[Event "Pavlodar Open 2018"]
[Site "Pavlodar"]
[Date "2018.11.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Black "Tleubayev, Nurlan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2214"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.11.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 33,64,52,60,40,89,37,88,68,98,60,68,39,52,52,47,3,85,0,42,53,62,44,60,60,60,60,60,50,41,39,60,60,55]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3][%mdl 32]} a6 8. Bb3 Ba7 9. h3 Ne7 10. Re1 Ng6 11. Nf1 h6 12. Ng3 Re8 13. d4 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} c6 (13... Qe7 14. Be3 Bd7 {0-1 (48) Volokitin,A (2628)-Mamedyarov,S (2799) Riadh 2017}) 14. Be3 Qc7 15. Qd2 Kh7 16. Rad1 Be6 17. Bc2 Rad8 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 18. Qc1 Bb6 $146 {[#]} ({Predecessor:} 18... b5 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. exf5 Nf8 21. dxe5 Bxe3 22. Rxe3 dxe5 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Nxe5 {1-0 (41) Sebastian,D (2439)-Straeter,T (2325) Germany 2011}) 19. a3 (19. Nf5 $1 $16) 19... Rd7 (19... c5 $14) 20. b4 Qb8 21. Qb1 {dxe5 is the strong threat.} Bc7 22. Bd3 b5 23. Qc2 Kg8 24. Qc1 Kh7 (24... Bb3 $11 {remains equal.}) 25. Qc2 Kg8 26. a4 {White is slightly better.} Rdd8 27. Qc1 Kh7 28. a5 Qb7 29. Qc2 Kg8 30. Rb1 Bb8 31. Qc1 Kh7 32. Bc2 Rd7 {Accuracy: White = 38%, Black = 47%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pavlodar Open 2018"]
[Site "Pavlodar"]
[Date "2018.11.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Burmakin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Grebenschikov, Vldaimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2018.11.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,43,43,56,43,45,45,64,77,95,70,76,70,123,129,223,228,262,197,180,192,196,193,445,443,429,437,430,415,406,268,266,260,252,260,247,165]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b5 3. Bg5 Bb7 4. e3 a6 5. Bxf6 (5. c4 Ne4 6. cxb5 Nxg5 7. Nxg5 axb5 8. Bxb5 c6 9. Qf3 f6 10. Nh3 Qb6 11. Bc4 Qxb2 12. O-O Qxa1 13. Nf4 g6 14. Qd1 Ba6 15. Bxa6 Nxa6 16. Qc2 Rb8 17. Nd3 Nb4 {0-1 (17) Navara,D (2707)-Shabalov,A (2606) Khanty-Mansiysk 2009}) 5... gxf6 6. c4 {A46: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 e6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} bxc4 7. Bxc4 {Threatens to win with Qb3.} e6 8. d5 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 8. O-O Rg8 9. d5 Bd6 10. Nc3 f5 11. e4 Qf6 12. Qb3 Ra7 {1-0 (22) Nikolaev,N (2290)-Ivanov,M (2320) St Petersburg 1997}) 8... Bb4+ 9. Nc3 Qe7 10. Qb3 Ra7 (10... c6 $14) 11. O-O $16 f5 (11... Bxc3 $16 12. bxc3 O-O) 12. e4 $18 {[%cal Be3e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} f4 13. e5 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 exd5 15. Bb3 c5 $2 {[#]} (15... a5 16. Qxc7 Nc6) 16. e6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} O-O (16... dxe6 17. Qxh8+) 17. exf7+ Rxf7 18. Rfe1 Qf8 19. Re5 d6 20. Rxd5 Bxd5 21. Bxd5 {Black must now prevent Ng5.} Qg7 22. Qd2 {Accuracy: White = 77%, Black = 43%.} ({Don't take} 22. Bxf7+ $6 Rxf7 23. Qd3 Qf6) 1-0

[Event "Pavlodar Open 2018"]
[Site "Pavlodar"]
[Date "2018.11.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sisabayev, Kuanysh"]
[Black "Vorobiov, Evgeny E."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2279"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2018.11.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,112,4,26,0,10,-9,42,35,41,9,15,7,11,5,7,6,10,-5,20,9,17,17,17,17,10,-13,-15,-8,0,-26,-8,-12,-20,-13,-21,-16,4,7,15,15,14,9,30,20,34,20,43,29,58,45,60,58,68,73,54,47,39,32,27,17,39,0,38,-23,33,0,0,0,4,0,0,0,23,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. exd4 Qb6 6. Nc3 {B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack} a6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 7. a3 (7. Na4 {with more complications.} Qc6 8. Nc5 Bg4 9. Be2 e6 10. Nd3) 7... Bg4 8. Be2 Bxf3 $146 (8... Nbd7 $11) ({Predecessor:} 8... Nc6 9. Na4 Qd8 10. Nc5 e6 11. b4 Ne4 12. Nxb7 {0-1 (48) Tran,M (2335)-Paravyan,D (2630) St Petersburg 2018}) 9. Bxf3 $14 e6 10. O-O (10. Na4 $5 {[%cal Ra4b6]} Qb5 11. c3 $11) 10... Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6a5,Ba5c4][%mdl 32]} 11. Re1 Be7 12. Be3 O-O 13. Na4 Qc7 14. Nc5 Na5 15. Nd3 Nc4 16. Bc1 Bd6 17. g3 b5 18. b3 Nb6 19. Bb2 Rfc8 20. Re2 Ne4 21. Bxe4 dxe4 22. Nc5 $1 Bxc5 23. dxc5 Qxc5 24. Rxe4 Nd5 25. c4 bxc4 26. Rxc4 Qe7 27. Rac1 Rd8 {[#] White must now prevent ...Ne3!} 28. Qd4 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Rd4g7]} (28. Qe2 {is interesting.} a5 29. Rc5 h6 30. h4 Qd7 31. a4) 28... Qf8 29. Qg4 a5 30. h4 Rab8 31. Qf3 f6 32. Rc5 Ra8 33. h5 h6 34. Rc6 Qf7 35. R1c4 e5 36. Bc1 Kh8 37. Rg4 ({White should play} 37. a4 $14) 37... Rac8 (37... Qxh5 $11 38. Kg2 Ra7) 38. Rgc4 Rxc6 39. Rxc6 Qe8 40. Rc4 Qe6 41. Bd2 Re8 42. Qe2 e4 {The position is equal.} 43. Rc5 e3 44. Bxe3 Nxe3 45. Qxe3 Qxe3 46. fxe3 Rxe3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} 47. Kg2 Rxb3 48. Rxa5 g5 49. Ra7 f5 50. a4 Ra3 51. a5 f4 52. gxf4 gxf4 53. a6 Kg8 54. Kf2 Kh8 55. Ra8+ Kg7 56. a7 Kh7 {Accuracy: White = 47%, Black = 56%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pavlodar Open 2018"]
[Site "Pavlodar"]
[Date "2018.11.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Utegaliyev, Azamat"]
[Black "Nevostrujev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2391"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2018.11.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,113,0,0,28,-21,-20,-45,-35,-31,-38,-47,-9,-15,-13,-17,0,0,0,-43,-50,-47,-62,-39,-20,-38,-30,-29,-30,-54,-18,-24,0,1,26,20,14,-43,0,0,0,0,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Bf5 7. d3 Nf6 8. Bd2 O-O 9. a3 Qd7 10. Rb1 Bh3 11. b4 Bxg2 {A38: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7 5 Nf3 Nf6} 12. Kxg2 {LiveBook: 5 Games} Rfc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... b6 13. Qa4 Rfd8 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. cxd5 {½-½ (30) Medvegy,Z (2561)-Nielsen,P (2662) Germany 2013}) 13. bxc5 dxc5 14. Bg5 Ne8 15. Qc1 b6 16. Bh6 Bxh6 17. Qxh6 {[#] Ng5 is the strong threat.} f6 18. Qd2 Nd4 19. Nxd4 cxd4 20. Nd5 (20. Ne4 {looks sharper.} Nc7 21. h4 Kg7 22. h5 Ne6 23. Rh1) 20... e6 21. Nb4 Rc5 22. Kg1 Rac8 23. Nc2 $1 Ng7 24. a4 Ra5 25. Ra1 e5 26. Nb4 Rxa4 27. Nd5 Rf8 28. Rxa4 (28. Ne7+ $5 Kh8 29. Qh6 $11) 28... Qxa4 29. e4 ({Better is} 29. f4 $11 Qe8 30. Qa2) 29... Ne8 (29... dxe3 $5 30. fxe3 Ne8 $11) 30. f4 {The position is equal.} Qa3 31. h4 Rf7 32. Kg2 Qd6 33. h5 Nc7 34. fxe5 Qxe5 35. hxg6 hxg6 36. Nf4 Ne6 37. Nxe6 Qxe6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 38. Qh6 Qg4 39. Rh1 {[%csl Gh1][%cal Rh6h8]} Qe2+ 40. Kg1 {[%csl Gh1][%cal Rh6h8]} Qe1+ 41. Kg2 {[%csl Gh1][%cal Rh6h8]} Qe2+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 42. Kg1 {[%csl Gh1][%cal Rh6h8]} Qe3+ 43. Qxe3 dxe3 {KR-KR} 44. Kf1 Rh7 45. Rxh7 Kxh7 {KP-KP} 46. Ke2 f5 47. exf5 gxf5 48. Kxe3 {K3P-K3P} Kg6 49. d4 Kf6 50. Kd3 Ke6 51. Kc3 Kd6 52. Kb3 Kc6 53. Kc3 a6 54. Kb3 Kc7 55. Kc3 Kd6 56. Kb3 Kc6 57. Kc3 {Accuracy: White = 69%, Black = 66%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pavlodar Open 2018"]
[Site "Pavlodar"]
[Date "2018.11.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mirzoev, Azer"]
[Black "Kazakov, Konstantin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2018.11.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,150,33,49,41,56,35,32,22,29,9,14,11,40,50,40,19,50,7,19,23,40,38,41,33,39,37,59,39,34,29,35,40,57,41,50,35,52,39,112,122,110,103,256,174,156,77,137,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-26,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,66,-8,-8,-29,0,0,0,-8,-4,-8,0,-146,-134,-136,-120,-265,-262,-272,-265,-265,-242,-253,-258,-738,-613,-726,-625,-1723,-2229,-2219,-2244,-2085,-1958,-1208,-1562,-1140,-564,-9905,-7109,-29970,-29969,-29972,-29973,-29978,-29977,-29981,-29983,-29983,-29984,-29984,-29985]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. e3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7c5,Bc5e4][%mdl 32]} 8. dxc5 Nxc5 9. O-O Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. b3 Rc8 {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3} 12. Bb2 Nce4 13. Ne2 Qa5 {[#] LiveBook: 12 Games. White is slightly better.} 14. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. a3 Qa6 15. Nfd4 Rfd8 16. f3 Nc5 17. Qd2 Bf8 18. Rfd1 Qb6 19. Qb4 {½-½ (28) Ponomariov,R (2744)-Moiseenko,A (2670) Kharkov 2010}) 14... Rfd8 15. a3 Bd6 16. Ned4 Qa6 17. Nf5 Bf8 18. Rc1 Qb6 19. N5d4 Qa6 20. a4 Qb6 21. Qe2 a6 22. Rc2 Nc5 23. Rfc1 Ra8 24. Qd1 Nfe4 25. Ba1 Re8 26. Rb1 Rac8 27. g3 Rcd8 28. Kg2 Qb4 29. Ne2 Ne6 30. Nfd4 Rd7 31. Rbc1 Red8 ({Better is} 31... Qb6 $14) 32. Nxe6 $1 $16 fxe6 33. Nf4 Nc5 $2 (33... Qd6 $16) 34. Bd4 b6 35. Qg4 (35. Nd3 $142 Nxd3 36. Qxd3) 35... Re8 (35... e5 $142 36. Bxc5 bxc5) 36. Nh5 ({White should try} 36. a5 $16) 36... Rf7 $11 37. Bxc5 Qxg4 38. hxg4 bxc5 39. Nf4 Rc7 40. Nd3 Rec8 41. f4 Bd6 42. Kf3 h6 43. Rc3 Kf7 44. f5 (44. e4 {with more complications.} a5 45. e5 Bf8 46. f5 g5 47. R3c2) 44... exf5 45. gxf5 c4 46. bxc4 Rxc4 ({Much weaker is} 46... dxc4 47. Nb2 $14) 47. Rxc4 dxc4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 48. e4 Rc7 49. Nf4 Be5 50. Nd5 Rc5 (50... Rc6 $11) 51. g4 (51. Nb6 $1 $14) 51... c3 {[%cal Bc4c3,Bc3c2][%mdl 32]} 52. Ke3 Rc4 53. a5 $1 Rc5 54. Nb4 Kf6 55. Nd3 Rc4 56. Rb1 (56. Ne1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 56... c2 57. Rc1 {intending Ne1.} Bc7 58. Ne1 (58. Nb2 $17 Rc3+ 59. Kd2 Bxa5 60. Rxc2 Rxc2+ 61. Kxc2) 58... Bxa5 $19 59. Rxc2 Bb6+ 60. Kd3 Rxc2 61. Nxc2 {[#] KB-KN} Kg5 $1 62. e5 $2 (62. Ne3 Bxe3 63. Kxe3 Kxg4 64. Kd4) 62... Kxg4 63. f6 gxf6 64. exf6 Kf5 65. Nb4 {[#]} a5 $1 {[%cal Ra5b4]} 66. Nd5 Bc5 67. Kc4 Bf8 68. Kb5 Ke6 (68... Ke4 $142 69. Nc3+ Kf5) 69. Nf4+ Kxf6 70. Kxa5 Kf5 {Black mates.} 71. Ng2 Bc5 72. Ne1 Bf2 73. Nf3 Kf4 74. Nh2 Kg3 75. Nf1+ Kg2 {Accuracy: White = 46%, Black = 55%.} 0-1

[Event "Pavlodar Open 2018"]
[Site "Pavlodar"]
[Date "2018.11.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Agmanov, Zhandos"]
[Black "Khanin, Semen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2368"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2018.11.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,54,39,45,-10,-23,-33,-16,-31,-25,-32,0,0,0,-38,-38,-39,-32,-90,-32,-27,-16,-19,-27,-25,-14,-40,0,-40,-42,-44,-41,-66,-84,-107,-111,-62,-37,-157,-169,-553,-551]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qf3 {B48: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 Be3 a6 without Be2} Bd6 (7... Nf6 8. O-O-O d6 9. Nxc6 Qxc6 10. g4 b5 11. g5 Nd7 12. a3 Bb7 13. Qh3 Rc8 14. g6 Nf6 {0-1 (55) Durarbayli,V (2629)-Cori Tello,J (2664) Saint Louis 2018}) 8. O-O-O Be5 {LiveBook: 131 Games} 9. Be2 (9. Qe2 $14) 9... Nge7 $1 $11 10. Kb1 d6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... b5 11. Qg4 b4 12. Na4 d5 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Nb6 Rb8 {½-½ (44) Colijn,E (1993)-Keetman,M (2243) Vlissingen 2017}) 11. Qh5 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Nc6 13. Bxe5 dxe5 14. g3 O-O 15. Bd3 b5 16. Rhf1 {[#]} (16. f4 $15) 16... Bb7 (16... b4 $1 $17 {[%cal Rb4c3]} 17. Ne2 Bb7) 17. f4 $15 Rad8 18. f5 exf5 19. Nd5 Qd6 {Threatens to win with ...Nd4.} 20. Ne3 Nd4 21. Nxf5 Nxf5 22. exf5 {[#] aiming for f6.} Qf6 23. g4 e4 {[%cal Be5e4,Be4d3][%mdl 32]} 24. g5 Qe5 25. Rde1 g6 26. Qg4 ({White should try} 26. fxg6 $1 $15 fxg6 27. Qh4) 26... Rd4 $17 27. f6 $2 (27. Be2) 27... exd3 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack (Double check). Accuracy: White = 25%, Black = 70%.} 0-1

