[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.24"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Miron, Lucian-Costin"]
[Black "Visakh N R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,80,45,50,44,58,37,37,36,40,25,48,40,41,49,49,31,53,20,25,10,23,0,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,-14,0,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,6,6,6,6,5,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,4,6]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6e4,Be4d2][%mdl 32]} 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nbd2 Nxd2 9. Bxd2 Bg4 10. c3 O-O {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} 11. h3 Bh5 12. g3 Bg6 {LiveBook: 4 Games. White is slightly better.} (12... Qd7 13. Kg2 Rfe8 14. Qc2 Bg6 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. Rfe1 b6 17. Bf4 Bd6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Re2 Re7 20. Rxe7 Nxe7 21. Re1 f6 22. h4 Qd7 23. Ng1 {½-½ (23) Bacrot,E (2715)-Bu,X (2710) Tbilisi 2017}) 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. Bf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Kg2 Qd7 15. Qc2 Qf5 16. Qxf5 gxf5 17. Bf4 Bd6 18. Bxd6 cxd6 {1-0 (37) Shevchenko,K (2439)-Rudenko,N (2337) St Petersburg 2016}) 14... Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Re1 Rfe8 17. Qd3 a6 18. Kg2 Qd7 19. Rad1 Rad8 20. Qd2 f6 21. Qd3 Ne7 22. Re2 Nf5 {The position is equal.} 23. Rde1 Rxe2 24. Qxe2 Kf7 25. Nd2 Nd6 26. Qg4 b6 27. Qxd7+ Rxd7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 28. h4 Rd8 29. Re2 a5 30. a4 Rb8 31. Nb3 Nc4 {aiming for ...Re8.} 32. Nc1 b5 33. axb5 Rxb5 34. b3 Nd6 35. Ra2 Ne4 36. c4 dxc4 37. bxc4 Rb4 38. Kf3 Nd6 39. Rxa5 Rxc4 40. Rc5 Rxd4 {Accuracy: White = 54%, Black = 64%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.24"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "David, Alexandru-Vasile"]
[Black "Manea, Alexandru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2347"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,47,37,50,-37,98,26,89,78,52,62,278,256,418,424,580,410,523,500,1127,1168,1714,1008]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Be7 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. g3 Bb7 {D44: Semi-Slav: Botvinnik System} 14. Bg2 Na6 $1 {LiveBook: 99 Games} 15. O-O ({White should try} 15. Ne4 $14 Qe7 16. O-O) (15. Ne4 Qe7 16. O-O O-O-O 17. h4 c5 18. a4 Rxd4 19. Qe2 b4 20. Rac1 Bd5 21. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Rc1 Nb8 {0-1 (37) Melkumyan,H (2660)-Shankland,S (2722) Batumi 2018}) 15... Rd8 $146 (15... O-O-O $1 $15 {stays ahead.}) ({Predecessor:} 15... O-O-O 16. a4 Rxd4 17. Qe2 b4 18. Ne4 Qe5 19. Rad1 Rhd8 20. Rxd4 Qxd4 21. Ng5 Rd7 {½-½ (21) Tunik,G (2435)-Dreev,A (2395) Soviet Union 1985}) 16. a4 (16. Ne2 $16) 16... Rxd4 (16... b4 $1 $11 17. Ne2 Nc5) 17. Qe2 $16 b4 18. Ne4 {[%cal Bc3e4,Be4d6,Bd6f5][%mdl 32]} Qh6 $2 {[#]} (18... Qe5 $14) 19. Rfd1 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd1d4]} Rxd1+ $2 (19... Qxh2+ 20. Kf1 Rxe4 21. Qxe4 c3 22. bxc3 bxc3) 20. Rxd1 Ke7 21. Nd6 {Nf5+ is the strong threat.} Qxh2+ 22. Kf1 {White is clearly winning.} Ba8 (22... c3 $142 23. Nxb7 Qh5) 23. Qe5 {[#] Intending Nf5+ and mate.} Qh7 24. Nf5+ {Accuracy: White = 46%, Black = 11%.} 1-0

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.24"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Cioara, Andrei-Nestor"]
[Black "Baltag, Iulian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2427"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,41,50,65,69,62,0,0,6,363,368,422,408,472,469,472,464,472,457,365,385,456,467,498,398,648,640,625,611,736,736,752,735]} 1. d4 {[%cal Bd2d4,Bd4d5][%mdl 32]} d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} c5 4. d5 Nf6 5. Nc3 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 6. Bf4 Ba6 7. e5 {D20: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 e3 and 3 e4} b4 $1 {[%cal Rb4c3]} 8. Na4 $146 ({White should play} 8. exf6 $14 bxc3 9. bxc3) ({Predecessor:} 8. exf6 bxc3 9. bxc3 exf6 10. d6 Qd7 11. Be2 Bb7 12. Bg4 f5 13. Bf3 Qe6+ 14. Ne2 Bxf3 15. gxf3 {1-0 (36) Korobov,A (2685)-Leventic,I (2411) Biograd 2018}) 8... Nxd5 $11 9. Nxc5 {Hoping for e6.The position is equal.} Bb5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (9... Nxf4 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 10. Qa4+ Nd7 11. Nxa6 Rc8) 10. e6 $18 Nc6 {[#]} 11. Nb7 $1 {[%cal Rb7d8]} ({And not} 11. Qh5 g6 $17) 11... Qb6 12. exf7+ (12. Qxd5 fxe6 13. Qe4 (13. Qxe6 Qxb7 14. Nf3 Nd8 $11) 13... Qxb7 $16) 12... Kxf7 13. Qxd5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Ke8 14. Bxc4 ({Not} 14. Nc5 Rd8 $18) 14... Bxc4 15. Qxc4 Qxb7 16. Nf3 Na5 17. Qc5 Qb6 $2 {[#]} (17... Qa6 18. Qh5+ g6) 18. Qh5+ {White is clearly winning.} g6 19. Qe5 Qf6 20. Qxa5 Qxf4 21. Qb5+ {Accuracy: White = 88%, Black = 16%.} 1-0

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.24"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Petrisor, Adrian-Marian"]
[Black "Ionescu, Doru-Alexandru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2321"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,69,77,77,99,91,107,75,108,87,206,93,96,100,236,238,276,243,339,337,335,346,336,347,326,329,306,283,279,265,264,246,219,218,230,241,213,195,200,183,315,277,258,241,237,247,244,247,248,253,491,216,278,293,339,352,312,308,852,852,845,832]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 c6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bc4 {LiveBook: 24 Games} Na6 {B06: Modern Defence} (6... Nh6 7. Bb3 Bg4 8. Be3 d5 9. e5 Nf5 10. Bf2 h5 11. Qd3 Qa6 12. O-O-O h4 13. Ne2 Qxd3 14. Rxd3 Na6 {0-1 (36) Bologan,V (2655)-Azmaiparashvili,Z (2674) Panormo 2001}) 7. O-O Nc7 8. Kh1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. a4 a5 9. Be3 Nf6 10. h3 d5 11. exd5 Nfxd5 12. Qd2 Nxe3 13. Qxe3 Be6 14. b3 {0-1 (40) Necesany,Z-Richardson,K ICCF corr 1972}) 8... Nh6 {White is better.} 9. Qe1 {Hoping for Na4.} Qa5 (9... Ne6 $16) 10. e5 (10. Bd2 $18 {and White stays clearly on top. aiming for Nd5.} Qh5 11. Ne2) 10... Be6 $16 11. exd6 {And now Bd2 would win.} exd6 (11... Nf5 $16) 12. Bd2 $1 $18 Qf5 13. Bd3 Qf6 14. f5 gxf5 15. Bg5 Qg6 16. Ne2 {Nf4 is the strong threat.} f6 17. Nf4 Qf7 18. Nxe6 Qxe6 19. Bxh6 Bxh6 20. Qh4 Be3 21. Qh5+ Qf7 22. Qxf5 O-O 23. Rae1 Rae8 24. Qh3 Qg7 {[#]} (24... Nd5 {was called for.} 25. Qg3+ (25. c4 Nf4 $14) 25... Kh8) 25. Nh4 $1 {[%cal Rh4f5]} Qh6 26. Nf5 Qxh3 27. gxh3 Bd2 28. Rd1 Ba5 29. Nxd6 Rb8 $2 (29... Re6) 30. Rg1+ (30. Rf5 $142 {Black must now prevent Rg1+.} Nb5 31. Rg1+ Kh8 32. Rh5 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack (Double check)}) 30... Kh8 31. Rg4 {White wants to mate with Rdg1.} Ne6 32. Rdg1 {Intending Rg8+! and mate.} Ng5 {[#]} 33. h4 $1 {[%cal Bh3h4,Bh4g5,Bg5g6][%mdl 32]} Bc7 $2 (33... h5 34. R4g3 (34. hxg5 hxg4 35. g6 f5 $16) 34... Bc7) 34. hxg5 Bxd6 35. g6 {Accuracy: White = 72%, Black = 38%.} 1-0

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.24"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Moldovan, Daniel"]
[Black "Stoleriu, George"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2406"]
[BlackElo "2362"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,59,20,22,34,33,31,18,33,29,25,21,27,24,30,29,43,43,63,57,61,61,74,72,96,90,220,224,196,197,297,298,330,335,446,445,493,463,445,454,512,388,706,701,629,514,517,518]} 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. Nbd2 c5 7. c3 O-O 8. e4 {[%cal Be3e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} d5 {[%cal Rd5e4] A47: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 b6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} (8... Nc6 9. a3 Rc8 10. Qe2 d6 11. Rd1 Re8 12. Nf1 Qc7 13. e5 Nd7 14. exd6 Bxd6 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 {0-1 (48) Krysztofiak,M (2397)-Wojtaszek,R (2630) Warsaw 2006}) 9. e5 Nfd7 10. Re1 Ba6 {The position is equal.} 11. Bc2 Nc6 12. a3 Rc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... cxd4 13. cxd4 Rc8 {1-0 (32) Llorens Sepulveda,M (2353)-Bartucevic Sanchez,D (2106) Santiago de Chile 2007}) 13. b4 cxd4 14. cxd4 Qc7 15. Bb1 f6 {[%cal Rf6e5]} 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Bb2 Qd6 18. Qb3 Bc4 19. Qe3 Rce8 (19... Rfe8 $16 {is a better defense.}) 20. Nxc4 $18 dxc4 21. Ne5 {Black must now prevent Qe4.} Bxe5 (21... c3 $142 22. Bxc3 Ne7) 22. dxe5 Qc7 23. Qe4 $1 {[%csl LRc4,LRh7]} Rf5 24. Qxc4 Ndxe5 25. Bxe5 Rxe5 26. Be4 Rc8 27. b5 Rh5 $2 (27... Na5 28. Qxc7 Rxc7 29. Bxh7+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Kxh7) 28. Qxe6+ {White is clearly winning.} ({Don't go for} 28. Bxc6 $2 Qxh2+ 29. Kf1 Qh1+ 30. Ke2 Re5+ 31. Kd2 Rd8+ 32. Bd7 Qh6+ 33. Kc2 Rc5 $19) 28... Kh8 {[#]} 29. Qxc8+ $3 {[%mdl 512]} Qxc8 30. Bxc6 {Accuracy: White = 94%, Black = 26%.} 1-0

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.24"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Baratosi, Daniel"]
[Black "Ognean, Mihnea-Ionut"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2373"]
[BlackElo "2291"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,115,-32,-35,-51,-20,-37,-16,-24,10,-27,-13,-9,-3,-29,-31,-34,-14,-47,-13,-65,-57,-54,-73,-57,-35,-32,-22,-91,-21,-73,-64,-101,-26,-50,8,-64,-5,-85,-37,-45,-32,-64,0,0,0,-77,-52,-162,-151,-266,-248,-343,-300,-287,-215,-243,-239,-278,164,137,256,263,262,258,201,0,1348,1341,1299,1266,29976,29977,29976,29977,29975,29976,5510,606,591,481,478,466,407,283,266,242,291,249,512,508,474,354,524,509,660,660,620,580,6125,6119,29982,672,29983,29984,29981,843,1435,1416]} 1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. Nd2 Bd6 6. h3 {A01: Nimzowitsch-Larsen Opening} (6. a3 O-O 7. Be2 Re8 8. b4 e4 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. d4 Qg6 11. g3 {½-½ (11) Ynojosa Aponte,F (2390)-Martin Del Campo C,R (2357) Charlotte 2018}) 6... Qe7 7. a3 Bd7 {[%cal Bc8d7,Bd7f5,Bf5h7][%mdl 32]} 8. Ne2 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 8. Be2 a6 9. Ngf3 O-O {0-1 (40) Sanhueza,S-Cancino,E Santiago de Chile 1994}) 8... h5 9. g3 Nd8 10. Bg2 c6 11. Qb1 Bf5 12. Qa2 Ne6 13. e4 Bh7 14. O-O-O (14. f4 $1 $11 Qc7 15. O-O-O) 14... dxe4 $15 15. dxe4 Bc7 16. Qa1 Nd7 17. Nc4 Nec5 18. Nc3 (18. f3 $1 $11) 18... O-O-O (18... b5 $17 19. Ne3 O-O) 19. Ne3 (19. h4 $11) 19... h4 $17 {Threatens to win with ...hxg3.} 20. g4 g6 (20... Ne6 $17 21. Kb1 Nf4) 21. Kb1 $11 f6 (21... Ne6 $15) 22. Rhe1 (22. a4 $11) 22... Rhe8 (22... Ne6 $15) 23. Bf1 (23. a4 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 23... Nf8 24. b4 Nce6 25. b5 Nd4 ({Better is} 25... Bg8 $15) 26. bxc6 bxc6 27. Ba6+ (27. Na2 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 27... Kb8 $17 28. a4 (28. Na2 $15) 28... Ka8 $19 29. Nc4 (29. a5 $17 {keeps fighting.}) 29... Nfe6 30. Ba3 Rb8+ 31. Kc1 Qg7 32. a5 Red8 $1 33. Re3 Nb5 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (33... f5 $19 {aiming for ...fxg4.} 34. Nd2 fxg4) 34. Rxd8 $18 Bxd8 (34... Rxd8 $16 {is a better defense.} 35. Nxb5 (35. Bxb5 cxb5 36. Nxb5 Nd4 $11) 35... cxb5) 35. Nxb5 $1 cxb5 {[#]} 36. Bd6 $1 Bc7 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Bg8.} ({Don't play} 36... bxc4 37. Bxc4 Nf4 38. Bxb8 $18) 37. Nb6+ $2 $40 {[%mdl 128] White is up to no good.} (37. Rc3 $1 $18 {And now Nb6+! would win.} Bg8 38. Qa3) 37... Rxb6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (37... axb6 $11 38. Bxb5 bxa5 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack (Double check)}) 38. axb6 {White threatens Qa2 and mate.} Bxd6 39. Qa2 {White wants to mate with Qd5+.} Qe7 40. Qd5+ Kb8 41. Qc6 {[%csl Ga6][%cal Rc6c8]} axb6 42. Qxb6+ Ka8 43. Rc3 (43. Bxb5 $142 Ba3+ 44. Kb1) 43... Bc5 44. Qc6+ Ka7 45. Bc8 Nd4 46. Qxc5+ Qxc5 47. Rxc5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KBN} Kb6 48. Rd5 Ne2+ $2 (48... g5 {might work better.} 49. Bf5 Bg8 50. Rd6+ Kc7 51. Rxf6 Ne2+ 52. Kd2 Nf4) 49. Kd2 Nf4 50. Rd6+ Kc5 (50... Kc7 $142 51. Rxf6 Nxh3 52. Rf7+ Kxc8 53. Rxh7 Nxf2 54. Rxh4 g5) 51. Rxf6 Nxh3 52. Bd7 {Threatening mate with c3.} Ng5 53. Kd3 h3 {White must now prevent ...h2.} 54. c3 {[%csl Gd7][%cal Rf6c6]} b4 55. Rc6+ Kb5 56. Rxg6+ Kc5 57. Rc6+ (57. cxb4+ $142 Kxb4 58. Rxg5 h2 59. Rh5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Bg8 60. Rxh2 Ka5 61. Rh6 Bc4+ 62. Ke3) 57... Kb5 58. Re6+ {Accuracy: White = 39%, Black = 38%.} 1-0

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.24"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Lupulescu, Constantin"]
[Black "Macovei, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2369"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,113,23,50,43,60,51,93,56,66,28,17,20,34,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,19,18,38,40,39,39,45,41,43,40,43,42,38,35,35,22,34,16,23,17,25,22,27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,18,19,36,36,36,36,36,36,36,36,36,36,37,36,38,38,38,0,37,0,36,36,36,26,46,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d4 Nc6 7. Bb5 Bd6 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 Bg4 11. Bb2 Rc8 12. Rc1 Bd6 13. Be2 a6 14. Nd4 {D32: Tarrasch Defence: Sidelines and lines without g3} Bd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Be6 15. Na4 Ne4 16. Nxc6 Rxc6 17. Qd4 f6 18. Rxc6 bxc6 19. Qb6 Qxb6 20. Nxb6 Be5 21. Ba3 Nc3 22. Bxa6 {0-1 (45) Dubrovin,R (2231)-Ladva,O (2449) Viljandi 2016}) 15. Bf3 Qa5 16. a3 {White is better.} Ne5 17. Qd2 Nxf3+ 18. Nxf3 Bg4 19. Ne4 Qxd2 20. Nxf6+ gxf6 21. Nxd2 Be5 22. Bd4 Kg7 23. h3 Bf5 24. Nf3 Bd6 25. Bb2 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Rc8 27. Rd1 Be6 28. Rd2 h5 29. Nd4 Be5 30. Ne2 Kg6 31. f3 {[%cal Bf2f3,Bf3f4][%mdl 32]} Rc6 32. Kf2 Rc8 33. a4 (33. h4 {seems wilder.} Bd6 34. Bd4 Kg7 35. a4 Kg6 36. Bc3) 33... Rc6 34. f4 (34. Nd4 {with more complications.} Rc8 35. h4 Bd6 36. Ne2 Rc6 37. Bd4) 34... Bxb2 35. Rxb2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Bf5 36. b4 Rc4 37. a5 Be4 38. Nd4 Kh7 39. g4 hxg4 40. hxg4 Kg6 41. b5 Ra4 42. bxa6 bxa6 43. Rb6 Rxa5 44. g5 Ra2+ 45. Kg3 Ra3 46. Rxf6+ Kg7 47. Kf2 Ra2+ 48. Kg3 Ra3 49. Kf2 Ra2+ 50. Ke1 Ra1+ 51. Kd2 a5 52. Rh6 a4 {The position is equal.} 53. Ra6 Ra2+ 54. Kc3 Ra3+ 55. Kd2 Ra2+ 56. Kc3 Ra3+ 57. Kd2 {Accuracy: White = 59%, Black = 66%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.24"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Gheorghiu, Calin"]
[Black "Istratescu, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2278"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,78,38,20,20,11,24,38,43,131,126,149,139,141,-6,-13,-27,-42,-150,-141,-117,-70,-425,-104,-94,-109,-412,-397,-411,-411,-395,-259,-264,-254,-243,-251,-247,-204,-209,-207,-232,-242,-337,75,-210,-218,-187,-183,-461,-462,-442,-424,-614,-632,-1156,-1155,-1121,-1120,-1179,-1083,-1173,-1167]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. d5 b5 6. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32] E20: Nimzo-Indian: 4 g3 and 4 f3} O-O 7. e5 exd5 (7... Ne8 8. f4 exd5 9. cxd5 d6 10. Nf3 Nc7 11. a4 Bb7 12. Bd3 h6 13. O-O c4 14. Bb1 dxe5 15. fxe5 Nxd5 16. Nxb5 {1-0 (36) Mamedyarov,S (2799)-Le,Q (2737) Huaian 2017}) 8. exf6 d4 9. a3 Ba5 10. b4 dxc3 {LiveBook: 11 Games} 11. bxa5 Qxf6 {Strongly threatening ...c2!} 12. Qd5 bxc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nc6 13. Bg5 Qd4 {1-0 (34) Sengupta,D (2536)-Grover,S (2483) Glasgow 2014}) 13. Bxc4 {aiming for Ne2.} (13. Qxa8 Nc6 $17) 13... Ba6 (13... c2 $1 $14 14. Ra2 (14. Qxa8 Nc6 $17) 14... Bb7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 15. Qxb7 Qh4+ 16. g3 Qxc4) 14. Bxa6 $16 (14. Qxa8 $2 Qh4+ 15. Kf1 Qxc4+ 16. Kf2 Qf1+ 17. Kg3 Qe1+ 18. Kh3 Nc6 $19) 14... Qxa6 15. Ne2 (15. Qxa8 Nc6 $15) 15... Nc6 {White must now prevent ...Rae8.} 16. Ra2 ({Inferior is} 16. Qxc5 Rfe8 $11) (16. Kf2 $16) 16... Rfe8 $11 17. Kf2 Re5 $1 {[%cal Re5d5]} 18. Qxd7 (18. Qb3 $15) 18... Rd8 $1 $17 {[%cal Rd8d7]} 19. Qc7 Re7 $1 {[%cal Re7c7]} 20. Qg3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (20. Qf4 $15 Ne5 21. Qg5) 20... Rd2 $2 (20... Qc4 $1 $19 {[%cal Rc4a2] has better winning chances.} 21. Bg5 Re6) 21. Rxd2 cxd2 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black is out for blood.} 22. Nf4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (22. Nc3 $17 dxc1=N 23. Rxc1) 22... Qc4 $19 {( -> ...Qd4+)} (22... dxc1=R $2 23. Rxc1 Qxa5 24. Rd1 $19) 23. Qh3 {White wants to mate with Qc8+.} (23. Bb2 d1=N+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 24. Kg1 Nxb2 $19) 23... Qd4+ 24. Kg3 d1=Q ({Don't play} 24... dxc1=R 25. Rxc1 g5 26. Qc8+ Nd8 27. Rc4 $19) 25. Rxd1 Qxd1 26. Qc8+ Nd8 {Hoping for ...g5.} 27. Qxc5 Qd7 28. Bb2 Qc7 29. Qd5 h6 30. h4 Qd7 $2 {[#]} ({Better is} 30... Re2 $19 31. Qb5 Rxb2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 32. Qxb2 Ne6) 31. Qc5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (31. Ng6 $1 $16 {is forced if you want to stay better.}) 31... Ne6 32. Nxe6 Rxe6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQB} ({Resist} 32... fxe6 33. Be5 $17) 33. Qc3 $2 (33. Bc3 {might work better.}) 33... Rg6+ {Black is clearly winning.} 34. Kf2 Qd6 35. g4 (35. Qc8+ $142 Kh7 36. Qc2) 35... Qh2+ 36. Ke3 Re6+ 37. Kd4 Qe5+ 38. Kd3 Qe2+ 39. Kd4 Re8 {Precision: White = 30%, Black = 54%.} 0-1

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.24"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Aczel, Gergely"]
[Black "Vrencian, Lehel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2321"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,131,38,47,43,37,15,13,8,0,8,47,37,44,46,47,45,38,62,56,56,66,33,61,54,73,29,125,20,21,17,18,18,21,14,14,22,26,25,25,14,15,0,95,0,0,0,20,28,100,97,95,84,84,84,84,31,84,84,90,93,93,12,12,0,108,8,123,116,131,129,108,111,136,107,102,84,89,60,101,95,352,257,257,257,428,233,870,73,73,73,73,8,8,8,8,0,0,-81,0,-8,0,-8,8,8,8,8,428,428]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qe2 b5 8. Bd3 c5 9. a4 {D28: Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical main line: 7 Qe2 with early ...Nc6} b4 (9... c4 10. Bc2 Bb7 11. e4 Be7 12. Nc3 b4 13. e5 bxc3 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. bxc3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Nd5 17. a5 O-O 18. Qh3 f5 {1-0 (38) Giri,A (2762)-Eljanov,P (2720) Heraklio 2017}) 10. Nbd2 Bb7 11. Nc4 Be7 12. e4 {[%cal Be3e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} cxd4 13. e5 Nd5 {LiveBook: 7 Games} 14. Nxd4 Nc5 15. Bc2 Nb6 {[#]} 16. Nd6+ $146 Bxd6 17. exd6 {Black should prevent Qe5.} Qxd6 18. Nf5 Qc6 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Rc6g2]} 19. f3 ({And not} 19. Nxg7+ Kf8 $17) 19... Kf8 20. a5 $1 {[%cal Ra5b6]} Nd5 21. Ne3 b3 22. Nxd5 {And now Nb4 would win.} exd5 23. Bf5 Re8 24. Qf2 Bc8 $1 {[%cal Rc8f5]} 25. Bxc8 Qxc8 (25... Rxc8 $11 26. Rd1 Ne6) 26. Bd2 (26. Rd1 $16) 26... Nd3 $11 27. Qd4 Qc4 28. Ra4 Qxd4+ 29. Rxd4 Nxb2 30. Rxd5 {Strongly threatening Rd4.} Nc4 31. Bb4+ Kg8 32. Rc5 Ne5 $1 33. Bc3 f6 (33... Nd3 $11 34. Rc6 h6) 34. Rc7 ({Better is} 34. Bxe5 $16 {Black must now prevent Bc3.} fxe5 35. Rb1) 34... h5 35. f4 Nf7 36. Rd1 {Threatens to win with Rdd7.} Rd8 (36... Rh6 $11) 37. Rxd8+ $16 Nxd8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 38. Ra7 Ne6 39. Rxa6 Nxf4 {Hoping for ...Ne2+.} 40. Kf1 (40. Ra8+ $16 Kh7 41. Rxh8+ Kxh8 42. Kf1) 40... Nd5 (40... Kf7 $14 41. Rb6 Nd5 42. Rxb3 Nxc3 43. Rxc3 Ke6) 41. Ra8+ Kh7 42. Rxh8+ Kxh8 {KB-KN} 43. Bd4 (43. Bb2 $16) 43... Nb4 $11 44. Bc3 (44. Bb2 $11) 44... Nd5 $16 45. Bb2 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Nc7 (45... Kg8 $1 $11) 46. Ke2 Kg8 47. Kd3 Kf7 48. Kc4 Ke6 49. Kxb3 Kd5 {[#]} 50. Kb4 $1 Kc6 51. Kc4 Nd5 52. Bc1 g5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (52... Ne7 $16) 53. Kd4 Ne7 54. Ke4 Kb5 $2 (54... g4 55. Bd2 Kb5) 55. Bd2 (55. Bb2 $142) 55... Ng6 $2 (55... g4 56. Bc3 f5+ 57. Ke5 f4) 56. Bc3 $2 (56. Kf5 $18 Nf8 57. Kxf6) 56... Nh4 57. g3 f5+ 58. Ke3 ({White should play} 58. Ke5 $16 Nf3+ 59. Kxf5) 58... Ng6 $11 59. Kf3 g4+ 60. Kf2 h4 61. Bd2 {[#]} (61. gxh4 $11 {remains equal.} Nxh4 62. Kg3) 61... Ka6 (61... h3 $1 $17 {aiming for ...Ne5.} 62. Bc3 Nf8) 62. Bc3 Kb5 63. Ke3 hxg3 64. hxg3 f4+ 65. gxf4 Nxf4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (65... g3 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 66. Kxf4 {[%mdl 32768] Accuracy: White = 47%, Black = 43%. . An unexpected result.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.24"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Nastase, Robert-Paul"]
[Black "Vajda, Levente"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2296"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} exd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 5. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 6. e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 7. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 8. h4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a5 {[%emt 0:04:14]} 9. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 10. h5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a4 {[%emt 0:05:33]} 11. Nd2 {[%emt 0:02:03]} Ra5 {[%emt 0:03:43]} 12. Nf3 {[%emt 0:06:40]} Qb4+ {[%emt 0:05:13]} 13. Kd1 {[%emt 0:09:51]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:02:26]} 14. Rh4 {[%emt 0:01:53]} Be7 {[%emt 0:08:59]} 15. Re4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} d5 {[%emt 0:11:02]} 16. exd6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Qxd6+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} 17. Qd2 {[%emt 0:19:53]} Rxh5 {[%emt 0:03:11]} 18. Kc2 {[%emt 0:10:33]} O-O {[%emt 0:08:49]} 19. g4 {[%emt 0:02:06]} Rd5 {[%emt 0:09:25]} 20. Qe1 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Rc5 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 21. Be3 {[%emt 0:09:08]} Rxc4+ {[%emt 0:00:22]} 22. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:58]} Nxc4 {[%emt 0:04:20]} 23. Rd1 {[%emt 0:07:07]} Qg6 {[%emt 0:02:50]} 24. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} a3 {[%emt 0:07:28]} 25. Ne5 {[%emt 0:03:42]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:01:52]} 26. Bxe5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bh4 {[%emt 0:03:56]} 27. Bg3 {[%emt 0:06:57]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:08:04]} 28. bxa3 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Bc8 {[%emt 0:01:25]} 29. f3 {[%emt 0:02:15]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 30. Qe2 {[%emt 0:02:02]} hxg4 {[%emt 0:03:18]} 31. fxg4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} c5 {[%emt 0:02:12]} 32. Kc1 {[%emt 0:02:44]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 33. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:01:25]} 34. Bxc7 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Bg5+ {[%emt 0:00:52]} 35. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:01:41]} 36. Bxg5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Qxg5+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} 37. Rd2 {[%emt 0:03:18]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 38. Rf2 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Qa1+ {[%emt 0:01:30]} 39. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rd8+ {[%emt 0:00:34]} 40. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Re2 {[%emt 0:09:01]} Qf1 {[%emt 0:09:43]} 42. Qc4 {[%emt 0:06:32]} Qg1+ {[%emt 0:00:25]} 43. Rf2 {[%emt 0:00:54]} Qe1+ {[%emt 0:00:36]} 44. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Qc1+ {[%emt 0:00:28] Kd4} 0-1

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.24"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Gavrilescu, David"]
[Black "Dicu, Razvan-Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2274"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,52,31,31,22,22,29,33,12,43,44,57,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7c5,Bc5e4,Be4d6,Bd6c4][%mdl 32]} 8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Nb3 Nce4 11. Nfd4 O-O 12. Nf5 {C08: French Tarrasch: 3...c5 4 exd5 exd5 sidelines} Re8 {LiveBook: 17 Games} 13. f3 (13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. Be3 Qc7 15. Bd4 Rac8 16. c3 Nd7 17. Re1 h6 18. f3 Nd6 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. Bf2 Nc4 21. Qc2 Nf8 22. Nd4 Ne6 23. Re1 Qd7 24. Nf5 a6 25. Bg3 Nf4 {½-½ (25) Marczell,P (2570)-Sadowski,M (2586) ICCF email 2009}) 13... Nd6 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Bg5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Nd4 Qe5 16. Qd3 Nd7 17. b3 Nc5 18. Qd2 Ne6 19. Bb2 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 {½-½ (48) Szoen,D (2447)-Rajlich,I (2448) Lublin 2009}) 15... Nc4 16. Qd4 Qe5 17. Bxf6 ({White should try} 17. Qxe5 $14 Rxe5 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Nd4) 17... gxf6 $11 {The position is equal.} 18. Rae1 Qxe1 19. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 20. Kf2 Rae8 {[#] And now ...R1e2+ would win.} 21. Qxf6 {Black must now prevent Nd4.} R1e2+ 22. Kg3 {Nd4 is the strong threat.} Ne3 $1 23. Qg5+ Kh8 24. Qf6+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Kg8 25. Qg5+ Kh8 26. Qf6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.24"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Ciorica, Mihai-Vlad"]
[Black "Szabo, Gergely-Andras-Gyul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2097"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,64,-8,-3,0,-8,-12,-5,-67,-40,-75,-64,-76,-81,-81,-85,-75,-85,-65,-25,-36,-22,-57,-50,-72,-61,-91,-146,-194,-191,-206,-151,-160,-159,-209,-153,-158,-156,-151,-141,-153,-142,-245,-245,-247,-246,-512,-491,-818,-799,-794,-781,-751,-724]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. e3 Nc6 8. cxd5 {E24: Nimzo-Indian: Sämisch: Unusual Black 5th moves and 5...c5 sidelines} Nxd5 9. Bd2 O-O 10. Bd3 (10. f4 $11) (10. f4 Nf6 11. Nf3 b6 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. Qb1 Na5 14. e4 c4 15. Bc2 Nb3 16. Ra2 h6 17. O-O {½-½ (53) De Oliveira,J (2578)-Edwards,J (2506) ICCF email 2015}) 10... cxd4 11. cxd4 {[#]} e5 $1 {[%cal Re5d4]} 12. e4 Nf4 13. Bxf4 exf4 14. Ne2 Nxd4 {...Qh4+ is the strong threat.} 15. Nxf4 Qa5+ 16. Kf2 $146 Ne6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is more active.} 17. Nxe6 Qb6+ 18. Ke2 Bxe6 19. Rb1 Qd6 ({Black should play} 19... Qd4 20. Qg1 Qd6) 20. Rxb7 Rfd8 21. Qb1 Qxa3 22. Rd1 {[#]} a5 $1 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4,Ba4a3][%mdl 32]} 23. Qb2 Qxb2+ 24. Rxb2 a4 25. Ra1 a3 26. Rb4 a2 27. h4 (27. f4 $17) 27... g6 $19 28. g4 Kg7 29. Rb2 $2 (29. Bc2) 29... Ra3 {Black is clearly winning.} 30. Bc2 (30. Bb1 $142 axb1=N 31. Rbxb1 Bc4+ 32. Kf2 Rd2+ 33. Kg3) 30... Bc4+ 31. Kf2 Rd2+ 32. Kg3 Rc3 {Accuracy: White = 49%, Black = 89%.} 0-1

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.24"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Parligras, Mircea-Emilian"]
[Black "Morozov, Nichita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. a3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. e3 {[%emt 0:00:22]} g5 {[%emt 0:01:14]} 7. Bg3 {[%emt 0:00:49]} Nxg3 {[%emt 0:04:04]} 8. hxg3 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:02:28]} 9. Nc3 {[%emt 0:06:43]} g4 {[%emt 0:06:16]} 10. Ng1 {[%emt 0:03:47]} h5 {[%emt 0:04:22]} 11. Nge2 {[%emt 0:00:19]} h4 {[%emt 0:09:38]} 12. Nf4 {[%emt 0:11:08]} f5 {[%emt 0:05:50]} 13. gxh4 {[%emt 0:12:44]} Rxh4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 14. Rxh4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qxh4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 15. Nb5 {[%emt 0:03:17]} Na6 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 16. g3 {[%emt 0:01:09]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:08:41]} 17. Qa4 {[%emt 0:09:27]} c6 {[%emt 0:03:59]} 18. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} c5 {[%emt 0:07:08]} 19. O-O-O {[%emt 0:01:42]} Nc7 {[%emt 0:03:31]} 20. Bg2 {[%emt 0:07:15]} Bxg2 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 21. Nxg2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:04:06]} 22. exd4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 23. Nf4 {[%emt 0:06:16]} Bh6 {[%emt 0:13:01]} 24. Nce2 {[%emt 0:00:24]} b5 {[%emt 0:02:23]} 25. cxb5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 26. Kb1 {[%emt 0:03:46]} Bxf4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 27. Nxf4 {[%emt 0:01:51]} Nxf4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 28. gxf4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qxf4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 29. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Qe4 {[%emt 0:08:48]} 30. Qxe4 {[%emt 0:00:34]} fxe4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 31. Rg1 {[%emt 0:00:15]} O-O-O {[%emt 0:02:35]} 32. Rxg4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 33. Rxe4 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Rxf2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 34. a4 {[%emt 0:02:59]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 35. Ka2 {[%emt 0:01:15]} Kb6 {[%emt 0:02:00]} 36. Ka3 {[%emt 0:02:10]} Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 37. Rh4 {[%emt 0:02:12]} Rd1 {[%emt 0:02:27]} 38. Kb4 {[%emt 0:00:53]} Rd2 {[%emt 0:01:20]} 39. a5+ {[%emt 0:03:56]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 40. Kc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Rh8 {[%emt 0:03:21]} Rc1+ {[%emt 0:03:01]} 42. Kb4 {[%emt 0:01:57]} Rd1 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 43. a6 {[%emt 0:01:10]} Rxd4+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 44. Ka5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} e5 {[%emt 0:06:16]} 45. Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} e4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 46. Rxa7+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kb8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 47. Rb7+ {[%emt 0:00:39]} Kc8 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 48. b6 {[%emt 0:03:01]} 1-0

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.24"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Ionescu, Constantin"]
[Black "Deac, Bogdan-Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. e3 {[%emt 0:01:44]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:28]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:23]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 8. cxd5 {[%emt 0:03:52]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 9. Bxa6 {[%emt 0:01:39]} Nxa6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 10. Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Qc8 {[%emt 0:01:17]} 11. a3 {[%emt 0:04:44]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:04:14]} 12. b4 {[%emt 0:00:49]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 13. b5 {[%emt 0:09:32]} cxb5 {[%emt 0:01:50]} 14. Nxb5 {[%emt 0:00:56]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 15. Bb2 {[%emt 0:03:22]} Qb7 {[%emt 0:01:58]} 16. Rfc1 {[%emt 0:01:43]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 17. Qf5 {[%emt 0:11:18]} g6 {[%emt 0:03:02]} 18. Qd3 {[%emt 0:04:51]} Nb8 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 19. a4 {[%emt 0:00:22]} a6 {[%emt 0:03:46]} 20. Nc3 {[%emt 0:02:34]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 21. Ba3 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Bxa3 {[%emt 0:07:15]} 22. Rxa3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Na5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 23. Nd2 {[%emt 0:06:47]} Rc6 {[%emt 0:04:57]} 24. Na2 {[%emt 0:04:34]} Rxc1+ {[%emt 0:04:03]} 25. Nxc1 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 26. Rc3 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Rxc3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 27. Qxc3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 28. Qc2 {[%emt 0:03:13]} b5 {[%emt 0:04:58]} 29. axb5 {[%emt 0:02:52]} Qxb5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 30. g3 {[%emt 0:02:08]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 31. Nd3 {[%emt 0:02:53]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 32. Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 33. Qb2 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Qa4 {[%emt 0:02:05]} 34. Kg2 {[%emt 0:01:28]} a5 {[%emt 0:06:27]} 35. Nb3 {[%emt 0:05:45]} Qb5 {[%emt 0:11:52]} 36. Nbc5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 37. Nxb4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} axb4 {[%emt 0:03:30]} 38. Qa2 {[%emt 0:00:22]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 39. Qa7 {[%emt 0:09:04]} b3 {[%emt 0:07:57]} 40. Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Na4 {[%emt 0:05:08]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:01:17]} 42. Qa7 {[%emt 0:05:56]} Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 0-1

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.24"]
[Round "1.15"]
[White "Svetushkin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Itkis, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,119,6,14,8,10,8,6,46,39,40,20,50,0,49,18,41,41,41,-10,-20,-11,-13,-4,0,-29,-24,-41,12,0,23,6,0,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,29,26,31,33,33,29,128,125,161,151,158,158,158,158,154,43,76,12,12,12,243,52,59,20,20,20,25,34,34,34,362,348,341,320,3914,860,29975,29979,29979,29973,29975,29977,29977,29978,29978,29978,29978,29979,29979,29979,29980,29980,29979,29981,29985,29986]} 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. Be2 {C11: French: Classical System: 4 e5 and 4 Bg5 dxe4} a6 10. O-O b5 11. Nd1 (11. a3 Bb7 12. Nd1 f6 13. c3 Rc8 14. Bd3 Na5 15. Qe2 fxe5 16. fxe5 cxd4 17. cxd4 {1-0 (38) Grischuk,A (2761)-Caruana,F (2808) Paris 2017}) 11... cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 {LiveBook: 7 Games} Nb8 14. c3 Nc6 15. Bf2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Be3 b4 16. Nf2 a5 17. Rfd1 bxc3 18. bxc3 Ba6 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20. Rac1 Ra8 {½-½ (20) Enin,A (2207)-Woelfelschneider,P (2196) LSS email 2014}) 15... Bd7 16. Ne3 Qc7 17. Rac1 Rac8 18. Rfd1 Rfd8 19. Ng4 a5 20. Qe1 Be8 21. Bh4 ({Of course not} 21. Bxb5 Nxe5 22. Nxe5 Bxb5 $15) ({White should try} 21. Bd3 $14) 21... Bxh4 $11 22. Qxh4 {Threatens to win with Nf6+!} Ne7 23. Bd3 Ng6 24. Qg3 (24. Qf2 {is more complex.} b4 25. h4 f5 26. exf6 Qxf4 27. Qxf4 Nxf4 28. Ba6) 24... Qe7 25. Qf2 Qc5 (25... b4 $15) 26. Bxg6 (26. Qxc5 {keeps more tension.} Rxc5 27. g3 Rdc8 28. Nf2 R5c7 29. Rd2) 26... Qxf2+ (26... fxg6 {with more complications.} 27. Qxc5 Rxc5 28. Ne3 Rdc8 29. Ra1 b4) 27. Nxf2 {Hoping for Bh5.} (27. Kxf2 {seems wilder.} hxg6 28. Ke3 Kf8 29. Nf2 Ke7 30. h4) 27... hxg6 28. a3 Rc4 29. Rd4 Rdc8 {...Rxd4 is the strong threat.} 30. Nd3 f6 31. g3 g5 32. exf6 gxf4 33. Rxf4 Rxf4 34. Nxf4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Bf7 $1 35. fxg7 b4 (35... e5 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} 36. Ne2 Kxg7) 36. axb4 $16 axb4 37. Nd3 $1 bxc3 38. Rxc3 ({Don't play} 38. bxc3 $6 Kxg7 39. Kf2 Bg6 $14) 38... Rxc3 39. bxc3 Kxg7 {[#] KB-KN} 40. Kf2 (40. Ne5 $1 $16 {[%cal Re5f7]} Be8 41. g4) 40... Kf6 $14 41. g4 ({Better is} 41. Kf3 $16) 41... e5 $1 $11 42. h4 Bg6 $2 {[#]} (42... d4 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 43. Nb4 $2 ({Only move:} 43. Ne1 $1 $18) 43... Bf7 $14 44. Kf3 Be6 $1 45. Nc2 {next Kg3 is good for White.} Kg6 46. Kg3 Kf6 $1 47. Ne1 {Strongly threatening h5.} Bg8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (47... d4 $1 $14) 48. Nf3 Bf7 49. h5 Be6 $2 (49... d4 50. Nd2 (50. cxd4 exd4 51. Kf4 d3 $16) 50... Kg5) 50. Kh4 $18 Bf7 51. g5+ {White mates.} Kf5 52. g6 {[%mdl 64] Overworked Piece} Bxg6 53. hxg6 Kxg6 54. Nxe5+ {KN-KP} Kf5 55. Nc6 Ke6 56. Kg4 Kd6 57. Nd4 Kc5 58. Kf4 Kc4 59. Ne2 Kd3 60. Ke5 {Accuracy: White = 45%, Black = 46%.} 1-0

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.24"]
[Round "1.16"]
[White "Pavlov, Mircea-Sergiu-Aurel"]
[Black "Iordachescu, Viorel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,73,-13,0,0,0,7,21,0,0,0,25,0,3,1,0,-54,0,-7,35,13,42,49,43,18,27,14,54,50,50,51,48,-10,48,-36,0,-39,-33,-82,0,0,29,18,60,-28,-30,-27,-31,-43,-27,-40,0,-363,-343,-376,-356,-348,-284,-462,-441,-459,-444,-454,-423,-1445]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Qe2 {C45: Scotch Game} d6 {LiveBook: 30 Games} 7. b3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Be3 O-O 9. O-O-O Be6 10. h3 Nd7 11. f4 Nb6 12. f5 Bc4 13. Qg4 Bxf1 {½-½ (54) Vallejo Pons,F (2706)-Ponomariov,R (2743) Khanty-Mansiysk 2013}) 7... Be7 8. Bb2 {The position is equal.} O-O 9. Nd2 a5 10. a4 Ng4 11. h3 Bf6 12. c3 $1 Ne5 13. O-O-O (13. Qe3 $11) 13... Ba6 14. Qe3 Re8 15. f4 Nd7 16. Bxa6 Rxa6 {[%cal Ba8a6,Ba6b6,Bb6b8][%mdl 32]} 17. Rhe1 Rb6 18. Ba3 d5 19. Kc2 Rb8 20. Qf3 Nb6 21. g4 (21. Bc5 $14) 21... Be7 (21... Bh4 $11 22. Re2 Be7) 22. Bb2 ({White should try} 22. Bxe7 $14 Rxe7 23. g5) 22... Bf8 23. g5 Qc8 24. Rb1 {[#]} Qd7 (24... c5 $1 $17 {[%cal Rc5c4]} 25. exd5 c4 26. bxc4 (26. Nxc4 Nxc4 27. bxc4 Qd7 $17) 26... Qd7 27. Rxe8 Rxe8) 25. Qg4 $11 Qd6 26. e5 Qd7 27. f5 ({White should play} 27. Qxd7 $14 Nxd7 28. Nf3) 27... c5 $1 {[%cal Rc5c4]} 28. e6 fxe6 29. fxe6 Qc6 {aiming for ...c4.} 30. g6 {[#] Hoping for gxh7+.} c4 {Threatens to win with ...cxb3+.} 31. Qf5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (31. Ba3 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} Bxa3 32. gxh7+ Kh8 33. Nf3 cxb3+ 34. Rxb3 Qxa4 35. Qxa4 Nxa4 36. Rxa3 Rb2+ 37. Kc1) 31... cxb3+ $19 32. Nxb3 Nc4 33. Bc1 Be7 34. Qh5 $2 (34. Kd1 Nd6 35. Qh5 hxg6 36. Qxg6) 34... hxg6 {Black is clearly winning.} 35. Qxg6 {And now Rg1 would win.} Rf8 36. Rg1 {[%csl Gg1][%cal Rg6g7]} Bf6 37. Bh6 {Accuracy: White = 38%, Black = 41%.} (37. e7 $142 Rfe8 38. Bg5 Na3+ 39. Kd1 Nxb1 40. Bxf6 Nxc3+ 41. Bxc3 Qxc3 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 42. Rg3) 0-1

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.24"]
[Round "1.17"]
[White "Nevednichy, Vladislav"]
[Black "Ileana, George"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2318"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,79,4,13,24,17,20,31,35,25,20,69,24,54,-89,-85,-80,25,-56,125,57,56,0,20,25,20,0,0,-23,62,69,64,58,67,58,90,76,103,98,91,98,104,99,218,208,422,241,368,366,325,304,403,393,495,480,502,487,956,634,919,896,1110,1097]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 h6 8. Be3 e5 {B53: Sicilian: 2...d6: Lines with Qxd4} 9. Qd3 Nf6 10. O-O-O Be7 {LiveBook: 23 Games. The position is equal.} 11. Nh4 (11. h3 Qa5 12. Nd2 Rd8 13. Nb3 Qc7 14. Qc4 Rd7 15. f3 O-O 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. Qxc7 Rxc7 18. exd5 Nd7 19. Kb1 {½-½ (29) Mamedov,R (2636)-Dubov,D (2498) Moscow 2012}) 11... g6 12. g3 Kf8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Qa5 13. Kb1 Rd8 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Bb5 16. Qb3 Rc8 {0-1 (33) Olszewski,M (2210)-Janaszak,D (2223) Poznan 2003}) 13. f4 Kg7 14. Rhf1 b5 15. Nf3 Qb8 16. Nd2 (16. fxe5 $1 $14 dxe5 17. Qd2) 16... Qb7 $1 $17 17. Nb3 {[#]} Bxe4 ({Worse is} 17... Nxe4 18. fxe5 (18. Na5 Qa6 $16) 18... Nxc3 19. Qxc3 $16) (17... a5 $1 $17 {Strongly threatening ...b4.} 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Rhd8) 18. Qxb5 (18. Nxe4 $11 Qxe4 19. Qxe4 Nxe4 20. Rd5) 18... Rhd8 $2 (18... Qxb5 $15 {keeps the upper hand.} 19. Nxb5 Rhc8) 19. Qxb7 ({Better is} 19. fxe5 $16 Ng4 20. exd6 Qxb5 21. Nxb5 Nxe3 22. dxe7) 19... Bxb7 $14 20. Kb1 (20. Na5 $14 Bg2 21. Rg1) 20... Ng4 21. Bg1 f5 22. Nd5 Kf7 23. Rfe1 e4 (23... Bf8 $11) 24. Nxe7 Kxe7 25. Na5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Rd7 $1 26. c4 {[%cal Bc2c4,Bc4c5][%mdl 32]} Nf6 27. b4 a6 28. Kb2 Rb8 29. a4 Ba8 30. Ka3 d5 {[#]} (30... Kf7 $16) 31. c5 $1 $18 d4 $2 (31... Ne8 32. Re2 Ke6) 32. Rxd4 (32. c6 $142) 32... Rxd4 (32... Rbd8 $142) 33. Bxd4 Nd5 34. Rb1 e3 {[#]} 35. Bxe3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxe3 36. Re1 {White is clearly winning.} Ke6 37. Rxe3+ Kd5 (37... Be4 $142 38. Nc6 Rc8) 38. Re5+ Kd4 39. c6 Rc8 40. b5 {Accuracy: White = 54%, Black = 18%.} 1-0

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.24"]
[Round "1.18"]
[White "Scripcaru, George-Daniel"]
[Black "Nanu, Costica-Ciprian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2176"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. g3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. c4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 5. b3 {[%emt 0:07:13]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 6. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:06]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:07]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 8. d3 {[%emt 0:03:47]} a4 {[%emt 0:02:00]} 9. cxd5 {[%emt 0:15:45]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:01:27]} 10. Bxg7 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Kxg7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 11. Na3 {[%emt 0:03:20]} Na6 {[%emt 0:02:56]} 12. Qc1 {[%emt 0:03:42]} axb3 {[%emt 0:19:55]} 13. axb3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} f6 {[%emt 0:03:19]} 14. Nc4 {[%emt 0:02:50]} Be6 {[%emt 0:02:25]} 15. Qb2 {[%emt 0:06:09]} Ndb4 {[%emt 0:04:50]} 16. Ng5 {[%emt 0:05:47]} Bg8 {[%emt 0:01:17]} 17. Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:10:49]} 18. h4 {[%emt 0:04:00]} Ndc7 {[%emt 0:04:43]} 19. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:13:22]} Nb5 {[%emt 0:03:53]} 20. d4 {[%emt 0:03:58]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:03:34]} 21. Rxa8 {[%emt 0:03:14]} Qxa8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 22. Ra1 {[%emt 0:05:04]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:01:33]} 23. e3 {[%emt 0:02:12]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 24. Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:31]} b6 {[%emt 0:06:13]} 25. Nd3 {[%emt 0:03:43]} Qb8 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 26. Rc1 {[%emt 0:02:13]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:01:18]} 27. Na3 {[%emt 0:03:18]} Na7 {[%emt 0:02:37]} 28. e4 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Nc7 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 29. Nb4 {[%emt 0:03:10]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 30. Nbc2 {[%emt 0:01:05]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:07:16]} 31. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 32. Nxe6+ {[%emt 0:02:19]} Bxe6 {[%emt 0:01:33]} 33. Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:01:50]} 34. Qa3 {[%emt 0:02:53]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:03:26]} 35. Kh2 {[%emt 0:01:06]} Bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 36. Rxc4 {[%emt 0:01:52]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 37. Rc1 {[%emt 0:01:20]} Ra7 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 38. Rc8 {[%emt 0:01:36]} Ng4+ {[%emt 0:01:02]} 39. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Rxa3 {[%emt 0:02:38]} 40. Rxb8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rxb3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Bh3 {[%emt 0:01:01]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 42. Bxg4 {[%emt 0:01:34]} hxg4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 43. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Rb2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 44. Rc8 {[%emt 0:01:05]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 45. e5 {[%emt 0:00:36]} f5 {[%emt 0:03:47]} 46. Rc6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 47. Rb6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} b4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 48. Kg2 {[%emt 0:01:28]} Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 49. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} b3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 50. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 0-1

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.24"]
[Round "1.19"]
[White "Vavric, Pavel"]
[Black "Erdos, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2351"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,66,0,0,-15,0,-12,0,-14,0,0,0,0,15,-13,25,16,55,-4,0,-35,-34,-14,0,0,0,0,0,-161,-109,-261,-281,-404,-399,-528,-538,-641,-641,-811,-806,-790,-764]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. d4 Bb6 9. a4 Rb8 10. a5 {C78: Ruy Lopez: Archangelsk and Möller Defences} Ba7 11. Be3 Bg4 12. dxe5 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nxe5 14. Qe2 Bxe3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 15. Qxe3 O-O 16. Nd2 Re8 {[#]} 17. Rfe1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. f3 c5 {0-1 (42) Najer,E (2681)-Shirov,A (2730) Germany 2010}) 17... c5 18. f4 Nc6 {[%cal Be5c6,Bc6a5,Ba5c4,Bc4b2][%mdl 32]} 19. Bc2 Nxa5 20. Qh3 g6 21. Nf3 Nh5 22. f5 (22. Ng5 $1 $14) 22... Nc4 $11 23. g4 Nf6 $1 24. Rxa6 Ra8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 25. Rxa8 Qxa8 26. Qh4 $1 {[%cal Rh4f6]} Qd8 ({Avoid the trap} 26... Nxe4 $2 27. Bxe4 Rxe4 28. Rxe4 $18) 27. Bb3 $2 (27. Bd3 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 27... Nxb2 $19 28. e5 $2 {[#]} (28. Bc2 $17 {is a better defense.}) 28... dxe5 $1 29. fxg6 (29. g5 {was necessary.} Nd5 30. Nxe5) 29... hxg6 30. g5 Nh5 {Black is clearly winning.} 31. Nxe5 c4 32. Bc2 Qd2 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 33. Qf2 Qxg5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 32%, Black = 55%.} 0-1

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.24"]
[Round "1.20"]
[White "Georgescu, Tiberiu-Marian"]
[Black "Ogleznev, Alexandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2333"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,73,44,40,45,57,62,57,58,40,61,60,58,17,55,56,55,57,52,56,62,56,68,55,87,81,161,129,164,154,264,264,278,284,279,275,278,278,260,245,252,257,227,228,333,302,595,585,597,595,579,560,688,693]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qc2 Nc6 9. a3 Qa5 10. Nd2 Be7 11. Be2 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} (11. Rd1 e5 12. Nb3 Qb6 13. Bg5 Bg4 14. f3 dxc4 15. Bxc4 Bh5 16. e4 Rfd8 17. Bxf6 Rxd1+ 18. Qxd1 Bxf6 19. Nd5 Qd8 20. Kf2 Be7 {½-½ (48) Nyzhnyk,I (2639)-Tarjan,J (2525) Orlando 2014}) 11... e5 12. Bg3 {LiveBook: 6 Games. aiming for Nb3.} Be6 13. O-O {White is slightly better.} Rac8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... d4 14. Nb3 Qb6 15. Na4 Qd8 16. Rad1 g6 17. exd4 exd4 18. Nac5 Bf5 {½-½ (38) Ferre Perez,A (2118)-Tanis,C (2214) ICCF email 2016}) 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Nc4 Qc7 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Rfd1 Bxc4 18. Qxc4 Bf6 19. Rac1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Qb6 20. Bg4 Rcd8 21. b4 Rxd1+ 22. Bxd1 a6 23. Bf3 Ne7 (23... g6 $16 {might work better.}) 24. h3 Nf5 {[#]} 25. Bh2 $1 a5 {[#]} (25... Nd6 $16 {was called for.} 26. Qd5 a5 27. Qxa5 (27. bxa5 Qb2 $16) 27... Qxa5 28. bxa5 g6) 26. Qc5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rc5b6]} Bd8 27. Qxb6 ({Much less strong is} 27. Qxe5 $6 Nh4 $18) 27... Bxb6 28. bxa5 ({Resist} 28. Bxb7 $6 axb4 29. axb4 Rd8 $18) 28... Bxa5 29. Bxe5 b6 30. Rc7 f6 31. Bd5+ Kh8 32. Bb2 h5 (32... Rd8 {is a better defense.} 33. e4 h6) 33. e4 Nd6 $2 (33... Rd8 34. g3 Be1) 34. e5 {White is clearly winning.} Nb5 {[#]} 35. exf6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} gxf6 36. Rc6 Kg7 37. a4 {Accuracy: White = 95%, Black = 34%.} 1-0

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.24"]
[Round "1.21"]
[White "Patrascu, Catalin-Lucian"]
[Black "Murariu, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2268"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,50,37,32,0,0,14,4,-7,50,56,50,56,52,47,54,58,75,69,99,75,73,76,45,44,58,26,30,21,93,94,245,145,158,112,110,-8,-16,-436,-434,-426,-356]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. d3 h6 6. c4 dxc4 {LiveBook: 82 Games. A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems} (6... Nbd7 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Nc3 e6 9. e4 dxe4 10. dxe4 Bxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Qe2 Nef6 13. Rd1 Qb6 14. b4 Qxb4 {½-½ (28) Ipatov,A (2650)-Belous,V (2558) Middleton 2018}) 7. e4 Bg4 8. e5 Nfd7 {The position is equal.} 9. dxc4 Bxf3 (9... g5 $11) 10. Qxf3 $14 {And now e6! would win.} Nxe5 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 11. Qe2 Ned7 12. Rd1 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} e6 13. Nc3 Be7 14. Bf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Qg4) 14... Qb6 15. Rd2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has strong initiative.} O-O 16. Rad1 Nf6 17. Be5 Na6 18. Ne4 (18. a3 $5 {[%cal Rb2b4]}) 18... Nxe4 19. Bxe4 {aiming for Rd7.} Rfd8 (19... Rad8 $11) 20. Rd7 $16 Qc5 $2 (20... Kf8 $16) 21. Bb1 (21. Qh5 Rxd7 22. Rxd7 Rd8 $17) (21. a3 $18) 21... Kf8 22. Qe4 {Intending Qh7 and mate.} ({Inferior is} 22. Qh5 f6 $15) 22... g6 23. Qf4 (23. a3 $16) 23... Ke8 $11 24. R7d2 $4 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (24. b4 $2 Rxd7 25. Rxd7 Qxb4 $19) (24. R7d3 $11 {and White is okay.}) 24... Rxd2 $1 $19 {[%mdl 64] Overworked Piece} 25. Qxd2 Qxe5 {Accuracy: White = 37%, Black = 62%.} 0-1

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.24"]
[Round "1.22"]
[White "Grigore, George-Gabriel"]
[Black "Luncasu, Raul-Ionut"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2187"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:01:03]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:04:45]} 5. a4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Na6 {[%emt 0:01:51]} 6. e4 {[%emt 0:01:28]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:02:21]} 7. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:01:11]} 8. gxf3 {[%emt 0:00:42]} e6 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 9. O-O {[%emt 0:02:07]} Be7 {[%emt 0:13:12]} 10. Kh1 {[%emt 0:01:49]} O-O {[%emt 0:20:27]} 11. Rg1 {[%emt 0:01:28]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:03:11]} 12. f4 {[%emt 0:12:25]} g6 {[%emt 0:01:55]} 13. Be3 {[%emt 0:04:58]} Nc7 {[%emt 0:04:45]} 14. Qf3 {[%emt 0:06:27]} Nce8 {[%emt 0:02:35]} 15. Rgd1 {[%emt 0:07:22]} Ng7 {[%emt 0:07:12]} 16. d5 {[%emt 0:10:20]} cxd5 {[%emt 0:01:25]} 17. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:04:49]} 18. b3 {[%emt 0:02:20]} exd5 {[%emt 0:04:07]} 19. Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 20. Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:02:43]} 21. Rac1 {[%emt 0:04:05]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 22. Bxb7 {[%emt 0:02:28]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:01:17]} 23. Bd5 {[%emt 0:17:11]} Nxe3 {[%emt 0:02:48]} 24. fxe3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:04:40]} 25. e4 {[%emt 0:01:10]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 26. Bc4 {[%emt 0:07:56]} Rcd8 {[%emt 0:01:25]} 27. Rd5 {[%emt 0:01:56]} Rxd5 {[%emt 0:01:06]} 28. Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:04:54]} 29. Qc3+ {[%emt 0:03:51]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 30. Qc7 {[%emt 0:02:58]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:02:59]} 31. Bxf7+ {[%emt 0:01:16]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:01:06]} 32. Qxd8 {[%emt 0:02:36]} Rxd8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 33. e5 {[%emt 0:02:41]} Bxe5 {[%emt 0:02:14]} 34. fxe5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Kxf7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 35. Rc7+ {[%emt 0:00:21]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 36. Rxa7 {[%emt 0:01:01]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 37. a5 {[%emt 0:00:53]} Rxb3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 38. a6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 39. Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Kd5 1-0

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.24"]
[Round "1.23"]
[White "Popescu, Daniel-Vasilica"]
[Black "Szabo, Attila"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2131"]
[BlackElo "2263"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 3. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 4. c3 {[%emt 0:03:19]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 5. d3 {[%emt 0:01:09]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:16]} 6. O-O {[%emt 0:00:24]} d6 {[%emt 0:06:10]} 7. Re1 {[%emt 0:04:34]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 8. a4 {[%emt 0:00:35]} h6 {[%emt 0:03:29]} 9. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:09:40]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:04:40]} 10. b4 {[%emt 0:05:15]} Nh7 {[%emt 0:08:17]} 11. Nf1 {[%emt 0:06:43]} Ng5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 12. Ne3 {[%emt 0:02:27]} Nxf3+ {[%emt 0:05:18]} 13. Qxf3 {[%emt 0:03:30]} Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 14. g4 {[%emt 0:21:35]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:06:45]} 15. Nf5 {[%emt 0:10:30]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 16. Qg3 {[%emt 0:10:01]} Be6 {[%emt 0:08:02]} 17. Bxg5 {[%emt 0:10:03]} hxg5 {[%emt 0:01:41]} 18. Ba2 {[%emt 0:03:09]} Nf4 {[%emt 0:01:33]} 19. Qe3 {[%emt 0:01:57]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:04:56]} 20. f3 {[%emt 0:02:30]} Bxf5 {[%emt 0:11:25]} 21. gxf5 {[%emt 0:00:57]} g6 {[%emt 0:02:06]} 22. fxg6 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Qxg6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 23. Kf2 {[%emt 0:01:04]} Qh5 {[%emt 0:02:14]} 24. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 25. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Rh8 {[%emt 0:05:17]} 26. Ra2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rh6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 27. d4 {[%emt 0:01:04]} Rbh8 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 28. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 29. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:37]} g4 {[%emt 0:09:35]} 30. fxg4 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Qxg4+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} 31. Qg3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qxg3+ {[%emt 0:04:35]} 32. hxg3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rh1+ {[%emt 0:00:24]} 33. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} R8h2+ {[%emt 0:00:36]} 34. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Rxd2 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 35. Rxh1 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Rd3+ {[%emt 0:00:20]} 36. Kg4 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Ne2 {[%emt 0:04:15]} 37. Bc4 {[%emt 0:01:01]} Re3 {[%emt 0:01:22]} 38. Bxe2 {[%emt 0:00:54]} Rxe2 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 39. Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Rc2 {[%emt 0:01:14]} 40. g4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rxc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Kxe5 {[%emt 0:01:28]} Rc4 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 42. Rb1 {[%emt 0:01:00]} b5 {[%emt 0:07:09]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.24"]
[Round "1.24"]
[White "Banzea, Alexandru-Bogdan"]
[Black "Dobre, Mihai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2313"]
[BlackElo "2104"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,55,29,35,39,29,35,39,34,35,62,69,62,22,66,59,45,21,100,51,105,120,83,6,189,188,193,199,630,607,1118,1097,1078,1067,2250,2014,29996,29997,29998,29999]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g3 {[%cal Bg2g3,Bg3g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} a6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Qc7 10. g4 Nfd7 {[%cal Bf6d7,Bd7e5,Be5c4][%mdl 32] B80: Sicilian Scheveningen: 6 g3 and 6 Be3, including English Attack} (10... Re8 11. g5 Nfd7 12. f4 Bf8 13. h4 Nc6 14. h5 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 b5 16. Rad1 Bb7 17. Qd2 Rad8 18. Qf2 {0-1 (36) Muzychuk,M (2554)-Bruzon Batista,L (2666) Gibraltar 2016}) 11. g5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. f4 Nb6 12. Qd3 Nc6 13. b3 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Nd7 15. g5 b5 16. f5 Bb7 17. Bh3 exf5 18. Bxf5 {0-1 (100) Bures,J (2477)-Evtushenko,S (2460) ICCF email 2011}) 11... Ne5 12. f4 Nc4 {White is slightly better.} 13. Bc1 $1 b5 14. b3 Nb6 15. Rf3 Re8 16. Rh3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} g6 17. Qe1 N8d7 ({Reject} 17... e5 18. Nf5 $14) (17... h5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 18. Qh4 h5 19. Nce2 Bf8 20. f5 Ne5 $2 (20... exf5 $1 $11 {and Black is okay.} 21. exf5 Bb7) 21. Nf4 {[#] Strongly threatening Nxh5!} exf5 22. exf5 {Nxh5 is the strong threat.} Qc5 $2 (22... Bg7) 23. Be3 $18 {Hoping for Nxh5.} Ng4 24. Nxh5 gxh5 25. Qxh5 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Rh5h8] [#]} Nh6 26. gxh6 {Intending Rg3+ and mate.} Ra7 27. Rg3+ Kh8 28. Qg5 {Accuracy: White = 82%, Black = 32%.} 1-0

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.24"]
[Round "1.25"]
[White "Shevchenko, Kirill"]
[Black "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,36,23,31,20,23,23,39,-25,11,2,13,19,25,21,22,13,18,12,17]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} 8. Nf3 d5 9. d4 O-O 10. g3 Re8 {LiveBook: 11 Games} 11. Bg2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Ne2 g5 13. b3 h6 14. h3 Bf6 15. c3 {0-1 (25) Grischuk,A (2766)-Nakamura,H (2769) Paris 2018}) 11... Bf8 12. Rxe8 Qxe8 13. Bf4 ({White should try} 13. Nc3 $14) 13... Qd8 14. c3 Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Nbd2 Bd7 {The position is equal.} 17. Qf1 Re8 18. Re1 Rxe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.24"]
[Round "1.26"]
[White "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Black "Vedmediuc, Serghei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,99,18,22,53,48,41,39,31,31,39,34,62,67,62,61,54,0,71,41,45,25,68,74,90,89,82,19,41,46,72,82,139,60,64,55,55,31,27,18,35,43,44,11,18,25,45,46,76,90,141,49,41,56,37,37,289,210,687,586,965,933,1297,220,566,579,570,552,559,549,708,722,612,579,812,797,853,808,1622,660,29991,29992,29997,29998]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Qd3 {B47: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 f4, 6 g3 and 6 Be2} (6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nxc6 dxc6 11. e5 Rd8 12. Qf3 Nd5 13. h4 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 Bd7 15. Be3 c5 16. Rad1 Rac8 17. h5 Bc6 18. Rxd8+ Qxd8 19. Qc4 b5 20. Qf1 Bxg2 21. Qxg2 Qd5 22. Qxd5 exd5 {½-½ (44) Saric,I (2690)-Adhiban,B (2671) Linares 2018}) 6... Nf6 7. Ndb5 Qb8 8. Qg3 d6 9. Be3 a6 10. Nd4 {LiveBook: 31 Games} e5 11. Nb3 Be6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... b5 12. O-O-O Be6 13. Be2 Qb7 {1-0 (29) Vrolijk,L (2332)-Gerlagh,J (2269) Groningen 2016}) 12. O-O-O Qc7 13. Kb1 Rc8 14. f3 b5 15. Qf2 h5 16. Bg5 Nh7 17. Be3 (17. h4 {is more complex.} Nxg5 18. hxg5 Be7 19. Nd5 Qd7 20. Nxe7 Qxe7 21. c3) 17... Nf6 $1 18. h4 Be7 19. Bg5 O-O 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5 Na5 22. Bd3 (22. Nxa5 $16 Qxa5 23. Be3) 22... Nc4 $1 $11 23. Qe2 e4 24. fxe4 Ng4 {[#]} (24... Rfe8 $142) 25. c3 (25. Bxc4 $1 $16 {Black must now prevent Bd3.} bxc4 26. Nd4) 25... Bxg5 26. hxg5 g6 $1 27. Nd4 Qe7 28. Nf3 Nce5 29. Rhf1 Rb8 30. Qd2 Rfe8 31. Rde1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} a5 32. Nd4 Qd7 33. Be2 Rec8 ({Better is} 33... Nc4 34. Bxc4 bxc4) 34. Bxg4 (34. Rc1 $16) 34... Qxg4 $14 35. Nc6 Nxc6 36. dxc6 Rc7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Black should try} 36... Rxc6 $14 37. Rxf7 {[%mdl 64] Decoy} Kxf7 38. Qd5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Ke7 39. Qxc6 Qc8) 37. Rf6 $18 b4 $2 (37... Re8 38. Rxd6 Qh4) 38. cxb4 Rxb4 39. Rxd6 {Intending Rd8+ and mate.} Rxe4 {[#]} 40. Rc1 $2 (40. Rxg6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kh7 (40... fxg6 41. Qd8+) 41. Rh6+ Kg7 42. Qc3+ Rd4 43. Qc2) 40... Kh7 $2 (40... Qf5 41. Ka1 Kh7) 41. Qxa5 Ree7 42. Qd5 Qf4 43. Rf6 Qg3 44. a3 Kg7 45. Rcf1 Qe3 46. Ka2 Ra7 47. R1f3 Qg1 48. Rd6 (48. Qd8 $142 h4 49. R3f4 Rxa3+ 50. bxa3 (50. Kxa3 Qa1+ 51. Kb3 Re3+ 52. Kb4 Qxb2+ 53. Kc5 Rc3+ 54. Kd6 Qa3+ 55. Kc7 Qa5+ 56. Kc8 Qa8+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 57. Kc7 Qa7+ 58. Kc8 Qa8+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 59. Kc7 Qa7+ 60. Kc8 Qa8+ $11 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 50... Qxg2+ 51. Kb3 Re3+ 52. Kc4 Qc2+ 53. Kb5 Qb2+ 54. Rb4 Qe5+ 55. Ka6 Rxa3+ 56. Kb7) 48... Rac7 49. Rd7 Qa7 {[#]} 50. Rxf7+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 61%, Black = 31%.} 1-0

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.24"]
[Round "1.27"]
[White "Berescu, Alin-Mile"]
[Black "Rogozenco, Dorian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 30,61,18,10,0,0,0,0,55,56,85,80,84,86,163,164,418,421,476,461,531,491,495,427,861,844,29979,29980,29980,807,29993,29991,29992,29993]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4 {B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations} 12. Nc2 O-O 13. h4 (13. g3 Bg5 14. Bg2 a5 15. O-O Ne7 16. Nce3 Bxe3 17. Nxe3 Be6 18. Rc1 Nc6 19. Nf5 {1-0 (54) Harikrishna,P (2744)-Yu,Y (2751) Huaian 2017}) 13... a5 14. g3 Be6 15. Qd2 Bxd5 16. cxd5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Nb8 17. Ne3 $146 {[%cal Bc2e3,Be3f5,Bf5h6][%mdl 32]} ({Predecessor:} 17. Bb5 Nd7 18. Ne3 Nc5 19. f3 {1-0 (37) Dimitrova,A (2228)-Hamedi Nia,V (1987) Porto Carras 2018}) 17... Nd7 18. Rc1 Qb8 ({Black should try} 18... Nc5 $11) 19. Rc6 $14 Nc5 20. Nf5 b3 21. a3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} Nxe4 (21... Rc8 $16) 22. Qe3 $18 Nc5 $2 {[#]} (22... g6 {might work better.}) 23. Rxd6 Bd8 24. Qxc5 g6 25. Nh6+ Kg7 {intending ...Be7.} 26. Rc6 f5 (26... Qa7 $142 27. Qxa7 Rxa7) 27. h5 {[#] aiming for hxg6.} a4 28. hxg6 hxg6 29. g4 (29. Qe3 $142 Rh8 30. g4 Bf6 31. gxf5 Qa7 32. Qc3 Qa5 33. Qxa5 Rxa5 34. Rc7+ Kf8 35. fxg6) 29... Ra5 30. Qe3 f4 31. Qh3 {Accuracy: White = 86%, Black =  8%.} 1-0

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.24"]
[Round "1.28"]
[White "Marin, Mihail"]
[Black "Ardelean, George-Catalin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,105,0,51,24,34,50,62,0,11,-18,-17,-22,-32,-32,-24,-54,-24,-35,-10,-18,-18,-19,-19,-22,-18,-14,-12,-12,-30,-18,-14,-25,-10,0,0,0,0,0,36,32,15,27,60,47,47,47,47,47,50,50,49,40,40,40,40,21,40,23,25,14,38,38,116,110,128,104,80,83,100,22,90,44,425,420,955,973,895,912,1102,1135,778,647,640,621,541,4133,1404,939,5181,4129,29966,29968,29967,29969,29958,29961,29967,10803]} 1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 a6 (3... dxc4 4. Qa4+ Qd7 5. Qxc4 c5 6. Qc2 Nc6 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. O-O Be7 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Nc3 Bd7 12. Rac1 {½-½ (37) Nakamura,H (2763)-Nabaty,T (2692) Batumi 2018}) 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. O-O b5 ({Black should try} 5... Nf6 $11) 6. d3 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} cxd3 7. Ne5 Ra7 8. a4 $146 (8. Be3 $14 c5 9. a4 (9. Qxd3 Qc7 $14) (9. Nxd3 Nd7 $14) (9. exd3 Qc7 $11)) ({Predecessor:} 8. Be3 c5 9. a4 b4 10. Nxd3 Nd7 11. a5 Bb7 12. Qa4 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 {½-½ (34) Diermair,A (2463)-Buhmann,R (2583) Vienna 2015}) 8... Bb7 $1 $11 9. Bxb7 Rxb7 10. axb5 axb5 11. Ra8 Nf6 12. Be3 c5 13. Nc3 Bd6 14. Nxd3 Qc7 15. Nxb5 $1 {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender} Rxb5 16. Qa4 Qd7 {And now ...0-0 would win.} 17. Bxc5 $1 Rxc5 18. Nxc5 Qxa4 19. Nxa4 Ke7 20. Rc1 Nfd7 21. Ra7 Rd8 22. Rb7 Na6 23. Rc6 Rb8 24. Rxd7+ $1 Kxd7 25. Rxa6 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Be5 26. Nc5+ Ke7 27. Ra7+ Ke8 $1 28. Nd7 Rb5 29. Nxe5 Rxe5 {KR-KR} 30. Kf1 Rb5 31. Ra2 g5 32. h3 h5 33. Ke1 Ke7 34. Kd2 Kf6 35. Kc2 Re5 (35... Rf5 $14) 36. b4 $1 $16 Rxe2+ 37. Kb3 Re1 38. b5 {b6 is the strong threat.} Ke5 39. Rd2 (39. Ka4 $16) 39... Rb1+ $11 40. Kc4 Ke4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (40... h4 $14) 41. Rd3 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd3c3]} h4 (41... Ke5 $142 42. Kc5 Rc1+ 43. Kb6 Rb1) 42. Re3+ Kf5 43. gxh4 gxh4 44. Rb3 Rc1+ 45. Kd4 e5+ 46. Kd5 Rd1+ 47. Kc6 Ke6 48. Rc3 Rd2 49. f3 Kf5 50. b6 {White mates.} Kf4 51. b7 Rb2 {[#]} 52. Rc5 $1 {[%cal Rc5b5]} Rxb7 53. Kxb7 {Accuracy: White = 61%, Black = 48%.} 1-0

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.24"]
[Round "1.29"]
[White "Vasiesiu, Dan"]
[Black "Manolache, Marius"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2394"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,152,12,-1,28,30,58,56,58,60,66,35,66,-36,-39,-40,-29,-22,-16,-34,-29,-26,-18,-16,-40,-40,-41,-28,-11,-11,-12,-16,-13,-13,0,-16,-16,-15,-15,-18,-18,-18,-18,-51,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-29,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-22,-21,-21,-9,-22,-21,-29,-29,-29,-29,-51,-45,-43,-29,-29,-29,-64,-64,-64,-64,-66,-65,-68,-68,-68,-68,-68,-17,-17,-17,-17,-17,-17,-17,-17,-8,-17,-17,-17,-12,-12,-12,-12,-12,-14,-14,-66,-66,-66,-66,-66,-66,-66,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,0,0,0,-37,-37,-37,-37,-37,-37,-37,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. f4 a6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 d5 9. O-O Nf6 10. Qe2 Be7 {B46: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 a6} 11. Bd2 {LiveBook: 34 Games} c5 {[#] Strongly threatening ...c4.} (11... O-O 12. Rae1 Re8 13. Kh1 Bf8 14. e5 Nd7 15. Na4 g6 16. c4 Nc5 17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. Rc1 {1-0 (44) Sutovsky,E (2673)-Pichot,A (2552) Caleta 2018}) 12. b3 {[%cal Bb2b3,Bb3c4][%mdl 32]} c4 $146 {White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 12... Bb7 13. exd5 exd5 14. Rae1 c4 15. bxc4 dxc4 16. Bxc4 O-O-O 17. Qxe7 Qxc4 18. Re5 {1-0 (32) Kosten,A (2510)-Akesson,R (2430) London 1988}) 13. bxc4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Bb7 15. Rab1 O-O 16. Bc3 (16. Nxf6+ $14 Bxf6 17. Be3) 16... Bxe4 17. Bxe4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Rac8 19. Rb7 ({Wrong is} 19. Qd4 $2 Bc5 $19) 19... Qxc4 20. Qxc4 Rxc4 21. Rxe7 Rxc3 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 22. Rf2 h5 23. Ra7 Ra3 24. c4 Rc3 25. Rxa6 Rc1+ 26. Rf1 Rxc4 27. g3 Rd8 28. Rf2 h4 29. Kg2 hxg3 30. hxg3 Rd3 31. Kh3 g6 32. Ra7 Rcc3 33. Rg2 Kg7 34. Rg1 Re3 35. Rg2 Rf3 {Black wants to play ...Rxf4.} 36. Kg4 Rf1 37. Rb7 Rh1 38. Rf2 Rh5 39. Re2 Ra5 40. Kh3 Raa3 41. Rg2 Rf3 {aiming for ...Rxf4.} 42. Kh2 Kf6 43. Rb5 Rf1 44. Rgb2 Ra1 45. Kg2 R1xa2 46. Rxa2 Rxa2+ {KR-KR} 47. Kf3 Ra3+ 48. Kg4 Rd3 49. Ra5 Rd5 50. Ra7 g5 ({Black should play} 50... Rb5 $15) 51. Ra8 $1 $11 Rd4 52. Ra5 gxf4 53. gxf4 Rd1 54. Rb5 Ke7 55. Rb7+ Rd7 56. Rb6 f6 57. Ra6 Kf7 58. Rb6 Rd3 59. Rb7+ Kg6 {[#]} 60. f5+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} exf5+ $15 61. Kf4 Rd1 62. Rb8 Rf1+ 63. Ke3 f4+ (63... Re1+ $15 64. Kf2 Rd1) 64. Ke4 $11 f3 65. Kf4 f2 {( -> ...Rd1)} 66. Kf3 Kg5 67. Kg2 Ra1 (67... Rc1 {is more complex.} 68. Kxf2 Rc2+ 69. Kf3 Rc3+ 70. Kf2 Kf5) 68. Kxf2 f5 {[%cal Bf6f5,Bf5f4][%mdl 32]} 69. Rb3 Ra2+ 70. Kg1 Kg4 71. Rc3 f4 72. Rb3 Re2 73. Kf1 Re3 74. Rxe3 {The position is equal.} fxe3 75. Ke2 Kf5 (75... Kf4 $5) 76. Kxe3 Ke5 {Precision: White = 64%, Black = 56%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.24"]
[Round "1.30"]
[White "Toma, Radu-Cristian"]
[Black "Vasiesiu, Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2354"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:24]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 4. d4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 5. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} O-O {[%emt 0:01:41]} 6. e3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 7. c5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Qe8 {[%emt 0:07:15]} 8. Bc4+ {[%emt 0:10:26]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 9. h4 {[%emt 0:07:17]} Na6 {[%emt 0:24:11]} 10. Qe2 {[%emt 0:11:29]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:02:39]} 11. Bh2 {[%emt 0:11:35]} e5 {[%emt 0:01:32]} 12. cxd6 {[%emt 0:06:20]} cxd6 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 13. Bb5 {[%emt 0:04:46]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:05:54]} 14. O-O {[%emt 0:07:24]} Nc7 {[%emt 0:03:48]} 15. Ba4 {[%emt 0:02:38]} f4 {[%emt 0:13:20]} 16. dxe5 {[%emt 0:05:59]} dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 17. exf4 {[%emt 0:05:42]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 18. Rfe1 {[%emt 0:01:15]} Nxf4 {[%emt 0:02:20]} 19. Bxf4 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Rxf4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 20. Qe3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Rxf3 {[%emt 0:14:38]} 21. gxf3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bh5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 22. f4 {[%emt 0:03:01]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:03:06]} 23. Bd1 {[%emt 0:01:24]} Qxh4 {[%emt 0:01:59]} 24. fxe5 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Rf5 {[%emt 0:04:17]} 25. Bxh5 {[%emt 0:04:48]} Rxh5 {[%emt 0:02:51]} 26. Kf1 {[%emt 0:07:03]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 27. Qf3 {[%emt 0:06:44]} Nf4 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 28. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Nxe2 {[%emt 0:02:46]} 29. Kxe2 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Qc4+ {[%emt 0:00:17]} 30. Kd1 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Rh4 {[%emt 0:01:32]} 31. Re2 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Rf4 {[%emt 0:02:41]} 32. Qb3 {[%emt 0:01:37]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 33. Qh3 {[%emt 0:00:56]} g5 {[%emt 0:02:25]} 34. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Bxe5 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 35. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Qf3+ {[%emt 0:00:18]} 36. Qxf3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rxf3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 37. Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 38. Rxb7 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 39. f3 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Bb6 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 40. Rc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Ke2 {[%emt 0:01:42]} Rf7 {[%emt 0:05:16]} 42. Rxf7 {[%emt 0:00:52]} Kxf7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 43. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:23]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 44. Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 1-0

