[Event "Northumbria Masters 2018"]
[Site "Newcastle upon Tyne"]
[Date "2018.02.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Donchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Haria, Ravi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,125,16,29,43,42,34,33,28,32,40,28,23,41,51,39,53,51,50,73,85,85,87,90,77,79,92,102,90,89,87,85,113,98,108,57,59,66,64,53,55,50,54,22,32,20,28,11,33,8,6,8,25,10,12,12,54,55,27,21,18,20,28,17,20,17,18,7,63,35,102,92,82,78,72,65,162,157,160,161,319,319,526,541,575,560,512,530,692,694,664,558,707,654,881,873,884,877,858,815,757,780,1189,1278,2414,1622,4722,4722,4627,4627,4722,4718,5057,2373]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Ne5 c5 8. dxc5 Qc7 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7} 9. Nxc4 Rd8 (9... Qxc5 10. b3 Rd8 11. Nbd2 Nc6 12. Bb2 Qb5 13. e3 Bd7 14. a4 Qa6 15. g4 Be8 16. g5 Nd7 17. Qg4 Nde5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Rxd2 {½-½ (31) Matlakov,M (2701)-Blomqvist,E (2574) Caleta 2017}) 10. Qb3 Nc6 {White is slightly better.} 11. Be3 {Black must now prevent Nc3.} e5 12. Rc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Nc3 Nd4 13. Bxd4 exd4 14. Na4 Be6 15. Rac1 Rab8 16. Qd3 {0-1 (41) Goriatchkin,J (2318)-Haria,R (2416) Doha 2015}) 12... Nd4 13. Bxd4 $1 exd4 14. Ncd2 Rb8 15. Na3 Be6 16. Qd3 Qe5 17. Nf3 Qh5 18. Nb5 Bxc5 19. Nbxd4 Bg4 20. e3 Bb6 {[#] aiming for ...Bxf3.} 21. Qf1 Ne4 22. Rc2 Re8 23. Nd2 Ng5 24. h4 (24. N2b3 $16) 24... Bxd4 $1 $14 25. exd4 Be2 26. Qc1 Ne6 $1 27. Nb3 Bf3 28. Qf1 Rbd8 29. Rd2 Rd5 30. Re1 Red8 31. Rd3 Bxg2 32. Qxg2 h6 33. Qe4 b6 34. Kg2 Nc5 35. Nxc5 bxc5 36. Qf3 {Hoping for dxc5.} Qxf3+ 37. Kxf3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} R8d7 38. Re8+ Kh7 39. Ke2 cxd4 40. Rb3 h5 (40... g5 $11) 41. Kd3 $14 g6 (41... Kg6 $14) 42. Rb4 Rf5 43. f4 ({Don't play} 43. Rxd4 $6 Rxd4+ 44. Kxd4 Rxf2 $11) 43... Rc5 44. Rxd4 Rxd4+ (44... Rdc7 $14) 45. Kxd4 $16 {KR-KR} Rc2 46. Rb8 Rg2 $2 {[#]} (46... Rd2+ 47. Ke3 Rg2) 47. Rb3 $1 $18 Rc2 $2 (47... Rg1 48. Ra3 Kg7) 48. a4 {White is clearly winning.} a5 49. Kd3 Rc1 50. Rc3 Ra1 51. b3 Rd1+ 52. Kc4 Rd8 53. Kb5 Rd5+ 54. Kb6 Kg7 55. Rc5 Rd3 56. Rb5 Rxg3 57. Kxa5 Rg4 58. Kb6 Rxh4 59. a5 {[%cal Ba4a5,Ba5a6,Ba6a7][%mdl 32]} Rxf4 60. a6 Re4 61. a7 Re6+ 62. Ka5 Re1 63. Ka6 {Precision: White = 73%, Black = 35%.} (63. Kb4 $142 Re4+ 64. Kc3) 1-0

[Event "Northumbria Masters 2018"]
[Site "Newcastle upon Tyne"]
[Date "2018.02.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vakhidov, Jakhongir"]
[Black "Raetsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2362"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,73,35,37,30,92,97,95,63,128,116,217,145,150,139,141,39,33,23,31,32,81,62,70,76,113,119,92,86,206,108,129,104,390,390,385,366,473,482,652,639,866,835,833,802,834,829,1067,1043,1275,1220,1174,1615,1652,1629,2484,2441,1685,29958,6299,5181,2161,1855]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nc6 3. d4 Bg4 4. Bg2 Qd7 5. O-O O-O-O 6. c3 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} f6 7. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} e5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 8. b5 {White is slightly better.} Na5 $146 (8... Nce7 $11 {keeps the balance.}) ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 8... Nb8 9. dxe5 Qxb5 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. Be3 Bc5 12. Bxc5 Qxc5 13. Ne5 Bh5 {0-1 (54) Frank,P (2223)-Horvath,A (2535) Austria 2016}) 9. Qa4 $1 $16 {[%cal Ra4a5]} Nc4 10. dxe5 Bc5 ({Better is} 10... a6 $14) 11. Nbd2 Nxe5 (11... Bxf3 $16 12. exf3 (12. Nxf3 Qg4 $16) (12. Bxf3 Nxe5 13. Nb3 Nxf3+ 14. exf3 Bb6 $14) 12... Nxd2 13. Bxd2 fxe5) 12. Nb3 Bb6 13. Nxe5 fxe5 {[#]} 14. Bg5 (14. c4 $1 $16) 14... Nf6 $14 15. Bxf6 gxf6 {[#]} 16. Bxd5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} h5 (16... Qxd5 17. Qxg4+) 17. Rad1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Kb8 18. Bf3 $1 Qxd1 19. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 20. Kg2 Bc8 (20... Bxf3+ $16 {might work better.} 21. Kxf3 h4) 21. h4 (21. Qh4 $18) 21... f5 $16 {aiming for ...e4.} 22. e3 {[%cal Be2e3,Be3f4][%mdl 32]} Rdd8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (22... Rb1 $16) 23. c4 $18 {[%cal Bc3c4,Bc4c5][%mdl 32]} e4 {[#]} 24. Be2 $1 c5 25. bxc6 f4 26. exf4 e3 27. c5 Bc7 28. fxe3 Rhe8 29. Kf2 Re6 30. Nd4 Re4 31. Bf3 Rexd4 32. exd4 b6 33. Kg2 Be6 34. d5 Rxd5 35. Bxd5 Bxd5+ 36. Kh2 Bf3 37. f5 {Precision: White = 68%, Black = 24%.} 1-0

[Event "Northumbria Masters 2018"]
[Site "Newcastle upon Tyne"]
[Date "2018.02.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tan, Justin"]
[Black "Derakhshani, Borna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2317"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,77,27,22,46,23,50,54,71,67,62,58,62,64,83,83,88,85,97,143,179,173,317,308,317,303,301,304,292,221,221,221,222,221,266,257,257,246,267,200,196,199,262,247,245,217,346,358,562,420,412,411,412,411,406,377,469,462]} 1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Nf3 e6 7. d4 Be7 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Nf6 11. a3 b6 12. Bc2 a5 {D42: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch: 5 cxd5 Nxd5 6 e3 Nc6 7 Bd3} (12... Ba6 13. Be3 Rc8 14. Ne5 Bb7 15. Bb3 Na5 16. Ba2 Bxa3 17. Bxe6 Bxb2 18. Nxf7 Rxf7 19. Rxa5 Bxc3 20. Rxa7 Bd5 21. Bxf7+ Bxf7 {½-½ (36) Babula,V (2595)-Illescas Cordoba,M (2601) Istanbul 2012}) 13. Bg5 h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Ba6 14. Qd2 Rc8 15. Qf4 Bc4 16. Qh4 g6 17. d5 Bxd5 18. Rad1 Nh5 19. Nxd5 Bxg5 20. Nxg5 exd5 {½-½ (66) Stefanov,E (2241)-Dyulgerov,D (1987) Albena 2015}) 14. Bf4 Ba6 {White is slightly better.} 15. Qd2 Re8 16. Rad1 Bf8 17. Ba4 Rc8 18. Ne5 Bb7 19. Qd3 Bd6 20. Qh3 Nd5 21. Nxd5 exd5 {[#]} (21... Bxe5 $142 22. dxe5 exd5) 22. Nxf7 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Kxf7 23. Qf5+ Kg8 24. Qxd5+ Kh8 25. Rxe8+ (25. Qxd6 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Qxd6 $18) 25... Qxe8 26. Qxd6 ({Don't do} 26. Bxd6 $6 Rd8 $16) 26... Rd8 {[#]} 27. Qc7 $1 Rxd4 28. Be3 Rxa4 29. Qxb7 Qh5 {[%cal Rh5d1]} 30. Rc1 $40 {[%mdl 128] White attacks with force.} Rc4 {[#] ( -> ...Rxc1+)} 31. Re1 $1 Ne5 (31... b5 {is a better defense.} 32. h3 Kh7) 32. h3 ({Resist} 32. Bxb6 Nd3 $16) 32... Nd3 33. Rf1 b5 (33... Kh7 {was worth a try.} 34. Qxb6 Nf4) 34. b3 Rh4 (34... Rc2 $142 35. Bd4 Qg5) 35. Qc8+ Kh7 36. Qc2 Qg6 37. Rd1 Nf4 38. Qxg6+ Kxg6 39. g3 {Precision: White = 87%, Black = 30%.} 1-0

[Event "Northumbria Masters 2018"]
[Site "Newcastle upon Tyne"]
[Date "2018.02.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hebden, Mark L"]
[Black "Macklin, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2307"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,75,19,30,16,30,7,13,13,33,35,35,17,26,16,10,-35,0,26,7,0,0,0,31,18,16,17,13,9,12,0,0,0,55,42,85,76,114,121,128,85,100,77,131,137,147,137,160,177,152,93,72,83,88,87,210,196,197,197,205,215,204,206]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 Nc6 5. Bb5 a6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. h3 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 {B00: Queen's Fianchetto Defence, Nimzowitsch Defence} Rb8 10. Rb1 (10. b3 Nd7 11. Ne2 c5 12. c4 Bb7 13. Nc3 cxd4 14. Nxd4 c5 15. Nde2 f5 16. exf5 gxf5 {0-1 (48) Oleksienko,M (2636)-Zubov,A (2604) Lvov 2017}) 10... Nd7 11. Qd2 {The position is equal.} Re8 12. b3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Rfd1 e6 13. e5 Qe7 14. Bh6 Bh8 15. Bg5 f6 16. Bh4 Qf8 17. exf6 Nxf6 {0-1 (47) Nevanlinna,R (2266)-Vlasenko,M (2415) Jyvaskyla 2017}) 12... Bb7 13. Bh6 Bh8 14. Ng5 e6 15. f4 f6 (15... c5 $15 16. dxc5 Nxc5) 16. Nf3 $11 f5 17. Bg5 Qc8 18. Rbe1 fxe4 19. Nxe4 c5 20. dxc5 Bxe4 $1 21. Rxe4 Nxc5 22. Rc4 Qb7 23. Qe3 Qd5 (23... Qb6 $11) 24. Nh2 $14 h5 25. Bh4 {[%cal Bg5h4,Bh4g3,Bg3f2,Bf2c5][%mdl 32]} Rf8 26. Nf3 Rbe8 27. Bg3 Bf6 28. Qe2 a5 (28... Rf7 $142) 29. Rd1 $16 Qf5 30. Bf2 e5 31. Bxc5 {Threatens to win with Bf2.} exf4 32. Qd3 (32. Qd2 $142 {Strongly threatening Bf2.} dxc5 33. Qxa5) 32... Qxd3 33. Rxd3 {[#] aiming for Ba3.} dxc5 34. Rxc5 Re7 (34... a4 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 35. Rxa5 $18 {White is clearly better.} Rfe8 36. Rc5 g5 37. Nxg5 Re1+ 38. Kh2 {Precision: White = 78%, Black = 41%.} 1-0

[Event "Northumbria Masters 2018"]
[Site "Newcastle upon Tyne"]
[Date "2018.02.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gourlay, Iain"]
[Black "Plat, Vojtech"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A24"]
[WhiteElo "2371"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,99,36,11,32,37,38,27,49,49,49,49,50,46,47,35,58,50,47,37,69,68,64,62,104,111,102,94,140,141,162,159,146,150,154,166,291,291,291,287,291,269,363,355,429,417,446,322,311,313,330,279,279,275,299,297,283,259,484,329,326,266,304,207,198,185,202,194,168,14,25,0,10,14,13,0,53,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 g6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. d3 c6 6. e4 e5 7. Nge2 d6 8. O-O a5 9. Rb1 {LiveBook: 4 Partien. A24: Englische Eröffnung} Be6 10. b3 Na6 11. d4 $146 {Weiß steht etwas besser.} ({Vorgänger:} 11. h3 Nh5 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Bc8 14. Be3 Nc5 {1-0 (58) Florescu,C (2416)-Manescu,T (2354) Satu Mare 2003}) 11... Qd7 12. d5 cxd5 13. cxd5 Bh3 14. f3 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Ne8 {[%cal Bf6e8,Be8c7,Bc7b5][%mdl 32]} 16. Be3 b5 17. a4 Nec7 18. axb5 Nxb5 19. Na4 $36 {[%cal Bc3a4,Ba4b6,Bb6c4][%mdl 2080] Droht stark Sb6. Weiss drückt.} Rab8 20. Nb6 Qd8 21. Nc4 Nb4 22. Ra1 Nd4 23. Bxd4 exd4 24. Rxa5 ({Bitte nicht} 24. Nxd4 $6 Bxd4 25. Qxd4 Nc2 $11) 24... Qf6 25. Nf4 Ra8 {[#]} (25... Rb7 {war einen Versuch wert.} 26. Qd2 Rfb8) 26. Qd2 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd2b4]} Rxa5 27. Nxa5 Na6 {[%cal Bb4a6,Ba6c5,Bc5a4,Ba4b2][%mdl 32]} 28. Nc6 Nc5 29. b4 Na4 30. Ne2 {[%cal Bf4e2,Be2d4,Bd4b3][%mdl 32]} d3 31. Qxd3 Qb2 32. Rf2 Ra8 33. Ned4 Qa1 34. Nb3 Nb2 35. Qc2 ({Und nicht} 35. Nxa1 Nxd3 36. Rd2 Ne1+ 37. Kf2 Bc3 $11) 35... Qa6 36. b5 Qb6 $2 (36... Qa4 37. Nbd4 Nc4) 37. Nbd4 Na4 38. Qc4 Nc5 39. Ra2 Rxa2+ 40. Qxa2 Bxd4 41. Nxd4 Nxe4 {[#]} 42. fxe4 $2 (42. Qa8+ $1 $18 Kg7 43. Qa1 (43. fxe4 Qxd4 44. Qe8 Qd3 $11)) 42... Qxd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KD-KD} 43. Qc2 Qb4 44. Qe2 Qd4 45. Kf3 Kg7 (45... Qf6+ $11 46. Kg2 Qd4) 46. Qe3 (46. Qc2 $14) 46... Qf6+ $11 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} 47. Qf4 Qc3+ 48. Qe3 Qf6+ 49. Qf4 Qc3+ 50. Qe3 {Precision: Weiß = 63%, Schwarz = 47%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Northumbria Masters 2018"]
[Site "Newcastle upon Tyne"]
[Date "2018.02.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Welling, Gerard"]
[Black "Gormally, Daniel W"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,149,0,26,-11,1,16,73,41,23,22,66,-51,-83,-52,-27,-15,-22,-32,-31,-104,-47,-36,0,0,0,-13,24,33,43,45,45,0,0,0,0,0,84,92,123,115,130,68,106,112,104,102,185,183,201,197,223,221,214,216,250,223,225,206,242,235,220,90,93,100,91,106,93,0,0,0,0,-2,-2,-2,-2,-2,-2,-2,-1,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,76,0,0,0,0,-85,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-59,-9,-60,-58,-57,-61,-132,-132,-280,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. g3 d5 4. Nd2 Nf6 5. Bg2 Bg4 6. f3 {B20: Sicilian: Unusual White 2nd moves} Bh5 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 7. g4 (7. Ne2 e5 8. O-O dxe4 9. dxe4 Be7 10. Nc4 O-O 11. Qxd8 Rfxd8 12. a4 Nd7 13. Nc3 Nb4 {½-½ (45) Savitskiy,S (2415)-Yuffa,D (2534) Sochi 2016}) 7... Bg6 8. f4 {[%cal Bf3f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32]} h5 (8... h6 $11) 9. f5 Bh7 10. g5 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 10. h3 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 e6 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 {0-1 (39) Day,A-Thomas,N (2230) Brighton 1985}) 10... Ng4 {Hoping for ...Ne3.} 11. Nf1 (11. exd5 $14 Nd4 12. Nc4) 11... dxe4 12. Bxe4 g6 13. Nf3 {Black must now prevent fxg6.} Bg7 14. fxg6 Bxg6 15. Qe2 {[#]} (15. Bxc6+ $15 bxc6 16. h3) 15... Qd7 ({Black should try} 15... c4 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 16. Ne3 (16. dxc4 Nd4) 16... cxd3 17. cxd3 Rc8) 16. h3 $15 Nge5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Bf4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Ng6 20. O-O-O O-O-O 21. Be3 Qb5 $1 {[%cal Rb5b2]} 22. Qf5+ $1 Kb8 23. c3 Rhf8 (23... Be5 $11) 24. Qxc5 $16 Qa4 25. Qc4 Qa5 26. Qb3 ({Better is} 26. Nd2 $16) 26... Qf5 27. Qa4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} a6 28. Qe4 Qa5 (28... Qxe4 $16 29. dxe4 Be5) 29. Kb1 $18 Rd6 30. Nd2 Re6 31. Qf3 Qb5 32. Nb3 a5 33. c4 Qc6 34. Qxc6 bxc6 35. Rhe1 Be5 36. Nxa5 (36. Nc5 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.} Rd6 37. Nb3) 36... Bg3 $16 37. Re2 Bc7 38. Nb3 {Strongly threatening Nc5.} Nf4 39. Bxf4 (39. Ree1 $16 Ng2 40. Nc5 Rxe3 41. Rg1) 39... Rxe2 $11 40. Nd4 Rg2 41. Nxc6+ Kb7 42. Bxc7 Kxc6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} 43. Bf4 f6 44. gxf6 Rxf6 45. Bc1 Rf3 46. b4 e5 47. b5+ Kc5 48. Ba3+ Kb6 49. Bb2 Re2 50. h4 Kc5 {[#]} (50... e4 $11) 51. Ba3+ (51. Bxe5 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} Rff2 (51... Rxe5 52. d4+) 52. Bc3) 51... Kb6 {White should prevent ...e4.} 52. Bb2 e4 53. dxe4 (53. Bd4+ $1 $11 {remains equal.} Ka5 54. Bc3+ Ka4 55. b6 exd3 56. b7) 53... Rxe4 (53... Kc5 $17 54. e5 Kxc4) 54. Bd4+ $1 Ka5 55. b6 Ka6 56. c5 {With the idea c6.} Kb7 57. Kb2 (57. Bg1 $11) 57... Re2+ {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 58. Ka1 (58. Kb1 $11) 58... Rh3 $15 59. Rc1 {White wants to mate with c6+.} Kc6 60. Rb1 (60. Rd1 $15) 60... Rhh2 $17 {[%csl Gh2][%cal Re2a2]} 61. Bb2 (61. Rg1 $17 {was called for.}) 61... Rc2 $2 {[#]} (61... Rxh4 $19 {aiming for ...Rxb2!} 62. Rd1 Rhh2) 62. b7 $1 $11 {[%cal Rb7b8] The position is equal.} Kxb7 {And now ...Kc6 would win.} 63. Be5+ Kc6 {[%csl Gh2][%cal Rc2a2]} 64. Bxh2 Rxh2 {KR-KR} 65. Rb4 Kxc5 66. Rf4 Kb5 67. a4+ Ka6 68. Kb1 Ka5 69. Kc1 Ra2 70. Rf5+ Kxa4 71. Rxh5 Kb3 72. Kd1 Kc4 73. Ke1 Kd4 74. Rb5 Ke3 {( -> ...Ra1+)} 75. Rb3+ {Precision: White = 51%, Black = 51%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Northumbria Masters 2018"]
[Site "Newcastle upon Tyne"]
[Date "2018.02.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Longson, Alexander"]
[Black "Greet, Andrew N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2307"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,80,18,19,19,18,27,27,24,26,20,21,21,23,20,17,20,23,24,23,27,43,53,49,59,0,0,0,0,0,243,231,262,245,312,310,352,239,224,237,238,227,230,212,206,196,209,182,226,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Be7 11. c3 O-O 12. Qf3 Qc7 13. Bb3 Bd7 14. Bf4 {LiveBook: 3 Games. C07: French Tarrasch: 3...c5, 4 Ngf3 and 4 exd5 Qxd5} (14. Re1 Rfe8 15. h3 Rad8 16. Bf4 Qb6 17. Re2 Nd5 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Rae1 Bc5 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Rxe8+ Bxe8 22. Qxd5 Bxd4 23. Qxd4 Qxd4 24. cxd4 {½-½ (30) Karjakin,S (2760)-Nakamura,H (2776) Zuerich 2015}) 14... e5 15. Bg3 $1 Bd6 16. Nf5 {White has an edge.} Bxf5 $1 17. Qxf5 e4 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Rad1 Qc7 20. Rd4 Rad8 21. Rfd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 21. Rc4 Qb8 {½-½ (43) Kolanek,R (2217)-Trzcinski,I (2290) ICCF email 2016}) 21... Rxd4 22. Rxd4 Re8 23. Rc4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Qe7 24. Qc5 h5 25. Qxa7 (25. Kf1 $14) 25... Ng4 $1 $11 {[#] Hoping for ...e3.} 26. h3 e3 $1 {[%cal Re3e2]} 27. fxe3 Ne5 $2 (27... Nxe3 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 28. Rf4 Qg5) 28. Re4 Kh8 29. Qd4 Qg5 30. Rf4 Rd8 31. Rf5 Qxf5 32. Qxd8+ Kh7 33. Qd5 g6 34. Qd2 ({Don't take} 34. Qxb7 $6 Qb1+ 35. Kh2 Qe1) 34... Qb1+ 35. Kh2 Qf1 36. Qd5 Qf6 37. Qxb7 $2 {[#]} ({White should try} 37. Bd1 $18) 37... Ng4+ {The position is equal.} 38. hxg4 Qh4+ 39. Kg1 Qe1+ 40. Kh2 Qh4+ {Precision: White = 80%, Black = 54%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Northumbria Masters 2018"]
[Site "Newcastle upon Tyne"]
[Date "2018.02.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Muir, Andrew J"]
[Black "Nasuta, Grzegorz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2286"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,90,-22,-13,-23,-22,-54,-19,-28,-11,-124,-75,-77,-83,-96,-102,-154,-144,-137,-132,-147,-48,-227,-233,-281,-233,-231,-233,-231,-231,-223,-217,-225,-224,-231,-230,-230,-227,-238,-225,-226,-229,-230,-209,-210,-183,-227,-210,-212,-213,-218,-214,-218,-210,-211,-207,-231,-211,-666,-671,-665,-622,-890,-802,-671,-789,-753,-745,-4694,-4161,-2301,-1428,-1795,-1746,-4810,-5724,-29968,-5438,-29975,-29975,-29983,-29984,-29987,-29988]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bg5 f6 5. Bf4 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 5. Bd2 Nc6 6. Nc3 e5 7. e4 Nxd4 8. Nxd5 Ne7 9. Bc4 Nxd5 10. Bxd5 Be6 11. Bxe6 Nxe6 {½-½ (49) Moiseenko,A (2667)-Ivanchuk,V (2726) Riadh 2017}) 5... Nc6 6. Nf3 {D10: Damengambit (Slawische Verteidigung)} g5 7. Be3 Nh6 {[%cal Bg8h6,Bh6f5,Bf5e3][%mdl 32]} 8. Nc3 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} Nf5 {Droht ...g4.} 9. h3 (9. Bd2 $11) 9... Nxe3 10. fxe3 Qd6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Schwarz hat starke Initiative.} 11. Qb3 Qg3+ 12. Kd2 (12. Kd1 $142) 12... e6 $17 13. e4 Bd7 14. e3 Qf2+ (14... Na5 $17 15. Qc2 Rc8 16. exd5 exd5) 15. Be2 $2 ({Der einzige Zug:} 15. Kd1 $1 $15) 15... Na5 $19 (15... Qxg2 $2 16. Rag1 $18) 16. Qd1 Nc4+ (16... Qxg2 17. Rh2 $17) 17. Kc1 Qxe3+ ({Keinesfalls} 17... Nxe3 18. Qd2) 18. Kc2 Rc8 {( -> ...La4+!)} 19. Bxc4 Rxc4 ({Schwächer ist} 19... dxc4 20. e5 $15) 20. Re1 {[#]} Ba4+ $1 21. Kb1 {Droht stark Dxa4+.} Bxd1 22. Rxe3 Bxf3 23. gxf3 dxe4 ({Bloß nicht} 23... Rxd4 24. exd5 e5 25. Kc2 $17) 24. Rxe4 Kf7 25. d5 exd5 26. Nxd5 Rc5 27. Rd4 Be7 28. b4 Rc6 {Und weiter mit ...Ld6 wäre nett.} 29. Nxe7 Kxe7 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KTT-KTT} 30. Kb2 {[#]} Rhc8 $1 31. Re1+ Re6 32. Rxe6+ Kxe6 {KT-KT} 33. f4 $2 (33. Re4+ Kf7 34. Rd4) 33... gxf4 34. Rxf4 f5 35. a3 Ke5 36. Rf1 Rc7 37. Re1+ Kd4 38. Rd1+ Ke3 39. Re1+ Kf2 40. Re5 f4 {[%cal Bf5f4,Bf4f3,Bf3f2][%mdl 32]} 41. Rf5 f3 42. h4 Kg3 43. h5 f2 {Schwarz setzt Matt.} 44. h6 Rc4 45. Rg5+ Rg4 {Precision: Weiß = 30%, Schwarz = 87%.} 0-1

