[Event "UKR-ch Semifinal 2018"]
[Site "Omelnyk"]
[Date "2018.10.28"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Kovchan, Alexander"]
[Black "Bakhmatsky, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]

{[%evp 26,63,20,14,63,55,48,27,19,19,57,58,90,97,88,97,85,25,74,17,135,137,153,143,624,617,609,551,580,389,456,478,455,437,526,509,1004,985,965,970]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. f3 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O {[%cal Be8g8,Bg8h8,Bh8g7,Bg7f8,Bf8e7][%mdl 32]} 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. Nd5 Qxa2 13. Nxe7+ Kh8 14. Be2 {LiveBook: 25 Games. B36: Sicilian: Maroczy Bind: Gurgenidze System} (14. Bd4 Rae8 15. Qc3 Nh5 16. Bxg7+ Nxg7 17. b4 Qa4 18. b5 a5 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. cxd5 f5 21. Ra1 Qb4 22. Qxb4 axb4 {1-0 (51) Carlsen,M (2832)-Guseinov,G (2645) chess.com INT 2017}) 14... Nd7 (14... Ng8 $5 {[%cal Rg8e7]} 15. Nd5 Qxb2 $14) 15. Bd4 Nc5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15... Ne5 16. O-O Qa4 17. f4 Qd7 18. Nd5 {1-0 (18) Borwell,A (2283)-Boghwart,A ICCF email 2003}) 16. Bxg7+ {White is slightly better.} Kxg7 17. Kf2 Rfd8 18. Qc3+ $40 {[%mdl 128] Black needs to defend precisely.} Kf8 {[#]} 19. Nd5 $1 Bxd5 20. cxd5 {aiming for b4.} a5 21. Qh8+ Ke7 22. Qg7 (22. Qd4 $16 Kf8 23. Qh8+ Ke7 24. Qd4) 22... Qb3 (22... Rac8 $1 $11) 23. e5 $16 {[%cal Be4e5,Be5e6][%mdl 32]} Qb6 {[#] ( -> ...Ne4+)} 24. Kg3 $1 Nd7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (24... Rg8 $16 25. Qf6+ (25. Qxh7 Rh8 $11) 25... Kf8) 25. e6 $1 $18 {[%csl Ge6][%cal Rg7f7]} Ne5 26. Qh6 Rg8 {Black hopes to continue with ...g5.} 27. Rc2 Rac8 28. Rhc1 {White is clearly winning.} Rxc2 29. Rxc2 {Qg5+ is the strong threat.} g5 30. Qxh7 Qd4 (30... Qb4 $142 31. Rc7+ Kf6 32. Qh6+ (32. Rxf7+ Nxf7 33. Qxf7+ Ke5 $11) 32... Kf5) 31. Rc4 Qxd5 32. Qxg8 {Precision: White = 82%, Black = 38%.} 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch Semifinal 2018"]
[Site "Omelnyk"]
[Date "2018.10.28"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Galperin, Platon"]
[Black "Bernadskiy, Vitaliy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2334"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]

{[%evp 22,40,17,0,24,27,36,44,36,0,42,41,38,36,33,33,87,88,88,93,123]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 {[%cal Be7e6,Be6e5][%mdl 32]} 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d5 6. Bg2 e5 7. Nf3 d4 8. O-O Nc6 9. e3 Be7 10. exd4 exd4 11. Re1 {E01: Catalan: Early deviations} (11. Bf4 Be6 12. Nbd2 O-O 13. Ne5 Qb6 14. Qb3 Rac8 15. Qxb6 axb6 16. Rac1 Rfd8 17. Rfe1 Nd7 18. Nxd7 Rxd7 19. Bd5 {1-0 (78) Lenderman,A (2630)-Vidit,S (2711) chess.com INT 2018}) 11... O-O 12. Bf4 {LiveBook: 11 Games} Re8 13. Ne5 $146 {White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 13. Nbd2 d3 14. Qb3 a5 15. c5 a4 16. Qc4 Qd5 17. Ne5 Qxc4 18. Ndxc4 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Bxc5 20. Nxd3 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 {½-½ (35) Studer,N (2486)-Saric,I (2609) Karlsruhe 2017}) 13... Qb6 14. Nd2 Be6 15. a3 a5 (15... Nxe5 {is more complex.} 16. Rxe5 Qxb2 17. Rb5 Qc3 18. Rc1 Qxa3 19. Ra1 Qd3) 16. Qb3 Ra6 17. Qxb6 Rxb6 18. Nd3 Rc8 ({Black should play} 18... a4 $14) 19. c5 $16 Ra6 20. Rac1 Ne8 {Precision: White = 82%, Black = 28%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch Semifinal 2018"]
[Site "Omelnyk"]
[Date "2018.10.28"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Sivuk, Vitaly"]
[Black "Borsuk, Konstantin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2354"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]