[Event "Pavlodar Open 2018"]
[Site "Pavlodar"]
[Date "2018.11.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Black "Saiyn, Zhanat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2018.11.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,29,17,2,13,-4,8,-8,21,0,-20,-4,10,11,15,-14,-13,-16,-12,-44,-17,-52]} 1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bd3 Nge7 6. O-O {LiveBook: 5 Games. B00: Queen's Fianchetto Defence, Nimzowitsch Defence} Qd7 (6... Bg4 7. c3 f6 8. Re1 fxe5 9. dxe5 Qd7 10. Nbd2 Bh5 11. Nb3 Ng6 12. h3 Nh4 13. Be2 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 {1-0 (35) Paichadze,L (2564)-Kovalenko,I (2646) Batumi 2018}) 7. c3 f6 8. Re1 fxe5 {[#] Hoping for ...Bxd3.} 9. dxe5 (9. Bb5 {seems wilder.} Ng6 10. dxe5 Bc5 11. b4 Bb6 12. a4) 9... Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Ng6 11. h4 Bc5 12. h5 Nf8 13. b4 {0-1 (31) Jeitz,C (2222)-Koykka,P (2302) Rhodes 2013}) 11. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Be7 12. b5 Na5 13. Nbd2 O-O 14. c4 Rfd8 15. Qc3 {Accuracy: White = 17%, Black = 54%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pavlodar Open 2018"]
[Site "Pavlodar"]
[Date "2018.11.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zubarev, Alexander"]
[Black "Kargin, Arseny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2018.11.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,121,21,0,13,13,14,16,10,8,14,6,10,12,22,22,20,27,34,15,31,29,28,43,73,55,72,43,44,43,54,26,26,29,29,29,30,29,21,14,22,14,18,24,64,69,123,123,115,116,123,132,131,128,94,79,125,0,40,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,6,263,258,263,264,258,263,240,220,240,212,205,220,483,451,375,358,654,617,1482,1481,1397,1451,1445,1409,1397,1381,1208,1187]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nb3 O-O 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Re1 Na5 {B70: Sicilian Dragon: 6 g3 and 6 Be2 (without a later Be3)} (10... Rc8 11. Bf1 h6 12. Bf4 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. c3 e5 16. Be3 b6 17. Qc1 Qh4 18. f3 Rfd8 {0-1 (52) Andriasian,Z (2585)-Nakamura,H (2781) chess.com INT 2018}) 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Rc8 {The position is equal.} 13. c3 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4 15. Qd3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Rc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... b5 16. Nd2 Rc8 17. a4 Nxd5 18. axb5 {1-0 (30) Marjanovic,S (2451)-Moraru,M (2408) Bucharest 1999}) 16. Re2 Re8 17. Rae1 Qd7 18. h3 Kf8 19. a3 Qa4 20. Nd2 b5 21. g3 Qa6 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Ne4 Qb7 24. Nxf6 exf6 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Rxe8+ Kxe8 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} 27. Kf1 f5 28. Ke2 h5 29. Kd2 Kd8 30. Qd4 Kc7 31. b4 Kb8 {[#]} (31... Kd7 $14) 32. c4 $1 $16 bxc4 33. Qxc4 Qb6 34. Ke2 Qb7 35. a4 Qe7+ 36. Kd2 Qe5 37. a5 ({Better is} 37. Kc2 $16) 37... a6 $1 $14 38. Kc2 Qe1 39. Qd4 Qe2+ 40. Kb3 Ka8 41. h4 Qf3+ 42. Kc2 Qe2+ 43. Kc3 Qe1+ 44. Kd3 Qd1+ 45. Ke3 Qe1+ 46. Kf3 Qh1+ 47. Ke2 f4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (47... Qc1 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 48. Qc4 $18 (48. gxf4 Qxh4 49. Qc4 Kb8 $11) (48. Qxf4 Qxd5 49. f3 Kb7 $11) 48... Kb8 {[#]} 49. b5 $1 {[%cal Rb5b6] Intending b6 and mate.} ({Worse is} 49. Qxf4 Qxd5 50. Qe3 Qb5+ 51. Kf3 Qb7+ 52. Ke2 Qb5+ 53. Kf3 Qb7+ 54. Ke2 Qb5+ $11) ({Not} 49. gxf4 Qxh4 50. b5 (50. Qxa6 Qxf4 51. Qb6+ Kc8 $11) 50... Qe7+ 51. Kf3 Qe1 $11) (49. Qxa6 Qe4+ 50. Kf1 Qh1+ 51. Ke2 Qe4+ 52. Kf1 Qh1+ 53. Ke2 $11) 49... f3+ 50. Ke3 {aiming for b6.} Qe1+ 51. Kxf3 {Qc6 is the strong threat.} Qxa5 52. bxa6 {Threatens to win with Qb3+.} Ka7 53. Qc6 {[%csl Ga6][%cal Rc6b7]} Qxa6 $2 (53... Qb4 54. Qd7+ Kxa6) 54. Qd7+ Kb8 55. Qd8+ Kb7 $2 (55... Ka7 56. Qe7+ Qb7 57. Qxd6 f6 58. Qxf6 Qxd5+ 59. Ke3 Qb3+ 60. Kf4 Qd5 61. Qxg6 Qd2+ 62. Kf3 Qd8 63. Qf7+ Kb6 64. Qe6+ Ka7) 56. Qe7+ {White is clearly winning.} Ka8 {With the idea ...Qd3+.} 57. Qf8+ Kb7 58. Qxf7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kb6 59. Qxg6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kc5 60. Qxh5 Qf1 61. Qf5 {Accuracy: White = 72%, Black = 51%.} 1-0

[Event "Pavlodar Open 2018"]
[Site "Pavlodar"]
[Date "2018.11.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kazakov, Konstantin"]
[Black "Khegay, Dmitriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.11.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,67,0,8,0,6,0,14,0,12,2,8,7,8,13,12,10,18,13,21,0,21,15,33,24,34,19,30,29,30,28,27,13,35,37,38,44,45,16,13,0,0,0,8,0,34,21,37,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Qe2+ Be7 7. Bxd7+ Nxd7 8. Ngf3 Ngf6 9. dxc5 O-O 10. O-O {C08: French Tarrasch: 3...c5 4 exd5 exd5 sidelines} Nxc5 11. Nb3 Nce4 {LiveBook: 8 Games} 12. c3 {The position is equal.} Re8 13. Qd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Nbd4 Bd6 14. Qd3 Qd7 15. Ne2 {0-1 (36) Lobzhanidze,N-Alavkin,A (2441) Tula 1999}) 13... Nd6 14. Nbd4 h6 15. Nh4 Nfe4 16. Nhf5 Nxf5 17. Nxf5 Bc5 18. Be3 Qf6 19. Nd4 Rad8 20. Rad1 a6 (20... Qb6 $5 {[%cal Rb6b2]}) 21. Rfe1 Bd6 22. Nf3 {[%cal Bd4f3,Bf3h4,Bh4f5,Bf5e3][%mdl 32]} Bc7 23. Bd4 Qd6 24. g3 Qd7 25. Kg2 Qa4 26. Qb1 Re6 27. Nh4 {And now Nf5 would win.} Rde8 28. Nf5 Be5 29. Ne3 Nf6 30. Bxe5 Rxe5 31. Rd4 Qb5 32. Qc2 Re4 33. Red1 {[%cal Re3d5]} Qc6 34. Qd3 {Accuracy: White = 48%, Black = 31%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pavlodar Open 2018"]
[Site "Pavlodar"]
[Date "2018.11.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khegay, Dmitriy"]
[Black "Urazayev, Arystanbek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2421"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2018.11.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,144,34,33,43,42,55,17,15,14,16,0,0,0,94,96,88,81,85,58,60,62,60,53,59,54,53,50,51,45,52,47,51,54,62,28,57,43,35,35,47,46,57,66,56,60,70,68,84,84,94,61,76,79,72,81,96,84,113,113,114,102,116,110,127,121,125,93,145,163,204,193,299,266,293,292,290,297,284,298,287,280,559,535,484,468,468,461,461,461,461,0,156,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 dxc4 7. Qxc4 b6 {E36: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...d5 5 a3} 8. Bf4 (8. Nf3 Ba6 9. Qc2 h6 10. Bf4 O-O 11. Rd1 Nbd7 12. g3 Rc8 13. Bg2 Nd5 14. O-O c5 15. Bd6 cxd4 {½-½ (45) Mamedyarov,S (2808)-Anand,V (2759) Leuven 2018}) 8... Ba6 9. Qxc7 {LiveBook: 19 Games} Qd5 {White is slightly better.} 10. Qd6 $1 ({Don't blunder} 10. Bd6 $2 Nc6 $19) 10... Qa5+ 11. Qb4 (11. b4 $5 {[%cal Rb4a5]} Qa4 12. f3 $14) 11... Nc6 12. Qxa5 Nxa5 13. O-O-O Rc8+ 14. Kb1 Nb3 (14... O-O $11) 15. Nh3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Nf3) 15... Ke7 16. Bg5 Rhd8 17. e4 Bxf1 18. Rhxf1 h6 19. Bxf6+ $1 Kxf6 20. d5 Rc4 21. Ka2 Nc5 22. f3 exd5 23. exd5 Ke7 24. Rfe1+ Kd6 25. Ng1 (25. Nf2 {is interesting.} Rc2 26. Ng4 Rxg2 27. Ne3 Rxh2 28. Nc4+) 25... Rc2 26. Re2 $1 {[%cal Re2c2]} Rxe2 27. Nxe2 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Re8 28. Nc3 Kd7 29. Kb1 Nb7 30. Kc2 Nd6 31. Kd3 Re5 32. g4 f5 33. Kd4 Re7 34. h3 fxg4 35. hxg4 Rf7 36. Rf1 Rf4+ 37. Ke3 $1 {[%cal Re3f4]} Rc4 38. Kd3 Rc8 39. b3 Re8 40. a4 Rf8 41. f4 {[%cal Bf3f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32]} Re8 (41... g6 $142) 42. f5 $16 Rf8 43. Ne4 Nxe4 (43... h5 {keeps fighting.}) 44. Kxe4 $18 {KR-KR} Re8+ 45. Kd4 Re2 46. f6 gxf6 47. Rxf6 Rg2 {[#]} 48. Rg6 $1 ({Weaker is} 48. Rxh6 Rxg4+ 49. Kc3 Rf4 $16) 48... Ke7 $2 (48... Rd2+ 49. Kc4 Rc2+ 50. Kb5 Rb2) 49. Kc4 Kd7 50. Rxh6 Rxg4+ 51. Kb5 Rg3 52. b4 Rg7 53. Rh8 $2 ({Only move:} 53. a5 $18) 53... Kc7 $2 {[#]} ({Black should try} 53... Kd6 $11) 54. a5 $2 (54. Rh4 $1 $16) 54... bxa5 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} 55. bxa5 Rg1 56. Rh7+ Kd6 57. Rxa7 {And now Rb7 would win.} Rb1+ 58. Ka6 Kxd5 59. Rb7 Ra1 60. Kb6 Rb1+ 61. Kc7 Rc1+ 62. Kb6 Rb1+ 63. Ka6 Ra1 64. Rc7 {Strongly threatening Kb6.} Kd6 65. Rc4 Rb1 66. Ka7 {Threatens to win with a6.} Kd7 67. a6 {Black must now prevent Rc5.} Rb2 68. Rc5 {Hoping for Rc3.} Rb1 69. Rh5 {aiming for Rc5.} Kc7 70. Rh7+ Kc8 71. Rb7 Rc1 72. Rb5 Kc7 {Accuracy: White = 72%, Black = 70%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pavlodar Open 2018"]
[Site "Pavlodar"]
[Date "2018.11.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Agmanov, Zhandos"]
[Black "Stupak, Kirill"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2368"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2018.11.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,116,8,4,7,7,9,8,55,48,60,60,68,59,57,74,71,64,87,75,79,94,94,63,70,67,63,19,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,0,0,47,34,82,84,78,87,95,81,80,53,79,50,58,0,90,21,43,38,33,-65,-57,-56,-49,-51,-42,-47,-46,-44,-45,-72,-70,-68,-65,-65,-75,-71,-87,-66,-59,-211,-207,-199,-207,-300,-300,-362,-266,-253,-271,-341,-333,-334,-266,-441,-437,-735,-704,-816,-812,-896,-898,-887,-824,-772,-739,-675,-658]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Ne7 7. c4 dxc4 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} 8. Bxc4 {LiveBook: 12 Games} Nd5 (8... Bxb1 9. Rxb1 Nd5 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Nd2 N7b6 13. Be2 O-O 14. Ne4 Rad8 {½-½ (14) Nomin Erdene,D (2427)-Drazic,S (2426) Novi Sad 2015}) 9. Nc3 Be7 {The position is equal.} 10. Bd3 Bg6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Bxd3 11. Qxd3 O-O 12. Ne4 h6 13. Ng3 {0-1 (40) Keskec,Y-Demir,U (1671) Antalya 2013}) 11. Bxg6 fxg6 12. Ne4 {aiming for Nfg5.} h6 13. Ne1 O-O 14. Qg4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh7 15. Nf3 (15. Qxe6 Rf5 $17) 15... Rf7 16. Qh3 ({Much worse is} 16. Qxe6 Rf5 $15) 16... Nf4 17. Bxf4 $1 Rxf4 18. Rfe1 (18. Nfd2 {looks sharper.} Bb4 19. g3 Rf5 20. Nc4 Nb6 21. Ncd6) 18... Nf8 19. Qg3 Rf5 20. Rad1 g5 21. h3 Ng6 22. Nh2 Bb4 23. Rf1 Qd5 24. Qd3 Rf4 25. Ng3 Raf8 26. a3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Ba5 27. Ng4 Bb6 {[%cal Rf4d4]} 28. Ne2 R4f7 29. Ne3 (29. b4 {is interesting.} Qd8 30. Ne3 a5 31. Nc4 axb4 32. Nd6) 29... Qd8 30. Qe4 Qe8 31. Nc4 {Black must now prevent Nd6.} Bc7 $1 32. Ne3 (32. b4 $14) 32... h5 (32... Bb6 $11 {remains equal.}) 33. h4 ({White should play} 33. Ng3 $16) 33... g4 34. g3 Rf3 35. Nxg4 ({Of course not} 35. Nf4 R8xf4 36. gxf4 Rxf4 $15) ({White should try} 35. Nc4 $14) 35... hxg4 $15 36. h5 Kh6 $1 {[%cal Rh6h5]} 37. hxg6 Qxg6 38. Qxg6+ Kxg6 39. Nf4+ Kf5 40. Ng2 {With the idea Nh4+.} Rb3 41. Ne3+ Kg5 42. Rd2 $1 Ba5 43. Re2 {[#]} Rd3 $1 44. Nc4 Bb6 $1 45. Nxb6 $2 (45. Kg2 $15) 45... axb6 {[%cal Ba7b6,Bb6b5][%mdl 4128] Endgame KRR-KRR} ({Don't play} 45... Rxd4 46. Na4 $17) 46. Re4 Rd2 47. b4 {[#]} (47. d5 $142 exd5 48. Rf4 Rxf4 49. gxf4+ Kg6 50. Kg2) 47... b5 $1 $19 48. Re3 Rxd4 49. Kg2 Rd2 50. Rc3 Rf5 51. Re3 Rf7 52. Kg1 $2 (52. Rc3 {might work better.}) 52... Rf3 {Black is clearly winning.} 53. Rxf3 (53. Ree1 $142 Rxa3 54. Rd1) 53... gxf3 {KR-KR} 54. Re1 Rd4 55. Re3 Kg4 56. Kh2 g5 57. Re1 Rd2 58. Kg1 Kf5 {Accuracy: White = 51%, Black = 84%.} 0-1