[Event "Northumbria Masters 2018"]
[Site "Newcastle upon Tyne"]
[Date "2018.02.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Plat, Vojtech"]
[Black "Percivaldi, Martin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,129,-16,-54,-50,-52,-45,-53,-42,-49,-62,-68,-37,-29,-36,-29,-44,-39,-30,-48,-36,-29,-19,-25,-17,-8,-10,-9,-12,-54,-23,-29,0,0,0,0,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-67,0,-54,0,-87,-28,-57,14,21,24,24,54,-35,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-9,0,-8,8,-74,0,0,0,0,120,120,125,121,121,29,22,37,372,297,29968,29969,29970,29971,29970,29971,29971,29972,29975,29976,29976,29977,29977,29978,29978,29979,29979,29980]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 b5 8. e5 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 bxa4 10. Qxd4 O-O 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Rb8 13. Nd2 Rb4 {C84: Closed Ruy Lopez: Unusual White 6th moves} (13... c5 14. Qd3 Rb6 15. Ndc4 Re6 16. f4 a5 17. f5 Ra6 18. Bxf6 Rxf6 19. Ng4 d5 20. Nxf6+ Bxf6 21. Ne5 {0-1 (51) Rodriguez Vila,A (2405)-Rubinetti,J (2455) San Martin 1993}) 14. c4 c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Rb6 15. c5 Re6 16. Ndc4 Nh7 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. f4 Qf6 19. Ne3 d6 20. Nd5 Qd8 21. Nc6 dxc5 22. Nde7+ Rxe7 23. Qxd8 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Rxd8 25. Nxd8 Nf6 26. Re5 c4 27. Rc5 {1-0 (27) Cako,L (2233)-Meurs,T (2110) Hoogeveen 2008}) 15. Qc3 Re8 {Black is slightly better.} 16. Qc2 Rb6 17. Qxa4 Re6 18. Nd3 g5 19. Bg3 Bf8 20. Rxe6 Rxe6 21. Re1 Rxe1+ 22. Nxe1 Nh5 23. Nf1 Nxg3 24. hxg3 d5 25. cxd5 Qxd5 26. Qa5 Qe4 27. Ne3 Be6 28. N1c2 Qd3 29. b3 f5 30. Qb6 Kf7 31. Na3 Qd4 32. Nac2 Qe4 33. Qc7+ ({Much worse is} 33. Qxa6 f4 $19) 33... Be7 34. Kh2 (34. Na3 $11) 34... Kf6 (34... f4 $15 35. f3 fxg3+ 36. Qxg3 Qd3) 35. Qb8 (35. Qb6 $1 $11) 35... Kf7 (35... f4 $15 36. f3 fxg3+ 37. Kg1 Qd3 38. Qxg3 Bd6) 36. Na3 (36. Qc7 $11) 36... f4 (36... Qb4 $17 37. Qxb4 cxb4) 37. gxf4 gxf4 (37... Qxf4+ $15 38. Qxf4+ gxf4) 38. Nec4 $11 Qf5 39. Kg1 Kg7 40. Qe5+ (40. Qb7 $14 Kf6 41. Qb8 (41. Qxa6 Qd5 $11)) 40... Bf6 41. Qc7+ Kg6 42. Qc6 Qg4 43. Qd6 Bd4 44. Qxd4 cxd4 45. Ne5+ Kf5 46. Nxg4 Kxg4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} 47. Kf1 Kf5 {And now ...Ke4 would win.} 48. Ke2 Ke5 49. Nc2 {[#]} (49. Nc4+ $11 Kd5 50. Kf3) 49... Bd5 ({Black should try} 49... f3+ $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 50. Kxf3 Bd5+ 51. Kg3 d3) 50. f3 a5 51. Ne1 a4 (51... Kf5 $11) 52. Nd3+ Kf5 53. bxa4 {aiming for a5.} Bxa2 54. a5 ({White should play} 54. Nb2 $16) 54... Bc4 55. Kd2 {Black must now prevent Nb4.} h5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Better is} 55... Kg5 $1 $14) 56. Nb4 $1 $18 Kg5 $2 (56... Kg6 $18 57. a6 Bxa6 58. Nxa6 Kg5) 57. a6 {White mates.} Bxa6 58. Nxa6 {KN-K3P} Kh4 59. Ke2 Kg3 {[#]} 60. Kf1 $1 h4 61. Nc5 d3 62. Nxd3 h3 63. gxh3 Kxf3 {[#]} 64. Nf2 $1 Kg3 65. Ke2 {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "Northumbria Masters 2018"]
[Site "Newcastle upon Tyne"]
[Date "2018.02.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gormally, Daniel W"]
[Black "Gourlay, Iain"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2371"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,49,-10,-19,20,6,48,20,68,66,87,82,103,50,86,79,141,122,143,132,207,207,201,192,202,164,171,172,258,238,236,231,362,349,490,489,466,473]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 dxc4 (5... O-O 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. O-O Nc6 8. Qa4 Bd7 9. Bg5 Rb8 10. Rad1 Bxc3 11. bxc3 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qxc4 Rfc8 14. Nd2 Na5 15. Qb4 b6 {½-½ (67) Matlakov,M (2735)-Tomashevsky,E (2713) St Petersburg 2017}) 6. a3 {E20: Nimzo-Indian: 4 g3 and 4 f3} Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 O-O 8. Bg2 {LiveBook: 26 Games. The position is equal.} Nd5 9. Qc2 f6 10. Nd2 $146 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 10. a4 a5 11. Nd2 Nb6 12. O-O Rf7 13. Ba3 Qe8 14. Bc5 N8d7 15. Qa2 e5 16. Nxc4 Nxc4 17. Qxc4 Nxc5 18. Qxc5 c6 19. e3 Bf5 {½-½ (19) Akshat,K (2292)-Karthikeyan,P (2411) Bhubaneswar 2010}) 10... Nb6 11. O-O Nc6 12. a4 a5 13. e4 ({White should try} 13. Rd1 $16) 13... Bd7 14. Ba3 Ne7 ({Better is} 14... e5) 15. Bc5 $16 Bc6 16. Rfb1 Rc8 (16... Ra6 $16 {is a better defense.} 17. Bxb6 Rxb6) 17. Bxb6 $1 $18 cxb6 18. Nxc4 Be8 19. Nxb6 Rc6 20. Qb3 {Black must now prevent d5.} Bf7 (20... Nc8 $142) 21. d5 exd5 22. exd5 Nc8 (22... Rc7 $142 23. c4 Nc8 24. Nxc8 Qxc8) 23. Nd7 $1 Qxd7 (23... Rc7 $142) 24. dxc6 bxc6 25. Qb7 {Precision: White = 65%, Black = 18%.} 1-0

[Event "Northumbria Masters 2018"]
[Site "Newcastle upon Tyne"]
[Date "2018.02.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Greet, Andrew N"]
[Black "Welling, Gerard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,125,101,112,79,106,113,141,134,138,137,149,148,137,121,130,134,154,134,140,91,100,97,93,77,161,169,140,164,190,117,118,126,210,191,158,124,130,110,92,0,119,104,119,118,140,86,52,18,18,0,114,67,379,401,407,401,399,379,354,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-29994,-29995,-29995,-29996,-29996,-888,-868,-879,-837,-808,-711,-685,-693,-689,-625,-618,-679,-639,-1201,-1175,-1252,-1215,-1217,-1144,-5306,-6083,-5206,-1855,-29982,-29983,-29983,-29984,-29991,-29992,-29992]} 1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. e4 Nf6 4. h3 Bh5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Qe2 a6 7. g4 Bg6 {LiveBook: 50 Games} 8. g5 {A41: 1 d4 d6: Tartakower System and Modern Defence} Nfd7 9. Nh4 $1 e5 10. d5 {White is clearly better.} b5 11. Nxg6 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 11. Qg4 Nb6 12. Be3 N8d7 13. O-O-O b4 14. Nb1 Nc5 15. Nd2 Qd7 {0-1 (40) Granda Zuniga,J (2627)-Narciso Dublan,M (2536) Mexico City 2010}) 11... hxg6 12. h4 Be7 13. Bg2 Nb6 14. a4 b4 15. Nd1 a5 16. Ne3 N8d7 17. b3 Qc8 18. Bb2 Qa6 (18... c5 $16) 19. Qg4 $18 O-O-O 20. Bf1 Qa7 21. Bb5 (21. c3 $1 $18) 21... Kb8 $16 22. O-O-O Rh5 (22... Nc5 $16 23. Rdf1 Nbd7) 23. Kb1 Nc5 24. Ng2 Qb7 25. Rhe1 Qc8 26. f3 (26. Qe2 $1 $16) 26... Rdh8 {[#]} (26... Qxg4 $11 27. fxg4 Rhh8) 27. Qg3 $1 Qf8 28. f4 exf4 {[#]} 29. Qxf4 (29. Qg4 $142 $1) 29... f6 {[%cal Rf6g5]} 30. Rf1 fxg5 31. Qe3 Qg8 (31... Bf6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 32. Qe2 Rxh4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (32... Bf6 $14) 33. Nxh4 $18 Rxh4 34. Bc6 Qc8 35. Rf7 Rxe4 36. Qxe4 $2 ({Better is} 36. Qb5 $18) 36... Nxe4 $11 37. Rxe7 Qf5 $1 38. Rh1 Nxd5 39. Rh8+ $1 Ka7 40. Bd4+ Nc5 41. Bxc5+ dxc5 42. Bxd5 $1 Qxd5 43. Rxc7+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRR} Kb6 44. Re7 c4 45. Rb8+ Ka6 {( -> ...Qd1+)} 46. Rbe8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (46. bxc4 $11 Qh1+ 47. Kb2) 46... Qd1+ 47. Ka2 Qxc2+ 48. Ka1 Qc3+ (48... Qd1+ $142 49. Ka2 cxb3+ 50. Kb2 Qc2+ 51. Ka1 Qc1#) 49. Kb1 $19 Qxb3+ 50. Kc1 Qa3+ 51. Kd2 c3+ 52. Kd3 {[#]} c2+ $1 53. Kxc2 Qxa4+ 54. Kd3 {intending Re6+.} Qb3+ 55. Kd4 Qc3+ 56. Kd5 Kb5 57. Rb8+ Ka4 58. Re4 Qd3+ 59. Rd4 Qf5+ 60. Kc4 g4 {[%cal Bg5g4,Bg4g3][%mdl 32] Black mates.} 61. Rb6 g3 62. Rd1 Qc2+ 63. Kd4 {Precision: White = 68%, Black = 34%.} 0-1

[Event "Northumbria Masters 2018"]
[Site "Newcastle upon Tyne"]
[Date "2018.02.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nasuta, Grzegorz"]
[Black "Donchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,54,-2,-12,-6,0,0,0,-7,0,-1,0,2,0,-8,0,-56,-46,-48,-36,-25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} Qa5+ (6... e6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Nf3 c5 9. dxc5 Nd7 10. b4 Bxg5 11. hxg5 Ne7 12. Nc3 a5 13. Nb5 axb4 14. Nd6+ Kf8 {½-½ (52) Nepomniachtchi,I (2729)-Laznicka,V (2647) Riadh 2017}) 7. Nd2 e6 8. Ngf3 Ne7 9. O-O Nf5 10. c4 Be7 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 11. g3 Nd7 12. Rd1 Qa6 13. Qc2 $146 O-O 14. b3 Rac8 15. Bb2 b6 16. a4 g6 17. Ba3 (17. Nf1 $11) 17... c5 18. cxd5 cxd4 ({Much worse is} 18... Nxd4 $6 19. Qc4 $11) 19. Qb1 {Black must now prevent Bxe7.} Bxa3 20. dxe6 {The position is equal.} fxe6 {And now ...Be7 would win.} 21. Rxa3 Rc3 {[#]} 22. Nxd4 $1 {[%mdl 512] aiming for Ne4.} Nxe5 (22... Nxd4 23. Qxg6+) 23. Ne4 $1 {[%cal Re4c3]} (23. Nxe6 {[#]} Nxg3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 24. Nxf8 Ne2+ 25. Kh2 Qc8 $19) 23... Nxd4 24. Nxc3 Ne2+ 25. Nxe2 Qxe2 26. Ra2 Qg4 $1 27. Kg2 Qf3+ {Precision: White = 80%, Black = 73%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Northumbria Masters 2018"]
[Site "Newcastle upon Tyne"]
[Date "2018.02.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Merry, Alan B"]
[Black "Vakhidov, Jakhongir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,139,29,31,36,33,32,37,47,45,37,31,15,24,-15,0,-100,-92,-100,-100,-100,-100,-100,-100,-100,-100,-100,-100,-100,-100,-111,-123,-181,-182,-169,-154,-193,-155,-171,-59,-120,-112,-106,-101,-173,-118,-198,-67,-119,-71,-82,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 {[%cal Bg1f3,Bf3d4,Bd4b5][%mdl 32]} g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Nb5 {B38: Sicilian: Maroczy Bind with 5...Bg7 and 7...0-0} (7. Nb3 Qd8 8. Qd2 Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be2 d6 11. O-O a5 12. Nd4 a4 13. Ndb5 Qa5 14. f3 Be6 {½-½ (22) Bacrot,E (2715)-Iturrizaga Bonelli,E (2662) Linares 2017}) 7... Qa5+ 8. N1c3 Nf6 9. f3 O-O {LiveBook: 7 Games} 10. Be2 a6 11. Nd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 d6 13. O-O Be6 {[%cal Bc8e6,Be6c4,Bc4e2][%mdl 32] [#]} 14. Rb1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Qa4 Qxa4 15. Nxa4 {½-½ (29) Cyborowski,L (2555)-Nguyen,P (2393) Wroclaw 2012}) 14... Rfc8 15. b4 Qc7 16. Rc1 (16. Nd5 $11 {remains equal.} Bxd5 17. exd5 (17. cxd5 Nd7 $11)) 16... Bxc4 $17 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 ({Not} 17... exf6 $2 18. Nd5 $18) 18. Nd5 Bxe2 19. Rxc7 Bxd1 20. Nxf6+ exf6 21. Rxc8+ Rxc8 22. Rxd1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} Rc6 23. a4 Rc4 24. Rxd6 (24. b5 $17) 24... Rxb4 $19 25. a5 Rb5 26. Rd7 f5 27. exf5 gxf5 (27... Rxf5 $19 28. Rxb7 Rxa5) 28. f4 ({White should play} 28. Kf2 $15) 28... h5 $17 29. Kf2 h4 30. h3 {[%cal Bh2h3,Bh3g4,Bg4g5,Bg5g6][%mdl 32]} Kg7 ({Better is} 30... Rxa5 $19 {Threatens to win with ...Rb5.} 31. Rxb7 Ra2+ 32. Kf3 Kg7) 31. Rc7 (31. g4 $17 {was necessary.}) 31... Kf6 (31... Rxa5 $19 32. Rxb7 Ra2+ 33. Kf3 a5) 32. g4 $1 $15 fxg4 33. hxg4 Rxa5 (33... Kg6 $17 34. Kg2 Rb3) 34. Rxb7 $11 {The position is equal.} Ra2+ 35. Kg1 a5 36. Ra7 h3 37. Kh1 Ke6 38. g5 a4 (38... Ra1+ {is more complex.} 39. Kh2 Ra3 40. f5+ Kxf5 41. Rxf7+ Kg6) 39. Ra5 $1 Rf2 (39... Ke7 {looks sharper.} 40. Ra7+ Kf8 41. f5 a3 42. g6 Kg8) 40. Rxa4 Kf5 41. Ra6 Rxf4 42. Kh2 Kg4 43. g6 Rf2+ 44. Kg1 Rg2+ 45. Kh1 f5 46. Ra3 Kf4 {aiming for ...Ke5.} 47. Rxh3 Rxg6 48. Ra3 Rg3 49. Ra4+ Kf3 50. Kh2 Rg2+ 51. Kh1 Re2 (51... Rf2 {feels hotter.} 52. Ra8 Kg3 53. Rg8+ Kf4 54. Ra8 Rd2) 52. Ra8 f4 {[#] White must now prevent ...Kf2.} 53. Kg1 $1 Re1+ 54. Kh2 Kf2 {Hoping for ...Re7.} (54... Rb1 $5) 55. Ra2+ Re2 56. Ra1 Re1 57. Ra2+ Re2 58. Ra1 f3 59. Rb1 Re1 60. Rb2+ Ke3 61. Rb3+ Kf2 {[#] ...Re7 is the strong threat.} (61... Kd2 $5 {[%cal Rf3f2]} 62. Rxf3 Ke2 $11) 62. Rb2+ Re2 63. Rb1 Rd2 64. Ra1 Rd3 {Strongly threatening ...Rd6.} 65. Ra2+ Ke1 66. Kg1 Rd4 67. Ra1+ Ke2 {And now ...f2+ would win.} 68. Ra2+ Ke3 {( -> ...Rd1+)} 69. Ra3+ Ke4 70. Kf2 {Precision: White = 73%, Black = 56%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Northumbria Masters 2018"]
[Site "Newcastle upon Tyne"]
[Date "2018.02.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hunt, Adam C"]
[Black "Tan, Justin"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2416"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,27,41,33]} 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 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3][%mdl 32]} Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 {[#]} {Predecessor:} g6 $146 15. a4 Nb6 16. axb5 axb5 17. Bg5 Bg7 18. Bd3 Rxa1 19. Qxa1 c6 20. Be3 Qc7 21. dxe5 dxe5 22. Qc1 Bc8 23. Qc2 {½-½ (32) Anand,V (2767)-Carlsen,M (2834) Wijk aan Zee 2018} *

[Event "Northumbria Masters 2018"]
[Site "Newcastle upon Tyne"]
[Date "2018.02.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hunt, Adam C"]
[Black "Tan, Justin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2416"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 35,99,11,21,12,18,25,24,3,0,0,0,-7,-4,-4,-4,-4,-3,-11,0,-14,5,-7,-4,-27,-33,-106,20,16,35,-11,-8,-16,-16,-33,-35,-34,-27,-22,-10,-11,-10,-6,0,-8,-11,-20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-12,-12,-29,-19,-29,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0]} 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 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. a4 Nb6 16. b3 bxa4 {C95: Spanische Partie (Breyer-Variante)} 17. bxa4 a5 18. Rb1 Ba6 {LiveBook: 3 Partien} 19. Bb3 Qd7 20. Qc2 Bc4 21. Bxc4 Nxc4 22. Qa2 Qc6 23. Rb5 {[#] Droht stark d5.} Nb6 {[%cal Bc4b6,Bb6d5,Bd5c3][%mdl 32] [#]} 24. Qb3 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 24. Bg5) 24... Nfd7 25. Nd2 {[%cal Bf3d2,Bd2c4,Bc4e5][%mdl 32]} exd4 26. cxd4 d5 $1 27. Rd1 {[%cal Re4d5]} Nf6 {[%cal Rd5e4]} 28. exd5 Nbxd5 29. Nc4 Bb4 30. Bd2 {[#]} ({Lieber} 30. Ne5 $1 $15 Qe6 31. Bd2) 30... h5 ({Viel schwächer wäre} 30... Bxd2 $6 31. Rc5 $11) ({Günstiger ist} 30... Qa6 $1 $17 {Und ...c6 würde nun gewinnen.} 31. Bxb4 axb4) 31. Ne5 $11 Qe6 32. Bxb4 axb4 33. Re1 Nc3 34. Qxe6 Rxe6 35. Rxb4 Nfd5 36. Rc4 Rxa4 37. Rxa4 Nxa4 38. Kf1 Kg7 39. Nd3 Rc6 40. Rc1 Rd6 41. Ne4 Rd8 42. Ne5 Re8 43. Nc5 Nac3 44. Nf3 Ra8 45. Nd2 Ra2 46. Nce4 Nxe4 47. Nxe4 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} Ra4 48. Nc3 Nxc3 49. Rxc3 Rxd4 50. Rxc7 {Precision: Weiß = 51%, Schwarz = 53%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Northumbria Masters 2018"]
[Site "Newcastle upon Tyne"]
[Date "2018.02.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Eggleston, David J"]
[Black "Hebden, Mark L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,117,36,33,37,37,38,-5,29,0,0,0,0,0,50,47,47,21,81,74,79,79,79,80,85,85,81,81,81,81,81,81,111,75,66,49,33,39,72,15,36,0,0,0,0,0,31,31,31,31,45,46,75,75,199,111,99,8,8,7,50,16,33,32,51,35,43,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Na5 8. Ba2 {C55: Two Knights: 4 d3, 4 d4 exd4 5 e5 and Max Lange Attack} c5 9. c3 Nc6 10. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3][%mdl 32] LiveBook: 64 Games. White is slightly better.} b6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. b4 cxb4 13. cxb4 Nxb4 14. Qb3 d5 15. Nxe5 Rc8 {0-1 (55) Kramnik,V (2812)-Carlsen,M (2855) Paris 2016}) 11. Nf1 Be6 12. Ng3 Rc8 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Bd2 Qe8 15. b4 Kh8 16. b5 Nd8 17. d4 Nd7 (17... cxd4 $11 18. cxd4 exd4) 18. dxe5 $16 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 dxe5 20. c4 Bh4 21. Bc3 Nf7 22. a5 Rd8 23. Qe2 Qe7 24. Red1 h6 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Rd1 Rxd1+ 27. Qxd1 Qd6 28. Qe2 (28. Qf3 $16 Bxg3 29. hxg3) 28... bxa5 $11 29. Qh5 Bxg3 30. hxg3 Kg8 31. Qe2 a4 32. Bb2 a6 33. Qc2 axb5 34. cxb5 c4 {Hoping for ...Qb4.} 35. Qxa4 Qc5 (35... Qd2 $16) 36. Bc3 (36. Ba3 $1 $18 {[%cal Ra3c5]} Qd4 37. b6 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 36... Nd6 $16 {[#]} 37. b6 (37. Qa8+ $1 $16 Kf7 38. Qc6 Qxc6 39. bxc6) 37... Qxb6 $11 {Strongly threatening ...Qb1+.} 38. Bxe5 {Threatens to win with Qd7.} Qb5 (38... Qb1+ {with more complications.} 39. Kh2 Qb5 40. Qa1 Qc5 41. Kg1 Nb5) 39. Qa1 (39. Qa8+ {keeps more tension.} Ne8 40. Bc3 Kh7 41. Qd8 Qc6 42. Qe7) 39... Ne8 40. f3 {[%cal Bf2f3,Bf3f4][%mdl 32]} h5 41. Kh2 Kh7 42. f4 Qc6 {The position is equal.} 43. Qd1 Nf6 44. Bxf6 $1 gxf6 45. Qxh5+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} Kg7 46. e5 fxe5 47. Qxe5+ Kf7 48. Qh5+ Ke7 49. Qg5+ Ke8 50. Qg6+ Kd7 51. Qf7+ Kd6 52. Qf8+ Kd5 53. Qd8+ Ke4 54. Qd1 {Black must now prevent Qf3+.} Qd5 55. Qe2+ Kf5 56. Qh5+ Kf6 57. Qh8+ Ke7 58. Qg7+ Kd6 59. g4 {Precision: White = 60%, Black = 52%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Northumbria Masters 2018"]
[Site "Newcastle upon Tyne"]
[Date "2018.02.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lalic, Bogdan"]
[Black "Longson, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2401"]
[BlackElo "2307"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,35,2,0,18,14,22,0,3,0,2,0,0,-30,11,13,12,16,22,11,8,18]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Nge2 Nd7 8. Ng3 Bg6 9. a3 {LiveBook: 3 Games. D31: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav without ...Nf6 (+ Marshall Gambit and Noteboom) and Exchange Variation lines without ...Nf6} (9. Nh5 Bxh5 10. Qxh5 Ngf6 11. Qd1 Nf8 12. Bd3 Bd6 13. Bg5 Ne6 14. Bh4 g5 15. Bg3 h5 16. Qc2 h4 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 {0-1 (60) Ivanchuk,V (2726)-Bacrot,E (2725) Riadh 2017}) 9... Nb6 10. Nh5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Be2 Nf6 11. h4 h6 12. h5 Bh7 13. Bd3 Qd7 14. Bxh7 Nxh7 15. Qc2 Ng5 16. Nf5 Ne6 {1-0 (38) Tella,J (2440)-Slapikas,V (2410) Helsinki 2002}) 10... Kf8 11. Bg3 Nf6 12. Nxf6 Bxf6 13. Qb3 a5 14. Rc1 Rc8 15. Be2 {The position is equal.} Bf5 16. Bd6+ Be7 17. Be5 h5 18. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Northumbria Masters 2018"]
[Site "Newcastle upon Tyne"]
[Date "2018.02.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Donchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Merry, Alan B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E83"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,85,50,41,50,49,53,31,40,31,23,40,29,41,34,37,68,66,72,75,65,61,47,13,58,28,18,28,18,16,41,33,95,61,83,0,60,14,146,138,164,186,214,200,189,187,207,204,206,196,259,196,268,285,292,279,545,513,602,585,616,475,475,475,470,470,468,447,494,408,887,860]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 a6 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Nge2 O-O 8. Qd2 Bd7 9. h4 {LiveBook: 10 Games. E83: King's Indian: Sämisch Panno (6...Nc6): Lines without either Nge2 or Qd2} (9. Nc1 Nh5 10. Nb3 a5 11. d5 Ne5 12. Be2 f5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. f4 Ng4 15. Bxg4 fxg4 16. O-O g3 17. h3 {0-1 (37) Vovk,Y (2611)-Smirin,I (2658) Kishinev 2016}) 9... e5 10. d5 Na5 $1 {[%cal Ra5c4]} 11. Ng3 {[#] aiming for b4.White is slightly better.} b5 $146 12. cxb5 axb5 {And now ...Nb3! would win.} 13. Rc1 Nc4 14. Bxc4 $1 bxc4 15. h5 c6 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. hxg6 fxg6 18. Rd1 Qb8 19. Qe2 Be8 20. O-O Bf7 21. Rd2 Rc8 22. Rfd1 Rc6 23. a3 Qf8 (23... Bf8 $14) 24. Bg5 Nd7 25. Be3 (25. Nd5 $16 {Hoping for Ne7+.} Bxd5 26. exd5) 25... Rb8 (25... Nf6 $1 $11) 26. Na2 {Black should prevent Nb4.} Bf6 (26... Rcc8 $11) 27. Nb4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is on the roll.} Rxb4 28. axb4 {Strongly threatening b5.} Be7 29. Rc2 Qb8 30. Qd2 Ra6 31. Ne2 Nf6 32. Kh1 d5 (32... Bf8 {was worth a try.} 33. Bg5 Nd7) 33. b5 Qxb5 (33... Ra8 $142) 34. Nc3 $1 $18 {[%csl LRb5,LRd5]} Qd7 {Threatening ...d4.} 35. exd5 ({Don't play} 35. Nxd5 $6 Nxd5 36. exd5 Rd6 $18) 35... e4 $2 {[#]} (35... Qf5 {might work better.} 36. Qe2 Ra5) 36. Nxe4 Nxe4 37. fxe4 Qg4 38. e5 Qh5+ 39. Kg1 Qxe5 40. Rxc4 Ra8 41. Qd4 Qh5 42. Qg4 ({Weaker is} 42. Rc7 Bd6 $14) 42... Qe5 (42... Qxg4 $142 43. Rxg4 Rd8) 43. Rc8+ {Precision: White = 72%, Black = 25%.} 1-0

