[Event "SRB-ch Men Semifinal 2019"]
[Site "Kragujevac"]
[Date "2019.03.10"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Black "Ivic, Velimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2019.03.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 21,92,18,18,12,21,27,153,95,88,14,20,18,19,23,23,13,39,32,51,38,32,29,31,43,40,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-46,-54,-58,-54,-82,-44,-51,-6,-8,-8,-23,-7,-7,-7,-8,-14,-8,-15,-434,-435,-434,-425,-418,0,0,0,-412,-411,-412,-421,-404,-410,-4586,-3821,-4614,-936]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Na5 11. Bd3 b6 12. Rb1 {D87: Exchange Grünfeld: Classical Line: Variations without ...cxd4} (12. Rc1 e5 13. dxc5 Be6 14. c4 bxc5 15. Bxc5 Bh6 16. Rc3 Re8 17. Qc2 Qc7 18. Ba3 Rab8 19. h3 Red8 20. Bc1 {1-0 (70) Aronian,L (2764)-Mamedyarov,S (2808) Stavanger 2018}) 12... e5 {[%cal Re5d4]} 13. dxc5 Rb8 (13... Be6 $11 {remains equal.}) 14. Qc2 (14. cxb6 $142 axb6 15. Bc5) 14... Be6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Qc7 15. Rb2 {1-0 (15) Avramidou,A (2242)-Uzumcu,A (2048) Albena 2015}) 15. Nc1 ({White should play} 15. c4 $16) 15... Qc7 $11 16. Nb3 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Bxc4 18. Rfd1 Rfc8 19. Nd2 Be6 20. cxb6 axb6 21. c4 Bxc4 22. Nxc4 b5 23. Na3 {And now Qxc7 would win.} (23. a4 {is more complex.} bxc4 24. Rxb8 Rxb8 25. Rc1 Rc8 26. Qc3) 23... Qxc2 24. Nxc2 Rxc2 25. a4 b4 26. g3 {Threatens to win with Rxb4!} Bf8 27. Rd5 Ra2 28. Rb5 Ra8 29. Bc5 Bxc5 30. Rxc5 R8xa4 31. Rxe5 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRR} Re2 32. Rb3 $1 Raa2 33. Rf3 {[#]} f5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 34. Rb5 (34. exf5 Rxe5) 34... fxe4 35. Rb8+ Kg7 36. Rb7+ Kh6 37. Rff7 e3 {[%cal Re3f2]} 38. Rxh7+ $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (38. h4 $11 {and White stays safe.} Kh5 39. Rxb4 (39. Rxh7+ {gets mated.} Kg4 40. Rxb4+ Kh3 41. Rb1 Rxf2 42. h5 Rg2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 43. Kh1 Rh2+ 44. Kg1 Rag2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 45. Kf1 Rh1#)) 38... Kg5 $19 39. Rb5+ Kf6 40. Rb6+ Kg5 41. Rb5+ $1 Kf6 42. Rb6+ {[#]} Ke5 $1 43. Re7+ Kd5 44. Kg2 Re1 ({Don't play} 44... Rxf2+ 45. Kh3 $19) 45. Rb5+ (45. Rf7 $142 Rea1 46. Rxb4) 45... Kc4 46. Reb7 Rb2 {Accuracy: White = 60%, Black = 51%.} (46... Rb1 $142 47. Kf3 exf2 48. Rxb4+ Rxb4 49. Rc7+ Kd4 50. Rd7+ Ke5) 0-1

[Event "SRB-ch Men Semifinal 2019"]
[Site "Kragujevac"]
[Date "2019.03.10"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Radovanovic, Mihajlo"]
[Black "Savic, Miodrag R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2019.03.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,133,6,14,7,6,22,19,36,27,27,21,33,26,37,45,37,44,89,108,105,95,135,150,140,146,202,190,281,153,166,154,158,100,101,103,125,125,133,80,81,79,80,88,103,113,368,368,368,392,366,361,381,358,379,382,363,356,372,352,342,343,339,319,316,317,340,344,437,424,445,434,443,442,427,423,479,479,579,567,572,567,594,486,523,521,512,522,523,505,514,500,523,500,552,551,569,569,584,572,590,585,593,589,580,586,585,580,870,866,813,711,752,750,733,697,910,912,837,817,1311,1188,1153,1108]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O O-O 7. d3 d5 {A17: English Opening: 1...Nf6 with ...Bb4} (7... Bxc3 8. bxc3 c5 9. e4 d6 10. Nh4 Nc6 11. f4 Qe7 12. Bd2 Rad8 13. Qe2 Rfe8 14. Rae1 Qc7 15. g4 Nd7 16. g5 Nf8 17. Rf3 d5 18. cxd5 exd5 {1-0 (50) Vachier Lagrave,M (2758)-Socko,B (2599) Berlin 2015}) 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bf4 a6 {The position is equal.} 10. d4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Rc1 Re8 11. a3 Bd6 12. d4 Qe7 13. Bg5 Nbd7 14. Bh3 Qf8 15. Nh4 {½-½ (27) Schlosser,P (2555)-Cioara,A (2415) Germany 2009}) 10... Nbd7 11. Rc1 Re8 12. Qb3 Bf8 13. Ne5 {Black must now prevent Nxf7!} Bd6 {[%cal Rd7e5]} 14. Nd3 Nf8 15. Bg5 {[%cal Rc3d5]} Ne6 16. Bxf6 $1 Qxf6 17. e3 (17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Nxd4 $17) 17... Ng5 18. Nf4 (18. Nxd5 Nf3+ 19. Kh1 Qf5 $15) 18... Qh6 (18... c6 $16 {might work better.}) 19. Ncxd5 $18 Rab8 (19... Rac8 $142 20. Nf6+ Qxf6 21. Bxb7 Rb8) 20. Qd1 (20. Nxc7 $18 Bxf4 21. Nxe8 (21. exf4 Nh3+ 22. Kh1 Re2 $18) 21... Bxg2 22. exf4 (22. gxf4 {gets mated.} Bf3 23. Qe6 fxe6 24. Nf6+ gxf6 25. Rfe1 Qh3 26. Rc8+ Rxc8 27. fxg5 Qg2#) 22... Bxf1 23. fxg5 Qxg5 24. Rxf1 Rxe8 25. Qxb6) 20... c5 $16 21. dxc5 Bxc5 22. Qh5 (22. Qg4 $142) 22... Qxh5 23. Nxh5 Kf8 24. Nhf4 a5 25. Nc3 ({Better is} 25. Rfd1) 25... Nf3+ 26. Kh1 g5 27. Nfd5 g4 28. Nf6 Re6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (28... Red8 $16) 29. Nd7+ $18 {[%mdl 64] [#] Double Attack} Ke7 30. Nxb8 Bd6 31. Nb5 Bxb8 32. Nd4 Rf6 33. Nxf3 {[%mdl 64] [#] Overworked Piece} gxf3 34. Bh3 Rh6 35. Bc8 Bd5 {Black hopes to continue with ...Bxg3.} 36. Rfd1 Bxa2 37. Bg4 Be5 38. Bxf3 Bb3 39. Rd2 a4 {If Black can now play ...Rd6 this consolidates a bit.} 40. Rc6 {White is clearly winning.} Rg6 41. Rxg6 hxg6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KB} 42. Bc6 Ke6 43. e4 g5 44. Kg2 g4 45. f3 gxf3+ 46. Kxf3 Bg7 47. h4 Bh6 48. Rd4 Ke5 49. Rb4 Bd1+ 50. Kg2 Be3 51. Bxa4 Bc5 52. Rc4 ({Less strong is} 52. Bxd1 Bxb4 53. Kf3 f6 $16) 52... Be2 53. Rc1 Bd4 54. Bc6 Bg4 55. b3 f6 56. Rh1 Be3 57. Ra1 Kd6 58. Bd5 f5 59. Ra8 f4 60. gxf4 Bxf4 61. Rg8 Bd1 62. Rg6+ Kc5 63. Rc6+ Kb5 64. Rf6 Be3 65. Rf1 Bc2 66. h5 Kc5 67. Rf6 {Accuracy: White = 83%, Black = 43%.} 1-0