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Black "David, Alexandru-Vasile"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B69"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,96,4,35,34,17,29,34,10,34,18,20,24,25,26,38,7,11,0,50,20,0,-39,-37,-45,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-173,-162,-162,-10,-173,-174,-173,-173,-173,-154,-152,-143,-135,-137,-483,-483,-483,-483,-469,-432,-528,-521,-521,-521,-593,-495,-595,-588,-581,-570,-29971,-29973,-29971,-29976,-29975,-29976,-5970,-5970]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 Be7 10. Nf3 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Kb1 Qb6 {B69: Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer: 7...a6 8 0-0-0 Bd7 9 f4 Be7 10 Nf3 b5 11 Bxf6} 13. g3 O-O-O {LiveBook: 10 Games} (13... b4 14. Ne2 a5 15. f5 e5 16. Nc1 Rc8 17. Qd5 Na7 18. Nd2 Bc6 19. Qd3 a4 20. Nc4 {0-1 (32) Wei,Y (2742)-Stocek,J (2574) Batumi 2018}) 14. Bg2 Kb8 {White is slightly better.} 15. Ne2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Rhe1 Na5 16. b3 Rc8 17. Ne2 Rc7 18. f5 e5 19. Nc3 Bc6 20. Qe3 Qb7 {½-½ (32) Idani,P (2480)-Eliseev,U (2550) Kocaeli 2013}) 15... Na5 16. b3 Nb7 17. Nfd4 Rc8 18. c3 Rhd8 19. Nc2 Rc7 20. f5 Rdc8 21. Rhf1 Bf8 22. b4 a5 23. a3 Qa6 24. fxe6 Bxe6 25. Ncd4 axb4 26. axb4 Bh6 27. Qb2 Bc4 28. Rf5 Nc5 29. bxc5 dxc5 30. e5 $2 (30. Bf1 $11) 30... cxd4 $19 31. Rxf6 Be6 $2 (31... Qa4 $19 32. Rxd4 Be3) 32. Nxd4 $2 (32. Rxd4 $11 {and White is okay.} Bg5 33. Rd6) 32... Rxc3 {[#] ( -> ...Rc1+)} 33. Rxh6 Qa4 34. Qxb5+ Qxb5+ 35. Nxb5 Rb3+ $40 {[%mdl 128] Black goes for the king.} 36. Ka1 Rxb5 37. Rb1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (37. Bf1 $17 {is a better chance.} Ra5+ 38. Kb2) 37... Rxb1+ 38. Kxb1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Bf5+ 39. Kb2 Rc2+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 40. Kb3 Rxg2 {KRB-KR} 41. Kc4 Kc7 42. Kd4 Kd7 43. Ke3 Bg6 44. Kf3 Rb2 45. h4 Ke6 46. h5 Rh2 47. g4 Kxe5 48. Kg3 Rh1 {Accuracy: White = 35%, Black = 69%.} 0-1

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Erdos, Viktor"]
[Black "Shevchenko, Kirill"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,67,64,45,37,39,63,44,56,41,48,47,54,29,33,31,38,30,27,13,23,21,50,32,50,41,31,44,269,262,237,14,21,0,54,24,18,22,45,44,32,34,34,29,39,0,0,0]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Rb8 8. b3 a6 9. d5 Na5 {E63: King's Indian: Fianchetto: Panno Variation with 7...a6} 10. Bg5 (10. Bd2 c5 11. dxc6 Nxc6 12. Qc1 Bd7 13. Bh6 b5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. cxb5 axb5 16. Qb2 Kg8 17. b4 Qb6 18. Rfd1 Rfc8 {½-½ (77) Inarkiev,E (2689)-Zhao,J (2604) Riadh 2017}) 10... c5 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. c5 {LiveBook: 5 Games} dxc5 13. Rc1 Qxd1 14. Rfxd1 ({Don't play} 14. Rcxd1 c4 $15) 14... c4 15. Bf4 Rb7 16. b4 Rxb4 17. Bc7 $1 {[%cal Rc7a5]} Nb7 $146 18. Ne5 Nd5 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. Bxd5 {Nc6 is the strong threat.} Bxe5 21. Bxe5 Be6 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Rd7 Kf7 24. Rc7 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Na5 $2 ({Black should play} 24... Rd8 $14) 25. Bc3 $18 Ra4 {[#]} 26. Rc2 $2 (26. Rd1 $1 $18) 26... Rd8 27. Kg2 Rd1 (27... Rd5 $11) 28. Bxa5 Rxa5 29. R7xc4 $14 {KRR-KRR} Ra1 30. Rf4+ Ke8 31. Rc8+ Kd7 32. Rh8 R1xa2 33. e4 h5 34. h4 {Accuracy: White = 62%, Black = 44%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Deac, Bogdan-Daniel"]
[Black "Gheorghiu, Calin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2278"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,73,16,14,16,13,54,50,52,54,51,56,56,53,61,53,65,54,44,52,58,58,53,45,66,61,89,87,119,118,113,107,111,93,257,247,262,252,250,251,262,239,295,245,225,230,185,167,577,575,605,586,572,532,414,296]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. Nc3 dxc4 7. Ne5 c5 8. dxc5 Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 {E06: Closed Catalan: Early deviations} Nbd7 10. Nxc4 Nxc5 11. Nc3 {LiveBook: 6 Games. The position is equal.} Rd8 12. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. O-O Nd5 13. Bd2 b6 14. b4 Na6 15. a3 Bb7 16. Nb5 Bc6 17. Nd4 Be8 18. Rac1 Bf6 19. Nf3 Rac8 20. Rfe1 Bb5 21. Nfe5 {½-½ (21) Horvath,J (2526)-Gharamian,T (2676) Belgium 2012}) 12... Nd5 13. Bxc5 Bxc5 14. O-O-O Re8 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Rxd5 Bxf2 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Be6.} 17. Rf1 Bb6 $1 18. Nxb6 axb6 19. a3 g6 20. Rd2 Ra5 21. Rf4 Rae5 22. Kd1 h5 23. Bd5 R5e7 24. Rb4 Bg4 {[%cal Rg4e2]} 25. Rxb6 Bxe2+ 26. Kc2 Kg7 $2 {[#]} (26... Rc8+ $16 27. Kb1 Bc4 28. Bxb7 Rb8) 27. Rxb7 $18 Rxb7 28. Bxb7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} g5 29. a4 f5 30. Rd4 Rb8 31. Bg2 Kf6 32. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Ke5 33. Rd2 Bc4 $2 (33... Rxb4 {is more resistant.} 34. Rxe2+ Kf6) 34. b5 f4 35. gxf4+ gxf4 36. Kc3 Be6 37. Bc6 {Accuracy: White = 89%, Black = 51%.} 1-0

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Iordachescu, Viorel"]
[Black "Pop, Alexandru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2274"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 4. e5 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Nfd7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 5. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 6. c3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 7. Nh3 {[%emt 0:04:47]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 8. Bxa6 {[%emt 0:01:39]} Nxa6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 9. O-O {[%emt 0:00:30]} Be7 {[%emt 0:04:07]} 10. Qg4 {[%emt 0:01:18]} g6 {[%emt 0:03:12]} 11. Nf3 {[%emt 0:01:09]} h6 {[%emt 0:02:39]} 12. Bd2 {[%emt 0:05:17]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:08:07]} 13. Nf4 {[%emt 0:06:23]} Nf8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 14. c4 {[%emt 0:04:49]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:05:31]} 15. d5 {[%emt 0:01:08]} exd5 {[%emt 0:01:42]} 16. Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:01:12]} 17. Qxc4 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Nc7 {[%emt 0:01:37]} 18. Nxe7 Qxe7 {[%emt 0:01:57]} 19. b4 {[%emt 0:08:43]} Nfe6 {[%emt 0:04:40]} 20. bxc5 Qxc5 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 21. Qa4+ {[%emt 0:02:58]} Qb5 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 22. Qh4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:09:35]} 23. Rac1 {[%emt 0:03:18]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:03:12]} 24. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:01:16]} Qa6 {[%emt 0:26:39]} 25. Ng5 {[%emt 0:06:31]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:09:01]} 26. Ne4 {[%emt 0:13:21]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 27. Qxe4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Qb7 {[%emt 0:05:00]} 28. Bb4 {[%emt 0:03:27]} Qa8 {[%emt 0:01:56]} 29. Bd6 {[%emt 0:01:02]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 30. Qa4+ {[%emt 0:01:39]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 31. Rc7 {[%emt 0:01:44]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 32. Qe4 1-0

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Istratescu, Andrei"]
[Black "Manea, Alexandru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2347"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,81,34,30,19,22,35,20,24,19,6,13,12,4,47,79,60,75,45,72,88,96,104,68,66,59,60,48,60,66,64,64,57,48,75,63,108,96,190,181,536,2,77,14,58,65,105,105,129,129,145,126,124,133,198,241,218,203,318,156,130,-17,402,402,402,372,516,500,548,554,546,541]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 {[%cal Be2e3,Be3e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 {D16: Slav Defence: 5 a4: Lines with 5...Bg4 and 5...Na6} 8. O-O cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 {The position is equal.} 10. e4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 {aiming for e5.} Bc6 12. Qe3 Be7 13. e5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} Nd7 14. Qg3 g6 {[#]} 15. Bh6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Rd1) 15... Bf8 16. Bxf8 Kxf8 17. Bb5 Kg7 18. Rad1 Qe7 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Rd6 Rhc8 21. Ne4 Rab8 22. Rfd1 Rxb2 23. h4 $1 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5,Bh5h6][%mdl 32]} ({Avoid the trap} 23. Rxd7 $2 Qxd7 24. Qf3 Qe7 $19) 23... Rc7 24. h5 $1 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Rb4 (24... Rb8 $16) 25. Qe3 $1 $18 Qh4 $2 (25... h6) 26. Ng3 $2 (26. Nf6 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf6e8]} Qf4 27. Qxf4 Rxf4 28. Ne8+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh6 29. Nxc7 Nxe5 30. Re1) 26... Nf8 (26... Nb6 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 27. Rd8 (27. R6d4 $1 $16 {[%cal Rd4h4]} Rxd4 28. Rxd4) 27... c5 28. h6+ $1 Kg8 29. Re8 {And now Rdd8 would win.} Rd4 (29... Rxa4 $2 30. Rdd8 $18) 30. Re1 $1 Rd8 31. Rxd8 Qxd8 32. Ne4 Nd7 (32... c4 $16) 33. Rd1 {Strongly threatening Nf6+!} Qe7 {[#]} 34. Qd2 $1 {[%cal Rd2d7]} Kf8 {[#]} (34... f5 {was called for.} 35. Qxd7 fxe4 36. Qxe7 Rxe7) 35. f4 (35. Rb1 $1 $18 {is the precise move to win.} c4 36. a5) 35... c4 $16 36. Qa5 ({Better is} 36. a5 $16) 36... Nc5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (36... Nb6 $1 $11) 37. Nf6 $18 Nd3 38. Rb1 {Threatening mate with Rb8+.} (38. Nxh7+ Kg8 $11) 38... Rc8 39. Qa6 {White is clearly winning.} ({Not} 39. Nxh7+ Kg8 $11) 39... Qc5+ 40. Kh2 {Intending Nd7+ and mate.} Rd8 {[#]} 41. Rb8 $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 44%.} 1-0

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jianu, Vlad-Cristian"]
[Black "Moldovan, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,107,25,39,38,32,30,48,43,62,40,62,51,93,103,125,112,116,117,148,142,143,115,115,119,129,126,127,125,128,133,135,127,124,123,125,121,122,107,147,118,124,114,111,104,104,86,91,80,104,104,104,104,104,104,104,104,204,200,207,93,93,93,126,106,119,93,103,95,106,77,79,83,85,83,149,154,246,185,222,183,187,103,103,95,111,115,471,464,464,461,460,455,414,394]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 (5... Nf6 6. e3 Bd6 7. Bg5 Be6 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. f4 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. fxg5 hxg5 12. Bxg5 Rxh2 13. Rxh2 Bxh2 {1-0 (69) Yu,Y (2762)-Fedoseev,V (2707) Danzhou 2018}) 6. e3 {D31: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav without ...Nf6 (+ Marshall Gambit and Noteboom) and Exchange Variation lines without ...Nf6} Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. Bd3 Nf6 {LiveBook: 13 Games} 9. Nge2 Nbd7 10. Qc2 c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Ng3 Nf8 {1-0 (49) Sakaev,K (2594)-Lugovskoy,M (2440) St Petersburg 2017}) 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. O-O O-O 13. Rfd1 Bg4 {[#]} 14. Bc4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxe2 (14... dxc4 15. Rxd6) 15. Qxe2 Rad8 16. Bxd5 Nxd5 17. Rxd5 Qc6 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. Rd1 Rxd1+ 20. Qxd1 {Qd8+ would kill now.} h6 21. h3 Ne6 22. Qd5 Qb6 23. Qd2 Qb4 24. a3 Qb3 25. Ne4 b5 26. Nd6 h5 27. Nf5 g6 28. Nd4 Qc4 29. Nxe6 Qxe6 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} 30. Qd4 Qc6 31. Kh2 Qc7+ 32. g3 Qc2 33. Kg2 Qc6+ 34. e4 Qc2 35. Kf3 Qb3+ (35... Kh7 $16 {was necessary.} 36. h4 Kg8) 36. Kf4 $18 Qe6 {[#]} 37. g4 (37. Kg5 $1 $18) 37... hxg4 $16 38. hxg4 Qe7 39. e5 Qc7 40. b4 Qc1+ 41. Qe3 Qc7 42. f3 Qd8 43. Kg3 Qd1 44. Qc3 g5 {[#]} ({Better is} 44... Kh7) 45. Kf2 $1 Qd5 (45... Kf8 $16 {was worth a try.} 46. Ke3 Ke8) 46. Ke3 Qa2 47. Ke4 Qe6 48. Qd3 ({White should play} 48. Qc5 $18) 48... Qc6+ 49. Ke3 Kg7 50. Kf2 f6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (50... Qc8 $16 51. Qd2 f6 52. exf6+ Kxf6 53. Qd6+ Kf7) 51. Qf5 $18 Qb6+ 52. Ke2 {Strongly threatening Qd7+.} fxe5 53. Qxg5+ Kf7 54. Qf5+ {Accuracy: White = 62%, Black = 45%.} 1-0

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Manolache, Marius"]
[Black "Balla, Tamas-Kristof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2318"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,51,32,25,84,76,81,79,75,64,78,100,491,102,106,105,109,97,553,534,1119,775,29979,29980,29980,1540,29979,1268,1462,956,941,924,1056,1053,973,0,722,0,894,614,982,948]} 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 b6 3. Bf4 Bb7 4. Nbd2 f5 5. e3 Nf6 6. h3 {A80: Dutch Defence: Unusual White second moves} Be7 7. g4 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Ne4 (7... Nd5 $11 {remains equal.}) 8. gxf5 $16 {White is better.} Nxd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... exf5 9. Rg1 Bf6 10. Ne5 Qe7 11. Qh5+ g6 12. Rxg6 hxg6 13. Qxg6+ Kd8 {0-1 (40) Kosic,D (2518)-Hoang,T (2470) Budapest 2006}) 9. Kxd2 exf5 10. Rg1 Bf6 11. Nh4 {Hoping for Rxg7!} Bxh4 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (11... g6 $16 12. Nxf5 Nc6) 12. Rxg7 $2 (12. Qh5+ $1 $18 Kf8 13. Bg5 (13. Bc4 Qe7 $18) 13... Bxg5 14. Rxg5) 12... h5 {aiming for ...Qf6.} 13. Bc4 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Qf6 14. Be5 $1 $40 {[%cal Re5f6][%mdl 128] White has strong attack.} Qc6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (14... Qf8 $16 {is a better chance.} 15. c3 Bf6) 15. Bf7+ $18 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kf8 16. Qg1 d6 17. Rg8+ Rxg8 18. Qxg8+ Ke7 {[#]} 19. Qg7 (19. Bf6+ $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxf6 (19... Kxf6 20. Bxh5) 20. Bxh5 Qxc2+ 21. Kxc2 Be4+ 22. Kb3 d5 23. Qf7+ Kd6 24. Qxf6+ Kd7 {[#]} 25. Be8+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kc8 26. Bc6 Nxc6 27. Qxc6) 19... dxe5 20. Bd5+ Kd8 21. Bxc6 Bxc6 22. Qg8+ Ke7 23. Qg7+ Kd8 24. Qg8+ Ke7 25. d5 Bd7 26. Rg1 {Accuracy: White = 55%, Black = 35%.} 1-0

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Murariu, Andrei"]
[Black "Berescu, Alin-Mile"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:02:54]} g6 {[%emt 0:01:16]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:02:01]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 4. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 5. e5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 6. Qa4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 7. Qe4 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:01:39]} 8. Bb5 {[%emt 0:09:47]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:05:21]} 9. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:44]} d5 {[%emt 0:04:22]} 10. exd6 {[%emt 0:08:55]} Qxd6 {[%emt 0:01:25]} 11. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Qe6 {[%emt 0:13:04]} 12. Be5 {[%emt 0:05:43]} f6 {[%emt 0:11:38]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ardelean, George-Catalin"]
[Black "Grigore, George-Gabriel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 3. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 4. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 5. e4 {[%emt 0:00:45]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:16]} 6. c3 {[%emt 0:00:24]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 7. dxc5 {[%emt 0:01:35]} dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 8. Be2 {[%emt 0:01:22]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 9. O-O {[%emt 0:00:24]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 10. h3 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:04:17]} 11. Be3 {[%emt 0:08:42]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 12. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:14:49]} 13. a4 {[%emt 0:04:58]} Rab8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 14. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Na5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 15. Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nxc4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 16. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 17. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 18. Bg5 {[%emt 0:29:55]} h6 {[%emt 0:36:03]} 19. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} exf6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 20. Qe2 {[%emt 0:37:21]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:12:15]} 21. a5 {[%emt 0:01:42]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Visakh N R"]
[Black "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,62,25,39,0,0,-3,0,-5,0,0,0,-11,-6,-27,-23,-112,-103,-115,-110,-137,-137,-143,-121,-206,-204,-183,-186,-254,-255,-265,-262,-256,-257,-251,-236,-230,-215,-322,-314,-308,-290,-488,-472,-461,-456]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 dxc4 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} (7... c6 8. O-O Nh5 9. Rc1 Nxf4 10. exf4 b6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. Qe2 a6 14. Rfe1 Bd6 15. Ne5 b5 16. Nb1 {1-0 (48) Wojtaszek,R (2727)-Bacrot,E (2678) Batumi 2018}) 8. Bxc4 c5 9. O-O a6 10. dxc5 Nxc5 {LiveBook: 21 Games} 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Bc7 Rf8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Re8 13. b4 Nce4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bd3 Nc3 16. a3 Nd5 17. Rac1 Nxc7 18. Rxc7 {½-½ (52) Rajlich,I (2412)-Pokorna,R (2353) Istanbul 2012}) 13. b4 Nce4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. a3 Bd7 {Hoping for ...Rfc8.} 16. Bd3 Rfc8 {Threatens to win with ...Nxf2.} 17. Rfc1 {[#]} (17. Be5 $11 Bc6 18. Rfd1) 17... Nc5 $1 $17 {[%cal Rc5d3][%mdl 512]} 18. bxc5 {Strongly threatening Bd6.} Rxc7 19. Rab1 Rac8 $1 20. Ne5 Be8 ({But not} 20... Bxc5 $6 21. Nxd7 Rxd7 22. Bxa6 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]}) 21. Be4 (21. c6 $17) 21... Rxc5 $19 22. Rxc5 Rxc5 23. f4 {[#]} (23. Nf3 $142) 23... b5 $1 24. Bb7 a5 25. Ba6 f6 26. Nf3 e5 27. fxe5 fxe5 28. Nd2 (28. Kf1 {might work better.}) 28... Rc2 29. Nf3 Bc5 ({Not} 29... Bxa3 30. Bxb5 Bg6 31. Rd1 $17) 30. Bxb5 $2 (30. Kf1 {keeps fighting.} Bxa3 31. Nxe5 Rc1+ 32. Rxc1 Bxc1 33. Ke2) 30... Bxe3+ 31. Kf1 Rc1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 16%, Black = 84%.} 0-1

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Costachi, Mihnea"]
[Black "Ciorica, Mihai-Vlad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2097"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,36,6,15,7,12,11,15,14,67,72,241,253,266,163,820,792,1034,1042,991,1016,1014,995,29999]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. Be2 {D15: Slav Defence: 4 Nc3 a6 and gambit lines after 4 Nc3 dxc4} b4 (6... e6 7. O-O Be7 8. a4 b4 9. e5 bxc3 10. exf6 Bxf6 11. bxc3 Ba6 12. Ne5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 {1-0 (27) Adhiban,B (2650)-Rapport,R (2715) Reykjavik 2018}) 7. Na4 Nxe4 8. Bxc4 Nd6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 9. Bb3 e6 10. O-O Be7 11. Bf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Re1 O-O 12. Bf4 Nd7 13. Rc1 Nf5 {½-½ (47) Dragnev,V (2485)-Godena,M (2508) Le Castella 2018}) 11... Ba6 ({Black should play} 11... O-O $11) 12. Re1 $14 Bb5 $2 (12... O-O $16) 13. Nc5 $18 {[%cal Ba4c5,Bc5e6,Be6g7][%mdl 32]} Na6 14. Bxe6 {[#] And now Bd7+ would win.} fxe6 $2 (14... O-O) 15. Nxe6 {White is clearly winning.} Qd7 16. Nxg7+ Kd8 17. Ne5 Qb7 18. Qg4 Nc7 1-0

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gavrilescu, David"]
[Black "Panait, Mihai-Catalin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2140"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,43,6,12,5,8,20,24,25,77,65,152,164,206,212,218,153,247,252,381,378,394,388,368,382,391,387,371,347,612,606,912,912]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 d6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4 Nd7 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bd3 e5 {B06: Modern Defence} 7. dxe5 dxe5 {LiveBook: 8 Games} 8. f5 (8. O-O Ngf6 9. Kh1 O-O 10. f5 Qe7 11. Qe1 Nc5 12. Qh4 gxf5 13. Bg5 Re8 14. exf5 e4 15. Rae1 Qd6 16. Bxe4 Nfxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Rxe4 Bxf5 {½-½ (25) Lutz,C (2614)-Milov,V (2668) Cannes 2005}) 8... Nc5 {The position is equal.} 9. O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. fxg6 hxg6 10. Be3 Nxd3+ 11. cxd3 Bg4 12. O-O Bh6 13. Qd2 Qd6 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Rxf3 {1-0 (31) Franco Pinanez,M (1694)-Ribeiro,R (1996) Ponta Grossa 2017}) 9... Nxd3 10. cxd3 {[%cal Bc2d3,Bd3d4][%mdl 32]} Nh6 (10... Nf6 $11 {remains equal.}) 11. Kh1 Qd6 {[#]} (11... f6 $14) 12. d4 $1 $16 Ng4 {[%cal Re5d4]} 13. h3 h5 {[%cal Re5d4]} 14. Qe1 Bf6 (14... exd4 $16 15. e5 Qb4) 15. Qg3 $18 gxf5 (15... Qe7 $142 16. fxg6 fxg6) 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. dxe5 ({Weaker is} 17. hxg4 hxg4+ 18. Nh2 Bh4 $16) 17... Nxe5 18. Bf4 {[%cal Rf4e5]} h4 19. Bxe5 hxg3 20. Bxd6 Bxh3 $2 {[#]} (20... Bxc3 21. bxc3 O-O-O 22. Bxg3 Rhg8) 21. gxh3 Rxh3+ 22. Kg2 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 90%, Black = 32%.} 1-0

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vedmediuc, Serghei"]
[Black "Georgescu, Tiberiu-Marian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,67,1,6,0,6,0,0,0,0,5,6,2,0,0,0,-7,-8,-26,0,-39,-2,-12,0,-18,14,0,15,12,48,46,52,52,54,47,50,56,55,49,57,63,58,56,59,0,4,4,20,0,0,0,0,-8,2,13,37,7,33,-75,-43,-51]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 dxc4 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} c5 7. Ne5 Qc8 8. Nxd7 {The position is equal.} Qxd7 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Qa4 Rc8 11. O-O Be7 12. a3 O-O 13. b4 c4 {[#]} 14. Qb5 $146 b6 15. Qxc4 Nxb4 $1 16. Qb3 Na6 (16... Nc6 {is more complex.} 17. Qb5 Rfd8 18. Rb1 Ng4 19. e3 Nge5) 17. Qb5 Nc5 18. Qxd7 Nfxd7 19. Rb1 Bf6 {[#]} 20. d4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nd3 (20... Bxd4 21. Nb5) 21. Bd2 Nxf2 {[%mdl 64] Decoy} 22. Rxf2 {Threatens to win with e3.} Bxd4 23. Nb5 $1 {[%cal Rb5d4]} Bxf2+ 24. Kxf2 a6 25. Na7 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Rc2 26. Be3 ({Better is} 26. Bb4 $14) 26... Ne5 $11 {[#] ...Ng4+ is the strong threat.} 27. Bxb6 Rb8 28. Rd1 f5 29. Bd4 Ng4+ $1 30. Ke1 Rb3 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black has counterplay} 31. Nc6 Nxh2 32. Nd8 Rxg3 33. Kf2 (33. Bb7 $14 {stays ahead.}) 33... Rg6 34. Nc6 $1 {[%mdl 32768] Accuracy: White = 51%, Black = 71%. . Loss on time!?} 1-0

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Miron, Lucian-Costin"]
[Black "Lupulescu, Constantin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,99,26,22,28,26,28,17,31,25,36,13,25,0,8,4,19,-18,-5,0,10,8,11,0,28,23,8,10,30,32,18,0,0,-10,0,0,-18,0,-8,-20,-39,-39,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-193,-157,-2280,-2242,-29960,-29963,-29963,-29963,-29960,-5343,-29959,-29955,-29964,-29964,-29962,-29962,-12837,-10399,-29969,-1823,-995,0,-29970,-29970,-29975]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Bf4 d6 7. Bg3 Nf6 8. Be2 {LiveBook: 16 Games. B46: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 a6} (8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. e5 Nd5 10. Ne4 dxe5 11. Bxe5 f6 12. Bg3 e5 13. c4 Bb4+ 14. Nd2 Ne7 15. a3 Bc5 {1-0 (84) Ragger,M (2672)-Leroy,D (2297) Brest 2018}) 8... e5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. f4 $146 {White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 10. Qd2 Be7 11. Rd1 Rb8 12. b3 O-O 13. O-O Qc7 14. Kh1 Rb4 15. f4 {½-½ (30) Narayanan,S (2477)-Mishra,N (2328) Noida 2016}) 10... Qc7 11. O-O Be7 12. Kh1 O-O 13. Bf3 exf4 14. Bxf4 Nd7 15. Bg4 Ne5 16. Bxc8 Rfxc8 17. Bxe5 dxe5 18. Qf3 Bc5 19. Rad1 Rd8 20. Na4 Ba7 21. b3 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Rd3 Qe7 24. g3 g6 {[%cal Bg7g6,Bg6g5][%mdl 32]} 25. Kg2 h5 26. c3 Rxd3 27. Qxd3 Qf6 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Qf2+.} 28. Qd2 g5 29. Nb2 g4 {[%csl Gg4][%cal Rf6f3]} 30. Qe2 Qg5 31. Nd3 a5 32. h3 Kg7 33. hxg4 (33. a4 {with more complications.} gxh3+ 34. Kxh3 Qf6 35. b4 Bb6 36. Ne1) 33... hxg4 34. Nf2 Bxf2 $1 35. Kxf2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} f5 36. Qe3 Qf6 37. Ke2 f4 {[%cal Bf5f4,Bf4g3,Bg3g2][%mdl 32]} 38. Qa7+ $2 (38. Qd3 $11) 38... Kh6 39. Qd7 $2 (39. Qf2 $17) 39... fxg3 $19 40. Qxg4 Qf2+ 41. Kd3 g2 42. Qe6+ Kg5 43. Qxe5+ Kh4 44. Qe7+ Kh3 45. Qe6+ Kh2 46. Qh6+ {[#]} Kg1 $1 47. Qh5 Qf1+ (47... Qf4 $142 48. Qxa5 Kf1 49. Qa7 Qf3+ 50. Qe3 Qxe3+ 51. Kxe3 g1=Q+ 52. Kd3 Qg3+ 53. Kc4 Ke2 54. Kd4 Qd6+ 55. Kc4 Kd2 56. b4 Qe5 57. Kb3 Qxc3+ 58. Ka4 Qc4 59. Ka3 Kc3 60. e5 Qxb4#) 48. Ke3 Qf2+ (48... Qc1+ $19 49. Ke2 Qc2+ 50. Ke3 Qf2+ 51. Kd3 Qf4) 49. Kd3 Qf4 50. Kd4 {Accuracy: White = 52%, Black = 68%.} 0-1

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Morozov, Nichita"]
[Black "Vavric, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2351"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:03:30]} 4. e4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 5. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:57]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:23]} 6. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} e5 {[%emt 0:04:16]} 7. d5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Na6 {[%emt 0:01:18]} 8. Bf3 {[%emt 0:03:26]} c6 {[%emt 0:04:24]} 9. h3 {[%emt 0:01:13]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:06:01]} 10. a3 {[%emt 0:12:47]} Nc7 {[%emt 0:13:56]} 11. Nge2 {[%emt 0:03:56]} b5 {[%emt 0:03:18]} 12. dxc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 13. cxb5 Nxb5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 14. O-O {[%emt 0:02:01]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:09:23]} 15. Qc2 {[%emt 0:15:12]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:03:33]} 16. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:01:02]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:04:38]} 17. Rac1 {[%emt 0:03:11]} Qb7 {[%emt 0:02:35]} 18. Qb1 {[%emt 0:08:07]} Nc7 {[%emt 0:02:10]} 19. b4 {[%emt 0:03:14]} a6 {[%emt 0:13:12]} 20. Rd2 {[%emt 0:05:35]} h6 {[%emt 0:01:12]} 21. Rcd1 {[%emt 0:01:11]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 22. Bc5 {[%emt 0:06:30]} Nce8 {[%emt 0:03:29]} 23. Be3 {[%emt 0:03:07]} Nc7 {[%emt 0:04:06]} 24. Bc5 {[%emt 0:02:30]} Nce8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 25. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nc7 {[%emt 0:08:23]} 26. Bc5 Nce8 27. Be3 Kg7 28. a4 Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cioara, Andrei-Nestor"]
[Black "Berkes, Ferenc"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D71"]
[WhiteElo "2427"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,50,0,0,18,8,8,0,9,13,-4,-24,-40,-41,0,-42,-47,-40,0,-179,-150,-233,-314,-1695,-1688,-1587,-1517]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O c6 7. Nc3 Na6 8. e4 e5 9. h3 Qb6 10. d5 Nc5 11. Re1 cxd5 12. cxd5 Bd7 13. Rb1 a5 14. Bf1 {LiveBook: 7 Games} Qd8 {E69: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...Nbd7 7 0-0 e5 8 e4 c6 9 h3} 15. a4 {[#]} Ne8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Qc8 16. Kh2 Ne8 17. Be3 f5 18. exf5 gxf5 {½-½ (41) Aseev,K (2525)-Voitsekhovsky,S (2545) St Petersburg 1998}) 16. Be3 Rc8 {The position is equal.} 17. Nd2 f5 18. Nc4 f4 $1 {[%cal Rf4e3]} 19. Bd2 h5 20. Nb5 (20. b3 {seems wilder.} Bh6 21. Qf3 fxg3 22. Qxg3 Bxd2 23. Nxd2 g5 24. Be2) 20... fxg3 21. fxg3 {[#]} Rxf1+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 22. Rxf1 $2 (22. Kxf1 $11 Nd3 23. Qe2 Nxe1 24. Bxe1) 22... Nxe4 $19 23. Rc1 (23. b3 $17 Bxh3 24. Rf3) 23... Bxh3 {And now ...Rxc4 would win.} 24. Nxa5 $2 (24. Rf2) 24... Qb6+ 25. Kh2 Bxf1 {Accuracy: White = 24%, Black = 66%.} 0-1

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Baltag, Iulian"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2414"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,58,9,9,9,10,14,19,11,11,0,0,-13,-7,-14,-15,-62,-66,-74,0,-114,-121,-114,-122,-160,-156,-149,-153,-373,-376,-366,-365,-370,-367,-803,-784,-851,-754,-1209,-1150,-29985,-1661]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Bd3 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 (5... Nf6 6. O-O c4 7. Re1+ Be7 8. Be2 O-O 9. b3 cxb3 10. axb3 Nc6 11. c3 Re8 12. Nbd2 Bd6 13. Bd3 Bg4 14. Rxe8+ Qxe8 {0-1 (52) Fontaine,R (2563)-Carlsen,M (2834) chess.com INT 2018}) 6. O-O {C01: French: Exchange Variation} Nf6 7. Re1+ Be7 {[%cal Bf8e7,Be7c5,Bc5b6][%mdl 32]} 8. dxc5 O-O 9. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2b3,Bb3d4][%mdl 32]} Bxc5 10. Nb3 Bb6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 11. h3 Ne4 12. Be3 Bf5 13. c3 Bg6 14. Nbd4 Re8 15. Bf1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Qc2 Rc8 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Nd2 Nxd2 {½-½ (17) Colovic,A (2432)-Marin,M (2544) Porto Mannu 2018}) 15... Rc8 16. Qa4 Bh5 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Nd4 Qd6 (18... c5 $17 19. Nf3 c4) 19. g4 (19. Ba6 $1 $11) 19... Bg6 $17 20. Bg2 h5 21. Rad1 hxg4 22. hxg4 {[#]} Qd7 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White must now prevent ...Nc5. Black is on the roll.} 23. Bf3 $2 (23. Nf5 $17 Bxf5 24. gxf5 Qxf5 25. Qc2) 23... Nc5 $19 24. Qa3 Nd3 25. Rxd3 Bxd3 26. Rd1 $2 (26. Qa4) 26... Be4 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Bxf3.} 27. Be2 Qd8 {aiming for ...Qh4.} 28. Bf4 Qh4 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Rh4h1]} 29. Bh2 Qh3 {Precision: White = 19%, Black = 87%.} (29... Bc7 $142 30. Nf3 Qxg4+ 31. Kf1 Qh3+ 32. Ke1 Bxf3 33. Qa6 Bxh2 34. Rd4 Rxe2+ 35. Qxe2 Bxe2 36. Kd2 Qf1 37. Kc2 Qxf2 38. Kb1 Rb8 39. b4 Bc4 40. Kc1 Bxa2 41. Rd2 Qe1+ 42. Kb2 Qb1+ 43. Ka3 Qb3#) 0-1

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Macovei, Andrei"]
[Black "Parligras, Mircea-Emilian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2369"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,46,22,16,31,44,19,32,32,31,37,28,0,0,0,0,0,12,0,11,12,41,16,64,-16,6,6,32,19,119,69,74]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. O-O Nf6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Na4 {B46: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 a6} O-O 11. c4 dxe4 12. Bxe4 Nxe4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Bb7 13. Bf3 Qc7 14. Be3 Nd7 15. Rad1 c5 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. Rd2 Qc6 {1-0 (53) Dominguez Perez,L (2677)-Quesada Perez,Y (2515) Santa Clara 2007}) 13. Qxe4 f5 14. Qe2 f4 15. f3 e5 16. Rd1 Qc7 17. b3 Bf5 18. Bb2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Qa7+ (18... Bf6 {feels hotter.} 19. Kh1 e4 20. Bxf6 Rxf6 21. fxe4 Qe5) 19. Kh1 Rae8 20. Nc3 ({White should play} 20. Qxe5 $14 Bf6 21. Qd6 (21. Qxf4 Bxb2 22. Nxb2 Bc2 $15)) 20... Bc5 21. Ne4 Rf7 22. a3 Rd7 (22... Bf8 $11 {remains equal.}) 23. b4 Bf8 {Accuracy: White = 60%, Black = 48%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Stoleriu, George"]
[Black "Anton, Teodor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2362"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,139,0,6,13,18,0,12,0,-10,-13,0,-1,-1,-31,163,-37,-11,-8,-9,-13,0,-1,-17,-17,-4,-8,-7,-64,-62,-61,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-39,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,0,0,0,-17,-16,-32,-18,-33,-33,-48,-14,-14,-8,-22,0,-14,-14,-8,-10,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-18,-8,-18,-14,-18,-14,-18,-14,-25,-8,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,0,-33,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4 Be6 9. Qe2 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} (9. Bb3 h6 10. O-O O-O 11. Nh4 Nc6 12. Nf5 Bxf5 13. exf5 Nd4 14. Nd5 Nxb3 15. cxb3 Rc8 16. Be3 Rc6 {1-0 (49) Carlsen,M (2857)-Grischuk,A (2754) chess.com INT 2016}) 9... Qc8 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 10. Ba2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Nd5 Nbd7 11. O-O Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 O-O 14. a5 b5 15. axb6 Nxb6 16. Rd1 a5 {½-½ (24) Fedorchuk,S (2618)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2595) Paris 2007}) 10... Nc6 11. Bg5 Nb4 12. Bb3 Bxb3 13. cxb3 Qe6 14. O-O Qxb3 15. Nh4 Ng8 $2 {[#]} (15... g6 $15 {stays ahead.}) 16. Qg4 $2 ({Only move:} 16. Nf5 $1 $18 {Threatens to win with Ra3.} f6 17. Ra3 (17. Nxg7+ Kf8 $17)) 16... Qe6 ({But not} 16... Qxb2 $6 17. Nf5 $16) 17. Nf5 Qg6 18. f4 exf4 19. Nxe7 Nxe7 20. Qxf4 {Strongly threatening Bxe7.} Nec6 21. Rad1 $132 {[%mdl 2048] White puts up resistance} Ne5 22. Nd5 ({White should try} 22. Qf5 $11) 22... Nxd5 $15 23. Rxd5 O-O (23... f6 $15 24. Bh4 O-O) 24. Be7 $11 Rfe8 25. Bxd6 Nc6 26. Rg5 Qe6 27. e5 Rad8 28. h4 Rd7 (28... h6 $5 {[%cal Rh6g5]} 29. Rf5 Rd7 $11) 29. h5 Kh8 (29... h6 $5 {[%cal Rh6g5]} 30. Rf5 b5 $11) 30. Rf5 {[%cal Rf5f7]} Kg8 31. h6 Qxh6 32. Rxf7 Qxf4 33. R7xf4 {Rf8+ would kill now.} g6 34. Rf8+ Rxf8 35. Rxf8+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Kg7 36. Rf6 Rf7 37. Re6 Rf4 38. Re8 Rxa4 39. Rc8 Re4 40. Rc7+ Kg8 41. Rc8+ Kg7 42. Rc7+ Kh6 43. Rxb7 Nxe5 44. Bxe5 Rxe5 {KR-KR} 45. Rb6 Ra5 46. b4 Ra1+ 47. Kh2 Kg5 48. b5 a5 49. Ra6 a4 50. b6 {Ra5+ is the strong threat.} Rb1 51. Rxa4 Rxb6 52. Ra5+ Kf6 53. Rc5 Re6 54. Ra5 Re5 55. Ra4 Kg5 56. Kg3 h5 57. Kf3 h4 58. Kf2 Rf5+ 59. Kg1 Rf4 60. Ra3 Kg4 61. Kh2 Rb4 62. Rc3 g5 63. Ra3 Re4 64. Rf3 Re2 65. Ra3 Kf4 66. Ra4+ Re4 67. Rxe4+ {The position is equal.} Kxe4 68. g3 {[#]} h3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 69. Kxh3 {White wants to mate with Kg4.} Kf3 70. g4 {Accuracy: White = 49%, Black = 46%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Toma, Radu-Cristian"]
[Black "Baratosi, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2354"]
[BlackElo "2373"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:02:02]} 2. g3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 3. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 4. d4 {[%emt 0:00:27]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 6. c4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:18]} 7. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} e6 {[%emt 0:04:15]} 8. b4 {[%emt 0:04:54]} e5 {[%emt 0:07:14]} 9. dxe5 {[%emt 0:11:09]} dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 10. e4 {[%emt 0:01:03]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:06:20]} 11. Qb3 {[%emt 0:16:09]} fxe4 {[%emt 0:05:40]} 12. c5+ {[%emt 0:05:39]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:01:59]} 13. Ng5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 14. Qc4 {[%emt 0:01:03]} b5 {[%emt 0:12:26]} 15. cxb6 {[%emt 0:00:43]} axb6 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 16. Rd1 {[%emt 0:17:38]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:08:10]} 17. Be3 {[%emt 0:08:41]} Bxd1 {[%emt 0:06:51]} 18. Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ra3 {[%emt 0:04:38]} 19. Bxd4 {[%emt 0:04:46]} exd4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 20. Rxd4 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:03:25]} 21. Nb5 {[%emt 0:02:57]} Rd3 {[%emt 0:07:02]} 22. Ne6 {[%emt 0:01:08]} c5 {[%emt 0:15:18]} 23. bxc5 {[%emt 0:01:19]} bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 24. Nxc5 {[%emt 0:05:52]} Rxd4 {[%emt 0:03:09]} 25. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} e3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 26. Nce6 {[%emt 0:03:09]} exf2+ {[%emt 0:00:28]} 27. Kxf2 {[%emt 0:01:56]} Ng4+ {[%emt 0:02:39]} 28. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qa3 {[%emt 0:03:29]} 29. Nb3 {[%emt 0:01:54]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:03:39]} 30. Qc7 {[%emt 0:01:10]} Rg8 {[%emt 0:01:38]} 31. Nxg7 {[%emt 0:02:31]} Qb2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 32. Ne6 {[%emt 0:03:49]} Nd3 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 33. Qf7 {[%emt 0:01:22]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 34. Bf1 {[%emt 0:02:43]} Ne1 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 35. Nbd4 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 1-0

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ogleznev, Alexandr"]
[Black "Ionescu, Constantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2333"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,58,0,30,0,0,0,2,-12,-23,-18,0,-4,0,-12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,24,24,24]} 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 c6 5. Be2 Bg4 6. O-O Bxf3 7. Bxf3 dxe5 8. dxe5 e6 9. Qe2 Nd7 10. c4 Ne7 11. Bg4 Qc7 {B05: Alekhine's Defence: 4 Nf3 Bg4} (11... h5 12. Bh3 Qc7 13. f4 Nf5 14. Nc3 O-O-O 15. Bxf5 exf5 16. Be3 Bc5 17. Na4 Bxe3+ 18. Qxe3 Nb6 19. Nxb6+ Qxb6 20. Qxb6 axb6 {0-1 (59) Arakhamia Grant,K (2435)-Baburin,A (2545) Triesen 2007}) 12. f4 O-O-O 13. Nc3 Nf5 {LiveBook: 3 Games. The position is equal.} (13... h5 $5 14. Bh3 (14. Bxh5 Nf5 $11) 14... Nf5 $11) 14. Bxf5 (14. Rb1 {seems wilder.} Bc5+ 15. Kh1 Nd4 16. Qd2 f5 17. Bd1) 14... exf5 15. Be3 Bc5 16. Rad1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Na4 Bxe3+ 17. Qxe3 Qa5 18. b3 Nf8 19. Rfd1 Ne6 20. g3 g6 {½-½ (20) Havlikova,K (2229)-Melamed,T (2336) Germany 2014}) 16... Qb6 17. Bf2 Bxf2+ 18. Qxf2 Nc5 19. b3 Kc7 20. g3 Ne6 21. Kg2 Qxf2+ 22. Kxf2 a6 23. Ke3 b5 24. cxb5 axb5 25. b4 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 h5 27. a4 bxa4 28. Ra1 Ra8 29. Rxa4 Rxa4 {Accuracy: White = 84%, Black = 62%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Itkis, Boris"]
[Black "Patrascu, Catalin-Lucian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2268"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:01:31]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:02:14]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:02:03]} b6 {[%emt 0:01:37]} 4. g3 {[%emt 0:01:49]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 5. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bxc4 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 6. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:28]} c6 {[%emt 0:12:15]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:08:19]} Be7 {[%emt 0:02:59]} 8. Ne5 {[%emt 0:04:30]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 9. Qa4 {[%emt 0:01:22]} O-O {[%emt 0:04:11]} 10. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:08:47]} 11. e4 {[%emt 0:00:37]} d5 {[%emt 0:08:46]} 12. Bf4 {[%emt 0:05:55]} Nfd7 {[%emt 0:03:46]} 13. Nd3 {[%emt 0:04:34]} a5 {[%emt 0:05:13]} 14. Rac1 {[%emt 0:01:10]} Na6 {[%emt 0:03:11]} 15. a3 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:05:03]} 16. Qb3 {[%emt 0:04:25]} Nxd3 {[%emt 0:03:08]} 17. Rxd3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:04:41]} 18. Rdd1 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:01:31]} 19. exd5 {[%emt 0:06:17]} cxd5 {[%emt 0:05:15]} 20. Nb5 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:14:15]} 21. Bc7 {[%emt 0:19:40]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:02:24]} 22. Bf1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bd8 {[%emt 0:06:34]} 23. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Be7 {[%emt 0:01:28]} 24. Bc7 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Bd8 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 25. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Be7 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vrencian, Lehel"]
[Black "Svetushkin, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2321"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,101,0,8,0,18,18,24,22,14,12,18,20,34,25,26,33,31,10,19,0,36,0,37,35,32,33,34,39,60,30,30,30,35,28,29,31,29,30,27,0,22,0,22,0,0,0,32,32,31,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-10,-3,-143,-58,-69,-79,-160,-177,-165,-158,-316,-321,-316,-307,-328,-306,-285,-237,-318,-320,-408,-408,-408,-408,-408,-408,-408,-408,-400,-302,-289,-262,-267]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nd2 cxd4 {LiveBook: 168 Games} (5... Bf5 6. Ngf3 e6 7. Nh4 Be4 8. Nhf3 Bf5 9. Nh4 Be4 10. Qb3 Qc8 11. Nhf3 Bf5 12. Be2 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. h3 h6 15. Rfe1 c4 16. Qd1 b5 {1-0 (66) Grachev,B (2626)-Najer,E (2663) Moscow 2018}) 6. cxd4 {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines} a6 7. Bd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. Ngf3 e6 8. a3 Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. Qh5 g6 {0-1 (30) Wulf,C (1282)-Winterholler,C (1702) Oberhof 2010}) 7... Bg4 8. Ngf3 {White has an edge.} e6 9. O-O Be7 10. h3 Bh5 11. Rc1 O-O 12. Qb3 Na5 13. Qc3 {[#] Black must now prevent Bc7.} Nc6 14. Qb3 Na5 15. Qc3 {Hoping for Bc7.} Ne8 16. Ne5 f6 17. Nd7 Qxd7 18. Qxa5 Bg6 19. Bxg6 hxg6 20. Nb3 g5 21. Bh2 Bd6 22. Bxd6 Nxd6 23. Nc5 Qe7 24. b3 Rac8 25. Nd3 Qd7 26. Qb4 Ne4 27. Rfd1 Kf7 28. f3 Nd6 29. Rc5 Rxc5 30. Nxc5 Qe7 31. Rc1 Rc8 32. Qd2 Nf5 33. Nd3 Rc7 34. Rxc7 Qxc7 35. Nc5 e5 36. a4 (36. Qd3 $11 g6 37. Qd2) 36... a5 ({Better is} 36... exd4 $17 37. exd4 a5) 37. Qd3 $15 g6 38. Qd2 (38. Qb5 $142) 38... exd4 $17 39. exd4 b6 40. Na6 $2 {[#]} (40. Nd3 $17) 40... Qc8 $19 41. Qd3 Qc1+ 42. Kh2 Qf4+ 43. Kg1 {and the idea Qc3 leaves White hopeful.} Nxd4 44. b4 Qc1+ 45. Kh2 Qc4 46. Qd2 Ne6 {Strongly threatening ...d4.} 47. bxa5 Qxa6 48. axb6 Qxb6 49. Qxd5 Ke7 50. Qa8 Qd8 51. Qa7+ {Accuracy: White = 46%, Black = 69%.} 0-1

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ileana, George"]
[Black "Andronescu, Madalin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2318"]
[BlackElo "2070"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 6. Be3 {[%emt 0:01:46]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 7. f3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:05]} 8. Qd2 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 9. O-O-O {[%emt 0:06:38]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 10. exd5 {[%emt 0:06:50]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 11. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 12. Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Bxd4 {[%emt 0:03:37]} 13. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 14. Na4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 15. b3 {[%emt 0:05:24]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:06:50]} 16. Bc4 {[%emt 0:07:51]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 17. Nb2 {[%emt 0:01:15]} c5 {[%emt 0:03:38]} 18. Qc3 {[%emt 0:01:35]} Qf4+ {[%emt 0:01:00]} 19. Qd2 {[%emt 0:01:39]} Qxd2+ {[%emt 0:00:27]} 20. Kxd2 {[%emt 0:00:54]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:08:15]} 21. Rhe1 {[%emt 0:01:41]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 22. Re5 {[%emt 0:01:11]} Rfd8+ {[%emt 0:08:39]} 23. Kc3 {[%emt 0:01:49]} Rxd1 24. Nxd1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 25. Nb2 {[%emt 0:01:09]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:02:19]} 26. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:01:45]} 27. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 28. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 29. Rxd8 {[%emt 0:00:54]} Kxd8 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 30. Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:02:06]} 31. Nd6 {[%emt 0:01:19]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:02:23]} 32. Bxd7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kxd7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 33. Nxf7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 34. Ng5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:04:04]} 35. Ne4+ {[%emt 0:02:37]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:03:54]} 36. Nxc5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 37. Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:01:44]} 38. c4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 39. Nd3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 40. Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. c5 {[%emt 0:00:11] Ke4+ Kxe4} 1-0

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ognean, Mihnea-Ionut"]
[Black "Aczel, Gergely"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2291"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 31,147,40,45,41,41,41,41,33,41,41,41,41,41,41,41,28,41,39,39,31,93,85,85,85,85,85,85,91,105,104,147,147,147,147,147,149,145,145,144,141,148,144,147,147,154,144,176,174,198,190,204,181,217,219,243,260,304,278,434,410,429,438,494,362,497,364,360,353,373,349,340,326,322,313,304,281,292,148,135,0,187,128,311,0,0,0,0,0,40,33,613,558,29973,29974,29973,29950,29950,29962,29956,29962,29963,29965,29965,29966,29966,29967,29967,29967,29966,29968,29969,29970,29975,29976,29987,29988,29988,29988]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. a3 d6 8. f3 Nbd7 9. Be3 Be7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Rc1 b6 13. b4 Bb7 14. Qd2 Rac8 15. Rfd1 {A31: Symmetrical English: 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 d4} Qb8 16. Kh1 Bf8 {LiveBook: 5 Games} (16... Bd8 17. Nb3 Bc7 18. Bf4 d5 19. Bxc7 Rxc7 20. cxd5 exd5 21. exd5 Nxd5 22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Nd4 b5 24. Bf1 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 {½-½ (40) Yu,Y (2738)-Karthikeyan,M (2578) Moscow 2017}) 17. Bg1 {White is slightly better.} Ne5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Qa8 18. Bf1 Red8 19. Qe1 Ne5 20. Na4 Nfd7 21. f4 Ng6 {1-0 (39) Matviishen,V (2347)-Medvedyk,V (2029) Vinnitsa 2016}) 18. Na4 Nfd7 19. Rc2 h6 20. Bf1 Red8 21. Rdc1 Be7 22. Be3 Re8 23. Nb3 Bc6 24. Nb2 Qa8 25. a4 {[%cal Ba3a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Rb8 ({Black should try} 25... a5 $14) 26. b5 $16 Bb7 27. a5 $1 Nc5 28. Nxc5 bxc5 29. Na4 {[%cal Bb2a4,Ba4c3,Bc3d5][%mdl 32]} Nd7 30. Bf4 e5 31. Be3 Bc8 32. b6 Nf8 33. Nc3 Ne6 34. Nd5 Qb7 35. g3 Nd4 36. Bxd4 $1 exd4 37. Bd3 Bd7 38. Qg2 Bc6 39. Re2 Bf8 40. f4 Kh8 41. Rce1 Rbd8 42. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Qc8 43. Kh2 Bb7 44. Qf3 Qc6 (44... Bc6 $142 45. Rb1 Qb7) 45. e5 $18 Bc8 46. h5 dxe5 47. Rxe5 {And now Qe4 would win.} Rxe5 48. Rxe5 Qd7 49. Kg1 Bd6 50. b7 Bxb7 51. Qe4 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Re4h7]} g6 52. hxg6 fxg6 {[#]} 53. Re6 $1 {[%cal Re6g6]} ({Less strong is} 53. Qxg6 Qg7 $16) 53... Rg8 54. Qh1 $40 {[%mdl 128] White goes for the king.} ({Worse is} 54. Rxg6 Rxg6 55. Qxg6 Qg7 $11) (54. Kf2 $18) 54... Bf8 $16 {[#]} 55. Qe4 (55. Rb6 $1 $16) 55... Bc8 $2 (55... Bd6 $1 $11) 56. f5 ({Inferior is} 56. Rxg6 Rxg6 57. Qxg6 Qg7 $11) ({Better is} 56. Re8 $18) 56... Qa4 $2 (56... Qd8 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 57. Qe5+ $2 ({White has to play} 57. Rxg6 $18 {White wants to mate with Qe5+.} Qa1+ 58. Kf2 Qb2+ 59. Kf3) 57... Bg7 $14 58. f6 Bxe6 59. fxg7+ Rxg7 60. Qxe6 {[%mdl 64] Threatening mate with Nf6. Double Attack} Qd7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (60... Qd1+ $14 61. Kg2 Qxd3 62. Qe8+ Rg8 63. Qe5+ Rg7 64. Qe8+ Rg8 65. Qe5+ Rg7 66. Qe8+) 61. Qe5 {Hoping for Qb8+.} Qd8 {intending ...Qg5.} 62. Nf4 {White mates.} Qg5 63. Qxg7+ {[%mdl 64] Decoy} Kxg7 64. Ne6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kf6 65. Nxg5 Kxg5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KP} 66. Kf2 h5 67. Kf3 Kf6 68. Ke4 g5 69. Bf1 h4 70. gxh4 gxh4 71. Bh3 Kg6 72. Bc8 Kg5 73. Bxa6 h3 74. Bb7 {Accuracy: White = 76%, Black = 42%.} 1-0

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vasiesiu, Victor"]
[Black "Banzea, Alexandru-Bogdan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2313"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 6. f3 {[%emt 0:02:19]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 7. Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 8. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 9. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 10. Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 11. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:05] B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} 12. Bd3 {[%emt 0:01:42]} (12. Be2 Nd7 13. O-O Bg6 14. a4 a5 15. Bd3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 O-O 17. Nd2 f5 18. Qb5 Qc7 19. c3 {0-1 (45) Vidit,S (2718)-Andriasian,Z (2591) chess.com INT 2018}) 12... Bxd3 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 13. Qxd3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Bg5 {[%emt 0:02:47]} 14. O-O {[%emt 0:07:01]} Bxe3+ {[%emt 0:00:44]} 15. Qxe3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:05:12]} 16. c4 {[%emt 0:03:02]} O-O {[%emt 0:03:29]} 17. Rac1 $146 {[%emt 0:02:31]} ({Predecessor:} 17. Nd2 Rc8 18. Rac1 a5 19. Ne4 {0-1 (41) Matta,V (2199)-Ravichandran,S (2395) Kolkata 2013}) 17... Rc8 {[%emt 0:04:04]} 18. f4 {[%emt 0:12:37]} exf4 {[%emt 0:04:02]} 19. Rxf4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:10:45]} 20. Qe2 {[%emt 0:03:49]} Qg5 {[%emt 0:03:05]} 21. Rcf1 {[%emt 0:01:38]} g6 {[%emt 0:03:15]} 22. Nd2 {[%emt 0:06:15]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:14:31]} 23. Nf3 {[%emt 0:11:05]} Qb6+ {[%emt 0:07:13]} 24. Kh1 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Rce8 {[%emt 0:03:00]} 25. Ng5 {[%emt 0:11:00]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:02:56]} 26. h4 {[%emt 0:03:49]} Ng4 {[%emt 0:06:57]} 27. Re4 {[%emt 0:02:56]} Rxe4 {[%emt 0:12:30]} 28. Qxe4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 29. Qf4 {[%emt 0:06:08]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 30. b4 {[%emt 0:04:11]} Qe3 {[%emt 0:04:33]} 31. Ne4 {[%emt 0:03:59]} Qxf4 {[%emt 0:02:52]} 32. Rxf4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 33. Kg1 {[%emt 0:03:50]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:02:54]} 34. Nd2 {[%emt 0:04:26]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:02:51]} 35. Re4 {[%emt 0:02:26]} Re8 {[%emt 0:01:21]} 36. c5 {[%emt 0:02:18]} dxc5 {[%emt 0:01:33]} 37. bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Rxe4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 38. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 39. Nd6 {[%emt 0:05:30]} Ne3 {[%emt 0:01:25]} 40. Nxb7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Kf2 {[%emt 0:04:59]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:04:50]} 42. Na5 {[%emt 0:07:08]} Nc3 {[%emt 0:08:16]} 43. c6+ {[%emt 0:05:40]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:03:29]} 44. a3 {[%emt 0:01:54]} Nb5 {[%emt 0:08:09]} 45. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Nxa3 {[%emt 0:01:43]} 46. Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Nb5 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 47. Ke5 {[%emt 0:01:12]} Kb6 {[%emt 0:01:34]} 48. Nb7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kxc6 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 49. Nd8+ {[%emt 0:00:15]} Kc5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 50. Nxf7 {[%emt 0:00:13]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 51. Kf4 {[%emt 0:05:43]} a4 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 52. Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 53. Nc6+ $19 {[%emt 0:01:31]} Kc3 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 0-1

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Szabo, Attila"]
[Black "Vasiesiu, Dan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2263"]
[BlackElo "2394"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. g3 {[%emt 0:00:17]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:01:10]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 4. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} O-O {[%emt 0:01:55]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:01:47]} d6 {[%emt 0:02:35]} 6. c4 {[%emt 0:01:14]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 7. Nc3 {[%emt 0:03:37]} a6 {[%emt 0:02:09]} 8. e4 {[%emt 0:04:12]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 9. Be3 {[%emt 0:03:27]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:08:02]} 10. h3 {[%emt 0:07:48]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 11. Bxf3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 12. d5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 13. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} c5 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 14. dxc6 {[%emt 0:01:02]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 15. b4 {[%emt 0:01:29]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:20:48]} 16. Qd3 {[%emt 0:08:11]} Rfb8 {[%emt 0:03:30]} 17. Rab1 {[%emt 0:03:55]} Qe6 {[%emt 0:04:28]} 18. Rfc1 {[%emt 0:05:38]} h5 {[%emt 0:02:34]} 19. a3 {[%emt 0:07:53]} h4 {[%emt 0:05:27]} 20. g4 {[%emt 0:15:06]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:16:40]} 21. Ne2 {[%emt 0:04:09]} Nf8 {[%emt 0:07:11]} 22. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:03:53]} exd4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 23. g5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 24. Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 25. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Qxg5 {[%emt 0:01:15]} 26. Qxd6 {[%emt 0:05:01]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 27. Qd1 {[%emt 0:02:03]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:01:58]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Daianu, Cristian-Clement"]
[Black "Nevednichy, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2160"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,64,12,11,-32,-34,-32,-32,-59,-55,-64,-52,-78,-94,-84,-94,-96,-80,-105,-102,-95,-76,-84,-79,-153,-157,-184,-186,-218,-218,-228,-229,-218,-223,-246,-236,-254,-246,-252,-248,-291,-237,-253,-261,-277,-275,-273,-264,-320,-312,-312,-327,-333,-327]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Be3 d5 5. f3 Qb6 6. Qd2 Qxb2 7. Rb1 Qa3 {LiveBook: 81 Games} 8. e5 {B15: Caro-Kann: 3 Nc3: 3...g6 and 3...dxe4 4 Nxe4 Nf6 5 Nxf6+ exf6} (8. exd5 Nf6 9. dxc6 bxc6 10. Bd3 O-O 11. Nge2 Nbd7 12. O-O Ba6 13. Rb3 Qa5 14. Ne4 Qxd2 15. Bxd2 Bxd3 16. cxd3 {½-½ (27) Najer,E (2706)-Rozum,I (2573) Sochi 2017}) 8... Qa5 9. Bd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Nge2 Nd7 10. h4 Nb6 11. Nf4 h5 12. e6 Bxe6 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Bd3 O-O-O 15. Bxg6 e5 {0-1 (39) Gruzmann,B (2308)-Csom,I (2415) Saint Vincent 2001}) 9... Na6 {[%cal Bb8a6,Ba6b4,Bb4d3][%mdl 32]} 10. Nge2 {Black is slightly better.} Nb4 $1 11. Nf4 Nxd3+ 12. Qxd3 e6 13. Bd2 {[#] aiming for Nb5.} Qc7 14. Nce2 b6 15. O-O Ne7 16. Qa3 c5 17. Nd3 {[%cal Rd4c5]} O-O 18. c3 ({Better is} 18. dxc5 Bb7 19. f4) 18... Nc6 $17 19. Rfc1 Na5 20. Nb2 Ba6 21. Ng3 Rfc8 22. Qa4 Qe7 23. Nf1 Bxf1 24. Rxf1 cxd4 25. cxd4 Nc4 26. Bf4 Qa3 27. Qxa3 Nxa3 {Black has a decisive advantage.} 28. Rbc1 Bf8 29. Kf2 Nb5 30. Ke3 Ba3 31. Rxc8+ Rxc8 32. Nd3 Rc4 {Accuracy: White = 45%, Black = 95%.} 0-1

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Popescu, Daniel-Vasilica"]
[Black "Pavlov, Mircea-Sergiu-Aurel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "2131"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:22]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 4. Bb5 {[%emt 0:01:50]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:02:22]} 5. d3 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:03:06]} 6. Bc4 {[%emt 0:03:28]} d6 {[%emt 0:07:56]} 7. Be3 {[%emt 0:05:44]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 8. Rb1 {[%emt 0:11:44]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:02:29]} 9. Ne2 {[%emt 0:04:10]} Nec6 {[%emt 0:04:21]} 10. Nf4 {[%emt 0:09:47]} O-O {[%emt 0:05:59]} 11. h4 {[%emt 0:04:30]} b5 {[%emt 0:16:52]} 12. Bb3 {[%emt 0:05:37]} e5 {[%emt 0:03:02]} 13. Nd5 {[%emt 0:06:53]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:02:53]} 14. c3 {[%emt 0:05:17]} Nxb3 {[%emt 0:03:30]} 15. Qxb3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 16. Bg5 {[%emt 0:08:40]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:02:17]} 17. Nh2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 18. h5 {[%emt 0:01:40]} f6 {[%emt 0:11:14]} 19. Be3 {[%emt 0:02:26]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:06:16]} 20. hxg6 hxg6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 21. Nxe7+ {[%emt 0:09:35]} Qxe7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 22. Qd1 {[%emt 0:04:59]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:12:46]} 23. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:01:47]} 24. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Rh8 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 25. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:03:01]} 26. Rbg1 {[%emt 0:01:55]} Rh5 {[%emt 0:02:55]} 27. Rxh5 {[%emt 0:01:39]} Bxh5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 28. Kf1 {[%emt 0:04:52]} b4 {[%emt 0:02:05]} 29. Ne1 {[%emt 0:01:20]} bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 30. Qxc3 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 31. Rh1 {[%emt 0:01:36]} Qa4 {[%emt 0:01:35]} 32. a3 {[%emt 0:01:57]} Qb3 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 33. Qxb3+ {[%emt 0:01:22]} Rxb3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 34. Bc1 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 35. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:56]} d5 36. f3 {[%emt 0:00:41]} d4 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 37. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:16]} c4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 38. Kc2 {[%emt 0:00:34]} c3 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 39. g3 {[%emt 0:00:39]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 40. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rxc3+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Kd2 {[%emt 0:03:52]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 42. Bb2 {[%emt 0:01:25]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:02:31]} 43. f4 {[%emt 0:00:49]} Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 44. Ke2 {[%emt 0:03:52]} a4 {[%emt 0:10:58]} 45. Rh2 {[%emt 0:01:05]} Rc5 {[%emt 0:01:22]} 46. Rh4 {[%emt 0:06:13]} fxe4 {[%emt 0:04:35]} 47. fxe5 {[%emt 0:06:33]} exd3+ {[%emt 0:01:48]} 48. Kxd3 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Bxe5 {[%emt 0:01:45]} 49. Bxd4 {[%emt 0:01:38]} Rd5 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 50. Nf3 {[%emt 0:01:18]} Bxg3 {[%emt 0:01:38]} 51. Rg4 {[%emt 0:01:03]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 52. Ng5+ {[%emt 0:00:22]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 53. Ne4 {[%emt 0:03:05]} Bxa3 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 54. Rxg6 {[%emt 0:01:07]} Bb2 {[%emt 0:01:25]} 55. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rh5 {[%emt 0:01:47]} 56. Rg7+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 57. Rg6+ {[%emt 0:00:59]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 58. Rg7+ {[%emt 0:00:14]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 59. Ne2 {[%emt 0:01:41]} Rh3+ {[%emt 0:01:06]} 60. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Bxg7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 61. Nf4+ {[%emt 0:00:20]} Ke5 {Kd4+} 0-1

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dobre, Mihai"]
[Black "Scripcaru, George-Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2104"]
[BlackElo "2176"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qxd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 5. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 6. h3 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 7. Qxf3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 8. Qd3 {[%emt 0:01:44]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 9. g3 {[%emt 0:00:56]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 10. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:01:16]} 11. O-O {[%emt 0:00:24]} O-O {[%emt 0:01:54]} 12. Rd1 {[%emt 0:02:56]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 13. a3 {[%emt 0:11:41]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 14. Bd2 {[%emt 0:04:40]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:01:25]} 15. Ne2 {[%emt 0:05:57]} e5 {[%emt 0:01:27]} 16. c4 {[%emt 0:03:26]} exd4 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 17. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:06:18]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:03:15]} 18. Qf5 {[%emt 0:01:27]} Rfe8 {[%emt 0:13:14]} 19. Bb4 {[%emt 0:22:30]} Nce4 {[%emt 0:09:30]} 20. Qa5 {[%emt 0:11:41]} b6 {[%emt 0:03:43]} 21. Bxd6 {[%emt 0:02:43]} Rxd6 {[%emt 0:04:39]} 22. Qa4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:07:16]} 23. Nf3 {[%emt 0:01:07]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:01:47]} 24. Re1 {[%emt 0:03:55]} Qf5 {[%emt 0:04:43]} 25. Re2 {[%emt 0:03:07]} b5 {[%emt 0:21:51]} 26. Qc2 {[%emt 0:04:48]} Qc5 {[%emt 0:03:28]} 27. Rxe4 {[%emt 0:01:02]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 28. Qxe4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qxc4 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 29. Qxc4 {[%emt 0:00:55]} bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 30. Ne5 {[%emt 0:01:19]} Rd1+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} 31. Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rxd1+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} 32. Bf1 {[%emt 0:00:20]} c3 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 33. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:21]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 34. Nd3 {[%emt 0:05:54]} Ra1 {[%emt 0:01:39]} 35. Nxc5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rxa3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 36. c4 {[%emt 0:00:26]} a5 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 37. Nd7 {[%emt 0:02:26]} a4 {[%emt 0:01:19]} 38. Nb6 {[%emt 0:03:47]} Ra1 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 39. Nxa4 {[%emt 0:01:29]} Rxa4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 40. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Rc3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 42. f3 {[%emt 0:01:10]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 43. h4 {[%emt 0:01:10]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 44. Kf2 {[%emt 0:02:07]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 45. Ke1 Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 46. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 47. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 48. Be4 {[%emt 0:02:22]} Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 49. Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Ra2+ {[%emt 0:00:52]} 50. Ke1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 51. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 52. f4 {[%emt 0:01:49]} Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 53. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Ra2 {[%emt 0:01:50]} 54. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Ra7 {[%emt 0:02:14]} 55. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Rg7 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 56. Be6 {[%emt 0:01:00]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 57. Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 58. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Ra7 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 59. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Ra2+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} 60. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rc2 {[%emt 0:01:15]} 61. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Ra2 {[%emt 0:01:44]} 62. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Ra7 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 63. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 64. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 65. Kf2 {[%emt 0:01:06]} Re7 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 66. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:56]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 67. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rxc4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 68. Bxc4+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} Kxc4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 69. Ke2 {[%emt 0:01:07]} Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 70. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 71. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:03] Ke5} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Berkes, Ferenc"]
[Black "Petrisor, Adrian-Marian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,45,0,0,12,5,56,50,50,47,46,42,71,33,80,79,141,145,174,185,192,182,253,232,400,416,353,349,372,273,654,646,904,327]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} cxd4 (7... Nc6 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. c4 dxc4 10. Qc1 Bd7 11. Qxc4 Be7 12. e4 Rc8 13. Qe2 Qa5 14. Rd1 Rfd8 15. Nbd2 b5 {1-0 (62) Nakamura,H (2777)-Dominguez Perez,L (2739) Saint Louis 2018}) 8. Nxd4 {LiveBook: 7 Games} Qb6 9. c4 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 9. Qd3 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. c4 Ba6 12. Nd2 Rfd8 13. Qc2 Rac8 14. Rac1 d4 {½-½ (25) Bilek,I (2395)-Portisch,L (2585) Hungary 1995}) 9... dxc4 (9... e5 $11) 10. Nd2 $14 cxb3 11. Nc4 (11. N4xb3 Nc6 $15) 11... Qd8 12. axb3 Nd5 13. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 1056] White has strong compensation.} Nb4 14. Qg4 g6 (14... Nd3 $142 15. Nxe6 g6) 15. Rfd1 $16 Qc7 16. Nb5 $36 {[%mdl 2112] [#] Double Attack. White is really pushing.} Qc5 17. Nbd6 N8c6 (17... e5 $142 18. Nxc8 Qxc8 19. Qxc8 (19. Nxe5 Qc2 $16) 19... Rxc8) 18. e5 $18 {And now Ne4 would win.} Bxd6 $2 (18... Nd5 19. Ba3 Ncb4) 19. Nxd6 ({Not} 19. exd6 Bd7 $16) 19... Qc2 {[#]} 20. Ba3 $1 {[%cal Ra3b4]} Nd5 21. Qg5 f6 $2 (21... Qc3 22. f4 f5 23. exf6 Qxf6 24. Qxf6 Nxf6) 22. exf6 Nxf6 23. Nxc8 $2 {Accuracy: White = 87%, Black = 31%.} (23. Rd2 Qxb3 24. Ne4) 1-0

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Black "Erdos, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,43,17,20,24,12,14,22,18,28,18,6,8,4,8,2,9,0,3,4,13,0,0,5,8,17,2,11,4,0,0,-7]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O O-O 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. d4 Nc6 8. Nc3 e5 {[%cal Re5d4] D74: Fianchetto Grünfeld: Main Line (5 Nf3 0-0 6 cxd5 Nxd5 7 0-0)} 9. Nxd5 {Nxe5 is the strong threat.} e4 10. Ne5 (10. Nd2 Qxd5 11. e3 f5 12. b3 Be6 13. Ba3 Rfd8 14. Rc1 Qd7 15. Qc2 Rac8 16. Rfd1 {0-1 (91) Duda,J (2737)-Grischuk,A (2766) chess.com INT 2018}) 10... Qxd5 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 11. Nxc6 Qxc6 12. Bf4 {The position is equal.} Bg4 13. h3 Be6 14. Rc1 Qd5 15. Rxc7 Rac8 16. Rxc8 Rxc8 17. b3 $146 Bxd4 18. e3 Bg7 19. Qxd5 Bxd5 20. Rd1 Bc6 21. h4 Bf6 22. Bh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Parligras, Mircea-Emilian"]
[Black "Miron, Lucian-Costin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,123,25,26,14,39,15,20,20,39,14,60,25,52,52,43,45,73,66,82,71,111,102,346,347,325,334,342,336,460,493,463,456,476,459,445,468,457,460,458,450,411,227,231,205,232,232,226,222,275,275,275,272,264,262,275,275,251,275,267,267,267,267,342,341,347,316,341,340,336,336,407,406,399,382,485,443,623,628,633,629,629,623,699,690,754,743,814,804,1074,1072,1091,1091,4635,11989,4571,4578,29992,29993,29993,29994]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 Bb4 8. Nxc4 O-O 9. Kf2 {D17: Slav Defence: 5 a4 Bf5: Lines with 6 Nh4 and 6 Ne5} c5 10. e4 Bg6 11. Na2 Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6b4,Bb4c2][%mdl 32]} 12. Nxb4 Nxb4 13. Qb3 Nxe4+ {LiveBook: 7 Games} 14. fxe4 Bxe4 {[#] And now ...Nc2 would win.} 15. Bd2 (15. Bf4 Qf6 16. Qe3 Rad8 17. Qxe4 Rxd4 {1-0 (49) Zhou,J (2630)-Shankland,S (2679) Atlantic City 2016}) 15... Nc2 16. Rc1 Nxd4 {[#]} 17. Qe3 $146 Bc6 18. a5 Qd5 19. Bc3 Qf5+ 20. Kg1 Rad8 21. h4 f6 22. Rh3 e5 23. b4 e4 $2 (23... Nb3 $16) 24. bxc5 $18 Qxc5 25. Rd1 Ne6 {[#]} 26. Nd6 $1 {[%mdl 512] aiming for Qxc5.} Qa3 (26... Rxd6 27. Qxc5) 27. Be1 Qa4 28. Qb3 Qxb3 29. Rxb3 Rfe8 ({Stronger than} 29... Ba4 30. Bc4 $18) 30. Bc4 Ba4 31. Nxe8 Rxd1 32. Bxe6+ Kf8 33. Re3 (33. Rxb7 $142 Bc6 34. Rxa7) 33... Bxe8 34. Bf5 b6 35. axb6 axb6 36. Bxe4 h5 37. Kh2 Rd4 38. Kg3 Bf7 39. Bc3 Rc4 40. Bf3 Kg8 41. Rd3 b5 42. Rd8+ Kh7 43. Bd2 Bg6 44. Rd5 b4 45. Rb5 Be8 46. Rb6 Rc5 47. Bxb4 Rc7 48. Rb8 Bf7 49. Rb5 g6 50. Ba3 Ra7 (50... Be8 $142) 51. Bb2 Ra6 52. Rb7 Kg8 53. Be4 Kf8 54. Kf4 Kg8 55. Rc7 Rd6 56. Bc6 Bd5 57. Be8 Rb6 58. Bc3 g5+ 59. hxg5 fxg5+ 60. Kxg5 Bxg2 61. Rc8 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Re8g6]} Kf8 62. Bf6 {Accuracy: White = 83%, Black = 44%.} 1-0

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svetushkin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Cioara, Andrei-Nestor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2427"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,50,37,34,73,59,77,62,137,120,131,147,144,127,124,114,68,75,95,66,268,269,230,234,247,253,367,370,321,324,539,516,537,523,810,798,733,714,29989,29990,29991]} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Ne5 c6 7. Bf4 e6 {B01: Scandinavian Defence} (7... Nbd7 8. Nc4 Qd8 9. Qe2 Be6 10. Ne5 g6 11. O-O-O Bg7 12. h4 Qa5 13. Kb1 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 O-O 15. Qe1 {0-1 (46) Shomoev,A (2561)-Laznicka,V (2666) Ho Chi Minh City 2016}) 8. g4 Bg6 9. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Ne4 (9... Nd5 $14) 10. Rh3 $146 {Threatens to win with Re3.} ({Predecessor:} 10. Rb1 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Qxc3+ 12. Qd2 Qxc2 13. Qxc2 Bxc2 14. Rxb7 Bd6 15. Nxf7 Bxf4 16. Nxh8 {1-0 (39) Rosa Ramirez,V (2411)-O'Hare,C (2438) ICCF email 2011}) 10... Nxc3 11. bxc3 Nd7 12. Nxd7 Kxd7 13. h5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} Be4 14. Qe2 f5 15. Re3 Bd6 $2 {[#]} ({Black should try} 15... Rd8 $1 $14) 16. Bxd6 $18 Kxd6 17. f3 Bd5 18. gxf5 exf5 (18... Rae8 $142 19. Kd1 e5 20. dxe5+ (20. c4 Bf7 $18) 20... Kc7) 19. Kd2 Qd8 20. Rb1 (20. Qh2+ Kd7 $16) 20... b6 $2 (20... Rb8 21. Re1 (21. Qh2+ Kd7 $16) 21... Qg5) 21. c4 ({Not} 21. Qh2+ Kd7 $16) 21... Bf7 22. Re1 {Re7 would kill now.} Qg5 23. Qh2+ f4 {[#]} 24. Re7 $1 {[%mdl 512] And now Bh3 would win.} Qa5+ (24... Qxe7 25. Qxf4+) 25. Kd1 Qg5 {Accuracy: White = 100%, Black = 29%.} 1-0

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lupulescu, Constantin"]
[Black "Visakh N R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,76,43,29,50,39,37,37,56,47,50,40,47,57,52,59,31,19,27,23,27,23,16,18,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd2 c5 7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Ne4 9. Rc1 Nxc3 10. Rxc3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 dxc4 {E51: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4...0-0 5 Nf3 d5} 12. Bxc4 {LiveBook: 6 Games} e5 (12... Bd7 13. O-O Nc6 14. Nf3 Qe7 15. Qc2 Rfd8 16. Bd3 h6 17. Rc1 Qf6 18. Bh7+ Kh8 19. Be4 {1-0 (47) Rakhmanov,A (2627)-Goganov,A (2576) Ankara 2018}) 13. Nb5 {[#] Hoping for Qxd8.} Qxd1+ {White is slightly better.} 14. Kxd1 {Nc7 is the strong threat.} Rd8+ 15. Kc1 Nc6 16. Bd5 Ne7 ({Wrong is} 16... Rxd5 $2 17. Nc7 $16) 17. Bf3 a6 18. Nc7 $146 {[%cal Rc7a8]} ({Predecessor:} 18. Rc7 Nd5 19. Bxd5 Rxd5 {½-½ (32) Serra Pages,J (2231)-Martinez Rodriguez,P (2286) Benidorm 2010}) 18... Rb8 19. Rd1 Rxd1+ 20. Kxd1 Bf5 21. g4 Rd8+ 22. Kc1 {The position is equal.} e4 23. gxf5 exf3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 24. e4 Rd4 25. Nd5 Nc6 26. Nb4 Rxe4 27. Nxc6 bxc6 28. Rxc6 {[#] Rc8+ would kill now. KR-KR} Kf8 (28... f6 {seems wilder.} 29. Rc2 Re5 30. Kd2 a5 31. b4 axb4 32. axb4 Kf8) 29. f6 gxf6 30. b4 Re1+ 31. Kb2 Ke7 32. Kb3 Re2 33. Rc2 Kd6 34. a4 Kd5 35. Rc5+ Ke4 36. Rc2 $1 Kd5 37. Rc5+ Ke4 38. Rc2 Kd5 {Accuracy: White = 89%, Black = 90%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shevchenko, Kirill"]
[Black "Tarlev, Konstantin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,92,4,0,30,-31,-31,-34,-31,-32,-31,-33,-40,-25,-27,-48,-32,-19,-21,-10,-17,-38,-47,-57,0,-17,-7,-15,4,-35,0,-7,0,0,37,14,80,75,67,33,39,39,46,36,49,41,54,30,43,19,39,10,33,20,33,25,62,26,47,23,29,0,0,-16,-16,-11,-9,-10,-14,-14,-14,-266,-246,-492,-477,-1025,-793,-29984,-29985,-29985,-29986,-29976,-985]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Qb3 a5 6. g3 Bb7 7. Bg2 {LiveBook: 38 Games} d5 {E21: Nimzo-Indian: 4 Nf3} (7... O-O 8. O-O h6 9. Rd1 Re8 10. Bf4 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 d6 12. b3 Nbd7 13. Bc1 a4 14. b4 b5 15. cxb5 Qb8 16. Bf1 {1-0 (51) Lupulescu,C (2625)-Zhigalko,S (2678) Tromsoe 2014}) 8. Ne5 $146 (8. O-O $11) ({Predecessor:} 8. O-O dxc4 9. Qxc4 O-O 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Rfe1 c5 12. dxc5 Rc8 13. Red1 Rxc5 14. Qh4 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Qc8 16. Rab1 Rc4 17. Rd4 Rxc3 18. Rbd1 Rc5 19. e4 h6 20. Be3 Rh5 {0-1 (20) Burnier,D (2311)-Gormally,D (2557) Saas Almagell 2005}) 8... dxc4 $1 $15 9. Qa4+ c6 $1 {Black is slightly better.} 10. O-O {[%cal Re5c6]} O-O 11. Rd1 b5 12. Qc2 Qc8 13. Ne4 Nbd7 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 15. Bf4 Rd8 16. Ng5 Nf8 17. Ne4 Be7 ({Black should try} 17... Ng6 $15) 18. b3 cxb3 19. axb3 Ng6 20. Be3 Qc7 (20... c5 $5) 21. Nc5 Bxc5 22. Qxc5 a4 23. bxa4 bxa4 (23... Rxa4 $11 {keeps the balance.} 24. Rxa4 bxa4) 24. Rdb1 $16 Ne7 25. Qb4 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Bc8 26. Bg5 f6 27. Bf4 Qd7 28. e4 ({Not} 28. Rxa4 $2 c5 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]}) 28... Ng6 29. Be3 ({Avoid the trap} 29. Rxa4 $2 c5 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]}) 29... Qe8 30. Rc1 Bd7 31. Ra3 c5 32. Rxc5 Rdb8 33. Qe1 Rb3 34. Ra1 Rc8 35. Rxc8 Qxc8 36. Bf1 Qb7 37. Bc4 Qxe4 {Hoping for ...Bc6!} 38. Bxb3 axb3 {[%cal Ba4b3,Bb3b2][%mdl 32]} 39. Bd2 Qd5 {Threatens to win with ...Bc6.} 40. Ra5 Qb7 41. Bb4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (41. Qb1 $1 $11) 41... b2 $1 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black goes for the king.} 42. Ra2 $2 {[#]} (42. Ra3 e5 43. Rb3) 42... Qf3 $1 {( -> ...Nf4!)} 43. Ra3 (43. Rxb2 $142 Nh4 44. gxh4 Qg4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 45. Kf1 Bb5+ 46. Qe2 (46. Re2 $2 Qf3 $19 {[%mdl 64] Pin}) 46... Bxe2+ 47. Rxe2) 43... Qf5 44. g4 Qxg4+ {Black mates.} 45. Rg3 Qf5 46. Rb3 Qc2 {Accuracy: White = 42%, Black = 50%.} (46... Nf4 $142 47. f3 Qg5+ 48. Qg3 Ne2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 49. Kg2 Nxg3 50. Be1 Nf5+ 51. Kf2 Qh4+ 52. Kf1 Qxh2 53. Bf2 Qh1+ 54. Bg1 {[#]} Qxf3+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Promotion} 55. Rxf3 b1=Q+ 56. Kg2 Qc2+ 57. Kh3 Bc6 58. d5 Bxd5 59. Bb6 Bxf3 60. Bf2 Qe2 61. Kh2 Qxf2+ 62. Kh3 Qh4#) 0-1

