[Event "Vanya Somov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2018.05.15"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Sargsyan, Shant"]
[Black "Shubin, Kirill"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2317"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 13,69,39,62,46,88,71,135,139,113,122,113,106,106,70,122,68,66,14,14,13,16,13,12,15,13,15,21,0,13,3,9,-5,-5,-7,-7,-6,-8,-5,-4,-6,-6,-6,-4,-6,-6,-6,0,0,0,0,0,-4,0,-4,0,0,0,-20]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 a6 4. Bg2 b5 5. b3 c5 6. Nc3 {A13: English Opening: 1...e6} (6. O-O Bb7 7. Bb2 Be7 8. d3 O-O 9. Nbd2 Nc6 10. e3 Qb6 11. a3 bxc4 12. Nxc4 Qa7 13. e4 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Rc1 Rfd8 16. Qe2 Bf6 17. Nce5 {½-½ (51) Esen,B (2528)-Heberla,B (2577) Kocaeli 2017}) 6... Qb6 7. e4 d6 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 8. d4 $1 {White is slightly better.} cxd4 9. Nxd4 ({But not} 9. Qxd4 Qxd4 10. Nxd4 bxc4 $11) 9... Bb7 ({Black should play} 9... b4) 10. cxb5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. O-O Be7 11. cxb5 O-O 12. Re1 axb5 13. Ndxb5 Na6 {1-0 (40) Plischki,S (2415)-Rydl,J (2196) Prague 2017}) 10... axb5 11. O-O b4 12. Na4 Qa5 13. Re1 Nbd7 {[#]} (13... Be7 $14) 14. a3 (14. Bb2 $1 $16) 14... d5 $1 $14 {[%cal Rf6e4]} 15. exd5 (15. e5 $1 $14 Ne4 16. Re3) 15... Bxd5 $11 {The position is equal.} 16. Nc6 Qb5 17. Nxb4 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Bxb4 19. axb4 O-O ({Don't play} 19... Qxb4 $6 20. Ba3 $16) 20. Bd2 Rad8 21. Bc3 Nd5 22. Qg4 {[%csl Gc3][%cal Rg4g7] [#]} N7f6 23. Bxf6 Nxf6 24. Qc4 Qb7+ 25. Kg1 $1 $132 {[%mdl 2048] White is fighting back} Rb8 26. Nc5 Qxb4 27. Qxb4 Rxb4 28. Rec1 g6 29. Kg2 Nd5 30. Ra7 Re8 31. Rc4 Rb5 32. h4 h5 33. Ra3 Reb8 34. Ra7 Re8 35. Ra2 {Precision: White = 55%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vanya Somov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2018.05.15"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Kacharava, Nikolozi"]
[Black "Gharibyan, Mamikon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2269"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2018.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a5 7. a4 O-O 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Bg4 11. Nbd2 Nh5 12. Kh1 Nf4 13. Re1 Qf6 14. Nf1 Ng6 15. Ne3 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nce7 17. h3 h5 18. Rg1 Kg7 19. Qe2 Rh8 20. Rad1 Rae8 21. Rd2 c6 22. d4 exd4 23. cxd4 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Qxd4 25. Rd1 Qb6 26. Bxd6 g4 27. Qc2 Rh6 28. Qc3+ f6 29. e5 fxe5 30. Bxe5+ Kh7 31. Rd7 Qb4 32. Qxb4 axb4 33. Bf6 Rf8 34. Bxe7 Nxe7 35. Rxe7+ Kh8 36. fxg4 hxg4 37. Nxg4 Rxh3+ 38. Kg2 Rh7 39. Re5 Rd7 40. Rh5+ Rh7 41. Re5 Rd7 42. Kg3 Rd1 43. Rh5+ Kg7 44. Rg5+ Kh8 45. Kg2 Rf4 46. Ne5 Rf6 47. b3 Rd4 48. f4 Rd2+ 49. Kg3 Rd1 50. f5 Rd4 51. Ng4 Rf8 52. f6 Kh7 53. Rg7+ Kh8 54. Rg6 Rxc4 55. bxc4 b3 56. Rh6+ Kg8 57. Kf4 Rd8 58. Rh3 Rd4+ 59. Kf5 b5 60. Rxb3 Rxc4 61. axb5 Rc5+ 62. Ke6 cxb5 63. Ne5 1-0

[Event "Vanya Somov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2018.05.15"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Murzin, Volodar"]
[Black "Pultinevicius, Paulius"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2302"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2018.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. d4 dxe4 7. Qxe4 Nf6 8. Qd3 Na6 9. a3 Be7 10. Be2 O-O 11. Bf3 Qb6 12. O-O Rfd8 13. Be3 Rac8 14. Rfd1 Rd7 15. Ne4 Qd8 16. Qe2 Nd5 17. Bd2 c5 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Nxc5 Bxc5 20. c4 Nb6 21. Bc3 Bd4 22. Bxd4 Rxd4 23. Qe3 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Qc7 25. c5 Nd7 26. b4 h6 27. Qd4 Nf6 28. Qd6 Qxd6 29. Rxd6 Rb8 30. c6 bxc6 31. Rxc6 Rd8 32. b5 Kf8 33. a4 e5 34. Rc7 e4 35. Bg4 h5 36. Be2 Rd2 37. Bc4 Rd1+ 38. Kh2 Rd7 39. Rxd7 Nxd7 40. a5 Nc5 41. b6 a6 42. h4 Ke7 43. Kg3 f6 44. Kf4 g6 45. g3 Kd6 46. Bf7 Nd3+ 47. Kxe4 Nxf2+ 48. Kd4 g5 49. Bxh5 Nh1 50. Bg4 Nxg3 51. h5 1-0

[Event "Vanya Somov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2018.05.15"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Kuznetsov, Dmitriy"]
[Black "Nesterov, Arseniy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2018.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. d4 Bb6 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 12. Bxf7 Rf8 13. Bb3 Nxe4 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. fxe3 Rxf1+ 16. Kxf1 Bb7 17. Bc2 Nf6 18. Nd2 Ke7 19. e4 Rd8 20. Ke2 Nh5 21. g3 Bc8 22. Ke3 Bh3 23. Bd1 Nf6 24. Bf3 c5 25. b3 Be6 26. Be2 h5 27. Nf3 Ng4# 0-1

[Event "Vanya Somov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2018.05.15"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Zarubitski, Viachaslau"]
[Black "Lobanov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2018.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 18,43,12,12,13,15,4,19,21,12,22,0,0,-8,-7,4,0,-15,-13,0,0,0,0,-14,-14,-5,-5,-10]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Ne4 5. Ne2 Qb6 6. d4 {B11: Caro-Kann (Zweispringer-Variante)} e6 7. Ng3 c5 8. c3 Nc6 9. Bd3 Nxg3 10. hxg3 {LiveBook: 19 Partien. Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} cxd4 11. cxd4 Bd7 12. Kf1 h6 ({Aber nicht} 12... Nxd4 $2 13. Be3 $18) 13. g4 {[#]} Nb4 $146 ({Jedoch nicht} 13... Nxd4 $2 14. Be3 $18) 14. Bb1 Rc8 15. Be3 Qa6+ 16. Kg1 Qa4 17. Qxa4 Bxa4 18. Ne1 Kd7 19. g5 Nc2 20. Bxc2 Bxc2 21. gxh6 gxh6 22. Rc1 {Precision: Weiß = 84%, Schwarz = 97%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vanya Somov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2018.05.15"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Hakobyan, Aram"]
[Black "Shevchenko, Kirill"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "188"]
[EventDate "2018.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 24,188,12,7,41,12,51,57,53,58,58,58,74,69,48,45,52,32,19,30,98,36,35,45,105,44,68,68,75,71,72,62,58,58,66,31,31,31,34,31,33,33,37,35,64,68,71,68,64,64,74,14,17,19,33,33,33,33,37,37,60,60,60,60,62,55,55,55,62,62,68,62,79,62,65,65,69,58,79,79,81,82,82,85,110,87,87,87,97,85,85,85,85,85,92,85,96,99,99,100,100,100,106,107,125,125,125,125,125,125,125,125,125,125,125,125,125,125,125,125,125,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Be7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. b3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. d4 Nc6 9. Bb2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. Na3 Bf6 12. Nc4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 {LiveBook: 5 Games} Bc6 {A14: English Opening: 1...e6 with b3 by White} 14. Rc1 (14. Ne5 Rc8 15. Rc1 Bxe5 16. Bxe5 Qa5 17. Ba1 Qxa2 18. e4 Ne7 19. Qg4 e5 20. Bxe5 Ng6 21. Bd6 {½-½ (37) Grischuk,A (2761)-Karjakin,S (2781) Paris 2017}) 14... Rc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Re8 15. Ne5 Bxe5 16. Bxe5 Nb4 17. Bxc6 Nxc6 18. Bd6 Qa5 19. Qc2 Rac8 20. Qb2 Qf5 21. Rfe1 e5 22. e3 h5 23. Red1 h4 24. Qe2 h3 25. Rd5 {0-1 (25) Pereira,J-Bray,J Benedita 2000}) 15. Bxf6 ({Of course not} 15. Bxa7 Nc3 $15) 15... Qxf6 {White is slightly better.} 16. e4 Nb4 17. Qd2 Qe7 18. Nd6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Rcd8 19. Rfd1 Na6 20. e5 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 f6 (21... Nc7 $11 {remains equal.}) 22. Qe3 (22. exf6 $16 Qxf6 23. f4) 22... fxe5 $14 23. Qxe5 Rd7 (23... Nb4 $14) 24. Ne4 (24. Rc8 $16) 24... h6 25. Rd6 Rxd6 26. Qxd6 Qxd6 27. Nxd6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Nb4 28. Rc7 Nxa2 29. Rxb7 Nc1 30. f4 Rd8 31. Ne4 Rd5 32. b4 {Hoping for Nc5.} Nd3 33. Kf3 Rd4 34. Ke3 Rxb4 35. Rxa7 Nb2 36. Nc5 Rb6 37. Kd4 ({White should play} 37. Re7 $16) 37... Rd6+ 38. Ke4 Nc4 39. Re7 Nd2+ 40. Ke3 Nc4+ 41. Kf3 Kf8 42. Rxe6 Rxe6 43. Nxe6+ {KN-KN} Kf7 44. Nd4 Nd2+ 45. Ke2 Ne4 46. Ke3 Nf6 47. Kf3 Nd5 48. Nf5 Kf6 49. Ne3 Nc3 50. g4 Nb5 51. Ke4 Nd6+ 52. Kd5 Nf7 53. Kd4 Nd8 54. Ke4 Ne6 55. Nd5+ Kf7 56. h4 Nc5+ 57. Kd4 Ne6+ 58. Ke5 Nc5 59. Nb6 Nd3+ 60. Ke4 Nc5+ 61. Kd4 Ne6+ 62. Ke5 Nc5 63. Nc4 Nd7+ 64. Kd6 Nf6 65. Ne5+ Kg8 66. Ke6 Ne4 67. Ng6 Nf6 68. Kf5 Nd5 69. Ke5 Ne3 {[#]} 70. g5 $1 hxg5 71. hxg5 Kf7 72. Ke4 (72. f5 $16) 72... Kxg6 $11 {The position is equal.} 73. Kxe3 {KPP-KP} Kf5 74. Kf3 Ke6 $1 75. Ke4 g6 76. Ke3 Ke7 77. Kd3 Kd7 $1 78. Ke2 Ke6 79. Kf2 {Black must now prevent Ke3.} Kd7 80. Kg3 {Kf3 is the strong threat.} Ke7 81. Kg4 Ke6 82. Kh4 Kf7 83. Kg3 Ke7 84. Kf2 Kd7 85. Ke1 Ke7 86. Kd2 Kd6 87. Kc3 Ke6 88. Kd4 Kd6 $1 89. Kc3 {[#] And now Kd4 would win.} Ke6 {( -> ...Kf5)} 90. Kd3 (90. Kd2 {with more complications.} Kd6) 90... Kd7 91. Ke3 {Threatens to win with Kd4.} Ke7 $1 92. Kf2 Kd7 93. Kg2 {aiming for Kf3.} Ke6 94. Kg3 Ke7 {Precision: White = 68%, Black = 74%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vanya Somov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2018.05.16"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Shubin, Kirill"]
[Black "Shevchenko, Kirill"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2317"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2018.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 23,57,0,0,0,0,0,63,0,20,0,114,111,103,114,112,96,104,93,91,98,102,97,100,111,91,86,109,108,117,89,79,39,41,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 d5 5. Nbd2 Nc6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. Bd3 b6 9. Qe2 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} Bb7 10. Rd1 Re8 11. e4 Be7 12. e5 Nh5 {LiveBook: 19 Games} 13. h4 $146 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} ({Predecessor:} 13. a3 g6 14. Qe3 {1-0 (31) Esipenko,A (2571)-Matlakov,M (2709) Moscow 2018}) 13... Nxg3 14. fxg3 g6 (14... Rf8 $11) 15. g4 cxd4 16. cxd4 f6 (16... Nb4 $11 {remains equal.}) 17. h5 $16 g5 18. O-O Nb4 19. Bb5 Bc6 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Ne5 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Qe7 {[#] White must now prevent ...Qc5+.} 23. Bxc6 Nxc6 24. Rc1 Rac8 25. Qe3 Nb8 26. Nf3 h6 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Nd4 Nd7 $1 29. Kh2 {Precision: White = 67%, Black = 67%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vanya Somov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2018.05.16"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Lobanov, Sergei"]
[Black "Hakobyan, Aram"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2018.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 19,48,6,41,11,20,-19,-15,-24,-25,-42,-25,-32,-25,-25,-22,-29,-31,-46,-34,-36,-34,-30,0,0,0,-8,0,0,22,19,33]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} Ne7 {LiveBook: 18 Games} (10... Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qc2 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Ng5 14. O-O-O Nxf3 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Qf5 Nh4 17. Qg4 Ng6 {½-½ (38) Naiditsch,A (2701)-Anand,V (2776) Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden 2018}) 11. Qc2 Nxc3 12. Qxc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. bxc3 Bf5 13. Bd3 Qd7 14. Bg5 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Ng6 16. O-O h6 {½-½ (62) Pourkashiyan,A (2229)-Yahya,M (2145) Abu Dhabi 2004}) 12... Bg4 13. Nh4 {[#]} c5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 14. O-O (14. dxc5 Ba5) 14... Nc6 15. Bxc6 $1 cxd4 16. Bxd4 bxc6 17. g3 Re8 18. Rac1 c5 19. Bxc5 d4 20. Bxb6 Qxb6 21. Qd2 {The position is equal.} Rad8 22. Rfe1 d3 23. Re3 Be2 24. Ng2 Rb8 {Precision: White = 60%, Black = 67%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vanya Somov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2018.05.16"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Nesterov, Arseniy"]
[Black "Zarubitski, Viachaslau"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2018.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 9,32,0,0,0,0,-18,-8,-3,0,0,16,12,10,17,18,15,18,18,32,36,33,33,35,38,24]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Bf5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Qb3 Qd7 (5... Qc7 6. Nc3 e6 7. e4 Bxe4 8. Bf4 Qb6 9. Nb5 Qa5+ 10. Kd1 Na6 11. Rc1 Qb4 12. Qxb4 Bxb4 13. a3 {1-0 (49) Onischuk,A (2681)-Hasangatin,R (2502) chess.com INT 2018}) 6. Nf3 {e4! is the strong threat. D10: Slav Defence: 3 cxd5 (without early Nf3) and 3 Nc3} Nc6 7. Bb5 e6 8. Ne5 {The position is equal.} Qc8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8... Qc7 9. Nc3 Bd6 10. f4 Nge7 11. Bd3 a6 12. Bxf5 Nxf5 13. a3 O-O 14. Bd2 Rfd8 15. Rc1 {½-½ (15) Honert,S (1315)-Mook,K (1312) Hanau 2013}) 9. Bd2 Bd6 10. Bb4 Bxb4+ 11. Qxb4 Nge7 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Be2 Rb8 14. Qa3 {White is slightly better.} Qb7 15. b3 Bxb1 16. Rxb1 Qb4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vanya Somov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2018.05.16"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Pultinevicius, Paulius"]
[Black "Kuznetsov, Dmitriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. e3 Nc6 4. c4 Bf5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. d3 h6 9. Nc3 Bh7 10. a3 a5 11. Rc1 Qd7 12. Qc2 Rfc8 13. Nd2 Qd8 14. Nde4 Nxe4 15. dxe4 Bf6 16. Bg4 Rcb8 17. Rfd1 b6 18. Nd5 Ne7 19. Nxf6+ gxf6 20. f4 Qf8 21. Rf1 Qg7 22. Rf3 Kh8 23. Rg3 Rg8 24. Rf1 Qf8 25. Bc3 Bxe4 26. Qxe4 Rxg4 27. Rxg4 f5 28. fxe5 fxe4 29. exd6+ Kh7 30. dxe7 1-0

[Event "Vanya Somov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2018.05.16"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Gharibyan, Mamikon"]
[Black "Murzin, Volodar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2269"]
[BlackElo "2302"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Be3 Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 h5 11. d5 Ne7 12. Nd2 Nh6 13. f3 g5 14. Bf2 Ng6 15. c5 Nf4 16. Nc4 dxc5 17. Bxc5 Rf7 18. Rc1 f5 19. Bf2 Nxe2+ 20. Qxe2 f4 21. Nb5 a6 22. Nxc7 Rxc7 23. Bb6 Qd7 24. Bxc7 Qxc7 25. Qf2 Qd8 26. Nb6 Rb8 27. Rc2 Nf7 28. Rfc1 Nd6 29. Qc5 Bf5 30. exf5 e4 31. fxe4 Nxe4 32. Qc8 Bd4+ 33. Kf1 Nd6 34. Qe6+ Nf7 35. Rc8 1-0

