[Event "KAZ-ch 2018"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2018.04.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kostenko, Petr"]
[Black "Makhnev, Denis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,103,34,14,14,14,17,18,28,26,59,76,59,72,60,73,68,58,58,58,58,58,58,47,58,55,150,136,136,130,128,47,54,52,47,46,64,54,74,58,110,95,101,96,110,115,103,98,90,94,83,84,83,89,90,112,86,84,65,64,71,64,115,0,29,29,122,0,0,0,0,0,85,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 g6 5. d4 d6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. dxe5 Nxe5 8. Nxe5 dxe5 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. b3 {LiveBook: 17 Games. A25: English Opening vs King's Indian with ...Nc6 but without early d3} Be6 (10... Re8 11. Ba3 Bf8 12. O-O-O+ Nd7 13. Bb2 c6 14. Ne4 Kc7 15. g4 h6 16. h4 f5 17. gxf5 gxf5 {1-0 (31) Harsha,B (2394)-Bogner,S (2599) Douglas 2017}) 11. Ba3 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 11. Bb2 c6 12. O-O-O+ Kc7 13. h3 Rad8 14. g4 h6 15. Bd3 Rhe8 16. Ne2 Bc8 17. Ng3 Bh8 {½-½ (56) Suba,M (2418)-Balashov,Y (2475) Kamena Vourla 2012}) 11... Kc8 12. h3 Rd8 13. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} Bf8 14. Bxf8 Rxf8 15. g5 Nd7 16. Bg4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} Nc5 17. Ke2 a5 18. Rad1 c6 19. Bxe6+ fxe6 20. h4 Kc7 21. h5 Rf5 ({Black should try} 21... Rf7 $1 $14) 22. hxg6 $16 hxg6 23. Rh7+ Kb6 24. Rg1 (24. a3 $1 $16) 24... Raf8 $14 25. Rg2 {aiming for Rg7.} R5f7 26. Rh6 Rg7 27. Nb1 Rd8 28. Rg1 Ka7 (28... Ne4 $14) 29. Rgh1 $16 Ne4 30. R1h4 Nc5 31. Nc3 Rf8 32. Rh8 Rf5 33. Rg4 Rgf7 34. Rg2 Rf8 35. Rh6 Rg8 36. Rh7 Ka6 37. Rc7 Rff8 38. f3 Rh8 39. Rg7 Rh3 {[#]} (39... Rfg8 $14 40. Rxg8 Rxg8) 40. Rf2 ({White should play} 40. Ne4 $1 $16 {[%cal Re4c5]} Nxe4 41. fxe4) 40... Rg3 41. Rxg6 Rf5 {[#]} (41... Rd8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 42. Ne4 (42. a3 $1 $16) 42... Nxe4 $11 43. fxe4 Rfxg5 44. Rxe6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Rg2 (44... Rg1 $11) 45. a3 (45. Rxg2 $16 Rxg2+ 46. Kf3 Rxa2 47. Rxe5) 45... Rg1 {The position is equal.} 46. b4 Ra1 47. b5+ Kb6 48. bxc6 bxc6 49. Rff6 Ra2+ 50. Kf3 Rgg2 {[%csl Gg2][%cal Ra2f2]} 51. Rxc6+ Kb7 {[%csl Gg2][%cal Ra2f2]} (51... Ka7 $5 52. Ra6+ $8 Kb7 53. Rab6+ Ka7 54. Ra6+ Kb7 55. Rab6+ Kc7 56. Rbc6+ Kb7 57. Rb6+ $11) 52. Rb6+ {Precision: White = 72%, Black = 57%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "KAZ-ch 2018"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2018.04.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kazakov, Konstantin"]
[Black "Suleymenov, Alisher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B61"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2351"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,67,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-21,-21,-20,-21,-30,39,35,37,34,34,15,33,24,13,19,753,720,714,648,29987,29988]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Qd2 Rc8 8. O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Qa5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 Qc5 12. f4 {LiveBook: 3 Games. B61: Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer: 6...Bd7 7 Qd2} Qxd4 13. Rxd4 f5 14. exf5 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Bg7 16. Rd5 e6 17. Ra5 a6 18. Be2 Bc6 19. Bf3 Ke7 {0-1 (31) Schmidek,E (2414)-Kraus,T (2432) Balatonszarszo 2017}) 14... Bg7 15. Rb4 b6 16. Bd3 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Rxc3 18. Re1 Kd8 19. Rd4 f6 20. Rde4 Re8 $1 21. R4e3 Rc5 22. g4 h5 23. h3 ({Don't play} 23. gxh5 Bxf5 24. Bxf5 Rxf5 $17) 23... Bb5 24. Be4 Rg8 25. Bf3 Rg7 26. gxh5 {[%cal Bg4h5,Bh5h6][%mdl 32]} Bd7 ({Black should try} 26... Bc4 $11) 27. h6 $1 $36 {[%cal Rh6g7][%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Rh7 28. Rg1 $1 {[%cal Rg1g8] [#] And now Rg8+ would win.} Bxf5 {Threatens to win with ...e5.} 29. Rg8+ Kd7 30. Rg7 Rxg7 31. hxg7 Rc8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (31... Bxc2+ $11 32. Kb2 Bh7) 32. Bc6+ $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Kc7 (32... Rxc6 33. g8=Q) 33. Bd5 e6 34. Rc3+ {Precision: White = 65%, Black = 64%.} 1-0

[Event "KAZ-ch 2018"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2018.04.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ibrayev, Nurlan"]
[Black "Nogerbek, Kazybek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "2394"]
[BlackElo "2323"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,99,-11,-33,16,-60,-12,-52,-56,-91,-92,-136,-86,-45,-41,-37,-32,-43,-39,-127,-117,-131,-133,-99,-3,-40,201,77,53,69,109,100,106,106,100,100,98,88,108,98,114,72,145,150,219,219,209,205,205,205,190,174,192,185,216,210,234,233,281,280,294,276,268,268,318,318,311,311,292,291,311,311,299,291,476,476,476,340,476,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Bg7 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. Qf3 Nh6 8. Ne2 O-O 9. h3 {B23: Closed Sicilian: Lines without g3} e6 10. g4 {LiveBook: 4 Games} (10. d3 f5 11. Qg3 fxe4 12. dxe4 d5 13. exd5 exd5 14. Bd3 Nf5 15. Qh2 Qe7 16. Bd2 Nd6 {0-1 (36) Hou,Y (2609)-Shirov,A (2696) Tromsoe 2013}) 10... f5 11. gxf5 (11. exf5 $1 $11 gxf5 12. d3) 11... gxf5 12. Rg1 fxe4 13. Qxe4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Qg2 Qe7 14. Nxd4 d5 15. Bb3 Kh8 16. c3 Bd7 {0-1 (67) Nikolaidi,E (2011)-Stiri,A (2145) Greece 2002}) 13... d5 $1 {[%cal Rd5e4]} 14. Qg2 {[%csl Gg1][%cal Rg2g7]} Qf6 15. Bd3 Kh8 16. b3 e5 {And now ...e4 would win.} 17. Bb2 $1 Bxh3 18. Qxh3 ({White should try} 18. Qh2 $1 $15) 18... Qxf2+ $17 19. Kd1 Rf3 {[%mdl 1024] Black has strong compensation.} 20. Qh1 {Hoping for Nxd4.} (20. Qd7 $2 {leads to mate.} Qf1+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 21. Rxf1 Rxf1#) 20... Raf8 (20... e4 $17 21. Bb5 a6) 21. Re1 a6 $2 {[#]} (21... e4 $15 22. Bb5 R3f7) 22. Ng1 (22. Nxd4 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512] is the precise move to win.} exd4 23. Ba3) 22... Rg3 $16 {Strongly threatening ...Rg2.} 23. Rf1 Qxf1+ 24. Bxf1 Rxf1+ 25. Ke2 Rgxg1 26. Qxg1 Rxg1 27. Rxg1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KBN} Kg8 28. c4 dxc3 29. dxc3 {Threatens to win with Rd1.} Nf5 {[#]} (29... Kf7 $142) 30. Rd1 $1 Ne7 (30... d4 $16) 31. Ba3 $18 Ng6 32. Bc1 d4 33. cxd4 exd4 34. Kf3 Ne5+ 35. Ke4 Nc6 36. Rf1 Bf8 37. Bd2 h5 38. Rh1 Kf7 39. Rxh5 Ke6 40. a4 Kd6 41. Bf4+ Ke6 42. Rh8 Be7 43. Rh6+ Kd7 44. Kd5 d3 45. Bd2 Bb4 $2 (45... Bd8 46. Rd6+ Kc8) 46. Bxb4 Nxb4+ 47. Kc4 a5 48. Kb5 $2 (48. Kc3 $18 {Kd2 is the strong threat.} Kc7 49. Rh7+ Kc6 50. Rf7) 48... d2 $11 49. Rh1 Nd5 $1 50. Kxa5 {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 50%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "KAZ-ch 2018"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2018.04.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Agmanov, Zhandos"]
[Black "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,83,75,38,117,5,0,0,0,7,12,0,0,-8,-16,-40,-39,-48,-43,-52,-32,-39,0,-12,0,0,0,0,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,8,10,15,70,70,71,70,83,81,65,46,75,59,31,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Ba6 {C45: Scotch Game} 10. Qe4 (10. b3 O-O-O 11. Bb2 Re8 12. f4 f6 13. O-O-O fxe5 14. Qxe5 Qxe5 15. fxe5 Rxe5 16. Bd3 Re3 17. Rhf1 {0-1 (24) Nepomniachtchi,I (2751)-Karjakin,S (2783) chess.com INT 2017}) 10... O-O-O 11. c5 Bxf1 12. cxb6 Ba6 13. bxc7 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Re8 {[#]} ({Better is} 13... Kxc7 $14 14. Bf4 Qe6) 14. Bf4 (14. Qa4 $1 $16 {[%cal Ra4a6]} Qxe5+ 15. Be3) 14... d5 $1 $11 {[%cal Rd5e4]} 15. Qa4 Kb7 16. O-O-O Qb4 17. Qxb4+ $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. a3 Qxa4 18. Nxa4 {0-1 (42) Neron de Surgy,G (2210)-Anic,D (2470) France 1997}) 17... Bxb4 18. Rhe1 $132 {[%mdl 2048] White puts up resistance} Ba5 19. Be3 Rxe5 20. Bd4 Rxe1 21. Rxe1 Rc8 22. Bxg7 Rxc7 23. Re8 Bb4 24. Bf6 Bd6 25. g3 Rc8 26. Re1 Kc7 27. Be5 (27. Re3 {keeps more tension.} Kd7 28. Rf3 Bf1 29. Bg7 Ke8 30. Bd4) 27... Kd7 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Re8.} 28. Bxd6 Kxd6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 29. Kd2 c5 30. f4 Rb8 31. b3 c4 (31... f5 $11) 32. Re5 $14 cxb3 33. Rxd5+ Kc6 34. axb3 Rxb3 35. Ra5 Kb6 36. Rf5 {Hoping for Na4+.} Rb2+ 37. Kc1 Rxh2 {The position is equal.} 38. Nd5+ Kc5 39. Nc7+ Kb6 40. Nd5+ Kc5 41. Nc7+ Kb6 42. Nd5+ {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 60%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "KAZ-ch 2018"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2018.04.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Igambergenov, Alibek"]
[Black "Ismagambetov, Anuar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2296"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,113,27,26,18,25,0,10,0,-23,-78,-92,-109,-105,-97,-97,-91,-87,-95,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,148,116,124,114,120,114,126,42,58,0,8,11,0,0,0,12,23,0,0,0,0,0,250,18,18,18,28,8,8,8,8,8,21,21,21,22,22,22,36,35,33,31,58,0,0,0,57,56,81,73,1593,2050,2337,28,29995,29996]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. e4 {A61: Modern Benoni: Nf3 without early e4} a6 (8... O-O 9. Bd3 b5 10. Nxb5 Re8 11. Nc3 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 f5 13. O-O fxe4 14. Ng5 e3 15. Nce4 exf2+ 16. Nxf2 h6 17. Ne6 Bxe6 18. dxe6 Nc6 {½-½ (35) Mamedyarov,S (2768)-Matlakov,M (2694) Doha 2016}) 9. a4 Nbd7 10. Bd3 Nh5 11. O-O Ne5 12. Be2 Nxf3+ {LiveBook: 28 Games} 13. Bxf3 Qh4 14. Be3 Be5 15. Qd2 Nf4 $1 {[%cal Rf4h3] Threatening ...Nxh3+!} 16. g3 (16. Ne2 $11 Nxe2+ 17. Qxe2) 16... Nxh3+ $17 17. Kg2 Qf6 18. Rh1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18. Be2 g5 19. Rh1 Nf4+ {0-1 (19) Rawicz,K (2216)-Watorek,M (2111) Jastrzebia Gora 2016}) 18... g5 {[%cal Bg6g5,Bg5f4][%mdl 32]} 19. Qd1 h5 $1 20. Bxh5 {[#]} Nf4+ (20... Ke7 $1 $17 21. Qf3 (21. Rxh3 $2 Bxh3+ 22. Kxh3 Rxh5+ 23. Qxh5 Rh8 $19) 21... Qxf3+ 22. Bxf3 g4) 21. gxf4 $11 gxf4 22. Bc1 $1 {Hoping for Qf3.} Ke7 23. Qf3 Bd7 24. Ne2 {[%cal Rc1f4]} Rag8+ 25. Kf1 Rg5 26. Nxf4 Bxb2 27. Bxb2 Qxb2 28. Re1 Bxa4 29. Ne2 $1 {And now e5 would win.} Qf6 (29... Bb5 $11 30. Qxf7+ Kd8) 30. Ng3 Qxf3 31. Bxf3 Rxh1+ 32. Bxh1 Bd7 33. Re3 (33. Rb1 $16) 33... b5 34. Bf3 ({White should play} 34. Ra3 $14) 34... a5 35. Be2 {next Nf5+ is good for White.} b4 36. f4 Rg8 37. e5 a4 38. Ne4 a3 {...a2 is the strong threat.} 39. Bc4 Rg4 $1 {[%cal Rg4f4]} 40. exd6+ ({But not} 40. Nxd6 Rxf4+ 41. Kg2 f6 $17) 40... Kf8 $2 (40... Kd8 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 41. Ke1 $2 ({Not} 41. Nxc5 Rxf4+ 42. Kg2 Rxc4 $16) (41. Ba2 $18) 41... Rxf4 42. Ba2 Bb5 43. Nxc5 {Black must now prevent d7.} Rf1+ 44. Kd2 {aiming for Nd3.} Rf2+ 45. Kc1 {Strongly threatening d7.} Rxa2 46. d7 Bxd7 47. Nxd7+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KR} Kg7 48. Rg3+ Kh6 49. Nc5 Ra1+ 50. Kc2 Ra2+ 51. Kc1 Ra1+ 52. Kc2 Ra2+ 53. Kb1 $1 {[%cal Rb1a2]} Rb2+ 54. Ka1 Rc2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (54... Re2 $16) 55. Nb3 $1 $18 Rf2 56. d6 $2 ({White must play} 56. Rd3 $18 {Threatens to win with d6.} Rf1+ 57. Ka2 Rf2+ 58. Nd2) 56... Ra2+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (56... Rf1+ $11 57. Ka2 Rd1) 57. Kxa2 {[%mdl 32768] Precision: White = 47%, Black = 58%. . An unexpected result.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "KAZ-ch 2018"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2018.04.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zhalmakhanov, Ramazan"]
[Black "Saiyn, Zhanat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2271"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,158,24,9,22,12,29,18,22,27,25,0,9,0,0,0,6,-43,-49,-35,-43,-43,-26,-41,-49,-29,0,-22,0,0,0,0,26,25,22,0,27,23,31,37,31,1,14,16,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,73,36,637,593,546,521,812,772,735,39,39,39,722,715,701,701,687,678,729,648,528,0,398,39,282,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. O-O a5 13. a3 {B77: Sicilian Dragon: Yugoslav Attack, 9 Bc4 sidelines} Bc6 14. Kh1 {[#] LiveBook: 3 Games} Rc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Qb8 15. Rfd1 Qb7 16. Ne2 e6 17. Nc3 Rfd8 18. Qg5 h6 19. Qh4 b4 20. axb4 axb4 21. Rxa8 Rxa8 {½-½ (42) Loc,A (2571)-Privara,I (2520) ICCF email 2012}) 15. Rad1 Nd7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Ne2 Qb6 18. Qg5 f6 19. Qg3 Nc5 20. Bd5 e5 21. Ba2 b4 22. axb4 Qxb4 23. Rb1 Ba4 24. c3 Qb5 25. Qf2 Rfd8 26. Ng3 Bb3 27. Bxb3 Qxb3 28. f4 Nd3 {[#]} 29. Nh5+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kh8 (29... gxh5 30. Qg3+) 30. Qg3 Nxf4 (30... Qc2 {seems wilder.} 31. Nxf6 Nxf4 32. Rfc1 Qd2 33. Rd1 Qc2) 31. Nxf4 exf4 32. Qxf4 Qe6 33. Ra1 Rb8 34. Rxa5 {Black should prevent Ra7.} Rxb2 35. Ra7 g5 36. Qf3 Rdb8 37. h4 g4 38. Qf4 $40 {[%mdl 128] White attacks.} Rb1 39. Rxb1 Rxb1+ $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 40. Kh2 Qe5 41. Qxe5 fxe5 {KR-KR} 42. h5 Rf1 (42... Re1 $11 {remains equal.}) 43. Kg3 $16 h6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (43... Rf4 $14) 44. Rd7 $18 Rf6 45. Kh4 Rf4 46. Rxd6 Kh7 47. Rg6 $2 ({White must play} 47. c4 $18 Rxe4 48. c5) 47... Rxe4 $14 48. Rxg4 Re3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (48... Re2 $14) 49. Rc4 $18 Re2 50. g3 Kg7 51. Kg4 Re3 52. Rc7+ Kf6 53. Rc4 $2 (53. Rc6+ $18 Kg7 54. c4) 53... e4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (53... Kg7 $1 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 54. Rc7 $2 (54. Rc6+ $18 Ke5 55. c4 (55. Rxh6 Rxc3 56. Rh8 Kf6 $18)) 54... Rd3 $2 (54... Rf3 $1 $14) 55. Rh7 $2 (55. c4 $18) 55... Rxc3 $11 {The position is equal.} 56. Rxh6+ Kf7 57. Ra6 e3 58. Ra2 Kf6 59. Rh2 Rd3 60. h6 Rd2 61. Rh1 e2 62. h7 Rd8 63. Kf3 Re8 64. Kf2 Rh8 65. Kxe2 {[#] Kf3 is the strong threat.} Kg7 66. Kf3 {Threatens to win with Kg4.} Rf8+ 67. Kg4 Kh8 68. Rh6 Ra8 69. Kh4 Ra1 70. Rh5 Ra4+ 71. g4 Rb4 72. Rh6 Rb7 73. Kh5 {Black must now prevent g5.} Rb5+ 74. g5 {aiming for Kg4.} Rb1 75. Ra6 {Hoping for g6.} Kxh7 76. Ra7+ Kg8 77. Kh6 {And now Ra8+ would win.} Rb6+ 78. g6 {White wants to mate with Ra8+.} Rb8 79. Rg7+ $1 Kh8 {Precision: White = 51%, Black = 51%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "KAZ-ch 2018"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2018.04.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Black "Zhalmakhanov, Ramazan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2271"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,75,50,-11,24,27,33,-6,0,6,32,6,24,0,0,0,10,-20,0,0,0,-11,0,-50,0,0,3,-13,0,-3,107,100,102,102,108,105,101,91,245,235,270,235,241,254,246,196,327,252,579,589,602,597,594,594,594,594,578,578,533,530]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 {[%cal Bc1g5,Bg5h4,Bh4g3][%mdl 32]} h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Ne4 8. Qc2 Bb7 9. Nd2 {E13: Queen's Indian/Nimzo-Indian hybrid: 4 Nc3 Bb7 5 Bg5 h6 6 Bh4 Bb4} (9. e3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 d6 11. Bd3 f5 12. d5 Qf6 13. Bxe4 fxe4 14. Qxe4 Qxc3+ 15. Ke2 Qb2+ 16. Nd2 Qf6 17. h4 g4 18. h5 Nd7 19. Bh4 Qf5 20. Qxf5 exf5 {0-1 (34) Tang,A (2513)-Nakamura,H (2781) chess.com INT 2018}) 9... f5 10. e3 {LiveBook: 7 Games} (10. Ndxe4 $14 Bxe4 11. Qb3 Bxc3+ 12. Qxc3) 10... Nxg3 (10... Bxc3 {with more complications.} 11. bxc3 h5 12. f3 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 h4) 11. hxg3 {White has an edge.} Qf6 12. O-O-O $146 (12. Nb5 {is interesting.} Na6 13. a3 Be7 14. O-O-O g4 15. Nb3) ({Predecessor:} 12. a3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 d6 14. a4 Nc6 15. Qb2 Na5 16. Nb3 Nxb3 17. Qxb3 f4 18. gxf4 gxf4 19. exf4 Qxf4 20. Rh3 {½-½ (20) Lindsalu,I (1884)-Rahde,F (1800) IECG email 2003}) 12... Bxc3 13. Qxc3 Nc6 14. Be2 O-O-O 15. Kb1 d6 16. Rh2 Kb8 17. d5 Qxc3 18. bxc3 exd5 19. cxd5 Ne5 20. f4 Ng6 21. c4 Rde8 {White must now prevent ...gxf4.} 22. Bh5 Rhg8 23. e4 Ref8 (23... Bc8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 24. Bxg6 $16 Rxg6 {[#]} 25. g4 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2560] White is on the roll.} fxg4 26. f5 Rgf6 27. Rdh1 c6 $2 (27... Rh8 $16) 28. Rxh6 $18 b5 29. Rxf6 Rxf6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 30. Rh8+ Kc7 31. Rh7+ Kb8 (31... Kb6 $142 32. Rg7 Rf8) 32. e5 Rxf5 $2 (32... dxe5 {is tougher.} 33. Ne4 Rxf5) 33. exd6 {Threatening mate with Rh8+.White is clearly winning.} Rf8 34. Nb3 cxd5 35. Na5 Ba8 36. c5 {[%cal Bc4c5,Bc5c6][%mdl 32]} Rc8 37. Re7 Rd8 38. c6 {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "KAZ-ch 2018"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2018.04.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ismagambetov, Anuar"]
[Black "Kazakov, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,65,-39,-36,-36,-42,-45,-45,-53,-50,-59,-75,-65,-11,-22,344,329,329,333,335,322,343,329,496,481,477,461,702,672,676,609,697,668,1209,1473,1439,1379,12835,12835,29974,12839,29994,29995]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {[%cal Bf1b5,Bb5a4,Ba4b3][%mdl 32]} a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 d5 {C88: Closed Ruy Lopez: Anti-Marshall Systems} 10. Nbd2 Qd7 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nxe5 (12. a4 Rae8 13. axb5 axb5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Rxe5 Nf6 16. Nf1 Bd6 17. Rxe8 Rxe8 {½-½ (31) Anand,V (2782)-Aronian,L (2805) London 2017}) 12... Nxe5 13. Rxe5 Nf4 $1 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 14. Nf3 Nxg2 15. Kxg2 a5 $1 {...Bf6 is the strong threat.} 16. c3 {Strongly threatening d4.} Ra6 $1 {[%cal Ra6g6][%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 17. d4 {And now Rh5 would win.} Rg6+ 18. Kh2 Bd6 $146 (18... Rf6 $15 19. Ne1 Rxf2+ 20. Kg1 Rf6) ({Predecessor:} 18... Rf6 19. Ne1 Rxf2+ 20. Kg1 Rf6 21. Qh5 Rg6+ 22. Kf2 Bd6 23. Be3 Bxe5 {½-½ (23) Nizky,R (2425)-Kraft,D (2432) ICCF email 2014}) 19. Nh4 $1 $11 {[%cal Rh4g6]} Kh8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (19... a4 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 20. Nxg6 hxg6) 20. Nxg6+ $18 fxg6 21. f4 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Qc6 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Rc6g2]} 23. Qg1 g5 (23... a4 {keeps fighting.} 24. Bc2 a3) 24. Be3 a4 25. Bc2 a3 (25... gxf4 $142 26. Bd4 Qe6) 26. Qxg5 {Hoping for Rg1.} Qf3 {Threatens to win with ...Qe2+.} 27. Qg3 axb2 {( -> ...Qe2+)} 28. Re1 Qd5 29. Rg1 {[%csl Gg1][%cal Rg3g7]} g6 {[#]} 30. e6 $1 {[%cal Be5e6,Be6e7][%mdl 32]} c5 (30... Qxe6 31. f5) 31. e7 Re8 {[#]} 32. f5 $1 {[%cal Bf4f5,Bf5g6][%mdl 32]} Qxa2 (32... gxf5 33. Qg7#) 33. fxg6 {Precision: White = 100%, Black = 30%.} 1-0

