[Event "RUS Cup Final Men 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.05"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitry"]
[Black "Afanasiev, Nikita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.12.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,62,40,43,22,12,8,8,0,0,-13,-13,-80,-75,-85,-55,-73,-70,-62,-60,-148,-136,-206,-205,-234,-171,-170,-147,-398,-398,-402,-414,-499,-491,-731,-670,-688,-715,-695,-695,-814,-802,-750,-778]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 a5 8. Qe2 c6 9. Rd1 Qc7 10. Ba2 {C41: Philidor Defence} exd4 11. Nxd4 Nc5 {LiveBook: 6 Games} (11... Re8 12. Bf4 Ne5 13. h3 Bf8 14. Bg5 Qe7 15. f4 Ng6 16. f5 Ne5 17. Kh1 b6 {0-1 (42) Demchenko,A (2629)-Jobava,B (2713) Minsk 2017}) 12. h3 {White is slightly better.} (12. Bf4 {feels hotter.} Ng4 13. h3 Ne5 14. Bg3 Bf6 15. Qe3) 12... Be6 13. Bf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Bf4 Nfd7 15. Bg3 Kh8 16. f4 Qb6 17. Kh2 Qxb2 18. Qe3 {1-0 (59) Makropoulou,M (2270)-Stanciu,G (2215) Ankara 1993}) 13... Bxa2 14. Rxa2 g6 15. Qf3 Rfe8 {[%cal Bf8e8,Be8e6,Be6f6][%mdl 32]} 16. Nde2 (16. Raa1 $11) 16... Bf8 $17 {[%cal Rf6e4]} 17. Ng3 {[#]} Re6 $1 18. Qe3 {Qxc5! is the strong threat.} Qb6 19. Bg5 $1 Rae8 20. Bxf6 (20. f3 $15) 20... Rxf6 21. Qd2 {[#]} (21. Kh1 $17 {was necessary.}) 21... h5 $1 $19 {[%cal Bh7h5,Bh5h4][%mdl 32]} 22. Re1 h4 23. Nf1 Rfe6 24. Qf4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (24. Raa1 $17) 24... d5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 25. Nd2 (25. exd5 Rxe1) 25... Qb4 26. Re2 d4 {Black is clearly winning.} 27. Ncb1 (27. Nd1 $142 d3 28. cxd3 Nxd3 29. Qf3) 27... d3 28. cxd3 Nxd3 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 29. Qf3 Nc1 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 30. Ra3 Nxe2+ 31. Qxe2 Qxb2 {Accuracy: White = 15%, Black = 96%.} 0-1

[Event "RUS Cup Final Men 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.05"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Paravyan, David"]
[Black "Tsydypov, Zhamsaran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2018.12.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,108,0,-14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-22,-23,-12,0,-85,-85,-187,-188,-181,-170,-406,-193,-200,-197,-197,-158,-151,-156,-138,-163,-163,-151,-156,-154,-139,-114,-127,-113,-114,-97,-151,-149,-154,-163,-216,-191,-247,-234,-239,-239,-262,-260,-257,-270,-300,-304,-380,-362,-481,-481,-449,-412,-322,-322,-508,-508,-501,-493,-493,-486,-479,-472,-520,-464,-29973,-29974,-29974,-29975,-29976,-29977,-29977,-29978,-29978,-29979,-29979,-29980,-29983,-29984]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 Qe7 7. b3 {A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation} d5 8. d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 c5 11. Qf4 {LiveBook: 8 Games} g5 $146 {[%cal Rg5f4]} ({Predecessor:} 11... O-O 12. Bb2 d4 13. O-O-O dxe3 14. Re1 Qe4 15. Qxe3 {½-½ (40) Svidler,P (2753)-Navara,D (2741) Biel 2018}) 12. Qxg5 {Hoping for Bb2.} Rg8 13. Qf4 {Black must now prevent Bb2.} Nh5 14. Qh6 Qe5 15. Rb1 {Threatens to win with cxd5.} (15. Qxh7 $2 Qc3+ 16. Kd1 Rg6 $19) 15... Rg6 16. Qxh7 {cxd5 is the strong threat.} Nf4 17. cxd5 $1 Bg4 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black is up to no good.} 18. Bb2 (18. h3 $1 $11 {remains equal.} Bf5 19. Bb2 Qxd5 20. Bb5+ Ke7 21. Qh4+ Kf8 22. Qxf4 (22. Qh8+ Ke7 $14) 22... Bxb1 23. Bc4) 18... Qxd5 $17 19. Bb5+ (19. Qh8+ $17 Kd7 20. f3 (20. Qxa8 $2 Nxg2+ 21. Bxg2 Qxg2 $19) 20... Rxh8 21. Rd1 Nxg2+ 22. Bxg2 Qxd1+ 23. Kxd1) 19... Ke7 $19 20. Qh4+ Ke6 21. Qg3 $2 (21. exf4 Qe4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 22. Kd2 Qxf4+ 23. Ke1 Qb4+ 24. Kf1 (24. Bc3 $2 Qxc3+ 25. Kf1 Rh8 $19) 24... Be2+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 25. Bxe2 Qxh4 26. Bd3) 21... Nxg2+ (21... Nd3+ $142 22. Kf1 Nxb2) 22. Kf1 Bf5 23. e4 Qxe4 24. Bc4+ {[#]} Qxc4+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 25. bxc4 {aiming for Qe5+.} Rxg3 26. hxg3 Bxb1 27. Kxg2 Bxa2 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 28. Rh4 Bb1 29. Rh6+ Bg6 30. g4 {And now f4 would win.} Rd8 31. Bg7 (31. Ba3 $142) 31... Rg8 32. Bb2 Kd7 33. Kg3 (33. f4 $142) 33... Bf5 $19 34. Rf6 (34. f3 $142) 34... Be6 ({Don't play} 34... Bxg4 35. Rxf7+ Kc6 36. Rf6+ Be6+ 37. Kf3 $17) ({Worse is} 34... Rxg4+ 35. Kf3 $11) 35. Rf4 a6 36. f3 b5 37. cxb5 axb5 38. Bc3 Ra8 39. g5 b4 40. Bxb4 cxb4 41. Rxb4 {KRB-KR} Ke7 42. Rb5 Kf8 43. f4 (43. g6 {is the only way for White.} fxg6 44. Kf4) 43... Ra3+ 44. Kf2 Bg4 45. Kg2 Bd7 46. Rc5 Rb3 47. f5 Rb5 48. Rxb5 {[#]} (48. Rc7 $19 Bxf5 49. Kg3) 48... Bxb5 {KB-KPP. Black mates.} 49. Kf3 Ke7 50. Kg4 Bd3 51. Kf4 Kd6 52. g6 f6 53. g7 Bc4 54. Kg4 Ke5 {Accuracy: White = 39%, Black = 79%.} 0-1

[Event "RUS Cup Final Men 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.05"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Black "Pridorozhni, Aleksei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2018.12.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,135,37,48,21,36,32,46,29,38,43,71,70,78,69,75,85,86,86,87,94,198,198,194,197,192,198,198,197,197,197,191,131,67,32,29,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,10,10,291,290,281,272,198,149,375,375,375,375,375,368,498,516,531,520,520,446,475,414,396,214,510,582,562,564,610,572,694,697,658,623,1024,1011,990,1268,1241,1121,1809,2034,29970,29976,29974,29974,29970,29970,29977,29976]} 1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. g4 {E71: King's Indian: 4 e4 d6 5 h3} Na6 9. Nge2 h5 (9... c6 10. Ng3 Nc5 11. g5 Nfd7 12. h4 cxd5 13. Nxd5 Nb6 14. Nc3 Be6 15. b3 a4 {1-0 (36) Ding,L (2777)-Amonatov,F (2636) Riadh 2017}) 10. f3 Nh7 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 11. gxh5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Qd2 h4 12. Rg1 Bd7 13. O-O-O Nc5 14. Nb5 Bxb5 15. cxb5 Bf6 {1-0 (45) Ma,Z (2458)-Li,S (2524) Beijing 2017}) 11... Qh4+ 12. Bf2 Qxh5 13. Ng3 Qh6 14. h4 Nf6 15. h5 Nxh5 16. Nxh5 gxh5 17. Qd2 Qxd2+ 18. Kxd2 f5 19. Rxh5 b6 (19... Rf6 $16) 20. Bh3 $1 $18 {[%cal Re4f5]} fxe4 21. Nxe4 Rxf3 22. Bxc8 Rxc8 23. Rg1 Rcf8 24. Be3 {[%mdl 1024] Bh6 is the strong threat. White has strong compensation.} Rf1 {[#]} 25. Rg2 (25. Rg4 $1 $18) 25... Nc5 $16 26. Ng5 (26. Ng3 $5 {[%cal Rg3f1]} R1f3 27. Bxc5 bxc5 28. Ne4 $11) 26... R8f6 $1 27. Rhh2 (27. Bxc5 $5 bxc5 28. Ne6 R6f2+ 29. Rxf2 Rxf2+ 30. Ke3 $11) 27... Rg6 $1 28. Bxc5 bxc5 29. Ne6 Rg1 30. Rxg6 Rxg6 31. Nxc7 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} e4 32. Kc2 a4 33. Re2 Be5 34. Nb5 Kf7 35. b3 axb3+ 36. Kxb3 Rg3+ 37. Kc2 Rg1 38. Rxe4 Rg2+ 39. Kb3 Rb2+ 40. Ka3 Rb4 {[%csl Gb4][%cal Re5b2]} 41. Re2 Kf6 42. Rc2 Kf5 43. Na7 Rb1 44. Nc6 Bf4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (44... Ke4 $11) 45. Re2 $18 Kg4 46. Ka4 Kf3 47. Rc2 Ke4 $2 {[#]} (47... Rb7 $16 48. Rc3+ Be3) 48. Rc3 $1 {[%cal Rc3b3]} Bd2 49. Rb3 Ra1 50. a3 Bc1 51. Nd8 Kd4 52. Kb5 Bxa3 53. Nf7 Bc1 54. Nxd6 Bf4 55. Nf5+ (55. Nb7 $142) 55... Ke4 $2 (55... Ke5 56. Ng3 (56. Kxc5 Kxf5 57. Kc6 Ke4 $11) 56... Ra2 57. Kxc5 Ra8) 56. Ng3+ Ke5 57. Ne2 Bg5 58. Rg3 Bd8 59. Kxc5 Ra5+ 60. Kb4 Ra1 61. Re3+ Kd6 62. c5+ Kd7 63. Rh3 Bf6 64. Rh7+ Kc8 65. Nf4 {White mates.} Rd1 66. Kb5 Rd4 67. Nh5 Bd8 68. d6 {Accuracy: White = 73%, Black = 51%.} 1-0