[Event "Vanya Somov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2018.05.16"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Sargsyan, Shant"]
[Black "Kacharava, Nikolozi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2018.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 15,107,23,18,-16,0,-26,44,41,31,30,56,20,77,69,169,12,9,14,10,0,49,51,54,57,68,63,63,56,60,57,43,53,44,8,8,8,8,19,66,66,71,69,74,79,59,28,125,34,88,47,154,147,154,141,191,192,707,214,215,222,267,708,399,277,1314,1210,1194,1166,1659,1531,1343,1114,29950,29950,5616,5675,4708,2064,1733,1175,29968,29962,29954,5595,29981,29982,29982,29983,29983,29983,29982,29984,29984,29985]} 1. d4 d5 2. e4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 c5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bg2 {C01: Französische Verteidigung (Abtauschvariante)} Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3 (8. dxc5 O-O 9. Nbd2 Bxc5 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. c3 Ne4 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. fxe3 {½-½ (50) Tomashevsky,E (2716)-Najer,E (2679) Doha 2016}) 8... O-O {LiveBook: 27 Partien} 9. b3 Ne4 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 9... Bg4 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bb2 Qd7 12. Rc1 Be7 13. Nb5 Rac8 14. Nbd4 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 {0-1 (15) Mamedyarov,S (2479)-Manafov,I (2108) Baku 2001}) 10. Bb2 Bf6 ({Günstiger ist} 10... Bg4 $11) 11. Nxe4 $14 dxe4 12. Nd2 Bxd4 13. Bxd4 (13. c3 {keeps more tension.} Bxf2+ 14. Kxf2 Bg4 15. Qe1 Ne5 16. Kg1) 13... Nxd4 (13... cxd4 $11 14. Bxe4 Re8) 14. Nxe4 $16 Bg4 (14... Bf5 $14) 15. f3 $2 (15. Qxg4 $18 f5 16. Qd1 fxe4 17. Bxe4) 15... Bf5 $11 16. c3 Bxe4 17. cxd4 Bg6 (17... Bc6 {is interesting.} 18. dxc5 Qa5 19. Qc2 Rad8 20. Rfd1 Rfe8) 18. f4 {[%cal Bf3f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32] [#] Droht stark f5.} Qxd4+ 19. Qxd4 cxd4 20. f5 Bh5 21. Rf4 $1 {g4 ist eine echte Drohung.} f6 22. g4 Bf7 23. Rxd4 Rad8 24. Rad1 Rxd4 25. Rxd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KTL-KTL} b6 26. Rd7 h5 27. Rxa7 hxg4 28. Rb7 Rc8 29. Rxb6 Rc1+ 30. Bf1 Bh5 (30... Kh7 $11 {bleibt in der Remisbreite.}) 31. Re6 (31. a4 $16) 31... g6 (31... Ra1 $14) 32. Kg2 gxf5 (32... Kg7 $14) 33. Rxf6 $16 Rc2+ 34. Kg3 Rxa2 35. Rxf5 Bf7 $2 (35... Be8 36. Rf2 Ra1 37. Bc4+ Kg7 38. Kxg4 Bd7+ 39. Kh4 Rd1) 36. Rg5+ $2 (36. Bc4) 36... Kf8 37. Bc4 {[#] Schwarz muss nun Tf5 beachten.} ({Schwächer ist} 37. Rxg4 Bxb3 38. Rd4 Ra4 $14) ({Nicht} 37. Kxg4 Rxh2 38. Rb5 Be6+ 39. Kf3 Bxb3 $14) 37... Bxc4 38. bxc4 $18 {KT-KT} Kf7 39. Rxg4 Ke6 $2 (39... Ra3+ 40. Kh4 Kf6 41. Rf4+ Ke5) 40. h4 Ra1 41. Kf4 Kf6 42. Ke4 Ke6 43. Kd4 Kd6 44. Rg6+ Kd7 45. Kd5 Rd1+ 46. Kc5 Ra1 47. Rg7+ Kc8 48. Kb6 Rf1 49. c5 (49. h5 $142 Kd8 50. Rh7 Ke8 51. h6 Rb1+ 52. Kc6 Rh1 53. c5 Kf8 54. Kb7 Rb1+ 55. Kc7) 49... Rh1 50. Rg8+ {Weiß setzt Matt.} Kd7 51. c6+ {[%cal Bc5c6,Bc6c7][%mdl 32]} Kd6 52. Rd8+ Ke7 53. c7 Rb1+ 54. Ka5 {Precision: Weiß = 64%, Schwarz = 24%.} 1-0

[Event "Vanya Somov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2018.05.17"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Kacharava, Nikolozi"]
[Black "Shubin, Kirill"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2317"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd7 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nb3 a6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Nf6 11. Bg5 b5 12. Bb3 Ne4 13. Be3 Nc5 14. c3 Nxb3 15. Nxb3 Qxd1 16. Rfxd1 Bb7 17. Na5 Bd5 18. b3 Be7 19. c4 bxc4 20. bxc4 Be4 21. f3 Bc2 22. Rd2 Ba4 23. Rb1 O-O 24. Rb7 Bd8 25. Bb6 Bg5 26. Rd3 Rfc8 27. Kf2 Bf6 28. Ke3 h5 29. Kd2 Re8 30. Rb3 Kf8 31. a3 Be7 32. Rc3 Bf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vanya Somov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2018.05.17"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Murzin, Volodar"]
[Black "Sargsyan, Shant"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2302"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "246"]
[EventDate "2018.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 21,246,16,16,0,0,-9,0,-2,10,0,8,0,14,-12,20,27,38,32,47,18,5,14,15,0,0,0,0,0,17,10,12,0,30,12,37,17,24,16,22,27,34,39,52,52,49,54,83,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,-2,-2,-2,0,-2,-8,0,-18,-18,-18,0,0,0,0,0,-2,-2,-18,-18,-18,-18,-48,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,0,0,0,0,0,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,0,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-18,-2,-2,-2,-2,-2,-2,-2,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-114,-114,-114,-114,-114,-114,-114,0,-114,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,0,-8,-8,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,-29976,0,0,0,-29977,-29978,-29978,-29979,-29979,-29980,-29978,-29979]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O h6 7. h3 d6 8. Na4 Bb6 9. a3 Be6 10. Nxb6 axb6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Qe2 {C50: Italienische Partie} (12. Re1 Qd7 13. d4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 e5 16. Qc4+ Kh8 17. Be3 Ra4 18. b4 Rfa8 19. Bc1 b5 {0-1 (53) Shyam,S (2468)-Efimenko,Z (2648) Dubai 2014}) 12... Qe8 13. Be3 Qg6 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 13... Nh5 14. c3 Nf4 15. Bxf4 Rxf4 16. Qe3 Qg6 17. Rae1 Raf8 18. Nd2 Qg5 19. g3 Qg6 20. Kh2 {0-1 (38) Scholtes,M-Dirmeier,M Pinneberg 1996}) 14. Rad1 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} Nh5 15. Nh4 Qf7 16. c3 Rae8 17. d4 Kh7 18. Nf3 Nf4 19. Bxf4 $1 Qxf4 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 Qxe5 22. g3 g5 23. Rd3 Re7 24. Rf3 Rg8 25. Kg2 h5 26. Rh1 Rg6 27. Qe3 Qb5 28. Qd2 Kg8 29. Re1 Qe5 30. Qd4 g4 31. hxg4 hxg4 32. Rf4 Qxd4 33. cxd4 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KTT-KTT} c5 34. dxc5 (34. e5 $16) 34... bxc5 $11 35. Rd1 e5 36. Rf5 Rf7 37. Rh5 Rf3 38. Rd2 Rb3 39. Rh1 Kf7 40. Rh7+ Ke6 41. Rc7 b6 {[%cal Bb7b6,Bb6b5,Bb5a4][%mdl 32]} 42. Rb7 b5 43. Rc7 Rg8 44. Rh7 Rg6 45. Rc7 c4 46. a4 Rd3 47. Re2 bxa4 48. Rxc4 Rd4 49. Rc7 Rg8 50. b3 axb3 51. Rb7 Rd1 52. Rxb3 Rh8 53. f3 gxf3+ 54. Rxf3 Rhh1 55. Kf2 Rdf1+ 56. Ke3 Ra1 57. Rd2 Ra3+ 58. Ke2 Rh2+ 59. Rf2 Rh3 60. Rf3 Rxg3 61. Rxa3 Rxa3 {KT-KT} 62. Kf2 Rh3 63. Rd1 Kd7 64. Rc1 Ra3 65. Ke2 Ra5 66. Kd3 Rb5 67. Ke3 Rc5 68. Ra1 Kc7 69. Kd3 Kb6 70. Ra8 Ra5 71. Rb8+ $1 Kc6 72. Rc8+ Kb5 73. Rb8+ Kc5 74. Rc8+ Kb6 75. Rc1 Rc5 76. Rb1+ Kc6 77. Ra1 Kd7 78. Ra8 Rc1 79. Ra7+ Ke6 80. Ra8 Kf6 81. Rg8 Rh1 82. Ke3 Rh6 83. Rg1 Ke6 84. Rg7 Rh3+ 85. Ke2 d5 86. exd5+ Kxd5 87. Ra7 $1 Ke4 88. Ra4+ Kf5 89. Ra8 Kf4 90. Kf2 Rh2+ 91. Ke1 Rh3 92. Ra4+ e4 {[#] Und ...Kf3 würde nun gewinnen.} 93. Ra8 $1 Kf3 94. Re8 Ke3 {[%cal Rh3h1]} (94... Rh7 {keeps more tension.} 95. Kd2 Rf7 96. Rh8 Rd7+ 97. Ke1 Rb7) 95. Kd1 (95. Kf1 $1 $11) 95... Rh1+ $17 96. Kc2 Ra1 97. Re7 Ra2+ 98. Kd1 Ra1+ 99. Kc2 Kf3 (99... Rg1 $17 {Droht ...Tg4.} 100. Re8 Kf3) 100. Kd2 $1 $11 Ra2+ 101. Ke1 $1 Rb2 {Weiss sollte ...Th2 verhindern.} 102. Re8 Re2+ 103. Kf1 Rc2 {[%cal Rc2c1]} 104. Ke1 Ke3 {[%cal Rc2c1]} (104... Rh2 {with more complications.} 105. Rf8+ Ke3 106. Kf1 Rh7 107. Ra8 Rd7) 105. Kf1 $1 Rc1+ 106. Kg2 Rd1 107. Re7 $1 Re1 108. Ra7 Rd1 {zielt auf ...Kd3 ab.} 109. Re7 Rd4 {Weiss muss nun ...Ke2 beachten.} 110. Rf7 Ke2 111. Rf2+ Ke1 {( -> ...Td2)} 112. Rf1+ $1 Kd2 113. Ra1 Ke2 {Und weiter mit ...e3 wäre nett.} 114. Ra2+ Rd2 115. Ra3 e3 (115... Ke1+ {seems wilder.} 116. Kg1 Rd3 117. Ra1+ Rd1 118. Ra3 Ke2+) 116. Kg3 Rd3 117. Ra1 $1 Rc3 {Droht ...Tc2 und aus.} 118. Ra2+ $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (118. Ra8 $11) 118... Ke1 $2 (118... Kd1 {setzt Matt} 119. Ra1+ Rc1 120. Ra7 e2 121. Rd7+ Kc2 122. Rc7+ Kb2 123. Rb7+ Kc3 124. Rc7+ Kd2 125. Rd7+ Ke1 126. Kg2 Rd1 127. Ra7 Kd2 128. Ra2+ Kd3 129. Ra3+ Kc4 130. Ra4+ Kc5 131. Ra5+ Kd4 132. Ra4+ Kd5 133. Ra5+ Kc4 134. Ra4+ Kb3 135. Re4 e1=Q 136. Rxe1 Rxe1 137. Kf3 Re5 138. Kf4 Rc5 139. Ke3 Kc3 140. Ke4 Rb5 141. Ke3 Rb4 142. Ke2 Re4+ 143. Kf3 Kd3 144. Kf2 Re3 145. Kf1 Re2 146. Kg1 Ke3 147. Kf1 Kf3 148. Kg1 Kg3 149. Kf1 Re3 150. Kg1 Re1#) 119. Ra1+ Ke2 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (119... Kd2 $11) 120. Ra2+ Kd1 {Schwarz setzt Matt.} 121. Ra1+ Rc1 122. Ra8 e2 123. Rd8+ Kc2 {Precision: Weiß = 66%, Schwarz = 65%.} 0-1

[Event "Vanya Somov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2018.05.17"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Kuznetsov, Dmitriy"]
[Black "Gharibyan, Mamikon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[BlackElo "2269"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2018.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 b6 2. Nc3 Bb7 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 e6 5. Nge2 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. Nxd5 Bxd5 8. Nf4 Bxg2 9. Nxg2 Be7 10. d4 O-O 11. O-O Nd7 12. Be3 Nf6 13. c4 Qd7 14. Qc2 c5 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Rfd1 Qc6 17. Nf4 Ng4 18. Ng2 Nxe3 19. Nxe3 Bf6 20. Ng4 Bd4 21. Rd2 Rab8 22. Rb1 f5 23. Ne3 f4 24. Nf1 fxg3 25. hxg3 Rxf2 26. Rxf2 Rf8 27. b3 Rxf2 0-1

[Event "Vanya Somov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2018.05.17"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Zarubitski, Viachaslau"]
[Black "Pultinevicius, Paulius"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2018.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 32,113,28,0,28,22,19,16,12,14,39,23,28,20,81,23,16,19,22,4,17,0,6,22,48,47,68,56,78,24,48,39,41,38,53,35,34,27,27,16,31,34,75,28,74,62,82,79,74,69,72,66,74,52,229,69,151,144,144,131,133,105,137,88,105,105,119,94,143,48,143,137,147,0,0,0,0,0,567,398,2281,2259,29991,29992]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. a4 Nb6 {C95: Closed Ruy Lopez: Breyer Variation with 10 d4} 16. a5 (16. axb5 axb5 17. Bg5 Bg7 18. Bd3 Rxa1 19. Qxa1 c6 20. Be3 Qc7 21. dxe5 dxe5 22. Qc1 Bc8 23. Qc2 {½-½ (32) Anand,V (2767)-Carlsen,M (2834) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 16... Nbd7 17. b3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Rc8 {The position is equal.} 18. d5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bd2 Bg7 20. d5 c6 21. c4 cxd5 22. cxd5 Nh7 23. b4 {½-½ (31) Valiente,C (2370)-De las Heras,J (2330) Mar del Plata 1991}) 18... c6 {[%cal Rc6d5]} 19. c4 $1 Qc7 {Threatens to win with ...cxd5.} 20. Ra2 Bg7 21. Be3 Rb8 22. Qe2 Nc5 (22... bxc4 $11 23. bxc4 Rec8) 23. Rc1 (23. b4 $16 Ncd7 24. cxb5 cxb5 25. Rc1) 23... bxc4 $11 24. bxc4 Bc8 25. Nd2 {[%cal Bf3d2,Bd2b1,Bb1a3][%mdl 32]} Bd7 26. Nb1 cxd5 27. cxd5 Rb5 28. Na3 Rb4 29. Bd2 Rbb8 30. Qe3 ({White should play} 30. Bd3 $16) 30... Qd8 31. Raa1 Qe7 32. Rab1 Rec8 33. Rxb8 (33. Rb6 {keeps more tension.} Bf8 34. Rcb1 Qd8 35. f3 Ne8 36. Ne2) 33... Rxb8 34. Rb1 Rxb1+ 35. Bxb1 h5 36. Bb4 Ne8 37. Nc4 Bf8 38. Nb6 Bb5 39. Ne2 Nc7 40. Nc3 Be8 41. Ba2 Qd8 42. Bc4 Qb8 $2 {[#]} (42... Na8 $1 $14) 43. Qe2 $2 ({White has to play} 43. Bxc5 $1 $18 dxc5 44. Qd3) 43... Qb7 (43... Nd7 $1 $14) 44. Bxc5 $16 dxc5 45. Qd1 {aiming for d6.} Bd6 46. Qb3 Kg7 47. Kf1 Qb8 48. Qb1 Kg8 49. Qd3 Qb7 50. Ke1 ({White should try} 50. g3 $16) 50... Kg7 (50... Nb5 $1 $14) 51. Kd1 Kg8 52. f4 (52. g3 $16) 52... exf4 $11 53. e5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is more active.} Bxe5 {White must now prevent ...Na8.} 54. d6 Nb5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (54... Qxg2 $6 55. d7 $18) (54... Ne6 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 55. Nxb5 axb5 $2 (55... Qxg2 56. d7 Bxd7 57. Nxd7 (57. Qxd7 Qg1+ 58. Kc2 Qg2+ 59. Qd2 f3 $16) 57... axb5 58. Bxf7+ (58. Nxe5 bxc4 59. Qxc4 Qg1+ 60. Kc2 Qg2+ 61. Kb1 Qb7+ 62. Kc1 Qh1+ 63. Kb2 Qb7+ 64. Qb3 Qg2+ 65. Ka3 c4 $18) (58. Bxb5 Qh1+ 59. Qf1 Qe4 $11) 58... Kxf7 59. Nxe5+ Ke6) 56. d7 $18 Bxd7 57. Qxg6+ {Precision: White = 48%, Black = 30%.} 1-0