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vajda, Levente"]
[Black "Stoleriu, George"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2362"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,62,0,22,6,6,-25,-16,-25,-16,-10,-24,-18,-29,-13,-18,-30,-21,-11,-12,-10,-8,0,26,18,14,16,29,11,18,0,0,-43,-36,-35,-25,-85,-87,-68,-80,-147,-148,-196,-58,-101,-102,-134,-96,-200,0,-108,0,-189,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b5 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O e6 5. d4 Be7 6. Nbd2 d5 {LiveBook: 3 Games. A46: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 e6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} 7. a4 (7. Ne5 Nbd7 8. c4 bxc4 9. Ndxc4 c5 10. Bf4 O-O 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Qa4 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Bc6 {½-½ (33) Radjabov,T (2738)-Aronian,L (2784) Berlin 2015}) 7... b4 8. a5 O-O {Black has an edge.} 9. Ne5 c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Nfd7 10. e4 Nxe5 11. dxe5 d4 12. Nb3 c5 13. c3 Ba6 14. cxd4 Bxf1 15. Bxf1 cxd4 16. Qxd4 {0-1 (31) O'Neill,P (1985)-Daly,C (2329) Dublin 2018}) 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Nd3 Be7 12. Re1 Ne4 13. Nb3 Qc8 14. f3 {Hoping for a6.} Nc5 15. Be3 {[%cal Rb3c5]} Nxb3 16. cxb3 Na6 17. Qd2 Qd7 18. Bd4 Rfc8 19. Qe3 Bc6 (19... Qb5 {is interesting.} 20. Bh3 Bf8 21. f4 Nc5 22. a6 Nxa6 23. f5 e5) 20. Bh3 Bb5 21. Nf4 {[%cal Rf4e6] Nxe6! is the strong threat.} Bg5 $1 22. Qf2 Qe7 23. Nh5 (23. Rac1 $11) 23... Bh6 $1 $17 24. f4 Nc5 {Threatens to win with ...Ne4.} 25. Qe3 (25. Qf3 $142) 25... Ne4 26. Bg2 {[#]} f5 (26... e5 $1 $19 {[%cal Re5d4][%mdl 512]} 27. Bxe4 (27. Bxe5 Qxe5) 27... dxe4 28. Qxe4 g6 {[%mdl 64] Trapped Piece}) 27. Bxe4 dxe4 28. Be5 Qc5 29. Bd4 (29. Qxc5 $17 Rxc5 30. e3) 29... Qe7 ({Black should try} 29... Qd5 $19 {Strongly threatening ...e5!} 30. Bxa7 Be8) 30. Be5 $1 {[#]} Qc5 (30... Rc5 $1 $17 {[%cal Rc5e5] White must now prevent ...Rxe5!} 31. Qf2 Rd5) 31. Bd4 $1 $19 {[%cal Rd4c5]} Qe7 $2 {Accuracy: White = 52%, Black = 54%.} (31... Qd6 $19 32. Qf2 Rc2) 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Manolache, Marius"]
[Black "Banzea, Alexandru-Bogdan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2313"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,125,-21,-12,-54,0,-31,-4,-5,10,15,16,15,18,17,39,41,46,3,0,-3,5,0,-6,0,0,0,0,-37,-14,-13,8,10,7,12,38,0,0,0,0,0,-10,-8,7,0,0,0,0,-6,0,0,0,0,13,13,13,12,8,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,13,13,13,13,13,16,16,25,25,40,40,40,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. c3 O-O 5. Qc1 (5. Nbd2 d6 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8. dxc5 dxc5 9. Qc2 Nc6 10. Bc4 Na5 11. Be2 Be6 12. O-O Qb6 13. e4 Rfd8 14. Rfe1 g5 {1-0 (63) Kramnik,V (2779)-Howell,D (2689) Batumi 2018}) 5... c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 5... d6 6. Bh6 Bg4 7. Bxg7 Kxg7 8. Nbd2 Re8 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 e5 11. e3 Nbd7 12. Be2 c6 {½-½ (70) Kurajica,B (2542)-Kozul,Z (2569) Solin/Split 2001}) 6. dxc5 {A48: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} Qc7 (6... Na6 $1 $15) 7. Nbd2 Qxc5 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. Ne4 Qc6 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 11. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Nc6 12. h5 d5 13. Qh6 Qg7 14. Qxg7+ Kxg7 15. Rd1 Rd8 16. e3 Bg4 17. Rh4 Bxf3 18. h6+ Kf8 19. gxf3 e5 20. Bb5 Ne7 21. Rb4 Rab8 22. Ba4 b6 23. f4 a5 24. Rb5 exf4 25. exf4 Nf5 26. Bc2 Nxh6 27. Rbxd5 Ke7 28. b4 (28. Re5+ {with more complications.} Kf8 29. Rxd8+ Rxd8 30. Rb5 Rd6 31. b4) 28... axb4 29. cxb4 Rxd5 30. Rxd5 Nf5 31. Bxf5 gxf5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} 32. a4 Ra8 33. a5 bxa5 34. bxa5 Ke6 35. Re5+ Kf6 36. Kf1 Kg6 37. Kg2 Ra6 38. Kf3 h5 39. Rb5 f6 $1 40. Rc5 Ra8 41. Rd5 Ra7 42. Kg3 Ra8 43. Rb5 Ra7 44. f3 Ra8 {The position is equal.} 45. Kf2 Ra7 46. Rd5 Ra8 47. Rc5 Ra7 48. Ke3 Re7+ 49. Kf2 Ra7 50. Rb5 Ra8 51. Kf1 Ra7 52. Rc5 Ra8 53. Rd5 Ra7 54. Ke2 Re7+ 55. Kf2 $1 Ra7 56. Kg3 Ra8 57. Kh4 Ra7 58. Rc5 Ra8 59. Rb5 Ra7 60. Kg3 Ra8 61. Kf2 Ra7 62. Ke3 Re7+ 63. Kf2 {Accuracy: White = 65%, Black = 80%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Georgescu, Tiberiu-Marian"]
[Black "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,53,-8,22,22,35,16,38,45,48,47,48,29,44,44,79,70,76,82,79,72,73,73,68,69,86,68,91,82,75,76,89,101,95,87,91,41,115,107,101,107,114,124,117,115,113,116]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. c4 e6 4. Bf4 Bb7 5. e3 d6 (5... Bb4+ 6. Nfd2 O-O 7. a3 Be7 8. Nc3 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. O-O a6 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Bf3 c5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Nb3 Nce4 16. Be5 b5 {0-1 (40) Berkes,F (2678)-Indjic,A (2599) Valjevo 2018}) 6. Nc3 {E12: Queen's Indian: Unusual White 4th moves, 4 a3, 4 Nc3 Bb7 5 a3 and 4 Nc3 Bb7} Nbd7 7. Be2 g6 8. O-O {White is slightly better.} Bg7 9. Qc2 O-O 10. e4 a6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Qe8 11. h3 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Be3 {0-1 (51) Bermejo Castro,J-Oms Pallisse,J (2415) Barbera del Valles 1998}) 11. Rad1 Qb8 12. Rfe1 c5 13. dxc5 e5 14. Be3 Nxc5 15. Nd2 Rc8 16. b4 Ncd7 17. Rc1 Rc7 18. Qb1 Qf8 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. cxd5 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Bh6 22. Qb3 a5 {[#]} (22... Bxe3 $14 23. Qxe3 b5) 23. a3 $1 $16 {[%cal Ba2a3,Ba3b4][%mdl 32] White is better.} axb4 24. axb4 Bxe3 25. Qxe3 Ra4 26. Qb3 Qa8 27. Bb5 {Accuracy: White = 61%, Black = 32%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nanu, Costica-Ciprian"]
[Black "Ognean, Mihnea-Ionut"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2291"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,95,39,53,39,36,32,41,37,38,26,50,38,38,38,43,42,41,38,39,36,51,0,0,0,26,22,24,0,155,132,104,97,158,103,119,138,121,119,154,131,144,161,323,289,288,293,360,183,323,320,978,931,1193,471,441,469,452,448,446,433,476,473,514,493,656,645,628,619,706,712,895,872,2954,2147]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. Bf4 a6 8. a4 Bg7 9. h3 O-O 10. e3 Ne8 {A61: Modern Benoni: Nf3 without early e4} 11. Be2 Nd7 12. O-O Rb8 {LiveBook: 33 Games. White is slightly better.} 13. Bg5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Nd2 Ne5 14. a5 f5 15. Bg3 Bd7 16. Qb3 b5 17. axb6 Rxb6 18. Qc2 {0-1 (39) Sargissian,G (2690)-Short,N (2646) Douglas 2014}) 13... f6 14. Bh4 Ne5 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. e4 a5 17. Nb5 Nd6 18. Qc2 Nxb5 19. Bxb5 Qd6 20. Qd2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} b6 21. Bg3 f5 22. exf5 (22. f3 $14) 22... gxf5 $11 23. f3 Bb7 24. Rad1 Kh8 25. Rfe1 c4 $2 {[#]} (25... f4 $11 26. Bh4 Rf5) 26. Qe2 {[%cal Rg3e5]} f4 27. Bf2 Rf5 (27... Rbd8 $142) 28. Qe4 (28. Qxc4 $142 Rg5 29. Qb3) 28... Rh5 29. Re2 Rg8 30. Qxc4 ({Don't play} 30. Bxc4 $6 Bc8 $11) 30... Bf6 31. Kf1 Be7 {intending ...Qg6.} 32. Be1 Qh6 $2 (32... Rhg5 33. Bh4 R5g7 34. Bxe7 Rxe7) 33. Bc3 Bd6 34. Bd7 Qf6 35. Rdd2 (35. Qb5 $142) 35... Rg7 (35... Rhg5 {is a better defense.} 36. Qb5 Qe7) 36. Qb5 Bc5 $2 (36... Rhg5 37. Bg4 Qd8) 37. Bg4 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Rhg5 38. Qe8+ (38. h4 $142 h5 39. hxg5 Rxg5 {[#]} 40. d6 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 38... Rg8 39. Bxe5 Rxe5 40. Qxe5 Qxe5 41. Rxe5 Ba6+ 42. Ke1 Bb4 43. Kd1 Bxd2 44. Kxd2 Rd8 45. Kc3 Kg7 46. Kd4 Rd6 47. Re7+ Kg6 48. Ke5 {Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 42%.} 1-0

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rogozenco, Dorian"]
[Black "Grigore, George-Gabriel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,70,20,0,0,0,0,-13,-14,-6,-14,-72,-74,-76,-73,-104,-62,-87,-37,-56,-5,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-33,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nd7 13. O-O b6 14. Qe2 a5 {D56: Queen's Gambit Declined: Lasker Defence} (14... Bb7 15. Ba6 Bxa6 16. Qxa6 c5 17. Rfc1 Rfd8 18. h3 e5 19. Qb7 Rdb8 20. Qe4 Re8 21. Rd1 exd4 22. Qxe7 Rxe7 23. exd4 Re2 24. Rd2 Rxd2 25. Nxd2 Rd8 26. Nb3 cxd4 27. Rd3 Re8 {½-½ (27) Le,Q (2715)-Nakamura,H (2763) chess.com INT 2018}) 15. Bd3 c5 16. Rfc1 Bb7 17. Bb5 Rad8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Rfd8 18. Bxd7 cxd4 19. Nxd4 Qxd7 20. Nc6 Bxc6 21. Rxc6 Rac8 22. Rxc8 {½-½ (22) Gaprindashvili,V (2381)-Rzayev,B (2406) Konya 2015}) 18. Bxd7 {[#]} (18. Nd2 $11 {remains equal.}) 18... Bxf3 $1 $17 19. Qxf3 cxd4 20. Rb3 {Bb5 is the strong threat.} Rxd7 21. Rxb6 Qd8 22. Rb3 {[%cal Bb6b3,Bb3c3,Bc3c2][%mdl 32]} d3 (22... a4 $15 23. Rd3 dxe3 24. Rxe3 Rd2) 23. Rd1 d2 24. Qe2 Rd5 25. Rc3 Qd6 26. Rc2 {[%cal Rc2d2]} Rd8 27. g3 g6 28. Kg2 {The position is equal.} Kg7 29. b3 Rd7 30. Qc4 Kh7 31. Qc3 e5 32. Qc6 Qb4 {[#] White must now prevent ...Qe4+.} 33. Qc3 Qd6 34. Qc6 Qb4 {aiming for ...Qe4+.} 35. Qc3 Qd6 {Accuracy: White = 70%, Black = 70%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Berescu, Alin-Mile"]
[Black "Ionescu, Constantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,28,39,35,39,18,33,0,2,7,10,6,18]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f3 Qc7 8. Qd2 h5 {B80: Sicilian Scheveningen: 6 g3 and 6 Be3, including English Attack} 9. O-O-O (9. Be2 Nbd7 10. a4 b6 11. O-O Be7 12. Rfd1 O-O 13. Kh1 Bb7 14. Bg5 Rfe8 15. Qe1 Rac8 16. Qf1 {½-½ (109) Firouzja,A (2572)-Grandelius,N (2652) Sharjah 2018}) 9... Nbd7 10. Kb1 {LiveBook: 7 Games} b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32] White is slightly better.} 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. Rhe1 b4 $146 {[%cal Rb4c3] The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 12... Be7 13. Bg5 b4 14. Nce2 Rb8 15. h4 {0-1 (41) Heyme,S (2023)-Schuetze,N (2296) Germany 2016}) 13. Nce2 e5 $1 14. Nf5 g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Morozov, Nichita"]
[Black "Vedmediuc, Serghei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,33,9,13,0,0,0,17,15,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. a3 Nf6 5. d5 Bd6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. g3 {A50: Queen's Fianchetto Defence (1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 b6)} exd5 8. cxd5 c6 (8... Na6 9. Bg2 Nc5 10. b4 Nce4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bb2 Qe7 13. O-O f5 14. Qd3 a5 {½-½ (14) Zhigalko,S (2620)-Kovalev,V (2639) Orsha 2018}) 9. Bg2 cxd5 10. O-O Na6 {LiveBook: 4 Games. The position is equal.} 11. Nb5 Be7 12. Bf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. b4 d6 13. Bb2 Qd7 14. Nfd4 Nc5 {½-½ (30) Van der Werf,M (2413)-Vrolijk,L (2427) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 12... Nc5 13. Bc7 Qc8 14. Rc1 a6 15. Bd6 Qd8 ({Avoid the trap} 15... axb5 $2 16. Bxe7 Re8 17. Bxf6 $16) 16. Bc7 Qc8 17. Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "David, Alexandru-Vasile"]
[Black "Istratescu, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,36,16,20,20,37,10,36,0,12,-34,-22,-36,0,-22,0,-22,0,-11,0,-20,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bd2 O-O 7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Qe7 9. e3 e5 10. dxe5 {E33: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...Nc6} (10. d5 Nb8 11. Nd2 a5 12. b3 Nbd7 13. Be2 b5 14. e4 bxc4 15. Nxc4 Nc5 16. Nd2 Ba6 17. Bxa6 Rxa6 {1-0 (61) Wojtaszek,R (2727)-Tregubov,P (2582) Gibraltar 2016}) 10... Nxe5 11. Be2 Re8 12. h3 {White is slightly better.} Ng6 13. O-O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. O-O Ne4 {1-0 (32) Book,E-Vestol,A Helsinki 1947}) 13... Ne4 14. Be1 a5 15. Nd4 {The position is equal.} Nc5 16. Bc3 Ne4 17. Be1 Nc5 18. Bc3 Ne4 {Accuracy: White = 24%, Black = 35%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Moldovan, Daniel"]
[Black "Nevednichy, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2406"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 28,78,-14,-14,0,-8,0,0,0,-6,-1,-11,-11,-47,-41,-32,-45,-34,-27,-58,-63,-69,-69,-86,-50,-48,-50,-48,-12,-79,-31,-30,-42,-24,-18,-13,-18,-137,-82,-129,-100,-129,-122,-125,-122,-133,-139,-134,-135,-123,-114,-175,-113]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 c6 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Qc2 Nf8 11. Ne5 Ng4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nxg4 Bxg4 14. Bf5 Bxf5 {D36: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation: Main line (5 Bg5 c6 6 Qc2)} 15. Qxf5 {LiveBook: 12 Games} Qd6 (15... Qe6 16. Qxe6 {½-½ (16) Torre,E (2546)-Antonio,R (2548) Quezon City 2001}) 16. Rfe1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Ne2 Re6 17. Nf4 Rh6 {0-1 (54) Rovcanin,Z (2173)-Bujisic,V (2213) Podgorica 2014}) 16... Re6 {The position is equal.} 17. Rad1 Rae8 18. a3 Nd7 19. Qd3 Nf6 20. f3 Qe7 {[%cal Re6e3]} 21. Kf2 h5 {[%cal Bh7h5,Bh5h4][%mdl 32]} 22. Re2 h4 23. Rde1 Nh5 24. Qf5 g6 25. Qh3 f5 26. g3 hxg3+ 27. hxg3 Kg7 28. Qh4 (28. g4 $11 fxg4 29. Qxg4) 28... Nf6 29. Rh1 Kf7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 30. Qh6 g5 {And now ...Ng4+! would win.} 31. Kg2 $1 Rg8 32. Nd1 {[#]} (32. e4 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 32... Ke8 ({Black should play} 32... c5 $1 {[%cal Rc5d4] White must now prevent ...cxd4.} 33. dxc5 Qxc5) 33. Nf2 Kd8 34. Nd3 Kc8 35. Ne5 Nd7 36. Qh7 Qxh7 37. Rxh7 Nxe5 38. dxe5 Rxe5 39. Rf7 {[#]} (39. Rh5 $17) 39... Rge8 {Accuracy: White = 30%, Black = 57%.} (39... d4 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 40. e4 (40. exd4 Rxe2+) 40... fxe4 41. fxe4 Rge8) 0-1

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vasiesiu, Dan"]
[Black "Ileana, George"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2394"]
[BlackElo "2318"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 30,139,31,19,33,33,35,38,34,0,118,114,105,114,108,109,138,130,187,170,185,177,186,175,198,195,203,201,204,196,225,221,233,225,241,253,230,212,223,216,216,216,214,208,212,198,202,196,211,196,195,148,173,161,175,173,169,178,175,168,158,151,180,180,180,180,180,180,180,180,177,177,180,107,107,107,107,107,125,106,186,172,187,187,187,187,224,243,243,239,266,266,348,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 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. Qe1 e5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Bc4 Be6 14. Ne4 Qc7 15. Bc5 Rfd8 16. Qh4 h6 {B76: Sicilian Dragon: Yugoslav Attack, 9 g4 and 9 0-0-0} 17. g4 Nf4 18. Bxe6 Nxe6 {White is slightly better.} 19. Qe7 Bf8 (19... Rxd1+ $11 20. Rxd1 Qa5) (19... Qa5 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Qxa7 Qxa7 22. Bxa7 Ra8 23. Be3 Rxa2 24. Kb1 {1-0 (45) Guseinov,G (2654)-Asadli,V (2470) Nakhchivan 2018}) 20. Qxc7 $16 Nxc7 21. Nf6+ Kg7 22. Bxf8+ Kxf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 22... Rxf8 23. Nd7 Rfe8 24. Rhe1 {1-0 (54) Raja,H (2351)-Wisniewski,M (2235) Warsaw 2016}) 23. Bxh6 g5 (23... Rxd1+ $16 24. Kxd1 Rb8) 24. h4 $18 Rxd1+ 25. Kxd1 gxh4 26. Rxh4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Ke6 27. Bg5 Rg8 28. Rh6+ Kd7 29. Be3 e4 {[#]} 30. Ke2 $1 ({Resist} 30. fxe4 Rxg4 31. Rf6 (31. Bxa7 Rxe4 32. Rf6 Ra4 $16) 31... Rxe4) 30... exf3+ 31. Kxf3 a6 32. Rf6 Rg7 33. Rf5 Rh7 34. Rh5 Rg7 35. c4 Kc8 36. Bd4 Rg6 37. Rf5 Ne6 38. Be5 Kd8 39. Bc3 Ke7 40. Ra5 Ng5+ 41. Ke3 Ne6 42. Rxa6 Rxg4 43. Rxc6 Kd7 44. Ra6 Rxc4 45. Ra7+ Rc7 46. Rxc7+ Nxc7 {KB-KN} 47. Kd4 Kc6 48. Ke5 Na6 49. b3 Nc5 {intending ...Nd3+.} 50. Bd2 f6+ 51. Kd4 ({And not} 51. Kxf6 Ne4+ 52. Kg7 Nxd2 $11) (51. Kf4 $18) 51... Ne6+ $16 52. Kc4 f5 53. b4 f4 54. b5+ Kb7 (54... Kb6 $16 {was called for.} 55. a3 Nc7) 55. a4 $18 f3 {Strongly threatening ...f2.} 56. Be3 {And now Kd5 would win.} Nc7 57. Bf2 Na6 58. Kd5 Nb4+ 59. Ke4 Na2 60. Kd4 ({Not} 60. Kxf3 Nc3 $11) 60... Kb6 61. Kc4+ $2 (61. Be1 $18 Nb4 62. Kc4) 61... Ka5 $11 {The position is equal.} 62. b6 Nb4 63. b7 Na6 64. Kd5 {Hoping for Kc6.} Kxa4 65. Kc6 Kb3 66. Bg3 Kc4 67. Kb6 Nc5 68. b8=Q Nd7+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 69. Kb7 {Threatening mate with Qc7+.} Nxb8 70. Kxb8 {Accuracy: White = 74%, Black = 66%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Baratosi, Daniel"]
[Black "Gavrilescu, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2373"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,66,-11,0,-10,-5,-29,-25,-10,-14,0,-4,-11,0,-6,-7,-8,0,0,6,0,0,-78,-76,-109,-91,-87,-90,-182,-134,-169,-132,-205,-184,-269,-170,-168,-175,-326,-299,-402,-294,-295,-260,-252,-252,-477,-204,-210,-208,-187,0,-190,-189,-29987,-29988,-29988,-29989]} 1. Nf3 d5 {[%cal Bd7d5,Bd5d4][%mdl 32]} 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c4 d4 6. d3 Nc6 7. Na3 {A08: King's Indian Attack} (7. a3 a5 8. e3 Nf6 9. exd4 cxd4 10. Nbd2 Nd7 11. Re1 Nc5 12. Ne4 Na6 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 Ncxb4 {½-½ (60) Minasian,A (2558)-Ganguly,S (2643) Dubai 2011}) 7... Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6d7,Bd7c5][%mdl 32]} 8. Nc2 O-O 9. e3 {Black has an edge.} a5 10. exd4 cxd4 11. Re1 Nd7 12. b3 Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... e5 13. Rb1 Re8 14. Ng5 Nc5 {½-½ (48) Asadli,V (2378)-Rasulov,V (2498) Baku 2016}) 13. Ba3 Qb6 14. Qd2 h6 15. Re4 Nc5 16. Rh4 (16. Re2 $11 {remains equal.}) 16... e5 $17 17. Re1 Bf5 18. g4 Bd7 19. h3 (19. g5 $17) 19... Rad8 20. Rxh6 Nb4 21. Nxb4 (21. Bxb4 $17 axb4 22. Rh4) 21... axb4 $19 22. Bc1 (22. Bxb4 $142 Nxd3 23. Ba5 Bxh6 24. Bxb6 Bxd2 25. Rd1) 22... e4 (22... Bxh6 23. Qxh6 Qf6 24. Bg5 $16) 23. dxe4 Nxe4 24. Qf4 $2 {[#]} (24. Rxe4 Rxe4 25. Rh7) 24... Nc3 $1 (24... Bxh6 25. Qxh6 Nc3 26. Bg5 $11) 25. Rxe8+ (25. Ne5 Qe6 $19) 25... Rxe8 26. Bf1 Ne2+ (26... Bxh6 27. Qxh6 Ne2+ 28. Bxe2 $17) 27. Bxe2 Rxe2 ({But not} 27... Bxh6 28. Qxh6 Rxe2 29. Kf1 $17) 28. Rh4 $2 (28. Kf1 {was called for.} Bxh6 29. Qxh6 Rxa2 30. Bf4) 28... d3 (28... Bc6 $142 29. Bd2 d3 30. Qb8+ Be8) 29. Be3 {Threatening mate with Qb8+.} Qd8 {And now ...Bc6 would win.} 30. Qd6 {[#]} Rxa2 $2 (30... Qf6 $1 $19 {[%cal Rf6f3]} 31. Qxf6 (31. Qxd7 $2 Qxf3 32. Qxd3 Re1+ 33. Qf1 Rxf1+ 34. Kxf1 Qh1+ 35. Ke2 Qb1 $19) (31. Qb8+ $2 Bf8 $19) 31... Bxf6) 31. Bg5 $2 (31. Bd4 $11 {and White is okay.} d2 32. Bxg7 Kxg7 33. Kg2) 31... Qe8 {White must now prevent ...Bc6.} 32. Bf6 $2 (32. Bh6 $19 Qe6 33. Qxd3) 32... Qe2 33. Qb8+ Be8 {Accuracy: White = 27%, Black = 73%.} 0-1

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vavric, Pavel"]
[Black "Macovei, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E19"]
[WhiteElo "2351"]
[BlackElo "2369"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 28,96,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-33,0,-62,-52,-91,-79,-81,-86,-69,-56,-47,-37,-76,-47,-47,-46,-49,-50,-121,-122,-125,-109,-181,-169,-160,-100,-93,0,-164,-164,-175,-183,-1045,-1183,-1347,-1331,-1347,-1347,-1341,-1314,-1332,-1323,-1267,-1278,-1083,-1138,-1646,-1616,-2178,-1297,-29977,-29978,-29972,-29972]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O e6 5. c4 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. d4 Ne4 8. Qc2 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 c5 10. Rd1 d6 11. b3 Bf6 12. Bb2 Qe7 13. Qc2 Nc6 14. e4 e5 15. d5 $1 {[%cal Rd5c6]} Nd4 {E19: Queen's Indian: Old Main Line with 7...Ne4 8 Qc2 Nxc3 8 Qxc3} 16. Nxd4 (16. Bxd4 exd4 17. Rab1 Rae8 18. Ne1 g5 19. Nd3 Bc8 20. Rf1 Bg7 21. Rbe1 g4 22. Qd2 Qf6 23. Re2 {0-1 (42) Timman,J (2560)-Adams,M (2724) London 2007}) 16... exd4 17. Re1 Rae8 {The position is equal.} 18. Qd3 g6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18... Bc8 19. Re2 g5 20. Rae1 g4 21. Bc1 Kh8 22. f4 gxf3 23. Qxf3 Be5 24. Bf4 f6 25. Rf2 Qg7 26. Ref1 Kg8 27. Qh5 Bxf4 {½-½ (27) Anton,T (2421)-Filip,L (2396) Calimanesti Caciulata 2016}) 19. Re2 Bc8 20. Rae1 Bg7 21. f4 Qc7 22. f5 Qd7 23. Bh3 (23. Bc1 $11) 23... Bh6 $1 $15 24. e5 dxe5 25. Rxe5 Rxe5 26. Rxe5 Qd6 27. Re1 Qd8 28. Qf1 Re8 29. Bc1 $1 {[%cal Rc1h6]} Bxc1 30. Rxc1 Re3 31. fxg6 (31. Re1 $1 $15) 31... hxg6 $17 32. Bxc8 Qxc8 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 33. Qf4 (33. Re1 $17 {was necessary.} Qe8 34. Rxe3 dxe3 35. Qb1) 33... Qe8 $1 $19 34. Rf1 Re2 ({Better is} 34... d3 $1 35. Qf6 d2) 35. Qf3 Re3 (35... Rxa2 $17 36. d6 Qe3+ 37. Qxe3 dxe3) 36. Qf4 d3 $1 {[%cal Bd4d3,Bd3d2][%mdl 32]} 37. d6 {[#] d7! is the strong threat.} Re6 $1 38. Rf3 $2 {[#]} (38. Qd2 Rxd6 39. Re1) 38... Re1+ $1 39. Rf1 Rxf1+ 40. Qxf1 {KQ-KQ} Qe3+ 41. Kg2 d2 42. d7 Qd4 43. Qd1 Qxd7 44. Kf2 Qd3 45. h4 Kg7 46. g4 Kh7 47. h5 gxh5 48. gxh5 Kh6 {Accuracy: White = 45%, Black = 81%.} 0-1

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Manea, Alexandru"]
[Black "Deac, Bogdan-Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2347"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,69,17,10,30,10,75,79,88,68,67,57,60,72,84,73,93,97,89,94,96,102,117,89,84,88,114,135,146,135,143,104,114,102,142,154,165,118,197,178,181,150,281,298,306,303,458,456,437,222,290,254,432,421,5506,5406]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. a4 b6 {D24: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 Nc3} 7. Bxc4 Bb7 8. O-O Bb4 9. Qb3 {LiveBook: 15 Games} a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Bxc3 10. bxc3 Bxf3 11. gxf3 O-O 12. Be2 Nc6 13. Ba3 Re8 14. Rad1 {½-½ (58) Bologan,V (2580)-Anton Guijarro,D (2639) Batumi 2018}) 10. Bb5+ {[%cal Bc4b5,Bb5c6,Bc6b7,Bb7f3][%mdl 32]} Nbd7 (10... c6 $11 11. Bc4 O-O) 11. Ne5 $1 $16 O-O {Black wants to play ...Nxe5.} 12. Nc6 Bxc6 13. Bxc6 Rc8 14. f4 Qe7 15. Na2 $1 Nb8 16. Nxb4 axb4 17. Bb7 Rcd8 {[#] Strongly threatening ...c6.} 18. Bf3 $1 c5 19. Bd2 Qa7 20. Rfd1 Qa5 21. Qc4 Rd7 22. dxc5 bxc5 23. Be1 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Qxa4 25. Qxc5 Nd5 26. Rc1 Na6 {[#]} (26... Nd7 $16 27. Qd4 Qb5) 27. Qd4 $1 $18 Qb5 28. f5 h6 (28... b3 $16 29. fxe6 fxe6) 29. Bg3 Nf6 30. Be5 exf5 (30... Nb8 $142 31. Bxf6 gxf6 32. fxe6 (32. Qxf6 Qxf5 33. Qxh6 Nd7 $18) 32... fxe6 33. Qg4+ Kh8) 31. Bxf6 gxf6 32. Qxf6 (32. Rc6 $142) 32... Nb8 33. Qxh6 {Black must now prevent Qg5+.} Qe5 $2 (33... Re8 {might work better.} 34. Qf6 Qd3 35. Qg5+ Kf8 36. Qh6+ Kg8) 34. Qg5+ Kh8 (34... Qg7 $142 35. Qxf5 Qg6) 35. Rc4 {Accuracy: White = 81%, Black = 25%.} 1-0

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Itkis, Boris"]
[Black "Carmaciu, Lucian-Catalin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2374"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,26,81,85,85,85,81,110,110,112,113,141,98,104]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. Nf3 Ne8 8. O-O g6 9. Bh6 {A56: Czech Benoni} (9. Ne1 Bg5 10. Nd3 Nd7 11. b3 Bxc1 12. Qxc1 Qe7 13. f4 exf4 14. Qxf4 Ne5 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Qf2 b6 17. Rad1 Nd6 18. Qf6 Qxf6 19. Rxf6 Ne8 20. Rf2 Nd6 21. Rf6 Ne8 22. Rf2 Nd6 23. Rf6 Ne8 24. Rf2 {½-½ (24) Kazhgaleyev,M (2594)-Gubajdullin,A (2504) Moscow 2008}) 9... Ng7 10. Qd2 f5 11. Ng5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. exf5 Bxf5 12. Ng5 Qe8 13. Rae1 Bxg5 14. Bxg5 h5 15. f4 Nd7 16. Nb5 e4 17. Nxd6 {1-0 (46) Dyballa,M (2310)-Becker,W (2305) Germany 1998}) 11... f4 12. h4 Na6 13. Nb5 Nc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Balla, Tamas-Kristof"]
[Black "Jianu, Vlad-Cristian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2318"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,95,17,18,9,15,67,0,36,26,27,18,33,24,35,21,65,37,55,12,37,2,32,14,17,0,0,0,0,1,7,-6,16,-19,-8,-3,-10,-8,-11,-118,-127,-132,-130,-127,-127,-225,-248,-248,-239,-239,-238,-227,-248,-245,-229,-230,0,-195,-197,-235,-225,-292,-292,-557,-551,-534,-535,-626,-608,-508,-574,-620,-266,-300,-264,-238,-170,-100,-74,-102,-111,-111]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 {[%cal Be2e3,Be3e4][%mdl 32]} O-O 5. Nge2 Re8 6. a3 Bf8 7. e4 d6 {E46: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4 e3 0-0 5 Ne2 without early Bd3} (7... d5 8. e5 Nfd7 9. c5 b6 10. b4 a5 11. Rb1 f6 12. f4 axb4 13. axb4 bxc5 14. bxc5 fxe5 15. fxe5 {0-1 (41) Zhang,P (2567)-Matlakov,M (2684) Harbin 2016}) 8. g3 c5 9. Bg2 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Nc6 {The position is equal.} 10. O-O a6 (10... Qb6 $11) 11. h3 (11. e5 $14 cxd4 12. exf6 dxc3 13. fxg7 Bxg7 14. Nxc3) 11... cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bd7 13. Be3 Rc8 14. Rc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Qe2 {0-1 (37) Cherepkov,A (2415)-Taimanov,M (2510) St Petersburg 1995}) 14... Na5 15. b3 Qc7 16. Na2 Qb8 17. Qd2 b6 {[#] Strongly threatening ...e5.} 18. Qd3 d5 19. cxd5 e5 $1 {[%cal Re5d4]} 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Ne2 Bb5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is more active.} 22. Qd1 Bxa3 23. Nac3 Bd7 24. Qd3 b5 25. Nb1 Bd6 26. Rc1 Nb7 27. Rc3 (27. Nd2 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 27... Nc5 $17 28. Bxc5 Bxc5 29. Nc1 Qb6 {Threatens to win with ...b4.} 30. Qd2 (30. Qf1 $17 {was necessary.}) 30... b4 $19 31. Rc2 {[#]} Bxf2+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 32. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 33. Rxf2 Rxc1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 34. Rf1 Rc2 35. Rf2 Rc1+ 36. Rf1 Rc8 37. Rd1 Bb5 38. Kf2 Rc2+ 39. Rd2 $2 (39. Nd2 {was the only chance.}) 39... Rc1 40. Rb2 Nd7 41. Nd2 Nc5 {Hoping for ...Nd3+.} 42. Ra2 Nd3+ 43. Ke3 {and the idea Bf1 leaves White hopeful.} Re1+ (43... Rc3 $142 44. Nb1 Rxb3) 44. Kf3 Nc1 45. Rc2 {Intending Rc8+ and mate.} Be2+ 46. Kf2 {[%cal Rc2c8]} Nd3+ 47. Ke3 {[%cal Rc2c8]} Bf1+ 48. Kf3 {Accuracy: White = 43%, Black = 59%.} 0-1

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gheorghiu, Calin"]
[Black "Ogleznev, Alexandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2278"]
[BlackElo "2333"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,78,-15,-10,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,-54,-37,-80,-86,-193,-193,-207,-191,-192,-191,-188,-182,-184,-195,-193,-207,-272,-262,-264,-273,-261,-254,-306,-284,-291,-291,-333,-325,-335,-304,-381,-372,-561,-536,-597,-590,-29984,-29985,-29995,-29996,-29996,-29997,-29997,-29998,-29998,-29998]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. Nf4 c6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O Nbd7 11. b4 {E46: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4 e3 0-0 5 Ne2 without early Bd3} (11. f3 Nf8 12. Bd2 Ng6 13. Nfe2 c5 14. Rc1 b6 15. Be1 Bf8 16. Bf2 Bb7 17. Qd2 Qd7 18. g4 cxd4 19. exd4 {1-0 (85) Gupta,A (2613)-Almasi,Z (2684) Gibraltar 2016}) 11... a6 {LiveBook: 7 Games} 12. f3 {[%cal Bf2f3,Bf3e4][%mdl 32]} Nf8 13. Bc2 {The position is equal.} Ne6 14. Nxe6 Bxe6 15. e4 dxe4 16. fxe4 Bg4 $146 {[%cal Be6g4,Bg4h5,Bh5g6][%mdl 32]} ({Predecessor:} 16... Bc4 17. Rf2 {0-1 (59) Yap,K (2366)-Wang,A (2288) Berkeley 2018}) 17. Qd3 (17. Qd2 $11) 17... Bh5 $1 $15 18. Bg5 Bg6 19. Qc4 {[#]} (19. Rae1 $17 {was worth a try.}) 19... b5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rb5c4]} 20. Qd3 Nxe4 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 21. Nxe4 {Threatens to win with Bxe7.} Bxg5 22. Rae1 Ra7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is on the roll.} 23. Qc3 Bh4 24. g3 Rae7 25. Nf2 {White wants to play Bxg6.} Rxe1 26. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 27. Qxe1 {[#] aiming for Bxg6.} Bf6 ({Don't do} 27... Bxc2 28. gxh4 Bb3 29. Qe3 $19) 28. Bxg6 hxg6 ({Less strong is} 28... fxg6 29. Qe6+ Kh8 30. Qxc6 $17) 29. Qe4 Qd7 ({Not} 29... Bxd4 30. Qxc6 Kh7 31. Qf3 $17) 30. Kg2 Bxd4 31. Nd3 f5 32. Qe2 Qd5+ 33. Kh3 (33. Qf3 {was the only chance.} Qa2+ 34. Kh3) 33... Qe4 34. Qa2+ Kh7 {( -> ...g5)} 35. Nf4 {If only White now had time for Qf7....} g5 {[%cal Bg6g5,Bg5g4][%mdl 32] Black mates.} 36. Ne6 g4+ 37. Kh4 Bf6+ 38. Ng5+ Kh6 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rf6g5]} 39. Qd2 Qe7 {Accuracy: White = 37%, Black = 72%.} 0-1

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dicu, Razvan-Stefan"]
[Black "Andronescu, Madalin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2274"]
[BlackElo "2070"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "173"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 3. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:33]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 4. e3 {[%emt 0:01:41]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 5. Bd3 {[%emt 0:01:08]} c5 {[%emt 0:01:44]} 6. Nb5 {[%emt 0:07:52]} Na6 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 7. dxc5 {[%emt 0:05:50]} Bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 8. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:54]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:09]} 9. c3 {[%emt 0:01:33]} Be7 {[%emt 0:12:20]} 10. O-O {[%emt 0:15:51]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:02:01]} 11. Ne5 {[%emt 0:01:44]} Be8 {[%emt 0:02:26]} 12. a4 {[%emt 0:10:36]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:14:08]} 13. Bxe4 {[%emt 0:06:31]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 14. Qxd8 {[%emt 0:01:36]} Rxd8 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 15. Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 16. Bc7 {[%emt 0:18:17]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:02:34]} 17. Bd6 {[%emt 0:01:34]} a6 {[%emt 0:01:27]} 18. Bxc5 {[%emt 0:04:52]} axb5 {[%emt 0:01:34]} 19. Bxe7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rxe7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 20. Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} bxa4 {[%emt 0:06:22]} 21. Nxe8 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Rfxe8 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 22. Rxa4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 23. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 24. h4 {[%emt 0:05:57]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:03:13]} 25. Rd6 {[%emt 0:01:21]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:12:37]} 26. g4 {[%emt 0:02:34]} fxg4 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 27. Rxe4 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Kh5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 28. Rdd4 {[%emt 0:04:33]} e5 {[%emt 0:01:47]} 29. Rb4 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Kxh4 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 30. Rxg4+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kh5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 31. Rh4+ {[%emt 0:00:11]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 32. Rbg4+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 33. e4+ {[%emt 0:00:15]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 34. Rxh7 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 35. Rh5 {[%emt 0:00:32]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 36. Rh6 {[%emt 0:03:29]} Rg7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 37. Rh3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rd2 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 38. b4 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:03:27]} 39. Rhg3 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Rg7 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 40. Rf3+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Rfg3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 42. Kf1 {[%emt 0:04:51]} Rg8 {[%emt 0:04:38]} 43. Rf3+ {[%emt 0:06:23]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 44. Rh4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:02:19]} 45. Rh6 {[%emt 0:00:53]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:04:34]} 46. Rg3 {[%emt 0:04:23]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 47. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rc4 {[%emt 0:09:11]} 48. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:51]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 49. Rg4 {[%emt 0:00:49]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:03:57]} 50. Kc2 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Ra7 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 51. Kb3 {[%emt 0:07:23]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 52. Rg3 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Rd2 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 53. Rh7 {[%emt 0:02:43]} Rxf2 {[%emt 0:03:38]} 54. Rb7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rf4 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 55. Rb6+ {[%emt 0:00:16]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 56. Re3 {[%emt 0:08:19]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 57. Rxb5 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:04:52]} 58. Rb6+ {[%emt 0:00:44]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:03:03]} 59. Rh3 {[%emt 0:01:13]} Rh4 {[%emt 0:02:14]} 60. Rxh4 {[%emt 0:00:38]} gxh4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 61. Rh6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rg4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 62. b5 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 63. Rh5 {[%emt 0:01:29]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 64. Rh8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 65. Rd8 {[%emt 0:01:10]} h3 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 66. Rd1 {[%emt 0:01:03]} h2 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 67. Rh1 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rh4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 68. c4 {[%emt 0:01:38]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 69. b6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Rh7 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 70. c5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 71. Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:03:29]} 72. Kd5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Rh6 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 73. Kxe5 {[%emt 0:01:35]} Kc6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 74. Kf4 {[%emt 0:02:11]} Rh4+ {[%emt 0:01:20]} 75. Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Rh5+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} 76. Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Rh3 {[%emt 0:08:50]} 77. e5 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Kb7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 78. e6 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Rf3+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} 79. Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Rg3+ {[%emt 0:01:42]} 80. Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rf3+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} 81. Ke8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Re3 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 82. e7 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Rh3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 83. Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Rd3+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} 84. Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Re3+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 85. Kd5 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Rxe7 {[%emt 0:02:14]} 86. Rxh2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rg7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 87. Ke4 1-0

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pop, Alexandru"]
[Black "Luncasu, Raul-Ionut"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2274"]
[BlackElo "2187"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. d5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. c4 {[%emt 0:00:34]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 5. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 6. Nc3 {[%emt 0:03:41]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 7. e3 {[%emt 0:00:26] A61: Modern Benoni: Nf3 without early e4} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 8. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:09]} 9. O-O {[%emt 0:00:05]} Na6 {[%emt 0:02:09]} (9... Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nbd7 12. Qc2 a6 13. a4 c4 14. Be2 Rc8 15. a5 Rc5 16. Qa4 Re8 17. Rd1 Ne4 18. Nxe4 Rxe4 {0-1 (28) Inarkiev,E (2690)-Dubov,D (2691) Satka 2018}) 10. Nd2 {[%emt 0:06:29]} Nc7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 11. e4 {[%emt 0:01:54]} Re8 {[%emt 0:01:18]} 12. Re1 {[%emt 0:04:55]} a6 {[%emt 0:01:18]} 13. a4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:15:06]} 14. a5 $1 {[%emt 0:04:32]} b5 $146 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 15. axb6 $1 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Rxb6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 16. Nc4 {[%emt 0:15:49]} Rb4 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 17. f3 {[%emt 0:11:10]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:34:20]} 18. Bg5 {[%emt 0:09:34]} h6 {[%emt 0:02:24]} 19. Bh4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} g5 {[%emt 0:01:39]} 20. Bf2 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:01:18]} 21. Ra2 {[%emt 0:14:36]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:03:47]} 22. g3 {[%emt 0:11:20]} Ng7 $18 {[%emt 0:03:51]} (22... Nf6 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 23. Bf1 {[%emt 0:03:21]} f5 {[%emt 0:11:07]} 24. e5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 25. d6 {[%emt 0:01:19]} Nce6 {[%emt 0:02:23]} 26. Nd5 {[%emt 0:03:35]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:01:40]} 27. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:09:26]} 28. Nc7 {[%emt 0:02:06]} Rb6 {[%emt 0:03:25]} 29. Nxe8 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Qxe8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 30. Rxa6 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Rxa6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 31. Bxa6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Nhg7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 32. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 33. Qd5 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 1-0

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Patrascu, Catalin-Lucian"]
[Black "Vrencian, Lehel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2268"]
[BlackElo "2321"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,96,23,19,36,11,13,-29,10,2,7,0,34,31,65,0,39,27,40,24,37,4,23,0,8,0,81,22,20,11,37,0,9,9,9,6,2,0,3,0,15,6,6,6,10,15,19,19,40,52,75,6,21,0,0,0,0,-7,-7,-112,-8,-11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 Re8 6. O-O c6 7. d3 h6 {A22: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3 Nf6} 8. e4 (8. Bd2 Bf8 9. e4 d5 10. exd5 cxd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Qxd5 13. Bc3 Qd6 14. d4 exd4 15. Nxd4 {1-0 (31) Laznicka,V (2657)-Sethuraman,S (2623) Grosseto Prugna 2015}) 8... Bxc3 9. bxc3 d5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Bb2 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Nc6 13. Re1 Bg4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Bf5 14. a3 Nb6 15. Re3 {½-½ (58) Moutousis,K (2405)-Solomon,S (2445) Manila 1992}) 14. Qa4 Bf5 15. Rad1 Nb6 16. Qb5 Bd7 17. Qb3 Qf6 18. Nd2 (18. c4 $14) 18... Bg4 19. Ne4 Qg6 20. Rd2 Rad8 21. Ba3 Bc8 22. Bc5 Nd7 23. Ba3 {Nd6 is the strong threat.} Nf8 (23... Nb6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 24. Nc5 (24. h4 $16) 24... b6 $11 25. Qa4 Na5 26. Rde2 bxc5 27. Qxa5 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Qxd3 28. Re3 ({Avoid the trap} 28. Qxc5 $2 {[#]} Qxe2 $3 {[%mdl 512]} 29. Rxe2 Rd1+ 30. Re1 (30. Bf1 $2 Bh3 $19) 30... Rxe1+ 31. Bf1 Bh3 $19) 28... Qc2 29. Qxc5 Qxa2 30. Bb4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Nd7 31. Qc7 {Hoping for Be7!} Nf6 32. Rxe5 Be6 33. h3 Rd2 34. Ra5 Qc2 {And now ...Bd5 would win.} 35. Qxa7 Red8 36. Qe3 (36. Raa1 $16) 36... Nd5 37. Bxd5 R2xd5 38. Rxd5 Rxd5 39. Bc5 Bxh3 40. Qe8+ Kh7 41. Bd4 {The position is equal.} Be6 42. Bxg7 $1 Kxg7 43. Rxe6 fxe6 44. Qe7+ Kh8 {( -> ...Rd1+)} 45. Qf6+ Kh7 46. Qf7+ Kh8 47. Qf6+ Kh7 48. Qe7+ Kh8 {Accuracy: White = 45%, Black = 49%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Szabo, Attila"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2263"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,126,9,27,19,40,19,23,21,22,7,18,21,39,20,51,55,65,52,63,54,57,56,62,60,55,47,56,24,39,33,53,79,74,28,10,7,15,0,0,0,7,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,-8,-13,-13,-13,-13,-14,-14,-18,-14,-22,-13,-14,-13,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-13,-14,-14,-16,-14,-17,-15,-34,-14,-14,-14,-90,-77,-72,-23,-170,-162,-135,-152,-296,-296,-295,-253,-295,-292,-290,-205,-722,-718,-174,-174,-1188,-1188,-1181,-1173,-1166,-1159,-1076,-553,-1152,-966,-956,-835]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 c5 6. O-O {C01: French: Exchange Variation} Nc6 (6... c4 7. Re1+ Be7 8. Be2 O-O 9. b3 cxb3 10. axb3 Nc6 11. c3 Re8 12. Nbd2 Bd6 13. Bd3 Bg4 14. Rxe8+ Qxe8 {0-1 (52) Fontaine,R (2563)-Carlsen,M (2834) chess.com INT 2018}) 7. Re1+ Be7 8. dxc5 {White has an edge.} O-O 9. c3 Bxc5 10. Be3 Be7 11. h3 Ne4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Re8 12. Nbd2 Bd7 13. Nb3 Qc7 14. Qc2 a6 15. Rad1 Rac8 16. Qb1 {½-½ (16) Schaedler,J (2120)-Gasthofer,V (2338) Germany 2002}) 12. Nbd2 Bf5 13. Qb1 {[%cal Rd2e4]} Nxd2 14. Nxd2 Bg6 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. Nf3 Bf6 17. Qd3 Qa5 18. Nd4 Ne5 19. Qb5 Qxb5 20. Nxb5 Nc4 21. Rab1 (21. Nc7 $5 {[%cal Rc7a8]}) 21... Nxe3 22. Rxe3 a6 23. Nd4 Bxd4 24. cxd4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Rac8 25. Rc3 Rxc3 26. bxc3 {KR-KR} b5 27. a4 bxa4 28. Ra1 a5 29. Rxa4 Ra8 30. Kf1 Kf8 31. Ke2 Ke7 32. Kd3 Kd6 33. c4 dxc4+ 34. Kxc4 g5 35. Kd3 Kd5 36. f3 Ra6 37. Kc3 Ra7 38. Kd3 Ra8 39. Kc3 Ke6 40. Kd3 f6 41. Ke4 Ra6 42. Ke3 Kd5 43. Kd3 Ra7 44. Kc3 Kc6 45. Kc4 $1 Ra8 46. Kc3 Ra6 47. Kc4 Ra7 48. Kc3 (48. d5+ $11 Kd6 49. Kd4) 48... Kb5 49. Rc4 a4 {[%cal Ba5a4,Ba4a3][%mdl 32] Threatens to win with ...a3.} (49... Kb6 $5 {[%cal Ra7c7]}) 50. Rb4+ (50. Rc5+ $1 $11 Kb6 51. Kb2) 50... Kc6 $19 51. Kb2 a3+ 52. Ka2 (52. Ka1 $17) 52... Kd5 53. g3 Re7 54. h4 gxh4 55. gxh4 Re3 56. Rb7 $2 {[#]} (56. f4) 56... Kxd4 57. Rxg7 Rxf3 58. h5 $2 (58. Rg4+ Ke5 59. Rg8) 58... Rh3 {Black is clearly winning.} 59. Rh7 Ke5 60. Rh8 Kf4 61. h6 Kf5 62. Ka1 Kg6 63. Rg8+ Kh7 {Accuracy: White = 45%, Black = 74%.} 0-1

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Scripcaru, George-Daniel"]
[Black "Vasiesiu, Victor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2176"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. g3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. b3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 4. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} O-O {[%emt 0:01:53]} 5. Bg2 {[%emt 0:02:53]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 6. c4 {[%emt 0:01:08]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:10]} d6 {[%emt 0:02:05]} 8. d4 {[%emt 0:08:31]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:04:27]} 9. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 10. Nc2 {[%emt 0:07:50]} a6 {[%emt 0:07:14]} 11. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:06:14]} 12. Nd5 {[%emt 0:20:48] A38: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7 5 Nf3 Nf6} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:02:02]} 13. Bxg7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nc3 {[%emt 0:05:43]} 14. Bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Qxc3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 15. Ne3 {[%emt 0:04:05]} Be6 {[%emt 0:02:28] LiveBook: 6 Games} 16. Nd5 {[%emt 0:03:48]} (16. Rc1 Qa5 17. Qc2 Rfc8 18. Qb2 Rab8 19. Rfd1 Qe5 {½-½ (43) Topalov,V (2752)-Grischuk,A (2754) London 2012}) 16... Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 17. Qxd5 $146 {[%emt 0:07:08]} ({Predecessor:} 17. Bxd5 Rac8 18. Qc1 Qa5 19. Rd1 b5 20. Bxc6 Rxc6 21. Qg5 Re8 22. cxb5 Qxb5 {½-½ (22) Cvetkovic,S (2303)-Pantelic,S (2358) Veliko Gradiste 2016}) 17... Rac8 {[%emt 0:10:21]} 18. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:01:16]} 19. h4 {[%emt 0:12:23]} h5 {[%emt 0:03:53]} 20. Qe4 {[%emt 0:03:39]} Qe5 {[%emt 0:02:16]} 21. Qd3 {[%emt 0:03:08]} Rb8 $11 {[%emt 0:04:35]} 22. Rac1 {[%emt 0:01:08]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:05:05]} 23. Qd2 {[%emt 0:04:55]} b6 {[%emt 0:04:24]} 24. Bd5 {[%emt 0:01:58]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:04:22]} 25. Kg2 {[%emt 0:05:56]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Panait, Mihai-Catalin"]
[Black "Costachi, Mihnea"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2140"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,78,0,0,13,5,36,32,37,50,60,58,59,-10,0,0,0,0,0,-103,-71,-69,-67,-65,-70,-66,-56,-61,-55,-74,-65,-92,-84,-81,-83,-102,-97,-94,-95,-133,-135,-135,-124,-130,-131,-135,-95,-201,-202,-220,-218,-228,-228,-210,-201,-195,-110,-105,-115,-118,-110,-157,-164,-218,-206,-29992,-29993,-29993,-29994]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d3 d6 6. e4 e5 7. c4 {LiveBook: 3 Games. A05: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 Nf6} (7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. a4 a5 9. Nc4 Nc5 10. Be3 b6 11. Qd2 Ne6 12. Bh6 Bxh6 13. Qxh6 Ba6 14. Ne3 Kh8 15. Ng5 Nxg5 16. Qxg5 Nh5 17. Qh6 {½-½ (60) Fedorov,A (2555)-Landa,K (2645) Czechia 2014}) 7... h6 8. Nc3 c6 9. d4 {White is slightly better.} exd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Nh5 10. Re1 Bg4 11. Be3 Qc8 12. Qd2 Kh7 13. Rac1 Na6 14. a3 f5 15. exf5 gxf5 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 {0-1 (40) Der Manuelian,H (2066)-Bryant,T (2104) ICC INT 2014}) 10. Nxd4 Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7e5,Be5g4,Bg4e3][%mdl 32]} 11. Be3 Re8 12. Qd2 (12. b3 $14) 12... Ne5 13. b3 $1 Neg4 14. Rad1 Nxe3 15. fxe3 (15. Qxe3 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.} Qb6 16. f3) 15... Qa5 16. Nd5 Qxd2 $1 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Rxd2 Bg7 19. Nc2 Be5 20. Nd4 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 21. Nf3 a4 22. Nxe5 dxe5 23. Bf3 axb3 24. axb3 Be6 25. Rff2 Ra3 26. Bd1 Ra1 27. Kg2 Rea8 28. h3 h5 29. Bf3 (29. g4 $17) 29... Rb1 $19 30. Rb2 {[#]} Raa1 $1 31. Rfd2 Rh1 32. g4 Rhg1+ 33. Kh2 hxg4 ({Better is} 33... h4 $19 34. Rd3 Rgb1 35. Rxb1 Rxb1 36. Rd8+ Kg7) 34. Bxg4 $17 Bxg4 35. hxg4 Rxg4 $19 {KRR-KRR} 36. Rd8+ Kg7 37. Rd7 (37. Rf2 {was necessary.}) 37... Ra8 {[%cal Ra8h8]} ({Don't do} 37... Rxe4 38. Rxb7 Rf1 39. Kg2) 38. Kh3 $2 {[#]} (38. Rg2 $19 Rxe4 39. Rf2) 38... Rg5 $1 {[%cal Ra8h8]} 39. Kh4 Rg1 {Accuracy: White = 37%, Black = 61%.} 0-1

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Popescu, Daniel-Vasilica"]
[Black "Nastase, Robert-Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2131"]
[BlackElo "2296"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. d3 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 5. c3 {[%emt 0:01:45]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 6. Be3 {[%emt 0:01:27]} Bb6 {[%emt 0:01:37]} 7. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:06:01]} O-O {[%emt 0:07:40]} 8. Bb3 {[%emt 0:03:11]} Ng4 {[%emt 0:05:03]} 9. Bxb6 {[%emt 0:04:05]} axb6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 10. O-O {[%emt 0:04:29]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:05:26]} 11. d4 {[%emt 0:05:05]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 12. Re1 {[%emt 0:06:16]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:15:03]} 13. Nf1 {[%emt 0:10:38]} Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 14. h3 {[%emt 0:25:27]} Nh6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 15. Ne3 {[%emt 0:08:30]} c6 {[%emt 0:27:01]} 16. Kh2 {[%emt 0:05:35]} b5 {[%emt 0:07:40]} 17. Ng1 {[%emt 0:06:50]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:10:30]} 18. Qf3 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Ng8 {[%emt 0:02:40]} 19. Rad1 {[%emt 0:03:07]} Qh6 {[%emt 0:09:08]} 20. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:53]} dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 21. Ng4 {[%emt 0:01:08]} Qg5 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 22. Rd6 {[%emt 0:01:42]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:01:27]} 23. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Bxg4 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 24. Qxg4 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 25. Qf3 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 26. Red1 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 27. g3 {[%emt 0:00:52]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 28. Bxe6 {[%emt 0:00:36]} fxe6 {[%emt 0:02:41]} 29. Rxd8+ {[%emt 0:01:54]} Rxd8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 30. Rxd8+ {[%emt 0:00:29]} Qxd8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 31. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 32. a3 {[%emt 0:01:09]} Qa4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 33. f3 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 34. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:36]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 35. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 36. h4 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 37. g4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:01:49]} 38. g5 {[%emt 0:00:56]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 39. Qc1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 40. g6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Ng3 {[%emt 0:21:44]} Qxb2+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} 42. Qxb2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Nxb2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 43. Nxh5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:05:49]} 44. Kg3 {[%emt 0:01:21]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:08:23]} 45. Kg4 {[%emt 0:01:27]} Nd2 {[%emt 0:06:06]} 46. Ng3 {[%emt 0:02:06]} Nb1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 47. h5 {[%emt 0:01:48]} Nxa3 {[%emt 0:04:24]} 48. Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 49. h6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} gxh6+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} 50. Kxh6 {[%emt 0:02:33]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:02:43]} 51. Kh7 {[%emt 0:02:26]} Ne8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 52. Ne2 {[%emt 0:02:16]} c5 {[%emt 0:02:05]} 53. f4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} b4 {[%emt 0:04:15]} 54. cxb4 {[%emt 0:00:46]} cxb4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 55. f5 {[%emt 0:00:53]} exf5 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 56. exf5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} b3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 57. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:56]} b2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 58. Kh6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} e4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 59. Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} e3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 60. f6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} b1=Q {[%emt 0:01:13]} 61. Nxb1 {[%emt 0:01:03]} e2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 62. f7 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Ng7 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 0-1

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Casangiu, Paul-Horatiu"]
[Black "Toma, Radu-Cristian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2027"]
[BlackElo "2354"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,110,21,6,12,6,4,0,4,-44,-27,-41,-33,-55,-8,-11,-4,-6,-6,-8,-6,-8,0,0,0,0,2,2,45,44,44,47,53,53,49,23,30,0,7,0,25,0,54,56,52,45,86,97,98,-42,-31,-85,-27,-27,-25,-30,23,-56,-37,-180,-44,-312,-77,-190,-199,-222,0,0,8,0,8,0,161,154,158,159,292,295,278,283,268,168,171,170,332,334,428,415,367,346,29958,5995,29967,29968,29973,29974,29974,29974,29968,29954,29964]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. Qd3 a6 {A46: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 e6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} 7. Nbd2 {LiveBook: 8 Games} O-O 8. e4 d5 {[%cal Rd5e4] The position is equal.} 9. e5 Nfd7 10. h4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Nb3 a5 11. Qxb5 Bc6 12. Qd3 a4 13. Nbd2 Bb7 {1-0 (51) Repka,C (2480)-Malinovsky,K (2483) Czech Republic 2017}) 10... c5 11. c3 Nc6 12. a3 cxd4 13. cxd4 b4 14. a4 a5 15. Re1 Ba6 16. Qe3 {[#]} b3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 17. Qxb3 (17. Nxb3 Nb4) 17... Qc7 18. Bf1 Nb4 {...Nc2 is the strong threat.} 19. Rb1 $1 Rab8 20. Bxa6 Nxa6 21. Qd1 Nb4 22. Nf1 Rfc8 23. Bg5 Bxg5 24. Nxg5 h6 25. Nf3 $1 Nb6 {[%cal Bd7b6,Bb6c8,Bc8e7][%mdl 32]} 26. Ne3 Qd7 (26... Nc4 $11) 27. b3 $1 $14 Rc3 28. Qd2 Rd3 29. Qb2 Nc6 {With the idea ...Nxa4!} 30. Qa1 (30. Rec1 $16) 30... Nc8 $1 $15 31. Qa3 (31. Rec1 $15) 31... Nxd4 (31... Qb7 $17) 32. Nxd4 $11 Rxd4 33. Qc5 Re4 (33... Qa7 $142 34. Rec1 Qxc5 35. Rxc5 Nb6) 34. Rec1 (34. Qxa5 $11 Rxe5 35. Rec1) 34... Ne7 35. f3 ({White should try} 35. Qd6 $15 Qe8 36. Rc5) 35... Rxe5 (35... Rc8 $19 36. Qb6 Rxe5) 36. Ng4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Better is} 36. Kf2 $1 $15) 36... Rf5 $2 (36... Re2 $19 37. Qxa5 Nf5) 37. Kg2 (37. f4 $17) 37... d4 $19 38. Ne5 Qd5 $2 (38... Qd8 $1 $19 39. g4 Rf4) 39. Qxd5 $11 exd5 40. f4 g5 41. Rc7 Re8 $2 {[#]} (41... Ng6 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 42. Ng4 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has strong initiative.} Kg7 43. Re1 d3 (43... h5 $16) 44. Rcxe7 (44. Rexe7 d2 $18) 44... Rxe7 45. Rxe7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KR} d2 46. Ne3 gxf4 {[#]} 47. Nd1 $1 (47. Nxf5+ $2 {is the wrong capture.} Kf6 $19) 47... fxg3 $2 (47... Rf6 48. Rd7 fxg3 49. Rxd5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Rb6) 48. Re2 ({And not} 48. Kxg3 Rf1 $17) 48... Kf6 49. Rxd2 Ke5 50. Kxg3 {And now Ne3 would win.} d4 $2 (50... Rf6 $18 51. Nc3 Rg6+ 52. Kf3 Rf6+ 53. Ke3 Rd6) 51. Rf2 Rxf2 52. Nxf2 {White mates.} Kd5 53. Kf4 Kc5 54. Nd3+ Kd5 55. Kf5 h5 {Accuracy: White = 42%, Black = 33%.} 1-0

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Berkes, Ferenc"]
[Black "Svetushkin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,35,10,18,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,6,-17,-12,-25]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 O-O 7. Re1 Na6 8. Nc3 Ne4 {E18: Queen's Indian: Old Main Line (4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Be7 6 0-0 0-0 7 Nc3)} 9. Nxe4 (9. Bf4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nb8 11. e4 d6 12. e5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Bd6 15. Qf3 Nd7 16. Rad1 {1-0 (30) Vidit,S (2707)-Bologan,V (2610) Poikovsky 2018}) 9... Bxe4 10. Ne5 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 Bf6 12. Nf3 c5 {LiveBook: 4 Games. The position is equal.} 13. e4 d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... d6 14. Qa4 Nb8 15. e5 dxe5 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Nxe5 {1-0 (67) Schreiner,P (2419)-Matt,F (2290) Vienna 2015}) 14. cxd5 exd5 15. e5 Be7 16. e6 fxe6 17. Rxe6 {[#] Strongly threatening Qe2.} Nc7 18. Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Black "Morozov, Nichita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,56,41,34,43,43,43,34,36,29,35,28,46,46,50,50,48,50,41,40,45,48,45,48,53,37,31,32,50,42,62,23,14,21,22,0,0,0,0,0,49,-11,0]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7e5,Be5c6,Bc6b4][%mdl 32]} 5. a4 Be7 6. Bc4 O-O 7. O-O exd4 {C41: Philidor Defence} (7... c6 8. Re1 b6 9. h3 a6 10. Ba2 Rb8 11. Be3 b5 12. axb5 axb5 13. b4 Bb7 14. Bb3 exd4 15. Nxd4 d5 16. exd5 Bxb4 17. Bd2 cxd5 18. Ncxb5 Bxd2 19. Qxd2 {½-½ (30) Kryvoruchko,Y (2705)-Laznicka,V (2671) Brest 2018}) 8. Nxd4 Ne5 9. Bb3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} c5 {White is slightly better.} 10. Nde2 Be6 11. Ba2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. f4 Nc6 13. f5 d5 14. Nf4 Nd4 15. e5 {1-0 (31) Nikitenko,M (2374)-Filyanin,D (2006) Kazan 2016}) 11... Nc6 12. Nf4 Bxa2 13. Rxa2 Nb4 14. Ra1 Re8 15. f3 d5 16. Nfxd5 Nfxd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Qxd5 19. exd5 Bf6 20. Rd1 Re2 $1 21. c3 Rae8 22. Bd2 Kf8 23. d6 {Bf4 is the strong threat.} R8e6 24. d7 {[#] Strongly threatening Bf4.} Ke7 $1 25. Kf1 Kd8 26. a5 {[%cal Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} Bh4 27. a6 b6 28. Kg1 (28. b4 $14) 28... Bf2+ {Accuracy: White = 54%, Black = 83%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lupulescu, Constantin"]
[Black "Parligras, Mircea-Emilian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,41,11,18,5,11,2,24,10,29,20,22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 h5 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} 11. Bf4 Be7 {LiveBook: 121 Games} 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5 Rh6 14. g3 Bxg5 15. Bxg5 Rg6 {The position is equal.} 16. Bf4 Nh4 17. Kh1 Nf3 18. Kg2 {[#]} Nh4+ $146 19. Kh1 Nf3 20. Kg2 Nh4+ $1 21. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Deac, Bogdan-Daniel"]
[Black "Istratescu, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,122,25,45,48,48,53,40,41,57,57,62,65,62,57,54,64,50,38,38,28,158,159,159,158,154,144,155,134,202,159,153,194,170,117,121,114,135,131,151,160,142,137,154,164,163,138,165,158,156,156,190,183,212,212,230,229,224,224,237,219,219,153,457,443,435,394,552,253,242,238,322,319,435,638,691,706,695,639,665,662,620,606,564,539,963,368,943,923,903,842,774,785,1327,1375,1293,1268,1002,70,552,0,718,0,31,31,363]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bd6 6. Nc3 {E01: Catalan: Early deviations} c6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. e4 Nxe4 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Qxe4 Nf6 {LiveBook: 9 Games} 11. Qc2 b6 12. Bg2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. c5 Be7 {½-½ (52) Grischuk,A (2782)-Caruana,F (2799) Saint Louis 2017}) 12... Bb7 13. c5 Be7 14. O-O bxc5 15. dxc5 a5 16. Bc3 O-O 17. Ng5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} g6 $1 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Bf6 (19... Qd5 $1 $11) 20. Rfd1 $16 Qe7 21. Be5 Rfc8 22. Rd6 Kg7 23. Rad1 Rc7 (23... Bxe5 $16 24. Qxe5+ Qf6) 24. g4 {[%cal Bg3g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} Bxe5 25. Qxe5+ Qf6 26. Rxe6 (26. Qg3 $1 $18) 26... Qxe5 27. Rxe5 Bc8 28. Re8 {Strongly threatening Rdd8.} Raa7 29. g5 $1 {aiming for Rdd8.} Bd7 30. Rb8 a4 31. b4 axb3 32. axb3 Rab7 33. Rxb7 Rxb7 $18 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 34. b4 Rc7 35. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4g5][%mdl 32]} h6 36. Kh2 hxg5 37. hxg5 Kf8 38. Kg3 Ke7 39. Re1+ Kd8 40. Bh3 {Rd1 is the strong threat.} Bxh3 $2 (40... Be8 $16 41. Kf4 Ra7) 41. Kxh3 $16 {KR-KR} Rd7 42. Re4 Rd5 (42... Rd3+ {was called for.} 43. Kg4 Rd5) 43. Kg4 (43. f4 $142 Kd7 44. Kh4) 43... Kd7 {[#]} 44. f3 $1 {[%cal Bf2f3,Bf3f4][%mdl 32]} Rd1 45. Kg3 Rd5 46. f4 Rd3+ 47. Kf2 Rb3 48. Ke2 Kd8 49. Kd2 Kd7 50. Rd4+ Kc7 51. Ke2 Kc8 52. Kf2 $2 (52. Rd6 Rxb4 53. Rf6 (53. Rxc6+ Kd7 $16)) 52... Rb2+ $2 (52... Rb1 53. Kf3 Rf1+ 54. Ke2 Rb1) 53. Kf3 $18 Rb1 54. Rd6 Rb3+ 55. Ke2 Rxb4 56. Rxc6+ Kd8 57. Rf6 Ke7 58. Kf3 $2 (58. Kd3 $18 Ke8 59. c6) 58... Rc4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (58... Rd4 $14) 59. Ke3 $2 (59. c6 $1 $18 {Threatens to win with Ke3.} Rc1 60. Ke4) 59... Rc1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (59... Rxc5 $11 60. Ra6 Rc4) 60. Kf3 $2 (60. Kd4 $18 {Black must now prevent Kd5.} Rd1+ 61. Kc4) 60... Ke8 61. c6 Ke7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 38%.} ({Better is} 61... Re1 $1 $14) 1-0

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Iordachescu, Viorel"]
[Black "Vajda, Levente"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,108,45,35,25,18,24,27,24,27,28,22,37,30,43,43,50,56,62,52,52,45,51,49,44,38,38,40,53,49,45,43,47,39,50,29,29,29,18,4,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Qb3 Be7 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. e3 O-O 8. Be2 dxc4 9. Qxc4 Nd5 {D60: Queen's Gambit Declined: Classical: Unusual White 7th moves} 10. Bxe7 {LiveBook: 12 Games} Qxe7 11. O-O N5b6 12. Qd3 e5 13. Rfe1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Rfd1 Re8 14. Qe4 exd4 15. Qxe7 Rxe7 16. Nxd4 Nf6 17. Nb3 Be6 18. Nc5 Nbd5 19. Rd3 Nxc3 20. Rxc3 Rd8 21. Rd3 Rxd3 22. Bxd3 Bc8 23. b4 g6 24. Rc1 {½-½ (24) Roiz,M (2659)-Malakhov,V (2689) Dagomys 2008}) 13... Re8 14. e4 exd4 15. Nxd4 Ne5 {[%cal Bd7e5,Be5g6,Bg6f4][%mdl 32]} 16. Qg3 Ng6 17. Rad1 Qf6 18. Bf1 h5 19. h3 {[%cal Bh2h3,Bh3h4][%mdl 32]} Qf4 20. Qxf4 Nxf4 21. h4 g6 22. b4 Re7 23. g3 Ne6 $1 24. Nb3 Nf8 25. f3 Be6 26. Nc5 Bc4 27. Rd4 Bxf1 28. Rxf1 {The position is equal.} a5 29. Rb1 Nbd7 30. Nxd7 ({Don't play} 30. Nxb7 Ne5 $17) 30... Rxd7 31. Rxd7 Nxd7 32. bxa5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Nc5 33. Kf2 Rxa5 {Threatening ...Ra3.} 34. a4 $1 Ra8 35. Ke2 Rd8 36. Rb4 Kf8 37. Rc4 Nd3 38. Ke3 {Threatens to win with Rd4.} Ne5 39. Rd4 Ke7 40. Rxd8 Kxd8 {KN-KN} 41. f4 Ng4+ 42. Kd4 b6 43. Nd1 Kd7 44. Nb2 c5+ 45. Kd3 Kc6 46. Nc4 f6 47. e5 fxe5 48. fxe5 b5 49. axb5+ Kxb5 50. e6 {Black must now prevent e7.} Kc6 $1 51. Ke4 Nf6+ 52. Ke5 Ng4+ 53. Ke4 Nf6+ 54. Ke5 Ng4+ {Accuracy: White = 83%, Black = 87%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tarlev, Konstantin"]
[Black "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,51,16,10,21,0,0,0,10,10,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,8,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Bf5 8. Re1 Nc6 9. Nc3 Nxc3 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} 10. bxc3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 O-O 12. c4 (12. Re2 a6 13. Bf4 Qd7 14. Rae1 Rfe8 15. h4 h6 16. Qe3 b5 {½-½ (60) Nepomniachtchi,I (2757)-Giri,A (2782) Dortmund 2018}) 12... dxc4 13. Qxc4 {LiveBook: 7 Games. The position is equal.} Qd7 14. d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Rb1 Rad8 15. Bf4 b6 16. Rbd1 Bd6 17. Re4 {½-½ (28) Haugen,A (2440)-Schuster,P (2447) ICCF 2015}) 14... Nb4 15. Rb1 {aiming for Rxe7!} Nxd5 {[%cal Bb4d5,Bd5b6,Bb6c4][%mdl 32]} 16. Rxb7 Bd6 17. Rb3 Rfe8 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19. g3 Nb6 20. Qd3 Qc6 21. Bd2 h6 22. Nd4 Qd5 23. Nb5 Qxd3 24. Rxd3 Nc4 25. Kf1 Re5 26. Nxd6 {Accuracy: White = 56%, Black = 55%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Marin, Mihail"]
[Black "Itkis, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,65,15,21,18,28,21,44,40,91,75,92,81,69,74,111,112,120,115,118,118,137,106,98,98,270,277,267,250,258,248,473,481,556,475,522,416,406,380,393,379,607,578]} 1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 b6 7. Bb2 Bb7 8. e3 c5 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. d4 Na5 13. dxc5 {A14: English Opening: 1...e6 with b3 by White} Bxc5 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 14. Qe2 (14. Bc3 Be7 15. Qxd5 Bxd5 16. Bxa5 bxa5 17. Nd4 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Rac8 19. Rac1 Bc5 20. Rc4 Bxd4 21. Rxd4 {½-½ (78) Leon Hoyos,M (2579)-Djukic,N (2523) Istanbul 2012}) 14... Rfd8 15. Rfd1 {White has an edge.} Qc6 16. Rac1 Qe8 (16... Rxd1+ $14 17. Qxd1 Qd6) 17. Bxg7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Nd4 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Nc6 19. Nb5 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Rd8 {½-½ (39) Roe,S (2253)-Christiansen,A (2040) Helsingor 2017}) 17... Kxg7 {[#]} 18. b4 $1 {[%mdl 576] Decoy} Bxb4 19. Qb2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg8 {And now ...Qa4 would win.} 20. Qxb4 {Hoping for Qg4+.} Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Rd8 22. Qg4+ Kf8 23. Rxd8 Qxd8 24. Ng5 Bxg2 $2 (24... Qd3 $16 {was called for.}) 25. Nxh7+ $18 ({Much less strong is} 25. Kxg2 $6 Qd3 $16) 25... Ke7 {Strongly threatening ...Bc6.} 26. Qg5+ ({Resist} 26. Kxg2 $6 Qa8+ 27. Kg1 Qh8 $18) 26... Kd7 {White must now prevent ...Bc6.} 27. Nf6+ ({But not} 27. Kxg2 $6 Qxg5 28. Nxg5 f6 $16) 27... Kc7 $2 (27... Ke7) 28. Kxg2 Qd3 29. Qf4+ Kc8 30. Ne8 {[%csl Ge8][%cal Rf4c7]} Kd8 31. Qxf7 Qd5+ 32. Kh3 Nc6 $2 (32... Qd7 33. Qxd7+ Kxd7) 33. Ng7 {Accuracy: White = 90%, Black = 24%.} 1-0

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Georgescu, Tiberiu-Marian"]
[Black "David, Alexandru-Vasile"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,119,25,0,13,0,24,22,58,55,52,53,54,55,66,58,81,69,42,29,32,16,43,46,43,47,78,54,36,28,17,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-54,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,48,-94,0,0,21,20,134,77,223,24,10,5,97,93,97,98,105,104,101,87,107,101,102,100,156,74,74,74,75,61,81,0,78,83,141,81,66,84,88,62,62,0,77,50,62,46,576,575,558,558,558,558]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. a4 b6 {D24: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 Nc3} 7. Bxc4 Bb7 8. O-O Bb4 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Na2 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Bd6 12. Nc3 Bb4 13. Bd3 c5 14. Na2 $1 Ba5 15. e4 {[#]} Qe7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Qc7 16. Bg5 {½-½ (49) Cramling,P (2518)-Wojtaszek,R (2723) Caleta 2013}) 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bh4 $1 {e5 is the strong threat.} e5 18. dxc5 (18. d5 {feels hotter.} g5 19. Bg3 Nh5 20. Qe3 Rad8 21. Nc3) 18... bxc5 ({Wrong is} 18... Nxc5 $2 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. b4 $18) ({Don't blunder} 18... Qxc5 $2 19. Rac1 $18) 19. Nd2 Bxd2 $1 20. Rxd2 Rfd8 {[%cal Bf8d8,Bd8d4,Bd4a4][%mdl 32]} 21. Nc3 Nf8 22. Bc4 Ng6 {aiming for ...Rxd2.} 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24. g3 Rd4 25. Bd5 Rb8 26. Bxb7 Rxb7 27. Nd5 Qd6 28. Rc1 Rxa4 29. Ne3 (29. Rdc2 $11) 29... Qc6 ({Better is} 29... Rd4 $15 30. Rdc2 Rxe4) 30. Rd5 $11 Qb5 31. Qg4 Qxb2 32. Rdxc5 Ra1 33. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 34. Kg2 Rb6 {Threatens to win with ...Nf4+!} 35. Nf5 (35. h4 $14 {stays ahead.} Qe1 36. Rc8+ Kh7 37. h5) 35... Kh7 (35... Qe1 $1 $17 {Hoping for ...Rb1.} 36. Rc2 a5) 36. Qf3 Rb1 {( -> ...Rg1+)} 37. Ne3 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Rg1+ (37... Rb7 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 38. Kh3 $16 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Qa2 (38... Rc1 $16 {is a better defense.} 39. Rxc1 Qxc1) 39. Rc7 $2 (39. Nd5 $1 $18 Rf1 40. Kg2) 39... Qe6+ $11 40. Qf5 Kg8 (40... Qxf5+ $1 $11 {remains equal.} 41. exf5 Nh8) 41. Rc8+ $1 $16 Kh7 42. Qxe6 fxe6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#] KRN-KRN} 43. Re8 $1 Nh8 {and if ...Nf7 works, Black does fine.} 44. Kg4 Nf7 45. Rxe6 Rb1 46. h4 Rb2 (46... a5 $142) 47. Kf3 ({Don't take} 47. Rxa6 $6 Rxf2 48. Nc4 g6 $11) (47. f4 $142) 47... a5 48. Re7 Kg8 49. Re8+ Kh7 50. Re7 Kg8 51. Ra7 Rb5 {[#]} (51... Ra2 $142) 52. Nf5 ({White should try} 52. Kg4 $1) 52... h5 53. Kg2 {Black must now prevent Rxf7!} Rc5 54. Rb7 Rc2 55. Ra7 Rc5 $1 56. Ra8+ Kh7 57. Ra6 g5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Black should play} 57... Nd8 $14) 58. hxg5 $18 {[%mdl 64] Overworked Piece. White is clearly winning.} Nxg5 59. Rh6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg8 60. Rg6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 54%, Black = 47%.} 1-0

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nanu, Costica-Ciprian"]
[Black "Szabo, Gergely-Andras-Gyul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,70,0,0,24,0,0,0,56,48,35,41,54,20,26,7,26,12,15,27,32,27,66,8,8,15,34,5,12,0,29,18,20,21,17,16,17,0,14,10,51,62,118,85,109,87,91,86,93,73,29991,29992,29992]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c5 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Be2 Qa5 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 c4 11. Qc2 {LiveBook: 57 Games} Ne4 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4)} 12. Rfc1 Nxg5 13. Nxg5 h6 ({Better is} 13... Nf6 $11) 14. Nf3 $14 O-O {[#]} 15. e4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Nd2 Nb6 16. f3 Bd7 17. e4 Rae8 18. Rab1 Qa3 19. Rb4 {½-½ (37) Koneru,H (2598)-Hou,Y (2617) Jermuk 2012}) 15... dxe4 16. Qxe4 Nf6 17. Qb1 Be6 18. Ne5 Qc7 19. a4 Rab8 20. a5 Nd7 21. Nxd7 (21. Ng4 $14) 21... Qxd7 $11 22. Qb4 Rfc8 23. Re1 Bd5 24. Bf1 Rc7 25. Re5 Re8 26. Rae1 Rxe5 27. Rxe5 Qc6 28. f3 b6 29. Be2 Rb7 30. a6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Rc7 ({Black should try} 30... Rb8 $1 $14) 31. Bd1 $16 {[#] Black must now prevent Ba4.} b5 32. Bc2 g6 33. Be4 Bxe4 34. fxe4 Qxa6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (34... Kg7 $16) 35. Re8+ $1 Kh7 {[%mdl 32768] Accuracy: White = 60%, Black = 38%. . An unexpected result.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ardelean, George-Catalin"]
[Black "Pop, Alexandru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2274"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,118,21,9,-24,0,0,0,0,17,-11,0,-28,-20,-48,-39,-36,-45,-46,-49,-61,-41,-75,-32,-76,-24,-57,-25,-18,-32,-16,-27,-46,-66,-62,0,0,21,18,24,0,42,40,97,77,83,73,49,52,94,18,23,26,54,20,52,-83,-47,-45,-45,-196,-192,-197,-190,-181,-181,-187,-187,-187,-179,-272,-247,-251,-251,-251,-264,-313,-280,-297,-252,-262,-203,-244,-58,-300,-309,-309,-288,-299,-299,-249,-232,-575,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Bf4 Bd6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Qf3 (5. Nf3 a6 6. Bd3 h6 7. O-O c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Qxd1 12. Rfxd1 {0-1 (49) Jobava,B (2673)-Rakhmanov,A (2640) Minsk 2015}) 5... O-O 6. Nge2 $146 {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines} ({Predecessor:} 6. g4 c5 7. g5 Ne4 8. Nxe4 dxe4 9. Qxe4 Bxf4 10. Qxf4 cxd4 11. exd4 e5 12. dxe5 {1-0 (33) Dilmukhametov,A (2353)-Sergeyev,A (2397) Sochi 2018}) 6... a6 7. g4 b5 8. g5 Nfd7 9. Qg3 Nb6 10. Bg2 b4 11. Nb1 a5 12. Nd2 Ba6 13. h4 N8d7 14. h5 Qe7 15. Rh4 Rfc8 16. e4 Bxe2 (16... Bxf4 $17 17. Qxf4 c5) 17. e5 Ba6 18. exd6 cxd6 19. Bxd6 Qe8 20. O-O-O Rc6 $1 21. Kb1 $1 Rac8 (21... Nc8 $1 $15 22. Bf4 Ne7) 22. Rc1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Bd3 23. Qxd3 Rxd6 24. Qg3 Rdc6 25. Bf1 Nc4 (25... Qe7 $14) 26. Bxc4 dxc4 {[#]} 27. Ne4 $1 {[%cal Re4d6]} Qe7 28. Re1 Rb6 29. g6 ({White should try} 29. Rf4 $16) 29... fxg6 $1 30. hxg6 h6 31. Rf4 b3 32. Qc3 (32. cxb3 $14 {keeps the upper hand.} cxb3 33. axb3) 32... bxa2+ 33. Ka1 {aiming for Rf7.} Qb4 $1 34. Nc5 $2 (34. Rf7 $15 Nf8 35. d5 Qxc3 36. Nxc3) 34... Qxc3 $19 (34... Nxc5 35. dxc5 Qxc3 36. bxc3 $17) 35. bxc3 Nxc5 36. dxc5 {[#]} Rb1+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 37. Rxb1 axb1=Q+ ({Don't take} 37... axb1=B 38. Kxb1 Rxc5 39. Re4 $17) 38. Kxb1 Rxc5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} 39. Rd4 (39. Re4 {was worth a try.}) 39... Kf8 40. Rf4+ Rf5 41. Rxc4 Ke7 42. Rc8 Kf6 ({Less strong is} 42... Rxf2 43. Rc7+ Kd6 44. Rxg7 $15) 43. c4 Kxg6 44. c5 Rxf2 45. Kb2 Rf3 $2 (45... a4 $19 {...Rf3 is the strong threat.} 46. Kc3 Rf7) 46. Ra8 $2 ({White has to play} 46. c6 $1 $15) 46... Rf5 47. Rxa5 Kf6 48. Kb3 g5 49. Kb4 g4 50. c6 $2 {[#]} (50. Ra8 {was the crucial defense.} Ke5 51. Rd8) 50... Rxa5 $2 (50... Ke7 $1 $19 51. Ra7+ Kd8) 51. Kxa5 {And now c7 would win. K3P-KPP. The position is equal.} Ke7 {White must now prevent ...Kd8.} 52. Ka6 {Strongly threatening c7.} g3 $1 53. c7 g2 $1 ({Not} 53... Kd7 $2 54. Kb7 $18) 54. c8=Q g1=Q 55. Qc7+ Kf6 56. Qf4+ Kg7 {Threatens to win with ...Qa1+.} 57. Qe5+ Kf7 {Hoping for ...Qf1+.} 58. Qf4+ Kg7 59. Qe5+ Kf7 {Accuracy: White = 44%, Black = 60%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Visakh N R"]
[Black "Erdos, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D96"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,67,8,32,16,18,27,25,23,18,29,26,33,25,32,32,-68,-53,-60,-67,-76,-52,-68,-25,-94,-47,-87,-55,-62,-38,-45,-39,-43,-50,-70,-66,-129,-122,-120,-118,-244,-267,-280,-279,-281,-276,-581,-581,-581,-581,-581,-581,-581,-581,-581,-581,-570,-570,-510]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 Be6 7. Qb5+ {D96: Grünfeld: Russian System (5 Qb3): sidelines} (7. Qd3 c5 8. e4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. f3 Nc6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Qxd8+ Rxd8 13. Be3 a6 14. Be2 O-O {0-1 (35) Morozevich,A (2665)-Vidit,S (2707) Malmo 2018}) 7... Bd7 8. Qxb7 Nc6 {White must now prevent ...Rb8.} 9. Qb3 {White has an edge.} Rb8 10. Qd1 Bf5 11. a3 O-O 12. e3 e5 13. d5 (13. Nxe5 $14 Nxe5 14. dxe5) 13... Na5 $146 {[%cal Ra5b3] And now ...Nb3 would win.} ({Predecessor:} 13... Ne7 14. Bc4 Ne4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 {1-0 (108) Tin,J (2411)-Low,Z (2194) Ho Chi Minh City 2016}) 14. b4 e4 $1 {[%cal Re4f3]} 15. Nd4 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Qxd5 17. Bb2 (17. bxa5 $11 {keeps the balance.} Bd7 18. Qc2) 17... Rfd8 18. Qc2 Bxd4 19. Bxd4 Nb3 20. Rd1 Nxd4 21. Rxd4 Qe5 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black mounts an attack.} 22. Qc3 {Strongly threatening Rxd8+.} Rxd4 23. exd4 {[#]} (23. Qxd4 $15 Qxd4 24. exd4) 23... Qf6 $1 $17 24. Be2 {[#]} c5 $1 {[%cal Rc5d4][%mdl 512]} 25. Qxc5 (25. Qg3 $17 Re8 26. Bb5) (25. bxc5 Rb1+) 25... Rc8 $19 26. Qe5 Rc1+ 27. Bd1 {[#]} Bg4 $1 {[%csl Gg4][%cal Rc1d1][%mdl 512]} 28. f3 $2 (28. Qe8+ {is more resistant.} Kg7 29. O-O Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Bxd1 31. Qxe4) 28... Qxe5 {Black is clearly winning.} 29. dxe5 exf3 {KRB-KRB} 30. g3 {[#]} f2+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 31. Kxf2 Rxd1 (31... Bxd1 $2 32. Ke3 $19) 32. Rxd1 Bxd1 33. Ke3 Kf8 34. Kd4 {Accuracy: White = 31%, Black = 90%.} 0-1

