bxe6 Qb4 {[%csl Ga4][%cal Rb4b2]} 19. Nb3 Re8 20. Qg3 Bd7 21. Nf7+ {Precision: White = 60%, Black = 16%.} 1-0

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mohammed Abdul, Malek"]
[Black "Pokhrel, Anup"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2177"]
[BlackElo "1738"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,31,0,6,-46,25,-35,28,-55,84,0,69,11,22,27,25,-43,497,499,501,499,862,862,29996,29997]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Qd2 O-O {LiveBook: 122 Games} 6. Ne5 {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines} (6. O-O-O $11) (6. Bh6 Ne4 7. Qe3 Nxc3 8. Bxg7 Kxg7 9. Qxc3 Bf5 10. e3 Qd6 11. O-O-O Nd7 12. Nh4 Be6 13. f4 f5 14. h3 {1-0 (57) Jones,G (2665)-Tari,A (2584) Wijk aan Zee 2017}) 6... c6 (6... c5 $15 7. e3 (7. dxc5 d4 $15) 7... Nh5) 7. f3 (7. O-O-O $11) 7... Nfd7 (7... c5 $15 8. dxc5 Nh5) 8. Ng4 $146 (8. h4 $11) ({Predecessor:} 8. Nxd7 Nxd7 9. O-O-O e5 10. Bh6 exd4 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Qxd4+ Qf6 13. e4 Qxd4 14. Rxd4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nc5 16. Nxc5 {1-0 (16) Hungaski,R (2145)-Sorkin,I (2351) Dos Hermanas 2004}) 8... Re8 (8... Nb6 $15 {stays ahead.} 9. Nh6+ Kh8) 9. Bh6 (9. e4 $16) 9... Bh8 (9... Nb6 $11 10. Bxg7 Kxg7) 10. O-O-O (10. Bg5 $14) 10... e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Bg5 ({White should try} 12. Nxe5 $11 Bxe5 13. e4) 12... Nc4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (12... f6 $15 13. Nh6+ Kg7) 13. Qf4 $1 $18 {Threatening mate with Nh6+.} ({Not} 13. Nh6+ Kf8 $14) 13... Qd7 14. Bf6 Bg7 (14... Qe6 $142 15. Qd4 Nd7) 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qh6+ {Precision: White = 14%, Black =  2%.} 1-0

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anustoop Biswas"]
[Black "Acharya, Sushan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2039"]
[BlackElo "1615"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. f4 a6 4. g3 d5 5. d3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. Bd2 h5 8. Nf3 Be7 9. O-O Ng4 10. h3 d4 11. hxg4 dxc3 12. Bxc3 h4 13. gxh4 Bxh4 14. g5 Nd4 15. Bxd4 cxd4 16. Nxh4 Rxh4 17. e5 Qc7 18. Qe1 Rh7 1-0

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Panta, Sumit"]
[Black "Dhimal, Shanti"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "1993"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Be7 5. c3 Bf6 6. cxd4 Na5 7. Bd3 g6 8. O-O Ne7 9. Nc3 c6 10. e5 Bg7 11. Ne4 Nd5 12. Nd6+ Kf8 13. Ng5 Qb6 14. Qf3 f6 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Qe4 Kg7 17. Ne8+ Rxe8 18. Qxe8 Bxg5 19. Bxg5 Qxd4 1-0

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Chaulagain, Purushottam"]
[Black "Pudasaini, Sanjeev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "1967"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 e5 2. dxe5 Nf6 3. exf6 d6 4. fxg7 Na6 5. gxh8=Q b5 6. Bh6 c5 7. Qxf8+ 1-0

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rajbhandari, Rijendra"]
[Black "Sandipan, Chanda"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "1959"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,56,45,56,4,4,4,14,15,26,23,27,21,23,6,28,29,40,11,12,-8,0,-25,-25,-22,-14,-218,-225,-224,-217,-640,-257,-390,-341,-317,-297,-427,-424,-409,-389]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Ne2 Re8 9. O-O {B15: Caro-Kann: 3 Nc3: 3...g6 and 3...dxe4 4 Nxe4 Nf6 5 Nxf6+ exf6} (9. Qc2 h5 10. Bd2 Nd7 11. O-O-O Nf8 12. h3 Ng6 13. Ng3 Nf4 14. Bxf4 Bxf4+ 15. Kb1 h4 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. Bxf5 {0-1 (58) Andriasian,Z (2585)-Vidit,S (2718) chess.com INT 2018}) 9... Qc7 10. Ng3 Nd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7f8,Bf8g6,Bg6f4,Bf4h3][%mdl 32] LiveBook: 12 Games} 11. Re1 ({White should play} 11. Nf5 $14) 11... Rxe1+ $1 $11 12. Qxe1 Nf8 13. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. h3 Bd7 14. Ne4 Re8 15. Qd1 Bh2+ 16. Kh1 f5 17. Nc5 Bc8 18. Bd2 Bd6 19. Qc2 {½-½ (19) Pruefer,S (2250)-Schwalfenberg,J (2367) Germany 2005}) 13... Bd7 14. Qd2 Ng6 15. Qc2 Re8 16. Rd1 Kh8 17. c4 Bf4 18. Bxf4 Nxf4 19. Bf5 h5 {[%cal Bh7h5,Bh5h4][%mdl 32] Black wants to play ...h4.} 20. h3 h4 21. Bxd7 Qxd7 22. Ne4 $2 (22. Nf5 $1 $11 {and White is okay.}) 22... Qf5 $19 23. f3 {[#]} Nxh3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 24. Kh2 $2 (24. Kf1 Ng5 25. Qf2 Nxe4 26. fxe4 Qxe4 27. Kg1) (24. gxh3 Qxf3) 24... Ng5 (24... Qf4+ $142 25. Kh1 {[#]} (25. Kxh3 $2 Rxe4 26. Qf2 g5 $19) 25... Rxe4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 26. fxe4 Nf2+ 27. Kg1 Ng4) 25. d5 (25. Qc3 $142) 25... Nxe4 26. fxe4 Rxe4 27. d6 (27. Qb3 $142) 27... Qe5+ 28. Kg1 {Strongly threatening Qxe4!} Re1+ {Precision: White = 29%, Black = 40%.} 0-1

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lakshmi C"]
[Black "Tarlev, Konstantin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "1942"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,98,28,30,2,37,15,42,-10,0,-27,-15,-41,-13,-7,0,0,43,35,51,46,54,-18,-18,-20,-18,-3,-6,-40,-46,-47,-56,-137,-152,-147,-148,-275,-255,-293,-277,-274,-274,-274,-279,-333,-329,-333,-291,-319,-310,-350,-337,-706,-701,-666,-575,-579,-572,-792,-792,-792,-783,-787,-787,-787,-782,-807,-806,-796,-764,-1141,-1099,-906,-753,-1393,-1327,-29986,-29987,-29986,-29987,-29992,-29984,-29978,-29979,-29979,-29978]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Bc4 g6 8. O-O {B94: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Bg5 Nbd7} (8. Qd2 Bg7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. Bh6 Bxh6 11. Qxh6 Ne5 12. Bb3 b5 13. f3 b4 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Ra7 {0-1 (36) Motylev,A (2649)-Matlakov,M (2689) Berlin 2015}) 8... Bg7 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Rad1 {White is slightly better.} Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Qc7 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Nf6 13. Rfe1 Bd7 14. Bb3 Rac8 15. h3 Rfe8 {½-½ (29) Shagalovich,A-Aronin,L Leningrad (Russia) 1962}) 11. Nd5 (11. f4 $14) 11... Nc5 12. f3 Nxd5 13. exd5 Qb6 14. c3 e5 {White must now prevent ...Bd7.} 15. dxe6 Bxe6 16. Nxe6 Nxe6+ 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Bd5 (18. f4 $14) 18... Nf4 $1 $11 {[%cal Rf4e2]} 19. Qf2 Nxd5 20. Rxd5 Re6 21. Rfd1 Rae8 22. R5d3 Qe7 $36 {[%cal Re6e3][%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 23. Bf4 (23. Bd2 $15) 23... Re2 $17 24. Qg3 Rxb2 25. Rxd6 (25. Re3 $17 {keeps fighting.} Be5 26. Rde1) 25... Rxa2 $19 26. Rd7 {[#]} Ra1 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 27. Rxe7 (27. Rxa1 Qxd7) 27... Rxd1+ 28. Kf2 Rxe7 29. Qg5 Re8 30. Qc5 Rdd8 31. Qc7 b5 32. Qc6 Ra8 33. Bd2 $2 (33. h4) 33... Rec8 34. Qb7 Rcb8 35. Qc6 a5 36. Bf4 Rc8 37. Qxb5 a4 {...a3 is the strong threat.} 38. Qb2 a3 39. Qa2 Rxc3 40. Bd6 {[#]} Rc2+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 41. Qxc2 a2 42. Qe4 a1=Q 43. Kg3 Qa4 44. Qe7 Re8 45. Qc7 Bf6 {[%csl Gf6][%cal Ra4h4] Black mates.} 46. Bf4 g5 47. Qd6 Qxf4+ 48. Qxf4 gxf4+ 49. Kxf4 Kg7 {Precision: White = 22%, Black = 70%.} 0-1

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lama, Surbir"]
[Black "Harsha Bharathakoti"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "1911"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,42,0,16,-51,-10,-67,-72,-88,-83,-81,-75,-67,-52,-90,-72,-152,-41,-48,-51,-587,-576,-564,-449]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 a6 6. O-O Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6b4,Bb4d3][%mdl 32]} 7. Nc3 Rb8 8. e4 Be7 9. d5 Nb4 10. Ne5 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3} exd5 11. exd5 Bf5 {LiveBook: 89 Games} (11... Nd3 12. Nxd3 cxd3 13. Qxd3 O-O 14. Bf4 Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Rfd1 Re8 17. h3 h5 18. a4 {0-1 (64) Kozul,Z (2594)-Naiditsch,A (2657) Bled 2016}) 12. Bf4 (12. a3 $11 Nd3 13. Nxc4) 12... O-O {With the idea ...Bd3.} (12... Bd3 {is interesting.} 13. Qa4+ b5 14. Qa5 Bxf1 15. Rxf1 Rb6) 13. a3 $146 (13. Nxc4 $11 Bd3 14. Ne3) ({Predecessor:} 13. Nxc4 Bd3 14. Ne3 Bxf1 15. Kxf1 a5 16. Nb5 Bd6 17. Nxd6 cxd6 {1-0 (40) Nester,I (2229)-Buturin,V (2460) Lvov 1999}) 13... Nd3 $15 14. Nxc4 Nxf4 15. gxf4 Bc5 16. b4 Ba7 17. Rc1 Re8 18. d6 ({White should play} 18. Ne5) 18... Be6 ({Black should try} 18... Ng4 $17 19. Bf3 Nxh2 20. dxc7 Qxc7) 19. dxc7 Qxc7 20. Qd6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (20. Ne5 $1 $15) 20... Qxc4 $19 21. Nd5 Qd4 0-1

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lama, Suman"]
[Black "Gusain, Himal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1900"]
[BlackElo "2413"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,62,-11,-28,-11,-191,-175,-197,-226,-255,-151,-198,-192,-206,-206,-222,-212,-222,-230,-367,-356,-382,-358,-388,-386,-508,-509,-506,-487,-604,-602,-663,-490,-468,-462,-529,-512,-581,-561,-546,-534,-597,-591,-554,-576,-810,-804,-889,-895,-886,-859,-841,-823]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 Nf6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bg5 (5. Bxd6 Qxd6 6. c4 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. e4 Ne7 9. Na3 O-O 10. Nc4 Qf4 11. dxc5 Qxe4+ 12. Be2 Na6 13. Rc1 Nxc5 14. Qd6 {1-0 (51) Nabaty,T (2690)-Rakhmanov,A (2655) Batumi 2018}) 5... Nbd7 6. Bd3 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} c5 7. c3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Qb6 8. Qe2 $146 {[#]} (8. Qc2 $11 {and White stays safe.}) ({Predecessor:} 8. Qb3 Qc7 9. Qc2 c4 10. Be2 Ne4 11. Bh4 f5 12. Bg3 Nxg3 13. hxg3 {0-1 (32) Gundic,D (1669)-Skuhala,L (2059) Podturen 2018}) 8... c4 $19 9. Bxc4 dxc4 {[%cal Bd5c4,Bc4b3,Bb3b2][%mdl 32]} 10. O-O Qc7 ({Better is} 10... Ne4 $19 11. a4 Qc7) 11. e4 h6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Nbd2 {[#]} Nb6 $1 14. b3 cxb3 15. c4 (15. axb3 {was necessary.} Qxc3 16. e5 fxe5 17. Ne4) 15... b2 16. Rab1 {If only White now had time for c5....} Na4 17. Qd3 b6 {[%cal Bb7b6,Bb6c5][%mdl 32]} 18. e5 fxe5 {Black is clearly winning.} 19. c5 bxc5 20. dxe5 Be7 21. Qe4 Nb6 22. Rxb2 Bb7 23. Qc2 Rd8 24. Ne4 Rg8 25. Re1 Qd7 26. Rb3 c4 27. Rc3 Bxe4 28. Qxe4 Bb4 29. Rce3 Bxe1 30. Rxe1 Qd3 31. Qc6+ Rd7 {Precision: White =  3%, Black = 88%.} 0-1

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shrestha, Sujendra Prasad"]
[Black "Sriram, Jha"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "1883"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 a6 8. Be2 Qc7 9. Qd2 Be7 10. Nb3 b5 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. O-O O-O 13. Qf2 Rac8 14. Rac1 Rfe8 15. Kh1 Ne5 16. Ne2 Nc4 17. Bd4 e5 18. Bc3 d5 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Ng3 Nxc3 21. bxc3 Nd6 22. Nd2 Bh4 23. Nde4 Bxe4 24. fxe4 Qxc3 25. Qf3 Bxg3 26. Qxg3 Re6 27. Rf3 Qd2 28. Rcf1 Rg6 29. Qh3 Rc7 30. R1f2 Qh6 31. Qxh6 Rxh6 32. h3 Re6 33. g4 Kf8 34. Kg2 Rc3 35. Rf1 Ra3 36. Ra1 Ke7 37. Be2 Ra4 38. Rc3 Kd7 39. Rd1 g5 40. Rd5 Rxa2 41. Bd3 Ra4 42. Rcc5 Rb4 43. c3 Rb2+ 44. Kg3 h6 45. h4 Rb3 46. hxg5 hxg5 47. Kf3 Rh6 48. Kg3 f6 49. Bc2 Rb2 50. Rd2 Rh7 51. Rcd5 Kc7 52. Rxd6 Rxc2 53. R2d3 Rch2 0-1

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lamahewa, C."]
[Black "Shyaamnikhil P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1836"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 Bd7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Bxc6 Qxc6 12. O-O e6 13. Nc3 Be7 14. Re1 Rd8 15. Qg4 Bf6 16. Ne4 Nd5 17. Nxf6+ Nxf6 18. Qh4 Qd5 19. Be3 O-O 20. Rec1 Rc8 21. Rc5 Qe4 22. Qxe4 Nxe4 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Rc1 Rxc1+ 25. Bxc1 Kf8 26. Kf1 Ke7 27. f3 Nd6 28. Ke2 Nf5 29. Kd3 Kd6 30. g3 Kd5 31. Be3 Ne7 32. Bd2 Nc6 33. Bc3 b5 34. b3 a6 35. Ke3 a5 36. Kd3 a4 37. bxa4 bxa4 38. a3 Na7 39. h3 Nb5 40. Bb2 f6 41. h4 h5 42. g4 g6 43. gxh5 gxh5 44. Ke3 Nd6 45. Kd3 Nf5 46. Kc3 Nxh4 47. f4 Nf5 48. Kb4 h4 0-1

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jati, Bikram"]
[Black "Padmini, Rout"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "1830"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 6. Bd3 {[%emt 0:02:06] LiveBook: 21 Games} Qc7 {[%emt 0:01:06] B40: Sicilian: 2...e6, Unusual lines} (6... d5 7. exd5 exd5 8. O-O Be7 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 O-O 11. Nbd2 Qb6 12. Nb3 Bg4 13. Be2 Rfe8 14. Rb1 Rad8 {0-1 (49) Meijers,V (2458)-Epishin,V (2591) Cutro 2009}) 7. Nc3 a6 8. h3 b5 9. O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Qe2 d6 10. O-O Be7 11. Bf4 Nd7 12. Rad1 Nde5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 {0-1 (42) Renouard,L (1886)-Eid,M (2051) Paris 2012}) 9... b4 10. Na4 Be7 11. Be3 Rb8 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Rac1 d6 14. b3 Qa5 15. Bd2 {[%emt 0:59:06]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:01:21]} 16. Nxe5 dxe5 {[%emt 0:01:22]} 17. a3 {[%emt 1:13:00]} Qc7 18. axb4 Bxb4 {[%emt 0:08:28]} 19. Bxb4 {[%emt 1:13:03]} Rxb4 {[%emt 0:08:53]} 20. Bc4 a5 {[%emt 0:08:53]} 21. Rfd1 {[%emt 1:40:29]} Bd7 22. Nb2 {[%emt 1:40:59]} Bc6 $14 {[%emt 0:08:54]} 23. f3 a4 24. c3 Rbb8 25. bxa4 Qb6+ 26. Kh2 Qxb2 27. Rc2 Qb6 28. Rd6 Qc5 29. Rcd2 Bxa4 30. h4 h6 31. g4 Rb1 32. Qg2 Qxc4 {-error} 0-1

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shrestha, Suman"]
[Black "Harshavardhan G B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "1807"]
[BlackElo "2119"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,54,196,195,206,146,158,53,63,66,180,101,85,89,57,16,18,-21,-17,-18,-15,-7,-6,-39,-39,-54,-9,-23,0,-58,-37,-76,0,-129,-127,-185,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O d6 8. Kh1 Be7 9. f4 b5 {B82: Sicilian Scheveningen: 6 f4} (9... Nbd7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Bd2 Nc5 12. Rae1 {½-½ (12) Zinchenko,Y (2547)-David,A (2567) Paleochora 2017}) 10. e5 $1 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Nfd7 11. exd6 Qxd6 {White is clearly better.} 12. Be4 (12. Qf3 $1 $16) 12... Ra7 $14 13. Be3 {Threatens to win with Nxe6!} Nc5 (13... b4 $14) 14. Bf3 $146 (14. f5 $18) ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 14. Qh5 g6 15. Qh6 Bf8 16. Qh3 Rd7 17. b4 {1-0 (46) Winiwarter,F (2200)-Hoffmann,E Austria 1995}) 14... Rd7 $16 15. Qe1 O-O 16. Rd1 {Hoping for Nc6.} Qc7 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Bb7 19. Bd3 Nc6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 20. Nxc6 Qxc6 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Rc6g2]} 21. Rg1 f5 22. Qf2 Rf6 {[%cal Bf8f6,Bf6g6,Bg6g3][%mdl 32]} 23. h3 ({White should play} 23. Be2 $11) 23... Rg6 $15 24. Kh2 {[#]} h5 (24... Bf6 $1 $17 25. b3 Bc3) 25. Rd2 (25. g3 $11) 25... h4 $17 26. Rgd1 {[#]} (26. Rdd1 $17) 26... Bd6 $2 (26... Bb4 $1 $19 27. Re2 Rg3) 27. Bf1 $11 Rg3 {[%mdl 32768] Precision: White = 34%, Black = 40%. . Loss on Time!?} 0-1

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sandipan, Chanda"]
[Black "Thing, Bibek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2263"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,104,10,22,9,12,12,27,18,20,28,34,0,20,-3,41,41,42,42,53,51,52,51,53,56,54,44,66,15,21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,80,87,87,87,77,74,84,85,85,88,91,89,83,87,95,75,75,68,75,27,27,27,28,28,28,28,126,126,126,126,126,126,126,126,126,126,126,126,126,55,55,55,55,0,117,8,8,8,29974,29973,29986,29987,29987]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd2 Bb7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bd3 c5 8. a3 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 cxd4 {LiveBook: 5 Games. E43: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4...b6} (9... d6 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. O-O h6 13. Rfd1 a5 14. Nd2 Ra6 15. Ne4 Qa8 16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 17. f3 a4 18. Qf2 e5 19. Rd2 Qc8 20. Rad1 {½-½ (51) Aleksandrov,A (2589)-Bartel,M (2609) Bialystok 2017}) 10. exd4 d5 11. b3 dxc4 {The position is equal.} 12. bxc4 Be4 13. O-O Nbd7 14. Be2 $146 Qc7 15. Nd2 Bb7 16. Rc1 Rfd8 17. Re1 Ne4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Qd2 Rac8 20. Qe3 Bg6 21. h4 {h5 is the strong threat.} h5 22. d5 ({Better is} 22. Bb2 $14) 22... Re8 $11 23. Bxh5 Bxh5 24. Qg5 {[%csl Gc3][%cal Rg5g7]} e5 {Hoping for ...Bg6.} 25. Qxh5 Qxc4 26. Qf5 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black needs to defend precisely.} Nf6 (26... Qxd5 $11 {keeps the balance.} 27. Red1 Rxc3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 28. Rxd5 Rxc1+ 29. Kh2 Nf6) 27. Bb2 $16 ({Not} 27. Bxe5 $2 Qxc1 28. Rf1 (28. Rxc1 $2 Rxc1+ 29. Kh2 Rxe5 $19) 28... Qc2 $19) ({But not} 27. Rxe5 Rxe5 28. Qxe5 Qxd5 $11) 27... Qg4 28. Qxg4 Nxg4 29. d6 $1 {[%cal Rd6d7] Black must now prevent d7.} Rxc1 30. Rxc1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rd8 31. f3 Ne3 32. Bxe5 Nf5 33. Rc7 Nxd6 34. Bxd6 Rxd6 35. Rxa7 {KR-KR} b5 36. h5 Rb6 37. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} b4 38. axb4 Rxb4 39. Kg2 Rb6 {[#]} (39... g6 $11) 40. g5 $1 Rb5 41. f4 Rb3 42. Ra8+ Kh7 43. Rf8 Rb7 44. Kg3 Ra7 45. Kg4 Rb7 46. Kf5 (46. Kh4 $16) 46... Rb5+ $1 $14 47. Ke4 $1 Rb4+ 48. Kd5 (48. Ke5 $14 f6+ 49. gxf6 gxf6+ 50. Rxf6) 48... Rb5+ {[#]} (48... Rxf4 $11 49. g6+ Kh6) 49. Kc6 ({White should play} 49. Kd6 $1 $16 Rb7 50. Kc6) 49... Rf5 $11 50. Kd6 {aiming for Ke7.} g6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (50... Rxf4 $11 51. g6+ Kh6) 51. Ke7 gxh5 52. Rxf7+ Kg6 {Precision: White = 67%, Black = 52%.} 1-0

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tarlev, Konstantin"]
[Black "Suvrajit, Saha"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2234"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,67,68,64,74,75,69,42,37,42,40,37,45,15,10,14,26,18,104,103,432,428,424,415,470,465,570,542,605,612,572,529,824,822,788,786,910,863,863,841,1238,1230,1283,1195,1060,977,2055,1989,12831,12822,29992,29993]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 Nxe4 7. Bxe4 Nf6 8. Bg5 h6 {C10: French with 3 Nc3: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3...dxe4} (8... Be7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qd3 Qd6 11. O-O-O h6 12. Qe3 Qb6 13. Rhe1 c5 14. Qa3 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. Qa4+ Bd7 17. Qxd4 Qxd4 18. Rxd4 {1-0 (37) So,W (2773)-Bareev,E (2675) Chess Supersite INT 2016}) 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Qe2 {LiveBook: 14 Games} Bb4+ $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 10... Bd6 11. O-O-O O-O 12. Kb1 a5 13. h4 g6 14. Bd3 a4 15. Ne5 a3 16. h5 {½-½ (73) Kriebel,T (2465)-Huebner,R (2574) Prague 2017}) 11. c3 Bd6 12. Bxb7 Bxb7 13. Qb5+ Ke7 14. Qxb7 Rab8 15. Qa6 Rxb2 16. O-O Rhb8 17. c4 {Strongly threatening c5.} g5 (17... Qf5 $11) 18. c5 $16 g4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (18... Bf4 $16) 19. cxd6+ $18 cxd6 {[#]} 20. Nd2 $1 {[%cal Bf3d2,Bd2b3,Bb3d4][%mdl 544]} Qxd4 (20... Rxd2 21. Qxa7+) 21. Nb3 Qb6 22. Qc4 Rg8 23. Qc3 Re2 24. Rab1 Qa6 25. Nd4 Rc8 26. Qg3 Re4 27. Qh4+ Ke8 28. Qxh6 Rc7 29. Qh8+ Ke7 30. Qh4+ Kd7 31. Qf6 Ke8 32. Rb8+ Rc8 33. Rfb1 d5 {[#]} 34. Nf5 $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 85%, Black = 29%.} 1-0

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Black "Jaiswal, Rupesh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2121"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,103,33,24,49,45,82,69,103,58,60,43,26,36,94,96,63,78,234,249,312,306,322,333,327,301,414,412,421,408,422,418,426,406,497,450,466,463,456,359,428,381,439,439,501,489,481,451,641,480,726,339,349,324,379,305,337,337,343,335,385,335,335,293,333,340,340,338,321,317,427,383,452,468,476,468,468,452,475,469,595,601,608,618,29977,29979,29994,747,685,649]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 a6 8. b3 Rb8 9. e3 {LiveBook: 117 Games} Bf5 {E63: King's Indian: Fianchetto: Panno Variation with 7...a6} (9... b5 10. Qe2 Bd7 11. Bb2 Na5 12. Nd2 Bg4 13. f3 Bd7 14. Rfd1 Re8 15. Rac1 bxc4 16. Nxc4 c6 17. e4 Bh6 18. Ne3 {½-½ (35) Ghaem Maghami,E (2523)-Jones,G (2675) Dubai 2018}) 10. Bb2 Ne4 11. Ne2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Ne1 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 e5 13. d5 Ne7 14. e4 Bd7 15. f4 b5 16. Nd3 f6 17. c5 Nc8 {1-0 (30) Volodin,V (2245)-Pachta,P (2159) Cartak 2005}) 11... g5 {White is slightly better.} 12. Qc1 e5 13. Rd1 Qf6 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Bg4.} 14. Nd2 Nxf2 ({Black should try} 14... Nxd2 $14 15. Qxd2 Bg4) 15. Kxf2 $16 {And now Kg1 would win.} Bg4+ 16. Ke1 $1 {h3 is the strong threat.} (16. Bf3 $2 Bxf3 17. Nxf3 g4 $17) 16... Bxe2 $2 (16... Qh6 $16 {might work better.}) 17. Kxe2 $18 exd4 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Bxd4 Qh6 {intending ...Bxd4.} 20. Nf3 Qh3 {...Qg2+ would now be nice for Black.} 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Rf1 Rbe8 23. Qc3+ f6 24. Rf2 Re4 25. Rd1 {[%cal Ba1d1,Bd1d3,Bd3f3][%mdl 32]} Rfe8 26. Rd3 Qg4 27. Kf1 h5 28. Nd2 R4e6 29. e4 h4 30. Rdf3 hxg3 31. Rxg3 Qd1+ 32. Kg2 Kg6 (32... Qh5 $142 33. Qa5 R6e7 34. Qxa6 c5) 33. Qf3 (33. h4 $142) 33... Qxf3+ 34. Rgxf3 ({Resist} 34. Kxf3 Rh8) (34. Rfxf3 Rh8) 34... a5 35. Nf1 Rf8 36. Ng3 c5 37. Kf1 Ra8 38. Ne2 a4 39. Nc3 axb3 40. axb3 Ra1+ 41. Kg2 c6 42. Rd3 Kf7 43. Ne2 Ke7 44. Ng3 Kd7 45. Nh5 Ke7 46. Ng7 Rxe4 47. Nf5+ Ke6 48. Rxd6+ Ke5 {Black wants to play ...Rg4+.} 49. Rxc6 Ree1 50. Rxc5+ Ke6 51. Nd4+ (51. Rc7 $142 Rg1+ 52. Kh3 Rg3+ 53. hxg3 Ra7 54. Rxa7 g4+ 55. Kxg4 Ke5 56. Re7#) 51... Ke7 52. Re2+ {Precision: White = 79%, Black = 27%.} 1-0

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Harsha Bharathakoti"]
[Black "Harshita Guddanti"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2424"]
[BlackElo "2064"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,63,15,16,12,0,27,-17,-9,-60,-64,-74,-94,-150,-100,-161,-36,-106,-81,-110,-60,-69,-42,-36,-38,-46,-17,-30,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Qa4 Bd7 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qd3 c4 10. Qc2 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3} (10. Qd1 Rc8 11. b3 Na5 12. Ne5 cxb3 13. axb3 Rxc1 14. Qxc1 Nxb3 15. Qb2 Nxa1 16. Qxa1 Bd6 17. Qxa7 O-O 18. Nxd7 Nxd7 {½-½ (77) Yu,Y (2751)-Harikrishna,P (2744) Huaian 2017}) 10... Rc8 11. e4 Be7 12. Rd1 O-O 13. Qe2 {LiveBook: 5 Games. Threatening d5.} Na5 14. Ne5 Be8 15. Bf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. d5 exd5 16. exd5 b4 17. Nd2 Bb5 {½-½ (40) Armani,G (2048)-Doderer,H (2235) ICCF email 2016}) 15... b4 $1 16. d5 ({White should play} 16. Nd2 $11) 16... exd5 {Threatens to win with ...Ba4.} 17. exd5 {[#] d6! is the strong threat.} Ba4 18. Rd2 (18. Nd2 $142 Bxd1 19. Rxd1) 18... Re8 $17 {White must now prevent ...Bd6.} 19. Nxf7 Qb6 (19... Kxf7 $19 20. Qe6+ Kf8) 20. Ne5 (20. Qe6 $15 Qxe6 21. dxe6) 20... Bd6 {[#] Hoping for ...Bxe5.} 21. Bh3 Bxe5 (21... c3 {keeps more tension.} 22. bxc3 Bxe5 23. Bxc8 bxc3 24. Bxe5 cxd2 25. Nxd2 Rxc8 26. Rb1 Qd8) 22. Bxc8 Bxf4 (22... c3 {is more complex.} 23. Be6+ Rxe6 24. dxe6 cxd2 25. Nxd2 Bxb2 26. Rb1 Bb5) 23. Be6+ Rxe6 24. dxe6 Bxd2 (24... Bd6 {feels hotter.} 25. a3 Nb3 26. e7 Kf7 27. Ra2 Nxd2 28. Nxd2 c3) 25. Nxd2 c3 (25... Qd4 {is interesting.} 26. e7 Qd5 27. Re1 Bc6 28. f3 Qd4+) 26. bxc3 {The position is equal.} bxc3 {aiming for ...Qb2.} 27. Ne4 $1 {[%cal Re4f6]} Qxe6 28. Nxc3 Qxe2 29. Nxe2 Bb5 30. Nc3 Bc4 31. Rb1 Nc6 32. Rb7 {Precision: White = 45%, Black = 49%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gusain, Himal"]
[Black "Hamal, Manish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2413"]
[BlackElo "2058"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,73,42,45,90,49,80,75,101,41,58,55,62,39,39,39,43,37,42,33,44,0,68,54,140,148,158,150,152,145,237,248,285,270,277,259,367,390,379,378,529,345,546,548,528,434,753,732,1041,1026,923,911,1025,1012,977,977,3194,3068]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Bd3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Ne2 Nc6 7. Nd2 cxd4 8. cxd4 Qb6 9. Nf3 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 {LiveBook: 46 Games} Be7 {C06: French Tarrasch: 3...Nf6 4 e5 Nfd7 5 Bd3 main lines} (10... f6 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. O-O Bxd2 13. Qxd2 {½-½ (13) Petrov,M (2440)-Drazic,S (2424) Novi Sad 2016}) 11. Bc3 O-O 12. O-O f6 {White is better.} 13. exf6 (13. Qc2 $16 h6 14. exf6 Rxf6 15. a3) 13... Nxf6 $14 14. Ng3 Bd7 15. Re1 Rae8 16. a3 Bd6 17. Qc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Bc2 Re7 18. Qd3 {1-0 (55) Baturo,T (2079)-Spicak,K (2006) Rewal 2009}) 17... Re7 18. Re2 g6 19. Qd2 Qc7 ({Black should try} 19... Ne8 $11) 20. Ne5 Bxe5 (20... a6 $14) 21. dxe5 $16 Ne8 22. b4 a6 {[#]} 23. a4 $1 {[%cal Ba3a4,Ba4b5][%mdl 32]} Rg7 (23... b5 $16 {is a better defense.}) 24. b5 $18 axb5 25. axb5 Ne7 26. Bd4 Nf5 (26... Rgf7 $142 27. Qe3 Qb8) 27. Nxf5 gxf5 28. f4 Rg4 29. Qe3 Kf7 (29... Ng7 {was called for.} 30. Rc2 Qd8) 30. Rc2 {White is clearly winning.} Qb8 31. Be2 Rh4 (31... h5 $142 32. h3 Rg7 33. Bxh5+ Kg8) 32. Ba7 Qd8 33. Bb6 Qb8 34. Qg3 Rh6 35. Qg5 {[#] Bc5 is the strong threat.} Rg6 36. Bh5 Bxb5 37. Qh6 {Precision: White = 71%, Black = 29%.} 1-0

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sriram, Jha"]
[Black "Anustoop Biswas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D09"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2039"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,52,88,73,175,110,114,99,189,179,230,212,220,97,435,421,427,175,170,91,87,87,85,25,34,23,28,-251,-218,-289,-166,-173,-111,-180,-185,-183,-189,-193,-191,-187,-163]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. g3 Bg4 6. Bg2 Qd7 7. O-O O-O-O 8. Nbd2 {LiveBook: 7 Games} h6 $146 {D09: Albin Counter Gambit: Main line with 5 g3} (8... Kb8 $16 {keeps fighting.}) ({Predecessor:} 8... Nge7 9. Nb3 Ng6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Qd3 Ncxe5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. Rfe1 {½-½ (14) Soural,J (2189)-Kolar,P (2189) Czech Republic 2018}) 9. b4 (9. a3 $1 $18) 9... Bxb4 $16 10. Qa4 $1 a5 (10... Bh3 $16) 11. a3 $18 Bc3 (11... Bxd2 {was worth a try.} 12. Bxd2 b6) 12. Rb1 Bf5 13. Rb5 (13. Rxb7 $1 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.} Kxb7 14. Nh4) 13... Na7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (13... Nge7 $16 {is more resistant.}) 14. e6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxe6 {[#]} 15. Rxb7 (15. Ng5 $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} hxg5 16. Bxb7+ Kd7 17. Re5+ Ke7 18. Rxe6+ fxe6 19. Nb3) 15... Qc6 {[#]} 16. Qxc6 (16. Rb5 $1 $18 Nxb5 17. Nh4) 16... Nxc6 $16 17. Rb5 Nge7 18. Ne5 (18. Nb1 $16) 18... Nxe5 $11 19. Rxe5 Rhe8 {Hoping for ...d3.} 20. Nb3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (20. Rc5 $11) 20... d3 $19 21. Rxf5 {aiming for Rb5.} Nxf5 (21... dxe2 $142 22. Rf3 Rd1 23. Rxc3 Rxf1+ 24. Bxf1 e1=Q) 22. exd3 Nd4 (22... Rxd3 $19 23. Nc5 Rd4 24. Bb7+ Kb8) 23. Bh3+ (23. Nc5 $17 {is a better defense.}) 23... Kb8 {Black is clearly better.} 24. Nxd4 Bxd4 ({Don't play} 24... Rxd4 25. Be3 $15) 25. Bd2 {[#]} Re2 $1 {[%cal Re2d2]} 26. Bxa5 Rb2 {Precision: White = 26%, Black = 30%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shyaamnikhil P"]
[Black "Kavinda, Akila"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "1996"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,111,48,47,50,98,95,106,92,90,60,59,57,63,65,61,42,45,47,100,26,52,44,59,52,75,10,21,0,0,0,20,24,61,61,52,66,52,44,54,64,41,59,51,50,85,76,85,83,72,69,85,79,86,76,77,77,100,33,71,61,64,40,83,83,87,31,37,16,22,27,120,119,120,102,136,69,67,60,50,63,238,225,219,192,347,361,360,359,405,394,398,397,385,360,362,353,457,455,460,458,473,435,1616,1550]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Be3 d6 4. Qd2 a6 5. f3 h5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 5... c6 6. h4 h5 7. Nc3 Nd7 8. O-O-O b5 9. Nh3 Nb6 10. Qf2 Bxh3 11. Rxh3 d5 12. Bd3 {1-0 (30) Ganguly,S (2595)-Lahiri,A (2308) Goa 2015}) 6. a4 {B06: Modern Defence} a5 7. Nc3 c6 8. Bc4 {White is better.} Nf6 9. e5 Ng8 10. e6 Bxe6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Qd3 Kd7 13. Qxg6 Bh6 (13... Qf8 $14) 14. Bg5 ({White should play} 14. Bxh6 $16 Nxh6 15. Qe4) 14... Bxg5 15. Qxg5 h4 16. Nh3 Qf8 17. O-O-O (17. O-O $16) 17... Qh6 $11 18. Rd2 Na6 19. Qxa5 Nf6 20. Qg5 Nb4 21. Qxh6 Rxh6 22. b3 b5 23. Kb2 Nfd5 24. Ra1 Nxc3 25. Kxc3 Nd5+ 26. Kd3 b4 27. Ke2 Rg6 28. Kf2 Rag8 {[#]} 29. Rg1 $1 Rf8 30. Re1 Nc3 31. Kf1 Rf5 32. Rd3 Rg8 33. Kf2 ({White should try} 33. Rde3 $16) 33... Rc8 34. g4 hxg3+ 35. hxg3 Rh5 36. Kg2 Rch8 37. Rh1 ({Better is} 37. Nf2 $16) 37... Nd5 38. Nf2 {Threatening Rxh5.} (38. f4 {keeps more tension.} R5h6 39. Nf2 Rxh1 40. Nxh1 Rc8 41. Nf2) 38... Rxh1 39. Nxh1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Rg8 (39... Rc8 $1 $11) 40. Kf2 Rh8 {[#]} 41. Kg1 $1 Nc3 42. Rd2 (42. Nf2 $16) 42... Nb1 $14 43. Rd1 Nc3 44. Re1 Rc8 $2 (44... Rh5 $1 $14) 45. Nf2 $18 c5 46. dxc5 Nd5 $2 (46... Rxc5 {keeps fighting.} 47. Nd3 Rf5) 47. Nd3 dxc5 48. Ne5+ Kd6 49. Nc4+ Kd7 50. Kg2 Rg8 51. Rh1 Nc3 52. Rh5 Kc6 53. Re5 {White is clearly winning.} Rg6 54. g4 Nd5 55. Kg3 Kd7 {[#]} (55... Nc7 $142 56. g5 Na6) 56. Rxd5+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 59%, Black = 33%.} 1-0

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Padmini, Rout"]
[Black "Niraula, Bhupendra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "1994"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,71,-28,-38,-33,0,-7,-22,-27,11,11,11,4,10,10,2,0,0,-5,27,37,33,32,41,0,0,0,0,0,118,116,138,126,125,131,135,122,142,125,331,328,327,324,312,313,318,314,373,354,362,374,348,354,360,361,358,358,356,331,493,483]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O e6 5. d4 c5 6. c3 Be7 7. a4 O-O {LiveBook: 6 Games. A47: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 b6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} 8. Nbd2 (8. Bg5 h6 9. Bf4 Nd5 10. Bxb8 Rxb8 11. e4 Nf6 12. e5 Ne4 13. Nbd2 Nxd2 14. Nxd2 cxd4 15. cxd4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qc8 17. Rc1 Qb7+ 18. Qf3 Qxf3+ 19. Kxf3 Rfc8 20. Rfd1 {½-½ (20) Domogaev,S (2395)-Kalugin,S (2414) Livny 2017}) 8... cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bxg2 {The position is equal.} 10. Kxg2 Nc6 11. Nxc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. N2f3 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 d5 13. Nc6 Qc7 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Bg5 Rac8 16. Qd3 Rc4 17. a5 Qc7 {½-½ (17) Fiala,J (2248)-Hacha,A (2188) Czechia 2010}) 11... dxc6 12. e4 Qd3 13. Qf3 Qa6 14. e5 Nd7 15. Qe4 b5 16. Nf3 Nc5 17. Qg4 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] [#] aiming for Bh6. Black is under pressure.} Kh8 18. h4 Qb7 19. a5 a6 20. Bg5 f6 (20... Rfd8 $11) 21. exf6 $16 gxf6 22. Be3 ({But not} 22. Bh6 $6 Rg8 $14) 22... Rg8 23. Qb4 Na4 24. Qe4 e5 25. Rad1 Qc8 $2 {[#]} ({Avoid the trap} 25... Nxb2 $2 26. Rb1 $18) (25... Rae8 $16 {might work better.}) 26. Nxe5 $1 $18 fxe5 27. Qxe5+ Rg7 28. Bh6 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Re5g7]} Bf8 29. b3 {[%cal Bb2b3,Bb3a4][%mdl 32]} ({Weaker is} 29. Bxg7+ Bxg7 30. Qe2 c5 $16) 29... c5 30. bxa4 Qc6+ 31. Qd5 Qxd5+ 32. Rxd5 Rc7 33. Bxf8 Rxf8 34. axb5 axb5 35. Rfd1 Rff7 (35... b4 {was necessary.} 36. cxb4 cxb4) 36. Rb1 {Precision: White = 83%, Black = 58%.} 1-0