[Event "Vanya Somov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2018.05.17"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Shevchenko, Kirill"]
[Black "Lobanov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 20,63,9,12,8,7,12,0,10,10,14,16,51,51,29,22,22,20,20,20,20,24,20,27,12,18,25,26,31,23,12,14,18,8,12,13,18,8,0,0,10,0,8,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. Bg5 {B12: Caro-Kann (Vorstoß-Variante)} Be7 8. Nf3 Nh6 9. Nc3 Nf5 10. Ne2 c5 11. dxc5 {LiveBook: 9 Partien} Qa5+ 12. c3 {[%cal Bc2c3,Bc3d4][%mdl 32]} Qxc5 13. Ned4 Nxd4 14. cxd4 {[#]} Qb4+ $146 ({Vorgänger:} 14... Qa5+) 15. Bd2 Qc4 16. Qxc4 dxc4 17. Rc1 b5 18. a4 a6 19. Ra1 b4 20. Rc1 Nd7 21. Rxc4 {zielt auf a5 ab.} Nb6 22. Rc7 Nxa4 23. Rb7 Nxb2 24. Ke2 Na4 25. Rc1 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} Nc3+ $1 26. Bxc3 bxc3 27. Rxc3 {[#] Schwarz muss nun Tcc7 beachten.} Bd8 $1 28. Ng5 O-O 29. Ne4 Re8 30. Rcb3 Bxh4 31. Rh3 Be7 32. Rxh5 {Precision: Weiß = 57%, Schwarz = 80%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vanya Somov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2018.05.18"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Shubin, Kirill"]
[Black "Lobanov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2317"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 19,71,8,18,-61,0,-10,-38,-27,-13,-18,-10,-10,-16,-6,0,-11,-15,-12,0,6,72,-26,-23,-26,-26,-24,-41,-57,-44,-45,-44,-52,-22,-41,-13,-6,-11,-10,-8,-18,0,-86,-78,-110,-12,-12,-12,-12,-14,-14,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. h3 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5} (8. f3 Nbd7 9. Qd2 b5 10. g4 b4 11. Ne2 h6 12. Ng3 d5 13. Bd3 Qc7 14. Qe2 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nd5 16. Bd2 a5 17. c4 bxc3 18. Nxc3 Nxc3 19. Bxc3 {½-½ (51) Fedoseev,V (2724)-Robson,R (2645) chess.com INT 2018}) 8... Be7 9. f4 b5 10. Qf3 O-O {LiveBook: 3 Games} 11. a3 $146 (11. O-O-O $11) ({Predecessor:} 11. O-O-O Nc6 12. g4 Rc8 13. Kb1 exf4 14. Bxf4 Qc7 15. g5 {0-1 (35) Potkin,V (2597)-Amonatov,F (2614) Almaty 2016}) 11... Nbd7 (11... Nc6 $15) 12. f5 Bxb3 $1 13. cxb3 {[#]} d5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 14. exd5 (14. Nxd5 Nxd5) 14... Nc5 15. b4 Nb3 16. Rd1 Nd4 17. Bxd4 exd4 18. Rxd4 Bd6 19. Be2 Bc7 (19... Qb6 $11 20. Rd3 a5) 20. Kd1 (20. Rd3 $16) 20... Be5 $11 21. Rd2 $1 a5 22. Nxb5 {Strongly threatening bxa5.} axb4 23. Re1 bxa3 24. bxa3 ({But not} 24. Nxa3 Qd6 $17) 24... Rc8 {And now ...Qa5 would win.} 25. Bf1 Re8 {Hoping for ...Rc5.} (25... Bc7 $5 {[%cal Rc7a5]} 26. Na7 Ra8 $11) 26. d6 Qa5 {[#] ( -> ...Qa4+)} 27. Qb3 $1 {d7 is the strong threat.} ({Not} 27. Nc7 $2 Red8 $19) 27... Qxd2+ 28. Kxd2 Bf4+ 29. Re3 $1 Rc5 30. Nc7 (30. g4 $11 {remains equal.}) 30... Rxe3 $17 31. Qxe3 Bxe3+ ({Better is} 31... Rxf5 $17 32. Bb5 Ne4+ 33. Kd3 Nc5+ 34. Ke2 Bxe3 35. Kxe3 Nb7) 32. Kxe3 {KRN-KBN. The position is equal.} Rc3+ 33. Kd4 Rxa3 34. Nd5 $1 {[%cal Rd5f6]} Kf8 35. Nxf6 gxf6 36. Bb5 {Precision: White = 46%, Black = 69%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vanya Somov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2018.05.18"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Pultinevicius, Paulius"]
[Black "Hakobyan, Aram"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2018.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 17,48,8,8,-12,-16,-110,-25,-25,-29,-28,-27,-28,-31,-13,-18,-116,-110,-113,-118,-115,-80,-95,-82,-96,-95,-90,-84,-158,-152,-411,-438,-421,-412]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O Ng6 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} (6... h6 7. Nbd2 Bh7 8. Nb3 Nd7 9. a4 g5 10. a5 a6 11. c3 Nf5 12. Bd3 g4 13. Ne1 h5 14. Nc2 c5 15. Nxc5 Nxc5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 {½-½ (33) Svidler,P (2768)-Adhiban,B (2655) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 7. Be3 Nd7 8. Nbd2 f6 9. exf6 Qxf6 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 10. Ne1 {Black must now prevent g4.} Bd6 11. g4 $146 {[#]} (11. c3 $11) ({Predecessor:} 11. f4 Nxf4 12. Bf3 O-O 13. Kh1 Ng6 14. g4 {0-1 (28) Sammed Jaykumar,S (2310)-Swapnil,S (2516) Patna 2017}) 11... Be4 (11... Qh4 $1 $17 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Rh4h2]} 12. f4 Qh3) 12. f3 Qh4 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Rh4h2]} 13. Rf2 Bf4 $1 {[%cal Rf4e3]} 14. Nf1 $1 {aiming for Ng2.} ({Much weaker is} 14. Bxf4 Nxf4 15. Rg2 Nh3+ 16. Kh1 Bg6 $17) 14... Bxe3 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black mounts an attack.} 15. Nxe3 Nf4 $1 {[%cal Rf4h3] Threatens to win with ...Nh3+.} 16. Bf1 (16. Rf1 $1 $11 Bg6 17. Kh1) 16... O-O 17. Qd2 Bg6 18. Kh1 e5 19. N3g2 Qe7 (19... Qh6 {keeps more tension.} 20. Nxf4 Qxf4 21. Qxf4 Rxf4 22. dxe5 Nxe5 23. h3 Raf8) 20. Nxf4 Rxf4 ({Of course not} 20... exf4 21. Bd3 $11) 21. dxe5 Raf8 22. Re2 (22. Bd3 $142) 22... Nxe5 $17 23. Qc3 $2 {[#]} (23. Bg2 $17 {was called for.} Qf6 24. h3) 23... Be4 $1 $19 {[%cal Re5f3][%mdl 512]} 24. Bg2 (24. fxe4 Rxf1+) 24... Nxf3 {Precision: White = 41%, Black = 64%.} 0-1

[Event "Vanya Somov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2018.05.18"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Gharibyan, Mamikon"]
[Black "Zarubitski, Viachaslau"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2269"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2018.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 16,111,36,23,32,25,73,56,96,88,139,114,197,204,214,205,202,191,211,178,183,196,187,178,136,203,235,245,239,242,234,233,240,237,229,231,227,222,222,210,243,247,249,249,280,266,315,314,331,326,547,551,549,533,524,140,140,140,347,346,346,347,346,335,331,328,323,315,360,372,393,367,677,604,784,775,711,604,886,663,649,659,624,649,627,597,975,856,579,575,29972,29973,29973,29972,29958,29958,29986,29987]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Qe7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Bxd2 8. Qxd2 d5 {E11: Bogo-Indian} 9. Nc3 {LiveBook: 6 Games} (9. e3 dxc4 10. Rc1 e5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Ng4 13. Na3 Nxe5 14. Nxc4 {0-1 (62) Feller,S (2622)-Georgiev,K (2607) Bol 2015}) 9... Rd8 10. Ne5 Nb8 $146 {White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 10... Bd7 11. Rad1 Be8 12. Qf4 Qb4 13. Rd2 dxc4 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 {0-1 (56) Unuk,L (2276)-Deur,Z (2187) Rijeka 2016}) 11. Rac1 dxc4 12. Rfd1 c5 (12... c6 $142) 13. Qe3 Nd5 (13... Rxd4 $16 {was worth a try.} 14. Rxd4 cxd4 15. Qxd4 Nc6 16. Bxc6 (16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Qxc4 Rb8 $16) 16... bxc6) 14. Nxd5 $18 exd5 15. dxc5 Be6 {[#]} 16. Nxc4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} dxc4 17. Rxd8+ Qxd8 18. Bxb7 Nd7 {White should prevent ...Rb8.} 19. Rd1 ({Weaker is} 19. Bxa8 Qxa8 20. Rd1 Qb7 $14) 19... Rb8 20. c6 $1 {[%csl LRa7,LRd7]} g5 21. Qd2 ({Worse is} 21. Qxa7 Qb6 $14) 21... Rxb7 22. cxb7 Qb6 23. Qxg5+ Kf8 {[#]} 24. Qh6+ $1 Ke8 25. Qxh7 Qxb7 26. Qh8+ Ke7 27. Qd4 Qb5 28. Rd2 a5 29. f3 Qf5 30. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5,Bh5h6][%mdl 32]} Qb1+ 31. Rd1 Qxa2 32. h5 {Black must now prevent h6.} Qb3 $2 (32... c3 {was necessary.}) 33. h6 {Hoping for h7.} Qb8 34. Kf2 Qg8 35. Qg7 $2 (35. Ra1 $18 {has better winning chances.}) 35... Qxg7 $16 36. hxg7 Nf6 $2 (36... f6 $16 37. Ra1 Kf7 38. Rxa5 Kxg7) 37. Ra1 $18 Ng8 38. Rxa5 Kf6 39. e4 Kxg7 40. g4 Ne7 41. Rc5 f6 42. Kg3 Kf7 43. f4 {[%cal Bf3f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32]} Ke8 $2 (43... Bd7 44. Rxc4 Nc6) 44. f5 Bg8 45. Rc7 Kd8 46. Ra7 Ke8 47. Kf4 Nc6 48. Rb7 Ne5 49. g5 Nd3+ 50. Kg4 Ne5+ 51. Kh5 fxg5 52. Kxg5 Bf7 53. Kf6 {White mates.} Ng4+ {[#]} 54. Kg7 $1 Bh5 55. f6 Nf2 56. e5 {Precision: White = 87%, Black = 31%.} 1-0

[Event "Vanya Somov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2018.05.18"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Sargsyan, Shant"]
[Black "Kuznetsov, Dmitriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 22,81,22,28,39,18,50,37,28,24,43,10,6,9,38,32,57,17,47,45,45,10,12,0,41,8,110,115,121,123,122,108,146,137,143,127,169,169,164,154,212,200,224,225,232,243,239,236,270,242,272,256,254,272,292,292,289,287,341,279,398,403]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 c5 8. Nb3 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bd6 10. Na5 b5 11. c4 Ne7 12. Be3 {LiveBook: 5 Games. C69: Ruy Lopez: Exchange Variation with 5 0-0 f6} (12. Nc3 Rb8 13. Be3 Be6 14. Rac1 Kf7 15. b3 Rhd8 16. Nd5 Rd7 17. f4 Rbd8 18. Nb7 Rb8 19. Nxc5 Bxc5 20. Bxc5 Nxd5 21. cxd5 {1-0 (58) Guseinov,G (2634)-Bachmann,A (2593) Berlin 2015}) 12... O-O 13. Nc3 Rb8 14. Rac1 {White is slightly better.} Be6 {[#]} 15. Nd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. b3 bxc4 16. Nxc4 Bxc4 17. bxc4 Rb4 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. Rxd5 Rfb8 {1-0 (61) Ragger,M (2518)-Lodhi,M (2394) Beijing 2008}) 15... Bxd5 $1 16. exd5 Nf5 17. Bd2 Nd4 {White should prevent ...Ne2+.} 18. Kf1 Rfe8 19. b3 (19. b4 $5) 19... b4 20. h3 Kf7 21. Be3 Nf5 $1 22. Bd2 Nd4 23. Rb1 Re7 {[#]} (23... Re2 $11) 24. Be3 $1 $16 {[%cal Re3d4]} Rbe8 25. Bxd4 cxd4 26. Rd2 Bc5 27. Nc6 Re4 28. Rbd1 f5 29. Nxd4 Bxd4 30. Rxd4 Rxd4 (30... R4e5 $16 31. d6 cxd6) 31. Rxd4 $18 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KR} a5 32. d6 c6 33. d7 Rd8 {[#]} 34. Rd6 $1 Ke7 35. Rxc6 Rxd7 36. Ra6 Rd2 37. Rxa5 Kf6 38. g4 g6 39. gxf5 gxf5 40. Ra4 f4 (40... h5 $142 41. Kg2 Ke5 42. Rxb4 Rxa2) 41. Kg2 {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 44%.} 1-0

[Event "Vanya Somov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2018.05.18"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Kacharava, Nikolozi"]
[Black "Murzin, Volodar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2302"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 b5 7. g4 Bb7 8. Bg2 g6 9. Be3 Nbd7 10. g5 Nh5 11. Qd2 e5 12. Nde2 Be7 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. Qxd5 O-O 15. Qd2 Rc8 16. b3 Nc5 17. Bf3 Ng7 18. Nc3 Nce6 19. h4 f6 20. gxf6 Bxf6 21. Bg4 Rc6 22. Nd5 h5 23. Bh3 Kh7 24. O-O-O Bxh4 25. Rdg1 a5 26. Bf1 b4 27. Kb1 Nc5 28. f4 exf4 29. Qg2 Qe8 30. Rxh4 fxe3 31. Nxe3 Rc7 32. Nd5 Ra7 33. Bb5 Qe6 34. Bc4 Qe8 35. Nf4 Rf6 36. Nd5 Rf8 37. Bb5 Qxb5 38. Qxg6+ Kg8 39. Rxh5 Rf2 40. Kb2 Rg2 41. Nf6+ Kf8 42. Rh8+ Ke7 43. Nd5+ Kd7 44. Qf7+ Kc6 45. Rc8+ 1-0

[Event "Vanya Somov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2018.05.19"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Murzin, Volodar"]
[Black "Shubin, Kirill"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2302"]
[BlackElo "2317"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2018.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O Nge7 8. Re1 h6 9. c3 b6 10. e5 g5 11. h3 a5 12. Nf1 Qc7 13. d4 Nf5 14. g4 Nfe7 15. Ng3 cxd4 16. cxd4 Nb4 17. Re3 Qc2 18. Bd2 Qxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Ba6 20. Nh5 O-O 21. a3 Nd3 22. Bc3 Nf4 23. Nxf4 gxf4 24. Ree1 h5 25. gxh5 Bh6 26. Bf1 Bxf1 27. Kxf1 Nf5 28. Ke2 Rac8 29. Kd3 Rc4 30. Rg1+ Kh7 31. b3 Rc6 32. Rc1 Rfc8 33. Bd2 Rxc1 34. Bxc1 Ng7 35. Bd2 Nxh5 36. a4 f6 37. Re1 fxe5 38. Nxe5 Bg7 39. Nf3 Nf6 40. Ng5+ Kg6 41. Rg1 Bf8 42. Nxe6+ Kf5 43. Nxf4 Bd6 44. Ne2 Rh8 45. Rh1 Ne4 46. Be3 Rh4 47. Nc3 Nf6 48. Ke2 Bb4 49. Nb5 Be7 50. Kf3 Rh8 51. h4 Rh5 52. Nc3 Ke6 53. Ne2 Rf5+ 54. Nf4+ Kf7 55. Rg1 Ng8 56. Kg4 Nh6+ 57. Kh3 Ng8 58. Nd3 Bf6 59. Kg4 Ne7 60. Rc1 1-0

[Event "Vanya Somov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2018.05.19"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Kuznetsov, Dmitriy"]
[Black "Kacharava, Nikolozi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c3 Nbd7 4. Bd3 e5 5. O-O Be7 6. Bc2 O-O 7. d4 c6 8. Nbd2 Qc7 9. Nc4 b5 10. Ne3 Re8 11. Nf5 Bf8 12. Re1 Nb6 13. N3h4 Kh8 14. f4 exd4 15. cxd4 g6 16. Ng3 Bg7 17. f5 c5 18. d5 Nc4 19. Bb3 Ne5 20. Bf4 c4 21. Bc2 Nfg4 22. Bxe5 Qc5+ 23. Qd4 Qxd4+ 24. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 25. Kf1 Ne3+ 26. Rxe3 Bxe3 27. a4 b4 28. Re1 Bd4 29. Nf3 Bxb2 30. Nd2 Bc3 0-1

[Event "Vanya Somov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2018.05.19"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Zarubitski, Viachaslau"]
[Black "Sargsyan, Shant"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2018.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 25,38,30,17,22,15,10,10,0,0,-15,-11,-17,-16,-16,-16]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Be3 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Na5 13. Nd4 Nc4 {LiveBook: 3 Games. C83: Open Ruy Lopez: 9 c3 Be7} 14. Bxc4 {The position is equal.} dxc4 15. f4 (15. Rfd1 Bd7 16. a4 bxa4 17. Qe2 Qc8 18. Qxc4 c5 19. Nf3 h6 20. e6 Bxe6 21. Qxa4 {½-½ (37) Bauer,C (2647)-Anton Guijarro,D (2651) Heraklio 2017}) 15... Bd7 16. f5 c5 {[#]} 17. f6 $1 {[%mdl 512] Hoping for Bg5.} cxd4 (17... gxf6 18. Nf3) 18. Bxd4 {White threatens Qg5 and mate.} Re8 {Strongly threatening ...Bf8.} 19. fxe7 Qxe7 {Predecessor:} 20. Rf3 $146 Bc6 21. Rg3 Be4 {½-½ (21) Aulaskari,P-Huuskonen,V Finland 1991} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vanya Somov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2018.05.19"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Hakobyan, Aram"]
[Black "Gharibyan, Mamikon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E56"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2269"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2018.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 28,127,42,40,45,54,48,47,101,82,91,91,94,93,93,93,92,87,84,89,87,89,87,50,108,116,116,111,118,101,101,101,93,89,104,104,100,88,92,92,100,93,100,93,97,92,90,104,111,111,111,111,125,69,84,84,83,69,90,76,77,77,84,0,97,72,151,151,151,151,151,151,151,151,151,151,151,151,151,151,151,133,151,151,151,133,151,116,151,147,352,331,1262,1264,1407,1405,1662,1463,6428,5635,29963,12267]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. O-O Nc6 9. a3 Ba5 10. Qd3 a6 11. dxc5 Qxd3 {E56: Nimzoindisch (Moderne Variante)} 12. Bxd3 Bxc3 (12... Rd8 13. Bc2 Bxc3 14. bxc3 e5 15. a4 Be6 16. Rb1 Bc4 17. Re1 Rab8 18. e4 Bd3 19. Rb2 {½-½ (30) Landa,K (2647)-Almasi,Z (2695) Germany 2014}) 13. bxc3 Nd7 14. Bc2 Nxc5 15. a4 {[#] LiveBook: 3 Partien. Schwarz muss nun La3 beachten.} Rd8 16. Ba3 Nd7 $1 17. Rfd1 b6 $146 ({Günstiger ist} 17... Nf6 $1 $14) ({Vorgänger:} 17... b5 18. Rd6 Ndb8 19. Rxd8+ Nxd8 {1-0 (32) Leoncini,M-Mandolfo,G corr 1975}) 18. Be4 $16 Bb7 {[#]} 19. Nd4 $1 {[%cal Rd4c6]} Nde5 20. f4 f5 21. Bxc6 $1 ({Viel schwächer wäre} 21. Nxe6 $6 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 fxe4 $11) 21... Nxc6 22. Nxe6 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 {Td7 ist eine echte Drohung.} Bc8 24. Nc7 Ra7 25. Nd5 Rd7 (25... Rb7 $1 $14) 26. c4 Kf7 27. Rb1 Bb7 28. Nxb6 ({Bitte nicht} 28. Rxb6 $6 Na5 $14) 28... Rd3 29. Bc5 Na5 30. Nd5 Rb3 31. Rxb3 Nxb3 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KLS-KLS} 32. Bd4 g6 33. Kf2 Nd2 34. Nb6 Ke6 35. c5 Nb3 36. g3 Nc1 37. Ke1 Nd3+ 38. Ke2 Nb4 39. Kd2 Bc6 40. a5 (40. Kc3 $16 Nd5+ 41. Kb3) 40... Bb5 41. Bc3 Nc6 42. Kc2 Nb8 43. Kb3 Nd7 44. Kb4 Nb8 45. Kb3 (45. Ka3 {feels hotter.} Nc6 46. Kb2 Bd3 47. Be1 Ne7 48. Kb3) 45... Nd7 46. Bb4 (46. Bd4 {keeps more tension.} Nb8 47. Bb2 Nc6 48. Bc3 Bd3 49. Kb2) 46... Nxb6 (46... Nf6 $142) 47. axb6 {KL-KL} Bc6 48. Kc4 Bd5+ 49. Kd4 Bc6 50. Bc3 Bd5 51. Kd3 Kd7 52. g4 Ke6 53. h3 Bf3 54. Kd2 Bc6 55. Bd4 Bd5 56. Ke2 Bc6 57. Kf2 Kf7 58. Kg3 a5 $2 (58... h5 $16 59. gxh5 gxh5) 59. Kh4 $18 Ke6 $2 (59... fxg4 60. hxg4 (60. Kxg4 a4 $16) 60... h6) 60. Kg5 a4 61. Kh6 a3 62. Kxh7 fxg4 63. hxg4 Kf7 64. f5 {Precision: Weiß = 74%, Schwarz = 44%.} 1-0