[Event "RUS Cup Final Men 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.05"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Black "Sorokin, Aleksey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.12.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,81,7,11,10,12,0,18,20,21,21,22,34,32,27,38,38,49,51,60,35,66,44,74,58,48,58,41,19,55,-12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,16,19,43,43,33,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. Bg5 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} Be7 8. Nf3 Nh6 9. Nbd2 Nf5 {LiveBook: 14 Games} 10. c3 Nd7 11. Qe2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Nf1 c5 12. Ng3 g6 13. Nxf5 gxf5 14. O-O Rc8 {½-½ (56) Lomasov,S (2540)-Le,Q (2715) Douglas 2018}) 11... Qb6 12. Bxe7 Kxe7 13. Nb3 {[%cal Bd2b3,Bb3c1,Bc1d3][%mdl 32]} a5 14. Qd2 a4 15. Nc1 c5 16. O-O cxd4 17. cxd4 Qa5 {...Qxd2 is the strong threat.} 18. Qf4 Qb5 19. Rd1 Nb8 20. Nd3 Nc6 21. Rac1 b6 22. Qg5+ Kd7 $1 23. Qf4 (23. Nf4 $14) 23... Rac8 24. Rc3 Nb4 25. Nxb4 Qxb4 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 26. Qd2 Rxc3 27. bxc3 Qa5 28. Ng5 f6 29. exf6 gxf6 30. Nh3 {Hoping for Nf4.} Rc8 ({Don't play} 30... Nxh4 $6 31. Nf4 $18) 31. Qe2 {Strongly threatening Nf4.} Qxc3 {The position is equal.} 32. Nf4 Nxd4 33. Qxh5 Kd6 34. Qf7 {aiming for Kh1.} Rc4 {Threatens to win with ...Nf3+!} 35. Kh1 Qc2 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 36. Rxd4 $1 Qb1+ $1 37. Kh2 Rxd4 38. Qxe6+ Kc5 39. Qxf6 {And now Ne6+ would win.} Rd1 40. Qe7+ Kb5 41. Qd7+ {Accuracy: White = 72%, Black = 55%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS Cup Final Men 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.05"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.12.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,80,15,14,10,34,34,35,43,40,36,54,26,24,17,24,0,0,0,0,-25,-26,-26,-12,-39,-37,-39,-26,-39,-37,-37,-37,-39,-38,-45,0,0,-8,-8,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 e5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nge2 c6 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 {A22: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3 Nf6} Bc7 7. d4 O-O {LiveBook: 6 Games} 8. Bb2 Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... d6 9. Ng3 Nbd7 10. Be2 Nb6 11. Qc2 exd4 12. exd4 {1-0 (69) Vitiugov,N (2681)-Bu,X (2702) Sochi 2009}) 9. d5 {aiming for d6.} d6 10. Ng3 cxd5 11. cxd5 Nbd7 12. Rc1 a6 13. Be2 b5 14. Qc2 Bb8 15. O-O Nb6 16. Rfd1 Bd7 17. h3 Ra7 18. Nf5 g6 19. Ng3 Rc7 20. Qb3 Qe7 21. Nce4 Nxe4 22. Nxe4 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ {The position is equal.} Bxc8 25. Nc3 Bd7 26. Bc1 Ba7 27. Qc2 Be8 28. e4 Qc7 {[#] White must now prevent ...Na4.} 29. Bd3 Na4 30. Nxa4 Qxc2 31. Bxc2 {Hoping for Nb2.} bxa4 32. Be3 Bxe3 33. fxe3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} Bb5 34. h4 f6 35. Kf2 Kf7 36. g3 Ke7 37. Ke1 Kd7 38. Kd2 Kc7 39. Bd1 h5 40. Bc2 Kb6 {Accuracy: White = 61%, Black = 78%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS Cup Final Men 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.05"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Vavulin, Maxim"]
[Black "Kokarev, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2018.12.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,138,9,14,-7,-20,-12,0,0,-8,-12,-3,-35,-37,-36,-28,-47,-49,-52,-34,-47,-37,-27,-38,-44,-47,-135,-129,-120,-125,-140,-130,-152,-98,-80,-85,-90,-89,-104,-96,-89,-92,-102,-91,-100,-106,-101,-87,-83,-86,-171,-160,-178,-178,-164,-153,-222,-161,-231,-214,-234,-198,-199,-199,-221,-221,-228,-231,-231,-228,-230,-207,-212,-197,-212,-201,-326,-222,-277,-216,-211,-197,-367,-270,-231,0,-362,-185,-270,-228,-231,-224,-335,-225,-209,-208,-225,-229,-224,-220,-365,-190,-478,-179,-238,-207,-232,-197,-575,-566,-560,-542,-529,-508,-636,-636,-625,-579,-2065,-568,-1438,-623,-29982,-29984,-29984,-29985]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be2 Be7 {LiveBook: 929 Games} 9. h4 {B92: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Be2} O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... h5 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 Nbd7 12. c4 g6 13. g3 b6 14. Nd2 a5 15. f4 Qc8 16. O-O Nc5 {1-0 (27) So,W (2776)-Bosiocic,M (2600) Batumi 2018}) 10. Bf3 a5 11. a3 {The position is equal.} a4 12. Nc1 Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6a5,Ba5c4][%mdl 32]} 13. N1e2 Na5 14. h5 h6 15. Qd3 Nc4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 16. Bc1 Qb6 17. Rb1 Qc5 18. O-O Rfc8 19. Rd1 Bd8 20. b3 (20. Ng3 $15) 20... axb3 (20... Nxa3 21. b4 $16) 21. Rxb3 Bb6 22. Rf1 Qc7 23. Kh1 Bc5 (23... Na5 $142 24. Rb1 Bc4) 24. Nd5 $17 Bxd5 25. exd5 {[#]} Bxa3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 26. Bxa3 (26. Rxa3 Nxa3) 26... Nxa3 27. Rxa3 {And now Rc3 would win.} e4 28. Bxe4 Rxa3 {[#]} 29. Bh7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxh7 30. Qxa3 Qc4 31. Qd3 Qxc2 32. Qb5 (32. Qxc2 $17 Rxc2 33. Nd4) 32... Rb8 $19 33. Kg1 Nf6 34. Ng3 Qc5 35. Qb1 (35. Rb1 $17 {keeps fighting.}) 35... Qxd5 (35... Nxd5 36. Rc1) 36. Rd1 (36. Nf5 {might work better.} Qe5 37. Re1) 36... Qe5 37. Re1 Qf4 38. Qb6 d5 39. Rd1 Qg4 40. Rd4 Qe6 41. Qb1 b5 42. Rb4 Qc6 43. Nf5 Qc5 44. Qb2 Rb6 ({Inferior is} 44... Nxh5 45. Rh4 $11) 45. Rf4 (45. g4 $142) 45... d4 ({Don't take} 45... Nxh5 46. Rg4 $19) 46. Nxd4 Qxh5 47. Nf5 Re6 {[%cal Re6e1]} 48. Qc3 $2 (48. Ne3 {was called for.}) 48... Qd1+ 49. Kh2 Qh5+ (49... Ng4+ $142 50. Kg3 Nf6) 50. Kg1 $1 {[#]} Qe2 (50... b4 $142 $1 51. Qc1 (51. Qxb4 Nd5) 51... b3) 51. Kh2 (51. g3 $142) 51... Kh7 52. Nd4 Qh5+ 53. Kg1 (53. Qh3 {is the only way for White.} Re5 54. Qxh5 Rxh5+ 55. Kg1) 53... Re8 54. Nf3 Kg8 55. Qd3 Qc5 {White must now prevent ...Qc1+.} 56. Rf5 Qc1+ 57. Kh2 (57. Qf1 {was the only chance.} Qxf1+ 58. Kxf1) 57... Qc4 (57... b4 $142 58. Rb5 Re4) 58. Qd6 $2 (58. Qxc4 bxc4 59. Rc5) 58... Ne4 $2 (58... Ng4+ 59. Kg3 {[#]} Nxf2 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 59. Qb6 (59. Qd7 $142 Qe6 60. Qxe6 Rxe6 61. Nd4) 59... b4 {Threatens to win with ...Nf6.} 60. Rb5 Qe2 61. Re5 $2 (61. Rxb4 Qxf2 62. Qxf2 Nxf2 63. Kg1) 61... Rxe5 62. Qb8+ Kh7 {( -> ...Rh5+)} 63. Qxe5 {intending Qf5+.} Qc4 64. Qf5+ g6 65. Qf4 Qd5 66. Ne5 Kg7 (66... g5 $142 67. Qf5+ Kg7) 67. Nxf7 g5 (67... Qxf7 $2 68. Qxe4 b3 69. Qb4 $19) (67... b3 $142 68. f3 g5) 68. Qf3 Qxf7 69. Qxe4 Qf4+ {Accuracy: White = 31%, Black = 62%.} 0-1

[Event "RUS Cup Final Men 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.05"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2018.12.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,68,19,14,7,2,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-15,-19,-22,-15,-39,-33,-59,-16,-21,-42,-39,-19,-55,-70,-98,-98,-100,-96,-97,-104,-131,-95,-98,-79,-72,-60,-97,137,-75,137,136,130,-191,-190,-197,-183,-193,-174,-308,-269,-318,-335,-326,-333]} 1. Nf3 b6 2. g3 Bb7 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O e6 5. d3 d5 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. Re1 Bc5 {LiveBook: 26 Games. Strongly threatening ...Bxf2+!} 8. e3 {A05: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 Nf6} (8. c4 O-O 9. a3 a5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Nb3 Be7 12. Nbd4 Re8 13. Bf4 Nh5 14. Bd2 a4 15. b4 axb3 16. Qxb3 {½-½ (41) Anton Guijarro,D (2654)-Bruzon Batista,L (2643) Tbilisi 2017}) 8... O-O 9. c4 Be7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... a5 10. b3 Qe7 {½-½ (10) Junge,K (2232)-Kalabic,F (2214) Germany 2017}) 10. Qc2 {The position is equal.} a5 11. b3 a4 12. bxa4 Nc5 13. Ba3 Nxa4 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. d4 c5 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Rac1 Rfc8 18. Qb1 Qa5 19. Rc2 dxc4 20. Nxc4 Qc5 $1 {aiming for ...b5.} 21. Rcc1 Bd5 22. Ncd2 Nc3 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 23. Qd3 Rxa2 24. Nd4 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Ng4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Threatens to win with ...Ne5. Black is pushing.} 26. Ne2 {[%cal Rc1c3]} Nxf2 $2 (26... Ne5 $1 $17 {[%cal Re5d3]} 27. Qxc3 Qxc3 28. Nxc3 Rxd2) 27. Qd7 $2 {[#]} (27. Qxc3 $16 {is necessary to keep the advantage.} Qxc3 28. Nxc3 Rxd2 29. Ne2 Rxc1 30. Rxc1) 27... Qc6+ $2 (27... Rxd2 $1 $17 {stays on course.} 28. Qxd2 Qc6+ 29. Kf1 Nfe4) 28. Qxc6 $16 Rxc6 29. Kxf2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (29. Nxc3 $16 Rxd2 30. Ne2) 29... Rxd2 $19 30. Kf3 Rd3 31. Rc2 g5 32. Nd4 (32. Nxc3 $142 Rdxc3 33. Rxc3 Rxc3 34. Rb1) 32... Rc4 {Black has a decisive advantage.} 33. Kg2 Rc5 34. Nb3 Re5 {Accuracy: White = 33%, Black = 60%.} 0-1