[Event "KAZ-ch 2018"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2018.04.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kostenko, Petr"]
[Black "Agmanov, Zhandos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,115,-24,-11,-67,-33,-59,-18,-14,-33,-17,-15,-34,-23,-17,-32,-97,-22,-22,-30,-52,-17,-62,-13,-27,-8,-32,-25,-43,-8,-11,1,0,14,0,15,30,18,7,19,0,23,26,26,20,36,36,57,20,20,26,29,0,15,14,33,34,39,6,5,4,8,0,0,0,0,0,15,15,18,19,84,84,84,84,84,91,111,111,111,111,141,141,141,141,141,141,141,141,141,111,12837,12838,12839,12839,12840,12841,12841,12842,12842,12843,12843,12840]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 d6 6. a3 {A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation} Bxc3 7. Qxc3 e4 8. Nd4 Ne5 $1 {LiveBook: 7 Games} 9. c5 $146 (9. d3 $11) ({Predecessor:} 9. b4 Nfg4 10. h3 Qh4 11. g3 Qh6 12. Be2 Nf6 13. Bb2 Bd7 {½-½ (35) Oleksienko,M (2615)-Harikrishna,P (2733) Germany 2018}) 9... O-O $1 $15 10. b4 dxc5 11. Qxc5 Re8 12. Bb2 b6 13. Qc3 Nd5 14. Qc2 Bb7 15. Nf5 ({White should play} 15. Qb3 $15) 15... Qg5 ({Black should try} 15... a5 $1 $17 16. b5 Qd7 17. Bxe5 Rxe5) 16. Bxe5 $1 $11 Rxe5 17. Ng3 Qe7 18. Be2 Nf6 19. O-O Rd8 20. Rac1 c5 21. Qb2 cxb4 22. axb4 Red5 23. Rfd1 Qd7 24. Qa2 Bc6 ({Much weaker is} 24... Rxd2 $6 25. Qxa7 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 $16) 25. Bc4 Rd6 26. Ra1 Ra8 27. Ne2 Bd5 (27... b5 $5 28. Bb3 $8 Bb7 $11) 28. Nd4 Bxc4 29. Qxc4 Rc8 30. Qa6 Nd5 31. Rdc1 Rxc1+ 32. Rxc1 {aiming for Rc8+.} h6 33. b5 Kh7 34. Qc8 Qxc8 (34... Nf4 {seems wilder.} 35. Qxd7 Rxd7 36. Rc2 Rd5 37. f3 exf3 38. Nxf3 Ne6) 35. Rxc8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Rd7 36. f3 exf3 37. gxf3 Nc7 38. Kf2 Ne6 39. Nxe6 fxe6 {KR-KR} 40. d4 Kg6 41. Ra8 Rd5 42. Rxa7 e5 (42... Rxb5 $11 43. h4 Rb4) 43. Rb7 $16 Rxb5 44. dxe5 Rxe5 45. Rxb6+ Kf7 46. h4 h5 47. e4 g6 48. Kg3 Rc5 49. Kf4 Ra5 50. Rb7+ Kf6 51. Rd7 Rb5 52. Rd5 Rb7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (52... Rb2 $16 53. e5+ Ke7) 53. Rd6+ $18 {White is clearly winning.} Kg7 {[#]} 54. Kg5 $1 Rb5+ {[#]} 55. Rd5 $1 {[%cal Rd5b5]} Rb7 56. f4 Re7 57. Re5 Ra7 58. Re6 {Precision: White = 50%, Black = 38%.} 1-0

[Event "KAZ-ch 2018"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2018.04.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Makhnev, Denis"]
[Black "Nogerbek, Kazybek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2323"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 2. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 5. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 6. O-O {[%emt 0:00:09]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:06]} 7. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:16]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 8. a4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 9. Bf1 {[%emt 0:08:07]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:02:32]} 10. dxe5 {[%emt 0:06:13]} dxe5 {[%emt 0:03:20]} 11. Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:02:23]} 12. exd5 {[%emt 0:01:51]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:02:52]} 13. c4 {[%emt 0:03:38]} Re8 {[%emt 0:03:18]} 14. Bd3 {[%emt 0:04:25]} h6 {[%emt 0:02:50]} 15. Bc2 {[%emt 0:09:46]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:03:32]} 16. b3 {[%emt 0:19:29]} c6 {[%emt 0:02:27]} 17. dxc6 {[%emt 0:01:15]} Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 18. Bb2 {[%emt 0:07:41]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:02:19]} 19. Nh4 {[%emt 0:02:20]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:06:05]} 20. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:04:23]} 21. Red1 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Rxd1+ {[%emt 0:01:30]} 22. Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} b5 {[%emt 0:05:09]} 23. axb5 {[%emt 0:00:58]} axb5 {[%emt 0:01:19]} 24. Nf5 {[%emt 0:06:59]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:01:38]} 25. Qe3 {[%emt 0:02:21]} bxc4 {[%emt 0:03:49]} 26. bxc4 {[%emt 0:02:42]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:02:55]} 27. Qe2 {[%emt 0:02:32]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:08:25]} 28. Qf3 {[%emt 0:04:34]} Bxf5 {[%emt 0:03:06]} 29. Qxf5 {[%emt 0:01:53]} Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 30. Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:42]} exd4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 31. Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qc5 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 32. h3 {[%emt 0:01:02]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 33. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:32]} g6 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 34. Rb5 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 35. g3 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:01:13]} 36. Qf3 {[%emt 0:02:39]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:05:39]} 37. Kg2 {[%emt 0:02:38]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "KAZ-ch 2018"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2018.04.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Saiyn, Zhanat"]
[Black "Igambergenov, Alibek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2296"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,55,6,4,19,14,12,6,16,-11,-10,-15,0,0,37,24,37,26,82,55,82,77,63,68,162,177,177,168,170,167,615,596,538,456,29990,29991,29991,29992,29995,29996]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. e3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Nc3 b6 7. cxd5 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} (7. d4 Bb7 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. O-O c5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Qe2 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Rxc1 15. Rxc1 Nc5 16. Bb5 Qa8 17. b4 a6 18. Bc4 Na4 19. Bxd5 Qxd5 {1-0 (30) Grischuk,A (2772)-Yu,Y (2751) Huaian 2017}) 7... exd5 8. d4 Bb7 9. Be2 Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7f8,Bf8e6][%mdl 32]} 10. O-O {LiveBook: 5 Games} Re8 11. Ne5 Bd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... a6 12. f4 c5 13. Rf3 Nf8 14. Bd3 cxd4 15. exd4 b5 16. Rh3 {½-½ (26) Haapasalo,J (2249)-Sorsa,N (2226) Vammala 1999}) 12. f4 a6 13. a3 c5 14. Bd3 Nf8 15. Ne2 Ne6 16. Ng3 cxd4 17. exd4 Ne4 (17... Rc8 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 18. Qg4 {And now Bxe4 would win.} Nf6 19. Qh3 Nf8 20. Rae1 Bc8 {[#]} (20... b5 $14) 21. f5 $1 $18 {[%cal Bf4f5,Bf5e6][%mdl 32]} N8d7 22. Nh5 Nxh5 23. Qxh5 Bxe5 $2 (23... Nf6 24. Qxf7+ Kh8) 24. dxe5 Qe7 25. e6 {White wants to mate with f6.} fxe6 (25... f6 $18 26. exd7 Qc5+ 27. Kh1 Bxd7) 26. fxe6 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Rh5h7] White mates.} Nf6 {[#]} 27. Bxh7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxh7 28. Qf7+ {Precision: White = 80%, Black = 32%.} 1-0

[Event "KAZ-ch 2018"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2018.04.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Suleymenov, Alisher"]
[Black "Ibrayev, Nurlan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2351"]
[BlackElo "2394"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "180"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,180,0,0,25,41,31,36,32,34,159,169,152,156,145,156,124,59,147,179,181,68,69,55,45,40,60,20,33,0,130,113,160,78,62,25,169,182,152,200,166,177,175,0,0,0,170,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-229,-134,-141,-134,-166,-158,-145,-145,-949,-936,-958,-887,-701,-451,-451,-408,-1072,-3514,-2244,-1072,-1106,-929,-690,0,-991,-1014,-29974,-29975,-12844,-516,-5085,-6015,-29978,-29979,-29983,-29984,-29984,-29985,-29985,-29986,-29985,-29980,-29980,-29979,-29979,-29980,-29980,-29981,-29981,-29982,-29985,-29986,-29986,-29981,-29980,-29981,-29980,-29976,-29976,-29978,-29978,-29979,-29978,-29979,-29984,-29978,-29978,-29976,-29979,-29980,-29976,-29979,-29989,-29990,-29990,-29991]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. g3 dxc4 6. Bg2 b5 7. O-O Bb7 8. Ne5 a6 9. a4 Nd5 10. e4 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Nd7 12. Bf4 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3} Be7 13. Qg4 {LiveBook: 8 Games} Nxe5 14. Bxe5 {White has an edge.} Bf6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. e5 Qe7 $146 (16... h5 $14) ({Predecessor:} 16... Qg6 17. axb5 axb5 18. Rxa8+ Bxa8 19. Ra1 O-O {1-0 (28) Petkov,V (2558)-Lazic,M (2461) Padova 2013}) 17. axb5 $16 cxb5 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. Qxg7 Rf8 20. d5 ({Better is} 20. Qf6 $16) 20... O-O-O ({Black should try} 20... exd5 $14 21. Qxh7 Qb6) 21. d6 f6 22. Qg4 (22. Qe7 $18 Rde8 23. d7+ Qxd7 24. Qa3) 22... Kb8 $1 $14 23. Qxe6 {d7 is the strong threat.} Rde8 24. Qh3 Rxe5 25. Qh6 Rf7 $1 26. Rfd1 Rd5 (26... Re6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 27. Qe3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Rd7 29. Qc5 {Threatens to win with Re1.} Qf3 (29... Qe4 $1 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 30. Re1 $1 $18 Kb7 31. Re7 Qc6 32. Qf5 $1 Kc8 33. Re8+ (33. Rxh7 $6 Qxd6 34. Rxd7 Qxd7 $14) 33... Kb7 34. Re7 Kc8 $1 35. Rxd7 $2 ({But not} 35. Rxh7 $6 Qxd6 36. Rxd7 Qxd7 $11) (35. h4 $1 $18) 35... Qxd7 $11 36. Qxf6 $18 {KQ-KQ} a5 37. Qe5 Kb7 38. Qd5+ Kb6 39. f4 a4 40. Kf2 a3 41. h4 a2 42. Qa8 Qa7 43. Qxa7+ Kxa7 $11 {KP-KP} 44. d7 a1=Q 45. d8=Q Qxc3 {KQ-KQ} 46. Qd7+ Kb6 47. f5 Qe5 48. Qd8+ Qc7 49. Qd4+ Ka5 50. Qa1+ Kb4 {Strongly threatening ...Qc5+.} 51. f6 c3 {And now ...Qb6+ would win.} 52. Qb1+ Ka3 53. Qf5 $2 (53. Qc1+ $11 {and White is okay.} Ka4 54. Qc2+ Ka3 55. Qc1+ Kb4 56. Qb1+ Ka5 57. Qa2+ Kb4 58. Qb1+) 53... c2 (53... Qf7 $1 $19 54. Qf4 c2) 54. f7 $17 c1=Q $1 {[%cal Rc1d2]} 55. f8=Q+ {[#]} b4 $1 {[%cal Bb5b4,Bb4b3][%mdl 32]} ({Worse is} 55... Ka4 56. Qa8+ Kb4 57. Qae4+ Ka5 58. Qxh7 $11) 56. Qd3+ Q7c3 57. Qa6+ $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (57. Qxc3+ $17 Qxc3 58. Kg2) 57... Kb2 $19 {( -> ...Q1e1+)} 58. Qe2+ Q1c2 59. Qxc2+ Qxc2+ {KQ-KQ} 60. Ke3 b3 61. h5 (61. Qa8 $142) 61... Qc3+ 62. Ke4 Qe1+ (62... Qc4+ $142 63. Ke3 Kc1) 63. Kd4 Qd1+ 64. Ke3 Qe1+ 65. Kd4 Qxg3 66. h6 Qc3+ 67. Ke4 Ka2 (67... Qc4+ $142 68. Ke3 Kc1) 68. Qa8+ {[#]} (68. Qf7 $142) 68... Kb1 $1 69. Qa3 Qc4+ {Black mates.} 70. Kf3 Kc2 71. Qa7 b2 72. Qf2+ Kb3 73. Qb6+ Qb4 74. Qe6+ Ka3 75. Qa6+ Qa4 76. Qd6+ Ka2 77. Qd2 Qc6+ 78. Kg4 Qe4+ 79. Kg5 Qe5+ 80. Kg4 Qc5 81. Qe2 Kb3 82. Qf3+ Qc3 83. Qd1+ Ka3 84. Qb1 Qc4+ 85. Kf5 Qf7+ 86. Kg5 Qe7+ 87. Kf5 Qe3 88. Kg4 Kb3 ({Not} 88... Qxh6 89. Qd3+ Kb4 90. Qd4+ Ka3 91. Qc5+ Ka2 92. Qd5+ Ka1 93. Qa8+ Kb1 94. Qe4+ Kc1 95. Qc4+ Kb1 96. Qe4+ Ka2 97. Qa4+ Kb1 98. Qe4+ $11) 89. Kh4 Qxh6+ 90. Kg4 Qg6+ {[%mdl 32768] Precision: White = 45%, Black = 63%. . An unexpected result.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "KAZ-ch 2018"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2018.04.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kazakov, Konstantin"]
[Black "Saiyn, Zhanat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "239"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,239,44,25,87,72,61,52,86,83,65,28,68,70,89,86,93,102,122,116,143,143,127,115,126,113,122,87,140,161,158,162,138,144,176,172,301,308,300,310,295,269,277,103,95,100,101,97,97,109,103,59,67,52,59,37,50,0,8,2,29,35,35,27,36,34,33,39,52,48,55,7,7,8,27,34,40,21,41,44,55,55,64,62,66,66,76,0,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 a6 7. Ba4 b5 8. Bc2 e5 9. h3 Be7 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7} 10. d4 O-O 11. d5 Na5 12. Nbd2 {LiveBook: 22 Games} b4 $146 (12... Qc7 $11 {keeps the balance.}) ({Predecessor:} 12... g6 13. Nf1 Nh5 14. g4 Nf4 15. Bxf4 exf4 16. Qc1 Nc4 17. Qxf4 Nxb2 {1-0 (42) Cornette,M (2573)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2684) Le Port Marly 2009}) 13. cxb4 cxb4 14. a3 bxa3 15. b4 ({Don't play} 15. Rxa3 Qb6 $14) ({But not} 15. bxa3 $6 Qc7 $11) 15... Nb7 16. Bxa3 a5 17. bxa5 Nxa5 18. Bd3 {[%cal Bc2d3,Bd3f1,Bf1a6][%mdl 32]} Re8 19. Bf1 Rb8 20. Qc2 Rc8 21. Qb2 Rb8 22. Bb4 Nb7 23. Qa3 Bf8 24. Ba6 Nc5 ({Black should play} 24... Ra8) 25. Bxc5 $16 dxc5 26. Nc4 Rb4 27. Nfxe5 Qc7 28. Qa5 Qa7 (28... Qd8 $142 29. f3 Qb8) 29. Nc6 $18 Bxc6 30. dxc6 Re7 31. Nd6 Qc7 32. Qxc7 $2 ({Much less strong is} 32. Qxc5 $6 Rexe4 33. Rxe4 Rxe4 $16) (32. e5 $18 {has better winning chances.} Qxc6 33. Nf5) 32... Rxc7 $16 {[#]} 33. Bb7 $1 Bxd6 34. e5 Bf8 {Hoping for ...Nd5.} 35. exf6 gxf6 36. Re3 Bd6 37. Rd1 Be5 38. Kf1 Kg7 39. Ke2 Rb2+ 40. Kf3 Bd4 41. Re2 {[#] Black must now prevent Rxd4!} Rb3+ 42. Kf4 Kg6 43. Re8 f5 44. g4 fxg4 45. hxg4 {Strongly threatening Rg8+.} Kg7 46. Ke4 Bxf2 47. Rdd8 {Threatening mate with Rg8+.} Re3+ 48. Kd5 Rd3+ 49. Kc4 Rxd8 50. Rxd8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Re7 51. Rd3 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Bd4 52. Kd5 Be5 53. Re3 f6 54. g5 (54. Bc8 $16) 54... Kf7 {The position is equal.} 55. Bc8 Bc7 56. Be6+ (56. Rh3 {is interesting.} Kg7 57. gxf6+ Kxf6 58. Rf3+ Kg5 59. Kxc5 h5 60. Kd4) 56... Kg7 57. gxf6+ Kxf6 58. Rf3+ Kg5 59. Rf5+ Kg6 60. Rf8 c4 61. Rf3 h5 62. Bd7 Kg5 63. Kxc4 Re1 64. Rf7 Rc1+ 65. Kb5 Bh2 66. Rf5+ Kg6 67. Rf8 h4 68. Rf3 Bg3 69. Be6 Kg5 70. Bc4 Bd6 71. Rd3 Rb1+ 72. Ka6 Bc7 73. Bb5 Rc1 74. Kb7 Bf4 75. Ba4 Rb1+ 76. Kc8 Rc1 77. Kd7 Bg3 78. Bb3 Kf6 79. Bd5 Kg5 80. Bg2 Kf6 81. Bh3 Kg5 82. Rf3 Kh6 83. Rf6+ Kg5 84. Rf8 Rd1+ 85. Ke8 Re1+ 86. Kf7 {And now Rg8+ would win.} Rc1 87. Kg7 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Rf8f5]} Be5+ 88. Kh7 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Rf8f5]} Bf6 89. Rc8 Be5 90. Bd7 (90. Rf8 {with more complications.}) 90... Kf4 91. Kg6 Kf3 92. Re8 Bg3 (92... Bd4 {feels hotter.} 93. Ra8 Rc5 94. Kf7 Rc3 95. Ke7 h3) 93. Rh8 Kg2 94. Rh6 Kh2 95. Kf5 Rc4 96. Ke6 Rc5 97. Ke7 Rc1 98. Re6 Kg2 99. Re2+ Kf3 100. Ra2 Ke3 101. Ra6 Kf2 102. Kf6 Rc5 103. Bf5 Be5+ 104. Kg5 Bg3 105. Kg4 Rc4+ 106. Kh3 Rc5 107. Bg4 Rc3 108. Ra2+ Ke3 109. Bd7 Kd3 110. Kg4 Ke3 111. Ra5 Kd4 112. Rh5 Rc5 113. Rh6 Ke3 114. Re6+ Kd4 115. Be8 Kc3 116. Bg6 Rc4+ 117. Kh3 Rc5 118. Re2 Kb4 119. Be4 Rc3 120. Kg2 {Precision: White = 70%, Black = 78%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "KAZ-ch 2018"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2018.04.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ibrayev, Nurlan"]
[Black "Ismagambetov, Anuar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2394"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,122,0,0,6,18,6,27,22,35,0,21,-24,-23,-41,-37,-54,-27,-101,0,0,0,-14,58,48,185,181,137,-14,-11,-6,-16,-9,249,237,372,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,184,186,587,575,543,582,573,570,563,0,129,0,531,538,517,382,361,0,437,323,364,55,351,216,190,186,164,115,214,92,313,22,143,140,544,-47,0,-173,-102,-150,-145,-190,-139,-142,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,-691,-694,-804,-771,-699,-588,-29987,-846]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bd7 5. Nf3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. d3 a6 8. Bxc6 Bxc6 9. Qe1 Nf6 {LiveBook: 15 Games. B23: Closed Sicilian: Lines without g3} (9... Qd7 10. Bd2 e6 11. Rb1 Ne7 12. a3 b5 13. b4 Bb7 14. Ne2 Rc8 15. Bc3 f6 16. Kh1 O-O 17. Qd2 Qc7 {0-1 (47) Anton Guijarro,D (2634)-Korobov,A (2700) Berlin 2015}) 10. Bd2 Qd7 11. h3 h6 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 11... O-O 12. a3 b5 13. Qh4 a5 14. f5 b4 15. Nd1 c4 16. Bh6 b3 17. Ne3 bxc2 18. Nxc4 {0-1 (33) Rossolimo,N-Browne,W Malaga 1970}) 12. a3 O-O-O 13. b4 g5 $1 14. fxg5 hxg5 15. Nxg5 Rdg8 16. bxc5 dxc5 17. Rf2 (17. Be3 $11) 17... Bh6 ({Black should try} 17... Rh5 $17 18. e5 (18. Nxf7 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Bxa1 $17) 18... Bh8) 18. Rf5 $1 $11 (18. Nxf7 Bxd2 19. Qxd2 Rxh3 $17) 18... c4 19. Be3 Rg7 (19... Bxg5 $11 20. Rxg5 Rxg5 21. Bxg5 Rg8 22. Bxf6 Qxh3) 20. Rd1 $14 Rhg8 (20... Bxg5 $14 21. Rxg5 Rxg5 22. Bxg5 Rg8) 21. dxc4 $18 Qc7 {[%cal Rh6g5]} 22. Qh4 $2 (22. h4 $1 $16) 22... Rg6 $1 $11 23. Kh1 e6 $1 {[%cal Re6f5]} 24. Bf4 Qe7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (24... Qb6 $11 25. c5 (25. Nxf7 Bxf4 26. Rxf4 Rxg2 $17) 25... Qb2 26. Rxf6 Rxf6 27. Nxf7 Rxf7 28. Qxh6 Qxc2) 25. Bd6 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd6e7]} Qd7 ({But not} 25... Qe8 $6 26. Qf2 $16) (25... Bxg5 $142 26. Rxg5 (26. Bxe7 $2 Bxh4 27. Bxf6 Bxf6 $19) 26... Qd8 27. Rxg6 Rxg6) 26. Qf2 $2 (26. Bh2 $1 $18 {Qg3 would kill now.} Qxd1+ 27. Nxd1) 26... exf5 $11 27. Qa7 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Ra7b8]} Qxd6 $1 28. Rxd6 $40 {[%mdl 128] White mounts an attack.} Bxg5 29. Rxc6+ ({Don't play} 29. exf5 Bxg2+ 30. Kg1 R6g7 $17) 29... bxc6 30. exf5 Rh6 $1 31. Qxa6+ Kd8 $2 (31... Kd7 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 32. Qxc6 $18 {aiming for Nd5.} Ne8 $2 (32... Re8 {is a better chance.} 33. Qb6+ Kc8 34. Qc5+ Kd7) 33. Qa8+ Ke7 34. Nd5+ Kf8 35. Nc7 $1 Ke7 36. Nd5+ $2 (36. Qe4+ $18 {is more deadly.} Kd7 37. Nd5) 36... Kf8 $16 37. Nc7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (37. f6 $1 $16 Bxf6 38. Nc7) 37... Ke7 $1 $18 38. Qe4+ Kd7 39. Qd5+ Ke7 40. Qe4+ Kd7 $1 41. Nb5 Nd6 42. Qd5 $2 ({White must play} 42. Qd4 $18 Ke7 43. Qc5) 42... Ke7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (42... Re8 $1 $14) 43. Nd4 Kf8 44. c5 Ne8 45. Qb7 Be7 (45... Bh4 $16 {was necessary.}) 46. c6 (46. Nc6 $1 $18 {[%cal Rc6e7]} Bf6 47. Nb8) 46... Rg4 $2 {[#]} (46... Rd6 $16 47. Qb2 Rg3) 47. c3 $2 (47. f6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Bxf6 48. c7 Nxc7 49. Nf5 (49. Qc8+ Ne8 $16)) 47... Re4 (47... Bd6 $11) 48. Kg1 $16 Bd6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (48... Re1+ $16 {is more resistant.} 49. Kf2 Bh4+ 50. g3 Re7) 49. Kf2 $2 ({Only move:} 49. c7 $1 $18 {[%cal Rc7c8]} Re7 50. c8=Q Rxb7 51. Qxb7) 49... Re5 (49... Re7 $5 {[%cal Re7b7]} 50. Qb2 Rh4 $11) 50. Kf3 $2 (50. a4 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 50... Rc5 (50... Rh4 $19 51. g3 Rxh3) 51. Nb5 Rxf5+ 52. Ke2 Re6+ (52... Rc5 $19 53. a4 Re6+ 54. Kd1 Be5) 53. Kd3 $17 {[#]} Re7 ({Better is} 53... Rc5 $1 $17 {And now ...Bf4 would win.} 54. Kd4 Be7 55. Qxe7+ Kxe7 56. Kxc5 Nd6) 54. Qb6 $1 $11 Bc7 55. Qd4 $1 {[%cal Rd4h8]} Be5 56. Qc5 {Hoping for c7!} Rf6 57. a4 Nc7 58. c4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (58. Nxc7 $11 Bxc7 59. a5) 58... Na6 $19 59. Qa3 Rxc6 60. a5 Bf6 61. Qc1 Nb4+ {Precision: White = 35%, Black = 34%.} 0-1