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gajwa Ankit"]
[Black "Panta, Sumit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2292"]
[BlackElo "1993"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,60,58,51,57,39,45,15,70,64,96,111,115,103,106,55,110,104,104,54,59,70,183,162,169,106,164,122,118,108,1130,203,316,138,195,167,422,118,255,43,43,37,51,0,75]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 Be7 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6 8. Qe2 O-O 9. Bg5 Nd5 10. h4 {LiveBook: 5 Games. C10: French with 3 Nc3: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3...dxe4} c5 11. dxc5 Qa5+ 12. c3 {White is slightly better.} Qxc5 (12... Bxc5 $11 13. O-O h6) 13. O-O-O $14 a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... h6 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Bc2 Qc7 16. g4 Qf4+ 17. Kb1 Qxg4 18. Rhg1 Qh5 19. Rg3 f5 20. Qe5 {1-0 (29) Todorovic,G (2482)-Stavnjak,L (2235) Obrenovac 2011}) 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15. Ng5 h6 16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. Bc2 {Nxf7+! is the strong threat.} Nd5 18. Qe4 $40 {[%csl Gc2,Gg5][%cal Re4h7][%mdl 128] White attacks.} f5 19. Nxe6 Bxe6 (19... Qxf2 $14 20. Qe1 (20. Qxd5 Qe3+ 21. Qd2 Qxd2+ 22. Rxd2 Bxe6 $16) 20... Qxe1 21. Rhxe1 Bxe6) 20. Qxe6 $18 Nf4 {[#]} 21. Qd7 (21. Qd6 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd6c5]} Ne2+ 22. Kb1 Qxf2 23. Rhf1 Qxg2 24. Rxf5 (24. Bxf5 Ng3 $14) 24... Rxf5 25. Bxf5) 21... Qxf2 (21... Qb6 $16 {was called for.} 22. Rhe1 Rad8) 22. Rd2 Qe3 {Strongly threatening ...Rad8.} 23. Kb1 Rfe8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (23... Nh5 $16) 24. Rhd1 $2 (24. Qxf5 $1 {[%csl Gc2][%cal Rf5h7][%mdl 512]} Kg8 25. Rd7) 24... Ng6 (24... Qe5 {keeps fighting.} 25. Qxf5 (25. Qxb7 Rab8 $16) 25... Qxf5 26. Bxf5 Rab8) 25. Qxb7 (25. Qxf5 $18 Nf8 26. Rf2) 25... Ne5 (25... Nxh4 $16 26. Qd5 Qg5) 26. Qd5 Ng4 $2 (26... Rab8 {is a better defense.} 27. c4 (27. Bxf5 Qf4 $16) 27... Rb4) 27. Qd4 $2 (27. Qxf5 $18 {[%csl Gc2][%cal Rf5h7]} Nf6 28. g4) 27... Qe7 (27... Rab8 $16) 28. Bb3 $2 (28. Bxf5 $18 Ne3 29. Re1) 28... Qxh4 $14 29. a3 Qg5 30. Ka2 ({White should try} 30. Ba4 $1 $14) 30... Nf6 {Precision: White = 35%, Black = 22%.} (30... a4 $11 31. Bf7 Rf8) 1-0

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gajwa Ankit"]
[Black "Panta, Sumit"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2292"]
[BlackElo "1993"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,19,53,54]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 Be7 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6 8. Qe2 O-O 9. Bg5 Nd5 10. h4 {LiveBook: 5 Games. C10: French with 3 Nc3: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3...dxe4} {Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} Nb4 $146 11. Bc4 f6 12. Be3 Rb8 13. a3 Nd5 14. O-O Bd6 15. Bd3 c6 16. c4 Ne7 17. Bd2 b6 {½-½ (57) Khegay,D (2478)-Saveliev,A (2379) Moscow 2017} *

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Patil, Pratik"]
[Black "Sengupta, Deep"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2258"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,72,28,28,51,44,33,35,42,41,48,23,39,18,31,0,0,0,0,17,41,39,18,21,42,19,22,8,70,37,48,48,47,46,66,49,71,72,71,75,79,78,77,74,94,34,35,22,22,22,22,22,22]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 a6 5. a4 Nc6 6. h3 Nf6 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 {B08: Pirc Defence: Classical System} dxe5 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Bc4 {LiveBook: 7 Games. White has an edge.} Re8 13. Ke2 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 13. O-O-O Be6 14. Bxe6 Rxe6 15. g4 h6 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Rxd5 {1-0 (32) Abasov,N (2575)-Benidze,D (2520) Istanbul 2017}) 13... Be6 14. Bxe6 Rxe6 15. Rhd1 Rc6 16. Rd3 Bf8 17. Rad1 Bd6 18. R1d2 Kg7 19. f3 Bb4 20. Rd1 b5 21. Ra1 Rb8 22. axb5 axb5 23. Bd2 Bd6 24. Kd1 Nd7 (24... b4 $11 25. Nd5 Nd7) 25. Be3 f5 26. Ra5 b4 27. Nb5 fxe4 28. fxe4 Kf6 {[#]} 29. b3 $1 ({Of course not} 29. Nxd6 $6 cxd6 30. Ra7 Ke6 $11) 29... Nc5 30. Na7 Ra6 31. Rxa6 Nxa6 {[#]} 32. Rd5 $1 {[%cal Rd5a5]} Rf8 33. Nc6 (33. Rb5 $16) 33... Nb8 $14 34. Nxb8 Rxb8 {The position is equal.} 35. Ra5 Ke6 36. Ke2 h5 {Precision: White = 54%, Black = 55%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mohammed Abdul, Malek"]
[Black "Mirzoev, Azer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2177"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,93,25,10,35,27,12,13,25,-8,0,0,26,0,27,0,25,9,20,0,0,-8,38,0,53,50,67,56,61,50,78,58,65,63,66,41,60,60,60,63,60,35,34,31,36,43,33,23,69,55,60,46,38,43,41,20,27,25,25,6,16,12,15,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,-249,-49,-218,0,-376]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O d6 5. c3 Bb6 6. Re1 Nf6 7. d3 h6 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} 8. h3 O-O 9. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3,Bg3f5][%mdl 32] LiveBook: 11 Games} (9. a4 a6 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. b4 Qd7 12. Bxe6 Qxe6 13. Nc4 Ba7 14. Qc2 Ne7 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Nxe3 {0-1 (84) Kryvoruchko,Y (2689)-Zhao,J (2604) Riadh 2017}) 9... Re8 10. Nf1 Be6 11. Bxe6 Rxe6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... fxe6 12. Be3 d5 13. exd5 exd5 14. Bxb6 axb6 15. Ng3 Qd7 16. Qd2 {½-½ (48) Neo Xiu Min,S-Pham Thi Thu,H Bandar Seri Begawan 2003}) 12. c4 Ne7 13. Ng3 Ng6 14. Nf5 Qf8 15. g3 c6 16. Kg2 d5 17. Qe2 Rd8 18. Nh2 Qb4 19. Ng4 Bc5 ({Better is} 19... Nxg4 $11 20. hxg4 dxc4 21. dxc4 Ne7) 20. Bd2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Qb6 21. b4 Bf8 22. Bc3 Rd7 23. Nxf6+ Rxf6 24. a3 Qd8 25. Rad1 Re6 26. h4 Ne7 27. Qf3 Qc7 28. c5 b6 29. Nd6 Nc8 $1 {[%cal Rc8d6]} 30. exd5 cxd5 31. Bxe5 {[#] aiming for Nb5.} Nxd6 32. cxd6 Bxd6 33. Bd4 Rxe1 34. Rxe1 {And now Re8+ would win.} Bf8 35. Re5 Qd6 36. h5 Rd8 37. Rf5 Qd7 38. Rf4 Qe6 39. Rf5 Qd7 40. g4 f6 41. Bb2 Qe6 42. Bd4 Be7 43. Bb2 a5 44. b5 a4 45. d4 $2 {[#]} (45. Rf4 $11) 45... Kf7 $2 (45... Rc8 $19 {...Rc2 is the strong threat.} 46. Qd3 (46. Qxd5 $2 Qxd5+ 47. Rxd5 Rc7 $19) 46... Kf7) 46. Bc1 $2 (46. Re5 $1 $15 Qd7 47. Bc1) 46... Rc8 $2 (46... Qe4 $19 {Strongly threatening ...Rc8.} 47. Rf4 Qc2) 47. Bf4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Precision: White = 43%, Black = 46%.} (47. Re5 $1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} Qd7 48. Rxd5) 0-1

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shantharam, K V"]
[Black "Kasparov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2163"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,89,2,13,0,0,0,0,-8,-14,-15,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,-15,-3,-133,-130,-123,-115,-268,-278,-263,-264,-264,-265,-262,-265,-273,-163,-183,-90,-286,-237,-238,-237,-232,-240,-301,-300,-287,-279,-585,-581,-576,-528,-393,-291,-456,-414,-575,-490,-12831,-7429,-29966,-29966,-29959,-6422,-29963,-29962,-5521,-5517,-5509]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. d4 Nc6 6. Bf4 a6 7. e3 Bg4 8. Be2 e6 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Rc1 O-O 13. O-O Rac8 {LiveBook: 21 Games} 14. Be2 {D13: Slav Defence: Exchange variation without ...Bf5} (14. Qd2 Ne7 15. Rc2 Rc7 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. a3 g6 18. Na4 Nd7 19. Be2 Rxc2 20. Rxc2 Rxc2 21. Qxc2 Qc6 22. Qxc6 Nxc6 {½-½ (34) Cheparinov,I (2682)-Salgado Lopez,I (2622) Dubai 2014}) 14... Rc7 15. Bd3 Rfc8 16. Qd2 {The position is equal.} g6 17. Na4 Nd7 18. Nc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18. Bb1 Na7 19. Rxc7 Qxc7 20. Qc3 Qxc3 21. Nxc3 Nb6 {½-½ (32) Kunte,M (2190)-Fischdick,G (2300) Moscow 1994}) 18... Nxc5 19. dxc5 Qd8 20. b4 d4 21. Rcd1 dxe3 22. Qxe3 (22. fxe3 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.} Rd7 23. Qc3) 22... Nxb4 $17 23. Bxg6 Nd5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has strong initiative.} 24. Bxf7+ $2 (24. Rxd5 $17 Qxd5 25. Be4) 24... Kxf7 $19 25. Qh6 Qf6 ({But not} 25... Rxc5 26. Qxh7+ Ke8 27. Qxb7 $17) 26. Qxh7+ Kf8 27. Qb1 Rg7 {( -> ...Qf3)} 28. Rd3 Kg8 (28... Rxc5 $142 {...Nf4 is the strong threat.} 29. Rg3 b5) 29. Rg3 {Now Qxb7 and White clings on.} Rxc5 (29... Rcc7 $19 30. Re1 Kf8) 30. Qe4 $2 (30. Qxb7 $17 {is the only way for White.} a5 31. Qd7) 30... Rcc7 31. Re1 Rcf7 32. Rxg7+ Rxg7 33. Qxe6+ Qxe6 34. Rxe6 {[#]} Rxg2+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 35. Kxg2 $2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KN} (35. Kf1 {was the crucial defense.} Rh2 36. Re8+ Kg7 37. Rb8) 35... Nf4+ 36. Kf3 Nxe6 {KN-K3P} 37. Ke4 Kf7 38. Ke5 {[#]} (38. f4 {only move.}) 38... Ke7 $1 39. h4 {[#]} Ng7 $1 {[%cal Rg7e8]} 40. f4 (40. Kd5 $142 Nh5 41. Kc5) 40... Nh5 41. f5 Nf6 42. a3 b6 43. a4 Nd7+ 44. Kd5 Kf6 45. Kc6 {Precision: White = 24%, Black = 64%.} 0-1

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Harshavardhan G B"]
[Black "Llaneza Vega, Marcos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2119"]
[BlackElo "2422"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,108,87,85,92,88,95,33,48,9,34,32,35,40,40,22,39,31,43,56,93,0,0,0,16,2,0,0,0,-49,-49,-49,-46,-116,-113,-94,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-109,123,116,275,268,316,307,385,384,343,375,350,355,316,313,371,363,276,215,381,369,347,325,466,457,392,415,397,350,12837,12836,12838,12839,12839,857,866,429,12840,1379,12846,12847,12849,12849,12851,12851,12851]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. Be2 Bg4 7. Be3 Nc6 8. d5 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Ne5 10. Be2 c6 11. f4 Ned7 12. O-O {LiveBook: 19 Games} Rc8 {E91: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2, unusual replies including 6...c5 and 6...Bg4} (12... Qa5 13. a3 Rfc8 14. b4 Qd8 15. Rc1 a5 16. Qb3 axb4 17. axb4 c5 18. e5 dxe5 19. fxe5 Nxe5 20. Bxc5 Bh6 {½-½ (29) Jankovic,A (2559)-Tadic,B (2513) Sarajevo 2013}) 13. Rc1 $146 (13. Bxa7 c5 $14) ({Predecessor:} 13. Rb1 a6 14. Qd2 Qc7 15. Rfc1 Rfe8 16. Bf3 Qb8 17. b4 cxd5 18. Nxd5 e5 19. Nxf6+ Nxf6 20. f5 {½-½ (53) Cummings,D (2305)-Hoi,C (2425) Copenhagen 1982}) 13... cxd5 14. cxd5 (14. exd5 $16 a6 15. a3) 14... Qa5 $14 {White is slightly better.} 15. Bf3 Rc4 16. Rf2 Rfc8 17. Rfc2 a6 18. Bf2 h5 19. h3 Bh6 20. Be3 Ne5 21. Qe2 (21. Be2 $16 Rb4 22. g4) 21... Nxf3+ $11 22. gxf3 Kh7 23. Kh1 b5 24. a3 Qd8 25. Nd1 {[%cal Rc2c4]} Rxc2 26. Rxc2 h4 27. f5 {[#]} ({Better is} 27. Nc3 $1 $15) 27... Nh5 $1 $17 {[%cal Rh5g3]} 28. Qd2 {aiming for Rxc8.} gxf5 ({Black should try} 28... Rxc2 $17 29. Qxc2 Bxe3 30. fxg6+ fxg6 31. Nxe3 Qf8) 29. Rxc8 $11 Qxc8 30. Bxh6 {And now Qg5 would win.} fxe4 31. Nf2 exf3 {Threatens to win with ...Ng3+.} 32. Bg5 {[#]} (32. Kg1 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 32... Ng3+ $2 (32... Qg8 $1 $17 {keeps the pressure on. ...f6 is the strong threat.} 33. Qe3 Qg6 34. Qxe7 Ng3+ 35. Kg1 (35. Kh2 Nf1+ 36. Kh1 Ng3+ 37. Kg1 Qb1+ 38. Kh2 Nf1+ 39. Kh1 Ne3+ 40. Kh2 Nf1+ 41. Kh1 Ne3+ 42. Kh2 Nf1+ $11) 35... Qb1+ 36. Kh2 Nf1+ 37. Kh1 Ne3+ 38. Kh2 Nf1+ 39. Kh1 Ng3+ 40. Kh2 Nf1+) 33. Kg1 $16 Qg8 $2 (33... Ne2+ $16 {was necessary.} 34. Kf1 f6) 34. Qd3+ $18 f5 35. Qe3 Qxd5 36. Qxe7+ Kg8 37. Bf6 {[%csl Gf6][%cal Re7g7]} (37. Bxh4 Ne4 $18) 37... Qf7 38. Qxf7+ ({Don't play} 38. Qxd6 Qg6 $18) ({Resist} 38. Bxh4 Qxe7 39. Bxe7 d5 $18) 38... Kxf7 39. Bxh4 Ne2+ 40. Kf1 Ke6 41. Nd1 Ke5 $2 (41... Nf4 {was worth a try.} 42. Kf2 Nxh3+ 43. Kxf3 d5) 42. Kf2 Nd4 43. Nc3 a5 (43... f4 {was called for.} 44. Bd8 Ne6) 44. b4 axb4 45. axb4 Nc6 46. Kxf3 Nxb4 $2 (46... Nd4+ 47. Kg3 d5) 47. Bg3+ {White is clearly winning.} Ke6 48. Nxb5 d5 49. Nd4+ Kf6 50. Ke3 (50. Ke2 $142 Kg5 51. Nf3+ Kg6 52. Ke3) 50... Kg5 (50... Na6 $142 51. Bd6 Kf7) 51. Bd6 (51. Bf4+ $142 Kh4 52. Bd6) 51... f4+ 52. Kd2 Kh4 53. Bxb4 Kxh3 54. Bd6 f3 {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 31%.} 1-0

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shrestha, Keshav"]
[Black "Prince, Bajaj"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2094"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,57,73,68,72,47,54,46,92,85,83,94,99,0,-21,-30,0,-197,-211,-217,-206,-233,-205,-312,-312,-316,-305,-403,-421,-633,-633,-1143,-299,-571,-561,-1182]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. O-O-O Be7 {B48: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 Be3 a6 without Be2} 9. f3 O-O (9... b5 10. g4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bb7 12. g5 Nh5 13. Ne2 Rc8 14. c3 O-O 15. Bh3 f5 16. gxf6 Nxf6 17. Bxf6 Rxf6 18. Qxd7 Rxf3 19. Qxe6+ {1-0 (30) Fedoseev,V (2724)-Quesada Perez,Y (2627) chess.com INT 2018}) 10. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5,Bg5g6][%mdl 32]} b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 11. g5 Ne8 12. Nxc6 dxc6 13. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32] LiveBook: 9 Games} e5 14. h5 Be6 15. g6 {[#]} b4 $146 {[#] aiming for ...Rd8.} ({Predecessor:} 15... Rd8 16. gxh7+ {1-0 (34) Balogh,C (2620)-Mastrovasilis,D (2569) Novi Sad 2009}) 16. Na4 Rd8 17. Bd3 c5 {[%cal Bc6c5,Bc5c4,Bc4b3,Bb3c2][%mdl 32]} 18. Qf2 (18. b3 $16) 18... c4 $11 19. Be2 b3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} (19... hxg6 $6 20. Rxd8 Qxd8 21. hxg6 $16) 20. axb3 $2 (20. cxb3 $1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 cxb3+ 22. Kb1) 20... cxb3 $19 {[%csl Gb3][%cal Rc7c2]} 21. Nc3 {[#]} Rb8 $1 (21... hxg6 22. Rxd8 Qxd8 23. hxg6 $11) (21... fxg6 22. Rxd8 Qxd8 23. hxg6 $11) 22. gxh7+ Kxh7 23. Rd5 (23. h6 g6 $17) (23. Bd3 $142 bxc2 24. Bxc2) 23... Nf6 (23... Bxd5 24. exd5 bxc2 25. Bxa6 $17) 24. Bd3 ({Reject} 24. h6 g6 $19) 24... Rfc8 ({Weaker is} 24... Bxd5 25. Nxd5 Qa5 26. c3 $17) 25. Qg3 (25. h6 g6 $19) 25... bxc2 26. Rg1 (26. Qxe5 $142 Qb7 27. Nb5 axb5 28. h6) 26... Ne8 27. Rxe5 Qb7 $2 (27... Rxb2 28. Bd2 Ba3 29. Bxc2 Rb5+ 30. Kd1 Qxe5 31. Qxe5 Rxe5) 28. Nb5 $2 (28. Bb5 Bd6 29. Qg5) 28... axb5 29. Qf2 {Precision: White = 31%, Black = 80%.} 0-1

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Subhayan Kundu"]
[Black "Fominyh, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2079"]
[BlackElo "2391"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,142,-5,-4,-20,-23,-24,-37,-33,-26,-28,-29,-27,-24,-26,-25,-25,-29,-28,-19,-27,-27,-50,-53,-83,-70,-78,-70,-81,-66,-97,-93,-97,-61,-91,-76,-71,0,-11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,-4,-6,-7,-94,-91,-117,-117,-117,-117,-117,-117,-146,-146,-144,-143,-156,-156,-164,-154,-147,-23,-23,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-375,-368,-439,-8,-8,-8,-4631,-4528,-2478,-2195,-12523,-10629,-7515,-303,-196,-189,-29958,-8776,-29960,-29961,-29962,-29962,-29960,-29962,-29961,-29957,-29963,-29967,-29963,-29965,-29971,-29973,-29974,-29975,-29972,-29975,-29976,-29977,-29976,-29977,-29979,-29980,-29980,-29981,-29982,-29983]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 {B46: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 a6} 8. e5 (8. Bd3 d5 9. e5 Nd7 10. f4 c5 11. Bf2 g5 12. Qh5 gxf4 13. O-O Bg7 14. Rae1 c4 15. Nxd5 cxd3 {0-1 (50) Hammer,J (2677)-Giri,A (2773) Stavanger 2015}) 8... Nd5 9. Nxd5 cxd5 10. Bd3 d6 11. exd6 Bxd6 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qh6 Bf8 14. Qg5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Qf4 Bg7 15. O-O {0-1 (48) Pena Torres,J (2084)-Sion Castro,M (2420) Orense 2000}) 14... Qxg5 15. Bxg5 Bg7 16. O-O-O Bd7 17. Rhe1 O-O 18. Bf4 Rfc8 19. g4 Bb5 20. Kb1 Ra7 21. g5 Rb7 {...Bxd3 is the strong threat.} 22. Be5 Bxd3 23. cxd3 Bxe5 24. Rxe5 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Rb4 25. Re3 Rh4 26. h3 Kf8 27. d4 Ke7 28. Ra3 Rc6 (28... Ra8 $17) 29. Rc1 $1 $11 {[%cal Rc1c6]} Rxc1+ 30. Kxc1 Rxd4 31. Rxa6 {KR-KR} Rf4 32. a4 e5 33. a5 Rxf2 34. Ra7+ Kd6 {Threatening ...e4.} 35. a6 e4 36. Ra8 (36. Rb7 $11 {remains equal.}) 36... Kc7 $17 37. a7 Kb7 38. Rd8 Kxa7 {Threatens to win with ...e3.} 39. Rxd5 Kb6 40. Rd4 Rf5 41. h4 Rf4 42. Rd7 Kc6 $1 {[%cal Rc6d7]} 43. Ra7 Kd5 44. b4 Kc4 (44... e3 $17 45. Kc2 Rxb4) 45. Kd2 $11 Kxb4 {And now ...Kc5 would win.} 46. Ke3 Rxh4 {Hoping for ...Kc5.} 47. Rxf7 Kc5 {aiming for ...Kd5.} 48. Rd7 Kc6 49. Rd1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (49. Ra7 $1 $11 {and White is okay.}) 49... Rg4 $1 $19 {[%cal Rg4g5]} 50. Rh1 Rxg5 $2 ({Black should try} 50... Kd5 $19 {Strongly threatening ...Rg3+.} 51. Rxh7 Rg3+ 52. Kf4 Rf3+ 53. Kg4 Rf5 54. Rd7+ Ke5) 51. Rxh7 $11 Rg4 52. Ra7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (52. Kd4 $11) 52... Kd5 $19 53. Ra5+ Ke6 54. Ra6+ Kf5 55. Ra5+ Kf6 56. Rb5 g5 57. Rb8 $2 (57. Rb6+ $19 Kf5 58. Rb5+ Kg6 59. Rb6+ Kh5 60. Re6) 57... Rh4 (57... Rf4 $142 58. Rd8 Kf5 59. Rf8+ Kg4 60. Rc8 Rf7 61. Rg8 Kh4 62. Rh8+ Kg3 63. Re8 g4 64. Rxe4 Kh3 65. Re8 g3 66. Rg8 g2 67. Ke2 Kh2 68. Rh8+ Kg1 69. Rh6 Re7+ 70. Kd2 Re4 71. Kd3 {[#]} Kf2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 72. Rf6+ Ke1 73. Kxe4 g1=Q 74. Rd6 Ke2 75. Ke5 Ke3 76. Kd5 Qg5+ 77. Kc6 Qg2+ 78. Kd7 Ke4 79. Rb6 Qg7+ 80. Kc6 Qf6+ 81. Kb5 Qe5+ 82. Ka6 Kd4 83. Rc6 Kd5 84. Kb7 Qe7+ 85. Rc7 Qe3 86. Rc6 Qe7+ 87. Rc7 Qe4 88. Rc6 Qe8 89. Rc2 Qa4 90. Rd2+ Kc5 91. Rb2 Qe4+ 92. Ka7 Kc6 93. Rb7 Qa4+ 94. Kb8 Qa5 95. Rb1 Qd8+ 96. Ka7 Qd4+ 97. Ka8 Qh8+ 98. Ka7 Qh7+ 99. Kb8 Qxb1+ 100. Kc8 Qb7+ 101. Kd8 Qd7#) 58. Rc8 Rf4 {Black mates.} 59. Rc5 Kg6 60. Ra5 Kh5 61. Ra1 Kg4 62. Rb1 Kh3 63. Rg1 Rf3+ 64. Kxe4 g4 {[%cal Bg5g4,Bg4g3,Bg3g2][%mdl 32]} 65. Ra1 Rf8 66. Ra7 g3 67. Ke3 Kh2 68. Rh7+ Kg1 69. Ra7 g2 70. Ra6 Rh8 71. Kf3 Kh1 {Precision: White = 36%, Black = 65%.} 0-1

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nepali, Badrilal"]
[Black "L'Ami, Alina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2020"]
[BlackElo "2316"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,77,15,11,-26,-10,-38,-11,-60,-12,-8,0,0,9,-19,-24,-18,-17,-38,-23,-45,-37,-40,-30,-39,-36,-49,0,0,0,-7,14,17,31,35,56,41,26,0,0,0,0,0,12,12,253,239,206,216,259,258,262,259,350,350,404,400,422,413,491,432,445,445,411,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 d6 6. Nc3 c6 7. d3 a6 8. a4 a5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 9. Bd2 {A16: English Opening: 1...Nf6 with ...d5} Na6 10. Rb1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Qc1 Re8 11. Bh6 Bh8 12. h3 Nc5 13. Ra3 e5 14. Ng5 Nh5 15. Nce4 Nxe4 16. dxe4 Qe7 {½-½ (58) Stanojoski,Z (2480)-Stanojevic,B (2279) Tivat 2011}) 10... Nb4 11. Ne1 {[%cal Bf3e1,Be1c2,Bc2e3][%mdl 32] The position is equal.} Be6 12. Nc2 d5 13. cxd5 Nbxd5 14. Ne3 Nb4 15. b3 Rb8 16. Nc2 b6 17. Nxb4 axb4 18. Ne4 Nd5 19. Qc1 c5 20. Bh6 Bxh6 21. Qxh6 {[#] Black must now prevent Ng5.} f6 22. h4 Bf7 23. Rfc1 Nc7 {[%cal Bd5c7,Bc7b5,Bb5c3][%mdl 32]} 24. a5 bxa5 25. Nxc5 Nb5 26. e3 (26. h5 $5 {[%cal Rh5g6]} Qd6 27. Ne4 $14) 26... Nc3 27. Rb2 e5 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Rc8.} (27... Rc8 $5 28. d4 $8 e5 $11) 28. h5 $1 {[%cal Rh5g6] hxg6 is the strong threat.} Rc8 29. hxg6 $40 {[%mdl 128] White mounts an attack.} Bxg6 $2 (29... hxg6 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 30. Be4 Nxe4 31. dxe4 Qe7) 30. Ne6 $1 $18 {[%csl Ge6,LRd8,LRf8][%cal Rh6g7]} Qe7 31. Nxf8 Qxf8 32. Qxf8+ Kxf8 33. Ra1 Bxd3 34. Rxa5 e4 35. Ra7 Kg8 36. Rb7 Nb5 37. Rd2 Ra8 38. Kh2 Nc3 39. Bxe4 $2 {[%mdl 32768] Precision: White = 51%, Black = 35%. . Loss on Time!?} (39. Bh3 $18) 1-0

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sengupta, Deep"]
[Black "Gurung, Rahul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "1962"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,39,79,95,95,135,72,167,120,145,121,169,162,170,96,92,87,104,102,108,34,98,31,35,-4,39,32,417,431,646,641,736,711]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} Bb4 4. e5 Ng8 5. Qg4 Bf8 (5... g6 6. d4 Nc6 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 d5 9. Bg5 Nce7 10. Bd3 c6 11. Ne2 Qc7 12. O-O h5 13. Qf4 b6 {1-0 (69) Kigigha,B (2291)-Olebile,T (2207) Windhoek 2014}) 6. d4 {[%cal Bd2d4,Bd4c5][%mdl 32] A18: English Opening: Flohr-Mikenas System (1 c4 Nf6 2 Nc3 e6 3 e4)} c5 7. Nf3 (7. dxc5 $142 h5 8. Qg5) 7... d6 $146 (7... cxd4 $16 8. Qxd4 (8. Nxd4 Nc6 $16) 8... Nc6) ({Predecessor:} 7... cxd4 8. Ne4 g6 9. Bg5 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qb6 11. Bd3 Be7 12. O-O h5 13. Qf4 {1-0 (25) Denegri,G (2019)-Llorens,S (2049) Buenos Aires 2011}) 8. dxc5 {White is clearly better.} dxe5 9. Nxe5 Nf6 {[#]} 10. Qg3 $1 $40 {[%mdl 128] White attacks with force.} Nbd7 11. Nxd7 (11. Be2 $18) 11... Bxd7 $16 12. Be3 Qa5 13. Bd3 Bc6 14. O-O-O ({White should play} 14. a3 $16) 14... Bxc5 $14 15. Bxc5 (15. Qxg7 $16 Ke7 16. Bd2) 15... Qxc5 16. Rhe1 {[%cal Bh1e1,Be1e5,Be5e6][%mdl 32]} Rd8 17. Re5 Qb6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (17... Qe7 $14) 18. Qxg7 $18 {[#] c5 is the strong threat.} Ke7 (18... Qxf2 $142 19. Qxh8+ Ke7 20. Rxe6+ fxe6 21. Qg7+ Ke8) 19. Rde1 Qd4 20. Rxe6+ {Precision: White = 44%, Black = 30%.} 1-0

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mirzoev, Azer"]
[Black "Shyaamnikhil P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "213"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,213,13,10,5,19,9,9,7,11,0,0,0,0,-4,6,0,0,0,1,0,14,6,14,0,0,0,0,-37,18,21,25,18,12,14,18,17,19,0,27,7,2,0,12,0,12,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,5,30,30,54,4,12,5,9,4,21,18,18,8,8,8,55,50,93,90,148,73,160,53,69,0,44,0,293,218,381,58,347,112,120,124,95,76,77,79,81,77,76,75,94,64,70,41,50,47,101,100,106,107,109,110,179,125,117,86,75,51,125,126,133,133,133,133,133,53,53,53,53,53,53,53,53,53,53,53,53,53,53,53,53,53,53,53,53,0,53,0,53,53,54,54,54,0,54,54,54,0,56,0,57,0,57,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. c3 d5 6. e3 b6 7. Be2 Bb7 8. O-O c5 9. a4 {D03: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 Bg5, including Torre Attack with early ...d5} Nc6 {LiveBook: 16 Games} 10. Bh4 $146 {[%cal Bg5h4,Bh4g3,Bg3d6][%mdl 32]} ({Predecessor:} 10. Qb1 h6 11. Bh4 Re8 12. Rd1 Rc8 13. Ne5 Nd7 14. f4 Nf6 15. Bf3 Qd6 16. Qd3 e6 {1-0 (70) Harikrishna,P (2744)-Amonatov,F (2636) Riadh 2017}) 10... Nd7 11. Qb3 Qc8 12. Rfd1 e6 13. Qa3 Re8 14. Bg3 Bf8 15. Qa2 Bg7 16. Rac1 Qd8 17. h3 a6 18. Bd6 c4 19. b3 b5 20. bxc4 bxc4 21. Rb1 Na5 22. Ne5 {[%cal Bf3e5,Be5g4,Bg4e3][%mdl 32]} Bf8 (22... Nxe5 $15 23. dxe5 Bc6) 23. Bxf8 $11 Nxf8 24. e4 Nd7 25. exd5 Bxd5 26. Ng4 Qc7 27. Ne3 Rac8 28. Re1 Nf6 29. Qa3 Rb8 30. Qa2 Rbc8 31. Rec1 Kg7 32. Bf1 e5 33. dxe5 Rxe5 34. Nxd5 Rxd5 35. Re1 Qf4 36. Re3 Rf5 37. Rf3 Qg5 38. Re1 Rxf3 39. Nxf3 Qc5 40. Re5 Qc7 41. Qa3 Nd7 42. Rd5 Nf6 43. Rd4 Nd7 44. Qe7 Nc5 45. Qe3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is on the roll.} Nxa4 (45... Ne6 $142) 46. Rh4 (46. Ng5 $142 $1 h6 47. Nxf7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxf7 48. Qxh6) 46... h5 (46... f6 $142) 47. Qd4+ (47. Ng5 $16 Qc5 48. Qg3 (48. Qf4 Qe7 $15)) 47... Kg8 $14 48. Ng5 (48. g4 $1 $14) 48... Rd8 49. Qe3 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Qc5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (49... Nb6 $11) 50. Qg3 $1 $18 Qe7 $2 (50... Qb6 51. Re4 Rf8) 51. Rf4 $2 (51. Re4 $18 Qd7 52. Rf4) 51... Rf8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (51... f5 $14) 52. Ne4 $2 (52. Nxf7 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Rxf7 53. Qxg6+ Kf8 54. Qh6+ Kg8 55. Rxf7 Qxf7 56. Qg5+ (56. Qxa6 Qd5 $16) 56... Kh8 57. Qe5+ Kg8 58. Qxa5) 52... Kg7 $16 {[#]} 53. Nf6 $1 Rh8 54. Qg5 Nc6 55. Rxc4 Qxf6 56. Qxf6+ Kxf6 57. Rxc6+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Ke5 58. Bxa6 Rb8 59. Bc4 Rb7 60. Bd3 h4 (60... Kd5 $14 61. Rc8 Nb6 62. Rd8+ Ke6) 61. Rc4 Nb2 62. Re4+ Kf6 63. Be2 Rb3 (63... Re7 $16 {was called for.} 64. Rf4+ Kg5 65. Rg4+ Kf5) 64. c4 ({Resist} 64. Rxh4 Rxc3 65. f3 Nd3 $16) (64. Rb4 $18 Rxb4 65. cxb4) 64... g5 65. f4 Kf5 66. Re7 Kf6 (66... Kxf4 $14 67. Rxf7+ Ke5) 67. Re5 gxf4 68. Rb5 Rxb5 69. cxb5 {KB-KN} Na4 70. Kf2 (70. Bc4 $16) 70... Ke5 $1 $14 71. Kf3 f5 $1 72. Bd3 Nb6 73. Bc2 Nc4 74. Kf2 $1 Nb6 75. Bb3 Kd4 76. Kf3 Ke5 77. Bf7 Nd7 78. Be8 Nb6 79. Bc6 Nc4 80. Ke2 (80. Bd7 $14) 80... Kd4 (80... Kd6 $11) 81. Bd7 (81. Be8 $1 $14) 81... Ke4 (81... f3+ $11 82. gxf3 f4) 82. Bc8 Nb6 83. Bb7+ $1 Kd4 84. Bc6 Nc4 $1 85. Be8 $1 Ke4 86. Bf7 ({White should try} 86. Kf2 $14) 86... Nb6 (86... Nd6 $11 87. b6 f3+ 88. gxf3+ Kd4) 87. Bb3 (87. Bh5 $1 $14) 87... Kd4 (87... f3+ $1 $11 88. gxf3+ Kd4) 88. Bc2 (88. Kf2 $14) 88... Ke5 (88... Kc5 $11) 89. Kd3 ({Better is} 89. Kf2 $14) 89... Kd5 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} 90. Bb3+ Kc5 91. Be6 Kxb5 92. Kd4 f3 93. gxf3 {Hoping for Ke5.} Kc6 94. Ke5 (94. Bxf5 Kd6 $18) 94... f4 95. Kxf4 Kd6 96. Bb3 Nd7 97. Kg5 {aiming for f4.} Ke7 98. f4 ({Weaker is} 98. Kxh4 Ne5 $18) 98... Nc5 99. Bc4 {And now f5 would win.} Ne4+ 100. Kg6 {Kh5 is the strong threat.} ({Less strong is} 100. Kxh4 Kf6 $18) 100... Kf8 101. Bd5 Nf2 102. Be6 {Black must now prevent Kg5.} Nd3 103. Kg5 {Strongly threatening Bb3.} Nxf4 104. Kxf4 Kg7 105. Kg5 Kh8 106. Bf5 Kg7 107. Kh5 {Precision: White = 51%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kasparov, Sergey"]
[Black "Gajwa Ankit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2292"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,127,22,12,12,7,24,-1,7,-31,-21,-35,0,0,0,0,13,0,12,5,15,0,0,0,0,0,39,-16,0,-15,-6,-36,21,27,34,0,15,-21,18,0,0,0,35,0,26,27,80,18,25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,483,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,24,14,36,-12816,-12818,-12816,-12817,-12821,-12818,-12816,-12813,-12744,0,-7176,-12639,-6800,-6927,-6800,0,-6489,-6489,-6489,-6489,-4134,300,320,322,292,305,321,287,274,267,267,267,267,278,275,598,581,29969,29971,29976,29977,29981,29982,29986,29987,29987,29988,29988,29988]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. d3 Bc5 7. h3 {LiveBook: 9 Games. C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines} Qe7 (7... Nd7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Be3 Bb4 10. O-O Re8 11. Nd2 Nf8 12. a3 Bd6 13. Nc4 Ng6 14. Nxd6 cxd6 {½-½ (36) Grischuk,A (2737)-Aronian,L (2785) Doha 2016}) 8. Nbd2 Nd7 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 8... O-O 9. Nc4 Bd6 10. O-O b5 11. Ne3 c5 12. b3 Be6 13. Ng5 Bd7 14. Bb2 h6 {½-½ (74) Bachmann,A (2505)-Arias,L (2293) Morelia 2008}) 9. Nc4 {White has an edge.} f6 10. Nh4 Nf8 11. Be3 Be6 12. Nf5 Bxf5 $1 13. exf5 O-O-O 14. Qf3 Nd7 15. O-O-O Nb6 16. Nxb6+ (16. Nd2 {NOTEXT} Kb8 17. Kb1 Na4 18. Nb3 Bd6 19. Qg4) 16... cxb6 17. Rhe1 Bxe3+ 18. Qxe3 Rhe8 19. Qe4 (19. Qxb6 $14 Qd7 20. g4) 19... Rd7 20. g4 Qf7 21. b3 Qd5 (21... Rd4 $15 22. Qe3 Red8) 22. Qxd5 $11 cxd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 23. c3 b5 24. Kd2 Kd8 25. a4 bxa4 26. bxa4 e4 27. d4 Rd6 28. Rb1 Re7 {[#]} (28... b6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 29. Rb4 (29. f3 $1 $16) 29... Rc7 30. Reb1 Rdc6 31. R1b3 Kc8 32. a5 Rc4 33. Kc2 R7c6 34. Rb6 Kb8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (34... Rxb6 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 35. Rxb6 Ra4) 35. Rxc6 $2 (35. Rxb7+ $18 Kc8 36. Rb8+ (36. Rxg7 Rxd4 37. Rb6 Rxb6 $18) 36... Kd7 37. R3b7+ Rc7 38. Rxc7+ Rxc7 39. Ra8) 35... Rxc6 $18 {KR-KR} 36. Rb4 b5 37. axb6 Kb7 38. Kb3 h5 (38... Rxb6 {NOTEXT} 39. Ka4 Kc7 40. h4 Rc6 41. Rb3 Rb6) 39. gxh5 Rxb6 {aiming for ...a5.} 40. c4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (40. Ka4 $14 Ka7 41. c4 dxc4 42. Rxc4) 40... dxc4+ $19 41. Kxc4 Rxb4+ 42. Kxb4 {KP-KP} Kb6 43. Kc4 Kc6 44. Kb4 Kb6 $2 ({Black should play} 44... a5+ $19 45. Kxa5 Kd5) 45. Ka4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (45. Kc4 $11 Kc6 46. d5+ Kd6 47. Kd4) 45... a5 46. Ka3 Kb5 47. Kb3 Kb6 $2 ({Black should try} 47... Kc6 $19 48. Kc4 a4) 48. Kc4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (48. Ka3 $11) 48... Kc6 49. h4 Kb6 50. Kd5 Kb5 $4 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (50... a4 $19 {and life is good for Black.} 51. Kc4 Kc6) 51. Ke6 $1 $18 a4 52. d5 a3 53. d6 a2 54. d7 a1=Q 55. d8=Q {KQ-KQ} Qe5+ 56. Kf7 {Threatens to win with Qe8+.} Qxf5 57. Qe8+ ({Resist} 57. Kxg7 Qg4+ 58. Kf8 Qxh5 $18) 57... Kc4 $2 (57... Kb4 58. Kxg7 Qg4+ 59. Qg6 Qd7+ 60. Kxf6 Qd4+ 61. Ke6 e3) 58. Kxg7 Qg4+ 59. Qg6 {White mates.} Qxh4 60. h6 {[%cal Bh5h6,Bh6h7][%mdl 32]} f5 61. h7 Qe7+ 62. Qf7+ Qxf7+ 63. Kxf7 Kd3 64. Ke6 {Precision: White = 32%, Black = 36%.} 1-0

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Llaneza Vega, Marcos"]
[Black "Jati, Bijay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B26"]
[WhiteElo "2422"]
[BlackElo "1901"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,59,21,-6,51,-15,20,27,46,32,66,-6,20,0,10,0,57,44,449,451,480,467,781,752,721,630,886,885,916,925,947,941,1308,1277,29968,29966,2550,1562,29977,29979,29974,29973,29980,29982,29982,29982]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. h3 O-O 8. Nge2 e5 9. Qd2 {LiveBook: 6 Games. B26: Closed Sicilian: 3 g3, lines with early Be3} (9. O-O Nd4 10. Kh2 Nh5 11. Nd5 Be6 12. c3 Nxe2 {½-½ (12) Rublevsky,S (2680)-Gelfand,B (2733) Sochi 2007}) 9... Be6 ({Better is} 9... Nd4 $11) 10. O-O (10. f4 $14) 10... Nd4 11. f4 {The position is equal.} Ne8 12. Rae1 Nc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Qd7 13. Kh2 f6 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 Nxe2 16. Qxe2 Nc7 17. fxe5 fxe5 18. c4 Rxf1 19. Rxf1 {½-½ (41) Ramik,Z (2280)-Brychta,I (2300) Prague 1992}) 13. Nd5 (13. g4 $1 $14) 13... f5 14. c3 Nxe2+ 15. Rxe2 Rc8 (15... fxe4 $11 16. dxe4 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bd7) 16. fxe5 $14 Bxe5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (16... Bxd5 $1 $14 17. exd5 Bxe5) 17. Bg5 $18 Qd7 18. Ne7+ Kg7 (18... Kh8 $142 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Nxc8 Qxc8) 19. exf5 gxf5 20. Nxc8 Rxc8 21. d4 cxd4 22. cxd4 Bxg3 23. Bh6+ Kf7 24. d5 Rg8 25. dxe6+ Nxe6 26. Rxf5+ Ke7 27. Bg5+ {White mates.} Ke8 28. Bd5 Be5 29. Bxe6 Qxe6 30. Rexe5 {Precision: White = 54%, Black =  8%.} 1-0

