[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