{[%evp 12,124,42,34,54,49,44,29,27,29,37,23,33,31,54,54,94,101,95,95,102,88,86,76,88,68,63,64,71,63,62,58,41,44,79,82,84,59,66,48,104,107,107,85,100,100,123,107,246,252,239,244,250,187,255,164,216,171,166,50,63,52,46,49,108,61,78,30,30,26,29,28,31,-8,-7,-397,-432,-390,-421,-403,-388,-340,-333,-316,-314,-306,-253,-230,-182,-743,-693,-997,-343,-556,-556,-607,-607,-607,-591,-635,-635,-615,-610,-29967,-4594,-2575,-2283,-29975,-29976,-29972,-29973,-29968,-29966,-29992,-29993]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bf4 {LiveBook: 43 Partien} e5 {E38: Nimzoindisch (4.Dc2)} (7... O-O 8. e3 b6 9. a3 Bb7 10. Rd1 Nh5 11. Bg3 Be7 12. Qd3 Nf6 13. Be2 a6 14. Ng5 Ra7 15. h4 h6 16. Nge4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 {½-½ (38) Mamedyarov,S (2757)-Kamsky,G (2721) Beijing 2013}) 8. Bg5 ({Doch nicht} 8. Bxe5 Bxf2+ 9. Kxf2 Ng4+ 10. Ke1 Ncxe5 $15) 8... h6 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 8... Nb4 9. Qa4 Qb6 10. e3 Ng4 11. a3 Na6 12. Qc2 f6 13. Bh4 Nc7 14. Bd3 Ne6 15. Nd5 Qc6 16. Bxh7 Rxh7 17. Qxh7 b5 18. Qh5+ Kf8 19. Qxg4 bxc4 20. Rd1 d6 21. Qg6 c3 22. Bxf6 {1-0 (22) Damjanovic,D (2273)-Djordjevic,D (2231) Belgrade 2010}) 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 {Weiß hat minimalen Vorteil.} 10. e3 d6 11. a3 Be6 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. cxd5 Nd8 15. b4 Bb6 16. Bb5+ Kf8 17. Rc1 g6 18. O-O a6 19. Be2 f5 20. Nd2 Nf7 21. a4 {[%cal Ba3a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Kg7 22. a5 Bd8 23. e4 f4 24. Qa4 h5 25. Rc3 g5 (25... b5 $14 26. Qc2 g5) 26. h3 $16 Kg6 27. Rfc1 Nh6 28. Nc4 g4 29. Qd1 {[%cal Rh3g4]} f3 (29... Kg5 $16 30. Qd3 Ng8) 30. gxf3 $18 gxh3 {[#]} 31. f4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} h4 (31... exf4 32. Bxh5+) 32. Rxh3 exf4 (32... Rg8 $142 33. Kh1 Kh7 34. fxe5 dxe5) 33. Qc2 Kf7 (33... Kg7 {ist wohl besser.} 34. Kh1 Rg8) 34. Kh2 Rg8 {[#]} 35. Bf3 (35. e5 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Kf8 (35... dxe5 36. Qh7+) 36. exd6) 35... Kf8 $1 $14 36. e5 dxe5 37. d6 Qg5 ({Lieber} 37... Qe6 $14) 38. Qe4 Bf6 39. Qxb7 Rd8 40. Re1 ({Nur nicht} 40. Qxa6 $2 e4 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]}) 40... Rg7 41. Qd5 {[%cal Rc4e5]} ({Aber nicht} 41. Qxa6 $2 {[#]} e4 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]}) 41... Nf7 42. d7 Qf5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] zielt auf ...Sg5 ab. Schwarz hat Druck.} 43. Nd6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (43. Nb6 $11) 43... Qxd7 $19 44. Nxf7 Qxd5 45. Bxd5 Rxd5 46. Nh6 {[#]} e4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 47. Rxe4 Rg6 48. Re6 {Die Idee ist Sg4!} Rxh6 49. Rxa6 Kg7 {...Td2 ist eine echte Drohung.} 50. Rb3 $2 (50. Rf3) 50... Rd2 51. Rf3 Rb2 $2 (51... Bd4 52. Rxh6 Kxh6) 52. Rb6 $2 (52. Rd6) 52... Bd4 53. Rb7+ Kg6 54. Kh3 Kf5 55. b5 Rg6 56. Rf7+ Bf6 57. b6 Rb1 (57... Ke4 $142 58. Ra3 Rb1 59. Kh2 f3 60. Re3+ Kf4 61. Rxf6+ Rxf6 62. b7 Rg6 63. Re1 Rxb7 64. Re8 Rb2 65. Rf8+ Kg4 66. a6 Rxf2+ 67. Kg1 Kg3 68. Rb8 Re2 69. Kf1 Kh2 70. Rg8 Rxg8 71. a7 Rg1#) 58. Kh2 Rgg1 {( -> ...Th1+)} 59. Rxf4+ Kxf4 {Schwarz setzt Matt.} 60. Rxf6+ Ke4 61. Kh3 Rg5 {[%cal Rb1h1]} 62. Re6+ Kf5 {Precision: Weiß = 43%, Schwarz = 57%.} 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch Semifinal 2018"]
[Site "Omelnyk"]
[Date "2018.10.28"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Marchenko, Artem"]
[Black "Bogdanovich, Stanislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2221"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]

