[Event "RUS Cup Final Men 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.07"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Black "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "2018.12.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,164,7,4,-17,-24,0,6,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,-6,0,-6,-11,-25,0,0,62,54,54,60,55,61,62,43,49,34,45,0,17,21,53,0,0,0,18,0,120,131,129,117,134,134,127,127,127,125,124,120,135,127,114,93,145,154,217,217,217,217,217,177,226,224,218,218,3856,12827,12845,12829,12842,11440,12608,12579,6715,4341,994,177,29969,29970,29970,29971,29969,29949,12833,12842,29959,29963,29967,29968,29968,29969,29969,29970,29970,29969,29969,29970,29969,29968,29965,20,29967,29968,29968,29969,29969,29968,29966,36,29967,29964,29966,20,374,28,28,28,28,28,28,28,28,28,28,28,28,28,28,28,28,28,4583,4583,4583,4583,4583,4583,4583,4583,4583,4583,4583,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h4 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} (6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Bb3 b5 11. Re1 Qc8 12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. Re2 Qb7 14. Rd2 Rfe8 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Qe2 Rac8 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 {½-½ (28) Nisipeanu,L (2674)-Wojtaszek,R (2749) Germany 2018}) 6... e5 7. Nb3 Be7 {LiveBook: 20 Games} 8. Be2 Be6 9. f4 exf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... b5 10. g4 b4 11. Nd5 Nxe4 12. Nxe7 Qxe7 13. f5 Bxb3 14. axb3 {1-0 (28) Boruchovsky,A (2556)-Bogner,S (2600) Riga 2017}) 10. Bxf4 Nc6 11. Qd3 Nb4 12. Qd2 d5 13. a3 d4 14. axb4 dxc3 15. bxc3 Nxe4 16. Qe3 $1 {[%cal Re3e4]} Nf6 17. Rd1 $132 {[%mdl 2048] White puts up resistance} Qc8 $1 18. O-O {next Bf3 is good for White.} O-O 19. Bf3 a5 ({Better is} 19... Re8 $11) 20. Nxa5 $14 Rxa5 21. bxa5 {Strongly threatening Bd6.} Bc5 22. Rd4 $1 Nd5 23. Qd2 Nxf4 24. Qxf4 {Rb1 is the strong threat.} b6 25. Kh2 bxa5 26. Rdd1 Ba7 27. Qd2 (27. g3 $1 $14) 27... Bb8+ $11 28. g3 $1 Qc7 29. Qe1 Qc5 (29... Bc4 $11 30. Rg1 a4) 30. Bd5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rd5e6]} Bxd5 31. Rf5 Qc4 32. Rd4 ({Don't play} 32. Rfxd5 Qxh4+ 33. Kg2 Qg4 $14) 32... Bxg3+ 33. Kxg3 Qc7+ 34. Qe5 Qxc3+ 35. Rd3 Qxe5+ 36. Rxe5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} Be6 37. Rxa5 Rc8 ({Black should try} 37... h6) 38. Rda3 Kf8 (38... g5 $16 {might work better.}) 39. Ra8 $18 {aiming for Rxc8+.} Rxa8 40. Rxa8+ {KR-KB} Ke7 41. Kf4 $1 h6 42. h5 Kf6 43. Ra6 g6 $2 (43... Ke7 44. Ke5 Kd7) 44. hxg6 fxg6 45. c4 {[%cal Bc2c4,Bc4c5,Bc5c6,Bc6c7][%mdl 32]} g5+ 46. Ke4 h5 47. c5 h4 48. c6 {White wants to mate with c7.} Bf5+ 49. Kd5 $2 (49. Ke3 h3 50. Ra2) 49... h3 $2 (49... g4 $18) 50. c7+ Ke7 51. Ra8 g4 52. Ke5 h2 {[#]} 53. Rh8 $1 ({Weaker is} 53. Kxf5 h1=Q $11) 53... Bc8 54. Rh7+ Ke8 55. Kf4 h1=Q 56. Rxh1 Kd7 57. Rc1 Kd6 58. Ke4 Bb7+ 59. Ke3 Bc8 60. Kd4 Kd7 61. Rc3 $2 (61. Ke4 Ba6 62. Kf4 Bc8 63. Kxg4 Ke7+ 64. Kg3 Kd6 65. Kf4 Kd7 66. Ke5) 61... Kd6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (61... Bb7 $11) 62. Rc2 Kd7 63. Ke3 Kd6 64. Ke4 Bb7+ 65. Kd4 $2 (65. Kf5 Bc8+ 66. Kf4 Kd5 67. Kg3 Kd6 68. Rc3 Kd5 69. Rc2 Ke6 70. Kf4) 65... Bc8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (65... Kd7 $14) 66. Rc3 Kd7 67. Rc5 $2 (67. Ke3 {mates} g3 68. Kf3 g2 {[%mdl 64] Decoy} 69. Kxg2 Bb7+ 70. Kg3 Kc8 71. Kf4 Kd7 72. Ke5) 67... Kd6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (67... g3 $11) 68. Kc4 $2 (68. Rc4 $1 $18) 68... g3 $11 69. Kb5 g2 70. Rc1 {Black must now prevent Kb6.} g1=Q 71. Rxg1 Kxc7 72. Kc5 Kd7 73. Rg8 {Threatening mate with Kb6.