[Event "RUS Cup Final Men 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.05"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Drygalov, Andrey"]
[Black "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.12.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,83,35,29,31,32,43,0,50,44,42,46,33,24,27,36,31,30,25,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,69,0,4,10,9,0,0,0,12,15,34,34,65,18,73,85,78,81,93,79,79,85,170,170,170,170,191,191,231,227,266,227,503,310,299,298]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Nf6 {[%cal Bg8f6,Bf6d7,Bd7f8,Bf8e6,Be6d4][%mdl 32]} 7. Nc3 Nd7 8. Be3 e5 9. Qd2 h6 {B31: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5 g6} 10. Nh2 (10. O-O Qe7 11. Nh2 Nf8 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Ne6 14. Bg3 Nd4 15. e5 Bf5 16. Rae1 O-O-O 17. Ne4 Bxe4 18. Rxe4 {½-½ (42) Amin,B (2686)-Flores,D (2621) Batumi 2018}) 10... b6 11. O-O Nf8 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Ne6 14. Be3 Nd4 $1 15. Nd1 {[%cal Bc3d1,Bd1f2,Bf2g4][%mdl 32]} Be6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... g5) 16. c3 Nb5 17. Nf2 g5 18. Nfg4 f6 19. a4 Nd6 20. a5 {aiming for axb6.} O-O 21. axb6 axb6 22. Rxa8 Qxa8 23. b4 cxb4 24. cxb4 f5 {[#]} ({Better is} 24... Qb7 $11) 25. exf5 (25. Nxh6+ $1 $14 {[%mdl 512]} Bxh6 26. Bxg5) 25... Nxf5 $11 26. Bxb6 Qb7 $132 {[%mdl 2048] Black has counterplay} 27. Bc5 Ra8 $1 28. Qe1 Qd7 29. Ne5 Qd5 30. Nhf3 Kh7 31. Qe4 Ra2 (31... Qxe4 $11 32. dxe4 Ng3) 32. Bf2 $16 Qxe4 33. dxe4 {[%cal Bd3e4,Be4e5,Be5e6][%mdl 32]} Nd6 34. Re1 Ra6 35. Bc5 Nc4 (35... Nb5 $16) 36. Nxc4 $18 Bxc4 37. e5 Kg6 38. Nd4 Ra2 39. Nxc6 Kf7 40. Rd1 Ke6 $2 (40... Re2 41. Rd4 Bb5) 41. Nd8+ Kf5 {[#]} 42. e6 $1 {Accuracy: White = 77%, Black = 44%.} 1-0

[Event "RUS Cup Final Men 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Black "Drygalov, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2018.12.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,109,87,94,113,70,74,73,76,74,68,57,58,68,52,0,0,6,12,0,22,-22,0,0,19,0,-5,-53,-21,-55,83,95,102,85,90,65,194,121,212,199,223,211,222,237,225,198,315,305,295,263,245,199,272,273,288,297,383,298,381,305,297,270,379,257,429,407,397,416,596,593,798,809,835,788,1083,1072,1018,1033,1012,1018,1384,1300,1847,1666,1724,1691,1702,1591,2058,2035]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3 O-O 9. g4 Be6 10. g5 Ne8 {B92: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Be2} (10... Nfd7 11. Qd2 Nb6 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Bf5 14. f4 Nd7 15. fxe5 Nxe5 16. Rf1 Be4 17. Rf4 Bg6 18. h4 Rc8 19. Nd4 {1-0 (64) Karjakin,S (2773)-Duda,J (2737) chess.com INT 2018}) 11. Qd2 Nd7 12. O-O-O {LiveBook: 3 Games} b5 {White is better.} 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 b4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... f5 15. Na5 Nc7 16. Nc6 Qe8 17. f4 e4 18. h4 {1-0 (46) Chomczyk,M (2247)-Siembab,B (2136) Lazy 2018}) 15. Kb1 a5 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 16. Bb5 a4 17. Nc1 Nc5 18. Qxb4 Bxg5 19. Bxg5 Qxg5 20. Bc6 Rd8 21. Bxa4 Nf6 22. Bb5 Qf5 23. Qe1 Rb8 24. a4 Rfc8 $1 {[%mdl 1024] Black has compensation.} 25. Na2 Qf4 {[#]} (25... Ra8 $1 $15 26. Qb4 Qxf2) 26. Qe3 $1 $16 Qh4 {[#]} 27. Qg3 $1 {[%cal Rg3h4]} Qh6 28. f3 e4 (28... Nfd7 $14) 29. b4 (29. Qxd6 exf3 30. Nc3 f2 $16) (29. Rhf1 $18) 29... Ncd7 (29... Rxb5 $16 30. axb5 Ncd7 31. Qxd6 exf3) 30. Qxd6 $18 Qe3 31. Bxd7 Rd8 32. fxe4 Nxd7 33. Qg3 Qxe4 (33... Qa7 $142 34. Qa3 Nb6) 34. Rhe1 Qc4 35. Qb3 Qh4 36. Ka1 Qxh2 (36... Nc5 {is a better defense.} 37. Qa3 (37. bxc5 Rxb3 38. cxb3 Qf6+ 39. Kb1 Qf3 $11) 37... Ne4) 37. c4 h5 38. Qc3 Rdc8 39. a5 Qf2 40. Rf1 Qe2 41. Rg1 {[%csl Gg1][%cal Rc3g7]} g6 (41... f6 {was worth a try.} 42. Rde1 Qf2) 42. Rde1 Qf2 $2 (42... Qh2 43. Qd4 Nc5) 43. Rgf1 Qh4 44. c5 {[%cal Bc4c5,Bc5c6,Bc6c7][%mdl 32]} Qg5 (44... Nxc5 $142 45. bxc5 Rb5) 45. Qd4 {White is clearly winning.} h4 46. c6 Nf8 47. Rh1 Re8 48. c7 Rxe1+ 49. Rxe1 Rc8 50. d6 Nd7 51. Nc3 Qg3 52. Re3 Qg1+ 53. Kb2 Qf2+ 54. Kb3 Qf5 55. Qxh4 {Accuracy: White = 66%, Black = 42%.} 1-0

[Event "RUS Cup Final Men 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Black "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2018.12.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,90,35,12,17,0,0,1,0,-18,-16,-12,-12,0,0,-13,0,-14,0,-27,-10,-40,8,0,0,0,25,24,41,22,32,15,71,63,68,71,121,113,99,101,101,81,107,96,108,119,143,112,120,118,150,-27,-35,-60,-60,-62,-19,-20,-10,-28,0,-68,-62,-388,-369,-377,-341,-750,-740,-807,-483,-1600,-1587]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. a4 b6 9. f4 Bb7 10. Bf3 Qc7 11. Re1 {LiveBook: 6 Games. B84: Sicilian Scheveningen: 6 Be2 a6, lines without early Be3} (11. Qe2 Rc8 12. Be3 h5 13. Bf2 Ng4 14. Bxg4 hxg4 15. Qxg4 Nf6 16. Qe2 Qc4 17. Rfe1 Qxe2 18. Rxe2 Ng4 19. Nf3 Nxf2 20. Kxf2 {½-½ (65) Karjakin,S (2783)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2751) chess.com INT 2017}) 11... Rc8 12. a5 Be7 13. axb6 {The position is equal.} Nxb6 14. Kh1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. e5 dxe5 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. fxe5 Nfd5 17. Ne4 O-O 18. Qg4 Kh8 {0-1 (39) Pupke,P (2096)-Ronczkowski,M (2506) Chessfriend.com 2004}) 14... O-O 15. Qe2 Rfd8 16. Qf2 h6 17. Na4 Nbd7 18. Nc3 Bf8 19. Qg3 Nc5 20. Bd2 d5 21. e5 Nfe4 22. Bxe4 $1 dxe4 23. Nce2 Rd5 24. Rec1 Qd8 25. Qe3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black must now prevent b4. White is more active.} Nd7 {[#]} (25... g5 $11 {remains equal.}) 26. c4 $1 $16 {[%cal Rc4d5]} ({Much worse is} 26. Qxe4 Bc5 $11) 26... Rdc5 27. b3 $1 {[%cal Bb2b3,Bb3b4][%mdl 32]} Rb8 28. b4 Rc7 29. c5 Rbc8 30. Bc3 Qh4 31. Ng3 Qg4 32. Bb2 Qg6 33. Re1 Rb8 34. Qe2 e3 35. Bc1 $2 (35. Qxe3 $16 Be7 36. Qe2) 35... Bd5 $11 36. Ba3 {[#]} a5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 37. bxa5 Bxc5 38. Bxc5 Nxc5 39. Qxe3 h5 {[%cal Bh6h5,Bh5h4,Bh4h3][%mdl 32] ...h4 is the strong threat.} (39... Rb2 $5 {[%cal Rb2g2]} 40. Re2 Rb1+ 41. Re1 Rb2 $11) 40. f5 (40. Rg1 $11) 40... Qg4 $1 $15 {[%mdl 1024] Strongly threatening ...h4. Black has compensation.} 41. Re2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({White has to play} 41. a6 $1 $15 Rb2 42. Nde2) 41... h4 $19 42. Nf1 {With the idea h3.} Rb4 43. Nf3 $2 (43. h3 Qxd4 44. Qxd4 Rxd4 45. fxe6) 43... h3 {Black is clearly winning.} 44. N1d2 Nb3 45. Kg1 (45. Nxb3 $142 Rxb3 46. Qg5 Bxf3 47. Qxg4 Bxg4 48. Rf2) 45... Nxa1 {Accuracy: White = 31%, Black = 54%.} 0-1