[Event "SRB-ch Men Semifinal 2019"]
[Site "Kragujevac"]
[Date "2019.03.10"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Nestorovic, Nikola"]
[Black "Kovacevic, Aleksandar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2019.03.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 20,56,49,20,16,10,31,0,3,-7,-4,0,0,10,28,-84,-86,-62,-78,-88,-90,-108,-91,-106,-64,-114,-129,-181,-198,-262,-89,-86,-81,-422,-214,-1068,-1058,-1396,-1347]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Be3 Nc6 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 {B84: Sicilian Scheveningen: 6 Be2 a6, lines without early Be3} (11... Nd7 12. Bf3 b5 13. Qf2 b4 14. Na4 Rb8 15. Kb1 Re8 16. e5 d5 17. f5 Qa5 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. b3 Qc7 20. Qe3 Bf8 {½-½ (31) Ponomariov,R (2710)-Xu,Y (2470) Doha 2015}) 12. Bf3 b4 13. Na4 Rb8 {The position is equal.} 14. e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Qf2 Qa5 15. b3 Bb7 16. Rhe1 Rbc8 17. Kb1 e5 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Bb2 {0-1 (39) Rakowiecki,T (2325)-Kozlowski,W (2285) Jachranka 1987}) 14... Nd5 $1 15. Kb1 Qa5 16. b3 Bb7 17. c4 (17. exd6 $11 {keeps the balance.} Bxd6 18. Qf2) 17... bxc3 $1 $17 18. Nxc3 Nb4 19. exd6 Bxd6 20. Bxb7 Rxb7 {[%cal Bb8b7,Bb7d7,Bd7e7,Be7e2][%mdl 32]} 21. g4 Be7 22. Qg2 Rd7 $1 23. Qe4 (23. Rd2 $17) 23... Rfd8 $19 24. f5 {[#]} (24. Rd2 $142) 24... exf5 $2 (24... Nxa2 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512] has better winning chances.} 25. Nxa2 {[#]} e5 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 25. gxf5 $17 Nd5 26. Ne2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (26. Nxd5 $17 Qxd5 27. Qg4) 26... Bf6 (26... h6 $142 27. Rc1 Bf6 28. Bxf6 Nxf6) 27. Kb2 $2 (27. Bxf6 Nxf6 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 28. Qc2) 27... Re7 $19 28. Qf3 {[#]} Rxe2+ $1 {[%mdl 576] Remove Defender. Accuracy: White = 19%, Black = 37%.} 0-1

[Event "SRB-ch Men Semifinal 2019"]
[Site "Kragujevac"]
[Date "2019.03.10"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Zajic, Milan"]
[Black "Radovanovic, Nikola"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B29"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2019.03.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 10,39,59,51,55,64,60,39,47,41,64,50,62,47,61,50,54,56,274,271,279,278,264,262,391,359,703,682,1363,1354,2003,2006]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nc3 Nxc3 5. dxc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Qc7 {B29: Sicilian: 2 Nf3 Nf6 (Nimzowitsch Variation)} (6... e6 7. Qd2 h6 8. h4 a6 9. h5 b5 10. a4 b4 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. Be4 Qc7 13. O-O bxc3 14. bxc3 Ne7 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 {1-0 (77) Carlsen,M (2835)-Popov,I (2592) St Petersburg 2018}) 7. Bd3 e6 8. Qd2 h6 {White is slightly better.} 9. h4 a6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... b6 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. Be4 O-O-O 12. h5 Na5 13. Rhe1 Bxe4 14. Rxe4 {½-½ (58) Moiseenko,A (2640)-Nataf,I (2553) Kapuskasing 2004}) 10. Be4 b5 11. a4 {[#] aiming for axb5.} Rb8 12. axb5 axb5 13. O-O g5 $2 (13... Be7 $14) 14. hxg5 $18 hxg5 15. Nxg5 Nxe5 {[#]} 16. Ra7 $1 {[%cal Ra7c7]} Qd6 (16... Qxa7 $142 17. Bxe5 Rg8) 17. Qe3 {Hoping for Qg3.} Bg7 $2 (17... Rh4 18. g3 Rxf4) 18. Qg3 {White is clearly winning.} Rg8 19. Bh7 Rf8 20. Ne4 {Accuracy: White = 67%, Black = 31%.} 1-0

[Event "SRB-ch Men Semifinal 2019"]
[Site "Kragujevac"]
[Date "2019.03.10"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "Rabrenovic, Vladan"]
[Black "Milanovic, Danilo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2322"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2019.03.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,141,53,62,50,59,35,29,8,18,10,12,11,12,0,10,12,33,30,43,29,41,34,37,36,43,42,40,42,36,0,31,0,0,-50,-19,-18,-13,-49,-20,-31,0,0,0,0,15,0,10,-14,-10,-6,22,14,4,4,6,16,18,0,0,-4,0,-6,-11,-11,-4,-22,-4,-22,-4,-22,-4,-27,-27,-22,-22,-27,-22,-24,0,-28,0,-27,0,-31,-27,-61,0,-57,0,-47,0,0,0,0,0,-43,43,0,0,0,0,0,-18,-7,-22,-34,0,0,0,0,0,0,280,265,963,955,962,955,946,908,905,904,854,841,29984,1264,29983,29984,29993,29994,29995,867,29996,29997]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nd2 b4 5. e4 d6 {LiveBook: 17 Games} 6. a3 {A57: Benko/Volga Gambit} (6. Ngf3 g6 7. b3 Bg7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. Bd3 e5 10. O-O Nh5 11. g3 Bg4 12. Be2 Bh3 13. Re1 a5 14. a4 Ra7 {1-0 (63) Kryakvin,D (2586)-Dobrov,V (2524) Taganrog 2013}) 6... bxa3 7. bxa3 g6 8. Bb2 {White has an edge.} Bg7 9. Bd3 O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Nbd7 10. f4 Rb8 11. Bc3 O-O 12. Ngf3 Nh5 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 {0-1 (30) Bourgeois Copigny,Y-Nicolas,C (1716) La Fere 2012}) 10. Ngf3 Nbd7 11. Qc2 Re8 12. O-O e5 13. Bc3 Nh5 14. g3 Rf8 15. Ne1 Ndf6 16. Ng2 Bh3 17. Rfb1 Nd7 18. Ne3 Bh6 19. Ndf1 Ng7 20. f3 f5 21. Ng2 {[%cal Be3g2,Bg2e1,Be1d3][%mdl 32]} f4 {White must now prevent ...fxg3.} 22. Be2 Bg5 23. Bd2 Bf6 24. Rb3 g5 25. Ne1 Be7 26. Nd3 Nf6 27. Nf2 ({Much worse is} 27. gxf4 gxf4 28. Nf2 Qc8 $15) 27... Bd7 28. a4 h5 29. a5 Qc7 30. Qb2 Rfb8 31. Rb1 Rxb3 32. Qxb3 Bc8 33. gxf4 gxf4 34. Bc3 Nd7 35. Nd2 Rb8 36. Qc2 Nf8 37. Bf1 Bh4 38. Nd3 Ng6 39. Rb2 Kf7 40. Qb1 Rxb2 41. Qxb2 Ne8 42. Qb5 Bd7 43. Qb1 Bc8 44. Qb5 Bd7 45. Qb1 Bc8 46. Be2 {[%cal Bf1e2,Be2d1,Bd1a4,Ba4b5][%mdl 32]} Nf6 47. Bd1 Nh7 (47... Bh3 $15) 48. Kf1 ({White should play} 48. Ba4 $11) 48... Ng5 (48... Bh3+ $15 49. Ke2 Qc8) 49. Ba4 Ba6 50. Ke2 {[%cal Bf1e2,Be2d1,Bd1c2,Bc2b3][%mdl 32]} Nh3 51. Bb5 Bc8 52. a6 Qe7 (52... Bd8 $15) 53. Qf1 Qg5 54. Kd1 Ng1 {Threatens to win with ...Bh3.} 55. Nf2 $1 Bxf2 56. Qxf2 Nh4 {[%cal Bg6h4,Bh4g2,Bg2e3][%mdl 32] ...Nhxf3! is the strong threat.} 57. Kc2 Ng2 {Threatening ...Nh3.} (57... Nh3 $5 {[%cal Rh3f2]} 58. Qe1 Ng2 $15) 58. Kb3 Ne3 59. Ba5 Nh3 60. Qe1 Qg2 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (60... Qf6 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 61. Qh4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rh4d8] And now Qd8 would win.} Qe2 $2 (61... Ng5 62. Qxh5+ Kg7) 62. Qxh5+ Kg7 63. Be8 Qd1+ 64. Kb2 Qc2+ 65. Ka1 {Threatening mate with Qf7+.} Qc1+ {[#]} 66. Nb1 $1 {White threatens Qg6+ and mate.} Qg1 67. Qf7+ (67. Bd8 $142 Nxd5 68. cxd5 Qd4+ 69. Ka2 Qf2+ 70. Ka3 Qe3+ 71. Ka4 Qd4+ 72. Kb5 Qb4+ 73. Kc6 Qa4+ 74. Kc7 Qxe8 75. Qxe8) 67... Kh6 68. Bd8 Nc2+ 69. Kb2 Nb4 70. Qh5+ Kg7 {[#]} 71. Bf6+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Precision: White = 51%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "SRB-ch Men Semifinal 2019"]
[Site "Kragujevac"]
[Date "2019.03.10"]
[Round "5.10"]
[White "Rihterovic, Milan"]
[Black "Cabarkapa, Novak"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2263"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2019.03.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,62,10,6,-4,33,-4,0,0,0,0,0,2,49,-24,-33,-33,-32,-34,-27,-65,-69,-102,-46,-168,-165,-173,-166,-338,-288,-358,-354,-362,-358,-356,-354,-361,-357,-358,-358,-350,-340,-489,-491,-536,-527,-547,-543,-537,-537,-521,-537,-527,-518,-568,-557]} 1. d4 a6 2. Nf3 (2. e4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nbd2 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. O-O g5 9. dxc5 g4 10. Nd4 Ndxe5 11. N2b3 Nxd3 12. Qxd3 e5 13. Re1 Bg7 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Nd4 Qf6 {½-½ (43) Sokolov,I (2625)-Bauer,C (2630) Maastricht 2017}) 2... e6 3. Bg5 Be7 4. Bxe7 Qxe7 5. c3 Nf6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 5... f5 6. Nbd2 Nf6 7. Qc2 d5 8. e3 Nc6 9. Be2 Bd7 {1-0 (57) Hamdouchi,A (2235)-Berechet,O (2199) Bucharest 2000}) 6. Nbd2 {A40: Unusual replies to 1 d4} d6 7. e3 e5 8. Qc2 {The position is equal.} e4 9. Ng1 c5 10. Ne2 Nc6 11. Ng3 ({White should try} 11. dxc5 $14 dxc5 12. Ng3) 11... d5 $11 12. Be2 h5 13. h4 Bg4 14. Bxg4 Nxg4 15. a3 Qf6 (15... g6 $17 16. dxc5 Nce5 17. Qa4+ Kf8) 16. Ndxe4 (16. Ndf1 $15) 16... dxe4 $19 17. Nxe4 {[#]} Qg6 $1 18. dxc5 $2 (18. Rc1 {might work better.}) 18... O-O 19. O-O-O Rfe8 20. Nd6 Qxc2+ 21. Kxc2 Nxf2 22. Nxe8 Rxe8 23. Rhe1 Nxd1 24. Kxd1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KR} Re4 25. Kc2 (25. Ke2 {was necessary.}) 25... Rxh4 {Black is clearly winning.} 26. b4 Kf8 27. Kb3 Ke7 28. Rd1 Rg4 29. Rd2 Rg3 30. a4 Ne5 31. b5 a5 {Precision: White = 28%, Black = 84%.} 0-1

