[Event "XIII Termo-Eko cup 2018"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2018.12.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Meshkovs, Nikita"]
[Black "Krustkalns, Kristaps"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2173"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2018.12.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,49,58,49,142,143,143,143,143,133,160,150,167,143,161,140,172,168,206,185,231,246,258,254,266,256,261,265,264,264,259,257,262,258,238,258]} 1. g3 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nh3 d6 5. Nc3 c6 6. d5 Bg7 7. Nf4 e5 {A81: Dutch Defence: 2 g3} 8. dxe6 Na6 9. h4 {LiveBook: 5 Games} Ng4 $146 {[#]} (9... Nc5 $14) ({Predecessor:} 9... Nc5 10. h5 Nxh5 11. Nxh5 gxh5 12. e4 Bxe6 13. Qxh5+ Bf7 14. Qxf5 Bg6 15. Qg4 {1-0 (51) Gupta,A (2626)-Alvarado Diaz,A (2425) Douglas 2016}) 10. e4 $1 $16 O-O 11. exf5 gxf5 12. O-O Nc5 13. Nh5 Nxe6 14. Nxg7 Kxg7 15. Ne2 d5 16. Nf4 Nxf4 17. Bxf4 Bd7 {[#]} 18. c4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Be6 (18... dxc4 19. Qd4+) 19. Re1 Qd7 20. Qd4+ Kg8 21. Rad1 Nf6 22. Bh6 {Strongly threatening Qe5.} Rf7 23. Qe3 Re8 24. Qxa7 Ne4 25. Qe3 {Accuracy: White = 95%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

[Event "XIII Termo-Eko cup 2018"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2018.12.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Grishchenko, Sergey"]
[Black "Kononenko, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.12.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 26,73,14,10,23,-7,17,7,5,0,5,0,54,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,0,0,0,-25]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. a3 Be7 8. Nf4 O-O 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Ncxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. Be3 Bf6 13. O-O g6 14. Bc2 {LiveBook: 25 Games} Bg7 {E42: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4...c5 5 Ne2} (14... Qd6 15. Qd2 Bd7 16. b4 Ne7 17. Bb3 Rac8 18. a4 b6 19. b5 Bg7 20. Nd3 Nf5 21. Bf4 Qe7 22. Rfe1 {½-½ (34) Vitiugov,N (2719)-Morozevich,A (2739) Tromsoe 2013}) 15. b4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Rc1 Qd6 16. Qd2 Be6 17. Ba4 Rac8 18. Bxc6 Rxc6 19. Rxc6 Qxc6 20. Rc1 Qd7 21. h3 b6 22. Qc3 {½-½ (77) Darini,P (2470)-Firouzja,A (2291) Mashhad 2015}) 15... Qd6 16. Qd2 Bd7 17. Rfe1 Rfe8 18. Bb3 Re4 (18... Ne7 $11) 19. Bxd5 (19. Ne2 $14) 19... Rxf4 $1 $11 {The position is equal.} 20. Bxc6 $1 Bxc6 21. Bxf4 Qd5 {[%csl Gc6][%cal Rd5g2] [#]} 22. f3 {Hoping for Be5.} Qxd4+ 23. Qxd4 Bxd4+ 24. Be3 Bxa1 25. Rxa1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} a5 26. Rd1 axb4 27. axb4 Re8 28. Kf2 f6 29. Rb1 Bb5 30. Rc1 Kf7 31. h4 Bc6 32. Bd4 Rd8 33. Ke3 h5 34. Rc2 Ke6 35. Rb2 Rd5 36. Ra2 g5 37. Ra5 {Accuracy: White = 46%, Black = 87%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "XIII Termo-Eko cup 2018"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2018.12.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Berzinsh, Roland"]
[Black "Stepins, Edgars"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2323"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2018.12.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 16,90,17,32,29,14,29,20,33,25,34,23,8,14,17,7,63,63,54,60,92,84,71,77,97,67,77,71,121,101,147,127,140,54,71,75,85,75,93,122,106,0,0,-9,-25,-35,-31,-85,-70,-152,-141,-152,-47,-50,-45,-46,-56,-64,0,0,0,-18,-6,-8,-4,-17,-11,-35,-44,-153,-149,-212,-113,-1056,-1029,-29983,-29982]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 {LiveBook: 52 Games} Be7 {C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} (9... Nxd2 10. Nbxd2 O-O 11. O-O Ne7 12. a3 Ba5 13. b4 Bb6 14. Nb3 Bg4 15. h3 Bh5 16. Re1 a5 17. Rb1 axb4 18. axb4 Nc6 19. Bxc6 bxc6 {0-1 (46) Mamedov,R (2709)-Lopez Martinez,J (2584) Batumi 2018}) 10. O-O O-O 11. h3 Bf5 $146 {The position is equal.} ({Predecessor:} 11... Bd7 12. Bd3 Bf5 13. Qb3 Qd7 14. Rc1 Nd8 15. Be3 c6 16. Qc2 Bg6 17. Nbd2 Nxd2 18. Nxd2 {½-½ (26) Shanava,K (2562)-Annaberdiev,M (2436) Istanbul 2011}) 12. Be3 Na5 13. Nbd2 a6 14. Be2 b5 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 (15... dxe4 $11 16. Nd2 Nc6) 16. Nd2 Bf5 17. b3 Ba3 18. g4 Be6 19. f4 f5 20. exf6 Qxf6 21. Nf3 $1 Rae8 {Threatening ...Bxg4!} 22. Ne5 Nb7 23. f5 Bf7 24. Bd3 (24. g5 $16 Qb6 25. Bf2) 24... Rxe5 25. dxe5 Qxe5 26. Bf4 Qd4+ 27. Kg2 Bd6 28. f6 (28. Bxd6 $16 Nxd6 29. f6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Qb2+ 30. Qc2 Qxc2+ 31. Bxc2) 28... Qxf6 $11 29. Bxd6 Qxd6 30. Qc2 g6 31. b4 ({Better is} 31. Rf3 $15) 31... c5 {...c4 is the strong threat.} ({Don't play} 31... Qxb4 $6 32. Qxc7 Nc5 33. Rad1 $11) 32. bxc5 (32. Rad1 $1 $15) 32... Nxc5 $17 {Hoping for ...d4.} 33. Rac1 {[#]} Nxd3 (33... Ne6 $1 $17 34. Qf2 g5) 34. Qxd3 $15 d4 35. Qg3 $1 {[%cal Rg3d6]} Qd5+ 36. Kg1 d3 (36... Qxa2 $15 37. Rc7 Qd5) 37. Rcd1 $11 Rd8 38. Rd2 Qe4 39. Re1 Qd4+ 40. Kh2 Bc4 41. Rf2 a5 $36 {[%cal Ba6a5,Ba5a4][%mdl 2080] Black is pushing.} 42. g5 (42. Rd2 $15) 42... a4 43. Rf4 (43. Rd2 $17 {was worth a try.}) 43... Qd5 ({Black should play} 43... Qc5 $19 {Strongly threatening ...d2.} 44. Rf2 b4) 44. Re7 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (44. Rf2 $17) 44... Qd6 $19 45. Qe3 d2 {Accuracy: White = 35%, Black = 32%.} 0-1