{[%evp 17,40,11,48,0,12,0,18,0,36,-33,-24,-69,-23,-67,-67,-132,-87,-127,-134,-185,-188,-216,-217,-244,-245]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d5 6. cxd5 Bc5 7. e3 O-O 8. N5c3 e4 9. Be2 Bf5 {LiveBook: 14 Games} 10. b3 {A31: Symmetrical English: 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 d4} (10. Nd2 Re8 11. Nb3 Bd6 12. g4 Bg6 13. g5 Nfd7 14. h4 Ne5 15. Nd4 h6 16. gxh6 Nbd7 17. h5 Bh7 {1-0 (30) Shomoev,A (2556)-Obolenskikh,D (2461) Russia 2007}) 10... Nbd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7b6,Bb6d5][%mdl 32]} 11. Bb2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Na4 Bb4+ 12. Nbc3 Qa5 13. Bd2 Rac8 14. g4 Bg6 15. g5 Nb6 16. gxf6 Nxa4 17. Nxa4 {1-0 (17) Marta,D (2056)-Vertechi,P (1959) Ladispoli 2009}) 11... Qe7 12. Nd2 {The position is equal.} Rfd8 13. O-O (13. g4 $14 Bg6 14. h4) 13... Nb6 $15 14. Bc4 Bd6 {Hoping for ...Bxh2+!} 15. g3 Be5 16. Be2 (16. Qc2 $15) 16... Nfxd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 ({Don't take} 17... Rxd5 18. Qc2 $15) 18. Bxe5 (18. Qc1 $17) 18... Qxe5 $19 19. Nc4 {[#]} Qf6 $1 {...b5 is the strong threat.} 20. Qe1 Bh3 {Precision: White =  3%, Black = 45%.} 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch Semifinal 2018"]
[Site "Omelnyk"]
[Date "2018.10.28"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Basko, Bogdan"]
[Black "Neverov, Valeriy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2199"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "0:02:04"]
[BlackClock "0:00:57"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:03:07]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 4. e4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 5. f4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} c5 {[%emt 0:02:21]} 6. d5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} e6 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 7. Nf3 {[%emt 0:02:56]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 8. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:42]} 9. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 10. O-O {[%emt 0:00:58]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:02:00]} 11. h3 {[%emt 0:02:34]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:01:15]} 12. Bxf3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} a6 {[%emt 0:02:31]} 13. a4 {[%emt 0:02:08]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 14. Be3 {[%emt 0:15:32]} Ne8 {[%emt 0:02:41]} 15. Qd3 {[%emt 0:09:05]} Nc7 {[%emt 0:02:56]} 16. a5 {[%emt 0:07:57]} b5 {[%emt 0:14:22]} 17. axb6 {[%emt 0:03:10]} Rxb6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 18. Ra2 {[%emt 0:03:14]} Qb8 {[%emt 0:05:26]} 19. Bg4 {[%emt 0:17:00]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:06:30]} 20. e5 {[%emt 0:04:02]} dxe5 {[%emt 0:02:58]} 21. Bxd7 {[%emt 0:06:47]} Rxd7 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 22. Bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rb3 {[%emt 0:01:11]} 23. Qc4 {[%emt 0:09:13]} exf4 {[%emt 0:11:51]} 24. d6 {[%emt 0:06:19]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:02:42]} 25. Rxa6 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Rxb2 {[%emt 0:07:05]} 26. Nd5 {[%emt 0:04:30]} Rd2 {[%emt 0:16:00]} 27. Ba3 {[%emt 0:04:01]} Qb7 {[%emt 0:05:08]} 28. Rc6 {[%emt 0:01:08]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 29. Ne7+ {[%emt 0:01:37]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 30. Kh1 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Nd8 {[%emt 0:07:16]} 31. Bc1 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Rd4 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 32. Qa6 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Nxc6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 33. Qxc6 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Qxc6 {[%emt 0:01:28]} 34. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} R4xd6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch Semifinal 2018"]
[Site "Omelnyk"]
[Date "2018.10.28"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Gasanov, Eldar"]
[Black "Bordovsky, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2343"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]