} Ba6 74. Rg7+ Ke8 75. Kd5 Kf8 76. Rc7 Kg8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (76... Bf1 $11) 77. Ke6 Bd3 78. Kf6 Bb1 79. Rc3 Kh8 80. Rg3 Bh7 81. Rh3 Kg8 82. Rxh7 $2 ({White should play} 82. Re3 $18 {[%cal Re3e8]} Bc2 83. Rc3) 82... Kxh7 {Accuracy: White = 54%, Black = 52%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS Cup Final Men 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.07"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Black "Sorokin, Aleksey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2018.12.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 3. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 5. d4 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 6. e4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 7. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 8. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 9. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:52]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:05:47]} 10. Rc1 {[%emt 0:01:19]} O-O {[%emt 0:01:21]} 11. Be2 {[%emt 0:06:36]} b6 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 12. O-O {[%emt 0:00:31]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:02:58]} 13. Bxa6 {[%emt 0:02:46]} Nxa6 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 14. d5 {[%emt 0:00:36]} e6 {[%emt 0:02:06]} 15. dxe6 {[%emt 0:02:13]} fxe6 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 16. Qg4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:03:18]} 17. Nf3 {[%emt 0:03:04]} Nc7 {[%emt 0:02:06]} 18. Qh4 {[%emt 0:05:44]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:04:23]} 19. Bf4 {[%emt 0:01:55]} Nb5 {[%emt 0:03:13]} 20. Be5 {[%emt 0:02:38]} Bxe5 {[%emt 0:04:53]} 21. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:02:52]} 22. Qg3 {[%emt 0:05:07]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:08:18]} 23. Ng4 {[%emt 0:04:06]} Ne8 {[%emt 0:08:07]} 24. e5 {[%emt 0:02:16]} h5 {[%emt 0:02:21]} 25. Ne3 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:01:42]} 26. Rcd1 {[%emt 0:00:51]} Rf7 {[%emt 0:04:30]} 27. Rxd8 {[%emt 0:04:27]} Qxd8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 28. Qh3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Qg5 {[%emt 0:01:54]} 29. Nc4 {[%emt 0:08:11]} Ng7 {[%emt 0:01:16]} 30. Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Qf5 {[%emt 0:01:39]} 31. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:53]} Qf4 {[%emt 0:03:31]} 32. Nd6 {[%emt 0:01:59]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:01:54]} 33. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:01:36]} 34. g3 {[%emt 0:01:15]} Qg4 {[%emt 0:03:12]} 35. Qxg4 {[%emt 0:03:20]} hxg4 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 36. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:14]} g5 {[%emt 0:02:20]} 37. Re1 {[%emt 0:03:31]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:01:50]} 38. Re4 {[%emt 0:06:05]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 39. Rxg4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nxd6 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 40. exd6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:01:37]} 41. Ra4 {[%emt 0:01:45]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 42. h4 {[%emt 0:01:56]} Rxd6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 43. Ke2 {[%emt 0:01:33]} Rd5 {[%emt 0:03:13]} 44. g4+ {[%emt 0:01:27]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 45. h5 {[%emt 0:04:10]} Re5+ {[%emt 0:00:28]} 46. Kd2 {[%emt 0:04:42]} Rd5+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} 47. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Re5+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 48. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Rd5+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} 49. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS Cup Final Men 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.07"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Paravyan, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2018.12.