[Event "XIII Termo-Eko cup 2018"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2018.12.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tihonov, Jurij"]
[Black "Samolins, Vitalijs"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.12.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 30,61,41,27,72,72,72,72,82,67,65,32,44,43,44,37,64,57,63,45,58,0,34,24,45,41,43,46,50,0,27,0,43,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 c5 5. d4 Nc6 6. a3 a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4 Ba7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. Rd1 Rd8 12. Be2 d4 13. exd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxd4 15. O-O {D40: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 e3} e5 16. Na4 {LiveBook: 17 Games} Bxb2 (16... Bg4 17. Bxd4 Rxd4 18. Rxd4 exd4 19. Bxg4 Nxg4 20. h3 Nf6 21. Nc5 a5 22. Qf5 axb4 23. axb4 Qe2 24. Qd3 Qxd3 25. Nxd3 Kf8 {½-½ (25) Markus,R (2615)-Perunovic,M (2597) Novi Sad 2018}) 17. Rxd8+ {White is better.} Qxd8 18. Qxb2 Qc7 19. Rd1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19. c5 Bg4 20. Rd1 Bxe2 21. Qxe2 Rd8 22. Nb6 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 {1-0 (52) Zueger,B (2420)-Wirthensohn,H (2410) Switzerland 1994}) 19... Bd7 20. Nc5 Bc6 21. Qd2 Kf8 22. Qe3 Rc8 23. h3 h6 24. Rd2 Qe7 25. Rd1 (25. Nb3 $14) 25... a5 26. Nd3 axb4 27. axb4 Be4 28. Nc5 Bc6 29. Nd3 Be4 30. Nc5 Bc6 31. Nd3 {Accuracy: White = 46%, Black = 45%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "XIII Termo-Eko cup 2018"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2018.12.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Krykun, Yuriy"]
[Black "Starostits, Ilmars"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2323"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "2018.12.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,164,22,59,29,28,36,35,14,14,14,28,30,25,6,55,59,75,55,68,69,79,78,82,66,64,65,75,72,80,55,60,28,54,39,198,207,232,186,202,203,191,191,195,200,184,189,210,206,195,193,181,122,146,138,179,179,190,190,245,241,497,232,223,231,213,233,198,165,179,169,170,170,179,171,171,139,148,147,160,134,185,187,193,184,183,177,285,265,258,223,393,384,379,372,1335,89,89,89,89,89,97,89,89,89,89,89,89,82,89,82,89,89,89,82,82,82,82,82,82,82,82,82,82,82,82,49,49,49,49,49,49,49,49,49,50,50,50,50,50,50,50,50,50,8,8,8,8]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O a6 8. a4 a5 9. b3 {D94: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 5 e3} Na6 {[%cal Bb8a6,Ba6b4,Bb4d5,Bd5f4][%mdl 32]} (9... Bg4 10. Ba3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Re8 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Qd3 e6 14. Nb5 Bf8 15. Bxf8 Rxf8 16. e4 dxe4 17. Bxe4 {½-½ (41) Mamedyarov,S (2791)-Kamsky,G (2676) Sochi 2017}) 10. Ba3 Re8 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 11. Rc1 {White is slightly better.} Bg4 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Nab4 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. e4 $146 Nf4 17. d5 e5 18. dxc6 bxc6 19. Qxd8 Raxd8 20. Rxc6 Rd3 21. Rfc1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} Rxb3 22. Rc8 Rb8 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Rc7 Ra8 25. Rb7 h5 26. Bd1 Kh7 $2 (26... Bf8 $14 27. Bb2 f6) 27. Rxf7 $18 Rd8 28. Bf3 Ne6 {[#]} 29. Ra7 $1 Rd2 30. Rxa5 Nd4 31. Ra7 Kg8 32. a5 Bh6 33. Bc5 Ra2 34. Bxd4 $1 exd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 35. Rd7 (35. g3 $18) 35... Bg7 36. Rd5 Kf7 37. h4 Bf6 38. g3 Ke6 (38... d3 {was worth a try.} 39. e5 Bh8) 39. Kg2 Rd2 $2 (39... Be5 {keeps fighting.} 40. Bd1 Bc7 41. Rxd4 Ke7) 40. Kf1 (40. a6 $142 Ra2 {[#]} 41. Be2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rxe2 42. Ra5) 40... d3 41. a6 Ra2 42. Rxd3 Rxa6 43. Ke2 Ra2+ 44. Rd2 Ra3 45. Bg2 Ke7 46. Bf1 Bc3 47. Rc2 Bd4 48. Bh3 Bc3 49. Bc8 Kf6 (49... Rb3 $16 50. Ba6 Rb2 51. Rxb2 Bxb2) 50. Bb7 g5 51. hxg5+ Kxg5 52. Bc8 h4 (52... Kf6 {was necessary.} 53. f4 Ke7) 53. f4+ Kh6 54. g4 {[%cal Bg3g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} h3 $2 (54... Bd4 {was called for.} 55. g5+ Kg7 56. Rc7+ Kf8) 55. g5+ Kh5 {White must now prevent ...h2.} 56. Bxh3 Be5 $2 (56... Bd4 57. Be6 Re3+ 58. Kd1 Kh4) 57. Bf5 $2 (57. fxe5 $18 Rxh3 58. Rc6 Kxg5 59. Rf6) 57... Bxf4 $16 58. g6 Be5 59. Rc1 Ra7 60. Rh1+ Kg5 61. Kd3 Rc7 62. Rg1+ Kf6 63. Rb1 Rc3+ 64. Kd2 {Rb6+ is the strong threat.} Rc7 65. Rb6+ Kg5 66. Ra6 Bf4+ 67. Kd3 Be5 68. Ra2 Rc3+ 69. Kd2 {And now Ra5 would win.} Rc7 70. Ra4 Bf4+ 71. Kd3 Be5 72. Rc4 (72. Ra6 {with more complications.} Rc3+ 73. Kd2 Rg3 74. Ra7 Kf4 75. Rh7) 72... Rxc4 73. Kxc4 $14 {KB-KB} Kf6 74. Kd5 {White threatens g7! and mate.} Bf4 75. Kc6 Bh6 76. Kd7 Bf4 77. Kd8 Bh6 78. Ke8 Bg7 $1 79. Kd7 Bh6 80. Kd8 Bf4 81. Ke8 {Strongly threatening Kf8.} Bh6 82. e5+ Kxe5 {Precision: White = 65%, Black = 46%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "XIII Termo-Eko cup 2018"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2018.12.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Starostits, Ilmars"]