[Event "Pavlodar Open 2018"]
[Site "Pavlodar"]
[Date "2018.11.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rakhimzhan, Alen"]
[Black "Burmakin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2252"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2018.11.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,40,24,28,8,6,0,0,0,0,-7,-7,-7,3,-22,-11,-17,-9]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Qc2 h6 8. Bh4 Nbd7 9. Bd3 Nh5 10. Bxe7 {D36: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation: Main line (5 Bg5 c6 6 Qc2)} Qxe7 11. O-O-O {[%cal Be1c1,Bc1b1,Bb1a1][%mdl 32]} Nb6 12. Kb1 Be6 13. Nf3 O-O-O {[#] LiveBook: 3 Games} 14. Ka1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Na4 Nf6 15. Nc5 Bg4 16. Rc1 Bxf3 17. gxf3 {½-½ (49) Rodshtein,M (2673)-Trent,L (2452) Germany 2016}) 14... Kb8 {The position is equal.} 15. Na4 Nxa4 16. Qxa4 Nf6 17. Rc1 Ne4 18. Qc2 Bf5 19. Nd2 Nxd2 20. Qxd2 Bxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pavlodar Open 2018"]
[Site "Pavlodar"]
[Date "2018.11.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Stupak, Kirill"]
[Black "Kostenko, Petr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2449"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.11.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,64,35,0,33,20,32,14,52,55,60,64,48,25,25,31,63,73,70,66,63,54,69,23,25,21,22,5,12,10,20,17,31,31,34,0,0,0,63,96,103,95,114,110,126,110,110,-44,-58,-84,179,-131,-45,-128,-92,-1983,-1772]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. b3 Nc6 {A32: Symmetrical English: 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 e6} 7. Bg2 d5 8. O-O Nxd4 {The position is equal.} 9. Qxd4 {[%cal Rc4d5]} Bc5 10. Qd3 $1 {[%cal Rc4d5]} d4 11. a3 a5 12. e3 dxe3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Qb6 13. exd4 Bxd4 14. Ra2 {½-½ (31) Haba,P (2488)-Volokitin,A (2640) Austria 2016}) 13. Bxe3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Bd7 15. Nc3 O-O 16. Rac1 Bc6 17. Nb5 Qe7 18. Rfd1 Rfd8 19. Qb6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Ne4 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Qxa5 (22. Nc3 $5 {[%cal Rc3e4]} Nc5 23. Rd1 Rxd1 24. Nxd1 $11) 22... Qf6 23. Rc2 g5 (23... h5 $11 24. Qe1 Qf5) 24. Qe1 $1 $14 {[%cal Re1e4]} Qf5 {[#] Threatening ...Nxg3!} 25. Qe3 $1 g4 {[#]} 26. Nd4 $1 {[%cal Rd4f5]} Qg6 27. Re2 Ng5 28. Kh1 $2 ({White must play} 28. f4 $16 Nh3 29. Rb2) 28... f6 $15 {[%mdl 1024] aiming for ...e5. Black has compensation.} 29. h4 ({Wrong is} 29. Nxe6 $2 Rd1+ 30. Re1 Qb1 $19) 29... e5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (29... gxh3 $17 {stays on course.} 30. f4 (30. Nxe6 $2 Rd1+ 31. Re1 Rxe1+ 32. Qxe1 Qe8 $19) 30... Nf7) 30. Nc2 $2 (30. hxg5 $18 Rxd4 31. gxf6 Qxf6 32. Kg2) 30... Rd1+ (30... Nf3 $17 {( -> ...Qxc2!)} 31. Qc1 Qd3) 31. Ne1 ({White should try} 31. Re1 $15 Rd3 32. Qb6) 31... Nf3 $1 $17 32. Qe4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (32. Kg2 $17) 32... Nxe1 {Accuracy: White = 35%, Black = 59%.} 0-1

[Event "Pavlodar Open 2018"]
[Site "Pavlodar"]
[Date "2018.11.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Burmakin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kargin, Arseny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2018.11.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:55]} d4 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 3. g3 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 4. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 6. e3 {[%emt 0:02:24]} h6 {[%emt 0:15:32]} 7. exd4 {[%emt 0:01:02]} e4 {[%emt 0:10:31]} 8. Re1 {[%emt 0:33:35]} Be7 {[%emt 0:02:11]} 9. Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:03:11]} 10. d3 {[%emt 0:04:27]} exd3 {[%emt 0:04:06]} 11. Re3 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:05:17]} 12. Bxb7 {[%emt 0:01:05]} O-O {[%emt 0:02:14]} 13. Nc3 {[%emt 0:01:20]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:12:52]} 14. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:54]} Re8 {[%emt 0:10:10]} 15. g4 {[%emt 0:05:43]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:08:50]} 16. gxf5 {[%emt 0:01:20]} Bxe5 {[%emt 0:02:40]} 17. Rxd3 {[%emt 0:00:21]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 18. Nb5 {[%emt 0:09:45]} a6 {[%emt 0:04:06] Nxd4Bxd4 [%clk 0:15:38]} 19. Be3 {[%emt 0:03:53] Rxb2 [%clk 0:15:55]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pavlodar Open 2018"]
[Site "Pavlodar"]
[Date "2018.11.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zubarev, Alexander"]
[Black "Vorobiov, Evgeny E."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2018.11.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,25,25,9,9,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 Bxc5 9. b3 b6 10. Bb2 Nbd7 11. Be2 Bb7 12. Nbd2 O-O {D27: Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical main line: 7 e4!? and 7 a4} 13. Rac1 {[#]} {Predecessor:} Rfd8 $146 14. Nc4 Bd5 15. Bd4 Rac8 16. Bxc5 Rxc5 17. Nce5 Bxf3 18. Nxf3 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 a5 20. Rc6 {½-½ (40) Nepomniachtchi,I (2705)-Nakamura,H (2816) Baku 2015} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pavlodar Open 2018"]
[Site "Pavlodar"]
[Date "2018.11.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khusenkhojaev, Muhammad"]
[Black "Khegay, Dmitriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.11.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,65,0,14,6,58,28,44,43,43,45,53,50,46,36,43,43,43,51,66,66,58,0,2,0,0,0,39,28,39,39,41,32,23,22,772,35,270,29,251,-22,-18,-14,390,237,222,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 e6 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Nc3 g6 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rad1 Qe7 12. Rfe1 {D43: Semi-Slav: 5 Bg5 h6} f5 (12... dxc4 $11 13. Bxc4 b5) 13. Rb1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Ne2 Kh7 14. Nf4 e5 15. dxe5 dxc4 16. Bxc4 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Re2 Bd7 19. Red2 Rad8 20. Qd3 Be6 21. Nxe6 Rxd3 22. Rxd3 Rf7 23. Rd7 {1-0 (23) Matlakov,M (2441)-Fazulyanov,S (2354) Peterhof 2008}) 13... a6 14. b4 {White is slightly better.} g5 15. a4 g4 {[#] aiming for ...dxc4.} 16. Nd2 Nf6 17. b5 axb5 18. axb5 Ne4 19. Ne2 (19. Ncxe4 fxe4 20. Bf1 e5 $15) (19. Ndxe4 dxe4 20. Bf1 c5 $11) 19... Bd7 {[%cal Bc8d7,Bd7e8,Be8f7][%mdl 32]} 20. bxc6 bxc6 21. Nb3 ({Better is} 21. Nf4 $14) 21... Be8 $11 (21... Qh4 $6 22. Nf4 $16) 22. Nf4 Bf7 23. Rec1 Ng5 24. Bf1 h5 25. Nc5 Rfb8 26. cxd5 cxd5 27. Na6 h4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (27... Rxb1 $11 28. Qxb1 Bf8) 28. Nc7 $2 ({White should play} 28. Nxb8 $18 Qd8 29. Qb3) 28... Rd8 $2 ({Black should try} 28... Rxb1 $14 29. Rxb1 (29. Qxb1 Rd8 $11) 29... Rf8) 29. Rb6 $2 (29. Nxa8 $18 Rxa8 30. Qc6) 29... h3 $2 (29... Rac8 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 30. Qc6 $2 (30. Nxa8 $18 hxg2 31. Bxg2 Rxa8 32. Qc6) 30... hxg2 31. Bxg2 (31. Nxa8 Nf3+ 32. Kxg2 Qh4 $19) 31... Qa3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (31... Rac8 $11) 32. h4 ({Resist} 32. Nxa8 Qxa8 33. h3 Qxc6 $18) 32... gxh3 {[#] ...Rac8 is the strong threat.} 33. Nxh3 $2 {Accuracy: White = 38%, Black = 30%.} (33. Nxa8 $18 Qxa8 34. Bxh3) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pavlodar Open 2018"]
[Site "Pavlodar"]
[Date "2018.11.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Urazayev, Arystanbek"]
[Black "Mirzoev, Azer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C93"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2018.11.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 31,102,23,33,17,26,37,26,13,14,11,38,56,35,23,75,41,54,49,39,45,60,69,71,86,66,77,81,81,92,66,75,73,85,0,55,41,129,70,94,91,85,81,85,36,51,0,0,0,0,0,0,-349,-99,-125,-109,-255,0,-361,-354,-777,-641,-855,-851,-844,-836,-970,-948,-920,-897,-1241,-1097,-29990,-29984]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {[%cal Bf1b5,Bb5a4,Ba4b3][%mdl 32]} Nf6 4. O-O d6 5. Re1 Bd7 6. c3 a6 7. Ba4 Be7 8. d4 O-O 9. Nbd2 b5 10. Bb3 h6 11. h3 Re8 12. Nf1 Bf8 13. Ng3 Na5 14. Bc2 c5 15. d5 Nc4 {C93: Closed Ruy Lopez: Smyslov Variation} 16. Nh2 (16. a4 Nb6 17. a5 Nc4 18. b4 Nh7 19. Bd3 Rc8 20. Bxc4 bxc4 21. Be3 cxb4 22. cxb4 g6 23. Qc1 h5 24. Ra3 h4 25. Nf1 f5 26. N1d2 fxe4 27. Nxe4 {½-½ (52) Navara,D (2710)-Azarov,S (2618) Czechia 2013}) 16... g6 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 17. Rf1 Bg7 {The position is equal.} 18. b3 Nb6 19. f4 exf4 20. Bxf4 {Black should prevent Qd2.} Bc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 20... Qe7 21. Qd2 g5 22. e5 Nfxd5 23. exd6 Qd8 {0-1 (23) Mihaljcisin,M-Pachman,L Athens 1968}) 21. Qd2 Kh7 22. Rae1 Ra7 (22... a5 $11) 23. Nf3 Rae7 24. Kh1 a5 25. Bd3 Ba6 26. Qc1 Qc7 27. c4 bxc4 28. bxc4 Nbd7 29. Qd2 Ng8 30. Qf2 Ngf6 31. Rd1 Rd8 32. Rde1 (32. e5 $16 Nxe5 33. Nxe5 Rxe5 34. Bxe5 dxe5 35. Be2) 32... Rb8 ({Black should try} 32... Rde8 $1 $11) 33. Qd2 $14 Rd8 {[#]} (33... Ne8 $14) 34. Rf2 (34. e5 $1 $16 {[%cal Re5d6][%mdl 512]} Nxe5 (34... dxe5 35. d6) 35. Nxe5 Rxe5 36. Bxe5 dxe5 37. Rf3) 34... Bc8 35. Rfe2 Ne8 36. Nh5 {Black must now prevent e5!} Be5 37. Bxh6 gxh5 38. Qg5 ({White should play} 38. Rf1 $14) 38... f6 $11 39. Qxh5 {And now Bf8+ would win.} Ng7 40. Qh4 $1 Rh8 $1 {Strongly threatening ...Kg6.} 41. Rf1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (41. Re3 $11) 41... Kg8 $2 (41... Kg6 $1 $19 {is more deadly.} 42. Qg4+ (42. Nxe5+ $2 Rxe5 43. Qg4+ Kxh6 $19) 42... Kxh6 43. Qh4+ Nh5 44. Nxe5 Rxe5) 42. Ref2 Qd8 $1 43. g4 {[#]} (43. Bc2 $17 {keeps fighting.}) 43... Qe8 $2 (43... Rf7 $1 $19 44. Kg2 {[#]} Bf4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 45. Bxf4 Rxh4 46. Nxh4 Ne5 47. Bxe5 dxe5) 44. g5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (44. Nxe5 $11 {and White stays safe.} Rxe5 45. Kh2) 44... fxg5 $19 45. Nxg5 $2 (45. Qxg5 Bf6 46. Qd2) 45... Qg6 46. Qg4 Rxh6 47. Qxd7 Qxg5 ({But not} 47... Rxh3+ $2 48. Qxh3 Nf5 49. exf5 $18) 48. Qxc8+ Re8 ({Wrong is} 48... Ne8 $2 49. Rg2 $18) 49. Rf8+ Rxf8 50. Rxf8+ Kh7 {Threatens to win with ...Rh4.} 51. Rf7 Rg6 {Accuracy: White = 41%, Black = 46%.} 0-1