[Event "SRB-ch Men Semifinal 2019"]
[Site "Kragujevac"]
[Date "2019.03.11"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Ivic, Velimir"]
[Black "Rabrenovic, Vladan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2322"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2019.03.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,51,0,0,64,19,11,26,68,46,99,102,93,95,223,227,478,477,561,554,558,557,558,555,550,539,521,362,358,348,463,420,411,408,397,330,496,487]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 Nbd4 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 {C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} ({Black should try} 9... d5 $1 $11) (9... d5 10. exd6 Qxd6 11. Qe4+ Qe6 12. Qd4 Qd6 13. Qe4+ Qe6 14. Qd4 Qd6 {½-½ (14) Vallejo Pons,F (2713)-Andreikin,D (2723) Porto Carras 2018}) 10. Re1 Be6 11. Nc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Qb4 Qc8 12. Qc3 d5 13. Qg3 Qd7 14. Nd2 Bf5 15. c3 h6 16. Nf3 c5 17. Be3 {1-0 (45) Hirneise,T (2472)-Lewtak,D (2411) Legnica 2018}) 11... Be7 {White has an edge.} 12. exd6 Qxd6 (12... Bf6 $14 13. Qb4 O-O) 13. Qxg7 $16 O-O-O 14. Bg5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has strong initiative.} Qc6 {[#]} (14... Bxg5 $16 {might work better.} 15. Qxg5 Rhg8) 15. Nb5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rb5a7]} ({But not} 15. Bxe7 Rhg8) 15... Qd5 $2 (15... Qc5) 16. Qc3 {[%csl Gb5][%cal Rc3c7]} ({Resist} 16. Bxe7 Rhg8 $18) 16... c6 17. Bxe7 Rhg8 {[%csl Gg8][%cal Rd5g2]} 18. g3 Bh3 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Rd5g2] [#]} 19. f3 Qd2 20. Qxd2 Rxd2 21. Nc3 Rg2+ 22. Kh1 Re8 23. Bg5 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Rf2 25. Be3 Rxf3 (25... Rxc2 {was worth a try.} 26. Re2 Rxe2 27. Nxe2 b6) 26. Bxa7 1-0

[Event "SRB-ch Men Semifinal 2019"]
[Site "Kragujevac"]
[Date "2019.03.11"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Kovacevic, Aleksandar"]
[Black "Zajic, Milan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2019.03.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,26,28,25,35,38,44,35,31,28,45,30,36]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Nbd2 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f1,Bf1g3][%mdl 32]} b5 9. Bc2 Bb7 {C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines} (9... d5 10. d4 exd4 11. e5 d3 12. Bxd3 Ng4 13. Qe2 f6 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. h3 Bd6 16. Re1 Re8 17. Qd1 Rxe1+ 18. Qxe1 {½-½ (43) Karjakin,S (2773)-Aronian,L (2799) Saint Louis 2017}) 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nf1 Bf8 12. Ng3 g6 13. d4 Bg7 {[#]} {Predecessor:} 14. h3 $146 h6 15. a3 Na5 16. a4 exd4 17. axb5 axb5 18. Nxd4 c6 19. b3 Nd7 20. Be3 h5 21. Nxh5 gxh5 22. Nf5 Bxc3 23. Nh6+ {1-0 (33) Gharamian,T (2624)-Grigoryan,K (2561) Lisbon 2017} 1/2-1/2

[Event "SRB-ch Men Semifinal 2019"]
[Site "Kragujevac"]
[Date "2019.03.11"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Black "Radovanovic, Mihajlo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2019.03.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 17,33,50,43,58,42,20,14,0,0,0,47,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Na6 7. O-O e5 8. Re1 c6 9. Be3 Re8 {LiveBook: 6 Games. E94: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5 7 0-0: Various Black 7th moves} (9... exd4 10. Nxd4 Re8 11. f3 Nc5 12. Bf1 a5 13. Qd2 Qe7 14. Rad1 Nfd7 15. Nde2 Be5 16. Ng3 a4 17. Bg5 Qf8 18. Bh6 Qe7 19. Bg5 Qf8 20. Bh6 Qe7 {0-1 (74) Jakovenko,D (2747)-Nenezic,M (2495) Batumi 2018}) 10. d5 Ng4 11. Bg5 Qb6 12. Rf1 Qxb2 13. Na4 Qa3 14. Bc1 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Qb4 {The position is equal.} 15. Bd2 {[#]} Qa3 $146 16. Bc1 Qb4 17. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "SRB-ch Men Semifinal 2019"]
[Site "Kragujevac"]
[Date "2019.03.11"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Cabarkapa, Novak"]
[Black "Zlatanovic, Boroljub"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2019.03.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,75,64,119,119,122,110,138,105,97,77,100,103,105,91,107,110,119,115,147,130,161,169,166,113,135,106,110,105,98,91,88,90,85,79,91,80,78,30,112,15,58,31,22,18,18,0,0,0,0,0,29,0,12,16,21,20,79,75,79,74,82,79,79,72,67,71,428,413]} 1. d4 c5 2. e4 g6 3. dxc5 Bg7 (3... Qa5+ 4. c3 Qxc5 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Na3 Nf6 7. Be3 Qa5 8. Nc4 Qc7 9. e5 Ng4 10. Bf4 b5 11. Ne3 Nxe3 12. fxe3 e6 13. Bxb5 Qb6 {½-½ (32) Nepomniachtchi,I (2705)-Guseinov,G (2649) Ashdod 2015}) 4. h4 Qa5+ 5. c3 h5 $146 (5... Qxc5 $14 6. h5 Nf6) ({Predecessor:} 5... Qxc5 6. Be3 Qc6 7. f3 Nf6 8. Na3 O-O 9. Ne2 d5 10. e5 Nfd7 11. Nd4 Qb6 {½-½ (40) Sosovicka,M (2190)-Danada,T (2244) Slovakia 2016}) 6. Be3 $16 {B21: Sicilian: 2 f4 and Morra Gambit} Nf6 7. f3 O-O 8. Nd2 {White is clearly better.} Qc7 9. Nh3 d5 10. cxd6 $1 exd6 11. Bf4 Qc6 12. Ng5 d5 13. Qb3 Na6 14. Qb5 dxe4 15. Qxc6 ({Don't play} 15. Ngxe4 Bd7 $16) ({Much less strong is} 15. fxe4 $6 Bd7 $16) 15... bxc6 16. Ngxe4 (16. Ndxe4 $18 Nd5 17. Bd6) 16... Nd5 17. Bh2 Ne3 18. Kf2 Nxf1 19. Rhxf1 f5 20. Nd6 Be6 21. Rfe1 Nc5 {[%cal Ba6c5,Bc5a4,Ba4b2][%mdl 32]} 22. Kf1 {[#] Black must now prevent Bg1.} Bd5 23. N2c4 Bf6 (23... f4 $11) 24. Bg1 (24. Re2 $16) 24... Na4 25. Bf2 Rfd8 {Threatening ...Nxb2.} 26. Bg3 Rd7 27. Ne3 (27. Re2 {seems wilder.} Rf8 28. Kg1 Be7 29. b3 Nc5 30. Rae1) 27... Nxb2 28. Nxd5 cxd5 29. Re6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has some pressure.} Rf8 30. Rae1 Kh7 31. Nb5 Rb7 32. Nc7 f4 (32... Bxh4 $1 $11 {remains equal.} 33. Bxh4 Rxc7) 33. Nxd5 Bxc3 34. Re7+ Rf7 {[#]} 35. Rxf7+ $1 Rxf7 36. Nxc3 fxg3 37. Ne4 {aiming for Ng5+.} Nd3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (37... Rc7 $16 {is a better chance.}) 38. Re3 {Precision: White = 60%, Black = 49%.} 1-0

