[Event "UKR-ch Semifinal 2018"]
[Site "Omelnyk"]
[Date "2018.10.26"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Kovchan, Alexander"]
[Black "Snigurov, Maxim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2161"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]

{[%evp 24,63,47,33,74,39,73,64,57,58,73,58,74,72,114,106,113,95,123,125,131,136,133,134,133,117,254,266,241,244,457,454,570,566,1271,1271,1175,1155,1147,1130,1066,1047]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {[%cal Bf1b5,Bb5a4,Ba4b3][%mdl 32]} a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 11. Bxe6 Nxe6 12. cxd4 Ncxd4 13. a4 {LiveBook: 167 Games} Qd5 {C80: Open Ruy Lopez: Sidelines and 9 Nbd2} (13... Rb8 14. axb5 axb5 15. Ne4 Qd5 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Ng3 g6 18. Be3 Rd8 19. Bg5 Be7 20. Bxe7 Kxe7 21. Qg4 Ne6 {½-½ (44) Navara,D (2741)-Mamedyarov,S (2801) Biel 2018}) 14. axb5 axb5 15. Rxa8+ Qxa8 {White is slightly better.} 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Nb3 Ne6 {[#]} 18. Qd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18. f4 g6 19. Qd3 c6 20. Be3 Bh6 21. Nd2 {1-0 (37) Kulaots,K (2558)-Bentsen,H (2158) Gausdal 2005}) 18... Qc6 19. Na5 Qd7 20. Qf3 $1 Be7 21. Rd1 Nd4 22. Qa8+ Bd8 {( -> ...Ne2+)} 23. Qe4 c5 24. Nb7 Ne2+ (24... O-O $16) 25. Qxe2 $18 Qxb7 {[#]} 26. e6 $1 $40 {[%mdl 128] Hoping for Rd7. White has strong attack.} O-O $2 (26... Qc6 27. Qe5 f6) 27. Rd7 {White is clearly winning.} Qc8 {[#]} 28. Bf4 $1 fxe6 29. Qxe6+ Kh8 30. Be5 {[%csl Gd7][%cal Re5g7]} Bf6 31. Bxf6 Rxf6 32. Qe7 {Precision: White = 100%, Black = 28%.} 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch Semifinal 2018"]
[Site "Omelnyk"]
[Date "2018.10.26"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Shton, Roman"]
[Black "Bernadskiy, Vitaliy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2142"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]

{[%evp 16,62,6,1,17,0,-1,-9,-9,-10,-12,-12,-7,-29,-27,-31,-32,-42,-49,-48,-47,-71,-58,-68,-65,-64,-53,-71,-52,-38,-48,-67,-54,-123,-124,-155,-139,-285,-277,-440,-416,-643,-625,-566,-286,-293,-291,-532,-491]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. Bf4 Bb7 4. e3 g6 5. h3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. c3 Nc6 9. Nbd2 Nd7 {A48: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} (9... e6 10. Re1 Qe7 11. e4 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Qc2 Rfe8 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. Bg5 Red8 16. Rad1 Qc5 17. Be3 {0-1 (79) Alcaraz Ortega,J (2242)-Anton Guijarro,D (2397) Linares 2010}) 10. b4 e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... a6 11. a4 e5 12. Bh2 Qe7 13. Qb3 a5 14. b5 Nd8 15. Bc4 e4 16. Ne1 Nf6 17. Nc2 {1-0 (50) Jongsma,A-Scholl,E Netherlands 1972}) 11. Bh2 Qe7 {The position is equal.} 12. a4 a5 13. b5 Nd8 {[%cal Bc6d8,Bd8e6,Be6g5][%mdl 32]} 14. Nb3 Ne6 15. Qc2 Rae8 16. Rfe1 f5 17. Nfd2 Ng5 18. Bc4+ Kh8 19. f3 Nf6 {[%cal Bd7f6,Bf6d5,Bd5f4,Bf4h3,Bh3f2][%mdl 32]} 20. dxe5 dxe5 21. Bf1 Nd5 22. e4 fxe4 23. Nxe4 Nxe4 24. Rxe4 (24. Qxe4 $15 c6 25. bxc6 Bxc6 26. Bb5 Bxb5 27. Qxd5) 24... Nf4 25. Ree1 Qg5 {...e4 is the strong threat.} 26. Kh1 {[#]} (26. Bxf4 $17 Rxf4 27. Kh1) 26... e4 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 27. fxe4 {[#]} (27. Rxe4 {is a better defense.} Bxe4 28. fxe4) 27... Nxh3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 28. Qd2 (28. Re2 $142 Rxe4 29. Nd4) (28. gxh3 Rxf1+) 28... Nf2+ 29. Kg1 Qxd2 30. Nxd2 Bxc3 31. Ra2 $2 (31. Bxc7 Bxd2 32. Bxb6) 31... Nxe4 {Precision: White = 36%, Black = 78%.} 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch Semifinal 2018"]