[Event "RUS Cup Final Men 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Kokarev, Dmitry"]
[Black "Vavulin, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2018.12.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,100,68,53,90,89,84,83,92,90,105,66,57,57,53,48,49,39,41,31,48,21,21,22,38,22,29,11,10,2,94,0,2,2,2,1,1,0,2,3,16,0,29,29,69,18,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,80,83,446,151,355,199,192,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 {[%cal Bd2d4,Bd4d5][%mdl 32]} d6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c4 Nb6 6. e6 fxe6 7. Nc3 e5 8. d5 {B04: Alekhine's Defence: 4 Nf3} Nd4 9. Nxd4 (9. Ng5 Bf5 10. Bd3 Qd7 11. Be3 h6 12. Bxf5 Qxf5 13. Nge4 c5 14. O-O g5 15. Qd3 Qd7 {½-½ (52) Wang,H (2733)-Ma,Q (2481) Beijing 2012}) 9... exd4 10. Qxd4 e5 11. Qd1 Bf5 12. Bd3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Qd7 13. O-O Be7 14. a4 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Qg4 16. Ne4 $146 O-O 17. f3 Qg6 18. Qb3 Rfb8 19. Be3 Nd7 20. c5 Nf6 21. Qc4 Nxe4 22. fxe4 Bg5 23. Bxg5 Qxg5 24. Ra3 Rf8 25. Raf3 Rf4 {[#]} (25... Rxf3 $11 26. Rxf3 Qd2) 26. g3 ({White should try} 26. cxd6 $1 $16 cxd6 27. Qc7) 26... Rxf3 27. Rxf3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Qd2 28. cxd6 cxd6 29. Rf2 Qe3 30. Kg2 h6 31. Rf3 Qg5 32. Qc7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has the initiative.} Qd2+ 33. Kh3 (33. Rf2 $14 Qb4 34. Kh3) 33... Qe2 $1 {[%cal Re2f3]} 34. Qxb7 Qxf3 35. Qxa8+ {KQ-KQ} Kh7 36. Qxa7 Qf1+ 37. Kh4 {Black should prevent Qd7.} Qg2 {[#]} (37... Qf3 $11 38. Qd7 Qxe4+ 39. g4 Qxd5) 38. Qf7 $1 $16 {[%cal Rf7f5] aiming for Qf5+.} Qxh2+ (38... Qxe4+ $142 39. Kh3 Qc4) 39. Kg4 Qxb2 $2 (39... Qc2 $16) 40. Qf5+ (40. Kf5 $142) 40... Kg8 $18 41. a5 $2 (41. Qe6+ $18 Kh7 42. Qxd6) 41... Qe2+ $11 {The position is equal.} 42. Kh4 Qh2+ 43. Qh3 g5+ 44. Kg4 Qe2+ 45. Kf5 Kf7 $1 {[%cal Re2f3]} 46. Qxh6 {Black must now prevent Qh7+.} Qf3+ 47. Kxg5 {Intending Qh5+ and mate.} Qxg3+ 48. Kf5 {Threatening mate with Qh7+.} Qf3+ 49. Kg5 {White threatens Qh5+ and mate.} Qf4+ 50. Kh5 {Qxf4+ would kill now.} Qh2+ {Precision: White = 49%, Black = 47%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS Cup Final Men 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2018.12.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,142,9,-5,29,10,11,16,12,9,19,6,17,16,22,12,16,0,27,0,-10,-22,-19,-51,-57,-112,-100,-125,-134,-130,-122,-120,-127,-128,-80,-99,-87,-117,-102,-113,-102,-137,-136,-127,-27,-103,-52,-235,-56,-42,-43,-72,0,0,-5,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-29,-22,-46,0,-8,-30,-54,-65,-106,-106,-60,-106,-101,-97,-101,-100,-105,-100,-102,-106,-105,-106,-100,-8,-39,-37,-98,-58,-189,-131,-187,-185,-168,-169,-256,-245,-29950,-411,-29950,-29952,-29948,-29952,-29952,-465,-29951,-29954,-2409,-1531,-1513,-1560,-29959,-29961,-12795,-5716,-29962,-29964,-29962,-29965,-29967,-29969,-29968,-29970,-29969,-29969,-29970,-29964]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Qb3 c6 8. Rd1 Nd7 {D53: Queen's Gambit Declined: 4 Bg5 Be7: Early deviations} 9. e4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Nb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... dxe4 10. Nxe4 Qa5+ 11. Rd2 Be7 12. Be2 Nf6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. O-O O-O 15. Qe3 Qc7 16. c5 {1-0 (32) Moiseenko,A (2695)-Huzman,A (2582) Jerusalem 2015}) 10. Be2 (10. c5 {with more complications.} Nd7 11. Bd3 Qa5 12. O-O O-O 13. e5) 10... Nxc4 {The position is equal.} 11. Bxc4 dxc4 12. Qxc4 O-O 13. O-O Bd7 14. Ne5 a5 15. f4 b5 16. Qe2 Be8 17. Qf2 c5 18. d5 {Threatens to win with dxe6.} Qb6 19. d6 {aiming for d7.} b4 20. d7 ({White should try} 20. Ne2 $15 Bb5 21. Nd3) 20... bxc3 $17 21. bxc3 Bxe5 $1 22. fxe5 Qc7 23. dxe8=Q Raxe8 24. Rd6 Qb7 25. Qe3 Qb2 26. Rd2 Qb5 27. h3 c4 28. Qd4 Rc8 29. Rff2 Qc5 (29... Rb8 $17) 30. Kh2 (30. Qxc5 $1 $11 Rxc5 31. Rd4) 30... a4 (30... Qe7 $17) 31. Kg3 $2 (31. Qxc5 $1 $15 Rxc5 32. Rd4) 31... a3 $2 (31... Qa5 $19 {White must now prevent ...Rcd8.} 32. Kh2 Rfd8) 32. Qxc5 $15 Rxc5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 33. Kf4 Rb8 (33... Rb5 $17) 34. Rd7 $11 Rcb5 35. Ke3 Rxe5 36. Rfxf7 Rg5 37. g4 Rb2 38. Ra7 Rxa2 39. Kd4 Re2 40. Rfe7 e5+ 41. Kxc4 Rxe4+ 42. Kd5 Re3 43. Rxa3 Rxh3 44. Ra8+ Kh7 45. c4 Rd3+ 46. Kc6 Rg6+ 47. Kb5 Rb3+ 48. Kc5 Rxg4 49. Rxe5 Rc3 50. Ra4 Rh3 (50... Rc2 $17) 51. Kb5 Rhh4 52. Rc5 (52. Rb4 $15) 52... h5 53. Ra8 (53. Ra3 $1 $15) 53... Rh1 $19 54. Rcc8 Rb1+ $1 55. Kc5 {[#]} Kg6 $1 56. Kd6 {[#]} (56. Ra6+ $142 Kh7 57. Raa8) 56... Rd1+ $1 57. Ke7 $2 (57. Kc5 $19) 57... Re4+ 58. Kf8 Kh7 {[%cal Rd1f1]} 59. Ra7 Rf1+ 60. Rf7 Rxf7+ 61. Kxf7 {KR-KR} h4 62. Rc5 Rf4+ 63. Ke7 Kg6 64. Rc8 h3 65. Rh8 Rxc4 66. Rxh3 Kf5 {Black mates.} 67. Kd6 g5 68. Kd5 Ra4 69. Rf3+ Kg4 70. Rf1 Kg3 71. Rg1+ Kf2 {Accuracy: White = 39%, Black = 64%.} 0-1

[Event "RUS Cup Final Men 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Pridorozhni, Aleksei"]
[Black "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.12.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,63,0,11,20,70,0,0,8,6,0,9,1,15,-9,20,32,25,22,56,64,106,106,183,164,246,204,260,255,242,232,212,220,530,527,487,482,489,326,1247,1241,1135,1096,1367,1330,2597,1116,879,1114,1005,990,29990,29991]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 g6 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} (6... e5 7. Bg5 Be6 8. f4 exf4 9. Qd2 Be7 10. O-O-O Bxb3 11. cxb3 Nc6 12. Bxf4 O-O 13. Bxd6 Bxd6 14. Qxd6 Qa5 15. Be2 {½-½ (76) Kryvoruchko,Y (2695)-Abdusattorov,N (2558) Batumi 2018}) 7. Be3 Bg7 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 8. Qd2 b5 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 8... Nbd7 9. Bh6 Bxh6 10. Qxh6 b5 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. a3 Qb6 13. O-O Ne5 14. Kh1 {0-1 (43) Magen,D (2144)-Indjic,A (2569) Budapest 2017}) 9. Bh6 (9. a4 $1 $14) 9... Bxh6 $11 10. Qxh6 Bb7 11. f3 Nbd7 12. a4 b4 13. Na2 d5 14. exd5 Bxd5 15. O-O-O $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Qc7 16. Kb1 a5 17. Bb5 $1 e6 (17... O-O-O $16 {is a better defense.}) 18. Rhe1 Bxb3 (18... O-O-O {keeps fighting.}) 19. cxb3 $18 Ke7 20. Rxe6+ Kxe6 21. Re1+ $1 Ne5 22. f4 $1 Nfd7 $2 (22... Nfg4 23. Qg5 {[%mdl 64] Pin} f5) 23. fxe5 Nxe5 24. Nc1 ({Not} 24. Bc4+ Kf6 $16) 24... Rhd8 25. Qg7 Rd4 $2 (25... Rg8 26. Qxh7 Rh8) 26. Nd3 $1 Rxd3 27. Bxd3 Re8 28. Bc4+ Kf5 29. g4+ (29. Rf1+ $142 Kg5 {[#]} 30. h4+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kg4 31. Qf6 Nf3 32. gxf3+ Kh3 33. Qg5 Qg3 34. Rh1+ Kg2 35. Rg1+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Skewer, Deflection} Kxg1 36. Qxg3+ Kh1 37. Bf1 Re2 38. Bxe2 h5 39. Bf1 f6 40. Qg2#) 29... Kg5 {[#]} 30. h4+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxg4 (30... Kxh4 31. Qf6+) 31. Qf6 {Intending Qg5+ and mate.} Nxc4 32. Rg1+ {Accuracy: White = 77%, Black = 34%.} 1-0