[Event "SRB-ch Men Semifinal 2019"]
[Site "Kragujevac"]
[Date "2019.03.11"]
[Round "6.9"]
[White "Savic, Miodrag R"]
[Black "Popovic, Milan S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2307"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2019.03.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,87,2,2,14,19,0,20,20,35,-25,-4,-17,-5,-42,-31,-50,-35,-66,-71,-133,-131,-154,-138,-137,-116,-158,-127,-229,-149,-159,-121,-122,-119,-138,-140,-127,-138,-129,-137,-152,-148,-193,-125,-139,-127,-145,-123,-275,-172,-194,-217,-281,-274,-329,-332,-321,-338,-345,-340,-339,-332,-295,-283,-370,-224,-245,-232,-199,-225,-199,-200,-170,-45,-39,-13,-15,-17,-15,-9,-18]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nd2 e5 4. c3 g6 5. Ngf3 exd4 6. cxd4 {B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems} Bg7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O c5 9. dxc5 $146 (9. d5 $14) ({Predecessor:} 9. d5 Re8 10. h3 b6 11. Re1 Ba6 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. Rb1 b5 14. a4 bxa4 15. Qxa4 Nb4 16. Qb3 a5 17. Qc4 {0-1 (32) Zagrebelny,S (2485)-Zvjaginsev,V (2642) Tula 2019}) 9... dxc5 $11 10. Nc4 Nc6 11. Bg5 Qc7 12. Ne3 Be6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Bc4 (14. Qe2 $142) 14... Bxb2 $17 {Strongly threatening ...Bxc4.} 15. Rb1 Bxc4 16. Nxc4 Bd4 17. Qc1 Rab8 18. h4 (18. Nxd4 $17 {was called for.} Nxd4 19. Re1) 18... b5 19. Ne3 {[%cal Bc4e3,Be3d5,Bd5f6][%mdl 32]} Qf4 20. Nd5 Qxe4 {[#]} 21. Qxc5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Bxc5 22. Nf6+ Kg7 23. Nxe4 Be7 24. Rfc1 Rfc8 25. g3 a6 (25... a5 $19 26. Kg2 Nb4) 26. Kg2 Nb4 27. Rd1 Rd8 28. a3 $2 (28. Rxd8 $17 Rxd8 29. a4) 28... Nc6 29. Rdc1 Rbc8 30. Rc3 {[#] White hopes to continue with Rbc1.} Na5 $1 31. Rbc1 Nc4 32. a4 Ba3 33. Rb1 b4 ({But not} 33... bxa4 34. Ne5 $19) 34. Rcb3 h6 35. g4 Re8 36. Re1 Rc7 {Threatens to win with ...Rce7.} 37. Rbb1 Rce7 38. Nc5 Rxe1 39. Rxe1 Rxe1 40. Nxe1 $19 {KBN-KNN} b3 (40... Kf6 $19 {White must now prevent ...Ke5.} 41. f4 Ke7) 41. Nxb3 $15 Nb6 42. a5 {The position is equal.} Nc4 43. Nd3 Be7 44. Kg3 {Accuracy: White = 29%, Black = 49%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "SRB-ch Men Semifinal 2019"]
[Site "Kragujevac"]
[Date "2019.03.11"]
[Round "6.10"]
[White "Cvetkovic, Srdjan"]
[Black "Nestorovic, Nikola"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2247"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2019.03.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,75,2,5,0,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,-24,-21,-15,-9,-17,0,0,-2,-37,-21,-41,-24,-25,-20,-35,0,-35,-22,-52,-47,-48,-36,-52,-52,-64,-75,-56,-50,-59,-51,-66,-23,-35,-31,-44,-44,-73,-79,-68,-63,-81,-46,-46,-46,-46,-45,-46,-40,-35,-48,-36,-44,-61,-49,-279,-261,-29998]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Bc5 (3... g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Rb1 d6 6. b4 f5 7. b5 Nce7 8. d3 Nf6 9. e3 O-O 10. Nge2 g5 11. f4 exf4 12. exf4 g4 13. O-O h5 14. Re1 h4 15. Be3 {½-½ (32) Aronian,L (2780)-Duda,J (2739) Batumi 2018}) 4. Na4 d6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. d3 {A25: English Opening vs King's Indian with ...Nc6 but without early d3} O-O 7. Nf3 a5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Bb6 8. O-O Re8 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bd2 e4 11. Nh4 g5 12. Ng6 fxg6 13. Bc3 exd3 14. Qxd3 {0-1 (23) Towery,B (1805)-Moskalenko,E ICCF email 2010}) 8. O-O {The position is equal.} h6 9. Nxc5 dxc5 10. Be3 Qe7 11. Nd2 Bd7 12. Nb1 Rad8 13. Nc3 Nd4 14. a3 b6 15. Rb1 Rfe8 16. Re1 Bf5 17. Qa4 Bd7 18. Qd1 Qd6 19. Nd5 a4 20. Bxd4 exd4 21. Nxf6+ Qxf6 22. b4 axb3 $1 23. Qxb3 Re5 24. a4 Rde8 25. Qa2 g5 26. Rb2 Bg4 27. Be4 Bf5 28. Bxf5 Rxf5 ({Much worse is} 28... Qxf5 29. a5 $11) 29. Rf1 Ra8 30. Rb5 h5 31. a5 h4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 32. axb6 Rxa2 33. bxc7 Qe6 {[#] White must now prevent ...Kg7.} 34. Rb8+ Kg7 {( -> ...Rxf2!)} 35. c8=Q Qxc8 36. Rxc8 Rxe2 37. f4 $2 {[#]} ({Better is} 37. Kg2 $15) 37... h3 $1 $19 38. fxg5 $2 {Accuracy: White = 44%, Black = 59%.} (38. Rd1 $19) 0-1

[Event "SRB-ch Men Semifinal 2019"]
[Site "Kragujevac"]
[Date "2019.03.12"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Zajic, Milan"]
[Black "Ivic, Velimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2019.03.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,29,15,20,21,6,32,21,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,84,67]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 Ngf6 5. Qe2 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7} 8. d4 e6 9. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4b5,Bb5a6][%mdl 32]} Be7 {The position is equal.} 10. e5 Bxf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... dxe5 11. dxe5 Nd5 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8 Qxa8 14. Qxb5 N5b6 15. Qe2 {½-½ (78) Maze,S (2582)-Grischuk,A (2774) Berlin 2015}) 11. gxf3 Nd5 12. dxc5 Nxe5 13. cxd6 Bxd6 14. axb5 O-O (14... axb5 $11 {remains equal.} 15. Qxb5+ Ke7 16. Qb7+ Qd7 17. Qxd7+ Nxd7 18. Rxa8 Rxa8) 15. bxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "SRB-ch Men Semifinal 2019"]
[Site "Kragujevac"]
[Date "2019.03.12"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Radovanovic, Mihajlo"]
[Black "Cabarkapa, Novak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2019.03.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,60,71,55,65,72,46,37,48,40,0,8,10,15,2,23,14,55,62,64,63,39,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,23,0,0,0,0,-3,0,0,19,0,8,0,0,-49,-22,-39,-21,-31,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Be3 c6 6. f3 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. e5 {E70: King's Indian: Miscellaneous lines with 4 e4, including 5 Nge2 and 5 Bd3 0-0 6 Nge2} Ne8 9. Bd3 (9. h4 f6 10. f4 h5 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. Bxg6 Bg4 13. Nge2 Bh6 14. Qd2 Ng7 15. Bc2 e6 {½-½ (35) Vitiugov,N (2724)-Jobava,B (2714) Helsingor 2017}) 9... f6 10. f4 {White is slightly better.} Bh6 11. Qe2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Qd2 Nc6 12. Nge2 Ng7 13. O-O Bf5 14. a3 Na5 15. Rab1 Nc4 16. Bxc4 dxc4 {0-1 (27) Oliveira,T (2075)-Nanu,C (2505) Ortigueira 2004}) 11... Nc6 12. Nf3 Ng7 13. O-O Bf5 14. Bb5 Ne6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Nh4 $1 fxe5 17. fxe5 Bxe3+ 18. Qxe3 Qb6 19. Nxf5 gxf5 20. Rad1 f4 21. Qf2 Kh8 22. b3 Rf7 23. Ne2 Rg8 {Threatens to win with ...f3.} 24. Kh1 $1 Qa5 25. a4 Qa6 26. Qf3 Rfg7 27. g3 fxg3 28. Nxg3 Rf8 29. Qe2 Rxf1+ 30. Rxf1 Qxe2 {Accuracy: White = 56%, Black = 67%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "SRB-ch Men Semifinal 2019"]
[Site "Kragujevac"]
[Date "2019.03.12"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Svicevic, Rastko"]
[Black "Kovacevic, Aleksandar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2223"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2019.03.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,50,14,7,0,0,14,0,0,0,3,-14,-27,-44,-36,-35,-16,-50,-24,-18,-18,-19,-15,-28,-25,-64,-47,-41,-38,-96,-95,-201,-197,-479,-483]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 Ngf6 5. Qe2 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 e6 {B51: Sicilian: Moscow Variation (3 Bb5+) without 3...Bd7} 8. d4 Bb7 9. O-O Be7 10. Rd1 {LiveBook: 7 Games} (10. Re1 O-O 11. Nbd2 Rc8 12. Nf1 Qc7 13. Bd3 cxd4 14. cxd4 e5 15. d5 Nh5 16. Ng3 Nf4 17. Bxf4 exf4 {1-0 (45) Quesada Perez,Y (2612)-Xiong,J (2675) Saint Louis 2018}) 10... Qc7 11. a4 O-O 12. axb5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Bd3 e5 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Rxa8 15. Bxb5 Bxe4 16. Bxd7 Bxb1 {½-½ (40) Karousos Theodorakis,N (2233)-Grapsa,G (2096) Thessaloniki 2018}) 12... axb5 13. Rxa8 Bxa8 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. e5 dxe5 16. Qxe5 Qc8 17. Nd4 Qb7 {[%csl Ga8][%cal Rb7g2] [#]} 18. f3 b4 19. cxb4 Ncd7 20. Qb5 Bxb4 21. b3 Qxb5 22. Nxb5 Rb8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has the initiative.} 23. Nc7 (23. N1c3 $15) 23... Rc8 $17 24. Nxa8 (24. Na6 $17 Ba5 25. b4 Bb6+ 26. Nc5) 24... Rxc2 $19 25. Be3 $2 {[#]} (25. Bd2 Bc5+ 26. Kf1) 25... Nd5 {Precision: White = 17%, Black = 68%.} 0-1

