[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kokarev, Dmitry"]
[Black "Yudin, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,57,22,24,20,29,20,22,22,13,33,34,33,28,51,36,30,5,62,-14,22,-11,35,18,43,40,64,53,46,48,56,46,98,71,69,79,70,76,86,83,581,0,572,562]} 1. e4 d6 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2 g6 4. Ne2 Bg7 5. d4 exd4 (5... Nf6 6. Nbc3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. a4 a5 9. h3 Na6 10. Be3 Nb4 11. Qd2 Be6 12. Rad1 Qc8 13. Kh2 d5 14. exd5 Nfxd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. c3 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Nd5 18. Bh6 Bxh6 19. Qxh6 Qf5 20. dxe5 Qe4+ 21. Kg1 Qxe2 22. Rfe1 Qxb2 23. Re4 Qc2 24. Rde1 f5 {0-1 (24) Stupak,K (2526)-Motylev,A (2677) Warsaw 2012}) 6. Nxd4 {A00: Irregular Openings} Nc6 7. Ne2 Nge7 8. Nbc3 O-O 9. O-O {LiveBook: 3 Games} h6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... f5 10. Nf4 Ne5 11. Nfd5 c6 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. f4 Ng4 {1-0 (35) Warakomski,T (2476)-Sabuk,P (2346) Poronin 2014}) 10. Nf4 Rb8 11. a4 a6 12. a5 Ne5 13. Nfd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 f5 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. h3 Qd7 (16... c6 $11 17. Ne3 d5) 17. Kh2 ({White should play} 17. g4 $14 Be6 18. f4) 17... Rbe8 18. Ra2 Kh7 19. b3 Nc6 20. Ra4 Ne7 21. Nf4 Qc8 22. Re1 Bc3 23. Re2 g5 (23... Be5 $14) 24. Nd5 (24. g4 {keeps more tension.} gxf4 25. gxf5 c6 26. Qxd6 Nxf5 27. Rxe8 Nxd6 28. Rxc8 Nxc8 29. Bxf4 Ne7 30. Be3) 24... Nxd5 25. Rxe8 $1 Qxe8 26. Qxd5 c6 27. Qxd6 Bxc2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (27... Rf7 $16) 28. Be3 $2 (28. Qc5 $1 $18) 28... Qf7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (28... Bg6 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 29. Rc4 {Accuracy: White = 51%, Black = 19%.} 1-0

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Kabanov, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2403"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,41,19,18,45,63,70,31,72,53,59,58,169,171,177,168,368,335,437,434,502,504,631,620,888,879,826,744]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 a6 8. Bb3 Bd7 9. f4 {LiveBook: 23 Games} Rc8 {B88: Sicilian: Sozin Attack} (9... Be7 10. Qf3 Rc8 11. O-O-O Qa5 12. g4 Nxd4 13. Rxd4 Rxc3 14. bxc3 Bc6 15. Rhd1 d5 16. exd5 Qxc3 17. R1d3 Qa1+ {1-0 (27) Brenjo,S (2416)-Sedlak,N (2537) Niksic 2016}) 10. Qf3 Qc7 11. O-O-O Na5 {[#]White is slightly better.} 12. g4 $1 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} Nxb3+ 13. axb3 Bc6 $146 (13... b5 $1 $14) ({Predecessor:} 13... e5 14. Nf5 b5 15. Rd2 h5 16. g5 Ng4 17. h3 {1-0 (28) Gross,D (2365)-Bindrich,O (2175) Munich 1996}) 14. g5 $18 Nd7 15. Qh3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under strong pressure.} g6 $2 {[#]} (15... e5) 16. f5 exf5 17. Nxc6 {White is clearly winning.} bxc6 18. exf5 gxf5 19. Qxf5 Bg7 20. Ne4 Be5 21. Rhf1 {Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 13%.} 1-0

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Shuvalova, Polina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,87,2,0,12,9,29,20,25,0,14,0,0,8,22,-5,-8,-29,-20,-47,-13,-12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-14,-22,-12,-7,-12,45,19,41,45,45,43,52,36,74,27,119,106,133,142,154,150,135,147,141,82,543,530,707,729,941,1059,1286,1231,1629,1591,857,1703,6041,5609,29989,29989]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Nc3 b6 7. cxd5 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} exd5 (7... Nxd5 8. Nxd5 exd5 9. Qc2 c5 10. a3 Nc6 11. Bb5 Bb7 12. O-O Rc8 13. Rac1 a6 14. Be2 d4 {½-½ (36) Carlsen,M (2843)-Karjakin,S (2782) Stavanger 2018}) 8. d4 Bb7 9. g3 Nbd7 10. Bg2 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Bd6 11. O-O a6 12. Rc1 Re8 13. Ne2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Qc2 Qe7 14. Ne2 c6 {½-½ (67) Lenderman,A (2600)-Yilmaz,M (2619) Reykjavik 2018}) 13... Rc8 14. Rc2 Qe7 15. Nf4 Ne4 16. Qa1 a5 17. Rfc1 f6 18. Rd1 Nf8 19. Qc1 g5 20. Ne2 Ng6 21. Nc3 Nxc3 22. Rxc3 h5 23. Nd2 h4 24. Nc4 Bb4 25. Rc2 Qd7 26. Ba3 Kg7 (26... Bxa3 $11 27. Nxa3 Kg7) 27. Bxb4 $14 axb4 28. Nb2 $1 Ba6 29. Qd2 Qd6 30. Rdc1 {Black must now prevent Bh3.} hxg3 31. hxg3 {Threatens to win with Bh3.} c6 {[#]} (31... Ne7 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 32. Na4 $1 $16 {[%cal Ra4b6]} Bb5 33. Nxb6 Rb8 34. Na4 Ne7 35. Nc5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} Nf5 36. Na6 ({Don't take} 36. Qxb4 $6 Bd3 $14) ({White should play} 36. Bf3) 36... Ra8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (36... Nxe3 $16 {is tougher.} 37. fxe3 Qxg3) 37. Nxb4 $18 Rh8 {intending ...Nxg3.} 38. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4b5][%mdl 32]} Nxg3 39. fxg3 Qxg3 40. axb5 Rae8 41. Qf2 Qh2+ 42. Kf1 g4 43. Rxc6 Qh6 44. Nxd5 {Precision: White = 54%, Black = 44%.} 1-0

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Black "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "14"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,14,13,20,-21,-34]} 1. c4 g6 2. e4 e5 {[%cal Be7e5,Be5d4,Bd4d3][%mdl 32]} 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 exd4 5. e5 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 {A10: English Opening: Unusual Replies for Black} Qe7 {LiveBook: 9 Games} 7. Qe2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 8. Qd2 Qxd2+ 9. Nbxd2 Nh5 10. Nxd4 Nc6 11. N2f3 b6 12. Nb5 {1-0 (53) Radjabov,T (2741)-Li,C (2741) Palma de Mallorca 2017}) 7... d3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Pridorozhni, Aleksei"]
[Black "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,71,19,23,12,28,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,-13,2,25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-12,-18,-21,-21,-35,-12,-15,-9,-19,-25,-13,-13,-12,-9,-31,-16,-66,-57,-56,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 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 Bd7 {LiveBook: 19 Games} 11. Be2 b5 12. Bd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. f3 b4 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 {½-½ (50) Triapishko,O (2513)-Pogosyan,S (2359) Voronezh 2018}) 12... g6 13. Qh4 Be7 {Hoping for ...Nxd4.} 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Bg5 Qd8 16. a3 Nd7 (16... h6 {looks sharper.} 17. Qh3 Kf8 18. Bd2 d5 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. O-O-O Kg7) 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Qg3 e5 19. O-O O-O 20. Rad1 Nc5 21. f4 exf4 22. Qxf4 Qe5 23. g3 Rac8 24. Qxe5 dxe5 25. Kf2 Rfd8 26. Ke3 Kf8 27. Be2 Ke7 28. Bg4 Rb8 29. h4 h5 30. Bh3 Na4 (30... a5 {seems wilder.} 31. b3 f6 32. Bg2 Ne6 33. Ne2 a4) 31. Rxd8 {The position is equal.} Rxd8 32. Nxa4 bxa4 33. Bg2 f5 34. Bf3 Bxe4 35. Bxe4 fxe4 36. Kxe4 {Accuracy: White = 53%, Black = 67%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Black "Kryakvin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,28,20,25,17,16,-31,-27,-19,-19,-180,-93]} 1. d4 $146 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 d5 6. Bg5 h6 {E32: Nimzo-Indian: Classical (4 Qc2): 4...0-0} 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 dxc4 10. Qxc4 Nc6 {LiveBook: 11 Games} 11. Rd1 Rd8 12. e4 e5 {...Bg4 is the strong threat.} 13. d5 Bg4 14. dxc6 $2 {[#]} (14. Rd3 $11 {and White is okay.} Ne7 15. Qxc7) 14... Bxf3 (14... Rxd1+ $19 15. Kxd1 Bxf3+ 16. Kc1 Qf4+ 17. Kb1 Qxe4+ 18. Bd3 Qxc4 19. Bxc4 Bxc6) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Demidov, Mikhail"]
[Black "Iljiushenok, Ilia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,100,23,23,0,0,0,-16,-5,8,10,16,25,16,-17,-20,-21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-38,-9,-21,-12,-158,-73,-390,-378,-950,-2397,-950,-950,-837,-823,-1533,-823,-823,-823,-803,-792,-789,-717,-2245,-1575,-1531,-1443,-1246,-823,-6070,-5406,-1954,-823,-29980,-29981,-29981,-29982,-29986,-29987,-29987,-29988]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. c3 {A48: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} (7. h3 b6 8. Nbd2 Bb7 9. c3 Nbd7 10. a4 a6 11. Bd3 cxd4 12. exd4 e5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Bxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Nh5 16. Ndf3 Bxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxg2 18. Bxg6 Nf4 19. Bxf7+ Rxf7 20. Nxf7 Kxf7 21. Qxd8 Rxd8 {0-1 (50) Karjakin,S (2773)-Grischuk,A (2766) Saint Louis 2018}) 7... Nh5 {[%cal Bf6h5,Bh5f4,Bf4e2][%mdl 32]} 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Nfd2 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nf4 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 12. Bg3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. exf4 gxh4 13. Nf3 Qb6 14. Nc3 Qxb2 {1-0 (52) Usmanov,V (2467)-Teterev,V (2504) St Petersburg 2017}) 12... Nxe2+ 13. Qxe2 Nc6 {[%cal Bb8c6,Bc6e7,Be7f5,Bf5d4][%mdl 32]} 14. Nc3 e5 15. d5 Ne7 16. e4 f5 {Threatens to win with ...f4.} 17. exf5 Nxf5 18. Nde4 a6 19. f3 Nd4 20. Qd2 Bf5 21. Ne2 Qb6 22. Bf2 g4 23. Nxd4 exd4 24. Rfd1 {[%cal Rf2d4]} gxf3 25. gxf3 Rac8 26. Kh1 {Strongly threatening Rg1.} Bxe4 27. fxe4 Kh7 28. Rg1 Be5 29. Rg4 {And now Rag1 would win.} Rg8 30. Rxg8 Rxg8 31. Rd1 {[%cal Rf2d4]} Qb5 32. b3 Qd7 33. Qd3 (33. Qe2 $1 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.}) 33... Qf7 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black is out for blood.} (33... Qg4 $142 {[%csl Gg8][%cal Rg4g2]} 34. Rg1 Qh5) 34. Rf1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (34. Qe2 $17) 34... Qh5 $1 $19 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Rh5h2]} 35. h3 $2 {[#]} (35. h4 Qg4 36. Rg1) 35... Bg3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 36. e5+ (36. Bxg3 Qxh3+) 36... Kh8 37. Kg2 Bf4+ 38. Kh1 {[#]} Rg3 $1 {[%mdl 576] Decoy} 39. Bxg3 Qxh3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 40. Kg1 Be3+ 41. Qxe3 dxe3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KRB} 42. Bh2 Qg4+ 43. Kh1 Qe4+ 44. Kg1 dxe5 45. d6 Qg6+ 46. Kh1 Qxd6 (46... Kh7 $142 47. Rf3 e2) 47. Re1 Qc6+ {Black mates.} 48. Kg1 Qg6+ 49. Kh1 Qe4+ 50. Kg1 Qg4+ {Accuracy: White = 42%, Black = 59%.} 0-1

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Maltsevskaya, Aleksandra"]
[Black "Maletina, Tatiana"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2247"]
[BlackElo "2239"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,84,0,0,0,-14,-66,-52,-64,-54,-229,-156,-215,-221,-239,-158,-140,-142,-149,-152,-131,-137,-152,-112,-106,0,0,0,0,59,53,95,-202,-43,-63,-54,-60,-43,-68,-36,-145,-161,-258,-283,-419,-429,-550,-570,-1038,-1054,-1058,-1089,-1183,-1120,-1380,-1350,-2885,-2755,-2481,-2435,-3110,-2332,-3458,-1778,-2985,-1641,-5936,-5337]} 1. c4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 d6 4. d4 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 c6 8. d5 e5 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. Qb3 {A88: Dutch Defence: Leningrad System: 5 Nf3 0-0 6 0-0 d6 7 Nc3 c6} (10. Qd3 Nbd7 11. Bf4 d5 12. Ng5 dxc4 13. Qd6 Bf7 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. Qxe6+ Kh8 16. Qxc4 Re8 17. Rad1 Qa5 18. b4 Qb6 {1-0 (35) Harikrishna,P (2727)-Mamedyarov,S (2765) Beijing 2014}) 10... b5 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 11. Nd4 Bxc4 12. Qd1 ({White should play} 12. Qc2 $11) 12... b4 $15 13. Na4 Ne4 14. Nc2 $146 (14. Qc2 $15 Bd5 15. Rd1) ({Predecessor:} 14. Qc2 Bd5 15. Rd1 Re8 16. Rb1 Qd7 17. b3 Na6 {½-½ (41) Do,T-Nguyen,P (2070) Ho Chi Minh City 2013}) 14... a5 15. Bf4 (15. Be3 $17 Nd7 16. Bxe4 fxe4 17. Qxd6) 15... Bb5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rb5a4]} 16. Ne3 Bxa4 17. Qxa4 g5 $1 {[%cal Rg5f4]} 18. Nxf5 Nc5 19. Qc2 gxf4 20. Rad1 Be5 21. gxf4 Bxf4 (21... Qf6 $17 22. fxe5 Qxf5 23. Qxf5 Rxf5 24. Rxd6 Rxe5 25. Rd8+ Kf7) 22. Qc4+ $11 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} d5 $1 {[%cal Rd5c4]} 23. Qxf4 Ne6 (23... Qf6 $11 24. Qd4 Nbd7 25. Qxf6 Rxf6) 24. Qg3+ Kh8 $1 25. Nh6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (25. e4 $16 {stays on course.}) 25... Nd7 $2 (25... Nf4 $1 $19 {[%cal Rf4e2]} 26. Bf3 Ra7) 26. Kh1 Qf6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 27. Ng4 Qxb2 28. Qd6 Qxe2 29. Ne3 (29. h3 $15 Ndc5 30. Rfe1 Qxa2 31. Rxe6 Nxe6 32. Qxe6) 29... Ndc5 $17 30. Qe5+ {[#]} (30. Qxc6 {keeps fighting.} d4 31. Qd6 dxe3 32. Bxa8 Rxa8 33. Qe5+ Ng7 34. fxe3) 30... Ng7 $1 $19 31. Rde1 (31. Rfe1 {was the only defense.} Qxa2 32. Qd6) 31... Qxa2 {And now ...Nd3 would win.} 32. Qg3 {Black is clearly winning.} Nd3 33. Ng4 Nxe1 34. Rxe1 Rae8 35. Rf1 Qc2 36. Qc7 b3 {[%cal Bb4b3,Bb3b2][%mdl 32]} 37. Ne5 {[#]} Rxe5 $1 {[%mdl 64] Promotion} 38. Qxe5 b2 39. Qe1 a4 40. Qb4 Rg8 41. h4 {[#]} a3 $1 42. h5 (42. Qxa3 b1=Q) 42... Nxh5 {Accuracy: White = 25%, Black = 57%.} 0-1

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Black "Pridorozhni, Aleksei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,59,55,45,46,47,35,0,56,55,61,53,65,62,61,53,89,85,76,90,183,183,190,178,264,262,314,332,475,352,485,482,458,446,549,534,629,574,1065,1215,29993,29994]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Qd3 Nf6 7. c4 {B53: Sicilian: 2...d6: Lines with Qxd4} g6 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 Ne8 11. Be3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Nc7 12. Bxc6 Bxc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... bxc6) 13. Bd4 Ne6 ({Black should play} 13... e5 $11 14. Be3 f5) 14. Bxg7 $14 Kxg7 15. b4 f6 16. Nd5 b6 17. Qe3 b5 18. cxb5 Bxb5 19. Rfc1 Ba4 (19... Qd7 $16 {was called for.}) 20. Nd4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} Nxd4 21. Qxd4 e5 {[#]} (21... Bd7 $142 22. Rc7 Rf7) 22. Qd3 $1 Rf7 23. b5 {[%cal Bb4b5,Bb5b6][%mdl 32]} Qa5 (23... Rb8 {was necessary.} 24. Rab1 a6) 24. Rab1 a6 {[%cal Ra4b5]} 25. b6 Bb5 26. Qb3 Rb8 27. Rc7 Be8 28. Rbc1 f5 29. exf5 gxf5 30. Qg3+ {Accuracy: White = 86%, Black = 15%.} 1-0

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Black "Kryakvin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,16,6,26]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Qxe2+ 8. Bxe2 Nbd7 {LiveBook: 44 Games. C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} (8... Be7 9. Nc3 c6 10. O-O-O h6 11. Bd2 Na6 12. Rde1 Nc7 13. Bd1 Bd7 14. h3 Ne6 15. Nh4 O-O-O 16. f4 Rhe8 17. Nf3 Bf8 18. g4 Nc7 {½-½ (42) Ponomariov,R (2681)-Bu,X (2712) Batumi 2018}) {Predecessor:} 9. Nc3 $146 h6 10. Be3 {½-½ (10) Nemeth,M (2477)-Galyas,M (2512) Biograd na Moru 2018} 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Yudin, Sergei"]
[Black "Maltsevskaya, Aleksandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2247"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,42,-12,-15,-44,-77,-47,-16,0,-6,-27,58,44,76,75,74,76,473,466,478,472,1586]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. h3 g6 5. Bd3 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Bc2 Nc6 8. Re1 e5 9. d4 exd4 10. cxd4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Be6 {LiveBook: 8 Games. B50: Sicilian: 2...d6, Miscellaneous} 13. Qb4 a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Qc7 14. Nc3 Nd7 15. Bf4 Ne5 16. Rac1 a5 17. Qb5 Bc4 18. Qa4 Rfb8 19. Bb1 b5 20. Qd1 {½-½ (39) Velickovic,S (2381)-Sablic,B (1938) Belgrade 2012}) 14. Qb5 Nd7 {Black is slightly better.} 15. Nc3 Ne5 16. Bb3 Bxb3 (16... a4 $11 17. Bd5 (17. Bxa4 Qh4 $15) 17... a3) 17. axb3 $14 Nc6 18. Rd1 ({Reject} 18. Qxb7 Nb4 $11) 18... Nd4 {[#]} 19. Qd5 $1 Rc8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (19... Qf6 $16 {is a better chance.}) 20. Rxd4 $18 Rc5 21. Qxc5 $1 g5 (21... dxc5 $142 22. Rxd8 Rxd8) 1-0

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Iljiushenok, Ilia"]
[Black "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,101,6,0,0,0,39,13,40,36,86,90,81,84,122,123,132,79,143,96,177,191,179,153,211,207,222,227,643,540,512,526,678,678,678,666,1206,1210,1183,1128,1247,886,853,845,788,779,947,939,1205,1032,1585,1502,1377,716,1482,1456,1846,894,1420,1004,1137,894,962,0,864,779,2102,1920,1645,1531,29965,29968,29975,29976,29981,29982,29982,29983,29983,29984,29985,29985,29985,29986,29986,29986]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd2 g6 6. b3 {B23: Closed Sicilian: Lines without g3} Bh6 7. f4 Nf6 (7... f5 8. Bb2 Nf6 9. Bd3 Qa5 10. exf5 Bxf5 11. Nge2 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 {1-0 (42) Nakamura,H (2769)-Grischuk,A (2766) Leuven 2018}) 8. Bb2 a5 9. O-O-O O-O 10. a4 {LiveBook: 8 Games} e5 11. g3 Qb6 $146 12. Kb1 Be6 13. Bh3 Rad8 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Qg2 exf4 16. Qh3 Bg7 17. gxf4 ({White should try} 17. Nf3) 17... e5 (17... Rde8 $142) 18. Nge2 Kh8 (18... Nb4 $16 {was necessary.}) 19. Rhg1 Ne7 20. Qe6 Nfg8 (20... Nc6 $16) 21. Nb5 $18 {[%cal Rb5d6]} Qe3 22. Rge1 ({Inferior is} 22. Nxd6 Qxe2 23. Bxe5 Nc6 $14) 22... exf4 $2 (22... Nc8 23. fxe5 dxe5) 23. Ned4 Qf2 24. Nxd6 f3 25. Nf7+ Rxf7 26. Qxf7 {White wants to mate with Ne6.} Rf8 {[#]} 27. Qxf8 $3 {[%mdl 512]} Bxf8 28. Rf1 Qg2 29. Nf5+ Nf6 30. Bxf6+ Kg8 31. Nxe7+ Bxe7 32. Bxe7 Kf7 33. Bc5 g5 34. Rf2 Qh3 35. e5 {[%cal Be4e5,Be5e6,Be6e7][%mdl 32]} Qf5 36. Rd6 Ke8 37. Bd4 g4 38. e6 Qf4 39. Rd7 Qf5 40. Rd6 $2 (40. Rxb7 $18 Qxe6 41. Rb5) 40... Ke7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (40... Qf4 $11 41. Rd7 Qe4) 41. Rb6 $1 Qe4 42. Bc5+ Ke8 43. e7 Qe5 44. Rxb7 {White mates.} Qxc5 {[#]} 45. Rd2 $1 Qxe7 46. Rxe7+ Kxe7 {KR-KP} 47. Kc1 h5 48. Kd1 Ke6 49. Ke1 Ke5 50. Kf2 h4 51. Rd8 {Accuracy: White = 83%, Black = 12%.} 1-0

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Demidov, Mikhail"]
[Black "Kokarev, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,152,26,20,46,0,1,-5,10,0,0,-11,-12,-14,-14,-33,-33,-63,-59,-66,-57,-67,-40,-70,-66,-65,-53,-60,-55,-60,-40,-60,-38,-45,-46,-57,-46,-59,-56,-64,-61,-65,-63,-62,-67,-64,-70,-80,-62,-71,-63,-68,-56,-56,-56,-56,-56,-56,-56,-58,-56,-60,-45,-51,-50,-56,-56,-47,-56,-53,-23,-33,-13,-45,-47,-57,-57,-65,-45,-67,-55,-58,-58,-81,-66,-67,-65,-66,-51,-67,-67,-67,-67,-67,-67,-67,-67,-67,-67,-67,-67,-60,-54,-50,-38,-20,-36,-88,-87,-100,-53,-67,-27,-27,-8,-27,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,8]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 {[%cal Be2e3,Be3e4][%mdl 32]} d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. c3 {A48: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} (7. h3 b6 8. Nbd2 Bb7 9. c3 Nbd7 10. a4 a6 11. Bd3 cxd4 12. exd4 e5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Bxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Nh5 16. Ndf3 Bxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxg2 18. Bxg6 Nf4 19. Bxf7+ Rxf7 20. Nxf7 Kxf7 21. Qxd8 Rxd8 {0-1 (50) Karjakin,S (2773)-Grischuk,A (2766) Saint Louis 2018}) 7... Be6 8. Nbd2 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Nc6 9. e4 $146 {Hoping for d5.White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 9. Bg5 d5 10. dxc5 d4 11. exd4 b6 12. cxb6 Qxb6 13. Nb3 a5 14. Qc2 Bf5 {½-½ (29) Srdanovic,J-Rudovic,M Vrnjacka Banja 2013}) 9... cxd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. e5 Ne4 12. Be3 f6 {[%cal Rf6e5]} 13. exf6 exf6 14. Bb5 Qd6 15. Bxc6 Qxc6 16. Qb3 Rfc8 17. Rfd1 Qd7 18. Rdc1 Bf8 (18... h6 {looks sharper.} 19. Qd3 g5 20. h3 Re8 21. a4 a6) 19. Qd1 b6 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Rc1 Rc6 22. Ne1 {[%cal Bf3e1,Be1d3,Bd3b4][%mdl 32]} Nd6 23. Nd3 g5 24. h3 Bf5 25. Rxc6 Qxc6 26. Nb4 Qb5 27. Qb3 Be6 28. Nd3 Qxb3 29. Nxb3 Nc4 30. Bc1 h5 31. Kf1 Kf7 32. Ke2 Bd6 33. Nd2 Na5 34. Nb1 Nc6 35. Be3 Bf5 36. Nc3 Ke6 37. a3 a6 38. Na4 Bc7 39. Nc3 h4 40. f3 Bg6 41. Kd2 Na5 {White should prevent ...Nc4+.} 42. Ke2 Nc4 {next ...Bxd3+ is good for Black.} 43. Bc1 a5 44. Nb5 Bb8 45. Nc3 Nd6 46. Be3 Bc7 47. b3 Be8 48. Bg1 Nf5 49. Kd2 Bd6 50. a4 Bc6 51. Bf2 Bb7 52. Bg1 Ba6 53. Ne2 Be7 54. Bh2 Bd8 55. Bg1 Bc7 56. Bf2 Ne7 57. Be3 Bd6 58. f4 Nf5 (58... Kf5 {seems wilder.} 59. fxg5 fxg5 60. Bf2 Ng6 61. Ke3 Ke6) 59. fxg5 Nxe3 60. Kxe3 ({Better is} 60. Ndf4+ $15 Bxf4 61. Nxf4+ Kd6 62. Kxe3 fxg5 63. Ng6) 60... fxg5 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KNN} 61. Nc3 Bb7 62. Kf3 Kf5 63. Nf2 Bb4 64. Nfd1 (64. Nb5 {feels hotter.} Ba6 65. Nc7 Bc8 66. Ng4 Bd2 67. Ne3+) 64... Bxc3 (64... Ke6 {with more complications.} 65. Nb5 Bd2 66. Nc7+ Kd7 67. Nb5 Bf4) 65. Nxc3 $11 {KB-KN. The position is equal.} Bc6 66. Nd1 Kf6 67. Ne3 Kg6 68. Ng4 {[#] Black must now prevent Ne5+.} Kf5 69. Ne3+ Kg6 70. g3 hxg3 71. Kxg3 Kf6 72. h4 gxh4+ 73. Kxh4 Ke6 74. Kg5 b5 75. axb5 Bxb5 76. Kf4 a4 {Accuracy: White = 51%, Black = 53%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shuvalova, Polina"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,97,0,0,0,0,-1,0,0,0,0,15,4,20,35,42,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,0,0,-50,-35,-44,15,0,0,-79,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,28,0,64,0,79,0,35,62,52,45,197,157,528,429,508,491,583,570,625,623,678,572,29982,749,5610,720,29993,29994,29994,29995,29998,29999]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 Nc6 9. Nb3 a6 10. Bf1 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 11. a4 {B70: Sicilian Dragon: 6 g3 and 6 Be2 (without a later Be3)} b4 12. Nd5 Nd7 13. a5 Rb8 {LiveBook: 20 Games} 14. h3 (14. Ra2 e6 15. Ne3 Nf6 16. Nc4 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Ne3 Nce7 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 {½-½ (66) Kramnik,V (2810)-Mamedov,R (2684) Novi Sad 2016}) 14... e6 15. Ne3 $1 Nf6 16. Ng4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Nc4 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Qf3 Qc7 {½-½ (38) Dzhumaev,M (2489)-Artemenko,O (2297) Tashkent 2011}) 16... Nxg4 17. hxg4 g5 18. Ra2 d5 19. exd5 exd5 20. Nc5 h6 21. Nxa6 ({Much weaker is} 21. Bxa6 Bxa6 22. Nxa6 Rb5 $17) 21... Ra8 22. Nc5 Rxa5 23. Rxa5 Nxa5 24. b3 Nc6 25. Bd2 Qd6 26. Nd3 f5 (26... Be6 $15) 27. gxf5 Bxf5 28. Be2 (28. Be3 $11 {remains equal.}) 28... Be4 (28... Bd4 $17 {Threatens to win with ...Bxd3.} 29. Kh1 Be4) 29. Bg4 Bd4 30. Be3 Qf6 31. Bxd4 Qxd4 32. Qe2 Kg7 33. Bd7 {[%cal Bg4d7,Bd7a4,Ba4b5][%mdl 32]} Nb8 34. Ba4 Rc8 (34... Na6 $11) 35. Qd2 (35. Nf4 $14 Kg8 36. c4 bxc3 37. Qg4) 35... Qc3 (35... Rc3 $11) 36. Qe3 (36. Qxc3+ $16 bxc3 37. Nb4) 36... Rc7 37. f3 Bxd3 38. cxd3 Na6 $2 {[#]} (38... Qf6 $1 $14) 39. Bb5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is on the roll.} Nc5 $2 (39... Nb8 $16 {is tougher.} 40. Kf1 Rf7) 40. Rc1 Qf6 41. Rxc5 Re7 42. Qf2 Qa1+ 43. Kh2 Re1 {intending ...Rh1+.} 44. Rc7+ Kg6 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Rh1+.} 45. d4 (45. Qb6+ $142 Qf6 46. Rc6 Qxc6 {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender} 47. Bxc6 Kf7 48. Bxd5+ Ke8 49. Qxh6 Kd7 50. Qc6+ Kd8 51. Qd6+ Ke8 52. Be6) 45... Rh1+ 46. Kg3 {White wants to mate with Qc2+.} Rc1 47. Be8+ {White mates.} Kf6 48. Rf7+ Ke6 49. Qe2+ {Accuracy: White = 65%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kabanov, Nikolai"]
[Black "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2403"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,116,17,13,54,50,44,37,25,43,35,53,45,69,68,54,39,51,85,44,41,3,37,41,41,25,89,41,109,102,92,97,115,120,124,50,56,40,41,15,18,20,52,36,52,45,73,19,12,1,9,8,69,29,54,56,62,50,88,26,26,22,33,33,33,33,33,26,26,30,50,47,94,100,318,280,325,317,318,316,275,259,215,350,318,318,227,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-1351,-1316,-5072,-5072,-5065,-5065,-5065,-5065,-5065,-5065,-5401,-5069]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Qe2 Bd7 6. d4 {LiveBook: 42 Games. B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7} e6 (6... cxd4 7. cxd4 e6 8. Nc3 a6 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. O-O Be7 11. e5 Nd5 12. Ne4 dxe5 13. dxe5 O-O {0-1 (50) Najer,E (2626)-Belous,V (2554) Moscow 2013}) 7. d5 exd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Ne5 8. Nxe5 dxe5 9. dxe6 fxe6 10. Na3 Be7 11. Bg5 O-O 12. Rd1 Bxb5 13. Qxb5 Qc8 {1-0 (36) Manakova,M (2333)-Skakun,V (1855) Moscow 2010}) 8. exd5+ {White is slightly better.} Ne7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. c4 h6 11. O-O g5 12. Nc3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Bg7 13. Re1 Kf8 14. Rb1 Re8 15. Qd3 Ng6 (15... Qf5 $5 {[%cal Rf5d3]} 16. Qxf5 Nxf5 $14) 16. Rxe8+ Nxe8 17. h3 b6 (17... Bxc3 $1 $11 18. Qxc3 (18. bxc3 Nf6 $15) 18... Qf5) 18. Ne4 Nf6 {[#]} ({Black should try} 18... Ne5 $14 19. Nxe5 Bxe5) 19. Ng3 $1 $16 g4 20. hxg4 Nxg4 21. Qf5 Ke8 22. Nh5 (22. b4 $16) 22... Rg8 $1 $14 23. Nxg7+ Rxg7 24. Qxd7+ Kxd7 25. b3 f5 26. Bd2 Re7 27. Kf1 h5 28. g3 (28. a4 $16) 28... a6 $11 29. a4 Re8 30. Re1 N4e5 (30... Rxe1+ $1 $11 31. Bxe1 (31. Nxe1 b5 $11) 31... f4) 31. Ng5 h4 32. f4 Ng4 33. Rxe8 Kxe8 {[#]} 34. gxh4 (34. Ne6 $1 $16) 34... Nxh4 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KNN} 35. Ke2 Ng6 36. Ne6 Kd7 37. a5 bxa5 38. Bxa5 Nf6 $1 39. Ke3 Ne7 40. Ng7 Ng4+ 41. Kf3 Nh2+ $2 (41... Nf6 $16) 42. Kg3 Nf1+ 43. Kf2 Nh2 44. Bc3 Ng4+ 45. Kf3 Nh2+ 46. Kg3 Nf1+ 47. Kh4 Nh2 48. Kg5 $2 (48. Bf6 $18) 48... Nf3+ $11 49. Kf6 {Strongly threatening Kf7.} Nd4 $1 50. b4 ({Don't go for} 50. Bxd4 $2 cxd4 51. Kf7 d3 $19) 50... Ne2 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 51. Bd2 {Black must now prevent bxc5.} cxb4 52. Bxb4 {Hoping for Ne6.} Nxf4 53. Nxf5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (53. Ba3 $11) 53... Nfxd5+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Black is clearly winning.} 54. cxd5 Nxd5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 55. Kg5 Nxb4 {KN-KN} 56. Kf4 Kc6 57. Ke4 Kc5 58. Nd4 Kc4 {Accuracy: White = 53%, Black = 46%.} 0-1

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Maletina, Tatiana"]
[Black "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2239"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "900+10"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. f3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:01:37]} 4. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:05]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:24]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 6. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 7. Nge2 {[%emt 0:01:44]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 8. c5 {[%emt 0:02:00]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 9. Nc1 {[%emt 0:01:09]} dxc5 {[%emt 0:02:51]} 10. dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 11. Nd3 {[%emt 0:01:22]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:02:02]} 12. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 13. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qxe5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 14. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 15. g3 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Bh3 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 16. Kf2 {[%emt 0:01:03]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:01:38]} 17. Rad1 {[%emt 0:01:13]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 18. Na4 {[%emt 0:02:09]} Nf8 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 19. Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:53]} Rab8 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 20. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Qxb2 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 21. Qxb2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bxb2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 22. Bxb8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rxb8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 23. Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 24. g4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 25. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 26. Rd7 {[%emt 0:02:19]} Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 27. Bf1 {[%emt 0:01:56]} Be1# {[%emt 0:00:10]} 0-1

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kokarev, Dmitry"]
[Black "Iljiushenok, Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,123,31,5,11,0,15,18,22,19,14,14,25,0,-8,0,-1,0,6,-7,-3,-20,-12,-10,-19,-23,-17,-16,-24,-48,-36,-75,-85,-85,-54,-62,-66,-86,-71,-69,-47,-70,-74,-77,-18,-22,52,45,56,52,52,34,50,17,45,32,22,0,93,101,108,111,131,125,134,125,221,204,307,288,290,300,327,306,326,331,309,295,302,244,319,314,626,570,616,574,498,380,536,470,1346,1239,1533,1602,1501,1499,1577,1527,29956,29957,6087,1539,1445,1243,2389,2484,2868,2162,2759,2481,29974,29975,29975,29976,29982,29984]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. b3 {LiveBook: 12 Games. C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5} (6. O-O {looks sharper.} Bd6 7. Bg5 O-O 8. Nbd2 h6 9. Bh4) (6. Nbd2 Be6 7. O-O Nd7 8. Nb3 Bb6 9. Ng5 Bxb3 10. axb3 f6 11. Nf3 Nf8 12. Nd2 Qd7 13. Nc4 Ne6 {½-½ (54) Saric,I (2689)-Caruana,F (2827) Batumi 2018}) 6... Qe7 7. Bb2 Bb4+ $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Nd7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Ne2 Ba3 10. Bxa3 Qxa3 11. O-O Qe7 12. Ng3 Nc5 13. b4 Na6 {1-0 (60) McShane,L (2645)-Parker,J (2531) England 2011}) 8. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3][%mdl 32] The position is equal.} Bg4 9. c3 Bd6 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nf1 Nd7 12. Ng3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 g6 14. O-O O-O-O 15. d4 Rdf8 16. Rfe1 Rhg8 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. Qe3 Kb8 19. f4 Bd6 $1 {[%cal Rd6c5] Threatens to win with ...Bc5.} 20. b4 {aiming for e5.} f6 21. Rad1 Re8 22. a3 Nb6 23. Qf3 Qe6 24. Bc1 Nc4 25. Rd4 c5 26. Rdd1 cxb4 ({Black should try} 26... h5 $17) 27. cxb4 $11 g5 {[#]} ({Better is} 27... c6 $11) 28. e5 $1 $14 {[%cal Re5d6][%mdl 512]} fxe5 {[%cal Rg5f4]} 29. f5 Qf7 30. Ne4 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} h6 31. Rf1 Rgf8 32. Qb3 Rd8 33. Rd3 Nb6 (33... c6 $11) 34. Qxf7 $16 Rxf7 35. g4 Be7 36. Rxd8+ Bxd8 {[#]} 37. h4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nd7 (37... Nc8 $16) (37... gxh4 38. Bxh6) 38. hxg5 $18 Bxg5 (38... hxg5 $142 39. Kg2 (39. Bxg5 Bxg5 40. Nxg5 Rg7 $11) 39... b6) 39. Bxg5 ({Less strong is} 39. Nxg5 hxg5 40. Kg2 (40. Bxg5 Rg7 $11) 40... c5 $16) 39... hxg5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 40. Kg2 b6 41. Kf3 Rg7 42. Rh1 c5 43. b5 Kc7 44. Rh5 c4 45. Rh6 Nc5 $2 (45... Kd8 46. Rh1 Nf8) 46. Rc6+ Kd7 {If Black can now play ...Nb3 this consolidates a bit.} 47. Nxc5+ bxc5 48. Rxc5 {KR-KR} Rh7 (48... Kd6 $142 49. Rxc4 Kd5) 49. Rxc4 Rh1 (49... Rh4 $142 50. f6 e4+ 51. Rxe4 Rh6 52. Re7+ Kd6) 50. Ke4 Re1+ 51. Kd5 Re2 52. a4 {[%cal Ba3a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} Re1 53. Re4 Rd1+ 54. Kxe5 Ke7 55. Rb4 (55. f6+ $142 Kf8 56. Kf5) 55... Re1+ 56. Kd5 {Threatening mate with Re4+.} Kd7 57. a5 Ra1 58. Ke5 Ke7 59. a6 Ra3 60. f6+ {White mates.} Kf7 61. Kf5 Rc3 62. Re4 {Accuracy: White = 65%, Black = 34%.} 1-0

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Maletina, Tatiana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2239"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,55,4,0,3,3,13,-14,-14,-17,10,4,13,27,197,179,198,177,283,233,521,514,489,476,468,438,443,441,643,629,621,613,923,892,1012,947,1006,954,1307,1179,1142,1000,29986,29987,29987,29980,2641,688]} 1. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} c6 {[%cal Bc7c6,Bc6c5][%mdl 32]} 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. f4 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. Be3 {LiveBook: 3 Games. B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} Qb6 (6... cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. Bb5+ Nd7 9. O-O a6 10. Be2 g5 11. g4 gxf4 12. gxf5 Nxf5 13. Nxf5 fxe3 {0-1 (30) Morozevich,A (2758)-Ivanchuk,V (2705) Mallorca 2004}) 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Na4 {The position is equal.} Qa5+ 9. c3 {[%cal Rd4c5]} cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Be4 11. Qb3 Qc7 12. Nb5 Qb8 {1-0 (23) Knutsen,K-Farmen,P Norway 1998}) 11. Bxd4 {b4 is the strong threat.} b5 $2 (11... Ne7 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 12. Nc5 $18 Bxc5 13. Bxc5 Rc8 (13... Ne7 {was worth a try.} 14. b4 Qc7 15. Bxb5+ Kf8) 14. b4 Qc7 $2 (14... Qa4 {keeps fighting.} 15. Qxa4 bxa4 16. Bb5+ Kd8) 15. Bxb5+ Kd8 16. O-O Ne7 17. g4 Be4 18. Re1 Bg6 {[#]} (18... Qb7 $142 19. c4 a6) 19. f5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} exf5 20. c4 Qb7 21. Qa4 Rxc5 22. bxc5 fxg4 23. cxd5 {[#] Hoping for d6.} Nxd5 24. Rad1 Kc7 25. Bc4 Rd8 26. Qa5+ Nb6 27. Rxd8 Kxd8 28. cxb6 {Accuracy: White = 78%, Black = 35%.} (28. Rd1+ $142 Ke8 29. Qb5+ {[%mdl 64] Pin} Ke7 30. Qb4 {[%mdl 64] Pin} (30. Rd6 Qe4 $16)) 1-0