{[%evp 9,137,25,32,0,31,33,46,56,49,27,95,74,69,72,79,65,72,64,83,85,104,95,100,90,79,94,98,102,93,104,106,94,109,105,128,115,141,100,101,82,82,92,88,41,96,97,144,109,240,257,315,312,315,306,295,175,350,348,333,343,343,330,316,271,284,122,109,0,0,0,116,119,131,112,215,189,170,158,198,205,205,207,209,206,227,229,343,343,340,310,430,370,434,425,462,287,523,345,484,473,444,410,1583,1575,1555,1550,1449,1329,1075,872,664,403,1383,1289,1497,804,29968,29970,29965,29966,29976,29978,29978,29979,29979,29980,29981,29982,29983,29984]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 g5 (4... Nd4 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O Nf6 7. b3 d5 8. e3 Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 dxc4 10. bxc4 O-O 11. Rb1 Qd3 {1-0 (42) Vachier Lagrave,M (2745)-Rapport,R (2691) Caleta 2014 CBM 159 [Saunders,J]}) 5. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 5. Bg2 d6 6. h3 Bg7 7. d3 h6 8. e4 Nge7 9. Be3 Nd4 10. O-O Nec6 11. Qd2 a6 {1-0 (42) Rego,P (2254)-Reis,L (2192) Lisbon 2015}) 5... Bg7 6. d4 {A35: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3 Nc6 3 Nf3} Nxd4 7. Nxg5 Nf6 8. Bg2 {White is slightly better.} O-O 9. O-O (9. e3 {keeps more tension.} Nc6 10. e4 d6 11. O-O a6 12. Nf3) 9... h6 (9... d5 $11) 10. Nge4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 d6 12. e3 Nf5 $1 13. Qc2 Qe7 14. Bd2 Bd7 15. Bc3 Bc6 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. Rd2 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 Bxc3 19. Qxc3 Ng7 20. Rfd1 Ne8 21. Bg2 f5 22. e4 Ng7 23. f4 b6 24. Re2 fxe4 25. Bxe4 Qf7 26. Red2 {[%cal Be2d2,Bd2d5,Bd5g5][%mdl 32]} Qe7 (26... Nf5 $14) 27. Qe3 h5 28. Rd5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is on the roll.} h4 (28... exd5 $16 {was necessary.} 29. Bxd5+ Ne6 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 29. Rg5 $18 Qf6 30. Rd2 ({Weaker is} 30. gxh4 Qxf4 31. Qe1 Kh8 $14) 30... hxg3 31. Qxg3 Rd7 32. Rg2 (32. f5 $142 {aiming for Rg6.} exf5 33. Rxf5 Qxf5 34. Bxf5 Rxf5 35. b3) 32... Rff7 $2 (32... Qd4+ 33. Kh2 Rff7) 33. Bg6 Qd4+ {[#]} 34. Rf2 $1 Kf8 35. Bxf7 Rxf7 36. b3 Ke7 37. Kh2 (37. Qf3 $18 {has better winning chances.}) 37... Nf5 $16 38. Qf3 Nh4 $1 {[%cal Rh4f3]} 39. Qg3 Nf5 40. Qg2 Nh4 41. Qf1 Qe4 (41... Kd7 $16 {is a better defense.} 42. Rg4 Nf5) 42. Rg4 Nf5 43. Qe2 Qd4 44. Rg6 Rf6 45. Rxf6 Kxf6 $18 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQN} 46. Qf3 a6 47. Re2 b5 {[#]} (47... Kf7 $142 48. Qh5+ Kf6) 48. Qe4 $1 {[%cal Re4e6]} Qxe4 49. Rxe4 {KR-KN} b4 50. Re1 a5 51. Kg2 d5 52. Kf2 Nd6 $2 (52... dxc4 53. bxc4 Ke7) 53. Re5 dxc4 (53... Nf7 {was worth a try.}) 54. bxc4 a4 55. Ke2 b3 (55... Nxc4 $142 56. Rxc5 Nb6) 56. axb3 axb3 57. Kd3 b2 58. Re1 Kf5 59. Rf1 Ne4 60. Kc2 b1=B+ (60... Nd6 $142 61. Kc3 Kf6) 61. Rxb1 Kxf4 62. h4 {[%cal Bh3h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} e5 63. Rf1+ {White mates.} Kg4 64. Re1 Kf5 65. Rxe4 Kxe4 66. h5 Kf5 67. Kd3 Kg5 68. Ke4 Kxh5 69. Kxe5 {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch Semifinal 2018"]
[Site "Omelnyk"]
[Date "2018.10.28"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Pavlov, Sergey"]
[Black "Yurovskykh, Oleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2306"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]