[Event "SRB-ch Men Semifinal 2019"]
[Site "Kragujevac"]
[Date "2019.03.12"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Rabrenovic, Vladan"]
[Black "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2322"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2019.03.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,106,50,39,51,16,40,27,43,41,53,58,64,53,76,67,63,64,74,62,80,80,73,58,61,58,66,58,57,33,77,43,42,47,46,35,82,18,17,20,25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,112,112,102,105,118,115,130,50,84,0,0,-116,70,92,125,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-156,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,0,50,0,0,0,0,0,3,0,0,-1838,-4686]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 e5 6. d5 a5 7. Nge2 Na6 {E70: King's Indian: Miscellaneous lines with 4 e4, including 5 Nge2 and 5 Bd3 0-0 6 Nge2} 8. h3 (8. f3 Nh5 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Nc5 11. Bc2 f5 12. O-O-O f4 13. Bxc5 dxc5 14. d6 Be6 15. dxc7 Qxc7 16. Nd5 Qd8 17. Nec3 Rf7 18. Ba4 Bf8 19. Bb5 Ng7 20. Na4 Bxd5 21. Qxd5 {1-0 (38) Tikkanen,H (2560)-Milov,V (2648) Odense 2011}) 8... c6 9. Be3 Bd7 $146 {White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 9... O-O 10. Qd2 Bd7 11. a4 Be8 12. Bb1 cxd5 13. cxd5 Nd7 14. O-O {0-1 (40) Novkovic,M (2396)-Muse,M (2487) Austria 2001}) 10. Na4 Nb4 {[%cal Rc6d5]} 11. Nb6 cxd5 12. cxd5 Nxd3+ 13. Qxd3 Ra6 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. O-O O-O 16. Rfc1 Ne8 17. Rc2 f5 18. f3 Bf6 19. a4 Ra8 20. Qb5 Qe7 21. Ra3 fxe4 22. fxe4 Bh4 23. Ra1 {[%cal Ba3a1,Ba1c1,Bc1c8][%mdl 32]} Nf6 24. Qd3 (24. Rac1 $1 $16) 24... Nh5 $11 25. Rac1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under pressure.} Rf7 26. Rc8+ Rxc8 27. Rxc8+ Kg7 $1 28. Qd2 g5 $1 29. Qc1 Nf4 (29... Qf6 $11) 30. Nxf4 $1 $16 exf4 31. Bd4+ Kh6 32. Qc2 Bg3 33. Rc3 (33. Rg8 $16) 33... g4 {[#] Black wants to play ...gxh3.} 34. hxg4 (34. Rc8 $1 $16) 34... Qh4 $11 {Threatens to win with ...Qh2+.} 35. Kf1 (35. Rf3 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 35... Qxg4 $2 (35... Qh1+ $17 36. Bg1 f3 37. gxf3 Rxf3+ 38. Rxf3 Qxf3+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 39. Bf2 Kg5 40. Qc1+ Bf4) 36. Qe2 $14 Qg6 37. Bf2 ({White should try} 37. Bb6 $16) 37... Bxf2 $11 38. Kxf2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Re7 39. Rc4 Qg3+ 40. Kf1 Qh4 41. Rc3 {Strongly threatening Rh3.} Kg5 42. Rc8 Kg6 43. Rf8 $2 (43. Rg8+ $11 Rg7 44. Rxg7+ Kxg7 45. Qc4) 43... Qh1+ $2 ({Black should play} 43... Rc7 $17 {( -> ...Rc1+)} 44. Qd2 {[#]} Rc1+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 45. Ke2 Qh1 46. Rxf4 Qxg2+ 47. Ke3 Qg3+ 48. Ke2 Rg1) 44. Kf2 {White threatens Qg4+ and mate.} Qh4+ 45. Kg1 Kg7 46. Rf5 h6 47. e5 dxe5 48. Rxe5 Rf7 49. d6 f3 $1 {[%cal Rf3f2]} 50. gxf3 Qd4+ 51. Kg2 Qxd6 52. Rxa5 Re7 53. Qc4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (53. Qc2 $11) 53... Qd2+ {[%mdl 64] Double Attack. Accuracy: White = 44%, Black = 57%.} 0-1

[Event "SRB-ch Men Semifinal 2019"]
[Site "Kragujevac"]
[Date "2019.03.12"]
[Round "7.9"]
[White "Nestorovic, Nikola"]
[Black "Radovanovic, Nikola"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2019.03.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,111,37,36,23,47,-7,-7,-11,-9,-4,26,26,30,33,33,19,36,20,33,32,38,37,72,81,85,75,89,88,87,87,91,94,106,82,75,69,92,94,99,94,91,94,105,91,112,92,115,92,100,102,106,106,95,85,83,82,79,55,58,11,70,55,57,38,63,28,47,23,57,55,37,49,32,9,35,49,53,50,51,51,51,0,0,0,4,10,158,153,753,747,965,957,956,930,1190,368,1144,1156]} 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 f5 4. c4 c6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 Qe7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. Ne5 {A84: Dutch Defence: 2 c4 Miscellaneous} (9. Qc1 b6 10. Ba3 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nc3 Nd7 14. Nb5 Bb8 15. Be2 Bb7 16. Rd1 a6 17. Nc3 Bd6 18. Bb2 Rad8 19. Nxd5 {0-1 (19) Yakubboev,N (2556)-Tomashevsky,E (2705) St Petersburg 2018}) 9... Nbd7 10. cxd5 (10. Nd2 $14) 10... exd5 $11 {[%cal Rd7e5]} 11. f4 {The position is equal.} Ne4 12. Qc1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Nd2 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Bc5 14. Qe2 g5 15. fxg5 Nxg5 {0-1 (52) Bets,A (2377)-Krapivin,A (2451) St Petersburg 2005}) 12... Rf6 13. Ba3 Rh6 {[%cal Rd7e5]} 14. Bxd6 Nxd6 15. Nd2 Nf6 16. Ndf3 Nde4 17. Qe1 a5 18. a3 Be6 {[#]} 19. b4 $1 {[%cal Bb3b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} a4 20. b5 c5 21. dxc5 Nxc5 22. Qb4 b6 23. Rad1 Kh8 24. Nc6 Qe8 25. Qd4 Nfd7 26. Bc2 Rf6 27. Rfe1 Rf8 28. Qb4 Nf6 29. Nfe5 Nfe4 30. Bb1 Bg8 31. Ba2 Nf6 32. Qb1 Nce4 {...Nc3 would now be nice for Black.} 33. Qb2 Nc5 34. Qb4 Rc8 35. h3 Rc7 36. Re2 Qh5 37. Qe1 Re8 (37... g5 $11) 38. Rd4 Be6 39. Rc2 Bg8 40. Qe2 Qh4 41. Qf2 Qh5 42. Qf3 {[%cal Ra2d5]} Qh4 43. g3 $40 {[%mdl 128] White mounts an attack.} Qh6 44. Rg2 Nce4 45. Bb1 Be6 ({Don't blunder} 45... Qxh3 $2 46. Rh2 $18) 46. g4 Qh4 {White must now prevent ...Qe1+.} 47. Bxe4 Nxe4 48. Rxa4 fxg4 49. hxg4 {aiming for Ng6+!} Qe1+ 50. Kh2 Nd2 (50... g5 $11) 51. Qe2 $16 Qh4+ $2 (51... Qxe2 $16 52. Rxe2 Nc4) 52. Kg1 $18 Ne4 {[#]} 53. Ng6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} hxg6 54. Rh2 Qxh2+ 55. Qxh2+ Kg8 56. f5 {[%mdl 64] Discovered Attack. Accuracy: White = 71%, Black = 47%.} 1-0