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Prince, Bajaj"]
[Black "Harshavardhan G B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2119"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d4 exd4 6. Qxd4 Qxd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. Nc3 O-O-O 9. Be3 Ne7 10. O-O-O c5 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. Ng5 Be6 13. Rxd8+ Nxd8 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. h4 Be7 16. Bg5 Re8 17. f3 Bd6 18. Ne2 Nf7 19. Bf4 Bxf4+ 20. Nxf4 Kd8 21. Kd2 Ke7 22. Ke2 Nd8 23. Nd3 b6 24. Ne5 Nf7 25. Nxf7 Kxf7 26. Rd1 Ke7 27. Ke3 b5 28. g4 c4 29. h5 e5 30. Rd5 Ke6 31. f4 exf4+ 32. Kxf4 Rf8+ 33. Rf5 Rd8 34. Re5+ Kf7 35. Rc5 Rd2 36. Rxc7+ Ke6 37. c3 Rf2+ 38. Ke3 Rxb2 39. Rxg7 Rxa2 40. Rxh7 Rg2 41. Kd4 Rxg4 42. Rh6+ Kf7 43. Rxa6 Rg3 44. Rb6 Rd3+ 45. Ke5 Rxc3 46. Rb7+ Kg8 47. Rxb5 Rh3 48. Kf6 c3 49. Rc5 Rf3+ 50. Ke6 Rh3 51. Rc8+ Kg7 52. Rc7+ Kf8 53. e5 Rxh5 54. Rc8+ Kg7 55. Rxc3 Rh6+ 56. Kd7 Ra6 57. e6 Kf6 58. Rf3+ Kg7 59. Rf7+ Kg8 60. Rf1 Ra7+ 61. Ke8 Ra8+ 62. Ke7 Ra7+ 63. Kf6 Kf8 64. Rb1 Rf7+ 65. Ke5 Rf2 66. Rb8+ Ke7 67. Rb7+ Ke8 68. Rb5 Ke7 69. Rb7+ Ke8 70. Rf7 Rxf7 71. exf7+ Kxf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fominyh, Alexander"]
[Black "Sandipan, Chanda"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2391"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,65,20,34,31,23,16,8,22,44,31,16,11,18,0,3,0,16,12,54,0,0,-16,-14,-27,-11,-14,-4,-41,-14,-26,-4,-15,-7,-12,0,0,0,0,0,-14,-20,-31,-20,-37,-41,-42,0,0,6,9,43,42,25,37,38,27]} 1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Nc3 e6 {LiveBook: 11 Games. A86: Dutch Defence: Leningrad System: Unusual lines and 5 Nh3} (6... d6 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. Qc2 a6 11. b3 b5 12. Bb2 Bd7 13. e3 Rb8 14. Rab1 Qe8 15. Ne2 bxc4 16. bxc4 Ba4 17. Qd3 Bd7 18. Qa3 Nb7 19. Qxa6 {1-0 (62) Karjakin,S (2783)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2751) chess.com INT 2017}) 7. d5 Na6 8. O-O Nc5 {The position is equal.} 9. dxe6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Be3 Nfe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bd4 c5 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Ne5 d6 14. Nd3 {1-0 (77) Meenakshi,S (2090)-Radha,S (2060) Khomikodze 1998}) 9... dxe6 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. Bf4 c6 $1 12. Rfd1 Re8 13. Bd6 Nfd7 14. Nd4 e5 15. Nb3 ({White should play} 15. Nxc6 $14 bxc6 16. Bxc5 Nxc5 17. Bxc6) 15... Ne6 $11 16. Na5 e4 17. Rac1 Ne5 18. c5 Nf7 19. Nc4 Nd4 20. Bf4 Be6 21. Nd6 Nxd6 22. cxd6 Bd7 23. Be3 Ne6 $1 {[%cal Bd4e6,Be6d8,Bd8f7][%mdl 32]} 24. f3 exf3 25. Bxf3 Nd8 26. Bf4 Nf7 27. Na4 {[#] Nc5 is the strong threat.} g5 {[%cal Bg6g5,Bg5g4][%mdl 32]} 28. Bd2 g4 29. Bg2 Rxe2 30. Bf4 $1 {White wants to play Bf1.} Rd8 31. Kf1 {[#]} Rxg2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 32. Kxg2 {Hoping for Nc5.} b6 $1 33. b4 {Precision: White = 65%, Black = 43%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Padmini, Rout"]
[Black "Tarlev, Konstantin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,108,16,19,16,16,6,4,2,11,2,7,-22,-26,-31,-14,-8,-13,-11,-1,-56,-64,-56,-61,-64,-57,-78,-64,-83,-60,-56,-60,-52,-62,-82,-26,-29,-35,-30,-15,-27,-12,-25,-9,-16,-7,-9,-7,-10,-10,-11,0,-8,-6,-14,-12,-5,-6,-20,-5,-8,-5,-14,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,29,0,5,0,26,-4,-5,-47,-5,-77,-4,-11,0,-75,-83,-141,-53,-320,-313,-263,-251,-260,-258,-256,-256]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. a4 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} (6. O-O a6 7. Re1 Ba7 8. Bb3 O-O 9. h3 h6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Nf1 Be6 12. Bc2 d5 13. Qe2 dxe4 14. dxe4 Qe7 15. Ng3 Rad8 16. Nh4 Qf8 17. Nhf5 Ne7 18. Ne3 Ng6 19. Ngf5 Nf4 {½-½ (38) Giri,A (2752)-Carlsen,M (2834) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 6... a6 {LiveBook: 72 Games} 7. Na3 Ne7 8. Nc2 {The position is equal.} Ng6 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 8... O-O 9. Bg5 Ng6 10. h4 h6 11. h5 Nf4 12. Bxf4 exf4 13. d4 Ba7 {0-1 (33) Beukema,S (2400)-Pruijssers,R (2508) Dieren 2017}) 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. Nxe3 c6 11. d4 Nxe4 12. dxe5 d5 13. Bd3 O-O 14. O-O Qe7 15. c4 ({Better is} 15. Re1 $11) 15... Nxe5 $15 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Nc4 Qg5 20. Qd4 Be6 21. Qxe4 Bd5 22. h4 Qh5 (22... Rae8 $17 23. Qf3 Qd8) 23. Qe5 Qxe5 24. Nxe5 Rfd8 25. Rfd1 f6 26. Nf3 Bxf3 27. gxf3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Kf7 28. Kg2 Rac8 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 {KR-KR} 30. Rc1 Ke6 31. Rc4 Rd5 32. Rc7 Rd7 33. Rc4 Kd5 34. b3 b6 35. Rc8 a5 36. h5 Rb7 37. Kg3 Kd4 38. Rc4+ Kd5 39. Rc8 Re7 40. f4 Re1 41. Kg2 Re7 42. Kf3 Kd6 43. Rc1 Rb7 44. Rc8 Re7 45. Rc1 f5 46. Rc3 Re1 47. Rd3+ (47. Kg2 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 47... Kc6 (47... Kc5 $17 {aiming for ...Rh1.} 48. Rd7 Rh1 49. Rxg7 Rxh5) 48. Rc3+ Kd6 (48... Kd5 $11) 49. Rd3+ $17 Kc5 50. Rd7 {[#]} Rh1 (50... Kb4 $1 $17 51. Rxg7 Kxb3) 51. Rc7+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({White should play} 51. Rxg7 $15 Rxh5 52. Rb7) 51... Kb4 $19 {Black has a decisive advantage.} 52. Rc6 Rh3+ ({And not} 52... Rxh5 53. Rxb6+ Ka3 54. Rb5 $11) 53. Ke2 Rxb3 ({Don't take} 53... Kxb3 54. Rxb6+ Kxa4 55. Rb7 $19) 54. Rxb6+ Kxa4 {Precision: White = 52%, Black = 51%.} 0-1

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "L'Ami, Alina"]
[Black "Sudarshan, Malga"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D60"]
[WhiteElo "2316"]
[BlackElo "1889"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 32,67,54,45,46,43,75,75,68,70,58,58,89,55,282,224,283,285,300,196,206,189,203,213,771,245,245,245,245,245,246,0,0,0,0,0,1192,554]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7f8,Bf8e6][%mdl 32]} 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 c6 9. Qc2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. h3 g6 12. Ne5 Ne6 {D36: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation: Main line (5 Bg5 c6 6 Qc2)} 13. Bh6 Ng7 (13... Bf8 14. Bxf8 Rxf8 15. b4 Qe7 16. Rab1 Ng7 17. Rfc1 Bf5 18. Ne2 Ne4 19. Nc3 Rac8 20. Nxe4 dxe4 {1-0 (63) Aczel,G (2549)-Berkes,F (2658) Budapest 2017}) 14. g4 Nd7 15. f4 Nxe5 16. fxe5 Bg5 17. Bxg5 {LiveBook: 9 Games} Qxg5 18. Qf2 Be6 19. Qf4 Qh4 20. Rf3 Rf8 $146 21. Raf1 Ne8 22. Ne2 f6 $2 (22... Bd7 $14) 23. Qh2 Rd8 24. Nf4 Bc8 25. e6 Rd6 26. Bxg6 $1 hxg6 27. Nxg6 Qh6 $2 (27... Qg5 28. Nxf8 Kxf8) 28. Nxf8 $2 (28. Ne7+ Kh7 29. Nf5 (29. Nxc8 Rxe6 30. Qg2 Rg8 $16)) 28... Qxf8 $18 {[#]} 29. g5 $1 {[%cal Rg5f6]} Rxe6 {[#]} 30. gxf6 $1 Rxf6 31. Qg2+ $2 ({Only move:} 31. Rxf6 $18 Nxf6 32. Qe5 Qg7+ 33. Kh2 Bxh3 34. Kxh3 Qh6+ 35. Kg2 Qg6+ 36. Kh3 Qh7+ 37. Kg2 Qe4+ 38. Kh3 Qh7+ 39. Kg2 Qg6+ 40. Qg3) 31... Kh7 $11 32. Qc2+ Kh6 33. Rf4 Rg6+ $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (33... Rxf4 $11 34. Rxf4 Qg7+ 35. Kh2 Nf6) 34. Qxg6+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 49%, Black = 25%.} 1-0

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Navalgund, Niranjan"]
[Black "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2286"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 32,58,13,0,0,-25,-25,-17,-16,-39,-32,-183,-183,-285,-262,-302,-303,-372,-377,-388,-393,-1857,-1830,-1678,-1681,-1548,-1484,-29997,-235]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 {[%cal Bf8g7,Bg7e5,Be5c7][%mdl 32]} 7. Nf3 c5 8. Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 Nc6 10. d5 Ne5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Qd2 e6 13. f4 Bc7 14. O-O exd5 15. exd5 Ba5 16. d6 Rb8 {D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3} 17. Rb5 {LiveBook: 13 Games} Bd7 (17... b6 18. Rxa5 bxa5 19. Ba3 Re8 20. Bxc5 Bf5 21. c4 Rc8 22. Be3 Rxe3 23. Qxe3 Qxd6 24. Rd1 {½-½ (64) Pert,N (2568)-Howell,D (2644) London 2016}) 18. Rxa5 Qxa5 {[#]Black has an edge.} 19. f5 $1 {[%cal Rf5f6][%mdl 512] f6 is the strong threat.} c4 $1 {Strongly threatening ...Qc5+.} (19... Bxf5 $2 20. Rxf5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rbe8 21. Rf1 $18) 20. f6 {White threatens Qh6 and mate.} Kh8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 20... Qc5+ 21. Kh1 Kh8 22. Qh6 Rg8 23. Bg5 Qe5 24. Bxc4 {½-½ (34) Bormida,A (2283)-Peto,P (2066) IECG email 2001}) 21. Qh6 $2 (21. Bxc4 $15 Qc5+ 22. Qd4 Qxd4+ 23. cxd4) 21... Rg8 $19 22. Bg5 (22. Qd2 {was worth a try.} Qc5+ 23. Qe3 Qxe3+ 24. Bxe3) 22... Qe5 ({But not} 22... Qxa2 23. Bf3 $19) (22... Qxc3 23. Rf4 $11) 23. Rf2 Rbe8 ({Not} 23... Qxd6 24. Bf4 $15) ({Weaker is} 23... Qxc3 24. Rf4 $11) 24. h3 Qc5 25. Kf1 {And now Rf4 would win.} Qb6 26. Rf4 $2 (26. Rf3) 26... Qb1+ 27. Kf2 {[#]} Rxe2+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 28. Kxe2 {[#]} Re8+ $1 29. Kf3 Qd3+ {Precision: White = 22%, Black = 100%.} 0-1

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Deshmukh, Anup"]
[Black "Gusain, Himal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2282"]
[BlackElo "2413"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,72,-6,-19,-19,-41,-10,-10,-12,-23,-21,-19,-9,-35,-31,-81,-12,-21,-22,-18,0,0,0,0,0,0,23,5,29,31,42,20,40,0,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,15,6,8,9,20,0,0,0,0,0,26,3,54,42,80,0,48,33,61,68,56]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. a3 (4. Nc3 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 dxc4 7. bxc4 c5 8. Rg1 Nc6 9. g4 a6 10. g5 Ne8 11. h4 Nd6 12. h5 f5 13. Be2 Rb8 14. a4 {1-0 (35) Grischuk,A (2767)-Kramnik,V (2800) Moscow 2018}) 4... Bd6 5. d4 b6 6. Nc3 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} O-O 7. Qc2 {LiveBook: 3 Games} c5 8. Be2 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O cxd4 11. Nb5 {½-½ (93) Sergeev,V (2488)-Heberla,B (2484) Ceska Trebova 2007}) 8... Bb7 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Rd1 Rc8 13. Qf5 a6 (13... Re8 $17) 14. b3 $11 Qe7 {next ...d4! is good for Black.} 15. Bb2 {[%cal Rc3d5]} Rfe8 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Rxd5 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Nf6 (18... Nb6 {is interesting.} 19. Qd2 c4 20. b4 Qe6 21. Rc1 Be7) 19. Qf5 Rc6 20. Bc4 h6 21. Qd3 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Rd8 {aiming for ...Bxh2+!} 22. Qe2 a5 23. a4 Bc7 24. Re1 Ne4 25. g3 Rcd6 {...Rd2! is the strong threat.} 26. Ba1 Nd2 27. Nxd2 Rxd2 28. Qf3 R8d7 29. Rf1 Be5 30. Bxe5 Qxe5 31. Qa8+ Kh7 32. Qxa5 Rb2 (32... Qf5 $11) 33. Qa8 Qf5 {[#] And now ...Rd1! would win.} 34. Kg2 ({White should try} 34. e4 $1 $16 {[%cal Re4f5]} Qf6 35. Qc8) 34... Rdd2 {[%cal Rd2f2]} (34... Rd1 $5 {[%cal Rd1f1]} 35. e4 {[#]} (35. Rxd1 $2 {is the wrong capture.} Qxf2+ 36. Kh3 Qxh2+ 37. Kg4 h5+ 38. Kf4 Rf2+ 39. Ke5 Qxg3+ 40. Kd5 Qf3+ 41. e4 Qxd1+ $19) 35... Qf6 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]}) 35. Qf3 Qxf3+ 36. Kxf3 Kg6 {Precision: White = 53%, Black = 39%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Neelash Saha"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2212"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,87,22,28,20,49,47,37,17,33,32,49,49,52,52,39,35,62,15,16,0,0,0,0,-106,-102,-99,-41,-58,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,425,391,633,628,594,594,591,594,1335,1345,1223,1291,1183,830,816,804,741,740,1123,1158,1160,1118,1059,1041,1456,1362,1450,1266,1246,1180,6164,11415,5256,5265,5246,5246,5151,5116,5106,2005,29985,29986,29986,29987]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. g3 (4. Nc3 Nf6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. e3 Nc6 9. Bd3 Bg4 10. a3 Bxg3 11. hxg3 g6 12. Qc2 Qd6 13. O-O-O b5 {1-0 (54) Bu,X (2730)-Bosiocic,M (2624) Riadh 2017}) 4... dxc4 5. Bg2 Ne7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 5... Nc6 6. O-O Rb8 7. e4 Nf6 8. Nc3 Be7 9. Qe2 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. Rd1 Qc5 12. Be3 Qa5 13. Bd2 Qc5 14. Be3 Qa5 15. Bd2 Qc5 16. e5 Nd7 17. Ne4 {0-1 (47) Halkias,S (2583)-Ibarra Jerez,J (2561) Heraklio 2017}) 6. O-O {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3} b5 7. Ne5 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} c6 8. e3 {White is slightly better.} f6 9. Nf3 Nd7 10. b3 cxb3 11. axb3 Nd5 12. Bd2 a5 13. Nh4 {And now Qh5+ would win.} g6 14. Qc2 Qb6 15. Rc1 Bb7 $1 16. Nxg6 (16. Nc3 $11 {remains equal.}) 16... hxg6 $17 17. Qxg6+ {[#]} Kd8 (17... Ke7 $1 $17 18. Nc3 Nxc3 19. Rxc3 b4) 18. e4 $15 Nb4 ({Weaker is} 18... Qxd4 19. exd5 cxd5 20. Bxa5+ Ke7 21. Bc3 $16) ({Better is} 18... Nc7 $15 19. Be3 a4) 19. Be3 $1 $11 c5 20. dxc5 Qc6 $1 {White must now prevent ...Nd3.} 21. Nc3 {Strongly threatening Rd1.} Ke7 $1 {Hoping for ...Ne5.} 22. Bf4 $1 {Nd5+! is the strong threat.} Nd3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (22... Ne5 $1 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 23. Bxe5 fxe5) 23. Nd5+ $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Kd8 $2 (23... exd5 24. exd5 Nxf4 25. gxf4 Qxd5 26. Bxd5 Bxd5) 24. Bc7+ Qxc7 25. Nxc7 Kxc7 {[#]} 26. c6 $1 Bxc6 {[#]} 27. Rxc6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxc6 28. e5+ $1 Kb6 29. Qxd3 Nxe5 30. Qe4 Ra7 31. Rc1 Bc5 {[#]} 32. Rxc5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxc5 33. Qe3+ Kb4 34. Qxa7 Kxb3 35. Qxa5 b4 36. Qa6 Re8 37. Bc6 Nxc6 38. Qxc6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KR} Rd8 39. Qxe6+ Kc3 40. Qxf6+ Rd4 41. Kf1 b3 42. Ke2 {White wants to mate with Ke3.} b2 43. Ke3 b1=Q 44. Qxd4+ {Precision: White = 74%, Black = 46%.} 1-0

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jaiswal, Rupesh"]
[Black "Shubham Shukla"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2121"]
[BlackElo "1838"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. Be2 d6 6. h3 c6 7. c3 Qc7 8. Nbd2 Nbd7 9. Ng5 Nf8 10. Bc4 Nd5 11. Bh2 h6 12. Ngf3 Nb6 13. Bb3 e5 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Nc4 Nxc4 16. Bxc4 b5 17. Bb3 Be6 18. O-O Qe7 19. a4 Nd7 20. axb5 cxb5 21. Bd5 Rd8 22. Qb3 Bxd5 23. Qxd5 Nc5 24. Qc6+ Kf8 25. Qxg6 1-0

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Harshita Guddanti"]
[Black "Sriram, Jha"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2064"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,82,56,47,70,55,57,25,27,28,19,12,28,28,27,28,21,-26,-25,-19,-3,-54,-51,-62,-64,-73,-58,-62,-55,-82,-73,-97,-84,-108,-96,-80,-41,-52,-40,-116,-110,-110,-106,-95,-59,-89,-40,-65,0,-26,-29,-29,-7,-43,-43,-36,-8,-23,-29,-54,-52,-45,-56,-508,-509,-489,-464]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1 Nd7 9. Nbd2 {C84: Closed Ruy Lopez: Unusual White 6th moves} (9. Be3 Nb6 10. Bb3 Kh8 11. Nbd2 f5 12. Bxb6 cxb6 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. d4 exd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. cxd4 Qd7 {0-1 (32) Anand,V (2783)-Caruana,F (2807) Saint Louis 2017}) 9... Kh8 10. d4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Bf6 {[%cal Re5d4]} 11. Bxc6 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 11. Nf1 b5 12. Bc2 Nb6 13. Ne3 g6 14. h3 Bg7 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 {0-1 (39) Deshpande,A (2208)-Lemos,D (2516) Sitges 2016}) 11... bxc6 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Nc4 Bf6 15. Bf4 Be6 16. Na5 Qb8 17. Nb3 Qb5 18. Re2 Bc4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 19. Rd2 (19. Re3 $11) 19... Rfe8 $15 20. f3 c5 21. Nc1 a5 22. a4 Qc6 23. Qc2 Rab8 24. Rb1 Be6 25. c4 Bd4+ 26. Kh1 {[#]} f5 $1 {[%mdl 512] Strongly threatening ...fxe4.} 27. Ne2 (27. exf5 Bxf5) 27... fxe4 28. fxe4 {[#]} ({White should play} 28. Nxd4 $15 cxd4 29. Qxe4 Qxa4 30. Qxd4) 28... Bf6 $1 $17 29. b3 Bf7 30. Ng3 Re6 31. Re2 Rbe8 32. Bd2 Qa8 ({Better is} 32... h5 $15 33. Bc3 h4 34. Bxf6 Rxf6) 33. Rbe1 Bg6 34. Qd3 Bh4 35. Qd5 c6 {[%cal Bc7c6,Bc6d5][%mdl 32]} 36. Qd3 Bxg3 37. hxg3 {[#]} d5 $1 {[%cal Rg6e4][%mdl 512]} 38. cxd5 cxd5 {[%cal Rg6e4]} 39. Qb5 Bxe4 40. Bxa5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (40. Qxa5 $15 Qb7 41. Qc3) 40... Rb8 $19 41. Qxc5 Rc6 {Precision: White = 41%, Black = 63%.} 0-1

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hamal, Manish"]
[Black "Sharma, Bhagawati Prasad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2058"]
[BlackElo "1829"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Nxc3 a6 6. Bc4 Ne7 7. O-O Ng6 8. Qe2 Be7 9. Re1 Qc7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Rac1 b5 12. Bb3 Bb7 13. a3 Nc6 14. g3 Rac8 15. h4 Rfe8 16. Ng5 Bxg5 17. Bxg5 f6 18. Be3 Na5 19. Bc2 Nc4 20. h5 Nxe3 21. Qxe3 Ne5 22. Rcd1 Red8 23. Qe2 1-0

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sonkalan Bharati"]
[Black "Dahal, Sushrut"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2050"]
[BlackElo "1792"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. Bd3 d6 7. h3 Nbd7 8. O-O O-O 9. c3 Rc8 10. Qe2 c5 11. e4 Ne8 12. e5 d5 13. Rae1 g6 14. Nh2 Bg5 15. Bxg5 Qxg5 16. f4 Qe7 17. g4 Ng7 18. f5 exf5 19. gxf5 Nh5 20. f6 Qe6 21. Qe3 Rfe8 22. Ng4 Kh8 23. Qh6 Rg8 24. Nf3 Nf8 25. Qd2 Nd7 26. Ng5 Qe8 27. Nxf7+ Qxf7 28. e6 1-0

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anustoop Biswas"]
[Black "Patil, Pratik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2039"]
[BlackElo "2258"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,90,-7,0,1,12,0,15,19,144,66,106,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-12,-6,-6,-9,-17,-14,-25,-17,-28,-29,-26,-17,-27,-13,-16,-18,-42,-15,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-71,-75,-75,-77,-76,-76,-71,-72,-71,-251,-237,-525,-512,-468,-467,-539,-535,-520,-542,-595,-595,-712,-702,-757,-741,-6049,-5812,-29991,-29992,-29993,-29992,-29997,-29998]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. f4 d5 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Bxd7+ Qxd7 6. Nf3 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Nc6 8. d3 Be7 {LiveBook: 5 Games. B23: Closed Sicilian: Lines without g3} 9. Be3 b6 10. Ne5 Nxe5 {The position is equal.} (10... Qc7 11. Qf3 Rc8 12. O-O Nf6 13. Nxc6 {½-½ (13) Sveshnikov,E (2535)-Degraeve,J (2553) Cappelle-la-Grande 2009}) 11. fxe5 Qd5 {[#]} (11... f5 $1 $11 12. Nd2 O-O-O) 12. Qf3 $1 $16 {0-0 is the strong threat.} O-O-O $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 12... f5 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. c4 Qd8 15. Ng5 Rc8 16. Nxe6 Qxd3 {1-0 (29) Lerch Gallemi,J-Sadabell del Hoyo,C Spain 1994}) 13. Bf4 (13. Qxf7 $16 Qxe5 14. O-O) 13... f5 $11 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. O-O Nxe4 16. dxe4 Qd4+ 17. Be3 Qe5 18. Qf4 Bd6 {[#] Hoping for ...Qh5.} 19. Qxe5 Bxe5 20. Rf7 Rd7 21. Rxd7 Kxd7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 22. Rd1+ Kc6 23. c3 Rf8 24. g3 a6 25. Kg2 b5 26. Ra1 Rb8 27. Rb1 (27. Rd1 $11 {remains equal.}) 27... b4 $17 28. cxb4 Rxb4 29. b3 Rxe4 30. Kf3 Rb4 31. Rc1 Bd4 32. Bd2 Rb7 33. Ke4 Rf7 34. b4 $2 (34. Be3 $17 Rd7 35. Rc2) 34... Rf2 $19 35. Kd3 $2 (35. Rd1) 35... Kd5 36. bxc5 {With the idea c6.} e5 {[%cal Be6e5,Be5e4,Be4e3][%mdl 32]} 37. c6 {Threatens to win with c7.} e4+ 38. Kc2 {aiming for c7.} Kxc6 39. Kd1+ Kd5 40. h4 e3 41. Be1 Rxa2 {[%csl Ga2][%cal Re3e2]} 42. Rc8 Ke4 {( -> ...Kd3)} 43. Bb4 Kd3 {Black mates.} 44. Rc1 a5 45. Bd6 Rg2 {Precision: White = 37%, Black = 62%.} 0-1

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nepali, Badrilal"]
[Black "Harsha Bharathakoti"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2020"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,92,0,8,12,0,0,10,18,20,12,17,-2,-7,-8,0,-2,0,-5,0,-4,0,-16,-16,-21,-20,-28,-27,-22,-21,-25,-22,-31,-27,-19,-25,-24,-37,-55,-29,-30,-21,-54,-54,-54,-54,-59,-59,-74,-75,-79,-63,-63,-63,-63,0,0,0,0,0,-2,-2,-32,0,0,0,0,15,-4,0,-39,-39,-39,0,-39,-39,-39,-39,-39,0,-39,-39]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Ne7 6. c4 dxc4 {A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems} (6... c6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Qc2 h6 9. b3 Re8 10. Ba3 Na6 11. Rac1 Qa5 12. Bb2 Bg4 13. a3 Qd8 14. b4 Nc7 15. cxd5 Nexd5 {½-½ (70) Petrosian,T (2601)-Jumabayev,R (2612) Riadh 2017}) 7. dxc4 O-O {LiveBook: 3 Games} 8. Qxd8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. Nc3 c6 9. Qb3 h6 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. Ne4 Na6 12. Be3 Nf5 13. Bd2 Be6 14. Qa4 {0-1 (35) Nguyen,H (2257)-To,N (2326) Vietnam 2016}) 8... Rxd8 {The position is equal.} 9. Nc3 c6 10. e4 Be6 11. b3 f6 12. Ba3 Bf8 13. Rfd1 Na6 14. Ne1 g5 15. Nc2 Ng6 16. Bxf8 Kxf8 17. Kf1 Nc5 18. Ke2 a5 19. Ne3 Ne7 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Rd1 Rd4 22. Nc2 Rxd1 23. Kxd1 Nc8 24. Ne3 Nd6 25. Kd2 Kf7 26. f3 h5 {[%cal Bh7h5,Bh5h4][%mdl 32]} 27. h3 h4 28. g4 Ke8 29. Bf1 Bf7 30. Bd3 Kd7 31. Ne2 b5 32. cxb5 cxb5 33. Nc3 Kc6 ({Black should play} 33... b4 $1 $15 34. Ncd5 Bxd5 35. Nxd5 Ke6) 34. Ncd5 $11 Nd7 35. a3 Nb6 {[%cal Rb6d5]} 36. Nxb6 Kxb6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} 37. Kc3 Nb7 38. b4 Nd8 39. Nf5 Be6 40. Ne3 Nc6 41. Nc2 Ne7 42. Ne3 Nc6 43. Be2 Nd4 44. Bd1 $1 a4 45. Kd2 Bc4 46. Ke1 Bb3 {Precision: White = 57%, Black = 61%.} 0-1

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karmacharya, Punya Man"]
[Black "Kaustuv, Kundu"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "1933"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,100,0,-19,-74,-65,-82,-56,-94,-96,-98,-89,-90,-91,-122,-120,-117,-105,-139,-137,-220,-214,-199,-114,-108,-126,-177,-110,-100,-106,-181,-175,-207,-197,-225,-214,-391,-181,-193,-190,-184,-178,-237,-177,-259,-274,-255,-186,-180,-168,-201,-199,-442,-442,-442,-437,-442,-437,-499,-435,-433,-428,-421,-421,-545,-544,-523,-476,-768,-762,-761,-728,-716,-695,-761,-753,-696,-661,-759,-762,-723,-720,-11659,-6635,-5932,-5856,-29966,-29962,-5879,-5531]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. Bf4 e5 7. Be3 Nf6 {LiveBook: 318 Games} 8. Be2 $146 {B44: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nb5} (8. N5c3 $11 {keeps the balance.}) ({Predecessor:} 8. Bg5 Be6 9. c4 Be7 10. N1c3 O-O 11. Be2 a6 12. Na3 Nxe4 13. Bxe7 Nxc3 14. Bxd8 Nxd1 15. Bc7 Nxb2 16. Bxd6 Rfd8 {0-1 (27) Leko,P (2730)-Grischuk,A (2783) Beijing 2013}) 8... Nxe4 $17 9. O-O Be7 10. f3 {Black is slightly better.} Nf6 11. c4 a6 12. N5c3 O-O 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5 {[#]} Nd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 15. Bxd4 exd4 16. Qxd4 (16. Nd2 $17) 16... Bf6 $19 17. Qb4 Qe7 (17... Re8 $1 $19 18. Bc4 Be5) 18. Qd2 $17 Re8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping White busy.} 19. Bc4 {[#]} (19. Re1 $17) 19... Qe3+ ({Better is} 19... b5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rb5c4]} 20. Bb3 {[#]} b4 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 20. Qxe3 Rxe3 21. Nd2 (21. Nc3 $17) 21... Bxb2 22. Rad1 b5 23. Bb3 Bf5 24. Kf2 $2 (24. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1) 24... Re7 (24... Bd4 $142 25. Kg3 Rae8) 25. Rfe1 Bd4+ 26. Kg3 Rae8 27. Ne4 {[#]} (27. Rxe7 $142 Rxe7 28. Ne4) 27... Bc3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 28. Re3 (28. Re2 $142) (28. Nxc3 Rxe1) 28... Be5+ $19 ({Inferior is} 28... Bxe4 29. Rxc3 Bf5 30. Rc6 $11) 29. Kf2 Bf4 ({Don't do} 29... Bxh2 30. g3 $17) 30. Re2 Bxe4 ({But not} 30... Bxh2 31. g3 $17) 31. Rde1 f5 32. Bc2 $2 {[#]} (32. g3 {is a better defense.} Be5 33. fxe4) 32... Bxc2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 33. Rxe7 (33. Rxc2 Rxe1) 33... Rxe7 34. Rxe7 Be5 35. Re8+ Kf7 36. Ra8 Bd3 37. Rxa6 Bc4 38. Ra5 Bd4+ 39. Kg3 Bb6 40. Ra6 (40. Ra8 $142) 40... Bc5 41. Kf4 Kf6 42. h4 Bxd5 43. g4 fxg4 44. fxg4 h6 45. h5 Be6 46. Ra8 Bd4 47. a4 Be5+ 48. Ke4 bxa4 49. g5+ Kxg5 50. Rxa4 Kxh5 {Precision: White = 33%, Black = 66%.} 0-1

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lama, Surbir"]
[Black "Thing, Bibek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "1911"]
[BlackElo "2263"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,122,0,0,0,32,-62,-58,-35,-25,-31,-19,-75,-86,-99,-93,-92,-83,-94,-89,-89,-81,-81,-81,-103,-81,-89,-83,-94,-17,-31,0,0,0,-109,-26,-18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-24,-18,-18,-11,-11,-11,-11,-11,-11,-14,-28,-29,-29,-29,-86,-39,-39,-29,-29,-31,-59,-66,-68,0,-43,-43,-50,-30,-32,-33,-127,-91,-83,-83,-500,-400,-386,-385,-715,-672,-605,-587,-557,-405,-29975,-29977,-29977,-29977,-29982,-29983,-29983,-29984,-29986,-29985,-29986,-29987,-29988,-29987]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Ne5 Bc6 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3} 7. Nxc6 Nxc6 8. Bxc6+ (8. e3 Qd7 9. O-O Rd8 10. Qe2 e5 11. Nc3 Be7 12. Qxc4 exd4 13. Rd1 O-O 14. Bxc6 Qxc6 15. Qxc6 bxc6 16. Rxd4 Rxd4 17. exd4 {½-½ (31) Yilmaz,M (2619)-Can,E (2603) Reykjavik 2018}) 8... bxc6 9. Qa4 Qd5 10. O-O Qb5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 11. Qc2 Nd5 12. Na3 $146 (12. e4 $14) ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 12. e4 Nb4 13. Qe2 Nd3 14. Nc3 {1-0 (77) Erler,M-Gabriel,R (2245) Germany 1990}) 12... Bxa3 $1 $15 13. bxa3 O-O 14. Rb1 Qa6 $1 15. e4 (15. Bd2 $11) 15... Nb6 $17 16. f4 Rad8 17. Bb2 Qa5 18. Qc3 Qxc3 19. Bxc3 f5 20. Rfe1 Rfe8 21. Kf2 Kf7 22. Kf3 fxe4+ 23. Rxe4 Nd5 (23... Rd5 $17) 24. Rc1 $11 Rb8 25. Re2 Rb6 26. Rec2 (26. Bb4 $11) 26... Reb8 ({Black should play} 26... Ra6 $17 27. Bb4 c3 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 27. Bb4 $1 Nxb4 (27... a5 {NOTEXT} 28. Bd2 Ke7 29. Rxc4 Rb2 30. R4c2 Rxc2 31. Rxc2 a4) 28. axb4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Ra6 29. Rxc4 Rxa2 30. Rxc6 Rxb4 31. Rxc7+ Kf6 32. d5 Rb3+ 33. Kg4 {next R1c6 is good for White.} Rxh2 {[%csl Gh2][%cal Rh7h5]} 34. R1c3 $1 {[%cal Rc3b3]} h5+ 35. Kf3 Rxc3+ 36. Rxc3 exd5 {KR-KR} 37. Rc6+ Kf5 38. Rc5 Rd2 39. Ke3 Rd1 40. Ke2 (40. Ra5 $11) 40... Rd4 {aiming for ...Kg4.} (40... Ra1 {NOTEXT} 41. Rxd5+ Kg6 42. Rd6+ Kf7 43. Rd7+ Kf6) 41. Ke3 $1 {[%cal Re3d4]} Re4+ 42. Kf3 Ke6 {And now ...Ra4 would win.} 43. Rc6+ Kf7 44. Rc5 Ke6 {Threatens to win with ...Ra4.} 45. Rc6+ $1 Kd7 46. Ra6 Re7 47. Rxa7+ Kd6 48. Ra6+ (48. Ra5 $15) 48... Kc5 $17 49. Ra5+ Kc4 50. Ra4+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (50. Kf2 $17 {was the crucial defense.}) 50... Kb5 51. Rd4 Kc5 52. Ra4 $2 {[#]} (52. Rd1 d4 53. Kf2) 52... d4 $1 $19 {[%cal Bd5d4,Bd4d3,Bd3d2][%mdl 32]} 53. Ra5+ Kc4 54. Rxh5 {[#]} d3 $1 {[%cal Rd3d2] ( -> ...d2)} 55. Rh1 (55. Rh8 $19 Kc3 56. Kf2) 55... d2 {Black mates.} 56. Rd1 Kd3 57. f5 Re1 58. Rxd2+ Kxd2 59. Kg4 Kd3 60. Kg5 Ke4 61. g4 Rg1 {Precision: White = 45%, Black = 57%.} 0-1

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lama, Suman"]
[Black "Ramaraju, N."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "1900"]
[BlackElo "2175"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. b3 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Nc6 8. Qd1 d5 9. Bb2 Be7 10. Nd4 Qb6 11. e3 Rc8 12. Qe2 a6 13. Rc1 O-O 14. Nd2 Rfe8 15. a3 h6 16. b4 Rc7 17. N2b3 Rec8 18. h4 Nb8 19. Nf3 Ba8 20. Bd4 Qc6 21. Ne5 Qe8 22. Nc5 Bxc5 23. Bxc5 Nfd7 24. Bd6 Nxe5 25. Bxe5 Rc4 26. f4 f6 27. Bxb8 Rxb8 28. Bh3 Rbc8 29. Qd2 Qc6 30. Qd3 f5 31. Ra2 d4 32. Kh2 Qf3 33. Rf1 Qd5 34. Qb3 dxe3 35. c3 Rxc3 36. Qb1 Qxa2+ 37. Qxa2 Rc2+ 38. Qxc2 Rxc2+ 39. Kg1 Ra2 40. Re1 Rxa3 41. Bg2 Bd5 42. Kf1 Bc4+ 43. Kg1 e2 44. Kf2 Kf7 45. Bf3 Kf6 46. g4 fxg4 47. Bxg4 g6 48. Rc1 h5 49. Bf3 Kf5 0-1

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shrestha, Rajendra Prasad"]
[Black "BK Shivum Kumar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1822"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. c4 Bf5 4. Nc3 g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3 O-O 9. O-O Nb6 10. Bf4 Nh5 11. Be5 f6 12. Bg3 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Qd7 14. Rfe1 Rfe8 15. Ne4 Na4 16. b3 Nb6 17. Nc5 Qc8 18. Re6 Nd7 19. Rae1 Nxc5 20. dxc5 Qd7 21. Nd4 f5 22. c6 bxc6 23. Nxc6 Bf6 24. Qe3 Kf8 25. a4 a6 26. Qc5 Rac8 27. Rxf6+ Kg7 28. Rfe6 Kf8 29. Rxe7 Rxe7 30. Nxe7 Kg7 1-0

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shrestha, Suman"]
[Black "Tamang Thendup"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "1807"]
[BlackElo "1953"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nbd2 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 b6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 cxd4 11. Qe2 Bb7 12. Nfg5 g6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Nxh7 Kxh7 15. Qh5+ Kg8 16. Bxg6 fxg6 17. Qxg6+ Bg7 18. Rxe6 Rf6 19. Qg4 Bc8 20. Bh6 Rxh6 21. Rae1 Bxe6 22. Rxe6 Rxe6 23. Qxe6+ 0-1

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dangi, Mani Raj"]
[Black "Subhayan Kundu"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "1789"]
[BlackElo "2079"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. c3 e5 5. Bb5 exd4 6. cxd4 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Qd5 8. Qe2 Bb4+ 9. Nc3+ Nge7 10. Be3 Qxg2 11. Qf3 Qxf3 12. Nxf3 O-O 13. Rg1 Nd5 14. Bd2 Re8+ 15. Kd1 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Bd7 17. Bc4 Nb6 18. Bd3 f6 19. h4 Na5 20. h5 Nac4 21. Nh4 Nb2+ 22. Kc2 Nxd3 23. Kxd3 Be6 24. Be3 Kf7 25. Rg3 g5 26. hxg6+ hxg6 27. Ke2 g5 28. Nf3 Nc4 29. Nd2 Nd6 30. a4 Rh8 31. Rgg1 Rh4 32. a5 Rah8 33. Rab1 Bg4+ 34. Kf1 Bf5 35. Rb4 Bd3+ 36. Ke1 Rh1 37. f3 R1h2 38. Nf1 Ra2 39. c4 Re8 40. c5 Nf5 41. Rxb7 Rxe3+ 42. Nxe3 Nxe3 0-1

