[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