[Black "Stepins, Edgars"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2323"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2018.12.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,29,16,17,53,36,46,32,42,31,30,33,46,49,46,-71,41,16]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. Ne5 (5. Nbd2 c5 6. c3 O-O 7. h3 b6 8. Ne5 Nfd7 9. Ndf3 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Bb7 11. Bd3 Nd7 12. Qh5 Nf6 13. Qe2 Ne4 14. O-O {1-0 (44) Melkumyan,H (2633)-Bindrich,F (2590) Doha 2016}) 5... a6 6. Nd2 {D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. Bd3 {LiveBook: 3 Games. The position is equal.} Bd7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qf3 Ne8 11. Rfe1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qh3 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Ng7 14. Bh6 f6 15. Nf3 c4 {½-½ (56) Kennedy,C (1844)-Starley,R (2075) Wakefield 2017}) 11... f5 12. g4 Nf6 13. gxf5 exf5 14. c4 (14. Nxd7 $14 Qxd7 15. dxc5) 14... Ne4 (14... cxd4 $17 15. exd4 (15. cxd5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Bb4 $11) 15... Nxd4) 15. Nxd7 {Accuracy: White = 44%, Black = 38%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "XIII Termo-Eko cup 2018"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2018.12.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Seeman, Tarvo"]
[Black "Meshkovs, Nikita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2394"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.12.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 18,77,-27,-28,-15,-20,0,6,0,9,26,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,2,-89,-32,-10,-4,-64,-39,-73,-41,-38,-43,-116,-113,-109,-104,-108,-79,-105,-105,-120,-124,-108,-101,-104,-95,-90,-100,-125,-127,-118,-56,-177,-98,-94,-104,-101,-15,-158,-158,-173,-148,-407]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Na3 Bg7 5. Nxc4 Nc6 6. d3 {A09: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 d5 2 c4} e5 7. Bd2 a5 8. Bg2 Nge7 9. O-O O-O 10. Rc1 {LiveBook: 3 Games} Re8 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... f6 11. a3 a4 12. b4 axb3 13. Qxb3 Kh8 14. a4 Rb8 15. Na3 Bg4 16. Bc3 {½-½ (98) Tomashevsky,E (2716)-Cheparinov,I (2689) Doha 2016}) 11. b3 Nf5 12. Re1 f6 13. a3 Bf8 14. Qc2 Be6 15. Qb2 Ra7 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 Ncd4 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. Na5 {[#]} (19. b5 $11 {remains equal.}) 19... c6 (19... c5 $1 $17 {[%cal Rc5b4][%mdl 512] ...cxb4 is the strong threat.} 20. Ra1 (20. Nxb7 Qb6 $17) (20. bxc5 Rxa5) 20... cxb4 21. Nxb7 Rxa1 22. Nxd8 Ra2 23. Qxa2 Bxa2) 20. Be3 $15 Qb6 {Threatens to win with ...Rxa5.} 21. Rb1 (21. Nc4 $11 Qxb4 22. Bxd4 exd4 23. Qxd4 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack}) 21... c5 22. Nc4 Bxc4 $1 23. dxc4 cxb4 24. Bxd4 ({Better is} 24. Bd2 $15) 24... exd4 $17 25. h4 Bc5 26. Qd2 Kg7 27. h5 gxh5 28. Bd5 Qd6 29. Kg2 Re5 30. Bf3 Ra3 31. Rh1 d3 {White must now prevent ...dxe2.} 32. Rxh5 Rxh5 33. Bxh5 Qd4 {[#]} (33... Rc3 $17 34. Rb2 Qd4 35. exd3 b3) 34. e3 {[#]} (34. e4 $1 $15 {[%mdl 512]}) 34... Qxc4 ({Black should try} 34... Qe4+ $1 $19 35. Bf3 Qxc4) 35. Qd1 f5 36. Bf3 Qc2 ({Black should play} 36... Qf7 $17 {And now ...b6 would win.} 37. Qd2 Rc3) 37. Rc1 (37. Qh1 $1 $11 {was the only way to keep the balance.}) 37... Qxd1 38. Bxd1 Rc3 39. Ra1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Accuracy: White = 54%, Black = 37%.} (39. Rb1 $17) 0-1

[Event "XIII Termo-Eko cup 2018"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2018.12.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vorobjov, Pavel"]
[Black "Tihonov, Jurij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2277"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2018.12.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 27,44,0,0,-47,-34,-39,0,-42,0,0,-12,-1,0,-22,25,0,0,0,12]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bf4 a6 7. e3 Bg4 8. Be2 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. Ne5 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Rc8 {[%cal Ba8c8,Bc8c4,Bc4e4][%mdl 32] D13: Slav Defence: Exchange variation without ...Bf5} 12. Rfc1 O-O 13. Na4 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Nd7 {LiveBook: 9 Games} 15. Qd2 Nxe5 16. dxe5 {[#]} Rc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Rc7 17. Nc3 Rc4 18. Ne2 Qc7 19. f4 {0-1 (41) Kantorik,M (2365)-Svetushkin,D (2618) Thessaloniki 2007}) 17. b3 Re4 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. Rxc5 Rxe5 20. Qb4 Rh5 21. g3 Qd6 22. Rac1 b6 1/2-1/2

[Event "XIII Termo-Eko cup 2018"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2018.12.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Jacobs, Florian"]
[Black "Krykun, Yuriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2244"]
[BlackElo "2323"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.12.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 31,60,25,30,24,16,0,0,0,7,5,8,-34,21,0,0,-7,10,8,28,11,5,0,-7,-11,-1,-46,-27,-12,5,6,8]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Rc1 Rd8 11. d5 e6 12. Bg5 {D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3} f6 13. Be3 Nc6 14. Bd3 b6 (14... Ne7 15. c4 Qxd2+ 16. Bxd2 b6 17. O-O Ba6 18. Rfe1 Rac8 19. Bf1 exd5 20. exd5 {1-0 (46) Yu,Y (2759)-Svidler,P (2753) Shenzhen 2018}) 15. O-O Ba6 16. Be2 Qa4 $1 {LiveBook: 7 Games} 17. c4 Na5 {[%cal Ra5c4]} 18. Qc2 Qxc2 19. Rxc2 Nb7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19... Re8) 20. Nd2 Nd6 21. Bd3 Bc8 (21... f5 $15) 22. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} f5 23. f3 fxe4 24. fxe4 exd5 25. cxd5 Bd7 26. a5 Bb5 27. Bxb5 Nxb5 28. Nf3 Nc3 29. Ng5 Re8 30. Ne6 Be5 {Accuracy: White = 34%, Black = 59%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "XIII Termo-Eko cup 2018"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2018.12.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Krustkalns, Kristaps"]