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gavrilescu, David"]
[Black "Nevednichy, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,100,29,36,18,22,24,25,20,15,0,0,0,0,29,19,-4,0,0,-9,-3,-8,-14,-21,-17,-14,-12,-12,-275,-268,-310,-310,-309,-302,-304,-302,-308,-313,-318,-289,-304,-273,-372,-372,-346,-349,-344,-322,-350,-374,-375,-374,-362,-334,-486,-480,-458,-339,-483,-488,-466,-460,-432,-415,-676,-666,-745,-695,-916,-747,-692,-691,-4806,-374,-4944,-547,-527,-520,-29977,-178]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Qc7 8. O-O Be7 9. Nce2 O-O 10. b3 Nc6 11. c4 Bd7 12. Bd2 {B80: Sicilian Scheveningen: 6 g3 and 6 Be3, including English Attack} Rac8 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 13. Rc1 Qb8 14. a4 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 14. Re1 Rfd8 15. Bc3 Be8 16. Rc2 b6 17. Qa1 Bd7 18. Rd2 Ne8 19. Kh1 Qc7 20. Nxc6 Bxc6 {½-½ (70) Vallejo Pons,F (2355)-Spraggett,K (2545) Zaragoza 1996}) 14... Rfe8 15. Re1 Bd8 16. Bc3 e5 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. exf5 Bb6 19. h3 Rcd8 20. g4 d5 $1 $36 {[%cal Rd5c4][%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 21. cxd5 Ne7 {[%cal Re7d5]} 22. Ng3 Nexd5 23. Qf3 Nxc3 24. Qxc3 h6 25. Qf3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (25. a5 $11 Bd4 26. Qc7) 25... Rd2 $19 {White must now prevent ...e4.} 26. Kh1 Bxf2 27. Re2 {[#]} Bxg3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 28. Rxd2 (28. Qxg3 Rxe2) 28... e4 ({But not} 28... Bf4 29. Rdc2 $19) 29. Qc3 Bf4 {[%mdl 64] Skewer} 30. Re2 Bxc1 31. Qxc1 Qd6 32. Qe3 Rd8 33. Re1 Qb4 34. Bf1 Rd2 35. Rc1 Qd6 {[%csl Gd2][%cal Rd6h2]} 36. Be2 Rb2 37. g5 hxg5 38. Rc8+ (38. Qxg5 {only move.} Qb8 39. Rg1) 38... Kh7 39. Qxg5 {Threatens to win with Qh4+.} Qd2 40. Qh4+ (40. Qxd2 {is the only way for White.} Rxd2 41. Bc4) 40... Qh6 41. Qxh6+ Kxh6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 42. Bc4 e3 43. Kg1 (43. Rf8 $142 e2 44. Bxe2 Rxe2 45. Rxf7) 43... Kg5 44. Rc7 Kf4 45. Rxf7 e2 46. Bxe2 Rxe2 47. Rxg7 b6 $2 (47... Kf3 48. b4 Rb2) 48. Rb7 $2 (48. Rg2 Re3 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 49. b4) 48... Kg3 (48... Kf3 $142 {( -> ...Rg2+)} 49. Rxb6 Rg2+ 50. Kf1 Nd5) 49. Rg7+ Kf3 50. h4 (50. Rg6 $19 Ne4 51. Rc6) 50... Re1+ $2 {Accuracy: White = 36%, Black = 75%.} (50... Ng4 {mates} 51. Rxg4 Re1+ 52. Kh2 Kxg4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 53. Kg2 Kxf5 54. Kh2 Rb1 55. h5 Rxb3 56. Kg2 b5 57. axb5 axb5 58. h6 Re3 59. h7 Re8 60. h8=Q Rxh8 61. Kf3 b4 62. Ke3 Rd8 63. Kf2 b3 64. Ke3 b2 65. Kf2 b1=Q 66. Kg3 Rd3+ 67. Kh2 Qc2+ 68. Kh1 Rd1#) 0-1

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vedmediuc, Serghei"]
[Black "Gheorghiu, Calin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2278"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,142,34,45,12,28,6,14,17,10,16,10,19,13,0,0,0,0,0,22,0,0,0,-5,-58,-58,-59,-3,-67,-72,-73,-70,-64,-37,-244,-233,-390,-387,-385,-372,-385,-377,-361,-362,-407,-407,-408,-395,-389,-382,-382,-382,-382,-382,-366,-330,-330,-330,-377,-283,-1787,-676,-1413,-1177,-1757,-1816,-1779,-1793,-1080,-676,-1350,-248,-1825,-590,-1751,-1821,-2421,-1833,-1782,-1143,-844,-248,-248,-248,-248,-248,-29969,-29970,-29970,-29971,-29971,-1764,-1757,-1737,-1681,-1649,-1460,0,-29971,-29969,-29962,-225,-225,-225,-225,-225,-1143,-225,-222,-158,-5122,-5122,-29973,-29974,-29973,-29972,-29977,-29978]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c6 7. h3 Be7 8. e3 O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Rb1 Ng6 12. Bh2 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Qc2 Qe7 {[#] LiveBook: 12 Games} 15. Rfe1 $146 {D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation} ({Predecessor:} 15. b4 a6 16. Na4 Ne4 17. Nb6 Rb8 18. a4 Bf5 19. b5 axb5 20. axb5 Nh4 21. Nxh4 Qxh4 22. f3 Ng3 23. Bxf5 Nxf1 24. Kxf1 Rxe3 25. bxc6 bxc6 26. Nxd5 Rxb1+ 27. Qxb1 {½-½ (55) Aleksandrov,A (2637)-Demidov,M (2465) Izhevsk 2013}) 15... Ne4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Nd2 {[%cal Rd2e4] The position is equal.} f5 $1 18. b4 a6 19. a4 Be6 20. b5 axb5 21. axb5 c5 22. Nb3 b6 23. Ra1 Qf7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Rb1 (25. Nxc5 $1 $11 bxc5 26. dxc5) 25... Bxb3 $15 26. Qxb3 cxd4 ({Black should try} 26... Qxb3 $15 27. Rxb3 cxd4 28. exd4 Nf4) 27. exd4 ({White should play} 27. Qd5 $1 $11 Qxd5 28. Nxd5) 27... Qxb3 28. Rxb3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Nf4 29. Kh2 Kf7 30. f3 $2 {[#]} (30. g3 $15 Ne6 31. Rb4) 30... e3 $1 $19 {[%cal Be4e3,Be3e2][%mdl 32]} 31. Kg3 $2 (31. Rb2) 31... e2 32. Rb1 g5 33. Re1 Rc8 34. Nxe2 Re8 35. Nxf4 Rxe1 {KR-KN} 36. Nd5 Re6 37. Nc3 Re3 38. Nd5 Rd3 39. Nxb6 Rxd4 40. Nc8 Ke6 41. Na7 Rd2 42. h4 h6 {[%cal Bh7h6,Bh6g5][%mdl 32]} 43. hxg5 $2 (43. Nc6 Rb2 44. hxg5 hxg5 45. Kh3) 43... hxg5 44. Nc6 Rb2 45. Kh3 Kf6 46. Na7 Rb3 47. Kg3 Kg6 48. Kh2 Kh5 $2 (48... f4 49. Nc8 Rxb5) 49. Kg3 $2 (49. Nc6) 49... Rb1 (49... f4+ $142 50. Kh2 g4 51. fxg4+ Kxg4) 50. Kh2 f4 51. Nc8 Rxb5 52. Nd6 Rb2 53. Ne4 Rb3 $2 (53... Kg6 54. Kh3 Re2) 54. Nf6+ Kg6 55. Ng4 Rb8 56. g3 $2 (56. Kg1 $19) 56... Rb2+ 57. Kh3 Re2 58. Nh2 Kf5 (58... Kf6 $142 59. Ng4+ Kg6 60. Nh2 Re8 61. Kg2 Re2+ 62. Kh3) 59. Ng4 Re8 60. Nh6+ Kg6 61. Ng4 Re2 (61... Rh8+ $19 62. Kg2 Kf5) 62. Nh2 $1 Kf6 63. Ng4+ Ke6 $2 (63... Kg7 {mates} 64. gxf4 gxf4 65. Kh4 Kg6 66. Kh3 Kf5 67. Kh4 Re1 68. Kh3 Rg1 69. Nh6+ Ke6 70. Kh4 Kf6 71. Ng4+ Kf5 72. Nh6+ Kg6 73. Ng8 Re1 74. Kg4 Re8 {[%mdl 64] Trapped Piece} 75. Kxf4 Rxg8 76. Ke4 Rc8 77. Ke5 Re8+ 78. Kd5 Kf5 79. Kd4 Rc8 80. Kd5 Kf4 81. Kd6 Kxf3 82. Kd7 Rc1 83. Ke6 Rd1 84. Ke5 Rd3 85. Kf6 Kf4 86. Ke6 Rd4 87. Kf6 Re4 88. Kg6 Re6+ 89. Kg7 Kg5 90. Kf7 Re5 91. Kg7 Rf5 92. Kh8 Kh6 93. Kg8 Kg6 94. Kh8 Rf8#) 64. Nh6 {White hopes to continue with gxf4.} Re1 {Threatens to win with ...Rh1+.} 65. Kg2 Ra1 66. Ng4 $2 (66. g4) 66... Kd5 $2 (66... Kf5 67. Nf2 Ra2) 67. Nf6+ Kd4 {...Ra6 is the strong threat.} 68. Nh7 $2 (68. Kh3 $17) 68... Ra5 69. Nf6 Ke3 {Black mates.} 70. Ng4+ {[#]} Ke2 $1 71. Nf6 Ra3 {Accuracy: White = 33%, Black = 65%.} 0-1

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Miron, Lucian-Costin"]
[Black "Vavric, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2351"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:10:05]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:07:41]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 4. d5 {[%emt 0:02:28]} e6 {[%emt 0:01:21]} 5. a3 {[%emt 0:01:16]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:24:19]} 6. Nf3 {[%emt 0:11:50]} O-O {[%emt 0:01:35]} 7. g3 {[%emt 0:00:21]} c6 {[%emt 0:04:01]} 8. Bg2 {[%emt 0:01:29]} Na6 {[%emt 0:06:21]} 9. O-O {[%emt 0:04:44]} cxd5 {[%emt 0:01:29]} 10. cxd5 {[%emt 0:04:00]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:05:30]} 11. Nxd5 {[%emt 0:08:01]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 12. b4 {[%emt 0:06:01]} Re8 {[%emt 0:07:18]} 13. Bb2 {[%emt 0:01:50]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:01:27]} 14. e3 {[%emt 0:04:49]} Nc7 {[%emt 0:05:18]} 15. Qd2 {[%emt 0:06:13]} Be7 {[%emt 0:05:56]} 16. Nd4 {[%emt 0:02:54]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 17. Rfc1 {[%emt 0:01:23]} Bxd4 {[%emt 0:15:18]} 18. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:04:09]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 19. Qd3 {[%emt 0:01:35]} Qg5 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 20. Rd1 {[%emt 0:03:40]} Qg6 {[%emt 0:02:27]} 21. Qxg6 {[%emt 0:03:53]} hxg6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 22. Bxd5 {[%emt 0:01:01]} Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 23. Rxd5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 24. Rb1 {[%emt 0:05:07]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:01:48]} 25. h4 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 26. Be5 {[%emt 0:01:23]} f6 {[%emt 0:01:17]} 27. Bd6+ {[%emt 0:00:26]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 28. Rbd1 {[%emt 0:03:10]} Rdc8 {[%emt 0:01:42]} 29. R1d3 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Re2 {[%emt 0:04:51]} 30. g4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rc4 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 31. Bg3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nf8 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 32. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Rec2 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 33. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:45]} R2c3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 34. Bb8 {[%emt 0:00:32]} a6 {[%emt 0:02:10]} 35. Ba7 {[%emt 0:01:32]} Rxd3 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 36. Rxd3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rc6 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 37. a4 {[%emt 0:01:31]} Kd8 {[%emt 0:01:57]} 38. b5 {[%emt 0:00:58]} axb5 {[%emt 0:01:48]} 39. axb5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Re6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 40. Bb8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. g5 {[%emt 0:10:23]} Re4 {[%emt 0:06:01]} 42. Bg3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Re6 {[%emt 0:11:41]} 43. Rc3 {[%emt 0:11:24]} d5 {[%emt 0:03:17]} 44. Rd3 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 45. Rxd5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 46. Rd4 {[%emt 0:05:09]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:03:15]} 47. Bc7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 48. Rd3 {[%emt 0:02:00]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:01:20]} 49. Rd8+ {[%emt 0:02:03]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:02:10]} 50. Rd7+ {[%emt 0:00:25]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:01:34]} 51. Rd3 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 52. Kg2 {[%emt 0:01:17]} Re7 {[%emt 0:02:14]} 53. Rd8+ {[%emt 0:00:46]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 54. Bxb6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 1-0

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ionescu, Constantin"]
[Black "Rogozenco, Dorian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,142,37,15,27,29,20,15,25,22,22,16,24,11,7,15,21,21,28,7,22,0,0,16,35,25,37,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,24,10,24,24,24,24,29,26,123,112,146,164,147,155,154,159,164,135,259,262,247,255,251,241,336,337,315,256,243,230,232,238,256,248,243,235,235,232,245,255,252,254,383,383,375,349,352,387,364,373,369,363,420,423,409,413,435,413,452,446,462,415,413,412,379,377,679,616,616,616,616,616,616,100,1542,64,64,63,63,63,63,63,63,63,63,63,63]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qc2 g6 5. Bf4 Bg7 6. e3 O-O 7. Nc3 Na6 8. Be2 Bf5 {D93: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 5 Bf4 0-0 6 e3} 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. O-O (10. Qxb6 axb6 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Kd2 Rfc8 14. Rhc1 Nc5 15. Ke1 Na4 16. b3 {0-1 (60) Postny,E (2569)-Saric,I (2662) Mali Losinj 2017}) 10... dxc4 {The position is equal.} 11. Bxc4 Qxb3 12. Bxb3 Nb4 13. Ne5 Nbd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... cxd5 15. h3 {½-½ (22) Spassov,L (2421)-Galunov,T (2364) Kula 2010}) 15. Bg3 Rac8 16. Rac1 Nb4 17. Rc3 Nd5 18. Rc5 Nc7 19. Rfc1 Be6 20. Bxe6 (20. Bc4 {keeps more tension.} Rfd8 21. Be2 Bh6 22. Rd1 Bg7 23. Nd3) 20... Nxe6 21. R5c4 Bxe5 22. Bxe5 Rcd8 23. Ra4 a6 24. Rb4 Rd7 25. Rb6 f6 26. Bg3 Kf7 27. h3 Ra8 28. Kf1 Nd8 29. Ke2 Ke8 30. Rc3 Rd5 31. a4 Kd7 32. Rc4 Ra5 (32... Ke8 $11) 33. e4 $16 f5 34. f3 fxe4 35. fxe4 Rh5 36. Kf3 Kc8 37. b4 e5 (37... Kd7 $16) 38. Bxe5 $18 Rxe5 39. dxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} Kc7 40. a5 Ne6 41. Ke3 Nf8 42. e6 Nxe6 43. b5 axb5 44. Rxb5 Kc8 45. h4 Ra7 46. h5 Kd7 47. Rb2 gxh5 48. Ra4 Nc5 49. Ra1 b5 (49... Kd6 {was worth a try.} 50. Rf2 Nb3) 50. Rd1+ Ke7 51. Rc2 Ne6 52. Rxc6 Rxa5 53. g3 b4 54. Rb6 Ra3+ 55. Rd3 Ra4 56. Rb3 Nc5 57. R6xb4 Ra1 58. Rc3 Re1+ 59. Kd4 Nxe4 60. Rc7+ Ke6 61. Rb6+ Kf5 $2 {[#]} (61... Nd6 62. Rxh7 Rd1+ 63. Ke3 Kf5) 62. Rb5+ Kg4 63. Rg7+ Kf3 64. Rf5+ Kg2 65. Re5 Nd6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (65... Nd2 $16 66. Rxh5 Nf1) 66. Rxh5 $2 (66. Rxe1 $18 Nf5+ 67. Ke5 Nxg7 68. Kf4) 66... Ne8 {White is slightly better.} 67. Rgxh7 {[#] aiming for Re5.} Nf6 68. Rh2+ Kxg3 69. R7h3+ Kg4 70. Rh8 Re4+ 71. Kd3 Kf5 {Accuracy: White = 76%, Black = 45%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Cioara, Andrei-Nestor"]
[Black "Patrascu, Catalin-Lucian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "2427"]
[BlackElo "2268"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,79,38,15,23,19,32,17,64,66,52,53,50,47,80,76,100,99,139,82,106,114,115,101,123,97,96,86,86,87,112,105,109,108,113,101,108,77,110,111,181,162,260,253,247,247,356,351,349,352,389,377,386,370,375,375,393,375,789,768]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Nde2 Nf6 7. g3 O-O 8. Bg2 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. h3 Rc8 11. a4 a6 {B70: Sicilian Dragon: 6 g3 and 6 Be2 (without a later Be3)} 12. Nd5 {LiveBook: 12 Games} Ne5 {[%cal Bc6e5,Be5d7,Bd7c5,Bc5e4,Be4g5][%mdl 32]} (12... b5 13. axb5 axb5 14. Bg5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Na5 16. Ra2 h6 17. Be3 e5 18. dxe6 Bxe6 19. b3 {1-0 (44) Rapport,R (2707)-Andriasian,Z (2585) Riadh 2017}) 13. Ra2 Re8 {The position is equal.} 14. b3 {[%cal Bb2b3,Bb3b4][%mdl 32]} Bc6 15. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Nd4 e6 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. f4 Nd7 18. Nxc6 Rxc6 19. e5 dxe5 20. Bxc6 {0-1 (51) Leiro Giralt,D-Gonell Aparici,R Barcelona 1996}) 15... Ned7 16. c4 Nc5 17. b4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Ncxe4 18. Nb6 Rb8 {[#]} 19. f3 $1 Bh6 {[#]} 20. Qd3 (20. Qb3 $142 $1) 20... Ng5 21. b5 axb5 22. axb5 Bd7 23. Nxd7 Nxd7 24. Qd2 Ne5 25. Bxg5 Qb6+ 26. Kh2 Nxc4 27. Qc1 Bxg5 28. Qxg5 Rbc8 29. Nc3 Ne3 30. Rc1 {aiming for Re2.} Qd4 (30... Qc5 $16 {keeps fighting.} 31. Qxc5 Rxc5) 31. Ne2 $18 Qb6 (31... Qe5 $142 32. Qxe5 dxe5) 32. Rxc8 {[%mdl 64] Overworked Piece} Rxc8 33. Qxe7 Nxg2 (33... Nf5 $142 34. Qf6 Qf2) 34. Kxg2 Qxb5 35. Qxd6 Re8 36. Qd2 Qe5 37. Rb2 b5 38. Qd4 Qf5 39. Nc3 Re1 $2 (39... h5 40. Nxb5 Qe5 41. Qxe5 Rxe5) 40. Ne4 {Accuracy: White = 89%, Black = 38%.} 1-0

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Baltag, Iulian"]
[Black "Grigore, George-Gabriel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2414"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:02:09]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. g3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 4. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:36]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:02]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 6. b3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} c5 {[%emt 0:06:33]} 7. Bb2 {[%emt 0:02:06]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 8. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 9. Na3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} e5 {[%emt 0:08:14]} 10. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} e4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 11. Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} a6 {[%emt 0:03:46]} 12. c4 {[%emt 0:00:40]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:05:42]} 13. Nxc4 {[%emt 0:00:58]} b5 {[%emt 0:02:05]} 14. Ne3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Ra7 {[%emt 0:01:14]} 15. Qb1 {[%emt 0:04:47]} Re8 {[%emt 0:03:20]} 16. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:03:53]} 17. a4 {[%emt 0:04:28]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:14:58]} 18. axb5 {[%emt 0:05:48]} axb5 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 19. Qa2 {[%emt 0:11:16]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:17:31]} 20. Nxd5 {[%emt 0:05:35]} Rxd5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 21. Nc2 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Rxd1+ {[%emt 0:02:45]} 22. Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:05:13]} 23. Bxg7 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Kxg7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 24. Ne3 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:01:12]} 25. Qb2 {[%emt 0:01:10]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 26. Rd4 {[%emt 0:03:01]} Qc5 {[%emt 0:05:57]} 27. Rd1 {[%emt 0:01:48]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 28. h3 {[%emt 0:09:14]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Moldovan, Daniel"]
[Black "Popescu, Daniel-Vasilica"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2406"]
[BlackElo "2131"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 6. a3 {[%emt 0:00:29]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 7. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:04:14] B46: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 a6} (7. Be2 Qc7 8. Be3 Be7 9. f4 d6 10. O-O O-O 11. Qe1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 e5 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Qg3 Bc5 15. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 16. Kh1 Kh8 17. Qh4 Rg8 18. Rxf6 gxf6 19. Qxf6+ Rg7 20. Qd8+ Rg8 21. Qf6+ Rg7 22. Qd8+ {½-½ (22) Karapchanska,S (2505)-Iotov,V (2518) ICCF email 2010}) 7... bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 8. e5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 9. Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:03:05]} 10. Qh5 $146 {[%emt 0:01:18]} ({Predecessor:} 10. f4 c5 11. c4 Nb6 12. Nd6+ Bxd6 13. exd6 Qc6 14. Be2 Qe4 {½-½ (51) Gelbenegger,P (2055)-Kokol,P (2367) St Veit 2016}) 10... g6 {[%emt 0:10:30]} 11. Qg5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Be7 {[%emt 0:13:34]} 12. Qg3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} f5 {[%emt 0:15:53] [#]} (12... Qb6 $16) 13. Nd6+ $1 {[%emt 0:03:58]} Bxd6 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 14. exd6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:01:47]} 15. c4 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 16. Qe5 {[%emt 0:05:49]} O-O {[%emt 0:04:13]} 17. f3 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Ne8 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 18. Bd2 {[%emt 0:02:31]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:01:57]} 19. Qxf6 {[%emt 0:03:06]} Nxf6 {[%emt 0:01:23]} 20. O-O-O {[%emt 0:01:39]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 21. a4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:01:51]} 22. Bc3 {[%emt 0:01:51]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:01:56]} 23. Bd3 {[%emt 0:02:53]} Rfb8 {[%emt 0:09:04]} 24. Rhe1 {[%emt 0:08:13]} Ne8 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 25. Bf1 {[%emt 0:02:37]} c5 {[%emt 0:10:06]} 26. Rd2 {[%emt 0:20:36]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:01:46]} 27. b3 {[%emt 0:05:16]} Ra6 {[%emt 0:02:23]} 28. Be5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rb6 {[%emt 0:01:22]} 29. Kc2 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:02:50]} 30. Re3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rb4 {[%emt 0:05:22]} 31. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 32. Bd1 {[%emt 0:05:42]} Ng8 {[%emt 0:03:48] [#]} (32... R4b6 $142) 33. Kc1 $16 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Bxa4 {[%emt 0:05:26]} 34. bxa4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Rxc4+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} 35. Rc3 {[%emt 0:01:18]} Rbb4 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 36. Rxc4 {[%emt 0:02:59]} Rxc4+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} 37. Rc2 {[%emt 0:01:58]} Rxa4 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 38. Rxc5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Ra2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 39. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 1-0

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Macovei, Andrei"]
[Black "Shevchenko, Kirill"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2369"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,138,16,18,24,32,24,24,20,16,18,31,-13,-16,-15,-21,-26,0,-21,-20,-15,0,16,48,46,44,17,36,39,52,58,60,53,124,127,131,131,104,96,266,242,242,230,244,258,281,270,518,288,277,184,448,149,149,0,0,0,35,0,0,8,35,35,35,35,58,32,36,33,31,36,42,42,43,43,78,79,52,51,128,101,110,108,195,195,362,362,289,203,433,418,345,306,280,0,0,8,5318,4405,29963,29963,29971,29974,29974,29975,29975,29976,29976,29977,29977,29978,29980,29981,29981,29982,29983,29984,29984,29985,29985,29986,29986,29986,29985,29986,29986,29987,29985]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 g6 6. c3 {[%cal Bc2c3,Bc3d4,Bd4d5][%mdl 32] C70: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4, Norwegian and Delayed Schliemann} Bg7 7. d4 exd4 {LiveBook: 8 Games} 8. cxd4 {The position is equal.} Nge7 (8... d6 9. h3 Nf6 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Bb7 12. Nbd2 Nb4 13. Nf1 {0-1 (33) Hansen,E (2629)-Anand,V (2771) Batumi 2018}) 9. d5 Na5 10. Bd2 Nxb3 11. Qxb3 c5 12. Bc3 f6 $1 13. a3 d6 14. Nbd2 $146 O-O 15. O-O Bd7 {White should prevent ...a5.} 16. Qc2 Rc8 {Strongly threatening ...b4!} 17. b3 Qb6 18. Rfe1 Rce8 19. Qb2 a5 20. Qc2 f5 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Rad1 h6 (22... Kg8 $14) 23. a4 $16 Kh7 24. axb5 Bxb5 25. e5 Nxd5 $2 (25... dxe5 $16 {is a better defense.} 26. Rxe5 Nc8) 26. Nc4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rc4b6]} Nb4 27. Qc3 Bxc4 28. Rxd6 ({Resist} 28. bxc4 $6 dxe5 29. Nxe5 Qf6 $16) 28... Qc7 {Hoping for ...Bd5.} 29. Qxc4 ({Less strong is} 29. bxc4 Rd8 $16) 29... Re7 $2 (29... Rxe5 30. Red1 (30. Nxe5 Qxd6 31. h3 Kg7 $11) 30... Re7) 30. Red1 Nc6 31. Qh4 ({Stronger than} 31. Qxc5 Nxe5 32. Qxc7 Nxf3+ 33. gxf3 Rxc7 $11) 31... Nd8 $2 {[#]} (31... Nd4) 32. Qa4 $2 (32. e6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Nxe6 33. Rxe6 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 32... Nf7 $16 33. h4 ({Better is} 33. Rc6 $16 Rd8 34. Rf1) 33... Nxd6 $11 34. exd6 Qd7 {White must now prevent ...Qxa4.} 35. Qxd7 Rxd7 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} 36. Ne5 Rfd8 (36... Rb7 {with more complications.} 37. d7 Rd8 38. f4 Kg7 39. Rd5 Kf6) 37. Nxd7 Rxd7 {KR-KR} 38. Rd5 Kg7 39. Kf1 Kf6 40. Ke2 Ke6 41. Rxc5 Rxd6 42. Rxa5 Rb6 43. Ra3 g5 44. hxg5 hxg5 45. Kd3 Rd6+ (45... Rb4 $14) 46. Kc3 $16 Rc6+ 47. Kb2 Kd5 (47... Rb6 $16) 48. b4 $18 Rh6 $2 (48... Rb6 {might work better.}) 49. Ra5+ Ke4 50. Kc3 g4 $2 (50... Rh1 51. f3+ Kf4) 51. Kc4 Rh1 52. Ra2 Rc1+ {[#]} 53. Kb5 $2 (53. Kb3 $1 $18) 53... f4 $1 $11 54. Ka6 {b5 is the strong threat.} g3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (54... Rg1 $11) 55. fxg3 $18 fxg3 56. b5 {[%cal Bb4b5,Bb5b6,Bb6b7][%mdl 32] White mates.} Kd5 57. b6 Kc6 58. b7 Rb1 59. Rc2+ Kd7 60. Ka7 Ra1+ 61. Kb8 Ra3 62. Rd2+ Ke7 63. Rd4 Ra2 64. Kc7 Rc2+ 65. Kb6 Rb2+ 66. Kc6 Ke6 67. Re4+ Kf5 68. Re8 Rc2+ 69. Kd5 Rd2+ {Accuracy: White = 73%, Black = 33%.} 1-0

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Toma, Radu-Cristian"]
[Black "Scripcaru, George-Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2354"]
[BlackElo "2176"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:17]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. c4 {[%emt 0:02:50]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. g3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:10]} 5. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 6. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:23]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 8. e4 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:01:39]} 9. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:03:31]} 10. Ne2 {[%emt 0:01:13] E63: King's Indian: Fianchetto: Panno Variation with 7...a6} (10. Qd2 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 e5 12. d5 Nd4 13. Bg2 c5 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. f4 Rb8 16. Rf2 Nf6 17. h3 Nh5 18. Kh2 exf4 19. gxf4 {½-½ (43) Mamedyarov,S (2799)-Amin,B (2689) Riadh 2017}) 10... e5 {[%emt 0:02:16]} 11. d5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:02:06]} 12. h3 $146 {[%emt 0:12:31]} ({Predecessor:} 12. Ne1 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 f5 14. f3 Kh8 15. Nd3 Ng8 16. c5 fxe4 17. fxe4 Bh6 {1-0 (44) Krasenkow,M (2658)-Socko,B (2557) Warsaw 2001}) 12... Bxf3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 13. Bxf3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 14. g4 {[%emt 0:08:46]} f6 {[%emt 0:01:48]} ({Better is} 14... f5 $11) 15. Ng3 {[%emt 0:02:59]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:03:56]} 16. Qd2 {[%emt 0:05:46]} Rf7 {[%emt 0:02:12]} 17. Bd1 {[%emt 0:01:15]} Qf8 {[%emt 0:03:48]} 18. Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:02:27]} 19. Kg2 {[%emt 0:05:08]} Ng8 {[%emt 0:05:41]} 20. h4 {[%emt 0:01:45]} Qc8 $16 {[%emt 0:05:54]} 21. Qe2 {[%emt 0:10:36]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:06:36]} 22. Rh1 {[%emt 0:05:44]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:03:28]} 23. h5 {[%emt 0:01:28]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 24. b3 {[%emt 0:06:46]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 25. a3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:01:59]} 26. b4 {[%emt 0:01:31]} Na6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 27. c5 {[%emt 0:03:33]} Rff8 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 28. Rhb1 {[%emt 0:02:06]} Rfb8 {[%emt 0:08:17]} 29. Bd3 {[%emt 0:01:02]} Qc8 {[%emt 0:01:45]} 30. Rc1 {[%emt 0:02:32]} 1-0

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ogleznev, Alexandr"]
[Black "Manea, Alexandru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2333"]
[BlackElo "2347"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. Be2 {[%emt 0:01:17]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:22]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 8. Be3 {[%emt 0:01:43]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:10]} 9. f4 {[%emt 0:02:01]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 10. Kh1 {[%emt 0:01:56]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:01:33]} 11. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:23] B83: Sicilian Scheveningen: 6 Be2, lines without ...a6} 12. Bf3 {[%emt 0:18:41]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:01:42]} 13. Nb5 {[%emt 0:06:18]} Qb8 {[%emt 0:10:44]} 14. c4 {[%emt 0:05:12]} a6 {[%emt 0:01:54]} (14... Rd8 15. Qd3 a6 16. Nc3 Qc7 17. Rac1 Rac8 18. b3 Nd7 19. Rfd1 {½-½ (26) Wang,H (2709)-Safarli,E (2639) Riadh 2017}) 15. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:28] LiveBook: 15 Games} Nd7 {[%emt 0:02:07]} 16. e5 $146 {[%emt 0:11:43]} ({Predecessor:} 16. Rfd1 Rd8 17. Rac1 Nc5 18. Qd2 Bf6 19. b4 Bxc3 20. Qxc3 Nxe4 {0-1 (47) Henrichs,T (2467)-Pruijssers,R (2519) Bregenz 2018}) 16... Bxf3 {[%emt 0:03:03]} 17. Rxf3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 18. exd6 {[%emt 0:02:34]} Qxd6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 19. Qxd6 {[%emt 0:06:31]} Bxd6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 20. b3 {[%emt 0:01:23]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:06:44]} 21. Bf2 {[%emt 0:08:51]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:01:22]} 22. Bxc5 {[%emt 0:02:04]} Bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 23. Ne4 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Be7 {[%emt 0:08:26]} 24. f5 {[%emt 0:08:47]} Rd4 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 25. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} exf5 {[%emt 0:06:07]} 26. Rxf5 {[%emt 0:01:42]} Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 27. Nd5 {[%emt 0:01:17]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 28. Raf1 {[%emt 0:04:36]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 29. Nc7 {[%emt 0:04:09]} Ra7 {[%emt 0:05:32]} 30. Ne6 {[%emt 0:01:49]} Ba3 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 31. R5f2 {[%emt 0:02:10]} Rad7 {[%emt 0:04:32]} 32. g3 {[%emt 0:01:04]} h6 {[%emt 0:10:56]} 33. Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 34. Rxd2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rxd2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 35. a4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 36. Ne6 {[%emt 0:02:49]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:05:34]} 37. Nf4 {[%emt 0:03:30]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 38. Nd5 {[%emt 0:01:08]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 39. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Rc2 {[%emt 0:07:04]} 40. b4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} axb4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Nxb4 {[%emt 0:01:31]} Rxc4 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 42. Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rxa4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 43. Nxb6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rd4 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 44. Rb5 {[%emt 0:00:54]} Rd1+ {[%emt 0:01:15]} 45. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rd2+ {[%emt 0:00:18]} 46. Kh1 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Rc2 {[%emt 0:08:21]} 47. Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:40]} g5 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 48. Rb3 {[%emt 0:08:40]} Rd2 {[%emt 0:04:15]} 49. Ne3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 50. h3 {[%emt 0:03:04]} Re2 {[%emt 0:07:24]} 51. Nf1 {[%emt 0:00:29]} ({Better is} 51. Nf5) 51... Rf2 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 52. Nh2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rc2 {[%emt 0:04:43]} 53. Rf3 {[%emt 0:01:02]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 54. g4 {[%emt 0:02:48]} hxg4 {[%emt 0:01:31]} 55. Nxg4 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Bd4 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 56. Rd3 {[%emt 0:01:23]} Rc4 {[%emt 0:02:33]} 57. Kg2 $2 {[%emt 0:00:49]} (57. Ra3 $17 {is a better defense.}) 57... Ra4 {[%emt 0:00:23]} (57... f5 $19 58. Nf2 Kh5) 58. Kf3 {[%emt 0:04:14]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:03:01]} 59. Ne3+ {[%emt 0:00:22]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 60. Ng2 {[%emt 0:03:58]} Be5 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 61. Rb3 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Ra1 {[%emt 0:01:39]} (61... Bd6 $17 62. Re3+ Kf7) 62. h4 $1 {[%emt 0:02:31]} Rf1+ {[%emt 0:00:27]} 63. Ke2 {[%emt 0:02:06]} Rg1 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 64. Kf2 $1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bd4+ {[%emt 0:00:11]} 65. Ne3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rg4 {[%emt 0:07:10]} 66. hxg5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Rxg5 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 67. Kf3 {[%emt 0:01:12]} Rh5 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 68. Kg4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Rg5+ {[%emt 0:00:21]} 69. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rh5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 70. Kg4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rh1 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 71. Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Rg1+ {[%emt 0:00:37]} 72. Rg3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 73. Nxd4+ {[%emt 0:00:24]} Rxd4+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} 74. Kh3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 75. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Rd2+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 76. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 77. Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Kf4 $11 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 78. Rb3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Kg4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 79. Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} f4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 80. Rb3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rh2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 81. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Re2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 82. Ra3 Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vrencian, Lehel"]
[Black "Berescu, Alin-Mile"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2321"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,40,80,92,56,81,71,70,68,100,99,107,85,129,107,168,171,164,116,182,98,99,100,94,81,86]} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Nf3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. d5 Nb8 8. h3 O-O {B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems} 9. Re1 (9. c4 e5 10. Nc3 Nh5 11. a3 Nd7 12. b4 Nf4 13. Rb1 h6 14. Bc2 b6 15. Nb5 Nf6 16. Bxf4 exf4 17. bxc5 bxc5 {0-1 (82) Kulaots,K (2574)-Mamedov,R (2650) Minsk 2015}) 9... Na6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 10. Bf4 Nc7 {White is slightly better.} 11. a4 e6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... b6 12. Qd2 Bb7 13. c4 e5 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. e5 Nh5 16. Bg5 {½-½ (46) Joshi,G (2280)-Roy Chowdhury,S (2434) Mumbai 2008}) 12. dxe6 Nxe6 13. Bh2 Nh5 14. Na3 {[%cal Bb1a3,Ba3c4,Bc4e3][%mdl 32]} Nhf4 15. Bf1 Qf6 (15... Qe7 $16 {was called for.}) 16. Nc4 $18 Rd8 17. Ne3 {Threatens to win with g3.} Ng5 {[#]} (17... Nc7 $16 {is a better defense.}) 18. Nxg5 (18. Nd2 $1 $18) 18... Qxg5 $16 {White is better.} 19. Kh1 Be6 20. Qf3 Be5 {Accuracy: White = 45%, Black = 47%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Balla, Tamas-Kristof"]
[Black "Banzea, Alexandru-Bogdan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2318"]
[BlackElo "2313"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} g6 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 4. e4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 5. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:45]} 6. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 7. d5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Na6 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 8. g4 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 9. Bf3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} a5 {[%emt 0:04:45]} 10. h4 {[%emt 0:01:55]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:02:07]} 11. g5 {[%emt 0:04:47]} Ne8 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 12. h5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} a4 {[%emt 0:03:26]} 13. Qd2 {[%emt 0:08:19]} c6 {[%emt 0:03:14]} 14. O-O-O {[%emt 0:19:17]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:05:06]} 15. Kb1 {[%emt 0:05:48]} Nc7 {[%emt 0:19:30]} 16. h6 {[%emt 0:17:20]} Bh8 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 17. dxc6 {[%emt 0:00:37]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:01:52]} 18. Bxc5 {[%emt 0:04:19]} Qxc5 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 19. Qxd6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qxd6 {[%emt 0:17:09]} 20. Rxd6 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 21. Nge2 {[%emt 0:07:26]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 22. Nc1 {[%emt 0:13:40]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:04:26]} 23. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 24. Rg1 {[%emt 0:01:54]} f6 {[%emt 0:02:37]} 25. gxf6+ {[%emt 0:04:25]} Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 26. Bg4 {[%emt 0:01:15]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 27. Rd3 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Be8 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 28. Bd1 {[%emt 0:01:03]} a3 {[%emt 0:01:52]} 29. b3 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Bf7 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 30. N3e2 {[%emt 0:01:56]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:02:00]} 31. Kc2 {[%emt 0:01:09]} Rdb8 {[%emt 0:03:53]} 32. Rh3 {[%emt 0:01:21]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:01:12]} 33. Re3 {[%emt 0:01:18]} Ra7 {[%emt 0:08:04]} 34. Kc3 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:02:17]} 35. Nd3 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:01:59]} 36. Nb4 {[%emt 0:01:21]} Rb6 {[%emt 0:01:28]} 37. Rd3 {[%emt 0:01:31]} Rdb7 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 38. Nc2 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:02:01]} 39. Re3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Bh4 {[%emt 0:04:22]} 40. Rg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Ned4 {[%emt 0:07:07]} exd4+ {[%emt 0:07:30]} 42. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:02:01]} 43. Bg4 {[%emt 0:02:53]} Rxd4 {[%emt 0:01:49]} 44. Bxe6 {[%emt 0:01:08]} Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 45. Bxf7 {[%emt 0:01:20]} Kxf7 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 46. f4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} c5 {[%emt 0:04:17]} 47. e5 {[%emt 0:02:38]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:01:46]} 48. Rh3 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Be1+ {[%emt 0:01:16]} 49. Kc2 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Ra1 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 50. Kd3 {[%emt 0:01:26]} Rxa2 {[%emt 0:01:28]} 0-1

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ileana, George"]
[Black "Manolache, Marius"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2318"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,111,39,32,37,48,39,51,28,24,4,18,9,16,23,16,10,8,4,8,8,11,-7,2,0,5,-20,14,-35,-24,-42,-12,-15,-20,-16,-23,-39,0,-52,-59,-60,-60,-60,-62,-112,-104,-107,19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-27,-10,-84,-85,-228,0,0,224,212,233,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 {[%cal Re4d5] B11: Caro-Kann: Two Knights Variation} e6 7. Be3 Nf6 8. a3 {White is slightly better.} Qa5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... b5 9. Bd3 b4 10. axb4 Bxb4 11. e5 {1-0 (30) Jones,G (2635)-Surtees,M (2113) Leeds 2011}) 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. O-O Bd6 12. Bf4 Qc7 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Ne2 Rc8 15. Ng3 Qb6 16. Qe3 O-O 17. b3 Rfe8 18. Rfe1 g6 19. f4 Rc3 20. Ne2 Rc6 21. Kf2 Rec8 22. Rec1 Ne8 23. a4 ({White should try} 23. c4 $11) 23... Nd6 $15 24. a5 Qd8 25. Ra4 Nf6 26. c4 Nf5 27. Qf3 Nd6 (27... dxc4 $17 28. Bxf5 exf5 29. bxc4 Qe7) 28. Kg1 dxc4 29. bxc4 Qd7 30. c5 Nf5 31. Bxf5 exf5 32. Nc3 Re8 33. Rb4 Re7 34. Rcb1 Kg7 35. Kh2 Rc7 36. R1b2 Qd8 37. Rc4 Rcd7 38. d5 (38. Rd2 $11 {remains equal.}) 38... Nxd5 $17 39. Rxb7 {[#]} (39. Nxd5 $17 Rxd5 40. Qc3+ Kh6 41. c6 (41. Qf6 Rc7 $17 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack (Double check)}) 41... bxc6 42. Rxc6 (42. Qf6 Red7 $17)) 39... Rxb7 $2 (39... Ne3 $1 $19 40. Rxd7 Qxd7) 40. Nxd5 $11 Qxa5 $2 (40... Re8 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 41. c6 $18 Rbc7 42. Nxe7 $2 ({White should play} 42. Qd1 $18) 42... Rxe7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR. The position is equal.} 43. Qd3 {Strongly threatening c7!} Qc7 $1 44. Qa3 {Hoping for Qxe7!} Re4 45. Rxe4 fxe4 $11 {KQ-KQ} 46. Qc3+ Kf8 47. Qb4+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Ke8 48. Qxe4+ Kd8 49. Kg3 Qd6 50. h4 Kc7 51. Qc4 Qxc6 52. Qxf7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qd7 53. Qc4+ Qc6 54. Qf7+ Qd7 55. Qc4+ Qc6 56. Qf7+ {Accuracy: White = 41%, Black = 70%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nastase, Robert-Paul"]
[Black "Vasiesiu, Dan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2296"]
[BlackElo "2394"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:04:27]} 4. e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nfd7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 5. f4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 6. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 7. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Be7 {[%emt 0:03:37]} 8. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:43]} 9. dxc5 {[%emt 0:04:10]} Nxc5 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 10. O-O-O {[%emt 0:00:51]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 11. Qf2 {[%emt 0:14:44]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:17:47]} 12. Kb1 {[%emt 0:02:10]} Na4 $14 {[%emt 0:04:12] LiveBook: 3 Games} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vasiesiu, Victor"]
[Black "Dicu, Razvan-Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2274"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:28]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:03:03]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 6. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:17]} a6 {[%emt 0:01:38]} 7. f3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 8. Bc4 {[%emt 0:04:05]} b5 {[%emt 0:04:38]} 9. Bb3 {[%emt 0:02:41]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:01:14]} 10. Qd2 {[%emt 0:02:43]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:02:06]} 11. O-O {[%emt 0:11:59]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:13:37]} 12. Rad1 $11 {[%emt 0:05:08]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:10:32]} 13. Ndxb5 {[%emt 0:02:21]} axb5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 14. Nxb5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:06:13]} 15. Nxd6+ {[%emt 0:00:56]} Bxd6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 16. Qxd6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qxd6 {[%emt 0:12:04]} 17. Rxd6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} O-O {[%emt 0:09:01]} 18. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:17:05]} Rfc8 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 19. c3 {[%emt 0:00:58]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:13:16]} 20. R6d4 {[%emt 0:13:28]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Szabo, Attila"]
[Black "Petrisor, Adrian-Marian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2263"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,47,21,13,48,45,43,52,56,54,56,35,28,21,12,12,34,34,25,27,48,36,47,28,55,46,51,60,60,33,22,25,40,11,22,18,46,30]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O Ngf6 5. Re1 a6 6. Bxd7+ Nxd7 7. c3 {LiveBook: 15 Games} c4 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7} (7... e6 8. d4 Be7 9. Nbd2 cxd4 10. cxd4 O-O 11. Nf1 b5 12. a4 bxa4 13. Qxa4 Bb7 14. Bd2 Nf6 15. Ng3 {½-½ (36) Toufighi,H (2428)-Tiviakov,S (2673) Rasht 2012}) 8. b3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. d4 cxd3 9. Qxd3 g6 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Na3 Bg7 12. Bd4 O-O 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Rad1 Nb6 15. h3 {1-0 (52) Keen,C (1900)-Ramondino,R (2166) London 2015}) 8... cxb3 9. axb3 e6 10. d4 {[%cal Bd2d4,Bd4d5][%mdl 32]} Be7 11. d5 O-O 12. Ba3 e5 13. c4 b5 14. Nc3 Qc7 15. Qd3 bxc4 16. bxc4 Rb8 17. Na4 Nb6 18. Nxb6 Rxb6 19. Rec1 f5 20. Rc3 fxe4 21. Qxe4 Rb7 22. Rac1 Bf5 $1 {[%cal Rf5e4]} 23. Qe3 Qd8 24. c5 {Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Luncasu, Raul-Ionut"]
[Black "Ionescu, Doru-Alexandru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2187"]
[BlackElo "2321"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 4. d4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 5. d5 {[%emt 0:03:28]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 6. Bd2 {[%emt 0:03:54]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:01:16]} 7. h3 {[%emt 0:01:25]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:18]} 8. Bc4 {[%emt 0:02:18]} a6 {[%emt 0:03:34]} 9. a4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:03:44]} 10. O-O {[%emt 0:00:29]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 11. Re1 {[%emt 0:03:52]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:07:15]} 12. a5 {[%emt 0:07:25]} Ne8 {[%emt 0:11:55]} 13. Na4 {[%emt 0:12:38]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:11:02]} 14. Rb1 {[%emt 0:09:11]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:03:35]} 15. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Bxe5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 16. Nb6 {[%emt 0:02:20]} Nc7 {[%emt 0:04:00]} 17. Bh6 {[%emt 0:05:52]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:11:13]} 18. Bxg7 {[%emt 0:04:13]} Kxg7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 19. Qd2 {[%emt 0:04:43]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:04:58]} 20. e5 {[%emt 0:03:20]} Na8 {[%emt 0:11:52]} 21. Nxd7 {[%emt 0:05:29]} Qxd7 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 22. e6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} fxe6 {[%emt 0:02:59]} 23. Rxe6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nc7 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 24. Re4 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Rf7 {[%emt 0:02:03]} 25. Rbe1 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Rbf8 {[%emt 0:01:32]} 26. f3 {[%emt 0:11:29]} Re8 {[%emt 0:03:54]} 27. f4 {[%emt 0:07:31]} Qf5 {[%emt 0:03:17]} 28. g4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 29. c3 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Qh4 {[%emt 0:01:39]} 30. Kg2 {[%emt 0:04:37]} Ref8 {[%emt 0:02:54]} 31. Qe3 {[%emt 0:02:20]} Rxf4 {[%emt 0:03:37]} 32. Rxf4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rxf4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 33. Qxe7+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qxe7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 34. Rxe7+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rf7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 35. Rxf7+ {[%emt 0:00:45]} Kxf7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 36. g5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:03:11]} 37. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} h6 {[%emt 0:01:14]} 38. h4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} hxg5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 39. hxg5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:01:26]} 40. Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Na8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Bf1 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:01:23]} 42. b4 {[%emt 0:02:58]} cxb4 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 43. cxb4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nc7 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 44. Bh3 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Kd8 {[%emt 0:02:24]} 45. Kd4 {[%emt 0:02:29]} Nb5+ {[%emt 0:00:32]} 46. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Na7 {[%emt 0:02:08]} 47. Be6 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 48. Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 49. Bg4 {[%emt 0:02:08]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 50. Be6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 51. Kb3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 52. Ka4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:01:35]} 53. Bh3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 54. Bf1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 55. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 56. b5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} axb5+ {[%emt 0:00:29]} 57. Bxb5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:01:43]} 58. Bd3 {[%emt 0:02:58]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 59. Be4 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 60. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Andronescu, Madalin"]
[Black "Ognean, Mihnea-Ionut"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2070"]
[BlackElo "2291"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 6. Ndb5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 7. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:25] LiveBook: 15786 Games} a6 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 8. Na3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 9. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} gxf6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 10. Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 11. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 12. c3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:01:57]} 13. Nxb5 {[%emt 0:00:06] B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations} axb5 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 14. Bxb5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 15. exf5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} O-O {[%emt 0:19:40]} 16. O-O {[%emt 0:00:15]} e4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 17. a4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 18. Qg4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 19. Qf4 {[%emt 0:00:04] [#]} Re5 $146 {[%emt 0:07:32]} ({Predecessor:} 19... Be5 20. Qh6 Rc8 {0-1 (28) Tari,A (2593)-Zhigalko,S (2641) Katowice 2017}) 20. f6 {[%emt 0:06:27]} Rxd5 {[%emt 0:24:54]} 21. fxg7+ {[%emt 0:00:12]} Kxg7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 22. Rad1 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Rxd1 {[%emt 0:16:56]} 23. Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:01:06]} 24. Bxd7 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Nxd7 {[%emt 0:02:28]} 25. Qxd6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rxa4 {[%emt 0:01:38]} 26. h3 {[%emt 0:03:16]} Ra2 {[%emt 0:03:13]} 27. c4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rxb2 $16 {[%emt 0:05:11]} 28. c5 {[%emt 0:08:05]} Qh4 {[%emt 0:02:23]} 29. Qd4+ {[%emt 0:05:04]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 30. Qe3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:03:02]} 31. Rd6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Rb1+ {[%emt 0:02:42]} 32. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qh4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 33. f3 {[%emt 0:02:36]} f6 {[%emt 0:01:46]} 34. Qxe4 {[%emt 0:07:55]} Qxe4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 35. fxe4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 36. Rd5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rc4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 37. g4 {[%emt 0:01:15]} Rxe4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 38. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Re3+ {[%emt 0:01:07]} 39. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 40. Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Rg8+ {[%emt 0:01:20]} Kh6 {[%emt 0:06:45]} 42. h4 {[%emt 0:01:53]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:05:14]} 43. h5 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 44. Kf2 {[%emt 0:01:32]} Rxc5 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 45. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:01:44]} 46. Ra8 {[%emt 0:01:52]} Rg7 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 47. Ra4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nxg4 {[%emt 0:02:10]} 48. Rxg4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 49. Rxg7 {[%emt 0:01:22]} Kxg7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 0-1

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Casangiu, Paul-Horatiu"]
[Black "Stoleriu, George"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2027"]
[BlackElo "2362"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nc3 {[%emt 0:02:42]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. e3 {[%emt 0:02:41]} g6 {[%emt 0:04:21]} 4. d4 {[%emt 0:01:51]} d6 {[%emt 0:01:40]} 5. d5 {[%emt 0:03:40]} Nce7 {[%emt 0:02:51]} 6. b4 {[%emt 0:04:51]} a5 {[%emt 0:03:18]} 7. Qa4+ {[%emt 0:03:47]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 8. Nb5 {[%emt 0:05:13]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:08:44]} 9. bxa5 {[%emt 0:03:16]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:08:08]} 10. Rb1 {[%emt 0:11:03]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:11:02]} 11. Qb4 {[%emt 0:04:51]} O-O {[%emt 0:06:31]} 12. Nc3 {[%emt 0:11:29]} c5 {[%emt 0:12:28]} 13. Qb2 {[%emt 0:03:48]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:09:27]} 14. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:01:45]} Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 15. Ra1 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Bd3 {[%emt 0:02:00]} 16. Bd2 {[%emt 0:01:28]} e4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 17. Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Qxa5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 18. Rc1 {[%emt 0:04:16]} Bxc3+ {[%emt 0:01:07]} 19. Rxc3 {[%emt 0:01:33]} Bxf1 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 20. Kxf1 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Qxa2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 21. Qxa2 {[%emt 0:01:57]} Rxa2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 22. g4 {[%emt 0:01:52]} f5 {[%emt 0:01:47]} 23. g5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} f4 $19 {[%emt 0:03:15]} 24. exf4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Rxf4 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 25. Ne2 {[%emt 0:03:47]} Rf3 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 26. Rg1 {[%emt 0:01:36]} Rxe2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 0-1

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Black "Macovei, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2369"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,84,11,4,0,17,2,15,0,46,43,43,37,39,38,45,39,56,46,46,50,49,39,39,35,39,39,45,29,24,13,40,13,13,13,31,25,31,31,31,31,52,2,2,2,35,35,35,5,35,35,35,35,35,33,35,35,35,35,35,35,35,35,35,0,0,0,35,35,35,35,35,0,35,0,35]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 Qe7 7. b3 {A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation} (7. d4 Ne4 8. Qd3 exd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. Be2 Qb4+ 11. Kf1 Qe7 12. f3 f5 13. Qd1 Nc5 14. Kf2 d6 {½-½ (23) Caruana,F (2827)-Ding,L (2804) Batumi 2018}) 7... d5 8. d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 c5 11. Qf4 O-O 12. Bb2 Be6 13. Bxf6 $146 (13. O-O-O {with more complications.} Rfd8 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Qxf6 gxf6 16. Kc2) ({Predecessor:} 13. Be2 Rfd8 14. Qe5 Qf8 {½-½ (30) Liang,A (2575)-Sargsyan,S (2477) Manavgat 2018}) 13... Qxf6 14. Qxf6 gxf6 15. O-O-O Rfd8 16. Be2 Kf8 17. Kb2 Ke7 18. Kc3 Rd6 19. Rd3 Rad8 20. Rhd1 h6 21. h4 dxc4 22. bxc4 Rxd3+ 23. Bxd3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rb8 24. Rb1 Kd6 25. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Bd7 26. Bc2 Bc6 27. g3 Kc7 28. a5 Rd8 29. Re1 Rd6 30. Rd1 Bf3 31. Rxd6 Kxd6 $14 {KB-KB} 32. Ba4 Ke6 33. Kd3 Ke5 34. Be8 Ke6 35. Kd2 f5 36. Ba4 Ke5 37. Be8 Ke6 38. Ba4 Ke5 39. Bd7 Kf6 40. Kd3 Ke5 41. Kd2 Kf6 42. Ba4 Ke5 {Accuracy: White = 43%, Black = 69%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Parligras, Mircea-Emilian"]
[Black "Visakh N R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,71,14,36,22,43,40,44,38,51,-12,-16,-8,53,42,68,62,206,206,212,210,542,487,579,591,583,571,568,534,510,504,587,563,534,398,1129,1091,1173,698,1865,1109,1068,1054,1113,948,902,826,1340,1264,1184,1125,886,654,622,625,618,615]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 {D39: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence with 5 Bg5 dxc4} (7. a4 c5 8. axb5 cxd4 9. Nxd4 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. b6 a5 12. Bxc4 O-O 13. O-O Bxc3 14. bxc3 Nd7 15. Nxe6 fxe6 {½-½ (57) Grischuk,A (2750)-Carlsen,M (2832) chess.com INT 2017}) 7... h6 8. exf6 hxg5 9. fxg7 Rg8 {LiveBook: 17 Games} 10. a4 Bb7 11. axb5 Nd7 12. Bxc4 g4 13. Ne5 $146 (13. Nd2 $14) ({Predecessor:} 13. Nd2 Rxg7 14. Qb3 Bd6 {½-½ (65) Wantola,I (2308)-Riemersma,L (2449) Netherlands 2018}) 13... Nxe5 $11 14. dxe5 Qg5 (14... Rxg7 $11 15. O-O Qh4) 15. O-O $1 $14 {[#] b6 is the strong threat.} Rxg7 16. Qd4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Strongly threatening Bd3. White has the initiative.} Qh6 ({Better is} 16... Qd8 $14 17. Qxd8+ Kxd8) 17. Ne4 $18 Be7 {[#]} 18. Nf6+ $1 Kf8 $2 (18... Bxf6 {is a better chance.} 19. exf6 Rh7) 19. Rfd1 Rg5 20. Rxa7 Kg7 21. Rxb7 Rd8 22. Nd7 g3 23. h3 Rxd7 24. Qxd7 gxf2+ 25. Kf1 Rxg2 $2 (25... Qh4) 26. Kxg2 {White is clearly winning.} Qg5+ 27. Kf1 Qg1+ 28. Ke2 Qg2 29. Kd3 f1=Q+ 30. Rxf1 Qxf1+ 31. Kc3 Qe1+ 32. Kc2 Qe4+ 33. Kb3 Qf3+ 34. Ka2 Qxb7 35. Qxe7 Qa7+ 36. Qa3 {Precision: White = 84%, Black = 30%.} 1-0

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Erdos, Viktor"]
[Black "Tarlev, Konstantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,35,19,19,22,12,26,12,12,9,12,4,14,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. c4 c6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O Bf5 8. b3 Ne4 9. Bb2 Nd7 10. Nh4 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Be6 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Nf3 {LiveBook: 9 Games. D78: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0 c6} Qb6 (13... Nf6 14. Qb4 Qb6 15. Ba3 Rfe8 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. Bb4 Ne4 18. Rfc1 Rec8 19. a4 Kf8 20. e3 Rc6 {½-½ (31) Abasov,N (2623)-Gledura,B (2626) Ankara 2018}) 14. Ne5 Qd6 $146 {[%cal Rd7e5]} ({Predecessor:} 14... Rfd8 15. Nxd7 Bxd7 16. e3 e6 17. Ba3 Rdc8 18. Rfc1 Qa6 19. Bb4 b6 20. a4 Qb7 {½-½ (34) Bilek,I-Krogius,N Budapest 1963}) 15. Nd3 Rfc8 {The position is equal.} 16. Rac1 Bf5 17. Rfd1 Nf6 18. e3 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aczel, Gergely"]
[Black "Ogleznev, Alexandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E23"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2333"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,135,0,0,0,0,3,5,0,41,35,22,35,41,39,83,77,82,85,97,71,79,62,64,57,61,60,58,48,75,51,58,58,69,69,112,72,85,89,85,72,97,91,95,106,92,97,98,107,101,108,107,103,97,100,97,97,117,97,94,91,86,77,77,74,70,69,70,72,76,83,119,119,120,120,146,150,372,381,314,361,1190,1328,802,547,1542,1461,29969,264,260,120,1235,269,1070,1039,764,647,2008,1225,29965,29966,29958,10014,6070,2861,29978,29979,29979,29980,29980,29981,29981,29982,29987,29988,29984,273]} 1. d4 Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6e4,Be4d2][%mdl 32]} 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qb3 c5 5. dxc5 Nc6 6. Nf3 Ne4 7. Bd2 Nxd2 8. Nxd2 Bxc5 9. g3 {E23: Nimzo-Indian: 4 Qb3 c5 5 dxc5 Nc6} b6 10. Bg2 Bb7 11. O-O O-O {LiveBook: 4 Games} (11... Na5 12. Qc2 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Rc8 14. Rac1 O-O 15. Qd3 Be7 16. Rfd1 Qc7 {½-½ (57) Ehlvest,J (2532)-Huebner,R (2574) Puhajarve 2016}) 12. Rac1 f5 13. Qd1 Qc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Rc8) 14. Nb3 Ne5 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. Nxc5 bxc5 17. b3 f4 18. f3 Qc6 19. Qd2 fxg3 20. hxg3 Rad8 21. Qe3 Nf7 22. Ne4 Nd6 23. Nxd6 $1 Qxd6 24. Kg2 Rf6 25. Rc3 Rg6 26. f4 Qc6+ 27. Qf3 Qa6 28. Rc2 Rf6 29. Rd2 Rf7 30. Qe4 d5 31. cxd5 exd5 32. Rxd5 Rxd5 33. Qxd5 Qxe2+ $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 34. Rf2 Qe3 35. Rc2 g6 36. Rxc5 {aiming for Rc7.} Qe2+ 37. Kh3 {Black must now prevent Rc7.} Qf1+ 38. Qg2 Qd1 39. Rd5 Qb1 40. Kh2 Rc7 41. Qe2 Rc2 42. Rd2 (42. Rd8+ {is more complex.} Kg7 43. Rd2 Rxd2 44. Qxd2 Qe4 45. Qf2) 42... Rxd2 43. Qxd2 {KQ-KQ} Qe4 44. b4 a6 45. a4 Qc6 46. Qa2+ Kf8 47. Qb3 Qd7 48. Qc2 Kg7 $2 {[#]} (48... Kf7 $16 49. b5 axb5) 49. b5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} axb5 50. Qb2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh6 $2 (50... Kf7 51. axb5 (51. Qxb5 Qd2+ 52. Kh3 Qd1 $16) 51... Qb7) 51. axb5 Qf5 52. Qe2 Qc5 53. g4 Qb4 54. g5+ $2 (54. Qe5 {mates} Qa3 55. Kg2 Qc1 56. g5+ Kh5 57. Qe2+ Kh4 58. Qf3 Qd2+ 59. Qf2+ Qxf2+ 60. Kxf2) 54... Kg7 55. Kg3 (55. Qe5+ $18 {and White stays clearly on top.} Kf7 56. Kg3) 55... Qb1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (55... Qb3+ $16 56. Kh4 Kf7) 56. Qe5+ $2 (56. Qe7+ Kg8 57. Qd8+ Kf7 58. Qd7+ Kg8 59. Qd5+ Kg7 60. Qd4+ Kf7 61. Qf6+ Kg8 62. Qe6+ Kg7 63. Qd7+ Kg8 64. Qd5+ Kg7 65. Qd4+ Kf7 66. Qf6+ Kg8 67. Qd8+ Kf7 68. Qd7+ Kg8) 56... Kg8 $2 (56... Kf7 57. Qf6+ Ke8 58. Qh8+ Kd7 59. Qxh7+ Kd6) 57. Qd5+ Kg7 58. Qd4+ Kg8 59. b6 Qb3+ 60. Kf2 Qc2+ 61. Ke3 {[#] White threatens Qd8+ and mate.} Qb3+ 62. Kd2 Qa2+ 63. Kc3 {White mates.} Qa3+ 64. Kc4 Qa6+ 65. Kb4 Qa8 66. Qe5 Qb7 67. Qe6+ Kg7 68. Qf6+ {Accuracy: White = 73%, Black = 38%.} 1-0

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shevchenko, Kirill"]
[Black "Miron, Lucian-Costin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 30,134,23,17,28,31,37,16,52,22,28,25,112,93,108,112,121,106,141,135,103,13,105,83,97,86,74,85,110,117,115,120,152,133,241,218,268,229,244,177,170,163,148,137,145,108,134,136,134,136,168,154,416,130,143,119,112,119,104,107,139,146,509,504,466,460,917,917,898,882,708,623,809,683,466,379,367,360,334,310,357,106,1105,589,860,781,1349,1352,1207,1208,977,999,1084,1179,766,386,641,92,93,92,93,0,93,93,12847,12847,29992]} 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 Bg7 16. Bd3 {LiveBook: 211 Games} bxa4 {C95: Closed Ruy Lopez: Breyer Variation with 10 d4} (16... exd4 17. cxd4 c5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8 Bxa8 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21. Bxb5 Rf8 22. e5 dxe5 23. Qxd8 Rxd8 24. Nxe5 {½-½ (39) Hou,Y (2658)-Vitiugov,N (2734) Belokurikha 2018}) 17. Rxa4 d5 18. Bg5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18. dxe5 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Bxe4 Bxe4 21. Raxe4 Nxe5 22. Nxe5 Qxd1 23. Rxd1 Rxe5 24. Rc4 {1-0 (50) Hunt,A (2425)-Short,P (2296) Bunratty 2010}) 18... Qc8 {The position is equal.} 19. exd5 {[%cal Rf3e5]} exd4 20. Rxe8+ Nxe8 (20... Qxe8 $11 21. Rxd4 Nxd5) 21. Nxd4 $16 Nb6 22. Ndf5 $1 {[%cal Rf5e7] Ne7+ is the strong threat.} Qd7 23. Rg4 (23. Ne7+ $6 Kf8 $11) 23... Bxd5 24. Nxg7 Nxg7 25. Qf1 ({White should try} 25. Bh6 $16) 25... Qc6 (25... f5 $11 26. Rh4 Ne6) 26. c4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under strong pressure.} (26. Bxa6 $6 Bxg2 27. Qxg2 Qxg2+ 28. Kxg2 Rxa6 $11) 26... Be6 27. Rd4 Qc5 28. Be3 Qe5 29. b3 c5 30. Re4 Qc7 31. Bf4 Qc6 (31... Qe7 $16 32. Qb1 Nd7) 32. Re3 $18 {And now Be4 would win.} Re8 33. Qa1 Nd7 34. Re1 f6 35. Bc2 Bf7 36. Rxe8+ Bxe8 37. Be3 Ne6 38. Be4 Qb6 39. Bd5 {Threatens to win with b4!} Bf7 40. Ne4 Nc7 $2 (40... Kg7 $16 {is a better defense.} 41. Qd1 a5) 41. Bxf7+ $2 (41. Qa4 $18 Nxd5 42. Qxd7 (42. cxd5 Qb5 $16)) 41... Kxf7 $16 42. Qa4 Ke7 43. b4 {[%cal Re4c5,Bb3b4,Bb4c5,Bc5c6][%mdl 32]} Ne6 44. Nxc5 Nexc5 45. bxc5 ({Reject} 45. Bxc5+ $6 Nxc5 46. bxc5 Qb1+ 47. Kh2 Qf5 $11) 45... Qb1+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (45... Nxc5 $16 {is a better chance.} 46. Qa3 Kd6) 46. Kh2 $18 Qb8+ 47. f4 Qc8 (47... Nf8 $142 48. Qxa6 Ne6) 48. c6 Nb8 49. Qb4+ Ke8 50. Qb7 Qxb7 51. cxb7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} Kd7 52. Bd4 Kc6 53. Bxf6 Kxb7 54. g4 $1 Nc6 55. c5 $2 (55. Kg3 $18 {and the rest is easy.}) 55... Na5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (55... Nb8 $16) 56. Bc3 Nc6 57. f5 gxf5 58. gxf5 Nd8 59. Kg3 Kc6 60. Bb4 Nf7 61. Kf4 a5 {[#]} 62. Ba3 $1 Kd5 $2 {[#]} (62... a4 63. h4 Kd7) 63. f6 $2 (63. h4 $1 $18 {is the precise move to win.} a4 64. h5) 63... Nd8 64. Kf5 Nf7 65. Kf4 Nd8 $1 66. Ke3 Ke5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (66... a4 $16 67. Kd3 Nc6) 67. c6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kd5 {Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 37%.} (67... Nxc6 68. f7) 1-0

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Szabo, Gergely-Andras-Gyul"]
[Black "Luncasu, Raul-Ionut"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B75"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2187"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,47,61,95,61,49,6,6,0,47,56,64,50,46,54,78,20,33,0,0,0,0,0,0,-11,0,0,0,-64,-18,-125,-93,-345]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 a6 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. g4 {B75: Sicilian Dragon: Yugoslav Attack, Miscellaneous} (9. a4 Ne5 10. Be2 Bd7 11. a5 Rc8 12. g4 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. g5 Nh5 15. Nd5 O-O 16. Nb6 Rc7 {0-1 (67) Bacrot,E (2725)-Adhiban,B (2655) Riadh 2017}) 9... h6 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 10. h3 b5 11. a4 {White is slightly better.} b4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... bxa4 12. Rxa4 Bb7 13. Be2 Nc5 14. Ra3 Qc7 15. O-O e6 16. Rfa1 Rd8 {0-1 (26) Rompotti,P-Bruening,H corr 1991}) 12. Na2 a5 13. c3 bxc3 14. Nxc3 Bb7 15. Bb5 Rc8 16. Rg1 ({White should play} 16. h4 $16) 16... Kf8 $11 {[%cal Be8f8,Bf8g8,Bg8h7][%mdl 32]} 17. h4 Nc5 18. Rd1 h5 {[#] Strongly threatening ...hxg4.} 19. g5 Nfd7 20. Kf2 Ne5 21. Qe2 Kg8 22. Nd5 (22. Rgf1 $11) 22... Kh7 (22... Ng4+ $5 23. Kg2 Nxe3+ 24. Qxe3 e6 $15) 23. Rc1 (23. Rge1 $11 {remains equal.}) 23... e6 24. Nf4 $2 {[%mdl 40960] Precision: White = 21%, Black = 59%. . An unexpected result.} (24. Nc3 $17 {might work better.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nevednichy, Vladislav"]
[Black "Baltag, Iulian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,32,14,4,12,0,2,14,14,9,25,0,8,16,52,29,24,-6,-14,-21,-33]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. c4 Bc6 6. Nc3 {C10: French with 3 Nc3: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3...dxe4} Nf6 7. f3 (7. Nf3 Bb4 8. Be2 O-O 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Nbd7 11. Bf4 h6 12. O-O Re8 13. h3 {1-0 (69) Onischuk,V (2612)-Kovalenko,I (2700) Bastia 2015}) 7... Be7 8. Be3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} O-O 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. Qc2 b6 {[%cal Bb7b6,Bb6b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 11. Nge2 Bb7 12. O-O-O $146 a6 13. Kb1 Qb8 14. Rhf1 b5 15. c5 b4 16. Na4 {[#] c6 is the strong threat.} Bc6 {Precision: White = 48%, Black = 56%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Manolache, Marius"]
[Black "Nastase, Robert-Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2296"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,100,0,0,4,19,10,12,-20,14,15,45,30,30,0,13,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,-46,-18,-31,-6,-17,-20,-65,-71,-98,-98,-99,-93,-95,-95,-95,-95,-95,-95,-97,-79,-110,-113,-140,-143,-218,-227,-353,-339,-629,-356,-355,-355,-484,-484,-483,-480,-472,-422,-453,-435,-660,-632,-615,-606,-29956,-11866,-29977,-29976,-29976,-29977,-29977,-29978,-29978,-29979,-29979,-29980,-29980,-29981]} 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 d5 4. c4 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Bd2 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Be2 {E51: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4...0-0 5 Nf3 d5} (8. Rc1 Be7 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. O-O c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Re1 Nc6 13. Bb1 Re8 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nd4 {½-½ (54) Vitiugov,N (2730)-Inarkiev,E (2690) Satka 2018}) 8... Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Qa4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. O-O c5 11. a3 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Ne4 13. Nd2 Nd6 14. Qf3 Nb5 15. Rac1 cxd4 16. Bxd4 Nxd4 17. exd4 {0-1 (27) Kopperud,V (1742)-Rishovd,S (2046) Drammen 2018}) 10... Qc8 11. O-O Qb7 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 12. a3 Bd6 13. Nb5 Be7 14. Rac1 Ne4 15. Nc3 Rfd8 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Ne5 {Qc4 is the strong threat.} c5 $1 18. Qc6 Rab8 19. b4 {[%cal Rb4c5]} Bf6 20. Qxb7 Rxb7 21. Ng4 Be7 22. bxc5 bxc5 23. Ne5 Bf6 {White must now prevent ...Bxe5.} 24. Ba5 Rd5 25. Rfd1 h5 26. Nc6 cxd4 27. exd4 Nb8 28. Bb4 Nxc6 29. Rxc6 Bxd4 30. Kf1 Rbd7 31. Ke2 Bb6 32. Rxd5 Rxd5 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 33. h4 Rf5 34. Be1 (34. Rc8+ $17 {might work better.} Kh7 35. Be1) 34... Rc5 $19 35. Rxc5 (35. Rd6 $142) 35... Bxc5 {KB-KB} 36. Bb4 $2 (36. f3 exf3+ 37. Kxf3) 36... Bb6 37. a4 f5 38. a5 Bd4 39. f3 Kf7 40. Bd6 Ke6 41. Bb8 Kd5 42. Bc7 (42. Bf4 $142 Be5 43. Bg5) 42... Be5 43. Bd8 Bf6 44. Bxf6 gxf6 {[%cal Bg7f6,Bf6f5][%mdl 32] KP-KP} 45. a6 Ke5 {Black mates.} 46. Kf2 f4 47. fxe4 Kxe4 48. Ke2 f5 49. Kf2 {[#]} f3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 50. gxf3+ Kd3 {Accuracy: White = 30%, Black = 74%.} 0-1

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rogozenco, Dorian"]
[Black "Vrencian, Lehel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2321"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,119,38,34,18,17,-4,31,47,33,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,-86,-24,-23,-22,-29,34,33,23,33,63,59,72,73,76,75,75,33,33,8,108,74,96,96,96,96,96,60,43,12,12,12,12,15,55,0,71,24,137,137,152,151,144,144,144,144,161,144,144,144,144,128,128,128,129,129,152,152,173,159,441,376,1259,1417,1445,1442,1294,1222,1193,1177,872,925,1277,1379,1564,1539,1335,758,29991,29992,29992,29993]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Nbd7 5. Nc3 e6 6. e4 Be7 {[%cal Bf8e7,Be7c5,Bc5d4][%mdl 32]} 7. Bxc4 {D23: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 Nf3 Nf6 sidelines} O-O 8. Qc2 c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. O-O Qc7 11. Qe2 Ne5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 12. Nxe5 (12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Bxe5 Qxe5 {½-½ (31) Melkumyan,H (2642)-Berkes,F (2661) Heraklio 2017}) 12... Qxe5 13. Kh1 Bd4 14. f4 Qc5 15. Bd2 $146 (15. e5 $5 {[%cal Re5f6]} Bxc3 16. bxc3 $11) ({Predecessor:} 15. e5 Bxc3 16. bxc3 {1-0 (38) Kejik,F-Nekvapil,P Moravia 2002}) 15... Bd7 16. Rac1 Bc6 17. e5 Bxc3 $1 18. Bxc3 Nd5 {[#] Hoping for ...Ne3.} 19. Bd2 Qd4 20. Bd3 (20. b3 $11) 20... Rad8 ({Better is} 20... Qxb2 $17 21. Rc2 Qb6) 21. Qe4 $11 Qxe4 22. Bxe4 Nc3 (22... Nb6 $11 23. Bxc6 Rxd2 24. Bxb7 Rxb2) 23. Bxh7+ $14 Kxh7 24. Bxc3 g6 25. Rfd1 Rd5 26. Rxd5 Bxd5 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 27. Bb4 Rd8 28. Kg1 (28. Rc7 {seems wilder.} Bxa2 29. Bd6 Kg8 30. Rxb7 a6 31. Kg1) 28... Bxa2 29. Rc7 Kg8 (29... Rd1+ $11 30. Kf2 Bd5) 30. Rxb7 Rd4 31. Be7 Rxf4 32. h4 {[#] Strongly threatening Bf6.} g5 33. h5 ({Reject} 33. hxg5 $6 a6 $11) 33... Rh4 34. Bf6 {Threatening mate with Rb8+.} (34. Bxg5 $5 {[%cal Rb7b8]} Rxh5 35. Bf6 $14) 34... Rxh5 35. Rxa7 Bd5 36. Rc7 g4 37. b4 ({White should play} 37. Kf2 $14) 37... Kh7 (37... Rf5 $11) 38. b5 {[%cal Bb4b5,Bb5b6][%mdl 32]} g3 (38... Rf5 $1 $11) 39. Rxf7+ Kh6 40. Rg7 Rf5 41. Rxg3 Bc4 42. b6 Rf1+ 43. Kh2 Rb1 44. Bd8 Bd5 45. Rg8 Rb2 46. Kh3 Kh7 47. Rg4 Re2 48. Bc7 Rb2 49. g3 {[%cal Bg2g3,Bg3g4][%mdl 32]} Bg2+ $2 (49... Kh6 $16) 50. Kh4 $18 Bf3 $2 (50... Rb3 51. Kg5 Kg7 52. Kh5+ Kh7) 51. Rf4 Bd5 52. Kg5 Kg7 53. Bd8 Rb3 54. g4 Rb5 55. Ra4 Bf3 56. Ra7+ Kg8 57. Kf6 Bd5 58. Rc7 Rb4 59. Rg7+ Kh8 60. Kf7 {Accuracy: White = 64%, Black = 40%.} 1-0

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Grigore, George-Gabriel"]
[Black "Ionescu, Constantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,71,7,8,5,4,35,42,48,12,57,57,69,66,74,72,141,97,277,139,136,114,110,114,99,113,126,115,112,76,66,66,81,77,118,124,188,189,455,362,342,265,541,528,718,699,864,864,854,785,1770,899,887,875]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. Nf3 b6 8. g3 Bb7 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. O-O c5 11. b4 {LiveBook: 29 Games. E32: Nimzo-Indian: Classical (4 Qc2): 4...0-0} Qc7 (11... Qe7 12. Bb2 cxd4 13. Qxd4 Rac8 14. Rfd1 Ne5 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Qxe5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Rxc4 18. Rac1 Rcc8 19. f3 h6 20. Kf2 Rfd8 21. Qf4 Nd5 22. Qd4 Nf6 23. Qf4 Nd5 24. Qd4 Nf6 25. Qf4 Nd5 {½-½ (25) Ponomariov,R (2714)-Harikrishna,P (2727) Beijing 2014}) 12. Bb2 cxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... a5 13. dxc5 axb4 14. axb4 bxc5 15. b5 d5 16. cxd5 exd5 17. e3 Qb6 18. Qd3 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 {½-½ (28) Walczak,P (2474)-Schuster,P (2445) ICCF email 2015}) 13. Qxd4 {White is slightly better.} e5 14. Qe3 Rac8 15. Rac1 Qb8 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. Bh3 Rc6 (17... Re8 $142) 18. Nh4 $16 d5 $2 (18... Nf8 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 19. cxd5 (19. Nf5 $18) 19... Nxd5 20. Qb3 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 N7f6 22. Nf5 Kf8 23. Bg2 Bc8 24. e4 {[#] Threatens to win with Nh6.} (24. Nxg7 {with more complications.} Ne7 25. f4 b5 26. fxe5 Qb6+ 27. Kh1) 24... Bxf5 25. exf5 Ne7 26. Re1 Nd7 27. f4 {[%cal Bf2f4,Bf4e5,Be5e6][%mdl 32]} Nxf5 (27... e4 $16 28. Bxe4 Nf6) 28. fxe5 $18 {Bh3 is the strong threat.} Re8 $2 (28... b5 {was worth a try.} 29. Kh1 Qb6) 29. Rf1 Nh6 30. e6 Ne5 $2 (30... Nf6 {was necessary.} 31. Bxf6 gxf6 32. Rxf6 Qc7) 31. Qd5 {White is clearly winning.} Nhg4 32. h3 Rd8 33. Qe4 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Rd2 34. Bc3 Rd3 35. Rxf7+ {[%mdl 64] Deflection} Nxf7 36. Qxd3 {Accuracy: White = 73%, Black = 27%.} 1-0