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Yudin, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,110,25,25,25,28,18,28,20,39,41,35,43,36,43,47,46,60,59,147,162,170,166,158,164,150,141,169,157,158,137,160,161,149,139,177,152,180,161,201,145,170,168,237,229,318,120,126,123,125,118,233,183,175,147,281,282,258,353,347,340,335,319,323,252,253,231,223,211,489,420,422,398,381,284,260,212,219,194,194,147,141,101,110,0,155,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,89,0,117,100,371,373,366]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 c6 4. Nc3 f5 5. b3 Nf6 6. Bb2 Bd6 {A11: English Opening: 1...c6} 7. cxd5 exd5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 8. g3 Nbd7 $146 {White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 8... O-O 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. O-O Ne5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Qc2 Qe7 13. Ne2 Bd6 14. Nd4 {1-0 (63) Gritsak,O (2522)-Koziak,V (2489) Karpacz 2008}) 9. Ne2 Qe7 10. Bg2 Ne5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Bxe5 Qxe5 13. O-O O-O 14. b4 Qb2 15. a3 a5 (15... Qe5 $14) 16. Nc3 $1 $16 a4 17. Nxa4 Qe5 18. Nc5 Qd6 19. Qc2 Ng4 20. h3 Ne5 21. Rfc1 g5 22. f4 $1 {[%cal Rf4e5]} Nc4 23. Qc3 Qh6 24. Kh2 Rf7 25. Nd3 Rg7 26. Ne5 Nd6 27. d3 $1 Nb5 (27... Be6 {was worth a try.} 28. a4 Nf7) 28. Qb2 d4 29. Qf2 $2 (29. a4 $18 Nc3 30. exd4) 29... dxe3 30. Qxe3 {[%cal Re5c6] Threatens to win with Nxc6!} gxf4 31. gxf4 {[%cal Re5c6]} ({But not} 31. Qxf4 $6 Qxf4 32. gxf4 Nd4 $11) 31... Be6 (31... Qd6 $16) 32. Rg1 $1 $18 Rd8 33. Bf3 $40 {[%mdl 128] White goes for the king.} Kh8 (33... Nd4 $16 34. Rxg7+ Kxg7) 34. Rxg7 Qxg7 35. Rg1 Qf6 36. a4 Nd4 37. a5 Bg8 38. Bh1 Qd6 39. a6 ({Weaker is} 39. Qg3 Qf6 $16) 39... bxa6 40. Bxc6 ({Don't do} 40. Qg3 $6 Qf6 $16) 40... Nc2 $2 (40... Rc8 {is a better defense.}) 41. Qg3 {[%csl Gg1][%cal Rg3g7]} Qf6 42. Qf2 Nd4 43. Bh1 Rd6 44. Rc1 Rd8 45. Qe3 Qd6 46. Rc5 Ne6 47. Rc4 Nd4 48. Rc5 Ne6 $1 {[#]} 49. Rd5 $2 (49. Nc6 $1 $16 Rd7 50. Rxf5) 49... Qxb4 $11 50. Rxd8 Nxd8 51. d4 {[%cal Bd3d4,Bd4d5][%mdl 32]} Qb2+ $1 52. Kg3 {And now Nd3 would win.} Qb6 (52... Qb3 $11 53. Nd3 Nf7) 53. Qc3 (53. Bf3 $16) 53... Ne6 {[#]} (53... Qb3 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} 54. Qxb3 Bxb3) 54. d5 $1 $16 {[%cal Re5g6]} Qg1+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (54... Ng7 $16) 55. Bg2 $18 {[%cal Re5g6]} Qd4 {Accuracy: White = 74%, Black = 28%.} 1-0

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Black "Shuvalova, Polina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,103,0,-9,-10,-26,-16,-33,0,0,0,0,3,0,0,4,54,22,55,53,54,14,30,5,65,53,60,41,47,45,87,85,107,0,0,0,32,30,42,44,50,50,50,34,46,50,62,64,102,83,92,94,86,77,84,0,0,0,80,54,80,72,146,146,214,207,208,193,225,220,214,221,217,213,285,287,812,753,1415,1432,1278,1272,1016,944,707,599]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 {[%cal Be7e6,Be6e5][%mdl 32]} 4. O-O c5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Nc3 Be7 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} 9. f4 exf4 10. gxf4 g6 11. Nd4 {LiveBook: 5 Games} (11. Kh1 Nc6 12. Be3 O-O 13. Nd4 Bg4 14. f5 Re8 15. h3 Bh5 16. Qe1 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 {1-0 (28) Edouard,R (2638)-Cornette,M (2593) Nimes 2018}) 11... Nc6 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. e4 {[%cal Re4d5]} dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Qxd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Bc5+ 16. Kg2 {1-0 (36) Muthaiah,A (2316)-Bhambure,S (2108) Bhopal 2017}) 16. Rxd1 Bc5+ 17. Kg2 Ke7 18. c3 Rhf8 19. b4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has good play.} Bd6 $1 20. Rf1 Rac8 21. Be3 a6 (21... b6 $11) 22. Rad1 $14 Rf7 23. Rd3 {Black must now prevent Rfd1.} Bc7 24. a4 (24. c4 {seems wilder.} Ke8 25. b5 axb5 26. cxb5 Nb4 27. Bxb7 Nxd3 28. Bxc8 Nxf4+ 29. Bxf4 Rxf4 30. Rxf4 Bxf4 31. Bxe6 Bc7 32. h4) 24... Rd8 25. Rxd8 Kxd8 26. Bd2 ({White should try} 26. b5 $16 axb5 27. axb5) 26... Kc8 $11 27. Rf2 Bb6 28. Re2 Kd7 29. Kg3 Bc7 30. Kg4 Bd6 31. Be3 Kc7 32. Rd2 Rd7 33. b5 axb5 34. axb5 Na5 {...Nc4 would now be nice for Black.} 35. c4 {c5 is the strong threat.} b6 36. Ra2 Bb4 37. Kg5 Be7+ 38. Kg4 {Threatens to win with c5!} Bb4 39. Kf3 {Strongly threatening Ra4.} Rd1 40. Ra4 Bc3 (40... Rf1+ $142 41. Ke2 Re1+ 42. Kf2 Bc3) 41. c5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rc5b6]} bxc5 (41... Ra1 $16 42. cxb6+ Kc8 43. Rxa1 Bxa1) 42. Bxc5 $18 Rf1+ 43. Ke3 Ra1 44. b6+ $1 Kc8 {[#]} 45. b7+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Deflection} Nxb7 {[#]} 46. Rc4 $1 Re1+ 47. Kd3 Ba5 $2 (47... Nxc5+ 48. Rxc5+ Kd8 49. Rxc3 Rd1+ 50. Ke3 Rd6) 48. Bf2+ {White is clearly winning.} Kb8 49. Bxe1 Bxe1 50. Rc1 Bb4 51. Rb1 Nc5+ 52. Ke2 {Accuracy: White = 60%, Black = 47%.} 1-0

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pridorozhni, Aleksei"]
[Black "Kabanov, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2403"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,113,13,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-3,-6,-17,-14,0,-25,-19,-16,-19,-21,-20,-20,0,0,56,52,54,55,52,54,47,49,52,42,56,36,43,25,39,37,30,-26,-11,-22,0,0,0,0,51,0,0,-40,0,-62,-66,-66,-47,-45,-44,-55,-53,-55,-36,-43,-32,-37,-12,-21,0,0,113,89,163,158,179,172,179,170,179,191,296,289,269,264,429,363,435,446,462,435,983,983,981,964,935,925,1411,1352,1422,1415]} 1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 c5 4. Nf3 {[%cal Bg1f3,Bf3e1,Be1d3][%mdl 32]} Nc6 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 Nh6 7. b3 Nf5 {A37: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7 5 Nf3} 8. Bb2 O-O {LiveBook: 12 Games} 9. Ne1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. e3 Rb8 10. Qc1 a6 11. Nd5 e5 12. d3 b5 13. Nd2 Nfe7 14. Re1 Be6 15. Nxe7+ Nxe7 16. Ne4 f5 17. Nc3 b4 {½-½ (51) Meier,G (2654)-Khismatullin,D (2651) Berlin 2015}) 9... Bd7 {The position is equal.} 10. Nd3 a6 11. Ne4 Bxb2 12. Nxb2 b5 13. Nc3 Rb8 14. e3 e6 15. Rb1 Qe7 16. Qe2 {[%cal Rc4b5]} b4 17. Nca4 e5 18. Nd3 Ng7 19. f4 e4 (19... a5 $11) 20. Nf2 $14 f5 21. d3 exd3 22. Qxd3 Rfd8 23. Rfe1 Qf8 24. Rbd1 Be8 25. Qd2 Kh8 26. Qb2 Na5 27. Bd5 Nc6 {[%cal Ba5c6,Bc6e7,Be7f5][%mdl 32]} 28. g4 (28. Qa1 $142) 28... Ne7 $11 29. Bg2 fxg4 30. Nxg4 Nef5 31. Nf6 Bf7 ({Black should play} 31... Qf7 $11) 32. Rd2 ({Better is} 32. Bh3 $14) 32... Qe7 33. Bh3 Nd4 {[#] ...Nf3+ is the strong threat.} 34. Rxd4 (34. Bg2 $1 $11) 34... cxd4 $15 35. Qxd4 Be6 36. Bg2 Nf5 37. Nd5+ Qg7 ({Inferior is} 37... Nxd4 38. Nxe7 Re8 39. exd4 $16) 38. Qxg7+ Kxg7 39. Nc7 Bc8 $1 40. Kf2 Kf7 41. Rd1 Rd7 42. Nd5 a5 (42... Bb7 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 43. Ndb6 $16 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Rd8 {[#]} (43... Re7 $16 {might work better.}) 44. c5 $1 $18 {[%cal Bc4c5,Bc5c6,Bc6c7][%mdl 32] And now c6 would win.} Be6 {With the idea ...dxc5.} 45. c6 {Strongly threatening c7.} Rf8 46. c7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} Rbe8 {intending ...Nxe3.} 47. e4 Ne7 (47... Nh4 $142) 48. Rxd6 Nc8 49. Rc6 Ke7 $2 (49... Re7 50. Ke3 h6) 50. Ke3 Na7 51. Rc5 {White is clearly winning.} Nc8 52. h4 Bd7 (52... Rf7 $142 53. e5 (53. Rxa5 Kf8 $18) 53... Kf8) 53. Nxd7 Kxd7 54. Bh3+ Ke7 55. e5 h6 56. Bxc8 Rxc8 57. Nb6 {Accuracy: White = 70%, Black = 45%.} 1-0

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Black "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,73,31,2,25,15,20,13,20,14,50,27,22,0,25,19,27,14,32,-22,0,-26,-19,-51,-48,-62,-83,-70,-87,-73,-29,-29,-29,-40,-39,-93,-34,-36,-29,-57,0,0,80,91,568,560,782,804,741,719,927,916,1408,1407,1327,1302,29978,29979,29979,29980,29979,29981,29993,29994]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 g6 3. Nd2 Bg7 4. Ngf3 d6 5. e4 O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6 {A48: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} 7. O-O {LiveBook: 5 Games} (7. c3 h6 8. Bh4 e5 9. O-O exd4 10. cxd4 g5 11. Bg3 Nh5 12. Nb3 g4 13. Nh4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxd4 15. Be2 Bxb2 {0-1 (58) Bordovsky,V (2326)-Bogdanovich,S (2560) Lutsk 2018}) 7... e5 8. dxe5 Nxe5 {The position is equal.} 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Nc4 Qe7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Be6 11. Qf3 h6 12. Be3 Nd7 13. Rfd1 Qc8 14. Qg3 b5 {1-0 (32) Morozov,G (2335)-Drachev,O (2086) Moscow 2011}) 11. Qf3 h6 12. Bd2 b6 13. Bc3 Nd7 14. Qg3 Bb7 15. Kh1 ({White should try} 15. b4 $14) 15... a5 16. f4 exf4 17. Qxf4 {[#] aiming for Bxg7.} Nc5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Rae1 Rad8 20. Re3 Ba6 21. Rh3 g5 22. Ne3 $1 {[%cal Re3f5,Bc4e3,Be3d5,Bd5f6][%mdl 32] [#] White wants to mate with Nf5+.} Bc8 (22... gxf4 23. Nf5+ Kf6 24. Rxh6+ Kg5 25. h4+ Kg4 26. Nxe7 $17) 23. Rg3 (23. Nf5+ $15 Bxf5 24. Qxf5) 23... Nxd3 (23... Kh7 $17 24. Qf3 Nxd3 25. cxd3 Rxd3) 24. cxd3 $15 Rxd3 25. Nd5 Qe6 (25... Rxg3 $15 26. Qxg3 (26. Nxe7 $2 {is the wrong capture.} gxf4 27. hxg3 fxg3 $19) 26... Qd6 27. Qc3+ f6) 26. Qxc7 Rxg3 (26... Rd4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 27. hxg3 $16 ({Reject} 27. Qxg3 Bb7 $11) 27... Kh8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (27... Qxe4 $16 {is a better chance.} 28. Qc3+ Kg6 29. Rf6+ (29. Nxb6 Be6 $11) 29... Kh7) 28. Qc3+ $18 Kh7 29. Nf6+ Kg6 30. e5 Rh8 31. Qd3+ Kg7 32. Nh5+ Kg8 33. Rf6 Qxe5 34. Qd8+ {White mates.} Kh7 35. Rxf7+ Kg6 36. Rf6+ Kh7 37. Qd3+ {Precision: White = 64%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kryakvin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,115,-24,-8,5,0,23,9,46,46,62,71,67,67,67,64,64,58,60,0,0,0,12,0,12,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-33,-6,-120,-116,-131,-125,-125,-125,-124,-121,-133,-108,-108,-84,-84,-84,-84,-84,-84,-84,-84,-84,-184,-184,-184,-184,-173,-84,-88,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,-8]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 b6 6. O-O Bb7 7. b3 c5 8. Bb2 cxd4 9. Nxd4 d5 10. cxd5 {A30: Symmetrical English: Double Fianchetto and Hedgehog} (10. Nc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 a6 12. Be2 e5 13. Nc2 Nbd7 14. Rc1 Re8 15. Qd2 Nc5 16. Qxd8 Raxd8 17. Rfd1 Nfe4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 {½-½ (18) Burmakin,V (2526)-Bauer,C (2647) Zuerich 2017}) 10... Nxd5 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 {LiveBook: 6 Games. Black has an edge.} Nd7 13. Bf3 Qc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Ne5 15. Qe2 Rc8 16. Rac1 Qd7 17. Rfd1 Qb7 18. Bb2 Rfd8 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Rc1 Rxc1+ 21. Bxc1 Qe4 22. Qc2 Qxc2 23. Nxc2 Kf8 24. Kf1 Nc6 {½-½ (24) Marzano,C (2199)-Berkovich,M (2346) Escaldes 2016}) 14. Rc1 {aiming for Nf5!} Nc5 15. Bb4 Rd8 {And now ...e5 would win.} 16. Bxc5 bxc5 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Qf3 $1 {[%cal Rf3b7]} ({Not} 18. Rxc5 $2 e5 $19) 18... Qxf3 19. Nxf3 a5 20. Rc4 (20. Rxc5 $14 a4 21. b4) 20... a4 $11 21. bxa4 Rd3 22. Rfc1 Ra3 23. R1c2 (23. Rxc5 {feels hotter.} R8xa4 24. Rc8+ Bf8 25. Ne5 Ra7 26. g4) 23... R3xa4 24. Rxa4 Rxa4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 25. Nd2 f5 26. Kf1 Kf7 27. Ke2 Ra3 28. Nc4 Ra6 (28... Ra8 {looks sharper.} 29. Nd2 Ke6 30. Nb3 c4 31. Nd2 c3) 29. a3 {[%cal Ba2a3,Ba3a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Ke6 30. Kd3 Kd5 31. f3 Ra7 32. a4 Kc6 33. Ra2 Ra8 34. Kc2 Rb8 35. a5 Kb5 36. Nb6 e6 37. Na4 (37. Kb3 $11) 37... Ra8 $17 38. Nb6 Rxa5 39. Rxa5+ Kxa5 {KB-KN} 40. Nc4+ Kb4 41. Kd3 Bc3 42. g4 h5 43. gxh5 gxh5 44. e4 Bd4 45. exf5 exf5 46. h3 Bf2 47. Nd2 (47. Nd6 $17) 47... Bg3 $19 48. Nc4 Bf4 49. Nb6 {[#]} Kb3 (49... Kb5 $1 $19 {[%cal Rb5b6]} 50. Nc4 Kc6) 50. Nc4 $17 h4 (50... Ka4 $17 51. Kc3 Kb5 52. Na3+ Kc6) 51. Na5+ $1 $11 {The position is equal.} Kb2 52. Nb7 {[#]} c4+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 53. Kxc4 Kc2 54. Kd5 Kd3 55. Ke6 Ke3 56. Kxf5 {Kg4 is the strong threat.} Kxf3 57. Nc5 Kg3 58. Ke4 {Accuracy: White = 65%, Black = 43%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Maltsevskaya, Aleksandra"]
[Black "Demidov, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2247"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,110,-10,7,44,31,33,39,51,16,35,31,40,9,45,20,79,70,80,92,87,74,80,77,112,81,103,80,100,70,74,-8,-1,-35,-31,-26,-38,-42,-37,-36,-27,-27,-25,-47,-39,-45,-20,-59,-20,-59,-20,-62,-62,-74,-67,-67,-67,-80,-39,-65,-65,-59,-63,-81,-18,-22,-18,-18,-15,-17,-18,-21,-8,-25,0,-27,-25,-22,-18,-18,-18,-91,-88,-132,-132,-183,-161,-213,-206,-1655,-1529,-1078,-1197,-1027,-1113]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bb4 6. Qc2 c5 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O cxd4 9. exd4 d5 {E50: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4...0-0 5 Nf3} (9... h6 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 Qc7 12. d5 exd5 13. Bxh6 dxc4 14. Nh4 Re8 15. Rfe1 Qe5 16. Qxe5 Rxe5 17. Bf4 {1-0 (32) Manolache,M (2561)-Song,J (2333) Lille 2012}) 10. cxd5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Bxc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Nxd5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bd6 13. a4 Nd7 14. Ba3 Bxa3 15. Rxa3 Rc8 16. a5 bxa5 17. Rfa1 Qc7 18. Rxa5 Qxc3 19. Qxc3 Rxc3 20. Rxa7 Bxf3 21. Bxf3 Nf6 22. Kf1 {½-½ (22) Halme,O (2262)-Fernandez,J (2297) ICCF email 2014}) 11. bxc3 {Black must now prevent dxe6.} Bxd5 {White is slightly better.} 12. c4 Be4 13. Qa4 (13. Qc3 {keeps more tension.} Nc6 14. Bb2 Re8 15. Rfd1 Rc8 16. Rac1) 13... Qd7 14. Qxd7 Nbxd7 15. a4 Rac8 (15... Bxf3 $5 16. Bxf3 Rac8 $11) 16. Nd2 Bb7 (16... Rfd8 $11 {remains equal.}) 17. a5 $16 h6 18. axb6 axb6 19. Ba3 Rfe8 20. Rfb1 Bc6 21. h3 Ra8 22. Bd6 Rec8 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Bf3 (24. Rb2 $16) 24... Bxf3 $11 25. Nxf3 Ne4 26. Bc7 Rc8 27. Bxb6 Rxc4 28. Ne5 Nxe5 29. dxe5 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Nc3 30. Ra1 Nd5 31. Ba7 g5 32. Bb8 Kg7 33. Bd6 Rc2 34. Ra5 Nf4 35. Bc5 Kg6 36. Be3 Nd5 37. Ra3 Rb2 38. Bc5 Rb5 39. Bd6 Nf4 40. Rf3 Rb1+ (40... Rd5 $17) 41. Kh2 $11 Rb2 42. g3 Nd5 43. Kg2 Rc2 44. Kg1 Nc3 45. Be7 Nd5 46. Bd6 h5 47. Kg2 Rc4 48. Rb3 h4 49. gxh4 (49. Ra3 $11) 49... Rxh4 $17 50. Rg3 Kf5 51. Rb3 (51. Kh2 $17) 51... Rh8 52. Rb8 (52. Kh2 $142) 52... Nf4+ $19 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 53. Kg1 $2 (53. Kh2 Rxh3+ 54. Kg1) 53... Nxh3+ {Black is clearly winning.} 54. Kf1 Rxb8 55. Bxb8 Nf4 {Accuracy: White = 37%, Black = 45%.} 0-1

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Black "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,82,14,19,15,0,0,0,0,0,0,-14,34,-82,-81,-58,-57,-59,-66,-75,-61,-156,-158,-189,-106,-225,-222,-311,-297,-318,-221,-295,-288,-281,-8,-8,-9,-9,-15,-16,-16,-16,-21,-181,-185,-187,-188,-172,-179,-303,-297,-376,-379,-491,-380,-369,-375,-5102,-5093,-5077,-5077,-5077,-5077,-29989,-29989,-29990,-29991]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4 Be6 9. Bb3 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} Nbd7 10. O-O {LiveBook: 3 Games} Rc8 11. Nh4 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 11. Qd3 Ng4 12. Nd5 Nxe3 13. Qxe3 Nf6 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Rfd1 O-O 16. c3 Bg4 {0-1 (74) Guliyev,N (2545)-Hernandez,A (2270) Moscow 2012}) 11... Nc5 12. Nf5 Bxf5 13. exf5 Nxb3 14. axb3 Qd7 15. Qf3 {[#]} (15. Bg5 $14 {keeps the upper hand.}) 15... d5 $1 $17 {[%cal Bd6d5,Bd5d4][%mdl 32] aiming for ...d4.} 16. Bg5 d4 17. Bxf6 $1 Bxf6 18. Rfd1 O-O 19. g4 (19. Rac1 $15) 19... h6 20. Kg2 Bg5 (20... Rfd8 $19 21. Ra4 Qc6) 21. h4 (21. Qe4 $17 {is a better defense.}) 21... Bxh4 $19 22. Ne4 (22. Qd3 $142) 22... Rxc2 23. Rh1 Bg5 (23... Rxb2 24. Rxh4 f6 25. Rc1 $11) 24. f6 Bf4 25. g5 {intending fxg7.} Qf5 $2 ({Weaker is} 25... Rxb2 26. fxg7 Kxg7 27. Rxh6 $11) ({Black should play} 25... Rc6 $19 26. fxg7 Kxg7 27. Rxh6 Rxh6 28. gxh6+ Kh8) 26. fxg7 $11 Kxg7 27. Rxh6 $1 {Threatens to win with Rf6.} Rh8 (27... Rxb2 28. Rf6 $18) 28. Rxh8 Kxh8 29. Rh1+ Kg7 {Hoping for ...d3.} 30. Rh6 $2 {[#]} (30. Rh4 $1 $11) 30... Rc6 $1 $36 {[%cal Rc6h6][%mdl 2048] Black has strong initiative.} ({Stronger than} 30... Rxb2 31. Rf6 $11) 31. Rf6 Rxf6 32. gxf6+ Kg6 33. Kf1 (33. Nd6 {might work better.} Qe6 34. Nxb7) 33... Bg5 34. Qg2 d3 35. Nxg5 Qxg5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} 36. Qe4+ Qf5 37. Qxb7 $2 (37. Qg2+ Kxf6 38. Qxb7) 37... Qh3+ 38. Ke1 Qg4 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Rg4e2]} 39. f3 Qf4 40. Qb6 Qc1+ 41. Kf2 d2 {Precision: White = 22%, Black = 77%.} 0-1

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kokarev, Dmitry"]
[Black "Maltsevskaya, Aleksandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2247"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,95,48,37,33,38,29,45,45,40,39,45,40,45,48,46,33,39,14,20,20,12,-14,45,22,28,24,32,25,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,18,20,38,39,48,20,87,58,47,49,130,127,178,178,178,178,178,173,239,85,85,85,85,85,166,85,85,85,85,85,289,272,326,326,744,760,721,660]} 1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nge2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. h3 exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. Re1 Nc5 11. Nb3 Nxb3 12. axb3 Bd7 {LiveBook: 11 Games. B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems} (12... a6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bf4 Bd7 15. Qd2 g5 16. Be3 Bc6 17. Bd4 Nd7 18. Nd5 Bxd4 19. Qxd4 Bxd5 20. Qxd5 {½-½ (31) Martens,M (2444)-Hausrath,D (2507) Netherlands 2011}) 13. Bg5 h6 14. Be3 a6 {White has an edge.} 15. Qd2 Kh7 16. f4 Bc6 {[%cal Rf6e4]} 17. Bd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Bf2 Nd7 18. Rad1 Nf8 19. g4 Qd7 20. Nd5 {1-0 (63) Herbst,D (2092)-Hummel,M (2145) Soechau 2000}) 17... Qd7 18. Rad1 Re7 19. Qd3 Rae8 20. Bf2 Qc8 21. g4 Nd7 22. b4 b6 (22... Bxc3 $11 23. bxc3 b5) 23. Nd5 Bxd5 $1 24. exd5 a5 25. Rxe7 Rxe7 26. Qb5 axb4 27. Qxb4 Qe8 28. b3 Nc5 29. Re1 Rxe1+ (29... Bd4 {seems wilder.} 30. Rxe7 Bxf2+ 31. Kxf2 Qxe7 32. Qd4 Qh4+) 30. Qxe1 Qxe1+ 31. Bxe1 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBB-KBN} f5 32. Bh4 Na6 (32... Bd4+ $11 33. Kh1 fxg4) 33. Bd8 Bd4+ 34. Kh2 b5 (34... fxg4 $1 $14 35. hxg4 Kg7) 35. Bf1 Bb6 (35... Nb4 $16) 36. Bxb5 $18 Nb4 37. c4 Nd3 38. Kg3 Nc5 (38... Nc1 $142 39. gxf5 gxf5) 39. Ba4 $2 {[#]} (39. gxf5 $18 {and White stays clearly on top. aiming for f6.} Ne4+ 40. Kg2 gxf5 41. b4) 39... Kg7 $16 40. Kf3 Kf7 41. Bh4 Nd3 {[#]} (41... Kg7 $16 42. Bd8 Kf7 43. gxf5 gxf5) 42. Bg3 (42. gxf5 $1 $18 gxf5 43. Bd7) 42... Kf6 43. Ke2 Nc5 44. Be1 Ne4 $2 (44... Ke7 $16 45. Kf3 Kf7) 45. b4 $18 Bd4 46. Bc2 Bb2 $2 (46... Kf7 47. gxf5 gxf5) 47. Bxe4 fxe4 48. Ke3 {Accuracy: White = 48%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yudin, Sergei"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,56,0,-8,-9,-10,-10,-22,-7,-21,0,-6,0,0,0,0,40,0,0,0,0,-68,-68,-69,-79,-68,-72,-67,-85,-376,-358,-721,-747,-718,-718]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 d6 7. c3 a6 8. Bb3 Ba7 9. h3 Nh5 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} (9... Be6 10. Bc2 d5 11. Ng5 Qe8 12. Ndf3 Rd8 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Qe2 Nh5 15. Kh2 Nf4 16. Bxf4 Rxf4 17. Rae1 Qf7 {½-½ (42) Aronian,L (2764)-Kramnik,V (2792) Paris 2018}) 10. Nc4 Qf6 11. Ne3 Nf4 12. Ng4 Qg6 13. Bxf4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} exf4 14. Re1 Bxg4 15. hxg4 Qxg4 16. d4 Ne7 {[#]} 17. Qd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. Qd3) 17... c5 18. Rad1 cxd4 19. cxd4 h6 20. Qb4 Qd7 21. e5 {[#] Threatens to win with e6.} d5 22. e6 (22. Qd2 $11) 22... fxe6 $15 23. Ne5 Qc7 24. Rc1 Qd8 25. Qxb7 {[#] Hoping for Nd7.} Bxd4 26. Nd7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (26. Nf3 $17 Rb8 27. Qc7 Bxb2 28. Qxd8 Rfxd8 29. Rc2) 26... Ra7 $19 27. Qxa7 $2 (27. Qb4 Bxf2+ 28. Kxf2 Rxd7 29. Rxe6) 27... Bxa7 28. Nxf8 Qb6 {Accuracy: White = 47%, Black = 44%.} 0-1

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Iljiushenok, Ilia"]
[Black "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,63,18,32,20,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,29,25,47,48,62,15,0,0,8,0,19,18,22,-17,12,-58,0,-22,0,0,27,0,0,-278,-271,-537,-518,-2311,-2220,-29987,-29988,-29988,-29989,-29999]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qf3 {B48: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 Be3 a6 without Be2} Bd6 (7... Nf6 8. O-O-O d6 9. Nxc6 Qxc6 10. g4 b5 11. g5 Nd7 12. a3 Bb7 13. Qh3 Rc8 14. g6 Nf6 {0-1 (55) Durarbayli,V (2629)-Cori Tello,J (2664) Saint Louis 2018}) 8. O-O-O Be5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bd4 Bxd4 11. Rxd4 {LiveBook: 17 Games} d5 12. Rd2 Nf6 13. g4 O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Qe5 14. Qe3 Nxg4 {0-1 (50) Liang,A (2335)-Vazquez,G (2438) Chicago 2015}) 14. g5 Nd7 15. Qg3 Qb6 16. h4 Rb8 17. b3 Nc5 18. Qe5 Rb7 19. Rg1 a5 20. h5 Nd7 {[%cal Bc5d7,Bd7f6,Bf6e4][%mdl 32]} 21. Qg3 Qb4 22. Bh3 Qa3+ ({Of course not} 22... dxe4 $6 23. h6 $16) 23. Kd1 ({Better is} 23. Kb1 $11) 23... Rb4 (23... f5 $1 $15) 24. g6 hxg6 25. hxg6 Nf6 {And now ...Qb2 would win.} (25... Qb2 $5 {[%cal Rb2a1]} 26. Ke1 (26. gxf7+ $2 Rxf7 27. Ke1 Nc5 $17) 26... Nc5 27. gxf7+ Rxf7 $17) 26. exd5 cxd5 27. Qd6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (27. Qc7 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} fxg6 28. Rxg6) 27... Qb2 $1 $19 28. gxf7+ $2 (28. Rg3 Qa1+ 29. Ke2) 28... Rxf7 29. Qg3 (29. Rg3 $142 Nh5 30. Ne2 Nxg3 31. fxg3) 29... Ne4 {( -> ...Qa1+)} 30. Nxe4 Qa1+ {Black mates.} 31. Ke2 Rxe4+ 32. Kd3 Qd4# {Accuracy: White = 33%, Black = 39%.} 0-1

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Demidov, Mikhail"]
[Black "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,33,218,228,222,429,360,2488,701,2470,2428,29986,29987,29987,29988]} 1. d4 g6 2. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. e5 Nfd7 7. h4 c5 8. h5 cxd4 9. hxg6 hxg6 10. Qxd4 {B09: Pirc Defence: Austrian Attack} Nc6 11. Qf2 dxe5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} (11... e6 12. g4 Re8 13. Qh2 Qb6 14. Bd3 dxe5 15. f5 e4 16. fxg6 exf3 17. Qh7+ Kf8 18. gxf7 Nf6 19. fxe8=Q+ Nxe8 20. Bh6 Qxb2 21. Qh8+ Kf7 22. Bg6+ Ke7 23. Qxe8+ {1-0 (23) Sychev,K (2510)-Gordievsky,D (2605) Moscow 2017}) 12. Qh4 {[%csl Gh1][%cal Rh4h7] [#] White is clearly better.} Re8 $2 (12... Nf6) 13. fxe5 e6 $2 (13... Nf6 14. exf6 exf6+ 15. Be2 g5 16. Qh7+ Kf8) 14. Qh7+ $18 Kf8 15. Bh6 Bxh6 16. Qxh6+ Ke7 17. Qg5+ {Predecessor:} f6 $146 18. Rh7+ Kf8 19. Qh6+ {1-0 (19) Swiderski,M (2160)-Temel,J (2000) Przelazy 2004} 1-0

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shuvalova, Polina"]
[Black "Pridorozhni, Aleksei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,110,45,40,47,28,68,19,23,25,24,25,20,30,30,-129,-118,-116,-118,-138,-111,-143,-140,-165,-108,-174,-30,-32,0,-58,0,0,101,96,78,0,0,0,0,0,-9,-16,-27,-54,-45,-46,-51,-46,0,-112,-112,-112,-112,-112,-112,-112,-112,-112,-85,-85,-89,-90,-90,-266,-229,-225,-85,-85,-85,-85,-10,-10,-10,-11,-11,-45,0,-17,-11,-137,-113,-109,-11,-490,-497,-570,-60,-59,29994,29995,29995]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 c6 8. a4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Ne5 10. Bf1 Re8 11. h3 Bd7 {C50: Hungarian Defence and Giuoco Pianissimo} (11... Qc7 12. Bf4 Ng6 13. Bh2 Bf8 14. Qd2 Bd7 15. f4 Rad8 16. Kh1 c5 17. Nf3 Bc6 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 {½-½ (35) Bacrot,E (2696)-Kunin,V (2551) Minsk 2017}) 12. Bf4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} a6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... a5 13. Bg3 Qb6 14. Ra3 Qa7 15. Rb3 Rad8 16. Kh1 Bc8 17. f4 Ng6 18. Bf2 Nd7 19. Qf3 {0-1 (58) Gheng,J (2334)-Kunin,V (2556) Schwaebisch Gmuend 2018}) 13. Bg3 Bf8 {White has an edge.} 14. Kh1 b5 15. f4 b4 {And now ...Ng6 would win.} 16. Nb1 Ng6 17. Nd2 c5 18. N4f3 $2 (18. N4b3 $1 $11) 18... Nh5 $17 19. Bh2 {White wants to play f5.} Nhxf4 20. Nc4 Bc6 21. Qd2 Qf6 22. Nb6 Rab8 (22... Ra7 $19 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. exd5 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Bxa4) 23. Nd5 (23. a5 $17) 23... Bxd5 (23... Nxd5 $19 24. exd5 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Bxa4) 24. exd5 $11 a5 25. Ng1 (25. Bb5 $11 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1) 25... Qf5 ({Black should try} 25... Rxe1 $15 26. Rxe1 Qg5) 26. Bb5 Rxe1 (26... Re4 $1 $11) 27. Rxe1 $16 Qg5 {[#]} 28. Rd1 (28. h4 $1 $16 {[%cal Rh4g5][%mdl 512]} Qh6 (28... Qxh4 29. g3) 29. Rf1) 28... h6 $11 {[%cal Bh7h6,Bh6g5,Bg5g4][%mdl 32]} 29. g3 Nh5 30. Qxg5 hxg5 31. Nf3 Be7 32. Re1 Bf6 33. b3 Ne5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is more active.} 34. Nd2 g4 35. h4 (35. hxg4 $11 {keeps the balance.} Nxg4 36. Nc4) 35... g6 $17 36. Kg2 Bg7 37. Bg1 Kf8 38. Be3 f5 39. Bf4 Bf6 40. Nc4 Nxf4+ 41. gxf4 Nxc4 42. bxc4 $2 (42. Bxc4 $17 Re8 43. Rxe8+ Kxe8 44. h5) 42... Bxh4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 43. Re6 Be7 (43... Kg7 $19 {Threatens to win with ...g5.} 44. Rxd6 Rb7) 44. Rxg6 Kf7 45. Rh6 Rd8 ({Black should play} 45... Bf6 $17 {...Rb7 is the strong threat.} 46. Bd7 Kg7) 46. Rh7+ $11 Kf6 47. Kg3 Rb8 48. Kg2 Rd8 49. Bc6 Bf8 50. Ra7 (50. Rh5 $11 {remains equal.}) 50... Bh6 $17 51. Kg3 Bg7 (51... Rb8 $17 52. Rd7 Bf8) 52. Bd7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (52. Rd7 $1 $11 {and White is okay.} Rxd7 53. Bxd7) 52... Rh8 $19 53. Kg2 Rh3 $2 (53... Bh6 $19 54. Kg3 Rh7) 54. Be8 $1 $15 Rc3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (54... Rf3 $15 55. Rf7+ Kg6 56. Rd7+ Kh7 57. Rxd6 Rxf4 58. Bg6+ Kh6 59. Bxf5+ Kh5 60. Bg6+ Kh4) 55. Bh5 $1 {[%csl Gh5][%cal Ra7f7]} Rxc2+ {Precision: White = 40%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kabanov, Nikolai"]
[Black "Kryakvin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2403"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "900+10"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:23]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. c3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 5. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 6. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 7. Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 8. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:02:08]} Nge7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 9. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 10. Bg3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 11. Bxd6 {[%emt 0:01:03]} Qxd6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 12. g3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:33]} 13. h4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 14. h5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Nge7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 15. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 16. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Qxe5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 17. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:01:39]} 18. h6 {[%emt 0:00:27]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 19. Nd4 {[%emt 0:02:20]} Be4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 20. Rh4 {[%emt 0:01:38]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 21. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Rae8 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 22. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 23. Nb5 {[%emt 0:04:48]} Qe5 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 24. f4 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 25. Nc7 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Re7 {[%emt 0:03:28]} 26. Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 27. Qxd5+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 28. Rh2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 29. Qd6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Re6 {[%emt 0:01:14]} 30. fxg5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qf7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 31. Qd5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Qg6 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 32. Bh5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Qg8 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 33. Re2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rxe2 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 34. Qxg8+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rxg8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 35. Bxe2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rxg5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 36. Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rxg3 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 37. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Rg6 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 38. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 39. Rxa7 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Rxh6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 40. a4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rh1+ {[%emt 0:01:31]} 41. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 42. b4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rb3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 43. Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Rxc3 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 44. b5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rc2+ {[%emt 0:00:25]} 45. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rc3+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} 46. Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Rc4+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} 47. Kxf5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} cxb5 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 48. Rxc4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 49. Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 1-0

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Maletina, Tatiana"]
[Black "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2239"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,84,0,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-11,0,0,-22,-28,0,0,0,0,0,-6,-6,-6,-8,-7,-8,-16,-16,-16,-16,-16,-9,-17,13,13,12,14,15,14,15,22,22,18,20,0,0,0,0,-40,-40,-40,-40,-63,-63,-81,-8,-145,-151,-173,-144,-126,-44,-275,-253,-909,-889,-825,-764,-29957,-6424]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. e4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 d5 6. cxd5 {C01: French: Exchange Variation} exd5 7. e5 Ne7 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 8. Nc3 {The position is equal.} O-O 9. Nf3 c5 10. Bd3 Nbc6 {Threatening ...Bg4.} 11. O-O f6 $146 12. exf6 Rxf6 13. Rfe1 Rxf3 14. gxf3 {[#] Threatens to win with dxc5.} Nxd4 15. Qf4 Ng6 16. Bxg6 $1 hxg6 17. Rad1 Bb7 18. Rxd4 cxd4 19. Qxd4 Qg5+ 20. Qg4 $132 {[%mdl 2048] White puts up resistance} Qxg4+ 21. fxg4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} d4 22. Ne4 d3 {White should prevent ...Rc8.} 23. f3 $1 Rc8 {White must now prevent ...Bxe4.} 24. Rd1 Ba6 25. Kf2 Rc2+ 26. Rd2 $1 Kf7 27. Ke3 Rc1 28. Nf2 Re1+ 29. Kd4 $1 Re2 30. Kc3 Re3 31. Nxd3 (31. Ne4 {keeps more tension.} Ke7 32. Ng5 Re1 33. Kd4 Ra1 34. b3) 31... Rxf3 32. Rf2 (32. Kd4 {seems wilder.} Kf6 33. Ne5 Rf1 34. Kd5 Bb7+ 35. Kd6) 32... Rxf2 33. Nxf2 $15 {KB-KN} Kf6 34. Kd4 Kg5 35. Ke5 Be2 (35... Bc8 $17) 36. h3 (36. a4 $1 $11) 36... Kh4 $17 37. Kf4 {[#]} g5+ $1 38. Kf5 Bf3 (38... Bf1 $17) 39. b4 $2 (39. Nd3 $1 $15) 39... Bg2 40. a3 $2 (40. b5) 40... b5 $19 41. Kg6 Kg3 42. Nd3 Be4+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 54%, Black = 77%.} 0-1

