[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 "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 "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 "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