[Event "Pavlodar Open 2018"]
[Site "Pavlodar"]
[Date "2018.11.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Saiyn, Zhanat"]
[Black "Makhnev, Denis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2018.11.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,20,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 {LiveBook: 1971 Games} {Predecessor:} 11. O-O $146 O-O 12. Rfc1 Rfc8 13. h3 h6 14. Nd2 Nd7 15. Ne2 Ne7 {½-½ (15) Bu,X (2725)-Duda,J (2724) Liaocheng 2018} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pavlodar Open 2018"]
[Site "Pavlodar"]
[Date "2018.11.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kazakov, Konstantin"]
[Black "Khanin, Semen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2018.11.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,15,12,12]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 {[%cal Bc2c3,Bc3d4][%mdl 32]} Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+ 8. Nbxd2 {LiveBook: 546 Games} {Predecessor:} d5 $146 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Qb3 Na5 11. Qa4+ Nc6 12. Qb3 Nce7 13. O-O O-O 14. Rfe1 c6 15. Ne4 Nb6 16. Bd3 Ned5 17. Nc5 Nf6 18. Rac1 Rb8 19. Qa3 a6 20. Qb3 Qc7 21. Ne4 Nfd5 22. Nc3 Qd6 23. Be4 {½-½ (36) Jones,G (2640)-Karjakin,S (2753) Wijk aan Zee 2018} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pavlodar Open 2018"]
[Site "Pavlodar"]
[Date "2018.11.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vorobiov, Evgeny E."]
[Black "Nevostrujev, Vladimir"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2391"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2018.11.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 5,5,14]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 {Predecessor:} Nf6 $146 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Nf3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. h4 b6 12. h5 h6 13. g4 Bb7 14. Qe3 Nc6 15. a3 b5 16. Be2 a6 17. Rd1 Qa5+ 18. Kf1 f6 {0-1 (54) Caruana,F (2822)-Dominguez Perez,L (2739) Saint Louis 2018} *

[Event "Pavlodar Open 2018"]
[Site "Pavlodar"]
[Date "2018.11.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Malakhatko, Vadim"]
[Black "Zubarev, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2018.11.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,116,-11,-2,-16,0,-32,0,-13,0,-5,15,0,33,-28,-18,-37,-3,-108,-98,-91,-94,-88,-101,-102,-70,-56,-71,-70,-51,-85,-60,-69,-71,-79,-34,-59,-45,-91,-85,-302,-47,-58,-56,-41,-26,-44,-29,-34,-50,-72,-49,-44,-9,-7,-6,-10,-9,-3,0,-34,0,-71,-71,-78,-75,-105,-88,-116,-101,-114,-95,-201,-201,-204,-162,-194,-140,-143,-142,-233,-231,-340,-337,-470,-472,-458,-444,-489,-483,-531,-523]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. a3 Bb7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. e3 Be7 8. Bb5+ c6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. e4 Nxc3 11. bxc3 c5 12. O-O cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6a5,Ba5c4][%mdl 32]} 14. Be3 Rc8 15. Qb1 {E12: Queen's Indian: Unusual White 4th moves, 4 a3, 4 Nc3 Bb7 5 a3 and 4 Nc3 Bb7} (15. Qe2 Na5 16. Rfe1 Qc7 17. a4 Rfd8 18. h4 h6 19. h5 Bd6 20. Rac1 Qd7 21. Bb5 Qe7 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 {1-0 (44) Sanikidze,T (2497)-Tabatabaei,M (2576) Batumi 2018}) 15... Na5 16. Rd1 (16. Bd2 $5 {[%cal Rd2a5]} Qd7 17. Re1 $11) 16... Nc4 17. Bc1 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 17. Bf4 g6 18. Bh6 Re8 19. Qa2 Nd6 20. Re1 Bf8 {½-½ (20) Popov,L (2430)-Orso,M (2350) Kecskemet 1979}) 17... g6 18. Qa2 Nd6 19. Qe2 Rc3 20. d5 ({White should play} 20. Re1 $14) 20... exd5 $11 21. e5 $1 {[%cal Re5d6]} Nc4 22. Nd4 (22. Qe1 $1 $11 Rxd3 23. Rxd3) 22... Re8 $17 23. Nb5 {[#]} Rxd3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 24. Qxd3 (24. Rxd3 Nxe5) 24... Nxe5 25. Qb3 a6 26. Nd4 Bc5 27. Bb2 Nc4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 28. Bc3 Re4 {aiming for ...Qh4.} 29. Nf3 $1 b5 30. Bd4 Bf8 31. Qc3 Qe7 {[%cal Rc4a3]} 32. Bf6 Qd6 {[%cal Rc4a3]} 33. Ng5 $2 {[#]} (33. Re1 $17) 33... Rf4 $2 (33... Rh4 34. Nf3 $17) (33... Rg4 $1 $19 {Strongly threatening ...d4.} 34. Qf3 (34. Qh3 $2 h5 $19) 34... Rf4) 34. Bd4 $1 $15 h6 35. Nf3 Re4 {[%cal Rc4a3]} 36. Nd2 Re8 {[%cal Rc4a3]} 37. Nb3 Rc8 38. Qh3 Qe6 (38... a5 {is more complex.} 39. a4 b4 40. Re1 Qd8 41. Qf3 Bc6) 39. Qf3 Qf5 (39... a5 {is interesting.} 40. Re1 Qd6 41. a4 b4 42. Qg4 Be7) 40. Qxf5 gxf5 41. a4 b4 42. a5 Bd6 43. Re1 Bc6 44. Bf6 (44. Bc5 $11) 44... Kh7 $17 45. Bd4 Bd7 46. f3 Kg6 47. g3 f4 48. Kf2 f6 49. gxf4 (49. Red1 $17) 49... Kf7 $19 ({But not} 49... Bxf4 50. Re7 $15) 50. Red1 Bxf4 51. Nc5 Bb5 (51... Bf5 $19 52. Ra2 Bd6) 52. Nd3 $17 Bd6 ({Much less strong is} 52... Bxh2 53. Rh1 $15) 53. Rdc1 (53. Rab1 $17) 53... Bd7 $19 54. h4 (54. Rab1 {keeps fighting.}) 54... Bf5 55. Nb2 Be5 {Black is clearly winning.} 56. Bxe5 fxe5 ({Inferior is} 56... Nxe5 57. Rxc8 Bxc8 58. Rc1 $11) 57. Na4 {Now Nb6 and White clings on.} b3 58. Rc3 Rb8 {Accuracy: White = 27%, Black = 61%.} 0-1

[Event "Pavlodar Open 2018"]
[Site "Pavlodar"]
[Date "2018.11.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Utegaliyev, Azamat"]
[Black "Kazakov, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2018.11.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,131,20,21,6,10,20,18,24,25,26,24,27,22,31,18,23,20,23,18,20,20,30,30,37,37,41,41,52,40,41,35,39,39,47,56,65,55,58,0,17,0,66,63,79,45,49,47,111,73,118,100,102,37,97,87,114,106,123,133,122,132,213,89,127,134,158,152,131,123,164,160,196,196,272,263,272,272,272,272,324,335,382,382,490,488,494,485,480,491,537,537,551,551,699,842,760,835,771,754,1643,1596,1519,1564,2118,1974,29979,29980,29979,4802,29983,29984,29988,29989]} 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 {[%cal Rf3e5] LiveBook: 16 Games} f6 12. Nh4 Nb8 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. exf5 Nc6 15. Qg4 Qd7 16. Qe4 {[#]} Rab8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Kh8) 17. Rae1 b5 18. Ne3 Ne7 19. g3 Qc6 20. Qg4 Rbe8 21. h4 Kh8 22. h5 Ng8 23. Qe4 Ne7 24. Rd1 Rd8 25. Qg4 Ng8 {[%cal Be7g8,Bg8h6,Bh6f7,Bf7g5][%mdl 32]} 26. Rfe1 Nh6 27. Qe4 Qe8 28. Qf3 Nf7 29. Nf1 Ng5 30. Qg4 Qd7 ({Better is} 30... Qc6 $11 31. Nd2 c4) 31. Bc1 $14 Nf7 32. Qe4 Be7 33. g4 c6 ({Black should play} 33... a5 $14) 34. Ng3 Qd5 35. c4 Qd7 36. h6 (36. Qe2 $16) 36... gxh6 (36... Nxh6 $14 37. Bxh6 gxh6) 37. Kg2 $16 Rg8 38. Rh1 Qd4 39. f3 Qxe4 40. Nxe4 Ng5 (40... Nd6 $16 {was worth a try.}) 41. Ng3 (41. Rxh6 $18 Nxe4 {[%mdl 64] Pin} 42. Rdh1) 41... Bf8 42. Kf2 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Rd7 43. Ke2 a5 44. Be3 b4 {[#]} 45. a3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} a4 (45... bxa3 46. Ra1) 46. bxa4 Kg7 (46... Be7 $142 47. Rxh6 Nf7) 47. Ne4 $18 Be7 48. Nxc5 Bxc5 49. Bxc5 bxa3 50. Ra1 ({Less strong is} 50. Bxa3 Ra8 $16) 50... Rb8 51. Rxa3 Rb2+ 52. Ke3 Rdb7 53. a5 Rg2 {[#] ...Rbb2 is the strong threat.} 54. Bb6 $1 Rb8 55. Rha1 h5 56. gxh5 Kf7 57. R3a2 Rg3 58. Rf1 Nh3 59. a6 {[%cal Ba5a6,Ba6a7][%mdl 32]} Nf4 60. a7 Ra8 61. Rb1 Rgg8 62. Bc5 {Rb7+ would kill now.} Rgd8 63. Rb7+ Kg8 64. d4 h6 65. Rab2 Re8 66. Rb8 {Accuracy: White = 70%, Black = 36%.} 1-0

[Event "Pavlodar Open 2018"]
[Site "Pavlodar"]
[Date "2018.11.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khanin, Semen"]
[Black "Temirbayev, Serikbay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2369"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2018.11.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,85,18,13,8,26,44,31,151,150,152,153,157,160,155,157,154,147,161,156,158,151,171,170,161,159,167,108,164,162,164,147,162,161,155,146,164,133,152,156,136,150,235,235,334,319,250,102,112,109,294,301,281,217,368,354,402,394,393,389,363,356,315,268,5601,5593,5517,5401,1172,1104,1546,673]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. dxc5 Nxc5 {C11: French: Classical System: 4 e5 and 4 Bg5 dxe4} (9... Qa5 10. a3 Bxc5 11. O-O-O Rd8 12. Bxc5 Nxc5 13. h4 Bd7 14. h5 h6 15. g4 Be8 16. Qe3 d4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Rxd4 {½-½ (26) Inarkiev,E (2689)-Volkov,S (2645) St Petersburg 2017}) 10. O-O-O Qa5 11. Kb1 Bd7 {[#]} (11... a6 $14) 12. Nxd5 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} exd5 13. Qxa5 Nxa5 14. Bxc5 $1 ({Much worse is} 14. Rxd5 $6 Be6 $11) 14... Bxc5 15. Rxd5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Be3 16. Rxd7 Rfd8 17. Bb5 Rxd7 18. Bxd7 Bxf4 {[#]} 19. g3 $146 Bh6 20. Rd1 Kf8 21. Bf5 (21. e6 $18) 21... g6 (21... Re8 $16 {was called for.} 22. Rd5 (22. Bxh7 g6 $11) 22... Nc4) 22. Be4 $18 Ke7 23. Rd5 Rd8 24. Rxd8 Kxd8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} 25. Bd5 Ke7 26. c4 Nc6 27. Bxc6 bxc6 $16 {KB-KN} 28. Kc2 c5 (28... a5 $16 29. b3 Ke6) 29. Kd3 $1 $18 Ke6 {[#]} (29... f6 {was worth a try.} 30. Ke4 fxe5 31. Kxe5 (31. Nxe5 Ke6 $16) 31... Bg7+ 32. Kd5 Bxb2 33. Kxc5 Bc1) 30. Ke4 $1 Bc1 31. Ne1 (31. b4 $18) 31... Bxb2 $16 32. Nd3 Bd4 $2 (32... f5+ $16 33. exf6 Bxf6) 33. Nf4+ $18 Ke7 34. Kd5 Bg1 $2 {[#]} (34... h5 {was necessary.} 35. Nd3 Bg1) 35. h3 $1 f6 36. exf6+ Kxf6 37. Ne6 Bh2 38. Nxc5 h5 39. Ne4+ Kf5 $2 (39... Ke7 40. c5 Kd7) 40. c5 {[%cal Bc4c5,Bc5c6][%mdl 32] c6 would kill now.White is clearly winning.} Bg1 41. c6 {Threatening mate with c7.} Bb6 42. Nd6+ Kg5 43. Ke4 {Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 30%.} (43. Ke6 $142 Kh6 44. Kd7) 1-0