[Event "Northumbria Masters 2018"]
[Site "Newcastle upon Tyne"]
[Date "2018.02.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vakhidov, Jakhongir"]
[Black "Nasuta, Grzegorz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,67,33,39,47,25,27,10,24,27,83,78,78,75,89,83,87,54,59,44,84,79,78,77,117,112,95,118,104,112,104,-8,-9,-14,-12,-10,50,57,510,540,29994,29995,29997,29998]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nf3 Nb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. e3 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Nh4 {D76: Grünfeldindisch (Fianchetto HV 7... Sb6)} (10. a3 e5 11. d5 Na5 12. Qc2 c6 13. b4 Nac4 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Rd1 Bf5 16. e4 Bd7 17. Na4 Nxa4 18. Qxc4 {½-½ (50) Le,Q (2737)-Ivanchuk,V (2726) Huaian 2017}) 10... e5 11. d5 Na5 12. Rb1 Nac4 13. b3 Nd6 14. e4 {LiveBook: 4 Partien} Bd7 {[#]} 15. Ba3 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 15. a4 a5 16. Re1 f5 17. exf5 gxf5 {1-0 (46) Gabuzyan,H (2532)-Chigaev,M (2508) Al Ain 2013}) 15... Bf8 16. Qd3 a5 17. Bc5 Ndc8 (17... a4 $11 {bleibt in der Remisbreite.}) 18. Bxf8 $16 Rxf8 19. f4 f6 20. fxe5 fxe5 21. Qe3 Rxf1+ 22. Rxf1 Qe7 23. a4 Nd6 24. Qc5 Nbc8 25. Qxc7 Ne8 26. Qc4 ({Falsch wäre} 26. Qxb7 $2 Qc5+ 27. Kh1 Ra7 $19) 26... Ncd6 27. Qc5 Nf6 28. Nb5 (28. Re1 $16) 28... Bxb5 $1 $11 29. axb5 Rc8 30. Qe3 Nxb5 (30... Kg7 $11) 31. Bh3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Schwarz steht unter Druck.} Rc3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} ({Günstiger ist} 31... Rf8 $1 $14) 32. Qg5 $1 $18 {Droht Le6+ und aus.} ({Und nicht} 32. Qb6 Nd6 $11) 32... Nxd5 {[#]} 33. Be6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kh8 {[#]} (33... Qxe6 34. Qd8+) 34. Nxg6+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: Weiß = 61%, Schwarz = 51%.} 1-0

[Event "Northumbria Masters 2018"]
[Site "Newcastle upon Tyne"]
[Date "2018.02.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tan, Justin"]
[Black "Eggleston, David J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,77,0,68,64,61,62,79,69,81,78,97,94,97,97,85,91,102,95,96,73,91,84,85,43,54,24,89,77,109,49,172,158,309,243,366,348,248,245,243,241,228,223,247,220,436,450,538,515,494,301,1515,1370,2076,2002,1689,1084,29981,29983,29982,29978,29977,29978,29978,29977]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 h6 8. Be3 g5 {LiveBook: 7 Games. B81: Sicilian Scheveningen: Keres Attack} (8... b5 $11) 9. Qe2 $14 (9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. h4 Rg8 11. hxg5 hxg5 12. Qe2 Ne5 13. f3 b5 14. O-O-O Bb7 15. a3 Rc8 16. Qe1 {0-1 (34) Grigoriants,S (2570)-Inarkiev,E (2680) Wroclaw 2014}) 9... Nbd7 10. O-O-O $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 10. h4 Rg8 11. hxg5 hxg5 12. O-O-O Qa5 13. f3 b5 14. Nb3 {1-0 (47) Ubiennykh,E (2336)-Bodnaruk,A (2394) Tyumen 2012}) 10... Ne5 {White is slightly better.} 11. Nf3 {aiming for Nxe5.} Nfd7 12. Kb1 Qc7 13. h4 Nxf3 14. Qxf3 Rg8 15. hxg5 Ne5 16. Qg3 hxg5 17. Rh5 Be7 18. Be2 Bd7 19. f4 gxf4 20. Bxf4 Bc6 (20... O-O-O $11) 21. Qf2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} Bf8 22. g5 ({Better is} 22. Rh7 $16) 22... b5 (22... O-O-O $14) 23. a3 Qb7 $2 (23... Qa7 $16 24. Qh2 O-O-O) 24. Rh7 {Strongly threatening Bxe5.} Bxe4 (24... Rg7 $142 25. Rxg7 Bxg7) 25. Nxe4 $18 Qxe4 {[#]} 26. Rxf7 $3 {[%mdl 512]} Nxf7 {[#]} (26... Kxf7 $2 {is the wrong capture.} 27. Bxe5+ Qf5 28. Bh5+ Rg6 29. Qg2 $18) 27. Bf3 $1 {[%cal Rf3e4,Be2f3,Bf3a8,Ba8g2][%mdl 32]} Qc4 {White must now prevent ...Rc8.} 28. Bxa8 Nxg5 {And now ...Nh3 would win.} 29. Qg3 (29. Bxd6 Bxd6 30. Rxd6 Nh3 $16) 29... Be7 $2 (29... Rg7) 30. Bxd6 Bxd6 31. Qxd6 Kf7 32. Bg2 Kg6 $2 (32... Rc8 33. c3 Qc5 34. Rf1+ (34. Qxa6 Rb8 $18) 34... Kg8 35. Qxa6 Rb8) 33. Bf1 Qh4 34. Bd3+ Kh6 35. Qc6 Nh3 36. Qxe6+ {White mates.} Kg7 37. Rh1 Rh8 38. Qg6+ Kf8 39. Rf1+ {Precision: White = 74%, Black = 24%.} 1-0

[Event "Northumbria Masters 2018"]
[Site "Newcastle upon Tyne"]
[Date "2018.02.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hebden, Mark L"]
[Black "Gormally, Daniel W"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,24,40,42]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. Be3 Nc6 8. d5 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Ne5 10. Be2 c6 11. f4 Ned7 12. dxc6 bxc6 {Predecessor:} 13. Bf3 $146 Qc7 14. Qd3 e5 15. g3 Rfe8 16. Rad1 Bf8 17. Kh1 Rab8 18. b3 Qa5 19. Bd2 Nc5 20. Qe2 Qc7 21. f5 gxf5 {½-½ (49) Li,R (2548)-Petrosian,T (2615) Saint Louis 2017} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Northumbria Masters 2018"]
[Site "Newcastle upon Tyne"]
[Date "2018.02.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lalic, Bogdan"]
[Black "Hunt, Adam C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2401"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,21,27,57,52,56,46]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} Nc6 8. Bf4 Nh5 {D97: Grünfeld: Russian System: 7 e4, replies other than 7...Bg4} (8... Bg4 9. d5 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Nh5 11. dxc6 b5 12. Qxb5 Rb8 13. Qa5 Nxf4 14. Rd1 Qc8 15. b3 Rb6 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Rxd5 Rxc6 {½-½ (45) Ivanchuk,V (2733)-Ganguly,S (2625) Edmonton 2015}) 9. Be3 Bg4 {LiveBook: 19 Games. With the idea ...Bxf3.} 10. e5 Bxf3 11. gxf3 {Predecessor:} e6 $146 12. h4 Ne7 13. Bh3 Nf5 14. Bxf5 exf5 15. f4 c6 16. O-O-O {1-0 (26) Lalic,B (2480)-Tate,A (2335) Pardubice 2015} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Northumbria Masters 2018"]
[Site "Newcastle upon Tyne"]
[Date "2018.02.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Percivaldi, Martin"]
[Black "Macklin, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2307"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,85,0,-15,0,-27,-30,-20,-11,-39,-14,-25,0,-7,15,0,0,-3,15,0,19,23,52,45,46,37,43,41,58,0,0,0,0,0,5,0,0,-18,0,-26,11,0,0,0,-11,-30,9,0,0,0,0,-43,-43,-54,-31,-99,-93,-225,-224,-211,-116,-170,-184,-170]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. O-O Nh5 8. Be3 e5 9. d5 Nd4 {E70: King's Indian: Miscellaneous lines with 4 e4, including 5 Nge2 and 5 Bd3 0-0 6 Nge2} 10. Bc2 Nxc2 11. Qxc2 f5 12. exf5 gxf5 13. f4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Qe7 {[#]} 14. Qd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Rae1 e4 15. Bd4 Bd7 16. Nd1 Kh8 {1-0 (37) Romanov,E (2635)-Kaasen,T (2209) Fagernes 2016}) 14... Bd7 15. Rae1 Rae8 16. Nc1 (16. Bxa7 b6 $17) 16... Qh4 17. Nd3 e4 18. Nb4 Nf6 19. h3 Rf7 20. Nc2 Bh6 21. Qf2 ({Avoid the trap} 21. Bxa7 $2 b6 $19) 21... Qh5 22. Bd4 ({Of course not} 22. Bxa7 b6 $17) 22... Ref8 23. Re3 Rg7 24. Rg3 Rxg3 25. Qxg3+ Kf7 26. Qe3 (26. Bxf6 $14 Kxf6 27. Nb5) 26... Rg8 $11 27. Ne2 ({But not} 27. Bxa7 b6 $17) 27... Qg6 {[%csl Gg8][%cal Rg6g2] [#]} 28. Rf2 a5 29. Bc3 b6 30. b3 Nh5 31. Ncd4 Nf6 32. Kf1 Qh5 33. Ke1 Qh4 {[#] White must now prevent ...Rxg2.} 34. Kd1 Qh5 35. Kc1 Qg6 36. Kb2 Bg7 37. Nc2 h5 {[%cal Bh7h5,Bh5h4][%mdl 32]} 38. a3 h4 39. Bd4 ({White should play} 39. a4 $15) 39... a4 $17 40. Nb4 (40. b4 $17 {was called for.}) 40... axb3 $19 41. Kxb3 Qh5 (41... Bc8 $19 42. Ka2 Nd7) 42. Kb2 (42. Nc3 $17 {was necessary.}) 42... Bh8 43. Ka2 {Precision: White = 34%, Black = 51%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Northumbria Masters 2018"]
[Site "Newcastle upon Tyne"]
[Date "2018.02.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Welling, Gerard"]
[Black "Plat, Vojtech"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,80,0,0,-19,-12,-45,-6,-7,18,17,34,6,1,2,0,5,28,25,15,3,28,6,12,10,11,16,8,14,14,6,20,-5,0,0,2,-5,0,-9,0,0,0,-26,-20,-18,-18,-26,-28,-29,-10,-18,-14,-14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 d6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 e5 4. Bg2 c6 5. d3 (5. a4 Be7 6. Nge2 O-O 7. d4 Nbd7 8. O-O Qc7 9. a5 Re8 10. h3 Rb8 11. Be3 b5 12. axb6 axb6 13. d5 cxd5 14. exd5 b5 15. Ra7 Qd8 16. Qd3 {0-1 (37) Marinkovic,I (2514)-Popovic,D (2661) Belgrade 2015}) 5... Be7 {LiveBook: 7 Games} 6. Nh3 {C26: Vienna Game: 2...Nf6, sidelines} d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... Nbd7 7. O-O b5 8. f4 Bb7 9. f5 d5 10. g4 b4 11. Ne2 Nxg4 12. exd5 cxd5 {0-1 (23) Lubenow,O-Voelzke,F (2134) Kiel 2017}) 7. f3 dxe4 8. dxe4 Qxd1+ (8... Nbd7 {is interesting.} 9. Nf2 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. Qe2 a5) 9. Nxd1 Na6 10. Nhf2 Be6 11. Ne3 O-O-O 12. Bd2 Bc5 13. Ke2 Nd7 14. Bh3 Bxe3 (14... Nc7 {with more complications.} 15. c3 Bxh3 16. Nxh3 Ne6 17. b3 f6) 15. Kxe3 {Black should prevent Bxe6.} Bxh3 16. Nxh3 Ndc5 17. Rhd1 f6 18. Nf2 h5 19. Ke2 b6 20. Be1 Nc7 (20... Ne6 {keeps more tension.} 21. Rxd8+ Kxd8 22. c3 h4 23. Bd2 Nac5) 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Rd1 Rh8 23. Kf1 Nb5 24. c3 Kc7 25. b3 a5 26. Ke2 a4 27. Nd3 Nxd3 28. Kxd3 axb3 29. axb3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN. The position is equal.} Ra8 30. Bd2 Ra2 31. Rg1 Rb2 32. g4 hxg4 33. Rxg4 g5 34. h4 gxh4 35. Rxh4 Nd6 36. Rh6 Rxb3 37. Rxf6 Rb2 38. c4 {[#] Threatens to win with Bc3.} b5 39. cxb5 Nxb5 40. f4 exf4 {Precision: White = 48%, Black = 53%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Northumbria Masters 2018"]
[Site "Newcastle upon Tyne"]
[Date "2018.02.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Muir, Andrew J"]
[Black "Haria, Ravi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2286"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,121,37,39,35,45,23,10,45,45,46,-29,-37,-38,-37,-33,38,39,40,31,29,-33,-35,-17,104,108,83,5,45,0,73,0,0,-23,84,88,111,110,231,237,589,573,550,287,355,309,318,318,309,310,467,456,509,445,404,208,813,227,790,-122,309,254,233,238,315,296,297,297,342,312,342,279,342,342,349,332,322,0,0,-456,573,0,447,437,518,508,766,764,1446,1442,1497,1126,1321,1820,1439,1535,2327,1672,4094,3309,2879,2066,2613,2133,29984,29985,29985,29986,29985,29986]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Bd3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Nxd2 {A40: Unusual replies to 1 d4} (6. Qxd2 f5 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. f3 Nc6 9. Nge2 fxe4 10. fxe4 e5 11. d5 Ne7 12. O-O O-O 13. Ng3 {0-1 (31) Riazantsev,A (2650)-Alekseev,E (2616) Riadh 2017}) 6... d6 7. Ne2 Ne7 8. O-O {LiveBook: 4 Games. White is slightly better.} e5 9. f4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Nf3 Nd7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Ng3 Ng6 12. Bf1 Nf4 13. Qd2 {0-1 (26) Islam,K (2326)-Rahman,Z (2535) Kolkata 2004}) 9... O-O 10. f5 Nd7 11. d5 $1 c6 12. b4 (12. Nc3 $14) 12... b5 $11 {And now ...bxc4 would win.} 13. dxc6 Nxc6 14. a3 Nf6 (14... bxc4 $15 15. Nxc4 Nf6) 15. cxb5 $14 Ne7 16. Kh1 d5 {[%cal Rd5e4]} 17. Nc3 (17. Ng3 $11) 17... Rc8 $15 18. Rc1 Rxc3 (18... Rc7 $11 {remains equal.}) 19. Rxc3 $16 dxe4 20. Be2 (20. Bc4 $16) 20... Ned5 (20... Nfd5 $5 {[%cal Rd5c3]} 21. Rg3 (21. Nxe4 Nxc3 22. Nxc3 Qc8 $11) 21... Nf4 $11) 21. Rg3 Nf4 (21... e3 $11 {keeps the balance.} 22. Nc4 Ne4) 22. Nb3 ({Better is} 22. Nc4 $16) 22... e3 $11 23. Nc5 Bd5 (23... Ba8 $1 $11) 24. Rg1 $1 $16 Qa8 25. Qf1 g6 (25... Qc8 $16 26. Rxe3 Qxf5) 26. Rxe3 $18 Rc8 $2 (26... Re8 27. fxg6 hxg6) 27. fxg6 hxg6 28. Bf3 Kg7 29. Bxd5 N6xd5 30. Rf3 Rh8 31. Nd3 g5 (31... Re8 $142 32. Qf2 f6 33. Nxf4 Nxf4) 32. Nxe5 Qb8 33. Qa1 f6 34. Ng4 (34. Re1 $142) 34... Rh5 $2 (34... Rh4) 35. Nf2 $2 (35. g3 Rh3 36. Qf1) 35... g4 $2 (35... Ne2 36. Ng4 Rh4) 36. Rg3 $2 (36. Nxg4 $18 Rh4 37. g3 Rxg4 38. gxf4 Rxg1+ 39. Qxg1+ Kf7 40. Qc5) 36... Rxh2+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (36... Nd3 $1 $17 {[%cal Rd3f2] keeps the pressure on.} 37. Nh3 (37. Rxg4+ $2 Kf7 $19) 37... Nf2+ 38. Nxf2 Qxg3) 37. Kxh2 Ne2 38. Ne4 Nxg3 39. Nxg3 Qh8+ 40. Nh5+ Qxh5+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQN} 41. Kg3 Ne3 42. Qc3 Nf5+ 43. Kf2 g3+ 44. Ke1 Qg4 {[#]} 45. Kd2 $2 (45. Qd3 $1 $18) 45... Qf4+ $11 46. Kc2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (46. Kd1 $11 {and White stays safe.} Ne3+ 47. Kc1) 46... Ne3+ $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (46... Qf2+ $19 47. Kb3 Qxg1) 47. Kc1 $2 (47. Kb3 $18) 47... Nc4+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (47... Nxg2+ $1 $11 {and Black is okay.} 48. Kb1 Ne3) 48. Kb1 $18 Nd2+ 49. Ka1 Ne4 (49... Nb3+ $142 50. Kb1 (50. Qxb3 Qd4+ 51. Ka2 Qf2+ 52. Qb2 Qxg1 $16) 50... Nd2+ 51. Kb2 Ne4) 50. Qd4 Qf2 51. Qxf2 gxf2 {[#] KR-KN} 52. Rf1 $1 Kf7 53. a4 Ke6 54. a5 Kd5 55. Kb2 Kd6 56. Kc2 f5 57. Kd3 Kd5 58. Ke3 Kc4 59. b6 {White mates.} axb6 60. a6 {[%cal Ba5a6,Ba6a7][%mdl 32]} Nf6 61. a7 {Precision: White = 47%, Black = 20%.} 1-0

[Event "Northumbria Masters 2018"]
[Site "Newcastle upon Tyne"]
[Date "2018.02.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Plat, Vojtech"]
[Black "Longson, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2307"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,117,3,16,11,1,-41,-23,-2,-3,0,-18,-38,-48,-42,-28,-16,-21,-30,-11,-78,-71,-65,-31,-70,-21,-20,26,9,12,6,16,11,42,42,42,42,42,42,43,46,41,28,29,1,13,0,0,0,64,64,63,54,61,41,46,29,32,24,25,24,59,59,56,13,13,13,13,13,20,20,20,20,20,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,29,29,29,29,29,29,29,31,258,252,743,668,12180,11207,7007,6922,5301,93,93,93,93,93,29978,29978,29977,29977]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 d5 7. Qe2 Be7 {LiveBook: 6 Games} ({Much worse is} 7... Nxe4 $6 8. f3 $16) 8. e5 {C45: Scotch Game} (8. Nd2 O-O 9. O-O Nd7 10. exd5 cxd5 11. Nb3 c5 12. c4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Nb6 14. Bd3 Be6 15. Rd1 Qc7 16. Qe4 g6 17. Bf4 {1-0 (30) Najer,E (2679)-Inarkiev,E (2727) Poikovsky 2017}) 8... Nd7 9. e6 fxe6 10. Qxe6 {Black has an edge.} Nf6 11. Qxc6+ Bd7 12. Qa6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Qc3 O-O 13. f3 Bd6 14. O-O Qe8 15. Qd2 Qh5 16. h3 h6 17. Nc3 Rae8 18. Nxd5 Qh4 19. f4 Bc5+ 20. Kh1 Nh5 21. Qa5 Bxh3 22. gxh3 Qxh3# {0-1 (22) Aspstrom,Y-Olsson,T (2110) Sweden 1994}) 12... O-O $36 {[%mdl 2048] aiming for ...Bb4+. Black fights for an advantage.} 13. O-O Ng4 14. Qa5 c6 15. Qxd8 Raxd8 16. Be2 (16. Nd2 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 16... Bc5 $1 $17 {[%cal Rc5f2]} 17. Bf3 Ne5 18. Nd2 Nxf3+ 19. Nxf3 Rde8 20. Be3 Bxe3 21. fxe3 Rxe3 22. Rae1 Rfe8 23. Rxe3 Rxe3 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 24. Kf2 Re4 25. Re1 Rxe1 26. Nxe1 {KB-KN} Kf7 27. Nd3 Ke7 28. Ke3 Kd6 29. Kd4 Bf5 30. b4 Be6 (30... Bxd3 $11 31. cxd3 c5+ 32. bxc5+ Kc6) 31. Ne5 Bg8 32. a4 Be6 33. c3 Bg8 34. h4 Be6 35. Nd3 Bg4 36. a5 Bd7 37. Ne5 Be6 38. g3 Bg8 39. Nf3 Be6 40. Ng5 Bg8 41. Nh3 Be6 42. Nf4 Bf7 43. g4 h6 44. g5 hxg5 45. hxg5 Be8 46. Ng2 Bg6 47. Ne3 Bh7 48. c4 dxc4 49. Nxc4+ Ke6 50. Kc5 Be4 $2 ({Black should try} 50... Bd3 $14) 51. Nd6 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd6e4]} Bf3 $2 {[#]} (51... Bg2 52. Nc8 a6) 52. Nc8 $1 Kd7 53. Nxa7 Kc7 54. b5 cxb5 {[#]} 55. Nxb5+ $2 (55. a6 $1 $18 {and the rest is easy.} b4 56. Nb5+ (56. Kxb4 Kb6 $11) 56... Kc8 57. Kxb4) 55... Kb7 $16 56. Nd6+ Ka6 57. Kb4 Bd5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (57... g6 $16 58. Nc4 Bg4) 58. Ne8 Be4 59. Nxg7 {Precision: White = 60%, Black = 51%.} 1-0

[Event "Northumbria Masters 2018"]
[Site "Newcastle upon Tyne"]
[Date "2018.02.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vakhidov, Jakhongir"]
[Black "Donchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,45,35,25,20,20,42,20,20,20,20,19,14,13,16,23,31,0,0,0,0,0,0,-29]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Rd1 b6 10. b3 Bb7 {E11: Damenindisch (Bogoljubow-Variante)} 11. Nc3 c5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 {LiveBook: 3 Partien} Bxd5 14. e4 Bb7 $1 15. d5 exd5 16. exd5 Bf6 ({Viel schlechter ist} 16... Bxd5 17. Bc3 $16) 17. Bc3 Re8 {[#]} 18. Nd2 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 18. d6) 18... Bxc3 19. Qxc3 Qf6 20. Qxf6 Nxf6 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} 21. Nc4 {[#] Sd6 ist eine echte Drohung.} Rad8 {[%cal Rb7d5]} 22. d6 Ba6 23. Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Northumbria Masters 2018"]
[Site "Newcastle upon Tyne"]
[Date "2018.02.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gormally, Daniel W"]
[Black "Tan, Justin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,71,-5,0,-4,0,-12,-13,-6,-6,-29,-27,-25,-15,-34,-4,-54,18,18,16,22,24,23,23,20,24,24,22,14,19,19,27,27,27,27,22,23,20,21,24,23,23,22,14,20,27,17,17,17,27,17,18,18,21,21]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. Bg2 c5 7. cxd5 {E06: Closed Catalan: Early deviations} Nxd5 8. O-O Nc6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Nb3 Be7 {LiveBook: 5 Games} (10... Bb6 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bd2 Qe7 13. e4 Nc7 14. e5 fxe5 15. Qe2 Nd4 16. Nbxd4 exd4 {1-0 (66) Caruana,F (2791)-Agdestein,S (2628) Flor & Fjaere 2014}) 11. e4 Nf6 12. Qe2 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. e5 Nd5 14. Bf4 b6 15. Rfd1 Bb7 16. Nbd4 Rac8 {½-½ (32) Zhelesny,S (2235)-Ziltener,W (2078) Davos 2006}) 12... e5 13. Bd2 Be6 14. Bc3 Nd7 15. Rfd1 Qb6 16. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb3d2,Bd2f1,Bf1e3][%mdl 32]} Rac8 17. Nf1 Bf6 (17... Bc5 $1 $15) 18. Ne3 $11 Nd4 19. Qd2 {[%cal Rf3d4]} Nxf3+ 20. Bxf3 Bg5 21. Nd5 Bxd2 22. Nxb6 Nxb6 23. Rxd2 f6 24. Be2 Na4 25. Bb4 Rfd8 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. b3 Rd4 28. Be1 Nc5 29. f3 b6 30. Rd1 Rxd1 31. Bxd1 {KBB-KBN} a5 32. Be2 Kf7 33. Kf2 Ke7 34. Ke3 Kd6 35. Bc3 Bf7 36. Bb5 {Precision: White = 49%, Black = 58%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Northumbria Masters 2018"]
[Site "Newcastle upon Tyne"]
[Date "2018.02.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Greet, Andrew N"]
[Black "Abdulla, Murad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,90,7,-14,10,0,0,-13,-12,-13,-4,-13,-5,-13,-10,-13,-12,-18,-20,-18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,0,-20,-19,-18,0,-36,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-25,0,-41,-41,-41,-41,-41,-41,-41,-41,-201,-162,-187,-185,-187,-166,-849,-847,-805,-804,-775,-804,-783,-770,-1248,-977,-29961,-850,-29989,-29990,-29990,-29991,-29991,-435]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 c5 (3... d5 4. e3 Nc6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. Be2 a5 8. a3 b6 9. O-O e6 10. c4 Ne7 11. cxd5 exd5 {½-½ (38) So,W (2792)-Svidler,P (2768) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 4. c3 d6 5. dxc5 dxc5 6. e4 {A48: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8. O-O Qc7 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 8... b6 9. e5 Ng4 10. h3 Nh6 11. Qe2 {1-0 (30) Dragovic,M (2325)-Vlaovic,D (2250) Novi Sad 1988}) 9. Re1 Nc6 10. h3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} e6 11. Bf1 Rd8 12. Qc2 b6 13. Nc4 b5 14. Ne3 a6 15. a4 Rb8 16. axb5 axb5 17. Ng4 Nxg4 18. hxg4 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Be3 c4 21. g3 Bb7 22. f4 Bd6 23. Rad1 e5 {[%cal Re5f4]} 24. f5 Bc5 25. Qf2 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Bxe3 27. Qxe3 Rd8 28. Rxd8+ Qxd8 29. g5 Qd6 30. fxg6 hxg6 31. Be2 Bc8 32. Kf2 Be6 33. Ke1 Qa6 {White must now prevent ...Qa1+.} 34. Kd1 $2 (34. Bd1 $1 $15) 34... Qa1+ 35. Kc2 {[#]} Qe1 $1 ({Stronger than} 35... Qa2 36. Qc5 $11) 36. Qf3 Bd7 37. b3 $2 (37. Bd1) 37... cxb3+ $19 38. Kb2 Be6 {( -> ...Qd2+)} 39. Qd3 Kh7 40. Qd1 Qf2 41. Qh1+ Kg7 42. Qf3 Qe1 (42... Qa7 $142 43. Qf6+ Kh7 44. c4 Qa2+ 45. Kc3 Qc2+ 46. Kb4 b2 47. Qf1 b1=Q+ 48. Qxb1 Qxb1+ 49. Kc5 Qxe4 50. Bf1 bxc4 51. g4 c3 52. Kb6 c2 53. Bg2 Qb4+ 54. Kc7 c1=Q+ 55. Bc6 Qcc5 56. Kd8 Qe7#) 43. Bd3 Qd2+ {Black mates.} 44. Ka3 Qxc3 {[%csl Gc3][%cal Rb3b2]} 45. Be2 b4+ {Precision: White = 43%, Black = 63%.} (45... Qc5+ $142 46. Kb2 Qc2+ 47. Ka3 b2 48. Qf6+ Kh7 49. Qxf7+ Bxf7 50. Kb4 b1=Q+ 51. Ka5 Qc7+ 52. Ka6 Qe1 53. Kxb5 Qea5#) 0-1