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Costachi, Mihnea"]
[Black "Balla, Tamas-Kristof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2318"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,62,30,-6,20,7,64,-18,-15,-1,-6,-13,0,-58,-67,-63,0,0,1,-2,-1,-4,21,16,22,0,0,-22,-8,-15,-27,-42,-25,-29,-29,-49,-41,-68,-41,-49,-24,-60,-47,-58,-43,-64,-38,-47,-47,-84,-67,-81,-27]} 1. d4 f5 2. Bg5 g6 3. h4 Bg7 4. Nc3 h6 5. Bf4 Nc6 (5... Nf6 6. e3 d6 7. Qf3 O-O 8. Bc4+ e6 9. O-O-O Qe8 10. Nh3 Nc6 11. d5 Nb4 12. dxe6 Bxe6 {0-1 (24) Iniyan,P (2464)-Dubov,D (2691) Abu Dhabi 2018}) 6. Nf3 {A80: Dutch Defence: Unusual White second moves} d6 7. e3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Bd7 8. d5 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 8. Bc4 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Bg3 Qe7 11. Nd5 Qd6 12. Qe2 {½-½ (34) Oswald,D (2098)-Talsma,P (2186) England 2014}) 8... Ne5 (8... Bxc3+ $11 9. bxc3 Na5) 9. Nd4 (9. Bxe5 $14 dxe5 10. Bc4) 9... c6 $11 10. Qd2 cxd5 11. Nxd5 Rc8 12. Bxe5 ({White should play} 12. O-O-O $11) 12... dxe5 $15 13. Nb3 Nf6 ({Better is} 13... e6 $15 14. Nc3 Nf6) 14. Nxf6+ $11 Bxf6 15. h5 g5 16. O-O-O a6 17. f3 Rc6 18. Be2 Qc7 19. Na5 Rd6 20. Qb4 b5 21. Rd3 Rxd3 22. Bxd3 Kf7 23. e4 f4 24. Kb1 Qd6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 25. Qe1 g4 26. fxg4 Bxg4 27. Nb3 Rg8 28. Be2 Be6 29. Qf2 Qc6 30. Bd3 Rg5 31. Nd2 Bg4 {Accuracy: White = 39%, Black = 45%.} (31... Rg3 $17) 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Berescu, Alin-Mile"]
[Black "Cioara, Andrei-Nestor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2427"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,26,29,0,29,16,20,18,21,22,27,4,27,9,24]} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bd2 {B01: Scandinavian Defence} Bb4 8. Ne5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Nbd7 9. a3 {White has an edge.} Bxc3 $1 10. Bxc3 Qb6 $1 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. O-O O-O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... O-O 13. d5 Rfd8 14. Qf3 {1-0 (27) Adams,M (2742)-Laznicka,V (2676) Baku 2015}) 13. d5 exd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Morozov, Nichita"]
[Black "Georgescu, Tiberiu-Marian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:02:17]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 4. Ba4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 6. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 7. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 8. c3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:16]} 9. d4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 10. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} exd4 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 11. cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:51]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 12. e5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 13. Nc3 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:03:23]} 14. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bh5 {[%emt 0:06:53]} 15. Bc2 {[%emt 0:03:16]} Na5 {[%emt 0:11:15]} 16. Qb1 {[%emt 0:09:31]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 17. Bxg6 {[%emt 0:01:48]} fxg6 {[%emt 0:01:11]} 18. Nd2 {[%emt 0:03:32]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:02:56]} 19. h3 {[%emt 0:03:58]} g5 {[%emt 0:06:13]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "David, Alexandru-Vasile"]
[Black "Iordachescu, Viorel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,40,-13,-23,-13,-51,-51,-94,-100,-112,-107,-114,-104,-204,-217,-352,-366,-701,-696,-689,-693,-1025,-991]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 {[%cal Bd7d6,Bd6d5,Bd5d4][%mdl 32]} 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8. e3 b6 9. Ne2 {E32: Nimzo-Indian: Classical (4 Qc2): 4...0-0} c5 (9... Ba6 10. Rd1 h6 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Ng3 c5 13. Be2 Qc7 14. O-O Rac8 15. Rc1 cxd4 16. Qxd4 Rfd8 {½-½ (38) Nakamura,H (2799)-Jakovenko,D (2738) Khanty-Mansiysk 2015}) 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. Qc2 {LiveBook: 3 Games. The position is equal.} d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Bb7 12. Nc3 Qb6 13. f3 d5 14. Rd1 Bc6 15. Rd2 d4 16. Nd1 e5 17. Bd3 Rfe8 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 {½-½ (41) Bulski,K (2538)-Drasko,M (2447) Warsaw 2013}) 12. O-O-O Qb6 13. Nf4 {[%cal Rc4d5]} Bb7 {[%cal Bc8b7,Bb7c6,Bc6a4][%mdl 32]} 14. f3 Rab8 15. Rd2 Bc6 16. g4 (16. Be2 $17) 16... d4 $19 17. e4 (17. Be2 {might work better.}) 17... Qa5 18. Rd3 $2 {[#]} (18. Nd3 Ba4 19. Qb1) 18... Ne5 {Black is clearly winning.} 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Nh5 Ba4 {Accuracy: White =  0%, Black = 87%.} 0-1

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Petrisor, Adrian-Marian"]
[Black "Nanu, Costica-Ciprian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,23,3,20,11]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 a6 7. e3 Bg4 8. Be2 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 e6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Bxf6 {D13: Slav Defence: Exchange variation without ...Bf5} {Predecessor:} Bxf6 $146 13. a3 Rc8 14. Rc1 O-O {½-½ (14) Movsziszian,K (2531)-Giaccio,A (2475) Mao 2007} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vasiesiu, Dan"]
[Black "Moldovan, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2394"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 6. f3 {[%emt 0:09:51]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 7. Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 8. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:08]} 9. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:49]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 10. a4 {[%emt 0:01:22]} Na6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 11. Nd5 {[%emt 0:12:37]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:02:02]} 12. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} b6 {[%emt 0:03:07]} 13. Bb5 {[%emt 0:04:04]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:03:59]} 14. Nxc5 {[%emt 0:07:23]} bxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Secheres, Adrian-Simion"]
[Black "Dobre, Mihai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2388"]
[BlackElo "2104"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,107,28,23,10,18,15,6,15,8,15,11,12,5,10,12,7,13,0,0,-56,0,0,0,0,0,-43,0,-31,16,26,39,0,61,3,9,0,45,0,0,0,0,0,60,0,0,-52,0,0,0,0,0,-22,-22,-13,-34,-39,0,-14,0,-33,-29,-38,10,10,10,10,0,6,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qf3 Bg6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 {LiveBook: 380 Games} 10. f3 {D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation} (10. Nf3 Nd7 11. Nh4 Be7 12. Ne2 f5 13. g3 Bxh4 14. gxh4 Nf6 15. f3 Ke7 16. Rg1 Nh5 17. Kf2 Rae8 18. b4 {½-½ (46) Kramnik,V (2792)-Nisipeanu,L (2672) Dortmund 2018}) 10... Nd7 11. Kf2 O-O-O 12. g3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Nh3 Bd6 13. Nf4 Nf8 14. g3 Ne6 15. h4 h5 16. Bh3 f5 17. Rac1 Kb8 {1-0 (52) Bronis,M (2165)-Janos,J (2152) Slovakia 2013}) 12... Kb8 13. Nge2 h5 14. h4 Re8 15. Nf4 Bd6 16. Be2 Nf8 17. Rae1 Ne6 18. Bd1 (18. Nxg6 $11 fxg6 19. Rb1) 18... Rhg8 (18... Nxf4 $15 19. gxf4 Re6) 19. Rhg1 $11 Rh8 20. a3 a5 21. Be2 Bc7 22. Bf1 Bb6 23. Nce2 Bf5 24. Rh1 Ng7 ({Better is} 24... a4 $11) 25. Nc1 (25. b4 $14) 25... Bc7 26. Rg1 Bc2 27. Bh3 Bf5 28. Bg2 Bb6 29. Nce2 Bd7 (29... Bc8 $11) 30. Nd3 (30. b4 $14) 30... Re7 31. Nc3 ({White should play} 31. Nef4 $11) 31... Nf5 (31... Rhe8 $15) 32. Na4 Bc7 33. Bh3 Nd6 34. Bxd7 Rxd7 35. Ndc5 Rdd8 36. Nc3 Nf5 37. b4 Rhg8 {[%cal Rc7g3]} 38. f4 Kc8 39. b5 Bb6 40. bxc6 {The position is equal.} bxc6 41. N3a4 Bxc5 42. Nxc5 Rde8 43. Re2 Nd6 44. Rb1 Kc7 45. Reb2 Rg7 $1 46. Rb6 Reg8 47. Na6+ Kd7 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Ne4+.} 48. Nc5+ Kc7 49. Ra6 Rxg3 {Strongly threatening ...Rg2+.} 50. Ra7+ Kc8 {aiming for ...Rg2+.} 51. Ra8+ Kc7 52. Ra7+ Kc8 {[#] And now ...Rg2+ would win.} 53. Ra8+ Kc7 54. Ra7+ {Accuracy: White = 46%, Black = 57%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vavric, Pavel"]
[Black "Jianu, Vlad-Cristian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2351"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,26,11,10]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 c3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Nb3 Be7 12. Nfd4 Bd7 13. Nxc6 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3} Bxc6 {[#] LiveBook: 33 Games} {Predecessor:} 14. Bxc6 $146 bxc6 15. c4 Rfb8 16. f3 Kf8 17. Bd2 Ke8 18. Bc3 g6 19. Kf2 Nd7 20. Ba5 Rb7 {½-½ (45) Eljanov,P (2751)-Wojtaszek,R (2745) Shamkir 2017} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Manea, Alexandru"]
[Black "Vedmediuc, Serghei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "2347"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,60,48,49,26,28,26,25,0,10,15,12,12,28,26,36,40,48,0,0,-11,-20,-11,-14,-20,-9,-19,0,-9,-6,-15,-8,-15,-14,-21,-20,-17,13,13,7,8,27]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. h3 a6 7. Be3 {E90: King's Indian: Classical: Early deviations and 6 h3} Nbd7 8. Be2 (8. e5 Ne8 9. h4 c5 10. e6 fxe6 11. h5 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Ne5 13. hxg6 hxg6 14. Bd3 {0-1 (49) Parligras,M (2645)-Iordachescu,V (2597) Bucharest 2018}) 8... c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. Nxd4 Re8 11. Rc1 b6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 12. Qc2 Bb7 13. Qb1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Rfd1 Rc8 14. Qb1 Nc5 15. Bf3 Nfd7 16. b3 Ne5 17. Be2 Nc6 18. Nf3 Ne5 19. Nd4 Nc6 20. Nf3 Ne5 21. Nd4 Nc6 {½-½ (21) Krause,J (2242)-Bjerre,J (2420) Bargteheide 2016}) 13... Rc8 14. b3 Qc7 15. Nf3 Qb8 16. Nd2 Ba8 17. Rfd1 Nc5 18. b4 Ncd7 19. a4 a5 {The position is equal.} 20. Nd5 axb4 21. Qxb4 Bc6 22. a5 bxa5 23. Qxa5 Qa8 24. Qxa8 Bxa8 25. f3 Bc6 26. Rb1 Nc5 27. Rdc1 Nfd7 28. Nb3 e6 29. Nxc5 Nxc5 30. Nc3 f5 {Accuracy: White = 47%, Black = 65%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Itkis, Boris"]
[Black "Szabo, Attila"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2263"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,67,0,0,0,6,14,6,8,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,50,31,32,10,10,10,12,10,28,0,4,0,7,0,0,0,14,9,277,269,269,269,255,246,29998,29999]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Nc3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Ne5 c6 9. Bf4 Nbd7 10. e4 {E16: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Bb4+} Nxe5 (10... dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe5 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. dxe5 Be7 14. h4 Qxd1 15. Rfxd1 Rfd8 16. a3 Kf8 17. b4 Ke8 {1-0 (30) Vallejo Pons,F (2717)-Karthikeyan,M (2579) Tbilisi 2017}) 11. dxe5 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qg4 Qc7 14. Bxe4 Rfd8 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 15. Rad1 c5 {[#]} 16. Bxb7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Bh6 g6 17. h4 Rab8 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 {½-½ (47) Ivanov,S (2574)-Yemelin,V (2555) St Petersburg 2005}) 16... Qxb7 17. Bh6 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rg4g7] [#]} g6 18. Bg5 Bxg5 19. Qxg5 Rd4 20. Rxd4 cxd4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 21. Rd1 Qe4 22. Qf4 Qc2 23. Rxd4 Qxb2 24. Rd7 Qb1+ $1 25. Kg2 Qf5 26. Qd4 $40 {[%mdl 128] White has some attack.} h5 27. h3 Kg7 28. a4 a5 29. Qxb6 Qe4+ 30. Kh2 {Black must now prevent Qxe6.} Qxe5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (30... Qf3 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 31. Rxf7+ $1 $18 {[%mdl 576] Decoy} Kxf7 32. Qb7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kf6 33. Qxa8 {White wants to mate with Qf8+.} Qe2 $2 (33... Qc5 $18 34. Kg1 Ke5) 34. Qf8+ {Accuracy: White = 54%, Black = 43%.} 1-0

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ionescu, Doru-Alexandru"]
[Black "Ardelean, George-Catalin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2321"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,80,0,0,0,-5,0,0,-5,0,8,7,64,49,70,54,54,54,54,54,55,59,70,37,51,49,28,50,37,49,221,43,37,30,47,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,18,18,22,25,25,0,20,0,38,3,3,4,231,0,3,-28,-18]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Nd7 5. Qxc4 Ngf6 6. Bg2 a6 7. Qc2 c5 8. O-O b5 9. b3 Bb7 10. Bb2 Be7 11. d3 O-O 12. Nbd2 Nd5 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} (12... Rc8 13. Rac1 Qb6 14. Qb1 Rfe8 15. Qa1 Bd6 16. Rc2 e5 17. Rfc1 Rcd8 18. Ng5 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qb7+ 20. Kg1 Nd5 {0-1 (66) Can,E (2557)-Cheparinov,I (2685) Gjakova 2016}) 13. Rac1 {LiveBook: 12 Games} Qb6 14. Qb1 Rfc8 {The position is equal.} 15. Rfd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Qa1 Bf8 16. a3 h6 17. Rc2 a5 18. a4 Nb4 19. Rcc1 Bd5 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. Bxe5 {½-½ (41) Gisbrecht,E (2405)-Sjodahl,P (2420) Germany 1999}) 15... Rc7 16. Qa1 f6 17. a3 {Black must now prevent e4.} Qa7 (17... Bf8 $11) 18. d4 $14 Rac8 19. Bh3 Nf8 $1 20. e4 Nb6 21. dxc5 Bxc5 22. b4 Be7 $1 23. Bd4 Ba8 24. Be3 Qb7 25. Rxc7 Rxc7 26. Nd4 Kf7 $2 {[#]} ({Better is} 26... f5 $14) 27. Bg2 $2 ({White should play} 27. Nxe6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Nxe6 28. Bxe6+ Kf8 29. Rc1) 27... Na4 28. Rc1 g6 29. N2b3 e5 30. Na5 Rxc1+ 31. Qxc1 Qd7 32. Ndc6 Bd8 33. Nxd8+ Qxd8 34. Qc2 Ne6 35. Qb3 Qd6 36. Qc2 Qd7 37. Bh3 Ke7 38. Nb3 Nd4 $2 (38... Qc6 $11 39. Qxc6 Bxc6) 39. Bxd4 $2 (39. Nxd4 $18 Qxh3 {[#]} 40. Nf5+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} gxf5 41. Qc7+ Ke8 42. Qb8+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kd7 43. Qa7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} (43. Qxa8 f4 $11) 43... Kd6 44. Qxa8 fxe4 45. Qxa6+ Ke7 46. Qb7+ (46. Qxb5 Qd7 $16) 46... Qd7 47. Qxe4) 39... Qxh3 $11 40. Qc7+ Qd7 {Accuracy: White = 60%, Black = 39%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Banzea, Alexandru-Bogdan"]
[Black "Ileana, George"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2313"]
[BlackElo "2318"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:02:39]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:28]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. f3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 8. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:06]} 9. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 10. O-O-O {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 11. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 12. Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 13. Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 14. Bxg7 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Kxg7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 15. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 16. a3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 17. h4 {[%emt 0:00:26]} b4 {[%emt 0:09:23]} 18. axb4 {[%emt 0:01:09]} axb4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 19. h5 {[%emt 0:06:12]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 20. hxg6 {[%emt 0:01:02]} Bxg6 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 21. Qxb4 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:03:05]} 22. Qd4 {[%emt 0:11:06]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:01:18]} 23. Qa4 {[%emt 0:02:20]} Qc5 {[%emt 0:01:45]} 24. Qd4 {[%emt 0:01:01]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:01:21]} 25. Qa4 {[%emt 0:03:32]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:04:34]} 26. Qd4 {[%emt 0:01:15]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:04:24]} 27. Qa4 {[%emt 0:01:04]} Qc5 {[%emt 0:02:23]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ognean, Mihnea-Ionut"]
[Black "Vasiesiu, Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2291"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. cxb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. bxa6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:03] A58: Benko/Volga Gambit: Lines with 5 bxa6} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. e4 {[%emt 0:00:41]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:02]} 8. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 9. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:56]} Bxa6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 10. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Qb4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 11. Bxa6 {[%emt 0:15:05]} Nxa6 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 12. Qe2 {[%emt 0:02:49]} Qxb2 {[%emt 0:04:20]} 13. O-O $146 {[%emt 0:02:25]} ({Predecessor:} 13. Rb1 Qa3 {½-½ (76) Khairullin,I (2647)-Yuffa,D (2504) Doha 2015}) 13... d6 {[%emt 0:07:19]} 14. Rab1 {[%emt 0:14:38]} Qa3 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 15. Rb3 {[%emt 0:01:48]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 16. Rfb1 {[%emt 0:07:01]} Rfb8 {[%emt 0:09:40]} 17. e5 {[%emt 0:11:56]} Rxb3 {[%emt 0:02:33]} 18. Rxb3 {[%emt 0:00:48]} dxe5 {[%emt 0:05:26]} 19. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Bf8 $2 {[%emt 0:15:06]} (19... Nb4 $11) 20. Rb7 {[%emt 0:06:08]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:08:34] [#]} 21. d6 $1 {[%emt 0:12:57]} exd6 {[%emt 0:03:04] [#]} 22. Qf3 $1 {[%emt 0:01:18]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:04:31]} 23. Ng4 {[%emt 0:02:53]} ({Weaker is} 23. Nxf7 Qa6 $16) 23... Qd8 {[%emt 0:06:38] [#]} 24. Bg5 $16 {[%emt 0:03:59]} (24. Ne4 $1 $18 {and the rest is easy.}) 24... Qe8 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 25. Re7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 1-0

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gheorghiu, Calin"]
[Black "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2278"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,90,3,12,34,27,24,0,10,-22,-18,-32,-33,-90,-68,-120,-105,-107,-121,-114,-97,-220,-211,-223,-222,-187,-196,-226,-212,-256,-249,-229,-177,-169,-200,-180,-186,-254,-181,-204,-157,-171,-161,-152,-123,-126,-140,-341,-157,-169,-161,-188,-166,-165,-56,-224,-203,-253,-210,-263,-256,-566,-494,-532,-331,-956,-897,-1735,-1625,-2124,-1910,-1862,-1581,-29978,-29979,-29979,-29979,-29978,-29979]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 Re8 {B35: Sicilian: Accelerated Dragon with 5 Nc3: main line} 9. f3 e6 {[%cal Be7e6,Be6d5,Bd5d4][%mdl 32]} (9... d5 10. exd5 Nb4 11. Nde2 e6 12. Bd4 exd5 13. Qd2 Nc6 14. O-O-O Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Bd7 16. g4 {1-0 (33) Navara,D (2740)-Gelfand,B (2703) Batumi 2018}) 10. Qd2 (10. f4 {is more complex.} Ng4 11. Bg1 Bxd4 12. Bxd4 d5 13. Bg1) 10... d5 {The position is equal.} 11. exd5 (11. O-O-O {seems wilder.} Nxd4 12. Bxd4 e5 13. Bf2 d4 14. Ne2) 11... Nxd5 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Nxd5 $146 (13. Bd4 $15) ({Predecessor:} 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. O-O Nxc3 15. bxc3 Qa5 16. Rad1 Bxc3 {0-1 (32) Kolmychek,E (2013)-Timofeev,A (2563) Taganrog 2018}) 13... Bxb2 $17 14. Rb1 (14. Ne7+ $15 Qxe7 15. Rd1) 14... exd5 15. Rxb2 {Strongly threatening 0-0.} d4 $1 16. O-O Rxe3 (16... dxe3 $6 17. Qxd8 Rxd8 18. Re1 $11) 17. c3 {[#]} (17. Bc4 $17) 17... Ba6 $1 $19 {[%cal Ra6f1]} ({Much less strong is} 17... Rxc3 18. Rd1 $15) 18. Rfb1 c5 ({Not} 18... dxc3 19. Qxe3 cxb2 20. Rxb2 $17) ({Don't take} 18... Rxc3 19. Qf4) 19. cxd4 cxd4 20. Qb4 Qh4 21. Bd5 Rae8 {[#] ( -> ...Re1+)} 22. Be4 Bd3 23. g3 Qf6 24. Bxd3 Rxd3 25. f4 (25. Qa4 {was worth a try.} Re7 26. f4) 25... Qe6 26. Rf2 Qg4 27. Qa4 Ree3 {Hoping for ...Rxg3+!} 28. Qc6 Rd1+ 29. Rxd1 Qxd1+ $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 30. Kg2 $2 (30. Rf1 $17 Qe2 31. f5) 30... Re1 (30... Re2 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top.} 31. f5 Rxf2+ 32. Kxf2 Qd2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 33. Kf1 Qd3+ 34. Kg2 Qe2+ 35. Kg1 Qe3+ 36. Kf1 d3 37. Qc8+ Kg7 38. Qc3+ Kh6) 31. Qf3 Qxf3+ 32. Kxf3 $19 {KR-KR} Re3+ 33. Kg2 f5 (33... Ra3 $19 34. Rd2 a5) 34. Rb2 $2 ({White has to play} 34. Rd2 $15) 34... Kf7 35. Kf2 Ke6 36. Rb7 Ra3 37. Rxh7 $2 (37. Ke2 {is a better chance.}) 37... Rxa2+ 38. Kf3 Kd5 39. Rh6 $2 (39. Rd7+ Kc4 40. Rc7+ Kb3 41. Rg7) 39... d3 {[%cal Bd4d3,Bd3d2][%mdl 32]} 40. Ke3 Kc4 41. Rxg6 Re2+ 42. Kf3 Rxh2 43. g4 fxg4+ {Black mates.} 44. Rxg4 d2 45. Rg1 Kd3 {Accuracy: White = 22%, Black = 63%.} 0-1

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Pop, Alexandru"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2274"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "170"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,170,15,27,15,27,17,24,12,24,16,21,16,31,19,72,49,54,22,31,28,29,26,50,35,89,103,66,19,54,0,12,13,13,5,5,7,26,0,59,55,64,61,74,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,0,-33,-33,-40,-40,-46,-33,-33,-9,-33,-9,-33,-9,-33,-9,-33,-28,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,-33,-19,-19,-19,-19,-19,-19,-19,-19,-19,-44,-44,-44,-44,-44,-44,-44,-44,-45,0,-19,-19,-19,-19,-19,-19,-19,-19,-19,0,0,0,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 d6 (5... c5 6. O-O Be7 7. c4 O-O 8. Nc3 cxd4 9. exd4 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Bg3 Nd7 12. Rc1 N7f6 13. Re1 Nxc3 14. bxc3 {½-½ (61) Caruana,F (2802)-Hou,Y (2652) chess.com INT 2017}) 6. h3 {A47: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 b6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} g6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 7. O-O Bg7 8. a4 $146 {White has an edge.} a6 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. c3 Nc6 11. Qc2 Qe7 12. Rfe1 Nd7 (12... h6 $11 {remains equal.}) 13. Bg5 Qe8 14. e4 e5 15. d5 Ne7 16. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} f6 17. Bh4 $1 c6 (17... a5 $14) 18. dxc6 Bxc6 19. c4 a5 20. b5 (20. c5 $5 dxc5 21. Qb3+ Kh8 22. b5 $14) 20... Bb7 21. Nb3 Rc8 22. Qe2 f5 23. Nfd2 Kh8 24. Rad1 Ng8 ({Black should try} 24... Bf6 $11 25. Bxf6+ Rxf6) 25. f3 $14 Bf6 26. Bf2 $1 f4 27. Nb1 ({Better is} 27. c5 $16 dxc5 28. Nc4) 27... Qe7 $11 28. Nc3 Nh6 {[%cal Bg8h6,Bh6f7,Bf7d6][%mdl 32]} 29. Rc1 Bh4 30. Red1 Bxf2+ 31. Qxf2 Nf7 32. Nd5 Bxd5 33. cxd5 Rxc1 34. Rxc1 Nc5 35. Nxc5 dxc5 36. Bc4 Nd6 37. Kf1 Kg7 38. Ke2 Kf7 39. Kd3 Ke8 40. Rh1 Kd8 41. Rh2 Kc7 42. Rh1 Rg8 {[%cal Bf8g8,Bg8g7,Bg7h7,Bh7h6][%mdl 32]} 43. Rh2 g5 44. Rh1 h5 45. Kc3 Rg7 46. Kd3 Rh7 47. Qe1 Qg7 48. Rh2 Rh6 49. Qh1 Qh8 50. Kc3 Kd8 {[%cal Bc7d8,Bd8e7,Be7f6,Bf6g6,Bg6g7][%mdl 32]} 51. Kd3 Ke7 52. Kc3 Kf6 53. Kd3 Kg6 54. Kc3 Kg7 55. Kb3 g4 (55... Kf7 {is interesting.} 56. Qa1 Qf6 57. Rh1 Rh8 58. Qc3 Qe7) 56. hxg4 hxg4 57. Rxh6 Qxh6 58. Qxh6+ Kxh6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KN} 59. Kc3 ({Don't go for} 59. fxg4 $2 Nxe4 60. Bd3 Nd6 $19) 59... Kg5 60. Bd3 Kh4 61. fxg4 Kxg4 62. Be2+ $1 Kg3 63. Bf3 Kf2 64. Kd2 Kg3 (64... c4 $5) 65. Kc3 {The position is equal.} Kh4 66. Kd3 Kg5 67. Kc3 Kf6 68. Kd3 Ke7 69. Kc3 c4 70. Kd2 Nb7 71. Bd1 $1 Kd6 72. Kc3 Kc5 73. Be2 Nd6 74. Bf3 Ne8 {[#] And now ...Nd6 would win.} 75. Be2 Nf6 76. Bf3 Kd6 77. Kxc4 Ke7 78. Kc3 $1 Kd7 79. Kc2 Kd6 80. Kd2 Kc5 {White must now prevent ...Kb4.} 81. Kc3 Ne8 82. Be2 Nd6 83. Bd3 Nf7 84. Be2 Nd6 85. Bd3 Nf7 {Precision: White = 65%, Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Patrascu, Catalin-Lucian"]
[Black "Vajda, Levente"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2268"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,107,7,14,33,38,39,33,56,22,108,58,60,53,65,62,66,62,62,22,65,34,68,79,71,57,55,51,52,1,29,0,10,-93,-86,-171,0,-81,0,0,0,0,23,0,543,540,664,664,664,664,809,760,686,589,686,686,792,791,755,764,795,794,794,776,749,664,887,902,858,794,806,791,791,791,783,783,769,757,752,664,29972,29969,7120,613,29979,29980,6202,616,1321,1139,29969,338]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 O-O 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Be3 Qd7 {C84: Closed Ruy Lopez: Unusual White 6th moves} (10... Nd4 11. Bxd4 exd4 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Rc8 14. a4 c6 15. Bb3 d5 16. h3 Bh5 17. axb5 axb5 18. exd5 {1-0 (47) Karjakin,S (2782)-Aronian,L (2764) Paris 2018}) 11. h3 Bh5 12. Nd5 Kh8 {White is slightly better.} 13. a4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. c3 Na5 14. Ba2 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 c6 16. Ba2 f5 17. Kh2 fxe4 18. dxe4 Bxf3 19. gxf3 {½-½ (48) Roberson,P (2408)-Netzer,J (2318) London 2015}) 13... Rae8 (13... Na5 $11) 14. c3 Bd8 15. axb5 axb5 16. Nxf6 Bxf6 17. g4 Bg6 $1 18. Qe2 Nd8 {[%cal Bc6d8,Bd8e6,Be6c5][%mdl 32]} 19. Ra7 Qc8 20. Rfa1 Ne6 21. R1a6 c6 $1 22. Qd1 h6 23. Qa1 (23. Bxe6 $14 Rxe6 24. Qa1) 23... Nc5 $1 $11 {[%cal Rc5b3]} 24. Bxc5 $1 dxc5 25. Qa2 (25. c4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 25... c4 $17 26. dxc4 (26. Bc2 $17) 26... b4 $2 (26... Bxe4 $19 27. Nd2 Bd3 28. cxb5 Qd8) 27. c5 (27. Ba4 $11 {remains equal.} bxc3 28. Qb1 (28. Bxc6 $2 c2 $19) (28. bxc3 Re7 $11) (28. Rxc6 Qb8 $11 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack})) 27... bxc3 (27... Bxe4 $17 28. Nd2 Bd3) 28. bxc3 $11 Bxe4 29. Nd2 {[%cal Bf3d2,Bd2c4,Bc4d6][%mdl 32]} Bg6 30. Nc4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Hoping for Nd6. White fights for an advantage.} Bd3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (30... Qd8 $1 $11) 31. Nd6 $18 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Bxa6 32. Nxc8 Bxc8 33. Rxf7 e4 34. Rxf8+ Rxf8 35. Be6 Bxe6 36. Qxe6 {[%mdl 4160] [#] Endgame Double Attack. KQ-KRB} Bh4 37. Qxc6 Bxf2+ 38. Kg2 e3 39. Qe6 e2 40. Qxe2 Bxc5 41. Qe5 Rc8 42. Qf5 Rc7 43. c4 {[%cal Bc3c4,Bc4c5,Bc5c6][%mdl 32]} Ba7 44. Qf8+ Kh7 45. Qd6 Rb7 46. c5 Rb2+ 47. Kf1 Rb1+ 48. Ke2 Rc1 49. c6 Bb6 50. Kd2 (50. Qd3+ $142 Kh8 51. Qa6) 50... Rh1 51. Qd3+ Kh8 52. Qf3 (52. Qa6 $142 Rh2+ 53. Kc3 Rxh3+ 54. Kc4) 52... Rh2+ 53. Kd3 Bc7 54. Qf8+ {Accuracy: White = 51%, Black = 31%.} 1-0

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Scripcaru, George-Daniel"]
[Black "Casangiu, Paul-Horatiu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2176"]
[BlackElo "2027"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,83,29,22,23,29,24,26,22,0,0,0,0,0,25,20,16,0,0,0,72,0,29,-4,-7,0,59,23,34,40,212,207,216,222,212,204,356,368,360,297,299,293,29988,29989,29993,29994,29994,642,606,606,606,515,515,515,515,515,1456,1449,1448,1409,1371,1303,1364,1314,1291,1292,1213,1184,1212,1159]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. Bd3 h6 9. Bh4 Nh5 {D36: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation: Main line (5 Bg5 c6 6 Qc2)} (9... Re8 10. Nge2 Nh5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. h3 a5 13. a3 Nd7 14. Na4 Qh4 15. g3 Qd8 16. g4 Nhf6 17. Ng3 Nf8 18. O-O-O {1-0 (67) Caruana,F (2799)-Kramnik,V (2803) Douglas 2017}) 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nge2 Nd7 {White has an edge.} 12. O-O-O b5 13. g4 Nhf6 14. Rdg1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Rhg1 Nb6 15. Rg2 b4 16. Nb1 Ne4 17. Bxe4 Qxe4 18. Qxe4 dxe4 {1-0 (52) Hochstein,U (1969)-Riek,W (1770) Ruhrgebiet 2004}) 14... b4 15. Na4 Nb6 16. g5 ({Don't go for} 16. Qxc6 $2 Bd7 $19) 16... hxg5 {[%cal Bh6g5,Bg5g4][%mdl 32]} 17. Nc5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Nfd7 (17... Nbd7 $11 {remains equal.}) 18. h4 {aiming for Bh7+.} g4 $1 19. h5 Nxc5 20. dxc5 {h6 is the strong threat.} Nd7 (20... Nc4 $11) 21. h6 {Threatens to win with Bh7+.} g6 {[#]} 22. Bxg6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxc5 $2 ({Black should play} 22... Ne5 $14 23. Bf5 (23. Bh7+ Kh8 $14) 23... Bxf5 24. Qxf5 Kh8) (22... fxg6 23. Qxg6+) 23. Bh7+ $18 Kh8 {White must now prevent ...f5.} 24. Rxg4 Qxc2+ 25. Bxc2 a5 $2 (25... Nf6 26. Rxb4 Be6) 26. Rg7 {Intending Rh7+ and mate.} Nf6 27. Rhg1 a4 28. Nf4 {White threatens Nh5! and mate.} b3 $2 {[#]} (28... Bg4 $18 29. R7xg4 Nxg4) 29. Nh5 $1 bxc2 30. Nxf6 {[%csl Gf6][%cal Rg7h7]} Bf5 31. h7 (31. R1g5 $142 Bd3 32. f4 a3 33. b3 Rfd8 34. f5 Bxf5 35. Rxf5 Rf8 36. Rh7#) 31... Bg6 {White is clearly winning.} 32. Rg8+ Rxg8 33. hxg8=Q+ Rxg8 34. Nxg8 Kxg8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KB} 35. Rg4 a3 (35... Kf8 $142 36. Rxa4 Ke7 37. Ra7+ Kd8) 36. bxa3 Kf8 37. a4 {[%cal Ba3a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Ke7 38. a5 Bd3 39. Rd4 Ba6 40. Kxc2 Kd6 41. Rf4 Ke6 42. Rb4 {Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 57%.} 1-0

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Popescu, Daniel-Vasilica"]
[Black "Mateuta, Gabriel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2131"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,50,16,-12,20,-4,-3,-76,-68,-83,-83,-105,-97,-97,-94,-140,-117,-161,-160,-158,-151,-139,-146,-149,-161,-267,-264,-457,-446,-485,-414,-723,-721,-789,-782,-1577,-1552,-29989,-29990,-29994,-29986]} 1. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 Be7 7. Nf4 {LiveBook: 7 Games} Nh6 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} (7... Nd7 8. Be3 Bg5 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Qd2 Bxe3 11. Qxe3 Qa5 12. O-O-O b5 13. Kb1 Nb6 14. h4 Ne7 15. Rh3 {1-0 (44) Degraeve,J (2540)-Epishin,V (2655) Koszalin 1999}) 8. Be3 O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Nd7 9. Be2 a6 10. Qd2 c5 11. O-O-O Rc8 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. f4 c4 14. Kb1 b5 15. Rdf1 {½-½ (42) Podkriznik,G (2290)-Bodner,A (2085) Finkenstein 1994}) 9. Be2 {[#]} (9. Qe2 $11) 9... c5 $1 $17 {Black is better.} 10. Nxg6 fxg6 11. Nb5 a6 12. Nd6 cxd4 13. Bxd4 Nc6 14. Nxb7 Qc7 15. Nd6 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Qxc2 17. Bd1 Qc7 18. f4 (18. O-O {was necessary.}) 18... Nf7 $19 19. Nxf7 $2 (19. O-O {was worth a try.}) 19... Rxf7 ({Not} 19... Kxf7 20. a3 $17) 20. Bb3 Raf8 21. Rf1 {[#]} (21. Qc3 $142 Bh4+ 22. Ke2) 21... Bg5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 22. Qc3 (22. fxg5 Rxf1+) 22... Qb6 23. f5 gxf5 24. gxf5 Rxf5 25. Ke2 Qb5+ {Accuracy: White = 26%, Black = 74%.} 0-1

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ciorica, Mihai-Vlad"]
[Black "Toma, Radu-Cristian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2097"]
[BlackElo "2354"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,94,18,10,13,15,11,0,14,14,0,0,12,0,0,0,145,145,231,185,185,164,158,154,172,161,174,177,185,178,175,178,176,179,241,149,137,104,100,-89,-89,-94,-94,-68,-105,-91,-39,-83,-97,-139,-137,-448,-139,-716,-700,-710,-431,-394,-293,-279,-271,-426,-416,-540,-544,-525,-535,-681,-681,-629,-604,-810,-802,-735,-709,-29974,-29975,-29967,-5218]} 1. d4 {[%cal Bd2d4,Bd4d5][%mdl 32]} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. d5 O-O 6. e4 Re8 {E20: Nimzo-Indian: 4 g3 and 4 f3} (6... b5 7. e5 Ne8 8. f4 exd5 9. cxd5 d6 10. Nf3 Nc7 11. a4 Bb7 12. Bd3 h6 13. O-O c4 14. Bb1 dxe5 15. fxe5 Nxd5 16. Nxb5 {1-0 (36) Mamedyarov,S (2799)-Le,Q (2737) Huaian 2017}) 7. Bd2 d6 8. Nge2 exd5 9. cxd5 Nbd7 10. Ng3 {LiveBook: 7 Games} a6 11. Be2 Ne5 12. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. O-O Bd7 13. a4 h6 14. Kh1 Rc8 15. Qc2 {½-½ (62) Cruzado Duenas,C (2601)-Zautzig,H (2556) ICCF email 2014}) 12... Ba5 $1 13. O-O b5 14. Be3 Rb8 15. Qd2 Bd7 16. Rfb1 Qc7 (16... c4 $11 {remains equal.}) 17. Bg5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rg5f6] Threatens to win with Bxf6.} b4 (17... Qd8 $16) 18. Bxf6 $1 $18 bxc3 (18... gxf6 $2 19. Qh6 $18) 19. Qg5 {[%csl Gf6][%cal Rg5g7]} Ng6 {[#]} 20. Nh5 $1 (20. Bxc3 c4 $16) 20... cxb2 21. Nxg7 bxa1=Q (21... bxa1=R 22. Rxa1 Qd8 23. Nh5 $16 (23. Bxd8 Bxd8 24. Qg3 Kxg7 $15)) 22. Rxa1 Qd8 {[#]} 23. Nh5 $1 {Qh6 would kill now.} (23. Bxd8 Bxd8 24. Qg3 (24. Qh6 $2 Bf6 $19 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 24... Kxg7 $15) 23... Re5 24. Bxd8 Rxg5 25. Bxg5 {aiming for Nf6+.} Ne5 (25... Nf8 $142 26. Nf6+ (26. Bxa6 Bc3 $18) 26... Kg7 27. Nxd7 Nxd7 28. Bxa6 Bc3) 26. f4 ({Don't play} 26. Bxa6 $6 Ba4) 26... Bc3 27. Nf6+ Kg7 28. fxe5 $2 (28. Rc1 $16 {stays on course.} Nf3+ 29. gxf3 (29. Bxf3 Bxf6 30. Bxf6+ Kxf6 $14) 29... Bxf6 30. Bxf6+ (30. Bxa6 Bd4+ 31. Kh1 f6 $11) 30... Kxf6 31. Bxa6) 28... Bxa1 $17 29. Nxd7 Bd4+ 30. Kf1 Rb1+ 31. Bd1 Rxd1+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KBN} 32. Ke2 Rg1 33. Bf6+ Kg6 {White must now prevent ...c4.} 34. Kf3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (34. g3 $17 c4 35. exd6 Bxf6 36. Nxf6) 34... Rf1+ $2 (34... c4 $19 35. exd6 Rf1+ 36. Ke2 Rxf6 37. Nxf6 Kxf6) 35. Kg4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (35. Ke2 $17 Rf2+ 36. Kd3) 35... h5+ $19 36. Kg3 dxe5 37. Bxe5 Bxe5+ 38. Nxe5+ {KR-KN} Kg7 39. d6 (39. Nc4 {is a better defense.}) 39... Rd1 40. d7 Kf6 41. Kf4 Ke6 42. h4 f6 43. Nc4 Rxd7 44. Ne3 Rd3 45. a4 Ra3 46. g4 {[#]} Rxe3 $1 {[%mdl 576] Remove Defender} 47. Kxe3 hxg4 {Accuracy: White = 41%, Black = 63%.} 0-1

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vilcu, Matei-Stefan"]
[Black "Danilov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C17"]
[WhiteElo "1892"]
[BlackElo "2386"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:33]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 4. e5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 5. Bd2 {[%emt 0:01:53]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:07:40]} 6. Nb5 {[%emt 0:02:12]} Bxd2+ {[%emt 0:00:43]} 7. Qxd2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 8. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:05:16]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 9. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:02:21] C17: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4 4 e5 c5 sidelines} (9. Nf3 Ne7 10. Nxd4 O-O 11. f4 Nc6 12. Nf3 Qb6 13. O-O-O Bd7 14. a3 Rfc8 15. Kb1 Na5 16. Nd4 Nc6 17. Nf3 Na5 18. Nd4 Nc6 19. Nb3 Ne7 {1-0 (47) Sethuraman,S (2631)-Safarli,E (2653) Sharjah 2018}) 9... Ne7 {[%emt 0:02:38]} 10. Nf3 {[%emt 0:04:53]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:01:46]} 11. Bd3 {[%emt 0:04:45]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:05:19]} 12. Qg4 {[%emt 0:05:43]} g6 $146 {[%emt 0:04:24]} ({Predecessor:} 12... O-O 13. Bxh7+ Kxh7 14. Qh5+ Kg8 15. Ng5 Qa5+ 16. c3 Rfe8 17. Qxf7+ Kh8 18. Qh5+ Kg8 19. f4 Ne7 20. Qf7+ Kh8 21. Rd1 Qa6 22. Rf1 {1-0 (22) Geiger,W (2158)-Preusse,G (2233) ICCF email 2011}) 13. O-O {[%emt 0:02:08]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:08:17]} 14. c4 {[%emt 0:08:19]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:08:28]} 15. Be2 {[%emt 0:02:12]} h5 {[%emt 0:02:35]} 16. Qf4 {[%emt 0:04:41]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:03:28]} 17. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:02:09]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 18. Nd4 {[%emt 0:05:42]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:03:44]} 19. a3 {[%emt 0:08:06]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:05:36]} 20. Qf3 {[%emt 0:13:56]} O-O {[%emt 0:07:21]} 21. Rac1 {[%emt 0:06:37]} Qg5 {[%emt 0:02:57]} 22. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:02:51]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 23. Qe4 {[%emt 0:01:18]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:04:41]} 24. Bxd5 {[%emt 0:05:17]} cxd5 {[%emt 0:04:19]} 25. Qd4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} a5 {[%emt 0:03:35]} 26. Rc5 {[%emt 0:01:47]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 27. f4 {[%emt 0:02:43]} Qg4 {[%emt 0:01:13]} 28. h3 {[%emt 0:00:58]} Qf5 {[%emt 0:01:13]} 29. Rfc1 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Rb7 {[%emt 0:01:38]} 30. Kh2 {[%emt 0:04:28]} Rab8 {[%emt 0:01:21]} 31. Rc8+ $17 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Rxc8 {[%emt 0:02:50]} 32. Rxc8+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 33. Rc5 {[%emt 0:01:37]} Qb1 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 34. Rxa5 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Rxb2 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 35. Ra7 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 36. Qg1 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 37. Qf1 {[%emt 0:01:00]} h4 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 38. Qf3 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Qc5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 0-1

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Berkes, Ferenc"]
[Black "Berescu, Alin-Mile"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,111,0,3,0,25,22,25,17,24,15,17,15,29,13,23,22,30,0,39,7,0,0,0,0,15,0,80,45,55,42,49,52,55,44,65,31,34,12,48,51,102,65,122,125,136,131,162,180,176,192,459,451,368,384,377,369,625,632,585,303,362,355,350,287,304,290,280,267,358,355,416,280,343,264,498,492,577,575,564,522,522,501,624,666,646,484,533,477,496,466,555,482,1514,1466,1780,1780,1643,1532,1342,1339,1168,1168,29977,6187]} 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 b5 4. e3 a6 (4... b4 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O c5 7. a3 a5 8. Nbd2 Na6 9. c4 bxc3 10. bxc3 Be7 11. Rb1 Bc6 {1-0 (77) Yu,Y (2750)-Jumabayev,R (2602) Ashkhabad 2017}) 5. a4 b4 6. Bg2 {A46: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 e6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6... Bb7 7. O-O c5 8. c4 Be7 9. d5 exd5 10. Nh4 d6 11. a5 Nbd7 12. cxd5 {1-0 (43) Afonasieva,A (2193)-Jalaghonia,N (2006) Riga 2018}) 7. c4 c5 $1 8. O-O {White has an edge.} Bb7 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. b3 Be7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Ne5 Rc7 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Ne4 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nb6 17. a5 Rd7 (17... Nd7 $11 {remains equal.}) 18. Qe2 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Nc8 $1 {Hoping for ...Rd2.} 20. Qxa6 {Threatens to win with Ra1.} Ra7 21. Qc4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] a6 is the strong threat. White has some pressure.} Qxa5 22. Rfd1 Rd8 23. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} g6 24. h5 Kg7 ({Better is} 24... Qb6 $14) 25. Kg2 Qc7 (25... Nb6 $14 26. Qe2 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Qa6) 26. Rd6 $16 Ra2 {[#]} 27. Bd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Ra5 {[#]} (27... cxd4 28. Qxc7) 28. hxg6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} hxg6 (28... fxg6 29. Qxe6) 29. Rc6 Qxc6 $2 (29... Qb7) 30. Bxc6 $18 Nb6 31. Qe2 cxd4 32. exd4 Nd5 $2 (32... Rh8 33. Qd2 Ra7) 33. Rh1 Rc8 34. Qd2 {Threatening mate with Qh6+.} Rh8 35. Rxh8 Kxh8 36. Kf3 Kg7 37. Qc1 Nc3 38. Qf4 Ra7 39. Kg4 Rc7 40. Qf3 Rc8 41. Bd7 Rd8 $2 (41... Rc7 {was necessary.}) 42. Qb7 Kf8 43. Kf3 Nd5 44. Ke4 Nc3+ 45. Kd3 Nd5 46. f4 Kg7 47. Qa7 Kf8 48. Bc6 Nc3 49. Qb6 Nd5 50. Qb7 f5 (50... Nc3 $142 51. Bf3 Nd5 52. Bxd5 Rxd5) 51. Bd7 Rxd7 52. Qxd7 Kf7 53. Qb7 Nc3 54. Qh1 Kg7 55. Qa8 Nd5 56. Qe8 {Accuracy: White = 63%, Black = 36%.} 1-0

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Black "Manea, Alexandru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2347"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,164,30,27,30,36,35,37,37,49,0,0,-3,19,-65,-53,-58,-39,-45,11,13,0,-120,-116,-116,-100,-134,-116,-160,-168,-214,-209,-214,-244,-220,-243,-241,-245,-247,-245,-320,-343,-467,-439,-473,-455,-576,-584,-718,-718,-710,-706,-802,-635,-599,-635,-867,-866,-862,-402,-356,-207,-214,-212,-184,-188,-203,-161,-154,-143,-192,-181,-332,-327,-319,-406,-404,-399,-381,-425,-542,-544,-523,-462,-465,-363,-362,-356,-339,-311,-309,-306,-309,-323,-309,-309,-312,-297,-331,-331,-364,-357,-370,-342,-325,-318,-317,0,-280,0,-318,-288,-344,-245,-246,-237,-391,-377,-387,-388,-387,0,-387,-377,-376,-370,-372,-349,-358,-357,-368,-370,-394,-272,-250,0,-389,-387,-355,-322,-357,-336,-459,-441,-429,0,-358,0,-385,0]} 1. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Rc1 O-O 9. b3 Bf5 10. Be2 {B03: Alekhine's Defence: Four Pawns Attack} (10. d5 e5 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. Nge2 d5 13. c5 Nc6 14. Nd4 Bxd4 15. Bxd4 Re8 16. cxb6 Qh4 17. Ne2 axb6 {1-0 (38) Xiong,J (2618)-Kamsky,G (2678) Saint Louis 2016}) 10... d5 11. c5 Nc8 {[%cal Bb6c8,Bc8d6,Bd6e4][%mdl 32]} 12. g4 {White is slightly better.} Bd7 13. h4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. h3 e6 14. Nf3 Nc6 15. Qd2 N8e7 16. O-O f6 17. Rfd1 a6 {½-½ (40) Munoz,F (2342)-Fernandez Reyes,L (2356) Rosario 2016}) 13... Nc6 14. f4 b6 15. cxb6 (15. Na4 $11) 15... axb6 $15 16. h5 Nd6 17. hxg6 hxg6 ({Black should play} 17... fxg6 $15 18. Qd2 Rc8) 18. Qd2 $11 f5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 19. g5 (19. Nf3 $11) 19... Ne4 $17 20. Nxe4 fxe4 21. a4 Qb8 22. Bb5 Qd6 23. Ne2 {[#]} Na5 $1 24. Rb1 Bxb5 25. axb5 Rac8 26. Ng3 e6 27. O-O Qd7 28. Qe2 Rc3 29. Rfd1 Nxb3 {aiming for ...Bxd4!} 30. Nf1 Rfc8 31. Bf2 R8c4 32. Ne3 Nxd4 33. Qg4 Rc8 34. Rb4 Rc1 35. Kg2 Nf5 36. Rxe4 d4 37. Qf3 Rxd1 (37... R1c3 $142 38. Qe2 Qb7) 38. Nxd1 $19 Qd5 (38... Rc1 $142 {Strongly threatening ...d3.} 39. Re1 d3) 39. Re2 Qxf3+ 40. Kxf3 Kf7 41. Ra2 Rc5 42. Ra7+ Ke8 43. Ra8+ Kd7 44. Ra7+ $2 (44. Be1) 44... Kd6 45. Nb2 Rxb5 46. Nd3 Rb3 47. Ke2 Kd5 48. Be1 Ke4 49. Nf2+ Kxf4 50. Bd2+ Ke5 51. Rd7 Ng3+ 52. Kd1 Nh5 53. Ke2 Rg3 54. Bc1 {If White can now play Bb2 this consolidates a bit.} b5 55. Bd2 Ra3 56. Bc1 Ra8 57. Bd2 Bf8 58. Rb7 Kd5 59. Rxb5+ Kc6 60. Re5 Kd7 61. Rb5 Kc6 62. Re5 $1 Kd7 63. Rb5 $1 Bd6 64. Kd3 e5 65. Ne4 Ra6 66. Kc4 $2 (66. Rxe5 Ra3+ 67. Kxd4 Bxe5+ 68. Kxe5) 66... Ke6 67. Rb7 Ra4+ 68. Kb3 Ra6 69. Kc4 Rc6+ 70. Kd3 Bc7 71. Ra7 Kf5 72. Ra1 Bd8 73. Rf1+ Ke6 74. Ra1 Ng7 75. Bb4 {[#]} Nh5 (75... Bc7 $142 $1 76. Ra8 Nh5) 76. Bd2 Be7 77. Ra7 Ng7 78. Bb4 Nf5 (78... Bxb4 $2 79. Rxg7 Kf5 80. Rf7+ Kg4 81. Nf2+ Kxg5 82. Ke4 $17) 79. Bd2 Rb6 80. Ba5 Rc6 81. Bd2 $1 Rb6 82. Ba5 Rc6 $2 {Accuracy: White = 57%, Black = 77%.} (82... Rb1 $19 83. Ra6+ Kd5) 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lupulescu, Constantin"]
[Black "Shevchenko, Kirill"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,105,7,3,6,91,76,100,108,97,93,93,93,87,82,104,108,139,144,294,265,395,390,731,725,674,448,467,475,553,572,520,497,679,677,662,654,1259,1047,1018,287,1277,309,285,299,310,314,301,302,322,310,304,299,360,360,340,342,385,392,402,380,369,360,378,367,438,447,438,435,429,429,506,492,1261,1261,5600,5603,5368,5085,2600,1938,29960,29961,29971,29969,29982,29983,29984,29985]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Qc2 h6 {E12: Queen's Indian: Unusual White 4th moves, 4 a3, 4 Nc3 Bb7 5 a3 and 4 Nc3 Bb7} 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 {LiveBook: 8 Games. The position is equal.} 11. O-O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. h4 Re8 12. O-O-O Nd7 13. g4 g6 14. g5 hxg5 15. Nxg5 Bxg5 16. hxg5 {1-0 (36) Parligras,M (2623)-Bosiocic,M (2600) Batumi 2018}) 11... Qd6 (11... c5 $11) 12. h4 $16 Rc8 13. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5,Bg5h6,Bh6g7][%mdl 32]} c5 14. g5 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. Rxd4 Nc6 17. Rxd5 Qe7 {Hoping for ...Nb4!} 18. Bg2 {And now gxh6 would win.} Nd8 {[#]} (18... a5 $16) 19. gxh6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Bxd5 (19... Rxc3 {was called for.} 20. bxc3 Ne6) (19... gxh6 20. Rg1) 20. Bxd5 Rab8 $2 (20... Qe5 21. Rg1 Qxd5) 21. Rg1 Ne6 22. hxg7 Qf6 23. h5 ({Not} 23. Bxe6 Qxe6 24. Kb1 Rc5 $16) 23... Rc7 24. Kb1 Rd8 {[#] aiming for ...Rxc3.} 25. Bb3 Qh6 26. Qf5 Nxg7 27. Rg6 Qh7 {If only Black now had time for ...Kf8....} 28. h6 Qxh6 29. Bxf7+ $2 (29. Qf6 Qxg6+ 30. Qxg6) 29... Kf8 $2 (29... Rxf7 30. Qxf7+ (30. Rxh6 $2 {perishes.} Nxf5 31. Rg6+ Rg7 $19) 30... Kxf7 31. Rxh6 Nf5) 30. Rxh6 $2 (30. Qf6 Qh7 31. Bb3+ Ke8 32. e4) 30... Nxf5 31. Rh8+ Kxf7 32. Rxd8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Ke6 33. Re8+ Ne7 34. Nb5 Rd7 35. Nd4+ Kd5 36. Kc2 Ng6 37. Ne2 Rh7 38. f4 Ne7 39. Kd3 Kd6 40. Nc3 Rh2 41. b4 a5 42. bxa5 bxa5 43. Nb5+ Kd7 44. Ra8 Nc6 45. Nd4 Ra2 (45... Nd8 $142 46. Ra7+ Kc8 47. Rxa5 Nb7) 46. Nxc6 Rxa3+ 47. Kd4 Kxc6 {KR-KR} 48. f5 {[%cal Bf4f5,Bf5f6][%mdl 32]} Kd6 49. Ra6+ Ke7 50. e4 {White mates.} a4 51. Ke5 Ra1 52. Ra7+ Kd8 53. f6 {Accuracy: White = 87%, Black = 31%.} 1-0

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Deac, Bogdan-Daniel"]
[Black "Vavric, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2351"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,81,17,20,34,43,66,58,60,35,78,70,72,79,85,43,45,18,39,25,25,14,11,0,0,0,39,27,70,43,113,118,112,110,120,88,157,122,117,116,156,169,152,147,145,124,137,92,360,354,444,379,518,527,512,530,534,533,528,512,512,510,467,383]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 {[%cal Bc8d7,Bd7c6,Bc6d5][%mdl 32]} 6. Qxc4 Bc6 7. Nf3 Bd5 8. Qd3 Be4 9. Qd1 c5 10. Nc3 Bc6 11. O-O {LiveBook: 65 Games} Be7 {E02: Open Catalan: 5 Qa4+} (11... Nbd7 12. Be3 cxd4 13. Bxd4 Be7 14. Ne5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Qa5 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Ne4 O-O 19. Nxf6+ gxf6 20. Qd4 {½-½ (19) Timman,J (2565)-Karpov,A (2628) Murmansk 2016}) 12. dxc5 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Bxc5 {White is slightly better.} 14. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Ne5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Nbd7 16. Bf4 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Be7 18. Rac1 O-O 19. Nb5 {½-½ (52) Kostic,V (2312)-Tancik,K (2210) Sombor 2008}) 14... a5 15. Ne5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Nbd7 17. Nd3 Ke7 18. e4 Rhd8 19. Bf4 Rac8 20. Nb5 Ne8 21. Bd2 Bb6 22. b4 Ra8 23. Be1 f6 24. Rac1 Nb8 {[#]} (24... axb4 $14 25. Bxb4+ Kf7) 25. Nb2 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has strong initiative.} Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Bd8 27. Nc4 {[%cal Rb4a5]} a4 ({Better is} 27... b6) 28. Ncd6 Nxd6 29. Nxd6 ({Don't play} 29. Rxd6 $6 Nc6 $11) 29... b6 30. b5 Nd7 31. Bb4 {[#] Black must now prevent Nf5+.} Nc5 32. Nb7 Rc8 33. f4 e5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (33... Rb8 $16 34. Nxc5 (34. Nxd8 Rxd8 35. Rxd8 Kxd8 $11) 34... bxc5 35. Bxc5+ Ke8) 34. fxe5 $18 Bc7 35. exf6+ gxf6 36. Nxc5 {White is clearly winning.} bxc5 37. Bxc5+ {KRB-KRB} Ke6 38. Rd5 Be5 39. Kf3 h5 40. b6 Rg8 41. Bd4 {Accuracy: White = 49%, Black = 30%.} 1-0

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Iordachescu, Viorel"]
[Black "Patrascu, Catalin-Lucian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C76"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2268"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,75,54,56,9,54,26,54,56,60,61,61,39,64,40,66,37,75,79,56,72,83,80,76,42,110,100,155,177,220,131,125,74,110,110,163,152,180,183,159,102,122,122,154,150,426,429,458,441,574,555,529,522,416,479,678,600,918,944,910,902,950,799]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 g6 7. Bg5 f6 8. Be3 Nh6 {LiveBook: 56 Games} 9. b4 {C76: Ruy Lopez: Deferred Steinitz: 5 c3 Bd7 6 d4 g6} (9. h3 Nf7 10. dxe5 Ncxe5 11. Bb3 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Bg7 13. Nd2 a5 14. a4 Qe7 15. O-O O-O 16. Rae1 Kh8 17. Qd1 b5 18. Qc2 f5 19. Bd4 f4 20. Bxf7 Rxf7 21. Nf3 c5 22. Bxg7+ Rxg7 23. e5 {½-½ (23) Ter Sahakyan,S (2577)-Short,N (2688) Abu Dhabi 2017}) 9... Bg7 10. Bb3 Qe7 11. O-O {White is slightly better.} Nf7 12. Nbd2 O-O 13. Re1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. dxe5 fxe5 14. a4 Ncd8 15. Bg5 Bf6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 {½-½ (49) Van Riemsdijk,H (2418)-Castaner Harster,X (2241) Barbera del Valles 1999}) 13... Kh8 14. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4b5][%mdl 32]} Rae8 15. b5 axb5 16. axb5 Ncd8 17. b6 c6 18. Ra7 Bc8 19. dxe5 dxe5 (19... fxe5 $14 20. Nc4 Ne6) 20. Nc4 $16 f5 ({Black should try} 20... Be6) 21. Ra5 fxe4 22. Nfd2 (22. Bc5 $18 Qf6 23. Nfd2 (23. Rxe4 Rg8 $18) (23. Bxf8 Rxf8 24. Nfd2 Ng5 $16)) 22... Qh4 23. Bc2 (23. g3 $142 Qh3 24. Nxe4) 23... Bf5 24. g3 Qh3 (24... Qf6 $16 {is a better defense.}) 25. Bxe4 $18 ({Don't play} 25. Nxe4 Ne6 $16) 25... Bxe4 26. Nxe4 Ne6 27. f3 (27. Qe2 $142) 27... Rd8 28. Qe2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has strong initiative.} Rd5 29. Ra7 Nfd8 $2 {[#]} (29... Rb8 $16 {was called for.} 30. Na5 Nfd8) 30. Ncd6 Qh5 31. Rf1 Nd4 32. cxd4 exd4 33. Bf4 d3 34. Qd2 Bd4+ (34... Ne6 $142 35. Be3 Nd4) 35. Be3 Rxd6 36. Nxd6 Qc5 {[#]} 37. Qb2 $3 {[%mdl 512]} Ne6 (37... Bxb2 38. Bxc5) 38. Ne4 {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 22%.} 1-0

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Marin, Mihail"]
[Black "Ionescu, Doru-Alexandru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2321"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,49,28,25,18,33,0,0,2,15,-9,-8,-10,-5,-17,-16,-31,-23,-29,-31,-21,7,0,4,6,0,-9,-8,-27,-20,-16,-16,-17,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 h5 3. Nf3 (3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nd5 a5 5. a3 Bc5 6. e3 d6 7. Bg2 c6 8. Nc3 h4 9. d4 Bb6 10. Nf3 h3 {½-½ (41) Bruzon Batista,L (2664)-Rakhmanov,A (2635) Havana 2018}) 3... Nc6 4. Nc3 d6 5. d3 Be7 6. Nd5 $146 {A20: English Opening: 1...e5} ({Predecessor:} 6. h4 Be6 7. Nd5 Qd7 8. Nxe7 Ngxe7 9. Bg2 f6 10. Bd2 d5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 {0-1 (22) Horak,M (1823)-Oszczanowski,W (1936) Banska Stiavnica 2013}) 6... Nd4 7. Bg2 Nxf3+ 8. Bxf3 h4 9. b4 c6 10. Nxe7 Nxe7 11. Bb2 Be6 12. Qa4 Qd7 13. c5 f6 14. d4 hxg3 15. hxg3 Rxh1+ 16. Bxh1 exd4 17. O-O-O d5 18. Bxd4 a6 19. e4 {The position is equal.} O-O-O 20. Be3 Qe8 21. Bf4 dxe4 22. Bxe4 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 {[#] Hoping for Qd6.} ({But not} 23. Kxd1 Nd5 $17) 23... Nd5 24. Bd2 Bd7 25. Bxd5 {Accuracy: White = 40%, Black = 32%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aczel, Gergely"]
[Black "Carmaciu, Lucian-Catalin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A59"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2374"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,49,45,72,77,112,94,130,109,118,115,129,122,251,257,245,253,414,429,672,694,29990,29991,29991,29991]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. e4 Bxf1 8. Kxf1 d6 9. g3 Bg7 10. Kg2 O-O 11. Nf3 Nbd7 12. a4 {A59: Benko/Volga Gambit: White castles by hand} Ra6 13. Qc2 (13. Re1 Qa8 14. Nb5 Rc8 15. Ra3 Ne8 16. Qc2 Nc7 17. Nxc7 Rxc7 18. b4 cxb4 19. Qxc7 bxa3 20. Bxa3 Rxa4 21. Qxd7 {0-1 (37) Vallejo Pons,F (2711)-Tregubov,P (2585) Tallinn 2016}) 13... Qa8 14. Ra3 Rc8 {LiveBook: 14 Games} 15. Rd1 c4 16. Be3 Ng4 $146 {[#]} ({Predecessor:} 16... Qb7 17. Bd4 e6 18. dxe6 fxe6 19. Rb1 e5 {1-0 (39) Broemme,S (2385)-Yazgeldiev,K (2325) ICCF email 2012}) 17. Bd4 $1 Nge5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Nb5 f5 (19... Bf8 $16 {was worth a try.} 20. f3 Nd7) 20. Bxe5 $1 $18 ({Don't play} 20. exf5 $6 Qxd5+ 21. f3 g5 $16) 20... Bxe5 21. exf5 gxf5 $2 (21... g5 {is a better defense.} 22. Qd2 Kh8) 22. Rf3 {[%cal Ba3f3,Bf3f5,Bf5h5,Bh5h7][%mdl 32]} ({Much less strong is} 22. Qxf5 Kh8 $18) 22... Rxa4 (22... Qb8 $142 23. Rxf5 Rf8) 23. Rxf5 {[#] aiming for Rh5.} Ra5 24. Rh5 Kf8 25. Rxh7 {Accuracy: White = 97%, Black = 28%.} 1-0

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Georgescu, Tiberiu-Marian"]
[Black "Gheorghiu, Calin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2278"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,43,28,31,30,15,28,34,24,27,19,25,40,33,7,15,0,0,0,78,57,78,60,332,332,487,370,394,379]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nxd5 Qxd5 7. b3 Be7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. Bc4 Qd8 10. O-O {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} Nc6 11. Qc2 a6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Bd7 12. d4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Qa5 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15. Nf3 Be8 {½-½ (15) Antoniewski,R (2522)-Cvek,R (2537) Slovakia 2015}) 12. Qe4 {White is slightly better.} Bf6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Rac1 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black needs to defend precisely.} Qe7 15. Bd3 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Re4h7] [#]} g6 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Qxe5 Rd8 (17... b6 $1 $11) 18. Be4 $16 Rxd2 19. Rxc5 Rxa2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} ({Black should play} 19... Qd6 $14) 20. Rd1 $1 $18 f6 (20... Bd7 $142 21. Rc7 Rd8) 21. Qd4 Kg7 {If Black can now play ...b6 this consolidates a bit.} 22. Qc3 {Accuracy: White = 86%, Black = 41%.} 1-0

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ardelean, George-Catalin"]
[Black "Jianu, Vlad-Cristian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,19,0,0,0,8,8]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bg3 O-O 6. Nbd2 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} 8. c3 Ne4 {LiveBook: 19 Games} 9. Bxd6 (9. Qc2 f5 10. c4 Nd7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. O-O Qe7 13. Bxd6 Nxd6 14. Rac1 c6 15. Qa4 {1-0 (30) Esipenko,A (2609)-Paravyan,D (2629) Sochi 2018}) 9... Qxd6 10. Qc2 {Predecessor:} f5 $146 11. Ne5 Nd7 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Nf3 Qe7 {0-1 (51) Ryabov,V (1969)-Shalin,A (2151) Kaluga 2013} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Visakh N R"]
[Black "Tarlev, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,81,9,10,10,15,10,8,3,18,18,18,18,27,35,103,103,103,103,103,103,103,100,99,103,106,99,102,101,106,97,99,99,92,91,107,99,197,197,197,197,197,197,197,208,198,188,214,191,192,183,484,484,778,699,29966,5925,29985,29985]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. Bxc4 b5 7. Bb3 Bb7 8. O-O c5 9. e4 {D27: Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical main line: 7 e4!? and 7 a4} cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nc6 11. Nxc6 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Bxc6 13. f3 Bc5+ {LiveBook: 7 Games} 14. Kf1 {[#]} O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... h6 15. Bf4 O-O 16. Ne2 Rfc8 {½-½ (36) Zvjaginsev,V (2600)-Adianto,U (2590) Biel 1995}) 15. Bf4 Rfc8 16. Rac1 h6 17. Ne2 {[%cal Bc3e2,Be2d4,Bd4e6][%mdl 32]} Be8 18. Nd4 Bd7 19. e5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Nd5 {[#]} ({Black should try} 19... Bxd4 $14 20. Rxc8+ (20. Rxd4 Nd5 $11) 20... Bxc8) 20. Nxe6 $1 $16 {[%mdl 576] Remove Defender} Bxe6 21. Bxd5 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Be7 23. Ke2 Rxc1 24. Bxc1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rc8 25. Kd1 Rc6 26. b3 Kf8 27. Rd7 Ke8 28. Rb7 h5 29. g3 Rc3 30. f4 {[%cal Bf3f4,Bf4f5,Bf5e6][%mdl 32]} Rd3+ (30... g6 $16) 31. Ke2 $18 Rc3 32. Bd2 $1 Rc2 33. Kd3 Rxa2 {[#]} 34. f5 $1 Rb2 {[#]} 35. e6 $1 {Strongly threatening Rb8+.} fxe6 36. fxe6 {Threatening mate with Rb8+.} Bf6 37. b4 g5 $2 (37... Kf8 38. Be3 Rb3+ 39. Kd2 Rb2+ 40. Kc1 Rxh2) 38. Be3 {Bc5 is the strong threat.} Rb3+ (38... Rb1 $142 39. Bc5 Re1 40. Rb8+ Bd8) 39. Ke4 Rxb4+ 40. Kf5 (40. Kd5 $142 Kd8 41. Bc5 Kc8 42. Rf7 Rc4 43. Rxf6 Kc7 44. Rf7+ Kd8 45. Rf8+ Kc7 46. e7) 40... Bd8 41. Rh7 {Accuracy: White = 86%, Black = 43%.} 1-0

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Costachi, Mihnea"]
[Black "Andronescu, Madalin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2070"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,83,0,0,-23,0,0,0,-33,28,-6,39,25,69,-25,42,27,114,100,96,91,132,130,131,130,134,132,137,126,136,123,127,110,117,99,179,179,170,163,165,166,154,142,173,165,214,143,318,296,419,408,533,543,534,533,536,540,1021,562,976,975,6127,6148,6148,6133,6126,6126,6126,6119,6111,5231]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. dxc5 {E71: King's Indian: 4 e4 d6 5 h3} dxc5 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 9. e5 {The position is equal.} Nfd7 (9... Ne8 {keeps more tension.} 10. f4 Nc6 11. Bxc5 b6 12. Be3 f6) 10. f4 $1 f6 11. exf6 exf6 (11... Nxf6 $15 12. Bxc5 Nc6) 12. g4 Nc6 13. O-O-O $1 {[#]} Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Nb6 14. Rxd8+ Nxd8 {1-0 (26) Li,C (2725)-Lin,C (2514) Hangzhou 2018}) 14. Nd5 (14. Bf2 $1 $14) 14... Rb8 (14... Nb4 $11 15. Nxb4 cxb4) 15. Bg2 $14 Nd4 (15... Nb4 $11) 16. Bxd4 cxd4 {[#]} 17. Nf3 $1 Nb6 18. Nxb6 ({Don't play} 18. Rxd4 $6 Nxd5 19. cxd5 f5 $11) 18... axb6 19. Nxd4 Bd7 20. f5 gxf5 21. Bd5+ Kh8 22. Nxf5 Bf8 23. Bf7 Red8 24. Rh2 {And now Rhd2 would win.} Ba4 (24... Bxf5 $16 {was worth a try.} 25. gxf5 Rxd1+ 26. Kxd1 Kg7) 25. Rxd8 $18 Rxd8 {[%csl Ga4][%cal Rd8d1] [#]} 26. Rd2 $1 {[%cal Rd2d8]} Rc8 27. b3 Bc6 28. Bd5 Bb4 29. Rd3 Re8 30. Re3 Rd8 $2 (30... Bc5 $16 31. Rf3 b5 32. Bxc6 bxc6 33. cxb5 cxb5) 31. Re6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Bxd5 (31... Rc8 {is a better defense.}) 32. cxd5 {[%cal Bc4d5,Bd5d6][%mdl 4128] Endgame KRB-KRN} Bc5 33. d6 {White is clearly winning.} Kg8 34. Rxf6 b5 35. h4 {[%cal Bh3h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Ra8 36. Kb1 Re8 37. h5 Rf8 38. Rxf8+ Kxf8 39. g5 {[%cal Bg4g5,Bg5g6][%mdl 32]} Kf7 40. d7 Bb6 41. Kc2 Ke6 42. g6 {Accuracy: White = 57%, Black = 29%.} 1-0

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vedmediuc, Serghei"]
[Black "Istratescu, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,93,27,30,30,29,28,29,23,4,30,27,22,9,52,54,55,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,23,0,10,0,0,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,12,0,0,0,66,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-225,-52,-50,-50,-59,-60,-46,-12,-79,-93,-67,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. d4 Nf6 9. Be3 Be7 {B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6} (9... Nd5 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bc1 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Bd6 14. g3 O-O 15. Bg2 Qc7 16. c3 Bc5 17. Qd3 {½-½ (70) Vidit,S (2711)-Lenic,L (2656) chess.com INT 2018}) 10. c4 O-O 11. Nc3 cxd4 {White has an edge.} 12. Nxd4 Bd7 13. Nf3 Qc7 14. Qb3 Ne5 15. Nxe5 $1 Qxe5 16. Bb6 $146 (16. Qxb7 $14 Rab8 17. Qa7) ({Predecessor:} 16. Qxb7 Rab8 17. Qa7 {1-0 (63) Roy Laguens,A (2238)-Freitas,R ICCF email 2013}) 16... Qg5 $11 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Rxe4 Bc6 19. Re3 Bd8 20. Rg3 Qf6 21. Rd1 Bxb6 22. Qxb6 a5 23. b3 (23. Rgd3 {with more complications.} Ra6 24. Qc5 Raa8 25. b3 Rfc8 26. Qb6) 23... Rfd8 24. Rgd3 Rxd3 25. Rxd3 g6 26. h3 Kg7 27. a3 Qb2 28. Qc5 e5 29. b4 axb4 30. axb4 e4 (30... Ra1 $11 31. Re3 Kg8 32. Qxe5 Qc1 33. Qb8+ Kg7 34. Qe5+ Kg8 35. Qb8+ Kg7 36. Qe5+ Kg8) 31. Rd4 ({White should try} 31. Rd6 $14) 31... Qc1 32. Qe5+ Kh6 $1 33. h4 f5 $36 {[%cal Bf7f5,Bf5f4,Bf4e3][%mdl 2080] Black has good play.} 34. Qg3 Ra1 35. Qe3+ $2 {[#]} (35. Kh2 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 35... Qxe3 $2 (35... f4 $1 $19 36. Qe2 Qc3) 36. fxe3 $19 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame [#] KRB-KRB} f4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 37. Kf2 (37. exf4 e3) 37... fxe3+ 38. Ke2 b5 {White must now prevent ...bxc4.} 39. Rd6 (39. Rd1 $11 {keeps the balance.} Ra3 40. Rd6) 39... Be8 $17 40. Rd1 Rxd1 (40... Ra3 $1 $15 41. Ke1 Rb3 42. cxb5 Rxb4) 41. Kxd1 $11 {The position is equal.} bxc4 42. Bxc4 $15 {KB-KB} Kh5 43. b5 {[%cal Bb4b5,Bb5b6,Bb6b7][%mdl 32]} Kxh4 44. Ke2 Kg3 45. b6 {Intending b7 and mate.} Bc6 46. Ba6 Kxg2 47. b7 {Accuracy: White = 51%, Black = 57%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Miron, Lucian-Costin"]
[Black "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 35,62,19,29,-12,-6,-24,0,-11,0,0,0,0,-3,-1,-8,-106,-106,-106,-110,-96,-104,-96,-103,-96,-96,-104,-110,-396,-383]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 {[%cal Bd4b5,Bb5a3,Ba3c2,Bc2e3][%mdl 32]} d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. c3 Bg7 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nc2 O-O 14. Nce3 Be6 15. Bd3 f5 16. Bc2 Kh8 {B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations} (16... f4 17. Qh5 Rf7 18. Bxh7+ Kf8 19. Bf5 Qe8 20. Bxe6 Qxe6 21. Qg4 Qh6 22. Nf5 Qe6 23. Nfe3 Qh6 24. Nf5 {½-½ (24) Bachmann,A (2632)-Fier,A (2624) Maastricht 2016}) 17. Qh5 e4 18. Nf4 Qf6 {LiveBook: 3 Games. The position is equal.} 19. g4 {Threatens to win with g5.} (19. Ned5 {is more complex.} Bxd5 20. Nxd5 Qe6 21. Bb3 Ne5 22. O-O) 19... Ne7 {Strongly threatening ...fxg4.} 20. gxf5 (20. Nxe6 {is interesting.} Qxe6 21. gxf5 Nxf5 22. Bb3 Qf6 23. Nd5) 20... Bxf5 21. Nxf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 21. Nfd5 Nxd5 22. Nxd5 Qe6 23. Bb3 Bg4 24. Qh4 Bf3 25. Rg1 {½-½ (33) Francis,G-Macha,J ICCF corr 1992}) 21... Qxf5 22. Qxf5 Rxf5 23. Bxe4 Re5 24. f3 Rf8 25. Nd3 (25. Ne2 $1 $11) 25... Re6 $17 {[%mdl 1024] ...Rxf3 is the strong threat. Black has strong compensation.} 26. O-O-O d5 {[%mdl 64] Trapped Piece} 27. Nc5 {[#]} Rc6 $1 {[%cal Rc6c5]} 28. Nd7 {[#]} Rd8 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2112] Trapped Piece. Black is really pushing.} 29. Bxd5 Rd6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 30. Bb7 R8xd7 31. Bxa6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (31. Rxd6 $17 {was necessary.} Rxd6 32. Re1 Bh6+ 33. Kc2) 31... Nd5 0-1

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Morozov, Nichita"]
[Black "David, Alexandru-Vasile"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,65,17,16,28,0,0,0,-8,0,45,29,58,47,90,85,111,129,125,118,227,221,207,224,353,354,410,410,394,391,389,358,358,346,437,329,333,321,358,358,433,431,527,513,506,514,664,669,29984,29985,29985,29986,29983,6227]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. g3 d5 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. a3 Be7 8. Ne5 Nc6 {A17: English Opening: 1...Nf6 with ...Bb4} 9. Nxc6 (9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nxc6 Qe8 11. Nxe7+ Qxe7 12. Qa4 c5 13. dxc5 Qxc5 14. Be3 Qc7 15. Rd1 Nd5 16. Bd4 {1-0 (88) Carlsen,M (2842)-Karjakin,S (2773) Saint Louis 2018}) 9... bxc6 10. Qa4 Qxd4 {The position is equal.} 11. Be3 Qg4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Qd8 12. Bxc6 Bd7 13. Qxc4 Bxc6 14. Qxc6 Qd6 15. Qc4 Nd5 16. Bd4 {½-½ (27) Ftacnik,L (2515)-Djuric,S (2435) New York 1986}) 12. h3 Qh5 13. Qxc6 Rb8 {Hoping for ...Bb7.} 14. Qxc7 Bd7 15. g4 $36 {[%cal Bg3g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 2080] White is in control.} Qg6 16. O-O Rfe8 {[#]} (16... Rxb2 $16 17. Rfd1 Rd8) 17. Rfd1 $1 $18 Rbc8 {[#]} 18. Qb7 $1 (18. Qxa7 $6 Bc6 $16) 18... h5 (18... Red8 $142 19. Bxa7 (19. Qxa7 h5 $16) 19... h5 20. Rxd7 Nxd7) 19. g5 ({Less strong is} 19. Rxd7 Nxd7 20. gxh5 (20. Qxd7 hxg4 21. hxg4 Bf6 $16) 20... Qxh5 $18) (19. Bxa7 hxg4 20. hxg4 Rcd8 $14) 19... Bc5 20. Bxc5 (20. Rxd7 Nxd7 21. Qxd7 Red8 $14) ({Don't go for} 20. gxf6 $2 Bc6 $19) 20... Rxc5 21. h4 ({Not} 21. Rxd7 Rxg5 22. Rd6 Nd5 $11) 21... Rec8 {If Black can now play ...R5c7 this consolidates a bit.} 22. Rxd7 Nxd7 23. Qxd7 Qc2 24. Rb1 R5c7 25. Qd6 Qf5 26. Rd1 g6 27. Ne4 Kg7 28. Qd4+ e5 29. Qc3 Qf4 30. e3 Qxh4 31. Qxe5+ {White mates.} Kg8 32. Nf6+ Kf8 33. Nd5 {Accuracy: White = 96%, Black = 33%.} (33. Rd4 $142 c3 34. Nd5 Qxd4 35. Qxd4 Kg8 36. Nf6+ Kf8 37. Nd5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg8 38. Nf6+ Kf8 39. bxc3) 1-0

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Cioara, Andrei-Nestor"]
[Black "Rogozenco, Dorian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2427"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,30,43,35,-13,-6,-22,-26,-26,-22]} 1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 c6 8. a4 a5 9. h3 h6 10. b3 {C41: Philidor Defence} Re8 11. Bb2 Qc7 12. Qd2 Nf8 {LiveBook: 11 Games} 13. dxe5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Rad1 Ng6 14. Bd3 Nh7 15. Ne2 Ng5 {1-0 (80) Navara,D (2705)-Jobava,B (2695) Warsaw 2013}) 13... dxe5 14. Ne2 Bb4 15. c3 Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Baltag, Iulian"]
[Black "Ionescu, Constantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2414"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,99,7,16,23,45,39,34,35,46,20,38,38,27,5,24,19,75,-6,0,0,0,0,-10,-36,0,-22,-19,-101,-84,-91,-85,-74,-68,-58,-56,-66,11,0,0,-89,12,0,12,0,44,0,47,14,0,0,23,39,56,52,68,-187,-106,-185,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 d6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Be3 Rc8 11. Rac1 O-O 12. Qh4 Re8 {A30: Symmetrical English: Double Fianchetto and Hedgehog} 13. b3 h5 14. Bh3 a6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 15. Ng5 {[#]} Rc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Bc6 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. cxd5 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Qa8 19. Bxd7 Nxd7 {0-1 (30) Christiansen,J (2426)-Lalith,B (2593) chess.com INT 2017}) 16. Nge4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Nf6 18. Bg2 Ba8 19. Ng5 Rc8 20. Bh3 Rc6 21. a4 d5 (21... e6 $11) 22. Bg2 (22. cxd5 $1 $16 Rxc1 23. Bxc1) 22... Rd6 $11 23. c5 bxc5 24. Bxc5 Rd7 25. b4 Qb8 26. Qf4 e5 27. Qd2 (27. Qf3 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 27... d4 $17 28. e4 Bh6 {White must now prevent ...Nxe4!} 29. Re1 h4 30. gxh4 Nh5 31. Bh3 Rb7 (31... f5 $1 $15) 32. Bf1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Nf4 33. Kh1 (33. Bxa6 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.} Rc7 34. Bf1) 33... Qd8 (33... f6 $1 $17 34. Bc4+ (34. Bxa6 fxg5 35. Bxb7 Bxb7 $17) 34... Kg7 35. Bxa6 fxg5 36. Bxb7 Bxb7) 34. Bxa6 {Threatens to win with f3.} Bxg5 35. hxg5 Qxg5 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Rg5g2]} 36. f3 Qh5 37. Qf2 f5 38. Qg3 {aiming for Bxd4.} (38. Bxb7 Bxb7 39. Qf1 fxe4 $14) 38... Rf7 39. Bc4 fxe4 40. fxe4 Ne6 41. Qg2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (41. Bd6 $1 $14) 41... Kg7 $1 $19 42. b5 {[#]} (42. Rc2 $17 Qh4 43. Rce2) 42... Nxc5 $2 (42... Nf4 $1 $19 {[%cal Rf4g2]} 43. Qg3 Qf5) 43. Bxf7 $11 {The position is equal.} Nxe4 $1 44. Rc6 (44. Bxe8 $2 {too greedy.} Nf2+ 45. Kg1 Bxg2 $19) 44... Bxc6 45. bxc6 Kxf7 46. Qxe4 {KQR-KQR} Qf5 {Strongly threatening ...Qxe4+.} 47. Qd5+ Kf8 48. Kg1 {Hoping for Rf1.} Qg4+ 49. Kh1 Qf5 50. Kg1 {Precision: White = 29%, Black = 51%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Moldovan, Daniel"]
[Black "Anton, Teodor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2406"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,37,0,12,9,25,31,17,7,28,6,6,0,0,0,0,0,19,18,17,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 a6 6. Nd6+ {A30: Symmetrical English: Double Fianchetto and Hedgehog} Bxd6 7. Qxd6 Qf6 8. Qxf6 (8. Qd2 Nge7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. g3 b5 11. c5 Nd4 12. Bg2 Rb8 {0-1 (28) Lagno,K (2556)-Grandelius,N (2647) Caleta 2018}) 8... Nxf6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 9. Bd2 d6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nc3 Ndb4 12. O-O-O Be6 {½-½ (29) Strzemiecki,Z (2420)-Doros,R (2338) Iasi 2011}) 10. Nc3 Be6 11. e4 Ke7 12. Rc1 Rhc8 {The position is equal.} 13. Nd5+ Bxd5 $1 14. cxd5 Nd4 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Rxc1+.} 15. Bd3 Rxc1+ 16. Bxc1 Rc8 17. Be3 Nc2+ 18. Kd2 Nxe3 19. Kxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Macovei, Andrei"]
[Black "Erdos, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2369"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 34,42,17,17,36,0,2,0,0,0,4]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. Re1 Bc5 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Nbd2 h6 12. h3 exd4 13. cxd4 Na5 {C78: Ruy Lopez: Archangelsk and Möller Defences} 14. Bc2 Re8 15. Qb1 Nc4 16. Nxc4 bxc4 17. d5 c6 18. Ba4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Rc8 {[#]} 19. dxc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19. Bxb6 Qxb6 {½-½ (63) Gopal,G (2562)-Jones,G (2647) Abu Dhabi 2015}) 19... Bxc6 {The position is equal.} 20. Bxc6 Rxc6 21. Bxb6 Qxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Stoleriu, George"]
[Black "Ileana, George"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2362"]
[BlackElo "2318"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,45,0,60,62,66,59,74,69,93,87,83,84,77,80,87,87,74,67,79,83,105,109,183,187,183,200,194,141,199,159,642,641,614,609,637,643,29997,29998]} 1. e4 c5 2. b3 d6 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Bb5 a6 (5... Bd7 $11) (5... Bd7 6. f4 a6 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. Qe2 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nh3 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Qd5 12. O-O O-O-O 13. Ng5 {½-½ (64) Navara,D (2658)-Bu,X (2640) Turin 2006}) 6. Bxc6+ $1 $14 {B20: Sicilian: Unusual White 2nd moves} bxc6 7. f4 Bg4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... e6 8. Nf3 d5 9. e5 Nd7 10. d3 Be7 11. O-O Nb6 12. Qd2 a5 13. Ne2 {0-1 (62) Ten Gomez,S (2021)-Bimbatti Dorante,G (2076) Mataro 2015}) 8. Nf3 {White is better.} e6 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 d5 11. d3 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Na4 Nd7 14. Rae1 {[%cal Ba1e1,Be1e6,Be6d6,Bd6h6][%mdl 32]} Re8 15. f5 {Threatens to win with fxe6.} Bf8 (15... d4 $16 {was called for.}) 16. fxe6 $18 fxe6 17. exd5 exd5 18. Qf7+ Kh8 19. Re6 $40 {[%mdl 128] Hoping for Rd6! White is out for blood.} Rc8 $2 {[#]} (19... d4 $16 20. Bc1 Nf6) 20. Rd6 $3 {[%mdl 512]} Re7 (20... Bxd6 21. Bxg7#) 21. Qf5 Qe8 {[#]} 22. Nb6 $1 {[%mdl 576] Back Rank} Nxb6 23. Rh6 $1 {Accuracy: White = 97%, Black = 27%.} 1-0