[Event "RUS Cup Final Men 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Tsydypov, Zhamsaran"]
[Black "Paravyan, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2018.12.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,48,25,25,19,32,21,38,-6,-11,-12,-3,-67,-83,-89,-81,-95,-75,-83,0,-169,-165,-160,-179,-108,-119,-196,-176,-162,-38,-786,-770]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 {[%cal Bd4b5,Bb5a3,Ba3c4][%mdl 32]} d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 Be6 8. Nc4 b5 9. Ne3 Nf6 {B32: Sicilian: Löwenthal and Kalashnikov Variations} 10. g3 h5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} (10... g6 11. Bg2 Bh6 12. O-O O-O 13. Bd2 Rb8 14. Kh1 Re8 15. a3 Bg7 16. Ncd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 {½-½ (41) Bauer,C (2636)-Cornette,M (2593) Nimes 2018}) 11. h4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Bg2 Rc8 12. Ncd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Nb8 14. Bd2 Nbd7 15. a4 bxa4 16. Rxa4 Nc5 17. Rc4 {½-½ (25) Bittencourt,J (2473)-Cubas,J (2438) Sao Caetano do Sul 2009}) 11... g6 {The position is equal.} 12. Bg2 Bh6 13. Ned5 (13. Ncd5 {with more complications.} Bxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxc1 15. Rxc1 O-O 16. c3) 13... Bxc1 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Qxd6 ({White should play} 15. Rxc1 $11 Nd4 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5) 15... Bxb2 $15 16. Qxc6+ Kf8 $1 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. Rb1 Qa5+ (18... Bd4 $17 {Hoping for ...Qa5+.} 19. O-O Kg7) 19. Ke2 $2 (19. Kd1 $1 $11 {and White stays safe.} Qxa2 20. Rxb2 (20. Qxa8+ $2 {loses.} Kg7 $19) 20... Qxb2 21. Qxa8+ Kg7 22. Qxa6) 19... Qxa2 $19 20. Qxa8+ Kg7 21. Qb7 {Strongly threatening Ne3.} Rc8 $1 $36 {[%cal Rc8c2][%mdl 2048] Black is on the roll.} 22. Rhc1 (22. Ne3 {[#] gets mated.} Rxc2+ $3 {[%mdl 512]} 23. Kf3 Bd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 24. Qxf7+ Kxf7 25. Rb2 Rxb2 26. g4 Bxe3 27. Bf1 Rxf2+ 28. Kg3 Bf4+ 29. Kh3 hxg4#) (22. Kd2 $17 Qa5+ 23. Kd1) 22... Bxc1 23. Rxc1 Qb2 ({Better is} 23... Rxc2+ $19 24. Rxc2 Qxc2+ 25. Ke1 Bg4) 24. Nc7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (24. Kd2 $15) 24... Bc4+ {Accuracy: White = 32%, Black = 53%.} 0-1

[Event "RUS Cup Final Men 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Sorokin, Aleksey"]
[Black "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.12.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,83,66,58,62,47,63,66,60,53,71,59,67,60,61,63,63,56,56,56,56,56,56,56,56,56,56,48,48,0,55,0,56,48,56,56,56,56,48,48,63,39,62,29,29,29,29,12,22,8,23,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,22,0,34,29,29,29,29,29,36,21,34,29]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 c5 4. d5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. Nc3 {A45: Trompowsky Attack} a6 7. Nf3 {[%cal Bg1f3,Bf3d2,Bd2c4][%mdl 32]} e5 8. a4 d6 9. Nd2 {LiveBook: 3 Games} h5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Nd7 10. Be2 g6 11. Bg4 h5 12. Bh3 {1-0 (39) Iotov,V (2556)-Berbatov,K (2392) Sofia 2009}) 10. Nc4 {[#] Strongly threatening Nb6.} Nd7 11. h4 b6 12. Ra3 Be7 13. Rb3 Bd8 14. g3 g6 15. Bh3 O-O 16. O-O Bc7 17. Kg2 Rb8 18. Qe2 Qd8 19. f3 Kg7 20. Ne3 Qe7 21. Rh1 Qd8 22. Rf1 Qe7 $1 23. Rf2 (23. Ra3 $14) 23... Qd8 (23... b5 $1 $11) 24. Kh2 Kh7 25. Qf1 Qe7 26. Ra3 {[%cal Bb3a3,Ba3a1,Ba1f1][%mdl 32]} Qd8 27. Qe2 Qe8 28. Ra1 (28. Kg1 {is more complex.} Bb7 29. Rf1 Rh8 30. Rb3 Rf8 31. Kh2) 28... Bd8 29. Raf1 Bf6 {[%cal Bd8f6,Bf6g7,Bg7h6][%mdl 32]} 30. Kh1 Bg7 31. Rh2 Nf6 32. Bxc8 Qxc8 33. Ra1 Bh6 34. Nc4 Qc7 35. Na3 Ra8 36. Rf1 Qd7 37. Kg2 Rfc8 38. Rhh1 Qc7 39. b3 Rcb8 40. Ra1 Rc8 41. Rhf1 Rf8 42. Nc4 {Accuracy: White = 53%, Black = 67%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS Cup Final Men 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Afanasiev, Nikita"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2018.12.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,88,0,0,-44,-40,-41,-41,-37,-37,-33,-32,-50,-18,-30,47,12,11,11,13,0,29,17,18,31,113,21,6,6,12,4,20,6,42,-20,0,0,0,-115,-90,-123,-33,-31,-33,-30,-37,-29,-37,-29,-10,-32,-28,-16,0,0,0,-41,-34,-125,-129,-136,-133,-135,-134,-135,-129,-127,-8,-8,0,-154,-154]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. e4 Bb4 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 e5 9. O-O O-O 10. Na4 {B44: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nb5} (10. Qe2 d6 11. Na4 d5 12. a3 Bd6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. exd5 Qf4 17. Bb5 Bg4 {½-½ (60) Karjakin,S (2782)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2789) Paris 2018}) 10... d5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 11. Bg5 dxe4 12. Bc2 $146 {Black is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Bxe4 Ba6 14. Qc2 g6 15. Rfd1 Rad8 16. c5 Qe6 17. a3 Ba5 {½-½ (35) Kukov,V (2413)-Rooze,J (2340) Augsburg 2013}) 12... Qxd1 13. Rfxd1 Bg4 14. Rdc1 Rad8 15. h3 Bf5 16. Be3 Bg6 (16... Bd2 $11) 17. a3 Bd2 18. Rd1 Bxe3 19. fxe3 h5 20. Nc5 h4 21. b4 Nh5 (21... Bh5 $14 22. Rxd8 Rxd8) 22. Rxd8 (22. Ba4 $16) 22... Rxd8 $11 23. Rd1 Rxd1+ 24. Bxd1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} Ng3 25. Kf2 f6 26. a4 (26. Nb7 $14) 26... Kf8 27. a5 Ke7 28. Ba4 (28. b5 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} cxb5 29. cxb5) 28... Kd6 $17 29. Na6 Bf7 ({Black should play} 29... Bf5 $17) 30. c5+ $15 Kd7 31. b5 $1 {[%cal Rb5b6]} ({Don't blunder} 31. Nb8+ $2 Kc7 $17) 31... cxb5 $1 32. Bxb5+ Kc8 33. Nb4 Kc7 34. Na6+ Kb7 35. Nb4 Kc7 36. Na6+ Kc8 37. Nb4 Nf5 38. Nc6 (38. Bc6 $15) 38... Bd5 $17 39. Ba6+ Kc7 40. Nxa7 {[#]} Ne7 $1 41. Be2 Kb7 42. Nb5 Kc6 (42... Ka6 $17 43. Nc7+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack (Double check)} Kxa5) 43. a6 $1 $11 Nc8 44. Bg4 $2 {[#]} (44. Nc3 $11) 44... Kxb5 {[%mdl 32768] Accuracy: White = 47%, Black = 41%. . Sensor Board Error (Ke4/e5)?} 1-0

[Event "RUS Cup Final Men 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Black "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2018.12.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,74,33,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,11,10,14,15,16,19,0,12,10,13,14,22,16,24,27,54,50,48,39,45,38,34,31,46,-22,-27,-44,13,-47,-12,-150,0,0,0,0,30,40,205,208,296,259,253,295,282,269,356,352,314,0,0,-29998,-29999]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nf3 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Nbd7 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} (6... e6 7. e5 Ng4 8. Bf4 Qb6 9. Qd2 dxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Nc6 12. Bg3 Qxb2 13. Rb1 Qa3 14. Bd3 {½-½ (57) Andreikin,D (2712)-Karjakin,S (2763) Moscow 2018}) 7. a4 b6 8. Bc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. Bg5 Bb7 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. Qd4 e6 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Be2 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. h3 {0-1 (33) Lipsits,S (1505)-Mashchenko,V (1817) LSS email 2014}) 8... Bb7 {The position is equal.} 9. O-O e6 10. Nd4 Nc5 11. f3 Qc8 12. Ba2 Be7 13. Qe1 O-O 14. Qg3 Kh8 15. Bg5 h6 16. Be3 Qc7 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Kh1 Qc8 19. Rd2 Ncd7 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Nxe6 {[%csl Ge6][%cal Rg3g7][%mdl 64] Double Attack} Rf7 {Strongly threatening ...Qc4.} 22. Nxd8 Qxd8 23. Rfd1 $40 {[%mdl 128] White attacks.} Qf8 24. Ne2 (24. b3 $14) 24... Ne5 $1 $11 25. Rd4 Qc8 ({Black should try} 25... Kh7 $15) 26. c3 (26. Nc3 $11) 26... Nh5 $15 27. Qe1 {[#]} (27. Qf2 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.}) 27... g5 (27... Nxf3 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 28. gxf3 Rxf3) 28. Ng3 $11 Nxg3+ 29. Qxg3 Qe6 30. Rb4 g4 $2 (30... Qc8 $14) 31. f4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf4e5]} (31. Rxb6 gxf3 32. Rxb7 Rg7 $11) 31... Nc4 (31... Nd7 {was necessary.}) 32. Bd4+ Kh7 33. f5 Qxe4 {[#] aiming for ...Bh4!} 34. Re1 $1 {[%cal Re1e4]} ({Weaker is} 34. Rxc4 Bh4 $16) 34... Qxf5 {Hoping for ...d5.} 35. Rxc4 Bg5 36. Be3 $2 ({And not} 36. Qxd6 Bxg2+ 37. Kxg2 Qf3+ 38. Kg1 Bh4 $11) (36. Bxb6 $18 h5 {[#]} 37. Qf2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} (37. Qxd6 Bh4 $14) 37... Qxf2 38. Bxf2) 36... Qd3 $11 {And now ...Bxe3 would win.} 37. Bxg5 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (37. Rf4 $11 Bxf4 38. Bxf4) 37... Rf1+ {Accuracy: White = 61%, Black = 49%.} 0-1