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Demidov, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,134,1,-11,-35,44,52,80,50,58,42,53,59,65,62,75,67,68,56,80,77,81,56,58,75,63,57,70,37,29,22,35,-11,31,-8,-25,-368,-358,-368,-340,-490,-416,-415,-361,-368,-368,-361,-364,-361,-361,-361,-362,-406,-219,-216,-201,-218,-184,-180,0,-192,-179,-251,-179,-295,-287,-312,-323,-291,-261,-291,-304,-285,-287,-434,-419,-420,-406,-507,-377,-450,-510,-535,-539,-545,-546,-659,-647,-815,-652,-764,0,-748,-526,-739,-718,-635,-566,-29948,-5915,-29970,-29974,-29974,-29975,-29976,-29976,-29976,-29976,-29975,-29975,-29976,-29977]} 1. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 Bf5 6. Nc3 dxe5 7. fxe5 e6 8. Nf3 {[%cal Bg1f3,Bf3d4,Bd4f5][%mdl 32]} Nc6 9. Be3 Be7 10. d5 exd5 11. cxd5 Nb4 12. Nd4 Bd7 13. Qf3 {B03: Alekhine's Defence: Four Pawns Attack} (13. e6 fxe6 14. dxe6 Bc6 15. Qg4 Bh4+ 16. g3 O-O 17. O-O-O Bxh1 18. gxh4 Qf6 19. Bb5 c6 20. Bg5 Qe5 21. e7 Rfe8 22. Rxh1 cxb5 23. Nf3 Nd3+ 24. Kc2 {0-1 (34) Grischuk,A (2748)-Svidler,P (2726) Odessa 2009}) 13... c5 {LiveBook: 16 Games} 14. Nf5 O-O $146 (14... Nc2+ $15 15. Kf2 Bxf5 {[%mdl 64] Overworked Piece} 16. Qxf5 Nxe3 17. Kxe3 Nxd5+ 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. Bb5+ Kf8) ({Predecessor:} 14... Nc2+ 15. Kf2 O-O 16. Rd1 Bxf5 17. Qxf5 Nxe3 18. Kxe3 g6 19. Qf3 Nd7 20. d6 Bg5+ {0-1 (32) Lopez Pereyra,A (2122)-Fernandez Garcia,J (2427) Tenerife 2017}) 15. O-O-O $1 $14 {White is slightly better.} Bg5 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Bxf5.} 16. Nxg7 {Hoping for Nh5.} Bxe3+ 17. Qxe3 Kxg7 18. e6 fxe6 19. dxe6 Qe7 20. Qg3+ Kh8 21. exd7 Nxd7 22. Bb5 Nf6 23. Rhe1 Qf7 24. a3 a6 25. Be2 ({Not} 25. axb4 axb5 26. Qd6 Qb3 $17) 25... Nc6 26. Rf1 Nd4 27. Bd3 Qg7 28. Qd6 Ng4 {[#] ...Nf2 is the strong threat.} 29. Rde1 {Black must now prevent Rxf8+.} Nf2 30. Bc4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (30. Bc2 $1 $11) 30... b5 $19 31. Bd5 Rad8 32. Qb6 (32. Qg3 $142 Qxg3 33. hxg3 Nd3+ 34. Kd2 Nxe1 35. Rxf8+ Rxf8 36. Kxe1) 32... Nd3+ 33. Kb1 Nxe1 34. Rxe1 Qg6+ 35. Qxg6 hxg6 36. Bb7 a5 37. Ne4 Rfe8 38. Rf1 Kg7 (38... c4 $142 39. Rd1 Kg7) 39. Nxc5 Re5 40. Nd3 Re7 41. Nc5 Re5 42. Nd3 $1 {[%cal Rd3e5]} Re3 43. Nf4 (43. Nc5 $142) 43... Rd7 44. Bc8 (44. Rd1 $142) 44... Rde7 45. Nd5 Re1+ 46. Rxe1 Rxe1+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KBN} 47. Ka2 Re2 48. Bh3 Re5 49. Nf4 (49. Nc3 {is the only way for White.}) 49... g5 50. Nd3 Re3 51. Nc5 Kf6 52. Bg4 a4 53. Kb1 Re1+ 54. Ka2 Rh1 55. Ne4+ Ke5 {( -> ...Nb3)} 56. Nc3 Nb3 {[%csl Gb3][%cal Rh1a1]} 57. Bd1 Nd4 $2 (57... Nc1+ $19 58. Kb1 Nd3) 58. h3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (58. Bg4 $11 Rxh2 59. Bh3) 58... Rh2 59. Bg4 Rxg2 60. Bd7 Rg3 61. Nxb5 Nxb5 62. Bxb5 Rxh3 {Black mates.} 63. Bxa4 {KR-KB} g4 {[%cal Bg5g4,Bg4g3][%mdl 32]} 64. Bc6 Kd6 65. Be4 Re3 66. Bb7 g3 67. a4 Re2 {Accuracy: White = 43%, Black = 67%.} 0-1

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Kokarev, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,79,0,-2,37,37,37,32,30,31,40,45,154,157,160,153,148,151,151,151,151,151,151,148,148,153,156,149,172,178,179,179,182,174,175,168,205,197,220,218,208,203,197,208,210,201,200,202,211,186,191,208,363,372,355,345,322,263,256,227,481,480,439,361,423,422]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. c4 c6 6. Qb3 O-O 7. Nc3 Qb6 8. O-O Rd8 9. h3 {LiveBook: 36 Games. D78: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0 c6} (9. Bd2 Be6 10. Na4 Qxb3 11. axb3 Nbd7 12. Rfc1 Ne4 13. Bb4 Nd6 14. e3 dxc4 15. bxc4 Nxc4 16. Bxe7 Re8 {½-½ (102) Rapport,R (2725)-Jones,G (2677) Douglas 2018}) 9... Na6 10. Qxb6 axb6 11. Na4 $1 {White is slightly better.} Nd7 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Bf4 Nac5 $146 (13... e6 $14) ({Predecessor:} 13... e6 14. Rfc1 b5 15. Nc3 b4 16. Nb5 Ndb8 {½-½ (47) Rozum,I (2581)-Tsybikov,T (2272) Ekaterinburg 2018}) 14. Nc3 $16 ({Stronger than} 14. dxc5 Rxa4 15. Bc7 Re8 $11) 14... Ne6 15. Nxd5 Nxf4 16. gxf4 e6 17. Nc3 Nf6 18. e3 Ne8 19. Ne5 Nd6 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 b5 22. Rfc1 f6 23. Nd3 Bf8 24. a3 Bd6 25. Kg2 Ra7 26. Rc2 Kf7 27. Rac1 Bd7 28. Nc5 Bc8 29. Bf3 Bb8 30. Rc3 b4 31. axb4 b6 32. Ne4 Bd7 33. Ra3 Rc7 $2 {[#]} (33... Rxa3 34. bxa3 Rc8 35. Rxc8 Bxc8) 34. Rxc7 $18 Bxc7 35. Ra7 Rc8 36. Nc3 Ke7 37. b5 Kd6 $2 {[#]} (37... Bd8 {keeps fighting.} 38. Be2 f5) 38. Bb7 Rd8 39. Ne4+ Ke7 40. Bc6 {Accuracy: White = 90%, Black = 55%.} 1-0

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Black "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,63,23,50,45,54,50,79,73,78,93,101,81,83,89,143,131,116,109,264,253,265,265,272,275,267,274,267,264,303,303,285,269,287,300,270,270,281,271,332,335,359,354,418,404,736,722]} 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. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Nb3 Nbd7 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. O-O-O b5 11. a3 Be7 12. g4 h6 13. Bh4 Rb8 14. Be1 g5 15. f5 Ne5 16. h4 Nfxg4 17. hxg5 Bxg5+ 18. Bd2 {1-0 (64) Grischuk,A (2769)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2780) Douglas 2018}) 6... e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f4 exf4 9. Bxf4 Nc6 10. Qd2 Be7 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 11. O-O-O Ne5 12. Nd4 Qc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... O-O 13. Nxe6 fxe6 {1-0 (41) Karthikeyan,P (2481)-Sekar,B (2298) Dubai 2018}) 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. g3 O-O 15. Bh3 Re8 {[#]} 16. Nd5 $1 {[%mdl 512] aiming for Nb6.} Nc4 ({Don't blunder} 16... Nxe4 $2 17. Qd4 $18) (16... Bd8 $142) (16... exd5 17. Bxc8) 17. Nxe7+ Rxe7 18. Qd3 Qc6 $2 {[#]} (18... Qc5 $16) 19. b3 $1 $18 {[%cal Rb3c4]} ({Less strong is} 19. Bxd6 Rd8 $16) 19... e5 20. Bg5 Na3 21. Kb2 Nb5 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. a4 Nd4 24. c3 Ne6 25. Qxd6 Qxd6 26. Rxd6 Kf7 27. Bf5 h6 28. Rf1 Rg8 29. Rf3 Rf8 30. a5 Rg8 31. b4 Ng7 (31... h5 $142 32. Rb6 Rb8) 32. Bh7 {Accuracy: White = 98%, Black = 22%.} 1-0

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Black "Yudin, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,66,47,34,39,21,21,17,23,19,30,0,1,0,0,0,-10,-93,-87,-72,-33,-36,-17,-171,-160,-192,-233,-228,-208,-197,-183,-201,-194,-199,-204,-174,-182,-197,-196,-310,-308,-457,-453,-447,-420,-562,-555,-666,-669,-913,-878,-2856,-2194,-5808,-5355,-2724,-2650]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. f3 c5 4. d5 e6 5. c4 b5 6. cxb5 {B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems} exd5 7. exd5 {LiveBook: 6 Games} Nbd7 8. Nc3 {White is slightly better.} Nb6 9. Nge2 Bb7 {[%cal Rb6d5]} 10. Nf4 g5 $1 {[%cal Rg5f4]} 11. Nh3 h6 $1 12. Bd3 Bg7 $146 13. O-O O-O 14. Be4 (14. a4 $11) 14... Nxe4 $17 15. fxe4 Qe7 (15... f5 $5 16. exf5 Qf6 $17) 16. Qh5 {[%cal Rc1g5] [#]} f5 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2560] Threatens to win with ...Qe8. Black has good play.} 17. Kh1 $2 (17. Bxg5 $1 $11 {and White stays safe.} Qe8 18. Qxe8 Rfxe8 19. Bh4) (17. exf5 Nxd5) 17... Qe8 $19 18. Qxe8 Raxe8 19. exf5 Nxd5 ({Don't take} 19... Bxd5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Ng1 $17) 20. Bd2 Ne3 21. Bxe3 Rxe3 22. Ng1 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Rxc3 24. Rf2 d5 {[%cal Bd6d5,Bd5d4,Bd4d3][%mdl 32]} 25. Re1 (25. Ne2 $142 Rc4 26. Nc1) 25... d4 26. h3 (26. Re7 {was necessary.} Rf7 27. Re8+ Kg7 28. Ne2) 26... d3 27. Kh2 Rd8 28. Rd1 c4 {Black is clearly winning.} 29. f6 Kf7 30. h4 Rc2 31. Nh3 g4 {[%cal Bg5g4,Bg4h3][%mdl 32]} 32. Re1 gxh3 (32... d2 33. Re7+ Kg8 34. Nf4 $18) 33. Re7+ Kf8 {Accuracy: White = 29%, Black = 89%.} 0-1

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Pridorozhni, Aleksei"]
[Black "Maletina, Tatiana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2239"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,69,15,6,118,89,99,74,71,82,71,76,209,184,205,194,254,173,170,155,447,359,929,913,904,852,839,896,1238,1222,1218,1164,1307,1295,1211,715,677,612,597,486,477,461,462,465,525,525,541,561,566,560,627,602,602,602,594,569,545,543,1126,1183,1127,1055]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. c4 c6 5. O-O e6 6. d4 {[%cal Bd2d4,Bd4e5][%mdl 32] LiveBook: 84 Games} f5 {A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems} (6... Ngf6 $11 {keeps the balance.}) (6... dxc4 7. a4 Ngf6 8. Nbd2 b5 9. axb5 cxb5 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. Bxa8 Qxa8 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. f3 Bh3 14. Re1 {0-1 (67) Stupak,K (2542)-Movsesian,S (2659) Minsk 2015}) 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Ne5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. Nc3 Ngf6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Qc2 Ne4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Rfe1 O-O 13. a3 Rae8 14. e3 {0-1 (55) Balog,I (1972)-Andriska,Z (2097) Hungary 2015}) 8... Nxe5 {White is better.} 9. dxe5 Qc7 10. Nc3 Nh6 (10... Qxe5 $16 11. Bf4 Qe7) 11. Bf4 Be7 {[#]} 12. Rc1 $1 {Hoping for h3.} Qd7 (12... Qa5 $142 13. Qd4 Bh5) 13. e6 Qxe6 14. Nxd5 Bd6 $2 (14... cxd5 $16 {was necessary.} 15. Bxd5 Qf6) 15. Qb3 cxd5 $2 (15... O-O 16. Ne7+ {[%mdl 64] Pin} Kf7) 16. Bxd5 $18 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack. White is clearly winning.} Qe7 17. Bxd6 {[%mdl 64] Overworked Piece} Qxd6 18. Qxb7 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Rb8 19. Qxg7 {White threatens Bc6+ and mate.} Qxd5 20. Qxh8+ Ng8 21. Rfd1 Qe6 22. Rd3 {White wants to mate with Re3.} Kf8 23. Rc7 {[%mdl 64] Qg7+ would kill now. Double Attack} Qf6 24. Qxf6+ Nxf6 25. f3 Bh5 26. b3 Bg6 27. Rxa7 f4 28. Rd4 fxg3 29. hxg3 Bf7 30. b4 Nd5 31. Rxf7+ {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender} Kxf7 32. Rxd5 Rxb4 33. Ra5 Kg6 34. Ra8 h5 35. a4 {Accuracy: White = 77%, Black = 25%.} 1-0

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Black "Kabanov, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2403"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,77,70,56,102,100,94,103,122,122,163,100,134,138,125,97,116,90,126,122,262,241,243,245,247,240,254,221,221,221,221,220,245,241,479,478,532,500,518,504,655,623,653,625,678,635,720,710,984,972,1003,822,1389,1387,1377,1345,1270,1245]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Bc4 Be6 7. Bxe6 fxe6 8. f3 Bd6 9. Nh3 {[%cal Bg1h3,Bh3f2,Bf2d3][%mdl 32] B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems} Nbd7 10. Nf2 a6 (10... Ke7 11. b3 a6 12. a4 Nb8 13. Nd3 Nc6 14. Be3 Nb4 15. O-O-O Rad8 16. Nb2 {½-½ (77) Vallejo Pons,F (2705)-Plat,V (2432) Wroclaw 2014}) 11. Nd3 Ke7 12. Be3 {LiveBook: 11 Games} b5 13. a4 c6 14. Ke2 Rhb8 {[#]} 15. Ra2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. b3) 15... Ne8 16. Rd1 (16. Rha1 $18) 16... h6 17. b3 Nc7 18. Raa1 c5 19. Nb2 Nb6 20. Rd2 b4 (20... Nd7 $16 21. g3 Rb6) 21. Ncd1 {[%cal Bc3d1,Bd1e3,Be3c4][%mdl 32]} a5 22. Bf2 Na6 23. Ne3 Rd8 24. Nec4 Nxc4 25. Nxc4 Bc7 26. Rad1 Rxd2+ 27. Rxd2 ({Resist} 27. Kxd2 $6 Rd8+ 28. Ke2 Rxd1) 27... Kf6 $2 {[#]} (27... Rc8 28. Rd1 Kf6 29. Bh4+ g5) 28. Rd7 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Rd8 29. Rxd8 Bxd8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} 30. Kd3 Bc7 31. Nb2 Nb8 32. Bxc5 Nd7 33. Kc4 h5 34. Kb5 Nxc5 35. Kxc5 Kg5 36. Kc6 Bb8 37. Nc4 Ba7 38. Nxa5 Bg1 39. Nc4 {Accuracy: White = 78%, Black = 34%.} 1-0

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kryakvin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Shuvalova, Polina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,67,9,26,8,7,7,10,10,27,12,9,16,22,9,48,37,38,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,5,51,47,47,19,33,40,49,51,69,61,73,71,446,443,461,499,513,513,498,494,560,545]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. Qc2 c5 9. cxd5 cxd4 {D61: Queen's Gambit Declined: Classical: 7 Qc2} 10. Nxd4 Nxd5 11. Bxe7 Nxe7 {LiveBook: 14 Games. The position is equal.} 12. Rd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Be2 Nf6 13. O-O Bd7 14. Rfd1 Qb6 15. Qb3 Qxb3 16. axb3 a5 17. Bf3 {½-½ (40) Wang,Y (2699)-Kramnik,V (2812) Dortmund 2017}) 12... a6 13. Be2 Qc7 14. O-O Nb6 15. Rd2 Bd7 16. Rfd1 Rac8 17. h3 e5 18. Nb3 Bf5 19. e4 Be6 20. Bg4 Bxg4 21. hxg4 Rfd8 22. Na5 Rxd2 23. Qxd2 Nc4 24. Nxc4 Qxc4 25. Qd7 Rc7 26. Qd8+ Kh7 27. Rc1 Ng6 {[#]} 28. Ne2 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2560] Black is under pressure.} Qxe2 29. Qxc7 Qxe4 $2 $14 {[%mdl 8192] KQR-KQN} (29... Qxg4 $16 {is tougher.} 30. f3 (30. Qxf7 $2 Nf4 $19) 30... Qg5) 30. Qc4 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Qd4 31. Qxd4 ({Not} 31. Qxf7 Qxg4 32. Qxb7 Qe2 $18) 31... exd4 32. Rc7 Ne5 33. Rxb7 d3 {[#] Strongly threatening ...d2.} 34. Kf1 {Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 34%.} 1-0

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Maltsevskaya, Aleksandra"]
[Black "Iljiushenok, Ilia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2247"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,72,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,-11,3,1,0,0,0,0,0,-31,-18,-72,-78,-322,-304,-295,-299,-275,-201,-339,-202,-332,-328,-381,-383,-382,-367,-377,-366,-449,-437,-430,-394,-654,-651,-811,-804,-29985,-29986,-29985,-29986,-29991,-29991,-29993,-29992,-29995,-29996]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. c4 e6 6. cxd5 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 cxd5 8. d3 Nc6 {A11: English Opening: 1...c6} 9. b3 Be7 10. Bb2 O-O {LiveBook: 3 Games. The position is equal.} 11. Nd2 (11. e3 Rc8 12. a3 Ne8 13. d4 Nd6 14. Qd3 Na5 {½-½ (56) Nakamura,H (2785)-Adams,M (2751) Sharjah 2017}) 11... Rc8 12. a3 Qb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nd7 13. e3 Nc5 14. Be2 Bf6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 {½-½ (47) Beydullayeva,G (2202)-Maltsevskaya,A (2290) Porto Carras 2018}) 13. e3 {[%cal Be2e3,Be3e4][%mdl 32]} a5 14. Rb1 Na7 {[%cal Bc6a7,Ba7b5,Bb5d4,Bd4e2][%mdl 32]} 15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 {Threatens to win with Bd4.} Nb5 17. Qb3 Nd7 {[%cal Bf6d7,Bd7e5,Be5d3][%mdl 32]} 18. e4 Nd4 19. Qa4 (19. Bxd4 $11 {keeps the balance.} Qxd4 20. exd5) 19... Ne5 $17 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} 20. Bg2 $2 (20. Qd1 $17 {keeps fighting.}) 20... Ne2+ $19 (20... Nxd3 21. Bxd4 Qxd4 22. exd5 $15) 21. Kh1 Nxd3 {[%mdl 64] Hoping for ...Qxf2! Double Attack} 22. exd5 exd5 ({Not} 22... Bxb4 23. Qb3 $11) ({Weaker is} 22... Qxb4 23. Qxb4 Bxb4 24. Nf3 $17) 23. Qd7 (23. Bf3 {was the only chance.} Nxb2 24. Rxb2) 23... Bf6 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black goes for the king.} ({Stronger than} 23... Qxb4 {[#]} 24. Bxg7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rfd8 25. Qh3 $11 (25. Qf5 Qxd2 26. Rxb7 Re8 $11)) (23... Bxb4 $2 24. Ba3 $17) (23... Nxf2+ $142 24. Rxf2 Qxf2 25. Qxe7 Rc2) 24. Bxf6 (24. Qg4 $142 Nxb2 25. Qxe2) 24... Qxf6 25. Nf3 Qb6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 26. Qxd5 Nxf2+ 27. Rxf2 Qxf2 28. Rf1 Rc1 29. Rxc1 Nxc1 30. Qxb7 $2 (30. Ng1) 30... Rd8 31. h4 {intending Qc7.} Qxg3 {( -> ...Rd1+)} 32. Qe7 Rd1+ {Black mates.} 33. Ng1 g6 {[%cal Bg7g6,Bg6h5][%mdl 32]} 34. h5 gxh5 35. Qe8+ Kg7 36. Qe7 Nd3 {Accuracy: White = 35%, Black = 88%.} 0-1

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kokarev, Dmitry"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,49,100,104,140,0,0,0,0,-2,0,0,0,4,14,13,5,9,45,41,38,45,137,134,177,167,165,156,1008,928]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. f4 d6 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Be2 Na5 11. g4 {B83: Sicilian Scheveningen: 6 Be2, lines without ...a6} b5 12. g5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} b4 (12... Nd7 13. Nf5 exf5 14. Nd5 Qd8 15. exf5 Bb7 16. Nxe7 Qxe7 17. Rhe1 O-O 18. Bg1 Qd8 19. Qxd6 {1-0 (31) Bok,B (2586)-Spoelman,W (2571) Amsterdam 2014}) 13. Nd5 ({Resist} 13. gxf6 $6 bxc3 14. Qxc3 Qxc3 $14) (13. Ncb5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rb5c7]} axb5 14. gxf6 Bxf6 15. Qxb4 (15. Bxb5+ Bd7 $11) 15... Bxd4 16. Qxd4 (16. Rxd4 O-O $16)) 13... exd5 $11 14. gxf6 Bxf6 15. exd5 O-O 16. b3 Re8 {Strongly threatening ...Qc3.} 17. Bf3 Bd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17... Nb7 18. Nc6 Bc3 {1-0 (47) Lukin,A (2435)-Barskij,V (2325) Orel 1992}) 18. Bf2 Rac8 19. Rhe1 Nb7 20. Rxe8+ Bxe8 21. Nc6 Bc3 ({Better is} 21... a5 $14) 22. Qe3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] And now Ne7+ would win. White is on the roll.} Kf8 23. Be1 Bxe1 24. Rxe1 a5 $2 {[#]} (24... Bxc6 $16 25. dxc6 Nc5) 25. Qd3 {Accuracy: White = 94%, Black = 40%.} 1-0

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Yudin, Sergei"]
[Black "Pridorozhni, Aleksei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,71,32,22,31,0,0,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,15,0,0,0,0,0,0,-64,-80,-104,-102,-83,0,0,0,-125,-121,-137,-115,-129,-112,-121,-105,-82,-16,-231,-216,-193,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,725,618,483,471]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 g5 {C55: Two Knights: 4 d3, 4 d4 exd4 5 e5 and Max Lange Attack} 7. Re1 (7. a4 Bg7 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nbd2 a6 12. Ne4 Nf4 13. a5 b5 14. axb6 cxb6 {1-0 (43) Karjakin,S (2782)-Mamedyarov,S (2808) Paris 2018}) 7... Bg7 8. d4 {LiveBook: 8 Games} O-O {The position is equal.} 9. Nbd2 $146 (9. dxe5 {feels hotter.} dxe5 10. Qe2 Re8 11. h4 g4 12. Nh2) ({Predecessor:} 9. h3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nxe4 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Rxe4 d5 13. Re1 dxc4 14. Qa4 {0-1 (30) Gavrilescu,D (2470)-Esipenko,A (2593) Manavgat 2018}) 9... exd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. cxd4 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nf3 Be6 14. Ne5 c6 15. h4 gxh4 16. Qh5 Qf6 17. Re4 {[#]} h3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 18. Ng4 ({Better is} 18. Bxd5 $11 Bxd5 19. Rg4) (18. gxh3 Rad8) 18... Qf5 $15 19. Qh4 Qg6 ({Don't go for} 19... hxg2 $2 20. Nxh6+ Bxh6 21. Bxh6 $18) 20. g3 {[%cal Rg4h6,Bg2g3,Bg3h4,Bh4g5,Bg5g6,Bg6f7][%mdl 32]} Nf6 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black is up to no good.} (20... h2+ $17 21. Kxh2 Nf6 22. Nxf6+ Bxf6 23. Rxe6 fxe6 24. Qxh6 Qxh6+ 25. Bxh6 Rfe8) 21. Rxe6 $11 Qxg4 22. Re1 (22. Qxg4 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.} Nxg4 23. Rg6) 22... Rad8 $17 23. Be3 Qxh4 24. gxh4 Ng4 $1 25. Rad1 h5 26. d5 Bf6 ({Black should play} 26... cxd5 $17 27. Rxd5 Rxd5 28. Bxd5 b6) 27. Bg5 $2 {[#]} (27. Bxa7 $11 Ne5 28. Be2) 27... Bxg5 $1 $19 28. hxg5 {[#]} Rfe8 $2 (28... cxd5 $1 $19 29. Bxd5 Kg7 30. Bxb7 Rfe8) 29. Rxe8+ $11 Rxe8 30. dxc6 $1 bxc6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 31. g6 $1 {[%cal Rg6f7]} Kg7 32. gxf7 Re4 33. b3 h2+ 34. Kg2 Rf4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (34... Ne5 $11) 35. Rd8 $18 Rxf2+ 36. Kh1 {Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 64%.} 1-0

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Iljiushenok, Ilia"]
[Black "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,106,35,45,34,38,35,37,35,38,41,47,0,0,0,0,-10,-8,0,-5,-7,-11,-16,-16,-33,-24,-44,-14,-24,0,-15,-21,-36,-36,-63,-35,-31,-43,-37,-34,-48,0,2,35,0,0,0,0,-160,19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-385,-356,-349,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-61,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 Qc8 (4... h6 5. g4 Be4 6. f3 Bh7 7. c4 e6 8. Nc3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd7 10. f4 Nb6 11. Bb3 Ne7 12. h5 Ned5 13. Nge2 Be7 14. O-O {½-½ (39) Antipov,M (2593)-Nakamura,H (2763) Douglas 2018}) 5. Nc3 h6 6. Be3 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} e6 7. g4 Bh7 8. Bd3 $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 8. h5 Nd7 9. f4 a6 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. cxd3 c5 12. dxc5 {1-0 (34) Kozionov,K (2423)-Mamontova,A (2074) Moscow 2018}) 8... Bxd3 9. Qxd3 c5 10. Nf3 ({White should play} 10. h5 $14) 10... c4 $11 11. Qd2 h5 12. gxh5 Rxh5 13. Ne2 Nc6 14. Ng3 Rh8 15. c3 b5 {[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 16. h5 b4 17. Kf1 Rb8 18. Kg2 Qa6 19. Qc2 Nh6 20. Ng5 Be7 21. f4 Qb7 22. Rab1 b3 23. axb3 Qxb3 24. Qe2 Kd7 {[#]} 25. f5 $1 {[%mdl 512] And now Nxf7! would win.} Bxg5 (25... exf5 26. Bc1) 26. fxe6+ fxe6 {Threatens to win with ...Bxe3.} 27. Bxg5 Rhf8 28. Kh3 $2 {[#]} ({White should try} 28. Qd1 $11) 28... Nf5 $2 (28... Nxd4 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 29. cxd4 Rf3) 29. Nxf5 Rxf5 30. Kg4 Rbf8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Hoping for ...Nxd4! Black has good play.} 31. Rbf1 Qb8 32. Rxf5 Rxf5 33. Rf1 Qf8 34. Rxf5 Qxf5+ 35. Kh4 a5 36. Qd1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (36. Qd2 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 36... Qf2+ $19 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 37. Kh3 Kc7 $2 (37... Qxb2 $19 38. Qc1 Qe2) 38. Qd2 $11 Qf3+ 39. Kh4 $1 Kb6 40. Qc2 Qh1+ 41. Kg4 $1 Qg1+ 42. Kh4 Qe1+ 43. Kg4 {[#]} Qg1+ (43... a4 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]}) 44. Kh4 $15 {[#]} Kb5 ({Better is} 44... a4 $1 $15 {[%mdl 512]}) 45. Qg6 $11 {The position is equal.} Qh2+ 46. Kg4 Qg2+ 47. Kh4 Qf2+ 48. Kg4 Qe2+ 49. Kh4 Qe1+ 50. Kg4 Qg1+ 51. Kh4 Qh1+ 52. Kg4 Qg2+ 53. Kh4 Qh2+ {Accuracy: White = 59%, Black = 67%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Demidov, Mikhail"]
[Black "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "900+10"]

1. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 4. e3 {[%emt 0:00:25]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 5. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 6. Nge2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:16]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:05]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 8. f3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Na6 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 9. a3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Nc7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 10. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:25]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 11. b4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 12. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:58]} Qe8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 13. dxe5 {[%emt 0:02:25]} dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 14. Nd1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 15. Nf2 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 16. e4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} f4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 17. c5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 18. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} h5 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 19. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:01:05]} Qf7 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 20. Bxe6 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Nxe6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 21. Rd6 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 22. Rad1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Ndf8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 23. Qc4 {[%emt 0:01:30]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 24. h3 {[%emt 0:04:19]} Rxd6 {[%emt 0:01:38]} 25. Rxd6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Nc7 {[%emt 0:02:13]} 26. Qc2 {[%emt 0:01:09]} axb4 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 27. axb4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nb5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 28. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 29. Ra1 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 30. Qc4 {[%emt 0:00:52]} Nec7 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 31. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Na6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 32. Nd3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Qg7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 33. Qc4+ {[%emt 0:00:31]} Qf7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 34. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 35. Rd1 {[%emt 0:01:03]} Kh6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 36. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:49]} Qg7 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 37. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 38. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rg8 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 39. Qc4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:01:40]} 40. Ke1 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Nbc7 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 41. Nf2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rxd1+ {[%emt 0:00:39]} 42. Kxd1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Qd7+ {[%emt 0:01:41]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shuvalova, Polina"]
[Black "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[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. Bb5+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. O-O {[%emt 0:00:05]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Ngf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:07]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. c3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bh6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 8. Bf1 {[%emt 0:01:18]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 9. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 10. a4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:09]} 11. Na3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 12. Nc4 {[%emt 0:01:18]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 13. d4 {[%emt 0:01:03]} Bxc1 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 14. Rxc1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 15. cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} exd4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 16. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:01:18]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 17. Qe3 {[%emt 0:02:21]} Ng4 {[%emt 0:01:31]} 18. Qg3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Qxg3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 19. hxg3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bxc4 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 20. Rxc4 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 21. Rxc8 {[%emt 0:01:31]} Rxc8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 22. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} h5 {[%emt 0:02:12]} 23. f3 {[%emt 0:01:47]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 24. b3 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Rc3 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 25. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 26. Kf2 {[%emt 0:02:20]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:02:45]} 27. Re3 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Rc2+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} 28. Re2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rc3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 29. Re3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nxa4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 30. Bxa6 {[%emt 0:01:31]} bxa6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 31. bxa4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rc4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 32. Ra3 {[%emt 0:01:05]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 33. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 34. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Rb4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 35. Ra2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 36. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 37. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 38. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 39. Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 40. f4+ {[%emt 0:00:33]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 41. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 42. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 43. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Rc4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 44. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 45. fxg5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Rxg2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 46. Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Rb2 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 47. Kc5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rb4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 48. e5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kxg5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 49. Rf3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 50. Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 51. Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 52. Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rc4 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 53. Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 54. Ra2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Rd4+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} 55. Kc6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rb4 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 56. Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 57. Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Re4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 58. Ra2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 59. Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 60. Ra2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 61. exf6 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Kxf6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 62. Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 63. Ra2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Kg4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 64. Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 65. Ra2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 66. Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rd4+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 67. Kc5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rb4 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 68. Ra1 {[%emt 0:00:18]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 69. Rh1 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 70. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:12]} e4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 71. Ra1 {[%emt 0:00:13]} e3 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 72. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Re4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 73. Kd5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 74. Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Kg4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 75. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} e2 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 76. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kxg3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 77. Rh1 {[%emt 0:00:22]} e1=Q+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} 78. Rxe1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rxe1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 79. Kxe1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 0-1

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kabanov, Nikolai"]
[Black "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2403"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,101,18,18,18,22,0,0,-58,-58,-177,-84,-68,-87,-78,-59,-58,-12,-15,-13,-22,38,-27,76,5,91,-116,-103,-149,-114,-120,-94,-110,-116,-134,-125,-439,-415,-1485,-350,-692,-150,-127,-135,-134,-135,-110,-110,-203,-181,-237,-233,-310,-255,-571,-558,-964,-953,-857,-545,-590,-575,-613,-437,-549,-564,-543,-541,-521,-514,-506,-506,-339,-339,-339,-339,-339,-208,-622,-332,-314,-320,-317]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. f4 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 a6 8. Be3 {B47: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 f4, 6 g3 and 6 Be2} b5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Rhe1 Nf6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 12. e5 Nd5 {[%cal Rd5c3]} 13. Nxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Ne4 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 Be7 15. Kb1 O-O {1-0 (50) Hracek,Z (2646)-Schwarz,D (2339) Slovakia 2015}) 13... Bxd5 14. f5 (14. Be4 $11) 14... Bxa2 $15 15. Qg4 (15. Re2 $15) 15... exf5 ({Much less strong is} 15... Qxe5 16. Bd4 $15) (15... Qa5 $1 $19 {is more deadly.} 16. Bd2 b4) 16. Bxf5 $17 Be6 {And now ...g6 would win.} 17. Re2 Qc4 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Qf3 {Strongly threatening Rf2.} Be7 20. Red2 $1 g6 ({Black should try} 20... Qc6 $11) 21. Kb1 (21. Bh6 $14) 21... b4 {[#]} (21... Rf8 $11 22. Qb7 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Rc7 23. Qxa6 Rf1 24. Qa8+ Bd8 25. Rxf1 Qxf1+ 26. Ka2 Qc4+ 27. Kb1 Qf1+ 28. Ka2 Qc4+ 29. Kb1 Qf1+) 22. b3 (22. Bh6 $1 $16) 22... Qc6 (22... Qc3 $1 $11) 23. Qf2 $2 (23. Qxc6 $16 {and life is bright.} dxc6 24. Rd7) 23... Rf8 24. Qg3 Qe4 25. Bd4 Bh4 26. Qh3 Rf7 27. Bb2 Rc6 28. Ka2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (28. Qd3 $17 {is a better chance.} Qxd3 29. Rxd3) 28... Bg5 $19 (28... Rxc2 $2 29. Rxc2 Qxc2 30. Rc1 $19) 29. Rd6 (29. Qd3 $142 Qxd3 30. Rxd3 Rxc2 31. Kb1 Rxg2 32. h3) 29... a5 $2 (29... Rxc2 30. Ka1 {[#]} Rxb2 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 30. R1d4 $2 (30. Rxc6 Qxc6 31. c4) 30... Qf5 $2 (30... Rxc2 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top. aiming for ...Qe2.} 31. Rxe4 Rff2) 31. Rxc6 $17 dxc6 {[%cal Bd7c6,Bc6c5][%mdl 32]} 32. Qg3 Be7 33. Rc4 c5 34. Qe3 (34. Qe1 $17 {is a better defense.}) 34... Kf8 $19 35. g4 (35. Bc1 $142) 35... Qf3 36. Qd2 Qd5 37. Qh6+ $2 (37. Qe2) 37... Kg8 38. Qh3 {[#]} a4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 39. Qe3 (39. bxa4 Qxc4+) 39... Bf8 40. Qe2 axb3+ 41. cxb3 Rf3 42. Qc2 Qa8+ 43. Kb1 Rf1+ 44. Bc1 Bh6 45. Qd3 Rxc1+ 46. Rxc1 Bxc1 47. Kxc1 {KQ-KQ} Qh1+ 48. Qd1 Qd5 ({Weaker is} 48... Qxh2 49. Qd8+ Kg7 50. Qe7+ Kg8 51. Qxe6+ Kg7 52. Qe7+ Kg8 53. Qd8+ Kg7 54. Qe7+ Kg8 55. Qd8+ Kg7 56. Qe7+ $11) 49. Kc2 $2 (49. Qd2) 49... g5 50. Qe2 Qd4 51. Kb1 {Accuracy: White = 22%, Black = 40%.} 0-1

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Maltsevskaya, Aleksandra"]
[Black "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2247"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,62,19,11,36,41,51,33,40,37,54,6,33,-21,-22,-26,-31,-13,29,6,14,-52,-52,-52,-49,-57,-47,-89,-102,-139,-52,-72,-78,-118,-104,-165,-143,-144,-157,-154,-155,-164,-153,-465,-466,-988,-990,-903,-882,-2227,-2070,-3308,-864]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 {LiveBook: 1019 Games} Nc6 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} (7... b5 8. Ng3 Nbd7 9. Bg5 h6 10. Be3 Bb7 11. Bd3 h5 12. Bg5 g6 13. O-O Be7 14. a3 h4 15. Nge2 Nc5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 {1-0 (48) Dominguez Perez,L (2739)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2779) chess.com INT 2018}) 8. g4 h6 9. Bg2 Ne7 $146 {[%cal Bc6e7,Be7g6,Bg6f4][%mdl 32] White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 9... Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Be3 Be6 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Nb8 14. a4 Nh7 15. Ra3 {1-0 (85) Paramzina,A (2222)-Nastase,A (1983) Manavgat 2018}) 10. Ng3 Ng6 11. O-O Nf4 12. Nd5 (12. Bxf4 $14 exf4 13. Nge2) 12... N6xd5 13. exd5 {Threatens to win with Bxf4.} Nxg2 14. Kxg2 Be7 15. Qd3 O-O 16. Nf5 (16. f4 $11) 16... Bxf5 $15 17. Qxf5 Rc8 18. Be3 Bg5 19. Qe4 b5 20. c3 {[#]} Qd7 (20... f5 $1 $17 {[%cal Rf5e4][%mdl 512]} 21. Bxg5 (21. gxf5 Bf4) 21... Qxg5) 21. Bxg5 hxg5 22. Rad1 f5 23. gxf5 (23. Qe2 $17) 23... Rxf5 24. Rd3 {[#]} Rc4 $1 $36 {[%cal Rc4e4,Bc8c4,Bc4f4,Bf4f3][%mdl 2080] Black is on the roll.} 25. Qe2 Qf7 26. b3 Rcf4 27. Qd2 $2 (27. Kg1 $17) 27... g4 $19 {aiming for ...gxh3+.Black is clearly winning.} 28. h4 (28. Qe2 $142 Qh5 29. Qe1) 28... Rf3 29. Qe2 R5f4 30. c4 e4 31. Re3 g3 {Accuracy: White = 30%, Black = 60%.} (31... Qe7 $142 32. a3 Qxh4 33. Rh1 Rxf2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 34. Kg1 Qf6 35. Qe1 Rf1+ 36. Kh2 Rxe1 37. Rhxe1 Rf2+ 38. Kg3 Qf4+ 39. Kh4 Rh2+ 40. Rh3 Rxh3#) 0-1

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Maletina, Tatiana"]
[Black "Kryakvin, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E82"]
[WhiteElo "2239"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,79,32,23,16,10,17,28,39,33,36,42,32,26,7,-11,-7,-39,-15,-4,10,-50,-16,-16,-14,-33,0,0,0,0,-23,-24,0,-236,-236,-222,-214,-639,-633,-660,-654,-665,-666,-642,-583,-585,-575,-1435,-1273,-2073,-2072,-2003,-2010,-29966,-29967,-2265,-761,-29990,-29991,-29993,-29994,-29995]} 1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 b6 7. Qd2 c5 8. d5 e6 9. Nge2 exd5 {E82: King's Indian: Sämisch: 6...b6} 10. cxd5 Ba6 (10... a6 11. a4 Nbd7 12. Nf4 Rb8 13. Be2 Re8 14. O-O Ne5 15. Rfe1 g5 16. Nh3 Bxh3 17. gxh3 {1-0 (28) Pridorozhni,A (2579)-Chigaev,M (2551) Sochi 2016}) 11. a4 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Nbd7 {White has an edge.} 12. Nb5 {[%cal Bc3b5,Bb5a3,Ba3c4][%mdl 32]} Ne5 13. Nec3 Bc8 14. Be2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Na3 Nh5 15. Be2 f5 16. exf5 gxf5 17. Bg5 {0-1 (50) Laine,H (2230)-Zaitsev,I (2450) Jyvaskyla 1997}) 14... a6 15. Na3 Ne8 16. O-O f5 17. f4 Nf7 $1 18. Bf3 Rb8 19. Nc4 Bd7 20. a5 ({White should try} 20. exf5 $11 Bxf5 21. Bf2) 20... b5 {[%cal Bb6b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 21. Nb6 b4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is more active.} 22. Ne2 Bb5 23. e5 dxe5 24. fxe5 Nxe5 {Strongly threatening ...Qe7.} 25. Bxc5 Nd6 26. Bxb4 $2 (26. Nd4 $11 {and White is okay.} Bxf1 27. Ne6 Bxg2 28. Qxg2) 26... Re8 $19 27. Rf2 Nd3 {[%mdl 64] [#] Discovered Attack} 28. Rff1 $2 (28. Bxd6 Qxd6 29. Nc3 Nxf2 30. Nxb5 axb5 31. Qxf2) 28... Nxb4 {[%mdl 64] Overworked Piece} 29. Qxb4 Bxe2 30. Bxe2 Rxe2 31. Rae1 Re4 32. Rxe4 Nxe4 33. Rc1 Bh6 34. Rc2 Be3+ 35. Kf1 Qh4 36. Qe1 Qf4+ 37. Ke2 Bd4 (37... Re8 $142 38. Kd1 Nf2+ 39. Qxf2 Bxf2) 38. Nd7 Rb3 39. Rc8+ Kg7 40. Rc6 {Accuracy: White = 38%, Black = 50%.} 0-1