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Toma, Radu-Cristian"]
[Black "Ognean, Mihnea-Ionut"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2354"]
[BlackElo "2291"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,73,0,37,0,0,6,0,0,58,58,72,64,166,133,138,125,132,124,163,165,156,164,177,171,163,155,183,196,203,209,208,189,208,186,271,212,270,268,341,335,324,249,347,347,340,325,368,318,549,486,583,567]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. c3 d5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. Bb5 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} Qe7 (8... Be7 9. Bd3 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. h3 Bd6 12. Bh4 Be7 13. Qb1 h6 14. a3 Nh5 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 {½-½ (64) Carlsen,M (2837)-Wang,H (2709) Riadh 2017}) 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Qa4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Bxg3 12. hxg3 Rb8 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 13. Nb3 Ne4 14. O-O Rb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Rb5 15. Qa3 Qb7 16. Na5 {1-0 (16) Fernandez,D (2498)-Strugnell,C (2288) Coulsdon 2017}) 15. Rfc1 Ba6 ({Better is} 15... f6 $11) 16. Nc5 $14 Bb5 17. Qd1 a5 (17... Ba6 $14) 18. b3 f6 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Nd2 Bd3 21. Nc4 Bxc4 22. Rxc4 e5 23. Qc2 exd4 24. Rxd4 Rb4 25. Rad1 (25. Qxc6 $6 Rxd4 26. exd4 Rd8 $16) 25... Rxd4 26. Rxd4 $18 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Rd8 27. Rxe4 ({But not} 27. Qxc6 $6 Rxd4 28. exd4 e3 $16) 27... Qd6 28. Rd4 Qe7 (28... Qc7 {is a better defense.} 29. Ra4 h6) 29. Rh4 g6 30. Qxc6 Rd1+ 31. Kh2 Kg7 32. Re4 Qf7 33. Rd4 Rxd4 34. exd4 {[%cal Be3d4,Bd4d5,Bd5d6][%mdl 32]} g5 {intending ...Qh5+.} 35. Qf3 a4 $2 {[#]} (35... Qa7 {was worth a try.} 36. d5 Qd4) 36. d5 a3 37. d6 {Accuracy: White = 83%, Black = 28%.} 1-0

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ogleznev, Alexandr"]
[Black "Svetushkin, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2333"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Ba4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 6. O-O {[%emt 0:03:17]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 7. c3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nge7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 8. d4 {[%emt 0:00:34]} exd4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 9. cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:08]} 10. d5 {[%emt 0:09:45]} Na5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 11. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:19]} c5 {[%emt 0:12:57]} 12. d6 {[%emt 0:41:50]} Nec6 {[%emt 0:01:11]} 13. Bc3 {[%emt 0:03:20]} Nxb3 {[%emt 0:01:17]} 14. axb3 {[%emt 0:04:18]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:03:23]} 15. Bxg7 {[%emt 0:03:57]} Kxg7 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 16. Nc3 {[%emt 0:12:02]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:06:27]} 17. Re1 {[%emt 0:02:30]} Re8 {[%emt 0:03:22]} 18. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:03:56]} 19. Rad1 {[%emt 0:01:43]} h6 {[%emt 0:04:57]} 20. Re3 {[%emt 0:00:58]} Re6 {[%emt 0:01:33]} 21. Rde1 {[%emt 0:03:20]} Qf4 {[%emt 0:03:49]} 22. Rd1 {[%emt 0:02:51]} Rae8 {[%emt 0:03:12]} 23. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 24. e5 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Qf5 {[%emt 0:03:10]} 25. Ng3 {[%emt 0:04:34]} Qc2 {[%emt 0:01:20]} 26. Qxc2 {[%emt 0:02:52]} Nxc2 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 27. Rc3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:10:53]} 28. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 29. Rc7 {[%emt 0:01:24]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 30. f4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 31. Ne2 {[%emt 0:01:46]} fxe5 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 32. fxe5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rxe5 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 33. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rd5 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 34. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Rxd4 {[%emt 0:03:16]} 35. R1xc6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Re2 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 36. Rxd7+ {[%emt 0:01:25]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 37. h3 {[%emt 0:01:18]} Rdd2 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 38. Rh7 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Rxg2+ {[%emt 0:01:11]} 39. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rh2 {[%emt 0:04:19]} 40. d7+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Rf7+ {[%emt 0:08:41]} Kg5 {[%emt 0:04:48]} 42. Kg1 {[%emt 0:01:13]} Rxh3 {[%emt 0:01:47]} 43. Rff6 {[%emt 0:08:36]} Rxd7 {[%emt 0:01:29]} 44. Rxg6+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 45. Rxa6 {[%emt 0:03:20]} Rxb3 {[%emt 0:01:14]} 46. Raf6+ {[%emt 0:03:40]} Ke4 {[%emt 0:01:53]} 47. Re6+ {[%emt 0:01:54]} Kd5 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 48. Re2 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Rh7 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 49. Rd2+ {[%emt 0:02:15]} Kc5 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 50. Rc2+ {[%emt 0:02:01]} Kb4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 51. Rg4+ {[%emt 0:00:39]} Ka5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 52. Rh4 {[%emt 0:01:40]} Re3 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 53. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Re5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 54. Rc6 {[%emt 0:02:42]} Rf7+ {[%emt 0:00:15]} 55. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Rg5+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 56. Kh3 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Rf3+ {[%emt 0:02:34]} 57. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} h5 {[%emt 0:02:48]} 58. Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rd3 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 59. Re4 {[%emt 0:01:10]} Rgd5 {[%emt 0:01:37]} 60. Ree2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Ka4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 61. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Kb3 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 62. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:24]} h4 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 63. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Rg3+ {[%emt 0:00:32]} 64. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rdd3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 0-1

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Itkis, Boris"]
[Black "Petrisor, Adrian-Marian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D25"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,99,23,29,29,31,19,43,49,137,24,52,50,76,67,71,45,79,69,83,79,86,53,61,47,57,47,208,221,216,232,229,219,240,243,363,178,206,93,83,0,167,160,207,0,0,0,69,55,39,48,29,32,17,42,330,295,382,347,360,367,411,409,399,405,390,351,369,331,575,524,538,533,1545,1421,29988,29989,29989,29988,29992,29993,29993,29994]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 5. a4 b4 6. Bxc4 {D25: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 4 e3: sidelines and 4...Bg4} e6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nbd2 Bb7 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 Nbd7 {LiveBook: 14 Games} 11. Qe2 c5 12. Rac1 cxd4 13. Bxd4 {[#]} Nd5 $146 {[#]} (13... a6 $14) 14. e4 (14. Bxd5 $1 $16 Bxd5 15. e4) 14... N5f6 15. Rfd1 a6 16. Bd3 Qb8 17. h3 Rd8 18. Qe3 e5 19. Bb2 Bc5 20. Qe1 Re8 21. Nc4 a5 22. Bb1 Bc6 $2 (22... Bf8 $14) 23. Ncxe5 $18 {[%mdl 64] Deflection} Nxe5 24. Rxc5 Nxf3+ 25. gxf3 Re6 26. Qe3 h6 (26... Qb7 $142 27. Qc1 Qb6) 27. Rf5 (27. e5 $142) 27... Nh7 {[%cal Bf6h7,Bh7g5,Bg5h3][%mdl 32]} 28. Qf4 (28. Kh1 $18 {is more deadly.}) 28... Qa7 29. Qe3 ({Better is} 29. h4 $16) 29... Qe7 $2 {[#]} (29... Qb8 $1 $11) 30. Kh2 $1 Rg6 31. Qf4 $2 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black needs to defend precisely.} ({White should play} 31. f4 $18) 31... Ng5 $1 $11 32. Qe3 Rd8 ({Black should try} 32... Nh7 $11) 33. Rxd8+ $14 Qxd8 34. Bd3 $1 Bd7 35. Rd5 Nxh3 {( -> ...Qh4)} 36. Be5 $1 Qe7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (36... Rg5 $1 $14) 37. Bg3 $18 Rg5 38. f4 Rxd5 39. exd5 Qf6 40. Qe5 Qxe5 41. fxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} Ng5 {intending ...Nf3+.} 42. f4 {[%cal Bf2f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32]} Nf3+ 43. Kg2 Bg4 $2 (43... Nd2 {might work better.} 44. Bc2 Bg4) 44. Bf2 Nd2 {Black wants to play ...Bf3+.} 45. Kg3 h5 46. f5 Nxb3 47. d6 {[%cal Bd5d6,Bd6d7][%mdl 32] White mates.} Kf8 48. Be3 g6 49. d7 Ke7 50. Bb5 {Accuracy: White = 66%, Black = 36%.} 1-0

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nastase, Robert-Paul"]
[Black "Banzea, Alexandru-Bogdan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2296"]
[BlackElo "2313"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 3. e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 4. h4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 5. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bxd3 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 6. Qxd3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qa5+ {[%emt 0:00:56]} 7. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 8. Ngf3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qa6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 9. c4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:03:33]} 10. O-O {[%emt 0:00:36]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 11. b3 {[%emt 0:01:57]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 12. Bb2 {[%emt 0:05:43]} Nbc6 {[%emt 0:13:13]} 13. dxc5 {[%emt 0:18:12]} Bxc5 {[%emt 0:13:41]} 14. a3 {[%emt 0:01:37]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:10:10]} 15. Nxc4 {[%emt 0:08:26]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:03:10]} 16. Qe4 {[%emt 0:28:21]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:02:15]} 17. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} O-O {[%emt 0:01:33]} 18. Qf4 {[%emt 0:02:00]} Qb5 {[%emt 0:07:31]} 19. Nfd2 {[%emt 0:24:07]} Ncd4 {[%emt 0:04:46]} 20. Kh1 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Nxb3 {[%emt 0:07:15]} 21. a4 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Qb4 {[%emt 0:01:48]} 22. Ba3 {[%emt 0:03:37]} Qc3 {[%emt 0:01:18]} 23. Ne4 {[%emt 0:04:25]} Rxd1+ {[%emt 0:03:11]} 24. Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 25. Rg1 {[%emt 0:01:03]} Bxa3 {[%emt 0:01:49]} 26. Nxa3 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:01:15]} 27. g4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} hxg4 {[%emt 0:05:10]} 28. Rxg4 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:03:01]} 29. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 30. Nb5 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Rd1 {[%emt 0:03:30]} 31. Nbc3 {[%emt 0:01:04]} Rd3 {[%emt 0:01:06]} 32. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Qc2 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 33. N4g3 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Nbd4 {[%emt 0:02:29]} 34. Nxf5 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Nxf5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 35. Qb4+ {[%emt 0:00:38]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 36. Re4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 37. Rc4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Qd3 {[%emt 0:01:12]} 38. Rc8+ {[%emt 0:00:12]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 39. Qf8 {[%emt 0:00:51]} Qxe2 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 40. Qh8+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 0-1

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vasiesiu, Victor"]
[Black "Gavrilescu, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,50,14,20,8,8,8,11,0,0,0,3,-164,-161,-148,-145,-417,-420,-420,-420,-420,-420,-420,-410,-457,-450,-1265,-1243]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Bb5+ c6 {C10: French with 3 Nc3: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3...dxe4} 10. Bd3 Bd7 11. Qe2 O-O-O 12. O-O-O Bd6 13. Kb1 Kb8 {LiveBook: 15 Games} 14. Ne5 (14. Be4 e5 15. dxe5 Bxe5 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. Nxe5 Bxg2 {0-1 (26) Naiditsch,A (2657)-Nisipeanu,L (2668) Bled 2016 CBM 173 [CB]}) 14... c5 {[#]} 15. Nc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Nxd7+ Rxd7 16. Bb5 Rc7 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. f3 a6 19. Ba4 Rd8 20. Rxd8+ Qxd8 21. c3 Qh4 22. Bc2 Qf2 {½-½ (22) Kindermann,S (2532)-Tratar,M (2478) Austria 2007}) 15... Be7 ({Avoid the trap} 15... Qxd4 $2 16. Be4 $18) 16. Be4 Bb5 17. d5 Rd7 18. Nb6 $2 (18. a4 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} Bxc4 19. Qxc4) 18... Rd6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is on the roll.} ({And not} 18... Bxe2 19. Nxd7+ Kc7 20. Nxf6 $11) ({Don't play} 18... axb6 19. Qxb5 Rhd8 20. c4 $11) 19. Nc4 {[#]} Rhd8 $1 20. Bd3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (20. a4 $17 Ba6 21. Bd3 Bxc4 22. Bxc4 exd5 23. Ba2) 20... Bxc4 $1 21. Bxc4 {and if dxe6 works, White does fine.} exd5 22. Bb5 a6 23. Ba4 b5 24. Bxb5 {If White can now play Ba4 this consolidates a bit.} axb5 25. Qxb5+ (25. Rhe1 $142 Re6 26. Qd3) 25... Rb6 {Precision: White = 30%, Black = 92%.} 0-1

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Szabo, Attila"]
[Black "Pop, Alexandru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2263"]
[BlackElo "2274"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,112,-3,0,29,20,28,3,37,18,26,14,16,16,18,18,25,-10,0,-26,-6,-34,-10,-15,7,-26,12,-4,-4,-1,0,-10,2,0,8,6,2,-52,-52,-54,-56,-56,-54,-58,0,-54,-43,-57,-33,-50,-16,-16,-16,-18,-18,-33,-9,-29,-32,-21,-13,-8,-8,-24,-26,-66,-12,-66,-66,-67,-66,-66,-66,-77,-73,-62,-22,-33,-8,-8,-8,-8,-10,-36,-23,-23,-23,-23,-23,-50,-23,-59,-59,-59,-59,-59,-59,-59,-59,-59,-59,-59,-59]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O c6 {C01: French: Exchange Variation} 8. h3 Re8 9. Re1 Nbd7 $146 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7f8,Bf8e6][%mdl 32] The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 9... Be6 10. Bf4 Nbd7 11. a3 Ba5 12. Qd2 Rc8 13. Rad1 Nf8 14. Bg5 {½-½ (54) Jovanovic,Z (2516)-Pilaj,H (2345) Austria 2012}) 10. a3 Bd6 11. Bg5 Rxe1+ 12. Qxe1 Nf8 13. Qd2 Ne6 14. Be3 Qc7 15. Re1 Bd7 16. Nh4 g6 17. Nf3 Nh5 {[%cal Bf6h5,Bh5g7,Bg7f5][%mdl 32]} 18. Bf1 f6 19. Qd1 Nhg7 20. Na2 Nf5 21. Bc1 Kg7 22. c4 dxc4 23. Bxc4 Re8 24. Nc3 {[#]} (24. g4 $11 Nh6 25. Nc3 (25. Qd2 Nf4 $11)) 24... Nexd4 $1 $15 {[%mdl 512]} 25. Rxe8 {[%csl Gc4][%cal Re8g8]} (25. Nxd4 Rxe1+) 25... Nxf3+ 26. Qxf3 {[%csl Gc4][%cal Re8g8]} Bxe8 27. g4 $1 {[%cal Rg4f5]} Ne7 (27... Bh2+ $15 28. Kf1 Nd6) 28. Qe3 (28. Ne4 $11 Be5 29. Nxf6 Bxf6 {[#]} 30. Bh6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxh6 31. Qxf6 {[%mdl 64] Decoy}) 28... g5 29. Qxa7 Ng6 30. Be3 Ne5 31. Be2 Bg6 32. Qd4 Qe7 33. Kg2 Bb8 34. Qc5 Qxc5 35. Bxc5 Nd3 36. Bxd3 $1 Bxd3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} 37. f3 Be5 38. Bf2 Kf7 (38... f5 $15) 39. h4 (39. Bg3 $11) 39... gxh4 $15 40. Bxh4 Ke6 41. Bf2 f5 42. Be3 b5 43. Kf2 f4 {Hoping for ...Bxc3.} (43... Kf7 {seems wilder.} 44. Bg5 Kg6 45. Bd2 Bc2 46. Kg2 Bb3) 44. Bc5 Bxc3 (44... Kd7 {is more complex.} 45. Ke1 Bg6 46. Kf2 Ke6 47. Bb4 Bd4+) 45. bxc3 {KB-KB} Kd5 46. Be7 Kc4 47. Bb4 c5 48. Ba5 Kb3 49. Bb6 c4 50. Ba5 Kxa3 51. Bb4+ Kb3 {Black is slightly better.} 52. Ke1 Kc2 53. Ba5 Bg6 54. Bb4 Kd3 {...Ke3 is the strong threat.} 55. Kf2 Kd2 56. Ba5 Bf7 {Accuracy: White = 37%, Black = 47%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vasilescu, Lucian-Mihail"]
[Black "Grigore, George-Gabriel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2197"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,96,15,15,20,0,15,0,28,10,34,-5,35,38,54,51,58,27,41,21,16,15,17,15,25,33,28,20,24,10,43,45,44,40,39,40,152,131,164,-47,0,0,0,0,200,-176,4248,1767,3025,0,0,-134,-128,-105,-124,-102,-103,-367,-354,-356,-352,-518,-284,-284,-279,-279,-277,-366,-358,-542,-714,-634,-471,-633,-707,-690,-690,-684,-539]} 1. g3 g6 2. Bg2 Bg7 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 O-O 6. Nge2 e5 7. O-O a6 8. h3 c6 9. d3 b5 10. a3 Nbd7 {A24: English Opening vs King's Indian: Lines without ...Nc6} 11. Be3 {LiveBook: 5 Games} Rb8 12. b3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Qc2 Bb7 13. Rfd1 d5 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Nf6 17. Nc3 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 {½-½ (35) Tong,Y (2510)-Li,S (2552) China 2007}) 12... Bb7 {The position is equal.} 13. Rb1 Qe7 14. b4 Ba8 15. cxb5 cxb5 16. a4 Rfc8 17. axb5 axb5 18. Qb3 Bc6 19. Ra1 Nb6 20. Ra5 Na4 21. Rc1 {Threatens to win with Nxb5!} Be8 22. Qa3 Bf8 23. Bg5 {Hoping for Nd5.} Qe6 24. h4 h5 25. Bxf6 Qxf6 26. Bh3 Rc6 {Threatening ...Qf3.} 27. Nd5 Qf3 (27... Qd8 $14) 28. Re1 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] aiming for Bg2. Black is under strong pressure.} Kg7 (28... Rc2 $2 29. Bg2 $18) 29. Nef4 $2 (29. Qb3 $18) 29... Rc2 30. Rf1 {Strongly threatening Qa1.} exf4 {[#]} 31. Rxa4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} fxg3 $2 {[#]} (31... Kh6 $11 32. Bg2 Qg4) (31... bxa4 32. Qa1+) 32. Qa1+ $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (32. Bg2 $1 $18 {[%cal Rg2f3] is the narrow road to win.} Qxf2+ 33. Rxf2 gxf2+ 34. Kf1 bxa4 35. Qa1+ f6 36. Qxf6+ Kg8 37. e5) 32... f6 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (32... Kh7 $19 33. Bg2 {[#]} Qxf2+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 34. Rxf2 gxf2+ 35. Kf1 Bg7) 33. Ra7+ $18 Kh6 34. Qxf6 $2 ({Only move:} 34. Nxf6 $18 {[%csl Gf6][%cal Ra7h7]} gxf2+ 35. Kh2 Qf4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 36. Kg2) 34... gxf2+ $11 35. Kh2 (35. Rxf2 $11 Qg3+ 36. Kf1 (36. Bg2 Qxf2+ 37. Qxf2 Rxf2 $11) 36... Rc1+ 37. Ke2 Rc2+ 38. Kf1 (38. Ke1 Qg1+ 39. Bf1 Qxf2+ 40. Qxf2 Rxf2 $11) 38... Rc1+ 39. Ke2 Rc2+ 40. Kf1 (40. Ke1 Qg1+ 41. Bf1 Qxf2+ 42. Qxf2 Rxf2 $11)) 35... Qxf6 $17 36. Nxf6 {[%csl Gf6][%cal Ra7h7]} Bg7 37. Ng8+ Kh7 38. Ne7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (38. Nf6+ $17 Kh8 39. Nxe8 Rxe8 40. Rf7) 38... Bd4 $19 39. Ra6 Rb7 40. Nc8 (40. Nd5 {only move.} Bc6 41. Kg2) 40... Rc6 41. Rxc6 Bxc6 42. Kg2 d5 43. Rc1 Bd7 ({Stronger than} 43... dxe4 44. Rxc6 exd3 45. Kf1 $11) 44. exd5 (44. Bxd7 $142 Rxd7 45. e5) 44... Bxh3+ {Black is clearly winning.} 45. Kxh3 Be3 46. Rf1 Rd7 47. Kg2 Rxd5 48. Ra1 Rxd3 {Accuracy: White = 42%, Black = 36%.} 0-1

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Scripcaru, George-Daniel"]
[Black "Baratosi, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2176"]
[BlackElo "2373"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,76,0,8,0,26,8,26,22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,0,-31,0,-10,-24,-52,-45,-61,-32,-32,-32,-33,-28,-26,-25,-35,-28,-36,-28,-26,-31,-31,-31,-38,-7,-33,28,-25,0,-19,-19,-9,-4,-50,-47,-60,-22,-19,0,-67,-74,-437,-415,-424,-385,-266,-211,-530,-473,-671,-650,-612,-604]} 1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. Qd2 h6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 6. Bh4 {B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems} (6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bf4 e5 8. Bg3 Ngf6 9. Nf3 Nh5 10. Bc4 Be7 11. a4 Bg5 12. Nxg5 Qxg5 13. Ne2 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 {1-0 (46) Sokolov,A (2496)-Kachiani Gersinska,K (2338) Germany 2017}) 6... Qa5 7. Nf3 g5 8. Bg3 {White has an edge.} Nh5 9. Be2 Bg7 10. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. O-O Nf8 11. e5 Nxg3 12. hxg3 g4 13. Nh2 dxe5 14. dxe5 {1-0 (42) Ivanets,S (2208)-Baraev,A Ilichevsk 2007}) 10... Nxg3 11. hxg3 c5 12. d5 g4 13. Nh2 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Nf6 15. O-O Nxe4 16. Qe3 f5 17. c4 h5 18. Rfe1 Qd2 19. Qxd2 Nxd2 20. Bd3 {[#]} Ne4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 21. Bxe4 fxe4 22. Rxe4 Bf5 23. Re2 $1 Kd7 24. Nf1 Raf8 25. a4 h4 ({Better is} 25... Rf6 $15) 26. a5 (26. Rb1 $142 b6 {[#]} 27. a5 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 26... h3 27. Rb1 hxg2 28. Kxg2 Rb8 29. Rb3 Rh7 30. Rbe3 b5 31. axb6 $1 Rxb6 32. Rb3 (32. Ra3 $11) 32... Rb4 $15 33. Rxb4 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (33. Nd2 $17 {is more resistant.}) 33... cxb4 $17 {KRB-KRN} 34. f3 gxf3+ 35. Kxf3 Rf7 36. Kg2 $2 (36. Ke3 {was the crucial defense.}) 36... a5 $19 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32] Black is clearly winning.} 37. Ne3 (37. g4 $142 Bg6 38. c5) 37... Be4+ 38. Kg1 a4 {Accuracy: White = 34%, Black = 49%.} 0-1

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Popescu, Daniel-Vasilica"]
[Black "Nanu, Costica-Ciprian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2131"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,133,44,59,43,46,44,57,64,70,54,79,50,72,77,97,58,96,86,134,41,56,25,81,26,38,40,37,20,29,34,56,7,8,13,27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-14,-57,-60,-161,-157,-165,-159,-141,-134,-187,-195,-221,-211,-288,-228,-227,-227,-216,-73,-73,-64,-65,-62,-80,-83,-179,-145,-136,-44,-53,-50,-66,-14,-15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-1,0,-8,0,-125,-139,-5057]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. h3 b5 8. e5 Ne8 9. Bf4 Nd7 {LiveBook: 17 Games} 10. Ne4 {[%cal Re5d6] B08: Pirc Defence: Classical System} (10. exd6 Nxd6 11. d5 b4 12. dxc6 bxc3 13. cxd7 Bxd7 14. bxc3 Bxc3 15. Rb1 Qa5 16. Bg5 Rfe8 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. Qxd6 Rxe2 19. Qxd7 {½-½ (47) Abasov,N (2505)-Krasenkow,M (2631) Warsaw 2009}) 10... Nb6 11. Qc1 Bf5 12. Ng3 {White is slightly better.} Be6 13. Bh6 f6 14. Bxg7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. h4 Nc7 15. Bd3 Bd5 16. h5 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Kf7 18. Kg2 Rg8 19. hxg6+ {½-½ (19) Pantev,V (2325)-Kostadinov,R (2275) Shumen 1995}) 14... Kxg7 15. Re1 Bd5 16. b3 dxe5 17. dxe5 Nd7 18. Qb2 (18. exf6+ $16 Nexf6 19. c4 bxc4 20. bxc4) 18... Qb6 $14 19. Rad1 fxe5 (19... Rd8 $11) 20. Qc1 (20. c4 $16 bxc4 21. Bxc4) 20... Nef6 21. c4 bxc4 22. bxc4 Bxf3 $1 23. Bxf3 Rad8 24. Qg5 Qc5 25. h4 Kh8 26. Ne4 Qxc4 27. h5 gxh5 28. Nxf6 exf6 29. Qxh5 Qe6 30. Rd4 f5 31. Rh4 (31. Qh3 $15) 31... Nf6 $19 {[%cal Bd7f6,Bf6g8,Bg8e7][%mdl 32]} 32. Qh6 e4 33. Bh5 Qe7 34. Bg6 (34. Qg5 $17) 34... Rd5 35. Qf4 {[#]} Qg7 $1 {[%cal Rg7g6]} 36. Bxf5 Ng8 37. Rh5 {[#]} Ne7 $1 {[%cal Re7f5]} 38. Rg5 Qf6 ({Stronger than} 38... Rdxf5 39. Rxg7 Rxf4 40. Rxe7 $11) (38... Qc3 $19 39. Rc1 Qf6) 39. g4 $17 Nxf5 40. gxf5 Rxf5 41. Rxf5 Qxf5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 42. Qh4 (42. Qxf5 $17 {was worth a try.} Rxf5 43. Rxe4) 42... Rg8+ 43. Kf1 Qg4 (43... Re8 $17 {aiming for ...h5.} 44. Qh6 Qb5+ 45. Re2 Qb1+ 46. Re1 Qd3+ 47. Re2 Qd1+ 48. Re1 Qd4) 44. Qf6+ Qg7 45. Qxg7+ Kxg7 (45... Rxg7 $15 46. Rxe4 Rc7) 46. Rxe4 $15 {KR-KR} Kf6 47. Rh4 Kg6 48. Rg4+ Kf7 49. Ra4 Rc8 50. Rxa7+ Kg6 51. Ra4 c5 52. Rc4 Kf5 53. Ke2 h5 54. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Ke5 55. Rh4 Rh8 56. a5 Kd5 57. Kd3 Kc6 58. a6 Kb5 59. a7 {And now Rxh5! would win.} Ra8 60. Rxh5 {Hoping for Rh7.} Rxa7 61. f4 Kb4 62. Rh8 c4+ 63. Kc2 Ra2+ 64. Kc1 Rf2 {[#]} 65. f5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kb3 (65... Rxf5 66. Rh3) 66. Rb8+ (66. Rf8 $1 $11) 66... Kc3 $17 {[%cal Rf2f1]} 67. Rd8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Accuracy: White = 48%, Black = 64%.} (67. Kb1 $17) 0-1

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dobre, Mihai"]
[Black "Danilov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2104"]
[BlackElo "2386"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. d3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 5. c3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 6. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Ba7 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 7. h3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} O-O {[%emt 0:04:24]} 8. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:01:09]} d6 {[%emt 0:09:56]} 9. Nf1 {[%emt 0:05:32]} Be6 {[%emt 0:09:30]} 10. Ng3 {[%emt 0:02:20]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 11. Qe2 {[%emt 0:01:29]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 12. dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bxb3 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 13. axb3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:04:28]} 14. b4 {[%emt 0:06:26]} f6 {[%emt 0:03:20]} 15. Nh4 {[%emt 0:05:46]} Rf7 {[%emt 0:04:02]} 16. Nhf5 {[%emt 0:09:19]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:04:20]} 17. O-O {[%emt 0:03:37]} Nxf5 {[%emt 0:01:11]} 18. Nxf5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nf8 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 19. Rd1 {[%emt 0:16:47]} Qe8 {[%emt 0:08:00]} 20. Ra5 {[%emt 0:07:41]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:02:31]} 21. Rad5 {[%emt 0:01:42]} Rfd7 {[%emt 0:02:46]} 22. Qc4 {[%emt 0:18:10]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:05:58]} 23. g3 {[%emt 0:06:01]} c6 {[%emt 0:04:01]} 24. Rd6 {[%emt 0:01:28]} Bb8 {[%emt 0:06:58]} 25. Rxd7 Rxd7 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 26. Rxd7 {[%emt 0:02:46]} Qxd7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 27. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} g6 {[%emt 0:10:00]} 28. Nh6+ {[%emt 0:00:17]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 29. Kg2 {[%emt 0:03:21]} Ba7 {[%emt 0:02:28]} 30. Bxa7 {[%emt 0:01:53]} Kxh6 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 31. Be3+ {[%emt 0:00:19]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 32. Qe2 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Nd8 {[%emt 0:02:35]} 33. f4 {[%emt 0:02:16]} Nf7 {[%emt 0:02:19]} 34. Bc5 {[%emt 0:01:49]} h5 {[%emt 0:03:37]} 35. Be3 {[%emt 0:01:05]} exf4 {[%emt 0:03:17]} 36. gxf4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Qe6 {[%emt 0:02:22]} 37. Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:01:19]} 38. e5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 39. Qf2 {[%emt 0:02:20]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:02:49]} 40. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Qg2 {[%emt 0:06:42]} Qxg2+ {[%emt 0:05:21]} 42. Kxg2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} fxe5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 43. Bxe5 {[%emt 0:03:12]} Ne3+ {[%emt 0:01:32]} 44. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 45. Ke4 {[%emt 0:01:14]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 46. Bc7 {[%emt 0:00:49]} Nxb2 {[%emt 0:01:22]} 47. Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Nd1 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 48. Bd8 {[%emt 0:05:48]} Nf2 {[%emt 0:05:14]} 49. h4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Ng4 {[%emt 0:01:31]} 50. Kc5 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 51. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:01:49]} 52. Kd4 {[%emt 0:02:05]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 53. Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 54. Bd8 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Nf6+ {[%emt 0:01:38]} 55. Kd4 {[%emt 0:01:40]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 56. c4 {[%emt 0:01:59]} Nxb4 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 57. Kc5 {[%emt 0:02:01]} Nd3+ {[%emt 0:03:04]} 58. Kb6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 59. Bf6 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Kc8 {[%emt 0:01:15]} 60. Be5 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Ne1 {[%emt 0:08:48]} 61. Kc5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 62. Kb6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Ng2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 63. Bf6 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Kc8 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 64. Kc5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} a5 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 65. Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Nxf4 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 66. c5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} a4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 67. Be5 {[%emt 0:01:23]} Ng2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 68. Bf6 {[%emt 0:00:43]} a3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 69. Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} a2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 70. Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:49]} Nxh4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 0-1

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Casangiu, Paul-Horatiu"]
[Black "Dicu, Razvan-Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2027"]
[BlackElo "2274"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 14,88,68,44,53,29,33,32767,-6,-37,10,-9,-5,32767,32767,-29,-34,-31,32767,32767,-67,32767,32767,-89,32767,-39,0,32767,0,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,-64,32767,32767,32767,-447,-454,32767,32767,32767,-522,-500,-436,32767,32767,32767,32767,-186,-207,-220,-220,32767,-228,32767,-339,32767,-379,-381,-424,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,-386,-465,-482,32767,-525,-243,-527,-595]} 1. c4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:01:13]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 3. e3 {[%emt 0:02:41]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:01:11]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:01:17]} a6 {[%emt 0:01:35]} 5. Bd3 {[%emt 0:02:07]} b5 {[%emt 0:02:28]} 6. b3 {[%emt 0:04:20]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:04:56] D10: Slav Defence: 3 cxd5 (without early Nf3) and 3 Nc3} 7. f3 {[%emt 0:01:27]} Bh5 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 8. Nge2 {[%emt 0:01:04]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:02:19]} 9. O-O {[%emt 0:01:06]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:35] LiveBook: 8 Games} 10. a4 $146 {[%emt 0:02:51]} ({Predecessor:} 10. c5 Nbd7 11. Nf4 e5 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Qe1 Be7 14. f4 e4 15. Be2 {1-0 (35) Nikolaidis,I (2548)-Velicka,P (2425) Aghios Kirykos 2018}) 10... b4 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 11. Nb1 {[%emt 0:01:39]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:01:22]} 12. Bb2 {[%emt 0:05:22]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:04:46]} 13. cxd5 {[%emt 0:16:55]} cxd5 {[%emt 0:03:31]} 14. Nf4 {[%emt 0:09:48]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:03:54]} 15. g3 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Bxd3 {[%emt 0:17:24]} 16. Qxd3 {[%emt 0:00:33]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 17. Rc1 {[%emt 0:07:52]} Qb8 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 18. h4 {[%emt 0:01:02]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:05:11]} 19. Kf2 {[%emt 0:09:42]} Qg8 {[%emt 0:05:32]} 20. Nh3 $1 {[%emt 0:03:18]} Qb8 {[%emt 0:08:26]} 21. Nf4 {[%emt 0:03:56]} Rg8 {[%emt 0:03:11]} 22. Nd2 {[%emt 0:04:46]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 23. hxg5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Rxg5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 24. Rg1 {[%emt 0:01:35]} h4 $1 {[%emt 0:01:58]} 25. gxh4 {[%emt 0:06:23]} Rxg1 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 26. Nxd5+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:01:04]} ({Resist} 26... exd5 27. Rxg1 Qh8 28. Rh1 $19) 27. Rxg1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qh8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 28. Rh1 {[%emt 0:01:40]} Qg7 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 29. Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Rg8 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 30. Qf1 {[%emt 0:01:26]} Bg3+ {[%emt 0:08:35]} 31. Ke2 {[%emt 0:01:41]} Bb8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 32. Kd3 {[%emt 0:01:53]} Qg2 $2 {[%emt 0:08:04]} (32... N7f6 33. Kd2 Qg6 34. Nxf6 Qxf6) 33. Qxg2 {[%emt 0:01:01]} Rxg2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 34. Bc1 {[%emt 0:00:28]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 35. Ng5 {[%emt 0:00:44]} e5 {[%emt 0:06:14]} 36. Bd2 {[%emt 0:02:09]} exd4 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 37. exd4 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Bg3 {[%emt 0:01:41]} 38. a5 {[%emt 0:01:00]} N7f6 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 39. Be1 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Bc7 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 40. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Rd1 {[%emt 0:02:59]} Rh2 {[%emt 0:03:27]} 42. Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Bf4 {[%emt 0:02:08]} 43. Bxf4 {[%emt 0:04:43]} Rc2+ {[%emt 0:00:17]} 44. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Rc3+ $19 {[%emt 0:00:07] Double Attack} 45. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Nxf4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 46. Nf7 {[%emt 0:01:09]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:01:21]} 47. Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:38] Kxe5} Kd5 {[%emt 0:01:17]} 0-1

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Black "Lupulescu, Constantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,37,30,22,0,0,0,-2,0,27,0,0,0,0,0,14,14,20,15,22,22,22,19,27,20]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4)} (7. Bd2 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Bd6 9. e4 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. O-O-O Qe8 13. Qxe8 Rxe8 14. f3 Be6 15. Bxe6 Rxe6 {½-½ (67) Navara,D (2727)-Harikrishna,P (2732) Prague 2018}) 7... dxc4 8. Bxc4 Bd6 {LiveBook: 29 Games} 9. Nb5 {The position is equal.} a6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... e5 10. Nxd6 Qxd6 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. Bd2 Ne4 14. Bc3 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 16. bxc3 {½-½ (45) Didriksson,M (2048)-Adler,B (2205) Sweden 2001}) 10. Nxd6 cxd6 11. O-O b5 12. Be2 (12. Bxb5 $5 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 axb5 14. Bd2 $11) 12... Bb7 13. Bd2 Rc8 14. Qb1 e5 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Rd1 Qe7 17. Be1 Rfd8 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Nd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Erdos, Viktor"]
[Black "Miron, Lucian-Costin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,45,47,44,38,35,36,35,216,199,226,223,236,204,388,360,585,562,1122,1105,1085,1081,1151,1144,29978,2066]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3 Qc7 9. Bd2 {D12: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 e3 Bf5} Be7 10. g3 (10. O-O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 a6 12. Be2 Nbd7 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Kb1 c5 15. d5 exd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 {0-1 (31) Karjakin,S (2773)-Caruana,F (2822) Saint Louis 2018}) 10... Bh5 11. O-O-O g5 12. g4 {LiveBook: 5 Games} Bxg4 13. fxg4 {[%cal Bf3g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32] [#] Nf3 is the strong threat.} gxh4 14. g5 Nh5 $146 (14... Ne4 $14) ({Predecessor:} 14... Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bg2 Bxg5 17. Bxe4 {0-1 (30) Gonda,L (2548)-Kargin,A (2400) Budapest 2011}) 15. cxd5 $18 cxd5 {[#]} 16. e4 $1 ({Not} 16. Be2 Ng7 $14) 16... dxe4 17. d5 Nf4 $2 (17... Ng7 18. Kb1 O-O) 18. Bb5+ Kf8 $2 (18... Nc6 {was called for.} 19. dxc6 bxc6) 19. Rhf1 Nxd5 20. Kb1 $1 {[%csl LRd5,LRe4]} Nc6 21. Nxd5 exd5 22. Qxd5 {[%csl Gf1][%cal Rd5f7]} Nd8 23. Bc4 {Accuracy: White = 90%, Black = 19%.} (23. Qd4 $142 Kg8 24. Bc3 Qxc3 25. bxc3 Nc6 26. Qxe4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Re8 27. Rd7 Nd8 28. Rxe7) 1-0

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Deac, Bogdan-Daniel"]
[Black "Vedmediuc, Serghei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,112,27,37,133,138,145,51,112,90,85,102,140,147,188,164,175,185,183,182,173,123,192,68,78,0,50,15,30,0,0,0,-14,-64,26,0,69,57,139,151,178,186,186,183,297,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 Be6 8. Nc4 Rb8 {B32: Sicilian: Löwenthal and Kalashnikov Variations} 9. Nd5 Nf6 10. Bg5 Bxd5 11. exd5 {LiveBook: 5 Games} Nd4 $146 (11... Ne7 $14) ({Predecessor:} 11... Ne7 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. a4 f5 14. a5 Bg7 15. g4 f4 16. Bg2 Rc8 {1-0 (35) Kryvoruchko,Y (2693)-Iturrizaga Bonelli,E (2650) Monzon 2016}) 12. c3 $16 Nf5 13. g4 ({Better is} 13. Bd3 $16 Ne7 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Qf3) 13... Nh6 (13... Ne7 $14) 14. Rg1 Nhg8 15. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Be7 16. Be3 Nd7 17. a5 h6 18. h4 Bxh4 19. Nxd6+ Kf8 20. Qa4 Bg5 {[#]} (20... Be7 $16) 21. Bxg5 (21. Ba7 $1 $18) 21... hxg5 $14 22. Nf5 (22. Ne4 $16) 22... g6 23. Qb4+ (23. Qa3+ {looks sharper.} Ne7 24. Nd6 Nf6 25. O-O-O Kg7 26. Nc4) 23... Ne7 24. Nxe7 (24. Ng3 {keeps more tension.} b6 25. axb6 Qxb6 26. Qxb6 Rxb6 27. Ne4) 24... Qxe7 25. Qxe7+ Kxe7 26. b4 Rhc8 ({Black should try} 26... e4 $1 $15) 27. Rg3 Nf6 ({Black should play} 27... e4 $11) 28. c4 $1 b6 (28... e4 $14) 29. Rb3 $16 b5 30. cxb5 axb5 31. a6 Rc7 {[#]} (31... Rb6 {was worth a try.} 32. a7 Ra8) 32. Re3 $2 (32. d6+ $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Kxd6 33. a7) 32... Ra7 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} 33. Rxe5+ Kd6 34. Re2 Rb6 35. Rea2 Ne8 36. Kd2 Nc7 37. Kc3 Raxa6 38. Rxa6 Nxa6 39. Bxb5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Nc7 40. Bc4 Nxd5+ 41. Bxd5 Kxd5 {KR-KR} 42. f3 Ke5 43. Ra3 f5 44. Kc4 fxg4 45. fxg4 Kf4 46. b5 Kxg4 47. Ra6 Rb8 48. Rxg6 Kf5 49. Rg7 g4 {[%cal Bg5g4,Bg4g3][%mdl 32]} 50. Kc5 Kf4 51. b6 g3 52. Kc6 Kf3 53. Kc7 Rxb6 54. Kxb6 g2 55. Kc5 Kf2 56. Rxg2+ Kxg2 {Accuracy: White = 50%, Black = 50%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Iordachescu, Viorel"]
[Black "Ardelean, George-Catalin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,80,37,41,39,39,27,46,14,19,25,53,66,72,63,60,45,66,65,78,38,29,36,39,39,29,33,22,32,30,22,39,19,52,2,16,0,63,6,3,-49,81,79,80,84,77,76,79,74,36,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,18,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Qb3 c6 6. e4 {D31: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav without ...Nf6 (+ Marshall Gambit and Noteboom) and Exchange Variation lines without ...Nf6} dxe4 7. Bc4 Qe7 8. a4 Nf6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 9. Nge2 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} g6 10. O-O Bg7 $1 11. Bg5 $146 {Hoping for Nxe4!} ({Predecessor:} 11. Ng3 O-O 12. Re1 b5 13. axb5 cxb5 14. Bxb5 Qb7 15. Ba4 Qxb3 16. Bxb3 Nc6 17. Rd1 Bg4 18. Nge2 {½-½ (18) Svidler,P (2751)-Erdos,V (2628) Tbilisi 2017}) 11... O-O 12. Rfe1 b5 13. axb5 cxb5 14. Bxb5 Qb7 {[%mdl 64] [#] Pin} 15. Qa3 Be6 16. Nf4 Bf5 17. Qd6 (17. h3 {seems wilder.} Nbd7 18. Bc4 h6 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Ncd5) 17... axb5 18. Rxa8 Qxa8 19. Bxf6 {[#] Ncd5 is the strong threat.} Qc6 20. Qxc6 Nxc6 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. d5 {[%cal Bd4d5,Bd5d6,Bd6d7][%mdl 32]} Nd4 23. Rd1 Nc2 24. h4 Kf6 25. d6 b4 (25... Nb4 $11) 26. Ncd5+ (26. Nfd5+ $14 Ke5 27. Na4) 26... Ke5 $11 27. g3 (27. Ne2 $11) 27... Be6 (27... Bg4 $1 $15 {stays ahead.} 28. Rc1 b3) 28. Nxe6 $16 Kxe6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 29. Nb6 Rd8 30. d7 f5 31. Kf1 b3 32. Rd5 Nb4 {The position is equal.} 33. Rb5 Nd3 34. Rxb3 Kd6 35. Rc3 Nxb2 36. f3 Nd3 37. Rc8 Ke7 38. fxe4 fxe4 39. Rc4 Ne5 40. Rxe4 Kd6 {Accuracy: White = 52%, Black = 60%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Istratescu, Andrei"]
[Black "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,130,0,-6,6,-13,4,-14,-14,-10,0,0,0,0,0,-3,0,-4,0,0,18,10,11,0,49,49,56,50,51,45,50,45,52,43,50,33,32,32,38,33,30,31,25,27,22,0,0,0,7,0,0,0,14,14,15,5,19,14,20,8,6,7,6,0,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-16,-16,-16,-16,-18,-16,-16,-16,-16,-16,-21,-8,-95,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-43,-30,-91,-98,-98,-98,-1122,-931,-212,-183,-588,-588,-2406,-1326,-1158,-1048]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Be7 {C11: French: Classical System: 4 e5 and 4 Bg5 dxe4} (6... Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5 9. a3 Rb8 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bxc5 Nxc5 12. b4 Nd7 13. Bd3 Qb6 14. Ne2 f6 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Ned4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 {½-½ (31) Grischuk,A (2769)-Short,N (2652) Douglas 2018}) 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 b6 9. g3 Nc6 10. h4 {LiveBook: 6 Games} Rb8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... f5 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. O-O-O Qe8 13. Bb5 Bd7 14. Qg2 {1-0 (40) Ismagambetov,A (2519)-Lou,Y (2488) Al Ain 2014}) 11. a3 Bb7 12. Bh3 Ba6 13. Kf2 Qc7 14. Rhe1 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bc5 17. Rad1 Rfd8 18. Qe3 Nf8 19. Rd2 Rbc8 20. f5 (20. Bg4 {with more complications.} Bxd4 21. Rxd4 Qe7 22. Kg2 Nd7 23. Be2) 20... exf5 21. Bxf5 {And now Bxc5 would win.} Ne6 22. Bxc5 Qxc5 23. Qxc5 Rxc5 24. Red1 {[%cal Rd2d5]} Nc7 25. Ne4 Rc6 26. Ng5 g6 27. Bh3 f6 28. Nf3 fxe5 29. Nxe5 Rf6+ 30. Kg1 Re8 31. Ng4 Rff8 32. Bf1 Bc8 33. Nf2 Re3 34. Rd3 Rff3 (34... Re7 {is more complex.} 35. R3d2 Rf3 36. Rd3 Rf8) 35. Rxe3 Rxe3 36. Rd3 Re7 37. Rd2 Re1 38. Nd3 Rb1 39. Kf2 Bf5 40. c3 Ne6 41. Nb4 Nc5 42. Bg2 Kg7 43. Bxd5 a5 44. Nc6 Be4 45. Ke3 Bxd5 46. Rxd5 Rxb2 47. Nxa5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Rg2 48. Nc4 Rxg3+ 49. Ke2 Na4 50. Rd7+ Kh6 51. Ne3 $1 {aiming for Kf2.} Nxc3+ 52. Kf2 Ne4+ 53. Ke2 Rh3 54. Ng4+ $1 Kh5 55. Nf2 Nxf2 56. Rxh7+ Kg4 57. Kxf2 Rxh4 {KR-KR} 58. Rb7 Rh2+ 59. Kf1 (59. Ke3 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 59... Rb2 $1 $17 60. a4 {[#]} Rb4 $1 61. Ra7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (61. Ke2 $17) 61... Kf3 $1 $19 {[%cal Rb4b1]} 62. Rf7+ Rf4 63. Ra7 $2 (63. Rc7 {was the crucial defense.}) 63... Kg3+ {Black is clearly winning.} 64. Ke2 g5 {[%cal Bg6g5,Bg5g4][%mdl 32]} 65. Ra6 g4 {Accuracy: White = 48%, Black = 79%.} 0-1

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tarlev, Konstantin"]
[Black "Macovei, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2369"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,46,42,29,-28,-25,-20,-18,-20,-27,-44,-19,-47,-43,-45,-53,-32,0,0,3,0,8,8,23,0,1,1,20]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. Bf4 {E68: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...Nbd7 7 0-0 e5 8 e4} a6 11. h3 Rb8 {LiveBook: 15 Games} 12. b4 $146 ({White should play} 12. Rc1) ({Predecessor:} 12. Rc1 Ne5 13. b3 c5 14. Nf3 Nfd7 15. Qxd6 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 g5 17. Be3 Ne5 18. Qxd8 Nxf3+ {0-1 (37) Gledura,B (2626)-Mihok,O (2550) Ajka 2018}) 12... Ne5 $11 13. Qb3 Bd7 14. Rad1 Qc8 15. h4 c5 16. Bxe5 dxe5 17. Nc2 {[%cal Bd4c2,Bc2b4,Bb4d3][%mdl 32]} cxb4 18. Nxb4 Bg4 19. Rb1 Nd7 20. Ncd5 Qc5 21. Bf3 Bh3 22. Bg2 Be6 23. Nd3 Qd4 {Accuracy: White = 55%, Black = 44%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Aczel, Gergely"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,77,24,30,76,81,87,99,104,106,102,45,73,76,102,76,76,70,87,95,91,87,111,116,156,126,152,164,144,145,144,0,135,0,142,130,145,133,227,166,228,240,305,314,317,306,288,279,504,492,475,395,379,368,712,614,29995,29996]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bf4 Bb7 9. Rd1 Nc6 10. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32] E39: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...c5 5 dxc5 0-0} Be7 11. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} Rc8 12. Be2 {LiveBook: 3 Games. White has an edge.} a5 13. b5 {[#]} Nb8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Na7 14. O-O Bxa3 15. Ng5 h6 16. e5 hxg5 17. Bxg5 Be7 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Rxd7 Nxb5 21. Nxb5 {½-½ (29) Lautier,J (2675)-Sokolov,A (2589) Besancon 2006}) 14. e5 Nh5 15. Be3 f6 16. Ne4 ({White should play} 16. Na4 $16) 16... Bxe4 17. Qxe4 fxe5 18. Qxe5 Nf6 19. Qb2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Bc5 20. Bxc5 Rxc5 21. O-O Qe7 22. Rfe1 Ne8 23. Bf1 Nd6 24. Qd4 Nf5 25. Qe4 Nd6 26. Qd4 Nf5 27. Qe4 Nd6 {[#]} 28. Qg4 $1 Nf7 29. Re3 {[%cal Be1e3,Be3h3,Bh3h5,Bh5h6,Bh6h8][%mdl 32]} e5 (29... Qf6 $16 {was worth a try.} 30. Bd3 g6) 30. Nd2 Rcc8 (30... Nh6 $142 31. Qh3 Rcc8) 31. Bd3 $18 d6 32. Rh3 Ng5 33. Rh5 h6 34. h4 Ne6 $2 (34... Nh7 35. Qg6 Nf6 36. Rxh6 Nbd7) 35. Rxh6 {Intending Rh8+! and mate.} Nf4 36. Be4 Nd7 37. g3 {[%mdl 64] Trapped Piece} Ne2+ $2 (37... Nf6 38. Rxf6 Qxf6 39. gxf4 Qxf4) 38. Kf1 {Threatening mate with Rh8+!} ({Weaker is} 38. Qxe2 gxh6 39. Qh5 Qg7 $11) 38... Nc3 {[#] intending ...Nf6.} 39. Rh8+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 66%, Black = 34%.} 1-0

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shevchenko, Kirill"]
[Black "Parligras, Mircea-Emilian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,80,2,0,-30,14,-7,-7,-9,-9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-19,-11,-55,-5,-11,-2,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,20,7,17,-37,-33,-47,-33,-81,-78,-116,-122,-126,-126,-128,-126,-135,-129,-179,-168,-276,-276,-259,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 {[%cal Bg1f3,Bf3d4,Bd4b5,Bb5d6][%mdl 32]} d5 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. e4 c5 6. Nc3 {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3} cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bc5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 8. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. Ndb5 Qb6 9. e5 Nd5 10. Bxc4 Bxf2+ 11. Kf1 O-O 12. Bxd5 exd5 13. Qe2 Bc5 14. Nxd5 Qg6 15. Be7 Bg4 16. Qd2 Qf5+ 17. Qf4 Qd3+ {0-1 (17) Sumets,A (2604)-Fingerov,D (2393) Odessa 2009}) 8... e5 9. Ndb5 (9. Nf5 {feels hotter.} Qxd1+ 10. Rxd1 Bxf5 11. Bxc5 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Bxc4 Nd7 14. Bxf7+ Kxf7 15. Rxd7+ Kg6 16. f3) 9... Bxe3 10. fxe3 Be6 11. Bxc4 Qxd1+ 12. Rxd1 {[#] Hoping for Nc7+.} Bxc4 13. Nd6+ Ke7 $1 {And now ...Be6 would win.} 14. Nxc4 Nbd7 15. Nd6 Rhd8 16. b4 (16. Ke2 {seems wilder.} Nc5 17. Nf5+ Kf8 18. Nd6 Rd7 19. Rd2) 16... Nb6 17. Nxb7 Rxd1+ 18. Kxd1 Nc4 19. Ke2 Rb8 20. Na5 Nxa5 21. bxa5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Kd6 22. Rd1+ Kc6 23. Rd2 Rb4 24. Nd5 (24. Rd8 $11) 24... Nxd5 $15 25. exd5+ {KR-KR} Kd6 26. Rc2 f5 27. Kf3 g5 {[%cal Bg7g5,Bg5g4][%mdl 32]} ({But not} 27... Kxd5 $6 28. Rc7 $11) 28. Rc6+ Kxd5 29. Rc7 g4+ 30. Kg3 Ke4 31. Rxh7 Kxe3 32. Rf7 ({Don't go for} 32. Rxa7 $2 f4+ 33. Kh4 f3 $19) 32... f4+ 33. Kxg4 {[#]} f3+ $2 (33... Kf2 $1 $19 {[%cal Rf2g2]} 34. Kh3 Ra4) 34. Kg3 $11 {The position is equal.} Rf4 35. Rb7 $1 {[%cal Rb7b3] Rb3+ is the strong threat.} f2 36. Rb3+ Ke2 (36... Kd2 $5 37. Rb2+ $8 Ke1 38. Rb1+ Ke2 39. Rb2+ Kf1 40. Rb1+ Ke2 41. Rb2+ Kf1 42. Rb1+ Ke2 $11) 37. Rb2+ Ke3 38. Rb3+ Kd2 (38... Ke2 $5 39. Rb2+ $8 Kf1 40. Rb1+ Ke2 41. Rb2+ $11) 39. Rb2+ Ke1 (39... Ke3 $5 40. Rb3+ $8 $11) 40. Rb1+ Ke2 {Precision: White = 52%, Black = 71%.} (40... Kd2 $5 41. Rb2+ $8 Ke1 42. Rb1+ Kd2 43. Rb2+ $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rogozenco, Dorian"]
[Black "Berkes, Ferenc"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,25,0,-9]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. Nf3 {[%cal Bg1f3,Bf3e1,Be1g2,Bg2f4][%mdl 32]} Ne4 5. Nxe4 Bxe4 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Ne1 Bxg2 10. Nxg2 d5 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. Nf4 Qb7 13. Be3 {[#] LiveBook: 13 Games. E18: Queen's Indian: Old Main Line (4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Be7 6 0-0 0-0 7 Nc3)} {Predecessor:} Rd8 $146 14. Qa4 Nd7 15. Rac1 c5 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Bxc5 Bxc5 18. Nd3 Bd6 19. Rc6 Rac8 20. Rfc1 Rxc6 21. Rxc6 {½-½ (68) Rasmussen,A (2526)-Salgado Lopez,I (2628) Caleta 2015} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Grigore, George-Gabriel"]
[Black "Cioara, Andrei-Nestor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2427"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,64,22,19,25,12,20,-6,0,-6,0,-11,0,13,48,52,48,77,50,23,16,16,18,17,23,12,18,19,9,0,29,21,21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 {[%cal Bc1g5,Bg5h4,Bh4g3][%mdl 32]} h6 7. Bh4 c5 8. dxc5 g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. e3 {[%cal Be2e3,Be3e4][%mdl 32] E35: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...d5 5 cxd5 exd5} Qa5 11. Be5 (11. Nge2 Bf5 12. Bxb8 Rxb8 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. Nb3 Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 Qxc3+ 16. Qxc3 Nxc3 17. Bd3 Ke7 {½-½ (37) Duda,J (2739)-Karjakin,S (2760) Batumi 2018}) 11... O-O 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. Bxe4 Nxe5 14. Bxd5 {LiveBook: 8 Games} Bf5 15. e4 Qxc5 16. O-O-O Bxc3 17. exf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. bxc3 Be6 {0-1 (26) Arngrimsson,D (2384)-Tesik,C (2369) Budapest 2012}) 17... Rfd8 18. Qxc3 Rac8 19. Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 (19... Nxf7 {seems wilder.} 20. Rxd8+ Nxd8 21. g4 Qxc3+ 22. bxc3 Rxc3+ 23. Kb1 Kg7) 20. Rxd8 Qxc3+ 21. bxc3 Rxd8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 22. Ne2 Nd3+ $1 23. Kc2 Nxf2 24. Rb1 b6 25. h3 Rd5 26. Nd4 Ra5 27. Kb3 Ne4 {[#] ...Nd2+ is the strong threat.} 28. Rb2 Rc5 {The position is equal.} 29. Rc2 Ng3 $1 30. Rf2 Ne4 31. Rc2 Ng3 $1 32. Rf2 Ne4 {Accuracy: White = 53%, Black = 93%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Costachi, Mihnea"]
[Black "Vasiesiu, Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,71,35,35,39,26,23,33,36,45,42,53,12,11,17,18,0,0,0,19,28,33,41,100,96,149,149,279,263,307,306,354,363,319,330,467,464,539,535,535,531,523,521,632,596,596,589,1181,1176,1156,1127,1236,1305,1262,1236]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. c4 c6 7. O-O a5 8. d3 Na6 9. Nbd2 {A11: English Opening: 1...c6} a4 10. cxd5 cxd5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 11. bxa4 {White is slightly better.} Nc5 12. Bd4 Nxa4 13. Qb3 {[#]} b6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Qa5 14. Rfc1 Nd7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qa3 e6 {½-½ (35) Akopian,V (2605)-Alterman,B (2515) Beersheba 1992}) 14. Rab1 Nc5 15. Qxb6 Qxb6 16. Rxb6 Ne6 17. Rb2 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Ng4 19. N2b3 Ra4 20. e3 e5 ({Black should play} 20... e6 $14) 21. Nc6 $16 e4 (21... d4 $142) 22. d4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under strong pressure.} Ba6 (22... Re8 $16 {was called for.}) 23. Nc5 Bxf1 24. Nxa4 ({Weaker is} 24. Bxf1 Raa8 $16) 24... Bd3 25. Nb6 f5 26. a4 ({Don't do} 26. Nxd5 Nf6 $18) 26... g5 (26... Nf6 $142 27. Bf1 Rf7) 27. Nxd5 $18 {White is clearly winning.} f4 28. gxf4 gxf4 29. Nxf4 Bh6 30. Nd5 Kg7 31. h3 Nf6 32. Rb7+ Rf7 33. Rxf7+ Kxf7 34. Ne5+ Kg7 35. Nxf6 Kxf6 36. Ng4+ {Accuracy: White = 78%, Black = 34%.} 1-0

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gavrilescu, David"]
[Black "Toma, Radu-Cristian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2354"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "189"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,189,32,37,31,36,23,29,20,40,31,39,33,53,30,54,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,22,0,56,22,77,82,98,33,40,33,70,60,58,60,97,27,31,37,30,29,52,46,52,39,69,70,64,64,72,70,63,79,64,37,38,48,33,31,31,30,29,29,32,8,135,16,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,-238,-237,-222,0,-2,-8,-8,-8,-8,-5,-4,-5,-5,-5,-8,-8,-8,-8,-12,0,0,0,-11,-8,-8,8,8,12,12,14,8,8,8,14,8,14,8,8,8,8,8,8,1,10,8,68,0,28,27,76,4,4,4,35,35,88,4,406,359,802,414,796,568,83,76,29947,29951,2025,49,59,11,11,4,85,77,122,131,123,0,8,0,129,133,3477,1609,29972,29973,29983,29976,29965,29973]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Ne5 Nf6 6. c3 {B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack} g6 (6... a6 7. Bd3 g6 8. O-O Bg7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nd2 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. Nf3 Nc5 13. Nd4 Bg4 {0-1 (46) Kramnik,V (2792)-Caruana,F (2816) Paris 2018}) 7. Bb5 Bd7 8. Nxd7 Qxd7 9. O-O Bg7 {LiveBook: 7 Games} 10. Re1 O-O 11. Nd2 a6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... e6) 12. Bd3 e6 13. Nf3 Qc7 14. g3 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 15. Qe2 b4 16. Bxa6 (16. Bf4 $14 Qa5 17. Rec1) 16... Ne4 $11 17. Bd3 bxc3 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Qxe4 cxb2 20. Bxb2 Nb4 21. a4 Qc2 22. Re2 Qxe4 23. Rxe4 Rfb8 24. Bc3 Nd5 (24... Nc2 $11 25. Ra2 Nb4 26. Bxb4 Rxb4) 25. Be1 Rb3 (25... Nb4 $11 {remains equal.}) 26. Kg2 $16 Nb4 27. Re2 (27. a5 $1 $16) 27... Nc6 $1 $14 28. Re3 Rb7 29. Rd3 Rd7 30. Rc1 Ne7 31. Ra3 (31. a5 $16) 31... Bxd4 $11 32. Nxd4 Rxd4 33. a5 Ra6 34. Rc7 Nd5 35. Rb7 Rd1 36. Kf1 Rc1 37. Ke2 Kg7 38. Rf3 Rc7 39. Rxc7 Nxc7 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 40. Bc3+ Kf8 41. Bd2 Nd5 42. Rb3 Ra7 43. Rb8+ Ke7 44. g4 f5 45. g5 Rd7 (45... e5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 46. f4 ({Better is} 46. a6 $16 Kd6 47. Be3 Nxe3 48. Rb6+ Kc5 49. Rb7) 46... Kd6 $11 47. Kd3 Kc7 48. Rb2 Nxf4+ 49. Kc4 Nd3 50. Rc2 $2 (50. Rb5 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 50... Kb7 $1 $19 51. Be3 f4 $2 {[#]} (51... Ka6 $19 52. Rc3 Ne5+ 53. Kb3 Rd3 54. Rxd3 Nxd3) 52. a6+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Decoy} Kxa6 53. Ra2+ Kb7 54. Ra7+ Kc8 55. Ra8+ $1 Kc7 56. Bd4 $1 {And now Ra7+ would win.} Ne1 57. Be5+ Kb7 58. Rb8+ Ka7 59. Bxf4 Nf3 60. Rf8 {Threatens to win with Be3+.} Nh4 61. Kc5 {Black must now prevent Kc6.} Nf5 62. Kc6 Rb7 (62... Rd5 {feels hotter.} 63. Rf7+ Ka6 64. Rxh7 Nd4+ 65. Kc7 Kb5) 63. Be5 Rb6+ 64. Kd7 Ka6 65. Bc7 Rb4 66. Kxe6 Rh4 67. Rb8 Nd4+ 68. Kf6 Nf3 69. Rb6+ Ka7 70. Rb2 Rg4 71. Rb5 Rg2 72. h3 Ka6 ({Black should try} 72... Rg1 $11) 73. Ra5+ Kb7 74. Bf4 Ng1 75. Ra3 (75. Be3 $1 $16 Nxh3 76. Ra7+ Kc6 77. Rxh7) 75... Rf2 $11 76. Ke5 Ne2 77. Be3 Rf3 ({Black should play} 77... Rf1 $14) 78. Bc5 (78. Kd5 $1 $16) 78... Rf5+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (78... Nc3 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 79. Rb3+ Kc6) 79. Kd6 $18 Rxg5 $2 (79... Rf1 80. Ra7+ Kb8) 80. Ra7+ Kb8 (80... Kc8 $142 81. Kc6 (81. Rxh7 Nf4 $11) 81... Rxc5+ 82. Kxc5 h6) 81. Rxh7 Rh5 82. Re7 $1 {[%cal Re7e2]} Nc3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (82... Nf4 $16) 83. Kc6 {[%cal Re7e8]} Rh8 84. Rb7+ $2 ({Only move:} 84. Bd6+ $18 Ka8 85. Re5) 84... Ka8 $1 $14 85. Ra7+ Kb8 86. Rc7 {Strongly threatening Ba7+.} Ne4 (86... g5 $11) 87. Bd4 Rd8 {[#]} 88. Rb7+ $1 Ka8 89. Ra7+ (89. Be5 $16 {White threatens Rb5 and mate.} Nc5 90. Re7 Rc8+ 91. Kb5) 89... Kb8 $11 {Hoping for ...Rd6+.} 90. Rb7+ (90. Rd7 $11 Rxd7 91. Kxd7) 90... Ka8 $16 {[#]} 91. Be5 $1 {Threatening mate with Rb5.} Re8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (91... Nc5 $16 92. Rg7 Re8) 92. Rb5 $18 {[%cal Rb5a5]} Re7 93. Bd4 {White mates.} Nd2 94. Ra5+ Kb8 95. Be5+ {Accuracy: White = 49%, Black = 35%.} 1-0

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Berescu, Alin-Mile"]
[Black "Svetushkin, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,84,33,72,39,39,39,41,37,45,45,45,45,46,45,56,47,62,43,42,41,45,22,35,17,25,11,21,6,17,18,34,34,34,33,35,35,60,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,33,53,258,94,225,218,250,256,241,225,206,235,221,133,152,138,321,285,287,242,467,453,531,-568,-556,-29970,-29973,-5193,0,0,0,-498,-465]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 h6 5. c3 Qf6 (5... Nf6 6. O-O d6 7. a4 a6 8. Nbd2 Ba7 9. Re1 g5 10. Nf1 g4 11. N3d2 h5 12. Ne3 h4 13. Ndf1 Rg8 14. b4 Be6 15. Bxe6 fxe6 {1-0 (37) Demchenko,A (2672)-Bologan,V (2600) Batumi 2018}) 6. b4 {C50: Hungarian Defence and Giuoco Pianissimo} (6. d4 $5 Bb6 7. O-O $11) 6... Bb6 7. a4 {[#] Black must now prevent a5.} a6 8. Be3 {White is slightly better.} Ba7 9. Bxa7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. O-O Nge7 10. d4 d6 11. b5 Nb8 12. Ne1 Ng6 13. f4 exf4 {1-0 (52) Kovacic,P (2182)-Crepan,M (2275) Bled 2002}) 9... Rxa7 10. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1e3][%mdl 32]} Nge7 11. Nf1 Ng6 12. Ne3 d6 13. h4 O-O 14. g3 Be6 15. O-O Nge7 16. Kg2 Qg6 17. Qb3 Nd8 18. Nd2 c6 19. d4 {[%cal Bd3d4,Bd4d5][%mdl 32]} b5 20. axb5 cxb5 21. Bxe6 Nxe6 22. d5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Nf4+ 23. Kh2 f5 $1 24. Qc2 fxe4 $1 25. Qxe4 ({But not} 25. gxf4 Rxf4 26. Ng2 Rg4 $19) 25... Qh5 26. f3 Neg6 {Strongly threatening ...Nxh4!} 27. Ng2 Nxh4 $2 (27... Nxg2 $14 28. Kxg2 Ne7) 28. gxh4 $2 (28. Nxh4 $18 {and the rest is easy. aiming for c4.} g5 29. Ra2) 28... Nxg2 (28... Rc7 $16) 29. Kxg2 $18 Rf4 30. Qd3 Raf7 31. Rae1 Rxh4 {( -> ...Qg5+)} 32. Rh1 Rff4 {intending ...e4.} 33. Rxh4 Rxh4 {[#]} 34. Nf1 $1 Qg5+ $2 (34... Rh1 $16 35. Qe3 Rh4) 35. Ng3 Rf4 36. Rh1 g6 $2 (36... Rf6 37. Kf2 Rg6) 37. Kf2 h5 38. Nxh5 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (38. Ne4 $18 {and life is good for White.} Qe7 39. Ra1) 38... e4 $1 $19 {[%cal Re4d3]} ({Avoid the trap} 38... gxh5 $2 39. Rg1 $18) 39. Qd4 {[%csl Gh5][%cal Rd4g7]} Rxf3+ 40. Ke1 Re3+ (40... gxh5 $142 41. Rg1 Rg3 42. Rxg3 Qxg3+ 43. Kd2 Qg2+ 44. Ke1 Qf3 45. Qg1+ Kf7 46. Qa7+ Kf6) 41. Kf2 $1 {[%csl Gh5][%cal Rd4g7]} Rf3+ 42. Ke1 {[%csl Gh5][%cal Rd4g7]} gxh5 {Accuracy: White = 55%, Black = 43%.} 0-1

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ionescu, Constantin"]
[Black "Vrencian, Lehel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2321"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,47,27,22,47,43,36,17,23,16,37,12,14,22,51,54,45,19,24,0,0,0,0,0,0,-12,-19,-29,-15,-19,0,0,0,0,-6,-22]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. b3 c5 8. Bb2 {LiveBook: 49 Games} Bd6 {D27: Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical main line: 7 e4!? and 7 a4} (8... b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. a4 b4 11. Nbd2 Be7 12. Rc1 O-O 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Ne5 Rc8 15. Bf3 Nd5 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Nc4 Qe7 18. Qe2 Ba7 19. g3 Bb8 {½-½ (58) Aronian,L (2793)-Caruana,F (2808) Stavanger 2017}) 9. Nbd2 b5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... O-O 10. Re1 b5 11. Bf1 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bb7 13. a4 bxa4 14. bxa4 Qb8 15. h3 Ne4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Ba3 Bxa3 18. Rxa3 {1-0 (42) Malaniuk,V (2540)-Donchenko,A (2385) Moscow 1992}) 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. a4 b4 12. Rc1 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Ne5 14. Be2 O-O 15. N4f3 Qb8 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. Bf3 Nd5 19. Nc4 Qg5 {...Nc3 is the strong threat.} 20. Qe1 Rad8 21. Nb6 {The position is equal.} Nxb6 22. Bxb7 a5 23. Qe2 Nd5 24. Bxd5 {Accuracy: White = 45%, Black = 52%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anton, Teodor"]
[Black "Vajda, Levente"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 33,89,16,13,12,9,12,33,29,32,16,18,27,14,9,27,23,41,8,8,12,22,8,48,30,47,55,87,74,166,169,139,151,150,85,87,87,85,85,89,89,84,83,83,83,128,93,112,106,134,131,202,218,418,405,414,412,593,585]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. d4 Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Rd1 Bc6 10. Nc3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nc6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. a5 Rb8 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7} 14. Qa4 Rb4 15. Qxc6 Qd6 16. Qf3 Nd5 17. e4 Nxc3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 18. bxc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18. Qxc3 Qc6 19. d5 exd5 20. exd5 Qb5 21. Bf4 {½-½ (36) Westerberg,J (2397)-Lysyj,I (2666) Warsaw 2013}) 18... Rb3 19. Bf4 {[%cal Bc1f4,Bf4e5,Be5d4,Bd4b6][%mdl 32]} Qd7 20. d5 Bb4 21. Be5 exd5 22. Rxd5 Qe6 $1 23. Bd4 c6 24. Re5 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black needs to defend precisely.} Qd6 {[#] ...Qxd4! is the strong threat.} 25. Rf5 {aiming for Qg4.} g6 $1 {[%cal Rg6f5]} 26. Rf6 Qc7 $1 {Threatens to win with ...c5.} 27. Rf4 Bd6 28. Bb6 Qe7 29. e5 $1 {[%cal Re5d6]} Bxe5 30. Rxc4 Qf6 (30... c5 $16 {was called for.}) 31. Qxf6 $18 Bxf6 32. Rxc6 Bxc3 33. Rc1 (33. Rd1 $142) 33... Bd2 $16 34. R1c2 Rd3 35. Kf1 {Strongly threatening Ke2.} Rd5 36. R2c5 Rxc5 37. Bxc5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Ra8 38. Bb6 h5 39. Rc7 Bb4 {[#]} 40. Ke2 $1 Bd6 41. Rd7 Re8+ (41... Bb4 $16 {might work better.}) 42. Kd3 $18 Re6 $2 (42... Bb8 {keeps fighting.} 43. f4 Rc8) 43. Ra7 Kg7 44. Rxa6 Bc5 (44... Be5 $142 45. Ra8 h4) 45. Kc4 {Precision: White = 81%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "David, Alexandru-Vasile"]
[Black "Ogleznev, Alexandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2333"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 29,148,7,0,-37,0,0,15,0,0,-17,-12,-21,-13,-21,-2,-7,0,-74,-27,-24,-30,-114,-20,-37,-37,-46,-46,-33,-35,-46,-35,-42,-39,-68,-6,-6,-6,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-20,-20,-20,-20,-88,-88,-108,-113,-160,-160,-166,-166,-166,-166,-166,-166,-12829,-12827,-12835,-12834,-12834,-12835,-12833,-1703,-12840,-12840,-12840,-12835,-12838,-12839,-12839,-12840,-12840,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 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. Rfe1 Bh5 12. h3 {B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack} (12. g3 Bg6 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. h4 Re8 15. Kg2 Nh5 16. Be3 b5 17. a3 a5 18. Qd1 b4 19. a4 Rb8 {0-1 (63) Giri,A (2782)-Mamedyarov,S (2801) chess.com INT 2018}) 12... Bg6 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Qc6 {[#] LiveBook: 8 Games} 16. Bxf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. a4 Rfc8 17. Bf4 Bd6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Qd1 Qb6 20. Ra2 Rc6 21. Nf3 Nd7 {½-½ (38) Burg,T (2511)-Braun,A (2574) Netherlands 2018}) 16... Bxf6 17. a4 Rfc8 18. g3 Rab8 19. Reb1 a6 20. a5 b5 21. axb6 Rxb6 22. Qa3 Rcb8 23. h4 (23. Nf3 $11) 23... e5 24. dxe5 Bxe5 25. Nf3 {[#]} (25. Qa4 $11) 25... Bf6 (25... Bxc3 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 26. Rc1 {[%mdl 64] Pin} (26. Qxc3 Qxc3) 26... Rb3) 26. Qa4 Qxa4 27. Rxa4 {[#]} Bxc3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 28. Rd1 (28. bxc3 Rxb1+) 28... Bxb2 29. Rxd5 Bf6 30. Rd7 Ra8 31. Ra5 Kf8 ({Black should play} 31... Bc3 $15 32. Rad5 f6) 32. Ng5 $1 $11 Bxg5 33. hxg5 Rb5 34. Rxb5 $1 axb5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} 35. Rb7 Ra1+ 36. Kg2 Rb1 37. Rb8+ Ke7 38. Rb7+ Ke6 39. Rb6+ (39. Kf3 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 39... Kf5 $17 40. Rb7 f6 41. gxf6 gxf6 42. Kf3 g5 43. g4+ Ke5 44. Rb6 Rb3+ 45. Kg2 $2 (45. Ke2) 45... b4 $19 {[%cal Bb5b4,Bb4b3][%mdl 32]} 46. Kh2 Rb1 47. Kg3 b3 48. Kg2 Kd4 49. Rxf6 Rc1 50. Rb6 Rc3 51. Rb8 Kc4 52. f3 Rc2+ 53. Kg3 {[#]} Rd2 $2 (53... b2 $1 $19 54. Rb7 Rd2) 54. Rc8+ $11 {The position is equal.} Kb4 55. Rb8+ Kc3 56. Rc8+ Kd3 57. f4 $1 b2 58. Rb8 Kc4 {White must now prevent ...Rd3+.} 59. Rc8+ $1 Kb3 60. Rb8+ Kc2 {[#] And now ...Rd3+ would win.} 61. Rxb2+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxb2 62. fxg5 {KR-KPP} Kc3 63. Kf4 Kd4 64. g6 {Threatens to win with g7.} Ra2 65. g7 Ra8 66. Kf5 Ke3 67. g5 Kf3 68. g6 Kg3 69. Kg5 Kf3 70. Kh6 {Kh7 is the strong threat.} Kf4 71. Kh7 Kf5 72. g8=Q Rxg8 73. g7 {[#]} Rxg7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 74. Kxg7 Ke5 {Accuracy: White = 50%, Black = 66%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Petrisor, Adrian-Marian"]
[Black "Popescu, Daniel-Vasilica"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2131"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,126,16,14,26,2,8,5,4,0,0,0,10,-23,12,0,127,-33,-29,-48,-46,-65,-81,-142,-140,-124,-137,-142,-108,-113,-110,-122,-72,-84,-91,-88,-89,-97,-89,-162,-85,-85,-87,-164,-171,-156,-110,-139,-115,-168,-166,-165,-155,-164,-127,-138,-137,-137,-129,-215,-208,-208,-207,-202,-207,-183,-115,-161,-167,-160,-168,-157,-163,-192,-197,-210,-182,-186,-155,-151,-102,-110,-21,-21,-21,-44,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Qe2 O-O 6. e5 dxe5 7. dxe5 Nd5 8. h3 c6 9. O-O b5 10. Bb3 {LiveBook: 10 Games. B04: Alekhine's Defence: 4 Nf3} e6 (10... a5 11. Rd1 e6 12. a3 a4 13. Ba2 Nd7 14. Nc3 Qc7 15. Bxd5 cxd5 16. Nxb5 Ba6 17. Nxc7 Bxe2 {1-0 (42) Bacrot,E (2720)-Kasimdzhanov,R (2700) Dubai 2014}) 11. c4 bxc4 12. Bxc4 Nd7 13. b3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Re1 Qc7 14. Nbd2 Bb7 15. Nb3 c5 16. Bb5 Rfc8 17. Bxd7 Qxd7 {½-½ (40) Petr,J (2020)-Zizka,P (1905) Kouty nad Desnou 2017}) 13... Bb7 14. Bb2 a5 15. Nbd2 Nf4 16. Qe3 Bh6 (16... Nd5 $11 {remains equal.} 17. Bxd5 cxd5) 17. Qc3 $2 (17. Nh2 $1 $16) 17... Nb6 $15 18. Qc2 Nxc4 19. bxc4 c5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Threatens to win with ...Nxg2! White is under strong pressure.} 20. Rad1 {[#]} ({Better is} 20. Rfd1) 20... Qd3 $1 $17 {[%cal Rd3c2]} 21. Qxd3 Nxd3 22. Bc3 a4 23. Rb1 Bc6 24. Rb6 Rac8 25. Rfb1 Bxd2 26. Nxd2 Nf4 {Hoping for ...Ne2+.} 27. Ba5 Bxg2 28. Rd6 (28. h4 $17) 28... Ba8 (28... Bxh3 $19 29. Rb7 Rb8) 29. Kh2 Ne2 30. Nf1 (30. Bb6 $17 {was worth a try.}) 30... Nd4 31. Bc3 Nf5 32. Rdd1 Rfd8 33. Ne3 (33. Rxd8+ $17 Rxd8 34. Ba5) 33... Nxe3 $19 34. fxe3 Be4 35. Rbc1 Rd3 36. Rxd3 Bxd3 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 37. Bb2 Kg7 38. Ba3 {[#]} (38. Kg3 $17) 38... g5 $1 $19 39. Kg3 Kg6 40. h4 h6 {[%cal Bh7h6,Bh6h5][%mdl 32]} 41. hxg5 Kxg5 ({Black should play} 41... hxg5 $19 42. Kg4 Be2+ 43. Kg3 Kf5) 42. e4 Bxe4 43. Rf1 Bf5 44. Bc1+ Kg6 45. Rh1 h5 46. Be3 Rd8 47. Kf4 Rb8 48. Rg1+ Kh7 49. Kg5 Rg8+ (49... Bg6 $17 50. Rf1 Rb2) 50. Kxh5 $11 Bg6+ 51. Kg5 Kg7 (51... Bb1+ $5 52. Kf6 Rxg1 53. Bxg1 Bxa2 $15) 52. Bxc5 {The position is equal.} Rc8 53. Be7 {c5 is the strong threat.} Rxc4 54. Rd1 {White threatens Bf6+ and mate.} Rc8 $1 55. Bf6+ Kg8 56. a3 (56. Rh1 {keeps more tension.} Bh7 57. Rh4 Ra8 58. a3 Ra5 59. Kh6) 56... Kf8 57. Rd4 Bc2 58. Bd8 (58. Rd7 {with more complications.} Ke8 59. Ra7 Rc4 60. Re7+ Kd8 61. Rxe6+ Kc8 62. Re8+) 58... Ke8 59. Bf6 Bb3 60. Kh6 Ra8 61. Rd6 Bd5 62. Kg7 Rb8 63. Ra6 Ra8 {Accuracy: White = 52%, Black = 66%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Carmaciu, Lucian-Catalin"]
[Black "Nevednichy, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2374"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,71,0,27,-18,-19,-22,-15,-26,-26,-38,-27,-39,-1,-27,0,-59,-46,-65,-64,-138,-118,-125,-52,-14,-20,-29,-12,-12,-9,-5,-10,-10,0,-1,0,0,-6,-12,-7,0,0,-6,-6,-6,0,-9,-8,-10,-9,-15,-10,-14,-2,-4,0,0,0,0,23,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nbd2 c5 4. e3 {[%cal Be2e3,Be3e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} b6 5. c3 Bb7 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O {LiveBook: 95 Games} 8. dxc5 {A47: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 b6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} bxc5 9. e4 d5 10. e5 {The position is equal.} Nfd7 11. Re1 Nc6 12. Nf1 a5 13. Bc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Ng3 Ba6 14. Bc2 Rb8 15. Nh5 g6 {1-0 (58) Haria,R (2424)-Oparin,G (2622) Batumi 2018}) 13... Ba6 14. h4 (14. Qd2 $11) 14... Bxh4 15. N1h2 Be7 16. g3 ({Better is} 16. Qd2 $15) 16... d4 17. cxd4 Nxd4 ({Black should try} 17... cxd4 $17 18. Be4 Qb6 19. Bxc6 Qxc6 20. Nxd4 Qb6) 18. Nxd4 $15 cxd4 19. Qxd4 Qc7 20. Qe4 {[%csl Gc2][%cal Re4h7] [#]} g6 {White must now prevent ...Rfc8.} 21. Bh6 Bb7 22. Qe2 Rfc8 ({Weaker is} 22... Qc6 23. Be4 $16) 23. Be4 Bxe4 24. Qxe4 Qc2 25. Rad1 Qxe4 26. Rxe4 Nb6 27. Re2 Rc4 28. Nf3 Nd5 29. Kf1 Bf8 30. Bxf8 Kxf8 31. Ng5 Kg7 32. Rd3 Rb8 33. Rf3 Rb7 34. Ne4 Rc1+ 35. Kg2 a4 36. Nf6 {Accuracy: White = 53%, Black = 54%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Baratosi, Daniel"]
[Black "Dobre, Mihai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2373"]
[BlackElo "2104"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,115,28,0,79,36,120,50,50,50,50,58,51,50,49,14,54,52,59,72,67,14,91,57,58,68,60,54,141,0,41,4,5,0,0,0,0,-66,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,33,23,47,0,29,31,72,68,91,91,91,75,79,79,91,80,81,80,91,91,115,92,104,104,116,83,106,88,88,83,154,92,120,126,123,126,131,53,55,58,122,45,499,499]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 {[%cal Bf2f4,Bf4g5][%mdl 32]} Be7 8. Qf3 Nbd7 9. O-O-O Qc7 10. Bd3 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. fxg5 Ne5 13. Qe2 Nfg4 14. Nf3 {LiveBook: 177 Games. B99: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Bg5 e6 7 f4 Be7 8 Qf3 Qc7 9 0-0-0 Nbd7} Qc5 (14... Nxf3 $11 {keeps the balance.} 15. Qxf3 hxg5) (14... hxg5 15. Bg3 Bd7 16. h3 Nxf3 17. hxg4 Rxh1 18. Rxh1 Nh4 19. Qf1 Qa5 20. Be1 Qc5 21. Bf2 Qa5 22. Bd4 e5 23. Be3 Rc8 {1-0 (36) Savchenko,B (2567)-Lu,S (2615) Olongapo City 2015}) 15. Kb1 Bd7 (15... Qe3 $14) 16. Bg3 (16. Nxe5 $16 Nxe5 17. Bf2) 16... hxg5 $14 17. h3 Nxf3 $1 ({Wrong is} 17... Ne3 $2 18. Bf2 $16) 18. hxg4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18. gxf3 Ne5 19. Bf2 Qa5 20. Bd4 Rh4 21. Bf2 Rh7 {½-½ (31) Westerinen,H (2281)-Johansson,J (2142) Finland 2014}) 18... Rxh1 $1 19. Rxh1 Ne5 20. Rh8+ Bf8 21. Bf2 {[%cal Bg3f2,Bf2d4,Bd4b6][%mdl 32]} Qa5 22. Bd4 O-O-O 23. Qf2 (23. Rh7 $14) 23... Re8 (23... Bg7 $11 24. Bb6 Qxb6 25. Qxb6 Rxh8) 24. Be2 Nc6 25. Bb6 Qe5 26. Rh7 f6 {[#]} (26... Be7 $14) 27. g3 (27. Bxa6 $1 $16 bxa6 28. Qf1) 27... Be7 28. a3 Bd8 29. Rf7 Bxb6 30. Qxb6 {Threatens to win with Rxd7.} Qd4 31. Qb3 (31. Qxd4 $1 $11 Nxd4 32. Rxf6) 31... Na5 (31... b5 $15) 32. Qb4 $40 {[%mdl 128] White has some attack.} Nc6 {[%cal Ba5c6,Bc6d4,Bd4f3][%mdl 32]} 33. Qxd4 Nxd4 34. Bd3 Nf3 35. Rxf6 Ne5 36. Rh6 Re7 37. Be2 Kc7 38. Rh5 Rg7 (38... Be8 $5 {[%cal Re8h5]} 39. Rxg5 Bg6 $11) 39. Kc1 b5 40. Kd2 Nf7 41. Ke3 Kb6 42. Rh1 Ne5 43. Rh8 Ng6 44. Rh6 Ne5 45. Na2 Re7 46. Nc1 Be8 47. Nb3 Bf7 48. Nd4 Bg6 49. c3 Re8 50. Rh1 Re7 51. Rh8 Bf7 ({Better is} 51... Kc7) 52. b3 (52. Kd2 $142) 52... Rc7 53. Kd2 Re7 54. Rh7 Re8 55. a4 (55. Nf3 $16 {Strongly threatening Nxe5.} Nxf3+ 56. Bxf3) 55... bxa4 $14 56. bxa4 Ka5 (56... a5 $14) 57. Kc1 (57. Nf3 $16 Nxf3+ 58. Bxf3) 57... Rb8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} ({Black should try} 57... Kxa4 $14 58. Bxa6 Ka5) 58. Rxf7 $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 49%, Black = 28%.} 1-0