[Event "RUS Cup Final Men 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Black "Pridorozhni, Aleksei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2018.12.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,111,58,55,87,85,89,89,121,102,174,118,118,123,135,96,108,114,194,92,92,94,138,112,119,112,120,99,192,176,229,214,211,200,186,179,188,192,299,214,319,327,321,332,308,311,281,166,142,148,258,230,282,270,266,133,70,0,430,443,410,275,292,282,270,163,163,152,289,282,346,320,463,420,627,620,742,739,739,735,705,693,787,648,737,703,777,795,1063,1057,957,986]} 1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 Na6 7. Nf3 e5 8. d5 Nc5 9. Nd2 a5 10. a3 Nfd7 11. g4 {E90: King's Indian: Classical: Early deviations and 6 h3} a4 (11... f5 12. gxf5 gxf5 13. exf5 Nf6 14. Qc2 e4 15. O-O-O Bxf5 16. Bxc5 dxc5 17. f3 {0-1 (35) Urkedal,F (2509)-Vovk,A (2606) Trieste 2015}) 12. h4 {LiveBook: 5 Games} Nb6 13. Be2 {White is better.} Bd7 14. Qc2 c6 15. O-O-O cxd5 (15... Ra5 $16 {might work better.}) 16. cxd5 (16. Bxc5 $1 $18 dxc5 17. exd5) 16... Rc8 17. Kb1 f5 18. f3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18. gxf5 gxf5 19. Rdg1 Kh8 20. f3 f4 21. Bf2 {½-½ (21) Dao,T (2482)-Pascua,H (2423) Ho Chi Minh City 2015}) 18... fxg4 19. fxg4 Qe7 (19... Rf4 $16) 20. h5 (20. g5 $1 $18 {has better winning chances.}) 20... g5 $16 21. h6 Bf6 22. Rc1 Be8 23. Qd1 Bg6 24. Ka2 Be8 (24... Bh8 $16) 25. Bb5 $1 $18 Bxb5 (25... Bg6 {was worth a try.} 26. Ne2 Ncd7 27. Rxc8 Rxc8) 26. Nxb5 Qd7 27. Qe2 Be7 28. Nc3 Qd8 29. Rhf1 Rf4 (29... Nbd7 $142 30. Rf5 Qe8) 30. Bxf4 exf4 {[#]} (30... gxf4 $142 31. g5 Kh8) 31. e5 $1 dxe5 32. Qxe5 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Re5g7]} Bf6 33. Qf5 Bxc3 34. Rxc3 (34. d6 $142 Bxd2 35. Rxc5 Rxc5 36. Qxc5) 34... Qxd5+ 35. Kb1 Rc6 (35... Qxf5+ $16 36. gxf5 Nd5) 36. Qc2 {aiming for Rd1.} Nbd7 {[#]} 37. Nf3 $1 Rd6 38. Re1 (38. Rc4 $18 {Hoping for Rd4.} Rxh6 39. Rd4) 38... b6 $16 39. Re7 $40 {[%mdl 128] White attacks.} ({White should try} 39. Re8+ $14 Kf7 40. Rh8) 39... Qd1+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (39... Rxh6 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 40. Re1 Rd6) 40. Qxd1 $18 Rxd1+ 41. Kc2 Rd6 42. Rg7+ ({Don't take} 42. Nxg5 $6 Rxh6 43. Rh3 Rc6 $18) 42... Kh8 43. Nxg5 {[%cal Rg5f7]} Rxh6 44. Re7 {Strongly threatening Nf7+.} Rh2+ (44... Rg6 $16) 45. Kb1 Nf6 46. Rc1 Nd5 (46... Rd2 {is a better defense.} 47. Rf7 Nxg4) 47. Rf7 h6 {[#]} (47... Kg8 $142 48. Rd1 h6 49. Rxd5 hxg5) 48. Ne6 $1 {[%mdl 512] White is clearly winning.} Kg8 (48... Nxe6 49. Rc8+) 49. Rf8+ Kh7 50. Nxc5 bxc5 51. Rxc5 {KRR-KRN} Rd2 52. Rf5 Rd1+ 53. Ka2 Ne3 54. Rxf4 Rg1 55. Rxa4 {White wants to mate with Ra7+.} Nxg4 56. Ra6 {Precision: White = 74%, Black = 32%.} 1-0

[Event "RUS Cup Final Men 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Tsydypov, Zhamsaran"]
[Black "Paravyan, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2018.12.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,88,20,21,22,28,20,20,18,20,23,39,25,33,26,35,25,43,19,24,11,18,7,20,0,0,-31,-14,-77,-54,-36,-56,-119,-36,-92,-47,-47,-38,-57,-70,-56,-50,-52,0,0,55,63,56,-24,-36,-59,-11,-8,-8,-21,-7,-243,-246,-259,-249,-641,-636,-539,-207,-151,-160,-124,-89,-68,-77,-221,-170,-168,-140,-120,-119,-986,-963,-1127,-938,-29995,-29996]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. b3 (4. d4 exd4 5. c3 Nge7 6. cxd4 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. O-O Bg7 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Bg5 Qd6 11. Re1+ Be6 12. Nbd2 O-O 13. Ne4 Qb4 14. Qc1 Rfe8 15. Bd2 Qb6 16. Nc5 Bf5 17. Ne5 Rad8 18. h3 Nf6 19. Nb3 Rd5 20. Nxc6 Rxe1+ 21. Bxe1 Bf8 22. Ne5 {1-0 (46) Naiditsch,A (2721)-Nakamura,H (2763) Douglas 2018}) 4... a6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 4... Bg7 5. Bxc6 bxc6 6. Bb2 d6 7. d4 Bg4 8. dxe5 Bxe5 9. Bxe5 dxe5 10. Qxd8+ Rxd8 11. Nbd2 f6 {1-0 (49) Savic,M (2574)-Dudukovic,N (2108) Smederevska Palanka 2016}) 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Bb2 {C60: Ruy Lopez: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3...g6} f6 7. d4 exd4 8. Qxd4 {The position is equal.} Qxd4 9. Nxd4 Bb4+ 10. Nd2 Nh6 11. f3 O-O 12. O-O-O a5 13. Nc4 a4 14. a3 Be7 15. b4 Nf7 16. Ne3 Rd8 17. b5 Bd7 18. Rd2 (18. Rhe1 $11) 18... Nd6 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Rhd1 {[#]} ({White should try} 20. Rd3 $15) 20... Kf7 (20... f5 $1 $17 {Threatens to win with ...Bg5.} 21. Ne2 fxe4) 21. c4 (21. Rd3 $15) 21... Be8 22. Ndc2 Rdb8 23. e5 fxe5 24. Bxe5 Rb3 25. Rd3 Rab8 (25... Ra5 $15 26. f4 Rc5) 26. Nb4 $11 Nb7 (26... Rxd3 $11 27. Rxd3 Rd8) 27. Rxb3 $14 axb3 28. Kb2 (28. Bxc7 $14 Rc8 29. Bb6) 28... Nc5 $11 29. Bxc7 Rb7 30. Be5 Na4+ 31. Kb1 g5 32. Nf5 $2 (32. Bb2 $11) 32... Bxb4 $19 33. axb4 Ke6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 34. g4 $2 (34. Ng7+ Kxe5 35. Re1+ Kd4 36. Nf5+ Kc3 37. Rxe8) 34... Kxe5 35. Re1+ Kf4 $2 (35... Kf6 36. Re3 Bf7 37. Rxb3 Bxc4) 36. Rxe8 Kxf3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 37. Nd4+ Kxg4 38. Nxc6 Kh3 $1 39. b5 (39. c5 $17 {was worth a try.}) 39... Kxh2 {Hoping for ...Rd7.} 40. Ne5 Kh3 41. Rg8 h6 {White must now prevent ...Re7.} 42. Rg6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (42. Ra8 $17 Nc3+ 43. Kb2 Nxb5 44. cxb5) 42... Re7 $1 {[%cal Re7e5]} 43. Rxh6+ Kg3 44. Nd3 Re2 {Accuracy: White = 27%, Black = 48%.} 0-1

[Event "RUS Cup Final Men 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Sorokin, Aleksey"]
[Black "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.12.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,89,48,39,85,79,98,12,39,0,6,-26,96,110,152,156,139,136,278,262,314,314,312,317,374,0,291,253,231,216,240,217,225,230,225,177,145,111,145,97,159,77,76,77,77,87,98,82,62,62,296,296,296,296,306,292,291,291,484,483,468,428,586,403,2027,1874,1478,1688,1539,1410,1156,1082]} 1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. d5 Ne5 9. Ng3 h5 10. Be2 {E81: King's Indian: Sämisch: 6th move deviations (including 6 Be3 c6)} h4 11. Nf1 {LiveBook: 141 Games} b5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... e6 12. Bg5 exd5 13. Nxd5 h3 14. gxh3 Bxh3 15. Ng3 Qa5+ 16. b4 Qd8 17. bxc5 Qa5+ {½-½ (89) Sethuraman,S (2631)-Jones,G (2675) Dubai 2018}) 12. cxb5 {White is better.} a6 {[#]} 13. Nd2 ({White should try} 13. a4 $1 $16) 13... h3 14. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32] next a4 is good for White.} axb5 15. Nxb5 Qa5 (15... e6 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 16. O-O $16 Ba6 17. a4 c4 18. g5 Nh7 (18... Nfd7 $16 {might work better.}) 19. f4 $18 (19. Nxc4 $6 Nxc4 20. Bxc4 Qb4 $16) 19... Nd7 20. Nxc4 Qb4 21. Qe1 Qb3 22. Qd1 Qb4 $1 23. Qd2 Qxd2 24. Nxd2 Bxb2 25. Rab1 Ba3 26. Kf2 Bc5 27. Rfc1 {And now Nc7 would win.} f6 {intending ...fxg5.} 28. Bg4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Bxb5 29. axb5 Ra2 ({Black should play} 29... Bxe3+ 30. Kxe3 Nc5) 30. Bxd7 (30. Be6+ $142 Kg7 31. Ke2 (31. Bxd7 Rxd2+ 32. Kf3 Rxh2 $14) 31... Bxe3 32. Kxe3) 30... Rxd2+ $16 31. Kf3 Nxg5+ 32. fxg5 fxg5+ 33. Bf5 $1 g4+ 34. Kf4 g5+ $2 (34... Rxh2 $14 35. b6 (35. Bxc5 dxc5 36. b6 gxf5 $14) 35... gxf5) 35. Kxg4 $18 Bxe3 {[#]} 36. b6 $1 {[%cal Rb6b7] Hoping for b7.} ({Not} 36. Kxh3 Kg7 $16) 36... Rxh2 37. Rc8 Rxc8 38. Bxc8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rc2 $2 (38... Kg7 39. Kf3 Rc2) 39. Be6+ Kg7 {aiming for ...h2.} 40. Kxh3 Rc3 41. Kg2 Kf6 (41... Bxb6 $142 42. Rxb6 Kf6) 42. b7 {White is clearly winning.} Ba7 43. Ra1 Bb8 44. Ra8 Bc7 45. Rc8 {Accuracy: White = 53%, Black = 36%.} 1-0