[Event "SRB-ch Men Semifinal 2019"]
[Site "Kragujevac"]
[Date "2019.03.12"]
[Round "7.10"]
[White "Zlatanovic, Boroljub"]
[Black "Dudukovic, Nikola"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2376"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2019.03.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,103,0,20,-14,-5,-10,0,-26,-16,-28,-21,-12,-10,-4,8,-2,5,0,0,-7,15,8,16,-20,96,97,112,117,116,108,122,110,122,97,202,202,195,195,202,193,185,187,204,204,204,204,237,237,237,237,237,237,244,244,244,235,239,242,244,240,237,237,238,236,249,247,238,227,231,180,251,260,275,222,253,209,204,213,252,252,522,779,762,710,719,719,1252,1191,1066,965,947,706,1630,1548]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 Bc5 6. d3 d6 7. h3 {C48: Four Knights: 4 Bb5, replies other than 4...Bb4} (7. Na4 b5 8. Nxd4 bxc4 9. Nf5 Bxf5 10. exf5 cxd3 11. Nxc5 dxc5 12. cxd3 Qd7 13. Qf3 O-O 14. Bg5 Rab8 {½-½ (30) Kovalev,V (2664)-Ragger,M (2686) Batumi 2018}) 7... c6 (7... O-O {is more complex.} 8. Nxd4 Bxd4 9. Qf3 Be6 10. Ne2 d5) 8. Nxd4 Bxd4 9. Ne2 {The position is equal.} Bb6 10. O-O O-O 11. Ng3 Be6 12. Qf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Bb3 d5 13. Qf3 h6 14. Nf5 Bxf5 15. Qxf5 dxe4 16. dxe4 {½-½ (26) Perez Pastora,E (2179)-Soler Lopez,H (1851) Barcelona 2015}) 12... Qd7 13. Bg5 Ne8 14. Rad1 d5 {[#] Hoping for ...f6.} 15. Bb3 f6 16. Be3 Nc7 17. d4 exd4 (17... dxe4 $11 18. Qxe4 f5) 18. Bxd4 $16 Qf7 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. Qxf5 {[#] exd5 is the strong threat.} Rad8 21. Bxb6 axb6 22. Rd3 Qg6 (22... Rfe8 $16) 23. Qxg6 $18 hxg6 24. exd5 cxd5 25. Rfd1 Rfe8 26. Bxd5+ Rxd5 27. Rxd5 Nxd5 28. Rxd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} Re1+ 29. Kh2 Re2 30. Rd8+ Kh7 31. Rd6 b5 32. Rb6 Rxc2 33. Rxb5 Rc7 34. Kg3 Kg8 35. Kf3 Kf7 36. h4 Ke6 37. Ke3 Rd7 38. Rb4 Rc7 39. Re4+ Kf7 40. Kd3 Rc5 (40... b5 {was called for.} 41. g3 Rc5) 41. a4 b6 42. Re1 g5 43. hxg5 Rxg5 44. g3 Rf5 45. Re2 b5 $2 (45... Rd5+ 46. Kc4 Rc5+ 47. Kb4 g5) 46. axb5 {White is clearly winning.} Rxb5 47. Kc4 Rb8 48. b4 {[%cal Bb2b4,Bb4b5][%mdl 32]} Kg6 49. b5 Kf5 50. f3 Rc8+ 51. Kb4 Rc1 52. Re3 {Accuracy: White = 73%, Black = 36%.} 1-0

[Event "SRB-ch Men Semifinal 2019"]
[Site "Kragujevac"]
[Date "2019.03.13"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Kovacevic, Aleksandar"]
[Black "Ivic, Velimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2019.03.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 11,23,8,22,22,14,22,25,15,18,15,21,31,34,-16]} 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 a6 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. Bg5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Nd4 Nd7 13. Be3 Rc8 14. Rac1 Qa5 {1-0 (49) Karjakin,S (2760)-Amonatov,F (2636) Riadh 2017}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "SRB-ch Men Semifinal 2019"]
[Site "Kragujevac"]
[Date "2019.03.13"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Cabarkapa, Novak"]
[Black "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2019.03.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 12,69,38,13,30,26,46,13,19,15,20,33,30,25,25,8,23,-33,-39,-44,-25,-29,-1,-98,-91,-94,-93,-112,-87,-79,-61,-128,-119,-112,-52,-76,-72,-79,0,0,0,-99,-12,-12,-12,-14,-16,-15,-7,-15,-15,-26,0,0,98,93,165,164,159,175]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Qf3 Qc7 {B41: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 c4} 8. a3 Bd6 9. Be2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Be3 Be5 10. O-O-O Nc6 11. Kb1 O-O 12. g4 b5 13. g5 Ne8 14. Nxc6 dxc6 15. Bc5 {1-0 (25) Vuckovic,B (2640)-Kovacevic,A (2573) Kragujevac 2010}) 9... Nc6 {The position is equal.} 10. Nxc6 dxc6 11. Qe3 e5 12. Qg3 O-O 13. Bh6 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Rg3g7]} (13. Bg5 {keeps more tension.} Kh8 14. O-O Be7 15. Kh1 b5 16. Rac1) 13... Ne8 14. Rc1 (14. Be3 $11) 14... f5 $15 15. Bd2 f4 16. Qd3 Be6 17. Nd5 (17. Na4 $11) 17... Qf7 $17 18. Nb6 Rd8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is really pushing.} 19. c5 Bc7 20. Qc2 Qg6 21. Kf1 (21. Bf3 $1 $15) 21... Bxb6 22. cxb6 {[#]} Nd6 (22... f3 $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 23. Bxf3 Nd6) 23. f3 $1 $15 Nb5 24. Bc3 Nd4 (24... Nxc3 $17 25. Qxc3 Qg5) 25. Bxd4 $1 $11 Rxd4 26. Rd1 (26. Kf2 $1 $11) 26... Rfd8 (26... c5 $17 27. Rxd4 cxd4) 27. Rxd4 Rxd4 28. Kf2 $1 Qf6 {...Qh4+ is the strong threat.} 29. Rc1 Qh4+ 30. Kg1 Qd8 31. Qc5 Rd2 32. Kf1 Bf7 (32... Qg5 $11 {remains equal.}) 33. Qxe5 $16 Qxb6 (33... h6 $16) 34. Qb8+ $18 Rd8 {[#]} 35. Rxc6 $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 46%, Black = 51%.} 1-0

[Event "SRB-ch Men Semifinal 2019"]
[Site "Kragujevac"]
[Date "2019.03.13"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Zajic, Milan"]
[Black "Radovanovic, Mihajlo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2019.03.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,28,-8,-39,-29]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 O-O 8. h3 Nc6 9. Nde2 Rb8 10. O-O b5 11. a3 a5 {[%cal Ba7a5,Ba5b4][%mdl 32]} 12. Bg5 b4 13. axb4 axb4 14. Nd5 {LiveBook: 12 Games} Nd7 $1 {[#] B70: Sicilian Dragon: 6 g3 and 6 Be2 (without a later Be3)} {Predecessor:} 15. Qc1 $146 Re8 16. Rd1 Nc5 17. Bh6 Bh8 18. Be3 Bd7 19. Nd4 e6 20. Nxc6 Bxc6 21. Bxc5 dxc5 22. Nxb4 {½-½ (55) Movsesian,S (2653)-Kryakvin,D (2529) Pardubice 2015} 1/2-1/2