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vavric, Pavel"]
[Black "Visakh N R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2351"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,44,-44,-8,-39,0,3,24,-46,0,-25,-20,-19,0,0,0,-29,-15,-31,-32,-115,-114,-103,-104,-108,-107,-212,-175,-386,-376,-367,-341]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 dxc4 6. Bg2 b5 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3} 7. a4 c6 8. O-O O-O {LiveBook: 48 Games. Black is slightly better.} 9. b3 (9. Ne1 Nd5 10. e4 Nb6 11. a5 N6d7 12. e5 Bb7 13. Ne4 Na6 14. Bg5 {½-½ (44) Wang,H (2709)-Ding,L (2777) Huaian 2017}) 9... cxb3 10. Nxb3 a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Bc3 11. Rb1 b4 12. Ne5 Nd5 13. Bd2 Bxd2 14. Qxd2 f6 {0-1 (14) Alava Moreno,F (2262)-Noble,M (2305) LSS email 2008}) 11. Bg5 (11. Bd2 $11) 11... bxa4 12. Rxa4 Ba6 13. Qa1 Qd6 14. Bf4 Qd8 15. Rc1 Nd5 16. Bxb8 Qxb8 17. Nxa5 (17. e4 $15 Nb6 18. Ra2) 17... Bb5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping White busy.} (17... Bxe2 $6 18. Nxc6 Qb7 19. Rxa8 $11) 18. Ra2 Qa7 {[%cal Rb4a5]} 19. e4 Nf6 (19... Bxa5 20. exd5 cxd5 21. Rc5 $16) 20. Ne5 (20. Rcc2 $17 {was called for.} Bxa5 21. Ra3) 20... Bxa5 $19 21. Nc4 $2 (21. Bf1 {might work better.}) 21... Bxc4 22. Rxc4 {[#]} Bc3 $1 {[%mdl 576] Discovered Attack (Double check). Accuracy: White = 25%, Black = 60%.} 0-1

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Manea, Alexandru"]
[Black "Georgescu, Tiberiu-Marian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2347"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,54,31,28,27,12,10,10,15,17,17,15,24,24,22,22,27,18,35,37,84,92,82,83,108,107,110,76,97,8,10,9,14,-30,0]} 1. e4 e5 {[%cal Be7e5,Be5d4][%mdl 32]} 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. c3 Nf6 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} Ne7 (10... Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qc2 Bg6 13. Qb3 Ne7 14. O-O c6 15. Bd3 Kh8 16. Nh4 c5 17. Nxg6+ fxg6 18. Bxe4 cxd4 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 {1-0 (51) Jones,G (2677)-Aronian,L (2780) Douglas 2018}) 11. Bd3 Bf5 12. O-O {LiveBook: 6 Games. White is slightly better.} Qd7 13. Na4 Nd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Bg6 14. Nh4 f5 15. g3 h6 16. Nxb6 axb6 17. Nxg6 Nxg6 {0-1 (34) Krejic,I (2301)-Somborski,N (2351) Sombor 2008}) 14. Qxd2 {[#] aiming for b3.} Qxa4 15. Bxf5 Nxf5 16. Qd3 g6 17. b3 Qd7 18. Bg5 c6 19. Rae1 Rfe8 20. h3 c5 21. dxc5 Bxc5 22. Rd1 d4 23. Bf6 Qd5 24. g4 Ne7 25. a3 (25. Nxd4 $16 {Black must now prevent Qg3.} Rad8 26. e6 Bxd4 27. Qxd4 Qxd4 28. exf7+ (28. Bxd4 fxe6 29. Bxa7 Ra8 $16) (28. Rxd4 Rxd4 29. exf7+ Kxf7 $16) 28... Kxf7 29. Bxd4) 25... Nc6 $11 26. b4 Be7 27. Rfe1 a6 {Accuracy: White = 51%, Black = 46%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ionescu, Doru-Alexandru"]
[Black "Szabo, Attila"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2321"]
[BlackElo "2263"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. g3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 3. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 5. d3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} d6 {[%emt 0:02:17]} 6. e3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} e5 {[%emt 0:02:04]} 7. Nge2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nge7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 8. O-O {[%emt 0:00:25]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:06]} 9. a3 {[%emt 0:01:46]} a5 {[%emt 0:02:19]} 10. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:54]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:01:50]} 11. Bd2 {[%emt 0:03:20]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:04:50]} 12. Qc2 {[%emt 0:02:52]} b6 {[%emt 0:10:14]} 13. Nd5 {[%emt 0:22:25]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:07:22]} 14. Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:08:33]} 15. Bg2 {[%emt 0:04:09]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:03:14]} 16. b4 {[%emt 0:21:55]} axb4 {[%emt 0:03:07]} 17. axb4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rfc8 {[%emt 0:13:36]} 18. Nc3 {[%emt 0:08:15]} Be6 {[%emt 0:13:06]} 19. Qa4 {[%emt 0:05:43]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 20. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:05:58]} d5 {[%emt 0:06:50]} 21. cxd5 {[%emt 0:10:12]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 22. bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:01:19]} 23. Bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rxc5 {[%emt 0:01:48]} 24. Bb4 {[%emt 0:01:19]} Rcc8 {[%emt 0:01:48]} 25. Qa3 {[%emt 0:04:19]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:01:29]} 26. Bh3 {[%emt 0:02:55]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 27. Rbc1 {[%emt 0:03:02]} Rxa3 {[%emt 0:02:10]} 28. Rxc8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qxc8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 29. Bxc8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rb3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 30. Be7 {[%emt 0:01:11]} Bf3 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 31. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Rxd3 {[%emt 0:04:09]} 32. Ba6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rd1+ {[%emt 0:00:15]} 33. Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bxd1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 34. Bd8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ileana, George"]
[Black "Dicu, Razvan-Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2318"]
[BlackElo "2274"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,160,36,33,46,0,1,7,7,0,15,-87,-69,-92,-54,-66,29,-76,-81,-76,-12,-30,0,0,38,0,0,-72,-75,-70,-58,-49,-50,-51,-62,-58,-43,-123,-121,-114,-130,-135,0,-36,0,-136,-128,-128,-125,-123,-114,-210,-189,-459,-435,-2094,-1703,-1837,-2068,-1939,-1800,-1757,-1607,-1465,-1028,-865,-793,-12832,-9234,-2448,-2122,-2001,-2824,-12839,-12839,-12840,-12840,-12841,-12840,-12841,-12841,-12839,-2608,-12837,-12837,-12837,-2839,-2756,-12363,-12363,-2732,-2732,-2085,-1697,0,-12837,-12838,-12838,-12839,-2888,-12837,-12841,-12841,-12841,-12842,-12842,-12842,-12842,0,-12842,-12841,-12843,-12843,-12844,-12844,-12846,-12847,-12848,-12848,-12849,-12849,-12850,-12848,-12850,-12851,-27998,-27998,-27999,-27999,-27998,-27998,-27999,-27999,-27996,-27998,-27998,-27998,-27999,-27999]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. h3 a6 8. Be3 g5 {B81: Sicilian Scheveningen: Keres Attack} 9. Bg2 Nfd7 10. Qe2 Ne5 11. O-O-O Nbd7 12. f4 (12. h4 Rg8 13. hxg5 hxg5 14. Kb1 b5 15. f4 gxf4 16. Bxf4 Bb7 {½-½ (56) Karjakin,S (2773)-Mamedyarov,S (2801) Saint Louis 2018}) 12... gxf4 13. Bxf4 {LiveBook: 27 Games} Qc7 14. Nf3 b5 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Bg3 Bb7 {½-½ (45) Guerrero Sierra,J (2343)-Zaika,D (2043) Moscow 2018}) 16... Bb7 17. g5 (17. Qf2 $11) 17... hxg5 18. Bxg5 Rc8 19. Rd3 Bc5 (19... b4 $15 20. Nd1 f6) 20. Be3 (20. a3 $11 {remains equal.}) 20... b4 $17 21. Nd1 Bc6 (21... a5 $17 {aiming for ...Ba6.} 22. Rd2 a4) 22. Rd2 $1 $11 Bb5 23. Qf2 Nb6 {And now ...Nc4 would win.} 24. Bf1 (24. Bxc5 {keeps more tension.} Qxc5 25. Ne3 Nc4 26. Nxc4 Qxf2 27. Nd6+) 24... Bxf1 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black has some attack.} 25. Qxf1 {[#]} (25. Qf6 $11 {keeps the balance.} Rxh3 26. Rg1) 25... Nc4 $1 $17 {[%cal Rc4e3][%mdl 512]} 26. Qxc4 Bxe3 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 27. Nxe3 Qxc4 28. Nxc4 Rxc4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 29. Rd6 Rg8 30. Rhd1 (30. Rxa6 $15 Rg2 31. Ra8+ Ke7 32. Ra7+ Ke8 33. Ra8+ Ke7 34. Ra7+ Kf8 35. Rf1 Rcxc2+ 36. Kd1) 30... Rg2 31. R1d2 Rg1+ 32. Rd1 Rg2 (32... Rxd1+ $17 33. Kxd1 a5) 33. R1d2 $1 $15 {[%cal Rd2g2]} Rg1+ (33... Rg6 $15) 34. Rd1 $17 Rxd1+ 35. Kxd1 {KR-KR} a5 ({But not} 35... Rxe4 $6 36. Rxa6 Rh4 37. Ra4 $11) 36. Ra6 Rd4+ 37. Kc1 (37. Ke2 $17) 37... Rxe4 $19 38. Rxa5 $2 {[#]} (38. Kd2 {keeps fighting.}) 38... f5 $1 {[%cal Rf5f4]} 39. a4 {[#]} (39. Ra8+ $142 Kf7 40. a3) 39... f4 $1 {[%cal Rf4f3]} 40. Ra8+ Ke7 41. Ra7+ Kf8 42. Ra8+ Kf7 43. Ra7+ Kg6 44. Ra8 Rd4 45. a5 e4 46. c3 bxc3 47. bxc3 Rd7 48. a6 e3 49. a7 e2 50. Rg8+ Kf5 51. a8=Q e1=Q+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. KQR-KQR} 52. Kb2 Rd2+ (52... Qd2+ $142 53. Kb3 Qd1+ 54. Kb2 Rd2+ 55. Ka3 Qc1+ 56. Kb4 Rb2+ 57. Kc5 Qxc3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 58. Kd6 Rd2+ 59. Ke7 Qc7+ 60. Ke8 Qd7+ 61. Kf8 Qd8+ 62. Qxd8 Rxd8+ 63. Kf7 Rxg8 64. Kxg8 f3 65. Kf7 f2 66. Ke8 f1=Q 67. Kd8 e5 68. Ke7 Qc4 69. Kd6 e4 70. h4 e3 71. Kd7 e2 72. Ke7 e1=Q+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 73. Kd8 Qc5 74. h5 Qee7#) 53. Kb3 Qb1+ 54. Kc4 Qd3+ (54... Qe4+ $142 55. Qxe4+ Kxe4) 55. Kb3 Qb5+ 56. Ka3 Qb2+ (56... Qc5+ $142 57. Kb3 Qb5+ 58. Ka3 Rb2 59. Qf8+ Ke4 60. Qa8+ Ke3 61. Qa7+ Qb6 62. Qxb6+ Rxb6) 57. Ka4 Qa1+ 58. Kb4 Qb1+ (58... Qxa8 $142 59. Rxa8 f3) 59. Kc4 $1 Qe4+ 60. Kb3 Qxa8 61. Rxa8 {KR-KR} e5 62. c4 Rd3+ 63. Kc2 Rxh3 64. c5 Rh6 65. Kd3 Rh3+ $2 (65... e4+ $19 66. Kd4 e3) 66. Kc4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (66. Kc2 $11 Ke4 67. c6) 66... Ke4 67. c6 Rh1 68. Kc5 f3 69. Kd6 f2 70. c7 Rd1+ 71. Ke6 f1=Q {( -> ...Qf5+)} 72. c8=Q Qf5+ 73. Ke7 Qxc8 74. Rxc8 {KR-KR} Kf3 {Black mates.} 75. Rc3+ Kf4 76. Ke6 e4 {[%cal Be5e4,Be4e3][%mdl 32]} 77. Rc4 Kf3 78. Ke5 Rd8 79. Ra4 e3 80. Rf4+ Kg3 {Accuracy: White = 44%, Black = 58%.} 0-1

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Banzea, Alexandru-Bogdan"]
[Black "Moldovan, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2313"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,49,4,-9,-37,-34,-76,0,-117,-122,-114,-110,-113,-116,-159,-181,-166,-138,-140,-142,-143,-140,-199,108,93]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bd7 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. f3 Nc6 9. O-O-O Qc7 10. Kb1 Be7 11. h4 h6 {B67: Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer: 7...a6 8 0-0-0 Bd7, lines without 9 f4 Be7} 12. Be3 h5 13. Bg5 Ne5 14. f4 (14. Bd3 b5 15. Rhe1 b4 16. Nce2 a5 17. f4 Neg4 18. Ng1 {½-½ (91) Short,N (2678)-Li,C (2732) Riadh 2017}) 14... Neg4 {LiveBook: 17 Games} 15. Qe1 b5 {aiming for ...b4.} 16. Bd3 Qa7 $146 (16... b4 $17 17. Nce2 Ne3) ({Predecessor:} 16... b4 17. Nce2 a5 18. Ng3 Qb6 19. e5 Qxd4 {1-0 (38) Narayanan,S (2381)-Dubov,D (2372) Kirishi 2009}) 17. e5 (17. Be2 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 17... Qxd4 $17 18. exf6 gxf6 {[%mdl 64] [#] Trapped Piece} 19. f5 {And now fxe6 would win.} Qe5 (19... fxg5 20. fxe6 Bc6 21. exf7+ Kf8 22. Bxb5 $14) 20. Be4 d5 ({Inferior is} 20... fxg5 21. Bxa8 Qxe1 22. Rhxe1 $11 (22. Rdxe1 gxh4 23. fxe6 fxe6 $11)) 21. fxe6 fxe6 22. Nxd5 exd5 23. Rxd5 Qe6 24. Bd2 (24. Rxd7 $17 Kxd7 25. Rf1) 24... Ne5 $2 {[#]} ({Black should try} 24... Rc8 $19 {White must now prevent ...Rc5.} 25. Bc3 Kf8) 25. Rxe5 $1 {[%mdl 576] Discovered Attack (Double check). Accuracy: White = 37%, Black = 38%.} 1-0

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nastase, Robert-Paul"]
[Black "Itkis, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2296"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 4. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 5. Ng3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 6. h4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 7. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:01:27]} 8. Ne5 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Bh7 {[%emt 0:01:51]} 9. Bd3 {[%emt 0:02:14]} Bxd3 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 10. Qxd3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:03] B19: Classical Caro-Kann: 4...Bf5 main line} 11. f4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Be7 {[%emt 0:01:29]} 12. Nh5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Ndf6 $146 {[%emt 0:09:23]} ({Predecessor:} 12... Ngf6 13. Nxg7+ Kf8 14. Nxe6+ fxe6 15. Bd2 Rh7 16. Rh3 c5 17. O-O-O cxd4 18. Rg3 {½-½ (29) Balogh,C (2625)-Rodshtein,M (2674) Czech Republic 2018}) 13. Nxg7+ {[%emt 0:16:49]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 14. f5 {[%emt 0:05:02]} ({Don't take} 14. Nxe6+ $6 fxe6 15. f5 (15. Qg6 Rh7 $17) (15. Ng6+ Kg7 $14) 15... Rh7 $11) 14... Rh7 {[%emt 0:12:01]} 15. fxe6 {[%emt 0:19:43]} Rxg7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 16. exf7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Rxf7 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 17. Nxf7 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Kxf7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 18. O-O {[%emt 0:05:03]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:11:51]} (18... Kg7 $142) 19. Bxh6 $2 {[%emt 0:08:39]} ({White should try} 19. Qh7+ $18 Ke8 20. Qd3) 19... Nxh6 {[%emt 0:22:57]} 20. Qh7+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 21. Qxh6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qxd4+ {[%emt 0:01:06]} 22. Kh1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 23. Rae1 {[%emt 0:03:16]} Kd8 {[%emt 0:06:07]} 24. Rf7 {[%emt 0:04:37]} Qb4 {[%emt 0:15:21]} 25. c3 {[%emt 0:01:26]} Qc5 {[%emt 0:09:14]} 26. Qh8+ $18 {[%emt 0:01:32]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:03:55]} 27. Qxa8 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Kb6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 28. Rfxe7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 1-0

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ognean, Mihnea-Ionut"]
[Black "Casangiu, Paul-Horatiu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2291"]
[BlackElo "2027"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:01:21]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:22]} d5 {[%emt 0:01:12]} 3. cxd5 {[%emt 0:01:02]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 4. e4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 5. Be3 {[%emt 0:05:08]} e5 {[%emt 0:05:44]} 6. Nf3 {[%emt 0:13:24]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:01:46]} 7. Bb5+ {[%emt 0:00:40]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 8. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bb4+ {[%emt 0:00:56]} 9. Nc3 {[%emt 0:03:06]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:01:26]} 10. gxf3 {[%emt 0:02:08]} N8d7 {[%emt 0:02:24]} 11. Rg1 {[%emt 0:13:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:02:04]} 12. Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:02:55]} 13. O-O-O {[%emt 0:06:11]} O-O-O {[%emt 0:01:06]} 14. a3 {[%emt 0:07:25]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:03:06]} 15. d5 {[%emt 0:00:29]} c5 {[%emt 0:09:12]} 16. Kb1 {[%emt 0:01:27]} h6 {[%emt 0:03:15]} 17. Rc1 {[%emt 0:01:28]} Kb8 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 18. a4 {[%emt 0:01:42]} Ka8 {[%emt 0:05:12]} 19. a5 {[%emt 0:02:19]} Nc8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 20. a6 {[%emt 0:01:31]} b6 {[%emt 0:02:04]} 21. Bb5 {[%emt 0:02:17]} Nb8 {[%emt 0:02:29]} 22. Qa4 {[%emt 0:02:41]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 23. Rgd1 {[%emt 0:02:40]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 24. Rc2 {[%emt 0:07:02]} f4 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 25. Bc1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} g5 {[%emt 0:05:09]} 26. b4 {[%emt 0:01:06]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:02:09]} 27. Ba3 {[%emt 0:01:24]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:01:14]} 28. Na2 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Rhd8 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 29. Rdc1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 30. Rc4 {[%emt 0:01:01]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:06:11]} 31. R1c2 {[%emt 0:03:39]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 32. h3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Rbc8 {[%emt 0:02:06]} 33. Nc1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:10:33]} 34. Nd3 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Qc8 {[%emt 0:02:40]} 35. Ka2 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 36. bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:34]} bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 37. Bxc5 {[%emt 0:02:14]} 1-0

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gheorghiu, Calin"]
[Black "Morozov, Nichita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2278"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,52,20,0,10,27,38,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-42,-4,-12,-6,-7,0,0,0,-13,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Be3 O-O 9. Be2 b6 {D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3} 10. Qd2 {LiveBook: 3 Games} (10. Rc1 e6 11. Qa4 Bb7 12. e5 Nc6 13. O-O cxd4 14. cxd4 Ne7 15. Nd2 Nd5 16. Nc4 Nxe3 17. fxe3 {½-½ (53) Korobov,A (2678)-Artemiev,V (2704) Poikovsky 2018}) 10... Bb7 11. d5 Nd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7f6,Bf6e4,Be4d6][%mdl 32] White has an edge.} 12. Bh6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Rd1 Nf6 13. Qc2 Qc7 14. c4 e5 15. a4 Ne8 16. O-O Nd6 {½-½ (50) Goncalves,D (2174)-De Souza Sa,A (1886) Florianopolis 2018}) 12... Nf6 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Qc2 $1 e6 15. c4 exd5 16. exd5 Re8 17. O-O Ne4 18. Bd3 Nd6 $1 19. Qc3+ Qf6 20. Qxf6+ Kxf6 21. a4 Bc8 22. Rfe1 Bf5 23. Bxf5 {The position is equal.} Kxf5 24. Nd2 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Re8 26. Re3 g5 {Accuracy: White = 53%, Black = 52%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Patrascu, Catalin-Lucian"]
[Black "Baltag, Iulian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2268"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,136,22,40,10,0,2,0,0,-6,-27,-7,-21,-22,-17,0,-14,-8,-29,-16,-25,-2,7,0,-43,-49,-37,0,-18,-13,-21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-3,0,0,4,4,7,6,42,27,76,60,77,52,136,0,85,78,81,-13,0,-15,-28,-93,-88,-82,59,50,84,0,122,118,148,165,119,152,158,177,302,313,322,278,362,345,639,611,799,787,785,766,1133,837,853,574,1012,978,1036,1035,1022,1016,872,867,1204,1163,1181,1175,1164,1093,1039,887,989,978,975,956,895,824,812,815,819,816,779,770,1108,1095,1028,972,4141,4141,4141,2906,29982]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 g6 {LiveBook: 13 Games} 7. d3 {B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6} (7. c3 Bg7 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. Nc3 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nd5 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bh4 O-O 14. Nc5 Re8 15. Rc1 g5 {1-0 (47) Lu,S (2546)-Polgar,J (2685) Dubai 2014}) 7... Bg7 8. Nbd2 d6 9. c3 {The position is equal.} O-O 10. g3 e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... b5 11. Bg2 Rb8 12. Nf1 b4 13. d4 cxd4 14. cxd4 d5 15. e5 Qb6 {1-0 (41) Prueske,W (2058)-Dierkes,T (2110) Germany 2015}) 11. a3 h6 12. b4 Be6 13. Bg2 Rc8 14. Rb1 b5 15. Nf1 cxb4 16. axb4 d5 17. N1d2 d4 $1 {[%cal Rd4c3]} 18. cxd4 exd4 19. Nf1 a5 20. bxa5 Qxa5 21. Bf4 Rfd8 22. h4 b4 23. N1d2 Qb5 24. Nb3 Kh7 25. Qd2 Ra8 26. Rec1 Ra3 27. Qd1 Qa4 {[%cal Re6b3]} 28. Nfd2 Qb5 29. Nc4 Ra2 30. Nd6 Qb6 (30... Qa4 $14) 31. Nc4 ({White should play} 31. Nc5 $16) 31... Qa7 (31... Qb5 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 32. Qe1 f6 33. Bd2 (33. Bd6 $16) 33... Bxc4 $1 $11 34. dxc4 Ne5 35. Qf1 (35. Qd1 $11) 35... N7c6 $1 $17 36. c5 Qa3 (36... d3 $1 $17) 37. h5 $1 $14 gxh5 38. Qd1 {[#]} (38. f4 $1 $16 {[%cal Rf4e5]} Ng4 39. Qd3) 38... d3 (38... h4 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]}) 39. Qxh5 $16 Rb2 40. Rxb2 Qxb2 {[#]} 41. Qd1 $1 Kh8 {[#]} 42. Bh3 $1 {[%cal Bg2h3,Bh3e6,Be6d5,Bd5e4][%mdl 32]} Nf7 (42... Nf3+ $142 43. Qxf3 Qxb3) 43. Be6 $18 Ng5 44. Bd5 Rc8 45. f4 Nxe4 $2 (45... Nd4) 46. Bxe4 {White is clearly winning.} Nd4 47. Rb1 Ne2+ 48. Kh2 Qa2 49. Ra1 Qb2 50. Qb1 f5 51. Qxb2 Bxb2 52. Ra8 Rxa8 53. Bxa8 {Threatens to win with c6.} Nc3 54. Bf3 Ba3 55. c6 Nb5 56. Bd5 Kg7 57. Bc4 Nc7 58. Bxd3 Kf6 59. Be2 Ke6 60. Bf3 Kd6 61. Nd4 Kc5 62. Nxf5 b3 63. Nxh6 Kd4 64. Bd1 Kd3 65. Ba5 b2 66. Bh5 ({Not} 66. Bxc7 b1=Q $17) 66... Bd6 67. Bg6+ Kc4 68. Nf7 Kd5 {Accuracy: White = 57%, Black = 35%.} 1-0

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Daianu, Cristian-Clement"]
[Black "Scripcaru, George-Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2160"]
[BlackElo "2176"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:01:37]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. f3 {[%emt 0:00:45]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:02:12]} 4. fxe4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 5. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} exd4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 6. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Qa5+ {[%emt 0:08:24]} 7. c3 {[%emt 0:11:19]} d3 {[%emt 0:18:44]} 8. Qxd3 {[%emt 0:16:23]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:02:26]} 9. O-O {[%emt 0:16:23]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:10:04]} 10. Qe2 {[%emt 0:13:51]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 11. Nd4 {[%emt 0:08:03]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:15:45]} 12. e5 {[%emt 0:19:31]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:04:05]} 13. cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 14. Nc3 {[%emt 0:03:01]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 15. Bg5 {[%emt 0:01:51]} h6 {[%emt 0:06:55]} 16. Bh4 $16 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Be7 {[%emt 0:04:42]} 17. Bxe7 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Kxe7 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 18. Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.11.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Andronescu, Madalin"]
[Black "Stoleriu, George"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2070"]
[BlackElo "2362"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. e5 {[%emt 0:02:16]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. a3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bxc3+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 7. Qg4 {[%emt 0:00:37]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 8. exf6 {[%emt 0:04:54]} Nxf6 {[%emt 0:01:51]} 9. Qg3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:02:09]} 10. Bd2 {[%emt 0:36:47]} O-O {[%emt 0:01:46]} 11. f3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:04:40]} 12. Qd6 {[%emt 0:15:46]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:02:42]} 13. cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 14. c3 {[%emt 0:01:11]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 15. Bd3 {[%emt 0:04:41]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:21:08]} 16. Qc5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Qxc5 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 17. dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 18. Be3 {[%emt 0:03:17]} d4 {[%emt 0:02:00]} 19. Bc4+ {[%emt 0:07:42]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:02:39]} 20. Bg5 {[%emt 0:02:55]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 21. Bf7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 22. Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Nxc5 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 23. Ne2 {[%emt 0:02:30]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:09:02]} 24. Bh4 {[%emt 0:03:28]} d3 {[%emt 0:07:03]} 25. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 26. Nc1 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:01:54]} 27. Ra2 {[%emt 0:04:32]} Rab8 {[%emt 0:01:28]} 28. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rb1 {[%emt 0:02:19]} 29. O-O {[%emt 0:00:28]} e4 {[%emt 0:02:06]} 30. Bf2 {[%emt 0:02:42]} exf3 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 31. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:05:18]} Nf4 {[%emt 0:14:17]} 32. Na2 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Rxd1+ {[%emt 0:00:29]} 33. Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bc4 {[%emt 0:06:06]} 34. Rd2 {[%emt 0:01:52]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:02:59]} 35. Bxa7 {[%emt 0:01:18]} Rb1+ {[%emt 0:03:13]} 36. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} fxg2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 37. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} g5 {[%emt 0:02:46]} 38. Nb4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} g1=Q {[%emt 0:01:17]} 39. Bxg1 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rxg1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 40. h4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. hxg5 {[%emt 0:03:38]} hxg5 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 42. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:57] Kd4} 0-1

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Parligras, Mircea-Emilian"]
[Black "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,59,-15,21,20,35,13,20,12,27,14,19,0,20,2,37,28,25,22,39,27,33,29,35,44,49,52,50,49,47,47,58,33,47,47,45,49,39,45,58,29,35,17,15,0,0,0,0,0,0,-12,5,10]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Qc2 c5 (5... Bb4 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. Nd2 Nxg3 11. hxg3 c6 12. e3 Kf8 13. Bd3 Nf6 14. a3 Ba5 15. Nb3 Bc7 {1-0 (41) Melkumyan,H (2660)-Naiditsch,A (2721) Batumi 2018}) 6. cxd5 {D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} Nxd5 7. Bg5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. Nxd5 exd5 8. e3 Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. b3 Bb7 12. Bd3 h6 13. Bb2 {0-1 (74) Lauber,A (2517)-Stern,R (2501) Germany 2010}) 7... Qa5 8. Bd2 {[#] Strongly threatening Nxd5.} cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxc3 (9... Be7 {is interesting.} 10. e3 Nb4 11. Qb1 O-O 12. Be2 Nf6) 10. Qxc3 Qxc3 11. Bxc3 a6 12. g3 Nb6 13. Bg2 Nd5 14. Bxd5 exd5 15. O-O Be7 16. Nc2 f6 17. Ne3 Be6 18. Rfd1 Rd8 19. Rd3 Kf7 20. a3 Rd7 21. Rad1 Rhd8 22. Kf1 Bc5 {[#] aiming for ...d4.} 23. Bd4 Be7 24. Rc1 Rd6 25. Rb3 Rc6 {The position is equal.} 26. Rxc6 bxc6 27. Rb7 Rd7 28. Rxd7 $1 Bxd7 29. b4 Bd6 30. Ke1 {Precision: White = 67%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Black "Deac, Bogdan-Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,69,23,8,10,14,14,14,20,18,10,10,15,10,13,12,20,0,21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,9,0,0,0,15,0]} 1. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6d5,Bd5c7,Bc7e6][%mdl 32]} 6. e5 Nd5 7. Nc3 Nc7 8. Bxc6 dxc6 9. Ne4 Ne6 10. d3 h6 {B31: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5 g6} 11. Be3 b6 12. Qd2 {LiveBook: 6 Games} (12. a3 a5 13. Qd2 a4 14. h4 Kf8 15. Ng3 Nd4 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. Bf4 c5 18. f3 {½-½ (55) Shcherbakov,R (2516)-Matlakov,M (2683) Sochi 2018}) 12... Nd4 {The position is equal.} 13. Nxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Bxd4 cxd4 14. Nf6+ Kf8 15. Ne4 Be6 16. c3 dxc3 17. bxc3 Qd7 18. d4 {1-0 (42) De Oliveira,S (2293)-Rocha,W (2434) Varginha 2009}) 13... cxd4 14. Bf4 Be6 15. h4 a5 16. c4 Bf5 17. Rab1 c5 18. a3 a4 19. f3 (19. Ng3 {is more complex.} Be6 20. b4 axb3 21. Rxb3 Ra6 22. Ne4) 19... h5 20. Re2 Bxe4 21. Rxe4 Qc8 22. e6 f5 23. Re2 O-O 24. Bg5 Bf6 25. Qf4 Qb8 26. Qxb8 Rfxb8 27. b4 axb3 28. Rxb3 Kg7 29. Bf4 Rc8 30. g3 Rc6 31. Kf2 Kh7 32. Kf1 Ra7 33. Bb8 Ra8 34. Bf4 Ra7 35. Bb8 {Precision: White = 47%, Black = 78%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svetushkin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Rogozenco, Dorian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 29,52,0,0,-6,5,8,10,-13,0,-18,0,-16,0,0,0,-14,0,0,0,0,0,-25,-29,-42,87]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 {[%cal Bd4b5,Bb5a3,Ba3c2][%mdl 32]} d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4 {B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations} 12. Nc2 O-O 13. h4 (13. g3 Bg5 14. Bg2 a5 15. O-O Ne7 16. Nce3 Bxe3 17. Nxe3 Be6 18. Rc1 Nc6 19. Nf5 {1-0 (54) Harikrishna,P (2744)-Yu,Y (2751) Huaian 2017}) 13... a5 14. g3 Be6 15. Bg2 g6 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 16. Qd3 Bg7 17. h5 a4 18. hxg6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18. Nce3 Rc8 19. Bh3 Qa5 20. Kf1 Qc5 {½-½ (69) Alquist,E (2046)-Henderson de la Fuente,L (2224) Stockholm 2016}) 18... hxg6 19. Nce3 b3 20. a3 Qa5+ 21. Kf1 Qa7 22. Rd1 Nd4 23. g4 Rfc8 24. g5 Kf8 25. Nf6 Qa6 {[%cal Re6c4]} 26. Kg1 Ra7 {Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 42%.} (26... Bxc4 $15 {stays ahead.} 27. Nxc4 Qxc4 28. Qxc4 Rxc4 29. Nd7+ Kg8) 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lupulescu, Constantin"]
[Black "Erdos, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,56,6,14,15,14,14,31,3,13,-17,15,6,50,52,62,59,52,54,55,59,58,45,48,49,70,39,38,38,43,38,42,42,45,45,51,43,43]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qb3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Na5 7. Qc3 {E15: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 sidelines, 4 g3 Ba6 and 4 g3 Bb7 early deviations} c5 8. dxc5 bxc5 9. e4 Bb7 10. e5 Ne4 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 {LiveBook: 44 Games} 12. Bg2 Nc6 13. O-O Rb8 14. b3 Be7 {[#]} 15. Bb2 $146 Qc7 16. Qe3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 {White is slightly better.} Nd4 18. Bxd4 cxd4 19. Qxd4 O-O 20. Rad1 Rfd8 21. Qe4 d6 22. exd6 Bxd6 23. Qc6 (23. Rd3 {is more complex.} Bc5 24. Rfd1 Rxd3 25. Qxd3 Qa5 26. Qd2) 23... Qxc6 24. Bxc6 Bc5 25. h4 Kf8 26. h5 h6 27. Kg2 Ke7 28. f4 Rxd1 {Accuracy: White = 32%, Black = 63%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Jianu, Vlad-Cristian"]
[Black "Grigore, George-Gabriel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,41,35,80,74,75,78,81,67,95,75,118,114,156,95,123,35,89,29]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 h6 9. Be3 Ng4 10. Bc1 f5 11. exf5 {E92: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5: 7 dxe5, 7 Be3 and Petrosian System without 7...Nbd7} gxf5 12. g3 Na6 13. Nh4 Nc5 {LiveBook: 11 Games} 14. f3 (14. O-O e4 15. Bxg4 fxg4 16. Be3 Bd7 17. Bxc5 dxc5 18. Nxe4 Bd4 19. Qc2 {½-½ (19) Khenkin,I (2551)-Amin,B (2698) Germany 2017}) 14... Nf6 15. Be3 Nh7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... b6 16. Qc2 Nh7 17. O-O-O Bd7 18. Kb1 a4 {1-0 (41) Ovcharenko,L (2271)-Ponomarev,A (2257) ICCF email 2013}) 16. Qc2 Bd7 17. O-O-O Qf6 18. Kb1 Rae8 19. Rhe1 ({Better is} 19. Nb5) 19... b6 $16 20. Bf1 (20. Rf1 $16) 20... Rf7 (20... a4 $14) 21. Bf2 {Accuracy: White = 42%, Black = 36%.} (21. Nb5 $16) 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nevednichy, Vladislav"]
[Black "Anton, Teodor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,79,25,31,26,28,22,51,58,62,64,58,64,56,42,49,34,86,79,58,49,80,85,100,71,81,104,86,55,48,48,41,42,55,55,60,56,51,59,58,60,74,48,49,48,79,75,76,72,96,83,155,147,164,167,180,75,71,85,91,0,0,0,0,0,0,7]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Qb6 7. Nxc6 {B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6} dxc6 (7... bxc6 8. Bd3 Ng6 9. c4 Bc5 10. Nc3 Qc7 11. Kh1 e5 12. Na4 Bd4 13. c5 d6 14. Be3 dxc5 15. Nxc5 Bxb2 {0-1 (56) Adams,M (2712)-Adhiban,B (2668) Douglas 2018}) 8. Bd3 Ng6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 9. Nd2 {White is slightly better.} e5 10. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Be6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Qc7 11. Nc4 Be6 12. Be3 b6 13. Qh5 Be7 14. g3 Qc8 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Qxe5 Bf6 17. Qd6 Bxb2 18. Rad1 Bf6 19. Ba6 Qxa6 20. Qxc6+ {1-0 (20) Stany,G (2494)-Toma,R (2354) Arad 2018}) 11. Bc4 Bxc4 12. Nxc4 Qc7 13. a5 Bc5 14. c3 Rd8 15. Qe2 O-O ({Black should try} 15... a6 $14) 16. b4 $16 Be7 17. g3 Qd7 18. Be3 Qd3 19. Qxd3 Rxd3 20. Rac1 a6 21. Rfd1 Rfd8 22. Rxd3 Rxd3 23. Kf1 Kf8 24. Ke2 Rd7 25. h4 {And now h5 would win.} h5 26. Nb2 f6 27. Nd3 Kf7 28. Rb1 Nf8 29. Rd1 Ke8 30. f4 exf4 31. gxf4 ({Reject} 31. Nxf4 Rxd1 32. Kxd1 g6 $11) 31... f5 32. exf5 Bxh4 {[#]} (32... Bf6 $142) 33. Bd4 $1 Be7 34. Rh1 ({Don't take} 34. Bxg7 Bxb4 35. cxb4 Rxg7 $16) 34... Rd5 {[#]} 35. Rxh5 (35. Be5 $1 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.}) 35... g6 36. Rh8 Rxf5 37. Bc5 ({Better is} 37. Kf3 $16) 37... Rh5 $11 {The position is equal.} 38. Bd4 Rxh8 39. Bxh8 Ne6 40. Ke3 {Accuracy: White = 71%, Black = 52%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Manolache, Marius"]
[Black "Iordachescu, Viorel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,114,-19,-3,-2,11,9,19,9,14,18,22,17,12,16,20,17,18,16,22,22,40,11,29,-1,17,16,12,4,69,10,69,19,21,24,27,32,19,13,30,16,17,18,32,13,24,16,62,6,216,215,220,197,204,133,133,127,127,135,132,127,160,160,203,195,182,150,175,175,167,161,160,171,172,162,161,109,109,93,109,109,109,109,110,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-13,-13,-18,-18,-19,-13,-13,-13,-13,-13]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. a3 (4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qb3 Nxc3 9. Bc4 e6 10. bxc3 Bd7 11. Bb5 a6 12. Be2 Na5 13. Qb1 Rc8 14. O-O f6 15. c4 b6 16. c5 bxc5 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Bxa6 Rb8 {1-0 (34) Svidler,P (2756)-Shankland,S (2722) Hoogeveen 2018}) 4... Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. g3 $146 {A35: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3 Nc6 3 Nf3} ({Predecessor:} 6. e4 e5 7. Nd5 h6 8. b4 Nge7 9. Be2 O-O 10. bxc5 dxc5 11. Bd2 Kh7 {0-1 (41) Dani,P (2205)-Comp Genius 4 Debrecen 1996}) 6... Nh6 7. Bg2 Nf5 8. Bd2 a5 9. Rb1 O-O 10. h4 h6 11. Qc1 h5 12. b3 Ncd4 13. Ng5 e6 14. O-O Nc6 15. Qd1 Rb8 16. e4 Nh6 17. Nb5 Ng4 18. f3 Nge5 (18... Nf6 $11) 19. Be3 (19. Bh3 $14) 19... b6 ({Black should try} 19... Qe7 $11) 20. Qe2 (20. Bh3 $5 {[%cal Rf3f4]}) 20... Ba6 21. Bh3 Qe7 22. f4 Nd7 23. Nc7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Nd4 24. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 25. Kh2 Bb7 26. Nb5 Bg7 27. Rf2 Nf6 28. Rbf1 (28. f5 $1 $14) 28... Rbe8 $2 (28... Nh7 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 29. e5 $18 Nh7 30. Nxd6 Rd8 31. Nxh7 Kxh7 32. Nxb7 Qxb7 33. Bg2 Qe7 34. Be4 Kg8 35. Kh3 Bh6 36. Rg2 Kg7 37. Rb1 f5 38. exf6+ $1 Rxf6 39. b4 axb4 40. axb4 e5 41. bxc5 Qxc5 42. fxe5 (42. f5 $18 gxf5 43. Bd5) 42... Qxe5 $16 43. Rb5 Qe6+ 44. Kh2 Rdf8 45. Qb2 Be3 46. Bxg6 ({Better is} 46. Re5 $16 Qd7 47. Rd5) 46... Kxg6 $11 {The position is equal.} 47. Re5 {[#]} Bc1 $1 {[%cal Rc1b2][%mdl 512]} 48. Qc3 ({But not} 48. Qe2 Qg4 $15) (48. Qxc1 Qxe5) 48... Qd6 49. Rd5 Qa3 50. Qe5 Bh6 51. Qxh5+ Kg7 52. Qe5 {And now Rf2 would win.} Kg8 53. c5 bxc5 54. Rxc5 Qxd3 {[#]} 55. Rc8 $1 {[%mdl 512] Threatens to win with Qxf6.} Qf5 (55... Rxc8 56. Qxf6) 56. Qxf5 Rxf5 57. Rxf8+ Bxf8 {Accuracy: White = 55%, Black = 53%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Georgescu, Tiberiu-Marian"]
[Black "Berkes, Ferenc"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,26,27,28,37,24,32]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. Nf3 Ne4 5. Nxe4 Bxe4 6. e3 e6 7. a3 Be7 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 O-O {E12: Queen's Indian: Unusual White 4th moves, 4 a3, 4 Nc3 Bb7 5 a3 and 4 Nc3 Bb7} 10. O-O d6 11. e4 Nd7 12. Be3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Qc8 13. Rad1 Qb7 {Predecessor:} 14. Rfe1 $146 a5 15. d5 e5 16. Qb3 a4 17. Qb5 {0-1 (70) Staniszewski,P (2407)-Lysyj,I (2627) Warsaw 2010} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Visakh N R"]
[Black "Macovei, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2369"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,94,20,16,5,14,8,10,18,32,20,31,19,18,23,23,21,15,16,14,7,31,11,25,0,0,0,0,0,34,45,43,63,84,68,53,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-13,-12,0,-330,-322,-331,-319,-279,-291,-29979,-29968,-29969,-29970,-29995,-29996,-29996,-29997,-29997,-29996,-29998,-29999]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 Na6 8. Nc3 Ne4 {E18: Queen's Indian: Old Main Line (4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Be7 6 0-0 0-0 7 Nc3)} 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. Ne5 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 d6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 12. Nf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Nc6 Qe8 13. d5 Nb8 14. Nd4 Bf6 15. Nc2 b5 16. cxb5 Qxb5 {½-½ (43) Goganov,A (2635)-Inarkiev,E (2732) Novosibirsk 2016}) 12... c5 13. e4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Qc7 15. b3 Nc5 16. Bb2 {[%cal Bc1b2,Bb2a1,Ba1d4,Bd4e5][%mdl 32]} a6 17. Qe2 Qb7 18. f3 Bf6 19. Rac1 b5 20. Ba1 {[%cal Rc4b5]} Rab8 21. cxb5 axb5 22. b4 Bxd4 23. Bxd4 Na4 24. Rc2 d5 25. Rec1 dxe4 26. fxe4 Qe7 27. Be5 (27. Qg4 {seems wilder.} e5 28. Rc7 Qd6 29. Rd7 h5 30. Qf5) 27... Rb7 $1 28. a3 (28. Rc6 $14 Rd7 29. a3 (29. Qxb5 Rd2+ 30. Kh1 Qg5 $14)) 28... f6 $11 29. Bd4 Rd8 30. Bf2 e5 31. Rc8 Qd7 32. Qa2+ Kf8 $1 33. Rxd8+ Qxd8 34. Qe6 {Black must now prevent Rc8.} Rc7 35. Rxc7 Qxc7 36. Kf3 Qc3+ 37. Kg2 Qd3 38. Qf5 h6 39. Kh3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (39. h4 $1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 39... Nc3 $1 $19 {[%cal Rc3e4]} 40. Bc5+ Kf7 41. Qh5+ Kg8 42. Qe8+ $2 (42. Kg2 $19) 42... Kh7 {Black mates.} 43. Bf8 Nxe4 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 44. Qe7 Ng5+ 45. Kh4 Nf3+ 46. Kh3 Qf1+ 47. Kg4 {[#]} h5+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Decoy. Accuracy: White = 49%, Black = 84%.} 0-1

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gavrilescu, David"]
[Black "Banzea, Alexandru-Bogdan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2313"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,31,33,0,7,8,8,0,8,2,15,-5,50,36,63,58]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Nxe4 6. Qxe4 Nd7 {B11: Caro-Kann: Two Knights Variation} 7. Bc4 Nf6 8. Ne5 e6 9. Qe2 b5 10. Bb3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} ({Much worse is} 10. Nxc6 Qc7 $15) (10. Bd3 {looks sharper.} Bb7 11. b3 Bd6 12. Bb2 O-O 13. c4) 10... Qc7 11. O-O Bd6 12. Re1 O-O 13. d4 Bb7 {[#]} 14. Bf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. c3) 14... Nd5 (14... a5 $11 15. c3 Rfe8) 15. Bg3 $14 a5 16. c3 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Miron, Lucian-Costin"]
[Black "Tarlev, Konstantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,23,0,7,4,-4,4,23,20]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bf4 {E32: Nimzo-Indian: Classical (4 Qc2): 4...0-0} (7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 c5 9. e3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. a3 Bxc3+ 13. Qxc3 d4 14. Qxd4 Qxd4 15. exd4 {½-½ (28) Laznicka,V (2662)-Gelfand,B (2703) Novy Bor 2018}) 7... c5 8. e3 {[%cal Be2e3,Be3d4,Bd4d5][%mdl 32]} Nc6 9. dxc5 d4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 10. O-O-O {[%cal Re3d4]} Bxc5 11. exd4 Bb4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. a3 Bg4 {1-0 (56) Kuljasevic,D (2538)-Brkic,A (2596) Pozega 2018}) 12. d5 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Berescu, Alin-Mile"]
[Black "Ogleznev, Alexandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2333"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:33]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 5. Ng3 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 6. h4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 7. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 8. h5 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Bh7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 9. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bxd3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 10. Qxd3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 11. Bd2 {[%emt 0:01:32]} Ngf6 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 12. O-O-O {[%emt 0:03:36]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 13. Ne4 {[%emt 0:01:01]} O-O-O {[%emt 0:00:14]} 14. g3 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 15. Qxe4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 16. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 17. c4 {[%emt 0:05:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 18. Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:17]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 19. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 20. Kb1 {[%emt 0:04:38]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:01:11]} 21. Nb3 {[%emt 0:02:43]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:05:48]} 22. Rh4 {[%emt 0:01:29]} Rhd8 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 23. Rc1 {[%emt 0:01:16]} Kb8 {[%emt 0:07:08]} 24. a3 {[%emt 0:14:28]} Bc7 {[%emt 0:10:42]} 25. Ka2 {[%emt 0:12:18]} Ka8 {[%emt 0:08:25]} 26. Nd4 {[%emt 0:14:43]} Qc5 {[%emt 0:11:34]} 27. Nb3 {[%emt 0:02:16]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 28. Nd4 {[%emt 0:04:45]} Qc5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 29. Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Morozov, Nichita"]
[Black "Manea, Alexandru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2347"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,52,0,0,0,15,23,34,-5,6,2,6,6,4,4,5,16,6,0,19,20,18,18,20,12,15,24,22,25,25,6,50,49,51,50,39]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 Bf5 5. O-O Nbd7 6. b3 e6 7. Bb2 Bd6 8. Nbd2 h6 9. c4 O-O 10. Ne5 Qe7 {LiveBook: 10 Games} 11. a3 {D11: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 sidelines and 3...Nf6 4 e3 Bg4} Rac8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... a5 12. e3 Rfd8 13. f4 Bh7 14. Qe2 Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. g4 f5 18. Kh1 b5 {1-0 (42) Leon Valdes,J (2304)-Lopez Linares,L (2087) Montreal 2018}) 12. b4 Bb8 13. Nd3 (13. f3 {feels hotter.} Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd7 15. f4 Rcd8 16. Qe1) 13... e5 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. Nf3 Qb2 19. Nd4 Bd7 20. e3 Rc3 21. Qe2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Qxe2 22. Nxe2 Rc2 23. Nf4 Be6 24. Rad1 {[%cal Rf4d5]} Rc3 25. Nxd5 Nxd5 26. Bxd5 Rxa3 {Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 44%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Cioara, Andrei-Nestor"]
[Black "Ionescu, Constantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2427"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:02:06]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} b5 {[%emt 0:02:14]} 6. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:18]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:02:04]} 8. Re1 {[%emt 0:13:32]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:04:25]} 9. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:47]} d6 {[%emt 0:09:25]} 10. Bf4 {[%emt 0:12:46]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:11:13]} 11. a4 {[%emt 0:32:00]} b4 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 12. Nb1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Be7 {[%emt 0:01:54]} 13. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:02:33]} 14. a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Petrisor, Adrian-Marian"]
[Black "Vrencian, Lehel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2321"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 3. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 4. e3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 5. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 6. O-O {[%emt 0:00:27]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 7. a4 {[%emt 0:00:40]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 8. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:26]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:15:15]} 9. exd4 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 10. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 11. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:22]} 12. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nbd5 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 13. Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:06:35]} 14. Rd3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:08:32]} 15. Rg3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:01:43]} 16. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Be4 {[%emt 0:22:06]} 17. Bh6 {[%emt 0:06:16]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:03:13]} 18. Nxg6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} hxg6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 19. Bd2 {[%emt 0:01:51]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:05:05]} 20. Rh3 {[%emt 0:01:49]} Re8 {[%emt 0:03:18]} 21. c4 {[%emt 0:07:48]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 22. a5 {[%emt 0:04:47]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:02:13]} 23. Rb1 {[%emt 0:03:49]} Bf4 {[%emt 0:01:44]} 24. Bb4 {[%emt 0:04:42]} g5 {[%emt 0:05:28]} 25. Ba4 {[%emt 0:14:36]} Red8 {[%emt 0:03:33]} 26. Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Qxa5 {[%emt 0:02:26]} 27. Ra3 {[%emt 0:03:20]} Rxc5 {[%emt 0:02:59]} 28. dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Rd2 {[%emt 0:01:21]} 29. Qf3 {[%emt 0:01:38]} Qxc5 {[%emt 0:01:44]} 30. Rab3 {[%emt 0:11:44]} e5 {[%emt 0:06:53]} 31. Rxb7 {[%emt 0:27:21]} g4 {[%emt 0:04:38]} 32. Rb8+ {[%emt 0:00:39]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 33. Bc2+ {[%emt 0:04:02]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 34. Qb7 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Qxf2+ {[%emt 0:00:47]} 35. Kh1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 36. Bxg6 {[%emt 0:02:58]} Kxg6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 37. Rf8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 38. Rg8+ {[%emt 0:02:09]} Nxg8 {[%emt 0:01:12]} 39. Qxd7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 40. Qd1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Qd3 {[%emt 0:09:25]} e4 {[%emt 0:03:21]} 42. Qc3 {[%emt 0:01:22]} e3 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 43. Qd4 {[%emt 0:01:54]} g3 {[%emt 0:01:44]} 44. c5 {[%emt 0:02:25]} e2 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 45. Qa1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Be5 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 0-1

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Moldovan, Daniel"]
[Black "Ileana, George"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2406"]
[BlackElo "2318"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 6. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 8. Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:08]} 9. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Be6 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 10. Bf1 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 11. Nd5 {[%emt 0:03:04]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:07:33]} 12. c3 {[%emt 0:03:44] B70: Sicilian Dragon: 6 g3 and 6 Be2 (without a later Be3)} Nc4 {[%emt 0:04:38]} 13. Nxf6+ $146 {[%emt 0:27:31]} ({Predecessor:} 13. a4 Bxd5 14. exd5 Nb6 15. g4 a5 16. Bg2 Nc4 17. Nd4 Nb6 18. Nb5 Rc5 19. Be3 Rxd5 20. Bxd5 Nbxd5 {½-½ (55) Arribas Lopez,A (2442)-Espinosa Aranda,A (2397) Linares 2010}) 13... Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 14. Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:01:46]} 15. a4 {[%emt 0:05:48]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:02:42]} 16. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:19:23]} Rxc4 {[%emt 0:05:34]} 17. a5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 18. Qd3 {[%emt 0:01:50]} a6 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 19. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Rc5 {[%emt 0:02:26]} 20. b4 {[%emt 0:12:54]} Rc4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 21. Ra3 {[%emt 0:02:33]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 22. h3 {[%emt 0:04:29]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 23. f4 {[%emt 0:02:18]} e5 {[%emt 0:02:28]} 24. Nf3 {[%emt 0:05:51]} Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 25. Qe3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} exf4 {[%emt 0:01:14]} 26. Qxf4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 27. Nd4 {[%emt 0:01:22]} Bxd4+ {[%emt 0:00:53]} 28. cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 29. Be3 {[%emt 0:01:03]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:03:03]} 30. d5 {[%emt 0:02:45]} Qxb4 {[%emt 0:02:56]} 31. Raa1 $17 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:02:08]} 32. Rad1 {[%emt 0:01:20]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:04:18]} 33. Qh4 {[%emt 0:00:51]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:04:03]} 34. Bf4 {[%emt 0:01:29]} e3 {[%emt 0:01:44]} 35. Bxd6 {[%emt 0:02:36]} Rxh4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 36. Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} e2 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 37. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rh5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 0-1

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Carmaciu, Lucian-Catalin"]
[Black "Popescu, Daniel-Vasilica"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2374"]
[BlackElo "2131"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 4. e4 {[%emt 0:00:31]} fxe4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 5. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 6. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 7. Qh5+ {[%emt 0:00:19]} g6 {[%emt 0:01:54]} 8. Qh6 {[%emt 0:01:20]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:04:29]} 9. c3 {[%emt 0:00:31] A83: Dutch Defence: Staunton Gambit with 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 Bg5} d5 {[%emt 0:00:42]} (9... Qe7 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 11. O-O-O b6 12. f4 Bb7 13. Nf3 Ne7 14. Ne5 O-O-O 15. Rg1 {½-½ (15) Khruschiov,A (2430)-Kazakovskiy,V (2342) Moscow 2015}) 10. Nxf6+ {[%emt 0:00:34] Qxf} Qxf6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 11. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:07:43]} 12. Nf3 {[%emt 0:01:42]} O-O-O {[%emt 0:02:08]} 13. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:02:31]} Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 14. O-O $146 {[%emt 0:00:19]} ({Predecessor:} 14. O-O-O Bb5 15. Rhe1 Ba4 16. Rd2 Qf5 {1-0 (42) Da Ces,P (1975)-Acar,E (1473) Gelsenkirchen 2017}) 14... Bb5 {[%emt 0:03:18]} 15. Rfe1 {[%emt 0:01:18]} Rhf8 {[%emt 0:02:35]} 16. Re3 {[%emt 0:01:14]} Rde8 {[%emt 0:05:27]} 17. Qg5 {[%emt 0:03:46]} Qg7 {[%emt 0:05:02]} 18. Rae1 {[%emt 0:02:13]} h6 {[%emt 0:06:13]} 19. Qg4 {[%emt 0:01:42]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:03:15]} 20. Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rf6 {[%emt 0:06:48]} 21. h4 {[%emt 0:04:34]} Kb8 {[%emt 0:03:36]} 22. Rf3 {[%emt 0:01:24]} Ref8 {[%emt 0:28:12]} 23. Ree3 {[%emt 0:02:25]} Rxf3 {[%emt 0:02:26]} 24. Rxf3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rxf3 {[%emt 0:02:25]} 25. Qxf3 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Be8 {[%emt 0:03:09]} 26. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Kc8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 27. g4 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Kd8 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 28. g5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} hxg5 {[%emt 0:01:56]} 29. hxg5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:04:52]} 30. Qf6 {[%emt 0:00:27]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 31. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:23]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 32. b4 {[%emt 0:01:50]} cxb4 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 33. cxb4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 34. bxa5 {[%emt 0:00:43]} bxa5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 35. Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} a4 {[%emt 0:01:16]} 36. a3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 37. Nxg6 {[%emt 0:01:08]} Qxf6+ {[%emt 0:00:13]} 38. gxf6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:01:11]} 39. Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:52]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:01:18]} 40. Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Nd3 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 1-0

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Stoleriu, George"]
[Black "Pop, Alexandru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2362"]
[BlackElo "2292"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,135,13,8,13,12,26,20,22,20,18,0,0,0,0,11,5,-5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-14,-20,0,0,0,0,15,12,66,75,68,61,61,69,68,71,97,67,78,54,54,26,25,28,121,66,72,71,63,84,73,71,156,156,164,164,164,164,197,197,197,197,29949,29948,29937,12331,29953,8125,29966,243,237,236,236,236,236,236,29972,236,29969,236,29970,29970,29970,236,236,235,29973,29971,29960,235,235,235,235,235,235,235,235,235,235,235,235,235,235,235,235,235,235,235,235,235,235,235]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nge2 Nf6 5. Bg5 dxe4 6. a3 Be7 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. Nxe4 O-O 9. Qd2 {LiveBook: 8 Games. C12: French: Classical System: McCutcheon Variation} b6 10. g3 Bb7 11. Bg2 {White has an edge.} c6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Kh8 12. O-O-O Nd7 13. c3 Qe7 14. Qc2 c5 15. h4 Rac8 16. Ng5 g6 17. Bxb7 Rc7 18. Bg2 cxd4 19. Nxd4 Rfc8 20. Kb1 Qc5 21. Nxf7+ Kg7 {1-0 (21) Hamdouchi,H (2555)-Galli,J (2059) Calvi 2005}) 12. O-O Be7 13. c4 Nd7 14. Rfd1 Nf6 15. N2c3 Rc8 {[%cal Ba8c8,Bc8c7,Bc7d7][%mdl 32]} 16. Rac1 Rc7 17. Ng5 Rd7 18. Nf3 c5 {aiming for ...cxd4.} 19. d5 exd5 {White must now prevent ...d4.} 20. Ne5 d4 21. Nxd7 Qxd7 22. Qe2 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Qb7+ 24. Nd5 $1 Nxd5 25. Qf3 {[%mdl 64] Pin} Bg5 26. Rc2 {[#]} Ne3+ $1 27. fxe3 $14 Qxf3+ 28. Kxf3 Bxe3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} 29. b4 Rc8 30. Rb1 Kf8 31. bxc5 Rxc5 32. Rb5 Rc6 33. Ke2 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Rf6 34. Kd3 Bg1 (34... Rf1 $11) 35. Rg2 (35. Rb1 $16 Be3 36. a4) 35... Rf1 36. c5 bxc5 37. Rxc5 Rd1+ 38. Rd2 Rxd2+ (38... Rb1 $142) 39. Kxd2 $16 Bxh2 {KR-KB} 40. Rc8+ Ke7 41. Rc7+ Ke6 42. Rxa7 Bxg3 {[#]} 43. a4 $1 {[%cal Ba3a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} d3 $2 (43... Kd6 $18 44. Rxf7 Kc5) 44. a5 Bf2 45. Rb7 h5 46. Kxd3 g5 47. Ke2 $2 (47. a6 f5 48. Rh7 h4 49. a7 Bxa7 50. Rxa7 Kf6 51. Ra6+ Kf7 52. Ke2) 47... Bg1 $18 48. a6 f5 49. a7 Bxa7 50. Rxa7 {KR-K3P} Ke5 $2 (50... Kf6 $18 51. Ke3 h4 52. Ra6+ Kg7) 51. Kf2 $2 (51. Ke3 f4+ 52. Kf2 Kf5 53. Rf7+ Kg6 54. Rf8 Kh7 55. Rf6 Kg7 56. Ra6) 51... h4 $2 (51... Kf6 $18 52. Ke3 h4 53. Ra6+ Kg7) 52. Ra5+ $2 (52. Ra6 Ke4 53. Ra4+ Ke5 54. Ke3 h3 55. Kf3 g4+ 56. Kg3 Ke6 57. Ra6+ Kf7 58. Rd6) 52... Kf4 $2 (52... Kf6 $18 53. Kf3 Ke6) 53. Ra4+ Ke5 54. Ke3 $2 (54. Ra6 Kf4 55. Ra4+ Ke5 56. Kf3 Kf6 57. Ra6+ Kf7 58. Rh6 Kg7 59. Ra6) 54... Kf6 55. Ra6+ Ke5 $2 (55... Kg7 $18 56. Rc6 Kf7) 56. Rg6 g4 57. Rg5 $2 (57. Kf2 {mates} Kf4 58. Kg2 Ke4 59. Rh6 h3+ 60. Kg3 Ke5 61. Ra6 Ke4 62. Ra5) 57... h3 {White is clearly better.} 58. Rh5 Kf6 59. Kf4 Kg6 60. Rh4 Kf6 61. Rh6+ Kg7 62. Ra6 Kf7 63. Rb6 ({Weaker is} 63. Kxf5 h2 $11) 63... Kg7 64. Rc6 Kf7 65. Rd6 ({Avoid the trap} 65. Kxf5 $2 g3 $19) 65... Kg7 66. Rd7+ Kf6 67. Rc7 Kg6 68. Rc5 {Accuracy: White = 62%, Black = 47%.} 1-0

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Toma, Radu-Cristian"]
[Black "Nanu, Costica-Ciprian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2354"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,141,17,0,-13,27,8,29,-23,-13,-23,-22,-22,-27,-29,-33,-41,-29,-30,-21,-51,-54,-42,-21,-249,-243,-258,-141,-139,-93,-86,-92,-112,-107,-104,-96,-84,-93,-92,-77,-86,-62,-53,-58,-64,-63,-61,-56,-56,-41,-59,-54,-56,-31,-35,-27,-27,-13,-18,-18,-18,-18,-52,-45,-53,-53,-46,-45,-45,-42,-40,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-30,-30,-30,-31,-31,-32,-31,-30,-32,-27,-35,-7,-32,-32,-24,-24,-54,-46,-184,-182,-173,-172,-176,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. Qa4 Nfd7 {[%cal Bf6d7,Bd7b6,Bb6c4][%mdl 32] D78: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0 c6} (7... dxc4 8. Qxc4 Bf5 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Re1 Nb6 11. Qb3 Be6 12. Qd1 Nfd5 13. Ne4 Qc8 14. Neg5 Rd8 15. e4 Nc7 16. Bf4 Nb5 17. d5 cxd5 18. Rc1 {½-½ (79) Yu,Y (2751)-Grischuk,A (2772) Huaian 2017}) 8. cxd5 cxd5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 9. Qb3 e6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Nb6 10. Ne5 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Rd1 e5 13. dxe5 Bxe5 14. Nd2 Qe7 15. Qc2 Bg7 16. e4 Re8 17. Rb1 Ba6 18. b3 d4 19. Bf1 Bb7 20. Bg2 Ba6 21. Bf1 Bb7 22. Bg2 {½-½ (22) Lagunow,A (2404)-Palac,M (2546) Weyhe 2018}) 10. Bf4 Nc6 11. Bd6 (11. Rd1 $142) 11... Re8 $11 12. e3 Nb6 13. Ba3 Nc4 14. Rc1 Bd7 15. Nfd2 N6a5 16. Qd1 Rc8 17. b3 Nxa3 18. Nxa3 Qe7 19. Nab1 $2 (19. Rxc8 $11 {and White is okay.} Rxc8 20. Nc2) 19... Rxc1 $19 20. Qxc1 Rc8 ({Black should play} 20... e5 $19 21. Nc3 Rc8) 21. Qb2 $17 {[#]} Qc5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 22. Na3 (22. dxc5 Bxb2) 22... Qc3 23. Qxc3 Rxc3 24. Rd1 Bf8 25. Ndb1 Rc8 {aiming for ...b5.} 26. Bf1 Nc6 27. Nc2 Nb4 28. Nxb4 Bxb4 29. Bd3 a5 30. Kf1 Kf8 31. Ke2 Ke7 32. a3 Bd6 33. Kd2 f6 34. Rc1 Rf8 35. a4 Bb4+ 36. Kd1 Rc8 37. Rxc8 Bxc8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} 38. f4 {[#]} e5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 39. fxe5 (39. dxe5 fxe5) 39... fxe5 40. dxe5 Bg4+ 41. Be2 Bxe2+ 42. Kxe2 $15 {KB-KN} Ke6 43. Nd2 Bxd2 44. Kxd2 Kxe5 $11 {KP-KP} 45. Kd3 h5 46. h4 b6 47. Kd2 $1 Kf5 (47... Ke4 $5 48. Ke2 $8 Kf5 $11) 48. Kd3 Kg4 49. Kd4 Kxg3 50. Kxd5 Kxh4 51. e4 Kg5 52. e5 h4 {And now ...h3 would win.} 53. e6 h3 ({Reject} 53... Kf6 54. Kd6 $14) 54. e7 h2 55. e8=Q h1=Q+ {KQ-KQ} 56. Kc4 Qf1+ 57. Kc3 ({White must play} 57. Kd5 $1 $15) 57... Qf6+ $19 58. Kd3 Kh6 59. Kc4 Qf4+ $2 (59... g5 $19 {Threatens to win with ...g4.} 60. Qe2 Qc6+ 61. Kd4 Qf6+ 62. Kd3 Qd6+ 63. Kc3 Qb4+ 64. Kc2 Qc5+ 65. Kd3 Qd5+ 66. Kc3 Qf5) 60. Kb5 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} Qb4+ (60... g5 {keeps more tension.} 61. Kxb6 g4 62. Kxa5 Qg5+ 63. Kb4 g3) 61. Ka6 Qxb3 {White must now prevent ...g5.} 62. Qh8+ Kg5 63. Qe5+ Kg4 64. Qe4+ Kh5 {Strongly threatening ...g5.} 65. Qe2+ Kh6 66. Qh2+ $1 Kg7 67. Qe5+ Kf7 68. Qf4+ Ke7 69. Qg5+ Kd7 70. Qxg6 Qxa4 {...Qd4 is the strong threat.} 71. Qxb6 {Precision: White = 66%, Black = 68%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vavric, Pavel"]
[Black "Shevchenko, Kirill"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2351"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,72,0,4,0,10,9,2,0,10,-10,-9,-7,-5,-37,-33,-44,-39,-39,-31,-87,-90,-97,-83,-156,-83,-125,-100,-119,-111,-139,-134,-131,-97,-105,-105,-108,-105,-156,-152,-153,-129,-191,-144,-311,-304,-301,-294,-516,-489,-556,-533,-1048,-879,-818,-789]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. d4 b6 8. Nf3 Bb7 9. Be2 Bd6 10. O-O O-O {LiveBook: 4 Games. A18: English Opening: Flohr-Mikenas System (1 c4 Nf6 2 Nc3 e6 3 e4)} 11. a4 Nc6 12. Rb1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Bg5 Qg6 13. Bh4 Na5 14. Re1 h6 15. Rb1 Be4 16. Rb2 Rac8 17. Bf1 c5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 {0-1 (52) Jakubowski,K (2563)-Socko,B (2600) Katowice 2016}) 12... Bf4 {The position is equal.} 13. Bxf4 Qxf4 14. Qd2 (14. g3 {with more complications.} Qh6 15. Re1 Rad8 16. h4 Na5 17. Ng5) 14... Qxd2 15. Nxd2 Na5 16. c5 Rfd8 17. Nb3 {[#] aiming for Nxa5.} Nxb3 18. Rxb3 Bc6 19. a5 (19. Bb5 $15 Bd5 20. Rbb1) 19... bxc5 $17 ({Of course not} 19... bxa5 $6 20. Ra3 $11) 20. dxc5 Kf8 21. c4 (21. Rfb1 $142) 21... Ke7 (21... Rd2 $142 22. Bf3 Bxf3 23. Rxf3 Rb8) 22. Ra1 a6 23. Kf1 Rab8 24. Rab1 Rxb3 25. Rxb3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} e5 26. f3 f5 27. Kf2 Ke6 28. Rb2 ({White should try} 28. g3) 28... g5 29. Rb3 h5 {[%cal Bh7h5,Bh5g4][%mdl 32]} 30. g3 (30. Rb1 $17) 30... Rd2 $19 31. Rb8 $2 {[#]} (31. h3 $17) 31... g4 $1 {[%cal Rg4f3]} 32. fxg4 hxg4 33. Ke1 $2 (33. Ke3 {was forced.} Ra2 34. Rc8) 33... Ra2 {Black is clearly winning.} 34. Rc8 Bf3 35. Bf1 Kd7 36. Rf8 e4 {Accuracy: White = 24%, Black = 79%.} 0-1

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Itkis, Boris"]
[Black "Ionescu, Doru-Alexandru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2321"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,159,32,31,53,50,49,37,70,70,71,75,65,67,75,75,96,66,57,64,55,40,43,35,50,45,39,27,37,25,49,48,69,60,62,75,72,39,46,36,81,0,33,33,53,0,0,0,14,8,16,27,145,0,62,70,139,134,237,90,144,134,148,128,144,193,227,226,222,222,230,228,225,215,234,239,228,56,66,60,184,168,158,141,141,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,83,85,1503,1503,1503,1489,1503,1503,1503,1488,1495,1488,1488,1488,1481,1474,1466,1466,1444,1447,1416,1406,1358,1323,598,345,1273,1251,1183,880,794,699,513,445,29961,29961,29963,29964,29963,29965,29965,29966,29966,29967,29969,29969,29971,4141,5730,4141]} 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 d6 7. Bg2 Bd7 8. O-O Nf6 9. b3 {A34: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3, lines with ...d5} (9. Nxc6 Bxc6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Qa4 Qc7 12. Bf4 Nd7 13. b4 Be7 14. c5 e5 15. cxd6 Bxd6 16. Be3 O-O {1-0 (39) Fridman,D (2670)-Appel,R (2525) Germany 2013}) 9... Be7 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Qd2 {LiveBook: 5 Games. White is slightly better.} Qb8 12. Rfd1 Rd8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Ra7 13. Ba3 Rd8 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. e4 c5 {0-1 (38) Silbermann,F-Morawietz,D (2400) Cologne 1994}) 13. Rac1 Qa7 14. Na4 e5 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 {[#]} 17. c5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} dxc5 18. Qe3 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 c4 20. Qxe5 cxb3 21. axb3 Bf8 22. Qf5 Nd5 $1 23. Qc2 Nb4 24. Qc4 a5 25. Qg4 Nd5 26. e4 Ne3 27. fxe3 Qxe3+ 28. Kh1 {Bc3 is the strong threat.} Qxb3 29. Ra1 Rb8 30. Qd1 ({White should try} 30. Qe2 $1 $16) 30... Qe3 31. Qc2 Rb4 32. e5 ({Better is} 32. Kg2 $14) 32... Qf3+ $11 33. Kg1 $1 h5 34. Rf1 Qe3+ 35. Kh1 h4 (35... g6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 36. gxh4 ({Stronger than} 36. Qxc6 Qe2 $17) (36. Bc3 $1 $16 {[%cal Rc3b4]} Qe4+ 37. Qxe4 Rxe4 38. Rf4 Rxf4 39. gxf4) 36... Qh3 ({Black should play} 36... Rxh4 $11 37. Bc3 Rf4 38. Rxf4 Qxf4) 37. Qf2 $14 {And now Ba3 would win.} Qb3 (37... Qe6 $14 38. Nc3 a4) 38. Nc3 $16 a4 (38... Qc4 $16 {was worth a try.}) 39. Ba1 (39. Ba3 $1 $18 {[%cal Ra3b4] is the precise move to win.} Rb7 40. Bxf8 Qxc3 41. Bxg7 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 39... Rg4 (39... Be7 $142) 40. h5 Qc4 41. Qf3 Be7 42. h6 gxh6 {[#]} 43. Nxa4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bg5 {Hoping for ...Rf4.} (43... Qxa4 44. Qxf7+) 44. Nb2 Qe6 {intending ...Rf4.} 45. Nd3 Rh4 46. Nc5 Qa2 {[%csl Gh4][%cal Ra2h2]} 47. Qg2 Qc4 48. Nd7 $2 (48. Nb7 $18) 48... Rg4 $14 49. Nb6 $1 {[%cal Rb6c4]} Qb5 (49... Qe6 $1 $14 50. Qf2 Rf4) 50. Qh3 $18 h5 51. e6 fxe6 52. Nd7 ({Wrong is} 52. Qf3 $2 Rf4 $19) (52. Bd4 $16) 52... Qd5+ $11 53. Qf3 {Threatens to win with Qxd5.} Rf4 54. Qxd5 Rxf1+ 55. Kg2 exd5 (55... cxd5 $11 56. Kxf1 Bf4) 56. Kxf1 $16 Kf7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (56... Be7 $16) 57. Ne5+ $18 Ke6 58. Nxc6 Kf5 59. Ke2 Ke4 60. Bd4 Bf4 61. h3 Bd6 62. Bf2 Bf8 63. Nd4 Bg7 64. Ne6 Bf6 65. Nc5+ Kf4 66. Nd3+ Ke4 67. Bg3 Be7 68. Nf2+ Kd4 $2 (68... Kf5 69. Ke3 Bg5+ 70. Kf3 h4) 69. Kf3 Kc4 70. Bb8 Bg5 71. Be5 Bh6 72. Nd1 Kd3 (72... Bg5 $18 73. Ne3+ Kc5) 73. Nb2+ Kc2 74. Ke2 Kb3 75. Kd3 Bf8 76. Nd1 Kb4 77. Kd4 Kb3 78. Ne3 Bh6 79. Nxd5 Kc2 80. Ke4 {Accuracy: White = 67%, Black = 28%.} 1-0

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gheorghiu, Calin"]
[Black "David, Alexandru-Vasile"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2278"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,50,10,5,-55,-25,-68,-45,-60,-75,-261,-242,-189,-162,-262,-271,-297,-283,-540,-540,-540,-540,-946,-943,-939,-927,-853,-719,-29996,-29997,-29997,-29997]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nbd7 8. Nge2 {E81: King's Indian: Sämisch: 6th move deviations (including 6 Be3 c6)} b5 9. cxb5 axb5 10. Nxb5 c6 11. Nbc3 e5 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 12. dxe5 $146 (12. d5 $11) ({Predecessor:} 12. O-O-O Qa5 13. Bh6 Nb6 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. dxe5 dxe5 {0-1 (34) Duda,J (2737)-Grischuk,A (2766) chess.com INT 2018}) 12... Nxe5 $15 13. Nd4 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Nxc6 $2 (15. Nxd5 $17 Qxd5 16. Be2) 15... Nxc6 $19 16. Nxd5 Ra5 17. Rd1 (17. Nb6 $142 Qe7 18. Kf2 (18. Nxc8 Rxc8 19. Bd3 Re5 $19)) 17... Re8 18. Kf2 {[#] Strongly threatening b4.} Bd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 19. Bc4 $2 (19. Nf6+ {only move.} Bxf6 20. Qxd8 Rxd8 21. Bc4) (19. Bxd4 Rxd5) 19... Rxd5 {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender} 20. Bxd5 Rxe3 21. Qxe3 Bxe3+ 22. Kxe3 Qb6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 23. Kf4 Nd4 {( -> ...Ne2+)} 24. Be4 Ne2+ 25. Kg5 Kg7 {[%mdl 64] Decoy} 0-1