[Event "Northumbria Masters 2018"]
[Site "Newcastle upon Tyne"]
[Date "2018.02.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nasuta, Grzegorz"]
[Black "Tavoularis, Nicholas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2168"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,51,62,69,68,85,54,116,100,101,95,127,141,129,125,134,131,191,200,197,187,225,239,273,241,341,344,677,461,469,457,1408,1052,1033,1025]} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 a6 6. g3 Bg4 7. h3 {B01: Scandinavian Defence} Bxf3 8. Qxf3 c6 9. Be3 Nbd7 10. O-O-O e6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 11. g4 $146 {[%cal Bg3g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} ({Predecessor:} 11. Bf4 Qb4 12. Bc7 Rc8 13. a3 Qe7 14. Bf4 Qd8 {1-0 (36) Jones,G (2650)-Megaranto,S (2535) Almaty 2016}) 11... Be7 12. Bd3 Qb4 ({Black should try} 12... Nd5 $14) 13. a3 Qa5 14. Bd2 Qb6 15. g5 Nd5 16. Ne2 c5 {[#]} 17. Be4 $1 Nc7 {[#]} (17... O-O $16 {was necessary.}) 18. dxc5 $1 $18 Nxc5 19. Be3 a5 20. Nc3 {[%cal Be2c3,Bc3a4,Ba4c5][%mdl 32]} O-O 21. Qf4 $40 {[%mdl 128] White has strong attack.} Rac8 {[#]} (21... Nd5 $142 22. Nxd5 exd5) 22. Rd7 $1 {[%cal Rd7e7][%mdl 512]} Rfe8 $2 {[#]} (22... Nxd7 23. Bxb6 Nxb6 24. Bxb7 Ncd5 25. Nxd5 Nxd5 26. Bxd5 exd5) 23. Na4 $1 {[%mdl 512] White is clearly winning.} Qb5 (23... Nxa4 24. Bxb6) 24. Nxc5 e5 (24... Nd5 $142 25. Bxd5 exd5 26. Rxb7 Qc6) 25. Qf3 Ne6 26. Rxb7 {Precision: White = 85%, Black = 19%.} 1-0

[Event "Northumbria Masters 2018"]
[Site "Newcastle upon Tyne"]
[Date "2018.02.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hunt, Adam C"]
[Black "Welling, Gerard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2416"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,58,12,-43,-32,-26,-14,-35,-24,-12,-3,-37,-34,-22,-24,-22,-27,-15,-18,-63,-35,-5,-6,-54,-58,-69,-43,-54,-53,-108,0,0,0,-95,0,0,0,-86,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Be6 7. Be2 Qa5 {B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack} 8. c5 (8. Bf3 dxc4 9. d5 O-O-O 10. Bd2 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Rxd5 12. Bxd5 Qxd5 13. Nf3 Bf5 14. O-O e6 15. b3 Bd3 16. bxc4 Qf5 17. Re1 Bc5 18. Be3 Bb4 19. Bd2 Bc5 20. Be3 Bb4 21. Bd2 Bc5 22. Be3 {½-½ (22) Safarli,E (2664)-Karjakin,S (2779) Shamkir 2016}) 8... Ne4 9. Bd2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 g6 11. Bf3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} (11. Bb5 $11) 11... Bg7 12. Nge2 O-O 13. O-O b6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Rad8 14. a3 Qc7 15. b4 {1-0 (37) Amin,B (2640)-Yasser,M (1978) Mahalla 2015}) 14. cxb6 Qxb6 {[%cal Rc6d4]} 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 {[%cal Bf8d8,Bd8d6,Bd6c6,Bc6c7][%mdl 32]} 16. Rac1 Rd6 17. h3 Rb8 18. b3 Qa5 19. Qe3 Nb4 20. Rd2 Rc6 21. Rcd1 Rbc8 22. g4 a6 23. Kg2 R6c7 24. Ra1 (24. Kf1 $15) 24... Qa3 25. Nb1 Qa5 {[#] ...Nc2 is the strong threat.} 26. Nbc3 Qa3 ({Black should try} 26... Bd7 $17) 27. Rad1 Qa5 (27... h6 $11) 28. Ra1 $1 $17 Qa3 (28... Bd7 $17) 29. Nb1 Qa5 {Precision: White = 49%, Black = 56%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Northumbria Masters 2018"]
[Site "Newcastle upon Tyne"]
[Date "2018.02.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Raetsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Muir, Andrew J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2362"]
[BlackElo "2286"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,67,-14,-16,87,51,166,167,151,166,530,502,495,492,499,491,564,550,562,558,641,628,639,607,664,650,675,675,687,706,720,710,802,800,785,741,789,775,1138,1137,1660,1592,1411,1406,1237,1224]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Ne5 Bd7 8. Na3 cxd4 9. Naxc4 Bc5 10. Bg5 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3} (10. Bf4 Nd5 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 O-O 14. Bxd4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Qb5 16. Bxd5 exd5 17. e3 Rfc8 {1-0 (76) Karjakin,S (2759)-Naiditsch,A (2718) Wijk aan Zee 2014}) 10... O-O 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Qb3 b6 13. Rfd1 {[#] LiveBook: 3 Games} Qe7 $146 {[#]} (13... Nxe5 $11 {keeps the balance.} 14. Nxe5 h6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Nxd7 Qxd7) ({Predecessor:} 13... Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qe8 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Ng4 Qe7 17. Qf3 f5 {0-1 (53) Arngrimsson,D (2392)-Kosic,D (2512) Budapest 2013}) 14. Qf3 $1 $16 b5 {[#]} (14... Nxe5 $14 15. Nxe5 Qd8) 15. Ng4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rg4f6]} bxc4 16. Nxf6+ Kh8 $2 (16... gxf6 {is a better chance.} 17. Bxf6 Ne5 18. Bxe5 f5 19. Bxd4 (19. Rxc4 Bb6 $18) 19... Ba4) 17. Qh5 {[%csl Gf6][%cal Rh5h7] White is clearly winning.} gxf6 18. Be4 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Rh5h7]} f5 {...f6 is the strong threat.} 19. Bxe7 Bxe7 20. Bxc6 Bxc6 21. Rxd4 Bd5 {[#]} 22. Rxd5 $1 exd5 23. Qxf5 Kg8 24. Qxd5 Bf6 25. Rxc4 Rcd8 26. Qf5 Rd6 27. b3 Rfd8 28. e3 {[%cal Be2e3,Be3e4][%mdl 32]} a6 29. Kg2 Kg7 30. Rc7 Rf8 31. e4 Re8 32. Qh5 Re7 33. Rxe7 Bxe7 34. Qe5+ {Precision: White = 100%, Black = 13%.} 1-0

[Event "Northumbria Masters 2018"]
[Site "Newcastle upon Tyne"]
[Date "2018.02.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Derakhshani, Borna"]
[Black "Hebden, Mark L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2317"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,108,10,0,42,14,38,37,56,6,0,4,2,0,0,-51,-38,-68,29,15,10,17,30,0,17,0,15,34,56,52,60,35,86,22,83,45,91,79,91,0,95,66,58,69,72,63,80,23,46,37,60,53,66,0,27,34,43,-82,-59,-119,-124,-164,-169,-439,-466,-462,-462,-461,-453,-498,-441,-633,-589,-939,-871,-987,-937,-1416,-1466,-29982,-29978,-29980,-29981,-29986,-29987,-29994,-29981,-29981,-29982,-29982,-29983,-29991,-29984,-29977,-6402,-29997,-29998]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 g6 4. c3 Bg7 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Qb3 d6 {A48: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. h3 {LiveBook: 13 Games} Nfd7 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 8... Be6 9. Bc4 Bxc4 10. Nxc4 Qa6 11. O-O Nc6 12. a4 Nd5 13. dxc5 Nxf4 14. exf4 dxc5 15. Qb5 {1-0 (52) Tomashevsky,E (2714)-Gelfand,B (2759) Sochi 2014}) 9. Bg5 Qd8 10. Rd1 Nc6 11. Ne4 {next Nxd6 is good for White.} cxd4 12. exd4 {White wants to play Nxd6.} h6 13. Bh4 Nb6 14. d5 (14. Be2 $11) 14... Nb8 $15 15. Nd4 N8d7 (15... Bd7 $15 16. Qc2 Nxd5) 16. Be2 Nc5 17. Nxc5 dxc5 18. Nb5 Bd7 {Strongly threatening ...c4!} 19. c4 Bxb5 20. Qxb5 Qd6 21. O-O Be5 22. Qb3 Nc8 (22... Rae8 $14) 23. Kh1 ({White should play} 23. Rfe1 $16) 23... Qc7 (23... Bf6 $11 24. Bg3 Qb6) 24. Qe3 Bf4 25. Qf3 Be5 26. Qe3 ({Better is} 26. b3 $16) 26... Kg7 (26... Bf4 $11 {remains equal.} 27. Qf3 Be5) 27. f4 {[%cal Bf2f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32]} Bf6 $1 {[%cal Rf6h4]} 28. Bg3 {aiming for f5.} Nd6 29. f5 g5 30. Be5 (30. b3 $16) 30... b6 31. Rf3 Qd7 32. Bd3 Rh8 33. h4 (33. Qe2 $14) 33... Rag8 34. Re1 Kf8 35. b4 (35. Bxf6 $14 {stays ahead.} exf6 36. b3) 35... cxb4 36. Bxf6 (36. c5 $15 bxc5 37. Qxc5) 36... exf6 $17 37. Qd4 Kg7 38. hxg5 $2 {[#]} (38. Qb2) 38... hxg5+ $19 39. Kg1 Rh4 40. Qb2 Qc7 41. Qxb4 a5 42. Qb2 (42. Qa3 $142 Nxc4 43. d6 Nxd6 44. Qc1) 42... Rgh8 43. Kf2 Qc5+ 44. Ree3 Nxc4 45. Bxc4 Rxc4 46. Qb3 Rc2+ 47. Kg1 Rc1+ 48. Kf2 Rhh1 49. Qa3 Qd4 50. Qd3 Qh4+ 51. Rg3 Rhd1 52. Qb3 Rd2+ 53. Re2 {[#]} Qd4+ (53... Qh1 $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 54. Ke3 Rxe2+ 55. Kxe2 Qf1+ 56. Ke3 Re1+ 57. Kd2 Qf2+ 58. Kd3 Qxg3+ 59. Kc4 Re4+ 60. Kb5 Rb4+ 61. Kc6 Rxb3 62. axb3 Qxg2 63. Kb5 Qxd5+ 64. Ka6 Qxb3 65. Ka7 a4 66. Kb7 a3 67. Ka6 a2 68. Ka7 a1=Q+ 69. Kb8 Qg3+ 70. Kb7 Qd6 71. Kc8 Qa8#) 54. Qe3 Rxe2+ {Precision: White = 20%, Black = 39%.} 0-1

[Event "Northumbria Masters 2018"]
[Site "Newcastle upon Tyne"]
[Date "2018.02.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Donchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Raetsky, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2362"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,33,8,27,23,54,45,54,49,42,46,64,46,25,44,39,0,35,35,25,16,52,-64,-77,-81,-54,-140]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nc6 3. d4 Bg4 4. Bg2 Qd7 5. h3 Bh5 6. O-O {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} O-O-O 7. c3 $1 (7. Nbd2 f6 8. c4 dxc4 9. Nxc4 Kb8 10. Qb3 Bf7 11. Bd2 Bd5 12. Rac1 e6 13. e4 Bxc4 14. Qxc4 {1-0 (47) Sharafiev,A (2432)-Alekseenko,K (2594) chess.com INT 2018}) 7... f6 {[%cal Bf7f6,Bf6f5][%mdl 32]} 8. b4 $1 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32] White is slightly better.} e5 9. b5 Nb8 10. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. dxe5 Qxb5 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. Nd4 Qa6 13. Bf4 Bd6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 {0-1 (35) Macheda,A (1903)-Barletta,M (2247) Torino 2011}) 10... e4 11. Nfd2 {[%cal Bf3d2,Bd2b3,Bb3c5][%mdl 32]} f5 $1 12. Nb3 h6 13. Nc5 Qe8 14. Qc2 g5 15. f4 (15. c4 $14) 15... Nd7 16. Nb3 Bd6 17. a5 {Precision: White = 60%, Black = 48%.} (17. c4 $15) 0-1

[Event "Northumbria Masters 2018"]
[Site "Newcastle upon Tyne"]
[Date "2018.02.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tan, Justin"]
[Black "Plat, Vojtech"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,42,81,81,79,87,114,43,50,44,52,-67,23,0,0,0,19,24,22,22,33,20,21,14,5,33,30]} 1. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Bc4 Nb6 7. Bb3 d6 8. exd6 Qxd6 9. O-O d3 10. Na3 {LiveBook: 9 Games. B22: Sicilian: 2 c3} (10. Ng5 e6 11. Qf3 Ne5 12. Qg3 Ng6 13. Rd1 Qxg3 14. hxg3 Ne5 15. Nd2 Be7 16. Ndf3 Ned7 17. Ne4 f5 {0-1 (64) Sveshnikov,E (2554)-Shirazi,K (2415) Malakoff 2009}) 10... a6 11. Be3 Na5 12. Ng5 ({Better is} 12. Bxb6 $16 Qxb6 13. Ba4+ (13. Qxd3 Nxb3 14. axb3 Be6 $16) 13... Nc6 14. Qxd3) 12... Nxb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... e6 13. Nxf7 Kxf7 14. Qh5+ g6 15. Qxa5 Nd5 16. Nc4 Qb8 17. Ne5+ Qxe5 {1-0 (69) Salmensuu,O-Innala,H Finland 1994}) 13. Qxb3 Nd5 $1 14. c4 ({White should play} 14. Rad1 $14 e6 15. Nc4 (15. Rxd3 Qc6 $16)) 14... Nf6 (14... Nxe3 $15 15. fxe3 f5) 15. Rad1 Bf5 $1 16. Qxb7 Rb8 (16... Qb8 $5 {[%cal Rb8b7]} 17. Qc6+ Bd7 $11) 17. Qa7 {[#] c5 is the strong threat.} Nd7 $1 18. c5 Qc6 $1 {aiming for ...Ra8.} 19. Nc4 Ra8 20. Na5 Qc8 21. Qb7 Qxb7 {Precision: White = 46%, Black = 65%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Northumbria Masters 2018"]
[Site "Newcastle upon Tyne"]
[Date "2018.02.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hebden, Mark L"]
[Black "Vakhidov, Jakhongir"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[Annotator "TA RC"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,58,-10,-8,25,18,33,0,0,0,0,0,31,21,60,68,77,41,28,38,47,-131,-131,-168,-175,-402,-376,-366,-375,-552,-524,-548,-545,-562,-560]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 O-O 7. d4 d5 8. e5 Ne4 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nbd2 Nxd2 11. Bxd2 Qb6 12. Qa4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bg4 14. Ba5 {LiveBook: 5 Games. B31: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5 g6} Qa6 (14... Qb5 15. Qxb5 cxb5 16. Rac1 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Rfc8 18. Bc7 Bh6 19. Rc5 e6 20. Re2 Bf8 21. Rc6 Be7 {½-½ (52) Ulybin,M (2501)-Ivanov,S (2335) Jyvaskyla 2014}) 15. Nd2 Rfb8 16. b4 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 16. Nb3 Rb5 17. Qa3 Bf8 18. Bb4 Qb7 19. Nc5 Qc8 20. h3 Bf5 21. Na4 Qd8 {½-½ (60) Houska,J (2397)-Dembo,Y (2375) Bled 2002}) 16... Bh6 17. Nb3 Qc4 18. Qa3 Bf5 (18... Qc2 {looks sharper.} 19. b5 cxb5 20. Qxe7 Bf5 21. h3 Rc8) 19. Qb2 Rxb4 20. Bxb4 Qxb4 21. Qe2 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32] [#] Strongly threatening ...a4.} 22. Rad1 Qc4 23. Qf3 $2 (23. e6 $14 {keeps the upper hand.}) 23... Bc2 $17 24. e6 f6 25. h4 $2 {[#]} (25. Rc1) 25... a4 26. Nc5 Bxd1 ({Weaker is} 26... Qxa2 27. Ra1 $17) 27. Rxd1 (27. Qxd1 {only move.} Qxa2 28. Re2) 27... Qxa2 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 28. h5 Qc2 29. hxg6 hxg6 {Precision: White = 38%, Black = 71%.} *

[Event "Northumbria Masters 2018"]
[Site "Newcastle upon Tyne"]
[Date "2018.02.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Merry, Alan B"]
[Black "Welling, Gerard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,38,48,34,52,51,93,90,79,46,87,56,69,52,51,25,42,41,56,47,63,48,45]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Ne2 Re8 9. Qc2 Kh8 10. O-O Qc7 {B15: Caro-Kann: 3 Nc3: 3...g6 and 3...dxe4 4 Nxe4 Nf6 5 Nxf6+ exf6} 11. h3 ({Of course not} 11. Bxh7 Rxe2 12. Qxe2 Kxh7 $15) 11... f5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Be6 12. b3 Nd7 13. Bb2 Nf8 14. Rad1 Rad8 15. c4 Ng6 16. Rfe1 Nh4 17. Nc3 Qc8 18. Bf1 {0-1 (35) Riemersma,L (2380)-Smith Hansen,M (2245) Naestved 1988}) 12. Re1 g6 {White is better.} 13. c4 Na6 14. a3 Bd7 15. b4 Bf8 $1 16. Bf4 Qd8 17. Be5+ {White is slightly better.} f6 18. Bf4 Nc7 19. Bd2 Be6 {Precision: White = 59%, Black = 68%.} 1-0

[Event "Northumbria Masters 2018"]
[Site "Newcastle upon Tyne"]
[Date "2018.02.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Eggleston, David J"]
[Black "Macklin, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2307"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,50,21,35,58,58,62,48,49,44,81,75,65,45,48,56,43,0,27,0,73,7,8,0,29,19,38,-2,3,-6,0,-6,0,0,5,14,4]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Qd2 Qa5 7. h3 e5 {B08: Pirc Defence: Classical System} 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. O-O {LiveBook: 32 Games} (9. dxe5 dxe5 10. O-O O-O 11. Nd5 Qd8 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Bc4 Qe7 14. Rfd1 {0-1 (48) Khenkin,I (2565)-Onischuk,V (2610) Dresden 2017}) 9... Qc7 {White is slightly better.} 10. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} O-O 11. a5 exd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Re8 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Bc4 Nf8 14. Rfd1 Be6 15. Bd3 Red8 16. Qe1 h6 17. Na4 N8d7 18. Qc3 {1-0 (32) Carmaciu,L (2420)-Seder,N (2189) Olanesti 2013}) 12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. Bh6 Re8 {[%cal Rf6e4]} 14. Rfe1 Bh8 15. Nf3 Bd7 16. Ng5 Ne6 17. Nf3 {[%cal Bg5f3,Bf3d2,Bd2c4][%mdl 32]} Nc5 18. Qf4 ({Better is} 18. b4 $16 Nxd3 19. cxd3) 18... Ne6 19. Qh2 Rad8 20. Nd2 Bc8 21. Nc4 d5 {The position is equal.} 22. exd5 Qxh2+ 23. Kxh2 Nxd5 24. Ne4 Bg7 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 {Precision: White = 51%, Black = 42%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Northumbria Masters 2018"]
[Site "Newcastle upon Tyne"]
[Date "2018.02.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Percivaldi, Martin"]
[Black "Gormally, Daniel W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,39,64,68,23,25,-8,-13,-9,-14,-17,16,12,34,6,180,168,174,162,162,168]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. Nc3 Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 O-O 9. Rd1 Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6a5,Ba5b7][%mdl 32]} 10. Qf4 a6 11. b3 {A30: Symmetrical English: Double Fianchetto and Hedgehog} b5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 12. Bb2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. cxb5 axb5 13. Nxb5 Nd5 14. Qd2 Ba6 15. e4 Nf6 16. Nfd4 Qb6 17. Nxc6 dxc6 18. Ba3 c5 {1-0 (35) Hawkins,J (2503)-Gormally,D (2507) Dublin 2013}) 12... bxc4 13. bxc4 {White has an edge.} Na5 14. Na4 Bc6 15. c5 {[%cal Bc4c5,Bc5c6][%mdl 32]} Nb7 16. Nb6 Rb8 $1 17. Ne5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Bb5 $2 {[#]} (17... Bxg2 $11 {and Black is okay.} 18. Kxg2 Nxc5) 18. Nbxd7 $18 {White is clearly better.} Bxd7 ({Wrong is} 18... Nxd7 $2 19. c6 $18) 19. Nxd7 Nxd7 20. c6 1-0