[Site "Omelnyk"]
[Date "2018.10.26"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Sivuk, Vitaly"]
[Black "Molchanov, Mykola"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2134"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]

{[%evp 17,72,60,70,71,71,66,69,60,65,59,60,44,42,41,72,75,62,68,77,77,60,54,73,66,66,-82,-91,-83,-76,-125,-112,-249,-236,-254,-236,-228,-220,-217,-227,-210,-158,-308,-314,-764,-531,-591,-575,-1121,-1185,-910,1175,1128,1058,1048,29994,29982,29999]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 e6 7. d4 {[%cal Bd2d4,Bd4d5][%mdl 32]} Be7 8. d5 Ne5 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. Nxe5 {B52: Sicilian: Moscow Variation with 3...Bd7} dxe5 11. c4 O-O 12. Nc3 {White is slightly better.} exd5 (12... Ne8 13. dxe6 Qxe6 14. Nd5 Rd8 15. Qa4 a6 16. Bd2 Nd6 17. Rad1 f5 {1-0 (38) Erwich,F (2370)-Verlinde,T (2294) Netherlands 2015}) 13. exd5 Bd6 14. Qf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14. Bg5 Ne8 15. Ne4 f6 16. Be3 b6 17. f3 Be7 {1-0 (42) Linczer,J (2250)-Sari,T (2218) Hungary 2001}) 14... Ne8 {[%cal Bf6e8,Be8d6,Bd6b5,Bb5d4][%mdl 32]} 15. Ne4 f5 16. Nxd6 Nxd6 17. b3 Rae8 18. Bb2 e4 19. Qf4 Re7 20. Re3 b5 21. cxb5 (21. Rc1 $14 {keeps the upper hand.}) 21... Nxb5 $17 22. Rd1 {[#]} Nd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 23. d6 {[#]} (23. Bxd4 $2 Qxd5 24. Qh4 Re6 $17) 23... Re6 $1 24. b4 (24. f3 $17) 24... Rxd6 $19 {( -> ...Ne2+!)} 25. Kh1 cxb4 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black goes for the king.} 26. Rg3 Rd8 {aiming for ...Ne6.} 27. Rxd4 Rxd4 {[%cal Rd4d1]} 28. h4 Qe7 ({Resist} 28... Rd1+ 29. Kh2 $17) 29. Kh2 (29. Bxd4 $17 Rxd4 30. Qxf5) 29... g6 30. h5 $2 (30. Bxd4 Rxd4 31. h5) 30... Rd3 31. f3 Rd2 32. Bc1 e3 33. hxg6 R2d4 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (33... h5 $19 34. Rg5 e2 35. Bxd2 {[#]} Rxd2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 36. Qxd2 e1=Q 37. Qd5+ Kg7 38. Qf7+ Qxf7 39. gxf7+ Kf8 40. Rxh5 Qa1) 34. gxh7+ $18 Kh8 35. Bb2 Qd6 36. Qg5 {[%csl Gg3][%cal Rg5g7]} Qe6 37. Qg7# {Precision: White = 41%, Black = 59%.} 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch Semifinal 2018"]
[Site "Omelnyk"]
[Date "2018.10.26"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Khristovoy, Roman"]
[Black "Bogdanovich, Stanislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2131"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]

{[%evp 9,34,7,14,16,10,-8,24,14,5,14,3,0,0,0,0,-7,11,6,14,0,0,-4,-6,-265,-265,-265,-263]} 1. Nf3 c6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. d4 e6 5. Nc3 Bd6 (5... Nc6 6. Bf4 Bd6 7. Bg3 Nge7 8. e3 Nf5 9. Bxd6 Nxd6 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Bd7 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Qe2 f5 14. b3 Qe7 15. Qb2 Ne4 16. Ne2 Nb4 17. Bb1 Bb5 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 {½-½ (34) Xu,Y (2522)-Li,D (2426) Wuxi 2016}) 6. Bg5 {D10: Slav Defence: 3 cxd5 (without early Nf3) and 3 Nc3} Ne7 7. Qd2 (7. Bd2 {keeps more tension.} a6 8. e3 O-O 9. Bd3 h6 10. O-O) 7... Qb6 8. Bxe7 $146 {White has an edge.} (8. e4 {looks sharper.