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Black "Kabanov, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2403"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,71,0,-31,21,18,16,16,20,0,4,14,19,4,23,15,42,43,32,0,41,56,54,36,33,18,50,47,31,12,14,8,5,5,6,0,0,0,33,39,44,22,52,31,44,48,64,44,44,36,35,38,344,335,313,198,674,644]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. h3 Nc6 6. Qe3 {B53: Sicilian: 2...d6: Lines with Qxd4} g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. c4 {LiveBook: 9 Games} Nb4 $146 (9... Qb6 $15) ({Predecessor:} 9... Be6 10. Nc3 Nd7 11. b3 Qb6 12. Qd2 Qa5 {1-0 (69) Nakamura,H (2772)-Codenotti,M (2362) Condino 2014}) 10. Qd2 $11 {[#] e5 is the strong threat.} a5 11. Nc3 b6 12. Re1 Bb7 13. Bf1 Rc8 14. Rb1 Nd7 15. a3 Nc6 16. b3 Nc5 17. Qc2 Ne5 (17... f5 $5 {[%cal Rf5e4]}) 18. Nxe5 $1 Bxe5 19. Bb2 e6 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 Nd7 22. Nb5 Ba6 $1 {[%cal Ra6b5] [#] Threatens to win with ...Bxb5.} 23. Qa4 Bxb5 24. Qxb5 Qc7 25. Red1 Ra8 26. Bc1 {Threatening f4.} Rfd8 27. Bg5 Bf6 28. Be3 (28. e5 $5 Bxe5 29. Bxd8 Rxd8 30. g3 $16) 28... Ra2 29. Rb3 {aiming for Rbd3.} Rda8 30. Rbd3 Be7 $1 31. Bf4 {[%cal Rf4d6]} e5 $1 {[%cal Re5f4]} 32. Be3 Rb2 33. R3d2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Raa2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Black should try} 33... Rb3 $14) 34. Rxb2 $18 Rxb2 35. Qa4 Qb7 $2 (35... d5 36. Qa8+ (36. exd5 Rxb4 37. Qc6 Bd6 $16) (36. Rxd5 Nf6 $16) (36. cxd5 Bxb4 37. Qa8+ Nf8 $18) 36... Nf8) 36. Qa3 {Accuracy: White = 56%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Maltsevskaya, Aleksandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2247"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,61,-37,35,20,29,7,21,12,15,-8,-12,-12,6,0,20,-32,-16,-30,-36,-18,-26,-22,-14,-116,-7,-100,-83,-113,-97,-133,0,-67,0,-27,0,-41,-71,-70,89,103,131,0,147,124,118,145,29990,29991,29991,177,186,-275,29996,29997]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bg5 (5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 Qa5+ 7. Nd2 e6 8. Ne2 Ne7 9. O-O Nf5 10. Nf3 Qa6 11. Qd1 c5 12. c3 Nc6 {0-1 (47) Antipov,M (2593)-Artemiev,V (2706) Sochi 2018}) 5... Qa5+ (5... Qb6 $15) 6. Nd2 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} e6 7. c3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. Be2 c5 8. c3 cxd4 9. Nb3 Qb6 10. Nxd4 Bg6 11. Nh3 Nc6 12. Qa4 Bc5 13. Nxc6 bxc6 {0-1 (34) Grochulski,G (1959)-Rudolf,M (2380) Warsaw 2009}) 7... Qb6 8. b4 {The position is equal.} f6 9. Be3 Nd7 10. Be2 O-O-O 11. a4 Nh6 12. b5 (12. exf6 $11 Nxf6 13. Bf4) 12... cxb5 13. axb5 fxe5 14. dxe5 Bc5 15. Bxc5 Nxc5 16. Ndf3 (16. Ngf3 $11) 16... Ng4 (16... Kb8 $1 $17 {White should prevent ...Be4.} 17. Ng5 Ng4) 17. Nd4 (17. Nh3 $1 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.}) 17... Kb8 18. Ngf3 {[%cal Bg1f3,Bf3d4,Bd4c6][%mdl 32]} Ne4 19. O-O {[#]} Nxc3 (19... Rc8 $1 $17 {Strongly threatening ...g6.} 20. Nxf5 Nxc3) 20. Qd2 (20. Qe1 $1 $11 Rc8 21. Ra3) 20... Nxe2+ (20... Rc8 $1 $15) 21. Nxe2 Be4 {Threatens to win with ...Bxf3.} (21... d4 $5) 22. Nfd4 Nxe5 23. Ra4 Bd3 $2 (23... Rh6 $1 $15 24. f3 Bd3) 24. Qe3 $16 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Qd6 {...Ng4 is the strong threat.} 25. Rc1 ({Don't do} 25. f4 Nc4 $14) (25. Rfa1 $16) 25... Bc4 {[#]} (25... Bxe2 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.} 26. Nxe2 b6) 26. Nf4 $1 {Hoping for Rxa7!} Ng4 27. Nc6+ $1 bxc6 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (27... Kc7 $16 28. Qd2 bxc6 29. Rxa7+ Kc8) 28. Qxa7+ Kc8 29. b6 $2 (29. bxc6 {mates} Rd7 30. cxd7+ Qxd7 31. Rcxc4+ dxc4 32. Qa8+ Kc7 33. Rxc4+ Kb6 34. Rb4+ Qb5 35. Rxb5+ Kxb5 36. Qxh8) 29... Qb8 $18 {And now ...Bb5 would win.} 30. Qf7 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (30. Qxg7 $18 {and all is fine. Intending Ra8! and mate.} Rhg8 31. Qf7) 30... Rhe8 $4 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (30... Rd7 $19 31. b7+ Qxb7 32. Qxe6 Qb6) 31. Ra8 $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 49%, Black = 35%.} 1-0

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Iljiushenok, Ilia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,76,15,50,28,32,20,42,32,55,45,81,73,91,90,164,151,194,176,272,272,274,277,281,266,297,185,173,181,204,182,209,168,170,172,145,90,102,74,87,89,108,90,104,31,39,2,22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. O-O c5 7. d4 Nc6 8. dxc5 dxc5 9. Bf4 Nd4 {LiveBook: 29 Games} 10. Rc1 {E65: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...c5 7 0-0 without d5 by White} (10. Re1 Re8 11. Rc1 Ng4 12. h3 e5 13. Bg5 Nxf3+ 14. exf3 Qxg5 15. fxg4 Qe7 16. Qa4 Bd7 17. Qa3 Bc6 {½-½ (58) Matlakov,M (2718)-Jones,G (2640) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 10... Nh5 11. Bd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Be3 Rb8 12. Qa4 Qb6 13. Bxd4 cxd4 14. Nd5 Qd6 15. Qxa7 e5 16. c5 Qxd5 17. Qxb8 e4 18. Nd2 f5 19. Nc4 Bh6 20. Nb6 Qf7 21. Rcd1 Bg7 22. Nxc8 Qd7 23. Nb6 {1-0 (25) Kukovec,B (2223)-Bohak,J (2158) Brezice Maribor 2007}) 11... Bg4 12. Ng5 {[%cal Bf3g5,Bg5e4,Be4c5,Bc5b7,Bb7a5][%mdl 32] White is slightly better.} h6 13. Nge4 Qc8 14. f3 {[%cal Bf2f3,Bf3f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32]} Be6 15. Nd5 Qd8 (15... Kh7 $16) 16. e3 $18 Nc6 17. Nxc5 Bxd5 (17... Bc8 $142 18. f4 Rb8) 18. cxd5 Qxd5 19. f4 ({Don't play} 19. Nxb7 $6 Rac8 $18) 19... Qxa2 20. Nxb7 Nd8 21. Na5 Rb8 22. b4 Qe6 {[#]} 23. f5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qd6 (23... gxf5 24. Qxh5) 24. Qe2 Nf6 25. fxg6 fxg6 26. Qc4+ (26. Nc6 $142 Nxc6 27. Rxc6) 26... Kh7 $16 27. Rfd1 Qe5 28. Qf4 Nd7 29. Qxe5 Nxe5 30. Bc3 (30. Rc7 $16) 30... Ndf7 31. Bd5 (31. Rf1 {is interesting.} h5 32. Rb1 Nf3+ 33. Rxf3 Bxc3 34. Nc6) 31... Rfc8 {The position is equal.} (31... Rfd8 {feels hotter.} 32. Kf1 Rb5 33. Bxf7 Rxd1+ 34. Rxd1 Nxf7 35. Be1 Ne5) 32. Bxf7 (32. Rf1 {is more complex.} Nd8 33. Bd2 Bf6 34. Kg2 Nd3 35. Rxc8 Rxc8 36. Be4) 32... Nxf7 33. Bxg7 Rxc1 34. Rxc1 Kxg7 $11 {KRN-KRN} 35. Rc7 Rxb4 36. Rxe7 a6 37. Ra7 Rb1+ 38. Kg2 Rb2+ {Accuracy: White = 49%, Black = 40%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Black "Shuvalova, Polina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,127,21,29,24,43,19,58,66,72,72,73,72,69,63,63,58,65,0,14,13,92,63,46,5,24,23,29,-1,0,-16,-19,-60,-48,-48,-25,-138,-133,-139,-68,-139,-64,-175,-166,-135,212,192,520,506,474,208,190,198,194,208,206,206,201,188,237,226,210,237,432,173,279,279,757,274,1204,791,629,195,178,173,203,204,204,204,196,155,157,159,197,202,335,294,294,294,432,427,744,670,6087,5543,29947,357,29951,7837,29958,29958,4939,4935,29985,29986,29989,29990,29990,29991]} 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} Qa5+ 8. Nd2 Qa6 9. c4 Bb4 10. b3 Ne7 11. Ngf3 Nf5 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 12. O-O c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Nd7 13. Rfc1 O-O 14. a3 Be7 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 {1-0 (135) Nakamura,H (2781)-Gunina,V (2502) Caleta 2018}) 13. Qc2 (13. dxc5 {feels hotter.} O-O 14. Qc2 dxc4 15. Nxc4 Bxc5 16. Rfd1) 13... Bxd2 14. Bxd2 {And now cxd5 would win.} O-O 15. cxd5 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. Qd1 exd5 18. Qxh5 Nd7 19. Bf4 (19. Bb4 $14) 19... Rfe8 20. Rfd1 d3 (20... Nc5 $11) 21. Qf5 Nc5 22. Rac1 Ne6 23. Be3 d4 24. Bg5 Rac8 25. Rxc8 (25. Rxd3 Rxc1+ 26. Bxc1 Qxa2 $15) 25... Rxc8 26. Qxd3 Qxa2 27. Qf3 Qc2 {...Rc3 is the strong threat.} 28. Bd2 (28. Ra1 $11) 28... d3 {aiming for ...Nd4.} 29. Kh2 {Black must now prevent Rc1.} Rd8 (29... Qxb3 $17 30. h5 Rc4) 30. h5 ({White should try} 30. b4 $1 $15) 30... Rd4 (30... Qb2 $1 $17 31. Qe3 Qxb3) 31. Be3 (31. Kg3 $1 $15) 31... Rh4+ $19 32. Kg3 Rb4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (32... Nd4 $1 $17 {[%cal Rd4f3] and life is bright.} 33. Bxd4 Rxd4) 33. Rc1 $18 Qxb3 $2 (33... Rxb3 {is tougher.} 34. Kh2 (34. Rxc2 dxc2 35. Kg4 Rb4+ 36. Kh3 Rb3 $11) 34... Qxc1 35. Bxc1 d2) 34. Rc8+ Nf8 35. h6 (35. Bc5 $142 d2 36. Rxf8+ Kh7 37. Rd8 Qxf3+ 38. Kxf3 Rb3+ 39. Ke4) 35... Qe6 {[#]} 36. h7+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxh7 37. Rxf8 $40 {[%mdl 128] Intending Qh5+ and mate. Black is in trouble.} (37. Qh5+ Kg8 $16) 37... Qxe5+ {[#]} 38. Bf4 $1 {[%cal Rf4e5]} Qf5 39. Bd2 Qe5+ 40. Kh3 Qe6+ 41. g4 Re4 $2 (41... Rd4 42. Rxf7 Rxg4) 42. Be3 (42. Qg3 $142 {Qh4+ would kill now.} Qe7 43. Qxd3) 42... f6 (42... a6 {was worth a try.} 43. Rd8 (43. Rxf7 Rxg4 44. Rf5 Rg6 $16) (43. Qxf7 {is a self mate.} Qxg4+ 44. Kh2 Qh4+ 45. Kg2 Rg4+ 46. Kf3 Qh3#) 43... Rc4) 43. Rd8 Re5 $2 (43... d2 44. Bxd2 Ra4 45. Qd3+ Qe4 46. Qxe4+ Rxe4) 44. Kg3 $2 (44. Bf4) 44... Qc4 $2 (44... Qc6) 45. Bf4 Re1 46. Qxd3+ $2 (46. g5 {[%cal Rf3h5]} Rg1+ 47. Kh3 Qe6+ 48. Kh2) 46... Qxd3+ 47. Rxd3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KR} Rb1 48. Ra3 a6 49. Be3 Kg6 50. Ra5 Rb3 51. Kf3 Kf7 52. Rc5 Kg6 (52... Rb4 $142 53. Rc7+ Kg8) 53. Ke4 Rb4+ {[#]} 54. Bd4 $1 Kf7 (54... Rb1 $142 55. f4 Re1+ 56. Be3 Rb1 57. f5+ Kh7) 55. f4 Ke6 (55... a5 $142 56. Rxa5 Ke6 57. f5+ Ke7) 56. Rc7 g6 57. f5+ gxf5+ 58. gxf5+ Kd6 59. Rf7 Rb1 60. Rxf6+ Ke7 61. Rb6 Re1+ 62. Kd5 {White mates.} Rd1 63. Rxb7+ Kf8 64. f6 {Precision: White = 56%, Black = 24%.} 1-0

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Black "Kokarev, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,108,0,0,0,0,0,28,13,18,0,2,13,5,-19,-9,-54,-56,-55,-55,-221,-136,-140,-182,-314,-241,-243,-37,-24,0,0,18,8,8,10,11,6,4,8,4,6,19,0,0,0,0,0,22,12,15,6,83,83,82,82,93,93,107,100,101,14,15,0,103,108,102,106,163,161,221,95,95,95,95,58,58,58,58,22,22,22,22,22,22]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Re1 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} (10. Qe2 Na5 11. Bd5 Bd7 12. a4 Rc8 13. Rfd1 h6 14. Ba2 Bg4 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Nc4 17. Bc1 Qb6 18. Rb1 {1-0 (55) Ponkratov,P (2613)-Kokarev,D (2615) Khanty-Mansiysk 2017}) 10... Be6 11. Nd5 (11. Bb3 Na5 12. Bg5 Nxb3 13. axb3 Rc8 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Re3 Be7 16. Rd3 Qe8 17. Nd5 Rc6 {½-½ (31) Nisipeanu,L (2661)-Giri,A (2780) Batumi 2018}) 11... Bxd5 12. exd5 b5 13. Bf1 Nb4 14. c4 bxc4 {LiveBook: 10 Games} 15. Bxc4 Qa5 {[%cal Rb4d5]} 16. Bd2 Qc5 17. Rc1 Nbxd5 {[#]} 18. Bg5 $146 {Strongly threatening Bxf6.} Qa5 19. Nh4 g6 20. Qd3 Rac8 21. Bd2 Qb6 22. b3 Nb4 23. Qg3 $2 ({White must play} 23. Bxb4 $1 $15 Qxb4 24. Nxg6 hxg6 25. Qxg6+ Kh8 26. Qf5) 23... Nh5 24. Qg4 d5 25. Rxe5 (25. Nf5 $142 Bc5 26. Bf1 Bxf2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 27. Kh1 Bxe1 28. Ne7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg7 29. Rxe1) 25... Bxh4 (25... Nxa2 26. Nf5 $15) 26. Be3 Qf6 $2 (26... Qd6 $1 $19 {[%cal Rd6e5]} 27. Rxh5 Be7) 27. Rxh5 $1 $15 Nd3 {[%cal Rh4f2]} 28. Rf1 $1 ({But not} 28. Bxd3 $2 Rxc1+ 29. Bf1 Bxf2+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 30. Bxf2 Qa1 $19) 28... Ne5 29. Qxh4 Qxh4 30. Rxh4 dxc4 31. bxc4 Rxc4 32. Rxc4 Nxc4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 33. Bh6 Rd8 34. Rc1 Rd4 35. h3 (35. Rb1 {keeps more tension.} f6 36. g3 Ne5 37. Rb6 Ng4 38. Bf4) 35... f6 36. Rb1 Rd7 37. Rb4 Rc7 38. Bf4 Rc6 (38... Rc8 $11) 39. Rb8+ $16 Kf7 40. Rb7+ Kg8 41. Bh6 $1 Nd6 42. Rg7+ Kh8 {aiming for ...Nf5.} 43. Rd7 (43. Re7 $16 {Hoping for Re6.} Kg8 44. g4) 43... Kg8 $11 44. Rg7+ (44. Ra7 $11) 44... Kh8 $16 {White must now prevent ...Nf5.} 45. Ra7 Kg8 {[#]} 46. g4 $1 g5 (46... f5 $16) 47. Kg2 Rc8 {[#]} (47... Ne8 $142 48. Re7 Rc8) 48. Rxa6 (48. Rg7+ $1 $18 Kh8 49. Rd7) 48... Nf7 49. Rxf6 Ra8 50. Rb6 Nxh6 51. Rxh6 {And now Rh5 would win.} Kg7 $1 {[%cal Rg7h6]} 52. Rh5 Kg6 {The position is equal.} 53. h4 h6 $1 54. hxg5 hxg5 {Accuracy: White = 44%, Black = 54%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Pridorozhni, Aleksei"]
[Black "Demidov, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "900+10"]

1. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 2. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 3. g3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 4. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 5. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 6. d3 {[%emt 0:00:17]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:03]} 7. Nh3 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Nbc6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 8. O-O {[%emt 0:00:14]} h6 {[%emt 0:01:35]} 9. f4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 10. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 11. Nf2 {[%emt 0:00:48]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 12. fxe5 {[%emt 0:00:35]} dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 13. e4 {[%emt 0:00:34]} f4 {[%emt 0:04:19]} 14. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} fxg3 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 15. hxg3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 16. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 17. Bh3 {[%emt 0:02:09]} Bxh3 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 18. Nxh3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Na5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 19. Kg2 {[%emt 0:03:31]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 20. Rxf8+ {[%emt 0:00:18]} Rxf8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 21. Nf2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nac6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 22. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Qe6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 23. Bc1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Qg6 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 24. Rh1 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 25. Ng4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Ng8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 26. Ne3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Nge7 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 27. Rh5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Ng8 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 28. Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Qe6 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 29. a4 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 30. Rh4 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 31. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 32. Rh1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:01:45]} 33. Qd1 {[%emt 0:01:32]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 34. a5 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 35. axb6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} axb6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 36. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:01:18]} 37. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 38. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 39. Rf1 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 40. Rf2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 41. Rb2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 42. Qg4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Nf8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 43. c4 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 44. Rf2 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Nh7 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 45. Qh5 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 46. Rxf8+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kxf8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 47. Qf5+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 48. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 49. g4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 50. Qg6+ {[%emt 0:00:41]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 51. Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 52. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Qf8 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 53. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 54. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 55. Qf5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 56. Qe6+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 57. Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 58. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 59. d6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Qc8 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 60. Bxe5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 61. Qxe5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 62. Qf5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 63. e5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 64. Qe6+ {[%emt 0:00:12]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 65. d7 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Qg5+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 66. Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 67. Qd6+ {[%emt 0:00:14]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 68. e6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 1-0

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Black "Maletina, Tatiana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2239"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,107,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,2,76,33,36,0,4,0,0,0,-4,-29,-41,-59,-38,-48,0,-15,-16,-31,0,-84,0,-48,-43,-38,0,-63,0,-80,0,-37,26,14,145,146,157,6,15,-101,-101,-101,-101,-110,-115,-116,-83,-82,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-134,-15,-21,0,-29,12836,12836,12837,12836,662,12,29985,29986,29986,29987,29987,29988,29988,29989]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bd2 g6 8. g3 {D15: Slav Defence: 4 Nc3 a6 and gambit lines after 4 Nc3 dxc4} (8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Ndf6 10. Nxf6+ exf6 11. Bc4 Qe7+ 12. Be2 Be6 13. O-O Qd7 14. Re1 Ng7 15. Bc3 Be7 {½-½ (39) Kozionov,K (2456)-Volkov,S (2580) Voronezh 2018}) 8... Bg7 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O {LiveBook: 3 Games. The position is equal.} e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. e4 dxe4 $1 14. Nxe4 Bxb2 $146 (14... Nf6 $11) 15. Rb1 $16 Be5 $1 16. Qb3 Be6 17. Qxb7 Bxa2 18. Rbd1 Bd5 19. Bh6 Qb8 20. Qd7 Rd8 21. Qh3 Qb4 22. Bg5 Re8 23. Rb1 $1 {[%cal Rb1b4]} Qa3 24. Qh4 (24. Qd7 $11) 24... Rac8 (24... Ng7 $17 25. Bc1 Qd3) 25. Bc1 Qd3 26. Bg5 Qa3 27. Bc1 Qd3 (27... Qa2 $15 28. Be3 a5) 28. Be3 (28. Bg5 $1 $11) 28... Rcd8 (28... Rb8 $1 $17 {[%cal Rb8b1]} 29. Rbd1 Qa3) 29. Bg5 Rd7 ({Black should play} 29... Rb8 $15 30. Rbd1 Qb3) 30. Rfe1 $11 Rc8 (30... Ng7 $11 {remains equal.}) 31. g4 $16 Ng7 {[#]} ({Wrong is} 31... Nf4 $2 32. Bxf4 Bxf4 33. Nf6+ Kg7 34. Nxd7 $18) 32. Bf6 $2 ({Better is} 32. Bf4 $1 $16 {[%cal Rf4e5]} Bc3 33. Red1) 32... Bxe4 $1 $11 33. Bxe4 (33. Bxe5 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.} f5 34. Bxg7 Kxg7 35. gxf5 Bxf5 36. Re7+ Rxe7 37. Qxe7+ Kg8 38. Rb7 Qd1+ 39. Bf1 Qg4+ 40. Bg2 Qd1+ 41. Bf1 Qg4+ 42. Bg2 Qd1+) 33... Bxf6 $17 34. Qxf6 Qd4 35. g5 Ne6 36. Bxc6 {Rxe6 is the strong threat.} Rdc7 37. Bb7 Qg4+ (37... Rf8 $17 38. Qxd4 Nxd4) 38. Kh1 $11 Rb8 39. Bf3 Rxb1 40. Rxb1 Qc4 41. c6 {Strongly threatening Rb8+.} Rc8 42. Re1 a5 43. Qe5 a4 44. Bd5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Qc5 {Threatening ...Rd8.} 45. Rd1 (45. Bxe6 $11 Qxe5 46. Rxe5 fxe6 47. Ra5) 45... Qc2 (45... Rxc6 $17 {Threatens to win with ...Rd6.} 46. Re1 Ra6 47. Qb8+ Qf8) 46. Ra1 Qc5 47. f4 Qf2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (47... Rd8 $11 48. c7 Qxc7 49. Qxc7 Nxc7) 48. Bxe6 $18 Re8 {[#]} 49. c7 $1 ({Stronger than} 49. Bxf7+ Kxf7 50. Qd6 Re2 $11) 49... fxe6 50. Qe4 $2 (50. Rb1 $18 {Threatening mate with Qxe6+!} Qf3+ 51. Kg1) 50... a3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (50... Qc5 $11) 51. c8=Q {[%mdl 64] Deflection, Decoy. White mates.} Rxc8 52. Qxe6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg7 53. Qd7+ Kf8 54. Qxc8+ {Accuracy: White = 52%, Black = 32%.} 1-0

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kryakvin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Yudin, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,27,0,5,0,0,-4,-8,4,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,2,0]} 1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d4 b5 5. O-O Bb7 6. Bg5 {A46: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 e6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} Nbd7 {LiveBook: 15 Games. The position is equal.} 7. e4 dxe4 8. Nfd2 h6 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. Qe2 a6 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Bxe4 13. Qxe4 {next Qc6+ is good for White.} Qd5 {[#]} 14. Nd2 $146 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kokarev, Dmitry"]
[Black "Pridorozhni, Aleksei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,109,27,35,55,54,59,56,83,57,60,52,54,45,54,40,49,52,61,52,58,53,61,67,74,68,106,87,86,94,119,121,141,150,135,141,288,267,639,616,6291,6291,6049,5941,4030,4802,1307,623,581,626,626,0,0,0,625,614,550,580,559,485,480,480,473,466,452,446,425,333,444,430,453,448,512,499,545,545,587,577,618,617,597,620,715,683,882,961,933,932,835,653,909,909,1004,954]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 a6 6. c4 Nc6 7. Be3 e6 8. Nc3 Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O {LiveBook: 17 Games} Nxd4 {B54: Sicilian: 2...d6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4, Unusual Lines} (10... d5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Bd4 a5 16. Rc1 Be6 17. Rc3 Bf6 18. Qd2 Bxd4+ 19. Qxd4 {½-½ (33) Rublevsky,S (2677)-Naiditsch,A (2663) Odessa 2007}) 11. Qxd4 Bd7 12. Rfd1 Qa5 {White is slightly better.} 13. a3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Qd2 Kh8 14. a3 Bc6 {1-0 (47) Mrdja,M (2392)-Messing,H (2331) Zagreb 2010}) 13... Rfc8 14. b4 Qd8 15. Rac1 e5 16. Qd2 Qe8 17. Bg5 Be6 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Bd7 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. c5 a5 22. c6 $1 {[%cal Rc6b7]} bxc6 23. dxc6 Bxc6 24. Qxd6 Qe8 25. bxa5 e4 26. fxe4 g6 (26... Qxe4 $16 {was called for.} 27. Rxc6 Qxc6) 27. e5 $18 Rxa5 $2 (27... Be4 28. a6 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 Rd8) 28. Bg4 f5 {[#]} 29. exf6 $1 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Qe3+ 30. Kh1 {Threatening mate with Be6+.} Bxg2+ 31. Kxg2 Qe4+ 32. Bf3 Rg5+ 33. Kf2 Qh4+ 34. Kf1 $2 (34. Ke2 $18 Re8+ 35. Kd3) 34... Qh3+ $11 35. Kf2 {[%cal Bf1f2,Bf2e2,Be2d3][%mdl 32] Hoping for Rc7.} Qh4+ 36. Ke2 Re8+ 37. Kd3 {Qc7 would kill now.} Qh3 {[#]} 38. f7+ $1 {[%mdl 64] Decoy} Kxf7 39. Rc7+ Kg8 40. Qf6 {[%csl Gc7][%cal Rf6g7]} Qf5+ 41. Qxf5 Rxf5 42. Rf1 Ra5 43. Rc3 {White is clearly winning.} Kg7 44. Bc6 Rd8+ 45. Kc2 Rd6 46. a4 Rh5 47. Rf2 Re5 48. Bb5 h5 49. Kb3 Kh6 50. Kb4 Re1 51. Rc6 Rd4+ 52. Kc5 Rg4 53. Ra2 h4 54. a5 h3 55. Ra3 {Accuracy: White = 87%, Black = 28%.} 1-0

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,113,45,37,48,46,50,49,42,23,53,11,67,46,39,36,36,44,43,48,114,106,106,106,106,106,106,100,102,108,108,108,108,108,106,102,106,108,105,111,129,119,113,119,106,81,139,107,122,108,108,94,97,97,98,80,153,141,212,159,404,402,414,392,401,365,431,431,426,421,498,497,457,486,558,547,605,597,634,631,607,579,1060,1028,915,867,816,594,595,981,832,589,579,571,554,538,1209,1152,2133,1684,1235,1150]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. d4 a6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. Nbd2 {D11: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 sidelines and 3...Nf6 4 e3 Bg4} e6 7. O-O c5 8. cxd5 {LiveBook: 6 Games. White is slightly better.} Qxd5 9. e4 Qd8 10. e5 Nfd7 11. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Qb3 Qb6 12. Qc4 Qb4 13. Qxb4 cxb4 {½-½ (47) Lautier,J (2680)-Bacrot,E (2725) Khanty-Mansiysk 2005}) 11... Bh5 12. Be4 {White wants to play d5.} Qc7 (12... cxd4 $11 13. Qa4 (13. Bxb7 Ra7 $11) 13... Nc6) 13. d5 exd5 $1 14. Bxd5 {[#] Threatens to win with Re1.} Nc6 15. Nc4 O-O-O $1 {[%cal Rc6e5]} 16. Bf4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Hoping for g4. White is pushing.} Nf6 ({Black should play} 16... Nb6 $1 $14 17. Nd6+ Kb8) 17. Nd6+ Kb8 18. Bxc6 (18. exf6 Bxd6 19. Bxc6 (19. fxg7 Rhg8 $15) 19... Bxf4 $17) 18... Qxc6 19. exf6 Bxd6 20. Ne5 Bxd1 21. Nxc6+ bxc6 22. fxg7 Rhg8 23. Bxd6+ Rxd6 24. Raxd1 Kc7 25. Rxd6 Kxd6 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} 26. Rd1+ Ke6 27. Re1+ Kd5 28. Re7 Rxg7 29. Kf1 Kc4 (29... c4 $142) 30. Rd7 a5 31. g3 a4 32. Ra7 Kd3 33. Rxa4 c4 34. Ra3+ Kd4 (34... Kc2 $142) 35. Rf3 Rg8 (35... f5 $16) 36. b3 c3 $2 {[#]} (36... cxb3 $16 37. axb3 Rf8 38. Rf4+ Ke5) 37. Ke2 $1 $18 Re8+ 38. Re3 Ra8 39. Rd3+ Ke4 40. a4 {White is clearly winning.} c2 41. Rc3 Rb8 {and the idea ...Rxb3 leaves Black hopeful.} 42. Kd2 Kd5 43. Kxc2 c5 44. Rf3 Rb7 45. Kc3 Ke4 46. Rf4+ Ke5 47. a5 {[%cal Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} f5 48. a6 Ra7 49. Ra4 Kd5 50. Ra5 Kc6 51. Kc4 (51. b4 $142) 51... Kb6 52. Rxc5 f4 53. g4 Re7 54. Rf5 Re4+ 55. Kd3 {Threatening mate with Rf6+.} Rb4 56. Rf6+ Ka7 57. Kc3 {Accuracy: White = 73%, Black = 45%.} 1-0

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Yudin, Sergei"]
[Black "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,22,3,25,19,30,28,31,33,33,15,14]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. Nc3 h6 {LiveBook: 4 Games. B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7} (7... e5 8. Qd3 Rc8 9. O-O Qc7 10. Rd1 Be6 11. a4 Nf6 12. Nd2 Be7 13. Nf1 Qc4 14. Ne3 Qxd3 15. Rxd3 Kd7 {½-½ (33) Xiong,J (2656)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2780) Douglas 2018}) 8. e5 {Be3 is the strong threat.} Bc6 9. exd6 Qxd6 10. Qxd6 exd6 11. O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Be3 Nf6 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Rhe1 Re8 14. Bd4 Ne4 15. Nd2 Nxc3 16. Rxe8+ Bxe8 17. Bxc3 {0-1 (37) Chernyshov,P (2199)-Kozlitin,O (2312) Tula 2014}) 11... Bxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Iljiushenok, Ilia"]
[Black "Kabanov, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2403"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,95,46,41,45,47,51,41,48,49,48,47,42,47,70,76,92,94,113,118,119,119,116,110,108,107,109,105,167,164,162,165,170,149,150,128,128,150,141,139,164,196,183,177,166,153,231,239,221,198,198,194,380,389,376,290,365,371,372,360,365,351,344,120,385,385,488,486,1069,1077,997,1022,1351,1335,1316,1104,1189,1075,1480,1383]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 a6 7. Qd2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Qa5 {B60: Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer: Unusual Black 6th moves and 6...Bd7 without 7 Qd2} 9. f4 (9. Bd2 Qc7 10. Bc4 e6 11. a4 Be7 12. a5 Bd7 13. Na4 Bc6 14. Nb6 Rd8 15. f3 O-O 16. Bb3 {0-1 (74) Almasi,Z (2707)-Saric,I (2628) Bastia 2013}) 9... e5 10. Qd2 {LiveBook: 10 Games} exf4 {White is slightly better.} 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Qxf4 Be6 13. Bd3 ({Reject} 13. Qxf6 Rg8 $15) 13... Qe5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Qc5 14. O-O-O Qg5 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. Qxg5 fxg5 17. exd5 Bg7 18. h4 g4 19. h5 Be5 20. Rh4 g3 21. Rc4 O-O 22. Rc7 b5 {0-1 (22) Van der Veen,J-Zagorovsky,V France 1989}) 14. O-O Qxf4 15. Rxf4 Bh6 16. Rf3 O-O-O 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Bg5 19. g3 Rde8 20. Kf2 Re7 21. h4 Bh6 22. Re1 ({But not} 22. Rxf6 Bg7 $14) 22... Kd7 (22... Rxe1 $16 {might work better.} 23. Kxe1 Bc1) 23. Bf5+ $18 Kd8 24. Rxe7 Kxe7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 25. Rc3 Re8 26. Rc7+ Kf8 27. Rxb7 Re5 28. Bd3 Rxd5 29. Bxa6 Rd2+ 30. Kf3 Rxc2 31. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} d5 (31... Rc5 $16 32. Bd3 Re5) 32. a5 Bc1 33. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Rc3+ 34. Ke2 Be3 $2 (34... Rxg3 35. Bb5 Ra3) 35. Bd3 Bd4 36. b5 Ra3 37. a6 ({Less strong is} 37. Bxh7 Rxa5 38. Bf5 Ra2+ 39. Kd3 Be5 $14) 37... Ra2+ 38. Ke1 Ra1+ {[#]} 39. Kd2 $1 Ra2+ {[#]} 40. Kc1 $2 (40. Bc2 $1 $18 {and the rest is easy.}) 40... Ra3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (40... Ra1+ $16 41. Kc2 Kg7) 41. Kc2 Ra2+ 42. Kb3 {White is clearly winning.} Rd2 (42... Rb2+ $142 43. Ka3 Rd2) 43. Bxh7 Rb2+ 44. Ka3 Rg2 45. a7 Bc5+ 46. Kb3 Rxg3+ 47. Kc2 Rg2+ 48. Kc3 {Accuracy: White = 85%, Black = 48%.} 1-0

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Demidov, Mikhail"]
[Black "Kryakvin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "173"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,173,29,11,25,27,18,20,22,26,24,25,30,28,12,28,37,29,29,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,11,12,25,25,19,28,55,29,29,22,15,0,47,10,28,0,74,70,58,66,58,12,22,14,19,37,40,40,88,40,40,36,47,50,89,78,84,70,78,50,50,50,50,50,50,50,50,40,40,40,40,40,40,40,40,40,40,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,72,72,72,72,1700,1414,12488,1391,546,352,29973,29967,29969,29970,29970,29973,29973,29974,29978,29979,29979,29980,29980,29981,29981,29979,29983,29984,29989,29981,29986,29982,29981,29973,29969,67,67,74,29974,29975,29981,29982,29982,29983,29983,29984]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Be5 e6 8. e3 Be7 9. Bd3 O-O {D13: Slav Defence: Exchange variation without ...Bf5} 10. h3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Qb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Nf6 12. O-O Nd7 13. Nxd7 Bxd7 14. Qb3 Bc6 15. Bb5 Qb6 16. Bxc6 Qxc6 17. Rfc1 {½-½ (30) Belov,V (2608)-Ivanchuk,V (2729) Kusadasi 2006}) 11. Qb1 g6 {White has an edge.} 12. Bh2 Bd7 13. O-O Rfc8 14. Rc1 Nf6 15. Na4 Qd8 16. Nc5 Nb4 17. Bf1 Ne4 {[%cal Re4c5]} 18. Nxd7 (18. a3 {looks sharper.} Nxc5 19. dxc5 Nc6 20. b4 Bf6 21. Ra2) 18... Qxd7 19. a3 {Threatens to win with Rxc8+.} Rxc1 20. Qxc1 {aiming for Ne5.} Rc8 21. Qd1 Nc6 22. Rc1 Bd6 23. Bxd6 Nxd6 24. Rc5 Ne4 25. Rc2 Ne7 26. Bd3 Rxc2 27. Qxc2 Nd6 28. Ne5 Qc8 29. Qc5 Qxc5 30. dxc5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KNN} Ndc8 31. Bb5 f6 32. Nf3 e5 33. Bd7 a6 34. b4 Na7 35. a4 Nec6 (35... Kf7 $11) 36. Be6+ $16 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Kf8 37. Bxd5 Ke7 38. g4 Nxb4 39. Bxb7 Nd3 40. Bxa6 Nxc5 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 41. Bb5 Kd6 42. Nd2 Nxb5 43. axb5 $14 {KN-KN} Nd7 44. Ne4+ Kd5 {[#]} 45. f3 $1 f5 46. gxf5 gxf5 47. Ng3 (47. Ng5 {feels hotter.} Nf6 48. Kf2 Kc5 49. Nf7 Kxb5 50. Nd6+) 47... f4 48. exf4 exf4 49. Ne2 Kc4 50. Nxf4 Kxb5 51. Kg2 Kc5 52. Kg3 Kd4 53. Nh5 Ke5 54. Kg4 Ke6 55. f4 {[%cal Bf3f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32]} Nc5 56. f5+ Ke5 57. Ng3 Kf6 58. h4 Nd3 59. Ne4+ Ke5 60. Ng3 Kf6 61. Nh5+ Kf7 62. Kg5 {With the idea Ng3.} Ne5 63. Ng3 {Threatening Kh6.} Nf3+ 64. Kg4 Nd4 (64... Ne1 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 65. Ne4 $16 Kg7 66. Kf4 h6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (66... Nc6 $16 67. Kg5 Nd4) 67. Nf2 $18 Nc6 68. Ng4 Nd4 69. Ke4 Nc6 $2 (69... Nb3 $18 70. h5 Nd2+ 71. Ke5 Nf3+ 72. Kd5 Kf7) 70. Kd5 h5 71. f6+ Kf8 72. Ne5 Nd8 73. Ke4 Nb7 74. Kf5 Nc5 75. Kg6 Kg8 76. Kxh5 Kh7 77. Kg5 Ne4+ 78. Kf5 Nc5 79. Nf7 Nb7 80. Ng5+ Kh6 81. Nf3 Nd8 82. Ne5 $2 (82. Ke5 {mates} Kg6 83. Nd4 Kh5 84. Kd6 Nf7+ 85. Ke6 Nh8 86. Nf3 Kh6 87. f7 Nxf7 88. Kxf7) 82... Kh5 $14 83. Ng6 Kh6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (83... Nf7 $16) 84. Nf4 {White mates.} Nb7 85. Ke6 Nd8+ 86. Kd7 Nf7 87. Ke7 {Accuracy: White = 61%, Black = 51%.} 1-0

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shuvalova, Polina"]
[Black "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,60,0,14,26,16,5,20,17,13,16,26,25,37,43,38,7,81,78,89,6,4,8,13,0,0,0,53,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-87,0,-160,-151,-179,-196,-1877,-1636]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Qe2 Nc6 10. a3 b6 {LiveBook: 9 Games. B22: Sicilian: 2 c3} (10... Bd7 11. exd6 Bxd6 12. Nc3 Nce7 13. Ne4 Bc6 14. Ne5 Rc8 15. Rd1 Bb8 16. Ng5 Be8 17. Bd3 Nf6 18. Ngf3 Ned5 19. Bd2 a6 20. Rac1 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Qb6 22. Nc4 Qd8 23. Nce5 Qb6 24. Nc4 Qd8 {½-½ (24) Vachier Lagrave,M (2789)-Caruana,F (2816) Leuven 2018}) 11. Rd1 Bb7 12. Bxd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Bd2 Rc8 13. Nc3 Na5 14. Ba2 Nxc3 15. Bxc3 a6 16. d5 exd5 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 {1-0 (69) Prizant,M (2140)-Bolt,G (2111) Sunningdale 2007}) 12... exd5 {The position is equal.} 13. Nc3 dxe5 14. dxe5 d4 {[#]} 15. Be3 $1 {[%cal Re3d4][%mdl 512]} Qc8 (15... dxe3 16. Rxd8) 16. Bxd4 Na5 17. Rac1 {Strongly threatening Nd5!} Qf5 (17... Nb3 $11) 18. Nb5 $16 Rfd8 19. Bc3 ({White should play} 19. Rc7 $16 {And now b4 would win.} Bxf3 20. Qxf3 (20. gxf3 Nb3 $14) 20... Qxf3 21. gxf3) 19... Nb3 $11 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Rd1 Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 Nc5 (22... Bxf3 $1 $11 23. gxf3 Nc5) 23. Nxa7 (23. Nd6 $14 Bxd6 24. exd6 (24. Qxd6 h6 $14)) 23... Bxf3 24. gxf3 Nd3 25. Nc6 Bh4 26. e6 fxe6 27. Kf1 {[#]} (27. Bd4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 27... Nf4 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black is up to no good.} (27... Qh3+ $1 $17 28. Ke2 Nf4+ 29. Ke3 Nd5+ 30. Ke2 Qxh2) 28. Be5 $2 (28. Ne5 $11) 28... Qh3+ $17 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 29. Ke1 Qxh2 {[%csl Gh4][%cal Rh2f2]} 30. Qd4 $2 {[#]} (30. Kd2) 30... Bxf2+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Decoy. Accuracy: White = 43%, Black = 47%.} 0-1