[Event "KAZ-ch 2018"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2018.04.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Agmanov, Zhandos"]
[Black "Makhnev, Denis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,83,14,14,-14,-8,0,13,14,22,25,22,12,12,12,38,33,77,74,80,75,80,67,67,71,66,77,75,77,83,95,79,101,141,139,132,133,141,141,141,131,163,154,146,62,59,59,67,52,684,694,700,695,1137,1093,1072,721,713,705,2367,2241,5222,5206,29985,989,5114,2267]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Qe6 10. Qe4 Bb7 {LiveBook: 10 Games. C45: Scotch Game} (10... g6 11. Bd2 Ba6 12. c5 Nc4 13. Bg5 Bxc5 14. O-O-O O-O 15. Qf4 d5 16. exd6 Bxd6 17. Rxd6 cxd6 18. Bf6 d5 19. b3 Rab8 20. Be2 c5 21. Rd1 Rfe8 22. Nxd5 {1-0 (22) Van Foreest,J (2629)-Tari,A (2599) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 11. Bd2 O-O-O 12. O-O-O Re8 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 12... g6 13. f4 Bg7 14. c5 Nd5 15. Bc4 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 Qe7 17. Qe3 Rhe8 18. Rhe1 f6 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Qxe7 Bxe7 21. Bf7 {1-0 (21) Horvath,K (1867)-Kun,S (2062) Hungary 2013}) 13. Re1 Bb4 14. Bd3 c5 15. Qf4 g5 16. Qf6 h6 17. f3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Ba6 18. b3 Bxc3 19. Bxc3 Nd5 20. cxd5 Qxf6 21. exf6 {[%cal Be5f6,Bf6e7][%mdl 32]} Bxd3 22. Re7 Bg6 23. h4 gxh4 24. Rxh4 h5 25. b4 Rxe7 26. fxe7 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Re8 27. Bf6 cxb4 28. d6 cxd6 29. f4 $1 d5 {[#]} 30. g4 $1 d6 ({Don't go for} 30... hxg4 $2 31. f5) 31. gxh5 (31. f5 $16) 31... Bh7 $1 $14 32. Rg4 {Black must now prevent Rg7.} Kd7 33. Rg7 Be4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (33... Ke6 $14) 34. Rxf7 $18 d4 35. Rf8 a5 36. h6 a4 37. Bg5 {f5 is the strong threat.} Bh7 38. f5 {[%cal Bf4f5,Bf5f6][%mdl 32]} b3 39. axb3 a3 40. f6 d3 41. Bd2 (41. f7 $142 Rxe7 {[#]} 42. Rd8+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kc7 43. Bxe7 a2 44. Ra8 d5 45. f8=Q a1=Q+ 46. Rxa1) 41... Bg8 42. Kb1 {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 45%.} (42. f7 $142 Bxf7 43. h7 Kxe7 44. Bg5+ Kd7 45. Rxe8 Bxe8 46. h8=Q) 1-0

[Event "KAZ-ch 2018"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2018.04.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nogerbek, Kazybek"]
[Black "Suleymenov, Alisher"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2323"]
[BlackElo "2351"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:02:24]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 6. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 7. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 8. O-O-O {[%emt 0:00:07]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 9. f3 {[%emt 0:01:02]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 10. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:03:00]} dxc6 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 11. Qf2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} e5 {[%emt 0:07:07]} 12. Bb6 {[%emt 0:06:53]} Qb7 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 13. Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} O-O {[%emt 0:02:22]} 14. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Be6 {[%emt 0:03:07]} 15. Kb1 {[%emt 0:01:49]} Bxc5 {[%emt 0:25:30]} 16. Qxc5 {[%emt 0:02:24]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 17. Qd6 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Rfe8 {[%emt 0:01:37]} 18. Rd2 {[%emt 0:16:09]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 19. Nd1 {[%emt 0:01:46]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:08:18]} 20. Qd3 {[%emt 0:08:07]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:02:36]} 21. Qe3 {[%emt 0:01:46]} Reb8 {[%emt 0:09:30]} 22. Rd6 {[%emt 0:03:38]} a4 {[%emt 0:11:35]} 23. Nc3 {[%emt 0:17:12]} a3 {[%emt 0:06:34]} 24. b3 {[%emt 0:03:51]} Na4 {[%emt 0:03:54]} 25. Rd3 {[%emt 0:03:05]} Qxe3 {[%emt 0:08:13]} 26. Rxe3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 27. Nd1 {[%emt 0:01:41]} b4 {[%emt 0:01:45]} 28. Nf2 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:01:44]} 29. Nd3 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Nxd3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 30. Rxd3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rxd3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 31. Bxd3 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 32. Rd1 {[%emt 0:01:15]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 33. c3 {[%emt 0:03:13]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 34. Be2 {[%emt 0:02:04]} Rxd1+ {[%emt 0:00:34]} 35. Bxd1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:04:21]} 36. Kc2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} f5 {[%emt 0:01:42]} 37. c4 {[%emt 0:01:04]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 38. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} f4 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 39. Ke2 {[%emt 0:02:44]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 40. Kf2 {[%emt 0:01:07]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:30:32]} 41. Be2 {[%emt 0:32:47]} Kh5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 42. g4+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} fxg3+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 43. Kxg3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 44. Bd1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 45. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 46. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 47. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 48. Bd1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 49. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bf7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 50. Bd1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 51. Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 52. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kh6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 53. Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bf7 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 54. Bd1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 55. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 56. Bd1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 57. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bf7 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 58. Bd1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bh5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 59. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 60. Bd1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 61. Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 62. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 63. Kg4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 64. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 65. Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Be8 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 66. Bd1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 67. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 68. Bd1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 69. Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 70. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 71. Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bc8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 72. Bd1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 73. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 74. Bd1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 75. Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 76. h4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 77. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kh6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 78. Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Be8 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 79. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 80. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "KAZ-ch 2018"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2018.04.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Igambergenov, Alibek"]
[Black "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2296"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,88,-25,-3,-28,-30,-56,-74,-70,-37,-54,-38,-59,16,15,3,28,13,-9,-9,-10,-11,-11,-11,-6,-9,-10,-8,-20,-6,-9,-9,-7,-8,-10,-8,-10,0,0,0,-11,-9,-8,-8,-35,-33,-29,-31,-68,-45,-51,-52,-119,-120,-140,-140,-149,-147,-216,-261,-261,-256,-239,-245,-270,-265,-310,-281,-357,-360,-363,-318,-278,-175]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 c5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. dxc5 $146 {E56: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: Main Line: 7...Nc6} ({Predecessor:} 10. O-O Re8 11. h3 c4 12. Bc2 Ne4 13. Bb2 Bf5 14. a4 Qf6 15. Rb1 b6 16. Re1 Re6 17. Qe2 Rae8 18. Kh2 {½-½ (31) Kuzubov,Y (2467)-Khurtsidze,N (2391) Alushta 2004}) 10... Bg4 11. Qc2 Bxf3 $1 12. gxf3 {Black is better.} Qe7 13. Be2 Qxc5 14. Rb1 {[%cal Ba1b1,Bb1b5,Bb5c5][%mdl 32] [#]} d4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 15. Rb5 $11 (15. cxd4 Qxc2) 15... Qxc3+ 16. Qxc3 dxc3 17. Rc5 Rac8 18. Rxc3 Nd5 19. Rc5 Na5 20. Rxd5 {Threatens to win with Bd2.} Rxc1+ 21. Bd1 Nc6 22. Rg1 Rd8 23. Rgg5 Kf8 24. Kd2 (24. Rxd8+ {looks sharper.} Nxd8 25. Kd2 Ra1 26. a4 Ra2+ 27. Bc2) 24... Ra1 25. Rxd8+ Nxd8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 26. a4 Ne6 27. Ra5 a6 28. Bb3 Ke7 29. Rh5 h6 30. a5 Rf1 31. Ke2 Rb1 32. Bc4 Rb2+ 33. Kf1 Rb4 34. Bd3 (34. Ba2 $15) 34... Kd6 $17 35. f4 Nc5 36. Be2 {[#]} Ra4 $1 37. Rf5 (37. Bf3 $17 {is a better defense.} Rxa5 38. Rd5+ Ke7 39. Re5+ Kf6 40. Kg2) 37... f6 $19 ({Inferior is} 37... Rxa5 38. Rxf7 b5 39. Rxg7 $11) 38. Bf3 {With the idea Rd5+.} Rxa5 39. Rd5+ Kc7 40. Kg2 b6 41. Kg3 Ra2 42. e4 a5 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 43. e5 a4 44. Rd6 Ra3 {Precision: White = 40%, Black = 82%.} 0-1

[Event "KAZ-ch 2018"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2018.04.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zhalmakhanov, Ramazan"]
[Black "Kostenko, Petr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2271"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,78,13,0,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-19,-11,-16,-19,-10,-14,-21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-17,-12,-19,0,-17,-15,-32,-3,-31,-27,-31,-19,-36,-27,-75,-54,-145,-138,-413,-400,-393,-389,-572,-573,-586,-588,-582,-575]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qc8 8. Nd2 e6 9. Ngf3 Be7 10. O-O Bh5 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 {B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack} O-O 13. Bxf6 (13. Rac1 Bg6 14. Bxg6 hxg6 15. c4 Qd7 16. c5 Rfc8 17. Qd3 a5 18. Rc3 Qc6 19. Rfc1 Ne4 20. Nxe4 dxe4 {½-½ (50) Wei,Y (2696)-Zhou,J (2620) Wuxi 2016}) 13... Bxf6 14. f4 {LiveBook: 5 Games. The position is equal.} Bg6 15. f5 Bxf5 16. Bxf5 exf5 17. Qxd5 g6 18. Rae1 Qc7 19. Re2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19. Nf3 Rad8 {0-1 (35) Beck,F (2327)-Lauber,A (2497) Boeblingen 2008}) 19... Rfe8 20. Rfe1 Rxe2 21. Rxe2 Kg7 22. Qc4 Qb6 23. Nf3 Rd8 24. Kf1 Rd6 25. Ke1 Rc6 26. Qa4 (26. Qd3 {keeps more tension.} a6 27. Kf1 Rd6 28. Qc4 Rc6 29. Qd3) 26... a6 27. Kd1 (27. Kf1 {is more complex.} Rc8 28. a3 Qd6 29. Ne5 b5 30. Qb3) 27... Re6 {Threatens to win with ...Rxe2.} (27... Rc8 {feels hotter.} 28. Qb3 Qc6 29. Ke1 b5 30. a3 a5) 28. Rxe6 (28. Qc4 {looks sharper.} Rxe2 29. Qxe2 Qc6 30. g3 Qd5 31. b3) 28... Qxe6 29. Qb3 Qd7 30. a4 g5 {[%cal Bg6g5,Bg5g4][%mdl 32]} 31. Qc4 h5 32. d5 Qd6 33. Qd3 {[#]} Qf4 $1 34. Ke2 ({White should try} 34. a5 $15) 34... g4 $17 35. Nd4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (35. Ne1 $17 {was forced.}) 35... Bxd4 $1 $19 36. cxd4 (36. Qxd4+ Qxd4 37. cxd4 f4 $17) 36... Qe4+ ({Weaker is} 36... Qxh2 37. Qxf5 Qxg2+ 38. Kd3 $17) 37. Kd2 ({Stronger than} 37. Qxe4 fxe4 38. d6 Kf8 $17) (37. Qe3 {keeps fighting.} Qxg2+ 38. Kd3 Qxd5 39. Qg5+ Kf8 40. Kc3) 37... Qxg2+ {Black is clearly winning.} 38. Kc3 Qxd5 39. Qd2 Kg6 {Precision: White = 27%, Black = 76%.} 0-1

[Event "KAZ-ch 2018"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2018.04.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Black "Kazakov, Konstantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,75,15,-1,47,20,20,31,33,14,40,72,72,70,56,66,85,91,122,119,134,124,104,89,97,98,98,22,83,97,128,104,124,114,100,94,87,89,115,45,165,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Nf3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bd3 {LiveBook: 29 Games} Nd7 {D41: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 cxd5} (11... Nc6 12. Bc2 b6 13. O-O Bb7 14. d5 Na5 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Qe2 Rc8 17. Rad1 Qc7 18. Nd4 Qe5 19. Rfe1 {½-½ (37) Wojtaszek,R (2737)-Kramnik,V (2794) Antalya 2017}) 12. e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. O-O b6 13. a4 a5 14. Rfc1 Bb7 15. Qf4 {½-½ (15) Vaitonis,V (2014)-Bieliauskas,M (2140) Lithuania 2014}) 12... h6 13. O-O Nb6 {White is slightly better.} 14. Qf4 Rb8 15. Qe4 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Re4h7]} g6 16. h4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Bd7 17. Rac1 $1 h5 18. g4 {Threatens to win with gxh5.} hxg4 19. Qxg4 {Hoping for Bxg6!} Bc6 {[#] Threatening ...Bxf3.} 20. Rxc6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} bxc6 {[#]} 21. Bxg6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} fxg6 22. Qxg6+ Kh8 {[#] And now ...Rg8 would win.} 23. Qh6+ $1 Kg8 {[#]} 24. Kh2 $1 {Threatening mate with Qg6+.} Kf7 ({Inferior is} 24... Rxf3 25. Rg1+ Qg5 26. Rxg5+ Kf7 27. Rg7+ Ke8 28. Qxe6+ Kd8 29. Qg8+ Rf8 30. Qxf8#) 25. Ng5+ Ke8 26. Nxe6 Qe7 27. Nxf8 Qxf8 28. Qxc6+ Kd8 29. Qe4 (29. f4 $16) 29... Rc8 ({Better is} 29... Nc8 $14) 30. Rg1 $2 (30. f4 $18) 30... Qxf2+ $11 {The position is equal.} 31. Rg2 Qf8 32. a4 a5 33. h5 Rc7 34. Qh4+ Kc8 35. Qg4+ Kb7 36. Qe4+ Ka7 37. e6 Qd6+ 38. Kh1 {Precision: White = 71%, Black = 53%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "KAZ-ch 2018"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2018.04.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ismagambetov, Anuar"]
[Black "Nogerbek, Kazybek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2323"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,154,-21,-3,14,16,28,29,72,55,71,49,50,62,56,72,60,54,65,44,44,44,44,44,44,50,44,40,75,34,56,55,78,64,60,37,54,13,41,38,40,0,13,-7,46,37,39,12,46,12,45,22,46,46,46,46,46,28,45,-55,-56,-79,-50,-72,-70,-147,-22,-114,0,0,0,0,0,0,19,11,15,10,17,20,17,17,44,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,34,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,49,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,61,8,8,0,62,0,4,0,53,40,47,8,17]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. Qg4 Bf8 6. Bb5+ c6 7. Ba4 a5 8. a3 {LiveBook: 13 Games. C16: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4 4 e5: Lines without ...c5} Ne7 9. Nce2 h5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Ba6 10. c3 Nd7 11. Nh3 Qc7 12. O-O Nf5 13. Re1 h6 14. Nef4 O-O-O 15. Bc2 g6 16. Nxe6 fxe6 {1-0 (44) David,A (2435)-Conquest,S (2585) Amsterdam 1996}) 10. Qh3 {White has an edge.} Nd7 11. c3 Ba6 12. Nf3 Bxe2 13. Kxe2 b5 14. Bc2 {aiming for Ng5.} g6 15. Bg5 Bh6 16. Bh4 Qc7 17. Rhe1 Nf5 18. Bxf5 exf5 19. Kf1 Nf8 $1 20. Bf6 Rg8 21. Bg5 Bg7 22. a4 Qb7 23. Kg1 Ne6 24. g3 Kd7 25. Reb1 Rgb8 26. Qf1 Bf8 27. b3 b4 28. c4 Qa6 ({Better is} 28... c5 $11) 29. Be3 Be7 30. Rc1 Rc8 31. Qe2 Qb7 32. Ra2 Rc7 33. Rac2 Rac8 34. Ne1 Ke8 35. Qf3 Rd8 36. Kg2 (36. cxd5 $14 cxd5 37. Rxc7 Nxc7 38. Nd3) 36... c5 $15 37. cxd5 Qxd5 38. Qxd5 Rxd5 39. Nf3 {[#]} (39. Nd3 $15) 39... Kd7 (39... g5 $1 $17 40. dxc5 f4 41. gxf4 gxf4) 40. Kf1 {[#]} (40. h4 $11) 40... cxd4 (40... g5 $1 $17 {...f4 is the strong threat.} 41. dxc5 Kc6) 41. Rxc7+ $11 Nxc7 42. Nxd4 Ne6 43. Nc6 Bd8 44. Ke2 h4 45. f4 hxg3 46. hxg3 Bc7 47. Na7 Bd8 48. Rc8 g5 49. Ra8 gxf4 50. gxf4 f6 51. exf6 Bxf6 52. Nb5 Bd8 53. Ra7+ Ke8 54. Rh7 Bf6 55. Ra7 Bd8 $1 56. Rb7 Rd7 57. Rb8 Kf7 58. Ra8 Ke7 59. Ra6 Rd5 60. Ra7+ Rd7 61. Ra8 Rd5 62. Ra6 Kd7 63. Ra7+ Ke8 64. Rh7 Bf6 65. Rb7 Bd8 $1 66. Ra7 Rd7 67. Ra6 Ke7 68. Na7 Rd5 69. Nc6+ Kd7 70. Ne5+ Ke7 71. Ra7+ Ke8 (71... Bc7 $11) 72. Ra8 ({White should play} 72. Rh7 $1 $14) 72... Ke7 73. Ra7+ (73. Nc6+ $11 Kf6 74. Nxd8 Nxd8 75. Bb6) 73... Ke8 $14 74. Ra6 (74. Rb7 $14) 74... Ke7 $1 $11 75. Ra7+ Ke8 76. Rh7 Bc7 77. Ng6 {Strongly threatening Re7+.} (77. Rh5 $5 {[%cal Rh5f5]}) 77... Bd6 {Precision: White = 54%, Black = 62%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "KAZ-ch 2018"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2018.04.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kostenko, Petr"]
[Black "Igambergenov, Alibek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2296"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,73,14,18,8,8,21,2,8,25,0,32,30,32,0,12,0,32,31,77,67,70,68,72,70,71,81,72,72,93,112,104,110,165,151,370,361,381,371,427,439,422,438,881,803,1221,1211,1192,1138,1155,1163,2216,2185,2274,2186,29986,29987]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. e5 c5 5. Qg4 Kf8 6. dxc5 {C03: French Tarrasch: Unusual Black 3rd moves} Nc6 7. Qe2 Bxc5 8. Nb3 Bb6 9. Be3 Nge7 10. f4 Nf5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 11. Bxb6 Qxb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... axb6 12. Nf3 Ra4 13. Qd2 Re4+ {½-½ (34) Castellanos Rodriguez,R (2481)-Vocaturo,D (2582) Benasque 2016}) 12. Nf3 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32] Strongly threatening ...a4.} 13. Qf2 Qb4+ 14. Nfd2 a4 15. c3 Qe7 16. Nc5 h5 17. Nf3 Ra5 18. Nd3 a3 {[#]} 19. b4 $1 {[%cal Rb4a5]} Ra8 20. Be2 g6 21. O-O Kg7 22. Rab1 Qc7 23. Rfc1 Bd7 24. Nc5 Nce7 25. Bd3 Rhc8 (25... Bc8 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 26. h3 $18 {[%cal Bh2h3,Bh3g4][%mdl 32]} Bc6 $2 {[#]} (26... Kh8 $16 {was called for.} 27. g4 Ng7) 27. g4 $1 hxg4 28. hxg4 Nh6 29. Nd4 (29. Qh4 Neg8 $18) 29... Bd7 30. Qh4 Nhg8 (30... b6 $142 31. Nxd7 Qxd7) 31. Rc2 b6 32. Nxd7 Qxd7 {[#]} 33. f5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} exf5 34. gxf5 gxf5 35. Rg2+ Kf8 36. Qh7 Rc4 37. e6 {Precision: White = 86%, Black = 35%.} 1-0

[Event "KAZ-ch 2018"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2018.04.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Makhnev, Denis"]
[Black "Suleymenov, Alisher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2351"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,113,36,21,45,40,46,19,19,12,25,-81,-92,-85,-77,-79,-79,-79,-91,-82,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,35,0,35,35,202,188,282,279,354,325,431,422,348,391,462,412,444,0,0,0,466,412,414,391,327,302,443,426,394,356,1125,1004,4800,4800,4800,4800,2631,2148,4800,4793,4775,4762,4710,4714,4990,4990,4990,4990,4990,4983,4967,4983,4808,4808,4808,4808,4793,4793,4786,4786,29982,29983,29983,29984,29984,29985,29985,29986,29986,29987]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. c4 O-O 7. d5 Na6 {A50: Queen's Fianchetto Defence (1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 b6)} (7... e6 8. Nc3 Re8 9. Nd4 exd5 10. cxd5 Na6 11. e4 Nc5 12. Re1 Nxd5 13. exd5 Rxe1+ 14. Qxe1 Bxd4 15. Be3 {0-1 (39) Melkumyan,H (2633)-Mamedyarov,S (2799) Riadh 2017}) 8. Nc3 Nc5 9. Qc2 {LiveBook: 5 Games} a5 {The position is equal.} 10. e4 d6 11. Rb1 e5 12. b3 Bc8 13. a3 $146 {[#]} (13. Bg5 $11) ({Predecessor:} 13. Nd2 Nh5 14. a3 f5 15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 {1-0 (43) Cuenca Jimenez,J (2477)-Colpe,M (2284) Hamburg 2012}) 13... Nfxe4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Nxe5 {And now Nc6 would win.} Nxg3 16. Nxf7 Bf5 17. Qxf5 Rxf7 (17... gxf5 $6 18. Nxd8 Ne2+ 19. Kh1 $11) (17... Ne2+ $17 18. Kh1 Rxf7) 18. Qxf7+ $11 Kxf7 19. fxg3+ Kg8 {Threatens to win with ...Qe7.} 20. Bh3 $1 b5 21. a4 {aiming for Be6+.} bxc4 22. bxc4 Rb8 23. Be6+ {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Kh8 24. Rb5 Qe8 $2 (24... Rxb5 $14 25. cxb5 Bf6) 25. Kg2 $1 $18 h6 (25... Rb6 $142 26. Rf7 Rxb5 27. cxb5 Qb8) 26. Rf7 $1 {[%cal Rf7c7]} Rxb5 27. cxb5 ({Inferior is} 27. axb5 Qb8 $11) 27... Qb8 28. Be3 Qd8 29. h4 Qb8 30. Rd7 Be5 31. Bf7 Qc8 32. Be6 Qb8 33. Kf3 Bg7 34. Ke2 Be5 35. g4 {[%cal Bg3g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} ({And not} 35. Bxh6 Qb6 $11) 35... Bg7 (35... Bc3 $142 36. Kd3 (36. Bxh6 Qb6 $14) 36... Bg7) 36. Kd3 Qf8 37. Rf7 $1 Qd8 $2 {[#]} (37... Qb8 38. Ke4 Qd8) 38. g5 $1 h5 {[#]} 39. Ba7 $1 Be5 {[#]} 40. b6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} cxb6 41. Rb7 b5 42. Rb8 Qxb8 43. Bxb8 bxa4 44. Kc4 Kg7 45. Bc7 Bg3 46. Bxa5 Bxh4 47. Bc3+ Kf8 48. Bf6 Be1 49. Kb5 a3 50. Ka4 a2 51. Kb3 Bg3 52. Kxa2 Be5 53. Bxe5 {White mates.} dxe5 54. d6 e4 55. Kb2 e3 56. Kc2 e2 57. Kd2 {Precision: White = 80%, Black = 49%.} 1-0