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tarlev, Konstantin"]
[Black "Kasparov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,60,12,10,35,24,23,-20,8,-35,-17,-52,5,5,25,-6,21,30,15,0,41,0,25,0,12,29,20,26,6,17,25,8,18,25,41,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0]} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Ne5 Nbd7 {B01: Scandinavian Defence} 7. Nc4 Qc7 8. Qf3 Nb6 9. Ne5 (9. Bf4 Qd7 10. Nxb6 axb6 11. O-O-O Qd8 12. h3 e6 13. Bc4 Be7 14. g4 {½-½ (32) Grischuk,A (2750)-Rapport,R (2698) chess.com INT 2017}) 9... Be6 10. Bf4 {LiveBook: 24 Games} Qc8 11. O-O-O g6 12. Be2 Bg7 13. g4 $146 (13. Rhe1 {is interesting.} O-O 14. Kb1 Rd8 15. Bg3 Nh5 16. Qe3) ({Predecessor:} 13. h4 h5 14. Rhe1 {0-1 (41) Pavlogianni,D (1951)-Papadopoulou,V (2246) Athens 2006}) 13... Nbd5 14. Rhg1 Nxf4 (14... O-O $15) 15. Qxf4 $11 O-O 16. Kb1 Nd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Bf3 e6 19. Rge1 b5 20. g5 f6 (20... Qc7 {with more complications.} 21. h4 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Rad8 23. Bxd5 Rxd5 24. h5 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rd8) 21. gxf6 Bxf6 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. Qg3 {[#] Black must now prevent Nxg6!} Bxe5 24. Rxe5 Qd7 25. Rde1 Rae8 26. Rxe8 (26. f4 {seems wilder.} b4 27. a4 a5 28. b3 Rxe5 29. fxe5 Qe7 30. e6) 26... Rxe8 {The position is equal.} 27. Rxe8+ Qxe8 {[%cal Re8e1] [#]} 28. a3 a5 29. Ka2 a4 30. c3 Qe6 {Precision: White = 36%, Black = 31%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Black "Sandipan, Chanda"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,70,14,10,10,0,22,5,32,36,53,48,52,58,43,26,33,28,23,26,21,7,15,-6,22,25,106,33,58,24,39,32,25,29,37,29,54,42,83,49,59,22,31,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,0,0]} 1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nh3 d6 5. Nc3 c6 (5... Bg7 6. Nf4 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nd3 Re8 10. e4 c6 11. Bg5 Kc7 12. O-O-O Nxe4 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. Nc5 {1-0 (56) Sandipan,C (2574)-Berelowitsch,A (2521) Germany 2016}) 6. Nf4 {A81: Dutch Defence: 2 g3} e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nd3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} e4 10. Bg5 Ke7 11. Ne5 Ke6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nbd7 12. Nxd7 Bxd7 {0-1 (58) Nechaev,A (2370)-Kovalenko,I (2465) Khmelnitsky 2009}) 12. Nc4 b5 13. Nd2 h6 14. Be3 {[%cal Rc3e4]} Bg7 15. Nb3 Kf7 16. O-O-O a5 17. f3 {[%cal Rf3e4]} a4 18. Nc5 {[%cal Rf3e4]} a3 19. b4 {[%cal Rf3e4]} Nfd7 (19... Na6 {seems wilder.} 20. fxe4 Nxb4 21. Bd4 Rd8 22. e5 Ne8) 20. Nxd7 $1 Bxc3 (20... Bxd7 $11 {remains equal.} 21. Bd4 e3) 21. Nxb8 (21. Nb6 $16 exf3 22. Bxf3 (22. exf3 Ra6 $14)) 21... Rxb8 22. Bd4 Bxd4 23. Rxd4 exf3 24. Bxf3 Be6 25. Rd3 Bxa2 26. Rxa3 Bd5 27. Bxd5+ cxd5 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 28. Ra7+ Kf6 29. Ra6+ Kg5 {The position is equal.} 30. Rd1 Rhe8 31. Rxd5 Rxe2 32. h4+ Kh5 33. g4+ Kxh4 34. gxf5 Rc8 35. fxg6 {[#] g7 is the strong threat.} Rexc2+ {Precision: White = 49%, Black = 66%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Harsha Bharathakoti"]
[Black "Fominyh, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2424"]
[BlackElo "2391"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,111,12,39,-27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-14,-38,-25,-11,-14,13,0,12,6,7,-15,-17,-17,-19,-33,-11,-8,-16,-17,-17,-16,-16,-16,-12,-18,-11,-18,-9,-4,-11,-17,-17,-17,-8,-9,0,0,0,-6,-2,-10,0,-10,0,-7,0,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,22,-89,-90,-304,-300,-410,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,126,117,120,121,115,88,720,718,752,691,1745,1666,29982,1147,29983,29984,29984,29985,29985,29986,29986,29987]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nc6 6. Nf3 {D20: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 e3 and 3 e4} Bg4 {LiveBook: 6 Games} (6... Nb6 7. Bb3 Bg4 8. Ng5 Bxd1 9. Bxf7+ Kd7 10. Be6+ Ke8 11. Bf7+ Kd7 {½-½ (11) Aleksandrov,A (2588)-Stupak,K (2586) Baku 2017}) 7. Qb3 (7. Nc3 $14 e6 8. O-O) 7... Na5 $146 (7... Bxf3 $5 8. Qxf3 e6 $11) ({Predecessor:} 7... Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Nxd4 9. Qe4 Nb6 10. Bb3 Nxb3 11. axb3 Qd5 12. Qxd5 Nxd5 {0-1 (45) Nittschalk,K (1793)-Riepe,B (1995) DESC email 2002}) 8. Qa4+ $1 {The position is equal.} Nc6 $1 ({Much weaker is} 8... c6 9. Bxd5 Qxd5 10. Nc3 $16) 9. Qb3 Na5 10. Qa4+ $1 Nc6 $1 {[%cal Ba5c6,Bc6b4,Bb4d5,Bd5e3][%mdl 32] And now ...Nb6 would win.} ({Much worse is} 10... c6 $6 11. Bxd5 Qxd5 12. Nc3 $16) 11. Be2 (11. Qb3 {feels hotter.}) 11... e6 12. O-O Nb6 13. Qd1 $1 Be7 14. Be3 Nb4 15. Nc3 O-O 16. Ne4 Bf5 17. Ng3 Bg6 18. a3 N4d5 19. Rc1 c6 20. Bd3 Nxe3 21. fxe3 Bxd3 22. Qxd3 c5 23. Ne4 cxd4 24. exd4 Nd5 25. Nfd2 Rc8 26. Rxc8 Qxc8 27. Nc4 Qc6 28. Ncd6 (28. h3 {is more complex.} b6 29. Ne3 Nc7 30. Rf2 Rd8 31. Nc2) 28... Bxd6 29. Nxd6 f5 30. Qd2 h6 31. Rc1 Qd7 32. Qd3 a6 33. Qb3 Rb8 34. Rc5 Ne7 35. Qc4 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4,Bb4b3][%mdl 32]} 36. Qc3 b4 37. Qb3 a5 38. a4 Kh7 39. Qc2 {[#]} (39. Rxa5 $11 Nd5 40. g3) 39... b3 $1 $17 {[%cal Rb3c2]} 40. Qc4 $2 (40. Qd2 $17 {was called for.} Rb4 41. Rxa5 Rxa4 42. Kf2) 40... Rb4 $19 41. Rc7 Rxc4 $2 ({Black should play} 41... Qxa4 $19 42. Qe2 Qa1+ 43. Kf2 Nd5) 42. Rxd7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Rc1+ 43. Kf2 Nd5 {[#] ...Rc2+ is the strong threat.} 44. Nxf5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rc2+ (44... exf5 45. Rxd5) 45. Kf3 Kg8 (45... Rxb2 $11 {keeps the balance.} 46. Nxg7 Kg8) 46. Ne7+ $16 ({But not} 46. Rxg7+ $6 Kh8 $11) 46... Nxe7 47. Rxe7 Rxb2 48. Rxe6 {KR-KR} Ra2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (48... Rb1 $16 49. Rb6 b2) 49. Rb6 $18 Rxa4 50. Ke4 Ra3 51. e6 a4 52. Rb8+ Kh7 53. e7 {White mates.} Ra1 54. e8=Q Re1+ 55. Kd3 Rxe8 56. Rxe8 {Precision: White = 44%, Black = 47%.} 1-0

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gusain, Himal"]
[Black "Neelash Saha"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2413"]
[BlackElo "2212"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,60,-17,-9,-77,-75,-104,-93,-108,-94,-111,-37,-58,-20,-14,-20,-22,-34,-33,-34,-37,0,-28,0,-4,0,-8,9,9,16,23,25,29,30,22,33,23,38,0,25,15,44,27,37,28,29]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 Nc6 6. O-O Nf6 7. d3 O-O 8. Qe1 Nd4 9. Bb3 {B23: Closed Sicilian: Lines without g3} (9. Nxd4 cxd4 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Bxd5 e6 12. Bb3 a5 13. a4 Bd7 14. Bd2 Kh8 15. Rf2 Qb6 16. Re2 Qc7 17. Qh4 f5 18. Rae1 fxe4 19. Rxe4 {1-0 (44) Robson,R (2596)-Le,Q (2714) Moscow 2012}) 9... a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32] LiveBook: 7 Games} 10. Be3 (10. Ba4 $11 {remains equal.}) 10... Ng4 $17 11. Bxd4 $146 {Black is better.} ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 11. Bd2 a4 12. Nxa4 b5 13. Nc3 c4 14. dxc4 bxc4 15. Ba4 Rxa4 16. Nxa4 Nxc2 17. Qe2 Nxa1 18. h3 Bd7 19. hxg4 Bxa4 20. Rxa1 Qb6+ {0-1 (20) Donovan,L (2448)-Burg,T (2449) Belgium 2011}) 11... cxd4 12. Nd1 a4 13. Bc4 Qb6 (13... Bd7 $17 14. h3 Nf6) 14. a3 $15 Ne3 15. Nxe3 dxe3 16. Rb1 Be6 ({Don't blunder} 16... Bxb2 $2 17. c3 $18) 17. Qe2 Bxc4 ({But not} 17... Bxb2 $2 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. c4 $18) 18. dxc4 Rfc8 19. Rfe1 Qc6 20. Qxe3 Qxc4 21. c3 Qc5 22. g3 Qxe3+ 23. Rxe3 Ra6 24. Rd1 Rb6 25. Re2 e6 26. Kg2 Rc4 27. Ne1 Bf8 28. Nd3 Rbc6 29. Nb4 Rc8 30. Kf3 Kg7 {Precision: White = 47%, Black = 46%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sriram, Jha"]
[Black "Deshmukh, Anup"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2282"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,19,18,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Nc6 8. a3 Bxc5 9. Qc2 Re8 10. Rd1 {LiveBook: 10 Games. D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} (10. O-O-O e5 11. Bg5 d4 12. Nd5 b5 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. cxb5 Na5 15. exd4 exd4 16. Nb4 Bxb4 17. axb4 Be6 18. Nxd4 {0-1 (34) Topalov,V (2760)-Anand,V (2779) London 2016}) {Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 10... e5 $146 11. Bg5 d4 12. Nd5 Be7 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Bd3 g6 15. O-O Bg7 16. e4 Bg4 17. Be2 Rc8 {0-1 (33) Repka,C (2470)-Fridman,D (2626) Heraklio 2017} *

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sriram, Jha"]
[Black "Deshmukh, Anup"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2282"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,109,7,0,107,114,129,126,119,110,122,110,211,208,193,210,180,211,201,0,202,118,224,171,176,177,173,164,161,125,113,106,175,168,172,175,169,170,195,193,193,193,200,200,205,200,231,228,233,224,237,232,275,269,295,292,292,292,281,285,372,372,372,372,363,344,322,322,706,706,983,950,1543,1386,1275,974,1276,1135,3393,2620,1169,1015,5865,5720,1171,355,347,347,340,340]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Nc6 8. a3 Bxc5 9. Qc2 Re8 10. Rd1 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} (10. O-O-O e5 11. Bg5 d4 12. Nd5 b5 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. cxb5 Na5 15. exd4 exd4 16. Nb4 Bxb4 17. axb4 Be6 18. Nxd4 {0-1 (34) Topalov,V (2760)-Anand,V (2779) London 2016}) 10... e5 11. Bg5 d4 {[#]} 12. Nd5 $1 {[%mdl 512] LiveBook: 7 Games. The position is equal.} Qa5+ (12... Be7 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) (12... Nxd5 13. Bxd8) 13. b4 $16 Qxa3 14. bxc5 Nxd5 15. cxd5 Nb4 {[#]} 16. Qd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Qb1 Nxd5 17. e4 Nc3 {0-1 (39) Narciso Dublan,M (2375)-Torrecillas Martinez,A (2340) Spain 1995}) 16... Bf5 (16... Qb3 $16 {is a better defense.} 17. Be2 d3) 17. Bb5 $18 {aiming for 0-0.} Nc2+ 18. Kf1 {[%cal Re3d4]} h6 19. Bxe8 Rxe8 20. Bh4 $2 ({Better is} 20. Bxh6 $18 {[%cal Re3d4]} Qa6+ 21. Kg1) 20... Qxc5 $2 (20... dxe3 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 21. Qe2 Qxc5) 21. Kg1 (21. exd4 $18 exd4 22. d6 (22. Nxd4 Qc4+ 23. Ne2 Qxh4 $14)) 21... a5 (21... Qxd5 $16 {was worth a try.} 22. exd4 exd4) 22. h3 Qxd5 23. exd4 a4 24. dxe5 Qxd2 25. Rxd2 a3 26. Kh2 {Black must now prevent Nd4.} g5 (26... a2 $16) 27. Bg3 {Nd4 is the strong threat.} a2 28. Nd4 Nxd4 29. Rxa2 ({Resist} 29. Rxd4 $6 Bb1 $14) 29... Be6 30. Rb2 Nf5 31. Rxb7 Rc8 32. Rhb1 Rc3 33. f3 Rc2 34. R1b2 Rc5 35. R7b5 Rc1 {If only Black now had time for ...Ne3....} 36. Bf2 Ne7 37. h4 Rc3 38. hxg5 hxg5 39. Be1 Rd3 40. Rd2 Re3 41. Rd8+ Kh7 42. Bd2 Re2 43. Bxg5 Nc6 44. Rd2 Re1 $2 (44... Rxe5 45. Rxe5 Nxe5) 45. Bf6 Kg6 46. g4 Re3 47. Kg2 Rc3 48. Kf2 Rc1 49. Kg3 Rc3 50. Rd6 Rc4 51. f4 Nd4 52. Rxd4 Rxd4 53. f5+ $2 (53. Rb8 Rd1 54. f5+ Bxf5 55. gxf5+ Kxf5 56. Rb7) 53... Bxf5 54. gxf5+ Kxf5 55. Rb7 {Precision: White = 78%, Black = 30%.} 1-0

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shyaamnikhil P"]
[Black "Sengupta, Deep"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,84,-32,31,-16,-1,-28,-8,-20,0,0,0,3,30,18,22,0,0,0,11,0,0,0,17,22,17,18,17,17,17,19,33,24,39,10,12,9,10,8,12,13,16,0,0,5,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,-4,-5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. f3 c5 9. e3 d6 {LiveBook: 15 Games} ({Better is} 9... h6 $15 10. Bxf6 Qxf6) 10. Ne2 {E32: Nimzo-Indian: Classical (4 Qc2): 4...0-0} Nbd7 11. Qc2 Rc8 12. Nc3 (12. Rd1 Qe7 13. Nc3 h6 14. Bh4 d5 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Bf2 cxd4 17. Rxd4 {1-0 (35) Baenziger,F (2379)-Shengelia,D (2557) Austria 2017}) 12... cxd4 13. exd4 d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... e5 14. O-O-O Qe7 15. Kb1 h6 16. Bh4 {0-1 (46) Matras,O (2210)-Rydl,J (2203) Prague 2014}) 14. cxd5 $1 h6 15. Bh4 Re8 16. Qd2 exd5+ 17. Kd1 Nf8 18. Bb5 Bc6 19. Ba6 Rc7 20. Re1 Rxe1+ 21. Kxe1 Ng6 22. Bg3 Re7+ 23. Kf2 Qd7 24. Re1 Rxe1 25. Kxe1 (25. Qxe1 {seems wilder.} Nh5 26. Be5 Nhf4 27. Bxf4 Nxf4 28. Qe5) 25... Nh5 {The position is equal.} 26. Bd3 Nxg3 27. hxg3 Qd6 28. Kf2 Ne7 29. Qf4 (29. Qe3 {is more complex.} f6 30. g4 Bd7 31. g3 Kf7 32. Qd2) 29... Qxf4 30. gxf4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} Bd7 31. Ba6 Kf8 32. Bb7 Nf5 33. Bxd5 Nxd4 34. g4 f5 35. Ke3 Nb5 (35... Nc6 {keeps more tension.} 36. Kf2 Ke7 37. Bxc6 Bxc6 38. Nd1 Bb5) 36. Nxb5 Bxb5 {KB-KB} 37. Be6 fxg4 38. fxg4 Ke7 39. Bd5 Kf6 40. Bf3 g5 41. Bd1 Bc6 42. Be2 Bb7 {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 58%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kaustuv, Kundu"]
[Black "Hamal, Manish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2058"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,60,27,31,-17,-29,-49,-28,-62,-64,-75,-85,-85,-75,-454,-150,-151,-155,-184,-139,-189,-185,-206,-137,-141,-100,-91,-92,-110,-79,-139,-69,-264,-68,-119,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d3 a6 9. h3 Rb8 10. a4 Nb4 11. Be3 Bd7 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 12. d4 {A36: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7} (12. b3 e5 13. Qd2 Ne8 14. Kh2 b5 15. axb5 axb5 16. f4 exf4 17. gxf4 f5 18. Rad1 Qe7 19. Ng3 fxe4 20. dxe4 bxc4 21. bxc4 {0-1 (30) Lehtinen,H (2400)-Palliser,R (2445) Finland 2011}) 12... cxd4 13. Nxd4 Qc8 $1 14. Rc1 $146 {Black has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 14. Kh2 Qxc4 15. Re1 Qc8 16. Rc1 Qd8 17. f4 Nc6 18. Nd5 e6 19. Nb6 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 {½-½ (52) Schmedders,H (2205)-Zeldin,V (2114) Germany 2010}) 14... Bxh3 15. Nd5 Nbxd5 16. cxd5 Qd7 17. Ne6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (17. f3 $17 {is more resistant.}) 17... Bxe6 $2 (17... Bxg2 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top.} 18. Rc7 Qe8 19. Nxf8 Bxf1 20. Nxh7 Kxh7 21. Qxf1 Nxe4) 18. dxe6 $17 Qxe6 19. Ba7 Rbc8 ({Inferior is} 19... Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Qxe4 21. Re1 $14) 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. e5 dxe5 22. Bxb7 Re8 23. b4 e4 24. Kg2 h5 25. a5 {[#]} (25. Re1 $142) 25... h4 $1 26. gxh4 $2 (26. b5 $1 $15) 26... Bh6 $2 {[#]} (26... Qc4 $19 27. Bc5 Rb8) 27. Re1 {[#]} ({Better is} 27. b5 $1 $15 {[%mdl 512]}) 27... Bd2 (27... Qf5 $1 $17 {And now ...e6 would win.} 28. f3 Qh5) 28. Qxd2 $11 {aiming for Re3.The position is equal.} Qg4+ 29. Kf1 {Hoping for Qc3.} Qh3+ 30. Kg1 Qg4+ {Precision: White = 17%, Black = 31%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "L'Ami, Alina"]
[Black "Sonkalan Bharati"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2316"]
[BlackElo "2050"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 29,82,-24,-24,-8,-14,-28,-22,-28,-23,-25,-47,-27,0,0,0,0,0,-96,0,0,0,-585,-584,-823,27,43,26,31,18,27,32,35,90,87,137,92,264,271,281,254,260,187,155,93,88,86,93,0,0,0,0,7,6,-12838,-12839]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Bd3 exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. Nf3 c4 11. Bc2 b5 {A65: Modern Benoni: 6 e4} 12. a3 Nbd7 13. O-O Nc5 (13... a6 14. Qd2 Bb7 15. Rfe1 Rc8 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. Nd4 Nc5 18. Nc6 Bxc6 19. dxc6 {0-1 (33) Kramnik,V (2785)-Grischuk,A (2747) Monte Carlo 2011}) 14. Re1 Qb6 15. e5 dxe5 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 16. Nxe5 Bb7 17. Qf3 a5 {[#]} 18. Rad1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18. Nc6 Nxd5 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. Nxd5 Qxc6 {0-1 (37) Bernasek,J (2536)-Belous,V (2578) Katowice 2014}) 18... Ncd7 19. Nc6 b4 20. Ne4 Nxd5 21. Nd6 $1 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Bxc6 ({Don't go for} 22... Qxc6 $2 23. Qxf7+ Kh8 24. Ne8 $18) 23. Qxf7+ Kh8 24. Ne8 $1 {[%csl Ge8][%cal Rf7g7]} Qd4 $1 {[%cal Rd4b2] [#]} 25. Re4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (25. Bxg6 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512] and White is okay.} hxg6 26. Re4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxe8 27. Rxe8+ Bf8 28. Rxf8+ Nxf8 29. Qxf8+ Kh7 30. Qh6+ Kg8 31. Qxg6+ Qg7 32. Qe6+ Kh7 33. Qxc6 Qxg5 34. axb4) 25... Qxb2 $19 26. Rh4 {Intending Qxg6 and mate.} Nf8 $2 {[#]} (26... Qa1+ $19 27. Bb1 Qxb1+ 28. Kh2 Rxe8 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 29. Qxe8+ Nf8 30. Qxc6 bxa3 31. Rxc4 a2) 27. Bf6 $1 $40 {[%mdl 640] Black needs to defend precisely.} Qxf6 $1 ({Not} 27... Qc1+ 28. Kh2 Qf4+ 29. Rxf4 Ne6 30. Bxg7+ Nxg7 31. Qxg7#) (27... Nxf6 28. Qxg7#) 28. Nxf6 Nxf6 29. Qxc4 Bd5 30. Qd3 Rd8 (30... g5 $14 31. Rd4 bxa3 32. Qxa3 Ne6) 31. axb4 $16 g5 32. Rc4 Ne6 $2 (32... Bxc4 $16 33. Qxd8 axb4) 33. bxa5 $18 Nf4 34. Qd1 Nxg2 35. Rd4 {Hoping for Rxd5.} Nf4 36. Bb3 (36. a6 $142) 36... Nxh3+ $16 37. Kf1 {[%cal Rb3d5]} Nf4 {[#] aiming for ...Bg2+.} 38. Bxd5 ({Better is} 38. Rd2 $1 $16) 38... N6xd5 $11 39. a6 {a7 is the strong threat.} Bxd4 40. Qxd4+ Kg8 {Threatens to win with ...Ne3+!} 41. Qe5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (41. a7 $11) 41... Ne3+ $1 {Precision: White = 43%, Black = 56%.} 0-1

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gajwa Ankit"]
[Black "Nepali, Badrilal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2292"]
[BlackElo "2020"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,41,47,46,66,63,68,64,103,100,241,237,257,239,258,250,245,240,370,360]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Qe2 e6 7. b3 Be7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. c4 Qc7 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 a6 12. Nc3 Rac8 13. Rad1 {[#] LiveBook: 3 Games. B52: Sicilian: Moscow Variation with 3...Bd7} Ne8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Rfe8 14. Kh1 Bf8 15. f4 Qa5 16. Nf3 Red8 17. e5 dxe5 18. fxe5 Ng4 19. Ng5 Ndxe5 20. Nd5 exd5 21. Bxe5 Nxe5 22. Qxe5 {½-½ (46) Fressinet,L (2595)-Polgar,J (2715) Enghien les Bains 2003}) 14. f4 Qa5 15. Kh1 {White is slightly better.} Bf6 16. e5 Be7 {[#]} (16... dxe5 $16 17. Nxe6 fxe6) 17. exd6 $1 $18 Nxd6 {[#]} 18. Nxe6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} fxe6 19. Qxe6+ Rf7 20. Qxd7 Rc7 (20... Bf8 {is a better defense.} 21. Qg4 (21. Rxd6 Rxd7 22. Rxd7 b5 $11) 21... Re8) 21. Qe6 ({Weaker is} 21. Rxd6 Rxd7 22. Rxd7 Bf6 $11) 1-0

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Navalgund, Niranjan"]
[Black "Kavinda, Akila"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2286"]
[BlackElo "1996"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,103,47,0,12,0,0,0,7,-10,-17,-20,-12,-17,-23,0,-8,-75,-76,-72,-80,-77,-62,-71,-34,-27,-22,-20,-16,-21,-7,-34,-22,-47,-34,-40,-32,-28,-32,-75,-78,-74,-43,-43,-43,-54,-33,-45,-17,-11,-11,-21,-41,-229,-231,-317,-229,-247,-71,-35,157,147,135,0,0,-97,266,252,382,372,359,361,991,951,906,724,877,755,699,660,29994,29995,29995,29996,29996,29997,29997,304]} 1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Qe2 O-O 6. e5 dxe5 7. dxe5 Nd5 8. O-O Bg4 {B06: Modern Defence} 9. Nbd2 c6 10. Bb3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32] The position is equal.} (10... Qc7 11. h3 Bf5 12. Re1 Nd7 13. Nf1 Nc5 14. Ng3 Be6 {1-0 (60) Andreikin,D (2708)-Potapov,P (2479) Sochi 2017}) 11. a3 Nd7 12. h3 Be6 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 12... Bxf3 13. Nxf3 Nc5 14. Ba2 Qc7 15. Bg5 h6 {½-½ (29) Karwatzki,H (1709)-Geuer,M (1843) Troisdorf 2005}) 13. Ne4 a4 14. Ba2 Nc7 15. c4 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Nc5 (17. Bh6 $11 {remains equal.}) 17... Bg7 $17 18. Rd1 Qc8 19. Bf4 Ra5 20. Qe3 Na6 21. Nxe6 Qxe6 22. Qb6 Rf5 23. Be3 Qc8 24. Rd2 Be5 25. Rad1 Bc7 26. Qd4 Nc5 27. Bh6 $1 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rd4g7]} Ne6 28. Qg4 Re8 29. Bb1 Rh5 30. Be3 f5 $36 {[%cal Bf7f5,Bf5f4][%mdl 2080] Black is pushing.} 31. Qf3 f4 32. Bd4 Rh4 33. c5 Ng5 34. Ba2+ Kf8 35. Qc3 $2 ({Only move:} 35. Qd3 $1 $15 e5 36. Bc3) 35... e5 $19 36. Qc4 {White threatens Qg8+ and mate.} Kg7 37. Bc3 {[#] Black must now prevent Rd7+.} Re7 $2 (37... Nxh3+ $1 $19 {[%mdl 512] is more deadly.} 38. Kf1 (38. gxh3 {is a self mate.} Qxh3 39. Bxe5+ Bxe5 40. Rd7+ Kf6 41. R1d6+ Kg5 42. Qxf4+ Bxf4 43. Rd5+ cxd5 44. Rxd5+ Kf6 45. Rd6+ Bxd6 46. cxd6 Qh1#) 38... Ng5 39. Rd7+ Kh6) 38. f3 $17 Nxf3+ $2 (38... Kh6 $15 {stays ahead.}) 39. gxf3 $16 {Strongly threatening Rd7.} Qxh3 40. Qg8+ (40. Qf1 $1 $16) 40... Kh6 $11 41. Rf1 {[#]} (41. Qf8+ $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.} Kh5 42. Rg2 (42. Qxe7 $2 {gets mated.} Qh1+ 43. Kf2 Rh2#) 42... Qh1+ 43. Kf2 Qxd1 44. Rg5+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxg5 45. Qxe7+ Kh5 46. Qxh7+ Kg5 47. Qe7+ Kh5 48. Qh7+ Kg5 49. Qe7+ Kh5 50. Qh7+) 41... Qf5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (41... Rd7 $1 $17 {[%cal Rd7d2] stays on course. ( -> ...Rxd2)} 42. Qf8+ Kh5) 42. Bb1 $18 Qh5 (42... Qg5+ $142 43. Rg2 Qf6) 43. Qf8+ Rg7 44. Kf2 {[%cal Bg1f2,Bf2e2,Be2d1][%mdl 32]} Rh3 $2 (44... Rh2+ 45. Ke1 Qh4+ 46. Kd1 Rxd2+ 47. Kxd2 Qe7 48. Rh1+ Kg5) 45. Ke2 {And now Rd7 would win.} Rh2+ 46. Kd1 {aiming for Rd7.} Rxd2+ 47. Bxd2 Qh3 48. Bd3 Qd7 49. Rh1+ {White mates.} Kg5 50. Rg1+ Kh4 51. Qf6+ Kh3 52. Bf1+ $2 {Precision: White = 52%, Black = 47%.} (52. Qg5 {NOTEXT} Qg4 53. Qxg4+ Kh2 54. Qg2#) 1-0

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Thing, Bibek"]
[Black "Niraula, Bhupendra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2263"]
[BlackElo "1994"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bc4 a6 6. Nge2 e6 7. Bf4 Qd8 8. Qd3 b5 9. Qf3 Ra7 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Ne4 Nbd7 12. Rd1 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. N2g3 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Bxe4 16. Nxe4 Nf6 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Be5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Qe7 20. Qc6 Rd8 21. a4 bxa4 22. Qxa4 Raa8 23. Qc6 Rab8 24. b3 Rb6 25. Qc4 Rb5 26. g3 h6 27. Rfe1 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Rxe5 29. Qxa6 Kh7 30. Qd3+ f5 31. Qc3 Rc5 32. Qb4 f4 33. Qxf4 Qf6 34. Qe4+ Qg6 35. Qxg6+ Kxg6 36. c4 Rc6 37. Rd3 Rb6 38. Kg2 c5 39. Kf3 Kf5 40. Ke2 Kg4 41. h4 Ra6 42. Re3 Ra2+ 43. Kf1 Kf5 44. Rf3+ Ke4 45. Rf7 Rb2 46. Rxg7 Rxb3 47. Rg6 Rc3 48. Rxh6 e5 49. Rg6 Kf3 50. Rf6+ Kg4 51. Kg2 Rc2 52. Rf8 Rxc4 53. f3+ Kh5 54. Rf6 Rc1 55. Rf5+ Kg6 56. Rxe5 Rc2+ 57. Kh3 c4 58. g4 Kf6 59. Rc5 Ke6 60. h5 Kd6 61. Rc8 Kd7 62. h6 Rc1 63. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Patil, Pratik"]
[Black "Prince, Bajaj"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2258"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,60,10,5,1,3,-16,-12,-14,-19,-21,-8,-4,0,-17,0,-18,0,0,38,-13,43,29,54,44,51,60,59,52,99,0,10,0,96,0,20,0,92,0,21,0,97,0,13,0,99]} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 e6 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Be7 8. O-O {B22: Sicilian: 2 c3} O-O 9. Qe2 b6 {LiveBook: 112 Games} (9... Nc6 10. Rd1 Na5 11. Bxd5 exd5 12. Nc3 Be6 13. Bf4 a6 14. h3 Re8 15. exd6 Bxd6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Qe5 Nc4 18. Qxd6 Nxd6 {½-½ (32) Nisipeanu,L (2672)-Grischuk,A (2785) Heraklio 2017}) 10. Re1 Bb7 11. Bd2 Nd7 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 dxe5 14. dxe5 Qc7 {[#]} 15. Bd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Nd4 a6 {0-1 (37) Zhigalko,S (2671)-Mareco,S (2635) Doha 2016}) 15... Rac8 16. Rad1 Rfd8 17. Nd4 Bd5 18. Bb1 (18. Nb5 $14 Qb8 19. Nd6 (19. Qh5 g6 $11) 19... Bxd6 20. exd6) 18... Qb7 (18... Nf8 $11) 19. Qg4 $14 g6 20. h4 h5 21. Qg3 {And now Bxg6! would win.} Nf8 22. Nb5 Qb8 {[#]} 23. Nd4 (23. Nd6 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]}) 23... Qb7 24. Nb5 ({White should try} 24. f4 $11) 24... Qb8 $16 {[#]} 25. Nd4 (25. Nd6 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]}) 25... Qb7 $11 26. Nb5 (26. f4 $11) 26... Qb8 $1 $16 {[#]} 27. Nd4 (27. Nd6 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]}) 27... Qb7 $11 28. Nb5 (28. f4 $11) 28... Qb8 $16 {[#]} 29. Nd4 ({Better is} 29. Nd6 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]}) 29... Qb7 $11 30. Nb5 (30. f4 $11) 30... Qb8 $1 {Precision: White = 31%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ramaraju, N."]
[Black "Rajbhandari, Rijendra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2175"]
[BlackElo "1959"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,109,33,69,69,76,58,96,20,61,81,87,52,88,92,102,-12,102,3,10,0,0,1,5,0,2,-9,-12,-8,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,16,14,21,23,17,17,12,14,16,16,18,8,11,0,23,6,7,2,22,25,212,217,191,186,162,31,99,115,106,100,112,25,25,19,76,76,76,76,76,76,74,74,77,77,77,77,175,174,187,178,191,168,187,164,178,100,100,108,238,157,159,145,29973,90,29997,29998]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. e4 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nxd4 (5... Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 a5 11. O-O a4 12. f3 Be6 13. Nb5 Nd7 14. Rab1 Qa5 15. Qxa5 Rxa5 16. Nc7 Nc5 17. Rfc1 Rc8 18. Bd2 Ra7 19. Nxe6 Nxe6 20. Kf1 Nc5 {½-½ (78) Yu,Y (2751)-Mamedov,R (2709) Huaian 2017}) 6. Qxd4 {B36: Sicilian: Maroczy Bind: Gurgenidze System} Nf6 7. e5 Ng8 8. e6 $146 (8. Nc3 $16) ({Predecessor:} 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. Bf4 f6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Qc5 b6 12. Nc7+ Kf8 13. Qd5 Qxc7 14. Qxa8 {1-0 (41) Stojanovic,A (2343)-Vuckovic,J (1952) Kragujevac 2016}) 8... Nf6 9. exf7+ Kxf7 10. Be2 Bg7 11. O-O d5 12. Rd1 (12. cxd5 $16 Bf5 13. Qf4) 12... Be6 (12... e5 $1 $11 13. Qc5 (13. Qe3 d4 $15) 13... b6) 13. cxd5 (13. Qf4 $16) 13... Qxd5 $11 14. Qf4 Qe4 15. Nc3 Qxf4 16. Bxf4 Rad8 17. Bc7 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Rc8 19. Be5 Bh6 20. h3 Nd7 21. Bd4 b6 22. Ba6 Rc7 23. Nb5 Rc4 24. Nxa7 Ra4 25. Nc6 {Strongly threatening Bc8.} Rxa6 26. Nd8+ Ke8 27. Nxe6 Rxa2 28. g4 Kf7 29. Nd8+ Kf8 30. f4 Ke8 31. Ne6 Kf7 32. Re1 Nf8 $2 (32... Nb8 $11) 33. Nd8+ $18 Ke8 34. Nc6 {[%csl Gc6][%cal Re1e7]} ({And not} 34. Bxb6 Bxf4 35. Bc5 Rxb2 $11) 34... Kd7 35. Ne5+ ({Weaker is} 35. Nxe7 Ne6 $11) (35. Nb8+ $1 $18 Kc8 36. g5 Kxb8 37. Rxe7 (37. gxh6 e5 $16) 37... Ra1+ 38. Kf2) 35... Kc7 ({Black should try} 35... Ke8 $1 $14) 36. Nd3 $16 {g5 is the strong threat.} Kd7 37. g5 Ne6 38. Rxe6 ({Better is} 38. Ne5+ $16 Kc8 39. Bxb6) 38... Kxe6 $11 39. gxh6 Kf5 (39... Ra1+ $11 40. Kf2 Rh1) 40. Bc3 $16 Ke4 41. Ne5 {Black must now prevent Nxg6!} Kxf4 {[#]} 42. Nxg6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kg5 (42... hxg6 43. h7) 43. Nxe7 Kxh6 44. Kg2 Kg5 45. Kg3 Ra7 (45... Ra4 $16 {was necessary.}) 46. h4+ $1 $18 Kh5 47. Nd5 b5 48. Nf4+ Kh6 49. Kg4 Ra8 50. h5 (50. b4 $18) 50... Rg8+ $16 51. Kh4 {White threatens Ne6 and mate.} Rg1 (51... Re8 $16 {might work better.} 52. b3 Re4) 52. Nh3 Rg2 {[#]} 53. Be5 $1 {Hoping for Ng5!} b4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (53... Rc2 $16 54. b3 b4) 54. Nf4 $2 (54. Ng5 $1 {mates} Rxg5 55. Bf4 Kg7 56. Kxg5 Kf7 57. Kh6 Ke6 58. Kxh7 Kf6 59. h6) 54... Rg8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (54... Rg5 $16 55. Bd6 Rf5) 55. Ne6 {Precision: White = 50%, Black = 25%.} 1-0

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Harshavardhan G B"]
[Black "Mirzoev, Azer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2119"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,135,14,17,14,17,18,16,17,29,0,2,0,9,-30,-27,-28,-27,-27,-27,-26,-27,-43,-31,-70,-56,-60,-38,-67,-68,-70,-64,-113,-107,-128,-122,-133,-119,-104,-86,-91,-89,-93,-92,-88,-97,-121,-123,-135,-126,-152,-136,-138,-138,-135,-138,-127,-126,-174,-140,-160,-158,-171,-166,-168,-128,-174,-127,-181,-127,-207,-127,-127,-127,-185,-131,-187,0,-131,-131,-185,-101,-276,-269,-275,-265,-275,-209,-216,-206,-197,-179,-179,-179,-169,-179,-177,-137,-130,-130,-173,-130,-131,-137,-177,-174,-191,-168,-187,-157,-183,-178,-266,-250,-183,-232,-419,-409,-495,-489,-456]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. O-O (5. d3 h6 6. Ne2 a6 7. Ba4 b5 8. Bb3 Na5 9. d4 Nxb3 10. axb3 Nxe4 11. dxe5 Bc5 12. Qd5 Bxf2+ 13. Kf1 {½-½ (49) Inarkiev,E (2689)-Svidler,P (2765) St Petersburg 2017}) 5... O-O 6. d3 {C48: Four Knights: 4 Bb5, replies other than 4...Bb4} Re8 7. a3 h6 8. Be3 a6 9. Bc4 Bf8 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 10. Nd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Nh4 d6 11. Ng6 Be6 12. Nxf8 Kxf8 13. Bxe6 Rxe6 {1-0 (66) Stukopin,A (2577)-Brown,M (2489) Philadelphia 2017}) 10... d6 11. h3 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 d5 15. Re1 (15. Bxc7 {keeps more tension.} Qxc7 16. exd5 Rd6 17. dxc6 Rxc6 18. d4) 15... dxe4 16. Ndxe4 Nxe4 17. Rxe4 Rxe4 18. dxe4 Nd4 19. Kh1 c6 20. Qg4 Qc8 21. Qd1 Ne6 22. Be3 Qc7 23. Qg4 g6 24. Ne2 Qe5 25. c3 Re8 26. Rd1 h5 27. Qf3 Ng5 28. Bxg5 Qxg5 29. Rd7 {[#]} Re7 $1 {[%cal Re7d7]} 30. Rxe7 Bxe7 31. Qd3 Bc5 32. b4 Ba7 33. Qf3 Bb8 34. g4 hxg4 35. Qxg4 Qe5 {[%csl Gb8][%cal Re5h2]} 36. Kg2 Kg7 37. Qf3 Qg5+ 38. Kf1 a5 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 39. Ke1 a4 40. Qd3 Be5 41. Kd1 Qf6 42. Kc2 (42. Nd4 $17 {was necessary.}) 42... Qf2 (42... Qe6 $19 {Strongly threatening ...Qa2+.} 43. Nc1 Bf6) 43. Qd2 (43. Kb1 $17) 43... Qg2 44. Qd3 Bf6 45. Qe3 (45. Kb2 $17 {is a better defense.}) 45... Qf1 $19 46. Nc1 (46. Kb2 $17 {might work better.}) 46... Qg2+ (46... Qc4 $19 47. e5 Be7) 47. Ne2 $17 Qh2 48. Qf3 (48. Qd3 $17) 48... b6 ({Black should try} 48... Qd6 $19 49. Qd3 Qe6) 49. Kd3 $2 (49. Qd3 $17) 49... Qd6+ $19 50. Kc2 Qe6 51. Nc1 c5 52. bxc5 bxc5 53. Qe3 Qe5 54. Qd3 Qh2+ 55. Ne2 Qf2 56. Qc4 Qf1 57. Qd3 Qe1 58. Qc4 Bg5 59. Qd3 Kh6 60. e5 Qh1 61. Qc4 Qf3 ({Much less strong is} 61... Qxh3 62. Qxf7 Qe3 63. Qf8+ Kh5 64. Qf1 $17) 62. Qd3 Qf2 63. Qe4 {[#]} Qh2 $1 64. Kd3 (64. Kb2 {was called for.}) 64... Qxh3+ 65. Kc4 Qe6+ 66. Kd3 $2 (66. Kb5) 66... Qb3 {( -> ...Qb1+)} 67. Qh1+ Kg7 {Threatens to win with ...Qb5+.} 68. Qg2 {Precision: White = 39%, Black = 81%.} 0-1

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Subhayan Kundu"]
[Black "Llaneza Vega, Marcos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2079"]
[BlackElo "2422"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,65,-16,0,-7,10,0,4,0,0,-16,-21,-18,-21,-26,-15,-42,-63,-77,-74,-69,-29,-195,-193,-191,-203,-191,-222,-193,216,214,193,187,224,224,250,243,237,227,319,297,364,366,359,357,368,389,357,282,453,446,439,441,474,459]} 1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Bg4 3. Nf3 Nd7 4. e3 Ngf6 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 {A06: Réti Opening:1 Nf3 d5} e5 7. d3 Bb4+ {LiveBook: 4 Games} 8. Nd2 {The position is equal.} Qe7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... c6 9. Qd1 Qe7 10. Be2 Ba3 11. Qc1 Bxb2 12. Qxb2 O-O {½-½ (25) Miles,A (2565)-Wells,P (2510) Scarborough 2001}) 9. a3 Bd6 10. Qe2 c6 11. g4 Nc5 12. Bg2 Ne6 13. c4 a5 14. O-O h5 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. gxh5 Nxh5 17. Bxd5 $2 (17. Rfc1 $11) 17... Nhf4 $1 $19 18. exf4 Nxf4 19. Qg4 {aiming for Qxf4.} Nxh3+ (19... Nxd5 20. Nc4 $11) 20. Kg2 {[#] Black must now prevent Rh1.} Nf4+ $4 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (20... Rh4 $1 $19 {[%cal Rh4g4] avoids the disaster.} 21. Qxg7 Nf4+ 22. Kg1 f6 23. Qxe7+ (23. Qg8+ $2 Kd7 $19) 23... Kxe7) 21. Qxf4 $1 $18 exf4 22. Rfe1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has strong initiative.} Rh5 23. Rxe7+ Kxe7 24. Re1+ Kf8 25. Bxb7 Ra7 (25... Rd8 $142 26. Ba6 Bc7) 26. Bf3 Rb5 27. Bc6 {[%csl Gc6][%cal Re1e8]} Rb8 28. Nc4 Ra6 29. Ba4 ({Weaker is} 29. Nxd6 Rxc6 30. Be5 f6 $16) 29... Bc7 30. Be5 Ra7 $2 (30... Bxe5 31. Rxe5 Rd8 32. Nxa5 Rg6+ 33. Kf3 Rxd3+ 34. Ke4 Rd8 35. Kxf4 Rf6+ 36. Ke3 g6) 31. Nxa5 {White is clearly winning.} Bxe5 32. Nc6 ({Less strong is} 32. Rxe5 Rc8 $18) 32... Bc3 33. Rh1 {Precision: White = 66%, Black = 43%.} 1-0

