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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