[Event "KAZ-ch 2018"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2018.04.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Saiyn, Zhanat"]
[Black "Ibrayev, Nurlan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2394"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,45,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-25,-21,-20,-39,-46,-40,-47,-12,-8,-5,-12,-10,-17,-21,-33]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Nc3 e6 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 Bd6 {D11: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 sidelines and 3...Nf6 4 e3 Bg4} (8... Bb4 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd1 Re8 11. Bd2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Qe7 13. a3 Bd6 14. Qc2 Rad8 15. Rfd1 h5 16. b4 h4 {0-1 (35) So,W (2815)-Carlsen,M (2832) chess.com INT 2017}) 9. Bd2 O-O 10. cxd5 exd5 11. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} Bb4 12. g5 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 {LiveBook: 7 Games} Ne4 $1 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Qxe4 Qxg5 16. Qg4 $146 Qd5 17. Rg1 {[%csl Gg1][%cal Rg4g7] [#]} g6 18. h4 {[%cal Bh3h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Rfe8 19. Qg5 Nb6 20. Qxd5 {The position is equal.} Nxd5 21. h5 Re6 22. Kd2 Rae8 23. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "KAZ-ch 2018"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2018.04.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Agmanov, Zhandos"]
[Black "Zhalmakhanov, Ramazan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2271"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,63,14,18,33,27,29,20,39,4,14,0,0,-17,0,-43,-41,-35,-47,-56,-45,-65,-42,-49,-42,-78,-20,-22,-17,-31,-24,-19,-24,-38,-33,-43,-4,-4,-4,-4,-3,-8,-4,-6,-4,-11,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Nbd2 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} (8. Re1 Be6 9. Nbd2 Bd6 10. Ne4 h6 11. b4 a6 12. a4 Re8 13. Qb3 Nf6 14. Bxe6 Rxe6 15. Be3 Ne7 16. Rad1 {1-0 (25) Kramnik,V (2800)-Anand,V (2776) Moscow 2018}) 8... Nb6 9. Bb5 Bd6 10. Re1 {LiveBook: 14 Games} Bd7 11. Nc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. d4 Nxd4 12. Bxd7 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 Nxd7 14. Qxb7 Nc5 15. Qf3 f5 {0-1 (60) Medrano,R (2116)-Vajda,L (2561) Tromsoe 2014}) 11... Nxc4 12. Bxc4 h6 13. h3 Qf6 14. Nd2 Qg6 ({Inferior is} 14... Bc5 15. Ne4 $16) 15. Re3 Bc5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 16. d4 exd4 17. Rg3 Qh7 18. Bd3 Bf5 19. Nb3 Bd6 20. Bxf5 Qxf5 21. Rg4 {With the idea Bxh6.} Qf6 (21... dxc3 $17 22. Bxh6 Be5 23. bxc3 Bxc3) 22. Nxd4 $11 Rad8 23. Qf3 Be5 {[%cal Re5d4]} 24. Qxf6 Bxf6 25. Bxh6 Nxd4 26. cxd4 Rxd4 (26... Bxd4 {seems wilder.} 27. Be3 Bxe3 28. fxe3 Rfe8 29. Rc1 c6) 27. Rxd4 {The position is equal.} Bxd4 {KRB-KRB} 28. Bf4 c5 29. Rc1 Re8 {[#] Hoping for ...Re2.} 30. Kf1 Re6 31. Rc2 f5 32. Be3 {Precision: White = 51%, Black = 41%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "KAZ-ch 2018"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2018.04.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kazakov, Konstantin"]
[Black "Kostenko, Petr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,154,37,33,18,13,13,18,20,9,17,25,33,22,32,35,32,31,38,23,25,28,38,34,35,9,32,29,27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,0,0,0,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-29,-8,-15,-8,-8,-8,-15,-8,-8,-8,-15,-15,-15,-8,-15,0,-90,-15,-15,-15,-15,-15,-16,-8,-8,-8,-16,-8,-8,-8,-471,-39,-39,-39,-67,-39,-39,-38,-38,-38,-38,-38,-56,-12,-14,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-12,-8,-8,0,0,-2,-15,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Nf3 Bxc5 6. Bd3 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} Nc6 (6... Ne7 7. O-O Ng6 8. a3 O-O 9. Nbd2 Nc6 10. b4 Bb6 11. Bb2 Nf4 12. Nb3 a5 13. Qd2 Nxd3 14. cxd3 {½-½ (38) Vitiugov,N (2735)-Anand,V (2776) Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden 2018}) 7. O-O f6 8. Qe2 {LiveBook: 23 Games. White is slightly better.} Qc7 {[%cal Rf6e5]} 9. c4 $146 {aiming for cxd5.} ({Predecessor:} 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Be3 Bd6 11. Nc3 a6 12. Na4 O-O 13. Nb6 {0-1 (49) Alekseenko,K (2594)-Mohammad,N (2380) chess.com INT 2018}) 9... fxe5 10. cxd5 $1 exd5 11. Bf4 {[%cal Rf3e5]} Bg4 12. Bxe5 Nxe5 13. Qxe5+ Qxe5 14. Nxe5 Nf6 15. Bb5+ Ke7 16. Nc3 {[%cal Bb1c3,Bc3e2,Be2d4,Bd4f5][%mdl 32]} Be6 17. Rfe1 Rhd8 18. Nd3 Bd6 19. Ne2 {And now Nd4 would win.} Kf7 20. Nd4 Bd7 21. Rac1 Rac8 22. Bxd7 Nxd7 23. Nf5 Bf8 24. Nf4 g6 25. Nd4 Bb4 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Rd1 Nf6 28. g3 Bd6 29. Nd3 a6 30. Kg2 Ne4 31. f3 Nf6 32. Kf2 Bb8 33. Rc1 Rc4 34. Ke3 Ke7 35. b3 Rxc1 36. Nxc1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KNN} Kd6 37. Nce2 Kc5 38. Kd3 Nd7 39. f4 Kd6 40. b4 Nf6 41. Nf3 Ng4 42. Ned4 Ba7 43. a3 Bb6 44. h4 Ke7 45. a4 h5 46. a5 Ba7 47. f5 Nf2+ 48. Ke3 Ne4 49. fxg6 Kf6 50. Kd3 Kxg6 51. Ne6 Kf5 52. Nf4 {[#]} (52. Ng7+ $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} Kg6 53. Ne6) 52... Nxg3 (52... Nf6 $1 $17 53. Nh2 Bb8) 53. Nxd5 Kg4 54. Ng5 Kxh4 55. Nf7 Bb8 {Hoping for ...Nf5.} 56. Nf6 Nf5 57. Nd8 Nd6 {Threatens to win with ...Ba7.} 58. Kd4 Kg5 {[#]} 59. Nd7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (59. Nxh5 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512] and White is okay.} Kxh5 60. Kc5) 59... Nb5+ $2 (59... Ba7+ $19 60. Ke5 h4 61. Ne6+ (61. Kxd6 $2 h3 $19) 61... Kg4 62. Nf6+ Kg3 63. Nh5+ Kf3) 60. Ke4 $15 Bd6 61. Kf3 Bxb4 {Strongly threatening ...Nd6.} 62. Nxb7 Nd4+ 63. Kg2 Ne6 64. Nb8 Nc7 65. Kh3 Be1 66. Nc5 {The position is equal.} Bxa5 {Threatening ...Nd5.} 67. Nbxa6 Nd5 {next ...Kf5 is good for Black.} 68. Ne6+ Kf6 69. Nac5 Be1 70. Nd3 Bd2 71. Nd4 Be3 72. Ne2 Kg5 73. Ng3 Nf6 74. Ne5 Ba7 75. Nf7+ Kf4 76. Nh8 Bb8 77. Kh4 Kf3 {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 54%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "KAZ-ch 2018"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2018.04.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ibrayev, Nurlan"]
[Black "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2394"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 30,126,26,18,33,18,18,18,18,2,17,18,3,0,0,0,21,7,30,24,8,-33,54,-50,-53,-57,33,39,33,0,6,7,5,-13,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,0,0,-222,-147,-114,0,0,0,-77,-81,-54,-42,-1,-1,-67,-8,-14,-8,-202,-189,-269,-279,-404,-404,-376,-8,-92,-92,-92,-92,-437,-92,-92,-92,-92,-92,-92,-92,-92,-92,-247,-92,-92,-92,-247,-104,-106,0,-36,-36,-36,-36,-36,-36,-36,-36,-36,-36]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 c5 12. Nf1 {C95: Closed Ruy Lopez: Breyer Variation with 10 d4} Re8 13. Ng3 Bf8 14. Ng5 (14. Nf5 exd4 15. cxd4 Bb7 16. e5 dxe5 17. dxe5 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Nxe5 19. Rxe5 Rxe5 {½-½ (37) Navara,D (2737)-Ponomariov,R (2709) Czech Republic 2017}) 14... c4 15. Bc2 h6 16. Nf3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Qc7 17. Be3 Bb7 18. d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18. Qd2 Rad8 19. d5 Nc5 {½-½ (41) Tseitlin,M (2420)-Postny,E (2592) Israel 2011}) 18... a5 19. Nd2 Ba6 20. Nf5 Kh7 21. g4 g6 22. Ng3 Kg7 23. h4 Be7 24. Kg2 Rh8 25. h5 Nc5 ({Black should play} 25... Rag8 $15) 26. hxg6 ({Better is} 26. Rh1 $14) 26... fxg6 $15 27. Rh1 Qd7 (27... b4 $15) 28. f3 $1 $14 b4 29. Bxc5 dxc5 30. Ba4 Qc7 31. Qe2 bxc3 32. bxc3 Ne8 33. Bxe8 ({Not} 33. Nxc4 $2 Nd6 $19) 33... Raxe8 34. Rab1 Rb8 35. Rhd1 Bg5 36. Nxc4 $2 (36. Rxb8 $11 Rxb8 37. Rb1) 36... Rxb1 37. Rxb1 Rb8 (37... Rf8 $17) 38. Rxb8 $1 $11 Qxb8 39. Qb2 (39. a4 $11) 39... Qxb2+ $17 40. Nxb2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KNN} Bc1 $1 {[%cal Rc1b2]} 41. Na4 $132 {[%mdl 2048] White is fighting back} Bc4 42. d6 (42. Nf1 $11) 42... Kf7 (42... Kf6 $1 $15) 43. Nxc5 $11 Bxa2 44. Nb7 $2 (44. Nd3 $1 $11 Bf4 45. Ne2 (45. Nxf4 exf4 46. Ne2 Ke6 $15)) 44... Ke6 $19 45. Ne2 (45. c4 $142) 45... Be3 46. Nxa5 (46. c4 {might work better.} Bxc4 47. Nc3) 46... Kxd6 47. c4 {With the idea Nc3.} Bb6 $2 (47... Bd2 $1 $19 {[%cal Rd2a5]} 48. Nb7+ Kc6 49. Nd8+ Kd7) 48. Nb7+ (48. Nc3 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 48... Kc6 $17 49. c5 Bc7 50. Nc3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (50. Nc1 $17 {is tougher.}) 50... Bb3 $2 ({Stronger than} 50... Kxb7 51. Nxa2 Kc6 52. Nb4+ Kxc5 53. Na6+ Kd6 54. Nxc7 $11) (50... Be6 $19 51. Nd6 Kxc5) 51. Nd6 Kxc5 52. Nc8 Bd8 {Strongly threatening ...Be6.} 53. Nd5 Bxd5 54. exd5 Kxd5 {KB-KN} 55. Kh3 $2 {[#]} (55. Kf1 $17 {was the only chance.}) 55... Kc5 $2 (55... Ke6 $1 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top.} 56. Na7 Ba5) 56. Kg2 Bg5 57. Kh3 $2 {[#]} (57. Kf2 $17 {is a better defense.}) 57... Bf6 (57... Kc6 $1 $19 {has better winning chances. And now ...Kc7 would win.} 58. Kg3 Bd8 59. Na7+ Kb6 60. Nc8+ Kc7) 58. Kg2 g5 ({Black should try} 58... Bd8 $17 59. Kh3 Kd5) 59. Kf1 Kd5 {Black is slightly better.} 60. Ke2 e4 61. Nb6+ $1 Kd4 {Threatens to win with ...Be7.} 62. Nc8 Ke5 {Hoping for ...Kf4.} 63. Ke3 $1 exf3 {Precision: White = 27%, Black = 38%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "KAZ-ch 2018"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2018.04.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Suleymenov, Alisher"]
[Black "Ismagambetov, Anuar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2351"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,165,0,18,-13,0,-45,0,0,0,-7,0,-90,19,12,9,-24,64,61,60,61,63,70,158,110,123,100,117,80,85,88,87,57,103,101,83,86,204,197,185,194,196,205,206,185,156,185,693,689,775,351,199,154,141,151,153,120,538,167,945,943,746,19,15,14,14,20,18,8,10,10,18,13,14,4,4,4,11,8,18,0,0,0,0,0,14,14,14,14,14,4,4,0,8,8,17,15,17,14,27,12,16,-15,94,12,83,83,188,188,225,211,506,493,472,468,508,355,463,376,651,650,631,631,687,680,637,660,1883,1873,1718,1482,2168,2024,1842,1827,5952,5701,4614,923,923,923,856,856,29984,29985]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. Bf4 Bg7 8. e3 {A61: Modern Benoni: Nf3 without early e4} O-O 9. h3 Na6 10. Be2 Nc7 11. a4 a6 12. O-O Rb8 {LiveBook: 15 Games} 13. Ng5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. a5 b5 14. axb6 Rxb6 15. Qd2 Nfxd5 {0-1 (74) Rychagov,A (2558)-Halkias,S (2543) Paleochora 2016}) 13... b5 14. axb5 axb5 15. Nge4 Nfe8 16. Bh2 Rb6 17. Ra7 (17. Nd2 $11) 17... Ra6 (17... Ba6 $17 18. Qa1 Qb8 19. Rxc7 Qxc7) 18. Rxa6 $11 Bxa6 19. Qa1 Qe7 (19... f5 $11 20. Nd2 Qe7) 20. Rd1 $1 $14 Be5 21. Bxe5 Qxe5 22. Qa5 $1 c4 (22... b4 $14 23. Bxa6 bxc3 24. Nxc3 Nxa6 25. Qxa6 Nf6) 23. Qb6 Bc8 24. Ng3 Bd7 25. f4 Qe7 26. Kh2 Na8 27. Qa7 Nec7 28. e4 $1 b4 29. Na2 $1 Nb5 (29... Qf6 $16) 30. Qe3 $18 b3 31. Nb4 Rc8 32. Rc1 Qf6 33. e5 (33. Rxc4 Rxc4 34. Bxc4 Qxb2 $16) 33... dxe5 34. fxe5 {[%cal Bf4e5,Be5e6][%mdl 32]} Qh4 $2 (34... Re8) 35. e6 Be8 {[#]} 36. Rf1 (36. Nc6 $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxc6 (36... Bxc6 37. exf7+) 37. dxc6) 36... f5 37. Rf4 Qe7 38. Nc6 $1 {[%cal Rc6e7]} ({Of course not} 38. Rxc4 $6 Rxc4 39. Bxc4 Qxb4 $11) (38. Bxc4 $6 Qxb4 39. Bxb5 (39. Bxb3 Qd6 $17) 39... Qxb5 $11) 38... Bxc6 39. dxc6 Rxc6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (39... Nd6 $16 {is a better chance.}) 40. Bxc4 $2 (40. Nxf5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} gxf5 41. Rxf5 Rxe6 42. Bxc4) 40... Nac7 $2 {[#]} (40... Nd6 41. Bxb3 Nc7) 41. Nxf5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} gxf5 42. Qg3+ $2 (42. Rxf5 $18 {White threatens Rg5+ and mate.} h6 43. Qg3+ (43. Rxb5 Qd6+ 44. Kh1 Rxc4 $11) 43... Kh8 44. Qe5+ Kg8 45. Bxb5 Nxb5 46. Qb8+ Kg7 47. Rf7+ (47. Qxb5 Rxe6 48. Qxb3 Qd6+ 49. Qg3+ Qxg3+ 50. Kxg3 Rg6+ 51. Kh2 Rb6 $18) 47... Qxf7 48. exf7 Kxf7 49. Qb7+ Rc7 50. Qxb5) 42... Qg7 $1 $11 {[%cal Rg7g3]} 43. e7+ Rxc4 $1 44. Qxb3 Qe5 45. Qg3+ Kf7 $1 46. Rxc4 Qxe7 47. Rh4 Kf8 48. Qf4 Nd6 49. Rh6 Nce8 50. Qd4 {Threatens to win with Qh8+.} Kg8 51. Qd5+ Nf7 52. Rc6 Ned6 53. b4 Qe3 54. Qf3 Qd4 55. Qc3 Qd5 56. Rc7 h6 57. Qg3+ Kf8 58. Qf4 Ke8 59. Rc5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Qb3 60. b5 Kd7 61. Qf3 Qb4 62. Rd5 {With the idea Qxf5+.} Kc7 (62... Ke6 $11 63. Qd3 Ne5) 63. Qg3 (63. Qf2 $16) 63... Kb7 (63... Kd7 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 64. Qe3 $16 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} h5 (64... Kc8 $16) 65. Qe7+ $18 Kb6 66. Rxf5 $1 Qc4 $2 (66... Qd4 {was worth a try.}) 67. Qe3+ Kb7 68. Rxh5 Qc7 69. Qf4 Kb6 70. Rd5 Qd7 $2 (70... Kb7 71. h4 Kc8) 71. Qe3+ Kb7 72. Qc5 Qe7 73. Qc6+ Kb8 74. b6 Ne8 75. Qd7 Qxd7 76. Rxd7 Nfd6 77. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} Kc8 78. Re7 Nf6 79. g5 Nd5 {[#]} 80. Re5 (80. b7+ $142 $1 Nxb7 81. Re5) 80... Nxb6 81. g6 {Hoping for g7.} Nd7 82. g7 Nf6 83. Re6 {Precision: White = 57%, Black = 34%.} 1-0

[Event "KAZ-ch 2018"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2018.04.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nogerbek, Kazybek"]
[Black "Saiyn, Zhanat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2323"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,41,12,24,18,32,0,0,0,0,-8,3,-9,-4,-2,0,0,0,0,0,-4,-1,-7,-3,-13]} 1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. c3 g6 5. Be2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nbd2 e5 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Qc2 b6 {LiveBook: 13 Games} 11. Nc4 {B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems} (11. a4 a5 12. Nc4 Bb7 13. f3 Qe7 14. b3 Rfe8 15. Ba3 Qe6 16. Nb2 Nh5 17. Bc4 Qf6 18. Nd3 Nf4 {½-½ (34) Zorko,J (2402)-Skoberne,J (2492) Otocec 2009}) 11... Bb7 12. Bf3 Qe7 {The position is equal.} 13. Ne3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Re1) 13... Rfd8 14. b3 Ba6 {Strongly threatening ...Bd3.} 15. c4 c6 16. a4 Nd7 17. Ba3 Qe8 18. b4 Nf8 19. b5 Bb7 $1 20. bxc6 Bxc6 21. Bxf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "KAZ-ch 2018"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2018.04.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Igambergenov, Alibek"]
[Black "Agmanov, Zhandos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2296"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:01:08]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 3. g3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:02:07]} 4. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:02:46]} 5. Qa4+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 6. O-O {[%emt 0:00:19]} c5 {[%emt 0:02:25]} 7. Qxc4 {[%emt 0:00:27]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 8. b3 {[%emt 0:08:56]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 9. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} a6 {[%emt 0:04:45]} 10. Qc2 {[%emt 0:01:05]} Be7 {[%emt 0:01:20]} 11. d3 {[%emt 0:01:39]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:27]} 12. a3 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:01:21]} 13. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:21]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 14. Rac1 {[%emt 0:01:08]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:06:21]} 15. Qb1 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:01:08]} 16. Qa1 {[%emt 0:08:12]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 17. Rc2 {[%emt 0:05:55]} Qa7 {[%emt 0:07:42]} 18. Rfc1 {[%emt 0:09:27]} Qa8 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 19. h3 Bd5 {[%emt 0:04:03]} 20. Ne1 {[%emt 0:12:31]} Bxg2 {[%emt 0:03:59]} 21. Nxg2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 22. Ne4 {[%emt 0:05:53]} f6 {[%emt 0:01:11]} 23. Nh4 {[%emt 0:05:41]} Qb7 {[%emt 0:10:41]} 24. Qa2 {[%emt 0:04:28]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:17:24]} 25. Nd2 {[%emt 0:25:54]} Rcc8 {[%emt 0:18:13]} 26. e4 {[%emt 0:01:42]} Nc7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 27. d4 {[%emt 0:03:30]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:01:15]} 28. Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} b4 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 29. a4 {[%emt 0:02:53]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 30. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 31. Qb2 {[%emt 0:01:45]} Ndc5 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 32. Qb1 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:06:03]} 33. Rc4 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Rdc8 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 34. R1c2 {[%emt 0:00:41]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 35. Nhf3 {[%emt 0:01:19]} Rc6 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 36. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 37. Qf1 {[%emt 0:00:22]} R6c7 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 38. Kg2 {[%emt 0:01:09]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 39. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Qf7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 40. Ne1 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:31:39]} 41. f4 {[%emt 0:04:20]} exf4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 42. gxf4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 43. exf5 {[%emt 0:09:47]} Qd5+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 44. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Qxf5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 45. Qg4 {[%emt 0:00:50]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 46. Qxf5 {[%emt 0:05:33]} gxf5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 47. Nef3 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 48. Nd4 {[%emt 0:02:59]} Bxf4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 49. Nxf5 {[%emt 0:05:55]} Bxe3+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 50. Nxe3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 51. Nf5 {[%emt 0:05:18]} Rcd7 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 52. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Rd5 {[%emt 0:02:29]} 53. Ne3 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Rg8+ {[%emt 0:02:06]} 54. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rh5 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 55. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Nd3+ {[%emt 0:00:37]} 56. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nef4+ {[%emt 0:01:29]} 57. Kd1 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Rxh3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 58. Nef1 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 59. Ne4 {[%emt 0:01:16]} Rh1 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 60. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 61. Neg3 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Nxc4+ {[%emt 0:02:58]} 62. bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rxf1 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 63. Nxf1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 64. Kd3 {[%emt 0:01:21]} Rd8+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} 65. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nxa4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 66. Nd2 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 67. Rb2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rd3+ {[%emt 0:00:59]} 68. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rc3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 69. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:31]} b3 {[%emt 0:01:23]} 70. Rf1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 71. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} b2 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 72. Rf8+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 73. Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} a4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 74. Nb1 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:21] Kd4} 0-1

[Event "KAZ-ch 2018"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2018.04.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zhalmakhanov, Ramazan"]
[Black "Makhnev, Denis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2271"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,110,8,-5,10,6,34,20,27,15,15,6,15,8,10,16,14,0,27,26,58,52,33,0,10,8,14,16,10,17,72,0,0,0,0,-41,0,-72,-60,-206,-193,-168,-192,-197,-210,-367,-343,-360,-118,-205,-199,-163,-156,-161,-115,-243,-235,-231,-227,-234,-216,-206,-211,-235,-182,-225,-227,-256,-266,-296,-285,-275,-282,-320,-309,-322,-298,-349,-340,-325,-310,-381,-378,-365,-354,-335,-331,-768,-750,-833,-731,-893,-889,-1193,-844,-1153,-1091,-1565,-1583,-1012,-947]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nc3 Qe7 {C48: Four Knights: 4 Bb5, replies other than 4...Bb4} (6... O-O 7. Be3 Bd6 8. Bg5 Re8 9. h3 c5 10. Nd5 Be7 11. Nxe7+ Qxe7 12. O-O h6 13. Be3 Nd7 14. Nd2 {1-0 (29) Carlsen,M (2837)-Karjakin,S (2760) Riadh 2017}) 7. Be3 {LiveBook: 5 Games} Bd6 8. h3 c5 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 8... Bd7 9. Ne2 Bc5 10. Qd2 Bxe3 11. fxe3 O-O 12. Qc3 Rae8 {1-0 (41) Kadric,D (2535)-Hadzovic,A (2280) Sarajevo 2017}) 9. Qd2 h6 10. b3 Be6 11. a4 Nd7 12. Nb5 f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Qe2 e4 15. dxe4 Bxe4 16. O-O-O O-O 17. Rhe1 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Qf6 19. Kb1 {next Nxc7! is good for White.} Ne5 20. f4 Ng6 (20... Nc6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 21. Bc1 (21. f5 $16 Qxf5 22. Nxd6 cxd6 23. Rxd6) 21... Bxf4 $11 22. Bb2 Qf5 23. Rg1 Kh7 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black has some attack.} 24. h4 (24. Qf3 $11 {remains equal.}) 24... Rae8 $1 $17 {[%cal Re8e2]} 25. Qg4 (25. Qf3 $15) 25... Qxg4 $19 26. Rxg4 {Threatens to win with Rdg1.} h5 $1 {[%cal Rh5g4]} 27. Rg2 Rf7 28. Rd5 $2 (28. Rdg1 Re6 29. Nxa7) 28... a6 29. Na3 Bh6 $2 (29... Kh6 $19 {has better winning chances.} 30. Rg1 Nxh4) 30. Rh2 (30. Rg1 $17) 30... Re1+ 31. Ka2 b6 32. Rxh5 Rf1 33. Rd5 (33. f3 $17) 33... Ne7 $1 {[%cal Re7d5]} ({Not} 33... R7xf2 34. Rxf2 Rxf2 35. Rd7 $17) 34. Rd3 {[#]} Nc6 $1 {[%cal Rc6b4]} ({Don't play} 34... R7xf2 35. Rxf2 Rxf2 36. Rd7 $17) 35. c3 R7xf2 36. Rxf2 Rxf2 37. Kb1 Na5 38. b4 {[#]} Nb3 $1 39. b5 Nd2+ 40. Ka1 a5 41. Rd7 Bf4 42. Rf7 Kg8 43. Rd7 Rg2 44. c4 Bd6 45. h5 Kh7 46. Rd8 Rh2 47. Rd7 Nb3+ (47... Rxh5 48. Rxg7+ Kh6 49. Rg2 $17) 48. Kb1 Nd4 ({Weaker is} 48... Rxh5 49. Rxg7+ Kh6 50. Rg8 $17) 49. Nc2 $2 (49. Bxd4 cxd4 50. c5 Bxc5 51. Nc4) 49... Nxc2 {Black is clearly winning.} 50. Bxg7 Kg8 51. h6 Na3+ 52. Kc1 Nxc4 53. Rd8+ Kf7 54. Kd1 Ne3+ 55. Kc1 Nf5 {Precision: White = 26%, Black = 63%.} 0-1