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Puri, Rajan"]
[Black "Padmini, Rout"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C20"]
[WhiteElo "1994"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,119,-24,9,-17,-19,-18,0,-10,22,-21,-18,-17,-21,-14,-16,-38,-31,-29,-31,-43,-41,-53,-53,-51,-49,-60,-59,-84,-69,-70,-62,-86,-48,-35,-35,-25,-20,-23,-9,-89,-91,-88,-98,-89,-69,-89,-3,-7,0,-12,-6,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-5,-1,-8,-4,-8,0,-13,-9,-14,-9,-36,-16,-20,-20,-130,-20,-21,-22,-24,-20,-15,-11,-14,-8,-41,-37,-39,-33,-43,-41,-138,-132,-146,-133,-521,-504,-509,-494,-592,-585,-5058,-5052,-5043,-4394,-29987,-29988,-29988,-4962,-1602]} 1. c4 e5 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bc5 4. Be2 d6 5. Nf3 a6 (5... Nc6 6. O-O a5 7. d3 h6 8. Be3 O-O 9. h3 Bd7 10. a3 Nd4 11. Bxd4 exd4 12. Nb5 Bxb5 13. cxb5 a4 {½-½ (76) Ynojosa Aponte,F (2399)-Nyzhnyk,I (2616) chess.com INT 2017}) 6. O-O {A22: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3 Nf6} Nc6 7. d3 h6 8. Be3 {The position is equal.} O-O 9. Nd5 Ng4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Be6 10. Qd2 Bxe3 11. Nxe3 Ne7 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. cxd5 {0-1 (27) Brunner Beamud,A (2061)-Chaves,J (2167) Rio de Janeiro 2005}) 10. Bxc5 dxc5 11. h3 Nf6 12. Qd2 Re8 13. a3 a5 14. Bd1 Nd7 15. Ba4 Nd4 $1 {[%cal Rd4f3]} 16. Bd1 Nf8 17. Kh2 Ra6 18. Ng1 c6 19. Nc3 b5 20. f4 exf4 21. Qxf4 Ra7 22. cxb5 Ng6 23. Qg3 cxb5 24. Nd5 (24. Nge2 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 24... Be6 $17 25. Nf4 Nxf4 26. Rxf4 Qd6 27. Rc1 Nb3 ({Black should try} 27... Rd7 $17) 28. Bxb3 $1 $11 Bxb3 29. Rf5 Qxg3+ 30. Kxg3 Rd7 31. Rcxc5 Rxd3+ 32. Rf3 Bc4 33. Rxd3 $1 Bxd3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 34. e5 a4 35. Nf3 Rd8 36. Rc1 Bc4 37. Rc2 Rd1 38. Rd2 Rb1 39. Nd4 Kh7 40. Kf4 g5+ 41. Kg3 Re1 42. Nf3 Re4 43. Rd4 {[#]} (43. Kf2 $11) 43... Re3 (43... Re2 $1 $17 {[%cal Re2b2]} 44. Rd2 Rxd2 45. Nxd2 Kg6) 44. Rd2 $1 Kg7 45. Kf2 Re4 46. Kg3 Kf8 47. Kf2 Ke7 48. g3 Kf8 49. Rc2 Kg8 50. Rd2 Kh7 51. Rc2 ({White should play} 51. Kg2 $15) 51... Kg6 $17 52. Rd2 Kf5 53. Rd6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (53. Kg1 $17 {is more resistant.}) 53... Re2+ $19 54. Kg1 Rxb2 55. Rxh6 b4 56. Nd4+ Ke4 57. e6 Kxd4 58. exf7 Bxf7 59. Ra6 Bc4 (59... Ke3 $142 60. Ra5 bxa3 61. Re5+ Kd2 62. Ra5 Rb4 63. Ra7 a2 64. Rxf7 a1=Q+ 65. Kh2 a3 66. Kg2 Rb2 67. Kf3 Qf1+ 68. Kg4 Qxf7 69. h4 gxh4 70. gxh4 Ke3 71. h5 Qf4+ 72. Kh3 Rh2#) 60. Rxa4 {Precision: White = 36%, Black = 62%.} 0-1

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Panta, Sumit"]
[Black "Suvrajit, Saha"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "1993"]
[BlackElo "2234"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,67,49,51,40,46,39,37,17,23,26,38,33,30,28,33,29,53,58,58,61,73,56,62,38,40,29,36,39,39,18,23,-16,-22,-15,-22,-28,-8,-22,-2,-2,-2,-3,-2,-2,-4,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 d3 4. Bxd3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Nf6 7. h3 g6 {B21: Sicilian: 2 f4 and Morra Gambit} 8. Qe2 Bg7 {LiveBook: 9 Games} 9. Bc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Rd1 Nd7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Nbd2 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}) 9... O-O {White is slightly better.} 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. Be3 Rd8 12. Na3 Bd7 13. Nb5 Qb8 14. a4 Be8 15. Bf4 e5 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nh2 Bg7 19. Nf1 Ne7 20. Ne3 a6 21. Na3 b5 22. axb5 axb5 23. c4 bxc4 24. Naxc4 Rxa1 25. Rxa1 Bc6 26. Rd1 {The position is equal.} d5 (26... Ba8 {with more complications.} 27. Na5 d5 28. exd5 Nxd5 29. Qd3 Bf6) 27. exd5 Nxd5 28. Nxd5 Rxd5 29. Rxd5 Bxd5 30. Ne3 Be6 31. Bd3 {[#]} e4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 32. Bxe4 Qxb2 33. Qxb2 Bxb2 34. Bd5 {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 57%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sandipan, Chanda"]
[Black "Patil, Pratik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2258"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,91,62,61,75,70,94,88,79,57,77,77,77,78,80,86,88,88,73,75,96,94,98,91,254,248,452,452,460,453,453,453,453,460,467,452,445,397,397,266,524,505,537,389,609,584,920,1302,1283,1236,1728,1604,2284,2031,4770,4678,5438,2331,29972,29975,29975,29976,29979,29980,29978,29979,29979,29980,29980,29981,29981,29982]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d5 6. c4 dxc4 7. Na3 c3 8. bxc3 c5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nac4 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Nd7 12. Nxd7 {LiveBook: 4 Games. D77: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0: Replies other than 6...c6} Bxd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Qxd7 13. dxc5 Qc7 14. Be3 Bxc3 15. Rb1 Rb8 16. Qb3 Be5 17. Qa3 Bf5 18. Rbc1 a5 19. f4 Bg7 {0-1 (57) Pira,D (2403)-Le Roux,J (2523) Mulhouse 2011}) 13. Rb1 Qa5 14. Rxb7 {White is better.} Rad8 15. Qd2 cxd4 16. cxd4 Qxd2 17. Bxd2 Bxd4 18. Ba5 Bb6 19. Bxb6 axb6 20. Rxb6 Be6 21. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6,Ba6a7][%mdl 32] Hoping for a5.} Rd2 22. Ra1 {aiming for a5.} Rxe2 $2 {[#]} (22... Rc8 $16) 23. a5 $18 Rd2 $2 (23... Bc4 24. a6 Bxa6) 24. a6 Bd5 25. a7 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Rdd8 27. Rb7 e6 28. Rc1 h5 29. Rcc7 Kg7 30. Kf3 g5 $2 (30... Rd3+ {might work better.} 31. Ke4 Ra3) 31. Ke4 Kg6 32. Rd7 {[#] And now Rxd8 would win.} Rxd7 (32... Ra8 $142 33. h4 g4) 33. Rxd7 {KR-KR} f6 34. Rb7 Ra8 35. f3 {[%cal Bf2f3,Bf3f4][%mdl 32]} Kh6 36. Kd4 Kg6 37. Kc5 Kf5 38. Kb6 g4 39. f4 Ke4 40. Rb8 {White mates.} Rxa7 41. Kxa7 {KR-KP} Kf3 42. Rh8 e5 43. fxe5 fxe5 44. Rxh5 e4 45. Rf5+ Kg2 46. Rf4 {Precision: White = 71%, Black = 23%.} 1-0

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sengupta, Deep"]
[Black "Ramaraju, N."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2175"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,89,-5,-4,0,-4,-4,3,25,12,31,30,54,53,55,34,50,47,56,36,53,25,30,22,31,24,31,20,50,13,50,0,29,39,58,50,91,76,76,76,77,76,76,76,76,76,225,233,214,189,243,233,655,445,451,450,444,396,412,396,394,377,2479,2542,2015,1179,1743,1663,6408,6408,29985,29986]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 {[%cal Bd2d3,Bd3d4][%mdl 32]} Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8. Bg5 Ne7 9. Re1 {C49: Four Knights: 4 Bb5 Bb4} Ng6 10. d4 h6 11. Bc1 {LiveBook: 5 Games. The position is equal.} c6 (11... Bd7 12. Bf1 Re8 13. d5 Nh7 14. g3 Rf8 15. h4 Bg4 16. Be2 Qd7 {½-½ (65) Naiditsch,A (2705)-Wang,H (2709) Riadh 2017}) 12. Bd3 Re8 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 12... Qa5 13. Bd2 Re8 14. c4 Qc7 15. c3 c5 16. Rb1 Be6 {½-½ (85) Mulet,P (2307)-Zherebtsova,A (2219) Warsaw 2017}) 13. h3 Be6 14. a4 Qc7 15. c4 Rad8 16. d5 Bc8 17. Nd2 Nf4 18. Nf1 N6h5 19. Be3 Qe7 20. Ng3 (20. Qf3 {NOTEXT} c5 21. a5 Bd7 22. Nd2 g5 23. Reb1) 20... Nxg3 21. fxg3 Nxd3 22. cxd3 c5 23. Rf1 f6 24. Qd2 Kh7 25. Rf2 Qf7 26. g4 Qg6 27. Qa5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} a6 28. Rb1 h5 29. gxh5 Qxh5 30. Rf3 {[%cal Bf2f3,Bf3g3,Bg3g6][%mdl 32]} Rf8 31. Rbf1 Qe8 32. Qe1 Rf7 (32... Rh8 $16) 33. Qh4+ $18 Kg8 34. Rg3 Qe7 (34... f5 {might work better.}) 35. Rg6 Qc7 $2 {[#]} (35... Rdf8 36. Rf3 Rd8) 36. Rfxf6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxf6 37. Qxf6 {Bh6 is the strong threat.} Rd7 38. Kh2 Kh7 39. Qf5 {White wants to mate with Re6+.} Kg8 40. Qe6+ Kh7 $2 (40... Rf7 41. Qxd6 Qxd6 42. Rxd6 Rf6) 41. Rg5 {[%cal Rg5h5] [#]} Rf7 42. Rh5+ Kg8 43. Qg6 {Threatening mate with Qh7+.} Rf6 44. Qh7+ Kf7 45. Rg5 {Precision: White = 71%, Black = 36%.} 1-0

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mirzoev, Azer"]
[Black "Sriram, Jha"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,24,13,28,50,26]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. Qb3 Qc7 8. f3 Bg6 9. Bd2 {D12: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 e3 Bf5} Be7 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. O-O-O a6 {LiveBook: 22 Games} 12. c5 Nbd7 {Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 13. Na4 $146 Rb8 14. Bd3 Rxh2 15. g4 Bd8 16. g5 Nh5 {0-1 (53) Wang,Y (2752)-Eljanov,P (2751) Astrakhan 2010} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kasparov, Sergey"]
[Black "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B55"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,92,40,25,40,19,21,20,22,21,32,22,60,22,18,19,35,24,37,29,26,4,22,13,13,13,20,14,26,21,18,18,26,18,24,24,24,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-31,-17,-17,-17,-17,-17,-25,-25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 Nc6 6. c4 Qb6 7. Nc2 g6 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. Rb1 Ng4 {B55: Sicilian: 2...d6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 Nf6 5 f3} 10. Qd2 Bh6 11. Qe2 Bxc1 12. Nd5 {LiveBook: 20 Games} Qa5+ 13. b4 Qd8 $1 14. Rxc1 e6 $1 {[#]} 15. Nc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Nde3 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 Qb6 17. Qxb6 axb6 {½-½ (25) Kokarev,D (2569)-Shomoev,A (2566) Tomsk 2011}) 15... Qg5 16. Qd2 Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2 Nf6 18. Be2 Ke7 19. Ke3 b6 20. Rhd1 Bb7 21. a3 Rac8 22. Nb5 Rhd8 23. Ncd4 Rd7 24. Rd2 Nxd4 25. Rxd4 Bc6 {[#] White must now prevent ...Bxb5.} 26. Nc3 g5 27. Rd2 h5 28. a4 a5 29. Rb1 axb4 30. Rxb4 Rb7 31. Nb5 Bxb5 32. Rxb5 Rc5 33. Rdb2 Ra7 34. Rxc5 bxc5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 35. Bd1 Nd7 36. Kd2 Ne5 37. Kc3 h4 38. g3 hxg3 39. hxg3 Nc6 {The position is equal.} 40. f4 gxf4 41. gxf4 Nd4 42. Rb8 Nc6 43. Rb2 Nb4 44. Rh2 Ra8 45. Rh7 Nc6 46. e5 Rd8 {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 90%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Harsha Bharathakoti"]
[Black "Tarlev, Konstantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2424"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,70,20,0,22,23,19,-39,-27,-33,-18,-36,-18,-4,0,0,-2,-9,0,0,23,33,24,32,128,126,122,116,187,187,189,192,181,145,156,194,200,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qc2 Nd7 8. e4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 c5 10. Bd3 Rc8 11. Qe2 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Bb2 Qc7 14. Rad1 {LiveBook: 23 Games. E12: Queen's Indian: Unusual White 4th moves, 4 a3, 4 Nc3 Bb7 5 a3 and 4 Nc3 Bb7} (14. Rfb1 Rfd8 15. a4 Nf6 16. Ne5 Nd7 17. Nf3 Qf4 18. Bc1 Qg4 19. h3 Qh5 20. a5 c4 21. Bc2 b5 {0-1 (34) Omar,N (2364)-Salgado Lopez,I (2644) Riadh 2017}) 14... c4 15. Bc2 b5 16. a4 $146 (16. Rb1 $11) ({Predecessor:} 16. h3 Nb6 17. Rfe1 Rce8 18. Rb1 f6 19. Bc1 Bc6 20. h4 Rf7 21. h5 Bf8 {0-1 (51) Raessler,A (2262)-Jaworski,M (2439) ICCF email 2007}) 16... b4 $15 17. cxb4 Bxb4 18. e5 {Black should prevent Bxh7+!} Be7 19. Bc1 Qd8 20. h4 Bxh4 21. Kh2 Be7 22. Rh1 $1 $40 {[%mdl 128] White is up to no good.} f5 {Strongly threatening ...Nb6.} 23. exf6 $1 Rxf6 24. Kg1 Bxf3 ({Black should play} 24... Nf8 $14) 25. Bxh7+ $16 Kf7 26. gxf3 g6 {[#]} (26... Nb6 $16 {was necessary.}) 27. d5 $1 $18 Rc5 28. Bg5 Rxd5 29. Rxd5 exd5 30. Bxf6 Bxf6 {[#]} 31. Qc2 $2 (31. f4 $1 $18 Nf8 32. f5) 31... Ne5 $11 {[#]The position is equal.} 32. Bxg6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxg6 33. Rh7+ Bg7 34. Qf5+ Qf6 35. Qxd5+ Kf8 {Precision: White = 68%, Black = 41%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Llaneza Vega, Marcos"]
[Black "Shahid, Ahmed S K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2422"]
[BlackElo "1876"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,65,86,86,66,86,77,300,300,301,288,300,288,298,292,312,293,331,332,332,315,322,325,325,314,315,316,336,325,327,324,324,322,357,346,355,357,350,341,369,374,434,427,418,402,421,424,464,443,525,506,558,550,535,521]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Re1+ {C56: Two Knights: 4 d4 exd4 5 0-0 Nxe4} ({Of course not} 8. Nxd4 $6 Bxd4 9. cxd4 Be6 $11) (8. Qb3 Be6 9. Qxb7 Nde7 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Qb5 Qd5 12. b4 Bb6 13. Qxd5 Nxd5 14. b5 Nce7 15. c4 Nb4 {1-0 (53) Delorme,A (2285)-Hutois,M (2164) Sautron 2014}) 8... Be7 9. Nxd4 O-O $2 {[#]} (9... Nb6 $16 {is a better defense.} 10. Bb5 Bd7) 10. Bxd5 $1 $18 {White has a decisive advantage.} Qxd5 11. Nxc6 Qxc6 12. Rxe7 Be6 13. Bf4 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 13. b3 Qc5 14. Ba3 Rfd8 15. Re8+ Rxe8 16. Bxc5 Rad8 17. Nd2 {1-0 (17) Gempe,A (2114)-Platzek,J (1634) Naumburg 2003}) 13... Rac8 14. Qh5 Qe4 {[%cal Re4e1]} 15. Qe5 Rfd8 {[%cal Rd8d1] [#]} 16. Re8+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxe8 17. Qxe4 Bf5 18. Qxe8+ Rxe8 {[%cal Re8e1]} 19. Nd2 c6 20. Nf3 h6 21. Re1 Rxe1+ 22. Nxe1 Bb1 23. a3 Kf8 24. Kf1 Ke7 25. Ke2 Bf5 26. Nd3 Bd7 27. Bb8 a6 28. Nc5 Bc8 29. Bc7 {White is clearly winning.} Kf6 30. a4 {[%cal Ba3a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Kf5 31. a5 h5 32. Ke3 h4 33. Ne4 {Precision: White = 97%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Prince, Bajaj"]
[Black "Mohammed Abdul, Malek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2177"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,76,175,183,200,268,270,254,229,514,547,547,503,520,539,536,508,610,527,506,519,606,468,641,229,352,352,743,726,29986,29987,29987,29988,5489,453,441,444,29985,29986,29986,29958,5206,5206,2105,1379,1348,1277,1325,1151,1189,1180,1747,1582,1187]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 g6 7. f3 Bg7 8. Be3 O-O 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Ne5 11. Bb3 Qc7 12. Bh6 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Qxc4 {[#]} 14. h4 $1 {B77: Sicilian Dragon: Yugoslav Attack, 9 Bc4 sidelines} Rd8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... b5 15. h5 b4 16. Bxg7 bxc3 17. Qh6 cxb2+ 18. Kb1 Be6 19. Nxe6 Qxe6 20. hxg6 fxg6 21. Bxf8 Rxf8 {1-0 (31) Kollen,Z (2220)-Boersma,J (2119) Dieren 2015}) 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 {[#]} 16. h5 $1 {[%mdl 512] White has a decisive advantage.} b5 $2 (16... Rg8 17. hxg6 fxg6 18. Qh6+ (18. b3 Qf7 $16) 18... Kf7) (16... Nxh5 17. g4) 17. hxg6 $18 fxg6 18. Nd5 ({Weaker is} 18. b3 Qf7 $16) 18... Ra7 19. b3 Qc5 20. Qh6+ Kg8 21. Nf5 Bxf5 22. exf5 Rc8 {[%csl Gc8][%cal Rc5c2]} 23. Rd2 gxf5 24. Qg5+ $2 (24. g4) 24... Kf8 (24... Kh8 {is a better defense.} 25. Qxf5 (25. Nxf6 exf6 26. Qxf6+ Rg7 $16) 25... Rf8) 25. Qxf5 Kg8 $2 (25... Ke8 26. b4 Qc6) 26. g4 Nxd5 27. Qxh7+ ({Not} 27. Rxd5 Qe3+ 28. Kb1 e6 $16) 27... Kf8 28. Qf5+ Nf6 29. Rh8+ (29. Qg6 $142 {White threatens Rh8+ and mate.} Nh5 30. Rxh5 Qxh5 31. gxh5) 29... Kg7 30. Qxc8 Rc7 (30... Qxc8 $18 31. Rxc8 Kg6) 31. Qf8+ Kg6 32. f4 {[%csl Gf8][%cal Rh8h6]} Qg1+ 33. Kb2 {[%csl Gf8][%cal Rh8h6] White is clearly winning.} Qxg4 34. Rg2 Qxg2 {[#]} 35. Rg8+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxg8 36. Qxg8+ Kf5 37. Qxg2 Kxf4 38. Qf2+ Ke5 {Precision: White = 78%, Black = 30%.} 1-0

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Fominyh, Alexander"]
[Black "Tandukar, Nabin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2391"]
[BlackElo "1936"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,59,53,45,63,50,63,39,52,32,49,35,80,45,75,60,189,193,188,212,213,218,308,230,225,233,223,227,242,239,272,256,287,246,272,268,258,267,279,277,305,311,343,350,347,195]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. c4 Nc6 7. Nc3 e5 8. d5 Ne7 9. e4 {LiveBook: 404 Games} Rb8 {E62: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...c6 and Panno Variation (6...Nc6) without ...a6} (9... a5 10. Ne1 Nd7 11. Nd3 f5 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 b6 14. Qd2 Ne5 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Bg5 Qd6 17. Nb5 Qc5+ {1-0 (27) Sjugirov,S (2650)-Pridorozhni,A (2565) Sochi 2017}) 10. Ne1 a6 11. b4 b6 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 11... c6 12. b5 axb5 13. cxb5 cxd5 14. Nxd5 Nfxd5 15. exd5 Ra8 16. Bb2 Qb6 17. Qb3 {1-0 (44) Kraschenko,A (2027)-Popovkin,P (2320) Kiev 2009}) 12. Nd3 Nh5 13. Rb1 Bd7 14. Rb3 Qc8 15. c5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Bg4 (15... Bh3 $14) 16. f3 $18 Bh3 17. Bxh3 Qxh3 18. g4 {aiming for Bg5.} bxc5 (18... Nf4 {is a better defense.} 19. Nxf4 exf4) 19. gxh5 c4 20. Nf2 Qxh5 21. Rb2 f5 22. Qe2 f4 23. Ng4 Qh3 24. Rd1 Kh8 25. Qf1 {White has a decisive advantage.} Qxf1+ 26. Kxf1 h5 27. Nf2 Bf6 28. a4 g5 29. b5 axb5 30. axb5 {Precision: White = 40%, Black = 12%.} ({Much less strong is} 30. Rxb5 Rg8 $18) (30. Nxb5 $142 Rb7 31. Rc2) 1-0

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kaustuv, Kundu"]
[Black "Harshavardhan G B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2119"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,95,20,32,18,35,22,22,22,22,-2,0,0,0,0,0,-4,0,-18,-17,-25,0,-26,0,-39,-42,-42,9,8,14,10,42,41,51,2,1,6,5,-15,-14,-46,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. d4 e5 8. Nf3 exd4 9. Bg5 Qe6+ 10. Be2 Be7 11. cxd4 Bxg5 12. Nxg5 Qe7 13. Nf3 {A18: English Opening: Flohr-Mikenas System (1 c4 Nf6 2 Nc3 e6 3 e4)} O-O 14. O-O Nc6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} (14... Bg4 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Nc6 17. Rb1 Rad8 18. Re1 Qf6 19. Rxb7 Rxd4 {1-0 (35) Nepomniachtchi,I (2716)-Quesada Perez,Y (2625) Havana 2012}) 15. Re1 {White is slightly better.} Qf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Bg4 16. Qb1 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Qd6 18. Qxb7 Nxd4 19. Qxa8 Rxa8 20. Bxa8 {0-1 (74) Oussedik,M (2271)-Emiroglu,C (2253) Ankara 2012}) 16. Rb1 b6 17. d5 Ne5 18. Nd4 Bd7 19. Qd2 Rae8 20. Bf1 Re7 21. f4 Ng6 22. Rxe7 Nxe7 23. g3 g6 24. Bg2 c6 25. Qe3 Re8 26. Qe5 Qxe5 (26... Nxd5 $1 $15 27. Qxf6 Nxf6) 27. fxe5 $11 {Hoping for e6.} cxd5 28. cxd5 Nf5 29. Nc6 Ne3 30. Bf3 Nc4 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Nd2.} 31. Rc1 b5 32. d6 Kf8 33. Nxa7 Rxe5 34. Bc6 {The position is equal.} Bxc6 35. Nxc6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Rd5 36. a4 $1 Rxd6 37. axb5 Nb6 38. Rc2 Rd5 39. Na7 Rd7 40. Ra2 Rb7 41. Nc6 Nd5 42. Ra8+ Kg7 43. Nd4 Nc3 44. Ra5 Rd7 45. Ra3 $1 Rxd4 46. Rxc3 Rb4 47. Rc5 Rb2 48. Rd5 {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 64%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Padmini, Rout"]
[Black "Shantharam, K V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2163"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,136,36,34,-128,-134,-126,-126,-145,-139,-137,-144,-142,-128,-130,-126,-127,-121,-124,-93,-95,-94,-92,-86,-91,-92,-107,-97,-109,-85,-92,-73,-74,-70,-72,-51,-52,-33,-52,-52,-47,-41,-53,-51,-51,-56,-57,-63,-68,-60,-67,-70,-62,-56,-73,-52,-62,-46,-73,-74,-91,-74,-74,-78,-90,-51,-71,-43,-39,-27,-27,-27,-27,-27,-27,-27,-27,-27,-27,-27,-27,-27,-27,-27,-75,-27,-27,-27,-27,0,0,0,-27,0,-27,-27,-27,-27,-27,-27,-27,0,-27,-27,-27,-27,-27,-27,-158,28,24,12829,12831,1127,12831,8308,2953,2089,1681,1438,1166,1069,375,355]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Be7 8. Ng3 Ngf6 {LiveBook: 449 Games} 9. Ne5 $2 {C10: French with 3 Nc3: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3...dxe4} (9. Re1 $14 {stays ahead.}) (9. Re1 O-O 10. c3 Bd5 11. c4 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 c6 13. Bd2 Re8 14. Bc3 Bf8 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. Bc2 Rad8 17. Re2 a6 18. a4 a5 19. b3 Bb4 20. Bb2 Bf8 21. Ne4 Nxe4 22. Qxe4 {1-0 (100) Demchenko,A (2660)-Zhao,J (2604) Riadh 2017}) 9... Nxe5 $17 10. dxe5 Qd5 $1 {[%csl Gc6,LRe5,LRg2][%cal Rd5g2]} 11. f3 {Black is better.} Qxe5 12. Qe2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Re1 Qd5 13. Qe2 O-O-O 14. Bc4 Bc5+ 15. Kh1 Qd4 16. Bg5 Qf2 {0-1 (79) Vovk,A (2504)-Cartas,O (2111) Predeal 2007}) 12... Qxe2 13. Nxe2 Bc5+ 14. Kh1 Nd5 15. a3 a5 16. Bd2 Be3 17. Bxe3 Nxe3 18. Rfe1 Rd8 19. Rac1 O-O 20. Kg1 Nd5 21. Kf2 Nb6 22. Nc3 Na4 23. Nxa4 Bxa4 24. b4 axb4 25. axb4 Bd7 26. Ra1 Ra8 27. Be4 c6 28. Red1 Rxa1 29. Rxa1 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} f5 30. Bd3 Kf7 31. Ra7 Bc8 32. b5 cxb5 33. Bxb5 Rd8 34. Ke3 Ke7 35. f4 Kd6 36. Ra3 Bd7 37. Bf1 Kc7 38. Be2 Bc6 39. g4 Be4 40. h4 Rd6 41. c4 Ra6 42. Rxa6 bxa6 $11 {KB-KB} 43. Kd4 Kc6 44. Bd1 a5 45. Ba4+ Kd6 46. c5+ Kc7 47. gxf5 exf5 48. Bb3 Bc6 49. Bg8 h6 50. Be6 Be4 51. Bb3 Bb1 52. Ba4 Be4 53. Bb3 Bc6 54. Be6 Bd7 55. Bd5 Ba4 56. Kc3 Kd7 57. Kd4 Ke7 58. Ke5 Bc2 59. Kd4 {[#]} Be4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 60. Bc4 (60. Bxe4 fxe4) 60... Bc6 61. Ke5 {[#]} (61. Kc3 $1 $11) 61... Be4 $2 (61... a4 $1 $17 62. Bg8 a3) 62. Bb5 {And now h5 would win.} Bb7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (62... g6 $11) 63. c6 {[%cal Bc5c6,Bc6c7][%mdl 32]} Bc8 64. h5 Be6 65. c7 Bc8 66. Bc6 Ba6 67. Ba4 Bc8 68. Kd5 $2 (68. Bb5 Bb7 69. Kxf5) 68... Bd7 {Precision: White = 66%, Black = 51%.} 1-0

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Srijit Paul"]
[Black "Panta, Sumit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2351"]
[BlackElo "1993"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,20,4,-2,14]} 1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 g6 4. Ngf3 Bg7 5. g3 Ne7 6. Bg2 c5 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 Nbc6 9. c3 b6 10. e5 {LiveBook: 41 Games} a5 {[%mdl 32768] Loss on Time!? A08: King's Indian Attack} (10... f6 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Nf1 Bg7 13. Bf4 h6 {½-½ (13) Mirkovic,S (2264)-Nagy,G (2467) Kecskemet 2016}) {Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 11. a4 $146 Ba6 12. Nb1 Qd7 13. Na3 h6 14. h4 f6 15. exf6 Rxf6 16. Bh3 Raf8 17. Nb5 d4 18. Bf4 Nd5 19. Bd2 {½-½ (27) Zatko,G (2260)-Marinov,P (2309) ICCF email 2013} 1-0

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Thing, Bibek"]
[Black "Subhayan Kundu"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2263"]
[BlackElo "2079"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,125,-7,-17,-14,-20,-14,-16,0,0,0,0,0,-18,22,16,18,0,24,12,35,32,50,33,58,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-22,13,-14,0,-27,-16,-33,-10,-10,-6,-64,-67,-87,-79,-75,-68,-145,-49,-42,-36,-58,-52,-54,0,0,0,0,36,36,128,108,110,64,68,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,147,147,183,100,177,18,51,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. exd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O c6 {C01: French: Exchange Variation} 8. Bg5 Re8 9. Re1 Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7f8,Bf8e6][%mdl 32]} 10. Bd3 Rxe1+ 11. Qxe1 Nf8 12. Qd2 Ne6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Ng6 13. Re1 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Re8+ {0-1 (35) Ostrowsky,A-Chervonenko,I (2145) Jerusalem 1996}) 13. Bh4 $1 Bf4 14. Qd1 g5 15. Bg3 Bxg3 (15... Ne8 {is interesting.} 16. Ne2 Bxg3 17. hxg3 h5 18. b3 N6g7) 16. hxg3 g4 17. Nh4 Nxd4 18. Bxh7+ (18. Qd2 $14) 18... Nxh7 $11 19. Qxd4 Qf6 20. Qd3 Bd7 21. Re1 Ng5 {[%cal Bh7g5,Bg5e4,Be4d6,Bd6c4][%mdl 32]} 22. Na4 Rd8 23. Nc5 Bc8 24. Qe3 b6 25. Nd3 Ne4 26. Kh2 Kg7 27. f3 (27. c4 {keeps more tension.} Re8 28. Nf4 Nxg3 29. Qxe8 Qxh4+ 30. Nh3) 27... Nd6 28. Qe7 (28. fxg4 {is more complex.} Bxg4 29. Rf1 Qxf1 30. Qg5+ Kh7 31. Qxd8 Ne4 32. Qc7) 28... Qxe7 29. Rxe7 a5 30. Rc7 c5 31. Rc6 (31. Kg1 $11) 31... Nc4 $1 $15 32. b3 {[#]} Bd7 $1 {[%cal Rd7c6]} 33. Rc7 Ne3 34. fxg4 (34. Ng6 $15) 34... Nxc2 ({Much less strong is} 34... Nxg4+ 35. Kg1 $15) (34... Bxg4 $17 35. Nf3 Nxc2) 35. g5 $1 {White wants to play Ne5.} Ne3 {[#]} 36. g6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Ng4+ (36... fxg6 37. Ne5) 37. Kg1 d4 (37... fxg6 $15 38. Rb7 c4) 38. gxf7 $11 Kxf7 39. Rb7 Ke6 40. Rxb6+ Kd5 {[#]} (40... Ke7 $14) 41. Nf4+ $1 $16 Ke4 42. Rd6 Ne5 43. Ne6 ({White should try} 43. Kf2 $14) 43... Rc8 $11 44. Nf3 Nxf3+ 45. gxf3+ Ke5 46. Rxd7 Kxe6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} 47. Ra7 Kd5 48. Kf2 Re8 49. g4 a4 (49... Kd6 $11) 50. Rxa4 $16 ({Reject} 50. bxa4 $6 Kc6 $11) 50... Rh8 51. Ra7 ({Better is} 51. g5 $18) 51... Rh2+ 52. Ke1 $2 (52. Kg3 $18 Rh8 53. g5) 52... Ke5 53. Rf7 {Threatening a4.} (53. g5 $5 {[%cal Rg5g6]} Rg2 54. Ra5 $16) 53... Rxa2 {The position is equal.} 54. Rf5+ Kd6 55. g5 Rb2 56. g6 {Black must now prevent Rg5.} Rg2 ({Avoid the trap} 56... Rxb3 $2 57. g7 $18) 57. Rf6+ Ke5 58. Rc6 Kd5 59. Rb6 {With the idea Kf1.} d3 60. g7 Kd4 61. Rd6+ Kc3 62. Rd7 c4 {Hoping for ...Kc2.} 63. bxc4 {[%mdl 32768] Precision: White = 49%, Black = 56%. . Loss on Time!?} 0-1

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Neelash Saha"]
[Black "Shyaamnikhil P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2212"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,100,33,15,42,37,52,0,94,-19,-7,-6,-18,-104,-100,-102,-80,-80,-86,-104,-94,-133,-120,-118,-118,-112,-18,-18,0,0,0,-118,-114,-323,-318,-352,-357,-340,-343,-337,-297,-385,-352,-435,-397,-534,-521,-525,-514,-539,-506,-598,-592,-737,-722,-1635,-1739,-1167,-1150,-1125,-1125,-1088,-1081,-1543,-835,-778,-718,-1404,-718,-708,-650,-2223,-2127,-1491,-1054,-1054,-1054,-870,-859,-1750,-1324,-1131,-809,-3758,-2406,-1847,-663]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nd2 h6 4. Bh4 c5 5. e4 (5. c3 cxd4 6. cxd4 Nc6 7. Ngf3 g5 8. Bg3 Nh5 9. e3 Nxg3 10. hxg3 Bg7 11. Bb5 O-O 12. Rc1 f5 13. Bxc6 bxc6 {1-0 (71) Jobava,B (2713)-Short,N (2688) Malmo 2017}) 5... cxd4 6. e5 {A45: Trompowsky Attack} g5 7. Bg3 Nd5 8. h4 gxh4 9. Bxh4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Qa5 10. Ngf3 Nc6 11. Bc4 {[#]} ({White should try} 11. Bd3 $1 $14) 11... d6 (11... Ne3 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]} 12. fxe3 dxe3) 12. O-O $146 (12. exd6 $1 $16 Bxd6 13. O-O) ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 12. exd6 Bxd6 {1-0 (25) Cubas Pons,J (2284)-Palmqvist,F (2050) Reykjavik 2013}) 12... dxe5 $11 13. Re1 Nf4 {[%cal Bd5f4,Bf4h3,Bh3g5][%mdl 32]} 14. g3 (14. Bg3 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 14... Nh3+ $1 $17 15. Kg2 {[#]} Ng5 $1 16. Nxg5 hxg5 17. Bxg5 Be7 $1 {[%cal Re7g5]} 18. Ne4 Bxg5 19. Nxg5 Ke7 20. Qf3 f5 (20... f6 $1 $17 {[%cal Rf6g5]} 21. Rh1 (21. Ne4 f5 $17) 21... Bd7 22. Rh7+ (22. Rxh8 $2 Rxh8 23. Ne4 f5 $19) 22... Rxh7 23. Nxh7 f5) 21. Qb3 $1 $11 {[%cal Rc4e6]} Qd2 22. Nf3 (22. Nxe6 $2 Bxe6 23. Rh1 (23. Bxe6 $2 {gets mated.} Rh2+ 24. Kxh2 Qxf2+ 25. Kh3 Rh8#) 23... Bxc4 $19) 22... Qa5 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 23. Bb5 (23. Ng5 $11 {remains equal.}) 23... Bd7 $1 $17 24. Nxe5 $2 (24. Qc4 $17 a6 25. Qc5+ Kf7 26. Qd6 Qxb5 27. Qxd7+ Kf6 28. Rh1) 24... Nxe5 $19 25. Rxe5 {aiming for Rae1.} a6 26. Rae1 axb5 27. Rxe6+ {[#]} Kd8 $1 ({Don't go for} 27... Bxe6 $2 28. Qxe6+ Kd8 29. Qf6+ Kc7 30. Re7+ Kb8 31. Qxh8+ Ka7 32. Qxd4+ Qb6 33. Qd5 $18) 28. Qd5 {[#]} Kc8 $1 29. Qxf5 {intending Re8+.} Rd8 ({Weaker is} 29... Qxe1 30. Qc5+ Bc6+ 31. Rxc6+ bxc6 32. Qxc6+ Kb8 33. Qb6+ Kc8 34. Qc6+ Kb8 35. Qb6+ Kc8 36. Qc6+ $11) 30. R1e5 Bxe6 {Black is clearly winning.} 31. Qxe6+ Kb8 32. Qf5 Qc7 33. Rc5 Qd7 34. Qd3 Rh8 35. Rxb5 Qh3+ 36. Kf3 Rf8+ 37. Ke2 Re8+ 38. Kf3 Qh1+ 39. Kf4 Qh6+ 40. Kf3 Qc6+ 41. Kf4 Rf8+ 42. Rf5 Qd6+ 43. Kg5 Rg8+ 44. Kh4 Qh6+ 45. Rh5 Qf6+ 46. Kh3 Qxf2 47. Rh7 Ra7 48. a3 Qf6 49. Kg2 Qc6+ 50. Kh2 Qg6 {Precision: White = 27%, Black = 63%.} 0-1

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jaiswal, Rupesh"]
[Black "Gusain, Himal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2121"]
[BlackElo "2413"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,74,0,0,-17,-18,-24,-13,-18,-16,-18,-17,-12,-15,-16,-8,-10,-22,-74,-46,-54,-31,-81,-79,-77,-70,-81,-33,-101,-65,-113,-33,-73,-82,-77,-51,-50,-4,-57,0,-81,-20,-19,-17,-129,-92,-131,-90,-164,-68,-889,-773,-29989,-1285,-29990,-29991,-29991,-29992,-29992,-29991,-29991,-29992]} 1. d4 c5 2. e3 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. b3 {A46: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 e6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} d5 7. Bb2 Bd6 8. O-O O-O {LiveBook: 6 Games} 9. Ne5 Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6e7,Be7f5,Bf5h4][%mdl 32]} 10. f4 Ne7 11. Bd3 Nf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Ne4 12. Bxe4 dxe4 13. Nec4 cxd4 14. Nxd6 Qxd6 15. Nc4 Qc7 16. Qxd4 {½-½ (39) Popchev,M (2451)-Gonda,L (2522) Zupanja 2009}) 12. Qf3 Qe7 13. g4 {Strongly threatening dxc5.} Nh4 14. Qh3 Ne4 15. Rad1 cxd4 16. exd4 (16. Bxd4 $11 Rfd8 17. c4) 16... f5 17. g5 $1 Ng6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 18. Qe3 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Bc5 20. Bd4 Rfc8 21. Rf3 (21. Nf3 $15) 21... a5 22. Rh3 Bc6 (22... a4 $17) 23. c4 Rd8 24. Bxc5 bxc5 25. cxd5 Bxd5 26. Be2 ({Better is} 26. Nxe4 $11 Bxe4 27. Qe2) 26... g6 (26... a4 $15 27. Nxe4 Bxe4 28. Rxd8+ Qxd8 29. bxa4 Qd5) 27. Rc1 (27. Nxe4 $11 Bxe4 28. Rxd8+ Rxd8 29. Qc3) 27... Rac8 ({Black should try} 27... Nxd2 $17 28. Qxd2 Bxb3) 28. Nxe4 $11 Bxe4 29. Bc4 {[#]} (29. Rg3 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 29... Rd4 $1 $17 30. Qf2 Ba8 {...Qb7 is the strong threat.} 31. Bf1 {[#]} (31. Be2 $17 {was necessary.}) 31... Qb7 ({Black should play} 31... Rcd8 $1 $19 {And now ...Qb7 would win.} 32. Be2 Rd2) 32. Qe3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (32. Bg2 $15 Qxg2+ 33. Qxg2 Bxg2 34. Kxg2) 32... Rcd8 33. Rc2 Qh1+ 34. Kf2 Rd1 {Black mates.} 35. Qe2 R8d4 36. Rh4 Rxf1+ 37. Qxf1 Qf3+ {Precision: White = 31%, Black = 44%.} 0-1

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kayastha, Madan Krishna"]
[Black "Kakshapati, Prayash Shrestha"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2097"]
[BlackElo "1601"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Qc7 6. f4 Nf6 7. h3 h5 8. Nf3 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. Ne5 Bd7 11. Nd2 h4 12. Ndf3 Nh5 13. Bd2 Ng3 14. Re1 Bf6 15. f5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 O-O 17. Bf4 Qd8 18. Bxg3 hxg3 19. fxe6 Bxe6 20. Qh5 g6 21. Nxg6 1-0

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Saptorshi Gupta"]
[Black "Gajwa Ankit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2080"]
[BlackElo "2292"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,62,24,28,25,6,11,0,0,0,8,-12,-12,-23,-25,-28,-21,-13,-4,-6,0,-22,0,-16,47,30,66,58,99,79,71,57,78,61,122,-90,-87,-97,-93,-91,-91,-91,-89,-102,0,-71,0,-92,0,-44,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. h3 Nbd7 8. a4 {LiveBook: 5 Games} Nc5 {C24: Bishop's Opening: 2...Nf6} 9. Ba2 (9. Re1 Be6 10. Bxe6 Nxe6 11. d4 Qa5 12. Be3 Rfe8 13. d5 cxd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Nc5 16. c4 {½-½ (31) Turati,P (2474)-Sadowski,M (2553) ICCF email 2009}) 9... Be6 10. b4 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 10. Re1 Bxa2 11. Rxa2 Ne6 12. Ra1 Nd7 13. d4 Ng5 14. d5 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 c5 16. Nd1 {1-0 (48) Biryukov,D (2278)-Shlegin,S (2336) Saratov 2014}) 10... Bxa2 {The position is equal.} 11. Rxa2 Ne6 12. Ne2 Re8 13. c3 a5 14. Ng3 axb4 15. cxb4 Bf8 16. Bd2 g6 17. Qc2 h5 18. a5 h4 ({Black should try} 18... d5 $11) 19. Ne2 $14 Nh5 20. a6 Re7 21. Rfa1 bxa6 22. Qxc6 Rc7 23. Qd5 Rcc8 (23... Nf6 $14 24. Qb3 d5) 24. Rxa6 $2 (24. Qb3 $16) 24... Rxa6 25. Rxa6 Nc7 $1 {[%csl LRa6,LRd5]} 26. Qa5 {[#] Strongly threatening Ra7.} Nxa6 27. Qxa6 Ra8 28. Qc6 Rc8 29. Qa6 $1 Ra8 30. Qc6 $1 Rc8 31. Qa6 $1 Ra8 {Precision: White = 40%, Black = 34%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hamal, Manish"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2058"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,93,-18,-43,-16,-24,-20,-84,-66,-71,-79,-79,-83,-82,-77,-73,-70,-111,-113,-115,-115,-115,-115,-122,-107,-137,-110,-111,-86,-107,-86,-91,-91,-130,-103,-100,-103,-128,-128,-131,-131,-138,-146,-163,-155,-168,-162,-175,-160,-160,-166,-164,-163,-153,-150,-154,-148,-154,-154,-149,-104,-119,-76,-77,-64,-64,-64,-64,-64,-64,-64,-102,-102,-685,-677,-806,-307,-291,-285,-365]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 Qb6 6. Qb3 c4 7. Qxb6 axb6 8. Nbd2 b5 {[%cal Bb6b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 9. Ne5 {LiveBook: 5 Games. D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} (9. Be2 e6 10. O-O b4 11. Bg5 b5 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. cxb4 Bxb4 14. a3 Bxd2 15. Nxd2 Ke7 16. Rfc1 Bd7 17. b3 {0-1 (31) Mehmeti,D (2428)-Pelletier,Y (2540) Heraklio 2017}) 9... b4 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. e4 (11. a4 $11) 11... e6 $17 12. Be2 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 12. e5 Nd7 13. Be2 c5 14. Be3 Be7 15. O-O O-O 16. f4 bxc3 17. bxc3 cxd4 18. Bxd4 {0-1 (50) Fromme,E (2142)-Mueller,M (2275) Germany 2015}) 12... bxc3 13. bxc3 Ba3 {aiming for ...Bb2.} 14. Rb1 O-O 15. O-O Ba6 16. Rb6 Rfc8 17. f3 Nd7 18. Rbb1 Bb5 19. exd5 exd5 20. Bd1 Nb6 21. Re1 f6 22. Nf1 Kf7 23. Ng3 g6 24. h4 Ra7 25. Re2 Rca8 26. Kf2 Bf8 27. a4 Nxa4 28. Bxa4 Rxa4 29. h5 Ra1 30. hxg6+ hxg6 31. Ree1 Rxb1 32. Rxb1 Ra2+ 33. Ne2 Ke6 34. g4 Be7 35. Ke3 Bd8 36. Bg3 Kd7 37. Rh1 g5 38. Rh7+ Be7 39. Bc7 Kxc7 40. Rxe7+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Kd6 41. Rf7 Ke6 42. Rh7 {With the idea Ng3.} Ba4 {[#] ...Bd1 is the strong threat.} 43. Ra7 Bb3 44. Rc7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (44. Rxa2 $17 Bxa2 45. f4) 44... Bd1 $19 {[%csl Gd1][%cal Ra2e2]} 45. Ng3 Rc2 $2 (45... Rg2 46. Rxc6+ Kf7) 46. Rxc6+ Kf7 ({Resist} 46... Kd7 47. Rxf6 Rxc3+ 48. Kf2 $19) 47. Rc7+ {Precision: White = 46%, Black = 72%.} 0-1