{[%evp 23,83,18,37,14,44,39,31,23,30,14,66,43,71,68,73,74,71,32,58,34,39,39,56,42,42,43,67,85,88,84,70,69,141,146,158,161,322,121,413,413,406,398,366,380,456,427,422,0,433,0,407,388,410,157,2111,1740,29976,1037,29977,29978,29992,29993]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. g3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ {D41: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 cxd5} 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 b6 11. Bg2 Bb7 12. O-O Nd7 {LiveBook: 3 Games} (12... O-O 13. Rfd1 Nd7 14. a4 Rb8 15. Qb4 Nf6 16. Rac1 Qd5 17. Rc7 Qd8 18. Rcc1 Qd5 19. Rc7 Qd8 20. Rcc1 {½-½ (20) Bu,X (2718)-Ma,Q (2629) Hangzhou 2018}) 13. Qd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. a4 O-O 14. a5 Be4 15. Rfc1 Rc8 16. axb6 axb6 17. Qb2 {½-½ (17) Jankovic,A (2568)-Pikula,D (2471) Jahorina 2018}) 13... g6 14. e4 O-O 15. Qe3 Rc8 16. Rfe1 f6 (16... Rc2 $11) 17. Qa3 a6 18. Rad1 Re8 19. Qb3 Qc7 20. Qe3 Qc3 21. Qf4 Qc7 22. Qh6 Qd6 23. e5 Qf8 24. Qe3 f5 25. Ng5 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Qb4 27. d5 exd5 (27... Nf8 $14) 28. Rxd5 $16 Re7 {[#]} 29. Red1 $1 Nc5 $2 (29... Qc4 {was called for.} 30. e6 (30. Rxd7 Rxd7 31. Rxd7 Qc6+ 32. Ne4 Qxe4+ 33. Qxe4 fxe4 $11) 30... Nf8) 30. e6 $2 (30. Rd8+ $18 {is the precise move to win.} Re8 31. Rxc8 Rxc8 32. e6) 30... Qb2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (30... Rce8 $16) 31. Rd8+ $18 Rxd8 32. Rxd8+ Kg7 33. Rd4 {Intending Qe5+ and mate.} Kf6 34. Rd6 Kg7 35. Rd4 $40 {[%mdl 128] Qe5+ would kill now. Black needs to defend precisely.} Kf6 $1 36. Rd6 Kg7 $1 37. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4g5,Bg5h6,Bh6h7][%mdl 32]} h6 38. Nf7 $2 (38. Nh3 $18) 38... g5 $2 (38... f4 $16 39. Qxf4 (39. gxf4 Qf6 $16) 39... Nxe6 40. Qe5+ Qxe5 41. Nxe5 Nf8) 39. hxg5 Ne4 40. Rxb6 (40. gxh6+ $142 Kh7 41. Ng5+ Kg6 42. Nxe4 f4 43. Qxf4 Kh7 44. Qg5 Re8 45. Nf6+ Qxf6 46. Qxf6 Re7 47. Rd8 Rc7 48. Rh8#) 40... Qxa2 41. gxh6+ Kg6 {[#]} 42. h7 $1 {Precision: White = 42%, Black = 29%.} 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch Semifinal 2018"]
[Site "Omelnyk"]
[Date "2018.10.28"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Frolov, Artur"]
[Black "Lisnyak, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2263"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "0:05:04"]
[BlackClock "0:10:26"]

1. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:34]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Be7 {[%emt 0:02:28]} 5. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:49]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:03:50]} 6. e3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} O-O {[%emt 0:04:11]} 7. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:23]} c6 {[%emt 0:11:17]} 8. cxd5 {[%emt 0:01:29]} exd5 {[%emt 0:06:38]} 9. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 10. O-O {[%emt 0:00:17]} Nf8 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 11. Ne5 {[%emt 0:05:20]} N6d7 {[%emt 0:08:39]} 12. Bxe7 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Qxe7 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 13. Nxd7 {[%emt 0:02:24]} Bxd7 {[%emt 0:02:21]} 14. a3 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Qg5 {[%emt 0:06:57]} 15. b4 {[%emt 0:11:48]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:25:10]} 16. Be2 {[%emt 0:05:09]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 17. g3 {[%emt 0:24:39]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:06:05]} 18. Bxg4 {[%emt 0:01:58]} fxg4 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 19. b5 {[%emt 0:01:56]} Re6 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 20. bxc6 {[%emt 0:08:03]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 21. Ne2 {[%emt 0:03:08]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:01:13]} 22. Rc3 {[%emt 0:01:57]} Nh4 {[%emt 0:04:35]} 23. gxh4 {[%emt 0:13:44]} Qxh4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 24. e4 {[%emt 0:01:59]} Rh6 {[%emt 0:07:59]} 25. h3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Rf3 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 26. Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Qxh3 {[%emt 0:01:34]} 27. Qb8+ {[%emt 0:01:00]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 28. Qxa7+ {[%emt 0:03:23]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 29. Qb8+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:01:06]} 30. Qb7+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kd8 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 31. Qb6+ {[%emt 0:01:12]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 32. Qb7+ {[%emt 0:00:43]} Kd8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch Semifinal 2018"]