[Event "Pavlodar Open 2018"]
[Site "Pavlodar"]
[Date "2018.11.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Makhnev, Denis"]
[Black "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2018.11.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,113,13,9,17,-9,0,0,0,-5,18,-25,15,21,22,22,33,21,37,15,23,25,26,0,41,43,31,14,43,31,67,51,49,42,87,43,94,60,50,45,30,16,51,51,66,52,52,52,56,30,36,30,38,38,41,42,47,40,54,45,54,31,30,30,64,8,8,8,8,8,11,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,11,11,11,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,8,8]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg4 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 {D23: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 Nf3 Nf6 sidelines} 7. g3 e6 8. Bg2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qb3 (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}) 10... Qb6 11. Nc4 {LiveBook: 56 Games} Qa6 12. Re1 Rfd8 13. e3 Bf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Rab8 14. Nfe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 {½-½ (37) Barbosa,O (2564)-Ghosh,D (2481) Kolkata 2014}) 14. Bf1 b5 15. Ncd2 Qb6 16. Nh4 Bg4 17. h3 Bh5 18. g4 Bg6 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. Nf3 a5 21. a4 {[%cal Ra4b5]} Bb4 22. Bd2 bxa4 23. Rxa4 {[%cal Rd2b4]} c5 (23... Bxd2 {feels hotter.} 24. Nxd2 Ne4 25. Qc2 Nxd2 26. Qxd2 c5) 24. Bxb4 axb4 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. Rc1 g5 27. Bg2 (27. Nxg5 cxd4 28. exd4 Qxd4 $11) 27... Rb8 (27... Ra5 $14) 28. Qd3 ({Much weaker is} 28. Nxg5 $6 cxd4 29. exd4 Qxd4 $11) 28... cxd4 29. Qxd4 Qxd4 30. exd4 b3 31. Nxg5 Nb6 32. Nf3 Na4 33. Nd2 g5 34. Rc4 Nxb2 35. Rc3 Na4 36. Rxb3 Rxb3 37. Nxb3 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KNN} Nc3 38. Nc1 Kg7 39. Kf1 Nfd5 40. Bxd5 Nxd5 {KN-KN} 41. Ne2 f5 42. gxf5 (42. Kg2 $14) 42... exf5 $11 {The position is equal.} 43. Kg2 Kg6 44. Kf3 Kh5 45. Ng3+ Kg6 46. Nf1 Nf4 47. h4 Ne6 48. d5 Nc7 49. d6 Nb5 50. d7 Nd4+ 51. Ke3 Ne6 52. hxg5 Kxg5 53. f4+ Kf6 54. Ng3 Ke7 55. Nxf5+ Kxd7 56. Nd4 Nxf4 57. Kxf4 {Accuracy: White = 60%, Black = 54%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pavlodar Open 2018"]
[Site "Pavlodar"]
[Date "2018.11.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khusenkhojaev, Muhammad"]
[Black "Burmakin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2018.11.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,26,7,10,-4,-8,-11,-11,-4,13,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Qc2 g6 5. Bf4 Bg7 6. e3 O-O 7. Nc3 Na6 8. cxd5 Nb4 {D93: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 5 Bf4 0-0 6 e3} 9. Qd2 (9. Qb3 Nbxd5 10. Be5 Qb6 11. Bc4 Qxb3 12. Bxb3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Ne4 14. Rc1 b6 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Ne5 {½-½ (40) Fridman,D (2637)-Malakhatko,V (2536) Karlsruhe 2018}) 9... Nbxd5 {LiveBook: 7 Games. The position is equal.} 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Qb4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Qc2 Qa5+ 12. Qd2 Qxd2+ 13. Nxd2 Nd5 14. Bg3 c5 15. Nb3 cxd4 16. exd4 {0-1 (49) Fomichenko,E (2512)-Foisor,C (2424) Rennes 2009}) 11... Qd8 12. Qa3 Nd5 13. Be5 Bxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pavlodar Open 2018"]
[Site "Pavlodar"]
[Date "2018.11.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kostenko, Petr"]
[Black "Mirzoev, Azer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2449"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "2018.11.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,161,59,59,61,57,59,67,50,59,51,56,44,62,1,9,27,33,23,56,49,76,63,63,58,87,83,88,78,216,114,136,133,127,120,123,110,144,147,181,143,143,141,147,155,150,145,183,158,191,121,123,140,141,136,150,102,102,108,110,110,110,110,131,129,130,130,128,120,128,128,137,110,110,116,149,143,239,232,205,180,1790,129,176,49,50,52,58,60,69,69,69,8,25,25,25,25,25,0,2,0,8,8,8,8,69,69,91,91,77,0,6070,119,123,123,112,96,95,95,29985,103,106,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qc8 8. Nd2 e6 9. Ngf3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qc2 Bh5 12. Ne5 Bg6 13. Nxg6 {B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack} hxg6 14. Nf3 Nh5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 15. Be3 {White is slightly better.} Bd6 16. g3 {[#]} Nf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... a6 17. Rae1 b5 18. a3 Qb7 19. Qe2 Rfe8 20. Bc1 Nf6 {0-1 (64) Kamdar,U (1947)-Swapnil,S (2516) Ahmedabad 2017}) 17. Qe2 Qc7 18. Kg2 a6 19. h4 Rfe8 20. Rh1 ({Better is} 20. Rae1 $14) 20... e5 $11 21. dxe5 Nxe5 22. Nxe5 Bxe5 23. Qf3 b5 24. a3 Rad8 25. Rac1 Qb8 26. Bg5 Qb6 27. Rce1 Rc8 {[#]} (27... Bc7 $16 {is a better defense.}) 28. Re2 (28. h5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Ne4 (28... Nxh5 29. g4) 29. Rxe4 dxe4 30. Bxe4) 28... d4 29. Rhe1 Qb8 30. Bxf6 Bxf6 31. h5 Rxe2 32. Rxe2 Re8 33. hxg6 Rxe2 34. Qxe2 dxc3 35. bxc3 {[%cal Bb2c3,Bc3c4][%mdl 32]} Kf8 36. c4 fxg6 37. Bxg6 {Threatens to win with Qe6.} Qe5 38. Qg4 (38. Qf3 $18) 38... Ke7 $16 39. Qc8 bxc4 40. Qxc4 a5 41. a4 Kd6 42. Qa6+ Kc7 43. Qa7+ Kd8 44. Qb7 Qc7 45. Qd5+ Ke7 46. Bf5 {Qe6+ is the strong threat.} Kf8 47. Bd3 Ke7 48. Bb5 ({Much less strong is} 48. Bc4 Qb6 $18) 48... Bc3 49. Bc4 Qe5 50. Qc6 Bd4 51. Bb5 {Strongly threatening f4.} Qc5 (51... g5 $16 52. Qe8+ Kf6 53. Qf8+ Ke6 54. Qc8+ Kf7 55. Bc4+ Ke7) 52. Qd7+ $18 Kf6 53. Qd8+ Ke6 $2 {[#]} (53... Kg6 54. Bd3+ (54. Qxa5 Qd5+ 55. f3 Bc5 $18) 54... Kf7) 54. Qg8+ $2 (54. Bc4+ $1 $18 {[%mdl 512] is the precise move to win.} Kf5 (54... Qxc4 55. Qg8+) 55. Qd7+ Kg5 56. f4+ Kh6 57. Qe6+ g6 58. g4 Qxc4 59. g5+ Kg7 60. Qxc4) 54... Kf6 55. f4 (55. Bc4 $18 Qc6+ 56. Bd5) 55... Qc2+ $14 56. Kf3 Qd1+ $1 57. Be2 Qxa4 58. Qd8+ Kf7 {Hoping for ...Qc6+.} 59. Kg4 (59. Qd5+ $14 Ke7 60. Bb5 Qa3+ 61. Kg4) 59... Bf6 60. Qd5+ Ke7 61. Bb5 {Intending Qd7+ and mate.} Qd4 62. Qb7+ Kf8 63. Qc6 {[%csl Gb5][%cal Rc6e8]} Qd1+ 64. Kh3 {[%csl Gb5][%cal Rc6e8]} Qd8 65. Bc4 {next Qe6 is good for White.} Qe8 (65... Qd1 $11) 66. Qc5+ Be7 67. Qd5 {[%csl Gc4][%cal Rd5g8]} Bf6 68. g4 (68. Kg2 $16 {Black must now prevent g4.} Bc3 69. Qc5+ Qe7 70. Qd5) 68... g6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (68... Qe3+ $11 69. Kg2 Ke7) 69. g5 $2 (69. Qg8+ $18 Ke7 70. Qe6+ Kd8 71. Qb6+ Ke7 72. Qc5+ Kd8 73. Qxa5+ Ke7 74. Qc5+ Kd8 75. Qb6+ Ke7 76. Qe6+ Kd8 77. Qd6+ Qd7 78. Qxf6+ Kc7 79. Qxg6) 69... Bc3 $16 70. Kg2 Kg7 71. Kf3 a4 72. Qd6 {And now f5! would win.} a3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (72... Kh7 $16) 73. Bd5 $2 (73. f5 $1 {mates} Be5 74. f6+ Kh8 75. Qd5 Qc8 76. Qxe5 Qxc4 77. Qe8+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} (77. f7+ Kh7 $11) 77... Qg8 78. f7) 73... Bd4 {[#]} 74. Be4 (74. Be6 $1 $16 Bb2 75. Kf2) 74... Bb2 $11 {The position is equal.} 75. Bc6 Qe1 76. Qd7+ Kf8 77. Qc8+ Kg7 78. Qb7+ Kf8 79. Bd5 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Rb7f7]} Qf1+ 80. Kg3 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Rb7f7]} Qg1+ 81. Kf3 {Accuracy: White = 49%, Black = 49%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pavlodar Open 2018"]
[Site "Pavlodar"]
[Date "2018.11.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Stupak, Kirill"]
[Black "Khusenkhojaev, Muhammad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.11.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,67,26,28,21,40,9,56,52,56,57,94,75,81,95,93,75,76,79,94,95,102,95,95,37,46,46,32,60,54,47,112,115,113,109,116,110,110,80,76,16,46,12,74,77,69,59,57,0,83,0,60,0,0,0,0,0,0,-24,-14,-32]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} Be6 7. Qb3 {aiming for Bxf6.} (7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 h6 9. Bf4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. Be5 Nhf6 12. Bg3 Nh5 13. Qb3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 {½-½ (48) Karjakin,S (2773)-Caruana,F (2822) Saint Louis 2018}) 7... Nc6 (7... Nbd7 {keeps more tension.} 8. e3 b5 9. Qd1 h6 10. Bh4 Bd6) 8. Bxf6 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Not} 8. Qxb7 $2 Na5 $19) ({Predecessor:} 8. e3 Na5 9. Qc2 Be7 10. Bd3 h6 11. Bh4 O-O 12. O-O Rc8 13. Rad1 Nc4 {½-½ (39) Potkin,V (2574)-Timofeev,A (2549) Sochi 2017}) 8... gxf6 9. e3 Rb8 10. a3 Bd6 11. Bd3 ({But not} 11. Nxd5 $2 Bxd5 12. Qc2 Qe7 $19) 11... Ne7 12. Qc2 c6 13. Nh4 Ng6 14. Nf5 Bxf5 15. Bxf5 Nh4 16. g3 ({Better is} 16. Bh3 $16) 16... Nxf5 $14 17. Qxf5 Qe7 18. e4 {Hoping for 0-0.} Qe6 19. Qf3 $1 O-O (19... f5 $1 $14) 20. O-O $16 {[%cal Re4d5]} dxe4 21. Nxe4 f5 22. Nxd6 Qxd6 23. Rad1 Qd5 24. Qf4 (24. Qxd5 $16 cxd5 25. Rfe1) 24... Rbe8 25. Rfe1 {White wants to play Re7!} Re4 (25... f6 $11) 26. Qg5+ Kh8 27. Qf6+ Kg8 28. Qg5+ Kh8 29. Qf6+ Kg8 30. f3 ({White should try} 30. Rxe4 $1 $14 Qxe4 31. Qg5+ Kh8 32. Qd2) 30... Re6 $11 31. Rxe6 Qxe6 32. Qe5 Rd8 33. Qf4 {[#] Qg5+ is the strong threat.} Re8 34. Rd2 {Accuracy: White = 48%, Black = 60%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pavlodar Open 2018"]
[Site "Pavlodar"]
[Date "2018.11.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Black "Kargin, Arseny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2018.11.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,38,0,0,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,0,0,0,0,32,0,0,0,118]} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. a3 {B22: Sicilian: 2 c3} (6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. Re1 b6 10. c4 Qd6 11. Nc3 cxd4 12. Nb5 Qc5 13. Nbxd4 Bb7 14. Qe2 Rfe8 15. Rad1 Bf8 16. Bc2 {½-½ (38) Kamsky,G (2666)-Alekseev,E (2620) Sochi 2018}) 6... Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 {LiveBook: 9 Games} 8. dxc5 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Ng4 10. b4 a5 11. Bb5 Bd7 12. Bxc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Nd4 O-O-O 13. Kc1 Nxd4 14. Bxd7+ Rxd7 15. cxd4 Nxe3 16. fxe3 {½-½ (51) Michalczak,T (2374)-Rapatinski,K (2185) Hattingen 2005}) 12... Bxc6 13. Kc2 Nxe3+ 14. fxe3 b6 15. cxb6 axb4 $1 16. cxb4 Bxb4 17. Nbd2 Bc5 18. Nc4 Ke7 19. Nfd2 Ke8 {Accuracy: White = 70%, Black = 81%.} (19... Rhd8 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pavlodar Open 2018"]
[Site "Pavlodar"]
[Date "2018.11.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Burmakin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Agmanov, Zhandos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2368"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2018.11.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,91,-10,0,-10,0,2,4,2,17,0,-1,-21,-9,-18,-8,-33,18,17,13,12,11,10,31,34,27,21,22,28,28,42,29,25,30,30,41,33,45,34,91,93,90,79,100,104,112,110,119,81,162,166,165,135,168,160,271,266,387,381,488,465,470,461,739,760,739,706,1325,1228,981,960,960,878]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. c4 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 c5 7. Qb3 Rb8 8. d3 Bd6 9. Nc3 a6 10. a4 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} (10. O-O O-O 11. Bg5 b5 12. Ne4 Be7 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Rfc1 Bb7 16. Qc3 Qe7 17. Nd2 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 {½-½ (29) Naiditsch,A (2707)-Efimenko,Z (2703) Rogaska Slatina 2011}) 10... b6 11. O-O Bb7 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 12. Rd1 {The position is equal.} O-O 13. Ne4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Bd2 Qe7 14. Be1 Rfc8 15. Nd2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Ne5 17. Nde4 Nfd7 {0-1 (46) Galojan,L (2277)-Nakhbayeva,G (2329) Chengdu 2015}) 13... Bc7 14. Qc2 Nd5 15. Bd2 Rc8 16. Qb3 Qe7 17. Ne1 Ne5 18. Nc3 {[%cal Rc3d5]} Nc6 (18... Rfd8 $15) 19. Nxd5 $11 exd5 20. Qxd5 Qxe2 21. Bc3 Ba8 {...Ne5 is the strong threat.} 22. Qg5 {[%csl Gc3][%cal Rg5g7] [#]} Nd4 23. Bxd4 cxd4 24. Rd2 Qe6 25. Bxa8 Rxa8 26. Nf3 Rad8 27. Qh4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Rd5 28. Re1 Qd6 29. Qe7 Bd8 ({Black should try} 29... Qc6 $14) 30. Qxd6 $16 Rxd6 31. Rc2 Bf6 32. Rc7 g6 33. Nd2 Rb8 34. Nc4 Rd5 (34... Rdd8 $16) 35. Rc6 $18 Bd8 36. Re8+ Kg7 37. Nd6 h5 (37... a5 $16 {is a better defense.} 38. h4 Rc5 39. Rxc5 bxc5) 38. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} h4 (38... f6 $142 39. f4 g5) 39. g4 {[%cal Bg3g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} h3 40. f4 {White is clearly winning.} a5 41. b5 Rc5 (41... Ra8 $142 42. f5 Rb8) 42. Rxc5 bxc5 43. Nc4 f5 44. g5 Kf7 45. Nd6+ Kg7 46. Kf2 {Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 31%.} 1-0