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sonkalan Bharati"]
[Black "Navalgund, Niranjan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2050"]
[BlackElo "2286"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,84,0,-27,25,0,0,9,0,-8,0,-50,-45,-46,-45,-43,-48,-45,-26,-74,-58,-54,-20,-29,-22,-27,-23,-30,-17,-12,-12,-43,-5,-7,0,-16,0,-9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-14,-8,-54,0,0,0,-99,-90,-583,-577,-605,-605,-589,-585,-791,-645,-880,-708]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. e3 d5 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. Bd3 b6 9. O-O {[%cal Bh1f1,Bf1f3,Bf3h3][%mdl 32] D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} (9. e4 Be7 10. e5 Nh5 11. Nf1 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 g6 14. Ne3 f5 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Be2 Nxg3 17. hxg3 {½-½ (37) Nakamura,H (2787)-Svidler,P (2760) Moscow 2018}) 9... Bb7 10. Qb1 Ne7 11. Ne5 {LiveBook: 9 Games. The position is equal.} Nc8 $146 ({Black should try} 11... Qc7) ({Predecessor:} 11... g6 12. Nef3 Nf5 13. Be5 Be7 14. h3 a5 15. a4 Ba6 16. Bxa6 Rxa6 17. Rd1 Qa8 {1-0 (71) Kamsky,G (2670)-Arun Prasad,S (2503) Rockville 2015}) 12. f4 Be7 13. Bh4 {Black must now prevent Bxf6.} g6 14. Rf3 Nd6 15. Qe1 (15. Bxf6 $5 Bxf6 16. g4 $11) 15... Nfe4 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Rh3 f6 18. Ng4 Kg7 19. Nf2 Nxd2 20. Qxd2 e5 21. dxe5 fxe5 22. fxe5 Qxe5 23. e4 $1 {[#] Hoping for Qh6+.} Qf4 24. Qxf4 Rxf4 25. exd5 $1 Bxd5 26. Re3 Raf8 27. Re7+ Kh6 28. Rf1 Nc8 29. Rc7 Bxa2 30. Ng4+ Kg5 31. Ne5 {Strongly threatening Ra1.} Rxf1+ 32. Bxf1 Bg8 33. g3 Re8 34. Nf3+ Kf6 35. Ba6 Bd5 (35... Nd6 $15) 36. Nd2 $11 Nd6 37. Rxa7 {[#]} (37. Rd7 $11 {remains equal.} Ke6 38. Rxh7) 37... Re1+ $1 $17 38. Bf1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (38. Kf2 $17 Ra1 39. Rd7) 38... Rd1 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 39. Ra6 Rxd2 40. Rxb6 Ke5 41. b4 cxb4 42. cxb4 Ne4 {Precision: White = 46%, Black = 54%.} 0-1

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karmacharya, Punya Man"]
[Black "Basnet, Surya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "1933"]
[BlackElo "1802"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. h3 Bb6 7. d3 O-O 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Nxg5 hxg5 11. Bxg5 Be6 12. Qf3 Kg7 13. Qg3 Rh8 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. Bxd5 Nd4 16. Bh4+ Kf8 17. Qg5 Nf3+ 18. gxf3 Rg8 19. Qxg8+ Kxg8 20. Kh1 Qd7 21. Bxf6 Qxh3+ 22. Kg1 Qg3+ 23. Kh1 Qxf3+ 24. Kg1 Qxf6 0-1

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shrestha Bibek Raj"]
[Black "Sayantan, Chandra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[BlackElo "1878"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "16"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d3 g6 5. Bg5 Qb6 6. Qd2 Bg7 7. Na4 Qb5 8. Nc3 Qxb2 0-1

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Deshmukh, Anup"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2282"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,47,33,84,41,71,74,69,49,56,52,82,72,68,75,130,131,134,123,124,73,73,77,72,66,40,0,159,158,239,238,673,668]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Bf5 8. Qf3 {D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation} (8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Be7 10. Nge2 O-O 11. f3 Re8 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Rad1 b5 14. Bf2 Bf8 15. Ng3 Rc8 {1-0 (60) Duda,J (2706)-Meier,G (2655) Heraklio 2017}) 8... Bh7 9. Bxf6 gxf6 {LiveBook: 4 Games} (9... Qxf6 $14 10. Qxf6 gxf6) 10. Qd1 {White is better.} Qb6 11. Qd2 Nd7 12. Nf3 Rg8 13. g3 Be4 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 13... Bd6 14. O-O-O f5 15. Bd3 Nf6 {1-0 (66) Barbero,G (2490)-Casagrande,H (2395) Moscow 1994}) 14. Be2 f5 15. O-O Bxf3 (15... Qc7 $142) 16. Bxf3 $16 Nf6 17. Qc2 Ne4 18. Bxe4 (18. Bg2 $142) 18... fxe4 19. f3 f5 20. fxe4 fxe4 {[#]} 21. Nxe4 $1 {[%cal Bc3e4,Be4f6,Bf6d5][%mdl 544]} O-O-O $2 (21... dxe4 $11 22. Qxe4+ Be7) 22. Nf6 Rg7 {[#]} (22... Rg5 $16 23. Nh7 Rg8) 23. Nxd5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Qa5 $2 (23... Rxd5 24. Rxf8+ Rd8) 24. Qf5+ {Precision: White = 45%, Black = 25%.} 1-0

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tarlev, Konstantin"]
[Black "Prince, Bajaj"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,65,25,25,35,31,25,42,51,52,50,74,74,74,74,74,74,80,74,87,88,100,33,46,20,85,83,86,89,88,86,87,67,57,58,78,63,72,60,105,104,107,89,114,105]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. g3 Be7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O c5 10. Bf4 Na6 11. Rc1 Ne4 12. dxc5 Naxc5 13. Nb5 {E12: Queen's Indian: Unusual White 4th moves, 4 a3, 4 Nc3 Bb7 5 a3 and 4 Nc3 Bb7} Ne6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... a6 14. Nc7 Rc8 15. b4 Rxc7 16. Bxc7 Qxc7 17. bxc5 Bxc5 18. Nd2 {1-0 (44) Manolache,M (2462)-Pena Torres,J (2110) Villagarcia de Arosa 2005}) 14. Be3 Bf6 15. Nfd4 {White is slightly better.} Nxd4 16. Bxd4 a6 17. Nc3 Rc8 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. e3 h6 20. Qb3 Qd6 21. Rcd1 Rfd8 {[#]} 22. e4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} d4 $14 {[#]} (22... dxe4 23. Rxd6) 23. e5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxe5 (23... Qd7 $11 24. Bxb7 (24. exf6 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Qc6+ 26. f3 dxc3 $11) 24... Qxb7) 24. Bxb7 $16 Rb8 25. Rfe1 ({Of course not} 25. Qxb6 $6 Rd7 $11) 25... Qc7 26. Bxa6 {Strongly threatening Ne2.} dxc3 27. Rxd8+ Rxd8 28. bxc3 h5 29. Bf1 Rd2 30. Re2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Rxe2 31. Bxe2 {White is better.} g6 32. Bf3 Kg7 33. Qb4 {Precision: White = 74%, Black = 54%.} 1-0

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Black "Padmini, Rout"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,61,-14,8,8,9,10,12,8,8,6,6,0,0,0,0,7,13,7,8,11,15,8,14,0,1,0,0,0,8,9,19,19,25,4,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Bd7 {LiveBook: 19 Games} 11. Qb1 {A14: English Opening: 1...e6 with b3 by White} Bf6 (11... Rc8 12. Rd1 Bf6 13. d4 Qe7 14. Qb2 cxd4 15. Nxd4 b6 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qxf6 gxf6 {1-0 (51) Kramnik,V (2812)-Anand,V (2770) Leuven 2016}) 12. Qe4 Rc8 13. Rac1 b6 14. d4 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Bb5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Bc6 18. Qb2 Qe7 19. Rfd1 {½-½ (19) Takacs,S-Maroczy,G Hastings Town Hall 1929}) 18. Qb2 Qe7 19. Rfd1 Ba6 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Qd2 g6 22. Bf3 Bb7 23. Qd7 Qxd7 24. Rxd7 Bxf3 25. exf3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} a5 26. Rd6 Rb8 {The position is equal.} 27. a3 Kf8 28. b4 a4 29. b5 Rc8 30. Rxb6 Rc3 31. Ra6 {Precision: White = 60%, Black = 93%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gusain, Himal"]
[Black "Sandipan, Chanda"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2413"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,48,0,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-48,0,0,0,0,0,0,75,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} Qa5+ 7. Nd2 e6 8. Ngf3 (8. Ne2 Ne7 9. O-O Nf5 10. Nf3 Qa6 11. Qd1 Be7 12. g3 c5 {½-½ (67) Nakamura,H (2787)-Artemiev,V (2697) Moscow 2018}) 8... Qa6 9. c4 Ne7 10. O-O {LiveBook: 5 Games} Nd7 11. Qc2 Nf5 12. cxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. b3 Be7 {½-½ (23) Isha,S (1927)-Tarini,G (2090) Kankarbagh 2017}) 12... cxd5 13. Nb3 Be7 14. Bg5 Bxg5 15. hxg5 O-O 16. Rfc1 g6 17. a4 Rfd8 18. Ne1 Rac8 19. Qxc8 Rxc8 20. Rxc8+ Kg7 {Strongly threatening ...Qb6.} 21. Rc7 Nf8 {[#]} (21... Qb6 $11 {remains equal.} 22. Rxd7 Qxb3) 22. Rac1 ({White should play} 22. Nc5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rc5a6]} Qe2 23. Nf3) 22... b6 $11 {The position is equal.} (22... Qxa4 23. Rxb7 Qa6 24. Rcc7 $18) 23. a5 Qb5 24. axb6 axb6 {Precision: White = 72%, Black = 64%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sriram, Jha"]
[Black "Sengupta, Deep"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,94,45,46,56,19,8,8,14,7,7,18,20,24,24,15,24,29,11,11,25,12,8,13,24,9,29,-41,-33,-85,-87,-87,-87,-85,-82,-167,-152,-256,-191,-204,-193,-214,-208,-229,-228,-226,-204,-204,-207,-234,-225,-308,-228,-354,-191,-211,-210,-224,-189,-188,-102,-135,-144,-154,-135,-325,-155,-182,-125,-436,-398,-400,-366,-412,-435,-677,-657,-651,-651]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. Bf4 Rb8 {E63: King's Indian: Fianchetto: Panno Variation with 7...a6} 9. Rc1 h6 10. h3 {LiveBook: 47 Games} b5 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 10... Re8 11. b3 g5 12. Bd2 e5 13. d5 Nd4 14. Ne1 e4 15. Bxg5 Nxe2+ 16. Nxe2 hxg5 {1-0 (53) Wang,H (2735)-Grischuk,A (2783) Beijing 2013}) 11. Nd5 (11. cxb5 {with more complications.} axb5 12. e4 Na5 13. e5 Nd7 14. Re1) 11... bxc4 12. Nxf6+ exf6 13. Rxc4 Ne7 14. b3 Be6 15. Rc1 f5 16. Qd3 Nd5 17. Bd2 Qd7 18. e3 Rfc8 19. Rfd1 c6 20. h4 Nf6 21. Be1 a5 22. Rc2 ({Better is} 22. Nd2 $11) 22... f4 $15 23. e4 ({White should play} 23. exf4 $15 Bf5 24. Qd2) 23... fxg3 $17 24. fxg3 d5 25. Ne5 Qe8 26. Bxa5 (26. Rdc1 $17 {was the only chance.}) 26... Nxe4 $19 27. Be1 (27. Re2 $17) 27... Bf5 28. Qe2 c5 ({Resist} 28... Bxe5 29. dxe5 Qxe5 30. Rdc1 $17) 29. Nf3 cxd4 30. Rxc8 Qxc8 31. Nxd4 Qc5 32. Qe3 Bg4 33. Rd3 Re8 34. b4 Qc8 {[#] ...Nc5 is the strong threat.} 35. Nb3 (35. Bf2 $142) 35... Qc4 (35... Nf6 $142 36. Qf2 Re2) 36. Bf2 Kh7 37. Bf1 Qxb4 38. Rxd5 Nf6 (38... h5 $19 39. Kh2 Re6) 39. Rd4 Qa3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is on the roll.} ({Much weaker is} 39... Rxe3 $6 40. Rxb4 Rc3 41. Be1 $11) 40. Qf4 Qxa2 41. Bc4 $2 {[#]} (41. Nc5 $17 {was necessary.}) 41... Be6 (41... Qb1+ $19 {is more deadly.} 42. Qc1 Qxc1+ 43. Nxc1 Ne4 44. Rxe4 Rxe4 45. Bxf7 Re7) 42. Bxe6 $17 Rxe6 43. Nc5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (43. Qf3 $17 {was the crucial defense.}) 43... Nh5 44. Qd2 Qa1+ 45. Kg2 Bxd4 46. Nxe6 (46. Qxd4 $142 Qa8+ 47. Kg1) 46... Bxf2 47. Nf8+ Kg8 {Precision: White = 28%, Black = 56%.} 0-1

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shyaamnikhil P"]
[Black "Kasparov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,97,38,34,38,23,31,18,29,22,21,24,25,27,37,28,28,20,26,16,10,0,0,-11,10,0,15,24,28,11,48,39,62,40,51,52,73,68,101,70,78,41,46,48,72,48,95,102,81,74,100,73,78,84,85,94,75,64,72,74,108,107,144,104,105,108,1066,760,1077,900,1150,1159,29971,29964,29972,12843,29975,29976,29976,29976,29976,29977,29972,29974]} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. g3 {B01: Scandinavian Defence} (6. h3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 g6 8. O-O Bg7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Qe2 e6 11. Bg5 b6 12. Rad1 Bb7 13. Ne5 c5 14. dxc5 Qxe5 15. Qxe5 Nxe5 16. Rxe5 {1-0 (90) Guseinov,G (2645)-Carlsen,M (2832) chess.com INT 2017}) 6... Bf5 7. Bg2 e6 8. O-O h6 9. Ne2 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Be7 10. Bf4 Qd8 11. c4 O-O 12. Nc3 Qb6 $146 13. Qe2 Re8 14. Rfd1 Nbd7 15. h3 Rad8 16. g4 Bg6 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Nd7 19. Be4 Bxe4 20. Nxe4 Qc7 21. Nd6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Bxd6 22. Rxd6 Nf8 23. Rad1 Rxd6 24. Rxd6 Rd8 25. Qd2 Rxd6 26. exd6 Qd8 27. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Nd7 28. Qd4 Qb6 29. Qc3 Qa6 {[#]} 30. Qb3 $1 c5 31. b5 Qb6 32. Qd3 Qd8 33. Qe4 Qc8 34. a4 a5 35. Bd2 b6 36. Bc3 Qe8 37. f4 f6 38. Kf2 Kf7 39. Kf3 g6 40. f5 exf5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (40... g5 $16) 41. gxf5 Qxe4+ 42. Kxe4 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} g5 43. Kd5 h5 44. Kc6 Ke8 45. Kc7 h4 46. Be1 {White mates.} Ne5 47. Bf2 Nd7 48. Be3 Ne5 49. Bg1 {Precision: White = 59%, Black = 45%.} 1-0

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "L'Ami, Alina"]
[Black "Saptorshi Gupta"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E30"]
[WhiteElo "2316"]
[BlackElo "2080"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

{[%evp 21,80,33,61,25,53,36,67,0,0,87,0,-156,-173,-165,-175,-170,-179,-292,-215,-277,-284,-358,-386,-465,-505,-461,-581,-669,-787,-748,-593,-284,-883,-420,-666,-526,-468,-916,-970,-1057,-1195,-1593,-1112,-1438,-1204,-1928,-29978,-6411,-29981,-2297,-29972,-5469,-6411,-29996,-29993,-29993,-29993,-29993,-29990,-29990,-29991]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 c5 5. d5 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 d6 7. e3 e5 8. Bd3 {E30: Nimzo-Indian: Leningrad Variation} (8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Nf3 h6 10. Bh4 Qe7 11. Nd2 g5 12. Bg3 Nh5 13. Bd3 Kd8 14. O-O-O Kc7 15. f3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Nf6 17. g4 Bd7 18. Rh2 h5 19. gxh5 Rxh5 20. Rxh5 Nxh5 21. g4 Nf6 22. Rh1 e4 23. Nxe4 Re8 24. Nxf6 Qxf6 25. Be4 Qe5 26. Kb2 Bxg4 {½-½ (26) Jianu,V (2535)-Asrian,K (2623) Heraklio 2007}) 8... Nbd7 9. Qb1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. e4 h6 10. Be3 Nf8 11. f3 Nh5 12. Ne2 Qh4+ 13. Kd2 Qf6 14. Rb1 Nd7 15. Nc1 Nf4 {½-½ (50) Soural,J (2189)-Hinks Edwards,T (2361) Czech Republic 2017}) 9... Nf8 10. Nf3 {[%emt 0:43:20]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:21:51]} 11. h4 {[%emt 0:51:34]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:31:08]} 12. Nd2 {[%emt 0:57:17]} h6 13. Bxf6 $1 {[%emt 0:57:34]} gxf6 {[%emt 0:34:46]} 14. Ne4 {[%emt 0:59:01]} (14. e4 $16) 14... f5 {[%emt 0:36:21]} 15. Nf6+ {[%emt 1:02:32]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:36:26]} 16. g4 $2 {[%emt 1:03:21]} (16. g3 $11) 16... fxg4 {[%emt 0:45:20]} 17. h5 {[%emt 1:12:15] [#]} Ng8 $1 {[%emt 0:52:01]} 18. Nxg8 {[%emt 1:16:38]} Rxg8 {[%emt 0:52:06]} 19. a4 {[%emt 1:20:57]} (19. Kd2 {was worth a try.}) 19... Qf6 {[%emt 0:54:41]} 20. Qc2 {[%emt 1:23:18]} g3 {[%emt 0:59:55]} 21. O-O-O {[%emt 1:27:41]} Bg4 {[%emt 1:01:02]} 22. Rdg1 {[%emt 1:29:57]} Bf3 {[%emt 1:06:06]} 23. Rh3 {[%emt 1:30:23] [#]} e4 $1 {[%emt 1:06:36]} 24. Bxe4 {[%emt 1:33:39]} Bxe4 {[%emt 1:07:57]} 25. Qxe4 {[%emt 1:33:44]} gxf2 {[%emt 1:12:00]} 26. Rxg8+ Kxg8 {[%emt 1:12:01]} 27. Qg2+ {[%emt 1:34:15]} Kh8 {[%emt 1:12:12]} 28. Rf3 {[%emt 1:34:18]} Qxc3+ {[%emt 1:12:44]} 29. Kb1 {[%emt 1:34:27]} Qb3+ {[%emt 1:13:27]} 30. Ka1 {[%emt 1:34:37]} Qxa4+ {[%emt 1:13:57]} 31. Kb1 {[%emt 1:35:36]} Qd1+ {[%emt 1:14:47]} 32. Kb2 {[%emt 1:36:47]} Rg8 {[%emt 1:15:43]} 33. Qh3 {[%emt 1:39:06]} Qd2+ {[%emt 1:15:58]} 34. Kb3 {[%emt 1:39:38]} Qb4+ {[%emt 1:16:13]} 35. Kc2 Qxc4+ {[%emt 1:16:21]} 36. Kb2 {[%emt 1:40:29]} Rg4 {[%emt 1:16:46]} 37. Rxf7 {[%emt 1:41:17]} Qb4+ {[%emt 1:17:01]} 38. Kc2 {[%emt 1:41:31]} Rc4+ {[%emt 1:19:33]} 39. Kd3 {[%emt 1:42:51]} Qb3+ {[%emt 1:19:51]} 40. Ke2 {[%emt 1:43:03]} Rc2+ {[%emt 1:20:03]} 0-1

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gajwa Ankit"]
[Black "Fominyh, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2292"]
[BlackElo "2391"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. O-O Nf6 9. Re1 Be7 10. e5 Nd7 11. Qg4 Kf8 12. Na4 Qa5 13. Bg5 Bxg5 14. Qxg5 h6 15. Qg4 c5 16. b3 Qc7 17. Qg3 Bb7 18. c4 d4 19. Nb2 Re8 20. f4 h5 21. Be4 Bxe4 22. Rxe4 h4 23. Qh3 Kg8 24. Nd3 Qc6 25. Re2 Nf8 26. Rf1 g6 27. Rf3 Nd7 28. Qg4 Qc7 29. Rh3 Qd8 30. Nf2 Kg7 31. Ne4 Rh5 32. Nd6 Reh8 33. Qf3 Qa8 34. Qxa8 Rxa8 35. g4 hxg3 36. Rxh5 gxh5 37. hxg3 a5 38. a4 Rb8 39. Nb5 f5 40. exf6+ Kxf6 41. Kf2 e5 42. Kf3 exf4 43. Kxf4 Rg8 44. Nc7 Rg4+ 45. Kf3 Ne5+ 46. Kf2 Nd3+ 47. Kg2 Nf4+ 0-1

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Navalgund, Niranjan"]
[Black "Mirzoev, Azer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2286"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,144,0,-6,22,19,56,12,0,-33,-13,-60,-46,-62,-13,-85,-14,-20,0,-15,0,-85,-88,-80,-92,-102,-113,-114,-120,-150,-146,-167,-159,-169,-108,-107,-108,-163,-168,-219,-143,-128,-133,-135,-106,-120,-104,-131,-117,-130,-117,-117,-114,-125,-130,-110,-83,-82,-91,-94,-97,-125,-128,-112,-114,-188,-187,-202,-201,-222,-145,-250,-230,-225,-213,-212,-208,-254,-256,-291,-288,-277,-254,-243,-233,-234,-240,-522,-259,-237,-210,-234,-231,-529,-527,-515,-473,-886,-886,-861,-867,-855,-840,-860,-797,-811,-723,-1185,-1088,-1423,-1423,-1398,-1072,-1372,-1408,-12831,-7024,-12841,-12839,-12843,-12843]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. a4 c5 11. O-O cxd4 12. exd4 Nb6 {D60: Queen's Gambit Declined: Classical: Unusual White 7th moves} 13. Bb3 Bd7 14. a5 {LiveBook: 6 Games} Nc8 {[%cal Bb6c8,Bc8a7,Ba7b5][%mdl 32] The position is equal.} 15. Ne5 {[#]} Bc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Nd6 16. d5 exd5 17. Re1 Re8 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. Rxe7 Qxe7 20. Nxd5 {½-½ (30) Skembris,S (2545)-Graf,A (2580) Komotini 1993}) 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Ba4 Na7 18. Qe2 Nb5 19. Rfd1 Ra7 20. Bc2 (20. Bg3 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 20... g6 (20... Nxd4 $17 21. Qc4 c5 22. Bxf6 Bxf6) 21. Qc4 Qd7 22. Na4 Qd5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 23. Nb6 (23. Qxd5 $11 cxd5 24. f3) 23... Qxc4 $17 24. Nxc4 Rd8 25. Ne5 Nxd4 26. Ba4 c5 27. f3 Rb7 28. Rd2 Kg7 29. Bf2 Rd5 ({Black should try} 29... Nd5 $19 {aiming for ...Bg5.} 30. Nc6 Nxc6 31. Bxc6 Rc7) 30. Bxd4 Rxd4 31. Rc2 (31. Rxd4 $17 cxd4 32. Nd3) 31... Bf8 $19 32. Kf2 (32. Nc4 $142) 32... Rbb4 33. b3 Rd5 34. Nc4 g5 35. Ke2 Rb8 36. Bc6 Rdd8 37. Nb6 Bd6 38. Rd1 Bc7 39. Rxc5 Rxd1 40. Kxd1 Bxb6 (40... Bxh2 {feels hotter.} 41. Ba4 Rd8+ 42. Ke2 Bf4 43. Rc2 Nd5) 41. axb6 Rxb6 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 42. Kc2 Kf8 43. Ba4 Nd5 44. Rc8+ Kg7 45. g3 {[#]} (45. Kd2 $17) 45... Rd6 $1 $19 46. Be8 h5 47. Rb8 {intending Rb7.} Nf6 48. b4 (48. Rc8 $17 {is a better defense.}) 48... g4 49. fxg4 hxg4 ({Don't play} 49... Nxg4 50. Rb7 $17) 50. Ba4 Ne4 {Strongly threatening ...Rd2+.} 51. Kc1 f5 52. Bc2 Ng5 53. Bd1 Kf6 54. Be2 Ne4 55. Bf1 Ke5 56. Kc2 $2 {[#]} (56. Ra8) 56... Rc6+ (56... Rd2+ $142 57. Kc1 Rxh2 58. Bxa6 Nxg3) 57. Kb2 Nc3 58. Kb3 Nd5 59. Ka4 $2 (59. Bc4 {keeps fighting.}) 59... Rc1 {Black is clearly winning.} 60. Bg2 Rc2 61. Bf1 (61. Bxd5 $142 Kxd5 62. Rh8) 61... Rxh2 62. Kb3 Rf2 63. Bxa6 Rf3+ 64. Kb2 Rxg3 65. b5 Rg2+ 66. Ka3 Rg1 67. Bb7 g3 68. Rg8 Rb1 69. Bc6 f4 70. Rg5+ Kd6 71. Ka2 Re1 72. Rg7 Nb4+ {Precision: White = 34%, Black = 65%.} 0-1

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Patil, Pratik"]
[Black "Rajbhandari, Rijendra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2258"]
[BlackElo "1959"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,99,27,29,27,19,10,23,8,32,46,91,85,90,84,98,105,196,190,195,190,197,179,176,171,172,176,183,125,126,126,139,131,131,119,122,127,126,112,113,109,208,207,250,246,300,305,290,249,252,234,296,291,328,331,439,444,470,486,502,495,494,486,588,588,578,571,798,775,765,745,720,726,771,737,1559,1365,2391,1956,29969,29970,29959,4610,4610,11351,29986,29987,29987,29987,29987,29988,29989,29989]} 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O (5. Bb3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. c3 Nc5 9. Bc2 Bg4 10. Nc4 Bh5 11. Ne3 d5 12. Nf5 Re8 13. Qe2 Bf8 14. h3 Qc7 {½-½ (35) Svidler,P (2751)-Bu,X (2710) Tbilisi 2017}) 5... d5 6. exd5 {C24: Bishop's Opening: 2...Nf6} cxd5 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Bxd7+ {White has an edge.} Nbxd7 9. Re1 Qc7 {[#]} 10. Nxe5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxe5 11. Bf4 Nfd7 12. d4 {Nc3 is the strong threat.} f6 (12... O-O $16) 13. Nc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. dxe5 fxe5 {½-½ (57) Llacer,C (1660)-Benac,A (1520) Le Grand Bornand 2007}) 13... Qd6 14. dxe5 fxe5 15. Qxd5 O-O-O 16. Qc4+ Qc5 17. Qxc5+ Bxc5 {[#]} 18. Bg5 (18. Bg3 $1 $18) 18... Nf6 $16 19. Ne4 Bb6 20. Nxf6 gxf6 21. Bxf6 Bxf2+ 22. Kxf2 Rhf8 23. Rad1 Rxf6+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 24. Kg1 Rdf8 (24... Rxd1 $16 {keeps fighting.} 25. Rxd1 Kc7) 25. Rxe5 $18 Rf2 26. Re8+ Kc7 27. Rxf8 Rxf8 {KR-KR} 28. g3 Kc6 29. Kg2 a5 30. Rd2 a4 31. a3 b5 32. g4 b4 33. axb4 Rf4 34. Kg3 Rxb4 35. c3 Rb3 36. Kh4 Rb5 37. h3 Rd5 38. Rf2 Kd6 39. Rf6+ Ke5 40. Ra6 Rb5 41. Rxa4 Rxb2 42. Ra7 Rc2 43. Rxh7 Rxc3 44. Rf7 Ke6 45. Rf2 Rc7 46. g5 {[%cal Bg4g5,Bg5g6][%mdl 32]} Rf7 47. Rxf7 {White mates.} Kxf7 48. Kh5 Kg7 49. g6 Kg8 50. Kh6 {Precision: White = 88%, Black = 24%.} 1-0

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Subhayan Kundu"]
[Black "Harsha Bharathakoti"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2079"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,62,38,40,33,26,36,43,20,18,12,33,9,29,27,29,18,24,-35,-38,-28,-42,-47,-2,-70,-74,-77,-81,-83,-78,-258,-240,-563,-578,-727,-716,-712,-702,-693,-695,-682,-679,-674,-673,-595,-595]} 1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. d4 c5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. c4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nc5 10. Nc3 Bd7 {LiveBook: 6 Games. E65: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...c5 7 0-0 without d5 by White} (10... a6 11. Qd2 Rb8 12. Rfd1 Ne6 13. Nc2 b5 14. Nb4 Bb7 15. cxb5 axb5 16. Rac1 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qb6 18. Ncd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Qb7 20. Rc6 Bxb2 21. Rb6 Qxd5+ {½-½ (21) Andreikin,D (2712)-Sachdev,T (2402) chess.com INT 2018}) 11. Qc2 Rc8 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 11... Rb8 12. Rad1 Ne6 13. Nxe6 Bxe6 14. Ne4 Bf5 15. Qd3 Bxe4 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qxe4 {½-½ (32) Davis,A-Pritchard,A Swansea 2006}) 12. Rad1 a6 {White is slightly better.} 13. Qb1 Qc7 14. Rfe1 Qb8 15. e4 b5 16. cxb5 axb5 17. Nd5 Rfe8 18. Qa1 (18. Nc2 $11) 18... e5 $15 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Ne2 Bg4 21. f3 ({Better is} 21. h3 $11 Bxe2 22. Rxe2) 21... Qb6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under strong pressure.} 22. Kh1 {[#]} Nxe4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 23. fxe4 {Threatens to win with Nc3.} Rc2 24. Rf1 $2 (24. h3 $17 Bxe2 25. Rc1) 24... Bxe2 $19 25. Rxf6 $2 (25. Rc1 {was the crucial defense.} Rxc1 26. Rxc1) 25... Bxd1 {Black is clearly winning.} 26. Bxe5 Qe3 {( -> ...Qe2)} (26... Rxe5 $2 {[#]} 27. Qxe5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} dxe5 28. Rxb6 $19) 27. Bd4 Qd2 {[%csl Gc2][%cal Rd2g2]} 28. Rf2 Be2 29. Bf1 Rc1 30. Rxe2 Qxe2 31. Qxc1 Qxe4+ {Precision: White = 30%, Black = 78%.} 0-1

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kavinda, Akila"]
[Black "Llaneza Vega, Marcos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "1996"]
[BlackElo "2422"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,44,64,60,98,81,100,51,54,0,155,154,214,209,340,104,111,96,104,110,109,98,102,74,86,87,118,-672,-674,-1090,-1102,-1094,-1082,-1052,-1048,-1393,-1383]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Bg5 Bb7 5. Bxf6 gxf6 6. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32] LiveBook: 6 Games. A43: Schmid Benoni} Qb6 (6... a6 7. a4 b4 8. a5 e6 9. Bc4 Bg7 10. c3 Qe7 11. O-O d6 12. cxb4 cxb4 13. Nd4 Bc8 14. Qg4 {1-0 (14) Rakhmangulov,A (2354)-Frolov,A (2418) Perm 2014}) 7. a4 f5 8. e5 {White is better.} bxa4 9. Nc3 (9. Bc4 $1 $14) 9... Bh6 $146 (9... Rg8 $1 $11) ({Predecessor:} 9... Na6 10. Ra2 Nb4 11. Rxa4 Rg8 12. g3 e6 13. Bc4 Rg4 {½-½ (21) Matlak,J-Gottardi,G ICCF corr 1994}) 10. Bd3 (10. Rxa4 $6 Qxb2 11. Qa1 Qxa1+ 12. Rxa1 Rg8 $14) 10... c4 (10... Na6 $16) 11. Bxf5 $18 a3 (11... Qxb2 $142 12. Ne4 (12. Nxa4 Qb4+ 13. c3 Qa5 $16) 12... Qb5) 12. O-O $2 ({Weaker is} 12. Rxa3 Qxb2 13. Qa1 Bc1 $11) (12. bxa3 $18 {And now Rb1 would win.} Qa5 13. Qd4) 12... axb2 $16 13. Rb1 Na6 {[%cal Bb8a6,Ba6c5,Bc5b3][%mdl 32]} 14. Na4 Qa5 15. Nxb2 {Bxd7+! is the strong threat.} ({Much less strong is} 15. Rxb2 Bxd5 16. Nc3 Bc6 $14) 15... Qxd5 {[#]} 16. Nxc4 $1 {[%mdl 512] Black must now prevent Bxd7+!} Nc5 {[#]} (16... Qxc4 17. Qxd7+) 17. Qe2 $1 {Hoping for Rfd1.} Rg8 18. Rb3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (18. Kh1 $16) 18... Nxb3 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 19. Nd6+ exd6 20. exd6+ Kf8 {Threatens to win with ...Rxg2+.} 21. Qe7+ Kg7 22. cxb3 Qxf5 {Precision: White = 30%, Black = 35%.} 0-1

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Puri, Rajan"]
[Black "Kaustuv, Kundu"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "1994"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

{[%evp 29,58,0,24,0,10,16,18,-21,-7,-29,-17,-45,-53,-53,-52,-43,-47,-54,-50,-80,-72,-75,80,-37,-7,-9,-8,-22,10,14,234]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 e5 9. O-O O-O 10. f4 {B44: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nb5} (10. Be3 d5 11. exd5 Bxc3 12. bxc3 cxd5 13. Bg5 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Qc7 15. Bxf6 Qxc4 16. Bxe5 Bf5 17. Bd4 Rfe8 18. Qc1 {½-½ (31) Nakamura,H (2781)-So,W (2788) London 2017}) 10... d6 11. Kh1 Ng4 12. Qe1 exf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Bxc3 13. bxc3 exf4 14. Bxf4 Ne5 15. Qg3 c5 16. Be2 Qe7 17. Rad1 Bb7 {0-1 (39) Czerniak,M-Bolbochan,J Mar del Plata 1941}) 13. Bxf4 Ne5 14. Be2 {[%emt 0:57:04]} Be6 {[%emt 0:08:44]} 15. a3 {[%emt 0:59:53]} Ba5 {[%emt 0:09:57]} 16. c5 {[%emt 1:02:55]} Bc7 {[%emt 0:10:14]} 17. Rd1 {[%emt 1:04:51]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:10:35]} 18. cxd6 {[%emt 1:06:07]} Bxd6 {[%emt 0:10:43]} 19. Qg3 {[%emt 1:09:53]} f6 {[%emt 0:10:49]} 20. h4 {[%emt 1:22:09]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:12:23]} 21. b4 {[%emt 1:25:40]} a5 {[%emt 0:15:59]} 22. b5 $1 {[%emt 1:29:47]} cxb5 23. Nxb5 {[%emt 1:30:02]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:17:24]} 24. Rc1 {[%emt 1:33:20]} a4 {[%emt 0:22:45]} 25. Rc3 {[%emt 1:34:46]} Ng6 $2 {[%emt 0:27:22] [#]} (25... Rac8 $17 {keeps the pressure on.}) 26. Bc1 {[%emt 1:38:49]} (26. Bc7 $1 $16 Ne5 27. Rfc1) 26... Bb3 {[%emt 0:29:06]} 27. h5 $1 {[%emt 1:39:23]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:29:26]} 28. Bf4 {[%emt 1:42:18]} Nf7 {[%emt 0:39:11]} 29. Rfc1 {[%emt 1:42:48]} Bxa3 $18 {[%emt 0:40:56] -error} (29... Bb6 $11) 0-1

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Chaulagain, Purushottam"]
[Black "Thing, Bibek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "1967"]
[BlackElo "2263"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,63,-4,-7,0,-6,-12,-5,0,-14,-6,0,0,-38,8,-20,-27,-11,-3,-16,0,0,0,-22,0,-27,-14,-12,0,0,0,0,0,-29,-31,-31,-32,-34,-23,-39,-8,-28,0,0,8,8,2,2,8,7,6,-37,0,-55]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 {[%cal Be7e6,Be6d5][%mdl 32]} 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg2 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 {LiveBook: 10 Games. A13: English Opening: 1...e6} h6 (7... Re8 8. d3 h6 9. Qc2 c5 10. e4 Nc6 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Nb4 13. Qb3 Bf5 14. Ne1 Qc7 {0-1 (41) Aronian,L (2750)-Kramnik,V (2759) Nice 2009}) 8. b3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. d4 Re8 9. Ne5 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qc2 Rb8 12. a3 Ba6 13. b4 Bc4 14. Re1 a5 {0-1 (30) Beavan,R (1851)-Cannon,A ICCF email 2009}) 8... Re8 9. Bb2 c6 10. d3 Bg4 11. h3 Bf5 12. Qd2 Nbd7 13. Rfe1 Ne5 14. Nd4 Bh7 15. Rad1 Qb6 16. Na4 Qa6 17. e4 Ned7 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. exf5 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4,Bb4a3][%mdl 32]} 20. Nc3 Bb4 {[#] Threatens to win with ...d4.} 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. a3 Bxa3 {Hoping for ...Nc5.} 23. Ra1 b4 {And now ...Nc5 would win.} 24. Bxa3 bxa3 25. Na4 $1 Ne5 26. Nc5 Qb5 27. Qc3 Nfd7 28. Nxd7 Nxd7 29. Rxa3 Qb6 30. Ra2 Rb8 31. Qe1 Nf6 32. Qe7 {Precision: White = 48%, Black = 65%.} (32. Bf1 $11) 0-1

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tamang Thendup"]
[Black "Neelash Saha"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1953"]
[BlackElo "2212"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb5 Bd7 9. exd6 e6 10. Nc3 Bxd6 11. O-O Nb4 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Bxd7+ Qxd7 14. Ne5 Qd8 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. a3 N4d5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Qa4+ Kf8 19. Rac1 g6 20. Rc2 Kg7 21. Rfc1 Rhd8 22. Nf3 Rd6 23. Qb5 Rad8 24. Qe2 f6 25. Qe4 R8d7 26. h4 Qf7 27. g3 Ne7 28. Re1 Nc6 29. Kg2 h5 30. Rce2 Qg8 31. Qc2 Ne7 32. Qb3 Rb6 33. Qa4 Rc7 34. Rc2 Rxc2 35. Qxc2 Qd8 36. Re2 Rd6 37. Qb3 Qd7 38. Rd2 Nf5 39. Qc3 Ne7 40. Re2 Qc6 41. Qxc6 Nxc6 42. Rd2 Rd5 43. Kf1 g5 44. hxg5 fxg5 45. Re2 Kf6 46. Rc2 g4 47. Nh4 Rxd4 48. Ng2 e5 49. Ne3 Ke6 50. Rc5 Rd2 51. b4 Rd3 52. b5 Nd4 53. Rc7 Rxa3 0-1

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tandukar, Nabin"]
[Black "Mohammed Abdul, Malek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "1936"]
[BlackElo "2177"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,60,45,29,40,39,42,35,67,78,156,39,62,-8,52,47,55,30,27,20,59,43,39,39,30,-55,0,-52,-34,-56,-49,-51,-35,-52,-64,-360,-356,-330,61,-547,-555,-545,-537,-762,29997,29998,29998,29999,29999]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 g6 7. f3 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} Bg7 8. Bb3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} (8. Be3 O-O 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. O-O-O Bd7 11. h4 b5 12. Bb3 Na5 13. h5 Nxb3+ 14. axb3 b4 15. Nce2 a5 16. g4 a4 17. Bh6 e5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. bxa4 Rxa4 20. Nb3 Be6 21. Kb1 Ra6 22. Qxb4 Qc7 23. hxg6 fxg6 24. Nec1 Rfa8 25. Rh2 Bc4 26. g5 Ne8 {0-1 (26) Lanc,A (2524)-Wilczek,T (2667) ICCF email 2010}) 8... O-O 9. Be3 {White is slightly better.} Nbd7 10. Qd2 b5 11. a4 bxa4 (11... b4 $142 12. Nd5 Bb7) 12. Nxa4 (12. Nc6 $16 Qe8 13. Bxa4 (13. Rxa4 Nc5 $11)) 12... Bb7 13. Bh6 $146 (13. h4 $14) ({Predecessor:} 13. O-O Qc7 14. Kh1 Rfd8 15. c3 Nc5 16. Bc2 Nfd7 {½-½ (47) Ankerst,M (2052)-Khamenya,V (1842) Germany 2018}) 13... e5 (13... Bxh6 $11 14. Qxh6 d5) 14. Bxg7 $1 $14 Kxg7 15. Ne2 Nb6 16. Nec3 Rc8 17. Nxb6 Qxb6 18. O-O-O Rfd8 19. Kb1 (19. h4 $1 $11) 19... Rb8 (19... Bc6 $15) 20. g4 (20. Na4 $11 Qc7 21. Qc3) 20... Bc6 $1 $15 21. h4 h5 $1 22. g5 Ne8 $1 23. f4 {[#] And now Rhf1 would win.} a5 $1 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32] Threatens to win with ...a4!} 24. fxe5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({White should try} 24. Qc1 $1 $15) 24... a4 $1 $19 25. e6 fxe6 $2 (25... axb3 $19 26. exf7 Kxf7 27. Rhf1+ Kg8) 26. Rhf1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (26. Nxa4 $14 {was forced to keep a grip.} Bxa4 27. Qc3+ e5 28. Bxa4) 26... axb3 27. cxb3 Rd7 28. Qf4 {Threatening mate with Qf8+.} Qxb3 $4 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (28... Kh7 $19 29. Qd2 Qxb3) 29. Qf8+ {White mates.} Kh7 30. Qh6+ Kg8 31. Rf8# {Precision: White = 36%, Black = 38%.} 1-0