} dxe4 9. Nxe4 Bd7 10. Bd3 Bb4 11. Nc3) ({Predecessor:} 8. e3 O-O 9. Bd3 Nbc6 10. a3 Qc7 11. O-O f6 12. Bh4 e5 13. Nb5 {1-0 (54) Meyer,F (878)-Holmquist,M (557) LSS email 2013}) 8... Bxe7 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 Nc6 11. O-O Bd7 12. Rac1 Qa5 13. a3 Rfc8 14. Rc2 Qd8 15. Rfc1 Na5 {Hoping for ...Nb3.} 16. Nb1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (16. Qd1 $11 {and White is okay.}) 16... Nb3 $1 $19 {[%csl LRc1,LRd2]} 17. Rxc8 Bxc8 {Precision: White = 43%, Black = 48%.} 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch Semifinal 2018"]
[Site "Omelnyk"]
[Date "2018.10.26"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Gasanov, Eldar"]
[Black "Lomakin, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2128"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]

{[%evp 12,55,32,14,82,78,159,148,156,164,163,109,116,85,76,81,95,110,140,145,335,334,306,281,347,335,342,333,361,355,575,577,627,623,608,587,727,704,852,821,864,866,999,740,1470,1425]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. d4 c5 6. d5 exd5 7. Nh4 {LiveBook: 283 Games} Nc6 {E16: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Bb4+} (7... g6 $11) (7... g6 8. O-O Bg7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. cxd5 d6 11. Nf3 Na6 12. e4 Nc7 13. a4 a6 14. Re1 b5 15. a5 Re8 16. Nd2 Ra7 17. Ra2 Bc8 18. b3 h5 {1-0 (84) Korobov,A (2713)-Socko,B (2657) Warsaw 2013}) 8. cxd5 $16 Ne5 (8... Na5 $142) 9. f4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. O-O b5 10. f4 Nc4 11. e4 d6 12. Qe2 Qa5 13. Rd1 O-O-O 14. a4 Re8 15. Nc3 {1-0 (28) Lehtivaara,P (2402)-Sorsa,N (2222) Finland 2008}) 9... Ng6 {Threatening ...Nxh4.White is clearly better.} 10. Nf5 d6 11. Nc3 (11. e4 $18) 11... Bc8 12. e4 Bxf5 13. exf5 Ne7 14. g4 h6 15. O-O b5 $2 (15... Qd7 $16 16. a4 O-O-O) 16. Nxb5 $18 a6 17. Nc3 Qb6 18. Qe2 Kd8 19. Rb1 h5 20. g5 Ng4 $2 (20... Ne8 21. Qc2 h4) 21. Be4 {White is clearly winning.} g6 22. f6 Ng8 23. Bf3 N4xf6 24. gxf6 Nxf6 {[#]} 25. b4 $1 cxb4+ 26. Be3 Qa5 {[#]} 27. a3 $1 Qxa3 28. Bd4 {Precision: White = 84%, Black = 29%.} 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch Semifinal 2018"]
[Site "Omelnyk"]
[Date "2018.10.26"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Malynovskyi, Rostyslav"]
[Black "Neverov, Valeriy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2095"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]

{[%evp 31,110,16,27,16,16,15,24,7,7,0,0,0,27,28,29,32,52,52,38,12,8,5,13,0,0,0,0,-102,-8,-57,-42,-47,-86,-103,-103,-121,-130,-144,-103,-103,-103,-200,-200,-532,-513,-610,-452,-453,-452,-443,-379,-904,-900,-1388,-1372,-1738,-1465,-1839,-1769,-4137,-4137,-11869,-11214,-29984,-29985,-29986,-29987,-29987,-29988,-29988,-29989,-29991,-29992,-29992,-29990,-29994,-29994,-29994,-29995,-29996,-29997]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Bg5 Re8 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. cxd5 c6 12. Bc4 b5 13. Bb3 Bb7 14. Rc1 a5 {E92: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5: 7 dxe5, 7 Be3 and Petrosian System without 7...Nbd7} 15. a4 bxa4 16. Bxa4 Rc8 {LiveBook: 4 Games. The position is equal.} 17. O-O (17. d6 f6 18. Be3 Bf8 19. Nd2 Bxd6 20. Nc4 Bb4+ 21. Ke2 Ba6 22. Kf3 Bxc4 23. Rxc4 {½-½ (49) Shabalov,A (2520)-Nyzhnyk,I (2628) Phoenix 2015}) 17... h6 18. Be3 {Strongly threatening d6.