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:04:30]} c5 {[%emt 0:04:28]} 2. e3 {[%emt 0:00:51]} g6 {[%emt 0:06:53]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 4. d5 {[%emt 0:01:27]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:01:30]} O-O {[%emt 0:06:16]} 6. Bc4 {[%emt 0:01:13]} d6 {[%emt 0:03:54]} 7. h3 {[%emt 0:04:10]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:13:51]} 8. O-O {[%emt 0:01:25]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 9. Be2 {[%emt 0:02:43]} e6 {[%emt 0:01:55]} 10. e4 {[%emt 0:00:23]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 11. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 12. a4 {[%emt 0:11:46]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:03:35]} 13. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:21:34]} Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 14. a5 {[%emt 0:12:04]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:03:47]} 15. Bxf3 {[%emt 0:02:07]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 16. a6 {[%emt 0:02:59]} b5 {[%emt 0:10:19]} 17. c3 {[%emt 0:00:24]} b4 {[%emt 0:11:07]} 18. Ra2 {[%emt 0:04:50]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:04:41]} 19. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 20. Bd2 {[%emt 0:02:47]} bxc3 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 21. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Re8 {[%emt 0:08:07]} 22. Qc2 {[%emt 0:01:50]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:01:15]} 23. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:54]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 24. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 25. Bd3 {[%emt 0:09:49]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 26. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS Cup Final Men 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.07"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Afanasiev, Nikita"]
[Black "Kokarev, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.12.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,79,15,25,0,0,0,0,-37,-26,-25,-23,-30,-25,-40,-40,-36,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,27,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O c6 8. Re1 exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. f3 {E94: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5 7 0-0: Various Black 7th moves} (10. Bf1 Nbd7 11. Bf4 Ne5 12. Qd2 Nh5 13. Bh6 Bxh6 14. Qxh6 Qf6 15. Qd2 Nf4 16. Kh1 g5 17. Rad1 a6 18. f3 b5 19. b3 b4 20. Na4 {½-½ (37) Matlakov,M (2684)-Smirin,I (2676) Poikovsky 2016}) 10... d5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Bb5 Nc6 13. Be3 (13. Bg5 {keeps more tension.} h6 14. Bh4 dxe4 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Nxe4 g5 17. Qxd8 Rxd8 18. Bxc6 Rb8 19. Bf2) 13... Bd7 14. Bxc6 Bxc6 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Nxd5 $1 Qxd5 $146 (17... cxd5 {looks sharper.} 18. Qd2 d4 19. Bf2 a5 20. b3 a4) ({Predecessor:} 17... cxd5) 18. Qxd5 cxd5 19. Rad1 Bxb2 20. Rxd5 Re6 21. Kf2 h5 22. Re2 Bf6 23. Bd4 Rb8 24. Bxf6 (24. Bxa7 {is interesting.} Ra8 25. Be3 Bh4+ 26. g3 Be7 27. Rdd2) 24... Rxf6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR. The position is equal.} 25. Ra5 a6 26. Kg3 Kg7 27. h4 Rb4 28. Ra3 Rff4 29. Re4 Rfxe4 30. fxe4 Rxe4 31. Rxa6 {KR-KR} Rg4+ 32. Kh3 Rc4 33. Ra3 f6 34. Rb3 g5 35. hxg5 fxg5 36. Rb5 Kg6 37. Rb6+ Kf5 38. Rb5+ Kg6 39. Rb6+ Kf5 40. Rb5+ {Accuracy: White = 80%, Black = 73%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS Cup Final Men 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.08"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Paravyan, David"]