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Chaulagain, Harichandra"]
[Black "Pandey, Aashish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "1812"]
[BlackElo "1505"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nxd5 4. Bc4 Nxc3 5. Qf3 e6 6. dxc3 Bd6 7. Nh3 {B02: Alekhine's Defence: Chase Variation and lines with early Nc3} (7. Ne2 Nd7 8. Qh5 O-O 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. O-O-O Nb6 11. Bd3 f5 12. Qh4 e5 13. f3 Be6 14. g4 Qa4 15. gxf5 Qxh4 16. Bxh4 Bxf5 {0-1 (35) Moliboga,V (2310)-Sergeev,V (2444) Lvov 2017}) 7... h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Nd7 8. Bg5 Ne5 9. Qh5 Qd7 10. Be2 Qa4 11. Bf4 Nc6 12. Bxd6 cxd6 13. Ng5 Qf4 14. Nxh7 Bd7 {½-½ (31) Barhudarian,R (2327)-Pimenov,R (2189) St Petersburg 2008}) 8. Bf4 Qf6 9. Qe3 e5 10. Bg3 Bxh3 11. gxh3 Nc6 12. Bb5 O-O 13. h4 Ne7 14. Bd3 h5 15. O-O-O Nf5 16. Qe4 g6 17. Rhg1 Nxg3 18. fxg3 b6 19. Rdf1 Qe7 20. Bc4 Rad8 21. Qxg6+ Kh8 22. Qxh5+ Kg7 23. Qg4+ Kh8 {[%emt 0:01:55]} 24. Rf5 {[%emt 0:01:33]} f6 {[%emt 0:01:57]} 25. Rh5+ Qh7 26. Bd3 f5 27. Bxf5 Qxh5 28. Qxh5+ Kg7 29. Qg6+ Kh8 30. Qh7# 1-0

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bhagyashree Patil"]
[Black "Srijit Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "1734"]
[BlackElo "2351"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

{[%evp 32,89,36,26,33,35,24,25,33,29,61,56,42,39,42,39,41,16,38,0,18,-118,-91,-122,-151,-135,-92,-104,-116,-103,-95,-116,-89,-88,-64,-62,0,0,0,0,64,63,63,60,61,20,52,0,0,0,13,0,14,0,0,-60,-61,-85,-132,-134]} 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 Nb6 4. c4 d6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Nb4 {B03: Alekhine's Defence: Four Pawns Attack} (7... g6 8. Nbc3 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. a3 d5 11. c5 Nc4 12. Bxc4 dxc4 13. O-O Bf5 14. Re1 Re8 15. b3 {1-0 (27) Shirov,A (2641)-Sveshnikov,V (2367) Riga 2018}) 8. Nbc3 Nxd3+ 9. Qxd3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Be3 g6 12. b3 Bf6 13. Rad1 Bf5 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 13... Bg7 14. Ng3 f5 15. f4 c6 16. d5 c5 17. a3 Nd7 18. Rfe1 {0-1 (36) Nguyen,D (2032)-Trombik,K (2143) Frydek Mistek 2009}) 14. Qd2 d5 15. c5 Nc8 {[%emt 0:18:36]} 16. Ng3 {[%emt 0:39:58]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:20:25]} 17. Bg5 Bxg5 {[%emt 0:20:35]} 18. Qxg5 {[%emt 0:43:22]} f6 {[%emt 0:20:41]} 19. Qd2 {[%emt 0:46:23]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:22:10]} 20. Rfe1 {[%emt 0:50:22]} a6 {[%emt 0:29:52]} 21. Re3 {[%emt 0:56:35]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:30:00]} 22. Rde1 {[%emt 0:57:56]} g5 {[%emt 0:30:13]} 23. Nxf5 {[%emt 1:02:34]} Qxf5 {[%emt 0:30:14]} 24. Re6 {[%emt 1:08:49]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:31:02]} 25. Qe3 {[%emt 1:14:08]} Rf7 {[%emt 0:50:39]} 26. f3 {[%emt 1:19:19]} (26. Ne2 $11) 26... Ne5 $1 {[%emt 0:51:36]} 27. Rxe5 {[%emt 1:21:50]} fxe5 28. Qxe5 {[%emt 1:21:51]} h6 {[%emt 0:52:01]} 29. h3 {[%emt 1:27:00]} Qxe5 30. Rxe5 {[%emt 1:27:02]} c6 {[%emt 0:54:13]} 31. Kf2 {[%emt 1:28:11]} Rdd7 {[%emt 0:54:14]} 32. b4 {[%emt 1:30:01] [#]} a5 $1 {[%emt 0:56:28]} 33. b5 {[%emt 1:31:03]} cxb5 {[%emt 0:56:48]} ({Better is} 33... Rfe7 $15 34. Rxe7 Rxe7) 34. Nxb5 {[%emt 1:31:57]} Rfe7 {[%emt 0:57:06]} 35. Rf5 $1 {[%emt 1:33:25]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:58:48]} 36. Nd6 {[%emt 1:34:13]} Re6 {[%emt 1:00:50]} 37. Rxd5 {[%emt 1:35:03]} Kg6 {[%emt 1:01:03] [#]} 38. g4 {[%emt 1:37:00]} ({White should try} 38. g3 $1 $16) 38... b6 {[%emt 1:01:55]} 39. Rf5 {[%emt 1:37:35]} bxc5 {[%emt 1:03:11]} 40. dxc5 {[%emt 1:37:36]} Kg7 {[%emt 1:05:07]} 41. Rd5 {[%emt 1:38:53]} Kg6 {[%emt 1:05:44]} 42. Rf5 {[%emt 1:39:14]} a4 {[%emt 1:06:23]} 43. a3 {[%emt 1:42:15]} ({White should play} 43. Rd5 $11) 43... Rde7 {[%emt 1:09:40]} 44. Rd5 {[%emt 1:45:05]} Re2+ {[%emt 1:10:09]} 45. Kg3 $17 {[%emt 1:46:00]} Ra2 46. Ne4 Rxa3 47. c6 Rxe4 0-1

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sandipan, Chanda"]
[Black "Shyaamnikhil P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,115,17,4,12,6,31,12,13,16,16,0,0,0,25,24,33,40,53,52,37,42,51,37,39,37,50,35,77,77,77,76,86,78,82,67,72,61,80,79,81,58,58,81,70,78,45,43,52,53,56,32,47,43,64,48,73,73,96,97,95,92,114,81,100,91,105,102,127,121,119,111,116,111,106,111,134,119,174,174,197,104,114,121,135,127,109,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,69,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 Re8 6. Nf3 {E46: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4 e3 0-0 5 Ne2 without early Bd3} d5 7. Rc1 {LiveBook: 5 Games} a6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Nbd7 8. Qb3 c5 9. dxc5 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Nxc5 11. Qa3 Nce4 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Bc4 Nb6 15. Be2 Qe7 16. Qxe7 Rxe7 17. Ne5 f6 18. Nc4 Nxc4 19. Bxc4 Bd7 20. f4 Kf8 21. Kf2 {½-½ (21) Predojevic,B (2614)-Brkic,A (2563) Sarajevo 2017}) 8. Bd3 c5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Ne2 Ba7 12. h3 Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7c5,Bc5e4][%mdl 32]} 13. O-O Nc5 14. Bc3 Bd7 15. Bc2 Nce4 16. Bd4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Bb8 17. Ba4 Bd6 18. Bxd7 Qxd7 19. Qb3 Qb5 20. Qxb5 axb5 21. a3 b4 22. axb4 Bxb4 23. Rc7 Re7 24. Rc2 Ree8 25. Rfc1 Bd6 26. Nc3 Nxc3 27. Rxc3 Ne4 28. Rb3 Rac8 29. Rf1 Re7 30. Rb5 Rd7 31. Rd1 f6 32. Ne1 Bf8 33. g4 Ng5 34. Kg2 Ne6 35. Ba7 Ra8 36. Bb6 Ra4 37. Ba5 d4 38. Bb6 Rd6 {intending ...dxe3.} 39. b3 Ra2 {Threatening ...dxe3.} 40. Bxd4 $1 Rd7 41. Nf3 Bc5 42. b4 Bxd4 43. Nxd4 ({Don't play} 43. exd4 $6 Nf4+ 44. Kh2 Ra3 $11) 43... Rb2 44. h4 h5 (44... Ra2 $16 {was necessary.} 45. Kf3 Ra6) 45. gxh5 $18 Kh7 46. Rb6 (46. Rd3 $18) 46... Nxd4 $16 47. Rxd4 Rxd4 48. exd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} Rd2 49. Rxb7 {[#] Hoping for Rb8.} Rxd4 50. Kg3 {Strongly threatening Rb8.} Kh6 $1 51. b5 {aiming for Rb8.} Rb4 52. b6 {And now Rb8 would win.} Kxh5 53. f3 (53. Rxg7 $14 Rxb6 54. Ra7) 53... Kg6 $11 {The position is equal.} 54. Rb8 Kf5 55. h5 Kg5 56. Rb7 Kxh5 57. Rxg7 Rxb6 58. Kf4 {Precision: White = 58%, Black = 54%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sengupta, Deep"]
[Black "Harsha Bharathakoti"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,100,19,18,21,28,22,22,19,21,0,0,-22,16,0,14,0,32,0,6,1,13,0,0,0,39,29,41,27,34,16,99,0,59,0,0,-45,21,0,13,-89,-106,-200,-164,-320,-309,-311,-318,-335,-346,-397,-390,-388,-372,-370,-360,-495,-489,-486,-472,-434,0,0,0,-429,-369,-322,0,-879,-856,-637,-576,-1167,-1033,-1188,-985,-29989,-29990,-29997,-29971,-29991,-29992]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O a6 6. c3 Ba7 7. Re1 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} d6 8. a4 O-O 9. h3 h6 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 {LiveBook: 9 Games} 12. b4 Qe8 13. Nf1 Nh5 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Rxe3 Nf4 {[#]} 16. Ng3 $146 Qf7 17. Ra2 Qf6 18. Qb3 Ne7 19. Rd2 g5 20. d4 Neg6 21. dxe5 dxe5 22. Nf1 Rf7 23. N1h2 h5 24. Qd1 Raf8 25. Qf1 {Strongly threatening g3.} Nh4 (25... Rg7 $1 $11) 26. Ne1 ({White should try} 26. g3 $1 $16) 26... Rg7 (26... Rd8 $11 27. Rxd8+ Qxd8) 27. Rg3 (27. Kh1 $1 $14) 27... Qh6 $11 28. Rd1 Qf6 (28... Qg6 $15) 29. a5 Kh8 30. c4 (30. Nd3 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 30... Qg6 31. f3 (31. Nef3 $17 Nhxg2 32. Rxg2 Nxg2 33. Qxg2 Qxe4 34. Qg3) 31... Qf6 32. c5 $2 (32. b5 {was called for.}) 32... Rd8 $19 33. Nc2 c6 34. Ne3 Rgd7 $1 {[%cal Rd7d1]} 35. Rxd7 Rxd7 36. Qe1 {If White can now play Nc4 this consolidates a bit.} Qd8 37. Nhf1 Rd4 38. Kh1 Kh7 39. Kh2 Kh6 40. Qa1 Ne2 $2 (40... Nhg6 $19 41. Qb1 Ne2) 41. Qa2 $11 Nf4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 42. Qb2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (42. Qa1 $1 $11 {and White is okay.}) 42... Kg6 43. Nc2 {[#]} Kf6 $2 (43... Rd1 44. Nce3 $17) (43... Rd2 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 44. Qc3 (44. Nxd2 Qxd2) 44... Rxg2+ 45. Rxg2 Nfxg2) 44. Nfe3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (44. Nxd4 $11 Qxd4 45. Qxd4 exd4 46. Nd2) 44... Rd2 $19 45. Kh1 {[#]} Qd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 46. Qc1 (46. Nxd4 Rxb2) 46... Qc3 47. Qb1 Ne2 48. Kh2 Nxg3 {Black mates.} 49. Kxg3 Nxg2 50. Qg1 Nf4 {Precision: White = 23%, Black = 54%.} 0-1

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mirzoev, Azer"]
[Black "Tarlev, Konstantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 29,30,0,23]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 d5 9. Rd1 O-O 10. Bf4 Nbd7 11. Nc3 Nh5 12. Bc1 Nhf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... f5 13. a4 Bd6 14. a5 Rc8 15. b3 Qe7 16. axb6 axb6 17. Ra7 Rc7 18. Qa2 Nhf6 19. Ba3 Ne4 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21. Rc1 e5 22. dxe5 Nxe5 23. Nxe5 Qxe5 24. Qc2 Ra8 25. Rxa8+ Bxa8 26. Na4 d4 {½-½ (26) Ghaem Maghami,E (2560)-Ganguly,S (2665) Ashkhabad 2017}) 13. Bf4 Nh5 14. Bc1 Nhf6 15. Bf4 Nh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kasparov, Sergey"]
[Black "Harshavardhan G B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2119"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,101,11,21,31,25,29,14,16,20,24,26,47,57,54,56,49,45,38,47,47,36,22,-18,-6,-73,55,43,52,45,58,56,57,62,63,64,69,79,58,28,34,35,35,33,78,78,78,68,80,0,31,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bd6 6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4 f6 8. Be3 Ne7 {[%cal Bg8e7,Be7g6,Bg6h4][%mdl 32] C68: Ruy Lopez: Exchange Variation, sidelines} 9. Nbd2 {LiveBook: 166 Games} Ng6 10. Nc4 Be7 {White has an edge.} 11. Qc3 O-O 12. Nd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Rad1 Qe8 13. Nd4 Qf7 14. f3 Re8 15. b3 Bf8 16. Bf2 f5 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Nxf5 Qxf5 19. Ne3 Qf7 20. Qc4 Re6 21. Rfe1 {½-½ (21) Predojevic,B (2628)-Brenjo,S (2522) Bihac 2010}) 12... c5 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. exf5 Nh4 15. Rad1 Qe8 16. Qd3 {Threatens to win with Qe4.} b5 17. Nd2 Qh5 18. Qe4 Bd6 19. h3 {With the idea Qg4.} (19. Bxc5 $5 Bxc5 20. Qd5+ Kh8 21. Qxc5 $14) 19... Nxf5 20. Bxc5 {[#]} (20. Qd5+ $11 {remains equal.} Kh8 21. Ne4) 20... Bxc5 (20... Ng3 $1 $17 {[%cal Rg3e4]} 21. Qe6+ Qf7 22. Qxf7+ Rxf7 23. fxg3 Bxc5+ 24. Kh2 Re7) 21. Qd5+ $14 Qf7 22. Qxc5 Nd6 23. b3 Rfe8 24. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Re8 26. Rxe8+ Qxe8 27. Kf1 Qd7 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Ne4!} 28. Qd5+ Kf8 $1 29. Ne4 Qf5 30. Qxf5 Nxf5 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KN-KN} 31. Nc5 {Black must now prevent Ne6+.} Ke7 32. b4 (32. Nxa6 $16 Kd6 33. Ke2) 32... Kd6 33. Nxa6 Nd4 {The position is equal.} 34. c3 Ne6 35. g3 Kc6 36. f4 f5 37. Nb8+ Kd6 38. Ke2 c5 39. c4 bxc4 40. Na6 cxb4 41. Nxb4 Kc5 42. Nc2 h6 43. Kd2 g5 44. Ke3 gxf4+ 45. gxf4 Nc7 46. Kd2 Nd5 47. Ne3 {And now Nxd5 would win.} Nxf4 48. Nxf5 Nxh3 {Hoping for ...h5.} 49. Nxh6 Kb4 50. Nf5 Ka3 51. Kc3 {Precision: White = 64%, Black = 72%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Llaneza Vega, Marcos"]
[Black "Shantharam, K.V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2422"]
[BlackElo "2163"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,77,41,49,33,21,11,15,20,13,14,6,5,29,26,31,19,21,10,16,9,11,-7,-1,0,11,0,2,-8,-4,-7,0,-7,7,3,7,-12,10,21,18,4,17,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,25,-4,0,0,0,0,10,0,0,0,10,0,0,-18,3,-33,-31,-49,0,-16,0,0]} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Be2 Bf5 (4... g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. d4 O-O 7. c4 Qd8 8. Nc3 c6 9. h3 Bf5 10. Be3 Na6 11. Qb3 Qc8 12. Rac1 Nc7 13. Rfd1 Ne4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. d5 Rd8 16. Bg5 Rd7 {½-½ (29) Malakhov,V (2713)-Potapov,P (2493) Doha 2016}) 5. O-O e6 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 6. Nh4 {B01: Scandinavian Defence} Bg6 7. Bf3 Be4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Qb5 8. a4 Qa6 9. Nc3 c6 10. a5 Qc4 11. Ra4 Qc5 12. b4 {½-½ (45) Erwich,F (2370)-Van der Put,F (2264) Netherlands 2016}) 8. Nc3 Bxf3 $1 9. Nxd5 Bxd1 10. Nxf6+ $1 Ke7 11. Rxd1 {[#] And now Ne4 would win.} Kxf6 12. b3 Nd7 13. Bb2+ Ke7 14. Re1 f6 15. Re4 Kf7 16. Rae1 Re8 17. d4 Bb4 18. R1e2 Bd6 19. g3 Rhg8 20. Nf3 h6 21. R4e3 g5 22. Nd2 Bf4 23. Rc3 Bd6 24. Ne4 Rc8 25. Rce3 Rge8 26. c4 Bf8 27. h3 f5 28. Nd2 h5 29. Rd3 g4 30. hxg4 hxg4 31. f3 Nf6 32. fxg4 Nxg4 33. Nf3 Bh6 34. b4 c6 35. Rd1 a6 36. Bc1 Bxc1 37. Rxc1 Rcd8 38. a4 Kf6 39. Rce1 {[%mdl 32768] Precision: White = 39%, Black = 58%. . Loss on Time!?} 1-0

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Prince, Bajaj"]
[Black "Subhayan Kundu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2079"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,45,29,41,25,10,33,33,0,135,112,129,118,130,116,117,77,447,111,662,684,1349,1314,1199,1142,1116,1091,29997,29998]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. dxc5 Nxc5 {C11: French: Classical System: 4 e5 and 4 Bg5 dxe4} (9... Qa5 10. a3 Bxc5 11. O-O-O Rd8 12. Bxc5 Nxc5 13. h4 Bd7 14. h5 h6 15. g4 Be8 16. Qe3 d4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Rxd4 {½-½ (26) Inarkiev,E (2689)-Volkov,S (2645) St Petersburg 2017}) 10. O-O-O Rb8 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 11. Qf2 Qa5 {White has an edge.} 12. Kb1 Bd7 13. f5 Na4 (13... exf5 $11 {remains equal.} 14. Rxd5 Ne4 15. Rxa5 Nxf2) 14. Nxa4 $16 Qxa4 {[#]} 15. f6 $1 {[%cal Rf6e7][%mdl 512]} gxf6 {[#]} 16. Bd3 $146 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} ({Weaker is} 16. Qg3+ Kh8 $15) ({Predecessor:} 16. Bh6 Kh8 17. Bxf8 Rxf8 18. exf6 Bxf6 {½-½ (29) Valantiejus,V (2174)-Juksta,K (2039) Vilnius 2017}) 16... f5 17. g4 f4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Not} 17... fxg4 18. Rhg1 $17) (17... Nb4 $16 {is a better chance.} 18. a3 Nxd3 19. Rxd3 f4) 18. b3 $2 (18. Bc5 $18 {is the precise move to win. aiming for Bxe7.} Bxc5 19. Qh4) 18... fxe3 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (18... Qa5 $16 19. Bd2 Nb4 20. Bxb4 Qxb4) 19. Qxe3 $18 Qa3 20. Qh6 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Rh6h7]} f5 21. exf6 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Rh6h7]} Rf7 22. Ng5 {[%cal Rd3h7]} Bxf6 23. Bxh7+ {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 16%.} 1-0

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Fominyh, Alexander"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2391"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,65,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,14,0,0,8,63,56,66,38,72,64,106,104,106,79,124,127,129,116,206,166,161,24,33,29,18,26,31,35,30,35,39,34,38,0,8,0,0,-139]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. h3 e6 6. c5 {D15: Slav Defence: 4 Nc3 a6 and gambit lines after 4 Nc3 dxc4} b6 7. cxb6 $1 {LiveBook: 13 Games} Qxb6 8. e3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. Na4 Qa7 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 c5 11. b3 cxd4 12. exd4 a5 13. O-O {0-1 (66) Cramling,P (2525)-Gavrilov,A (2481) Stockholm 2010}) 8... a5 9. Na4 Qc7 10. Bd3 Ba6 11. O-O Bd6 12. b3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} O-O 13. Bb2 Rc8 14. Rc1 {[%cal Ba1c1,Bc1c4,Bc4c5][%mdl 32]} Ne4 15. Bxa6 Nxa6 16. Nd2 Nb4 (16... Nf6 $11) 17. Nxe4 $14 dxe4 18. Rc4 f5 19. Ba3 Nd5 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21. Qd2 Rc7 22. Rc5 f4 23. exf4 Rf8 (23... Qxf4 $16 24. Qxf4 Nxf4) 24. Rxa5 Rcf7 25. Nb2 (25. g3 $18) 25... Qxf4 $11 26. Qxf4 Rxf4 27. Nc4 {next g3 is good for White.} e3 $1 {[%cal Re3e2] [#] Threatens to win with ...e2.} 28. f3 {Strongly threatening Re1.} Rxd4 29. Re1 Rd3 $1 30. Rc5 Rc8 31. b4 Nxb4 32. Re5 Rc3 33. Na5 {Precision: White = 51%, Black = 55%.} (33. Re4 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kaustuv, Kundu"]
[Black "Tandukar, Nabin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "1936"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,75,39,77,75,106,88,88,75,94,91,91,62,135,75,66,12,139,174,157,147,173,185,189,188,193,189,245,254,293,58,453,462,445,455,740,716,758,619,614,603,612,475,458,400,395,371,322,195,289,255,353,351,398,384,374,380,457,457,718,644,980,979,996,962,1045,1020,1068,1045]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Qd2 h6 {LiveBook: 9 Games} (5... c6 6. Nf3 b5 7. a3 Nbd7 8. Bh6 Bxh6 9. Qxh6 Qa5 10. b4 Qc7 11. Bd3 e5 12. h3 a5 13. O-O Bb7 14. Rfe1 Qb6 15. dxe5 dxe5 {0-1 (64) Jumabayev,R (2612)-Amin,B (2689) Riadh 2017}) 6. O-O-O {B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems} Nbd7 7. Bc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. f3 c6 8. Kb1 Qc7 9. g4 e5 10. Be3 Nb6 {0-1 (56) Vishnu,P (2524)-Gomes,M (2304) Pune 2016}) 7... g5 {...Nb6 is the strong threat.} 8. Bg3 {White is better.} Nh5 9. Nge2 e6 10. f3 a6 (10... Nb6 $14 11. Bd3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 Bd7) 11. a3 ({White should play} 11. Bf2) 11... b5 12. Bb3 (12. Ba2 $14) 12... Rb8 (12... Nxg3 $11 {remains equal.} 13. hxg3 O-O) 13. Bf2 $16 a5 14. g4 Nhf6 15. h4 b4 16. axb4 axb4 17. Na2 Ba6 (17... Nh7 $142 18. Nxb4 Bb7) 18. hxg5 $18 hxg5 19. Qxg5 $2 ({Only move:} 19. Rxh8+ $18 Bxh8 20. Ng3) 19... Nh5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (19... Bxe2 $14 20. Qxg7 Rg8) 20. Qxg7 $3 {[%mdl 512]} Nxg7 21. Rxh8+ Ke7 (21... Nf8 $142 22. Bh4 Qxh4 23. Rxh4 Bxe2) 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Nxb4 Bxe2 24. Nc6+ Ke8 25. Rh1 Ra8 {intending ...Ra1+.} 26. Rh7 Bxf3 27. Rxg7 Kf8 28. Rg5 {Threatens to win with Ra5.} Bxe4 (28... Ra1+ $142 29. Kd2 Nf6) 29. d5 e5 30. Rh5 Kg7 31. Ne7 Nf6 32. Rh4 Ra1+ 33. Kd2 {White is clearly winning.} Rh1 (33... Nh7 $142 34. Be3 Rh1) 34. g5 Nh7 35. Rxe4 Nxg5 36. Rc4 Kf6 37. Rxc7 Ne4+ 38. Ke3 {Precision: White = 53%, Black = 33%.} 1-0

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Padmini, Rout"]
[Black "Sriram, Jha"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,72,46,44,29,29,29,28,35,43,0,0,13,8,9,16,-38,-35,-60,-53,-52,-23,-31,-16,-12,-22,-85,-66,-172,-166,-186,-181,-175,-85,-80,-72,-187,-171,-171,-182,-170,-160,-280,-280,-264,-230,-340,-322,-326,-302,-393,-393,-377,-377,-438,-395,-415,-355]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 {[%cal Bd2d3,Bd3d4,Bd4d5][%mdl 32]} d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1 Nd7 9. Bc2 {C84: Closed Ruy Lopez: Unusual White 6th moves} (9. Be3 Nb6 10. Bb3 Kh8 11. Nbd2 f5 12. Bxb6 cxb6 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. d4 exd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. cxd4 Qd7 {0-1 (32) Anand,V (2783)-Caruana,F (2807) Saint Louis 2017}) 9... Nb6 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 10. d4 Bg4 11. d5 {White has an edge.} Nb8 12. h3 Bh5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Bc8 13. g4 c6 14. dxc6 Nxc6 15. Qd3 Be6 16. b3 Rc8 {0-1 (30) Black,R-Morrison,J Lake Hopatcong,NJ 1923}) 13. g4 Bg6 14. Nbd2 c6 15. dxc6 Nxc6 16. c4 (16. a4 $11) 16... h5 17. b3 hxg4 18. hxg4 Qc8 19. Nh2 Nd4 20. Bd3 $1 {[#]} d5 $1 {[%mdl 512] With the idea ...Bb4.} 21. Ndf3 (21. Bb2 $11) (21. cxd5 Qc3) 21... Bb4 22. Nxe5 (22. Nxd4 $15 Bxe1 23. Qxe1 dxc4 24. bxc4 exd4 25. f4) 22... Bxe1 $19 23. Qxe1 dxc4 24. bxc4 Bh7 (24... Nd7 $19 25. Nxg6 fxg6) 25. Be3 $17 Qc5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is really pushing.} 26. Nef3 {[#]} (26. f4 $17) 26... Nxf3+ $1 $19 27. Nxf3 {[#]} Qc8 $1 {[%cal Rc8g4]} 28. Nh2 Nxc4 {Hoping for ...Ne5.} 29. f3 (29. Rc1 $17 {keeps fighting.} b5 30. Bxc4 bxc4 31. f3) 29... Nxe3 30. Qxe3 Rd8 31. Be2 (31. Rc1 $142 Qd7 32. Bc4) 31... Qc2 32. Nf1 Rac8 33. Ng3 Qb2 34. Re1 Qxa2 35. Kg2 Qd2 36. Qf2 Qd4 {Precision: White = 31%, Black = 59%.} 0-1

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Srijit Paul"]
[Black "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B58"]
[WhiteElo "2351"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 30,68,0,0,28,18,32,32,61,28,38,42,28,5,24,29,27,-1,0,0,0,-4,43,0,0,-147,-141,-196,-163,-444,-436,-431,-391,-456,-425,-596,-444,-429,-412,-29991,-29992]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nf3 h6 8. O-O Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. h3 a6 11. a4 Be6 12. Bf1 Qc7 13. Nd5 {B58: Classical Sicilian: 6 Be2} Bxd5 14. exd5 Nb4 15. c4 a5 16. Bd2 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Rfe8 17. Ra3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Rc1 Nd7 18. Bxb4 axb4 19. Bd3 Nc5 20. b3 g6 {0-1 (49) Mijovic,S (2300)-Jankovic,A (2571) Budva 2009}) 17... Qd7 18. Nh2 Qf5 19. Ng4 Nxg4 20. hxg4 Qg6 21. Rh3 Bg5 {[%cal Be7g5,Bg5f4,Bf4e5,Be5d4][%mdl 32]} 22. Bxb4 axb4 23. Qb3 (23. Bd3 $5 {[%cal Rd3g6]} e4 24. Bb1 $11) 23... e4 24. Qxb4 Qf6 25. Be2 Bf4 26. b3 ({Don't play} 26. Qxb7 Rab8 $15) 26... Qb2 {And now ...Bd2 would win.} 27. Qb6 {[#]} (27. Bf1 $1 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.}) 27... Rxa4 $1 $17 28. g3 (28. Bf1 $17) 28... Be5 29. Qxb7 $2 (29. Qb5 Raa8 30. Bf1) 29... Ra1 $19 30. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 31. Bf1 Bd4 32. Qd7 (32. Qb5 $142 Ra8 33. c5) 32... Re5 33. Rh5 {[#] Strongly threatening Rxe5.} Qc3 $1 {[%cal Rc3g3] ( -> ...Qxg3+)} 34. Rxe5 (34. Kh2 $19 Bxf2 35. Qd8+ Kh7 36. Qh4) 34... Qxg3+ $1 {Precision: White = 35%, Black = 71%.} 0-1

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Deshmukh, Anup"]
[Black "Dahal, Sushrut"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2282"]
[BlackElo "1792"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,61,34,31,56,15,25,22,106,106,103,118,345,343,345,292,297,264,289,235,254,150,312,321,339,322,386,366,440,430,516,439,704,654,571,426,574,557,704,696,691,688,724,733,778,762,735,662]} 1. c4 c6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e3 d5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bb2 Be7 7. d4 O-O 8. Bd3 Re8 9. Qc2 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Bd6 {D45: Semi-Slav: 5 e3} (9... Nf8 10. O-O Bd6 11. Ne5 N6d7 12. f4 f5 13. Kh1 Nf6 14. c5 Bc7 15. b4 a6 16. a4 Bd7 17. Qe2 {1-0 (53) Sulava,N (2452)-Mrkonjic,N (2351) Mali Losinj 2017}) 10. O-O-O e5 11. cxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Bf5) 11... exd4 (11... cxd5 $11 12. Nb5 Bb8 13. dxe5 Nxe5) 12. Nxd4 $16 cxd5 {[#]} 13. Ndb5 $1 {[%cal Rb5d6]} Bb8 $2 {[#]} (13... Nf8 $16) 14. Nxd5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Ne5 (14... Nxd5 15. Bxh7+) 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Bxh7+ Kh8 17. f4 Qh6 {Threatening ...Ng4.} 18. Bf5 ({Much less strong is} 18. fxe5 $6 Qxh7 19. Qxh7+ Kxh7 $16) (18. Bxe5 $18 Qxh7 19. Qxh7+ Kxh7 20. Bxb8 Rxb8 21. Rhe1 (21. Nxa7 Bf5 $18)) 18... Nc6 $2 (18... Ng4 $16 {was necessary.}) 19. Bxc8 Rxc8 20. Kb1 a6 21. Nd4 Ne7 22. Qe4 {White is clearly winning.} Bd6 23. g4 Rc5 (23... Re8 $142 24. Qxb7 Kg8) 24. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5,Bh5h6][%mdl 32]} Qh7 25. Qxh7+ Kxh7 26. Nf3 Rc6 27. h5 Bc5 28. Rd7 Re8 29. Ne5 Re6 30. Nxf7 {Strongly threatening Ng5+.} Rxe3 31. h6 {Precision: White = 78%, Black = 19%.} 1-0

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Thing, Bibek"]
[Black "Shubham Shukla"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2263"]
[BlackElo "1838"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,110,42,76,69,76,75,62,55,68,43,34,29,59,46,126,124,145,145,159,162,150,147,147,79,149,43,63,46,59,19,10,24,83,73,121,140,165,127,210,204,291,281,462,290,415,118,116,125,111,124,192,178,256,214,234,149,404,404,424,336,333,358,419,268,219,210,197,186,487,224,217,124,153,153,181,178,185,175,284,218,191,8,8,8,8,10,179,72,79,71,129,8,177,-537,-489,-387,140,140,140,140,140,140,29979]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nge7 (4... Nf6 5. d3 d5 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 b5 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nf1 Bb7 11. h4 Qc7 12. Bf4 Rfc8 13. Ne3 Qd8 14. Ng4 Bf8 15. Bg5 Qe8 16. c3 h6 17. Bf4 a5 18. Qd2 b4 19. c4 Ne7 20. h5 {1-0 (59) Kuzubov,Y (2699)-Grischuk,A (2772) Riadh 2017}) 5. O-O Ng6 6. c3 {[%cal Bc2c3,Bc3d4][%mdl 32] B40: Sicilian: 2...e6, Unusual lines} Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4 {White is slightly better.} d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Nc3 O-O $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 10... Be6 11. a3 {½-½ (50) Bonnerjee,M-Cochrane,J Calcutta 1850}) 11. Qb3 Bf6 ({Black should try} 11... Be6 $14) 12. Nxd5 $16 Nxd4 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Nxd4 Qxd4 15. Be3 Qf6 16. Rac1 (16. Rad1 $142) 16... Be6 (16... Ne5 $142) 17. Qa3 (17. Qxb7 $16 {Black must now prevent b3.} Bxa2 18. Bxa7) 17... Ne5 $14 18. Bc5 Rfe8 19. Bxb7 Rab8 20. Bg2 Nc4 (20... Rxb2 $11 {remains equal.} 21. Qc3 Rc8) 21. Qxa7 {aiming for Bd4.} Qxb2 22. Bd4 Qd2 23. Bc3 Qh6 (23... Qd7 $16 24. Qxd7 Bxd7 25. Bxg7 Kxg7) 24. a4 Rbd8 (24... Nd2 $142) 25. Rfe1 Rd7 $2 (25... Rc8 26. a5 Nd2) 26. Qa6 Red8 (26... Rb8 $142 27. Bb4 Rd4) 27. Ba5 $2 (27. Bb4 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.}) 27... Rd6 $16 28. Qb5 Nxa5 29. Qxa5 $40 {[%mdl 128] White is out for blood.} Rd2 (29... Qf6 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 30. Qb6 Qg5 (30... Qf6 $142 31. a5 Rb2) 31. a5 $18 R2d6 32. Qc5 Qd2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (32... Qxc5 $16 33. Rxc5 Bc8) 33. Bf3 Bb3 34. Qb5 {Re8+ would kill now.} Re6 35. Rf1 $1 Qa2 36. Ra1 Bc4 {And now ...Qxa1 would win.} 37. Qc5 Qb3 38. Rfd1 Rde8 $2 (38... Rxd1+ {is more resistant.} 39. Rxd1 Re8) 39. Kg2 (39. Bc6 $142 h6 40. Ba4 Re1+ 41. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 42. Rxe1 Qxa4 43. Qd4) 39... Ba6 40. Qd5 (40. Rdb1 $18 Qc4 41. Qxc4 Bxc4 42. Rb6) 40... Qc3 41. Rac1 Qf6 42. Rc6 h6 43. Rxe6 fxe6 (43... Qxe6 {might work better.} 44. Qxe6 Rxe6 45. Rd8+ Kh7) 44. Qc6 Rf8 45. Re1 $2 ({Better is} 45. Qe4 $18) 45... Bc4 $1 $11 46. Re3 Bd5 $1 {[%cal Rd5c6]} 47. Qc3 Qg5 $2 (47... Qf5 $11) 48. a6 (48. Bxd5 $1 $18 Qxd5+ 49. Kg1) 48... Rxf3 $16 49. Rxf3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame Kg1 is the strong threat. KQR-KQB} Qf5 {[#]} (49... Qg4 $142) 50. h4 (50. Qa3 $1 $16) 50... g5 $2 (50... Qf8 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 51. hxg5 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (51. a7 $18 {was the only winning move.} g4 52. a8=Q+ (52. Qc8+ Kh7 $11) 52... Bxa8 53. Qc8+ Kg7 54. Qxa8 (54. Qd7+ Kg6 $16) 54... gxf3+ 55. Qxf3) 51... hxg5 $19 52. a7 {[#]} g4 $2 ({Black should play} 52... Kh7 $1 $19 {Hoping for ...Kg6.} 53. Kg1 Qxf3 54. Qxf3 Bxf3) 53. a8=Q+ {White is clearly better.} ({Don't blunder} 53. Qc8+ $2 Kh7 $19) 53... Bxa8 54. Qc8+ Kg7 55. Qxa8 Qxf3+ $4 {[%mdl 8192] Precision: White = 37%, Black = 25%.} (55... gxf3+ $16 56. Qxf3 Qg5 57. Qb7+ Kf6) 1-0

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Neelash Saha"]
[Black "Navalgund, Niranjan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2212"]
[BlackElo "2286"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 b6 9. a4 a5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Rc1 Na6 12. Na3 Bb7 13. Qb3 Ne4 14. Be1 Nb4 15. Nb5 Rc8 16. Ne5 Nf6 17. Bd2 Ne4 18. Rxc8 Qxc8 19. Bf4 g5 20. Rc1 Qd8 21. Be3 Nd6 22. Bd2 Nxb5 23. axb5 Qd6 24. h4 f6 25. Bxb4 axb4 26. Nc6 gxh4 27. gxh4 Rc8 28. Nxe7+ Qxe7 29. Qg3+ Kf7 30. Ra1 Ra8 31. Rxa8 Bxa8 32. Qb8 Bb7 33. Bh3 e5 34. Bf5 Kg7 35. e3 Kh6 36. Kg2 Qg7+ 37. Kh3 Qe7 38. Qg8 b3 39. Qh8 exd4 40. exd4 Qg7 41. Qxg7+ Kxg7 42. Kg4 Kh6 43. Bd7 Kg6 44. Kf4 Kh5 45. Bc6 Bc8 46. Bxd5 Kxh4 47. Bc6 Kh3 48. d5 Kg2 49. Ke3 Kf1 50. d6 f5 51. d7 f4+ 52. Kxf4 Bxd7 53. Bxd7 Kxf2 54. Be6 Ke2 55. Bxb3 Kd2 56. Ke5 Kc1 57. Kd6 Kxb2 58. Bf7 Kc3 59. Kc6 Kb4 60. Kxb6 1-0

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Jaiswal, Rupesh"]
[Black "Patil, Pratik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2121"]
[BlackElo "2258"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 d5 6. O-O c5 7. c3 b6 8. Nbd2 Bb7 9. h3 Nc6 10. Ne5 Nd7 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. Nf3 Rfe8 13. Bb5 a6 14. Ne5 Qc8 15. Bxc6 Bxc6 16. Qb3 Bb5 17. Rfd1 c4 18. Qc2 f6 19. Nf3 e5 20. Bg3 e4 21. Nd2 Ra7 22. a4 Bc6 23. b3 Qe6 24. bxc4 dxc4 25. Rdb1 Rb7 26. Qd1 f5 27. Qe2 b5 28. axb5 axb5 {-error} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Saptorshi Gupta"]
[Black "Gusain, Himal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2080"]
[BlackElo "2413"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,84,20,25,0,7,-14,-8,-158,-52,-43,-31,-34,-16,-10,0,-4,-11,-20,0,-12,-13,-15,-8,-17,-9,-9,-12,-9,0,0,0,-40,-40,-39,-20,-34,-15,-10,-10,-25,-29,-67,0,0,0,-97,-48,-48,-47,-52,-40,-67,-54,-108,-114,-127,-83,-162,-115,-132,-133,-133,-87,-139,-135,-130,-130,-1006,-997]} 1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 Nc6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 d5 5. exd5 exd5 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nf6 8. O-O Be7 9. Nc3 O-O {LiveBook: 46 Games} 10. Nde2 {[%cal Rc3d5] B24: Closed Sicilian: 3 g3 sidelines} (10. Be3 Ne5 11. Bf4 Nc6 12. Re1 Bg4 13. Qd2 Rc8 14. h3 Bd7 15. Nb3 Be6 16. Rad1 Qd7 17. Kh2 Rfd8 {1-0 (47) Matlakov,M (2707)-Sadikhov,U (2477) Batumi 2018}) 10... d4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Bg4 11. h3 Be6 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Qd7 14. Kh2 Rac8 15. Qxa7 Rc4 16. Nd1 Bc5 17. Qa5 Bb4 {0-1 (43) Truszkiewicz,E (2000)-Socha,A (2105) Krynica 2003}) 11. Nb5 {[%cal Re2d4]} Bc5 12. b3 {[#]} ({Better is} 12. Bg5 $11) 12... Bg4 (12... Re8 $1 $17 13. Nf4 Bg4) 13. h3 $15 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Re8 15. Qc4 Qb6 16. Ba3 Bxa3 17. Nxa3 a6 18. Qd3 Qc5 19. Nc4 b5 20. Nb2 Rac8 21. Qd1 Nb4 22. Nd3 Qc3 23. Nxb4 Qxb4 24. Qd3 Rc3 25. a3 {[#]} Qxb3 $1 {[%mdl 512] And now ...Qa4 would win.} 26. Qxd4 (26. cxb3 Rxd3) 26... Rxc2 27. Rfb1 Qe6 28. a4 Rc4 29. Qd1 Qb6 (29... Ne4 $15 30. Bxe4 Rxe4 31. axb5 axb5 32. Rxb5 Qxh3) 30. axb5 $11 axb5 31. Bf1 (31. Qd3 $11 Rc5 32. Bf1) 31... Rd4 32. Qf3 b4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 33. Ra6 Qc5 34. Rc6 Qe7 $1 35. Rb6 ({White should play} 35. Rbc1 $15) 35... Nd5 $17 36. Ra6 h6 37. Rb3 (37. Rd1 $17 Rxd1 38. Qxd1) 37... Qc5 38. Rd3 {[#]} Rxd3 $1 39. Qxd3 Rb8 {White must now prevent ...b3.} 40. Qb3 (40. Qe4 $142) 40... Nc3 41. h4 Rc8 42. Rg6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (42. Ra1 $17) 42... Ne4 {Precision: White = 35%, Black = 40%.} 0-1