[Event "Northumbria Masters 2018"]
[Site "Newcastle upon Tyne"]
[Date "2018.02.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gourlay, Iain"]
[Black "Nasuta, Grzegorz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2371"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,33,8,0,8,4,15,0,5,15,37,-12,43,34,39,15]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. Rb1 a5 9. d3 Be6 {A29: Englische Eröffnung (Vierspringer-Variante)} 10. Be3 O-O 11. Rc1 {LiveBook: 12 Partien} Ra6 $146 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} ({Vorgänger:} 11... Kh8 12. a3 f5 13. Bxb6 cxb6 14. Nd2 Rc8 15. Nb5 Bc5 16. Nc4 Qe7 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Bxc4 19. Rxc4 Nxb4 {0-1 (34) Wang,H (2717)-Tomashevsky,E (2728) Huaian 2016}) 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 c6 15. b3 Qc8 ({Günstiger ist} 15... a4 $11) 16. Qc2 $14 a4 17. Be4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Northumbria Masters 2018"]
[Site "Newcastle upon Tyne"]
[Date "2018.02.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Abdulla, Murad"]
[Black "Hunt, Adam C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,44,45,35,50,24,33,25,53,32,89,79,80,79,73,62,91,89,90,39,41,41,45,19,60,8,11,14,14]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 {[%cal Bd4f3,Bf3h4,Bh4g6][%mdl 32]} Be7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O h6 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} (9... Nc6 10. Re1 Be6 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Nb8 13. a4 Nbd7 14. a5 Ng4 15. Bc1 f5 16. Bf1 Bf6 17. h3 Nh6 {1-0 (30) Karjakin,S (2760)-Ivanchuk,V (2729) Medias 2017}) 10. Nh4 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 {White has an edge.} 12. Ng6 Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Rf7 13. Qd3 Nbd7 14. Qc4 Nf8 15. Nxf8 Bxf8 16. Qxe6 Qc8 {1-0 (47) Thesing,M (2393)-Voekler,B (2371) Germany 2008}) 13. Qd3 Kh7 ({Black should try} 13... Nc6 $14) 14. Nxe7 $16 Qxe7 15. Rad1 Rd8 16. Na4 {Threatens to win with Nb6.} Nc6 17. Nb6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has strong initiative.} Rab8 18. Nc4 (18. f3 $16) 18... b5 $14 19. Nxd6 Qc7 20. Bc5 Nd7 $1 {[%cal Rd7c5]} 21. Qe3 (21. Ne8 $14 Nxc5 22. Nxc7 Nxd3 23. Rxd3) 21... Nxc5 $11 22. Qxc5 Rd7 $1 {Precision: White = 38%, Black = 78%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Northumbria Masters 2018"]
[Site "Newcastle upon Tyne"]
[Date "2018.02.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Donchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Derakhshani, Borna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2317"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,41,52,56,116,97,102,110,261,262,268,262,325,329,322,335,294,287,343,317,329,274,439,327]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 c6 5. Ne5 Bf5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nc3 e6 8. Qa4+ Nbd7 9. g4 Bg6 10. h4 Bc2 {A11: English Opening: 1...c6} 11. Nxf7 {LiveBook: 10 Games} Kxf7 (11... Bxa4 $14 12. Nxd8 Rxd8 13. Nxa4 Nxg4) (11... Bxa4 12. Nxd8 Rxd8 13. Nxa4 Nxg4 14. Bh3 Ndf6 15. Rg1 Ne5 16. Bxe6 d4 17. b4 Ng6 18. a3 {½-½ (43) Demuth,A (2538)-Yuffa,D (2527) Cap d'Agde 2017}) 12. Qxc2 $16 Nxg4 {[#]White is better.} 13. Nxd5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} exd5 $2 (13... Rc8 $16 14. Qe4 Ngf6 15. Nxf6 Nxf6 16. Qxb7+ Rc7) 14. Bxd5+ $18 Ke8 {[#]} 15. Qe4+ $1 ({Weaker is} 15. Qf5 Ndf6 $17) 15... Be7 {Threatens to win with ...Ngf6.} 16. Qxg4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Bxb7 Ngf6 {½-½ (16) Beletic,D (2310)-Peric,S (2113) Trieste 2018}) 16... Nf6 17. Qa4+ Kf8 18. Bf3 Rc8 19. d3 (19. Bxb7 Rc7 $18) 19... Bc5 20. Rg1 Nd5 $2 (20... Qb6 {is a better defense.}) 21. Qg4 ({But not} 21. Bxd5 Qxd5 22. Qg4 Rc7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Northumbria Masters 2018"]
[Site "Newcastle upon Tyne"]
[Date "2018.02.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Plat, Vojtech"]
[Black "Vakhidov, Jakhongir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,83,0,-4,-14,-6,-4,-27,-35,-75,-55,-57,-35,-39,-42,-37,-49,-38,-49,-52,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,31,0,69,66,64,75,67,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-285,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,490,0,0,0,462,0,0,0,450,0,0,0,427,0]} 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. h3 Na5 {B72: Sicilian Dragon: 6 Be3, lines with h3+Bc4 and sidelines} 10. Qd2 {LiveBook: 15 Games} a6 11. Bh6 b5 {The position is equal.} 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Bd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 {[#]} Nc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Bb7 15. h4 e5 16. h5 Nc4 17. Qc1 exd4 18. hxg6 {0-1 (46) Pikula,D (2568)-Ivanisevic,I (2625) Kragujevac 2009}) 15. Qc3 {Nf5+ would kill now.} e5 16. Nc6 Qh4 17. O-O-O Bb7 18. Nce7 Bxd5 (18... Qxf2 $15 19. Rhg1 Nb6) 19. Nxd5 $11 Qxf2 20. b3 Nb6 {And now ...Nxd5 would win.} 21. Ne3 $1 Rac8 22. Qd3 $1 {Threatens to win with Rhf1.} Rc6 23. Kb1 Qf6 24. Rhf1 Qe6 ({Better is} 24... Qe7 $11) 25. Nd5 $1 $14 f5 26. Nb4 fxe4 27. Qe3 {[#]} (27. Qxe4 $14 Rxf1 28. Rxf1) 27... Nd5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 28. Nxd5 Rxf1 29. Rxf1 Qxd5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 30. Qa7+ $1 Kh6 {Hoping for ...Qc5.} 31. Qb8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (31. Qe7 $11) 31... Qc5 $2 (31... Qd2 $19 32. Rc1 Qxg2 33. Qf8+ Kh5) 32. Qf8+ Kh5 33. g4+ Kh4 34. Qh6+ Kg3 35. Qd2 {Black must now prevent Qe1+.} Kh4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (35... Kxh3 $2 36. Rh1+ Kxg4 37. Qg2+ Kf5 38. Rf1+ Ke6 39. Qh3+ Kd5 40. Rd1+ Qd4 41. Rxd4+ Kxd4 42. Qxh7 $18) (35... Qd4 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 36. Qe1+ Kxh3) 36. Qh6+ Kg3 37. Qd2 $40 {[%mdl 128] White mounts an attack.} Kh4 ({But not} 37... Kxh3 $2 38. Rh1+ Kxg4 39. Qg2+ Kf5 40. Rf1+ Ke6 41. Qh3+ Kd5 42. Rd1+ Qd4 43. Rxd4+ exd4 44. Qxh7 $18) 38. Qh6+ Kg3 39. Qd2 Kh4 ({Don't blunder} 39... Kxh3 $2 40. Rh1+ Kg3 41. Qh2+ Kxg4 42. Qh4+ Kf5 43. Rf1+ Ke6 44. Qh3+ Kd5 45. Rd1+ Qd4 46. Rxd4+ exd4 47. Qxh7 $18) 40. Qh6+ Kg3 41. Qd2 Kh4 {[#]} ({Avoid the trap} 41... Kxh3 $2 42. Rh1+ Kg3 43. Qh2+ Kxg4 44. Qg2+ Kf5 45. Rf1+ Ke6 46. Qh3+ Kd5 47. Rd1+ Qd4 48. Rxd4+ exd4 49. Qxh7 $18) 42. Qh6+ $2 {Precision: White = 45%, Black = 62%.} (42. g5 $1 $18) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Northumbria Masters 2018"]
[Site "Newcastle upon Tyne"]
[Date "2018.02.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nasuta, Grzegorz"]
[Black "Longson, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2307"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,61,19,15,15,15,20,43,36,36,36,43,43,34,8,35,24,37,25,43,43,47,47,54,44,47,49,47,52,95,95,193,191,231,223,300,299,424,422,674,664]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Nd7 8. b3 O-O {C85: Closed Ruy Lopez: Deferred Exchange Variation} 9. Bb2 Bd6 10. Nbd2 c5 11. Nc4 Re8 12. a4 f6 {LiveBook: 9 Games} 13. Nh4 Nb8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Nf8 14. g3 Bh3 15. Ng2 Qd7 16. f3 {1-0 (40) Vitiugov,N (2721)-Domogaev,S (2435) Sochi 2016}) 14. Nf5 Be6 15. Nfxd6 cxd6 16. a5 Nc6 17. Nb6 Rb8 18. Bc3 Ne7 19. f4 exf4 20. Rxf4 Ng6 21. Rf2 Ne5 22. Qh5 Qe7 23. h3 Rf8 24. Raf1 Rbe8 25. Qh4 Ng6 {[#]} 26. Qg3 $1 Ne5 (26... Rd8 $16 {is a better defense.}) 27. b4 $18 cxb4 28. Bxb4 Kh8 29. d4 {[%cal Bd3d4,Bd4d5][%mdl 32]} Nc4 (29... Nf7 $142 30. e5 Rg8 31. exd6 Qd8) 30. d5 Nxb6 (30... Ne5 $142 31. dxe6 Qxe6) 31. Bxd6 {Precision: White = 98%, Black = 26%.} 1-0

[Event "Northumbria Masters 2018"]
[Site "Newcastle upon Tyne"]
[Date "2018.02.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Merry, Alan B"]
[Black "Percivaldi, Martin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,82,33,13,27,14,19,32,21,23,29,10,46,14,27,17,27,20,20,8,16,0,0,5,14,6,21,0,41,35,31,36,35,29,138,7,31,31,77,88,79,84,85,86,182,124,135,137,161,143,147,152,145,0,0,-338,-338,-338,-338,-338,-338,-331,-331,-331,-320,-316,-64,-316,-316,-316,-295,-307,-306,-275,-277]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. Bg5 {LiveBook: 12 Games} Be7 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} (6... h6 7. Bh4 d6 8. a4 Ba7 9. Nbd2 Qe7 10. O-O g5 11. Bg3 Nd7 12. d4 h5 13. h4 g4 14. Ne1 exd4 15. Nd3 dxc3 16. bxc3 {0-1 (55) Demchenko,A (2645)-Ragger,M (2656) Linares 2017}) 7. Nbd2 d6 8. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. h3 h6 9. Bh4 Be6 10. O-O Bxc4 11. Nxc4 b5 12. Ne3 O-O 13. Nf5 Nh7 14. Nxe7+ Nxe7 {½-½ (28) Do,D (1966)-Dang,L (1989) Ho Chi Minh City 2014}) 8... O-O {White is slightly better.} 9. O-O h6 10. Bh4 Kh8 11. h3 Nh7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. d4 Qf6 {[%cal Re5d4]} 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. a5 Ne7 16. Kh2 Ng6 17. g3 Bd7 18. Qe2 Ng5 19. Nxg5 Qxg5 20. Rad1 {[%cal Ba1d1,Bd1d3,Bd3f3,Bf3f7][%mdl 32]} Rad8 21. Nf3 Qh5 {[#]} (21... Qe7 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 22. Ng1 (22. Rxd7 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} Rxd7 23. g4 Qxh3+ 24. Kxh3 Nf4+ 25. Kg3 Nxe2+ 26. Bxe2) 22... Qg5 23. Rd3 Bc6 24. h4 Qf6 25. Rf3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has strong initiative.} Qd6 26. Rxf7 Qd2 (26... Rxf7 $16 27. Bxf7 Qf6 28. Bxg6 Qxg6) 27. Qxd2 ({Better is} 27. Rxc7 $18 {Strongly threatening h5.} Qd6 28. Rf7) 27... Rxd2 $16 28. Nf3 Rxb2 {[#]} 29. Nxe5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxf7 (29... Nxe5 30. Rxf8+) 30. Nxg6+ ({But not} 30. Nxf7+ Kh7 $16) 30... Kg8 {White should prevent ...Bb5.} 31. Kg1 (31. Ne5 $16 Be8 32. Rd1 (32. Nxf7 Bxf7 33. Bxf7+ Kxf7 $14)) 31... Bb5 $11 32. Rd1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (32. Ne7+ $11 Kf8 33. Ng6+ Ke8 34. Bxf7+ Kxf7 35. c4 Kxg6 36. cxb5 Rxb5 37. Rc1) 32... Bxc4 $19 33. Rd8+ Kh7 {( -> ...Rb1+)} 34. h5 {[%csl Gg6][%cal Rd8h8]} Rb1+ 35. Kg2 {[%csl Gg6][%cal Rd8h8]} Bf1+ 36. Kh2 {[%csl Gg6][%cal Rd8h8]} Rxf2+ 37. Kg1 {[%csl Gg6][%cal Rd8h8]} Rg2+ 38. Kh1 {[%csl Gg6][%cal Rd8h8]} Bd3+ $1 {Black has a decisive advantage.} 39. Kxg2 {[%csl Gg6][%cal Rd8h8]} Bxe4+ 40. Kf2 {[%csl Gg6][%cal Rd8h8]} Bxg6 41. hxg6+ Kxg6 {Precision: White = 51%, Black = 46%.} 0-1

[Event "Northumbria Masters 2018"]
[Site "Newcastle upon Tyne"]
[Date "2018.02.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hunt, Adam C"]
[Black "Muir, Andrew J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2416"]
[BlackElo "2286"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 30,67,14,27,112,0,20,17,9,-65,-64,-76,-87,-97,-104,-137,0,0,0,16,19,0,0,-24,0,0,8,-41,-52,-34,-32,-33,-18,-20,-18,-18,-18,-42,-21,-39]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. f3 a6 10. h4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 b5 12. Kb1 Bb7 13. Qd2 {B63: Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer: 7...Be7 and unusual Black 7th moves} Rc8 14. Ne2 Qc7 15. Nd4 Rfd8 16. Bd3 {[#] LiveBook: 11 Games} h6 $146 (16... Qb6 $11 {remains equal.} 17. Be3 Qc7) ({Predecessor:} 16... b4 17. h5 d5 18. e5 Ne4 19. fxe4 dxe4 20. Bxe7 Rxd4 {1-0 (30) Inarkiev,E (2672)-Baryshpolets,A (2540) Baku 2014}) 17. Be3 ({Better is} 17. Bxh6 $16 gxh6 18. Qxh6) 17... Nd7 18. g4 $1 Ne5 19. Rhg1 (19. g5 $11) 19... d5 $15 {aiming for ...Nxf3!} ({Much worse is} 19... Bxh4 $6 20. g5 $14) 20. Qf2 dxe4 21. fxe4 Bc5 ({But not} 21... Nxd3 $6 22. cxd3 Bc5 23. Rgf1 $15) 22. Nf3 Nxf3 $2 {[#]} (22... Nxd3 $17 23. Rxd3 Bxe4 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. Bxc5 Bxf3) 23. Qxf3 $11 Bxe3 24. Qxe3 Qe5 25. Rde1 Rd4 26. Rgf1 Rc7 27. g5 h5 $1 28. Qf3 (28. g6 $5) 28... g6 29. Qf4 Qxf4 30. Rxf4 e5 31. Rf3 Kf8 32. c3 Rd6 33. Kc2 Rcd7 (33... b4 $5) 34. Kd2 {Precision: White = 33%, Black = 53%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Northumbria Masters 2018"]
[Site "Newcastle upon Tyne"]
[Date "2018.02.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Eggleston, David J"]
[Black "Abdulla, Murad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 35,59,23,23,23,25,13,5,5,13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-38,-43,-66,36,42,49,45,700,675]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Qb6 14. Na4 Qc7 {B76: Sizilianisch (Moderne Drachen-Variante)} 15. Bc4 (15. Nc5 Rd8 16. Bc4 Bf5 17. Bb3 Nb6 18. Qc3 h5 19. g3 Nd5 20. Qc4 e6 21. Rhe1 Qe7 22. Nd3 {½-½ (32) Adams,M (2715)-Nakamura,H (2781) London 2017}) 15... Rd8 16. Bb3 Be6 17. Nc5 Nf4 18. Nxe6 Nxe6 {LiveBook: 9 Partien} 19. Qe3 Nf4 20. g3 Nd5 21. Qe4 {[%cal Rb3d5]} e6 22. f4 {[#]} a5 $146 23. a4 Rab8 24. Rhe1 Rb4 25. Rd4 Rdb8 26. Red1 c5 27. Rc4 Rxc4 (27... R4b6 $1 $15) 28. Bxc4 $14 Rb4 29. b3 Qe7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (29... Nc3 $14 30. Qa8+ Rb8) 30. Rxd5 {Precision: Weiß = 69%, Schwarz = 28%.} 1-0

[Event "Northumbria Masters 2018"]
[Site "Newcastle upon Tyne"]
[Date "2018.02.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Raetsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Tan, Justin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2362"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,73,30,0,0,0,4,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-24,-25,-33,-15,-14,-15,-6,-14,-27,-5,-32,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,55,55,64,60,54,59,50,7,7,7,6,7,20,8,9,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d5 6. Bg2 e5 7. Nf3 d4 8. O-O Nc6 9. e3 Bc5 10. exd4 exd4 11. Bg5 {LiveBook: 3 Partien. E01: Katalanisch} (11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Nb3 Qb6 13. Bg5 Ne4 14. Bf4 Re8 15. Re1 Bg4 16. h3 Bh5 17. g4 Bg6 18. Nh4 d3 19. Nxc5 Nxc5 {0-1 (46) Smirnov,P (2564)-Grischuk,A (2752) Cheliabinsk 2016}) 11... O-O 12. Nbd2 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Ne4 Qe7 15. Nxc5 $146 (15. Re1 {looks sharper.} Be6 16. a3 a5 17. Qa4 Ra6 18. Bf1) ({Vorgänger:} 15. Ne1 Bf5 16. Qf3 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Qxe4 18. Bxe4 Rfe8 19. Bxc6 bxc6 {½-½ (35) Simon,H (2214)-Rapatinski,K (2185) Hattingen 2005}) 15... Qxc5 16. Qb3 Be6 17. Rac1 {[%cal Ba1c1,Bc1c3,Bc3d3][%mdl 32]} Rab8 18. Qb5 b6 19. a3 a5 20. Rfd1 Rfd8 21. h3 d3 22. Rc3 Bf5 23. Nh4 Nd4 24. Qxc5 bxc5 25. Nxf5 Nxf5 26. Rcxd3 Nd4 27. R1d2 Rb6 28. Bd5 Kf8 (28... a4 $11) 29. b4 $14 axb4 30. axb4 Rxb4 31. Ra2 Nc6 32. Re3 Ne7 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} 33. Ra7 Nxd5 34. cxd5 {[#] Droht stark Tee7.} Rb6 35. Rc7 c4 36. Rxc4 Rbd6 37. Rc5 {Precision: Weiß = 46%, Schwarz = 73%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Northumbria Masters 2018"]
[Site "Newcastle upon Tyne"]
[Date "2018.02.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Townsend, M Paul"]
[Black "Hebden, Mark L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2214"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,68,0,0,10,0,21,32,39,37,48,0,0,0,0,0,0,-33,-18,-27,-16,-146,-149,-170,-198,-200,-206,-182,-191,-173,-187,-183,-177,-177,-163,-198,-24,-36,-52,-51,-44,-39,-29,-27,-27,-100,-98,-514,-492]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d3 d5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Nbd2 e5 8. e4 a5 9. a4 Re8 10. Re1 h6 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nc4 {LiveBook: 69 Games. A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems} Rb8 (12... Nb6 13. Nxb6 cxb6 14. Be3 Be6 15. Nd2 f5 16. Nc4 Bxc4 17. dxc4 e4 18. Qxd8 Raxd8 19. Red1 Ne5 {1-0 (60) Bachmann,A (2628)-Shirov,A (2683) Florianopolis 2017}) 13. Qb3 Be6 14. Qb5 {[%cal Rc4e5] The position is equal.} (14. Nfxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Nf4 $17) 14... f6 15. d4 $146 (15. Nxa5 Na7 $17) ({Predecessor:} 15. Nfd2 Ndb4 16. Nxa5 Nc2 17. Nxb7 Rxb7 18. Qxb7 Bd5 19. Bxd5+ Qxd5 {½-½ (49) Staller,P (2350)-Raetsky,A (2455) Werfen 1996}) 15... exd4 16. Nh4 {And now Rxe6! would win.} Ne5 17. Nxe5 fxe5 18. Nxg6 c6 19. Qd3 dxc3 20. bxc3 e4 21. Qc2 (21. Bxe4 $11 Nxc3 22. Ra3) 21... Qf6 $1 $36 {[%cal Rf6g6][%mdl 2048] Keeping White busy.} ({Reject} 21... Bxc3 $6 22. Bb2 $11) 22. Bxe4 Bf5 23. Nh4 Bxe4 ({Not} 23... Qxc3 24. Qxc3 Bxc3 25. Nxf5 $15) 24. Rxe4 {Threatens to win with Rg4.} Qxc3 ({Resist} 24... Nxc3 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Bb2 $15) 25. Qxc3 Bxc3 26. Rg4+ Kh7 $1 27. Rb1 {[#]} b5 $1 {[%cal Rb5a4] Strongly threatening ...bxa4.} 28. Kg2 {[#]} bxa4 $2 (28... h5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rh5g4]} 29. Rg6 bxa4 30. Rxb8 Rxb8 31. Rxc6 Rb1 32. Rh6+ Kg8) 29. Rxb8 $11 Rxb8 30. Rxa4 Rb1 31. Bf4 Bb4 {Hoping for ...Nc3.} 32. Be5 $1 c5 33. Kf3 (33. Ra2 $11) 33... Re1 $17 34. Bf4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (34. Ba1 $17 {is tougher.}) 34... Nc3 {Precision: White = 49%, Black = 68%.} 0-1

[Event "Northumbria Masters 2018"]
[Site "Newcastle upon Tyne"]
[Date "2018.02.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vakhidov, Jakhongir"]
[Black "Eggleston, David J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,56,10,8,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,-20,11,-7,47,53,62,62,61,55,48,0,0,-31,-25,-24,-24,-50,-41,-42,-52,-53,-19,-518,-509]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 d5 8. Ne5 Nbd7 9. Qa4 c6 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Qxc6 Rc8 12. Qa4 {[%cal Rc4d5] E18: Queen's Indian: Old Main Line (4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Be7 6 0-0 0-0 7 Nc3)} Rxc4 13. Qd1 a6 14. Qd3 {The position is equal.} b5 15. b3 Rc6 16. Bd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Bb2 Qa5 17. a4 b4 18. Na2 Rfc8 19. Rac1 Qb6 20. Rxc6 Rxc6 21. Rc1 Nb8 22. Rxc6 Nxc6 23. e3 Ne8 {½-½ (23) Bartos,J (2203)-Simonian,H (2475) Marianske Lazne 2011}) 16... Ba3 17. Rab1 Be7 18. a4 bxa4 (18... b4 $11 19. Nd1 a5) 19. Nxa4 Qb8 20. b4 Qb5 21. Nc5 Qxd3 22. exd3 (22. Nxd3 {with more complications.} Ne4 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Nc5 Rd8 25. Nxe4 Nf6 26. Nxf6+ Bxf6 27. e3) 22... Rb6 23. Ra1 Nb8 24. Ra4 Ne8 {[%cal Bf6e8,Be8d6,Bd6f5][%mdl 32]} 25. Rc1 Bf6 26. Bf4 Nd6 $1 27. Be5 Nf5 28. Bd6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (28. Bxb8 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} Rbxb8 29. Nd7) 28... Nxd6 {[%mdl 32768] Precision: White = 45%, Black = 64%. . An unexpected result.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Northumbria Masters 2018"]
[Site "Newcastle upon Tyne"]
[Date "2018.02.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gormally, Daniel W"]
[Black "Macklin, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2307"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,44,19,19,0,0,0,0,5,9,8,14,0,0,-16,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,0,82,145,426,418,380,313,790,790,783,776,1311]} 1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. h3 Bg7 6. Be3 O-O 7. Bd3 {B08: Pirc Defence: Classical System} (7. d5 Nb8 8. Bd3 e5 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. O-O Nc6 11. Qd2 d5 12. Bg5 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Qxd2 15. Bxd2 {1-0 (43) Harikrishna,P (2744)-Mamedov,R (2709) Huaian 2017}) 7... e5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. O-O $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Ne2 b6 11. Ng3 Bb7 12. O-O Qe7 13. c3 Nd7 14. b4 c5 15. Qb3 Rac8 16. a4 a6 17. b5 {½-½ (17) Valko,K (2312)-Kiss,S (2113) Hungary 2012}) 9... Nxd3 10. cxd3 b6 11. Qd2 Re8 12. Bh6 Bh8 13. Ng5 Bb7 14. f4 d5 {[%cal Rd5e4]} 15. e5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} d4 16. Nce4 Nxe4 17. dxe4 Qd7 {[#]} (17... Ba6 $11 {remains equal.}) 18. f5 $1 $16 Rxe5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (18... d3 $16 {was necessary.}) 19. fxg6 $18 fxg6 20. Qb4 {White threatens Rf8+ and mate.} Bg7 $2 (20... c5 21. Qb3+ Bd5 22. exd5 Qxd5) 21. Rf7 ({Weaker is} 21. Qc4+ Bd5 $16) 21... Qxf7 22. Nxf7 Kxf7 {Precision: White = 68%, Black = 43%.} 1-0

[Event "Northumbria Masters 2018"]
[Site "Newcastle upon Tyne"]
[Date "2018.02.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tan, Justin"]
[Black "Haria, Ravi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,116,36,27,25,42,37,32,49,71,74,74,61,80,86,81,89,89,70,72,76,117,53,55,47,69,53,43,49,59,59,52,58,47,57,130,54,51,33,39,39,43,40,52,20,20,19,25,16,13,4,10,10,19,12,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,-3,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 Nf6 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. a4 {E51: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4...0-0 5 Nf3 d5} b6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Ba3 Re8 11. Bb5 Bd7 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 12. Bd3 Bc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nc6 13. Bd6 Ne4 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Nd2 e5 {½-½ (50) Zhao,J (2580)-Hou,Y (2602) Xinghua Jiangsu 2011}) 13. Qe2 Bb7 14. O-O Qc8 15. Rfc1 Ba6 16. c4 dxc4 17. Bxc4 Bxc4 18. Rxc4 Qa6 19. Ne5 {Strongly threatening Qf3.} Nbd7 20. Nc6 Kh8 21. Bb2 (21. Rac1 $16) 21... Rac8 {[#] White must now prevent ...Rxc6!} 22. Qc2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Rc7 23. Ne5 Rxc4 24. Qxc4 Qxc4 25. Nxc4 Rc8 26. Nd6 Rc2 27. Rc1 Rxc1+ 28. Bxc1 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KNN} Kg8 29. e4 e5 30. Bb2 exd4 31. Bxd4 Nb8 32. f3 Nfd7 33. Kf2 Nc6 34. Be3 Kf8 {The position is equal.} 35. Ke2 g6 36. Kd3 Ke7 37. Nb5 Ke6 38. h3 f5 39. exf5+ Kxf5 40. Nd6+ Ke6 41. Ne4 Nde5+ 42. Kc3 h5 43. f4 Nd7 44. Kc4 a6 45. Bd2 Ne7 46. g4 hxg4 47. hxg4 {Threatens to win with Ng5+.} b5+ 48. axb5 axb5+ 49. Kxb5 Kd5 50. Nf2 Nf6 51. Bc1 Ne4 52. Nd3 Nf6 53. Ne5 Ke4 54. Ba3 Nfd5 55. Bxe7 Nxe7 56. Nxg6 Nxg6 57. f5 Ke5 58. fxg6 {[#] White threatens g7 and mate.} Kf6 {Precision: White = 61%, Black = 77%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Northumbria Masters 2018"]
[Site "Newcastle upon Tyne"]
[Date "2018.02.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hebden, Mark L"]
[Black "Donchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,84,5,0,0,0,-7,-2,-22,0,-16,-11,-16,-41,12,0,25,-28,-29,-60,-55,-35,-18,-135,-136,-315,-307,-332,-312,-355,-215,-211,-201,-287,-272,-271,-249,-258,-242,-300,-291,-309,-300,-315,-313,-310,-266,-314,-307,-652,-619,-740,-526,-610,-521,-515,-510,-504,-488,-506,-476,-562,-564,-554,-548,-536,-536,-558,-551,-577,-575,-1132,-980]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. Ne5 Nc6 8. O-O {LiveBook: 117 Games} Ne8 {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines} (8... cxd4 9. exd4 e6 10. Re1 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Ne8 12. Bxg7 Nxg7 13. a4 Bd7 14. Qd2 Rc8 15. Bd3 Qh4 16. Ne2 Rfe8 {½-½ (16) Hebden,M (2429)-Vakhidov,J (2516) Harrogate 2018}) 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Na4 cxd4 {The position is equal.} 11. exd4 Nd6 12. Re1 f6 $146 {[%cal Bf7f6,Bf6f5][%mdl 32]} ({Predecessor:} 12... Re8 13. c3 f6 14. Bg4 e5 15. Bxc8 Qxc8 16. dxe5 fxe5 {1-0 (45) Norton,C (2033)-Hill,A (2237) Hastings 2016}) 13. Bd3 Nf7 (13... e5 $15 14. Be3 (14. dxe5 fxe5 15. Bxe5 Bxe5 $15) 14... Nf5) 14. c4 e5 15. Bg3 ({Better is} 15. Be3) 15... e4 $1 $11 {[%cal Re4d3]} 16. Bf1 f5 17. cxd5 cxd5 {next ...g5 is good for Black.} 18. Qb3 (18. Rc1 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 18... g5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping White busy.} (18... Bxd4 19. Rad1 $14) 19. Bb5 $2 (19. h3 $17) 19... f4 $19 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Rb8.} ({Weaker is} 19... Bxd4 20. Rad1 $16) 20. Bc6 fxg3 21. hxg3 Bd7 22. Bxa8 Qxa8 23. Nc5 (23. Nc3 $142) 23... Bg4 24. Qe3 Qb8 25. Nb3 h6 26. Qd2 Nd6 27. Qa5 Qb7 28. Rac1 Nc4 29. Qc3 Qb8 30. Rc2 {[#]} e3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 31. fxe3 $2 (31. Rxe3 Nxe3 32. Qxe3) 31... Qxg3 {Black is clearly winning.} 32. Nc5 Re8 33. Rf2 {If only White now had time for e4....} Rxe3 34. Rxe3 Qxe3 35. Qxe3 Nxe3 36. Nb3 Bd1 37. Nc5 Bxd4 38. Ne6 Bb6 39. Rf8+ Kh7 40. Rb8 Bg4 41. Nc7 d4 42. Rb7 Bc8 {Precision: White = 27%, Black = 68%.} 0-1