[Event "Vanya Somov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2018.05.19"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Shevchenko, Kirill"]
[Black "Pultinevicius, Paulius"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2018.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 28,97,25,24,19,19,32,11,27,16,53,50,61,30,61,4,106,106,117,117,122,94,93,77,115,90,121,107,145,143,157,112,112,112,112,112,209,189,226,93,202,200,205,202,350,337,434,409,383,140,152,139,207,210,183,160,412,406,406,406,359,403,473,374,392,380,499,514,447,444,29990,29992]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {[%cal Bf1b5,Bb5a4,Ba4b3][%mdl 32]} a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bd7 9. c3 O-O 10. d4 {[%cal Bd2d4,Bd4d5][%mdl 32]} h6 {C90: Closed Ruy Lopez with 7...d6: Early deviations} 11. Na3 Re8 12. d5 Na5 13. Bc2 c6 14. b4 Nc4 15. Nxc4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} bxc4 16. dxc6 Bxc6 {[#]} 17. Nh4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 17. a5 Bf8 18. Be3 {½-½ (27) Ljubojevic,L (2625)-Beliavsky,A (2620) Szirak 1987}) 17... Bf8 18. Nf5 Rc8 19. Qf3 Re6 20. Bb2 Nh7 21. Qe2 ({White should try} 21. Qg3 $14) 21... Ng5 (21... Nf6 $11) 22. f3 $16 Rg6 {White should prevent ...Nh3+.} 23. Kh1 Ne6 {next ...Nf4 is good for Black.} 24. Bc1 ({Inferior is} 24. Qxc4 Bxa4 25. Qxc8 (25. Qe2 $2 Nf4 $17) 25... Qxc8 $11) 24... Bb7 25. Be3 Qc7 26. Rad1 Rd8 27. Qf2 {Hoping for Bb6.} Rd7 28. a5 Bc6 29. Rd2 Qb7 30. Red1 {[%cal Rf5d6,Be1d1,Bd1d2,Bd2d8,Bd8d6][%mdl 32]} Nc7 {With the idea ...Nb5.} 31. Qe2 d5 (31... Bb5 $16 32. g3 Re6) 32. exd5 Rxd5 33. Ng3 (33. Qxc4 $18 Bb5 34. Qh4) 33... Rxd2 (33... Nb5 $16 {was worth a try.} 34. Qxc4 Na3) 34. Rxd2 $18 Re6 35. Qxc4 Bxf3 (35... Qb5 {was necessary.} 36. Qxb5 Nxb5) 36. Ne4 Bh5 37. Rd8 {[#] Strongly threatening Nc5.} Re8 38. Nd6 $2 (38. Rd7 $18 {is the precise move to win.} Re7 39. Nd6) 38... Bxd6 $16 39. Rxd6 $40 {[%mdl 128] White goes for the king.} Nb5 (39... Bf3 $16) 40. Rb6 $18 Qd7 41. Qc6 ({Don't take} 41. Rxa6 $6 Na3 $16) 41... Qd8 $2 (41... Qxc6 $16 {was called for.} 42. Rxc6 Na3) 42. Qe4 {[#] Qh7+ would kill now.} ({Don't do} 42. Rxa6 Na3 $18) 42... Bg6 43. Rxg6 fxg6 44. Qxg6 Nd6 {If Black can now play ...Qf6 this consolidates a bit.} 45. Qh7+ Kf8 46. Bg6 Nf7 47. Bc5+ Re7 48. Bd3 Nd6 (48... Qd5 $18 49. Qf5 Ke8 50. Qc8+ Nd8) 49. Qh8+ {Precision: White = 68%, Black = 37%.} 1-0

[Event "Vanya Somov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2018.05.19"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Lobanov, Sergei"]
[Black "Nesterov, Arseniy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 26,79,8,6,66,71,63,79,70,70,74,53,64,51,51,54,60,35,45,52,82,89,117,115,138,149,208,200,277,13,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8. Bd3 cxd4 9. Ne2 dxc3 10. Qxg7 Rg8 11. Qxh7 Qxe5 12. Bf4 Qf6 13. h4 Rxg2 14. Kf1 {LiveBook: 8 Games. C18: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4: Main line: 7 h4 and 7 Qg4} e5 (14... Rg8 $1 $11) (14... Rg8 15. Rg1 Rh8 16. Bg5 Rxh7 17. Bxf6 Rh6 18. Bg5 Rh8 19. Bf6 Rh6 20. Bg5 Rh8 21. Bf6 {½-½ (21) Leko,P (2728)-Shirov,A (2713) Saratov 2011}) 15. Kxg2 $14 exf4 16. Qh5 {White is slightly better.} Nbc6 17. f3 Bf5 $1 18. Qg5 Qxg5+ 19. hxg5 Bxd3 20. cxd3 {[%cal Bc2d3,Bd3d4,Bd4e5][%mdl 32]} Kd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 20... O-O-O 21. Nxc3 Nf5 {½-½ (45) Gara,A (2260)-Gonczi,J (2224) Budapest 1999}) 21. Nxc3 Rg8 22. Rh5 Ne5 23. d4 Rc8 24. Nxd5 ({But not} 24. dxe5 $6 Rxc3 25. Rb1 b6 $11) 24... Nxd5 25. dxe5 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} Rc2+ {[#]} (25... Ke7 $16 26. Kh3 Ke6) 26. Kh3 $1 $18 Rf2 {[#]} 27. Rd1 $2 (27. Rh6 $1 $18 Ne3 28. Rf6 Rxf3+ 29. Kh4) 27... Ke6 $11 {The position is equal.} 28. Rxd5 Kxd5 {KR-KR} 29. Kg4 Kxe5 {White must now prevent ...Rg2+.} 30. g6+ $1 Kf6 31. gxf7 Rg2+ 32. Kxf4 Kxf7 33. Rh7+ Rg7 34. Rh6 Rg6 35. Rxg6 Kxg6 36. Ke5 b5 $1 37. Kd5 a5 $1 38. Kc5 b4 $1 {[%cal Rb4b3]} 39. axb4 axb4 40. Kxb4 {Precision: White = 68%, Black = 68%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vanya Somov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2018.05.21"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Shubin, Kirill"]
[Black "Nesterov, Arseniy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2317"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2018.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bg5 Nc6 5. Nc3 f6 6. Bd2 e5 7. e4 Nxd4 8. Nge2 Nxe2 9. Bxe2 d4 10. Nd5 Be6 11. Bc4 Bxd5 12. Bxd5 Ne7 13. Qa4+ Nc6 14. Rc1 Rc8 15. O-O Bd6 16. Rc4 Ke7 17. Rfc1 Qd7 18. Qd1 h5 19. h3 h4 20. a3 a6 21. Qb3 Rc7 22. Qf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vanya Somov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2018.05.21"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Pultinevicius, Paulius"]
[Black "Lobanov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 23,63,13,13,0,16,0,0,-6,-8,-33,-17,-109,0,0,0,7,13,6,0,0,131,113,202,200,191,139,203,225,339,73,72,63,77,70,87,-101,44,16,502,464,675,660]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bb2 c5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Rad1 Rc8 {LiveBook: 12 Partien} 13. Qb1 {D45: Damengambit (Anti-Meraner Variante)} (13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Qf5 Qe7 15. Rfe1 Qe6 16. Qb1 h6 17. Bd3 Ne5 18. Bf5 Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 Qe5 20. f4 Qe8 {1-0 (30) Kramnik,V (2780)-Kasparov,G (2815) Moscow 1998}) 13... Qe7 14. Rfe1 a6 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 14... cxd4 15. Nxd4 Qe5 16. Nf3 Qh5 17. h3 Bb4 18. Qa1 Rfe8 19. a3 Bd6 20. Nb5 Bb8 {0-1 (48) Gillot,F (1941)-De Vleeschauwer,M (2077) Blankenberge 2017}) 15. Bf1 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} Rfe8 16. g3 c4 17. e4 (17. bxc4 $11 Bb4 18. e4 dxc4 19. Bh3) 17... Nxe4 (17... dxe4 $17 18. bxc4 Ng4) 18. Nxe4 $11 dxe4 19. bxc4 {[%cal Bb3c4,Bc4c5,Bc5c6,Bc6c7][%mdl 32]} Bb4 20. Re3 f5 21. Bc1 Qf8 {[#]} (21... Kh8 $11 {bleibt in der Remisbreite.}) 22. c5 $1 $16 {[%mdl 512]} exf3 (22... f4 $16 23. gxf4 exf3 24. Qxb4 Bd5) (22... bxc5 23. dxc5) 23. Qxb4 $18 Kh8 24. Qb3 ({Lieber} 24. Rxe8 $18 Rxe8 25. Bf4) 24... Be4 (24... Qf6 $16 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8) 25. Bxa6 {[%cal Bf1a6,Ba6b7,Bb7d5][%mdl 32]} ({Schlechter ist} 25. cxb6 Bc2 $11) 25... Rb8 {[#]} (25... bxc5 {ist eine bessere Verteidigung.} 26. Bxc8 Rxc8) 26. Qa4 $2 (26. Rxe4 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} fxe4 (26... Rxe4 27. c6) 27. c6) 26... Nf6 $16 27. c6 Ra8 {[#]} 28. Qc4 $1 {Und weiter mit c7 wäre nett.} Nd5 29. Rde1 $2 (29. Rxe4 $16 Rxe4 30. Qxd5 Rxa6 31. c7) 29... Qf7 (29... Nxe3 $17 30. Bxe3 Bxc6 31. Qxc6 Rxa6 32. Qxf3 f4 33. Qxf4 Qxf4 34. gxf4 Kg8) 30. Bb7 {Schwarz muss nun c7 beachten.} Ra7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (30... b5 $1 $11 {und Schwarz ist OK.} 31. Qb3 (31. Qxb5 Rxa2 32. c7 Nxc7 $11) 31... Ra7) 31. c7 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} b5 (31... Qxc7 $142 32. Bxd5 Qxc4 33. Bxc4 h5) (31... Nxc7 32. Qxf7) 32. Bxd5 {Precision: Weiß = 38%, Schwarz = 35%.} 1-0

[Event "Vanya Somov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2018.05.21"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Gharibyan, Mamikon"]
[Black "Shevchenko, Kirill"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E95"]
[WhiteElo "2269"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2018.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 20,128,33,0,0,-6,44,39,40,25,30,-29,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,-20,-20,-20,-18,-26,-26,-18,-23,-28,-27,-22,-21,-18,-12,-18,-20,-30,-32,-76,-88,-89,-82,-73,-62,-62,-66,-67,-66,-66,-58,-65,-52,-86,-86,-87,-86,-98,-86,-86,-85,-85,-85,-86,-85,-86,-86,-245,-243,-302,-297,-299,-283,-282,-282,-278,-272,-266,-225,-225,-204,-205,-207,-346,-346,-333,-331,-326,-326,-922,-922,-1101,-710,-519,-453,-438,-425,-416,-326,-701,-688,-638,-615,-598,-466,-448,-439,-430,-365,-693,-408,-408,-340]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. Re1 exd4 9. Nxd4 Nc5 10. f3 Nh5 {E95: Königsindisch (Klassisches System)} 11. g3 {LiveBook: 3 Partien} Re8 $1 12. Nb3 Nxb3 $146 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} ({Vorgänger:} 12... b6 13. Bf1 Bb7 14. g4 Nf6 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bh4 g5 17. Bf2 Nfd7 18. Nd4 Bxd4 19. Bxd4 {0-1 (55) Pogorelov,R (2385)-Hernandez,A (2330) Barcelona 1992}) 13. axb3 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 {[#]} 15. f4 ({Besser ist} 15. c5 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 15... Nf6 16. Bf3 Rxe1+ 17. Qxe1 Qd7 18. Be3 Ng4 19. Bxg4 ({Jedoch nicht} 19. Bxb7 $2 Re8 $19) ({Nicht} 19. Bxa7 $2 Rxa7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 20. Rd1 (20. Bd5+ $2 Kh8 $19) 20... Ra8 $19) (19. Qd2 {is interesting.} Nxe3 20. Qxe3 c5 21. Qd2 a6 22. Re1) 19... Bxg4 20. Qd2 Bxc3 21. bxc3 a5 22. c5 dxc5 {Droht ...Dxd2 und aus.} 23. Qxd7 Bxd7 24. Bxc5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KTL-KTL} Be6 25. c4 Rd8 26. Be7 Rd3 27. Rxa5 Kf7 28. Ba3 Rxb3 29. c5 Bd5 30. Kf2 Ke6 31. Bc1 Rb1 32. f5+ Kxf5 33. Bf4 c6 34. h4 Bc4 35. Ke3 Rb3+ 36. Kd2 Ke4 37. Ra8 Kd4 38. Bd6 Rb2+ 39. Kc1 Re2 {Weiss muss nun ...Kc3 beachten.} 40. Ra3 Kd5 41. Bf8 Rf2 42. Bd6 $2 {[#]} (42. Ra8 $17) 42... b5 $1 $19 43. Re3 Kd4 44. Re1 Rg2 45. Rd1+ Kc3 46. Be5+ Kb4 47. Bd6 Re2 48. Rd2 Re8 49. Kb2 Ra8 50. Rd4 (50. Be5 {war einen Versuch wert.}) 50... Ra2+ 51. Kb1 Re2 52. Rd1 Kc3 53. Rc1+ $2 (53. Kc1) 53... Kb3 54. Rd1 b4 55. Bf4 Bd5 56. Rd3+ Kc4 57. Re3 Rg2 58. Bd6 $2 (58. Bg5) 58... Kd4 59. Re8 Be4+ 60. Kc1 b3 {( -> ...b2+)} 61. Rb8 Rc2+ 62. Kb1 Kc4 63. Rb6 $2 (63. Be5) 63... Bf5 {...Te2+ ist eine echte Drohung.} 64. Bf8 Bd3 {Precision: Weiß = 45%, Schwarz = 75%.} 0-1

[Event "Vanya Somov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2018.05.21"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Sargsyan, Shant"]
[Black "Hakobyan, Aram"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2018.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 22,23,12,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c6 6. Nc3 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. O-O Ne4 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 8... Nc6 9. Ne5 Ng4 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. h3 Nh6 12. Bxh6 Bxh6 13. e3 Bg7 14. Rc1 e5 15. dxe5 Bxe5 16. Na4 Bd7 17. Qd2 Rb8 {1-0 (37) Bok,B (2640)-Shirov,A (2644) Berlin 2018}) 9. Nd2 Nf6 10. Nf3 Ne4 11. Nd2 Nf6 12. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vanya Somov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2018.05.21"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Kacharava, Nikolozi"]
[Black "Zarubitski, Viachaslau"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2018.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 21,100,10,20,7,22,0,28,0,22,17,10,14,8,0,10,6,15,1,0,-4,-6,0,67,0,86,83,254,0,0,-48,-35,-48,-52,-134,-152,-183,-201,-293,-263,-255,-254,-293,-295,-343,-337,-331,-341,-395,-406,-400,-97,-93,-107,-481,-487,-470,-486,-487,-476,-459,-462,-675,-653,-791,-797,-736,-740,-889,-876,-878,-878,-820,-844,-825,-818,-785,-757,-903,-875,-29991,-29990]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. c4 c6 8. Nc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Bf5 11. O-O O-O {LiveBook: 17 Games} 12. Bg5 {C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} (12. Re1 Nd7 13. Bg5 Qa5 14. Qb3 b5 15. Bf1 Rfe8 16. c4 Be6 17. Qc2 bxc4 18. Bxc4 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Qd5 {½-½ (30) Anand,V (2783)-Caruana,F (2807) Saint Louis 2017}) 12... Qa5 13. Qd2 Nd7 14. Bf4 $146 {White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 14. Rae1 Nb6 15. Bd3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Qxa2 17. Be7 Bxe7 18. Rxe7 Rab8 19. Ng5 f5 {0-1 (45) Jean,M (1656)-Shaker,M (1726) Baku 2016}) 14... Qc7 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Rfe1 Rfe8 17. Re3 Nb6 18. Bb3 Nd5 19. Ne5 Be6 20. Rg3 f6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is pushing.} 21. Bc2 Kf8 (21... Qe7 $11 22. Nf3 Kh8) 22. Qd3 (22. Rf3 $14) 22... fxe5 (22... g6 $11 {remains equal.} 23. Nxg6+ hxg6 24. Qxg6 Ke7) 23. Qxh7 $16 {[%csl Gg3][%cal Rh7g7]} Ke7 $2 {[#]} (23... Qc7 $16 {was necessary.}) 24. Qxg7+ $2 ({Worse is} 24. Rxg7+ Kd8 $11) (24. c4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rc4d5]} Nf4 25. Rxg7+ Kd8 26. Re1 (26. Rxb7 exd4 27. Rd1 Bd7 $15) 26... exd4 27. c5) 24... Kd8 $11 25. dxe5 Qe7 26. Qh6 $1 Qf8 27. Qd2 (27. Qxf8 $1 $15 Rxf8 28. Rg7) 27... Kc7 $17 28. c4 Nb6 29. f4 (29. Qc3 $142) 29... Nxc4 $19 30. Qf2 Rad8 31. Bd3 Rd7 32. Re1 Red8 33. Bxc4 Bxc4 34. e6 Rd1 35. Rge3 {Threatens to win with e7.} Qc5 $2 (35... R8d2 $19 {and Black stays clearly on top.} 36. Qg3 Qc5) 36. e7 $17 Rxe1+ 37. Qxe1 $4 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (37. Rxe1 $17 Qxf2+ 38. Kxf2) 37... Rd1 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]} 38. e8=N+ (38. Qxd1 Qxe3+) 38... Kb6 39. Qxd1 Qxe3+ 40. Kh1 Qxe8 41. Qd4+ (41. h4 $142 Bxa2 42. Qd4+ Kc7 43. Kh2) 41... c5 42. Qf6+ Qe6 43. Qb2+ Kc6 {[%cal Re6e1]} 44. h3 Bxa2 45. f5 Qf7 46. Qe5 Bd5 47. Kg1 Qc7 48. Qe8+ Qd7 49. Qb8 Qxf5 50. Qxa7 Qe4 {Precision: White = 21%, Black = 57%.} 0-1