[Event "RUS Cup Final Men 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Drygalov, Andrey"]
[Black "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2018.12.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,139,21,12,21,16,26,4,6,5,8,7,7,0,1,0,10,0,7,0,0,0,4,0,8,-4,0,0,0,-40,-25,-31,-26,-26,-26,-77,0,-177,-180,-166,-178,-186,-186,-155,-170,-184,-172,-154,-98,-112,-89,-82,-82,-86,-83,-157,-97,-97,-82,-101,-89,-101,-101,-101,-101,-101,-36,-106,-58,-82,-34,-38,-5,-27,-27,-27,0,-27,-5,-56,-12,-10,-1,-84,-89,-117,-12,-313,-311,-310,-281,-304,-285,-258,-236,-319,-312,-258,-251,-879,-877,-822,-782,-870,-862,-1107,-1107,-1107,-1100,-1076,-1068,-3509,-3509,-3509,-3509,-29978,-29979,-29979,-29979,-29978,-29979,-6087]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. a4 a6 {C50: Hungarian Defence and Giuoco Pianissimo} 7. c3 Ba7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. h3 h6 10. Re1 Re8 11. b4 {LiveBook: 39 Games} (11. Nf1 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Nxe3 d5 {½-½ (32) Anand,V (2768)-Grischuk,A (2766) Saint Louis 2018}) 11... Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Nb3 Ne7 14. Qc2 Ng6 15. Be3 Bxe3 {[#]} 16. fxe3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Rxe3) 16... Nh7 17. Rf1 Ng5 18. Qe2 Nxf3+ 19. Qxf3 Qe7 20. Qh5 Rf8 21. Ra2 Rf6 22. Rxf6 Qxf6 23. Qf5 Qe7 24. b5 Nh4 25. Qg4 f5 26. exf5 Nxf5 27. Re2 (27. bxa6 $11 bxa6 28. Qc4+ Kh8 29. Re2) 27... h5 (27... axb5 $17 28. axb5 e4) 28. Qg6 $2 (28. Qc4+ $11 Qf7 29. Qxf7+ Rxf7 30. e4) 28... Rf6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is in control.} 29. Qxh5 Ng3 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 30. Qg4 Nxe2+ 31. Qxe2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQN} d5 32. d4 axb5 33. axb5 e4 ({Black should try} 33... Rg6 34. Nd2 exd4 35. cxd4 Re6) 34. Nc5 $17 b6 35. Na6 c5 36. bxc6 Rxc6 37. Qb5 (37. Nb4 $142 Rd6 38. Qg4) 37... Rd6 (37... Rxc3 $142 38. Qxd5+ Kf8 39. Qf5+ Qf6 40. Qxe4 g6) 38. Nb4 Qg5 39. Qe2 Kh7 40. Kh1 Rd8 41. Kh2 Rc8 42. Qe1 Rc7 (42... b5 $17) 43. Qd2 ({White should play} 43. Qg3 $15 Qxg3+ 44. Kxg3) 43... Rf7 44. Qe1 Rf6 45. Qg3 Qh5 46. Qc7 Rg6 {Hoping for ...Qe2.} 47. g4 Qh4 (47... Qg5 {is more complex.} 48. Qe5 Qxe5+ 49. dxe5 Re6 50. Kg3 g5) 48. Qg3 Qd8 49. Kg2 (49. Qe5 $11) 49... Rf6 {aiming for ...Rf3.} 50. Qe5 Rd6 51. Qh5+ (51. h4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 51... Kg8 52. Qf5 Qf8 (52... g5 $17 {White should prevent ...Kg7.} 53. h4 gxh4) 53. Nxd5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (53. Kg3 $1 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 53... Qxf5 $19 54. Ne7+ {[#]} Kf8 $1 {( -> ...Qf3+)} 55. Nxf5 {KR-KN} Rc6 56. Kf2 Rxc3 57. Nd6 Rc2+ 58. Ke1 Rc6 59. Nf5 $2 (59. Nb5) 59... b5 {[%cal Bb6b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 60. d5 Rc3 61. Kd2 Rd3+ 62. Kc2 b4 63. h4 g6 64. Nd6 Rxe3 65. Kb2 Ke7 66. Nc4 Rg3 67. g5 e3 {Black mates.} 68. Kc2 {[#]} b3+ $1 69. Kd3 (69. Kxb3 e2+) 69... Rg2 70. d6+ {Accuracy: White = 40%, Black = 55%.} 0-1

[Event "RUS Cup Final Men 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Black "Drygalov, Andrey"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2018.12.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,37,-14,-18,0,0,14,-20,0,0,0,-10,0,-22,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O d6 8. f4 Be7 9. Be3 b5 10. Bf3 Bb7 11. a3 Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7c5,Bc5e6][%mdl 32]} 12. Qe2 {B84: Sicilian Scheveningen: 6 Be2 a6, lines without early Be3} (12. Nb3 Rc8 13. Qe2 O-O 14. g4 d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. c3 Rfe8 19. Qf3 Nf6 20. Nd2 Bc5 21. Bxc5 Qxc5+ {½-½ (56) Atabayev,Y (2473)-Jakovenko,D (2704) Doha 2016}) 12... O-O 13. Rad1 {LiveBook: 3 Games. The position is equal.} Rac8 14. g4 Nc5 {[%cal Rf6e4]} 15. Bf2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Qg2 Nfd7 16. g5 Rfe8 17. f5 Bf8 18. fxe6 Nxe6 19. Nf5 Ne5 20. Rf2 {½-½ (20) Krieger,H (2172)-Neese,H (2230) Bad Woerishofen 2011}) 15... e5 16. Nf5 Ne6 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Bg3 Bc5+ 19. Kh1 *

[Event "RUS Cup Final Men 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Paravyan, David"]
[Black "Tsydypov, Zhamsaran"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2018.12.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,49,35,27,23,31,31,26,12,31,34,29,33,56,20,22,24,65,64,150,45,50,53,52,68,70,56,69,64,67,62,96,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 f5 2. Bg5 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f3 (4. e3 d5 5. h4 c6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. Bd3 Ngf6 8. h5 Qb6 9. Rb1 Ne4 10. Bf4 Rg8 11. O-O Bf6 12. hxg6 hxg6 13. Na4 Qd8 14. c4 {0-1 (36) Sunilduth Lyna,N (2536)-Caruana,F (2813) Douglas 2016}) 4... Nc6 5. e3 d6 6. Bc4 $146 {A80: Dutch Defence: Unusual White second moves} ({Predecessor:} 6. Nge2 Nf6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O b5 9. e4 h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nd5 {0-1 (58) Drakaki,A (1910)-Cherednichenko,S (2290) Anogia 2013}) 6... h6 7. Bh4 Nf6 8. Nge2 {White has an edge.} e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bb3 c6 11. O-O Qe7 12. Qd2 Be6 13. e4 $1 Nc4 ({Black should try} 13... fxe4 $14 14. Bxf6 (14. fxe4 Bxb3 15. axb3 O-O $11) 14... Bxf6) 14. Qc1 (14. Bxc4 $16 Bxc4 15. exf5) 14... fxe4 $14 15. Nf4 g5 16. Ng6 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Qd7 17. Nxh8 gxh4 18. Ng6 (18. fxe4 Bxh8 19. Qxh6 Qg7 $15) 18... h3 $1 19. Nf4 $1 (19. fxe4 hxg2 20. Rf3 (20. Kxg2 Bh3+ 21. Kh1 Bxf1 $11) 20... O-O-O $11) (19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Bxc4 Bd4+ 21. Kh1 Bxc4 $17) 19... hxg2 {[#]} 20. Re1 (20. Nxg2 $6 O-O-O $14) ({White should play} 20. Rf2 $1 $16) 20... Bf7 $11 {The position is equal.} 21. Nxe4 ({But not} 21. Kxg2 O-O-O $15) 21... O-O-O {Threatens to win with ...Nxe4.} 22. Bxc4 ({Don't go for} 22. Kxg2 $2 Nxe4 23. Bxc4 Rg8 $19) 22... Bxc4 23. Qe3 ({Much worse is} 23. Nxg2 Nxe4 24. Rxe4 Bd5 $17) 23... Nxe4 $1 24. Qxe4 Bf7 25. Rad1 {Accuracy: White = 67%, Black = 53%.} *

[Event "RUS Cup Final Men 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Black "Sorokin, Aleksey"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2018.12.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,49,11,17,16,19,8,13,14,20,7,25,24,44,41,93,81,89,64,86,39,39,39,41,24,85,18,202,206,208,199,187,195,166,182]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. Bg5 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} Be7 8. Nf3 Nh6 9. Nbd2 (9. Nc3 Nd7 10. Ne2 c5 11. Nf4 cxd4 12. Nxh5 Qa5+ 13. Bd2 Qb6 14. Nxg7+ Kf8 {0-1 (41) Saric,I (2664)-Le,Q (2737) chess.com INT 2018}) 9... Nf5 {LiveBook: 14 Games} 10. c3 Nd7 11. g3 c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Qb6 12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. O-O c5 14. a4 cxd4 15. cxd4 {1-0 (45) Borik,J (2233)-Gorusa,M (2093) Nove Zamky 1999}) 12. Kf1 Rc8 13. Kg2 a6 14. Nf1 Qb6 15. Ne3 g6 ({Black should try} 15... Nxe3+ $14 16. Qxe3 Bd8) 16. Nxf5 $16 gxf5 17. Qd2 Qd8 18. c4 {Black must now prevent cxd5.} Bxg5 19. hxg5 {[#] Hoping for cxd5.} Nb6 20. cxd5 Qxd5 (20... Nxd5 $11 {keeps the balance.} 21. Rh4 Ne7) 21. g6 (21. Rh4 $16) 21... cxd4 $2 {[#]} (21... fxg6 $11 {and Black is okay.} 22. Qg5 c4) 22. Qg5 $1 $18 {White is clearly better.} ({And not} 22. Qxd4 Qxd4 23. gxf7+ (23. Nxd4 fxg6 24. Nxe6 Kf7 $11) 23... Kxf7 $11) 22... Nd7 23. Rxh5 Rxh5 24. gxf7+ ({Much less strong is} 24. Qxh5 $6 fxg6 25. Qxg6+ Kd8 $16) 24... Kxf7 25. Qxh5+ {Accuracy: White = 57%, Black = 37%.} *