[Event "KAZ-ch 2018"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2018.04.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Black "Nogerbek, Kazybek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2323"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,117,26,24,35,0,0,2,6,0,39,49,54,-3,-9,-6,0,8,20,29,2,-4,0,0,0,8,26,22,59,56,43,42,42,6,16,22,63,72,70,64,58,32,33,45,46,0,0,0,0,0,0,-5,0,-19,5,0,0,-16,4,2,4,-9,-25,-36,-23,-42,-20,-49,-56,-64,-25,-35,-25,-25,-14,-33,-18,-56,109,108,260,235,232,244,249,259,548,538,29982,29983,29982,29983,29995,29991,29991,29992,29992,29993]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. h3 O-O 9. Bd3 a6 10. O-O b5 11. a3 Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7e5,Be5f3][%mdl 32] A70: Modern Benoni: 6 e4 g6 7 Nf3} 12. Re1 {LiveBook: 13 Games} Nh5 13. Bd2 $146 (13. Bg5 {looks sharper.} Qc7 14. Qd2 Re8 15. Rac1 Bb7 16. Ne2) ({Predecessor:} 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. Qd2 f6 15. Be3 Ne5 {0-1 (40) Malakhatko,V (2633)-Savchenko,B (2648) Gjovik 2009}) 13... Ne5 {The position is equal.} 14. Be2 Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 Nf6 16. Bf4 Bb7 17. a4 (17. e5 $14 dxe5 18. Bxe5 (18. Rxe5 Nh5 $14)) 17... b4 $11 18. Nb1 {[%cal Bc3b1,Bb1d2,Bd2b3][%mdl 32]} Ne8 19. Qc1 a5 20. Nd2 Ba6 21. e5 dxe5 22. Bxe5 Bxe5 23. Rxe5 {Black should prevent d6.} Qd6 24. Re1 {Strongly threatening Ne4.} Nf6 25. Nb3 $1 Bb7 26. Qg5 Kg7 (26... Nxd5 27. Rad1 $16) 27. Rad1 Rfd8 28. Re5 Ng4 29. hxg4 f6 30. Qe3 Qxe5 31. Qxc5 Qd6 ({Wrong is} 31... Qxb2 $2 32. Qe7+ Kh8 33. Nd4 $18 (33. Nc5 Bxd5 34. Bxd5 Re8 $16)) 32. Qd4 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Bc8 33. g5 Bf5 34. Nc5 Qe5 35. Qd2 fxg5 $1 36. Qxg5 {Threatens to win with Ne6+!} Qf6 37. Qf4 Qd6 38. Qd4+ Qf6 39. Qf4 Qd6 ({But not} 39... Qxb2 40. d6 $17) 40. Qe3 {Hoping for Nb7.} Re8 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black is fighting back} 41. Ne6+ Kg8 42. Qh6 {[%csl Ge6][%cal Rh6g7]} Ra7 43. Nd4 Rae7 {( -> ...Re1+)} 44. Qd2 Bd7 45. b3 Rf7 46. Nc2 Ref8 47. Ne3 Qf4 48. d6 {And now Bd5 would win.} Be6 49. Nc4 Qf5 $2 (49... Bxc4 $15 50. bxc4 Qxd2 51. Rxd2 Rf5) 50. Re1 Rd8 $2 {[#]} (50... Bxc4 $16 51. bxc4 Kg7) 51. Nxa5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Qxa5 52. Rxe6 Qc5 53. a5 Qxa5 $2 {[#]} (53... Qc3 54. Qd1 Kh8) 54. Bd5 $1 Kg7 55. Qd4+ {White mates.} Kh6 56. Re3 Rf5 57. Rh3+ Rh5 58. Qe3+ Kg7 59. Rxh5 {Precision: White = 67%, Black = 43%.} 1-0

[Event "KAZ-ch 2018"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2018.04.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kostenko, Petr"]
[Black "Ibrayev, Nurlan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2394"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,104,34,40,27,49,56,63,36,71,75,75,53,109,113,175,37,31,33,30,37,54,61,53,0,25,10,29,29,35,29,20,31,143,130,170,172,175,172,201,-148,416,-127,-122,-113,-139,-133,-130,-133,-137,-130,0,0,3,-125,-129,-112,-125,-101,-16,-92,0,0,312,300,277,265,294,0,10,11,764,754,750,749,742,735,711,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6h7,Bh7g5][%mdl 32]} 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 d6 {C55: Two Knights: 4 d3, 4 d4 exd4 5 e5 and Max Lange Attack} 7. a4 (7. c3 Na5 8. Bb5 a6 9. Ba4 c5 10. Re1 b5 11. Bc2 Nc6 12. Nf1 Re8 13. Ng3 Bf8 14. d4 exd4 15. cxd4 Bg4 16. Be3 g6 17. a4 Rc8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Bb3 c4 20. Bc2 Nh5 21. Nxh5 Bxh5 {0-1 (51) Onischuk,V (2637)-Wang,H (2709) Riadh 2017}) 7... h6 8. c3 Nh7 9. a5 a6 {LiveBook: 7 Games} 10. d4 {[%cal Bd3d4,Bd4d5][%mdl 32]} Ng5 11. d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. h3 Kh8 12. Re1 f5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. exf5 Bxf5 {½-½ (77) Pancevski,F (2407)-Vujic,M (2340) Paracin 2008}) 11... Nb8 {[%cal Bc6b8,Bb8d7,Bd7e5][%mdl 32]} 12. Bd3 g6 13. Ne1 Nd7 14. c4 f5 (14... Bf6 $14) 15. exf5 $16 gxf5 16. f4 (16. h4 $1 $18) 16... exf4 $14 17. Ndf3 Ne5 18. Bxf4 Ng6 19. Nd4 Bf6 $1 {[%cal Rf6d4]} 20. Nec2 (20. Be3 $14) 20... Nxf4 (20... Bxd4+ {feels hotter.} 21. Nxd4 Nxf4 22. Rxf4 Nh3+ 23. gxh3 Qg5+) 21. Rxf4 {Black must now prevent Qh5.} Be5 22. Rxf5 Bxf5 23. Nxf5 {[#]} Rxf5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 24. Bxf5 Qf6 (24... Bxb2 $14 25. Rb1 Qf6) 25. Qd3 $1 $16 {Strongly threatening Rf1.} Rf8 26. Rf1 {Threatens to win with Be6+!} Kg7 27. b4 h5 28. Bc8 $2 (28. Qe2 $18) 28... Qxf1+ $17 29. Qxf1 Bxh2+ $1 30. Kxh2 Rxf1 31. Bxb7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KBN} Rc1 32. Nd4 Rxc4 33. Nc6 h4 ({Don't do} 33... Rh4+ 34. Kg3 $15) (33... Ne4 $17 34. Bxa6 Rc3) 34. Bxa6 $11 Rc2 35. Bd3 (35. Bf1 $1 $11 Nf3+ 36. Kh3) 35... Rf2 {aiming for ...h3.} 36. Kg1 h3 37. gxh3 (37. Kxf2 $2 {too greedy.} h2 $19) 37... Nxh3+ 38. Kh1 Kf6 ({Better is} 38... Ra2 $1 $17 {And now ...Nf2+ would win.} 39. Bc4 Rb2) 39. a6 {Hoping for a7.} Ra2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (39... Ng5 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 40. Be4 Ra2) 40. Bc4 $18 Ra1+ 41. Kh2 $1 {[%cal Rh2h3]} Nf2 {[#] White should prevent ...Ng4+.} 42. Be2 $2 (42. a7 $1 $18 Ng4+ 43. Kg3 Rxa7 44. Nxa7) 42... Ra2 43. a7 {Na5 is the strong threat.} Ne4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (43... Nd3 $11 44. a8=Q Rxa8 45. Bxd3 Ra2+ 46. Kh1 Rd2) 44. Na5 Rxe2+ {[#]} 45. Kg1 $1 Kf5 46. a8=Q Kg4 47. Nc4 $2 (47. Qc8+ $18 Kg3 48. Kf1) 47... Re1+ $11 {The position is equal.} 48. Kg2 Re2+ 49. Kf1 Ng3+ 50. Kg1 Re1+ 51. Kf2 Re2+ 52. Kg1 Re1+ {Precision: White = 57%, Black = 44%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "KAZ-ch 2018"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2018.04.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Makhnev, Denis"]
[Black "Ismagambetov, Anuar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,89,15,2,20,3,10,-15,0,-19,-4,-42,0,-19,-19,-20,41,35,28,43,94,81,83,68,68,66,74,79,70,81,70,71,71,81,60,73,79,71,75,51,52,45,52,15,12,0,0,0,0,-98,0,0,0,-18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,16,794,635,12841,12841,12841,12842,12842,12843,12843,12842,12844,12844]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. h3 d6 6. Be2 Nfd7 7. Nc3 {A48: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} (7. O-O e5 8. Bg3 Nc6 9. c4 h6 10. Nc3 f5 11. c5 exd4 12. exd4 dxc5 13. Bc4+ Kh7 14. dxc5 f4 15. Bh4 Nf6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Re1 Bf5 18. Qa4 Rad8 {½-½ (37) Le,Q (2737)-Amonatov,F (2636) Riadh 2017}) 7... Nc6 8. O-O e5 9. Bh2 {LiveBook: 13 Games. The position is equal.} Kh8 10. Bb5 f5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Ncb8 11. dxe5 c6 12. Be2 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 {1-0 (24) Macedo,M (2265)-Chang,S (2060) Recife 2009}) 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Qe2 Rb8 14. Rfd1 Qe7 15. Qc4 Rb6 (15... Nb6 $11 16. Qe2 (16. Qxc6 Bb7 $15) 16... Bb7) 16. Na4 $14 Rb4 17. Qxc6 e4 ({Black should play} 17... Nb6 $14 18. Qc5 Qxc5 19. Nxc5 Rc4) 18. Nd4 $16 Ne5 19. Qc5 Qxc5 20. Nxc5 {Hoping for Nce6.} Rxb2 21. Nde6 Bxe6 22. Nxe6 Re8 23. Nxg7 ({Much worse is} 23. Nxc7 Rc8 $11) 23... Kxg7 24. Rd5 Kf6 25. Rc5 c6 26. Rd1 Re6 27. a3 Nd7 28. Ra5 {Strongly threatening Bc7.} Rxc2 29. Rxa7 Nc5 30. Bg3 {aiming for Rd8.} Nd3 31. Rb1 g5 32. Bc7 (32. Rbb7 $11 {remains equal.}) 32... Rxf2 (32... Kg6 $17 33. Rbb7 Re7) 33. Rb8 $11 f4 34. Rf8+ Kg6 35. Bd8 {[#] Threatening mate with Rg8+.} h6 36. Rg8+ Kh5 37. exf4 gxf4 {White must now prevent ...e3.} 38. Rf7 {[%cal Rf7f5]} Re5 {[#] ...e3 is the strong threat.} 39. Rfg7 e3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (39... Rd5 $11 40. Rg4 Rxd8 41. Rxd8 Rc2) 40. Rg4 $18 {[%csl Gd8][%cal Rg4h4] White is clearly winning.} Rf1+ 41. Kh2 {[%csl Gd8][%cal Rg4h4]} Rg5 42. Bxg5 hxg5 43. R4xg5+ Kh6 44. R5g6+ Kh5 45. Rg4 {Precision: White = 57%, Black = 43%.} 1-0

[Event "KAZ-ch 2018"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2018.04.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Saiyn, Zhanat"]
[Black "Suleymenov, Alisher"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2351"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,102,33,30,35,47,-14,-26,-41,-45,-37,-26,-104,-103,-105,-102,-106,-93,-112,-110,-139,-141,-136,-138,-150,-108,-335,-330,-327,-343,-307,-216,-225,-214,-191,-210,-454,-436,-435,-419,-434,-446,-458,-371,-363,-358,-359,-358,-363,-360,-380,0,-306,-276,-269,-243,-278,-262,-496,-350,-537,-521,-647,-550,-1163,-697,-692,-692,-689,-682,-675,-668,-668,-660,-1156,-958,-1205,-651,-865,-877,-1625,-1296]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Bd3 d6 7. Nf3 e6 8. O-O Na6 9. h3 Nc7 10. Bg5 h6 11. Be3 exd5 {E90: King's Indian: Classical: Early deviations and 6 h3} 12. cxd5 (12. exd5 b5 13. Qd2 bxc4 14. Bxc4 Kh7 15. Rfe1 Bb7 16. Rab1 Nd7 17. Na4 Nf6 18. Nc3 Nd7 19. Na4 Nf6 20. Nc3 Nd7 {½-½ (20) Ragger,M (2655)-Ivanisevic,I (2634) Kozloduy 2012}) 12... b5 {LiveBook: 7 Games} 13. a3 a5 {[#] White is slightly better.} 14. b3 $146 ({White should play} 14. Qd2 $14) ({Predecessor:} 14. Re1 Ba6 15. b4 Nd7 16. Rc1 Re8 17. Qd2 axb4 18. axb4 Kh7 19. Rb1 {1-0 (68) Horvath,J (2530)-Schneider,A (2375) Hungary 1999}) 14... Re8 $11 15. Qc2 Ba6 {And now ...b4 would win.} 16. Nd2 Nd7 17. Ra2 {[#]} (17. Rae1 $11 {remains equal.}) 17... Ne5 $1 $17 {[%cal Re5d3]} 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 cxb4 20. Ne2 {[#]} b3 $1 {[%cal Rb3c2][%mdl 512]} 21. Nxb3 (21. Qxb3 Nxd3) 21... Nxd3 22. Qxd3 b4 23. Qb1 Nb5 {aiming for ...Na3.} 24. Rd1 $2 (24. Na5 $17 {was called for.} Nc3 25. Nxc3 Bxf1 26. Nc6) 24... Na3 $19 25. Qc1 Rc8 ({Weaker is} 25... Rxe4 26. Ned4 $17) 26. Qd2 Bc4 ({Not} 26... Rxe4 27. Ned4 $17) 27. Qxb4 Rb8 28. Qxa3 {Black must now prevent Ned4.} Bxb3 29. Rd4 $2 (29. Rad2 Bxd1 30. Rxd1) 29... Bxa2 30. Qxa2 Bxd4 31. Nxd4 Qh4 32. Qa6 Rxe4 33. Nf3 Qd8 34. Bxh6 Qb6 35. Qa3 Qb4 36. Qa7 Qb6 37. Qa3 $1 Re2 38. Be3 Qc7 39. Bd4 Re4 40. Bc3 $2 (40. Kh2) 40... Rc8 41. Bb2 (41. Bd2 $142) 41... Re2 {Black is clearly winning.} 42. Kh2 Qc5 43. Nd4 Qxa3 44. Bxa3 Rxf2 45. Bxd6 Rd2 46. Be5 Re8 47. Bf6 Re4 48. Nc6 Kf8 49. Ne5 Rxd5 50. Ng4 Re2 51. Bc3 f5 {Precision: White = 30%, Black = 83%.} 0-1

[Event "KAZ-ch 2018"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2018.04.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Agmanov, Zhandos"]
[Black "Kazakov, Konstantin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,80,-24,-22,-17,-25,3,-13,-13,-13,-14,-25,-45,-20,-16,-18,-25,-28,-7,-9,-9,-7,-8,-12,0,-2,0,0,0,0,0,-50,-39,-50,-19,-445,-442,-433,-427,-743,-753,-1384,-622,-1368,-1330,-4829,-4829,-4116,-1991,-5070,-4945,-4925,-4913,-5534,-5527,-5514,-5085]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 a5 10. Qe4 {C45: Scotch Game} (10. Bd2 Ba6 11. b3 Qe6 12. Qe4 O-O-O 13. Be2 Re8 14. O-O Qxe5 15. Qc2 Bd6 16. g3 Bb7 17. Bf3 Qf6 {½-½ (42) Van Foreest,J (2609)-Almasi,Z (2707) Heraklio 2017}) 10... g6 11. Bd3 Bg7 12. Bf4 O-O 13. O-O Ba6 14. Rac1 {LiveBook: 5 Games} Rfe8 15. Rfe1 a4 16. Qe2 {[#]} d6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... f6 17. exf6 Qxe2 18. Nxe2 Bxf6 19. Bxc7 Nd5 20. Bd6 Bxb2 {½-½ (20) Jones,G (2540)-Lalic,B (2538) Bunratty 2009}) 17. exd6 Qxe2 18. Nxe2 cxd6 19. b3 d5 20. Be3 Nd7 21. Nd4 Ne5 22. Bf1 dxc4 23. bxc4 Rad8 24. h3 f5 {[#] Strongly threatening ...f4!} 25. Red1 a3 26. c5 Bxf1 27. Kxf1 Rd5 28. Ne2 Nd3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is more active.} 29. Rb1 Bb2 30. Bc1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (30. Nc1 $1 $11 {and White is okay.} Nb4 31. Rxd5 Nxd5 32. Bd2) 30... Nxc1 $19 {[%cal Rd5d1] [#] Black is clearly winning.} 31. Rxd5 Nxe2 ({Worse is} 31... cxd5 32. Nxc1 Kf7 33. Nd3 $11) 32. Rd6 (32. Rd2 $142 Nc3 33. Rdxb2 axb2 34. Rxb2) 32... Nc3 33. Re1 Rxe1+ 34. Kxe1 Nxa2 35. Rxc6 Nb4 36. Rc8+ Kf7 37. c6 Nxc6 38. Rc7+ Ke8 39. Rxc6 a2 40. Ra6 a1=Q+ {Precision: White = 40%, Black = 73%.} 0-1

[Event "KAZ-ch 2018"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2018.04.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zhalmakhanov, Ramazan"]
[Black "Igambergenov, Alibek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2271"]
[BlackElo "2296"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,63,35,33,36,39,19,20,-14,0,-31,-13,-2,10,-29,-16,-18,-6,-20,0,0,4,0,13,4,13,16,19,11,20,22,25,21,63,18,104,67,116,100,188,183,247,254,258,258,296,287,268,283,285,281,447,450,438,435,446,439]} 1. Nc3 d5 2. e4 Nf6 3. exd5 Nxd5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. d4 e6 6. h3 {B02: Alekhine's Defence: Chase Variation and lines with early Nc3} Bh5 {[%cal Bg4h5,Bh5g6,Bg6e4][%mdl 32]} 7. Ne4 (7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5 Nd7 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Bg2 c6 12. Qd3 Bd6 {1-0 (54) Feller,S (2573)-Horvath,C (2497) Sibenik 2016}) 7... Nd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Be7 8. Ng3 Bg6 9. Bd3 c5 10. O-O Nc6 11. Bxg6 hxg6 12. c3 Qb6 {0-1 (47) Christensen,E (2033)-Yssing,K (2012) Copenhagen 2014}) 8. Be2 {The position is equal.} Bg6 9. Nfd2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. c3 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nf3 Bxe4 14. Nxe5 Qd6 15. Qd4 Nf6 16. Qxd6 Bxd6 17. Nc4 Bc5 18. Bf4 Nd5 19. Bg3 Rfe8 20. Rfe1 Rad8 21. Bf1 f5 (21... Rc8 $11) 22. Rad1 c6 {[#]} 23. Na5 $1 {[%cal Ra5b7]} Bb6 (23... Rd7 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 24. Nxb7 $18 {[%cal Ba5b7,Bb7d6,Bd6c4,Bc4e5,Be5d3][%mdl 32]} f4 {[#]} (24... Rd7 $142) 25. Bxf4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rd7 (25... Nxf4 26. Nxd8) 26. Nd6 Rf8 27. Bg3 ({Don't take} 27. Rxe4 $6 Rxf4 28. Re8+ Rf8 $18) 27... Bc2 28. Rd2 Bg6 29. Nc4 Bc5 (29... Re8 $142) 30. Ne5 {White is clearly winning.} Re7 31. Red1 Be8 32. Nd3 {Precision: White = 71%, Black = 28%.} 1-0

[Event "KAZ-ch 2018"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2018.04.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ismagambetov, Anuar"]
[Black "Saiyn, Zhanat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,85,25,27,21,39,23,24,33,49,0,8,-25,77,68,72,0,116,65,91,64,65,53,66,26,37,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,-5,-8,-8,-8,-8,16,15,229,241,239,234,227,206,252,147,284,283,254,257,752,679,909,438,412,378,5102,606,29979,29980,29980,29981,29981,29981,29981,29982,29986,29987,29991,29980,29992,29993]} 1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. c3 e6 5. Bb5 (5. Nd2 a6 6. f4 f6 7. Nh3 Qd7 8. Nf2 O-O-O 9. Bd3 Nh6 10. O-O Na5 11. Be2 Qc6 12. Qe1 Be7 {½-½ (20) Anand,V (2783)-Rapport,R (2686) Germany 2018}) 5... Nge7 6. Nf3 {B00: Queen's Fianchetto Defence, Nimzowitsch Defence} f6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 7. O-O a6 8. Ba4 $1 {White is slightly better.} Ng6 9. exf6 gxf6 10. Re1 (10. Bxc6+ $5 bxc6 11. Re1 $11) 10... Qd7 11. b4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Nbd2 O-O-O 12. Nf1 Bd6 13. Bh6 Bf8 14. Bxf8 Rhxf8 {0-1 (49) Pedersen,S (2132)-Vaillant,F (2168) ICCF email 2015}) 11... Bg7 (11... Bd6 $11) 12. Nbd2 $16 b5 13. Bb3 (13. Bc2 $16 Bxc2 14. Qxc2) 13... e5 (13... a5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 14. a4 (14. Nf1 $1 $16) 14... O-O 15. axb5 (15. Ne4 {feels hotter.} Bxe4 16. Rxe4 Nce7 17. Re2 c6 18. Ne1) 15... axb5 16. Rxa8 $1 Rxa8 17. dxe5 fxe5 18. Ne4 (18. Nf1 {with more complications.} Nce7 19. h3 c6 20. Ng3 Rf8 21. Bd2) 18... Bxe4 19. Rxe4 Nce7 $1 20. Bg5 Kh8 21. Re1 c6 22. h4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} h6 23. h5 $1 {[%cal Rh5g6]} hxg5 24. hxg6 Nxg6 {White must now prevent ...Qg4.} 25. Bc2 e4 26. Nxg5 {And now Qh5+ would win.} Qf5 $2 {[#]} (26... Ne5 $1 $11) 27. Rxe4 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Qxg5 ({Not} 27... dxe4 $2 28. Qh5+ Kg8 29. Bb3+ Kf8 30. Nh7+ Ke7 31. Qxf5 $18) 28. Rg4 Qe5 {...Nf8 is the strong threat.} 29. Rxg6 Qxc3 {intending ...Ra1.} 30. Rg3 (30. Qh5+ $18 Kg8 31. Qg4) 30... Qe5 (30... Qa1 $16 {is a better defense.}) 31. Re3 Qg5 32. Bb1 Be5 $2 (32... Kg8 33. Re6 Qf4) 33. Qc2 {[%csl Gb1][%cal Rc2h7]} ({Less strong is} 33. Rh3+ Kg8 $18) 33... Ra7 34. Qxc6 (34. Rh3+ $142 Kg8 35. Qxc6) 34... Kg7 {[#]} 35. Rh3 $1 {[%cal Rh3h7]} Re7 $2 (35... Qf5 36. Bd3 (36. Bxf5 $2 {is a self mate.} Ra1+ 37. Bb1 Rxb1+ 38. Qc1 Rxc1#) 36... Ra1+ 37. Bf1 Rxf1+ 38. Kxf1 Qb1+ 39. Ke2 Qb2+ 40. Kf3 Qa3+ 41. Kg4 Qxb4+ 42. Kh5 Qd6 43. Qxd6 Bxd6) 36. Qc8 (36. Rh7+ $142 Kf8 37. Bg6 Bh2+ 38. Kf1) 36... Kf6 37. Rf3+ {White mates.} Bf4 38. g3 Re1+ 39. Kg2 Rxb1 40. Rxf4+ Ke7 41. Rf8 Kd6 42. Rd8+ Ke5 43. f4+ {Precision: White = 65%, Black = 43%.} 1-0