[Event "Vanya Somov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2018.05.21"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Murzin, Volodar"]
[Black "Kuznetsov, Dmitriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2302"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d3 e6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. Qe2 a5 9. a4 Na6 10. e5 Nd7 11. c3 Qc7 12. Re1 c5 13. Nf1 Nb6 14. h4 h6 15. N1h2 Bh5 16. Bf4 Qd7 17. Qd1 d4 18. c4 Nb4 19. b3 Bg6 20. Bf1 Nc8 21. Qd2 Rd8 22. Red1 Bf8 23. Qe2 Na7 24. Bg2 Nac6 25. Ne1 Rab8 26. Be4 Bxe4 27. Qxe4 Ne7 28. h5 Qc6 29. Qe2 Kh8 30. Nef3 Ng8 31. g4 Be7 32. Nd2 f6 33. exf6 Bxf6 34. Bxb8 Rxb8 35. Ne4 Kh7 36. Nf3 e5 37. Ng3 Re8 38. Qe4+ Qxe4 39. Nxe4 Ne7 40. Nxc5 b6 41. Ne4 1-0

[Event "Vanya Somov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2018.05.22"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Kuznetsov, Dmitriy"]
[Black "Shubin, Kirill"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[BlackElo "2317"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2018.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nge7 5. Nc3 Nd4 6. Qd1 Nec6 7. Nge2 Nb4 8. Nxd4 cxd4 9. a3 Qa5 10. Na2 Nc6 11. O-O d6 12. d3 g6 13. Bd2 Qb6 14. b4 Bg7 15. Qc1 h5 16. Rb1 Bd7 17. b5 Ne7 18. a4 Rc8 19. Nb4 O-O 20. Bh6 Qa5 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Qb2 e5 23. Ra1 a6 24. bxa6 bxa6 25. Nd5 Nxd5 26. exd5 Rb8 27. Qa3 Rb4 28. Rfb1 Rxa4 29. Qc1 Rc8 30. Kf1 Rxc2 31. Qxc2 Rxa1 32. Ke2 Bg4+ 33. f3 Rxb1 34. Qxb1 Qxd5 0-1

[Event "Vanya Somov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2018.05.22"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Zarubitski, Viachaslau"]
[Black "Murzin, Volodar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2302"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 22,73,23,0,106,100,110,93,96,75,84,57,160,105,110,122,211,201,179,164,379,359,472,475,739,743,721,715,688,653,1103,1114,1037,856,1668,1701,29972,9254,2816,1931,1877,1842,1755,1689,2088,1891,1898,1729,29991,29991,29991,29992,29996,29997]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3 Be6 9. Nd5 Nbd7 10. Qd3 Bxd5 11. exd5 O-O 12. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32] LiveBook: 33 Games. B92: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Be2} (12. a4 Rc8 13. a5 Ne8 14. O-O Bg5 15. c4 f5 16. f3 Bxe3+ 17. Qxe3 f4 18. Qf2 g5 19. Nd2 Ndf6 {½-½ (46) Eljanov,P (2755)-Wojtaszek,R (2750) Wijk aan Zee 2017}) 12... Rc8 (12... Nb6 $11) 13. g5 $16 Ne8 14. h4 {White is better.} f5 15. f4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. gxf6 Nexf6 16. Rg1 e4 17. Qd2 Ne5 18. Nd4 Rf7 19. Ne6 Qd7 {1-0 (29) Eynullayev,A (1963)-Munshi,A (1710) Batumi 2016}) 15... a5 {...a4 would now be nice for Black.} 16. a4 b6 (16... exf4 $1 $14 17. Bxf4 Ne5) 17. Rf1 ({White should play} 17. O-O-O) 17... g6 18. O-O-O Nc5 (18... Rf7 $16) 19. Nxc5 $18 bxc5 20. Qc3 e4 $2 {[#]} (20... exf4 {was called for.} 21. Bxf4 Nc7) 21. h5 Kf7 22. Rh1 Ng7 (22... Rg8 $142 23. hxg6+ hxg6 24. Rh7+ Rg7) 23. hxg6+ hxg6 24. Rh7 Rg8 25. Rdh1 Qf8 26. Bb5 Qd8 27. Bd2 Ra8 28. Qh3 Bf8 29. Bc3 Qc7 30. Qe3 Rb8 31. R1h6 Rxb5 32. axb5 Qb7 33. Bxg7 Bxg7 34. Qc3 {[#] Intending Qf6+ and mate.} Qxb5 35. Qf6+ {White mates.} Ke8 36. Qxg6+ Kf8 37. Qxd6+ {Precision: White = 87%, Black = 29%.} 1-0

[Event "Vanya Somov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2018.05.22"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Hakobyan, Aram"]
[Black "Kacharava, Nikolozi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2018.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 18,105,29,29,41,14,28,27,31,8,8,7,22,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,-10,-9,-11,-9,-12,-14,-14,-12,-13,-10,-27,0,0,0,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-12,-11,-16,0,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 Nc6 7. Nc3 e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Qc1 {LiveBook: 17 Partien. E62: Königsindisch (6...Sc6)} Qe8 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 10... Qb8 11. Rd1 Nd7 12. Bh6 f6 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. b3 Rf7 15. Qb2 Qf8 16. Rd2 Rd8 17. Rad1 Nb6 18. Rxd8 Nxd8 {½-½ (35) Vidit,S (2721)-Naiditsch,A (2700) Hungary 2017}) 11. Rd1 {Mit der Idee Sd5.} Rd8 12. Nd2 {Weiß hat minimalen Vorteil.} Rd7 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nd5 Be7 15. Ne4 f5 16. Ng5 Bxg5 17. Qxg5 {Droht stark Sf6+.} Qd8 18. Qxd8 Nxd8 19. b3 c6 20. Nb4 Nf7 21. Rxd7 Bxd7 22. Rd1 Bc8 23. Kf1 Kg7 24. Ke1 Rd8 25. Rxd8 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} Nxd8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KLS-KLS} 26. e4 fxe4 27. Bxe4 Bf5 28. Bxf5 gxf5 {KS-KS} 29. Nd3 Kf6 30. Nc5 Ke7 31. Ke2 Kd6 32. Nd3 e4 33. Nf4 Ke5 34. Ke3 Nf7 35. f3 exf3 36. Nd3+ Kf6 37. Kxf3 Ne5+ 38. Nxe5 Kxe5 {KB-KB} 39. Ke3 c5 40. Kd3 Kf6 41. Ke3 Kg5 42. Kf3 h6 43. h3 Kg6 44. Kf4 Kf6 $1 45. g4 fxg4 46. Kxg4 Kg6 47. h4 Kf6 48. Kf4 Ke6 49. Ke4 h5 50. a3 {Schwarz muss nun Kf4 beachten.} a5 51. a4 b6 52. Kf4 Kf6 53. Ke4 {Precision: Weiß = 59%, Schwarz = 74%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vanya Somov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2018.05.22"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Shevchenko, Kirill"]
[Black "Sargsyan, Shant"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2018.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 14,47,8,8,15,7,14,5,24,26,21,0,18,-12,-18,-12,-9,-9,0,-9,-8,-5,-7,-5,0,0,0,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 O-O 6. Ngf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 {[%cal Bc8b7,Bb7c6,Bc6a4][%mdl 32]} 8. b3 {LiveBook: 35 Partien. E16: Damenindisch (Hauptfortsetzung mit Lb4)} a5 (8... c5 9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. a3 Bxd2 11. Nxd2 cxd4 12. Bxd4 Rc8 13. b4 Qe7 14. Rc1 Rfd8 15. Qb3 dxc4 16. Nxc4 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 {0-1 (55) Ding,L (2777)-Carlsen,M (2837) Riadh 2017}) 9. Bb2 a4 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 9... Na6 10. e3 Be7 11. a3 c5 12. Qe2 Ra7 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Rfd1 Nc7 15. Ne5 Ne6 {½-½ (28) Karthikeyan,P (2473)-Le,Q (2736) Hanoi 2018}) 10. a3 Bxd2 11. Nxd2 axb3 12. Nxb3 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} Bc6 13. c5 Ba4 14. cxb6 cxb6 15. Qd3 Nc6 16. Nd2 Qd7 17. Bc3 Rfc8 18. Rfc1 h6 19. e3 Na7 20. Bb4 Rxc1+ 21. Rxc1 Rc8 22. Rxc8+ Qxc8 23. Qc3 Qd7 24. Bf1 {Precision: Weiß = 71%, Schwarz = 54%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vanya Somov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2018.05.22"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Lobanov, Sergei"]
[Black "Gharibyan, Mamikon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2269"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 38,65,15,25,20,14,22,18,29,25,48,4,2,8,10,11,26,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Bc2 f5 12. Nb3 Qd7 13. Nfd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 c5 15. Nxe6 Qxe6 16. f3 {C83: Spanische Partie (Offene Verteidigung/Hauptvariante)} Ng5 17. a4 Rad8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Ra7 Rd7 20. Rxd7 {LiveBook: 11 Partien} Qxd7 21. f4 Ne4 22. Bxe4 fxe4 {[#]} 23. f5 $1 {[%mdl 512] [#]} Kh8 $146 (23... Rxf5 24. Rxf5) ({Vorgänger:} 23... d4) 24. Be3 Rxf5 25. Rxf5 Qxf5 26. Qxd5 {Und Da8+ würde nun gewinnen.} h6 27. Bxc5 Bg5 {Droht ...e3.Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} 28. Bd4 e3 {[%cal Rf5b1] [#]} 29. Qf3 Qb1+ 30. Qf1 Qe4 $1 31. Qf3 Qb1+ 32. Qf1 Qe4 $1 33. Qf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vanya Somov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2018.05.22"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Nesterov, Arseniy"]
[Black "Pultinevicius, Paulius"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2018.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. c3 d5 6. Bd3 c5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. O-O cxd4 9. cxd4 dxe4 10. Bxe4 Bd6 11. Nc3 Qd8 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Ne4 Bc7 14. Ne5 O-O 15. Re1 Bb6 16. Nc5 Qd5 17. Rc1 f6 18. Ng6 Re8 19. Nf4 Qd6 20. Qf3 Qxd4 21. Red1 Qe5 22. Qxc6 Bb7 23. Qxb7 Qxf4 24. Nxe6 Qg4 25. Re1 Rab8 26. Qd5 Kh8 27. Rc4 Qg6 28. Rce4 Rbc8 29. R4e2 Qf7 30. Qb3 Qh5 31. h3 Rc1 32. Qg3 Rxe1+ 33. Rxe1 Qf7 34. Qd6 Bc7 35. Qd5 Be5 36. f4 Bxf4 37. Re2 Be5 38. Nf4 Qxd5 39. Nxd5 Bd4+ 40. Kf1 Rxe2 41. Kxe2 Bxb2 42. Kd3 Kh7 43. a4 Ba3 44. Kc4 Kg6 45. Kb5 Kf5 46. a5 Ke4 47. Nb6 Bc1 48. Nc8 Be3 49. Nd6+ Kf4 50. Ne8 Kg3 51. Nxg7 Kxg2 52. Nf5 Bf4 53. h4 Kf3 54. Ka6 Kg4 55. Ne7 Be3 56. Nd5 Bd4 57. Kb5 f5 58. Kc4 Bg1 59. Kd3 Kxh4 60. Ke2 Kg3 61. Ne7 Kg4 62. Nc6 Bc5 63. Ne5+ Kg3 64. Kf1 h5 65. Nd3 Be3 66. Ke2 f4 67. Kf1 h4 0-1