[Black "Grishchenko, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2173"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2018.12.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,72,13,31,22,50,30,37,7,19,23,40,0,0,0,10,0,10,-12,-19,-31,-6,-8,-6,-10,9,0,3,9,11,11,4,0,19,13,29,22,29,24,13,14,110,-34,-29,-29,-25,-25,-39,-35,0,-10,0,-85,-86,-281,-281]} 1. e4 {[%cal Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32]} c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. a3 (5. Nf3 Bxc5 6. a3 Nd7 7. Bd3 f6 8. b4 Be7 9. Bb2 fxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Bf6 12. O-O Nh6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 {1-0 (70) Jakovenko,D (2735)-Fedoseev,V (2706) Poikovsky 2018}) 5... Bxc5 6. b4 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} Bb6 7. Nf3 Ne7 8. Bd3 Ng6 9. O-O Nc6 10. Bb2 Nf4 {LiveBook: 18 Games} 11. c4 O-O 12. Nc3 a6 13. Ne2 $146 (13. g3 {keeps more tension.} Nxd3 14. Qxd3 dxc4 15. Qxc4 Bd7 16. Rfd1) 13... dxc4 14. Bxc4 Qxd1 15. Raxd1 (15. Rfxd1 {is interesting.} Ng6 16. Ng3 Bc7 17. Rac1 Ncxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Bxe5 Nxe5 20. Be2) 15... Ng6 16. Bd3 Rd8 17. Ng3 Bd7 18. h4 Nce7 19. Be4 Bc6 20. Bxc6 Nxc6 21. Ne4 Nf4 22. Nd6 Rd7 23. g3 Nd5 24. Rc1 h6 25. Kg2 Nce7 26. Rfe1 Rad8 27. Rc2 Ba7 28. Nd2 Nf5 29. Nxf5 Nxb4 (29... exf5 $11 30. Nf3 f4) 30. Nxh6+ (30. axb4 $16 {Hoping for Nd6.} Rxd2 31. Nd4 Rxc2 32. Nxc2) 30... gxh6 $15 31. axb4 {[#] Black must now prevent Ne4.} Rxd2 32. Re2 Rxe2 33. Rxe2 Rd3 34. Bc1 Kg7 35. Re4 (35. h5 $11 {remains equal.}) 35... Rd4 $17 36. Kf3 $2 {[#]} (36. Rxd4 $17 Bxd4 37. Bd2) 36... Rxe4 {Accuracy: White = 44%, Black = 28%.} 0-1

[Event "XIII Termo-Eko cup 2018"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2018.12.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Krustkalns, Kristaps"]
[Black "Grishchenko, Sergey"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2173"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2018.12.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,23,36,35,31,32,25]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. a3 Bxc5 6. b4 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} Bb6 7. Nf3 Ne7 {[%cal Bg8e7,Be7g6,Bg6f4][%mdl 32]} 8. Bd3 Ng6 9. O-O Nc6 10. Bb2 Nf4 {LiveBook: 18 Games} 11. c4 O-O 12. Nc3 {Predecessor:} f6 $146 13. exf6 Qxf6 {0-1 (21) Kryvoruchko,Y (2703)-Adhiban,B (2661) Sharjah 2018} *

[Event "XIII Termo-Eko cup 2018"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2018.12.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Meshkovs, Nikita"]
[Black "Grishchenko, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2018.12.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 14,54,57,50,63,64,62,49,67,59,64,64,77,63,66,48,44,44,82,83,139,133,148,157,162,147,150,145,156,152,319,312,320,313,305,306,401,391,387,318,333,331,1173]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. d3 h6 6. c4 e6 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Qb3 {LiveBook: 19 Games. A11: English Opening: 1...c6} Qc8 (8... Qb6 9. Qxb6 axb6 10. Nd4 Bh7 11. Nb5 Kd7 12. N1c3 Nc6 13. e4 dxe4 14. dxe4 Bc5 15. a3 Ke7 {1-0 (74) Petrosian,T (2636)-Grigoryan,A (2608) Martuni 2011}) 9. Nd4 Bg6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Bf4 Nc6 12. Rc1 Qd7 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. g4 Bg6 15. Nd2 {1-0 (56) Intagrand-Bychamp_II playchess.com INT 2007}) 10. Bf4 {White is slightly better.} Nc6 11. Rc1 Qd7 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Nd2 $36 {[%cal Bb1d2,Bd2f3,Bf3d4][%mdl 2080] White has some pressure.} Bd6 14. Qc3 Bxf4 15. gxf4 Nh5 16. e3 ({Of course not} 16. Qxc6 Qxc6 17. Rxc6 Nxf4 $15) 16... Rc8 (16... O-O $142) 17. Nf3 $16 f6 18. Nd4 O-O 19. Nxc6 Kh7 20. b4 e5 21. fxe5 Bf5 $2 {[#]} (21... Qe6 $16 22. f4 fxe5 23. fxe5 Rxc6 24. Qxc6 Qxe5) 22. Qc5 $18 fxe5 23. Qxd5 Qxd5 24. Bxd5 Nf6 25. Bg2 Bxd3 26. Nxe5 Be4 27. Nd7 Ng8 $2 {Accuracy: White = 98%, Black = 46%.} (27... Nxd7 28. Bxe4+ Kg8 29. Rxc8 Rxc8) 1-0

[Event "XIII Termo-Eko cup 2018"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2018.12.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Berzinsh, Roland"]