[Event "KAZ-ch 2018"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2018.04.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kazakov, Konstantin"]
[Black "Zhalmakhanov, Ramazan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2271"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,49,31,20,32,26,45,36,36,36,36,35,44,40,61,18,30,32,20,23,25,-9,-6,-16,-27,-31,-23,-33,-38,-23,-27,-32]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. O-O d6 8. c3 O-O 9. a4 {C84: Closed Ruy Lopez: Unusual White 6th moves} Rb8 10. axb5 axb5 11. h3 {LiveBook: 3 Games. White is slightly better.} b4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Nbd2 Qd7 14. d4 Ra8 15. Rxa8 Rxa8 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 dxe5 {1-0 (70) Naiditsch,A (2704)-Murdzia,P (2471) Germany 2013}) 12. Nbd2 Nd7 13. Bd5 Bb7 14. Nc4 Nf6 15. Ne3 bxc3 16. bxc3 Ra8 17. Rb1 (17. Ba2 {is more complex.} Nd7 18. Qc2 Nc5 19. Rd1 Na5 20. Ba3) 17... Nxd5 18. exd5 Na5 19. c4 {[#] And now Bd2 would win.} Bc8 20. Bd2 {Threatens to win with Ra1.} Nb7 21. Bb4 f5 22. Re1 Bf6 23. Nf1 Re8 24. Ng3 g6 25. Qd2 {Precision: White = 48%, Black = 90%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "KAZ-ch 2018"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2018.04.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ibrayev, Nurlan"]
[Black "Agmanov, Zhandos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2394"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,112,19,14,29,29,25,25,53,57,58,13,16,15,12,0,23,15,12,21,14,18,16,8,10,0,0,-10,-15,-63,-70,-204,-16,-15,-25,-72,-75,-94,-94,-94,-99,-92,-72,-74,-73,-70,-76,-91,-75,-131,-131,-219,-219,-219,-211,-211,-212,-233,-216,-229,-254,-497,-314,-544,-544,-457,-314,-560,-560,-641,-641,-1785,-2058,-1155,-711,-29985,-29982,-29994,-29983,-29983,-29984,-29984,-29985,-29985,-29986,-29987,-29974,-29973,-29974,-29979,-29980,-29979,-29980,-29980,-29981,-29981,-29981]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. Bg5 Be7 8. e3 O-O {D50: Queen's Gambit Declined: Dutch-Peruvian Gambit} 9. Be2 Nc6 (9... h6 10. Bh4 Nc6 11. Qd3 Qb6 12. O-O Rd8 13. Rfd1 Bg4 14. Qb5 Qxb5 15. Nxb5 Rac8 16. h3 {½-½ (42) Bluebaum,M (2646)-So,W (2810) Tbilisi 2017}) 10. Qd3 {LiveBook: 7 Games} Nb4 {The position is equal.} 11. Qd1 h6 12. Bh4 Bf5 {[#] ...Nc2+ is the strong threat.} 13. Nd4 Bh7 14. O-O Ne4 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Qa4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. a3 Nxc3 17. bxc3 {½-½ (44) Delavari,A (2222)-Mousavi,S (2422) Hamedan 2016}) 16... Rfc8 17. Rac1 Nxc3 $1 18. Rxc3 Rxc3 19. bxc3 Nd3 20. Qb5 Nc5 21. Rc1 Rc8 22. c4 Bd3 23. Bxd3 Nxd3 24. Rc3 {[#]} (24. Rb1 $15 dxc4 25. Qxb7 Qxb7 26. Rxb7) 24... Qb4 $2 (24... Rc5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rc5b5]} 25. Qb3 Qc7) 25. Qxb4 $11 Nxb4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 26. Rb3 Rxc4 {[%cal Rc4c1]} 27. g3 b6 28. Ra3 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4,Ba4a3,Ba3a2][%mdl 32]} 29. Rb3 Nxa2 {aiming for ...Nb4.} 30. Rxb6 a4 31. Rb8+ Kh7 32. Ra8 Nc3 33. Ra5 ({White should try} 33. g4) 33... Rb4 $17 34. Rc5 (34. h4 $17) 34... a3 $19 35. Rxc3 {KRN-KR} Rb1+ 36. Kg2 a2 37. Nc2 {Strongly threatening Ra3.} Rc1 38. Ra3 Rxc2 {KR-KR} 39. Kf3 $2 (39. g4 {is a better defense.}) 39... h5 {[%cal Bh6h5,Bh5h4][%mdl 32]} 40. h3 $2 (40. Ra6) 40... f6 41. Ra8 Rb2 42. g4 $2 (42. h4) 42... h4 43. g5 fxg5 44. Kg4 Rxf2 45. Kxg5 Rg2+ 46. Kxh4 Kh6 {[%csl Gg2,Gh6][%cal Rg7g5] Black mates.} 47. Rh8+ Kg6 48. Ra8 Kh7 49. Ra6 g6 {[%cal Bg7g6,Bg6g5][%mdl 32]} 50. Ra8 Kg7 51. e4 g5+ 52. Kh5 dxe4 {[%cal Bd5e4,Be4e3,Be3e2][%mdl 32]} 53. h4 gxh4 54. Kxh4 e3 55. Kh3 Rb2 56. Kg3 e2 {Precision: White = 31%, Black = 72%.} 0-1

[Event "KAZ-ch 2018"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2018.04.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Suleymenov, Alisher"]
[Black "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2351"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,30,25,25,34,35,13,16,15,12,12,9,9,12]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 Bf5 6. Ne5 {D15: Slav Defence: 4 Nc3 a6 and gambit lines after 4 Nc3 dxc4} Nbd7 7. Qb3 Qc7 8. cxd5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 cxd5 {LiveBook: 42 Games} 11. Bd2 Qxe5 12. Bc3 Qc7 {The position is equal.} 13. Qxd5 e6 {[#]} 14. Qc4 $146 Qxc4 15. Bxc4 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "KAZ-ch 2018"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2018.04.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nogerbek, Kazybek"]
[Black "Kostenko, Petr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2323"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,76,-4,-51,-50,-60,-21,-50,14,5,29,22,27,18,14,15,17,14,18,0,0,-97,-79,-94,-81,-91,-81,-119,-109,-108,-121,-93,-20,-152,-131,-102,0,-11,0,-89,-88,-65,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-89,-38,-26,0,0,21,0,95,81,79,0,0,0,259]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nge2 Nb4 7. Bb5+ {C01: French: Exchange Variation} (7. Bg5 Be7 8. O-O c6 9. Re1 O-O 10. Ng3 Nxd3 11. Qxd3 h6 12. Bf4 Re8 13. Re2 Bf8 14. Rae1 Rxe2 15. Rxe2 Be6 16. Nd1 {0-1 (45) Flierl,P (2230)-Meier,G (2648) Germany 2017}) 7... c6 8. Ba4 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Bd6 9. Ng3 {Black is slightly better.} O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Qe7+ 10. Nce2 Bg4 11. f3 Bxg3+ 12. hxg3 Bf5 13. a3 Na6 14. Bg5 h6 {1-0 (51) Zuriel,M (2231)-Carraro,D (2092) Villa Martelli 2015}) 10. O-O Ng4 ({Better is} 10... a5 $15) 11. h3 $11 {[#]} Nxf2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 12. Kxf2 (12. Rxf2 Bxg3) 12... Qh4 13. Nce2 $1 f5 14. Kg1 f4 15. Bxf4 Bxf4 (15... Rxf4 $2 16. Nxf4 Qxg3 17. Qe1 $18) 16. Rxf4 Rxf4 17. Qd2 (17. Nxf4 $11 {remains equal.} Qxf4 18. Qe1) 17... Rf6 18. Qxb4 b5 $1 {[%cal Rb5a4]} 19. Bb3 {Threatens to win with Qc5.} Bxh3 $1 20. Rf1 Bg4 21. Rxf6 Qxf6 22. Qd2 Re8 (22... Bxe2 $6 23. Nxe2 Rf8 24. Qe3 $11) (22... Rf8 $17 23. Nc3 Kh8) 23. c3 (23. Nc1 $11) 23... h5 $1 $17 ({Don't do} 23... Rf8 24. Qe1 $11) (23... Bxe2 24. Nxe2 Qh4 25. Bc2 $11) 24. Nc1 Qh4 ({Black should play} 24... h4 $17 25. Nh1 h3) 25. Nf1 Qe1 26. Qxe1 (26. Nd3 $11 Qxd2 27. Nxd2) 26... Rxe1 27. Nd3 Ra1 ({Black should try} 27... Rb1 $15 28. Kf2 Bf5) 28. Kf2 $1 $11 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32] ...Bf5 is the strong threat.} 29. Ne3 $1 a4 30. Bc2 Rxa2 31. Nxg4 hxg4 32. Kg3 (32. Ke3 $11) 32... Kf8 (32... Ra1 $1 $17 {White must now prevent ...a3.} 33. Nc5 (33. Kxg4 a3 $17) 33... Kf7) 33. Kxg4 Ke7 34. Kf3 Kf6 (34... a3 $5 35. Bb3 $8 (35. Bb1 $2 Ra1 $19) 35... Ra1 36. bxa3 Rxa3 $11) 35. Ke3 Kg5 {[#]} (35... a3 $11 {keeps the balance.} 36. Bb3 (36. Bb1 $2 Ra1 $19) 36... Ra1 37. bxa3 Ke7) 36. Kd2 $1 $16 Kh4 {[#]} 37. Nb4 (37. Bd1 $1 $16) 37... Rxb2 $11 {Strongly threatening ...Kg3.} 38. Kc1 Rxb4 $2 {[%mdl 40960] Precision: White = 48%, Black = 58%. . An unexpected result.} (38... a3 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "KAZ-ch 2018"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2018.04.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Black "Ismagambetov, Anuar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,67,33,67,25,58,52,102,88,82,73,85,66,61,68,69,-20,-33,-18,-18,-24,10,16,40,58,69,81,122,124,136,122,172,169,159,150,186,180,217,213,233,226,529,487,1282,1270,1413,1314,1695,1687,1678,1677,29988,29988]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Qc2 Re8 9. Rd1 c6 {LiveBook: 66 Games} 10. Bf1 {E94: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5 7 0-0: Various Black 7th moves} Qe7 {next ...exd4 is good for Black.} 11. d5 c5 12. Rb1 $146 {White is better.} ({Predecessor:} 12. g3 Kh8 13. Bg2 Ng8 14. Ne1 Rf8 15. Nd3 f5 16. Re1 f4 17. gxf4 Qh4 {½-½ (28) Stukopin,A (2573)-Pancevski,F (2494) Chicago 2015}) 12... Nh5 13. g3 Rf8 14. Nh4 Bf6 15. Ng2 $1 Bg5 16. f4 (16. Ne3 $14) 16... exf4 $11 17. gxf4 Bf6 18. Re1 Bd4+ 19. Be3 Bxc3 20. Qxc3 Ndf6 21. e5 Ne4 22. Qc2 $1 f5 23. e6 Nhf6 24. Bd3 b5 {[#]} 25. b3 $1 Bb7 {[#]} 26. Bc1 $1 Rab8 27. Bb2 h6 28. Ne3 (28. Bxe4 $6 Nxe4 29. Rxe4 fxe4 $16) 28... Ba6 $2 (28... Kh7 {is tougher.} 29. Bxf6 Qxf6) 29. Kh1 $18 {Threatens to win with Rg1.} Bb7 (29... bxc4 $142 30. bxc4 Qe8 31. Nxf5 gxf5 32. Bxf6 (32. Bxe4 Rxb2 33. Rg1+ Kh8 $18) 32... Nxf6 33. Qg2+ (33. Bxf5 Rxb1 34. Rxb1 Qh5 $11) 33... Kh8) 30. Rg1 Kh7 {[#]} 31. Rxg6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxe6 (31... Kxg6 32. Rg1+) 32. dxe6 Kxg6 33. Nd5 Nxd5 34. Qg2+ {Precision: White = 64%, Black = 29%.} 1-0

[Event "KAZ-ch 2018"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2018.04.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kostenko, Petr"]
[Black "Suleymenov, Alisher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2351"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,95,39,48,34,50,20,19,20,29,32,68,69,62,66,65,63,67,52,64,51,59,42,28,28,35,39,56,32,30,0,16,0,10,0,9,9,9,0,33,18,39,39,72,70,836,666,892,877,1166,1173,1141,1039,1111,1110,1315,1290,1512,1452,1952,1910,2071,1901,4718,3408,4718,2979,29979,29980,29983,29983,29982,29983]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 Nc6 6. c4 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 g6 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. Bg5 O-O {B36: Sicilian: Maroczy Bind: Gurgenidze System} 10. Qd2 Be6 (10... a5 11. Rd1 Be6 12. b3 Nd7 13. Be2 Re8 14. O-O Qb6+ 15. Kh1 Qb4 16. Na4 Nc5 17. Nxc5 dxc5 {½-½ (26) Andreikin,D (2723)-Popov,I (2624) Moscow 2012}) 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. b3 Re8 13. Be2 Qa5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 14. Be3 Nd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... h5 15. Rc2 Nd7 16. O-O Ne5 17. Nd5 Qxd2 18. Rxd2 b6 19. g3 Bxd5 20. cxd5 Rc3 21. Bd4 Rc7 22. Kg2 Rec8 23. Ba6 Rb8 24. Bb5 Rbc8 {½-½ (24) Montgomery,R (2255)-Lukasevicius,P (2147) ICCF email 2009}) 15. Nb5 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 a6 17. Nd4 Ne5 18. f4 Nc6 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Bg4 Kf7 21. f5 Ne5 22. fxe6+ Kg8 23. Bh3 Nc6 24. Rhf1 Bb2 25. Rb1 Bd4 26. Bxd4 Nxd4 27. Rf7 Rc5 28. Rbf1 Re5 29. Kd3 (29. R7f2 {with more complications.} Nxe6 30. Bxe6+ Rxe6 31. Ke3 Re5 32. a4) 29... Nxe6 30. Bxe6 Rxe6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 31. Kd4 Rc8 32. g4 Re5 33. h4 b5 34. c5 {[%cal Bc4c5,Bc5c6][%mdl 32] And now b4 would win.} Re6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (34... a5 $14) 35. c6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Re5 (35... Rxc6 36. Rf8+) 36. b4 ({Weaker is} 36. g5 b4 $16) 36... Rf5 37. exf5 Kxf7 38. fxg6+ Kxg6 {KR-KR} 39. Kd5 h6 40. Rf3 Rc7 41. Rf8 a5 42. bxa5 {[%cal Bb4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} Ra7 {[#]} 43. a6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} b4 (43... Rxa6 44. c7) 44. Ke6 Kg7 45. Rb8 Kg6 46. Rxb4 {White mates.} Rxa6 47. c7 Rc6 48. Kd7 {Precision: White = 67%, Black = 33%.} 1-0

[Event "KAZ-ch 2018"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2018.04.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Makhnev, Denis"]
[Black "Saiyn, Zhanat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,158,21,21,25,36,29,30,15,18,19,19,18,18,1,25,21,18,16,33,19,25,23,14,16,66,23,32,35,50,59,58,21,20,-1,47,32,77,74,65,55,93,37,36,48,45,42,51,51,48,42,81,50,50,51,68,52,83,52,49,54,53,49,57,54,78,67,74,36,39,46,186,186,186,186,186,186,186,186,186,186,186,186,186,186,186,186,186,186,186,186,186,186,186,186,186,186,186,186,186,186,186,186,186,186,186,146,146,146,171,171,171,146,171,171,171,171,171,171,179,179,179,179,179,133,179,171,171,171,179,179,179,179,179,0,179,0,179,28,28,28,28,0,179,171,171,171,171,171,171,0,186]} 1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. g3 Bxf3 4. exf3 g6 (4... c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. O-O e6 7. Re1 Ne7 8. f4 g6 9. Nd2 Bg7 10. Nf3 Nd7 11. c3 c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 {½-½ (25) Mamedyarov,S (2799)-Petrosian,T (2601) Riadh 2017}) 5. f4 Bg7 6. c3 {A41: 1 d4 d6: Tartakower System and Modern Defence} c6 7. Bg2 e6 8. a4 $146 {White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 8. Be3 Ne7 9. Nd2 d5 10. O-O O-O 11. Bh3 Nd7 12. Re1 Qc7 13. Nf3 {0-1 (58) Masek,M (2221)-Kulhanek,T (2333) Prague 2014}) 8... Ne7 9. O-O Nd7 10. Nd2 O-O 11. Qb3 Qb6 12. Qa3 Qc7 13. Nc4 Nc8 14. f5 gxf5 15. Bf4 {[%cal Rc4d6]} e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 dxe5 18. Rad1 Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Qxd8 20. a5 e4 21. Bh3 Ne7 22. Qb3 b5 23. axb6 axb6 24. Rd1 Qc7 25. Qxb6 ({White should play} 25. Nd6 $16 Nd5 26. Nxf5) 25... Qxb6 $14 26. Nxb6 Rb8 27. Nc4 Bh6 28. Rd7 Kf8 29. Nd6 Bc1 30. Bxf5 e3 $1 {[%cal Re3e2]} 31. fxe3 Bxe3+ 32. Kh1 h5 33. Bd3 Bc1 34. b4 Bb2 35. b5 cxb5 36. Nxb5 Ng6 37. Rc7 Rd8 38. Bxg6 (38. Bc2 {keeps more tension.} Rd2 39. Bb3 Ne5 40. Rc5 Re2 41. Nd4) 38... fxg6 39. Nd4 Rxd4 ({Black should try} 39... Re8 $14) 40. cxd4 $18 Bxd4 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KB} 41. Kg2 Be5 42. Rb7 Kg8 43. Kf3 Bf6 44. Rb6 Kg7 45. Kf4 Kf7 46. Rb7+ Kg8 47. Ke4 Kf8 48. Kd5 Kg8 49. Ke6 Bc3 50. Ra7 Bb2 51. Ra2 Bc3 52. Rg2 Kg7 53. Rc2 Bd4 54. h3 Kg8 55. Rd2 Bc3 56. Rg2 Kg7 57. h4 Be1 58. Ke5 Bc3+ 59. Kf4 Bf6 60. Ke3 Kf7 61. Ke4 Kg7 62. Rc2 Kf7 63. Kd5 Kg7 64. Ra2 Bc3 65. Ke6 Be1 66. Ra3 Bf2 67. Rd3 Be1 68. Rf3 Bd2 69. Rf7+ Kh6 70. Rf1 Kg7 71. Rf7+ Kh6 72. Rf3 {[#] Threatens to win with Kf7.} Kg7 $1 73. Ke7 $2 ({Better is} 73. Rf1 $18) 73... Bb4+ $11 74. Kd7 {Strongly threatening Ke6.} Be1 75. Ke6 $2 (75. Rd3 $11 g5 76. Re3 (76. hxg5 h4 $11)) 75... Bd2 $1 $18 76. Rb3 {[#] And now Rb7+ would win.} Be1 77. Ke5 Bf2 78. Rf3 Be1 79. Ke6 Bd2 $1 {Precision: White = 59%, Black = 64%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "KAZ-ch 2018"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2018.04.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Agmanov, Zhandos"]
[Black "Nogerbek, Kazybek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2323"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,111,37,45,41,48,48,43,43,58,43,43,43,48,50,45,51,48,30,51,50,53,35,39,23,55,30,53,59,126,127,127,127,127,126,127,125,125,112,112,101,98,75,119,118,140,93,118,121,118,122,120,106,106,106,106,106,106,106,106,106,110,74,106,97,122,114,131,116,123,122,131,120,175,171,170,168,166,142,173,172,169,142,181,147,6303,7108,5634,5730,29982,29983,29983,29984]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 {[%cal Bg8e7,Be7d5,Bd5b4][%mdl 32]} 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Ndb4 {B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6} (9... Bd7 10. Nf5 Bc8 11. c4 Nf6 12. Qxd8+ Nxd8 13. Bf4 Bd7 14. Nc3 g6 15. Be5 gxf5 16. Bxf6 Rg8 17. Nd5 {½-½ (44) Zvjaginsev,V (2673)-Reshetnikov,A (2492) Moscow 2016}) 10. Nxc6 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 Nxc6 {LiveBook: 4 Games. White is slightly better.} 12. c3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Nd2 e5 13. Nc4 Be6 14. Be3 Be7 15. Nd6+ Bxd6 16. Rxd6 O-O 17. Bb6 {1-0 (55) Kotronias,V (2550)-Manolov,I (2340) Elenite 1992}) 12... e5 13. Be3 Be7 14. Nd2 O-O 15. Nc4 Be6 16. Bb6 Rac8 17. Nd6 Bxd6 18. Rxd6 Ne7 19. Rad1 Rc6 20. Rxc6 Nxc6 21. a4 Rc8 22. a5 e4 23. c4 Ne5 24. b3 Nd3 ({Black should try} 24... Nd7 $14) 25. f3 $16 f5 26. Bxd3 exd3 27. Rxd3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Kf7 28. Kf2 Re8 29. Kg3 h6 30. h4 g5 31. Bd8 Rg8 32. Kf2 Rg6 33. Rd4 Bc8 34. Rd5 Rg8 35. Rd2 Rg6 36. Rd4 Ke8 37. Bb6 Bd7 38. Rd5 gxh4 39. Rd4 h3 40. gxh3 Bc6 41. Rd8+ Kf7 42. Be3 Re6 43. h4 Kg6 44. Rh8 Kg7 45. Bd4+ Kg6 46. Rf8 Bd7 (46... Rd6 $16 {was called for.} 47. Ke3 Bxf3) 47. Kg3 $18 Re8 48. Rf6+ Kh5 49. Bc5 Rg8+ 50. Kf4 Rc8 51. Bd6 Rh8 52. Bf8 Kxh4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (52... Rh7 $16 53. Kg3 Rh8) 53. Bg7 $1 {[%cal Rg7h8]} Rh7 54. Rf7 Kh3 55. Rxd7 h5 56. Kxf5 {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 50%.} 1-0