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Maltsevskaya, Aleksandra"]
[Black "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C17"]
[WhiteElo "2247"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,92,0,-26,140,123,141,142,102,116,134,122,120,88,94,80,88,88,75,0,72,62,29,0,92,13,168,158,160,161,153,167,216,212,208,207,200,194,179,187,149,108,191,120,144,144,113,20,20,38,117,112,105,108,96,90,91,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-17,-17,-32,-30,-314,-304,-29982,-29983]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Bd2 Ne7 6. dxc5 Nbc6 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Nf3 Ng6 {C17: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4 4 e5 c5 sidelines} 9. O-O-O (9. Bd3 Qc7 10. O-O Ngxe5 11. Bxh7+ Kxh7 12. Qh5+ Kg8 13. Ng5 Re8 14. Qh7+ Kf8 15. Qh8+ Ke7 16. Qxg7 {0-1 (47) Voitsekhovsky,S (2523)-Ponkratov,P (2605) Ekaterinburg 2013}) 9... Bxc5 10. Qh5 {LiveBook: 21 Games} f6 $2 (10... Qc7 $11) 11. exf6 $16 gxf6 12. Bd3 Nce7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Rf7 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. Qxg6+ Rg7 15. Qh5 Rh7 16. Bh6 Bd7 17. h4 Bxf2 18. Rd2 {½-½ (18) Ivkov,B-Uhlmann,W Wageningen 1957}) 13. Nh4 $1 {[%cal Rh4g6]} Qe8 14. f4 Qf7 15. Rhf1 {[%cal Bh1f1,Bf1f3,Bf3g3][%mdl 32]} Bd7 16. Rf3 Ne5 17. Rg3+ Kh8 18. Qxf7 (18. Qxh7+ $16 Qxh7 19. Bxh7) 18... Nxd3+ (18... Nxf7 $11 19. Nf3 Nd6) 19. Rxd3 Rxf7 20. Be3 b6 (20... Bd6 $11) 21. f5 (21. Bxc5 $1 $16 bxc5 22. f5 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 21... e5 $2 (21... Bxe3+ $11 {and Black stays safe.} 22. Rxe3 e5) 22. Bxc5 $18 bxc5 23. Nxd5 {aiming for Nc7.} Nxf5 24. Nc7 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Rg8 {White must now prevent ...Bc8.} 25. Rxd7 Rxd7 26. Rxd7 Nxh4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 27. g3 Nf3 28. Nd5 Rf8 29. h4 f5 {[#]} (29... a5 $16 30. Ra7 a4) 30. Rxa7 (30. h5 $1 $18) 30... f4 $16 31. gxf4 exf4 {[#]} 32. Ra4 (32. h5 $1 $16) 32... Nd4 $1 $11 33. c3 Ne2+ ({Black should try} 33... f3 $1 $14 34. cxd4 f2) 34. Kd2 $16 f3 {Threatens to win with ...f2.} 35. Ne3 Nf4 36. Re4 Rd8+ 37. Ke1 (37. Kc2 $16 Ng2 38. Ng4) 37... Nd3+ $11 38. Kf1 Ra8 39. a4 (39. Nf5 {is interesting.} Kg8 40. Re3 Nxb2 41. Rxf3 Rxa2 42. Kf2) 39... Nxb2 40. Kf2 Nxa4 41. Nd5 Rd8 42. c4 Nb2 43. Ne3 Rf8 44. Re7 Nd3+ 45. Kf1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (45. Kg3 $1 $11 {and White is okay.}) 45... Ra8 {( -> ...Ra1+)} 46. Nd1 $2 (46. Kg1 $19) 46... Ra1 {Accuracy: White = 46%, Black = 60%.} 0-1

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Maletina, Tatiana"]
[Black "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E84"]
[WhiteElo "2239"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,64,21,10,6,44,38,39,16,31,2,-12,0,0,-30,-31,-35,-2,-122,-123,-110,-105,-95,-100,-359,-330,-447,-468,-560,-502,-555,-552,-1257,-1255,-1152,-1077,-1006,-539,-1401,-632]} 1. d4 d6 2. e4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Qd2 a6 8. Nge2 Rb8 9. Rc1 Bd7 10. Nd1 {E84: King's Indian: Sämisch Panno: 7 Nge2 a6 8 Qd2 Rb8} Re8 (10... b5 11. c5 Ne8 12. Nf2 e6 13. g3 f5 14. Bg2 Nf6 15. O-O Kh8 16. b3 d5 17. e5 Ng8 {1-0 (69) Vitiugov,N (2734)-Hjartarson,J (2523) Helsingor 2018}) 11. Nf2 e6 12. g3 b5 13. c5 dxc5 14. Rxc5 Bf8 {[%cal Bg7f8,Bf8b4,Bb4a5,Ba5b6][%mdl 32] LiveBook: 6 Games} 15. Rc1 Bb4 16. Nc3 e5 17. d5 Nd4 {[#]} 18. Bxd4 $146 exd4 19. Qxd4 Ba5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] [#] White must now prevent ...b4. Black has the initiative.} 20. b4 Bb6 21. Qd2 c6 22. Be2 (22. dxc6 $1 $11 Bxc6 23. Qxd8 Rexd8 24. Nd3) 22... cxd5 $17 23. Nxd5 Nxd5 24. Qxd5 Qe7 25. O-O $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (25. Nd3 $17) 25... Bh3 $19 26. Rfd1 Red8 {Black is clearly winning.} 27. Qc6 Rdc8 28. Qd5 Qa7 29. Rf1 Bxf2+ 30. Kh1 Bxf1 31. Rxf1 Qd4 32. Qg5 Qe3 {Accuracy: White = 11%, Black = 77%.} 0-1

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Black "Maletina, Tatiana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2239"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,61,45,30,44,34,43,44,58,49,66,63,68,28,25,30,29,59,55,0,0,0,0,0,180,193,368,342,946,880,1166,1158,1071,930,2481,2355,2150,1934,1844,1542,1511,1496]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. Bd3 Nbd7 {D12: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 e3 Bf5} 9. h3 Bd6 10. O-O Qe7 11. c5 (11. e4 dxe4 12. Bxe4 O-O 13. Bg5 Qd8 14. Re1 Qc7 15. Qf3 Bb4 {1-0 (38) Kramnik,V (2808)-Giri,A (2771) Leuven 2017}) 11... Bc7 12. f4 {LiveBook: 9 Games} Ng8 13. b4 a6 14. a4 f5 15. Bd2 Ngf6 16. b5 g5 $146 17. fxg5 (17. b6 {keeps more tension.} Bb8 18. fxg5 Nh5 19. Ne2 Ng3 20. Nxg3 Bxg3 21. Rf3) 17... Ne4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Qb3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] [#] Black must now prevent bxc6. White fights for an advantage.} Rxh3 20. bxc6 (20. Ne2 $1 $14 Rh8 21. bxc6 bxc6 22. Qb7 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Bh2+ 23. Kf2) 20... bxc6 $11 21. Qb7 Bh2+ 22. Kf2 $1 Rb8 $2 {[#]} (22... Qxg5 $11 23. Qxa8+ Ke7) 23. Qxc6 $18 (23. Qxa6 Qxg5 24. gxh3 Bg3+ 25. Kg1 Be1+ 26. Kh1 Bxd2 $11) 23... Qxg5 $2 (23... Bg3+ 24. Ke2 Rh2) 24. Qxe6+ (24. gxh3 Bg3+ 25. Kg2 Be5+ 26. Kh1 Qg3 $11) 24... Kf8 $2 (24... Kd8 25. Nxe4 (25. gxh3 Bg3+ 26. Kg2 Be5+ 27. Kh1 Qg3 $11) 25... Bg3+ 26. Nxg3 (26. Kg1 $2 {leads to mate.} Rh1+ {[%mdl 64] Decoy} 27. Kxh1 Qh5+ 28. Kg1 Qh2#) 26... Qxg3+ 27. Ke2 Qxg2+ 28. Rf2 Qe4 29. Qxf5 Qxf5 30. Rxf5 Rb3) 25. Nxe4 {White is clearly winning.} ({Don't go for} 25. Qxd7 $2 Qh4+ 26. Ke2 Qh5+ 27. Rf3 Rxf3 $19) 25... Bg3+ 26. Ke2 Qg4+ 27. Rf3 {[%cal Bf1f3,Bf3f2,Bf2f4][%mdl 32]} Bf4 28. gxh3 Qg2+ 29. Rf2 Qxe4 30. Qxe4 fxe4 31. Rxf4+ {Accuracy: White = 88%, Black = 46%.} 1-0

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Iljiushenok, Ilia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,62,25,47,38,41,37,35,37,48,-18,-27,-82,-84,-92,-93,-170,-131,-128,-104,-221,-203,-214,-210,-160,-128,-139,-134,-134,-70,-70,-70,-62,-54,-62,-55,-40,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 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 e6 12. Nd2 exd5 13. cxd5 h3 14. g3 a6 {LiveBook: 17 Games} 15. a4 Bd7 16. O-O b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Rxa8 (18. Nxb5 $14 Qb6 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Na3) 18... Qxa8 $11 19. Nxb5 (19. Qe1 $11) 19... Bxb5 $17 20. Bxb5 Rb8 {[#]} 21. Bc6 $146 (21. Qa4 $17 {keeps fighting.} Qxa4 22. Bxa4) ({Predecessor:} 21. Be2 Rxb2 22. f4 Qa3 23. Bf2 Rxd2 24. Qxd2 Qf3 {0-1 (24) Ringoir,T (2506)-Cheparinov,I (2682) Dubai 2014}) 21... Nxc6 $19 22. dxc6 Qxc6 23. Nc4 {[#]} (23. b3 $17 {was called for.}) 23... d5 $1 {[%cal Rd5c4]} 24. exd5 Nxd5 25. Bf2 Bxb2 26. Nxb2 Rxb2 27. Qc1 Qb5 (27... Rb5 $17 28. Qh6 Qd7) 28. Qxc5 $15 {Black is slightly better.} Qxc5 29. Bxc5 Rg2+ 30. Kh1 Rd2 31. Kg1 Rg2+ {Accuracy: White = 43%, Black = 74%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Black "Yudin, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C59"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,41,78,75,103,81,112,107,116,39,40,54,25,5,4,14,18,0,17,2]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Be2 h6 9. Nh3 g5 10. Nc3 {C59: Two Knights: 4 Ng5 d5 5 exd5 Na5 5 Bb5+ c6 6 dxc6 bxc6 7 Be2} Bg7 11. d3 O-O 12. Ng1 Nd5 13. h4 {[#] LiveBook: 4 Games} Nxc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... f5 14. hxg5 hxg5 15. Bh5 Qf6 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Qd2 Nc6 18. Qxg5 Qxg5 19. Bxg5 {1-0 (56) Piorun,K (2681)-Inarkiev,E (2732) Monzon 2016}) 14. bxc3 e4 {[#]} 15. hxg5 $1 hxg5 16. Rh5 (16. d4 $16) 16... Bxc3+ $14 17. Bd2 Qf6 {aiming for ...Bxd2+.} 18. Bxc3 Qxc3+ {The position is equal.} 19. Kf1 f6 20. dxe4 Nc4 21. Bxc4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Black "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,65,0,3,0,12,24,27,18,33,0,112,112,131,127,140,130,147,129,143,146,158,147,172,172,161,135,139,143,287,267,366,180,205,208,239,164,442,163,150,160,862,858,839,853,817,820,847,734,726,720,696,643]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O h6 7. b3 c5 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} 8. c4 dxc4 {LiveBook: 8 Games} 9. bxc4 cxd4 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 9... Nbc6 10. dxc5 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 Ng6 12. Be3 Rc8 13. Nbd2 Ngxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Nb3 Be7 16. h3 Nd7 17. Bf3 {½-½ (17) Baklan,V (2595)-Chandler,M (2531) Port Erin 2004}) 10. Nxd4 Nbc6 11. Nb5 $1 {[%cal Rb5d6] [#] Strongly threatening Nd6+.} Ng6 12. Qb3 Be7 (12... Ngxe5 $11 13. Rd1 Qb6) 13. Rd1 $16 Qb8 14. Nd6+ Bxd6 15. exd6 {g4 is the strong threat.} O-O 16. Nc3 {Hoping for g4.} e5 {...Nd4 would now be nice for Black.} 17. Be3 Be6 18. Qa4 Nh4 19. Rab1 {And now c5 would win.} Nf5 20. Bf3 Bd7 21. c5 Rd8 (21... Qc8 $16 {might work better.}) 22. Qb3 $18 b6 23. cxb6 (23. Nd5 $142) 23... Nxe3 24. fxe3 {Black must now prevent b7.} axb6 25. Qxb6 Ra3 $2 {[#]} (25... Qxb6 26. Rxb6 Rac8) 26. Nd5 $2 ({Less strong is} 26. Bxc6 Qxb6 27. Rxb6 Rxc3 $16) (26. Qc7 $1 Qc8 27. Nd5) 26... Qxb6 27. Nxb6 Na5 $2 (27... e4 $16) 28. Nxd7 {White is clearly winning.} Rxd7 29. Rb8+ Kh7 30. Bg4 Rb7 31. Rxb7 Nxb7 32. d7 Nd8 33. Rc1 {Accuracy: White = 45%, Black = 32%.} 1-0

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Pridorozhni, Aleksei"]
[Black "Maltsevskaya, Aleksandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2247"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,96,36,34,38,45,41,122,39,47,0,11,-132,0,-81,-48,-94,-101,-83,-91,-172,-168,-193,-222,-210,-191,-361,-343,-308,0,-165,0,-574,-579,-572,-554,-560,-525,-478,-406,-390,-282,-316,-283,-270,-244,-313,-287,-421,-385,-582,-582,-579,-574,-550,-416,-602,-575,-1075,-1058,-1035,-1071,-1026,0,-966,199,0,0,-41,0,0,11,15,20,11,28]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. b3 exd4 9. Nxd4 Nc5 10. Bb2 a5 11. Qc2 c6 12. Rad1 Qb6 13. Ba3 {E67: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...Nbd7} (13. Rd2 a4 14. Rfd1 Re8 15. h3 axb3 16. axb3 h5 17. e3 Bd7 18. Kh2 Re7 19. Ra1 Rxa1 20. Bxa1 Ne8 {1-0 (48) Tsvetkov,I (2352)-Janev,E (2485) Plovdiv 2008}) 13... a4 $146 {Strongly threatening ...axb3.} ({Predecessor:} 13... Rd8 14. e3 Bd7 15. Qb1 Qa6 16. Qc2 Rac8 17. Qb1 Bf8 18. Bb2 a4 19. b4 a3 20. Ba1 Ne6 {1-0 (36) Doan,V-Tran,N (2182) Vung Tau 2005}) 14. b4 ({Much weaker is} 14. bxa4 Re8 $11) 14... Ne6 (14... Ncd7 $1 $14) 15. Nf3 (15. Nxe6 $1 $16 Bxe6 16. Rxd6) 15... Rd8 $14 16. e4 Ng4 17. Ne2 {[#]} (17. Rxd6 $11 Rxd6 18. c5) 17... Ne5 (17... Ne3 $1 $17 {[%cal Re3c2][%mdl 512]} 18. fxe3 Qxe3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 19. Rf2 Qxa3) 18. Nd2 (18. Rd2 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 18... c5 {[%cal Bc6c5,Bc5d4,Bd4d3][%mdl 32]} 19. b5 Nd4 20. Nxd4 cxd4 21. Rb1 (21. c5 $17 {is a better defense.} Qxb5 22. cxd6) 21... Be6 $19 22. Rfc1 d3 23. Qd1 Rac8 24. Rb4 $2 (24. h3) 24... Ng4 25. Qf3 Ne5 $2 ({Better is} 25... Bh6 $19 26. Rb2 Qd4) 26. Qf4 $2 (26. Qd1 $1 $11) 26... Ng4 $2 (26... h5 $19 27. h3 Kh7) 27. h3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (27. Qf3 $1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 27... Bh6 28. hxg4 Bxf4 29. gxf4 Bxg4 30. Bb2 Be6 31. a3 Qa5 32. Rc3 Rc5 33. Rxd3 Rdc8 {[%cal Re6c4]} 34. Rd4 Qb6 35. Bf1 (35. Rxa4 {was worth a try.} h5 36. Rb4) 35... Qd8 36. e5 (36. Bg2 {was necessary.} Qe7 37. Rxa4) 36... Qh4 37. exd6 Rh5 {[%csl Gh5][%cal Rh4h2]} 38. Bg2 {and the idea Nf1 leaves White hopeful.} Bh3 39. Bf3 (39. d7 $142 Rd8 40. Bf3) 39... Bg4 40. Bg2 {If only White now had time for Nf1....} Re8 41. Re4 Rxe4 42. Nxe4 Qh2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 43. Kf1 Qxf4 $4 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (43... Bh3 $19 {avoids the disaster.} 44. Nf6+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} Kf8 45. Nd7+ Bxd7 46. Rxa4 f6 47. Ra8+ Kf7 48. Bd5+ Rxd5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 49. cxd5 Bxb5+ 50. Ke1 Qg1+ 51. Kd2 Qxf2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 52. Kc3 Qxf4) 44. Nf6+ $2 (44. d7 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd7d8]} Bxd7 45. Nf6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack, Discovered Attack} Kf8 46. Nxd7+ Ke7 47. c5) 44... Kf8 $11 {aiming for ...Qd2.} 45. Nxh5 (45. Rxa4 $5 {[%cal Ra4a8]} Qd2 46. Ra8+ Kg7 47. Rg8+ Kh6 48. Nxg4+ Kg5 49. Ne3 Qxb2 50. d7 Qb1+ 51. Ke2 Qb2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 52. Kd3 Qxa3+ 53. Kc2 Qa2+ 54. Kc3 Qa3+ 55. Kc2 Qa2+ 56. Kd3 Qa3+ 57. Kc2 $11) 45... gxh5 46. c5 {The position is equal.} Qf5 {( -> ...Qb1+)} 47. Bxb7 {Bc6 is the strong threat.} Bh3+ ({Reject} 47... Qxc5 $6 48. b6 $16) 48. Kg1 {Black must now prevent b6.} Qxc5 {[%mdl 32768] Accuracy: White = 28%, Black = 50%. . Loss on time!?} 1-0

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Black "Demidov, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 30,139,42,46,37,43,49,2,18,4,68,62,73,59,69,39,50,50,56,38,55,43,47,48,57,42,45,36,37,35,35,36,43,39,40,42,51,46,47,47,51,54,52,43,52,-11,-12,-21,0,0,0,-254,-238,-251,-237,-216,-203,-237,-229,-269,-105,-103,-63,-42,-37,-63,-63,-53,-37,-44,-25,-22,-22,-21,0,0,-6,-8,0,-8,398,391,29963,29960,11197,4420,29971,29974,29974,29975,29971,29971,29974,29975,29973,29975,29975,29976,29976,29977,29978,29980,29980,29981,29981,29982,29982,29983,29983,29984,29984,29984]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Qc7 8. g3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. Bg2 g5 {D17: Slav Defence: 5 a4 Bf5: Lines with 6 Nh4 and 6 Ne5} 12. Nxe5 gxf4 13. Nxd7 O-O-O 14. Qd4 Qxd7 15. Qxf4 Bd6 16. Qh6 {LiveBook: 25 Games} Qe6 17. Qxe6+ Bxe6 18. Be4 Bb4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18... Bb3 19. Rc1 {½-½ (34) Ruck,R (2574)-Varga,P (2438) Hungary 2009}) 19. Bd3 Bh3 ({Better is} 19... h5 $11) 20. O-O-O $14 Be6 21. Kc2 Kc7 22. Rd2 h6 23. Rhd1 (23. e3 {feels hotter.} a6 24. Rdd1 Kb6 25. Be2 Be7 26. b3) 23... a6 24. Be4 Rxd2+ 25. Rxd2 b5 26. Rd1 Rb8 27. axb5 axb5 28. Ra1 Kb6 29. Bd3 Be7 30. e3 Bf6 31. Ne2 Rd8 32. Nf4 Bc8 33. Be4 Be5 34. Nd3 Bd6 35. Rd1 Re8 36. Bg2 Bf5 37. Ra1 ({White should play} 37. Kc3 $14) 37... c5 $11 {aiming for ...c4.} 38. Kd2 c4 39. Nf4 Bxf4 40. gxf4 $2 {[%mdl 12288] Endgame KRB-KRB} (40. exf4 $11 Rd8+ 41. Kc1) 40... Rd8+ $19 41. Ke2 Bd3+ 42. Kf3 f5 43. Kg3 b4 $1 44. Bf3 c3 $2 (44... b3 $19 {has better winning chances.} 45. Ra4 Rg8+ 46. Kh3 Rg1 47. Rb4+ Kc5) 45. bxc3 $17 b3 46. Ra4 $1 {[%cal Ra4b4] Strongly threatening Rb4+.} Rb8 {...b2 is the strong threat.} 47. Bd5 $1 {And now Rb4+ would win.} b2 48. Ba2 Kc5 49. f3 b1=Q (49... Rb3 {keeps more tension.} 50. Ra8 Rxc3 51. Rc8+ Kb4 52. Rb8+ Bb5) 50. Bxb1 Rxb1 $11 {KRB-KR} 51. e4 Rc1 52. Ra5+ Bb5 53. exf5 Rg1+ 54. Kh4 {Black must now prevent Kh5.} Rg8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (54... Rd1 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 55. Kh5 $18 Kb6 $2 {[#]} (55... Rb8 $18 56. f6 (56. Kxh6 Kd6 $16) 56... Kd6) 56. Rxb5+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxb5 {KR-KP} 57. f6 Kc6 58. f7 {White mates.} Rf8 59. Kg6 Kd7 60. f5 {[%cal Bf4f5,Bf5f6][%mdl 32]} Ke7 {[#]} 61. f6+ $1 Ke6 62. f4 Rc8 63. f5+ Ke5 64. Kg7 Kxf5 65. f8=Q Rxf8 66. Kxf8 Kxf6 67. c4 {[%cal Bc3c4,Bc4c5][%mdl 32]} h5 68. h4 ({Worse is} 68. c5 Ke6 $11) 68... Ke5 69. Kg7 Kf4 70. c5 {Accuracy: White = 69%, Black = 47%.} 1-0

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kryakvin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Kokarev, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,14,0,0]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. O-O Nge7 7. e3 O-O {LiveBook: 234 Games} {Predecessor:} 8. d4 $146 cxd4 9. Nxd4 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Qb3 Nxd4 13. exd4 Be6 14. Be3 Qd7 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. Rfd1 Rfe8 17. Bf1 Bg4 18. Re1 Bf3 19. Qb5 Bg4 20. Qa5 b6 21. Qb5 Qxb5 22. Bxb5 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Bxc8 {½-½ (35) Le,Q (2697)-So,W (2760) Baku 2015} 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kabanov, Nikolai"]
[Black "Shuvalova, Polina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2403"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,73,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-6,2,-43,-28,-55,-57,-56,108,100,105,106,275,189,385,384,386,363,372,338,336,240,497,478,716,519,738,727,718,520,5673,661,646,574,531,358,502,476,411,343,2519,717,654,634,614,467,29988,29989,29989,29989,29989,29990]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 d5 4. Be2 b6 5. O-O Bb7 6. c4 {D05: Colle System with ...e6} Nbd7 {LiveBook: 5 Games} (6... Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 Nbd7 9. Nbd2 Ne4 10. Rc1 Qe7 11. Bd3 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 dxc4 13. Nxc4 Qg5 {1-0 (57) Gunina,V (2522)-Hou,Y (2673) Beijing 2014}) 7. cxd5 exd5 8. b3 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 8. Nc3 a6 9. Ne5 Bd6 10. f4 O-O 11. Qb3 b5 12. Bf3 c5 13. a3 c4 {1-0 (41) Manolache,M (2521)-Filip,L (2461) Oviedo 2008}) 8... Bd6 9. Ba3 c5 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Bd3 Re8 13. Nb5 Bb8 $1 14. Bf5 a6 15. Nc3 Ne4 $2 (15... c4 $1 $15 {keeps the upper hand.}) 16. dxc5 {aiming for Nxe4.} Nxc3 17. Rxc3 Ba7 $2 (17... bxc5 $16 18. Qd3 g6) 18. Qc2 g6 $2 (18... bxc5 {was called for.} 19. Bxh7+ Kh8) 19. c6 $18 Bxc6 20. Rxc6 Rxc6 21. Qxc6 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} gxf5 22. Qxd5 Nf8 $2 (22... Ne5 23. Qb7 Bb8 24. Nxe5 (24. Qxa6 Nxf3+ 25. gxf3 Bxh2+ 26. Kxh2 Qh4+ 27. Kg2 Qg5+ 28. Kh1 Qh5+ 29. Kg2 Qg5+ 30. Kh1 Qh5+ 31. Kg2 Qg5+ $11) 24... Bxe5 25. Qxa6 Qa8) 23. Qxf5 Ng6 (23... Qd7 $142 24. Qg5+ Ng6) 24. Bb2 b5 25. Ng5 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Rf5f7] [#]} Qe7 26. Rd1 {Threatens to win with Rd7.} Bb6 (26... Bxe3 $142 27. fxe3 Qxe3+ 28. Kh1 Qe1+ 29. Qf1 Qxf1+ 30. Rxf1 Re2) 27. h4 (27. Rd7 $142 Bc5 28. Rxe7 Rxe7 29. Qf6) 27... Rd8 28. Rxd8+ Bxd8 29. Nxh7 Qxh4 (29... Kxh7 {might work better.} 30. h5 Qe6 31. hxg6+ Qxg6 32. Qh3+ Qh6) 30. Nf6+ Bxf6 31. Qxf6 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Rf6g7]} Qh6 $2 (31... Qxf6 32. Bxf6 Kf8) 32. Qxa6 (32. f4 $142 a5 33. a4 bxa4 34. bxa4) 32... Qh5 33. Qa8+ Kh7 34. Qf3 Qg5 (34... Qxf3 $18 35. gxf3 Ne7) 35. Qxf7+ {White mates.} Kh6 36. Qg7+ Kh5 37. Qh7+ {Accuracy: White = 47%, Black = 29%.} 1-0

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kokarev, Dmitry"]
[Black "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,163,20,16,22,29,22,25,12,22,19,16,6,25,11,54,45,48,50,79,18,62,61,83,72,201,200,189,190,179,56,99,104,99,93,97,95,97,78,80,80,75,76,85,91,79,81,81,80,133,134,124,128,128,129,135,145,126,123,122,117,104,110,218,218,218,218,218,218,488,480,471,463,579,535,756,754,12837,12837,12835,12835,12839,812,12832,12833,12835,12834,12835,12836,12841,12841,12847,0,12836,12837,12837,12837,12838,12838,12840,12837,12838,12838,12839,12839,12839,12840,12840,12839,12840,12839,12839,12839,12844,12845,12845,12846,12850,27999,12851,29939,12851,12851,12851,27999,12851,12851,12851,29947,12851,29981,12851,27999,12851,12851,12851,12851,12851,12851,12851,27999,12851,29972,12851,29962]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Qd3 g6 7. c4 {B53: Sicilian: 2...d6: Lines with Qxd4} Bg7 8. Nc3 Nf6 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 Rc8 11. Be3 a6 {LiveBook: 31 Games} 12. Bxc6 Bxc6 13. Nd4 Nd7 14. Rac1 Nc5 15. Qc2 $146 Ne6 16. Qd2 Qa5 17. Rfd1 Qe5 18. Nf3 Qh5 19. Nd5 Rfe8 20. Re1 (20. b4 $16) 20... Nc5 21. Bg5 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] aiming for Nf4. White is more active.} Bxd5 $1 22. exd5 e5 (22... f5 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 23. b4 $18 Nd7 24. Re4 $1 {[%cal Re4h4]} Bf6 25. Bxf6 (25. h4 $18) 25... Nxf6 26. Rh4 $1 {[%cal Rh4h5]} Qf5 27. Qh6 g5 28. Nxg5 Qg6 29. Qxg6+ (29. Rc3 {is interesting.} Qxh6 30. Rxh6 Kg7 31. Rh4 h5 32. Ne4) 29... hxg6 {[#]} 30. Ne4 $1 {[%cal Re4f6]} Nxe4 31. Rxe4 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} b6 32. Re3 a5 33. bxa5 bxa5 34. Rb3 Rc5 (34... Rc7 $142) 35. Rb5 Rec8 36. Rxc5 Rxc5 {KR-KR} 37. Kf1 Rc7 38. Ke2 Kf8 39. Kd3 Rb7 40. c5 dxc5 41. Rxc5 Rb2 (41... Ke7 $16) 42. d6 $18 {Strongly threatening Rc8+.} ({Don't play} 42. Rxa5 $6 Rxf2 43. d6 Ke8 $16) 42... Ke8 43. Rxe5+ Kd7 {[#]} 44. Re2 $1 {[%cal Re2b2]} ({Not} 44. Rxa5 Rxf2 45. g4 Kxd6 $14) 44... Rb1 $2 (44... Rb4 {might work better.} 45. Re7+ Kxd6 46. Rxf7 Ke6) 45. Re7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kxd6 46. Rxf7 Rb2 47. Rf6+ Ke5 48. Rxg6 Rxf2 49. a4 Ra2 50. Rg5+ Kf6 51. Rg4 (51. Rxa5 $142 Rxg2 52. Kc4) 51... Kf5 52. Ke3 Ra1 53. Kf2 Ra3 54. Rc4 Kg5 55. Rc5+ Kh4 56. Rc4+ $2 ({White should try} 56. Rxa5 $18 Ra2+ 57. Ke3) 56... Kh5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (56... Kg5 $11 57. Rc5+ Kf4 58. Rxa5 Ra2+ 59. Kg1 Kg3 60. Rg5+ Kh4) 57. Kg1 Kg6 58. Kh2 Kh6 59. h4 Kh5 60. g3 Ra1 61. Kh3 Kh6 62. Kg4 Rb1 63. Rc6+ Kg7 64. Kg5 Rb4 65. Rg6+ Kh7 66. Ra6 Rxa4 67. Ra7+ Kh8 68. g4 Rb4 69. Rxa5 Rb7 70. h5 {[%cal Bh4h5,Bh5h6][%mdl 32]} Kg7 71. Ra6 Kh7 72. Kh4 Rc7 73. h6 Rc5 74. g5 Rc1 75. Ra7+ Kg6 76. Rg7+ Kf5 77. Rf7+ Kg6 78. Rf6+ Kh7 79. Rf7+ Kg6 80. Rg7+ Kf5 81. Kg3 (81. h7 $18 Rh1+ 82. Kg3) 81... Rc3+ 82. Kf2 {Accuracy: White = 74%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,115,39,31,39,36,37,20,37,15,16,13,14,23,64,26,41,0,33,0,0,-6,-9,-7,52,58,59,48,54,53,55,44,45,50,42,26,28,32,37,30,35,39,42,24,28,19,16,22,73,73,87,74,134,140,133,133,141,134,245,238,323,342,673,661,852,838,8117,11072,11195,9241,12436,9965,7937,2325,11908,7485,4790,3780,6217,4789,6531,3357,12795,12683,12791,7848,1731,581,6677,6087,1648,1302,29970,29968,29974,29975,29974,4558,29975,29976,29971,6409]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Bc4 Nbd7 6. Bb3 {B06: Modern Defence} Nb6 7. Qf3 Bg4 8. Qg3 Bf5 9. Nf3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Nbxd5 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. c3 O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... c6 12. O-O a5 13. a3 O-O {0-1 (76) Moehn,H (2090)-Tomczak,J (2556) Rostock 2012}) 12. h4 h5 13. O-O Nf6 14. Re1 c5 15. Ne5 {Hoping for Nxg6.} e6 16. Be3 Nd5 17. Rad1 Nxe3 18. Rxe3 {And now d5 would win.} cxd4 19. cxd4 Qe7 (19... Rc8 $11) 20. d5 $1 $14 {[%cal Rd5e6]} Rad8 21. Rde1 {Strongly threatening dxe6.} Kh7 22. dxe6 fxe6 23. Nf3 Bh6 $1 24. Ng5+ ({And not} 24. Rxe6 Bxe6 25. Bxe6 (25. Rxe6 $2 Qxe6 26. Bxe6 Rd1+ 27. Kh2 Bf4 $19) 25... Qg7 $17) 24... Bxg5 $1 25. Qxg5 Qxg5 26. hxg5 Rd2 27. R1e2 Rxe2 28. Rxe2 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Re8 $1 29. Rd2 Re7 30. f3 Kg7 31. Kf2 e5 (31... Rc7 $11) 32. Ke3 $16 h4 33. Rd1 Rc7 {[#]} (33... b6 $142) 34. Rh1 $1 a5 35. Rxh4 b5 36. g4 Bc8 (36... Bc2 $16) 37. Rh2 $18 Bb7 38. Rc2 Rxc2 $2 {[#]} (38... Rd7 39. Rc5 a4) 39. Bxc2 {KB-KB} Bd5 40. a3 b4 41. axb4 axb4 42. Be4 Bb3 43. Bc6 Bc2 44. Kd2 (44. Bb5 $142 Kf7 45. Bc4+ Kf8 46. Bd3) 44... Bb1 45. Bb5 Ba2 46. Ke3 Bd5 47. f4 exf4+ 48. Kxf4 Be6 49. Be2 Kf7 50. Ke5 Ke7 51. Bd3 (51. Kd4 $142 Kd6 52. Bd3) 51... Bf7 52. Be4 Be8 53. Kd5 b3 54. Ke5 Bd7 55. Bxg6 Bxg4 56. Be4 (56. Bf5 $142 Bd1 57. Be6 Bc2 58. Bd5 Kf8 59. Kf6 Ke8 60. g6 Bxg6 61. Kxg6) 56... Bd1 57. Bd5 Bc2 58. Bc4 {Accuracy: White = 59%, Black = 29%.} 1-0

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Pridorozhni, Aleksei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "6"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "900+10"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Yudin, Sergei"]
[Black "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,48,9,9,12,10,14,14,25,14,16,8,15,8,7,0,0,6,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. Nc3 Rc8 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7} 8. O-O e5 9. Qd3 h6 (9... Qc7 10. Rd1 Be6 11. a4 Nf6 12. Nd2 Be7 13. Nf1 Qc4 14. Ne3 Qxd3 15. Rxd3 Kd7 {½-½ (33) Xiong,J (2656)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2780) Douglas 2018}) 10. Rd1 Nf6 11. Nd2 {[%cal Bf3d2,Bd2f1,Bf1e3][%mdl 32] LiveBook: 5 Games} Bg4 {[#] Hoping for ...Rxc3.} 12. f3 Be6 13. Nf1 Be7 14. Ne3 O-O {The position is equal.} 15. Bd2 b5 16. Kh1 Qb6 $146 17. a4 {[%cal Ra4b5]} Bc4 18. Nxc4 bxc4 19. Qe3 Qxb2 20. Rab1 Qxc2 21. Rbc1 Qb3 22. Rb1 Qc2 23. Rbc1 Qb3 24. Rb1 Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Iljiushenok, Ilia"]
[Black "Shuvalova, Polina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,82,21,30,21,0,0,0,7,0,9,0,0,4,43,1,20,0,0,0,0,0,36,21,27,21,37,9,25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,-12,-21,-16,-20,-11,-17,-17,-19,-17,-19,-17,-23,-20,-25,-25,-31,-25,-24,0,-76,-28,-25,-18,-18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. h3 e5 7. dxe5 Nxe5 8. Qe2 {LiveBook: 26 Games. B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack} Ne4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Qe7 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Nexd7 11. Nd2 Nc5 12. Ngf3 Qxe2+ 13. Kxe2 Bd6 14. Nb3 O-O 15. Be3 Na4 16. Rab1 Rfe8 17. Rhd1 Bf4 {1-0 (47) Polgar,J (2680)-Karpov,A (2619) Moscow 2009}) 9. Bxe4 dxe4 10. Qxe4 Bd6 $1 11. Nf3 O-O 12. O-O Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 Qc7 14. Be3 Bd7 15. Bd4 Rfe8 16. Nd2 Re6 17. Rfe1 Rae8 18. Rxe6 Rxe6 19. Qd3 ({Don't blunder} 19. Bxa7 $2 b6 $17) 19... Bc6 20. Rd1 h6 21. a3 ({Stronger than} 21. Bxa7 b6 $17) 21... b6 22. f3 Qe7 23. Bf2 Qg5 24. Ne4 Bxe4 $1 25. fxe4 Rg6 {[%csl Gg6][%cal Rg5g2] [#]} 26. Qf3 Qe5 {Threatens to win with ...Rf6.} 27. g3 Bc5 $1 {( -> ...Rxg3+)} 28. Kg2 Bxf2 29. Qxf2 ({Wrong is} 29. Kxf2 $2 Rf6 $19) 29... Qxe4+ $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 30. Kh2 Rf6 31. Qg2 Qe3 {[#] White must now prevent ...Rf2.} (31... Qe8 {keeps more tension.} 32. Rd2 g6 33. Re2 Qd8 34. Rd2 Qe7) 32. Rd2 g6 33. Qe2 Qc5 34. Qe4 h5 35. h4 Re6 36. Qd4 (36. Qa8+ $11 {remains equal.} Kg7 37. Qxa7) 36... Qc6 37. Qf2 Qb5 38. Rd8+ {The position is equal.} Re8 39. c4 Qc6 40. Rxe8+ Qxe8 41. Qd2 Qe4 {Accuracy: White = 66%, Black = 67%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Demidov, Mikhail"]
[Black "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,40,-30,-12,-27,-14,-22,-22,-24,-32,-27,-14,-30,-26,-38,18,18,15,16,19,16,18,15,16,14,15,18,28,14,25,15,43]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Nge2 O-O 6. a3 {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines} Bd6 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 7. g3 b6 8. Bxd6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. Bg2 Bb7 9. O-O c5 10. Re1 Be7 11. h3 Nc6 12. g4 {0-1 (54) Jobava,B (2727)-Caruana,F (2820) Wijk aan Zee 2015}) 8... Qxd6 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. O-O Qe7 11. Nf4 {[%cal Be2f4,Bf4d3,Bd3e5][%mdl 32]} c5 12. Re1 cxd4 (12... Nc6 $15) 13. exd4 $11 Qc7 14. Nce2 {[%cal Bc3e2,Be2f4,Bf4d3,Bd3e5][%mdl 32]} Nbd7 15. Nd3 Ne4 16. Nef4 Ndf6 17. Ne5 Nd6 18. c3 Nc4 19. Nfd3 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Nd7 {Accuracy: White = 62%, Black = 48%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Maltsevskaya, Aleksandra"]
[Black "Kryakvin, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2247"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,74,-11,-18,-13,-4,-10,0,4,19,7,0,0,4,0,19,0,15,-22,-15,-35,-20,-7,-8,-16,0,0,0,-22,0,-68,-58,-43,0,0,0,-44,0,-11,12,11,5,5,5,5,5,2,4,10,16,14,43,43,45,-247,-225,-508,-510,-460,-455,-590,-573]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. d4 Ngf6 6. h3 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} (6. Nbd2 e6 7. Re1 Be7 8. e4 O-O 9. c3 Rc8 10. Qe2 c5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. h3 Bh5 13. Nb3 cxd4 14. Nbxd4 Bc5 15. g4 Bg6 16. Bg5 Qc7 17. Rad1 Rfe8 {0-1 (40) Rakhmanov,A (2634)-Artemiev,V (2706) Sochi 2018}) 6... Bh5 7. c4 e6 8. Nc3 dxc4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 9. e4 Bb4 10. Qe2 Nb6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... O-O 11. g4 Bg6 12. Ne5 b5 13. f4 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd7 15. f5 Nxe5 16. fxg6 hxg6 {1-0 (53) Yap,K (2366)-Sheng,J (2415) Berkeley 2018}) 11. a3 Be7 12. Rd1 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 O-O 14. Kg2 Re8 15. h4 Rc8 16. e5 Nfd5 17. Ne4 Rc7 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Rac1 Rd8 21. Nd6 Rcd7 22. Be4 (22. Nxc4 $11 Nxc4 23. Qxc4) 22... Rxd6 $15 23. exd6 Rxd6 24. Bb1 $1 Qd8 25. Rd2 Qf6 26. Qf3 (26. Qe4 {looks sharper.} g6 27. Ba2 Ne7 28. Bxc4 Nf5 29. Ba2) 26... Nc7 27. Qxf6 gxf6 28. Ba2 Nb5 29. Bxc4 Nxd4 30. Ba2 Nd7 31. b4 e5 32. Re1 Kf8 33. f4 Ke7 {next ...Nf3! is good for Black.} 34. g4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (34. Kh3 $14) 34... Nf3 $1 $19 {[%cal Rf3e1][%mdl 576] Double Attack, Discovered Attack} 35. Rxd6 $2 (35. Kxf3 Rxd2 36. Bb3) 35... Nxe1+ {Black is clearly winning.} 36. Kf1 {And now Rxd7+! would win.} Kxd6 37. Kxe1 exf4 {Accuracy: White = 42%, Black = 43%.} 0-1