} cxd5 19. Rxc8+ Bxc8 20. exd5 Bd7 $1 {[%cal Rd7a4]} 21. Ra1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 21. b3 Bxa4 22. bxa4 Nd7 23. Nd2 Rb8 24. Nc4 Rb4 25. Nxa5 Rxa4 26. Nc6 Bf8 27. Rd1 f5 28. Kf1 g5 29. f3 {½-½ (29) Vasile,C (2413)-Lynn,L (2396) ICCF email 2003}) 21... Bxa4 22. Rxa4 Nd7 23. Nd2 Rb8 24. Rxa5 Rxb2 25. Ra8+ (25. Ra7 {is more complex.} f5 26. g3 Nf8 27. Nc4 Rb5 28. d6) 25... Rb8 26. Rxb8+ Nxb8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KBN-KBN} 27. f4 Nd7 28. Nc4 e4 29. d6 {[#]} (29. g4 $11 {remains equal.}) 29... Kf8 ({Better is} 29... f5 $1 $17 30. Nb6 Nf8) 30. g4 (30. f5 $5) 30... f5 31. gxf5 gxf5 32. Kg2 Kf7 33. Bc1 Ke6 34. Ne3 Bd4 35. Nc2 Bc5 36. Kh3 (36. Ba3 $17) 36... Kxd6 $19 37. Bb2 $2 {[#]} (37. Kg2 {is more resistant.}) 37... Kd5 38. Bg7 h5 39. Kh4 e3 40. Kxh5 e2 41. Kh4 $2 (41. Kg6 Ke4 42. h4 Nf8+ 43. Kf7) 41... Bf2+ 42. Kg5 Ke4 43. Bc3 Nc5 44. Kg6 Nd3 45. h4 Bxh4 46. Kh5 e1=Q 47. Nxe1 Bxe1 {Black mates.} 48. Bf6 Nxf4+ 49. Kh6 Ne6 50. Kh5 f4 {[%cal Bf5f4,Bf4f3][%mdl 32]} 51. Kg4 f3 52. Kh3 Ke3 53. Kh2 Ke2 54. Bh4 Bxh4 55. Kg1 Bg3 {Precision: White = 27%, Black = 69%.} 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch Semifinal 2018"]
[Site "Omelnyk"]
[Date "2018.10.26"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Pavlov, Sergey"]
[Black "Klementev, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2093"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]

{[%evp 11,75,23,133,126,108,79,93,105,142,59,63,86,75,14,14,18,21,27,20,19,15,3,50,50,58,53,39,47,66,71,95,50,66,43,50,72,83,87,93,98,189,177,178,186,214,218,267,251,259,258,249,252,517,272,689,251,247,243,242,226,283,291,492,352,29986,29987]} 1. Nf3 f5 2. d3 d6 3. e4 e5 4. Nc3 Nc6 (4... Be7 5. d4 fxe4 6. Nxe4 d5 7. Neg5 exd4 8. Bd3 Qd6 9. Nxd4 c5 10. Nb5 Qe5+ 11. Be3 Na6 12. O-O {1-0 (36) Svidler,P (2751)-Bu,X (2710) Tbilisi 2017}) 5. exf5 Bxf5 6. d4 {A04: Holländisches System ohne Übergang in andere Systeme} e4 {LiveBook: 3 Partien} (6... exd4 $11 7. Nxd4 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Qf6 9. Qa4+ c6) 7. d5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rd5c6]} exf3 8. dxc6 {Weiß steht besser.} bxc6 9. Qxf3 Qd7 {[#]} 10. Ba6 (10. Bb5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rb5c6]} Ne7 11. Ba4) 10... Rb8 $14 11. O-O Be7 12. Bd3 $146 (12. Re1 $16) ({Vorgänger:} 12. Re1) 12... Bxd3 $11 13. Qxd3 Nf6 14. b3 O-O 15. Be3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Weiss hat Druck.} a5 16. Rad1 Ng4 17. Bd4 Bf6 18. Ne4 Bxd4 19. Qxd4 Rb4 20. c4 Qf5 21. h3 Ne5 22. f4 Nd7 23. g4 c5 24. Qxd6 ({Viel schlechter ist} 24. gxf5 cxd4 25. Rxd4 a4 $15) 24... Qxe4 25. Qxd7 Qe3+ {[#]} (25... a4 $16 {kämpft weiter.}) 26. Kg2 $1 $18 Qe4+ 27. Rf3 c6 28. Qd3 Qe6 29. f5 Qf6 30. Qd6 a4 31. Qxc5 Qb2+ $2 (31... Rbb8 32. Rd6 Qa1 33. bxa4 (33. Qxc6 Qxa2+ 34. Rf2 Qxb3 $16) 33... Qxa2+ 34. Kg3 Qxa4 35. Rxc6 Rbe8) 32. Qf2 Qa3 $2 (32... Qxf2+ 33. Kxf2 axb3) 33. Rdd3 $2 (33. Rd7) 33... Rb7 34. Qe2 Re7 35. Rde3 Rd7 36. Re8 h6 $2 (36... Rdf7 37. Rd3 axb3 38. axb3 Rxe8 39. Qxe8+ Rf8) 37. f6 {Beabsichtigt fxg7 und Matt.} Rxe8 $2 (37... Qd6 $18 38. fxg7 Rxe8 39. Qxe8+ Kxg7 40. bxa4 Qe7 41. Qxe7+ Rxe7) 38. Qxe8+ {Precision: Weiß = 54%, Schwarz = 43%.} 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch Semifinal 2018"]
[Site "Omelnyk"]
[Date "2018.10.26"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Bilych, Olexiy"]