[Black "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2018.12.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,85,16,14,12,0,14,0,14,6,20,-11,-34,-10,-8,-9,-8,-8,-7,-7,4,-6,38,38,45,29,31,4,35,0,0,0,0,0,-16,-13,0,-16,28,0,47,-50,7,7,7,7,23,17,12,20,34,0,158,170,162,145,219,230,229,224,345,304,458,388,439,375,541,367,367,367,383,367]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. c3 d6 6. Nbd2 g6 {C55: Two Knights: 4 d3, 4 d4 exd4 5 e5 and Max Lange Attack} (6... g5 7. h3 Nh5 8. g3 Nf6 9. Nf1 Bg7 10. Ne3 Ne7 11. Bb3 c6 12. h4 g4 13. Nh2 h5 14. f3 {1-0 (40) Dominguez Perez,L (2739)-Mamedyarov,S (2801) Saint Louis 2018}) 7. Nf1 Bg7 8. Ng3 O-O 9. O-O {LiveBook: 4 Games} Na5 10. Bb5 a6 11. Ba4 b5 12. Bc2 c5 13. d4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. h3 Bb7 14. Be3 {½-½ (77) Carlsson,P (2499)-Mista,A (2582) Czechia 2014}) 13... exd4 14. cxd4 Bg4 15. d5 Nh5 16. h3 Nxg3 17. fxg3 Bxf3 18. gxf3 b4 19. Rb1 c4 20. Be3 Rc8 21. h4 Qd7 22. Bf2 Nb7 23. Kg2 Nc5 24. Re1 Qb5 {Threatens to win with ...b3.} 25. Re3 Rfe8 26. b3 Re7 27. h5 g5 28. e5 ({Better is} 28. bxc4 $14 Qxc4 29. Qe2) 28... cxb3 ({Reject} 28... Bxe5 $6 {[#]} 29. f4 $1 $14 {[%mdl 512]}) ({Much worse is} 28... Rxe5 $6 29. Rxe5 cxb3 30. Rxg5 $14) (28... c3 $1 $15) 29. axb3 $11 Rxe5 30. Rxe5 dxe5 31. Rc1 e4 $1 32. Bxe4 Bc3 $1 33. Bb1 {aiming for Qc2.} Nd7 $2 (33... Rd8 $1 $11) 34. Qc2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under strong pressure.} Nf8 35. Rd1 Re8 (35... a5 $16 36. g4 Qa6) 36. Qd3 $18 Qxd3 37. Bxd3 Ra8 (37... Rd8 $142 38. Bxa6 Rd6) 38. d6 {[%cal Bd5d6,Bd6d7][%mdl 32]} Kg7 {[#]} (38... Nd7 $142 39. f4 gxf4 40. gxf4 a5) 39. d7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Ne6 (39... Nxd7 40. Be4) 40. Bc4 Bf6 (40... Nd8 $142 41. Bb6 Bf6) 41. Rd6 a5 42. Bxe6 fxe6 43. Bd4 {Accuracy: White = 65%, Black = 49%.} 1-0

[Event "RUS Cup Final Men 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.08"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Black "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D84"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.12.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 30,81,35,19,16,8,8,10,13,11,16,8,7,16,11,10,60,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nxd5 Qxd5 8. Bxc7 Na6 9. Bxa6 Qxg2 10. Qf3 Qxf3 11. Nxf3 bxa6 12. Rc1 f6 {D84: Grünfeld: 4 Bf4 Bg7 5 e3 0-0 6 cxd5} 13. b3 Rf7 14. Rg1 Bb7 15. Ke2 Bf8 16. Nd2 {LiveBook: 4 Games} e6 17. Bg3 {[#]} Rd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Rd8 18. Nc4 Rd5 19. f3 Rfd7 20. Rgd1 {½-½ (73) Lysyj,I (2668)-Dominguez Perez,L (2732) Sochi 2016}) 18. f3 a5 19. Ne4 Kf7 20. Nc5 Bxc5 $1 21. Rxc5 ({Don't play} 21. dxc5 Ba6+ 22. Ke1 Rd3 $15) 21... e5 22. Rd1 ({Of course not} 22. dxe5 Ba6+ 23. Ke1 Rad8 $17) 22... Rc8 23. Rdc1 (23. Rxc8 $14 Bxc8 24. dxe5) 23... Rxc5 $11 {The position is equal.} 24. Rxc5 exd4 25. exd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} a4 26. bxa4 Ke6 27. Ke3 Rd5 28. Rc7 Rd7 29. Rc1 Rd5 30. Be1 Kd7 31. Bg3 {[#] aiming for Rc7+.} Ke6 32. Bb8 Rf5 33. Rc7 Rxf3+ 34. Ke2 Bd5 35. Rxh7 Ra3 36. Rxa7 Rxa2+ 37. Ke3 Bc6 38. Ra5 Ra3+ 39. Ke2 Rxa4 {[#]} 40. d5+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kf5 (40... Bxd5 41. Rxa4) 41. Rxa4 {Accuracy: White = 85%, Black = 87%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS Cup Final Men 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.08"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Kokarev, Dmitry"]
[Black "Afanasiev, Nikita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.12.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,71,21,19,52,47,62,55,77,72,81,74,88,65,76,65,59,58,66,41,57,56,42,45,189,184,260,266,543,529,530,511,501,511,705,707,787,841,864,841,1043,1029,1175,995,986,973,943,933]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Bb4+ 12. c3 Be7 13. O-O-O Ngf6 {B19: Classical Caro-Kann: 4...Bf5 main line} 14. Kb1 {LiveBook: 111 Games} Qb6 (14... O-O 15. c4 a5 16. Nf1 b5 17. c5 Nd5 18. Bd2 Qc7 19. g4 Rad8 20. Ng3 N7f6 21. g5 hxg5 22. Nxg5 {1-0 (63) Svidler,P (2765)-Ivanchuk,V (2729) Monte Carlo 2006}) 15. Ne4 Rd8 {White is slightly better.