[Event "Vanya Somov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2018.05.23"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Shubin, Kirill"]
[Black "Pultinevicius, Paulius"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2317"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. b3 exd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nc3 Bf6 15. Ne2 Re8 16. Bb2 Bb7 17. Nf4 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Rc8 19. Rc1 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Bxd4 21. Qxd4 Qg5 22. Qe3 h6 23. Bb1 Rxc1 24. Qxc1 Nf6 25. f3 d5 26. Nxd5 Bxd5 27. exd5 Rxe1+ 28. Qxe1 Qxd5 29. Qc1 Qd4+ 30. Kh2 Qd6+ 31. Kg1 g6 32. Be4 Qd4+ 33. Kh2 Kg7 34. Qc2 Qe5+ 35. Kg1 a5 36. Bd3 Nh5 37. Bf1 Ng3 38. Qf2 Nf5 39. Bd3 Nd4 40. f4 Qd5 41. Qe3 Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vanya Somov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2018.05.23"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Gharibyan, Mamikon"]
[Black "Nesterov, Arseniy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2269"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2018.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Nc3 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O Bxf3 9. Bxf3 dxc4 10. Qe2 Nb6 11. Rd1 Be7 12. e4 O-O 13. Be3 Qc7 14. g3 e5 15. Bg2 Nfd7 16. f4 exd4 17. Bxd4 Nc5 18. Kh2 Rad8 19. Be3 Nd3 20. a3 Bc5 21. b3 Bxe3 22. Qxe3 Qe7 23. bxc4 Nxc4 24. Qxa7 Nc5 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Rd1 Rxd1 27. Nxd1 h5 28. Qb8+ Kh7 29. Nf2 Na6 30. Qa7 h4 31. gxh4 Qc5 32. Qxb7 Qxf2 33. Qxf7 Ne3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vanya Somov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2018.05.23"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Sargsyan, Shant"]
[Black "Lobanov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 23,65,21,21,22,33,6,18,16,16,12,18,14,32,-7,-7,-8,-5,-7,0,-5,-8,-4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3 Qc7 9. Bd2 {D12: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 e3 Bf5} Be7 10. Rc1 Nbd7 11. g3 Qb6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 13. Bd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. f4 Ne4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. h4 f5 16. Rg1 Kf7 {1-0 (59) So,W (2762)-Stripunsky,A (2561) ICC INT 2014}) 13... O-O 14. Kf2 c5 15. Qxb6 Nxb6 16. dxc5 Nxc4 17. Bxc4 dxc4 18. c6 b6 {The position is equal.} 19. Ne2 b5 20. a4 a6 $1 21. axb5 axb5 22. Nd4 Ra2 23. Rc2 Rc8 24. Rhc1 Nd5 25. Nxb5 {And now e4 would win.} Rxc6 26. Nc3 Nxc3 27. Bxc3 Bf6 28. Re2 Rb6 29. Bxf6 gxf6 30. Rcc2 Kf8 31. g4 g5 32. Rxc4 Rbxb2 33. Rxb2 {Precision: White = 78%, Black = 81%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vanya Somov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2018.05.23"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Kacharava, Nikolozi"]
[Black "Shevchenko, Kirill"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2018.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 15,56,16,18,8,64,6,20,6,12,27,16,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,83,0,40,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,9,9,10,11,8,10,0,0,0,11,15,25]} 1. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5,Be5d6][%mdl 32]} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. e5 Nc6 {B53: Sicilian: 2...d6: Lines with Qxd4} 7. Qa4 Ng4 (7... dxe5 8. Nxe5 Bd7 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 10. Bd2 g6 11. O-O-O Bg7 12. Bg5 Qg4 13. Bxf6 Qxa4 14. Nxa4 Bxf6 {½-½ (49) Kramnik,V (2808)-Nakamura,H (2785) Stavanger 2017}) 8. exd6 Qb6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 9. h3 Qxf2+ 10. Kd1 Nf6 11. Nb5 $1 {[%cal Rb5c7] [#] aiming for Nc7+.} Nd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Rb8 12. Nc7+ Kd8 13. Nxa6 bxa6 14. Qxc6 exd6 {1-0 (40) Hovhannisyan,R (2591)-Ter Sahakyan,S (2563) Yerevan 2018}) 12. c4 $1 {[%cal Rc4d5]} axb5 13. Qxa8 Nb6 14. Qa3 Nxc4 15. Bxc4 bxc4 16. Rg1 Qg3 17. Be3 Qg6 {[#]} (17... Qxd6+ $11 18. Qxd6 exd6) 18. Nd4 ({White should try} 18. dxe7 $1 $16 Bxe7 19. Bc5) 18... Qe4 19. Nxc6 (19. Qa8 {with more complications.} Kd7 20. Nxc6 Qxc6 21. Qa5 e5 22. Qxe5 Qxd6+ 23. Qd4) 19... Qxc6 {The position is equal.} 20. Qc5 exd6 21. Qxc6+ bxc6 22. b3 cxb3 23. axb3 {Black should prevent Ra8.} Be7 24. Ra7 Bf6 25. Rc7 Be6 26. Rxc6 Bxb3+ 27. Kd2 O-O 28. Rxd6 Be6 {Precision: White = 80%, Black = 57%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vanya Somov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2018.05.23"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Murzin, Volodar"]
[Black "Hakobyan, Aram"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2302"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2018.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 12,145,4,-31,31,-30,0,-36,21,-52,25,-33,0,-50,-34,-50,-4,-57,-14,-87,-33,-49,-42,-51,36,-5,-10,-17,-14,-23,-13,-56,42,15,14,0,0,0,3,0,0,-34,-10,-43,-45,-41,-33,-32,12,36,36,17,0,0,0,-25,35,35,35,36,55,56,114,104,110,129,116,113,158,150,150,0,131,130,151,151,151,0,151,0,150,0,129,0,105,105,127,99,84,84,79,0,60,30,68,30,30,30,132,22,440,440,429,418,410,400,396,396,491,0,385,385,391,388,386,337,313,202,194,159,161,170,150,140,364,364,334,335,411,409,299,0,46,46,46,46]} 1. e4 c6 {[%cal Bc7c6,Bc6c5][%mdl 32]} 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Ne4 5. d4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 {B11: Caro-Kann: Two Knights Variation} c5 7. Bd3 {LiveBook: 6 Games} (7. Rb1 Nc6 8. dxc5 e6 9. Bd3 Bxc5 10. O-O h6 11. Qe2 O-O 12. c4 Nb4 13. Be3 Nxd3 14. cxd3 Bxe3 15. Qxe3 dxc4 16. dxc4 {½-½ (32) Short,N (2698)-Tari,A (2588) Douglas 2017}) 7... Nc6 (7... c4 $15 8. Be2 Nc6) 8. h3 $146 (8. dxc5 $14 e6 9. Be3) ({Predecessor:} 8. O-O Bg4 9. Rb1 Qd7 10. Be2 e6 11. Ba3 Be7 12. Re1 cxd4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. cxd4 {0-1 (33) Daskalov,D (2338)-Yuffa,D (2485) Porto Carras 2015}) 8... e6 9. O-O Be7 (9... c4 $15 10. Be2 Be7) 10. Be3 (10. dxc5 $11 Bxc5 11. c4) 10... Qa5 (10... c4 $15 11. Be2 O-O) 11. a4 (11. dxc5 $11 Qxc3 12. Rb1) 11... Bd7 12. Qb1 Rb8 13. Qb2 O-O 14. Rfb1 (14. dxc5 $11 Bxc5 15. Nd4) 14... Rfc8 (14... c4 $5 {[%cal Rc4d3]} 15. Be2 h6 $15) 15. Bd2 (15. dxc5 $11 Bxc5 16. Nd4) 15... Qc7 (15... c4 $17 16. Be2 h6) 16. Qc1 $15 c4 17. Be2 f6 (17... Qd8 $15) 18. Bf4 {Black should prevent exf6.} f5 19. Qe3 Be8 20. g3 Nd8 21. Kh2 h6 (21... a5 $15) 22. h4 Bh5 23. Nd2 Bxe2 24. Qxe2 Nc6 25. Qh5 Bf8 26. Rg1 Qf7 27. Qf3 b5 28. axb5 Rxb5 29. Nf1 h5 30. Ne3 a5 31. Bg5 Rb2 32. Rgc1 g6 33. Ng2 Be7 ({Better is} 33... Ra8 $1 $11) 34. Bxe7 $14 Qxe7 35. Nf4 Kg7 36. Qd1 Rcb8 (36... Rb6 $14) 37. Rcb1 $16 Kf7 38. Rxb2 $1 Rxb2 39. Qc1 Rb5 40. Nh3 {Strongly threatening Qh6.} Kg7 41. Nf4 (41. Kg2 $16) 41... Nd8 (41... Kf7 $1 $11) 42. Ra2 Kh7 43. Nh3 Nf7 44. Nf4 Nd8 $1 45. Nh3 $2 (45. Kg2 $16) 45... Kg7 (45... Nf7 $1 $11) 46. Nf4 (46. Kg2 $16) 46... Nc6 (46... Kh7 $1 $11) 47. Nh3 (47. Rb2 $16 Rxb2 48. Qxb2) 47... Rb8 (47... Nd8 $1 $11) 48. Ng5 Rb6 49. Qa3 Ra6 50. Qb2 {Threatens to win with Qb5.} Qd7 51. Qa3 (51. Qb5 $16 Ra7 52. Kg2) 51... a4 (51... Qe7 $11) 52. Qb2 Nd8 53. Qb4 Nf7 54. Nh3 Qa7 (54... Nd8 $11 {remains equal.}) 55. Nf4 (55. Qb5 $1 $16) 55... Nxe5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (55... Nd8 $11 {and Black stays safe.}) 56. dxe5 $18 Qxf2+ 57. Ng2 {Qb7+ is the strong threat.} Qa7 58. Ra3 Kf7 59. Qb5 Ra5 60. Qb4 Ra6 $1 61. Kh1 Qc7 62. Rxa4 Rxa4 63. Qxa4 Qxe5 64. Qa7+ Kf6 65. Qa8 {[%cal Ra8f8]} Kf7 {[#]} 66. Qb7+ $1 Kf6 67. Qc8 {[%cal Rc8f8]} Kg7 $2 (67... Qe2 $16 68. Qf8+ Ke5) 68. Nf4 Qe4+ 69. Kg1 Qe1+ {[#]} 70. Kg2 $1 Qe4+ 71. Kg1 $2 ({White should try} 71. Kf2 $18) 71... Qe1+ $14 72. Kh2 Qf2+ $1 73. Ng2 {Precision: White = 39%, Black = 32%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vanya Somov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2018.05.23"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Kuznetsov, Dmitriy"]
[Black "Zarubitski, Viachaslau"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2018.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 15,68,0,15,0,-9,-4,31,-9,-13,-19,-11,-47,-47,-51,-45,-45,-38,-40,-48,-68,-17,-18,-18,-24,-15,-22,-23,-26,-13,-25,-26,-76,-47,-66,-48,-66,-47,-57,-48,-57,-50,-61,-50,-114,-52,-47,-52,-57,-49,-37,-38,-54,-9,-241,-232]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 d5 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bc2 {B40: Sicilian: 2...e6, Unusual lines} Nc6 7. d4 Be7 8. O-O b6 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 9. h3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. a3 c4 10. Re1 b5 11. Nbd2 a5 12. Nf1 Nb6 {½-½ (27) Vazquez Igarza,R (2565)-Anton Guijarro,D (2630) Madrid 2016}) 9... Ba6 10. Re1 Qc7 11. Nbd2 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nb4 13. Bb1 Rc8 14. a3 Nc2 15. Bxc2 Qxc2 16. Qxc2 Rxc2 17. Nf1 Bxf1 (17... Nb8 $15) 18. Kxf1 $11 O-O 19. Re2 Rc4 20. Be3 Rfc8 21. Ree1 b5 22. Rec1 Nb6 23. Rxc4 dxc4 24. Rc1 a5 25. Ke2 Na4 26. Rc2 $1 c3 27. Bc1 b4 28. b3 Nb6 {[#] ...a4 is the strong threat.} 29. a4 ({White should try} 29. axb4 $15 axb4 30. Ra2) 29... Nxa4 (29... h6 $17 30. Kd3 Bd8) 30. Ra2 $1 $15 {[%cal Ra2a4]} Nb6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White must now prevent ...a4! Black is more active.} 31. Rxa5 Nd5 32. g3 h5 33. Ne1 c2 34. Kd3 $2 {[#]} (34. h4 $11 {and White stays safe.}) 34... Rc3+ {Precision: White = 51%, Black = 46%.} 0-1

[Event "Vanya Somov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2018.05.24"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Zarubitski, Viachaslau"]
[Black "Shubin, Kirill"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2317"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2018.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 12,122,22,27,87,86,77,64,104,64,58,51,135,128,122,103,106,77,79,84,81,47,48,48,48,43,70,0,38,0,0,-127,-121,-116,-114,-115,-118,-116,-115,-106,-100,-91,-106,-102,-103,-189,-197,-208,-207,-176,-154,-138,-118,-103,-50,-36,-36,-190,-186,-214,-213,-198,-141,-141,-147,-148,-147,-163,-133,-133,-133,-133,-133,-145,-85,-145,-144,-155,-102,-127,-127,-127,-127,-216,-127,-127,0,-85,-85,-116,-85,-85,-85,-85,-85,-584,-543,-431,-177,-956,-864,-5712,-5222,-29953,-29957,-29956,-29959,-29958,-29956,-29960,-29953,-12665,-10685]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b5 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. Na3 a6 5. c4 e5 (5... b4 6. Nc2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. d4 Be4 9. a3 bxa3 10. b3 O-O 11. Bxa3 d6 12. Ne3 c6 13. Qd2 Nbd7 14. Nd1 Qb6 15. Nc3 Qxb3 16. Ne5 dxe5 17. Bxe7 exd4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Rfe8 20. Bxc6 Ra7 21. Qxd4 {1-0 (21) Nakamura,H (2793)-Oparin,G (2604) Zuerich 2017}) 6. b3 {A05: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 Nf6} e4 7. Nh4 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Ng4 (7... d5 $11) 8. Bb2 $146 {White is better.} ({Predecessor:} 8. Qc2 Qf6 9. O-O Qxa1 10. Bb2 Qxa2 11. Ra1 Qxa1+ 12. Bxa1 Bxa3 13. cxb5 {1-0 (42) Mirumian,V (2505)-Kachiani Gersinska,K (2425) Berlin 1999}) 8... Be7 9. h3 $1 {[%cal Rh3g4]} (9. cxb5 Bxh4 10. Bxg7 Rg8 $17) (9. Bxg7 Rg8 $17) 9... Bxh4 10. hxg4 (10. Bxg7 $2 Nxf2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 11. Kxf2 Qg5 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512]}) (10. gxh4 {looks sharper.} Nf6 11. d3 Qe7 12. Rg1 Nc6 13. dxe4 Ne5 14. Qd4) 10... Bf6 11. Qb1 Kf8 (11... Bxb2 $14 12. Qxb2 O-O) 12. Nc2 {[%cal Ba3c2,Bc2e3,Be3d5][%mdl 32]} ({But not} 12. cxb5 d5 $14) 12... d6 13. Ne3 Nd7 {[%cal Bb8d7,Bd7c5,Bc5d3][%mdl 32]} 14. Nd5 (14. d4 {keeps more tension.} Qe7 15. Nf5 Qe8 16. Qc2 g6 17. Ne3) 14... Bxb2 15. Qxb2 bxc4 16. bxc4 Bxd5 17. cxd5 Nc5 18. Qd4 Qe7 19. Rb1 (19. f3 $1 $14) 19... Re8 20. Rb4 f6 21. f3 {[#]} (21. Rc4 $11) 21... Nd3+ $1 $17 {[%mdl 512]} 22. exd3 exf3+ 23. Qe3 fxg2 24. Rg1 Qd7 25. Re4 Kf7 26. Kf2 Rxe4 27. dxe4 Qxg4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} 28. Rc1 (28. Kxg2 $17 {was worth a try.} Rb8 29. Qf3) 28... Re8 $19 29. Rxc7+ Kg8 30. Rc4 Qh3 {Strongly threatening ...Qh2.} 31. Qf3 {[#]} f5 $1 {[%mdl 512] White must now prevent ...f4!} 32. Qxg2 (32. exf5 g1=Q+) 32... Qxg2+ (32... Qh6 $17 33. Kg1 Qg5) 33. Kxg2 $15 Rxe4 $17 {KR-KR} 34. Rc8+ $2 (34. Rc6 $1 $15) 34... Kf7 $19 35. Rc7+ Kf6 36. Rd7 Re2+ (36... Ke5 $19 37. Kf2 Rd4) 37. Kf3 $17 Rxd2 {aiming for ...Rd3+.} 38. Rxd6+ Ke5 39. Rxa6 Rd3+ ({Stronger than} 39... Kxd5 40. Ra7 $11) 40. Kf2 Rxd5 ({Much worse is} 40... Kxd5 $6 41. Ra7 $11) 41. Ra7 Kf6 42. Ra6+ Ke7 (42... Kg5 $142 43. Ra7 Kf6) 43. Ra7+ {[#]} ({White should try} 43. Ke3) 43... Rd7 $1 {[%cal Rd7a7]} 44. Ra6 Rd6 ({Better is} 44... Rd4 45. Ke3 Rg4) 45. Ra7+ Kf6 46. Ke3 h5 47. Ra8 (47. Ra4 $17) 47... Kg5 (47... Re6+ $19 48. Kf4 g5+ 49. Kf3 {[#]} f4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 50. gxf4 g4+ 51. Kg2 Re2+ 52. Kg1 Re3) 48. Ra4 Kf6 ({Black should play} 48... Rc6 $17 49. Kd2 Rd6+ 50. Kc2 Rg6) 49. Rh4 (49. Ra8 $1 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 49... g6 50. a4 Rd1 51. Rb4 Ra1 52. Rb6+ Kg5 53. Ra6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (53. Rb4 $17 {was the crucial defense.}) 53... Ra2 54. Kf3 Rh2 (54... Rc2 $142 55. Ke3 Rc3+ 56. Kf2 Rc4) 55. Ra8 $2 (55. Re6) 55... Rh3 $19 56. a5 h4 {[%cal Bh5h4,Bh4h3,Bh3h2][%mdl 32]} 57. a6 Rxg3+ 58. Kf2 Ra3 59. a7 h3 60. Kg1 Ra2 61. Kh1 h2 {Precision: White = 35%, Black = 62%.} 0-1

[Event "Vanya Somov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2018.05.24"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Hakobyan, Aram"]
[Black "Kuznetsov, Dmitriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2018.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 9,45,24,17,17,26,23,47,50,46,25,58,52,58,43,73,69,102,62,147,140,241,203,214,220,197,162,278,196,351,380,403,372,505,505,501,500,1044,1043]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Nbd2 (5. Bd3 Bxf4 6. exf4 Ne7 7. Nbd2 b6 8. O-O Ba6 9. c4 dxc4 10. Nxc4 Bxc4 11. Bxc4 Nd7 12. Rc1 {1-0 (36) Jobava,B (2708)-Ivanov,M (2366) Sochi 2014}) 5... Nf6 6. Bd3 {D02: Damenbauernspiele} O-O 7. O-O Qc7 8. Bxd6 {Weiß steht etwas besser.} Qxd6 9. Ne5 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 9. c4 Nbd7 10. Qc2 e5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 {1-0 (43) Jenneborg,S (1660)-Zimmermann,M (706) LSS email 2010}) 9... Nbd7 10. f4 {[%cal Bf2f4,Bf4e5][%mdl 32]} Qc7 11. g4 {[%cal Bg2g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} Nxe5 12. fxe5 Nd7 13. g5 g6 ({Günstiger ist} 13... Nxe5 $1 $14 14. dxe5 Qxe5) 14. Qg4 $16 Nb6 (14... Qa5 $16) 15. h4 Qe7 16. Rf2 Bd7 17. Nf3 Kg7 (17... c5 $142) 18. Qf4 Nc4 $2 {[#]} (18... c5 19. dxc5 Na4) 19. c3 $18 b5 20. h5 a5 21. hxg6 {Weiß steht klar auf Gewinn.} fxg6 {[#]} 22. Qf6+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxf6 (22... Qxf6 $142 23. gxf6+ Kg8) 23. exf6+ {Precision: Weiß = 55%, Schwarz = 20%.} 1-0