[Event "KAZ-ch 2018"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2018.04.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Igambergenov, Alibek"]
[Black "Kazakov, Konstantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2296"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,148,41,44,4,0,0,0,2,28,0,0,0,0,-32,-33,-30,-20,-27,-21,-21,-19,-34,-8,-15,0,0,10,9,7,0,0,7,10,8,6,0,0,0,18,10,18,22,34,29,26,31,32,36,35,27,27,25,35,22,40,0,10,-22,0,0,0,13,15,15,9,5,31,-15,58,0,154,168,165,160,217,203,215,189,266,280,293,303,291,269,267,252,341,335,326,279,361,322,301,137,127,91,120,79,91,96,97,113,112,0,0,0,0,0,54,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. d4 e6 7. O-O Be7 {LiveBook: 250 Games} 8. a3 {E06: Closed Catalan: Early deviations} (8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Qc2 Qe7 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 O-O 12. Bf4 f6 13. Rac1 Bb6 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Qxe3 e5 16. Nd2 Nd4 17. Nb3 Nxb3 18. Qxb3+ Be6 19. Qa4 Rfd8 {½-½ (47) Ponomariov,R (2699)-Lu,S (2638) Danzhou 2017}) 8... cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Bf6 11. Qd3 O-O 12. Nd2 Bd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Qb6 13. Nc4 Qc7 14. Bd2 Rd8 15. Qb3 Nb6 16. Nxb6 Qxb6 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. Rfd1 Bd7 19. Bxb7 Ra7 20. Bf3 Ba4 {0-1 (20) Marinin,V (2053)-Rasskaza,O St Petersburg 2006}) 13. Bxd5 exd5 14. Nf3 Qe8 {Hoping for ...Bb5.} 15. Be3 Bb5 16. Qd2 Qe4 17. Rfe1 Rfe8 18. Rad1 Ba4 19. Rc1 Bd7 20. Bd4 Bd8 21. Bc3 Bh3 22. Rcd1 Bb6 23. Bd4 Bd8 24. Bc3 Bb6 25. Bd4 Re6 26. Bxb6 Rxb6 27. b4 Ra6 28. Qxd5 Qxd5 29. Rxd5 Rxa3 30. Ng5 Bg4 $1 31. h3 Bh5 32. Red1 {White threatens Rd8+ and mate.} Re8 33. Rd8 {[%cal Rd8e8]} f6 34. Ne4 (34. Ne6 $5) 34... Kf8 35. Nc5 b6 36. Ne6+ Ke7 37. Rxe8+ Bxe8 38. Nxg7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Bg6 39. h4 h5 40. f3 Ra4 (40... f5 $11) 41. b5 ({White should play} 41. Rc1 $1 $14) 41... Rc4 $2 (41... f5 $11) 42. e4 $16 Rc5 43. Ra1 Rxb5 (43... f5 $16) 44. Rxa7+ $18 Kd6 45. Kf2 Rb1 (45... Re5 {keeps fighting.} 46. Ke3 Ra5) 46. Ke3 b5 47. Ra6+ Ke7 {Now ...b4 and Black clings on.} 48. Rb6 b4 {If Black can now play ...b3 this consolidates a bit.} 49. Kf4 $1 b3 {[#]} 50. Nf5+ $1 Kd7 51. Ne3 ({Don't do} 51. Rxf6 $6 Be8 $18) 51... Bf7 52. Rb7+ ({Less strong is} 52. Rxf6 Be6 $16) 52... Ke8 53. Nf5 (53. Kf5 $18 {is more deadly.}) 53... Rd1 $16 54. e5 Bd5 55. Rb5 Kf7 56. exf6 Kxf6 57. Rb6+ Be6 {[#] ...b2 would now be nice for Black.} 58. g4 (58. Nd6 $1 $16) 58... hxg4 $1 $11 59. fxg4 {Threatens to win with g5+.} Rf1+ 60. Ke4 {Black must now prevent Nd4.} Re1+ (60... b2 $11 61. Rxb2 Re1+ 62. Kf4 Rf1+ 63. Ke4 Re1+ 64. Kf4 Rf1+ 65. Ke4) 61. Kf4 ({White should try} 61. Ne3 $14) 61... Rf1+ {The position is equal.} 62. Ke4 b2 63. g5+ Kg6 64. Rxe6+ {KRN-KR} Kh5 65. Rh6+ Kg4 66. Ne3+ Kh3 67. Rb6 b1=Q+ 68. Rxb1 Rxb1 {KR-KN} 69. Nf5 Kg4 70. g6 Re1+ 71. Ne3+ Kh5 72. g7 Rg1 73. Nf5 Rxg7 74. Nxg7+ Kxh4 {Precision: White = 57%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "KAZ-ch 2018"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2018.04.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zhalmakhanov, Ramazan"]
[Black "Ibrayev, Nurlan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2271"]
[BlackElo "2394"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,103,44,43,44,47,24,33,33,26,21,23,11,35,-37,60,77,78,75,166,114,125,0,0,0,0,0,55,17,22,24,55,-23,82,89,85,89,109,106,111,97,111,119,145,164,168,139,197,181,179,177,180,177,171,169,270,272,272,236,285,249,272,230,450,388,363,358,512,473,513,516,596,589,752,723,629,622,1144,1147,957,934,1384,1314,966,933,5724,656,656,558]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. O-O d6 8. Qg4 g6 {B42: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 Bd3} 9. Nc3 Nd7 {LiveBook: 8 Games} 10. a4 b6 {White is slightly better.} 11. Qh3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. f4 Ngf6 12. Qe2 Qc7 13. Bd2 Bb7 14. Rae1 O-O 15. Kh1 Rfe8 {½-½ (40) Gabrielian,A (2555)-Sjugirov,S (2651) Taganrog 2014}) 11... Qc7 12. Kh1 Bb7 13. f4 Ngf6 14. Bd2 O-O 15. f5 (15. Rae1 $14) 15... exf5 (15... gxf5 $15 16. exf5 e5) 16. exf5 $14 Ne5 17. Bg5 {aiming for fxg6.} Qd8 (17... Rae8 $16 {was called for.}) 18. Qh4 $1 $18 {Nd4 is the strong threat.} h6 19. Bd2 (19. Qxh6 $6 Nfg4 $11) ({White should play} 19. Bxh6 $16 Nfg4 20. Qh3 Nxd3 21. Qxg4 (21. cxd3 Nxh6 22. Qxh6 Bg5 $16)) 19... Nfg4 $11 20. Qh3 h5 21. Nd4 Bg5 (21... Qd7 $11) 22. Bxg5 $14 Qxg5 23. Be4 d5 24. Bf3 (24. Bxd5 $14 Bxd5 25. Nxd5) 24... Rfe8 (24... Ne3 $11 {remains equal.}) 25. Bxg4 (25. Bxd5 Bxd5 26. Nxd5 Rad8 $15) ({But not} 25. Nxd5 Rad8 $11) 25... Nxg4 {[#]} 26. Qg3 $1 Qe3 27. fxg6 fxg6 {[#]} 28. Qxe3 $1 Nxe3 29. Rf6 $1 {[%csl LRb6,LRg6]} Kg7 30. Rxb6 Bc8 31. Re1 Bf5 (31... Ra7 $16 {was necessary.} 32. Kg1 Rae7) 32. Kg1 Nxc2 33. Rxe8 Rxe8 34. Nxf5+ gxf5 35. Nxd5 $18 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Re4 (35... a5 {is a better defense.} 36. Nf4 h4 37. Nh5+ Kh8) 36. Rxa6 Rd4 37. Ra5 f4 38. Nc3 Ne3 {intending ...Rd2.} 39. Kf2 Kh6 $2 (39... Rd2+ {keeps fighting.} 40. Kf3 Rxb2 41. Rxh5 Rb3) 40. Ra6+ Kg5 41. Rd6 Ng4+ ({Of course not} 41... Nd1+ 42. Kf3 $18) (41... Rb4 $142 42. Rd2 Nc4 43. Rd5+ Kf6) 42. Ke2 {White is clearly winning.} Rb4 43. Rd5+ Kh4 44. Rb5 Rd4 45. a5 {[%cal Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} Nxh2 46. a6 Rd6 47. Ra5 Re6+ 48. Kf2 Ng4+ 49. Kf3 Ne5+ 50. Kxf4 Nc6 51. g3+ (51. Ne4 $142 Rg6 52. Rg5) 51... Kh3 52. Ne4 {Precision: White = 75%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "KAZ-ch 2018"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2018.04.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ismagambetov, Anuar"]
[Black "Kostenko, Petr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,111,14,64,0,0,0,0,-2,57,49,63,56,105,-21,37,61,105,47,146,152,185,170,149,177,324,324,366,148,137,120,126,70,67,0,0,0,0,-99,-92,-276,-68,-312,45,48,43,-13,-12,-12,-12,-12,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-3,-3,-8,0,0,0,-6,-6,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Nf3 h6 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} (6... c5 7. dxc5 a6 8. Be3 Ne7 9. Be2 Be4 10. Ng5 Nxe5 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. c3 Nf5 13. Bd4 Nc6 14. O-O {½-½ (41) Anand,V (2776)-Caruana,F (2784) Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden 2018}) 7. Be2 Qc7 8. O-O Ne7 9. Bd2 Bh7 {LiveBook: 12 Games} 10. Ba5 (10. a4 $14) 10... b6 $11 11. Bd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Bb4 Nf5 12. Bxf8 Rxf8 13. c4 Qb7 14. cxd5 cxd5 {1-0 (44) Golubchikov,A (1828)-Logunov,E (1563) Uljanovsk 2015}) 11... c5 12. c4 dxc4 (12... Rb8 $11) 13. Bxc4 $14 Nc6 14. Bf4 Rd8 15. Bg3 (15. d5 $16) 15... Qb7 (15... Ndb8 $11) 16. Qe2 Ndb8 {[%cal Rc5d4]} 17. Rfd1 (17. Rad1 $1 $16) 17... cxd4 (17... Be7 $1 $14) 18. Nbxd4 {Threatens to win with Bb5.} Be7 19. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 20. Bxe6 a6 (20... Kf8 {was necessary.} 21. Bd5 Rxd5 22. Rxd5 Qa6) 21. Nh4 $18 g6 {[#] next ...Nd4 is good for Black.} 22. Qg4 (22. Nf5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512] White wants to mate with Ng7+.} Bg8 (22... gxf5 23. Qh5+) 23. Bxg8 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Rxg8 25. Nxh6) 22... h5 $16 23. Qf4 {[%csl Ge6][%cal Rf4f7]} Bc5 24. Nf3 ({Stronger than} 24. Qf6 Rf8 $17) (24. Rxd8+ $1 $16 Nxd8 25. Bb3) 24... Rf8 $14 25. Qh6 ({White should try} 25. Qc4 $14) 25... Rxf3 $1 $11 26. gxf3 {Black must now prevent Bd5.} Nd4 27. Rxd4 (27. Bh3 $1 $11) 27... Rxd4 $17 28. b4 $2 (28. Bb3 $17) 28... Rxb4 $2 (28... Bxb4 $19 {Hoping for ...Nc6.} 29. f4 Bf8) 29. Rd1 $2 (29. Bb3 $15) 29... Rd4 $2 (29... Qxf3 $19 30. Rc1 {[#]} h4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 31. Bxh4 g5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 32. Qxg5 Nc6) 30. Rxd4 $14 Bxd4 31. f4 ({White should play} 31. Qf4 $14 Bc5 32. Qf6) 31... Qe7 $11 {The position is equal.} 32. Bd5 Nd7 33. e6 Nf6 34. Bc6+ $1 Kd8 {[#] And now ...Ng8 would win.} 35. f5 $1 {[%mdl 512] Strongly threatening Qf4.} gxf5 36. Qf4 {[%cal Rf4b8]} Bxf2+ $1 37. Bxf2 {[%cal Rf4b8]} Qxe6 38. Bxb6+ Ke7 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black has counterplay} 39. Bc5+ Kf7 40. Qc7+ Kg6 41. Qg3+ Ng4 42. Qd6 Qxd6 43. Be8+ Kf6 44. Bxd6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} Bg6 45. Bc6 Bf7 46. a3 Ne5 47. Bb7 Bc4 48. Bc7 f4 49. Bc8 f3 50. Kf2 Be2 51. h3 Nf7 52. Bb7 Ng5 53. Bd8+ Kf5 54. Bxg5 Kxg5 55. Bxf3 Bb5 56. Bxh5 {Precision: White = 46%, Black = 34%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "KAZ-ch 2018"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2018.04.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kazakov, Konstantin"]
[Black "Makhnev, Denis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,90,19,23,32,-42,-35,-44,-45,-77,-61,-115,-117,-108,-90,-79,-94,-106,-105,-98,-94,-148,-155,-143,-149,-155,-152,-156,-122,-152,-147,-152,-127,-148,-28,-39,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,57,6,10,0,81,75,69,6,28,-291,-291,-981,-971,-1012,-954,-1008,-983,-1108,-1080]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. Ba4 Ba7 {C78: Ruy Lopez: Archangelsk and Möller Defences} 8. Nbd2 (8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 Ne7 10. Nbd2 Ng6 11. Nf1 c6 12. Ng3 d5 13. Bb3 dxe4 14. dxe4 Qxd1 15. Rxd1 {½-½ (15) Grischuk,A (2750)-Tomashevsky,E (2696) Moscow 2017}) 8... O-O 9. Re1 Ng4 10. Re2 f5 11. h3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Nf6 {[%cal Bg4f6,Bf6h5,Bh5f4][%mdl 32]} 12. Nf1 ({White should try} 12. d4 $1 $14) 12... fxe4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nh5 13. Ng5 Qf6 14. Rc2 Qg6 15. Bb3+ Kh8 {0-1 (38) Eswaran,A (2226)-Tokhirjonova,G (2328) Bhubaneswar 2016}) 13. dxe4 Nh5 14. N1h2 Kh8 15. Ng4 (15. Be3 $15) 15... Qe8 16. Qd3 Nf4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is on the roll.} 17. Bxf4 Rxf4 18. g3 Rf8 19. Kg2 Qh5 20. Nfh2 (20. Rh1 $142) 20... Nd8 $17 21. Bb3 Ne6 22. Bxe6 Bxe6 23. Rf1 g5 ({Inferior is} 23... Bxa2 24. c4 $16) 24. b3 Rf7 25. f3 Rd8 26. Rd2 c6 ({Better is} 26... Rdf8 $17 27. Re1 Kg8) 27. Qe2 $11 Kg7 28. Rfd1 Rfd7 29. Nf1 {[%cal Bh2f1,Bf1g3,Bg3f5][%mdl 32]} Qf7 30. Nge3 {[%cal Bg4e3,Be3f5,Bf5d6][%mdl 32]} d5 31. g4 d4 32. Nf5+ Kh8 33. cxd4 exd4 34. N1g3 c5 35. e5 Rd5 36. Nd6 Qe7 (36... Qd7 $1 $11) 37. Re1 (37. Qe4 $14) 37... Bb8 38. Qe4 Qf8 (38... R5xd6 $1 $11 {remains equal.} 39. exd6 Qxd6) 39. Ngf5 $16 Rd7 40. a4 (40. b4 $14) 40... Qg8 $11 41. f4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (41. b4 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 41... R5xd6 $1 $19 42. exd6 $2 (42. Nh6 Qg6 43. f5 Qxh6 44. exd6) 42... Bd5 {Black is clearly winning.} 43. Qxd5 Qxd5+ 44. Kf2 Rd8 45. Re5 Qc6 {Precision: White = 46%, Black = 68%.} 0-1

[Event "KAZ-ch 2018"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2018.04.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ibrayev, Nurlan"]
[Black "Igambergenov, Alibek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2394"]
[BlackElo "2296"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:19]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 3. d5 {[%emt 0:00:37]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 4. cxb5 {[%emt 0:01:22]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 5. bxa6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 6. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 7. e4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:08]} 8. Nf3 {[%emt 0:05:32]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:02:57]} 9. Nd2 {[%emt 0:02:27]} Bxa6 {[%emt 0:04:36]} 10. Bxa6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qxa6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 11. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Qxe2+ {[%emt 0:00:40]} 12. Kxe2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 13. Rd1 {[%emt 0:05:00]} Re8 {[%emt 0:11:44]} 14. Kf1 {[%emt 0:02:18]} Na6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 15. Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:04:12]} 16. f3 {[%emt 0:29:20]} exd5 {[%emt 0:09:14]} 17. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Nc2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 18. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Reb8 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 19. b3 {[%emt 0:11:30]} Ne8 {[%emt 0:11:33]} 20. Bf4 {[%emt 0:12:06]} Rb4 {[%emt 0:08:02]} 21. Ne4 {[%emt 0:10:35]} Bd4 {[%emt 0:11:03]} 22. a4 {[%emt 0:03:42]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 23. Ned6 {[%emt 0:03:38]} Nc7 {[%emt 0:11:15]} 24. Nxf5 {[%emt 0:08:50]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:01:25]} 25. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:03:06]} 26. Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Nc3 {[%emt 0:01:42]} 27. Bxc5 {[%emt 0:01:03]} Rxb3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 28. Rxb3 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Nxb3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 29. Rd3 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Nxc5 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 30. Rxc3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rxa4 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 31. Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Ra5 {[%emt 0:02:20]} 32. Re3 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 33. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Ra6 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 34. Nc4 {[%emt 0:01:39]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 35. Rd3 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Ra2+ {[%emt 0:00:12]} 36. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rxg2+ {[%emt 0:00:35]} 37. Kxg2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Nf4+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 38. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nxd3+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 39. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 40. Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Ne6+ {[%emt 0:31:22]} 41. Ke5 {[%emt 0:30:01]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 42. f4 {[%emt 0:01:02]} Nd8 {[%emt 0:01:34]} 43. Ne3 {[%emt 0:02:25]} Nf7+ {[%emt 0:02:58]} 44. Kd5 {[%emt 0:01:04]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 45. Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 46. Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 47. Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 48. Nf8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} h4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 49. Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} h3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 50. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nd8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 51. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 52. Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nxf4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 53. Nb8 {[%emt 0:00:14]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 54. Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} g4+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 55. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 56. Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Nh5+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 57. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 58. Ne6+ {[%emt 0:00:18]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 59. Ng5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 60. Nf7+ {[%emt 0:00:19]} Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 61. Nd8 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Ng7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 62. Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 63. Nb4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Ke5 0-1

[Event "KAZ-ch 2018"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2018.04.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Saiyn, Zhanat"]
[Black "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,48,32,27,72,62,75,47,87,70,74,67,72,71,156,148,149,50,43,50,45,28,32,0,0,0,0,0,0,-57,-14,-27,54,56,41]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. e3 d5 4. Nc3 g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O b6 8. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32] D94: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 5 e3} Bb7 9. a5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Na6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... bxa5 10. Qa4 dxc4 11. Qxa5 Nbd7 12. Bxc4 c5 13. dxc5 Qc8 14. Ba6 Bxa6 15. Qxa6 Qxa6 16. Rxa6 Nxc5 {0-1 (69) Sevian,S (2620)-Li,C (2744) Tbilisi 2017}) 10. cxd5 {White is better.} cxd5 11. Qb3 (11. b4 $5) 11... Qd6 12. Bd2 Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Ng5 Nc5 (14... Bd5 $142 15. Bc4 e6) 15. dxc5 $16 Qxd2 {[#]} 16. Bc4 (16. Nxf7 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} Bd5 (16... Rxf7 17. Bc4) 17. Bc4 Bxf7 18. axb6) 16... Qxb2 $14 17. Bxf7+ Kh8 {Threatens to win with ...Qxb3.} 18. a6 ({Not} 18. axb6 $2 Qxb3 19. Bxb3 Bxa1 $19) 18... Bc6 {[%cal Bb7c6,Bc6b5,Bb5d3][%mdl 32] Strongly threatening ...Qxb3.} 19. Rac1 Bb5 20. Rfd1 Bd3 21. cxb6 axb6 22. Nh3 ({Better is} 22. Bc4 $11 Qxf2+ 23. Kh1) 22... Rxa6 {White must now prevent ...Ra3.} 23. Nf4 Ra3 (23... b5 $11) 24. Qe6 {[%mdl 1024] Nxg6+! would kill now. White has compensation.} Ra5 {Precision: White = 62%, Black = 40%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "KAZ-ch 2018"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2018.04.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Suleymenov, Alisher"]
[Black "Agmanov, Zhandos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2351"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 4. a3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 6. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 7. e3 {[%emt 0:01:23]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:01:53]} 8. Qc2 {[%emt 0:02:00]} O-O {[%emt 0:01:01]} 9. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} exd5 {[%emt 0:01:12]} 10. Bd3 {[%emt 0:02:26]} c5 {[%emt 0:08:09]} 11. O-O {[%emt 0:01:31]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:06:05]} 12. Bf4 {[%emt 0:08:00]} Ndf6 {[%emt 0:08:39]} 13. dxc5 {[%emt 0:17:39]} bxc5 {[%emt 0:02:41]} 14. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:01:20]} 15. Qxc3 {[%emt 0:09:07]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:10:19]} 16. Rac1 {[%emt 0:04:27]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:04:23]} 17. Qc2 {[%emt 0:05:56]} a5 {[%emt 0:11:18]} 18. h3 {[%emt 0:10:13]} h6 {[%emt 0:07:17]} 19. Qe2 {[%emt 0:11:59]} Qe6 {[%emt 0:09:42]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "KAZ-ch 2018"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2018.04.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nogerbek, Kazybek"]
[Black "Zhalmakhanov, Ramazan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2323"]
[BlackElo "2271"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 4. Ba4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} Be7 {[%emt 0:01:41]} 6. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:09]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 7. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:12]} 8. h3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} d6 {[%emt 0:04:17]} 9. c3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Nb8 {[%emt 0:02:27]} 10. d4 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 11. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 12. Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 13. Nf1 {[%emt 0:04:02]} Re8 {[%emt 0:09:14]} 14. d5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:02:19]} 15. Ng3 {[%emt 0:00:29]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 16. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:54]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 17. Be3 {[%emt 0:02:31]} c4 {[%emt 0:02:12]} 18. a4 {[%emt 0:00:56]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:02:07]} 19. Ra3 {[%emt 0:01:37]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:02:19]} 20. Qd2 {[%emt 0:02:10]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 21. Rea1 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Rab8 {[%emt 0:10:26]} 22. axb5 {[%emt 0:07:00]} axb5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 23. Qd1 {[%emt 0:01:05]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:04:10]} 24. Rxa8 {[%emt 0:14:40]} Rxa8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 25. Rxa8 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Bxa8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 26. Qa1 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 27. Qa7 {[%emt 0:01:22]} Nfd7 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 28. Nf1 {[%emt 0:03:28]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:18:12]} 29. N1d2 {[%emt 0:02:11]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:01:19]} 30. Qxb6 {[%emt 0:05:33]} Nxb6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 31. b3 {[%emt 0:08:47]} cxb3 {[%emt 0:07:24]} 32. Nxb3 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:04:44]} 33. Nfd2 {[%emt 0:08:47]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:04:16]} 34. Na5 {[%emt 0:14:40]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 35. Nc6 {[%emt 0:01:20]} Bg5 {[%emt 0:05:26]} 36. Bxg5 {[%emt 0:01:40]} hxg5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 37. Nb1 {[%emt 0:01:18]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:01:56]} 38. Nb4 {[%emt 0:03:37]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:14:49]} 39. f3 {[%emt 0:06:24]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 40. Na3 {[%emt 0:05:44]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "KAZ-ch 2018"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2018.04.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kostenko, Petr"]
[Black "Saiyn, Zhanat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,67,13,26,12,34,11,16,12,13,18,6,5,4,0,0,0,0,-10,16,-2,0,-27,30,30,42,28,44,32,28,29,33,0,0,0,0,0,5,0,0,0,18,0,0,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,-14,-16,-21,-13,-28,-38,-51]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7b6,Bb6d5][%mdl 32]} 7. Nh4 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} (7. Be2 Be7 8. h3 h6 9. O-O O-O 10. a3 a6 11. Rc1 Ne4 12. Qb3 Qb6 13. Qa2 Rac8 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15. b4 dxc4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Nd2 Bd3 18. Nxc4 Bxc4 19. Rxc4 {1-0 (59) Laznicka,V (2647)-Short,N (2678) Riadh 2017}) 7... Bg6 (7... Be4 $5) 8. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. c5 Qxb3 11. axb3 Nh5 12. b4 Be7 13. Bc7 Rc8 14. Be5 f6 {1-0 (54) Schemm,H (1903)-Opitz,B (1893) Bayern 2012}) 8... dxc4 9. Nxg6 {The position is equal.} hxg6 10. Bxc4 Nb6 11. Bd3 Nbd5 12. Bg3 Bd6 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Bxg3.} 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Qb3 Qb4 15. Qc2 Qa5 16. Be2 O-O ({Black should try} 16... g5) 17. O-O $11 Rad8 18. Rfc1 Qc7 19. Rab1 e5 20. Nxd5 Rxd5 21. Bc4 Rd7 22. dxe5 Qxe5 23. Rd1 Rfd8 24. Rxd7 Rxd7 25. b4 Qf5 26. Qxf5 gxf5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 27. Bb3 Rd2 28. Rd1 Rxd1+ 29. Bxd1 {KB-KN} Nd5 30. a3 $1 Nc3 31. Bb3 Nb5 32. a4 Nc7 33. Kf1 b5 34. axb5 {Precision: White = 50%, Black = 62%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "KAZ-ch 2018"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2018.04.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kazakov, Konstantin"]
[Black "Ibrayev, Nurlan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2394"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,132,29,41,37,48,47,48,45,54,51,54,55,160,146,157,152,160,146,155,150,153,155,147,152,156,158,156,135,144,153,276,238,280,128,139,110,110,111,110,100,99,110,112,110,143,131,192,160,152,151,195,188,274,0,0,-9,-9,-130,-122,-108,-122,-120,-118,-116,-153,-152,0,0,129,0,0,0,0,0,6,8,8,-43,-66,-351,-355,-1970,-1902,-6007,-1001,-29967,-29968,-4827,-551,-554,-564,-550,-546,-550,-546,-519,-497,-616,-480,-29965,-29969,-29965,-29967,-29957,-29950,-29967,-29948,-29978,-29979,-29979,-29980,-29980,-29981,-29981,-29982,-29982,-29982,-29985,-29985]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 e6 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} 7. g4 h6 (7... b5 8. Bg2 Bb7 9. g5 Nfd7 10. O-O Be7 11. f4 O-O 12. Qg4 Re8 13. Be3 Nc6 14. Rad1 {1-0 (51) Demchenko,A (2645)-Areshchenko,A (2652) Tbilisi 2017}) 8. Bg2 Nc6 {LiveBook: 6 Games. White has an edge.} 9. h4 g6 10. g5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. f4 b5 12. a3 Bb7 13. g5 hxg5 14. fxg5 Nh5 15. Rh3 Bg7 16. Bd2 {0-1 (41) Sanchez Delgado,L (2053)-Franco Alonso,A (2425) Parla 2007}) 10... hxg5 11. Bxg5 Be7 12. Qd2 Qc7 13. O-O-O Ne5 (13... Bd7 $14) 14. f4 $1 $16 {[%cal Rf4e5]} Nc4 15. Qd4 e5 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. Qf2 Qb6 18. Qe2 $1 {[%cal Re2c4]} Be6 19. Nd5 (19. Rhf1 Ng4 $15) 19... Bxd5 20. exd5 Rc8 {[#]} 21. d6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxd6 22. Qxe5 Nc4 (22... Qc7 $16 {is a better defense.} 23. Nd4 Nde4) 23. Qe2 $18 {Rhf1 is the strong threat.} Rc7 24. h5 (24. Rd4 $18 {has better winning chances.} Na5 25. Rd3) 24... Rxh5 $16 {...Qe6 would now be nice for Black.} 25. Rxh5 Nxh5 26. Bxe7 $40 {[%csl Ge7][%cal Rd1d8][%mdl 128] White goes for the king.} Qe3+ 27. Qxe3 Nxe3 28. Bg5 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Rd1d8]} Nxd1 29. Kxd1 f6 30. Be3 f5 (30... Re7 $16) 31. Bf3 Nf6 32. Nc5 $1 f4 33. Bd4 ({Stronger than} 33. Bxf4 Rxc5 34. Bxb7 a5 $11) 33... g5 (33... Ke7 $142 34. b4 (34. Bxb7 a5 $18) 34... Nd7 35. Bxb7 a5) 34. Ne6 $2 ({Much less strong is} 34. Bxf6 $6 Rxc5 35. Bxb7 g4 $18) (34. b4 $18 b6 35. Ne6 (35. Bxf6 bxc5 36. Bxg5 cxb4 $16)) 34... Rd7 $11 35. c3 (35. Bxb7 $5 Rxb7 36. Bxf6 Rd7+ 37. Ke2 $14) 35... g4 36. Be2 (36. Nc5 $11 Rxd4+ 37. cxd4 gxf3 38. Nxb7) 36... f3 $17 {[%mdl 1024] Black has strong compensation.} 37. Bd3 g3 38. Bg6+ Ke7 39. Ng5 f2 40. Ke2 {[#]} Nd5 $2 (40... Rxd4 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 41. cxd4 Ng4) 41. Be4 $11 Kd6 {[#]} (41... Nf4+ $1 $11 42. Kf1 Rd8) 42. Kf1 (42. Bf3 $1 $16) 42... Re7 43. c4 Nf4 44. Be3 Nh5 {aiming for ...Nf6.} 45. Bd2 {Threatens to win with Bb4+.} Kc5 46. Bf3 (46. b3 $11) 46... Nf6 $15 47. b3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (47. Nh3 $1 $15) 47... Kd4 $19 48. Bb4 $2 (48. Nh3 Ne4 49. Bb4) 48... Re5 49. Nh3 Rf5 (49... Ke3 $142 50. Kg2 Rf5) 50. Bg2 Ng4 51. Ke2 Nh2 (51... Ne3 $142 52. Bc3+ Kxc3 53. Kxe3 f1=Q 54. Bxf1 Rxf1) 52. Bd6 f1=Q+ 53. Bxf1 Nxf1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KBN} 54. Bf4 g2 {Hoping for ...Rxf4!} 55. Kf3 Ne3 56. Kg3 Rf8 57. Bxe3+ (57. Kf3 $19) 57... Kxe3 {Black mates.} 58. Kxg2 {KR-KN} Rd8 59. Kg3 Rd2 60. Nf4 Rxa2 61. Nd5+ Kd4 62. Nf4 Kc3 63. Ne6 Kxb3 64. c5 Kc4 65. Nd8 Kxc5 66. Nxb7+ Kd5 {Precision: White = 48%, Black = 54%.} 0-1