} 16. Ne5 Qb5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Nd5 17. Bg3 O-O 18. c4 N5f6 19. Bf4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Nf6 21. Qe3 {½-½ (35) Fressinet,L (2606)-Lupu,M (2454) Paris 2001}) 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Qg3 Qd5 19. Rhe1 b5 $1 20. Bc1 Nb6 21. f4 {f5! is the strong threat.} O-O 22. f5 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black needs to defend precisely.} exf5 23. Bxh6 $1 Qd6 $1 {[#] White must now prevent ...Bxe5.} 24. Bc1 Nc4 (24... Rfe8 $1 $14) 25. Bf4 $18 Bxe5 (25... Qd5 {was worth a try.} 26. Nxc4 bxc4) 26. dxe5 ({Not} 26. Bxe5 Qh6 $14) 26... Qxd1+ $2 (26... Qe6 {might work better.} 27. b3 Nb6) 27. Rxd1 {White is clearly winning.} Rxd1+ 28. Kc2 Rd7 29. b3 Nb6 30. h6 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rg3g7] [#]} f6 31. e6 {[%cal Be5e6,Be6e7][%mdl 32]} Rb7 32. Bc7 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rg3g7]} g5 33. Qd6 {White threatens Qe7 and mate.} Rc8 34. Bxb6 axb6 35. e7 Kf7 36. Qd8 $1 {Precision: White = 91%, Black = 44%.} 1-0

[Event "RUS Cup Final Men 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.08"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Sorokin, Aleksey"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2018.12.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,51,6,9,10,10,0,8,0,14,9,43,0,47,54,39,43,66,47,49,53,41,19,26,14,30,14,10,10,10,11,20,14,19,18,43,43,55,31,45,0,0,0,56,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. Nbd2 Be7 {LiveBook: 23 Games} (5... dxc4 6. Nxc4 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be7 10. Bb2 Qc7 11. Rc1 Nbd7 12. e4 b5 13. Na5 Qxc2 14. Rxc2 Nxe4 15. Bxb5 {1-0 (52) Ivanchuk,V (2747)-Carlsen,M (2840) Doha 2016}) 6. e3 {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3} O-O 7. Bd3 c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Na6 8. a3 c5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. b3 cxd4 11. exd4 Nc7 12. O-O Ne6 13. Re1 Nf4 {½-½ (22) Schmidt,H (2155)-Reefschlaeger,H (2320) Germany 2009}) 8. cxd5 {The position is equal.} exd5 9. dxc5 Qa5 10. Ke2 Na6 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Nb4.} 11. Nb3 Qa4 {White must now prevent ...Nb4.} 12. Bd2 Ne4 {[%cal Ra6c5]} 13. Rhc1 (13. Nfd4 {with more complications.} Bd7 14. Rhc1 Naxc5 15. Nxc5 Qxc2 16. Rxc2 Nxc5 17. Bb4) 13... Naxc5 14. Nxc5 Qxc2 15. Bxc2 (15. Rxc2 {seems wilder.} Nxc5 16. Bb4 b6 17. Nd4 Bd6 18. Nb5) 15... Nxc5 16. Nd4 b6 17. b4 Ba6+ 18. Kd1 Ne6 19. Bb3 Nxd4 20. exd4 Rfd8 21. a4 Bd3 22. b5 Bf6 23. Be3 Be7 24. Bd2 Bf6 25. Be3 Be7 26. Bd2 {Accuracy: White = 62%, Black = 43%.} ({Better is} 26. Rc7 $14 Bd6 27. Rb7) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS Cup Final Men 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.08"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Black "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2018.12.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,121,28,27,12,38,1,5,0,6,10,11,0,42,27,35,25,45,50,63,60,58,50,64,65,60,62,57,66,68,77,105,105,100,94,93,77,121,64,190,188,197,225,214,215,225,220,220,218,206,210,197,161,164,154,186,189,175,193,170,141,143,143,170,177,213,152,227,227,226,226,226,226,297,298,276,226,273,275,297,237,320,288,520,516,900,897,1102,1115,1099,1054,29975,29976,29980,29981,29981,29981,29982,29983,29986,29987,29984,29985,29985,29986,29986,29987,29987,29988]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 b5 7. g4 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} Bb7 8. Bg2 Nc6 {LiveBook: 7 Games} 9. f4 $146 {White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 9. g5 Nd7 10. Nf5 b4 11. Ne2 Qc7 12. O-O e6 13. Nfg3 Be7 14. f4 O-O {1-0 (41) Martirosyan,H (2597)-Santos Ruiz,M (2524) Manavgat 2018}) 9... e5 10. Nde2 {[%cal Bd4e2,Be2g3,Bg3f5][%mdl 32]} Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Ng3 exf4 13. Bxf4 Ne8 14. Nf5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Bf6 15. Qd2 Be5 16. Rad1 Bxf4 17. Qxf4 {[%cal Rf5d6]} Qb6+ 18. Qf2 Qxf2+ 19. Rxf2 {aiming for e5.