[Event "Northumbria Masters 2018"]
[Site "Newcastle upon Tyne"]
[Date "2018.02.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nasuta, Grzegorz"]
[Black "Plat, Vojtech"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 28,73,43,30,49,12,52,29,36,44,45,39,49,62,53,51,82,78,73,73,155,94,93,89,108,104,103,107,212,211,202,205,293,280,560,548,629,577,570,571,697,422,493,523,783,353,1710,1693]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. a4 O-O 7. O-O a5 8. h3 c6 9. Re1 exd4 10. Qxd4 Nb6 {C41: Philidor Defence} 11. Ba2 d5 12. exd5 Nfxd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 cxd5 15. Bf4 {[#] LiveBook: 4 Games} Ra6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Bf5 16. c3 Be4 17. Nd2 Bg6 18. Nf1 {1-0 (38) Ragger,M (2680)-Kunin,V (2551) Minsk 2017}) 16. Rad1 Be6 17. Qd2 Qd7 18. b3 Rc8 19. Re3 b5 20. axb5 Qxb5 21. Nd4 Qd7 22. Qe2 Rb6 23. c4 {Black must now prevent cxd5.} Bf8 {[#]} (23... Bc5 $142) 24. Nxe6 (24. Re5 $142 $1) 24... fxe6 $16 25. Qg4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Strongly threatening Rxd5! Black is under strong pressure.} Rb7 26. Rxe6 h5 27. Qf5 d4 {[#]} (27... Qf7 $16 28. Rxd5 Qxf5 29. Rxf5 Rxb3 30. Rxa5 Rxc4) 28. Qe4 $1 $18 Rxb3 29. Rxd4 Qf7 (29... Rb1+ {was worth a try.} 30. Kh2 (30. Qxb1 Qxe6 31. Be3 a4 $16) 30... Qb7) 30. Re5 {Hoping for Rf5.} Qb7 $2 (30... Rb6 31. Rxa5 Re6) 31. Rdd5 Rb6 32. Rxh5 {Threatening mate with Qh7+.} g6 33. Rhg5 Qf7 34. Be3 Re6 35. Qd3 a4 36. Rdf5 (36. Rd7 $142 Be7 37. Ra5) 36... Qxf5 $2 (36... Qe8 37. Ra5 Bh6) 37. Qxf5 {Precision: White = 71%, Black = 33%.} 1-0

[Event "Northumbria Masters 2018"]
[Site "Newcastle upon Tyne"]
[Date "2018.02.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Percivaldi, Martin"]
[Black "Raetsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D22"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2362"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,75,49,22,30,39,49,27,42,12,25,0,0,-11,0,0,13,-12,-17,-20,0,0,9,-9,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-33,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. Nc3 a6 7. h3 Bh5 8. g4 Bg6 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Qf3 c6 {D22: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 Nf3 a6 4 e3} (11... b5 12. Bb3 c5 13. g5 Ng8 14. d5 e5 15. Ne4 c4 16. Bc2 Nb6 17. d6 Bxd6 18. Bd2 Be7 19. O-O-O {1-0 (34) Matlakov,M (2653)-Hasangatin,R (2496) Loo 2013}) 12. Bb3 Nd5 13. Bd2 Bd6 {White has an edge.} 14. Ne4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. O-O-O a5 15. e4 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 b5 17. Kb1 a4 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. e5 {½-½ (40) Javanbakht,N (2406)-Asgarizadeh,A (2171) Zahedan 2012}) 14... Be7 (14... Bc7 {feels hotter.} 15. O-O-O g5 16. Kb1 Qe7 17. Ng3 O-O-O) 15. Qg3 (15. h4 {with more complications.} a5 16. g5 a4 17. Bc4 e5 18. h5) 15... N7f6 16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 17. Qf3 Qb6 18. Rc1 a5 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 19. Rc2 a4 20. Bc4 a3 21. b3 Bb4 22. O-O Bxd2 23. Rxd2 Qa5 24. Rfd1 Nh7 25. h4 Nf6 26. g5 Nd5 $1 {[%cal Rd5c3]} 27. Bxd5 cxd5 28. Rc2 Rxh4 29. Qg3 Rh5 30. Qe5 Kf8 31. Rdc1 {[#] Rc8+ is the strong threat.} Kg8 $1 32. Kg2 Kh7 33. Qg3 Ra6 34. Rc7 {The position is equal.} Rc6 $1 {[%cal Rc6c1]} 35. R1xc6 bxc6 36. Rxf7 {Threatening mate with Qe5.} Qe1 {[%csl Gh5][%cal Re1h1] [#]} 37. Rxg7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxg7 {[%csl Gh5][%cal Re1h1]} 38. Qe5+ {Precision: White = 64%, Black = 55%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Northumbria Masters 2018"]
[Site "Newcastle upon Tyne"]
[Date "2018.02.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Muir, Andrew J"]
[Black "Merry, Alan B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E83"]
[WhiteElo "2286"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,164,53,47,72,41,90,92,105,43,69,29,25,10,42,39,45,31,45,38,41,30,31,17,39,8,39,0,41,0,37,39,41,37,33,25,35,6,31,13,14,13,43,22,58,0,52,25,38,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-5,-7,-15,-14,-15,-15,-22,-15,-28,-28,-29,-34,-44,-33,-29,-29,-45,-44,-45,-42,-53,-54,-55,-60,-129,-83,-120,-37,-60,-46,-102,-76,-64,0,-44,0,-112,-47,-167,-94,-141,-110,-106,-104,-121,-108,-194,-103,-95,-90,-242,-228,-194,-94,-94,-101,-104,-113,-112,-98,-82,-81,-165,-104,-239,-223,-388,-366,-819,-795,-827,-812,-891,-866,-741,-848,-844,-828,-694,-354,-382,-382,-362,-350,-519,-519,-714,-678,-29979,-29980,-29975,-11800]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 a6 6. Be3 O-O 7. Qd2 Nc6 8. Nge2 Bd7 9. Nc1 e5 {E83: King's Indian: Sämisch Panno (6...Nc6): Lines without either Nge2 or Qd2} (9... Nh5 10. Nb3 a5 11. d5 Ne5 12. Be2 f5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. f4 Ng4 15. Bxg4 fxg4 16. O-O g3 17. h3 {0-1 (37) Vovk,Y (2611)-Smirin,I (2658) Kishinev 2016}) 10. d5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Ne7 11. g4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Bd3 Ne8 12. N1e2 Kh8 13. O-O-O c6 14. Kb1 cxd5 15. cxd5 f5 16. Rc1 Nf6 17. h3 {1-0 (63) Zsinka,L (2336)-Fruehauf,N (2102) Oberwart 2000}) 11... Ne8 {White is slightly better.} 12. h4 f5 13. g5 ({White should try} 13. gxf5 $16 gxf5 14. h5) 13... c5 14. Bd3 Rf7 15. N1e2 f4 16. Bf2 Bf8 17. a3 Ng7 18. b4 b6 19. b5 Nh5 20. a4 h6 21. gxh6 Rh7 22. O-O-O Rxh6 23. Kb2 Bg7 24. bxa6 Rxa6 25. Kb3 Bf6 26. Nb5 Nc8 27. Ra1 Kf7 28. Qe1 Ng7 29. Nec3 Ke7 30. Qg1 Qh8 31. Qe1 (31. Bf1 $14) 31... Ne8 (31... Qd8 $11) 32. Rb1 Qh7 33. Ra1 Ra8 34. Rb1 Kf8 35. Ra1 Ne7 {[%cal Bc8e7,Be7g8,Bg8h6,Bh6f7,Bf7d8,Bd8b7,Bb7a5][%mdl 32]} 36. Rb1 Ng8 37. Ra1 Rh5 38. Rb1 Nh6 39. Qg1 Nf7 40. Qe1 Nd8 41. Ra1 Nb7 42. Kc2 Na5 43. Rb1 Be7 44. Be2 Rb8 45. Bd3 Rb7 46. Be2 Bd8 47. Kd3 Qh8 48. Kc2 Bc8 49. Qg1 (49. Kb2 $15) 49... Rg7 50. Na3 Kf7 (50... Rgh7 $17 51. Bf1 g5) 51. Qe1 Bd7 52. Bd3 ({Better is} 52. Rg1 $15) 52... Rgh7 53. Rg1 R7h6 (53... Kf8 $15) 54. Be2 Kf8 55. Bf1 (55. Rb2 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 55... Qh7 ({Black should play} 55... Bxh4 $17 56. Bxh4 Rxh4) 56. Bg2 ({White must play} 56. Be2 $15) 56... Bc8 ({But not} 56... Bxh4 57. Bxh4 Rxh4 58. Rxb6 $15) (56... g5 $19 {[%cal Rg5h4]} 57. hxg5 Rxg5) 57. Qf1 Bxh4 58. Bxh4 Rxh4 59. Rxb6 Rh2 60. Kb1 {[#]} (60. Nab1 $17) 60... Qc7 (60... Bh3 $1 $19 {[%cal Rh3g2] Threatens to win with ...Bxg2.} 61. Nd1 Rxg2 62. Rxg2 Bxg2 63. Qxg2 Rh2) 61. Rb2 $17 g5 62. Rh1 $2 {[#]} (62. Qd1 $17) 62... Rxh1 $1 $19 63. Bxh1 Nf6 (63... g4 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top. aiming for ...Qh7.} 64. fxg4 Bxg4) 64. Ncb5 $17 Qd8 65. Qg1 Ke7 66. Bg2 g4 67. fxg4 Bxg4 68. Qf1 (68. Ka2 $17 {was called for.}) 68... Bh5 (68... Bc8 $19 69. Ka2 Bd7) 69. Nc3 (69. Ka2 $17) 69... Rg6 70. Ne2 $2 (70. Qe1) 70... Qd7 71. Rb5 $2 (71. Nb5) 71... Qg4 $1 $19 {[%csl LRe2,LRg2]} 72. Bh3 Qxe2 73. Qxe2 Bxe2 74. Rxa5 Rg3 75. Ra7+ Kf8 76. Be6 Rxa3 77. Rf7+ Ke8 78. Rxf6 {If only White now had time for Bf5....} Rxa4 79. Bf5 (79. Bh3 $142 Rb4+ 80. Kc2) 79... f3 {[%cal Bf4f3,Bf3f2][%mdl 32]} 80. Rxd6 f2 81. Re6+ Kf7 82. Bh3 Bg4 {Precision: White = 27%, Black = 53%.} 0-1

[Event "Northumbria Masters 2018"]
[Site "Newcastle upon Tyne"]
[Date "2018.02.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kanakova, Natalie"]
[Black "Hunt, Adam C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,102,21,21,16,12,46,43,54,0,14,-72,95,80,85,79,165,164,171,184,178,177,191,206,192,157,175,154,161,164,208,99,114,108,114,0,0,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-112,-108,-104,-10,-11,-10,-10,-6,-20,0,0,0,0,0,-47,0,-18,-15,-14,-19,-6,-7,-6,0,0,-4,-5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Qd3 Nc6 {B92: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Be2} 10. a3 Be6 11. Nd5 Rc8 12. Be3 Bxd5 13. exd5 e4 14. Qd2 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Ne5 15. Rac1 {[#]} g6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Re8 16. c4 Nfd7 17. h3 h6 18. Nd4 {½-½ (34) Cornejo,W (2551)-Dronov,A (2680) ICCF email 2011}) 16. c4 Re8 17. Nd4 Nfd7 18. b4 {[#]} (18. f3 $11) 18... Bf6 $2 (18... Nb6 $1 $17 {and life is bright.}) 19. Nb3 $16 b6 20. a4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has strong initiative.} Qc7 (20... a5 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 21. a5 $18 bxa5 22. Nxa5 Bd8 23. Ra1 Rb8 24. Rfc1 Be7 25. Qc3 Nb6 26. Bd4 Bg5 27. Rc2 Ra8 28. Bxb6 (28. Qb3 $18 {is more deadly.}) 28... Qxb6 $16 29. c5 Qc7 30. Nb3 ({White should play} 30. c6 $16) 30... Bf6 $11 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Nf3+!} 31. Nd4 Nd3 32. Bxd3 exd3 33. Qxd3 {And now Rb1 would win.} dxc5 34. bxc5 Qe5 $1 {[%csl LRd4,LRd5]} 35. Rc4 (35. d6 $11 Qxd4 36. Qxd4 Bxd4 37. Rd1) 35... Qxd5 $17 36. Rd1 Rac8 (36... Re4 $17 {Hoping for ...Rd8.} 37. f3 Rxd4 38. Rxd4 Qxc5) 37. Nf3 $11 Qxd3 38. Rxd3 Re6 39. Kf1 Be7 40. Nd4 Re5 41. c6 {Strongly threatening c7.} Rd5 42. Ke2 Rd6 43. c7 {With the idea Rb3.The position is equal.} Rd7 44. Rc6 Rcxc7 45. Rxa6 Kg7 46. Ra2 Bf6 47. Rad2 {Ne6+! is the strong threat.} Re7+ 48. Kf3 Rc4 49. g3 Re5 50. Kg2 Rd5 {[%cal Rd5d4]} 51. Nf3 Rxd3 {Precision: White = 57%, Black = 52%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Northumbria Masters 2018"]
[Site "Newcastle upon Tyne"]
[Date "2018.02.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Donchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Lalic, Bogdan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,107,18,16,17,38,14,6,0,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-23,0,-8,0,0,0,-10,0,-12,-12,-27,0,-8,0,0,0,0,16,14,17,2,25,16,106,104,100,102,186,170,187,187,184,185,202,186,175,118,231,231,223,230,223,223,267,264,266,277,240,228,252,256,312,306,292,291,310,335,425,422,378,283,284,279,488,498,784,756,993,857,791,638,610,577,575,568,551,516]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Qa4 Bg7 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O Nd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7f6,Bf6e4][%mdl 32] LiveBook: 8 Games. A11: English Opening: 1...c6} (8... Bf5 9. Nbd2 Nb6 10. Qa5 Qd5 11. Qa3 Qd6 12. b3 Na6 13. e4 Bd7 14. Bb2 Rfe8 15. Rad1 Rad8 16. Qa5 {½-½ (47) Grischuk,A (2761)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2796) Paris 2017}) 9. Rd1 N7f6 10. Nbd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Nc3 Qb6 11. Bd2 Bf5 12. Qa3 Rac8 13. Be1 Nxc3 14. bxc3 c5 15. Ne5 cxd4 16. cxd4 {½-½ (25) Cherniaev,A (2429)-Doggers,P (2215) Triesen 2014}) 10... Bf5 {The position is equal.} 11. Re1 Ne4 12. Nh4 Nb6 13. Qc2 Nxd2 $1 14. Nxf5 gxf5 15. Bxd2 Qxd4 16. Be3 Qxb2 17. Qxf5 {aiming for Be4!} Qf6 18. Qc5 Rfd8 19. Rab1 Rd7 20. Rec1 Nd5 {[#] White must now prevent ...Nc3.} 21. Bd2 Qe6 22. Bf3 Nf6 23. Qc2 Rad8 24. Be3 a6 25. a4 Nd5 26. Bd2 Bh6 27. e4 Nc7 (27... Bxd2 $11 28. Qxd2 Nf6) 28. Bxh6 $16 Qxh6 29. Rxb7 Rd2 {[#]} (29... Qf6 $16 30. Bg4 Ne6 31. Rxd7 (31. Qxc6 $2 Rxb7 32. Qxb7 Qg5 $19) 31... Rxd7) 30. Qc5 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} (30. Qxc6 $6 Rd1+ 31. Bxd1 Rxd1+ 32. Kg2 Qxc1 $14) 30... Qf6 31. Qf5 (31. Rxc7 $2 Qxf3 32. Rc8 Rd1+ 33. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 34. Kg2 Rxc8 $19) 31... Qxf5 32. exf5 R8d3 33. Bxc6 (33. Rxc7 Rxf3 34. Rf1 (34. Rxe7 Rfxf2 35. f6 Rxf6 $15) 34... Rxf5 $11) 33... Nd5 34. Ra7 ({White should try} 34. Rc4 $18 {Rg4+ would kill now.} Kg7 35. Rg4+ Kh6 36. Re4) 34... Nb4 (34... Ra3 $16 35. Bxd5 (35. Rxa6 Nb4 $18) 35... Rxd5) 35. Be4 Rd7 36. Rxd7 Rxd7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 37. Rc4 a5 38. Rc5 Rd4 39. f3 Na2 40. Rxa5 Nc3 41. Bc6 Rc4 42. Ra6 Rc5 43. g4 {[%cal Bg3g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} Re5 44. a5 {[%cal Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} Re2 45. Ra7 Kg7 46. a6 Ra2 47. g5 Ne2+ $2 (47... h6 48. f6+ (48. Rxe7 Rxa6 49. gxh6+ Kxh6 $18) 48... exf6 49. gxh6+ Kxh6) 48. Kf1 {White is clearly winning.} Nd4 (48... Nf4 $142 49. h4 Ra5) 49. Be4 Ra5 50. Rxe7 Nxf5 51. Rd7 Ne3+ 52. Kf2 Nc4 53. a7 Nb6 54. Rc7 {Precision: White = 68%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "Northumbria Masters 2018"]
[Site "Newcastle upon Tyne"]
[Date "2018.02.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Plat, Vojtech"]
[Black "Abdulla, Murad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,141,55,81,-11,0,0,49,45,40,24,53,18,29,27,20,35,39,25,33,-14,16,0,0,0,2,10,9,6,10,3,31,32,31,0,12,0,6,6,36,28,98,98,98,93,102,102,102,102,102,102,102,102,102,102,102,102,116,102,147,147,147,147,147,140,134,132,123,118,118,118,118,116,127,118,118,114,114,114,137,120,122,112,116,115,115,110,107,106,109,106,110,0,111,104,109,94,102,108,220,103,345,337,311,304,360,334,407,406,418,400,403,346,1195,1147,29972,29974,29972,29974,29983,29984,29988,29989,29989,29990]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Qa4 Bg7 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O Nd7 9. e4 N5b6 10. Qc2 e5 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 11. Be3 $146 {A11: English Opening: 1...c6} ({White should try} 11. a4 $16) ({Predecessor:} 11. Bg5 Qe8 12. a4 h6 13. Be3 exd4 14. Bxd4 Bxd4 15. Nxd4 Qe5 16. Rd1 Qc5 17. a5 Qxc2 18. Nxc2 Nc4 {1-0 (41) Cernousek,L (2434)-Neuman,P (2471) Slovakia 2013}) 11... exd4 $11 12. Bxd4 Qe7 13. Bxg7 {White is slightly better.} Kxg7 14. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f3,Bf3d4][%mdl 32]} Qc5 15. Qb1 Ne5 16. b4 Nxf3+ 17. Nxf3 Qe7 18. Qb2+ Kg8 19. Rfe1 Be6 20. Nd4 Rfd8 21. a4 Rd7 22. b5 $40 {[%mdl 128] White is up to no good.} Rad8 23. Nxe6 Qxe6 24. bxc6 Qxc6 25. Qb5 Qe6 26. a5 Nc4 27. e5 b6 28. axb6 Nxb6 29. Qf1 {Black must now prevent Bh3.} Qc4 (29... Re7 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 30. Qxc4 $16 Nxc4 31. e6 fxe6 {[#]} 32. Bh3 $1 {[%cal Rh3e6]} Nd2 33. Bxe6+ Kf8 34. Bxd7 Nf3+ 35. Kf1 Nxe1 36. Rxa7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Nf3 37. Be6 {Strongly threatening Rf7+.} Ng5 38. Bb3 Rd2 39. h4 Ne4 40. Rf7+ (40. Rxh7 $6 Rxf2+ 41. Ke1 Rf3 $11) 40... Ke8 41. Rf4 (41. Rxh7 $6 Rxf2+ 42. Kg1 Rf3 $11) 41... Nc5 42. Bg8 Rd7 43. Rc4 Nb7 44. Rc8+ Nd8 45. Kg2 h6 46. Ra8 Kf8 47. Bb3 {Ra6 is the strong threat.} Kg7 48. Ba4 Rd4 49. Ra7+ Kf8 50. Bb3 Rd3 51. Bc4 Rd4 52. Rc7 Rd6 53. Rh7 Rc6 54. Bb5 (54. Rxh6 $2 Kg7 $19) 54... Rb6 55. Bc4 {And now Rh8+ would win.} (55. Rxh6 $2 Kg7 $19) 55... Rc6 $1 56. Bb3 {aiming for Rh8+.} (56. Rxh6 $2 Kg7 $19) 56... Rb6 57. Rh8+ (57. Rxh6 $2 Kg7 $19) 57... Ke7 58. Bc4 ({But not} 58. Rxh6 $6 Rxb3 59. Rxg6 Ne6 $11) 58... Rb4 {[#]} (58... Rc6 $16) 59. Bg8 ({Not} 59. Rxh6 Rxc4 60. Rxg6 Kf7 $14) (59. Rh7+ $1 $18 {is more deadly.} Kf6 60. Bd5) 59... Kf6 $2 (59... Rb6 $16 60. Rh7+ (60. Rxh6 Kf8 $16) 60... Kf8) 60. Bd5 $18 Rb8 61. h5 gxh5 62. Rxh6+ Kg7 63. Rxh5 Rb5 64. Rg5+ Kf6 65. f4 {[%cal Bf2f4,Bf4g5,Bg5g6][%mdl 32]} Nf7 $2 (65... Ke7 66. Kf3 Kd6) 66. Bxf7 Rxg5 67. fxg5+ {White mates.} Kxf7 68. Kf3 Kg6 69. Kg4 Kg7 70. Kf5 Kf7 71. g6+ {Precision: White = 62%, Black = 49%.} 1-0

[Event "Northumbria Masters 2018"]
[Site "Newcastle upon Tyne"]
[Date "2018.02.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vakhidov, Jakhongir"]
[Black "Percivaldi, Martin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,59,50,48,37,40,54,48,49,60,69,71,99,124,208,202,268,44,35,22,32,31,47,62,81,67,67,64,52,-67,15,-63,472,466,1124,1111,1111,1104,1081,623,1153,132,918,800,782,745]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 (5. Nd2 O-O 6. Ngf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. b3 c5 9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. a3 Bxd2 11. Nxd2 cxd4 12. Bxd4 Rc8 13. b4 Qe7 14. Rc1 Rfd8 15. Qb3 dxc4 16. Nxc4 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 {0-1 (55) Ding,L (2777)-Carlsen,M (2837) Riadh 2017}) 5... Bd6 6. Nc3 {E01: Catalan: Early deviations} c6 7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 {LiveBook: 6 Games} O-O 10. Nf3 Nd7 11. O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Qc2 Nf6 12. Bd3 b6 {1-0 (32) Donchenko,A (2581)-Tarjan,J (2420) Douglas 2016}) 11... h6 12. Bc3 Qc7 13. Re1 b6 14. d5 exd5 (14... cxd5 $16 {might work better.} 15. cxd5 f5) 15. cxd5 $18 f5 {[#]} 16. Nd4 $2 (16. dxc6 fxe4 17. cxd7 Bxd7 $16) (16. Bc2 $1 $18) 16... fxe4 $14 17. Ne6 $40 {[%mdl 128] White is up to no good.} Qb7 $1 18. Bxg7 Nf6 $1 (18... cxd5 $2 19. Bxf8 Ne5 20. Nd8 $18 (20. Bxd6 Nf3+ 21. Qxf3 exf3 $16)) 19. Bxf8 Bxf8 20. Nxf8 Kxf8 21. Qd4 Kf7 22. Rac1 ({White should try} 22. dxc6 $14 Qxc6 23. Rac1) 22... Bd7 ({Black should play} 22... c5 $15 23. Qd2 Qxd5 24. Qxd5+ Nxd5 25. Rxe4 Nf6) 23. Rxe4 (23. dxc6 $11 Bxc6 24. Red1) 23... Nxe4 $4 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} ({Don't go for} 23... Nxd5 $2 24. Rh4 $18) (23... c5 $1 $15 {stays ahead.} 24. Qe3 Nxe4 25. Qxe4 Kg7 26. Qe5+ Kg8) 24. Qxe4 $18 Re8 (24... Rh8 $142 25. Qf4+ (25. dxc6 Qc8 $18) 25... Kg7 26. Qe5+ Kg8 27. dxc6 Qc8) 25. Qh7+ Kf8 26. Qxh6+ Kf7 27. Qh5+ Kf6 28. h4 $2 (28. dxc6 $18 {and the rest is easy.} Qc8 29. Qh6+ Ke7 30. cxd7 Qxd7 31. h4) 28... Qb8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (28... cxd5 $16 29. Qh6+ Kf7) 29. Qh6+ Ke7 30. Qg7+ {Precision: White = 31%, Black = 25%.} 1-0