[Black "Samolins, Vitalijs"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2018.12.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 23,70,0,4,-12,0,-35,-30,-37,-41,-30,0,-35,-18,-8,-20,-50,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,-10,0,-57,-52,-91,-60,-63,-67,-111,-111,-96,-98,-114,-44,-55,-42,-43,0,-26,0,0,0]} 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 (10... Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qc2 Bg6 13. Qb3 Ne7 14. O-O c6 15. Bd3 Kh8 16. Nh4 c5 17. Nxg6+ fxg6 18. Bxe4 cxd4 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 {1-0 (51) Jones,G (2677)-Aronian,L (2780) Douglas 2018}) 11. Bd3 f5 12. exf6 Nxf6 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 13. Qc2 Nc6 14. a3 Bg4 15. Ne2 {[#]} Ne4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 16. O-O-O (16. Bxe4 dxe4) 16... Qe7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 16... Bf5 17. Ng3 Nxg3 18. hxg3 {0-1 (71) Ventura,S (2017)-Zimina,O (2330) Bergamo 2013}) 17. Ng3 {[%cal Rg3e4]} Rxf3 18. gxf3 Bxf3 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} 19. Qb3 Qf7 20. Nxe4 Na5 $1 {[%cal Ra5b3]} 21. Qc3 {[#] Threatens to win with Ng5.} dxe4 22. Bc2 {Hoping for b4.} Kh8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is more active.} 23. Rhg1 Bxd1 24. Rxd1 Re8 25. Rg1 Nc6 26. Ba4 (26. Kb1 $11) 26... Qf6 $1 $15 {[%cal Rc6d4]} 27. Rg4 Nxd4 28. Kb1 Nc6 29. Qc4 Qe6 30. Qe2 Bxe3 31. fxe3 h6 (31... g6 $17 32. Bc2 Qd5) 32. Qg2 Re7 33. Bc2 {[%cal Rg4e4]} Qd5 34. Bxe4 Qd1+ 35. Ka2 Nb4+ {Accuracy: White = 52%, Black = 53%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "XIII Termo-Eko cup 2018"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2018.12.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tihonov, Jurij"]
[Black "Starostits, Ilmars"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2018.12.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,52,37,42,24,33,30,47,40,38,31,38,56,43,21,72,85,82,0,84,89,104,69,79,65,132,120,227,215,235,185,195,7,10,-163,102]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Nc3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. d4 Nc6 9. Be2 Bf5 10. O-O Rc8 {LiveBook: 3 Games. D32: Tarrasch Defence: Sidelines and lines without g3} 11. Rc1 (11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Nb5 Ne4 13. Rc1 Re8 14. Nbd4 Bd7 15. a3 a6 16. b4 Bxd4 17. Nxd4 Ne5 18. Nf3 Nxf3+ 19. Bxf3 Rxc1 20. Qxc1 {½-½ (90) Williams,S (2457)-Pranav,A (2269) Douglas 2018}) 11... cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bg6 {White has an edge.} 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Na4 Ne4 15. Ba6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Qd4 Bf6 16. Qb4 Bxb2 17. Nxb2 {0-1 (43) Jeremic,M (2181)-Pastar,S (2307) Bosanska Krupa 2018}) 15... Rc7 $1 16. f3 Nd6 (16... Nf6 $11 {remains equal.}) 17. Bc3 $1 $16 Nf5 18. Qd2 (18. e4 $1 $16 {[%cal Re4f5]} dxe4 19. Qxd8 Bxd8 20. fxe4) 18... Rd7 (18... d4 $11 19. exd4 Rd7) 19. Ba5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under strong pressure.} Qe8 20. g4 Nh4 $1 {Threatens to win with ...f5.} 21. Rxc6 d4 ({Better is} 21... h5 $14) 22. Rc8 ({Don't play} 22. exd4 $6 Rxd4 23. Qc3 (23. Qxd4 Qxc6 24. Be2 Bf6 $11) 23... Rd2 $11) 22... Qxc8 (22... Bd8 $16 {was necessary.} 23. Bb4 (23. exd4 $2 Bxa5 24. Qg5 Bd8 $19) 23... dxe3) 23. Bxc8 $18 Rxc8 24. Bc3 d3 {[#]} 25. Kf2 $2 (25. e4 $1 $18) 25... f5 $11 {aiming for ...fxg4.} 26. gxf5 $2 {[#]} (26. Rg1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.}) 26... Nxf5 $2 {Accuracy: White = 56%, Black = 36%.} (26... Bh5 $1 $19 27. Kg3 Nxf5+ 28. Kh3 Nh4) 1/2-1/2

[Event "XIII Termo-Eko cup 2018"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2018.12.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Krykun, Yuriy"]
[Black "Kononenko, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2323"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2018.12.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 24,110,56,62,87,56,69,47,47,51,117,121,164,106,85,22,24,25,42,0,0,0,44,32,27,23,16,0,0,0,0,0,30,27,105,91,123,126,126,126,229,225,260,258,261,254,260,233,437,451,506,507,489,485,475,480,635,645,643,644,609,598,672,655,1239,1099,1366,1324,1129,1083,1955,1884,6440,6291,29977,29982,29986,29987,29987,29985,29985,29985,29982,29986,29987,29988,29988,29989,29990]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Be2 Nc6 8. Be3 Nxd4 9. Bxd4 d6 10. O-O Nd7 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 {B38: Sicilian: Maroczy Bind with 5...Bg7 and 7...0-0} 12. Qd4+ f6 13. Rad1 {LiveBook: 3 Games} a6 {White is slightly better.} (13... Qb6 14. Qd2 Nc5 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Qe3 e5 17. Nc3 Ne6 18. Nb5 Bd7 19. Rxd6 {1-0 (42) Navara,D (2722)-Popov,I (2613) Aix les Bains 2011}) 14. f4 Qb6 15. Nd5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Qxb6 Nxb6 16. e5 fxe5 17. fxe5 Rxf1+ 18. Rxf1 dxe5 {½-½ (44) Dennis,N (2050)-Burns,M St Helier 2005}) 15... Qxd4+ 16. Rxd4 {Black must now prevent Nc7.} e5 (16... Kf7 $14) 17. Rdd1 $16 {Nc7 is the strong threat.} Nc5 {[#]} 18. Nb6 (18. b4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rb4c5]} Na4 19. Nc7) 18... Rb8 19. Nxc8 ({White should try} 19. Bf3 $16) 19... Rbxc8 $11 20. Rxd6 Nxe4 21. Rd7+ Rf7 22. Rfd1 Rc7 23. Rxc7 Rxc7 24. fxe5 fxe5 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 25. Rd3 Kf6 26. b4 a5 27. bxa5 h5 28. Rb3 Nc5 (28... h4 $11 {keeps the balance.}) 29. Rb6+ $16 Kf5 30. Kf2 Ke4 31. Rd6 Rf7+ (31... h4 $16 32. Bf3+ (32. Rxg6 Nd3+ 33. Bxd3+ Kxd3 $14) 32... Kf4) 32. Bf3+ $18 Kf4 33. g3+ ({Much less strong is} 33. Rxg6 $6 Rd7 $16) 33... Kf5 34. Ke3 Rc7 35. h4 e4 $2 (35... Rc8 36. Bg2 g5) 36. Bg2 g5 {If Black can now play ...Kg4 this consolidates a bit.} 37. Rd5+ Kf6 38. Rxg5 Ne6 39. Rxh5 Ng7 40. Rh6+ Ke5 41. Bxe4 Rxc4 42. Bd3 Rc3 43. Rb6 Ra3 {If only Black now had time for ...Nf5+....} 44. Rb5+ Kf6 45. g4 {[%cal Bg3g4,Bg4g5][%mdl 32]} Ne6 46. g5+ Ke7 47. h5 {[%cal Bh4h5,Bh5h6,Bh6h7][%mdl 32]} Rxa2 48. Rxb7+ Kf8 49. a6 {[%cal Ba5a6,Ba6a7][%mdl 32] White mates.} Nc5 {[#]} 50. h6 $1 Ra3 51. Rb8+ Ke7 52. h7 Rxd3+ 53. Ke2 Rh3 54. a7 Rh2+ 55. Kf3 Nd7 {Accuracy: White = 81%, Black = 25%.} 1-0