[Event "Pavlodar Open 2018"]
[Site "Pavlodar"]
[Date "2018.11.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Utegaliyev, Azamat"]
[Black "Kostenko, Petr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2449"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2018.11.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,104,8,-7,16,-16,-13,-4,-6,-6,-10,-13,-9,-9,-9,-5,0,0,12,3,33,45,45,0,0,0,26,0,0,-31,29,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,-9,-9,-9,-9,-9,-6,-9,0,-24,-46,-89,-4,-8,-8,-119,-102,-267,-249,-243,-200,-1285,-1062,-1231,-802,-1137,0,-1531,-1434,-4678,-5114,-29973,-29972,-29987,-29988,-29988,-29989,-29989,-29990,-29990,-29991,-29994,-29992]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 Qc7 9. Qe2 {C07: French Tarrasch: 3...c5, 4 Ngf3 and 4 exd5 Qxd5} Ne7 (9... Bd6 10. Nf3 dxe4 11. Qxe4 Nf6 12. Qh4 h6 13. Bd2 c5 14. O-O-O Rb8 15. Rhe1 Bc6 16. Bc3 Bxf3 17. gxf3 {1-0 (42) McShane,L (2644)-Howell,D (2702) Llandudno 2017}) 10. Nf3 Ng6 11. O-O Be7 12. e5 {LiveBook: 5 Games} f6 $146 {[%cal Rg6e5]} ({Predecessor:} 12... O-O 13. c4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 c5 15. Re1 Bc6 16. Ng5 h6 {1-0 (53) Van den Doel,E (2589)-Timman,J (2562) Amstelveen 2017}) 13. Re1 (13. Bxg6+ {keeps more tension.} hxg6 14. c4 g5 15. h3 Qd8 16. Bd2) 13... Nxe5 $1 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Qxe5 fxe5 16. Rxe5 Bf6 17. Re1 Kf7 18. Rb1 e5 19. f3 g5 20. Be3 g4 21. fxg4 Bxg4 22. Rf1 {[#] Hoping for Bg5.} Rag8 $1 23. Bxa7 h5 24. Rf2 {And now Rbf1 would win.} Ke6 25. Rbf1 Be7 (25... Bh4 $15 26. Bf5+ Bxf5 27. Rxf5 Ra8) 26. Be3 e4 27. Be2 Bh4 28. Bxg4+ Rxg4 29. Re2 Ra8 30. a3 Be7 31. Rd1 h4 32. h3 Rgg8 33. c3 {[%cal Bc2c3,Bc3c4][%mdl 32]} Bg5 34. Bf2 Rgb8 35. Bd4 Rb5 36. c4 Rb3 37. Kf2 Bf6 (37... Bf4 $17) 38. Bxf6 Rf8 39. a4 (39. cxd5+ $11 cxd5 40. Ke1 Rxf6 41. Rd4) 39... Rxf6+ $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 40. Ke1 $2 (40. Kg1 $17) 40... Ke5 $19 {Strongly threatening ...d4.} 41. cxd5 cxd5 42. Rc2 $2 (42. Rc1) 42... Re3+ 43. Re2 Rxe2+ 44. Kxe2 {KR-KR} Rb6 $2 (44... d4 $19 45. a5 Rg6) 45. Rb1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (45. a5 $11 Rxb2+ 46. Rd2 Rxd2+ 47. Kxd2) 45... d4 {[%cal Bd5d4,Bd4d3][%mdl 32]} 46. b4 d3+ 47. Ke3 Rg6 {Black mates.} 48. b5 Rxg2 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Rg2e2]} 49. Re1 Rg3+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 50. Kd2 Kd4 51. b6 e3+ 52. Kd1 Rg2 {Accuracy: White = 25%, Black = 66%.} 0-1

[Event "Pavlodar Open 2018"]
[Site "Pavlodar"]
[Date "2018.11.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gabrielian, Artur"]
[Black "Khegay, Dmitriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2018.11.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,57,54,82,58,46,42,90,79,106,91,94,55,58,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-15,0,0,0,0,0,0,288,287,287,277,552,569,537,537]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 g6 7. d4 Qe7 8. Re1 Bg7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. h3 Nh7 11. Nf1 {C55: Two Knights: 4 d3, 4 d4 exd4 5 e5 and Max Lange Attack} Ng5 {LiveBook: 10 Games} 12. Bxg5 hxg5 13. Ne3 {[#] White is slightly better.} exd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Rb8 14. Qd2 b5 15. Bb3 Na5 16. Nd5 Qd8 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. Qxg5 Qxg5 19. Nxg5 {1-0 (29) Tiviakov,S (2590)-Sermek,D (2565) Beijing 1997}) 14. cxd4 Qxe4 {[%cal Rc6d4]} 15. Nd5 Qf5 16. Nxc7 Rb8 17. Nd5 ({Better is} 17. Ne8 $14) 17... g4 $1 $11 {[%cal Rg4f3]} 18. hxg4 Qxg4 {[%cal Rc6d4]} 19. Ne3 Qf4 {[%cal Rc6d4]} 20. Nd5 Qg4 {[%cal Rc6d4]} 21. Ne3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Qh5 22. Rc1 {[%cal Ba1c1,Bc1c3,Bc3c8][%mdl 32]} Bg4 23. Nxg4 Qxg4 24. Bd5 Rbc8 25. Rc3 Nxd4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (25... Bf6 $11) 26. Nxd4 $18 ({And not} 26. Bxb7 Rxc3 27. bxc3 Nxf3+ 28. Bxf3 Qc4 $11) 26... Qxd4 {[#]} 27. Bxf7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxf7 $2 (27... Rxf7 {was necessary.} 28. Rxc8+ Kh7) 28. Qb3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} d5 {White must now prevent ...Kg8.} 29. Rxc8 {Accuracy: White = 69%, Black = 40%.} 1-0

[Event "Pavlodar Open 2018"]
[Site "Pavlodar"]
[Date "2018.11.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mirzoev, Azer"]
[Black "Vorobiov, Evgeny E."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2018.11.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,23,14,12]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 Bxc5 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Bb2 b6 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Be2 {LiveBook: 65 Games} {Predecessor:} O-O $146 13. Rac1 Rfd8 14. Nc4 Bd5 15. Bd4 Rac8 16. Bxc5 Rxc5 17. Nce5 Bxf3 18. Nxf3 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 a5 20. Rc6 {½-½ (40) Nepomniachtchi,I (2705)-Nakamura,H (2816) Baku 2015} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pavlodar Open 2018"]
[Site "Pavlodar"]
[Date "2018.11.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zubarev, Alexander"]
[Black "Khanin, Semen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2018.11.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,116,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,17,8,20,27,25,17,33,15,41,9,11,0,8,0,0,0,0,-16,0,-25,33,41,39,49,50,18,18,18,18,25,22,22,22,22,22,18,18,18,18,0,0,0,0,0,6,6,6,6,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,-64,-68,-123,-59,-158,-158,-154,-146,-204,-154,-229,-225,-231,-230,-210,0,-222,-188,-595,-552,-727,-703,-1811,-1739,-1692,-1530,-5726,-4368]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Nd7 5. d4 Ngf6 6. Nbd2 e6 7. Re1 Be7 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 O-O 10. c3 h6 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} (10... Bh5 11. Qb3 Nxe4 12. Rxe4 Qb6 13. Nd2 Bg6 14. Re1 a5 15. Nc4 Qa6 16. a4 Bd3 17. Ne3 Nf6 18. Rd1 Rab8 19. c4 Bg6 20. Bd2 Rfd8 21. Be1 Bh5 22. Rd3 Bg6 23. Rdd1 Bh5 24. Rd3 {½-½ (24) Pantsulaia,L (2607)-Tomashevsky,E (2716) Doha 2016}) 11. Qb3 Nxe4 12. Rxe4 Bf5 13. Re1 Qb6 14. Bf4 {[#] LiveBook: 5 Games} Rfd8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... g5 15. Bc1 Qxb3 16. axb3 Kg7 17. Nd2 Nb6 18. b4 a6 19. Nb3 {½-½ (74) Azaladze,S (2468)-Parligras,M (2586) Al Ain 2015}) 15. Nd2 {[%cal Bf3d2,Bd2c4,Bc4e5][%mdl 32]} g5 16. Be3 Nf6 17. Nc4 Qc7 18. Rad1 Nd5 19. Bc1 a5 20. a4 Rab8 21. Ne5 Bf6 22. Qc4 (22. h4 $5) 22... Bg7 23. Rd2 Rbc8 24. Rde2 c5 25. dxc5 Qxc5 26. Qb3 Qc7 27. Bf3 {[#]} Nb4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 28. cxb4 $14 Bxe5 $1 29. bxa5 ({Don't play} 29. Rxe5 Rd3 $15) 29... Bf6 30. Be3 Qxa5 31. Bb6 Rd3 32. Qxd3 $1 ({Of course not} 32. Bxa5 Rxb3 33. Bh5 Rc5 $17) 32... Qxe1+ $1 33. Rxe1 Bxd3 34. a5 Ba6 $1 35. b4 Rc3 36. Kg2 Rb3 37. Rd1 Rxb4 38. Rd7 Bb5 39. Rxb7 {And now Bc5 would win.} g4 40. Rb8+ Kg7 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black is not keeping still} 41. Bb7 {aiming for a6.} Rb1 42. h3 {Strongly threatening a6.} Bf1+ 43. Kh2 $1 {a6 is the strong threat.} Be5 $1 {[%cal Re5b8]} 44. Rc8 gxh3 45. Rd8 (45. Be4 $11 Ra1 46. Rc5) 45... h5 $1 $15 46. Be4 (46. f4 $15) 46... Ra1 (46... Rb4 $17 47. Bd3 Bg2) 47. Bd4 {[#]} (47. f4 $1 $15 Bc3 48. Rc8 Ra2+ 49. Kg1 Bxa5 50. Bxa5 Rxa5 51. Kxf1) 47... Bxd4 $1 $17 48. Rxd4 Rxa5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 49. Rd2 (49. Rd1 $17 Bb5 50. Kxh3) 49... Ra1 50. Bf3 (50. f4 $17) 50... Kg6 $19 51. Rc2 Bd3 52. Rd2 Bf1 53. Rc2 $1 f5 54. Rd2 $2 (54. Rc6 {is more resistant.}) 54... e5 {[%cal Be6e5,Be5e4][%mdl 32] Black is clearly winning.} 55. Bc6 e4 56. Rd6+ Kg7 {( -> ...Bg2)} 57. g4 hxg4 58. Bd7 Ra2 {Accuracy: White = 35%, Black = 65%.} 0-1

[Event "Pavlodar Open 2018"]
[Site "Pavlodar"]
[Date "2018.11.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vorobiov, Evgeny E."]
[Black "Gabrielian, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.11.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,61,46,53,57,55,53,60,45,42,40,37,37,89,90,102,35,58,41,77,84,77,88,177,157,146,141,242,242,241,234,234,237,710,710,739,739,668,674]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O Nge7 7. a3 O-O 8. Rb1 a5 9. Ne1 d6 10. Nc2 Be6 11. Ne3 {A37: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7 5 Nf3} f5 12. d3 Rb8 13. Ned5 Qd7 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 14. Bg5 Kh8 {[#]} 15. Qa4 $146 {aiming for Nxe7.} ({Predecessor:} 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 e4 {1-0 (58) Novikov,S (2568)-Pogonina,N (2472) Moscow 2011}) 15... Ng8 16. Bd2 f4 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 cxb4 ({Black should try} 18... b5 $14 19. cxb5 Nd4) 19. Nxb4 $16 Nge7 20. Nxc6 (20. Nbd5 $16) 20... bxc6 $14 21. Ne4 fxg3 22. hxg3 Ra8 23. Qb4 Ra2 {[#]} (23... Nf5 $16 {was worth a try.}) 24. Ra1 $1 $18 {[%cal Ra1a2]} Rxa1 25. Rxa1 d5 (25... Nf5 $16 {might work better.}) 26. Nc5 Qd6 27. Nxe6 Qxe6 28. Ra7 Ng8 $2 (28... Re8 29. cxd5 cxd5) 29. Qb7 {[%csl Ga7][%cal Rb7g7] White is clearly winning.} Qf6 {[#]} 30. Bg5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxf2+ (30... Qxg5 31. Qxg7#) 31. Kh2 {Accuracy: White = 69%, Black = 42%.} 1-0

[Event "Pavlodar Open 2018"]
[Site "Pavlodar"]
[Date "2018.11.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khanin, Semen"]
[Black "Suleymenov, Alisher"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2326"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2018.11.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,70,22,33,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,-29,-37,-117,-114,-131,-125,-113,-88,-29,-46,-50,0,0,0,0,-33,-460,-240,-222,-235,-1090,-986,-904,-864,-846,-864,-844,-844,-841,-839,-816,-804,-1043,-946]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 Nbd7 9. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} Nb6 10. g5 Nh5 11. Qd2 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} Be7 12. O-O-O Rc8 (12... O-O 13. Kb1 Rc8 14. Rg1 g6 15. Qf2 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Rxc4 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 b5 {1-0 (42) Ding,L (2783)-Ponomariov,R (2712) Khanty-Mansiysk 2017}) 13. Rg1 O-O {LiveBook: 127 Games} 14. f4 Nxf4 15. Bxf4 exf4 16. Qxf4 Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... g6 17. h4 Rxc3 18. bxc3 {0-1 (33) Rensch,D (2382)-Yap,N (2298) Philadelphia 2007}) 17. h4 Bf8 18. h5 g6 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. e5 {[#]} ({Better is} 20. Rd3 $15) 20... Bg7 $1 $17 21. Ne4 Nd5 22. Qh4 {Nf6+ is the strong threat.} Ne3 ({Don't play} 22... dxe5 23. Rh1 $11) 23. Nf6+ Bxf6 24. exf6 Rxc2+ $40 {[%mdl 128] Black attacks.} 25. Kb1 {[#] White threatens Rh1 and mate.} Rxb2+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 26. Kxb2 {Intending Rh1! and mate.} Nxd1+ 27. Kc1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (27. Kb1 $1 $15 Qc8 28. Bd3 Nc3+ 29. Kb2 Bxb3 30. Qh6 Na4+ 31. Kb1 Bxa2+ 32. Kxa2 Re2+ {[%mdl 64] Decoy} 33. Bxe2 Qc2+ 34. Ka3 Qc3+ 35. Kxa4 Qd4+ 36. Kb3 Qe3+ 37. Kc2 Qxe2+ 38. Kc1 (38. Kb1 Qd3+ 39. Kc1 Qc3+ 40. Kd1 Qd3+ 41. Ke1 Qe3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 42. Kf1 Qf3+ 43. Ke1 Qe3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 44. Kf1 Qf3+ 45. Ke1 Qe3+ $11 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 38... Qe3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 39. Kc2 Qf2+ 40. Kd1 (40. Kd3 Qf3+ 41. Kd4 Qf2+ 42. Kd3 Qf3+ 43. Kd4 Qf4+ 44. Kd5 Qe5+ 45. Kc4 Qe4+ 46. Kc3 Qf3+ 47. Kd4 $11) 40... Qxg1+ 41. Kc2 Qf2+ 42. Kd1 Qf1+ 43. Kc2 Qe2+ 44. Kc3 Qe3+ 45. Kb2 Qe2+ 46. Kc3 Qe3+ 47. Kc2 Qf2+ 48. Kd3 Qf5+ 49. Ke2 Qb5+ 50. Kf3 Qf5+ 51. Ke3 Qe6+ 52. Kf4 Qe5+ 53. Kf3 Qc3+ 54. Kg2 Qc6+ 55. Kh2 Qc2+ 56. Kg3 Qd3+ 57. Kg2 Qe4+ 58. Kg3 Qe1+ 59. Kg2 Qe2+ 60. Kg1 Qg4+ 61. Kf2 Qf5+ 62. Kg3 Qe5+ 63. Kf2 Qf4+ 64. Ke2 Qe4+ 65. Kd1 Qd3+ 66. Ke1 Qe4+ 67. Kf2 Qf5+ 68. Ke3 Qe6+ 69. Kd4 Qe5+ 70. Kd3 Qf5+ 71. Kd2 Qf4+ 72. Ke2 Qe4+ 73. Kf2 Qc2+ 74. Kg3 Qd3+ 75. Kh2 Qe2+ 76. Kg3 Qd3+) 27... Qc7+ (27... Bxb3 $2 28. axb3 Qa5 29. Rh1 $19) (27... Qb6 $142 28. Qd4 Rc8+ 29. Kd2 Qc6) 28. Kxd1 $19 {[#] Threatening mate with Qh6.} Qc3 $1 29. Nc1 $2 (29. Rg2) 29... Bf5 {[%csl Gc3][%cal Rf5c2] Black is clearly winning.} 30. Rg2 Re4 31. Qxe4 Bxe4 32. Rd2 Qf3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 33. Ke1 Qg3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 34. Kd1 Qxg5 35. Rxd6 {[#]} Bc2+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 32%, Black = 78%.} 0-1