} Ne5 20. Nxd6 Nxd6 21. Rxd6 Rfc8 22. g5 Rc5 23. Nd5 Re8 24. c3 Kf8 25. Ne3 Bc6 26. Nf5 ({White should play} 26. Kh2 $16) 26... Bd7 ({Black should try} 26... a5 $14) 27. Rxa6 $18 Nd3 28. Rd2 Bxf5 29. exf5 (29. Rxd3 Bxe4 30. Rg3 Rd5 $11) 29... Nf4 30. Bc6 Rc8 {[#]} 31. Bd7 $1 {[%cal Rd7c8]} Rd8 32. h4 Rxf5 33. Rad6 ({Not} 33. Bxf5 Rxd2 34. Ra8+ (34. Bxh7 g6 $11) 34... Ke7 $14) 33... Re5 34. Kf2 h6 35. gxh6 gxh6 36. R6d4 Ng6 37. a4 bxa4 38. Bxa4 Rxd4 39. Rxd4 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} ({Don't take} 39. cxd4 $6 Rh5 $14) 39... Ke7 40. Bc2 Rb5 (40... Ra5 $16 41. Kg3 Ra1) 41. b4 $18 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Ne5 42. Bd1 Rb8 43. Be2 f5 44. b5 Ra8 45. c4 {[%cal Bc3c4,Bc4c5,Bc5c6][%mdl 32]} Ra4 46. Ke3 Ke6 47. h5 Nd7 48. Rd1 Rb4 $2 {[#]} (48... Ra3+ {was called for.} 49. Kf4 Rh3) 49. Kd4 Rb3 (49... Rb2 $142 50. Bd3 Rh2 51. Re1+ Kd6 52. Bxf5 Nc5) 50. c5 Rb2 51. Bc4+ Ke7 52. Rg1 Rd2+ 53. Kc3 {White mates.} Rh2 54. Rg7+ Ke8 55. c6 Nb6 56. Rb7 Nxc4 57. Kxc4 f4 58. Kd3 f3 59. Rb8+ Ke7 60. c7 f2 61. Ke2 {Accuracy: White = 75%, Black = 45%.} 1-0

[Event "RUS Cup Final Men 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.08"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Sorokin, Aleksey"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2018.12.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,58,26,16,42,43,34,31,52,47,35,36,85,89,91,88,110,70,77,76,81,79,80,22,68,23,96,8,8,2,31,0,24,0,0,-60,-60,-96,-104,-106,-84,-128,-131,-138,-77,-83,-87]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. Nbd2 (4. b3 Nf6 5. e3 dxc4 6. bxc4 c5 7. Bd3 cxd4 8. exd4 Bb4+ 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Bb2 b5 11. c5 Bxc5 12. Bxh7+ Nxh7 13. dxc5 {½-½ (30) Artemiev,V (2706)-Rakhmanov,A (2634) Sochi 2018}) 4... Nf6 5. g3 c5 6. Bg2 {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3} Nc6 7. O-O cxd4 8. cxd5 {LiveBook: 3 Games. White has an edge.} Nxd5 9. Nb3 $1 Be7 10. Nbxd4 O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Bf6 12. Qb3 b5 {1-0 (52) Rozum,I (2451)-Khruschiov,A (2498) Peterhof 2009}) 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} Nf6 13. Qc2 Bb7 14. Rd1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is on the roll.} Qb6 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. e5 Bd8 18. Rd7 (18. Nd2 $16) 18... Ra7 19. Rad1 (19. Nd2 $5 {[%cal Rd2c4]} c5 20. Bxb7 Rxb7 21. Nc4 $14) 19... Bc7 (19... Ba8 $11 {remains equal.}) 20. b4 (20. Nd2 $16 {Black must now prevent Nc4.} Bc8 21. Nc4) 20... Bc8 $11 {[%cal Bb7c8,Bc8a6,Ba6b5][%mdl 32]} 21. R7d4 a5 22. a3 axb4 23. axb4 Ba6 24. g4 (24. Bf1 $11) 24... Bb5 $15 {[#] aiming for ...Ba4.} 25. Qe4 c5 26. bxc5 Qxc5 27. Qe1 Ba5 28. Qe3 Bc3 ({Black should try} 28... Bb6 29. Rb1 Rfa8) 29. Re4 Qxe3 {Accuracy: White = 35%, Black = 54%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS Cup Final Men 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.08"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Black "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "223"]
[EventDate "2018.12.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,223,48,62,39,39,15,11,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,-45,-11,-25,-24,-11,-20,-45,0,-8,0,-7,0,-2,37,-9,0,-21,0,-6,0,-8,0,0,13,4,14,6,3,20,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,-1,18,18,16,16,17,17,12,11,8,13,40,0,0,0,0,0,40,39,99,100,196,196,183,160,178,172,191,47,52,12,167,167,165,0,67,59,106,104,104,107,244,244,242,244,237,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,222,222,222,222,208,100,193,70,70,69,69,69,70,70,70,70,70,45,70,60,70,70,70,62,70,60,60,45,60,45,45,45,46,45,45,8,69,69,69,69,69,69,70,69,70,70,70,70,70,0,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,0,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,70,69,70,69,69,69,69,69,69,-22]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Nb6 