[Event "Northumbria Masters 2018"]
[Site "Newcastle upon Tyne"]
[Date "2018.02.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gormally, Daniel W"]
[Black "Eggleston, David J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,87,19,60,17,18,25,20,0,15,0,22,10,21,6,27,0,-12,-3,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,-25,-21,-38,-35,-34,-50,-38,-12,-7,-5,-7,0,0,16,0,0,-36,0,0,0,0,0,-44,-38,-51,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Ne5 Na6 10. b3 c5 11. Bb2 Nc7 {E17: Damenindisch (Hauptfortsetzung)} 12. Rc1 Ne6 13. e3 Re8 {LiveBook: 3 Partien} 14. Qd3 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 14. Ne2 Bd6 15. Nf4 cxd4 16. Nxe6 Rxe6 17. exd4 Re7 {½-½ (28) Thejkumar,M (2491)-Mitrabha,G (2301) New Delhi 2017}) 14... cxd4 15. exd4 Rc8 16. Rfe1 Bf8 17. Re2 Ng5 18. f3 a6 19. Rec2 Ne6 {...Sxd4! ist eine echte Drohung.} 20. Kh1 b5 21. Bh3 Qb6 22. Ne2 Rxc2 23. Rxc2 b4 24. Qd2 a5 25. Qc1 Bd6 26. Bxe6 Rxe6 27. Kg2 Re8 28. Nf4 {[#]} a4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 29. bxa4 Qa6 30. Nfd3 Qxa4 31. Nc5 Qb5 32. Nxb7 Qxb7 33. Rc6 Bf8 34. Rc7 Qa6 35. Rxf7 Qxa2 36. Kh3 Qa6 37. Rc7 Qb5 ({Besser ist} 37... Re6 $1 $15) 38. Kg2 $11 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} b3 39. Ba3 Bxa3 {[#]} 40. Rxg7+ $3 {[%mdl 512]} Kxg7 41. Qg5+ Kf8 42. Qxf6+ Kg8 43. Qg5+ Kf8 44. Qf6+ {Precision: Weiß = 35%, Schwarz = 48%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Northumbria Masters 2018"]
[Site "Newcastle upon Tyne"]
[Date "2018.02.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hunt, Adam C"]
[Black "Macklin, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2416"]
[BlackElo "2307"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,117,1,-35,-9,-9,-7,-13,0,0,90,83,90,82,103,77,73,77,78,79,66,67,73,74,75,59,110,-111,58,35,62,59,104,-245,80,-147,0,0,79,65,98,65,65,65,124,123,124,43,43,0,53,0,0,0,10,7,9,8,23,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,34,29,31,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. h3 O-O 7. Qd2 Nbd7 8. O-O-O {B08: Pirc Defence: Classical System} (8. e5 dxe5 9. dxe5 Nd5 10. Nxd5 cxd5 11. Bh6 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Bxf8 Kxf8 14. c3 Be6 15. Be2 Qb6 {1-0 (36) Saric,I (2669)-Mchedlishvili,M (2603) Riadh 2017}) 8... b5 9. Bd3 e5 10. Bh6 {LiveBook: 5 Games} Bb7 11. Bxg7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Qg5 Bxh6 12. Qxh6 exd4 13. Nxd4 b4 14. Nce2 c5 15. Nf3 Bxe4 {½-½ (43) Kilpatrick,C (2321)-Vuilleumier,A (2339) Paris 2012}) 11... Kxg7 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} Qe7 (13... Qb6 $11 {remains equal.}) 14. g5 $16 Nh5 {[%cal Bf6h5,Bh5f4,Bf4g2][%mdl 32]} 15. Bxb5 $1 Rfd8 16. Bd3 Nc5 17. Qe3 Nf4 18. Bc4 Ng2 19. Qe2 Nf4 20. Qe1 Rxd1+ 21. Nxd1 Rd8 (21... Rh8 $14) 22. Nc3 $2 {[#]} (22. h4 $16) 22... Bc8 $2 (22... Rd3 $1 $17 {[%cal Rd3f3][%mdl 512]} 23. Nd2 (23. cxd3 Ncxd3+) 23... Rxh3 24. Rxh3 Nxh3) 23. h4 $1 $14 Bg4 24. Nd2 $1 Rd4 25. Rg1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (25. Qe3 $16 {and life is bright.}) 25... Qd7 $2 (25... Rxc4 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 26. Nxc4 Nfd3+ 27. cxd3 Nxd3+ 28. Kd2 Nxe1 29. Kxe1 Bc8) 26. f3 $2 {[#]} (26. Qe3 $16) 26... Be6 (26... Rxc4 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 27. Qe3 (27. Nxc4 $2 {loses.} Nfd3+ 28. cxd3 Nxd3+ 29. Kc2 Nxe1+ 30. Rxe1 Bxf3 $19) 27... Be6 28. Nxc4 Qd4) 27. Bxe6 Qxe6 {[#]} (27... fxe6 $11 {keeps the balance.} 28. Qd1 Qb7) 28. Qf1 $1 $16 a5 29. Nb3 Nxb3+ 30. axb3 Rb4 {[#]} (30... Qd6 $14) 31. Qa6 $1 Qd6 32. Rd1 (32. Qxa5 $16 h6 33. gxh6+ Kxh6 34. Rg5) 32... Rd4 $14 33. Qf1 (33. Rh1 {keeps more tension.} Qc5 34. Qf1 Rd8 35. Qe1 Ng2 36. Na4) 33... Qc5 (33... Rxd1+ $11 34. Nxd1 Qd4) 34. Ne2 (34. Kb1 $14) 34... Rxd1+ $11 35. Kxd1 Qd6+ 36. Kc1 {next Nxf4 is good for White.} Ne6 37. Qe1 Qc5 38. Qg3 Qe3+ 39. Kd1 f6 40. Qg4 Kf7 {[%cal Rf6g5]} 41. gxf6 h5 42. Qg3 Kxf6 43. Qg2 g5 44. Qg3 gxh4 45. Qxh4+ Ng5 46. f4 exf4 47. Nxf4 Qd4+ 48. Kc1 Qg1+ 49. Kd2 Ke5 50. Nd3+ Ke6 51. Qf4 h4 $1 {The position is equal.} 52. Qf5+ Ke7 53. e5 {Threatens to win with Qf6+.} Qg2+ 54. Kc3 h3 55. Qf6+ Ke8 {White must now prevent ...Ne4+.} 56. Qh8+ Ke7 {And now ...Ne4+ would win.} 57. Qf6+ Ke8 {aiming for ...Ne4+.} 58. Qh8+ Ke7 {...Ne4+ is the strong threat.} 59. Qf6+ {Precision: White = 48%, Black = 46%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Northumbria Masters 2018"]
[Site "Newcastle upon Tyne"]
[Date "2018.02.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Haria, Ravi"]
[Black "Merry, Alan B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2376"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,132,39,34,39,21,35,6,27,22,17,10,7,18,20,18,34,33,25,-1,6,6,13,0,0,0,0,-4,35,37,36,37,68,58,63,47,54,30,34,15,20,10,8,9,17,16,25,1,1,0,33,32,38,33,45,0,0,0,4,2,35,0,0,0,0,0,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,176,176,169,169,169,175,176,165,174,172,158,162,166,166,173,152,162,148,132,122,121,110,116,114,358,328,329,330,466,454,452,419,220,220,410,410,388,320,2066,2018,2365,2147,1621,1488,12840,12840,12840]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. c4 d6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. Qc2 {LiveBook: 32 Games} Re8 {E63: King's Indian: Fianchetto: Panno Variation with 7...a6} (8... Rb8 9. Rd1 Bd7 10. e4 e5 11. d5 Ne7 12. c5 Ne8 13. b4 h6 14. a4 f5 15. Ba3 f4 16. b5 g5 17. b6 cxb6 18. cxd6 {1-0 (33) Socko,B (2593)-Sanal,V (2551) Riadh 2017}) 9. h3 Bd7 10. Rd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. e4 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Be3 Qc8 13. Kh2 b5 14. Nd5 Nd4 15. Qd1 Nc6 16. Nd2 {½-½ (47) Kudr,R (1972)-Ustimenko,A (2089) LSS email 2013}) 10... e5 {The position is equal.} 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Be3 Qc8 13. Kh2 Be6 14. Nd5 Nd7 15. Qd2 f6 16. b4 Nd8 17. Rac1 c6 18. Nb6 Nxb6 19. Bxb6 Nf7 20. Ne1 Re7 21. Nd3 Bh6 22. e3 Bf8 23. Nc5 f5 24. Bf1 e4 25. Nxe6 Qxe6 26. Bd4 Ne5 {[#] ...Nf3+ is the strong threat.} 27. Bxe5 Qxe5 28. c5 Bg7 29. Bc4+ Kf8 30. Qe2 Bf6 31. Rc2 Rae8 32. Kg2 Qc7 33. Bb3 Rd8 34. Qc4 {[%csl Gb3][%cal Rc4g8]} Kg7 35. Rcd2 Rxd2 36. Rxd2 Rd7 37. Rxd7+ Qxd7 38. h4 Kh6 39. Qg8 Bc3 40. Qf8+ Bg7 41. Qb8 {Intending Qf4+ and mate.} (41. Qd6 {looks sharper.} Qxd6 42. cxd6 Be5 43. d7 Bc7 44. Kh3) 41... Bc3 42. Qf4+ Kg7 43. h5 gxh5 $2 (43... Qe7 $11) 44. Qg5+ $18 Kf8 45. Qg8+ Ke7 {intending ...Kf6.} 46. Qxh7+ Kd8 47. Qxh5 Kc7 {[#]} 48. Qh6 $1 Kb8 49. Be6 Qd3 50. Qf4+ Ka7 51. Bxf5 Bxb4 52. Bxe4 Qc4 53. Bf3 Qxc5 54. Qf7 Qc2 55. Qb3 Qxb3 $2 (55... Qd2 $16 56. g4 Be7) 56. axb3 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} Kb6 57. Be2 Bc3 (57... Kc7 {was worth a try.} 58. f4 b5) 58. f4 $18 Kc5 59. e4 a5 (59... b5 $142 60. g4 a5) 60. e5 b5 $2 (60... Kd5 61. Kf3 Ke6) 61. Bd1 Kd4 62. Kf3 Kd3 $2 (62... Kd5 63. g4 Ke6) 63. g4 {[%cal Bg3g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32] White is clearly winning.} Bb4 64. g5 Bf8 65. g6 Kd4 66. e6 Kd5 {Precision: White = 57%, Black = 40%.} 1-0

[Event "Northumbria Masters 2018"]
[Site "Newcastle upon Tyne"]
[Date "2018.02.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Raetsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Nasuta, Grzegorz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2362"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,135,0,12,6,25,1,22,15,27,24,22,23,22,9,12,0,0,0,10,0,0,0,0,-2,0,-16,0,12,15,25,15,14,25,30,25,24,30,31,19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-53,-28,-47,-64,-82,-56,-48,-54,-70,-75,-103,-103,-144,-132,-139,-103,-103,-103,-198,-190,-194,-168,-321,-301,-316,-311,-322,-318,-314,0,-266,0,-278,-269,-384,-379,-395,-420,-470,-464,-453,-133,-273,-265,-345,-133,-126,-129,-540,-497,-503,-421,-554,-525,-574,-494,-392,-265,-253,-108,-227,-25,-48,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,-8]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg4 6. Nc3 {D23: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 Nf3 Nf6 sidelines} (6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. g3 e6 8. Bg2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 Qa5 11. Bb2 Rac8 12. Rfd1 Rfd8 13. h3 Bh5 14. Qc1 {0-1 (56) Le,Q (2737)-Mamedov,R (2709) Riadh 2017}) 6... Nbd7 7. e4 e5 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Be6 10. Qa4 Ng4 11. Be2 Nxe5 12. O-O Bc5 13. Bf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Qc2 Qe7 {1-0 (41) Grigoryan,K (2473)-Grover,S (2514) Kocaeli 2011}) 13... Ng6 14. Rad1 Qe7 15. Bg3 O-O 16. Kh1 Rad8 17. h3 b5 18. Qc2 $1 Bd4 19. f4 {[#] Strongly threatening f5.} f5 20. Bd3 {[%cal Re4f5]} Qc5 21. exf5 Bxf5 22. Bxf5 Qxf5 23. Qxf5 Rxf5 24. Ne2 Bb6 25. Rxd8+ Bxd8 26. Nd4 Rf6 27. Rc1 Bb6 28. Nxc6 Nxf4 29. Ne5 ({Better is} 29. Bxf4 $11 Rxf4 30. Ne7+ Kf7 31. Nd5) 29... Ne2 $1 $15 {[%cal Re2c1]} 30. Rc8+ Rf8 31. Rxf8+ Kxf8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} 32. Bh4 Ke8 33. g4 Nf4 34. Be1 Nxh3 35. Bd2 Nf2+ 36. Kg2 Ne4 37. Be1 Ke7 38. b3 (38. Nd3 $17) 38... Ke6 39. Nd3 Kd5 40. a4 $2 (40. Nf4+ {only move.} Kd4 41. Ne6+ Ke5 42. Kf3) 40... bxa4 $19 41. bxa4 a5 42. Nf4+ Ke5 43. Nd3+ Kd5 44. Nf4+ $1 Ke5 45. Nd3+ Kd6 46. Nf4 (46. Kf3 $142 Ng5+ 47. Kf4) 46... Nc5 47. Nh5 g6 48. Nf6 Nxa4 49. Nxh7 Ke7 $2 (49... Nc5 $19 50. Nf8 a4 51. Nxg6 Nd3) 50. Ng5 {[#]} (50. Kf3 $17) 50... Nc5 $1 51. Nf3 Nd3 $2 (51... Kd6 $19 {has better winning chances. Hoping for ...a4.} 52. Kf1 a4) 52. Bc3 $17 Ke6 {And now ...a4 would win.} 53. Nh4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (53. Kf1 $17 {nothing else works.}) 53... Ne5 54. Kg3 a4 55. Kf4 Nd3+ 56. Ke4 Nf2+ 57. Kf3 Kf7 58. Ng2 Nd1 (58... a3 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top. Threatens to win with ...a2.} 59. Ne1 Nd1) 59. Ba1 (59. Bb4 $17) 59... Ba5 $2 ({Black should play} 59... a3 $19 60. Ke2 Nb2) 60. Ke2 $1 $11 {[%cal Re2d1]} Bc3 (60... Nc3+ {looks sharper.} 61. Kd3 Nb5 62. Kc4 Na3+ 63. Kd3 Bd8) 61. Bxc3 {The position is equal.} Nxc3+ {KN-KN} 62. Kd3 Nd5 {aiming for ...Kf6.} 63. g5 a3 64. Kc2 Nb4+ (64... a2 $5 65. Kb2 $8 Ke6 $11) 65. Kb3 a2 66. Kb2 Kf8 67. Nf4 Kf7 68. Ka1 {Precision: White = 41%, Black = 55%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Northumbria Masters 2018"]
[Site "Newcastle upon Tyne"]
[Date "2018.02.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Berry, Neil"]
[Black "Tan, Justin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2267"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,129,4,0,0,0,0,-2,7,-7,0,-45,-47,-36,64,59,50,0,77,70,67,69,110,106,165,145,154,91,175,89,176,184,189,189,180,191,239,235,263,258,288,297,284,294,385,372,366,360,495,482,559,458,425,313,314,299,298,301,400,357,428,439,434,429,381,313,295,170,176,170,174,182,223,204,329,325,312,312,318,210,289,283,259,189,324,312,512,497,456,304,356,350,336,326,445,402,458,441,495,470,456,386,475,449,741,720,806,798,804,768,866,910,1317,1352]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bd6 (5... Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2 c6 9. Rc1 b6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Bf4 Bb7 12. Qb3 Rc8 13. Rxc8 Qxc8 14. Nc3 Nh5 15. Bg5 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 Qb8 {½-½ (36) Karjakin,S (2753)-Wei,Y (2743) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 6. Nc3 {E01: Catalan: Early deviations} O-O 7. Bg2 dxc4 8. O-O c6 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. Nd2 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Nb6 11. a4 a5 12. e3 {[%cal Be2e3,Be3e4][%mdl 32]} e5 $146 ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 12... h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. f4 Bb4 15. Qe2 c5 16. Nxc4 Nxc4 17. Qxc4 cxd4 18. exd4 {0-1 (30) Batsiashvili,N (2436)-Mammadova,G (2345) Batumi 2012}) 13. d5 cxd5 {White must now prevent ...Be7.} 14. Nxd5 (14. Bxf6 $5 Qxf6 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Nxc4 $11) 14... Nbxd5 15. Bxd5 Be7 ({Black should try} 15... Bb4 $15 16. Ne4 Be6 17. Bxe6 (17. Bxb7 Qxd1 18. Rfxd1 Nxe4 $17) 17... Qxd1 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 19. Rfxd1 fxe6) 16. Bxf6 $1 $14 Bxf6 17. e4 {[#]} Qe7 (17... c3 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512] remains equal.} 18. bxc3 Rb8) 18. Nxc4 $16 Ra6 19. Qb3 Kh8 20. Qa3 Qb4 (20... Qd8 $16) 21. Rfd1 g6 22. Rd3 ({Better is} 22. Qxb4 axb4 23. a5) 22... Be6 (22... b6 $16) 23. b3 (23. Qxb4 $18 axb4 24. Bxb7) 23... Rd8 (23... Qxa3 $16 24. Rxa3 Rd8) 24. Qxb4 $18 axb4 {[#]} 25. Rad1 $1 Bg4 26. f3 ({And not} 26. Bxb7 Bxd1 27. Rxd8+ Bxd8 $14) 26... Bc8 27. Bxf7 Rf8 28. Bd5 Re8 29. Kg2 Re7 30. Ne3 Re8 31. Bc4 Ra8 32. Bb5 Re6 33. Nd5 Rb8 34. Rc1 Bg5 35. Rc4 Rd6 36. Rxb4 Be6 37. Bc4 Bg8 38. Rb6 Rdd8 39. h4 Bc1 40. a5 Bb2 41. a6 bxa6 {and the idea ...Rxb6 leaves Black hopeful.} 42. Rxb8 ({Resist} 42. Rxa6 Rbc8 $18) (42. Nf6 $142 Bxc4 43. Rxd8+ (43. bxc4 Bd4 $18) 43... Rxd8 44. bxc4) 42... Rxb8 43. Bxa6 Bd4 44. Bc4 Be6 45. Ne3 Bc8 (45... Bxe3 {might work better.} 46. Rxe3 (46. Bxe6 Bd4 $18) 46... Bxc4) 46. Nc2 Bb6 47. Rd6 Kg7 48. Kf1 Kf8 49. Rf6+ Ke8 50. Rf7 Ra8 (50... Rb7 $142) 51. Rxh7 Bh3+ $2 (51... Ra2 {keeps fighting.} 52. Rh8+ Ke7 53. Rxc8 Rxc2) 52. Ke2 Ra2 53. Bd3 Rb2 54. h5 gxh5 55. Rxh5 Be6 56. Rxe5 Kd7 57. Kd2 Rb1 58. Rb5 Bf2 59. f4 {[%cal Bf3f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32]} Bxg3 60. f5 {White is clearly winning.} Bxb3 (60... Bf7 $142 61. e5 Bf4+ 62. Kc3 Rxb3+ 63. Rxb3 Bxe5+ 64. Kb4 Bxb3 65. Kxb3 Kd6) 61. Ne3 Rh1 62. Rxb3 Bf4 63. Bb5+ Kd6 64. Ke2 Ke5 65. Ng4+ {Precision: White = 67%, Black = 32%.} 1-0

[Event "Northumbria Masters 2018"]
[Site "Newcastle upon Tyne"]
[Date "2018.02.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Neil Berry"]
[Black "Tan, Justin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E01"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,129,25,0,2,0,-6,0,0,-13,0,-55,-55,-49,60,57,60,12,73,70,62,73,110,93,172,143,133,108,186,79,189,189,191,180,174,173,200,215,247,222,287,260,270,274,363,361,353,334,502,492,551,478,432,317,295,288,265,277,393,363,403,395,389,351,397,272,278,177,177,177,179,179,218,177,280,274,285,265,311,226,277,271,258,197,345,340,478,458,440,301,313,318,310,310,443,443,439,411,479,470,460,425,459,442,631,582,743,743,760,717,868,872,1526,1468]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bd6 (5... Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2 c6 9. Rc1 b6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Bf4 Bb7 12. Qb3 Rc8 13. Rxc8 Qxc8 14. Nc3 Nh5 15. Bg5 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 Qb8 {½-½ (36) Karjakin,S (2753)-Wei,Y (2743) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 6. Nc3 {E01: Katalanisch} O-O 7. Bg2 dxc4 8. O-O c6 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. Nd2 {LiveBook: 4 Partien} Nb6 11. a4 a5 12. e3 {[%cal Be2e3,Be3e4][%mdl 32]} e5 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 12... h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. f4 Bb4 15. Qe2 c5 16. Nxc4 Nxc4 17. Qxc4 cxd4 18. exd4 {0-1 (30) Batsiashvili,N (2436)-Mammadova,G (2345) Batumi 2012}) 13. d5 cxd5 {Droht ...Le7 und aus.} 14. Nxd5 (14. Bxf6 $11 Qxf6 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Nxc4) 14... Nbxd5 $15 15. Bxd5 Be7 (15... Bb4 $15 16. Ne4 Be6 17. Bxe6 (17. Bxb7 Qxd1 18. Rfxd1 Nxe4 $17) 17... Qxd1 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 19. Raxd1 fxe6) 16. Bxf6 $1 $14 Bxf6 17. e4 {[#]} Qe7 (17... c3 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512] hält das Gleichgewicht.} 18. bxc3 Qc7) 18. Nxc4 $16 Ra6 19. Qb3 Kh8 20. Qa3 Qb4 (20... Qd8 $16) 21. Rfd1 g6 22. Rd3 Be6 (22... Ra7 $16 {war nötig.}) 23. b3 (23. Bxe6 $18 {und Weiss behält klar die Oberhand.} Qxa3 24. Raxa3 Rxe6 25. Nxa5) 23... Rd8 (23... Qxa3 $16 24. Rxa3 Rd8) 24. Qxb4 $18 axb4 {[#]} 25. Rad1 $1 Bg4 26. f3 ({Schwächer ist} 26. Bxb7 Bxd1 27. Rxd8+ Bxd8 $11) 26... Bc8 27. Bxf7 Rf8 28. Bd5 Re8 29. Kg2 Re7 30. Ne3 Re8 31. Bc4 Ra8 32. Bb5 Re6 (32... Rf8 $142 33. Bd7 Rb8) 33. Nd5 Rb8 34. Rc1 Bg5 35. Rc4 Rd6 36. Rxb4 Be6 37. Bc4 Bg8 (37... Bxd5 {ist wohl besser.} 38. Rxd5 Rxd5) 38. Rb6 Rdd8 39. h4 Bc1 40. a5 Bb2 41. a6 bxa6 42. Rxb8 Rxb8 43. Bxa6 Bd4 44. Bc4 Be6 45. Ne3 Bc8 (45... Bxe3 $142 46. Rxe3 (46. Bxe6 Bd4 $18) 46... Bxc4) 46. Nc2 Bb6 47. Rd6 Kg7 48. Kf1 Kf8 49. Rf6+ Ke8 50. Rf7 Ra8 (50... Rb7 {war einen Versuch wert.}) 51. Rxh7 Bh3+ (51... Ra2 {kämpft weiter.} 52. Rh8+ Ke7) 52. Ke2 Ra2 53. Bd3 Rb2 54. h5 gxh5 55. Rxh5 Be6 (55... Bd7 {ist eine bessere Verteidigung.} 56. Rxe5+ Kf8) 56. Rxe5 Kd7 57. Kd2 Rb1 58. Rb5 {Weiß steht klar auf Gewinn.} Bf2 59. f4 {[%cal Bf3f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32]} Bxg3 60. f5 Bxb3 (60... Bg8 $142 61. e5 Bf4+ 62. Ke2 Rh1 63. Rb7+ Kc8) 61. Ne3 Rh1 62. Rxb3 Bf4 63. Bb5+ Kd6 64. Ke2 Ke5 65. Ng4+ {Precision: Weiß = 65%, Schwarz = 38%.} 1-0

[Event "Northumbria Masters 2018"]
[Site "Newcastle upon Tyne"]
[Date "2018.02.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nasuta, Grzegorz"]
[Black "Gormally, Daniel W"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,72,18,20,35,6,2,3,12,0,22,-27,0,0,3,-14,0,-54,-41,-42,-47,-55,-42,-45,-39,-70,-15,-13,-18,-36,-28,-35,-7,-28,-22,-26,-22,-26,-8,-8,-21,-4,-3,-17,-20,-13,-18,-282,-275,-365,-350,-402,-394,-954,-950,-840,-678]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Re1 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7} g6 (6... e6 7. c3 b5 8. Bc2 c4 9. a4 Bb7 10. axb5 axb5 11. Rxa8 Qxa8 12. Na3 Bxe4 13. Bxe4 Nxe4 {0-1 (59) Amin,B (2693)-Vidit,S (2718) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 7. c3 Bg7 8. Bc2 O-O 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 {LiveBook: 5 Games} b5 11. Nc3 Bb7 12. a3 Rc8 13. Bg5 $146 h6 14. Bh4 e5 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Bb3 Qc7 17. Bd5 (17. h3 $11) 17... Nxd5 $15 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Nb6 20. Qd2 Qc2 21. Rad1 Na4 (21... Qxd2 $15 22. Rxd2 Nc4) 22. Re2 $11 Qxd2 23. Rexd2 f5 24. Be7 Rf7 25. Bd6 fxe4 26. Nxe5 Rf6 {[#] aiming for ...Nxb2!} 27. Bb4 a5 28. Rd8+ Rxd8 29. Rxd8+ Kh7 30. Bxa5 Ra6 31. Bc7 Nxb2 {White must now prevent ...b4.} 32. Rd7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (32. g3 $11) 32... b4 $1 $19 {[%cal Rb4a3,Bb5b4,Bb4b3][%mdl 32]} 33. a4 Nxa4 {...Nb6 is the strong threat.} 34. h4 b3 35. Ng4 $2 (35. Nc4 Nc5 36. Re7) 35... Nc5 36. Re7 Kg8 {Precision: White = 28%, Black = 55%.} 0-1