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Maletina, Tatiana"]
[Black "Kabanov, Nikolai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2239"]
[BlackElo "2403"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,72,36,47,47,54,33,33,33,33,32,33,10,58,49,70,0,0,0,0,0,0,-3,0,0,0,-1,1,-49,-23,-9,-9,-1,0,0,35,21,39,19,69,59,107,107,237,213,533,516,729,671,732,718,726,691,672,661,716,706,722,682,651,469,440,264,252,204,195]} 1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nd7 3. c4 e5 4. d5 g6 5. Nc3 h5 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 6. Bd3 {B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems} (6. h4 Nc5 7. Nf3 Bh6 8. Bg5 f6 9. Bxh6 Nxh6 10. Qd2 a5 11. O-O-O Qe7 {½-½ (35) Berkes,F (2648)-Dubov,D (2661) Moscow 2017}) 6... Bh6 7. Nf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. Nge2 Bxc1 8. Qxc1 Nc5 9. Bc2 a5 10. Na4 Nf6 11. Nxc5 dxc5 {0-1 (35) Stremavicius,T (2179)-Laurusas,T (2363) Krakow 2012}) 7... a5 8. Bc2 {White is slightly better.} Nc5 9. Bxh6 Nxh6 10. Qe2 Ng4 11. h3 Nf6 12. O-O-O (12. Qe3 $14) 12... h4 $11 13. g3 hxg3 14. fxg3 Nh5 ({Don't play} 14... Bxh3 $6 15. Qf1 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]}) (14... Rxh3 $2 15. Rxh3 Bxh3 16. Rh1 $18) 15. Rdg1 Bd7 16. Qe3 Qe7 17. Kb1 O-O-O 18. Nd2 f5 19. exf5 gxf5 20. Nb3 $1 b6 21. Nxc5 bxc5 22. Ne2 Rdg8 23. Qc3 {Threatens to win with g4.} Kb7 24. Qxa5 Ra8 25. Qc3 c6 {[#]} (25... Ng7 $16 {might work better.}) 26. g4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rg4h5]} fxg4 $2 (26... Nf6 {is tougher.} 27. dxc6+ (27. Bxf5 Bxf5+ 28. gxf5 cxd5 $16) (27. gxf5 cxd5 28. cxd5 Kc7 $16) 27... Bxc6) 27. hxg4 Ng7 28. Rxh8 Rxh8 29. Qb3+ Kc7 30. Qa3 Rb8 31. Qa5+ Kc8 32. Qa6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kc7 33. Nc3 Rb6 34. Qa7+ Rb7 35. Qa5+ Kb8 {intending ...Ra7.} 36. Rh1 Ra7 {Accuracy: White = 57%, Black = 58%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Black "Demidov, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,97,31,50,12,39,4,18,-13,-13,-22,-27,-66,-61,-97,-36,-36,-45,-38,-41,-63,-52,-49,-30,-29,-14,-12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,-2,-76,-48,-54,-43,-202,-49,-179,-208,-245,-160,-181,-99,-200,0,-337,-311,-315,-289,-322,-327,-371,14,14,14,14,14,12,12,0,0,0,14,0,162,164,148,147,952,981,1164,1150,1145,1135,1135,1028,1239,1207,6035,6011,29984,29985,29985,29985]} 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Nb6 5. Be2 g6 {LiveBook: 123 Games} 6. h4 {B04: Alekhine's Defence: 4 Nf3} (6. O-O Bg7 7. Bf4 O-O 8. c3 Nc6 9. Nbd2 Bf5 10. Re1 Qd7 11. Nc4 Rad8 12. Nxb6 axb6 13. exd6 exd6 14. Bb5 Bg4 15. Bg5 {½-½ (58) Potapov,P (2492)-Demidov,M (2511) Sochi 2018}) 6... h5 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Bf4 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 8. Be3 a6 9. Qd2 dxe5 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11. dxe5 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 N8d7 13. f4 c6 {1-0 (71) Tapia Lorente,A (2098)-Garzon Rodriguez,J (1981) Malaga 2004}) 8... Nc6 9. exd6 cxd6 10. d5 Nb4 11. Qd2 Bf5 (11... Qc7 $1 $17 12. Bg5 Nc4) 12. O-O $15 Rc8 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. Ndb5 O-O 15. Nxa7 Rxc3 {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender} 16. bxc3 N4xd5 17. Bh6 Bxc3 18. Qc1 Bxa1 19. Qxa1 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Ra1g7]} e5 20. Bxf8 Kxf8 21. g3 Qc7 {And now ...Nc3 would win.} 22. c4 Nxc4 {White must now prevent ...b5.} 23. Rd1 (23. Rc1 $1 $11 b5 24. Nxb5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxb5 25. a4) 23... Qc5 {aiming for ...Nde3.} 24. Qc1 Ndb6 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has good play.} 25. Qg5 $2 (25. Qc3 $1 $15) 25... Ke8 $2 (25... Kg7 $19 {Hoping for ...f6.} 26. Qe7 Be6 27. Bxc4 Nxc4 28. Qxb7 Ne3 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 26. Qf6 (26. Rb1 $15) 26... Nd5 $19 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 27. Qh8+ Ke7 28. Rc1 b5 ({Better is} 28... Nde3 $1 $19 29. Qb8 b5) 29. Qb8 (29. Qa8 $17 {was the only defense.}) 29... Qa3 $2 (29... Nde3 $1 $19 30. Qb7 Ng4 31. Bxg4 hxg4) 30. Rf1 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (30. Rc2 $1 $11 Qc5 31. a4 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 30... Qxa2 31. Bd3 Qa3 32. Be4 Qc5 33. Qb7 Nc3 $2 ({Black should play} 33... Nf6 $19 34. Nc6+ Kf8) 34. Bc6 $1 $11 Nb6 35. Bxd7 Nxd7 36. Nc6+ Ke6 37. Nd8+ Ke7 38. Nc6+ Ke6 39. Qc8 {Qe8+ is the strong threat.} d5 $2 {[#]} (39... Kd5 $1 $11 40. Qxd7 Qxc6 41. Qxf7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kc5) 40. Qe8+ $1 $18 Kd6 {[#]} 41. Nd8 $1 {[%cal Rd8b7]} Qc4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (41... Qc7 $16) 42. Nxf7+ Kc7 43. Qd8+ Kc6 44. Qc8+ Kb6 45. Qxd7 Ne2+ 46. Kh2 Nxg3 47. Qd8+ ({Less strong is} 47. Kxg3 Qxf1 48. Qd6+ (48. Qxd5 Qg1+ 49. Qg2 Qxg2+ 50. Kxg2 Kc5 $16) 48... Ka5 $18) 47... Kc5 48. Qd6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kd4 49. Qxe5+ {Accuracy: White = 47%, Black = 36%.} 1-0

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Black "Kokarev, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 34,99,35,27,27,34,40,38,40,41,64,38,66,56,66,64,63,60,58,63,63,60,60,59,58,58,65,60,60,29,41,33,38,21,28,12,12,12,80,80,80,80,80,80,114,97,130,128,280,207,325,297,252,25,25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Bb3 Be6 11. Qe2 Na5 12. Rfd1 Nxb3 13. axb3 Qc7 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} 14. Bg5 Nh5 15. Nxe5 Bxg5 16. Qxh5 Bf6 17. Nf3 Bxc3 18. bxc3 {LiveBook: 10 Games} Qxc3 19. Nd4 Rfe8 20. Qa5 Rac8 21. f3 {[#]} g6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 21... Qxa5 22. Rxa5 {½-½ (36) Kamsky,G (2732)-Gelfand,B (2733) Kazan 2011}) 22. Kf2 h5 23. h4 Bd7 24. Qxc3 Rxc3 25. Rd2 Rec8 26. Ra2 Kf8 27. Ne2 R3c6 28. c4 Ke7 29. Ke3 Be6 30. Nd4 Rc5 31. Rd3 f5 32. Rad2 fxe4 33. fxe4 Rd8 34. Nxe6 Kxe6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} 35. Rd5 Rd7 (35... Rxd5 $11 36. exd5+ Ke7) 36. Kf4 $16 b5 37. cxb5 axb5 38. b4 Rc3 39. Rxb5 Rf7+ 40. Kg5 Rg3+ (40... Rh7 $16 {was worth a try.}) 41. Kh6 $18 Rf4 (41... Rg4 $142 42. Rg5 Rxh4) 42. Rg5 Rgg4 43. Kxg6 $2 {[#]} ({Don't play} 43. Rxg6+ Rxg6+ 44. Kxg6 Rxh4 $16) ({White should try} 43. g3 $18 Rxe4 44. Kxg6 (44. Rxg6+ Rxg6+ 45. Kxg6 Rg4+ 46. Kxh5 Rxg3 $16)) 43... Rxh4 $11 44. g3 Rf6+ {The position is equal.} 45. Kg7 Rf7+ 46. Kh6 Rf6+ 47. Kg7 Rxe4 48. Rxd6+ Kxd6 49. Kxf6 h4 $1 50. gxh4 {Accuracy: White = 66%, Black = 49%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Black "Iljiushenok, Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,75,29,33,15,30,24,25,24,22,-66,-6,-15,29,17,0,4,7,0,39,16,28,0,12,0,-14,-23,55,43,59,3,6,19,239,218,187,33,50,36,150,106,122,111,154,156,157,160,151,159,153,141,131,131,132,134,221,229,242,247,240,239,555,539,592,590,629,612]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Qe2 d6 5. d4 Bd7 6. c3 a6 {LiveBook: 3 Games. C44: Ponziani Opening and Scotch Gambit} (6... Qe7 7. d5 Nb8 8. Bd3 c6 9. c4 Na6 10. Nc3 g6 11. h3 Bg7 12. g4 Nc5 13. Bc2 cxd5 14. g5 {1-0 (42) Bortnyk,O (2610)-Orlov,G (2481) chess.com INT 2018}) 7. Bd3 g6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Bg4 8. d5 Ne7 9. h3 Bh5 10. c4 Nd7 11. Nc3 c5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Nh4 Nc8 14. Nf5 {1-0 (33) Lukin,A (2423)-Akimov,I (2275) St Petersburg 2001}) 8. O-O Bg7 {White has an edge.} 9. Rd1 O-O 10. Nbd2 (10. dxe5 $11 dxe5 11. Be3) 10... Nh5 (10... exd4 $15 11. cxd4 Re8) 11. Nb3 $11 Qe7 12. Bg5 f6 13. Be3 Rae8 14. Re1 Kh8 15. Rad1 Nd8 16. c4 Ne6 17. g3 exd4 18. Nfxd4 Nxd4 (18... Ng5 $1 $11) 19. Nxd4 c5 20. Nc2 (20. Nb3 $14) 20... f5 21. exf5 Bxf5 $2 (21... Qf7 $1 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 22. Bxf5 $18 Rxf5 23. Qd3 $2 (23. g4 $18 Rg5 24. Qf3) 23... Qf7 $1 $14 24. b3 Nf6 (24... Rf6 $14) 25. Qxd6 Ne4 {[#]} 26. Qd7 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} Nc3 27. Qxf7 Rxf7 28. Bxc5 Rc8 29. Rd3 Nxa2 30. Bd4 Bxd4 31. Rxd4 b5 32. Kg2 Rfc7 (32... bxc4 $16 {was called for.} 33. Rxc4 (33. bxc4 a5 $16) 33... Rfc7) 33. Ra1 $18 bxc4 34. bxc4 Nc3 {[#]} 35. Ne3 $1 {aiming for Ra3.} ({Don't play} 35. Rxa6 $6 Rxc4 36. Rxc4 Rxc4) 35... Rc6 $2 (35... Re8 {is a better chance.} 36. Rxa6 Rf7) 36. Ra3 {White is clearly winning.} Ne2 37. Rd2 Nc1 38. Rc2 {Accuracy: White = 47%, Black = 33%.} 1-0

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Pridorozhni, Aleksei"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 37,127,20,31,0,0,0,0,13,22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-42,-30,-29,0,-92,-34,-45,0,-30,0,0,0,0,0,-27,-28,-26,-18,-28,25,0,29,-8,0,0,16,-198,-188,-282,-306,-845,-4,-28,-31,-70,-16,-72,-77,-73,-73,-77,-66,-87,-87,-87,-76,-87,-87,-87,-61,-83,-36,-72,-25,-25,-7,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O d5 10. Qe1 e5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Bc4 Be6 14. Ne4 Qc7 15. Bc5 Rfd8 16. g4 h6 {B76: Sicilian Dragon: Yugoslav Attack, 9 g4 and 9 0-0-0} (16... Nf4 17. Qc3 Rd4 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Qb4 d3 20. Bxe6 Ne2+ 21. Kb1 Rb8 22. Bxf7+ Kh8 23. Qxb8+ Qxb8 24. c3 Nxc3+ 25. Nxc3 Bxc3 {1-0 (41) Svidler,P (2738)-Radjabov,T (2744) Sochi 2008}) 17. h4 f5 18. gxf5 gxf5 19. Ng3 Qf7 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 20. Qa5 Rd7 21. Bb3 Rad8 22. Ne2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 22. c4 Nf4 23. Qxd8+ Rxd8 24. Rxd8+ {0-1 (76) Kemperman,H-Makeev,V (2324) ICCF email 2007}) 22... Qh5 23. Rdf1 Kh7 24. Kb1 Nc7 25. Nc1 ({Not} 25. Bxa7 $2 Ra8 $19) 25... Bd5 26. Bxd5 cxd5 27. Rhg1 Ne6 28. Be3 Qf7 29. Nb3 (29. Bd2 $11 {remains equal.}) 29... Rc8 (29... f4 $1 $17 {[%cal Rf4e3]} 30. Bd2 e4) 30. Rg2 Rc4 (30... f4 $5 {[%cal Rf4e3]} 31. Qa6 Rc4 $15) 31. Rd1 d4 32. Bc1 e4 33. fxe4 fxe4 34. Rgg1 e3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 35. Rdf1 Qe8 36. Qf5+ Kg8 (36... Kh8 $142) 37. Qd3 Rcc7 38. Rg4 (38. c3 $5 dxc3 39. Qxe3 c2+ 40. Ka1 $11) 38... Qh5 39. Rfg1 {Black must now prevent Nxd4.} Qd5 40. c3 $2 (40. Re4 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} Rc6 41. Rg6) 40... dxc3 $19 41. Qxe3 (41. Rxg7+ $142 Nxg7 42. Qxd5+ Rxd5 43. Bxe3) 41... Qf5+ $1 42. Ka1 $2 (42. Qe4 Qxe4+ 43. Rxe4 c2+ 44. Ka1) 42... Kh7 $2 (42... cxb2+ $19 43. Bxb2 Qxg4 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 43. Rxg7+ Rxg7 44. Qxh6+ Kg8 45. Rxg7+ (45. Re1 $11) 45... Nxg7 $17 46. bxc3 Rxc3 47. Bb2 Rg3 48. Nc1 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 49. Qd6 Rg6 50. Qd8+ {[#]} Kh7 $1 51. a3 Rg2 52. Qd4 Qc2 53. Qe5 a4 (53... Rg1 $5 {[%cal Rg1c1]} 54. Qe3 Rg4 $17) 54. Qd4 Qf2 {...Qxd4 is the strong threat.} 55. Qe4+ {The position is equal.} Nf5 {[%csl Gg2][%cal Rf2b2]} 56. Nd3 Qf1+ 57. Ka2 Re2 58. Qxa4 Re7 59. Ne5 Qg2 {aiming for ...Rxe5.} 60. Qf4 Qd5+ 61. Kb1 Qd1+ 62. Ka2 Qd5+ 63. Kb1 Qd1+ 64. Ka2 {Accuracy: White = 37%, Black = 48%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Black "Maltsevskaya, Aleksandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2247"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,71,51,60,46,60,54,48,37,42,31,46,33,31,36,34,46,54,18,47,7,14,4,117,111,158,168,158,165,152,155,523,516,510,112,508,426,443,414,861,841,856,854,829,780,1337,1159,29991,29992]} 1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 O-O 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4 c6 9. Re1 Re8 10. h3 exd4 11. Nxd4 Qb6 12. Nc2 Ne5 {E69: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...Nbd7 7 0-0 e5 8 e4 c6 9 h3} 13. b3 Be6 {LiveBook: 7 Games} 14. Be3 (14. Ne3 Nfd7 15. Bb2 Nc5 16. Bf1 Bxh3 17. Bxh3 Ned3 18. Qc2 Nxb2 19. Bf1 Re6 20. Rab1 {0-1 (66) Van Wely,L (2642)-Adhiban,B (2668) Batumi 2018}) 14... Qa5 {White is slightly better.} 15. Bd2 Qb6 16. Na4 Qc7 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. Be3 c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18... Rad8 19. Nc3 Bc8 20. Qc2 a6 21. f4 {½-½ (33) Himaras,S (2208)-Papadopoulos,N (2112) Athens 2006}) 19. Nb5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Bxb5 20. cxb5 {[%cal Bc4b5,Bb5a6][%mdl 32]} Qa5 21. Qe2 a6 22. bxa6 b5 23. Nb2 Nc6 (23... Qxa6 $11 24. a4 bxa4 25. Qxa6 Rxa6) 24. e5 Nxe5 25. Bxa8 Rxa8 26. Bxc5 dxc5 27. Qxe5 {a4 is the strong threat.} Re8 $2 (27... Nh5 $16 {is tougher.} 28. Qd5 (28. Qxc5 Bxb2 29. Rab1 Ba3 $14) 28... Rf8) 28. Qxe8+ $18 Nxe8 29. Rxe8+ Bf8 {[#]} 30. Rd1 $1 Kg7 31. Rdd8 Be7 (31... Qxa2 $142 32. Nd1 (32. Rxf8 Qxb2 33. Rd1 Qa3 $16) 32... Qxa6 33. Rxf8 Qa5) 32. Rd7 ({Weaker is} 32. Rxe7 Qxd8 33. a7 Qxe7 $16) 32... Qe1+ 33. Kg2 Qe4+ 34. Kh2 Qc2 35. Nd3 Qxa2 36. Rexe7 {Precision: White = 80%, Black = 38%.} 1-0

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kryakvin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,74,0,0,-5,-10,-10,-5,0,-18,-10,-43,-42,-41,-35,-42,-34,-47,-24,-35,-8,-15,-19,-18,-17,-16,-9,-8,-11,-31,0,0,0,0,6,-2,0,-37,8,8,8,8,15,7,71,0,0,0,0,0,14,-6,28,0,77,28,35,27,75,79,338,293,278,-411,-408,-386,-378]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c3 (4. Bxf6 gxf6 5. dxc5 e6 6. Nf3 Bxc5 7. Be2 Nc6 8. O-O O-O 9. c4 dxc4 10. Qa4 Qe7 11. Qxc4 b6 12. Nc3 Bb7 13. Qh4 Nb4 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15. a3 Nd5 16. Nxd5 Rxd5 17. b4 Bd6 18. e4 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Kg7 20. e5 {½-½ (20) Shimanov,A (2626)-Lenderman,A (2626) Saint Louis 2018}) 4... Nc6 5. Nd2 cxd4 6. exd4 {LiveBook: 23 Games. D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines} h6 7. Bh4 Bf5 8. Ngf3 {The position is equal.} e6 9. Qb3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Bb5 Qb6 10. Qb3 a6 11. Bxc6+ Qxc6 {½-½ (21) Arnold,H (2250)-Versili,M (2409) ICCF email 2008}) 9... a6 10. Ne5 ({But not} 10. Qxb7 $2 Na5 $19) 10... Qc7 11. Nd3 Bd6 12. Bg3 Bxg3 13. hxg3 O-O {And now ...e5 would win.} 14. Be2 Bxd3 15. Bxd3 e5 16. dxe5 Qxe5+ 17. Kf1 Qd6 18. Nf3 {[%cal Bd2f3,Bf3d4,Bd4f5,Bf5e3][%mdl 32]} Rfe8 19. Rd1 b5 20. Rh4 Ne5 21. Qc2 Rac8 22. a3 Rc7 23. Nd4 Nxd3 24. Qxd3 Qc5 25. Nf5 Re5 26. Rd4 Ne4 (26... Rc6 $11) 27. Qf3 (27. g4 $16) 27... Rc6 $11 {[%cal Bc7c6,Bc6e6,Be6e4][%mdl 32]} 28. Qf4 Rce6 {[#] Hoping for ...g5.} 29. g4 a5 (29... Nf6 {with more complications.} 30. Kg1 Re2 31. Rf1 Ne4 32. Qb8+ Kh7) 30. Ne3 $40 {[%cal Rd4d5][%mdl 128] White attacks.} (30. Kg1 {seems wilder.} Qc6 31. Re1 f6 32. Red1 Nd6 33. Qf3) 30... Nf6 31. Qf3 {[%cal Re3d5]} Re4 (31... Ne4 $11 {remains equal.}) 32. g3 {[%cal Re3d5]} (32. Rxe4 {keeps more tension.} Nxe4 33. Nxd5 Qc4+ 34. Qd3 Nd6 35. Ne3) 32... Rxd4 33. Rxd4 {[%cal Re3d5]} Re4 {[#]} 34. Rxd5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxe3 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (34... Nxd5 $16 35. Qxe4 Nxe3+ 36. fxe3 (36. Qxe3 Qc4+ 37. Qe2 Qb3 $16) 36... g6) 35. Rxc5 $18 Rxf3 36. Rxb5 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (36. Rc8+ $18 {is the narrow road to win.} Ne8 37. Rxe8+ Kh7 38. Rb8) 36... Nxg4 $19 37. Ke2 Rxf2+ {Accuracy: White = 36%, Black = 33%.} 0-1

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shuvalova, Polina"]
[Black "Maletina, Tatiana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2239"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,57,46,35,7,12,14,12,13,12,14,21,0,24,15,28,26,130,118,134,4,106,104,111,89,589,587,706,687,727,712,912,838,6499,6383,29991,29992,29992,29993,29993,29994]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qd7 8. Nd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f3,Bf3g5][%mdl 32]} e6 9. Ngf3 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 Bd6 {LiveBook: 138 Games} 11. Bg5 {B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack} (11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Qxb7 Rb8 13. Qa6 O-O 14. Bb5 Rb6 15. Qa4 Rfb8 16. Bxc6 Rxc6 17. Ne5 Rcb6 18. Nd3 Ne4 19. O-O Nd2 {0-1 (38) Vidit,S (2711)-Shimanov,A (2626) chess.com INT 2018}) 11... Ne4 12. O-O Nxg5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... h6 13. Be3 O-O 14. Qc2 Nf6 15. Qd2 Ne4 16. Qc2 f5 17. Rae1 Rac8 18. a3 Na5 {0-1 (34) Nadvesnik,M (1799)-Lendero,P (2007) Otocec 2006}) 13. Nxg5 {The position is equal.} h6 14. Nf3 O-O 15. Rfe1 Qc7 16. Rad1 Rfb8 17. Bb1 b5 {[#]} (17... g6 $11 {remains equal.}) 18. Qc2 $1 $16 g6 {[#]} 19. a3 ({White should play} 19. Rxe6 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} fxe6 20. Qxg6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kf8 21. Qxh6+ (21. Qxe6 Rd8 $14) 21... Qg7 22. Qxe6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 19... a5 (19... Ne7 $11) 20. h4 h5 {[#]} 21. Rxe6 $1 {[%mdl 576] Deflection} fxe6 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (21... Ne7 $16 22. Re3 Nf5) 22. Qxg6+ $18 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qg7 {And now ...Qxg6 would win.} 23. Qxe6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kh8 24. Qxd6 Ne7 25. Re1 Re8 26. Re5 Rad8 27. Rxh5+ {White mates.} Kg8 28. Qe6+ Kf8 29. Ne5 {Accuracy: White = 53%, Black = 28%.} 1-0

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kabanov, Nikolai"]
[Black "Yudin, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2403"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,99,39,35,74,86,91,62,112,112,126,119,100,89,147,128,128,114,228,137,137,114,91,75,167,158,209,157,203,215,172,193,220,180,206,206,202,196,152,90,82,9,105,0,23,23,390,399,870,847,1235,1171,29987,29971,5693,0,0,0,0,0,506,0,0,0,0,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. g4 h6 5. h3 e5 6. Nge2 {[%cal Bg1e2,Be2d4,Bd4b3][%mdl 32] LiveBook: 69 Games. B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems} g6 7. Be3 (7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Be3 c6 9. Qd2 Qe7 10. O-O h5 11. g5 Nh7 12. a4 {1-0 (48) Bosiocic,M (2624)-Bortnyk,O (2610) Riadh 2017}) 7... Bg7 8. Qd2 $146 {White is better.} ({Predecessor:} 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Ng3 Nb6 11. Qd3 c6 12. Rad1 {½-½ (24) Roos,A (2229)-Broekmeulen,J (2394) Maastricht 2015}) 8... exd4 9. Nxd4 Nc5 10. f3 h5 {[%cal Rh5g4]} 11. Qg2 c6 ({Black should try} 11... Nfd7) 12. O-O-O $1 $16 Qa5 13. Kb1 Nfd7 (13... Be6 $16) 14. Nb3 Qc7 15. gxh5 Rxh5 16. Qd2 Bf8 (16... a5 $16) 17. f4 $1 $18 Rh7 (17... Nxb3 $16 {was necessary.} 18. axb3 Rh7) 18. h4 Be7 19. Be2 Nxb3 20. axb3 ({Don't do} 20. cxb3 $6 Rxh4 21. Rxh4 Bxh4 $14) 20... Nf6 21. e5 dxe5 22. fxe5 Qxe5 23. Rhe1 {Hoping for Bg5.} Be6 24. Bc4 (24. Bg5 $142 Qc7 25. Qe3) 24... Rd8 $16 25. Bd4 ({Better is} 25. Bd3 $1 $16) 25... Qf5 (25... Qg3 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 26. Qe3 (26. Qh2 $1 $16) 26... Rxh4 27. Rf1 Ng4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (27... Qh3 $11 28. Qxh3 Bxh3 29. Bxf6 Rxd1+ 30. Nxd1 Bxf1 31. Bxh4 Bxc4 32. Bxe7 Kxe7 33. bxc4 Ke6) 28. Qe1 $18 Qh5 $2 (28... Ne3 29. Bxe3 Rxd1+ 30. Nxd1 Qe5 31. Bxe6 (31. Bxa7 Qxe1 32. Rxe1 Bxc4 $16) 31... fxe6) 29. Bxe6 fxe6 30. Qxe6 {Threatening mate with Qf7+.} Rd6 31. Qf7+ Kd8 32. Bf6 $2 ({White must play} 32. Bxa7 $18 Qe5 {[#]} 33. Ne4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxe4 34. Bb6+ Kd7 35. Rxd6+ (35. Rde1 Nh6 $11) 35... Kxd6 36. Rd1+ Qd5 37. Rxd5+ cxd5 38. Bc5+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Deflection, Decoy} Kxc5 39. Qxe7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kb5 40. Qxb7+ Kc5 41. Qe7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kb5 42. Qxh4) 32... Nxf6 $11 33. Rxd6+ Bxd6 34. Qxf6+ Kc7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (34... Be7 $11 {and Black is okay.} 35. Qf2 Rh1) 35. Qf7+ $2 (35. Rd1 $18 Qxd1+ {[%mdl 64] Remove Defender} 36. Nxd1) 35... Kb6 {The position is equal.} 36. Na4+ Ka6 37. Qe6 Rh1 38. Rxh1 Qxh1+ 39. Ka2 Qd5 40. Qxg6 Be5 41. c4 Qd6 42. Qf5 Qd4 43. Qf7 Bd6 44. Qe6 Bb4 45. Qe2 b5 46. cxb5+ cxb5 47. Qe6+ Qd6 48. Qc8+ Ka5 49. Nc3 Bxc3 50. Qxc3+ {Accuracy: White = 57%, Black = 23%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.03"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kokarev, Dmitry"]
[Black "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,76,94,69,99,90,96,86,97,80,110,75,82,63,81,67,85,81,95,66,76,64,138,130,143,122,139,119,148,106,95,100,96,83,97,91,89,81,103,100,100,103,128,144,143,142,135,130,134,0,128,122,174,0,127,0,133,0,125]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O d6 7. c4 g6 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. Nb3 O-O 10. Bf4 {B42: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 Bd3} Qe7 (10... Nc6 11. Be2 Ne8 12. Qd2 b6 13. Rfd1 Ra7 14. Be3 Qc7 15. Rac1 Qb8 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. f4 Ne7 18. b4 Rc7 19. Kh1 {½-½ (47) Gonzalez Vidal,Y (2546)-Kamsky,G (2717) Arlington 2014}) 11. Be2 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Rd8 12. Qd2 {White is better.} Nc6 13. Rfd1 {[%cal Rf4d6]} Ne8 {[#]} 14. Bg5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Be3 Rb8 15. Bb6 Nc7 16. Rac1 Bf8 17. Qf4 Rd7 {½-½ (42) Lutz,C (2555)-Cvitan,O (2550) Passau 1997}) 14... Bf6 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Qe3 Rb8 17. Rd2 b6 18. Rad1 Ne8 19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. Qxd4 Bb7 ({Black should try} 20... Bd7 $14) 21. Qxb6 $16 Bxe4 22. Qxa6 Ba8 23. Bf1 Rdc8 24. Nb5 {[%cal Rb5d6]} d5 25. cxd5 Bxd5 26. Nc3 Bc6 27. Qd3 Ng7 28. Be2 Nf5 29. Bf3 h5 30. h3 Kg7 31. Bxc6 Rxc6 32. Qe4 Qc5 33. Na4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} Qb5 34. Nc3 Qc5 35. Nd5 {[#] Hoping for Qe5+.} Rd8 (35... Rf8 $16 {keeps fighting.}) 36. Nc3 Rb8 $1 37. Na4 Qb5 {And now ...Rc4 would win.} 38. Nc3 Qc5 {Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 54%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.03"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Kryakvin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,59,13,18,20,11,-8,-22,-33,25,-12,0,-8,-2,-7,0,0,12,0,0,0,0,0,65,18,103,64,138,6,121,110,171,169,305,306,694,644,846,877,2070,2082,29989,29990]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qe2 O-O 9. O-O-O a6 10. Bb3 Qe8 {LiveBook: 86 Games} 11. Nxc6 {B89: Sicilian: Velimirovic Attack} (11. Kb1 b5 12. Nxc6 Qxc6 13. Bd4 b4 14. Nd5 exd5 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Bxd5 Qe8 17. Bxa8 Qe5 18. c4 bxc3 {1-0 (56) Rublevsky,S (2683)-Kryakvin,D (2583) Sochi 2017}) 11... Qxc6 12. Bg5 b5 13. f4 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Bxg5+ 15. Kb1 Qc5 16. dxe6 Bxe6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Qxe6+ Kh8 19. Rd5 Qxf2 20. Rxg5 Rae8 {0-1 (20) Ivanics,F (2150)-Sziraki,T (2309) Hungary 2007}) 13... Ra7 (13... b4 $15 14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Nd5) 14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Nd5 16. Ne4 $1 Bxg5+ 17. Nxg5 Qc5 18. Rhe1 Nf4 $1 {[%cal Rf4e2]} 19. Qe4 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Re4h7]} Ng6 20. h4 {Threatens to win with h5.} Qe7 (20... Rd7 $11) 21. Rd6 $40 {[%mdl 128] White is up to no good.} Bb7 (21... a5 $11 22. c3 a4) 22. Qe3 Bd5 ({Not} 22... Bxg2 $2 23. Nxe6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rc8 24. h5 $18) ({Better is} 22... Bc8 $14) 23. g3 (23. h5 $16 Nh4 24. Bxd5 exd5 25. Qd2) 23... h6 (23... Bxb3 $11 {remains equal.} 24. axb3 h6) 24. Bxd5 $16 {[%mdl 64] Pin} hxg5 (24... exd5 $16 {is a better defense.} 25. Nf3 Qc7) 25. h5 $18 exd5 (25... Nf4 $142 26. gxf4 gxf4 27. Qxf4 exd5) 26. hxg6 fxg6 $2 (26... Rc7 27. Qd3 (27. Rxa6 fxg6 28. Qd3 Rfc8 $16) 27... Rcc8) 27. Qd4 Qf7 {[#]} 28. e6 $1 {[%cal Re6f7]} Qe7 29. Qxd5 {Threatening mate with Rd7.} Re8 30. Rd7 {Accuracy: White = 34%, Black = 17%.} 1-0

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.03"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "168"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,168,24,32,0,14,-5,12,10,8,-6,14,14,17,9,23,8,50,40,34,41,52,22,43,35,30,39,28,35,37,31,40,32,38,0,44,46,65,30,29,0,0,0,24,19,25,22,61,51,69,65,71,54,46,38,69,69,68,59,42,71,187,189,238,149,141,137,132,96,108,102,111,101,112,59,116,91,90,87,118,108,162,79,87,81,184,192,188,178,193,197,164,150,154,0,181,0,128,86,91,91,92,82,86,96,108,41,323,28,28,0,0,-8,10,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,8]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. cxd5 {A06: Réti Opening:1 Nf3 d5} (6. Be2 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. bxc4 Nc6 9. d3 b6 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. Rb1 e6 12. Qc2 Qe7 13. Nd2 Rfd8 14. a3 Ne8 15. f4 Nd6 16. Nce4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 {0-1 (35) Kryvoruchko,Y (2710)-Anand,V (2803) Berlin 2015}) 6... Nxd5 7. Bxg7 Kxg7 {LiveBook: 12 Games} 8. Qc1 {White is slightly better.} Bg4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... f6 9. d4 Bf5 10. Nbd2 Nb6 11. Be2 a5 12. O-O c6 13. h3 Na6 {0-1 (46) Magerramov,E (2518)-Sokolov,I (2598) Sharjah 2014}) 9. Be2 Nc6 10. Qb2+ f6 11. O-O e5 12. d3 Qd6 13. Nbd2 Rad8 14. a3 Nb6 15. Ne4 Qe7 16. Rac1 Nb8 17. Nc5 c6 18. b4 Nd5 19. Rfd1 Bc8 20. Nd2 Rfe8 21. Nde4 Nc7 22. h3 Nd7 23. Bf3 Nb6 24. d4 f5 25. Nc3 e4 26. Be2 (26. d5 $5) 26... Ncd5 27. Nxd5 cxd5 (27... Nxd5 {keeps more tension.} 28. Bc4 Rf8 29. Rc2 b6 30. Na4 f4) 28. a4 {[%cal Ba3a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Rf8 29. Qd2 Qd6 30. a5 Nd7 31. b5 Nf6 32. Rc2 g5 33. Rdc1 f4 34. a6 bxa6 35. Nxa6 {Hoping for Rc6.} f3 36. Rc6 Qa3 (36... Qe7 $16) 37. gxf3 $18 Bxh3 38. Qb4 Qxb4 39. Nxb4 Rf7 40. Rc7 Rdd7 41. Rxd7 Rxd7 42. fxe4 Nxe4 43. Bf3 (43. f3 $16 Nd2 44. Kf2) 43... Nf6 ({Better is} 43... Rf7 $14 44. Bxe4 dxe4) 44. Nc6 Rb7 45. Rc5 Bf5 46. Bxd5 Nd7 (46... Nxd5 $16 47. Rxd5 Kg6) 47. Rc1 (47. Ne7 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.} Nxc5 48. Nxf5+ (48. Bxb7 Nxb7 49. Nxf5+ Kf6 $16) 48... Kg6 49. Bxb7 (49. dxc5 Rxb5 50. Be4 Rxc5 $11) 49... Nxb7 50. Ne7+ Kf7 51. Nc8) 47... Rxb5 $16 48. Ne7 Kf6 (48... Bg4 $16) 49. Nxf5 $18 ({Don't play} 49. Bc6 $6 Rb1 $14) 49... Rxd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 50. e4 Ra5 51. Rc7 Nf8 52. Rc6+ Kf7 53. Rc7+ Kf6 $1 54. Rc6+ (54. Ne3 $18) 54... Kf7 $16 55. d5 Ng6 56. Nd6+ Ke7 57. Nc4 Ra1+ 58. Kh2 Re1 59. e5 ({White should play} 59. Re6+ $16 Kd8 60. Ne3) 59... Nf4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (59... Re2 $14) 60. Rc7+ $2 (60. d6+ $18 Kd8 61. Ra6) 60... Kd8 $11 61. d6 Rc1 $1 {The position is equal.} 62. Rc6 Kd7 63. Rc7+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Kd8 $1 64. Rc6 h5 65. Na5 $132 {[%mdl 2048] White is not holding back} Rxc6 66. Nxc6+ {KN-KN} Kd7 67. Nxa7 Nd3 68. Kg3 Nxe5 69. f4 h4+ 70. Kh3 gxf4 {[#] ( -> ...f3)} 71. Kxh4 Kxd6 72. Kh3 Kc5 73. Kg2 Kd4 74. Nb5+ Ke3 75. Nc3 f3+ 76. Kg3 Kd2 77. Ne4+ Ke2 78. Nc3+ Kd2 79. Ne4+ Ke3 (79... Ke1 {is more complex.} 80. Kf4 f2 81. Nxf2 Nc4 82. Kf3 Kd2) 80. Nc3 Kd4 81. Nd1 Kd3 82. Nf2+ Ke2 83. Nh3 Ke3 84. Nf2 Nd3 {Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 47%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.03"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Black "Pridorozhni, Aleksei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,149,0,6,-23,-16,-15,22,15,30,0,19,0,12,7,6,5,10,0,70,70,83,66,89,87,130,103,119,110,143,181,179,187,187,170,237,177,210,192,186,0,214,197,244,236,234,130,190,132,254,202,175,30,17,27,22,18,94,34,82,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-45,161,161,200,200,200,200,200,200,200,5,8,8,190,190,190,190,190,190,190,145,430,145,145,12,430,430,757,682,682,191,191,0,658,497,5106,5073,29975,29976,29975,29976,29974,29963,29981,29982,29982,29983,29983,29982,29982,29983,29983,29983,29984,29984,29984,29985,29984,29984,29984,29985,29985,29985]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Be3 Na6 9. g4 Nd7 {E90: King's Indian: Classical: Early deviations and 6 h3} (9... Nc5 10. Nd2 c6 11. Be2 a4 12. h4 Qa5 13. f3 a3 14. Qc2 axb2 15. Qxb2 h5 16. g5 Nfd7 17. O-O f6 18. Kg2 Qd8 19. Nb3 fxg5 20. hxg5 {½-½ (67) Nepomniachtchi,I (2757)-Grischuk,A (2766) chess.com INT 2018}) 10. Nd2 Ndc5 11. a3 Bd7 {LiveBook: 4 Games. The position is equal.} 12. Qc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Rg1 Kh8 13. g5 f5 14. gxf6 Qxf6 15. Qe2 a4 16. Rg3 h6 17. O-O-O {½-½ (17) Nisipeanu,L (2659)-Nyzhnyk,I (2583) Konya 2011}) 12... c6 13. Be2 f5 14. gxf5 gxf5 15. Rg1 {And now Bh6 would win.} Kh8 16. O-O-O cxd5 17. Nxd5 {next Bg5 is good for White.} f4 18. Bxc5 $1 Nxc5 19. Nc3 Rc8 (19... Qh4 $11) 20. Bg4 $14 Ne6 21. Kb1 Nd4 22. Qd3 f3 23. Bxd7 Qxd7 24. Rg3 Qf7 25. Nb5 Nxb5 26. cxb5 Bh6 27. Nxf3 ({Don't do} 27. Rxf3 Qh5 $16) ({And not} 27. Qxd6 Bf4 $15) 27... Bf4 (27... Qe6 $142 28. Qd5 Qxd5 29. Rxd5 Rf6) 28. Rgg1 Rcd8 29. Nh4 Qf6 30. Nf3 $2 ({White should try} 30. Ng2 $18) 30... Bh6 $2 (30... Qf7 $1 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 31. Nh2 Qxf2 32. Ng4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qh4 33. Qc3 (33. Qd5 $18) 33... Rc8 (33... Bg5 $16) 34. Qxa5 (34. Qb3 $18) 34... Bf4 (34... Be3 $16 35. Qe1 Qxe1 36. Rgxe1 Bd4) 35. Rxd6 Qxh3 36. Rdd1 (36. Ka2 $1 $18) 36... Qb3 $1 $11 {( -> ...Rc2)} 37. Qb4 Qxb4 38. axb4 Rc7 (38... Rf7 $11 39. Rge1 Rg8) 39. Nf6 (39. Rgf1 $16) 39... Rg7 40. Nd7 ({White should play} 40. Nh5 $16 Rg6 41. Ka2 (41. Nxf4 Rxg1 42. Rxg1 Rxf4 $11)) 40... Rxg1 41. Rxg1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rf7 42. Nc5 h5 43. Rh1 Rh7 44. Ne6 h4 $2 (44... Kg8 $15 {keeps the upper hand.}) 45. Nf8 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf8h7]} Bg3 46. Nxh7 Kxh7 {KR-KB} 47. Kc2 {aiming for Kd2.} Kg6 48. Kd3 Kg5 49. Rc1 $2 (49. Ke2 $1 $18 {[%cal Re2f3] Hoping for Kf3.} Kf4 50. Rf1+ Kxe4 51. Rf7) 49... h3 $11 50. Ke2 {Kf3 is the strong threat.} Kg4 $2 (50... Kf4 $11) 51. Kf1 $1 $18 Bf4 52. Rc7 b6 53. Rc3 Bd2 54. Rb3 Bf4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (54... Be1 $16 55. Kg1 Kf4 56. Rxh3 Bxb4) 55. Rd3 $2 (55. Kf2 $18) 55... Bc1 $16 {[#]} 56. Kg1 (56. b3 $1 $16) 56... Bf4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (56... Bxb2 $11 57. Kh2 Kf4 58. Kxh3 Kxe4) 57. Kf2 $18 Bh2 (57... Bc1 $142 58. Rg3+ Kf4 59. Rxh3 Kxe4) 58. Rd6 Bg3+ 59. Kg1 $2 (59. Kf1) 59... Bf4 60. Kf2 $2 (60. Kh1 Be3 61. Re6) 60... Bg3+ {[#]} 61. Kf1 $1 Kf3 (61... h2 $142 62. Kg2 Bf2 63. Rg6+ Kh5) 62. Rxb6 Kxe4 63. Rh6 {White mates.} h2 64. Kg2 Bf4 65. b6 Bxh6 {KB-K3P} 66. b7 Bf4 67. b8=Q Ke3 68. Qb6+ Kd3 69. Qd6+ Ke3 70. Qc5+ Kd3 71. Qc3+ Ke4 72. b5 {[%cal Bb4b5,Bb5b6,Bb6b7][%mdl 32]} Kf5 73. b6 e4 74. b7 e3 75. Qd3+ {Accuracy: White = 48%, Black = 31%.} 1-0