8. Nc3 Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6a5,Ba5c4][%mdl 32]} 9. d5 Na5 10. Qc2 Bf5 {D76: Fianchetto Grünfeld: Main Line with 7...Nb6} (10... c6 11. dxc6 Nxc6 12. Rd1 Bd7 13. Bf4 Qc8 14. Rac1 Bf5 15. e4 Bg4 16. Qb3 Qe6 17. Qxe6 fxe6 18. e5 Nd5 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. Ng5 e6 21. f3 {0-1 (44) Van Wely,L (2667)-Carlsen,M (2862) Wijk aan Zee 2015}) 11. e4 Bd7 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 12. Rd1 c6 13. b4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Bg5 h6 14. Be3 Rc8 15. Qe2 Nac4 16. Bd4 cxd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Rxd5 {½-½ (46) Doroshkievich,V (2405)-Beshukov,S (2500) Novorossijsk 1995}) 13... Nac4 {aiming for ...cxd5.} 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Rb1 Qc8 16. Nd2 Bg4 17. Re1 Rd8 18. Nxc4 Nxc4 19. f3 Bh3 20. Na4 Bd4+ 21. Kh1 Bxg2+ 22. Kxg2 Qe6 23. Rb3 Rd7 24. Re2 Rad8 25. Rd3 h5 26. Bg5 Ne5 27. Ra3 f6 28. Bf4 Nc4 29. Rd3 Kf7 30. h4 Kg7 31. Qb3 {And now Rc2 would win.} Qf7 32. Rc2 Ne5 33. Qxf7+ Kxf7 34. Rd1 Rd6 35. Rdc1 R6d7 36. Rd1 Rd6 37. a3 R8d7 38. Kf1 (38. Rf1 {with more complications.} Rb7 39. Nc5 Bxc5 40. Rxc5 Rb5 41. Rfc1) 38... g5 (38... a5 {feels hotter.} 39. Bxe5 Bxe5 40. Rxd6 Bxd6 41. Nc5 Ra7) 39. hxg5 fxg5 40. Rxd4 gxf4 41. Rxd6 Rxd6 42. gxf4 Nxf3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 43. Nc5 Rd2 44. Rc3 (44. Rxd2 {keeps more tension.} Nxd2+ 45. Kg2 Kf6 46. a4 Kg6 47. Kh3) 44... Nh2+ 45. Ke1 Ra2 46. Rh3 Ng4 47. Rxh5 Ne3 (47... Rxa3 $14 48. Rh7+ Ke8) 48. Rh7+ $16 Kg6 (48... Kf6 $16) 49. Rxe7 $18 Ng2+ 50. Kd1 Nxf4 51. Rxa7 Kf6 52. Ra5 (52. Rc7 $18) 52... Ne2 $1 $14 53. Na4 {Threatening Rf5+.} Ke6 $2 (53... Nd4 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 54. Rh5 $1 $18 Kd6 55. Ra5 (55. e5+ $18 Ke7 56. Rh7+ Ke8 57. Rh8+ Ke7 58. Rh7+ Ke8 59. Ra7) 55... Ke6 $14 56. Rg5 Kd6 57. e5+ Ke7 58. Rg7+ Ke6 (58... Kd8 $16 59. Ra7 Nd4) 59. Nc5+ $18 Kxe5 60. Re7+ Kd4 61. Re4+ $2 (61. Rxe2 $18 Ra1+ 62. Kd2 Ra2+ 63. Ke1 Ra1+ 64. Kf2 Rxa3 65. Re4+ Kc3 66. Nd3) 61... Kc3 $14 62. Re3+ Kc4 63. Rxe2 {KRN-KR} Ra1+ 64. Kd2 Ra2+ $1 65. Ke1 Ra1+ $2 ({Black should play} 65... Rxa3 $14 66. Re4+ Kc3) 66. Kf2 $18 Rxa3 67. Re4+ Kc3 {[#]} 68. Ke3 (68. Nd3 $1 $18 {and the rest is easy.}) 68... Ra8 {[#]} (68... Ra1 $16 {is a better defense.}) 69. Nd7 (69. Nd3 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd3e5]} Rh8 70. Ne5) 69... Ra4 70. Rd4 Rxb4 71. Rd3+ Kc2 72. Rd6 Rh4 73. Ne5 Rh3+ 74. Nf3 Kb3 75. Ke2 Rg3 76. Nd2+ Kb4 77. Ne4 Rh3 78. Rd8 c5 79. Nf2 Rh7 80. Kd2 Rh2 81. Ke3 Kc4 82. Ra8 Rh7 83. Ra4+ Kd5 (83... Kb3 $11 84. Ra8 c4) 84. Rg4 $14 Rh8 85. Nd3 Rh3+ 86. Kd2 {Hoping for Nf4+.} Kd6 87. Kc3 Rh1 88. Kc4 Ke6 89. Re4+ Kd6 90. Rg4 Ke6 $1 91. Rg2 Kd6 92. Rg6+ Ke7 93. Ra6 Rh4+ 94. Kxc5 Rh5+ 95. Kd4 Rh1 96. Ke5 Rh5+ 97. Ke4 Rh1 98. Nf4 Re1+ 99. Kf5 Kd7 100. Nd3 Rh1 101. Nc5+ Kc7 102. Ne6+ Kd7 103. Nc5+ Kc7 $1 104. Ne4 {White is slightly better.} Kb7 105. Rg6 Rh5+ 106. Ng5 Rh1 107. Ke5 Rg1 108. Kf6 Rf1+ 109. Ke7 Rg1 110. Kd6 Kb6 111. Kd5+ Kb7 112. Ne4 {Accuracy: White = 55%, Black = 48%.} (112. Ke4 $14) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS Cup Final Men 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.08"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Black "Sorokin, Aleksey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "172"]