[Event "KAZ-ch 2018"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2018.04.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Makhnev, Denis"]
[Black "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,120,3,6,-14,-18,-18,-25,-17,-10,-14,-13,-14,-10,-8,-5,-6,0,-48,-46,-46,-21,-22,-56,-22,-18,-12,-19,-26,-26,-26,-26,-31,-23,-29,-21,-33,-30,-54,-9,-9,-6,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-3,0,-3,0,0,0,-5,-4,-8,-5,-5,-5,-8,-5,-5,-5,-8,-8,-8,-4,-6,-2,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-2,-3,-2,-8,-8,-8,-8,-11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e3 d5 7. Bd3 c5 8. dxc5 a5 {LiveBook: 41 Games} 9. Qc2 {E11: Bogo-Indian} (9. Rb1 Bxc5 10. O-O Nc6 11. Qc2 Qe7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. e4 h6 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Re1 Be6 16. Bh7+ Kh8 {0-1 (44) Bogdanovich,S (2590)-Kuzubov,Y (2661) Lvov 2014}) 9... Nbd7 10. cxd5 $146 {[#] Threatens to win with d6.} ({Predecessor:} 10. O-O Nxc5 11. Be2 a4 12. b4 axb3 13. Nxb3 Nxb3 14. Qxb3 Qa5 {½-½ (14) Gavrikov,V (2550)-Kochyev,A (2505) Tallinn (Estland) 1985}) 10... Nxc5 11. Be2 {Black has an edge.} Nxd5 12. Ne4 b6 13. Nxc5 Bxc5 14. Bd3 Nf6 15. O-O Bb7 16. Bd2 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Qd5 {White must now prevent ...Rfd8.} 18. Be2 Rac8 {And now ...Bxe3! would win.} 19. Bc3 $1 Bb4 20. axb4 axb4 21. Ra4 bxc3 22. bxc3 Qg5+ 23. Kh1 Nd5 24. Rc4 Qf6 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. c4 b5 {Hoping for ...bxc4.} 27. Rb1 $1 {The position is equal.} bxc4 {[#]} 28. Qxc4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qd8 (28... Rd8 {seems wilder.} 29. Rc1 Ne7 30. Kg2 g5 31. Bd3 Rc8) (28... Rxc4 29. Rb8+) 29. Qd4 g6 (29... h6 {with more complications.} 30. Ba6 Ra8 31. Bb7 Rb8 32. Rb3 Nf6) 30. Bc4 Ne7 31. Qxd8+ Rxd8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 32. f4 Nf5 33. Kg1 Kg7 34. Be2 Rd2 35. Bf3 h6 36. Kf1 Ra2 37. Re1 g5 38. fxg5 hxg5 39. Re2 Ra1+ (39... Ra7 {keeps more tension.} 40. Rb2 Ra1+ 41. Ke2 Nh4 42. h3 f5) 40. Re1 Ra4 (40... Ra7 {is interesting.} 41. Rb1 Nh4 42. Bd1 Ra3 43. h3 Kf6) 41. h3 Nh4 42. Be2 f5 43. Rb1 Kf6 44. Rc1 Rb4 45. Ra1 Rb2 46. Rc1 e5 47. Ra1 e4 48. Bd1 Rb6 49. Ke1 Ng6 50. Be2 f4 51. Ra6 Rxa6 52. Bxa6 {KB-KN} Ke5 53. Ke2 Ne7 54. Bb7 Nf5 55. Ba8 Nh6 56. f3 fxe3 57. Kxe3 Nf5+ 58. Ke2 $1 Nd4+ 59. Ke3 Nf5+ 60. Ke2 $1 Nd4+ {Precision: White = 80%, Black = 71%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "KAZ-ch 2018"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2018.04.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Agmanov, Zhandos"]
[Black "Ismagambetov, Anuar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,89,22,52,39,37,18,47,48,55,52,48,54,49,51,49,46,62,37,53,41,79,45,35,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-13,-6,-6,-8,-21,-21,-294]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 Be7 {B55: Sicilian: 2...d6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 Nf6 5 f3} (6... Be6 7. c4 Nbd7 8. Be3 b5 9. Na3 a6 10. cxb5 d5 11. bxa6 dxe4 12. Bb5 Nd5 13. Bc5 Nf4 14. O-O Bxb3 15. Qxd7+ Qxd7 16. Bxf8 Rxf8 17. axb3 Rxa6 18. Bxd7+ Kxd7 {½-½ (27) Vitiugov,N (2721)-Duda,J (2710) Czech Republic 2018}) 7. c4 Nc6 8. Be3 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 9. Nc3 a4 10. Nd2 Qa5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Bd8 13. Kh1 Bb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Be6 14. Rc1 Nd7 15. Ndb1 Bb6 {½-½ (59) Saulina,V (2272)-Ziaziulkina,N (2345) Moscow 2013}) 14. Bxb6 Qxb6 15. Nxa4 Qb4 16. b3 Nh5 17. g3 Nd4 18. Rc1 Be6 19. Nb1 f5 20. exf5 Bxf5 21. Qe1 Qxe1 {The position is equal.} 22. Rfxe1 Bd7 23. Nb6 Rxa2 24. Nxd7 Nxe2 25. Rxe2 Rxe2 26. Nxf8 Kxf8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 27. Nc3 Rf2 28. Ne4 Rxf3 29. Nxd6 Rxb3 30. Re1 Ke7 31. Nxb7 {[#] Threatens to win with Nc5.} Nxg3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 32. hxg3 {Strongly threatening Nc5.} Rxb7 33. Rxe5+ {KR-KR} Kf6 34. Re3 Rb2 35. Rc3 Ke6 36. c5 Rb7 37. Kg2 Kd5 38. Kf3 Rf7+ 39. Kg4 Rf6 40. Rd3+ Kxc5 41. Rd7 Rg6+ 42. Kf4 Kc6 43. Ra7 Kd5 44. g4 h6 {[#]} 45. g5 $1 {[%mdl 8704] Precision: White = 65%, Black = 55%.} 0-1

[Event "KAZ-ch 2018"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2018.04.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Igambergenov, Alibek"]
[Black "Nogerbek, Kazybek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2296"]
[BlackElo "2323"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,94,75,64,64,16,35,-8,25,8,33,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,39,44,68,64,67,69,59,66,77,32,26,43,70,35,95,99,107,35,41,0,86,74,72,71,72,79,78,42,110,100,80,24,34,34,29,29,44,0,0,0,0,0,0,-15,0,-34,-34,-41,-33,-39,-8,-37,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d6 {E11: Bogo-Indian} 7. Bd3 (7. Be2 c5 8. d5 e5 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. Nf1 a6 11. Bd2 Nh5 12. g3 g6 13. Ne3 Ng7 14. Bd3 {½-½ (35) Ding,L (2774)-Carlsen,M (2837) Saint Louis 2017}) 7... c5 8. d5 e5 9. h3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Nbd7 10. g4 a6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Ne8 11. Nf1 g6 12. Ng3 Ng7 13. Bh6 Nf6 14. Qc2 {½-½ (35) Sokolov,I (2603)-Stillger,B (2322) Netherlands 2018}) 11. a4 Rb8 12. Nf1 b5 13. g5 Ne8 14. cxb5 axb5 15. Bxb5 Nc7 16. Bd3 Ba6 17. b3 Rb4 18. Ng3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 g6 20. Bd2 c4 21. bxc4 Nc5 22. Qc2 Rb2 23. Qd1 $1 f5 24. gxf6 Rxf6 {[#] And now ...Nd3+ would win.} 25. Ra3 $1 Qc8 {[#]} 26. Bc3 (26. Nh2 $1 $16) 26... Rb8 $14 27. Bd2 Qa6 (27... Rb2 $11) 28. O-O $16 Qxc4 29. Qc1 Qxc1 30. Rxc1 N7a6 31. Kg2 Rff8 (31... Nb3 $14) 32. Be3 Rb4 33. Nd2 ({Better is} 33. a5 $16) 33... Nxa4 34. Rc4 Rxc4 $1 35. Nxc4 N6c5 36. Bxc5 (36. Nf1 {seems wilder.} Rb8 37. Nfd2 Rb4 38. Na5 Bf8 39. Nc6) 36... Nxc5 37. Ra7 Rf7 38. f3 Nd3 39. Nd2 h5 40. Rb7 Kf8 41. Rb8+ Kg7 42. Rb7 Kg8 43. Ra7 (43. Ne2 {is more complex.} Ne1+ 44. Kh1 Kf8 45. Rb8+ Kg7 46. Rb7) 43... Bh4 44. Rxf7 {The position is equal.} Kxf7 45. Ne2 Ke7 46. Kf1 Kd7 47. Nc4 Be7 {Precision: White = 41%, Black = 35%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "KAZ-ch 2018"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2018.04.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Zhalmakhanov, Ramazan"]
[Black "Suleymenov, Alisher"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2271"]
[BlackElo "2351"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:01:57]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 3. c3 {[%emt 0:01:03]} e6 {[%emt 0:13:28]} 4. Bb5 {[%emt 0:05:02]} Nge7 {[%emt 0:16:43]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:25]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 6. Ba4 {[%emt 0:00:31]} b5 {[%emt 0:04:58]} 7. Bc2 {[%emt 0:01:51]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:12:52]} 8. d4 {[%emt 0:19:21]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 9. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:55]} g6 {[%emt 0:08:00]} 10. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:19:35]} Nxc6 {[%emt 0:02:30]} 11. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Be7 {[%emt 0:07:17]} 12. Nd2 {[%emt 0:08:54]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:14]} 13. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:04:31]} 14. a4 {[%emt 0:03:50]} b4 {[%emt 0:01:41]} 15. c4 {[%emt 0:00:53]} Na5 {[%emt 0:09:20]} 16. b3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 17. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 18. e5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} d4 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 19. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:15:03]} Qd5 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 20. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:03:36]} 21. Qb1 {[%emt 0:05:14]} Qc5 {[%emt 0:03:49]} 22. Ra2 {[%emt 0:02:08]} Qc3 {[%emt 0:03:56]} 23. Bd1 {[%emt 0:01:50]} Qd3 {[%emt 0:01:58]} 24. Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Qc3 {[%emt 0:02:26]} 25. Bd1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 26. Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qc3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "KAZ-ch 2018"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2018.04.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Black "Kostenko, Petr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,65,23,23,23,16,18,35,35,39,35,31,31,30,27,26,33,28,30,68,47,65,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,37,33,77,70,72,50,56,58,100,94,111,127,140,128,130,114,159,126,148,152,477,488,469,466,1337,1325,29985,1250,2308,1162]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 {White is slightly better.} Bd6 (8... h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. Be5 Nhf6 12. Bg3 Nh5 13. Nd2 Nxg3 14. hxg3 {1-0 (46) Karjakin,S (2753)-Caruana,F (2811) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 9. O-O c6 10. Bf4 Qc7 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. h3 h6 13. Qc2 {[#]} g5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... O-O 14. a3 Rfe8 15. Rfe1 Re7 16. b4 {½-½ (16) Flumbort,A (2435)-Erdos,V (2622) Hungary 2018}) 14. b4 Rg8 15. e4 ({Better is} 15. a4 $14) 15... dxe4 $11 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Nf6 18. Bf5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Bd5 19. Ne5 {[%cal Bf3e5,Be5d3,Bd3c5][%mdl 32]} Rd8 20. a3 Kf8 21. Rad1 Rg7 22. Rfe1 Ng8 23. Nd3 f6 24. Nc5 Re7 {[#]} 25. Rxe7 $1 Qxe7 26. Qc3 {aiming for Re1.} Re8 {[#]} 27. Bd7 $1 {[%cal Rd7e8]} Qe2 28. Rc1 Rd8 $2 (28... Re7 $16 {is tougher.} 29. Bc8 b5) 29. Re1 $18 Qc4 30. Qg3 Qxd4 (30... Rxd7 $142 31. Nxd7+ Kg7) 31. Qc7 {Threatening mate with Be6.} Ra8 32. Qxb7 (32. Be6 $142 Ne7 33. Bxd5 Qxc5 34. bxc5 Nxd5 35. Qxb7 Re8 36. Rxe8+ Kxe8 37. Qxc6+ Kf7 38. Qxd5+ Kg7 39. c6) 32... Rd8 33. Qb6 {Precision: White = 80%, Black = 21%.} 1-0

[Event "KAZ-ch 2018"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2018.04.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ismagambetov, Anuar"]
[Black "Zhalmakhanov, Ramazan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2271"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,107,16,20,14,50,46,47,51,50,13,13,20,84,40,46,42,86,83,76,0,25,0,85,84,84,91,128,112,96,105,97,17,15,25,19,18,26,14,18,16,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-9,-2,-10,125,123,113,0,0,0,77,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,0,-74,354,335,290,312,328,322,290,194,2287,2341,2272,2229,1557,1986,29998,29999]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O g6 8. Nb3 Bg7 9. Bg5 O-O {LiveBook: 23 Games} 10. Qd2 {B70: Sicilian Dragon: 6 g3 and 6 Be2 (without a later Be3)} (10. Kh1 a6 11. f4 Rc8 {½-½ (11) Jerez Perez,A (2373)-Oratovsky,M (2499) Catalunya 2014}) 10... a5 {With the idea ...a4.} 11. a4 Be6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Nb4 12. Nd4 Bc6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. Bf3 Rfd8 16. Rfe1 Rab8 17. Ne2 d5 {0-1 (41) Eriksson,K (2068)-Eriksson,J (2231) Stockholm 2016}) 12. Rad1 {White is slightly better.} Rc8 13. Kh1 Qb6 14. Bb5 Nb4 (14... Ne5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 15. Be3 Qc7 16. f3 d5 17. Bf4 $1 {[%cal Rf4c7]} (17. exd5 Nfxd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 $11) 17... Qb6 {[#] ...dxe4 would now be nice for Black.} 18. Be3 (18. exd5 Nfxd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 $17) (18. e5 $1 $16 {[%cal Re5f6]} Nd7 19. Rfe1) 18... Qc7 $11 19. Bf4 ({Better is} 19. Nc5 $11) 19... Qb6 $16 {[#] Black wants to play ...dxe4.} 20. e5 $1 {[%cal Re5f6]} (20. exd5 Nfxd5 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 $15) 20... Nd7 21. Be3 Qc7 22. f4 b6 23. Nd4 Nc5 24. f5 (24. Nxe6 $16 fxe6 25. g3) 24... Bxf5 $11 25. Nxf5 gxf5 26. Rxf5 e6 $1 {[%cal Re6f5]} 27. Rg5 f6 28. exf6 Rxf6 29. Bd4 Rg6 30. Rxg6 hxg6 31. Qg5 Bxd4 32. Rxd4 Qg7 33. Rg4 Rf8 34. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5,Bh5g6][%mdl 32]} (34. Qxg6 Qxg6 35. Rxg6+ Kf7 $17) 34... Kh7 35. h5 Rf5 (35... Qf6 $11 {remains equal.} 36. hxg6+ Kg7) 36. hxg6+ $16 Kg8 37. Qd8+ (37. Qh4 $16) 37... Rf8 $11 38. Qg5 (38. Qh4 $11) 38... Rf5 $16 39. Qd8+ ({White should play} 39. Qh4 $16) 39... Rf8 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black is fighting back} 40. Be8 {Intending Bf7+ and mate.} Qe5 {[%cal Rf8f1]} 41. Kg1 {Strongly threatening Qh4.} ({But not} 41. Bf7+ $2 Kg7 $19) 41... Qe1+ 42. Kh2 {aiming for Qc7.} Qe5+ 43. g3 {Hoping for Qh4.} Qh5+ 44. Rh4 Qxg6 45. Qxb6 Qxc2+ (45... Rxe8 $11 46. Qxc5 Qxc2+ 47. Kg1 Qg6) 46. Kh3 $17 Rxe8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (46... Qf5+ $17 {stays on course.} 47. Rg4+ Kh8) 47. Qc7 {Rg4+ would kill now.} Qf5+ 48. Rg4+ Qxg4+ 49. Kxg4 Nbd3 50. Kh5 {Threatening mate with Kh6.} ({Resist} 50. Qxa5 Kf7 $18) 50... e5 $2 (50... Rf8 51. g4 (51. Kg6 Nd7 $14) 51... Rf7 52. Qd8+ (52. Qxa5 Nf4+ 53. Kh4 Ncd3 $18) 52... Kg7 53. Qxa5 Nd7) 51. Nxd5 $18 Re6 52. Ne7+ Kf7 53. Ng6+ Ke8 54. Qc8+ {Precision: White = 63%, Black = 60%.} 1-0

[Event "KAZ-ch 2018"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2018.04.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ibrayev, Nurlan"]
[Black "Makhnev, Denis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2394"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,102,7,31,19,30,27,29,22,25,24,26,10,22,6,12,13,37,27,25,20,64,9,12,15,16,0,12,0,0,6,12,-15,-3,-10,0,-33,18,-40,8,0,0,0,0,-6,7,0,19,15,26,9,19,0,0,-203,-178,-196,-91,-86,-84,-84,-23,-91,-45,-54,-51,-58,-39,-48,-25,-180,-197,-206,-204,-209,-185,-219,-222,-233,-231,-238,-245,-564,-556,-554,-456,-510,-509,-607,-589,-591,-579]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. h3 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} Bd6 7. Nc3 c5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 8. Nd2 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 8. O-O O-O 9. Nd2 Be6 10. Nc4 Nd7 11. Nxd6 cxd6 12. f4 f5 13. exf5 Rxf5 {1-0 (30) Anand,V (2779)-Topalov,V (2760) Saint Louis 2016}) 8... Be6 9. Nc4 Nd7 10. Be3 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. b3 Re8 13. Qd2 a6 14. a4 f6 15. f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 Nb8 17. Ne3 (17. Nd5 $14 Bxd5 18. exd5) 17... Nc6 $11 18. Ned5 Bd6 19. Rf2 Ne5 20. a5 b5 21. axb6 cxb6 22. Ne3 b5 23. Ncd5 a5 24. c4 a4 ({Better is} 24... b4 $15) 25. bxa4 (25. cxb5 $11 axb3 26. Rb1) 25... bxa4 26. Qd1 Bd7 27. Nf5 Bf8 28. Bg3 {Threatening Nh6+!} Ra6 29. Rb2 g6 30. Nfe3 f5 31. exf5 {f6 is the strong threat.} gxf5 32. Kh1 Bg7 {White must now prevent ...Ng4.} 33. Rb7 $2 {[#]} (33. Raa2 $1 $11) 33... Ng6 $1 $19 {Hoping for ...f4.} 34. Bf2 Bd4 (34... f4 $19 35. Ng4 h5) 35. Ra2 $17 Bc6 36. Rb1 Qg5 ({Black should try} 36... Bxe3 $17 37. Nxe3 Nf4) 37. Qf3 (37. Qg1 $11) 37... f4 38. Ng4 {Strongly threatening Bxd4.} h5 $1 $36 {[%cal Rh5g4][%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 39. Nh2 Bxd5 (39... Be3 $5) 40. cxd5 Bxf2 41. Rxf2 $2 {[#]} (41. Qxf2 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} Qxd5 42. Ra3) 41... Re3 $1 $19 {[%cal Re3f3]} 42. Qd1 Qxd5 43. d4 a3 {[%cal Ba4a3,Ba3a2][%mdl 32]} 44. Qf1 c4 45. Nf3 Ne7 {[%cal Bg6e7,Be7f5,Bf5e3][%mdl 32]} 46. Ne5 Nf5 47. Qxc4 $2 (47. Kh2 {was the crucial defense.} a2 48. Ra1 Nxd4 49. Nxc4) 47... Qxc4 {Black is clearly winning.} 48. Nxc4 a2 49. Ra1 Rb3 50. Nd2 Rb2 51. Rxf4 Ne3 {Precision: White = 31%, Black = 57%.} 0-1

[Event "KAZ-ch 2018"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2018.04.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Saiyn, Zhanat"]
[Black "Agmanov, Zhandos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,22,0,-2,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 c5 5. O-O cxd4 6. Nxd4 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. c4 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} (8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. e4 dxe4 10. Bxe4 Qc7 11. Bg2 Be7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Re1 Rad8 14. Qe2 h6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 {½-½ (107) Caruana,F (2802)-Nakamura,H (2786) chess.com INT 2017}) 8... Nc6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bd2 {LiveBook: 10 Games} Rc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Be7 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 f6 13. Qc1 O-O 14. Rd1 Qb6 15. Bd5 Bxd5 16. Rxd5 {½-½ (45) Adly,A (2637)-Halkias,S (2571) Riadh 2017}) 11. Nc3 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "KAZ-ch 2018"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2018.04.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Suleymenov, Alisher"]
[Black "Igambergenov, Alibek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2351"]
[BlackElo "2296"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "12"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} c5 {[%emt 0:01:17]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:02:35]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 5. Nf3 {[%emt 0:16:52]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:06:56]} 6. Nc3 {[%emt 0:02:33]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:01:25]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "KAZ-ch 2018"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2018.04.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nogerbek, Kazybek"]
[Black "Kazakov, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2323"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,129,7,0,-28,-33,-53,66,20,147,-44,-49,-47,-40,-41,-46,-53,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,0,-71,-86,-122,-103,-124,-50,-70,-68,-97,-101,-159,-110,-123,-106,-137,-118,-122,-75,-66,-70,-122,289,290,284,268,288,286,291,291,286,282,253,264,320,309,338,324,308,297,296,297,292,291,289,282,269,256,438,497,493,493,449,361,573,573,718,655,1001,993,1349,1318,7626,7144,12838,5716,29962,29962,29961,29963,29959,29961,29954,5736,29974,29974,29975,29975,29979,29980,29979,29980,29980,29981]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. c3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. d3 Qd6 {C88: Closed Ruy Lopez: Anti-Marshall Systems} 12. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2e4,Be4g5,Bg5e6][%mdl 32]} Rad8 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 13. d4 $146 {[%cal Rf3e5]} ({Predecessor:} 13. Ne4 Qd7 14. a4 Kh8 15. axb5 axb5 16. d4 exd4 17. cxd4 f6 18. Nc3 Ncb4 19. Qe2 {1-0 (36) Kamsky,G (2705)-Bacrot,E (2709) Elista 2007}) 13... Qg6 {aiming for ...Nf4.Black has an edge.} 14. Ne4 Kh8 (14... exd4 $15 15. cxd4 Na5) 15. Neg5 f5 (15... Bxg5 $11 {keeps the balance.} 16. Bxg5 f6) 16. Nh4 $2 (16. dxe5 Nf4 $17) (16. Rxe5 $16 Bxg5 17. Rxd5 (17. Bxd5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Qb6 $16) 17... Bxc1 18. Rxc1) 16... Qe8 $15 17. Nhf3 e4 18. Ne6 {Threatens to win with Bxd5.} exf3 19. Qxf3 Qd7 20. Nxf8 Bxf8 21. Bg5 $1 {Bxd5 is the strong threat.} Nce7 22. Re5 Rb8 23. Rae1 Nf6 24. Qe2 (24. Be6 $11 Qe8 25. Qe3) 24... Ned5 $1 $17 25. Bc2 g6 26. a4 Bc6 (26... Bd6 $17 27. Bxf6+ Nxf6 28. axb5 axb5 29. Rxb5 Re8 30. Qxe8+ Nxe8 31. Rxb7 Qc8) 27. axb5 axb5 28. Qd2 Bd6 29. R5e2 (29. b3 $142) 29... Qf7 30. Qc1 Rf8 31. Bh6 Rg8 32. Bg5 Bd7 33. Bb3 c6 34. f3 ({Better is} 34. Bxf6+ $15 Qxf6 35. Bxd5 cxd5 36. Qa1) 34... Bg3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (34... Ra8 $17 35. Qd2 Qf8) 35. Re7 $1 $18 {[%cal Re7f7,Be2e7,Be7d7,Bd7d6][%mdl 544]} Qf8 (35... Nxe7 36. Bxf7) 36. Bxd5 $1 Nxd5 37. Rxd7 Bxe1 38. Qxe1 {And now Qe5+ would win.} Qe8 39. Qe5+ Qxe5 40. dxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Re8 41. f4 Kg8 42. Rd6 Rc8 43. e6 Kf8 44. Kf2 h6 {[#]} 45. e7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxe7 46. Bxe7+ ({Resist} 46. Bxh6+ $6 Kf7 $18) 46... Kxe7 47. Rxg6 {KR-KR} Ra8 $2 (47... Kd7 48. Rg7+ (48. Rxh6 Ra8 $18) 48... Ke6) 48. Rxc6 Ra2 49. Rxh6 Rxb2+ 50. Kg3 Rc2 (50... Kf7 $142 51. Rb6 Ke7) 51. Rb6 $1 Rxc3+ 52. Kh4 Rb3 53. g4 b4 54. g5 Rf3 55. Rxb4 Kf7 56. Rb7+ Kg6 57. Rb6+ Kg7 58. Rf6 Rxf4+ 59. Kh5 Rf1 60. Ra6 f4 61. Ra7+ {White mates.} Kf8 62. g6 {[%cal Bg5g6,Bg6g7][%mdl 32]} Rh1 63. g7+ Kg8 {[#]} 64. Kg6 $1 {[%cal Ra7a8]} Rg1+ {[#]} 65. Kh6 $1 {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 38%.} 1-0