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.03"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Yudin, Sergei"]
[Black "Shuvalova, Polina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,169,30,27,16,30,8,15,19,-21,-8,-16,-10,-12,-3,-10,-34,-28,-16,-28,-10,-12,-8,0,-7,-12,0,-23,-4,-5,13,-7,0,-6,16,-15,-6,-18,-6,-14,0,-8,-11,-35,-17,-29,-40,-20,39,41,103,-38,-42,-75,-80,-111,0,0,25,0,0,-111,-110,-224,252,250,379,372,354,314,307,315,306,283,294,284,239,0,359,345,358,362,490,482,485,463,447,467,461,438,469,402,558,460,558,437,460,460,415,304,304,304,304,304,287,249,304,203,203,203,206,206,413,304,580,580,572,439,423,406,406,394,394,304,379,304,292,203,304,304,304,304,376,206,1145,1183,1675,1693,1477,1351,935,909,1637,1630,6218,6189,6099,6039,5700,5081,1953,1710,29971,5788,5376,5385,29984,29985]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. h3 e5 7. dxe5 Nxe5 8. Qe2 {LiveBook: 26 Games. B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack} Ne4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Qe7 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Nexd7 11. Nd2 Nc5 12. Ngf3 Qxe2+ 13. Kxe2 Bd6 14. Nb3 O-O 15. Be3 Na4 16. Rab1 Rfe8 17. Rhd1 Bf4 {1-0 (47) Polgar,J (2680)-Karpov,A (2619) Moscow 2009}) 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Nf3 {The position is equal.} Ng6 11. O-O Bc5 12. Be3 O-O {aiming for ...Bxe3.} 13. Bxd7 Qxd7 14. Bxc5 Nxc5 15. Nd4 Rfe8 16. Qf3 Ne5 17. Qd1 Nc4 18. b3 Nd6 19. Na3 Rac8 20. Rc1 Nce4 21. Qd3 h6 22. Rfd1 Qc7 23. Nb1 Red8 24. Re1 a6 25. f3 Nc5 26. Qd2 Nb5 27. Kh1 Qd7 28. Re5 Re8 29. Rce1 {Threatening Nf5.} Rxe5 30. Rxe5 {Black must now prevent Nf5.} Nxd4 (30... Qd6 $11 31. Re3 Nxd4 32. cxd4 Ne6) 31. Qxd4 $14 Qb5 (31... Ne6 $14 32. Rxd5 Qc6) 32. c4 (32. Rxd5 $16 Qc6 33. c4) 32... dxc4 $15 33. Nc3 Qd7 34. Nd5 {Threatens to win with b4.} Kh8 (34... cxb3 $17 35. axb3 Kh8) 35. Re7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Qf5 {Hoping for ...Ne6.} 36. bxc4 Ne6 37. Qb2 {[#]} (37. Qg4 $11 Qxg4 38. hxg4) 37... b5 $1 $17 38. Ra7 (38. Rd7 $17 {was called for.} bxc4 39. Ne7) 38... Rxc4 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (38... bxc4 39. Qb7) (38... Rd8 $19 {and all is fine.} 39. Rxa6 bxc4) 39. Ne3 $18 Qf4 (39... Qd3 $142 40. Nxc4 bxc4) 40. Nxc4 bxc4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQN} 41. Ra8+ ({Weaker is} 41. Rxa6 Nd4 $18) 41... Kh7 42. Qc2+ ({Less strong is} 42. Rxa6 Nd4 $16) 42... f5 43. Rc8 ({Resist} 43. Rxa6 $6 Nd4 $16) 43... Nc7 44. Rf8 Kg6 45. Rc8 $2 (45. Rd8 $18) 45... h5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (45... Kh7 $1 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 46. Qc3 h4 47. a4 Qg3 48. Qxc4 Qe1+ 49. Kh2 Qg3+ 50. Kg1 Qe1+ 51. Qf1 Qe3+ 52. Kh1 Nd5 53. Rc1 Nf6 54. Re1 Qd2 55. Re6 a5 56. Qe1 Qa2 57. Re5 Qxa4 58. Qxa5 Qf4 59. Qc7 Qd4 {If only Black now had time for ...Nh5....} 60. Re1 Nh5 61. Kh2 Kh7 62. Qe5 Qd3 $2 (62... Qf4+ 63. Qxf4 Nxf4) 63. Re3 Qc2 $2 (63... Qb1 64. Re1 Qd3) 64. Rc3 Qb1 65. Rc7 Qd3 66. Rf7 Kg6 67. Qe6+ Nf6 68. Re7 {Qf7+ would kill now.} Kh6 69. Qe3+ Qxe3 70. Rxe3 {KR-KN} Kg5 (70... Nh5 {keeps fighting.} 71. Re6+ Kh7) 71. Kg1 Kf4 72. Kf2 g5 73. Ra3 (73. Rc3 $142) 73... g4 $2 (73... Nh5 74. Ra6 Ng7) 74. Ra4+ Kg5 75. f4+ Kg6 76. Ra6 Kf7 77. Ra5 Kg6 78. Ke3 gxh3 79. gxh3 Nh5 80. Ra6+ Kg7 81. Rb6 Kf7 82. Rh6 Nf6 {[#]} 83. Rxh4 (83. Rxf6+ $142 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxf6 84. Kd4 Ke6 85. Kc5 Ke7 86. Kd5 Kd7 87. Ke5 Ke7 88. Kxf5) 83... Kg7 84. Kd4 Nh7 85. Rxh7+ {Precision: White = 52%, Black = 36%.} 1-0

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.03"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Iljiushenok, Ilia"]
[Black "Maletina, Tatiana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2239"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,89,29,30,24,18,27,25,0,34,28,32,18,33,38,56,-114,21,17,18,30,93,69,82,81,113,111,115,121,116,115,125,125,129,133,141,127,221,217,302,231,491,275,523,192,403,372,454,456,458,450,443,443,436,422,391,82,472,454,2229,2068,6414,6358,29973,12849,29980,29981,29978,29978,29982,29983,29983,29982]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e5 Ne4 5. Ne2 Qb6 6. d4 {B11: Caro-Kann: Two Knights Variation} e6 7. Nfg1 f6 8. f3 Ng5 9. exf6 gxf6 10. f4 Ne4 {LiveBook: 27 Games} 11. Ng3 Bd7 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Nh3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. c3) 13... Na6 14. Qh5+ Kd8 15. c3 c5 16. d5 Kc7 17. Bc4 $2 {[#]} (17. dxe6 $14 {keeps the upper hand.} Qxe6 18. f5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxf5 19. Bf4+ Bd6 20. Bxd6+ Kxd6 21. Qh6) 17... Be8 ({Black should play} 17... Nb4 $1 $17 {[%cal Rb4c2][%mdl 512] Threatens to win with ...Nc2+.} 18. O-O (18. cxb4 Qxb4+) 18... exd5 19. Bxd5 Nxd5 20. Qxd5 Qc6 21. Qxc6+ Kxc6) 18. Qe2 $11 exd5 19. Bxd5 Bc6 (19... Rd8 $1 $11 20. Bxe4 c4) 20. Bxc6 ({Not} 20. Bxe4 $2 Re8 $19) (20. Bc4 {with more complications.} Rd8 21. f5 Kc8 22. O-O Bd6 23. a4) 20... Qxc6 21. f5 Bd6 22. Bf4 Rae8 23. O-O-O Bxf4+ 24. Nxf4 Kb8 25. Qe3 Nc7 26. g4 Re5 27. Rd2 Rhe8 (27... Nd5 $16 {was necessary.} 28. Nxd5 Rxd5) 28. Rhd1 $18 {White wants to mate with Rd8+.} a6 29. a3 Qa4 $2 (29... Nb5 30. Kb1 Rc8) 30. Rd7 (30. Nh5 $142) 30... Qb3 $2 (30... Nb5 {is a better defense.} 31. Rxh7 Qc4) 31. R1d6 $2 (31. Nh5) 31... Rg8 $2 (31... Rf8 32. Rxh7 Nd5 33. Rxd5 Rxd5 34. Nxd5 Qxd5) 32. h3 Rge8 33. Rxf6 Nd5 34. Nxd5 Rxd5 35. Rxd5 Qxd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 36. Qd2 Qc4 {intending ...e3.} 37. Qd6+ $2 (37. Qd7 $18 {has better winning chances.} Rc8 38. Re6) 37... Ka8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (37... Ka7 $16 38. Qb6+ Kb8) 38. Re6 Rxe6 (38... Rc8 $142 39. Qd1 Rb8) 39. fxe6 {KQ-KQ} ({Weaker is} 39. Qxe6 Qe2 $16) 39... Qf1+ 40. Kc2 e3 41. e7 Qe2+ 42. Kc1 {White mates.} Qf1+ 43. Qd1 e2 44. e8=Q+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Ka7 45. Qexe2 {Accuracy: White = 55%, Black = 20%.} 1-0

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.03"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Demidov, Mikhail"]
[Black "Kabanov, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2403"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,139,30,31,3,28,22,22,4,18,18,20,12,24,19,26,33,31,20,41,45,73,87,115,69,97,64,50,38,110,98,98,112,206,216,151,110,101,79,64,29,30,34,36,27,38,35,45,38,60,30,27,24,18,21,62,49,71,77,83,89,133,10,31,23,25,28,483,379,1014,847,827,814,1331,596,578,547,5618,5293,1416,1055,6033,5637,29981,29982,29980,29980,6291,18,19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,146,132,196,197,373,295,281,360,371,239,237,218,548,226,226,213,266,266,251,251,393,179,464,297,585,481,1094,377,377,381,359,350,29982,29983]} 1. d4 d6 2. Nc3 Nd7 (2... Nf6 3. e4 c6 4. f4 Qa5 5. e5 Ne4 6. Qf3 d5 7. Bd3 f5 8. exf6 exf6 9. Bd2 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 Bd6 11. Re1+ Kd8 12. Nge2 Qc7 13. g3 Nd7 14. f5 Nb6 {1-0 (66) Vallejo Pons,F (2666)-Bezold,M (2547) Munich 2016}) 3. g3 e5 4. Bg2 g6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 4... c6 5. a4 Ngf6 6. e4 Be7 7. Nf3 a5 8. O-O O-O 9. b3 Re8 10. Bb2 Qb6 11. h3 exd4 12. Qxd4 Qxd4 13. Nxd4 Nc5 14. Rfe1 Bd8 15. Rad1 Bc7 16. f4 Bd7 {1-0 (72) Rotstein,J (2332)-Willems,M (2060) Bad Homburg 2011}) 5. dxe5 dxe5 6. e4 {A41: 1 d4 d6: Tartakower System and Modern Defence} Bg7 7. b3 Ngf6 8. Ba3 {The position is equal.} Bf8 9. Bb2 Bc5 10. Nge2 h5 {[%cal Bh7h5,Bh5h4][%mdl 32]} 11. h3 c6 12. Qd2 Qe7 13. f4 h4 14. O-O-O Ba3 15. Bxa3 Qxa3+ 16. Kb1 Qe7 17. f5 hxg3 18. Nxg3 Nh5 (18... Nc5 $14) 19. Nxh5 $16 gxh5 20. Bf1 Nf6 (20... a6 $16) 21. Qe3 $18 Bd7 22. Rg1 b6 23. Na4 {[%cal Bc3a4,Ba4b2,Bb2c4][%mdl 32]} Kd8 24. Nb2 Kc7 25. Nc4 Rhg8 26. Bd3 Rae8 27. Kb2 Bc8 28. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Ba6 29. a5 Bxc4 $1 30. Bxc4 Rxg1 31. Rxg1 Rg8 32. Ra1 {And now axb6+ would win.} Kb7 33. Ba6+ Kc7 34. Be2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping Black busy.} Rb8 35. Rg1 (35. axb6+ $16 axb6 36. Ra7+ Rb7 37. Ra8) 35... Qb4 36. Rg7 Rf8 37. Bc4 Qxa5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (37... Qe7 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 38. Qg5 Nd7 $2 (38... Qc3+ 39. Kxc3 Nxe4+ 40. Kb2 Nxg5) 39. Bxf7 Qb4 40. Be6 Rd8 {[#]} 41. Qxh5 (41. Qxd8+ $142 $3 {[%mdl 512]} Kxd8 42. Rxd7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Ke8 43. f6) 41... Qd4+ 42. Kb1 Qxe4 43. Qh7 {[%cal Rg7d7]} Qd4 44. f6 e4 45. Bxd7 {Threatening mate with Bg4+.} Rxd7 46. Rxd7+ Qxd7 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} 47. f7 e3 48. Qh5 $2 (48. Qg7 $18 e2 49. Qe5+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Qd6 50. Qxd6+ Kxd6 51. f8=Q+ Ke6 52. Qf2) 48... Qe7 $11 49. Kb2 e2 {[#]} 50. Qxe2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxe2 51. f8=Q {KQ-KQ} Qe5+ 52. Kb1 Qe1+ 53. Ka2 Qa5+ (53... Qc3 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 54. Qa3 $16 {Strongly threatening Qxa5.} Qc3 (54... Qd2 $16) 55. Qxa7+ $18 Kc8 $2 {[#]} (55... Kd6 {is a better defense.}) 56. Qa6+ $1 Kc7 {[#]} 57. Qd3 $1 {[%cal Rd3c3]} Qa5+ 58. Kb1 Qe1+ 59. Kb2 b5 $2 (59... Qh4 60. Qe3 Kb7) 60. Qc3 (60. Qd4 $142 Qe8 61. h4) 60... Qh4 61. Qg7+ Kd6 62. Qg4 Qf6+ 63. Ka2 Qc3 (63... c5 $142 64. h4 Qf2) 64. Qf4+ (64. Qg6+ $142 Ke7 65. h4) 64... Kc5 $2 (64... Ke7) 65. Qf5+ Kb4 $2 (65... Kb6 {was necessary.} 66. h4 c5) 66. Qd3 Qf6 (66... Qe5 $142 67. h4 Qe8 68. Qd4+ Ka5) 67. Qe4+ $2 (67. Qe3 Qf7 68. h4) 67... Kc3 68. h4 Kd2 69. Qg2+ Kc1 $2 (69... Kd1 $18 70. h5 Qh4) 70. Qg5+ {Accuracy: White = 52%, Black = 32%.} 1-0

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.03"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Maltsevskaya, Aleksandra"]
[Black "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2247"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,134,53,34,33,31,18,36,0,0,4,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,-9,-27,-20,-24,-22,-33,-29,-27,-29,-33,-28,-28,-28,-33,-19,-24,-22,-89,-24,-108,-108,-112,-116,-99,-46,-45,-55,-58,0,-39,-31,-32,-19,-40,-42,-38,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-22,0,-5,0,0,0,-7,0,0,260,257,323,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,24,0,91,83,83,85,110,40,39,39,40,38,89,0,0,0,95,0,97,91,86,-29960,-29962,-29961,-29964,-29963,-29963,-29967,-29968,-29972,-6150,-1535,0,-29972,-29974,-29967,-5365,-6544,-1428]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d6 6. b3 e5 7. dxe5 {A49: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6 3 g3: Anti-King's Indian systems} Nfd7 8. Bg5 Qe8 9. Nc3 dxe5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 10. Qd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Nd5 Na6 11. Ne7+ Kh8 12. Nxc8 Rxc8 13. e4 Nac5 14. Nd2 Ne6 {0-1 (55) Matlakov,M (2694)-Onischuk,V (2601) Doha 2016}) 10... Na6 11. Rad1 Ndc5 12. Qe3 f6 13. Bh6 Bxh6 14. Qxh6 c6 15. Nd2 Qe7 16. Nde4 Bf5 17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18. e4 Bg4 19. Rd2 Rad8 20. h3 Rxd2 21. Qxd2 Rd8 22. Qe3 Bc8 23. Rd1 {Hoping for Rxd8+.} b6 24. Qe1 Ne6 (24... a5 {is interesting.} 25. h4 Kf7 26. Kh2 Be6 27. f3 Rd7) 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. Qd1 (26. Nd1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 26... Qe7 (26... Qd4 $17 27. Qe1 Qb4) 27. Qc1 (27. h4 $11) 27... Nd4 $1 $17 {White must now prevent ...Qb4.} 28. Kh2 Qc5 29. Qd2 b5 (29... Kg7 $17) 30. Qe3 $1 $15 Qb6 31. Qd3 Qc5 32. Qe3 $1 Qd6 33. Qd3 Kf7 34. Ne2 Ke7 35. c3 Nxe2 (35... Ne6 $5 {[%cal Rd6d3]} 36. Nc1 Qxd3 37. Nxd3 Kd6 $15) 36. Qxe2 Qc5 37. Qd2 Be6 38. h4 a5 39. Kg1 h5 40. Kh2 b4 41. cxb4 axb4 42. Bf1 Bf7 43. Kg1 Be6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (43... Qd4 $11 {and Black is okay.} 44. Qh6 Qa1) 44. Qh6 $18 Bf7 45. Qd2 $2 (45. Qh7 $18 Ke8 46. Qh8+ Ke7 47. Qg7) 45... Qc3 46. Qe2 Be6 47. Qa6 Bd7 48. Qa7 Qc2 49. Bh3 f5 (49... Qd1+ $1 $11 {remains equal.} 50. Bf1 Qd4) 50. exf5 $16 gxf5 51. Qe3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under strong pressure.} Qd1+ 52. Kh2 (52. Bf1 $1 $16) 52... Qd4 $14 53. Qg5+ Kd6 54. Kg1 Qd1+ {[#]} (54... c5 $1 $14) 55. Kg2 ({Better is} 55. Bf1 $1 $16) 55... Qd5+ $11 56. Kg1 (56. f3 $11) 56... Qd1+ $16 {[#]} 57. Kg2 ({White should try} 57. Bf1 $1 $16) 57... e4 (57... Qd5+ $11 58. Kg1 Qd1+) 58. Qf4+ Kd5 59. Bxf5 $4 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (59. Kh2 $16) 59... Qf3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 60. Qxf3 exf3+ 61. Kxf3 Bxf5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KP} 62. Ke3 Bb1 63. Kd2 Be4 (63... Ke4 $142 64. Kc1 Kf3 65. Kxb1 Kxf2 66. Kc2 Kxg3 67. Kd3 Kxh4 68. Kc4 Kg3 69. Kxb4 h4 70. Kc5 h3 71. Kxc6 h2 72. Kb6 h1=Q 73. b4 Qa8 74. a3 Qxa3 75. b5 Qb4 76. Kc6 Kf3 77. b6 Ke4 78. b7 Ke5 79. b8=R Qxb8 80. Kc5 Qb3 81. Kc6 Qd5+ 82. Kc7 Qb5 83. Kd8 Kd6 84. Kc8 Qb1 85. Kd8 Qb8#) 64. Ke3 $19 Bb1 (64... c5 $19 65. g4 hxg4) 65. Kd2 Ke4 66. Kc1 Bd3 (66... Kf3 $142 67. Kxb1 Kxf2 68. Kc2 Kxg3 69. Kd2 Kxh4 70. Kd3 Kg3 71. Kd4 h4 72. Kc5 h3 73. Kxc6 h2 74. Kb5 h1=Q 75. Kc5 Qb7 76. Kc4 Qb6 77. Kd5 Kf4 78. Kc4 Ke4 79. a3 bxa3 80. b4 a2 81. Kb3 a1=Q 82. b5 Qe3+ 83. Kc4 Qad4#) 67. Kb2 Ke5 {Accuracy: White = 53%, Black = 41%.} (67... Kf3 $142 68. Kc1 Kxf2) 0-1

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.03"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Black "Maltsevskaya, Aleksandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2247"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,69,26,20,41,1,85,62,175,173,170,189,168,168,188,191,316,320,303,308,311,326,320,312,314,299,354,340,309,166,160,139,233,216,209,217,216,208,200,212,198,194,374,376,456,400,436,456,449,439,495,471,510,443,633,599,762,759]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. c3 Bg6 8. a3 {LiveBook: 18 Games. B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} c4 (8... cxd4 9. cxd4 Nge7 10. b4 Nc8 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nbd2 Nb6 14. Rc1 O-O 15. Qb3 a5 16. bxa5 Nc4 17. Nxc4 dxc4 18. Qxc4 Rxa5 19. a4 {½-½ (19) Dominguez Perez,L (2739)-Mamedyarov,S (2768) Doha 2016}) 9. Nbd2 $146 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2c4,Bc4d6][%mdl 32]} ({Predecessor:} 9. Be3 Nh6 10. Bxh6 gxh6 11. Ne1 Qb6 12. Ra2 Be7 13. Nd2 O-O-O 14. f4 f6 15. exf6 Bxf6 {1-0 (33) Liu,Q (2483)-Paragua,M (2521) Ho Chi Minh City 2012}) 9... Qb6 (9... Be7 $11) 10. Nh4 {White is better.} Nge7 {[#]} (10... Na5 $14) 11. Bxc4 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} dxc4 12. Nxc4 Qc7 {[#]} 13. Nd6+ $1 Kd7 14. c4 Nxd4 (14... Nf5 {was necessary.}) 15. Be3 {[%cal Bc1e3,Be3d4,Bd4g7][%mdl 32]} ({Weaker is} 15. Qxd4 Nc6 $16) 15... Nec6 16. Bxd4 Bxd6 17. exd6 Qxd6 18. Bxg7 Rhg8 19. Qf3 Ke8 20. Rad1 Qc5 21. Nxg6 (21. Qc3 $142) 21... Rxg7 22. Nf4 {aiming for Nh5.} Qf5 (22... Qxc4 $16 {keeps fighting.} 23. h4 Rd8) 23. Nh5 Rg6 24. Qxf5 exf5 25. Rfe1+ Kf8 26. Nf4 Rh6 27. Rd7 Na5 $2 (27... b6 28. Red1 Ne5) 28. Ree7 Re8 29. Rxf7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg8 {[%cal Re8e1]} 30. g3 {White is clearly winning.} Nxc4 31. Rxb7 Ne5 32. Rg7+ Kh8 33. Kg2 Ng4 (33... a6 $142 34. Rgc7 Ra8) 34. h3 Nf6 35. Rxa7 {Accuracy: White = 78%, Black = 19%.} 1-0

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.03"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Black "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,31,22,35,13,14,1,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,20,9,0,10,8,6,20,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 {[%cal Bg1f3,Bf3d2,Bd2c4][%mdl 32]} d6 3. Nc3 a6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 e5 (5... Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 g6 8. Bg2 Bg7 9. O-O Nf6 10. d3 O-O 11. Bg5 Rc8 12. Qd2 Qa5 13. Nd1 Qxd2 14. Bxd2 {½-½ (59) Artemiev,V (2706)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2759) Sochi 2018}) 6. d3 {B50: Sicilian: 2...d6, Miscellaneous} g6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 7. Nd2 Bg7 {The position is equal.} 8. a4 Rb8 9. Nc4 b5 10. axb5 axb5 11. Ne3 Nge7 12. h4 h5 $146 13. O-O O-O 14. Ncd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Ne7 16. Ne3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.03"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Pridorozhni, Aleksei"]
[Black "Iljiushenok, Ilia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C31"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,69,8,29,20,14,24,25,71,77,54,6,16,5,14,7,10,14,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 c6 4. Nc3 exf4 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. Bc4 {C31: Falkbeer Counter Gambit: 3 exd5 c6 and 3...e4 sidelines.} Ne7 (6... Nf6 7. Qe2+ Kf8 8. O-O Bg4 9. d4 Nbd7 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qf2 Qc7 13. Ng5 h6 {1-0 (33) Zvjaginsev,V (2629)-Balashov,Y (2434) Tula 2018}) 7. O-O O-O 8. d4 {LiveBook: 13 Games} b5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... cxd5 9. Nxd5 Ng6 10. Ne5 Bxe5 11. dxe5 Be6 12. Bxf4 Nc6 13. Bb3 Nxf4 14. Rxf4 Nxe5 {½-½ (14) Asis Gargatagli,H (2406)-Alonso Garcia,R (2393) Montcada 2010}) 9. Bb3 b4 10. Ne4 {And now dxc6 would win.} Nxd5 11. Nxd6 Qxd6 12. Ne5 Nd7 {The position is equal.} 13. Bxf4 Nxf4 14. Rxf4 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Qxe5 16. Qd4 Qxd4+ 17. Rxd4 c5 18. Rc4 Be6 19. Rxc5 Rfc8 20. Rxc8+ Rxc8 21. Rd1 Bxb3 22. axb3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} Kf8 23. Rd2 Ke7 24. Kf2 Ke6 25. Ke3 a5 26. Re2 Rc5 27. Kd4+ Kd6 28. c4 bxc3 29. bxc3 Rd5+ 30. Kc4 Rc5+ 31. Kd3 Rd5+ 32. Kc2 Rf5 33. h3 h5 34. Kd3 Rd5+ 35. Ke4 {Accuracy: White = 84%, Black = 83%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.03"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,76,0,7,-10,-17,-65,-49,-76,-16,-20,-37,-40,0,0,0,0,0,-23,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,-14,-6,-8,-10,-20,-3,-23,-13,-105,-114,-251,-256,-253,-248,-247,-246,-710,-696,-707,-683,-29974,-29972]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Bd3 O-O 7. h3 e6 8. Nf3 exd5 9. cxd5 b5 10. Nxb5 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Re8 {[%cal Bf8e8,Be8e4,Be4b4][%mdl 32]} 12. O-O Rxe4 13. Bg5 {A70: Modern Benoni: 6 e4 g6 7 Nf3} f6 {[#] LiveBook: 4 Games} 14. Nc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Be3 Qb6 15. Nc3 Re8 16. Qd2 Nd7 17. Rae1 Ba6 18. Na4 Qb7 19. Bf4 Bxf1 20. Rxf1 Ne5 {0-1 (41) Labeckas,K (2611)-Mihajlovic,V (2357) playchess.com INT 2007}) 14... Rb4 15. Bh4 {The position is equal.} Nd7 16. Re1 Ne5 ({Better is} 16... Rxb2 $17 {Threatening ...Rab8.} 17. Rb1 Rxb1 18. Qxb1 Qf8) 17. Nxe5 $11 dxe5 18. d6 Rd4 (18... Kh8 $5 {[%cal Rb4h4]} 19. Ne4 Bf5 $15) 19. Qf3 Rb8 20. Rxe5 $1 Bb7 $1 {[%cal Rb7f3]} ({Reject} 20... Rxd6 $6 21. Rae1 $16) 21. Qg3 Rxh4 22. Re7 Rd4 $1 {[%cal Rd4d6]} 23. d7 $1 {Black must now prevent Qxb8!} Qxe7 24. Qxb8+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Kf7 25. Qxb7 {Hoping for Nd5.} Qxd7 26. Qa6 f5 27. Re1 Bf6 28. Qa5 c4 29. Qc5 Kg7 30. a4 a6 31. Kf1 h5 32. Ne2 {[#]} (32. Re2 $11) 32... Rd1 $1 $17 33. Qb4 (33. f3 $17 {was worth a try.}) 33... Qd3 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black is out for blood.} 34. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 35. Qe1 Qxa4 36. Nf4 $2 (36. Qc1) 36... c3 {[%mdl 64] aiming for ...Qc4+. Discovered Attack} 37. Ne6+ Kf7 38. b4 Qxb4 {Accuracy: White = 32%, Black = 71%.} 0-1

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.03"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kryakvin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,116,15,5,18,18,17,14,75,72,80,78,115,100,106,121,128,122,124,85,134,83,54,49,45,0,0,0,0,0,0,-74,-73,-89,-77,-132,-123,-122,-134,-125,-125,-118,-123,-128,-113,-120,-127,-122,-133,-121,-121,-132,-110,-152,-151,-155,-156,-159,-133,-134,-135,-139,-100,-98,-106,-125,-45,-111,-39,-33,-36,-125,-126,-150,-145,-325,-324,-325,-319,-375,-366,-457,-454,-395,-371,-343,-311,-429,-414,-883,-858,-1160,-1080,-913,-609,-6020,-5087,-5003,-4952,-3310,-2727,-2576,-1803]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 exd5 4. cxd5 d6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 g6 7. Nf3 {[%cal Bg1f3,Bf3d2,Bd2c4][%mdl 32] A43: Schmid Benoni} Bg7 8. Nd2 (8. g3 Nh6 9. Nd2 f5 10. Nc4 Nf7 11. a5 Nd7 12. Bg2 O-O 13. O-O Rb8 {0-1 (37) Kopylov,M (2424)-Rapport,R (2686) Germany 2017}) 8... Nd7 9. e4 {LiveBook: 19 Games. The position is equal.} Nh6 10. Nc4 Nb6 $1 11. Ne3 f5 $146 (11... O-O $11) ({Predecessor:} 11... Qe7 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O Rb8 14. Re1 Nd7 {1-0 (75) Krizsany,L (2430)-Szalanczy,E (2415) Balatonbereny 1996}) 12. a5 $16 Nd7 13. exf5 O-O 14. fxg6 $1 hxg6 15. Be2 Ne5 16. O-O $1 Nf5 17. Nxf5 gxf5 18. f4 (18. Ra3 $142) 18... Ng4 19. Bxg4 fxg4 20. Be3 Bf5 21. Qd2 b5 22. axb6 Qxb6 23. Rf2 (23. Nd1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 23... Rfe8 $17 24. Re1 Rab8 25. Rfe2 {[#]} (25. Nd1 $142) 25... Qxb2 $1 {[%mdl 576] Remove Defender} 26. Qxb2 Rxb2 27. Rxb2 Bxc3 28. Rbe2 Bxe1 29. Rxe1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} a5 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 32]} 30. Kf2 a4 31. Re2 Rb8 32. Ra2 Rb4 33. Bd2 Rc4 34. Ra3 Kf7 35. h3 gxh3 36. gxh3 Rd4 37. Be3 Rb4 38. h4 Be4 39. h5 Bxd5 40. Rd3 Ke6 (40... Rb2+ $17 41. Kg3 Rb3 42. Rxd5 Ke6) 41. Bd2 {[#]} ({White should try} 41. f5+ $1 $15 Ke5 42. h6) 41... Rb7 ({Better is} 41... Be4 $1 $17 {[%cal Re4d3]} 42. Bxb4 Bxd3) 42. f5+ $1 $15 Ke5 {And now ...Ke4 would win.} 43. Ke3 (43. h6 $15) 43... Re7 $17 {Hoping for ...Bc4.} 44. Bc3+ Kxf5+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 45. Kf2 $2 (45. Kd2 $17 Bc4 46. Rxd6) 45... Rf7 $19 46. Ke1 Ke4 47. Rh3 Be6 48. Rh4+ Kd3 49. Ba1 Ra7 50. h6 {Threatens to win with h7.} Bg8 51. Rh5 Kc4 52. Kd2 (52. Rh4+ $142 Kb5 53. Rh5) 52... d5 {Black is clearly winning.} 53. Bg7 a3 54. Rh1 a2 55. Kc2 Rb7 {( -> ...d4)} 56. Ra1 Bh7+ 57. Kd2 Kb3 58. Rc1 d4 {Accuracy: White = 47%, Black = 73%.} 0-1

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.03"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Shuvalova, Polina"]
[Black "Demidov, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,109,46,52,49,55,43,43,46,58,40,44,46,50,42,49,38,44,41,45,37,42,47,45,33,49,29,82,0,5,-18,-10,-19,-18,-35,-45,-39,-53,-54,0,-22,-22,-20,-8,-12,-21,-95,-95,-97,-44,-107,-87,-95,-89,-89,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,-8,-29,-31,-34,-34,-37,-20,-15,-16,-14,-14,-28,-31,-142,-142,-142,-116,-108,-102,-252,-255,-387,-387,-397,-384,-481,-397,-411,-392,-408,-352,-397,-385,-518]} 1. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Nb6 5. a4 a5 6. exd6 exd6 {B04: Alekhine's Defence: 4 Nf3} 7. Bd3 Be7 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 8. O-O O-O {White is slightly better.} 9. h3 Na6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... N8d7 10. Nc3 Nf6 11. Ne2 Re8 {½-½ (11) Talla,V (2430)-Konopka,M (2424) Zdar nad Sazavou 2007}) 10. c3 c6 11. Nbd2 Nc7 12. Re1 Re8 13. Ne4 Nbd5 14. Qc2 h6 15. Bd2 Bf8 16. Ng3 Rxe1+ 17. Rxe1 Be6 18. Nh2 b5 19. Be4 Qd7 (19... Rb8 $11) 20. f4 (20. axb5 $16 cxb5 21. f4) 20... Nf6 $11 21. f5 Bd5 22. Bxd5 Ncxd5 23. Ng4 Re8 24. Ra1 Nxg4 25. hxg4 Qd8 ({Black should play} 25... b4 $15) 26. g5 hxg5 27. axb5 cxb5 28. Qd3 b4 29. Qf3 (29. Qa6 $11) 29... bxc3 $17 30. bxc3 {[#]} Nf4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 31. Ne4 (31. Qb7 $15) (31. Bxf4 gxf4) 31... d5 {[#]} 32. Nxg5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qxg5 33. Qxf4 {[#]} Qh5 (33... Qd8 $1 $17) 34. Qf3 $132 {[%mdl 2048] White is not keeping still} ({Not} 34. Rxa5 $2 Qd1+ 35. Kh2 Qh5+ 36. Kg1 Qd1+ 37. Kh2 Re4 $19) 34... Qxf3 35. gxf3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Ra8 $1 36. Ra4 Bd6 37. Kf2 Kf8 38. Ke2 Ke7 39. Bg5+ Kd7 40. Kd3 Kc6 41. c4 dxc4+ 42. Kxc4 Bb4 43. d5+ Kd7 44. Be3 Rc8+ 45. Kd4 {[#]} ({White must play} 45. Kd3 $1 $15) 45... Bc5+ $1 $17 46. Kd3 Bxe3 47. Kxe3 {KR-KR} Rc5 48. Ke4 (48. f6 $17 {keeps fighting.} g5 49. Re4) 48... Kd6 $19 49. f6 (49. Kf4 $142) 49... g6 50. Kf4 Rxd5 51. Kg4 Ke6 52. Rf4 {Black is winning.} Rf5 {( -> ...Rxf4+)} 53. Rc4 {intending Rc6+.} Kxf6 54. Rc6+ Ke5 55. Ra6 {Accuracy: White = 30%, Black = 77%.} 0-1

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.03"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kabanov, Nikolai"]
[Black "Kokarev, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2403"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,110,13,23,-18,-10,-33,49,29,31,31,47,22,18,36,72,72,80,78,77,64,73,22,20,19,34,19,14,18,0,11,34,21,25,1,19,24,28,12,28,16,16,26,24,23,37,27,26,28,31,36,28,20,17,14,25,27,27,26,32,23,19,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-269,-269,-269,-269,-269,-269,-302,-234,-257,-239,-396,-394,-372,-390,-383,-341,-390,-347,-293,-288]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nc6 {LiveBook: 295 Games} 10. Nxc6 {B52: Sicilian: Moscow Variation with 3...Bd7} (10. Nde2 Qe6 11. Nd5 Qxe4 12. Nc7+ Kd7 13. Nxa8 Qxc4 14. Nc3 Rxa8 15. Bg5 Rc8 16. Rc1 Qg4 17. Qd2 Qd4 18. Qe2 Qg4 19. Qb5 Qb4 20. Qd3 Qd4 21. Qe2 Qg4 22. Qd2 Qd4 {½-½ (22) Rublevsky,S (2698)-Rodshtein,M (2654) Sochi 2015}) 10... Qxc6 11. Bg5 e6 $146 (11... Qxc4 $15 12. Bxf6 Bxf6) ({Predecessor:} 11... h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Rc1 Bg7 14. Qe2 Rc8 15. Nd5 e6 16. Nf4 O-O 17. Rfd1 Qb6 {0-1 (59) Lysenko,V (1958)-Saunina,L (2214) Ekaterinburg 2018}) 12. Qd4 {White is slightly better.} Nh5 13. Qd3 O-O 14. Rfd1 Rfc8 15. b3 h6 16. Be3 Nf6 17. Rac1 Rd8 18. Bd4 a6 19. Qf3 ({White should play} 19. f3 $16) 19... Ne8 $11 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. a4 Qb6 22. Ne2 Rac8 23. Qc3+ Kg8 24. a5 Qc6 25. Qe3 Kg7 26. b4 Nf6 27. f3 {[%cal Bf2f3,Bf3f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32]} Qc7 28. Kh1 Qe7 29. Nf4 Nd7 30. Nd3 Qf6 31. f4 e5 32. Rf1 Qe7 33. f5 g5 34. Rc2 Nf6 35. Rfc1 Qd7 36. h3 Qc6 37. Nf2 Rc7 38. Qe2 Rdc8 39. c5 dxc5 40. Rxc5 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Qd6 {[%cal Rc7c5]} 41. Nd3 Nd7 42. Rxc7 Rxc7 43. Rxc7 Qxc7 44. Qb2 Qc4 45. Nc5 Qd4 46. Qc2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (46. Qxd4 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} exd4 47. Nd3 (47. Nxd7 $2 d3 $19)) 46... Nxc5 $19 47. bxc5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} Qa1+ 48. Kh2 Qxa5 49. Qc4 Qd8 50. Qb3 Qd7 51. Qb6 $2 (51. h4) 51... Qc6 52. Qb4 {[#]} a5 $1 {[%mdl 576] Deflection} 53. Qxa5 {intending Qb4.} Qxe4 54. Qc7 Qxf5 55. Qxb7 Qf4+ {Accuracy: White = 41%, Black = 64%.} 0-1

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.03"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Maletina, Tatiana"]
[Black "Yudin, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2239"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,132,3,5,18,11,44,48,51,19,50,6,14,0,2,0,0,0,26,4,23,-10,-12,-17,0,-5,0,-38,-11,-50,-64,-45,-11,-15,-4,-73,-75,-138,-127,-110,0,-117,-75,-129,-97,-88,-71,-160,-143,-239,-208,-218,-155,-289,-47,-50,-52,-82,-11,-11,-11,-18,0,-9,-6,-13,6,-24,-21,-21,0,-49,-47,-117,-117,-112,-114,-228,-231,-231,-216,-293,-292,-364,-339,-339,-339,-518,-477,-553,-487,-569,-537,-537,-531,-666,-670,-900,-748,-647,-660,-861,-753,-979,-946,-1353,-1181,-1277,-1118,-3317,-1510,-29982,-29982,-29984,-29985,-29991,-29992]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Nf6 6. Bg5 b5 {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3} 7. Qc2 Bb7 8. Nbd2 (8. g3 Nbd7 9. Bg2 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. O-O Rc8 12. Qb3 a6 13. a4 b4 14. Nbd2 {1-0 (32) Lalith,B (2587)-Zhigalko,S (2671) Doha 2016}) 8... Nbd7 9. a4 a6 10. e3 {LiveBook: 23 Games} Bb4 11. Be2 c5 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Bxb5+ {½-½ (38) Collas,S (2315)-Flear,G (2490) Saint Affrique 2009}) 13... c4 14. Ne4 O-O 15. Nc3 Qb6 16. Nd2 Be7 17. Bf3 Bxf3 18. Nxf3 b4 19. Ne4 Rac8 20. Ng3 Qb7 21. e4 Kh8 22. Rac1 b3 23. Qd2 Nb6 24. Ra1 $1 c3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 25. bxc3 Nc4 26. Qh6 (26. Qe2 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 26... Rg8 $17 27. Rad1 ({White should play} 27. d5) 27... b2 28. d5 Na3 (28... Rg6 $17 29. Qh3 Rd8) 29. Nd2 (29. d6 $11 Rg6 30. Qh4 Bxd6 31. Rxd6) 29... Rxc3 30. Nb1 (30. d6 $142 Bd8 31. Nh5) 30... Nxb1 31. Rxb1 Rc2 {[#]} 32. d6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bd8 (32... Bxd6 33. Qxf6+) 33. Qf4 (33. Qe3 $17 {might work better.}) 33... Qb4 34. Nh5 Rg6 ({And not} 34... Qxa4 35. Nxf6 Rg6 36. Ng4 $11) 35. e5 {[#]} (35. d7 $17) 35... Qxf4 $2 (35... Rg4 $1 $19 {[%cal Rg4f4]} 36. Qh6 Qe4) 36. Nxf4 $15 Rg4 37. Nd3 Rd2 (37... Rxa4 $17 38. Rxb2 Rxb2 39. Nxb2 Rb4) 38. Rfd1 $11 Rxd1+ 39. Rxd1 fxe5 40. Nxb2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Kg7 41. Kf1 Kf6 42. f3 Rb4 43. Nd3 Rc4 44. Ke2 e4 45. fxe4 ({White should try} 45. Nf2 $1 $15) 45... Rxe4+ $17 46. Kf1 Rd4 47. Nb2 {[#]} (47. Ke2 $17 {is a better defense.}) 47... Rxd1+ $1 $19 48. Nxd1 {KB-KN} Ke5 49. Ke2 Kxd6 50. Kd3 Kc5 51. Nc3 Kb4 52. g4 (52. h3 $142) 52... h6 {[%cal Bh7h6,Bh6h5][%mdl 32]} 53. h3 Be7 54. Kc2 Bf6 55. Ne4 Be5 56. g5 h5 57. Kd3 a5 58. Nd2 Kxa4 59. Nf3 Bg3 60. Kc4 Bf4 61. h4 Bg3 62. Kc3 Kb5 63. Kd3 a4 {[%cal Ba5a4,Ba4a3,Ba3a2][%mdl 32]} 64. Ke4 a3 {Black mates.} 65. Nd4+ Kc4 66. Nxe6 a2 {Accuracy: White = 28%, Black = 63%.} 0-1