[Site "Omelnyk"]
[Date "2018.10.28"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Kara-Mustafa, Alexey"]
[Black "Grinev, Valeriy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[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 "2018.10.28"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Sergeev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Gayun, Dmytro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[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 "2018.10.28"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Terletsky, Oleg"]
[Black "Baidetskyi, Valentin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2222"]
[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 "2018.10.28"]
[Round "3.12"]
[White "Molchanov, Oleksii"]
[Black "Kushko, Dmitriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2369"]
[BlackElo "2219"]
[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 "2018.10.28"]
[Round "3.13"]
[White "Voitovich, Vladislav"]
[Black "Volotovsky, Kirill"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2347"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[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 "2018.10.28"]
[Round "3.14"]
[White "Bortnyk, Mykola"]
[Black "Mikhalsky, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2188"]
[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 "2018.10.28"]
[Round "3.15"]
[White "Shalimov, Valery"]
[Black "Prydun, Andriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2081"]
[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 "2018.10.28"]
[Round "3.16"]
[White "Safronov, Mikhail"]
[Black "Polivanov, Anatoliy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2066"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[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 "2018.10.28"]
[Round "3.17"]
[White "Biletskiy, Danylo"]
[Black "Belous, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2007"]
[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 "2018.10.28"]
[Round "3.18"]
[White "Solovchuk, Oleksiy"]
[Black "Varchenko, Grigory"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2321"]
[BlackElo "2043"]
[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 "2018.10.28"]
[Round "3.19"]
[White "Tsvietaiev, Mykhailo"]
[Black "Alexikov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2003"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[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 "2018.10.28"]
[Round "3.20"]
[White "Kutsanyan, Andranik"]
[Black "Salah, Nadezhda"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2252"]
[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 "2018.10.28"]
[Round "3.21"]
[White "Andreev, Volodymyr"]
[Black "Levitskiy, Andrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1813"]
[BlackElo "2245"]
[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 "2018.10.28"]
[Round "3.22"]
[White "Larkin, Vladyslav"]
[Black "Grigorian, Arman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2234"]
[BlackElo "2007"]
[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 "2018.10.28"]
[Round "3.23"]
[White "Shevchenko, Danylo"]
[Black "Bondar, Dmytro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2203"]
[BlackElo "1968"]
[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 "2018.10.28"]