[Event "SRB-ch Men Semifinal 2019"]
[Site "Kragujevac"]
[Date "2019.03.13"]
[Round "8.8"]
[White "Savic, Miodrag R"]
[Black "Nestorovic, Nikola"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2019.03.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,79,13,-3,20,3,49,16,20,9,30,0,21,14,12,18,31,-25,-19,-15,55,13,14,0,0,-4,6,19,54,-10,58,57,82,79,79,48,51,61,62,60,53,20,9,26,173,0,49,0,101,64,64,71,65,0,90,91,126,53,204,214,271,269,263,246,225,231,2878,2804]} 1. e4 d6 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c3 e6 6. Bb3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 Bd7 {B50: Sicilian: 2...d6, Miscellaneous} (8... e5 9. Nbd2 b5 10. a4 b4 11. Nc4 Rb8 12. Bg5 Be6 13. Rb1 Nd7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Nfd2 Nf6 16. a5 Qc7 {½-½ (49) Artemiev,V (2697)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2751) Moscow 2018}) 9. Nbd2 Ne5 10. Nf1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Nc4 Qc7 12. a4 b5 13. axb5 Bxb5 14. Qf3 Nd7 15. Qg3 Bf6 16. Rd1 {1-0 (28) Rabiega,R (2508)-Friedrich,W (2183) Berlin 2010}) 10... Bc6 {The position is equal.} 11. Ng3 Rc8 12. Bc2 Qb6 13. Ng5 h6 14. Nh3 Ng6 15. Nh5 ({White should try} 15. a4 $14) 15... e5 16. Bb3 Qd8 (16... Rcd8 $11) 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Qh5 d5 19. Be3 b6 20. Rad1 Re8 21. Bc1 (21. f4 $14) 21... Rc7 (21... a5 $11) 22. f4 $14 b5 23. f5 Nf8 24. Re3 {aiming for Rg3.} Nh7 $1 25. Rg3 {[#] Bxh6 is the strong threat.} Kh8 $1 26. exd5 Bxd5 27. c4 Bb7 28. cxb5 Bd5 {[#]} (28... Qe7 $1 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 29. Bc4 $2 (29. Bxd5 $1 $18 Qxd5 30. Nf2) 29... Rd7 {Hoping for ...Bxc4.} 30. Rf1 {Black should prevent Bxd5.} Ree7 (30... e4 $11) 31. Nf2 Bxc4 32. dxc4 {Threatens to win with Bxh6!} e4 33. Be3 (33. Kh1 $14) 33... Bd4 (33... Be5 $11) 34. Qg4 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under strong pressure.} f6 35. Nh3 ({But not} 35. Nxe4 $2 Ng5 $19) ({White should play} 35. h4 $16) 35... Bxe3+ $2 (35... Ng5 $14) 36. Rxe3 $18 Rd4 37. Nf4 Nf8 38. Nd5 Re5 39. b3 Qa5 $2 (39... Rexd5 40. cxd5 Nd7 41. Rxe4 Ne5) 40. Rg3 {Accuracy: White = 32%, Black = 24%.} 1-0

[Event "SRB-ch Men Semifinal 2019"]
[Site "Kragujevac"]
[Date "2019.03.13"]
[Round "8.9"]
[White "Milanovic, Danilo"]
[Black "Zlatanovic, Boroljub"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E89"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2019.03.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 e5 5. Nge2 Nf6 6. f3 O-O 7. Be3 c6 8. d5 cxd5 9. cxd5 Ne8 10. Qd2 f5 11. O-O-O Bd7 12. Ng1 Nf6 13. Bd3 Na6 14. Nge2 Nb4 15. Kb1 Rc8 16. h3 fxe4 17. Bxe4 Qa5 18. a3 Na6 1-0

[Event "SRB-ch Men Semifinal 2019"]
[Site "Kragujevac"]
[Date "2019.03.13"]
[Round "8.10"]
[White "Radovanovic, Nikola"]
[Black "Rabrenovic, Vladan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2322"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2019.03.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,75,25,23,27,31,15,39,33,29,19,36,7,14,12,35,14,56,61,79,21,102,109,72,76,150,145,138,143,169,164,169,169,162,169,167,168,177,169,169,168,168,168,164,164,207,207,264,259,276,261,261,244,492,476,485,483,478,463,466,426,495,495]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Qc2 Nh5 9. Bxe7 {D36: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation: Main line (5 Bg5 c6 6 Qc2)} Qxe7 10. O-O-O Ndf6 (10... Nb6 11. Kb1 g6 12. Nge2 Be6 13. f3 O-O-O 14. Nc1 Kb8 15. Nb3 Ng7 16. Rhe1 Rhe8 17. Qf2 Qc7 18. Rc1 Ka8 19. h3 Bf5 20. e4 {½-½ (51) Tomashevsky,E (2702)-Braun,A (2581) Biograd 2018}) 11. h3 {White is slightly better.} g6 12. g4 Ng7 13. Nf3 Be6 $1 14. Ne5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White fights for an advantage.} Nd7 15. f4 {next f5 is good for White.} Nxe5 16. dxe5 {[#]} Bd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... f5 17. exf6 Qxf6 18. Rhf1 O-O-O 19. e4 dxe4 20. Nxe4 Qf7 21. Ng5 Qf6 22. Ne4 Qf7 23. Ng5 {½-½ (23) Ardeshi,M (2321)-Malakhatko,V (2533) Teheran 2014}) 17. Be2 ({Better is} 17. Kb1 $16) 17... f6 (17... Qc5 $11 {remains equal.}) 18. exf6 $16 Qxf6 19. Rhf1 Qe7 (19... O-O $142) 20. e4 dxe4 21. Qxe4 ({Don't do} 21. Nxe4 $6 O-O-O $14) 21... Rf8 22. Bc4 {Hoping for Rfe1.} Qxe4 23. Nxe4 {Black must now prevent Rfe1.} O-O-O {[#]} 24. Ng5 $1 h5 25. Nf7 hxg4 26. hxg4 Bxg4 27. Rxd8+ Rxd8 28. Nxd8 Kxd8 $18 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KBN} 29. Bd3 Bf5 30. Bxf5 gxf5 {KR-KN} 31. Kd2 Ne6 32. Ke3 Ke7 33. Rh1 {aiming for Rh7+.} Nc7 $2 {[#]} (33... Nf8 34. b4 Nd7 35. Rh7+ Kd6 36. Rh6+ Ke7 37. Rh7+ Ke6) 34. Kd4 {White is clearly winning.} Kd6 35. Rh6+ Ne6+ 36. Ke3 Kd5 37. Rh7 b5 38. Rf7 {Accuracy: White = 84%, Black = 54%.} 1-0

[Event "SRB-ch Men Semifinal 2019"]
[Site "Kragujevac"]
[Date "2019.03.14"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Ivic, Velimir"]
[Black "Savic, Miodrag R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "2019.03.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

{[%evp 8,13,36,25,54,34,28,35]} 1. e4 {[%emt 0:05:25]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 5. d4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 6. Bd3 $14 {[%emt 0:00:05] LiveBook: 5872 Games} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:07]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "SRB-ch Men Semifinal 2019"]
[Site "Kragujevac"]
[Date "2019.03.14"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Cabarkapa, Novak"]
[Black "Kovacevic, Aleksandar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2019.03.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 15,17,0,-2,-6]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d3 d5 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4 Nc6 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Re1 {A08: King's Indian Attack} {Predecessor:} e5 $146 10. a3 h6 11. Rb1 Be6 12. c3 Rc8 13. Qc2 b6 14. h4 Re8 15. c4 Nc7 16. Qa4 Bd7 17. Ne4 Re6 {0-1 (47) Shoker,S (2466)-Eljanov,P (2733) Tsaghkadzor 2015} 1/2-1/2

[Event "SRB-ch Men Semifinal 2019"]
[Site "Kragujevac"]
[Date "2019.03.14"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Radovanovic, Mihajlo"]
[Black "Milanovic, Danilo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2019.03.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 9,72,21,51,50,46,44,41,40,77,54,78,51,42,0,48,40,36,29,51,-9,-15,-28,0,-24,41,-16,62,56,58,0,-4,-22,-23,-46,-27,-28,-54,-39,-14,-23,-10,-12,-21,-18,-15,0,0,0,0,0,0,-3,0,-5,43,0,0,-240,-294,-289,-226,-533,-535,-533,-525]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Bf5 4. d4 g6 5. h3 Bg7 6. g4 {E61: King's Indian: Early deviations for White, including Smyslov System} Bd7 7. e4 O-O 8. Be3 {White is slightly better.} Na6 9. Be2 c5 10. d5 Nc7 11. Nd2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. a4 b6 12. Qd2 a6 {1-0 (29) Sargissian,G (2675)-Gagunashvili,M (2582) Rijeka 2010}) 11... b5 12. cxb5 Rb8 {[%cal Rc7b5,Ba8b8,Bb8b6,Bb6b4][%mdl 32]} 13. a4 {Threatening Nc4.} a6 $1 14. b6 (14. bxa6 $14 Rxb2 15. Qc1) 14... Rxb6 $11 15. Nc4 Rb4 16. O-O Qb8 (16... Nfe8 $11) 17. Rb1 ({White should play} 17. Re1 $14) 17... Na8 (17... h5 $1 $11) 18. e5 $14 Ne8 19. f4 ({Better is} 19. a5 $14) 19... Nb6 $11 20. b3 Nxc4 21. bxc4 Qc7 22. Rxb4 cxb4 23. Ne4 f5 24. exf6 Nxf6 25. Nxf6+ Bxf6 26. Qb3 $1 Qa5 27. Bd1 $1 Bc3 28. c5 dxc5 {next ...Kh8 is good for Black.} 29. d6+ e6 {White must now prevent ...Qb6.} 30. Qc4 $1 Kg7 31. Rf2 Bxa4 32. Ra2 Qb5 33. Qxb5 $2 (33. Qxe6 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} Bxd1 34. d7) 33... Bxb5 $19 34. Bxc5 Rxf4 {[#] ...Rf1+ is the strong threat.} 35. Bb3 $2 (35. Ba4 {was the crucial defense.} Rc4 36. Bxb5 Rxc5 37. d7) 35... Bd4+ 36. Bxd4+ Rxd4 {Accuracy: White = 41%, Black = 58%.} 0-1