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Prudhvi Kumar V"]
[Black "Gajwa Ankit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "1836"]
[BlackElo "2292"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4 c6 9. b3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Re8 11. Re1 Nc5 12. h3 a5 13. Bf4 Nh5 14. Be3 Nf6 15. Qc2 Qb6 16. Rad1 Bf8 17. Nde2 Nfd7 18. f4 Qc7 19. Bf2 h5 20. Nd4 Nf6 21. Nf3 b6 22. Bxc5 bxc5 23. e5 Bf5 24. Qf2 dxe5 25. Nxe5 Re6 26. Qf3 Rae8 27. Kf1 Qc8 28. Nxc6 Bxh3 29. Rxe6 Qxe6 30. Bxh3 Qxh3+ 31. Qg2 Qf5 32. Ne5 Rxe5 0-1

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Prudhvi Kumar V"]
[Black "Gajwa Ankit"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "1836"]
[BlackElo "2292"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,10,16,37]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 d6 {LiveBook: 12038 Games} {Predecessor:} 6. O-O $146 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. h3 Nc5 11. Re1 Bd7 12. Rb1 a5 13. b3 h6 14. Kh2 Re5 15. f4 Rh5 16. f5 gxf5 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Nxf5 Rxf5 19. Qc2 Qd7 20. Bf4 Rh5 21. Nd5 Ng4+ {0-1 (34) Ding,L (2777)-Grischuk,A (2772) Huaian 2017} *

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shrestha, Rajendra Prasad"]
[Black "Ramaraju, N."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "1822"]
[BlackElo "2175"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,59,31,-20,-13,-13,-12,-8,-12,-12,-13,-13,-14,-21,0,-2,0,16,64,47,181,44,299,18,120,108,125,107,95,93,169,161,271,268,275,274,915,914,914,229]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. h3 O-O 9. c3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. d5 {LiveBook: 8 Games. C95: Closed Ruy Lopez: Breyer Variation with 10 d4} (12. Bc2 $14) (12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. a4 Nb6 16. axb5 axb5 17. Bg5 Bg7 18. Bd3 Rxa1 19. Qxa1 c6 20. Be3 Qc7 21. dxe5 dxe5 22. Qc1 Bc8 23. Qc2 {½-½ (32) Anand,V (2767)-Carlsen,M (2834) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 12... Nc5 13. Bc2 c6 14. b4 {And now dxc6 would win.The position is equal.} Ncd7 15. dxc6 Bxc6 16. Nf1 Qc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Nb6 17. Ng3 Re8 18. Bb3 h6 19. Nh2 Bd7 {1-0 (53) Zufic,M (2453)-Spalir,J (2377) Zadar 2014}) 17. Ng3 g6 18. Bh6 Rfe8 19. Bb3 {White wants to play Ng5.} Bf8 20. Qd2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Nb6 (20... a5 $1 $14) 21. Rad1 (21. Bxf8 $1 $18 Rxf8 22. Rad1) 21... Rad8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (21... Be7 $1 $14) 22. Nh4 $2 ({White must play} 22. Bxf8 $1 $18 Rxf8 23. Qg5) 22... d5 {[#]} (22... Kh8 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 23. Bxf8 $1 $16 Rxf8 24. Qg5 Ne8 25. exd5 Bxd5 (25... Nxd5 $16 26. Ne4 (26. Qxe5 Qxe5 27. Rxe5 Nef6 $16) (26. Rxe5 f6 $17) 26... Nd6) 26. Rxe5 $18 ({Of course not} 26. Qxe5 $6 Qxe5 27. Rxe5 Nf6 $11) 26... Bxb3 (26... f6 {was worth a try.} 27. Rexd5 fxg5 28. Rxd8+ Nc4) 27. Rxd8 f6 28. Rexe8 fxg5 $2 (28... Qxd8 29. Rxf8+ (29. Rxd8 fxg5 30. Rxf8+ Kxf8 $18) 29... Qxf8) 29. Rxf8+ Kg7 {[#]} 30. Nh5+ $2 {Precision: White = 48%, Black = 25%.} (30. Nhf5+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} gxf5 31. axb3) 1-0

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Kaustuv, Kundu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,99,60,58,63,29,20,14,14,20,14,16,26,23,34,33,26,26,49,52,55,31,50,48,56,50,57,50,43,36,35,47,63,19,60,28,28,17,57,45,50,45,113,112,107,77,104,93,83,117,163,163,219,219,281,274,306,254,420,412,402,373,331,251,303,229,363,363,586,584,861,859,812,736,736,736]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. Be3 Nbd7 8. O-O Re8 9. d5 Nh5 10. g3 {E94: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5 7 0-0: Various Black 7th moves} Bf8 11. Ne1 Ng7 12. Ng2 (12. Nd3 f5 13. f3 Be7 14. Qd2 Nf6 15. c5 fxe4 16. fxe4 Ng4 17. Bxg4 Bxg4 {½-½ (39) Postny,E (2606)-Vovk,A (2636) Fagernes 2017}) 12... f5 13. f3 Be7 14. Qd2 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Nf6 15. exf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. b4 fxe4 16. fxe4 Ng4 17. Bxg4 Bxg4 {0-1 (43) Jovanovic,V (2136)-Dembo,Y (2471) Valjevo 2011}) 15... Nxf5 16. Bf2 c5 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. g4 Ng7 19. Rad1 Be6 20. h3 d5 {[%cal Bd6d5,Bd5d4][%mdl 32]} 21. f4 d4 22. Qc2 Qa5 23. fxe5 dxc3 24. exf6 Bxf6 25. Be1 Be5 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Qb6+.} 26. Bxc3 Bxc3 27. Qxc3 Qxc3 28. bxc3 Rab8 29. Rd2 a5 30. Nf4 Bf7 31. Bf3 g5 32. Bxc6 gxf4 33. Bxe8 Nxe8 ({Black should play} 33... Rxe8 $14 34. Rxf4 Rc8) 34. Rxf4 $16 Rc8 35. Rf5 Rxc4 36. Rxa5 Rxc3 37. Kh2 Bg6 38. Ra7 Rc8 (38... h5 $142 39. a4 hxg4) 39. a4 $18 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Nf6 40. a5 Ne4 41. Re2 Kf8 $2 {[#]} (41... Ng5 {was worth a try.} 42. a6 Rc3) 42. h4 {[%cal Bh3h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Nc5 43. h5 Bd3 44. Re3 Rd8 45. Re5 Na6 (45... Rc8 {keeps fighting.} 46. Kg2 Na6) 46. Kg3 Rd6 $2 (46... Rc8 {is a better defense.} 47. Ree7 Nb4 48. Rf7+ Kg8) 47. Ree7 {White is clearly winning.} Rd8 48. Rf7+ Kg8 49. Rg7+ Kh8 50. Rgd7 {Precision: White = 74%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tarlev, Konstantin"]
[Black "Gusain, Himal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2413"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,76,-17,-29,-36,-18,-93,-3,-4,0,0,11,1,15,13,43,29,77,21,24,17,28,0,7,0,0,1,0,0,17,9,21,9,18,0,12,12,14,0,0,0,19,0,22,0,23,0,15,13,13,12,18,18,43,46,39,29,38,46,51,18,15,0,0]} 1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 d5 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Nf3 f6 6. c4 a6 {A01: Nimzowitsch-Larsen Opening} (6... Nge7 7. Nc3 a6 8. Ba4 O-O 9. O-O Nb4 10. d4 e4 11. Ne1 Be6 12. a3 Nbc6 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. c5 Bxh2+ 15. Kxh2 {½-½ (62) Zhao,X (2506)-Kosteniuk,A (2554) Huaian 2016}) 7. cxd5 axb5 8. dxc6 bxc6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 9. Qc2 Ne7 10. d4 {[#]} (10. a3 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 10... exd4 (10... e4 $1 $17 {[%cal Re4f3][%mdl 512]} 11. Nfd2 (11. Qxe4 $2 Bf5 $19) 11... f5) 11. Nxd4 $11 Qd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Bd7 12. O-O O-O 13. Nc3 f5 14. f4 {0-1 (54) Musselman,C (1854)-Sycz,D (2143) Shrivenham 2016}) 12. Nc3 f5 13. O-O O-O 14. b4 f4 15. Ne4 h6 16. Nc5 (16. Nxd6 $16 cxd6 17. exf4) 16... Bxc5 17. Qxc5 Qd6 18. e4 Qxc5 19. bxc5 Ng6 20. Nxc6 {With the idea f3.} Bb7 21. Nb4 Bxe4 22. f3 Bf5 23. Rfe1 Rfe8 24. c6 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Rd8 26. Bc3 Kf7 27. Kf2 h5 28. Rc1 Nf8 29. Re1 Ng6 30. g3 fxg3+ 31. hxg3 Be6 32. Rh1 Rh8 33. a3 Ne7 34. Be5 Bd5 35. Rc1 {aiming for Rc5.} Rh6 36. Bxc7 Bxc6 37. Bd8 Bd7 38. Rc7 Rd6 {Precision: White = 51%, Black = 44%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Black "Shyaamnikhil P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,46,39,18,46,17,15,14,13,0,-8,-6,-16,-14,-6,-23,24,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O b6 8. b4 dxc4 {D94: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 5 e3} 9. Bxc4 {LiveBook: 8 Games} Nd5 10. Qb3 {[%cal Rc4d5]} Nxc3 11. Qxc3 Bb7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... a5 12. Bb2 axb4 13. Qxb4 c5 14. Qd2 Nc6 15. Rfd1 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Qxd4 19. Rxd4 {½-½ (49) Belozerov,A (2538)-Burmakin,V (2541) Sochi 2006}) 12. Ne5 Nd7 13. Bb2 Nxe5 14. dxe5 a5 15. Rad1 Qc8 16. a3 c5 {The position is equal.} 17. b5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 {[#] Black must now prevent Be2.} Qg4+ 19. Kh1 Qf3+ 20. Kg1 {Bd5 is the strong threat.} Qg4+ 21. Kh1 {Strongly threatening f4.} Qf3+ 22. Kg1 Qg4+ 23. Kh1 {[#] Hoping for f4.} Qf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Harsha Bharathakoti"]
[Black "Mirzoev, Azer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2424"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,86,16,35,17,13,14,35,21,56,60,52,67,60,67,172,48,43,28,60,47,84,65,56,22,39,35,43,0,50,0,27,30,33,17,45,27,27,16,37,31,33,23,21,14,10,0,25,20,46,43,39,16,14,13,26,8,32,35,47,49,52,48,57,64,76]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Qc2 b6 8. Nbd2 Bb7 9. e4 Na6 10. a3 {E06: Closed Catalan: Early deviations} Rc8 (10... c5 11. exd5 exd5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. b4 Ne6 14. cxd5 Bxd5 15. Bb2 Rc8 16. Qf5 g6 17. Qe5 Qc7 {½-½ (37) Gupta,A (2610)-Lenic,L (2662) chess.com INT 2018}) 11. e5 Nd7 12. cxd5 cxd5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 13. Qd1 Nab8 14. Re1 Qc7 15. Nb1 a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Ba6 16. Nc3 Qb7 17. h4 Rfe8 {1-0 (66) Plischki,S (2422)-Stross,F (2306) Prague 2014}) 16. Nc3 Ba6 17. Ng5 Nc6 18. Qg4 Kh8 {[#]} (18... Bxg5 $14 19. Bxg5 Kh8) 19. Be3 (19. Nxf7+ $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Rxf7 20. Qxe6 Ndxe5 21. dxe5) 19... Bxg5 $14 20. Bxg5 Rfe8 21. Rad1 Nf8 22. h4 h6 23. Bf4 Ne7 24. Qf3 Kg8 25. Qg4 Kh8 $1 26. Qf3 Qd7 27. h5 Bc4 28. Rd2 Nh7 29. Nd1 Ba6 30. Ne3 Rc7 31. g4 Rec8 32. Qg3 Rc1 33. Red1 Rxd1+ 34. Rxd1 Qd8 35. Qh4 Nc6 36. Qxd8+ Rxd8 37. Bf1 (37. f3 {looks sharper.} Kg8 38. Kf2 Rc8 39. Bg3 b5 40. Bf1) 37... Bxf1 38. Kxf1 Kg8 39. Ke2 Kf8 40. Kd3 {White is slightly better.} Ke7 41. Bg3 Rc8 42. f4 Kd7 43. Bh4 f6 {Precision: White = 48%, Black = 39%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Llaneza Vega, Marcos"]
[Black "Thing, Bibek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2422"]
[BlackElo "2263"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,91,12,27,28,14,20,20,20,14,24,30,43,38,52,51,107,95,157,188,156,160,215,127,128,113,110,75,81,72,72,70,92,86,72,69,69,59,59,59,53,48,114,117,112,136,172,186,238,245,239,233,218,154,212,117,118,117,140,118,173,133,237,260,249,233,5783,4814,5139,2300,2644,2214,29968,5047,7154,6581]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. a4 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 Nc6 7. c3 a6 8. Bf1 Nf6 9. h3 O-O 10. d4 cxd4 {B50: Sicilian: 2...d6, Miscellaneous} 11. cxd4 d5 12. e5 $1 {[%cal Re5f6]} Ne4 {The position is equal.} 13. Nc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Qb3 Na5 14. Qxd5 Bc6 15. Qxd8 Rfxd8 16. Ra3 Bd5 17. Bd3 Rac8 18. Nh2 {1-0 (51) Kjartansson,G (2443)-Wittmann,W (2232) Budapest 2013}) 13... Nxc3 14. bxc3 Rc8 15. Qb3 Na5 $1 {[%cal Ra5b3]} 16. Qxd5 Qc7 (16... Bc6 $14 17. Qxd8 Rfxd8) 17. Qa2 $16 Be6 ({Black should try} 17... Bf5) 18. d5 Bf5 19. Ba3 Rfe8 (19... Qxc3 $16 20. Re3 (20. Bxe7 Rfe8 $16) 20... Qc2) 20. Bb4 (20. Nd4 $18) 20... Nc4 21. g4 {Strongly threatening Bxc4.} Bd7 {[%cal Rc4e5]} 22. e6 (22. Qxc4 {is interesting.} Qxc4 23. Bxc4 Rxc4 24. Nd2 Rf4 25. Kg2) 22... fxe6 23. dxe6 Bc6 24. Qxc4 {Black must now prevent Nd4.} Bxf3 25. Qxc7 Rxc7 26. Re3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Bc6 27. Ba5 Rcc8 28. Rb1 Bh6 29. Ree1 Bxa4 (29... Bd2 $14) 30. Rxb7 Bd2 31. Ra1 $1 {[%cal Ra1a4]} Bb5 32. c4 $1 {[%cal Bc3c4,Bc4b5][%mdl 32]} Bxa5 (32... Bc6 $142) 33. cxb5 $18 ({Don't play} 33. Rxa5 $6 Bxc4 34. Bxc4 Rxc4 $16) 33... Bc3 34. Rxa6 Bb4 35. Bd3 {b6 is the strong threat.} Kg7 (35... Rc3 $16 {was called for.}) 36. Ra4 (36. b6 $18) 36... Bd6 $16 37. Be4 Rc3 38. Kg2 Rf8 (38... Kf6 $16 39. Ra5 Rc4) 39. Rd4 Kf6 {[#]} (39... Bc5 $16 40. Rd2 Rf6) 40. Rxd6 $1 $18 exd6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} 41. Bd5 ({Much less strong is} 41. Rxh7 $6 Kxe6 42. Bxg6 Ke5 $16) 41... Re8 $2 {[#]} (41... g5 42. b6 (42. Rxh7 Rc5 $16) 42... h6) 42. f4 $1 {[%csl Gd5,Ge6][%cal Rb7f7]} Rc2+ 43. Kg3 {[%csl Gd5,Ge6][%cal Rb7f7]} Rc3+ 44. Kf2 {[%csl Gd5,Ge6][%cal Rb7f7]} Rc2+ 45. Ke3 {[%csl Gd5,Ge6][%cal Rb7f7]} Rxe6+ 46. Kd3 {Precision: White = 77%, Black = 42%.} 1-0

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sriram, Jha"]
[Black "Sandipan, Chanda"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,73,11,9,50,50,53,-16,66,0,35,-2,26,35,70,-70,-78,-66,-62,-70,-74,-67,77,99,128,133,271,239,361,371,344,321,382,389,379,162,162,172,165,159,162,162,164,173,171,156,169,137,143,125,121,117,153,155,149,148,170,8,8,8,13,8,8,8]} 1. d4 f5 2. Bg5 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. h4 h6 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 {A80: Dutch Defence: Unusual White second moves} d6 7. Qf3 {LiveBook: 26 Games} a6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... O-O 8. Bc4+ e6 9. O-O-O Nc6 10. a3 Qe7 11. Nge2 Bd7 12. Qh3 {1-0 (26) L'Ami,E (2640)-Pruijssers,R (2549) Amsterdam 2013}) 8. O-O-O {White is slightly better.} e6 9. Bd3 (9. Qg3 $14) 9... O-O (9... Nc6 $11) 10. Nge2 ({White should try} 10. Nh3 $1 $14) 10... Qe7 11. Bh2 e5 {aiming for ...e4.} 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Nd5 (13. Qg3 $14) 13... Nxd5 $1 $15 14. Qxd5+ Be6 $1 {[%cal Re6d5]} 15. Qxb7 Nd7 16. Qc6 (16. Qxc7 Rfc8) 16... Nb6 (16... Nc5 $15 {stays ahead.} 17. Nc3 Nxd3+ 18. Rxd3 Rad8) 17. Nc3 $16 Bf7 {[#]} 18. h5 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2560] White is on the roll.} Be8 (18... Kh8 $16 19. hxg6 Be8) (18... gxh5 19. Bxf5) 19. Nd5 $18 Qd8 (19... Qf7 $142 20. hxg6 (20. Qxc7 Nxd5 21. Qc5 Qc7 $16) 20... Qxd5 21. Qxd5+ (21. Qxc7 Qe6 $11) 21... Nxd5) 20. Qe6+ Kh8 {...Bf7 is the strong threat.} 21. Nxb6 Bf7 22. Qc6 cxb6 {[#]} 23. Bc4 (23. Bxf5 $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qg5 (23... gxf5 24. Rxd8) 24. Be4 (24. hxg6 Qxf5 25. gxf7 Rac8 $16) 24... gxh5 25. Rd6) 23... Qc8 24. Qxc8 Raxc8 25. Bxf7 Rxf7 26. hxg6 Rfc7 27. c3 {Strongly threatening Rd5.} Rc6 28. Rd5 Re8 29. Rhd1 {Hoping for Rd6.} Rxg6 30. Bg3 Rg4 31. Rh1 Bf6 32. Rd7 Bg5 33. f4 exf4 34. Bxf4 $2 (34. exf4 $18 Rxg3 35. fxg5) 34... Bxf4 $11 {The position is equal.} 35. exf4 Re6 36. Rhd1 Rxg2 37. Rf7 {Precision: White = 44%, Black = 35%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Fominyh, Alexander"]
[Black "Sengupta, Deep"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2391"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,70,-15,13,3,4,-7,0,0,0,0,16,0,-7,-14,0,-6,-6,-5,0,0,27,0,8,0,0,-7,0,0,0,0,12,0,-2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Nd5 Bd6 {[%cal Bb4d6,Bd6c5,Bc5b6][%mdl 32] LiveBook: 16 Games} (5... e4 {is interesting.} 6. Ng1 O-O 7. Qc2 Re8 8. a3 Bd6) (5... Ba5 6. Qc2 d6 7. a3 Nxd5 8. cxd5 Ne7 9. Bc4 c6 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. O-O e4 12. Nd4 Bb7 13. Qb3 Qb6 14. Bxf7+ Kf8 15. f3 Qxb3 16. Bxb3 exf3 17. Rxf3+ Ke8 18. Be6 {1-0 (18) Bocharov,D (2583)-Sarana,A (2562) Taganrog 2018}) 6. Nxf6+ {A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation} Qxf6 7. d3 Bc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Bb4+ 8. Nd2 Qg6 9. a3 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 b6 11. b4 Bb7 12. Bb2 O-O 13. O-O-O {0-1 (47) Mirzoyan,D (2297)-Wang,S (2013) Poprad 2016}) 8. Be2 d6 9. O-O O-O 10. Bd2 a5 11. a3 a4 12. Bc3 Bb6 13. d4 Rd8 14. h3 exd4 15. Nxd4 (15. exd4 {feels hotter.} Bf5 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Qg6 18. Qd1) 15... Nxd4 {The position is equal.} 16. Bxd4 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Qxd4 18. exd4 Bd7 19. Rac1 c5 20. dxc5 dxc5 21. Bf3 Bc6 22. Bxc6 bxc6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 23. Rfe1 Re8 24. Kf1 Kf8 25. Rcd1 Red8 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 {KR-KR} 27. Re5 Rd1+ 28. Ke2 Rb1 29. Rxc5 Rxb2+ 30. Ke1 Rb3 31. Rxc6 Rxa3 32. Rc7 Ra2 33. c5 a3 34. Ra7 Rc2 35. Rxa3 Rxc5 {Precision: White = 81%, Black = 66%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "L'Ami, Alina"]
[Black "Suvradeepta, Das"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2316"]
[BlackElo "1986"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. h3 O-O 7. Bd3 e5 8. Nge2 Nbd7 9. g4 Rb8 10. Ng3 Ne8 11. h4 Nc7 12. Be3 Nf6 13. f3 Bd7 14. a4 a6 15. a5 b5 16. axb6 Rxb6 17. b3 a5 18. Bc2 Na6 19. Qd2 Nb4 20. Bd1 Ne8 21. Rxa5 f5 22. Bg5 Bf6 23. gxf5 gxf5 24. Nxf5 Bxf5 25. exf5 Bxg5 26. Qxg5+ Qxg5 27. hxg5 Rxf5 28. Ra8 Rf8 29. Ne4 Kg7 30. Ra7+ Rf7 31. Rxh7+ Kxh7 32. Rxf7+ Kg6 33. Rf8 Nc7 34. Rf6+ Kg7 35. Nxd6 1-0

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gajwa Ankit"]
[Black "Kayastha, Madan Krishna"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2292"]
[BlackElo "2097"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,63,31,23,45,45,47,61,62,20,33,25,52,52,52,52,52,42,39,34,54,0,58,0,60,64,55,64,43,54,64,68,255,220,188,167,155,110,161,188,219,93,170,166]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 Na5 9. Bc2 c5 10. d4 Qc7 11. d5 O-O 12. h3 {LiveBook: 433 Games} h6 {C97: Closed Ruy Lopez: Chigorin Defence: 11 d4 Qc7, sidelines} (12... Nc4 13. b3 Nb6 14. a4 Bd7 15. a5 Nc8 16. c4 b4 17. Nbd2 Bd8 18. Nf1 Kh8 19. Ra2 Qb8 20. Be3 Ne7 {1-0 (63) Grischuk,A (2761)-Rapport,R (2694) Geneva 2017}) 13. b3 Nh7 14. Nbd2 Ng5 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 14... f5 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Ne4 Rf7 17. a4 Raf8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Nfd2 {1-0 (39) Yaakkimainen,V (2169)-Kolegov,A (1893) Kondopoga 2012}) 15. a4 b4 16. c4 f5 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Bxf5 Rxf5 19. Nh2 Raf8 20. f3 Qd8 21. Nhf1 (21. Re2 $14) 21... Rf4 ({Black should play} 21... Qd7 $11) 22. Ng3 {[#]} (22. Rb1 $14) 22... Qd7 (22... Nxh3+ $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]} 23. gxh3 Bh4) 23. Nde4 $14 Nxf3+ 24. gxf3 Rxf3 25. Re3 R3f4 $1 26. Ra2 Rh4 $2 ({Better is} 26... Qxh3 $14 27. Rh2 Qd7) 27. Rh2 Rxh3 28. Rxh3 Qxh3 29. Rf3 Rxf3 (29... Rf7 $16) 30. Qxf3 $18 g6 {[#]} 31. Bd2 (31. Nf2 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf2h3] is the precise move to win.} Qh4 32. Nge4) 31... Nb7 {[#]} (31... Qh4 $16 {was called for.}) 32. Nf2 $1 {Precision: White = 51%, Black = 16%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Patil, Pratik"]
[Black "Saptorshi Gupta"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2258"]
[BlackElo "2080"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,83,12,8,29,86,48,45,46,19,9,26,33,108,0,0,12,4,0,33,-10,-6,-30,-12,-13,-14,-80,-76,-132,-124,-147,-106,-123,-115,-307,-307,-307,-312,-354,-354,-354,-354,-354,-354,-489,-387,-387,-291,-280,-278,-255,-255,-234,-164,-167,-114,-114,-114,-105,-106,-131,-139,-179,-179,-172,-79,-89,-79,-1370,-1387,-1386,-1325,-1195,-1112,-1061,-836,-537]} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Nf6 4. Bb5+ Nbd7 5. d4 Nxd5 6. dxc5 {B22: Sicilian: 2 c3} Nc7 (6... a6 $11) 7. Bc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. Ba4 e5 8. Be3 f5 9. c6 bxc6 10. Bxc6 Rb8 11. Nf3 Qf6 12. Qa4 {1-0 (25) Buchnicek,P (2240)-Mirumian,V (2470) Trinec 1998}) 7... e6 8. b4 {White is slightly better.} a5 9. Nf3 axb4 $1 10. cxb4 Qf6 (10... b6 $1 $14) 11. Qd4 ({White should try} 11. Be3 $16) 11... Qxd4 $11 12. Nxd4 b6 13. Nb5 Na6 $1 14. cxb6 Nxb6 15. Bb3 {White wants to play a3.} Bd7 16. N1c3 Bxb4 17. Bd2 (17. O-O $11 {remains equal.}) 17... O-O $36 {[%mdl 2048] Hoping for ...Nc5. Black is on the roll.} 18. a3 (18. Rd1 $142) 18... Nc5 19. Rb1 Bxc3 20. Nxc3 Rxa3 21. Ba2 $2 (21. Bc2 $17 {was necessary.} Nc4 22. Rb4 Nxd2 23. Kxd2) 21... Nba4 $19 22. Nxa4 Rxa4 23. Be3 Rxa2 24. Bxc5 Rc8 25. Be3 {[#]} Bb5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 26. Bd2 (26. Rxb5 Ra1+) 26... Bd3 27. Rd1 Rc5 {( -> ...Re5+)} 28. Bf4 Rd5 29. Rd2 Ra4 30. Be3 f5 {And now ...f4 would win.} 31. f4 {[#]} Ra1+ (31... g5 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 32. Kf2 (32. fxg5 f4) 32... gxf4) 32. Rd1 $17 Rxd1+ 33. Kxd1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Bf1+ 34. Kc1 Bxg2 35. Rd1 Rxd1+ 36. Kxd1 $19 {[#] KB-KB} Bh3 (36... g5 $1 $19 {is more deadly. Threatens to win with ...Kf7.} 37. Ke2 (37. fxg5 Bf3+) 37... gxf4 38. Bxf4 Kf7) 37. Ke2 {[#]} g5 $1 38. fxg5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (38. Bd4 $17) 38... e5 $1 {Black is clearly winning.} 39. Kf3 f4 40. Bb6 Kf7 41. Ba5 Ke6 42. Bc7 {Precision: White = 33%, Black = 59%.} 0-1

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Neelash Saha"]
[Black "Prince, Bajaj"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2212"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,21,0,-1]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 b6 9. b3 Ba6 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Bc1 {LiveBook: 4 Games. E15: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 sidelines, 4 g3 Ba6 and 4 g3 Bb7 early deviations} {Predecessor:} Rc8 $146 12. Bb2 Ne4 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 Bd6 15. Qc2 f5 16. e3 Bb7 17. Rac1 Qe7 18. Ne1 a5 {½-½ (41) Ding,L (2783)-Zhigalko,S (2635) Khanty-Mansiysk 2017} *

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Neelash Saha"]
[Black "Prince, Bajaj"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2212"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,38,12,10,32,34,36,46,80,-31,-31,-18,15,6,13,6,8,7,15]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 b6 9. b3 Ba6 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Bc1 {E15: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 sidelines, 4 g3 Ba6 and 4 g3 Bb7 early deviations} (11. a4 c5 12. Na3 Bb7 13. cxd5 Bxd5 14. Qb2 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qc8 17. b4 Qb7+ 18. Kg1 Ne4 19. Be3 {½-½ (62) Papaioannou,I (2652)-Adams,M (2727) Heraklio 2017}) 11... Rc8 12. Bb2 {LiveBook: 3 Games} c5 13. Nc3 $1 {White is slightly better.} cxd4 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games (2):} 13... dxc4 14. d5 Re8 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Ng5 Bf8 17. Nd5 Ne4 18. Bxe4 Qxg5 19. Bxh7+ {1-0 (28) Bjelobrk,I (2380)-Tao,T (2366) Canberra 2018}) 14. Nxd4 e5 {[#]} 15. Nf3 (15. Nf5 $1 $16) 15... d4 $15 16. Ne4 b5 {[%cal Rb5c4] The position is equal.} 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. e3 $1 {[%cal Re3d4]} bxc4 {[#] Hoping for ...c3.} 19. exd4 cxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Jaiswal, Rupesh"]
[Black "Kasparov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2121"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,60,35,27,25,25,31,32,45,28,52,29,28,34,31,27,27,22,53,53,53,52,55,43,58,58,54,34,47,0,26,-5,14,0,0,0,10,10,10,10,26,11,11,11,11,2,26,0,34]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 c5 3. Bd3 cxd4 4. exd4 d5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Na5 8. Qc2 {LiveBook: 4 Games} e6 {B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack} 9. Nd2 Be7 10. Ngf3 a6 {White is slightly better.} 11. O-O $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 11. Ne5 Bh5 12. Ndf3 Rc8 13. g4 Nxg4 14. Nxg4 Bxg4 {0-1 (38) Cisler,P (2191)-Gregor,J (2258) Czechia 2007}) 11... Bh5 12. Rfe1 Bg6 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. Ne5 O-O 15. b4 (15. Rad1 {NOTEXT} Nh5 16. Be3 Rc8 17. Ndf3 Nf6 18. Bg5) 15... Nc6 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Nb3 Ne4 18. a4 Nd6 19. Bxd6 Bxd6 20. Qe2 Re8 21. Nc5 Qc8 22. Qg4 Bxc5 23. bxc5 Rb8 24. Rab1 Qc7 25. Qg3 Qxg3 26. hxg3 a5 27. Kf1 Kf8 28. Ke2 Ke7 29. Kd3 Kd7 30. Rh1 Kc7 {Precision: White = 41%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Harshavardhan G B"]
[Black "Padmini, Rout"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2119"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,134,0,0,0,0,0,0,-31,19,9,21,20,15,15,44,39,44,44,33,14,76,0,0,0,0,-7,0,0,0,-5,0,-7,-7,-11,-12,-7,-10,-27,-24,-17,-24,-66,-44,-73,-99,-134,-91,-127,-129,-136,-127,-147,-145,-224,-200,-233,-226,-227,-216,-6429,-6389,-6316,-6290,-5289,-4133,-1064,-63,-84,-72,-101,-92,-136,-19,-34,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O {D41: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 cxd5} b6 13. Qf4 (13. Rad1 Bb7 14. Rfe1 Rc8 15. Bb3 Re8 16. h3 Nf6 17. Qf4 Nh5 18. Qe5 Nf6 19. Qf4 Nh5 20. Qh2 h6 21. d5 exd5 22. exd5 Rxe1+ 23. Nxe1 {½-½ (57) So,W (2799)-Kramnik,V (2800) Berlin 2018}) 13... Bb7 {LiveBook: 7 Games} 14. Rfc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Rac1 Rc8 15. Bd3 Rxc1 16. Rxc1 Nf6 17. h4 h6 18. e5 Nh5 19. Qg4 Bxf3 20. gxf3 {1-0 (58) Vernay,C (2479)-Kaczmarczyk,D (2415) Switzerland 2016}) 14... Rc8 15. Bd3 Qe7 16. e5 Rxc1+ 17. Rxc1 {Black should prevent Rc7.} Rc8 18. Rxc8+ Bxc8 19. Ng5 h6 20. Ne4 {Black must now prevent Nd6.} Bb7 21. Nd6 Bd5 22. a3 (22. Qc1 {looks sharper.} Qg5 23. Qxg5 hxg5 24. Nc8 Bxa2 25. Nxa7 f6 26. Bb5) 22... f5 (22... Nb8 $11) 23. exf6 ({White should try} 23. Qc1 $16) 23... Nxf6 $11 24. Bf1 Qc7 25. Qe5 Qc1 26. Qe3 $1 {[%cal Re3c1]} Qc6 27. Nb5 a6 28. Nc3 Bc4 29. Bxc4 Qxc4 30. Ne2 Kf7 31. h3 Nd5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is more active.} 32. Qf3+ $1 Ke7 33. Qe4 b5 34. Ng3 Qc1+ 35. Kh2 Qf4 (35... Qxa3 36. Qg6 $14) 36. Qe1 Kf7 37. Qa5 h5 $1 ({Don't play} 37... Qxd4 $6 38. Qxa6 Qb6 39. Qc8 $11) 38. Kg1 Qc1+ ({Much worse is} 38... Qxd4 $6 39. Qxa6 Qa1+ 40. Nf1 $11) 39. Nf1 (39. Kh2 $17 {was necessary.}) 39... Nf4 $19 {Strongly threatening ...Ne2+.} 40. f3 Ne2+ 41. Kf2 Nxd4 42. Qxa6 $2 (42. Qb4 Qc2+ 43. Nd2) 42... Qc2+ ({Not} 42... Kg6 43. Qd6 $11) 43. Kg3 {[#]} Ne2+ $1 44. Kf2 Nf4+ 45. Kg3 Qxg2+ $2 (45... Qg6+ $19 46. Kf2 Qxg2+ 47. Ke3 Nd5+ 48. Kd4 Qxf1) 46. Kxf4 $15 Qxf1 $19 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} 47. Qa7+ Kg6 48. Qc5 {[#]} Qxh3 (48... e5+ $1 $17 49. Qxe5 Qxh3 50. Qg5+ Kh7) 49. Qg5+ $11 Kh7 {Hoping for ...Qf5+!} (49... Kf7 $5 {[%cal Rh3f5]} 50. Qxb5 Qh4+ 51. Ke3 Qe1+ 52. Kf4 Qd2+ 53. Kg3 g5 $17) 50. Qxb5 {The position is equal.} Qh4+ 51. Ke3 Qe1+ 52. Kf4 $1 Qd2+ 53. Kg3 $1 Qd6+ 54. Kg2 Kh6 55. a4 h4 56. Qe2 Qg3+ 57. Kh1 Qh3+ 58. Kg1 Qf5 59. Qe4 Qg5+ 60. Kh1 Qf6 61. Kg2 g5 62. a5 e5 63. Qa8 Qf4 64. Qh8+ Kg6 {And now ...Qg3+ would win.} 65. Qg8+ Kh6 $1 {Threatens to win with ...Qg3+.} 66. Qh8+ Kg6 {...Qg3+ is the strong threat.} 67. Qg8+ Kh6 $1 {Precision: White = 64%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nepali, Badrilal"]
[Black "Srijit Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2020"]
[BlackElo "2351"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,62,39,43,21,24,-1,0,0,0,-34,-8,-28,-20,-28,-17,-20,-32,-47,-16,-27,-29,-51,-50,-66,-54,-85,-65,-60,-55,-72,-65,-79,-71,-79,-35,-123,-89,-75,-61,-67,-59,-645,-288,-300,-268,-729,-759,-1039,-954]} 1. Nf3 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. d4 {[%cal Bd2d4,Bd4d5][%mdl 32]} e6 8. Qc2 Nc6 {LiveBook: 82 Games} 9. Bg5 {A87: Dutch Defence: Leningrad System: 5 Nf3} (9. Rd1 Qe7 10. a3 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. b3 c6 13. Bb2 Be6 14. Ng5 Bd7 15. Qd2 h6 16. Nf3 Nf7 17. e3 {½-½ (73) Pantsulaia,L (2607)-Sanikidze,T (2510) Tbilisi 2017}) 9... h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. d5 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 11. Rad1 g5 12. e3 Nd8 13. Nd2 c6 14. c5 d5 15. f4 g4 16. b4 h5 17. Rfe1 Qe7 18. Nb3 {½-½ (18) Granara Barreto,S (2364)-Escofet Fernandez,J (2304) Montevideo 2003}) 11... Nb4 {[%cal Bc6b4,Bb4a6,Ba6c5][%mdl 32]} 12. Qb3 Na6 13. dxe6 Nc5 14. Qc2 {[#] Strongly threatening Nd5.} Bxe6 15. Nd2 c6 16. e3 Bf7 17. Rac1 a5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 18. b3 g5 19. a3 Bg6 20. f4 Rae8 21. Rfe1 Na6 22. Nf3 Re7 23. Na4 $1 Rfe8 24. Qd2 Bf7 25. Kf2 ({White should play} 25. Kh1 $15) 25... b5 26. cxb5 cxb5 {[%cal Bc6b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 27. Nb6 $1 Nc5 28. Nd4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (28. Rxc5 $15 dxc5 29. Nd5 Bxd5 30. Qxd5+ Qe6 31. Qxc5) 28... Rxe3 (28... gxf4 $142 29. gxf4 {[#]} Rxe3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 30. Rxe3 Qxd4) 29. Rxe3 $19 Qxd4 30. Qxd4 $2 (30. Rd1 Rxe3 31. Qxd4 Bxd4 32. Rxd4 Rxb3 33. Nc8) 30... Bxd4 31. Rcc3 b4 {Precision: White = 37%, Black = 42%.} ({Not} 31... Bxe3+ 32. Rxe3 Ne4+ 33. Bxe4 $17) 0-1

[Event "Kathmandu Open 2018"]
[Site "Kathmandu"]
[Date "2018.04.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shrestha, Rajendra Prasad"]
[Black "Deshmukh, Anup"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1822"]
[BlackElo "2282"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "NEP"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,88,26,52,45,47,29,41,53,61,-81,-87,-145,-138,-183,-141,-177,-175,-215,-223,-217,-226,-215,-206,-296,-154,-152,110,-48,-80,-807,-136,-466,-444,-449,-441,-436,-354,-513,-518,-488,-262,-308,0,-372,-340,-348,-344,-615,-302,-736,-732,-782,-777,-748,-760,-735,-679,-823,-816,-788,-693,-727,-723,-920,-950,-910,-921,-922,-891,-938,-919,-839,-868,-969,-955,-29975,-29976,-6628,-6536]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Be3 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Qd2 Ng4 {LiveBook: 24 Games} 7. Bf4 {B08: Pirc Defence: Classical System} (7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 c6 9. h3 Nf6 10. O-O-O b5 11. e5 b4 12. exf6 bxc3 13. Qxc3 exf6 14. Bg3 Re8 15. Bd3 {1-0 (34) Azarov,S (2635)-Solomon,K (2399) Cappelle-la-Grande 2015}) 7... e5 8. Bg5 f6 9. Bc4+ {White is slightly better.} Kh8 {[#] Threatens to win with ...exd4.} 10. h3 (10. Bh4 $1 $14 {stays ahead.}) 10... Nxf2 $17 11. Kxf2 $146 ({White should play} 11. Qxf2 fxg5 12. d5) ({Predecessor:} 11. O-O exd4 12. Nxd4 fxg5 13. Rxf2 Rxf2 14. Qxf2 Qf6 15. Qxf6 Bxf6 {1-0 (34) Konnyu,J (2210)-Piroska,I (2198) Aggtelek 2004}) 11... fxg5 12. dxe5 Bxe5 13. Ke2 Nc6 14. Qxg5 Nd4+ 15. Kd1 Qxg5 (15... Nxf3 16. Qxd8 Rxd8 17. gxf3 $17) 16. Nxg5 Rf2 {Hoping for ...Bf6.} 17. Nd5 (17. Rf1 $142 Rxg2 18. Rf8+ Kg7 19. Rg8+ Kh6 20. Nf7+ Kh5 21. Nxe5 Rg1+ 22. Kd2 Rxa1 23. Nf7) 17... Nxc2 (17... Rxg2 18. Nf7+ Kg7 19. Nxe5 $17) (17... Rxc2 18. Nxc7 Rb8 19. Nf7+ Kg7 20. Rc1 $19) (17... c6 $19 18. Nc7 Bf4 19. Nf7+ Kg7) 18. Rc1 Ne3+ $2 (18... Nd4 $17 {and life is bright. And now ...c6 would win.} 19. Rf1 (19. Nxc7 Bf4 $17) 19... Rxf1+ 20. Bxf1 c6 21. Nf7+ Kg7 22. Nxe5 dxe5) 19. Ke1 $2 ({White has to play} 19. Nxe3 $16 {Strongly threatening Ng4.} Bf4 20. Nf7+ Kg7 21. Re1) 19... Bg3 $15 {[%cal Rf2g2] [#]} 20. Be2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (20. Nxe3 $17 h6 21. Rf1 (21. Nf1 Rc2+ 22. Kd1 Rxc1+ 23. Kxc1 Bf4+ 24. Kc2 Bxg5 $17) 21... Rxf1+ 22. Kxf1 hxg5 23. Ke2) 20... c6 $2 (20... Rxg2+ $19 21. Kd2 Nxd5) 21. Nc7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (21. Nxe3 $17 {nothing else works.} Rf5+ 22. Kd2 Rxg5 23. Rhf1) 21... Nxg2+ 22. Kd1 Rb8 23. Rc3 Be5 24. Rf3 (24. Rb3 {was worth a try.} d5 25. Rf1 Rxf1+ 26. Bxf1 Bxc7 27. Bxg2) 24... Rxf3 $19 25. Bxf3 Nh4 (25... Nf4 $142 26. Bg4 h6 27. Bxc8 Rxc8) 26. Bg4 Ng2 $2 ({Resist} 26... Bxb2 27. Rf1) (26... Kg8 $19 {aiming for ...d5.} 27. Rf1 Bxg4+ 28. hxg4 Rf8 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 30. Nxh7+ Ke7) 27. Be2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (27. Bf3 $1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 27... b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5a4][%mdl 32]} 28. Kc2 Kg8 29. h4 $2 (29. Rg1 Nf4 30. Bg4) 29... h5 (29... Nf4 $142 30. Re1 d5 31. Nxd5 cxd5 32. exd5 Bf5+ 33. Kb3 Bf6) 30. a4 $2 (30. Nge6) 30... Nf4 31. Re1 Nxe2 32. Rxe2 bxa4 33. Kc1 Bd7 34. Nce6 Re8 35. Nc7 Rf8 36. Rg2 Rf4 37. Na6 Rxh4 38. Nf3 Bf4+ 39. Kc2 Rg4 40. Rf2 g5 41. Nb4 Be3 42. Re2 Rxe4 43. Nxg5 Bxg5 44. Rxe4 Bf5 {Precision: White = 17%, Black = 48%.} 0-1