[Event "Vanya Somov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2018.05.24"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Shevchenko, Kirill"]
[Black "Murzin, Volodar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2302"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "227"]
[EventDate "2018.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 22,227,29,21,25,33,28,32,43,43,43,43,45,43,102,93,110,104,130,67,78,0,124,132,116,64,59,52,57,6,11,5,5,5,12,12,12,12,12,12,14,0,12,12,12,12,12,0,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,5,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,132,132,132,132,132,132,147,132,141,155,211,194,203,195,185,175,202,224,429,435,445,437,416,429,444,429,429,404,429,425,421,318,429,429,429,429,445,425,425,425,423,427,426,383,406,416,414,400,443,443,443,445,437,422,429,429,412,408,420,411,385,393,441,434,456,434,512,500,516,483,561,562,574,502,612,539,544,437,435,0,536,518,512,471,470,467,452,430,404,292,635,592,770,594,554,508,533,525,699,679,841,810,871,846,924,854,803,791,683,720,759,760,709,653,758,758,752,735,956,826,1196,1385,1418,1343,1387,1377,1209,1025,2572,2430,2414,2481,29979,29970,29976,29977]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bg7 9. f3 O-O 10. Be3 Nc6 11. O-O a6 12. Qd3 {LiveBook: 13 Games. B52: Sicilian: Moscow Variation with 3...Bd7} (12. Na4 Rab8 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Nb6 Nd7 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Rf2 b5 17. c5 Qa7 18. Rc1 dxc5 19. Bxc5 Qc7 {1-0 (50) Caruana,F (2807)-Kasparov,G (2812) Saint Louis 2017}) 12... Rab8 13. Nxc6 {[#]} Qxc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... bxc6 14. b3 Qb7 15. Rad1 Nd7 16. f4 Rbd8 17. Na4 Qc7 18. Qc2 c5 19. Nc3 Qb7 {½-½ (33) Tabatabaei,M (2592)-Ghaem Maghami,E (2530) Bushehr 2018}) 14. Rac1 {White has an edge.} Nd7 15. b3 Nc5 16. Qd2 Rfe8 17. Rfd1 Ne6 (17... Bxc3 $14 18. Qxc3 (18. Rxc3 Ne6 $14) 18... Ne6) 18. Nd5 $16 Rbd8 19. Qf2 Rc8 20. Nb6 (20. b4 $16) 20... Rcd8 21. Nd5 Rc8 $1 22. b4 Rb8 23. Qc2 (23. h3 $16) 23... Nc7 $1 $14 24. Qb3 Nxd5 $1 25. cxd5 ({White should play} 25. exd5 $14 Qc7 26. c5) 25... Qd7 $11 26. Rc4 Rbc8 27. Rdc1 h5 28. Qc2 {[%cal Rc4c8]} Rxc4 29. Qxc4 Bf6 30. Kf2 {[%cal Bg1f2,Bf2e2,Be2d1,Bd1c1,Bc1b2][%mdl 32]} Kg7 31. Ke2 Be5 32. h3 Bf6 33. Rc2 h4 34. Kd1 Kg8 35. Kc1 (35. Bd2 {seems wilder.} Be5 36. Bc1 Kg7 37. Be3 Bf6 38. Ke2) 35... Kg7 36. Bd4 Bxd4 37. Qxd4+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} f6 38. Qc4 Kf7 39. Kb2 Qa4 40. a3 g5 41. Qd3 {Strongly threatening Rc7.} Qd7 42. Qc4 Qa4 43. Ka2 Kg7 44. Qc7 Kf7 45. Rc1 Qb5 46. Rc4 Qa4 (46... a5 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 47. Qxb7 $16 Qd1 {White must now prevent ...Qe2+.} 48. Qc7 Qd3 49. Rc3 Qd1 50. Rc1 Qd3 51. Qc3 Qe2+ (51... Qb5 $16 52. Qc4 Qb7) 52. Rc2 $18 Qd1 53. Qd2 $1 {[%cal Rd2d1]} Qg1 54. Qf2 Qd1 {[#]} 55. Qe2 $1 {[%cal Re2d1]} Qd4 $2 (55... Qxe2 56. Rxe2 Rc8) 56. Qxa6 Qd1 57. Qe2 Qg1 58. Qf2 Qd1 59. Kb2 Ra8 60. Rd2 Qa4 61. Qe3 Rc8 62. Qb3 Qb5 63. Rc2 Ra8 64. Qc4 Qb6 65. Qc6 Qd4+ 66. Qc3 Qb6 67. Qd3 Kg7 68. Rc6 Qf2+ {[#]} 69. Qc2 $1 {[%cal Rc2f2]} ({Less strong is} 69. Rc2 Qb6 $18) 69... Qd4+ 70. Rc3 Kh6 71. Qd3 Qg1 72. Rc2 Qb6 73. Qd2 Kg7 74. Rc6 Qa7 75. Rc3 Kf7 76. Qe3 Qa6 77. Qd3 Qa7 78. b5 Kg7 79. Qc2 Qd4 80. Ka2 Rb8 81. Rb3 Kh6 82. Rb4 Qg1 83. a4 Qb6 84. Rc4 Ra8 85. Kb2 Qe3 86. Ka2 Qb6 $1 {If Black can now play ...Qxb5 this consolidates a bit.} 87. Qb2 Kg7 88. Kb3 Qe3+ 89. Qc3 Qg1 90. Qc2 Kh6 91. Rc8 Ra7 $2 {[#]} (91... Rxc8 92. Qxc8 Kg7) 92. e5 $1 {Rh8+ would kill now.} Qe3+ (92... dxe5 93. Rh8+) 93. Ka2 {White wants to mate with Rh8+.} f5 94. exd6 exd6 95. Rc4 Qe5 96. Qd2 Qe8 {If only Black now had time for ...Qxb5....} 97. Kb3 Kh5 98. Qc3 Qa8 99. Qf6 Qxd5 100. Qh8+ Kg6 101. Qd4 Qf7 102. Qxd6+ Kh5 103. Qd4 Rd7 104. Qh8+ Kg6 105. Kc3 {Threatening mate with Rc6+.} Rc7 106. Qd4 {aiming for Qd6+.} Kh5 107. b6 Rxc4+ 108. Qxc4 {KQ-KQ} Qf6+ 109. Qd4 Qe6 110. a5 Qa2 111. Kb4 Qb1+ 112. Kc5 Qc2+ 113. Qc4 Qb2 114. Kc6 {Precision: White = 69%, Black = 43%.} 1-0

[Event "Vanya Somov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2018.05.24"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Lobanov, Sergei"]
[Black "Kacharava, Nikolozi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 21,59,14,21,-5,15,0,0,0,118,111,318,335,579,587,602,598,583,601,572,556,766,791,772,768,706,642,769,761,750,726,837,829,805,831,831,812,812,794,1154,1148]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 a5 8. Re1 c6 9. Ba2 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. Qf3 {C41: Philidor-Verteidigung} Qb6 {LiveBook: 8 Partien} 12. Bd2 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 12. Bg5 Be6 13. Nxe6 Nxe6 14. Qe3 Qxe3 15. Bxe3 Ng4 16. Bd2 Bh4 17. g3 Bf6 18. Kg2 Nc5 {1-0 (61) Carlsen,M (2786)-Radjabov,T (2751) Cap d'Agde 2008}) 12... Be6 13. Nxe6 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} fxe6 14. Qh3 {Schwarz muss nun Le3 beachten.} Qxb2 (14... Kh8 $11) 15. Bxe6+ $16 Kh8 $2 {[#]} (15... Nxe6 $16 16. Qxe6+ Rf7) 16. Bf5 $1 $18 g6 $2 (16... Qb4 17. e5 dxe5) 17. Bxg6 {Weiß steht klar auf Gewinn.} Rg8 18. Bf5 Qb6 19. Bf4 Rg7 20. e5 {[%cal Be4e5,Be5d6][%mdl 32]} Ng8 21. exd6 Bf6 22. Rab1 Qa7 23. Qe3 Nd7 24. Qxa7 Rxa7 25. Ne4 Be5 26. Be3 b6 27. f4 Bf6 28. Nxf6 Ngxf6 29. Bxb6 Ra8 30. Bd4 {Precision: Weiß = 84%, Schwarz = 26%.} 1-0

[Event "Vanya Somov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2018.05.24"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Nesterov, Arseniy"]
[Black "Sargsyan, Shant"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2018.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 12,86,-17,-27,-7,-4,-12,-26,-23,-18,-19,-20,-22,-3,-19,-18,-25,-48,-38,-37,-29,-34,13,5,2,29,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,-3,-15,-18,0,0,0,0,62,63,73,65,384,0,0,-45,-41,-76,-76,-170,-144,-264,-150,-469,-461,-412,-443,-575,-573,-560,-488,-477,-310,-648,-630,-912,-835,-1267,-1258,-1241,-1226,-1120,-1057,-2425,-1895]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 dxc4 6. a3 {D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3} (6. e3 b5 7. Be2 Bb7 8. O-O O-O 9. b3 c3 10. a3 Be7 11. Nb1 c5 12. Nxc3 a6 13. dxc5 Bxc5 {1-0 (43) Mamedyarov,S (2804)-Caruana,F (2811) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 6... Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 {LiveBook: 7 Games} b5 8. a4 {The position is equal.} c6 9. g3 Bb7 10. Bg2 Nbd7 11. Ne5 Qc8 12. O-O O-O 13. e4 a6 {[#]} 14. f4 $146 Qc7 15. Rae1 c5 16. d5 exd5 17. exd5 Qd6 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Qd1 Rfe8 21. axb5 axb5 22. Qh5 Kg7 23. Rd1 Ra2 24. Bh3 Qd6 25. Bf5 Rh8 (25... h6 $1 $11) 26. Rfe1 $1 $14 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Raa8 27. Re2 h6 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (27... Rad8 $14) 28. Qg4+ $2 (28. Be6 $1 $18 {[%csl Ge6][%cal Rh5f7]} Rhf8 29. Bf5) 28... Kf8 $11 29. Bd7 {Threatens to win with Rde1.} h5 30. Qf5 b4 31. Bb5 (31. Kf2 $17) 31... Bc8 32. Re8+ Kg7 33. Qe4 $2 (33. Rxc8 $17 Raxc8 34. Bxc4) 33... Rxe8 $1 $19 34. Bxe8 Bg4 35. Re1 {[#]} Rxe8 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 36. Qxe8 {And now Qc6 would win.} Qxd5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQB} 37. Qe3 Bf5 38. Re2 $2 {[#]} (38. Kf2) 38... Qd1+ $1 {Black is clearly winning.} 39. Re1 Qd4 40. Qf2 c3 41. bxc3 Qxf2+ 42. Kxf2 {[#]} b3 $1 {[%cal Bb4b3,Bb3b2][%mdl 32]} 43. Ke3 b2 {Precision: White = 51%, Black = 72%.} 0-1

[Event "Vanya Somov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2018.05.24"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Pultinevicius, Paulius"]
[Black "Gharibyan, Mamikon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[BlackElo "2269"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2018.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Nge2 h6 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 10. Qc2 Nb6 11. Bb3 c6 12. Rd1 Bd6 13. h3 Nbd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Bf4 Re8 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Nc3 Bd7 18. Re1 Rac8 19. Qd3 a6 20. Rac1 Bc6 21. Qf5 g6 22. Qf3 Kg7 23. Rcd1 b5 24. Ne2 Bb7 25. Nf4 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 a5 27. Qg3 Qc7 28. Re5 Ne4 29. Qe3 Qc1+ 30. Qxc1 Rxc1+ 31. Kh2 Nd2 32. Nd3 Ra1 33. h4 Bc8 34. Kg3 Nxb3 35. axb3 Rd1 36. Nf4 Rxd4 37. Rxd5 Rb4 38. Rd3 Bf5 39. Rc3 Rd4 40. Rc5 Rb4 41. Rc3 g5 42. hxg5 hxg5 43. Nd5 Rd4 44. Rc5 Be6 45. Nc7 Rd3+ 46. f3 b4 47. Nxe6+ fxe6 48. Rxg5+ Kf6 49. Rxa5 Rxb3 50. Ra2 Rd3 51. Kf4 Rd2 52. g4 b3 53. g5+ Kg6 54. Ra6 Kf7 55. Ra7+ Kg6 56. Re7 Re2 57. Kg4 Rg2+ 58. Kf4 Re2 59. Kg4 Rg2+ 60. Kh3 Rxb2 61. Rxe6+ Kxg5 62. Kg3 Rc2 63. Rb6 b2 64. Rb5+ Kf6 65. Kg4 Ke6 66. Rb6+ Kd5 67. f4 Kc4 68. Kg5 Rg2+ 69. Kh6 Kc3 70. f5 Rf2 71. Kg6 Kc2 72. f6 b1=Q 73. Rxb1 Rxf6+ 74. Kxf6 Kxb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vanya Somov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2018.05.25"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Shubin, Kirill"]
[Black "Gharibyan, Mamikon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2317"]
[BlackElo "2269"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2018.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. Bg2 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. b3 a5 9. a3 Bd6 10. Qc2 h6 11. Bb2 Nbd7 12. Ne5 Qe7 13. Rfe1 Rfe8 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Rac1 c5 16. cxd5 exd5 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Nb1 Rad8 20. Qd2 Qf5 21. Bf3 Qg5 22. Rcd1 Kg7 23. Kg2 Ba6 24. Qa2 Qe5 25. Rd2 Rd6 26. Red1 Red8 27. b4 Bc4 28. Qb2 axb4 29. axb4 d4 30. bxc5 bxc5 31. e3 Be6 32. exd4 cxd4 33. Na3 Qa5 34. Rd3 Rb6 35. Qd2 Qf5 36. Nc2 Rb2 37. Qc1 Rdb8 38. Nxd4 Qh3+ 39. Kg1 Bg4 40. Bxg4 Qxg4 41. Qf4 Qh3 42. Nf5+ Kh7 43. g4 1-0

[Event "Vanya Somov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2018.05.25"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Sargsyan, Shant"]
[Black "Pultinevicius, Paulius"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2018.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 21,130,28,41,4,65,42,47,36,63,62,76,58,51,50,56,64,52,59,61,36,69,39,45,41,58,45,63,32,59,51,56,50,51,17,8,11,106,106,106,101,93,88,110,110,144,144,144,144,144,73,148,148,139,126,126,126,212,148,332,310,349,349,349,349,349,345,342,349,349,345,341,341,334,301,440,290,290,290,290,0,290,290,290,290,289,57,57,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,0,8,8,8,8,8]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8. Rc1 {D85: Grünfeldindisch (Abtauschvariante, 7.Sf3 bzw nicht 7.Lc4)} (8. Nf3 Qa5 9. Nd2 Bd7 10. Rb1 Qxc3 11. d5 b6 12. Bc4 O-O 13. O-O Qa5 14. Qe2 e6 15. e5 exd5 16. Bxd5 Nc6 {½-½ (79) Mamedyarov,S (2799)-Svidler,P (2765) Riadh 2017}) 8... cxd4 9. cxd4 O-O 10. Qd2 b6 11. Nf3 Bb7 {LiveBook: 4 Partien} 12. Bd3 Nc6 (12... e6 $1 $11) 13. d5 $14 Na5 14. O-O Qd7 $146 ({Vorgänger:} 14... e6 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Rfd1 Qe7 17. Bg5 Qf7 18. Qe3 Rac8 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Bb5 Nc6 21. Qb3 h6 22. Bc4 Na5 {0-1 (22) Johansson,J-Melanko,I Helsinki 1997}) 15. Qb4 Rfc8 $1 16. Bb5 Qd8 17. Nd4 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Rc8 19. Rxc8 Bxc8 20. f4 Bb7 21. Bf1 Qd7 22. Nb5 Ba6 23. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4b5][%mdl 32]} Bxb5 24. axb5 Qd6 25. Qd2 e6 26. dxe6 Qxe6 27. Qd8+ Bf8 28. e5 Qe7 (28... Nb7 $11 {bleibt in der Remisbreite.} 29. Qc7 Bc5 30. Bxc5 Nxc5) 29. Qxe7 $16 Bxe7 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KLL-KLS} 30. Kf2 Nb7 31. Kf3 Nc5 32. g4 Bd8 33. f5 Bc7 34. Bf4 Kf8 35. Bc4 ({Besser ist} 35. f6) 35... g5 ({Günstiger ist} 35... gxf5 36. gxf5 Nd7) 36. Bxg5 {Schwarz muss nun Lh6+ beachten.} Bxe5 37. h4 Kg7 38. Be3 Kf8 (38... f6 $16 39. Bd5 Na4) 39. g5 Nb7 $2 {[#]} (39... f6 $16 {ist wohl besser.} 40. Bd2 Kg7) 40. f6 $18 Nd6 41. Bd3 h6 42. Bc1 (42. gxh6 Bxf6 43. Bf4 Be7 $16) 42... hxg5 43. hxg5 ({Schwächer ist} 43. Bxg5 Ne8 $14) 43... Bd4 44. Bf4 Bc5 45. Kg4 Kg8 46. Kh5 Kf8 47. Kh6 Kg8 (47... Ba3 {war einen Versuch wert.} 48. g6 fxg6 49. Kxg6 Nf7) 48. Be5 Bb4 49. Kh5 Bc5 50. Bf4 Kf8 51. g6 fxg6+ 52. Kxg6 Nf7 {Wenn Schwarz jetzt Zeit für ...Ld6 hätte...} 53. Bc4 $2 {[#]} (53. Be4 $18) 53... Bd6 $14 54. Bxd6+ (54. Bxf7 {is more complex.} Bxf4 55. Bc4 Bd2 56. Bd5 Bb4 57. Kf5) 54... Nxd6 {KL-KS. Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.} 55. Bd3 Kg8 56. Kh5 Kf8 (56... Kf7 $5 57. Kg5 $8 Kg8 $14) 57. Kg4 Kf7 58. Kg5 Kf8 59. Kf4 $1 Nb7 60. Ke5 Nc5 61. Bc4 Nd7+ 62. Kf5 Nc5 63. Ke5 Nd7+ 64. Ke6 Nc5+ 65. Kd6 Ne4+ {Precision: Weiß = 69%, Schwarz = 56%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vanya Somov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2018.05.25"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Kacharava, Nikolozi"]
[Black "Nesterov, Arseniy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. O-O Ba7 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 d6 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Re1 Bg4 12. Bb3 Nh5 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Nxg3 15. Qxg3 Qf6 16. Nf3 Kh8 17. Rad1 Rg8 18. Bd5 Ne7 19. Bxb7 Rab8 20. Bxa6 Rxb2 21. Rd2 Rgb8 22. Red1 Rxd2 23. Rxd2 Rb1+ 24. Kh2 Rc1 25. c4 Ng6 26. Bc8 Rf1 27. Bf5 Nh4 28. Bg4 Ng6 29. Bf5 Nh4 30. Bg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vanya Somov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2018.05.25"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Murzin, Volodar"]
[Black "Lobanov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2302"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2018.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 12,126,46,42,48,31,31,32,38,54,50,26,22,7,19,14,14,0,0,0,8,8,7,0,8,0,7,0,5,14,8,0,0,0,0,0,0,-28,-25,-33,-10,-10,-12,-17,-16,-23,-14,-20,-20,-21,-23,-41,-25,-25,-15,-24,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,-57,-66,-100,-85,-139,-29,-29,-35,-130,-69,-253,-253,-261,-173,-135,-189,-370,-362,-505,-502,-615,-652,-629,-681,-675,-673,-673,-656,-597,-630,-643,-621,-626,-581,-888,-888,-880,-835,-1474,-1108,-29973,-29972,-29970,-29972,-29983,-29984]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Nh6 {B31: Sizilianisch (Rossolimo-Variante)} 7. a4 {LiveBook: 7 Partien} f6 8. Be3 b6 $146 {Weiß steht etwas besser.} ({Vorgänger:} 8... Qd6 9. Nbd2 e5 10. Nc4 Qe7 11. Qd2 Nf7 12. Qa5 Bf8 13. Nfd2 Qd8 14. Qxd8+ Nxd8 {1-0 (54) Zhigalko,S (2679)-Alekseev,E (2673) Lublin 2011}) 9. a5 Rb8 10. axb6 axb6 11. O-O Nf7 12. Nc3 e5 13. Nh2 Be6 14. f4 exf4 15. Bxf4 Ra8 16. Nf3 O-O 17. Qd2 Qd7 18. Qf2 Ra7 19. Rfe1 Ng5 20. Rxa7 Qxa7 21. Qg3 Nxf3+ 22. Qxf3 Qd7 23. Qf2 f5 {Weiss muss nun ...fxe4 beachten.} 24. e5 Ra8 25. b3 Qd4 26. Na4 Qxf2+ 27. Kxf2 Ra6 28. h4 Bf8 29. Be3 h6 30. g3 Kg7 31. Ke2 Be7 32. Kd2 Bd5 33. Rf1 Bg2 34. Rg1 Bf3 35. Rf1 Bg4 36. Re1 Bh5 37. Rf1 Bd8 38. Re1 g5 39. hxg5 hxg5 40. Rf1 Kg6 41. Re1 ({Besser ist} 41. Nb2 $1 $11) 41... Ra7 42. c3 Bf3 43. Rf1 ({Lieber} 43. e6) 43... g4 ({Günstiger ist} 43... Bd5 $17 44. c4 Be6) 44. Bf4 $11 Rh7 {Droht stark ...Th2+.} 45. Ke3 {[#]} (45. Re1 $15) 45... Kf7 (45... Rh2 $1 $17 {[%csl Gf3][%cal Rh2e2]} 46. Rf2 Rxf2 47. Kxf2 Bd1) 46. Nb2 $2 (46. Rb1 $15) 46... b5 $19 47. d4 Ba5 48. Nd3 Bxc3 49. dxc5 $2 {[#]} (49. Nxc5 {war die einzige Chance.} Rh2 50. Rb1) 49... Ke6 50. Rf2 Kd5 51. Ra2 {und die Idee Lg5 ließe Weiss weiter hoffen.} Bd4+ 52. Kd2 Rh2+ 53. Kc1 Rxa2 54. Nb4+ Kxc5 55. Nxa2 {[%mdl 4096] Endspiel KLL-KLS} Kd5 56. Nb4+ Ke6 57. Kd2 Bd5 58. Kd3 Bxe5 59. Ke3 Bd6 60. Nc2 c5 61. b4 Bxf4+ {Schwarz setzt Matt.} 62. Kxf4 Be4 63. Na3 Bd3 {Precision: Weiß = 42%, Schwarz = 70%.} 0-1