[Event "Northumbria Masters 2018"]
[Site "Newcastle upon Tyne"]
[Date "2018.02.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Merry, Alan B"]
[Black "Lalic, Bogdan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "200"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,200,39,39,47,49,48,48,47,-6,31,0,51,0,13,8,12,0,20,-17,12,-28,40,33,43,0,87,78,83,94,90,83,88,37,46,22,22,22,85,93,95,22,22,28,102,94,85,89,108,115,120,116,133,77,85,89,85,58,133,137,129,129,157,150,145,141,141,142,139,153,142,150,147,143,146,95,109,85,79,37,41,37,114,111,85,8,8,7,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,7,7,8,7,25,20,72,72,72,72,72,72,72,72,72,72,72,28,28,32,72,12,18,0,72,0,18,0,72,14,27,21,68,68,72,72,72,72,72,72,72,72,72,68,622,622,622,615,637,615,622,622,593,545,4652,639,615,203,355,266,271,279,270,261,542,282,274,205,218,211,220,120,179,120,120,120,120,120,182,120,120,120,120,120,120,120,182,182,181,181,181]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 Ngf6 5. Bd3 b6 6. O-O {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7} Bb7 7. Re1 {LiveBook: 6 Games} e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Rc8 8. Bc2 Qc7 9. Na3 e5 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Be7 12. b3 O-O {1-0 (38) Bologan,V (2615)-Ftacnik,L (2546) Heraklio 2017}) 8. Bc2 {White is slightly better.} Be7 9. d4 O-O 10. Nbd2 (10. d5 $14) 10... Qc7 11. Nf1 Rac8 (11... cxd4 $11 12. cxd4 Rfc8) 12. Bd3 (12. d5 $14) 12... Rfe8 (12... exd4 {feels hotter.} 13. cxd4 cxd4 14. Ng3 Ne5 15. Bf4 Ng6) 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. b3 Red8 {Strongly threatening ...Bxe4!} 16. Qe2 {[#]} Qd7 (16... c4 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]} 17. bxc4 Qd7) 17. Bb5 $14 Bc6 18. a4 Bxb5 (18... c4 $1 $11) 19. axb5 $16 c4 20. bxc4 h6 21. f3 Rc7 22. Be3 (22. Ne3 $16) 22... Qd3 $14 23. Qxd3 Rxd3 24. Rec1 Rdd7 (24... Ne8 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 25. Ra4 $16 Ne8 26. Kf2 (26. Rca1 $16) 26... Nd6 $11 27. Nd2 h5 (27... Bg5 $11) 28. Ke2 g6 29. Rb1 Ne8 30. Nb3 Nd6 31. Rd1 Rd8 32. Nd2 (32. c5 $142 $1 {[%cal Rc5d6]} Nxb5 33. Rxd8+ Bxd8 34. Rb4 Nxc3+ 35. Kd2) 32... f5 33. exf5 gxf5 34. f4 Bf6 (34... exf4 $1 $14 35. Bxf4 Rcd7) 35. fxe5 $16 Bxe5 36. Nf3 Bxc3 37. Bf4 $1 Re7+ 38. Kf1 Nf7 39. Rxd8+ Nxd8 40. Bg5 Rd7 41. Bxd8 $1 Rxd8 42. Rxa7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Bb4 43. Kf2 ({White should play} 43. Rc7) 43... Re8 44. Kg3 Re4 45. Rb7 Bc5 46. Nh4 Rxc4 (46... f4+ $14 47. Kf3 Rxc4) 47. Nxf5 Rb4 48. h4 ({White should try} 48. h3 $16) 48... Rxb5 $11 49. Kf4 Rb4+ $1 50. Ke5 Kh8 $1 51. Kf6 {Black must now prevent Nh6.} Rg4 52. g3 Bf2 53. Nh6 {Intending Nf7+ and mate.} Bd4+ (53... Rxg3 54. Nf7+ Kg8 55. Rb8+ Kh7 56. Rh8#) 54. Kf5 Rxg3 55. Nf7+ Kg8 56. Ng5 {Hoping for Rb8+.} Bc5 57. Kg6 Bf8 58. Kxh5 {next Kg6 is good for White.} Re3 (58... Rc3 $11) 59. Kg6 $1 $16 Re8 60. h5 (60. Rxb6 $6 Ra8 $18) 60... Be7 61. Nf7 {Threatening mate with h6.} Bf8 62. Rxb6 Re1 63. Ng5 Re8 64. Rb7 Be7 65. Ne6 {Threatens to win with Ng7.} Bf8 66. Kf6 (66. Nxf8 Rxf8 67. Rb6 Rf1 $16) (66. Rb6 $1 $16) 66... Rc8 67. Kg6 (67. Nxf8 $6 Rxf8+ 68. Kg6 Rf2 $16) ({Better is} 67. Nd4 $11) 67... Re8 68. Ng5 ({Don't play} 68. Nxf8 $6 Rxf8 69. Re7 Rf3 $16) (68. Rb6 $1 $16) 68... Be7 $1 $11 69. Ne6 (69. Ne4 $11) 69... Bf8 $1 $16 70. Nf4 (70. Nxf8 $6 Rxf8 71. Rb6 Rf1 $16) (70. Rb6 $1 $16) 70... Rd8 71. Kf6 {Ne6 is the strong threat.} (71. Kf5 {looks sharper.} Re8 72. Nd5 Bg7 73. Ne7+ Kf7 74. Nc8+) 71... Rd1 72. Ne6 Rf1+ 73. Kg6 Re1 74. Rb6 ({Don't do} 74. Nxf8 Rg1+ 75. Kh6 Kxf8 $18) 74... Re2 75. Ra6 (75. Nxf8 $6 Rg2+ 76. Kh6 Kxf8 $16) 75... Re1 76. Ng5 ({Resist} 76. Nxf8 $6 Rg1+ 77. Kh6 Kxf8 $18) 76... Re8 77. Nh7 {Nf6+ would kill now.} Bg7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (77... Kh8 $14 78. Ng5 Rb8) 78. h6 $18 {[%cal Bh5h6,Bh6h7][%mdl 32]} Bb2 79. Ng5 Rb8 80. Re6 Kf8 81. h7 Bh8 82. Rc6 Ra8 83. Nf7 (83. Rc7 $142 Ra6+ 84. Kf5 Ra5+ 85. Kg4 Ra4+ 86. Kh5) 83... Ba1 84. Nd6 $2 (84. Nh6) 84... Ke7 $2 (84... Ra2 {keeps fighting.} 85. Rc8+ Ke7 86. Nf5+ Kd7) 85. Nf5+ Kd7 86. Rd6+ Kc7 87. Re6 Bb2 $2 (87... Ra2 88. Re1 Rg2+ 89. Kf7 Bb2) 88. Re7+ Kc6 89. Rf7 Bh8 90. Ne3 Ra1 91. Ng4 (91. Rf1 $18) 91... Rg1 $16 92. Kg5 (92. Rf8 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf8h8]} Bb2 93. Kg5) 92... Kd6 93. Rf8 Ba1 94. Ra8 Bb2 {[#]} (94... Bc3 $16 {was called for.} 95. Ra3 Bh8) 95. Kf5 (95. Ra2 $1 $18 {[%cal Ra2b2]} Bc3 96. Ra3) 95... Rf1+ {[#]} 96. Kg6 $1 Rg1 97. Ra4 Ke6 98. Ra6+ Kd5 (98... Ke7 $16) 99. Kg5 $18 Bc3 100. Rg6 Bb2 {Precision: White = 48%, Black = 50%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Northumbria Masters 2018"]
[Site "Newcastle upon Tyne"]
[Date "2018.02.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Eggleston, David J"]
[Black "Plat, Vojtech"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,124,35,25,28,26,68,72,67,65,62,66,65,59,55,45,51,41,76,70,87,83,85,0,36,23,15,0,12,15,71,76,87,11,48,16,36,34,26,0,0,-9,-25,-45,-3,-72,0,-56,-51,-58,-31,-104,0,-10,20,25,182,172,173,138,437,427,310,89,92,92,99,107,102,89,87,18,32,0,0,0,0,0,73,73,73,73,73,73,73,73,73,73,73,73,73,37,121,13,156,13,27,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,13,14,21,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 Nb6 {C41: Philidor Defence} (7... c6 8. a4 a5 9. h3 Re8 10. Ba2 Bf8 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Ng5 Re7 13. f4 b6 14. fxe5 dxe5 15. d5 cxd5 16. exd5 {1-0 (16) Wang,H (2709)-Ivanchuk,V (2726) Huaian 2017}) 8. Bf1 Nfd7 9. a4 a5 {White is better.} 10. b3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Be3 Bf6 11. Qd2 Re8 12. Rad1 exd4 13. Bxd4 Bxd4 14. Qxd4 Nc5 15. h3 {1-0 (50) Ameir,M (2287)-Drazic,S (2441) Al Ain 2013}) 10... exd4 11. Nxd4 Nc5 12. Bb2 Bf6 13. g3 Re8 14. Bg2 c6 15. Qd2 Na6 16. Rad1 Nb4 {Strongly threatening ...Bxd4.} 17. Nf3 (17. Nce2 $16) 17... Be6 18. Re2 d5 19. e5 Be7 20. Nd4 Bc8 (20... Bg4 $11) 21. Rde1 $16 c5 22. Ndb5 (22. e6 $16 cxd4 23. exf7+ Kxf7 24. Nb5) 22... Bf5 23. Qd1 Qd7 24. Rd2 {[%cal Rg2d5]} Rad8 $1 25. Ne4 {Threatens to win with Ned6.} Qc6 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 26. Nec3 (26. Ned6 $5 {[%cal Rd6f5]} Bxc2 27. Rxc2 Nxc2 28. Re2 (28. Qxc2 Bxd6 29. Bc3 Bb8 $17) 28... Bxd6 29. Nxd6 $11) 26... Qg6 {[%cal Rf5c2]} 27. Na3 {[%cal Rg2d5]} Bg4 28. f3 (28. Qc1 $11) 28... Be6 (28... Bf5 $1 $17) 29. Ne2 (29. Ncb5 $11) 29... Qh6 $15 30. c3 Nc6 (30... d4 $5 31. c4 Bf5 $15) 31. f4 (31. Bc1 $15) 31... f6 (31... Bg4 $17 32. Qc1 c4 33. bxc4 Bc5+ 34. Nd4 dxc4) 32. exf6 $11 Bxf6 33. Nb5 Re7 $2 (33... Qh5 $11) 34. Ba3 $1 $18 {[%cal Ra3c5]} Nd7 35. Nc7 Bf7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (35... Bg4 $16 {was called for.}) 36. Nxd5 Ree8 37. Nxf6+ $2 (37. Nc7 $18 {is more deadly.}) 37... Nxf6 $16 38. Bxc5 {Black must now prevent Rxd8.} Rxd2 39. Qxd2 {Hoping for Nd4.} Qh5 40. Bd4 (40. Bf2 {is more complex.} Bxb3 41. Nd4 Rxe1+ 42. Qxe1 Bxa4 43. Qe6+) 40... Bxb3 {[#]} 41. Bxf6 ({White should try} 41. h3 $1 $16) 41... gxf6 $11 42. Nd4 (42. Kf2 {feels hotter.} Qc5+ 43. Nd4 Rxe1 44. Kxe1 Bxa4 45. Qa2+) 42... Rxe1+ 43. Qxe1 Nxd4 44. cxd4 Qd1 (44... Bxa4 $11 {remains equal.} 45. Qe6+ (45. Bxb7 Bd7 $14) 45... Kg7) 45. Qxd1 $16 Bxd1 46. Bxb7 Bxa4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#] KB-KB} 47. Bd5+ $1 Kf8 48. Kf2 Bd7 49. Ke3 Ke7 50. Kd3 Kd6 51. Bf3 Be6 (51... a4 $14) 52. g4 (52. Kc3 $16) 52... h6 (52... a4 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 53. h4 (53. Kc3 $16) 53... a4 $1 $11 54. g5 fxg5 {The position is equal.} 55. hxg5 hxg5 56. fxg5 a3 57. Kc3 Ke7 58. Be4 Kf7 (58... Bc4 $5) 59. d5 Bxd5 60. Bxd5+ Kg6 61. Kb3 a2 62. Kxa2 Kxg5 {Precision: White = 40%, Black = 38%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Northumbria Masters 2018"]
[Site "Newcastle upon Tyne"]
[Date "2018.02.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Percivaldi, Martin"]
[Black "Tan, Justin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,85,33,43,54,47,56,56,100,100,104,61,65,52,58,40,155,83,91,93,108,113,143,85,80,91,98,91,93,97,116,120,123,88,174,175,184,149,168,163,163,156,166,148,152,152,162,159,233,219,268,141,126,134,237,233,335,357,352,354,357,346,266,352,345,341,344,345,339,334,331,323,329,322,372,360]} 1. Nf3 e6 2. g3 b5 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 (5... d5 6. c4 a6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. a4 Nd7 9. axb5 axb5 10. Rxa8 Qxa8 11. e4 N5f6 12. Nc3 c6 13. h3 Be7 14. Be3 {1-0 (69) Sjugirov,S (2652)-Esipenko,A (2571) Taganrog 2018}) 6. Na3 {A05: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 Nf6} a6 7. c4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} bxc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... b4 8. Nc2 c5 9. d4 Be7 10. a3 a5 11. axb4 axb4 12. Rxa8 Bxa8 13. b3 {½-½ (47) Tan,Z (2496)-Saduakassova,D (2428) Doha 2016}) 8. Nxc4 {White is slightly better.} c5 9. Bd2 Nbd7 10. Na5 Rb8 11. Nxb7 Rxb7 12. Rb1 d5 13. Qa4 Qb6 ({Black should try} 13... Bd6 $14) 14. e4 (14. b4 $142 $1) 14... dxe4 $16 15. dxe4 Qb5 16. Qc2 Rc7 17. e5 (17. Rfd1 $142) 17... Nd5 18. Qe4 g6 19. Rfe1 Bg7 20. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} c4 21. Bf1 $1 Qc6 22. Rbc1 {[%cal Rf1c4]} N7b6 {[#]} (22... c3 $16 {was necessary.}) 23. h5 $1 $18 O-O 24. Qh4 Ne7 25. hxg6 fxg6 26. Ng5 $40 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Rh4h7][%mdl 128] White wants a kill.} h6 27. Ne4 Nf5 28. Qg4 Bxe5 29. Bg2 Qe8 (29... Nd5 $16) 30. Bb4 Bxb2 31. Rc2 ({Much less strong is} 31. Bxf8 $6 Kxf8 32. Nd6 Nxd6 $18) (31. Nd6 $18 Nxd6 32. Rxe6) 31... Bg7 $16 32. Bxf8 Kxf8 {[#]} (32... Qxf8 $16 33. Qxg6 Qf7 34. Qxf7+ Kxf7) 33. Nd6 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd6e8][%mdl 512]} Nxd6 (33... Qd7 $142) 34. Qf4+ ({Not} 34. Rxe6 Qd8 $18) 34... Ke7 {Strongly threatening ...Qf7.} 35. Rce2 Qf7 36. Rxe6+ Qxe6 37. Rxe6+ Kxe6 38. Qe3+ Kd7 {Threatens to win with ...c3.} 39. Qxb6 {Hoping for Bh3+.} Bf8 40. Bh3+ Kd8 {intending ...c3.} 41. Be6 ({Worse is} 41. Qxa6 c3 $11) 41... c3 {White must now prevent ...c2.} 42. Bb3 g5 43. Bc2 {Precision: White = 74%, Black = 47%.} 1-0

[Event "Northumbria Masters 2018"]
[Site "Newcastle upon Tyne"]
[Date "2018.02.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Haria, Ravi"]
[Black "Vakhidov, Jakhongir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "2376"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,141,42,12,16,10,19,17,20,22,17,14,26,15,47,47,41,12,12,0,17,0,16,16,22,25,34,31,46,27,93,86,109,93,85,77,108,62,70,61,66,79,63,79,62,69,73,64,84,66,89,64,64,66,102,99,99,100,97,99,95,95,91,89,85,88,87,45,46,44,62,59,58,47,47,43,41,14,14,13,18,10,39,47,64,72,60,63,74,82,137,137,194,79,189,191,160,160,431,432,392,362,317,221,250,238,289,242,256,191,94,28,139,22,24,24,24,24,28,24,24,22,32,22,22,14]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. c4 c5 6. Nc3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8. O-O Qa5 9. e3 d6 10. h3 Bd7 {A39: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7 5 Nf3 Nf6 6 0-0 0-0 7 d4} 11. Qe2 Rac8 (11... Rfc8 12. Rd1 Rab8 13. Bd2 Qe5 14. Nc2 a6 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. cxd5 Na7 17. Bc3 Qg5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 {0-1 (44) Ding,L (2764)-Svidler,P (2742) Novi Sad 2016}) 12. Bd2 Qb6 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. b3 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Rfe8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... e6 16. Rac1 d5 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 exd5 {½-½ (44) Romanishin,O (2509)-Dijkhuis,T (2327) Vlissingen 2014}) 16. Rac1 Qc6+ 17. Qf3 Nd7 {[%cal Bf6d7,Bd7c5,Bc5e4][%mdl 32]} 18. Rfd1 Nc5 19. Be1 f5 20. Qd5+ Kh8 21. Ne2 Qa6 22. Rc2 Ne4 23. f3 e6 (23... Nf6 $11 24. Qe6 b6) 24. Qa5 $1 $16 {[%cal Ra5a6] Black must now prevent Qxa6.} Qc6 25. Nd4 Bxd4 26. exd4 b6 27. d5 Qb7 28. Qa3 Nc5 29. dxe6 Rxe6 30. Qb2+ Kg8 {Black wants to play ...Re3.} 31. Qd4 Qg7 32. Qd5 {Hoping for b4.} Qf7 33. Bc3 Nd7 34. Kf2 Rce8 35. Qd4 {[%csl Gc3][%cal Rd4h8]} Qf6 36. Qxf6 Nxf6 37. Rcd2 Rd8 38. Bb4 Ne8 39. g4 fxg4 40. hxg4 Rd7 41. a4 Rf7 42. Re2 ({Much worse is} 42. Bxd6 Ref6 $11) (42. Rd3 {is more complex.} Nf6 43. Kg3 h5 44. g5 Nd7 45. Bxd6 Ne5 46. Re3) 42... Rxe2+ 43. Kxe2 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Re7+ 44. Kf2 Kf7 45. Rd5 Rd7 46. a5 bxa5 47. Rxa5 Rb7 48. Bd2 Ke6 49. b4 Nf6 50. Ra6 Ne8 51. b5 Nc7 52. Rc6 Kd7 53. Bf4 Ne8 (53... Rb6 $142) 54. Ra6 $16 Rc7 (54... h5 $16 55. Be3 hxg4) 55. Ra4 (55. Be3 $18) 55... Kc8 (55... Rb7 $16) 56. Be3 $18 Kb8 57. c5 dxc5 $2 (57... Rb7 $16) 58. Bf4 Kb7 {And now ...Rf7 would win.} 59. Bxc7 Nxc7 {KR-KN} 60. Ra1 Nxb5 61. Ke3 h5 62. gxh5 gxh5 63. Rh1 Kc6 {[#]} 64. Rxh5 ({White should play} 64. f4 $1 $16) 64... a5 $1 $11 {[#]} 65. Rh6+ (65. Ke4 $1 $16) 65... Kd5 66. Ra6 Nd6 67. Kd3 Nc4 68. f4 {[%cal Bf3f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32]} a4 69. Kc3 a3 70. Ra4 Nd6 71. f5 {[%mdl 32768] Precision: White = 59%, Black = 56%. . Loss on Time!?} 1-0

[Event "Northumbria Masters 2018"]
[Site "Newcastle upon Tyne"]
[Date "2018.02.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Muir, Andrew J"]
[Black "Greet, Andrew N"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E40"]
[WhiteElo "2286"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,96,-4,2,-14,-7,-35,-30,-29,0,-10,-8,1,14,23,13,22,31,27,24,30,18,5,70,-13,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,0,0,0,-13,-14,-25,-25,-28,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-16,-16,-16,-16,-19,-13,-31,-2,-2,-3,-10,-18,-182,-84,-179,-183,-462,-462,-553,-543,-500,-514,-29966,-29967,-29963,-29962,-29973,-29974,-29978,-29979,-29982,-29983,-29994,-29995,-29995,-29996]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. Bd3 e5 (5... O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. b3 Qe7 11. Bb2 Rd8 12. Rc1 Bg4 13. Be2 d4 14. Nxd4 Bxd4 15. exd4 Rxd4 16. Qc2 Rad8 17. Bxg4 Nxg4 {½-½ (38) Solak,D (2626)-Vocaturo,D (2607) Heraklio 2017}) 6. cxd5 {E40: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein (4 e3): Unusual Black 4th moves} Qxd5 7. f3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. dxe5 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Qxe5 9. Bb2 Bg4 10. Nf3 Qe7 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Be2 O-O 13. c4 {½-½ (94) Gavasheli,A (2219)-Georgiev,V (2518) Izmir 2006}) 7... exd4 8. exd4 {Black has an edge.} O-O 9. Nge2 Bf5 10. O-O Bxc3 (10... Qe6 {keeps more tension.} 11. Bg5 Nc6 12. Bb5 Nd5 13. Re1 Rfe8) 11. bxc3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Nc6 13. Bf4 Qd7 14. c4 Rfe8 15. Rad1 Na5 (15... Rad8 $11) 16. Bd2 (16. Ng3 $14) 16... Qa4 $11 17. Bxa5 Qxa5 18. Nc3 Re7 19. Rfe1 Rae8 20. Rxe7 Rxe7 21. g3 h5 22. Kg2 g6 23. h4 b6 24. Rd2 Re1 25. Kf2 Rc1 26. Rc2 $1 {[%cal Rc2c1]} Rxc2+ 27. Qxc2 c6 28. Ne4 Nd7 29. Kg2 c5 30. dxc5 Nxc5 31. Nxc5 (31. Nf6+ {seems wilder.} Kf8 32. Nd5 Qa3 33. Qd2 Kg8 34. Nf6+) 31... Qxc5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} 32. Qd3 Qe5 33. Qc2 Kg7 34. a4 a5 35. f4 Qc5 36. Qc3+ Kg8 {...Qc6+ is the strong threat.} 37. Qd3 $2 {[#]} (37. Qb3 $11) 37... Qc6+ $19 38. Kh2 (38. Qd5 $17 Qxa4 39. Qd8+ Kh7 40. Qd5) 38... Qxa4 39. Qd8+ $2 (39. f5) 39... Kh7 40. Qxb6 Qc2+ 41. Kg1 a4 42. Qc7 {[#]} (42. Qa7 $19 Qxc4 43. f5) 42... Qc1+ {Black mates.} 43. Kf2 Qb2+ 44. Kf3 Kg7 45. c5 a3 46. c6 a2 47. Qb7 Qc3+ 48. Kg2 a1=Q {Precision: White = 31%, Black = 66%.} 0-1

[Event "Northumbria Masters 2018"]
[Site "Newcastle upon Tyne"]
[Date "2018.02.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Berry, Neil"]
[Black "Donchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "2267"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,87,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-72,-81,-74,0,-11,-14,-10,-11,-74,-73,-78,-63,-82,-63,-65,-65,-65,-65,-65,-64,-67,-57,-67,-64,-75,-104,-118,-67,-117,-95,-106,-100,-105,-111,-98,-62,-75,-76,-210,-127,-120,-77,-77,-77,-77,-78,-79,-79,-207,-204,-416,-409,-359,-347,-349]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Bf4 Bf5 {A62: Modern Benoni: Fianchetto Variation without early ...Nbd7} 11. Nh4 (11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nd2 Bc8 14. Nc4 Bxc3 15. bxc3 b5 16. Nd2 Nd7 17. Re1 a5 18. Qc2 {½-½ (29) Tomashevsky,E (2702)-Svidler,P (2763) Palma de Mallorca 2017}) 11... Bg4 12. h3 Nh5 {LiveBook: 4 Games. The position is equal.} 13. hxg4 Nxf4 14. gxf4 {[#] And now g5 would win.} Qxh4 15. e3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Nd7 17. Rb1 $146 {[#]} (17. Bf3 $11) ({Find the theoretical novelty and annotate with similar games:} 17. Bf3 Qh3 18. Bg2 {½-½ (20) Markoja,B (2428)-Heimann,A (2578) Balatonszarszo 2017}) 17... Nf6 $1 $17 {[%cal Rf6g4]} 18. Qf3 Nxg4 (18... Rab8 $17) 19. Qh3 $1 $11 {[%cal Rh3h4]} Qxh3 20. Bxh3 Nf6 21. c4 (21. Rxb7 $11 {remains equal.} Nxd5 22. c4) 21... Re7 22. Rb2 h6 23. Rfb1 Rb8 24. a4 Kf8 25. a5 Ke8 26. Kf1 Kd8 27. Ke2 Kc7 28. Kd3 Ree8 29. Rh1 b6 30. Bg2 h5 ({Better is} 30... bxa5 $17 31. Ra2 Ng4) 31. Ra1 a6 {[%cal Ba7a6,Ba6a5][%mdl 32]} 32. axb6+ Rxb6 33. Rxb6 Kxb6 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 34. e4 h4 {[%cal Bh5h4,Bh4h3][%mdl 32]} 35. Bf3 h3 36. Re1 (36. Rh1 $17) 36... a5 37. e5 dxe5 38. fxe5 {Threatening Rb1+.} Nd7 39. e6 fxe6 40. dxe6 Kc7 41. Kc3 (41. Re4 $17 Nf6 42. Rh4) 41... Nf6 $19 42. Kb3 $2 (42. Rg1 {is a better defense.}) 42... g5 {[%cal Bg6g5,Bg5g4][%mdl 32]} 43. Ka4 g4 44. Bh1 {Precision: White = 52%, Black = 82%.} 0-1

[Event "Northumbria Masters 2018"]
[Site "Newcastle upon Tyne"]
[Date "2018.02.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kanakova, Natalie"]
[Black "Raetsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[BlackElo "2362"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,64,-10,-3,-12,-25,-10,-16,-61,-70,-72,-73,-66,-78,-83,-35,-43,-32,-92,-66,-88,-94,-71,-30,-45,-25,-79,-31,-38,-38,-40,-29,-45,0,0,20,23,67,47,82,77,69,69,69,54,47]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Ndb5 Bc5 7. Bf4 O-O {B45: Sicilian Four Knights} 8. Bc7 Qe7 9. Bd6 Bxd6 10. Qxd6 Qd8 11. Qc7 (11. O-O-O a6 12. Nd4 Qb6 13. e5 Ng4 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Bd3 {½-½ (66) Jakovenko,D (2730)-Pridorozhni,A (2571) Khanty-Mansiysk 2017}) 11... d5 {[#] LiveBook: 4 Games. Strongly threatening ...a6.} 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. exd5 $1 exd5 {...a6 is the strong threat.} 14. Bd3 a6 15. Na3 $1 ({Not} 15. Nc7 $2 Ra7 $19) 15... b5 $146 {[#] White must now prevent ...b4.} 16. Ne2 d4 17. O-O Ra7 18. Nb1 Ne5 19. Rd1 ({Better is} 19. Nd2 $15) 19... Re7 20. Ng3 Nxd3 21. cxd3 Nd5 22. Nd2 Nf4 23. Nde4 (23. Nb3 $11) 23... Rc7 24. b4 Bb7 25. Rd2 $1 g6 26. f3 Nd5 27. a3 Bc8 28. Ne2 Ne3 29. Kf2 Nf5 30. Rc1 Rxc1 31. Nxc1 h5 32. Rc2 Ne3 {Precision: White = 51%, Black = 62%.} 1/2-1/2