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vasiesiu, Victor"]
[Black "Dobre, Mihai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2104"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 3. f4 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:02:41]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 5. d4 {[%emt 0:01:26]} d5 {[%emt 0:06:10]} 6. e5 {[%emt 0:02:54]} Nh6 {[%emt 0:04:49]} 7. Ne2 {[%emt 0:01:25]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:02:00]} 8. c3 {[%emt 0:00:35]} h5 {[%emt 0:09:59]} 9. Ng3 {[%emt 0:04:15]} Nh4 {[%emt 0:03:18]} 10. Be3 {[%emt 0:24:39]} Nxf3+ {[%emt 0:04:59]} 11. Qxf3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 12. cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Qa5+ {[%emt 0:11:49]} 13. Kf2 {[%emt 0:02:02]} Qb4 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 14. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:56]} g6 {[%emt 0:10:40]} 15. Rd2 {[%emt 0:04:27]} Qa4 {[%emt 0:09:54]} 16. a3 {[%emt 0:02:10]} Na5 {[%emt 0:03:50]} 17. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:49]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:01:15]} 18. Ne2 {[%emt 0:03:36]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:02:18]} 19. Rc1 {[%emt 0:20:48]} Rxc1 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 20. Nxc1 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Be7 {[%emt 0:02:33]} 21. Rc2 {[%emt 0:02:51]} Bd8 {[%emt 0:02:23]} 22. Qd1 {[%emt 0:07:42]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:04:06]} 23. Ne2 {[%emt 0:04:52]} Bb6 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 24. Rc1 {[%emt 0:02:00]} Qxd1 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 25. Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 26. h3 {[%emt 0:03:01]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 27. g4 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Rh8 {[%emt 0:02:35]} 28. Kg3 {[%emt 0:01:10]} g5 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 29. f5 {[%emt 0:03:24]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:04:53]} 30. Bxg5+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 31. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} fxg5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 32. f6+ {[%emt 0:00:12]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 33. gxh5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Rxh5 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 34. Kg4 {[%emt 0:01:16]} Rh4+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} 35. Kxg5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Rxh3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 36. Bg6+ {[%emt 0:03:11]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 37. Rd3 {[%emt 0:02:03]} Rh1 {[%emt 0:08:04]} 38. Nf4 {[%emt 0:01:17]} Rg1+ {[%emt 0:00:26]} 39. Kh6 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Re1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 40. Bh7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Be3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Rxe3 {[%emt 0:04:53]} Rxe3 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 42. Ng6+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 43. Nh8+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 44. Ng6+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 45. Nh8+ {[%emt 0:01:41]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Patrascu, Catalin-Lucian"]
[Black "Ardelean, George-Catalin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2268"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,97,18,27,60,29,55,47,68,43,74,70,72,81,65,79,107,27,27,29,25,24,30,20,35,33,45,19,21,9,11,0,0,-69,0,0,0,0,38,9,59,0,60,58,85,87,70,74,92,89,100,0,136,0,90,0,102,18,87,79,152,148,175,172,174,161,300,77,77,91,77,102,94,43,43,20,20,20,29,0,20,0,29,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e5 4. Bxc4 exd4 5. exd4 Bd6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 {LiveBook: 43 Games. D20: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 e3 and 3 e4} c6 (9... Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nc6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qxf6 gxf6 14. Rd1 Rad8 15. Nc3 f5 16. Kf1 Kg7 {½-½ (37) Ivanisevic,I (2662)-Predojevic,B (2621) Kragujevac 2015}) 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Bb3 {White is slightly better.} Nb6 12. Ne5 Be6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Bf5 13. Qf3 Bh7 14. Rfe1 a5 15. Ng4 Be7 16. Rxe7 {1-0 (16) Rouzaud,P (2258)-Deschamps,R (2098) Condom 2004}) 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Qb3 Qe8 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Nc4 (16. Nd3 $16) 16... Nxc4 $11 17. Qxc4 f5 18. Rfe1 {[%cal Bf1e1,Be1e3,Be3b3][%mdl 32]} Rf6 19. Re3 Qd7 20. Rae1 {[%cal Re3e6]} Kf7 21. Nb1 Rd8 22. Rb3 b5 23. Qe2 Bc7 24. Rd1 ({White should try} 24. Nd2 $11) 24... Rg6 (24... e5 $1 $15) 25. Rbd3 Rg4 26. g3 a6 27. b3 Qd6 28. Qe3 (28. h3 $14 Rg7 29. Nd2) 28... Kg7 (28... Bb6 $1 $11 29. Qxh6 Rxd4 30. Qh5+ Kf8 31. Qh8+ Ke7 32. Qg7+ Ke8 33. Qh8+ Ke7 34. Qh7+ Kf8 35. Qh8+ Ke7) 29. Nc3 $14 Bb6 {[%cal Rg4d4] [#]} 30. Ne2 $1 Re4 31. Qf3 b4 32. Nf4 {Black must now prevent Qh5.} Kh7 33. Ne2 ({White should play} 33. Kg2 $16) 33... Qd5 (33... Kg7 $11 {remains equal.}) 34. Nf4 (34. Qh5 $16 Qd7 35. Kf1 (35. Nf4 Rg8 $14)) 34... Qd7 (34... Qd6 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 35. Ne2 (35. Kf1 $16) 35... Qg7 (35... Qd5 $1 $11) 36. Kf1 (36. Re3 $16) 36... Rd6 (36... Bxd4 $11 37. Rxd4 Rexd4 38. Nxd4 Rxd4) 37. Qh5 Rg4 (37... Bxd4 $142 38. f3 Rxe2 39. Kxe2 Qd7) 38. Qe8 $16 Qc7 39. Nf4 Rg8 40. Qh5 Qd7 (40... Qg7 $142) 41. Qe2 $2 {[#]} (41. Re3 $18) 41... Bxd4 42. Nxe6 $1 c5 43. Nxd4 cxd4 44. Qe5 (44. Qd2 $16) 44... Rd8 $1 $14 45. Kg1 Rd5 46. Qf6 Rd6 47. Qe5 Rd5 48. Qf6 Rd6 49. Qe5 {Accuracy: White = 35%, Black = 44%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Szabo, Attila"]
[Black "Vajda, Levente"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2263"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:32]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:01:43]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 5. Bc4 {[%emt 0:03:19]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 6. O-O {[%emt 0:01:14]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:19]} 7. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:39]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 8. a4 {[%emt 0:00:28]} b6 {[%emt 0:02:20]} 9. b3 {[%emt 0:10:05]} a6 {[%emt 0:01:26]} 10. Ba3 {[%emt 0:04:03]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:03:03]} 11. Qd2 {[%emt 0:02:07]} b5 {[%emt 0:01:34]} 12. axb5 {[%emt 0:03:14]} axb5 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 13. dxe5 {[%emt 0:17:21]} Rxa3 {[%emt 0:09:00]} 14. Rxa3 {[%emt 0:01:41]} dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 15. Ra7 {[%emt 0:01:03]} Qb8 {[%emt 0:02:23]} 16. Rxb7 {[%emt 0:01:14]} Qxb7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 17. Bf1 {[%emt 0:07:56]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 18. Re2 {[%emt 0:03:44]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:11:25]} 19. h3 {[%emt 0:15:44]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:04:39]} 20. Re3 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:06:16]} 21. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:05:44]} Ncxe4 {[%emt 0:01:49]} 22. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:02:08]} Nxd2 {[%emt 0:02:26]} 23. Nxa5 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Nxf1 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 24. Kxf1 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Bxa5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 25. Nxb5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 26. c3 {[%emt 0:04:50]} Rd1+ {[%emt 0:02:50]} 27. Re1 {[%emt 0:01:31]} Rd5 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 0-1

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vasilescu, Lucian-Mihail"]
[Black "Balla, Tamas-Kristof"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2197"]
[BlackElo "2316"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,134,-15,-3,-22,-27,-26,0,-21,-18,-51,-34,-50,-39,-54,-57,-63,-59,-66,-50,-97,-65,-66,-61,-54,-58,-83,-70,-79,-69,-81,-22,-21,-31,-25,12,-16,11,-39,-37,-55,-44,-53,-40,-51,-63,-161,0,0,0,-8,-8,-12,-9,-48,0,-35,-35,-41,-56,-160,-135,-177,0,0,0,-94,-115,-99,0,-201,-209,-277,-279,-283,-273,-370,-210,-200,-204,-688,-680,-529,-659,-643,-632,-601,-604,-763,-737,-672,-656,-637,-574,-29956,-483,-483,-483,-483,-483,-467,-467,-899,-828,-1277,-1212,-2449,-1895,-29968,-29967,-5591,-5114,-29985,-29986,-29985,-29986]} 1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. d3 e6 6. Nf3 Nge7 7. Bg5 {A37: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7 5 Nf3} (7. Bd2 b6 8. Qc1 h6 9. O-O Bb7 10. a3 d6 11. Rb1 Qd7 12. b4 Rd8 13. Nb5 Ba8 14. Rd1 g5 15. bxc5 bxc5 {½-½ (55) Bachmann,A (2642)-Bologan,V (2654) Philadelphia 2016}) 7... h6 8. Bd2 O-O 9. Qc1 Kh7 10. a3 d5 11. Rb1 a5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 12. Qc2 b6 13. O-O d4 14. Na4 Bd7 15. Ra1 e5 16. Rfb1 Qc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... f5 17. b4 e4 {0-1 (74) Kenney,J (2124)-Ekeberg,C (2303) Reykjavik 2014}) 17. Ne1 Ra6 18. Ra2 h5 19. b3 Bh6 20. h4 Bxd2 21. Qxd2 Nd8 22. Nf3 f6 23. Nb2 Nec6 24. Nd1 Nf7 25. e3 dxe3 (25... Raa8 $17) 26. Nxe3 $11 Be6 27. Ne1 Nh6 28. N1c2 Rd8 29. Nd5 Bxd5 $1 30. Bxd5 Ne7 31. Ne3 f5 32. Re1 Ra7 33. Qc1 ({White should try} 33. Nd1 $15) 33... Ng4 $2 (33... f4 $19 34. gxf4 exf4) 34. Nxg4 hxg4 35. Rae2 Nxd5 36. cxd5 Rxd5 {White should prevent ...Qd6.} 37. h5 Qe7 38. hxg6+ Kxg6 39. Qc3 {[%cal Re2e5]} Kf6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] And now ...Qe8 would win. Black has the initiative.} 40. Qd2 (40. Qc1 $15 Kg6 41. Qb2) 40... Qg7 $17 {aiming for ...Qh8.} 41. Kg2 Ke6 $2 ({Better is} 41... Ra8 $19 42. Rh1 Rh8 43. Rxh8 Qxh8) 42. Rh1 $11 Rf7 43. Ree1 (43. b4 $11 {remains equal.}) 43... Kd7 $17 44. Rh5 {b4 would now be nice for White.} Rd4 {[#]} (44... f4 $1 $17 {Threatens to win with ...Qg6.} 45. gxf4 Rxf4) 45. Qe3 $2 (45. b4 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512] and White stays safe.} axb4 46. axb4 Rxb4 47. Qa2) 45... Kc7 $19 46. Reh1 f4 47. gxf4 exf4 48. Qe8 f3+ (48... g3 $142 49. Qxf7+ Qxf7) 49. Kg3 {[#]} Qf6 $1 {[%cal Rf6f4] ( -> ...Qf4+)} ({But not} 49... Rxd3 $2 50. Rh8 $18) 50. Qxf7+ $2 (50. Qe5+ Qxe5+ 51. Rxe5) 50... Qxf7 51. Rh7 {[#]} Qxh7 $1 52. Rxh7+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} Kc6 53. Rh6+ Kb7 54. Rg6 Rxd3 55. Rxg4 Rxb3 56. a4 Rb4 {White must now prevent ...Rxg4+.} 57. Kxf3 c4 (57... Rxg4 $142 58. Kxg4 {[#]} b5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 59. f4 bxa4 60. f5 Kc6 61. Kh3 a3 62. Kg3 a2 63. Kh2 c4 64. Kg3 c3 65. f6 a1=Q 66. f7 Qf1 67. f8=Q Qxf8 68. Kh2 c2 69. Kg3 c1=Q 70. Kh4 Qff4+ 71. Kh5 Qg5#) 58. Ke3 Rxa4 59. f4 Ra3+ 60. Kd4 c3 61. Kd3 (61. Rg2 $142 Ra4+ 62. Kxc3 Rxf4 63. Kb2) 61... b5 {[%cal Bb6b5,Bb5b4,Bb4b3][%mdl 32]} 62. f5 b4 63. f6 Ra2 64. Rf4 Rd2+ 65. Ke3 Rd8 66. f7 c2 67. Rf1 b3 {Accuracy: White = 21%, Black = 60%.} 0-1

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Scripcaru, George-Daniel"]
[Black "Ognean, Mihnea-Ionut"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2176"]
[BlackElo "2291"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. g3 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 4. O-O {[%emt 0:00:25]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 5. d3 {[%emt 0:00:38]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 6. e4 {[%emt 0:01:26]} Nge7 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 7. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:01:39]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:25]} 8. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:36]} d5 {[%emt 0:04:01]} 9. Qe2 {[%emt 0:06:48]} b6 {[%emt 0:06:07]} 10. e5 {[%emt 0:01:54]} f6 {[%emt 0:01:58]} 11. exf6 {[%emt 0:02:28]} Bxf6 {[%emt 0:01:39]} 12. Nf1 {[%emt 0:02:16]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:03:24]} 13. c3 {[%emt 0:00:53]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:22:44]} 14. Ne3 {[%emt 0:01:25]} Nxe3 {[%emt 0:10:31]} 15. Bxe3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 16. Bh6 {[%emt 0:10:39]} Rf7 {[%emt 0:03:07]} 17. h4 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:02:40]} 18. Bf4 {[%emt 0:02:39]} Qf8 {[%emt 0:02:38]} 19. Ng5 {[%emt 0:04:51]} Bxg5 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 20. Bxg5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 21. Qd2 {[%emt 0:05:21]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 22. Rf1 {[%emt 0:02:44]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:03:12]} 23. Rae1 {[%emt 0:01:51]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:01:13]} 24. g4 {[%emt 0:03:53]} Ng7 {[%emt 0:05:08]} 25. f4 {[%emt 0:06:29]} d4 {[%emt 0:04:01]} 26. c4 {[%emt 0:01:19]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 27. Bh6 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Bxg2 {[%emt 0:06:23]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ciorica, Mihai-Vlad"]
[Black "Baratosi, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2097"]
[BlackElo "2373"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. g3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} d6 {[%emt 0:01:48]} 4. d4 {[%emt 0:01:02]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 5. c3 {[%emt 0:10:01]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:01:36]} 6. Qb3 {[%emt 0:02:21]} e6 {[%emt 0:01:29]} 7. Bg5 {[%emt 0:02:54]} h6 {[%emt 0:02:09]} 8. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:58]} Qxf6 {[%emt 0:01:16]} 9. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:10:33]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:02:31]} 10. d5 {[%emt 0:11:01]} exd5 {[%emt 0:03:35]} 11. Qxd5 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Qf7 {[%emt 0:01:37]} 12. Qxf7+ {[%emt 0:01:56]} Kxf7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 13. e3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:01:36]} 14. O-O {[%emt 0:04:27]} Re8 {[%emt 0:02:38]} 15. Nd4 {[%emt 0:09:36]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:03:26]} 16. Nc4 {[%emt 0:06:01]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:07:35]} 17. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:01:03]} dxe5 {[%emt 0:04:45]} 18. Nb5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 19. Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 20. Nxc8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rbxc8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 21. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Andronescu, Madalin"]
[Black "Vasiesiu, Dan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2070"]
[BlackElo "2394"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 3. c4 {[%emt 0:00:23]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 5. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:52]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:28]} 6. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:40]} e5 {[%emt 0:01:12]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:05:20]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:01:40]} 8. d5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 9. b4 {[%emt 0:01:03]} Ne8 {[%emt 0:01:44]} 10. Ne1 {[%emt 0:01:58]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 11. Nd3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:02:26]} 12. f3 {[%emt 0:01:14]} f4 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 13. c5 {[%emt 0:03:11]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 14. Bd2 {[%emt 0:07:31]} h5 {[%emt 0:01:56]} 15. Nf2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 16. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Rf7 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 17. h3 {[%emt 0:03:08] E99: King's Indian: Classical Main Line: 9 Ne1 Nd7 10 f3 f5} (17. cxd6 cxd6 18. a4 Bf8 19. h3 Rg7 20. Nb5 a6 21. Na3 Bd7 22. a5 b5 23. Rc3 Rc8 24. Rxc8 Bxc8 25. Qc2 g4 26. fxg4 hxg4 27. Rc1 g3 28. Qxc8 gxf2+ 29. Kxf2 Nxe4+ {0-1 (43) Arutinian,D (2562)-Baryshpolets,A (2474) Pardubice 2011}) 17... Bf8 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 18. Nb5 {[%emt 0:03:12]} a6 {[%emt 0:04:32]} 19. Na3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rg7 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 20. Be1 $146 {[%emt 0:07:50]} ({Predecessor:} 20. Rc3 a5 21. bxa5 dxc5 22. Nc4 Bd6 23. Rb3 Nh8 24. Bc3 Nf7 {0-1 (43) Yakimenko,A (2194)-Pavlidis,A (2352) Bansko 2010}) 20... Nh8 {[%emt 0:04:19]} 21. b5 {[%emt 0:11:51]} axb5 {[%emt 0:07:09]} 22. Nxb5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 23. Nd3 {[%emt 0:01:16]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:05:05]} 24. Bf2 {[%emt 0:09:08]} b6 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 25. d6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} cxd6 {[%emt 0:14:04]} 26. Qb3+ {[%emt 0:01:21]} Nf7 {[%emt 0:01:26]} 27. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:04:26]} 28. Nb2 {[%emt 0:05:21]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:02:28]} 29. Bc4 {[%emt 0:01:02]} Nh6 {[%emt 0:01:16]} 30. Bd5 {[%emt 0:03:50]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:04:03]} 31. Qxd5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 32. Qb3 {[%emt 0:02:12]} g4 {[%emt 0:01:55]} 33. hxg4 {[%emt 0:07:51]} hxg4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 34. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:19]} g3 {[%emt 0:07:43]} 35. Bg1 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:02:49]} 36. Nc4 {[%emt 0:02:27]} Nf7 {[%emt 0:02:55]} 37. Rd2 {[%emt 0:01:59]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:11:39]} 38. Nc3 $19 {[%emt 0:01:38]} (38. Nxb6 $17 Bxb5+ 39. Ke1) 38... Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 39. Nxb6 {[%emt 0:03:40]} Qa7 {[%emt 0:01:43]} 40. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ng5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Rdb2 {[%emt 0:02:57]} Rgb7 {[%emt 0:03:27]} 42. Nca4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Be7 {[%emt 0:03:38]} 43. Qd1 {[%emt 0:05:15]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:05:02]} 44. Ke1 {[%emt 0:01:09]} Nf7 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 45. Rb3 {[%emt 0:08:01]} Bd8 {[%emt 0:02:31]} 0-1

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Casangiu, Paul-Horatiu"]
[Black "Mateuta, Gabriel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2027"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,116,-9,14,4,4,8,8,-47,-61,-48,-66,-62,-51,-122,-121,-125,-74,-100,-45,-124,-58,-174,-147,-141,-138,-163,-160,-537,-235,-219,-216,-221,-201,-203,-137,-165,-131,-141,-85,-89,-89,-155,-85,-84,-20,-16,-23,-11,-11,-149,-146,-127,-159,-207,-131,-147,-62,-69,-22,-22,-26,-75,-76,-306,-306,-306,-306,-708,-708,-459,-696,-708,-297,-708,-708,-704,-697,-682,-682,-604,-431,-708,-708,-708,-683,-664,-637,-626,-626,-5788,-5724,-5129,-4422,-4670,-3885,-2772,-2432,-1582,-1175,-5583,-698,-5575,-5132,-4618,-4618]} 1. c4 e6 2. d4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd2 Nc6 7. Nc2 Be7 {LiveBook: 19 Games. A32: Symmetrical English: 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 e6} (7... Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Ne4 9. Qd3 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 Qf6 11. Qxf6 gxf6 12. g3 b6 13. Bg2 Bb7 14. O-O-O Ke7 15. b3 {0-1 (46) Ju,W (2548)-Adhiban,B (2653) Wijk aan Zee 2016}) 8. g3 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 {The position is equal.} 10. Bg2 (10. Be3 $11) 10... d4 $15 11. Ne4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Nb5 Qb6 12. a4 a6 13. Nba3 Be6 14. O-O O-O 15. a5 {0-1 (45) Vasquez,J-Rubinetti,J Sao Paulo 1972}) 11... Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Bh3 13. f3 (13. e3 $15) 13... O-O $1 $17 14. Bf4 Qb6 (14... g5 $142 15. Bc1 Rc8) 15. Qd3 h6 ({Better is} 15... Rad8 $17) 16. g4 (16. Qb3 $15) 16... Rac8 (16... Qxb2 17. Kf2 $14) (16... Nd8 $17 {White must now prevent ...Ne6.} 17. O-O-O (17. Qxd4 Bc5 $17) 17... Ne6) 17. Kf2 ({White should play} 17. Bh7+ $15 Kh8 18. Bf5) 17... Bh4+ ({Don't blunder} 17... Qxb2 $2 18. Kg3 $18) 18. Bg3 Ne5 $1 {[%cal Re5d3]} 19. Qxd4 Qf6 20. Kg1 $2 {[#]} (20. Rhd1 $17 {is more resistant.} Rc4 21. Qd5 Nxg4+ 22. Kg1 Bxg3 23. hxg3 Qb6+ 24. Nd4) 20... Bxg3 (20... Rxc2 $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 21. Qf2 (21. Bxe5 $2 Rxe2 22. Bxf6 Rg2+ 23. Kf1 Rxb2+ 24. Kg1 Rg2+ 25. Kf1 gxf6 $19) (21. Bxc2 Nxf3+) 21... Nxf3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 22. Qxf3 Rxb2) 21. hxg3 $19 {[#] Strongly threatening f4.} Rxc2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 22. Qf2 (22. Bxc2 Nxf3+) 22... Rxb2 {And now ...Rb4 would win.} 23. Rxh3 Rd8 24. Rh5 g5 25. Re1 Rdd2 (25... Rxa2 $142 26. Qe3 b5) 26. Bf5 $17 ({Avoid the trap} 26. Qxa7 $2 Rxe2 27. Rf1 Nxg4 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]}) 26... Qa6 27. Rh2 (27. Kf1 $142) 27... Rxa2 (27... Qc6 $142 $1 {Threatens to win with ...Nxf3+!} 28. Be4 Qd6) 28. f4 Nd3 (28... gxf4 $17 29. gxf4 Nd3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 30. Bxd3 Rxd3 {[%mdl 64] Pin}) 29. Bxd3 $11 Rxd3 {[%mdl 64] Pin} 30. fxg5 Qd6 31. gxh6 (31. Kf1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 31... Rxg3+ $17 32. Rg2 Rxg2+ 33. Qxg2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Ra3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Hoping for ...Rg3. Black is on the roll.} 34. e3 {[#]} Qxh6 (34... Rb3 $1 $17 35. Qh2 Rb6 36. h7+ Kh8) 35. Qxb7 $15 Qh4 (35... Qd6 $5 {[%cal Rd6g3]} 36. Qa8+ Kg7 $17) 36. Qb8+ Kh7 37. Qb1+ Kh6 {[#]} 38. Re2 $2 (38. g5+ $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} Qxg5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 39. Kf2 Qf6+ 40. Ke2) 38... Qg3+ $19 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} ({Inferior is} 38... Qxg4+ 39. Rg2 $11) 39. Rg2 Qxe3+ 40. Kh1 $2 (40. Rf2) 40... Kg7 41. Qb2+ Rc3 42. g5 Qc1+ (42... a5 $142 43. Qd2 Rc1+ 44. Kh2 Qe5+ 45. Rg3 Rc4) 43. Kh2 $2 (43. Qxc1 Rxc1+ 44. Kh2) 43... Qxb2 {Black is clearly winning.} 44. Rxb2 {KR-KR} Rc5 45. Kg3 Rxg5+ 46. Kf4 Rc5 47. Rb7 (47. Rd2 $142 a5 48. Rd4) 47... a5 48. Ra7 Kg6 49. Ra8 Rb5 50. Ra7 Rb4+ 51. Ke5 f6+ 52. Ke6 Rb5 53. Ra8 Re5+ 54. Kd6 Kf5 55. Rh8 a4 56. Rh4 Re4 (56... Re6+ $142 57. Kc5 Ra6) 57. Rh5+ Kg4 58. Ra5 f5 {Accuracy: White = 32%, Black = 55%.} 0-1

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Black "Vavric, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2351"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,77,14,22,6,16,0,0,3,71,79,76,77,101,90,104,104,98,89,83,83,159,154,150,143,135,105,111,120,131,101,285,259,266,253,329,349,306,214,176,224,223,214,210,213,204,208,206,166,242,237,1054,1054,981,997,949,949,949,932,943,902,29996,29997]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d5 7. e5 Nfd7 8. Bd3 {E11: Bogo-Indian} c5 9. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} g6 {LiveBook: 64 Games} 10. O-O {The position is equal.} Nc6 11. Nb3 cxd4 {Strongly threatening ...dxc4.} (11... dxc4 12. Bxc4 cxd4 13. Re1 a5 14. Bh6 Re8 15. Rc1 Nb6 {1-0 (39) Ding,L (2804)-Saric,I (2689) Batumi 2018}) 12. Re1 Re8 $146 (12... Bxh4 $11 {keeps the balance.} 13. Bh6 Re8) ({Predecessor:} 12... dxc4 13. Bxc4 Qc7 14. Bh6 Rd8 15. Qe2 d3 {0-1 (34) Gajewski,G (2610)-Warakomski,T (2486) Poland 2016}) 13. h5 $16 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Qc7 {[%cal Rc6e5] [#]} 15. Bf4 $1 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Nb6 16. Bd3 Nd5 17. Bg3 Bd7 18. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb3d2,Bd2e4,Be4d6][%mdl 32]} Bf8 ({Better is} 18... Rec8) 19. Ne4 Bg7 20. Rc1 Qb6 21. Qe2 Nce7 22. Nd6 Rf8 23. Qd2 Nf5 $2 (23... gxh5 $16 {was called for.} 24. Nxd4 Ng6) 24. Bxf5 $18 exf5 25. Nxd4 Rad8 26. h6 Bh8 27. Bh4 {Black must now prevent N4xf5.} Bxe5 28. Rxe5 ({Don't take} 28. Bxd8 Qxd6 29. Bg5 Nb6 $16) 28... Qxd6 {[#]} 29. Nf3 $1 Bc6 30. Bxd8 Rxd8 31. Rce1 Qf8 32. Qc1 Nf6 {[#]} (32... Rd6 $142 33. Nd4 Bd7) 33. Rxf5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} gxf5 $2 (33... Ng4) 34. Qg5+ Kh8 35. Qxf6+ Kg8 36. Ne5 {Intending Qg5+ and mate.} Rd6 37. Qg5+ Kh8 38. Nxc6 {Threatening mate with Re8!} Rxc6 {[#]} 39. Re8 $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 84%, Black = 38%.} 1-0

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Erdos, Viktor"]
[Black "Parligras, Mircea-Emilian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,48,10,6,11,8,4,15,4,4,4,4,4,5,3,4,4,6,4,5,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. cxd4 Bd6 12. a4 {D41: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 cxd5} Rb8 13. Ba3 Ke7 14. Bxd6+ Kxd6 {LiveBook: 3 Games. The position is equal.} 15. Kd2 Bd7 16. Rhc1 Rhc8 17. a5 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} b6 19. axb6 Rxb6 20. Ra1 {[#]} a6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 20... Rb2+ 21. Kd1 Rb4 22. Ra6+ Ke7 23. Rxa7 Rxd4+ 24. Ke1 Ra4 25. Rxa4 Bxa4 {½-½ (25) Wojtaszek,R (2745)-Karjakin,S (2783) Shamkir 2017}) 21. Be4 e5 22. Bd3 exd4 23. Rxa6 Rxa6 24. Bxa6 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Deac, Bogdan-Daniel"]
[Black "Georgescu, Tiberiu-Marian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,86,33,15,43,32,68,72,73,50,29,33,56,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,29,20,23,14,25,27,28,29,37,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-35,270,270,595,536,523,520,632,617,621,619,832,843,781,783,661]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 {[%cal Bc2c3,Bc3c4][%mdl 32]} O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. c4 c6 12. Qc2 {LiveBook: 30 Games. C95: Closed Ruy Lopez: Breyer Variation with 10 d4} (12. Be3 Bb7 13. Nbd2 c5 14. d5 Nb6 15. Qc2 Bc8 16. a4 bxa4 17. Bxa4 Nxa4 18. Rxa4 Bd7 19. Ra3 Ne8 {1-0 (55) Adhiban,B (2661)-Amin,B (2700) Sharjah 2018}) 12... exd4 13. Nxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. cxb5 c5 14. Na3 axb5 15. Nxb5 Ne5 16. Nd2 Ba6 17. Ba4 Qa5 18. b4 cxb4 19. Nxd4 Bd3 20. Qb2 Qxa4 21. Nf5 Rfe8 22. Nb3 Bxe4 23. Rxe4 Nxe4 24. f4 Bf6 25. fxe5 Bxe5 26. Nfd4 Nc5 {0-1 (26) Drori,D (2104)-Ben Artzi,I (2408) Jerusalem 2015}) 13... Ne5 14. cxb5 {White is slightly better.} cxb5 15. f4 Nc4 16. Bxc4 bxc4 17. Qxc4 ({Better is} 17. Be3 $14) 17... d5 $11 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Nc6 Qb6+ 20. Kh2 ({Reject} 20. Be3 Nxe3 21. Nxe7+ Kh8 $17) 20... Bh4 21. Qxd5 Bxe1 22. Ne7+ Kh8 23. Qxa8 Qc5 24. Nd2 ({Wrong is} 24. Nxc8 $2 Qxc1 25. Na3 Qxa1 $19) 24... Qxe7 25. Qe4 Re8 26. Qxe7 Rxe7 27. Nf3 Re2 {[#]} 28. Be3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Ba5 {White must now prevent ...Bb7.} (28... Rxe3 29. Rxe1) 29. Bd4 Bb7 {Strongly threatening ...Bxf3.} 30. Kg3 h6 31. Rc1 Kg8 32. a3 g5 33. b4 Bd8 34. Be5 Bb6 35. Rd1 h5 {[#] Hoping for ...h4+.} 36. Nxg5 {And now Kh4 would win.} Rxg2+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (36... f6 $15 {stays ahead.} 37. Bxf6 Bf2+ 38. Kh2 Bd4) 37. Kh4 $18 a5 $2 (37... Bc6 38. Rd6 Rc2 39. Kxh5 Bc7) 38. bxa5 {White is clearly winning.} Bxa5 39. Rb1 Bc8 40. Rb8 Rc2 41. Ne4 Kh7 42. Kxh5 Bd8 43. Nd6 f6 {Precision: White = 71%, Black = 51%.} 1-0

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Iordachescu, Viorel"]
[Black "Szabo, Attila"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C75"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2263"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 28,61,74,66,85,80,75,85,85,79,101,102,105,104,95,105,113,99,218,218,224,210,205,184,216,189,321,256,402,389,380,338,1007,1067,1027,-246]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. Nbd2 Bf8 11. Bc2 g6 12. Nf1 Bg7 13. Ng3 b5 14. Bg5 {C87: Closed Ruy Lopez: Steinitz-type lines after 6 Re1 d6} h6 15. Be3 {LiveBook: 8 Games} Kh7 16. Qd2 {White is better.} Na5 17. b3 c6 18. Rad1 Nb7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18... Qc7 19. Bb1 Nb7 20. Nh2 c5 21. f4 Bc6 22. fxe5 cxd4 23. exf6 dxe3 24. Qd4 Bf8 25. Qxe3 Nc5 26. Qf4 Ne6 27. Qh4 {0-1 (27) Gdanski,J (2485)-Djuric,S (2485) Aegina 1993}) 19. Nh2 c5 20. f4 cxd4 21. cxd4 exf4 22. Bxf4 d5 (22... Qb6 $16) 23. e5 $18 Ng8 24. Bb1 Qb6 25. Nh5 b4 26. Rf1 a5 (26... Nd8 {is a better defense.} 27. Be3 Rc8) 27. Be3 Re7 (27... Nd8 $142 28. Ng4 Bxg4) 28. Rf4 Rc8 29. Rh4 Bf8 $2 {[#]} (29... Rc3 30. Nf1 f5 31. Nxg7 Rxg7 32. Bxh6 Nxh6 33. Qxh6+ Kg8) 30. Nf6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxf6 31. Nf3 $4 {[%mdl 40960] Accuracy: White = 70%, Black = 36%. . Loss on time!?} (31. Bxh6 $18 {was the only winning move.} Kg8 32. Bxf8 (32. exf6 Qxf6 33. Bg5 Qd6 $16) 32... Rxf8 33. Qh6) 1-0

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Istratescu, Andrei"]
[Black "Morozov, Nichita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,156,2,8,0,2,4,13,17,12,19,21,15,29,16,22,13,17,6,4,6,20,-2,41,37,37,28,29,36,58,62,58,58,62,57,57,57,67,80,83,68,83,45,60,20,20,20,20,20,26,26,26,20,27,12,18,22,53,37,53,53,53,53,53,53,53,37,37,37,37,31,31,31,53,53,53,53,58,53,53,53,53,0,53,53,53,6,58,58,58,58,58,58,58,58,58,58,58,58,58,58,58,58,58,58,58,58,58,52,52,0,58,58,58,58,58,58,58,58,58,58,58,0,58,58,58,58,58,58,58,58,58,58,58,58,58,0,58,0,26]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 Na6 {[%cal Bb8a6,Ba6c7,Bc7e6][%mdl 32]} 8. a3 {E17: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Be7} (8. Nc3 Ne4 9. Bf4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nb8 11. e4 d6 12. e5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Bd6 15. Qf3 Nd7 16. Rad1 {1-0 (30) Vidit,S (2707)-Bologan,V (2610) Poikovsky 2018}) 8... d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nc3 c5 {LiveBook: 8 Games} 11. Bg5 Nc7 12. e3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Qb3 Qc8 14. Rac1 Ne6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 Bxb2 {1-0 (69) Cisneros Alomar,J (2166)-Sabater Moner,G Cala Mendia 2001}) 12... Ne6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Ne5 a6 15. f4 Re8 16. Rc1 Rc8 17. Rc2 b5 18. Rd2 cxd4 19. exd4 Qd6 20. Ng4 Nc7 (20... Bd8 {looks sharper.} 21. f5 Nc7 22. Rde2 Bg5 23. h4 Be7) 21. Nxf6+ Qxf6 22. Re5 {[%cal Rc3d5]} Qd6 23. Rde2 f6 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Rxe8+ Nxe8 26. Qb3 {[%cal Rc3d5]} Nc7 27. Kf2 Kf8 28. Ne2 g6 29. Qc3 Ne6 30. Bh3 f5 31. Nc1 (31. Qe3 {seems wilder.} Nd8 32. Bg2 Nf7 33. Nc1 Qc6 34. Nd3) 31... Qc7 32. Qxc7 Nxc7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} 33. Nd3 Ke7 34. Bg2 Bc8 35. h3 Kd6 36. Ne5 Be6 37. Bf1 a5 38. Ke3 Bg8 39. g4 Be6 40. g5 Bd7 41. h4 {[%cal Bh3h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Be8 42. Bh3 Na8 43. h5 Nb6 44. b3 Nc8 45. h6 Ne7 46. Bf1 Kc7 47. Nd3 Nc6 48. Nc5 {[#] Strongly threatening Ne6+.} Nd8 $1 49. Kd2 Kd6 50. Ke3 Kc7 $1 51. Be2 Kd6 52. a4 b4 (52... bxa4 $11 53. bxa4 Ne6 54. Nb7+ Kc6 55. Nxa5+ Kb6) 53. Bb5 $14 Ke7 54. Nd3 Kf8 55. Ne5 Ke7 56. Kd3 Kf8 57. Bd7 Ke7 58. Bc8 $1 Kd6 59. Ke3 Ke7 60. Nd3 Bd7 61. Ba6 $1 Be8 62. Nc5 Kd6 63. Bc8 Ke7 64. Ba6 Kd6 $1 65. Be2 Ke7 66. Bb5 Kf8 67. Nd3 Ke7 68. Ne5 Kf8 69. Nf3 Ke7 70. Nh4 (70. Bd3 $14) 70... Bd7 (70... Bxb5 $1 $11 71. axb5 Kd7) 71. Be2 Be8 72. Bd3 Bd7 73. Nf3 Be8 74. Ne5 Kd6 75. Ba6 Ke7 76. Nd3 Ke6 77. Nc5+ Kd6 78. Bc8 Ke7 $1 {Precision: White = 64%, Black = 66%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Marin, Mihail"]
[Black "Patrascu, Catalin-Lucian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2268"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,69,-4,8,-29,-31,-45,-10,-52,1,-9,0,-15,0,0,16,9,7,12,22,16,43,41,53,-3,10,0,25,11,11,0,59,47,89,86,92,62,77,14,2,25,460,410,465,460,455,451,439,444,394,402]} 1. c4 e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 b6 7. Bb2 Bb7 8. e3 c5 9. Nc3 Qc8 {A14: English Opening: 1...e6 with b3 by White} 10. Qe2 (10. Rc1 Rd8 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. d4 a5 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Nh4 Bxg2 16. Qg4 Bf8 17. Nxg2 {½-½ (64) Artemiev,V (2706)-Kramnik,V (2779) Douglas 2018}) 10... Rd8 11. d3 Nc6 {LiveBook: 15 Games. The position is equal.} 12. Ne1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Rfd1 d4 13. exd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 a5 17. Rab1 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Qd7 19. Bc1 Bc5 20. Bd2 Re8 21. f4 g6 22. Re1 Bb4 {½-½ (22) Gordievsky,D (2613)-Shankland,S (2671) Greensboro 2017}) 12... d4 13. Nd1 a6 14. e4 b5 ({Black should play} 14... Bd6 $15) 15. f4 Rb8 16. Bc1 bxc4 17. bxc4 Re8 18. Nf3 Nd7 19. Nf2 Nb6 20. Qd1 Nd8 21. g4 Bc6 22. Ne5 (22. g5 $14) 22... Ba4 $1 $11 {[%cal Ra4d1]} 23. Qe1 Nc6 (23... f6 $5 24. Nf3 $8 Nd7 $11) 24. Nxc6 Bxc6 25. g5 f5 (25... Qc7 $11) 26. gxf6 $1 $14 gxf6 27. Ng4 Kh8 28. Qh4 Rg8 {[#]} 29. f5 ({Not} 29. Nxf6 Rg7 $17) (29. Nh6 $1 $16) 29... exf5 $1 $11 30. Rxf5 $40 {[%mdl 128] White has some attack.} ({But not} 30. Nxf6 Rg7 $17) 30... Bd7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (30... Nd7 $11) 31. Rh5 $1 $18 {[%csl Gh4][%cal Rh5h7]} Rg7 ({Inferior is} 31... Rxg4 32. Rxh7+ Kg8 33. Qh5 Rxg2+ 34. Kxg2 Bh3+ 35. Kf2 Qf8 36. Rh8+ {[%mdl 64] Skewer} Kg7 37. Qh7#) 32. Nxf6 Bxf6 33. Qxf6 Qc6 34. Qxc6 Bxc6 35. Bf4 {Accuracy: White = 44%, Black = 33%.} 1-0

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tarlev, Konstantin"]
[Black "Lupulescu, Constantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,30,13,9,16,15,16,7,20,8,9,5,8]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. O-O Nc6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. a3 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 {The position is equal.} b6 {D40: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 e3} 12. b4 Be7 13. Bb2 Bb7 14. Rac1 (14. Be2 Rfd8 15. Rxd8+ Rxd8 16. Rd1 Rxd1+ 17. Bxd1 Ne8 {½-½ (69) Thybo,J (2470)-Rasmussen,A (2538) Svendborg 2018}) 14... Rfd8 15. Kf1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Bb3 Rxd1+ {½-½ (15) Letic,S-Khasin,A ICCF corr 1972}) 15... Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shevchenko, Kirill"]
[Black "Visakh N R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,118,52,42,75,91,77,51,67,65,72,50,117,135,171,167,158,150,203,154,166,140,148,145,148,147,125,140,147,131,123,89,80,87,96,89,128,150,141,118,118,112,117,97,93,47,128,128,147,169,175,175,175,174,166,166,167,154,153,153,129,257,704,663,654,638,509,79,93,8,38,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,11,11,11,11,18,18,18,26,40,47,55,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. O-O Be7 10. f3 {[%cal Bf2f3,Bf3f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32]} Nc5 11. f4 Ne4 12. f5 c5 13. Ne2 {LiveBook: 7 Games. C56: Two Knights: 4 d4 exd4 5 0-0 Nxe4} c6 (13... Bb5 14. a4 Ba6 15. Nbc3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Qd7 17. Rf2 O-O-O 18. Nf4 g5 19. Nh5 Rhg8 20. Qg4 Kb8 {1-0 (49) Jones,G (2635)-Naiditsch,A (2693) Baku 2016}) 14. Nd2 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 {White is better.} O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... h6 16. Qc3 f6 17. e6 Bc8 18. Qg3 Kf8 19. Nf4 Rg8 20. Qg6 Qe8 21. Qh7 {1-0 (21) Seppaelae,A-Koski,P (1716) ICCF email 2009}) 16. Qf4 Re8 17. Ng3 ({Of course not} 17. f6 $6 Bxf6 18. exf6 Rxe2 $15) 17... Bf8 ({Better is} 17... Qc7 $14) 18. b3 $16 Qb8 19. Bb2 d4 20. Rae1 a5 (20... Kh8 $16 21. Nh5 f6) 21. Bc1 f6 {[%cal Re8e5]} 22. e6 {Hoping for Qxb8.} Qxf4 23. Bxf4 Bc8 24. Ne4 Ba6 25. Rf3 Rad8 26. Bc7 Rd5 27. c4 dxc3 28. Nxc3 Rd3 29. Ne4 Rxf3 30. gxf3 c4 31. Bd6 cxb3 32. axb3 Bd3 33. Bxf8 Kxf8 34. Rc1 (34. Nd6 {feels hotter.} Re7 35. Rd1 Be2 36. Ra1 Ra7 37. Kf2) 34... Bxe4 (34... Rc8 $14) 35. fxe4 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} Rb8 36. Rxc6 Rb4 37. Rc8+ Ke7 38. Rc7+ Kf8 39. Rf7+ Kg8 40. Ra7 {White threatens Ra8+ and mate.} Kf8 41. Ra8+ $1 ({Much less strong is} 41. Rxa5 $6 Rxe4 42. Kg2 g6 $16) 41... Ke7 {[#]} 42. Rg8 $1 {[%cal Rg8g7]} Rxe4 $2 (42... g6 43. Rg7+ Kf8 44. Rxh7 gxf5) 43. Rxg7+ $18 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kd6 44. Rxh7 Ke5 {[#]} 45. e7 $2 (45. Rg7 $1 $18 {and the rest is easy.} Re3 46. Rg3) 45... Kd6 $16 46. h4 (46. Rf7 $16 Kd7 47. Rxf6 Rg4+ 48. Kf2 Kxe7 49. Kf3) 46... Kd7 $11 47. h5 {Black should prevent Kg2.} a4 48. bxa4 Rxa4 49. Kg2 Rh4 50. Kg3 Rh1 51. Kg4 {White wants to play Rf7.} Ke8 52. Kf4 Rh4+ 53. Kf3 Kd7 54. Ke3 Ke8 55. h6 Kd7 56. Kd3 Ke8 57. Rg7 ({White should try} 57. Kc3 $14) 57... Rxh6 {The position is equal.} 58. Ke4 Rh1 59. Kd5 {Black must now prevent Ke6.} Rd1+ {Accuracy: White = 55%, Black = 65%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Jianu, Vlad-Cristian"]
[Black "Itkis, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,31,32,44,0,8,0]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 O-O 8. O-O Qa5 9. Nc2 d6 10. Bd2 Qh5 11. e4 {A38: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7 5 Nf3 Nf6} Ng4 12. h3 Nge5 13. Ne3 Bxh3 14. Qxh5 gxh5 {[#] LiveBook: 7 Games} 15. Rad1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. f4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Ng4 17. Nf5 Bxc3 18. Bxc3 e6 19. Nxd6 {½-½ (33) Gledura,B (2613)-Markus,R (2617) Budapest 2017}) 15... Bg4 16. f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ardelean, George-Catalin"]
[Black "Baltag, Iulian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,83,0,22,0,8,53,53,58,50,59,62,64,56,66,63,67,64,77,0,6,-4,-12,-56,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,19,54,0,0,0,60,46,187,182,218,195,216,191,323,325,494,480,514,512,504,510,508,504,505,493,642,628,710,703,1174,873,3240,2819,1890,1915]} 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Nh5 7. Bg5 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} Qb6 (7... Qc7 8. Ne5 g6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Be2 Rb8 11. Rb1 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bxh5 gxh4 14. O-O Bd6 {1-0 (53) Harikrishna,P (2732)-Navara,D (2727) Prague 2018}) 8. Rb1 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. Qxh5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} cxd4 12. exd4 {Threatening Bxg5.} gxh4 (12... Ng6 $5 13. Bg3 $8 e5 $11) 13. dxe5 Rg8 14. Qxh4 Be7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Bd7) 15. Qd4 Bc5 16. Qf4 Rg5 17. g4 $1 Bd7 18. h4 Rg8 19. Rh3 (19. Nb3 $16) 19... O-O-O 20. b4 Be7 21. Qxf7 Rde8 (21... Bxh4 $1 $15 22. Rxh4 Rgf8) 22. Qf4 $11 Ref8 23. Qg3 Rf7 24. Be2 $1 Kb8 25. Qe3 Qc7 26. Nb3 ({Better is} 26. a3 $14) 26... Rgf8 27. f3 Rf4 ({Black should try} 27... h5 $11) 28. Kd2 $1 $14 Rc8 ({Black should play} 28... h5 $14) 29. Nd4 $18 Rcf8 30. Bd3 Qd8 31. Rbh1 h5 (31... a5 $142) 32. gxh5 Rxh4 (32... a5 $142) 33. Rxh4 {White is clearly winning.} Bxh4 34. Rg1 Rg8 35. Rxg8 Qxg8 36. Bg6 Qf8 37. f4 Bd8 {[#]} 38. f5 $1 exf5 39. e6 {[%cal Be5e6,Be6e7][%mdl 32]} Bc8 40. Nxf5 Qg8 41. e7 d4 42. Nxd4 {Accuracy: White = 83%, Black = 47%.} 1-0

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Grigore, George-Gabriel"]
[Black "Svetushkin, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,108,10,10,55,45,54,28,57,21,23,0,0,0,-11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,16,0,18,8,17,0,0,0,0,0,-1,-9,-9,-10,-16,-10,-10,-17,-12,-11,0,-20,0,0,0,-9,0,0,0,-8,0,-15,0,-28,-28,-36,-32,-36,0,-37,0,-37,-37,-37,-32,-36,-22,-28,-29,-519,-520,-520,-515,-499,-475,-818,-783,-722,-514,-895,-831,-1765,-1658,-5340,-4281,-12838,-12839,-12837,-12837,-12841,-12839,-12836,-5846]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 a6 7. Rc1 Bf5 8. e3 Rc8 9. Ne5 {LiveBook: 84 Games. D13: Slav Defence: Exchange variation without ...Bf5} (9. Be2 e6 10. O-O Nd7 11. Na4 Be7 12. h3 O-O 13. a3 Na5 14. Nc5 Nc4 15. b4 Nxc5 16. dxc5 Nxa3 {1-0 (44) So,W (2778)-Carlsen,M (2843) Stavanger 2018}) 9... Bd7 10. Be2 e6 11. O-O {White is slightly better.} Be7 12. Bg5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. a3 O-O 13. b4 Be8 14. Qb3 Nd7 15. Nd3 b5 16. a4 bxa4 17. Nxa4 {1-0 (31) Wagner,A (2275)-Sicars,T (2112) Dortmund 2014}) 12... O-O 13. f4 Ne8 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15. Bd3 Nd6 16. Qh5 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Rh5h7] [#]} g6 17. Qe2 f6 18. Nf3 Qb6 19. Rc2 Rc7 20. Rfc1 Rfc8 (20... Bb5 $5) 21. Nd2 Nb5 22. Nb3 Nxc3 23. Rxc3 Rxc3 24. Rxc3 Rxc3 25. bxc3 Bb5 26. Bxb5 axb5 27. Qb2 Qc7 28. Nd2 Qc6 29. Qb4 Nf5 30. Kf2 h5 31. a3 b6 32. Ke2 Kf7 33. Kf2 Nd6 34. Ke2 Ke7 35. Kf2 Kd7 36. Ke2 Qa8 37. Qb3 Kc6 38. Qb4 Qa6 39. Ke1 Qa4 40. Qb2 h4 41. h3 Nc4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is under pressure.} 42. Nxc4 bxc4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} 43. Kf2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (43. Kd2 $1 $11) 43... Qb3 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 44. Qa1 Kb5 45. a4+ Ka5 46. Kg1 (46. Kf3 $142 Qxa4 47. Qb1) 46... Qxa4 47. Qe1 Qa3 48. Kh2 (48. Kf2 $142 Qb2+ 49. Kf3) 48... b5 49. Qd2 f5 50. Qc2 b4 51. cxb4+ Kxb4 52. Qb1+ Qb3 53. Qa1 c3 54. Qa7 Qa4 {Accuracy: White = 37%, Black = 47%.} (54... Qc4 $142 55. Qb6+ Ka3) 0-1

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gavrilescu, David"]
[Black "Scripcaru, George-Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2176"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,49,32,29,31,0,0,0,0,0,2,4,29,26,92,97,92,97,109,109,108,113,118,118,137,132,131,135,128,129,145,143]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 Nc6 7. c3 e6 8. Bd3 Nf6 9. O-O Bd6 10. Re1 h6 11. Nd2 O-O {B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack} 12. Nf1 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 {The position is equal.} 14. Qd1 Re8 15. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Bc2 Qb6 16. Rb1 Nc4 17. b3 Rxe1 18. Qxe1 Re8 19. Qd1 {½-½ (40) Sandalakis,A (2350)-Deviatkin,A (2589) Kavala 2009}) 15... Ne4 16. Bd4 Ng6 (16... Nc6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 17. Bxe4 $16 dxe4 18. Qg4 Qh4 {[#]} 19. Nd2 $1 Qxg4 20. hxg4 Nf4 21. Nxe4 Bf8 22. Rad1 b6 23. f3 Rad8 24. Kf2 Ne6 25. Be3 {Accuracy: White = 89%, Black = 31%.} 1-0

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Costachi, Mihnea"]
[Black "Casangiu, Paul-Horatiu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2027"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,77,68,66,87,80,110,100,104,91,101,68,71,66,115,114,108,108,101,46,92,35,96,55,80,94,166,126,119,116,87,29,44,53,44,31,83,60,60,56,90,0,0,0,0,0,20,18,42,51,12837,12837,12836,12833,12838,12838,12838,12838,12838,12838,12840,12840]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Ne4 8. Bf4 Nxc3 {D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation} 9. bxc3 Bd6 10. Ne2 {LiveBook: 5 Games} Bg4 {White is slightly better.} (10... O-O 11. O-O Be6 12. Qb1 b5 13. a4 bxa4 14. Bxh7+ Kh8 15. Bc2 g5 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 {1-0 (28) Navara,D (2735)-Sanikidze,T (2537) Drancy 2016}) 11. f3 Bh5 12. O-O Bg6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... O-O 13. Qb1 b5 14. Bxh7+ Kh8 15. Bd3 f6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 {1-0 (35) Vinal Gutierrez,P (2007)-Sancinena Arpide,J (1663) Pamplona 2017}) 13. e4 O-O 14. e5 Be7 15. Be3 c5 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. f4 Qd7 18. Ng3 (18. f5 $16) 18... Bh4 19. f5 ({White should play} 19. dxc5 $16 Bxg3 20. hxg3) 19... Bxg3 ({Better is} 19... Nc6 $1 $14) 20. hxg3 $16 gxf5 21. Qh5 {Threatens to win with Rf4.} Qe6 (21... cxd4 $16 22. cxd4 Qc6) 22. Rxf5 {Rg5 is the strong threat.} g6 23. Rg5 {[%cal Bf5g5,Bg5g4,Bg4h4][%mdl 32] And now Kf2 would win.} Kg7 24. Rf1 (24. dxc5 $16 Nc6 25. Rb1) 24... Rh8 $11 25. Qf3 Nd7 26. Rg4 {Hoping for c4.} Rh7 ({Black should try} 26... Raf8 $14) 27. Bg5 ({Much weaker is} 27. dxc5 $6 Rah8 $15) 27... Rah8 28. Rh4 Rh5 29. Bf6+ (29. c4 $1 $16) 29... Nxf6 30. Qxf6+ Qxf6 31. exf6+ Kg8 32. Rxh5 Rxh5 33. dxc5 Rf5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (33... Rg5 $14) 34. Rxf5 $1 $18 {White is clearly winning.} gxf5 $11 {KP-KP} 35. Kf2 Kh7 {[#]} 36. Ke3 $1 {[%cal Re3d4]} Kg6 37. Kd4 Kxf6 38. Kxd5 a5 39. Kd6 {Accuracy: White = 52%, Black = 31%.} 1-0

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ionescu, Constantin"]
[Black "Berkes, Ferenc"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A91"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,67,31,40,31,66,67,62,63,55,43,51,34,32,29,43,42,41,41,50,45,63,54,60,45,40,43,61,40,42,34,63,34,30,28,18,29,27,27,33,29,57,21,33,21,22,26,26,36,68,60,67,59,77,0,30,0,68,0]} 1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 Be7 5. Nf3 d5 6. O-O Ne4 {LiveBook: 10 Games. A92: Classical Dutch: Classical Stonewall (with ...Be7): Early deviations} 7. Qc2 (7. Nc3 c6 8. Nd2 Nd6 9. b3 Nd7 10. a4 h5 11. b4 h4 12. b5 hxg3 13. hxg3 Nf6 14. Qb3 {0-1 (37) Riazantsev,A (2651)-Rapport,R (2692) Palma de Mallorca 2017}) 7... Nc6 8. Nc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. b3 O-O 9. Bb2 Bd7 10. Nbd2 Be8 11. Rad1 Bh5 12. a3 Bf6 13. b4 Ne7 14. Nb3 {½-½ (49) Rodriguez Alvarez,V (2122)-Rapport,J (2301) Caleta 2015}) 8... Bf6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Rad1 Ne7 11. Qb3 c6 12. Ne5 Nd6 13. c5 Nf7 14. f4 b6 15. Qa3 b5 16. Qb3 a5 17. a3 Bd7 18. Qc2 Be8 19. Bf3 Kh8 20. Kh1 Rg8 21. Rg1 (21. Qc1 {is interesting.} Rf8 22. h3 Bd7 23. Nd3 Kg8 24. Kg1) 21... g5 22. Nxf7+ Bxf7 23. fxg5 Bxg5 24. Bxg5 Rxg5 25. Qd2 Qg8 26. Qe3 Qg7 27. Rdf1 Rg8 28. Nd1 a4 29. Nf2 Qf6 30. Nh3 R5g7 31. Nf4 Rg5 32. Nh3 R5g7 33. Nf4 Rg5 34. Nh3 {Accuracy: White = 44%, Black = 56%.} (34. Rd1 $14) 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anton, Teodor"]
[Black "Dobre, Mihai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2104"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,93,-42,-31,-51,-15,-31,-8,-19,-24,-26,-29,-14,0,-50,-29,-28,-29,-41,-10,-29,0,0,0,-18,12,0,12,10,12,0,13,-2,0,0,0,0,9,-4,33,35,37,39,46,39,78,58,77,77,84,60,75,20,396,381,486,487,448,269,738,738,729,720,737,710,706,683,736,724,939,942,1320,1273,2508,2352,29974,1673,29972,29972,29989,29990,29995,12437]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. c3 Be7 7. a4 O-O {LiveBook: 6 Games. A47: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 b6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} (7... cxd4 8. cxd4 Nc6 9. Ne5 d5 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Bg5 Qd7 13. Qd3 Rac8 14. Rfc1 h6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 {½-½ (32) Lalith,B (2531)-Short,N (2656) Kolkata 2018}) 8. a5 b5 9. Bf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Qb3 a6 11. c4 b4 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Nbd2 d6 14. Bg5 Nbd7 15. Qd3 {0-1 (39) Behrendt,C (2079)-Jurek,J (2325) Schwaebisch Gmuend 2013}) 9... a6 {Black is slightly better.} 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bd6 Bxd6 12. Qxd6 Ne4 13. Qd3 (13. Qf4 {looks sharper.} Nf6 14. Qd6) 13... d5 14. Nbd2 Nd7 15. Rfd1 {[%cal Bf1d1,Bd1d2,Bd2d4][%mdl 32] next Nxe4 is good for White.} Ndc5 16. Qc2 Qc7 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Nd2 {[%cal Rd2e4]} (18. Ne1 {keeps more tension.} Rac8 19. Nd3 Nd6 20. e3 h6 21. Rdc1) 18... Nxd2 19. Rxd2 Rfd8 20. e3 Rd6 21. Rd4 Rc8 22. Rh4 h6 23. Rd4 Qd8 24. Qd2 Rc4 25. Bf1 Rxd4 (25... e5 {is more complex.} 26. Rd3 Bc8 27. Bg2 Be6 28. Rd1 e4) 26. exd4 Qg5 27. f4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Qf6 28. Bd3 g6 29. Re1 Kg7 30. h4 h5 31. Re5 Rd8 32. Qe2 ({White should play} 32. Re2 $16) 32... Bc6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (32... Rg8 $11) 33. Bxg6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 576] Deflection} fxg6 ({Not} 33... Kxg6 $2 34. Rg5+ Qxg5 35. hxg5 $18) (33... Qxg6 34. Rg5) 34. Rxe6 Re8 35. Rxf6 Kxf6 $2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRB} (35... Rxe2 36. Rxc6 Rxb2 37. Rxa6 Rc2) 36. Qf3 Kf5 37. Kf2 Re4 38. Qh1 Kf6 39. Qh3 Re6 40. g4 {[%cal Bg3g4,Bg4h5,Bh5h6,Bh6h7][%mdl 32]} Bd7 41. f5 gxf5 42. gxh5 f4 43. Qg2 Re4 44. Qg6+ Ke7 45. h6 {White mates.} f3 46. h7 Bg4 47. Qxe4+ {Accuracy: White = 64%, Black = 28%.} (47. h8=Q $142 Re2+ 48. Kg3 Re6 49. Qgg7+ Kd6 50. Qd8+ Kc6 51. Qgd7#) 1-0

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "David, Alexandru-Vasile"]
[Black "Vedmediuc, Serghei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,54,-10,-14,30,8,17,0,0,-6,0,-13,-22,-32,-33,-97,-111,-101,-101,-209,-156,-154,-129,-123,-144,-223,-136,-272,-278,-277,-245,-370,-376,-694,-694,-693,-693,-696,-696,-713,-697]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. O-O {B41: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 c4} Nxd4 9. e5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Be7 ({Much weaker is} 9... Ng8 10. Qg4 $16) 10. exf6 {White has an edge.} Bxf6 11. Ne4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Be3 Nc6 12. Ne4 O-O 13. c5 Bxb2 14. Rb1 Bd4 15. Bxd4 Nxd4 {½-½ (32) Illingworth,M (2311)-Zhao,Z (2586) Cammeray 2011}) 11... Be7 12. c5 O-O 13. Bf4 b6 14. b4 a5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 15. a3 {[#]} (15. Nd6 $15 f5 16. Bc4) 15... axb4 $1 $17 16. axb4 {[#]} Bb7 $1 {[%cal Rb7e4] And now ...Bxe4 would win.} 17. Qh5 (17. Be5 $17 Rxa1 18. Qxa1 Bxe4 19. Qxd4 Bxd3 20. Qxd3) 17... f5 18. Nd6 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 Bd5 20. Be5 (20. Ra3 $17 {was worth a try.}) 20... Nc6 21. Bc3 (21. Nxf5 $17 {was necessary.} exf5 22. Bxf5 Rxf5 23. Qxf5) 21... Bf6 $19 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. Rd1 (23. Rb1 {was called for.}) 23... Nxb4 24. cxb6 $2 (24. Bf1 bxc5 25. Qe2) 24... Nxd3 {Black is clearly winning.} 25. Rxd3 Qe5 {[%cal Re5e1]} 26. Qd1 Qxd6 27. b7 Qc6 {Accuracy: White = 18%, Black = 77%.} 0-1

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Petrisor, Adrian-Marian"]
[Black "Carmaciu, Lucian-Catalin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2374"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 14,43,22,19,15,0,14,7,14,2,20,6,70,20,32767,32767,22,35,46,32767,54,44,50,33,54,54,52,20,15,11,6,13]} 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 4. Bc4 {[%emt 0:02:46]} d6 {[%emt 0:02:40]} 5. Qf3 {[%emt 0:04:45]} e6 {[%emt 0:01:36]} 6. Nge2 {[%emt 0:00:21]} b5 {[%emt 0:03:11]} 7. Bd3 {[%emt 0:01:46]} e5 {[%emt 0:03:23] B06: Modern Defence} (7... Nd7 8. Qg3 b4 9. Nd1 e5 10. c3 a5 11. O-O Ngf6 12. f4 exd4 13. cxd4 O-O 14. e5 Nd5 15. Ne3 Nxe3 16. Bxe3 dxe5 {0-1 (26) Barbero Sendic,A (2388)-Del Rio de Angelis,S (2525) Escaldes 2018}) 8. dxe5 {[%emt 0:02:03]} dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 9. a4 {[%emt 0:03:44] LiveBook: 3 Games} b4 $1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 10. Nd1 {[%emt 0:00:12]} a5 {[%emt 0:02:14]} 11. Ne3 $146 {[%emt 0:00:22]} ({Predecessor:} 11. Bc4 Nf6 12. Ne3 Nbd7 13. O-O O-O 14. c3 Nc5 15. Ng3 {0-1 (32) Ostrowski,L (2355)-Petran,P (2325) Bardejov 1996}) 11... Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 12. Nc4 {[%emt 0:02:13]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:16]} ({Black should try} 12... Nc5 $1 $11) 13. h4 {[%emt 0:05:32]} Ngf6 {[%emt 0:05:00]} 14. Bg5 {[%emt 0:02:26]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 15. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:35]} h5 {[%emt 0:21:09]} 16. Nc1 {[%emt 0:02:26]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:06:34]} 17. Nb3 {[%emt 0:06:51]} Bxc4 $1 {[%emt 0:01:19]} 18. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Ng4 {[%emt 0:07:55]} 19. Rd1 {[%emt 0:13:02]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:08:24]} 20. g3 {[%emt 0:03:48]} Nxe3 {[%emt 0:07:21]} 21. Qxe3 {[%emt 0:00:56]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:01:45]} 22. O-O $11 {[%emt 0:13:35]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vasiesiu, Dan"]
[Black "Balla, Tamas-Kristof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2394"]
[BlackElo "2316"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. O-O {[%emt 0:00:49]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. Qe2 {[%emt 0:01:16]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 8. f4 {[%emt 0:03:12]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:02:50]} 9. c4 {[%emt 0:01:52]} Be7 {[%emt 0:04:27]} 10. b3 {[%emt 0:01:56]} O-O {[%emt 0:01:37]} 11. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:52]} Re8 {[%emt 0:02:59] LiveBook: 6 Games} 12. Nf3 {[%emt 0:12:11]} e5 {[%emt 0:10:32]} 13. f5 {[%emt 0:06:20]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 14. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:56]} Nxd3 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 15. Qxd3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 16. Nd5 {[%emt 0:03:43]} Nxd5 $11 {[%emt 0:07:11]} 17. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Qb6+ {[%emt 0:00:21]} 18. Kh1 {[%emt 0:00:27]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Macovei, Andrei"]
[Black "Miron, Lucian-Costin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2369"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,20,28,36]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 {LiveBook: 4280 Games} {Predecessor:} 11. Nbd2 $146 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. b3 a5 16. a3 d5 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. exd5 exd4 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21. Nxd4 b4 22. axb4 axb4 23. Ne4 {½-½ (35) Anand,V (2771)-Amin,B (2686) Batumi 2018} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Stoleriu, George"]
[Black "Vasiesiu, Victor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2362"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 10,19,29,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,8,8,32767,18]} 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 3. b3 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:02:18]} 4. Bb2 {[%emt 0:01:36]} a6 {[%emt 0:02:41]} 5. g3 d6 {[%emt 0:14:26]} 6. Bg2 {[%emt 0:03:35]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 7. Qe2 {[%emt 0:09:59]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 8. O-O {[%emt 0:00:20]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:27]} 9. d4 {[%emt 0:10:36]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:04:55]} 10. Nxd4 $11 {LiveBook: 7 Games} Bd7 {[%emt 0:02:47]} 11. Rd1 {[%emt 0:07:31]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Manea, Alexandru"]
[Black "Vrencian, Lehel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2347"]
[BlackElo "2321"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:03:41]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 3. g3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 4. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 5. c4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 6. Nc3 {[%emt 0:01:06]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 7. Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 8. O-O {[%emt 0:02:11]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 9. c5 {[%emt 0:01:21]} Qxb3 {[%emt 0:00:26] D11: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 sidelines and 3...Nf6 4 e3 Bg4} (9... Qc7 10. Bf4 Qc8 11. Nd2 g5 12. Bd6 Bxd6 13. cxd6 O-O 14. f3 c5 15. e4 Bg6 16. Rac1 Qc6 17. e5 {1-0 (34) Stupak,K (2588)-Rodshtein,M (2699) Katowice 2017}) 10. axb3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 11. b4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 12. h3 {[%emt 0:03:31]} Be7 {[%emt 0:02:14]} 13. g4 {[%emt 0:06:57]} Bh7 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 14. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:04]} 15. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Rfe8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 16. Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bd8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 17. Na5 {[%emt 0:22:33]} Bxa5 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 18. bxa5 {[%emt 0:00:43]} e5 $146 {[%emt 0:03:18]} 19. dxe5 {[%emt 0:01:33]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 20. Bxe5 {[%emt 0:03:31]} Rxe5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 21. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:03:56]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:12:15]} 22. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:02:54]} Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 23. e3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bxg2 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 24. Kxg2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Re4 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 25. Rd4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Rxd4 {[%emt 0:03:37]} 26. exd4 $11 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 27. Ra4 {[%emt 0:00:34]} g5 {[%emt 0:01:34]} 28. Rb4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Re7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 29. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:07] Ke4} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ogleznev, Alexandr"]
[Black "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2333"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,72,0,0,-18,-4,-4,0,0,0,-27,-16,-47,-65,-59,-65,-41,-22,-45,-43,-39,-29,-33,-31,-71,-64,-78,-77,-54,-54,-109,-109,-95,-119,-106,-116,-121,-64,-140,-93,-101,-97,-112,-102,-109,-102,-141,-105,-299,-269,-479,-479,-479,-472]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. Qe2 O-O 7. Ngf3 {C03: French Tarrasch: Unusual Black 3rd moves} a5 8. O-O Na6 9. e5 Nd7 10. c3 (10. c4 Ndxc5 11. Bb1 d4 12. Rd1 d3 13. Qe3 b6 14. Ne1 Bb7 15. Nxd3 {½-½ (57) Liang,A (2552)-So,W (2786) Saint Louis 2018}) 10... Naxc5 11. Bc2 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32] LiveBook: 23 Games} 12. Re1 b4 13. Nd4 Ba6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Qc7 14. Qe3 bxc3 15. bxc3 {1-0 (41) Misiano,F (2288)-Rambaldi,F (2444) Biel 2014}) 14. Qf3 Rc8 15. Qh3 {[%csl Gc2][%cal Rh3h7] [#]} g6 $1 16. Nf1 bxc3 17. bxc3 Qc7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 18. Bf4 Bxf1 19. Kxf1 Ne4 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Rxe4 Qc4+ 22. Re2 Nb6 {[%cal Bd7b6,Bb6d5,Bd5c3][%mdl 32]} 23. Bd2 Rfd8 24. Qf3 Nd5 25. Kg1 ({Better is} 25. Nc2 $15) 25... Nxc3 26. Bxc3 Qxc3 27. Qxc3 Rxc3 28. Nf3 a4 (28... Rdc8 $17 29. h3 Rc2) 29. h4 ({White should try} 29. Ne1 $15) 29... h6 30. Rb1 a3 31. Kf1 Kf8 32. Ke1 Rc4 33. Re3 Rdc8 {And now ...Rc1+ would win.} 34. Kd1 $2 {[#]} (34. Rd3 $17) 34... Rc2 $1 $19 35. Rb8 $2 (35. Re2 {is the only way for White.} Rxe2 {[%mdl 64] Overworked Piece} 36. Kxe2 Rc2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 37. Nd2) 35... Rxb8 36. Kxc2 Rb2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 40%, Black = 73%.} 0-1

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ionescu, Doru-Alexandru"]
[Black "Nastase, Robert-Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2321"]
[BlackElo "2296"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 3. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 4. Bh4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 5. e3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:02:01]} 6. Qc1 {[%emt 0:01:04] A46: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 e6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} Nc6 {[%emt 0:02:11]} 7. c3 {[%emt 0:00:50]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 8. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:01:57]} 9. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 10. Qb1 {[%emt 0:02:26]} Ng8 $146 {[%emt 0:18:57]} ({Better is} 10... cxd4 $11 11. exd4 Nh5) ({Predecessor:} 10... Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. c4 dxc4 15. Nxc4 Qc7 16. a3 {½-½ (42) Jacquin,R (2495)-Nasybullin,V (2604) ICCF email 2007}) 11. O-O {[%emt 0:01:23]} c4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 12. Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:24]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 13. Bg3 {[%emt 0:01:09]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 14. b3 {[%emt 0:01:18]} Na5 {[%emt 0:07:50]} 15. Qb2 {[%emt 0:37:59]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 16. Ne5 {[%emt 0:04:13]} O-O {[%emt 0:02:44]} 17. Ng6 {[%emt 0:08:01]} Rfe8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 18. Nxe7+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rxe7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 19. Rfb1 {[%emt 0:03:16]} cxb3 {[%emt 0:14:22]} 20. axb3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rf7 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 21. Nf3 {[%emt 0:04:54]} Bb5 {[%emt 0:05:55]} (21... Nc6 $16) 22. c4 {[%emt 0:11:13]} dxc4 $18 {[%emt 0:01:29]} 23. bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:02:56]} 24. Qa2 {[%emt 0:01:06]} Bxc4 {[%emt 0:02:15]} 25. Qxa5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Qxa5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 26. Rxa5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 27. Raa1 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Rb7 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 28. Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 29. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 1-0

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ileana, George"]
[Black "Vajda, Levente"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2318"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. c3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. d3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:09]} 6. O-O {[%emt 0:00:18]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 7. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 8. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 9. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:52]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:07:03]} 10. Ne4 {[%emt 0:02:09]} a6 {[%emt 0:02:11]} 11. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 12. d4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} exd4 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 13. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Be6 {[%emt 0:06:45]} 14. b3 {[%emt 0:01:41]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:04:20]} 15. c4 {[%emt 0:01:33]} c5 {[%emt 0:05:03]} 16. Qe3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 17. Nxd6 {[%emt 0:00:51]} cxd6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 18. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Re8 {[%emt 0:03:43]} 19. Qc3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 20. Rfe1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:02:37]} 21. h3 {[%emt 0:09:19]} Qf5 {[%emt 0:01:41]} 22. Rad1 {[%emt 0:01:20]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:03:56]} 23. Qxf3 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Qxf3 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 24. Rxe8+ {[%emt 0:02:41]} Rxe8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 25. gxf3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Re6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 26. Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:02:04]} 27. Ba5 {[%emt 0:01:04]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:04:55]} 28. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:43]} f5 {[%emt 0:04:01]} 29. b4 {[%emt 0:01:05]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:09:46]} 30. bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Nxc4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 31. Bb4 {[%emt 0:01:20]} dxc5 {[%emt 0:07:49]} 32. Bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rc6 {[%emt 0:01:27]} 33. Ba7 {[%emt 0:01:27]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:05:21]} 34. Bb8 {[%emt 0:06:09]} Rg6+ {[%emt 0:01:26]} 35. Kf1 {[%emt 0:01:07]} Nxf3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 36. Rd5 {[%emt 0:01:12]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:09:07]} 37. Rd6+ {[%emt 0:06:06]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 38. Rd5 {[%emt 0:04:10]} Rb6 {[%emt 0:01:20]} 39. Bg3 {[%emt 0:00:58]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:03:27]} 40. Ra5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Ra4 {[%emt 0:05:29]} g5 {[%emt 0:05:15]} 42. Kg2 {[%emt 0:01:19]} Ne1+ {[%emt 0:00:24]} 43. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Nd3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 44. f4 {[%emt 0:03:44]} gxf4 {[%emt 0:08:31]} 45. Bxf4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Nxf4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 46. Rxf4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rc1+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} 47. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Rc2+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} 48. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Rxa2 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 49. Rh4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Ra3+ {[%emt 0:00:21]} 50. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} a5 {[%emt 0:02:08]} 51. Rxh7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} a4 {[%emt 0:01:46]} 52. h4 {[%emt 0:00:25]} f4 {[%emt 0:01:49]} 53. Rh5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Ra1 {[%emt 0:01:19]} 54. Ra5 {[%emt 0:01:04]} a3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 55. h5 {[%emt 0:01:51]} a2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 56. Ra6+ {[%emt 0:00:47]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:02:05]} 57. Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 0-1

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Banzea, Alexandru-Bogdan"]
[Black "Nevednichy, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2313"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,49,38,35,31,31,37,37,31,31,29,24,14,18,16,29,17,21,10,20,12,33,21,28,24,31,31,29,0,29,0,35,0]} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. g3 {B01: Scandinavian Defence} (6. h3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 g6 8. O-O Bg7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Qe2 e6 11. Bg5 b6 12. Rad1 Bb7 13. Ne5 c5 14. dxc5 Qxe5 15. Qxe5 Nxe5 16. Rxe5 {1-0 (90) Guseinov,G (2645)-Carlsen,M (2832) chess.com INT 2017}) 6... Bg4 7. Bg2 e6 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Be7 10. O-O O-O {LiveBook: 20 Games} 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Nd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7f6,Bf6d5][%mdl 32]} 13. c3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. c4 Nf6 {½-½ (22) Stefansson,H (2510)-Danielsen,H (2524) Reykjavik 2013}) 13... Nf6 14. Bg2 Rad8 15. Qb3 Qc7 16. Bf4 Qc8 17. Rad1 Nd5 18. Bc1 b5 19. Rfe1 Qd7 20. Qc2 a5 21. Be4 Nf6 22. Bf3 Nd5 23. Be4 Nf6 24. Bf3 Nd5 25. Be4 {Accuracy: White = 48%, Black = 83%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Pop, Alexandru"]
[Black "Cioara, Andrei-Nestor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2292"]
[BlackElo "2427"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,61,27,18,37,32,40,17,37,-47,-39,-41,-30,-66,-59,-95,-60,-68,-60,-89,-48,-99,-63,-55,0,0,35,28,58,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,11,-56,-38,-170,1370,1333]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 b6 (5... Be7 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Bd3 b6 8. O-O Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Re1 d6 11. h3 Qd7 12. a4 Nc7 13. Bh2 {1-0 (100) Aronian,L (2767)-Giri,A (2782) chess.com INT 2018}) 6. Bd3 {A46: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 e6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} Bb7 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 O-O 9. a4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} a6 10. c3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. h3 d6 11. Qe2 Re8 12. c3 Nbd7 13. Bg3 {0-1 (45) Xilogiannis,D (1966)-Livaic,L (2468) Skopje 2018}) 10... d6 11. Qe2 Re8 12. c4 (12. Nbd2 $14) 12... Nc6 $15 13. Nc3 Nb4 14. Bb1 Rc8 15. Ng5 d5 16. cxd5 $1 Nbxd5 17. Bd2 Bf8 18. Qd3 (18. Qf3 $15 g6 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Qh3) 18... g6 19. Qh3 Nxc3 (19... Bg7 $15) 20. bxc3 $11 e5 {With the idea ...h6.} 21. Ba2 Bd5 22. dxe5 ({Better is} 22. Bxd5 $14 Qxd5 23. Rxe5) 22... Bxa2 $1 23. exf6 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Rh3h7] [#]} Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Rh3h7]} h6 25. Nf3 $1 Rc5 26. Nd4 ({Don't blunder} 26. Bxh6 $2 Rh5 $19) 26... Qxf6 27. Re8 $40 {[%mdl 128] White has some attack.} Re5 28. Rb8 Qe7 29. Be3 ({White should play} 29. Nf3 $11 Rd5 30. Qc8) 29... Qa3 {[#] ( -> ...Qc1+!)} 30. Nc2 (30. f4 $1 $15 Be6 31. Rxf8+ Qxf8 32. Qg3) 30... Qb2 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Wrong is} 30... Qxa4 $2 31. Qc8 $18 (31. Qxh6 Re8 $15)) (30... Qd6 $19 31. Rxf8+ Qxf8) 31. Qxh6 $1 {Accuracy: White = 28%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ognean, Mihnea-Ionut"]
[Black "Daianu, Cristian-Clement"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2291"]
[BlackElo "2166"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,133,61,65,59,46,72,46,75,73,89,95,96,95,77,74,79,79,90,90,85,66,98,60,68,65,71,69,58,64,57,45,28,28,54,54,62,62,62,62,62,62,62,62,62,62,62,62,62,62,104,110,116,116,116,104,112,112,112,62,62,62,62,62,62,62,116,62,62,62,72,62,112,61,104,0,116,54,54,54,54,0,116,0,116,116,116,62,146,116,116,0,146,62,116,80,116,62,116,62,80,62,116,116,146,146,153,146,153,153,154,80,147,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Be3 Nc6 9. Rc1 Qa5 {D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3} 10. d5 Ne5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Qd2 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Bg7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... O-O 13. Be2 e6 14. O-O exd5 15. Qxd5 Bg7 16. Qxc5 Qxa2 17. Bc4 {1-0 (27) Matlakov,M (2689)-Baron,T (2515) Saint-Quentin 2014}) 13. Bd3 O-O 14. c4 Qc7 15. O-O e5 16. Rb1 Bd7 17. Rb2 f5 18. f3 b6 19. Bc2 f4 20. Bf2 g5 21. Qd1 Rad8 22. Ba4 Rf6 23. Bxd7 Rxd7 24. a4 a5 25. g4 h5 26. h3 Rh6 27. Be1 hxg4 28. hxg4 Bf8 29. Rh2 Rdh7 30. Rff2 Be7 31. Rxh6 (31. Qb3 {keeps more tension.} Bd8 32. Rxh6 Rxh6 33. Kf1 Qh7 34. Ke2) 31... Rxh6 32. Rh2 Rxh2 33. Kxh2 Qd7 34. Kg2 Bd6 35. Bc3 Qh7 36. Qb1 Qc7 37. Qb5 {[#] Hoping for Qe8+.} Kf7 38. Bd2 Kf8 39. Qb1 Kg7 40. Qh1 Qf7 41. Bc3 Bc7 42. Qa1 Qe7 43. Qb1 Kf7 (43... Qd7 $14) 44. Qb2 (44. Qh1 $16) 44... Kf8 $14 45. Qb5 Qe8 46. Qa6 Qb8 47. Ba1 (47. Kf1 $16) 47... Bd6 48. Bc3 (48. Bb2 $16) 48... Qc7 (48... Bc7 $1 $11) 49. Qa8+ (49. Kf1 $16) 49... Qb8 $1 {[%cal Rb8a8]} 50. Qc6 {[#] And now Qd7 would win.} Qc7 51. Qb5 (51. Qxc7 $14 Bxc7 52. Bb2) 51... Kf7 $16 52. Qb1 (52. Kf2 $16) 52... Kg7 (52... Kg8 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 53. Qh1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under strong pressure.} Qf7 54. Kf2 ({Better is} 54. Qa1 $16 Qc7 55. Qb2) 54... Qe7 (54... Qe8 $14) 55. Qb1 Qc7 56. Kg2 (56. Qb2 $16) 56... Kf7 (56... Kg8 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 57. Qb5 (57. Qh1 $16) 57... Kf8 (57... Ke7 $14) 58. Kg1 Kf7 59. Qb2 (59. Kf1 $16) 59... Kg7 ({Black should play} 59... Qd7 $1 $14) 60. Kh2 (60. Kf1 $16) 60... Kf7 61. Kg2 Kg7 (61... Qb8 $14) 62. Kg1 Kf7 63. Qh2 {Threatens to win with Qh5+.} Kg7 64. Qh5 Qe7 65. Kg2 Qd8 66. Be1 (66. Kf1 $142) 66... Qe7 (66... Be7 $142 67. Bc3 Bd6) 67. Bc3 {Precision: White = 48%, Black = 47%.} ({White should try} 67. Kf2 $16) 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dicu, Razvan-Stefan"]
[Black "Moldovan, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2274"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,23,33,34,33,33]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 b6 5. Nd2 Bb7 6. h3 Be7 7. Ngf3 cxd4 {A47: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 b6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} (7... O-O 8. Bd3 d6 9. O-O Nc6 10. Bh2 Re8 11. a3 Bf8 12. Qe2 g6 13. Rfd1 a6 14. e4 d5 15. e5 Nd7 16. Bf4 b5 17. Qe3 Rc8 {0-1 (48) Grachev,B (2645)-Fedoseev,V (2733) Sochi 2017}) 8. cxd4 O-O 9. Bd3 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. O-O {LiveBook: 6 Games} Nb4 12. Qb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. a3 Nbd5 13. Bg3 b5 14. Qe2 a6 15. a4 Qb6 16. axb5 axb5 {1-0 (55) Renner,C (2375)-Csonka,A (2331) Austria 2015}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Popescu, Daniel-Vasilica"]
[Black "Manolache, Marius"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2131"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,54,52,56,24,18,22,26,19,15,-58,-54,-58,-62,-58,-47,-68,-66,-98,-51,-41,-33,-142,-139,-147,-144,-139,-110,-114,-109,-125,-105,-180,-130,-236,-222,-253,-216,-220,-241,-600,-560,-1021,-1014]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 c6 5. a4 Nf6 6. Be2 Bg4 7. O-O O-O {LiveBook: 67 Games} 8. Bg5 {B08: Pirc Defence: Classical System} (8. Be3 Nbd7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 a5 11. Be2 e5 12. Re1 Re8 13. Bf3 exd4 14. Bxd4 Nc5 15. Qd2 Qb6 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. Qc1 Qb4 18. b3 Ne6 19. Na2 Qxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Nxd4 {1-0 (58) Gagunashvili,M (2580)-Shanava,K (2557) Tbilisi 2010}) 8... d5 9. e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Qd3 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Bf5 11. Bxf6 exf6 12. Nfd2 Re8 13. Bf3 Na6 14. Rad1 Re7 15. Qc3 Qb6 {0-1 (36) Starck,B-Malich,B Magdeburg 1964}) 9... Ne8 10. Qd2 {White has an edge.} f6 {[#] White must now prevent ...Bxf3.} 11. Bh6 ({Better is} 11. Bf4 $11) 11... Bxf3 $15 12. Bxf3 fxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. Bxg7 Nxg7 15. Rfe1 e6 16. Bg4 Qh4 17. h3 {[#]} ({White should try} 17. f3 $1 $15) 17... h5 $1 $36 {[%cal Rh5g4,Bh7h5,Bh5h4,Bh4g3][%mdl 2080] Keeping White busy.} 18. g3 Qe7 19. Bd1 Rf7 20. Ne2 Nxe5 21. Nf4 Qf6 22. c3 (22. Qc3 $17 d4 23. Qd2) 22... h4 23. Qe2 (23. Qd4 $17 hxg3 24. fxg3) 23... Nd7 $19 24. Bc2 g5 25. Ng2 Raf8 {[%cal Rf6f2]} 26. f4 $2 (26. gxh4 e5 27. hxg5 Qxg5 28. Qe3) 26... hxg3 27. fxg5 Qf2+ {Accuracy: White = 36%, Black = 81%.} 0-1

[Event "ROU-chT Men Superliga 2018"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Iordachescu, Sorin-Emanuel"]
[Black "Toma, Radu-Cristian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "1750"]
[BlackElo "2354"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.11.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:01:09]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 4. g3 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Bb4+ {[%emt 0:00:12]} 5. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 6. Bg2 {[%emt 0:01:10]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 7. Nc3 {[%emt 0:06:56]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 8. cxd5 {[%emt 0:03:58]} cxd5 {[%emt 0:03:12]} 9. Ne5 {[%emt 0:07:38]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:31]} 10. O-O {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:05:45]} 11. Rc1 {[%emt 0:07:29]} Nfd7 {[%emt 0:03:28]} 12. f4 {[%emt 0:10:33]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:04:46]} 13. fxe5 {[%emt 0:06:03]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:54] LiveBook: 3 Games} 14. e3 {[%emt 0:02:53]} Na5 {[%emt 0:23:36]} 15. Qe2 {[%emt 0:15:09]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:09:56]} 16. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:06:23]} f6 {[%emt 0:04:59]} 17. exf6 {[%emt 0:01:57]} Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 18. Qg4 $11 {[%emt 0:04:59]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:08:39]} 19. b3 {[%emt 0:02:32]} Nb2 {[%emt 0:02:05]} 20. Rf1 {[%emt 0:01:41]} Nd3 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 21. Rb1 {[%emt 0:02:16]} a5 {[%emt 0:01:41]} 22. Ne2 {[%emt 0:02:43]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:01:15]} 23. Nc3 {[%emt 0:04:42]} Qe8 {[%emt 0:08:05]} 24. a4 {[%emt 0:01:38]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:01:57]} 25. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:03:54]} Nf2 {[%emt 0:01:48]} 26. Kxf2 {[%emt 0:01:46]} h5 {[%emt 0:01:40]} 27. Qh3 {[%emt 0:00:52]} Bxd4+ {[%emt 0:00:16]} 28. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 29. Bc1 {[%emt 0:01:04]} Be2 {[%emt 0:01:42]} 30. Ba3 {[%emt 0:00:58]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 31. Bxf8 {[%emt 0:01:27]} Bxh3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 32. Bxh3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Kxf8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 0-1