[Event "Pavlodar Open 2018"]
[Site "Pavlodar"]
[Date "2018.11.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mirzoev, Azer"]
[Black "Zubarev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2018.11.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:06:13]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 3. e4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 4. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:07]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:13]} 6. c3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} c5 {[%emt 0:02:29]} 7. h3 {[%emt 0:06:14]} Nfd7 {[%emt 0:01:15]} 8. Re1 {[%emt 0:01:15]} Na6 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 9. Bg5 {[%emt 0:03:09]} Nc7 {[%emt 0:04:29]} 10. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:02:49]} b5 {[%emt 0:02:52]} 11. Qe2 {[%emt 0:04:35]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:14:17]} 12. Be3 {[%emt 0:01:11]} b4 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 13. d5 {[%emt 0:08:21]} bxc3 {[%emt 0:01:44]} 14. dxe6 {[%emt 0:00:49]} cxd2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 15. exf7+ {[%emt 0:00:33]} Rxf7 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 16. Bxd2 {[%emt 0:01:55]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:03:07]} 17. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:04:17]} Bxe5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 18. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 19. Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bxc3 {[%emt 0:04:37]} 20. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:02:39]} 21. a4 {[%emt 0:07:38]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:32:01]} 22. a5 {[%emt 0:04:42]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:01:44]} 23. Rab1 {[%emt 0:08:50]} d5 {[%emt 0:03:02]} 24. a6 {[%emt 0:15:35]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 25. Qxc4 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:02:22]} 26. axb7 {[%emt 0:03:30]} Rbxb7 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 27. Rbd1 {[%emt 0:01:31]} Qe5 {[%emt 0:01:46]} 28. Re2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Rfd7 {[%emt 0:02:19]} 29. Rf1 {[%emt 0:02:41]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:02:27]} 30. g3 {[%emt 0:00:36]} g5 {[%emt 0:01:22]} 31. Kg2 {[%emt 0:01:34]} Rf7 {[%emt 0:01:36]} 32. Ra1 {[%emt 0:01:51]} h5 {[%emt 0:07:31]} 33. Qd3 {[%emt 0:06:51]} Rbd7 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 34. Qe3 {[%emt 0:02:56]} c4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 35. Rd2 {[%emt 0:02:59]} Rxd2 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 36. Qxd2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qxe4+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} 37. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qd5 {[%emt 0:02:34]} 38. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} h4 {[%emt 0:02:29]} 39. g4 {[%emt 0:01:15]} Rf3 {[%emt 0:01:08]} 40. Rxa7+ {[%emt 0:01:02]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:02:26]} 41. Rd7 {[%emt 0:01:42]} Qxd7 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 42. Qxf3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qb5 {[%emt 0:01:22]} 43. Qe4+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 44. Qd4+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 45. Qe4+ {[%emt 0:01:17]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 46. Qf3+ {[%emt 0:00:43]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 47. Qe4+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pavlodar Open 2018"]
[Site "Pavlodar"]
[Date "2018.11.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Makhnev, Denis"]
[Black "Stupak, Kirill"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2018.11.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,53,-10,-29,-75,6,-90,-56,-70,2,1,9,12,40,57,22,63,67,85,306,190,297,241,228,222,352,345,737,747,845,787]} 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. Nd2 (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... Nh5 12. e4 Nxf4 13. gxf4 Bd7 {[#] LiveBook: 9 Games} 14. Re1 $146 {[#]} ({Predecessor:} 14. a4 Na6 15. Nc4 Qf6 16. Qf3 Nb4 17. Qg3 Nc2 18. Rad1 {½-½ (49) Kozul,Z (2591)-Zhigalko,S (2647) Gjakova 2016}) 14... Qh4 (14... b5 $1 $17 15. e5 dxe5) 15. e5 (15. Qf3 $11) 15... Qxf4 ({Of course not} 15... dxe5 $6 16. fxe5 Rxe5 17. Rxe5 $11) 16. Re4 Qh6 (16... Qg5 $1 $15 17. f4 Qd8) 17. e6 $1 $11 fxe6 {...Bxc3 is the strong threat.} 18. Nc4 e5 19. Nxd6 {[%mdl 64] Hoping for Qb3. Double Attack} Rf8 20. Nxb7 Bf5 21. Nxc5 Rc8 $2 (21... Nd7 $16 22. Ne6 Rf7) 22. d6 Nd7 (22... Rxc5 $142 23. Qb3+ Kh8) 23. Nxd7 Bxd7 {[#]} 24. Rxe5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rab8 (24... Bxe5 $142 25. Qd5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh8 26. Qxe5+ Qg7 27. Qxg7+ Kxg7) 25. Re7 $18 {[%cal Be5e7,Be7d7,Bd7c7][%mdl 32]} Rxb2 $2 (25... Bf5 26. d7 Rf8 27. Qd5+ Kh8) 26. Rxd7 Bxc3 27. Rc7 {Accuracy: White = 68%, Black =  5%.} 1-0

[Event "Pavlodar Open 2018"]
[Site "Pavlodar"]
[Date "2018.11.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khusenkhojaev, Muhammad"]
[Black "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2018.11.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 29,84,19,28,0,0,0,13,0,0,0,0,0,16,-25,10,10,10,10,8,2,8,8,10,5,5,8,13,8,20,17,21,0,0,-4,0,0,0,-26,-24,-38,-35,-22,-23,-141,-145,-208,-221,-215,-163,-155,-163,-2361,-2191,-29970,-29968,-6179,-6179]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 e6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. e4 e5 {D46: Semi-Slav: 5 e3 Nbd7 6 Bd3, Black avoids the Meran} 13. Bg5 exd4 14. Rxd4 Ne5 15. Bxf6 gxf6 {[#] LiveBook: 16 Games} 16. Nh4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. g3 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Be5 18. Rd2 Rad8 19. Rad1 Bc8 20. Ne2 {½-½ (34) Onischuk,A (2669)-Jakovenko,D (2716) Poikovsky 2011}) 16... Ng6 17. Nf3 b4 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. Na4 c5 20. R4d2 $1 Be7 21. Nd4 Qf4 22. Nf5 Bxe4 23. Nxe7+ Nxe7 24. Qc1 $1 Rxd2 25. Qxd2 Qxd2 26. Rxd2 Bd5 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black is fighting back} 27. Nxc5 Rc8 28. Nd3 a5 29. b3 Be6 30. h4 Nd5 31. Bf3 Nc3 32. Nf4 Bf5 33. Nd5 Kf8 {And now ...Rd8 would win.} 34. Nxf6 Bb1 35. Nd7+ Kg7 36. Ne5 (36. Nb6 $11 Rc5 37. Rb2) 36... Bxa2 $17 37. Nc6 {[#]} (37. Bd1 $17 {was necessary.}) 37... Rxc6 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 38. Bxc6 {aiming for Ba4.} Bxb3 39. Kf1 a4 {[%cal Ba5a4,Ba4a3,Ba3a2][%mdl 1056] Black has strong compensation.} 40. Rd8 $2 (40. Bxa4 Bxa4 41. Rd4) 40... a3 41. Ke1 a2 42. Ra8 {[#]} Ba4 $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 39%, Black = 77%.} 0-1

[Event "Pavlodar Open 2018"]
[Site "Pavlodar"]
[Date "2018.11.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kostenko, Petr"]
[Black "Burmakin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2449"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2018.11.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,26,30,33]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. O-O-O O-O-O {[#] LiveBook: 347 Games} {Predecessor:} 14. Ne4 $146 Ngf6 15. g3 Nc5 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. Kb1 Qe7 18. c4 Bb6 19. Bc3 Rhe8 20. Qe2 Qf8 21. a3 Nd7 22. Rhe1 Bc7 23. Ne5 Nxe5 24. dxe5 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rd8 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27. Qf3 Ba5 28. Bxa5 Qxa5 29. Qxf7 Qxe5 {½-½ (28) Santos Latasa,J (2574)-Burmakin,V (2504) Trieste 2018} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pavlodar Open 2018"]
[Site "Pavlodar"]
[Date "2018.11.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kargin, Arseny"]
[Black "Utegaliyev, Azamat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2018.11.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,46,25,51,18,28,7,27,31,36,25,21,28,19,12,31,15,37,-14,-20,-18,-14,-45,-45,-26,-47,-70,-89,-110,17,-158,-20,-162,-175]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O d6 5. Re1 Be7 6. c3 O-O 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 Bg4 {[%cal Bc8g4,Bg4h5,Bh5g6,Bg6f7][%mdl 32]} 9. Bxc6 {C66: Ruy Lopez: Steinitz Defence} bxc6 10. Nc3 Nd7 11. h3 {White has an edge.} Bh5 12. g4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Be3 Bf6 13. Rc1 Re8 14. Kh2 Nf8 15. Qa4 Qd7 16. Nd2 Rad8 {1-0 (32) Kumaran,B (2303)-Rohit,K (1790) Chennai 2017}) 12... Bg6 13. Nh2 Qb8 14. f4 f6 $1 15. Nf3 Bf7 16. Kh1 (16. e5 $14 dxe5 17. dxe5) 16... Qb7 $11 17. b3 c5 18. d5 c6 19. dxc6 Qxc6 20. Qd2 Nb6 21. Rd1 f5 (21... Rad8 $17 {White must now prevent ...d5.} 22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. exd5 Qb5) 22. Nd5 $2 {[#]} (22. gxf5 $11 Bh5 23. Rf1) 22... Rfe8 (22... Nxd5 $17 23. exd5 Qd7) 23. gxf5 (23. Bb2 $1 $11 Nxd5 24. exd5) 23... Nxd5 {Accuracy: White = 27%, Black = 53%.} 0-1

[Event "Pavlodar Open 2018"]
[Site "Pavlodar"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vorobiov, Evgeny E."]
[Black "Kostenko, Petr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2449"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2018.11.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,21,12,21,-14]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qc2 Bb7 8. O-O Nbd7 $146 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} (8... Be7 9. d3 O-O 10. a4 a6 11. Nc3 Nbd7 12. Rd1 Rc8 13. h3 Qb6 14. e4 c5 15. Be3 Rfd8 16. Rac1 h6 17. axb5 axb5 {1-0 (73) Duda,J (2737)-Karjakin,S (2773) chess.com INT 2018}) 9. a4 a6 10. d3 Be7 {LiveBook: 13 Games} 11. Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pavlodar Open 2018"]
[Site "Pavlodar"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Black "Khanin, Semen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2018.11.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,29,31,20,38,35,26,28]} 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. h3 Ne7 10. Re1 Ng6 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} 11. d4 h6 12. Bb3 Re8 13. Bc2 {LiveBook: 17 Games} Nh7 14. Nf1 Ng5 15. Nxg5 {[#]} {Predecessor:} hxg5 $146 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pavlodar Open 2018"]
[Site "Pavlodar"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Malakhatko, Vadim"]
[Black "Saiyn, Zhanat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2018.11.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,134,23,12,17,25,0,8,0,6,12,20,-1,0,0,0,0,12,-19,-19,-19,-18,-18,-21,-22,-23,-16,-22,-34,-40,-56,-17,-44,-17,-291,-27,-26,-40,-19,-3,-50,-14,-15,-15,-9,-12,-17,-12,-14,-14,-10,-8,-13,0,0,15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,0,0,-8,78,78,79,79,79,80,82,82,75,81,87,87,79,79,87,64,176,176,270,262,244,179,829,841,819,803,741,740,608,510,510,492,1339,824,5900,5716,5700,5587,29952,12043,12603,12726,12820,8438,8316,8316,6095,5708,5081,5197,29964,1716,29965,29965,29984,29985,29985]} 1. c4 e5 2. e3 Nf6 3. a3 c6 (3... g6 4. b4 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bb2 Bg7 7. Nf3 Qe7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O a5 10. Nc3 Nb6 11. Na4 {½-½ (29) Markowski,T (2551)-Navara,D (2740) Czech Republic 2018}) 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. d4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 5. d3 O-O 6. Qc2 Bc7 7. Nbd2 d5 8. b4 Re8 9. Bb2 a5 10. Rb1 axb4 11. axb4 {1-0 (43) Voigt,R (2381)-Roeschlau,B (2295) Hoeckendorf 2004}) 5... exd4 6. Qxd4 {A20: English Opening: 1...e5} Bc7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be2 {The position is equal.} d5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nb5 Bb6 11. Qd3 Ne4 12. O-O Bf5 13. Nbd4 Bg6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is more active.} 14. Qd1 Nc6 15. Bd2 Qf6 {[%cal Rc6d4]} 16. Bc3 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Na5 18. Qa4 Rac8 19. Rac1 Rc7 20. Rfd1 Rfc8 21. Nb5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (21. Nd2 $11 {and White is okay.}) 21... Rc5 $2 (21... Rc4 $1 $19 {[%cal Rc4a4][%mdl 512]} 22. Bxc4 Rxc4 {[%mdl 64] Trapped Piece}) 22. Qb4 $11 h6 23. Nd2 Bf5 24. Qf4 Bd7 {Threatens to win with ...Qxf4.} (24... R5c6 $5 {[%cal Ra7a6]}) 25. Qxf6 gxf6 26. Rb1 $1 Bxb5 27. Bxb5 Rxc3 28. a4 R8c5 29. g3 Ra3 30. Rb4 Bc7 31. Nf3 Be5 32. Rg4+ Kf8 33. Rh4 Kg7 34. Rg4+ Kf8 35. Rh4 Kg7 36. Nd4 Bxd4 37. Rdxd4 f5 38. Rh5 a6 39. Bd7 Nc6 (39... Nb3 $11 {keeps the balance.} 40. Rb4 Rc4) 40. Bxc6 $1 $16 bxc6 41. Rxf5 Rc4 42. Rxc4 $1 dxc4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#] KR-KR} 43. a5 $1 c3 44. Rc5 c2 45. Rxc2 Rxa5 46. Rxc6 Ra1+ 47. Kg2 a5 ({Black should play} 47... h5 $1 $14) 48. g4 $18 a4 (48... Ra4 {was necessary.}) 49. Ra6 a3 50. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} a2 $2 {[#]} (50... Kh7 51. Kg3 Ra2) 51. h5 $1 Kg8 52. Kf3 Kg7 53. Kf4 Kg8 54. Kf5 Kg7 55. Ra7 Kg8 (55... Rb1 $142) 56. Kf6 Rg1 57. Ra8+ Kh7 58. Rxa2 Rxg4 59. Kxf7 Rg5 60. Kf6 Rxh5 61. Ra7+ Kg8 62. Kg6 {[%cal Ra7a8]} Rg5+ 63. Kxh6 Rg2 64. f4 Kf8 65. Kh5 ({Weaker is} 65. e4 Rg4 $16) (65. f5 $142 Rg3 66. e4 Re3 67. Kg6 Rxe4 68. Ra8+ Ke7 69. f6+ Kd6 70. f7) 65... Rg3 66. e4 Rg7 67. Rxg7 Kxg7 {Accuracy: White = 70%, Black = 31%.} 1-0