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.03"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kokarev, Dmitry"]
[Black "Shuvalova, Polina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,165,-10,-21,0,-18,0,-7,-12,-11,-9,-23,-9,-26,-30,-40,29,18,26,25,24,28,36,36,79,62,97,95,123,112,106,101,115,110,132,16,89,35,112,102,179,106,241,225,214,223,257,96,96,92,102,95,91,95,91,94,96,82,98,84,88,57,52,0,91,83,97,97,88,45,39,22,22,17,8,3,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,0,0,0,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,0,0,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 b6 7. e4 Bb7 8. e5 Nfd7 9. Re1 c5 10. h4 Nc6 11. Nf1 Re8 12. N1h2 {LiveBook: 16 Games} Rc8 {C00: French: Unusual White 2nd moves} 13. Bf4 Nf8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... f6 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. c3 e5 16. Bd2 Ba6 17. Ng5 Nf8 18. c4 Ne7 19. Qa4 {1-0 (48) Seeman,T (2405)-Nordahl,H (2423) Gothenburg 2005}) 14. h5 h6 15. Qd2 Nh7 16. c3 {[%cal Bc2c3,Bc3c4][%mdl 32]} b5 {[%cal Bb6b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 17. Qe2 b4 18. c4 Nd4 (18... Rc7 $15) 19. Nxd4 $11 cxd4 20. b3 Qd7 21. Rad1 a5 22. Bc1 dxc4 23. dxc4 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Red8 25. Rd3 a4 26. Red1 axb3 27. axb3 Bc5 28. Qg4 (28. f4 $16) 28... Kh8 (28... f5 $11 29. Qh4 Qc6+ 30. Kg1 Rd7) 29. Bb2 ({Better is} 29. f4 $16) 29... Qa7 (29... f5 $14 30. Qf4 Qb7+ 31. Nf3 Be7) 30. Nf3 $16 Qa2 (30... Qa8 $16) 31. R1d2 ({White should try} 31. Bxd4 $18 Bxd4 32. Nxd4) 31... Qb1 (31... Qa8 $16 {is a better defense.}) 32. Bxd4 $18 Bxd4 33. Nxd4 Ng5 34. Qd1 $2 (34. Qe2 $18 Ra8 35. Nc2 Rxd3 36. Qxd3) 34... Qxd1 $16 35. Rxd1 {f3 is the strong threat.} Ne4 36. Nc2 Rxd3 37. Rxd3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Nc5 38. Re3 ({Of course not} 38. Nxb4 Nxd3 39. Nxd3 Rd8 $11) 38... Rb8 39. Kf3 Kg8 40. Ke2 Kf8 41. Kd2 Rd8+ 42. Ke2 Rb8 43. Nd4 Rb6 44. f4 Ra6 45. Kf3 Ra1 46. Nc6 Rb1 {The position is equal.} 47. Nxb4 Nxb3 {[#] Hoping for ...Nd2+.} 48. Rd3 {Rd8+ would kill now.} Na5 49. Rd8+ Ke7 50. Rb8 {And now Nc6+! would win.} Nxc4 51. Nc6+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Discovered Attack} Kd7 52. Rxb1 Nd2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 53. Ke3 Nxb1 $11 {KN-KN} 54. Nb4 Nc3 55. g4 Nd1+ 56. Kf3 Nb2 57. f5 Nc4 58. Nd3 Ke7 59. Ke4 Nd2+ 60. Kf4 Nc4 61. Nc5 Nb2 62. Ke3 Nc4+ 63. Ke4 Nd2+ 64. Kf4 Nc4 65. Ne4 exf5 66. gxf5 Nb2 67. Ke3 Nc4+ 68. Kd4 Nb2 69. Nc3 Kd7 70. Nd5 Nd1 71. f6 gxf6 72. Nxf6+ Ke6 73. Ng4 Nb2 74. Nxh6 f6 $1 75. Kc3 Nd1+ 76. Kd2 Nb2 77. Ng4 Nc4+ 78. Kd3 Nxe5+ 79. Nxe5 fxe5 80. h6 {White threatens h7 and mate.} Kf6 81. Ke4 Kg6 82. Kxe5 Kxh6 83. Ke4 {Accuracy: White = 43%, Black = 57%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.03"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 30,82,32,21,39,44,40,0,0,6,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,-3,-3,-3,-8,-8,-11,0,0,0,-10,-21,-33,56,-120,0,0,0,-25,-20,-16,-24,-107,-77,-78,-75,-108,0,-77,-70,-77,0,0,0,-79,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. a3 Nf6 8. f4 d6 9. Qf3 Be7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Nxd4 {B48: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 Be3 a6 without Be2} 12. Bxd4 e5 13. Be3 exf4 14. Qxf4 Be6 15. Nd5 (15. Bd4 Nd7 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Bf6 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Qh4 {1-0 (32) Potkin,V (2574)-Morozevich,A (2665) Tula 2018}) 15... Bxd5 16. exd5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} g6 17. Bd4 Nd7 $1 18. Qh6 $146 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Rh6g7] [#]} ({Predecessor:} 18. Rae1 Ne5 19. Kh1 {1-0 (39) Di Berardino,D (2430)-Cramling,D (2425) Rio de Janeiro 2008}) 18... Ne5 19. Rae1 f6 20. h4 Rf7 21. Qf4 Raf8 22. h5 f5 23. Rxe5 dxe5 24. Bxe5 Qb6+ 25. Kh1 {[#] Hoping for d6.} Bf6 26. d6 $1 Qc5 27. Bxf6 Rxf6 28. Bc4+ Kh8 {Threatens to win with ...b5.} 29. Rd1 $1 b5 (29... g5 $15 30. b4 Qc6) 30. Bb3 $2 (30. d7 $14 {was the only good move.} Rd8 31. Bb3) 30... gxh5 (30... g5 $1 $17 {[%cal Rg5f4]} 31. Qh2 f4) 31. d7 Rd8 32. Rd5 Qe7 33. Qd4 {With the idea Rxf5.} Kg7 34. c3 (34. Re5 $11 {remains equal.} Qd6 35. Rd5) 34... Qe1+ 35. Kh2 Qe4 36. Qd2 Qh4+ 37. Kg1 {Black must now prevent Re5.} Re6 38. Kf1 $1 Qh1+ 39. Kf2 Qh4+ 40. Kf1 Qh1+ ({Black should try} 40... h6 $17 {...Qh1+ is the strong threat.} 41. Bd1 Qh2) 41. Kf2 $11 Qh4+ {Accuracy: White = 56%, Black = 61%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.03"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D74"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 30,102,5,12,45,2,63,27,35,35,40,43,50,39,104,32,42,38,37,12,16,16,14,0,0,0,0,0,18,0,0,0,0,4,46,23,86,75,193,200,192,152,196,14,147,112,129,0,4,-3,-3,0,-2,-4,-8,-8,-8,-3,0,0,-8,-494,-370,-515,-510,-508,-501,-489,-465,-452,-364,-1040,-1008,-1751,-1601]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nc3 Nb6 9. d5 Na5 10. Qc2 c6 11. dxc6 Nxc6 12. Rd1 Qe8 13. Qe4 {D76: Fianchetto Grünfeld: Main Line with 7...Nb6} Bf5 14. Qh4 f6 15. g4 Be6 16. b3 {[#] LiveBook: 3 Games} Qc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Rd8 17. Bb2 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Qc8 19. h3 Rd8 20. Rc1 Bf7 {½-½ (31) Loschnauer,R (2469)-Gorokhovsky,B (2532) ICCF email 2013}) 17. h3 Qb8 (17... f5 $11) 18. Bb2 (18. Bh6 {seems wilder.} Bxh6 19. Qxh6 Rd8 20. Qe3 Bf7 21. Ne1) 18... g5 19. Qg3 Qxg3 20. fxg3 Rad8 21. Nb5 Nd5 (21... Bd5 $14) 22. Kf2 ({Better is} 22. Nfd4 $16 Nxd4 23. Nxd4) 22... f5 $14 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Nxg5 (24. gxf5 {seems wilder.} Bxf5 25. Nxg5 Bxh3+ 26. Bf3 Bg4 27. Kg1) 24... fxg4+ 25. Kg1 Bg8 26. Bxd5 Rxd5 27. Rxd5 Bxd5 28. Nc7 Kg6 (28... Kh6 {is interesting.} 29. Nxd5 Kxg5 30. h4+ Kg6 31. Rd1 Rf5) 29. Nxd5 (29. Nxh7 {is more complex.} Rd8 30. Nf8+ Rxf8 31. Nxd5 gxh3 32. Nf4+) 29... Kxg5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} 30. h4+ Kg6 31. Rd1 Rc8 32. Kf2 e6 (32... e5 $11) 33. Nf4+ $16 Kf5 {[#]} (33... Kf6 $16) 34. Rd7 $1 $18 {[%csl LRb7,LRh7]} e5 35. Rf7+ Ke4 36. Nh5 $2 (36. Nd3 $18) 36... Kd4 (36... h6 $11 {remains equal.}) 37. Rd7+ Kc3 38. Rxh7 (38. Rxb7 $16 {Black must now prevent Ke3.} a5 39. Rxh7) 38... b5 $1 $11 39. Ke3 Kb2 40. Rb7 b4 41. Nf6 Kxa2 42. h5 {[%cal Bh4h5,Bh5h6,Bh6h7][%mdl 32]} (42. Nxg4 Kxb3 43. Nf2 a5 $17) 42... Kxb3 43. h6 (43. Nxg4 $2 a5 $19) 43... a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5a4,Ba4a3,Ba3a2][%mdl 32] Threatens to win with ...a4.} 44. h7 $1 {And now Ng8 would win.} Rh8 $1 {...a4 is the strong threat.} 45. Rg7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Reject} 45. Nxg4 a4 $17) (45. Ne4 $11) 45... a4 $19 {aiming for ...a3.} 46. Rg8 Rxh7 $1 47. Nxh7 a3 48. Ra8 a2 49. Nf6 {[#]} Nd4 $1 {[%cal Rd4c2]} ({Weaker is} 49... Kb2 50. Nxg4 b3 51. Nf2 $15) 50. Nxg4 $2 (50. Ne4 Nc2+ 51. Kd3) 50... Nc2+ 51. Kd2 Na3 {Accuracy: White = 43%, Black = 42%.} 0-1

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.03"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Black "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,61,11,10,14,-8,0,-6,-12,-7,-4,-9,30,0,0,0,32,28,119,125,109,111,118,116,122,123,256,253,251,241,231,248,255,250,264,261,252,241,241,237,248,256,313,297,318,338]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4 Be6 9. Bb3 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} Nbd7 10. O-O {LiveBook: 3 Games} Rc8 11. Nh4 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 11. Qd3 Ng4 12. Nd5 Nxe3 13. Qxe3 Nf6 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Rfd1 O-O 16. c3 Bg4 {0-1 (74) Guliyev,N (2545)-Hernandez,A (2270) Moscow 2012}) 11... Nc5 12. Nf5 Bxf5 13. exf5 Nxb3 14. axb3 Qd7 15. Qd3 d5 {[#] White must now prevent ...d4.} 16. Bg5 e4 17. Qh3 h6 (17... g6 $11 {remains equal.}) 18. Rad1 $16 O-O 19. Bxf6 $1 Bxf6 20. Nxd5 ({Reject} 20. Rxd5 $6 Qc6 $11) 20... Qd6 21. c3 Qe5 (21... Rc5 $16 22. c4 b5) 22. Nb6 $18 Rcd8 23. Nd7 Rxd7 24. Rxd7 Qb5 25. Rd2 {[%cal Bd7d2,Bd2e2,Be2e4][%mdl 32]} Qxb3 26. Re2 b5 27. Qe3 Re8 28. Qb6 Qd5 29. Rfe1 Bg5 30. Qd4 ({Don't take} 30. Qxa6 $6 Bd2 $18) 30... Qxf5 31. Rxe4 {Accuracy: White = 76%, Black = 38%.} 1-0

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.03"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Pridorozhni, Aleksei"]
[Black "Kryakvin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,87,0,11,2,8,2,8,9,25,0,20,2,27,7,57,56,68,68,66,13,23,25,19,0,15,3,26,19,27,19,28,29,29,0,40,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,24,24,24,24,24,35,50,14,33,15,418,393,247,326,237,187,95,103,439,434,751,704,12839,12836,12840,12840,12841,793,12841,12841,12841,12841]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. a4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 (5... g6 6. e5 dxe5 7. Nxe5 Bg7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. Nxd7 Nbxd7 10. d3 O-O 11. Bf4 Ne5 12. Qe3 Nh5 13. Bg3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 {1-0 (52) Polgar,J (2710)-Olszewski,M (2539) Warsaw 2011}) 6. O-O {B52: Sicilian: Moscow Variation with 3...Bd7} g6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 7. Nd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. e5 Ng4 9. e6 f6 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 f5 12. b4 Rc8 13. Bb2 b6 14. Nxc6 Rxc6 15. Qd5 Qa8 16. Nb5 {1-0 (16) Schlick,V (2273)-Michels,A (2194) Germany 2015}) 7... Bg7 8. Nxf6+ {The position is equal.} Bxf6 9. c3 e5 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 O-O {[%cal Re5d4]} 12. Bh6 Re8 {[%cal Re5d4]} 13. d5 Nd4 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Qd3 (15. Bd3 $1 $14) 15... a6 $11 16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. Bd2 (17. Rfc1 {looks sharper.} Qe7 18. f3 Be5 19. Bd2 Qd7 20. h3) 17... Rac8 18. f3 h5 19. b3 Bg7 20. Rac1 Kh7 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Rc1 Rc5 23. Rxc5 dxc5 24. a5 Bh6 25. f4 f5 26. Qf3 {[#] Threatens to win with e5.} fxe4 27. Qxe4 Bg7 28. Kf2 Qf5 (28... Bf8 {keeps more tension.} 29. f5 gxf5 30. Qh4 Qf7 31. Qg5 Be7) 29. Qxf5 gxf5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} 30. Ke2 Bf8 31. Kd3 Bd6 32. g3 h4 33. Kc4 h3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (33... hxg3 $11 34. hxg3 Kg6) 34. b4 $18 cxb4 35. Bxb4 d3 {[#] ...Bxb4 is the strong threat.} 36. Bd2 Kg6 37. Kxd3 {Strongly threatening Kc4.} Kh5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (37... Kf7 $16 {is more resistant.}) 38. Ke2 {White is clearly winning.} Kg4 (38... Bc7 $142 39. Kf3 Bd6) 39. Bc3 Bc5 40. Be5 b5 41. axb6 Bxb6 42. d6 (42. Bb8 $142 a5 43. d6) 42... Kh5 43. Bf6 Kg6 44. Bg5 {Accuracy: White = 59%, Black = 28%.} 1-0

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.03"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Iljiushenok, Ilia"]
[Black "Yudin, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,85,33,22,14,54,41,62,42,39,-10,20,-11,0,-2,13,5,75,9,45,53,28,23,55,22,35,20,4,23,24,18,22,-57,-81,-75,-96,-81,-80,-110,-79,-49,0,0,-7,-50,-31,-29,-24,-31,-32,-32,-29,-125,-134,-170,88,91,91,86,83,95,79,81,83,81,81,71,101,-14,7,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Rg1 (5. Bc4 Be7 6. a4 O-O 7. O-O 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}) 5... c6 6. g4 {C41: Philidor Defence} h6 7. Be3 Qa5 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 8. Nd2 b5 9. a3 Qc7 10. h4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Nb3 a6 11. f4 exd4 12. Bxd4 c5 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 {1-0 (29) Sychev,K (2389)-Sirletti,S (1940) St Petersburg 2011}) 10... h5 11. gxh5 Nxh5 12. Nb3 a6 13. Qd2 Bb7 14. O-O-O Nhf6 (14... a5 $11 {remains equal.}) 15. Bg5 ({Better is} 15. f4 $16) 15... O-O-O 16. Bh3 Kb8 17. Kb1 Be7 18. f3 (18. f4 {keeps more tension.} c5 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Bxd7 Rxd7 21. Qxd7 Nxd7 22. Bxe7 Ka8 23. Rxg7 c4 24. Bd6) 18... c5 19. Bxd7 cxd4 20. Nxb5 $1 ({Much weaker is} 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Na2 Rxd7 $19) 20... Qxd7 21. N5xd4 $1 exd4 22. Nxd4 (22. Qxd4 $11 Qc7 23. Rd3 (23. Be3 Nd7 $14)) 22... Ne8 $15 23. Bxe7 Qxe7 24. Qb4 Ka8 25. Rd3 g6 26. Rg5 {Black should prevent Ra5.} Rh5 ({Don't play} 26... Rxh4 27. Ra5 $11) 27. Rxh5 gxh5 28. Rb3 Rc8 29. Nf5 $1 {[%cal Rf5e7]} Qc7 30. Rc3 Qd7 31. Rb3 d5 32. Rd3 (32. Ne3 $1 $11) 32... Qe6 $17 {[%cal Rd5e4]} 33. Ne7 Rc4 $2 (33... dxe4 $19 34. fxe4 Rc4 35. Rd8+ Ka7) 34. exd5 $16 Bxd5 35. Qa5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under strong pressure.} Bb7 36. Rd8+ Ka7 37. Rxe8 {[#] Nc8+! is the strong threat.} Qd7 38. Qd8 Qxd8 39. Rxd8 Rxh4 {[#]} 40. Rd7 (40. Nc8+ $1 $16 Bxc8 41. Rxc8) 40... Rf4 {The position is equal.} 41. Nc8+ Kb8 42. Nd6 Bxf3 {Strongly threatening ...h4.} 43. Rxf7 {Accuracy: White = 40%, Black = 47%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.03"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Demidov, Mikhail"]
[Black "Maletina, Tatiana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2239"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,73,21,41,39,37,36,36,46,41,32,41,37,69,27,53,69,61,49,104,91,128,82,150,143,129,108,134,129,241,261,296,296,311,316,335,324,328,233,226,206,219,220,186,79,162,86,187,187,193,189,353,344,467,411,571,561,572,572,572,572,567,561,889,872,1358,1331]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. h3 (4. O-O Ngf6 5. h3 Bh5 6. d3 e5 7. e4 dxe4 8. dxe4 Nxe4 9. Re1 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nd6 {½-½ (10) Sargissian,G (2680)-Korobov,A (2664) Abu Dhabi 2018}) 4... Bh5 5. c4 c6 6. cxd5 {A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems} cxd5 7. Qb3 Qc7 8. O-O $146 {White is slightly better.} ({Predecessor:} 8. Nc3 e6 9. d4 a6 10. Bf4 Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 {1-0 (42) Mascarinas,R (2395)-Hay,T Sydney 1979}) 8... e6 9. d3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Ngf6 11. Nc3 Qb6 12. Qxb6 axb6 13. Nb5 {Hoping for Nc7+.} Rc8 (13... Ra5 $14 14. a4 Bb4) 14. Bf4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under strong pressure.} e5 {Strongly threatening ...Rc5.} 15. Bd2 e4 ({Black should try} 15... Rc2 16. Rfd1 e4) 16. Bg2 Be7 17. Nc3 O-O 18. dxe4 d4 {[#]} (18... dxe4 $16 19. Nxe4 Rc2) 19. Nb5 $1 $18 Rc2 20. Rfd1 Rxb2 21. Nxd4 Rc8 22. a3 Bc5 23. Bc3 Bxd4 24. Bxd4 Rxe2 25. e5 Nxe5 26. Rac1 ({Much less strong is} 26. Bxb6 $6 Nc6 $16) (26. Bxb7 $18 {is more deadly.} Re8 27. Bxb6) 26... Re8 (26... Nc6 $16 {was worth a try.}) 27. Bxb6 (27. Bxb7 $18 h5 28. Bxb6) 27... Ned7 (27... Ra2 $16) 28. Be3 Ra2 29. Bxb7 {Bc6 is the strong threat.} h6 $2 (29... Rxa3 {is a better defense.} 30. Bc6 Rexe3 31. fxe3 Nf8) 30. Ra1 Rc2 31. a4 {[%cal Ba3a4,Ba4a5,Ba5a6][%mdl 32]} Rb8 32. Bg2 {White is clearly winning.} Nc5 33. a5 Na6 34. Rd6 Nc7 35. a6 Na8 36. Rad1 Kh7 {[#]} 37. Rxf6 $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 74%, Black = 20%.} 1-0

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.03"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Maltsevskaya, Aleksandra"]
[Black "Kabanov, Nikolai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2247"]
[BlackElo "2403"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,76,9,-8,14,-4,3,-3,-6,-12,-14,-16,23,14,22,17,65,51,45,38,38,38,32,30,61,64,76,54,68,39,40,12,12,10,53,53,60,40,50,47,70,41,44,27,61,44,78,54,54,47,103,85,83,0,255,225,649,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2]} 1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 Nbd7 4. Bg2 e5 5. dxe5 dxe5 6. O-O Bc5 7. Nc3 {LiveBook: 12 Games} h6 {A46: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 e6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} 8. e4 O-O 9. Qe2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Re1 Re8 10. h3 c6 11. a3 Qc7 12. Be3 Bf8 13. g4 Nh7 14. Nh4 Nc5 15. Nf5 {0-1 (72) Lueders,G (2217)-Meister,J (2503) Berlin 2005}) 9... c6 10. Nh4 Re8 11. Nf5 Nf8 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. Na4 Ne6 14. Nxc5 Nxc5 15. b3 Bxf5 16. exf5 e4 17. Bb2 Qe7 18. Rd2 a5 19. a4 Nd5 20. Re1 Qg5 21. Rd4 {[%cal Rg2e4]} Qxf5 22. Bxe4 Qh3 23. Qd1 Nxe4 24. Rdxe4 Rxe4 25. Rxe4 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black must now prevent c4. White has some attack.} Qf5 $1 {[%cal Rf5e4]} 26. Re5 Qg6 27. h4 Nb4 28. Re2 Qf5 29. Qd4 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Rd4g7]} f6 30. Re7 Nxc2 (30... Kh8 $14) 31. Qc4+ Kh8 32. g4 ({Reject} 32. Rxb7 $6 Re8 $11) (32. Qf7 $16 {[%csl Ge7][%cal Rf7g7]} Rg8 33. Bc3 (33. Rxb7 Ne1 $15)) 32... b5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (32... Qg6 $1 $11 {and Black is okay.}) 33. Qe2 $1 $18 ({Weaker is} 33. gxf5 bxc4 34. bxc4 Rb8 $15) 33... Qc5 $2 {[#]} (33... Qg6) 34. Re8+ $2 (34. Bxf6 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} gxf6 35. Qe4) 34... Rxe8 $11 {The position is equal.} 35. Qxe8+ Kh7 36. Qe4+ Kg8 37. Qe8+ Kh7 $1 38. Qe4+ Kh8 {Accuracy: White = 57%, Black = 48%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.03"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,83,35,31,14,22,14,60,21,31,-27,-18,-43,-17,-17,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-18,-24,-41,-37,-259,-257,-247,-256,-221,-104,-115,-125,-103,-114,-136,-52,-112,0,-71,-86,-89,57,74,104,97,351,352,346,337,402,412,406,400,409,399,390,386,393,388,385,341,825,817,768,722]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. a3 Nf6 8. f4 d6 9. Qf3 Be7 {LiveBook: 25 Games} 10. Nxc6 $146 {B82: Sicilian Scheveningen: 6 f4} ({Predecessor:} 10. O-O-O O-O 11. h3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. g4 Bb7 14. g5 Nd7 15. h4 Rac8 16. Rh2 e5 17. Bg1 f5 {½-½ (68) Chigaev,M (2599)-Krylov,M (2476) Sochi 2018}) 10... bxc6 11. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} Rb8 12. g5 {White is slightly better.} Nd7 13. b3 (13. O-O-O $1 $14) 13... d5 14. Bg2 $1 h6 {With the idea ...hxg5.} 15. h4 hxg5 16. hxg5 Rxh1+ 17. Bxh1 Qa5 18. Bd2 {[%cal Rc3d5] Black must now prevent Nxd5.} Qc5 19. Bg2 d4 20. b4 Qa7 21. Na4 a5 22. Qh5 $2 ({Only move:} 22. bxa5 $15 Bd8 23. Nb6) 22... axb4 $19 23. axb4 Bxb4 24. g6 d3 (24... fxg6 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top.} 25. Qxg6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kd8 26. Qg5+ Kc7) 25. gxf7+ Kf8 26. c3 Qg1+ 27. Bf1 Qg3+ $1 28. Kd1 {[#]} Nf6 ({Better is} 28... Be7 $1 $17 {Threatens to win with ...Ba6.} 29. Qh8+ Kxf7 30. Qh5+ g6 31. Qh7+ Ke8 32. Qh8+ Nf8) 29. Qh1 {[#]} (29. Qh3 $11 {remains equal.} Qxh3 30. Bxh3) 29... Be7 $1 $17 30. Kc1 {Black should prevent Nb2.} e5 ({Much worse is} 30... Kxf7 $6 31. Nb2 $14) (30... Nd7 $17) 31. Nb2 $36 {[%cal Ba4b2,Bb2d3,Bd3e5,Be5c6,Bc6d4,Bd4f5][%mdl 2080] White is in control.} Kxf7 32. Nxd3 Kg8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (32... Bd6 $16 {is a better defense.}) 33. Nxe5 $18 ({Less strong is} 33. fxe5 Nd7 $18) 33... Be6 34. Nxc6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Re8 35. Nd4 Bf7 36. Nf5 Qg6 37. Bd3 Bf8 38. e5 Qh5 39. Qxh5 Nxh5 40. Ra7 g5 $2 (40... Rd8 41. Nd4 Bc5) 41. fxg5 Rxe5 42. Nh6+ {Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 53%.} 1-0

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.03"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Black "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,88,6,4,81,82,60,37,21,29,62,54,54,24,31,-26,-26,-29,-27,-56,-11,-23,-11,-17,-16,-25,-20,-69,-43,-72,-73,-85,-71,-75,-64,-87,-77,-82,-69,-66,-70,-158,-158,-162,-149,-164,-155,-145,-25,-36,-19,-19,-20,-112,-79,-127,-129,-114,-71,-86,-46,-225,-205,-319,-313,-451,-547,-29944,-12850,-6083,-6099,-5222,-5222]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Nf3 Ne7 8. a4 Nbc6 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O f6 {C19: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4: Main line: 7 Nf3 and 7 a4} (10... b6 $11) 11. exf6 $16 Rxf6 12. Ba3 c4 {White is slightly better.} 13. Ne5 Nf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Ng6 14. Nxg6 Rxg6 15. f4 Bd7 16. Qd2 Re8 17. Bh5 {1-0 (44) Danielyan,V (2140)-Nikologorsky,M (2243) Moscow 2015}) 14. Nxc6 Qxc6 15. Bc1 Nd6 16. f3 (16. Bg4 $14) 16... a5 $11 17. Re1 Bd7 18. Bf1 Re8 19. Bg5 Rf7 20. Qd2 Ref8 21. Qe2 Nc8 {[%cal Bd6c8,Bc8b6,Bb6a4][%mdl 32]} 22. Qd2 Nb6 (22... h6 $5 {[%cal Rh6g5]} 23. Bh4 Nb6 $15) 23. Bh4 Nxa4 24. Bg3 Ra8 25. h4 Nb6 26. h5 h6 27. Be5 Be8 28. g4 Nd7 29. f4 (29. Bf4 $15) 29... Nxe5 $17 30. Rxe5 Bd7 31. Bg2 Qd6 32. f5 Kh8 ({Black should try} 32... Rf6 $17 33. fxe6 Bxe6) 33. Rae1 $11 {[%cal Rf5e6]} exf5 {Hoping for ...Bc6.} 34. Bxd5 Rff8 35. Bxb7 (35. g5 $1 $11 {remains equal.}) 35... Rae8 36. g5 Rxe5 37. Rxe5 f4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Keeping White busy.} 38. Bf3 hxg5 {[#] And now ...g4 would win.} 39. Rxg5 $2 (39. Qg2 $1 $15) 39... a4 $19 40. Rg6 (40. Rd5 $142 Qe7 41. Ra5) 40... Rf6 41. Qg2 (41. Rg5 {was worth a try.} Bf5 42. Be2) 41... Qe7 42. h6 {[%cal Rh6g7]} Qe1+ 43. Kh2 Rxg6 44. Qxg6 {[#]} Qg3+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 34%, Black = 65%.} 0-1

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.03"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Yudin, Sergei"]
[Black "Demidov, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,17,31,30,66,50]} 1. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O {B03: Alekhine's Defence: Four Pawns Attack} 8. Nge2 {LiveBook: 120 Games} Bg5 (8... c6 9. O-O Na6 10. a3 Nc7 11. h3 Re8 12. b3 d5 13. c5 Nd7 14. Bf4 Nf8 15. b4 {0-1 (45) Volokitin,A (2628)-Kasimdzhanov,R (2683) Riadh 2017}) 9. O-O {Predecessor:} Re8 $146 10. b3 Nc6 11. Bb2 Bf6 12. Ne4 d5 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Ng3 Nb4 15. Bb1 dxc4 {0-1 (31) Petrov,V (2321)-Dimitrov,R (2495) Sunny Beach 2015} 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.03"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Black "Pridorozhni, Aleksei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,108,-2,-14,48,0,-11,-45,-50,-67,-71,-68,-57,-92,-19,-30,-27,-49,15,0,0,0,19,17,25,25,13,8,33,36,11,8,30,-8,-8,-9,0,-8,-23,-7,-25,-14,-17,-44,-9,-46,-54,-33,-37,-33,-12,-10,0,-2,5,0,7,7,2,7,7,4,2,3,8,8,8,10,59,64,64,64,106,57,65,80,85,12,12,8,294,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Ndb5 Bc5 7. Nd6+ {B45: Sicilian Four Knights} (7. Bf4) 7... Ke7 8. Nxc8+ Rxc8 9. Bd3 Qc7 10. O-O {LiveBook: 10 Games} Rhg8 ({Better is} 10... h5 $11) 11. Bg5 $146 (11. Kh1 $14) ({Predecessor:} 11. Kh1 g5 12. f4 gxf4 13. Bxf4 Ne5 14. Qd2 d6 {1-0 (29) Chiarot,C (2193)-Liascovich,L (2484) Buenos Aires 2015}) 11... h6 $11 12. Bh4 Bd6 13. Bg3 Bxg3 14. hxg3 h5 15. Qe2 Kf8 (15... Rh8 $17 16. Bb5 Ne5) 16. Qe3 a6 17. Be2 g5 (17... g6 $15) 18. Rad1 Ne5 19. f4 gxf4 20. gxf4 Nfg4 21. Qd4 Nc6 {[%cal Be5c6,Bc6e7,Be7f5][%mdl 32]} 22. Qc5+ Ne7 23. Qxc7 Rxc7 24. Rd3 f5 25. Bf3 fxe4 26. Nxe4 Nf5 27. c3 Ke7 28. Re1 h4 29. Ng5 Nf6 30. Kf2 b5 31. Ne4 (31. Bd5 $5 Nxd5 32. Rxd5 $11) 31... Nxe4+ 32. Bxe4 Ng3 33. Rd4 Rc5 34. Bd3 $1 Rh5 35. Re5 Rh6 36. a4 bxa4 37. Rg5 Rxg5 38. fxg5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Rh5 39. Rxa4 Rxg5 40. Rxh4 a5 41. Kf3 {Rg4 is the strong threat.} Nf5 42. Rh7+ Kd6 43. g4 Ne7 44. Rh5 $1 {[%cal Rh5g5]} Re5 45. Be4 {Hoping for Kf4.} Rxh5 46. gxh5 $14 {And now h6 would win. KB-KN} Ke5 {[#]} 47. h6 (47. Ke3 $1 $16) 47... Kf6 $1 $11 48. Bc2 d5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (48... d6 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 49. Ke3 $2 (49. h7 $1 $18 {[%cal Rh7h8]} Kg7 50. Kf4) 49... e5 {The position is equal.} 50. b4 axb4 51. cxb4 Nc6 52. b5 Nd4 53. h7 Kg7 54. Bd3 {Strongly threatening b6.} Nxb5 $1 {Accuracy: White = 54%, Black = 51%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.03"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Kryakvin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Iljiushenok, Ilia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,44,-8,-13,-25,0,0,0,0,0,-43,0,-3,-20,0,0,0,9,9,14,10,14,14,7]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. d5 e6 7. e4 exd5 8. exd5 d6 {A45: Trompowsky Attack} 9. Qd2 Be7 (9... Nbd7 10. c4 Qxd2+ 11. Kxd2 b5 12. Na3 a6 13. b3 b4 14. Nc2 a5 15. Bd3 Be7 16. a3 {1-0 (48) Yu,Y (2721)-Zhou,J (2635) Shenzhen 2016}) 10. c4 Qxd2+ 11. Kxd2 b5 12. Nc3 bxc4 {LiveBook: 4 Games} 13. Re1 {[#] Bxd6 is the strong threat.} Kd8 14. Bxc4 Nbd7 15. b3 Nb6 16. Nb5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16. Nge2) 16... Kd7 (16... Nfxd5 {feels hotter.} 17. Bxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd6 Bf6 19. Be5 Ke7) 17. Rxe7+ $1 {The position is equal.} Kxe7 18. Bxd6+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Kd7 {White must now prevent ...a6.} 19. Bxc5 Nxc4+ 20. bxc4 {Threatening Nd6.} Ba6 {aiming for ...Rhc8.} 21. Nd6 {Hoping for Kc3.} Rhc8 22. Nxc8 Rxc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.03"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Shuvalova, Polina"]
[Black "Maltsevskaya, Aleksandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2247"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,57,16,43,22,70,71,75,73,77,89,77,66,65,74,78,26,103,87,105,105,139,62,132,124,148,128,129,99,165,168,160,154,147,29,258,241,242,241,348,329,29989,29990,29992,29993]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Qc7 6. Ne2 Bg4 7. O-O {B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack} e6 8. Qe1 Nf6 {LiveBook: 14 Games} (8... Bxe2 9. Qxe2 Nf6 10. Nd2 Bd6 11. g3 O-O 12. f4 a6 13. Nf3 b5 14. a3 Ne7 {½-½ (52) Le,Q (2715)-Nisipeanu,L (2661) Batumi 2018}) 9. Bg5 {White is slightly better.} Bd6 10. f3 $1 {aiming for Bxf6.} Bh5 ({Don't go for} 10... Bxh2+ $2 11. Kh1 $18) 11. Qh4 Bg6 12. Bxg6 fxg6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Qxf6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kd7 15. f4 $146 ({White should try} 15. Qh4 $16) ({Predecessor:} 15. Qh4) 15... Ne7 (15... Raf8 $11 16. Qg7+ Ne7) 16. Nd2 Raf8 {[#]} 17. Qh4 $1 h6 18. c4 (18. Qh3 $16) 18... g5 (18... dxc4 $14 19. Qh3 Nd5) 19. Qh3 $16 Bxf4 20. Nxf4 Rxf4 21. Rae1 g4 {[#]} (21... Rxf1+ $16 22. Rxf1 dxc4) 22. Qe3 $1 $18 Rxf1+ 23. Nxf1 Qc6 24. Ng3 ({Better is} 24. c5 $16) 24... h5 $2 (24... dxc4 $11 {and Black stays safe.} 25. Qe5 Re8) 25. Qe5 Rh6 26. Nxh5 {Hoping for Nf4.} Qd6 (26... dxc4 {was worth a try.} 27. d5 Qc5+ 28. Kh1 Qxd5 29. Nf6+ Rxf6 30. Qxf6 Nf5 31. Qf7+ Kd6) 27. Nf6+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kc6 $2 (27... Rxf6 $18 28. Qxf6 dxc4) 28. cxd5+ Nxd5 29. Rc1+ {Accuracy: White = 45%, Black = 30%.} 1-0

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.03"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Kabanov, Nikolai"]
[Black "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2403"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,88,60,80,76,130,135,137,141,131,90,95,52,44,42,48,41,153,95,175,175,176,164,168,169,157,179,158,172,171,148,151,119,155,154,153,155,150,152,146,126,166,146,149,139,169,167,172,141,141,141,154,140,110,-52,-18,-81,-57,-276,-276,-276,-276,-276,-276,-276,-268,-197,-21,-29,-15,-15,-15,-16,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-14,-12]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 c5 (4... Bg7 5. Nb5 Na6 6. e3 c6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. h3 Qa5 9. Nd2 Nd7 10. Nb3 Qb6 11. Be2 e5 12. Bg3 Re8 13. O-O {1-0 (58) Melkumyan,H (2660)-Jones,G (2677) chess.com INT 2018}) 5. dxc5 Bg7 $146 {[#]} ({Predecessor:} 5... Qa5 6. Nd2 Qxc5 7. Nb3 Qb4 8. Be5 Be6 9. e4 Nc6 10. Bb5 O-O-O 11. a3 dxe4 12. Qxd8+ Kxd8 13. axb4 Nxe5 {1-0 (29) Stefanova,A (2450)-Bosboom,M (2430) Antwerp 1997}) 6. e4 $1 {[%cal Re4d5] D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines} Nxe4 (6... Be6 $142) 7. Nxe4 $16 dxe4 8. Qxd8+ {White is clearly better.} Kxd8 9. O-O-O+ Ke8 10. Bxb8 {Black must now prevent Bb5+.} Bh6+ 11. Kb1 Rxb8 12. Ne5 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black needs to defend precisely.} a6 (12... Bf4 $14 13. Bb5+ Kf8 14. Nd7+ Bxd7 15. Rxd7 f5) 13. c6 (13. Bc4 $142 Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Rhe1) 13... Ra8 {[#]} (13... Be6 $16 {is a better defense.}) 14. Bc4 $1 $18 e6 15. Nxf7 ({And not} 15. c7 Bg7 $15) 15... Kxf7 16. cxb7 {[%mdl 64] Overworked Piece} Bxb7 {Strongly threatening ...Rhd8.} 17. Rd7+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kf6 {Hoping for ...Rab8.} 18. Rxb7 a5 19. Rb6 Rhe8 20. Rd1 Rad8 {[%cal Rd8d1]} 21. Rxe6+ Kf5 {[%cal Rd8d1]} 22. Red6 Rxd6 23. Rxd6 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Bf4 24. Rd5+ Kf6 25. g3 Bc7 26. Kc1 Rb8 27. c3 h5 28. h4 Bb6 29. Rd6+ Kf5 30. Bf7 Bxf2 31. Rxg6 $2 (31. Bxg6+ $16 Kg4 32. Rd5 (32. Bxe4 Bxg3 33. Rd5 Re8 $16)) 31... Rf8 32. Rg5+ {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} ({Not} 32. Rg7 $2 Kf6 $19) 32... Kf6 33. Bxh5 $2 ({White should try} 33. Rxh5 $15 Rxf7 34. g4) 33... Be3+ $19 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 34. Kd1 Bxg5 35. hxg5+ Kxg5 {KR-KB} 36. Be2 Rd8+ 37. Ke1 e3 $2 (37... Kf5 $19 38. a4 Ke5) 38. a4 $1 $11 Rd2 39. b4 {The position is equal.} axb4 40. cxb4 Ra2 {aiming for ...Ra1+.} 41. Bc4 Rxa4 42. Ke2 Rxb4 43. Bd3 Kg4 44. Kxe3 Kxg3 {Accuracy: White = 54%, Black = 54%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS Rapid GP Top 16 2018"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2018.12.03"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Maletina, Tatiana"]
[Black "Kokarev, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2239"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,82,18,16,25,10,24,29,20,23,9,0,0,-9,0,-53,-21,-59,0,-8,20,18,10,0,33,36,25,0,77,20,29,9,15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,-16,-40,-28,-103,-32,-233,-238,-214,-132,-196,-137,-435,-156,-162,0,-29985,-29986,-29986,-29987]} 1. d4 {[%cal Bd2d4,Bd4d5][%mdl 32]} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 c5 4. d5 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Be3 e6 8. Nge2 exd5 9. cxd5 b6 {A65: Modern Benoni: 6 e4} (9... Nbd7 10. Ng3 a6 11. a4 Ne5 12. Be2 Bd7 13. h3 b5 14. f4 Nc4 15. Bxc4 bxc4 16. O-O Rb8 17. e5 Ne8 18. Qe2 dxe5 19. Bxc5 exf4 20. Bxf8 Qb6+ {1-0 (45) Goganov,A (2643)-Kovalev,V (2603) Khanty-Mansiysk 2016}) 10. Ng3 Ba6 11. Be2 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 {LiveBook: 3 Games} a6 13. a4 Nbd7 14. O-O Ne8 15. f4 Nc7 16. Rad1 Qe7 $146 17. e5 f5 $1 18. Qf2 (18. Rfe1 $11) 18... b5 $15 19. Rfe1 Rfc8 (19... b4 $15 20. Nce2 a5) 20. a5 $11 Qf8 21. e6 Nf6 22. Qf3 $1 Ng4 23. Nf1 Nxe3 24. Nxe3 Qe7 (24... Bd4 $11) 25. Kh1 (25. g4 $16) 25... Rf8 26. Rd2 Ne8 27. g4 fxg4 28. Qxg4 Bxc3 29. bxc3 {Strongly threatening f5.} Ng7 $1 30. Rg2 Kh8 31. Rf1 Nf5 32. Nxf5 Rxf5 33. Qh3 {[#] Black must now prevent Rxg6.} Qf6 34. Rfg1 (34. Qf3 $11 {remains equal.}) 34... Kg7 ({Better is} 34... Rg8 $17 35. e7 Kg7) 35. e7 $2 (35. Rg4 $1 $15) 35... Re8 $19 36. Re2 Rxf4 37. Qd7 (37. Re6 $17 {keeps fighting.} Qf7 38. Qe3) 37... Kf7 ({Black should play} 37... Qf7 $19 38. Qxd6 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Re4 {[%mdl 64] Decoy} 39. Rxe4 Qf3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 40. Rg2 Qxe4 41. Qxc5 Rxe7) 38. Re6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (38. Qe6+ $17 Qxe6 39. Rxe6) 38... Qf5 $2 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black attacks with force.} (38... Qxc3 $19 {has better winning chances. ( -> ...Qf3+)} 39. Rexg6 Qf3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 40. R6g2 Rf6) 39. Qxd6 $17 Rf1 $2 (39... Re4 $19 {aiming for ...Qf3+.} 40. Qxc5 Rc4) 40. Qg3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (40. Re3 $11 Rxg1+ 41. Kxg1) 40... Qxd5+ 41. Qg2 Rxg1+ {Accuracy: White = 35%, Black = 53%.} 0-1