[Black "Bortnyk, Mykola"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2088"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]

{[%evp 12,74,33,14,39,27,64,73,76,37,126,118,100,89,73,70,85,36,53,4,15,17,4,-63,-37,-57,-75,-114,-121,-137,-123,-185,-82,-151,-124,-138,-148,-134,-144,-145,-139,-150,-120,-131,-115,-106,-88,-89,-86,-306,-55,-407,-393,-376,-93,-420,-417,-514,-489,-594,-587,-655,-641,-911,-906]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Bc4 d6 5. Qf3 e6 6. Nge2 b5 7. Bd3 {LiveBook: 25 Games} Ne7 {B06: Modern Defence} 8. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} h6 9. Qg3 b4 $146 {White is better.} ({Predecessor:} 9... e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. f4 Qa5 12. O-O b4 13. Nd1 exf4 14. Bxf4 Be6 15. a3 {0-1 (59) Minzer,C (2430)-Peralta,F (2310) Itapiruba 1997}) 10. Nd1 {Hoping for Bf4.} e5 (10... d5 $1 $14) 11. dxe5 $16 dxe5 12. h5 g5 13. O-O Nd7 14. Bc4 O-O 15. Qb3 a5 16. Be3 c5 17. a4 ({White should try} 17. Bb5 $11) 17... Nb6 $1 $15 {[%cal Rb6c4]} 18. Bb5 ({Not} 18. Bxc5 $2 Nxc4 19. Qxc4 Ba6 $19) 18... Qc7 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has strong initiative.} 19. f3 Be6 $1 {[%cal Re6b3]} 20. c4 {[#]} f5 $1 {[%cal Bf7f5,Bf5f4][%mdl 32]} 21. Qc2 (21. exf5 $17 Nxf5 22. Nf2) 21... Nec8 (21... f4 $19 {has better winning chances.} 22. Bc1 g4) 22. b3 (22. exf5 $142 Bxf5 23. Qb3) 22... Nd6 23. Nb2 f4 24. Bf2 g4 25. Nd3 Nb7 26. Bh4 g3 27. Nxg3 fxg3 28. Bxg3 Nd6 29. Bf2 Nxb5 30. Nxc5 $2 {[#]} (30. axb5 $17 a4 31. bxa4) 30... Na3 $2 (30... Bxc4 $1 $19 31. axb5 (31. bxc4 Nc3) 31... Bxf1 32. Rxf1 Rf6) 31. Rxa3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({White has to play} 31. Nxe6 $15 Qc6 32. Rxa3 bxa3 33. Nxf8 Bxf8 34. c5) 31... Bxc4 $1 $19 ({Stronger than} 31... bxa3 32. Nxe6 Qc6 33. Nxf8 $15) 32. Ne6 Qc8 $2 (32... Qd6 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top.} 33. Nxf8 Bxf1) 33. bxc4 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (33. Nxf8 $17 {nothing else works.} Bxf1 34. Ra2 Bxf8 35. Kxf1) 33... Qxe6 ({Weaker is} 33... bxa3 34. Nxf8 Qxc4 35. Qxc4+ Nxc4 36. Nd7 $17) 34. Rd3 Qxc4 {Black is clearly winning.} 35. Qd2 Nxa4 {[%cal Bb6a4,Ba4c3,Bc3e4][%mdl 32]} 36. Rd6 Nc3 37. Be3 {[#]} Nxe4 $1 {Precision: White = 33%, Black = 44%.} 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch Semifinal 2018"]
[Site "Omelnyk"]
[Date "2018.10.26"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Frolov, Artur"]
[Black "Prydun, Andriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2081"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch Semifinal 2018"]
[Site "Omelnyk"]
[Date "2018.10.26"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Safronov, Mikhail"]
[Black "Grinev, Valeriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2066"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch Semifinal 2018"]
[Site "Omelnyk"]
[Date "2018.10.26"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Sergeev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Salah, Nadezhda"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2035"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch Semifinal 2018"]
[Site "Omelnyk"]
[Date "2018.10.26"]
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 0-1

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[Site "Omelnyk"]
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[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch Semifinal 2018"]