[Event "Pavlodar Open 2018"]
[Site "Pavlodar"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Burmakin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Makhnev, Denis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2018.11.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,31,22,77,27,75,68,62,46,65,73,58,-43,72,-442,-425,-1292,283,-1153,632,-1294,259,-1134,597,-1428]} 1. Nf3 e6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 Be7 (4... g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. d4 Ne4 8. Bd2 O-O 9. Rc1 c5 10. d5 exd5 11. cxd5 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 d6 13. Nc4 Ba6 14. b3 b5 15. Nd2 {0-1 (29) So,W (2815)-Carlsen,M (2832) chess.com INT 2017}) 5. O-O Bf6 $146 (5... Nf6 $11) ({Predecessor:} 5... g5 6. e4 Bxe4 7. Nc3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Nc6 9. d4 Rc8 10. Rd1 Bf6 11. Ne4 h6 12. d5 {½-½ (45) Foisor,O (2408)-Dgebuadze,A (2544) Turin 2008}) 6. Qc2 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Rd1 {White is slightly better.} Be7 9. Ne5 Nf6 10. e4 ({White should play} 10. d4 $14) 10... dxe4 (10... Nxe4 $15 {keeps the upper hand.} 11. Qa4+ c6) 11. Bxe4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (11. d3 $16) 11... Bxe4 12. Qxe4 (12. Qa4+ $142 Bc6 13. Nxc6) 12... Bd6 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (12... Nxe4 $19 13. d4 f6) 13. Nc4+ $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (13. Qxa8 $18 Bxe5 14. d4 (14. Qxa7 O-O $16)) 13... Be7 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (13... Nxe4 $19 14. Nc3 Ng5) 14. Ne5 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (14. Qxa8 $18 O-O 15. d4) 14... Bd6 $4 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (14... Nxe4 $19 {avoids the disaster.} 15. d4 f6) 15. Nc4+ $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (15. Qxa8 $18 Bxe5 16. d4 (16. Qxa7 O-O $16)) 15... Be7 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (15... Nxe4 $19 {and all is fine.} 16. Nc3 Nf6) 16. Qc6+ $4 {[%mdl 40960] Accuracy: White =  1%, Black = 15%. . An unexpected result.} (16. Qxa8 $18 O-O 17. d4) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pavlodar Open 2018"]
[Site "Pavlodar"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Khegay, Dmitriy"]
[Black "Agmanov, Zhandos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2368"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "174"]
[EventDate "2018.11.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,174,0,16,17,31,18,24,20,14,15,16,8,27,13,22,6,1,9,14,0,0,0,0,-13,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,16,17,27,0,0,0,0,0,58,12,60,0,11,0,0,0,95,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-241,-243,-234,-200,-273,-323,-316,-305,-1025,-1018,-980,-967,-861,-508,-531,-529,-531,-521,-512,-491,-495,-468,-939,-758,-29976,-29977,-29971,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-9,-15,-29976,-10,-450,-424,-322,0,-1246,-1332,-29970,-1251,-29976,-29977,-29971,0,-643,-59,-100,-31,-268,0,-100,0,-100,-100,-583,-528,-483,0,-877,-831,-869,-830,-730,-730,-981,-928,-29978,-29979,-29983,-29977,-29980,-29981,-29981,-29982,-29982,-29983,-29984,-29985,-29985,-29986,-29990,-29991,-29996,-29997]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. O-O Rc8 8. Na3 {[%cal Bb1a3,Ba3c2,Bc2e3][%mdl 32] C02: French: Advance Variation} (8. dxc5 Ng6 9. b4 Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Qc7 12. Nd4 Qxe5 13. N2b3 f5 14. b5 Nd8 15. c4 f4 {1-0 (25) Mamedov,R (2699)-Skoberne,J (2565) Batumi 2018}) 8... Ng6 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 9. Nc2 Be7 10. g3 {White is slightly better.} O-O 11. Ne3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. h4 cxd4 12. cxd4 f6 13. exf6 gxf6 14. h5 Nh8 15. Bh6 Re8 {0-1 (28) Nurkic,S (2414)-Svetushkin,D (2570) Sombor 2009}) 11... cxd4 12. cxd4 Qb6 13. h4 f5 14. Ng2 Rc7 15. Rb1 Rfc8 16. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} a5 17. b5 {h5 is the strong threat.} Nb4 18. a4 Na2 19. Bb2 Nc3 20. Bxc3 $1 Rxc3 21. h5 Nh8 22. Nf4 Nf7 23. Bd3 $1 Ng5 24. Nxg5 $1 Bxg5 25. Ne2 Ra3 26. Kg2 Be8 27. Rh1 Bh6 (27... Qc7 {is interesting.} 28. Ra1 Qe7 29. f4 Bh6 30. Qb1 Kh8) 28. Ra1 Rxa1 29. Qxa1 Qc7 30. f4 Qe7 31. Qb2 b6 32. g4 fxg4 33. Kg3 Bd7 ({Better is} 33... Kh8 $11) 34. Kxg4 Kh8 35. Rh3 (35. Ra1 $14) 35... Rf8 36. Qc2 Rc8 $1 {[%cal Rc8c2]} 37. Qb1 Rf8 (37... Qa3 $11) 38. Qc2 (38. Rg3 $1 $16) 38... Rc8 $1 $11 {[%cal Rc8c2]} 39. Qd2 Rf8 40. Bb1 Be8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 41. Kf3 Qg5 42. Qd3 {[%csl Gb1][%cal Rd3h7]} g6 {[%cal Bg7g6,Bg6g5][%mdl 32]} 43. Ke3 $2 (43. Bc2 $11) 43... Qg4 $19 {[%cal Rh6f4]} 44. Rf3 Qxh5 45. Kd2 Qg4 46. Qe3 g5 $1 {[%cal Rg5f4]} 47. Qa3 $2 (47. Rg3 gxf4 48. Rxg4 fxe3+ 49. Ke1) 47... gxf4 48. Qe7 Bg6 49. Bxg6 Qxg6 50. Qh4 Bg5 51. Qg4 h5 52. Qh3 Kg7 53. Ke1 Rc8 54. Rf1 (54. Kf1 $142 Qf7 55. Rc3 Rxc3 56. Qxc3) 54... Qe4 {( -> ...Rc2)} 55. Qxh5 Rc1+ 56. Kf2 {[#]} Rxf1+ $2 (56... Bh4+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 57. Qxh4 Qe3+ 58. Kg2 Qxe2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 59. Qf2 Qg4+ 60. Kh1 Qh3+ 61. Kg1 Rc3 62. Qxf4 Rg3+ 63. Qxg3+ Qxg3+ 64. Kh1 Qh3+ 65. Kg1 Qg3+ 66. Kh1 Qh4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 67. Kg1 Qxd4+ 68. Kh1 Qe4+ 69. Kg1 d4 70. Kf2 Qe3+ 71. Kg2 d3 72. Rf3 Qe4 73. Kg3 d2 74. Rf1 Qd3+ 75. Kf2 Qxf1+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Remove Defender, Promotion} 76. Kxf1 d1=Q+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 77. Kf2 Kg6 78. Ke3 Kf5 79. Kf2 Kf4 80. Kg2 Qe2+ 81. Kh1 Kf3 82. Kg1 Qg2#) 57. Kxf1 $11 Qf5 {Threatens to win with ...f3.} 58. Ng1 Qd3+ 59. Ne2 Qg6 60. Qf3 Qf5 {next ...Kf8 is good for Black.} 61. Qc3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (61. Kg2 $11) 61... Kg6 $2 (61... f3 {mates} 62. Kf2 Bh4+ 63. Ng3 Bxg3+ 64. Kxg3 f2 65. Qc7+ Kg6 66. Qc8 f1=Q 67. Qg8+ Kh6 68. Qh8+ Qh7 69. Qf6+ Qg6+ 70. Qxg6+ Kxg6 71. Kg4 Qd3 72. Kf4 Qe2 73. Kg3 Kf5 74. Kh3 Kf4 75. Kh4 Qh2#) 62. Ng1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (62. Qf3 $11 {and White is okay.}) 62... Qb1+ $19 63. Kg2 {[#]} Qa2+ $2 (63... Qe4+ $1 $19 64. Nf3 Qe2+ 65. Kh1 Kf5) 64. Kh3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (64. Kh1 $11) 64... Qf2 65. Qd3+ Kh6 (65... Kg7 $142 66. Qa3 Bd8 67. Qd3 Be7 68. Qf3 Qxg1 69. Qxf4 Qg5 70. Qf2 Qg6 71. Kh2 Bg5 72. Qg3 Qh5+ 73. Kg2 Qe2+ 74. Qf2 Qxf2+ 75. Kxf2 Kg6 76. Ke2 Kf5 77. Kd3 Bf4 78. Ke2 Ke4 79. Kf2 Kxd4 80. Ke2 Kxe5 81. Kf1 d4 82. Kf2 d3 83. Kf3 d2 84. Ke2 Ke4 85. Kd1 Ke3 86. Kc2 Ke2 87. Kb2 d1=Q 88. Ka3 Bc1+ 89. Ka2 Qc2+ 90. Ka1 Qb2#) 66. Qa3 Kg7 67. Qd3 Kh6 ({Worse is} 67... Qxg1 68. Qh7+ Kxh7 $11) (67... Bh6 $142 68. Ne2 Qf1+ 69. Kh4 Qg2 70. Ng3 Qh2+ 71. Kg4 Qxg3+ 72. Qxg3 fxg3 73. Kxg3 Be3 74. Kg4 Bxd4 75. Kf4 Kg6 76. Kf3 Bxe5 77. Kf2 Kf5 78. Ke3 d4+ 79. Kd3 Bf6 80. Kd2 e5 81. Ke2 e4 82. Kf2 Bg5 83. Ke1 d3 84. Kf2 e3+ 85. Kg2 d2 86. Kh1 e2 87. Kg1 d1=Q+ 88. Kg2 Bf4 89. Kh3 Qh1#) 68. Qa3 $1 Qh4+ $2 (68... Be7 $19 69. Qf3 Qxd4) 69. Kg2 $17 Qg4+ (69... Kh5 $17 {Hoping for ...Qg4+.} 70. Qh3 Qxh3+ 71. Nxh3 Kg4 72. Nf2+ Kf5) 70. Kh1 $2 (70. Kh2 $1 $15) 70... Qh4+ $2 (70... Kg6 $19 71. Qd3+ Kh6) 71. Kg2 $1 {[#]} Be7 (71... Kh5 $1 $17 {aiming for ...Qg4+.} 72. Qh3 Qxh3+ 73. Nxh3 Kg4 74. Nf2+ Kf5) 72. Qf3 (72. Qh3 $11) 72... Bb4 73. Nh3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (73. Qh3 $17 {is a better chance.} Qxh3+ 74. Nxh3) 73... Bd2 $19 74. Nf2 Be1 $2 ({Black should play} 74... Qh5 $19 {And now ...Qxf3+ would win.} 75. Nh3 Qf5) 75. Nd3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (75. Nh3 $11) 75... Bg3 76. Kf1 Qh3+ 77. Ke2 Qh2+ 78. Kd1 Kg5 79. Qf1 Kg4 {Black mates.} 80. Nc1 Qf2 81. Qd3 Qf3+ 82. Qe2 Qxe2+ 83. Kxe2 f3+ 84. Kf1 Kf4 85. Nb3 Ke3 86. Nc5 bxc5 87. dxc5 d4 {Accuracy: White = 33%, Black = 62%.} 0-1

[Event "Pavlodar Open 2018"]
[Site "Pavlodar"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Zubarev, Alexander"]
[Black "Utegaliyev, Azamat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2018.11.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,27,39,40,25,472,-278,-295,-582,-549,-1912,-740,-2630,-1574,-3931]} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 {B01: Scandinavian Defence} 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5 Nbd7 {LiveBook: 53 Games. White is slightly better.} 9. Qf3 (9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Bg2 c6 11. Qd3 e6 12. Bd2 Nb6 13. O-O-O Nbd5 14. Ne2 {1-0 (39) Bologan,V (2640)-Kovalenko,I (2684) Tallinn 2016}) 9... Be4 $146 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} ({Much worse is} 9... Nxe5 $6 10. Qxb7 Nf3+ 11. Qxf3 $16) (9... c6 $11) ({Predecessor:} 9... c6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Be3 e6 12. O-O-O Nd5 13. Ne4 Qb4 14. Ng5 {1-0 (83) Trajber,C (2078)-Nadassy,A (2137) Budapest 2006}) 10. Qe3 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (10. Nxe4 $18 Nxe4 11. Qxe4) 10... Bxh1 $19 11. Bb5 $2 (11. Nb5 Qb6 12. Nc4) 11... c6 {[%cal Bc7c6,Bc6b5][%mdl 32] Black is clearly winning.} 12. Qf3 cxb5 13. Nd5 Qxd5 14. b4 0-1

[Event "Pavlodar Open 2018"]
[Site "Pavlodar"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Suleymenov, Alisher"]
[Black "Mirzoev, Azer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2326"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2018.11.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,47,15,16,26,21,13,27,28,38,25,28,21,21,29,26,26,20,10,8,8,11,8,7,0,0,0,15,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 {[%cal Bg2g3,Bg3g4][%mdl 32]} Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 {D11: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 sidelines and 3...Nf6 4 e3 Bg4} (6. Qb3 Qc8 7. Bg2 h6 8. O-O Be7 9. Nd2 O-O 10. e4 dxe4 11. Ndxe4 Rd8 12. Be3 Ng4 {0-1 (27) Jakovenko,D (2710)-Mamedyarov,S (2791) Sochi 2017}) 6... Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. g4 Bg6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Qb3 Qb6 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 11. Bg2 Be7 12. O-O O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Qxb3 13. axb3 {1-0 (37) Senthil,M (2208)-Al Zaabi,S (1698) Abu Dhabi 2016}) 13. Rd1 {[%cal Rc4d5]} Rd8 14. e4 dxe4 15. Be3 Qxb3 16. axb3 Na6 17. g5 Ne8 18. d5 {The position is equal.} exd5 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. Nxd5 Bc5 21. Bf4 Bd6 22. Be3 Bc5 23. Bf4 Bd6 24. Be3 {Accuracy: White = 90%, Black = 73%.} 1/2-1/2