[EventDate "2018.12.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,172,-6,-8,23,10,10,30,32,6,10,25,43,30,41,35,46,31,35,28,25,27,31,30,60,35,46,41,77,0,0,0,0,-15,-9,11,14,19,19,35,32,39,102,90,124,131,183,168,172,170,236,241,261,-153,-154,-148,-149,-150,-145,-132,-154,-225,-225,-415,-415,-408,0,-408,-405,-405,-405,-391,0,-391,-391,-391,-391,-384,-377,-29988,-514,-29988,-490,-1989,-438,-427,0,-485,-479,-466,-467,-467,-466,-466,-452,-448,-262,-259,-264,-250,-259,-249,-211,-214,-198,-204,-198,-265,-262,-260,-265,-343,-327,-448,-448,-448,-455,-448,-448,-461,-447,-447,-445,-589,-541,-29947,-1683,-1662,-1517,-1053,-1053,-1007,-962,-814,-687,-4132,-781,-698,-671,-629,-581,-561,-502,-29972,-29973,-29972,-29973,-29979,-29976,-29979,-29974,-29977,-29978,-29982,-29983,-29983,-29981,-29980,-29981]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. b3 e5 3. Bb2 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nf3 {A01: Nimzowitsch-Larsen Opening} Bd6 7. Nbd2 (7. g3 O-O 8. Bg2 Nb6 9. O-O Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nbd2 Kh8 12. a3 f5 13. b4 Qe7 14. Nh4 Nd4 15. Bxd4 exd4 16. Re1 f4 17. g4 Bxg4 18. hxg4 Qxh4 19. Bf3 Nd7 {½-½ (19) Romanov,E (2614)-Motylev,A (2661) Sochi 2018}) 7... O-O 8. e3 Qe7 9. a3 {LiveBook: 7 Games} Bg4 10. Be2 Rad8 11. O-O f5 12. Qc2 Kh8 13. Rfe1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. b4 a6 14. Rac1 Rde8 {½-½ (57) Ruiz Quevedo,A (1903)-Barria Zuniga,D (2423) San Sebastian 2008}) 13... f4 14. e4 Nf6 15. b4 a6 16. Rad1 Nd7 17. Nb3 Rfe8 18. h3 Be6 19. Rd2 Nf8 20. Nc5 Bxc5 21. Qxc5 Bf7 22. Rc1 (22. Qxe7 $1 $16 Rxe7 23. Rc1) 22... Rd6 $11 23. Qc3 Bh5 24. d4 $1 {[%cal Rd4d5]} Bxf3 25. Qxf3 Nxd4 26. Bxd4 exd4 27. e5 Qxe5 {aiming for ...c6.} 28. Qxb7 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} d3 (28... Ne6 $14) 29. Bxd3 $16 {Hoping for Re2.} Red8 30. Re2 ({Much weaker is} 30. Qxc7 $6 Qf6 $14) 30... Qg5 (30... Qf6 $16) 31. Rc5 $18 Qf6 32. Bc2 $1 Qa1+ (32... f3 {was worth a try.} 33. Qxf3 (33. gxf3 Ne6 $11) 33... Qxf3 34. gxf3 g6) 33. Kh2 Qf1 34. Rce5 $2 {[#]} (34. Qf3 $18) 34... Rd1 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 35. Bxd1 Rxd1 {[%csl Gd1][%cal Rf1h1]} 36. Re1 Rxe1 $40 {[%mdl 128] White is in trouble.} 37. Rxe1 Qxe1 38. Qxc7 (38. f3 $17 {was called for.}) 38... Qxf2 $19 39. Qf7 $2 (39. Qc8 Qg3+ 40. Kh1 Qe1+ 41. Kh2) 39... Qg3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 40. Kh1 {[%cal Rf7f8]} Qe1+ 41. Kh2 {[%cal Rf7f8]} Ng6 42. Qb7 {White threatens Qc8+ and mate.} Qg3+ 43. Kh1 Qe1+ 44. Kh2 {Threatening mate with Qc8+.} h6 {Strongly threatening ...Qg3+.} 45. Qxa6 Qg3+ 46. Kh1 Kh7 47. Qa8 $2 (47. Qe2 $19) 47... Qe1+ 48. Kh2 Ne5 (48... Nh4 $142 49. b5 f3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 50. Qxf3 Nxf3+ 51. gxf3 Qf2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 52. Kh1 Qxf3+ 53. Kh2 g5 54. b6 Qf2+ 55. Kh1 Qxb6 56. Kg2 Qe3 57. a4 Kg6 58. a5 Kh5 59. Kf1 Kh4 60. Kg2 Qe2+ 61. Kg1 Kxh3 62. Kh1 Qh2#) 49. Qd5 (49. Qc8 $142 Qg3+ 50. Kh1) 49... Qg3+ (49... Kg6 $142 {...Qe2 is the strong threat.} 50. Qb3 Kh5) 50. Kh1 Qe1+ 51. Kh2 {[#]} f3 $1 52. gxf3 Qf2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 53. Kh1 Qf1+ 54. Kh2 Nxf3+ 55. Kg3 Qe1+ (55... Ng5 $142 56. h4 Qh3+ 57. Kf2 Qxh4+ 58. Ke3 h5 59. Qf5+ Kh6) 56. Kf4 Nh4 57. Qd3+ Ng6+ 58. Kf3 Qh1+ 59. Ke2 Qg2+ 60. Kd1 Kg8 61. b5 (61. h4 $142) 61... Ne5 62. Qb3+ Kh8 63. b6 Qf1+ 64. Kc2 {[#]} Qe2+ $1 65. Kb1 {[#] intending b7.} Nc4 $1 {[%cal Rc4d2]} 66. Qb4 Qf1+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 67. Ka2 Qf2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 68. Kb3 Nxb6 69. h4 Qf3+ 70. Ka2 Nd5 (70... Qe2+ $142 71. Qb2 Qc4+ 72. Kb1 Qd3+ 73. Ka1 Nc4 74. Qb4 Nxa3 75. Kb2 Nb5 76. Qf8+ Kh7 77. Qc5 Nd6 78. Qb4 Nc4+ 79. Kc1 Qe3+ 80. Kb1 Qe4+ 81. Kc1 Qh1+ 82. Kc2 Qxh4 83. Qc3 h5 84. Qd3+ Kh6 85. Kb3 Qf4 86. Kc2 h4 87. Qh3 Qd2+ 88. Kb3 Qe3+ 89. Qxe3+ Nxe3 90. Kc3 h3 91. Kb3 h2 92. Kc3 h1=Q 93. Kd4 Kg5 94. Kxe3 Qd5 95. Kf2 Kf4 96. Ke2 g5 97. Kf1 Qd2 98. Kg1 Kf3 99. Kh1 Qg2#) 71. Qb8+ Kh7 72. Qb1+ Kg8 73. Qb8+ Qf8 74. Qe5 Qf7 {( -> ...Nb4+)} 75. Kb1 Qg6+ 76. Kc1 Qc6+ 77. Kd2 Nf6 78. Qb8+ Kf7 79. Qb3+ (79. Qb4 $19) 79... Qd5+ {Black mates.} 80. Qxd5+ Nxd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KN-KPP} 81. a4 Ke6 82. a5 Kd6 83. Kd3 g5 84. hxg5 hxg5 {[%cal Bh6g5,Bg5g4][%mdl 32]} 85. Ke4 Nf6+ 86. Kf5 g4 {Accuracy: White = 47%, Black = 67%.} 0-1