[Site "Omelnyk"]
[Date "2018.10.26"]
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[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch Semifinal 2018"]
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[Black "Grigorian, Arman"]
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[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch Semifinal 2018"]
[Site "Omelnyk"]
[Date "2018.10.26"]
[Round "1.16"]
[White "Tsvietaiev, Mykhailo"]
[Black "Borsuk, Konstantin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2003"]
[BlackElo "2354"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch Semifinal 2018"]
[Site "Omelnyk"]
[Date "2018.10.26"]
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[White "Voitovich, Vladislav"]
[Black "Chubar, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2347"]
[BlackElo "2001"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch Semifinal 2018"]
[Site "Omelnyk"]
[Date "2018.10.26"]
[Round "1.18"]
[White "Konochkin, Alexander"]
[Black "Bordovsky, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1987"]
[BlackElo "2343"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch Semifinal 2018"]
[Site "Omelnyk"]
[Date "2018.10.26"]
[Round "1.19"]
[White "Galperin, Platon"]
[Black "Tarasenko, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2334"]
[BlackElo "1987"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch Semifinal 2018"]
[Site "Omelnyk"]
[Date "2018.10.26"]
[Round "1.20"]
[White "Abramyan, Artur"]
[Black "Belous, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1985"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch Semifinal 2018"]
[Site "Omelnyk"]
[Date "2018.10.26"]
[Round "1.21"]
[White "Solovchuk, Oleksiy"]
[Black "Bondar, Dmytro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2321"]
[BlackElo "1968"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch Semifinal 2018"]
[Site "Omelnyk"]
[Date "2018.10.26"]
[Round "1.22"]
[White "Mikhailiuk, Denis"]
[Black "Yurovskykh, Oleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1967"]
[BlackElo "2306"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch Semifinal 2018"]
[Site "Omelnyk"]
[Date "2018.10.26"]
[Round "1.23"]
[White "Alexikov, Alexander"]
[Black "Khazankin, Moisei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2280"]
[BlackElo "1960"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch Semifinal 2018"]
[Site "Omelnyk"]
[Date "2018.10.26"]
[Round "1.24"]
[White "Dudrova, Anastasia"]
[Black "Lisnyak, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1958"]
[BlackElo "2263"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch Semifinal 2018"]
[Site "Omelnyk"]
[Date "2018.10.26"]
[Round "1.25"]
[White "Kutsanyan, Andranik"]
[Black "Scherbak, Yaroslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2252"]
[BlackElo "1958"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch Semifinal 2018"]
[Site "Omelnyk"]
[Date "2018.10.26"]
[Round "1.26"]
[White "Goroshkov, Maksym"]
[Black "Levitskiy, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1910"]
[BlackElo "2245"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch Semifinal 2018"]
[Site "Omelnyk"]
[Date "2018.10.26"]
[Round "1.27"]
[White "Kara-Mustafa, Alexey"]
[Black "Shamian, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "1894"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch Semifinal 2018"]