[Event "XIII Termo-Eko cup 2018"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2018.12.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Stepins, Edgars"]
[Black "Vorobjov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2323"]
[BlackElo "2277"]
[Annotator "NA RC"]
[PlyCount "12"]
[EventDate "2018.12.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 3. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 4. e3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 5. h3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:20]} 6. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:19]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "XIII Termo-Eko cup 2018"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2018.12.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Starostits, Ilmars"]
[Black "Bernotas, Arturs"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2403"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2018.12.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:02:21]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 3. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:01:52]} 4. e3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:01:23]} 5. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:49]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 6. c3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 7. Bg3 {[%emt 0:00:21]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:28]} 8. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 9. e4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Be7 {[%emt 0:12:24]} 10. e5 {[%emt 0:10:30]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:10:26]} 11. a3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} g6 {[%emt 0:06:57]} 12. b4 {[%emt 0:00:33]} f5 {[%emt 0:05:22]} 13. exf6 {[%emt 0:01:45]} Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 14. b5 {[%emt 0:06:02]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:16:13]} 15. bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} dxc3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 16. Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nxg3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 17. hxg3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} e5 {[%emt 0:01:44]} 18. c7 {[%emt 0:09:30]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:10:08]} 19. Bc2 {[%emt 0:03:45]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:01:45]} 20. Nh2 {[%emt 0:03:44]} d4 {[%emt 0:05:49]} 21. f3 {[%emt 0:02:49]} e4 {[%emt 0:04:34]} 22. fxe4 {[%emt 0:01:36]} Be5 {[%emt 0:01:06]} 23. Nf3 {[%emt 0:01:28]} Bxg3+ {[%emt 0:00:38]} 24. Kf1 {[%emt 0:05:19]} Qxc7 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 25. Nbxd4 {[%emt 0:13:24]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:01:22]} 26. Rh3 {[%emt 0:02:32]} Be5 {[%emt 0:05:53]} 27. Ke1 {[%emt 0:03:32]} Rxd4 {[%emt 0:02:46]} 28. Qe2 {[%emt 0:08:44]} Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 29. Bb3+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 30. Qb5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bg3+ {[%emt 0:00:45]} 31. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bxe4 {[%emt 0:01:39]} 32. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 33. gxf3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qe5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 34. Qxe5+ {[%emt 0:00:55]} Bxe5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 35. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:51]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 36. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:51]} Rb2 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 37. Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 38. Be4 {[%emt 0:01:51]} Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 0-1

[Event "XIII Termo-Eko cup 2018"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2018.12.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Samolins, Vitalijs"]
[Black "Stepins, Edgars"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C23"]
[WhiteElo "2424"]
[BlackElo "2323"]
[Annotator "TA"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2018.12.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 13,37,14,25,33,37,30,23,24,25,30,22,-8,-5,4,12,-47,0,0,13,0,0,0,-7,0,0,-10]} 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. d3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bc5 5. f4 d6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Na4 Bb6 {LiveBook: 40 Games. C30: King's Gambit Declined} (7... Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Nd4 9. Qd1 b5 10. fxe5 bxc4 11. exf6 Qxf6 12. Nxc5 dxc5 13. c3 Nc6 14. dxc4 Ne5 15. Be3 O-O 16. Qe2 Rad8 {0-1 (25) Ponomariov,R (2712)-Tomashevsky,E (2728) Huaian 2016}) 8. c3 exf4 9. Bxf4 Qe7 $146 {White has an edge.} ({Predecessor:} 9... Nh5 10. Bg5 Qxg5 11. Nxg5 Bxd1 12. Bxf7+ Ke7 13. Rxd1 Nf4 14. Nxb6 axb6 15. O-O {1-0 (34) Jonkman,H (2345)-Ellenbroek,T (2120) Leeuwarden 1995}) 10. Nxb6 axb6 11. O-O Ne5 12. Bb3 (12. Bxe5 $5 dxe5 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 $14) 12... Nxf3+ 13. gxf3 Bh3 14. Rf2 (14. Re1 $11) 14... Nh5 (14... g5 $5 {[%cal Rg5f4]} 15. Be3 (15. Bxg5 $2 Rg8 $17) 15... Rg8 $14) 15. Be3 {The position is equal.} g5 16. Kh1 Rg8 17. Qd2 Kd7 18. Rg1 {[%cal Re3g5]} h6 19. Qe1 {Precision: White = 38%, Black = 58%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "XIII Termo-Eko cup 2018"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2018.12.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Seeman, Tarvo"]