[Event "RUS Cup Final Men 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Pridorozhni, Aleksei"]
[Black "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2018.12.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "900+10"]

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]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 6. Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 7. g4 {[%emt 0:00:29]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 8. g5 {[%emt 0:00:42]} b4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 9. Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 10. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 11. Qd4 {[%emt 0:01:02]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 12. Qxb4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 13. Be2 {[%emt 0:01:42]} a5 {[%emt 0:01:25]} 14. Qa4+ {[%emt 0:01:13]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 15. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:10]} 16. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 17. f4 {[%emt 0:01:07]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:01:43]} 18. Rg1 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 19. O-O-O {[%emt 0:03:58]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 20. Bxb6 {[%emt 0:01:25]} Qxb6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} *

[Event "RUS Cup Final Men 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2018.12.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,33,63,69,139,103,129,116,168,170,162,174,173,174,175,165,175,169,184,179,150,79]} 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Bd3 c5 5. c3 cxd4 6. cxd4 Nf6 7. Qe2 Nc6 8. a3 {LiveBook: 15 Games} h6 $146 {B00: Queen's Fianchetto Defence, Nimzowitsch Defence} (8... Be7 $14) ({Predecessor:} 8... Be7 9. Nc3 Na5 10. Bf4 d5 11. e5 Ne4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Bxe4 Bxe4 14. Qxe4 Rc8 15. O-O Nc4 16. Rab1 {1-0 (52) Martynov,P (2402)-Graf,F (2488) Deizisau 2014}) 9. Nc3 g5 10. Be3 Bg7 (10... d5 $16) 11. e5 $18 {Threatens to win with Nb5.White is clearly better.} Nd5 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. h4 g4 14. Nd2 h5 15. Bg5 Qb8 16. Qe3 d6 {[%cal Rd6e5] [#]} 17. exd6+ ({White should play} 17. Bf6 $1 {[%cal Rf6g7]} Bh6 18. f4) *

[Event "RUS Cup Final Men 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Tsydypov, Zhamsaran"]
[Black "Paravyan, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2018.12.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,103,-16,-18,-29,-27,-56,-28,-68,-4,-6,-8,-55,-51,-172,-168,-160,-148,-174,-145,-199,-202,-243,-22,0,0,-342,-343,-327,-357,-406,-383,-391,-397,-384,-387,-504,-504,-499,-467,-577,-567,-864,-825,-904,-552,-835,-824,-785,-573,-1008,-853,-862,-855,-838,-837,-1864,-1854,-1743,-1007,-906,-620,-699,-698,-875,-863,-906,-885,-2006,-1641,-1240,-989,-1433,-950,-29965,-29967,-29983,-1673,-5277,-1288,-609,-504,-29994,-29995,-29997]} 1. c4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 e6 6. O-O Nge7 7. d3 O-O 8. Bd2 d5 9. a3 b6 10. Rb1 Bb7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 {LiveBook: 27 Games} 12. Ne4 $146 {A37: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7 5 Nf3} ({Predecessor:} 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. b4 cxb4 14. axb4 Nd4 15. Ne1 Qd7 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. Nc2 b5 18. Nxd4 Bxd4 19. Qb3 Rfc8 20. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 21. Rxc1 {½-½ (49) Petr,M (2530)-Luch,M (2437) Czechia 2014}) 12... a5 13. h4 Rc8 14. h5 {Black has an edge.} Nd4 ({Black should try} 14... gxh5 $15 15. Qb3 Nd4 16. Nxd4 cxd4) 15. hxg6 $11 hxg6 16. Nh4 Qd7 17. g4 ({Better is} 17. Re1 $15) 17... e5 $1 $19 18. e3 Ne6 19. Qe2 Rcd8 20. Rfd1 (20. g5 $17) 20... Ba6 21. Bc3 {[#] Now g5 and White clings on.} Nxc3 $2 (21... Qe7 $1 $19 {[%cal Re7h4]} 22. g5 Nxg5) 22. bxc3 $11 Bxd3 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 23. Qe1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (23. Qxd3 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]} Qxd3 24. Rxd3 Rxd3 25. Bf1) 23... Qe7 $19 24. Rxd3 Rxd3 25. Nf3 f5 26. gxf5 gxf5 27. Ng3 e4 28. Nh2 Bxc3 29. Qe2 Qd6 30. Kh1 Ng7 31. Nxe4 fxe4 32. Bxe4 c4 {[%cal Bc5c4,Bc4d3,Bd3d2][%mdl 32]} 33. Ng4 Qe6 34. f3 Rfd8 35. Qf1 Qd6 36. Bxd3 cxd3 37. Rd1 Kf7 38. Kg2 Nf5 39. Qf2 d2 40. e4 Nd4 41. Qh4 {and the idea Qh7+ leaves White hopeful.} Rg8 42. Qh5+ Kf8 {...Qf4 is the strong threat.} 43. Kf2 Qf4 44. Ne5 Qg3+ 45. Ke3 Nc2+ 46. Kd3 Qxe5 47. Qh6+ Ke7 48. Kxc2 Bd4 (48... Qc5 $142 49. Kd3 Rd8+ 50. Ke2 Qc4+ 51. Kf2 Bd4+ 52. Kg3 Rg8+ 53. Kh3 Qf7 54. Qh4+ Bf6 55. Qg3 Qh5+ 56. Kg2 Rxg3+ 57. Kxg3 Qg5+ 58. Kh2 Be5+ 59. f4 Bxf4+ 60. Kh1 Qg3 61. Rxd2 Bxd2 62. e5 Bf4 63. a4 Qh2#) 49. Qh7+ Kf8 50. Qh6+ Ke8 {( -> ...Qc5+)} 51. Qh4 (51. Qc6+ $19 Ke7 52. Rxd2 Qc5+ 53. Qxc5+ bxc5 54. Kb3) 51... Qc5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 52. Kd3 {Accuracy: White = 23%, Black = 46%.} 0-1

[Event "RUS Cup Final Men 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.06"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Sorokin, Aleksey"]
[Black "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2018.12.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,120,55,41,84,75,67,19,24,36,4,15,14,14,16,9,21,-9,47,41,28,18,32,35,36,18,19,16,18,21,16,0,0,0,40,40,34,14,31,0,30,-26,0,0,99,-36,0,0,186,184,193,174,271,100,89,0,0,0,0,0,416,467,468,487,641,627,369,292,271,272,895,934,765,552,1150,1066,1399,1296,29950,29942,29974,29977,29965,5166,3056,3031,29968,29970,7151,6019,29985,29981,29981,29982,29982,29982,29984,29985,29991,29992,29992,29993,29994]} 1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e4 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. d5 Nh5 8. g3 {E90: King's Indian: Classical: Early deviations and 6 h3} Na6 9. Nh2 (9. Be2 Nc5 10. b4 Nd7 11. Rb1 a5 12. a3 axb4 13. axb4 Qe7 14. Bg5 f6 15. Be3 f5 16. exf5 {½-½ (68) Akobian,V (2647)-Guseinov,G (2646) Riadh 2017}) 9... Qe8 10. Be2 Nf6 11. Ng4 {LiveBook: 7 Games} Nc5 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. b4 Nd7 14. Be3 a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... b6 15. a3 Bg7 16. g4 h6 {1-0 (51) Hahn,M (2263)-Eggenstein,F (1987) Vellmar 2018}) 15. a3 Bg7 16. g4 f5 17. f3 Qe7 18. Kd2 Kh8 ({Black should play} 18... fxe4 $11 19. fxe4 Bf6) 19. Kc2 Bf6 20. Qd2 f4 21. Bf2 Bh4 22. Qe1 Bxf2 23. Qxf2 Nf6 24. c5 Bd7 25. Rhb1 Rfc8 26. cxd6 Qxd6 27. Qc5 Ne8 28. Kb2 Kg7 29. Rd1 Qf6 30. Bb5 (30. bxa5 $142 Nd6 31. Rac1) 30... Bxb5 31. Nxb5 c6 (31... b6 $11 32. Qc6 Qh4) 32. Nc3 (32. dxc6 $1 $16 Rxc6 33. Rd7+ Kh8 34. Qd5) 32... b6 33. Qxb6 axb4 $2 (33... Nd6 $11 34. Kb1 Nf7) 34. axb4 $18 Rab8 35. Ra7+ Kh6 (35... Kh8 $142 36. Rb7 Rxb7 37. Qxb7 Nd6) 36. Rb7 $2 (36. Qa5 $18 {is more deadly.} Nd6 37. Ka1) 36... Nd6 $16 {[#]} 37. Rxb8 ({Not} 37. g5+ $2 Qxg5 38. Rxb8 Nc4+ 39. Kb3 Nxb6 $19) (37. h4 $1 $16 Qxh4 38. g5+ {[%mdl 64] Decoy} Kxg5 39. Qg1+ (39. Rg1+ $2 Kh6 $19) 39... Kh6 40. Rxb8 Rxb8 41. dxc6 Nc4+ 42. Kc1) 37... Nc4+ $11 38. Kc2 Nxb6 39. Rxb6 {Hoping for b5.} Qh4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (39... Qe7 $1 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 40. Rxc6 $18 Rd8 41. d6 Qf2+ 42. Rd2 Qxf3 43. d7 Qxh3 44. Rc8 Rxd7 $2 (44... Qh4 45. b5 f3) 45. Rxd7 Qxg4 46. Rcc7 Qg2+ 47. Rd2 Qg3 48. b5 f3 49. Rf7 Qg1 50. Rxf3 Qc5 51. Rfd3 (51. Rh3+ $142 Kg7 52. Rd7+ Kf6 53. Rhxh7 Kg5 54. Rd2 Qg1 {[#]} 55. b6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kg4 56. b7) 51... Kg5 52. Rd5 Qb4 53. Rxe5+ Kg4 54. Red5 h5 55. R5d4 {White mates.} Qc5 56. e5+ {[%cal Be4e5,Be5e6,Be6e7][%mdl 32]} Kf5 57. Rd5 Qc4 58. Re2 Kg4 59. e6 Kf3 60. e7 Qc8 {Accuracy: White = 50%, Black = 36%.} 1-0