[Event "SRB-ch Men Semifinal 2019"]
[Site "Kragujevac"]
[Date "2019.03.14"]
[Round "9.8"]
[White "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Black "Zajic, Milan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2019.03.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 22,73,16,16,23,30,39,39,58,20,24,23,19,24,41,36,35,36,45,36,64,48,52,60,56,41,37,34,86,85,98,91,95,73,48,52,59,29,33,26,20,21,21,18,21,9,14,0,11,-316,-300,-320,-310,-454]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 dxc4 8. Bxc4 a6 9. a3 Bd6 10. h3 e5 11. O-O Bd7 {E51: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4...0-0 5 Nf3 d5} 12. Rd1 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Qc8 (12... exd4 13. exd4 h6 14. Be3 Ne7 15. Ne5 b5 16. Ba2 c6 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Bf5 19. Qf3 {1-0 (37) Mamedyarov,S (2768)-Inarkiev,E (2709) Doha 2016}) 13. d5 Ne7 {White has an edge.} 14. Bf1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. e4 Ng6 15. Be3 Nh5 16. Bf1 Nhf4 17. Ne2 f5 18. Nxf4 exf4 19. Bd4 fxe4 20. Qxe4 {1-0 (61) Cifuentes Parada,R (2483)-Estremera Panos,S (2353) Pamplona 2000}) 14... Ng6 15. Bd2 c6 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. Be1 Bc7 18. Rac1 Bxf3 19. gxf3 {Strongly threatening Ne4.} Nh4 20. Bg2 Re8 21. Ne2 Nxg2 22. Kxg2 Bb6 $1 23. Rd6 Qxc2 24. Rxc2 Ba7 (24... Bd8 $14) 25. Ng3 $16 Rac8 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Bc3 Bc5 28. Rd3 Re8 29. Rd2 g6 30. Ne2 Ba7 31. Bb4 Bb8 32. Nc3 Kg7 33. Na4 Rc8 34. Nb6 Rc6 35. Rd8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (35. Nd7 $11 {and White stays safe.} Nxd7 36. Rxd7) 35... Bc7 $19 36. Bf8+ Kh8 37. Rd1 {Precision: White = 60%, Black = 61%.} (37. Ra8 {is a better defense.} Bxb6 38. Bd6+ Ng8 39. Bxe5+ f6 40. Bc3) 0-1

[Event "SRB-ch Men Semifinal 2019"]
[Site "Kragujevac"]
[Date "2019.03.14"]
[Round "9.9"]
[White "Nestorovic, Nikola"]
[Black "Dudukovic, Nikola"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2019.03.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:01:56]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. d3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:12]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 6. c3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 7. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Ba7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 8. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 9. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} O-O {[%emt 0:03:15]} 10. h3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:10:06]} 11. Nf1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 12. Ng3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 13. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bxe3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 14. Rxe3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:19:25]} 15. a4 {[%emt 0:06:31]} a5 {[%emt 0:01:27]} 16. d4 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Neg6 {[%emt 0:01:45]} 17. Bc2 {[%emt 0:08:02]} Re8 {[%emt 0:24:12]} 18. Qf1 {[%emt 0:03:16]} h5 {[%emt 0:02:17]} 19. Rae1 {[%emt 0:01:11]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:04:56]} 20. Nf5 {[%emt 0:01:28]} exd4 {[%emt 0:03:39]} 21. cxd4 {[%emt 0:04:12]} d5 {[%emt 0:01:06]} 22. e5 Qd8 23. g3 {[%emt 0:07:43]} Qc8 {[%emt 0:01:38]} 24. g4 {[%emt 0:15:40]} Ra6 {[%emt 0:01:41]} 25. Rc3 {[%emt 0:02:02]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:02:26]} 26. Ree3 {[%emt 0:01:52]} Nf8 {[%emt 0:02:59]} 27. Nh2 hxg4 28. hxg4 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Bxf5 {[%emt 0:01:35]} 29. gxf5 {[%emt 0:05:00]} Qh4 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 30. f6 {[%emt 0:01:39]} N8g6 {[%emt 0:03:04]} 31. Bxg6 {[%emt 0:10:20]} Nxg6 {[%emt 0:03:41]} 32. Qb5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Ree6 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 33. Qd7 {[%emt 0:11:15]} Nf4 {[%emt 0:05:16]} 34. Rg3 {[%emt 0:03:57]} Ne2+ {[%emt 0:03:45]} 35. Kf1 {[%emt 0:02:01]} Nxg3+ {[%emt 0:01:08]} 36. Rxg3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 37. Qd8+ {[%emt 0:04:25]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 38. Nf3 {[%emt 0:01:33]} Qh1+ {[%emt 0:00:47]} 39. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Rac6 {[%emt 0:01:12]} 40. Nxg5+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Nxe6+ {[%emt 0:03:26]} Kf5 42. Rg5+ {[%emt 0:00:42]} 1-0

[Event "SRB-ch Men Semifinal 2019"]
[Site "Kragujevac"]
[Date "2019.03.14"]
[Round "9.10"]
[White "Omorjan, Dejan"]
[Black "Radovanovic, Nikola"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2019.03.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,130,16,5,13,0,35,0,0,0,18,0,0,0,42,25,29,22,29,-54,-28,-30,28,19,27,18,55,14,47,44,49,33,34,26,22,0,65,62,61,53,85,82,89,81,94,84,124,124,139,146,152,123,123,124,123,127,152,151,175,168,175,175,175,175,175,0,175,175,175,175,203,200,200,200,200,204,300,300,300,248,286,279,521,503,1315,837,1318,914,1193,1079,1052,1112,1911,1671,4404,4133,1993,1325,1141,946,29973,29973,29973,29974,29976,29977,29977,29978,29978,29979,29979,29980,29979,29980,29979]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 c6 8. O-O exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. Qc2 Qe7 {[%cal Rf6e4] E94: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5 7 0-0: Various Black 7th moves} 11. Bf3 Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7e5,Be5c4][%mdl 32]} 12. Bf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. h3 Ne5 13. Be2 Ned7 14. Bf3 Ne5 15. Be2 Ned7 16. Bf3 a6 17. Rad1 Rb8 18. b4 {0-1 (37) Beradze,I (2466)-Zubov,A (2612) Batumi 2017}) 12... Nh5 {The position is equal.} 13. Be3 Nhf6 14. Bf4 Ne5 15. Be2 Bg4 16. f3 Bd7 17. Qd2 Nh5 18. Bg5 (18. Be3 $11) 18... Nxc4 $1 $15 19. Nxc6 bxc6 (19... Qxe4 $142 $1 20. Ne7+ Qxe7 21. Bxc4 Qe5) 20. Bxc4 $11 Qe5 {[#] White must now prevent ...Qc5+.} 21. Kh1 h6 22. Bh4 Qd4 23. Qxd4 Bxd4 24. Rad1 Be5 25. Bf2 Rab8 26. Bd4 (26. Bb3 {looks sharper.} Be6 27. Bxe6 Rxe6 28. Na4 c5 29. b3) 26... Be6 (26... Rxb2 $11 27. Bxe5 Rxe5) 27. Bxe6 $14 Rxe6 28. Bxe5 Rxe5 29. Rf2 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is on the roll.} Re6 30. Rfd2 Kf8 31. Ne2 ({Much worse is} 31. Rxd6 $6 Rxd6 32. Rxd6 Rxb2 $11) 31... c5 32. b3 Rd8 33. g4 Ng7 34. Kg2 Ne8 35. Nf4 Re7 36. h4 Rb8 37. h5 g5 38. Nd5 Re6 39. Ne3 Rb6 40. Nc4 Rc6 41. Ne3 Rb6 $1 42. Rd3 Rc6 43. Kg3 Ke7 44. b4 cxb4 45. Nf5+ Kd7 46. Nd4 Ra6 (46... Nc7 $142 47. Nxc6 Kxc6 48. Rc1+ Kb6) 47. Nxe6 $18 fxe6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} 48. R1d2 e5 49. Rd5 Nc7 $2 (49... Kc7 {might work better.} 50. Rb5 Rb6 51. Rc2+ Kb7 52. Rxb6+ axb6) 50. Rxe5 Rxa2 (50... Rc6 $142 51. Ra5 a6) 51. Rxa2 dxe5 {KR-KN} 52. Ra4 a5 53. Rxa5 Kc6 {[#]} 54. Kf2 $1 {[%cal Rf2e3]} Nb5 55. Ke3 b3 56. Kd3 Kc5 57. Ra4 Nd4 58. Kc3 Nxf3 59. Ra6 {White mates.} Nh2 60. Rxh6 Nxg4 61. Rg6 b2 62. Kxb2 Kd4 63. Rxg5 Nf6 64. h6 Kxe4 65. Kc2 Kd5 {Accuracy: White = 67%, Black = 42%.} 1-0