[Black "Berzinsh, Roland"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2394"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2018.12.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

{[%evp 8,73,29,18,34,45,29,-2,5,-2,0,0,21,0,0,0,0,-14,-9,0,7,0,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,-15,0,0,7,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,8,8,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:01:18]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 3. g3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 4. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:15]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 6. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:52]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 7. b3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:10]} 8. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} d5 {[%emt 0:03:22]} 9. e3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Qc8 {[%emt 0:02:18] A14: English Opening: 1...e6 with b3 by White} 10. Rc1 {[%emt 0:07:33]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 11. cxd5 {[%emt 0:04:52]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:07] LiveBook: 4 Games} 12. d4 {[%emt 0:02:01]} (12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. d4 a5 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Nh4 Bxg2 16. Qg4 Bf8 17. Nxg2 {½-½ (64) Artemiev,V (2706)-Kramnik,V (2779) Douglas 2018}) 12... Nxc3 {[%emt 0:01:18]} 13. Bxc3 {[%emt 0:01:33]} Be4 {[%emt 0:00:30] [#]} 14. Nh4 $146 {[%emt 0:08:01]} ({Predecessor:} 14. Ne5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Qb7+ 16. Qf3 Qxf3+ 17. Nxf3 {½-½ (32) Robson,R (2663)-Shankland,S (2656) Saint Louis 2016}) 14... Bxg2 {[%emt 0:18:39]} 15. Nxg2 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 16. Qf3 {[%emt 0:04:48]} Qa6 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 17. dxc5 {[%emt 0:01:56]} Nxc5 {[%emt 0:01:39]} 18. Nf4 {[%emt 0:05:27]} g6 {[%emt 0:11:29]} 19. Rc2 {[%emt 0:11:21]} Qb7 {[%emt 0:06:22]} 20. Qxb7 {[%emt 0:05:27]} Nxb7 {[%emt 0:01:20]} 21. Bb2 {[%emt 0:01:32]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 22. h4 {[%emt 0:01:16]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 23. Kg2 {[%emt 0:07:29]} f6 {[%emt 0:02:58]} 24. Bd4 {[%emt 0:06:25]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 25. Rb1 {[%emt 0:01:21]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:02:13]} 26. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Nd3 {[%emt 0:02:11]} 27. Bxb6 {[%emt 0:02:23]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:01:40]} 28. Rc7 {[%emt 0:02:12]} Rxc7 {[%emt 0:11:06]} 29. Bxc7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ra7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 30. Rc1 {[%emt 0:04:31]} e5 {[%emt 0:04:06]} 31. e4 {[%emt 0:01:17]} Nxa2 {[%emt 0:05:00]} 32. Rc4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:03:06]} 33. f4 {[%emt 0:01:40]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 34. Bb6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Ra6 {[%emt 0:02:30]} 35. Rc7+ {[%emt 0:02:40]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 36. fxe5+ {[%emt 0:01:20]} fxe5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 37. Rb7 $11 {[%emt 0:00:09]} h5 {[%emt 0:01:48]} 38. Kf3 {[%emt 0:02:23]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:03:45]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "XIII Termo-Eko cup 2018"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2018.12.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Krykun, Yuriy"]
[Black "Meshkovs, Nikita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2323"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "RC"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2018.12.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 3. g3 {[%emt 0:01:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 4. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 5. Qa4+ {[%emt 0:00:33]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 6. Qxc4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 7. Ne5 {[%emt 0:01:13]} Qc8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 8. Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 9. Nxd7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nxd7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 10. Qb5 {[%emt 0:03:07]} a6 {[%emt 0:07:02]} 11. Qa4 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 12. Qd1 {[%emt 0:02:30]} Be7 {[%emt 0:01:45]} 13. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:38]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:43]} 14. O-O {[%emt 0:01:04]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:05:40]} 15. b3 {[%emt 0:01:43]} Ra7 {[%emt 0:09:21]} 16. Bb2 {[%emt 0:09:36]} b5 {[%emt 0:01:44]} 17. Rc1 {[%emt 0:01:59]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:10:32]} 18. e3 {[%emt 0:08:40]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:05:52]} 19. Qe2 {[%emt 0:07:06]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:06:14]} 20. d3 {[%emt 0:04:01]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:06:28]} 21. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:03:31]} h6 {[%emt 0:06:39]} 22. h4 {[%emt 0:16:47]} Rdd7 {[%emt 0:05:42]} 23. a4 {[%emt 0:02:29]} b4 {[%emt 0:06:32]} 24. Ne4 {[%emt 0:02:08]} Bxb2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 25. Qxb2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Na5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 26. d4 {[%emt 0:03:28]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:01:36]} 27. Rxc7 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Rxc7 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 28. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:01:34]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 29. Nd6 {[%emt 0:02:11]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 30. Qxb4 {[%emt 0:03:06]} Nc8 {[%emt 0:01:44]} 31. Qb8 {[%emt 0:05:02]} Nxd6 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 32. Qxd8+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rxd8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 33. b4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nac4 {[%emt 0:01:34]} 34. Bf1 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 35. e4 {[%emt 0:01:29]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 36. f4 {[%emt 0:00:31]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 0-1

[Event "XIII Termo-Eko cup 2018"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2018.12.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bekasovs, Rihards"]
[Black "Tihonov, Jurij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2206"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[Annotator "NA"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2018.12.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

{[%evp 8,61,23,29,36,1,14,11,10,0,12,7,0,13,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,32767,38,34,25,27,15,21,15,21,24,20,25,26,19,16,19,20,12,29,11,84,0,9,16,50,29,29,24,29,53,56,56,41,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 3. g3 {[%emt 0:00:46]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 4. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:15]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:08]} 6. b3 {[%emt 0:00:43]} e5 {[%emt 0:06:09]} 7. dxe5 {[%emt 0:01:53]} dxe5 {[%emt 0:05:13]} 8. Ba3 {[%emt 0:03:10]} Qxd1 {[%emt 0:04:57] A49: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6 3 g3: Anti-King's Indian systems} 9. Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:07] LiveBook: 48 Games} 10. Nc3 {[%emt 0:03:33]} Na6 {[%emt 0:21:05]} 11. Rac1 $146 {[%emt 0:20:08]} ({Predecessor:} 11. Nd2 Rb8 12. Nb5 Bg4 13. f3 Bd7 14. c4 c6 15. Nd6 Red8 16. N2e4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 {1-0 (82) Cordova,E (2655)-Sevian,S (2587) Saint Louis 2017}) 11... e4 {[%emt 0:11:37]} 12. Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:55]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 13. e3 {[%emt 0:02:45]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 14. Rd2 {[%emt 0:11:17]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 15. h3 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Bc8 {[%emt 0:02:51]} 16. Rcd1 {[%emt 0:00:24]} h5 {[%emt 0:07:58]} 17. Nde2 {[%emt 0:14:10]} Rxd2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 18. Rxd2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:02:40]} 19. Bxf8 {[%emt 0:03:49]} Kxf8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 20. a3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nc7 {[%emt 0:01:17]} 21. Kf1 {[%emt 0:02:13]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:03:51]} 22. Ke1 {[%emt 0:02:04]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 23. Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:34]} c5 {[%emt 0:07:24]} (23... Ne6 $11) 24. Ndb5 {[%emt 0:05:22]} ({White should try} 24. Nxf5+ $16 gxf5 25. f3) 24... Nxb5 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 25. Nxb5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 26. Nd6 {[%emt 0:01:34]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 27. Nxf5+ {[%emt 0:07:00]} gxf5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 28. h4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} b5 {[%emt 0:04:30]} 29. Bf1 {[%emt 0:00:08]} a5 {[%emt 0:04:55]} 30. c4 {[%emt 0:02:27]} b4 {[%emt 0:03:09]} 31. a4 $11 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:02:52]} 32. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Rg8 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 33. Rd1 {[%emt 0:02:05]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:01:19]} 1/2-1/2