[Round "3.24"]
[White "Mukha, Nikolay"]
[Black "Scherbak, Yaroslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2171"]
[BlackElo "1958"]
[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 "2018.10.28"]
[Round "3.25"]
[White "Malovanyi, Yulian"]
[Black "Shamian, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2170"]
[BlackElo "1894"]
[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 "2018.10.28"]
[Round "3.26"]
[White "Goroshkov, Maksym"]
[Black "Snigurov, Maxim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1910"]
[BlackElo "2161"]
[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 "2018.10.28"]
[Round "3.27"]
[White "Shton, Roman"]
[Black "Ovsepyan, Marat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2142"]
[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 "2018.10.28"]
[Round "3.28"]
[White "Bogdanovskiy, Svjatoslav"]
[Black "Lomakin, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1461"]
[BlackElo "2128"]
[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 "2018.10.28"]
[Round "3.29"]
[White "Bilych, Olexiy"]
[Black "Kovalenko, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2088"]
[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 "2018.10.28"]
[Round "3.30"]
[White "Palchuk, Andrii"]
[Black "Molchanov, Mykola"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1986"]
[BlackElo "2134"]
[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 "2018.10.28"]
[Round "3.31"]
[White "Abramyan, Artur"]
[Black "Klementev, Oleg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1985"]
[BlackElo "2093"]
[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 "2018.10.28"]
[Round "3.32"]
[White "Gorgola, Georgiy"]
[Black "Mikhailiuk, Denis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2022"]
[BlackElo "1967"]
[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 "2018.10.28"]
[Round "3.33"]
[White "Dudrova, Anastasia"]
[Black "Shalymov, Oleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1958"]
[BlackElo "2016"]
[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 "2018.10.28"]
[Round "3.34"]
[White "Sleptsov, Yuri"]
[Black "Chubar, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1873"]
[BlackElo "2001"]
[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 "2018.10.28"]
[Round "3.35"]
[White "Khazankin, Moisei"]
[Black "Khristovoy, Roman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1960"]
[BlackElo "2131"]
[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 "2018.10.28"]
[Round "3.36"]
[White "Malynovskyi, Rostyslav"]
[Black "Lemish, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2095"]
[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 "2018.10.28"]
[Round "3.37"]
[White "Barchuk, Irina"]
[Black "Bazakutsa, Svyatoslav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2031"]
[BlackElo "1818"]
[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 "2018.10.28"]
[Round "3.38"]
[White "Petrov-Khomenko, Alexandr"]
[Black "Grishchenko, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1882"]
[BlackElo "2010"]
[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 "2018.10.28"]
[Round "3.39"]
[White "Konochkin, Alexander"]
[Black "Yatsenko, Vladyslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1987"]
[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 "2018.10.28"]
[Round "3.40"]
[White "Matveev, Artem"]
[Black "Tarasenko, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1823"]
[BlackElo "1987"]
[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 "2018.10.28"]
[Round "3.41"]
[White "Bokhnak, Timofey"]
[Black "bye"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1694"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2018.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

 1-0