[Event "Vanya Somov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2018.05.25"]
[Round "10.5"]
[White "Kuznetsov, Dmitriy"]
[Black "Shevchenko, Kirill"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2018.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 17,92,11,16,-9,0,-11,0,-27,-24,-35,-23,-28,-30,-54,-9,-6,0,0,0,-50,-41,-75,-47,-44,-32,-120,-104,-131,-141,-151,-154,-195,-195,-197,-190,-191,-208,-208,-197,-169,-182,-395,-247,-450,-441,-427,-413,-542,-541,-532,-531,-610,-598,-575,-580,-638,-624,-660,-651,-8497,-12850,-29951,-29952,-12075,-827,-29952,-799,-638,0,-6019,-11826,-4914,-29958,-12845,-5616,-29948,-29943]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. h3 g6 5. Bd3 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Bc2 Nc6 8. d4 d5 {B50: Sicilian: 2...d6, Miscellaneous} 9. exd5 Qxd5 {LiveBook: 6 Games} 10. Be3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. dxc5 Qxc5 11. Nbd2 Bf5 12. Nb3 Qd5 13. Bxf5 Qxf5 14. Nfd4 Qd7 15. Bg5 Nd5 16. Re1 {0-1 (42) Megaranto,S (2527)-Sethuraman,S (2647) Tashkent 2016}) 10... cxd4 {The position is equal.} 11. Nxd4 e5 12. Nxc6 (12. Bb3 $5 {[%cal Rb3d5]} Qd7 13. Nf3 $11 (13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Nd2 Nd5 $11)) 12... Qxc6 13. Qe2 Nd5 14. Rd1 {Threatens to win with Be4.} Be6 15. Bb3 f5 (15... a5 {looks sharper.} 16. Na3 a4 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. f3 Rfd8) 16. Qc4 {[%cal Rc4d5] Hoping for Qxd5!} Qxc4 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black mounts an attack.} 17. Bxc4 Rfd8 18. Nd2 Kf7 19. Bc5 b6 20. Ba3 Nf4 21. Bxe6+ ({Better is} 21. Bf1 $15) 21... Kxe6 $17 22. Nc4 Nd3 23. Kf1 e4 24. Rd2 Bh6 25. Re2 Rac8 $1 {[%cal Rc8c4]} 26. Ne3 Bxe3 27. Rxe3 b5 {[%cal Bb6b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 28. f3 {[#]} a5 $1 29. b3 $2 (29. Rd1 b4 30. fxe4 bxa3 31. exf5+ Kf6 32. b4 axb4 33. cxb4 Nxb4 34. Rxd8 Rxd8 35. fxg6) 29... Rxc3 {[#]} 30. fxe4 $2 (30. Bb2 $1 {[%mdl 512] was forced.} Rc2 (30... Nxb2 31. Rxc3) 31. Bg7) 30... b4 $19 31. exf5+ Kxf5 32. Kg1 bxa3 33. Rf1+ Kg5 34. Rff3 Rc1+ 35. Kh2 Rd1 36. Re7 Rd4 37. Rxh7 {Now Kg3 and White clings on.} Rd2 38. Kg3 {Black must now prevent h4+.} Ne1 {[%csl Ge1][%cal Rd2g2]} 39. h4+ {[#]} Rxh4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 40. Rxh4 Rxg2+ {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN} 41. Kh3 Rh2+ (41... Nxf3 $142 42. Ra4 Rxa2 43. Kg3 Ne5 44. Rxa5 Kf5 45. Ra8 Ra1 46. Ra6 a2 47. Kg2 Nd3 48. Ra5+ Kg4 49. Ra6 g5 50. Ra3 Nf4+ 51. Kf2 Rh1 52. b4 a1=Q 53. Rxa1 Rxa1 54. Ke3 Kf5 55. Kd2 g4 56. Kc2 g3 57. Kb2 Ra8 58. Kc3 g2 59. Kc4 g1=Q 60. Kb5 Qc1 61. Kb6 Nd5+ 62. Kb5 Ne7 63. Kb6 Qc6#) 42. Kg3 Rg2+ (42... Rxh4 $142 43. Re3 Rg4+ 44. Kf2 Nc2 45. Re5+ Kh4 46. Rxa5 Rf4+ 47. Ke2 g5) 43. Kh3 {Re4 is the strong threat.} Nxf3 44. Ra4 Rxa2 45. Kg3 Ne5 46. Rxa5 Kf5 {Precision: White = 32%, Black = 73%.} 0-1

[Event "Vanya Somov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2018.05.25"]
[Round "10.6"]
[White "Zarubitski, Viachaslau"]
[Black "Hakobyan, Aram"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2018.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 19,88,31,28,8,45,30,22,0,21,19,66,8,62,13,15,0,19,0,0,-54,-29,-160,-162,-143,-68,-378,-368,-371,-170,-167,-167,-167,-173,-177,-172,-158,-173,-177,-191,-189,-168,-181,-185,-219,-224,-277,-261,-362,-310,-473,-472,-539,-522,-543,-546,-485,-473,-570,-560,-1891,-1356,-2358,-1870,-5622,-5618,-1516,-880,-29972,-6126,-29977,-29979]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bd7 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. f3 Be7 9. O-O-O Nc6 10. Kb1 b5 {LiveBook: 69 Games} 11. a3 {B67: Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer: 7...a6 8 0-0-0 Bd7, lines without 9 f4 Be7} (11. h4 h6 12. Be3 h5 13. Bg5 Rc8 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Ne2 Qc7 16. Nd4 Bb7 17. Bd3 O-O 18. Ne2 d5 {0-1 (36) Najer,E (2679)-Kozul,Z (2613) Doha 2016}) 11... Rc8 12. h4 h6 $146 {[%cal Bh7h6,Bh6h5][%mdl 32]} ({Predecessor:} 12... O-O 13. g4 Rb8 14. Nb3 b4 15. axb4 Rxb4 16. h5 a5 17. h6 g6 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Qxd6 Bxc3 20. bxc3 {½-½ (56) Boreux,P (2343)-Cijs,P (2264) ICCF email 2005}) 13. Be3 {The position is equal.} h5 $1 14. Nxc6 Rxc6 15. Bg5 (15. Be2 $14) 15... Qc7 (15... Rb6 $1 $11) 16. Bd3 Rb6 $1 17. Ne2 Rb7 18. Qc3 Qb8 19. Nd4 (19. b3 $11) 19... O-O 20. Nc6 (20. Qd2 $11) 20... Bxc6 $1 $17 21. Qxc6 {[#]} d5 (21... Rc8 $1 $17 {[%cal Rc8c6]} 22. Qxa6 Rc5) 22. exd5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} ({White should play} 22. Qxa6 $15 dxe4 23. fxe4) 22... Rc8 $1 $19 23. Qxa6 Ra7 (23... Nxd5 $142 {Threatens to win with ...Ra7.} 24. Bxe7 Rxe7) 24. Qxb5 Rb7 25. Bf4 Rxb5 26. Bxb8 Rbxb8 27. Ba6 Nxd5 28. Rxd5 exd5 29. Bxc8 Rxc8 $17 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KR} 30. Rd1 Rd8 ({But not} 30... Bxh4 31. Rxd5 g6 32. a4 $17) 31. g3 f5 32. b4 Kf7 33. f4 Ke6 34. Kb2 (34. Kc1 $142) 34... Bf6+ $19 35. Kb3 Rc8 36. Rd3 d4 {[%cal Bd5d4,Bd4c3][%mdl 32]} 37. a4 Kd5 38. a5 Rc3+ 39. Rxc3 dxc3 {KB-KP} 40. b5 Bd4 41. a6 Bb6 42. Kb4 Kd4 43. a7 Bxa7 44. Ka5 Kc5 {Precision: White = 11%, Black = 70%.} 0-1

[Event "Vanya Somov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2018.05.26"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Hakobyan, Aram"]
[Black "Shubin, Kirill"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2317"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2018.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 16,20,22,23,34,40,66]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Bb7 6. Bg2 g6 {E15: Damenindisch (Hauptfortsetzung, Abweichungen)} (6... c5 7. dxc5 bxc5 8. O-O Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Rd1 Qb6 11. Bf4 d6 12. Rab1 Nbd7 13. b4 Rfb8 14. a3 h6 15. h3 a6 16. Qa5 Qxa5 17. bxa5 Ne8 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Bxb7 Nxc4 20. Bxa8 Rxa8 {0-1 (49) Xu,Y (2545)-Jakovenko,D (2732) China 2018}) 7. O-O Bg7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Rd1 {LiveBook: 5 Partien} d6 10. Qc2 Nbd7 {Vorgänger:} 11. e4 $146 Qe7 12. b3 c5 13. Bb2 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nc5 15. b4 Na6 16. a3 {0-1 (55) Dutreuil,R (2390)-Mayer,P (2330) Le Port Marly 2013} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vanya Somov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2018.05.26"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Shevchenko, Kirill"]
[Black "Zarubitski, Viachaslau"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "2018.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. d3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vanya Somov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2018.05.26"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Lobanov, Sergei"]
[Black "Kuznetsov, Dmitriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2018.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 20,95,-9,-7,35,21,64,28,107,106,98,107,172,138,130,128,160,162,165,99,99,110,741,728,728,668,735,708,683,542,528,546,526,263,259,261,260,247,263,264,247,256,334,305,367,366,397,389,361,361,506,464,447,444,516,519,494,503,447,382,399,375,509,489,501,507,472,455,426,415,575,577,747,743,647,729,927,842]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Be7 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 {D45: Semi-Slav: 5 e3} 10. O-O O-O 11. Rd1 {LiveBook: 6 Games} Qb6 {The position is equal.} (11... Qc8 12. e4 b4 13. Na4 c5 14. e5 Nd5 15. Bd3 g6 16. Nxc5 Nxc5 17. dxc5 Qxc5 {½-½ (27) Mamedyarov,S (2760)-Aronian,L (2739) Wijk aan Zee 2008}) 12. e4 {[%cal Be3e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} a6 13. Bg5 {And now e5 would win.} Rfe8 $146 {[#]} (13... h6 $11 {remains equal.} 14. Bf4 c5) ({Predecessor:} 13... h6 14. Bh4 Rac8 15. e5 Nd5 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 {½-½ (75) Garnett,J (2010)-Verma,A (1908) Bournemouth 2016}) 14. e5 $1 $16 {[%cal Re5f6]} Nd5 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 (15... Rxe7 $16 16. Rac1 (16. Ng5 f5 $14) (16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Qd2 Ree8 $14) 16... Nxc3 17. Qxc3 (17. bxc3 c5 $14) 17... Rd8) 16. Ne4 Red8 17. Rac1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is really pushing.} Nf5 18. g4 Ne7 19. Nc5 (19. Nd6 $18) 19... Qc7 20. Ng5 Nxc5 $4 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (20... Ng6 $16) 21. Qxh7+ $18 ({Weaker is} 21. dxc5 Ng6 $14) (21. Qxc5 Rd7 $16) 21... Kf8 22. Rxc5 Ng8 23. Rd3 Qe7 24. Nxf7 Kxf7 25. Rf3+ Ke8 26. Qxg8+ Kd7 27. Qf7 Rf8 28. Qxe7+ Kxe7 29. Rxf8 Rxf8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 30. Rc1 Kf7 31. f3 {[%cal Bf2f3,Bf3f4][%mdl 32]} Kg6 32. Kf2 Rd8 33. Ke3 Rh8 34. Rc2 Kg5 (34... Kf7 {keeps fighting.} 35. Bf1 Ke7) 35. f4+ Kg6 36. Bf1 Rh4 37. h3 Kf7 38. Bg2 Ke7 39. Rf2 g6 40. Rf1 Bc8 41. Kf2 Bd7 42. Kg3 Rh8 43. Be4 Kf7 44. h4 Rg8 45. Rh1 {White is clearly winning.} Rg7 46. h5 gxh5 47. Rxh5 Rg8 48. Kh4 {Precision: White = 88%, Black = 28%.} 1-0

[Event "Vanya Somov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2018.05.26"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Nesterov, Arseniy"]
[Black "Murzin, Volodar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2302"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2018.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. Bg5 Na6 7. Qd2 e5 8. d5 c6 9. f3 cxd5 10. cxd5 Bd7 11. Bxa6 bxa6 12. Nge2 Qb6 13. Be3 Qb7 14. O-O Rac8 15. Rfc1 Ne8 16. Nd1 f5 17. Qa5 fxe4 18. fxe4 Nf6 19. Nf2 Rxc1+ 20. Rxc1 Qxb2 21. Nc3 Nh5 22. Rb1 Qc2 23. Qa3 Rxf2 24. Bxf2 Nf4 25. Re1 Bg4 26. Qc1 Qd3 27. Re3 Qc4 28. Qf1 Qc8 29. h3 Bd7 30. Qb1 Bh6 31. Rf3 Qc7 32. Kh2 Bg7 33. Nd1 Qc4 34. Ne3 Qc7 35. Qc2 Qxc2 36. Nxc2 Bb5 37. Rc3 Nh5 38. Rc8+ Kf7 39. Rc7+ Kg8 40. Na3 Bd3 41. Nc4 Bf8 42. Nd2 Nf6 43. Rc3 Bxe4 44. Nxe4 Nxe4 45. Rf3 Nxf2 46. Rxf2 Bh6 47. Re2 Kf7 48. Kg3 Kf6 49. Kf3 Kf5 50. h4 Bc1 51. g4+ Kf6 52. Rc2 Ba3 53. Rc7 g5 54. h5 1-0

[Event "Vanya Somov Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2018.05.26"]
[Round "11.6"]
[White "Gharibyan, Mamikon"]
[Black "Sargsyan, Shant"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2269"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2018.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 24,96,11,14,31,35,39,-18,-23,-21,-22,-18,-6,-17,-24,-56,-52,-52,-41,-52,-60,-55,-54,-56,-29,-33,-40,-54,-45,-67,-72,-126,-125,-124,-113,-205,-203,-204,-204,-223,-221,-214,-215,-220,-212,-307,-301,-314,-306,-335,-289,-304,-229,-291,-258,-356,-363,-1362,-1221,-821,-400,-5277,-2481,-5439,-5439,-5439,-5439,-29980,-29981,-29985,-29986,-29986,-29987,-29987,-29988]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8. Rc1 Qa5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Nf3 Rd8 11. Be2 {D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3} cxd4 12. cxd4 Qxd2+ 13. Bxd2 {LiveBook: 4 Games. The position is equal.} Bg4 (13... Na6 14. d5 Bd7 15. O-O Rac8 16. Be3 Nb4 17. Rxc8 Bxc8 18. Bc4 b6 {½-½ (35) Sjugirov,S (2650)-Svidler,P (2765) St Petersburg 2017}) 14. d5 e6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Nd7 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Rac8 17. O-O b6 18. Be3 Nc5 19. Bxc5 Rxc5 20. Rxc5 bxc5 21. Rb1 c4 {½-½ (21) Mateus,A (2290)-Quinonez Garcia,S (2242) Cali 2018}) 15. dxe6 (15. Bg5 $14 f6 16. Bf4 exd5 17. exd5) 15... Bxe6 $11 16. Bc4 Bxc4 17. Rxc4 Nd7 18. Ke2 Re8 19. Be3 Nb6 20. Rc7 Rxe4 21. Rhc1 Nd5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is more active.} 22. Rxb7 Nxe3 23. fxe3 {[#]} Rxe3+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 24. Kxe3 Bh6+ 25. Kd3 Bxc1 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 26. Ne5 Rd8+ 27. Rd7 (27. Nd7 $142) 27... Rxd7+ $17 28. Nxd7 {KB-KN} f5 29. a4 {[#]} (29. Nb8 $17 {was worth a try.}) 29... Bf4 $1 $19 30. h3 Kf7 31. Nc5 Ke7 32. Kd4 Bd6 33. Nd3 Ke6 34. Kc4 (34. Ne1 $142) 34... h5 35. Kd4 g5 36. Nc1 Be5+ 37. Kc4 Bf4 38. Ne2 Be3 39. a5 Ke5 40. Kb5 $2 (40. Kd3 Bf2 41. Nc1) 40... f4 41. Kc4 Bd2 (41... g4 $142 {Threatens to win with ...f3.} 42. hxg4 hxg4) 42. a6 (42. Nd4 $142 Be3 43. Nf3+ Kf5 44. Nh2) 42... Ke4 43. Nd4 g4 44. hxg4 hxg4 {[%cal Bh5g4,Bg4f3][%mdl 32]} 45. Nb5 f3 {Black mates.} 46. gxf3+ gxf3 47. Nd6+ Ke3 48. Nf5+ Kf4 {Precision: White = 20%, Black = 83%.} 0-1