[Site "Omelnyk"]
[Date "2018.10.26"]
[Round "1.28"]
[White "Petrov-Khomenko, Alexandr"]
[Black "Gayun, Dmytro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1882"]
[BlackElo "2234"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch Semifinal 2018"]
[Site "Omelnyk"]
[Date "2018.10.26"]
[Round "1.29"]
[White "Larkin, Vladyslav"]
[Black "Lemish, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2234"]
[BlackElo "1874"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch Semifinal 2018"]
[Site "Omelnyk"]
[Date "2018.10.26"]
[Round "1.30"]
[White "Sleptsov, Yuri"]
[Black "Terletsky, Oleg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1873"]
[BlackElo "2222"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch Semifinal 2018"]
[Site "Omelnyk"]
[Date "2018.10.26"]
[Round "1.31"]
[White "Marchenko, Artem"]
[Black "Ovsepyan, Marat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2221"]
[BlackElo "1844"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch Semifinal 2018"]
[Site "Omelnyk"]
[Date "2018.10.26"]
[Round "1.32"]
[White "Matveev, Artem"]
[Black "Kushko, Dmitriy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1823"]
[BlackElo "2219"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch Semifinal 2018"]
[Site "Omelnyk"]
[Date "2018.10.26"]
[Round "1.33"]
[White "Shevchenko, Danylo"]
[Black "Bazakutsa, Svyatoslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2203"]
[BlackElo "1818"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch Semifinal 2018"]
[Site "Omelnyk"]
[Date "2018.10.26"]
[Round "1.34"]
[White "Andreev, Volodymyr"]
[Black "Volotovsky, Kirill"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1813"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch Semifinal 2018"]
[Site "Omelnyk"]
[Date "2018.10.26"]
[Round "1.35"]
[White "Bokhnak, Timofey"]
[Black "Mikhalsky, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1694"]
[BlackElo "2188"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch Semifinal 2018"]
[Site "Omelnyk"]
[Date "2018.10.26"]
[Round "1.36"]
[White "Mukha, Nikolay"]
[Black "Bogdanovskiy, Svjatoslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2171"]
[BlackElo "1461"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch Semifinal 2018"]
[Site "Omelnyk"]
[Date "2018.10.26"]
[Round "1.37"]
[White "Basko, Bogdan"]
[Black "Yatsenko, Vladyslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2199"]
[BlackElo "1769"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch Semifinal 2018"]
[Site "Omelnyk"]
[Date "2018.10.26"]
[Round "1.38"]
[White "Gorgola, Georgiy"]
[Black "Baidetskyi, Valentin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2022"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch Semifinal 2018"]
[Site "Omelnyk"]
[Date "2018.10.26"]
[Round "1.39"]
[White "Malovanyi, Yulian"]
[Black "Grishchenko, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2170"]
[BlackElo "2010"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch Semifinal 2018"]
[Site "Omelnyk"]
[Date "2018.10.26"]
[Round "1.40"]
[White "Palchuk, Andrii"]
[Black "Varchenko, Grigory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1986"]
[BlackElo "2043"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch Semifinal 2018"]
[Site "Omelnyk"]
[Date "2018.10.26"]
[Round "1.41"]
[White "Kovalenko, Vassily"]
[Black "bye"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

 1-0

